The Republican journal., 1910-08-18
OBITUARY.

George P. Field, one of the best known fire
| insurance underwriters in this country, died
| Friday afternoon, August 18th, at the Parker
house. Boston. He had been ailing some
| months but felt we'll enough to come to his
| Boston office from his summer home at Nor
well. The automobile trip was too much for
| him. and he was taken hurriedly to the Parker
house, where death followed steady decline
| of his heart action.
| He was senior member of the insurance
agency of Field & Cowles and was ex-president
| of the Boston board of fire underwriters.
| He had not been well for five years, had
| made several trips abroad and last spring
visited the Bermudas in the hope of regaining
his health. He had been able to visit his office
in Water street only two or three times since
May.
Mr.. Field, who had been known as dean of
local fire underwriters since the death of John
| c. Paige about 10 years ago, was born in Sears
| mont, Me-, &c years ago. For some years he
| was in the insurance office of his father at Bel
fast, Me- He was also deputy collector Of Gus
| toms at that port for while, and deputy pro-
vost marshal, experimenting the enlistment or
| drafting of thousands of men during the civil
| war.
| After the war he was assistant secretary OF
| a Bangor insurance company, and later secre-
tarS 81 the First national company OF Worces-
ter, the only Worcester company that survived
| the great Boston fire of 1S72.
In 1873 he came to Boston, and became special
agent of the Royal insurance company OF Eng
! land, for Foster & Scull, the New England
managers. In that position he became noted
for his business ability, as well as his popular
| ity among patrons of the company. In io9o
| when Mr. Foster died, Mr.. Field entered the
| firm as Junior partner, and on the death OF Mr.
| Scull, 10 years ago, he became head OF the hrn,
| to which E. B. Cowles was then admitted.
He became second president of the New
| England insurance exchange % years ago and
| pcty fol in
| saving it from disruption in the early days.
| From 1888 to 1898 he was head OF the bureau
of united inspection, and during the same
period was president of the Boston protective
department.
For the last 10 years he had been president
| of the Insurance Library Association. Mr..
Field was jovial man with disposition that
was always kindly and merry and he had a
laugh that was invariably infectious. His
humblest employees regarded him as their per-
sonal friend.
He was ever a particular friend of "the
young fellows" in the business as he called
them He enabled them to enjoy the privi-
leges of the insurance library without the ex-
pense of full membership and had regular
monthly meetings at the Exchange club
which were addressed by experts in the lnsur-
| ance business.
His private office was probably the most
luxurious place of the kind in New England.
When not travelling abroad he lived either at
Hotel Somerset or at his SUNNI er place in Nor
well.-Boston Globe.
While it is true that Mr. Field was born in
Searsmont, October II, 1874, he came to Bel
fast at very early age, attended the public
schools here and had ever been conspicuously
| loyal in his attachment to this city, his early
home and to which he had been frequent
and always welcome visitor. Only few
months ago The Journal published some remi-
niscences of Belfast by Mr.. Field which he
| had written to be read at a meeting of the
Waldo Club, and we have had many letters
from him concerning the publication of the
second volume of Wiiamson's History of Bel
fast in which he manifested much interest
| To the many who knew him here it is hardly
necessary to say that Mr.. Field was genial,
| large-hearted, whole-souled man, and that he
will be sadly missed here as well as in the
scenes of his business activities, where he had
| long held a commanding position. He is sur
vived by daughter, Mrs. H. B. Pearsons of
Brooklne, Mass, sister, Mrs. Charles S.
Pearl of Bangor, and a brother, Mr.. Charles
H. Field of this city. The funeral service was
held Monday afternoon at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. H. B. Pearsons, Sc Monmouth
street, Brookline, and was attended by Mr..
Charles H. Field and Mr.. William H. Quimby
of Belfast and Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Pearl
of Bangor.
After a brief illness, which terminated in
pneumonia and heart failure, Mrs. Helen Marr
! (Clark) Bird passed from earthly life quietly,
peacefully and almost imperceptibly, at the
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the Wesleyan Grove Campground in North
port, on Saturday evening, August 18th.
Mrs. Bird had been gradually failing in
health for six months or more, but it was hop
ed that under the bright sunshine and the
beautiful naples on Merrithew square which
she loved so well, she would recover her di-
minishing strength, and at times she seemed
to be much improved. These periods were of
short duration, however, and when, two or
| three weeks ago, she was attacked by severe
cold her. vitality was not sufficient to with
stand the attack, which soon developed into
grip and subsequently into pneumonia, which
was accompanied with weakness of the heart
and considerable pain in that region.
Mrs. Bird had the best of medical attendance
trained in such matters, giving her constant
and undivided attention up to the moment of
her decease. The complication of troubles in
creased during Saturday, but early in the even
ing she seemed better, and after she had been
prepared for sleep she requested her daughter
to go out and sit down for rest.
Almost Immediately after a granddaughter
thought she heard sound, and stepping into
the room she became alarmed and called Miss
Dickey. She quickly stepped to the bedside to
administer restoratives 1t was too late.
There was single gasp, scarcely noticeable,
the spirit had taken its flight and the mother
was at rest.
Mrs. Bird was born in Northport, May 6,
1887, the daughter of Joseph and Melinda
Clark. Her first husband was Albert Dickey,
and by this union four children were born:
Miss Eta Dickey, Mrs. Delora A. Flanders of
Rockland (who died two years ago. Howard l..
Dickey and Miss Alberta A. Dickey. Albert
/ Dickey also had two children by his former
wife: Albert W. Dickey of Worcester and Miss
Eldoro Dickey of Belfast. Of these six all
have died except the daughter, Eta.
Mrs. Bird is also survived by sister, Mrs
F. P. Baker of Maiden, Mass, and four grand
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