Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-27

live with Griswold Stewart at Mont
vile, with the understanding that he
| should remain until he was 81.
| Mr.. Winters father went to war when
! the son was three years old, and was
never heard from afterward. Mr..
| Stewart had a store and q small farm,
| and Mr.. Winters was expected to work
in both for his board and clothes. AT
the age of II he taught school one term
! in East Lyme, and az the age of IS
he bought his time and began to learn
| the trade of butchering with Mr..
| Brockway of Lyme, who soon after
| opened q market at Essex and placed
| Mr.. Winters in charge of it. MIR. Win
/ terS remained there for few years,
/ and then in company with Robert F.
| Lyons embarked in a meat business at
! New London under the name of r. F.
| Lyons & Co.
! When the business was disposed of
several years later. Mr.. Winters came
to this city in the early fifties and was
| employed for four and one-half years
| in the market of J. n. & G. W. Loo
| mis-. At that time he received the
| largest wages paid any butcher in
! Norwich. He later became a member
| of the police force, serving thereon
| several years. He then established a
/ meat business on West Main street in
/ a building which he erected and is
now occupied by the book store Of
! Frank II. Lowell, Mr.. Winters son-in-
| law
! Mr.. Winter enlarged the property
and continued in business for a num-
| Der of years, building up large trade.
| He sold out and engaged in the whole
| sailing of beef, buying herds in AL
| bany, n. Y. and driving them to Nor
wich to sell to the retailers. He was
! engaged in this line until May, 1881
when he became associated with the
packing house of the Swift company
+ of Chicago, under the name of Win
| ters, Swift & Co. Mr.. Winters was
one of the first men in New England
| to handle western dressed beef The
| firm name was local, the beef coming
| from the Swift houses in Chicago.
| Mr.. Winters was married in New
London in 1S49 by Elder Jabez Swan
to Ruth L. Tracy, native of Mont
! vile, daughter of Daniel and Ruth
ters celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary July s, 1899. Mrs. Win
! ters died March 81, 1902, at the age
of Y years. There are no children
surviving, but he is survived by two
grandchildren, Mrs. NJ. Louise De Mon
tie and Frank w. Lowell.
Mr.. Winters was a republican in pol
| itics and has been a member of the
! court of common council, senior alder
| man, first selectman and president of
| the board of water commi ssioners. He
| was an enthusiastic member of the
/
/ ing been interested in good horses, and
was also a member Of the Colonial
| club. He has been very prominent in
| business circles, has served in the
! Board of Trade, was president of the
| New London County Mutual Fire In
| .surance company and for twenty years
| has been a director in the company
His fraternal connections We're with
| Somerset lodge, No. "a, F. and A. NJ .
! Franklin chapter, Franklin council and
| Columbian -commandery, No. A. K T..
| Sphinx temple, Mystic Shrine. He was
! formerly member of Uncas lodge
| No. II, I. o. o. F., and of the knights
of Pythias.
Mr.. Winters was known throughout
this end of the state and in his last
years had become an enthusiastic au-
toist. He was a man of kind and
cheerful disposition, with a greeting for
all which won for him a. lasting friend
ship. He was highly esteemed in the
business channels of the city. while as
! a neighbor he was sympathetic and
| ready to assist at all times. He was
one of the prominent citizens of the
city whose loss will be distinctly felt.