Putnam patriot., 1911-07-14
Obituary
CAPTAIN FRANKLIN e. BIN


 enlisted in the Eighteenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, in which he served until the close of the Civil War in 1865. He steadily rose from private to Captain, receiving each pro motion for meritorious service. He was in twenty.two battles and was once seriously wounded. He was es- pecially cool and skillful in handling his men under fire. In raid in one of his Hast engagements the Federals found themselves suddenly confronted by greatly superior force of Confed- crates. Capt Bixby in command of two of their companies was ordered to hold the enemy in check while the main force could retreat. He so seat tered and managed his men that this was done successfully. He then with drew his own men without the loss of a single soldier. Soon after the close of the War he was appointed clerk in the BostonCustom House, "a position he held some forty years and became an au' thority in his special line. He was struck last March while crossing the street, by an electric car, and never fully recovered his mind. He receiv- ed every attention from his comrades in the Kingsley Grand Army Post oi Boston, his friends in the Custom House and his neices. He died July 4th. The funeral was in Boston with the services of the Post and Rev. Sam uel w. Dike of Auburndale, school mate of their boyhood. The burial was at East Thompson, the Rev. MT Bennett of Webster officiating.
 Capt. Bixby never married. He leaves one niece, Miss Mary k. Bixby in Webster and the widow and chil dren of Herbert Bixby, nephew There are also two or three children of a brother in the West.
 JOSEPH LANGLoIs
 Joseph Langlois, for many years resident of this city, died in Worces ter hospital last Wednesday and hi' body was brought here Friday after. noon and buried in St. Mary's ceme tery. A requiem high mass was helt in St. Mary's church Monday morn ing. l MT. Langlois left Putnam som years ago to work in Southbridg where he lived with his sister. He ha' been in poor health for some time. H' was 66 years of age. He Is survived by his wife, four daughters and tw' sons.
 ELISHA F. PERRY
 Elisha Fairbanks Perry, one of Put nam's old residents, died at the Bloom ingdale hospital, Worcester, Sunda, night, aged 75 years. The direct caus' of death was heat prostration, although he had been in poor health for som' time.
 MT. Perry was born in Killingly March 20th, 1886, son of George ant Eliza Buck Perry. On March 20th 1881, he was married to Miss Mary J Randall and last March they celebrat ed their golden wedding anniversary MT. Perry spent the early part of hi life in Pomfret, going from there t Worcester where he was employed a foreman in the repair shop of the Bos ton and Albany railroad. He late took up again his trade of carpente and removed to Putnam where h. spent the rest of his life, living or | Grove street.
 | He is survived by his wife, tw' brothers, James E. of Putnam an, l John II. of Ballouvjlle; three sisters Mrs. John Wells, Putnam, Mrs. Caro | line Chafee, Woodstock, and Mrs Martha Rogers, Lowell, Mass; thre daughters, Mrs. Cora Sampson, Wor cester, Mrs. Nellie Bowers, Leomins | ter, Mrs. Bertha Bergman, Webster Funeral services were held at tn | Grove street cemetery chapel Wednes day morning at 10.30, where buria took place.
 MRS. ABEL CHILD
 The year 1881 marked the advent 0 daughter, Ellen Matilda, into tn | home of MT. and Mrs. Hezikiah Bug bee, born with lovely temperamen she matured into a fine character, q only daughter she was the idol of he two brothers and one whom non 1 knew only to love and respect. Il I 1851 she was united in marriage to NJ | Abel Child and the new home wa | made in that of her birth which wa the home of her ancestors who had pol sessed the land since the ownership b | the Indians and here she dwe through all the years of joy and SO row. Four children were born to thef two dying in childhood and sor Judge Clarence H., and a daughte 1 Ms. Ellen NJ. Carpenter, survive he
 For more than fifty-iive years her hui
 band was spared to her and they cell
 brated their golden wedding amid cor
 gratulatlons from multitude | friends. MT. Child was actively ider
 tilied fin church and educational intel ests of his native town In all tines
 he was ably seconded by his wife.
 Mrs. Child in marked degree wa
 gifted with comprehensive mine
 the power of expression, and reipars
 able memory, which made her an idei
 letter writer, often giving so good T view of book read 'or some sermo listened to that the fortunate recipient