Putnam patriot., 1912-02-16
Obituary
CHARLES NJ. ELLIS

Charles M. G4tuss TOT twenty NSotS resident of this city, died at the Day l Kimball hospital about o'clock Sat urday morning. He had been i'll for number of weeks.
 Mir. Ellis was born in Hampdep, Maine, December l2, 1854, and was i therefore 57 years of age. Early in life i he removed with his parents to Belfast and there obtained his education. He was married in that city December II, l 1884, to Miss Annabel k. Flames. He served an apprenticeship in machine l shop in Andover, Mass, and became 1 an expert machinist. Later he entered A woolen mill and became an expert | carder. After working at Plymouth, Mass, for several years he came to Putnam twenty years ago as overseer | in the card room of the Putnam Wool en Company.
 MT. Ellis was of quiet, retiring na- | ture but had made many friends dur ing his residence here and was highly | esteemed and respected by all who knew him. His employers and em- ployes alike looked up to him and res pected him and recognized his many sterling qualities. He had pleasant
 disposition and never lost his temper.
 If things went wrong he looked on the bright side and never became excited
 or angry. It was this quality that
 made him valuable man to his em-
 blowers as his help did his bidding
 willingly and he was an expert in his . line. He never held public office as
 his aspirations did not tend that way as he was wrapped up in his home
 ar d family. His only utilization with D fralernal organizations was as mem-
 Der of the Royal Arcanum,of which he f was valued member. The bereaved n 1 family have the heartfelt sympathy of r the entire community.
 i. His wife, two daughters, Flora k. t of New York and Evelyn E. Of this s city; son, Franklin T. of New York; | a brother, Albert c. of fWateryille, Me-; fl and sister, Mrs. l.. F. Brown of New & York, survive.
 Funeral services were held in the
 chapel of the Congregational church,
 Tuesday morning at II o'clock, Rev
 F. D. Sargent officiating. The bearers
 were Erastus Wheaton, John Daigle
 E. NJ. Barney, Frank Weatherhead
 George Baker and William Davison
 Burial was in Belfast, Me-, the son
 Frank Ellis, accompanying the body
 There were many beautiful floral trio
 utes.,
 EDWIN NEWTON LAWSON
 a In the death of Edwin Newton Law
 son, which occurred at his home il |, Union on Monday, Feb. l2, the towi
 Loses one of it's oldest residents and on o,ot and ,nent his whole life on the spo re .tbe was born. He had reache' 10. who ~@ ye of eighty years an' an where he V oao oeeh sio"'' .c- the advanced ah~ ai' n. seventeen days. He .Xkza sh0e he infirm for the last feWS9%N- Id week before his death he haS R- i'll which brought about the end. NIX to MT. Lawson was man of grea e. energy and industry and made a sue ,n cess of his work of farming even in s, ,h remote place as Union. He has beer Id for forty-nine years a deacon of tho ar Congregational church at Union, o [. which he was a generous supporter 3. He had retentive memory and was
 an authority in regard to the old peo-
 pie of the town. He was conservative
 in the best sense of holding to all that o was good in the past while still wei !, coming progress. He was not seeker . for public office but wanted to see the ', town business carried on properly.
 He married Sarah Ellen Corbin Feb. V %, 1861. She died Dec. 3l, 1885. He leaves four children: Dr. George N :. Lawson of Middle Haddam, Conn; ]; Rev. Harvey M. Lawson, who spent , four years in the missionary work in
 India and has since been preaching and teaching in this country; Mrs.
 Mary k. Carpenter, wife of Orlo B.
 Carpenter, who remained with her fa- |. ther and has made a home for him
 since her mothers death; Miss Susie M. Lawson, now a teacher in the Girls High School at Reading, Pa. , The funeral services were held Thurs
 day ut one o'clock with burial in the East cemetery of Union.
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