Putnam patriot., 1912-01-19
Obituary
MISS ABBY J. MAFHEwsoN


 the home of MT. and Mrs. Walter A.
 Mowry, North Smithfield, R. l., Dec. l5, at HAS p. m., death being directly due to an accident which occurred at I.S0 the previous afternoon, when Miss
 Mathewsen in the net of descending
 the stairs to the front hall of the Mow-
 ry home slipped from the next 10 the last stair of the flight and fell to the floor.
 Dr. ]. J. Baxter being summoned found that the aged woman had frac- tured her right hip and suffered se we're nervous shock. There was but
 little hope of her recovery.
 The deceased was born at the old Mathewson homestead on the site of
 the house where she died. Her father, Joseph Mattlewson, was also born on
 the old homestead. Her mother, Miss Aureia Ballou, was native of Bur- l rillville, R. l.
 About thirty-six years ago Miss
 Mathewson came to Putnam, making
 her home here until four years ago when she returned to her native place
 to reside with Mrs. Joseph IMowry, an
 old friend and former neighbor. Only two weeks before her accidentsshe had
 come to spend the winter at the home
 of MT. and Mrs. sWalter A. Mowry, a
 son of Mrs. Joseph Mowry, who lived 1 near by.
 Had Miss Mathewson lived until the | 18th of the present month she woaId
 have completed her s5 years of life. She had enjoyed good health up to the time of the unfortunate fall that caused her demise. She had almost the full use of all her faculties and ap- parently had many years of life before l her. Miss Mathewson was ga woman endowed with many noble qualities
 and won tLe respect and esteem of the
 hundreds who knew her and admired | her.
 JEANETTE CovELL Mrs. Jeannette Covell, wife of Albi-
 gence E. Covell, died at her home on the River road in the southern part of
 the town, Wednesday after an illness | of IS months. She had a shock Sep
 temoer, 1910, and had been unable to
 care for herself since that time, requir- l ing the attendance of g nurse. Mrs. Covell was born in Killingly,
 January 8, 1S47, the daughter of Dan- iel and Emeline (Baker) Bassett. She
 was married to MT. Covell in January, 1895.
 | Mrs. Covell was an active member l of Putnam Grange up to the time of
 her illness, and held the office of Lee
 turer for number of years. She4was
 of quiet and retiring nature and | loved her home. She always had a | pleasant word for friend or acquain- tance and bore her suffering with for | titude.
 Funeral services will be held Satur- 1 day at l D. m., Rev. J. R. Stubbert of | ficiating. Burial in Grove Street cem- etery.
 1 WILLIAM $. CONVERSE William Smith Converse, one of the
 oldest citizenssof Putnam, died at his
 home in the Sawyer district, Monday
 afternoon, after an illness of long dura-
 ton. The funeral was held this
 Thursday afternoon at one o'clock,
 Rev. ] N Garst of Thompson, and
 Rev. o. W. Foye of Boston, officiating.
 Burial was in Grove street cemetery. Mr. Converse is survived by his wife,
 one son, Fred B., a daughter, Mrs. F.
 B. Chase of Minuette, N. Y., and three
 brothers, Frank H., Grosvenordale, John D., and James H., of Putnam. MT. Converse was born in .Thomp- son, August 2, l1s40, and received his early education in the district schools. He left school at the age of IS, and
 taught for several years in Gloucester, R. l., North Grosvenordale, and Quad ic. He gave up teaching and leased the Horace Elliott farm in Thompson and conducted it three years. He then leased the farm where the Windham County Temporary Home is now loca- ted, and in 1865 he purchased the Will liam Mason place and lived there until he died.
 MT. Converse was member of the Baptist church in Thompson. Politi- cally he was republican. April l, 1862, he married Julia Augusta Bal lard. Three children were born to them, two of whom survive.