Putnam patriot., 1912-08-09
Obituary
IRA n. BATES

came as a shock to Eastern Connecti. cut people who had hardly learned oi his illness. Mir. Bates suffered an at tack of acute indigestion Saturday night, followed by a paralytie shock causing death onl Monday.
 It is safe to say that there was no l man in Eastern Connecticut more gem | orally known and more highly es- teemed than Ira D. Bates of New Bos- l ton. He was ot genial disposition, a good story teller, and wielded faeile pen, many of his writings having ap- peared in the columns of the PATRIOT. He was kind to all and would extend a helping hand to any one whom he knew to be in need, but all of his phil anthropic acts were done unostenta- tiously. He had represented this sen atorial district as senator, and his town in the house of representatives, and had held offices of trust iu the town of Thompson. He always took an inter. est In public affairs, and was boost CT, an optimist in every sense, seeing the best side of men and affairs. He took pride in the quiet little village where he had lived so long, and even in the most depressed times he looked hopefully forward to brighter future, and he saw the return of that prosper ity which he predicted, before he died. MT. Bates was born in Mendon, lass, son of Ira and Mary Bates, and receiv- ed his learly education in the public schools of Mendon and Milford. MT. | Bates had lived in Milford, Mendon, l and Uxbridge, Mass., and New Lon. don, Norwich, and Thompson. For many years Mir. Bates conducted gro eery stores in New Boston and Gros- venordale. He had ever been promi- nent in town politics, was known as q progressive republican and was very popular with the independent voters. He enlisted from Milford as drum ma jor of Company B, 25th Massachusetts regiment, and served four years of the civil war.
 1 He was most active during the bat tie of, Cold Harbor and often related many daring incidents of the conflict. He was prominently identified with | A. G. Warner Post, No. 54. G. A. R., of Putnam.
 Besides wife, Lydia Chaiiee, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. E. Burton Murdock of Webster, and Mrs. Eugene Ide of Southbrid8; two brothers, FL mer of New Bos@n, and Bernard of Spokane, Wash; a sister, Mrs. Mary Manning of Spokane, Wash; his moth- CT, Mrs. Mary l.. Bates, 90 years old, of l New Boston, and five grandchildren. The funeral will be held this Thursday afternoon at o'clock at his late resi-. dence, Rev. Harry St. John Filmer pastor of the .Baptist church of Web ster, conducting the services. The burial will be in Uxbridge.
 F. WILLIAM TouRTELLoTTE
 Eben William Tourtellotte, who l moved from Putnam to Webster 2s years ago, died at his home in that place Tuesday morning of cerebral hemorrhage, aged 57 years. He was born in Pomfret, June 2, lS55. For many years he was employed as fore man in the cutting department Of the Corbir shoe factory, and was promi- nently identified with the Webster fire department. He was charter mem Der of Mt. Sinai lodge, K. of F., and a He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Nellie Cranshaw of Put nam, who died several years ago. He is survived oy his father, William H. Tourtellotte; his second wife, Bessie | (Crawford) Tourtellotte, and five chil- dren, Burt, Ruth, May, and William, of Webster, and Fred E., of Joplin, | Mo.
 The funeral will be from the home in Webster this Thursday afternoon at 80 o'clock, the burial to be in Grove street cemetery, Putnam.
 JOSEPH HINTON
 Josepb Minton, aged 50, died at his home is the rear of the City hotel, near school street, as the result of second internal hemorrhage that he has suff- cred within a few months. Mir. Min ton came to this city to live at the time of the Mechanicsyllle strike, having been employed up to that time as weaver in the mill O. the French River Textile company.
 He was veteran of the Spanish war, he having been in Uncle Sam's navy during that trouble and received a wound that SO shattered bone in one leg that il always gave him trouble. He was born in Ireland, but the greater part of his life has been spent in this country.
 MT. Minton is survived by his wife and a daughter, and he has, some where in the United States, brother who is priest. Funeral services were held Saturday morning al St. Nary church. There was requiem mas Rev. J. Van den Noort officiating Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. BENJAMIN BROWN
 l Benjamin Brown, aged Si, die' Thursday at the home of MT. and Mrs Arthur J. Shippee at Putnam Heights MT. Brown, who was born in Rhod Island, passed his sist birthday o Saturday of last week. For sixty year he was a resident of the nearby tow