Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-18

J. Clinton Nichols died at his home here about five o'clock Saturday morn ing. MT. Nichols had been suffering from a heart affection for considerable time and had been in a serious state of health recently. His death removes one to whom Putnam is indebted for some of it's industrial importance.
 Mir Nichols was born in the town of Thompson, March 15, 1853, the son of MT. and Mrs. Jerome Nichols, and came of one of the towns oldest and best known families. When a boy he became a member of the West Thomp son Methodist church and before he had reached the age of twenty he had become a member of it's board of stew ards.
 At about the age of twenty, MT. Nichols left Thompson for Webster, where he learned the trade of a pat tern maker in foundry work, remain ing there until he was twenty six, when he came to Putnam, entering in- to business with Albert s. Truesdell, now deceased.
 Soon after coming to Putnam, MT. Nichols joined the Methodist church here and has been one of its active and influential members for a period of thirty-three years. Here, also, he was elected a member of the board of stewards and for twenty-three years was treasurer of the church.
 March 20, 1876. MT. Nichols married Miss Jeanette A. Child of North Ox- ford, Mass, by whom he is survived, 1 with one daughter, Jessie, wife of l Daniel B. Gilbert of this city. The greater part of MT. Gilberts 1 life in Putnam has been identified with the growth and development of 1 the Putnam Foundry 6 Machine Co.,, 1 of which he was vice president. He was one of the charter members of the | company and has been a stockholdeT | and a director in it since it commenced doing business, about 30 years ago. l During all that time he has been a | pattern maker and designer. The first | Hummer heater, now known as the l Putnam heater, was designed by Alb ner Hummer, who died about two years ago. and this the Putnam foun- l dry started to manufacture. It was not, however, a mechanical success
 MT. Nichols got patent on a brick set boiler in 1887, and 1t was this
 patent which made the Hummer heat Ter a success and which saved the | Putnam foundry from closing, and | that was the nucleus of the business for fifteen years.
 MT. Nichols was a fine mechanic and faithful man. It was his paten
 that made the Hummer heater com mercial and financial success and leC to the gradual development of the Put
 nam Foundry and Machine company 1 up to the great prosperity it is enjoy ing today. This patent by Mir. Nichols covers the manner of assembling on,
 section of a round boiler above an
 other, and it is said has been copied b! practically every boiler concern in tn country.
 Mr. Nichols was most appreciated b.
 those who were closely and intimatel.
 associated with him and every maj
 with whom he worked feels tha
 through his death he has lost a frien
 of truest type.
 In politics, MT Nichols was a re
 publican. He was never an aspiran
 for recognition by election to publi
 office, but had accepted nomination b
 the members of his party for republi
 can member from the Second ward o
 the city and at the time of his deat
 was serving his second term as
 member of the common council. Here
 as elsewhere, his opinion was eagerl , sought and given the greatest atten tion by the aldermen associated wit
 him.
 Fraternally Mir Nichols was identi : fled with the Royal Arcanum and wa also a prominent grange member g the time of his death, being treasure of Putnam grange.
 | Mir Nichols death evoked many e1 pressions of sympathy and regret o | Saturday from business and politics } associates, who always regarded hir 7 as one of Putnam's most worthy mel