The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-25
STEPHEN CAMPPARTRICK
Aged and Respected Resident of Park City Passes to Great
 Beyond.

The death of Stephen Camp Par trick which occurred yesterday af- ternoon at his residence 107S Fairfield avenue. will come as severe shock to not only his many relatives and friends but to the community in gen eraI in which the deceased for many years had been a commanding and beloved member. Although in his 81st year and for some time a chronic sufferer from a conplicatlon of dis itab1e will and vital force sustained him until the end and his death was little expected by those who knew him He was confined to his bed less than week.
 Born in Norwalk, October 3, 1881, the son of John Patrick, a deseen- dant of Colonial ancestors, Stephen a attended the public schools of his na- tive city, leaving to assist his father in agricultural pursuits. Although he later clerzzed in a general store un- til his removal to Bridgeport in 1853 where he continued this. occupation. under sthe guidance of William Hall. by whom he was employed dntil 1856, when he engaged in business on his own account, the inherent love of the soil dominated him and his later yeafS were spent in a grat1flcat1On Leaving the store of William Hall. the deceased abegan his career as general merchant in a store at the Corner of Broad and State streets. later expanding his business by the abeorb+fon of the competing firm of
 
 years of prosperous mercantile activ- ity, he branched out into the grain and feed business, which he ma1nt aim ed for period of four years d and tastes toward natures adornment might find expression and scope in the form of landscape gardening. This work which he loved he pur- sued to the end.
 In 1865. soon after the opening of State street he built residence just fnI +11oIl the dividing line of the city from Fa4rhe1d. He later completed his handsome home on Fairheld avenue which he has occupied since 1885,
 He is survived by a wife, Esther Franoes Pike, a daughter of the late Captain Julius Pike, whom he mar cesebratRon of their golden wedding <sr1raiversary was held April 25, 1909 Ee@hdes the reltet two brothers are Jeff to mourn, John A and Julius F., residing ir Norwa1k But one child was born to the deceased, a son, Winthrop who died in his infancy ciesiss or Organizations he was for many year1 a member of Christ church later identifying himself with sta Johns at which he was a regular ar fnteefred with his continuing as an actife member.
 SAsphen Patrick was 3. descendant of Captain Daniel Partrick. who emi- ssra1sd from England in company with ! Gov. Winthrop in 1630 He first set gfed in iWatertown Mass, later mov- ing to Cambridge where he was en- gagged by the Colonial government in inc rnznufa cture of shot. He was a capssin in the service, being one of the two captains to receive regular pay from the colony. He later ac- cz1ssed from the Indians 8 large tract of land in the section now covered by Stamford and the NorWe1ks includ- ing two islands in the Sound, pay : rraeut for which was in hatehets, beads and other trfnkets of little in- trfrfsic value
 Other descendants of Daniel Par trick are among ethe- present families bearing similar name n Stamford and the Nt1rU allks The deceased had been a constant reader of The Farmer from bovhood and has been a continuous subscriber to this paper for the past fifty years