The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-01
DEATH CAME
 PEACEFULLY TO
 MRS. ATCHINS0
Mother-in-law of Late c. B. Read Expired During
 Night.

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 Unknown to the members of her family, Mrs Eliza Landon Atchinson, widow of the late John F. Atchinson. of the firm of wooster & Atchinson, and mother-in-law of the late Charles Barnum Read, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Read, FPS Park avenue. early this morning.
 Mrs. Atchinson's death was unex- pected. She had been out for a walk with her daughter, Mrs. Reed, last evening, and was apparently in the best Of health About ten o'clock they returned and sat upon the veranda until about twelve, when she retired She did not complain of being i'll. but remarked on how well she felt
 Before retiring the other members of the family glanced into her apart ment to find her peacefully sleeping. About eight o'clock this morning Ndu- rie1, the eight-year-old daughter of Mrs Read, ran into her grandmoth- CTS apartment to awaken her. She was heard calling in A vain effort to awaken her. She then ran down the stairs to her mother, badly fright ened and declared:
 ..AEIaanma, grandma. must be awfully sick; she will not get up.''
 Mfrs. Read then went to Mrs. At chinson's room where, upon being un- able to awake her, suEnmoned the family physician. Dr. Henry Bdodget. He found that Mrs. Abchinson had been dead for several hours. Death was caused Hrom an acute attack of angina pectoris.
 The deceased was seventy years of age, and one Of the oldest residents of the city Of Bridgeport. She was born in Gl1ilford, a Connecticut. She was descended directly from some of the oldest families in the New Eng land states. Relatives served in all the great wars of the Union, and her maiden name, Mrs Eliza Landon Wheaton, is covered with glory since the coming of the Eay1oHer.
 Mrs. Atc1tnson married her late husband forty-four years age last September, after a lengthy and TO- mantle courtship. MT. Atchinson, then a resident of Bridgeport, was att tracted by the beauty and the grace of Miss Wheaton. He courted her for | several years, and at last won her hand. They were married in Guilford, and after the honeymoon made their home in Bridgeport where MT. At chinson was engaged in the leather business.
 She was a member of St Johns church since her coming to Bridge port. Until advancing years com pel1ed her retirement she was an ac- tive member in all the affairs of the wonen's organizations of the church. Mrs. Atch1nSOn was well known In phiIa anthropfc circles and gave liber- ally to various charitable organiza- tions. She was a member of St. Johns and Christ church charitable societies, and there was hardly charitable organization Of the city in which she was not at one time ac- lively associated
 Within the last few years, death has taken away many of the members of the family. Her husband, John F. Atchison, died about three years ago, while her son-in-Iaw, Charles B. Read, passed away shortly after. About two months ago, Mrs. Atchison was greatly distressed when her sister, Mrs. John A. Holcomb, died at the age Of 95.. The two sisters were greatly attached dur ling childhood, and Mrs. Atchison's health gave way shortly after, and is supposed to have been the indirect cause of her unexpected demise. Re gently her health had improved
 Mrs. Atchison is survived by one daughter, Mrs Charles B. Read, of 725 Park avenue, at whose home she died, a granddaughter, Murie1, and a sister, Mrs w. H. Seward of Boston, Mass Three nieces. Mrs. Winthrop F. Pyle, ITO Washington Terrace, Mrs. c. H. w. Stocking of 433 Golden Hin street, and Miss Eiinor Groesbeck of New Haven, and one nephew, Charles Wheaton of New Haven. beside the immediate fam fly, survive.