Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-19


of South Wellington in 1S4S. Until
his eighteenth year he spent the win
ter months at school and the rest
of the year in the mill of which his
father was one of the owners. Mr..
Hall grew up in the thread business
and the plant has been in continuous
operation except for a short time in
1851 when the firm had to cease bus
| mess owing to arrangement of affairs
due to the outbreak of the Civil war
In 1860 the firm was that of Hall &
| Manning and while at different times
others were associated with Mr. Hall
in the business, it has been exclusive
| ly in the Hall family since 1895. OF
late years the deceased had relin-
quished most of the cares of the bus
Col. William Henry Hall, a member
of the present and many legislatures.
The career Of Gardiner Hall pre-
sents many interesting incidents. After
the firm of Hall & Manning suspended
business in February. 1861, Mr.. Hall
Linen Co., in it's bleaching department
at 81 a week. In 1852 he started the
thread business again and from that
time there has been no break or in
terruptlon in the operation of the
plant. It is said that throughout his
business life Mr.. Hall never gave or
endorsed a note and always bought
his supplies for cash.
Mr.. Hall was a man of considerable
| inventive genius and he made many
| improvements in thread making ma
| chlnery, one Of these being a thread
dressing or finishing machine. In 1870
he obtained a patent on an automatic
spool printing press and another in
| Ventlon was a tension regulator for
thread as it is being wound on spools.
Mr.. Hall was active in town affairs,
| and in 1886 he was a presidential
| elector on the republican ticket He
accumulated wealth and used it lib
orally to assist the town, building or
caring for many miles of road each
year. His tax to the town on his
realty was for many years one-fourth
OF the entire tax. He was an orig
inal incorporation Of the Stafford Saw
ings bank and 40 years ago exerted
his influence in behalf of a law I'M
der which savings banks may pay in
terest on deposits beginning with the
first day of the month plan adopted
by many institutions. He was a di-
rector in the Berkshire Cotton Man
ufacturing Co. Of Adams, Mass, the
Greylock Shirt Co. and the GreyloclS
National bank of the same place.
Mr.. Hall has been a well known fig
| ure in this city, to which in his active
business life of over 10 years he came
every week to do his banking business
| at the Thames National bank. At one
| time he was the next to the largest
SIoSh41OIoc1 AL Tue davenport Firearms
company and he was also formerly a
| large stockholders In the Hopkins 6.
Allen Arms company. For over 25
years he has been a stakeholder in the
Ponemah mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall, who were mar
golden wedding anniversary on
Thanksgiving day, Nov. 20, 1912, when
| the entire village of South Willington
We're their guests at concert given
IN the evening in the Clara Hall Elliott
Memorial church. which was erected
by Mr.. Hall in memory Of his daugh-
ter Clara.
Mr.. Hall Is survived by his wife, one
son, Colonel Hall, and three daughters
Miss Rosa Orline, who lives at homie,
Mrs: Robert T. Jones Of South Will
llngton and Mrs. Ralph n. Paige of
Springfield, Mass. He also leaves q
| sister. Mrs. John R. Champlin, of this
city, and a brother, Albert Hall. of
Idaho Springs, Col.
Annie Elizabeth Gevers,
On Saturday, Annie Elizabeth, In.
FAINT daughter OF Herman and Helen
Mehrholz Covers, died at the home OF
her parents. No. 2s5 Laurel Hill av.
old.
Robert II. Daniels.
Robert II. Daniels died at his home
on Boswell avenue Saturday morning
at 1870 o'clock after having been IL
two weeks with pneumonia. He was
So years Of age and born In Hebron
the son Of jeremiah and Phoebe vii.
cox Daniels. At one time Mr.. Daniels
had resided In Montville but he haf
lived in this city for some years past
He is survived by his wife, a broth.
er who Is out Of town and other rel.
| atives.
Mrs. Albert w. Beebe,
| Isabella Davidson, wife Of Albert W
Beebe and 38 years of age, died OF
Sunday morning at IL o'clock at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry M. Colt
No. 40 Hedge avenue. Mrs. Beebe has
been i'll for foruteen months past ant
born her illness with great fortitude
She was born in Scotland SO years agt
and was the daughter Of Herbert ant
Helen Wilson Davidson. Her HUSBAND
survives her but there 10 no surviving
family.