Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-06
OBITUARY.
Mrs. WIIIlam H. Renhan,.


 ham had been i'll for long slime, suf- fering from tubercular condition. She was 45 years of age. Her husband prominent Waterford farmer, her fa- ther. Sylvester G. Jerome, and a brother. Lawrence Jerome. of Quaker sided all her life at Quaker Hill She was a member of the Second Water ford Baptist church, of which MT. Ben ham has heen deacon for many years. Mrs. Benham showed marked capa- btiities as writer of poetry and prose and as a reader.
 Mrs. Stephen W. Kellogg.
 Mrs. Lucia Hosmer Andrews Kel- logg. S6, died Tuesday morning at her home, a3 Prospect street. Waterbury, from the infirmities due to age She was the widow of Gen. Stephen W. Kellogg, Up to year and half ago Mrs. Kellogg was able to be about her garden and enjoyed good health for a woman of her age.
 Mrs. Kellogg was born in Buffalo, N. r., March II, 1929, when that city was still a frontier town. She was the daughter of Major Andre Andrews and Sarah Mehitable (Hosmer) Andrews and the descendant of some of the best known colonial families of Con- necticut, including the Griswold, Par sons. Mather and Atherton families, many of whom settled in Lyme and vicinity. Her father was one of the pioneers of Buffalo and was the sec ond mayor of that city. He, with his wife and one child, died during the terrible cholera epidemic that swept Buffalo in 1884, and the surviving chil- dren of the family were brought east, to be cared for by. relatives. Mrs. Kel- logg was placed in the family of an uncle and her childhood was spent in Meriden and in Middletown- She was educated in private schools in Middle town and at Miss Dewey's school in Sheffield. Mass.
 Gen. Kellogg died Jan; P. 1904. Mrs. Kellogg leaves six children. Mrs Frank c. Plume, Mrs. Edwin H. Eng fish of New Haven. Capt. Frank w. Kellogg, U. $. N, John P. Kellogg, Mrs. Irving H. Chase and Charles P. Kel- logg. of the state board of charities. died in childhood
 She also leaves seventeen grandchil- dren and sister. Mrs. Samuel Cotter of Derby.
 Andrew J. Lynch.
 Andrew J. Lynch died Wednesday morning at S.30 o'clock at his home, 30 Garfield avenue, Bristons R. l., aft employed for a number of years by LeBaron c. Colt. He was formerly an operative at the factory of the Na- tional India Rubber company. He lived at one time at Colchester. Conn. He had been resident of Bristol for 20 years. He is survived by his wife and several children
 Thomas Gordon.
 Thomas Gordon, for the past 35 years overseer of carding in mills in Burrillville and Greeneville. R. l., died Tuesday morning at g o'clock at his home on Chapel street, Harrisville, as the result of a shock which he suffered a a Fl in Dudley, Mass, June 29, 1855.
 He served, seven years as a member of the Burrfllville town council, re- tiring from the body in 1914 He was a member of Burrillville Aerie of Eagles. He leaves besides a widow Gordon, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Harrington of Putnam Conn.,, and Miss Bridget Gordon of Harrisyille.
 Charles c. Lewis.
 Charles c. Lewis, for 2s years prom inent in the wholesale hardware busi- ness in Springfield. died Tuesday aft ernoon after a weeks attack of perito- nitis. He was 56 years old.
 MT. Lewis was born in New London, March 13, 1859, and was educated in that city. He early entered the hard ware business beginning his career in the employ of Dudley & Stevenson, wholesalers in New London. In 1887, MT Lewis went to Springfield and es- tablished the wholesale steel, iron and has since conducted. He Is survived by his wife and three children.
 Mrs. George c. Pollock.
 Mrs. Martha M. Pollock. wife of Rev. George c. Pollock. D. D., and mother of Dr. H. NJ. Pollock of the Norwich state hospital, passed away at the home of her son on Wednesday after noon after an illness of several weeks.
 Mrs. Pollock, who was the daughter of Henry Meeker and Martha Bald win, was born Feb. 4, 1840. She was on her fathers side a lineal descendant of Jasper Crane, who was an original settler of the New Haven colony. In New Haven his house was located on the corner of Orange street, the site now occupied by the Church of St. Thomas. In 1852 he became one of the first planters of Branford. Conn.,; later he made his permanent home in Newark, N. J., and was a prominent figure in the settlement of Newark. Her great grandfather, Obadiah Meek er was on officer in the Revolutionary war. The ancestors of Henry Meeker are traced back to William Meeker, who with his sons are recorded among those who bought the site of Elizabeth, her mothers side, Mrs. Pollock was descended from Richard Baldwin of Dundridge, England, whose grandson, Joseph Baldwin, came to Milford, Conn, in 1889.
 She was married in Newark, N. J., to the Rev. George c. Pollock, D. D., June 13, 1887, and was associated with the long pastorates of her husband throughout his entire ministerial ca reer in the states of New Jersey and Minnesota, to which fields of labor she brought rare aptitudes and accom- plishments of mind and heart which won for her the warm affection and admiration. of the communities in which she lived. She was a woman of exceptional refinement and culture. Sha possessed a highly cultivated mind and a wealth of social grace which drew to her many warm friend ships which were deep and life-lasting. Her spirit was hopeful and. cheer compelling which fashioned a person. ality of rare radiance and beauty which all acknowledged who were drawn within the circle of her infiu- ence. In her home she was the cen- tral magnet of the households devo- ton and in the churches and com munities to which she gave her ser vices her presence was felt as a bene- diction. Her residence in this com munity has been brief. but not too brief to impress with her great per- sonal worth the exceptional loveliness