Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-18
OBITUARY.
William Ridley Gorton.

Word was received early in the week of the death on Thursday, February 10, 1916, of William Ripley Gorton at Springfield, Missouri. MT. Gorton was born on West Town street. Norwich Town, just above the Congregational church, and spent his boyhood days and obtained his education here. He left here when about eighteen years of age and after a short stay in Providence went to S.. Louis entering the employ of the Ravens Co. From there he in 1G1 went to Springfield, Mo. and for ten years in company with James Abbott conducted drygoods store in that city. MT. Gorton was a member Of the first school board or ganized in thaat city at the close of the Civil war.
 He was a member of Calvary Pres byterian church. joining it June 6. 1861, made an elder December. 1869; in April 1887, elected clerk of the session the most important office in the Presby- terian church which office he held at the time of his death.
 MT. Gorton was twice married, first to Miss Louise Anderson of St. Louis, and second to Miss Isadore Haskell of Springfield. Of his three children by 1 the second wife two survive him. Will I jam Ripley Gorton, Jr., and Helen Louise, and also grandson. In past | years MT. Gorton frequently visited in Norwich Town and will be remembered
 
 | hearted, social man who made many | friends. His loss will be solely felt | by his adopted city, as well as by his children and many loving, lifelong l friends
 Herman M. Brooks. l Of the death of H. dather Brooks, whose wife was Miss Dell Browning, | of Norwich, the New Haven Journal Courier says:
 l Herman Mather Brooks, sales agent for the Jones Laughlin Steel company of Pittsburgh, with an office in the | First National bank building, New Haven, was found dead at 2 o'clock | Tuesday morning at his home, 66 l Hubinger street, after having been missing for seven hours. His wife | ter, found MT. Brooks sitting in a chair in the bath room of his home. pr. A. W. Leighton, who was sum- | moned, decided that MT. Brooks must | have been dead six hours when his body was found. He gave acute in | cause of death.
 | His wife had expected him to re- | turn for supper at the Atwater house at o'clock. When he did not return at midnight Mrs. Brooks and others l at the Atwater home became alarmed. Mrs. Brooks and her brother started for the Hubinger street house to in- | vestigate. The lights in three of the rooms were burning. When his body | was found MT. Brooks was wearing family are inclined to believe that the attack came upon him suddenly. 1 MT. Brooks was 42 years of age,. and | was the son of Mir. and Mrs. Samuel H. Brooks of BrookvaIe. near Che l shire. He was graduated from the Cheshire academy, and for many years followed mercantile pursuits in New | Haven. He was with the Jones' l Laughltn company for several years. He was a member of Quinnipiack club, l New Haven Country club.
 MT. Brooks is survived by his wife and a son, H. Mather Brooks, Jr., his mother, Mrs. Mary B. Brooks, and two l sisters, Mrs. Edward I. Atwater of | New Haven, and Mrs. John R. Fred chick of Meriden.
 AIinzo Crockett.
 Alinzo Crockett died early Thursday morning in Preston at the age of 67 | North Grosvenordale and Undertaken 1 Gager sent the body to that place on the 2.05 train Thursday afternoon.
 John w. Mathews. | John W. Mathews of No. 50 Lake | street died at his home Thursday aft ernoon. He was born in this city, the son of William and Mary OfNeil | Mathews and was employed by a local merchant. He is survived by two b orthers and two sisters
 Mrs. George E. shaffer. Anna Bell Hutton, wife of George E. Shaffer. died at her home in Trading l Cove Thursday evening at o'clock | She was born on. July 14, 1872. the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Alexander Hutton. She is survived by her hus-
 band, eight children, two sisters and 1 two grandchildren.
 Carl Frederick 5jork. Carl Frederick, months old, son o1 | MT. and Mrs. Oscar Bjork, of 66 Eliza
 beth street, died Thursday afternoon
 The child was born in this city on April 25. Besides his parents he leaves a brother.