The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
Taken Suddenly III Tester day Afternoon With Acute Indigestion, He Sue
 cumbs Early This Morn ing Before Physician Can Reach Him. .
One of the Most Widely Known Members of1Fair- field Bar-Ran For Mayor Against Denis Mulvihill Held Connecticut Co., Trusteeship.

George Edwin Hill, for 22 years health officer of Fair field county and one of the most widely known members of the Fairfield county bar,i died at 4:3O o'clock this morn- ing at his home, 926 Fairfield avenue. He had been at busi- ness as usual yesterday appar-l ently in the best of health.
 Last night MT. Hill was seize l with an attack of acute indi-i gestion. Early today his wife was aroused by his groans as he writhed in pain. She went to his room and finding him in a semi-conscious condition im- i mediately telephoned their physician, Dir. Henry Blodget, 819 Myrtle avenue. pr. Blod-i get sent pr. Fessenden l.. Dayi to answer the call but when Dr. Day arrived, MT. Hill was dead.
 MT. Hill was born 52 years ago in. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1884. NsIIe is survived by his widow, Catherine Marcea Utley, daughter of James Seward and Catherine Marcea Utley, whom he married in New York, April | 20, 1910. There are no children. Two brothers, William Hill, president of the Collins Manufacturing Go. of Col lfnsville, Conn.,, and Herbert w. Hill of Boston; and one sister. Susan F. Gould ofsPortland, Me, also survives him.
 MT. Hill was the son of Charles Edwin Hill and Susan Frances Will bur. He was a descendant of Puritan and Quaker stock, his forbears beingn settled at Kittery, Me-, and in Massa- chusetts.
 MT. Hill was a graduate of Yale. class of 1891-and began the practice of law in this city in that year. There after every spare moment he could find was devoted to the history of his class or to histories or accounts that would leave to posterity a knowledge of the students who sought training at the New Haven university. Thed most complete biography. of the sev- eral classes both before and after his graduation are his works.
 \ MT. Hill left his university with the degree of L. L. B. at his graduation he also won the Townsend prize for oratory.
 Before attempting his law studies, MT. Hill had attended the King school at Stamford, where his parents hadI removed, and had also been an in structor for two years at that school. He was always member of the Rel publican party, was active in the oldt Bridgeport Republican club and untiD very recently was active in Republi- can politics here. In 1903. the Re- publicans selected him as their can- didate for mayor, but he was defeated by Mayor Denis Mulvihill, Democrat. In 1904 he was chairman of the Re- publican town committee. From 1906 until 1909 he was president of thei board of police commissioners l
 April 14, 1914. he was appointed by Attorney McReynolds as one of five commissioners to take charge of thei Connecticut Co. trolley lines in Con-. neCt1CuI, III Ine ulNOTClHS Ol uHtSol lines from the New Haven railroad system. Those named to act withi him were Judge Walter c. Hayes of New London; William Waldo Hyde of Hartford; Lyman B. Brainsrd of Hartford, and Charles Cheney of South Manchester. In this capacity and as county health officer h ewas engaged when death over took him.
 When MT. Hill first came to prac-, tice law in Bridgeport he became al member of the firm of Perry, Perry &s Hill Later, he associated himself with the late Edwin F. Hall in the firm of Hall & Hill. NAfter the death of his partner, he formed a partner, ship with William B. Boardman, a which existed until death claimed him. The firm for years had offices in the Sanford building. but lately removed to the Security building.
 In connection with his college. MT. Hill held many offices. He had been president of the Association of Yale Class Presidents and at his death was
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