Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Augusta L. Swan.

 Mrs. Augusta L. Swan. sister of the late Mrs. Edward T.. Brown, died or Tuesday at the residence of E. T Brown, 181 Broad street. in New Lon-
 don. Mrs. Swan, whose home was in Meriden, had come there fos visit over the holidays and was stricken with what proved to be her fatal ill., ness.
 Mrs. Swan was IT years old, the
 daughter of the late Daniel and AL
 the widow of Samuel T. Swan who was a son of Rev. Jabez Swan. the
 noted preacher. Major D. Mortimer Lee, a brother of Mrs. Swan, died a year and half ago.
 The early part of her married life
 Mrs. Swan resided in Norwich, but for 25 years she had made her home in Meriden.
 Charles N. chappeII.
 Charles N. Chappell, town clerk and judge of probate of the town of Mont vile and one of the best known men of that place, died at 6.20 o'clock Tues | day morning at the Backus hospital l here. MT. Chappel was attacked by | pneumonia about a week ago, and Monday, when his condition became critical he was brought to the hospi- ! tai
 MT. Chappell was born in Montville
 on Feb. 8, 1880, the son of Christopher H. and Eleanor Haley Chappeu. In his early manhood he went to the Sand wich Islands and remained there con- l siderable time. Returning here, he was
 married to Miss Mary Smiddy, MT,
 and Mrs. Chappell later returning to
 Montville. Mrs. Chappen having died about a year ago.
 | MT Chappell was for a long period l in the employ of the Palmer Brothers | Go. at it's Palmertown mill. Later he engaged in the grocery business. Four | a Q xraa a1aNfad r1ar1r | and about a year ago judge of probate. He was an ardent democrat, but was so popular that he was endorsed by the republicans as we'll. In all his public trust he was honest. faithful and painstaking. and he was held in | high regard as a town official
 He was a member of Oxoboxo lodge | No. 116, A. F. and A. M., and of Coche-
 gan camp, Woodmen of America. Sur
 viving Is a sister, Mrs. Ann Wood, of
 Montville.
 Mrs. Lueretia R. Cory. The death of Mrs. Lucretia R. Cory
 78, occurred Tuesday in Norwich, where
 she had made her home since last | July. She was born in Yantic, but
 most of her life had been spent in South Coventry, where burial will take
 place. She was the last of her family i Mrs. Floyd II. Ledger. | Following a brief illness with pneu- | mOn1a, the death or b6dA SWa1H, wife | of Floyd H. Ledger, occurred at hel
 home in Worcester at 2 o'clock Tues ] day morning.
 l Nearly all of her life had been spent i in this city, though she was a native | of Sweden, where she was born or I Nov. 30, 1875. She was married here
 eight years ago to Mir. Ledger and about a year ago they moved to Wor-
 cester She was a member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church of this | city, and was highly esteemed by her I many friends in this city. 1 Besides her husband, she is survived
 by her father, John F. Swahn, and hel
 brother, John M. Swahn. both of this l city.
 1 Mrs. Sidney c. Smith. ! Late Tuesday evening at the Shell | terfng Arms occurred the death of | Frances Elizabeth, widow of Sidney | c. Smith. She was in her S1st year and had recently been in gradually failing health because of her age.
 Mrs Smith was born in Niantic, on Sept 30, 1895, descended from the old
 families of that section. and lived un- l til after her marriage. at East Lyme Her home had been in Norwich since 1865, but only since 1913 had she lived | at the Sheltering Arms. The deatf of her husband occurred here in 1881 Mrs. Smith is survived by five chil- dren, Miss F. Emma Smith, Charles IL Smith, Miss Mary Smith. Arthur l Smith and Miss Harriet Smith, all oi this city. She also leaves four grand