Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-23
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Mary R. White.

' | (Contributed.)
 | By the death of Mrs. Mary R. White i which occurred at Jewett City January
 l 22, Preston and other communities
 have lost a deeply cherished spirit. :, | Mrs. White was born in New York
 city June S. 1895. Her maiden name
 being Mary Richardson Cleveland and
 she was a second cousin of the late
 l rearing and education were in the
 l schools and churches of her native
 city.
 On Feb. 2s. 1s45. she was married
 | whose New England energy and skill l contributed greatly to the building of that and other southern cities. In 1860
 i Mrs White and her husband came to l Preston and build upon the Barnes
 l homestead the beautiful home popu- l larly known as s'the Mansion" and called by the owners Highland Re- l treat, which stands on the bluffs com
 | south of Jewett City. In 1880 Mrs. 1 Whites husband died. After 25 years l of. widowhood she married Rev. Frank l White D. D., of Little Rock, Ark, 1 clergyman of large ecclesiastical ac- | tivities throughout the southwest who | survives her with many nephews and
 nieces throughout the country. among whom are A. D. Zabriski of Norwich, | C. c. Zabrish of Preston and Hon. L.. l K. Zabrisld, vice consul To the Dan- 1 ish West Indies.
 l EOr 00 years O1IS. w I1ll0 was S1 var | ued member of the Preston City Con- 1 gregationa1 church, whose progress 1 and development drew from her no | small measure of her abounding de- l votion. Her works of a public nature i were chiefly done in Hot Sprinks, Ark. | In that city she was deeply interested 1 in establishing the Critington home for women, the Sunshine home for chli- | dren, the w. c. T. U. and Women's l Relief corps there were chosen fields | for the exercise of her ardent devo- | ton of all good endeavors. Through l years of discouragements she was the | unfaltering leader of the forces that 1 finally achieved the success of build | ing the $5o.0o0 library of Hot Springs. | There were frequent endeaVorS to have I the library project partake of the Car | naigie but Mrs. White saw to it that | the institution was built of, by and | for the people of Hot Springs. Mrs. White was an accomplished l house woman and even into her nine | ty-first year was frequently to be seen | driving in the streets of Norwich without mishaps to her own turnout and to those of others. Her mental at tainments were of the highest order and at all times was ready to discuss l with great zest and keenness all sub- jects of local, national and world poll cies. She was naturally fortified with | a splendid will power and vitality, Tor throughout her near century life she suffered but one serious illness which was a nervous breakdown upon the death of her mother during yellow fever epidemic. For more than half century she enjoyed unbroken health, l falling at last victim to grip, after but a short illness.
 Mrs. Whites human sympathy em-
 braced the world in an all enfolding | manner. She was the quick bene | factress to all deserving applicants. It | would be difficult to enumerate the 1 many young people she has started in life with education and other suhstan- 1 tial equipment A glimpse of her all 1 embracing good will for her fellows is | shown by the following recital: | Advancing age made it necessary for her to sell last year her Highland Re- | treat home. It was sold complete with l it's furnishings which included DOT
 traits of herself and MT. Barnes Be- 1 tween those portraits she caused to be l hung an auto biographical sketch of l herself suitably framed in mahogany | The sketch contains this prayer "1 l trust my picture and that of my for ! mer husband James Barnes with this 1 brief sketch of my life may be per i mitted to hang here while this house l shall stand. 1 pray the good blessings 1 of the good father God upon this
 home and wish for those who live here | now and for those into whose hands it l might fall in years to come the same | happiness and prosperity which I have l enjoyed these many years Mary R. White. formerly Mary R. Barnes. Alexander s. Wait. l AIeXanQ6r 5. wait, a veteran engl-
 neer on the New York, New Haven
 and Hartford railroad. died at his res- | idence, 2 Cole street, New London, Saturday evening at 9.30. after a lin-
 gering illness. He was a son of the wick Wait and was born in South
 Lyme, Feb. 23. 1850. MT. Wait had been in the employ of the road for
 at the Union station in New London Aug. 16, 1914. he suffered severe in- l juries which compelled him to retire | from active service. He was mem
 and A. M.. of Jibboom club. No. 1, | and of the New London Veteran Fire mems association. A widow survives Mrs. Mary Chapman.
 l Mrs. Mary Chapman, 66 years old, | died suddenly at the home of her son, | Stephen H. Chapman, at 249 Willetts avenue, New London, Sunday after
 noon. Death was caused by a chronic
 disease of the heart.
 Saturday Mrs. Chapman complained ] of having 8 sharp pain in the chest l and at night when a physician was l called she seemed to be better. About l g o'clock Sunday afternoon she was l lying down when she began to gasp l for breath and died almost instantly. 1 Mrs. Cha apman is survived by a sis l ter, Mrs. William A. Zones. besides her son.
 Mrs. Patrick Sullivan. (Contributed.)
 l The long and useful life of Mrs. Pat | rick Sullivan came to a peaceful close 1 at her home at 5 o'clock Saturday morning She bore her long illness I with patience and Christian fortitude. | Her whole interest in life centered in l her home. To her husband she was l ever true helpmate and to her chil- | dren a denoted mother
 1 Surviving are her husband, Patrick lllivan. and eight children, John Patrick Timothy and Dennis and the
 Misses Mary, Nora, Agnes and Mar garet.
 The passing away of Mrs. Sullivan | leaves an aching void in a happy l home circle and the anguish in part ing with a devoted wife and indulgent | mother will bring those surviving the soulful sympathy of their many 1 friends.
 l John Edward Mathew. John Edward Mathew, the Is year l old son of MT. and Mrs. Edward Mathews, of Cedar street, died Mon | day at noon after a brief illness with