Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-26
Psiatiah Wshster Hassinsson. fSueeial to The Buiietin.l

A6pSclAI to IHG buNeIi0.) Columbus, O., Feb 2S. = Peiatiah Webster Huntington. who died here yesterday, WAS born in Norwich July t2. 1S3s. Death was caused from com pficated affiiction due to old age. He was 65 years in the banking business | in this city, coming here as boy of seventeen in 1853 After being em- ployed in the old state bank for some years he founded the banking house of O. W. Huntingdon & Co.,, and s1b- sequently the Huntington, National Bank. He was president of the Ohio Bankers Association and vice presi- 1 dent of the American Bankers Assc- citation. He was the son of Benja-
 min Huntington, who was for thirty years treasurer of the Norwich Saw ings Society, and Margaretta Dunlap Perit Huntington, granddaughter of Pelatiah Webster, the eminent Pf1ilR- delphia dnaneier and patriot of revo- iutionary times.
 l Mr. Huntington was a direct de-
 scendant of Christopher Huntington,
 who with his brother Simon purchased
 from the Indians in 1859. a large tract
 of land in the valley of the Yantic river for settlement by the pioneers of Norwich and vicinity.
 1 Mr. Huntington is survived by his
 widow, five sons and two daughters
 and by his sister. Miss Sara l.. Hunt ington of Norwich. For more than l fifty years he was an annual visitor to the old family homestead at Norwich where his personal friends of the older
 generation were deeply attached to
 him.
 Edward K. Warner.
 Edward H. Warner died at his
 home, No. Il Columbia street, Hart ford, Sunday, after a long illness. He
 was A years old.
 MT. Warner was greatly interested in Connecticut river transportation
 and was formerly. one of the state
 commissioners of rivers, highways Iof the commission two terms. h
 Transit company to operate a steam.
 1913 he organized the Connecticut
 boat line between Hartford and New
 London. The company could moi secure dock privileges in Hartford
 and the plan was abandoned.
 4 Pauline Maynard.
 The death of Pauline. the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. ". May
 nard, occurred at the home of her par. was only four months old and hae { been i'll but 8 short time.
 Thomas w. D. Clarke. Thomas w. D. Clarke, prominent ir : Pawtuxet Valley business, fraterna land church circles for nearly a hal
 century, died Sunday morning at hi. home on Main street, Centervilie, R. | ] in his 74th year. He is survived by hi !. widow, two sons, Thomas H., towl treasurer of West Warwick, and Rich or.1 datt all Ruth and Mary Clarke.
 MT. Clarke was born in Kiflingiy s Conn, May 2s. 1s44. He was educate. z in the public schaols of his nativ flown and at Putnam and at the Eas Greenwich academy. After completin : his studies at the academy he taHgh school for a short time at Wickfort
 About 50 years ago he entered tn
 employ of the firm of A. & ". Spragu f as manager of the Quidnick stors h Later he went to Cranston as mana tiger of the company store, leaving e become bookkeeper at the Arctic mil = where he remained until the Spragl r failure. Subsequently he was book
 keeper at the LAnphear machine sho
 at Harris, and when that concern wen ,l out of business he became clerk in tn l. Centerville National and Saving c banks, then located in the old ban s building on WarWick avenue, Center : vile. This was in November, 1Ss- d Upon the death of Dr. Moses Fifleid i
 1900 he was made cashier and treas
 urer and trustee of the savings banl y A year later the banks moved into tn !, present quarters at Arctic and Mai Q streets, Arctic Center MT. Clarke rf d nlained as cashier and treasurer an it as 8. member of the boards of director l. up to the time of, his death, althoug le failing health had compelled him to re
 tire from active work several montt T ago. ytfs Y MT. Clarke was s2d degree Maso, 10 Miss Allies N. Riley. l., Miss Alice M. Riley died at her hon V: in East Hartfard Sunday. Miss Rile ST was born in Burnside, the daughter , " MT. and Mrs. Ransom Riley, and for
 time her father was postmaster Burnside. Miss Riley had been school teachar fer many years ar "a had taught in the public schools ,s Hartford, WiilimaIssic and Middietew = She was a naemher of thH Burnsit msa m Methodist church and active in u ,s various societies.
 According to statement bv u W manager of the Emergency Fleet Co