The Press., 1920-11-04
DEATH OF COL. WARREN.

Col. Charles Warren, aged 85 years, died shortly after three o'clock Sun day morning at his home in Center street. For the past two years he had been in failing health and since last July had been in the care of a physi- elan. He was a successful business man, had a notable record during the Civil war and was one of the most respected men in Stafford. Col War ren was born in Stafford September 18th 1885, the son of MT. and Mrs Samuel Barnes Warren. He was ed ucated in the schools of the town and at the age of 19, entered the finishing department of the Converseville mill. He remained at work here for five years, till 1850, when he entered into partnership with Henry Thrall and under the firm name of Thrall &War- ren they conducted a wholesale leath- CT business in Boston. They were successful and continued in business till the war broke out when they closed out and Mr. Warren returned to Stafford to enlist from his home town. He joined Company B. 11th Connecticut Volunteers as a private and was mustered into the service, October 24th, 1861, as a sergeant. He was made a second sergeant before leaving the state and soon after be- came a first sergeant. He left Con- necticut in December 1861 and joined the Burnside expedition to North Car olina. He participated in the battle of Newburg the following March and was in the Maryland campaign the next September, engaging in the bat ties of South Mountain and Antietam. On October 27, 1862, shortly after Antietam, he was commissioned first lieutenant. Under General Longstreet he engaged in the battle of Suffolk, Va, in April and May 1863. On July IS, 1863 he was promoted to the work of captain and took command of his company, leading it in the advance up the James river participating in the battles of Swift Creek, Drury's Bluff and Cold Harbor. He was in the ad- vance on Petersburg and engaged in
 the seize of that city. He was com
 missioned major of his regiment in
 November, 1864, was made lieutenant
 colonel in May 1865 and commanded
 his regiment in advancing on Rich
 mond by way of the New Market road
 north of the James river. He re-
 ceived his commission as colonel,
 December ,1st, 1865, and week later was honorably discharged from the
 army, having served more that four years and participating in every battle
 in which his regiment engaged. In March 1865, while major in command of his regiment, he was disgusted with the character of substitutes sent as recruits from Connecticut and resign ed. His resignation was not accepted because his superiors were unwilling to lose such an officer at that time. Returning from the service he en- gagged in the mercantile business in Stafford In company with James M. Lord and William Ellis he pur- chased the general store of Ellis Con- verse & Company. The business was carried on in a store on the corner of Main and Spring streets when, in 1884, Col. Warren erected the two story brick building which is still standing. MT. Ellis sold out his share | in the business in 1871. In 1881 Col. Warren sold his share and retired from business. Tn July 1880 Col. War | ren was elected president of the Staff ford Savings Bank and he held this office up till few years ago. He was a director of the Stafford library as- sociation a trustee of the Memorial Fund and of the Ava Hyde Fund for the erection of library building. He was a director and one of the original incorporators of the Stafford Springs cemetery association and a member of Winter Post, No. A, G. A. R. in which he took an active interest. He was ! a member and trustee of the Methodist church and for many years was pres ident of the Board of Trustees. He was also a member of the Pilgrim Society which erected the Pilgrim Monument at Plymouth Mass. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frank Willis of Center street, Mrs. A. B. Bartlett in Grand Rapids Mich. three 1 neices, Mrs. Lillian Flag in East Bos- ! ton, Mrs. Lillian McKensie in Flor | ence, Mass, and Miss Carrie Bartlett l in Grand Rapids and five nephews | Bert L. Bartlett in Grand Rapids, C. | w. Bartlett and Charles E. Warren both in Chicago, Harold C. Warren in | New York City and Edward F. Willis of Medford, Mass. The funeral ser
 vices were conducted in the home yesterday afternoon at two o'clock
 Rev. o. J. A1drich officiating. Burial I was in the Springs cemetery. The
 bearers were: Freeman Patten, Bur
 T. Eaton, William H. Heald and Rich
 ard w. Ellis. Four members of the
 G. A. R., Milo Walker, J. A. Stannis
 John Arnold and Cyrus Ramsdell wer,
 honorary bearers
 The reduction in wages recent.
 made by the Fabyan Woolen Co.,, wa
 not over 10 per cent.
 l A daughter was born October 17tl
 to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Constantine a
 the Johnson hospital
 MT. and Mrs. Herbert Weston o
 South Orange were week end guest
 of MT. and Mrs. Fred Wildey.
 A son, John William, was born t.
 MT. and Mrs. Leo w. Zelz Thursda
 night at the Johnson hospital.
 1 MT. and Mrs. F. A. Warfield 0 Washington, b. C., have been guest at the Mclaughlin home on Highlan Terrace.
 ,t Harold F. Pierce of this town wa
 present at an investiture held b King George at Buckingham palace
 London, recently.
 , The following w. s. s. and thrif , stamps were sold at the local pos office during the month of October w. $. s. $218.92; T. s. $12.50.
 Fl MT andMrs. Edward Stephens en , tertained 30 of their friends at a hal l | IQWaAQ marty lact Thnrcdau