Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-16
OBITUARY
George Weaver Rouse

George Weaver Rouse, for the past 25
 years a resident of this city and city
 sheriff for a number of terms, died
 early Saturday morning at his home
 here. MT. Rouse had been in a critical
 condition for several days before his
 death and had been in failing health for
 several months MT. Rouse was affiict-
 ed with gall stones for a number of
 years and it was from this cause that
 death resulted.
 He was descended from long line
 of New England ancestors. his mother
 and father being of revolutionary an cestry. He was born in the town of
 Griswold on February 20, 1S47 the son of Lathrop and Philury Geer Rouse, and was one of seven children His father was a la ypreached of Baptist faith and was a Whig in politics until the for
 mation of the Republican party. Sheriff Rouse followed the teaching of his
 parent and has been of the Baptist faith and in politics was a Republican. He heceived his early education in the school at Voluntown, his teachers be- l ing Caleb Potter and Henry T. Phillips who were well known Norwich citizens After completing his schooling he enter ] ed the employ of the Briggs family who 1 conducted a cotton mill in Voluntown. When 16 years of age he gave up the l milt business to accept the clerkship at the American House in Norwich which was conducted by Lamb and i Newton. It was while in this employ ment that he enlisted in Company G. 1 of the 12th regiment, Connecticut Vol unteers. With this company he served i the Union in Georgia, Virginia and Louisiana later being stationed in Wash | ington. It was while he was in Wash ington that the assassination of Presi- 1 dent Lincoln took place and he was i one of those who served as a guard around the city to prevent the escape i of the assassin.
 | On August 12, 1865 he was discharg- ed from the service in Georgia and re- turned to his home in Voluntown where
 he again entered the employ of the Briggs Manufacturing company. After a short time he again gave up the mill business, this time to run a stage route between Voluntown and Westerly. 1 On July 18th, 1S6s. he was married 1 in East Greenwich, R. ., to Miss Hattie Maynard. Three sons and one daught- | CT were born Of this union.
 After MT. Rouse sold his stage route | he was clerk in a general store in Vol
 untown for long time. It was owned 1 firm was Timothy Parker 6 Co., MT | by Briggs & Hall and at one time the 1 Rouse was afflicted with illness for four months and upon his recovery of health he started confectionery store. He was made postmaster under Harrison ] then opening a large general store. Mir.
 Rouse took an active part in politics. 1 He served as postma ster four years represented Voluntown in the legislature | in 1895, was 6oorkeeper in 1879 and ] had been a messenger.
 In 1886 Mir. Rouse sold his business ] in Vo1untown and moved to this city Upon the death of Jailor D. J. Champ lin Sheriff Jackson placed Mir. Rouses in charge of the local jail and he filled the i position until the appointment of the late John A. Bowne by Sheriff Brown. MT. Rouse had been elected city sheriff a number of times and was filling the
 office at his death. He often had charge
 of juries in the courts and did much business for the lawyers of the county as aciyil officer. He also had been an auctioneer
 MT. Rouse was a member of Mount Vernon Lodge, F. & A NJ. of Jewett City and Byron D. Smith Post, No. 45, years he was its commander. He also c. A. R., of VoIuntown For eight had held about all the offices in the
 post MT. Rouse Mir. Rouse joined l lNarrangansett Lodge. No. 2, I. o. O. F., at Westerly, September 1872. He was a member of the Norwich Nest of Owls and the Army and Navy and the City Bible class of the Central Baptist 1 church club and had been a member of other local organizations
 i His wife died on May Is. 1916, and he is survived by three sons H. E. ! Rouse, M D., Shamrock. R. l., George W. Rouse. Jr., of Quincy, Mass Cliff | ford A. Rouse of Shamrock, R. l., and
 who served in France in the world war, and daughter Mrs. Arthur Pierce of
 Norwich. There is a sister Mrs Will | liam Warren of Taftvi11e.
 Jesse 4. Meader
 1 Jesse A. Meader pilot on the Central