Obituaries of burlington people - Town of Burlington

HARTIGAN, WILLIAM HORTON, (1913) A wedding in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Carl Wagner inBurlington when their daughter Miss Gertrude Marie Wagner was married to William Horton Hartigan ofBurlington Station. The reception took place at the Woodland hotel owned by the Hartigan family. TheWagner family are comparatively new in Burlington, coming from New Jersey. The Hartigan family is oneof the oldest ones in Burlington. The bride has a sister Miss Margaret Frieda Wagner.HINMAN, EMMA, Mrs. of Burlington announced the engagement of her youngest daughter MissHarriet Belle to Rev. James McAllister of Cape Colony, South Africa. Miss Hinman graduated from theCollinsville High school in 1904 and later from the New York school of art, and for the past three yearshas been supervisor of art in Mt. Holyoke College Wellington Cape Colony and has been much interestedin missionary work. Mr. McAllister, is a well known missionary, evangelist and preacher in the colony.LAMSON, SAMUEL, Mr. & Mrs. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Among those present wereMrs. Emily B.Sessions, widow of John Humphrey Sessions of Bristol. The Lamson's were married inBurlington by Rev. Mr. Wright, pastor of the Congregational Church, at the residence of the bride'sparents, Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Sessions. The couple have lived in Southington and Cleveland Ohio, andabout 20 years ago returned to their old home in this town. Mr. Lamson is 79 years old. His brother isIsaac Lamson, the wealthy Cleveland manufacturer, who with Samuel Sessions has built a greatbusiness in that city. Mrs. Lamson is a sister of John Humphrey Sessions, who established the greatindustries that have made the name of Conn. famous. Mr. Lamson's two sisters were also present, Mrs.Isaac T.Rowe and Mrs. Darius Campbell, both of Burlington. The couple have two children, Frank E. headclerk at the Sessions Foundry in Bristol and Fred who lives with his parents.MOSES, ADRIAN, in the old house in which he was born 75 years ago, Adrian Moses celebrated withhis wife their 50th wedding anniversary. The house has been in the Moses family for considerably over acentury. Mr. Moses is an expert on timber, and his farm is considered best in the vicinity. They weremarried at Nepaug 5-5-1863. Adrian was born 3-21-1838, the son of Richard Moses & Rachel Norton. Hehas for a long time bought large tracts of land and cut off the timber, working it into ties for railroadpurposes, and he supplies the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company with probably moreties then anybody else in Connecticut. During last winter he has furnished this company over 14,000 ties,and he is at present cutting off a tract of land that he cut 47 years ago. His wife was Clarinda Beckwith,daughter of Isaac Beckwith of Nepaug, where she was born 7-2-1841. They have two children,A.A.Moses who lives with his parents, and Mrs. (Henrietta) Edwin Matthews of Whigville. (HartfordCourant, 5-5-1913)MOSES, BERNARD, Prof. who since 1876 has been the professor of history & political economy in theUniversity of California, was born in Burlington in 1846. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan anda Ph. D. of Heidelberg.NORTON, CHARLES, married Miss Mary L.Stone. They will occupy apartments at the home of LutherNorton, in Burlington. (1-26-1898)NORTON, FRANKLIN, 53, died 8-23-1862.SMITH, PETER F.WEBSTER, GEORGE. Mr. & Mrs home was the scene of their oldest daughters wedding. Miss EllaNora was married to Samuel Winchester 11-16-?. The bridesmaid was a sister, Miss Ella Winchester, andthe groom was Louis Webster, a brother.WEBSTER, JUSTUS, descendants of Justus Webster held a reunion at the home of Mrs.S.G.Winchester on Peaceable Street (1912). The children of Justus Webster now living areGeorge N. & James M. of Burlington, Mrs. Jennie Hall of Waterbury & Mrs. Emily Butler ofCollinsville. Others present were Mr. & Mrs. S.G.Winchester & son Earl; Mr. & Mrs. LewisWebster & Marian of Bristol; Mrs. & Mrs. Winslow Barnes of Collinsville and their children,Winifred, Raymond, Wesley & Wilbur; Mr. & Mrs. Irving Tefft of Avon and 4 children, Clifford,Gertrude, Homer & Robert; Mr. & Mrs. Duane Webster of Burlington.WESSMAN, DORIS(Alderman) 87, of Thorpe Avenue, Meriden, died 10-4-1997 at theVeterans Memorial Medical Center. She was the wife of the late John Ford Wessman. She wasborn in Burlington, CT 6-1-1910, a daughter of the late Elliott and Esther(Lagerstrom)Alderman.She had attended the University of CT, had worked as a bookkeeper, and was a member of the143