Obituary: Caroline Mills Mead (Greenwich News, 1910)

Obituary: Caroline Mills Mead

Greenwich News: Friday, June 10, 1910. Page 7, column 5. 

Mrs. Caroline Mills Mead, widow of the late William H. Mead, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Henry V. Peck at Relay place, Cos cob, least Friday after an illness whose duration was nearly a year, aged eighty-four years and six months.

The funeral was held at the home of Mrs. Peck on Tuesday, Rev. M. George Thompson officiating. The service was an impressive one. Hymns were sung by a quartet consisting of Dr. and Mrs. Carl E. Martin, Arthur H. Dorland and Miss Lillian Reese. 

Mrs. Mead was a prominent woman in Greenwich, a woman of strong character and mind and one highly respected in town. She was born in 1826 in Stamford, the daughter of Ebenezer and Rhoda Smith. On her marriage to Mr. Mead she came to Greenwich to live in the old homestead which is now occupied by Mr. Young.

Thirty-seven years ago her husband died and upon her then devolved the task of looking out after his large land holdings. In recent years she has done much to improve the property. She had four streets laid out, Mead circle, Suburban avenue, Glendale street and Randolph place, all of which are well built up. She showed remarkable business ability in all of her dealings, and did much to build up Cos Cob. 

Mrs. Mead was one of the oldest members of Christ church and was active in church work. She was a member of the New Canaan Chapter of the D.A.R.

She leaves two nieces, Mrs. Peck and Miss Caroline Smith, and a nephew, Benjamin Smith, besides grandnephews and grand nieces.