James Mahon died yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George W. Soby, No. 539 Franklin avenue. He had been sick seven weeks, from heart trouble. Mr. Mahon was born in Corrow, county Kings, Ireland, about eighty years ago, and came to America soon after 1850, locating in Hartford. In 1870 he went to Suffield and entered the employ of the Suffield & Windsor Locks Railroad Company, remaining there ten years, when he moved to Thompsonville and worked ten years for the Hartford Carpet Corporation., in 1890 he returned to this city and had since lived here. His last employment was as an outside worker at the Capital. He leaves five children, former Alderman Thomas F. Mahon, Miss Catherine J. Mahon, Mrs. Frank McGauley, Josepy F. Mahon and Mrs. George W. Soby, all of this city; a brother, Patrick Mahon, of New Haven, and a sister, Mrs. Christopher Reed of Meriden. He also leaves ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Soby, with requiem mass at St. Augustine's Church at 9 o'clock. The burial will be in Mt. St. Benedicts Cemetery.
Hartford Courant Dec. 11, 1912 Page. 11
Pall Bearers:
Two Grandchildren: Thomas F. Mahon Jr. of Hartford.
William J. Mahon of New Haven.
H.J. Connelly of New Britain
David Blanchfield of Hartford
James Mahon died yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George W. Soby, No. 539 Franklin avenue. He had been sick seven weeks, from heart trouble. Mr. Mahon was born in Corrow, county Kings, Ireland, about eighty years ago, and came to America soon after 1850, locating in Hartford. In 1870 he went to Suffield and entered the employ of the Suffield & Windsor Locks Railroad Company, remaining there ten years, when he moved to Thompsonville and worked ten years for the Hartford Carpet Corporation., in 1890 he returned to this city and had since lived here. His last employment was as an outside worker at the Capital. He leaves five children, former Alderman Thomas F. Mahon, Miss Catherine J. Mahon, Mrs. Frank McGauley, Josepy F. Mahon and Mrs. George W. Soby, all of this city; a brother, Patrick Mahon, of New Haven, and a sister, Mrs. Christopher Reed of Meriden. He also leaves ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Soby, with requiem mass at St. Augustine's Church at 9 o'clock. The burial will be in Mt. St. Benedicts Cemetery.
Hartford Courant Dec. 11, 1912 Page. 11
Pall Bearers:
Two Grandchildren: Thomas F. Mahon Jr. of Hartford.
William J. Mahon of New Haven.
H.J. Connelly of New Britain
David Blanchfield of Hartford
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