William Sumner Weiss, 66, of Simsbury, died peacefully on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at his home surrounded by his family after a brief and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born October ...

died peacefully Saturday, August 1, 2015 at age 74. Bill was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on August 11, 1940, to Morris D. Fire and Shirley Rain Fire. He attended the Bruce School in Lawrence and ...

With the possibility of striking it rich, thousands of Americans headed to California during the Gold Rush. In 1849, William Sumner Johnson left Connecticut and joined the thousands of ‘49ers heading ...