The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-02-19
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In Ferrisbrrql, Jan 3Oh, RENAJAu
WEBSTER, aged Il years.

In Ferrisburqh, Jan 3Oth, BrNAJAn
WEBSTER, aged Il years.
AT hi, residence in Middlclury. on the It'll
inst, aged Sc SAMUEL SEVERANCE, ono Uf the
first settlers Of this town.
Mr. Severance was born in Mortified, Mass,
Feb , 1865. AT the age Of q he came to
Middlchury and purchased 100 acres of land,
when, he said, there was hut one dwelling
house on the present site of the village. lie
however continued 10 reside IN Mass, till 1899,
when he commenced cultivatng the farm on
which he resided after his marriage. in 1871,
till his death lie ever Valued divine institu-
lions. was uniformly n member OF the COngrc-
gational Society, and was accustomed 10 say,
that he as much considered it his duty TO sup
port the gospel, as to furnish his family with
bread As a man lac ever sustained II fair repu.
taton After 1881, when he made PROBES
sion Of religion he enjoyed the comforts which
the gospel brings. till by death. he was released
from many nfirmitics, which he bore with OK
cmplarg patience and, very suddenly snatchcd
from a numerous circle Ofrelaiives and friends.
d. rho memory Of the Just is blessed
In New Haven. January l4th 1851, OF Drop
ic IL Consumption, JOSIAH TURNER, Esq IN
the sew cnty fifth year Of his age.
Seldom docs it fall TO the lot Of morials.
while passing through tins vale of tears, to
/ wholly escape the casualties and ills that
| fl 81 is heir TO. but such was the fact with our
lamcned but aged friend lie was compar-
ativry II stranger To sickness, and suffering un-
! til few months prior to his death, when that
| nsi1ious but fatal disease fastened its rccut.
less grasp upon him, and hurried him away to
/ the land of silence. The individual whose
/ Obituary we here notice, was bonn III Norfolk,
/ Connecticut, October 18Th l77j. Early in
/ life hclcft the home Of his kindred and re
moved to Fairfield in this state and after
short suiourn in that place, ultimately located
| in New Haven, where he continued TO reside
until his Heavenly Father called him home
Fer more than halt century he resided in the
same ncighborhool and with the exception OF
a brief nlcral) on the same spot where he
| first planted himself and family. lie was soon
called to give the parting hand to the compnn
| ion of hi youth, and subsequently to follow to
the grave hi, second wife with whom he lived
hut short period His third and last wife.
with whom he spent many years still lives
/ together with Il numerous circle OF children
and children, clilhrcn.to mourn and weep over
that once pleasant, but now desolate home.
| lie was hopefully converted to God, during an
extensive revival in lsl4 and united with the
/ Congregat onal Church in New llavcl then
under the pastoral care Of Rev Josiah Hop,
kins From that important period III his lite,
when he solcmuly and publicly dedicated
himself to the Lord he has most emphaiicallv
IN irtN ordtr,d hjc and GoNy coHroSdijoh
truly adorned the religion Of the meek AMI
lovely Jesus. lie seemed to live above the
world, apparently unaffected 10y the petty con.
hicis and sch>ms incident to life, Nhich SO
seriously annoy and adlict the wording He
saueht not the treasures of this world those
/ things Ulich perish hy the using but he car
ncstly toiCd and lahoicl ia lay mp for lin
self AN iWpcii.hIhle treasure. where moth and
rust could not corodc. Hor thlcy,s break ihro
uor steal, His treasure was crown OF glory
in heaven, where he has now gone to receive it
at the hands of his Rcdecmcr and ploriou,
Bcncfac or. lie sought not the honor that
cemcih from men, lac was taught in the school
Of Christ, and carly learned that every thing
Of earth was transient and uncertain, and that
nothing short Of those sanctifcd honors confer.
red upon the pure in heart were in his view
worth the seeking, lli- whole life from Iii.
first conservation to God. 10 its final close. was
II practical cNemplIiicaiion, of that religion
which lac !aily recommended, not only by vir
luou-, holy, aud eodly preceli.. but by a uni
form un.poticd life. devoted to the int rests o.
/ion. and the eternal well being Of his fellow
men. Often has the writer of this notice while
gazing upon the venerable form, and listenin.
to the thrilling admoniions of this aged cham
pion for the truth as lac portrayed the glorio,
Of heaven an the tfiumphs of Tie cross almos
lanccd himself transported away from earth
to realm, Of bliss in heaven This hmentct
brother never suffered aught of anger 10 rest il
hi- bosom Iii. motto ever was, forgive thos,
that tcspass against You. even as hope to J.,
forgiven of my fuhor in heaven. The whisper
OF detriciion seldom assaulted him. no ho>til,
arm appraised - destroy him hut wherever lii
49,. rp.f ia hruH nf ia,