Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-11-04
From the New York Times.
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF THE HON. WILLIAM JARVIS.
OF VERMONT

DEATH OF THE HON WILLIAM JARVIS.
OF VERMONT.
1t will be seen by our readers that another
eminent citizen, and one of great age, is dead.
The Hon. William Jarvis, of Weathersfeld,
Vermont, died at his residence yesterday
morning, nearly ninety years Of age. He was
the son of Dr. Charles Jarvis. of Boston, and
born in that city when every fireside was yo-
cal with expressed thoughts Of the rights and
liberties of the Colonies. His father was an
eminent physician, bold and Independent
thinker, and determined advocate Of Amer
lean independence.
The son was a pupil in the Boston schools,
and became well versed in the common ele-
ments of education He early evinced love
of study, and wished to extend his range Of
life beyond the limits of then provincial
town, and sought the society and teaching
which was offered in an eminent degree at
that time in Bordentown, New Jersey, and in
Philadelphia. His departure from Boston
was extended by commencing mercantile
apprenticeship in Virginia, which he finished
in the days of his minority, and returned to
Boston with the energy which he had inher-
tied from an eminent ancestry, and with an
education sufficient for all the ordinary de-
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business which gave him the character Of a
man. He at once took position as a mer-
chant equal to any one of his day, but was
soon brought to a resting place by the too oft
ruin Of confding young man, that OF rN-
DoRsINo.
It was rest merely. and this rest broke
him from his moorings a merchant in Bos-
ton, and made him the architect of a future
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Of general commercial life. The seas were
his home for five years, and in that time al
most every port found him and his ship at
her wharves.
His course had been too bold and too sue
cessful not to be known, and on his arrival
home he found a Consul's commission, with
the powers of Charge des Afaires to Lis
bon. from Mr.. Jefferson. This position he
held for about nine years, and conducted the
business incident to the office, then of un-
usual importance, with an ability rarely
cqualed and never excclled. The march Of
Napoleon made it possible for him to obtain
tho consent of the Government Of Spain for
the expectation of some OF the fnest-wooled
sheep. and Mr.. Jarvis instantly sought the
benefits Of that consent. aud sent to the Unit
cd States sheep from the Pauar focks. These
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of the sheep introduced into Spain from
Greece more than a thousand years since. OF
these sheep Mr. Jarvis sent to the United
States over three thousand five hundred, and
they have indelibly marked the great wool
staple OF the country and enabled us already
to successfully compete with other countries
[ in the fineness of our wool.
( in 1910 Mr. Jarvis returned to the United
] rtrgbacad fbo larfrn
tract of land on the Connecticut River known
as Weathersfeld Bow, and became a FARMER.
His great hospitality, his unpretending man
ners, his public, though unostentatious, life,
I his unbending love of truth, his great energy
of character, and his long life, have made
/ him man Of mark Society has often called
upon him to FIJI places of honor, but the qui-
etness of home had greater charms for him
after somewhat protracted life of labor; but
he was no ider. Books were his companions,
and friends always found him ready in all the
worlds demands for knowledge. His large
farm, his focks of sheep, his herds of import
cd cattle, his horses, his various breeds of
hogs. all received his personal attention, and
the country has been been benefited by them.
His pen has often been the instrument of
good, and his correspondence found a well
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men Of the day, who delighted to acknowledge
the wisdom of his mature and cultivated mind
No man was more national or patriotic than
Mr.. Jarvis no man loved the institutions of
the country more than he. He was a warm
and personal friend Of Henry Clay, an ardent
friend of American industry, and in his mind
the realization Of the hopes OF the patriots Of
the Revolution consisted in the preservation
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and wisdom cemented