Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-07-11
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Gamalicl b. Sawyer, of Burlington,
died III that city on Friday morning, of
cholera morbus, aged 81 years. He was
born in Burlington in 1901, and was
son of James Sawyer who was an officer
of the Revolutionary army. We copy
from the Free Press:
He was Il graduate at the University
Of Vermont in the year 1919, showing
there that strong literary taste for which
he was remarkable throughout the rest
of his life. He studied for the legal
profession and was admitted to The bar;
but he never gave himself with earnest
ness and stability to the practice of the
profession. At an early day he became
deeply interested iii the various political
questions of the day, and for the re-
mainder of his life may be said 10 have
givin the most OF his time and energy
TO the study OF political subjects relat-
ing not only to our own country but to
Europe. His historical reading was eX
tensiVe, and rs he resided for many
years in New York and Washington,
from personal intercourse as well as from
reading his knowledge of the public
men of our country, for the last forty
years, was very great. AS his memory
was singularly rctentive and accurate,
an appeal to him for information re-
specting men or events rarely failed OF n
satisfactory answer.
Had Mr. Sawyer devoted hmsclfwith
stability to professional life or TO any OK
| tensiVe literary enterprise, he could not
have failed of reputation and success.
But only what may be called fugitive
pieces, political, historical and biogra-
phical-of which there are many all
characterized by n singularly beautiful
use of the English language, are left to
show his genius and his learning. The
last labor ofhis pen was the brief notice
Of the late Hon. Milo l.. Bennett, which
appeared in the Daily Iimes of this place
on Wednesday morning last.
1t would be wrong to imply that he
was without defects Of personal charac'
ter. Though he was an ardent patriot
and philanthrOpist, Il hatcr of all injus-
tice and dishonesty, the Vehemencc viii
which he assailcd the men and meas
ures which he disapproved of, and The
intensity of his inVectiVe when his feel
ings were stirred in II discussion, Otter
ncutralized in great measure the whole
some influence which otherwise Ia
would have eXertcd.
The Brattleboro Ph0nir thus speak
of the death of Mrs. Adds:
Mrs Amey Adds, who had been fee
BILE for some time in consequence of he
) great age, died at the residence of Judg
. Kellogg, in this village, on Saturday
/ July 4th, nearly 50 years of age. Sh
was born at Chepacllet, r. L., July 12tl
1770, and was the daughter Of Lieu
Governor Owen, who was member {
;. the society Of Friends. Al the earl
e age of seventeen she married WilliaI
# Gadcomb. an entcrprising merchant (
!. Chepacket, who was accidentally kille
about eight years after their marriag
G leaving four children. She continue
e the business of her deceased husban
q in her own name, with success for sew
raj years, showing that prudence, di
- cretion and energy for which she w;
l. noted through life. On the 14th of Sept
a 1902, she married Hon. Asa Adds, al
y removed to st. Adams, in this Stat
where she lived till 1860, when she I