Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-29
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RoGENA AMIRA SCoTT was born at Fair
fax, (Vt,) April 6, 1910. This preson,
at an early period of her life, gave prom
Use of more than ordinary powers Of mind.
IF trained with due care, there were
grounds for expecting a valuable maturity.
This, her parents had sagacity to see, and
they ordered all their conduct, toward
her, accordingly Her father, member
of the Franklin County Bar. himself a
scholarly man, was assduous in his attcn-
tons to her inttilectual cultivation, and
her mother, whose religion was a constant
LITE, was corrcspondingly attentive to the
training Of her heart and moral habits.
These parents, as a consequence, had
the satisfaction of realizing their wishes
in their daughter. For while she was
yet of tender years. she had not only at
tanned to II very commeudable proficiency
in the branches preliminary TO an enlarged
edustion, but was considerably advanced
in the knowledge of the Latin language.
OF this, ! may say in passing, she was
very fond all through her subsequent years,
and tau sht professionally, even after her
marriage.
Her higher studies were pursued at va
rious somlnaries and academies, Of which
those at Fairfax and johnson in the earl
Ter stages may be named and those at
Cincinnati and Nashville in the later.
These periods were interpreted by occa-
sional teaching, to rcplcnish her funds. |
think she had not completed her seven
teenth year when she was sought after as
teacher, and had proved her fitness for
that weighty and interesting employment.
In various part Of our country, for sew
eral years, she was employed as teacher.
While at the South and Southwest she
instructed, mainly, in the fine arts of
music, painting and their kindred branch
es. In u letter, now in my possession, a
person who knew her well, says-"While
teaching at Nashville she gave her leisure
moments to the perfecting Of the French,
music and painting, for all of which
she seems to have had great aptness.
"She commenced teaching at Lowell
| (Vt.) when but Is years Of age-travelcd,
alone, to Neutrality-suspicious. she taught one
year, and from thence went to Louisiana
where she taught one and half years.
From thence she came to Nashville, where,
for two years she taught with good sue
cess. After the U,tion soldiers entered
that city, she gave her time, for several
weeks, to minisiering in the Hospital.
"Returnipg home, she was married at
Warner, On. H., Feb. II, 1863" to Mr.
JONI G. BAILEY, n graduate of Middle.
bury College and Liceniatc of the Ban
gor Seminary and, with him, moved TO
this place, where Mr.. b. entered upon the
pastcratc Of the Congregational church.
During the subsequent years of her valu-
able life, she employed herself in instruct
ing in this. academy, frequently.
"Iicr Christian experience began Young.
She united with tn: church when but is
years of age. The hope, thus early pro.
fessed, she never relinquished. Her energy
of character and 6yedness of moral prin-
ciple may be Inferred from the fact that,
from her own earnings, she constituted
herself a Life Member of the Vermont
Bible Society and Of the American Tract
Society,""
In addition to all her other cares, as
q wife, a mother and a teacher, she al
ways found so mitch time to work for the
interests Of the church, of which her hus-
band is pastor, as to have impressed the
church with tender sense Of their loss,
IN her death. Deeply, therefore, do they
mourn for her.
Besides a large circle of other relatives,
she has left fond mother, an only broth.