Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-28
ny HENRY CLARK,

tDTtcat SDctety:'
The Vermont Historical Society mourn
tho loss Of one Of it's foremost friends
diligent co-laborers, and its honored Pres
ident, who was one dear To many and re
vered by all. 1t IL fitting that on tbi
anniversary OCCASION, tribute should
be paid 10 his life and services, 70
his death is loss, not only to his i'm
mediate family, his church, and a Wild
circle OF devoted friends but Yer
mont mourns one Of her most useful, in
telligent and loving sons, whose place il
many respects cannot be filled by any o.
her remaining children. 1t is eminently
proper that here, amid the scenes Of many
of his public and private labors, this So
ciety should be convoked in memory O
its honored President, and from this desk
within the Capitol of the State, the voict
of eulogy pronounce its periods Right
and truly honored are the memories o.
those whose living persons were model.
of useful labor in behalf of the State, it;
institutions and the society in which
they mingled. whose deaths are public
loss, and whose tombs are vocal with syl
tables of the purest aspirations, and reg
istered with living mementoes of usefu,
services. Duty and gratitude, surely
should lead this Society to pay her tribut,
to one of her most honored and usefu
members; the State to one of its nobles
champions; humanity may drop teal
upon the grave of one of her most sym
pathizing sons, and all may unite in con
secrating an affeetionate memento anC
wreathing laurel for the memory and
name of PiiRy H. White.
Togive an extended detail Of the event;
of Mr.. Whites life forms no part of my
design. Rich as the life and services o.
so remarkable man must be in example
and fertile in moral lessons, it would not
be very easy, as suxely it would not b,
very desirable, to omit those higher and
holler bearings Of our subject. Yet a,
his christian and ministerial character
have been made subjects OF discourse
from the pulpit and through the press, by
some of his associates in the ministry
who from their intimacy with him were
well qualified to make his tomb preach
through their voice, we may be permitted
briefly to present biographical sketch
and dwell upon the intellectual, literary
and historical departments of his life and
character
PIINY HoLToN WHITE, son of John
and Bethiah Holton White, was born al
Spring field, Vermont, October 4, 1922
By his maternal ancestry he was descended
from William Holton, who was one OF
the first settlers of H4r ford, Connecti-
cut, and afterwards of Northampton, Mas
to endure in her old age bereavement
which few can ever suffer. His geneal-
ogy was not illustrious, but in the lam
guage of one to whom his character in
several features bore resemblance, he
might have said
MY boa>t is not that deduce my birth
from loins enthroned or rules 2. %. NJ ri.
a9 eiihitt , 81 ptr,nts destint TO the skies
His parents belonged to that large and
important class which constitutes the
nerve and strength of the nation; which
has 50 greatly enriched every department
of tie community with talents and worth
.naraely, the respectable middle class
They possessed intelligence and informa-
tion, those substantial qualities that char
acterize the people of New ENGLAND. .
He was left fathesless and in poverty
when q little more than three years old
His widowed mother, with exemplary dill
igence and christian IA, hfulueas, dis
charged her obligations, and it wa.
through her instruction the tendencies o
his mind were developed, and thf ongh hel
prayers that he first received his imprcs
sions of the importance of sacred things.
His early opportunities were lin: ted. and
an education, except what his mother gave
him before he. was fifteen years of age
He had always i strong predisposition &c
learning. and great thirst for knowledge.
His early education was received Ia the
comm N school and at Limerick, Maine,
Academy, where he WAS sta3ent from
his eighth 10. his fifteenth year. He spent
a few yeas as a clerk in store at Val
pole, New Hampshire. His eisure hours
were devoted to reading and study,
which developed many Of those peculiar
traits Of industry that characterjzeI hls
future life.
He studied law with that eminent and
honored citizen of our eommonwe 18th,
Hon William G.. Bradley. at Westmin-
ster, Vermont. His association with Mr..
and having access TO his we'll
selected library, gave him rare advan-
tages for the cultivation of his taste for
reading in every department of history
and literature, and the well known his
toricai tastes of his instructor undoubt-
ly gave direction and development to his
own natural inclination toward historical
inquiry. The relations of intimacy which
existed betw cen instructor and pupil, con-
tinued during Mr.. Bradley life, and some
before me may remember the filial and APP
preciative tribute paid by Mr.. White to
his early patron in an address before this
Society soon after his death; which was
marked by the highest degree of appro-
priateness, simplicity, and pathos, in
which were given the principal incidents
of Mr.. Bradley's life, mastery analysis
Of his character and intellectual endow-
ments, with to uchins and beautiful
tribute to his emf nent social and domes-
tic virtues.
Mr.. White was admitted to the Wind
ham County Bar November "a, 1843, it
being the first session after his arriving
at the age Of twenty-one. He practicsd
his profession in West Wardsboro from
April 10, 1874, until March 81. 184S
from this latter date until February 1,
1851, in londonderry, and in Brattle-
boro from that time until December %,
1852. While in the practice of the law
NJ Rnok L. L.