Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-05


In 1928 he returned to Windsor and re-
NAMED until 1888, when he was installed
over the First Baptist church of Brooklyn /;
be left there in 1887. and preached year
in Meriden, Conn, and in 1889 was settled
in Newport, r. l., and in 1910 at Nor.
witch, n. Y. From 1S43 to 1S47 he was
pastor of the Fifth Street Baptist church
in Troy, and from there, in 1S47, he went
to Hartford, N. Y, where he remained
until he came to Rutland. Iniaddition to
his regular pastorate here, he, from time
to time, supplied the pulpit in the alb
sence of regular pastor. He was Chap
lain of TIE House of Representatives OF
Vermont in 1881, and of the Senate in
1861.
May 9th.-Hon. Lawrence Brainerd at
st. Albans,at the age Of seventy-six years.
He was born at East Haddam. Conn,
March 10th, 1894. In 1903 he came to
Vermont with his uncle, and after atten-
ding the academy for some two years, he
entered store as a clerk, where he re-
NAMED in the same location for the great
er part of his business life. He was for
some years a director, and afterwards
President of the Bank of st. Adams, and
was for many years largely interested il
transportation on Lake Chsmplsin. He
was also one of the pioneers in the Rail
Road enterprise of Vermont and was
almost continuously connected with the
management of the Vermont Central
Railroad, either as director or one of
the trustees of its bonds. In 1884 he re-
presented st. Adams in the Legislature
of Vermont. He was in 1916, Al, As, and
| 1852 and 1854 a candidate for Governor
of Vermont. and vas President of the con-
vention that organized the Republican
party in Vermont, and was member Of
the National Republican Committee. In
1854 and 1866 he was United States Sen
ator from Vermont. In addition to these
positions he was at different times q
member of the State Republican Commit.
tee, delegate to the National Republican
Convention, and Vice President of the
Convention that nominated John G.
Fremont for President.
August 16th.-Prof. Leonard Marsh, at
Burlington. He was brother of Presi-
dent James Marsh, was born at Hartford,
Vt, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1927
and received the degree of Doctor Of
Medicine in 1882. After practicing his
profession for many years he accepted a
professorship in the University of Yer
mont and filled different chairs until he
was compelled by failing health to retire.
August-George Frederick Houghton,
at st. Adams. He graduated at the Uni
versity of Vermont in 1889, studied law
and was admitted to the bar, and was
States Attorney of Franklin County for
TWO years. For several years he was con-
nected with the newspaper press, and was
at different times connected editorially
with the st. Adams Messenger and ITan-
script. He was a prominent member of
theVermont Historical Society, being Sec
rotary for several years, and at the time
of bis death, President.
August 31st-DeWitt Clinton Clarke,
at Burlington, at the age of sixty years
He was born at Granville, n. Y, Septem-
Der 18th, 1910, and graduated at Union
College in 1881. He studied law and was
admitted to the bar in Rutland County in
1912 and practiced for a time in Brandon.
In 1916 he became editor of the Burling-
ton Free Press, and in 1848 established
the Daily Free Press and remained con-
nected with that paper until 1853, and
from 1853 to February, 1861, he was edi-
tor of the Burlington Times He was
Secretary of the Vermont State Senate
from 1910 to 1851, and Executive Clerk
of the Senate OF the United States for nine
years, and was also Quartermaster-G Cen
eral of Vermont for several years.
September 10th.-Hon. Job Lyman, at
Burlington, at the age of SO years He
was born at Northampton, Mass, Deem
Der 9, 1881, and graduated at Dartmouth
College in 1904. He studied law, and
after being admitted to the bar Practiced
his profession at Woodstock, where he re-
manned until 1850, when he removed to
Burlington. He was State Auditor OF
Accounts from 1918 to 1915, aud was
cashier of the Vermont State Bank almost
the entire period of it's existence, and was
subsequently, President of the Bank OF
Woodstock.
September 22.-James Kilborn Hyde,
at Sudbury, at the age of GS years He
was born at Hyde Park, November 18Th,
1901, and was at one time one of the most
noted hotel keepers in Vermont He rep
resented Sudbury in the Legislature in
1888, "a, 80 and in 1910, and was d mem
Der of the Constitutional Convention, and
was a Senator from Rutland county IN
1850 and 1851, and Judge Of the County
Court in 1869 and 1870, holding the latter
Office at the time of his death
September 24-Hon. Henry Keyrs, at
Newbury, aged He was at the time
of his death President of the Vermont
State Agricultural Society He was a
native of Vermont, and was Senator
from Orange county in 1847 and 1S4S.
and in 1856, 1857 and 1858 was the can
didate of the Democratic party for Gov
ernor of Vermont. He had for number |
of years been prominently identified with |
the railroad interests of Vermont, and
was, and for a number of years had been,
President and Director of the Passump-
sic Railroad Company.
November 2Sth-Rev. Charles Walker
D. D., of Pittsford, at Binghampton, NY,
at the age of seventy-nine years. He was
born in Woodstock, Conn, in 1891. He
studied theology at Andover Mass Theo-
ogical Seminary, graduating in 1921. He
was ordained pastor of the Congregation
Al Chnrnh hnrn Innrnr.- L. 1909 Il