Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-03-26
Death of " Good Man.


His sober wishes FEVER learned TO stray,
Along the cool sc qtiested vale OF life
He kept the nois,less tenor Of his way"
When hear Of the death OF Consider
Fuller at West Paris. on the 2d inst. L
hoped tn At some one acquainted with his
early history would prepare III obit
uary notice for the Democrat. TO
but few il it given to live nineiy.two
years; aud when one OF these old land
marks falls. it seems to me that be should
receive more notice than the simple an-
nouncemcnt of his death. have ven.
Grafton for these old people. and how
over simple their lives may have. been. 1
feel TO honor them when they die. This
man was born during the dark days oil
the revolution. aud was older than The
nation itself, il we date that from the
close of tho war, when our nationality
was made certain What great events
have transpired during this single lile-
time! A nation has been born again, 10
say nothing of great events winch have
transpired in the old world. And what
advancement has been made in human
knowledge during this single lifetime
Steamboats,. railroads, telegrHph3. and a
| thousand other wonderful inventions have
! become so familiar TO us rs "a cease to
excite wonder. since this old man Was n
child
| OF Mr.. Fuller's birth place aud parent
! age know nothing. have heard him
say that when young man lac went TO
! live with the Shakers. whether from
necessity or choice, m, unable 10 state.
| When he came to his majority, he PIE
ferred To ieatl a different life than that re-
auired of him there. and leaving them he
strayed up into Oxford County, aud be-
gan To clear up farm among the hills oi
! Letter l. Plantation, now called Wood.
stock. know not the precise year when
Inc came to Woodstock, but ii must have
been soon after 1900 --ml il SD, he was
among lis first settlers Tor IN lSol thsre
were only four families in town.
He married Elizabeth daughter Of lsaoc
Cummings OF Paris. and raised np a
large family OF children. all being dnugh'
tiers but one His daughters wore rs
follows: Christianna. married Charles
Brooks; Bclsey, married Jonathan
Ticket; Lucy, married Eli Cushman ;
Chloe, married Rufus Farrar; Abigail
and Louisa married Stephen Davis. and
Lydia married Joseph II. Briggs. Sew.
eral of the daughters died many years
ago, and but three OF them survive then
father. His son, Consider Jr., went Ia
Massachusetts when boy, aud has al
ways resided there.
Mr. Fuller was man possessed oI
wonderful physical powers, and when IN
his prime, there were few II any men IL
Woodstock who could cope with him in
: many kinds OF manual labor. His favor.
. tic implement was the axe. and in the
use of this tool, whether in cutting down
trees or in cutting them up he bad ne
equal Hence he was very = useful man
in 4 country covered with primcval Tor.
. ests. from which farms were to be made,
. rs was the ease in Woodstock nj that
time When first knew him, forty years
ago, he did not live in Woodstock, bnt
.. had cleared him up little farm just oven
; in the edge OF Greenwood His Earn
, was rough, - all lhe land in that
! vicinity, and il WAS always u marvel {,
me how the old man could get a com
) Portable living. which lao always had
, from those few rocky acres. When in
, his prime he was great eaper. eating
easily IN acre of grain in a day, aud
during the grain harvest H. never lacked
for employment This was before the
. day OF patent reapcrs or even Of grain
cradles
His wife died over twenty years ago,
and since that time he has lived with his
daughter, first In South Wood.sock, but
more recently at West Paris. where lie
died His son offered him a home, and
the Old gentleman went 10 Massachusetts
year or two ago. with view of spend
ing his days there, but after making 4
visit he began to be discontinued, and
longed again for the faces with which lie
had so long been familiar, and returned
again u die amid the scenes OF his life
struggles and Iriumphs. OF his cotem-
porarcS, the first settlers OF Woodstock
only one remains, viz: Jacob Whitman
Of Hebron, who is nnety.two years old
the present month. Mr.. Fuller al ways
sustained ~ excellent character in the
community where he resided Honest
and upright il his dealings, of an obliging
and generous disposition, even tempered
and always cheerful. he was universally
respected He had been member of
the christian church for nearly three
iourths of l century. and by his daily
walk and conversation he clearly
demonstrated the inestmable value of
tie christian religion To The human soul.
This humble tribute to the memory of
a good man, is by one who remembers
"Uncle Fuller" as among his earliest nc
quaintances. and from . knowledge Of
his walks and ways for more than forty
years, feels we'll prepared TO Judge OF the
qualities of which he speaks.
ASoN.
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| A Dalrnit man who had cnnirihnied