The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-01
NEUROLOGY OF VERMONT, uS,3.

1873,
January 2d.-Rchard +. Rowcll, NJ. d.,
OF Upper Waterford, of small pox. aged
cighty-six years. He was one of the
sound and substantial men of the town" ;
had practiced his profession there for over
a half century and had represented it in
the general assembly and constitutional
convention.
January Goth. Hon. Ebenezer Nelson
Briggs. of Brandon. Born in Middleboro.
Mass, November 10Th, 1900 came to
Vermont in 1919 studied law and was adj
mitted to the bar at the December term.
1923, of the Rutland county court. He
practiced law in Salisbury from 1926 to
about 1871, and in Brandon from that time
until his death States attorney of Adds
on county from 1881 to 1889 representa-
tive from Salisbury 1881 to 1885 ; member
of the constitutional convention 1928 :
Senator from Addison county 1886,
81 and '3S, and from Rutland coun-
ty 1912, 43, and "A, being the longest
term of service of an individual in
our state senate. In 1915 and 4G, he re-
presented Brandon in the general assem-,
bly,, being speaker Of the house both years
as he had, also, been in 1884 and 1885. He
was delegate TO the national republican
convention of 1860, which nominated Mr..
Lincoln delegate to the general conven-
ton of the Protestant Episcopal church of
tae United States in 1862 justice of the
peace for more than quarter of century,
director in the Bank of Brandon and in
the National Bank Of Brandon.
February 2d.--IIon. Moses Kittredgc, of
st. Johnsbury, aged seventy-two years. lie
was man of great influence in the COM
munity until ten or twelve years before he
died, when ill-heath compelled a with
drawal from public life. He was assistant
Judge of the county court, was member
Of the general assembly for two years, and
held many responsible official positions in
St Johnsbury.
February 2d.-lIon. Bother w. Bartholo-
NEW, of Washington, at Barre, at the age
Of sxty-two years. He frequently repre-
scented Washington in the general assem-
bly, of Vermont, and was Il senator from
Orange county in 1858 and 1859. The last
years Of his life were mainly passed in
Chelsea, in discharge of his duties as presi-
dent of the Orange county national bank.
lie was - an active, enterprising, and
sagacious business man, and man of ex-
cellent good sense and judgment"
February Gth-Rev. Robert Southgate,
of Woodstock-of apoplcxy- aged sixty
five wears. He was born at Portland, Maine,
January 2Sth, 1903; graduated at Bowdoin
college in 1926, and studied theology at
Andoyer and Yale In 1881, he was set.
tied over the Congregational church at
Woodstock, remaining there some five
years. lie, subsequently, was settled over
churches in Weathersiield, Conn; Monroe
Mich; Ipswich, Mass; Hartford, Conn;
Oxford, N. H.; and White River village, in
this state.
March 2d-Ilon. George Willard, of Ben
nington, in the sixty-fifth year of his age
He was largely engaged in manufacturing
enterprises Prior to his coming to Yer.
mont, he resided in North Adams, Mass,
and had been an active and influential
member of the general court" of thai
state, and it is stated that it was, mainly
through his influence that the "Hoosac tun
mel loan bill" was passed.
March Ezra Davis, NJ. d., of Nor
witch, at the age of seventy-two years. He
was born in Dracnt, Mass, in 1901, studied
medicine, and practsed his profession in
Norwich for some forty years. He was
town clerk of Norwich for many years,