Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-11
Obituaries.

merry Of Warren, in this county Ills age was
seVenty-hve years Judge Wright was native
OF hanover, y. IL, but in childhood was brought
ny MS parents to Berlin, In this county, In which
/ Town and Warren he resided until 1867, when he
removed 10 Iowa. lie was highly intelligent
active and honorable business man, and was very
much In public life here, and not q little al his
now home In the West Tor several years he rop.
resented Warren in the state legislature was
twice elected to the state Senate and also served
some time rs assistant judge Of Washington
county court In early life he married Caroline
5 Iilloison, Of Berlin, who survives him. lie
leaves one child, Mr. G. ,. Wright Of Council
Bluffs Judge Wright and his wife spent cop.d.
cradle time among his old friends in this section
uuIins the past summer, seemingly A. buoyant
ana vigorous az ever and It will be painful intell-
geuec to them that he has SO soon passed away.
Intelligence comes To us also Of the death of
Hon. Jostrn BATES, ID, Of Derby Hedied on the
nh instant, after a long and painful illness. His
age was something over sixty years. lie had held
various offices In Orleans county, among which
was that Of high sheriff and county commissioner.
and was town clerk Of Derby at the time Of his
death. lie was intimately known and universally
esteemed throughout the Northern portion Of or
leans county, rs insurance director and agent,
and an active friend Of Temperance. sunday
schools and every other good word and work.
THoNAs HrruiNsoS, Esq, died iu Worcester.
October 9TH. Mr.. Hutchinson was boru in Nor
wich, April o. 1912, and came to Worcester with
his father, EIeazer hutchinson Esq, when ten
ycars Of age Worcester was then a new town,
with but few inhabitants and little cleared land,
and biz boyhood and early manhood we're passed
amid the hardships and trials incident to all new
settlements. Ills parents settled on the farm on
which rhineas A. Kemp, Esq, now lives, where
they resided until their death The subject Of
this sketch lived with bis father until he was Of
age, performing his share Of work, enduring the
priyations incident to the times, and learning u
necessity, those lessons Of endurance and thrift
ness which were Of 80 much use 10 after life !
When he was Of age, he went to Montpelier to
learn the carpenters trade. with Mr. owen Post |
working at that business through ne summer;
but his brother Elisha, on whom heir parents
were depending in their advancing life, was killed
and he came home to take his brothers place on |
the farm. Here he lived until 1871, in which |
year he removed 10 the place where he resided at
the time Of his death. In 1885 he was married 10
Miss Almira sumner who still lives with their 4
only son, J.. NJ Hutchinson, Esq Mr. Hutch |
inson was for many years Unidentified with |
the interests Of the town, being quite often /
elected to offices Of trust and responsibility, and
performing his duties as citizen and town |
officer, faithfully and conscientiously lie was
also elected twice to represent the town in the |
General Assembly Of ihe state In early life he |
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tional church in Worcester, and was constant and |
interested attendant on public worship as long as |
his health permitted contributing 10 is support
70 the lat. Ills health had been falling gradually
for some two years-consumption developing il .
self and wearing out his physical frame. set he
resolutoy kept about nearly to the end the last
pubIie duty performed by him being to attend
D. freemen- meeting" September 9TH, after which
De steadily aud rapidly failed until death came
Thus has passed away another Of the early inhab-
itants 90 our town
FLORA =. BAIRD, daughter Of John and Mar
garot Baird died 10 Waiisfed September Goth,
aged twenty-five year,. For the third time,
In few short years death has invaded this fam
ily circle and borne away not the aged but the
young and fair, in the flush of youth; first, son
in the prime Of early manhood next, lovely
daughter, and now fora TOO, has passed through
the dark valley and shadow Of deaths But she
feared no evil, for God was her stay and support
It Is evident from her diary, which her friends
found after her DEATH that religion had been
much in her thoughts ever since the death Of her
brother but she had put it of til a more conye- /
nient season, until she became prey to disease.
aud her falling health caused her to give her Sc