Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-12
Obituaries.

SILAs u, HAzEITTNE.-General Silas Berkeley
Hageltine, Of Bakersfield, died on Monday night
of last week, Mt the age Of eighty eight years. lie
had been town clerk for fifty-six years. and held
the office at the time OF his DEATH having recorded
his last deed the Saturday before in fair and
legibe hand.
GEoRdr G. CAuooN-IIon. George c. Cahoon
died Mt his residence in Lyndon the LIST instant,
aged eighty-one years. He had been prominent
man in Caledonia county for many years. Was a
member OF the Council in 1884, State Senator in
1884,, n member of the Constitutional Conven-
ton, Representative from Lyndon and states at
torney for three years, besides holding various
town offices. lie was gentleman in his bearing,
of kindly nature and universally respected lie
was the oldest member Of the Caledonia county
bar.
REV ELEAzER SMITr.-Rev. Eleazer Smith, n
distinguished Methodist divine, died in Concord,
N. H., last week. lie was native Of NARROW, N II.
In 1926 he was converted, and Joined the Metho-
dist Episcopal church in Lyndon, Vt, where his
first sermon was preached September Goth, 1927.
In July, 1928, he was received into the New Eng
land Conference, and preached in large number
Of places, including st. Johnsbury, Danville,
Chelsea and Montpelier, Vt. and Portsmouth,
Dover, Great Falls, Hanover, Claremont and Con-
cord, N. II.
Mr.. LUcrus PARMELEE. MIR, Lucius Parmeee
was born in Claremont, N. H., December 3D. 1902,
and was for over fifty years resident of Water
bury, Vt, dying at the latter place January 2Sth,
1879. lie first married Miss Anna Wallace Of Ac-
worth, n. II. oftheirsix children only Mrs. Edward
Wells of Burlington Vt, and Ed. G. Parmeee Of
Georgetown, Colorado, lived to years of maturity,
and the latter only survives. His second wife,
Mrs. Hannah Holmes Hawley, was the mother Of
Mrs. Charles Wells of Montpelier, and of a son
who died in early childhood The third wife,
Miss Fidelia A. Wilder, and their two daughters
survive Mr.. Parmelee was devoted husband
and father, and most excellent citizen and
worthy man.
Hon. LEVI b. VILAs.-This gentleman, who
will be remembered by all vermonters who were
acquainted with our lawyers and politicians forty
years ago, died at Madison, Wisconsin, on the
9Th instant, of pneumonia. Born in Sterling, Vt,
February 80 1911, he was admitted to the bar in
1888; postmaster at Morrisville in 1884 repre-
sentative Of Johnson in the Constitutional Con-
venton of 1885, and the legislatures of 1861
representative of Chelsea from 1910 until 1Si3
and in the Constitutional Convention of 1850; sena-
tor of Orange county in 1866, and was elected
President pro tenn. Of that body, notwithstanding
he was a democrat and twenty-seven of the
thirty senators were Wings. In 1857 he removed
to Madison, Wis. In that state he has held sew
eral public offices, and though not member of
either house at the time of his death, the legisla-
ture adopted appropriate resolutions in his honor
The wife of Judge Villas, who still survives, was
daughter of the late Nathan Smile of Cambridge.
Judge Villas left four sons and daughter. Two
sons, William F. and Edward p, are lawyers in
Wisconsin, and Charles II. is an eminent physi-
clan in Chicago