Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-06-11

Stretch on his LIFE, CHARACTER AND rr
FEssIoNAL AND PUBLIC CAREER

highly respected and loved is removed by
/ beethoven though he has lived beyond iba
allotted age Of mantle whole community
mourn. and il is betting that something be.
You'd the mere formal notice Of his death
should be said
Judge Keyes was born in Putney. Vt. On
the 3Oth day of May 1887, and died at hi,
residence in this village on Friday, the lu
| inst, about . O'Clock =. NJ, aged % years and
FIVE days He married Sarah Britton of
! Chesterfield, n. H., January 7, 1915, aud hy
this marriage had Ave children but two Of
whom survive him viz. Laura b., the wife
of Hon Royal Tyler Of this town, aud Eliza
g., a maiden lady who, for many year,. has
resided with her venerable father and faith
fully ministered to his comfort and happiness
A son, Charles d., died in infancy Il dauph
ter, Ellen D., now deceased, married Dr.
Frederick n. Palmer, at one time u residen,
Of this town and postmaster in this village
but now a resident of Boston, Mass and
George B., who read law in his fathers Of
fee, was admitted to the bar and prac.iced
his profession in Brattleboro until his remoy.
al to California in 1s49 where be resided up.
til bis DEATH which occurred May %, l.77.
Judge Reyes fitted for college at the old
academy in Chesterfield, n. H., and was grad.
uated at Dartmouth College in 1910 He was
the principal of Chesterfield academy for two
years read law in the Office Of the Hon
Phineas White Of Putney two years, aud in
the Office of the Hon. Ebenezer lockwood Of
Boston, Mass, one year, aud was admitted
TO the Windham county bar at its December
term, 1914. He commenced the practice Of
law in his native town, where he remained
until he removed to Brattleboro in 1883
From the beginning his business was ever
widening and increasing and be continued in
the discharge Of the active and laborious
practice Of his chosen profession until about
sixteen years ago, when he retired altogether
He was a hard -working man, and in add.
ton to attending to his large practice and
numerous clients. he found time to serve the
public il various offices of honor and trust
He was Register of Probate for the District
of Westminster from 1914 to 1919, and in
1928 he was Judge of Probate Of the same
district in 1927, and was again its Register
from $50 until his removal TO Brattleboro in
1888. He was Register Of Probate for the
District of Marlboro from Dec. l. 1884 to
Dec. /, 1851, also from Dec. !, 1913. to Dec.
l. 1874, and again from July u, 1862 until
Aug. rs, 1875, when he resigned by reason
of the labors being too arduous for his in
creasing years. He was Justice of the
Peace from 1926 to Dec. !. 1875 he having
declined further election to that office pre-
ferring it to 60 to some younger and more
active man. He represented the town Of
Putney in the Legislature il the years s2C
and 1927 also Brattleboro in the year 1888.
and was one of the State Senators for Wind
ham county il the Legislature for the years
1855 and lo5G.
IN early life be connected himself with the
order Of Free and Accepted Masons he WAS
ever an earnest advocate and supporter Of the
institution, exemplified It's principles and
teachings in his life and character, and at his
death was probably the oldest Master Mason
and Royal Arch Mason in the State He was
one Of the first board Of trustees of the Yer
mont Savings Bank formerly the Windham
Provdent Institution for Savings, was con
tinued therein until his death, and during the
trusted legal adviser of that corporation.
He WIS the counsel of Mrs. Marsh, who,
in her last will, made the bequest of SlOOO
for the founding Of the Vermont Asylum for
the Insane after her decease he procured
from the Legislature the act of incorporation.
by virtue of which said bequest could be
made available for the purposes designed by
the donor. From this small beginning,
through the excellent management and fos-
tering care of its superintendent and board of
trustees, of which Judge Reyes was an active
and interested member until within the last
few years, when he retired, the institution
has grown TO its present enormous proper.
tions.
Judge Reyes early became connected with
with the congregational church, but in lsGg
he was confirmed a member of the Protest
ant Episcopal church, by Bishop Bissel of
the diocese of Vermont. His funeral was at
tendedin St Michael's Episcopal church by
his relative S, neighbOrs and friends on Mon
day Of this present week at o'clock p. NJ,
the Rev. William H. Collins officiating. So
highly was he esteemed 10y the whole COIN
munity IN which he had so long lived, that
The stores and shops on the street were closed
aud all business was suspended during the
hour of his funeral
In the public offices which he held he
bore himself erect, and discharged all his
duties with diligence and fidelity. lie pos
sessed intellectual and moral qualities most
essential and requisite TO the best discharge
Of the duties OF public trusts-a clear ard dis
mind, an impartial judgment
sound practical common sense, d profound
and Instructive sense of right and wrong. an
nfe1ible integrity, and an earnest desire for
The truth, so that when lie laid aside AL off
'lal garment it was taken up by his successor
and without spot or wrinkle
1r any such thing" Purity of motive and
integrity of purpose, unsullied and unassailed
we're alike the law and rule of his life. both
L public and private action.
He possessed rare combination of intel
ectual and moral qualities a capacious mind.
ctive clear and discriminating mind. too.
Il which the analytic powers and the refee.
ave faculties were largely developed and he
vas also gifted with a retentive memory. He
was capable of fixed and continuous applira-
ION oi his mind to the examination aud anal
sis OF whatever questions he took in hand.
t has been said of him, that in his Younger
lays when at the full zenith of his profession
u lie, he would work all day and long into
he night without rest or food, and seemingly.
With but little exhaustion of either his men.
al or physical powers. He possessed, in
charitable degree, the power of condensa-
ion, and of arranging the various points or
propositions under discussion, in the most
lear and logical order, which enabled him
present them with clearness and force 10
he minds of others. He was not eloquent
mt was always instructive, and secured the