Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-04-13
Obituaries.

Hon. STEPHEN N. SrooKwELL.--It did not
occur to us when, a few weeks ago, we made an
nouncement that Mr.. Stockwell had been COM
PEELED to resign his position as managing editor
of the Boston Journal on account Of impaired
health, that we should so soon be called to record
his final going hence" But so II is; he died at
half-past four o'clock on Friday morning last.
His decline must have been rapid, and great sur
prise to his friends as well as to himself for at
the time OF his resignation he wrote a friend in
this place and expressed confidence that he should
now improve and gain strength rapidly His
leaving the Journal office was a severe trial to
him, for he loved his work. He entered the
journal office at the age of twenty, and had
served in every position from the case to msnag-
ing editor rising rapidly by the gradations of re-
porter, head reporter and editor. MIR. Stockwell
was man Of great diligence and untirng indus
try, and believed in whatever he gave his hand
and heart to, and served every cause which he es-
poused with whole soul-whether 1t WAS his
paper, his party, his church, his family and home,
or the horses and other pets upon his little farm.
" Not slothful in business" might have been his
written as well his practical motto. Mr.. Stock
well was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts,, in
1923 but in childhood removed to Worcester. In
1913 he regretfully left Worcester for Boston, ODE
dent to his fathers wishes. During the years
covered by his life in the New England metropo-
lis he gave intelligent and willing service to other
interests than those Of the Journal. He has
served in both branches Of the Legislature, and
| also in the popular branch Of the city govern
| ment He also served in other positions Of trust
and responsibility Of various kinds. He took a
lively interest in religious affairs and gave to It's
various enterprises literally Of his means as well
| as OF his sympathies Educational interests also
shared his benefcence to a large extent He
| loved his family and left wife, six daughters,
and a son, to mourn his loss He was a firm, true
| friend, and many there are (for he had wide &C.
quaintance) who will lament his early demise and
te..do.iJ -ho.isi, lilo memory. Inc mortuary rec
| ord of the Journal office since Mr. Stockwell en-.
tered it is truly sad and forcible one, for among
| those who have been musterd out " are the
| two Rogers, Henry and Charles o., James II. Dix
| managing editor, G. G. Game, editorial writer
Dave Leavitt and A. G. Hills, prominent and val
liable reporters, and now Mr. Stockwell himself
Ofthose whom he found in the Off Ice when he en-
tered it not one is now living. Verify, they have
faded away like the frost before the sun
BANCROFT Arthur Daggett Bancroft, son o
| the late Carlos bancroit oi montpelier, ana grahu
son Of the late Colonel Cyrus johnson OF Berlin
died at the Loon Lake House, New York. where hi
had spent the winter for his health, on the morn
ing OF the 18th instant, in the thirty-eighth yea
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