Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-08-07

ninty years of age, his strong and
robust frame knew little of the weak
ening power of disease, and it might
be said of him as of one of old ''his
eye was not dim nor his natural force
abated." During the two last years
of his life, there seemed to be gen
eral breaking down of the system,
and for several months, he required
constant care and attention. Judge
Parker was the son of Isaac Parker
of Cavendish, and was born Septem-
Der %. 1890. From his fathers
family he inherited that tenacity of
purpose and sturdy independence of
character, that was SO strongly char
acteristic of him. His mother was
Bridget Fletcher, descendant of
family of great antiquity. The first
record of it, was in the latter part of
the thirteenth century and was then
written La Flechiere. A genealogy
of the family shows that every
generation has possessed men of abil-
ity and eminence. A maternal uncle
! of Mr.. Parker's, Josiah Fletcher,
was a revolutionary soldier and
| fought in the battles of Bunker Hill,
Bennington and Ticonderoga. Of
his ten brothers and sisters, two
brothers are physicians, one mer-
| chant, one sister married DR.. Peleg
Redfeld, and was the mother of
Judges Isaac Fletcher and Timothy
P. Redfield another sister was the
mother of eX-Gov Proctor, while the
whole family have been honored for
their sterling qualities. In 1903
Judge Parker came to Coventry, and
made his home with his brother-in-
law, DR.. Peleg Redfield, who with his
family had settled here about two
years previously. He taught the
second term of school, and was the
first male teacher in town. He stud
led while teaching, and in the interim
of his schools, he attended Peacham
academy, preparatory to entering
Middlebury college, and to such good
purpose that he entered two years in
advance and was graduated with hon.
or in the class of 1915, being the
first graduate from this town. After
leaving Middlebury he studied law
for while, but his love of the for
ests and agricultural life prevailed
and shortly after his marriage he
purchased the farm upon which he
has always lived. He still continued
teaching and also had class of
young men that he taught the classics
and higher mathematics, preparatory
to entering college, many of whom
have become eminent in their profess
J siOnS. He was successful as a teah-
er, and ready to help those DESTROYS
, of learning, but terror to evil-doers.
In politics, in later years, Judge
Parker was a stanch republican, and
in the course of his life held many
offices both of the town and county
I for several years he represented the
r town in the legislature. While ready
to accept the trust bestowed upor
him by the willing vote of his fellow
citizens, he never descended to the
servile meanness of the modern of
fice-seeker. He was unusually hap
by in his domestic relations. Ii
1918, he married Miss Arabells
Cobb, daughter of one of the pioneer
: settlers of this town, and gained {
s true helpmeet. Mrs. Parker was ;
devoted wife, an affectionate and un
selfish mother, thrifty housekeepel
and kind and obliging neighbor
+ Of their eleven children, nine ar,
now living and are respected citizens
f DR.. Luther Parker of Peacham, chose
+ his fathers Alma Mater and wa
graduated at Middlebury. Mis-
Lydia r. Parker graduated at tn
+ LIE Roy seminary for ladies in New
York. Mr.. and Mrs. Parker cele
!, brated their golden wedding in 1868
= and the friends then assembled will
long remember the stately form ant
erect bearing of the former and tn
= youthful and comely looks of the lat
. ter, as they received the congratula
t lions and tokens of love and esteem
from children and neighbors. l
l. was hard to realize that fifty years O
n married life had passed over thei
n heads. In two years this long an
happy union was broken, and tn
1t husband left to finish his journe
a alone, yet not alone, for the tende
s. care of his children surrounded an
6 supported him in his old age, smooth
l. ing his pathway to the grave. Hon
e ored and esteemed by all through hi
lifetime, while the history of th
town is preserved, his name will b
he perpetuated. Con-.
Derby.
10 The Baptist parsonage in being re
paired and remodeled.
Fl L. III. Bisbee, Esq. of Chicago,
r. in town with his family to spend
~ few weeks.
Rev. w. J. johnson was in tow
r. over the Sabbath, and occupied th
. pulpit at the Methodist church.
8. John Macomber has bought til
I'd Jacob Bates house for $1,000, an
S. takes possession September l.
re The prospect for large attendant
n at the academy this fall is very fla