The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-25
Obituaries.

WHEELER.-Rev. Leonard Wheeler died of
paralysis at his residence in West Randolph at
one o clock on the afternoon of July 18th, after
painful illness of several years. He was born
in Cambridge, Mass, on September II, 1907,
and was therefore, in his seventy-sixth year at
the time of his death. His father, Deacon
Nathan Wheeler, moved to Cabot, while he
was yet small boy. The most of his life has
been spent in Cabot, Marshfeld Calais, and
Randolph. He early embraced religion, and
became a Christian minister at the age of
twenty-six, and continued to preach till about
1860, when, by reason of ill-healtb, he began to
abate his ministerial labors, and they ceased
altogether some years ago. During his minis
tration he preached mostly in the Vermont
towns above named, but abored some in Brad
ford and other towns, and preached while in
Piermont, n. II. He was a man of great
worth, of manly character, a kind husband
and an affectionate father, a true and devoted
Christian. He is the last of his father family,
and leaves widow, sister OF George Gilman,
late of Marshfield, deceased. He also leaves
sons and daughters surviving him.
MARsToN.-Moses Marston. professor of the
English language in the Minnesota university,
died at his late residence in Minneapolis, July
II, from blood poisoning, resulting from com,
paratvely slight injury sustained about two
weeks before his death. He was riding out and
was preparing to secure his team in front o f
one OF the business houses of the city. He had
pulled his hitching strap Ito which an iron
weight was attached) from his buggy, but on
letting the weight down to the sidewalk he
stumbled over the strap, bringing bis right
thumb between the weight and the sidewalk,
crushing the end from the tip to the first joint.
In a few days the arm began to swell, and the
symptoms of blood poisoning we're unmistalSa-
BILE. He continued to sink gradually until his
death. Deceased was most estimable man in
every relation of life, and his sad death is a
personal bereavement to many in the COM
munity, which honored and loved him for his
admirable traits of character and scholarly at
tainments Professor Marston came to Mime
apolis in 1874, to take the place of Rev. Dr.
Tutte in the pulpit of the Universalist church.
| In the fall of that year he accepted tender of
the chair of history and rhetoric in the state
| university, which position he filled for four
language and literature. He was very hard
| worker, and the end of the term always found
| him pretty well broken down He usually re-
covered health and spirits during the vacation,
but at the close of the last term he seemed
worse than usual, and his rest from work
seemed to have had less effect than usual in
recuperation. During vacations Professor Mars
| ton often lectured. He was a modest, consci-
entious man of conservative disposition, cool
and cautious, very kind hearted, and seldom
| carried away by excitement. He leaves wife,
| one daughter, and two step-daughters. De-
| ceased was native of Williamstown, was a
| graduate OF Middlebury college and was for
| some time employed as teacher in his native
state, but was subsequently appointed pro-
fessor in the theological seminary at Canton,
| New York.