Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-15
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most respected cltlZehs OF burlington
Henry Pearl lickok was born in Burling-
ton. August 9th. 1904. i'm the house ON the
cnrnor nf N,in md Pine .trapts
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mer At his death ON saturday morning.
he lacked eighteen days of having rounded
ont n life of fourScorr wears He was the
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one ol the ploilccr9 ol burIIilS'ol' HNlllS
come here when the site of our city was
forest. and who was for fifty years. one of
the foremost merchants of Burliuutuu and
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Tor college mere. ana III the aGe Oh ~ enter
ed the University of Vermont He grad
uatcd IN 1921. and was at his death one of
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SItA' ne H'u''l''i '"'"loNN at i"l' an"
NnuoNcr Selhhtrlcs' ana subsequently Tor
"A wear or two supplied the pulpit of the
Unconventional church i'm (;roruin VI
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cares an" u"'IcN CONNECTED" WIN the ltllll'E
health ANA retirement OF his father
from business. turned his attention from
ship with the late II. W. Catln. and under
the firm name of Hickok x Catlin. he sue
crcUed to the business of his father. i'm the
store ON the west side of the park. built
and long occupied bv the latter
From This time on Mr. Hickok became
identified with the business. the cduca-
tiunai and the religious, interests of Bur
lington: and of each of these causes he
was truly IA pillar. In 80? he was prom
incnt in the organization of the Pioneer
Mechanic, Shop companV, from the form
alton of which dates the present manufnc-
turing prosperity of Burlmgton. Mr..
Uickok was one of the donors of the land
occupied hv the first great pioneer shop
buildiup was the heaviest stock holdrr and
president of the company, and eventually
nrcame the sole owner of the property
and he WAS thus the heaviest loser bv the
fire which, in 1875 DESTROYED the building
and its contcnts-a loss of $50 900 To- the
owner and lcSsecS In 1851 the Merchants
bank having suffered losses which threat
ened its existence, Mr.. Hickok went to the
rescue, supplied with ct hers, sufficient new
cnpitnI to place the bank ON its feet. and
was elected the president of il. which posi-
ton he retained till lSG5. when, ON the
adoption of the National bank system the
bank. with largely increased capital and
resources. was merged i'm the Merchants
National bank and became the leading
hank nf This CITY Mr. Hickok WAS contIll-
ned ms president of the Merchants Nation
al and remained nj lis head till the pres
emf wear. "A service of thirty wears is bank
nrrSidrut Mr. Uickok sold what was lrft
of the Pioneer shop propcrty ito Lawrence
Barnes, after the tire. but always remain
ed u friend and helper of the mnuufnctllr-
inc interest of BUrliurton. I'm lntr yrnrs
he was active i'm the organization of thp
W,nnnski Lumber connuruv nj the Falls
erected II steam mill at | ndrrhill. and was
Interested to n minor extent i'm several
Is n friend of education Mr.. Hickok
ALWAYS took n stronlr interest i'm the com
mnn schnnls lie yus urnminrut i'm the
fn,tnntinu of the MON IIirh Schonl dis
trirt Which nnyrd thr wny for olIr present
Citv .rhnni .,stn,, and was itS tir.t cl.rl,
In iS51 ne hrcn,ne !, Trustee of the I'niyrr-
XIV and remained +, nnmhnro tLr Hnur,l nt
TruStrrs for thirtv-tWu wears or until hi.
/ danth II. ,Xn. III. ..crnt,I.,. nf ia. mi.
vrrsity for twelve wears 1874 to lS,;5. and
- mrrnbpr of thr exrcutiye committee fr
ni,rhtnnu vnors In thrsn cnnncitins II,
cave to tile college earnest interest and
cnrr He cave ornrrnus,y of money n.
well ms time and Thought for its slpuort
and thr University has had mo- irmer
friend than he for more than "A generation
In The rhurch MIR Uicknk WAS moi less
nctive and pnrnpSt He was fnr twenty
yrnrs one If the main STAYS and most cen
rrnIIs suunortrrs of the First Counrrlrn.
tinunl chiirch and after thr dputh nf hi,
fnthnr the elder deacon Uicknk. in lSlg
he WAS elected a deacon of that church
and remained such until the or~nuiZntloI
If thn irhiri ConTrnrntinnnI church in
1870 I'm his enterprise MIR Hickok wa,
thr ieudrr uuder thr conviction thnt th,
pro1yiuu Iccpssitirs of the ConprerntiounI
body ana of the community required th,
fuIinntinu Of another Gnnurrmntioun
j., rhnrrL and sncirtv lie Nus one nf III,
tirst thrrr Lencons elected M thr fnrmn
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