The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-10-30
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Sudden Termination Of the Career of Man
Long Connected with the States Interests
His Good Work ut Rutland.
from our Regular Correspondent

Sudden Termination Of the Career of a Ma
Long Connected with the states Interest
His GOOD Work Mt Rutland.
From our Regular Correspondent
RUTLAND, Oct 90, 's5.
i At an early hour Saturday morning the citi
| zens of Rutland were startled by the announce
ment of the death OF our highly esteemed citi
zen, Gov John Page. With bis demise thu
career of one OF the most widely known ant
highly respected men of the entire state, Is ter
minated. That he was fferiDg from an attach
| of bronchial pneumonia was known for som'
| days previous to his death, but as late ms Fri
| day night the attending physicians confidently
expected that he would recover, and when tue
fatal end came at 5 go o'clock Saturday morn
ing, it was with so little warning that not all oil
| the members of bis own family could be sum-
moned to his bedside before his spirit had pass
| cd away and he had gone over to that great but
| ..silent majority" The immediate cause OF his
| death Is thought to have been either cerebral
congestion or the formation OF blood clot on
| the heart
John B Page was the son OF William and
| Cynthia Page, and was born in Rutland, Feb.
ruary 25, 1926. His education in the schools
was of a limited nature, having been finished
at Burr Burton seminary when be was only
l6 years of age; butin the school of life he re-
ceived an education, which, supplemented by
an extensive and varied course OF reading, rem
debaters In the state, and fitted him for the ac-
complishment of those deeds which tended in so
large measure to promote the welfare alike of
his town and state. In 1913 he entered the
Bank of Rutland as teller, was elected cashier
in 1913, and president in 1861 In 1860 he was
elected state treas urer and served in that capac-
ity until &c. In 67 and '6S he was elected COVER
nor. Previous to this time he represented Rut.
land in the legislature in 1852, 53 and '54, and
his townsmen again called upon him to fill this
position in 1880. During all these years he had
been identified with many business interests.
From 1860 to &c he was trustee of the Rutland
and Burlington railroad, and was elected presi-
dent Of the Rutland Drailroad company at the
time of its organization in 1867, and held that
position till 1888. For several years he
served as director of the Central Vermont
raj lroad, and also OF the Sullivan
County and Vermont Valley railroads. For a
long time be was director and vice president of
the Champlain Transportation company, and at
one time director and vice president of the
New York and West Shore road. Perhaps the
most important local business enterprise 10
which Gov Page was interested, is the Howe
Scale company. He was connected with the
corporation while it was located in Brandon,
and 1t wos largely due to bis efforts that the in
dustry was moved to Rutland, at which time he
became its treasurer, and subsequently its presi.
dent, " hich position he held at the time Of his
death. He always NANTES ted great interest in
religious and educational institutions and in the
of whatever would improve the
of the town where he had always
resided. The fire. department, as at present
owes It's organization largely to his
efforts. He was member OF the first engine
company organized in the town, and was for
several years the chief engineer of the Rutland
fire department. In 1858 he united with the
church, and its interests were
ever after dear to his heart. He was liberal in
his pccuniary support Of the church, wise in his |
counsels to that body and prompt in speech and
action to uphold the great truths which he be-
LEVIED. All auXiiaries to church work found |
in him an earnest supporter. For 10 years he
has been member of the corporation of Mid |
llebnry college, and sf Burr and Burton sem
nary. In 1871. ~, 70 and "A he visited |
Europe. where his first wife, Mary A Reynolds, |
lied. She was the mother OF his children, |
William r. Edward d and Helen L Page. His |
second wife, Harriet + Smith. with four chill. |
ireD, survives him. Gov Page had mingled |
much with the world, and, like all men endowed |
" nature with the qualities for leading in ac- |
ION and shaping public opinion, aspired with |
audable ambition to the position of leadership, |
md while hi, be friends do not claim for him |
it is admitted on all sides that he |
vas the subject of unjust criticism and cruel, |
reacherous attacks, all of which he endured |
With calmness of spirit born of conscious in |
egrity, and betokening that noble nature which |
las proved estmable among men, and, as we |
believe, acceptable to the God whom he wor-
hipped