News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-11
Obituary

DIED-At her residence in Cambridge, Nov 81,
OF neuralgia OF the heart, Mrs. Rosamond
(Chadwick) Carleton, widow of the late Enoch
Carleton aged 81 years, month and 20 days.
Mrs. Carleton was born in Cambridge.
VT, Oct. Z. 1898. Her parents were
David and Mary CThurston) Chadwick.
Her father was born in Guilford, VT, and
was one of the first settlers of the State.
She married Enoch Carleton, Jr.. of
Cambridge Dec. 5, 1916 Mr.. Carleton,
her husband, was born in Amherst, N.
H.. March 20, 1871. Mrs. Carleton spent
her long aud useful life in the town where
she was born and brought up. She had
eleven children in all, one of whom,
| grandson, was an adopted child. Nine
lived to adult years, and two died in in
fancy. Seven were married and two re-
manned unmarried. Mr.. Carleton, the
father, died Feb. p, 1874, and at the time
of the death of Mrs. Carleton, the moth
er, all the eleven children had died except
one son, David G. The funeral of Mrs
Carleton was largely attended from her
residence on Monday, st. Andrews Day,
November 80, at p. m. 1t was conduc-
Burlington, who is the missionary of the
Church of the Holy Apostles. Cambridge,
of which the deceased was member and
communicate. His address on "Old age
and wisdom was founded on Psalm 80,
verses 10 and II. being a part of the an
them in the burial service. The Rev. E.
Wheelock, of the Congregational church
in Cambridge, and friend of the family,
also offered prayer and~made remarks.
Music was furnished by the choir from
the Boro. Mrs. Carleton had been for so
long time identified, both in family and
person, with the best interests of the
community, that her loss is very far
from being common one. She was at
once both large hearted and large mind
ed, and her ability to do good was never
| for want of desire or effort, but only by
circumstances beyondher control. Her
| life was blessing to all who knew her,
and in her death all feltSte loss of per-
--on of>rafest charass58n sAmost e<s.fted
worth. DisciP nned m ne many vicis-
STUDIES of this mortal life. she realized,
by the power of holy faith, the real
worth and relation of things, and was,
| therefore, in both plan and deed, pru-
dent, firm and wise. Her nature was
sympathetic, and surrounded by her nu-
merous family, and large circle of rela-
tives and friends, she was resorted to as
Il pillar of strength and centre of kind
ness. Her Christian charity flowed like
Il river, deep and broad. Unselfshness
| a.
ture. Literally and verify she loved TO
do good to all. A true friend to every
one. she especially loved all who loved
the LORD Jesus Christ. The name and
title of Mother in Israel" seemed pecu-
iarly and emphatically hers, and ali with
one accord rise up and call her memory
| blessed. In the later years of her life
she became commitment of the Epis-
cOpal church, to which she was devoted
| ly attached. AS long as consciousness
remained she helped it with her PRAYERS
and her means. When unable to attend
to its services-and such was the case for
some years before her death-she ALWAYS
remembered the contributions, both at
the Offertory and for the cause of mis-
sions. A few days before her demise the
Rt. Rev. Bishop Bissell, of the diocese of
| Vermont, paid her visit and gave her
for the last time, the Sacrament of the
| Holy Communion. A true friend to the
Clergy, she always welcomed their
| prayers and services with grateful emo
| tions. When at last her summons came
| she had made every arrangement and
| was all ready to depart, and in PRAYER
resigned her soul to God. Besides one
son, she leaves behind an aged and ven
cradle sister, who has long shared her
home and who rejoces to follow in the
| footsteps of one who was to her mother
as well. These words concerning the
deceased are eulogistic, but they are
measured and within the truth. One can
hardly speak too highly of life so uni
| form, so we'll rounded, so firmly rooted
in the Christian faith, SO sweetly adorned
| with its graces, so benign and so benifi-
cent in all its relations, down to its close.
She rests in peace. Her gracious exam
| piles are ours to follow. We wait for the
| glorious consummationi c.
80 then the glory and tie bliss,
When all that PANIED or seemed amiss,
Shall melt with sin and earth away;
When saints beneath the Savior's eye,
Filled with each other scompany,
Shall spend in love the eternal day"