Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-17

Mrs Hannah Ingalls, Evcrts passed from
earth mt her home in salisbury, saturday, the
ith inst, aged - years and one month. She
was the youngest of nine children all of
whom lived to advanced years, from 20 to over
50. All have passed away but one brother,
John ingalls, of lndianola, Iowa. one sister,
Mrs. Almira McWain, died August 3, at sO,and
Moses Ingalls, the only brother who remained
in Vermont, died in May, lSS5, at the age OF ~.
Mrs. Everts was the daughter of Jeremiah
Ingalls,, who resided in Newbury and Roches.
ter and was musician of more than ordinary
ability. He was composer as well as teach
er and his hymns and tunes are preserved in
books of popular use. In 1880 she married
Holland W. Everts and settled on the farm
where she lived till her death. Her husband
died in September, 1859. She was the mother
OF four children and lost two by death in ls5G; +;
the others, Mrs. Emily +. Kingsley and Albert
NJ. Everts, being spared to care tor her in
days of suffering and mourn her loss. The
dying request OF her daughter Mrs Julia NJ
Browne, whose home was in the West, was
that her boy Walter might be taken back to
her mother, and the grandmother's home was
his tor twenty years until he graduated from
Middlebury college in the class OF 10.
In that year, 1876, death took from her home
the daughter by marriage, Mrs. \. NJ. Everts,
and two grand-daughters were left to her
double care, and she always had their conf,
dence and love. They mourn her loss most
tenderly, and gratefully testify to her unfail.
ing kindness and affection. In their behalf it
can truly be said "She hath done what she
could"
Mrs Everts was the last OF all the heads of
families in the school district to which she
came j6 years ago, and there is scarcely a
| house in the district under whose roof she has
not been willing watcher with the sick and
afflicted. sufferers turned to her instructive.
/ ly, as good friend in need. Her bearing
combined strength and gentlcness Her
whole life was in keeping with the counsel
she often gave those who were in trouble
"Nevcr worry about what you can or cannot
help, because the one you can remedy and
the other should be left to higher hands than
ours" Mrs. Everts was n conscientious Chris
| tian. She was II mcmber OF the Congrega
tional church, Salisbury, for twenty-five
years. and in all her relations with others the
Golden Rule was her law, and her life seemed
to say to her heavenly Futher, "Not my will
but thine be done"
Her last illness of two ana II half years call
ed tor the same patience which continued un
failing to the last.i
Rev Mr.. Speare of Middlebury preached the
funeral discourse from the scripture "And
heard IA voice from heaven, saying unto me
write, blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth, yea, saith the spirit
that they may rest from their labors and
their works do follow them"
The attendance was large and sympathetic.
At the burial Service, in the beautiful valley
of the Seeley district, the Salisbury quartette
DR., o. NJ. Bump, Mr.. f. Thomas, Mrs. John f
Weeks and Mrs. Mary Kelsey, sang There Is
no hight there" The setting sun gave golden
light: autumn flowers and harvests added
their beautiful adornment and suggestive les
sons, mourning friends and neighbors stood
in reverent and loving assemblage, until the
last service of Christian hope committing
dust to dust until "the earth and the sea shall
give up their dead" 5. l.. b. 5.