Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-05-25
OBITu ARY.


lhr death ~ Mrs Cynthia l..Wp-nos. which
took place Thursday morning at her home vii
her grandson Mr.. II X Iawp.u.t. on south Main
street, removes the oldest resident II Bruttrhorn
one who was within a year and a-half Of her
centenary, uud a woman ot strongly marked char
ac-r who was held in SINGER. respect and ,-st.4u,
by a wide circle of friends Mrs Lawrence, wa,
barn In l'e9 in odd Marlboro Mass Her father
was Thomas Baker, "a farmer and cOpp-r and her
mother was a daughter uf Robert Temple Of New
Marlboro She ut "a family of IL chill
drri. Of whom she was the last survivor her last
remaining sister. Mrs. Flint ut krtnt. y II hay.
ing died two years ago When She was six wear.
odd her father moved t. Nelson y II and her,
she lived until lSlS, when at the age ~ 10 she
married Nathan Lawrence, aud the Young connie
took mp their Residence on farm in Chester 81
They lived Ia Chester until lSl2 when the husl,a mi
died and Mrs Lawrence came to Brattlrhuro
where her two sous, George and Charles q wrr.
living, five children ia all having h..en born to her
Her ME in Brattlrhuro hil therefor covered a
period Of nearly htty years For many yrar> her
utn" was divided between the families Of the tive
sons named, but for iftesn years past her liz. had
D. en spent la the hOuse where she died
stated In the usual way her life had l..,n a
quiet and uneVrntful one. hut il had nevertheless
bt-u one of craz'cs- activity. fun OF human sym.
pathy. of drNot"d care uf her children and thrif
families ami oi interest IN everything which con.
'rtnrd her friends, the community. aud her ,nlu
try. tt short, compact stature her physical
preservation was remarkable. and her mental
faculties wrp' perfectly preserved Ca the last
some eight years age the lusS of her t,y,sight l
gan, and for some years past she had been ,utlr,.
~ blind. but this mtirmtN did not chill her warm
'l'lE'll' Hhlulf COT N'NSf'N uti interest lu the at
fairs of life. Receiving the devoted ear. of her
grandson, She al,p enjoyed the tender regard and
unirmittlng attention of many friends who found
mo- greater pleasure than la frequent visits Ia her
n listening Ia her CHEEKY intelligent conversation
and her "reminiscences Of her early life To nl
who knew her she was always Grandma" Law
renee, aud in this expression the universal nffrc
uun felt for her was voiced
She was a lifelong member of tn. Cpu.-r,.l,a
uonal church, and with her this connection VA,
no mere form. Her religion was a thing of her
life, and after her years ct darkness and couflu,.
lnrut came On one of her greatest pleasures wa,
IN the visits Of her pastor aud the administration
of the sacrament Ut the Lords supper at stated
intervals. Her children and grandchildren wer,
OF the Unitarian faith. but IN this fact she found NJ
reason Tor argument or rrpruuf With her Tho
life was the test
In politics she was a Republican Of the Repuh
hc; AMI not only this, she was "A staWnu of thu
stalWartS, To the last she had the daily uau..r.
read TO her and il is a fact not without its anus
ing side thai Ia the day of her death she could 81.
no good in the Democratic admiuistra Inn,
Cleveland doesn't do anything. She would say
You used To hrdr something ahout Republican
presidents"
Even after the loss of her eyesight she kent her
self ust.fully employed, both with her knitting I'M,
ia simple household affairs She had ben nur,
than usually weak for the last month but th,
change which proved fatal began ON Monday Hel
last lntelgihle utterance one of thank fuID,s
for the kind offices of her attendants
Funeral services will be held at the hnus,. TO
morrow morning at $3.50, and the body will l.,
taken at 1879 tO Chester, To- be hurled In the ln
with her husband aud three children who lie Their.
Her only remaining descendants are three grand
chiidren Mr. H. r. Lawrence, already mentioned
ana Allert aud Frank, sons of Chas G. Law renee.
the former nov resident In California aud IN,
latter in Brazil 1890 '''