Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-03
RECENT DEATHS.

Howard Jones, 20, well-known Dunn
merston farmer, died Sunday.
The death last week of Mrs. Jerusha
Kelley, mother of Edward and Charles
Kelley removes the oldest woman in Ben
nington. She had reached the age OF over
% years.
Lewis Nye died at Barton Landing on
December 20 after an illness of some 10
days. Mr. Nye was in his sSth year and
has been very vigorous for a man of his
years He moved to Barton Landing some
II years ago.
"Uncle Rufus 'Stearns, an esteemed citizen
of the West village, Brattleboro, and an old
time Wilmington resident, died at the nome
of his daughter, Mrs. Catharine Evans,
Sunday evening, aged 50,
Mrs. Thomas Keycs, formerly of Ben
nington, died at her home in Wisconsin,
December Il. Mrs Keyes with her hus-
band lived in Bennington nearly a quarter
of century. She was born in Stamford
in 1928. Her father, Seneca Phillips, was
prominent man in that portion OF the
State. She was one of five children, and
was the first of the five to die.
Charles Pierce, son of Marshall Pierce of
Poultney was instantly killed recently in the
South. He was engineer on the Mobile and
New Orleans railroad, and ran into an open
switch at a station called Orange Grove west
of Mobile, causing the wrecRing of his engine
and several cars and his instant death. His
body was horribly mangled. The deceased
was 4S years of age and a native Of Putney,
but had been employed on railroads for
many years, and had been in the South for
20 years as engineer.
William Henry Leland Smith died at his
home in Dorchester last Sunday. He was
the treasurer and afterward director of the
Downer Kerosene Oil company. He was
born in Lowell, Vt, 1924. He graduated
at Dartmouth in 1915, and then attending
the Harvard law school, received his degree
of ILL., b.. Boston. He at once began the
practice Of law in Boston, Mr.. Smith has
| been trustee of Dorchester, Yacht club, and
at the time of his death was commodore of
the Boston Yacht club.
| Last week a nephew of DR. h. H. Haynes
of Rutland met his death in a strange way
! The boy was aged about seven years. and
/ while on his way home from the Clifton, n
| y, station, where his father is employed
he met little playmate who was riding
velocipode, and who invited him to ride
| it. He did so and soon the machine tippet
over and he fell. The handle, which had
previously been broken, entered his mouth
and down his throat severing the windppa
and lacerating the spinal column. He rar
home and, falling into tho arms of hi
mother expired Immediately.
Charles G. Wicker, well-known rail
road and real estate man of Chicago, n ma
tive of Rutland, died Of pneumonia Thurs
day in Tallahassee, Fla, where he was en-
gagged in a railroad enterprise. Mr.. Wicker
was born in Rutland, April T. 1890 HI
lived with his parents in Utica and FloyC
N. Y, during his youth, and il
1889 Went TO Chicago, From that tim
until 1863 he was engaged in the wholesa
grocery trade in that city. He then retired
from mercantile life and devoted himself tt
railroad and real estate interests He wa
president of the Dakota Southern road
Mr.. Wicker served several terms in the cit,
council in Chicago, and in 1872 was elected
representative of the Third Illinois distric
IN the lower house in Congress. He wa
married twice in lS4S to Miss Sarah Bald
win, of Montpelier, who died in 1852
and again to Miss Elizabeth j. Sears, win
survives him, and by whom he had sever
children.