The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05
Obituary.

personnel of the gathering, were his subjects
Obituary.
DEw1NG.-Died in Montpelier Vt, Tues
day, November 4, Mrs. Mary Grattan, wife
of John A. Dewing. Mrs. Dewing was born
April u, 1882, in Topsham, Vt. In Lisbon,
n. H., November H. 1851, she married Mr..
Dewing, and in February 1871, they came
to Montpelier to live, where they have since
resided. For twenty years she had been
severely afflicted with chronic rheumatism,
and for fifteen years of this time she was a
great sufferer A week ago her declining
strength compelled her to seek her bed, and
she sank steadily to a peaceful and painless
death-a glad release from her long years of
pain Her husband and their only child,
Harry G. Dewing, Esq, of the ArgUs and
Patriot staff survive her. Mrs Dewing was
an only daughter. Her brother-an only
son--was graduate of West Point military
school and was killed in an Indian massacre
at Fort Laramie in 1854. Her funeral will
take place tomorrow Thursday afternoon
at two o'clock.
JENNIsoN.-Died in Walden, October 81,
Mary Putnam) Jennison widow of the
late Abiiah Jennison and a sister of f. ID.
Putnam of Montpelier and A. f. Put
nam of Berlin, Wisconsin, the only living
members of a family of six children of
Jacob and Lucy (Barnes) Putnam, who
came to Marshtield from Alstead, n. H.,
III loZo' her age was elgnty-tWO years
seven months and nineteen days. She,
with her husband, about ffty-fve years
ago settled in the east part of Walden near
the present village of Noyesville, when that
part of the town was almost an unbroken
wilderness, enduring all the privations and
hardshps incident to a settlement in a new
country, and by industry and economy ac-
Quired competence. Their memory will
long be cherished by their neighbors and
by all the people of Walden for their gen.
erous hospitality and unvaryng kindness.
She leaves three children to mourn her loss.
ADAMs.-Judge Austin Adams, a native
of Vermont, died at Dubuque, Ia, October
| II, at the age of siXty-four years. Judge
Adams was one of the leading lawyers of his
adopted state, man of literary tastes and
| broad culture For twelve years he was
| justice of the supreme court of Iowa, and at
two different times was chief justice He
| was born at Andover, Windsor county, and
was educated at the Black River Academy
| and Dartmouth College, graduating from
! the latter institution in 1913. IWmediotely
after graduation he was principal of the
academy at West Randolph, and also taught
at the Black River academy. After taking
a course at the Harvard law school, he was
admitted to practice at Windsor in 1884, but
| in the same year he went to Iowa. where
| he had remained ever since In 1851, he
married Miss Mary Newbury, daughter of
Rev. Samuel Newbury. Four children sur
one of the well known Hoar family of Mas
sachusetts. He was always greatly inter
ested in educational work. Judge Adams
had considerable poetic talent, and some Of
his poems in manuscript are of rare grace
and beauty.
TABoR.-Rev. l.. II. Tabor, for half a CEN
! tury a clergyman of the UniVersalist church,
who had spent the greater part of his life in
northern Vermont although recently living
| in Maine, died at his home Ia Bryant 5
Pond, Maine, September y, at the age Gf
| about eighty-One years. Among those pres
ent at the funeral were Hon. \. L. Foster
and daughter of Derby Line. The follow
ing is a short sketch of his life He received
letter of fellowship from Champlain Associ-
alton, in June, 1887, which met at Shore
ham, VT; studied with Rev. Kitrdge
Haven and was ordained by the Northern
Association, which met in Calais, in 1888.
He preached in Calais until 1910. Dur
ing the fOrty-tve years of active labor
which followed, his pastorateS were at Plain
field, four years; ST. Johnsbury, three years
Lyndon and Burke, six years; West
Charleston and Derby Line, four years
West Concord, twelve years; Norway,
Name light years; West Burke. three
years; Island Pond, one year; Bryant 5
! Pond, Maine, live years. While at West
Concord, he was elected representative to
the legislature in 1860, 1861 and 1862, and
senator from Essex county, in 1862 No
vember 21, 1881 he was married to Deborah
ID. Curtiss, daughter of Colonel Caleb Cur
tisS of Calais She passed away January II,
1880 In January. 1881, he married Mrs.
Harvey Coe of Island Pond, who survives
him.
BLAKE.-Died in Marshfeld, October IS,
1890 of diphtheria, Clarence Nj. Blake
youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Blake,
aged five years and eight months. Another
little light gone out, and in what utter dark
ness 1t has left the hearts of the parents and
only brother of their one great Joy. Lif
must have seemed indeed a cruel blank, one
which at the time of their great sorrow il
must have seemed impossible for them
henceforth to fill, but time will heal the
deepest wound, and we trust our heavenly
Father in his infinite mercy will heal that
wound and teach them in his own good way
that the tie whi h bound their hearts to-
gether has been severed only for awhile, and
that 1t is waiting above to welcome them al
the great white throne We all mourn for
little Clarence, and we know that he will
be greatly missed, but he has gone to bet
ter, better home.
His little footsteps will journey in this world OF
sin no more.
May they press the sandbanks lightly on Ife's riv
er's golden shore.
Mother, weep not father, grieve not; try to soohe
your troubles Ger
For wen think of him as sleeping; not as dead
but gone before"
PROBABLY no physician of our day has
gained such reputation for curing cases o
lingering or long-standing diseases through