Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-08
OBITUARY.
MRS. HARRIET SALISBURY
CON AMT

A long. faithful and unselhsh life, nearly 90
Years Of which had been spent as a devoted wife
and over 10 years AZ a consistent member Of the
congregational church, was brought TO a close
last Sunday by the death Of Harriet f. Salisbury,
wife Of william A. Conant 1t will be remembered
that she slipped and fell few weeks ago, fractur
ing her hip from which injury her death resulted
Mrs Conant was the daughter Of Hezekiah and
Hannah Salisbury and was born in West Brattle
boro April Q, 1906. She was the youngest and last
suryiyiug member Of family Of II children
Her mother died when she was seven or eight
yrnrs old and she went TO live with a relative in
pydpn Mass staying there until she was Il or
~ when she went to Chelmsford, Mass now a
tmrt of Lowell to live with II sister, Mrs Matilda
Van Doorn whose husband was a brother Of the
lntp Anthony Van Doom OF this place. IL was in
Inwpu that she met Mr.. Conant and there they
we're married Nov. 30, 1897. The first winter they
lived In Haverhill, Mass, but the following spring
they returned to Lowell, where MIR. COnant
hnpht out MIR. Van DoOrn's business that Of a
cabinet maker Two years later, In 1879, they
came to Bratteboro, moving into the same house
nu Canal street where these last years have been
spent At this time there was no other house on
the street except the one where John Stebbins
now lives and NO house on the road TO East Gull
ford except the CLARK place, which stood some
way back from the road. Mr.. Conant and
Anthony Van Doom were then in partnership in
the cabinet business, their shop standing where
Conant moved from Canal street to Reed Hin,
thence to South Main street and 10 the Van Doom
house on MAIN stIttt, returning 10 Nhhhi slIttl
In 1861.
Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs
Conant, five Of whom are now living Mrs.
Harriet Maria Emmons Of Brooklyn n v;
charles sanford Cunant Mrs Mary Ann Pettee.
aud Frank Conant all three of this place; and
Mrs Emma NJ. Arey of Los Angeles, CAL who has
for some time been with her parents. The oldest
SON william Henry, died in New York city IN
1919; Ella NJ, born in lSil, died when seven
months old and Herbert died In this place in 1881.
Mr. and Mrs. COnant both united with the Con
l,rrgatOnal church in Lowell and had their
membership transferred to the Centre church IN
this place soon after coming here. In years they
were the oldest members of the Centre church
and their membership was the second longest.
The golden wedding was appropriately celebrated
in 1871 and their Goth wedding anniversary was
observed by the family circle.
MIR Couant worked at his trade of cabinet
maker ~ years after coming here, was then for
several years with Woodbury. Burditt making
bass viols employed in the old rule shop ~ years
and was for six years an action maker at Estey
X Co.'S While working in the rule shop Mr..
Cunant began making viohns and this has been
his sole occupation since leaving the shops. The
tOnant vOlius are widely known and are con
sldrred by musicians as among the best made.
Mrs Cuuaut was a woman Of unusual strength
Of body, mind and character. Lifelong she was
energetic aud was always dong something to heI
and comfort the members of her own or neigh
boring families. Three times has she suffered
from broken limb, but all of her pains aud trlals
have been unromplainiugly borne.
The funeral was held Tuesday at the house, Rev
Geo f. Martin Of st. Louis, a former pastor, ON
eating The singing was bg Lucien Howe whom
Mrs Conuut cared for as a child.