St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-05-07
RECENT DEATHS.
Bancroft.
p. STAFFORD.

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superintendent of the New Hamp-
shire asylum for the insane and one
of the most prominent and influential
citizens of Concord died at his home
in Concord at 1 O'Clock last Thurs
day morning of uremia, with which he
was stricken about a year ago while
presiding at a meeting in Boston, at
the age of 76 years.
Jesse Parker Bancroft was born in
Gardner, Mass, April II, 1915.
He fitted for college at Andover,
Mass, and entered Dartmouth col
lege in 1887, graduating in 1S41 and
graduating from Dartmouth medical
school in 1914. During the period
prior to his medical gradua ton he
was demonstration of anatomy at
the Brunswick medical college. AT
ter gradua ting from the medical
school he was assistant teacher in
the Pinkerton academy at Derry for
nearly a year. In 1915 he came to
to St. Johnsbury and for - years
practiced medicine in this town. He
took an active interest in the towns
affairs and was prominent in the
church and in social circles. In 1853
he represented St. Johnsbury in the
Legislature as a wing, this also be-
ing the year that Erastus Fairbanks
was first elected governor of the
state. He was skilful in his pro-
fession and developed here a large
general and consultation practice.
In 1857. he was called by the
trustees of the New Hampshire
asylum for the insane to the position
of superintendent and treasurer of
that institution, and on July Is of
that year he entered upon the duties
of that place. He remained superin-
tendent for 25 years, when he resigned
until 1890. He was professor of
mental diseases for three years in the
Dartmouth medical school and for
several years was president of the
New England Psychological society.
He had a national reputation among
specialists on insanity. On October
81, 1S47, he married Miss Elizabeth
Spear of Hanover, N. H, who sur
wives him. He also left one son, Dr.
n Il D cd
the deceased as superintendent of the
asylum at Concord, and one daugh-
ter, the wife of DR.. B. r. Benner of the
private asylum at Tyngsboro, Mass.
Putnam.
Rev. Nathaniel French Putnam,
rector of St. Marks Cathedral at
Salt Lake City, Utah, died at his
home in that city Sunday, April &c,
from heart failure, due to pneumonia.
Mr.. Putnam was born in Croydon,
N. H, Feb. 2, 1889, prepared for col
lege at Thetford academy, graduated
from Bowdoin college in 1868 and
from the General Theological semi
nary in 1866. He was then ordained
deacon and began active ministry in
Poultnev. He was for some time
rector of ST. Luke's church in St. AL
bans and came from there to St.
Johnsbury in July, 1876, leaving St.
Johnsbury for Salt Lake City in
1881. The Episcopal society in St.
Johnsbury had just started, and dur
ing Mr.. Putnam's five years of faith
full work here the church was built
and its power of usefulness greatly
enlarged. He became identified with
the growth of the town and was one
who was beloved and esteemed by
all. His tender ministrations upon
the sick, especially during a slight
epidemic of diptheria, are recalled at
this time and many remember that
he braved the terrors of this dread
disease to bring joy and comfort to
the sick ones 1t was just such prac-
teal Christianity as this which has
tened his death in Salt Lake City
and when Bishop Leonard left for
Nevada some weeks ago he warned
Mr. Putnam against doing too much
work of this kind. But self was the
last thing thought of and when at
tackled by the grip about month
ago his constitution was not vigor-
Gus enough to successfully combat
this insidious disease. Though in