St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-01-28
RECENT DEATHS.
Bowman.

the scale works for quite a number
of years past, died very suddenly on
Saturday while at the shops,
as the result of some internal
stoppage. His associates did every
thing possible for him, but to no
avail; he was suffering SO grea tly that
he could not be moved to his home,
and lived only about twenty min
utes after being taken i'll. Deceased
had been a member, of the Second
New Hampshire regiment during the
war, and was almost the first man
to be wounded at the battle of Bull
Run; he was a member Of Chamber
lin Post, Q. A. R.. for ten or twelve
years, and his funeral was taken in
charge by that organization on
Monday afternoon, Rev. c. M. Lam
son being the officiating clergyman.
Mr.. Bowman leaves three children,
his wife having died about six years
ago.
Mrs. Araminta Blanchard, wife of
the late John D. Miller, died of pneu-
monia at her home on Railroad street
Monday morning. She was married
to Mr.. Miller at Lyndon, Sept. IA,
1912. Mr.. Miller died last Febru-
ary and his wife never quite recov-
cred from her great loss, being in
poor health for the past year. She
leaves one son, Sidney w. Miller,
and daughter, Mrs. George H. Tis-
dale. The funeral was held yester-
day and conducted by Rev. 6. M {.
Curl
Clarke.
Mrs. Mary D. Clarke, mother of
Mrs. c. c. Bingham, died yesterday
morning, shortly before nine O'Clock,
at her home on Church street, after a
short illness with pneumonia. Mrs.
Clarke was in her SOth year. She
was taken with the grip about three
weeks ago, and, although very i'll
with that disease, recovered suffi-
GENTLY to sit up for half a day she
overtaNed her strength in so doing.
however, and pneumonia set in, re-
sulting fatally as above stated.
Start.
Mrs. Edwin A. Start died at Mid
dletown, N. Y, on Thursday, Jan. 21 =.
She was taken sick with tonsilitis
and symptoms Of scarlet fever ap-
peared soon after. Mrs. Start resid-
ed in st. Johnsbury during Mr..
Starts connection with the GALE
DOMAIN in the fall and winter of 1890
and the friends she made here in that
short time will be panied to learn of
her death and will sympathize with
Mr.. Start in his great loss. Mr.
Start is now connected with the
Middietown Press, and that paper
says of the deceased lady:
Mrs. Start was woman of rare
mental endowments which were
cultivated and developed by the
highest education advantages. She
was a woman of broad culture, a
great reader and a capable and dis
crimina ting musical and literary
critic. She also possessed a kindness
of heart and gracious manner
which quickly won as friends all
those who knew her.
Wilson.
Conductor William A Wilson OF
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
met with frightful death at Castle
Rock, Col, last week Tuesday, Mr.
Wilson stayed by runaway car
which after running about mile
jumped the track and landed a
hundred feet away. Mr.. Wilson s
body was almost unrecognizable in
| the debris. The grade at the point
where the car left the track was near
! ly 400 feet to the mile. Mr.. Wilson
was a freight conductor on the Pas
sumpsic road for about IS years and
lived at Lyndonville. About four
years ago he went West. He is well
remembered here by the railroad
boys"
Kinney.
John Kinney died in Littleton,
N. H., Tuesday of pneumonia. He
was resident of St. Johnsbury 25
years ago and was the first section
boss on the Passumpsic railroad from
Passumpsic village to ST. Johnsbury.
He leaves a wife, six sons and two
daughters. One of his sons, James
Kinney, has been an engineer on the
Passumpsic railroad for many years
The remains were brought to St
Johnsbury this morning and will be
inferred in the Catholic cemetery.