Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-27
DIED..

In Burke, March 1s, Ephraim Fairbanks
aged 80 years.
In Irasburgh, March 10, Della sanvilIe, wife
of George Macia.
In Irasburgh, March o. Roland, infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin A. Holbrook.
In Glover, Mar. IS, Hattie E., Wife of Irwin
| S. Walker, aged %.
dearest Matte, thou hast left us,
How miss you, none can tell,
! But tits God that hath bereft us,
| And he doeth all things well.
In the cleaning, o, our Darling,
| When the lights dim and low,
! We will think of you and love you
/ AS we loved you long ago.
| At Barton Landing, March IA, Susan Cur
rier) Collins, aged 80 years, months and q
days.
Susan Currer was born in the town of Cor
NTH Oct IT, sixteen years after the first set
tier moved into the town. Her parents NOV
ed from Hampstead, N. II. Susan was the
third child in family of thirteen children.
Upon the mothers side, especially, she was
from long-1ived family, her grandmother
and great grandmother having passed their
1oOth birthday, and her father and mother
reached the age of 81 and SO years respective
1y. Endowed with good physical makeup,
nogrished in early years by tAe coarse, but
nutritious food with which the tables of the
early settlers were supplied land Injured to the
toll necessary in early times, the foundations
were laid for the long life. At very early
age she was nurse and assistant to her moth
er in the care of her younger brothers and
sisters, and at nine years of age she work ed
OUT for some weeks, and when eleven years
of age she had the entire care of family for
three months. Facilities for education in
thosr days were limited, and her school at
tendance confined to few months, but
she made good use of the brief time and
an excellent reader and a good scholar for
the times. In Dec, 1918, she married Chas
Collins, who had been discharged from five
years service in the army. To them
born four sons, all of whom reached man
hood and two of whom, Amos P. of Plainfield,
Iowa, and I. D. R. of Barton Landing, are
vet living. After marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Col
Inns settled on farm in Corinth and spent
thirty-five years upon it. In 1853 they
moved with their youngest son to Wolcott,
near the Craftsbury line, where most of their
business and social relations came to be.
In April, 1871, the husband died at the age of
81 years. In Dec, 1873, Mrs. Collins moved
with her to Barton Landing, where her
home has been until her death. There has
Collins to distinguish it from others, except
her extreme longevity, and the remarkable
retention of her faculties, both physical and
ment IL, almost to the day of her death. We
gain clearer idea of what the experience
a life of that length means when we think of
what in countrys history it has included.
When she born George Washington
president of the United States. Thus she has
lived under every administration since
government was organized and witnessed all
the vast growth of the country and the won
derfu1 improvements and inventions. When
she was born her native town was almost g
wilderness. She it developed to it's great
est population and productions, and proceed
a long way on it's decadence. OF her personal
characteristics and accomplishments little
need be said. She naturally possessed of
a kind and generous disposition, and in early
life became Christian, uniting with the Free
Baptist church, and faithfully exemplhed
her profession. Her life was one of great &C
tivity. While young, she learned all those
accomp1is hments necessary to young lady
in those days,such spinning, weaving upon
the hand loom all the various fabrics used in
the household. She wove the most elaborate
patterns of bed cover1ets and the finest fgur-
ed linen damasks. She less accom-
plished in the art of cooking and general
housekeeping. Her early habits of ind Justly
chung to her through life. 1t was the greatest
trial of her life to lay down, one after another,
the various implements of toll to which her
hands were so accustomed. Her reading in
Guided current literature and the Bible. She
read her Bible through time after time in
those declining years. She retained her fac
ulties wonderfully to the end, and did not
miss meal with the family for many months
until Saturday noon before she died. Her
Iacf iolvn hrie of a
cold and in the early morning hours she
passed away quietly though falling
asleep. Prov. 31:10-31 is not exaggerated
commentary on her life and character Her
funeral attended by Rev. j. K. Fuller,
who spoke very fee1ingly and appropriately
from the words He giveth his beloved Sleep"
Ps l27:2