Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-12
A. Roynton yiau.


Funeral services OF A. Boynton Wall, q
prominent and respected citizen OF South
Royalton, VT, were held at that place on
Thursday afternoon, April 9Th. Rev. GA.
Wilkins of Bethel, VT, who read the
Episcopal service, made a few appropriate
and weil-chosen remarks.
Mr.. Wall was born on a farm border
ing upon the banks of West River in ia
maica, VT, July 80, 1904. He was the son
OF Captain Nathaniel and Betsey Clark
Wall, who had formerly lived in Lynn,
Mass. land had, for several years previous
TO his birth, been among the pioneers of
Vermont. He was the youngest but one
of a family of fifteen children, only one
OF whom, Mrs. Eliza Soper of Northfield,
VT, his younger sister, survives him.
Capt. Nathaniel Wall served through the
wal for independence. receiving a broken
leg during the service; but he lived to be
81 years old and, at the time of his death,
was a vigorous old man. The son inher-
tied the vigor of the father. He had a
sickness OF short duration when at the
age of q, and with the exception of this
and the dislocation Of a shoulder, never
had a doctor until within the last two
years.
The maternal grandfather of Mr.. Wall
was Samuel Clark, OF Scotch descent, who
was living upon the present site of Fort
Independence, near Boston, at the time of
the battle of Lexington; and because of
his outspoken hatred of the Royalists, he
was driven from his home and, on the fol-
lowing day, he entered the patriot army
and served to the close Of the Revolution.
Two uncles OF Mr.. Wall also served in the
same army. There were four of Mr.. Wallis
brothers in the American army during the
War OF 1912, and each distinguished him
self as a patriot. Mr.. Wall had always
taken a great interest in national and State
y ~ TAc rrrna n ntaaA.r -
nouneed views during his whole life, a
great reader, possessing a remarkable
memory-remembering and conversing
not only about incidents which took
place in his boyhood days but those, as
we'll, which had taken place within the
last Notwithstanding his mental as well
as his physical ability to the last, and was
only confined to his room for a few days.
MIR. Wall remained upon the farm at Ja-
maica most Of the time until he arrived
at manhood when he went to Lynn,
Mass, and was successfully engaged in
livery and sale stable business but was,
unfortunately, burned out, with no in
surance. He then became engaged in the
of glue. In the year 1881, he
married Lucy Newhall of Lynn, Mass, of
descent, and a few years later he
moved to Dorset, VT, where he became en-
gagged in the marble business, remaining
until about 80 years & when he came to
West Randolph and engaged for a time
in the same business. A few years later
he removed to a farm near South Royal
village where his wife, Lucy, died
Nov. q. 1874.
Five children were born to them, four Of
whom are now living. He was a very af-
%fectionate mar in his family and his great
desire seemed to be that his children
grow up to be honorable and in
f1uential members of the community in
which they resided. How far his advice
and training were effectual is demonstra-
ted in the records they have made. Chas.
B. Vial a ~well-known and successful bust
ness man Of South Royalton, Vt, with
whom Mr.. Wall has made his home since
the death of his wife; Herbert b. Wall,
ex-mayor OF KeeDe, N. H., and cashier of
the Citizens National Bank of that city;
William b. Wall OF West Randolph, VT,
late candidate for Lieut.. Governor OF VT.
and occupying an important position in
the management of the c. V. X. R.; Mrs.
Edison ID. Strong, the wife of a prominent
and influential citizen of James
town, No. Dakota, the children Of the
deceased, seem to have inherited both pa
triotism and a firm belief in Democratic
as all are Democrats Inc have
taken a great interest in the sue
cess and welfare of the great party. The
esteem in which Mr.. Wall was held by his
many friends, who had been drawn to him
by social intercourse and his pleasant and
sympathetic nature, attested to a remark
able degree, their appreciation of his friend
by their desire to participate in the
last sad rites-a tribute to his memory
being present from Mortified and
Randolph. The interment took place in
the family lot in the village cemetery.
ends the career of one of Vermonts
sons.