Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-06-08
OBITUARY.
Death of Clark JillsOn. Native of
Whitingham and Former Mayor of
Worcester, Mass.

Death of Clark Jillson, Native of
Whitingham and Former Mayor of
Worcester, Mass.
Judge Clark Jilson of the first district
court of southern Worcester, at Webster
and Southbridge, and mayor of Worcester
in 1873, 1875, 1876, died at his home in
that city Tuesday evening. He had been
i'll for more than year. He was born in
Whitingham April II, 1925. He attended
for two years the Whitingham academy,
of which his father was one of the found
ers. He left home at the age of Is and
worked for his uncle Stephen at Charlie
mont, and then at the Green River cutlery
works at Greenfield. He went to Worces-
ter at the age of 20 and began work in the
machine shop of Howe IL Goddard. Then
he went to work in the carriage shop of
Tolman & Russell, and after that learned
the trade of making shear blades at New
Worcester. Next he entered the employ
of l.. ~ A. G.. Goes, wire manufacturers.
While engaged in working at the bench he
gave up his evenings to study and writing.
In 1854 he went to Southbridge, where he
was one of the editors of the Southbridge
Press He returned to Worcester in 1850
and engaged in mechanical pursuits, hav-
ing taken out several patents, about 20 in
all. From 1860 to 1871 he was clerk of
the municipal court of Worcester. In the
latter year he was appointed justice of the
first district court of southern Worcester,
which position he held to the time Of his
death. He was interested in local history,
and had delivered addresses before various
historical associations. A notable effort
of this kind was the historical address de-
livered by him at the centennial celebra-
tion of his native town, held at the
old church on Whitingham hill Aug. Is,
1880. He was one of the founders of the
Worcester society of antiquity and its sec
Ond president. He leaves son, DIR. F. G.
Jillson of Boston and a daughter, Mary
Jillson, a teacher in the Classical High
school in Worcester.
Death of Samuel l.. SibIey.
The illness of Samuel L. Sibley, which
was announced in The Phoenix last week,
terminated fatally Tuesday. Mr. Sibley
was 81 years old and was a native of Barre,
Mass. His boyhood and youth were spent
on the Sibley homestead in that town,
which is today in possession of the fourth
generation of the family. While young
man he came to GuilfOrd, where his
brother-in-law, the late S. l.. Hunt, was a
leading business man. He worked in the
tannery in that place. and later engaged in
the mercantile business, which he carried
on for many years. S. S. Hunt his
nephew, now of the firm of S. A. Smith Il
Co., was at one time his partner. Mr.
| Sibley served as postmaster for term of
years. For r few years he was in business
at Northfeld, Mimi, but returned from
there to Guilford Centre. He moved to
Brattleboro nine years ago, buying the
house at the corner of Elliot and Elm
streets, where he has since lived.
Mr.. Sibley married Mary, daughter of
the late Barnard Lynde of GuilfOrd. She
survives him with one daughter, Abbie,
| wife OF j. A. Walen.
Mr.. Sibleys only brother, James, died
at Barre only four weeks ago. His sister,
the wife of Mr.. S. l.. Hunt, who died
several years ago in this village is well
| remembered.
Mr.. Sibley was man of irreproachable
character and in the work of the Methodist
church he was one of the most active mem
bers. AT the funeral yesterday afternoon
Rev. Mr.. Hough paid an eloquent tribute
to the sterling qualities which distinguish
ed Mr.. Sibley. The burial was in the
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Besides a large local attendance at the
funeral services there were present friends
and relatives from Vernon, Jacksonville,
Winchester, n. H., Greenfield, Palmer,
Mass, and other places.