The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

Pickett was first sergeant OF the Bradford
Guards, and when that company started for
the seat OF war, May @ 1862, he went with
1t as its first lieutenant and served through
the three months term. He carried his
business qualities into his duty as an officer
and was prompt and punctual in the per-
formance OF every task assigned him. For
many years he took a prominent part in
town affairs.
II positiveness of character, steadfastness
OF purpose, relentless adherence to con-
victions OF right and duty regardless of
whether popularity or obloquy resulted
therefrom; II business industry, prudence
and integrity and order and regularity in
the conduct OF private and public affairs
are virtues worthy of emulation, then the
governing qualities and impulses of John
Il. Pickett, Esq, are subjects for hearty
commentator. Probably no citizen Of
Orange county was better known, nor one
who had wider acquaintance with men
and affairs, and certainly none whose opin-
ions upon questions of public concern were
more pronounced or outspoken, or more
firmly and honestly adhered to. His adj
vice was considered Of great value, and it
was often solicited by people in difficulty,
and always frankly and honestly given.
Enemies were the natural result, .and troops
OF them. Such is ever the fate OF the pio-
neers OF reform. But friends who saw, ap-
preciated and respected the sincerity of this
strong and often bristling character were
equally numerous and thoroughly loyal (;
and when the relentless messenger sum
moned him hence and withdrew him from
the familiar paths which he had threaded
for over three score years and ten the
thronged church and the long and solemn
procession which followed him to his rest
bore ample witness to the impress this
man had made upon his
day and generation. More need not be said,
save that in the case of this man, as in that
of others Of like persistency and strength,
posterity will be his warmest and most
truthful eulogist and the good causes he
urged on and pushed forward with every
impulse of his energetic nature, will miss in
his DEATH as sadly as during his life they
rejoiced in, the strength land constancy of
his devotion and support
At the regular semi-monthly meeting
OF Washburn Post, No. II, G. A. r., the
following resolutions commemorative OF
Comrade John B. Pickett were reported
by committee consisting of Comrades
Farnham, Prichard and Kelley, and unan-
imously adopted by rising vote, viz:
Whereas. .Comrade John Barron Pickett, for
iment of Vermont Vols. In the of 1865, after
painful illness, has, by Divine Providence, been
into the ranks of the Grand Army above "Resolued
Post has lost Important and influential member
whose place among his comrades and in the com.
member with pride his prompt and eficlent conduct
as first sergeant of the Bradford Guards and the
satisfactory performance of his duties as first lieu
the beginning of the War of the Rebellion; that he
attended to the duties of his position as he always
attended to his business at home, with thor.
oughness, promptness and eXactness; that our COM
munity will greatly miss him in business circles and
IN public station; that whenever elected to any Of
flee in the gift of his fellow townsmen as he fire.
9uently was, he took pride in performing his official
duties in soperfect manner that criticism dis
armed; that probably no man in town was fully
Informed in regard to its business and financial af-
tairs as Comrade Pickett; and none was more inter
ested in its welfare than he; that he was man of
exemplary habits and character and by rigid econ
qualities he had been enabled to acquire a large
property that he was a faithful husband and kind
rather and his loss viii be more deeply felt in the
bereaved family circle than it is possible for it to be
felt in this post,
with the usual services of the occasion prepared
for Decoration Day in memory of fallen com.
rade.
Gated to the family and furnished to the editor of
the Brddtord Opnion for publication and that they
be recorded at length in the official records of Wash
burn Post"
By unanimous vote of Washburn Re-
lief Corps of Bradford the following resolu-
tions were adopted:
" Whereas The Divine Father of us all has deemed
1t wise TO !send his Death Angel into the home of
Two OF our sisters and to remove from our midst a
prominent citizen, loyal comrade of the Grand
Army, personal friend, a much loved father and
"Be it resolved, That, though bowling in humble
submission to his will we do sorrow with loved
Resolved, That the heartfelt sympathy of Wash.
burn Relief Corps be rendered to the sons and
daughters, our dear president Elizabeth G Pockets
to the sisters our beloved past president Martha F.
Stearns; and may he who never leaves comfort.
less give them of his and strength bountfully
in this hour OF bereavement, for The Eternal God
Is our refuge, and underneath are the everlasting
arms
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions be sent
to each sister and spread upon the records of the
corps by the secretary"