News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1897-06-30

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One of Morrisville's and Lamoille
County's most prominent citizens
the Hon. P. K. Gleed-was taken very
suddenly i'll during the night of We'd
nesday last. His health during the
past winter and spring has not been
as robust as formerly, and at this
time it was the opinion of the doctors
that he was taken with an attack of
pleuro-pneumonia. He was made
more comfortable, and it seemed
during Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, that he was certainly on the
way to speedy recovery.
On Sunday, however, serious
complication of heart troubles ap.
peared, and at times during the day
it seemed that he was in an exceed
ingly critical condition. DR.. James of
Waterbury was telephoned for, and
arrived here Sunday evening, remain
ing over night at the Gleed resi-
dence, giving it as his opinion that
recovery could not be hoped for if
the heart trouble could not be regu-
lated.
The stricken man grew weaker
rapidly and on Tuesday, at a little
past eleven in the forenoon he passed
away, death resulting from pleuresy
endocarditis and valvular disease of
! the heart.
In the death of Mr.. Gleed this
town meets with a severe blow and a
/ los.thst will be most keenly felt.
fi.3I1s prominence in business, Social,
religious and political circles, his lib
crafty and many benevolent deeds,
his keen interest in the welfare of the
village and town, his signal ability as
an attorney and the ever present dry
humor in public speaking, his devo-
tion to the church of his choice and
its welfare, are points too well-known
to need rehearsal here. He is gone;
who shall take his place?
Phillip K. Gleed was the son OF
Rev. John Gleed, who died in Nor,
risville in 1870, and was brother OF
Hon. Thomas Gleed, who died in
Morrisville in 1861. He was born in
Cranky, P. O., Sept. 10, 1894, hence
was nearly 63 years old. He was ed
ucated in Peoples Academy Morris
vile, and Bakersfield Academy, grad
uating from Troy Conference Acade-
my, Poultney, in 1855, and from
Union College Schnectady, N. Y,
in 1850. His first term of school was
taught in district No. 8, in this town
Admitted to the bar in 1889, he
had practiced law in Morrisville
nearly ever since. He was States At.
torney in 1903 and in 1902; repre-
sented the town at Montpelier in
1869, and in 1869 was elected Trus
tee of the State Reform School
From 1904 he served as Internal
Revenue Assessor, was State Sena
tor and President br0 tenn. of the
Senate in 1880, and also served as
| Commissioner of Taxes from 1902
For many years he has served with
marked ability on the Republican
State Committee, and was considered
one of the leaders of the Republican
party in Vermont, always hearty and
earnest in his support of the candi,
dacy of his friends, yet retiring and
slow to lay claims to any public office
for himself. Whatever public trust
has been conferred upon him has
| been as the result of a recognition Of
his ability and fitness, rather than the
result of personal seeking.
His service as Selectman covered
many years, and he was an efficient
Member of the School Board for
years, Village Trustee, Director
in the two banks at Hyde Park and
the bank here, filling all these and
other positions with such ability as
to bring others to look to him for the
best that human judgment could af-
ford.
The deceased was member of the
Congregational church, of which he
was a Deacon, and for IS years was
Superintendent of the Sunday-school
connected with that church. He was
also member of Mount Vernon
Lodge No. 8, +. & A. M.
MIR. Gleed is survived by Mrs.
Gleed, formerly Mrs. Laura A. Fleet
wood, and stepson, the present
States Attorney +. G. Fleetwood.
THE FUNERAL
services will be held in the Congrega
tiOnal church EridnM nffernnon- nre