Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-01
NORTHFIELD, MASS.
Death or Capt. charles G. Duncan.

Death Of Capt. Charles G. Duncan.
Capt. Charles G. Duncan, one of North
held's prominent citizens, died at his home
In this town on Friday after an ilnesss of
over years duration. Captain Duncan's
life was an eventful useful one and he was
one of the fast disappearing types of the
New England mariner.
He was born in Bath, Me-, in 1921, he
being descendant from one of the first
settlers of that state. At the age of II he
went to sea, and when only 20 years of age
was given the command of vessel. He
retired from this business in 1854 and en-
gagged in ship owning and commission in
Liverpool, England, returning to the
United States in 1866. In 1867 he organ
lied and commanded the expedition up the
Mediterranean and to the Holy Land of
which Mark Twain was a member, and re-
turning wrote of it in his "Innocents
Abroad" In 1872 he was appointed United
States shipping commissioner of the port
OF New York, holding this position until
1884,
He left New York in 1885, making his
home ever after in Mortified. He was
prominent in religious work wherever he
lived, having united with the church at the
age of Ii. While in New York he was SUI
perntendcnt of the Sunday school of
Henry Ward Beecher's church for several
! years and later performed the same service
in DR.. Pentecost's. While in Mortified
he was public spirited and was always
| ready with word and deed to help on a
! good work. During his life here he was
made licensed preacher by the Franklin
conference, He twice married, his first
wife being Hannah Tibbets of Rockland,
Me. In 1872 he married Hannah b.
Leech of Brooklyn, who survives him. OF
the first family three sons survive, of the
second, two sons and two daughters. Ser
vices were held at the church on Sunday
the body being taken the following day &c
Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, for burial
Mr.. and Mrs. S. 4. Walker started thi.
week on pleasure trip to Washington, D.
c., and other points of interest.
Mr. and Mrs. & +. Alderman of South
| Vernon entertained few of their North
field friends in a most delightful manner
Monday evening.
John Barber, the bicycle repairer, will
return to Mortified about April and viii
open his shop in the same building as las
year at East Mortified.
The Unitarian parish committee cor
daily invite all interested in the welfare o
the church to be present at the reception
to be given IN the vestry April :, from
to 9 p. NJ.
Rev. Mr.. Piper has returned from hi
vacation and will occupy the Unitarin pull
pit Sunday morning. The subject of hi
discourse will be "The Mission of Unita
rian Churches"
Mrs. Mary A. Holton, widow of the lat
Roswell Holton, died at the home of he
daughter in this village on Tuesday morn
ing after brief illness. She was born il
Bernardston in a building on the presen
site of Powers institute in November
1920, her maiden name being Mary A
Sheldon. Two brothers survive her VIII
live in Redwing, MINI. She married MI
HoltOn Nov. /, 1916, and came to Yves
Mortified, where they spent their entr
married life. Mr. Holton died four year
ago. Five children were born to them, O
whom four survive: Mrs. Mary A. Gate:
Frank b. and Clifford l. and Mrs. Rosa
Esterbrook. One son, Clinton, died =
years ago.