St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-29
VOL. LXIII---NO. 1854
RECENT DEATHS.


Matthew McCurdy, for forty years
resident of East st. .Johnsbury, died last
week of apoplexy at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. A. S. Wilde, in Spring
field, Mass. His body was brought back,
and buried among his old friends and
neighbors on Saturday, the 25th, which
would have been his eighty-second birth
day.
He was born in Dumbarton, N. H.,
and was the youngest Of nine children,
all but one OF whom lived to adult age.
He was OF Scotch. Irish descent. His
great-grandfathe and grandfather came
on from Antrim County, Ireland, about
1890, and had been soldiers, one or both
of them having been among the defenders
of Londonderry in the famous siege. His
father was a man of considerable promi-
nence and deacon in the Congregational
church for more than fifty years at a
time when the deacons were second to
the minister only in Importance and in
hueuce in the community
Mr.. McCurdy was man OF good edu-
cation, great reader, and well informed
in all matters of current interest or
history. In early life he was teacher
in the public schools for some time. Ow-
ing to not very robust health and
natural feeling of reserve and timidity,
he lived quiet and uneventful life;
good citizen, always in favor OF law and
order and anything progressive, and
constant attendant at church, though he
was not member of any church. For
more than fifty years he sang in church
choir. In politics he beganli as a whig,
voted with the free soil party, joined the
republican party at it's beginning and re-
mained loyal to it the remainder OF his
, life, always voting, even at the election
5 just passed.
Since the death of his wife FIVE years
ago he has lived with his daughter, COM
$ ing to town each summer Tor long
S visit.
. Darling.
Mrs. Annie Porter, wife OF the late
= Adam Darling, died at the home OF Adam
= Darling, IT,, at Denver, on Nov. 20. For
a short time she had been living with her
:, daughter in Kansas City, but on account
/. of failing health she went to Denver only
e few weeks before her death. where she
d continued to fail rapidly. The remains
= arrived in St. Johnsbury on Friday and
/ the service at Mt. Pleasant cemetery was
n conducted by Rev. S. H. Alling, OF Lyn-
donville.
Mrs. Darling was born in Lunenburg
and was the daughter OF Rev. jeremiah
ID and Welthea Glines. OF seven children
'g only two are now left, Miss Welthea
p Glines, of St. Johnsbury. and Mrs. Laura
|. G. Rawson, OF Carthage, Mo. Mrs
n Darlings first husband was l.. {. Por
d ter, for many years manager OF the Fair
banks drv goods store and the body oi
~ her second husband was brought here
d from Denver Tor interment last February
c. She was very pleasantly remembered BY
many St. Johnsbury people and during
tn her long residence in this town was es
ge peciay prominent in musical circles. Fol
he 20 years she was the alto soloist in th'
al North church choir and later teacher il
NJ the New England Conservatory at Ros
gs ton. OF late years she has been frequen
y. summer visitor and on such occasions
in her voice was often heard in the choir o
M the Episcopal church.
Mrs. Darling leaves two married
daughters in Kansas City, Mrs. Edwar'
c. Wright and Mrs. Alexander Hannum
Mrs. Wright and Mr.. Darling, oi Denver
at accompanied the remains east to thei
on final resting place.
MauC hester.
,st Hon. Forrest c. Manchester died
his Randolph Monday morning. He will
me remembered here as a student in tn
ia Academy about twenty years age
of During and after his attendance at schot
her he supported himself by working at tf
ful scale factory as one of the night watcl
gh men. This position afforded him occ'
ian sional leisure moments which he impro'
his ed by studying law, afterwards atten'
len ing the Law School of the Boston Uu
ma versity. He settled in Winchester, Mass
ere and practsed his profession in the cour
ep- OF that state. He was member OF Il
, of Massachusetts House of Representative
uet for 96 and '97 and was an excellent e
ample of what a man may accomplis
bv his own hard work.