St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-27
RECENT DEATHS.

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above St. Johnsbury Center on Saturday
in his 61st year.
Mr.. Allen was born on the farm where
he died April 21, 1889. His boyhood
life was no different from other boys and
his education was obtained at the public
schools. His father desiring to give him
better education than the public schools
afforded sent him to the Orleans Liberal
Institute at Glover and later to St.
Johnsbury Academy. He taught school
for several terms in Glover, Concord and
North Monroe, and about the age
of 81 went to Boston where he was for
year or more clerk in store. He
then returned to St. Johnsbury to live on
the home farm. On Dec. 5, 1865, he
married at Glover, Eliza A. Bean. The
widow and four children survive him:
Clarence Of Lynn, Mrs. Edwin A. Gray
OF South Wheelock, Miss Stella Allen
who lives at home, and Freeman, also OF
Lynn. The cause of his death was sub
acute meningitis and he was sick only
held on Christmas day and services were
conducted by Rev. l. p. Quimby. There
was an unusually large attendance Of
friends and many tributes to his sterling
character were expressed. Green Noun
tain Grange attended in a body and Wide
Awake and other Oranges we're we'll
represented.
Mr.. Allen was typical Vermont
farmer who made farming pay by giving
attention to its details and keeping up
the value of his property from year to
, year. He was one of the best known
agriculturlsts in town, never holding
public Office. yet never absent from a
! town meeting or any public gathering
where municipal affairs were under dis
cussion. Under the school district
system he held important Offices and was
, firm believer in the advantages of
r modern education. He was active in the
OlanHS nOtCmNnty DCiuS IL
! believer in the principles of that order
1 and held at different times various Offices
e in Green Mountain Grange, the first
/. Grange to be formed in New England.
/ He was treasurer OF this Grange at the
i. time OF his death and this Grange con.
! Quoted the burial service. Mr.. Allen was
regular attendant from boyhood of the
Universaist church and his honesty
sincerity and upright living are rich
= legacy to those that follow him.
Brown.
| E. F. Brown received word last Thurs
e day of the death in Maiden, Mass, of his
> nephew, Lewis p. Brown. He was q
/ native of Lyndon, where he was born Cd
e years ago and for the last 80 years has
e resided in Maiden. Old residents of Lyn
don and st. Johnsbury well remember
this gentleman who was highly esteemed
Il in his own city for his integrity and up
j rightness. His death from pneumonia
!, was the result of severe attack O
pleurisy which he had about two month!
S ago. After leaving Lyndon he came tt
c St. Johnsbury and was for short tim,
in his uncle's store. In 1871 he movef
to Maiden and became the bookkeepe
Of the Blackstone National Bank, il
Boston, a position he most acceptabl.
II filled to the time of his last illness. HI
:, has been secretary and treasurer of th
:. Maiden Cooperative bank TOR man,
S years, was member oi Mt. Vernon
n lodge of Masons, Beauseant command
d cry, K. T., Royal Arch chapter of tn
J. Tabernacle, was past master Of the A. o
# U. w. and collector in the Royal Area
mum. He was a member OF the common
council from Ward four in 90, 81, ant
'92, and was alderman from the sam
= ward in '93. He was treasurer OF tn
Trinitarian Congregational society, be
ing collector for years previous to beinj
, treasurer, and was member of the Firs
e Congregational church. He leaves
u widow, who was his third wife, thre
: sons. Edward N. Brown, of Medford, ant
Charles r. Brown and Samuel L. Brow
> two daughters, Mrs. Charles S. Norri
Il and Miss Carrie L. Bickford, all OF Nal
= den.
;. Funeral services were held at the Firs
Il Congregational church of Maiden, G
:. which he was an active member and tn
u pallbearers included the mayor of tn
u city and delegations from the Malde
y Cooperative Bank, the masons and tn
: Blackstone Bank. Fully 60 members Z
: the past and present City Government
of Maiden met at the City Hall at 1.3
o'clock, and attended the funeral service
:. at the church in n body.
It The Maiden Mail contains the follow
= ing apprecative tribute:
y ut is many a day since Maiden ha
IS lost better citizen than Lewis p Brown
e who died this morning. Mr.. Brown wa
s. one of the best types OF an nnassumin
J. American gentleman. He put on no air
E. of superiority over his fellow men an
le treated all with equal cordiality an
n respect. He was democrat in the b.s
!. sense of the word; man who believed
II the people and trusted the people. tt
death OF such man is a serious loss t
any community"
,r Dalton.
lie Mrs. Marietta w. Dalton died at IL
n home of her son Frederick B., in Danbur
Of Conn, Saturday, Dec. 23, after an illne
1. of about one week. The cause of h,
'e death being diation of the heart aggr
In waited by pneumonia. The remains we
ID brought here Monday evening and Il
" funeral services were held at the Gotta,
"a, Hotel Tuesday at 10 o'clock Rev II