Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-10
Interesting History of George Lille

interesting History of George Lille
During the civil war there were IN Co. q,
18th Reg. VT. Vols, five tent mates VINO ),
were snnco' thick and pack togetnel;
They ate, slept, wrote letters 20 lnel
sweethearts and mothers, marchee, w
on nieket. stole chickens, played cneekefs'
ooolred bareback. washed their wash, XIII
ed hody lice. nursed each other and fought
side by side. -
They were all from Barnard and had
heen schoolmates and five such Drothef
hearts never were found in Chrlslehaoin.
A fter they were mustered out the nVe
never met again, although they Kept "a
touch through all the long AFTER years
These men were George Lille MS prothei'
LEROY. CYRUS Aikens, William Dahlorth
and Gardner Cox. - hoa tho
One was orderly sergeant and so mad the
privilege OF occupying the tent at the
bead Of the company and OF keeping ms
iight burning after taps. That tent was
known to the company as Tent No. l.
.sTent No. /. in the Saddle, Y. ,. a. was
Cyis headline in his letters.
~ and VIII were champion checker
riayers and Tent No. was headquarters
Tor candidates seeking championship non
ors. The only man in the regimenL VINO
could hold his own with them was ha s.,lA +,
White OF minstrel fame: Nv e an llheI
Hank and he liked us and many soelai
bour with high checker glee did we hold
in that tent" Danforth died more than 10
wears ago in Westfeld, Mass, and George
furn came on the 18th of last September al
Marion. Iowa, He was born IN Bethei
March nth. 1910, and was therefore ol
wears old. His disease was OF the supra
renal gland. .. -, =.
Two of his tent mates were with him az
his deathbed-his brother, Leroy, ana
CYRUS Aikens, his brother ln-law. our
ing his last hours his thoughts ran pach
To the happv DAYS he had spent with MS
boon eompanions and he loved to talk oil
their war experiences. After he was, as
they supposed, beyond all consciousness,
| be Toused M and said to Cy, "Where dld
Cox used to sleep ~ "Oh, he slept IN tht
middle.1 "And where did | sleep q
9Oh. on the outside ayes, that's right,
and those were his last words,
The Lilies were race OF intellectual
eminenee, all good scholars, hard workers
| and prosperous calculators. Inc nrs'
family was born in Bethel, but me iatner
Justin Lille, moved to Mt. Hunger ~
Barnard and some Of the second family
were born there. Capt. Daniel Lille tiol
whom Daniel Lille Post, No. 81, q; A. *;
! of Bethel was named) was an older ano
half brother.
The captain was wounded in the BATH
If tbe Wilderness and died in Washing
ton lime 6th, 1854 A ball shattered hi
arm near the shoulder and he was oper
ated on by Dr. d. w. Bliss, the same sur
geon who attended President Gartlela
About two inches Of the bone was Iell9ge'
! INIT the CAPTAIN died of blood poisoning
n would not have been a fatal wound TO
day but that was before the time OF mod
ern surgery and il was like many other
followed by blood poisoning. The bone wa
kent and deposited in the Army Medlca
museum in Washington, numbered 24zU
When the G.. A. r. encampment was nell
lin Washington in 1892 his comrades hunt
ed up the relic, which they easily toun'
without a guide.
George Lille left a good deal OF prep
erty. After providing for his mother,wh
must be nearly ninety years OF age, b
gave s24 900 to his two adopted chlldreI
The remainder he ordered equally divide
among his brothers and sisters, II
would allow no one to make his will bu
his old tent mate, Cy.
, Mr.. Aikens lives in Lousburg, KAN,
has grown fat by his industry. III
brother, Leroy, lives in Marion. Iowa, an
DR.. Cox in Holyoke, Mass. OF the nun
! bred members of Co. G about As are deaf
Comrade Charles l.. Clifford can call II
! roll ana bell Nuehc tNtA SUI W. - - -
what members are dead and the circun
, stances of their death. Lieut.. Clark, WI
was a member of Co. G, lives at Cedi
Rapids, Iowa, only about ten miles 7fro
Marion and was present at the funeral
Mr.. Lille. He is lawyer and has an e.
cellent practice but is as unassuming
l ever. He is the leading lawyer in Il
county.
George Lille was a member OF the Cong
j. church and was universally esteemed as
: strong man of irreproachable charact
and Of the good old fashioned New En-
I land stubborn honor.