The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-29
MRS. Il. BART Cross.
Death of the Estimable Woman Sun
day. Funeral Services on Tuesday.

Died in this city on Sunday, Octo-
Der %, Mrs. Lucia Chaplin Gross,
wife of l.. Bart Gross, in the sixty
second year of her age.
Mrs. Gross was born August 4,
l942, at Wells River, VT. the daughter
of Matthew O. and Lorinda II. Chap
lin Miss Chaplin was young woman
of OVERLOOKING life and spirit. In the
young society of the village of her
birth, in its gaieties and enterprises,
she was first among her girl compan-
ions, loved by them, looked up to by
them as their guiding spirit in mat
ters of pleasure and those serious
affairs which enlist the enthusiasm
and efforts of young people OF gener-
Gus impulses. The advantages of the
local schools for education were sup
| plemented by attendance at st. Johns
| bury Academy, then under the in
struction of James X. Colby, a teacher
of signal worth and efficiency. Kin
dred spirits met when Miss Chaplin
! interested the attention of l.. Bart
Cross of Montpelier The young peo-
pie were married December 20, 1862,
and came to Montpelier to live, to be-
gin lives that have been, for two
score years, most intimately associated
with the places varied activities.
Mrs. Gross mad been the possessor of
vigorous health and strength, unim-
paired by the vicissitudes of an ex-
ceptionally active life, till six years
ago in November. A severe illness
from pneumonia sapped the sources
of her edurance. In the spring she
sought recovery in journey through
the south, in Georgia, at New Or
leans, in Texas and Florida. Though
industriously wooed, the ebbing tide
of health was not stayed. The silver
cord had been loosened. Her health
remained delicate and she suffered
from frequent and severe attacks of
bronchitis. Nearly half of the past
year she was confined to the house by
the malady. Some seven weeks ago
she was taken i'll again. After a few
weeks of confinement she rallied and
again was atout her home. Pneu-
mouia had resulted in weakness of
the heart. Her last illness began two
weeks ago on Thursday, the vital or
gan failing in It's functions, inducing
prostration and an exterme nervous
condition, continuing till Sunday
when at ~ 80 in the afternoon the
loosened strands of silver parted, life's
golden bowl was broken 1t was a
day of Sabbath peace, bright with the
glory of autumnal sunshine, glad pres.
age of the eternal rest the weary
spirit had found
In the broken family circle are the
husband, daughter, Miss Carrie l..
Cross, son, Charles H. Cross end of
Boston, and sister, Mrs. Louise M.
Ewens, who for ten years has had her
home in the household. A striking
eXemplification of the uncertainties
OF human life is found in the mortu-
airy story of this family. Mr.. Charles
| II. Gross, senior yet lives at the ad-
vanced age of ninety-two years and
his is still familiar presence on the
streets. Mrs. Gross died in May, 1898 /;
in May last beloved daughter-in-
law, the wife of Oscar n. Gross, who
kept the aged mans household, was
suddenly stricken down, and today
he mourns this other victim of the
"insatiate archer s. shaft. Under
this roof also, her devoted daughters.
Mrs. Gross and Mrs Ewens, closed
the eyes of their mother for her last
sleep.
The funeral will be observed at the
home on Tuesday at O'Clock, j. W.
Brock and @. +. Lowe in charge,
Rev. Lucius f. Reed the officiating
clergyman, the bearers, Abraham Long,
DR.. II. 5. Boardman, j. NJ. Boutwell,,
E. d. Hyde, a. d. Farwell and W.
@. Berry.
Mrs. Gross province was her home.
She loved it and to its attractions
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