Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-05-07
C. n, DEARBORN.

b., died 1T the New England SAM.
tarium, Melrose, Mass, Thursday
morning, April IS. aged n years.
He was on his way home from the
South, where he passed the winter.
His wife and son, Fred X. Dear
born, also his sister, Mrs. l.. A.
Munger, were with him when the
end came.
Thirty-four years ago Mr.. Dear
born went to st. John from Boston,
where he had resided for several
years, and established himself in the
wholesale grocery business that he
has since managed and directed and
which has grown until it is now
the leading house OF its kind IN
Lower Canada.
Mr.. Dearborn was born in Lou
don, N. H., in 1888 and was
brought up and educated in Massa-
chusetts, his father having been one
OF the early settlers of the city Of
Lawrence. He is survived by his |
wife and one son, Fred II. Dear
born, who succeeds him in the bust
ness; a bl other, w. w. Dearborn,
a sister. Mrs. Laura A. Munger, of
Woodstock niece, Mrs. "A. II.
Wetmore, and nephew, Harry w.
Dearborn, both of St. John.
Mr.. Dearborn was one of St.
Johns leading citizens and enjoyed
the good will of the entire commu-
nifty. He was leading member of
the Congregational church of St.
John and left many friends 10th in
that city and in Deland, Florida,
where he has spent the winters for
IS Years. The funeral service was
held April 80 at the home of his son
Fred in St. John. lnterment was in
Fern Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Kate A Gleason, aged s.
Years, widow Of Henry l.. Gleason,
lied at the home of Mrs. E. A.
Thomas, her niece, Friday, April
70. She was the daughter of Les
er Richardson, former owner of
he Sayward sash and blind shop,
Who built nun. Der of houses in the
'illage Miss Richardson went with
Ter family to Nineland, y. J., when
she was about ten wears old, and re-
,ided there until about eleven years
100, when she returned to Wood
,tock and made her home with Mrs.
Thomas until her marriage to Mr..
Gleason. Mrs. Gleason is survived
" two aunts, Mrs. Charles Will
Jams and Miss Julia Gallup of {
also by two nephews,
Claiming Richardson of Austin.
Texas, aud Mrs. Charles Richardson
If Worcester, Mass; three nieces, !
Mrs. E. A. Thomas and Mrs. J. l..
Chandler of Woodstock, and Mrs.
W. II. Corliss OF Springfield, Mass.
The funeral service was held in st. t
James church at 2.3o o'clock Sun |
Law afternoon, Rev. g.. II. Wells
River street cemetery beside her
husband.
Mrs. Fanny Fidela Bradish died
It the home OF F. w. Wentworth,
where she had been living for the
,ast six months, Monday morning
It half past ten o'clock. She was :
'hout II Years Of age. She was the =
widow of Elisha Bradish, who was I
union soldier, and died in the
,rmy. Mrs. Bradish was the last OF
seven daughters of Peter Nassau, Il
we'll known colored man, who lived
many years in Pomfret, where his
children were born. Many stories
ire told of the cccentricitieS of his
asst years and of his extreme old
,ge, some of which place his age as
high as I35 years. According to his
own story, obtained by Judge Bar
rett his first recollection was that Of
being slave on the island of Mar
Unique, his master being Il French.
man named Joseph Damilux. He
left the island with his master when
it was taken by the British in 1894
and went to Boston, settling in Med
ford. At that time he was about 10
years old, and Judge Barrett figured
his age at not far from IS years.
The funeral of Mrs. Bradish was
held Wednesday, interment being
at the cemetery in Pomtret where
the Other members of her family are
buried. She was a cousin of Thomas
Nero of this village, and she leaves
an adopted son, Eugene Williams of
Springfield, who was here to attend
the funeral.
FELCHvlllE.