Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01

eRArrLEeoRo's OLDEST RESIDENT.
Oaath OF Miss Susan Salisbury, Who Was
In Her Goth Year-Joined the Centre
Church in 1927.

Daath Of Miss Susan Salisbury, Who Was
In Her Goth Year-Joined the Centre
Church in 1927.
Miss Susan b.. Salisbury. IS, who for
the past several years has been the old
est person in Brattleboro, died Mt els
o'clock Sunday morning at her home at
80 Elliot street. ON December II she was
about the house all day, going to bed at
the usual hour. About . o'clock on the
following morning her breathing began
to be difficult. due to n weak heart. and
from that time she failed gradually, the
end coming quietly and peacefully. Miss
Salisbury was a daughter of Jonathan
and Hannah Butterfield Salisbury and
was of Revolutionary descent through
both the Salisbury and Butterfield fam
lilies. She was born in Brattleboro Oct.
%. 1906, in a house which stood on the
east side of the road north of the Brat
tleboro Retreat, where the Retreat ASH
house now stands. She was the oldest of
nine children, all but one of whom reach
ed mature manhood or womanhood.
The family lived for n long time i'm a
house which stood back of where the
Brattleboro House now stands. which
was burned at the time the Estey Il
Green melodeon factory was destroyed.
Afterwards they went to live in the house
which is now 80 Elliot street, which at
that time stood where Market building
now is. For many years Miss Salisbury
was employed in Holhrook q F~eSsenden's
printing office. working with the late Jo-
seph Steen. The printing Office was one
of the first to be established i'm Brattle-
boro and issued spelling books. Bibles
and other volumes. In 1869 Miss Sails
bury went to Hartford, Conn, to live
with her cousin, the late Edison Fess-
enden, president of the Aetna Insurance
company. She remained with him 10
years, until his death, and was a great
holm to hin, IN hfG I.a1fnfnrr ITnr
life in Hartford was particularly happy,
her cheerful and genial disposition and
her Christian character winning her
many friends. Returning to Brattleboro
10 years ago, Miss Salisbury spent the
rest of her life with her sister. Miss
Mary c. Salisbury, by whom she was
lovingly and tenderly cared for.
During her girlhood days Miss Sails
bury attended school in a school house
which stood on the common. She united
with the Centre Congregational church
in March, 1927, and was its oldest mem
Der. She was a constant attendant as
long as she was able. giving freely of
her time to the church and Sunday
school work. At the time she became a
member the church stood on the COM
mon. She remembered distinctly the
scenes which attended the building of
the church, and also other early events
including the running of steamboats, ON
the Connecticut river and the coming of
the first railroad train to Brattleboro.
She retained her interest in the church,
and when it was remodelled several
years ago she donated the large electric
chandelier. She possessed "A sweet and
sympathetic temperament and her life
was filled with charitable deeds. For a
number of years her sight had been
poor, but she was in full possession of
her mental faculties and jovial DISPOSE
ton, joking with her physician through
out her last illness.
The only two survivors of her fathers
family are her sister, Miss Mary c. Sails
bury, 50. and her brother. Col. Javan b..
Salisbury of New York, IS. Her nieces
and nephews are Mrs. Mary NJ. Stark of
ST. Louis, Mo-, Frank B.. Salisbury of
South Orange, n. j., Mrs. c.. l.. Peirce and
r. O. Mack Of Boston and Mrs. II. w.
Sargent of Brattleboro.
The funeral was held at go o'clock
Tuesday in the Congregational church.
Rev. II. L. Miles and Rev. L. w. Lewis
officiating. Miss Emma Gregg sang. The
burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. the
honorary bearers being G.. II. Clapp, w.
II. Geddis. II. II. Thompson and DR.. c.
G. Wheeler.