Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
splrItuaIIsts - for ReprIeve.

/ At the annual meeting Of the State
/ Spiritualists' association, IN session in
/ Montpelier from Friday 10 Monday, DR.
/ S. n Gould was elected president and &
member Of the board Of managers. In
/ the addresses before the association many
+ references were made TO the coming eXeeu-
/ ton OF the death sentence upon Mrs
Mary Rogers.
/ Or. Gould moved that the chair bs
/ instructed to appoint a committee o
three to draft q petition to be presented
/ to Governor Bell, praying him to re-
prieve Mrs. Rogers sentence, this petit
tion to be an official document from the
state Splritualist association and signed
4 by its members. The motion prevail ed
and the chair appointed as such com
mittee DR., Gould, Mrs. Janus Crosseti
of Duxbury and Miss Alma Leonard OF
East Calais Monday, DR.. and Mrs
Gould returned from Montpelier, accom-
panied by Mrs. Alma Leonard OF East
Calais, the newly elected secretary Of the
Spiritualists' association.
The Late L. n. Goodrich.
Leonard II. Goodrich, who removed
from Randolph to West somerville, Mass.
nine years ago, died at midnight Saturday
in East Barnard, where he had been in the
habit Of spending the summer months for
some time past. While still there last fan
he became i'll with acute indigestion a.
iectng the heart and failed steadily to the
end.
Mr.. Goodrich, the son OF George and
Olive Waterman Goodrich, was born in
Orange In 1884, and at the age OF sixteen
began to learn the trade Of furniture-mak-
ing. In 1862, he enlisted in Company d,
eth Vermont Volunteers, served in the
first and second battles of Fredericksburg
and was shot through the left leg. He lay
on the field for some time after being
wounded, was finally taken by the rebels
and had his leg amputated below the knee
by rebel surgeon.
After his discharge he worked at the
sash and blind business in Montpelier,
and in 1865 located in Randolph, becoming
superintendent Of Ahbott's mill, in which
position he remained for thirty years.
In 1856, he married Julia Hubbard. who
died in 1877. Five sons and one daughter
were born to them, all Of whom are living
George r., IN Mllers Falls, Mass; Fred
l.. and Bertram A., also in Massachusetts;
Henry j., ia st. Johns bury; Jed H., IN
Mclndoes Falls, and Edah g., the wife OF
Clayton V. Perry, in st. Johnsbury In
1879. Mr.. Goodrich married for his second
wife Louise f., daughter OF Oliver and
Philena (Waldron) Goss OF Pomfret, who
survives him.
The remains were brought here Mon |
uHyi accompanied DY the WluoWt the /
daughter and three OF the sons. George |
Henry and Jed, with their wives. The |
funeral service was held at 10 o'clock |
Tuesday morning in the Baptist church, |
Of which the deceased was a member. |
The officiating clergyman was a former |
pastor, Rev. j. S. Goodall, ID. D., Of Essex /
Junction, by whom Mr.. and Mrs Good |
rich were married and under whose min |
situations they entered the church. The /
urn Il in Oh If
q. A. r., to which Mr.. Goodrich belonged,
md interment was made in the family
ot in Southview cemetery.
A sister Of Mrs. Goodrich, Mrs. Herman
Allen, and her husband from East Barn
Ird were also among the mourners.