Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-02
CHARLOTTE.

We can boot you and shoe you. clothe
you and feed you, also cut our hair and
shave YOU. For in addition to our regular
line of dry goods and groceries we have
added a meat department and barber
shop. Come and see us and be convinced
that our goods are tho best value ever
offered for the money. Rodcric w. Emo.
at the store formerly occupied by G r..
Prindlc * Sons. PA, wed&f r.
Mr.. Electa Spafford Lyon. formerly
OF New Rochelle. n. Y. was buried
here Saturday in the old cemetery.
She was "a member of two very old
and highly respected Vermont families.
Her maiden name was Elccta Spafford
Hodges. and she was the daughter of
the late Jacob Hodges of Williston,
where she was born on the old Hodges
farm on May s. 1927. In 1S49 she mar
ried Henry Lyon of Charlotte, who was
a member of the Lyon .amily Of Crafts
bury. in which town his ancestors
settled about 1850. Mr.. Lyon was the
son OF Benjamin Lyon M Elizabeth
Williams, the latter being n lineal de-
scendant of Roger Williams of Rhode
Island. the pioneer of Religious lib
erty." Mrs. Lyon was n schoolmatc
of former L. $. senator George +. Ed
and of several members of the
widely known Fesscnden family. She
was a sister of William II. lodges of
Richmond. Albert T.. Hodges, Ralph
W. Hodges ot Randolph and Edmund
S. Hodges. now of .;omerville. Mass.
The earlier years of her married life
were spent in Charlotte. where her
husband was a member of the firm of
Alexander Lyon. From 1855 to 1877.
she lived in tne middle West, but since
1917 has lived in or near New York,
where her husband died in 1883. She
was Il woman of remarkable activity
and poise of character and her deatn
is mourned by a wide circle of friends
in her native state. as we'll as in New
York. She leaves three children.
Charles II. Lyon of Chicago, Mrs. Gil
more of Mt. Vernon. N. Y. and Mrs.
c. T.. Patterson of New Rochelle. n. Y.
Three children of Benjamin Lyon, who
for many years kept the old hotel mt
Charlotte. still survive They are
Charles Lyon, formerly of Montpelier,
Miss Mary Lyon and Mrs. Jennie L..
Whitlock. all of whom are living in
Homewood, s.. G.
Agnes A.. Comstock, wife of John
II. Thorp died at their home in
Charlotte ut ~ o'clock Sunday October
-. Mrs. Thorp was the youngest daugh-
ter Of Low and Maria l. Comstock. and
was born in Sholburnc September Is, 1888
Mr.. COmstock was one of The representa-.
tive business men Of Shelburne. whose
sterling qualities are recalled by the old
residents of this as well as his owI
town. Agnes Comstock was married to
John II. Thorp September %, 1855. by the
Rev. Andrew Witherspoon. at thai time
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Sh.lburnc. Mr.. and Mrs. Thorp COM
menccd housekeeping on the ancestral
farm in Charlotte. where they ivsd UT
Ill about .S9l. when they removed to the
Holt homestead Mt the Four Corners.
Mrs. ThOrp had a hest of friends. She
was interested in every good work. Sho
was hOspitable and many will recall her
greetings in the charmed circle of her
home. So far as physical strength al
lowed she was invaluable in the sick
room. For years she had been in feeble
health and was thus Kindred from many
offices hat her heart prompted. hut
hut through it all she was kindly. wise
ana brave. In early life she became IA
member Of the Methodist Church In
Charlotte. Her last hours were painless
and only a little while before her death
she whispered that it seemed like going
| out of the door into another room to
meet her friends. The deceased leaves
n husband and one sister. Mrs. William
Mcneil OF Shelburnc.
Erwin Tucker. wEo has been quite II!
with fever, Is hctter,-Mr. and Airs. Alex
ander st. George OF Bristol visited at
Joseph Fora. IRIS, last wcek.-Miss Louise
r. Lewis spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John I.ewis.-TieHry Li;tl,
and Clovis Lavally are running II. ID.
E.dgerton's cider mill.
HINEsBURoH.