Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-08-03
MRS, JACOB c. ULLERY.
Death Occurred In Dresden, Germany,
sunday--Member Of the Widely Known
Brooks Family Of BrattIeboro.

Mrs. Jacob @. Ullery died in Dresden,
Germany, Sunday from effects of a shock
of paralysis which she sustained Tuesday
July II. Her daughter, Elizabeth Mar
shall, was with her during her last ILL
ness, and the cablegrams sent daily to
Mr.. Ullery indicated that Mrs. Ullery was
unconscious from the day following the
shock. The body will be cremated in
Dresden, and the ashes will be brought to
Brattleboro by Miss Marshall who will
sail from Hamburg on the PENNSYLVANIA
of the American line tomorrow. On her
arrival in Brattleboro funeral services
will be held and the ashes will be inferred
in Prospect Hill cemetery
Mrs. Ullerys maiden name was Kath-
crime Ritter Brooks. and she was the
eldest of four daughters of Francis Wolcott
and Matilda Cushman Smith Brooks.
She was born in New York city, i'm the
home of her aunt, Mrs. George Shea. in
June, 1859. Her father was then asso-
ciated with his brother, the late George
j. Brooks, in the paper trade and in
furnishing printers supplies to the en-
tire Pacific coast. Both men accumulated
handsome fortunes and returned after
retirement from business to Brattleboro.
their boyhood home, where the latter
years of their lives were spent Mrs
Ulery's uncle, George j. Brooks, built
the Brooks House and was the donor of
Mrs. Francis w. Brooks returned to this
town in 1865. and on their difficult Journey
via Panama one Of the two sons born to
them died
a large part of Mrs. Ullerys girlhood
was spent in Brattleboro, the family
home being the house on the common
now owned by L. +. Holden This had
been known as the Folsom place and Mr..
Brooks fitted it into a handsome resi-
dence, where he lived with his family Is
years prior to his death, which took
place in February, 1885.
Mrs. Ullery evinced decided musical
talent at an early age and with the idea
of pursuing a musical career studied
voice culture with Pattou, a celebrated
teacher in New York, and for some time
with noted instructors in Dresden, Ger
many. She possessed a pure soprano
voice of unusual sweetness.
She was married in Brattleboro Sept
90 1888, to Oscar A. Marshall Mr. Mar
shall, who was cashier of the Peoples
National bank, died May "a, 1893 Two
children were born to Mr.. and Mrs
Marshall, Elizabeth and Oscar. The
latter, who had been abroad with his
mother and sister. returned to Brattle-
boro only few weeks ago.
Mrs Marshall was married Jan. T. 1896
to Jacob G. Ullery, at that time adver-
Using manager of the Holyoke Tran
script. MT. ana ATS. OlefY llNed ABOUT
one year in Holyoke. and their daughter
Matilda, who is now with her father in
Brattleboro, was born there. Since their
return to Brattleboro their home has
been on Linden street, in the historic
house known as the Chaplin homestead
Mr.. and Mrs. Ullery have travelled ex-
tensively in recent years both i'm this
country and abroad Mr.. Ulery Is pub
Usher Of the New England Farmer At
one time he was publisher of the Re-
former, and has been connected with
several important advertising and pub
fishing enterprises.
Besides her husband two daughters
and son, Mrs. Ullery is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. T. Horace Dudley and Miss
Alice Brooks of Santa Monica, Calf, and
Mrs. ]. Erwin Hoy. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoy
had been with Mrs. Ullery in Dresden
but went a short time ago to Berlin. 1t is
understood that they returned to Dresden
after Mrs. Ullery was stricken with pa
ralysis.
Mrs. Ullery on the maternal side came
Of distinguished American ancestry, and
on her fathers side also there was
good Revolutionary blood. She was
a member of the national society Of
Colonial Danes, of the Daughters of the
Revolution, and of the United States
Daughters of 1912. She was one of the
four charter members of the National
OIBdHllhtlOu oI lne laSl named society,
and was vice president OF the Vermont
branch. She was a member of the local
Sunshine society and was a communicate
of the Episcopal church.
Mrs. Ullery had been 10 Europe sew
eral times, and had lived there for ex-
tended periods two or three times. She
went to Dresden last March to join
her daughter and son, the latter having
gone there for medical treatment. Be
sides her cousin, Madame Won Funcke. a
longtime resident of Dresden, Mrs. u
lery had many friends there, and during
her illness she had the most expert med
ical attendance and every attention that
her friends and relatives could give.
Mrs. Ullery possessed a bright and ac-
tive mind and her natural taste mad led
her into a wide range of reading and of
other intellectual activity. This COM
bined with her attractive and animated
personality, made her a ready CONVERSE
tionalist and a delightful companion.