The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-03-09
H. H. DeGoosh's Sudden Death.

Henry H. DeGoosh died at noon,
Monday, with acute pneumonia,
after an illness which dated from
the previous Wednesday. The flu
neral was held from his late home
Wednesday at eleven o'clock, the
Rev. Mr.. Kilbourn officiating, as
sisted bv the Rev. j. 0, Sherburn.
A. E. Hale conducted the funeral.
Interment was made in the cemetery
on the upper plain.
Henry Harrison DeGoosh was
born at Orange, VT, January q,
1871, and was one of a family OF
thirteen children. His father, Moses
DeGoosh, was of the French Huge
not descent, and was born in Barnet,
Vermont. The name is otherwise
variously spelled DeGooch, deGooch
deGauche, and sometimes Gooch.
His mother, whose maiden name
was Ann Jones, was born in Frome,
Somersetshire, England, At an
early age she married an English
man named Charles Wiltshire and
sailed to America. After his death
she married Moses DeGoosh.
Henry was the eldest son by her
second marriage. When he was
quite young his parents moved from
Orange to Corinth and lived on
what is known as the Locke farm in
the Taplin neighborhood. Later
they moved to West Fairlee and
lived on what is now an abandoned
farm and is owned by George Bald
win.
At the age of thirteen he began
to work out by the month at farm
inc. He was strong and able and
willing, and, although he got only
bows pay, he did the work Of a
man. From that time to his death
he was a man who was willing to
work and who did work and always
he did the work of a man.
His education was acquired by
attending the district school and by
reading and mingling with men.
He was a well informed man, espec-
tally in political matters in which
he took great interest. In politics
he was a Democrat.
At the age Of twenty-four he
married Rose Adams, daughter Of
Simeon and AIethea (Dearborn)
Hastings, and soon after he bought
his father-in-law's farm in West
FairIee. In two or three years that
proved too small for his ambitions
and he sold it and bought the Henry
Humphrey farm in Bradford on
which he spent the greater portion
of his life. His wife Rose died there
in Feb. 1886, leaving three children,
Arthur W, Frank E., and Ethel F.
Ethel died in June 1895.
In Sept. 1883 he married Miss
Jennie f. Clarke and she and the
two boys survive him.
As farmer Mr.. DeGoosh was
progressive. He was one of the
first in this vicinity to adopt modern
machinery and implements in farm
ing. He was also the prime mover
in establishing a creamery at Goose
Green in Corinth, securing sub
scriptions to the stock, organizing
the Corporation, and serving for
some time as its president, and this
at a time when creameries were a
new departure in this section.
He was also instrumental IN start
ing the Farmers Exchange in Brad
ford, believing that the farmers
ought to cooperate for their COM
mon good and secure such things
as they had to buy as cheaply as
possible instead Of paying others the
profits of handling them Earlier
he had been prominent in the Grange
in Corinth, until that ceased to be
power for common good because
of internal disentions. For sew
eral years he was Master Of the Cor
NTH lodge.
When the Jackman Manufacture
ing Company was organized in Brad
ford he took much interest in the
project and was made one of the
board of directors. The enterprise
proved a failure and the company
went into insolvency. 1t was claim
ed that the directors were person.
ally liable for the debts which large
ly exceeded the assets. Mr.. De-
Goosh was much troubled by the
situation and, although never be-
lieving himself at fault, he paid up
considerably more than his share
of the Indebtedness out of his pri-
vate funds.
In 1903 he sold his farm to his
son Frank and moved to the village
where he resided until his death.
He was often honored by his fell
low townsmen with positions of
trust. He was a justice of the