The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-10
WILLIAMSTOwN.

last sunday afternoon at the age OF
II years and will be buried from her
late home at $50 p. m. Wednesday.
The interment will be in our village
cemetery. Mrs. Schofield was born
Susannah Ripley in Yorkshire, Eng
land, Feb. 10, 1888, and was married
May 16, 1859 The family came to
this country in 1864, and resided in
Ballardvale, Mass, three years,
where both husband and wife were
employed in wooden manufacturing
establishment. From there they
came to Gaysville, VT, to work in
the manufacturing establishment OF
the late Mr.. Greenbank, where Mr..
Schofeld had a lucrative position as
foreman. 1t was while there that
Mrs. Schofield did some work that
Mr.. Greenbank thought worthy of
placing on exhibition in Boston, at
one time. Mr.. Schofield had at that
time been thinking of a change in
his life work and it was while in
Gaysville that he received a license
to preach, and in due time took
Congregational parish in Worcester.
This was followed by other parishes
in Vermont and New Hampshire,
among them one in our own town,
when, on account of throat trouble,
he came here some twelve years ago
make his home. Three sons and
q daughter were born by this mar
riage. One son died in England,
and the other children are living.
In the last few years we personally
have had the opportunity to become
quite thoroughly acquainted with
Mrs. Schofield and she has impress
ed us as a woman of more than or
binary strength of purpose and good
practical business qualities, such as
to husband and enable her to train
up a family of children for the every
day duties and work of life. She
knew no such word as fail and while
there was life there was hope with
her. We judge that this must have
always been the spirit she carried
into her husbands parishes as a
minister's wife. 1t must have been
her indomitable will that kept her
up so long in her struggle with
fatal disease. While her friends
knew how this disease must finally
terminate, in the common course Of
things, she had seemed so comfort
able in late weeks that it would not
perhaps have surprised them if she
had lived for some months. On Sun
day last she was able TO walk to an
outsied door but later in the after.
noon she was seized with violent
pains about the heart and died about
s o'clock. She had borne her great
feebleness with patience and her
cheerfulness Of late had been some
what noticeable. But she had been
schooled to the thought and hope
that death could and should be gain
for from her childhood days she had
been instructed and brought up in
this hope, and in this hope her long
life went out. Whatever else life
brought to this woman, whatever
else denied her, she had, we believe
the unspeakable Joy of never Doubt
ing the love of husband and children
that attended her to the end, ga love
as large as life, deep and change
able as DEATH fl
Will o. Martin, son of Ophir S.
Martin, will move into the lower ten
ement of Chauncey Lougee's house,
when vacated by Rev. Cora M.
Ewes, about the 22nd inst. He will
occupy the old Ainsworth drug store
with w. M. McEnany, for his watch
making work. At present he is re-
joicing in plenty of work, that we
hope may continue.
Rev. l.. DIN Sherpurne spoke at
the union service at the Congrega-
tional church last sunday morning
in the interests of the Vermont BIZ
BILE society and was greatly liked. A
collection of some 500 was taken for
the society.
Word has just been received OF
the death in Princeton, ILL.,, of our
ex-townsman, George B. Harring-
ton, son of the late Daniel NJ. HaI
rington, at the age of some &C years
His wife, who survives him, was 6
daughter of the late Marshall Car.
peRter a granddaughter of the late
Captain Gideon Conner, by whom {
ION and daughter were born t.
Jim, the daughter yet living. Mr.
Harrington went West some 40 year
ago or more and achieved success
there. He has had a good deal o
roor hao1f1, ~ Io4o