St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
RECENT DEATHS.


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| Particulars have been received by the
relatives here of the death of Rev. Henry
| e. Jewett, which occurred at his home in
! Berkeley, Cal, on the afternoon of May
| 16. He had been slightly indisposed for
few days, but was thought to- be i'm
| proving when he was suddenly stricken
| with heart failure and died in few min
| utes without gaining consciousness.
MIR. Jewett was the son of Ephraim
and Jane Fairbanks Jewett and was born
in St. Johnsbury, April 9, 1912. His
father and mother were worthy repre-
sentatives of two of the towns most dis
tinguished families. His education was
in the public schools and our Academy
and during the civil war he served in the
Union army, enlisting in Company F. of
the seth regiment OF Wisconsin volunteer
infantry. After the war he decided to
enter the ministry and was graduated
from Andover Theological Seminary
Settling in California in the late sixties
he was ordained at Redwood City, about
30 miles south of San Francisco, in July
1870. His old friend T. NJ. Howard
was in California at the time and was
present at this service. For the next
nine years he occupied the pulpit of the
Congregational church in that place
serving three years of that period as su-
perintendent of the schools of San Mateo
County. From 1879 to 1888 he was
principal of the Hopkins Academy in
Oakland, boys school which has re-
Gently been replaced by a fine hospital.
In 1888 he accepted call to the Con-
gregational church at Vacaville in Sacra-
mento county. Here he acquired a ranch
which he retained after he gave up his
parish in 1895 and came to Berkeley to
live. The same year he received the ap-
A<@E1
California conference. He was also ac-
tive in First Congregational church of
Berkeley and clerk of that corporation.
Mr.. Jewett was particularly happy in
his home life and married on May 81,
1876, Alice. daughter of DIR. l. E. Dwinell
a native of Calais. She was deeply in
terested in her husbands life work and a
true helpmate in the years they were to-
gether. Besides wife he is survived by
one brother. Edward A. Jewett OF Chica-
go, and four children: Gertrude wife OF
William B. Greeley of Missoula, Mont,
Mary F., a teacher in the Berkeley schools,
Rebekah D., a student at Mills College,
and Franklin, also a resident of Berke-
ley. g..
The funeral was held at the First Con-
gregational church and was conducted
by his pastor, Rev. Harry R. Miles, as
sisted by Professor John w. Buckham of
the Pacific Theological Seminary. Both
gentlemen are former Vermonters Mr..
Miles going to Berkeley from Brattleboro
and Prof. Buckham from Burlington.
MIR. Jewett was somewhat frequent
visitor to st. Johnsbury and greatly be-
loved by all who knew him. He had
such a lovable disposition that he made
friends with everybody and once friend
was always a friend. His was a most
kindly and sympathetic nature, family
traits which he inherited from both sides
of his parentage and his death will be
deeply felt wherever he was known.
Mackey.
Mrs. David Mackey died Friday at her
home near the Playground after a long
and distressing illness. She was sick for
a year with a nervous trouble which
ended in paralysis of the throat. Ger
trude May Tilden was born in Barnet,
June 6, 1889 to MIR. and Mrs. Charles B.
rilden. In January, 1880. she and David
Mackey were married in McIndoes and
made their home in St. Johnsburv ever
after. She was member OF Mystic Star
Chapter, o. E. S., and of Olive Branch
Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah and both
orders attended the funeral which was
held at her home Sunday afternoon at
$50. Rev. George w. c. Hill pastor of
Tic CnuICH WnlCn SIG dClSHu0U OL1C1dIGu.
Interment was at Passumpsic Four
sisters survive her and all attended the
funeral, Mrs. S. w. Allen of Maidstone.
Mrs. S. A. Howard and Mrs. Homer
Hazelton of St. Johnsbury Center and
Mrs. George Batchelder of St. Johnsbury.
Stanley.
Mrs. Margaret Stanley died Sunday
night at St. Johnsbury hospital where
she had been patient for three weeks.
She was 20 years old and death was
caused by paralysis. Her husband,
Edward Stanley, died 40 years ago
leaving two children, John Stanley of St.
Johnsbury and Mary, now Mrs. T. J.
Hardy Of Seattle, Wash. Mrs Hardy
is now on her way home to Vermont.
The funeral will be held at St. Aloysius
church on Thursday morning.