Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-08
Captain Meigs Will Place Menor
!al in Highgate to Soldiers
Of All Wars.
UNVEILED NEXT JULY
Monument Will Be Of Whit.
Bronze, 16 Feet High and
-Four Feet Square at
Base.

Baltimore, Md. Dec. 7.-Capt Horny b.
Meigs. senior member Of the I'm of
Meigs & Heisse, Baltimore managers of
the Aetna Life Insurance conpsny. will
erect next summer in his native town
of Highgate. VT, a splendid white bronze
monument, OF which he gives the follow
ing descriptions:
The monument will be in honor Of all
the honorably discharged soldiers Of the
town Of Highgate. VT. Of all the wars of
our country. and on It their names will be
inscribed 1t IL to he Of white bronze
from the base to the top and win measure
l6 feet in height by 4 feet 4 inches SQUARE
at the base.
The upper die will contain portraaty IN
bas-relief Of Lincoln. on the north: Grant
on the east: Sherman. on the south and
Sheridan. on the west
The middle die will contain On ..e
north the Grand Army Of the Reuublsc
badge, and on the cart, south and west
designs OF crossed nusketa, crossed
swords and crossed cannon, respectively
Upon the four tablets will be snscrfbe1
about 46 names OF soldiers Of the urY
Of 1Ss1-5 and the SpariAh-A,nertcan wu-
1898
Cpon tire srnaII Ease below the exbNe<s
Will appear the names II those rartsctpns-
Ing In the battles OF Gettysburg, thu
wilderness, Petersburg, Appomatsnx and
20 others.
The pliIth viii contain memorials to
Sergeant BENJAMIN Stone 9letss and sew
eral noted men who fought I'm the War
Of 1s12-A
On the base Will be placed memorial IN
scrtptions and the presentation tablet fae-
Ing the north
TO BE UNVEILED NEXT JULY
The monument VII he unveiled July T.,
1911 The work IS betns done by the
Monumental Rroaza crrspary Of Rr51gs-
port. Conn. wiE.ch Is aiso THE designers.
Captain Netss ras bnru h Hixh9zrA
VT. November z, rsA 1t the age OF II
he enlisted In the rnh Vermont volunteer
infantry, Company x. n the war of rMl-
G6, and h, perhaps the only man IN The
United States who is the sixth tn reguIar
descent who has borne arrns tn America:
| that is. IN the colonies OF urfer the stsrx
and stripes
At the close Of the War, fsennx his
health impaired Captain Metgs went
West at the sdvtcs II EA phystetnns and
engaged IN tie ranc&-era1tag hustnesa- IN
this he was enrioeutN sueeezsfuI, md
during this time fully rsxatne6 his heasen
FOLLOWING thts he hrrfN and conducted
the f1rst hotel on the plains Of thu Far
West-fn Julcsburx Colo In this enrnec-
tion It Is interesting to note thss vhen
esss were desired during The enwA o(
a meal they brought q apseca-
During his subsequent s1.ysls Cauutxtn
Medgs contxacted the snh fsvz, md.
together with several stalvuxt sazxxn0as
he pufchased and worked q eaaam d a.
SweetwsteT mines In Wyce1fnG, Fur Il
years previous to his coming here - vas
associated with the Cunneetteu 0Resxl
Life Insurance company, IN Malone, n.
Y. besides conducting, Independently, q.
general insurance business.
In ls8 he was appointed Bnlstmarp
! manager Of the Aetna Life Insuranee
company.
ANCESTORS WERE soIDGmA
Captain Aeiss 10 the son Of tAs NE
Captain Luther Meies. q soldier q ths
War Of 1A2-lA who participated IN the
battle Of PlattsburEh, and who vas . aun
OF sergt- Benjamin MeigI, a solder n
the Revolution.
| He If a member of Custer Post, No {
department Of Maryland G. A. r., ana
an honorary member OF William d. R.en-
nan Post. No. ga. Malone N. T.. OF
which he WAS ffve years commando. He
has organized many posts. including every
post in Clinton county. N. T.. together
with mastering into the ranks OF tho
| Grand Army over 1000 persons
| He is also member Of the Y1rst Army
Corps association. the Thirteenth Yer.
mont Regimental association, Maryland
Society OF the Sons OF the War Of lSiA
and one Of its councillors. a member OF
the Founders and Patriots Of America,
has served as gencalogist of the Pennsyl-
vanin society is member Of the Balti-
more Reform league: director Of the
Florence Crittendon Mission. member
Of the National Genealogical society and
one OF its councillors; member Of the
Maryland Anti-Saloon League. and Of the
Society OF the American Revolution. He
Is prominently affiliated with the Eutaw
Place Baptist Church.
Captain Meigs is an enthusiastic collec.
tor of historical antiques. He is the au-
! thor Of The History OF the Meigs FAM
ily In America" and other publications.
COUNT BONI A SUICIDE CO.
Paris, Dec. "A rumor was current
here tonight that a Frenchman, we'll
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