The Republican journal., 1910-06-16
OBITUARY.

Athol Mass, June 11th at Ills q. M, after
suffering six days with pneumonia, contracted
from severe cold. June End in company with
Mrs. Helen A. Carter, with whom she had made
her home for the past ten years, she went to a
sanatorium in South Athol to spend June, For
several years she had gradually failed. Born
in Leeds, Maine, of poor parentage, and Nth
only common school education, her chief as
piration in life was realized when she became
missionary in India. Without special training,
ami on her own responsibility, she labored for
nine years in India, going wherever duty called.
Her labors We're crowned with success in every
way. Two little boys and girl took refuge in
her rooms during one of the massa.res and the
kind hearted woman adopted them as her
own, brought them up and educated them
for the missionary work. The girl married an
Eurasian named Gordon and both came to this
country and visited Miss Millett in Belfast
Both studied medicine in Philadelphia and prac-
ticed it in connection with their preaching. A
church in Louisville, Kentucky, supported
Mrs. Gordon in her work, and the members
wishing to meet her husband asked him to
preach one Sunday for them. Shortly after
the service,he died very suddenly. Recently
Mrs. Gordon became the wife of Dr. Powell of
Philadelphia and is to sail soon for Scotland.
One OF the boys died not long ago and the other
is a missionary in India. After returning to
this country Miss Millett lectured and until re-
Gently was connected with some special mis-
slonary work. She was engaged with Dwight
L. Moody in his work in Philadelphia and was
for some time the missionary in the Worthen
street Baptist church in Lowell, and did great
deal of the work in Boston while a student in
the Gordon Training school, where she met
Mrs. Carter, also student. In belief Miss
Millett was Baptist, and member of the
Clarendon street church, Boston. She was
valued member and at her death was President
of the Belfast w. c. T. u, and enjoyed its
work. She is survived by two brothers, one in
Nashua, N. H. and one in Lewiston, Me-, and
by sister in Leeds. Mrs. Carter, who was
with her in her illness, writes that she was
anxious to die and that the end was peaceful
and calm. A short prayer service was held in
South Athol and the remains were taken to her
home in Leeds, where she had spent a few
weeks each summer during her residence here.
The funeral services were held in her child
hoods home and among her own people. Her
age was 76 years and months.
The many friends in Belfast of Major Ansel
Lothrop White were grieved by the news of
his death, received June End by telephone from
Bangor. His wife, Mary Alden, daughter of
Hon. Hiram o. Alden, had suffered a painful
illness for some weeks and had been removed
to Bangor for treatment, and Mr.. White was
stopping at the home of Mrs. Emily Alden
Crosby. Major White had won the confidence,
the respect and the warm regard of all who
knew him. He was modest and quiet and un-
usually gentle in manner and those not familiar
with his life would be surprised to learn that he
had brilliant war record and saw perhaps as
much active and dangerous service as any man
in the Union army. He enlisted in Belfast, Au-
gust 25. 1862, in D Company 18th Maine regi-
ment, and served with the regiment in many
battles, receiving repeated promotion for brav-
cry in action. He was made sergeant, second
lieutenant and first lieutenant of his company,
then captain of Company F, and served on
Gen. Gibbons staff, and was mustered out May
though he was in the thickest of the fighting
in many Of the fiercest engagements of the
war, he seemed to bear charmed life. After
the war Major White engaged in the ship
chandlery business in New York. the firm being
Gilchrest, White & Co. He retired about four
years ago and had since made Belfast his home
though spending part Of each winter in New
York and one winter in California. He was q
member Of the Loyal Legion and of other vet
eran organization, but unless when with his
comrades made no reference to the war or the
distinguished part he bore in it. Well read,
j conversant with all the great topics of the day,
genial and kind. his companionship was greatly
prized by his intimates and his passing has left
them inconsolable. His home life was ideal
and he and his wife were known to all their
friends ~ a most devoted and affectionate
couple and they were rarely separated for any
length Of time during their married life.
4 Major White was born in Belfast, the son Of