St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-03
age. He was a very successful
merchant here about 20 years ago.

i age. He was very successful
merchant here about 20 years ago.
Davis.
The news of the death of Mrs. A.
i w. Davis on Sunday morning at St.
Il Johnsbury Hospital came as great
surprise to her friends, as she had
been i'll only about two weeks, and
/ it was not known that her con-
i dition was critical. Pneumonia de-
veloped few days previous and she
was not strong enough to Withstand
this disease. Lucy Aurora Trul1 was
born in West Burke in 1889, one of
a family of five children of Joel and
Electra (Hall) TruH and was the
last surviving member. In 1868 she
was married to Alanson w. Davis,
who conducted general store bust
ness in West Burke. After two
years they moved to West Salem,
Wis, where he was in the wholesale
and retail business until his death
many years ago. She remained there
year after his death and then came
back east and for year made her
home with her parents and brother.
1 She came to st. Johnsbury in 1880,
which has since been her home. She
was educated at Glover and Lyndon
Academies and her musical educa-
ton was with the late John Paddock
| of this place, and Profs. A. B. Xix
and James Whitney of Boston. In
the early '70's she took the part OF
so1oist in conventions in Orleans and
Caledonia counties, and while in
the west was member of the quartet
choir in the church. She was dill
gent reader of the best literature,
and has been member of the North
church for the past Is years. She
leaves one daughter, Mrs. G. A. For
rest. The funeral was held from the
North church chapel yesterday after
noon, Rev. George w. G. Hill offciat-
ing.
Bingham.
Mrs. Lauraette Bingham 81 years
old, passed away Thursday afternoon
at her home on Church street after
six weeks illness due to the infrmi-
ties of old age With the exception
of Mrs. Clarissa G.. Proctor, she was
the oldest member of the North
church and in length of membership
she was the oldest. Until two
and half years ago when
she suffered slight shock she
was unusually strong and active, able
to attend church and social functions
and to enjoy life as much as any
younger woman. Hers was cheer
full spirit and her sunset years were
years of great beauty, whose glory
enriched the lives of all who knew
her.
Lauraette Knight was one of the
nine children of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Knight and was born in West Water
ford November IA, 1919. Her child
hood and girlhood were those of the
period, spent in spinning, weaving,
sewing and a few weeks of school
every year. Her mother died when
she was 15 and thereafter the care
of the family fell upon her. The
family moved to Irasburg where she
was II and few months later she
joined the Congregational church
there She was a regular attendant
often going on horse back with her
little sister on the saddle behind her
The habit of going to church which
was formed so early in life stayed
with her until falling health made
it impossible. When she was 81
years old she married Daniel l..
Jackson of Passumpsic and they had
one son, William, who was a hospital
steward with the Sd Vermont during
the Civil War and was killed soon
after the war in a steamboat acct
dent. Mr. Jackson died in 1889 and
lin 1845 she married John Calvin
Bingham who bought the drug bust
ness of DR.. Calvin Jewett in ST.
Johnsbury. At that time the nearest
drug store was at Montpelier. The
same year that the old North church,
now The Colonial, was built Mr..
Bingham erected the house on
Church street in which Mrs. Bing-
ham just died. Mrs Bingham was
the first vice president of the Seventy
club and later was elected the pres1-
dent. The only surviving relatives are
her son, Charles G. Bingham, and her
granddaughter, Miss Katherine Bling
ham.
The funeral was held Saturday af-
ternoon from the house, Rev. Ed
ward T. Fairbanks, D. D. officiating,
and interment was in Mt Pleasant
cemetery.
| MaSten.
Waldo C. Masten died last week
] Tuesday at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Luther Brooks. His wife died
exactly year before, in Minneapo-
i lis and it is thought that he con-
tracted tuberculosis from her. Last
i December he went to the Glencliff
sanatorium in Warren, N. H., but
the disease was too far advanced to
be checked and ten days before his
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