The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-11
Obituary.

Obituary.
The last issue Of The Reporter, a
granite trade paper published at Chi
cago, contained the following obituary
OF the late +. NJ. Tayntor Of this city;
Eugene NJ. Tayntor, for upwards of
twenty years the New England repre-
sentative OF this magazine, with head
quarters in Barre. VT. died at his home
in that city August 20. 1911. Mr.. Tayn-
tor was born in Erieyille, n. u, in Jan
uary, lS47, and was therefore something
over "a years OF age. His father and
mother were Erastus p. and Marietta
S. lBeebel Tayntor, and his early youth
was spent in Buffalo. As a young man
he was employed in the auditing de-
partment Of the United States Express
Co. which company he served for TWEEN
ty-four years. In 1882 he married lnez
0lds OF Erie, Pa, who with two sons
Lewis o. and Clark O., survives him
After year and a halls residence in
Buffalo Mr.. Tsyntor was transferred to
Brooklyn by the express company, where
be remained seven years, going to Barre,
VT, In 1890 as manager OF the G. H.
Tayntor quarries. Mr.. Tayntor was al
ways an energetic member of the Bap-
fist religious faith, identifying himself
with some congregation Of that demon
nation wherever he lived, and taking an
active part in the work of the church.
For thirty-nine years he had been a
member OF Masonic lodge in Buffalo
His home paper said Of him; Gas citi-
zen. Mr.. Tayntor has stood for every
thing which was honorable and uplift-
ing, and has been uneompromising in
his opposition to everything which was
wrong or had any tendency to degrade
His judgment was sound, and while
never forced upon anyone was always
freely given when sought. As o Chris
tian he was modest respecting his own
attachments, childlike in his trust, and
faithful in the performance Of his du-
ties
And what shall we add to the above;
we whom he has served so faithfully
and we'll for so many years; "He was
man, take him for all in all, we shall
not see his like again" Though the
writer had never met Mr. Tayntor in
the flesh, thirteen years of almost daily
intercourse by correspondence, his new
er.failing courtesy, zeal patience and Fl.
deity to what he considered his duty
to the magazine he represented, had en-
deared him to US in a degree far be-
yond that of fellow-laborer in com
mon cause; and the sudden telegram an
nounciug his death was almost as much
of shock az had it been one of our
immediate family. Mr.. Tayntor was
taken i'll just after the Rochester con
vention last year, and was but able to
get home, going soon after for hos
pital operation, from which it was
couple of months before he had suffi-
GENTLY recovered to do much toward at
tending to business. Though never fully
recovered, he had improved toward the
latter part of July to such an extent
that he essayed to make one of his
periodical trips in our interest to Quincy,
Mass, and the other manufacturing cen
ters he visited regularly. Having spent
about three weeks in the Quincy district,
he had just about completed his labors
there when he felt an attack of his for
mer trouble coming, and was compelled
to hasten home without completing his
trip. just before leaving Quincy he re.
marked to Benjamin Bishop, as we
learned from the latter at Cincinnati,
Il am going home to die" though he
did not let us know of his serious con-
dition A few days later Mrs. Tayntor
wrote us that he was home, ILL., and
would write himself as soon as he was
better, and our next word was the an
nouncement of his death. AS to his re-
lations with us in business way, we
suppose there was contract entered
into when he first took up our work,
but so long ago and never renewed in
writing, that we have no evidence that
be was ever bound to do anything, or
to be under any conditions of service,
except that we knew what the under
standing was, and that on his part il
would be lived up to as faithfully as
though he were bonded for million dol
lars-such was our confidence in him.
We knew that when Mr.. Tayntor told
us thing, it was absolutely so, and
never in the slightest degree have we
ever found it different; and we have
ever felt that the high ideals we strive
to maintain as a representative publica-
LION vi the granite ana marble interests
were absolutely safe in his hands, so
far as his sphere of activity was con.
cerned. And we can but add our en-
dorsement of the above quotation from
the Barre paper, Of which one of the
most prominent manufacturers of Barre
has written us, THAT thoroughly ex-
pressed the sentiment here, for he was
highly respected by all who knew him"
Funeral services were held in Barre
Thursday afternoon, August 81, and the
remains taken to Erie, Pa. for inter-
ment, Rev Allen, Of the First Baptist
church, conducting the eommittal serv-