Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-01-20

of the Vermont delegation in Congress.
During the nearly seven years of his |
incumbency the service was improved
and enlarged. and in 1908 the receipts
reached n point which placed the office
i'm the first class. The receipts i'm 1904
were $2S,463.GS and they increased to
$i6,S0020 in 1910. During his incum-
bency also the government decided to
erect a federal building in Brattleboro,
and the work on the plans preliminary to
the construction of the building, which |
will stand at the corner of Main and |
Grove streets, is now i'm progress
Col Taylor married. oct. T. 1867, Eme-
line, daughter of stephen and Electa
(SargenD Dutton of Dummerston, and |
they went to Oak street to live Mrs |
Taylor died in 1877. Since then his sis
ter-in-law Miss Caroline Dutton, had |
kept house for him BESIDES his sister |
in-law, his brother and his son, already |
mentioned, he leaves one grandson, |
Brainard ID. Taylor of Brattleboro.
At the time of his death Col. Taylor |
was chaplain of Sedgwick post, G.. A. r.,
which he served as commander in 1862
1870 and 1850, and he was member of
the various Masonic bodies of Brattle-
boro, including Columbian lodge, No. &c.
F. and A. NJ, Fort Drummer chapter, No.
II. r. a. NJ, Connecticut Valley council,
No. 16, r. and S. NJ, Beauseant COM
mandery, No :. *. r., and Bingham
CHdpteT, No. o. ~. ". D, ana was q cor
porator of the Brattleboro Masonic
Building association. He was also a
member of the Universalst society, Pro-
tective Grange and the Vermont Wheel
| club In addition to his membership in
these local organizations he was a mem
Der of Mt. Sinai temple Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, of Montpelier, a member
of the Vermont Officers Reunion society
and of the Vermont Society, Sons of the
| Revolution, and trustee of the Vermont
| Soldiers Home in Bennington. He was
| staunch Republican and party worker
| and had been sent as delegate to many
county, district and state political con-
ventions
The virtues and characteristics which
| combined In Col. Taylor made him par
| ticularly useful and respected citizen.
| While his convictions were positive he
| never questioned the sincerity of those
| whose opinions differed from his own.
| His heart was dominated by a spirit of
brotherly love. Of fair play and of quiet
| charity, and never did the spirit of retri-
| button or VindictiVeness find Judgment
therein. He had contempt for sham
| ana stood four square for what appealed
| to him as right and honorable. Rarely
does man i'm business and public life
create fewer animosities. Col. Taylor
was congenial always. He made friends
| everywhere and his friendships were
abiding. His fine presence, his keen
sense of humor and his honesty and sin
| ceritY of purpose won warm recognition
in the many public gatherings in which
he was called upon to participate. He
was thoroughly unsclfsh. performing
many acts of kindness and charity and
| rendering service freely in untold in
stances where ordinarily one would ex-
pect a reward. He was a loyal Grand
Army man ana a true friend of the old
soldiers. The employees at the postofflce
ttrin Ii. r.
goodwill and the members of the various
organizations to which he belonged will
note his absence from their meetings
with sense of deep personal loss He
was a fine soldier in the army, was an
equally efficient soldier in the interest OF
the public good in time of peace, and one
can but feel that his service is not yet
| at an end.
Funeral services were held in the Uni
versalist church at $50 o'clock Monday
afternoon and the church was filled to its
capacity. The body lay in state from
~ to o'clock with a detail from Beau
seant commandery, knights Templar as
a guard of honor. The detail consisted of
Oscar f. Benson, William A. Shumway,
I Ferris r. Vaughan, Charles A. McRae,
, Harry r. Randall and Horton d. Walker
The members of the commandery sat to-
gether in the body of the church and
directly behind them were the employees
of the postofiice. Sedgwck post G. A.
r., also attended in body. There was a
profusion of beautiful flowers, represent
ing the esteem of relatives, friends the
: postofiice employees and the organizations
of which Col Taylor was a member Rev
: Delmar T.. Trout, pastor oficiated, giving
I an eloquent and appreciative eulogy, and
? the regular service of the knights Temp
} lar was carried out very mpressively
, The choir sang two selections 80 love
that wilt not let me go" and Some
blessed day" The burial took place in
= Prospect Hin cemetery. the bearers being
past eminent commanders of Beauseant
2 commandery, William II. Ninton Isaac d
: Bailey, Fred II. Holden Frank b. Putnam
5 James b, Randoll and Willis d. ellison
, and after the committal service taps
were sounded by the bugler of Sedgwicl
post. \ delegation from Bellows Falls at
tended the services, also many friends ant
2 comrades from other places