St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-04
REGENT DEANS.



George II. Taylor died at his home
on Harvey street SUNDAY afternoon
at lao O'Clock. George Hamilton,
son of Charles Z. ana Lug go.
taylor ana the last in a family of
hive children, was porn III IA4-4-SV-~,
N. H., august IA, 1857. When he
was a young chnd ne with n4s Yo-
ems went 70 boston 10 1--we anu re-
NAMED there until he was 10
years old. They then moved to Co
aticook, Que. He married nrsL Mss
DeIia MouIton. One child was born
TO them VINO dled IN InLdnOy, e..Au
MIS-. Taylor died ABOUT SIX years al
ter their marriages 1nirLy yea
ago he came to st. Johnsbury anu
has resided here since, wlLn the
exception OF two years when ne anu
his family were in California. ne
was married a second Jlme, april 10,
1888, to Miss MaIiida J. Birch OF
CoatieOok, Que, in St. JohnsDury b.
the Rev. Edward L. Fairbanks. SIA
children were porn 10 Lnen, ave u
whom survive, Bernhard, Ethel G.,
G.. Morton, Howard L., Frances M,
and IneOuore L., Howard 0yIng IN
infancy. Mr.. Taylor had been en-
ployed as foreman of the painting
department for the K. and i. Fair
banks and Company Tor 54ce.-
many years and mad done painting
for several concerns in town. He
mad been in poor health for ABOUT
year, although he did not give up
work until Nov. 5th, and had been
confined to his bed only a week with
bronchial-pneumonia He was
member of Green Mountain
Lodge, N. E. o. P. and was also
Mason. Besides his wife and five
children he is survived by three
cousins, A. L. Bailey of this place,
Mrs. William Carr of LyndOnville,
and Mrs. Benjamin FarrOw of West
SOmerville, Mass, and one aunt,
Mrs. Daley of Salem, Mass. The
funeral will be held this afternoon
at two O'Clock from the chapel OF
the North Congregational church,
Rev. G.. w. C. Hill officiating. The
interment will be in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery, where there will be Ma
sonic burial.
Jeffers
On the afternoon of the last day
of November, there passed to the life
beyond, one whose long span of near
ly four score years has been a bless
ing, shedding constant sunshine up
on all who were privileged to come
in contact with her. Sucn was Mrs.
Jane Marsh LETTERS, born at Peacham,
VT, where she was educated and
taught school. She moved to Haverhill,
Mass, where she was a most sue
cessful and valued teacher for a
number of years. She married the
late William letters, and as a wife
and mother was the center of an
ideal home life as well as giving
time to church and social duties. Up
on the death of her husband, Mrs.
Jeners came to Maiden to reside
with her sisters, the late Mrs. Julia
Davis and Miss P. H. Marsh and to
be near her daughters, Mrs. Arthur
b. Atwood and Mrs. Horatio B. En-
erson. She affiliated with the First
Congregation church. Bearing her
long illness with patience and for
titude, she looked forward to her
final recovery and her words of COM
fort and cheer, showing the silver
lining to every clouu, we're always an
inspiration.
Reding
On the 18th of November last, in
the city of Portsmouth, N. H., there
passed from earth one of it's finest
women Mrs. Jane Martin Reding.
Her birth was in st. Johnsbury on
the 18th of April, 1924, and to this
early home she was brought by
friends 10 take the sleep that knows
no earthly waking Captain and
Mrs. Martin, with one son and four
daughters, lived in a brick house
similar to the Paddock house on the
site now occupied by the home of