St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-08-14
Concord.
Death of Marcus l.. Reed a Mason
Town and Personal Notes

Il. 1AS6Q pdSS6Q away q
:, the home of his son, William L
). Reed Wednesday afternoon, Angus
n z. Mr.. Reed has been failing fol
4 several months but was only con
: fined to his bed a few days before
/. his death, which was caused from
x a complication of diseases. Mr.
: Reed was born in Kirby, Feb. 3,
e 1889. His parents were Samuel
, and Louisa (Joslin) Reed. He was
the last of a family of eight child
rem. His life has been spent in the
n towns of Kirby, CRANKY and Concord.
. In 1866 he was married to Emily
l. Grout and to them were born two
sons, William L., and George W.,
who died November 1910. Mr.. Reed
J enlisted in Co. G, 18th Vermont Vol
unteers. He was engaged in the
battles of the Wilderness, SpottsyI-
: vania, and received a wound in his
: left hand at the battle of Cold Har-
Dor. He was a member of Wood
bury Post, U. A. R., Moose River
. Lodge, No. 80, F. and A. NJ, and
: Palestine Commandery, K. T.@ He
was Worshipful Master of %Moose
River lodge four years, having held
the office the longest term of any
master. He has held most of the
town offices, serving several years as
selectman, as school director and
road commissioner. Had he lived
till September he would have COM
pleted his tenth year on the r. F.
d. No. /. In the year 1869 he was
chosen by the voters of CRANKY to
represent them in the state legisla-
ture and in 1892 the citizens of
| Concord selected him as their repre-
sentative to the same body. He is
survived by his wife and son and
| four grandchildren, Helen, Alice, |
Ralph and Howard In Mr.. Reeds
death the town loses a good citizen,
always genial and pleasant. He was
an especial friend of children. All
found him courteous and upright in !
his business associations. The flu
neral was held from the Universalist |
church, Friday afternoon at 100,
Woodbury. G. A. R., Moose River |
Commandery X. T., attended in "a |
body. Rev. A. M. Smith was the |
officiating clergyman. Three selec-
lions were sung by Miss Louise
Chapman, Mrs. C. F. Cutting and |
H. ]. Daniels. The floral tributes
testified to the esteem in which Mr..
Reed was held and prominent among
them was a broken circle presented
by the patrons of the r. F. D.
route. Places of business were clos
ed during the service. The bearers
were William Pratt, William Lind
sey, E. d. Lee, A. J. Lyon, William
Houston and H. B. Douse. The in
terment was at Grove Cemetery,
East St. Johnsbury, where he was
laid to rest by Masonic service.
Those called here from away to at
tend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs
Sherman Graham, St. Johnsbury,
Nathaniel Reed, Waterford, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. T. Reed, Kirby, w. o.
Rocheleau and Charles Woodbury.,
ST. Johnsbury.
Mrs Miranda Dodge is more COM
Portable at this writing. Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Powers, Archibald Pow
ers, Lunenburg, Mrs. Harley Pow
ers, Fitzdale, Ernest Dodge, East St.
Johnsbury and Mrs, Elias Wilder of
Lyndon were called here the past
week by her illness.
M. M. Tatro left Thursday for
New York.
Mrs. Albert Higgins and daughter,
Mary, from Sanford, Me-, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alec Kerr.
Rev. Sidney Willis of Acton,
Mass, is spending his vacation with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abby Gray and
daughter, Barbara, of St. Johnsbury,
called or friends here Saturday.
Miss Gladys Young has returned
to St. Johnsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Richards and
Helen Bennett are visiting relatives
in Bartlett, N. H.
Charles Gee and daughter, Mrs.
Laura Hodge, from St. Johnsbury,
visited friends in town, Wednesday.
Walter d. Chaplain and Miss
Katharine S. Joslyn were married
at Lunenburg Wednesday evening by
the Rev Albert Gregory. Miss JOS
lyn has been a popular teacher in
the public school for several years,
and Mr.. Chaplain is employed at
Trout Brook creamery.
Mr. and Mrs. George Paris and
Mrs. Nellie Paris enjoyed a trip
through the White Mountains the !
first of the week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Paris and daughter, Airline, left
Saturday for their home in Lebanon.
John Edney has had electric lights
installed in his harness shop.
Mrs. Emeline Frye of Lowell, |
Mass. and Mrs. G. E. Wacleigh of
st. Johnsbury visited friends in |
town Wednesday.
Job Damon and daughter, Miss |
Carrie Damon from East st. Johns |
bury were guests of MI. and Mrs. |
A. J. Lyon Thursday.
Mrs. F. M. Cobleigh and son, Car |
roll, have been spending week !
with friends at Joe's Pond.
Mrs. Clara Cormier and two sons,
Thade and Joseph, of st. Johnsbury
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. |
| J. A. Williams, last week. a
| Miss Lottie Croft has gone to her
home in Wolcott.
George Sanborn, F. NJ. Hastings, !
w. H. Houston and Allen Hodgden |
are at home from LowelltOwn.
! The ladies will serve a salad sup
per" at the Universalist church Fri
day evening beginning at $50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Clement and
SON Paul from Manchester. Y. H. |