Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-04-01
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
ROBERT CLEMENT, Local Editor


Zophar M. Mansur.
The funeral of Hon. z. M. Mansur,
who died in Burlington, Saturday.
Mar. %. was held in the Methodist
church at two o'clock Tuesday after
noon. Rev. R. N. Joscelyn. pastor of
the church. and Rev. Joseph Hamilton
of Randolph both made remarks bear
ing on the life and character of the
deceased. Rev. Smithers of Orleans
offered prayer and Rev. Kelley of
Newport Center read the scripture.
1t is hardly necessary to state that
the floral tributes were many and
beautiful as Col. Mansur was held in
high esteem by all who knew him
The organizations to which Col. Man.
sur belonged were represented by
delegations from the Grand Army,
<Memphremagog Lodge. No. IS, the
Stewards of the Methodist church and
the Sunday school class of which Col.
Mansur was teacher Those of Mr..
Marisur's friends from out of town who
were present at the funeral were: D.
W. Davis Of Derby Line, Geo. F. G.
Butterfield of Derby Line. Hon. John
G. Foster of Ottawa. Hon. DIN Mer-
rill, of Enosburg Falls, Col. Porter
Il. Dale, Lutter s. Cobb, John S.
Sweeney, all of Island Pond. Those
Of the immediate family present were
A. G. Mansur, Jack and Sallie Storrs
and Miss Caroline Bell of Burlington.
Other relatives present were Orange
Mansur, brother, and Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Hobscn, all of Island Pond.
Hon. E. G. Blanchard was in charge of
the arrangements and the interment in
the cemetery at West Derby.
Zophar M. Mansur, son of Warren
and Jane A. (Morse) Mansur, was
born at Morgan, November %, 1843.
Colonel Mansur was of staunch New
England stock. His earliest American
ancestor was Robert Mansur, a citizen
of Charlestown, Mass, as early as
1878. VIM. Mansur. his great grand
father was pioneer settler on the
Souhegan river in New Hampshire in
1852, Minute Man of the Revolution,
he fought gallantly at Lexington,
Ticonderoga and Bennington. Zophar
M, was the ninth of a family of
twelve children. He was reared amid
simple, clean and rural conditions, of
which he ever made the best possible
use as stepping stones to higher planes
of effort. He was educated in the
common schools and at Derby academy,
taught school in 1861 at the age of Is,
enlisted in Company K, Tenth YER
mont in 1862, participated in the battles
Wilderness to Opequon Creek, Sept.
10, where he lost his right arm and
was discharged in 1865. He attended
Derby academy during the fall of 1865,
taught school in Derby the winter of
1866, settled in Island Pond the follow
ing spring and was appointed post
master of that village in 1867 and
held the position for several years !;
meanwhile he studied law with Hon.
Geo. N. Dale and was admitted to
practice in the March term, 1875. of
the Essex county court. He was
elected to the legislature in 1886.
served on important committees and
was states attorney from 1886 to 1883.
In 1888 he was elected senator from
Essex county and was a member of
the judiciary committee and chairman
of the committee on military affairs.
He was elected president of the Yer
mont Officers Reunion society in 1889
and also in 1898; elected president of
the Sons of American Revolution in
1894 and was lieutenant governor from
1894 to 1896. He was deputy collector
of customs at Island Pond for four
years under Collector Benedict. He
was COl1oCGOr OIL CUSTOMS OIL DlSGrlCC Oh
Memphremagog from 1898 to 1906. AT
the time of his death he was one of
the trustees of the Montpelier semi.
nary, a trustee of the Vermont Soldiers
home at Bennington and President of
the National Bank Of Derby Line.
One who was most capable Of judging,
and who knew him best, makes the
following estimate of Colonel Mansur
"Alertness and persistency were his
leading traits. AS lawyer he wa:
enterprising. bold. inquisitive and
effective. In church, society, bust.
ness, politics. education and in every
conceivable way he was actively
engaged and always with positive
partisan confidence. followed by
success. He was a man before whom
neither chance nor accident have thrust
any fortunate conditions, who has
wooed success with all of the ardol
and zest of life burning with energy
and enthusiasm and won it by devot
ed and watchful achievement. Col
Mansur was married Aug. 16, 1865
to Ellen L. Newhall Of Norway, Me-.
who died few years ago. Two chill
dren were born to them, Mabel S.,
who died shortly after her mothers
death, and Arthur G.. who lives ir
Burlington and conducts a jewelry
business in that city He also leaves {
brother. Orange Mansur, of ISLAND
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