The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-24
CARSWELL
OF OLD co. K. DEAD
Well-Known Barre Man and Member of
Granite Manufacturing Firm of the
Carswell- Wetmore Co., Died
on Thursday Afternoon.

Thomas G. Carswell, a prominent Barre
granite manufacturer and a former c?
tain in the Vermont National Guar
4 well as a veteran of the war with - ,
passed away at his home, 92 Sc ~ IN
street, yesterday afternooy 4 3;45
o'clock Death was due to M cations
that had confined him tc Juse since
Saturday. Mr. Carsw ~ not been in
! vigorous health for time, but his
condition did not bee ne serious until
late last week He leaves his wife and
a daughter, Kate Carswell. Surviving
also are his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Sam
luel Carswell, of Ayers street; sister,
Mrs Donald Smith, who lives at 81 Perry
street, and two brothers, William M.
Carswell of New York and James b.
Carswell of this city. His marriage to
Miss Lena May Church took place in
West Topsham May 81 1902.
Thomas Gladstone Carswell was born
in Dalbeattie Scotland, January 10, 1876
AT the age of II years he came to Barre
with his parents and had always re-
maned a resident here. He attended the
city schools and when young man he
entered the employ of Mcdonald & Buch-
dUs NDtI6 HG ledfneu the nJDHpEulDtIb
trade. In the shed where he served his
apprenticeship he worked for l0y years and
at the end of that period his ability hav-
ing been recognized by Leland & Co. of
New York, he was placed in charge of
the company's Barre plant in the ca
pacity of a superintendent. For several |
years he continued in the Leland com
pany's service being connected with the |
New York office as we'll as the Barre end |
of the business. At the same time he |
Was engaged as superintendent of the !
Barre Granite & Quarry Co., position |
which he retained until four years ago. |
In his chosen work he exhibited in a pc
ruliar degree that faithfulness to duty |
which is its own best reward.
In 1908 he associated himself with
+. c. Wetmore in the organization of
the Carswell Wetmore company. At its L
plant in Batchelder meadow, the com
oany has developed a growing business
n the production of fine monumental
work and not little of its success has
been due to Mr.. CarswelPs energy. For
number of years he was an active
member of the Barre Granite Manufac-
urers' association and at its last annual .
Meeting he was honored with the office
i vice president, a position which he !
eld at the time OF his death.
Among large number of national .
1ardsmen in Vermont, Mr. Carswell will !
e well remembered through his affilia-
ion with the old Barre Company r. 4
While yet q young man he enlisted in !
he state militia and at the outbreak of :
he Spanish American war he followed Y
he company into the regular army OF 9
he United States. At Chickamauga he y
arved as a second lieutenant in Com
any +, first Vermont regiment OF in
,ntry and had the distinction of being I
ne Youngest officer in the army At
lat time he was % years old He re- G
aimed in the South until the Vermont $
oops returned home in September. a
'as. When the regulars were mustered !
1T, Mr.. Carswel reioined the National .
usrd and thereafter served efficiently D
captain of the local company. His =
terest in the state militia did not cease p
I'd at the yearly reunions of the Span
h.American war veterans he was one q
the moving spirits. q
The deceased was a member of Clan =
,rdon. No. l2. o. S. G.. and also be- 81
nged to the Military Order of Foreign Y
ars and the Spanish-American War 20
eterans' Association of Washington ~
'unty. In the younger generation OF IN
siness men in Barre he represented a IT
pc which the community can i'll afford en-
lose and his passing will cause gen nc
ne sorrow among many. Ql
The funeral services will be held at no
house Saturday afternoon af IN
lock. Rev. J. w. Barnett, pastor of ga
; Congregational church, will officiate. COZ
d the interment viii be made in the an
nily lot at Flmwood cemetery. 1t is
, request of the family that flowers be TO
lifted. W
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