News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-06-09
DEATH OF w. w. PECK
WeIl-knOwn Lumber Dealer Passes Away
After Long Illness.

WeILknown Lumber Dealer Passes Ava,
After Long Illness.
Following a long period of ill-health
the death of ". w. Peck occurred at his
home on Park street last Thursday even
ing at about eight o'clock, the direct
cause of death being hardening of the
arteries He returned to his home here
about three weeks previous to his death,
having spent the past few months in Jay.
The funeral was held Sunday after
noon from the residence on Park street,
Rev. W. E. Baker of the Congreg ational
church officiating. The services were
under Masonic auspices. forty members
of Mt. Vernon Lodge being present and
twenty-five members of Lamoille Com
mandery attending in uniform. The
| Masonic burial service was given at the
grave by w. M, J. H. Atkinson. The
bearers were Hiram Mol1,at of Bolton,
| Geo E. Town, c. A. Gle and J. o. Reed
| of Morrisville. Interment was in River
side cemetery in the family lot.
There was an unusually large and
beautiful offering of flowers, the four
Masonic orders and the family giving set
pieces, while the profusion of smaller
offerings literally covered and surrounded
the casket.
Those from out of town were Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Moffat Of Bolton. B. A.
Palmer. Miss Agnes Linehan and Mrs.
Abbie Taylor of St. Johnsbury; Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Peake and several of the en.
ployes of the mill at Jay, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Lapage of Barre, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton Peck of Stowe, and Mrs. Lydia
Peck of Wolcott.
Willie Wallace Peck, son OF Seth H.
and Mary Ann (Palmer) Peck was born
in Wolcott August 10, 1853. In his
death Morrisville loses a citizen, who by
his own energy, courage and sterling
worth, had attained success in notable
degree in his chosen LIES work. Although
meeting with adversely and discourage
ments in his early business ventures, he
kept at work with grim determination
and in the later years was rewarded with
signal success. His first venture was in
with his father in Wolcott,
when he invested his small savings in the
sawmill there. This was previous to
1880 and within year everything was
lost by fire. His next enterprise was
started a few years later, when he bought
the old water mill above Morristown
Corners, almost without financial re
sources This venture was successful
and three years later ne built a large
steam mill near Sterling mountain, where
he did large business in lumber and
for two years, when he was
again burned out and left practically
penniless. However, with courage still
good, he returned to the water mill until
1885. when he made a contract to saw
and deliver at Morrisville station and
for eight years successfully conducted
this business, handling about a million
and half feet per year, meantime con.
Quoting the old water mill at Morris
town Corners. In 1892 he consolidated
the two steam mills in the Sterling dis.
trict, bought farm and timber lands to
the amount of $500 acres, where he did
an immense lumber business.
The big deal of his business activities,
however, was made in 1892, when he &C.
quired large tract of lumber land in
the town of Somerset. This he was for
tunate in closing out to syndicate at
large figure. Since that time Mr.. Peck
had partly relinquished his active work,
having been largely interested
in lumber interests in Canada and Jay,
VT In the latter place. his son, F. c.
Peck, of Morrisville now has charge of
the business.
His wife, Mrs. Ida Trow Peck, to
whom he was married in 1876, died in
October, 1908. Two children, the son
above, and one daughter. Mrs.
Jesse A. Waite, also of Morrisville.
brother, Bert Peck, two grandsons, Seth
and Wallace Peck, and granddaughter,
Margaret Ida Waite, survive.
Mr.. Peck was genial. kind-hearted
man and had large number of friends
in Morrisville and other parts of La,
noble county who sincerely regret his
death. He was a member of Mt. Vernon
Lodge, Tucker Chapter, Palestine Com.
mandery and Mt. Sinai Temple.