Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-09-10
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Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County eat.

mind not fully recovered to its nor
NAL condition, he failed to see the
river and was drowned. His watch
showed that it stopped at TAO.
The body was taken to the town
hall in Irasburg and later in the eve
ming B. S. Curtis and J. R. Akin went
to Irasburg and brought the remains
to the Curtis Undertaking parlors in
Newport.
Edward McCallum Livingston was
the son of Rev. w. w. Livingston
born in the Mission Fields of the A.
/ B. c. F. NJ, Sivas, Turkey, Aug. Ia,
| 1869, receiving his name from Ed
ward McCallum, an English officer in
4 the Crimean war, who married his
aunt. He came to America when only
child, his mother dying when hewas
four years of age, after which he
made his home with his aunt, Miss
Ruth A. Livingston, for several
years, part of which time was at
North Troy, but coming to Newport
in 1881, where they lived until the
eyesight of the aunt, which had be-
gun to fail her, had reached the point
where she could no longer care for
him. The giving up of his care was
very hard for her as they had become
greatly attached to each other, even
as strongly as mother and son. Dur
| ing his early manhood his aunt was
his first thought and during all these
years he has denied himself that he
might render her all the comforts
possible.
During his early childhood his
health was poorly and it was feared
| that he would never reach years of
manhood, but he struggled on and
4 L. 4
years of age he began work for H. G.
Blanchard, who was conducting a
grocery store, where re remained for
three years, but in 1891 he entered
the employ of the True & Blanchard
Co. hardware store, where he contin-
ued until his death, a period of %
years of faithful service. For the
past six years he has lived in the
home of his cousin, Ara w. Living
ston and for "a years had boarded in
the family of Mr.. and Mrs. J. R.
Akin. He was member of the First
Congregational church, also charter
member of the Y. M. ]. G.
The funeral services were held in
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
church parlors were filled with
friends, members of the firm of True
& Blanchard Co., and employees at
tending in body. Rev. L. A. Ed.
wards spoke from the words Of the
scripture, "Jesus Wept."
Those left in the family circle are
a brother, Rev. VIM. F. Livingston
of Augusta, Me-, who on account Of
poor health was unable to attend the
funeral, sister, Miss Alice Living
ston of Lynnfeld Center, Mass, ant
a brother, Rev. S. Tracy Livingston
of Bridgton, Me- His father died il
1910, and one sister, Rebecca Living
ston, died in 1889 at the age of q
years. The burial was made in the
lot of his grandfather, Farrant Iiv
kingston, at North Troy. The bearers
were n. H. Green, C.. A. Clark, Johr
lWyman and Roy Meecham, who were
his associates at the True & Blan
lchard Co. store Those in the family
circle who attended the funeral ser
vices were Rev. S. Tracy Livingston
Miss Alice Livingston, Mr.. and Mrs
George Livingston, Mr.. and Mrs. Ara
Nv. Livingston, Mr.. and Mrs. Urbar
Livingston, Miss Helen Livingston
Miss Rose Boswell and Judge anc
Mrs. w. B. Gilpin.
The following words from the firm
of True & Blanchard Co., for whom
Ned had worked % years speak fol
themselves: "He never neglected ;
duty assigned him, was always in hi
place, willing and ready to perform
any task required of him. Ned wa