The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-13
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Death of Mrs. Margaret M. Gilfllan

Death of Mrs. Margaret M. Gilfllan
Mrs. Margaret Morrison Gilfillan,
! widow of the late Henry A. Gilfillan
passed away at her home in this vii
] lage early Monday morning, Feb. 8,
after a months illness. Margaret
Morrison was a daughter of the late
William and Nancy Nelson Morrison,
one of eight children, only one of
these now remains, Miss Morrison of
! this place.
, Mrs Gilfillan was born in Barnet
on Church street, Dec. 8, 1889 and
her whole life has been lived in
this place. In the days of the civil
war in the year '62, Henry Gilfillan
volunteered and the morning he left
for Brattleboro for training he mar
ried Margaret Morrison, taking his
bride with him as far as Brattleboro
where she remained until her hus-
band was ordered Washington, ID.
c., then she returned to Barnet and
waited for his return. When he
came they went to live with his faith
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til the death of Mr.. Gilfillan II years
ago last November. Since then Mrs.
Gilfillan has made her home in the
Laughlin block, where she died. Five
children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Gilfillan, Emily, Mrs. Frank P. Da-
vison of Charlmont, Mass, Aldace
Henry, who died at four years of age;
Albert Nelson a resident of this place
and owner of the home farm; Jennie,
who died in May 1894 and Mrs. Jo-
nah Gilfillan of Beebe Plain. There
are three grandchildren, all children
of Mrs. Emily Dawson, Aldace Henry
Dawson of Albany, N. Y; Mabel,
Mrs. Henry Grover of Newtonville,
Mass, and Margaret Dawson, teach
er in Springfield, Mass. The many
friends who have been welcomed at
the home on the farm will not forget
the boundless hospitality dispensed
by Mrs. Gilfillan and the welcome eX-
tended to all who came. She was a
rare home maker, devoted to all the
interests of her home and family.
When one who has for so long been
such mother and such a friend and
neighbor, it is hard to realize that all
we have had in her has come to a
close, yet we would remember that
the closing of such a long weA lived
life is all in the course of nature but
our sorrow and deep sense of loss is
no less acute. The last years of her
life spent in her home in the village
were serene and free from cares and
anxieties. As some one has said:
"The stream is calmest when it nears
the tide and flowers are sweetest at
the eventide"
"Palc withered hands that more
than fourscore years
Had wrough for others, soothed the
hurt of tears,
Rocked children's cradles, eased the
fever smart,
Dropped balm of love in many an
aching heart,
Now, stilless folded like wan rose
leaves pressed
Above the snow and silence of her
breast,
In mute appeal they told of labors
done
And well earned rest that came at
set OF sun,
And we are sure that they who saw
her last,
In that dim vista which we call the
past
We never knew her old or laid aside,
best the maiden and
the bride
Had sprung to greet her with the
olden speech
The dear sweet names no later love
can teach /
And welcome home" they cried and
graspcd her hands
So dwells the mother in the best of
lands"
The funeral was held at her home
W Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Arthur
Gregg officiating. Mr.. Gregg read the
poem "The Liberty of the Veil" She
was buried in the family lot at the
Barnet Center church yard. Rev.
Frances Laird officiated at the grave.
The many beautiful flowers testified
o the love of many friends and rel
,tives.
Frank p. Dawson of Charlmont,
Mass, DR.. and Mrs. Jonah Gilfillan
If Bcebe Plain, VT, Charles Gilfillan
a St. Johnsbury, Mrs. JENNIE Gal
,raith Moore of Passumpsic, E. {.
Smith and Mrs. Walter Kendall of st.
Iohnsbury were in town Wednesday
o attend the funeral of Mrs Mar
;aret Gilfllan.
Mrs. Alfred Stanley of Lincoln, n.
l., is visiting at w. s. Brooks.
Mrs. Margaret B. Hale of West
Barnet spent Wednesday visiting
Mrs. Fred Potts at Sherburn Moore's.
saturdays Caucus and