The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-20
STOWE
Funeral of 0. A. Barrows, Who Died
Sunday After Long Illness.

The funeral of Orlando A. Barrows
was held Tuesday afternoon at Unity
church, Rev. John Q. Angel of Moul-
| tonyille, n. H., conducting the serv-
! ice. The bearers were Elmer l.. Bar
rows, Willis Barrows, Nat r. Bar
| rows and Ernest J.. French. H. W.
Burnham sang "One Sweetiy Solemn
| Thought" and Mrs. II. NJ. Barrows,
| "Face to Face" with Miss Marjorie
Watts at the organ. There were many
| beautiful flowers The burial was made
| in the West branch cemetery.
Among those present from out of
s; town were Mrs. Nellie Barrows and
son, Elliott, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morse,
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Graves. Mrs. Au-
gusta Douglass of Waterbury; Miss
Alice Cole, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Douglass, Harry
| Smith and W. w. Thomas of Morris
! vile; Mrs. Mary Barrows and son,
Everett of Montpelier.
| Mr.. Barrows died Sunday morning,
after oong illness with Bright's dis
| ease. He was born in Stowe, Dec. Is,
| 1853, and was the last surviving child
| of his parents, Henry d. and Clamana
/ Smith Barrows, for many years res
| idents of Stowe. He was married on
his 2Ist birthday TO Miss Emma Cole
! of Morrisville, who survives him. A
son, Elmer L. Barrows, is the only
survivor of their six children. The
Oldest soh, Mark j., died % years ago,
and the Youngest, Martin A., II years
ago. Three died in infancy. There
are four grandchildren, Willis II. Bar
| rows, Ruby, wife of Ernest L. French,
Miss Alice and Roy Barrows, and one
| great grandehild, all of Stowe. Mr..
Barrows' life was passed in Stowe ex-
| cept for about five years in Morris
town. He was for many years an Off
| cial member of the Methodist Epis-
| copaI church in Stowe and had taken
membership in the newly organized
Community church. He was an up
right. earnest Christian man. On the
first morning after his marriage,
family altar was set up in tho new
home and during the As years Mr.. Bar
rows never failed to take part in the
family devotions until the morning be-
fore his death. This is only one in
stance of his conscientious Christian
, life.
Rev. ]. Q. Angel returned to Moul-
tonvile Tuesday. Mr. Angel was the
pastor of the Episcopal church here
for several years. Mrs. Angel, who
has been very i'll, has now recovered.
Twenty-six votes were cast at the
presidential primary Tuesdays John
son 3, McAdoo 4, Webster 4, Hoover
5. Wood and one defective vote.
The body of Mrs Edna Parish of
Mortified was brought here Tuesday
and buried in the family lot in the Riv-
err Bank cemetery, Rev. NJ. z. Bacon
conducting the service at the grave
Miss Parish's sisters. Miss Sarah Par
ish of Randolph and Mrs. Lena Brown
Reed OF Berlin. and brother, Elisha
Parish of Mortified, were among those
who came with the body. Besides the
above mentioned relatives, Miss Parish
leaves a sister, Mrs. Emma Gorham of
Randolph, and a brother. Luther Parish
of Stowe, Miss Parish was IS years
of age and was the daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Philander Parish of
Stowe She was formerly a school
teacher here but had resided in North
field for many years.
Miss Margaret Keefe and pupils Of
the eighth grade visited the Stowe
free library Tuesday afternoon. when
Miss Keefe gave a lesson on the use
of the books in the library.
Joseph Peters, who underwent an OPP
Grafton at the Fanny Allen hospits
Saturday for serious case of appen
dicitis, is doing as well a. can be ex
pected
Walter Burnett and daughter of
Hartford Conn, have joined Mrs. Bur
nett and daughter here and viii re-
main for short stay with relatives.
Fay Tinker, who had been taking |
care of o. A. Barrows. returned to
Morrisville the first of the week.
The remains of Mrs Arsbelle Me !
Manisl Ayers, wife of Guy Ayers of
Waterbury, were brought Tuesday |
evening to the home of her parents. |
Mr.. aud Mrs Barney T.. MeMsnis, from |
the Fanny Allen hospital, where she |
died that morning. after a few days 1
illness. Mrs Ayers was 30 years Of |
age. Besides her husband and par
ents, she leaves two sons, Dennis and |
Leonard; five brothers. William. Der
nard. John, Carroll and Ambrose Nc |
MANS, all of Stowe. and three sisters, |
Mrs. Leon Carpenter Of Waterbury. |
Mrs Frank Bean OF Dexter. Me, and |
Mrs. Robert Houston OF Stowe. The |
funeral was held at 10 o'clock this |
morning at the s. Andrews church \
at Waterbury. Burial will be made in
the Catholic cemetery at Dux bury.
Airs. Abbie Warren and Miss Martha !
Curry, at the Mary Fletcher hospital,
are doing well.
william Jones was taken Sunday to
the Mary Fletcher hospital, where he
Is being treated for bad heart trou.
bic. Mr.. Jones' neighbors have done /
the springs work on his farm this