The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-03-04
MRS. JULIA LAUGHLIN PRINGLE

Word has come of the death at q Sixth
ST., Bangor, Maine on Feb. 23rd, of
Mrs. A. B. Pringle, long a resident of St.
Johnsbury Center. Mr.. and Mrs Pringle
have lately been residing with their
daughter in Bangor, and Mrs. Pringle has
for nine months been struggling with
serious illness due to old age We ap
pend the following brief sketch of her life I:
Mrs. Alexander Pringle was born Julia
Ann Laughlin at Ryegate, Vermont,
April 20, 1884.
Her grandfather, Hugh Iaughlin, a
younger son of landed Irish family of
Ballygraffin, Newtownards, near gray
Abbey, County. Down through his warm
sympathies was led to espouse the cause
of the Omitted Irishmen," and served
as Lieut.. Colonel under that banner i'm
the famous "Irish Rebellion" of 1898.
Disaster having befalen the cause. Col.
Laughlin escaped under disguise to America
with price of sixty pounds on his head,
his family being safely embarked by
friends on the same ship. One member
Of the family was Mrs. Pringle's father,
Andrew, then a boy of four years, who
came near betraying his father by recog-
nizing him in his disguise. No hostile
person noticing the slip, however, the
family came safely to Ryegate, Vermont, a
well-known Scotch settlement, where Col.
Laughlin lived until his death in 1896 in
great respect, having served his town as
representative in the Vermont Legislature
no less than four terms.
The boy, Andrew, grown to manhood
espuosed Lucy daughter of Nathaiel and
Hannah Smith Knight, born May Is,
1877 They became Mrs. Pringle's par
ents, and transmitted to her on the one
hand, the strength and persistency,of the
the Scotch-lrish and the grace and taste
of an American family noted for its cum
ming workmanship in gold and silver and |
its musical ability. In Mrs. Pringle's |
cases, the Scotch-lrish was manifested in |
the strength, positiveness and persis- |
tency of character that made her o vital |
force an every community where she lived; /
and the Yankee took the form of that /
wizard-liSe gardenry that makes every /
clod to bloom with beauty, the taste that /
arranged and gave with glad profligacy her
lowers on every occasion of JOY or sadness,
and the musical genius that made her
1ch contraltO voice always sought FOR
,hoirs and concerts.
She was educated in Peacham Academy
under the mutclagc of the famous Phebe
Mckeen, and after graduation taught
several successful terms OF school; but
The was soon claimed by the son Of the
Parsonage, and on Sept. 3, 1857 she mar
led Alexander Balloons Pringle, son Of Rev.
William, Scotch minister Of the United
Presbyterian Church Of her native town.
They lived together in Ryegate. Haver-
ill, y. H., and Thetford, Vermont, until
SGD, when they purchased the home in
i. JOhnsbury Center. Vermont from
which Mrs. Pringle was taken by motor
ambulance last November in order TO be
AIRED for in Bangor by her daughter. ~
Five children were born to her, and she
Ived to rejoice in eight grandchildren,
ii Of whom she loved with a rare devotion.
)ne daughter and one granddaughter
preceded her 20 the better land. The (
urviving children are:
William Alexander pnngle. Superin-
endcnt Of the Niagara Pals factory of
he American Sales Book Company. ~
Rev Henry Nelson pringle. for many
ears Secretary of the Civic League Of
Maine. new Assist Superintendent Of the
Reform Bureau, Of Wash
1gton. -. G. ~
irs. Florence, Eleanor. wife Of Rev
'hafles Frederick Robinson Of Bangor
theological Seminary. Bangor. Me.
James Nelson Pnnele. Deputy Com
Missioner Of Education for the State Of
,ew Hampshire, Concord.
The surviving grandchildren:
Alexander N0ncrief PnnEle Of the
Government Air Service. Washington.
William Prescott pnnrle. IN business. I
Washington n
Edward Edmund and Helen Pnngle,
IiEh School students. Washington.
Nelson Giles pnngle United States
my. Panama Canal Zone.
HUGH Laughlin Robinson. student, Har-
ard Medical School Boston.
Robin Robinson, student. Dartmouth
OlleEe, Hanover. y. III.
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