The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-25

THE PASSING OF A PIONEER
Sketch Of Abram Morgan, Long Time
Resldtnt OF Pownal.

On the road between bennington
aud PoHnal, on slight elevation
overlooking the surrounding coun
try, stands an o d pine tree, TwisteJ
md beaten By the storms Of years
It stands q landmark, While tho gen
erutions OF men come and 90 across
the country side It's lonely strength
towering above the pasture Is
known 10 hundreds, and as they pass
along the highway they never fail e
greet IT,
On the hill opposite for many
many years has lived q man known
throughout the whole country side
for his courage and his wisdom and
strength to help them through the
days
SomClow In the thoughts OF men
and women who knew them both.
the old pine tree on the hill, and tho
fne upright character on tle farm
overlooking the countryside have
become oBely interviewer. Alike
they have seemed 10 tower above
the present generations. Watching
their restless lives. Interested in
their tolls and cares. yet TAX ny no
longer au active part In their world
And nov, since in the past fen
weeks, Abram Morgan has past away,
removed from tJe country aide In
which for so long be has lived bis
life courageousy aud uDrightly in
the SIGHT OF all men, somehow L
would seem hitting H. on passing
along the highway, one should BE-
10 d the cd pine tree prone upon the
earth
Abram Morgan was born July l..
1880, son Of Abram Morgan, and
Amida Barber Morgan, his wife. He
has lived all his life in Pownal and
has given Of his time and strength
generously to h's community and to
the lives o his fellow men He has
borne his part IN the work OF t1e
town, holding various offices ono
after the other He represents an
age that Is rapidly slipping away, an
age that produced strong men and
women, helpful and considerate
friends aud neighbors lie IL of an
age that introduced great and endur.
Ing changes throughout t1e wor d
Of an age that has given to the race
of men its greatest and most helpful
inventions. lie was of this age, and
though not q stranger TO the pres
ent time. he lived bis lie governed
by the ideals that shaped men aud
women IN the times that have
watched the deep changes involved
in the growth OF an industrial age
--amung them, the sow withdrawal
OF family after family from the coun
try to the town Undisturbed by the
mis- " changes OF the days, he has
lived his HE IN the quietness OF the
country where he was born
For fifty years. Mr. Morgan was
member OF the Methodist Church OF
rownal During the life OF h wife
when the time came t1at they cou d
no longer drive TO distance for serv-
Ices. together they would spend their
Sunday afternoons reading the Bible.
Mr. Morgans motto which was a
statement OF his conviction was. III
YOU can't speak well Of others, don't
say anything and do to them as you
would have Clem do 10 You.
NJ Morgan was OF unusual phys'-
>al development and strength. In
be ght he WAS well over six feet lie
was noted widely for bls great en
lurance. and for the great keenness
1f his sight and hearing, both facul.
lies serving him TN tHs end. Since
.he death OF his wife IN 1915 he had
Iuiet withdrawn more and more
nto himse'f. awaiting the release
that he knew could not be Tar dis
.ant still more after the death Of
,is son Lemuel Morgan iu the cpl
lemic Of 1919 he ceased 10 take an
active uart In the life N the home
.arm. He and bis son we're closely
associated IN the life Of the days, IN
he work and the recreation. When
Lemuel Morgan d'ed. II was as
.hough the last interest tat tied the I
Did man to life we're removed.
None Who knew him. not even those !
gho, perhaps. passing by his home /
saw him, no longer al q to walk. at /
Ing peacefu'ly. waiting an old man, |
ut Off by his growing INF rmity
RON the life of the days. could nov
Sish him hack. One could but feel
hat the comrades and friends Of his I
prime had past away and with them
,ad gone all the old mans interests
Ie but waited Until the time should
,ome for him to follow.
In tAe deep peace ami tranquil ny |
hat attended his passing is swallow
ID up all the heartache and the sor I
.ow OF the relatives and friends that
10 has left behind
Mr.. Morgan died at his late home !
II Pownal on December Is. 1921. TIE /
uneral was held December 2S, Rev,
pastor Of the Methodist
church In Wiu'amstowu, ofiiCiatlne
,r. Morgan IS survived by four grand
,hildren. Carrie VI. Patterson, Res
,ie NJ. Patterson, Ida l.. saunders, F.
ihTam Morgan aud by Mrs. Lena
Morgan. the widow ot the late Lcmu-
VI Morgan luterment vas In the
Morgan Memorial Cemetery OF Row
val. The bearers wore Herbert
Morgan. william Morgan Egb' .
\madon. Henry Amadou l'rcd Nor.
,an and Francis Morgan.
The old pine tree at the Powual
crossroads stn stands, q monument
o an age tnat has past Throughout
he years to BE-, for generations yet
lnhorn II shall still, perhaps be a
IN all tho country side.
Iet the day shall come when men
md women who have known shall
,olnt the place where stood the old