Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-01-27
Male Female Total
Totals,

Sixteen of the marriage licenses issued
here were for marriages which were per-
formed elsewhere. In going over the
records it was interesting to note that
one girl had been divorced and was mar
red again at the age of 10: one man was
married for the fourth time, at the age of
al one bridegroom at the age of 73 was
married for the third time while it was
the second marriage for his bride, who was
GS. In four instances both the bride
and bridegroom had been divorced in II
instances the bridegroom alone had been
divorced and in nine instances the bride
alone had been divorced. 1t was the
second marriage for 13 men whose first
wives had died and the second marriage
for II women whose first husbands had
died Three men were married for the
third time and one for the fourth time, but
according to the records none of the
women had been married more than once
previous to last year. Eight girls were
obliged to have the consent of parent, the
youngest of these being Is years old. Ten
boys secured consent, the youngest being
II. In one instance both the bride and
bridegroom. who came here from out of
town, had the consent Of parents, the bride
being IL and the bridegroom 20. In an
other instance two children" living in
town, n girl of II and a boy of 10, were
married on consent of parents. Local
ccrgymen and Justice of the Peace G. s.
Hopkins performed 49, ceremonies, one
or both of the contracting parties being
from out of town in 40 cases.
Ceremonies performed locally were as
follows: Justice C. s. Hopkins, 81 ;
Rev. DR. Clark T. Brownell, 90; Rev.
James ~T. Rand, % Rev Edwin p.
Wood, 10: Rev. DR.. Herbert p. Woodin,
% Rev. Walter c. Bernard, 6; Rev.
Charles G. Chayer, 6; Rev. Arthur v
Woodwork, 4 Rev. G. Walter Bishop, 4 ;
Rev Dclmar +. Trout, 4 Rev. Il. q. s.
Osgood, 3; Rev. Oscar Casting, 3; Rev
Ebert S. Hewitt, /; Rev. Thomas
Mann. J.
While the records show n total of 2l1
deaths during the year 80 of these were
at the Retreat and all but two of that
number We're from other towns and Other
states The records show III men tC
have died against total of "a women
The oldest person to die was woman
who was 96 years of age, and five womer
lived to be 80 or over. The oldest mar
was % and he was the only man to have
reached the Goth milestone. OF those dy
ing at the Retreat the oldest was &
woman of 90 and the Oldest man dy ine
there was 81. One man dying at the
Retreat at the age of GS years had livpt
there II years and one who died at tn,
age of so had been there 80 years. On,
woman and four men committed suicid,
during the year--one by taking poison
one from revolver shot, one from hang
ing, one by cutting his throat and one by
drowning. the last three being at the Re
treat. Two persons died from the effects
of burns, both non-rcsidents. One Brat
tleboro resident died elsewhere and tn,
burial took place elsewhere. Twenty
nine non-residents died here aside from
those dying at the Retreat. The larges
number of DEATHS were of persons be
tween the ages of CT and 70, while tn
number of those dying between the age
of Al and GO was nearly as large.
In the following table Of deaths thu
"R" signifies the number dying at thu
Retreat and these are figured in tn
male" and female columns: