Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-12-15
NEWFANE
Funny Woodbury. Newton.

Fanny Woodbury. Newton, So, who
was born Nov. IL, 1887, the eldest of
eight children Of Marshall and Nancy
(Tufts) Newton, entered into rest Dec.
10, 1872. Following the decease of her
sister, Mary, in January, 1918, she
gradually declined in strength though
her physical inhrmities were few and
slight and her mental faculties keen and
vigorous until within a short period.
During her long life in the home
where she was born she rarely employed
the services of a physician, and in her
last Illness apparently suffered no pain
She was naturally accomplishing, pa
tent and gentle. She had been practi-
cally helpless, confined to her bed for six
months. tenderly nursed by Mrs. Eliza
HGzelton and Mrs. Julia Hamlin, as
sisted by her niece, Mrs. Mary Gushing,
and by Mrs. Flora Read.
Her mind was a repository for great
mass OF interesting facts of history and
biography concerning the early settlers
of this and adjoining towns; the trad-
tons of earlier generations as well as
events of her period. and in her last
years she talked freely with her brother,
who sat with her often by the ireside
and listened to her interesting tales of
the olden times, which will be lost with
her passing.
She was descendant of Richard
Newton (1635) of Marlboro, Mass, and
the last of her generation, save one, of
the descendants of Marshall Newton,
who served in the Continental army,
participating in the campaigns of Cen
eral Washington and being attached to
his bodyguard at Valley Forge. In 1877
he came to Newfane and settled on
Newfane hill in a spot now known as
the Sibley farm. Her mother was q
daughter of Rev. James Tufts, the first
minister of Wardsboro, whose church
was organized in 1894 He also was the
son of soldier of the American Revo-
luton.
Her father, who will be remembered
by the older citizens, was one of the Off
cials of Windham county during the de-
cade preceding his death in 1870. She
is survived by brother, William II.
Newton, three nieces, two nephews, two
grand-nephews and one grand-niece.
Although Miss Newton was not a
church member she exemplified her relig-
ion by her life, which was ever governed
by high ideals of service in the home and
in the community where her good deeds
were quietly bestowed throughout her
long and useful life. Possessing the
traits Of n Puritan ancestry, she made
no compromise with evil. She was @
strong upholder of justice, but would
have justice tempered with mercy in
every case. No more appropriate cpl
words of the Savior. BLESSED are the
merciful for they shall obtain mercy
The funeral was held in her home at
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. f.
M. Wis&all officiating. Two selections
were sung by e. II. Miller, Lead. Kindly
Light, and Crossing the Bar. The bur
ial took place in the Newfane village
cemetery, in the family lot. The bearers
were James Newton, Marshall Newton,
w. G. Ballou and George b. Bush
Many beautiful flowers, which she dearly
loved, came from relatives, friends and
the neighbors. Those from out of town
who We're present at the service were
her nephew, James Newton, his wife and
son, Marshall Newton, student in
Dartmouth college, from Worcester.