Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-02-22
OBITUARY
Death Takes Several Newport Citi-
zens in Past Few Days.
Mrs. Josiah Grout.


On Friday morning, February II,
at her late residence on Second street,
Mrs. Harriet Human, wife of ex-
Governor Josiah Grout, passed away
after an illness of about three months.
The end was not unexpected and the
love watch had been kept for several
days previous to her passing. Angina
pectoris with other complications
withstood all that medical science and
loving attention could devise, and the
end came while she was surrounded
by members of her immediate family.
Mrs. Grout was born in Derby,
Sept. A, 1912 and of four
children of Aaron Human and Nancy
Stewart; the other children being
Colonel Benjamin Human who died in
1915. Mrs. Jane E. Bisbee who died
in Chicago in 1909, and Mrs. Charles
X. Bates who died in New York in
1917. Her death marks the passing
of the Human branch of the family.
Aaron Human, her father, was the
son of Benjamin Human who settled
on the place known as the Grout farm
in the town of Derby prior to 1912
and later erected the first frame
house built in the town. The farm
has remained in the family until re-
Gently when it was sold to III. HI.
Blake, who now occupies it.
The first time Mrs. Grout ever
heard Of the man who later became
of his being mortally wounded on the
field of battle, and that no hopes were
entertained for his recovery. After
the close of the Civil War, Mr.. Grout,
having recovered and returned to Yer
mont with the commission of Major,
was invited to deliver the 4th of July
Grafton in Newport, and at the home
of Mrs. CIRCUITS sister, Mrs. Bisbee,
where he was entertained, they met
for the first time. They were married
at Derby in 1867, and lived for time
in Island Pond, and in 1868 moved
to Newport and took up their resi-
dence where the Colodny Block now
stands. In 1875 they moved to Chi
cago, and in 1878 to Rock Island, Il
linois. where their son Aaron H
circuit, now an attorney practicing in
Newport, was born. In 1881 the lure
of the old home state drew them back
and since that time they have made
their home here, living for time in
Derby and later in Newport.
Mrs. Grout was a true helpmate to
her husband, a woman of rare intel
ligence and queenly bearing. She
could not only conduct the affairs of
her household with skill but could also
grace with dignity the position that
became hers as the wife of the States
Chief Executive. She was a woman
of no mean literary ability; she hav-
ing written many articles and poems
of merit which were withholden from
publication because of her modesty.
She leaves to mourn her death a
husband, the Honorable Josiah Grout,
and a son, Aaron III. Grout and his
family. Many messages of condol-
ences were received by the family,
among them the following:
Dear Governor: The sad news of
your deep affliction has just reached
me. Your loss is shared by your
State. and Vermont mourns with you
and extends to you it's deepest SYM
pathy. Permit me to add a personal
expression of sympathy from Mrs.
Hartness and myself. James Hart
ness.
Colonel C. S. Emery was designated
by Governor Hartness to represent
the State at the funeral.
The funeral services were held in
the First Baptist Church, and owing
to the illness of the pastor were con-
Quoted by Rev. l.. A. Edwards of the
Congregational church, who paid fit
ting tribute to this noble woman, bas-
ing his remarks upon Proverbs 1874
ga virtuous woman is crown to her
husband" The front of the church
was banked with wonders of the flor
lists art and were fitting tributes to
this sweet and beautiful life. The
body was placed in the tomb at the
West Derby cemetery and will later
be buried in the family lot at Derby.
The sympathy of the community
and commonwealth goes out to the
bereaved family, for great is their