VERMONT.
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BRATTLEBORO.
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TWO SUDDEN DEATHS.
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Elbridge J. Knowlton and J. Wilder
Smith Die of Heart Disease.
Two sudden deaths from heart disease took place in Brattleboro yesterday. Elbridge J. Knowlton of South Main street dying about [9?] and J. Wilder Smith dying at the home for the aged and disabled less than an hour later. Both were in failing health but were able to be about, and Mr. Knowlton was on the street Thursday. Mr. Knowlton was 68 years old, a civil war veteran, and superintendent of the Prospect Hill cemetery. He was born in Rochester, Vt., and was a son of S. E. and A[...]hsa (Robinson) Knowlton. He enlisted in Co. E, 4th Vermont regiment and saw active service. Immediately after the war he went to Brattleboro, and for nearly 20 years he had charge of the Prospect Hill cemetery. He is survived by a son, Elbridge L. Knowlton, a motorman on the Brattleboro street railway; two daughters Mrs. Fred Dilbeck of Brattleboro and Mrs. Ashbel Meacham of Hinsdale, N. H.; three brothers, H. P. Knowlton of Hartford, Ct., and Horace and Herman Knowlton of Lowell, Mass.; and three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Hodgkins of Brattleboro, Mrs. Eli Cook of West Hartford, Ct., and a sister in Rochester. J. Wilder Smith had been in failing health about a year, but he had not been confined to his bed at all. He was 87 years old on his last birthday. He was in business in Brattleboro the greater part of his life, 40 years of which were spent in the livery business. His stable was burned in 1869. It stood in the rear of the old Brattleboro house, about where Howard & Yearly's stable now stands. Mrs. Smith died many years ago. There were two daughters, Belle, who married Theodore Kirkland and died in Rutland, Vt., and Miss Maverette Smith of Saxtons River. Mr. Smith had been at the home for the aged about eight years.
The Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
Saturday, 3 October 1908
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BRATTLEBORO.
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TWO SUDDEN DEATHS.
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Elbridge J. Knowlton and J. Wilder
Smith Die of Heart Disease.
Two sudden deaths from heart disease took place in Brattleboro yesterday. Elbridge J. Knowlton of South Main street dying about [9?] and J. Wilder Smith dying at the home for the aged and disabled less than an hour later. Both were in failing health but were able to be about, and Mr. Knowlton was on the street Thursday. Mr. Knowlton was 68 years old, a civil war veteran, and superintendent of the Prospect Hill cemetery. He was born in Rochester, Vt., and was a son of S. E. and A[...]hsa (Robinson) Knowlton. He enlisted in Co. E, 4th Vermont regiment and saw active service. Immediately after the war he went to Brattleboro, and for nearly 20 years he had charge of the Prospect Hill cemetery. He is survived by a son, Elbridge L. Knowlton, a motorman on the Brattleboro street railway; two daughters Mrs. Fred Dilbeck of Brattleboro and Mrs. Ashbel Meacham of Hinsdale, N. H.; three brothers, H. P. Knowlton of Hartford, Ct., and Horace and Herman Knowlton of Lowell, Mass.; and three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Hodgkins of Brattleboro, Mrs. Eli Cook of West Hartford, Ct., and a sister in Rochester. J. Wilder Smith had been in failing health about a year, but he had not been confined to his bed at all. He was 87 years old on his last birthday. He was in business in Brattleboro the greater part of his life, 40 years of which were spent in the livery business. His stable was burned in 1869. It stood in the rear of the old Brattleboro house, about where Howard & Yearly's stable now stands. Mrs. Smith died many years ago. There were two daughters, Belle, who married Theodore Kirkland and died in Rutland, Vt., and Miss Maverette Smith of Saxtons River. Mr. Smith had been at the home for the aged about eight years.
The Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
Saturday, 3 October 1908
VERMONT.
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BRATTLEBORO.
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TWO SUDDEN DEATHS.
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Elbridge J. Knowlton and J. Wilder
Smith Die of Heart Disease.
Two sudden deaths from heart disease took place in Brattleboro yesterday. Elbridge J. Knowlton of South Main street dying about [9?] and J. Wilder Smith dying at the home for the aged and disabled less than an hour later. Both were in failing health but were able to be about, and Mr. Knowlton was on the street Thursday. Mr. Knowlton was 68 years old, a civil war veteran, and superintendent of the Prospect Hill cemetery. He was born in Rochester, Vt., and was a son of S. E. and A[...]hsa (Robinson) Knowlton. He enlisted in Co. E, 4th Vermont regiment and saw active service. Immediately after the war he went to Brattleboro, and for nearly 20 years he had charge of the Prospect Hill cemetery. He is survived by a son, Elbridge L. Knowlton, a motorman on the Brattleboro street railway; two daughters Mrs. Fred Dilbeck of Brattleboro and Mrs. Ashbel Meacham of Hinsdale, N. H.; three brothers, H. P. Knowlton of Hartford, Ct., and Horace and Herman Knowlton of Lowell, Mass.; and three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Hodgkins of Brattleboro, Mrs. Eli Cook of West Hartford, Ct., and a sister in Rochester. J. Wilder Smith had been in failing health about a year, but he had not been confined to his bed at all. He was 87 years old on his last birthday. He was in business in Brattleboro the greater part of his life, 40 years of which were spent in the livery business. His stable was burned in 1869. It stood in the rear of the old Brattleboro house, about where Howard & Yearly's stable now stands. Mrs. Smith died many years ago. There were two daughters, Belle, who married Theodore Kirkland and died in Rutland, Vt., and Miss Maverette Smith of Saxtons River. Mr. Smith had been at the home for the aged about eight years.
The Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
Saturday, 3 October 1908
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BRATTLEBORO.
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TWO SUDDEN DEATHS.
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Elbridge J. Knowlton and J. Wilder
Smith Die of Heart Disease.
Two sudden deaths from heart disease took place in Brattleboro yesterday. Elbridge J. Knowlton of South Main street dying about [9?] and J. Wilder Smith dying at the home for the aged and disabled less than an hour later. Both were in failing health but were able to be about, and Mr. Knowlton was on the street Thursday. Mr. Knowlton was 68 years old, a civil war veteran, and superintendent of the Prospect Hill cemetery. He was born in Rochester, Vt., and was a son of S. E. and A[...]hsa (Robinson) Knowlton. He enlisted in Co. E, 4th Vermont regiment and saw active service. Immediately after the war he went to Brattleboro, and for nearly 20 years he had charge of the Prospect Hill cemetery. He is survived by a son, Elbridge L. Knowlton, a motorman on the Brattleboro street railway; two daughters Mrs. Fred Dilbeck of Brattleboro and Mrs. Ashbel Meacham of Hinsdale, N. H.; three brothers, H. P. Knowlton of Hartford, Ct., and Horace and Herman Knowlton of Lowell, Mass.; and three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Hodgkins of Brattleboro, Mrs. Eli Cook of West Hartford, Ct., and a sister in Rochester. J. Wilder Smith had been in failing health about a year, but he had not been confined to his bed at all. He was 87 years old on his last birthday. He was in business in Brattleboro the greater part of his life, 40 years of which were spent in the livery business. His stable was burned in 1869. It stood in the rear of the old Brattleboro house, about where Howard & Yearly's stable now stands. Mrs. Smith died many years ago. There were two daughters, Belle, who married Theodore Kirkland and died in Rutland, Vt., and Miss Maverette Smith of Saxtons River. Mr. Smith had been at the home for the aged about eight years.
The Springfield Republican
Springfield, Massachusetts
Saturday, 3 October 1908
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