Bennington County VT Archives Obituaries.....Smith, John May 24, 1835
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"Dust to Dust-
In Manchester, May 24. Mr. John Smith, in the 90th year of his age. For many
years he had been a useful and much beloved member of the Baptist Church of that
town. As he had lived respected, so he died lamented. Blessed are the dead that
die in the Lord."
At the end of the obituary column appeared a laudatory obituary in tribute to
John Smith & Daniel Jones: "In the death of Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones, two aged
patriots, the young have lost an example well worthy of imitation. Early in life
the truths of Christianity were instilled into their minds, and at the same time
they imbued those patriotic principles which induced them to espouse the case of
liberty. These were the principles which were ever nourished in their bosoms
until the frosts of so many tedious winters whitened their hoary heads to
admonish them that their names must be transferred from the rolls of the
Revolution and recorded with the vast catalogues of the dead. And now they have
gone to join their relatives and friends that have long since gone before them
and mouldered into dust. Thus fall the aged oaks that have withstood the blasts
and storms of almost a century. But at last the all devouring tide of time with
one slight convulsion has tumbled them down. And now those remains that were
once so dear will be passed by the heedless stranger, only noticing with
curiosity, the little mound that will be heaped over the ashes that was once
well worthy by their good examples, of the gratitude and admiration of a
grateful people."


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