1925 obit-Mrs. Abby Harris-Brattleboro, Windham Co.,         
Date:	4/26/98 7:51:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:	tess@sover.net (Terry Perham)


from the Brattleboro Reformer
                Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt
                           1925

                MRS. ABBY HARRIS DIES AT AGE 91
Was Mother of Treasurer C.A. Harris of Brattleboro Savings Bank and
Widow of Frederick Harris

        Mrs. Abby Ann (Daggett) Harris, 91, mother of Charles A. Harris,
treasurer of the Brattleboro Savings bank, and widow of Frederick H.
Harris, died yesterday morning at 5:45 o'clock in her home at 14 Brook
street.  Death resulted from a general breaking down due to her advanced
age.  She had been confined to her bed since about Thanksgiving time.

        One of four children of Caleb C. and Lydia W. (Simmons) Daggett, Mrs.
Harris was born in Westmoreland, NH June 1, 1833.  She was the last
surviving member of her father's family.  A sister, Mrs. Elihu H. Thomas
of Prospect hill, died about six years ago.  Mrs. Harris attended the
schools in Westmoreland, also the academy at Washington, N.H. On Oct.
14, 1858, she married Frederick Henry Harris of Chesterfield, N.H., the
ceremony taking place in Chicago.  Rev. Josiah Marvin, a Universalist
minister, brother-in-law of Mr. Harris, officiated.  Mr. and Mrs. Harris
began housekeeping at Port Huron, Mich., where they lived for two years
in rooms arranged for them in the railroad station.  Mr. Harris being at
that time a builder of railroad stations for the Grand Trunk railroad.

        They came to Brattleboro in 1860 to make their home, and their entire
married life was spent in this town.  Mr. Harris, shortly after coming
here from the West built the house now owned by F. L. Pike at 79 Western
avenue, formerly owned by Judge E.L. Waterman, Mr. and Mrs. Harris made
their home there several years, and it was there that their son, C.A.
Harris, was born.  A daughter, Julia Louisa, was born September 18,
1864.  She died July 5, 1868.  Mr. Harris, who was a widely-known
contractor and builder, did Nov. 25, 1803.

        Mrs. Harris had been a devout Universalist all her life and had been a
member of the Universalist church since April 17, 1881, joining when
Rev. E.W. Whitney was pastor.  She was an active and earnest worker in
all the societies affilliated with the church as long as her health
permitted.  She made an airplane flight with her grandson, Fred H.
Harris on her 87th birthday, and talked very entertainingly of her
experience.

        She leaves besides her son, Charles A. Harris, one grandson, Fred. H.
Harris of this place, stock and bond salesman and outdoor enthusiast.  A
granddaughter, Evelyn Harris, died in August, 1922.  She also leaves
three nieces, Mrs. John C. DeWitt and Mrs. E.C. Tenney of Brattleboro,
Mrs. A. L. Kenney of Greenfield, Mass., and three nephews, Fred, Frank
and Edgar Batler, who live in the West.

        Mrs. Harris kept informed as to all current events through her love of
reading, and during the past few years of her life, when her eyesight
became impaired, she was read to by her companion.  She possessed a
delightful sense of humor.  For many years she had kept a diary and
during all that time she recorded the temperature three times each day.
She was a woman of sterling Christian principles and lives as she
believed.

        The funeral services will be held tomorrow aftenoon at 2:30 o'clock in
her late home on Brook street.  Rev. Edwin P. Wood, pastor of All Souls
church, will officiate.  The body will be entombed in Prospect Hill
cemetery to await burial in the Harris family lot next spring.
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(c)1998, Terry Perham
Courtesy of
Terry Perham
Hinsdale, NH
tess@sover.net

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