1925 obit-Dr. George F. Barber- Brattleboro, Windham Co Date: 4/28/98 10:17:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: tess@sover.net (Terry Perham) from the Brattleboro Reformer Brattleboro, Windham County, VT 1925 WIDELY KNOWN IN PROFFESSION Dr. Barber, Once President of State Dental Society FUNERAL TOMORROW IN HIGH ST. HOME Graduate of Philadelphia Dental School--Class of 1880--Fishing and Hunting His Hobby, In Which He had Few Equals in This Locality Dr. George F. Barber, 71, for many years a well-known Brattleboro dentist, whose hobby was fishing and hunting, died in the Memorial hospital at 2:12 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as mentioned briefly in yesterday's Reformer. Death was due to organic heart disease, complicated by a disease of the gall bladder and liver. He underwent an operation in the hospital June 17. Dr. Barber was a native of West Northfield, Mass. and was born Dec. 1, 1854, one of the three children of Franklin and Jane D. (Knight) Barber. A sister, Mrs. Alexander Thomason of Fitchburg, Mass., survives. Another sister was the late Mrs. Joel Flagg of Guilford. After attending the district school in West Northfield he attended Powers Institute in Bernardston, Mass., and Goddard seminary in Barre (Vt), later entering the Philadelphia Dental school where he graduated in 1880. Following his graduation Dr. Barber practiced in Amherst and Fitchburg, Mass., and then after a period of ill health, established a dental office in the Pratt block, over the present Woolworth store, in 1889, later moving to 103 Main street, in the Union block. On Sept. 27, 1882, Dr. Barber married Miss Ella H. Stevens of Vernon, who survives. They had four children, one dying in infancy. The three survivors are Lester G. Barber, who is in the grain business in Guilford; Lawrence K. Barber, teller in the Vermont Peoples Naional bank; and Miss Margaret G. Barber, business manager of Mount Vernon seminary, Washington, D.C. Dr. Barber was elected president of the Vermont State Dental society in 1905. He attended many state meetings of the society and became widely known in the profession, in which he took high rank. He was a charter member of the Vermont Wheel club, which disbanded last year, and served a term as its president. He also served as president of the Valley Fair Kennel club. He was a member of the Universalist parish. He never affiliated with the fraternal organizations. Few men in this locality were as expert with the rod and gun as was Dr. Barber, and he seldom went out after a string of trout or a brace of partridges without being successful. He possessed a decidedly genial personality and his loss will be mourned by many close friends. Rev. Edwin P. Wood, paster of All Souls church, will officiate at the funeral in the home at 88 High street at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. ************************************************************************ (c)1998, Terry Perham Courtesy of Terry Perham Hinsdale, NH tess@sover.net ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.