1925 obit-Charles H. Bemis
Date:	8/10/98 8:34:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time

from the Brattleboro Reformer
Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
			      1925

			    EAST DOVER

			CHARLES H. BEMIS DIES

	Charles H. Bemis, 73, a much respected citizen of this village, died at
7 o'clock this morning after a few days illness with pneumonia.  Mr.
Bemis was born in Wardsboro, July 27, 1852, the oldest of the eight
children of Henry Clark and Maria (Hale) Bemis.  He attended the public
schools of this town and spent his early life here with the exception of
a short time in Worcester, Mass.

	On March 19, 1870, he married Charlotta Ella Harrington of Barre,
Mass.  Mr. Bemis was engaged in farming practally all his life.  Thirty
-seven years ago he bought the Whitney Jones farm about one and
one-fourth miles from this village, on the Wardsboro road, where he had
since lived.  Mr. Bemis was keenly interested in town affairs and had
served as selectman, justice of the peace, auditor and lister.  He was a
member of the East Dover Methodist church.

	He leaves his wife and three daughter, Bertha, wife of Will Bemis;
Elra, wife of Erwin Smith; and Eleanor, wife of Wayne Yeaw, all of
Brattleboro.  The oldest daughter, Nellie Frances, died in 1882 at the
age of one year.  He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Luther Eames of
Wardsboro and Mrs. William Smith of Amherst, Mass.

	Mr. Bemis was very devoted to his home and family.  They have the
sympathy of the community in their loss.

	The funeral will be held in the home Sunday at 10 o'clock.  Rev. R. L.
Emery, pastor of the Baptist church of East Dover, will officiate.  The
burial will take place in the family lot in Wardsboro.
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Terry Perham
Hinsdale, NH
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