Obit from West Randolph VT Herald & News 12 Mar 1903
Daniel S. DeWolf
It is with extreme sorrow that the writer of this item is obliged to record the death of Daniel S. DeWolf, who died at his home in Barnard on the first day of March, 1903, aged 86 years.
Funeral was held on the 4th at the schoolhouse in South Pomfret, where a large concourse of friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last respects to one so long known and one so well loved in this vicinity. Rev. M.T. Morrill officiated. The body was placed in a receiving tomb at Riverside cemetery, future interment to be in Woodstock. The pall bearers were four of the deceased's sons, Henry, Harvey, Hermon and Harley, who carefully laid the remains of a loving father to his final rest. Cat. H.N. Bruce was conductor.
This makes the third death within three months in the little district of Turkey Hollow, all persons nearly 85, all neighbors and brothers-in-law.
Mr. DeWolf's farm and residence was as well or better known than any other place in town. Nestled between mountains at the foot of Barnard hills on the Woodstock road, this white house is well remembered for forty years as the home of Dan DeWolfe. It has been the writer's fortune to claim an intimate personal friendship with Dan for a half century and in all these years of experience he has been found a true and faithful friend, with integrity never shaken, and whose word was as good as a United States bond.
He was an extensive dealer in stock, not only in Barnard, but in other towns near by, and in that way became well known throughout this vicinity. No man so poor but he could buy a cow of Dan on credit and no debtor had a more indulgent creditor.
Daniel Shayes DeWolf, son of Daniel Shayes DeWolf, Sen., and Polly (Hodges) DeWolf, was the fourth child in a family of ten, three sons and seven daughters. He was born in Lasalle, N.Y., August 2, 1817. July 23, 1854, he married Miss Elizabeth Perry, of Pomfret, sister of the late Asa Perry of Barnard. Three children were born to them:--Henry, who lives in Reading, Vt.,; Harvey, in Lebanon, N.H.; and Hiram in Loyalton, South Dakota. Mrs. DeWolf died in January, 1870. August 28, 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Matilda Thurbur of Vershire, Vt., who still survives him. From this union, four children were born:--Hermon, Hannah, Hugh (who died in infancy), and Harley, who lives at home. A noticeable peculiarity in this family of children is that each has but one Christian name and all begin with the letter H. One sister survives out of the seven, Mrs. Rosina Rumrill of Madison, So. Dak.
In the death of our lamented friend we are again forcibly reminded that with every sweep of the Grim Reaper's scythe he comes nearer our feet and one by one his shafts will take our lives. Sands in the hour glass are running swiftly and dad by day comes the warning, "Be ye also ready." The fall of friend after friend speaks to us that death respects not youth or age, weakness or strength, rich or poor, but, relentless, claims all. W.C.D.
Daniel S. DeWolf
It is with extreme sorrow that the writer of this item is obliged to record the death of Daniel S. DeWolf, who died at his home in Barnard on the first day of March, 1903, aged 86 years.
Funeral was held on the 4th at the schoolhouse in South Pomfret, where a large concourse of friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last respects to one so long known and one so well loved in this vicinity. Rev. M.T. Morrill officiated. The body was placed in a receiving tomb at Riverside cemetery, future interment to be in Woodstock. The pall bearers were four of the deceased's sons, Henry, Harvey, Hermon and Harley, who carefully laid the remains of a loving father to his final rest. Cat. H.N. Bruce was conductor.
This makes the third death within three months in the little district of Turkey Hollow, all persons nearly 85, all neighbors and brothers-in-law.
Mr. DeWolf's farm and residence was as well or better known than any other place in town. Nestled between mountains at the foot of Barnard hills on the Woodstock road, this white house is well remembered for forty years as the home of Dan DeWolfe. It has been the writer's fortune to claim an intimate personal friendship with Dan for a half century and in all these years of experience he has been found a true and faithful friend, with integrity never shaken, and whose word was as good as a United States bond.
He was an extensive dealer in stock, not only in Barnard, but in other towns near by, and in that way became well known throughout this vicinity. No man so poor but he could buy a cow of Dan on credit and no debtor had a more indulgent creditor.
Daniel Shayes DeWolf, son of Daniel Shayes DeWolf, Sen., and Polly (Hodges) DeWolf, was the fourth child in a family of ten, three sons and seven daughters. He was born in Lasalle, N.Y., August 2, 1817. July 23, 1854, he married Miss Elizabeth Perry, of Pomfret, sister of the late Asa Perry of Barnard. Three children were born to them:--Henry, who lives in Reading, Vt.,; Harvey, in Lebanon, N.H.; and Hiram in Loyalton, South Dakota. Mrs. DeWolf died in January, 1870. August 28, 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Matilda Thurbur of Vershire, Vt., who still survives him. From this union, four children were born:--Hermon, Hannah, Hugh (who died in infancy), and Harley, who lives at home. A noticeable peculiarity in this family of children is that each has but one Christian name and all begin with the letter H. One sister survives out of the seven, Mrs. Rosina Rumrill of Madison, So. Dak.
In the death of our lamented friend we are again forcibly reminded that with every sweep of the Grim Reaper's scythe he comes nearer our feet and one by one his shafts will take our lives. Sands in the hour glass are running swiftly and dad by day comes the warning, "Be ye also ready." The fall of friend after friend speaks to us that death respects not youth or age, weakness or strength, rich or poor, but, relentless, claims all. W.C.D.
Obit from West Randolph VT Herald & News 12 Mar 1903
Daniel S. DeWolf
It is with extreme sorrow that the writer of this item is obliged to record the death of Daniel S. DeWolf, who died at his home in Barnard on the first day of March, 1903, aged 86 years.
Funeral was held on the 4th at the schoolhouse in South Pomfret, where a large concourse of friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last respects to one so long known and one so well loved in this vicinity. Rev. M.T. Morrill officiated. The body was placed in a receiving tomb at Riverside cemetery, future interment to be in Woodstock. The pall bearers were four of the deceased's sons, Henry, Harvey, Hermon and Harley, who carefully laid the remains of a loving father to his final rest. Cat. H.N. Bruce was conductor.
This makes the third death within three months in the little district of Turkey Hollow, all persons nearly 85, all neighbors and brothers-in-law.
Mr. DeWolf's farm and residence was as well or better known than any other place in town. Nestled between mountains at the foot of Barnard hills on the Woodstock road, this white house is well remembered for forty years as the home of Dan DeWolfe. It has been the writer's fortune to claim an intimate personal friendship with Dan for a half century and in all these years of experience he has been found a true and faithful friend, with integrity never shaken, and whose word was as good as a United States bond.
He was an extensive dealer in stock, not only in Barnard, but in other towns near by, and in that way became well known throughout this vicinity. No man so poor but he could buy a cow of Dan on credit and no debtor had a more indulgent creditor.
Daniel Shayes DeWolf, son of Daniel Shayes DeWolf, Sen., and Polly (Hodges) DeWolf, was the fourth child in a family of ten, three sons and seven daughters. He was born in Lasalle, N.Y., August 2, 1817. July 23, 1854, he married Miss Elizabeth Perry, of Pomfret, sister of the late Asa Perry of Barnard. Three children were born to them:--Henry, who lives in Reading, Vt.,; Harvey, in Lebanon, N.H.; and Hiram in Loyalton, South Dakota. Mrs. DeWolf died in January, 1870. August 28, 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Matilda Thurbur of Vershire, Vt., who still survives him. From this union, four children were born:--Hermon, Hannah, Hugh (who died in infancy), and Harley, who lives at home. A noticeable peculiarity in this family of children is that each has but one Christian name and all begin with the letter H. One sister survives out of the seven, Mrs. Rosina Rumrill of Madison, So. Dak.
In the death of our lamented friend we are again forcibly reminded that with every sweep of the Grim Reaper's scythe he comes nearer our feet and one by one his shafts will take our lives. Sands in the hour glass are running swiftly and dad by day comes the warning, "Be ye also ready." The fall of friend after friend speaks to us that death respects not youth or age, weakness or strength, rich or poor, but, relentless, claims all. W.C.D.
Daniel S. DeWolf
It is with extreme sorrow that the writer of this item is obliged to record the death of Daniel S. DeWolf, who died at his home in Barnard on the first day of March, 1903, aged 86 years.
Funeral was held on the 4th at the schoolhouse in South Pomfret, where a large concourse of friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last respects to one so long known and one so well loved in this vicinity. Rev. M.T. Morrill officiated. The body was placed in a receiving tomb at Riverside cemetery, future interment to be in Woodstock. The pall bearers were four of the deceased's sons, Henry, Harvey, Hermon and Harley, who carefully laid the remains of a loving father to his final rest. Cat. H.N. Bruce was conductor.
This makes the third death within three months in the little district of Turkey Hollow, all persons nearly 85, all neighbors and brothers-in-law.
Mr. DeWolf's farm and residence was as well or better known than any other place in town. Nestled between mountains at the foot of Barnard hills on the Woodstock road, this white house is well remembered for forty years as the home of Dan DeWolfe. It has been the writer's fortune to claim an intimate personal friendship with Dan for a half century and in all these years of experience he has been found a true and faithful friend, with integrity never shaken, and whose word was as good as a United States bond.
He was an extensive dealer in stock, not only in Barnard, but in other towns near by, and in that way became well known throughout this vicinity. No man so poor but he could buy a cow of Dan on credit and no debtor had a more indulgent creditor.
Daniel Shayes DeWolf, son of Daniel Shayes DeWolf, Sen., and Polly (Hodges) DeWolf, was the fourth child in a family of ten, three sons and seven daughters. He was born in Lasalle, N.Y., August 2, 1817. July 23, 1854, he married Miss Elizabeth Perry, of Pomfret, sister of the late Asa Perry of Barnard. Three children were born to them:--Henry, who lives in Reading, Vt.,; Harvey, in Lebanon, N.H.; and Hiram in Loyalton, South Dakota. Mrs. DeWolf died in January, 1870. August 28, 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Matilda Thurbur of Vershire, Vt., who still survives him. From this union, four children were born:--Hermon, Hannah, Hugh (who died in infancy), and Harley, who lives at home. A noticeable peculiarity in this family of children is that each has but one Christian name and all begin with the letter H. One sister survives out of the seven, Mrs. Rosina Rumrill of Madison, So. Dak.
In the death of our lamented friend we are again forcibly reminded that with every sweep of the Grim Reaper's scythe he comes nearer our feet and one by one his shafts will take our lives. Sands in the hour glass are running swiftly and dad by day comes the warning, "Be ye also ready." The fall of friend after friend speaks to us that death respects not youth or age, weakness or strength, rich or poor, but, relentless, claims all. W.C.D.
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