Obituaries: Higgins, Daniel Patrick December 23, 1897

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OBITUARIES: HIGGINS, DANIEL PATRICK DECEMBER 23, 1897

In the death of Daniel Higgins, Bellows Falls loses one of
her oldest and most respected citizens. Mr. Higgins
passed away quietly at his home on Kerry Avenue
Thursday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock. He was born in
the county of Kerry in Ireland March 23, 1826. About
1848 he came to this country with his wife, Mary
O'Leary, and his parents and lived in Millers Falls, Mass.,
for about one year. He came to Bellows Falls in 1849
and has lived here ever since.

He worked for some time on the Vermont Valley railroad
and after its completion worked in the railshop
belonging to the same road, under Silas Pierce, master
mechanic. Though born in the old country, Mr. Higgins
was a patriot in every sense of the word, and during the
great war of the rebellion was one of the thousand who
went to Vermont to defend the Stars and Stripes. In
August 1862 he enlisted in Co. G., 11th Vermont
regiment under Grant. At Cold Harbor on June 2, 1863,
he had the misfortune to lose his left foot making ham a
cripple for the remainder of his life.

After the close of the war the deceased returned to
Bellows Falls and as soon as he was able to work was
given charge of the blasting on the site of the Fall
Mountain Paper plant. In this business he was engaged
several years, and when he retired from active work was
chosen night police in Bellows Falls for a period of two
years. After retiring from the police force, owing to age
and impaired health, he did not engage in any active
occuation.

He is survived by his wife Mary; three children, a son
Daniel P. Higgins, superintendent of the Emerson Paper
Company; two daughters, Catherine and Ellen Higgins of
Bellows Falls; and two sisters, Mr. Ellen Manning of
Brattleboro, and Mrs. Johanna Lyngreen of San
Francisco. Mr. Higgins has always been an upright,
hardworking man and as a citizen was highly esteemed
by all who knew him.

He was one of the original trustees of what is now
known as the old Catholic cemetery, his contemporaries
being Daniel Kiniry and Thomas O'Brien, who alone
survives.

For the past 23 years he has been a grand juror in
Windham county, and was one of the most influential
and highly respected members of the Stoughton Post of
the G.A.R. where he had more than once refused official
position because of his physical disability. In the death
of Mr. Higgins, Bellows Falls mourns the removal of
another of the old landmarks.

The funeral will be from St. Charles' church at 8:30
o'clock tomorrow morning with burial in the old Catholic
cemetery. (Note: Daniel Higgins was the son of James and
Catherine (Kennedy) Higgins. He was married to Mary
O'Leary in Castlegregory on Feb 21, 1846).

Source:
Bellows Falls Times (Vermont)