“AUGUSTUS BARROWS. Augustus Barrows, deceased, was for many years prominently identified with the commercial interests of Burlington, Vermont. He was born on the 24th of May, 1844, in the city of Burlington, and was the son of George E. Barrows, who was born in Wallingford, this state, in 1804. After acquiring his education in, the public schools of his native city, the latter learned the trade of a hatter, and engaged in that occupation for a number of years. Removing thence to Burlington, Vermont, he embarked in the grocery business, and his success in that enterprise was the result of good judgment, careful management and diligence in business. He married Miss Harriet Marshall, who was born in Williston, this state, in 1817, and they became the parents of eight children, two of whom are still living, Lucy M., the wife of Horace L. Bundy, of Hartford, Connecticut; and Louis M., a prominent resident of Burlington, Vermont. George E. Barrows passed away in death in 1873, when he had reached the age of sixty-nine years, and his wife's death occurred in 1887, when in her seventieth year. Augustus Barrows, a son of George E. and Harriet Barrows, obtained his education in the common schools of Burlington, and after completing his education, being then fifteen years of age, entered his father's grocery store, where he remained until he attained his majority. He then purchased his father's old store, conducting the same successfully for a number of years, but later engaged in the wholesale crockery and paper trade, at that time being the only one in that occupation in the city of Burlington, and he thus continued for the following twenty-five years. On the expiration of that period, however, his health failed, and he was forced to retire. Subsequently he entered the real estate business, and while thus engaged constructed a number of tenament houses, also the Barrow's block, which is situated on the east side of Church street, erected a number of houses which he afterwards disposed of, built a beautiful residence on South Union street, Burlington, where he resided for many years, and also the handsome house in which his widow now makes her home. He also erected Kathleen Temple, which served as a memorial to his beloved daughter Kathleen, and he sold a number of lots in what was then called Barrowsville, it having been largely through his instrumentality that real estate interests developed so rapidly in the city of Burlington. He was one of the best known and most efficient real estate men, and his word was considered as. good as his bond. In his political belief Mr. Barrows was a firm supporter of the measures adopted by the Republican party, and in his fraternal relations he was a member of the Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On the 21st of May, 1873, Mr. Barrows was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Larue, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1850, being a daughter of John C. Larue, who was born in New Jersey in 1801. Mr. Larue was a man of sterling qualities, and served for many years as judge of the supreme court of Louisiana. For his wife he chose Miss Mary L. Mintzer, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a daughter of William Mintzer, and Mrs. Barrows was their only child. The father died when he had reached the age of fifty-four years, and his wife passed away when only twenty-four years of age. One child came to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Barrows, Kathleen Larue. Mr. Barrows was called to his final rest on the 7th of November, 1897, passing away at his late residence, 328 North avenue, in Burlington, Vermont, and his widow still survives.”[1][2]
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