Abbreviations used
Date August 16 1872
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily News
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
The 'Christian Visitor' - We have to record the death of Brother J.S. COLPITTS which took place at his residence, Salisbury (West. Co.) on Friday 19th inst. He died of consumption, aged 45 years. His funeral took place Sunday 11th. The three different Orders to which he belonged were well represented, viz. Free Masons, British Templars and Sons of Temperance, all marching in regalis to the Old Burying Ground on the opposite side of the river. a distance of a mile or nearly. (see original)