History of Litchfield county, Connecticut, Part 38

Author: J.W. Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1532

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His first wife was from a family well known in Maine for talent and character, Miss Lucy Porter, sister of Mrs. Dr. Lyman Beecher and descendant of the Hon. Rufus King. By her his surviving chil- dren are C. L. Brace, J. P. Brace, Jr., and Mrs. J. W. Skinner. He married again-Miss Louisa Moreau, of this city. He was also connected through his sister with the Hon. Charles G. Loring, the late dis- tinguished lawyer of Boston.

JOHN CATLIN.

John Catlin is of English ancestry, and was born in Litchfield, Conn., May 23, 1814. His father, Levi, was son of Thomas, and also was born in Litchfield. He (Levi) married Anna E. Landon, and had eight children, John being the fifth. He was a farmer, and lived three miles southeast of Litchfield village. He was a Whig in politics, and held several town offices. He was born Nov. 11, 1772, and died Oct. 16, 1841. Mrs. Catlin was born Jan. 6, 1779, and died Sept. 24, 1868. Thomas Catlin was a farmer, a soldier in the Revolution, was captain, reared a family, and died aged ninety-three years. The children of Levi were Seth, Daniel, Avis, Ellis, John, Achsah, Guy, and Levi. All save Achsah married and had children.

John Catlin received the advantages of a common- school and academic education, and wrought as a farmer during the summer until he was nineteen, when he determined to delve deeper into learning. He carried his determination into action, and was grad- uated from Yale College in 1839. Upon graduation he began to teach at Northfield, Conn .; then taught at

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Litchfield, then returned to Northfield and taught a private school, continuing there several years, work- ing on the farm during the summer. Giving up teaching he became a merchant at Northfield, and continued in trade eight years. He was postmaster of Northfield many years, and held it under Lincoln's administration. In politics he was in early life a Whig. From the formation of the Republican party he advocated its principles. He was magistrate for many years and school visitor. He is director and a stockholder in the Northfield Knife Company. At the age of seventeen years he united with the Congre- gational Church, and is now deacon, which office was first given him over thirty years ago.

He married, May 19, 1840, Laura, daughter of Sher- man and Polly (Tompkins) Humiston, of Northfield. She was a native of that town, and born Oct. 1, 1813. Their children were Frank H. (now president of North- field Knife Company), Mary H. (died young), John Howard (secretary of Northfield Knife Company), and James P., a farmer on the homestead.

Sherman Humiston, son of John, was born in North- field, Conn., Sept. 24, 1789. He married Polly Tomp- kins, who was born May 5, 1790. He was a thorough and successful farmer, and died March 1, 1828. His wife died Jan. 6, 1860. John IIumiston came from West Haven or vicinity, and was among the very early settlers of Northfield. He was a farmer. The first house he built in Litchfield is still standing.

FRANKLIN I. CATLIN.

Franklin H. Catlin, son of John and Laura II. Catlin, was born in Litchfield, Conn., July 22, 1841. After fair educational advantages through boyhood, entered the village store in Northfield as clerk, re- maining some five years; then attended the Litchfield Academy a short time, when he entered Eastman Business College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduating in May, 1862.

In January, 1863, accepted the office of secretary of the Northfield Knife Company, which he held two years, when he was elected president and treasurer of the same corporation, taking entire charge of the business at the most critical period of its history, since which time his record has been closely identi- fied with that of this company, and he has continu- ously held and still retains the office to which he was then elected.

He married, November, 1871, Julia M. Lyman, daughter of Rufus and Sarah Lyman, of New Hurt- ford, Conn.

Politically is a staunch Republican ; usually, how- ever, not taking an active part in politics, personal attention to the extensive detail of the cutlery busi- ness leaving little time for other matters.

MYRON OSBORN.

Myron Osborn is of Welsh descent. His great- grandfather, Benjamin Osborn; came from East Hampton, L. I., and settled in Litchfield, Conn., with his family about 1736. He was born in 1692, and died in 1762. He was a farmer by occupation, and had much to do in shaping the public mind of his day. He married Elizabeth and had the following children,-viz .: Benjamin, Jr., Samuel, John, Be- thiah (wife of Ebenezer Beebe), and Rev. Sylvanus, who was a pastor of a Congregational Church in the town of Warren for many years; his widow married Rev. Mr. Day, of New Preston, and became the mother of Thomas and Noble Day.

Capt. John Osborn, third son of Benjamin and Eliza- beth Osborn, was born in the town of Litchfield, Conn .; married Lois Peek, and had the following children : John, Ethan, Eliada, Heman (died young), Elizabeth, Rebecca, Anna, and Thalia, all of whom became heads of families. Capt. John Osborn rendered valuable aid to the American army during the Revolutionary war. He and his wife were members of the Congregational Church. After living an honorable and useful life as a farmer, he died Jan. 4, 1814, aged eighty-four years, and his wife died in 1819.

Eliada, son of John Osborn, was born in Litchfield, Conn., and was twice married.

Ilis children were as follows, viz. : Myron, John, Rebecca, Elisha M., Nathan L., and Eliada, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and what was more remarkable, there was not a death among the children until after the youngest was more than sixty years of age. Eliada Osborn was a farmer by occupation and a man much esteemed. He was for many years connected with the State militia, and was known as Capt. Eliada Osborn. In politics he was a Federalist and Whig. He died at the age of eighty-seven years, and his wife at eighty years. She was a member of the Congregational Church.

Myron Osborn, the immediate subject of this sketch, is the ellest son of Eliada, and was born on the 28th of September, 1796, hence is at the present time (1881) in the eighty-fifth year of his age.

Mr. Osborn remained at home on his father's farm receiving such educational advantages as the schools of his day afforded. At eighteen he commenced to work for one Orin dudd, as an apprentice to the carpenter's and joiner's trade. After three years he began to work for himself at one dollar a day, and the most he ever received was one dollar and a quarter a day. One of the first houses he huilt was his own, which was erected in 1822. Hle used to take contracts to build residences and other buildings, and many are the substantial houses in and around Litchfield that are standing monuments of his superior workmanship. In 1840 he began the manufacture of linseed oil at Bantam Falls, with Philip S. Beebe, which he followed some twelve years, since which time he has been engaged in agriculture.

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Mr. Osborn has been successful in whatever he has undertaken. He is hale and hearty, genial, social, and hospitable. He owns a good farm west of the village of Litchfield. In politics he is a Republican. IIe married Emeline Goodwin, daughter of Capt. Erastus Goodwin, of South Farms, Conn., Dec. 22, 1824. She was born Sept. 25, 1800. Both Mr. and Mrs. Osborn are members of the Congregational Church, and have been a great many years. Their children are,-(1) Caroline M., wife of George Ken- ney, of Litchfield; (2) Cornelia, at home; (3) Eliza- beth, died at six years of age; (4) Julia E., wife of George William Mason, an intelligent farmer in Litchfield; (5) Eliada G., was a sergeant-major in Company A, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, and lost his life in front of Petersburg, March 25, 1865. He left one daughter, Katie Goodwin. His widow married ex-Governor Charles B. Andrews, of Litchfield; (6) Myron M., died young.

AMOS BISSELL.

Amos Bissell was born in Litchfield, Conn., July 15, 1798. He was the son of Benjamin Bissell, a Rev- olutionary soldier, who settled in Litchfield more than a century ago. He had a large family of twelve chil- dren,-seven daughters and five sons. All the daugh- ters and four of the sons grew to adult age. He was an extensive farmer and large land-owner. He died at the age of seventy.one years.

Amos, the immediate subjeet of this sketch, spent his early life on the home-farm, and, after the death of his father, took charge of the farm and assisted his mother in the family. At her death the estate was distributed, and Amos received two hundred aeres of land, near the old home, where he has sinee resided. He has added other lands, and now has a large and fine farm. He was married when twenty-eight years of age to Lydia Bridgman Hall, daughter of David Hall, of Litchfield. She died June 12, 1863, aged sixty-one years, having been the mother of seven chil- dren, five of whom are now living : Edward is a law- yer at Fon du Lac, Wis. ; William is a physician in Salisbury, Conn .; Elizabeth died when a young woman ; Julia is the wife of Dr. Allen, residing in the State of New York ; Lyman died when a child ; Dwight, who occupies the home-farm, and has the principal care of the family, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sey- mour Pickett, of Waterbury ; they have three chil- dren, and have buried one; Mary, the youngest daughter, is unmarried and lives at home. And now, after a long and industrious life of more than four- score years, we find this venerable citizen in the en- joyment of good health and the respect of all. He has been a consistent member of the Congregational Church many years.

THE BISSELL FAMILY.

It is probable that the Bissell family is of Huguenot descent, many of whom fled from France to England to escape the persecutions which followed the mas- sacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572. The family in England is little known, and has but one coat of arms, which is of a religious, rather than warlike, character. It is thus described in "Burke's Complete Armory":

" Bissell, Gu. on a bend, ar .; three escallops, sa. Crest, a demi-eagle with wings displayed, sa. charged ou the neck with an escallop shell, or."

The family of John, who came to Windsor, Conn., is the only one of the name known to have come to this country. Tradition asserts that they came from Somersetshire County, England, to Plymouth in 1628.

John came to Windsor, where he first appears in 1640. Here he received the monopoly of the "Seantie Ferry," was the first settler on the east side of the Connecticut River, and the founder of a numerous, energetic, and honorable family even to the pres- ent day.

John Bissell, Sr., died Oet. 3, 1677, aged eighty- six ; his wife died May 21, 1641.

Children,-John, born in England; Thomas, born in England ; Mary, born in England, married Jacob Drake, 1649; Samuel; Nathaniel, born Sept. 24, 1640; Joice, married Samuel Pinney.

SECOND GENERATION.

John, Jr., married Izrel Mason, of Saybrook.

Thomas, married Abigail Moore, 1655; settled on the east side of the river, and died July 31, 1689. Children,-Thomas, born 1656; Abigail, born 1658; John, born 1660; Joseph, horn 1663; Elizabeth, born 1666; Benjamin, born 1669; Sarah, born 1671 ; Isaac, born -; Esther, born 1677 ; Ephraim, born 1680.

THIRD GENERATION.

Isaac Bissell, born 1673; married Elizabeth Osborn, May 2, 1706; moved to Litchfield and became the founder of the Litchfield branch of his family ; died Nov. 6, 1744; she died Jime 15, 1761. He bought one-sixtieth part of Litehfield (about seven hundred acres) for four hundred and fifty pounds ; also bought a lot in North Street for ninety pounds, April 16, 1730, on which he settled in 1730. The "old red house," built by him about 1740, was at the time of its demolition, in 1853, the oldest house in town. The Congregational parsonage now stands (1881) on the site of the " old red house" built in 1740.

Children,-Elizabeth, born Feh. 4, 1707, probably died young ; Isaac, Jr., born March 9, 1709 ; Abigail, born Jan. 16, 17II, married Thomas Catlin, May, 1732; Sarah, born Feb. 3, 1713, married James Kil- bourn, Sept. 11, 1733; Joel, born Jan. 1, 1714; Ben- jamin, born July 2, 1717; Roger, born March 24,

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1718; George, born March 24, 1720 ; Joseph, born Sept. 7, 1722; Zebulon, born 1724.

FOURTH GENERATION.

Zebulon, born 1724, married Abigail Smith ; was a soldier of the Revolution in Capt. Bezaleel Beebe's company ;* was taken prisoner at Fort Washington ; died at Woodbury on his way home, as was supposed from the effects of poison given to him, previous to an exchange of prisoners, by the British; was the oldest man in Capt. Beebe's company ; estate settled in 1777.

Children,-Zebulon, Jr., born Oct. 3, 1751 ; Ben- jamin, born Jan. 15, 1754; Rhoda, born April 5, 1760, married Arnnah Blakeslee; Abigail, married John Landon.

FIFTHI GENERATION.

Zebulon, Jr., married Sarah Watkins, Jan. 13, 1774.

Children,-John, born Feb. 10, 1776, married Kate Marsh, of Litchfield ; was a merchant in Utica and Albany ; also built a house in Litchfield, on East Street, where he resided many years; died in 1856; had children,-Samuel (deceased), John, and Edward (lawyers in New York City).

Benjamin, born Jan. 15, 1754, married Esther Benton, Feb. 21, 1779; he died Feb. 28, 1825, aged seventy-one. She died Dec. 27, 1840, aged eighty- three.

Children, - Rebecca, born Feb. 9, 1782, married William Smith, of Chenango, N. Y .; Anna, born Dec. 14, 1784, married Levi Hoyt, of Cooperstown, N. Y. ; Nathaniel, born Dec. 31, 1786, married, first, Anna Smith, of Middlebury, Conn .; second, Sarah Marsh, of Litchfield, and had children,-Erastus S., Henry B., Ralph, Frederick, Julia A., and Charles ; Benjamin married Melissa Post, of Canaan, Conn., February, 1822, and had children,-Oscar, Benjamin, George, Augustus, Lawrence, and Melissa ; Eunice, born Feb. 10, 1790, died unmarried; Abigail, born Feb. 19, 1792, married John Griswold, and had a daughter, Cornelia (married Dr. Charles Vaill) ; Rachel, born Sept. 18, 1793, married Jonathan North, of Greene Co., N. Y .; Dotha, born Oet. 18, 1795, mar- ried John Landers, of Broome Co., N. Y. ; Herman, born Jan. 16, 1797, married Anna Peek, Nov. 30, 1820, and had children,-Leonard C., David O., .Julius (de- ceased), Harriet, Frances J., Julius (2d) ; the family removed to Fon du Lac, Wis .; Amos, born July 16, 1799, married Lydia Hall, March 15, 1827, and had chil- dren,-Edward, William, Elizabeth, Julia, Dwight, Mary. Julia married Lyman J. Smith.

Henry B. Bissell, son of Nathaniel Bissell, was born April 10, 1814. He received a common-school education ; married Clarissa M., daughter of Capt. Samuel Wright, of Milton, Conn., April 7, 1841.

They had nine children, of whom six are now liv- ing. He is by occupation a farmer. He is a member of the Congregational Church in Litchfield, and was chosen deacon May, 1858.

ELIADA KILBOURN.

Eliada Kilbourn is of English descent, and a lineal descendant of the seventh generation from Thomas Kilborne (as the name was formerly spelled), who was the ancestor of all the Kilbourns in Connecticut, and most of those in other States of the Union and in Canada. Said Thomas Kilborne was born in 1580, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and with his family, consisting of wife, Frances, and children, viz., Margaret, Lydia, Marie, Frances, and John, embarked from London, England, on the 15th of April, 1635, in the ship " Increase," Robert Lea master. The family settled at Wethersfield, Conn. Thomas Kilborne died previous to Dec. 25, 1640, as appears from the Weth- ersfield Land Records, Book I., page 135.

SECOND GENERATION.

Sergt. John Kilborne, only son of Thomas and Frances Kilborne, was born in 1625, consequently was only ten years of age when he came to America with his parents. llis name appears on the Wethersfield Records as early as Sept. 24, 1647, and was a land- holder as early as May 20, 1649. Though history has neglected to chronicle his deeds, his name, neverthe- less, appears conspicuous upon the "Old Colonial Rec- ords" for u period of nearly half a century. He seems to have been an active, energetic spirit in the little colony, and to have possessed in no small degree the confidence of his fellow-colonists. He married Naomi - in 1650. She died Oct. 1, 1659, leaving three children, viz., John, Thomas, and Naomi. He then married Sarah -, by whom he had Ebenezer, Sarah, George, Mary, Joseph, and Abraham. He died April 9, 1703, and his wife died Dec. 4, 1711, aged seventy years.

THIRD GENERATION.

Joseph Kilborne, third son of John Kilborne by his wife Sarah, was born in Wethersfield, Conn., about 1672, and was married to Dorothy, daughter of Dea- con Samuel Butler, June 4, 1696. She died Aug. 19, 1709, and he married, for his second wife, Hester, daughter of Jacob Gibbs, of Windsor, June 29, 1710. By his first marriage he had the following children, viz., Dorothy, Joseph, Jonathan, and James. By his second marriage, Benjamin, Hester, Elizabeth, and Mary. Joseph Kilborne was one of the first set- tlers of Litehtield, Conn., and one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church in Litchfield. On the 12th

* It Is related of Cupt. Rozaleel Beebe, by his son, tho Into William Beobo, that In after-years he had many visits from the Revolutionary soldiers forinerly of his company. Many of them, in spending the hours in visiting with their old captain, would recount tho battlra, marchen, and Imprisonmonts they had gone through together. While they talked tho leurs would roll down their aged cheoks, in telling of the hardship and privations they had endured In the camp and marches of that event. ful period.

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of December, 1721, he was admitted an inhabitant of Litchfield, and on the 17th of December, 1722, he was chosen a selectman, and on the 26th of December, 1722, he was appointed, with two others, " A commit- tee for building the meeting-house." He filled vari- ous offices of trust until his death, probably in the year 1744.

FOURTII GENERATION.

Capt. Joseph Kilbourn (the 2d), son of Joseph Kil- bourn by his wife Dorothy, was born in Wethersfield, Conn., July 9, 1700, and emigrated to Litchfield, Conn., with his father in 1721, where he married Abigail Steekwell, Nov. 12, 1723. lle held nearly all the offices of trust and honor in the town, and was a rep- resentative from Litchfield to the Colonial Legislature in October, 1752, and in May, 1753. On the organi- zation of the Episcopal Society in Litchfield, he gave to said society "one-third of an hundred aere lot sit- uated in South Farms." Ile was a farmer, as his an- cestors had been, and lived one-half mile west of the village of Litchfield. IIe died in 1756, having sur- vived his wife some eight years. Ilis children were as follows,-Elisha, Benjamin, Jeremiah, Ruth, Sol- omon, Charles, Catharine, Anna, and Abigail.

FIFTH GENERATION.

Solomon Kilbourn, fourth son of Capt. Joseph Kil- bourn, was born in Litchfield, March 1, 1736; married Anna Palmer, April 8, 1756, and died July 30, 1806. He was a farmer by occupation. His children were Rachel, Hannah, Jeremiah, Solomon, Anna Olive, Whitman, and Sibbil (also spelled Sybbel.)

SIXTH GENERATION.

Whitman Kilbourn, third son of Solomon Kilbourn, was born in Litchfield, Conn., April 12, 1772; married Thala, daughter of Capt. John Osborn, April 7, 1800. Their children were as follows : Myron, Ethan, Lewis, Eliada, Amanda, and James. His daughter, Amanda, married James B. Peck, of Litchfield. Mr. Kilbourn was a farmer by occupation and a Whig, or more properly now (1881) known as Republican, in politics. He died June 18, 1843, and his wife died May 8, 1865, in the eighty-ninth year of her age.

SEVENTH GENERATION.

Eliada Kilbourn was born in Litchfield, Conn., Feb- ruary, 1809. He remained at home with his parents till their death, when he became the owner of the " old homestead." He married Mary Ann, daughter of Deacon Charles Dudley, of Litchfield, Conn., Nov. 1, 1843, and to them have been born four children, viz., Myron E., born Nov. 1, 1844, married and re- sides in Wisconsin ; Charles D., born April 22, 1847 ; Caroline, born March 25, 1850; and Florella M. A., born July 5, 1853. Caroline married Frank W. Gris- wold, a farmer of Goshen; Florella M. A. married Fremont M. Grunins, a farmer in Litchfield. Mr. Kilbourn has always been a farmer, and a man uni-

versally respected. In politics a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Kilbourn are members of the Congregational Church in Litchfield. His son, Charles D., has con- trol of the home-farm, which consists of some two hundred acres, which is in a good state of cultivation. In politics he is a Republican, and a member of the Congregational Church. He married Matilda R. Nor- ton, of Norfolk, Oct. 4, 1876, and has one son, Harry N.

NOAH GUERNSEY.

Noah Guernsey was a son of Noah Guernsey, who settled in Litchfield, near Northfield, Conn., at an early day, and was born on his father's farm, April 10, 1793. He married Amanda Crosby, May, 1816. She was born Jan. 29, 1795, and is still hale and hearty, and retains much of the vigor of youth, though she is in the eighty-seventh year of her age. Their chil- dren were William H. (deceased) ; Julia A., wife of Guy Catlin (deceased) ; Egbert, a prominent physi- cian in New York City; Noah (deceased) ; and Har- riet (deceased). Mr. Guernsey was a farmer by occu- pation, as his father had been before him. He took a deep interest in political matters, and often held the more important offices in his town. As a Whig, he was often a selectman of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Guernsey were members of the Congregational Church. He died April 16, 1873. He was honest, sober, indus- trious, and economical. He was esteemed and re- spected by all who knew him. His widow is residing with her only living daughter, Mrs. Guy Catlin, about one mile northwest of Northfield, Conn.

GUY CATLIN.

Guy Catlin, son of Levi Catlin, was born Oct. 9, 1819, on the farm in Litchfield, Conn., where he con- tinued to reside till his death, Feb. 11, 1861. His advantages for an education were limited to the com- mon schools of his day except a year spent in the Litchfield Academy. On the 23d of May, 1843, he married Julia A., daughter of Noah and Amanda Guernsey, of Litchfield, Conn., and to them were born Amelia G., a teacher in San Francisco, Cal. ; Alice A., a teacher in New York City; and Austin H., a con- ductor on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Mr. Catlin was a successful business man and farmer, and although he died in the prime of life, he left his family in comfortable circumstances. He was a staunch Republican in politics. He was a quiet, unassuming man, courteous towards all, and charitable to those who differed from him. The Cat- lin family is one of the oldest, as well as one of the most highly esteemed families in Litchfield, and the subject of this sketch inherited some of the noble qualities of head and heart of his honored ancestors.

NOAH GUERNSEY.

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HENRY W. BUEL, M.D.

' Henry W. Buel, M.D., son of Samuel. Buel, M.D., who was a practicing physician of eminence in Litch- field for more than forty years, was born April 7, 1820. In 1840 entered Yale College, and graduated in 1844, receiving the degree of A.B., and in 1847 the degree of A.M. Immediately after leaving col- lege commenced the study of medicine, at first with his father, and subsequently in the offices of Dr. W. P. Buel and Dr. Gordon Buck, of New York City, at the same time attending the courses of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of that city. Receiving the appointment of junior walker in the old New York Hospital he passed regularly through the grades of junior and senior walker, one year in each ; and finally, after receiving the degree of M.D. from the college, was appointed house-surgeon at the hospital, and served the regular period of one year, remaining also a short time longer in that position, and receiv- ing a certificate of recommendation from the governors and surgeons of the hospital. Upon leaving the New York Hospital, in 1849, was appointed resident physi- cian of Sanford Hall, Flushing, L. I., which position he occupied five years. In 1854 returned to Liteh- field; in 1856 revisited Europe; and in the year 1858 commeneed the institution now known as "Spring Hill Home for Nervous Invalids." Has been presi- dent of the Connecticut Medical Society, of the Litchfield Medical Society, member of the State board of charities, and was also appointed by Gov- ernor Hubbard one of three commissioners to ex- amine into and report upon the need of provision for the indigent insane of the State.

PAYNE KENYON KILBOURNE, A.M.

Payne Kenyon Kilbourne (son of Chauncey and Hannah Kenyon Kilbourne) was born in Litchfield, Conn., July 26, 1815. He was hred a printer, in the office of the late Nathan Whiting, Esq., long known as the editor of the Religious Intelligencer, the first and oldest religious newspaper in the world. At the age of eighteen years he commenced writing for the periodicals of the day, both in prose and verse, and soon achieved a respectable reputation in that depart- ment of literature. In the spring of 1836, Mr. Storer, proprietor of The Literary Emporium, offered a series of prizes for the best tales and poems that should be written for that paper. The committee of award consisted of Mr. Storer (the editor), David Francis Bacon, M.D., and the Rev. Oliver Ellsworth Daggett, D.D. Young Kilbourne (though still in his minority) determined to run his chance of success, and accord- ingly wrote and sent in an article in Spenserian stanzas, entitled "New England." The committee, after due, deliberation, decided that the best poem presented for

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History of Litchfield county, Connecticut, Part 38

Author: J.W. Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1532

Author: J.W. Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1532