History of Litchfield county, Connecticut, Part 68

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

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1865 .- Asa White, Clement Thompson. 1866 .- W. S. Bunnell, Hiram Baldwin. 1867 .- Renben Scovel, Harvey Deming. 1868 .- Henry S. Sawyer, William M. Yale.

1869,-W. G. Kinney, John S. Wheeler. 1870 .- Solomon Sackett, John P. Norton.

1871 .- Levi Cooke, S. G. Hitchcock. 1872 .- Lucien O. Bass, Giles M. Lawton.

1873 .- Timothy Persons, Hiram Sage.

1874 .- Timothy Persons, Hiram Sage.

1875 .- Harvey L. Coy, Flavell J. Bushbell. 1876 .- Leonard D. Benham, Henry Terrell.

1877 .- Timothy Hart, James McCaffrey. 1878 .- William G. Kinney, Buritt Roberts.

1879 .- John S. Wheeler, Alanson Mead. 1880 .- Roawell B. Brooks, John A. Moore.

1881 .- William N. Vining, Edwin T. Griffin.

MILITARY RECORD."

Samuel E. Gibba, Co. B, 2d Regt; enl. May 7, 1861; disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Joseph W. Donnelly, Co. A, Ist Cav. ; enl. Dec. 16, 1864; must. out Aug. 2, 1865.

Edgar C. Lewis, Co. A, Ist Cav .; onl. Dec. 16, 1864; must. out June 13, 1865.

S. Till, Co. A, Ist Cuv .; enl. Dec. 16, 1864.

John Kline, Co. C, Ist Regt .; ent. Dec. 8, 1864.

('hurles Johnson, Co. K, lst Cav .; enl. Dec. 9, 1861 ; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. Henry Hamilton, Co. MI, Ist Cav .; enl. Dec. 8, 1864; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. James Kinney, Ist Cav. ; onl. Dec. 14, 1864,

John W. WIng, lat Cav. ; eul. Dec, 9, 1864.

J. L. Ingraham, Ist Art .; onl. Dec. 7, 1863; must, out April 21, 1965.

F. Smith, Ist Art .; cul. Aug. 17, 1864; disch. Sept. 25, 1865.

B. B. Beach, Ist Art .; onl. April 12, 1862; must. out Feb. 4, 1864.

11. Britan, 5th Regt.

William Hoffman, 5th Regt,

11. McAddIn, 5th Regt. ; enl. July 22, 1861; disch. July 22, 1864.

Il. M. Gibbs, 5th Regt .; enl. July 22, 1861 ; disch. July 19, 1865.

William Kerr, 5th Regt .; enl. July 22, 1861,

E. Lungan, 5th Regt. ; oul. July 22, Ist].

Charles Mercheau, 5th Regt .; eul. July 22, 1864.

Edward Higgins, 7th Regt .; ent. Nov. 11, 1863; must. out July 20, 1865,

C. Dowey, 7th Regt .; enl. Sept. 7, 186] ; must. out July 20, 1805. Thomas Dobbyn, 7th Itegt .; onl. Sept. 7, 1861 ; disch. Sept. 12, 186-1.

S. Simons, 7th Regt. ; enl. Sept. 7, 186] ; disch. Sept. 12, 186-1. M. E. Torrill, 7th Regt. ; oul. Sept. 7, 1861 ; disch. Sept. 12, 1864. George Williams, 7th Regt .; enl. Sept. 7, 1861 ; disch. July 20, 1865. Juhın E. Gillett, enl. Fob. 23, 1864; disch. Dec. 8, 1864.

David Allen.

R. S. Craig, 7th Regt .; ent. Nov. 10, 1863 ; trans. to navy.

C. E. Taylor, 7th Regt. ; enl. Nov. 9, 1863; trans. to navy.

Joseph Vogt, 7th Hegt. ; enl. Nov. 11, 1863; disch. July 20, 1865.

A. Collect, 7th Regt. ; onl. Nov. 6, 1863; must, out July 20, 1865.

P. Hyppolite, 7th Regt. ; enl. Nov. 6, 1863; trans. to navy.

P, Larrire, 7th Regt. ; col. Nov. 9, 1863.

J. Pluyretese, 7th Regt. ; enl Nov. 5, 1863.

L. L. Parker, Ilth Regt .; onl. June 23, 1862; died Nov. 12, 1862.

George Wenvor, 13th Regt .; enl. Dec. 7, 1861; disch, April 25, 1864. Ronjamlu Bradley, 13th Regt .; eul. Dec. 22, 1861.

M. Cary, 13th Regt .; ont. Feb. 1, 1862; disch, April 25, 1868.

E. J. Hidwell, Co. C, 8th Regt .; enl. Sept. 25, 1-61; must. out Dec. 12, 1805.

. For list of 19th Regiment, see Chapler V.

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John T. Bidwell, Co. C, 8th Regt .; enl. Sept. 25, 1861 ; disch. June 2, 1862,

John Gaunier.

O. M. Mitchell, Co. C, 8th Regt .; enl. Oct. 5, 1861; disch. Jan. 14, 1862.

G. H. Mitchell, Co. C, 8th Regt .; enl. Oct. 5, 1861 ; disch. June 2, 1862.

J. Parker, 9thı Regt .; enl. Dec. 15, 1864.

A. J. Balcom, 11th Regt .; enl. Feb. 24, 1864; died 1864 ; prisoner. M. Roach, 11th Regt. ; enl. Nov. 28, 1864 ; disch. Dec. 21, 1865.

R. E. Corper, 11th Regt .; enl. Nov. 25, 1861 , disch. Dec. 31, 1864.

J. Gloster, 11th Regt. ; enl. Dec. 4, 1861 ; disch, Feb. 28, 1863.

J. North, 11th Regt .; enl. Nov. 27, 1861 ; disch. July 2, 1862.

H. A. Smith, 28th Regt. ; eul. Aug. 25, 1862; disch. Aug. 28, 1863. Leman Pease, 28th Regt .; enl. Sept. 8, 1862; disch. Ang. 28, 1863. J. E. Ormsbee, 28th Regt .; enl. Sept. 10, 1862; died Aug. 10, 1863. 11. L. Allen, 28th Regt .; ent. Ang. 25, 1862 ; disch. Aug. 28, 1863. Joseph Brown, 20th Regt .; enl. Dec. 14, 1864; disch. July 19, 1865. 11. L. Allen, 28th Regt .; enl. Aug. 25, 1862; disch. Aug. 28, 1863. A. Bote, 28th Regt .; enl. Nov. 14, 1862.

G. W. Cook, 28th Regt .; enl. Aug. 25, 1862; died June 24, 1863.

O. S. Canfield, 28th Regt .; enl. Nov. 14, 1862; disch. Aug. 28, 1863.

T. D. Lincoln, 28th Regt .; enl. Sept. 9, 1862; disch. Ang. 28, 1863. E. Terrill, 28tl: Regt .; enl. Aug. 25, 1802.

M. O'Connor, 28th Regt .; enl. Nov. 14, 1862; disch. Nov. 25, 1863. W. A. Armun, 29th Regt .; enl. Dec. 7, 1862 : died July 26, 1864. E. llickox, 29th Regt .; enl. Dec. 7, 1863 ; killed Oct. 27, 1864.

S. Hickox, 29th Regt .; enl. Dec. 7, 1863; died May 13, 1864.

C. St. John, 29th Regt .; eul. Dec. 15, 1863 ; died Nov. 3, 1864.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEN. EDWARD A. PHELPS.

Gen. Edward A. Phelps, only son of Avah Phelps, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was born in the town of Colebrook, Litchfield Co., Conn., March 26, 1808. His father was a native of Harwinton, Conn., and settled in Colebrook at an early day. (See his- tory of Colebrook, by R. Rockwell.) Avah Phelps married Welthan, daughter of Samuel Mills, of Cole- brook, and to them were born one son and eight daughters, all of whom are now (1881) dead except their son, Edward A., and Catharine, wife of Dr. William Carrington (deceased), of Colebrook. Mr. Phelps was a large and successful farmer. In politics he was a Democrat, and as such was a leading man in his town, and held various town offices, among others that of member of the State Legislature. He was a captain of the State militia for several years. He died in 1844, aged eighty-four years.

Gen. E. A. Phelps received a common-school edu- cation, supplemented by four years of hard study at Capt. Alden Partridge's military academy, at Middle- town, Conn. Immediately after his graduation at Capt. Partridge's academy, he spent the following winter at Litchfield, Conn., studying law under the well-known eminent judge and lawyer, Judge Gould. In the spring of 1830, being an only son, he returned to his native town and took charge of the "old farm" of some five hundred acres, which is considered the best in the town, and one of the best in the county. Gen. Phelps has been the leading farmer of the town for more than fifty years. His buildings are sub-

stantial, a view of which can be seen elsewhere in this work.

Like his honored father, he is a Democrat. He has held all the offices in the town to the general satisfac- tion of his constituents. He was a member of the State Legislature in 1841, again in 1851. In 1853 he was a bank commissioner. For several years he was a director in the Hurlbut National Bank of Winsted. HIc has often been a delegate to county, State, and national conventions. In his younger days he took a deep interest in military affairs, and held the various positions from ensign of a company to brigadier- general of the Sixth Connecticut Brigade, several times refusing to be promoted above his superiors. He has been twice married, first to Elizabeth S., daughter of Henry Carrington, by whom he had three children, viz., (1) Elizabeth, died young ; (2) Edward A., Jr., a successful wholesale grocer in New York City; and (3) Carrington, a lawyer by profession, and a farmer by choice, in Morris, Stephens Co., Minn.

His second wife was Charlotte G., daughter of John Swasey or Sueaswey, and sister of Capt. Par- tridge's wife. They were married at Capt. Alden Partridge's, Feb. 6, 1851. She is a member of the Baptist Church, and he is a regular attendant and very liberal supporter of the same.

REUBEN ROCKWELL.

Reuben Rockwell was born at Colebrook in August, 1818, and has always resided in the town ; was elected to the Legislature in 1857, and to the State Scnate in 1858; was appointed by President Lincoln, in 1862, assessor of internal revenue for the Fourth District of Connecticut.

TIMOTHY PERSONS.

Timothy Persons, youngest son of Elihu Persons, was born in Sandisfield, Mass., Dec. 8, 1820. He re- mained in his native town until April 9, 1849, when he removed to Colebrook, where he has since resided. He has always been an active business man, and until within a few years has carried on the business of tan- ning. Mr. Persons has been selected by his townsmen for various positions of trust and responsibility, and he justly merits the high esteem in which he is held by all. He represented his town in the Legislature in 1859 and 1873, and again in 1874; has also been a selectman, and is a present justice of the peace, hav- ing been elected in 1876. On Sept. 10, 1851, hc mar- ried Calista Baxter, of Colebrook, and had two chil- dren,-Dwight B., born May 9, 1853, and Jane C., born Dec. 2, 1860,-both deceased. Mr. Gilbert Bax- ter, father of Mrs. Persons, was an active man in the town ; he held various town offices, and was a member of the Legislature in 1836. He died April 12, 1876, aged eighty-four years. Mrs. Baxter is still living at the advanced age of eighty-three.

E. A. Phelps.

Timothy Persons

John S. Wheeler

Doughty, Photographer, Winsted, Conn.

REUBEN ROCKWELL.

A. O. PINNEY.

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JOHN S. WHEELER.

John S. Wheeler, youngest son of Philander Wheeler, Esq., was born in Salisbury, March 5, 1830. His father practiced law at the Litchfield County bar for a period of thirty years or thereabonts, when he abandoned this profession to give his attention to mercantile pursuits, landed interests, and other busi- ness operations. John S. was educated in the com- mon and more advanced schools of his native town, and subsequently enjoyed the benefit, for a term of years, of private instructions from Rev. Jonathan Lee, of Salisbury, since deceased, and still later, for a more brief period, from Rev. George H. Nicholls, then of Salisbury, now of Hoosic Falls, N. Y. He had two brothers,-Daniel P., who now resides in the village of Washington Hollow, Dutchess County, N. Y., and Benjamin H., who died in Salisbury in April, 1858. He has two sisters,-Sally A., now residing in Salis- bury, and Irene J., widow of Ensign Church, Esq., late of North Canaan, whose home is in New York City, but who spends most of her time in foreign and domestic travel. His mother died when he was about two years old. A second marriage on the part of his father secured to him one of the best of step-mothers, and the faithful, gentle, and affectionate ministra- tions of his eldest sister in his extreme youth are the basis of a debt of gratitude to her which he can never repay. He took sole charge of his father's store in Salisbury in 1845, and remained in this position till the spring of 1850, when he removed to Cornwall Bridge, to care for and manage certain property owned by his father in and near that village, and, in connection with other affairs, he opened a store, which was conducted, in the name and style of " P. Wheeler & Son," during a term of nearly six years. His father's death occuring in December, 1855, he was associated one year with his brother, Benjamin H., in closing the estate, and in October, 1857, he located in Colebrook, where he now resides. Ilis business in this latter location has been that of gen- eral merchandising, at the stand long known as " the Alpha Sage place," situated midway between the villages of Colebrook Centre and North Colebrook. He continued in this occupation till 1875, when poor health forced him to withdraw. A murderous assault, made on him one October evening in 1869 by a South- ern negro for purposes of robbery, and from which Mr. Wheeler barely escaped with life, was a severe shock to a naturally frail organization, and no doubt contributed materially, in its ultimate results, to bring about a serious and long-continued attack of nervous prostration, the severity of which could only be miti- gated by absolute quiet and rest. Happily, he is now in much improved health, and anticipates, with no small degree of satisfaction, a renewed lease of strength, which may be devoted, at a day not far dis- tant, to the prosecution of some pleasant, fairly re- munerative, and enjoyable business avocation. Mr. Wheeler never seeks official station, A man of a fair

measure of intelligence and ability, he has received from the good people of his adopted town repeated ex- pressions of confidence and good-will, always without solicitation on his part, and he has endeavored to dis- charge the trusts confided to him conscientiously. He represented Colebrook in the Legislature in the .year 1869, and again in 1879. He is now serving as town treasurer for his seventh year, and as town clerk for his fifth year. He holds other minor offices, and served for a long term of years as a justice of the peace, till he peremptorily declined to serve in this capacity longer. As town clerk and town treasurer he is the successor of Hon. Reuben Rockwell, a gen- tleman of opposite political affiliations, a very su- perior man, and an exceptionally good officer. This result Mr. Wheeler does not ascribe to his personal popularity, nor to any special merit of his own, but rather to changes in the relative strength of the politi- cal parties in the town,-changes which he acknowl- edges he has helped to foster and promote, in his feeble way, as best he could. Once freed from the cares belonging to this town, he will try to find what virtue there may be in otium cum dignitate. In politics he is a Democrat without alloy. When electoral commis- sions are under consideration, he is a firm believer in the gospel of "glorious old Bill Eaton." He condemns unsparingly the GREAT FRAUD of 1876, and the un- warrantable, inexcusable defections and disaffections among Democrats in the State of New York which culminated in the defeat of Gen. Hancock in 1880; but, possessing a buoyant, elastic temperament, he looks forward to coming years and coming general elections, and remembers that "truth crushed to earth will rise again."

Mr. Wheeler married, May 5, 1855, Elizabeth, daughter of Philo Kellogg, Esq., of Cornwall. They have no children.

ASAPIL O. PINNEY.

Humphrey Pinney, born in Somerset County, Eng- land, came to America with Rev. John Warcham, on board the ship "Mary and John," which sailed from Plymouth, England, March 30, 1630, and set- tled in Dorchester, Mass. His son, Asaph Pinney, was born in Simsbury, Conn., and married Betty Willcocks; they had four children,-Eliza, Emma, Asaph O., and Harvey W. He was a farmer and school-teacher.

Asaph O. Pinney, the subject of this sketch, was born in Colebrook, Conn., March 9, 1805. Ile re- ceived a common-school education. On May 17, 1840, he married Elizabeth M. Phelps; taught school a number of years, and acted as school-visitor some years after. He and his wife are at present living on the old farm where he was born, in Colebrook.

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SOLOMON SACKETT.

Solomon Sackett, second son of Solomon Sackett, was born in Sandisfield, Mass., May 24, 1823. He was reared on his father's farm, and educated at the common school. In about the year 1853 he com-

Solomon Jacket

menced traveling as a salesman for Winsted manu- facturers, which business he continued until about three years ago. In November, 1847, he united in marriage with Melissa Fargo, and they have three children, as follows: Grove, who resides in Chicago, in the interest of the William L. Gilbert Clock Com- pany ; George, who has been in the Winsted Savings Bank for seven years; and Frank, who is employed by the William L. Gilbert Clock Company. Mr. Sackett has led an active life, and is one of the sub- stantial citizens of the town. He is a present select- man of the town, and was a representative in 1870.

LUCIEN 0. BASS.

Among the pioneers of Colebrook we find the name of Bass, the first of that name, Nathan, having set- tled here in 1766. Lucien O., the subject of this sketch, is the youngest of the following family, chil- dren of Henry and Jerusha Bass : Sidney H., Belario, Elvira, Lucia L., Jerusha, Joseph H., Warren A., and Lucien O. Lucien O. was educated at the com- mon schools, and remained on the farm with his father until 1849, when he went to Summit Co., Ohio, and served as an apprentice in the machinist business.

In 1866 he returned to Colebrook, where he has since resided. Mr. Bass has held various town offices, and was a representative in the Legislature in 1872. He and his sisters, Elvira and Jerusha, reside on the old homestead. Mr. Bass' father, Henry Bass, died in 1856, aged eighty, and his mother in the year 1869, aged eighty-six.

WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE.

William P. Lawrence, second son of Pennel and Laura B. Lawrence, was born in Colebrook, Oct. 31, 1833. He received the advantages of a common- school education, and his occupation has been that of farming and lumbering. Nov. 21, 1860, he united in marriage with Eveline S., daughter of John Hewitt, of Winsted, and their family consists of the follow- ing children : Charles D., Robert W., and Russell J. Mr. Lawrence is a useful man in the church and community, having been for a number of years super- intendent of the Sunday-school connected with the Congregational Church, and is also the postmaster at Colebrook Centre. His father, Pennel Lawrence, died Dec. 8, 1864, but his mother is still living, at the advanced age of seventy-five years.

LOREN DEWOLF.

Loren DeWolf, the eldest son of Daniel DeWolf, was born in Winsted, Conn., on Dec. 23, 1792. He was reared on a farm, and educated at the common schools. At the age of twenty-five, in 1817, he re- moved to Hartland, Conn., where he remained nine- teen years, and then came to Colebrook, where he has since resided. Mr. DeWolf has ever been an active and energetic man, ever willing to assist all measures tending to advance the interests of his adopted town and county. He figured somewhat conspicuously in military matters, having been en- sign, lieutenant, and captain in the old militia. He is a consistent Christian, and for over twenty years has been a steward in the Methodist Episcopal Church. March 11, 1817, he united in marriage with Miranda Osborn, and their family consisted of the following children : Harriet A., born June 10, 1818, and Rocelia A., born Feb. 28, 1839. Harriet A. died in 1836, and Rocelia A. is living with her father in Colebrook.

LUTHER PHELPS.

Capt. Luther Phelps, son of Daniel Phelps, was born in Windsor, Conn., May 22, 1781. Soon after his parents removed to Colebrook, where his father for a number of years kept a hotel. He was reared a farmer, and educated at a common school. March 19, 1816, he united in marriage with Maria Hoskins, of Winsted, Conn .; their family consisted of two chil- dren, Elizabeth M. and Martin Luther. Mr. Phelps

Doughty, Photographer, Winsted, Conb.

WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE.

L. O. BASS.

RESIDENCE OF LUCIEN O. BASS COLEBROOK CONN.

Lor Swolf.s

LUTHER PHELPS.

RESIDENCE OF HARVEY W.PINNEY, MILL BROOK , CONN . (FORMERLY MILL BROOK POST OFFICE.)

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died Oct. 11, 1851, and Mrs. Phelps died March 4, 1862. Having been captain of a military company in Colebrook, he was popularly known as Capt. Phelps.

HARVEY W. PINNEY.

. Harvey W. Pinney, the youngest of four children of Aseph and Betty Pinney, was born in Colebrook, Dec. 16, 1811. His father was one of the early set- tlers in the town, a farmer, and somewhat noted as a school-teacher, and particularly as teacher of the higher branches of mathematics, which at that time were not a part of common-school education in coun- try places. His son, Harvey W., the subject of this sketch, passed his boyhood days on the home-farm, with the usual experiences of a country lad of the time, receiving a common-school education. The father died in the spring of 1835, leaving a moderate property, mostly in the farm, the care of which de- volved upon Mr. Pinney and an older brother ; but he was not destined to long follow the farmer's occupa- tion exclusively. Infatuated as a boy with the violin, he had by great perseverance, and under much oppo- sition from a father who, though a musician and teacher of singing, entertained a poor opinion of " fid- dlers" in general, become quite proficient as a player, and eventually abandoned the farm and took up the profession of dancing-master, furnishing with his violin music for balls and parties, and traversing the country in a circuit of thirty miles to attend his nu- merous engagements. Traveling bis rounds in a gig drawn by a white-faced horse (almost as well known as the driver), with fiddle-box strapped on behind, Mr. Pinney was one of the best-known men and most familiar sight of that region. He followed this busi- ness profitably for twenty successive years, and mean- time composed many pieces of music, some of which were published. He was married, Oct. 23, 1850, to Harriet A. Wakefield, daughter of Hezekiah and Harriet B. Wakefield, of Colebrook, the fruits of which union were two sons, Victor Hugo, who died Feb. 12, 1854, at the age of two and one-half years, and Lucien Vernette, born in 1853, who at the present writing (1881) is editor and publisher of the Winsted Press. In 1851, Mr. Pinney was sent to the State Legislature by the Democratic party ns representative from the town of Colebrook, and at various times was elected justice of the peace. He was also postmaster at Mill Brook (an office in the town of Colebrook) for about thirty years. Of late years he has lived in retirement on the accumulations of a prudent, tem- perate, and industrious life, devoting his time mainly to such religious studies and meditations as are en- joyed by modern infidels, of which class he is one of the most outspoken, as his occasional contributions to the public press too plainly indicate. He was one of the early converts to modern Spiritualism, and is still

its sincere advocate. In illustration of his peculiar independence of character, it may not be out of place to say that he cast the first " Greenback" vote in Cole- brook, voting alone, though for perhaps forty years he had voted with the Democratic party at every election. He lives in Mill Brook, in the southwestern part of the town of Colebrook. An engraving of his residence (which during the thirty years that he was postmas- ter was also the Mill Brook post-office) will be found on another page.

CHAPTER XXX.

CORNWALL.

Geographical-Topographical-The Indians-" Tom Warrups"-Sale of The Town-Its Bounds-The First Meeting of Proprietors-Early Reg- ulations-The First Settlers and their Locations-Grand List of 1742- Family Sketches-The old Emmons Tavern-The Whipping-Post and Stocks.

CORNWALL lies northwest of the centre of the county, and is bounded as follows: on the north by Canaan, on the cast by Goshen, on the south by War- ren and Kent, and on the west by the Housatonic River, which separates it from Sharon. The surface consists mainly of deep valleys and high hills or mountains. Although one of the most mountainous sections in the State, its soil is very fertile and pro- ductive.

The high elevation in the northwest portion of the town is known as Hough Mountain. South of this is Rugg Hill, farther south Wallen Hill, and still farther Power Dale, familiarly known as "Tary- diddle." Buck Mountain is still below this, the north- eastern part of which is known as the "Cobble." The first hill below West Cornwall, nearer the river, was called the Green Mountain. South and cast of this lies Mine Mountain, called so from the minerals it was supposed to contain. Cream Ilill, one of the most beautiful localities in the State, lies in the north middle part of the town, and receives its name from the fertility of its soil and its picturesque scenery. A charming sheet of water, known as Cream Hill Lake, lies at its foot.

" North from this lake is a high range called Pine IIill. East of this is the Great Hollow, extending over four miles nearly north and south ; called in the north- ern part Sedgwick Hollow, and Johnson Hollow in the southern. A high and steep mountain range lies on the northwest of Sedgwick Hollow, called Titus Mountain.

"The hill up which the road from Cornwall to Goshen winds is named Bunker Hill, from the resi- dence on it of Rufus Bunker, an Indian of the Schagh- ticoke tribe, an old and honest man, whose name is associated with a more enduring monument than the pyramids of Egypt. North and easterly of this hill

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is situated Red Mountain, so named from the color of the oak-leaves in the autumn when touched by the frosts. Southerly is Clark Hill, so called from a family of that name who removed nearly one hundred years since from Hartford to that locality. South- easterly from Clark Hill is the most elevated land in the State, lying mostly in Goshen, from the apex of which is a view of Long Island Sound. This eleva- tion is called Mohawk Mountain. Southeast of Corn- wall Plain, forming a part of the same range as Clark Hill and Mohawk Mountain, lies Great Hill. Three hundred acres of land given by the General Assembly to Yale College is located here, and goes by the name of College land. Bloody Mountain, so named from a bloody tragedy not enacted there, lies north of the Old Goshen and Sharon turnpike, northwest from the centre of the town.

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History of Litchfield county, Connecticut, Part 68

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