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Could we only stop and think of the debt we owe, we too, as certainly will the coming generations, would "rise up and call her blessed."
Another of the modern institutions and attractions of the town, and one that now seems almost indispensable to many of the summer residents and guests, is
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THE ELDRIDGE GYMNASIUM.
One of the most artistic and elaborate structures for the purpose for which it is designed, to be found anywhere in the country, is the Eldridge Gymnasium, which stands on the high ground north and east of the railroad station in Norfolk. The grounds on the east side of the building, facing on Maple avenue, are laid out in tennis- courts, croquet, etc. On the west and south is an extensive lawn, filled with the finest of shrubs and flowers. The building, 78 by 47 feet, stands upon a solid basement wall of granite, and is built of mottled and light colored Pompeiian, or Roman brick, which are 12 inches long and 2 inches thick. The roof is of Spanish fluted tile in brown and yellow. The architect was Henry Rutgers Marshall of New York. The architecture is a mixture of Spanish and American, the Spanish feature being the very broad piazza on the west side with overhanging roof; the tile work is also Spanish. From this piazza, which is 12 feet wide, extending the entire length of the building, is had a most beautiful, unobstructed view to the north- west of the Canaan valley, with the Taconic range of mountains in the distance as a background.
The gymnasium proper, 50 by 47 feet and 36 feet high, is equipped complete with the Sargent apparatus, and includes every- thing, from simple Indian clubs to parallel bars, rowing-machines and different appliances for developing the muscles.
The sitting-room is beautifully finished and furnished, having a large and elaborately carved mantel of oak, with hand-carved mottoes in Latin, one of which, translated, reads, "One should desire a sound mind in a sound body." The front door is one of the finest specimens of marqueterie in the country. It is of oak, inlaid with mahogany, ebony and boxwood. The large hinges and escutcheons are of solid bronze, as well as the lamps in front, at the entrance, and on the porch.
This beautiful, elaborate and expensive building was erected, furnished, equipped, is supported, and its use given free to the people of the town, either permanent residents or transient guests, by the munificent liberality of Miss Alice Bradford Eldridge, now Mrs. Henry H. Bridgman.
The work was commenced in the fall of 1890; the building erected during the summer of 1891 and finished in the early summer of 1892, and, on the last Wednesday in June of that year, the doors were simply thrown wide open, and the public invited to a free use of all its equipments.
The building is used for a variety of entertainments; church entertainments, athletic exhibitions, lectures, concerts, etc., and is a centre of attraction for summer-guests. An elaborate 'tennis tournament' is held annually at the height of 'the season,' upon the
THE ELDRIDGE GYMNASIUM.
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gymnasium grounds, which brings people together from near and from far, valuable prizes being given by Mrs. Bridgman. She also furnishes music every summer, for a month or six weeks, for a concert, every morning and evening at the gymnasium, by some of the finest musicians from New York and Hartford; a promenade concert one or two evenings each week being a feature during 'the season.'
THE MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN.
This fountain, which was erected by Miss Mary Eldridge in 1889, in memory of her uncle, Mr. Joseph Battell, stands at the south end of the park. It is a beautiful, expensive, artistic piece of work, in carved granite, with bronze lamps and bronze ornamen- tation in the shape of swimming fish, through whose mouth the water pours.
On the column, which is the central part of the structure, is this inscription:
"IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH BATTELL, BORN IN NORFOLK, 1806, DIED IN NEW YORK, 1874."
On the reverse side appears in small letters,
"ERECTED BY HIS NIECE, MARY ELDRIDGE."
Above the principal bowl,
"ERECTED MDCCCLXXXIX."
The whole structure is in the shape of a blunted triangle and forms a fitting end to this part of the park, which here comes nearly to a point. The water is conducted into the central pillar and then distributed into various basins. A lion's head, carved on the pillar, with opened mouth, spouts out water into the semi- circular bowl for horses, which is hollowed out of a huge block of Milford granite.
In the rear of the pillar is a small court paved with brook pebbles, and at the end a solid stone seat with carved ends.
The work was made from designs by Stanford White of New York, of Milford, Mass., granite. The column and ball are of Greek design, after a famous old Spanish fountain.
THE VILLAGE HALL.
The erection of this building, a few years since, by some of the enterprising public-spirited citizens of the town, furnishing not only
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a nice and commodious hall for various purposes, but locating the post office permanently, and making a business centre at a point convenient to the railroad station, is a substantial advantage to the town.
THE NORFOLK DOWNS.
Desiring to assist in making Norfolk attractive and an ideal place of resort for summer guests, and to furnish recreation to residents as well, the Misses Isabella and Mary Eldridge a few years since purchased an extensive tract of land, which was selected and laying out a course was supervised by Dr. Edward Cobb, a native of the town, forming a most desirable location for Golf Links. The land lies on 'the old road,' south from the Curtiss place, is part of the morain or glacial formation of this region, embrac- ing some of the kettle-holes and sand-knolls of that locality, and extends from that old road west and south to Tobey Pond. As a natural location for Golf Links this place, it is said, has few equals in the country, and by the necessary labor and expense has become an ideal spot for that at- tractive recreation.
"The downs have been improved from year to year, until now they are regarded by the experts who have played over them as among the few real Scottish downs in the State. Part of the ex- pense of maintaining them is met by small annual dues received from the players and the rest is borne by the same public-spirited residents-the Misses Eldridge-whose generosity first made the course possible. Bounded on all sides but one by acres of woodland, the course rolls away for more than a mile in a series of tiny, picturesque hills and valleys. On nine of these hills at irregular intervals from each other are the "tees," and far from each of these in a somewhat inaccessible valley is its corresponding "green."-The Connecticut Magazine.
NORFOLK'S WATER SUPPLY.
The problem of supplying the town with an abundance of pure water was a difficult one. There are a large number of springs of pure water in different localities capable of furnishing one or two families with a supply for ordinary domestic purposes, provided springs can be found at a sufficient elevation, but the supply from this source is by no means equal to the demand in a village of any size, and in case of an emergency, as upon the breaking out of a
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LAKE WANGUM.
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fire, the want of an ample supply of water is painfully apparent. The old wells, which a century ago answered a purpose, such as the ones on the green, in front of the Shepard Hotel, or at the south end of the green, not far from the fountain, or on the bank in front of the old Aiken-Dowd house or the Battell well, just north of the 'meeting-house,' where a cup used to be provided Sunday noons, so that the boys could quench their thirst and wash down their luncheons of dough-nuts and ginger-bread, all these and most of the other wells in town have fallen into 'innocuous desuetude.'
In the latter '80s, when modern Norfolk had commenced to grow, the desirability of many locations for fine summer residences being apparent provided an ample water supply could be furnished, which, to people accustomed to city life, is a 'sine qua non,' this question was thoroughly investigated by a number of the citizens of the town. Various springs were examined, their capacity meas- ured, and plans considered for utilizing them, but were rejected as not feasible. A plan of bringing water from Tobey Pond, or from Pond Hill, was thoroughly considered, and although a supply from either of these sources would have been better than no supply, it was not considered ideal.
The whole plan was opposed by some, who persisted in saying, "We don't want pond-water," etc.
In 1893 the subject of a water supply was taken up by Mr. Frederick M. Shepard, who has always taken a deep interest in the progress and welfare of his native town.
Lake Wangum, on Canaan mountain, had been investigated, its water analyzed, found to be exceptionally pure and desirable for domestic purposes; the supply practically unlimited, thus being as a source, ideal, but the great expense necessary in bringing this water to Norfolk seemed an insurmountable obstacle.
This beautiful lake is nearly 250 feet higher than the park; is one of the highest lakes in the State; is fed and maintained by large springs of uniform flow; its water shed is exceptionally small; its location most remarkable, being on the summit of the mountain, as only a mile west of it is the precipitous, ragged side of the mountain, falling in almost perpendicular descent for hundreds of feet to the Housatonic valley. The water from this ideal lake could not have been brought to this town in our day and generation had it not been for the liberality and persistence of the promoter of the plan, whose name has already been given.
In 1893 'The Norfolk Water Company' was incorporated and the construction of the system of water works commenced.
Laying nearly eight miles of water pipe, twelve and ten-inch mains extending from the lake to the village, through Norfolk's glacier-polished ledges and immense boulders, a cut three-fifths of
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a mile in length and twenty-two feet deep, through a granite ledge, with a combination of deep mud and quicksand, was an engineering achievement of importance anywhere, at any time, and, in addition to the great expense, required skill, tact, patience and perseverance. A gravity line from Lake Wangum to Norfolk was completed in the fall of 1896, furnishing water of a quality second to none and in quantity practically unlimited.
SEWER DISTRICT.
After the completion of the Water Works a Sewer District was formed and an adequate system of sewers was constructed for the entire village, as was necessary. This second great undertaking was completed in the summer of 1899.
NEWSPAPERS.
A few ventures have been made in recent years in publishing a newspaper in the town. The first was "The Summit," a small sheet, started and kept going for a time by Mr. B. F. Catlin.
Mr. Frederick S. Spaulding, a native of this town, started the "Norfolk Tower" in 1888, which he edited with considerable ability and success until his untimely death in October, 1891. The paper soon afterward was transferred to Collinsville, and is now the "Farmington Valley Journal." For four or five years past a sum- mer paper, 'The Chimes,' has been edited and published by Mr. George A. Marvin and others; ten issues of a finely illustrated paper being made each season, which are a credit both to the publisher and the town.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
The reproduction of a great number of the beautiful views of Norfolk and vicinity by Mrs. J. C. Kendall our artistic photog- rapher, has assisted very materially in making Norfolk known widely. The work done by Mrs. Kendall, a great amount of it entirely unrequited, has been a more important item in the growth and development of modern Norfolk than many realize. The town has been rendered famous and given a national reputation by the fact that at the 'Columbian Exposition' at Chicago in 1893,
"A MEDAL FOR SPECIFIC MERIT WAS AWARDED TO MRS. MARIE H. KENDALL, OF NORFOLK, CONN., FOR AN EXHIBIT OF PHOTOGRAPHS, DISPLAYING PLEASING VARIETY AS TO SUBJECTS, ARTISTIC TASTE AND MARKED SKILL IN DEVELOPMENT AND FINISH, IN WHICH EXCELLENT CHOICE AND TRUE FEELING ARE SHOWN."
THE STEVENS HOUSE.
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SUMMER HOMES.
'The Stevens' is pleasantly situated in the central part of the vil- lage; surrounded by lawns, verandas and fine shade trees. For eighteen years this house has enjoyed the reputation of being one of the best kept hostelries in New England.
'The Hillhurst' is situated on a hill at the corner of 'Laurel Way' and 'Lovers' Lane,' 1,350 feet above the level of the sea, giving to this hotel a higher elevation than any other building of a like nature in the State, with beautiful and extensive views and the purest of air.
THE NORFOLK CHIMES.
On the accompanying page will be found the notes of the Chimes, after an old English Chime, as they are rung in the steeple of the old church in Norfolk every hour of the twenty-four.
FIRST QUARTER
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SECOND QUARTER
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FOURTH QUARTER
The words of the Chimes are the following:
HOUR BELL
DURING THE DAY.
"Lord, through this hour Be Thou our guide, That, by Thy power, No foot shall slide."
DURING THE NIGHT.
"Lord, through this night, Protect us still
By Thy great might, From every ill."
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SUMMER RESIDENTS.
Following are the names of a few of the residents of modern Norfolk:
Professor F. J. Goodnow, Columbia College.
Professor M. I. Pupin, Columbia College.
Professor A. L. Frothingham, Princeton University.
Dr. Gustave J. Stoeckel, Yale University.
Professor F. S. Dennis, M. D., New York. Rev. J. C. Bliss, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev. Charles L. Thompson, D. D., New York. L. Duncan Bulkley, M. D., New York. Edward H. Peaslee, M. D., New York. Mr. Charles A. Spofford, New York. Mr. Richard W. Rogers, New York. Mr R. A. Dorman, New York.
Mr. Frederick Wells Williams, New Haven.
Mr. Eugene Smith, New York.
Miss Anna Key Thompson, New York. Mr. D. H. Rowland, New York. Mr. Matthew Clarkson.
Mr. Theodore Lyman, Hartford.
Mr. William H. Moseley, New Haven.
Mrs. Hattie L. Chamberlain, New Haven.
Mrs. Charles J. Cole, Hartford.
Mr. Charles M. Howard, New York.
Mr. Frederick T. Howard, New York.
Mr. William D. Windom, Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. John Hooker (Isabella Beecher Hooker), Hartford. Mr. W. J. Ballard, New York.
Rev. John DePeu, Bridgeport, Ct.
" TY-NY-TULLOCH." RESIDENCE OF PROFESSOR F. J. GOODNOW.
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NORFOLK'S NECROLOGY.
LIST OF THE DEATHS OF THE MALE HEADS OF FAMILIES WHO LIVED AND DIED IN THIS TOWN.
(FROM ROYS' HISTORY).
DIED
DIED
Samuel Cowls,
1762
Isaac Holt, sen.
1806
Samuel Comstock,
1764
Edmund Akins, Esq.
1807
Roswell Richards,
1765
Joseph Gaylord,
1807
Cornelius Brown,
1769
Daniel Burr,
1808
Isaac Pettibone,
1771
Reuben Munger,
1808
Ezekiel Wilcox,
1774
Nathaniel Stevens, Esq.
1808
Jacob Holt and Levi Cowls,
Obadiah Pease,
1809
(buried in well,)
1774
Asahel Case,
1809
Oliver Burr,
1775
Edmund Brown,
1809
Thomas Curtis, (in army,)
1776
Philo Guiteau,
1809
Bushnel Knapp, (shot for deer,) 1777
1778
Giles Pettibone, Esq.
1810
Joseph Plumby, (drowned,)
1778
Titus Ives,
1810
Samuel Gaylord,
1778
Giles Pettibone, jun.
1811
Abel Phelps,
1779
John Turner,
1811
Eliakim Seward,
1782
James Benedict,
1812
Simeon Mills,
1782
John Phelps,
1812
Joseph Cowls,
1782
Samuel Pettibone, jun.
1813
Reuben Seward,
1782
Rev. A. R. Robbins,
1813
Jesse Tobey,
1788
Jedediah Richards,
1814
Caleb Knapp,
1789
Jacob Spalding,
1814
Bille Bishop,
1789
John Dowd,
1815
Joseph Mills, Deacon,
1792
Francis Benedict,
1815
Joseph Cady,
1793
Levi Grant,
aged 44, 1816
Ebenezer Burr,
1794
Samuel Knapp,
90, 1
Dudley Humphrey, Esq.
1794
Dr. Ephraim Guiteau,
79, 1816
Joshua Moses,
1795
Henry Akins,
86, 1816
Joel Grant, (well sweep,)
1796
Samuel Pettibone,
73, 1816
Solomon Curtis,
1796
Jedediah Phelps,
60, 1817
William Walter,
1796
Agur Gaylord,
88, 1817
Isaac Holt, jun.
1797
Nathaniel Pease,
91, 1818
Samuel S. Butler,
1798
Darius Phelps,
66, 1818
Elijah Grant,
1798
Josiah Roys,
80, 1818
Stephen Walter,
1800
Samuel Northway,
72, 1819
Daniel Cowis,
1801
Sylvanus Norton,
78, 1820
Titus Brown,
1802
Michael Mills,
90, 1820
Benjamin Picket,
1804
Joshua Moses, jun.
58, 1820
Samuel Mills, Deacon,
1804
Daniel Cone,
39, 1821
Eleazer Orvis,
1805
Aaron Burr,
71, 1S21
Thomas 'Tibbals,
1810
Michael Humphrey, Esq.
604
HISTORY OF NORFOLK.
DIED
DIED
Edward Gaylord, Dea.
78, 1822
Samuel Cone, Dea.
51, 1836
Jared Butler, Dea.
76, 1822
Francis Bliss,
44, 1836
George Tobey,
77, 1823
Reuben Dean,
85, 1836
Dudley Humphrey, 2,
8, 1823
Peter Freedom,
63, 1837
Joshua Nettleton,
83, 1824
Halsey Stevens,
34, 1837
Samuel Knapp, 2d,
78, 1824
David Frisbee, Dea.
87, 1837
Nathaniel Stevens, jun.
57, 1825
Elias Knapp,
62, 1837
Rice Gaylord,
87, 1825
Abijah Brown,
56, 1838
Timothy Gaylord,
90, 1825
Asher Smith,
80, 1838
Thomas Tibbals, jun.
72, 1826
Andrew H. Smith,
36, 1838
Samuel Gaylord,
83, 1826
Albert Norton,
21, 1838
Stephen Norton,
86, 1826
William French,
71, 1838
Ebenezer Cowls,
78, 1827
Luther N. Alling,
-, 1839
Amasa Cowls, jun.
56, 1827
Gerry Grant,
35, 1839
James Stannard,
39, 1827
James Roys,
71, 1839
Joseph Hull,
74, 1828
David Gaylord,
69, 1839
Deming T. Northway,
42, 1828
Stephen B. Treat,
30, 1839
Elizur Munger,
67, 1828
Asahel Case,
84, 1840
Hopestill Welch,
87, 1828
James Rood,
70, 1840
Moses Camp,
81, 1828
Samuel Knapp,
72, 1841
John Camp,
56, 1828
Dr. Benjamin Calhoun,
63, 1841
Levi Camp,
74, 1830
James Hotchkiss,
50, 1841
Jeremiah W. Phelps,
70, 1830
Nathaniel Butler,
60, 1841
Elisha Hawley,
83, 1831
Reuben Palmer,
81, 1841
Lewis Gaylord,
41, 1831
Jedediah White,
91, 1841
Isaac Spalding,
50, 1832
James Peck,
61, 1841
Nicholas Holt,
76, 1832
Joseph Battell, Esq.
67, 1841
Amasa Cowls,
87, 1832
Aaron Case,
70, 1842
Joseph Jones,
82, 1832
Mansfield White,
47, 1842
Joseph Ferry,
90, 1832
Philemon Gaylord,
76, 1842
Benjamin Moses,
34, 1832
Augustus Roys,
52, 1842
Jonathan H. Pettibone,
39, 1832
Isaac N. Dowd,
49, 1842
David W. Roys,
57, 1832
David Orvis,
96, 1843
Nath'l Roys,
in 100th year, 1832
Elisaph Butler,
75, 1843
Malachi Humphrey,
aged 69, 1832
John T. Warner,
43, 1843
John Bradley,
72, 1832
Joseph Rockwell,
85, 1843
John Warner,
79, 1833
Stephen Norton,
77, 1843
Abiather Rogers,
75, 1833
Reuben Gaylord,
73, 1843
Ebenezer Norton,
91, 1833
Ammi R. Robbins,
76, 1843
Rice Gaylord, jun.
48, 1833
Francis Benedict, jun.
75, 1844
Israel Crissey, 70, 1833
27, 1844
Ephraim Coy,
72, 1834
Lemuel Akins,
64, 1834
Titus Nettleton,
75, 1845
Luther Foot,
74, 1834
Alden Miner,
45, 1845
Jonathan Brown,
97, 1834
Reuben Brown,
66, 1845
Eleazer Holt, Esq.
82, 1835
Rev. Asahel Gaylord,
70, 1845
Ezekiel Foster,
68, 1835
Levi Barlow,
39, 1845
William Nettleton,
59, 1835
James Shepherd,
71, 1846
Moses Grant,
70, 1835
Jarvis Garrit,
48, 1846
Emmons Andrus,
28, 1835
William Dowd,
37, 1846
Thomas Hill,
93, 1835
John Smith,
73, 1846
Charles Walter,
78, 1836
Thomas Curtis,
61, 1846
Eden Mills,
72, 1836
Joseph Smith,
95, 1846
Miles Riggs,
88, 1836
Joseph Riggs,
67, 1846
Seth Wilcox,
69, 1836
John Strong,
87, 1846
George M. Phelps, (Close of the Centennial year.)
HISTORY OF NORFOLK.
605
RECORD OF DEATHS IN NORFOLK.
(FROM A RECORD COMMENCED IN 1840 BY MISS MARCIA LAKE, AND CONTINUED BY MRS. BENJAMIN W. CRISSEY UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1882).
1840.
Feb. Mrs. Hannah Cowles, 57
Mrs. Deming Northway, 51
Joseph Phelps, 18
Mar. Mrs. Edmund Brown,
May Lyman Roys,
23
Mrs. Hiram Mills,
Sept.
Julia Hotchkiss,
Mrs. John Barden,
Mrs. Bradley Potter,
1841.
Feb. Mrs. Chatman, 26
Mrs. Reuben Brown,
1815.
Feb. Mrs. A. Phelps, 58
Mar. Mrs. Reuben Palmer,
Mar. Mrs. Milo Dyke, 34
Apr. Mrs. Cotton, 90
May
Mrs. Benedict,
May Mr. Bramble,
Mrs. Samuel Bigelow,
46
Mr. Beckley,
June
Mrs. Benton, 63
Aug. Mr. Gilbert,
Sept. Mrs. Anson Gaylord,
40
Nov. Mrs. Clark Walter,
17
Oct.
Mrs. Seth G. Brown,
George Heady, 18
Nov.
Flavel Loomis, 17
Mrs. Hiram Roys,
Miss Eunice Welch, 74
1842.
1846.
Jan. Hiram Cone,
16
Jan.
Mrs. Orlo J. Wolcott, 31
Apr. Maria Pettibone,
27
Feb.
James Porter,
17
May Mrs. Warren Cone,
Mrs. Darius Phelps,
87
June Mrs. Humphrey,
Mrs. Jeremiah Johnson,
39
July Mrs. Dowd,
Mrs. Noah Miner,
71
Mrs. Pendleton,
May Harriett M. Loomis,
21
Aug. Mrs. Gaylord,
76
John Barden,
33
Mrs. Pendleton,
56
June John Smith,
75
Mrs. Cone, 52
Mrs. Robert A. Geer,
37
Miss Elizabeth Seward,
July
John Hill, 86
Sept. Mrs. John Bradley,
Aug. Thomas Curtiss,
61
Nov. Mrs. Oliver Burr,
Mrs. Morgan Root,
Mrs. Hiram Mills,
49
Dec.
Edwin Root,
27
Michael G. Mills,
33
Sarah Merwin,
17
1847.
Mrs. Lucy Hines, 21
Stephen George, 51
Mrs. Lois (Samuel) Knapp, 76
May
Amos Baldwin, 68
Mrs. Wilcox Phelps, 68
Oct. Mrs. Howe,
Mrs. David Frisbie,
Sept.
Asahel Smith, 21
Mrs. Bethuel Phelps, 57
Mrs. Matthew White, 86
Nov. Mrs. Ichabod Parsons, 62
Judge Augustus Pettibone, 82 Harrison Holt, 27
James Howe,
32
Dec.
Apr. Mrs. Ephraim Coy,
76 1848.
Mrs. Beach,
69
Feb. Mrs. John Nettleton, 32
47
Mrs. Elue Tibbals, 83
June Mrs. Johnson, 83
Flora Flancher, 63
Fanny Gaylord,
19
Mrs. Harman Riggs, 27
Mrs. Warner,
Mrs. Butler,
Mrs. Electa Pettibone.
1844.
Feb. Mrs. James Griswold,
1844.
Aug. Joseph Gaylord, 18
Dec. Joseph Nettleton, Ann Jane Sage, 16
Mrs. Keziah-Jones Newell,
Mrs. John Strong,
Clarissa Cone,
Dec. Mrs. Smith, Eunice Parrot,
Oct. Miss Marcia Lake,
1843. Feb. Mrs. Giles Thompson, 60
Jan.
606
HISTORY OF NORFOLK.
1848.
1851.
May Timothy Gaylord,
73
John Barden,
Levi Roberts,
23
Erastus Howe,
27
Mrs. Stephen Norton,
75
James Whitehead,
28
July
Augustus Pease,
56
Feb.
Frederick Camp,
50 23
Aug.
Abijah Stoddard,
22
Mar.
Elizabeth Yale,
Mrs. Robbins Battell,
27
Samuel Cone,
Mrs. Coyle,
26
Sept.
Seth Thompson,
65
May
Solomon Goodwin,
51
George Mills,
23
June
Mrs. William French,
84 86
Oliver Burr,
67
Samuel Seymour,
81
Oct.
Mrs. Bull, Ann Eliza Knapp,
26
Mrs. David Sexton,
71
Jared Butler,
70
Sept. Thomas Moses,
83
Truman Seymour,
39
Oct.
Mrs. Asa Burr,
84
Mrs. Holt,
88
Mrs. Clemens,
71
Mrs. Heady,
88
1852.
1849.
Feb.
Mrs. Irad Mills,
58
Feb.
Henry Curtiss,
61
Mrs. Mary Nettleton,
78
Mar.
Mrs. Victory,
40
May
Deacon Warren Cone,
63
May
William Brown,
26
Asa Burr,
86
July
Mr. Scudder,
40
Dec.
Mrs. Wilcox,
Mark Nettleton,
45
George Brown,
44
Aug.
Wolcott Root,
1853.
Sept.
Lawrence Mills,
83
Jan.
Mrs. Stephen Tibbals, Mr. Shook,
67
Nov.
Charles Gaylord,
33
Feb.
Preston Camp,
50
Mrs. John Sage,
28
A pr. Mrs. Michael F. Mills,
73
Dec.
Dr. Benjamin Welch,
82
June
Mrs. Harlow Roys,
41
1850.
Capt. Benjamin Bigelow, 81
Mrs. Bliss,
83
Feb.
David Frisbie,
65
Aug. Mark Bigelow,
54
Mrs. Dunham,
82
Mrs. Pease Pettibone,
46 50
Miss Lucy Camp,
54
Sept. Pease Pettibone, Mrs. Auren Roys,
82 47
Mar.
Alexander Parsons,
58
Oct.
Mrs. William Oakley,
86
Samuel Brown,
77
Henry Camp,
22
Apr. Mrs. Pliny Foot,
58
Feb.
Clark Walter,
86
Mrs. Hiram Wheeler,
38
May
Mrs. Edward E. Ryan,
52
July
Timothy C. Gaylord,
59
Mrs. James Parritt,
79
Mrs. Billings,
53
July
David Sexton,
80 49
Daniel Roys,
67
Mrs. Daniel Mills, John Humphrey,
53
Mrs. Burns, John Hall,
83
Aug. Ralph E. Burr (in Cala.),
23
Aug.
Mrs. Albert Hart,
31
Sept. Mrs. Joseph Battell, Zalmon Parritt,
59
Oct. Mrs. Hannah-Crissey Dean, 77
1855.
Jan.
Hiram Wheeler, 16
Ebenezer Burr,
63
1851.
Jan. Abram Day,
42
June
Stephen Holt,
96
John Ryan, 48
Mrs. Clara Hall,
Mrs. Stephen Backman,
75
Sept. Miss Matilda Norton,
39
Dec.
Mrs. Dr. Wm. W. Welch, 28 83 Benoni Mills,
Feb.
George Rockwell, 61
Mrs. Cordelia Morrice, 43
18
Mrs. Phelps,
Helen Gaylord,
101
Aug.
Alvin Norton,
69
Julia Ann Gaylord,
29
July
Mrs. Bellows,
50
Jan.
Joseph Root,
82
Sheldon Tibbals,
53
Mrs. Thomas Calder,
Dec. 1854
June Mrs. Daniel Hotchkiss,
53
53
73
Mrs. Hiram Roys,
44
607
1855.
1859.
Sept. Dr. Auren Roys,
85
Dec.
Nathan Smith, 64
Luther Butler,
69
1860.
Oct. Dr. Erasmus Hugins,
31 Jan.
James Kinderland, 53
Perry Canfield,
37
Feb.
Mrs. Benjamin Bigelow, 94
Mrs. Merrills,
53
Mrs. Augustus Pettibone, 82
Dec. Mrs. Margaret Stevens, 64
Apr.
Milton Mills,
71
1856.
May Mrs. Sarah Grant, 86
Mrs. Stephen Root, 45
Feb. Solomon Curtiss,
60
Henry Cobb,
18
Mar. . Hiram Case,
44
June Mrs. James Swift,
77
Apr. Mrs. Ebenezer Burr, 61
July
Mr. Roberson,
59
May Lemuel Bigelow,
61
Aug.
John Orvis,
72
Aug. Mrs. Lewis Root,
18
Sept.
Mrs. Samuel Seymour,
88
Sept. Miss Whitmore,
91
Ethan Pendleton,
84
Hawley Oakley,
77
Daniel Cone,
40
James Parritt,
82
Oct.
Eliza Spellman,
16
Samuel Bird,
28
Mr. Merrills, 59
86
Feb. Mrs. Asa Robbins, 82
Miss Eliza French,
57
Apr. Mr. Baldwin,
27
May Mrs. Josiah Hotchkiss,
96
Dec.
Humphrey Smith,
Capt. Augustus Phelps, 80
Mrs. Abel Pendleton, 42
37
Aug. Esq. Michael F. Mills,
81
1861.
Jan. Mrs. Clarissa Calhoun, 81
82
Love Miner,
81 21
Orrin Dorr.
62
Maria Brown,
22
Mrs. Lucius Porter,
30
Dec. Deacon Noah Miner,
89
May Philemon Curtiss Gaylord, Miss Susan Burr,
76
1858. Jan. Delia Watson,
23
Aug. Jerusha P. Lawrence,
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