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SEYMOUR. Population, 3,318.
Mrs. Nellie Brennan,
81 Mrs. Sabra Smith,
Mrs. Mary S. Cleveland,
41
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
very old. At the age of 24, February 8, 1848, she was married to James Briggs, and left New Milford for Sherman, then called New Fairfield, to occupy a farm which Mr. Briggs had inherited. His father, Zephania, located on it in 1770. He was born in 1735, fought in the French and Indian wars, and in the Revolution, for which he received a pension. He died in 1837, at the age of 102. The musket he bore, a rusty flint-loek, is carefully kept in the family as an object of curiosity. The stories he told of experiences at Ticonderoga and elsewhere are often recalled by his descendants. He left a large family of children. James took the homestead where the aged lady now resides, and his brothers and sisters removed to different parts of the country. Mrs. Briggs has had three children, only one of whom, Miss Ophelia Briggs, in her 74th year, is living. The others, Calvin H. and Eusebia, were born 1811 and 1814, and died in 1880 and 1843 respectively. Mr. Briggs died in 1859, in his 79th year. Since his death Mrs. Briggs has resided in the beautiful home of Mrs. Calvin Briggs, widow of her only son. Miss Ophelia Briggs lives with them and kindly cares for her aged ancestor. It is a rare and beautiful spectacle to see these three together, and it must be pleasing for daughters so advanced in years to be able to say "my mother." Kindly and af- fectionately they anticipate the wants of the centenarian, and as a combined duty and pleas- ure, minister to them. What a satisfaction will be their's, some day, as memory commends their splendid acts.
Mrs. Briggs is enjoying a comfortable degree of health, though eyesight is impaired and power of locomotion weak. Like most extremely aged ones, she is a little deaf, but this does not prevent her hearing the words of joyfulness uttered in her presence, and catching the ideas which visiting friends convey. In conversation she speaks in an interesting and entertaining way, and veins of humor often call forth laughter in which she is not slow to join. She re- calls with great distinctness the events of the past, though she is troubled at times to fix dates and repeat names, and is forgetful during temporary illness and suffering. Her mental fac- ulties show so few signs of weakening that it may be said she is the equal of many who are a generation younger. She is the light of the household, though there are no grandchildren or great-grandchildren upon whom to shed a portion of it. Her's is a glorious evening of life, in the twilight of which she calmly waits for a summons, trusting in the Savior who has graciously led her along the pilgrim way. The weekly Standard has been a regular visitor at the homestead since it was founded. Mr. Briggs began taking it when the first copy was printed, the family continuing it till this time.
Its arrival is looked for and its contents are read to the aged listener. An ancient Bible containing genealogical tables of all members of the family was lost recently in transit from the West by express, much to the sorrow of Mrs. Briggs and her daughters. This book had a record of the centenarian's birth, which hun- dreds had seen. Thus her great age is authoritatively established. She is regarded by friends and neighbors with love and veneration. As these call to offer congratulations, the wish, often expressed, that she may complete her century of existence, is heard, and that, on the 16th of November, there may be a celebration worthy of the event to be commemorated.
SIMSBURY.
Mrs. Esther A. Taylor,
91
SOUTHBURY.
Population, 1,830.
Mrs. Myra Alford,
83 88
Charles Waddingburgh, 80
Mrs. Betsey Hurlbert,
92
Sevilla Bacon,
86
Mrs. Charlotte Michell,
93
Joseph S. Bartlett,
80
SOMERS.
Mrt. Betsey Downes,
91
Elam Case,
Mrs. Betsey Roswell,
90
Mrs. Emma Cornish,
80
Verona Cooley,
92 Mrs. Phebe Bennett,
85
Davis P. Day,
81
Louisa Charter,
90
Mrs. Sally Bostwick, 87
Elmore Griffin,
80
Warren Kibbie,
80 Alison Chapman,
82
Mrs. Lavinia Griffin,
80
Austin Pease,
80
Nathan Coger,
81
Mrs. Elizabeth Humphrey, 84 Joel Adams,
87
Mrs. Sally Garlick,
80
Mrs. Harriet E. Morse,
85
Martin Risley,
82 Mrs. Sarah Hunt, 86
Thomas Morton,
89 Luther Stebbens,
80
Isaac Johnson,
86
Mrs. Mary Payne,
85 Eunice Langdon,
87 Mrs. Olive Laird,
86
Avis C. Pickett, Orson Reed,
90 Polly Pease,
85
John Lamb,
84
Mrs. Lucy Reed,
87
Horace Fuller,
85 Mrs. Lydia McBrinney,
83
Jacob Bolls,
86 Samuel Converse,
88 Mrs. Nancy P. Mitchell,
81
Horace Root,
86 Achsah Jones,
87 William G. Mosely,
84
Mahala Terry,
89 William Taylor,
86 Mrs. Maria C. Mosely,
84
Mrs. Lucinda Tyrrel,
81 Sumner Root,
80 George Ohngemach,
80
Population, 1,740.
Mrs. Julia Cann,
97
Mrs. Catherine Brown,
Mrs. Nancy Wyman, Martin Wilcox,
89
86
Joseph Squires, 94
80 82
Population, 1,242.
Mrs. Sara Allen, 83
Mrs. Julia Case,
Lucinda Pomeroy,
83
Mrs. Patty M. Mitchel,
81
Mrs. Jane Wilcox, 80
42
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Justus Pierce,
Mrs. Olive Pierce,
80 Louis G. Bissell,
82 Laura Francis, 82
Mrs. Julia Platt,
85 Selene Ellsworth,
85 Nellie Holmes, 88
Mrs. Fannie Peck,
82 Fred. W. Grant,
86
Patrick King, 87
82 Dolly Lillibridge,
83
81 Rockwell Hayes,
87 Selinda Orcutt,
84
81 Mary Pergier,
85
80 Betsey Sibley,
80
Mrs. Anna F. Styles,
Mrs. Elizabeth Stone,
89 John Moore,
84
Austin Walbridge,
82
STAMFORD.
Population, 11,298.
83 Nathan White, 95
Mrs. Nancy Lockwood, 95
94
Mrs. Emma C, Bidwell,
90
Population, 3,207.
Mrs. Harrett Lillie,
83
Mrs. Jane Carigal,
93
William Bradbury,
Loyal Barrett,
Mrs. Loyal Barrett,
Mrs. Julius Bristol,
Mrs. Statira Shepard,
Mrs. John B. Woodruff,
David Root Sloper,
Amos Hamblin,
Horace Smith,
Mrs. Sophia Booth,
Mrs. John Neale,
Mrs. Chauncey Dunham,
Timothy Higgins,
Mrs. Joel Potter,
Mrs. Amarilla Camp,
Mrs. Portia N. Beecher,
Mrs. Emeline Lee,
Mrs. Mary W. Skinner, John Quill,
Inmer Judd,
William Andrews,
81
Palace Thresher,
80 David S. Holly,
Luman Lewis,
Mrs. Polly Cowles,
Mrs. Oliver Lewis
Rodney Langdon,
Mrs. Timothy Higgins,
Mrs. Patty Payne,
Mrs. Artemus Gridley, Mrs. George Gridley, Mrs. Eliza Doolittle,
Mrs. Emma Curran,
Mrs. Minerva Billings,
Mrs. Anna Tribbis, Bryan Newell,
SOUTH WINDSOR. Population, 1,902.
Elizabeth Cayton,
John P. Jones,
93 Thomas H. Thresher,
83 Clarissa Walker,
83 Susan Burdon,
80 Delight Coggswell,
84 George Elder,
86 82 84 81 82 80 83 81 82 84 82 84 82 84 81 80 84 83 81 80 83 81 84
80 80 Martha Blodgett,
80 Esther M. Biodgett,
81 Patrick Dyer, 80 John Dillon,
81 Joseph Aiken,
80 Nathaniel Lockum,
84 Mrs. Caroline Scofield, 80 Mrs. Mariah E. Weed,
84 Mrs. Rebecca Weed,
86 Selleck Holly,
83 Thomas Dixon.
81 Mrs. Mary Nolan,
82 Mrs. Ryle,
Julia Andross,
Edgar Bissell,
Eveline W. Bissell,
91
SPRAGUE.
86 Patrick Shea, 85 Septa Ladd, 85 Mrs. Phebe Ross,
82
Hagar Holmes,
91
85 Mrs. Betsey Renond,
82
Seth Miller,
82 83
85 Benjamin Noyes,
83 Salatha Manning,
84 Samuel Lovett,
STAFFORD.
Samuel Harwood,
93 Apollus Holly,
Orrin Harwood,
95 Thaddeus Jones,
Amanda Colburn,
91 Adam Quigley,
83 Andrew Connell,
83
Talman Cross,
80 John A. Scofield,
Asenath Howe,
82 Ormand Broadway,
Alexander Maynard,
86 Charles Williams,
80 George Weed,
81 81
Daniel Rockwell,
84 David Crabb,
Benjamin Rockwell,
80 Mrs. Phebe Crabb,
Amon Woodruff,
81 Lodica Wardwell,
81 Abraham Francis,
85 Mrs. Polly Smith,
82 J. B. Ferris,
81
Helen McKendrick,
81
Anson Spellman,
Mary Sullivan,
82 Daniel Kennedy,
86 Stephen Lockwood,
80 John A. Brewer,
80 Sibyl Agard,
80
Sarah Baker,
80 Abigail Buck,
80 Eleanor Cummings,
Betsey Jones, Andrew Oddy, Daniel Perkins,
93 Nabby Rockwell,
82
84 Austin Pelton,
Mary A. Pinney,
80
83 Mary C. Reynolds,
Henrietta Rockwell,
81
85 Theodore Davenport, George Barker,
93
John Billings, Mrs. Ruth Smith, 93
93
Mrs. Lydia Ferris,
93
83
Mrs. Maria --- (colored) 92
91
85 Charles Logan,
81
Joseph Selleck,
82
Charles Quintard,
81
83
Charles W. Knapp,
84 Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Mary A. Finnery, John Ryan,
82 82 84 81 84 82 82 84 85 81
83 82
82
Sally Phillips,
82 Mrs. Rebecca Crabb,
85 John Parsons,
81
Anne Henderson,
81
Clarissa Johnson,
83 William Provost,
85 Rue Smith,
91
Mrs. Moses Beckly,
86
81 Harriet Mills,
83
Mrs. Hannah Squires,
Mrs. Abigail Thompson,
Mrs. Grace Wheeler, Andrew White,
SOUTHINGTON.
Population, 5,411. Mrs. Melissa Crittenden, Mrs. Esther Haviland,
85 Harriet Hollister,
86 Ann J. Jennings,
86 William Jennings,
80 William S. Smith, 81
82 Roswell Hoyt,
83 John Picker,
82 81 81 84
83 Lueius Burnham,
82 Maria Fairfield, 81
83 Job L. Higley,
Mrs. Ruth Peck,
Mrs. Ann C. Pierce, Benjamin Raymond, Uri Strong,
86 Amelia McKingsbury,
82
George Foster,
86 Candice Gibson,
84 84
84 84 83
90 Edwin R. Lockwood,
43
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Naomi Webb, William Smith,
84 Frank Pendleton,
85 Elias Wells,
90
82 Mrs. Fanny Clark,
84 Betsey Wheeler,
90
Miss Maria Ketchum,
84 Alexdander Palmer,
83 Maria Dayton, 90
Charles H. Cole,
84 Miss Eunice Wheeler,
83 Charles Curtis,
90
Mrs. Sally Brown,
86 Mrs. Philara Holmes,
82 Henry Curtis,
90
William Rosborough,
82 Mrs. Esther B. Fish,
81 Nancy Hall,
90
Mrs. Lois Jones,
85 Mrs. Nancy Chesbro, 81 William C. Moss,
80 Legrand Wells,
80
John Provost,
82 Joanna Donney,
80 Susan Bristol,
82
Mrs. Betsey Lounsbury,
85 Nathan S. Noyes,
81 Silas Blake,
82
Mrs. Charlotte Abbott,
80 Mrs. - Guard,
82 Isaac Brooks,
83
Mrs. Deborah Mabie,
80 Mrs. A. P. Bond,
86 Susan Brooks,
80
Hamant Rosborough,
85 Mrs. Abby D. Smith,
85 William Holmes,
84
Benjamin Webb,
82 Mrs. Fanny Wilcox,
83 Elizabeth Sands,
87 80 81
Mrs. Lavina White,
88 Dr. David S. Hart,
83 Jerusha Curtis,
82
Mrs. Mary Marshall,
84 Joseph S. Williams,
82 Mabel C. Hyde,
84
Mrs. Eunice Reed,
83 Rev. Paul Couch,
81 Eliza Beardsley,
81
Mrs. . - Brewer,
80 Denison Chesboro,
81 Odle Bouton,
84
A. T. Smith,
80 Grace Chesbro,
80 Julia A. Beers.
82
Ezra Jones,
82
James Manning,
80 Salina Bootlı,
81
Robert Little,
82
Mrs. Jonas Horne,
81 Amanda Van Voorhes,
85
Mrs. Robert Little,
80
Caroline Goulding,
80
William Crawford,
81
STERLING.
Amy J. Burritt,
85
Edward Buxton,
81
Clara Burritt, Sherman Benjamin,
83
Naity Foster,
Lucinda Smith.
84
Cromwell Hill,
88 James N. Paige,
84
Rhoda Stone,
85
Elsie Osborn,
83
Lavina Denison,
90
Lois Kenyon,
83
Eliza De Forest,
87
Charles P. Wheeler,
90
Elias B. Chaplin,
87
Harriet Beardsley,
80
Deacon Simeon Palmer,
85
STRATFORD.
David Bennett,
83
Mrs. Grace B. Noyes,
83
Mrs. S. Batterson,
80
Giles Williams,
Amelia Dayton,
87
Mrs. Nancy Chapman.
82
Rachel Couch,
98
Harvey Warner,
85
Benj. Franklin Hancox,
81 Eliza Chatfield,
92
Sarah A. Curtis,
86
Mrs. - Prentice,
82 Catherine Beard,
91
Julia Lewis,
85
Mrs. -- Pendleton,
81 Harriet Curtis,
91
Phebe N. Wells,
87 Theodosia Lamson,
91
James Norman,
86 Catherine Lewis, 91
STONINGTON. Population, 7,253.
Hapsy Wood,
82
Tamantha Price,
80
Miss Dolly Palmer,
90
Charles Weaver,
81 Lydia B. Turner,
83
Sophia B. Coates,
81 Mary Wolf,
81
83 82 Bridget Farley,
103
Michael Murphy,
84
Capt. Thomas Davidson,
Betsey Chesbro,
80 Lucy S. Ayres, 92
Hannah Jones,
81
Mrs. Catherine C. Havens, 81
Mrs. Sarah Pendleton,
83 Curtis Judson,
Mrs. Mary Smith,
84 Mrs. Dudley D. Bennett,
83 Helen Whitney.
84
Mrs. Amzi Scofield.1.
83
Population, 957.
91
Population, 4,251.
HISTORY OF MRS. BRIDGET FARLEY, OF STRATFORD.
In Stratford, on Wednesday evening, August 20th, at the house of Dr. W. F. Hutchinson, Mrs. Bridget Farley, who was born in the town of Kent, County Mayo, thirty miles from Dublin, Ireland, August 20, 1781, celebrated her 103d birthday, about twenty friends taking part therein. The aged lady resides with her youngest son, Lawrence Farley, in a cottage, and the apartments being small, it was decided to accept Dr. and Mrs. Hutchinson's invita- tion to rooms more ample. Aided by her staff, Mrs. Farley walked from her home to the place of meeting and there joined in the festivities, enjoying seemingly all that was offered equal to those who had assembled in her honor. When music began and there was a call for an old-fashioned breakdown, Mrs. Farley took the floor with Miss Annie Hutchinson as partner, bent on going through the figures of a genuine "fore and after." It was a walk- over simply, as the aged dancer declared. There was too much "rhumatiz " hanging around that left ankle joint of hers, otherwise she'd shake the dust out of the floor seams with a vengeance. Previous to dancing, a well-filled table was displayed, and as a host and hostess rarely have a guest aged 103, license was taken to drink the more than centenarian's health in a fluid not wholly of water. There was a prompt response by the old lady, who declared that it had been her habit through her long life now and then to "take a dhrop," that she
81 Elizabeth Clark,
85
Titus Hallett,
44
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
"always felt betther afther it," and her sentiment in connection with this particular indulg- ence was " Good luck and good health to all," in real Irish dialect. She indicated that if she found the habit to be growing upon her she would surely stop it before she became old and infirm. There was a joyful time and although Mrs. Farley was among the happiest, she retired, by way of example, early. She makes her own bed daily, preferring to do so, and declares that her daughter, who is constant in every attention to the aged one, never knew how to make a bed as it ought to be. In 1800, at the age of 19, the veteran was married to William Farley, and with him, in 1820, sailed from Dublin in the ship Charity for the land of freedom. She said the passage was free and that was one of the inducements they had to make this their home. They were six weeks on the way, and on arrival located in the lower part of Broad street, New York city, and carried on the hosiery business in a small way. As the city grew they went out into the country in Catherine street. From New York, after the death of her husband, she went to Augusta, Me., stayed there several years, returned to New York, and during the month of July last located with her youngest son, Lawrence Farley, aged about 55, where she expects to pass the remainder of her days. Physically she is in good condition, and her mind unusually so. Memory is somewhat treacherous, and things she thinks the most of occurred so long ago that it is impossible, she says, to keep track of them. Of nine children, two are living, and she has six grand and eight great-grandchildren. She has three objects as reminders of her affection for the "ould sod "-a deal trencher, given her by her mother in 1800 when she went to housekeeping; an iron frying-pan, in daily use by her daughter, and an iron shoe pulled from the hoof of her favorite and only donkey just before taking ship, an animal which she wanted to bring along but could not. She belongs to a long lived family, her father dying at the age of 115 and her mother aged 100. She declares that she has but one thing to live for, and that is to repent of all her sins, thanking God for the privilege of living so long to do it earnestly and fully.
SUFFIELD.
Population, 3,225.
Mrs. Lester Rising,
82 Mrs. Charles Brown, 80
Mrs. Alvira Allen,
92
Mrs. Curtis Rose,
81 Mrs. Valentine Ballard, 80
Milton Lester,
92 Mrs. Ilannah Remington,
81 Mrs. Atresta Crosby,
84
Curtis Hunt,
90 Horace Sheldon,
82 Mrs. Stephen Crosby,
80
Mrs. Leverett Norton,
90 Mrs. Julius C. Sheldon,
87 Miss Sally Elliott,
80
Miss Emily Norton,
90 Mrs. Mary Ann Sheldon,
80 Jesse Alton,
82
Noadiah Adams,
82 Leverett Sackett,
80 Oliver Adams.
83
Mrs. Theoda S. Allen,
81 Zebina Sikes,
81 Mrs. Elizabeth Blake,
84
Thomas J. Austin,
80 Mrs. Elihu S. Taylor,
80 Uzziel Byxby,
83
81 Mrs. Ann Wheeler,
83 Miss Belinda Bates, 81
84
Mrs. William Cannon,
86 Mrs. Curtis Warner,
84 Miss Sylvia Cunningham,
83
Mrs. Warren Case,
83 Mrs. Mary Smithı,
82 Mrs. Nancy Chandler,
82
Miss Eliza Denslow,
81 Mrs. Climera Rice,
86 Mrs. Louisa Day, 83
Abiatha Dean,
88 Mrs. H. Denslow,
80 D. N. Elliott, 86
81
Hiram K. Granger,
83
THOMPSON.
John George, 87
Henry Goodman,
84
Population, 5,051.
84 Mrs. Hannah Parker,
97 Frederick Mills,
83
Thomas Hutchins,
87 Charles Brown,
96 Mrs. Sarah R. Matthewson, 81
80
Mrs. Robert Hatheway,
80 Joseph Byxby,
94
Miss Alice Sibley, 86
Ransom Hayden,
82 Barnby Chandler,
91 Franklin Upham, 82
90 David Wilson, 81
83
Mrs. Abel King,
80 Mrs. Lydia Mason,
82 H. Upham,
88
Henry P. Ket,
Mrs. Archibald Kinney,
John D. Leonard,
84 Mrs. Abby C. Gay,
82
80 Mrs. Annie Ketchum,
82
TOLLAND.
83 Population, 1,169.
81 Ruth Benton, 92
82 Luther Cobb, 91
John Noble,
81 Eden Davis,
82 Anna Sumner, 91
84 Winthrop H. Ballard, 82 Martha Allen, 82
Mrs. Potter Parmelee,
Mrs. Elisha Pomeroy,
86 Alanson Ranson, 82
Aretus Rising,
83 Mrs. Abel Gleason, 85
81
Mrs. D. N. Elliott,
Miss Sophia Joslyn, 87
Miss Mary C. Gay,
82
Lyman Griffin,
Mrs. Asa Harmon,
82 Benjamin Warner,
Abel King,
80 Lemuel E. Hascall,
82 Mrs, Noadiah Watson.
85 Mrs. Abby M. Gay, 84
84 Miss Mary Dunksley, 80
Mrs. Lucinda Lewis,
Joseph Leonard,
84 George Day,
Mrs. Joseph Leonard,
82 Mrs. George Day,
John Messenger,
86 Stephen Crosby,
Milton Hatheway, .
87 Miss Sally Bates,
95 Obediah Ross,
Amos S. Crane,
Ansel Cook,
82 Mrs. Lyman Whitman,
82 Schuyler Corbin,
Joseph Fuller,
Patrick Kiernan, 82
80 Aaron White,
87 Mrs. Abby Watson,
45
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Nancy Babcock, Submit Clark.
87 Mrs. Newman Bugbee,
80
Maria Williams, 80
Sarah Chapman,
80
Mrs. Merrick Cheney,
Sherman Chapman,
81
Daniel Chapman,
80
VERNON.
Population, 6,915.
Lewis Harwood,
Arthur O'Keefe,
83
Betsey Tuttle,
82
Frank Kimball,
84 Valentine Best,
83
Clarissa Mehan,
81
Noah Moulton, 81
Azel Bowers,
84
Caroline Wooding,
85
Almira Studley, 84 Joseph H. Brown,
84
Street Jones,
82
Lucy Tryon,
82
W. S. Cogswell,
80
Caleb Atwater,
80
Samuel Wade,
82
G. Colton,
Lina Lewis,
85
Henry Watrous,
82
Job Coke,
82
Caroline Andrews,
82
Azariah Lathrop,
88
Mary Carrington,
87
James Regan,
84
Edward L. Cutter,
80
Johanna Bulkley,
89
John Butler,
91 Michael C. Stortzner,
84
Mary Hotchkiss,
81
Emily Hall,
82
Hannah Bounds,
84 Christian I. Young,
84 James Hawkins, 85
VOLUNTOWN.
Population, 1,186. 87 Mrs. Thankful Douglass,
95
Norman S. Hall,
81
Sylvia Kimberly,
82 Sereno Kennedy,
90
Mindwell Kellogg,
83 Joseph S. James,
81
Emma Mills,
86 Mrs. Esther S. James,
84
WASHINGTON.
Mrs. Betscy Averill, 97
Mrs. Lucy Coggswell, 91
Isaac Patterson,
87
86 Medad S. Goodsell,
Daniel Burnham,
William Morse,
Miss Jeanette Iline,
Miss Minerva Bryan, 83
Mrs. Diantha Miles, Miss -- Goodsell,
85 81 83
83 Joseph C. Calhoun,
84 Mrs. Patty Hollister,
81
88 Mrs. Eliza Coggswell,
83
87 Mrs. R. Barnum,
84 81
82 James Grant,
86
87 Luman Woodruff,
83
84 Mrs. Marilla Allen, 82
82 Mrs. Loretta Titus, 84
91 Mrs. Polly Wetton, 81
83 Mrs. Mary Fowler,
82
William Mann,
Ransom Newton,
81 83
WALLINGFORD. Population, 4,686.
87
82 J. Dailey,
93 Mary Palmer,
96 Clarissa Hall,
86 Sarah K. Carrington,
90
Mrs. Palmyra Hickox, 92
Ali Brinsmade,
92 Population. 3.225.
81 Mrs. Julia Wood,
Andrew Tait,
Mrs. - Parsons,
- Taylor,
Mrs. Sally Nichols,
Mrs. Beach Plumb,
Mrs. Elam Sterling,
Walker Wheeler,
Burr Goodsell,
Alonzo Sherman,
UNION.
Population, 539.
Daniel Steers,
Mrs. Daniel Steers,
Newman Bugbee, Chauncey Paul,
Mrs. Paul Lawson, Mrs. Burley, Ezra Horton,
88 Trenck Crawford,
84 Merancy Beadle, 90
88 Patrick Larkin, 83
Henry Biggins, Rosanna Clinton,
80
Sarah G. Harrison, 82
98
Carlos Hall, 80
Matilda Harwood,
83 87 Christopher Becker,
83
George 1. Keeler,
83
Daniel Howd,
82
Clark Steer, Frederick Schrier,
80
Carrie Andrews,
86
84 Dana Stebbins,
86
Ann Beaumont,
80
Jeremiah Bounds,
86 Chauncey Whincell,
89
83
WARREN.
Population, 639.
Mrs. Abby Beeman,
91
Amos Cables,
Dianatha Cables,
Augustus Grant,
84 Mrs. Abby Young,
91
Mrs. Emeline Byram, 80
David Strong,
80
Frederick North,
80 Christopher Colgrove,
82
Frederick P. Whiting,
84 James Campbell,
81
Amelia P. Whiting,
Lauren Wetmore,
82 Mrs. Susan Bitgood,
82 Mrs. Sarah Braman,
80 Mrs. Olive Gallup, (blind)
Mrs. Sophronia Gordon,
TRUMBULL.
Population. 1,323.
Alvord S. Coan,
85 Mrs. -- Martin,
83 Mrs. Ruth Blakeslee,
85 Mrs. Abigail Blakeslee,
81 Mrs. Ann Bottom,
84 Mrs. Lucinda Newton,
83 Mrs. Sally Painter,
82 Mrs. Christina Lyman,
80 William T. Woodruff,
81 Dea. D. Potter,
Asabel Harvey,
80 Mrs. Rebecca Hine, 83
82 Mrs. Mary Ford, 80
Mrs. Susan Fenn,
82
Mrs. Orpha S. Brinsmade, 85
91 WATERBURY.
96 Population, 20,269.
91
Mrs. Amanda Mitchell, 93
80
Obediah Waldo,
TORRINGTON. Population, 3,327.
James Batters,
Elizur Barber,
85 84 84
Charlotte A. Hungerford,
80 Miss Fanny Whiten,
82
87 86
80
THOMASTON.
84 81 83 82
Louisa Brown,
82 A. Corey, 81
88 Joseph Burton,
84
Fanny West,
Harriet Morse,
80
Mary Dowling, 85
Fanny Wetmore, Eliza T. Cowles,
82
88 Alva Weeks, Jason Welch, 88
80 Hiram Weeks,
46
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Charles Eagan, Mrs. Amanda H. Mabott,
91 Thomas Coyle,
81 D. Loveland, 81
Doolittle, 81
81 81 Philo Hard, F. Fitch (colored),
88 86
Timothy Bowes,
90 Mrs. Eliza Eagan,
Israel Coe,
90 Mrs. Melissa Ilull,
John E. Scorell,
90 Mrs. Mary F. Fitzgerald,
Miss Lois Ilotchkiss,
88 Mrs. Dorcas Blakesley,
Mrs. Sybil Thomas,
88 Mrs. Susannah Spencer,
80 Mrs. Deacon Woodward,
84
Morgan O'Brien,
88 Mrs. Anna M. Bronson,
Charles D. Kingsbury,
88 Mrs. Mary E. Lockwood, 87 Mrs. Lydia Frost,
80 F. Lally,
83
George Root,
87 Mrs. Ursula Frost,
80
Mrs. F. Lally,
81
Mrs. Theresa M. Scott,
87 Sherman Stelle,
80
WESTBROOK.
Population, 878.
Mrs. Lydia Bushnell, 97
80 Mrs. Catherine Doly, 95
Mrs. Naney Stannard, 87 Captain Timothy Stannard, 87 Captain Ezra Stannard,
82 82
Rufus H. French,
85 85
Charles Staplins,
94
Mrs. Merritt Post,
81
Merritt Tompkins,
85
Polly Madden,
93
Mrs. Mary Stannard,
84
Mrs. Emma W. Wright,
84
Nathaniel Chapman,
90
Mrs. Sally Wright,
88 84
Mrs. Charles Davison,
84
Osmand Darrow,
84
Richard Stevens,
87
Mrs. Mary Essex,
84 84
William Pachery,
83
William Stokes,
87
Mrs. Betsey M. Grilley,
84
Hannah Douglass,
80
Horace Bushnell,
80
Mrs. Becky Lounsbury,
84
Edward Weeks,
84
William II. Lay, 80
Mrs. Eunice Kent,
84
84 Mrs. James Howard,
86
Captain Daniel Stannard, 80
James Darling,
84
Samuel Mosier,
WEST HARTFORD.
83 Population, 1,828.
Emily Talcott, 93
Mrs. Lucy Brown,
83
Austin Hewett,
82
Elizabeth Bolan,
83
Mrs. Lockey Russell,
83 Enos Gates,
Lydia Caswell,
87
Mrs. Eveline Downes,
83
Mrs. Eliza Gallup,
86
Mary Fagan,
83
Mrs. Louis Hotchkiss,
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Warner, 82 Mrs. Azuba Barber,
82
WATERTOWN.
Mrs. Sarah M. Upsou,
82
Population, 1,867.
Mrs. Nancy Bradley,
82
Mrs. Harriet Scovil,
82 82
Mrs. - Hungerford, General M. Hemingway,
Mrs. Lucretia Brown,
82 H. Scoville,
82 Dr. - Woodward,
84 Harvey Goodwin, 81
83 Mary Henderson, 84
82 Ann Burr.
93
87
85
WESTON.
83 Population, 918.
82 Patrick Maloney, 99
83 Mrs. Patrick Maloney, 97
84 Nathaniel Perry, 94
81 -- Lusk,
81 Mrs. - Lusk, 81
84
Mrs. Wealthy Munson,
91 Finton Phalen,
Mrs. Cynthia Dikeman,
91 Mrs. Leonra Baldwin,
Mrs. Nancy Russell,
90 Mrs. Emeline Stocking,
81 Mrs. Esther Freeman (col'd), 85 81 81 Mrs. Hiram French, Hiram French, 87 84 82
80 -- Wright,
80 Mrs. -- Pierce,
83
Mrs. Sarah Upson,
86 Stephen M. Camp,
80 80
Mrs. Patty Judd,
86 Henry Sandland,
80
Miss Philena Peck,
86 Horace J. Miner,
Miss Polly Adams,
86 86 86
WATERFORD. Population, 2,701.
Captain Merritt Post,
Samuel W. Upson,
Esther Edwards,
94
Miss Mary H. Cone,
81
Mrs. Sally Waldron, 85
Nathan Newberry,
91
John De Wolf,
83
Mrs. Anna Spruce,
85
William Daniels,
90 Mrs. Hester Morgan,
82
Mrs. Sally Tuttle,
84
Jonathan Calkins,
88
Miss Lucy Lay,
Mrs. Margaret Shannahan, 84
Allan Darrow,
82
Mrs. Louisa Dibble,
80
Mrs. Sarah Morris,
Josiah Douglass,
80
Mrs. Edmund Dennison,
86
Mrs. Martha Kane,
84
James Howard,
87
Henry Doane, 80
Mrs. Mary Langdon,
Mattie Ward,
83 80
Willard Spencer,
84 83
Ann Avery,
John Mix,
Mrs. Larmon Johnson,
83
Robert Beebe,
84
. Elizabeth Whitman, 93
Mrs. Harriet Sperry,
83 Gilbert Holmes,
83
Marian Burr,
84
Mrs. Bridget Moran,
83
Martha Newberry,
83
Clinton Edgarton,
80
82 Sally Mitchell,
Cynthia Selden, 82
Margaret Talcott, Hubbard Webster, 83 81
94 Nancy M. Webster, 81
84 Lucy M. Wells, 83
82 Patience Briggs, 81
Mrs. Laura Byington
82 Mrs. S. Mattoon,
Mrs. Eunice Geer,
Mrs. Lois Church,
Marshal Upson,
Edward Chittenden,
William Tyler,
Enoch W. Frost,
82 Mrs. - Dainter,
Matthew D. Root,
Palmer Smith,
84
82
83 Mr. -- Mack,
87
Mrs. Harriet Bronson,
Mrs. Jerusha Hine,
82 Mrs. Ann A. Warren, 82 Mrs. - Holcomb, 82 Miss Manarcy Holcomb,
82 Mrs. Benjamin Peck, 82 H. Little,
80 Mrs. Granson Hard, 82
Hugh Bennett,
Mrs. Nancy Bronson,
86 Nathan Cook,
Fergus McClean,
Sherman Bronson,
92 Judah Barker,
47
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Joseph R. Andrews,
87 Charles Scofield,
87 Hiram Nash, 81
Polly Abbott, 82 Lucinda Scribner,
88 Ellen Perry, 80
G. W. Bradley,
80 Mary N. Tomlinson,
81 John Crossman, 86
Molly J. Hendricks,
86 Ann S. Walton,
84 Mary Fineh,
83
HISTORY OF WARD NICHOLS OF WESTON.
Mr. Ward Nichols and his wife Sally, who died last winter within a few days of each other, aged respectively 92 and 90 years, were landmarks in the town where they had resided fully 70 years. From youth to age they were patterns of goodness, engaging in those pur- suits which make domestic life charming, and impart tone to society. If outward evidence means anything, through life neither had indulged au evil thought, and in their walk and conversation truth and charity were always uppermost. Early in life Mr. Nichols began as fur hat manufacturer and conducted it successfully for more than 50 years, putting up build- ings for that purpose, and he lived long enough to see every vestige of them disappear. He was a prominent member of the Congregational Church in Northfield, and now that he is gone, the people there appreciate the loss they have sustained. Mr. Nichols was remarkable for his fine physical condition, which he maintained almost till his last hour, and his mind was ever clear, so clear, indeed, that he could call each of his children, grand and great grand- children, and they were numerous, by name, knew all their likes and dislikes and strove to be of use to them, and the same may be said of him as relates to his neighbors and friends, who embraced a vast circle. His death was due to a cold caught while standing with head uncovered at the grave of a loved grandchild.
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