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John T. Powers purchased the corner plot of Patrick T. Boyle and built a new house in 1902. He married Kate McGrath, daughter of Thomas McGrath. Before 1854 Pliny Day had a wagon and carriage shop on this plot, which was removed for a farm building by Moses Morton. Just south of this shop was a blacksmith's shop and a small unpainted tenement occupied by Waterman Bartlett and wife, Melinda. They removed from Hatfield about 1855 with their sons, Alonzo and William.
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MAIN STREET, WEST SIDE.
The house on the Zechariah Field allotment was owned by Luman Pease, who kept a store on the corner of Main and Maple streets about 1828, afterwards by Ebenezer Graves, brother of Capt. Thaddeus Graves, then purchased by Josiah Brown, who built a new store northerly from the dwelling house, and moved the store from the south corner to the rear of the new building. Mr. Brown sold the property to Erastus Billings, and his sons, Henry P. and Erastus F. Billings, kept the store and also a tailor's shop on the second floor. Erastus F. Billings was postmaster here for a number of years. The store now belongs. to George A. Billings and the post office is now in this build- ing with Edwin L. Graves as postmaster. The upstairs tene- ment is occupied by Rupert D. Graves and his wife, who was Helen Murphy of Hatfield. The dwelling was owned and occupied by William D. Billings, who married Mary L., daughter of James W. Warner. Mr. Billings was town clerk for 47 years. Smith E. Briggs afterwards lived here with his mother and sister. The place was bought in 1905 and repaired by Reuben Field Wells, who married A. Beatrice Fiske of Huntington. They lived there till the spring of 1909. The house is now occupied by Mortimer H. Bowman, superintendent of schools, who came to Hatfield in 1905. He was born in Pamelia, N. Y. He married Margaret Wolfe of Boston.
The house on the Hope Atherton allotment was owned by Col. Erastus Billings and later by his son, Erastus, who married Artemisia Ford of Somers, Conn. They both died in Hatfield and their son, George A. Billings, who mar- ried Abby F., daughter of Dea. Jonathan S. Graves, now lives on the place. The house has been greatly repaired and renewed. Henry P., son of Erastus Billings, was 2d lieutenant in Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.
The house on the Stephen Taylor allotment descended from Roswell Billings to his son David, whose wife was Mary A. Wells of Leyden. Their son David married Emma E., daughter of Dea. James Porter, and now lives in the same house. The social library of Hatfield was kept in this house for many years.
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The house on the John and Isaac Graves allotment was built in 1856 by John A. Billings, who purchased the lot from Samuel D. Partridge and tore down the old house. It is now owned and occupied by Samuel F. Billings, Jr., who married Sarah Jenny, daughter of William B. and Sarah Langdon. A large stone was set in front of the place in 1906 by the descendants of Thomas Graves, and the "Jenny Lind" elm is now standing in the street beside it. The old brick schoolhouse in front of this place was torn down in 1846.
The next house, built by Oliver Partridge, was afterward owned by Miss Lois Dickinson, and was the home of Oliver Smith at the time of his decease, and his caretaker, Miss Eliza A. Warner. Edwin Brainerd lived here a number of years. Otis C. Wells, whose wife was E. Lucelia Loomis, daughter of Jonathan C. Loomis of Whately, repaired the house in 1880. They both died in Hatfield and their children removed from town. Harry L. Howard, who mar- ried Mabel L., daughter of George A. Billings, now owns the place.
The next house was built on the Amasa Wells place by Charles Morris Billings in 1831. He was a strong anti- slavery man, and his home was one of the underground railway stations. He married Charlotte White, daughter of Ebenezer White. Both died in Hatfield, and were fol- lowed by their son, Frederick D. Billings, whose wife was Fanny Hunt of New York. After his decease the family removed to California. Joseph Billings, son of Charles M., was a member of the 27th Regiment, M.V.M., and also of the 2d Heavy Artillery in the Civil war. This place was afterward the home of Merritt F. Sampson, whose wife was Isadore H. Kenny. She lived before her marriage with Dea. Alpheus Cowles. Mr. Sampson was a member of the 4th Mass. Cavalry in the Civil war and afterward in the regular service. The place was sold in 1909 to William H. Burke, son of John and Mary Burke.
On the Eleazer Frary allotment Lucy Smith, the last survivor of Capt. Elijah Smith's children, lived until her decease in 1864. Frederick D. Billings lived here for sev- eral years, and it is now owned and occupied by Roswell Billings, son of David Billings. He married Carrie E ..
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daughter of Dea. Jonathan Graves. In recent years the two large elms have been blown down by severe windstorms, the one in the street in 1879, and the one in the dooryard in 1895. (See illustration on page 44.)
The next house, called the Dr. Lyman place, was occu- pied by Dwight P. Morton and his wife, Chloe Cole. This house was torn down after Mr. Morton moved to the home of his father, Moses Morton. The large elm tree spoken of by Mr. Partridge died and was taken down in 1907. On the corner of this lot stood the town hall until it was
MEMORIAL HALL AND THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
moved to the rear of the present meetinghouse about 1849. The Dickinson Memorial hall now stands on this lot, the gift to the town of Samuel H. Dickinson. It was built in 1894. The schoolhouse built in the rear of the meeting- house in 1846 was moved to this lot and torn down in 1908 by Albert W. Morton, the present owner.
The next house, the Squire Smith place, was torn down in 1852. This lot was secured for public use. The ceme- tery was laid out and the south center district schoolhouse built on this lot in 1846. The meetinghouse was built here
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in 1849, and the old town hall moved to a site in the rear of the meetinghouse next to the schoolhouse. The present town hall and the parsonage were built in 1852. Rev. Henry Neill, the eighth pastor of the church, lived in the Squire Smith house and the Rev. Jared O. Knapp was the first pastor to occupy the parsonage. The large elm tree in front of the meetinghouse fell to the ground of old age in 1868. The elm trees now there were set out in 1876. The town clock was placed in the belfry in 1898. Rev. R. M. Woods moved in 1887 to the Sophia Smith house and the parson- age was occupied by DeForest E. Shattuck, who married Augusta Warner of Bernardston, until his death, Aug. 7, 1909. He was a member of the 1st Vermont Cavalry in the Civil war. The brownstone steps at the front door of the parsonage are the same as were in front of the Col. Israel Williams house, built before the French and Indian war. Rev. Irving A. Flint moved into the house Feb. 1, 1910. He was born in Braintree, Vt.
The next house, in which Moses C. Porter lived, is now owned by Frederick H. Bardwell and occupied by Thomas J. Ryan, who married Mary Ryan, daughter of James and Mary Ryan, and by Percy L. White, who came from Chicopee Falls in 1909. His wife was Clara B. Ellsworth of Chester. It was for many years the home of Caleb, D. Bardwell, a veteran of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M. Mrs. Bardwell was a daughter of James W. Warner. Howard W. Dickinson, principal of Smith Academy, 1894-1904, lived here after his marriage to Anna Graves, daughter of Thaddeus Graves, until they left town. In front of this house is the only hackberry tree in Hatfield.
The next house, on the John Allis allotment, was repaired and renewed by Silas G. Hubbard in 1851. He married Rhoda W., daughter of Justin and Dolly Hastings. Mr. Hubbard died in 1890. His widow now lives on the place. The large elm tree in front at one time had a spread of branches one hundred feet across.
The next house, on the Obadiah Dickinson allotment, was, after the decease of Israel Morton and his widow, Lucy Lyman Morton, purchased by Fred P. Pease, who came from Ludlow. He married Harriet Lilla, daughter of Arnold M. Peck. She survives her husband and occupies
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the place with a son, Arnold, and daughter, Mildred. Fred G. Howard, who married Etta Black of Florence, rents a part of the house.
Smith Academy, the gift of Sophia Smith, and the town schoolhouse, were both built on the Samuel Kellogg allot- ment in 1871.
The next house, across School Street on the John Hawkes allotment, was occupied by Theodore Baggs, who married (1) Harriet, daughter of Justin Hastings, and (2) Nellie E., daughter of Luman M. Moore. Mr. Baggs kept a hotel here a number of years and after his decease the heirs sold the place to James L. Day, who now occupies it with his wife, Mary Connelly, from Worcester, Mass.
The next house was built by John F. O'Dea in 1904 and is occupied by him and his wife, who was Barbara Hold- felder of Hatfield.
The next house, on the Richard Morton allotment, after the decease of Joseph Smith, was occupied by John E. Waite, then by Caleb Dickinson, and is now owned and occupied by Thomas Dea, who married Mary McGrath of Hadley.
The next house, called the Seth Bardwell place, was owned and occupied by Alpheus Longley, who married Lois, daughter of Seth Bardwell. Mr. Longley was for some years postmaster and kept the office in the old house. The land is now owned by E. Seward Warner, who tore the house down in 1893. Mr. Warner's mother was Louisa, daughter of Alpheus Longley. Obed Smith once had a store on the south corner of this lot.
The next house, on a part of the Solomon Dickinson lot, was built by Myron Dickinson, who came to Hatfield from Whately in 1873, and afterward purchased by Charles G. Waite, who was born in Whately and returned from the West and married Matilda C. Marsh, widow of Chester Marsh. It has been owned and, since 1897, occupied by Dr. Charles A. Byrne, who married Mary Shank of Hamilton, Ohio. A small schoolhouse once stood on this part of the lot.
The next house, on the site of the Solomon Dickinson house, which was burned in 1868, was built in 1871 by E. Ashley Bardwell, who married Sarah E., daughter of
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William H. Dickinson. After Mrs. Bardwell's decease Wilder B. Harding and wife, who was Sarah Houghton of Putney, Vt., the principal and preceptress of Smith Acad- emy, lived here for some years. It was afterward pur- chased by Maj. Charles S. Shattuck, who served with the 6th Vermont Infantry in the Civil war. His wife, now deceased, was Addie M. Doolittle of Hinsdale, N. H. Mr. Shattuck now lives on the place with his niece, Mary Thayer, who married Vernet H. Keller of Ohio.
The next place, the Elijah Dickinson house, was torn down in 1892 by Edward B. Dickinson. The site is now vacant.
The next house, called the John Brown place, is now occupied by his widow, Augusta S., who was a daughter of Josiah Allis. Her daughter, Harriet A., who married George B. Barnes of Warehouse Point, Conn., lives with Mrs. Brown. The north center schoolhouse once stood on this lot.
The next house, on the Benjamin Waite allotment, was occupied by Jeremy Morton and his wife, who was Tem- perance McCullock. Both died in Hatfield. Matthew J. Ryan and wife, who was Jane, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Powers, now live on the place.
The next house was occupied by Richard T. Morton, afterward by Champion Dickinson, then by one Lockjaw, then by Edward Proulx, who married Hannah Larkin. He now lives on the place with his son, Michael J. Proulx and wife, who was Mary Hamel, daughter of Marble Hamel.
The next house, called the Abijah Bliss place, was occu- pied by his son, William C. Bliss, whose wife was Laura Munson of Whately. He was a prosperous broommaker. Both died in Hatfield. Afterward this place was owned by Levi L. Pease, who came from Ludlow. He married (1) Amelia L., daughter of William C. Bliss, and (2) Fidelia Murdock of Baltimore, Md. Both wives are deceased. He now occupies the place. He was a member of the 46th Regiment, M.V.M., during the Civil war.
The next house was owned and occupied by George W. Smith, who married Dolly Bliss, widow of Austin
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Bliss. Frank Dugal purchased the same and his widow and son, Archie, now occupy the place.
The next house upon King's Hill was built by one Wil- lard, afterward occupied by Joseph Richards, who was a member of Co. C, 27th Regiment, M.V.M. He died at Andersonville. The next occupant was Matilda S. Marsh. Marble Hamel lived here and was ferryman to Hadley. The place is now owned by John J. Breor, who married Emma, daughter of Mr. Hamel, and succeeded him as ferryman.
The next house was built in 1909 by John Anabel of Hadley, who married John J. Breor's daughter, Irene.
MAIN STREET, EAST SIDE.
On the east side of Main Street in Little Meadow, so called, is a house built by Joseph Celtka in 1906. He sold it in 1909 to Peter and Franczika Mazukaitis.
The next house is now the home of Joseph Levitre. The building was formerly the north center district schoolhouse and once stood on the John Brown home lot.
The next house is the home of Anthony Douglass, who married Lizzie Bolac of West Hatfield. This house was once the northerly wing of the Alvin L. Sanderson home- stead.
The next house was the site of the Roger Dickinson dwelling. The present house was built by Charles H. Jones, who married Angelia, daughter of William C. Bliss, and removed to Northampton. The place was afterward occupied by George L. Marsh, who married Bessie Owen of Belchertown, then by Michel Proulx. His widow, Han- nah Twomey, and her son, Alfred B. Proulx, now occupy the same.
The next house, so long used as a tavern, was built by Dwight Smith about 1830, and enlarged by Solomon Mosher. Orsamus Marsh, who married Harriet Smith of Hadley, kept tavern here 45 years. He was also a ferryman and had a horseboat; afterward a wire across the river. He was succeeded by Lemuel S. Bliss, who married Martha E. Claghorn; then by Michael J. Proulx and Frank O. Bardwell; then by John T. and William H. Burke. The
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place is now owned by Levi L. Pease, Benjamin M. Warner, and Matthew J. Ryan. The hotel barn was removed in 1908. George L. Marsh, son of Orsamus, was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.
The next house was built by Austin Bliss and was owned and occupied by his son, Lemuel S. Bliss, who kept a grocery and drug store in the ell part of the house. He was followed by Lemuel A. Waite and wife. Their daughter, Myra L. Waite, married Horace Shumway, who now owns the place. It is occupied by John Bitner, who married Margaret Dea of Northampton.
The next house, which was built by Hiram Marsh, was long the home of William Dougherty, a painter. His wife was Elvira B. Osborn of Hadley. Their children all re- moved from Hatfield. The place is now occupied by Edward A. Ryan and his wife, who was Kate A. Twomey of Whately.
The next house, also built by Hiram Marsh, was the home of Alvin L. Sanderson, who married Janette Reed of Whately. Their daughter, Mary Jane, married Frank W. Prince, and they now live on the place.
The next house was built by Caleb Dickinson, son of Giles Dickinson of Whately, about 1861. Caleb married Almaria L., daughter of Rodolphus Rice of Conway. The family removed from Hatfield, and George Saffer, who married Mary, daughter of Patrick Boyle, now lives on the place.
We now come to the first house on the east side of Main Street spoken of by Mr. Partridge, that of Jeremiah Bardwell, whose wife was Rosamond Harris. They both died in Hatfield. The house was repaired in 1907 by John L. Proulx, who now lives here with his wife, who was Delvina Parent of Hadley. Charles Smith lived some years on this place.
The next house, built by Caleb Dickinson, was occupied by Caleb D. Bardwell; afterwards by Albert Webber, and since his decease by his widow, who was Emma D. Sander- son of Conway, and their daughters.
The next house was the Elijah Bardwell house. He was known as Squire Bardwell. The house he lived in was moved to North Street and is the home of William B.
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Langdon. One wing of the old house is now the home of Margaret Hade on School Street. The present brick house was built in 1864 by Henry F. Bardwell, who married Alice L., daughter of John D. Brown. Mr. Bardwell was a grandson of Squire Bardwell and also a member of Co. F, 27th Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war. The house is now occupied by Dr. A. J. Bonneville and his wife, who was Agnes Gertrude Hunt of Providence, R. I.
The next house, on the Nathaniel Foot allotment, was the home of William H. Dickinson, who married Angeline, daughter of Justin Waite. The old house was removed to North Street in the rear of Major Shattuck's lot. Mr. Dickinson and his son, William C. Dickinson, built the large new house, now standing, in 1875. Both William H. and William C. Dickinson are deceased and their widows now live on the place. Mrs. William C. Dickinson was Clara L., daughter of Thaddeus Graves.
The next house, on the Philip Russell allotment, was the home of Lieut. Samuel Smith and the birthplace of his son, Oliver Smith. It was afterward owned by William H. Dickinson, who moved the house to North Street, where it now stands, used as a tenement. The hollow buttonball tree is still standing, but the site is now vacant.
The next house, on the above lot, was built in 1901 by Emma A., Mary L., and Ellen A., daughters of James O. Waite, and is now occupied by Webster A. Pease and his wife, who was Anna Hastings of Amherst.
The next house, on the Samuel Gillett allotment, was occupied by James Morton, son of Ebenezer Morton, and repaired after Mr. Morton removed from town, by Charles G. Waite. I think Moses Morton and Charles N. Coleman each lived a few years in the house. It was purchased by Cordelia A., wife of Elisha Hubbard, who died here. She now lives on the place.
The next house, on the John Wells allotment, was owned by Boswell Controy and afterward purchased by John McHugh, whose wife was Mary Kounalty. Their son, John McHugh, Jr., tore down the old house in 1904 and rebuilt on the same place. The scroll and casing of the front door of the old house, supposed to have been built by Samuel Hastings before the French and Indian war, are
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preserved in Memorial hall. Mr. McHugh now lives on the place with his son, John McHugh, Jr., who married Helen A. Welch of Hadley.
The next house was built by Charles Smith about 1820. He married Oritha Morton, daughter of Ebenezer Morton. Both died in Hatfield. Afterward William P. Allis, who married Amelia Baker, lived here. He built a large stock barn on the site, which was burned in 1884. The family removed from Hatfield and John Hervey Howard, whose wife was Emma Bullard of Swanzey, N. H., purchased the place and built the village store, which he now occupies. Mr. Howard came from Easthampton in 1879. He was a member of Co. C, 10th Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.
The next house, on the Silas Porter place, is occupied by Silas Porter, son of Theodore Porter, who was a shoe- maker. His shop was torn down in 1908. The large elm tree is now standing in front of the house, which has a very old appearance. The town of Hatfield owns the place, subject to the life estate of the occupant, Silas Porter. A schoolhouse, which stood on the north corner of this lot, burned at the fire of William P. Allis's barn in 1884.
In 1860 David F. Wells built a store north of his house. This was burned down in 1878. On this site once stood the house of Frederick Chapin, in which he lived with his sons, Frederick W. and Camilas. The house was torn down and they lived on the Smith Academy lot. On this site also John F. Burke built a new house in 1903 and he now lives on the place with his wife, who was Nellie Whalen.
The next house was built by Dr. Addison S. Peck about 1837. He removed with his family from Hatfield. David F. Wells, who married Harriet, daughter of Solomon Dick- inson, purchased the place. Both Mr. Wells and his wife died in Hatfield, and Samuel H. Dickinson, Abby H. Dick- inson, and George W. Hubbard, who married Philura T., daughter of Solomon Dickinson, all lived and died here. The place is now owned by George Eberlein, the village blacksmith. He married Maria E. Zoller.
The next house, the Perez Morton house, was occupied by his son, Edwin Morton, and two maiden daughters,
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Mary and Dorothy. They all died in Hatfield. It is now occupied by a nephew, Eugene I. Morton, who married Maria L., daughter of Jonathan D. Porter.
The next place, the Elijah Bardwell place, is now occu- pied by his son, Frederick H. Bardwell, who married Maria I., daughter of Lucius G. Curtis. The barn was once the old meetinghouse. There was a country store just south of this house, kept by Moses Morton. This was moved back from the street by Elijah Bardwell and used as a broom shop, as he was a broom maker. This has been torn down.
The house south of this was built in 1909 by Jonathan E. Porter and is occupied by Mrs. Myron C. Graves and her stepmother, Mrs. Moses C. Porter.
The next place, the Edward Benton allotment, was owned by Oliver Smith, but he did not live on it. James Morton purchased it and sold it to Hannah W. Smith, widow of Joseph Smith. She built the present house in 1863. Joseph S. Wells, who married Emma, daughter of Daniel G. Phelps of West Lebanon, N. H., lived on the place for thirty years. He sold it in 1909 to Malcolm Crawford, who married M. Antoinette Morton. He came from Put- ney, Vt. The row of elm trees in front of this and the Dr. White place was set out in 1862. Edward J. MacLane, a painter, who came from Vermont, occupies the place with his wife, who was Minnie Sizer of Holyoke.
The next house, on the John White, Jr., allotment, was occupied by Elisha Wells, who remodeled the house in 1870. His son, Daniel W. Wells, now lives on the place. He married Hannah A., daughter of Dea. Reuben H. Belden of Bradstreet, who died Jan. 28, 1909. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war. Dr. Daniel White, who kept a tavern here, was the first post- master in Hatfield. His widow, Sarah Fitch Burt, who survived him, lived here and died in 1870, aged 91.
The next house was built by Sophia Smith in 1867. She was the founder of Smith College and Smith Academy. She died here in 1870. The place was occupied afterward by George A. Billings, who removed to his father's house, and it has since been owned by Smith Academy and occu- pied by the family of Rev. Robert M. Woods, D.D., who died June 19, 1909. His wife was Anna Fairbank, daughter
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of Rev. Samuel Fairbank, a missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. in India, where she was born.
The next house is the one Austin Smith occupied with his sisters, Harriet and Sophia, now owned by Smith Academy. Smith College alumnae recently placed a bronze tablet on the house to mark the birthplace of Sophia Smith. The well-sweep in the south yard was the last in the village
THE BIRTHPLACE OF SOPHIA SMITH.
to be removed, about 1860. William D. Billings, town clerk from 1858 to 1905, lived here for several years and his widow, who was Mary Warner, daughter of James W. Warner, now rents the place.
The next house, the Joseph D. Billings place, is now occupied by his daughter, Mary A., who married Edward B. Dickinson. The house has the same appearance as of old, having been kept in excellent repair. It was built in 1783 by Lieut. David Billings.
The next, which was the Dr. John Hastings place, was afterward occupied by his son, Chester Hastings, and later owned by Joseph D. Billings. It was torn down a few years ago by Edward B. Dickinson, his son-in-law, and the site is now vacant.
The next house, which was Dr. Hastings' office remod- eled into a dwelling, was occupied for a time by Obed
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Hastings, a son of Chester Hastings, who removed from Hatfield. The place was afterward purchased by Luman M. Moore. He married Melissa L., daughter of Henry Wilkie, 2d. Both died in Hatfield. It was sold in 1909 by their daughter, Nellie E., who married Theodore Baggs, to Dennis E. Holley. His wife was Hattie Matson. It was occupied for a few years by David I. Mullany, who married Margaret, daughter of Nelson Allaire.
The next lot was the home of Hon. John Hastings, and occupied in our memory by tenants. This house was removed by Samuel F. Billings, whose heirs now own the land. The house site is vacant, while the house is now standing on the Samuel F. Billings place and used as a storehouse.
The next house, on the Hon. John Hastings lot, was built by Charles J. Abbott in 1902. He married Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of Samuel F. Billings. Mr. Abbott died in Hatfield and his widow owns the place. It is occupied by Aurin Wood, who married Florence Bullard. They came from North Grafton.
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