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Children of Elihu Parsons, Jr. : Esther, born Nov. 19, 1783, mar- ried Ebenezer Healey, Jr., May 5, 1813 ; Clarissa, born March 26, 1786, died, unmarried, Dec. 16, 1852 ; Dea Stephen, born July 12, 1788, died May 27, 1838 ; Eunice, born June 24, 1791 ; Sarah, born Oct. 9, 1799.
Dea. Stephen Parsons married Mary Eldredge of Ashfield. Chil- dren : Eunice, born March 18, 1813 ; Alvan, born July 18, 1817, resides in Buckland ; Rhoda, born Dec. 5, 1819, married Jonathan Sears, Jr., March 20, 1845, died July 17, 1850.
Eunice married Freeman Sears, Nov. 27, 1834. Children : Ellen, born Oct. 21, 1835, died Feb. 26, 1854; Mary, born Sept. 6, 1837, died May 27, 1861 ; Olive, born Jan 20, 1840, married Henry C. Howland, Jan. 14, 1860, and removed to Ohio ; F. Willis, born Aug. 21, 1842, married Katie Sidell ; Milton F., born March 21, 1845 married Elizabeth H. Shaw, Dec. 31, 1872 ; Chloe Edna, born Nov. 13, 1847. Mrs. Eunice died Aug. 15, 1850.
Mr Sears married, second, Mrs. Angeline Coney, 1851. Children : Frank Graham, born May 13, 1852, married Etta F. Wildman ; Geo. Herbert, born April 16, 1854 ; Jessie Fremont, born May 27, 1856 ; Charles F., born June 29, 1859.
Asa Partridge, from Holland, Mass., brother of Major Stone's wife, was born Oct., 1771, married, first, Mary Bates, second, Electa Stearns, widow of Elihu Hubbard, 1825. Asa died Feb., 1847.
Children : Eli, born Jan. 2, 1794, married Lucy Look; Asa, born Oct. 8, 1800, married, first, Mary Benton, second, Julia Norton ; Pamela, born June 12, 1796, married Theodore Parsons, died March 9, 1843 ; Elmina, born Feb. 3, 1803, married Enos Taylor ; Sher- man, born April 5, 1805.
"Uncle Asa," as he was usually called, was a man of ready wit. He was once at Saratoga Springs for the benefit of his health. One early morning while out with a cane in each hand to aid him in walk- ing, he met another valetudinarian in similar condition. In com-
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paring notes the other inquires of Partridge : "What ails you?" "Rhenmatism." "Ah, yes-original sin,'' responded the satisfied querist. "And what is your trouble ?" says Partridge. "Gout." "Ah, yes-I see-actual transgression," was Partridge's conclusive retort.
Dr. Daniel Pierce of Peru, married Abigail, daughter of Lieut. Timothy Lyman.
Children : Levi L. lived for several years during his minority with his uncle-Col. Timothy Lyman. He married a niece of P. T. Bar- num, and was his general business agent for several years. He visited Europe with Gen. Tom Thumb and wife, and aided them in making a very successful tour, returning in 1859. While there he married his second wife, an amiable and cultivated Scotch lady. They have since resided in Greenfield. Francis M., married Cath - erine White, daughter of Elias and Hannah, May 3, 1849, and removed to Wisconsin ; Daniel, Jr., died Oct. 17, 1846, aged 26 ; Caroline, the eldest daughter, married Leander S. Cooper of Peru, Oct., 1836 ; Rosamond, married Chas. C. Parish of Worthington, 1841 ; Martha L., married Nelson Brown of Cummington, May 11, 1853 ; Timothy Dwight married and removed to Deerfield. (See "Physicians.")
Ebenezer Putney, born Oct., 1740, at Charlton, came here 1762, and served in the army of the Revolution, where he received a Lieu- tenant's commission. He died Jan. 14, 1802. His children who lived to mature years were : Joseph, Elisha, Nahum, Moses, John, Amasa, Polly and Hannah. Nahum was drowned in Lake Erie. Elisha served in the war of 1812, and while out with a scouting party near Detroit, was killed by the enemy, while stopping to aid a com- panion who was fatally wounded a moment before. Joseph, who died in 1841, was father of Emmons Putney.
Ebenezer Putney married Susannah French. The records of the town give the following list of their children :
Mary, born Feb. 12, 1774, died Sept. 9, 1777 ; Hannah, born July 16, 1775, died Sept. 3, 1777 ; Joseph, born May 11, 1777, married Naomi, daughter of Dea. Oliver Taylor, April 5, 1798 ; Polly, born March 25, 1779, married John Salmon ; Hannah, born Feb. 18, 1781, married John Smith, Jr. ; Elisha, born Feb. 27, 1784, killed in war ; Nahum, born July 17, 1787, drowned ; Moses, born Nov. 27, 1790,
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married Sally Hubbard ; John, born March 21, 1792, married Susan Taylor of Worthington ; Amasa, born April 11, 1796, married Lucre- tia Torrey.
Children of Joseph and Naomi (Taylor) Putney : Emmons, born Sept. 28, 1799, married, first, Orpha, daughter of Dr. Robert Stark- weather of Chesterfield, IS25. She died July 14, 1865, and Mr. Putney married, second, in 1867, Mrs. Helen Walkley, who died Jan. 27, 1868, he married, third, Sophia G. Watkins, June 20, 1875 ; Arthur, born Dec. 7, 1Soo ; Susan, born Feb. 17, 1803, died May 22, 1842 ; Lilly, born Aug. 18, 1805, married Jonathan Hunt, July 19, 1828, died in Ypsilanti, Mich., Sept. 23, 1875, buried in Goshen ; Calvin, born Dec. 13, 1807; Naomi born Dec. 14, 1810, married Alvin Hall ; Joseph, born Nov. 28, 1814; Electa, born March 18, 1817, married Lowell Hunt, Nov. 5, 1840 ; H. Maria, born Feb. 24, 1821.
Children of John and Susan Putney : Lorenzo, Wealthy, Alonzo, Henry and Orpha E. Orpha E., the adopted daugliter of Mr. Emmons Putney, married Wm. E. Johnson, May 3, 1854. Mrs. Susan died Nov. 28, 1869.
Ebenezer Putney, 2d, son of Elisha and Martha, came from Charl- ton, lived for some time with his uncle Ebenezer, married Molly, daughter of John Smith, June 23, 1791, removed to "Paddy Hill" in the southwest part of Ashfield, and afterwards into Goshen.
Children : Zadoc ; Nahum ; Polly, who married Moses Belding ; Loiza, who married Hattil Washburn, Jr. ; Alma and Climena, older daughters, who married Barnabas Hall; and Sarah, who married Levi Eldredge of Hawley. The children of Moses Belding were : Frederick W., who married D. Chloe Dresser ; Franklin, of New Jersey ; Clarinda and Sarah died young ; Hiram, of Bleeker, N.Y., and Putney.
Patty Putney, sister of Ebenezer, 2d, married Hattil Washburn, Sen.
Zadoc Putney married Jerusha Belding, and had Harriet, who married Chandler Robbins ; Charles ; Alonzo ; Norman ; Zadoc ; Maria, who married Luther Ranney ; Jerusha.
Nahum Putney married Charlotte Bement of Ashfield. Ebenezer, 2d, died at the West.
David Stearns, the pioneer settler, married Hannah, born March, 1732, daughter of John Burnell, who is said to have come from Wales,
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and married Mehitabel Edmonds of Lynn, who died in Feb., 1769, aged 74. Joseph Burnell, son of John, brother of Stearns's wife, was one of the first settlers of Chesterfield, and married Hannah Tucker (daughter of Ephraim), who was born in Milton, April 18, 1726. Abijah Tucker, who came to Goshen with David Stearns, was brother of Joseph Burnell's wife. Tucker, after a few years, removed from here to Hardwick. Joseph Burnell had John, who married - Banister ; Mary, who married Reuben Dresser, Sen. ; Mrs. Richard Sylvester ; Capt. Joseph of Chesterfield ; Ephraim and Manasseh, of Cummington.
Ebenezer Stearns, father of David, married Martha Burnap of Reading, Oct. 25, 1717.
Children : Ebenezer, born Feb. 26, 1720 ; Elizabeth, born Aug. 14, 1721 ; John, of Belchertown, born Feb. 10, 1723 ; Jonathan, born June 26, 1725 ; Hannah, born Jan. 27, 1727 ; David, born March 25, 1729 ; Mary, born Oct. 27, 1730 ; Sarah, born May 11, 1732 ; Bethiah, born June 7, 1734 ; Thomas, born Feb. 16, 1736; Reuben, born June 21, 1737.
Ebenezer, jr. died in garrison at Lake George in the French War. David was also in the service, and belonged to Capt. John Catlin's company.
The children of David and Hannah (Burnell) Stearns were : David, born July 26, 1757 ; Lemuel, born March 17, 1759 ; John, born in Dudley, Feb. 22, 1761, and the family removed the same year to this town ; Samuel, was born March 25, 1763, the first white male child in the new settlement ; Cyrus was born March 26, 1765 died here March? 25, 1855 ; Joseph, was born June 30, 1768 married Sarah Thatcher of Conway, 1792 ; Hannah, born Nov. 17, 1770, married Daniel Beals ; Mary, born April 17, 1774.
David and his three sons, David, Jr., Lemuel and John, were sol- diers in the Revolution. John married Abigail, daughter of Abishai Williams, and had Abigail, born March 17, 1791 ; John, born June 21, 1793 ; and Abishai W., born March 12, 1796. John, the father, died April 14, 1801.
David Stearns, Sen., died Feb. 28, 1788. Hannah Burnell, his wife, married, second, Capt. Elisha Cranson of Ashfield, Jan. 20, 1792. He died April 18, 1804, aged 84 years. She afterward lived for some years in New York state, then returned to Goshen and resided with her daughter, Mrs. Daniel Beals, her old home, till her death, which occurred Dec., 1827, in the 96th year of her age.
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Cyrus Stearns, son of David, married Sarah, daughter of Capt. Thomas Weeks, Jan. 4, 1781,
Children : Electa, born Sept. 20, 1738, married, first, Elihu Hub- bard, 1808, second, Asa Partridge, Sept. 14, 1825. She died Feb. 13, 1858. Ezra, born Feb. 14, 1792, married, 1813, Esther, daughter of Rev. David Todd of Chesterfield. They had one son, Ezra, Jr. Ezra, Sen., died ()ct. 20, 1814, while serving as a soldier. Enos, born Feb. 25, 1794, married Lucinda Hubbard, and had Caroline, Levi, Hamilton, Lucinda, Cyrus and Sarah, twins. He died at Wells, New York, July 17, 1850. Levi, born June 19, 1796, married Hannah Phillips, 1820 (pub. July 2), and had Liscom, Thomas, Amelia, and other children. They removed to Oak Creek, Wis., where Mrs. Stearns died Jan. 14, 1857. Thomas Weeks, born May 12, 1799, married Mrs. Susan (Reed) Pettengill. Their children were : Chester, born 1827, died 1838; Edward, married - Gard- ner, May 24, 1854 ; Sarah, born May 25, 1834, married E. W. Van Houten, Newark, N. J., where she died Dec. 27, 1853. Elizabeth married John Van Houten, May 25, 1854, and resided_in Newark. Edward married and removed with his parents from Newark to Evansville, Wis. Almeda, born Dec. 14, 1802, inarried Levi Barrus, 1821, died Sept. 4, 1850, on the farm where she was born. Cyrus, born June 15, 1808, married Lucy Reed, died Sept. 28, 1872, in western New York. Alanson, born Oct. 31, 1810, married Eliza A. Dumbolton, 1834, and had James and John, twins, born 1835 ; Ezra, born 1836; Ellen, born 1839 ; Edwin, Carrie, Fred, Ernest. He removed to Grass Lake, Mich., where he was a deacon of the Bap- tist church. He, with one or his sons, aged 13 years, and hired man, were drowned May 28, 1870, in Grass Lake, by the upsetting of a boat in which they were fishing, while waiting an opportunity to wash their sheep.
The children of Electa Stearns and Elihu Hubbard, Jr., who died March 22, 1824, aged 36, were : Pamela, who married Dryden Dawes, Nov. 28, 1827 ; Electa, who married Daniel W. Reed, Aug. 7, 1833, died Aug., 1873, aged 61 ; Lucy, died March 13, 1835, aged 25 years ; Daniel, died Aug. 22, aged 32 years ; Elihu, died unmarried ; Joseph, married and lived in Buckland, and had several children.
The children of Electa and Asa Partridge were : Amanda, born Aug. 27, 1826 ; and Sarah Melinda, born May 22, 1829, married - Reed, died May 6, 1868.
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Elihu Hubbard, Sen., died Jan. 26, 1805.
The children of Pamela and Dryden Dawes were : Edmund, Mary Amelia, Joseph, Elihu, Charles, George, born June 15, 1847 ; Emma. Mr. Dawes removed to Manchester, Mich.
Reuben Smith came from Amherst about 1812. His wife was Margaret, daughter of Richard Carpenter.
Children : Elizabeth, who married Elijah Billings ; John Milton ; Sophia ; Hannah C., who married Elijah Shaw ; Lucy R., who mar- ried Wm. S. Packard ; Ralph Erskine.
John M. Smith married Orra Dickinson of Amherst, June 25, 1833. Children : Ellen Eliza, born March 24, married R. C. Alison, Jan. 12, 1860 ; Henry Billings, born Oct. 19, 1835, married Julia, daugh- ter of Maj. Joseph Hawks, Feb. 25, 1866 ; Sophia E., born Jan. 21, 1838, died young ; Mary Leora, born March 28, 1840, married Rev. J. C. Houghton ; Harriet T., born March 16, 1843, died young ; Ed- ward M., born Oct. 30, 1847, married Helen M., daughter of C. C. Dresser, Dec. 19, 1870. Mr. Smith has resided for several years in Sunderland.
Ralph E. Smith married, first, Jane Gray, 1845, second, Rosa- mond Taylor of Buckland, April 26, 1854, and removed to Goshen.
Children : Alvah ; Edwin B., born July 21, 1859 ; Willis A., born Dec. 18, 1861 ; Jane G., born Oct. 27, 1863.
Hannah C. married Elijah Shaw of Buckland, Nov. 28, 1838, and had Elijah ; Fannie E., who married Jonathan Temple of Reading ; Lizzie H., who married Milton F. Sears ; William R.
John Smith, from Killingly, Conn , removed here about 1768. He had two sons and eight daughters. Hannah, born 1766, married Hezekiah Coggswell of Chesterfield, April 17, 1791 ; Sarah, married Nathan Halbert, Dec. 10, 1789, died 1791 ; Mary, married Ebenezer Putney, 2d, died 1834 ; Cynthia, married Bassome Whitney, Oct. 6, 1791 ; Deborah Whitney married john Williams, Dec. 24, 1795, and was the donor of the Fund of $5,000 to the Congregational Society, born Dec. 5, 1773, died Sept. 19, 1859 ; Bathsheba, born Dec. 3, 1777, married Willard Packard, died March 26, 1853 ; John Smith, mis- sionary to the Choctaws, born Feb. 14, 1780, died in Mississippi, March 28, 1845 ; Anna, born Feb. 19, 1782 ; Dorcas, born Oct. 28, 1784, married Thomas Lyman. Five of the sisters above named, ranging in age from 60 to 73 years, meeting for the first time for a
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long period, attended church in this town, and occupied the same pew during a Sabbath in the summer of 1844. It was an interesting sight, and rendered still more impressive from the fact that four were widows and the fifth was unmarried.
John Smith, Sen., died May 16, 1822, aged 86; Sarah, his wife, Jan. 3, 1827, aged 82.
Major Ambrose Stone, a resident of the town for seventy years, was born in Harvard, April 21, 1757. His pilgrim ancestor, Dea. Simon Stone, born 1585, came to New England in 1635, with his wife, Joan, daughter of William Clark, and four children : Frances, born 1619, married Rev. Thomas Green, first minister in Reading ; Ann, born 1624, married - Orne; Simon, born 1631, married Mary Whipple ; Mary, born 1632, married Nathaniel Stearns. Dea. Simon settled in Watertown, and had John, born 1635 ; and Eliza- beth, born 1639. Simon, Jr., had eleven children, of whom Rev. Nathaniel graduated at Harvard, 1690, settled in Harwich, and mar- ried a daughter of Gov. Hinckley. Simon, another son, removed to Groton. It was probably of this third Simon of whom Cotton Mather, in his Magnalia, says : "Simon Stone was shot in nine places, and as he lay for dead the Indians made two hacks with a hatchet to cut his head off." He got well, however, and was a lusty fellow in Mather's time. He had nine children, one of whom, Simon fourth, a deacon, removed to Harvard, married Sarah -, and had Simon, fifth, also deacon, born Sept. 10, 1714, died in Green- wich about 1785 ; Ephraim, born Jan .. 2, 1716 ; Oliver, born Jan. 20, 1720 ; Sarah, born Jan. 27, 1722; Isaac, born Feb. 17, 1724; Hannah, born April 18, 1726 ; Elias, of Coleraine, born April 2, 1728 ; Amos, born Sept. 9, 1729, married Edna, daughter of Ambrose Hale, Feb. 27, 1753, removed to Rodman, N. Y., where he died in 1804.
Major Ambrose Stone said there were other sons : Micah, who lived near Boston ; Israel and Aaron of Genesse county, N. Y. ; Abner, High Sheriff of Monroe Co., N. Y., and Moses. The daugh- ters married Ray and - Clelland, and lived near Israel. Solomon, another son, was killed in war.
Children of Amos and Edna (Hale) Stone : Ambrose of Goshen, born in Harvard, April 21, 1757 ; Amos of Urbanna, Steuben Co., N. Y., born Sept. 28, 1759 ; Hannah, born Feb. 26, 1762, died 1787,
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in Ware ; Charles, died in Adams, N. Y., aged 80 years ; Huldah, born 1764, married - Keene, lived at Mt. Morris, N. Y. ; Cyrus, died in Hanover, Ind., about 1833 ; Manasseh, born 1773, died in Cas- tleton, N. Y., 1804 ; Oliver, born 1775, died in Darien, N. Y., had Francis, a teacher, and two daughters; Ashbel resided in Freeport, Ind .; Arnold, born 1777, was named by his brother Ambrose, who had served under Benedict Arnold, who at that time was in high esteem for courage and bravery. Arnold Stone resided in Rodman, N. Y., and visited his relatives in Goshen for the last time in 1858, in com- pany with his son Joseph of Pawtucket. He had eleven children, of whom Cyrus Hale, born 1813, and Orin, born 1821, were lawyers ; Oliver, born 1861, railroad agent in California ; Ashbel, born 1818, a physician in London, C. W.
Major Ambrose and Katherine (Partridge) Stone were married July 8, 1783. She was born in Brookfield, Jan. 16, 1762, died Dec. 5, 1851.
Children : Pamela, born May 5, and died July 27, 1784.
Alvan, born July 21, 1785, died Jan. 24, 1804.
Luther, born March 17, 1788, died July 2, 1875.
66 Rachel, born Sept. 5, 1790, died Nov. 12, 1875.
Ambrose, born May 17, 1793, died April 2, 1863.
Hannah, born Dec. 10, 1795, died Aug. 21, 1875.
66 Frederick P., born Nov. 2, 1798, died Aug. 14, 1841.
66 Pamela, born May 24, 1801, died Aug. 16, 1823.
Alvey, born March 14, 1804, died Jan. 19, 1824.
66 Alvan, born Aug. 15, 1807, died Feb. 13, 1833.
The following obituary notice of Major Stone was published in the Hampshire Gazette:
Died in Goshen, March 18, 1850, Major Ambrose Stone, aged nearly 93 years. Major Stone was a man whose sterling worth deserves more than a passing notice. In whatever sphere he acted, the same prompt, energetic, independent course, char- acterized him. Consistent, benevolent, and of strict integrity, few have been more respected, or more beloved. Possessing an ardent love of liberty, he entered the Revolutionary army at Boston, in April, 1776, under command of Gen. Ward. In the month of August following, he went to Ticonderoga, and from thence down the Lake, under command of Arnold. During the skirmishing upon the Lake, the Americans being overpowered by superior force, Arnold run his vessels ashore and . burnt them. One of them however, containing seven or eight men, Major S. among the number, succeeded in saving their vessel from the enemy, by rowing out of their
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reach. The British fired one round after them and gave up the chase. He remained in the army till January of the following year and then returned to his home in Greenwich, now Enfield Center. After the surrender of Ticonderoga, he again joined the army and was at the taking of Burgoyne. He went into winter quarters at Valley Forge and remained till February, when he left the army.
In April, 1780, he came to Goshen and built a fulling mill, which constituted, at that day, all the water machinery used in the clothiers' business. Carding, spinning weaving and dressing cloth were all done by hand.
He had filled the most important offices in the gift of his townsmen, with honor to himself and satisfactorily to them. In 1803, he was appointed Coroner by Gov. Strong, which office he held during life.
As an evidence of the conscientious discharge of his duty, it may be remarked, that he has voted at every election of Governor and President, since the adoption of the State and Federal constitutions. He has been a subscriber to the Hampshire Gazette ever since the issue of the first number to the time of his decease, a period of more than 63 years. He leaves a widow to mourn his loss, with whom he lived for sixty-seven years.
Though not a member of a church, his consistent life and religious habits leave the hope to his friends, that he was prepared for a better world. During his last illness, which at times was very distressing, not a murmur escaped him. He finally expired without a struggle or groan.
"Night dews fall not more gently to the ground, Nor weary worn-out winds expire so soft." COM.
Col. Luther Stone, born 1788, married Mary, daughter of Malachi Jenkens, Sen., of Cummington, Oct. 24, 1816. She was born in Abing- ton, Jan. 25, 1795, died in consequence of being struck by lightning, July 16, 1866
Children : Amos Hale, born Sept 26, 1817 ; Augusta, born June 2, 1819 ; Sophia, born March, 1821, died May 28, 1826; Edna, born Jan. 16, 1823, died Dec. 10, 1840 ; Alvey, born Jan. 17, 1825, mar- ried George Dresser ; Sophia, born May 15, 1828, married Frederic S Billings ; Pamela, born July 27, 1836, died Jan. 22, 1846.
The following obituary notice of Col. Stone was published at his decease :
Another aged citizen of Goshen, Col. Luther Stone, passed away July 2, 1875. He was the second son of Major Ambrose and Mrs. Katherine (Partridge' Stone, and was born in Goshen, March 17, 1788. There is probably no other person living who has been so long and so thoroughly identified with the business interests of the town. He was early engaged with his father in carrying on the business of wool-carding and cloth-dressing. their works having been among the earliest, in this vicinity. In the war of 1812, they supplied a large amount of cloth for army purposes. The increase in the number of similar factories caused this
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business to be given up, and in 1829, in company with his brother, F. P. Stone, he erected the well-known "Stones' Mills" and commenced the manufacture of broom and brush handles by machinery. They were among the first to engage in this. busi - ness, and employed a number of hands in its prosecution, for many years, and the business is still continued, to a limited extent, on the same premises.
He was often elected on the board of selectmen of the town, and served in this capacity fifteen years between 1820 and 1844. He represented the town in the Legislatures of 1839 and 1849. In the latter year he served on the committee on military affairs, of which Gen. Schouler was chairman. He was often employed in the settlement of estates, in his own and adjoining towns, and took a deep interest in all matters affecting the interests of his town, county, state and country. He never shirked his duty, in any department of life. Although not a church member, it was a principle with him to do his share towards the support of the Gospel, and probably no person in the town has done more, pecuniarily, for its religious inter- ests than he has.
He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1838, by Gov. Everett, and was re-com- missioned by Gov. Briggs in 1845 ; by Gov. Boutwell in 1852; by Gov. Banks in 1859. He held this office twenty-eight years. He took a special interest in mili- tary affairs, and was for many years connected with a cavalry company composed of citizens of his own and neighboring towns, of which he was chosen captain in 1821. He became, in 1824, Colonel of the Regiment to which his company belonged, receiving a commission from Gov. Eustis. He resigned in 1826, and received an honorable discharge.
He was fearless and outspoken in his opinions, never did a mean thing or sought to evade any responsibility. He was a careful observer of passing events, and kept well posted in the facts that show the world's progress.
. He was a man of excellent judgment, and never hesitated to act in accordance with its dictates. He voted while a member of the Legislature in 1839, to loan the credit of the state to assist the Western railroad. This act was much criticised, at the time, by many, who urged that, by it "all the farms in the state were mort- gaged." But the results have proved the wisdom of those who foresaw them, and made possible the completion of the great work at that early date.
He read the Boston daily papers with no diminution of interest till with'n a few weeks of his death, when increasing infirmities compelled him to lay them aside, saying, he only felt able to read the Hampshire Gazette, which he desired to do in order to keep up his knowledge of events transpiring near home. The Gazette has always been taken in his family, his father having been a subscriber from its first issue.
Colonel Stone Was a man of kindly feelings, sympathetic and benevolent. He was among the first to visit and aid the sick and afflicted, whether they reckoned themselves among his friends or his enemies.
In his later years the concerns of the future impressed themselves upon his mind with increasing force, and his friends are consoled with the thought that he has en- tered into the rest that remaineth for the people of God.
His funeral was attended at his late residence, last Sunday, P. M. The exercise's were conducted by Rev. Mr. Juchau, assisted by Rev. Edward Clarke of Chesterfield.
Albertype-Forbes Co., Boston
COL. LUTHER STONE.
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Appropriate reference was made to the life and character of the deceased, his firm integrity, his love of all that was right and true, and the controlling influence he had long exerted in the community where he lived. It was remarked by one that, "un- der what might be thought a little roughness of expression, he had the kindest heart he ever knew." The large number in attendance bore witness to the respect in which he was held.
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