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Charles A.S born Feb. 7. 1853. Herbert E.," born 1857 ; died 1910.
Eliot. børn 1800: died 1876.
Perey L., born 1863. llattie, born 1866; died 1869.
Clarence' born 1871 ; died 1872. Edith, born March 1, 1874: died 1899. Sadie .- born April 7. 1876.
Charles A. White, son of Lovinski, was born Feb. 7. 1853 Ile was past commander of Camp No. 08. Mass. Sons of Vet- crans. He served without a commission from LESS to 1891. and with one from 1891 to 1898. He married Dec. 25, 1876. Lucy M. Cooley, born Oct. 29, 1855, daughter of Calvin
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and Harriet 1. ( Robbins) Cooley. (See Cooley Gen. ) Children :
Alice G.,4 born Dec. 19. 1877. Clara V.,' born Nov. 8, 1881 ; married in 1910, Charles Moore. Emily A .. + born Sept. 17. 1888.
Alice G. White,4 daughter of Charles .A .. ' was born Dec. 19, 1877 ; married in 1902, Frederick Parsons, born 1878. Chil- dren : Emily," born 1905. Eloise born 1911.
Herbert E. White, son of Lovinski, was born in 1857 and died in 1910; married Ida M. Severance. Children :
Vernon,4 born 1883. Gladys,+ born 1889. Addie,+ born 1891.
Victor,+ born 1897.
Percy L. White, son of Lovinski, was born in 1863; married in 1888, Clara Ellsworth. Children :
Leroy.+ born 1888. Earl,4 born 1889.
Sadie White, daughter of Lovinski, was born April 7, 1876: married in 1896, Arthur Frost. Children :
Ethel.ª born 1897. Blanch,+ born 1899. Dorothy.' born 1901. Lewis,4 born 1903. Loma,+ born 1905.
THE WILLEY FAMILY.
Gates Willey' came from Haddam, Conn., to Ludlow. He served the town as selectman, assessor, and town clerk. He was chorister of the first church built in Ludlow. He died at the age of 84. lle married in 1814, Jerusha Parsons, who died at the age of 97 years and six months. daughter of Ezra and Anne ( Fuller ) Parsons. Children : Clarissa," who married Nov. 27, 1827. Josiah Alden (see Alden Gen. ) : Jerusha." Parsons, Sabrina." Madison." Betsey. Eliza," Harriet .:
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Following is a list of the homesteads of the town, in their order, on the different roads and crossroads. The names of present owners are given, also those of former owners, beginning with the earliest known, and any items of interest regarding them which we have been able to collect.
EAST FROM THE CENTER-BELCHERTOWN ROAD
1 Owned by Mrs. Ashbel P. Chapin. Former owners: Ely Fuller, Jerusha Fuller (his widow), Caroline (Fuller) Warner ( their daughter) ; Isaac Plumley, Ashbel P. Chapin. The house was probably built by Ely Fuller, and was used by him as a hotel, which after his death was kept by his widow. Formerly piazzas, above and below, extended across the south side, and there was a wing running toward the east, the upper story being a hall and the lower a store.
2 Owned by Mrs. Charlotte M. Clark. Former owners: Henry S. Fuller, Cyrus Moody, Hiram Aldrich, Mrs. Woolley, Mrs. Borthwick. Hiram Aldrich had a shoemaker's shop.
3 Owned by Eugene Clark. Former owners: Joshua Clark, Eugene and Fred Clark. The old house was torn down and the present structure built by Eugene Clark.
4 Owned by Eugene Clark. Former owners: Zachariah Day, William Baggs, (his heirs) Mrs. Harriet Baggs and Mrs. Hattie (Baggs) Taylor. Zachariah Day built the present house and barn about 1850.
5 Morrill place. House in field near Warren D. Fuller's sawmill. Former owners: Silas Moody, Edward Morrill. House was built by Silas Moody.
6 About a mile from Center. Present owner, Mrs. Solon Lyon, widow. Former owners: Lewis Nash, Jonas Pike (Chauncey Davis lived there), Miss Mary Lyon, Mrs. Julia King. Unoccupied.
7 About a mile from Center. Owned by Mrs. Solon Lyon, widow. Former owners: Austin Dutton, Mrs. Austin Dutton (his widow).
8 Owned by Stebbins. Former owners: Theodore Sikes, Francis Wilson, William Wait, Lemuel D. Wait, Elisha H. Dutton, William Dutton, Henry A. Munsing, Eugene Patenaude. William Dutton remodeled the buildings.
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9 On opposite side of road and near Lovinski White's. Owned by Mlvah Clark. Former owners: Justus B. Alden, afterward his heirs.
10 Near Springheld Waterworks. Owned by Lovinski White. Former owners: Amasa Cady, Alfred Sprout and Jeremiah Dutton, Arthur D. King.
11 Near Springfield Reservoir. Owned by Rudolph Hennaman. Former owners: Marvin King, Arthur King. Marvin King tore down the old house in 1858 of 1859 and purchased and moved upon the site a house formerly belonging to Solomon Towne, which still stands. He also remod- eled the barn.
12 Near Springfiekl Res- ervoir. Owned by Danforth Work Sikes, Jr. Inherited from Benjamin Sikes, Jr. Former owners: Abner Sikes, Benjamin Sikes, Benjamin Sikes, Jr. The present house is the third built; the first was built ten to fifteen rods from the road, the second on present site. This place has been the home of four generations of the Sikes family.
13 Owned by Edward T. Potter; purchased by him in 1887. Former owners: Mr. Kimball (father of Ru- fus), Rufus Kimball, Silas Billings. The present house und barn were built by Silas MARVIN KING Born January 20, 1807 Photograph taken on 93dl birthday Billings about 1869. Rufus Kimball buried his wife, two children, and his mother from this place in 1818, all his family within one month. He was the first to leave by bequest a sum of money for yearly care of his burial lot in Ludlow Center Cemetery. He also bequeathed a sum of money, the income to be used for the worthy poor.
14 Situated in eastern part of Ludlow. Owned by Newell W. Alden, Purchased in 1865. Former owners: Increase Sikes, Jessie Brainard, Azel Alden. The house and barn were built in 1851 by Azel Alden, who was one of the three large landowners.
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SOUTH FROM CENTER-WILBRAHAM ROAD
1 Owned by Mrs. Andrew J. Chapin. Purchased by Andrew J. Chapin in 1861. Former owners: Zera Fuller, Henry S. Fuller, Otis Fuller, Lucius Simonds, David C. Jones, James Miller, Andrew J. Chapin. The house was burned during the ownership of D. C. Jones; present house was built in 1867 by Andrew J. Chapin.
2 Opposite old M. E. Church. Owned by Charles M. Foster, who purchased it in October, 1901. Former owners: Andrew J. Chapin, Willis F. Grant. House was formerly the Methodist parsonage and was built in 1890. It was removed to its present site and remodeled in 1902 by Mr. Foster. He also built the barn and other buildings.
3 Situated south of the offl Methodist Church. Owned by Charles M. Foster, who purchased it February 1, 1911. Former owners: Joshua Fuller, John Dorman, Frederick G. Riese, Warren D. Fuller, Warren D. Fuller's heirs. House was built about 1810, and is supposed to have been in its earlier years a tavern and dance house.
4 Situated a little south of the old Fuller tavern. Owned by William Ellison. Former owners: Dr. Francis Percival, Dea. Stephen Jones, Simeon Jones. Since Mr. Ellison purchased the place the barn has been burned.
5 Owned by William E. Birge. Former owners: Stephen Jones, Stephen Cooley Jones, Mrs. Ida White. The house was burned while Stephen C. Jones was the owner and he built the one now standing.
6 Owned by Franklin H. Ellison. Former owners; Pasco, Abner C'ady, Chauncey Buell, Chauncey L. Buell, William II. Hubbard. Chauncey L. Buell built the barn now standing, also tore down the old house and built a new one, which was burned and has never been replaced.
7 Owned by Arick Anderson. Former owners: George Carver, Mrs. Wilmer Converse, Frank Kendall.
8 About a mile from Center. Owned by Mrs. Herbert E. White. Former owners: John Fuller, Purchase Dwight Fuller, Charles Fuller. Purchase Dwight Fuller used to play the file when the militia met to drill. He took down the original house and built the front as it now stands and Mrs. Herbert E. White built the large L and for years cared for State wards, teaching them in a schoolroom which she had fitted for the purpose.
9 Near Albert C. Wilson's place, on the opposite side of the road, is a cellar hole where formerly were a house and barn owned by Edmund W. Fuller, then by his son, Warren D. Fuller, during whose ownership they were burned and have not been rebuilt. The land is now owned by Albert C. Wilson.
10 About a mile and a half from Center. Owned by Mbert C. Wilson. Former owners: Edmund W. Fuller, who built the house between 1850 and 1860; Mrs. Tamason Pratt, who bought the place soon
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after the Civil War; F. N. Pratt (her son); Albert (. Wilson, who pur- chased the place in 1889.
11 Owned by Mrs. Mice (Cleaveland) Bartlett. Former owners: Cyrus Cleaveland, who died in 1856; his widow, who died in 1900. The old house was built by Cyrus Cleaveland in 1835, the new house, also a new barn, by the sons of Mrs. Bartlett, in 1903.
12 Owned by Mrs. Mary Dempsey; purchased in 1860. The house was built in 1884.
13 Owned by William Thayer. Former owners: Edward Jencks, then his widow. The present house was built by William Thayer.
14 About a mile and a half from Center. Southern part of farm borders on road to Ludlow Village and on road to Three Rivers. Owned by Charles H. Calkins. Former owners: Willard Munsell, Aaron Davis, Martin J. Davis. A part of the house as it now stands was built by Willard Munsell early in 1800.
15 Next house north of George Green place. Owned by William Savage. Former owners: Anson Davis and Frederick A. Davis.
16 Owned by William Savage. House supposed to have been built and occupied a few years by Martin Davis.
17 The Plumley place. Owned by Homer M. Bartlett; purchased in 1908. Former owners: Joseph Pease and others, Elijah Plumley, George D. Green. Elijah Plumley thoroughly remodeled the present house and built the barn.
18 Saul Wade homestead. Owned by Homer M. Bartlett. A cellar hole near this place marks the site of the former home of Moses Wood.
19 Owned by Charles Wood. Former owners: James Sheldon, George Miller, Zebina Miller, Isaac Plumley, 1st, Mrs. Lucy ( Plumley) Keith, Alexander Whitney. The buildings were remodeled by Mrs. Lucy ( Plumley) Keith.
20 North of Collins Station. Owned by Richard Trombly. Former owners: Isaac Brewer, Edwin Brewer. House and barn were built by Isaac Brewer about 1840.
21 About a mile north of Collins Station. Owned by Patrick Logan. Former owners: Ithamar Miller, Daniel Miller, Daniel Brewer, David C. Jones. The house was built by Daniel Brewer about 1850.
22 North of Collins Station. Owned by Jo Casperzack. Former owners : Chauncey Brewer, George Underwood, Patrick Sullivan. The first house was built by Chauncey Brewer.
23 Near Collins Station. Owned by Walter W. Eaton. Former owners: Capt. Isaac Brewer, Lillian Brewer (his daughter), Homer M. Bartlett, Patrick Sullivan. Captain Brewer was a sea captain. The house was built about 1831.
24 Owned by Alfred T. Jones. The house was built by Mr. Jones.
25 Near Collins Station. Owned by Frank Netupsky. Former
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owners: Horatio Miller, Philo Miller, David C. Jones. House was built by Horatio Miller about 1830. David C. Jones built a barn which was burned and he replaced it by that now standing.
26 Owned by James Butler. Former owners: Edward E. Fuller, Mrs. Elizabeth Wade. The house was built by Edward E. Fuller.
27 Near Collins Station. Owned by Caleb B. Estey. Former
owners: Moses Miller, Leonard Miller, Mary Miller, and William Miller. The house was burned during ownership of Leonard Miller and he built the house and barn now standing.
28 Near Collins Station. Owned by Herbert L. Miller. House was built by him.
29 A little north of Collins Station. Owned by Alfred T. Jones. Former owners: Elea Walker, Coleman M. Walker, Mrs. Harriet Jones. The former house and the barn were built by Elea Walker, the present house by Alfred T. Jones.
30 A little north of Collins Station. Owned by Alfred T. Jones. House was built by him.
31 Near Collins Station. Owned by A. Dexter Tufts. The former house was burned and the present house was built by Mr. Tufts in 1879.
32 Near Collins Station. Owned by Patrick Eagan. Former owner, Wilmer Converse, who built the house.
33 Near Collins Station. Reuben Sikes estate. Reuben Sikes built the house and barn in 1886.
34 Near Collins Station. Owned by Howard A. King. House was built by him.
35 Near Collins Station. Owned by Arthur D. King, who pur- chased it in 1873. Former owners: Aaron Colton, Jonathan Button, Elihu Collins, Roderick Collins, Charles S. Bennett, Henry Phelps, David C. Jones. The L was one of the first houses built in town. The present building was a tavern and was a stopping place for the stages on the Northampton line. The bar is said to have been in the northeast corner and a hall in the east end of the house, on the second floor.
36 Near Collins Station. Owned by Collins Paper Company. Former owners: Joseph Miller, Leonard Miller, Dea. Joseph Miller, James L. Miller, Mrs. Elihu J. Sikes, Frank Sikes, the widow of Frank Sikes. The barn was burned when Mrs. Elihu Sikes was the owner and was rebuilt by her. She also remodeled the house.
NORTH FROM CENTER-OLD GRANBY ROAD
1 At Center. Owned by heirs of Warren D. Fuller; purchased by him April, 1866. Former owners: Elisha Fuller, son of Joshua Fuller; Henry S. Fuller, son of Elisha Fuller, 1st; Lucien Cooley. It is not known when the house was built, but it is supposed to be over a hundred years old. In Elisha Fuller's day it had no porch or bay
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windows, but there was an extension of the same width as the main part where the L is now with an entrance into it. The main part had a door in place of the first window. On the second floor was a ballroom extending the length of the house with painted frieze, the first and only one seen in those parts at that time. Continuing on beyond the front was a variety store which made an entertaining exhibit at the auction about 1850.
2 At Center. Owned by Louis F. Freitag; purchased by him Janu- ary, 1898. Former owner, Louis W. Chapin.
HOME OF MRS. WARREN D FULLER, LUDLOW CENTER Formerly Elisha Fuller House
At Center. Known as the Richard Collins place. Owned by 3 Frederick Fodette. Former owners: Sylvester Clark, Richard Collins, Richard Collins' heirs, John Puteau.
4 About one fourth mile from Center. Owned by George II. Parsons, by whom it was inherited in 1904. Former owners: Samuel Parsons, 1st; Samuel Parsons, 2d; The front part of the house was built by Samuel Parsons, 1st.
5 Owned by Daniel Tewhrane, by whom it was purchased in 1911. Former owners: Rodolphus Clark, Miss Mary Lyon, John Browning,
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George H. Sprague. The house was probably built about a hundred years ago. Mr. Sprague remodeled the buildings in 1890.
6 Owned by Leonard S. Lyon, who inherited it from his father about 1908. Former owner, Josiah Lyon.
7 Owned by Leonard S. Lyon, who inherited it in 1908. Former owner, Josiah Lyon.
8 Owned by Albert Mastoo, by whom it was purchased in 1902. Former owners: Horace Gates, Ephraim Gates, Hollis Barber, Fred
ELISHA FULLER HOUSE AI LUDLOW CENTER
Dubrava. The buildings were erected by Horace Gates and have been remodeled by Mr. Mastoo.
9 Owned by Albert Mastoo, by whom it was purchased in 1895. Former owners: Stillman Alden, Ephraim Gates, Albert Warner, Anna Warner. House was built about a hundred years ago by Stillman Alden. Now unoccupied.
10 About a mile from Center. Owned by George E. Lombard. Former owners: Thomas Shean, Angeline Miller, Samuel Parsons, Mrs. Edwin Blair. The house was built by Mr. Shean. Mr. Lombard has remodeled the buildings.
11 Owned by Quartus E. Fisk, who inherited it. Former owners: Lieut. John Sikes, Wealthy Sikes, David Fisk, Polly Fisk (his widow). On this place were the glass works.
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12 Owned by Elbridge J. Streeter, by whom it was purchased in
1886. Former owners: Benjamin Sikes, William Pease, Walter Pease. Albert Fuller, John 1. Mann, George Page. The former house was probably built in 1774, since that date was on the chimney, and was burned October 16, 1886. The present house was built by Mr. Streeter in 1887. It was the ancestral home of Benjamin Sikes; his son, Lieut. John Sikes, lived with him.
13 A little north of Elbridge J. Streeter's home, on the east side of the road, is a cellar hole marking the site where a house and barn were burned and never rebuilt. It was formerly owned by David Lyon. Elbridge J. Streeter is the present owner of the place.
14 Owned by Mrs. Homer M. Bartlett. Former owners: Homer Lyon. Horace Lyon. The house and barn were built about 1850 by llomer Lyon. They were burned several years since and have not been rebuilt.
15 \\ cellar hole marks the spot where once stood a red house formerly owned by Frank Clark, later by Matthew Galligan. The barn also has been removed.
16 Year Granby line. Owned by Charles . A. White, who purchased it in 1879. Former owners: James Sheldon, Lucien Cooley. John Clark, Lucien Lyon, Calvin Cooley. Mr. White built a new house in 1887 and a new barn in 1910.
17 Owned by Mrs. Emeline T. Banister, who inherited it in 1908. Former owners: Frank Clark. John Coon, James O. Kendall, John L. Banister. House was built in 1866 by John Coon. John 1. Banister was a blacksmith and built the shop.
18 About half a mile from Granby line. Owned by Michael T. Kane, who purchased it about 1904. Former owners: David Lyon in 1795, Nathaniel Lyon, Norman Lyon, Lucien N. Lyon. House Was built about 1800. Norman Lyon remodeled the house in 1855 and built a new barn in 1859. The buildings were burned about 1906, during Mr. Kane's ownership, and have not been rebuilt. An Indian is said to have been buried on the farm.
19 Owned by Katherine M. Gates. Former owners: Timothy Root, John Gates, Sr., John Gates, Jr. Mr. Root built a house that used to stand in the garden just south of present house.
20 Owned by Kastantinas Pranaitis, who purchased it in 1893. Former owners: Ezra White, George Clark, George R. Clark, Amelia J. Clark. George Clark built the house and barn, the former in 1859.
WEST FROM FIRST CHURCH AL CENTER 10 GRANBY ROAD
Owned by Charles Tetreault, who purchased it in 1910. Former 1 Increase Sikes, Samuel Parsons, Reuben Sikes, Henry S. Fuller, Charles S. Bennett, Austin F. Newell, Henry A. Munsing. Increase
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Sikes used to build plows and wagons and had a blacksmith and a wood- working shop; he also built the first hearse owned by the town. The present house was built by some of the later owners, perhaps Henry S. Fuller or Austin F. Newell. The barn has been remodeled.
2 Owned by Philip Suprenant, who purchased it in 1910. Former owner, Homer Tetreault. The house was built in 1908.
3 About three fourths of a mile west of First Church. Known as the Burr place. Owned by Camille Gokey, who purchased it in 1910.
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THE B. F. BORR HOMESTEAD, LUDLOW CENTER
Former owners: Joshua Fuller, who sold it to Henry Starkey in 1823; Waterman Fuller purchased it in 1830, Ashbel and Lyman Burr in 1843. Lyman Burr inherited it from his father, Ashbel Burr, in 1861, and Benjamin F. Burr from his father, Lyman Burr, in 1880. Henry A. Munsing bought it of B. F. Burr in 1905, and sold it to Clarence Fuller. The upright part of the house was remodeled, a new L'and wing added, and a new barn built by Lyman Burr in 1860.
CROSS ROAD FROM OLD GRANBY ROAD TO LUDLOW CENTER ROAD
1 About a mile west from First Church. Owned by Richard M. Taft, who purchased it in 1907. Former owners: Pliny Pease, Albert Fuller, William Baggs, Henry A. Swan (a cigar manufacturer), Oren B. Todd, Adelbert L. Bennett and Charles B. Bennett, William Cooley,
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Bement,
Haywood, Henry A. Munsing. House was built about 1830.
2 About three quarters of a mile northwest of Center. Owned by Henry A. Munsing, who purchased it in 1891. Former owners: MMpheus Rice (a manufacturer of scythe snaths), Orange Rice, Michael Munsing (a tailor, also a soldier in the Civil War). Henry A. Munsing remodeled the house in 1905 and built a new barn and sheds in 1906. The barn was struck by lightning July, 1911, and burned.
3 About a mile northwest from Center. Owned by Alfred J. Hob- son, who inherited it in 1908. Former owners: Doctor Wood, Mrs.
HOME OF HENRY A, MESSING
Polly Rood, Joseph Rood, Town of Ludlow, Matthew Galligan, Mrs. Sarah Swart, Mrs. Adeline Trask, John Hobson. This is quite a his- toric place and has been the home of many people. It was once owned by Dr. Wood, who practiced in the town at the close of the 18th century; he gave it to his daughter, Mrs. Paulina Rood, who was a skillful and obliging nurse and was "Aunt Polly" to the whole town. Once upon a time the house was burned to the ground and the neighbors went into the woods, cut and prepared the timber, and rebuilt the house. An L has been built and other improvements made by the last two or three owners.
THE ROUD JInVESTI ME. CHARLES D) ROOD, OWNER
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4 One mile northwest of Center. Owned by Truman N. Hubbard, who purchased it in 1865. Former owners: Sarah Goodell, William Clark (father of Gilbert Clark), Martin Smith. The house was built about 1870. The former house, or part of it, was the old glass works that used to be on the premises now owned by Quartus E. Fisk.
5 About a mile northwest of Center. Owned by George N. Hub- bard. Former owners: Seneca Wood, Newton Hubbard, Daniel H. Hubbard. The house was burned in 1908 or 1909 and has not been rebuilt.
6 Near junction with Old Granby Road. Owned by Gilbert S. Atchinson, who purchased it in 1872. Former owners: Joel Clark, Noah Clark. Benjamin Baggs. Benjamin Baggs built the barn and hanged himself there.
GRANBY ROAD-WEST AND NORTH OF THE BURR PLACE
1 Opposite schoolhouse. Owned by Charles Shaw, by whom it was purchased in 1909. Former owners: Calvin Hubbard, Henry Swan, Alva Noble, Edmund Fuller, John W. Hubbard, John P. Hubbard, Mrs. Caroline E. Hubbard this widow). The house was burned when John W. Hubbard owned it and the present house was built by him.
2 The Rood Homestead. Asahel Rood purchased this farm of Selah Kendall. Nov. 12, 1816. In 1853 it was sold to Reuben Sikes, whose young daughter, seeing a snake run under the barn, procured a match to set fire to some straw there, and thus kill the snake. The barn was totally destroyed. Mr. Sikes built another of white oak with enormous stone underpinnings. Albert Fuller was the next owner, and in turn sold it to his brother Edmund Fuller from whom Charles D). Rood, the present owner, purchased it. Extensive alterations have been made upon the buildings. On this farm are two noted springs of excellent water. One situated on the top of a high hill has furnished water for more than a century and in 1912 supplies three dairy farms and two others. This spring was mentioned in Asahel Rood's deed, the water being reserved to the use of Moses Rood (brother of Asahel) and James Kendall. The second spring has a temperature of 452 in the hottest weather.
3 Known as the Josiah Aklen place. Cellar hole is a little north of Charles D. Rood's place. Place is owned by Charles D. Rood. Former owners: Josiah Alden (who built the house), Edmund Fuller. The house was burned when Edmund Fuller owned it and has not been rebuilt.
4 Known as the Roger M. Chandler place. Owned by John Knight. Former owners: Moses Rood, Roger M. Chandler, Adelbert 1. Bennett. Owned by George N. Hubbard. Former owners: Elam Wright,
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Joel Clark, Noah Clark, George Smith, Charles S. Bennett, Franklin Bennett, Henry Granger. Elam Wright used it as a tavern.
6 Opposite cross road. Owned by Merton R. Bennett. Former owners: Stillman Alden, A. S. Putnam, a Mr. Whiteher (a few days only). F. G. and M. R. Bennett. M. R. Bennett purchased the entire interest in the place in November, 1906. How long the house has been built is not known, but it is supposed to be more than seventy- five years. Stillman Alden built both house and barn. Both have
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THE MOSES ROOD PIVE Later owned by Adelbert 1. Bennett
been remodeled. Stillman Aklen was a cooper by trade and won a prize in competition for making the best hogshead, having taken it to Boston on an ox sled. His hogshead did not leak on first trial, but those of all his competitors did. Some of his tools are still in existence.
7 Fuller Street. Owned by Mrs. Hiram Davenport, who pur- chased it in September, 1879. Former owners: Sherwood Beebe, Ezekiel Fuller, Fuller brothers. Mr. Beebe kept a tavern here when he owned it. Ezekiel Fuller tore down the old house and built the one now standing.
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8 Fuller Street-beyond cross road to Granby road. Owned by Charles W. Nash, by whom it was purchased May 12, 1883. Former owners: Flavius Putnam, Mendal Latham, Davenport L. Fuller, David Fuller, William Pease.
9 Fuller Street. Owned by Franklin W. Nash, who purchased it October 8, 1900. Former owners: Davenport L. Fuller, Warren Hub- bard, Elijah Munsell, E. Newton Fisher, Charles Syriac, George Streeter.
THE FRANKLIN NASH HOUSE
Who built the original house is not known, but it was enlarged about one half and the old part remodeled by Davenport L. Fuller.
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