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JOHN, born March 2, 1812, in Binghamton; died Jan- uary 2, 1886, in Oxford; married January 5, 1844, Hannah Willcox of Oxford; died January 6, 1904, in Greene, aged 82. Children : Eli B., married Anice Race of Greene and resides there. Ellen L., married Dr. C. C. Miller of De- troit, Mich. Latson W., married Ella McNell of Amster- dam and resides in Chicago. Emma C., married Chester B. Willoughby of Oxford and resides in Sidney. Gilbert J., married Jennie Hodge of Oxford, who died March 29, 1906. Clark L., married Bertha Berry of South Oxford.
IRA, born January 29, 1815, in Oxford; died September
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22, 1883; married May 6, 1838, Eliza Dent. Children : James, John, Wesley, Alice, Mary.
WILLIAM FRINK, born January 27, 1817, in Oxford; died October 31, 1847, in Oxford ; married January 1, 1840, Maria Symonds of Oxford, born January 11, 1820; died July 30, 1890, in Norwich. Children: Whitman, born September 7, 1840; married April 30, 1867, Margaret Sheffer. Resides in Norwich. Charlotte, born January 28, 1842, resides in Norwich. Unmarried. Avery, born March 31, 1844; died September 3, 1865; married August 27, 1864, in Wisconsin, Louise Wood. Gerritt Smith, born August 24, 1846; died March 18, 1848.
CHARLOTTE A., born February 26, 1819, in Oxford; mar- ried January 1, 1838, D. W. TenBroeck. Resides with her brother George. Children: Eli, married Anna Wheelock and resides in Colorado. Frank, unmarried. Alice, mar- ried - Landon.
MARY, born May 26, 1821, in Oxford; died March 21, 1873, in Oxford; married October 22, 1839, Clark Lewis.
GEORGE, born September 26, 1823, in Oxford; married (1) January 8, 1845, Mariette Robinson; married (2) October 9, 1866, Maria Robinson. Children by first wife: William Avery, unmarried. Edward L., married Mary Mason. Harvey J., married Fanny Copeland. Luke C., died February 2, 1863, in childhood. Tracy. Alice, mar- ried Ira B. McFarland.
EBENEZER Ross, born December 4, 1825, in Oxford ; died August 26, 1889; married October 28, 1846, Hannah Symonds. Children : Harriet, died April 22, 1906; mar- ried C. O. Willcox of Oxford. Clara, married A. H. Wheeler of Mt. Upton. Curtis B. Albert C., married Lillian M. Tiffany of Norwich; died July 1, 1889 in Robin- sonville, Miss. George F., married Addie Eaton of Ox-
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ford, now residing in Buffalo. Luverne B., married Cora Church of Oxford.
SARAH ANN, born September 26, 1828, in Oxford; died December 24, 1859. Unmarried.
CAROLINE, born October 29, 1831, in Oxford; died May 6, 1832.
Good actions crown themselves with lasting bays. -HEATH.
Samuel Wheeler.
Samuel Wheeler, one of the earliest residents of this village, by his unstinted benevolence, unremitted industry, and the counsel of a clear and reliable judgment contrib- uted greatly to its prosperity. The duties of various offices were discharged with ready ability, fidelity, and universal satisfaction. For twenty-five years he was a consistent member of the Congregational church. Mr. Wheeler died March 20, 1847, aged 58 years. Nancy Bennett, his wife, died in Oswego, N. Y., December 27, 1860, aged 71 years. Children :
JOHN B., born August 26, 1815, in Oxford; died Decem- ber 2, 1885; married November 11, 1840, Caroline M. De- Shon in McDonough; born October 26, 1820, in Preston ; died December 9, 1885, in Oxford. Mr. Wheeler was a blacksmith by trade, a well read man, and devoted much of his time to military affairs. At one time he held high rank and became a distinguished officer, having commanded the 43d Regiment for several years, and on April 29, 1863, was appointed Brigadier General of the 12th Brigade. Chil-
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dren: Robert A., born March 10, 1844; died March 26, 1860. Henry DeShon, born August 29, 1846 ; died October 29, 1848. Alice E., married December 1, 1874, J. H. Ken- nedy, of Des Moines, Iowa ; living at 3200 University Ave., that city. Alida A., unmarried, living with her sister in Des Moines. John Lewis, with West Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minn. Children of J. H. and Alice (Wheeler) Kennedy : Grace DeShon, married J. D. Stanley, resides in Denver, Col. Alice Wheeler, married H. E. Moss, re- sides in Hastings, Neb. Caroline Parmelee, unmarried ; resides in Des Moines.
JAMES A., died January 2, 1843, in Columbus, Ill., aged 26, where he was teaching school.
WILLIAM HENRY, born in 1817. Children: William, James, Louise, died October 30, 1884, in Oswego, N. Y.
DARIUS, one daughter. Died in Sag Harbor, N. Y.
CATHERINE B., born June 2, 1824 in Oxford; died Jan- uary 19, 1905, in Casselton, North Dakota; married Waldo M. Potter. Children : Franklin, Carrie, Grace, Kittie.
ANGELINE, died July 6, 1836, aged 17, from the result of a carriage accident. On the 4th of July, 1836, Miss Wheeler with a party of young people spent the day at Greene. On their return towards evening and near the inn six miles below this village, then kept by Col. Morgan, a carriage tongue was drawn out, frightening the horses and throwing out the driver and the young lady who was on the seat with him, neither receiving injuries. The tongue was replaced and the party proceeded onward. The young lady's dress was soiled with mud, and Miss Wheeler, who was riding inside, exchanged seats with her. They had gone but a few rods when the tongue again fell, the horses became unmanageable and ran, striking a wagon and turning over the carriage, throwing out the entire
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party of three ladies and the young man who was driving, none of whom except Miss Wheeler received serious in- juries. The party returned to the inn and a physician was quickly summoned, but her injuries were so great as to defy surgical aid and she died on the second day following the accident.
Happy the man who tills the field, Content with rustic labor ; Earth does to him her fulness yield, Hap what may to his neighbor.
-R. H. STODDARD.
Ezekiel Olds.
Ezekiel and Martha (Hackett) Olds came to Oxford in 1798 from Berkshire, Mass., traveling with an ox team. He was one of those men of other days, whose lot it was to take a part with Chenango's bold pioneers, when upon all her hills and throughout all her valleys stood the dark and gloomy forest, and where the wolf's long howl was heard echoing to the sound of the woodman's axe. Mr. Olds was truly one of those men whose strong arm has helped to clear away the gigantic trees from our forests, instead of which we now behold green fields stretched far and wide. He died May 31, 1849, aged 84. Mrs. Olds died January 25, 1876, aged 95. Children :
OLIVE, married Elijah B. Prentice, died in 1884, aged 89. Children : Philo, met death by drowning; Charles, Chauncey, Elizabeth, Susan A. J., John and Martha, all married except last two.
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ESTHER, married Alexander Wilson. Child: Mary L., married Levi Bartle. (Children : Maryette, married Ran- som Palmer, resides in Sidney; George, married Sarah Pettis, accidentally killed while hunting in Brisbin, Feb- ruary 19, 1876 ; Charles A., died November 18, 1875, in Al- bany, unmarried.
ABEL, died October 13, 1894, aged 92; married Thurza M. Gartsee, who died February 19, 1885, aged 72 years. Children : Andrew B., died suddenly May 1, 1904; married October 28, 1856, Caroline M. Holmes of Oxford; died August 9, 1900. He was the last of the family. For many years devoted his time and attention to music, and as a violin player led and conducted an orchestra, which was in great demand for public and private parties. Frederick E., died suddenly, January 24, 1900, aged 55.
ABIGAIL, married Nelson Wright. Children : Mary E., married Edward A. Nickerson; Martha, married (1) Lewis Foote; married (2) James Brooks, died in Oxford.
CAROLINE E., born February 24, 1811; died May 9, 1905; married Levines B. Jackson. Children: Sarah I., married Willis Wheeler, had one son; Charles H., who died July 4, 1874, aged 16; Mary A., married James P. Seaman, died in 1898; (children: Carrie, Mary, Arthur and Naomi.) Susan C., married (1) Nathan Wheeler; married (2) By- ron Phelps. Martha A., married Clark K. Holmes. (Chil- dren : Etta M., married Eugene Wells; Minnie E.) Esther M., died 1868, aged 12.
CHARLES, married Jane E. Hackett, died in 1851.
ERASTUS, married Laura A. Burlison. Children : Ward L., died in 1884, unmarried; Jessie D., married George Franklin, died in 1896.
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An honest man's the noblest work of God.
-POPE.
Samuel S. Stafford.
Samuel S. Stafford passed away May 4, 1904, after an illness of ten days. The direct cause of his death was from a wound received in the service of his country during the Civil war. At the age of twenty years Mr. Stafford en- tered Oxford Academy to prepare for a college education, in the meantime teaching four terms of district school. At the call of President Lincoln, July 2, 1862, for three hundred thousand men, the 114th Regiment of volunteers was formed. Major O. H. Curtis, then a young lawyer in Oxford, enlisted Company A, which Mr. Stafford joined July 23, 1862, and assisted in recruiting. Volunteering his services in defense of his country caused the abandon- ment of his cherished plans for a collegiate education. Upon recommendation he was commissioned a First Lieu- tenant, with rank from August 6, 1862, and was presented with a handsome sword, sash and belt by the officers and men of Co. A. He served with his regiment until March 11, 1863, when he was detailed a member of a General Court Martial sitting at Brashear City, Louisiana. The court was in session one month, after which Lieutenant Stafford joined his regiment, and participated in the bat- tle of Fort Bisland, the skirmish at Franklin and the siege of Port Hudson. It was at Port Hudson, July 11, 1863, while bravely leading his men on the assault of the enemy's breast works that he received the wound that eventually caused his death. He was sent home to re- cuperate, and for ten months was confined to his bed, and
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July 8, 1864, was honorably discharged from the service on "account of wound received in action."
While recovering from his wound Mr. Stafford was ten- dered the nomination for Member of Assembly by the Re- publican party, an office he had not sought and was ignorant of the fact that he was to be thus honored. He accepted the nomination, was elected and went to Albany on crutches, serving in the Legislature of 1865. On his return from the Assembly he studied law with Solomon Bundy, was admitted to practice and elected to the office of School Commissioner for the second district of the county, and later appointed one of its Loan Commissioners, an office he held for several terms. He was Supervisor of the town for three years, 1886 to 1888, and for many years corporation attorney for the village. To all elec- tive offices he received nearly the unanimous vote of his party and many votes from the opposing party, so well was the trust in his integrity and honor established. Con- scientious and painstaking in the discharge of one public duty he was so in the many entrusted to him, and has left a clean and bright record. As a lawyer his office work was perfect, and as a counsellor he was a model, for no opinions were given without mature deliberation and in belief that they were for the best interest of the client, though they might be contrary to his expectations.
Mr. Stafford was a Past Master of Oxford Lodge, No. 175, F. & A. M .; had served one term as District Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic district; was Past Com- mander of Breed Post, No. 196, G. A. R., and secretary of the 114th Regimental Association. To these organiza- tions he was devoted and gave much attention and counsel. With Major Curtis he did much to keep up the regimental reunions and perpetuate the regiment's glorious achieve- ments. He was a communicant of St. Paul's church, and
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at his death a member of the Vestry. Mr. Stafford was the eldest son of Job and Wealthy Stafford, and was born June 8, 1837, in Preston, N. Y. He married December 12, 1866, Mary A. Gilbert of Oxford.
Aaron B. Main.
Aaron B. Main, born November 9, 1804, in North Ston- ington, Conn .; died December 22, 1875, in Oxford. Mar- ried November 19, 1829, Adelina Maine; born May 7, 1809; died February 8, 1890, in Oxford. Children : Susan Maria, born September 9, 1830; died December 7, 1896, at Greene. Married October 28, 1851, Thomas Miller, who while fish- ing in a brook had a paralytic shock and drowned, August 19, 1898. Frances Adelia, born August 11, 1832 ; died Feb- ruary 19, 1864 ; married November 6, 1853, Daniel Walker. Hannah Mary, born August 24, 1834; died January 12, 1904; married February 14, 1854, Willard Walker. Stephen Henry, born July 24, 1836; died June 17, 1856. Lucina, born June 10, 1840; died January 10, 1899; mar- ried September 23, 1868, James D. Smith. Catherine Eloisa, born August 10, 1845; died January 4, 1894; mar- ried June 8, 1869, John W. Cudworth.
L EVI SHERWOOD lived on a farm at the head of Albany street, afterwards known as the Ingersoll place, and now a portion of Riverview cemetery. He followed the occupation of tanner and currier. At his death he was buried under a tree on his farm, the Masonic fraternity conducting the services. His daughter Betsey married Archibald Nichols, and Levi, a son, married Sarah Nichols.
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With thee goes
Thy husband; him to follow thou art bound ; Where he abides, think there thy native soil.
-MILTON.
John Padgett.
John Padgett and family, English by birth, came to Ox- ford at a very early day in the town's history. Mr. Padgett's marriage in England was not pleasing to his wife's parents, they considering their daughter above him in rank, therefore the Padgetts emigrated to America. On their arrival in Oxford they settled near Walker's Corners in the east part of the town. Among their children, all born in Oxford, were:
JOHN, 2d, born in 1768 in England, and died in 1834 in Oxford. He married Anna Preston of Oxford, whose death occurred in 1823. Children : Erastus, John 3d, Elizabeth, Hannah, William, Lorenzo, Henry, Lewis, born August 15, 1816; died July -, 1905; married Clarissa Manwarren; Maria and Sophia, twins; Mary, Harvey.
JAMES, died November 24, 1848, aged 77.
WILLIAM, died in the autumn of 1800 from injuries re- ceived in a bear trap. Near where the Padgetts settled is a brook which bears their name. Beartrap falls came by its name in connection with the death of William Padgett. A deadfall or primitive bear trap had been constructed in the form of a figure 4, with a heavy piece of timber made sharp on one side to fall upon and hold a bear or other large animal when caught under it. Early one morning William went alone to examine the trap, was caught and held by the sharp log for several hours before anyone came
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to his aid. When released he called for water, which was brought to him in a hat, drank it and immediately expired.
HANNAH, married - - Shapley. MATTIE, married Garner Shapley.
JANE, married James Walker.
To be honest as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. -SHAKESPEARE.
Ebenezer Root.
Ebenezer Root, a miller, came from Great Barrington, Mass., previous to 1800 and settled in the eastern part of the town, where he lived until 1820, when he moved to Fayette (Guilford village) and took charge of the grist mill for a number of years. He was also a drover and cattle dealer. He returned to this town and run the Van- Wagenen mill on Lyon brook, near the present O. & W. R'y bridge, and in 1839 took the mill of Edward Arnold a half mile below North Guilford, where he died February 12, 1842, aged 82. He was buried at Guilford Centre. At one time he ran a mill built by the Westcotts to grind grain for their distillery. He was known throughout this sec- tion as " the honest miller." Mr. Root was a Minute Man during the Revolution and enlisted six times, the first time in February, 1777, serving one month; the last enlistment was in 1781, serving fourteen days. He served under Captains Silcox, Ingersoll, Denning, Carson, Downing and Heathcote. He applied for a pension in 1832, which was allowed. He was twice married and the father of sixteen children. His second wife, Cynthia Whipple, to whom he was married in 1802, died in 1856.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. -POPE.
Capt. John Backus.
John Backus was born in Norwich, Conn., April 11, 1781. He ran away from home to go to sea when he was about twelve years old, but his father brought him back and told him if he wanted to be a sailor to start in a proper way and found him a place on a ship sailing from New London. He rose rapidly from one position to another, and became a captain before he was very far in his twen- ties, serving under the Government in the war of 1812. Yielding to the importunities of his wife, he left the sea in 1813, and following the line of immigration from Con- necticut with his wife and little daughter came to Oxford. We quote from a letter written by Mrs. Backus to her husband's parents in Connecticut :
January 24, 1814.
You will be surprised to hear that we have moved. Mr. Backus has taken the Coffee House in Oxford Village (the present Hotchkiss House), a large building, considered a very good stand. A good farm under cultivation attached to it; has taken it for three years at $300 per year. We are now all bustle and confusion as we came into the house yesterday and the other family have not yet left the house. The girls in this country are not half so good as they are down country. Mr. Backus has requested the bearer of this letter, Esq. Nichols, to call on you and he can inform you of all particulars. He has likewise requested him if possible to bring our looking-glass as we are much in want of it. This house has six large rooms on the ground-besides a shop, which takes one end of the house through and fronts on one of the public squares. of the village. Mr. Backus says Esq. Nichols thinks you might get a load of wheat about twenty miles from here at one dollar 25 cash. There was a load sold here for that to-day. * * * I wrote Mrs. Brewer and requested the favor of the notes of the two afternoon chants, as we have a church meeting here, and a subscription out for building a church. Benj. Butler, formerly from New London, subscribed $500 and a subscription among the ladies for furnishing the pulpit had several days ago, $40 or upwards to it.
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In a letter written May 17th of the same year by Mrs. Backus :
A Mr. Hackett sets out to-morrow morning after a load of our goods. * * * Since my husband spoke to Mr. Hackett about going the journey he has seen Mr. Jabez Perkins who would liked to have gone, but the old man would not give up going. He is not quite so steady at all times, but hope he will take good care of the load. He will talk a great deal, you may believe just as much as you have a mind too and no more. We were much surprised at the number of deaths mentioned by Father in his letter. * *
* I am almost lost without my little girl. I can see her every step I take, some talk or action is ever before me-and then to find it real that her little body is crumbling into dust crowds hard upon the heart. *
* * They are
forming an Episcopal society since we came and think they will be able to get a nice church with assistance from Trinity church, N. Y., which they have no doubt of obtaining, and have had three sermons delivered by a young clergyman, who they are in hopes of hiring soon- a very excellent speaker indeed. My husband is one of the committee and seems quite engaged. * * * Will thank you for a few cran- berry beans and watermelon seeds & a receipt to color red. * * * If you have observed any new fashions for making gowns will thank you for a little description. If I live I calculate to make me a good black one soon and should like to make it handsomely, as it is not likely I shall wear it out immediately.
A meeting was held at the house of Abijah Lobdell, May 23, 1814, for the purpose of forming an Episcopal church. John Backus was chosen chairman and Abijah Lobdell clerk. It was resolved that the youthful parish erect a place of worship and call it St. Paul's church of Oxford. Frederick Hopkins and John Backus were elected wardens. The first celebration of the Holy Communion was Decem- ber 10, 1815, Lucinda Backus and Bedee Hull being the only communicants.
In 1814, Mr. Backus bought a farm of 108 acres at $10 per acre, now owned by Alva M. Balcum, near the top of Gamble Roof hill, and that summer proceeded to build the house which is still standing and the exterior but little changed. Mrs. Backus gives the following description in a letter home :
Our house since planting comes on slowly. Will tell you how it is calculated. It is I think 25x37 ft., calculated to have on the ground
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a large kitchen, one keeping room with cupboard, two large bedrooms with clothespress and cupboard, a pantry and back entry with sink. A story and a half; stands on the corner of two roads. When he feels able calculates to build in front on the State Road. Have a very pleasant view of the village.
On April 8, 1820, Mrs. Backus died, leaving two small children : William and Lucinda.
WILLIAM, who was born in 1816, married Maria S. Campbell of Norwich, Conn., in 1844. They went west, when to quote his own words: "I could have bought all the land that Chicago now stands on for $10 an acre, and I wouldn't take it as a gift." Mrs. Backus died at Cher- ubusco, Ind., in 1898, and Mr. Backus at Norwich, Conn., in 1899, leaving no children.
LUCINDA, born in 1818, was married to Amariah N. Bemis in 1839. They lived in Oxford village till 1851, when they removed to Lyon Brook, where Mr. Bemis bought and operated the mills. For many years he trans- ported his lumber to New York by canal. In 1870 he sold the mills and moved to Esmen township, Ill., where Mrs. Bemis died in 1889. Mr. Bemis dying at his daughter's in Oxford in 1897. They left four children :
Nelson A., married Sarah Sheldon of Guilford, N. Y. Residence, Odell, Ill.
Mary, married Albert C. Greene. Residence, West- minster, Conn.
Harriet Lucinda, married Dr. D. A. Gleason of Oxford.
Sarah Abigal, married Frank Raisbeck. Residence, Bloomington, Ill.
In 1821, John Backus married for his second wife, Abigal Glover of Oxford, and they had four children. Mr. Backus spent the remainder of his life quietly on his farm, where he died March 17, 1842. His wife continued on the farm with her son Henry till her death in 1872.
Children :
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HENRY, never married, living at the old homestead until January 1, 1885, when he sold to Alva M. Balcum, at which time he moved to Newburyport, Mass., where he died in 1898.
JOHN, JR., died in Norwich, Conn., in 1866, leaving two children : Lila, living at Norwich, Conn., and John 3d, living at Providence, R. I.
HARRIET, born in 1827, died in 1832.
NATHAN GLOVER, died in Lisbon, N. D., in 1899, leaving one daughter, Alice M. Bennett of Seattle, Wash.
D EATH FROM LIGHTNING .- A sad catastrophe occurred near this town on the night of September 6, 1819. Jabez Perkins, a young man of 36 and brother of Erastus Perkins, with his family had closed their cabin amid the deep darkness in the woods and retired. A fearful thunder storm came up, during which Mr. Perkins and wife in an instant of time were stricken by a blinding flash of light- ning into eternity. A child sleeping with them was un- harmed. They left a large and helpless family destitute and forlorn.
J ARED HINCKLEY, born at Lebanon, Conn., November 8, 1759, was a soldier of the Revolution who came to Oxford about 1803. He died April 12, 1828, aged 69. His widow, whose maiden name was Hopestill Brewster, died in 1849, aged 89. Mary O. Hinckley, their daughter, died December 27, 1884, in Clifton Springs, N. Y. Married November 17, 1819, Ashel J. Hyde of Oxford. Resided in this village thirty-three years.
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* * * hearing the hammers, as they smote The anvils with a different note.
-LONGFELLOW.
Hoe Factory.
The Oxford Hoe and Edge Tool Company was organized in the spring of 1853 by a stock company, with a capital of $10,000, of which Alamanzar Watson was president, and Lemuel Bolles, Thomas J. Wood, Joseph G. Thorp and Nelson C. Chapman were trustees. The factory was under the superintendence of Mr. Bolles, whose edged tools had been awarded several premiums at State fairs and Mechanical institutes. The fires were first lighted early in December, 1853, and business was soon in full operation, their work gaining an extensive reputation throughout the country. At the World's Exhibition in the Crystal Palace at New York in 1854, the award for the best solid shank cast steel hoe was given to this company, and a silver medal was awarded in November, 1855, by the American Institute fair in New York. On the average thirty men were em- ployed and about $40,000 worth of goods were manufac- tured per annum. Mr. Bolles remained in the company ten years and then established a hoe factory at South Ox- ford. Hon. John Tracy succeeded Mr. Watson as president, January 1, 1854, and held the office till the expiration of the charter in 1863, when the company sold to John Y. Washburn and Wm. A. Martin, the latter retiring in June, 1871. Mr. Washburn continued the business till Septem- ber 17, 1871, when the establishment was destroyed by fire. At the time of the discovery, shortly before one o'clock Sunday morning, the main building was on fire at the south end and by the time the engines reached the scene,
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