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John Hathorne came to this country in 1635, and settled in Salem, Mass. One of the great grandsons of John, was Collins, who m Sarah Deane, of Wilmington, Mass., in 1760, and settled in Jaffrey, N. H. They had eleven children, of whom four, Benjamin, Olive, Samu- el and Polly settled in Reading. Olive m Eliakim Da- vis ; b in 1776, d in 1844 ; Samuel, b in 1778, m Flavia Pierce, soon removed to Bridgewater, d about 1845 ; Polly never m, removed to Marilla, N. Y., in 1856, and d in 1870; Benjamin was b in 1761, in Wilmington, Mass., m Rhoda Carleton, March, 1787 ; Benjamin d July 26. 1847, and Rhoda d Jan. 11, 1850.
The children of Benjamin and Rhoda were : ---
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(1) Benjamin, b Jan. 1, 1788, d Nov. 31, 1813 ; (2) Ira, b Nov. 9. 1789, d Nov. 24, 1813 ; (3) Collins, b Sept. 12, 1790, m Rosamond Ranson, Nov. 1, 1821, removed to Alden, N. Y., in 1842, d Jan. 15, 1883 ; Rosamond d March 10, 1895 ; (4) Nathaniel, b June 10, 1792, m Anne Estabrook in 1815, d June 30, 1826; Anne d in 1867 ; (5) Rhoda, b March 4, 1794, m Jonathan Estabrook in 1814, d Nov. 3, 1888, at Marilla, N. Y .; (6) Candace, b Nov. 6, 1795, m Asa. Newton, d Sept., 1874 ; (7) Alvah, b Sept. 2, 1797, m Mandana Holley, settled in New Hav- en, Vt., d March 11, 1887 ; Mandana d Oct. 13, 1864 ; Alvah afterwards m Betsey Holley ; (8) Laban, b Oct. 4, 1799, m Mary Weston, d in Barnard, Dec. 30, 1877 ; (9) Henry C., b Sept. 3, 1801, m Alzina Taylor, d 1894, at Niagara Falls, N. Y .; (10) Hial, b April 14, 1803, m Sally A. Keeler, Nov. 17, 1837 ; (II) Oliva, b July 31, 1805, d Feb. 27, 1809 ; (12) Farwell, b Sept. 2, 1807, d Nov. 9, 1827 ; (13) Naham, b Jan. 21, 1809, m Mary Ann Ferris, Oct. 30, 1845, d in 1855; (14) Verrenus, b Feb. 12, 1811, m Mary Ann Cady, April 3, 1837; Mary Ann d in 1842, and Verrenus m Annis Johnson, March 16, 1843, removed to Marilla, N. Y., in 1856, d in Elma N. Y., Jan. 19, 1871 ; Annis d in 1893.
Collins had two children, Dennis C., b in Reading, March 22, 1826, living in Palisades, Col .; and Ira B., bin Reading, May 16, 1836, living in Alden, N. Y.
Nathaniel had three children b in Reading, Benja- min, bin 1816, d in So. Woodstock; Ira, settled in Terre Haute, Ind., d there in 1834 ; Electa m Joel Slack, and d in Plymouth, Vt.
Rhoda had three daughters, all b in Reading, Oliva, b in 1815, d in Marilla, N. Y., in 1845; Fidelia, b in 1819, living in Marilla; Rosomond, b in 1825, d in Cowlesville, N. Y.
Candace had three sons, all b in Reading, Marcel- lus, Hial, and Morris Newton.
Laban had two sons and one daughter b in Read-
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ing, Curtis, b about 1829, living in Barnard ; Colbert, b about 1830, living in Weathersfield ; Laura Ann, b about 1833, m Joseph Smith, d in So. Woodstock.
Henry C. had six children, Jane Ann, d in child- hood ; Angelia and Annette d later in Addison Co .; Jannette m Ross Wickware, living at Niagara Falls : Wallace and Farwell served in the civil war, living in the West.
Verrenus had three daughters b in Reading, Ella d in infancy ; Mary m Chas. Kendall, living in Buffalo ; Ella m F. G. Bullis, d in Lancaster, N. Y., in 1898.
Collins Hawthorne,
By J. B. Hawthorne, of Alden, N. Y.
Collins Hawthorne d Jan. 15, 1883, at Alden, N. Y., aged ninety-two years and four months. He was b in Reading, Sept. 12, 1790, and passed the first fifty-two years of his life in his native town, and then in 1842, re- moved to Alden, twenty miles from Buffalo, N. Y., where he resided until his death.
Few men have reached the age of ninety-two years, and lived a more quiet and uneventful life. His long residence in Reading was confined to one neighborhood, most of the time on the farm now owned by Wade Keyes, just above Hammondsville, on the rocky hillsides of which he toiled early and late for many a long year, the principal relief in the monotony of his Reading farm life being an annual or semi-annual trip to Boston with a load of produce, which formed the event of the year.
Even his removal to Alden was an event which would seem the climax of dullness to the emigrant of to- day, for he came with his own team, there being no rail- road except a part of the way. He and his family made a visit to Alden the autumn before his removal there, but the grand old hills of his native town had grown so much higher and steeper, and the rocks so much bigger
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during his absence, that in a few weeks he came back to Alden and bought a farm, on which he lived to the time of his death, nearly forty-one years.
One prominent characteristic of the deceased, was his love for his native state. No Scottish lassie, alone on the shores of a new continent, ever dwelt with more reverence or devotion on the memory of the "lowland dale" or "highland glen" of her nativity than did this matter-of-fact, unsentimental gentleman, dwell upon the recollections associated with Old Vermont. Some years after he had passed four score, the centennial history of his native town was brought to him, and for years it was his almost constant companion. Day and evening he sat with it open before him, or lying closed on his lap, ever too precious a reminder of scenes and people in his native Green Mountain State.
Mr. Hawthorne, in walking from his chair to his bed, fell and broke his hip, which confined him to his bed the remainder of his days.
Four nephews of Mr. Hawthorne have resided in Windsor County with their families, Benjamin Haw- thorne, of South Woodstock, Curtis Hawthorne, of Bar- nar, d Colbert Hawthorne, of Weathersfield and Morris Newton, of Reading ; but for a record of those who are not living in this numerous family, the old grave-yard at Bailey's Mills furnishes a mournful page.
MERRITT E. GODDARD.
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CHAPTER XXIII
Biographical Sketches, Continued.
Merritt E. Goddard ; Rev. Horace Herrick ; The Her- rick Family ; Jabez D. Hammond, LL.B .; Judge Thomas F. Hammond.
Merritt E. Goddard, By Albert N. Swain.
Merritt Elton Goddard, son of Hiram and Mary (Ackley) Goddard, was b in Reading, Feb. 11, 1834. His grandfather was Dea. Aaron Goddard, one of the early settlers of Reading who is remembered by some still living as a man of prominence in town, and who was greatly esteemed for his kindness of heart and prac- tical sympathy for the unfortunate.
Mr Goddard received his early education in the com- mon schools, fitted for college in Black River and West Randolph academies, and graduated at Dartmouth col- lege in 1857. He then entered the Divinity school of Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1861 with the purpose of entering the Unitarian ministry, which purpose he was unable to carry out on account of his health, which had been impaired by a fall when he was eleven years of age.
For several years he was superintendent of schools in Reading, represented his town in the Legislature dur- ing the war period of 1863 and 1864, and later was a member of the Windsor County board of School Super- visors. After occupying the ancestral homestead for several years he sold the same and moved to Norwich in 1874, where he settled to avail himself of the privileges incident to being near the college from which he gradu-
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ated, and for which he always entertained a strong in- terest and affection.
He was a man of individuality and independent thought and mind on questions of public policy, fine scholarly attainments, took great interest in education and library work, and was employed to write the History of Norwich, by vote of the town. He was also chairman of the board of trustees of the Norwich Public Library Association, which after his death adopted resolutions of respect in their loss of the "honored chairman of trus- tees", and that "our association has lost a most able and efficient officer, a genial and kind friend and neighbor, the town and state an excellent citizen".
For many years he held the office of Justice of the Peace in both Reading and Norwich. Broad in his views for the general diffusion of intelligence he was an occasional contributor to the press, and his physical in- firmities did not prevent him from being a useful citizen.
Mr. Goddard m Amanda S. Keyes, April 14, 1868, who d Dec. 3, 1870. March 20, 1872, he m Mrs. Loret!e Swain Whitten.
He d at his home in Norwich, Dec. 14, 1891.
Horace Herrick
son of David and Mary (Buswell) Herrick, was b at Peacham, Vt., May II, 1807. Fitted at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. Principal of Jaffrey (N. H.) Academy, 1834-'6; Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., 1836-'40, ; Pepperell (Mass.) Academy, 1840-'I ; Fran- cestown (N. H.) Academy, 1841-'4. Studied theology meanwhile with Rev. Dr. J. M. Whiton, of Antrim, N. H. Pastor of Congregational church, Fitzwilliam, N. H., Sept. 4, 1844, to Sept. 15, 1847.
Taught at Richmond, Va., 1847-'8; Principal of Washington Co. Grammar school, Montpelier, Vt., four and a half years, from Aug., 1849; agent of Vermont Bible Society for a year, and then for several years, was
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in poor health. Was acting pastor of Plainfield, Vt., May, 1857 to 1859; Wolcott, Vt., Feb., 1860 to April, 1874; York, Neb., 1875-'6; South Woodbury, Vt., 1877-'79. He resided thereafter, at Felchville, Vt .. until deceased. Supt. schools at Wolcott, 1863-'9, 1870- '4 ; member of legislature, 1861-'2 ; trustee of University of Vt., and State Agricultural college, some years from 1865. Married in Boston, Mass., Dec. 1. 1836, to Aure- lia, daughter of William and Susannah (Smith) Town- send, of Reading, Vt., who survived him, without chil- dren. He d in Felchville, Vt., Jan. 31, 1891, of pneu- monia.
His wife d at Felchville, Vt., July 5 1891.
The Herrick Family, By Osgood Herrick, of Sycamore, Ill.
Ebenezer Herrick, son of Ebenezer, was b in Read- ing, Mass., March 2, 1783, and removed with his fath- er to Marlboro, N. H., in Feb., 1794, where he grew to manhood. He resided a short time in Cavendish and Proctorsville, and finally settled in Reading, Vt., where he d March 11, 1842. He m first in 1805, Arvilla Hall, of Keene, N. H., who d two or three years after, without children.
He m. second, June 6, 1810, Polly Nye. Their chil- dren were :- (1) Louisa, b July 9, 1811, in Samuel Fay, of Weathersfield, Vt .; (2) Lucretia, b Oct. 18, 1813. m June 15, 1840, Josiah Fitch, of Pottersville, Cheshire County, N. H., where she d in 1901 .; (3) Mary, b Jan. 16, 1815, d May 3, 1863, m June 1839, Rev. Ira Beard, of Northfield, Vt., Methodist Clergyman ; (4) Emily G., b April 6, 1818, d June 18, 1842 ; (5) Marcellus Aurelius b Aug. 27, 1822 ; (6) Eliza Jane, b Feb. 11, 1831, d Aug. 7, 1870.
Rev. Marcellus A. Herrick, d Oct. 31, 1875. Clergy- man of the Protestant Episcopal Church ; ordained to
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the deaconship, June 16, 1847 ; admitted to the Priest- hood in 1848, and called to the rectorship of St. James Church, Woodstock, Vt .; removed Feb., 1861, to the charge of Trinity Church, of Tilton, N. H.
The Degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Ho- bart college, Geneva, N. Y .; he m June 4, 1844, Han- nah A., daughter of Israel and Hannah (Andrew) Put- nam ; children :- - Lizzie Adelaide, b July 20, 1851 ; Charles Putnam, b Nov. 8, 1854 ; Frank Hobart, b Nov. 19, 1858.
Henry Herrick, brother of Ebenezer, was bin Read- ing, Mass., June 9, 1787, d Nov. 29, 1832. Went first to Boston, removed to Reading, Vt., farmer; m Lydia, widow of Daniel Dodge, of North Danvers, Mass., maid- en name, Grover ; children :-- Mary A., b July 29, 1823, m Michael Weston, of Reading ; Harriet M., b Dec. 27, 1824, m Merrill Mason, of Marlboro, N. H., and she d about 1898, or '9 ; Henry Osgood. b Feb. 4, 1829, resides at Anderson, S. C .; he received the degree of A. B., at Norwich University Vt., in 1853; A. M. in course ; teacher until 1864; Assessor Internal Revenue, Third Collection District, of S. C., 1867-'8-'9 ; m Jane B. Heard, of Vernon, Vt. Children .-- Beulah C., b July 29, 1861 ..
Ebenezer Herrick and Henry, his brother, were of the 6th generation, from Henry Herrick, who was b at Bean Manor, County of Leicester, England, in 1604, and came to America when quite young, first to Virginia, fi- nally to Salem, Mass. He and his wife were among 30, who founded the first church in Salem, in 1629.
Henry J. Hewlett
was for a long time a citizen of Reading. He was a na- tive of West Windsor. In Dec., 1854, he m Alzina A. Kendall, daughter of Luther Kendall, and the result of that union was one son, Ed K. Hewlett. On March 16, 1897, Mr. Henry J. Hewlett was m to Esther L. Fay,
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who survives him. He d Oct. 30, 1897, aged 63 years.
Mr. Hewlett was identified with all the best move- ments in Felchville, being particularly active in the church, of which for many years he was parish clerk and deacon. The newly renovated church stands as a mon- ument to his untiring zeal, for he, with but a few others, did the work necessary to make the building an attrac- tive and beautiful one. He loved the faith he professed, walked in the light and was one to whom the things of religion were dear. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Felchville, overlooking the peaceful valley where he lived so many years ; and those intimately as- sociated with him in life followed him, glad to testify to the very last, of his worth and friendship.
The Hapgood Family, By Alice L. Hapgood, of Bellows Falls.
The Hapgoods were one of the first and prominent families in Reading.
David Hapgood, Esq., being of the first settlers. He was a direct descendant of Shadrach Hapgood who came from England in 1656, at the age of 14 years. He was killed by the Indians at Brookfield, 1675. He was a young man of enterprise, and early laid the foundation of the spacious and fertile landed estates which so many of his descendants have enjoyed quite down to the present day.
Daniel Hapgood was b May 10, 1757. He was dis- tinguished for enterprise, courage, energy and persever- ence. At the age of 22 years he left home, and pur- chased a large tract of land, twelve miles west of Wind- sor, Vt., near the center of the present town of Reading, and immediately commenced improvements. Then there were only two families in the region, each miles in op- posite directions from his location. Here he labored
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alone during the first season ; but ere he had complete- ly secured his little harvest, news reached him that the settlements on the frontier had been laid waste by Indians from Canada, and many out of the in- habitants, were massacred and taken captive.
Trusting in solitude for defense, he did not flee, un- til returning to his cabin after a temporary absence, he found the savages had plundered it of meat left over the fire, and such other articles as they most coveted. He now hastily struck his tent, returning to Massachusetts, spending the winter of 1778-'9, in enlisting his brother Thomas and other young men of Worcester County, to accompany him back in the spring. Here through pri- vations and hardships no longer experienced by planters of new countries, they prepared the way for a large and prosperous settlement, which was organized in 1780, and he was elected selectman and constable.
The future historian of Reading cannot fail to recog- nize him as one of her most efficient founders. He and his brother Thomas purchased, June 5, 1780, one whole right of land in the Township of Reading, Vt., consider- ation £150 lawful money. David bought of Thomas a tract of land, consideration £1, 185 lawful money. June 27, 1781, David erected the first framed building, and opened the first tavern in the place, and the first town meetings were held in his house. He was early chosen Representative, and for a series of years served as Mag- istrate. As his children attained their majority, he pro- ceeded to divide to them his estate, giving to each of the elder sons, 100 acres of the south part of his farm, and to the third son his homestead, etc. He lived to see all his family comfortably settled in life.
He m in 1781, Sally Myrick, of Princeton, Mass., b April 6, 1762, d Aug. 7, 1826 ; he d July 3, 1829. Their children were :- John, b Dec. 11, 1782, at Princeton, m March 2, 1808, Sally Amsden, of Reading, Vt., daugh- ter of Abel Amsden, b Aug. 19, 1782, and who d April
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16, 1881, aged 99 years. He d April 16, 1881 ; David, b Feb. 20, 1786, m, Jan. 1, 1818, Sally Kimball, who d Feb. 15, 1875. He d Nov. 30, 1859 ; Sally Myrick, b June 8, 1788, m, Dec. 25, 1815, Edmund Durrin, Esq., of Weathersfield, Vt., who d Feb. 22, 1837. She d in Reading, July 3, 1855 ; Lucinda, b June 28, 1790, m, Feb. 2, 1812, Jared Bigelow, who d Aug. 2, 1856. She d Oct. 21, 1835 ; Betsey, b Jan. 21, 1793, d Aug. 28, 1745 ; Artemas, b July 16, 1795, m, Feb. 27, 1823, Rebec- ca Fay, of Reading, daughter of Hanniah Fay. He d June 21, 1837. His widow m Solomon Yuran, of Tun- bridge ; Fidelia, b Aug. 20, 1797, m, March 14, 1822, Capt. Rufus Forbush, son of Rufus Forbush of Westboro, Mass .; Bridgman, b Aug. 13, 1799, m Elizabeth Mor- rison, April 19, 1829 ; she d Feb. 9, 1830. He m, sec- ond, Laura Weston, who d Oct. 24, 1860. He d Jan. 8, 1877. The firm of Hapgood & Prentiss, (comprising B. Hapgood & S. Prentiss) in Reading, was in mercantile business at the Center, and was dissolved May 14, 1835. They were succeeded by the firm of Prentiss, Wood & Co. Their place of business was at the Cen- ter also. Lucy, b June 28, 1802, d 1806; Dexter, b April 14, 1807, d unmarried at Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 30, 1847.
Jabez D, Hammond, LL.B.,
was b at New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 2, 1778, and was settled as a physician at Reading, in 1779. He removed to Cherry Valley, N. Y., and he became a lawyer in 1805, where he attained eminence as a public man and author. He was a Democratic member of Congress in 1815-17, a state senator in 1817-21, a County Judge in 1838, and one of the Regents of the University of N. Y., 1845. to 1855. He was the author of "James Melbourne" (1851) ; "Political History of New York" (1849-3 vols.); "Life of Silas Wright" (1848). He d Aug. 18, 1855.
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Judge Thomas F. Hammond
was b in Reading, and was for many years a resident of the north western part of the town. He was a farmer, surveyor, Justice of the Peace and man of general affairs.
He was elected in 1835, as the Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor, and held that office by successive annual elections, until 1848, inclusive.
He subsequently resided in West Windsor and in Chester, and d in the last named town. He had a large family of boys, but the family record has not been fur- nished to the editor.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
Biographical Sketches, Continued.
Abigail Keyes ; Daniel S. Mahoney ; Helen Kent Rob- inson ; Hannah Bolles Merrill ; Morgan Family.
Ancestors of Abigail Keyes, who married Capt. William A. Hawkins.
I Robert Keyes settled at Watertown, Mass., be- fore 1633, (probably in 1630) when the birth of his first child is recorded there. His wife was Sarah
He moved to Newbury, Mass., about 1643, and his death is there recorded as July 16, 1647. The births of six children are recorded in Watertown and Newbury. He probably had more. His widow m John Gage, and d in 1680.
II Elias, youngest son of Robert. b in 1643, at Watertown, Mass., m, Sept. 11, 1665, Sarah, daughter of John Blanford, or Blanchard, and lived in Sudbury, Mass.
III Deacon John Keyes, supposed to be a son of the foregoing, lived in Lancaster, Mass., and Shrews- bury, Mass.' B in 1668, (?) d in 1748. (?)
IV John, Jr., b 1712, m Abigail, daughter of Dea. John Livermore, Nov. 26, 1741, and had twelve children. His daughter Abigail, m William A. Hawkins, of Northboro, Mass., Oct. 1, 1765. She was b Dec. 26, 1743, and d Feb. 24, 1813. Wm. A. Hawkins then lived in Northboro, Mass., in Essex County, about 35 miles from Boston.
Livermore Family.
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I John, b 1604 or '6, m Grace
II Samuel, b 1640, m Anna Bridge, June 14, 1688 ;
III Jonathan, b 1678, m Rebecca Barnes, Nov. 23, 1699;
IV (Deacon) Jonathan, b 1700, m Abigail Ball, June 23, 1723 ;
V Abigail, b 1724, m John Keyes, (b 1712) Nov. 25, 1741;
VI Abigail Keyes, b Dec. 26, 1743, m Wm. A. Hawkins, Oct. 1, 1765.
The Bridge family into which Samuel Livermore m was distinguished for the prominent part it took in edu- cational matters in the early history of the country:
The father of Anna Bridge, was Mathew Bridge, and the grandfather of Anna Bridge, was Deacon John Bridge, who founded the first school ever founded in the Colonies. . He founded this school at Cambridge, Mass., and from this school, Harvard College grew. He had a friend named John Harvard, whom he persuaded to give $8,000 in money to found this college, promising it should bear the name of "Harvard" if he would do so.
Mr. Harvard gave the money, Deacon John Bridge gave lands and through his efforts, the College of Har- vard was founded. He is buried in the cemetery in Cam- bridge, near the old church, and the account of his life is carved on his tombstone. A monument stands to the memory of Deacon John Bridge in the campus at Har- vard, erected by Gen. Samuel Bridge, one of his descend- ants.
The mother of Anna Bridge was Anna Danforth, daughter of Col. Danforth, who was one of the twelve men who were chosen to make the laws, course of study, and were "the Trustees of Harvard College." Thus both Deacon John Bridge and Col. Danforth were two of the twelve men who founded Harvard College and made its laws, and they were both Representatives in the Co- lonial Congress, and were prominent men in Church and
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State.
Helen Kent Robinson
the eldest daughter of Ezra Robinson, was b at South Reading, and d at Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 17, 1900. She was an accomplished pianist, and celebrated as an instructress upon that instrument. She took an active interest in the prosperity of her native town, and was a liberal donor of books for the Reading public library.
Daniel Sullivan Mahoney.
Daniel Sullivan Mahoney, better known to all old residents of Reading, as "Uncle Dan", d from the effects of an attack of the grip at the home of his grandson, Harry A. Burnham, April 19, 1900, aged 86 years. He was b in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, and came to Reading Center, about 1833, where he has since made his home. He m, in Windsor, Vt., Hannah Gately Fallon, (who d in 1874) and had four children,-Ed- mund F., of Amsden; Mary, widow of William W. Keyes ; Harriet, deceased, wife of David E. Burnham, and Daniel O.
He was, by occupation, a farm laborer, and had worked for four generations of the Burnham family, and continuously for over fifty years. He was an excellent citizen, industrious, kind-hearted, and much thought of by his neighbors. He never did anyone an injury, and never missed an opportunity to say a pleasant word, or to perform a helpful deed. He never spoke ill of any- one, never shirked his work, and never attempted to do what he was incompetent to perform.
And thus in an humble station, he set an example which brought the regard of all who knew him. His last sickness was his first serious one, and he so retained his bodily and mental powers, that he was enabled to render daily and efficient service to those about him,
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down to the end of his life.
And thus was granted the dearest wish of his heart, that he might never be deprived of the delights of labor, but on the contrary, he was of use and never a burden to others. At the time of his death, he was the oldest citi- zen of the town, and his passing away was like the re- moval of a beloved landmark, of which, no man's mem- ory recalls the setting up of it.
Austin L. Morgan,
son of Simeon and Sabra (Kinney) Morgan, was b in New London, Conn., Aug. 14, 1814. He lived for the most of the time in Connecticut, until 1836, when he came to Vermont, living in Ludlow and Shrewsbury. Followed occupations of farming and shoemaking, until he began the study of medicine with Dr. Horton, in 1857. Graduated at Burlington, Vt., in 1862. Practiced his profession successfully in West Windsor, until 1870, when failing health necessitated his removal, and he went to Somerville, Mass. Returned to Felchville. Vt., in 1872.
Although he did some medical business after his re- turn, his strength failed, and he d Aug. 25, 1874. He m Minerva Hemenway, May 15, 1836 ; she d Nov. 1, 1886. To them were b 5 children; Samuel H., Sterry A., Mary L., George W., and Lydia I., of whom two are liv- ing,-Mary L. Kendall, of Boston, Mass., and Geo. W. Morgan, of Woodstock, Vt.
Samuel Hemenway Morgan,
son of Austin L. and Minerva H. Morgan, was b in Shrewsbury, Vt., July 10, 1838. With the exception of a year or two, he always lived in Windsor County. Had a common school education and followed the occu- pation of farming chiefly, until 1872. He came to Read- ing from Perkinsville, March 1, 1866, moving on to the farm at Reading Center, known as the Hathorn place.
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