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The appositeness of these remarks will hardly be questioned by any one who has attained to middle age. The questions which exer- cise the thoughtful are, whither are we tending ? Where will our career teminate ?
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CHAPTER XXXV.
SERVICES OF SETTLERS WHO BELONGED TO THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY --- TRAININGS-WAKING UP OFFICERS-CITIZENS WHO DID SERVICE IN THE WAR OF 1812-VOLUNTEERS IN THE WAR OF THE GREAT REBELLION.
Those who have read the narrative on the preceding pages, re- specting the pitches and location of the carly settlers of Cornwall, have already been informed that many of them were for longer or shorter periods, connected with the army during the revolutionary war. As their services have thus been severally noted, a repetition cannot be needful here.
" A sacred band, They take their sleep together, while the year Comes with its early flowers to deck their graves, And gathers them again as winter frowns. Their's is no valgar sepulcher-the joy With which their children tread the ballowed ground That holds their venerated dust, the peace That smiles on all they prayed for, and the wealth That clothes the hamlet, where the forest waved, Are monuments more lasting than the fanes Reared to the kings and demnigods of old."
The tardy justice of our government in offering pensions to the veterans, who in its hour of peril helped to fight its battles, and to win its victories, and whose only pecuinary reward thus far had been a depreciated continental currency, was too long delayed to furnish relief to many of their number. The pension, though late. brought comfort to some men, and to more widows, who would 42
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otherwise have been dependent on the hand of charity. A few still survive to avail themselves of the annual stipend.
Formal military organizations, which from the establishment of the government had been deemed necessary, were kept up with much interest for several years after the war of 1812, with Great Britain. Every able-bodied man between the ages of 18 and 45, was expected to do military duty. Two companies were main- tained in this town, one called the " Infantry," enlisted, and uni- formed ; the other commonly called the "Flood-wood " company, being made up of all who were legally enrolled, and who appeared on the parade in ordinary citizens dress, with equipments often as diverse as their apparel. They were accustomed to meet for drill one or two half days each season, besides an annual assembling of a Regiment or Brigade in the autumn, for drill and inspection. These companies were enjoying the full tide of success when the war of IS12 occurred.
There was a usage in Cornwall of early origin, called " The waking up of officers " on the morning of training days. Those who were fond of a frolic would go together, from the house of one officer to that of another, and discharge their muskets, expecting. that in response, they should be invited to partake of refreshments, of which ardent spirits always formed a prominent part. It was also the practice for companies to be furnished on the parade ones or twice each day with intoxicating drinks by way of refreshment, at the expense of the officers. "Training day " thus became the direct abettor of intemperance, and sometimes of disorder. These usages gradually receded before the prevalence of temperance prin- ciples, and finally disappeared-" more honored in the breach than the observance."
In regard to the policy which inaugurated the war of 1812, there was in this town much diversity of opinion. Excitement ran high, and the "democrats" and "federalists"-the parties approving and disapproving the war, " -- were nearly equally diviled. It appears, however, that the party disapproving were in the majority, as in the elections they were able to choose their favorite candidates. Op- position to men and measures implied in those indulging it no lack
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of patriotism. When our territory was invaded or was threatened with invasion, party strifes sunk ont of view, and citizens arranged themselves around their country's standard, and stood shoulder to shoulder, the united opponents of a common foe. When in the spring of 1814, the alarm was sounded that the British forces of the Lake were intending to destroy the vessels which afterwards constituted McDonough's fleet, then building at Vergennes, the cit- izons, as if moved by an electric spark, shouldered their muskets and flew to the rescue, desirous only of knowing how they might best repel the invader. And when in the following autumn, the alarm again rang along our hills and through our vallies, that & British army was marching upon Plattsburgh, the call to arms met a hearty response from every bosom. Men dropped their imple- ments of labor, siezod the weapons of war, and set forward to the field of strife.
"They left the plow-share in the mold Their flocks and herds without a fold, The siekle in the unshorn grain, The corn balf garnered on the plain, And mustered in their simple dress, For wrongs to seek a stern redress -- To right those wrong, come weak, come wie, To perishi or o'ercome the fox"
The following incidents have been kindly furnished by Maj. Orin Field, who personally shared the fatigues and perils of the march :---
" In September, 1814, Plattsburgh, N. Y., was invaded by the British army, 14,000 strong. The alarm was sounded through our vallies, and our militia soon responded to the call. Men left their work and took their guns, not waiting for extra fixings, and in parties, from six to a dozen, were soon on the way to the scene of conflict.
On arriving at Burlington, most of the volunteers from Cornwall embodied themselves in a company commanded by Capt. E. B. Hill, while others joined him after reaching Plattsburgh. The night of the 10th of September, we encamped three miles south of the Fort. Early on the morning of the 11th, we were aroused by the booming of cannon in the distance, when it was soon ascertained that the two fleets were engaged. The' volunteers, some 1500 in number, were commanded by Gen. Samuel Strong, of Vergennes;
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Col. Lyman, of Charlotte; Col. Hastings Warren of Middlebury ; Maj. Somers Gale, of Cornwall, and were soon marching down on the west bank of Lake Champlain. In a short time we came in sight of the two fleets, and we could see the water fly as the balls sped on through the waves. As we neared the Fort the column filed to the left and entered an open forest where a lumber road was traceable.
At this point we soon saw the air filled with shot and shell, some bursting over our heads, knocking down one of our men, who was soon up and in his place again - our destination being the upper crossing of the Saranac. Just before reaching the river, we en- countered a body of some four hundred of the enemy, who saluted us with several shots or rounds, when they showed us their backs."
The following list of the volunteers who were in service at Plattsburgh, and the additional incidents of the march, are gathered from those who were of the number, many of whom still survive, and are resident among us. Their testimony very happily agrees, the only discrepancies being such as might be expected, after the lapse of more than forty years. The company from Cornwall commanded by Capt. E. B. Hill, consisted of those who were enrolled and liable to do duty in his company, together with ser- eral others who joined him on the way and after arriving at Platts- burgh. The list is as follows :
EDMUND B. HILL, Captain. W .. HAMILTON, ERASTU'S REEVE, Lieutenants. EZRA MEAD, Ensign; DANIEL SANFORD, Orderly. HOSEA BROOKS, Acting Surgeon. ELIJAH FOOT, JOSIAH POND, RUFUS MEAD, Sergeants. OZIAS SANFORD, Corporal.
PRIVATES,
Roger Avery,
Chester Fenn,
John McNeal.
John Avery,
Isaac L. Fisker,
Israel McNeal,
Daniel Avery,
Eliku Grant,
Ephraim Pratt,
Abiram Avery,
Truman C. Gibbs, Amos Pennoyer.
Ethan Andrus,
Henry Green,
Russel Richards,
E. B. Bakter,
Joel Harrington,
Samuel Richards,
Felix Benton, Elijah lienton,
Ami Harrington,
Ira Harrington,
Zadoc B. Robbins,
Noah L. Benton,
Harry Hill,
Ransom Robinson,
Asahel Bingham,
Wm. Hurlbut,
Jonah Sanford,
Abel Benedict,
Enos Hamlin,
Jobn Sanford,
William Cook,
Reuben Gillett,
Moses Wooster,
Austin Dana,
Henry Kirkum,
Marston Sherwood.
Daniel Wright,
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Elijah Durfey.
Jesse Keeler,
Ezekiel Scovel,
Jesse Ellsworth,
Gilbert Linsly,
Nathaniel Sherwood,
Lewis W. Ellsworth, Orin Field,
Wm. Lane, Helon Mead,
Ira Wentworth,
Warren Wheeler,
Russel Foot,
Paul Moore,
William Slade, Baggage Master ; Job Lane, Benj. Atwood, Ezra Scovel, Luther G. Bingham, Teamsters.
Several men from Cornwall, because it was more convenient, joined a company from Brandon, commanded by Capt. Micha or Michael Brown, viz : Harvey Pritchard, Daniel Goodyear, Simeon Balch, Clark Williamson, Harvey Blodget, Levi F. Tilden, Chauncey Cook and Alpheus Baker.
Near evening on the 11th of September, Drs. Frederick Ford and O. J. Eells received information of the battle of Plattsburgh, and that many of the volunteers were wounded and needed surgical aid. Supplied with the requisite instruments, they left without de- lay for the scene of conflict. They traveled all night, but learned on their arrival at Burlington, that the wounded which were not nu- merous among the land forces, had been properly cared for, and they were at liberty to return, enjoying, at least, the satisfaction of having done what they could.
In the brief action that occurred immediately following the severe and bloody naval fight upon the Lake, which resulted in the triumph of our fleet, no one of the volunteers from Cornwall was injured. Two of the detachment, however, with which they acted, were wounded. James Wiley from Weybridge, received a bullet in the neck and breast, which lodged under the shoulder blade, inflict- ing a wound that proved fatal after a few weeks. A Mr. Good- rich of Middlebury, was also wounded in the foot.
Again in the war of the Great Rebellion in which we are now involved, the spirit of our citizens has been manifest, in a ready response to the call of Government in its hour of peril. When the President of the United States issued his first call for one Regiment of Volunteers from Vermont, for three months, several of our young men promptly entered the ranks and performed the stipulated ser- vice. As subsequent calls were made, from time to time, for vol- unteers for longer periods, they were responded to with equal alacrity. The names of those who have enlisted, together with
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a designation of the companies and regiments to which they belong, I have copied from the certified record of the Listers and Selectmen of the town. It may therefore be relied upon as correct.
ENLISTED FOR THREE YEARS.
EDWIN S. STOWELL, Capt. cf Co. F, 5tl. Regiment ; promoted to be Major of the 9th Regiment.
Calvin Clair, Co. K. 2nd Regiment. Oliver Clair,
Henry Bushes,
Dennis Allix, Co. B. 5th Regiment.
Alvah K. Barton,
Linus S. Everts.
Nelson L. Baxter, Co. F, 5th Regiment.
John Cartell,
Henry Carver, 66
Joseph Clair,
Elisha Frost, 16 6.
James Fenton, ..
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Henry T. Peck. Hiram D. Wheelock.
James W. Higgins,
Dennis Hickey,
Harrison W. Hingham_
Truman 5, Lane. ..
Andrew R. Sinonds.
Matthias Nero, 1:
Adelbert M. Gaft.
Thomas D. Peck,
Win, J. Wright.
AAdams Potter,
John W. Wooster,
Edwin C. Rogers,
John Scott. ..
Allen J. Searls,
Almon S. Pinnev.
Isaac J. Stearns,
Charles E. Stearns, ..
Aaron P. Youtt, ..
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Charles E. Youtt, 6.4
Lewis Young. ..
W'in Austin, Co. I. 5th Regiment.
Win. H. Anstin, Co. C, 7th Regiment. James Douelly,
George Greenleaf,
George Hodges,, Co. C, 9th Regiment.
Page G. Potter, Co. B, 11th Regiment. Beuj. Kider, Loval Darling, 66
Charles Baldwin,
6.
James Manly,
Wmn. Sharkey,
Emerson Mavo, 66
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E. O. Porter, M. D. Assistant Surgeon 11th Reg.
Ozias Sanford, Sharp Shooter. Frank Holley, Edgar Clair, Co. H. 1st Vt. Cavalry. NINE MONTHS' MEN. Enlisted in Orwell Company, Capt. Abell.
Romeo R. Peck.
Louis Geulett,
Lewis F. Dow.
Martin S. Keeler.
Henry Mourry.
Lewis S. Newell. Lucius D. Moody. Harvey L. Sheldon.
NINE MONTHS' MEN.
Enlisted in Middlebury Co., Capt. Rich. John Demar. Charles Bodoin. Alexis Mahew. Sefroi Mahew.
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Of those in the preceding lists Nelson L. Baxter was a drummer, and Truman J. Lane, Allen J. Searls and Linus Everts, were Corporals in their respective Companies. Adams Potter and Nel- son Baxter both entered the service very young. Potter died in the regimental hospital but a short time after entering the service. Baxter died at a hospital in Baltimore of typhoid fever induced by over exertion, while taking care of the wounded at the battle of Williamsburg, Va. Fenton also died of disease in camp. . Everts and Thomas D. Peck, were reported missing after the sanguinary battles near Richmond, while Gen. McClellan was extricating bis army from the swamps of the Chickahominy river. At this date, their bereaved friends are still left to mourn, in uncertainty, their fate.
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All those who entered the first ten regiments organized in this State for three years or the war, volunteered with no other induce- ments than those presented by the Government of the United States, by this Commonwealth and by their own patriotism. Those who are connected with the 11th Regiment of three years' men, received from public spirited citizens of the town, the offer of fifty dollars each, as a bounty, and those subsequently enlisting for nine months, received from the same source the offer of seventy-five dollars each. It is but justice to all concerned to add that this offer of bounty was regarded by those who offered, and by those who accepted it, as an expression of sympathy on she part of those remaining at home with those, who, for the common good, sacrificed the comfonts of home for the discomforts of the camp, and the perils of the battle-fieldl.
Several young men, natives of Cornwall, bus residing in other, and some of them in remote localities, have entered their country's service. Isaac L. Eells, now a citizen of Middlebury, is a sergeant in Compayn F, 5th Vt. Regiment. Luther L. Baxter, and Wm. R. Baxter, both residents of Chaska, Carver Co., Minnesota, are in the army-the former with the commission of Captain. Wm. Har- vison Robbins enlisted from Rochester, N. Y.
Martin L. Mead, M. D., left an extensive and lucrative circle of practice in Albany, N. Y., that he might aid in caring for the sick and wounded of our noble army in the field. Ile was assigned to a Regiment from Michigan, and is at present serving in Virginia.
Orlando B. Douglass and Clinton A. B. Douglass, sons of Amos Douglass, were born in Cornwall, the former, September 12, 1836, the latter, August 11, 1846. They were both resident in Missouri when the rebellion commenced, and both promptly enlisted in the 18th Regiment Missouri Volunteers-Orlando with the commission of Lieutenant in Co. K, and Clinton as Corporal in Co. C .- Orlando was employed in northern Missouri in opposing the bridge burners and other guerrilla bands, until February, 1862, when their Regiment was ordered to Island No. 10, in the Mississippi River. After the surrender of that stronghold, they accompanied their Regiment to Pittsburg Landing, where they participated in the bloody struggle which proved fatal to so many of their heroic
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companions. Here they were connected with the Brigade of Gen. Prentiss, most of whom were killed or captured by the enemy ; and here they both received serious, but not fatal wounds. .
The wound of Lieut. Douglass was in the left hip, from a minie ball; that of the younger brother, (then a lad of only sixteen years, ) was in the right fore arm, from a ball passing directly through the arm between the bones, just above the wrist. The Lieutenant received his wound early in the action, and was borne to the rear - the Corporal near the close of the day, just as be discovered that the enemy were surrounding his Regiment. He and a few of his comrades happily succeeded in eluding their grasp.
"One of our Cornwall young men who deserves honorable mention, as having sacrified his life in his country's service, is STILLMAN H. SMITH, a son of Josiah Smith. His spirit of enterprise led him to seek a home in the West, and he had been some years resident in Dubuque, Iowa. He was Sergeant Major in the 14th Iowa Regi- ment, and fell at the capture of fort Donelson. He appears to have had a presentiment of his death, as he wrote to a friend a few days previous, giving specific instructions respecting the disposal of property which he owned in Minnesota. The estimation in which he was held in the circle of his acquaintance, may be learned from the following letter received by his father announcing his decease :
DUBUQUE, Feb. 23, 1862.
DEAR SIR :-- The intelligence of your son's death at Fort Don- elson reached us yesterday, and at once cast a gloom over the entire town, for his acquaintance was extensive and none knew him but to esteem him: Hundreds of hearts sympathize with you in this severe affliction, but feel proud of his memory. My acquaintance with him dates some three years, one year and a half intimately, having been engaged in the same office and for the same firm. He was to me like a brother, and most deeply do I grieve his loss .- You, sir, have the consolation that he died most nobly in the de- fence of his country which he loved. I can say but little that will tend to quiet the pains of hearts bowed down by grief caused by the death of so good a son, other than to assure you with all the citizens of Dubuque and its vicinity, of his worth. He will long be remembered by us for his integrity, kind heart and valued friend- ship. I am, sir, with sympathy,
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Respectfully yours, A. RUSSELL.
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CONCLUSION.
The preceding facts suggest the reflection that the characteristics of progenitors impressed upon their descendants, commonly give tone to their history through subsequent generations. The war-like ancestors of Greece and Rome were succeeded by a progeny bent on subduing and governing the nations by whom they were sur- rounded. The early lovers of freedom in Scotland, are followed by a people who brook no impertinent interference with either their civil or religious rights, but who are ever ready to sacrifice case, station, property and even life in defense of those rights. The English Puritans who bade defiance to opposition, and who died in defense of independence, or sought its enjoyment in immigration to these shores, have transmitted to their descendants an invinc- ible hatred of oppression, and an invincible love of liberty. By a compact entered into by the pilgrims of the May Flower, before they disembarked at Plymouth, they solemnly bound themselves not only to enact such just and equal laws as the general good of the Colony might require, but to render to those laws, "all due submission and obedience." Wherever their descendants have spread, they have cherished a uniform respect for Inw, and a uniform spirit of obedience - a uniform firmness in enforcing the one, and readiness in yielding to the other.
"Pliant as reeds where streams of freedom glide, Firm as the hills to stem oppressivu's tide." *
* Motto of the ". Vermont Gazette, or Green Mountain Post Boy, " published at West. minster in 1781,-the first newspaper printed in Vermont.
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In no case, perhaps, is the influence of ancestral example and instruction better illustrated, than in the communities of compar- atively limited extent, which, in New England, we denominato townships. It is easy to point to towns whose first settlers were men of firm, Christian principle; recipients of the faith once deliv- cred to the saints, and the appreciators of sound mental and moral culture. Their descendants exhibit a similar character. The min- istry of the Gospel is sustained ; the house of worship furnished and kept in good repair ; the school-house made convenient and attractive, and the teacher cheerfully paid. In a word, all the measures are adopted and the institutions patronized which secure thrift and order and happiness. Unhappily it is possible to poins to other towns or neighborhoods, whose first settlers discarded > evangelical truth ; thought little comparatively of mental or moral cultivation : were bent primarily on mere accumulation of property. The results have followed, as effects are wont to follow causes. Their descendants adhere to the errors inculcated by the fathers, and, in too many cases, indifference to mental culture keeps pace with spiritual apathy. In the former of these communities, we look for that which improves and elevates; in the latter, we too often find that which depresses and destroys.
The fact has already been alluded to, that the population of Cornwall for more than half a century remained nearly stationary as to numbers, and has, during the last decade of years, actually diminished. It is in vain that we seek an explanation of this fact, in any deterioration in the thrift of the community. On the other hand, indubitable evidence exists of gradual but steady advance in property ; in the science and practice of agriculture ; in a becoming liberality and steadiness in sustaining the institutions civil and re- ligious, which render a community the home of freedom and intel- ligence and virtue, and which, under other circumstances have drawn together a numerous and homogeneous people.
The causes of this change are obvious - a marked decrease in the number of births as compared with the earliest period of our history, and an uncontrollable spirit of emigration. The former of these causes presents a subject of physological inquiry which would
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be out of place on these pages. The spirit of emigration is innate, and is the same which prompted our fathers to forsake well supplied and comfortable homes in the older States, for the perils and labors of a new settlement. Other causes may have stimulated emigration, as a love of novelty, and compliance with the behests of fashion, which, in regard to this matter, may be as inexorable as in regard to dress, or equipage, or manners. It may, perhaps, be added with propriety, that this Commonwealth still retains a system of legisla- tion in respect to insolvency, which compels the unfortunate debtor either to live exposed to the rapacity of unfeeling creditors, or seek elsewhere, the opportunity to retrieve his circumstances in quietness and hope.
. Thus far it has been our lot, and in this particular we much re- semble many other towns in the State, to rear and educate citizens for other communities. And if it is still to be our mission to con- tribute our sons and daughters for others' benefit rather than our. own, how important that with a full appreciation of our re- sponsibility, we address ourselves to the task providentially allotted us. We cannot too promptly and efficiently cherish our schools ; we cannot too earnestly cherish a spirit of piety in our own hearts, and encourage it in others.
Soon the places that now know us shall know us no more.
" We all within our graves shall sleep ; No living soul for us will weep ; But other men our lands will till, And others, too, our streets will fill, A hundred years to come."
May our work be so performed that to each of us the Judge will say, " Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."
ADDENDA.
A list of the Deacons of the Baptist Church, omitted by over- sight of the printer, should have been inserted on page 199, as follows :-
Asahel Field, Converse,
John Beecher, Amos Eastman, Amzi Jones, Turrel Scovel, Abram Foot, Truman C. Gibbs, Abel J. Benedict.
The renovation of the Baptist meeting-house, alluded to as hav- ing been done under the superintendance of George Smith, was, by & change of arrangements, accomplished by Jacob Daniels of Bristol.
On page 76, for Luman Field, read Norman Field.
On page 87, for Henry Gibbs, read Zadoc Gibbs.
On page 100, for some fifty rods south-east of Thomas Landon's, read south-west.
INDEX.
ABBOT, William P.
73, 187| Baptist Church, formation of 192
Chauncey
2431 its pastors 197-198
Abernathy, Cyrus and Jared,
108| 4 . its dencons 352
Atwood, Benjamin,
86 | Baptist Society, 158, 195
Andrus, Eldad,
44 meeting-house, 195
his captivity,
49
building of, 199
Joseph R.,
229 Branding horses
120
Ephraim,
104 law respecting
221
Avery, Koger,
50, 92 Bushnell, Rev. Jedediah,
Agriculture. a chief pursuit,
328
settlement of 165-6
Amusements of young men,
337
his dismission 167
America, Young,
339 A his ministry and character, 166-79
BALCOM . Abraham,
63
Jedediah 8. 248
" his house the first meeting-house, 68 Baker, Rev, A. A.
190
Baker, Timothy,
60 Bridges and Streams, 803
Ballard, John,
79 Burying Grounds, 806
Baxter, William,
64 " Bees," 336
Luther,
64 Bent, Rev. J. A,
189
William, Jr.,
112 CHARTER of town
21
E. B.
240 Chipman, Jesse
71
Benj. S.
230 Campbell, James and Nathan
Luther L.
243 Cogswell, Nathaniel
84
William R.
243 Joseph
85
Bartholomew, Samuel, 55 Currier, Dr. C. B.
209
his eccentrities and poetry, 56-58: Casey, Den. Benjamin
78
Blodget, Samuel,
44 Cook, Gen. Joseph
95
66 his captivity,
50
Gen. Chauncey
97
Sardius,
45
6: Daniel Dewey
06
Rev. L. P.
230
Milo, Esq.
96
Penton, Samuel, 61, 111
his four hundred acre lot, 111
Milo D. 97
123
Bell, Harvey,
76, Cong'l Church, organization of 137
Blanchard, Nathaniel,
85
Articles of Faith 136
Bean, Sanborn,
86
of Order and Discipline, 137
Brooks, Dr. Hosea,
208
Covenant 139
Burgoyne's opinion of Vermonters,
24
Its first Pastor 140
Its first Deacons
141
Benton, Felix,
97
List of Deacons 190
164
" John,
97
140
Benedict, A. J.
94
165
Bingham, Dea. Jeremiah & sons, 115-118 Rev. L. G.
114, 230
Church, Free 199
R. P,
101, 114
Merrill,
114
Its Pastors 201
Rev. Hiram,
115, 231
Rev. Joel S. 115, 231
"' A. L.
89 |Compensation to town officers 308
Boynton, John,
112 Cave of Mrs. Story, 310
" Henry,
112, 231 |DEEDS, indefiniteness of 46
discussion respecting first meeting-house second
142, 145
Charles,
re-building of meeting-house 187
Its Confession of Faith 200
Clergymen natives of Cornwall 220-240 Census, 281
Andrew,
97
Cong'l Society, organization of
Benedict, Zachariah, 91,90
Hon. Samuel E. 97
Boundaries of town and re-survey 27-29'Choristers
Ethan,
53 re-building of 199-852
354
INDEX:
Darfey, Elijah
59 Organization of 200
Douglass, James M. and sons
47,75| Pastors 200
Primitive mortar of
75 GILBERT, Isaiah
66
Nelson B.
75 Gibbs, Zadoc
87
Orlando B.
347. Green, Dr. R. C.
209.
Clinton A. B.
347; Elder Henry
197
Delano, Abisha
78
Dr. Nathan 272
Dagget, David and Henry
59
George
273
Davis, Abijab
85 Gilman, John
109
Dean, F. H.
85 Grants, N. H. controversy respecting 16
277
Dwinnell, William
86 HALL, Thomas
112
Delong, Aaron
114 Hall. Benjamin
74
Douglass, James M. Esq.
244 Hall, Hiland
113
Deer rifts or reeves,
120 Holley, John
46, 63
Deacons of Congregational Church,
190 Ilolley, Stephen
63
Diseases of Cornwall,
280 Holley, Truman B. 100
59
Dress, Changes in
334 his death by drowning
€0
in material and manufacture, 354
Anson
275
EELLS, Nathan
103 Hill, Araunah & Titus
77
66 Dr. Oliver J.
103-206 Haskell, Benjamin F.
85
John
109 Hathaway, Erastus
114
death by accident,
100 Hudson, Henry N.
231
Ellsworth, Jesse
92-93 Horses, Branders of
120
Ellsworth, Edwin
92 Horses, Branding, law respecting
298
Everts, Samuel
65 Highways, width of
301
Foot, Rev. David
231 Horses, raising of
827
Foot, Dr. Nathan
45-204 Ingraham, Samuel
52
Foot, Danl. his revolutionary service, 54
incident of military service 53
Foot, Nathan Jr.
54 Ingraham, Ira
232
Foot, Dr. Solomon
72-208 Ingraham, Jacob
90
Foot, Hon. Solomon
244-258 Ingraham, Nathan and Pitts 112
Foot, Dr. Jonathan
271-272 Ingraham, Dea. David
91
Foot, David Sen. and sons
91 Ide, Elder G. B.
198
Foot, Jared A.
91 Independence of Vt., declaration of
18
Foot, Ezra
276 Indian Relies
312
Ford. Dr. Sen.
108-205 Intemperance,
317
Ford, Dr. Jr.
207 Ives, Jared & Enos 55 JANES, Israel C.
17
Fleming, Dr Abraham
208 Janes, Dea. Horace
78
Field, Dr. Rodolphus
209 Jones, Dea. Amzi
89
Frost, Frederick Sen.
97 Jones, Hon Rollin J.
89
Frost, Frederick Jr ..
97 Jones. Rev. Amzi, Ahira, Zebulon
233
Feon. Titus
101 Jackson, Nathan
90
Family Record
283-290
Anecdote of
90
Fruits,
321 KELLOGG, Isaac
65
" Finish," Cornwall
329
Adonijah & William
94
Flax Wheel
335 LECTURE Room, building of
180
Field, Elisha
76 Lane, James.
60
Dea. Asahel
76;
Dr. James
274
Elisha Jr.
Job
60
Maj. Orin
72-343
William, his death by accident, 101
Free Church
199
Charles D. 101
Council respecting
182
Gilbert Cook 101-104, 226
Remonstrance & report
183|
Henry
60,272
-
4
%
Everard .C.
85 Hamlin, Benjamin, Joseph, John
110
121
Everts, Linus
65 Highways,
as a farmer
105-6 Hull, Isaac
85
Dana, E. S.
276 Gale, Gen. Somers & sons
92
Dean. H. Franklin
85 Graduates from Cornwall
Dwellings, change in,
334 Hurlbut Elisha
89
Ford, Charles R.
355
James T.
106
Jacob 81
Library, Constitution, &c.
226
Dr. Jacob 273
Leach, Elder B. N.
198.Parker, Dea. James 84
Landon, Thomas
99 Rev. Ammi J. 84, 234
99 Matthew
85
Horace
101
Isaac
91
Linsly, Ion. Joel
46
Drs. Martin and Francis 85
Abial
66 Plan of Town
26
Horace
223 Proprietors, names of
21
Rev. Joel H.
46, 233
Organization of
32
Charles, Esq.
258
Records of
35-39
Rev. Joel
238 Pitches, results of
33
Jacob, Sen.
214:
division by, confirmed 34
86
Walker
65, 99;
Rev. Reuben, D. D. 235-238
Darius M.
275
Martin, Esg. 84, 203
Solomon, Sen. and Jr.
45 Rev. M. M. 84,238
Lewis, Matthew
52 A. H.
84,275
Dr. Calvin,
272 Pennoyer, Amos
93
Locomotion, modes of
332. " Joseph
93,275
MINISTER's lot
60 Pratt, Moses
100
Miner, Richard
76| Moses Jr.
276
Mead, Cary
81|
" Dr. Elijah 278
.
Ezra and Isaac
Rufus and Rufus 2d
90, 93 Pounds and Pound Keepers 198
134
Solomon and Silas
208
Dr. Martin L.
272-347 Physicians of Cornwall 204
276 Population of Cornwall 278
278
Lyman, -
242 Population, why no increase
282
Magill, Rev. S. W.
186. Longevity of first settlers
279
Miner, Rev. Lamson
180 Poor, care of
201
Dr. Burrill S.
272 Posture in prayer
308
· Morgan, Enos
106 Post Offices and Post Masters
309
Mortality, tables of
281 Plattsburgh, volunteers to
344
Mechanics of Cornwall
324 QUIETING act
Mills,
326 ROCKWELL, Jeremiah
62
Merchants in town
326
Rev. Daniel 62
Machinery, labor-saving
66 Rev. Orson
62
Methodist Church
199' John sen. and jr.
89
NORTON, Shadrach
74 John 3d.
89
Newell, Ebenezer
76 Simeon S,
89,120
Nutting, Capt. David
Elias D.
275
Newell, Riverius,
79 Robbins, John
63
Noyes, Rev. G. W.
189 Rogers, Abial
65
OFFICERS, town, usages in electing
$16 Richardson, Bezalcel 78
PLOMB, Solomon
7" Reeve, Lient. Benjamin 79
91
" Dr. E. O. -
211 Samuel, sen.
92
Pratt, David
80 Asa M. 92
Abel
92 Ross, Hosea B,
104
Parkill, David
62 Record of families
283-290
Pritchard, Thomas
60 Reliés, Indian
312
Peet, Lemuel
66 Revival, first
135
Rev. L. B.
66, 234 Roads
29S
Lorin S.
66 " allowance for in surveys
300
Peck, Reuben
79 width of
301
Dr. Stephen G.
2731 stock forbidden to run in 201
.
90; Peck, Dr. Alanson A. 273
Hiram and Charles M.
234 Public Worship, arrangements for 91 Professional Men
Rufus 3d
Matthews, Hon. Darius
210 First male child born
Dr. T. P.
53, 211 First deaths 278
-
Porter, Dr. M. O.
210 Richards, Samuel Jr.
i
Jacob, Jr.
89 Post, Roswell
.
Isaac
INDEX.
51
356
INDEX.
STOCK raised in Cornwall Sheep
328 Social character and spirit of settlers
314
Spinning Wheels
335 Selectmen, pay of
303
Shoemakers, itinerant
337 Soil, productions of 320
337 Stone, building
322
41 |Slate,
322
48 Towy, organization of
119
Stebbins, Ebenezer
46 plot, uncertainty respecting
officers, list of 124-129
62
Slade, William
140
.. "Reminiscences of
69-71 his ministry and dismission
116
Hon. Williara
259-269 Tilden, Capt. Calvin and sons
Stevens, Benjamin;
72 Throop, Orange
51
" Captivity of
73 Tambling, Stephen
66
Squier, Rev. M. F.
239
Stephen A.
86
Wait and Timothy Ebenezer Stickney, Barzillai
74 Tything men
122
" Aaron
132
State Papers, Slade's
260 66 probable reasons for
132
Society, Cong'l, formation of
161 Taxes
294-97
213; Town Meetings, places for
305
Scheel Houses
216! ¥ sign post
305
Committees and Superintendents
218 plan of
26
Schools, private
218 surface of
319
School teachers and school exercises
219
66 soil of
320
Society, Young Gent's
220 :Table furniture
330
Its Constitution. &c.
221 Trainings
313
Founders and exercises
223-24 VOLUNTEERS in the war of 1812 311
Library
227 in the war of the Great Rebellion 316
Samson, Dea, Daniel
79 : WHEELER, Truman
47
Sketch of
80-81 Wheeler, Obadiah
47
Sanford, Benj, and sons
82; Woodward, Asa
61
Hon. Jonah Simeon
89 Weybridge
30
Stuckwell, Joshua
844 66 Old Corner
30
Sherwood, Ethan A.
71; Woodruff, David B.
74
Dr. Solomon
271 Wooster, Wait and sons
79,88
Samson, William
86 Moses
91
Fliphalet
95
his captivity
02
" Col. Harmon
65,101 Rev. Benjamin, bis settlement 152
87
bis dismission 153
4 Levi
112 6. military services 155
88
66 his character 158-168
92
Sperry, Dr. Charles A.
192-95 Rev. JJ. K. 112, 242
97
Stowell, C. H. Edwin S.
316 Warner, Philip and Dan,
110
Samson, Mrs. E.
91 " Dr. Rollin J.
274
Stirling, Win. A.
100
4. P. B.
108
Samson. Reuben T.
45
" C. H. 112
Scovel, Daniel
74 Warning out of town
309
" Rev. Ezra
239
Wolves, bounty for
309
" Ezra
74 |Wheat, raising of
327
66 Dr. Ezra
273 "& injured by fly and weevil
327
Smith, Stillman II.
-848 Wagons, when first used 333
Statistics of property
293 Waking up officers
312
Saturday evening, keeping of
307
66 Hon. Dorastus
92
Sawyer, Elder E.
Scales. Rev. Jacob
182 Williamson, Abraham
67 narrative of famine
08,99
Sperry, David
66 Daniel
Joseph K. and A. U.
112 274 Wright, Victor
$2-84 | Whiting, controversy with
29
Scott, Josiah T.
66, 100 Territorial limits, change of 66 act for 45
130
Schools, Districts, 1st Division
73 Thompson, G. T. 87: 66 Strong B.
269
276
51 officers of first meeting 129
Incidents of his retirement and re- turn, as related by Mrs. Pect,
49 Tolman, Rev. Thomas 68 66 first pastor
Stoves, when introduced
Settlers before the Revolution retirement of, 1777 return of
827-29|Mrs. Story's Cave 310
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