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Amos and Martha Rice came from Dover about 1823. He purchased some land, which he cleared, and by the hard labor of many years, made into one of the best farms in town. He died here, and his son-in-law, Crismon Hancock, resided here many years. Mr. Rice was town clerk, justice of the peace, the first postmaster, etc. He died Oct. 20, 1854, at 75 years. Mrs. Rice died Aug. 12, 1865, aged 87.
A FREEWILL BAPTIST HURCH was organized June 15, 1826, by Elders Ziba Woodworth and Josiah Weatherly.
First members .- David Folsom, Mat- thias Folsom, Wm. Bennett, Lydia Ben- nett, Polly Smith, Jesse Abbott, Sarah Abbott, Levi Pratt, Edward Clough, Jr., Wm. Arbuckle, Polly Arbuckle, Abraham Abbott, Abigail Abbott, Ruth Clough, 2d, Abigail Bussell, Nathan Abbott, Eliza Folsom, Ruth Clough, Fanny Flint, Clar- issa Peck, Lucy Clough, Mehitable Folsom, Barney Sanders, Betsey Sanders, Ephraim Abbott, Susan Abbott, Jane Hunt, Cath- arine Abbott, Rachel Pratt. Matthias Flint was deacon, and Wm. Bennett church clerk; and meetings were held in Jesse Flint's house and O. L. Smith's house, and also in the school-house in Dis. No. 4, which was then on the farm now owned by Horatio Templeton. Mr. Wood- worth and a Mr. Chatterton from Middle- sex, preached for them some, and May, 29, 1840, Elder Moses Folsom became their pastor, during which time grevious differences arose; the church preferred charges against their pastor, " for consent- ing to conversation upon subjects unprofi- table" before a committee from the Con- gregational church. Elder Folsom was dismissed June 3, 1846. After him, Rev. Lucius F. Harris was pastor for 2 years, or until 1848. "Sister Ruth Clough" was the first person added to this church after its organization, July 9. Its whole num- ber of members was 93. It lost its or- ganization soon after Elder Harris ended his ministrations ; and but one now of its members is living in town, and who has not united with any other church, Mrs. Elizabeth Folsom, widow of Dea. Folsom, who lives with her son-in-law, Horatio Templeton, and is upwards of 80; and it cannot be now easily known, the records do not know, where the organization was. According to the recollections of some, it was in the old block school-house. Meetings were held there, also at the house of Oramel L. Smith, whose wife was one of its first members ; also were held in the Templeton school-house, and at other private houses on Minister brook.
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DEA. MATTHIAS FOLSOM,
born in Gilmanton, N. H., Oct. 4, 1791. In 1792, removed with his parents to Tun- bridge, Vt., and lived there until 31 years of age, when he came to Worcester, Oct., 1822. He was in the war of 1812-15, and near its close came home to Tunbridge, where he was married to Elizabeth Stevens, Feb. 5, 1815. He moved with his family ·into a small shanty on the farm of Jesse Flint, till he could make a home for them, where he had bought on the Minister brook, where he lived till he removed to a place near the village, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a man faithful in the discharge of all his religious obligations.
He had a habit of using quaint, or odd expressions, which were sometimes very amusing to those who heard them. It is said he was one winter hired to teach school, and on commencing his school, the open- ing address was, " Boys and girls, I have come to keep school. Silver and gold have I none, but I have an abundance of learning, and such as I have give I thee," and as he was in earnest, he probably suc- ceeded in imparting to his puplis of his " abundance."
He was an active member of the church while its meetings were sustained; and when they were discontinued he became a constant attendant of the Congregational church, not only on the Sabbath, but at the prayer-meetings also, helped by his presence and prayers ; and thus continued as long as his health permitted. His last sickness was short, and his end peaceful. " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
A PROTESTANT METHODIST CHURCH was organized in 1832, but soon became extinct. Rev. Mark P. Ladd, for many years a resident of the town, was a min- ister of that denomination, and combined farming and preaching in his life.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH in Worcester was formed from 1841-'46. The names of the first members I have not been able to ascertain. The society was formed Mar. 17, 1848. The meeting
at which it was organized was held at the school-house in district No. 2, and was signed by A. M. Kelley, Crismon Han- cock, Amos Rice, Leonard Hamblet, Daniel A. Frost, John Clark, David Hancock, Alex. Dingwall, 2d, John Brigham, Alex. Dingwall, Ist, Abel Whitney,Aaron Kemp, Milton Brown, David L. Frost, William H. Cooper, Farris Leonard.
At the annual meeting, Jan. 28, 1847, it was " voted to instruct the committee to hire preaching after the expiration of Rev. Mr. Guernsey's time " (Mr. Guernsey died Mar. 17, 1847), and to hold the meetings at the usual place. After Mr. Guernsey's death, Rev. Sumner Tarbell was hired, and preached some 2 years.
Mar. 1848, a church society was formed, with the powers and privilege by chap. 81, of the Revised Statutes of Vermont, offi- cers of which were : Milton Brown, pres- ident ; Wm. H. Cooper, secretary ; John Clark, collector ; Abel Whitney, John Brigham, Crismon Hancock, trustees ; John Brigham, Milton Brown, Abel Whit- ney, standing committee.
Several meetings were held previous to March, 1850, to devise ways to finish pay- ing for the meeting-house and furnishing the same, which was finally accomplished. The church has continued to hold its meetings in this house since its comple- tion.
The names of those admitted in full in 1848 were: Wm. H. Cooper, Abigail L. Cooper, Aaron Kemp, Dolly Kemp, Betsey Kemp, Elvira A. Frost, John Brigham and Eunice Brigham. There have been sev- eral revivals in this church since its form- ation, and many have been added to it. It now has 98 members. Many have gone out from this, as well as from the other churches, to other places, and especially to the West. Rev. Sumner Tarbell closed his labors with this church in the spring of 1850, and was succeeded by Rev. Harvey Webster, who labored here two years. Since, the ministers have been : Lorenzo B. Pettengill, 1 year ; Daniel A .. Mack, I year ; Aaron Ball, I year and part of another ; Joseph House, 2 years and part of another; Freedom Hill, I year ;
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Ira Lebarron, I year; Geo. F. Wells, I year ; Reuben W. Harlow, 2 years ; C. P. Taplin, 2 years; James S. Spinney, 2 years ; A. Z. Wade, 2 years; P. H. Car- penter, 3 years ; Dyer Willis, I year ; James S. Spinney, second time, 2 years ; Geo. L. Wells, 3 years; J. M. Rich, present pastor.
JOHN BRIGHAM
was born at Alstead, N. H., Apr. 1793, and came to Worcester when a young man, being one of the first permanent set- tlers on Hampshire Hill. His wife was Eunice (Clark) Hutchinson, to whom he was married July 22, 1835, by Rev. Chester Wright, of Montpelier. After their mar- riage, they always resided on the " Hill," and Mr. B. cleared up a farm, bearing all the toils and privations incident to new settlements. They were members of the Congregational church many years. With- drawing from that in consequence of in- ternal difficulties in it, they were among the founders of the Methodist church, and were of its most constant and active mem- bers. Mrs. Brigham died in Worcester, Mass., Mar. 13, 1860, where she had gone to visit a daughter. Mr. Brigham died at his home in this town, June 29, 1875, coming to his grave " In a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season."
The Methodist society have a good metal bell on their meeting-house, and also own a parsonage.
SIMON C. ABBOTT,
the compiler of "A Record of the Births and Deaths in Worcester," published in pamphlet by the town, was born in Thet- ford, May 28, 1826, and from his youth evinced a fondness for study. At twenty, he entered a printing-office, and was in that business till compelled by sickness to relinquish it. J. W. Wheelock, then of the Freeman, in a notice of him after his death, says :
He was by trade a printer ; served his apprenticeship in the office of the old Family Gazette, at Bradford; worked at several places in this State and Massachu- chusetts, spending those intervals of time in which feeble health unfitted him for labor, at his home in Worcester. No se- rious alarm was felt concerning him until
last summer (1857), wt. e returned from Massachusetts, to die at home. The seeds of disease, long since sown, had ripened into consumption. He was a young man of more than ordinary intellectual attain- ments, possessed of an uncommonly re- tentive memory, and books and papers were his constant companions. His con- tributions to the press ever evinced sound common sense, and a deep research into the thoughts of others. His character was unsullied, and so mild and urbane in, his disposition, it is doubted whether he had an enemy in the whole world.
MILITARY.
In its early militia affairs, Worcester and Middlesex were combined, there not being enough men of military age in this town to form a full company. Eliab Ripley and Wm. H. Cooper, of this town, and Christopher C. Putnam, Esq., of Middle- sex, were elected captains. The June trainings were held alternately in each town about 30 years ago (now over 40). Several cases of delinquencies in equip- ments having been reported by the captain to the judge advocate, William Upham, Esq., a young lawyer then of Montpelier, accompanied by Justice Ware, came to Worcester to investigate the matter. The delinquents were summoned to appear before the j 'ice at the inn of Milton Brown, at which place the court was to be held. They accordingly appeared, with Homer W. Heaton, Esq., and Milton Brown, Esq., as counsel, and when the court was opened, a jury was asked for by the defendants, and of course granted. Two panels of jury were summoned, and for some three days they sat, calling one case after another. When one case was given to the jury, the other panel was called, until all the 17 cases were disposed of. Defendants and spectators seemed to consider the whole matter as a source of fun, and the juries did not pay very strict heed to the charges of the justice, and were frequently sent out to change their verdict. Judge Ware was also annoyed by the noise made by the spectators, many of whom were boys ; and once when he called to the officer to still the noise, that function- ary proceeded to the open window, and gravely commanded a flock of geese under-
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neath the window to stop their noise, as they were disturbing the court. The trials were finally ended, all the defendants ex- cept one being declared innocent of the charges against them. Judge Ware said he was going into another town to see what they would do there, but he had one compliment to leave for the people of Worcester, which was, that they had man- aged this thing the d-d'st of anything he ever saw.
SOLDIERS' RECORD.
This town was not settled at the time of the Revolutionary War, and no soldiers went from this town to the War of 1812 ; but some who enlisted and served in it have been for many years residents. Sam- uel Andrews, now living here, served in the army one year at the first of the war, and again enlisted during the war. Samuel Kelley, Matthias Folsom, Joel H. Tem- pleton, Jasper Stoddard are such, and per- haps others of whom we have not known. All of them are dead except Mr. Stoddard.
WORCESTER SOLDIERS OF 1861-'65.
Alonzo P. Benson, II I, sergeant ; wd. at Winchester ; discharged.
Charles L. Benson, II I ; 2d lieut. ; must. out June, 65.
Jefferson T. Benson, 8 A ; trans. Vet. Res. Corps, June, 64.
Lucius M. Benson, 8 A ; died in Louisiana, July 31, 62.
Madison J. Benson, 17 E. ; corp. ; sergt. ; wounded ; discharged.
Nelson E. Benson, 6 H ; discharged.
Wm. H. Burroughs, II I ; died Feb. 20, 64. Robert Royce, II I, mus. out May, 65.
Geo. W. Brigham, 6 F, mus. out Oct., 64. Silas H. Brigham, 11 I, mus. out July, 65. Francis E. Buck, 6 H, disch. June, 65.
Albert C. Crain, Ist Co. Front. Cav., blacksmith ; mus. out June, 65,
Ichabod D. Cheeney, Ist Regt Cav., trans. vet. res. corps, April, 64. Isaac F. Clark, II I, artificer.
Chester Carr, II I, deserted.
George B. Clogston, 6 H, disch. July, 62. Henry C. Clogston, 8 E, disch. July, 62.
Aaron K. Cooper, 8 A, lieut. ; killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 64.
Geo. C. Corbin, II I, disch. Apr. 64 ; died. Wm. A. Cooper, 13 C, sergt. ; lieut. ; mus. out July, 63.
James S. Caswell, 13 C, mus. out July, 63. Geo. W. Collier, 6 F, drafted; mus. out June, 65.
John C. Davis, 6 H.
Alex. Dingwall, Jr., 13 C.
Orrin Daley, 6 F, drafted ; wd at Winches- ter ; discharged.
Daniel Dingwall, 3d Vt. Bat. ; must out June, 65.
Edward P. Folsom, 6 H, corp.
Milan L. Frost, 13 C, died in Virginia, Mar. 6, 63.
John George, 8 E, discharged.
Levi George, 8 E, do.
Nathan H. Gushea, II I, mus. out June, 65. Rufus L. George, 2d Co. Front. Cav., dis. June, 65.
Chauncey E. Harris, 3 sergt. ; wd in hand ; discharged, - 61.
Charles Hall, 8 E.
Edward Hall, 8th regt. E, capt. ; died at Winchenden, Va., of wds rec'd at Cedar Creek, Oct. 28, 64.
Martin G. Hamblet, 3 K ; des. Jan. 27, 62. Wm. B. Hancock, 6 H ; corp. ; wd at Lee's Mills ; discharged.
Simeon Hatch, 6 H. ; mus. out June, 65.
Lucius W. Hayford, 6 H .; trans. to Inv. Corps ; discharged.
Edward Hinkson, II I, pro. corp .; mus. out, 65.
Edwin Hinkson, II I, died March 28, 63. William Hinkson, 5 D, disch. Oct., 62. Mark Hinkson, Regular Army.
Lyman B. Hinkson, 13 H ; mus. out July, 63. Calvin C. Hinkson, II L, S S. ; killed near Cold Harbor, May 21, 64.
Clark J. Holmes, II I, deserted.
Roger Hovey, 8 A .; pro. corp .; re-en ; wounded ; mus. out 65.
Lemuel M. Hutchinson, 8 A .; Capt. Co. E, when mustered out 65.
Crismon Hancock, II I ; mus. out July, 65. Wm. H. Howieson, II I ; pro. corp ; Q. M. ; mus. out Aug., 65.
Seaver Howard, 17 D.
Nelson M. Harris, Ist Front. Cav. ; must. out June, 65. Gilbert Hill, drafted ; paid commutation.
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Truman P. Kellogg, 8 E; lieut. ; died at New Orleans.
Julius P. Kellogg, 8 E, disch'd June, 65.
Kneeland Kelton, 2 F; prisoner in Rich- mond ; exch'd; mus. out Oct. 23, 64.
William Kelton, 2 F ; killed at Wilderness, May 5, 64.
John A. Kelton, 2 F ; discharged.
Melvin P. Kent, 8 A; pro. corp .; re-en.
Edward E. Miles, 3d Vt. Bat. ; mus. out June 65.
Marshall B. Miles, 3 Bat. ; wagoner ; mus. out July, 64.
Robert Needham, II I, mus. out June, 65. Geo. H. Poor, 8 E; died of wds in La., Sept. 29, 62.
David B. Poor, 2d Bat. ; mus. out July 65. Julius L. Poor, 8 E; wd at Cedar Creek ; mus. out, 65.
Samuel Pratt, 13 C; mus. out July, 63.
Calvin W. Richardson, 13 C; mus. out July, 63.
Plummer H. Richardson, 13 C; mus. out July, 63.
Alonzo L. Richardson, 6 E ; drafted ; wd ; mus. out June, 65.
Franklin A. Sanford, 8 E; wd Apr. 63 ; trans. vet. corps.
Andrew J. Slayton, 13 H; disch.
Thomas J. Slayton, 13 H, do.
Theodore Slayton, 8 E ; died in La. Charles Smith, 8 E ; discharged.
Robinson Templeton, II I; lieut. ; pro. capt. ; then major, May 23, 65.
James A. Templeton, Ist Cav. C; mus. out Aug. 65.
John S. Templeton, 13 C; disch.
Horatio M. Templeton, paid commutation. Franklin J. Taylor, 13 C; re-en. lost a leg before Petersburg, and discharged.
John W. Utton, 6 H ; discharged.
Edmund Utton, 6 H; wd at Lee Mills ; discharged.
Sidney A. Watson, II I; disch. July, 65. Walter F. Waterman, 6 F; mus. out Oct. 28, 64.
Charles A. Watson, 13 C; wounded.
Oliver Wheelock, 9 I ; mus. out June, 65. Albert J. Wheelock, 6 B; drafted ; mus. out June, 65.
Bradbury W. York, Ist Front. Cav .; mus. out June, 65.
James S. Nelson, mus. out June, 65.
John R. Wilson, - , pro. corp., Jan.
64 ; lieut., Dec. 64 ; mus. out June, 65.
Amount of bounties paid by the town to soldiers, $5,175.00 ; 13 men, $25 each ; 12 men, 300 each ; 2 men, $600 each.
THY WILL BE DONE.
BY MRS. E. D. GRAY.
[Mrs. Gray is a daugliter of the late Ebenezer S. Kellogg; born In this town, June 9, 1840. She has been afflicted by a rheumatic difficulty which has made her nearly helpless for some years.]
O! Thou, before wliose chastening rod I bow, May I a humble suppliant come before thy throne, And may these lessons, sent in pitying love,
Teach me to say, Thy will, not mine, be done.
The way seems dark, and rough and long, And I would gladly lay this burden down; This weary frame would seek a refuge in the grave; Help me to say, Thy will, not mine, be done.
Clouds in my path have risen one by one, And like a shroud have wrapped me in thelr gloom ; I've looked, aye, looked in vain, for one that's silver lined-
Oh! can I say, Thy will, not mine, be done?
Yes, trusting, my appointed time l'll wait, Patient until the summons calls me home; Ready to do, or suffer, as Thou seest best, And saying, not my will, but thine, be done.
We give the following notice of our his- torian, by his pastor, somewhat condensed :
CHARLES C. ABBOTT
was born in Thetford, July 27, 1831, and died in Worcester, Feb. 18, 1881, in his 50th year. He was son of Daniel and Hannah (Closson) Abbott, the 5th in a family of 7 children, but two of whom sur- vive. He came to Worcester with his father's family in 1848; ín 1852, married Miss Marcia E. Ladd, who, with 7 chil- dren, survives him. He was for 25 years a great sufferer from spinal and rheumatic complaint much of the time, not being able to go about without the aid of a crutch and cane ; but notwithstanding his bodily affliction, had a clear, well-disciplined mind, which fitted him for usefulness, and was noted for thorough integrity in all business affairs, and held many offices in town ; was postmaster his last 20 years of . life, and town clerk 15 years, to the great satisfaction of the people, and was a mem- ber of the Congregational church 25 years, in whom the Christian graces were de- veloped in a marked degree. For some years before his death, one could not long
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be in his presence without feeling they were in the presence of a godly man, rich in humility of spirit and patience in afflic- tion ; and in all the trials and cares to which his business life exposed him, he was charitable to all, and adopted a system of benevolence, giving the tenth of his small income for the support of the Gospel and for benevolent purposes. It was his theory that the Lord could make ninety cents go as far as a dollar, and he rested in the promises of the Gospel with great peace of mind. Truly, " The memory of the just is blessed." P. H. CARPENTER.
TOWN OFFICERS 1879-'81.
Clerk, Treasurer, Postmaster .- Charles C. Abbott, 1879-'80 ; Rev. P. H. Carpen- ter, town clerk, 1881 ; H. D. Vail, treas- urer, and postmistress, Maria E. Abbott.
Selectmen .- 1879, J. A. Kelton, D. H. Massey, Aden Miles; 1880, '81, M. M. Harris, F. E. Templeton, L. M. Hutch- inson.
Constable .- A. A. Bliss, 1879 ; H. Tem- pleton, 1880, '81.
Overseer of Poor and Town Agent .- E. M. Hamblet, 1879-'81.
Superintendent of Schools .- Rev. P. H. Carpenter, 1879, '80, and H. W. Collier, 1881.
Merchant .- H. D. Vail.
Clergy .- Congregational, Rev. P. H. Carpenter ; Methodist, Rev. J. M. Rich, 1879, Rev. A. W. Ford, 1880, '81.
[Francis Wooster, with E. L. Hall, an old California miner, commenced gold mining in Worcester in 1875, on a small stream called Minister Brook, and took about $700 worth of gold from this mine, enough to pay their expenses, besides building a 1000 feet of sluice-boxes and in other ways preparing for 1876. During the past winter they have formed a com- pany for carrying on their work more ex- tensively, and will employ a large number of hands. They have leased nine farms lying on the same stream, for ten years.
-Watchman, 1875.
We would like for our general supple- ment volume a complete history of Wor- cester gold mining, Winooski river pearls, etc .- ED.
WORCESTER item in the papers during the war :
Charles Kent has sent ten sons and sons in-law into the army. One of them fell bravely fighting at Petersburg, one of them died in hospital, one is in Sloan hospital, and the rest are now at the front. What father can boast of more patriotic sons ?]
ADDITIONAL ITEM FOR WOODBURY.
Hon. F. C. Putuam furnishes the fol- lowing from the town records :
CALEDONIA Co., ss. Woodbury, Oct. 5th, 1809. S
The respondent, David Carr, son of Jo- seph and Mary Carr, now in court, pleads guilty to the indictment : It is, therefore, ordered and adjudged that he be taken forthwith to a suitable place, and there be tied up and receive ten stripes on his naked back, and pay costs of prosecution ; and that he be recorded in the town re- cords a thief. And it was done on the same day and date above mentioned.
Attest, WM. WEST, Town Clerk.
[JOSEPH MOORE, died in Woodbury, July 10, 1877, aged 82 years. He was a soldier of 1812, serving through the war, three years, and was the only man in Woodbury that ever drew a pension for services in this war. He married in 1815, Sally, daughter of Benjamin Ainsworth.
LAMBERT SPRAGUE, died in this town, July 8, 1864, aged 83 years.
THOMAS BRADISH, Jan. 17, 1865, aged 71.
EDWIN McCLOUD, a recruit under the last call from the town of Woodbury, died in the hospital at Brattleboro Jan. 13, 1864, aged 17 years.
Died at the Base Hospital, 18th army Corps, Point of Rocks, Va., Nov. 27, 1865, of typhoid fever, JOHN ORLANDO MORSE, a member of Co. I, 9th Regt. Vt. Vols., son of Ira and Huldah Morse of Wood- bury, aged 18 years and 6 months.
Died at U. S. General Hospital, Wil- mington, N. C., ORRIN NELSON, Co. G, 4th Vt. Reg., formerly of Woodbury, aged 18 years.
D. D. WITHAM, of Woodbury, was in- stantly killed by a tree he was falling, Sept. 19, 1857, aged 33; left a wife and two children.]
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Waterbury Appendix Third. EZRA BUTLER'S ORDINATION.
At an ecclesiastical council held at Wa- terbury Feb. 18, 1801, at the request of the church of Bolton, by their letters mis- sive for the purpose of counseling or assist- ing them in setting apart Brother Ezra Butler to the work of the ministry.
Churches present · Monkton, Elder Isaac Sawyer, Ashbel Fuller, Asa Moore ; Corn- wall, Elder Ephraim Sawyer ; Amos Marsh ; Westford, Elder Thomas Brown, Libbeus Burdick; Fairfax, Elder Joseph Call.
Opened by prayer.
I. Chose Elder E. Sawyer, Moderator.
2. Chose Elder Call, Scribe.
3. Invited and received brethren into
Council, viz: Samuel Webster, Reuben Smith, Hubbard Burdick and John Hoyt.
4. Examined into the state of and standing of the Church, together with the reasons of their desiring Brother Butler to be set apart ; having received satisfactory answers proceeded,
5. To call on Brother Butler to relate the reasons of his hope, second his call to the ministry, thirdly his ideas of doctrine and church discipline; after deliberate cosultation,
6. Voted a good degree of satisfaction, and conclude it duty to proceed to ordain ; the order of the day as follows: Elder Ephraim Sawyer to preach the sermon ; Elder Isaac Sawyer to make the ordaining prayer ; Elder Call to give the charge ; Elder Brown to give the right hand of fel- lowship.
EPHRAIM SAWYER, Moderator, JOSEPH CALL, Clerk.
This was the first ordination of any min- ister in Waterbury. He was also the first convert, [see his biography previous] and Elder Call preached the first sermon in this town.
PECK FAMILY.
In another part of this Waterbury his- tory there is honorable mention of Gen. John Peck, but nothing of his family. A man so prominent and popular might be expected to have family relations of whom the reader may be pleased to know some- thing, though it be but little. Mrs. Peck, whose maiden name was Anna Benedict, was worthy any man's affectionate esteem, and this was mutually cherished beyond a doubt. She was no less a remarkable
woman than was remarkable as a man and citizen. And one daughter, who
died quite young ¿eir oldest son, Lucius B., who was born in Waterbury, Nov. 17, 1802, was widely known in the maturity of manhood throughout the State as an em- inent lawyer, advocate and member of Congress. He was mainly educated and his character formed in this his native town. He was known here as a boy, sober, thoughtful as a youth, rarely en- gaging in the sports and usual vivacious activities of boyhood. This sedate, com- posed and contemplative manner of de- portment adhered to him through life. There was next to nothing of playful ac- tivity and wide awakefulness which char- acterized his only brother, Cassius. Their temperaments were widely different, as their destinies in life. Their purpose and pursuits different as fame and wealth. If eminence at the bar was the aim of one, the visions of wealth were that of the other. Cassius was 4 years younger than Lucius; established himself in the retail dry goods trade in the city of New York about 1831, and after a few years' busi- ness, died. His death was sudden, and what is remarkable, this was the case of the deaths of all the family, none of them living to old ;e. Mr. and Mrs. Peck both died a little over 50 years, Lucius, 64, and Cassius, not much over 30 years.
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