Litchfield enquirer., 1852-10-28
For he Enquirer. Daniel LamS0n.

M. Kil6ourne-ln comply iag with your request for brief sketch of the late DANIEL HANSON of ttis place I give it as follows a,
 He was born in the District fnow State) of Maine, Ma'ch 2sth l765 he died October 9th. ls52-aged % years, 6 months and 8 days. s. far as the records of this Ecclesiastical Soc ie,y, in. corporatcd in l767. show, he was the oldest person who ever diyd in it.
 Of the childhood and youth of Mr. Lamsop I have no information. In June l775. then in his 2lst year, he was in the continental army, aud was iD sight of the Battle of Bunk~E Hill, but in the reserved corps which the exhaust h,n of a.nrnnnilion prevented from engaging iD actual service o1 that important day. tle, was tor sev. eral years cJnnected with slIs Northern Division ot the Army. aud shaFed tn its trials aud hOnory~-MMd had. for several years received q pension. t4e was the last of go',dly number in this Society who were sol,iisrs Of the Revolutiun--the last of four who have died siuce my pastoral iEelHtiOD commenced, Less than four years sincO. in the church N this place were Daniel Gatnson, Of tite Army Of Bunker HItl, and kevi De Wolf, Of tne Army at Yorktown. Va, wine s4 Curnwallis surren- dered. The tears will 6Jw .. the last of ytlrse heroes in any community dies -uut they wilI live as long us the Declaration of 1ndePendslsce.
 F. Alr. La1nson did not remember dates as fsaSAA.a lS, ka.n4 .laA n or seil ths year he ca,ne 10 this place: it was probably l7s2. for the following ren- si,is-lst. that he never referred to any persoual knovledgs ut anything which had here previously occurred, Or could give any information anterior 10 it. 2d, lilMi tlls EccIes'asticai Society, in the year l7Sa, made the'r preliminary arrange "'an:s for the n,eeliug house erected in l705. That house was taken down in lSsA.in order lO build anUtller. In pre-. par,llg Discourse for the lasi Sabbath in that house, Mr. LamsoD gave me more information as to the events Of ShOse two years than any other one and down to a few mouths past. he uniformly answere ] tlie question, When did You cun,s to this place 2 '' Before our new ,n-rting house was blilt." For nearly seventy ysars. l suppuse, he WAS connected with this eccle- s,as,ieal society, and was the only inan who helped erect two OEOur houses Of worship tie was a man of remarkable muscular activity, much sagacny. punctuRI in hi. engagements, aud prudent in his lempo,al afEalrS.
 He was fond of society gatherings, like svOid spells for pasiors, and .m January last was que Of the tirx, whO came.,
 He was twlce married his only child, a daughter, was burn after he entered his SOtL ear, and he lived to be Tresenl Ut ] the sUlemuizato0 of her mar iage, 0nly
 lhres weeks before his deNih.
 ltA 0niied with lhS church In this place by profession in June lsO2 and al:lluu gh l ttaSII iD his A6th year, for nearly two years he h1d been the oldest member in h.-
 Since my Min,sl erial labors commenced iU
 tnis place, (De"rly twelve yesr> since.) his
 hls dsatO~ss has pEeve1le1 (rspreialty fer
 a few Oi the last Of his years much bene6l
 to nun Otshe puDlc serslces uf the Sabbath.
 ltis lasl NlteUIance Ou public wOrsh.p. ss
 !ar as l, reed ect, was 0O the lirsl Sabbath
 n July TRE EOuRru OAr-whcn hs was
 Prcs~nt at tho Lsrd's Supper. Like nearly
 Ah Vs,y aged pcOplr, his repl's to questions
 on the subjrci oi personal preparation tos
 death aud Ire ju. em~nl, were much alike
 and as follows -"lfl am nut prepared,
 never shall be: ! thiuk ! have ini,h in my
 Gud: ! ihink l,rust in my SavI,ur,"
 He retained his mental faculties remar'
 kably unml February last.
 FtOm l7SS n 1852. series of event.
 h,vc occurred whlch may make fAs ftas' I at Daaiei La,nsOH more imp 1iGai. sad lHl
 sU,ne purlDees his life h'nger. lhsn shs
 ,iu es and hfs Ot Meshusrlah. l D. L. PARMEl.EE. l r.Enn,h Earuna. Oct lk. 1882