Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-08-16
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HYDE PARK.

o few facts IN relation to the town of Hyde
Park, which now submit for your pc
rusal:
Hyde Park was granted Nov. 6, in the
year 1880; chartered Aug. 27, 1881.
The settlement'was commenced by the re-
moval of John McDanieis, ESQ.,, from
Mortified, N. H., to Hyde Park. July 4,
1877. He was joined the same season by
VIM. Norton, from New York These
two families were the first and only fami-
lies who wintered in this town that year.
They were joined the next year by Capt.
Jedediah Hyde, Peter Martin, Jabez Fitch,
Esq, and sons Ephraim Garvin. These
brave pioneers were, during the next few
years, joined by Aaron Keller, Truman
Sawyer, Oliver Noyes, Hon. N. ?. Sawyer,
and others. These first settlers suffered
all the privations common to life in the
wilderness. They were under the neces-
sity of going to Cambridge, town Is
miles distant, for several years, to have
their milling done. In 1892 there was a
saw mill and grist mill erected in the ad-
joining town of Wolcott, by Hezekiah
Whitney. The town was organized in
1871. Jabez Fitch was first town clerk
The town was first represented in 1912,
by Nathaniel P. Sawyer. Diadama Hyde,
daughter of Capt. Jedediah Hyde, was
born 1889, and was the first child born
in this town. She died in Alabama, 1853.
Jabez Perkins Hyde was the first male
child born in town. Lurcna, daughter OF
Jabez Fitch, ESD, died Nov. lot, hl798,
being the first death that had occurred
since the arrival of the pioneers. She
was % years of age. David Parker died
March 30th, 1906, and was the first
adult male who had died in town. His
death was occasioned by a log which roll
ed over him. Gamarial Taylor and Jen-
ME Mcdaniel, only child of John McDan-
iel, ESQ.,, was married by Hon. John Fas-
sett, of Cambridge, July 18th, 1910; and
this was the first wedding in Hyde Park.
The llth of Nov, 1888, there was the
greatest hurricane ever known in this
country. 1t swept through Hyde Park,
Morristown and Wolcott, destroying a
vast amount of timber. A family pas.
sing through Wolcott, with their children
had the limb of one broken by falling
tree. The first court was held July 18th
, 1890. The first saw mill was raised the
22d and 23d of Sept, 1890, and owned
by Aaron Keeler, Esq. Oliver Noyes
moved into town in 1908, and in 1904
erected grist mill. In 1889 there was
great scarcity of grain. owing to the
heavy rains the year previous, which
greatly damaged the crop. Many fami
lies suffered from want of it. Jabez Fitch
ESQ.,, one of the grantees, was man Of
sound mind and extensive reading. Af
ter suffering many hardships, he died
Feb. Goth, 1912, aged rs. Capt. Jede.
diah Hyde, the first man on the charter
and the one principally instrumental III
obtaining it, was noted for his polite and
easy address. He died May Goth, 1922
in his seth year. John Mcdaniel, Esq
the first settler, was an esteemed citizen
He died, respected and lamented, Aug
18th, 1884, in the S7th year Of his age
Mrs. Lydia Fitch, widow of the late
Darius Fitch, is now in her 9lst year
: and is supposed to be the oldest person
now living in town. The following is &
list of the names of those who have resi-
. ded in this town, and came to their deatl
in an accidental manner as near as | hav'
been able to ascertain: i. m
William, son of James Page, was drown
, ed in the summer of 1918, being abou
, Is years old; Daniel, son of Elisha Bug
, bee, was killed the 22d of June, 1916
by fall from fence, and u log rolling
, from it, over him; Sidney, son of Capt
, Calvin Bugbee, was drowned, June, 1915
= and was about 6 years old; William D
= Boyes, was killed, Jan. 9th, 1866. HI
g was on load of lumber, from which b
!, fell and the load was drawn over him
Benjamin s., son Of Martin Pratt, wa
killed in the winter Of 1928, by tire
y falling on him, while chopping in tn
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