Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-02-24
An Aged Woman.

Almost a century has passed away incc Mary
pRArT was born in Sutton, Mass, April y. III.
when child her parents removed with her to
the adjoining town OF Oxford, where her lather
died when She was ten or eleven Year, old. soon
after the death Of her father She went O. live with
n relative. where she remnincd until about twenty
years of age, when She was married 20 VIM.
Lamb. 0l spencer Soon after her marriage She
came with her husband to Brdgcwater Vt,
where they resided q few years From thence
they removed to Hancock, and finally 90 Gran
vile, (then kingston,) where She now resides,
and where she has resided for nearly seventy
years Her husband died in 1855, at the adj
yanced aye of eighty-hye years. Sine endured,
with much courage and resolution The many
hardshps and pryut0ns incident to the early
settlement Of the country.
She hos been the mother of ten children. four
sons and six daughters all Of whom lived t. be-
come men and women, were ali married, and most
Of them had large families. Three OF the sons
and one daughter have died, Her oldest is now
seyenty-seyen years of age, and the youngest
flty-sx Her grand children, living and dead,
number seyentv-twO, md great grand children
more than onehundrcd. She retains her mental
faculties remarkabl, for one OF her years and ALE
though in her second childhood, and somewhat
forgetIul in regard to late and every day occur
rences, she has distinct recollection of events
that transpired eighty, and even more than ninety
Years ago, when She " was girl and lived down
in the old Bay State, and often relates them
with no material variation thus confirming the
well known fact that carly impressions are most
enduring
She well remembers the Shay 'srcbellion of 1851,
and the wranglings and party spirit that prevail
ed among the people Mt that time. The man
with whom she lived belonged TO the shay party
and, she says. one day four horscmcn rode up
dismounted, and came into the house, and enquir-
ed Of the woman Of the house where her husband
was She told them she did not know Then
one Of them. turning 10 her in a stern and manac-
ing manner, SAYS " Young woman. YOU know
where he is your looks indicate it, and you had
better tH' She says " don't know, and ii |
did | irouldnf tH" lie had left the night pre-
bers the dark day of isl, says the people
were greatly frightened, many believing the last
day had come Also the hanging of Mrs Spoon
er and her accomplices at Worcester. for tiemur-
der Of her husband. Her father was deputy
sheriff at the time and assisted in their execu-
ton. The SURRENDERED Burgoyne's army, in III,
is fresh in her memory says she saw the Red
coats pass her fathers house, ON their way to
Worcester And, although bat a child at the
time, She distinctly remembers the announcement
of the Declaration Of independence, or, as She
terms it, Independence Day, and the patriotic
shouts and rejoicings OF the people on that occa-
sion. Her husband, She says when "a Young man.
WORKED lor Neh. DAVIS ana went Win nun from
Worcester county 10 Montpelier, Vt, and assist
ed in raising the first framed barn ever erected in
That town.
Many other events that occurred in those early
days, and have come down in history to the pres
ent generation, are yet fresh in her memory
Though She has witnessed the changing seasons
Of ninety eight years, and the infrmites Of age
are upon her, yet her bodily health is quite good ,
she is able to 90 from one room to another and
until quite recently, could see to read her Bible
without the aid Of glasses. Nearly the whole
world Of mankind living at the time She was born
have passed away. May her life be still prolong-
cd