Litchfield enquirer., 1876-02-10
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or FeDfnary ac0mpanysoI 1HeHs "pMSH and chiIareh eathered north of;tbe Liber ty Pds m &aasnt, dn tue sest 4lae D East St., where stood in the days of the Revolution the house of Daniel Miles. and the object of the. gathering was to cele trate the departure of the Goshe eaAsoIdisf lfrom that house, enc hundred years be fore, fpptAqgsgionse ef the North,g hoping by the eeptpfe ef Qaebec to end the fear ful struggle in which our fathers we're en gagged. A stone stood pn, the wall in, iron of where the house stood, marked "Jul, ye ? l754," which Henry, Norton sayet from the old chimney, when he tore dow the house, -twentyrseyen years ago. B, the wall,s exactly in front of the doc where the men came out. bidding good-t, to their wives end children, pole Wal put up. thirty seven feet high. foot fo each State ID the Union Ca child coult I have raised one thirteen. feet high on, hundred years beforel, and when the flag went up, when thesstars and stripes way l cred over that spot, a musket was fired and shout arose to Heaven. Standing on the wall, Henry Norton addressed those present, and will give you part of the remarks:
 | Captain Jonathan Burrall of Canaan commanded the Regiment raised in t:le towns about ms, and our men, N ho belong, ed to the companies of Captain Luther Stoddard of Salisbury, and Captain Titus Watson of Norfolk, were THOMAS CoN- VERSE, Lieutenant, who had small pox, sdLAs RICHMOND orderly sergeant, who died near Quebec, of small pox.
 AMBROSE CoLL1Ns.-Soldier and waiter to Lieutenant Converse. He had small pox, and was about twenty years old. He was a son ofEbhraim Collins. and gfand- son ofTYmothy Collins, the minister of Litchfeld. Mrs. Christopher P. Wheeler is hls daughter, and would have been hele to-day but for the weather She says they went to war on foot, and great part of the following history was obtained from her father by my father. e.ra.15
 ASHER SMITH
 SETH HILLs.-Son of Medad Hills, and uncle of Frederick P. Hills of Torrington. They, Smith and Hills, both had small pox, ,and deserted from the army at Mount Independence, and came home to the house of Coll Medad Hills, wlio immedi- ately took them both back to the war, and plead for them so that they were not pun ished.s tThere goua1l sec where the house stood on the west side of Whist Pond, ,and I can almost see the two young men, walk ing along along down East' St. with their guns in their hands. and turning off on the cross road at the house of Asaph H. Palmefr9 9downtoward the Pond.)
 LEWIS HINMAN.--S of Captain Samuel Hinman. He lived where MT. William Davis now does, and had small pox.
 NATHAN NORTON of Elihu Norton. He lived on the old road about forty rods south of the house of Lyman Hall.
 GEORGE DEAN.-Lived on the west side of the Pond Hill road. in sight of us now, where the old cellar is. He had had small pox before, and had always been sailor. When the army retreated to Ti- condsroga, an order was given for all the men used to the sea to enlist and go on board the boats on Lake Champlain. He enlisted, and during the fight when the men saw the.fash ofth British cannon, they cried out, ga shot," and would fan down, bnt Dean was deaf man, and was almost cut in two by cannon ball. My great grandfather married his son, John Dean (whol- also went into the war}, in 17SO. to Hannah Stone of Torrington.
 NATHAN CARTER.-Supposed to have come from Cornwall. He had small pox. He was a Srother of Mrs. Benjamin Oviatt, from whom all our Oviatt families are descended. ,..,.-,.,...v g.
 JOHN MUssoN.-He was an Englishman, and rough man; he lived on the north side of Pie Hill road, southeast of the house of John H. 1Wadhams. He died of pleurisy. before the reached Quebec. JOHN RILEY Uieut He had small pox, was great grandfather of Chester Ri ley, and lived at the first house south of John Barton's house. Here is his powder horn all covered with inscriptions and made at Mount Independence December I7, 1776. .-
 SAMvEI KEL1oGG and LEvERETT KEEL LoGa.-Brothers of Halmont Kellogg, who had the carding machine just east of the bridge at West Goshen. They both had small pox and Iseverett died. Their iath- CT lived west of the Methodist church.
 SETH NORTH He had small pox. His father. John North. built the Blue House, which was struck by lightning nine years before, and three men were burnt to death in it. The house stood where Asaph H. Palmer now lives. Theodore North, call ed here Squire North, was the son of Seth. GG5oA ~sS1EITE
 SETH HAyDEN.-A blacksmith, died of camp distemper.
 AafBaosE BEAcH. Son of Amos Beach, you can see where the house stood. on the north corner where the road turns toward Whist Pond. He died at Grown Point of camp distemper.
 JEREMIAH HURLBUT. Son of Gideon Hurlbut.. He probabIy lived On the west side of the road near the house of Elizur Burns. He died in the war.
 JOHN WALrER:-Son of Henry Walter, but nothing is known about him.
 E JOHN THOMSON. He had small pox: you can see where he lived, where his grand- daughter Louisa Thomson's house now is |, THOMAS E. MUNsoS. The only one who had middle name. He is thought to have had small pox. He was the father of Thomas Munson, whom we remember. and who lived where John Doyle now