Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-11-18
NUMBER 45.

Guilford, but none OF them are large.
There is an abundance of roofing slate in
the town but il has never been worked TO
any very great extent, except for home use
A gentleman informed US that it cost only
one-forth more To slate roof titan TO
shingle it with cedar Guilford mineral
springs have been quite celebrated for the
healing quality ofthcr waters. We believe
they are now owned by Weeks & Potter,
well known Boston druggists, who have
expended considerable sums of money In
introducing them to the public. public
house situated near the springs is open dur
ing the summer for the accommodation OF
those who desire TO test the virtues Ofthcse
waters. The highest II not the only real
mountain in town, is called Governors
Mountain" The town was originally laid
ont into fifty acre lots, and the royal gov
ernor reserved five hundred acres for him
self The settlers lots were fairly located,
but that of the governor fell upon this
mountain which still upon the maps bears
the name of authority, and pcrpctuates the
story ofitS original ownership. This noun
tain Is wooded to the summit. We were
told at Guilford that the Governor who own
ed this mountain was Benjamin Carpenter
of that town, but we think this mis-
take Mr. Carpenter was never governor,
but only Lieut. Governor Of Vermont, and
the person 70 whose share fell Governors
Mountain" was probably Gov. Chittcn-
den.
In visiting an old town am always IN
terested in the early burying grounds, for
here much can be learned Of the early set
tiers. One of the oldest ia Csnilford has
been much neglected, and is oyergrown
with brambles, bushes. and in some places
with quite large trees. It was with great
difficulty that could make my way through
the briers to examine the old headstones.
marble slab almost buried ia the thick
underground, bears the following inscrip-
ton. which speaks for itself
sacred 10 the memory OF the Hon. Benjamin
Carpenter. Esq, Born IN Rehoboth, Mass, \ y.
l.2G. \ magistrate ia Rhode Island, \. -. 30.
\ public tracher OF Righteousness An a1ir
advocate 10 his last. Of dcmocmcv, and tho
equal rights OF man. Removed 10 thi7 toWuA'
D. l--b was Held officer in ~" Revolution
AIRY War, founder OF the ntst constitution ana
government OF vermont Oouncl.4"t OF N'i'-
sors in 4. ID l7ss 4 member ot the '"uh,li
and Lieutenant Governor OF the state IN \. -
l--q a Arm professor OF Christianity lu the zap
tist Church fifty years. Lcit this Worla anu 10
lincal po-terity, March 18th, /, ., aged q, years,
10 months l. days. with strong mind iuli "I
faith OF more glorious state hereafter. >ihlutH
about feet. Weight 2oo Death had no ter
rors.
4 fair inference j. that the great stature
and weight Of this eX-public functonary
took away the fear of death. though this
may not have been Intended by the writer
ON small stone by the side OF the Lieut..
Governors, IL is stated that "Amie, wife
Of Gov. Carpenter. died July 10. lso3. aged
- years" Among the other interments
in the neglected spot are the remains OF
Rev. Benz BuckIeu aud Patience Horton
his wife. Capt John Barney and Reoecca
Olive. daughter of VIM. Yaw David Thur
ber and wife, Mary Bullock; Jehiel Cams
and wife, Dorinda; Edward Carpenter, who
died Dec. =. l77s. aged -, and Elizabeth
hi, wife: Gen. Aaron Barney Elder ia
bez Wood, pastor of the Baptist church IN
Swanzca in the Bay state, died Apr g.
1898. aged Il. and Rachel his wife. died
April y, 1896. aged 52 Pau. Chase, died
july l.. 1924. aged 50, and BetSey his wife,
died January Il, ls3s, aged 80.
one morning we left our temporary home
at the comfortable farmhouse Of Mr.. Amos
Thurber. to visit The cemetery where re-
pose the remains Of Mr.. Lemuel Perham,
and those Of Mary Buttcrtield, his wife
These were the parents of Lemuel Pcrhain,
ir., who early moved 20 Paris and settled
on the centre lot on Paris Hill afterwards
moved TO High Street and in ISL 20 Wood
stock. and who is the ancestor of all the
Perhams residing in oxford County Lem
uel Perham, whose remains lie buried IN
Guilford. was the son OF Benjamin ana
Esther Perham, of Upton, Mass, aud was
born in that town May 25d. 1875. lie was
married TO Mary Butterfeld in l7j5, and
kept public house in Upton for forty
years. He sold out and took his pay i'm
Continental currency. which soon after
became worthless, and, reduced in cIrcnm-
stances. he moved To Guilford, where one
of his daughters had settled. purchased
him small farm, where he spent the re-
mainder of his days, and died in lslt. liz
had one son. Lemuel jr., and five daugh-
ters. as follows: Joanna, born APRIL Lo,
1857. died young Lemuel, born Dec ~
I76O. married Betsey Gurney aud moved TO
Paris. Me. Betty, born May 23d, l15+
married Joel Bolster and settled in Gull
ford Joanna. born March B. ITO; Molly
born April l3, l773, married Solomon War
ren and settled in Guilford; Loyicy, born
March l., l77S, married William Hines OF
Guilford. after her parents moved to that
town. Benjamin Perham, the father o.
Lemuel. was the son of John and Lydia
Perham of Chelmsford, Mass, who was
born i'm that town Feb %. HOI, ana the
grandson of John PerEam, who married
lydia Shepley and settled upon the farm in
1864. in Chelmsford, which is now occu-
pied by Henry $ Perham, the 9TH IN descent
from the first John. The farm has contin-
ned in the Perham family since it was frat
settled by John the emigrant in 1864.
The road from Mr. Thurber's TO the cem-
etery is first down a steep hill shaded by
old woods on each side, then up ravine
for mile or more. through which brook