Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-02-21
BROoKFIELD.


Frank Fullam is to move into Mrs. w.
p. Bigelow's house.
There viii be an oyster supper at VIM.
G. Clark's Friday afternoon and evening
under the direction of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the I'd church.
Mumps are still moving about in town.
Union hall was filled to its utmost ca
pacity last Tuesday evening to attend
the campfire of Henry Freeman Post G
A. II.
u. w. Chase and wife, and Minnie
Marshall went to Brattleboro last week
10 attend the encampment.
Rev. w. S. Hazen OF Mortified has
been secured to deliver the address on
Memorial day.
The meeting of the Vermont Central
Pomona Grange was well attended and
the program filled in nearly every re-
spect which adds much to its meetings.
The band boys are preparinga drama
TO be presented in the near future.
Several members of the grange went
to Royalton last Sat. to attend the White
River Pomona Grange and report good
time,
lllC ltilUhlbk ltbltf was Itdu IL llt
oath birthday anniversary of Mr.. Spen-
Ger Graves OF Brookfield, written by an
old friend from his native town:
Whately, Mass, Jan. IL, 1882
Mr.. SPENCER GRAVES: Ny DEAR Slit
feel a strong desire to congratulate
YOU upon your arrival at the great age
OF "a years. You are aware that you
have lived to a much greater age than is
,,1.4alttv atf hxr I'm this xunrih
It Is true that YOU come of a long lived
ancestry. and you will pardon me if re-
fer to few of your progenitors who
have lived to a good old age. Your own
honored father was 81 1912 years old.
your honored mother, 81 Ia years, your
grandfather, Deacon Oliver, 50, your
grandmother, Rebecca, 81, your great
grandfather, Nathaniel Graves, SO, your
at-grandmother, Rebecca, 81, your
at-great-grandfather John Graves.
was slain by the Indians at the Hatfield
fight, Sept 10, 1877 at the age of go.
Your t-great-grandfathe was
over so years. We are unable to go far |
Their back than Thomas Graves. He came
from England about 1851 and removed /
from Dorchester to Weathersfield Conn. |
in 1885 with a company of go men with
their wives and children, and subsequent |
ly to Hartford, where he was excused |
from watching and training being over
go years of age. In 1853 Thomas and
wife, Sarah. removed to Hadiey, and |
with them their sons, Isaac, John and |
Samuel, with their families, while one
son, Nathaniel, remained in Conn.,, at /
Weathersfield, and he administered on
the Conn. portion of Thomas Graves es-
tate. His home was with Isaac, his eld- |
est sou as they all settled on the Hatfield |
side of the river. The wife of Thomas
died Dec. IL, 1866, land probably was over
so years of age. Thomas died in Noyem- |
Der 1862
There are among the descendants of 1
Thomas Graves quite number who I
counted more than 80 anniversaries of
their birthday, but we have no time or de- |
sire to give the names of these old people. /
Perhaps it would be well to give the
names of your own brothers and sisters |
who have lived to an unusual age, Electa |
was 81, Harriet is in her iS3d year and /
bids fair TO reach even your great age, |
your brother Sylvester was 81 years 8
months, Randall "a years, Levi Sc, Hor-
ace, 76. | think do not need to par
ticularize further to show that you are of /
a long lived race of men. Why, little
more than 20 such lives reaches back to
the commencement of the Christian era,
and less than Ga such lives counts back
to the commencement in the Garden of /
Eden, according to the Bible chronology. |
Since you were born in 1875 there have |
been great changes in this our common
country. At that time there were less