The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-12
Mr.. Editor Your correspondent

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"Enquirer," thiuks it would be well
to call some of the historical and bio
graphical matters pertaining to this
town and salt them down In the SIF-
TER before their custodians, the aged
people of the town, are all gone. !
agree with him, but does he realize
Whit delicate matter it is to pub
lish matters that have taken place
within the memory of those now liv-
ing. A will not remember it just as
B states it, and c will have heard it
in still different way. However, /
hope he will proceed. And to eA
courage him l will subject myself -
the first fire by giving answers to the
second question.
There are no persons now living on
the mountain road from Dea. S. S.
Lyons to the Wright school house
who lived there sixty years ago, aud
none of their defendants. Some
where about that time, say 1880, Dea.
Sheldon Pierce, Baptist deacon,
and as far as we know one as good as
the present one, lived in the house
that stood upon the spot where Dea.
Lyons house now stands. 1t was a
frame house and took fire and was
consumed the neighbors turned out
and helped him build another on the
same spot. Afterwards his brother,
Collins Pierce lived there. Where
Cyrus Babbitt now lives Tyler Tink-
ham had his home. He was justice
of the peace and never had any chill
dren, relative of feeble mind lived
with him; where Walter Thompson
now lives, Joseph Covey whose son
Joseph now lives in Newfane made
his home Solon Thompson, father
of Walter and Henry, here brought
mp his family, his fathers name was
Samuel, and his grandfather also
named Samuel lived in house that
stood over the old cellar nearly oppo-
site John Ramsdell's house. He was
probably the earliest permanent set
tier of Thompsonburg. One of the
log huts mentioned by enquirer"
was up east of the Henry Thompson
house on the mountain and was owned
by Jeremiah Pierce.
The old cellar on the Glebe side
now owned by Collins Griswold was
covered by log house in which Arti-
mus Pierce originally lived. He
afterwards built a frame house near
it and subsequently moved this down
to the site now occupied by Mr.. Girls
wold's house. The old part was
burned few years ago. In this
house Mrs. Emery Melendy, daugh-
ter of Artimus Pierce and mother of
E. W. aud j. W. Melendy, was
born. Artimns Pierce was born Ju-
ly 10, 1879 and his wife Hannah
Goodrich Oct. 2, 1882. They had
nine children. Artimus was cousin
to Rev. Sem Pierce who lived on
the Dea. Kinsman place.
A man by the name of Ellis built
and lived in the log house half way
up the mountain east from the Reu-
ben Harrington house-the house
now owned by Geo. G.. Smith. The
house went to decay but the barn
which was framed one was taken
down by Reuben Harrington and re-
built near his house. There is an old
apple orchard still there.
Still another log house, whose Gel
lar may be seen, was the abode of
man by the name of WOodoock and
was situated about 1870 rods due east
of Caleb Deans house. This is the
hut occupied by David Hazen when
he had his famous encounter with the
bear. There was still another not far
distant, the old cellar of which may
still be seen nearly north of the house
where Wesley Chase until recently
lived. Here lived Cheney Farr. In
the rear of Caleb Deans house a
few rods distant is an old cellar on
which stood the log house where Ma
hum Goddard and his wife Mary II
lived and where their
son, Henry w. Goddard, from whom
the writer has received many of these
facts was born Sept. II, 1918.
If desired / will give the bear story
next week as these notes are already
too long. Does enquirer" know of
half dozen old cellars on which log
houses once stood still farther south |
not far from Seth Randall's where
was once quite a fourishlng settle
ment?
Historicus.