Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-02-24
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ed at Waterford, N. Y; Samuel, born in
1900, was a graduate of Yale college and |
was in college with j. Dorr Bradley, father
of Richards Brady, and used to 90 and
come with him, clergyman and many
years book dealer in New York; Mary,
who was married to Mr.. Cummings of New |
York city, and Eliza, who was married to
Joseph Underwood of Lansingburg, N. |
Y. Col. Hazeltine died in 1777 or 1878, |
and his widow afterwards lived here with
Gen. Fletcher. Mrs. Fletcher died Aug.
2, 1907, aged So. Mrs. Hazeltine was very
Industrious, and in her later life always
spinning at little wheel. On her Tooth
birthday she got up from her wheel and
danced, She died Feb. 16, 1910, aged 1914
General Fletcher was a soldier at II,
serving one year in the French and Indian
war, which ended in 1853. Afterward he
became blacksmith. He was an orderly
sergeant in the army and present at the
battle of Bunker Hill. He was captain of
a company of minute men at the siege of
Ticonderoga, and at the battle of Benning-
ton was made majo and continued with
the army till after the surrender of Bur-
goyne in TIT. He was member of the
convention which met Jan. 10, 1777, at
Westminster court house, declared the
New Hampshire grants "a free and indie
pendent jurisdiction or state" "by the
name of New Connecticut alias Vermont"
a representative in the first general assem-
| bly,, and councillor till 1870 and in 1S08
He was made brigadier general of the
militia in 1881; was elected judge of the
supreme court in 1882, but declined that.
In 177s, 1888, 1884 and 1856 he was
judge of the county court, and from 1888
to 1906 was high sheriff "In person he
was straight and finely proportional, but
inclined to corpulency. His eyes, which
were blue, correspondent well with light
complexion, and his manly beauty was
generally acknowledged. He was elegant
in manners, and in department bland and
refined" He died Sept. Is, 1914, and
was buried in the cemetery on his farm,
near the house, but no monument or head
stone marks the place of his grave. His
daughters were accomplished and noble
women; his son was spoiled, dissipated,
and disappointment.
Samuel Porter was admitted to the bar
in 1913, and was judge of probate in 1904
and 1905. Marshall Miller married his
daughter, succeeded him as a lawyer at
Dummerston, removed to Newfane, was
judge of probate and county clerk. He
was father OF Samuel P. Miller of New
fame, who is perhaps the nearest descend
ant of General Fletcher in this vicinity,
and resembles him in personal appear
: ance. Major Ezekiel Ransom lived south
east of and near to General Fletcher
and had his papers, which were burnt
with Mai. Ransom's house. He was father
, of Epaphroditus Ransom, admitted to th'
l bar here, and who afterwards removed tC
Kalamazoo and became judge of the su
= preme court and governor of Michigan
: Samuel Pratt of Buffalo was very success
/, full and became very wealthy. ESQUIRE
i Lemuel Farwell of Acton, now part o
. Townshend, bought and moved to tn
|. Fletcher homestead in 1886. He divided
it, and built a new house for himsel
f beside the new road on the north sid
Il of the little brook below West Towns
d bend and lived there many years. I
/ road just north of this house leads u
: to the old Fletcher house; another roa
e on the south side of the brook lead
e up to the present house on the Major Ran
Il som place. The Fletcher house is proba
/, bly, the oldest one in West river vale
g north of the Asylum retreat, which wa
} built about 1878 and is the oldest hous
e about here.