Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-20

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close by the Kathan farm. Alexander
Kathan Isl was probably with his father,
capt. Kathan, when the first settlement
was made, and remained for few years.
lie was in Leicester, Mass, at the time of
his marriage Dec. 4, 1855, and came to
Fulham with his family from Worcester,
Mass, May 1, 1861. He built log house
east side of the road on the plain south of
Canoe brook and moved into it Nov.
IL, 1902, and lived there q years. He
built new house opposite on the
west side of the road and moved into it
Nov. q, 1888. The house is still standing,
greatly improved by modern architecture.
DIR. g. II. Sholes converted it into SPLEEN
did summer residence few years ago.
Gov. William Mckinley of Ohio was en-
tertained there by the family occupying
the house in the summer of 1892.
Daniel Kathan [6l settled on the plain
north of Salmon brook about half mile
below his brother Alexander's log house.
Young Isaac Miller said, 81 had to work for
Daniel Kathan in the summer of 1869 and
Jared hard and worked hard; but, blessed
be God l had my health and in the fall l
went to Petersham." In addition to hard
labor he complained of hunger, gnats,
mosquitoes and heas in abundance. The
farm is now owned by o. l.. F. Bennett.
Charles Davenport III located half mile
farther south from Kathan on the farm
now owned by E. H. Brown. He moved
into town before 1866. Beyond him,
where George A. Walker now lives, is the
place on which Capt. Isaac Miller 8 set
tied. He had a family of II children.
Hosea Miller [9] one of his sons, settled
on land which his father gave him in the
central part of the town, now VIM. o.
Miller's place of residence. Ebenezer Ha-
ven 10] settled on lot No, II next south
of Alexander Kathan's, whose lot was No.
10. His log house was built in ITO on
the east side of the road on land recently
owned by DR.. Sholes, close to the line fence
on the south side of the farm. He built
his first framed house near where the pres
ent dwelling house stands in which his
great grandson, Orrin w. Haven, now
lives. He also built on the west side of
the road the house in which DR.. Sholes
lived. The old honse was pulled down
about 1890.
Josiah Boyden III, a major in the Rev
dictionary army, lived little south from
Slab Hollow. The buildings on his farm
have been removed into the Hollow. John
Scott 12] owned the first grist-mill in Slab
Hollow and probably built it himself about
I'LL. He sold the mill to John French in
1777 and his farm to DR.. Thomas Baker
in 1884. The mill was the one owned by
the late Joseph Dix and the farm is the
one now owned by Henry Miller. Joseph
Hildreth 1877, born 1924, settled on lot No.
8 next south of the farm on which Dea.
Adm A. Dutton now lives. The late Nor
ris Lawton owned the farm several years.
The buildings are now abandoned. Aaron
Brooks IA lived in the neighborhood of
Charles Davenport. Rufus Sergeant 10
settled on lot No. in the southeast corner
of the town near the lower ferry on the
Connecticut river. Eli Clark now owns
the farm. Daniel Sergeant [16l, brother
of Rufus, made settlement on lot No. ?.
1t is now the Stephen French place and
owned by the late William Robinson. The
slate quarry is near it.
Jacob Thompson III and Joseph Tenn
pie ISL lived north from where Joseph
Miller now lives. Thompson had no land
laA nm, tha farm
owned by Alonzo Bradley. A town meet
ing was held at Thompson's house Dec. %,
1772. His name disappears from the rec
ords after 1774. He bought groceries of
Lieut.. Leonard Spaulding in Putney in
1868 and among the items charged in ac-
count are rum, flip and occasionally "a
pot of syder." John Frizel [19l, Friswell
on the land records, settled where Willard
Dodge now lives. He sold his farm TO Col.
VIM. Boyden June 26, III. No further
record of him. Barzillia Rice [20l settled
on lot No. GO some 20 rods north from the
Westinghouse. He built the house in
which the Dummerston post-office is now
located and was resident of the town in
llOO, when HIS SUI OlNSi was DNiA'
Samuel Houghton [21l, Laughton on the
land records, located on lot No. 50, where
Austin Laughton, his great grandson, now
lives. The farm has been in possession OF
the Iaughton family 125 years.
Enoch Cook 1921, settlers clerk in Ill.,
resided in Walpole, N. H., in 1854, where
he was chosen constable and surveyor OF
''hie Ways that year, The lot on which
he settled in Dummerston was No. 81, next
south of the meeting house lot. The date
of purchase is not recorded. The farm
was in the possession of the Cook family
four generations. 1t was the birthplace OF
Wallace Cook of Brattleboro, great grand
son of the first settler. Walter F. Walker
now owns the farm. Samuel Wiswell %
lived south from Enoch Cooks, perhaps
near Samuel Dutton. A town meeting
was held at his house May 10, 1772. He
removed to Townshend, VT, before III;
and with Lieut.. Asa Austin, who married
his sister, Mary Wiswell, cleared and set
tied the well-known Mason farm nov
owned by Edison Convey. Miss Kate A
Wiswell, great granddaughter of Ensigr
Samuel Wswell, is now living in Towns
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