St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-11-30


10, ~ cannot fail to be interesting,
" b. Ne stili remrins a living link be-
TWEEN ths iasl century and the present
one
u "a Goodwin. the son OF Moses
UnoiwiN and Iryphena his wife, was
brft on thr Gray farm in Ryegate, Nov.
. ifaf There were several related
Geo wiu families among the early set
urn 81 Newbury and Haverhill, among
hon ass Jonathan Goodwin. cousin
Z Noses. whose daughter Phebe died in
Nee surv in 1881. ia her iO2d year.
~ mother was a daughter Of James
l.sa,. .-ad wss bors in Haverhill in
iTT The Ladds were so numerous
n,' ufuspiiai tLH the neighborhood
AL most 81 them lived the road run
rinr ressa from Hayerhill Corners, is
ssill vslicd add street, although no one
offs nam, has lived there for many
vcars
isoau after his birth. his father return
"A o. Ngw ury and lived on farm
sans two m be- back from the river, and
Wrih wurke oui a number OF years in
he bly hood going TO school some. He
hud several brothers and sisters, all of
wloe have Iong been dead, yet strange
tt SIS an aunt OF his, sister OF his
~ the'i. although younger than him
sell ,iiIl living in Corinth. His mill
tsry service began Feb IL, 1913, when
h en- sted iDf Is months in the 18th U.
: lr'an.ry Of which Moody Bedell of
n ve-hsll as colonel He carried his
n ash 4 through many toilsome marches,
a. . h. sides q number of small skirmishes,
Srvei " III, battles Of Chippewa, Pres
trtt and Luady's Lane.
lis last battle was fought July %,
u.lt on TN hank Of Niagara Falls, and
uas enc Vi the most holly contested ac-
aous o. the nrw world before the civil
Nar Ar GOODWIN has been heard to
tel bow the roar OF the battle, which
p4fs FroloIged into the night, mingled
w.tt hs RIA. OF the cataract. Col.
"a der. reg mrnt is mentioned with
80 s praise Ia the official report. 1t
ives plc ~ bose opposed to the Glen
ssy regimeut Of Scotch Highlanders.
u CO.. battle be received a wound in the
ieg from wyieh he has suffered more or
ies. ~ s.ise. and for which in 1918 he
re- at03 a rusiou OF four dollars per
meutt Nabng back to his discharge
r. .m iHc army This was increased to
. sht dS.ar, per month in 1852. and
'vthin a lev wears to twelve dollars.
~ s-ttled IN Ryegate in 1918, as a far
mr. n shoemaker. and was married
- H. yerhal. by Rev. Grant Powers.
Oct 3. 1919. to Lydia. daughter of
Daniel and Martha (Merrill) Heath.
she was born at New Salem, \. H.. Oct.
5. 1894, ard was Just one day older
than her husband. Their married life
lasted 6S wears one month and 10 DAYS,
until Der d,ath at Newbury Dec. 81,
1887, ia he' cath year.
In tie 1872 years that Newbury has
been settled this has been exceeded but
ONCE OIL John Smith and wife of West
Newbury lived together as man aud
wife - years" lacking a few days.
Mr.. Smith was soldier in the revolu-
ton and commanded n regiment in the
war OF 1917. Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin
had six son, aud SIX daughters. of whom
two sons ard two daughters are known
to be living The oldest son. John NJ,
now living ~ Ncwbury village, served
in the Mex',au war.
Their o. her descendants number
twenty -four grandchildren, OF whom
twenty are believed to be living. and
fifteen gre,t grandchildren. John !.
Rhodes and his sister. Mrs. Wilson of ST.
Johnsbdry. are his grandchildren; Henry
and Frank Goodwin OF the same place
are sons az his brother Moses. Mr..
Goodwin lived in Ryegate until about
1s47 and s;.Se then has lived in New.
bury, except lew years in Corinth and
Haverhill After the death of his wife.
NhihA w ~ WIN udukuNNIs MTS.
!. (. Leav.tt in this place, and receives
hei filial Gaze
He is somewhat deaf. and his sight is
not very good. His habits are rather
peculiar; be has a light burning in his
room all night having a dread OF dying
IN the dark. In his prime and up to
extreme old age he was a regular at
tendant AZ church. when he lived near
one and inpolitics democrat. Hecast his
first presidential vote at the first election
! o. James Monroe in 1916, and his latest
Tor Cleveland IN 1892. He was a great
reader, and his memory, which he retain
ed until within year or two. was very
retentive. lie knew intimately the
prominent men in the early days OF New
bury. Ha,erhill and Ryegate, such men
as Gen. Jm'ob Bayley, Col. Faye Bavley.
Col. Thomas Johnson, and Jeremiah
Ingalls, who composed book of sacred
music in Newbury; Gen. Moses Dow.
Col. Charles Johnston aud Col Asa
Porter ofidaverhill He remembers the
death OF Washington and the memorial
services h'ld in Newbury at the time the
news reached here, and could recall the
death It landau, n. H., in 1901, of Mrs.