Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-06
AUNT LUCY BARNARD.

AUNT LUCY BARNARD.
Lucy Barnard, widow Of Silas Barn
ard. died at her home In Dixfeld, FRI
day afternoon, Sept. 18th, 1896. The
funeral was held Sunday. the 9th ult.,
Rev. Mr.. Munson officiating clergyman.
Her two daughters, Mrs. Delphina Root
and Mrs. Emily knight, her grandson,
Albert Root. from Boston, and her only
surviving sister, Mrs. Isaac N. Stanley,
were present. Mrs. Barnard was %
years old the 10th of last February.
Mrs. Barnard was one OF family OF
six children (perhaps more) lone son
and five daughters, who lived TO marry
and raise children, all living In and near
Dixfield village the greater part OF their
lives. They were children OF Amos
Trask. one Of the proprietors OF Town
ship No. on the Androscoggin River,
then including what Is now Mexico and
Dixfield. Amos Trask owned one
''right"-five hundred acres.
II has been the privilege Of the writer
to know personally and intimately all
the children OF Amos Trask, unless some
died when young. Peter Trask who
died In Mexico was the son. Sheriff
Oscar +. Trask and John T. Trask, sons
OF Peter, still reside In Mexico. Luz
cinds %, one daughter, married Joseph
X. white, one OF the first doctors who
located In Dixheld. DIR. White was a
prominent Mason, a charter member OF
Blazing Star Lodge. He died before
reaching the age of forty years, and his
was the first Masonic funeral held IN
Dixtield. Melissa Randall, widow OF
Isaac Randall, mother Of Hiram A. Ran
dali, was one Of the children OF DR..
White. She Is now living. Other
children Of his were Rosella, who mar
ried George Dillingham;. Albert, Hiram
A. and Augustus.
DR.. Whites widow married Philip
Abbott, and from her second marriage
had sons and daughters. recall three
daughters, one of whom, Mrs. Lucy
Marble, so long presided over the inner
work Of the National House at Dixileld.
Louisa Trask married Charles T. Chase,
who was many years merchant and
large land owner In Dixfield. Two sons
only OF the Chase family are living. W.
s., n prominent citizen OF the village,
and his brother Charles.
Ann married John VI. Eustis. In this
branch Of the relatives, those who lived
to marry were two daughters and five
sons. Charles W. and Col. VIM. L. are
now residents OF Dixfield. Others are
in Minnesota, and Albert, wealthy
business man, In Boston.
Susan married Isaac y. Stanley.
Henry q. Stanley, fish commissioner,
IL rsUiZfRr nf
deeds In oxford County, Frank Stanley,
for long time one OF Dixiield's promi-
ncut business men, Sophronis, widow OF
Major ID. =. Stowell, Rosella, wife OF the
late Hon. Z. G.. Harlow, and Louise,
wife OF Hon. George ID. Bisbee, are chill
dren OF the Stanley union.
Recognizing the fact that there have
been and are now 81 many TO whom by
kinship, and also the fact that by mar
riage and intermarriage many others are
living 10 whom Mrs. Barnard was great
aunt, the appellation AUNT Lucy" Is
not misplaced. Not only was she Aunt
Lucy 10 relatives, numerous almost "a
the az nis OF the sea shore, but for years
and years she has been Aunt Lucy to
everybody.
OF her own family the writer has
known Mahals, who married VIM. Har'
rison Wheeler. and Lncy A, who became
the second wife of George Dillingham;.
both dead many years, both teachers OF
rhe writer In Dixiield schools; DR.. Al
bion, now In Minnesota, who has twice
visited the old home recently; George,
who II living, Is In the West; and Del
phina and Emily, who have been con-
slant and kindly In attendance with
their mother during the later years OF
her life.
Until within two or three years Aunt
Lucy retained her faculties 10 remark
able degree. She was deeply Interested
In everything done 10 advance the moral
or material interests of the village which
had been her home from birth. She also
manifested great interest in the welfare
of the children OF families not connected
with her own by ties OF relationship ;
sharing their sorrows, and glad 10 learn
of their making life success. IL has
been regarded By the writer a. a pleasure
and 20 quite degree as duty, 10 call at
her old home whenever visiting DIX
field, noting always how pleased she
seemed 10 be 10 tell OF the good fortune
attending the lives OF old villagers and
their descendants.
Ninety-six years, almost century, In
one locality, active beyond measure III
everything pertaining TO village life from
girlhood, until within "a short time.
What retrospect must have been hers
during the later years Of her life, as at
u. ..artAl Of atnnzf "A esnrnrI
from her earliest remembrance OF that,
their primitive home, she peopled II with
the generations she had known, and
through the hszy distances OF the past,
recalled the building Of homes, the In
coming OF strangers, the lack OF many
ofithe essentials to rapid Improvement
in any direction: the streets or roads
winding in circuitous directions between
the large pine stumps and trees Tor when
the locality WAS noted. At last "A little
school house near the confluence OF the
Androscoggin and Webs rivers; the
first store: the first mail, brought on
horseback; the birth, growth, marriage
and death Of her own brothers and Sis
tiers: the many merrymakings in which
she,was,One Of the merriest; the days OF
care in bringing up 10 lives OF useful
ness her own children; the death OF her
own noble husband, Silas Barnard, a
man OF probity and honor, endowed with
unusual intelligence, supplemented with
an excellent education; the death OF her
own children, grandchildren and other
near relatives; the grateful incense OF
peace as she has waited for the approach
of the day Of her admission within "the
pearly gates Of the New Jerusalem,
cared for tenderly by her daughters and
visited and cheered by the visits to her
home, Of the very many who desired TO
make her last days her best days.
IL, as we hope, yes, confidently believe,
she has gone to God and Heaven, she
has Joined vast multitude OF kindred
and friends, in the realm where all is JOY
nd roat Ia ~ eternal duratiOn. l..