The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-02-18

related with eXulUaJlOn anu piiuO' ~. ~ IL
and Molly had shaken hands with tne
General and had eaten at his table, In
consideration of his loyalty, Joe wac
granted pension of $50 by the state OF
| Vermont He died in 1919, and was
buried in this cemetery with due hoho[s'
being followed to his grave by. the pIlncr
pal men of the town, and having MS gun
fired over his grave.
AS have said, the Ok Bow meadows
had been cultivated by the Indians long
before the advent of the white men, a5iu
near the rocks which present so oolu
front against the advancing. RIVER anu
first shape it's course about the DOW Nv
there was at one time a cohsla tt;,. o MO
dian village. Many relics OF their lonS
STAY here have been found, ana arrow
heads may still be picked up, when the
share has newly turned the SOD 49,,
Several of the inhabitants OF TINS Town
were called or volunteered to serge tielr
country in the Revolutionary war; es-
pecially at the time when Durgoyne was
! taken, Among them were Gen. JACOB
Bailey. in whose line are several OF the
Daughters of the Ok Bow Chapter, MIS-
| Ezra Chamberlin, Mrs. Fabyan, MIS-
| Cobb. Gen. Bailey was at that time one
of the most prominent men OF the country
He not only possessed great lnIluGnoo
among his countrymen, DuC tLe ,, inui%S
! who freuuented the Coos county previous
! 10 the war, looked up to him as their Ia
Their To him was granted the charter Oh
| Newbury. He was Quartermaster-Gen
eral of the troops stationed here. Inc
! British were anxious to get a man 50 az
tive and Influential into their power,
reward was offered for him and many
mans were made for his capture. AT
| length a British force of eighteen, men,
commanded by a Capt. Prichard, ma
themselves in the woods near by. to wait
! for favorable opportunity to selze Cen
! Bailey while in his house on the Ok BOW
| A note from Col johnson in these lacon-
ic words: "The Philistines De upon In lee
| SAMPSON" was conveyed to him Whlle ne
was blowing, by Mr.. Dudley Carleton,
who dropped it in the furrow as he passed
by. Gen. Bailey escaped, but while ms
| household were engaged in preparing TO
repel an assault, the enemy anticipated
them, and surprising them in the early
! twilight caused the ignominlous night OF
all the male defenders. But one aGili% for
ed at her post. This was woman, 19r
she, perhaps, had not been sufhclently
| educated in the art and practice OF war
to run at the proper time. Her name
was Sarah Fowler, and she greatly nm
dered the British by repeatedly eXtin-
gushing their lights, while they were
ransacking the, house for papers; + e his
| flight by a musket ball, the only blood
shed in Newbury during the REVOLUTION
arv War. The place where the British
were stationed while waiting for Gen.
Bailey is an abrupt and rocky preclplce
at the top of the hills Immediately west
of the Ok Bow, and because the tallest
forest trees do not reach to the top OF the
ledge. a good view could be obtained of
the meadows and the adjacent country
which spread like panorama below. At
one side of this precipice the remains OF
curious cave or grOttO can still be seen,
where those soldiers not engaged in
watching may have lain concealed.
Our Regent, Mrs. Wheeler, is descend
ant of Col Thomas Johnson, who was
only twenty years of age when he came
to this town, and at the opening of the
war he led company of volunteers con-
sisting of the majority of the able-bodled
men of Newbury, against Ilconderoga
and Mt. Independence. While at Peach
am on business he was taken prisoner,
the house in which he was, being sur
rounded by enemies who demanded his
surrender at the point of the bayonet'
! He was taken to Canada where he re,
manned eight months, and was released
on parole The journal of his lie IN Gan
ada containing incide nts of his every day
life is very entertaining. He was never
recalled. He was in correspondence witt
Washington, whose letters to him are
preserved.
Tie ancestors of Mrs. Hannah Cham
berlin, Mrs. Helen Chamberlin and Miss
Laura Chamberlin were Lieut. Jonathan
and Sergeant Emerson Corllss. Inc 1or
mer enlisted company OF men and was
elected their Lieutenant, entering the
service and taking with him his son
Emerson, then lad scarcely seventeen
years of age, in time to participate in the
bloody battle of Bunker Hill During
the summer of 1775, they had part IN Two
engagements and later were sent with
r ~, 10 fnrf q n
Emerson was at the battle of Trenton
and in the army of Washington at tht
battle of Princeton. Later he was under
command of Gen. Stark at the battle o
Bennington, where he had seven muskel
balls through his coat and one through
his hat, but received no wound He wa
also engaged in the battles of Stillwate
and Saratoga when Burgoyne was cap
tured. He was in fifteen different en-
gagements, was wounded three times
and for more than six years was onsdut.
constantly except when laid by on &C
count of his wounds. u,.
Mrs. Atkinson's grandfather, Mr.. HID
bard, was in service three years ana wa
i'm the battle before Germantown, ais
the battle of Monmouth, and spent tn
winter at Valley Forge, suffering grea
priyation as did the whole army at tina
time. After his discharge he enliste'
and was at West Point at the time OF tn
surrender of COrnWalllS. :,
The ancestors of Mrs. j. l.. Merrill
were Major Finlay who belonged to tn,
Minute men and afterward to the Cont
mental Line. He marched with his me-
to Baltimore and Wilmington. Also Co
Laird who enlisted at the beginning an
= served until the close of the war. IL
took part in the battles at Wllmlngto
and Brandywine.. Nj
: Col. Moses Little, from whom Miss :, A.
, kinson is descended lived at Turkey Hi
near what is now Newburyport, Mass
In 1853 he was in command OF the New
: bury soldiers in an expedition agalhSS
: Ionisburg and proved himself an. abb
officer, The War of the Revolution toun
, him over fifty years of age, but as activ
and earnest in the defence of his countr
> AS the Youngest. Upon the first udlne
. of the encounter at Lexington, he marcf
: ed with his company to the america
{ headouarters at Cambridge. Tradltlo
saws the news reached Turkey Hill q
midnight and by six the next morning
he was on the way. He was placed !
/ command of regiment containing x
: men, AT the battle of Bunker Hin
J. led three of his companies across Charie
: town Neck under severe fire from tn
4 british batteries and ships OF war. an
+ reached the scene of action before I'll
o first charge of the enemy, and was pre-
: emf throughout the entire engagement
: He is spoken of as having much spin
1honob not wounded, he had several ma