Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-12
History of the stearns Family.

The first edition of a history of the
Stearns family was so speedily taken up
by the descendants that a second edition
will soon be issued, as few, if any, of that
name in Hinsdale have seen or been able
to obtain copies. The hinsdale branch
of the Stearns family ranks among the
Oldest in town and traces it's lineage di-
rectly from Nathaniel Stearns, who went
from Hebron, CT, and located first in
Northheld, Mass, and next in Hnsdale.
He is first mentioned in the town records
in IVA as Lieut.. Stearns, and that he mar
ried Dorcas Sanger in January of that
year. Walter Stearns, the Oldest of 10
children, was born near the close of that
year. and he married, in 1897, Thena
Shattuck, a granddaughter of Daniel
Shattuck, who was a soldier at Fort
Drummer in 1855 and captain of company
at the battle of Saltwater in 1z77. Walter
Stearns had family of 13 ca dren, of
whom John and Eliot are best remem-
berd by the present generation, as they
passed their whole lives in Hinsdale and
were both prominent citizens. Eliot had
one daughter, Miss Althea Stearns, who
is still living in Hinsdale. John Stearns
had eight children, four daughters and
four sons who are all living, and the four
sons,-DWight W., Newton, Franklin,
Charles,-and Ellen (Mrs. G.. p. Slate),
live in Hinsdale. 1t would be well If
town libraries would take pains to secure
copies of the histories of their old fam
lilies who are identified with the colonial
times, as these would be valuable in COM
ing years.-[Hinsdale letter in Spring.
field Sunday Republican.
Rev. w. F. White attended a meeting in
Keene Monday.
F. w. Cotton went to Lebanon Thurs
day on ten days vacation.
The nature club will meet with Mrs
r. E. Metcalf next Tuesday evening.
Miss Nellie Cantlin of West Swanzey
visited her brother Fred Cantlin, last
week.
Miss Lizzie Gray went to Greenwich,
N. Y, Thursday to visit her brother,
Charles Gray.
Frank S, Archibald has engaged to
teach the grammar school in West
Swanzey in the fall.
Misses Rest and Pearl Higgins, and
Annie White have gone to Schroon lake
in the Adirondacks, where they will do
table work in a hotel during the season.
Jacob Britton and wife of Gardner,
Mass, were visitors Sunday of the form
er's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Brit
ton.
d. e. Conway, who has been employed
in the hospital for the insane at Con-
cord, is at home here, suffering from
appendicitis.
Mrs. Edward McGregor and Mrs.
Chain of East Derry are spending
two or three weeks with Mrs. McGregor' s
mother Mrs Nutting.
Mrs. Elizabeth Markey and little grand
daughter, Mildred Cramer, went to New
York Friday for a several weeks stay
with relatives and friends.
]. Alfred Johnson and Miss Alice M
Fosburg, both of Vernon, were married
at the Hunter residence on Main street
Sunday evening by Rev. z. ]. Deane.
Edward Stebbins has torn down the ell
of the house on the Horton farm, and
will replace 1t with a new one % Sc
feet on the ground and two stories high.
The Halle & Frost mill shut down We'd
nesday night, and did not start up again
last week. Two brick partitions are be-
ing built in the mill to meet requirements
of the insurance people.
The Halle & Frost manufacturing COM
pany will soon build a water tower, south
of the packing room, which will be SO
feet high. The water tank is to have a
capacity of 10000 gallons of water.
Miss Ellen Walker has been enter
tanning a party of friends, consisting of
Mrs. Van Sickle, Miss Kimball, o. A.
and w. S. Klmball of Boston, Misses
Pauline, Marion and Florence Fisk OF
Brattleboro and Karl r. Miner of New
York