Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-09-08
AN ANCESTRAL TABLET DEDICATED.
Interesting Family and NeighbOrhOOd Gathering
at Rochester August 80.

A., event OF more than ordinary interes
- Mace in Rochester North Hollow
srnssday. Aug. 80, 1904, when the Clarke
Hston and Goodno families gathered for I
-eunion and picnic. general Invitation
ssd been extended to the people OF Koch
Ser Hancock and Granville and upwards
- 0 assembled to participate in th'
Measures OF the occasion.
An interesting feature OF the occasion
yss the dedication OF a tablet in the NORTH
Hollow burial ground TO the memory Of
Timothy Clark, soldier OF the Reyolu-
+ion. and Jonathan Rogers Clark, who
iost mis- life in a charity bee in 1872. Long
before the time appointed, large con-
eonrse assembled at the cemetery. After
- bonr or two OF pleasant intercourse
Col Albert Clarke, secretary OF the Home
Market club, Boston, called the people to
s.rder He announced himself a candidate
a. chairman and called for affirmative
Totes. but said he would not put the mega
rive. The dedicatory prayer was offered
nv Rev. Frank 4. Adams. Col. Clarke re-
lated the circumstance OF finding the grave
IN his grandfather. only year or two ago,
and said that this gathering was the result
~ that discovery.
A quartette consisting OF Milo NJ. Ball,
Edward Morse, Will A. Chaffee and Fay
Webber sang the "Star Spangled Banner
Col Clarke read the inscriptions on the
tablet, which were as follows:
TIMOTHY CLARK
~ Rockingham, Vermont. fifth in descent
from Richard Clark OF Rowley in York
shire, England. and Rowley. Mass, 1883.
Born In Mansfield, Conn, Dec. 26, 1915.
Died in Hancock, Vermont, February, 1913,
while returning from the army in New
York, where three OF his sons were in the
service and two lost their lives. He was
In the battle of Bunker Hill in Col. James
Reeds regiment and in the Tieonderoga
campaign Of 1871.
JONATHAN ROGERS CLARK,
son OF Timothy, born In Grafton, Yer
mont, April Y, 1863. Died in Rochester,
Vermont, IN 1912, while performing a
work OF charity. For ancestry and de-
scendants see historical sketch in the
Rochester town library.
Erected by descendant and dedicated
a. family and neighborhood reunion,
Aug. 90, 1904.
After the exercises al the cemetery, the
company repaired 20 the picnic ground
hy Very complete preparations had been
made By the people OF North Hollow for
promoting the comfort and pleasure OF the
company. A table los feet long had been
provided a platform for speaking erected,
and arrangements for the care OF horses
bad been made. Those who could not be
accommodated at the tables disposed
themselves in little groups at convenient
points. Food was abundant. as nearly
everyone had contributed something to-
the supply.
After dinner Col. Clarke called the COM
pany to order and expressed his thanks TO
al who had aided in the movement.
Letters were read from several who ex-
pected TO be present but were unable to do
So Among these were Prof. w. ID. Ship
man OF Tufts college, Frank q. Clarke OF
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, DIR. G. ID. Clarke Of
Minneapolis and Lucius Hoar OF Fairfax,
Conn.
Col Clarke said that Improvements were
% be made in the cemetery. Timothy
Clark was not the only Revolutionary
soldier buried here. There were Amos
Chaiiee and Kiles Paul, and perhaps 9TH
ere, Rochester has the unique distinction
Of having furnished more soldiers In the
civil war than any other town OF the same
population in the United States. The
soldiers monument stands as a perpetual
reminder. There were four only sons from
Rochester who were killed in battle.
Mr.. Thomas Bellows Peck OF Walpole,
~ H., was introduced by Col. Clarke, who
said that he (Col. Clarkel did not know
enough to trace out the line, but he did
know enough to find the right man to do
it. Mr.. Peck said that il was rather
dangerous experiment 10 ask dry geneal-
ogist to make an after-dinner speech. but
be was not much OF a genealogist anyway.
He undertook to trace out bis mother
family aud made book, which he tried TO
get folks to buy. An ancestor possessing
strong traits OF character transmits them /
70 his descendants. Timothy Clark was
a man OF such character. He might not /
have been a religious man, but he was
righteous man. He had the qualities
needed by a pioneer-courage, enterprise
and staying power. Many OF the settlers