Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
SOUTH POMFRET
The Old Times and the New
Sketch Written by the Late
Can't. n. N. Bruce.

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South Pomtret was written by the
late Capt. Harvey N. Bruce, his
purpose being to compare that part
of Pomfret which gets its mail at
South Pomtret today with the same
locality, people and things when he
was a boy, and still further back to
the first settlers. Capt. Bruce in
tended to revise and make the paper
more complete for publication, but
his death ended the work and it is
printed much as he first wrote 1t,
few corrections being made to cor
respond with recent changes and re-
movals.
The first chapter gives the loca-
tons and first known residents OF
South Pomfret houses. The second
chapter, comparison OF the old
times and the new, will be printed
next week.
Chapter I.
Commencing at the old town poor
farm, that all may locate the starting
point, although l am not certain that
this farm ever got its mail at South
Pomiret.
Nathaniel Washburn was there IN
1920. The town purchased it Tor a
farm in 1896. West from tt. this I'VE, were
mond was the first known resident !;
then a Mr.. Perkins; then VIM. W..
Gibson, and as late as 1870 Calvin
Newton. Next beyond the first
known farm resident was Josh La
zell; next coming to the Winslow
Reed place, where Charles Burnell
now lives, we find that John Perrin
built there, and that Rufus Perrin
and Enoch Leonard were the next
residents. Between this and the
Metcalf place was once house built
by John Perrin. Rufus Lazell built
the Metcalf house. Next before you
get to Eugene Evans was house
where George Reed once lived.
Warren Blanchard first built on the
place now owned by Ivan Derosia.
Jesse Gibbs first built where Joseph
Derosia now lives. Robert Abbott
first built just below Mr.. Derosia's
house, now gone. Moses Abbott
built the D. w. Fraser tenement
house and Jeremiah Abbott built
where D. w. Fraser now lives.
Elisha Thompson built house on
the brook below D. w. Fraser's
house, now gone. VIM. w. Glib.
sons grandfather, William, was the
first person remembered to have
lived on the Ordway place, now
owned by Mr.. Wright. Jeremiah,
Conant lived near on what is known
as the John Howard place.
Next little towards p. P. Will
liamson's hill farm lived John Pad
dock, who had blacksmith shop.
Next Barnahas Washburn built on
the p. P. Williamson hill farm.
Next, little below, VIM. Markham
built house and lived. A little be
low Chaise Dewolf built a house
and lived. The buildings are gone
on the last five named places.
Daniel Fraser built where Mr..
Spaulding has sold to Chas. Reed.
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P. p. Williamson lives; also a
house, now gone, between that and
Wallace Maxham's. Gideon Max
ham built where Wallace lived.
Jesse Gibbs built where l.. P.
Spooner lived in 1928. Daniel
Vaughan built where A. w.
Thompson lives. Samuel Gibbs
built house near where Elijah Fra
ser is buried. VIM. Markham built
where Mrs. Emma Adams now
lives, John Fraser built little be-
low where Mrs. Adams barn stood
in the field. Isaac Tribou built
both the Paul and the Miller houses
and Martin Tribou the Tribou
house. Wight Byrum built where
the old Adams house has been torn
down. Caleb Vaughan built near
the top of the hill above John Glib
sons. John Bridge built where
Gibson lives. John Lucas built a
house between ]. B. Gibson's and
H. N. Bruce's. Harvey Bruce built
where H. N. Bruce now lives and
John Bridge where H. O. Markham
lives. Ella Williamson built house
between H. o. Maxham's and l..
H. Atwood's.> Bessie Markham built
where L. H. Atwood now lives.
Nat Fraser's father built a house at
the foot Of the hill nearly oppo-
site L. II. Atwoods. That house
was afterwards moved near here by
Lewis Vaughan and is now known
as the Harriet Harding house. Nat
Fraser built where Edwin Jackmsn
lived, more Familiarity known as the
Asa Churchill place. Gardner
Winslow built the house Mark
Boynton occupied, and his grand
father, Ebenezer Winslow, built the
Winslow tavern stand.
Arnold Claflin built where Elba
Jillson now lives in 1927. Edmund
Fletcher built for William Durham
where Samuel Paul now lives and
Eastman Paddock built where Chas.
Newton lives. Lewis Vaughan
built the house owned by Wallace
Brown, and Nelson Wood in my re-
membrane the house where John
Perham lived. Ella Williamson
built the Ben Ashley house, and Coll
Dana built for store the Lucia
Perkins house, on the site of the
Abbott library.
Lewis Vaughan built the house