Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18

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his father and mother, Lyman OAR
ling, Joseph Grey and his son, DIN,
then Samuel Cook, whose daughter
Ann married young Joe Dwinnell, son
of Solomon. who lived little east of
the main road. Then there lived
Spencer Chamberlain, Jim Wilson,
Joseph Barker and Mr.. Garfield, ia
Their of the doctor. The next beyond
the "Slab City" road was Zedekiah
Phiilips'then George Kings, the father
of Mrs. Fred Clark and the last house
before entering "Dry Pond" was
Charles A. Clark who kept the way
side tavern that was we'll known to
all travellers going towards Montpe-
lier.
Coming back to 1.-THE dug way" we
start towards Sheffield Heights where
in the winter the snow got deeper
than anywhere else in that section.
Up this road lived John Sherburn,
father of Chester and son of ''old"
John Sherburn, Barrilla French, Hor-
ace Leonard and George Drew. Co.
ing west from just north of Ze6ekiah
Phillips lived Hiram Clark, brother
of Charles A, he had farm and also
ran sawmlll Above him lived two
of the King brothers, Sias and an
other, and at the outlet of Stone Pond
was a sawmill owned by Alex Drew
who lived close by.
Now if we come back near the
cemetery we go west and on the first
farm We find Stillman Bickford who
married Miss Crane. Next up
the hill was Amos Cook and Amos
Cook Jr. then Andrew Mcclellan, and
south off the road lived ''Nat Drew"
Then we came to a Mr.. Park err, (the
Sherburn place., afterwards Fred
Clark's, opposite this was Caleb Clark
then Cephas Clark, Ford Clark, Hosea
Garfield, Albert Sargent, Jonathan
Abbott and on the hill towards Crafts
bury was Joseph Sherburn who in
1874 went west to Wisconsin where /
met him and his family in after years,
his wife being an aunt to my first
wife.
Joseph Barker who lived on the
Dry Pond road moved to Wisconsin
and settled in Delevan, Walworth
county. In 1868 / visited him there
and found him prosperous, and one of
his sons doing an extensive proprie-
tory medical manufacturing business
with two of his brothers on the road
selling to the trade. Here I also
found Chester (Chet) Phillips, who
married Barker girl. He was keep
ing hotel and livery stable and at the
time doing we'll. "BigfootPrairie"
near Joseph Sherburn's found the
oldest of the Sherman family, brother
of Joseph and John, kown as Jim
Sherman, wealthy farmer in beau
tiful section of that state. While
writing of Glover people in the West
l might mention Miles Norto Ma son of
Jerry, who married Sarah King, sis
ter of Mrs. Fred Clark. He lived not
far from Sun Prairie, Dane County,
he had fine farm and was getting
wealthy when I was there in 1852.
He joined farms with Mr.. Seaver from
West Glover who was his uncle.
Of the men in the village whom ]
have not mentioned were Joseph
Drew, Willard Leonard, Niles Ben
nett, Sumner Blodgett, who married
Freelove Leonard, .'Old Dan Gray
| in contradistinction to young Dan
Isaac Smith, Mr.. Bartlett, Jenk
( Flemings, Alexander O'Hara, tailor
} and on the east side of the river be-
= low the hill was George French anG
: Linville French. These are all whom
3 / can remember now. Dean Conants
s the partner of the Simonds, sold hi
, interest and went to Boston as did al
j so John Sartwell's son. Jack Eli
8 eventually went to Boston, as sales
f man and also Frank Dwinnell, tn,
r later went into cotton manufacturing
% and was very successful.
@ REV. B. Drumming.
D Mansfield, Pennsylvania.