Connecticut western news., 1911-02-16
MIR. STEVENS STORY
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Bronson. Levi married Ellen Stevens {; Mary became the wife of George Rora- back, and later married a man named Wright. Annis married Myron Brady, who died leaving one son Fred Brady. She is now the wife of George Porter.
 Next Horatio Beardsley who was a painter and who was the father of Henry Beardsley who married Maria Emmons. Their children were Martia, Sarah, Joseph and Alice. The latter is Mrs. Hiram Dings, of East Canaan.
 The next, the old Beckus house oc- cupied by different families. The first l remember was Peter Battese, quaint character who had a history. Next, Uncle Nathanial (Nat) French, who was quite a character. He could be easily recognized by his walk especially when walking from you, by reason of a pecu- liar movement of the stern which was very amusing. but which could not describe without trying to initiate. It was something like the nip and tuck walk have seen some ladies have.
 Next Hiram Briggs who had family of six children. They were Sarah, AL bert, Charles, Louis, Miles and Minnie Briggs. Sarah is the wife of Henry Smith, of Norfolk Albert married Ella Sewart, Charles married Eva Tobey, daughter of Miles B. Tobey, Louise is the wife of Edward s. Roberts. Miles went West and died not many years ago. Minnie is still living at the old home.
 Next was Captain William (BilD Lawrence, who had five children, Mary, Jane, Louise and one whose name do not know. remembered him when 1 was boarding there, sitting in his high chair at the table aud getting hold of cup of tea and dumping it into the sugar bowl. Poor little fellow, he died soon after. Mary was the oldest and 1 do not re- member much about her. Jaue is the wife of Merritt Spaulding and is the mother of Mrs, E. A. Peirce, Mrs. F. R. Collin and Dr. Homer Spaulding, of Iowa. Louisa married Lewis Cartwright and William married Ellen Hollenbeck. They lived on the old place several years and then sold and moved to Egremont, Mass They had two children.
 I c uld and would like to say very many pleasant things about many of my scholars but cannot accupy space to do so but will say just word about one of them. Jane Lawrence was a girl of sweet, quiet, gentle disposition, and a good scholar. always to be depended up- on, kind and helpful in her home as l had occasion to know while boarding there and she grew to be the same kind of woman and has impressed the same traits of character on her children as some of us know, and we respect and honor her. The Lawrence place was sold to the late Isaac Beebe and is now owned and occupied by Charles Sage.
 Next we come to & house owned and occupied by Luman Foot. who con- ducted tannery near by for many years. This place is now owned and oc cupied by Edward s. Roberts. Next we come to the Huntington tavern, owned and conducted by Owen Huntington, whose wife was a sister of Roswell Day, of whom have already spoken. think the Huntingtons kept this house as 8 tavern until his death but 1t was meyer kept as such after his death. After his death the place was owned by different persons, at one time by Lewis Cart wright who sold to William Hayes who built new house on the old site and who occupied it for many years and lately sold it to Ralph Burr, of Norfolk, who now occupies it. The next house was occupied by David Phelps Day famiiarly called Phelps Day, who had a record as circus manager, etc. For a more particular description see North Canaan Scrap Book. I do not relnem- Der much about the circus but as a school boy remember often seeing the circus wagons being driven around town. This house was later occupied by different persons. When the 0. N. E. R. R. was being built, it was occupied by one who kept railroad boarders, whom had oc- casion to remember in the sum of $500 for meat furnished them, bill not paid. A little farther on was a house near the Norfolk line belonging to the Hunting ton & Day works. The first occupant of this house that I remember was Abram Day, brother of Roswell and PhelIs Day. Later it was occupied by 8 MT. Losaw, by Philander Brewster, James Bunce and by John Calbert, an 1rishman, who had a large family and who afterward bought the Sedgwick Fenn place at East Canaan and lived there until his death not many year S since.
 A few rods back of this house was the Huntington & Day forge. MT Jay Un. derwood tells me that this place is where Colonel Burt, whom the Canaan Scrar
 Book speaks, of carries on his iron busi | o,,1 or,cI,OrS