Connecticut western news., 1911-05-25
STEVENS STORY
Tells of Ingenious Ezekiel Daboll and
 His Inventions
(RY H. B. sTEYENSl

| (BY H. B. STEVENS)
 On the opposite side of the road was the house of William C'Billy'O Rock well, whose wife was Lydia Stevens Their children were John, Henry, Fred erick, Seth, Betsey and Abigail Rock we'll. Betsey was the wife of Elias Crandall. They had one daughter Abi- gail Crandall, whom I have already spoken of as the wife of Fenn Bigelow. Going on down the hill we come to the old "square roof school house" standing on one corner where two roads cross. And here am reminded of remark Dr. Eddy made regarding this school house. He said it reminded him of the stanza of the hymn which says: "There on mar row neck of land, twixt two sandy roads (unbounded seas) I stand" Soon after this the old one was bought by Charles Adam who converted it into dwelling house and it was occupied for some years by Wallace Roberts, who was station agent for the O. N. E. railroad company until his death. This house is now owned by Lyman Ball.
 Next was the house of Unole Elisha and Aunt Polly Gilbert who were Qnak- CTS. Aunt Polly was sister of Sher- man and Wheeler Smith. A part of this house was occupied for many years by Uncle Joseph ("Joe'O and Auntie Corbin. The next house I think was built by Harvey Lawrence and occupied for some years by Hiram Andrus, whose wife was Amy Lawrence. It was also occupied for several years by Jay Under wood, do not know who is the present owner. The next house was occupied by Sedgwick Fenn, I think until the death of his wife. It was afterward owned by John Colbert, who occupied it until his death. Across the road from this place was the Jocelyn place. do not remember MT. Jocelyp's first name. He was known as Uncle Jocelyn. He had one son, Milton Jocelyn, whose wife was Lucy Adam. MT. Jocelyn built a new house for his son in the lot near the furnace, which was peculiar shape for those days and provoked many remarks. Uncle Jocelyn used to speak of it as Milton's folly. The son died after few years and Mrs. Cunning tells me the old gentleman went to Hive with the widow and lived there until his death. The old JoceIyn house, the Sedgwick Fenn house and the Gilbert house were long since things of the past. The Joce- lyn property is now owned by the Bar mum Richardson Go.
 The first occupants of the next house that remember was Michael Callahan. His children were Frank and Ellen. He might have had others. This place is now owned by the New England Lime Lime Co. Next was the house of Betsey Briggs. who was milliner and carried on her business there until her death. This place was later owned by Chauncey Yorker. His children were Lawrence, Ensign, Florence and Annie Yorker. Still later the place was owned by Mrs. Beaujon. Her children were Amiel, Charles and Mary and I think an older son. do not know the present owner Of this house. Next is a house built by William and Fred Sanford, and next the old Harvey Lawrence house. The wife of Harvey Lawrence was Betsey Dun hing, Their children were Edward, Amy and Catherine. Catherine never married. Edward married Lydia Rood, Amy was the wife of Hiram Andrus. They had one son, Reuben Andrus. This place was later owned by Linus Sanford and still later by Mrs. Ward BrintOn, who 1 think still owns 1t. Next was a house built by Lorenzo King, who had one daughter Susan King. It was later owned by MT. Corbit. It HOW be- longs to the Lime Go. Next was house built by Lewis Rood, whose wife was Betsey King. Their children were Ro- bert, Walter, George and William Rood. Later this house was occupied by Livia Dean, who before her marriage con- ducted a millinery business. The honse was later bought by the Lime Go. and taken down.
 On the opposite side of the road were two houses owned by Ezekiel Daboll. Mrs. Cunning tells me that Dr. Wright occupied one of these houses before he built. The wife of Ezekiel Daboll was Laura Fellows. They had three chil- dren Isaac, Mary and Julia Ann Daboll. lsaac's children were Charles, Frank, Ellen, Sarah and Mary Daboll. They occupied the smaller house. Mary was the wife of Henry Holt. Their children were George, Edward and Mary Holt. Julia Ann never married. MT. Daboll was an intelligent, well informed and ingenious man. The Canaan Scrap Book speaks of him as 'Ingenious Ezekiel Da- boll'' and mentions many things that he invented and manufactured. He was also actlye in church work always at