Connecticut western news., 1911-01-19
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Abigail Porter they had one son, Elihu Donalds. Lydia Donalds married Stephen Langdon and was the mother of Ezra, Ira and Ann Langdon. Ann Donalds never married. She was famil- iarly known IS Aunt Ann. She always lived on the old place and died there not many years ago.
 James Partridge had 8 large family but they were so much older than that do not remember the daughters names. The sons were William, Stephen and John Partridge. One of the daughters was the wife of Moses Benedict. As have said, my fathers family consisted of nine children. My three older bro- thers went to Iowa in the early fifties i; Sanford, the oldest lived and died a bachelor, dying last April, aged 8S. My second brother Manning, of whom have spoken died in January 1908, aged 84. My third brother, Moves, died in December, 1868, aged s8, leaving three daughters, one of whom, Belle Stevens, was drowned in the DesMoines River, while trying to cross on the ice one of the others is now Mrs. Amelia HornunK, who has family of six children the other is Mrs. Emeline Bird, with fam fly of four children. My two sisters and youngest brother went to Iowa I think In the fall of 1861. My oldest sister is now Mrs. Elvira Hathaway and has one daughter. Miss Nettie Hathaway, and is 82 years of age. My youngest sister died in January 1864, aged 38. My fourth brother, who came between my older sister and myself died at the age of every one knows, is now living on the old place at Canaan Valley. My young est brother, John Stevens, whose wife was Mary SpauhnR, of North Norfolk, is now living at Atlantic. Iowa, and I think is 70 years of age.
 Harmon Rockwell had family of six children, the oldest Auren Rockwell, who married Mary Benedict; Lyman, Horace, Emily, who died quite young, and Helen and Hattie Rockwell. Ed ward Rockwell had family of three children, namely Miles, Seymour and Mary Rockwell. Mary Rockwell be- came the wife of Charles Smith and was mother of Miss May Smith of this will lage. Alexander Roraback had no children.
 have already spoken of the Langdon family in connection with the Donalds family. The place occupied by Uncle Edward and Aunt Betsey Stevens was later occupied by Roswell Day, who had family of seven children, pamely Eliza, Mary, who married Thomas Richards, who wrote letters for The News from New Jersey few years ago. Jane who was the wife of Jay Underwood and Maria, Owen, Harrison and John Day. The children of Palmer Stevens were Ichabod, who married Susan Stevens who is still living and was ninety years old the second of this January; Smith Stevens who married Eliza Day, and Mary Stevens who married Hiram Bart lett. whose son is now living on the old Farmer stevens place.
 will not occupy space to tell of sew eral families who occupied some of these old places later, but will speak of two that I can but vaguely remember. one by the name of Sheffield, who lived in 8 house on the College, so-called. a short distance from the Lewis place. l re. member only two of them, one named Hiram Sheffield who was the father of Mrs. Salmon Barlow, and sister whom l will mention later. The other family named Hines, the father known as "old Doctor Hines, ." who had several children. I do not remember the names of the daughters, but the sons were named Hall. Joel and Bennett Hines. Hall Hines wife was 8 sister of Hiram Shef. field and at one time lived on the Shelf field place, and I think the wife died there. They had six children named Andrew, Henry, Abel, Minerva, Alvira and Lency. The latter is now Mrs. Hiram Robey, of East Canaan and just here I call to mnd another man whose l l ''old rounder," great cider beggar aud thinker. who my father used to say h. thought would get outside pitcher of cider little quicker than it could be nptied by turning the pitcher up side down.
 And now I will correct tw) errors made in my first letter. First tho Web ster place between the times It was oc- cupied by Beardsley and We Jster was occupied by Uncle John and Aunt Hitty Emmons, Ann Emmons became the wife of Everardus Ives, and is the mother of Henry B. Ives, of this village, and of Mrs. 0. K. Goodwin. of E lst Ga. naan, and is now living with her daugh. ter at the ripe old age of 80 years. SAc- ond, Hiram Bartlett is the grandson of