Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
NORTON'S SHOOTING tContinued from First Page.)

On0 or Gu0 DeSC pdSEOulAcu lLoboAS III tulS vicinity until after the O. N. B. R. R. was built. Since being conducted as hotel it has been rented to different tenants. It is now owned by Frauk Miller.
 Leaving this place aud going north we come to wagon and blacksmith shop owned by Lyman Smith, where he car ried on wagon making until his 6eath. The blaoksmithing was done by different persons, for some time by William Ans tin. Directly across the way from this shop is the chapel which was built sev- eral years ago by subscriptions fir )m peo- pie of the different denominations, where they have weekly services Sunday after noon, conducted mostly by the Congre- gational ministers from Canaan and East Canaan and by Rev. MT. Tinktr r who lives at Clayton.
 A little farther on we come to the house owned by Jonathan Clark cClark') Stevens, whose wife was Roxy Dunham. They had nine children, namely Ensign, William, Asahel, Dennis, Henry, Edward, Almira, Laura and Roxy Stevens. Ensign never married. He is spoken of in the Canaan Scrap Book" as running the stage route from Canaan to Winsted for many years. William married Martha Williams. l think he had two daughters. Asahel married woman in Sheffield and think lived and died there. Ido not know the name of Dennis's wife. He was a sue cessful carpenter. His sister Roxy tells me he is now living in North Dakota. Henry married Antoinetse Stevens, daughter of Nathaniel Stevens. He was noted carpenter and builder and was for many years employed by the Barnum Richardson Go. and is now @ successful farmer and a prominent Granger and is we'll known and much respected. He has one son, N. 5. Stevens. Edward was known as a successful hotel keeper and died a few years since. He had two children, Harry and Martha Stevens. Neither of the daughters ever married. The two older ones died several years ago. Roxy is now living with Mrs. Hattie Peet in this village. This Stevens house was later owned by Miles Miner also by Robert Taft. It now belongs to the clay-bed property and is occupied by MT. Tinker. Directly across the way is house built by Roscoe Taft who oc-- cupied it for some years. It is now owned and occupied by Luther Linsey, The first occupant of the next house, that I remember, was. Hiram Hart; af- terward by others, and last by George Mcintyre, until it was burned. Next is the East Sheffield school house standing in the fork of the roads leading to South field and to Konkapot, on both these roads are several houses belonging to the Clayton property that will pass by.
 will speak of only one house on the Konkapot road, the first occupant that remember, and 1 think he was the builder, was Linus San ford, father of William, Fred and Bert Sanford, also Jane. Julia. Janette and Minnie San ford. This house was afterward oocu- / pied by Nelson and Orrin Hadsell and by Frank Bailey, and is now owned by Daniel Miller. Going from the school house on the Southfeld road we come to the Stephen ("Steve"O Stevens house. The first occupant of this house that I remember was Mrs. Mary Sumner. daughter of Steve Stevens and sister of Clark Stevens. Later this place was let or rented to different parties. In the hate )rties it was occupied by the late John Roraback, father of Judge AT. and J. Henry Rora5ack, also of Sarah, Eliz- abeth and Ida Roraback. Many Of The News readers will recall how shocked and saddened we all were at the news of the tragic death of Miss Ida and her father few years ago. The Judge tells tells me that this'is the place where he was born, think ill 1849. Still later the house was occupied by Stephen Sar- dam and Harry Davis and for twenty years until five or six years ago by Daniel Miller.
 Proceeding farther we pass house belonging to the Clay company and came next to the house of Gershom Fitch, whose wife WAS the sister of Asahel Rood. They had four children namely, Ann, Mary, Florence and Rob- ert Fitch. Mary never married Ann was the wife of Henry Dresser Flor. ence is the wife of Edward Cook and they have three children, Joseph, Mary and Edward Cook. Robert married Emma Emmons, daughter of Burton Emmons.
 NIT. Fitch was very intelligent, wei
 infomed man and a good speaker. heard him on one or more occasions al political meetings and his speaking was , always to the point. He was Quake, and 1 have frequently seen him il Quaker meetings, where they never speak unless the Spirit moves them. have been ill their meeting three time . ! in han +Loro 1xyao not a .--z-I