Connecticut western news., 1911-05-11
STEVENS STORY
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 lette. Their children were Harriet, Joseph. Irene, Julia. Edward, Abby and Ovid Gillette. Charles Adam had cue son also named Charles. After MT. Lawrences death this place was bought by Edward Hunt, who sold 1t to Chester Deming whose wife was Ellen Wood ruff. Their children were Howard, Wilbur, Minnie and John Deming While MT. Deming owned the place the old house was burned down and he built a new one on the old site which he oc. cupied until his death Itis now owned by his daughter Minnie, who is the wife of Frederick Gillette, and is occupied by Frank Snyder.
 We come next to the house owned by Almerin Gillette, brother of Serene Gil lette. Almerin Gillette's wife was Eliza Pomeroy. Their children were Mary, Charles, Sarah and Frederick Gillette. Mary never married. have already spoken of Charles and his fam fly. Sarah became the wife of Edward Smith. They had one son. Edward Smith of this village. Frederick as I have already said, married Minnie Dem ing. I am told that this place was bought in 1906 by Jonathan Gillette. father of Serepo and Almerin Gillette, and that he had another son also named Jonathan, who was the father of Henry Gillette, oity missionary of Hartford, and grandfather of Rev. E. 0. Gillette, pastor of Pilgrim church in this village, This placeis is now owned and conducted by Frederick Gillette with his nephew, Almerin Gillette, as an able assistant.
 have already spoken of that part of Church street lying north of the railroad crossing. Going over the track we come to house near the railroad, built by the late Salmon Barlow and occupied by him until he moved to his new house on Bar low street And just here cannot re- frain from saying a word about MT. Barlow, as have known him since he was six years old, when after his fa- ther's death, he went to live with his i grandfather, for whom he was named, who was an eccentric and suspecting old gentleman who had no toy of his own (his boys were all girls) and noT calculated to tram a boy to be agreeable and happy. We all have our peouliari ties and some of them may be very dis agreeable to others and we not be aware of it, or If aware of it may not know how to make ourselves less disagreeable aud it Is unfair not to consider these peculiarities in our intercourse with others, MT. Barlow had his peculiari- ties but he WAS not all bad, as some would represent him. I was associated with him in all his school life and lived near neighbor to him in East Canaan for several years and in this village since 1881, and have always found him to be a good nsighbor. accommodating and willing to be helpful in many ways, and I think he would have proved so to others if hs had always been accorded considerate treatment according to his training and mental make up. He was we'll informed, being great reader, and had visited more than half the states, had been to Cuba and was very inter. esting person to converse with. think he deserves good deal of credit for the manner i'll which he improved, laid out and disposed of much of his real estate, which is now occupied by sixteen houses.
 A short distance south is house owned and occupied by Mrs. Cora Adams and her daughter Frances, Mrs. Mrs. Anselmo Molando. On the op. posite side of the road is another house, formerly owned by Wolcott Adams. 1t is now occupied by his grandson, K. W. Adams, who is the son of Mrs. Cora Adams. All the houess not mentioned on the Barlow property. and on this street as far as Paul's bridge, have been recently built.
 Going on across the Black berry river we pass a house which was moved from a site little farther on. where it was formerly owned by Charles Paul, who had six children. They were Walter. Charles, William, Thomas, Jennie ana Eliza Paul. This place is now owned by 0. E Badgley, Still farther on, half way up the little hill, Is n neat ht,i, house of Patrick Egan who has two son, {, John aud Thomas Egan. A short dis tance farther ,on is a house formerly owned by Oliver and Sartial Foot, who had one sister. Alehne R,",t. Mrs. Root became the wife of Marlin Hol- comb. They had two children Jerome and Belle Holconlb. This place was sold many years ago to James Root, who much improved the buildings, James Roots wife was Rhoda Phillips. They had two children Olive and Eugene Root. Olive married Dwight West. They live in Michigan. Eugene mar rice Florence Btiley. They had one son, Lester Root. who married Bertha d.. .Igl