Connecticut western news., 1911-03-23
.DIGNIF|ED ADONIRAM
NElGHBORS ENVIED HIS
 STATELY CARRIAGE
Interesting Characters Recalled BY Deacon, Stevens in His Reminis- sences of BYgone Days-SOmething About Preacher Harry Doty.
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 (BY H. B. sTEvKNs)
 Coming back to the Steve Stevens house we turn easterly. and across the Konkapot river,w we pass another belong ing to the Clay company. Going on up the hill we pass tenant house and come to the house of Uncle Jonathan Prescott who was also a Quaker. He had four children, Wesley, Darwin, Cobb and Maria Prescott, Wesley married Alb igail Kellogg Darwin married Amy Wetherin and Maria married Virgil Bishop. I do not know who owns this place at present.
 We will now come rack to the Denl- ing place and go towards Canaan. First we come to house occupied by George Stanard, who had large family. I can not give their history but can give most if not all their names. They were Caro- line, George, Egbert, Delaney, Arling- ton, Phoebe, Mary Julia and Levi Stan ard. This house was later occupied by by Adoniram Sardam, who had three sons, William, Stephen and Lorrnzo Sardam. William marrled cousin named Sardam, who died leaving two daughters. After her death he married Mary Howe. They had one son, who died when a few years old. Stephen married Ann Porter. They had two or three children. Lorenzo married Eliza Stoddard. They had two or moro daugh- ters.
 remember Adoniram as tall man, should say about feet 4, who used to wear white stovepipe hat about the shape of the one that Uncle Sam is always pictured as wearing, which made him look much taller, always having pipe in his mouth. which had worn a place in his teeth to fit the stem of dig nified carriage. with peculiar swing of the arms, always turning the palms of the hands backward. I recall standing with several others one of whom was Cornish Rood. in front of the store and hotel aud seeing Sardam start off across the flat toward his house, some fifty rods distant. When he was about half way and had got into full swing Cornish ex- claimed II would give thousand dol lars if I could support as much dignity as that" am reminded here of three colored men whom I frequently saw when at the store and postoffice. One was named Worthy Addison, who lived with Squire Deming. am sure he was true to his name, as the Squire trusted him to carry on his farm and to do mhi y, other things. Another was Harmon ("Harm'') Cooley, who used to imbib, @ little too freely. sometimes, which made him feel that he was quite man remember seeing him at & gathering, perhaps a raising, when he was pretty we'll starohed up and felt pretty strong and insisted on finding out who was the best man in the crowd. when Uncle ,am Emmons said. II think it is Harm Cooley" which seemed to take the starch out of him and he made up his mind that it was so and seemed satisfied. The other was James (Jim'O Benton, pure blood, who traded wives with a white man named Jaqua and got a white woman with whom he lived until death. After his death she married or lived with Mott Frazier and was the mother of Al. and Leon Frazier.
 We now proceed and come to the home of Widow Ferguson whose children were Samuel, Harry, Caroline aud William Fer guson. There was also one daughter Jane Ferguson who died when young woman. Samuel died in the south, leav-
 ing three children, William, of Bridge port Mrs. Madeline Proper, of Now York State and Alvin. Harry died when young man. Caroline, as l have said before. was the wife of Judge Gran ger. William married Lura Rood Their children were Ida, Irving, Sarah, Mary and Harry Ferguson. Ida. is the wife of Frank Partridge; Irving married Emma Abbott Harry's wife was Jennie Violin Sarah and Mary are unmarried and live with their father in this village. I have always known William Ferguson but I was not much acquainted with him until he came to this village to live, ten years ago. and will say esteem him as one of the most intelligent best inc formed, most entertaining and genial old gentlemen have ever met, and he can entertain one by relating many incidents and events in his life that are very in. teresting. have spent many pleasant hours in his company in the last few years This house was later occupied by Adoniram Sardam and afterW ard torn down and n new one built near or nn thn snrnn nrnnisns hv Henry Runnnn