Connecticut western news., 1911-06-01
STEVENS STORY (Continued from First Page.)


 their son in New Jersey. where they died some years sincs, both being over 90 years old.
 Next is the Congregational parsonage, which has been occupied most of the time by the different ministers who have preached there. will say more of them when I speak of the church. I remem- Der it was occu pied at one time by Gil bert Richardson, carpenter and builder He also conducted the Daboll shop. It Isaac Beebe. Across the way from the parsonage was the Dunning store con- ducted by Hawley and Lyman Dunning and later by Lyman Cunning and still later until few years ago by George s. Dunning. Next was the house Of Gap tain Edmund Cunning whose wife was Hannah Hawley. Their children were Hawley, Rufus, Theney, Betsey and Laura Cunning, Hawley married Sally Porter. Their children were Lyman and Ellen Dunning. Ellen was the wife of Jerome Holcomb. Lyman married Belle Holcomb.< Their children were Celia, Ellen, Belle and George Dum.ing. Celia dled when young. Ellen married Dr. Church. Belle is the wife of Rals- ton O. Ware. George as I have already said married Minnie Clark. Mrs. Ly- man Dnnningf tells me that Hawley Cunning and hls son Lyman were born and always lived in this house, and they both died there. It is now owned by Henry Prescott. My thoughts are on the older houses and inhabitants and in passing I failed to mention the new house between this place and the par sonage, recently built and occupied by George s. Dunning, also the village hall built not many years ago, opposite the Adam store. Next is the house formerly owned by Dea. Ruluf DunniEg, whose wife was Raxanna Fellows. Their chil- dren were Mary, Hannah, Joseph, Henry, Jay, Amos and Benjamin Cunning. AS I have already said Mary was the second wife of Leonard Lawrence. Hannah was the wife of Leander Barrett. They had one daughter Frances Barrett. I know nothing of the history of the sons. This house was later owned for many years by Patrick Monahan. do not know who owns it at the present time.
 In going on we pass three houses re- cently built. and come to the house of Silas Franklin, whose wife was Rachel Fellows. Their children were Charles, John, Homer, Mary, Flava, and Fanny Franklin. AS I have already said Charles married Jane Lawrence. John married Betsey Lawrence. Mary was the wife of Phelps Day. Flava was the wife of Serene Gillette and Fanny mar ried Dr. Ulesson. The first occupant of | the next house, that l remember, was James Briggs. His children were Mary, also had man in his family named l Daniel Hill who think lived with him until his death. This house was later owned by different parties. It is now owned by Alvin Bartlett. The next house was owned by Lyman Lawrence, whose wife was Betsey White. Their children were Elizabeth and Augusta Lawrence. This house was later owned and occupied by George Lawrence with his aunt Lucy Payne. George married Laura Leavenworth, and their children were Edward. Chloe and Lucy Law renee. This place was later bought by Hiram Robey and is now occupied by his son, Smith Robey..
 Next was the Stevens and Andrus store conducted by Nathaniel Stevens and Seth Andrus. I do not know how long they continued the store. The building was afterward used for school purposes and as tenements. It was finally taken down and some of the tim bers may have been used by Daniel R. Spaulding in constructing the building now occupied by o. T. Vosburgh.
 On the opposite side of the road is a house built by Seth Andrus. I am told that he expected to take bride into this house but found "there is many a slip 'twixt the cup the cup and the lip," and he was disappointed and did not occupy the house and never married, but lived and died bachelor. This house was later owned by Seth Stevens, whose wife Eunice Monson. Their children were Esther, George and Ellen Stevens. George died when ayoung man. Esther . married Mariner Rood, who died, leav- ing her a widow. She afterward mar ried a brother Wilbur Rood, who also died. She had one daughter, Fannie Rood. After some years she became the second wife of Lyman Dunning, who also died leaving her a third time a widow. She is now living in this village at the ripe old age of s4 years, in full possession of all her faculties, with a remarkable memory in regard to persons and Darnas and has yiven me much iu-