The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-02-15

d. r. Bowen now owns. built new
house. bArns, etc. and sold TO his
sons y. =. and A. n. who IL now
AZ San Jose, Cali. A. Bowen died
st Manchester several years ago.
I ElnlnA s. Mason Of Rutland and A.
l.. Bowen or South Dorset are the
other children, They are hardy
long lived race.
The Clifford farm. where B- p,
Bowen lives, was first settled by
The Gifforts. and an old sugar or
I chArd near The house was left and
although Il has been constantly tap.
ped for over 100 years IL in good
shape yet. The old house was
made OF hewed hemlock logs The
blocks we're two feet Wide and ten
inches thick set up edgewise and
locked together at the corners With
loop holes for shooting Indians. !
helped tear down that house 60
years ago. There WIS large fami-
~ OF the Giffords but they are all
gone. c. L. clifford, who lives on
the Rodgers farm Ia the last here,
aud be has no children, having lost
his only daughter several years
ago.
Robert Edgerton married Naba
Bowen and lived In what IL now
Freedleyvile. He had large fam
lly OF children but they are all
dead save Mary Edgerton OF Ben
nington, Vt. Geo. Edgerton OF Dor
set and ". d. Edgerton Of Manches-
ter are his grandsons Hiram, Brad
ford and Charles went TO the war,
Peleg was a merchant at East Dor
set. and Manora, Anna and Mary
never married. There are few Ed
gertons left.
Patrick BTophy came TO +. Dorset
set soon after the war Of 1872. he
having been a British soldier and
escaped into Vermont and always
lived here lie married an Albee,
enc Of a family now extinct here,
raised quite family who scattered.
II. a. Brophy OF East Dorset. !
think, is the only child left. Alon-
10 died few years ago and some
of tue Others went west, There
are several Of the younger Drophy's
"a this vicinity
Hiram Farnum settled near Freed
leyville 20 years ago. He run the
Ames saw mill 60 years ago. Hell
Lad small family and they are all
dead. the last to go being Dexter.
who was the Oldest engineer on this
railroad and lived In Bennington.
here are few OF the Farnum's
scattered around but none in Dor
set
VIM. Beebe settled on the farm
now owned by j. NJ. Beebe. lie mar
fied one Of the Clifford girls and
raised quite A family. w. II. Beebe |
was his son and for many years lly-
I'd on the old place. Years ago lie
moved to North Dorset onto the
Austin Ladd place. and be and his
wife. who was one OF Truman Try
ems girls. died there. Mrs. Bates
OF Connecticut, J. NJ, of East Dor
set and W. G.. OF Manchester, sur
vlve them.
Daniel Reynolds. who married
peleg Bowen's oldest girl Polly, liv-
cd all over East Dorset and always
dug a good well wherever he own
cd a place. He had son Ben who |
married Harriet Andrews. He lived
near Freedleyyille. after the rail-
road was built so years ago he
sold out TO the Giffords and went |
west.
Marvin Fox. who married one OF
the Andrews girls, lived wheI J. NJ.
Deebe now lives, He had quite
family but sold out GO years ago
and went out near Chicago. III. He
could have bought all Chicago for
a song, but did not.
Ben Lincoln owned farm near
the Wheeler mill so years ago. sold
out aud went west
Jim Curtis owned part OF the
Beebe farm 60 years ago. He went
west.
Ito BE Continued.