Evening journal., 1913-07-25
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Famous Birthplace Of
Governors
By aOnsn&


One afternoon in the summer OF
1875 the late Judge Learned Hebard
invited me to take a drive with him
SO that he might point out TO me
various points Of interest in the his
toric town of Lebanon. Conn.
Hcbard was for many years judge Of
probate for that town, and he was the
administrator upon the estate Of
Jonathan Trumbull. the younger,
who was at one time governor OF
Connecticut.
He took great interest in the his
tory of the little farming town In
eastern Connecticut His own home
was almost exactly opposite the war
office Al Lebanon now famous as
the meeting place on several occa-
sions OF George Washington and
that Governor Trumbul whom
Washington used to call Brother
Jonathan"
As VIC rode by the green. Judge
Hebard pointed out 10 me an eX-
cavation around which were some
scattered bricks. He said THAT
was the oven in which was baked
the bread for the legion Of the Count
De Luzan, which WAS encamped upon
this green during the Revolutionary
War. II was legion OF French
soldiers sent al tho request OF La.
fayette to aid the Continental army
That war office you see yonder Is
IN almost the identical condition 4
was AZ the time of the Revolution
airy War and was the hcadquarteri
Of Jonathan Trumhull Governor o
the state
"All these things are of histori'
/ interest Judge Hebard continued
'hut there is another fact associate,
with the history OF this little tow
Of which the public has no knowl
| edge You have doubtless oftei
heard Virginia called the Mother G
] Presidents
'Wcl. this little town of Lebanon
should ! believe properly be callc'
the Mother of Governors. am abl
to Identify the birthplace Of four O
the sia governors of States Of tn
/ Uuon born here. but have born un
able 20 locate accurately the birth
place ~ two.
There were three governors o
Connecticut born in this town tn
first of whom was Governor Ionatha
i Trumhnl and there were two other
later Than he who were near kin Z
him Their birthplace. 7 can identify
! lewish = co1ida identity the birthpac
of Nelson Dewey have had tW
CIR three farmhouses pointed out TO m
4 as tho ancestral home 0f Governo
Dcwcy'e family. don't know whic
IS to he accepted as. the right one
4 He rass the first governor NJ th
state ~ Wisconsin. and II is hcyon
q question that he was born in thi
town. although his family move
aWav when he was young
H"Honry g. Baldwin. ,,e->tnor Z
Michigan and United States Senate
4 was. have hoen' assured. horn
i lebanon but his family moved ava
when he Was very Young
N 1"Samuol =. Tilden. now governor
Nov York. was horn IN New Yor
/ bni hisr family went' from behanc
only a short time before Tilden
birth g. r,s frs.Nn
s"wniiam A. buckingham. the gre
war Governor Of Connecticut. WI
II Vas afterNard United Statesi Senate
was born in this TOWN
"f should like to sec monumel
erected upon The village green bea
ing the legend This Town Was n
Mother NJ Five Governors and the
The names of these governors II
a acribcd beneath n may he that ~
Of tho big cities. like Boston or Ne
York. is the birthplace Of great
number Of governors. but 7 am su
This record cannot he matched by ~
other little town Of 1900 inhal
tants"
Copyright 1919. by p. 7 Edward
All rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will n
"Whcn Lincoln Believed That q
End Justified tho Means"