The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-02-28

ed and died in that community Rev
timothy Edwards was a remarkable
man, son of Hartford merchant, who
had the honor at Harvard college Of
taking his A. B. degree in the morn.
ling and receiving his A. M. degree
in the afternoon, the first instance in
the history of that institution, and
which has rarely been equalled; his
wife, also was an uncommon woman:
their family consisted of 10 girls and
one boy, Jonathan. The ten girls were
tall, all over six feet in height; and
their father used to humorously say
he had sixty feet of daughters! The
Youngest of these girls was Martha.
and according to the many stories
told me by the old people, she. must,
most decidedly, have been "charac-
ter: queer as some of those stories
since | have no doubt they are sub
stantially true, as l heard them many
times and the main features always
agreed.
|, Rev. Moses Tuthill same to the
pastorate of the congregation before
church was organized; and naturally
visited the family of the pastor OF the
First church in the town, he became
interested in the youngest daughter,
and after a while asked her father to
have Martha for a wife; Rev. Timothy
ia reported to have been plain spoken,
and frankly told Mr. Tuuhill that his
daughter was peculiar" and doubted
his wisdom in marrying her; it is said
that Mr.. Tuthill's heart was so much
engaged that he argued with the
father, and said: "But. Mr.. Edwards,
you believe your daughter to be a
l,Christian, don't your" The story goes
that the father replied: "Yes, Mr..
.Tuthill, but the grace of God can
dwell where you and can't" Mr..
ETuthill married the girl and took her
to the east parish; the story Mrs
kHawkes told at the church the other
night is as follows: "In the course of
time Mr.. Tuthill had ministers
Injecting appointed for his home, and
in telling his wife about it, told her
a regular dinner was not necessary;
lust light refreshments would do. She
said, Just light refreshmentsr Yes
Mr.. Tuthill's answered, just light re-
'freshments.' So the day came, the
meeting was held, and at lunch time
the dining room door was thrown
open and the "brethern" invited out,
when they found long table spread
with its white cloth, but instead OF
plates and other table furnishings and
. food, there was lighted candle at
each place; and Mrs. Martha quietly
said: Gentlemen, my husband told
me all that was required was some
light refreshments, here they are!
/ Reports say that after few moments
!. she removed the candles and supplied
the minister with proper food"
1t is printed in the history of the
church that at another time Mr.. Tut.
hill did not appear in the pulpit at thu
regular time, and after waiting quite
while the deacons went to Mrs. Tut
hill who was present and asked hel
where the pastor was. She replied
that she had remained at home ane
cared for the children long enough
| she had told him it was now his turn
and had come away, taking care t.
lock the door! Two of her daughter
: lived and died in the place, and man!
of my older people remembered then
we'll for their perculiar traits.
:. 1t is one of the strange facts o
: history that her sanity brother iona
'. than, who had most sanity Wit
also, had SON, Pertinent, who wa
9 a BLACK sheep" and Aaron Burr, vic
president of the United States, wa
his grandson, blacker sheep thai
his uncle, Pertinent. How do yol
;. account for it? From Timothy Ed
= wards, able, devoted and respected
v came first his cratic daughter, Mar
tina; in the next generation, but no
the son of Martha, but of the trul
great Jonathan, was his son, an i'm
y moral man; and in the next genera
4 alton, but not the son of Perrimont
=, but of Johathan's daughter, Esther
wife of Rev. Aaron Burr, president @
princeton college, came their sor
Aaron, the facinating gentleman, bu
r. the libertine and political schemes
one each in three generations; but NO
in lineal descent in either of the thre
generations. With many other
have puzzled over the problem; BIT
II having large acquaintance in the tow
delved into the records, and frol
y one of the Edwards family descend
n ants | discovered that Rev. Timoth
Edwards mother. Jonathan Edward
grandmother, and two of her sister
=, would probably, at the present day, b
:" adjudged insane; and there you hav
le following, the principle OF heredit,
It unto the third and fourth .gener;
If ton" The good predominating. b,
now and then in an individual de!
cendant, the GOOD strangely mike
with the stronger evil, as in the pei
d son of Aaron Burr.
" Mr.. Hawkes. saws he discovered tn
= solution of what has been a gre;
+" mvste-" to many reople, in foo
IS note in small tv~~ in book on I'll
Edwards family, written by one (
the family descendants, with verifyin
references to the Connecticut coloni'
e records for proof. That seems
IS settle IT. 49, We thank N
st Hawkes. for these interesting storie
IS OBSERVER.