Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-18
HISTORY OF COUNTY
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to have been the wife of Mr. Joseph
w. Morse, who died in 1870.
A very itelligent lady, If remark
ably tenacious memory, who still re-
tains vivid recollection of the early
events of the town, writes as follows:
According to the best of my re-
collection, Mr.. Joseph Ball told me
that he moved into town in the
spring of 1888, with his wife; and
that his first child was born June,
1873, and also that Amasa and
Joseph Morse, and one other family,
whose names have forgotten, came
in the same year a little before him;
but when winter came and the
weather was severe, all those families
went over into Littleton, N. H., and
stayed through the coolest of the
weather, and then returned, while
he and his wife staid all winter in
their shanty made of crotches stuck
in the ground for posts. The wife
of Joseph Morse, whose maiden
name was Annis Burnett, was the
first person known to have died in
town..
In a paper entitled early Rem
iniscences," the same lady says:
1.-TWO young men by the names of
Moses Gleason and Daniel Gregory,
of Westboro, Mass, came to Concord
in the year 1889 and commenced
there a settlement. Daniel Gregory
began the farm that Chauncey Hill
now lives on. He built camp and
cooked his board, with the exception
of his bread, which he had baked in
Littleton, some seven miles distant
where he went once week, being
guided only by the aid Of marked
trees. There were no roads, it being
truly "a bowling wilderness" Mr. !.
Jonathan Lewis settled on lot near
his, little before him. He chopped
and cleared few acres and staid
alone in his camp. Moses Gleason,
his relative by marriage, began the
farm where Charles F. Gregory now
lives, and chopped and cleared several
acres. In the fall both started to re-
turn to Massachusetts, to stay
through the winter. Young Gleason
said he did not like this northern
region, and he should go South. He
started with that intent, but his
friends have never heard from him
from that day to this. Daniel
Gregory and his father-in-law came
up to Concord and looked over both
lots, and the old gentleman advised
him to take the one on the Connec IT,
cut that his son had begun. He did
so, and built a small house into which
he moved his family the next year
and spent his days there. The place
is now owned by his son Charles F.
Gregory, Esq. A young man by the
name of Andrew Scott, from Scott
land, came into town not far from
the same time, and commenced a
settlement on the farm now owned
by William Buck, adjoining Daniel
, Gregory's and built himself house
by the side of an enormous great
rock which he had for the back of
: his chimney. He cleared up his farm
and lived alone many years. The old
, people all agreed in opinion, many
, years ago, that he was a very good
, man, and benevolent; and that he
had very thorough knowledge OF
the Bible.-One Of the old ladies tOlC
me he knew more of the Bible thar
all the other settlers put together
He was firm Presbyterian. AS an
+. instance of his goodness | will
r mention the following incident; A
poor family by the name of Hoyt
had moved into town. They wert
Y very poor indeed-they had severa
| children, and the hardships of the
wilderness proved too great for tn,
5 mother, and she sickened. Mr.. Scot
took them in. She had to be carried
| five or six miles, through the woods
r On bier, on mems shoulders; an,
died at Mr.. SCOTS after lingeri n,
several months. The old gentlema
e said, when he told the story, 81 lie
them have grain, potatoes, and meat
t to keep them from starving-fo
1 they had nothing-never expectin,
t to get any pay; nor did ever | gre
any," The old gentleman was un
e fortunate after that; | believe he
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