Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-16

of her daughter, Mrs. r. M. Allbee,
with whom she lives. Mrs. Morse is
in feeble health and because of the
fact no special Observance of the day
was made. A family dinner was served
at noon, and many friends and neigh
bors called to extend congratulations.
Those who were guests at dinner
were Mrs. Morsc's daughter and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren
Mark Allbce, Park Holland and daugh-
ter, Doris, of Townsherd, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. NJ. Martin of Northampton, Mass,
Dummerston, Mrs. Mary Ann Allen
ana Mrs. Mary Clisbee of Brattleboro.
Mrs. Morse was unusually we'll that
day. She was presented several gifts
and an abundance of flowers, some com
ing from afar. Among them was a
beautiful bouquet from the Sunshine
society and one from Brattleboro chap
ter, Daughters of the American Revo
luton.
During the past year Mrs. Morse
has been in poor health. She is able to
be dressed and about her room nearly
every day. although some days she
does not arise until after dinner.
She was born June IA, 1916 in this
town on the farm now owned by Nor
ris Il. Chamberlain on the Sunset lake
road, the youngest of IL children of
James and Roxana (Sargeant) Mich
OILS. They were married July IL, 1871.
She had six sisters and four brothers,
all of whom lived to be over 90 yeas
of age, and her patterned graadfatheiyJ
James Nichols, ST., died at the; age of
90 years. She attended the school of
district No. 10. The schoolhouse was
burned some 80 years ago, and the
present one was built on the same site.
She was baptized in the First Congre-
gational church i'll West Brattleboro
in her girlhood and was regular at
tendant at the services aad Sunday
school until she was II years old when
Methodist church was built on Dunn
merston hill. She then attended wor-
ship there as it was so much nearer
her home. The pastor of that church
was Priest Hodges. Legal records
were not made of the church and it
was finally sold to individual parties
who tore it down 40 years ago. About
that period a large schoolhouse was
burned on "thc hill' which stood at
thceiunction of the main road to Sun
set lake and the road leading to the
George Washer farm.
The marriage of Eliza Sargent
Nichols and Henry Morse took place
Dee. 6, 1888, in the house where she
was born. Rev Zedekiah Stark, pas
tor Of the First Congregational church
Qiliciated and they were attended by
William Brown and Roxana Stockwel
both of whom have been dead many
years. Mrs. Morse made her own we'd
ding cake which she baked in a ten
quart pan. Her wedding dress was
brown silk and she still has it in her
possession. Mr.. and Mrs. Morse went
directly to his homo on Dummcrston
hill, which was their home until his
death, Nov. %, 1879. They built the
house which now stands il 1868. 1t |
is one of the best houses on the hill. !
They had six children, three of whom
are living, j. Stanford Morse and |
Eliza A., wife of II. NJ. Allbee, both |
Of West Brattleboro, and Love, wife,
of Charles Warren of Fairlee. After
the death of her husband she kept |
house for her son, the late Francis II |
Morse, at the homestead until six |
years ago when she came to West |
Brattleboro village to make her home
with Mrs. Allbee. Throughout her
life on the farm she cared for a large |
dairy and continued to make butter
until she was in her DIST year. At the
age of 10 years she made her first |
cheese Her mother told her she |
might have the money for it if she |
could sell it, whereupon she and oIe
of her sisters went to Chesterfield, n. |
H., on horseback to n store where she |
exchanged her cheese for six cups and |
saucers. She has always kept the sad |
die which she used at that time and |
for many years afterwards.
AT the age of II years Mrs Morse
went to Boston for the first time to
visit sister. She made the trip in |
stage coaches and was two DAYS on the |
way. The route was via Keene, n. II. |
On her return she stayed over night |
at the old American house, paying
10 IL cents for her lodging after tel
ling the proprietor, Capt. Chase that |
20 cents, his regular price, WAS too
much. AT the time when she attended |
church in West Brattleboro there were
only FIVE houses in that village. They
were the Glen House, which stood
where the Melrose hospital now
stands; Samuel Clark IS residence. now
owned by Miss Susan Il. Clark; the
Hayes homestead; the Rockwell place,
now owned by II. C. Squires and the
brick house then owned by Jeremiah
Beals, which is her present home. She
recalls distinctly when the brick