News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-10-03
MOONLIGHT RAMBLES
Sketch No. 10 Pertaining to Old
Time HYDE Park Residents

WALDO BRIGHAM
Now let me see ; | have told you some
thing about George Waterman, so l have
decided to tell you something about the
man that was so near to him while liv-
iug-Waldo brigham. He was not born
in this town, nor did his folks live here,
but he passed the most useful part of his
life here. He came of Puritan ancestry.
He could trace his people back to Eng
land, from England to Cambridge,
Mass.-about 1854. He was born in
Bakersfield June 10. 1929, and was one
of large family. He was the youngest
of ten. Like all little boys of those days
he attended the district school and then
Brigham Academy and as he advanced
with his studies he was sent to the Uni
versity of Vermont He was great
scholar, just as he was great man. He
taught school a year before he studied
law, then he entered the office Of w. {.
Wilson in Bakersfield and after awhile he
made a change and came to5Hyde Park
and entered the office of John Childsand
Whitman Ferrn.
"You mean Fred's father?
The same. But hold on, let me finish.
He was admitted to the bar at the Nav
term, 1857. Shortly afterward he en-
tered the office of Homer E. Royce at
East Berkshire and practiced a few years.
He came back to Hyde Park in 1862 and
formed a partnership with Mr.. Water
man, which continued until Mr.. Water
man, on 'ccount OF i'll health, gave up the
law, partnership that continued over a
quarter OF century. 1t was firm
known far and near and there was not a
case of any account in all those years
that came into our county court that the
firm of Brigham & Waterman did not
have. In his old age he formed a partner
ship with Henry M. Mcfarland, his SON
in law, which continued three years. He
was broken in health; he had never spar
ed himself He had given his best to the
people of Lamoille county. And do you
know he was the man that got the rail.
road for us. 1t is his monument.
II remember once coming from Morris |
vile with my father when a little girl. |
We met Mr.. Brigham and they stopped
to talk. And say, did you know they
we're both Democrats? Well tn were
he good old-fashioned Simon-pure arti
lie, none of your wishy- washy stuff, but
he kind that hewed to the lii t every
ime. Well as was saying, they stopped
o talk, and finally Brigham sprung out
f his wagon and came and took fathers
and and pointing to the valley where
1as then the Cheney meadow said, am
DING to put a railroad through these
alleys; we need it and we must have it
nd hope you and l will live to see it.
hey shook hands and sure enough he
id it. But it was too much for him at
is age in life. He was the railroads first
yes, he was a Democrat. He could
ave had any office if the party was in
over. This state is Republican, as you
now. But he believed in the principles
the Democratic party and stuck to
hem. He was, however, sent to Mont
elier once or twice as a Representative,
nd he was delegate to the national
0nvention that named Horatio Seymour
,r President.
HE married in 1853, shortly after be-
lg admitted to the bar, Lucia Ellen. old
st daughter of Lucius H. Noyes. They
ad three children-all girls. Julia, the '
Idest, married Henry M. Mcfarland, and /
hey have two daughters and a son. I
larry married James Buckham, oldest I
On of Nj. H. Buckham, the long time /
resident of the U. V. NJ, and she has one {
On. Blanche, the youngest is the trust {
! help in the bank. Mary and Blanche
ad college education, graduating from
he U. V. M. Mr.. Brigham took an ac.
We interest in educational affairs of the
OWN, and he was long identified with
~ AhANiNoAS Va lhS l<dllOluG AtuLTdl L,
cademy of which he was for many
ears president of the trustees. We can
~ of him, another honorable man gone :
, his maker.
HENRY NJ. MCFARLAND
well now, we will pass on to a later n
,neration. As the "tonsorial artist, d
ould say, Next! So we will take up V
enry NJ. Mcfarland. Come along. | T
uld go back and tell you all about the Y
an McFarlanes who left the highlands e
Scotland over six hundred years ago. |,
hat is that You always heard he was I,
ish No, not quite. They were called II
bells and were driven out of Scotland. l.
art of the clan went to the north of Ire le
nd and they are called Scotch-Irish I,
lthan Mcfarland came to America in Fl
Is, landing in Boston. His son, Moses n
the great grandfather OIL %
snry NJ, was born in Londonderry, n. h,
d, Feb. 10, 1873. He died April Z, 1902. in
; was in two wars, the French-Indian d,
d the Revolution. He won the rank of b.