News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
MOONLIGHT RAMBLES
Sketch No. II Pertaining to Old
Time Hyde Park Residents


"Well, if that is not some walk. What
am saying Oh. what lovely view
we have OF the valley thought it
sounded like that. but you are right.
"Well, rested? Come on. Here to the
right is the graveyard. told you before
who gave it TO the town. Yes, some fine
stones and monuments. A great many
of our oldest families are represented
there.
Come on a ways. How about this
place, anything you ever see No, think
l have forgotten. Well, l will tell you.
| Noah Boynton went to the Civil War
and left his family here until after the
war closed. then came home, broken in
health, and his son, Al, had the place.
He stayed few years and sold and they
moved to Wolcott. All was an Assitan t
Judge four years and died in M orrisville
few years ago. Another son, L. O., now
lives in Craflsbury. Who lives there now?
young man by the name of Glenn
Clapper. The Clappers came TO Hyde
Park from St. Rock. That is a small
place in Fairfield.
"Well, come on. Here we are at the
next place. | guess | can't remember a
thing about this. Well, l can help you
out little. He that was called Uncle
Charley Hyde bought the land from Rob-
n ~Ia11 o,,J ,,,+ tho f,,;IIi,,nc
After a little Charles Isham bought it.
They had three children, one son, Henry,
who went to the Civil War and died
there, girl who died quite young, and
Wilie-you will remember him. don't
think there was ever another man in
Northern Vermont who handled so many
turkeys as Will Isham. Going to Canada
and bringing them here each fall and
with what he could gather in from the
farmers and raise, there was no larger
shipper of the birds to Boston for years.
He was no mean cook, also. He has
cooked in the hotel at Hyde Park and in
large lumber camps and later he went
into the honey business. He has great
many swarms and a nice bee house for
storing in winter. He married Addie
Jewett-had two daughters. Lucy mar
ried a Mr.. Morey. She is resting with
her mother who died when very young
woman. The other daughter is in Maine
Yes, he has sold his place here to Will
Kellogg and moved to Centerville. His
health, l hear, is quite poor this spring. |
wish you could see these trees and the |
fences just loaded with turkeys as l have
seen them in the fall.
well, we must be moving. Here we
are at one of the old places. Looks
good deal as it did years ago. Calvin
Campbell built this house. 1t has chang
ed hands a number of times. Charles
Whitcomb, who went to California, sold
% John Gray and once upon a time
Charles Herrick lived here. Now it be-
ongs to Bert Jones, son OF Carl Jones.
lie was son of Jesse Jones. /
snow on again, down the hill. Here
We are at as fine set of farm buildings
Is you will see in days travel. The
house was built by Asa Holbrook's boys.
Asa married Susan Cobleigh. They had
TX boys and one girl, Orlo, Addison. JEFF
erson, Cornelius, Henry and William.
The sisters name was Susan, for her |
mother. After the father died, Orlo and
~o.,,l;,,e ,,,,, , b, far,, opd thar mother |
lived with them for years; then they sold
,ut and moved to Belvidere. Jefferson
was DIR. Holbrook, Addison-we all re-
nember-a smile for all. and it would
seem as though there was not bright
,pot in his life but always seemed happy.
They sold out to Ambrose Collins, whose
ormer home was Morristown. He mar
led Lucretia Herrick, daughter of Ira.
They had family of eight children, six
Urls and two boys. They believed that
he old saying was true, United we
we fall" Where is there
mother family of children that have
made better than they! When the father
eft for his last home the mother and all
vent to work. Look at the fine farm
md the blooded cattle-Jerseys, nearly
III registered And the house with mod
IN improvements, so that a visit to
Breezy Hill is an ideal thing, and they en-
ertain great deal as they are very So
ial, Their mother went out of their
ives so quietly about year ago that as t
me of the daughters said, can't think
ut when l go home mother will be
here" She kept young with her young /
olks. What pleased them was her c
leasure. She entered into all their plans f
nth kind word of advice. She liked all g
iodern improvements because they did. a
hey are not all at the farm. Two are I
rained nurses, one a teacher, one mar n
ed Fred Rand of Laconia, N. H., one c
,oks after the home and one is a book \
eeper. But vacations are all passed
ere and the brothers tend the farm. Yes, d
be land is rolling, but they have it up in
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