News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-07-11
MOONLIGHT RAMBLES
Sketch No. IS Pertaining to Old
Time Hyde Park Residents

| yN"A9 oSo iRhl uoWu there was NIL
that this little stream furnished water
for. Yes, there is where the dam was
but there was cloud burst and all went
down stream. They did great deal Of
business here, have been told by folks
! that patronized it. 1t was owned by
Robert Campbell.
well, we will be moving on. Have
you noticed this nice piece of road7 Yes,
it is fine. Here to the left is house that
was built years ago by Frank Hensen.
| OF course Willie Isham owns it now and
/ gave you agood history of his life when
he lived at the old home. William Cal
kins bought the place of Hensen. Yes,
you are right, VIM. Calkins was Muir
rays grandfather. He sold to Hiram
Kellogg and Kellogg sold to Brigham
Young-not of Salt Lake City renown-
and Young sold to Chapel and it was
from him that Willie Isham bought.
"Well. come to the next place. This
house was built by Hazen Ellis. He was
son of George Blake's mother by
former marriage. This is the place where
l told you Ben Gates run a store before
he went to the village, and then Murray
Calkins and his mother bought it and
they are still living there together. Muir
ray, when down country, married a
Massachusetts girl. No, they have no
little ones. Who was Murray's father,
did you say? l was just coming to that
His mother is Henry Calkins' widow.
Her name was Mary Harlow of Stowe.
They had three children, two boys and
one girl Murray, we just spoke of; Ho- J
mer married a widow and they have no
children; Bertha, a Bartlett from this
town and they have a couple of children.
Who was Henry's father Why, 1 told
you, William. He married Campbell
and that is how the Campbells became
related. They had four children, two
sons and two daughters. One daughter
married Elder West. very good preach
er. Lorenzo married Ruby Prouty. TIL,
had four children, one died when quite
young. Andrew married Jennie Town.
You remember her father, Hiram Town,
lived on the road going to Morrisville
and the daughter Fannie married Jesse
Gilmore, son of Volney Gilmore Gritty
married Nate Cobleigb. Andrew works
or the Lilley Wagon Co. at Morris vile
ind Nate runs the Morrisville Electric
Plant at the Falls. They are all-like
he Campbells-one and all. Democrats. !;
"Well, now must get back to Murray
lie is running the Campbell store and
meeting with good success. !
"And now the next place. The house
vas built by a man by the name of Frank
'emple. He sold to man by the name
f Orrin Williams, and Williams sold to I
orlando Cleveland, and Orlando to Hen
y Wilson, the clock tinker. Then Her :
IAN Bryant, a son-in-law of Stephen K. :
'aughan, now living in Maine, had it ,
nd finally the present owner, Rufus S
'rown, bought it. Yes, our Road Com +
Missioner. He came from family of 13 I
hildren. He married Hyde Park.girl, |
hama, daughter of Thomas Whitcomb.
"Say, hold on! Amt this the home of
mos Bass and two sisters? They wove
arpets. Well, guess you are right. That q
yas before Brown bought it. Of course, !
ow l remember, they staid there till !
hey were called home. {
well, we will leave Centerville for the f
resent and pass out of the quiet little v
lace, We can truly say of it, beautifully {
tuated and its people all good citizens.
"Well, here is a set of buildings not
luch changed. know who built them, !
rewster Reed. He and his wife, Lucinda :
uce of Stowe, first lived in little build :
e until he got his new home built. +
amily? / guess-three sons and four
aughters. Emerson married Samantha b
olbrook. Roscoe married Mary Fitch, u
ho afer his death was long time mill s
ner at Morrisville and died few years y
90 at Hardwick. She was a sister of v
ernon of The Elms and of Annette. 10.
sa died of that dreaded distemper,
phtheria, in the year 1862. She was :
lie Oldest girl. Julian married Ellen a
atkins, you know. Charles Herrick mar h
ed Varola and Sylveria married Albert S
'hitcomb. She left a large family of il
lildren to mourn for her. Luella mar n
ed Edgar Whitcomb and they live on il
lie old place. Children7 Not a one to e
me and cheer their home. But nieces
i'd nephews they have a plenty who =
'op in frequently and Brighten Up the :,
Orner" where they are and are happy. II
well, on a ways and we come to "
.ry pretty place. This is called the old n
sed farm. For years Hiram Reed and O
s sisters lived here. He was a brother
Brewster. They have all passed over e
e great divide and when the estate was
Id Brainerd Mudgett got it and he sold r
to the present owner, Delbert GRAY,
ho married his only daughter. They
i've two little ones. Yes, Delbert is
hn Gray's son.