The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-03

for one of her years mp to the last year.
when she Lcgan to fail She was able to
receive friends and to sit at table at a
family dinner on the occasion of her l0Oth
birthday anniversary.
She was born june II. 1916, in this
town ON the farm now owned by Morris
+. Chamberlain on the Sunset lake road,
the youngest of II children of James and
RoXana Sargent Nichols They were
married july II. 1871 She had six sisters
and four brothers, all OF whom lived to be
over 80 years o. age. and her paternal
grandfather James Nichols, ST., died at
the age of ~ years. She attended school
in district No 10 She was baptized in
the First Congregational church IN West
Brattleboro in her girlhood, which she at
tended until she was Il years old when a
Methodist church was built on Dunn
merston hill. She then attended worship
there az it was Sc much nearer her home
The pastor ol that church was Priest
Hodges. Legal records were not made OF
the church and 1t was finally sold to ind-
vldual parties who tore it down 40 years
ago.
The marriage Of Eliza Sargent Nichols
and Henry Morse took place Dec. q, 1888.
in the house where she was born Rev
Zedekiah Stark, pastor of the First Con
gregational church. otficiated Mrs Morse
made her own wedding cake which she
baked in a ten-quart pan. Her wedding
dress was brown silk and she had il III
her possession ever since Mr. and Mrs
Morse went directly to his home farm on
Dummerston hill. which was their home
l,,,,I l.
the house which low stands in 1868
They had six children, three Of whom
are living, J Stanford Morse and Eliza
A., wife Of T. NJ Allbee, both Of West
Brattleboro, and Love, wife OF Charles
Warren of Eairlee
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. All
bee
Throughout her life on the farm she
cared for large dairy and continued
make butter until she was in her 9ls
year. At the age of 10 years she mad,
her first cheese. Her mother told her she
might have the money for it if she coulC
sell it, whereupon she and one of her SIS
tiers went To Chesterfield y H., on horse
| back to a store where She exchanged he
cheese for six cups and saucers. She al
ways kept the saddle which she used a
that time and for many years afterwards
At the age OF Il years Mrs Morse wen
10 Boston for the first time to visit a SIS
ter. She made the trip in stage coache
and was two DAYS on the way. The rout
was via Keenc n II At the time whel
she attended church in West Brattlebor
there were only five houses in that village
They were the Glen House, which stoo
whore the Merose hospital now stands
Samuel Clark 5 residence, now owned b
Miss Susan +. Clark; the Hayes home
stead; the Rockwell place, now owned b
4 H. c. Squires and the brick house the
owned by jeremiah Beals, which was he
last home.
Mrs. Morse maternal greats rcat-granC
father was Thomas Sergeant He was on
I OF the party driven from Fort Dummer (
Canada hy the Indians He later made hi
4 way throuh the woods and settled o
what is now the George Sargent place 0
Z the Putney road The old house whic
Z stands there at present was built by Mr.
{ Morse's grandfather Her paternal gran,
1 father, James Nichols came from We
/ cester Mass. and settled on Dummcrsto
hill. He sold his property there for 500
q and later found that it was Continent
Il money; thus he started his career IN tn
locality with only So At the time
\ came to Vermont he was obliged to trav
: through heavy woodland with marke
< trees to direct his way.