Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-06-04
Mr. and Mrs. Stukley Smith
Hold Record of a Long
Married Life
BOTH IN GOOD HEALTH
Lived Practically Ali Their Married
Life in the Same House in
Addison

MIDDLEBURY, June 3-On the
3Oth day of May, 1847, there was a
wedding ceremony at the home OF the
bride in Addison, when Stukley w.
Smith and Maria w. Dorwyn took
upon themselves the VOWS of wedlock
pledging each other "for better, for
worse, until death us do part" And
now after a lapse of II years this
couple, both in good health, are able
to receive congratulations on having
passed another wedding anniversary.
So unusual an event should have been
an occasion of ceremony, but Mr..
and Mrs. Smith chose to spend it
quietly, receiving congratulations OF
few relatives and intimate friends
at their home where practically their
entire married life has been spent.
Stukely w. Smith was born in Ad-
Olson, within mile of where he lives
today, February 10, 1926, the son
of Amos and Barbara (Westcott)
Smith. When three years old his par
ents moved to the house which has
been his home since. Mr.. Smith re-
members very distinctly the occasion
of moving to the new house and what
he and his elder brothers did on that
day. This place was formerly the
home of Eli Squier, who was grand
father of Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith
was born Maria Dorwyn, the daugh-
ter of Wilda and Aurilla (Squier)
Dorwyn. She was born in Hopkin-
ton, st. Lawrence county, N. Y, Sept.
27, 1925, her parents having removed
to that place shortly before the birth,
and returning to Vermont while she
was still an infant. AS Mrs. Smith ex-
presses it, "She went over to New
York state to be born" Her parents
died when she was very young and
she went to live with her aunt, Mrs.
Seeger, grandmother of the late Lu-
man C. Seeger, now the home of
Charles Seeger, where she, resided at
the time of her marriage to Mr..
Smith. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Mr.. Evans, then pastor
of the Addison church.
There is but one person living to-
day besides the bride and groom, who
were present at the ceremony 72
years ago. That is Mrs. Olin A.
Smith of Addison, who was then an
infant in arms.
Mr.. Smiths father, Amos Smith,
and his grandfather, Henry Smith,
were at the battle of Plattsburg, and
received land warrant as soldiers of
the war of 1912.
Three children were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Smith, two are living. They
are DR.. Melvin d. Smith, a practicing
physician of Pelham, N. Y, and Mrs.
Spencer G. Hawley of Panton A
grandson, Hermon Smith, married
granddaughter of Mrs. Lydia Pink
ham, and they have one son.
Nh. Smith has been a farmer all his
life and still looks after the broad
acres which for so many years have
been his own. In earlier years he was
also cattle driver, and made fire.
quent trips to Boston in connection
with that line, which he carried on for
21 years. In 1854 he made trip to
Wisconsin,, going with others to dis
pose of some horses and sheep. He
took with him promising Blackhawk
colt, which he traded for 100 acres of
land, situated near the city of Madi-
son. This land he sold about three
years later at handsome profit, but
which had he retained it, would today
be worth small fortune to him. Mrs.
Smith accompanied him on this trip.
Mr.. Smith remembers we'll when
the Rutland railroad was built, it be-
ing tn year of his marriage Stone
was quarried from lodge at the foot
of Grandview mountain for the
bridge over the New Haven river near
Brooksville, and eight of the quarry
men boarded at the Smith home.
Mr.. Smith has held all the town of
fees during his lifetime. His first
vote was cast for Taylor for presi-
dent in 184S. He voted for republi-
can for president since the birth of
the party in 1856. He represented
the town of Addison in the Legisla-
ture in 1859, the term during which
the late George F. Edmunds was
speaker. Mr.. Smith is the only sur
viving member of that session.