The Press., 1921-09-08
Rider District, WiIIingtOn, after the
 Civil War.

Civil War.
 Beginning at the south end of the school district, (No. 4). The old Ori- gen Dimock farm was bought by Jo- seph T. Tennant, formerly of Sterling, Conn, near the village, Oneco. He and his Aunt Polly (Pauline), had living with them their nephew, George A. Rounds, who later married Hattie, oldest daughter of Alfred and Marilla (Whiton) Lee of the same district, Next north on the road from East Will lington to Moose Meadow, lived PhilO Wright, son of David, of West Ashford and Sally (Amidon) Wright. His wife was SophrOnia Stiles, and they had in 1866, Kate L., Herman F., and Herbert B. Next east, toward Ashford, Nelson Enc settled in November, 1866, buying the Thomas Knowlton farm from Bliss, real estate agent, who had it from the Hubbells, and they from JO seph Brown, who had added to the original farm the Lamb lot," woods bought from Mary Lamb. Adjoining this farm on the north, was the farm owned by Stephen Avery Lamb and his sister, Mary, aforementioned. Avery Lambs son, Stephen, was above school age, but s. Dwight Lamb at tended school in the winter of 1866-7, and his sister, Monetta and Marietta later. Monetta died at the age of 16 and Marietta became the wife of Mer- Till Cushman. NOrthward from PhilO Wright's lived c. Dunham Rider and later, Addison D. Dimock, youngest son of Origen, who had lost his first wife, Annie Robbins and had mar ried secondly, Esther, daughter of JO Seph Brown. MT, DimOck died over two years ago, and his widow and her son Joseph A. and his wife occupy the place summers, and live in Hartford winters. Next north is the little red schOOlhouse," and near it the Matthew Burdick farm. Here was located Moose Meadow post Office," until superseded by rural free delivery. MT. Burdick had lost his first wife, and her children had left home; and he was living with his second wife, Matilda Palmer and her four children, Mathew Leon, Rowena, Emma, and Eddy H. Lee" married Carrie, daughter of Alfred Lee, Rowena mar ried Robert Neff, Emma married Clay Downs, and still lives on the old farm. ton Fuller; and Eddy married Emma Next north lived John Fuller, father of Clayton and others. This farm later came into the possession of Mathew Burdick, and had a succession of tenants. Among those have l. tn Essex, John Morse, Alfred Lee, Clay ton Fuller, Merrill Cushman, J. N. Enc, and for several years past, James Burdick, son of Matthew by first wife Next north from this last, lived Thom- as Rider, one of the family from whom the district was named. Later Fran cis BarrOws. About one third mile farther north lived Jason Bugbee, Sen for and Jason, Jr, and in more recent years, William Carroll, and Slavic families. After a quarter mile up grade, Robert Batty with a large fam fly after few years sold his farm to Jason Allen, and moved to Colorado. Near Rol ert lived his brother Eli Bat tey. Both married into the Samuel Stiles family, Robert marrying Faith Stiles and Eli, Sally Stiles. North, on the east road or Westford turnpike eyOnd Moose Meadow cemetery, lived Albert Morse, also Francis Ballou and his son, Francis, Jr., and the Belden place next east had a succession of tenants. In later years Horton Will son and sons lived on the BallOu farm. Between the cemetery and the Moose Meadow meeting house was the farm of Hampton LilIibridge, later in the hands of Nelson Cross, MT. Sprague and Henry Hansen. I have never heard in what district the church stood, but it was near the district bounds. In the western part of Rider district was the site of the birthplace of Jared Sparks about a quarter mile on the road westward from Matthew Burdicks, beyond a small brook. Far ther west teyOnd long hill grade, was the farm of Alexander Taylor, who had seven sons. Eastward from Burdick's on the mail road to Vest ford, lived Seth Stiles, but his house fell many years ago. Willard Fuller lived at a little distance on a road running north of the stage road to- ward Potter district, but about the time of the civil war it was bought by David L. Pearl with a house on the stage road, later occupied for some years by Andrew Bosworth tut now gone. Next the "Tinkerville" factory, store, and boarding house, a property owned ty James Young, but occupied for time by Morrison and Weedon Next east the Pearl sisters, after their death came into the hands of Wm Ell lery, and later burned down. Next the Thomas Young place and nearly opposite the Wethertee place, later inherited by Mary CWetherbee) Lamb
 who gave it to her son, s. Dwight ''Tinkerville" hy fire and decay is al most completely wiped out, though the tOarding house at last accounts had not fallen. JOEL N. EMO.