>From another list: ----- Original Message ----- From: Tucky Sancibrian <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 9:58 PM Subject: [VT-L] Bloomfield, Vermont > More from News and History of Bloomfield, Vermont > > March 29, 1922 - Henry G. SPENCER died at his home in Guildhall, March > 10. Death was caused by an injury he received when he was thrown from > his sled that forenoon while after a load of wood. mr. Spencer was born > November 1, 1859 in Bloomfield, the son of William and Cordelia (FULLER) > Spencer. Eighteen years ago he bought a farm in Guildhall, where he has > since lived. he is survived by a widow, Lenora (JORDAN) and three > daughters, Blanche, Edna, and Hazel. > > April 12, 1922 - Mrs. Martha WILLIAMS died at the hoome of her daughter, > Mildred (Williams) HOLT, April 4. She was born in Bloomfield, November > 20, 1856 and had made her home here since. She was the daughter of > Hiram and Priscilla (MERRILL) Fuller. She was married to Leonard T. > Williams nearly 50 years ago. She leaves six children: Mrs. Mary WISELY > of Stratford, Mrs. Mildred Holt, Berlin, Wendell, Everett and Percy of > North Stratford and Charles of Gilman, Vermont. > > April 12, 1922 - Mrs. Zotique MATHURIN died at her home last Wednesday > at 68. She leaves a husband and a son William. > > December 6, 1922 - Peter LeVERE, Jr., is handing out the cigars and > reports tell us he was married to the widow leVere at Paquetteville, > P.Q., last Tuesday morning. They will occupy the residence on the > terrace near his father's house in Bloomfield village. > > December 27, 1922 - Carlos SHOFF died at the house of his son, William > Shoff of Bloomfield December 24 at the age of 74. > > February 7, 1923 - John E. BOWKER died January 3 at his home in Belfast, > Maine. He was born in Bloomfield, November 27, 1860 the son of > Nathaniel and Mary A. (PARNELL) BOWKER. he went to Lancaster and then > moved to Belfast in 1913. In Lancaster he had been an efficient and > popular clerk in the Field Grocery Store. he was married to Annie A., > daughter of O. H. and Ellen (HOLBROOK) SHOFF on October 25, 1884. > > January 2, 1924 - Mr. Joseph GOULET of Island Pond and Mrs. Helen DALEY > of North Stratford were married at the Catholic Church in Bloomfield, > Wednesday, December 26. The wedding march was played by Mrs. J. A. > BELISLE. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Fr. BLAIS. > > January 16, 1924 - Calvin FULLER died January 7 at the home of Mr. and > Mrs. Eugene BARTLETT. He was born in Bloomfield, March 19, 1842. he > was a farmer by trade and was so working when the Civil War broke out. > He answered one of the first calls of his country and served during four > years of strife. After the war he moved to Michigan for nine years, > returning to New England. He has, with the exception of a few years > spent in Lancaster, made his home in North Stratford and Bloomfield. At > the Battle of the Wilderness he received a severe wound in the left arm > which made it nearly helpless. he was a pensioner. he leaves two sons, > William of Cumberland Mills, Maine, and Fred who is in the service as a > Sergeant at Fort Andrews, Massachusetts. > > February 6, 1924 - Melvin FULLER died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. > Ethel PRESBY, February 2. He was 68. Melvin was born in Bloomfield and > lived here all of his life. He leaves three daughters and one son, > also three brothers, Fred, Raymond and Frank. > > April 9, 1924 - Corliss GENDRON died as the result of injuries received > on Monday, when cars of the logging train of New Hampshire Stave and > Heading Mill of North Stratford broke loose and went rushing down the > mountainside. One of the cars left the tracks and struck Gendron, who > died one-half hour after being taken to Colebrook hospital. The dead > man's father Frank, was killed on the railroad at North Stratford a few > years ago. > > April 16, 1924 - Fred FULLER of Bloomfield passed away on Friday at his > home on the Nulhegan Road. he was born in Bloomfield on Christmas > morning in 1851 and lived there ever since. He leaves a widow and three > sons; Ray D., Charles and Maxie. Also two daughters, Mrs. Thomas SHORT > and Alma. He has a twin brother, Frank, in Lunenburg and another > brother Raymond. > > August 6, 1924 - Floyd WALLING, 21, son of Leon and Jennie Walling, lost > his life by drowning while bathing near the Lyman Falls Power Company > dam last Thursday. He was bathing with his younger brother and his > cousins. > > February 11, 1925 - The community was greatly shocked last Wednesday to > learn of the sudden death of Ezra GIRARD. he was born in Canad, > September 14, 1865 but came to the U. S. as a young child. He married > Agnes PARENT and had a large family. He has been the luggage master at > the Maine Central Railroad station for many years. > > March 4, 1925 - Lyle SHOFF died February 22 at his hoome in North > Stratford. he was born in Bloomfield, April 25, 1888, the youngest son > of the late Samuel O. and Josephine (FRENCH) Shoff. He lived in > Bloomfield until a year ago when he moved to North Stratford. On > October 2, 1907 he married Myrtle (BLODGETT) of Columbia and had a son, > Manford, and a daughter, Audrey. > > March 18, 1925 - The community was shocked last Sunday afternoon when > the death of Floyd SHOFF was announced. He was born in Bloomfield, June > 27, 1876 the son of Samuel and Josephine (FRENCH) SHOFF. He was married > to Maude TRUFANT and had nine children, one dying in infancy. > > December 23, 1925 - Mrs. Annie (WHEELER) CHRISTOPHER died in Lincoln, > Maine, on Christmas Day. Her body and that of her infant daughter were > brought here on Sunday, December 27, accompanied by her husband, George > Christopher. mrs. Christopher was the daughter of Joseph Wheeler of > town. She was born in Bloomfield, September 11, 1893 and graduated from > Stratford High School 10 years ago. She was employed as a teacher in > the public schools of her own town and outside places. She married > George Christopher of a well-inown family in Groveton. For two years > she and her husband have been operating a store in Lincoln and have been > very successful. Funeral services were held at the Bloomfield Catholic > Church on Tuesday morning, December 29. > > December 23, 1925 - Ernest DUVAL was killed when a section car, on which > he was inspecting tract near North Stratford, was hit by a Maine Central > Special Train. > > January 27, 1926 - Bloomfield is "Coming" - Mr. and Mrs. Bernie BOUDLE, > Mr. and Mrs. John MILLS, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher GRAHAM, Mr. and Mrs. > Dan DALEY, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry COTE all announce the birth of boys > within the last week. > > July 18, 1928 - Malcolm WALLING of Bloomfield was almost instantly > killed in an automobile accident near the residence of Ransom SEVERY, 2 > miles north of North Stratford. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson > Walling. > > January 23, 1929 - Joseph NUGENT, one of Bloomfield's oldest citizens, > died at his home on Main Street, January 29th, in his 88th year. he was > born in Canada but came to the States in his early boyhood. He leaves > three sons, Fred, Wilfred and Elmer. > > May 1, 1929 - Mrs. Bridget Ann CONNOLLY died at her home in Bloomfield > on Tuesday evening, April 23, from pneumonia after a long and painful > illness. She was born in New Brunswick 74 years ago, coming here with > her husband, John Connolly, early in her married life. The funeral > services were held in St. Stanislaus Church in Bloomfield last Friday. > She leaves a husband, two daughters and three sons: Mrs. Margaret > BELKNAP of Westerly, RI, Mrs. J. A. BELISLE, Bloomfield, Edward CONNOLLY > of Hanover, NH and Isaac CONNOLLY of New York City. > > October 9, 1929 - Mrs. Hattie WALLING of Bloomfield died at the hoome of > her son, Nelson Walling, Saturday afternoon after a long and painful > illness. She was 83, the widow of the late George Walling who preceded > her by some years. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Leslie FULLER, three > sons, Nelson and Leon Walling of Bloomfield and William of Guildhall. > She was born in Bloomfield and has made her home there continually. > > > > > ==== VERMONT Mailing List ==== > VERMONT-L Home Page: > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/9803/us/vt >