----- Original Message ----- From: Tucky Sancibrian <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 8:04 PM Subject: [VT-L] BLOOMFIELD, Vermont > Taken from Bloomfield News and History, Edited by Roger Couture - 1978. > > The following are excerpts taken from the Child's Gazetteer - Essex > Caledonia and local newspapers. > > 1886 > > April 13 - Wallace William STEVENS died April 8 at the age of 56. He > lived in what is today Duval's house. He was our Town Clerk from 1849 > to 1851 and 1856 to 1866. > > Charles COOK has taken possession of the farm known as the J. J. > Holbrook farm. Elwin HOLBROOK moving off. > > August 24 - Charles ESTES has purchased the Howell farm and taken > possession. > > December 24 - Bloomfield has a post office at this time and the > Postmaster is Henry W. BURBANK.. The Star Mail Routes and Stage Lines > come through Bloomfield. > > 1887 > > >From the Democrat: > > July 20 - Born in Bloomfield, July 2nd to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond FULLER, a > daughter. > > November 29 - The first telephone has arrived in this area and is > located in Hutchins' Drugstore. it is a pay station. > > 1888 (Democrat) > > February 22 - I could not resist this one: Crazy Jones was in town last > week. No larger than ever, just as foolish! > > 1889 (Democrat) > > February 27 - Miss Dell C. BURBANK, daughter of the late Henry W. > Burbank, has received the appointment of Post Mistress. A fit > appointment. > > March 13 - Town Meeting - Moderator, E. W. SPENCER; Clerk and Treasurer, > W. B. PERKINS; Selectmen: Milton COOK, Nelson, SNOW, Henry FULLER; > Overseer, William R. SILVER; Aid, Milo R. B. BLODGETT, Edson HOLDEN, W. > R. SILVER, Jr.; Listers, W. R. SILVER, M. C. FULLER, Henry A. GARDNER; > Road Commissioner, Charles F. ESTES, H. N. FRENCH, R. G. BULLER; Members > of County Board of Education, Rev. A. GREGORY; 1st Constable, H. A. > GARDNER, 2nd Constable, H. H. STEVENS; Agent, William R. SILVER> > > April 17 - Charles COOK, one of our honored town men, died on the 5th at > the residence of his sister, Mrs. C. R. BLODGETT at Littleton, aged 69. > His remains were taken to Campton, NH for burial. > > December 18 - Cromwell, Nebraska (Dec. 11) Some unknown person or > persons shot and immediately killed C. T. PULSIFER, a grain dealer, this > evening while he was on his way from his office . Mr. PULSIFER was > formerly a resident of Bloomfield. About 25 years ago (1864?) he and > his brother Frank went to Nebraska where they have since resided. > > 1890 (Democrat) > > February 26 - There were 27 births, 11 marriages and 17 deaths in > Bloomfield in the year ending December 1889.. > > May 13 - Miss Katie FULLER teaches in District three. She has thirty > one scholars. School in District two is taught by Miss Stella > MacFARLAND who has been the teacher the two previous terms. > > July 23 - Mrs. JACKSON, an Indian woman who for a number of yers had > lived in this vicinity, died quite suddenly last week.. > > 1891 (From Island Pond Herald) > > January 8 - Miss Dora Schoff is to commence a school in District four > this week. > > April 7 - We heard today Melvin FULLER and A. LURVEY have made over 700 > pounds of maple sugar thus far this season. Maple "honey" was selling > at $1.00 a gallon. > > April 14 - The selectmen have bought a lot for the prospective town > house of Fan WILLITTE.. Purchase price, $350.00. Some are not quite > satisfied with the location. > > July 14 - Miss Nellie BENNETT is giving lessons to a small class in > physical culture as it is taught in Emerson College of Oratory, Boston. > > August 11 - Mrs. Betsy FULLER, aged 82, is piecing a bed quilt > containing over 10,000 separate pieces. > > 1893 > > November 8 - In Bloomfield, Octobere 31, Rev. THURSTON, conducting the > services, James W. FRENCH and Miss Bertha J. SCOTT were married. > > 1894 > > March 18 - I. G. LUNT sold his house to Mrs. George DOLLY and last > Saturday sold his household goods at auction. > > April 4 - The number of births, deaths, and marriages in this town for > the year ending December 3, 1893 were as follows: Births, 14; Deaths, > 7; Marriages, 8. > > May 9 - On Wednesday evening as a little 4 year old daughter of R. > GEANT, living in B. A. BOWKER's tenement house, was playing at the back > of the house, she fell into a well cutting a gash in her head, so she > fell down the water dead, where she was found soon after, the boards > having been in a very dangerous condition. > > June 18 - Hon. William Riley SILVER died at his home July 13. He was > born in this town March 17, 1820 and was buried by Rev. R. DINSMORE, > Sunday at 2 p.m. Judge Silver was the son of Arad and Sophie (NICHOLS) > SILVER, who came to Bloomfield in 1805. (One of a family of 10 > children. In 1849 he married Relief BARTLETT, daughter of Adin and > Nancy (CLOUGH) BARTLETT of Bloomfield. He signed the temperance pledge > at the age of ten and never drank a glass of whiskey in his whole life. > He raised eight children, namely: George W., Louise A., William R., > Alvira E., Henry, Fayette, Alice and Bernie E. Alice married Edson > HOLDEN of town. He served as town representative in 1858-59 and in > 1884-5. He was assistsant judge in 1875-76. > > 1895 (Democrat) > > May 24 - Mr. Alger BALDWIN, a much respected citizen of North Stratford > and a former resident of Bloomfield died of pneumonia, Wednesday. He > was 75.. > > May 24 - A terrible accident occurred last Thursday, May 23. George > BLODGETT, a son of the late Byron L. BLODGETT, was driving a pair of > horses with a large grain roller, and when near the Lewis Lumber Company > stables, his horse somehow became unmanageable by him and threw him > under the roller and he was killed instantly. > > 1896 (Democrat) > > July 1 - Archie TRAVERS and Annie SULLING were married last week, > Friday evening. > > July 8 - Herbert MUNN was born on the Ramsey farm, in Lemington, June > 27, 1856 and died June 29, 1896 and the age of 40. His boyhood days > were mostly spent in this town. About 1881 he went west and located in > Washington, where he remained for a number of years. In 1885 he > returned east and June 1, 1885 he married Miss Lilla FIELD of > Lancaster. They lived in Boston and vicinity until 1893. Most of the > time he worked for the railroad, first as a fireman and then as an > engineer for the N.Y. and N.E. Railroad. Upon becoming ill he returned > to his boyhood home town to die. > > 1897 - Island Pond "Herald" > > October 8 - Edson HOLDEN gave his annual husking at the old homestead > Friday night. About 100 were present. > > October 22 - Ayers TRUFANT has moved his family from the boarding house > into the rent recently occupied by Ed BROOKS in the Finnegan House. > > Louis BISHOP has his new house ready for occupancy. > > 1898 (Island Pond "Herald" > > August 19 - A daughter was born August 14th to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel > RAMSEY. (Stella SAVAGE) > > October 21 - Winnie NUGENT has purchased the house belonging to Will > WALKER. > > October 28 - Hon. W. B. PERKINS died at his home Wednesday morning, > October 15th. He was born in Topsham, Maine a little more than 67 years > ago, and he came to Bloomfield in 1864 as a bookkeeper for the Perkins > and Jackson Lumber Company. He served the town 25 years as town clerk > and also as treasurer and selectman most of the time. He was elected > state senator in 1882 and town representative in 1892. > > SPENCER, William B., was born in Minehead (now Bloomfield) August 21, > 1827. He was the son of Gratis and Susannah (DEARTH) SPENCER, whom > early history tells us were among the first settlers of the town. > William B. married Cordelia FULLER, January 6th, 1847 and seven children > blessed the union: Ellen C., (Mrs. S. W. HOLBROOK), Edwin W., Amelia L. > (Mrs. A. E. ELLIOTT of Gloucester, Massachusetts), Ada Ann (Mrs. O. C. > STAFFORD), Henry G., Jennie A. (Mrs. E. A. TRAVERS of Errol, New > Hampshire, and Horace A., who was born September 24th, 1865 and who > resides on the homestead on Spencer Hill. > > 1899 (Island Pond Herald) > > February 10 - Milton COOK, a prosperous farmer and highly respected > citizen of this town, died last week, January 30, at 76. The last of a > family of seven children he was born in Campton, NH, and when about 20 > came to Bloomfield, commencing to clear up a farm in the woods on > Bloomfield Hill (now called the Traverse Place) in 1849. He soon > located on the farm where he has lived for more than 50 years. He was > the son of Edmund and Clarissa (MITCHELL) Cook. on Decmeber 25, 1845 he > married Marth SHOFF and they had three children: Henry A., Edmund A. and > Jacob Haynes, all deceased. He had a brother Charles, who was also born > in Campton. He was born November 4th, 1818 and had located on a farm he > owns since March 1840. > > That is it for tonight. > > > ==== VERMONT Mailing List ==== > VERMONT-L Home Page: > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/9803/us/vt >