----- Original Message ----- From: Tucky Sancibrian <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 1:45 PM Subject: [VT-L] Bloomfield, Vermont > Here's more on Bloomfield, VT News and History. > > March 21, 1906 - A man by the name of Alex McDONALD was killed last week > in the woods on Paul Stream by a tree falling on him. He was buried in > the Bloomfield Cemetery. > > 1906 Directory: (From the Walton's Vt. Directory) > > High School: F. B. FLANDERS, Principal > Boarding House: F. WILLETT, Thomas GRAHAM, Lewis TITUS, Frank GENDRON, > Joseph WHEELER > Shoemaker: Evangeline CARRIER. > Barber: Henry PARROW > General Merchandise: F. A. ROBY, W. F. Nugent. > > April 29, 1908 - George WALLING died April 25th. He was the son of > Heben and was born in Bloomfield on April 25, 1832. On January 13, 1868 > he married Harriet MARTIN, daughter of Ezra and Eliza (BADGER) MARTIN. > He is survived by three children, Wilson W., Goerge L., and William G. > He owned a sugar orchard of 400 trees and resided on Road 8. > > May 20, 1908 - Ray Fuller sold is farm to Thomas Short. > > June 17, 1908 - Miss Belle MADIGAN and Mrs. Maggie WOODS were called > here last week to attend the funeral of their brother, Will, who was > killed here in town while working on the road. He was crushed by a > large rock which rolled onto him in a gravel pit. He was 55 and > unmarried. > > JULY 15, 1908 - Frank GENDRON of Bloomfield lost his life at Coos Sunday > while attempting to leap from a moving train at the Grand Trunk > Station. He stepped on the train to say farewell to a friend and after > the train started attempted to jump off but was caught and fell under > the wheel. He is mourned by a widow and four sons and one daughter. > > August 26, 1908 - Samuel O. SCHOFF of Bloomfield died Saturday evening, > August 22 at his home. He was born in Bloomfield February 8, 1841 and > has lived here ever since. He has always been a successful farmer but > during the operations of the Nulhegan Lumber Company worked as scaler > and marker for many years. He was a veteran of the Civil War, enlising > in the 5th Vermont Regt., March 22, 1865. > > OCTOBER 14, 1908 - Ray FULLER leaves this week for Cuba, where he > intends to sojourn for his health. He returns with Charels PRESBY, > formerly of Bloomfield who is an extensive grower of fruit in Cuba, > where he has lived for the past five years. > > April 28, 1909 - Buy your millinery goods of Mrs. S. I SWEET, Bloomfield > at bottom prices. > > August 4, 1909 - Lewis TITUS, one of the oldest residents of this > community died at his home in South Bloomfield Thursday morning. He was > born in Waterford, Vermont, March 8, 1834 and moved here while a small > child (near Duval's). > > August 11, 1909 - George VAN DYKE, the "Lumber King of New England" was > killed in an auto accident at Thinus Falls, Mass. His auto, driven by > his chauffeur, died, plunged over a rocky cliff on August 8th. > > 1910 - Directory: From Walton's Vermont Register. > > Boarding Houses: F. WILLETT, Joseph WHEELER > Livery Stable - Fred NUGENT > > January 4, 1911 - Mrs. Margaret Parent, widow of the late Joseph PARENT > and one of Bloomfield's oldest residents, died at her home last Monday > morning and was buried from the Catholic Church Wednesday morning. > Reverend Father GUAY officiating. Mrs. PARENT was 82 years of age and > was one of Bloomfield's most respected residents. > > January 11, 1911 - Stewart Holbrook of White River Junction has been > visiting relatives in town this past week. > > February 1, 1911 - Mrs. Emma Gendron of town died at her home last > Monday afternoon of pneumonia. She was ill but a few days. Mrs. > Gendron was 56 years old and leaves one daughter, four sons, one sister > and one brother. > > June 21, 1911 - Jesse CASS recently purchased an automobile. > > April 17, 1912 - The community was saddened last Thursday by the death > of Mr. Joseph LOMBARD of Bloomfield, one of the oldest and most honored > of her citizens. Mr. Lombard had been ill for several weeks and finally > succumbed to a valvular disease of the heart. He was born in St. > Francis, P.Q., March 15, 1831 and removed to Waterville, Maine with his > parents when only 2 years old. He lived in Maine until 1861 when he > moved to Bloomfield. He married Miss Angeline Batlaeu of Saco, Maine on > August 2, 1859. he was a carpenter and millwright by trande and was in > the employ of the Nulhegan Lumber Co., for many years. He leaves a wife > and daughter to mourn his death. > > January 8, 1913 - Ayers TRUFANT, a long time resident here, died at his > home in Lisbon, NH at 74. he leaves a widow and 3 children, 2 sons in > Maine and a daughter, Mrs. Floyd SCHOFF, who lives in Bloomfield. > > August 6, 1913 - I sell ice cream at the Bloomfield town hall every day > except Sunday. Sherbet, Monday and Friday. Mrs. Herman COOPER. > > November 26, 1913 - Melvin FULLER and Eddie Couture recently shot a fine > black bear near their camp at North Pond.. > > That's it for today. > > > ==== VERMONT Mailing List ==== > VERMONT-L Home Page: > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/9803/us/vt >