Source, Annual Report of the Town of Shrewsbury, Vt. Report for the year ending December 31, 1944. DEDICATED TO: The Men and Women of this town who have Served and are Serving with the Armed Forces of the United States. DEATHS FOR 1944; Page 24. Feb. 4.--Gertrude P. Jones--74 yrs.,11 mos., 15 Days. Feb.14--John Acy Woods--78 yrs., 0 mo. 7 Days. May 18--William H. Freeman--86 yrs.,9 mos., Sept. 1--William H. Rowe--64 yrs., 5 mos. 24 Days. Nov. 16-- Leonia D. Gould--81 yrs.,2 mos.,17 Days. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryNemann Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/4986.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Cornelia Bliss born 1877, died 1939, is buried in the Poultney, Vt St Johns Episc Ch cemetery, where her parents and her sister, Marion is also buried. They are all listed in the 1880 census in Poultney. If you are related and would like a printout going back on the Bliss and Pond ancestors, let me know and I can mail it to you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sonojohn Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/442.923.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Rich, IC, I'm looking for a teaching job and don't seem to be doing well finding one, LOL. My 2G-grandfather Julius Benoni surveyed and founded Johnson but, the train never came through. My family was one of the few English families in that area and I believe along w/ the Browns, Applegates, Youngs went to the Methodist church. I'll ask Dad but we are buried in the protestant cemetery in the south end not the Lutheran so.... Nobody doing genealogy on Sylvanus believes he was born in Rutland anymore since it was fairly wild country in 1749 from what I gather. Unless it was some allied family baby resort. I think either the Cushmans had a place there or something else. I would be interested in visiting the whole New England area. According to an old family lineage the first Johnson was Deacon Isaac son of Reuben(England)and I have no idea when he got here since men tend to marry late in our family. It must have been anywhere between 1680 and 1725 or so, his son was Joseph and his son was Benoni who moved from Hamden to Harwinton, CT when he was 10 That's interesting that they are right next by in Pickerell though. I've been up to Pickrell several times to pick people up and such. TTYL J Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Would anyone have access to an obituary for my grandmother, Chloe Saphronia Norton McKEOWN, b. 1883 in Orwell and died 9 Feb 1929 in Rutland due to complications of the birth of her 11th child. She was married to Charles Joshua McKEOWN of Castleton. Thank you, Chuck wunita@bendcable.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: R_DOUGLASS Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/442.923.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: James, I teach computers in the Ag Program. Rutland interests have to do with the Douglas/Douglass famlies from around Douglass Corners and the Brick Church on the road between Rutland VT and Whitehall NY. Did your kin attend the Lutheran Church called the Stone Church in the country south of Johnson in NE? Many of those families spent a generation there and then relocated to Zion Pickrell. Rich Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sonojohn Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/442.923.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Rich, I am pretty sure all my ancestors are accounted for in the Brock/LaFayette, Coryell, Johnson, and Brownville cemeteries. Brown is a common name along w/ Johnson. I am mostly interested in ancestors and close cousins although I will be happy to say "Hi" to any relatives. Thanks for your interest and if I may ask, what do you teach at SCC? James Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: R_DOUGLASS Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/442.923.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: James, I teach at the College in Beatrice, so your note caught my eye. Are you aware of the Brown family that is buried in the Cem at Cook NE? I can put you in touch with some of the living descendants. Rich douglass.rich@gmail.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--May 13, 1912 Rutland, Vt. J.C.Spencer of Clarendon, who has been spending the winter with his daughter, Mrs. C.S. Hoag, of Grant ave., has returned home. Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Tues. Feb. 14, 1905. Middletown Springs, Vt. Miss May Crosby was home from Troy, N.Y., over Sunday. Miss Elizabeth M. Gray has returned from a visit with friends in Poultney. Miss Elda Jones of Ira is at Clarence Haynes.' The Fortnightly will meet Wednesday afternoon of this week with Mrs. Juliet Gray. Mrs. J. A. Mason is confined to the house by illness. Ashley Northup has moved into rooms in the Thompson house . Fred Ray of East Poultney will have charge of the creamery here, and will occupy the house vacated by George Parker. John Rutherford has moved to Proctor, where he will work for E. Perry. Merrill Perry and family of Poultney passed the Sabbath at Mrs. Emma H. Sisco's. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Tues. Feb. 14, 1905. Castleton Corners, Vt. Thomas Williams, who cut off his hand while chopping wood a few weeks ago, has had the stitches removed from the member, and is doing as well as can be expected. Daniel Ballard of Rutland visited his mother, Minerva Ballard, at the home of John C. Harrington, Sunday. Edward Sherman, who has been quite ill with the grip, is again able to be out. I. W. Sherman of West Rutland spent Sunday with his brother, Edward Sherman. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Tues. Feb. 14, 1905. MENDON, VT. The funeral of Harry Davis was held at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Bissell of Rutland officiated. The band from Chittenden of which Mr. Davis was a member, was present and rendered several fine selections. There were several handsome floral pieces from the family and neighbors. The body will be taken to Sutton, N.H., for burial. Rev. D. W. Davis is confined to the house by illness. Mrs. Harley Williams of Rutland recently visited her sister, Mrs. Chloe Boone, who is staying with Mrs. Perry. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.

Source, Rutland, Vt. Herald--Fri. Mar.22, 1929 POULTNEY, Vt. Correspondent, Miss Helen P. Newman, Telephone 104-3. The town clerk reports seven deaths during the month of February. Miss Margaret Harney was in Rutland Tuesday and called on Mrs. G. H. Wood, sr., who is in the hospital. Mrs. Wood is somewhat improved. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Morris Williams of Hampton. (N.Y.) Misses Margaret and Elizabeth Mahar were Rutland visitors on Tuesday. Master Lawrence McShane is visiting his uncle, L. E. McShane in Bristol. Mrs. Mary Oakman and Mrs. E. H.Peppler spent Tuesday in Rutland. The winners on the honor roll for the first five classes in the piano class of Miss Hazel Bresee for term two are as follows: Pupils having 20 stars lessons, Carolyn Dailey and Thelma Palmer, Class III; pupils having 19 star lessons, Laurabelle Chandler, Class I, and Lorraine Roberts, Class IV; honorable mention, Anna Mae Vogel, Class III. Mrs. G. E. Maranville was a recent visitor of her mother, Mrs. Anna Baker of Granville, N. Y. Bernard Dooley is visiting his aunt, Miss Margaret Dooley of Fair Haven. Little Jane Stoughton is spending the week in Glens Falls, N.Y., with her grandmother, Mrs.F. Smith. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.

The web site _www.gendisasters.com_ (http://www.gendisasters.com) is an interesting source of information on fires, floods, etc. You search by state and find transcribed newspaper articles and other items dealing with these events. I found two that mentioned my great-great-grandfather's brother in Springfield, VT. Robin in Maryland **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for Under $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000002)

Barb: Maybe I am being blind, I found Historical button but nothing going back into the 1800s. Am I missing something? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Moon Batista" <barbara@batistamoon.com> To: <vtrutlan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [VTRUT] Weather in Vermont in 1813 > Go to accuweather.com and check history. Barbara > On Mar 17, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Joyce Grady wrote: > >> I am looking for information on what natural disasters, floods, >> drought etc that could have occurred between 1810 and 1813 in the >> Rutland area. I tried doing a Google search but came up blank. Any >> suggestions? >> Thanks >> >> List administrator >> VTRUTLAN-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VTRUTLAN-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > List administrator > VTRUTLAN-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VTRUTLAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

1813 was the year of the epidemic. Joann Joyce Grady wrote: > I am looking for information on what natural disasters, floods, drought etc that could have occurred between 1810 and 1813 in the Rutland area. I tried doing a Google search but came up blank. Any suggestions? > Thanks > > List administrator > VTRUTLAN-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VTRUTLAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I am looking for information on what natural disasters, floods, drought etc that could have occurred between 1810 and 1813 in the Rutland area. I tried doing a Google search but came up blank. Any suggestions? Thanks

Barbara...I must be overlooking it..I saw history...but it was last 24, last month./not historical 1813,.....could you tell us what tab to click FG --- On Tue, 3/17/09, Barbara Moon Batista <barbara@batistamoon.com> wrote: > From: Barbara Moon Batista <barbara@batistamoon.com> > Subject: Re: [VTRUT] Weather in Vermont in 1813 > To: vtrutlan@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 7:27 PM > Go to accuweather.com and check history. Barbara > On Mar 17, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Joyce Grady wrote: > > > I am looking for information on what natural > disasters, floods, > > drought etc that could have occurred between 1810 and > 1813 in the > > Rutland area. I tried doing a Google search but came > up blank. Any > > suggestions? > > Thanks > > > > List administrator > > VTRUTLAN-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VTRUTLAN-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > List administrator > VTRUTLAN-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VTRUTLAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Go to accuweather.com and check history. Barbara On Mar 17, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Joyce Grady wrote: > I am looking for information on what natural disasters, floods, > drought etc that could have occurred between 1810 and 1813 in the > Rutland area. I tried doing a Google search but came up blank. Any > suggestions? > Thanks > > List administrator > VTRUTLAN-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VTRUTLAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Joan...you are really good !!!! Spotted Fever Epidemic In New England In 1812 Serious In Rockingham This entire section of New England, if not a much larger area, during the spring seasons of 1812 and 1813, was scourged by a fearful epidemic, called at first "spotted fever" and later "malignant fever." So great were its ravages, that the deaths in Vermont reached 6,000 by this disease alone, or about one death in 40 inhabitants. The disease is supposed to be the same as that now called cerebro-spinal-meningitis, and was not then considered contagious. During the time the epidemic raged, there were 70 deaths at Bennington; Pomfret and Reading each had 44; and Shrewsbury about 30. In the month of March 1813, seven persons died in the town of Walpole in as many days and great excitement and fear prevailed in all this section of the Connecticut Valley. In the town of Rockingham, the most prominent physician was Dr. Joshua Ripley Webb, who lived in the small dwelling east of the old Rockingham meeting house, now occupied by his descendants. He was one of the victims of this terrible disease. He was attacked suddenly, while on his daily rounds among the afflicted ones, and became unconscious while in his buggy. His faithful horse continued upon its way, and brought the stricken doctor to the door of his own home, where he survived only a few hours. He was son of Joshua Webb, one of the earliest and most prominent men of the town. An illustration of some methods of treatment of this disease (not however by Dr. Webb) was shown in later years among the papers of Capt. Charles Church, who was a wealthy and leading citizen of Westminster. It is a receipt that was reported to be one of the most efficacious of any used at that time. Certainly if the patients survived the medicine, they surely ought to have survived the disease. "Cure for Spotted Fever-To one quart of lime add one gallon of water. To one quart of tar, add two quarts of water. Let these stand in separate vessels until they froth, skim the froth, pour them together. To this mixture add eight ounces of saltpeter, four ounces of opium -take a glass when going to bed and repeat the same in four or five hours."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sonojohn Surnames: Brown, Knapp, Seymour, Sturdevant, Gilbert Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.counties.rutland/442.923.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Sharon, I am actually descended from Harvey b. 14 Apr 1796, unless you were trying to reply to one of the other posts! Harvey is buried in Lafayette cemetery just some 60 miles east of where I live here in Nebraska. He married Ruth Vaughan b. May 15 1796. She died in 1861 in Madison, WI and he traveled on to Nebraska w/ his children and died 23 years later in 1884. I have never done enough research to find out Ruth's ancestry. I believe she is related to the Vaughan family married into the Browns later. I believe her father is either Seymour or Sylvester. I have Seymours married into my Knapp line that m. > Sturdevants m. > Gilberts and m. > Brown. So many of these families histories are interwoven for 100s of years. My information comes mostly from a large unpublished book done by the late Dr. Christensen who strangely enough lived here in Beatrice also. It is just the descendents of Harvey Brown. All my other data is shared from other descendents or relatives I have contacted online. I'm sure you probably know that Sylvanus was married to Kezia Cushman of the Mayflower Cushmans. One of the big problems is that there was a general in NY also named Sylvanus Brown and although our Sylvanus/Sylvenus was a notable figure in guerilla fighting during the revolution much of his information and stories are confused w/ the general's. At one time, I had a free website and had current emails for several descendents of Sylvanus but, that was years ago. We have never found Sylvanus' parents but, believe he was related to local Browns and had a brother named Tristan but, separated from his father b/c of revolutionary war politics. TTYS James Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.