Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...son removed when a young man to Canada; the remaining children lived in Hatfield, where they all died except the widow of Erastus Cowles, who still lives. On the other side of the street, farther to the east and beside "the Drain," there was a tan yard belonging to Silas Porter, but no dwelling house between this and the main street on either side of the lane. Going west, next to the tan yard stood the house of Alpheus Longley, a one-story building still standing. Mr. Longley came from Shirley, Mass. He was a mason and stonecutter. His wife was the daughter of Seth Bardwell and granddaughter of Salmon Dickinson. They had a son and daughter. The son died in infancy; the daughter is the wife of James W. Warner. Mr. Longley removed to the Bardwell house on Main Street, where he died, having held the office of postmaster for several years. Next was the house of Elijah White, the newest on the lane. It presented, when I last saw it, about the same appearance that it had in my early days, except that it had been painted. His family consisted of himself and wife, four sons, and five daughters. Two of the sons and three of the daughters removed to the states of New York and Ohio; the remainder died in Hatfield. Mr. Josiah Morton lived in the next house, which was said to be the oldest in town. It was of two stories and stood on the site of the house now occupied by his grandson, Mr. Charles K. Morton. The family consisted of Mr. Morton, his wife, who was from Longmeadow and was a sister of Abijah Bliss; three sons, Moses, Rodolphus, and Leander; and two daughters, all of whom died in Hatfield. Moses married Sophia, daughter of Dea. Cotton Partridge; Rodolphus married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Israel Dickinson; while the other children...
