Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . ed Caroline B. Ringe of Wilbraham, died June 15, 1879, aged 73 years. He died at Sus-pension Bridge, N. Y., November 21, 1865, aged 65 : one son, one daughter. Col. Roswell Shurtleff, merchant, was born atChesterfield, N. H., in 1797. His father was a soldier of theRevolution, and his earliest American ancestor was Will-iam (sometime captain) Shurtleff, who landed at Plymouthfrom the second of the vessels which bore the Pilgrimfat
Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . ed Caroline B. Ringe of Wilbraham, died June 15, 1879, aged 73 years. He died at Sus-pension Bridge, N. Y., November 21, 1865, aged 65 : one son, one daughter. Col. Roswell Shurtleff, merchant, was born atChesterfield, N. H., in 1797. His father was a soldier of theRevolution, and his earliest American ancestor was Will-iam (sometime captain) Shurtleff, who landed at Plymouthfrom the second of the vessels which bore the Pilgrimfathers to these shores, coming from Ecclesfield near Shef-field, England, where now stands the family mansion builtearly in the sixteenth century. At the age of twenty-oneyears he received an appointment upon the staff of the gov-ernor of Vermont, from whence he derived the title of col-onel. He was prominent in Odd Fellow^ship, and in Free-masonry, a past grand before coming to Springfield. Hebegan business first at Bath, N. H., afterwards at WellsRiver, Newbury, and Norwich, Vt. In February 10, 1839. 33^ SKETCHES OF THE OLD INHABITANTS. COL. ROSWELL SHURTLEFF. From an ambrotype taken in 1S53. AND MANSIONS OF SPRINGFIELD. 337 he removed to Springfield, where he engaged in the auction,commission, and real estate business in a store on the siteof Metcalf & Luthers building on Main street. In con-nection with Roderick Burt he purchased the WilliamDwight homestead on Chestnut street, and opened what isnow Pearl street to Spring street. He built and occupiedfor a time a house on Howard street, afterwards bought the Byers cottage on State street, where he lived. Theland on which this house stood formed what is now thesouthwest entrance to the Armory grounds, corner of Stateand Byers streets, and was sold by him to the U. S. Gov-ernment. The cottage stands on the west side of Byersstreet (which was opened in 1848), and is owned and occu-pied by David E. Taylor. About the year 1850 Colo
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