Bethany and its hills; . s oldest citizens, all esteemedmen—Levi .M. .Marks. Lewis Tolles, Enos Sperry and MilesHitchcock, which makes (|uite a chancre in some of the oMfamiliar places. The Sevmour Record pul)lishes frequently an account ol thecondition and progress of the churches and schools in the townof llethany. 1 would add a loving tribute to the memory o\ my classmatesat the Lebanon 1 fill School, who have away.—Kmelineand Catherine Woodward, daughters of Rev. )•. U. Woodward;hdlen Thomas, who married John 1. IJotchkiss; Sarah Louns-burv. who married Judge Xalhan Llark ; Charlot
Bethany and its hills; . s oldest citizens, all esteemedmen—Levi .M. .Marks. Lewis Tolles, Enos Sperry and MilesHitchcock, which makes (|uite a chancre in some of the oMfamiliar places. The Sevmour Record pul)lishes frequently an account ol thecondition and progress of the churches and schools in the townof llethany. 1 would add a loving tribute to the memory o\ my classmatesat the Lebanon 1 fill School, who have away.—Kmelineand Catherine Woodward, daughters of Rev. )•. U. Woodward;hdlen Thomas, who married John 1. IJotchkiss; Sarah Louns-burv. who married Judge Xalhan Llark ; Charlotte married 1 lar])iii lloichkiss. and .Margaret Todd, who mar-ried ChannccN lleecher. And now my dearly beloved bn-therAmasa A. .Marks has also passed before me to another laid down to sleep on the i<nh of Jul\. and never awoke;although he had lived four score years, it is a grief so sadthat I can only say. I tool likf niif wlio treads aloneSome liall (kserted. .Mks. 1-\ Mrs. Marv Siekkv - - loo yeaks. ANi» Her Dksckndants—Five Generations A BETHANY CENTENARIAN. Mrs. Mary Sperry Xorlhrop celebrated her (jiie huiKlredthbirlhdav in West Ilaven on the 26th, at the home of her son,Charles Xorthrop. During- the course of the day nearly ahundred people, relatives and friends, called to offer congratu-lations or to bring some little token of remembrance. bive generations of the family were represented and theirpictures were taken. This remarkable lady was born in , September 26th,1805. She was the eldest of a family of eight children ofMicah and Patty (Downs) Sperry and is the last survivingmember of her family. 1 ler brothers and sisters were:Phinette. married Xehcmiah .drews; Eliza, died young;Maria, died aged 29. unmarried; George, married Mary ; .Mark, married Harriet Elder; Andrew, married ElizaSackett; Lian. remained unmarried. Mrs. Xorthrop was born in an old house long since torn down,which stood nea
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