The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . ther fine old homestead is oneinherited by the late Mr. DanielPearl, a short distance out of the vil-lage, and now owned by his daughter,Mrs. John S. Roberts, who is thefirst woman chosen in Farmington toserve as a member of the town boardof education. Others upon the boardare the Messrs. H. H. Tanner andOwen Varney. Farther outside the village areplaces more or less ancient, such asthat of Joseph L,. Demeritt, who isone of the most notable Farmington-ians; those of the Amazeen, Dame,Hayes, Roberts, Leighton, Varney,a
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . ther fine old homestead is oneinherited by the late Mr. DanielPearl, a short distance out of the vil-lage, and now owned by his daughter,Mrs. John S. Roberts, who is thefirst woman chosen in Farmington toserve as a member of the town boardof education. Others upon the boardare the Messrs. H. H. Tanner andOwen Varney. Farther outside the village areplaces more or less ancient, such asthat of Joseph L,. Demeritt, who isone of the most notable Farmington-ians; those of the Amazeen, Dame,Hayes, Roberts, Leighton, Varney,and Wentworth families; and therestands also the birthplace, and untilrecently the home,, of a very talented,shrewd, and successful writer knownas Clara Augusta, as Kate Thorn, FARMINGTON. 271 Hero Strong, and by other pseudo- ter of Jeremiah Jones, who died in nyms, the first name being her own. the house mentioned, in 1871, leaving It is doubtful if any woman eontri- a name which was a proverb of integ- butor to current periodicals has re- rity. He was descended from the. &&*K t G. A. Jones, 2d. Levi L. Pinkham. B. F. Perkins. J. P. Tibbetts. A. E. Dean Allen. i John Perley Bennett. Albert Endicott Putnam. E. T. Willson. •i»S Herman O. W. F. Hall. ceived larger returns for her work family of an Karl of Surrey, on the than has Mrs. Clara Augusta Trask, distaff side. For him was named, in with the exception of those who own 1S12, the first child of Winthrop and royalties on plays. She is the daugh- Abigail Colbath, but when the sou 272 FARMING TON. approached manhood, and after eon- easily spoken Henry Wilson ; as a sultation with Mr. Jones and other Senator from Massachusetts and a friends, he changed the cumbersome Vice President of the United States, Jeremiah Jones Colbath to the Mr. Wilsons career is too well known
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