. Early years in Smyrna and our first Old home week. , to which place he had gone for health; JohnA., an eccentric individual and a bachelor, now deceased, whosehome was the present Anthony Chapman farm in Smyrna;Catherine B., who married the late Thomas L. Willcox, andRichard E., a leading and well to do citizen, who held varioustown offices, to the satisfaction of all his townsmen. He was astrong man in the Methodist Church, of which he was a mostsubstantial member. It was through his influence as much asthat of any other member that the church was remodeled in thesummer of 1871, and it was
. Early years in Smyrna and our first Old home week. , to which place he had gone for health; JohnA., an eccentric individual and a bachelor, now deceased, whosehome was the present Anthony Chapman farm in Smyrna;Catherine B., who married the late Thomas L. Willcox, andRichard E., a leading and well to do citizen, who held varioustown offices, to the satisfaction of all his townsmen. He was astrong man in the Methodist Church, of which he was a mostsubstantial member. It was through his influence as much asthat of any other member that the church was remodeled in thesummer of 1871, and it was during the years immediately fol-lowing that the church saw its most successful period. Richard E. Stover married Philura P. Keeler, and therewere born two sons both of whom have kept up the high stand-ing of the family. William E., born in Smyrna nearly forty-six years ago, has always been held in the highest esteem by allour people, and still resides here. He was a Justice of the Peacefor many years, Supervisor of the town from February, 1892, 28. BENJAMIN STOVER. Our First Old Home Week till February, 1901, and Chairman of the Board of Supervisorsin 1898 Burt W., his younger brother, bom some thirty-six yearsago, spent his younger days in this town, later attending schoolat Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass. He married Jessie, daugh-ter of George Nash of Poolville, and a few years later wasappointed Deputy County Clerk of Chenango County, underCounty Clerk Jay G. Holmes. This position he held forseveral years and made many friends. He is at present managerof the Palmer House at Norwich, and as a landlord is verysuccessful. Richard E. Stover and wife are both deceased. The deathof the former occurred suddenly in the summer of 1873, beingcaused by a falling limb in the woods on his farm near DarkHollow. He survived his wife some four years. Thomas Rex Tracy, youngest son of Thomas and LucySprague Tracy, was bom in Lenox, Mass., October 23, 1770,being the seventh of a family o
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