. Early years in Smyrna and our first Old home week. ualities made him warm friends. He moved inlater years, with his mother, to the place of her nativity, andboth are now deceased. Samuel Wilson was a genteel gentleman of the old schooland a man most highly esteemed by all who made his acquaint-ance. The Wilson home was a most pleasant and hospitableplace for all. The handsome grounds, with their flowers andshrubbery, are pleasant recollections of the older inhabitants, andthe removal of the family from our town was a matter of muchregret. Mr. Wilsons death came after a long illness, on the 3
. Early years in Smyrna and our first Old home week. ualities made him warm friends. He moved inlater years, with his mother, to the place of her nativity, andboth are now deceased. Samuel Wilson was a genteel gentleman of the old schooland a man most highly esteemed by all who made his acquaint-ance. The Wilson home was a most pleasant and hospitableplace for all. The handsome grounds, with their flowers andshrubbery, are pleasant recollections of the older inhabitants, andthe removal of the family from our town was a matter of muchregret. Mr. Wilsons death came after a long illness, on the 31stof August, 1874, in his 83d year. Benjamin Hartwell was born at North Norwich, Septem-ber 29, 1804, and was a son of Ebenezer Hartwell. At eighteenyears of age he was apprenticed to learn the hatters trade ofThomas Merrell, of Sherburne Four Corners. Later he movedto Greene and still later to Smyrna, where he married Philura, adaughter of Harvey Talcott, an early resident of Smyrna, andthey became respected and honored among the people of the 76. SAMUEL WILSON. Our First Old Home Week town. Their home was always most hospitable. They hadtwo children, a son who lived six years, and a daughter, Mary, amost estimable young woman, beloved by all, who in later yearsbecame the wife of Billings Wheeler now of Norwich, and movedto that place in the early sixties, where her death occurred notlong after. Mr. Hartwell was one of our best and most respect-ed citizens, a kind hearted neighbor, and a friend to all. Many will remember with pleasure the large and well stockedtrout pond on his premises, a source of pleasure to himself, andwhich he was very fond of showing to his numerous time for the trout was always a source of much enjoy-ment for all the young people, as well as old, in the 1870 he gave up farming and moved to Norwich, where heand his most excellent wife spent their remaining days at thehome of Mr. Wheeler. Mourned by many, Mr. Hartwell passeda
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