Information about owners of The Inwood Manor
August 25, 2011
On these next couple of pages I have done research on the 0wners of the now Inwood Manor. The information that I collected was from the pages of the Caledonia Record in the reference room of the St. Johnsbury Anthenaeum. Some of the owners I only found a few notes on and others were quite the socialites. Here are there stories. Any person with a * is a direct quote from the newspaper. These were just to interesting to put into my own words. I wanted readers to see how they wrote about what happened to people compared to today.
Ralph and Nancy Blanard were the first people to own the Manor, but in the deed paperwork it was referred to as Lot 42. Ralph was married to a woman named Maria who died of an illness of three days. She died April 17, 1852. Almost a year later he married Nancy on March 29, 1853. Nancy Blanchard died at age 76 at the residence of her brother William McLachlin at the Hollow on March 27, 1884. I did not find when Ralph died or where. They owned The Manor until March 12, 1862 when they sold it to Elizabeth and Amos Norris.
Elizabeth W. Norris had a letter still remaining at the St. Johnsbury Post Office on November 15, 1852. *Amos B. Norris died May 15, 1884 age 62 formely Norrisville (Barnet). He died of dropsy of the heart. He was buried at Peacham in family lot. Elizabeth and Amos Norris then sold the property to Calvin Brown on April 15, 1882.
Calvin Brown was a farmer and a very good one. He worked with oxen and sheep as you will see. Calvin Brown and Franklin Richardson were subscribers to John Chaplin's estate after he died. April 25, 1846. *Barron Moulton Brown aged 19 months son of Calvin and Susan Brown died by drowning in half a barrel of sour milk. There was about 8 gallons in the barrel on September 2, 1848. Calvin got an award from The Caledonia County Agricultural Society Awarding Committee for steers on April 10, 1852. Calvin was found not guilty for assault and battery against A. L. Farnum. He had a letter waiting for him at the St. Johnsbury Post Office on August 18, 1853. Calvin recieved first place at the County Fair for Best Working Oxen on October 1, 1853. Then he put an ad in the paper that read. *Kentucky Cattle- The subscriber will have for sale at St. Johnsbury, on Monday, next, 20 to 30 head of one or two year old heifers direct from Kentucky. Also a 2 year old bull, that can't be beat. signed Calvin Brown, St. J. November 13, 1858. The last thing I found out about Calvin Brown was that he bought 13 wether sheep from Mr. Loren Kinne and it is suppose to be the largest price as well as the best lot of sheep of the season. Calvin Brown then gave the property to his daughter Christina Brown on April 13, 1897. Calvin Brown died October 27, 1909.
Christina May Brown then married a young man by the name of Charles W. Wallace. They were married on September 21, 1897. Christina died October of 1899 and left her the 17 month old daughter she had with Charles with her father. The daughters name was Edna Christina. Charles inherited the property and put it into his mother's name Edna Wallace.
*Edna Wallace was ring bearer at her nieces wedding on June 26, 1906. She became ill and Charles was forced to sell the property to cover his mother's health care. *Charles W. Wallace, guardian of Edna C. Wallace, a minor, residing in Barnet, made application to sell the two-thirds undivided interest of his ward in 15 acres of land, dwelling house and out buildings. Situated in Barnet. He purposes to invest the proceeds for the benefit of his ward. Febuary 9, 1910. Charles had gotten married a second time to Della Quimby on August 17, 1909. The property was then sold to Ada L. Brown May 28, 1910.
I found no information on Ada L. Brown only that when she had the property it was known as the Brown Place. She used it as a Inn. She sold it to Daniel Fulford on April 4, 1918
Daniel Fulford and Miss Mary A. Wright were married December 28, 1881. He was married again to a Miss Myrtie G. Potter on October 5, 1907 and then had a daughter named Annie on October 6, 1909. *Daniel Fulford, A long time resident of East Barnet died at home of his daughter Mrs. Harry Kay of hardening of the arteries and a shock. He was born in Littleton, N. H. on Nov 14, 1843. Daniel sold the property to Wendell P. Roy on October 18, 1929.
I found in information on Wendall P. Roy, but he then sold part of it to his brother John G. Roy and Elmer E. Roy on July 21, 1938.
The information on the Roy's are the last that I have on the owners. I didn't feel right going on any further about any of the other owners. Most of the owners of the property are still alive and I didn't want to invade their privacy. I will also have an article that John G. Roy had written about the property concerning the very first owner, Enos Stevens and about his and his brothers involvement on the property.
John G. Roy had dinner at Joseph Roy's house for Thanksgiving. December 1,1909. Then John and his wife attended the 34th Anniversary for Joseph Roy on December 23, 1909. John and his brother Elmer attended the funeral of William Roy on January 12, 1916. *John G. Roy attended funeral of C. C. Calderwood. July 5, 1916. *J. G. Roy entertained G. W. Jackson of Barre and E. C. Eddy of Brattleboro. There were too many records about John and his wifes social life to place in here so I put the most interesting ones. The Roys started Roy Brother Inc. and created a croquet shop and the Manor was the dorm for the workers.
*Elmer G. Roy and wife return from wedding trip, Monday afternoon. October 25, 1899. *Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Roy have been entertaining their cousins from N. J. September 7, 1912. Elmer and his wife were also very busy socialites. They too had to many items to put on here.
I hope this has been informative and interesting for you. I know that it gave me a great look into the history of East Barnet and people who occupied it over 100 years ago.
Sierra
August 25, 2011
On these next couple of pages I have done research on the 0wners of the now Inwood Manor. The information that I collected was from the pages of the Caledonia Record in the reference room of the St. Johnsbury Anthenaeum. Some of the owners I only found a few notes on and others were quite the socialites. Here are there stories. Any person with a * is a direct quote from the newspaper. These were just to interesting to put into my own words. I wanted readers to see how they wrote about what happened to people compared to today.
Ralph and Nancy Blanard were the first people to own the Manor, but in the deed paperwork it was referred to as Lot 42. Ralph was married to a woman named Maria who died of an illness of three days. She died April 17, 1852. Almost a year later he married Nancy on March 29, 1853. Nancy Blanchard died at age 76 at the residence of her brother William McLachlin at the Hollow on March 27, 1884. I did not find when Ralph died or where. They owned The Manor until March 12, 1862 when they sold it to Elizabeth and Amos Norris.
Elizabeth W. Norris had a letter still remaining at the St. Johnsbury Post Office on November 15, 1852. *Amos B. Norris died May 15, 1884 age 62 formely Norrisville (Barnet). He died of dropsy of the heart. He was buried at Peacham in family lot. Elizabeth and Amos Norris then sold the property to Calvin Brown on April 15, 1882.
Calvin Brown was a farmer and a very good one. He worked with oxen and sheep as you will see. Calvin Brown and Franklin Richardson were subscribers to John Chaplin's estate after he died. April 25, 1846. *Barron Moulton Brown aged 19 months son of Calvin and Susan Brown died by drowning in half a barrel of sour milk. There was about 8 gallons in the barrel on September 2, 1848. Calvin got an award from The Caledonia County Agricultural Society Awarding Committee for steers on April 10, 1852. Calvin was found not guilty for assault and battery against A. L. Farnum. He had a letter waiting for him at the St. Johnsbury Post Office on August 18, 1853. Calvin recieved first place at the County Fair for Best Working Oxen on October 1, 1853. Then he put an ad in the paper that read. *Kentucky Cattle- The subscriber will have for sale at St. Johnsbury, on Monday, next, 20 to 30 head of one or two year old heifers direct from Kentucky. Also a 2 year old bull, that can't be beat. signed Calvin Brown, St. J. November 13, 1858. The last thing I found out about Calvin Brown was that he bought 13 wether sheep from Mr. Loren Kinne and it is suppose to be the largest price as well as the best lot of sheep of the season. Calvin Brown then gave the property to his daughter Christina Brown on April 13, 1897. Calvin Brown died October 27, 1909.
Christina May Brown then married a young man by the name of Charles W. Wallace. They were married on September 21, 1897. Christina died October of 1899 and left her the 17 month old daughter she had with Charles with her father. The daughters name was Edna Christina. Charles inherited the property and put it into his mother's name Edna Wallace.
*Edna Wallace was ring bearer at her nieces wedding on June 26, 1906. She became ill and Charles was forced to sell the property to cover his mother's health care. *Charles W. Wallace, guardian of Edna C. Wallace, a minor, residing in Barnet, made application to sell the two-thirds undivided interest of his ward in 15 acres of land, dwelling house and out buildings. Situated in Barnet. He purposes to invest the proceeds for the benefit of his ward. Febuary 9, 1910. Charles had gotten married a second time to Della Quimby on August 17, 1909. The property was then sold to Ada L. Brown May 28, 1910.
I found no information on Ada L. Brown only that when she had the property it was known as the Brown Place. She used it as a Inn. She sold it to Daniel Fulford on April 4, 1918
Daniel Fulford and Miss Mary A. Wright were married December 28, 1881. He was married again to a Miss Myrtie G. Potter on October 5, 1907 and then had a daughter named Annie on October 6, 1909. *Daniel Fulford, A long time resident of East Barnet died at home of his daughter Mrs. Harry Kay of hardening of the arteries and a shock. He was born in Littleton, N. H. on Nov 14, 1843. Daniel sold the property to Wendell P. Roy on October 18, 1929.
I found in information on Wendall P. Roy, but he then sold part of it to his brother John G. Roy and Elmer E. Roy on July 21, 1938.
The information on the Roy's are the last that I have on the owners. I didn't feel right going on any further about any of the other owners. Most of the owners of the property are still alive and I didn't want to invade their privacy. I will also have an article that John G. Roy had written about the property concerning the very first owner, Enos Stevens and about his and his brothers involvement on the property.
John G. Roy had dinner at Joseph Roy's house for Thanksgiving. December 1,1909. Then John and his wife attended the 34th Anniversary for Joseph Roy on December 23, 1909. John and his brother Elmer attended the funeral of William Roy on January 12, 1916. *John G. Roy attended funeral of C. C. Calderwood. July 5, 1916. *J. G. Roy entertained G. W. Jackson of Barre and E. C. Eddy of Brattleboro. There were too many records about John and his wifes social life to place in here so I put the most interesting ones. The Roys started Roy Brother Inc. and created a croquet shop and the Manor was the dorm for the workers.
*Elmer G. Roy and wife return from wedding trip, Monday afternoon. October 25, 1899. *Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Roy have been entertaining their cousins from N. J. September 7, 1912. Elmer and his wife were also very busy socialites. They too had to many items to put on here.
I hope this has been informative and interesting for you. I know that it gave me a great look into the history of East Barnet and people who occupied it over 100 years ago.
Sierra