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Walter Bedient
Sarah Bedient Janes' brother was 'Uncle Walter Bedient".
"Dies at the Great Age of 100 years, 2 months, 20 days".
"Uncle Bedient died on Wednesday at his home in Gilbertsville, New York (1896). He was born at Hubbardton, Vermont, 11 April 1796. When he was 2 years old, his father moved to Grand Isle on Lake Champlain. He gave some very interesting descriptions of his early life at this place. They cleared up the new land, had great logging bees, neighbors coming from all directions with their oxen teams to assist in all the laborious undertakings. His father at one time, after burning some unusually large piles of logs, collected the ashes, made potash from them, hauled the potash to Montreal, sold it, received in payment a half bushel of Spanish silver dollars. When the War of 1812 broke out he distinctly remembers seeing the British sloops on Lake Champlain and saw the cannonading between them and the American batteries on shore. His family moved to New York, in 1813 spending their first night with Isaac Bedient, which stood on the farm now owned by J. H. Gilbert in the eastern part ot the town of Gilbertsville, New York. His family, 9 in number, and all their effects, made 2 loads, and the old road over the hill by which they reached their destination, is still in places plainly discernable. Walter said the old way of laying out roads was very simple, consisted merely in the selection of the very highest hills and steering straight for them. His father bought a place, directly across the road from the Brewer farm, put up a shop, and here Walter learned his trade of blacksmithing. No small part of their work, aside from the regular business of shoeing horses and oxen, was the making of axes and bull plow shares. They bought their iron and steel from Catskill, hauling it the whole distance with teams. Walter married Lucy Chapel on 21 May 1825. He built a shop and started in business for himself. He turned his attention to farming, and bought 70 acres. He did some work with his team, carrying wheat, etc to Albany, which place had only 2 or 3 hotels at that time. Subsequently, he carried nearly all farm produce to Catskill, making the round trip usually in about 5 days. 2 sons and 2 daughters were born to them. He always took a keen interest in both political and national affairs and has been an ardent republican. He never used tobacco. He has lived to see in the harvest fields of NY the transition from primitive sickle to the perfect and swift working binder, and other labor saving inventions. Late in life he was married again to Mrs. Oliver Lull of Morris, New York. He was a godly man, esteemed and venerated by all who knew him."
Walter Bedient
Sarah Bedient Janes' brother was 'Uncle Walter Bedient".
"Dies at the Great Age of 100 years, 2 months, 20 days".
"Uncle Bedient died on Wednesday at his home in Gilbertsville, New York (1896). He was born at Hubbardton, Vermont, 11 April 1796. When he was 2 years old, his father moved to Grand Isle on Lake Champlain. He gave some very interesting descriptions of his early life at this place. They cleared up the new land, had great logging bees, neighbors coming from all directions with their oxen teams to assist in all the laborious undertakings. His father at one time, after burning some unusually large piles of logs, collected the ashes, made potash from them, hauled the potash to Montreal, sold it, received in payment a half bushel of Spanish silver dollars. When the War of 1812 broke out he distinctly remembers seeing the British sloops on Lake Champlain and saw the cannonading between them and the American batteries on shore. His family moved to New York, in 1813 spending their first night with Isaac Bedient, which stood on the farm now owned by J. H. Gilbert in the eastern part ot the town of Gilbertsville, New York. His family, 9 in number, and all their effects, made 2 loads, and the old road over the hill by which they reached their destination, is still in places plainly discernable. Walter said the old way of laying out roads was very simple, consisted merely in the selection of the very highest hills and steering straight for them. His father bought a place, directly across the road from the Brewer farm, put up a shop, and here Walter learned his trade of blacksmithing. No small part of their work, aside from the regular business of shoeing horses and oxen, was the making of axes and bull plow shares. They bought their iron and steel from Catskill, hauling it the whole distance with teams. Walter married Lucy Chapel on 21 May 1825. He built a shop and started in business for himself. He turned his attention to farming, and bought 70 acres. He did some work with his team, carrying wheat, etc to Albany, which place had only 2 or 3 hotels at that time. Subsequently, he carried nearly all farm produce to Catskill, making the round trip usually in about 5 days. 2 sons and 2 daughters were born to them. He always took a keen interest in both political and national affairs and has been an ardent republican. He never used tobacco. He has lived to see in the harvest fields of NY the transition from primitive sickle to the perfect and swift working binder, and other labor saving inventions. Late in life he was married again to Mrs. Oliver Lull of Morris, New York. He was a godly man, esteemed and venerated by all who knew him."
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Walter Bedient
Sarah Bedient Janes' brother was 'Uncle Walter Bedient".
"Dies at the Great Age of 100 years, 2 months, 20 days".
"Uncle Bedient died on Wednesday at his home in Gilbertsville, New York (1896). He was born at Hubbardton, Vermont, 11 April 1796. When he was 2 years old, his father moved to Grand Isle on Lake Champlain. He gave some very interesting descriptions of his early life at this place. They cleared up the new land, had great logging bees, neighbors coming from all directions with their oxen teams to assist in all the laborious undertakings. His father at one time, after burning some unusually large piles of logs, collected the ashes, made potash from them, hauled the potash to Montreal, sold it, received in payment a half bushel of Spanish silver dollars. When the War of 1812 broke out he distinctly remembers seeing the British sloops on Lake Champlain and saw the cannonading between them and the American batteries on shore. His family moved to New York, in 1813 spending their first night with Isaac Bedient, which stood on the farm now owned by J. H. Gilbert in the eastern part ot the town of Gilbertsville, New York. His family, 9 in number, and all their effects, made 2 loads, and the old road over the hill by which they reached their destination, is still in places plainly discernable. Walter said the old way of laying out roads was very simple, consisted merely in the selection of the very highest hills and steering straight for them. His father bought a place, directly across the road from the Brewer farm, put up a shop, and here Walter learned his trade of blacksmithing. No small part of their work, aside from the regular business of shoeing horses and oxen, was the making of axes and bull plow shares. They bought their iron and steel from Catskill, hauling it the whole distance with teams. Walter married Lucy Chapel on 21 May 1825. He built a shop and started in business for himself. He turned his attention to farming, and bought 70 acres. He did some work with his team, carrying wheat, etc to Albany, which place had only 2 or 3 hotels at that time. Subsequently, he carried nearly all farm produce to Catskill, making the round trip usually in about 5 days. 2 sons and 2 daughters were born to them. He always took a keen interest in both political and national affairs and has been an ardent republican. He never used tobacco. He has lived to see in the harvest fields of NY the transition from primitive sickle to the perfect and swift working binder, and other labor saving inventions. Late in life he was married again to Mrs. Oliver Lull of Morris, New York. He was a godly man, esteemed and venerated by all who knew him."
Walter Bedient
Sarah Bedient Janes' brother was 'Uncle Walter Bedient".
"Dies at the Great Age of 100 years, 2 months, 20 days".
"Uncle Bedient died on Wednesday at his home in Gilbertsville, New York (1896). He was born at Hubbardton, Vermont, 11 April 1796. When he was 2 years old, his father moved to Grand Isle on Lake Champlain. He gave some very interesting descriptions of his early life at this place. They cleared up the new land, had great logging bees, neighbors coming from all directions with their oxen teams to assist in all the laborious undertakings. His father at one time, after burning some unusually large piles of logs, collected the ashes, made potash from them, hauled the potash to Montreal, sold it, received in payment a half bushel of Spanish silver dollars. When the War of 1812 broke out he distinctly remembers seeing the British sloops on Lake Champlain and saw the cannonading between them and the American batteries on shore. His family moved to New York, in 1813 spending their first night with Isaac Bedient, which stood on the farm now owned by J. H. Gilbert in the eastern part ot the town of Gilbertsville, New York. His family, 9 in number, and all their effects, made 2 loads, and the old road over the hill by which they reached their destination, is still in places plainly discernable. Walter said the old way of laying out roads was very simple, consisted merely in the selection of the very highest hills and steering straight for them. His father bought a place, directly across the road from the Brewer farm, put up a shop, and here Walter learned his trade of blacksmithing. No small part of their work, aside from the regular business of shoeing horses and oxen, was the making of axes and bull plow shares. They bought their iron and steel from Catskill, hauling it the whole distance with teams. Walter married Lucy Chapel on 21 May 1825. He built a shop and started in business for himself. He turned his attention to farming, and bought 70 acres. He did some work with his team, carrying wheat, etc to Albany, which place had only 2 or 3 hotels at that time. Subsequently, he carried nearly all farm produce to Catskill, making the round trip usually in about 5 days. 2 sons and 2 daughters were born to them. He always took a keen interest in both political and national affairs and has been an ardent republican. He never used tobacco. He has lived to see in the harvest fields of NY the transition from primitive sickle to the perfect and swift working binder, and other labor saving inventions. Late in life he was married again to Mrs. Oliver Lull of Morris, New York. He was a godly man, esteemed and venerated by all who knew him."
Inscription
ae 100y, 2m, 20d
Gravesite Details
buried in Kinne plot, may be birth date
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