Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years
Hiel Hollister
1867
J. Munsell, Albany
BLOSSOM, Capt. SETH, from Falmouth, Mass:, 1783, m. Elizabeth Henshaw, and settled on the
present homestead of Smith Hitt. He was an active and worthy citizen.
He removed with his
large family to Batavia, N.Y., in 1829, and died in 1845, aged 82. Dea. Benjamin Blossom, of _______
Mich., and Abigail, wife of Arthur Toby, of Pittsford, N.Y., are his only surviving children.
BLOSSOM, DAVID C., from Wells, 1816, m. Lucy, da. of Daniel Goodrich, and settled on the Timothy
Allen farm, where he lives, retired from business, at the age of 83. His wife died in 1852, aged 65.
They raised a family of seven children: Pauline, Anna, Laura, David G., Hiram S., Henry and
Bethiah. Pauline m. John Upham, Winooski ; Anna m. Orson Goodrich, Richmond and died in 1839,
aged 48; Laura m. CoI. Lee T. Rowley; of Granville, N.Y., died in 1855, aged 41 ; Hiram, m. Jane
Woodward and died in 1852, aged 32 ; Henry m. Sarah Stevens and removed to Chicago; Bethiah m.
Orson Goodrich, Richmond. David G. Blossom, the only one remaining in town, m. Fidelia Goodrich,
and succeeded to the homestead, on which he has just erected an elegant and convenient house.
BLOSSOM, WILLIAM, from Wells, 1844, m. Phebe, da. of David Lewis, and settled on the Samuel
Wright place. They raised a family of four children: Benoni, who married Lucia, da. of Gideon A.
Loomis ; William, who married Paulina, da. of Paul Hulett, who died in 1852, aged 32; next
married Mary I., da. of Charles Lamb, of Middletown, Joseph, who married Paulina, da. of Orlin Hulett,.
and died in 1863, aged 43, and Rebecca, who married Pomroy Wells, of Poultney.
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