Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years
Hiel Hollister
1867
J. Munsell, Albany
FAY, Dr. JONAS, m. the mother of Dr. Jonathan Safford, and in his old age came to this town to spend the evening of his days.
We remember him well in our young days when his venerable form, bent with the weight of four-score years, went tottering towards the grave.
He was one of the most efficient founders of the state; a compeer of Ethan Allen,
Chittenden, and a host of worthies. He was clerk of the council of safety, clerk of the convention, that in 1777 declared Vermont a free and independent state, and was also a supreme court judge.
