upon reaching the town of Mount Holly, Vt., they were obliged to leave their chaise and travel on horseback on account of the dense forests and poor roads. When within a few miles of their destination and while going up what later on was, and I think, is to this day called Sugar Hill, and riding a high-spirited horse, the mother on the pillion, a low limb of a tree without ceremony swept the young Waldo from his mother's arms, but as he was liberally clothed, he sustained no injury and was soon again in his mother's arms, and they proceeded on their journey. When about twenty-three years of age, Daniel Waldo went to Buffalo, N. Y., to work, but soon returned home on account of an injury to one of his feet. Since 1841 he has resided at the old homestead at Leicester. In 1848 his father and he built a saw-mill on Kettle Brook, which runs through the farm. July 3, 1854, he lost one of his eyes by the flying of a chip in the saw-mill. January 23, 1860, he fell and broke his hip. The doctor at first supposed it to be an injury to the muscles. After dragging around upon it for nine weeks, another physician was consulted and the limb was set April 30, 1860. No one supposed at the time that it would knit together, but owing to his temperate habits and the healthy condition of his system it did so after he had laid upon his back sixty-seven days. He regained the use of his limb in time, but it left one leg slightly shorter than the other. July 2, 1879, while loading a load of hay it was struck by a heavy gale and tipped over, throwing him to the ground, breaking his collar bone and injuring his shoulder, and yet he is alive and tolerably well (January 1884), although in his seventy-fourth year. Through his industry and enterprise the old farm has been brought to a high state of cultivation, the buildings improved and a large water privilege has been constructed on Kettle Brook, where he has recently built a fine woolen factory. He has always been active in town affairs, and many of the new roads in the north-east part of the town have been built through his influence.

The children of Daniel Waldo and Harriet N. (Grosvener) Kent were:

237. I, Lucy Watson, b. May 24, 1841, in Leicester, Mass., m. June 15, 1864, Joseph Sheldon Noble of Springfield, Mass. 238. 2, Ruth Amelia, b. Dec. 8, 1843, in Leicester Mass,, m. Oct. 24, 1876, Melville M. Tracey of Hartford Conn.

239. 3, Prescott Grosvenor, b. Sept. 29, 1847, in Leicester, Mass., m. Nov. 4, 1870, Mary Abbie Watson of Spencer.

240. 4, Harriet Elizabeth, b. May 1, 1850, in Leicester, Mass., not m. (1883). She resides in Leicester.

241. 5, Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1853, in Leicester, m. July 2, 1878, Georgia Ella Tyler of Westfield, Mass. He lives in Leicester, and has no children.

242. 6, Caroline Esther, b. Aug. 4, 1857, in Leicester, not m. Lives at Wellesley (college), Mass.

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CAROLINE CALISTA KENT, (Capt. Daniel, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, John, Richard), sister to the preceding and fourth child of Capt. Daniel Kent by his first wife, Ruth (Watson) Kent, was born March 19, 1812, in Leicester, Mass., married February 22, 1848, Levi C. Clapp of Worcester, Mass., born February 11, 1794, at Worthington, Mass. He resided in Worcester, where he died December 7, 1854, aged 60y. 9. 26d. His occupation was that of a hat, cap and fur merchant.

DIED-In Worcester, January 4, 1898, at 14 Gertrude avenue, Caroline Calista (Kent) Clapp, aged 85y. 9m. 15d. Funeral services at the old South church parlors on Thursday.

The children of Levi C. and Caroline Calista (Kent) Clapp

were:

243. 1, George Kent Clapp, b. June 15, 1850, d. Nov. 26, 1853, aged 3y. 5m. 11d.

244. 2, Edward Bemis Clapp, b. June 15, 1850, in Worcester, Mass., m. May 22, 1882, at Uxbridge, Mass., Martha Alexander Taft, b. Aug. 31, 1859, in Blackstone, Mass., and daughter of Daniel Waldo and Henrietta Maria (Goulding) Taft of Uxbridge, Mass. Edward B. Clapp resides in Worcester, and his occupation is hat, cap and fur merchant. They had these children: 1, Gertrude Taft Clapp, b. Apr. 2, 1889; 2, Marjorie Clapp, b. Sept. 6, 1890, d. July 26, 1891; 3, Dorothy Clapp, b. Mar. 1895.

MELINDA WATSON KENT, (Capt. Daniel, Ebenezer, Ebene

zer. Ebenezer, John, Richard), sister to the preceding and fifth child of Capt. Daniel by his 1st wife, Ruth (Watson) Kent, was born November 29, 1813, in Leicester, m. April 14, 1835, Capt. Dana Hyde Fitch, of Leicester, b. August 24, 1809, in Guilford, Vt., and son of Ezra, b. September 16, 1770, and Sally (Green) Fitch, born July 15, 1775. They resided in Worcester, Mass. His occupation was that of a carpenter and builder. He learned his trade of Zenas Studley of Worcester, and was in business for himself at Leicester, Mass., and built some of the best houses in that town. He was also for a time in the iron foundry in Worcester and afterwards in the wheel business in Worcester.

Capt. Dana Hyde Fitch, when a young man the military spirit was strong in him, and after serving several years as a private in the Worcester Light Infantry, he was elected captain for the years of 1837-38.

During the war of the Rebellion there was need of men to serve as home guards, to escort new regiments to the cars, at