Friday, September 27, 2013

Koeppl-Bullock-Hale-Bonnett Barn, 1890?


Lower Waterford Road. Yankee barn, access by request to owner. Stone and concrete foundation, post and beam fram with barn board siding, gable roof of wood with corrugated metal, high drive, entry in gable front. 90 by 50. Probably a  Frank C. Bullock design.

Dave Morrison recalls a 20th-century owner raising sheep in the barn.

Dave Morrison: At some time in the 1800s, this was known as the Hale Farm. During the middle part of the 1900s it was the Joseph Bonnett Sr. farm.

Town history, p. 87: THE HALE FAMILY. Edward E., Joseph, and Abbie were descendants of John Hale. Edward and Abbie lived and died on the Hale farm, which has been in the family for over a century. Edward was known as a man of sterling character, upright and square in all dealings with mankind. He and his sister both were known as honest, consistent farm people, plodding along in a quiet, unostentatious manner. They were regular attendants and good workers in the church. They never married. Joseph married and has one daughter [Grace, 1883-1946] who is the only survivor. She married Samuel Bonnett [1880-1956] of St. Johnsbury and lives there. They have a son Joseph [BK note: This would be Joseph Bonnett Sr., 1907-1989], who lives on the Abial Richardson farm." [material in square brackets added from Ancestry.com research]

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