Vose Palmer, one of the oldest inhabitants of West Winfield, father of Walter P., and father in law of J.M. Rose, fell dead in his chair the evening of July 16. He was age 83 on the day of his burial. He died of heart disease which he had for several years, and 3 years ago his wife died as sudden of the same disease. Having resided for 77 years in this region, a few facts will be of interest to mention. His father, also Vose Palmer, came at age six from Plainfield, Windham Co, Conn into the neighborhood south of this village, now called Plainfield Hill and gave the name to this town, after that of his native place in the east. He moved with two sleighs in the month of March 1795. The foremost team arrived at nightfall with part of the goods and two children, young Vose, age six, and a sister eight, who afterwards became Mrs. Jonathan McFarland, at a log home at Plainfield Hill. The father assembled a shanty with the boxes piled so to keep out the wolves, put the two children to bed and went back four miles to meet the other team. As trees were his only guide and the snow falling fast, he could not return that night as he had purposed, but left these two young children alone at the last home on the road, four miles from any human being. But early in the morning he hastened on and found them all safe.
