Monday, January 10, 1791
In Highgate, Vt., of cancer in the breast died Catherine Weaver, beloved wife of John Sax (Sachs). She was 47 years old and
left eight young sons and a four-year-old daughter, all of whom bore well their part in he settlement and development of the
valley. The sixth son, Peter, remained on the homestead and became the father of John Godfrey Saxe (Sax), the poet. At
Bennington, the same day, the convention called for that purpose, adopted the constitution of the United States.
Friday, March 4, 1791
Vermont admitted into the Union as a separate and independent state.
Vermont! thou
art a glorious State,
Though small in acres and in skies;
But 'tis not
length that make one great,
Nor breadth that gives a nation size.
Thy mountains
and thy mountain air
Have reared a noble race of men.
And women,
fairest of the fair,
Their labors
and their love to share.
Where shall we see their like again?
I love them
all, which most I shan't advise,
Thy
mountains, maidens or thy pumpkin pies.
-A Vermonter in Clinton County Whig, Aug., 1851.
Thursday, April 22, 1791
Born at Williamstown, Mass., Josiah Corbin, son of Joseph Corbin, a Revolutionary soldier of Killingly, Conn. and Williamstown, Mass. Josiah served in the War of 1812, from Champlain and in 1819 was appointed by Gov. Clinton as cornet of a troop in the 15th Regiment N.Y. Cavalry.
Sunday, April 24, 1791
Lieut. Benj. Mooers was married to Hannah, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Platt who had moved into Plattsburgh about a year previous. They had ten children, six of whom grew to maturity.
