Thursday, February 24, 1876
The greenhouse of Wm. H. Bailey, a grandson of Judge Wm. Bailey, were burned.
Wednesday, March 1, 1876
At his home on Macdonough street died Hon. Moss Kent Platt. He had been a
State Senator, a Republican Presidential Elector in 1868, in '72 Inspector of
State Prisons and since 1841 a ruling elder of the First Presbyterian church.
Sunday, April 9, 1876
Elizabeth Mooers, daughter of Col. Benjamin H. Mooers, and wife of Judge George
M. Beckwith, died. Of the First Presbyterian Church she was a consistent
member forty-three years.
Tuesday, August 8, 1876
The first ascent of Lyon Mountain by a woman was made by Miss Hattie
Lyon, granddaughter of Nathaniel Lyon, an early settler at its base and from
whom the mountain took its name.
Today In Champlain Valley History