ࡱ> -/,Y vbjbjWW &==Z]<<<<<<<llll8  lg(,......$R<RD<<DDD<<,P^<<<<,DD,<<, ll|,HISTORY OF HOUSES IN CHASWOOD Evidently, the first settlers in this section, now known as Chaswood, were a family by the name of Boggs, who lived on the farms now owned by Mr. Freeman Fader and Ralph Blades. George Taylor and family came in October 1814. The Boggs apparently went the United States soon after, as we find George Taylor signing papers as Mr. Boggs attorney in 1817. As indisputable evidence of James Boggs here at that time, George Taylor has a deed from James Boggs of the County of St. Durky, in the State of Ohio, to William Bell of Musquodoboit, conveying a seat in the gallery and part of a seat downstairs in the first church built in Musquodoboit, describing the seats by numbers on the pew doors. The price paid was ($18.00) eighteen dollars, the date November 1, 1841, signatures witnessed by Adam Archibald and St. Wilson, which shows that James Boggs had been back here at that time. George Taylor and family having come from Scotland in 1810, lived in Halifax until October, 1814, then came here to live. They settled on Taylors Hioill (now the McFetridge Road). From 1814 to about 1822 the Boggs family followed the Capelands on the Dr. Duncan farm (originally the Boggs Farm) and the Taylors were appartently the only inhabitants of this section (Chaswood). The Taylor home, which is now owned and occupied by Austin T. Day, was built by John Taylor a son of George Taylor) around 1837. (Believed started in 1836) The original Taylor home was of brick and has long since disappeared, as has the original Henderson home and Simpson home, all built in the early 1800s probably between 1814 and 1825. However, there are still a number of the older houses still standing and indeed in good repair. As mentioned the Austin Day home, the Blades house , the Freeman Fader home also the Walter Webster home, which was built by Robert Taylor around 1850. They lived there until 1885 when they went west. Robert Taylor also carried on a tannery business on the home place, a store and boarding house in Moose River and did some successful mining in Waverley. Another older home is the Alexander Tays house. Mrs. Henriette Tays was the daughter of the aforementioned Robert Taylor. The Tays house was owned and lived in by John McLean and his son George and family for many years. It is now owned by Mrs. Amy Tiscornia. The exact date of the building of the house is not known but is thought to be about 1860-1870, as the Tays left Nova Scotia in 1884. The small house directly across the old school road from Walter Websters is also an older home. Although not too much is actually known of its history, it is believed to have been built around 1890 probably by an Annand. Bernard Dean lives here now. The house where Mrs. Merle (Laurie) Taylor lives is another older home. It was built by William Taylor (well known at the time as Dollar Bill) who was a son of George Taylor. The house where Harry and Janet Taylor live was built by George Taylor around 1840. It was always known to the older residents of this community as the Porter Taylor home. The home of the late Earl and Bessie Taylor was built for Howard Taylor in 1870. Howard Taylor was blinded as a young man but went on to achieve a successful life in the music and art world. The R.B. (Barry) Corbett home was built in the mid-1800s and was also occupied by Taylor for many years. George Bell and family have lived here for thirty years. Another home built in this period was the Alexander Taylor home. Black Alex, as he was popularly known, built this house for his second wife Rhoda Pulsifer, in 1865-1866. This home was owned by Henry Jennings (a grandson of Mr. Taylor) for a number of years. Black Alex was the grandfather of Austin Day. Eric Urquhart Sr. now owns this property. The John McFetridge home was built in the late 1800s and for many years the place was run as both a farm and a general store. It was passed on for two generations and is now owned by Vincent Pettipas. There are a number of homes built in the early 1900s including the William Annand home and also the house belonging to the late Roy and Lily Taylor. Another of the older homes is the Cecil Sibley house on the Wittenburg Road. This house was built by the Charles Irvin family in the 1800s. It was for years the George Sibley house and was passed on to Cecil when Mr. Sibley died at the age of 99 years. PAGE 1 PAGE 1 Z[abcdeghnopqrv0JmH0J j0JU PM: z(YZefgrstuvh&`#$$ PM: z(YZgrsv/ =!"#$% [$@$NormalmH <A@<Default Paragraph Font,@,Header  !&)@& Page Number&>`&Title$5*B`"* Body Text$v&!v vvv !!]e kppu+1;Ein08^bpyz~6 ? 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