West Windsor author releases 'Elder' Field booklet

Adam Boyce of West Windsor, Vermont has just released a 31-page self-published booklet titled “What Say You, Elder? The Life and Lore of Rev. Daniel Field, A Vermont Methodist Minister of the 19th Century." Born and raised in Springfield.

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West Windsor author releases 'Elder' Field booklet Jul 5, 2018 0 WEST WINDSOR, Vt. — Adam Boyce of West Windsor, Vermont has just released a 31-page self-published booklet titled “What Say You, Elder? The Life and Lore of Rev. Daniel Field, A Vermont Methodist Minister of the 19th Century." Born and raised in Springfield. Rev. Daniel “Elder” Field (1805-1883) was born in Springfield, Vermont. He was “called” to become an itinerant Methodist Episcopal minister, serving various communities throughout Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York State, according to a press release from the author. Field retired from the full-time ministry in 1863 to a small farm in Williamstown, Vermont, where he spent the remainder of his life, occasionally filling in at local churches as a supply minister. It was during this time that many stories about “Elder” Field, as he was known, began to accumulate, showing his droll, wise, and sometimes eccentric ways. Boyce, whose great-grandparents purchased the former “Elder” Field farm in 1896 — still in the Boyce family today — relates stories handed down from his family and other sources about the pithy parson. advertisement The booklet, released on June 16, is for sale directly from the author by sending $7, which includes shipping and handling, to Adam Boyce, 1076 Rush Meadow Road, Reading, VT 05062. To arrange for a talk about “Elder” Field at any local library, bookstore, historical society, or other interested organization, contact the author.