ANSON CALL.

The subject of this sketch was born in the town of Fletcher, Franklin County, State of Vermont, May 13th, 1810. He is the son of Cyril and Sally Tiifany Call. The father Cyril, was born in Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, June 29th, 1785.

Joseph Call, the grandfather of Anson, was born in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the year 1745 John, the great grandfather of Anson, was also of New England birth. Thus the family is known to ante-date the struggle of the American colonies for liberty for two generations The ancestors of Mr. Call served in the Indian wars of the American colonies, and the brother of his great grandfather fell on the plains of Abraham in the contest for the possession of Quebec between the French under Montcalm and the Colonial army under General Wolfe. His grandfather, Joseph Call, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and afterwards served under General Washington.

Sally Tiffany, his mother was the daughter of Christopher Tiffany, who emigrated from Germany. Thus in his veins is mingled the blood of the Teuton with that of an old New England family.

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