BELLEMONT FARM

We are also the owner's of Big Bear Gear up the road on Route 29 (historically known as the Larasen/Ege Farmstead). This property too was part of the lands owned by Samuel Stout. That property and surrounding lands was initially developed by Andrew D.W. Stout, the nephew of Samuel Stout. This property was also acquired by Gershom Larasen-the same one that purchased Upper Bellemont. Gershom Larasen established his residence on the Upper Bellemont farm, and the property up the road (now Big Bear Gear) was utilized as a tenant property. As noted above, Larasen passed the property to his two daughters. Mary Larasen married Samuel Ege and they occupied the Upper Bellemont farm. Her sister Emma married Asher Ege, Samuel Ege's brother, and they occupied the property that is now the site of Big Bear Gear. The house adjacent to Big Bear Gear is likely the house built for Asher Ege and his wife Emma. Asher Ege died in 1875, leaving the property to his wife Emma. When she died in 1878, the..

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