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THE HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 WASHINGTON COUNTY 
 
 IN THE VERMONT HISTORICAL GAZETTEER: 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 A COUNTY CHAPTER, 
 
 AND THE LOCAL HISTORIES OF THE TOWNS OF 
 
 MONTPELIER,— CAPITAL OF THE STATE, 
 
 EAST MONTPELIER, 
 
 Barre, Berlin, Cabot, Calais, Fayston, Marshfield, 
 Middlesex, Moretown, Northfield, Plainfield, 
 Roxbury, Waitsfield, Warren, Waterbury, 
 Woodbury and Worcester, • 
 
 BY NATIVE AND RESIDENT HISTORIANS. 
 
 COLLATED AND PUBLISHED BY 
 
 ABBY MARIA HEMENWAY. 
 
 MONTPELIER, VT. 
 
 VERMONT WATCHMAN AND STATE JOURNAL PRESS. 
 1882. 
 
VERMONT HISTORICAL GAZETTEER,--Vol. j L. 
 
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 and the supplementary history of the County, in the State edition ; and a volume also for 
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 the work. 
 
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 WASHINGTON COUNTY 
 
 WASHINGTON COUNTY — INTRO- 
 DUCTORY CHAPTER. 
 
 BY G. N. BRIGHAM, M. D. 
 
 Washington County was incorporated 
 Nov. 1, 1810, by act of the Jjegislature, and 
 organized Dec. i, 181 1, with Montpelier 
 as the shire town, taking from the county 
 of Caledonia, Montpelier, Plainfield, Cal- 
 ais, and Marshfield ; from Orange, Barre, 
 Berlin, and Northfield ; from Chittenden, 
 Stowe, Waterbury, Duxbury, Faystpn, 
 Waitsfield, Moretown, Middlesex, and 
 Worcester, and was called Jefferson Coun- 
 ty until 1814, when, the Federal party 
 coming into power, it was changed to: 
 Washington. It is about 34 miles from 
 north to south, and 31 from east to west, 
 between lat. 44° i' and 44° 32', and long. 
 4° 10', east from Washington; bounded 
 N. by Lamoille and Caledonia Counties ; 
 E. by Caledonia and, Orange Counties ; 
 S. by Orange and Addison Counties, and 
 W. by Addison and Chittenden Counties. 
 There has been added to it, Roxbury from 
 Orange County, in 1820, Elmore from Or- 
 leans, in 1821, Warren from Addison, in 
 1829, Woodbury from Caledonia, in 1835, 
 and Cabot from Caledonia:, in 1855- 
 
 On the organization of Lamoille County, 
 in 1836, Stowe and Elmore were set off to 
 that County, leaving 17 towns ; by the di- 
 vision of Montpelier into Montpelier and 
 East Montpelier, and the addition of 
 Cabot, the County again had its 19 towns. 
 The County has also two gores, Goshen 
 and Harris', east of Plainfield and Marsh- 
 field. Some of the towns on the west 
 side, upon the ridge of the Green Moun- 
 tains, are hilly and almost inaccessible even 
 
 for timber, though but a small tract can 
 be called waste land. 
 
 The surfece of the County is somewhat 
 broken, but still it may be classed one of 
 the best agricultural counties in the State. 
 The original inhabitants were Abenaqui 
 Indians, a femily of the Algonquin tribe. 
 From their language comes the name of its 
 principal river, which is said to mean the 
 land of leeks, or onions, and was first 
 written Winoosque, or, as some insist, 
 [Mr. Trumbull,] Winoos-ki, two words 
 signifying land and leek. There are occa- 
 sional relics of this ancient people found 
 within this County, and the valley of the 
 Winooski was the great highway through 
 which they made their incursions upon the 
 inhabitants on the Connecticut rive; in its 
 early settlements, and thrbugh which they 
 went and returned in that raid in which 
 Royalton was burned. 
 
 In the State Cabinet is a stone hatchet 
 found in Waitsfield. About 2 miles below 
 Montpelier village, on what was once 
 known as " the Collins Farm," now own- 
 ^d by a Mr. Nelson, 40 rods north of the 
 railroad-track, and some 12 rods east of 
 the road leading by Erastus Camp's saw- 
 inill and hoUjSe, is found what is evidently 
 the remains of an Indian mound. It is 
 rectangular in form, and some 40 to 50 
 feet across. It has at present an elevation 
 of some 6 feet, flt has been lowered by 
 the present owner of the land some 15 
 inches, and a Mr. John Agila says he help- 
 ed plow and scrape it down many years 
 ago at least 5 feet. Capt. H. Nelson Tap- 
 lin, who is 70 years of age, saw it when a 
 boy of ten, and thinks its sides had an an- 
 
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 gle of about 60 degrees. Mr. Nelson 
 found an Indian tomahawk, a spear-head, 
 and a relic, showing considerable mechan- 
 ical skill, which we are unable to name, 
 some few rods south of the mound, while 
 plowing his meadow. The mound is situ- 
 ated at the opening of a narrow, glen-like 
 passage running back among the hills, and 
 is flanked by two opposing bluffs, the one 
 on the west being the most elevated. It 
 seems to have been set in a natural niche, 
 admirably chosen for its picturesqueness 
 and beauty. In front is a level piece of 
 land bordering the Winopski, nearly a half- 
 mile wide, and ij mile long. The soil is 
 light and loamy, exceedingly well adapted 
 to the growing of their maize. Traces of 
 Indian pottery have also been found on the 
 lands here described, and also on one of 
 the lake-made plateaus above the village. 
 An Indian arrow-head has been found on 
 the high land in the rear of the mound ; 
 and some 4 miles below, opposite to where 
 Mad River empties into Winooski, on the 
 Farrar meadow, was plowed up a stone- 
 gouge, a spear-head, and a stone-axe, all 
 evidently of aboriginal origin, which are 
 deposited in the cabinet at the State House. 
 The axe is of horn stone of the best qual- 
 ity, with a fine edge. The spear-heads 
 are made of chert, a species of flint, but 
 not the gun-flint; — one finely preserved. 
 Fracturing stone for these Indian imple- 
 ments is said to be an art, and usually 
 dbne by old men who are disabled from 
 httnting. 
 
 See page 196, 2d Vol. of Champlain's 
 History : Upon the Champlain. He says 
 " I saw on the east side' very high mou* 
 tains," &c. [See also Addison for the 
 same. Vol. I. this work.] There is no 
 doubt the mountains here spoken df were 
 Mansfield and Camel's Hump, and the 
 Winooski the waters by which they were 
 able to go close to the mountains in their 
 canoes. 
 
 East of Montpelier, ij mile, there is a 
 large block of limestone which was obvi- 
 ously shaped by human hands, and so 
 closely resembles the Indian monuments 
 for graves, to be seen in the illustrations, 
 by Schoolcraft, as to leave little doubt that 
 
 it was originally erected as a tombstone, 
 or other memorial of some great aborig- 
 inal event. The whole valley was proba- 
 bly at one time here and there studded 
 with wigwams, andbyhunting, fishing, and 
 growing of the maize, for many generations, 
 the families of the red man subsisted here, 
 making a part of that traditional glory be- 
 longing to the once far-famed and powerful 
 tribe known as the Algonquins. Some of 
 the tribe of St. Francis Indians, a family of 
 the Algonquins, have lived around the east- 
 ern border, or within the limits of this 
 County until their families were extinct. 
 Among these were Capt. John and Joe. 
 Capt. John was with a party of Indians at- 
 tached to the American army when Bour- 
 gbyne was captured. [See Newbury, Vol. 
 II.] Old Joe used to make frequent visits 
 to Montpelier, stopping for a few days with 
 a family living in an old log house, a little 
 out of the village on the east side of Wor- 
 cester Branch. There he used to run bul- 
 lets from lead ore found by him on land a 
 little west of what is now called Wright's 
 Mills. A young man of this family once 
 went in company with Capt. Joe and cut a 
 block froni the vein of very pure lead, 
 which was afterwards purchased by Hon. 
 Daniel Baldwin, and melted. Mr. Bald- 
 win oflFe^ed a considerable sutn to be shown 
 the spot. It was hunted for, but the lands 
 in the mean time having been cleared, the 
 place coiild not be identified. It was just, 
 out of Montpelier village, in this same vi- 
 cinity, that a novel system of telegraphing 
 was invented in the earliest settlement of 
 the County. The mother of a family of 
 five children, fearitlg they would get lost 
 in gbing after the cows in the woods, used 
 to send the oldest forward, enjoining him 
 not to go beyond the call of the next, who 
 would follow, and so of the rest, until all 
 were in line, she herself sending forward 
 word, and getting answers from the scour- 
 ing' party, until the cows were brought in. 
 In 1760, Samuel Stevens was employed 
 by a land-company to explore the middle 
 and eastern portions of the New Hamp- 
 shire grants, and, with a few others, began 
 at the mouth of White River and proceed- 
 ed up the Connecticut till they came to 
 
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 Newbury. Then finding the head waters 
 of the Winoosjci river, followed it down to 
 its inouth at Lake Champlain. This was 
 three years before the survey of any lands 
 within the limits of the County. In 1763, 
 a party .interested in the Wentworth 
 Grants came to Wp-terbury and began run- 
 ning the boundaries of our western towns. 
 In the time of the Revolutionary War 
 what was Called the Hazen road was cut 
 through from Peachain towards Canada 
 line, which ran across Cabot, now in Wash- 
 ington Co. The line seems to have been 
 run through in 1774, and several com- 
 panies of Col. Bedel's regiment went on 
 snow-shoes over the line to Canada, in 
 1 776. Hazen made a road for 50 miles above 
 Peacham, going through the towns of 
 Cabot, Walden, Hardwick, Greensboro, 
 and out to Lowell, which has been of great 
 service to the inhabitants since in north- 
 eastern and northern Vermont. 
 
 Under the charter King Charles gave to 
 the Duke of York, the State of New York 
 claimed to the Conn. River and north to 
 New France. The old Dutch county of 
 Albany, (sometimes called the unlimited 
 county of Albany) included by this claim, 
 all of the present territory of Vermont. 
 A county by the State of New York was 
 constituted in 1766 nearly identical to the 
 present counties of' Windham and Wind- 
 sor, called Cumberland, and in March 1770, 
 another county by the name of Gloucester, 
 comprising all the territory north of Cumr 
 berland Co., east of the Green Mountains, 
 and Kingsland, now Washington in Or- 
 ange Cpiinty was made the county seat, 
 and the first proper session of the court 
 held at Newbury. By old maps it would 
 appear this county included most, if not 
 all of the present territory of Washington 
 County. A part of the townships in this 
 county had been previously run out in the 
 interest of those purchasing patents of 
 Gov. Benning Wentworth. Waterbury 
 and Duxbury were chartered in 1763 ; 
 Stowe, Berlin, Worcester, Middlesex and 
 Moretown about the same time. The 
 more eastern towns do not seem to have 
 been chartered till some years later, and 
 upon the maps then representing Glouces- 
 
 ter County is found a tract by the name of 
 Kilby, which appears to have embraced the 
 town of Montpelier and all, or portions of 
 some of the eastern towns, which at one 
 time was attempted to be run out in the 
 interest of New York claimants. In the 
 summer of 1773, we find that a Mr. S. Gale, 
 with a number of men, was employed in 
 surveying this County in the interests of 
 the land jobbers of New York. Ira AHen 
 with three men started from the block fort 
 on Onion River in pursuit of them. He 
 traversed the towns of Waterbury, Mid- 
 dlesex, and on up to the fabulous shire- 
 town of Kingsland in Gloucester County, 
 and down on the east side of the moun- 
 tains "tOsMoretown (now Bradford.) Ob- 
 taining information of the surveyor's des- 
 tination and buying spirits and, provisions, 
 they went again in pursuit; discovered 
 his line and by that tracked them to the 
 north-east corner of the old town of Mont- 
 pelier. Probably from the description of 
 the ground where they encamped when like 
 to be overtaken, they were on the Town- 
 meadow beyond Lightning Ridge. They 
 seem to have made a precipitate retreat on 
 the approach of Allen's party. Allen 
 reached the block foft in 16 days from the 
 time he set out. We do not learn of any 
 later attempts on the part of the Yorkers 
 to survey lands, within our County limits. 
 New York finding it inconyenient to. es- 
 tablish jurisdiction over so large a territory 
 as Albany, where for a long time aU writs 
 of ejectment, executions, &c., issued from 
 and were made returnable to, constituted, 
 by act of assembly May 12, 1772, a new 
 county on the west side of the mountain 
 by the name of Charlotte, which included 
 all the old territory of the County of Al- 
 bany on the west side of the mountain 
 north of the towns of Arlington and Sun- 
 derland to Canada line. Thus did the 
 State of New York look after us in the time 
 of our earliest settlements. Whether any 
 part of Washington County had it then 
 been inhabited, for it was not till 9 years 
 later, would have been returnable to Char- 
 lotte County Court at Skeenesboro, now 
 Whitehall, is a matter of dispute ; as it is 
 not quite certain which range of, the moun- 
 
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 tains was followed. By the line made 
 when they divided the State into two coun- 
 ties, one east and one west of the moun- 
 tains, the west towns of Washington 
 County would have been so returnable. 
 But the jurisdiction of New York, with 
 right to annul contracts for land obtained 
 by charter from the king's governor, was 
 not acceptable to the settlers, who soon 
 began to cast about for some way to carry 
 on municipal regulations more in harmony 
 with their feelings. 
 
 Gloucester Co. disappeared at the first 
 session of the Vermont Legislature, 1778. 
 The State was divided into two counties by 
 the range of the Green Mountains ; that 
 on the east sicle being called Cumberland ; 
 on the West side Bennington ; and Wash- 
 ington Co. was divided very nearly 
 in the center, north and south. This 
 date is nearly three years before Thom- 
 as Meade, the first settler of the County 
 of 'Washington, made his pitch in the 
 town of Middlesex. We were only two 
 years included in Bennington Co., when 
 by -the formation of the new County of 
 Rutland we entered therein, and so re- 
 mained during the existence of the old 
 Rutland Co. — 4 years and 8 months, in 
 which time Middlesex and Walerbury began 
 to be settled. When Addison Co. was 
 formed, we entered into a new County ex- 
 istence with old Addison Co., and so 
 remained with Addison two years, until 
 Chittenden Co. was formed, for which a 
 part of our western towns were taken, and 
 remained with this County many years. 
 By the act at Westminster of the new 
 Vermont, constituting Cumberland County 
 to embrace all the territory east of the 
 Green Mountains, the east part of the 
 County was first included within its limits ; 
 afterward, when Orange County was or- 
 ganized it was therein included, and some 
 towns were retained in its jurisdiction until 
 the organization of Jefferson County in 
 181 1. The settlers travelled by marked 
 trees, carried their corn on their backs, 
 or more frequently drove an ox, with a 
 bag of grain balanced across his neck, 
 (many miles distant,) to find a mill to get it 
 ground. Women and children often went 
 
 to their new homes on rackets, the husband 
 and father coming in the yeaf before and 
 making his pitch, clearing two or three 
 acres of land, and rolling up the old fash- 
 ioned log house. Some came in, it is true, 
 in stronger force and with more means, as 
 Col. Jacob Davis, of Montpelier. 
 
 Nearly 60 townships had been granted 
 by Gov, Wentworth before the" organiza- 
 tion of Vermont in 1778, and several of our 
 western towns were among the N. H. 
 grants . After the organization of the State, 
 the Legislature took the power of making 
 grants into its own hands, and both for 
 the revenue and encouraging the further 
 settlement of the State, proceeded rapidly 
 tp dispose of its lands. The process of 
 procuring these grants seems to have been 
 very simple, and followed with quick dis- 
 patch. 
 
 A company of resident and non-resident 
 men got up a petition to. the Legislature 
 for the charter or grant of a township, 
 specifying 1;he locality. The appointment 
 of a standing committee to act upon such 
 petition followed, and if the committee's 
 report was favorable, which was usually 
 the case, a simple resolution for making 
 the grant was passed. Then the Gov- 
 ernor, on the payment of the required fees, 
 issued the charter. Our eastern townships, 
 not having been laid out in the Benning- 
 Wentworth grants, received their charters 
 in this manner from the Legislature of 
 Vermont, and were run out mainly by James 
 Whitelaw, Surveyor-general of the State. 
 After obtaining a charter, a proprietor's 
 meeting was called by a justice of the 
 peace or other authorized person, in the 
 following form : 
 
 ' ' Whereas application hath been made to 
 me by more than one-sixteenth part of the 
 
 proprietors of , in this State, to warn 
 
 a meeting of said proprietors ; these are, 
 therefore, to warn the proprietors of said 
 
 Township to meet at the house of , 
 
 Esq., Innholder, in , on (here fcd- 
 
 lows the day, the time of day and month) 
 to act on the following articles, to wit : i . 
 To choose aModerator. 2. AProprietor's 
 Clerk. 3. A Treasurer. 4. To see what 
 the Proprietors will do respecting a Di- 
 vision of said Township, and to transact 
 
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 what other business as shall be thought 
 necessary when met." (Signed) 
 
 Justice Peace. 
 
 In laying out Caledonia Co. there were 
 run two gores in the S.W. corner, Goshen 
 and Harris, which have been set to this 
 County with the towns set off from that 
 County to Washington Co. Goshen Gore, 
 bounded N. by Marshfield and a part of Har- 
 ris Gore, E. by Harris Gore, S. by Orange, 
 and W. by Plainfield, contains 2,828 acres, 
 mostly covered with excellent timber, great- 
 ly enhanced in value by the Montpelier and 
 Wells River railroad. Some 50 persons 
 probably are residing within its limits. 
 Harris Gore contains 6,020 acres ; runs to 
 a point on the N., bounded W. andN. W. 
 by Goshen Gore and Marshfield, E. by 
 Groton, and S. by Orange. It was granted 
 Feb. 25, 1781, and chartered to Edward 
 Harris, Oct. 30, l8oi. This tract of land 
 is also well-timbered for the most part, 
 though somewhat mountainous and diffi- 
 cult of access. In 1840 it had 16 inhab- 
 itants, and has received but very few 
 additions since. Gunner's branch rises in 
 this gore, passes through Goshen Gore, 
 and unites with Stevens' branch in Barre. 
 The area of the gores, added to the several 
 townships gives us, nearly as can be as- 
 certained, 396,233 acres, a large proportion 
 of which is excellent for grazing arid most 
 of the cereals, and the balance the finest of 
 timber lands, except the little crowning 
 of the summits of different spurs of the 
 Green Mountain range. Money was scarce, 
 and trade was carried on mostly in neat 
 stock, grain and salts of lye. 
 
 Wood ashes were a long time legal 
 tender to the merchant, who sold his goods 
 to the woodsman, and the merchant paid 
 his bills at Montreal and Boston in black 
 salts. The common price of wheat was 
 67 cents per bushel, best yoke of oxen $40, 
 best cows $25, best horses $50, and salts 
 of lye $4 to $S per cwt. 
 
 For goods which the laborers paid for in 
 these articles the merchant usually ob- 
 tained fifty per cent, of profit ; among them 
 V —price current— rock-salt, $3 per bushel, 
 common $2.50 ; sugar, brown 17 to 20 cents 
 per pound, loaf 42 cents; W. I. molasses 
 
 $1. 17 per gallon ; green tea $2.00 per pound ; 
 broadcloth |8 to $10 per yard. 
 
 And still, with these prices for imported 
 necessaries, and the low price of their 
 products, the settlers, by their frugal habits 
 and industry, got on very well on the road 
 to competency. 
 
 As our County began to be settled im- 
 mediately succeeding the heroic epoch of 
 the State, the military system was an Im- 
 portant feature ot its early history. Every 
 township enrolled all of its able-bodied men 
 between the ages of 18 and 45, and com- 
 panies were formed with commissioned and 
 non-commissioned officers, who were re- 
 quired to give them one annual drill at 
 least — in the month of June. The annual 
 "June training" was a, day of jollity for old 
 and young ; a regular carnival of fun and 
 masquerade, as well as parade — a display 
 of the cocked hat, gorgeous epaulette and 
 bright cockade ; day of salutes, waking up 
 of officers; which wake up was a rousing 
 volley from the under officers and privates, 
 sometimes taking the door off its hinges, 
 to be followed with a treat, marching and 
 countermarching, drinking, toasting and 
 sham fights ; a day opened with the ob- 
 streperous clamor of the Sergeant's call, 
 and followed with the shriek of the fife and 
 the noise of the drums. The roads lead- 
 ing out of the village where this annual 
 inspection and drill was to takeplact; were 
 filled with old and young, on foot and 
 horseback, in carriages of all patterns, from 
 the " one-horse-shay " to the poor apology 
 of a kanuck two-wheeled turnout, and all 
 crowding on in the grotesque and fun- 
 seeking tide, to enjoy the great military 
 frolic, called an inspection and drill, or, in 
 common parlance, June training. Yankee 
 Doodle, fizzle-pop-bang, and the mock cap- 
 ture of the Red Coats, were all there. June 
 training was an institution, and the militia, 
 so stigmatizingly called the " Old Flood 
 Wood." fibred very, conspicuously in the 
 history of the county at not a very remote 
 day. This, with "Election Day" of the 
 old style, must now be considered as fairly 
 laid on the shelf, and belong only to his- 
 tory. 
 
 In 1805 a turnpike was chartered from 
 
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 Burlington Court-House, to pass on or 
 near the Winooski to the north end of Eli- 
 jah Paine's turnpike in Montpelier. The 
 Corporators were Daniel Hurlburt, Thad- 
 deus Tuttle, Salmon Miller, John Johnson, 
 Martin Chittenden, Jacob Spafford, Charles 
 Bulkley and David Wing, jr. ; corporate 
 title, " The Winooski Turnpike Compa- 
 ny." The road was opened to the public 
 in 1808, the spring before the first session 
 of the Assembly in the new State House 
 at Montpelier. Goy. Martin Chittenden 
 rendered such aid in its construction and 
 was so largely interested in it, it was at 
 one time called the Chittenden Turnpike. 
 Later the stock was mostly, or all, pur- 
 chased by Thomas and Hezekiah Reed of 
 Montpelier, who were its owners at the 
 time it was bought up for the road-bed, 
 where it could be thus used, of the Vt. 
 Cen. R. R. This old rOad, with fine 
 coaches and swift horses, was for a long 
 time one of the most popular thorough- 
 fares in New England. Particularly when 
 the stage lines were ■ in the hands of Mah- 
 lon Cottrill, the road was patronized large- 
 ly at home and from abroad. Its toll- 
 gates and numerous taverns along the line 
 are remembered by many: land-marks 
 gradually lost in the progress of the cen- 
 tury. 
 
 This turnpike with that of Gov. Paine, 
 running south from Montpelier, was the 
 through line of the country from the Lake 
 and Canada to Boston, over which pas.sed 
 an immense tonnage and very brisk lighter 
 travel, and to which the County road in 
 the northeast part of the County was quite 
 a tributary. 
 
 In 1824 John Quincy Adams sent a top- 
 ographical party into the State, to make 
 surveys with reference to the construction 
 of canals. Hon. Daniel Baldwin, a mer- 
 chant of Montpelier, received the appoint- 
 ■ ment on the commission, and consequdntly 
 interested himself in the public works of 
 the State. While holding this appoint- 
 ment, he received a communication from 
 Elkanah Watson, that it was better to 
 look for routes of railways than canals, as 
 it was prophecied the railroad system 
 would soon supersede the canal. Mr. 
 
 Baldwin conceived the idea of a rail trapsit 
 from this point to the foot of navigation 
 through the State, over much of the route 
 now traversed by the Ogdensburgh and 
 Vermont Central roads, but down the 
 Gulf through Williamstown, instead of 
 over the summit at Roxbury and down to 
 White River-i-proposing to connect with 
 the Lowell ami Boston road then being 
 projected toward the Conn. River valley. 
 This he laid before the merchants of Bos- 
 ton as early as 1827, in his business visits, 
 and in meetings later held for devising 
 better communications with the North and 
 West. In 1832, Boston merchants and 
 others interested, held a meeting to con- 
 sider the feasibility of this route, at which 
 Mr. Parish of Ogdensburgh presided. In 
 1833, a charter was granted by the Legis- 
 lature for a road by rail through Central 
 Vermont. Governor Paine was an able 
 manager among the corporators and was 
 instrumental in pushing the road forward 
 and diverting its proposed route to its 
 present line. 
 
 The railroad changed much of the local 
 and all the through travel from the turn- 
 pike to the rail. 
 
 CONTEST FOR THE STATE HOUSE. 
 
 The first contest for the location of the 
 State House was in 1805. In 1792, Cale- 
 edpnia County was incorporated, but it 
 does not' appear that the county was fully 
 organized until 1796 or '97, when David 
 Wing, Jr., was elected one of its Judges. 
 Mr. Wing was a resident of Montpelier, 
 and, so far as we know, the first Judge 
 upon the bench elected within the present 
 limits of Washington County. Mr. Wing 
 was Secretary of State in 1803. The 
 County of Wa.shington was incorporated 
 in i8io, and Dec. i, 1811, the Legislature 
 having elected in October the Court and 
 County officers — it was fully organized. 
 Ezra Butler was chief judge ; Salva Col- 
 lins and Bradford Kinne, associate judges ; 
 John Peck, sheriff; Timothy Merrill, 
 State's Attorney ; and David Harrington, 
 judge of probate : George Rich, County 
 clerk; J. Y. Vail, register of probate. 
 The Court held its sessions in the Council 
 
WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
 
 Chamber in the first State House, until the 
 year 1818, when a new wooden^ Court 
 House was built adjoining the State House 
 grounds, that was used until 1843, when a 
 brick building was erected, which was 
 burned down during the November term 
 of the Court, the same year. In the sum- 
 mer of 1844, the present commodious and 
 elegant brick edifice was greeted. During 
 the October sessi6n of the Legislature of 
 1805, holden at Danville, an act was pass- 
 ed establishing the permanent seat of the 
 Legislature at Montpelier. The location 
 of this place so near the geographical cen- 
 ter of the State, ho doubt, had more than 
 anything else- to do with the decision. It 
 will be remembered the old line between 
 Bennington and Cumberland Counties, 
 made by the first legislative body of the 
 people, was only about a mile below the 
 village, while dividing the State from 
 north to south. It is the nearest to the cen- 
 ter of any proper convening point. Still, 
 in this, as in other controversies, Mont- 
 pelier and the County were not without 
 their able managers and advocates. Da- 
 vid Wing, a man of great affability of man- 
 ners and highly respected in the State, was 
 Secretary of State, and the Hon. Cyrus 
 Ware, a profound debater and a great wit, 
 was representative of the town. At the 
 next sessions, one at Middlebury and the 
 other at Woodstock, there was an attempt 
 to effect a change in location, but neither 
 proved successful. Thus in 1807, four 
 years before its organization, Washington 
 County finds the Capitalof the State with- 
 in its limits, which has had much to do with 
 its history and prosperity as a County. 
 The beginning of a period so important to 
 the County deserves something more im- 
 portant than a passing notice. We tran- 
 scribe a copy of the legislative action : 
 
 An act establishing the permanent seat of 
 the Legislature in Montpelier. 
 
 Sec. I.— It is hereby enacted by the 
 General Assembly of the State of Vermont, 
 that Elijah Paine, Ezra Butler and James 
 Whitelaw be, and they are hereby, ap- 
 pointed a committee to fix upon a place in 
 the town of Montpelier for the erection of 
 buildings for the accommodation of the 
 
 Legislature of the State, and to prepare a 
 plan for such buildings. 
 
 Sec. 2. — And it is hereby further en- 
 acted : that if the town of Montpelier, or 
 other individual persons, shall before the 
 first- day of September, which will be A. D. 
 1808, erect such buildings on the place des- 
 ignated by the aforesaid committee for 
 tneir acceptance, and shall compensate said 
 committee for their services, and also con- 
 vey to the State of Vermont the property 
 of said buildings and the land whereon 
 they shall stand, and lod^e the Ideed of 
 conveyance, duly executed, m the Secretary 
 of State's office ; then and in that case said 
 buildings shall become the permanent seat 
 of the Legislature for holding all their ses- 
 sions. 
 
 Sec. 3. — Provided nevertheless, and it 
 is hereby further enacted : that if any future 
 Legislature shall cease to hold their ses- 
 sions in said town of Montpelier, those 
 persons that shall erect said building and 
 convey the property of the same and of the 
 land aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive 
 from the treasury of this State the full 
 value of the same, as it shall be then fairly 
 appraised. 
 
 Passed November 7, 1805. 
 A true copy. 
 Attest. DAVID WING, Jun., Secretary. 
 
 The committee appointed by the Legis- 
 lature located the buildings of the new 
 Capitol on grounds a little S. E. of where 
 the present State buildings now stand, and 
 the Assembly in October, 1808, there met 
 and held its session, since which time 
 Montpelier has been the permanent seat of 
 the Legislature. The old State House be- 
 coming somewhat, dilapidated and insuffi- 
 cient for the growth of the State, in 1832, 
 the Legislature passed a second act to es- 
 tablish the Capitol at Montpelier, and 
 pledging the erection of a new building, 
 provided Montpelier would pay into the 
 Treasury of the State $15,000, one-half 
 within one year and the other half in two 
 years from the passage of the act. The 
 proposition was accepted, and Lebbeus 
 Egerton, Supt., and Ammi B. Young, arch- 
 itect, commenced the work in the follow- 
 ing spring. A spur of rock was blasted 
 from the hill in rear of the old buildings 
 to a level desired, and making room for a 
 driveway — at cost of |io,ooo, but giving a 
 foundation of solid rock. The elegant 
 granite edifice, with its capacious dom,e. 
 
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 massive arch, and classical columns, so 
 light, so unique, might almost be taken as 
 a model of art. Good judges have doubted 
 if its equal as a work of art was to be 
 found anywhere else in the country. It 
 was built of the Barre granite — cost|i32,- 
 077,22: Unfortunately it was accidentally 
 destroyed by fire Jan. 6, 1857, when came 
 the memorable contest. A special session 
 called by the Governor, met in the old Brick 
 Church in Montpelier, Feb. 1 8th following, 
 to adopt measures for rebuilding or remov- 
 ing the State House. For parliaraeiitary 
 ability and adroitness in management, as 
 well as the display of wit and eloquence, 
 this session stands the rival of any House 
 of Representatives of Vermont, or any 
 other State. We can give by ^ few passa- 
 ges from the records a faint, and but a faint 
 idea of the warmth, tact, wit and logic in 
 the statement of arguments which moved 
 in this controversy, the vacillating tides of 
 feeling and opinion. 
 
 Mr. Bradley, in reply to the idea of en- 
 tertaining the pecuniary condition, or put- 
 ting up at auction the State House, said, 
 "I, for one, do not feel like raising a rev- 
 enue from a loan of our institutions, taking 
 a town in our grasp, as I would take half a 
 lemon, squeezing it dry, and then throw- 
 ing away the rind and trying another." Re- 
 plying to Mr. Stacy, of Burlington, he 
 goes on to say, " the able representative 
 of that town has told us, and truly, no 
 doubt, of their wealth, their- break- water, 
 their custom-house, their steamers smok- 
 ing in from all directions, their railroads 
 built and to be built, their monument of 
 the glorious Allen, whose dust is mingled' 
 with the earth of their town ; and I could 
 not help regrfetting that the Giver of all 
 good had not offered them one more boon 
 — the blessing of content.'' 
 
 In Mr. Dorr's concluding remarks he 
 added, " the capitol was located at Mont- 
 pelier as a measure of peack. It was to 
 build up from a divided, a united and 
 homogeneous people. Fifty years of peace 
 have been the product of this act of wis- 
 dom. I am for going down to no Jerusa- 
 lem on the East or the West." If Mr. 
 Dorr was the Nestor of that debate, with 
 
 every quality of a parliamentarian and ad- 
 vocate, learning, wit, satire, humor and 
 subtle logic, as his argument everywhere 
 shows, still the satirist and wit of that 
 very remarkable assemblage of men was 
 Moses E. Cheney, of Barnard. Alluding to 
 a remark made by the member from Georgia 
 where a town library was offered as a rea- 
 son for removal, Mr. Cheney says "Mr. 
 Chairipan, why don't some of the friends 
 of removal say that the Representatives 
 and Senators might pursue a brief legisla- 
 tive collegiate course of study at the Verr 
 mont University during their sessions ? 
 Mr. Chairman, they say that Esq. Ed- 
 munds, the counsel for Burlington, talked 
 to us an hpur, and very little to his credit 
 as a man of talents. Sir, do people" ex- 
 pect a man to work miracles .' Those of us 
 who were Representatives in 1855, saw too 
 much of his ability to be made now to 
 swallow these third house insinuations that 
 Mr. Edmunds isn't much. We remember 
 how he made us believe gas was cheaper 
 than oil to light the State House with, 
 when the contrary was the truth, and I am 
 bold to say he would have made us believe 
 that Burlington was the best place for the 
 Capitol if we hadn't known all about it 
 ourselves. But, Sir, the State of Vermont 
 isn't so large but every man in it knows 
 very nearly from his own observation 
 where the middle is. <?aj, Sir, many of 
 us know little about. Mr. Chairman, the 
 gentleman from Westford is much con- 
 cerned about the morals of Montpelier. 
 He says the fires of hell are here ! Sir, I 
 had heard of a heaven below, and of a hell 
 upon airth, and I must own that when the 
 gentleman was depicting the flames which 
 seemed to be curling around us, my eye 
 at the same instant catching a glance at 
 his fiendish look, his horrific glare, for a 
 moment I quailed, and inwardly exclaimed, 
 I am in hell, for there stands Beelzebub. 
 Mr. Chairman, during last Fall's session, 
 occupying my old seat No. 190, which has 
 since dissolved in smoke, with little to do 
 but to gaze at the costly gas^ chandelier, 
 which has since melted with fervent heat, 
 I sometimes amused myself with reflec- 
 tions upon various members of the house ; 
 
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 and, Sir, among them I discovered a Dan- 
 iel Webster, a John C. Calhoun, a Henry 
 Clay and a Patrick Henry. The gentle- 
 man from Castleton, (Mr. Spencer,) be- 
 ing out a few minutes since, I had almost 
 hoped he would remain out until I had 
 paid him a few compliments which might 
 appear fulsome in his presence. But, Sir, 
 it is not uncommon here in Committee of 
 the whole, where wide debate is admissi- 
 ble, for gentlemen to go very wide into 
 praises of our most distinguished mem- 
 bers. Sir, I would then beg leave to say 
 that the gentlemaft from Castleton is my 
 Daniel Webster, and I have seen new and 
 striking resemblances between these two 
 men during the present .session, which have 
 confirmed me in the belief of their simi- 
 larity. For instance, it was said by Dr. 
 Wheeler, in a eulogy pronounced upon 
 Mr. Webster, that whenever Webster at- 
 tempted to argue a bad cause he always 
 broke down ; never otherwise. Well, Sir, 
 the gentleman from Castleton fails in 
 every effort he makes during this session. 
 He is arguing a bad cause^ and, like Web- 
 ster, having no knack at it, he breaks 
 down. In this respect we see how exactly 
 like Webster h^ is. Mr. Webster was ac- 
 cused in his latter days of being bought 
 up. But it was not true. Well, it is sur- 
 mised by some that the gentleman from 
 Castleton is bought up ; but it is not true. 
 I do not believe a word of it. The great 
 Moses Stuart — as a fearless, good man 
 should have done — undertook to make out 
 that Webster acted from the best of mo- 
 tives ; but it was all of no use. There 
 were enough who pretended they knew 
 Webster had long been closeted with Cal- 
 houn. Mr Webster had a great Moses to 
 expound for him, but it didn't do any good. 
 Mr. Spencer has a lUtle Moses to apologize 
 for him, but I fear it will be entirely use- 
 less." This is but a brief synopsis of Mr 
 Cheney's method of satire, which convuls- 
 ed the whole assembly for an hour. Com- 
 paring the claims of Barnard, as contrast- 
 ed with some other towns that had put in 
 the plea of fine prospects and healthy lo- 
 cations, Mr. Cheney goes on to say : " Is 
 Barnard a whit behind any in these re- 
 
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 spects ? Why, as to health, the people of 
 Barnard seldom think of dying, and the 
 children say they will never die. Some old 
 men have lived till they were tired all out 
 with life, and have died on purpose i hav- 
 ing told their old yarns over until the taste 
 was all out of them, they said they had lived 
 ever so far beyond all the promises, and 
 they summed up by declaring they 'would . 
 not live alway,' and got up a contrivance for 
 quitting the world and got off somehow." 
 In a -second speech, in reply to some 
 strictures made by the gentleman from 
 Westford on his previous speech, he gives 
 this inimitable touch of satire : " Sir, 
 those who say that my Webster and Hen- 
 ry are unworthy the names, not only ad- 
 mit that my Clay and Calhoun are good, 
 but that my devil is perfect." The speech 
 of Mr. Cheney, whose profession had been 
 that of a singing-master, may well take 
 rank with the wit and satire of Curran and 
 ■Sheridan. He is a genuine native speci- 
 men, with all the benefit of Barnard hills. 
 Mr. Merrill, the member from Montpelier, 
 a descendant of the Fassetts, of Benning- 
 ton, distinguished himself as a parliamen- 
 tarian. The final result of the long, keen 
 contest was an act making an appropria- 
 tion of $40,000 for re-building the State 
 House on its old site in Montpelier. 
 
 SPIRIT OF 1812. 
 
 A second war was opened with Eng- 
 land. Party spirit in politics ran high 
 through, the country. Our State and the 
 Capital had its share in the excitement at- 
 tending these contests. The Democrats 
 thought our nation to have been injured 
 and grossly insulted by Great Britain, and 
 were staunch advocates of the war, the 
 Federals, believing the war wholly unnec- 
 essary, as bitterly opposed and denounced 
 it. The Democrats in ascendency in the 
 State, had a pretty decided majority in the 
 County. And as the administration was ap- 
 pealing to the country to be sustained, the 
 firiends of Mr. Madison thought it impor- 
 tant some demonstration should be made 
 at the Capital of the State. They called 
 a war-meeting at the State House, and in- 
 dustriously circulated the notice. This 
 
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 was in February, and the inhabitants 
 poured in from the surrounding towns, and 
 the neighboring districts, filling the high- 
 ways with footmen, horsemen, and loads 
 in single and double sleighs, to the place 
 appointed for the meeting, as it was also 
 understood that the Federal party would 
 be there to prevent the passage of any 
 . resolutions encouraging Congress to a 
 declaration of war. When the house had 
 become densely packed, one of the com- 
 mittee was sent to call on Rev. Chester 
 Wright, the settled minister at Montpelier, 
 and'invite him to open the meeting with 
 prayer. He shortly returned, and inform- 
 ed his friends that on account of conscien- 
 tious scruples, Mr. Wright declined the 
 invitation. A low burst of indignation 
 followed. The next moment were heard 
 calls for "Uncle Ziba ! Uncle Ziba!!" 
 Instantly a committee man mounted the 
 platform, and cried aloud, " Is the Rev. 
 Ziba Woodworth present ? If so, he is re- 
 spectfully invited to come forward and 
 oj)en this meeting with prayer." Mr. 
 Woodworth, who had a stiff leg, occasion- 
 ed fromi wounds received at Fort Griswold, 
 came forward, stumping through the crowd 
 to rtie platform. Hastily drawing a chair 
 before him, he dropped down upon one 
 knee, and, throwing out the whole of the 
 other leg with a jerk, raised his sharp 
 voice, peculiarly emotional, in the invited 
 invocation. After a very brief address, in 
 the manner of a prayer, he entered into the 
 political spirit of the meeting, showering a 
 torrent of blessings on our rulers for their 
 wisdom, patriotism and fearless stand in 
 resisting the aggressions of British tyranny ; 
 then he began to ask God's pity on the 
 blindjiess of the enemies of the war, and 
 enemies of our blessed country, and His 
 forgiveness of their treasonable dereliction 
 of patriotic duty, and still more treason- 
 able opposition to the wise measures of 
 our God-appointed rulers, in such language 
 as involved the rebuke of a scorching sat- 
 ire. At this stage of the prayer. Judge 
 Ware, a prominent war Democrat of the 
 town, who was a noted wag as well as a 
 hot politician, standing by the platform 
 and within reach of the excited speaker. 
 
 reached over, and sharply punching his ex- 
 tended leg, in a low, eager, half-whispered 
 tone, exclaimed, " That is right! give it 
 to 'em, give it to 'em. Uncle Ziba!"- And 
 it is said that he did give it to 'em in a 
 manner which very likely never had a par- 
 allel in the shape of a prayer. The Dem- 
 ocrats opened the meeting with a very 
 zealous speech for the administration, 
 which was often interrupted by applause. 
 Mr. Baylies, an astute lawyer and of com- 
 manding talents as a speaker, proceeded 
 in his reply, and, having to his own satis- 
 faction proved the fallacy of the position 
 of his rival, commenced a general attack 
 upon Mr. Madison and his advisers at 
 Washington. He had not proceeded far, 
 however, when old Matthew Wallace, of 
 Berlin, a tall, resolute man, leaped sud- 
 denly to his feet, and, in a voice which 
 seemed to be the tocsin of war, exclaimed, 
 " Can't stand that ! can't stand that, Mr. 
 Chairman ! anything in reason, but, by 
 heavens, sir," his eye flaslung and fist 
 raised; " I sha'nt sit here to listen to out- 
 right treason ! " Mr. Baylies, before he got 
 through, was hissed and coughed down. 
 Resolutions supporting the administration 
 were read, and passed with a tremendous 
 acclamation. 
 
 The chairman of the meeting in the ear 
 ly part of the day was Hon. Ezra Butler 
 one of the oldest settlers of thCi County, 
 who was a Democrat. Finding the meet- 
 ing likely to be controlled by the Federal 
 party, at this time so well organized into 
 what was called the Washington Societies, 
 he resigned, and the Federals elected Hon. 
 Charles Bulkley, a most bitter opponent 
 of the war. But when the convention was 
 thoroughly represented from the .surround- 
 ing towns coming in, the war party was 
 found to be in such majority they had ev- 
 erytliing their own way, and Esquire Bulk- 
 ley, as Chairman of the convention, saw 
 his name signed to the war resolutions so 
 triumphantly passed, and thus was made 
 to give his sanction to what he had intend- 
 ed, with his friends, to defeat. The war 
 was heartily supported by a large majority 
 of the County, and patriotic volunteers 
 were not wanting to defend the country's 
 
WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
 
 honor. When the news of Prevost's army 
 in^vading the State reached our inhabit- 
 ants, it was but a, grand rallying-cry from 
 the Border, which was responded to by 
 almost every able-bodied man shouldering 
 his musket and marching for the front. 
 They flocked from the hills and the glens, 
 swarming down the Winooski, the same 
 patriotism firing them that characterized 
 the Green Mountain Boys in the days of 
 Allen and Warner. An example to illus- 
 trate may be given in the person, of Capt. 
 Timothy Hubbard, who, when the news 
 of the invasion of Plattsburg, N. Y., by 
 the British, reached Montpelier, in Sep- 
 tember, 1814, sallied out cane in hand into 
 the streets, summoning a drtimmer and a 
 fifer to his side, one of them being a hired 
 man, and marching the streets all day 
 beating up volunteers to start forthwith to 
 the scene of action. And such were his 
 appeals, and such the heat of patriotism in 
 the community, that before night nearly or 
 quite two thirds of the male population 
 were enlisted, and ready to march on the 
 following morning, which they did, they 
 reaching Plattsburg in season to take place 
 in the line of battle. Capt. Campbell, of- 
 ten known as " old Captain Blue," from 
 Waitsfield and vicinity, summoned with 
 the same alacrity the war spirits of Mad 
 River. Other towns with equal right offer 
 their muster-rolls to vindicate their claim 
 to equal honors. 
 
 There are a few individuals so prominent 
 in the affairs of the State and nation, born 
 or residing more or less in this County, it 
 seems fitting their names and services 
 should be noticed here. And first among 
 these stands Gen. Benjamin Wait, a dis- 
 tinguished revolutionary veteran and asso- 
 ciate of Ethan Allen and the men who 
 made the heroic epoch, of Vermont.— 
 [There will be in Waitsfield, this volume, 
 a notice of Gen. Wait.] 
 
 JOHN CLOUD, 
 
 a long-time resident of this County, was 
 in many engagements in the Revolution- 
 ary War ; in his last battle, while leading 
 a retreat and firing back, he was shot 
 through the thigh, which had to be ampu- 
 tated. 
 
 WILLIAM PHEN, 
 
 also an old resident, was in the campaigns 
 of the Duke of Wellington. 
 
 [We reserve a sketch of Col. John Tap- 
 lin for Berlin, and notice of other eminent 
 men here introduced, for the towns to 
 which they more specially belong. — Ed.] 
 
 Conspicuously identified with the growth 
 of the County or connected with its inter- 
 nal improvements were 
 
 JUDGE ELIJAH PAINE, 
 
 living on the borders of the Counl^ in 
 Williamstown. [See vol. II, page 1150. 
 Ed.] and his son, 
 
 GOV. CHARLES PAINE, 
 
 who passed most of his life in the County, 
 a man of exceeding active, practical mind 
 and indomitable will. In addition to run- 
 ning a large manufacturing establishment 
 he did more than all others toward secur- 
 ing our present railroad facilities. 
 
 HORACE HOLLISTER 
 
 built most of the old County road; going 
 north from Montpelier through Calais. 
 
 MAHLON COTTRILL, 
 
 the long-time popular landlord of the Pa- 
 vilion, was proprietor of several lines of 
 stage in the County, and at one time was 
 more largely connected with the public 
 travel in this vicinity than any other per- 
 son before or since. One of his lines was 
 over the great thoroughfare from Boston 
 to Burlington and Montreal via Montpelier, 
 with coaches drawn by from four to six 
 superb horses, and the finest stage equip- 
 ments ever known in New England. 
 Thompson relates a wonderfiil feat.of a 
 driver by the name of Blaisdell, performed 
 on this road, which was the difficult and 
 dangerous task of leaping from his seat on 
 the coach-box on to, and over the near 
 wheel-horse to the ground, and seizing the 
 pole which had just dropped with a cant 
 to run off a precipice 60 feet deep, the 
 wheel being within a yard of the edge, and, 
 holding also to fhe neck-yoke, guidng a 
 heavy load of passengers safely to the foot 
 of the hill. The rock, which is a mile and 
 a half south of Waterbury street, on the 
 
VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Moretown side of Winooski river, has since 
 been known as Blaisdell's Rock. 
 
 WILLIAM UPHAM \ 
 
 was a most remarkable advocate before a 
 jury, and his speeches in the United States 
 Senate were very highly complimented by 
 Daniel Webster. 
 
 SAMUEL PRENTISS, 
 
 as a jurist, said Chancellor Kent in speak- 
 ing of him, "Judge Story, the only man to 
 be thought of in comparison, is certainly a 
 very learned and able man, but I cannot help 
 reg^ding Judge Prentiss as thebest jurist in 
 New England." He was also held in high 
 estimation in the Senate of the United 
 States. 
 
 PUBLIC MORALS AND EDUCATION, 
 
 a very active interest in, sprang up in the 
 County about the time of its organization, 
 the leader of which was Rev. Chester 
 Wright ; and which under the influence of 
 James H. Langdon extended also to trade. 
 In addition to a new impetus in the com- 
 mon district-schools, sabbath-schools were 
 organized, libraries purchased and lyceums 
 formed ; the effect of which was felt in all 
 parts of the County, and in 1858, the 
 Union School at the Capital was. put in 
 operation, which has really revolutionized 
 the old manner of teaching. Hon. Rod- 
 erick Richardson superintended the erec- 
 tion of the building, and was chairman of 
 the committee-men. The example was fol- 
 lowed by other towns. Academies and 
 seminaries made their appearance ; one at 
 Barre, under the auspices of the New Eng- 
 land Universalist societies, and one at 
 Montpelier, under the auspices of the Ver- 
 mont Methodist Conference, and one at 
 Waterbury, under the management of the 
 Baptist denomination. 
 
 The County has also been very creditably 
 represented in the number and character 
 of its authors and publications, as well as 
 many able articles from its pens entering 
 into the journalism of different parts of the 
 country. 
 
 "The Indian Captive," by Horace 
 Steele, was published in Montpelier in 
 1812; "Baylies Index," in 3 vols., by 
 Hon. Nicholas Baylies, in 1814; Judge 
 Baylies published beside a book on Free- 
 
 agency in 182 1. "The Battle of Platts- 
 burgh," a poem in pamphlet, by Samuel 
 Woodworth, in 1815 ; " The Gift," 16 mo., 
 a small poetic book, by Miss Sophia Wat- 
 rous, of Northfield, published at Montpel- 
 ier in 1840. The Rev. F. W. Shelton, 
 formerly Rector of the Episcopal Church 
 in Montpelier, has published at different 
 times " Salander and the Dragon," " The 
 Rector of Bardolph, " Chrystaline," " Up 
 the River,*' and "Peeps frorti a Belfry," 
 which have given the author a wide and 
 pleasant reputation. Here was also the 
 long-time home — at Montpelier— of Charles 
 G. Eastman, one of the few American 
 poets complimented with notice by the 
 Edinburgh critics. Here was published 
 his book, some 200 pages, of very fine 
 lyrical and descriptive verse. 
 
 The native birdlike melody of some of 
 Eastman's songs has rarely been equalled 
 in our country. An excellent painter of 
 nature, he reflects with much felicity the 
 living features of the rural life of the Green 
 Mountain land. [A full notice of East- 
 man and his poems will be found in his 
 native Barnard, Windsor Co.] 
 
 Daniel P. Thompson held the most pro- 
 lific pen of any man born or ever residing 
 in the County, the novelist of Vermont, 
 whose books have run through fifty edi- 
 tions. [For full notice of, see Berlin.] 
 
 There have also been published in Mont- 
 pelier, The Astronomical Discourses of 
 Thomas Chalmers in 1819, Thomas Cook's 
 Universal Letter-writer, in 1816; James 
 Dean's Vermont Gazetteer, in 1808 ; Life of 
 Benjamin Franklin, in 1809; Religious 
 Courtship, 1814, The Accident, or Henry 
 and Julia, by Wm. Perrin, iSij ; Peter the 
 Great, 1811 ; Infantry Exercise, 1820; 
 Thompson's Vermont Gazetteer, 1824 and 
 1840; "A Thanksgiving Discourse," by 
 John Gridley, wherein was given a con- 
 densed history of Montpelier, in 1843 i " A 
 Geographical Poem" of the County, by 
 Ithamer Smith, some years ag^; "A His- 
 tory of the 13th Regiment," in journal 
 form, by Edwin Palmer, Esq., of Water- 
 bury, in 1866; in 1870, "The Harvest 
 Moon and other Poems," by G. N. Brig- 
 ham, M. D. [See Fayston.] 
 
WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
 
 13 
 
 Other several noted authors have had a 
 temporary residence within the County. 
 Samuel Hopkins, author of an Ecclesiasti- 
 cal History in relation to the Seceders and 
 the Puritans; John S. C. Abbott, and the 
 Hon. Isaac F. Redfield, a long-time res- 
 ident at Montpelier, and for 25 years a 
 member of the Supreme Court of Ver- 
 mont, an4 nearly 10 years its Chief Jus- 
 tice, whose more recently published work, 
 called a "Practical Treatise on the Law of 
 Railways," has become a standard work, 
 and given Mr. Redfield, at home and 
 abroad, rank with the first of American 
 and English jurists. 
 
 The County has sustained within the 
 last fifty years two, and much of the time 
 five, weekly journals, which have been 
 ably conducted for what is known as the 
 country newspaper, the " Vermont Watch- 
 man,''^ the "Free /V«w," which was chang- 
 ed to the " Vermont Pa&wt," and more 
 recently to the "Argus and Patriot,'''' the 
 "Voice of Freedom, ''" now the "Green 
 I \ Mountain Freeman,'''' the " Christian Mes- 
 senger,'''' and the " Christian Repository.'''' 
 CENSORS : 
 
 Ezra Butler, 1806 ; J. Y. Vail, 1820 ; Jos. 
 Reed, 1834; H. C. Reed, 1841 ; H. F. 
 Janes, 1848 ; Wm. W. Wells, 1855; Jos, 
 Prentiss, 1862 ; Chas. Reed, 1869 ; T. P. 
 Redfield, 1869. 
 
 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS : 
 
 Ezra Bntler in 1804, '20, '28, '32 ; Dr. 
 Edward Lamb, 1836; Jos. Reed, 1840. 
 
 UNITED STATES SENATORS : 
 
 Samuel Prentiss, 1831-42 ; William Up- 
 ham, 1843-53; Matt. Carpenter, Senator 
 from Wisconsin, born in this County. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS: 
 
 Ezra Butler, 1813-15; H. F. Janes, 
 1835-37 ; Paul Dillingham, 1843-47 ; L. B. 
 Peck, 1847-51; E. P. Walton, 1857-63; 
 C. W. Willard,- 1869-73. A son of Judge 
 Rice, of.Waitsfield, has also been a terri- 
 torial Representative, . and we have fur- 
 nished District Judge, Samuel Prentiss; 
 and one District Clerk, Edw. H. Prentiss ; 
 and two District Attorneys, Lucius B. Peck 
 and B. F. Fifield. 
 
 S. B. Colby received the appointment of 
 first register in the office of the secretary 
 of the treasury under Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 Ezra Butler was Governor from 1826 to 
 '28; Chas. Paine from 1841 to '43 ; Paul 
 Dillingham, Lieut. Governor in 1862, '3, 
 '4, and Governor in 1865 to '67. Gov. Dil- 
 lingham was also Lieut. Governor for 3 
 years preceding his election to the chief 
 magistracy.' 
 
 D. M. Camp and Geo. N. Dale were 
 long-time residents of the County ; the 
 former being Lieut. Governor from 183610 
 '41, and the other being the present in- 
 cumbent of that office (1869). 
 
 The office of State treasurer has chiefly 
 been held by individuals of the County 
 since the location of the State House here. 
 H. F. Janes, John Spaulding, E. P. Jew- 
 ett, Geo. Howes, H. M. Bates and John 
 A. Page being the persons receiving at dif- 
 ferent times the election to that office to 
 1869. 
 
 The office of Secretary of State has also 
 been held by County residents : David 
 Wing, Jr., Timothy Merrill, C. L. Knapp, 
 F. F. Merrill, D. P. Thompson, C. W. 
 Willard, Geo. W. Bailey, Jr., and Geo. 
 Nichols. Mr. Nichols also was chosen 
 president of the la.st Constitutional Con- 
 vention. 
 
 Major Charles H. Joyce, the present 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
 was a long time resident of this County. 
 Timothy Merrill, O. H. Smith, F. F. Mer- 
 rill, G. R. Thompson, have been severally 
 elected to the position of clerk of the 
 House. David Wing, Jr., of IMontpelier, 
 was assistant judge of Caledonia Co. in 
 1800, and first judge from 1803 to 1805 ; 
 Chas. Bulkley, [jtidge and Ezra Butler, 
 see Berlin and Waterbury] ; Cyrus Ware 
 of Montpelier was chief judge of Caledo- 
 nia Co. Court in 1808. The judges of 
 Washington County Court have been Ezra 
 Butler in 1811-12; Chas. Bulkley, 1813; 
 Dennison Smith, 1814; Ezra Butler, 1815 
 to '18, when Jno. Peck presided for one 
 year; Ezra Butler from 1819 to '25. Of 
 the judges of the State supreme and cir- 
 cuit courts Samuel Prentiss, Nicholas Bay- 
 lies, Isaac F. Redfield, Asahel Peck, and 
 
14 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Timothy P. Redfield, are or have been 
 residents of this County. The first Rep- 
 resentatives from this County were Sam'l 
 Harris from Middlesex and Jacob Davis 
 from Montpelier, who took seats in the 
 assembly held at Bennington, Jan. lo, 
 1791. Ezra Butler was Councillor from 
 i8og to '13, and from 1815 to '26; Nich- 
 olas Baylies in 18 14; George Worthing- 
 ton from 1826 to '30 ; Henry F. Janes from 
 1830 to '35; Milton-Brown, 1835. 
 
 STATE SENATORS. 
 
 In 1836, by a change in the constitu- 
 tion a Senate was substituted for the Coun- 
 cil, to which we sent first Arunah Water- 
 man and Newell Kinsman two years, and 
 after: Jos. A. Curtis and Israel Goodwin, 
 1838, '39; O. W. Butler, 1840; Nathan- 
 iel Eaton, 1840, '41 ; Paul Dillingham, 
 1841, '42, '61 ; Wooster Sprague, '42, '43 ; 
 Jacob Scott, '43, 44 : Roderick Richard- 
 son, '44, '45 ; O. H. Smith, '45, '46; Mo- 
 ses Robinson, '46, '47 ; Nath'l Bancroft, 
 '47, '48; Wm. Carpenter, '48, '49; Asaph 
 Town, '49, '50; Leonard Keith, '50, '51; 
 C. G. Eastman, '51, '52; Royal \yheeler, 
 '52, 'S3; Jos. Moody, 'S3, "'54; Horace 
 Hollister and James Green, 'S4, 'SS ; John 
 Gregory and F. A. Wright, 's6-'7 ; Jo- 
 seph Poland and Enoch Putnam, 's8-'9 ; 
 Calvin Fullerton, '60-1 ; C. W. Willard, 
 '60, '6i ; Roderick Richardson, Addison 
 Peck and P. D. Bradford, '62, '63 ; Chas. 
 Reed, '64, '65, '66; Denslow Upham, '64, 
 '65; M.P.Wallace, '64; Wm. W.Henry, 
 '6s, '66, '67 ; J. H. Orcutt, '66, '68 ; Chas. 
 Dewey, '6^, '68, '69; C. H. Heath, '68, 
 '69, '70 ; J. H. Hastings, '70 ; Heman 
 Carpenter, '70, '71, '72, '73; Clark King, 
 '72, '73, 74, '75 ; Eliakim P. Walton, '74, 
 '75, '76, '77 ; Ira Richardson, '76, '77 ; W. 
 P. Dillingham, '78, '79, '80, '81 ; Albert 
 Dwinell, '78, '79, '80, '81. 
 
 WASHINGTON COUNTY RECORD IN THE 
 REBELLION OF 1 86 1. 
 
 If in men's niinds were doubt whether 
 there were those who could uphold the 
 honor of their sires in the generation of 
 to-day, the illusion dispelled with the an- 
 swer to the call for men to defend the 
 country's flag ; yeoman and clerk and pro- 
 
 fessional man, with the sound of the fife 
 and drum, all moving on, like a sudden 
 blast from the north to the terrible storm- 
 ing of the ramparts and charge of the 
 battle-field, proved more than words can 
 blazon the heroism still in the race — a soul- 
 working principle profound in the Ver- 
 monter, which needed but a spark to fan 
 it into a blaze of patriotism. War meet- 
 ings were held, union leagues formed, lib- 
 eral bounties paid to men, and the fam- 
 ilies of those in the field cared for. . Our 
 heroes and martyrs did well ; where shines 
 the lustre of so glorious an epoch, we still 
 feel all of our old State pride when we look 
 on our war-soiled banners, and hear re- 
 cited the later deeds of our sons. Our 
 dead are on most of the battle-fields from 
 Bull Run to Apomattox ; individual deeds 
 they have achieved which will not suffer 
 in comparison with the martial prowess of 
 any time. Instance our old Vt. 2d de- 
 tached as a reserve to the 26th New Jer- 
 sey, ordered to carry the heights of Mary's 
 Hill. Our Col. Joyce, who had won the 
 cognomen of Murat in the regiment, had 
 the command. The Jersey boys, meeting 
 tornadoes of lead and iron rained from the 
 battlements above, surging back, "For- 
 ward, Vermont Brigade," cried the gallant 
 Joyce, and our gallant 2d : 
 
 '• Then oamc uurgallaut Second up, 
 
 Anil passed them on the run ;" 
 " Vermont might well be proud Ihat day 
 
 P^or every martial sou." 
 
 '■ St. Mary's Heights were won." 
 
 Sergeant Bennett, a soldier of intrepid 
 daring, was the first to mount the par- 
 apets ; as he . sprang over the breast-work, 
 a rebel officer met him, sabre in hand, and 
 aimed a blow, he dexterously parried with 
 his musket, and pressed to close quarters 
 by several soldiers joining the oflScer, 
 clubbed his musket in a twinkling, ex- 
 claiming. "I'll clean you out of here!" 
 levelled them all to the earth ; the next in- 
 stant fell, pierced by a dozen bullets, and 
 expired at once. 
 
 During the battle of the Wilderness, 
 after forcing the rebels from strong in- 
 trenchments and capturing and holdino- 
 them a half mile in front of the main line, 
 
WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
 
 15 
 
 the Vt. 2d were asked if they could hold 
 their position until supports could be 
 brought up. "Send us ammunition and 
 provisions and we can hold it six months 
 if you want." Besides the battle of Bull 
 Run, the second regiment, in which our 
 County had two companies, was in the 
 battles of Lee's Mills, Apr. 15, 1862; Wil- 
 liamsburgh, May j; Golding'sFarm, June 
 26 ; Savage Station, June 29 ; White Oak 
 Swamp, June 30 ; Malvern Hill, July i ; 
 South Mountain, Sept. 14 ; Antietam, Sept. 
 17 ; Fredericksburgh, Dec. 13 ; Mayre's 
 Heights, May 3, 1863 ; Sailor's Heights, 
 May 4; Fredericksburgh, June 5 ; Gettys- 
 burgh, July 3 ; Funckstown, July 10; Rap- 
 pahannock, Nov. 7 ; Wilderness, May 5-6, 
 1864; Spottsylvania, May lo, 12, 14 and 
 18 ; Cold Harbor, June 1-12 ; Petersburgh, 
 June 18 ; Charlestown, Aug. 21 ; Opequan, 
 Sept. 19; Fisher's Hill, Sept. 21 ; Mount 
 Jackson, Sept. 24 ; Cedar Creek, Oct. 19 ; 
 Petersburgh, March 25, 1865; Peters- 
 burgh, April 2 ; Sailor's Run, April 6, and 
 after Bull Run. five additional regiments 
 participated in these .battles, to which also 
 they would add a few other engagements, 
 and in all our County found itself; repre- 
 sented in the 6th Regiment by two com- 
 panies. In the Seventh Regiment, at the 
 siege of Vicksburgh, Baton Rouge, Gon- 
 zales Station, Spanish Fort and Whistler. 
 In the Eighth Regiment ?Lt Cotton, Bis- 
 land. Siege of Port Hudson, Winchester, 
 Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Newton. In 
 the Ninth Regiment, at Harper's Ferry, 
 Newport Barracks, Chapin's Farm, Fair 
 Oaks. In the Tenth Regiment, at Orange 
 Grove, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Tolo- 
 potomy. Cold Harbor, Weldon Railroad. 
 Monocacy, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Ce- 
 dar Creek, Petersburgh Mar. 25 and Apr. 
 2, 1865, and Sailor's Creek. IntheEleventh 
 Regiment, at Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, 
 Petersburgh June 8, '64, Weldon Rail- 
 road, Washington, Charlestown, Opequan. 
 Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, 
 Petersburgh, Mar. 25, 27, and Apr. 2, 1865, 
 and in the Thirteenth at Gettysburgh, 
 July 2 and 3, 1863 ; Seventeenth Regiment, 
 atthe battles of the Wilderness, May 6 to 
 9, 1864; Spottsylvania, 12 to JS and May 
 
 18, 1864; North Anna, Tolopotomy, Be- 
 thesda Church, Petersburgh June 17, and 
 the mine July 30, 1864, Weldon Railroad, 
 Poplar Grove Church, Hatcher's Run, 
 Petersburgh April 2, 1865. 
 
 In the First Regiment Cavalry, in the 
 battles of Mount Jackson, Fort Republic, 
 Middletown, Winchester May 25, 1862, 
 Surry Court House, Culpepper Court House 
 July 10, '62, Orange Court House, Kel- 
 ley's Ford, Waterloo Bridge, Bull Run, 
 Ashby's Gap, Broad Run, Greenwich", 
 Hanover, Huntersville, Gettysburgh, Mon- 
 terey, Lighters ville, Hagerstown July 6, 
 1863, Boonsboro, Hagerstown July 13, 
 1863, Falling Waters, Port Conway Aug. 
 26, '63 and Sept. i, '63, Culpepper Court 
 House Sept. 13, '63, Somerville Ford, Ra- 
 coon Ford, Falmouth, James City, Brandy 
 Station, Gainesville, Buckland Mills, Mor- 
 ton's Ford, Mechanicsville, Piping Tree, 
 Craig's Church, Spottsylvania, Yellow Tav- 
 ern, Meadow Bridge,Hanover Court House, 
 Ashland, Hawe's Shop, Bottom Bridge, 
 White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Ream's 
 Station, June 23, Nottaway Court House, 
 Keysville, Roanoke Station, Stony Creek, 
 June 28 and 29^ 1864, Ream's Station, June 
 29, '64, Ridley's Shop, Winchester Aug. 
 17, 1864. Summit Point, Charlestown, 
 Kearneys ville, Opequan, Front Royal, 
 Mooney's Grade, Milford, Waynesboro 
 Sept. 28, '64, Columbia Furnace, Tom's 
 Brook, Cedar Creek Oct. 13, 1864, Cedar 
 Creek Oct. 19, '64, Middle Road, Middle 
 and Back Road, Lacy's Springs, Wayes- 
 boro Mar. 2, 1865, Five Forks, Namozine 
 Church, Appomattox Station Apr. 8, '65, 
 and Appomattox Court House April 9, 
 1865. 
 
 Gen. Wm. Wells enlisted from Water- 
 bury. 
 
 In all of the given Regiments the County 
 had commissioned officers as high as cap- 
 tain. It.also furnished men to the ist, 2d 
 and 3d Batteries of Light Artillery. Of 
 commissioned officers there have been 
 killed in battle and died from wounds, 
 twelve from the County: Lieuts. A. M. 
 Nevins, of Moretown, David B. Daven- 
 port, of Roxbury ; Major Richard B. Cran- 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 dall, of Berlin ; of wounds received at 
 Lee's Mills, Apr. i6, 1862, David B. 
 Davenport, of Roxbury: of wounds at 
 Lee's Mills, April 16, '62, Major Richard 
 B. Crandall and Lieut. A. J. Davis, of 
 Berlin ; Captain Luther Ainsworth, of 
 Waitsfield; Major Edwin Dillingham, 
 Lieut. J. E. Henry.Capt. LucianD. Thomp- 
 son, o( Waterbury ; Capt, Edward . Hall 
 and Lieut. A. K. Cooper, of Worcester ; 
 Lieut. W. E. Martin, of Barre ; Lieut. 
 Ezra Stetson, of Montpelier ; Lieut. Isaac 
 G. Putnam, of East Montpelier ; Liei^t. 
 Luther B. Scott and Adjutant Abel Mor- 
 rill, of Cabot. [Of whom further account 
 will be piven in their respective towns in 
 this volume.] 
 
 Chas. H. Anson, of Montpelier, w4s 
 brevetted Captain for gallantry in the as- 
 sault on Petersburgh, April 2, 1865. 
 
 This County furnished for the war 44 
 captains, 5 adjutants, 7 quarter-masters, 10 
 majors, 7 lieut. colonels, 4 colonels and 2 
 generals. 
 
 Grand list of the towns in the County ; 
 town-bounties paid and number of men 
 raised by each town : 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Men. Grand List, 
 
 Barre 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Cabot 
 
 Calais 
 
 Duxbury < 
 
 E. Montpelier. 
 
 Fayston , 
 
 Marshfield .... 
 
 Middlesex 
 
 Montpelier 
 
 Moretown 
 
 Northfield 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Roxbury 
 
 Waitsfield 
 
 Warren 
 
 Waterbury . . . , 
 
 Woodbury 
 
 Worcester 
 
 i6i 
 144 
 
 174 
 
 98 
 
 152 
 
 74 
 121 
 ISO 
 
 338 
 146 
 
 35' 
 94 
 "3 
 104 
 no 
 236 
 
 99 
 84 
 
 »7,37S-i7 
 4,674.26 
 
 4,177-53 
 4,500.85 
 2,145.68 
 5.292.36 
 1,221.32 
 2,636.56 
 3.229 20 
 11,972.79 
 2,954.80 
 8,002.20 
 2,250.34 
 2,227.10 
 3.267.84 
 2,560.20 
 7.729^22 
 
 1.965-59 
 1,637.01 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 36,500.64 
 
 31.399-54 
 
 6,376.22 
 
 26,095.23 
 
 9,940.00 
 
 12,808.83 
 
 16,840.25 
 
 13,952.20 
 
 20,882.42 
 
 24,585.65 
 
 19,839.00 
 
 32,664.84 
 
 15,598.52 
 
 200.00 
 
 10,671.17 
 
 13.438.88 
 
 23,766.26 
 
 22.50 
 
 5.245-95 
 
 Total 2965 79.519-95320,826.00 
 
 Col. Randall's statement of the 
 
 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG : 
 
 "The i2th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and i6th 
 Vermont Regiments constituted Stannard's 
 
 Brigade, and were attached to the First or 
 Reynolds' corps at the battle of Gettys- 
 burg. This brigade arrived on the field 
 at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 
 first day, and took position in the rear of 
 Cemetery Hill, in the rear of the main 
 line of battle, where they remained through 
 the night, and through the fore part of the 
 next day. At about noon of the second 
 day the fighting in our front and to our left 
 was quite animated. Generals Sickles and 
 Hancock being at our left. At about 
 2 o'clock in the afternoon I was ordered to 
 advance my regiment to the front, and 
 somewhat to the left, and took a position 
 some thirty rods in advance of the rest ot 
 our brigade, where I held my regiment in 
 column by divisions at rest until about 4 
 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon. At this 
 time the battle was raging at our left, in 
 front of Hancock's corps, with much vio- 
 lence, and many stragglers were passing to 
 the rear. The balance of Stannard's brig- 
 ade were lying in their original position. 
 At about this tirne an officer came riding 
 from the front directly towards where my 
 regiment lay, very fast. As he approach- 
 ed the spot he halted, and asked me what 
 regiment that was. I told him it was the 
 13th Vermont, of Stannard's brigade. He 
 asked where Stannard and the rest of the 
 brigade were. I pointed out the brigade, 
 some 30 rods in my rear, and also the, 
 spot where Stannard and his staff were, a 
 little way in the rear of the brigade. He 
 then said to me will your regiment fight ? 
 I told him they were comparatively new 
 troops, but that I thought I could rely on 
 them . He then said, " I am Gen. Double- 
 day, and now command the first corps." 
 He also told me he had just come from 
 Gen. Hancock, that that oificer was hard 
 pressed, and he was afraid unless he had 
 help very quick he would lose his artillery, 
 or some of it. He ordered me to take 
 my regiment, or what I had of it, pro- 
 ceed in the direction from which he came, 
 and report to Gen. Hancock, and act as he 
 directed, but before I started he said, 
 " Colonel, introduce me to your regiment." 
 I turned with him to the regiment, and said, 
 
WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
 
 17 
 
 ' Boys, this is General Doubleday, our corps 
 commander." He then said, substantially, 
 as follows: "Men of Vermont ! the troops 
 from your State have thus far in this war 
 earned an enviable reputation. I under- 
 stand that you are comparatively inexperi- 
 enced in battle, but you are about to be 
 led in by your Colonel. Much will be ex- 
 pected of you, and I hope you will nobly 
 uphold the honor of your State. To-day 
 is the great day that determines whether 
 Jeff. Davis or Abraham Lincoln controls 
 this government. You will now follow 
 your Colonel." I then led them in the di- 
 rection indicated by him, at a double quick, 
 and before reaching the crest or high land 
 in our front, I left the regiment in charge 
 of Major J. J, Boynton and Adjutant 
 James S. Peck, and rode myself forward 
 to find Gen. Hancock, and see in advance 
 where my regiment could aid him most. 
 As I came on top of the high ground or 
 crest between the cemetery and Little 
 Round Top, I met Gen. Hancock, who was 
 vigorously rallying and encouraging his 
 shattered ranks, many of whom were still 
 fighting valiantly, to hold on and contest 
 the ground inch by inch. I accosted him 
 and told him my regiment was close at 
 hand, and that Gen. Doubleday ordered me 
 up to his assistance. He appeared much 
 gratified, and said to me that the rebels 
 had just taken a battery from him. He 
 pointed out to me the direction in which 
 they had gone with it, and asked me if I 
 could retake it ? I replied to him that I 
 thought I could. He said, " go in, then." 
 By this time my regiment was cqming up ; 
 I took charge of them, and put them in 
 position to deploy from column into line 
 of battle parallel to his main line, and 
 in front of his somewhat disorganized 
 troops. Gen. Hancock sat near me on 
 his horse, and watched the movement nar- 
 rowly. I gave the order to deploy, and 
 rode in front of my companies to watch 
 the movement and see that each company 
 came promptly on to the line. This was 
 under a sharp fire from the enemy, and my 
 men were- falling on all sides by this time. 
 As I saw my last company come on the line, 
 
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 I inclined towards the center of the regi- 
 ment and gave the order to forward. Just 
 as I did this my horse was shot dead un- 
 der me, and fell, catching me by my right 
 foot under him. The regiment for a mo- 
 ment supposed I was killed, but the horse 
 was rolled off from me by the men as they 
 came up, who soon saw that I was not 
 hurt, and they followed me as I went on 
 foot. At this moment a body of rebel 
 troops, probably a brigade, was deploying 
 from the bushy ground to our left directly 
 in front o^ us. This I did not see until my 
 horse fell, when I got a view of them un- 
 der the smoke and dust, as it was lifted. 
 About that time we got a volley from them. 
 I saw the situation was a critical one for 
 us, and that promptness was our chance ; 
 and I gave the order to charge upon them, 
 thinking to surprise and overpower them 
 before they reloaded. My men responded 
 to the call most admirably. Before the 
 rebels had time to reload or put themselves 
 in an attitude of defence we were upon 
 them. They threw down their arms and 
 laid low, and we passed over them without 
 much opposition. Here we witnessed one 
 of many acts of treachery .which the rebels 
 exhibited at times. As we passed over 
 them as they lay like yarded sheep, a rebel 
 officer rose on his elbow and discharged 
 his pistol at Major Boynton, the charge 
 just brushing the Major's ear-locks. This 
 piece of perfidy was instantly avenged by 
 half a dozen of our men pinning the rebel 
 to the earth witli their bayonets. We 
 passed «n, and in about 30 rods overtook 
 the detachment of rebel itwSps, in charge 
 of the captured guns, four in number, of 
 the U. S. Regular Artillery. Captain 
 Lonergan, of Co. A. of my regiment, 
 (Burlington) and myself about simulta- 
 neously, I think, came up with the guns 
 overtaken. The rebels appeared very 
 much surprised to see us, but after a 
 flourish or two of sabres and a little em- 
 phatic language tliey surrendered all the 
 guns to us, and we passed them to the 
 rear. All this time I think Gen. Hancock 
 was watching our movements, and when 
 my horse fell he was so neai> to me that 
 
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 when I got up and left the horse I heard 
 him direct one of his men to keep guard 
 over my saddle and straps on my horse. 
 When afterward I came back the guard, 
 saddle, and straps, were gone, but I after- 
 wards found my saddle. Our men from 
 whom the guns had been taken followed 
 them up, took their guns, and returned 
 with them to our lines. My regiment was 
 now within about 50 rods, as I should 
 judge, of the Emmetsburgh road, and I 
 determined to push forward and gain that 
 road, unless I met with formidable resist- 
 ance, as I did not. I reached the road, 
 my right resting at a small farm house, 
 which I suppose is called the Peler Rogers 
 house. Here we halted, and I directed 
 Adjutant Peck to go back and appiise Gen. 
 Hancock of our position, and get his or- 
 ders. About this time Capt. Lonergan 
 came to where I was, much excited, and 
 informed me that the house above men- 
 tioned was full of rebels. I immediately 
 went with him to the house, and sure 
 enough it was. I ordered them to throw 
 out their arms and surrender, which they 
 all did ; there were eighty-three of them, 
 including officers. While this was going 
 on, the rebel sharp-shooters and skirmish- 
 ers were keeping up a sharp fire at my 
 men, which they were returning, and at 
 about this time they ran out two twelve 
 pound brass field pieces at our left on the 
 line of the road, and commenceid to fire 
 upon us. At this I directed the attention 
 of two of my companies to them. They 
 soon clearM the pieces of horses and men, 
 and then charged upon them, capturing 
 both of the guns, which we brought off. 
 Adjutant Peck having returned with word 
 from Gen. Hancock to keep my flanks well 
 protected, and return when I had done 
 what I thpught I could. Seeing no more 
 game in thfe bush, we retired to the Union 
 lines, amid much cheering from the troops 
 who had witnessed to some extent our op- 
 erations. I have seen some account of 
 this affair in which it is said that in this 
 movement the 14th regiment led the ad- 
 vance, followed by the l6th, and that af- 
 terwards the 13th regiment came up.' Now 
 the truth is the 13th were in a position to 
 
 be first, having been in advance of the 
 other regiments, and did lead. They were 
 no doubt well in the fight before even Gen. 
 Stannkrd knew of the movement, as I took 
 my order for this advance from Gen. Dou- 
 bleday, who had then not seen Gen. Stan- 
 nard. 
 
 I do not wish to detract one jot from 
 what any other regiment may have done at 
 this or any other battle, but must not al- 
 low my regiment to be misrepresented, 
 either through ignorance or design." 
 
 F. V. Randall. 
 
 The brilliant achievements of our nine 
 months' men, the 13th regiment under 
 Colonel Randall at the battle of Gettys- 
 burgh, from the magnitude and impor- 
 tance of the battle, and the circumstance 
 that such bravery was displayed by men 
 for the first time under fire, deserves some- 
 thing of detailed account. Our statement 
 of the part taken in the 2d day's fight is in 
 Col. Randall's own language. The 3d 
 day's part, we collect from published ac- 
 counts given at the time, from both rebel 
 and union officers and correspondents on 
 the field. 
 
 In the third and last day's struggle for 
 the victory in this greatest of modern bat- 
 tles, our Regiment of thirteen months' 
 men, never before under fire, did more 
 than honor to the County and State — they 
 proved to the world that the thinking bay- 
 onet is immeasurably superior to that of 
 any other ; that an educated citizen soldiery, 
 fired by patriotism and a sense of duty, 
 would stand fire of an enemy equal with vet- 
 eran corps,, provided they were well offi- 
 cered, and for such disapproved the need 
 of standing arniies. 
 
 After the previous day's service, illustri- 
 ous in the annals of war, as a dash made 
 by inexperienced troops, they joined the 
 2d Vt. Brigade and slept upon their arms. 
 Friday, the third day of this great battle, 
 a simultaneous cannonade was opened 
 upon our right and left at daybreak — Long- 
 street commanding the batteries firing 
 upon the left where was our Brigade, from 
 an advantageous ridge he had gained in 
 the alternoon of the previous day. Ewell 
 commanded the right, which seems to 
 
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 have been really the point selected for the 
 chief attack in the morning upon our lines. 
 The cannonade lasted only for a short 
 time, when on the right one of the most 
 obstinate and terrible infantry duels took 
 place known in the history of fire-arms. 
 Says an eye-witness, "for six hours — from 
 S till u o'clock — the musketry rolled on 
 those hill-sides in one incessant crash. 
 For six hours, from other portions of our 
 lines, we watched the white smoke-clouds 
 curling up through the tree-tops and won- 
 dered what the issue would be. At 11, 
 Geary had driven the enemy back over the 
 breastwork into the valley below." In the 
 left centre, before Lojigstreet's batteries, 
 was the 2d Vermont Brigade, General 
 Stannard in command, in which was our 
 13th Regiment engaged in their first bat- 
 tle — for although they had made such a 
 brilliant dash the day before, it could hard- 
 ly be considered of the nature of a pitched 
 battle, and had not proved that they would 
 stand a withering fire or a charge. They 
 were in General Doubleday's Division. 
 Col. Randall tells me that Gen. Double- 
 day very skeptically inquired " Colonel, 
 will your men stand fire?" " I think they 
 will," Col. Randall replied. We will in- 
 troduce the language of another who was 
 present on the field, to speak for our 13th 
 Regiment. " The troops of Gen. Double- 
 day's Division were disposed in three par- 
 allel lines of battle. There were two rea- 
 sons for this show of strength : first, the 
 comparatively level and open nature of he 
 ground at that point invited assault ; sec- 
 ond, our Division and Corps Generals dis- 
 trusted the ability of the nine months 
 troops to withstand a charge. It was 
 owned they did well the night before, 
 when their prompt presence apparently 
 saved the day in that part of the field, but 
 it was known — and it was about all that 
 was known about them in the Army of the 
 Potomac — that they were nine months men, 
 their term of service just expiring, and 
 that they had had no previous experience 
 under fire. They were expected to break 
 at the first earnest onset of the enemy, and 
 a double line of battle was placed behind 
 them, — quite a needless precaution it was 
 
 found." Col. Randall's Regiment of nine 
 months men was advanced a little forward 
 and to the left of the main line of the 2d 
 Corps, where they threw up a few rails for 
 protection, and lay low, the brow of the 
 hill also affording a slight protection from 
 the shells. A fqw men were wounded 
 here in the short morning cannonade, 
 which was followed by a long lull in the 
 storm of battle at this point, meanwhile 
 the vortex of the storm clung to the right, 
 where it raged till n o'clock, as we have 
 seen. A little picket skirmishinig was all 
 there was in the vicinity of our 13th until 
 the grand assault was heralded by the al- 
 most simultaneous burst of i Jo guns from 
 the enemy in front. This gave a little op- 
 portunity to strengthen the breastwork of 
 rails, wnich was done some two or three 
 feet with rails scattered upon the ground, 
 which was considerable protection to the 
 men when flat upon the ground, and 
 proved much needed before night. 
 
 The silence for two hours had been al- 
 most oppressive along the whole left, al- 
 though the din of arms roared terribly 
 enough away to the right. At ten min- 
 utes before 10 o'clock the signal gun was 
 fired, the top of the low ridge in front al- 
 most instantly opened with a storm of 
 shell, round shot and spherical case — even 
 grape thickening the angry tempest. All 
 this against that breastwork of rails, the 
 cannonade ceased on the rebel side soon 
 after 3 o'clock, the last two hours being 
 rapid firing from this battery of 150 guns, 
 concentrated from every angle upon our 
 left centre, when followed the grand charge. 
 It was not thought possible by the rebel 
 generals that there could be any Union 
 line left to resist a charge after such a can- 
 nonade. Now commenced to move in 
 close compact lines, in the finest of order, 
 17,000 of the picked troops of the Confed- 
 eracy. On they came at common time, 
 closing up as fast as our cannon opened a 
 gap with that fearful hurtle of iron hail. 
 The assaulting force had a front of about 
 1,000 yards moving in double column, 
 with supports in the rear extending beyond 
 either flank in front. The advance was 
 across a broad stretch of open meadow. 
 
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 something over a mile in length, and vary- 
 ing from a half mile to nearly a mile in 
 width between the confronting ridges, where 
 thus far the battle had raged. 
 
 The long gray confederate lines, pre- 
 ceded by their skirmishers, have reached 
 the low ground, half the distance between 
 the confronting armies, when the Vermont 
 regiments which are in advance of the 
 main line are ordered up into line to re- 
 ceive the enemy. The enemy's right at 
 first seemed aiming directly upon our 13th 
 and 14th regiments, and they were prepar- 
 ing to give them a volley, to be followed by a 
 charge, when an unexpected movement of 
 the enemy offered the opportunity of a bril- 
 liant display of military tactics and prowess , 
 which our Colonels and commanding offi- 
 cers did not fail to take advantage of. As 
 the 13th and 14th rose to deliver their fire, 
 the rebel force in front changed direction 
 by its flank, and marched to the north 
 across their front some 60 rods, when again 
 fronting it, came in upon the line of the 2d 
 Corps tt) the right of these regiments. 
 Upon the commencement of this move- 
 ment, the two regiments opened fire upon 
 them by battalion, and continued it by file 
 at about 60 rods with great effect. 
 
 At the time the rebel charging lines 
 fronted and advanced, after this side move- 
 ment, they swung partly to the rear and 
 right, where they seemed to become 
 massed, presenting from the position of 
 the Vermont Brigade a column massed by 
 regiments. Thus in position they, with a 
 wild yell, heard above the din of our play- 
 ing batteries, came in on the charge. The 
 shock ef the charge was truly terrible, and 
 it was resisted with a terrible obstinacy. 
 They reach our lines, and the rebel Gen. 
 Armistead is shot down with a hand on 
 one of our guns. They even pierce the 
 line in the terrible struggle, but the op- 
 portunity for a flanking movement is dis- 
 covered by the commanding officers of the 
 Vermont Brigade, a movement already 
 participated in to a certain extent by Col. 
 Randall,of the 13th, and the 13th and i6th 
 were ordered out upon the enemies' flank, 
 Col. Randall already well under way. 
 
 They marched some 60 rods parallel to the 
 main line, then changing front, their line 
 swung out at nearly right angles upon 
 the right of the rebel column, still res- 
 olutely struggling to force our lines. As 
 we have said, the 13th led, which marched 
 by the right flank, and approached very 
 close upon the enemies' flank, when they 
 changed front forward on the first com- 
 pany, under a scattering fire from the en- 
 emies' flank. There was but an instant of 
 time before a rapid fire ran down the line 
 of the regiment, at scarcely more than half 
 pistol range. The effect was instantaneous 
 and destructive beyond calculation. The 
 rebel lines withered away as stubble be- 
 fore the flame. To help complete the 
 havoc and scoop up the prisoners, the i6th 
 were soon seen taking up a position upon 
 the I3th's left. Some 15 rounds were 
 fired by Col. Randall's regiment at this 
 short range, raking the enemy through and 
 through by this fire upon his flank. The 
 1 6th also gave him about half as many 
 rounds, every bullet probably taking effect, 
 and many passing through two or three 
 rebel bodies. The rebels broke and fled 
 in all directions, the larger portion of their 
 centre and right dropping their arms and 
 rushing into our lines, surrendering them- 
 selves as prisoners. Such was the result 
 of that great charge made by the flower of 
 Southern chivalry (and braver men never 
 went to death), and such the brilliant rec- 
 ord made by a regiment of men never 
 under fire before — men who nine months 
 before were in their shops, behind their 
 counters, and in their farmers' suits, en- 
 gaged in the pursuits of peace. And Wash- 
 ington County has the honor of sending 
 the commanding officer of this regiment as 
 well as two companies in it, whose singu- 
 lar rare fortune it was to have such an op- 
 portunity to distinguish themselves, and 
 whose singularly good fortune it was to so 
 briUiantly fill a record so illustrious by im- 
 proving its opportunity. The loss of the 
 13th was 8 killed, 89 wounded, and 26 
 missing. Men need not " doubt if the 
 warp of gold " be yet in the stock descended 
 from the compatriots of Ethan Allen. 
 The Richmond Sentinel says of the 
 
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 flanking attack, " As Kemper's Brigade 
 moved up it swung around to the left, and 
 was exposed to the front and flanking fire 
 of the Federals, which was very fatal." 
 Another account in the same paper says : 
 ' 'A flanking party of the enemy, marching in 
 column by regiments, was thrown out fi-om 
 the enemy's left on our extreme right, and 
 by an enfilading fire forced the retirement 
 of our troops." The Richmond Enquirer 
 gives a similar account, to which we may 
 add the testimony of the correspondent of 
 the London Times, who details the move- 
 ments of the flanking column and speaks 
 of Gen. Longstreet's order sent by Major 
 Latrobe relating thereto, which was never 
 received, as Latrobe's horse was shot un- 
 der him, all making the issue of the battle 
 turn on this point. It was one of the most 
 memorable battles in history, equalling the 
 carnage of Waterloo and surpassing all 
 others of this generation until we come to 
 the great battles in the campaign of the 
 Franco-Prussian war. The aggregate cas- 
 ualties of the armies fell not much short 
 of 8,000 killed and 35,500 wounded. 5000 
 rebel dead were buried on or near the 
 field. 7,600 wounded were left in our 
 hands, and 13,621 prisoners were taken. 
 It is not a little singular that our own 
 County seems by the good fortunes of the 
 hour, and the bravery and talent shown by 
 its men, none of them ever under fire be- 
 fore, except their Colonel, to have supplied 
 the pivotal points on two days of this great 
 battle's issue. 
 
 Paul Dillingham, of Waterbury, filled 
 the office of Chief Magistracy of the State 
 for more than half the period of the war. 
 He served both the County and State with 
 signal ability. Earnest in suppressing the 
 rebellion, he was prompt to act in filling 
 the several quotas called for by the Gov- 
 ernment. Zealous in the Union cause, by 
 word and act, he encouraged his fellow 
 citizens to withhold no sacrifice, while he 
 also gave two sons to the country's service, 
 one of whom remains with its dead. 
 
 NATURAL HISTOUY. 
 
 The County abounds in water-privileges 
 and numerous cold springs, which add 
 
 greatly to the value of its lands for dairy- 
 ing purposes, as well as its excellent quality 
 of gVass. The Winooski, the largest riv- 
 er in the State, rises in the towns of Wal- 
 den and Peacham, in Caledonia Co., its two 
 head branches uniting in Marshfield, from 
 whence it flows through the whole width 
 of this County and thence through Chit- 
 tenden Co. into Lake Champlain. It drains 
 an area of about 1,000 square miles. Af- 
 ter the junction of the two head branches 
 in Marshfield, we have for its tributaries : 
 Kingsbury's Branch, coming in on the 
 west side of Plainfield Village, Stevens' 
 Branch, coming in 2 miles above Mont- 
 pelier village, from Barre, the Worcester 
 Branch, uniting at Montpelier village, Dog 
 River I mile below. Mad River i mile be- 
 low Middlesex village, and Waterbury 
 River, 2 miles below Waterbury village. 
 There are many brooks beside, in the 
 County, of considerable size and several 
 ponds of varying sizes. Of ponds, the 
 town of Woodbury .alone has tto less than 
 9, and the water-power of the County is 
 greatly increased by its ponds ^4fhich are 
 natural reservoirs. 
 
 The geological formation of the County 
 is for the most part talcose slate; mica, 
 hornblend and limestone are found in con- 
 siderable quantities ; argillaceous slate in 
 the southern towns, felspar and quartz, 
 with mica, in the eastern ; steatite and iron 
 ore in the town of Warren. Stalactite 
 and asbestos have also been found in smaller 
 quantities in different localities, as well as 
 gold. 
 
 Camel's Hump, which lies upon the 
 western border of the County, is only a few 
 feet below the Chin, the highest pejk in 
 the Green Mountain range, a bold land- 
 mark seen in nearly all parts of the County. 
 Bald Mountiiin, rising from the spur to the 
 east of Mad River, is also a noticeable 
 peak nearly in the corner of the town lines 
 of Waitsfield and Northfield. A spur or 
 range broken off from the Hog-Backs in 
 Middlesex, at what is called the "Nar- 
 rows." The Winooski seems to have 
 channeled a gateway of a few feet in width 
 down some 80 or 90 feet in the rock, leav- 
 ing abrupt and precipitous sides crowned 
 
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 with overhanging pines. Before this cut 
 there must have been a lake of some miles 
 in length, extending up the river and some 
 of its tributaries above. The Marshfield 
 Falls are also noticeable, where the main 
 branch of the Winooski is said to fall 500 
 feet in 30 rods. 
 
 Benjamin's Falls, near the outlet of 
 Berlin Pond, which are exceedingly pic- 
 turesque and beautiful, have become a 
 place of frequent resort. 
 
 The talc, slate, mica and limestone, 
 mixed and pulverized; are the best and 
 among the most durable of soils. The in- 
 tervale on Dog, Mad and Winooski Rivers 
 is very fine, though in much of the length 
 of these streams the valleys are narrow. 
 Scarcely inferior to the meadow lands 
 along the rivers are many of the hill farms. 
 Pasturage is even better here, and the hay 
 of better quality, if falling off a little in 
 quantity. The soil is excellent also for 
 coi-n and oats in the valleys, and besides 
 well adapted to wheat-growing on the up- 
 lands. As a dairy County it has few equals. 
 
 In 1841, there was a severe tornado in 
 the towns of Fayston and Waitsfield. It 
 commenced on the heights of the land in 
 the middle of the town of Fayston, and 
 had a S. E. direction, spending its force 
 against the sides of a mountain in the town 
 of Waitsfield, where it leveled some 20 or 
 30 acres of heavy woodland in a body. As 
 it moved down from the highlands into 
 the valley of Mill Brook, the scene of the 
 storm was said by those who observed 
 from the hill range above the cloud, to be 
 sublime beyond description. One rolling 
 sea of fire with perpetual thunders, crashed 
 and roared as it swept through, as it 
 seemed almost at their very feet. A more 
 general tornado visited the County in 1866, 
 which had a N. E. cour.se, doing much 
 damage in nearly all the towns. The gust 
 that did most of the damage did not last 
 more than a minute or a minute and a half, 
 yet barns were carried from their found- 
 ations, with cattle, horses, and all to be 
 mixed in one common ruin ; houses were 
 unroofed, chimneys blown down, wood- 
 lands leveled, and all movable things put 
 Some of our towns had forty 
 
 in motion. 
 
 or fifty barns destroyed ; one or two val- 
 uable horses were killed, and several head 
 of horned cattle. A few persons were se- 
 riously injured, though we do not know of 
 any one being killed. Some of the b^rns 
 were among the very best in the County, 
 valued at two or three thousand dollars. 
 The County has been visited by a number 
 of freshets since its organization, the most 
 notable of which was in 1830, which oc- 
 casioned the memorable slide upon the 
 eastern slope of the Green Mountains, and 
 by which the County lost most of its 
 bridges and a large share of its mills ; sev- 
 eral lives were lost. In that of 1869, nearly 
 as destructive, the little village of Plainfield 
 suffered to the amount of $20,000. Half 
 of Montpelier village was under water, sev- 
 eral streets in Northfield, and there was a 
 general destruction of bridges and mills 
 throughout the County ; also railroad trains 
 were delayed for days. 
 
 Deer and the black bear were found very 
 plenty in the first of the settlement, and 
 occasionally the American monsal, or 
 moose. The bear still contests the rights 
 of civilization, rather too successfully for 
 our sheep pastures at times. Fish, also, 
 particularly that favorite, the speckled or 
 brook trout, abounded in our streams. 
 This county is no doubt among the best 
 localities of the world for trout raising. 
 The spruce partridge and wood-pigeon 
 were considerably hunted for game in 
 former times, and partridge is yet sought 
 by the sportsman with some success. The 
 American panther, or catamount, which 
 figured in our first coat of arms, was oc- 
 casionally seen, one of which had a bloody 
 fray with a bear just out the precincts of 
 Montpelier village, near the sand-bottom 
 bridge, if we credit the story of Joel 
 Frizzle, an old trapper, who claims to have 
 been an eye witness, and wolves were quite 
 numerous. The Hon. Daniel Baldwin 
 when a lad was chased by a pack while 
 traveling the road on Dog River between 
 Northfield and Montpelier one night after 
 dark, and only saved himself by the dex- 
 terity with which he handled a fire-brand. 
 
 The cold season of 1816, I have been 
 told by those living at the time, the snow 
 
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 fell a foot deep here the eighth of June. 
 The trees full in leaf looked after the freeze 
 as if a fire had over-ran the woods. Many 
 were broken by the weight of the snow, 
 and the apple crop was spoiled, and hardly 
 enough corn raised for seed ; but the ce- 
 reals and the wheat gave abundant har- 
 vest, and there was no famine. 
 
 Champlain, on the Lake that took his 
 name, saw mountains to the east covered 
 with snow the 4th of July, i6og. Our 
 winters have considerably shortened since 
 the" settlement of the country, and our 
 snow-fall and rain-fall no doubt dimin- 
 ished. 
 
 We are aware of our incompleteness in 
 this chapter. We have invited the mem- 
 bers of the Bar and clerks of the County 
 Court to add whatever may be of interest 
 in that direction, receiving some encour- 
 agement it would be done. The social 
 societies of the County are so much of the 
 nature of those already given by others, 
 we have not thought their interest with 
 the repetition, desirable. 
 
 Montpelier, 1869. 
 
 BARRE. 
 
 BY HON CARLOS CARPENTER. 
 
 BARREis situated in the S. E. part of 
 Washington Co., lat, 44° 1 1', long. 4° 31', 
 bounded N. by East Montpelier and Plain- 
 field, E. by Orange, S. by Williamstown 
 and Washington, W. by Berlin, contains 
 19,900 acres, and was chartered Nov. 6, 
 1780, to William Williams and 66 others 
 by the name of Wildersburgh, and organ- 
 ized under that name Mar. 11, 1793 : Jo- 
 seph Dwight, first town clerk; Joseph 
 Sherman, Joseph Dwight, Nathan Har- 
 rington, selectmen : Jonas Nichols, treas- 
 urer; Job Adam's, constable; Isaac S. 
 Thompson, ApoUos Hale, Elias Cheney 
 listers. ^The name of the town was soon 
 after changed. At a town meeting holden 
 Sept. 3, 1793, 
 
 Voted, that the man that will give the 
 most towards building a meeting-house in 
 said town, shall name the town, and the 
 town will petition the Legislature for that 
 name. -The name of the town vendued 
 and bid off by Ezekiel Dodge Wheeler, 
 
 for 62 / lawfi.1l money, he being the high- 
 est bidder, and said Wheeler named the 
 town Barre. 
 
 At the same meeting. 
 
 Voted, to recommend Lt. Benj. Walker 
 to serve as justice of peace. 
 
 At the March meeting in 1794, the town 
 
 Voted, to vendue the coUectorship to 
 the person who will collect the taxes for 
 the least premium, and the coUectorship 
 was vendued to Joel Shurtliif, and he is to 
 give the town three pence, three farthings 
 on the pound for the privilege of collecting 
 all the town taxes. 
 
 At a town meeting holden June 23, 1794, 
 
 the town 
 
 Voted, to choose a committee of three 
 to procure a preacher of the Gospel. By 
 vote, chose Benj. Walker, Esq., ApoUos 
 Hale and Samuel D. Cooke, coinmittee. 
 
 The town at an early day evinced a de- 
 sire to look after the moral, social and 
 religious interests of the people that should 
 come among them to settle on the lands, 
 and clear them up to make a thriving com- 
 munity. 
 
 The settlement was commenced about 
 1788, by Samuel Rogers and John Golds- 
 bury, who came into town with their fam- 
 Uies. Soon after, a number of families 
 came in, and from 1790, the town became 
 rapidly settled by emigrants from Massa- 
 chusetts and New, Hampshire. It was first 
 represented in the General Assembly in 
 1793, by Nathan Harrington. The town 
 lies 6 miles easterly from Montpelier. 
 
 The Vt. Cent. R. R.- extended its line 
 to Barre in 1875. The first passenger 
 train carried students and those attending 
 Goddard Seminary Commencement ex- 
 ercises, July I, 187s, since which passen- 
 ger and freight trains have run regularly. 
 L. F. Aldrich, first station agent, appointed 
 in August, i8js, served till June i, 1878 ; 
 E. K. WUliams, from June i to July 8, 
 1878; and M. C. Kinson, appointed July 
 20, 1878, is present station agent. 
 
 Tfios. W. Bailey has been passenger 
 conductor since the road was opened, and 
 Dexter Moody baggage-master ; engineers, 
 James Bowers, Robert Gregg, David Dan- 
 iels, and present engineer, Albert Cas- 
 well. The cars have never but once been 
 
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 off the irons, it is said, on tliis line, and 
 no serious accident has yet occurred. The 
 freight business at Barre depot is ranked 
 about the fourth on the Vt. Central lines. 
 Barre is the present terminus of this line 
 (l88i) but it is expected it will soon be 
 extended to Royalton, Windsor Co. 
 
 Barre lias two flourishing schools — the 
 Academy and Seminary. 
 
 BARRE ACADEMY. 
 
 BY CHA8. A. SMITH, OF THE BOARD OF TKUSTEKS. 
 
 Barre Academy was chartered by the 
 Legislature in 1849. Of the first bpard of 
 trustees, chosen by the corporators, Hon. 
 Newell Kinsman was president, and Hon. 
 Leonard Keith, secretary. In 1853, the 
 board was increased to 25 members, who 
 have full oversight and administration of 
 the affairs of the school. The present of- 
 ficers of the board are : President, Hon. 
 Hiram Carleton, of Montpelier ; Secretary, 
 Chas. A. Smith; Barre Prudential Com- 
 mittee, E.W. Bisbee, Esq., H. O. Worthen, 
 M. D., Hon. R. E. Patterson. The acad- 
 emy building was erected in 1852. The 
 school opened in that autumn, with J. S. 
 Spaulding, A. M., principal, who came 
 from Bakersfield, Vt., where, as Prof. Ben- 
 edict, of Burlington, wrote for the "Free 
 Press" at that time, he had "acquired a 
 high reputation by his superior manage- 
 ment of Bakersfield Academy." Mr. 
 Spaulding continued at the head of Barre 
 Academy until his death, which occurred 
 suddenly of heart disease, Apr. 29, 1880, 
 and during all this time he maintained his 
 reputation as one of the ablest and most 
 successful teachers of the State, and by his 
 persistent and self-denying labors made 
 the Academy one which, for excellent dis- 
 cipline and thorough practical training, 
 was unsurpassed by any school in the 
 country. Mr. Spaulding's* influence was 
 also felt among all the teachers of the 
 State. He was one of the founders, and 
 for many years the president, of the .Ver- 
 mont State Teachers' Association. He 
 was keenly alive to all the material inter- 
 ests of the community in which he resided,, 
 by his instruction of the young men, by 
 his conversations with the fathers, and by 
 
 the enthusiastic labors and the practical 
 experiments by which he converted the 
 little farm on which he lived and died 
 from a barren hillside pasture to a fertile 
 field, and pleasant grounds, with quiet 
 walks and cooling shades ; he did much to 
 awaken among the farmers of to wn a higher 
 idea of their calling, and to stimulate a 
 taste for scientific farming in its truest, 
 sense. He was chosen a delegate to the 
 constitutional convention in 1870 ; in 1876, 
 elected a representative to the legislature. 
 The degree of L.L. D. was conferred upon 
 him by Middlebury College in 1868. 
 
 Dr. Spaulding was born in Tewksbury, 
 Mass., and while a child, removed with 
 his parents to Temple, N. H,, where he 
 lived until he entered Dartmouth College 
 in 1837, graduatingin 1841. Hewassoon 
 after married to Miss Mary W. Taylor, 
 who in his labors was a most interested 
 and efiicient co-worker, and who now sur- 
 vives him. They had no children. 
 
 The school has since the death of Dr. 
 Spaulding been under the charge of A. N. 
 Wheelock, A. M., a graduate of the insti- ' 
 tution, class ^jz, and of the U. V. M., 
 class '78, and under his able management, 
 promises to maintain its high reputation 
 among the educational institutions of the 
 State. There have been connected with 
 the school as assistant principals since its 
 establishment 24 gentlemen : Rev. Sim- 
 eon Gilbert, editor of the Advance, Chi- 
 cago, 111. ; Rev. A. W. Hazen, of Middle- 
 town, Ct. ; I. W. Camp, A. M., Chicago, , 
 111.; Hon. John M. Thatcher, ex-Com 
 missioner of Patents, Chicago, 111. ; Hon. 
 Senaca Hasleton, Judge of Municipal 
 Court, Burlington, Vt., and others; and 
 about 30 ladies, some of whom have been 
 well known teachers in othe^ schools of 
 the land, have been employed as assist- 
 ants. The number of scholars of both 
 sexes who have completed the courses of 
 studies prescribed has been nearly 300, 
 and the honorable record made by some of 
 these, and of the thousands more who 
 have been for a longer or a shorter period 
 connected with the school, afford the surest 
 testimony of the faithfUl work done by its 
 teachers in the past. Names of a few old 
 
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 students who have become prominent in 
 the localities in which they have settled, 
 .and in the calling they have chosen. Wal- 
 worth Z. Mitchell, Esq., Superintendent of 
 Schools, Memphis, Tenn. ; Hon. John I. 
 Gilbert, Malone, N. Y. ; Hon. John M. 
 Thatcher, Chicago, 111. ; Percis A. Thomp- 
 son, teacher, Goddard Seminary, Barre, 
 Vt. ; Rev. Geo. P. Beard, Principal S. N. 
 School, Shippenburgh, Pa. ; Miss Emily 
 Cook, teacher, Chicago, 111. ; Hon. Geo. 
 L. Godfrey, Des Moines, Iowa ; Hon. Al- 
 bert Clark, St. Albans, Vt. ; Rev. J.J. 
 Lewis, So. Boston,. Mass. ; Hon. M. B. 
 Carpenter, Denver, Colorado ; Hon. Senaca 
 Hasleton, Burlington, Vt. The Academy 
 has always been under the control of those 
 who are Congregationalists ; still there 
 has never been any discrimination with 
 respect to the advantages of the school, 
 and there is nothing in the rules or the 
 discipline of the school which distinguishes 
 between scholars of this and any other re- 
 ligious belief. The corriculum of studies 
 covers a course of 4 years, and is admirably 
 adapted to fit students for any New Eng- 
 land college, or for the active pursuit of a 
 business or professional life: The attend- 
 ance for the school year, ending June 16, 
 188 1, aggregated 175. The graduating class 
 numbered 9 — 5 gentlemen and 4 ladies. 
 
 THE NATIONAL BANK OF BARRE. 
 
 CONTRIBUTED BY MB. SMITH. 
 
 It was chartered and organized Jan. 11, 
 1873, by the removal of the old Chelsea 
 Bank to this place, effected through the in- 
 fluence of Hon. B. W. Bartholomew, of 
 Washington, Vt., andDr. Braley, of Barre. 
 Dr. N. W. Braley was chosen President of 
 the first board of directors, and William G. 
 Austin, Cashier. Mr. Austin died of ty- 
 phoid fever in the autumn of the same 
 year, and was succeeded by Chas. A. King 
 till 1877. 
 
 On the night of the Sth of July, 1875, 
 an attempt was made to burglarize the bank 
 by compelling the Cashier to disclose the 
 combination of the locks, which was foiled 
 by a chronometer lock that had been placed 
 upon the safe only a few days previous. 
 
 By the prompt and courageous action of 
 
 Mr. King, who was, on the departure of the 
 robbers left with his family, bound in his 
 house, nearly half a mile from the village, 
 but who soon slipped his bonds, and alarm- 
 ed the oflScers of the bank. A pursuit was 
 instituted, which resulted in the capture of 
 one of the burglars near Rumney , N . H . , the 
 next day, and subsequently two others of the 
 gang were arrested in New York city. One 
 was delivered up to serve out an unexpired 
 term at Sing Sing ; one, Geo. Miles with 
 numerous aliases, was brought to Mont- 
 pelier, tried and sentenced tc| 15 years in 
 the State Prison. The one first arrested, 
 called Peter Curley, turned state's evi- 
 dence, and was discharged. 
 
 Mr. King resigned his position as cash- 
 ier June II, 1877, and was succeeded by 
 E. D. Blackwell, who resigned Feb. 26, 
 1 88 1, to become cashier of the National 
 Bank of Montpelier, F. L. Eaton being 
 chosen to succeed him. 
 
 There have been chosen 1 1 directors of 
 the bank since its organization, of whom 
 only two have died in office : Hon. Luther 
 M. Martin, of Williamstown, died in 1874, 
 and Dr. Braley in 1880. The capital stock 
 of the bank was at its organization $200,- 
 000, but by a vote of the stockholders in 
 i88o, it was reduced to $100,000. The 
 board of directors chosen at the annual 
 meeting in 1881, were L. F. Aldrich, Jo- 
 siah Wood, Willard S. Martin, B. W. 
 Braley and J. M. Perry. These elected 
 L. F. Aldrich, president, B. W. Braley, 
 vice president, F. L. Eaton, cashier. 
 
 NORMAN W. BRALEY, M. D., 
 
 The first President of the National Bank 
 of Barre,' was born in Pomfret, Vt., Aug. 
 14, 1823, and was graduated at the Vt. 
 Medical College at Woodstock, in 1844. 
 He soon after commenced practice in Wash- 
 ington, Vt.«S>-where he remaineda few years, 
 and moved to Chelsea, where he lived until 
 he came to Barre. By his skill and suc- 
 cess as a physician, the Doctor in the 25 
 years of his practice gained an extensive 
 and a lucrative ride and a reputation which 
 placed him in the first rank of physicians m 
 the State. He removed to Barre in 1872, 
 and identified himself at once with the 
 
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 business interests of the place, using his 
 injfluence, and freely contributing of his 
 means to further every enterprise whicli 
 promised to promote the prosperity of the • 
 place. He died Sept. ii, l88o, of ap- 
 oplexy. His wife, Mrs. Armina P. (Ca- 
 liff) Braley, to whom he was married Nov. 
 i6, 1852, and 3 son's, survive him. 
 
 GODDARD SEMINARY. 
 
 At the annual' session of the Vt. State 
 Convention of Universalists in Montpelier, 
 1863, a con^ittee was appointed to ob- 
 tain a charter for a state denominational 
 school of the highest grade below that of 
 college, and the charter was obtained of 
 the Legislature the same fall, under title 
 of Green Mountain Central Institute ; name 
 changed Nov. 1870, to Goddard Seminary. 
 The charter has the right to hold per- 
 sonal and real estate to the amount of 
 $100,000. The charter obtained. Prof; 
 Shipman, now of Tufts College, took the 
 field to, raise money till Sept. 1864; raised 
 $15,000; increased afterwards by Rev. J. 
 J. Lewis, Rev. S. W. Squire and others, 
 to about $50,000, and $10,000 was giv«n 
 by the late Thomas A. Goddard, of 
 Boston. 'Fall of 1864, location was re- 
 ferred to committee : Rev. A. A. Miner, 
 D. D., Boston, Hon. E. Traslc, Spring- 
 field, Mass., Rev. G. W. Bailey, Lebanon, 
 N. H. Springfield, So. Woodstock, Bethel, 
 Northfield and East Montpelier competed 
 for the institution. It is said through in- 
 fluence of Judge Tilden, largely, Barre lo- 
 cation won, a 94 acre lot of land on an 
 elevated plain, a little to the north of 
 Barre village, commanding a wide and 
 beautiful prospect. The building com- 
 mittee was Hon. Heman Carpenter, L. F. 
 Aldrich, Charles Templeton ; T. W. Sil- 
 loway, of Boston, architect. Judge Car- 
 penter was- a devoted friend to the enter- 
 prise, and Messrs. Aldrich and Templeton 
 gave the greater part of their time for 3 
 years without remuneration. The building 
 was completed in about 4 years. 160 ft. 
 length ; central part, 52 ft. sq. ; wings, 534 
 ft. length by 43 width ; 9 feet back from 
 central front ; foundation bed, coarse, hatd 
 gravel ; walls, split granite, laid in mortar 
 
 upward to basement windows ; height, 5 
 stories; body of edifice, hard-burnt bricks, 
 best quality ; material taken out of the hill, 
 on which the building stands; manufac- 
 tured on the spot at cost of about 7,000 ; 
 at top of basement story, belt 9 inches 
 width, of hewn granite, with fine cut work 
 4 inches deep extending completely around 
 the building ; window-sills and edifice trim- 
 mings, all of granite ; over central part, 
 two towers, extending 45 feet above the 
 main building; but the charm of all, is the 
 scenery amid which it is located. The 
 sweep of view is remarkably fine the site 
 commands. It was opened for instruction 
 Feb. i870i L. L. Burington, A. M., first 
 principal, for 2J years, now principal of 
 Dean Academy, Mass. F. M. Harris was 
 the second principal, ij years, now prin- 
 cipal of Somerville, Mass., High School. 
 Henry Priest, the. third and present prin- 
 cipal, has now presided over the institution 
 7 years. The whole number of students 
 to 1881, 831 ; graduates, 132; average at- 
 tendance, 275. Rev. C. H. Eaton, class 
 of '70, first class of Goddard Seminary, is 
 pastor of the Church of Divine Paternity, 
 in place of the late E. H. Chapin, New 
 York. 
 
 Both the Academy and Seminary at 
 Barre have always been open to the edu- 
 cation of both sexes, and have always main- 
 tained an honorable and high position in 
 the State as educational institutions. 
 
 The Seminary has about $80,000 in- 
 vested in school propei-ty ; fund of $10,000 
 just completed— June, 1881. Presentboard 
 of teachers : Henry Priest, principal, a.s- 
 sisted by Charles C< Bates, A. M., and J. 
 N. Darling, B. Ph., in fall term; Mi.ss 
 Flora C. Eaton, preceptress ; Misses P. A. 
 Thompson, A. J. Watson, S. C. Tilden, 
 F. A. West, F. J. Hopkins, assistant teach- 
 ers ; W. A. Wheaton, music-teacher ; J. M. 
 Kent, penmanship. Number of trustees 
 (l88o) 30; Pre.sident, Rev. W. R. Ship- 
 man, A. M., College Hill, Ma.ss. ; Vice 
 President, N.W. Braley, M. D. (deceased) 
 Barre ; Secretary and' Treasurer, George 
 Tilden, Barre ; Hon. Harvey Tilden, L. F. 
 Aldrich, Henry Priest, Charles Templeton, 
 David W. Mower, Esq., Miles Morrison, 
 
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 Esq., Rev. W. M. Kimmell, trustees re- 
 siding in Barre, other trustees residing in 
 the County: Rev. J. E. Wright, Hon. 
 Chas. H. Heath, Hon. Clark King, A. J. 
 HoUister, Esq., Montpelier; Hon. Heman 
 Carpenter, John Gregory, Northfield ; I. S. 
 Dwinell, Calais ; S. D. HoUister, Marsh- 
 field. Miss Tilden, teacher, now Mrs. 
 Averill. 
 
 The soil of the town is generally very 
 good, producing wheat, rye, oats, corn 
 and potatoes in abundance ; along the 
 streams the meadows produce good crops 
 of hay. There is an abundance of sugar 
 maple on the lands back from the streams, 
 from which a large amount of sugar is 
 yearly made. 
 
 LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE 
 YEARS OF REPRESENTATION. 
 
 Nathan Harrington, 1793; Asaph Sher- 
 man, 1794, '95, '96; Benjamin Walker, 
 1797, '99 ; Nathaniel Killam, 1798 ; James 
 Fisk, 1800, 'i, '2, '3, '4, '9, '10, '15; Lu- 
 ther Holton, 1805 ; Nathan Carpenter, 1806; 
 John Dodge, 1807, 1808 ; Nathan Stone, 
 1811 ; WarrenEUis, i8i2,'i3, 'I4,'i6,'i7, 
 '20, '22; Phineas Thompson, 1818, 'I9,'27; 
 Jacob Scott, 1821; Peter Nichols, 1823, 
 '26, '28; Denison Smith, 1824, '25, '29; 
 Alvan Carter, 1830, '32, '33; Lucius B. 
 Peck, 1831 ; John Twing, 1834, '35 ; Jacob 
 Scott, Jr., 1836, '37, '38; Newell Kins- 
 man, 1839, '40; Leonard Keith, 1 841, '42; 
 ■ David D. Wing, 1843, '44 ; Webber Tilden, 
 1845; Obadiah Wood, 1846; George W. 
 CoUamer, 1847, '48 ; Harvey Tilden, 1849; 
 Warren H. Ellis, 1850; Jesse Scott, 1851, 
 '52 ; Denison K. Smith, 1853, '57 ; Joseph 
 Sargent, 1854, '55; Joseph C. Parker, 
 1856; None, 1858, '61, '64; Leonard F. 
 Aldrich, 1859, '60 ; Ira Holden, 1862, '63 ; 
 Geo. W. Tilden, 1865, '66; Frank Staf- 
 ford, 1867; Charles Q. Reed, 1868; Wil- 
 liam E. Whitcomb, 1869, '70, '71. 
 
 LIST OF TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 Joseph Dwight, 1793, '94. '95 ; Gardner 
 Wheeler, 1796, '97; Nathan Carpenter, 
 1798, '99, 1800, 'I, '2, '3, '4, 'S. '6; Sher- 
 man Minott, 1807, '8, '9, '10; Warren 
 Ellis, i8ri, '12, '13, '14, 'IS. '16, '17; Jo- 
 seph Ripley, 18 18 to 1840; Alvan Carter, 
 
 1841 to 1862; Albert Johonnott, 1863; 
 Clark Holden, 1864; Carlos Carpenter, 
 1865, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71. 
 
 LIST OF FIRST COSNTABLES. 
 
 Job Adams, 1793, '97; Joel Shurtliff, 
 1794 ; Samuel Scott, 1795 ; Isaac S. Thomp- 
 son, 1796, 1812; ApoUos Hale, 1798; 
 James Paddock, 1799, i8oo, 'i, 10, 11, '13 ; 
 Reuben Carpenter, 1802, 1803; Phineas 
 Thompson, 1804; Ezekiel^D. Wheeler, 
 1805 ; Chapin Keith, i8o6, '7, '9; Andrew 
 Dewey, 1808; Peter Nichols, 1814, '15, 
 '16, '17, '18, '19, '23, '24, '2S, '26, '27, '28; 
 Moses Rood, Jr., 1820, '21, '22; Lewis 
 Peck, 1829; Otis Peck, 1830, '31, '32, '33, 
 '34, '35 ; Thomas Town, 1836, ':^7, '38, jjg ; 
 Alvan Drury, 1840,- '41, '42, '43, '44, '45, 
 '47, '48, '49, '50, '51 ; Joseph C. Parker, 
 1852; Silas Town, Jr., 1853; David D. 
 Wing, 1854, '55, '56 ; Micah French, 1857, 
 '58, '59; N. F. Averill, i860, '61, '62, '63, 
 '68, '69, '70, '71; A. M. Jackman, 1846, 
 1865; A. A. Nichols, 1864; Ira P. Har- 
 rington, i866; A. J. Smith, 1867. 
 
 COL. BENJAMIN WALKER 
 
 was one of the early settlers in Barre. He 
 was born in Rehoboth, Mass., 1751, was a 
 Lieutenant in the Revolution, was at the 
 capture of Burgoyne, and commanded a 
 company of the Massachusetts line, (his 
 captain being sick) . He removed to Barre, 
 Mar. 1793 ; held the office of selectman a 
 number of years ; was a Colonel of the 
 militia ; was the first justice of the peace ; 
 represented the town in the General As- 
 sembly, and was called to discharge the 
 duties of arbitrator and committee to settle 
 matters of difference between his towns- 
 men and the towns around him in num- 
 berless instances. He was quite infirm 
 for some years previous to his death, which 
 occurred at Barre, May, 1823. 
 
 MAJOR NATHAN HARRINGTON 
 
 was the sixth settler in Barre. . He came 
 from Holden, Mass., about the year 1790, 
 and settled on the East hill in the town ; 
 cleared the farm on which his grand-son, 
 Ira P. Harrington, now resides ; was one 
 of the first board of selectmen ; was the 
 fir-st town rgpresentative, and discharged 
 the duties of many of the town offices, with 
 I 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 great promptness . He was a Mark Antony 
 man — He " spoke right on," was always 
 kind and>generous, frank and honest. He 
 was nearly blind some years before his 
 death, which occurred at Barre, July 30, 
 1828, aged 71 years. 
 
 HQN. JAMES FISK 
 
 came into Barre about 1796, from Green- 
 wich, Mass. ; was elected one of the se- 
 lectmen In 1799, a member of the Legisla- 
 ture in 1800, and represented the town 9 
 years ; was a judge of the County Court in 
 1802 ; was 10 yearsTa Member of Congress ; 
 received the appointment of Governor of 
 the Territory of Indiana, which he de- 
 cli||ed ; was a Senator in Congress from 
 1817 to 1819, when he accepted the ap- 
 pointment of Collector for the District of 
 Vermont, and subsequently removed to 
 Swanton. He was a very able and efficient 
 legislator; could express his views upon 
 almost any subject without previous prep- 
 aration. He was a firm friend of Mr. 
 Madison, and frequently counselled with 
 him relative to the subject of carrying on 
 the War of 18 12. Judge Fisk was a Re- 
 publican of that time, and a live Whig in 
 1840. He died some years since. 
 
 HON. WARREN ELLIS 
 
 came into Barre about 1803, from Clare- 
 mont, N. H. ; was born May 24, 1777. He 
 was a saddler by trade, and carried on the 
 business very successfully. He gave con- 
 siderable attention to music, was a good 
 performer on the violin, taught singing, 
 and was one of the best vocalists of his 
 day. After he had done singing in public, 
 he took great delight in conversing and in- 
 structing others in the science of music. 
 He held the ofiSce of town clerk of Barre 7 
 years, was judge of the County Court 6 
 years, and represented the town 7 yeais in 
 the General Assembly. He has one son, 
 Warren H. Ellis, Esq,, who resides at 
 Waukegari, 111. ; is clerk of the County 
 Court for that county, and one daughter, 
 Mrs. D. H. Sherman, who resides in the 
 West. He died at Barre, June 10, 1842, 
 aged 65 years. 
 
 DEACON JONAS NICHOLS . 
 
 was one of the first settlers in Barre ; took 
 
 up the lot of land on which John N. Wilson 
 now resides ; cleared it up, and resided on 
 the same lot until his death,, which took 
 place Aug. 26, 1841, aged 96 years. 
 
 CAPT. JOSEPH WATSON 
 
 settled at an early day in the south-easterly 
 part of the town ; carried on the tanning 
 and shoemaker business a number of 'years. 
 He became involved in building a part of 
 the Chelsea turnpike in 1808 ; sold out and' 
 retired from business, but lived to the age 
 of 99 years. His death occurred June 7, 
 1862. 
 
 HON. DENISON SMITH 
 
 came into Barre about 1808, from Plain- 
 field, N. H., and established himself as an 
 attorney, and became eminent in his pro- 
 fession. He was called to many oflices of 
 trust ; was 6 years State's attorney, 3 years 
 a member of the Legislature, and one year 
 judge of the County Court. In all his 
 business relations, he was ever true to 
 every trust; was genial, kind and affable; 
 never urging suitors into litigation. His 
 health was poor for some years previous to 
 his death, which occurred at Barre, Feb. 
 8, 1836, aged 51 years. He left one son, 
 
 DENISON K. SMITH, 
 
 who was a graduate of Dartmouth College ; 
 fitted himself for tlie practice of law, re- 
 sided in Barre, and became a good book 
 lawyer. He represented the town in the 
 Legislature 2 years, and was State's at- 
 torney 2 years. He was twice married, 
 but was without wife or children at his 
 death, which took place at Barre, Mar. 6, 
 i860 ; age 38 years. 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN BARRE. 
 
 B\' REV. L. TENNEY. 
 
 The Congregational church was organ- 
 ized Nov. 14, 1799, consisting of 12 mem- 
 bers. The council called for the organiza- 
 tion of the church was made up of Revs. 
 Richard Ransom, of Woodstock, John 
 Ransom, of Rochester, Jonathan Kinney, 
 of Plainfield, and James Hobart, of Berlin, 
 and Deacon William Wood, delegate from 
 Woodstock. During the first 7 years the 
 church had no settled pastor. February 
 22, 1807, the Rev. Aaron Palmer was or- 
 
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 dained, and his ministry contimied until 
 
 liis deatli, Feb. 7, 1821. 
 
 Rev. Justus W. French was ordained 
 
 over this church May 23, 1822, and dis- 
 missed Dec 22, 1831. 
 
 Rev. Joseph Thatcher was installed Jan. 
 
 6, 1835, and dismissed Jan. 31, 1838. 
 Rev. James W. Wheelock was installed 
 
 Sept. 17, 1838, and dismissed Nov. 20, 
 
 1839. 
 Rev. Andrew Royce was installed Feb. 
 
 24, 1841, and dismissed Sept. 18, 1856. 
 Rev. E. Ervin Carpenter was installed 
 
 Dec. 22, 1857, anddismi.isedMar. 6, 1867. 
 Rev. Leonard T e n n e y commenced 
 preaching for this people in Oct., 1867, and 
 still (1871) continues to be their minister. 
 The first meeting-house was raised in 
 the fall of 1804, but was not fully finished 
 until 1808. The church and society con- 
 tinued to worship there until 1 841, when 
 the present brick church was erected, 
 which has since been very tastefully fitted 
 up inside, by frescoing and carpeting, etc. 
 It has a fine toned bell and a large organ, 
 and -the attendance haS' always been quite 
 large. A large and 'flourishing Sabbath- 
 school has been kept up for many years 
 past. 
 
 The Society have a very commodious 
 parsonage. Rev. , Mr. Tenney resigned 
 his charge May i. 1881. Under his min- 
 istry the church was prospered; differences 
 of opinion which had existed between 
 members were adjusted, and 130 new 
 members added to their number; a debt 
 that had been incurred was paid, and the 
 society placed on a sound financial basis. 
 By his resignation, which he was moved to 
 tender on account of failing health, the 
 church lost a faithful pastor and leader. 
 
 The Rev. P. McMillan, a graduate of 
 Union Theological Seminary, is at pres- 
 ent supplying the pulpit. No. of member- 
 ship in 1880, 171 ; Sabbath-school, 256. 
 
 METHQDISM IN BARRE. 
 BY HEV. P MEKltlLL. 
 
 The first Methodist sermon was preached 
 in Barre in 1796, by Rev. Jesse Lee, the 
 great apostle of Methodism in New Eng- 
 land, in the house of Col. Benj. Walker. 
 
 While listening to the sermon of Mr. Lee 
 at this meeting, Mrs. Catherine Thomp- 
 son, the wife of Isaac S. Thompson, re- 
 ceived into her heart the precious seed of 
 the Gospel sower, and the following day 
 her husband, listening to a sermon from 
 Mr. Lee, gave his heart to the Saviour. 
 Others soon joined 'them, and a class was 
 formed consisting of 11 members. Mrs. 
 Thompson died in this same Christian 
 faith, Apr. 13, i860, aged 93 years, living 
 all this while within one mile of where she 
 heard the memorable discourse of Mr. 
 Lee. In the year 1797, Rev. Ralph Wil- 
 liston was sent to Barre as preacher. The 
 church since that time has been blest \sith 
 good and efficient preachers. It has wit- 
 nessed three great revivals, in 1824, '26 
 and '42, under the labors of Revs. A. D. 
 Merrill, I. Templeton, Daniel Kilborn, 
 H. W. Wheelock, N. H. Houghton and 
 J. L. Slason. The labors of other min- 
 isters have been crowned with abundant ■ 
 success: The church now numbers 165 
 members and 32 probationers, and is on 
 the whole in a prosperous condition. 
 
 The first church was erected on the 
 common, but in what year the writer is 
 unable to learn. [For date of early his- 
 tory of Methodism in Barre, the reader is 
 referred to the history of Methodism in 
 Williamstown in the supplement volume 
 of this work— Ed.] It was subsequently 
 removed across the road to where the 
 CqngregationAparsonage now stands. In 
 the year 1837,* new church was erected, 
 and 3 years since it was refitted and re- 
 paired at an expense of $8,000. A fine 
 parsonage is located opposite the church, 
 which is furnished with the heavy furni- 
 ture. This is considered among the best 
 appointments in the Vermont Conference. 
 The congregations are large on the Sab- 
 bath, the Sabbath-school is in a prosper- 
 ous condition, and the social meetings are 
 of an interesting character. During its 
 history no minister who has served it has 
 degenerated, and no serious church trials 
 have been experienced by its members. 
 The oldest member connected with this 
 church now living, (1871) is Mrs. Content 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Patterson, aged 94 years, with her mental 
 powers all vigcg;ous. She has always en- 
 joyed good health — (deceased). 
 
 THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 
 BY KEV p. H. BLIS.S. 
 
 The Universalist Church in Barre was 
 organized Oct. 27, .1796. The Town 
 Records, (vol. i), has the following cer- 
 tificate : 
 
 These may certify whom it may concern, 
 that John Goldsbury, John Goldsbury, Jr., 
 William Goldsbury, Thomas Dodge, Cal- 
 vin Smith, Bartholomew French, Thomas 
 Ralph, Amos Conant, Eliphalet Dens- 
 more, George Little, Lemuel Farwell, Jon- 
 athan Culver, Sylvanus Goldsbury, Henry 
 Gale, Phineas Richardson, James Bodwell, 
 have formed themselves into a Religious 
 Society, professing themselves to be of 
 the Universalist Denomination, viz. : Be- 
 lieving in universal redemption and salva- 
 tion by the merits of Jesus Christ. 
 
 William Farwell, E^der. 
 
 This organization was formed 16 years 
 after the township was chartered, and 3 
 years after it received the name of Barre. 
 
 Although Universalism in this place has 
 passed through various fortunes, it has 
 never since been disorganized. The large 
 and influential socie'ty and church^ow ex- 
 isting here are the outgrowth of this- ap- 
 parently small beginning. 
 
 There were Universalists among the first 
 settlers of the town. John Goldsbury, 
 whose name stands at the head of the six- 
 teen which represent the original society, 
 was one who began "the work of con- 
 verting the wilderness into farms." And 
 most of these men are known to have been 
 men ot intelligence, enterprise and good 
 moral and religious character. Some of 
 them were prominent citizens among the 
 earlier settlers of the town, and a large 
 part of them are still represented by lead- 
 ing families in the community, and in the 
 Universalist church. 
 
 REV. WILLIAM FARWELL, 
 
 whose name is afiixed to the certificate of 
 org.-mization as the Elder of the society, 
 was not a resident of Barre at the time 
 the society was formed, but visited this 
 and other places in the vicinity from time 
 to time. He moved to Barre from North 
 
 Charlestown, N. H., sometime in 1803 or 
 '4. But there is little doubt he labored 
 considerably with the society before he 
 came to live with it. Mr. Farwell was the 
 first resident Universalist minister in Barre. 
 He did not preach here all the time, but 
 did the work of an Evangelist in the region 
 round about. We have no means of 
 knowing what portion of the time he 
 preached in Barre ; but we know he often 
 took quite extensive missionary tours in 
 the State and into other States. Probably 
 he did not regard himself at any time as 
 strictly the pastor of the society ; but he 
 gave it much of his labor, and contributed 
 largely to its establishment and growth. 
 He was a mau of fervent piety, and greatly 
 beloved, not only in his own church, but 
 by all who knew him. He died at the 
 residence of his son, and his body was laid 
 to rest in the rural graveyard, near his old 
 home in the south-east part of the town. 
 Upon the stone which marks his grave we 
 read this just tribute : 
 
 Rev. William Farwell, died Dec. nth, 
 1823, in the 74th year of his age. He was 
 a preacher of God's universal love, cheer- 
 ful and friendly in life, faithful in his la- 
 bors, and departed in hope of future life 
 and immortality. 
 
 In 1808, the Rev. Paul Dean moved to 
 Barre, and became pastor of the society. 
 He labored with it several years with great 
 success. After his removal, it had no res- 
 ident pastor until 182 1 ; but was supplied 
 by various clergymen a portion of the time. 
 
 In 1821, Rev. John E. Palmer was 
 settled, and preached here statedly, a part 
 of the time for 15 years. At that period 
 in the history of our church, much mis- 
 sionary labor was demanded. Our preach- 
 ers were few, and not many of them were 
 permitted to give their undivided labors to 
 the care of one church. Mr. Palmer was 
 often called to other fields of labor, and 
 the church in Barre had to seek frequent 
 supplies by other preachers. Rev. Thomas 
 Browning was regularly employed a quar- 
 ter of the time for several years, thus re- 
 leasing Mr. Palmer, and enabling him to 
 comply with the numerous demands for 
 his services. Other preachers were also 
 
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 frequently employed, under the ministry 
 of Mr. Palmer and Mr. Browning. Against 
 all these disadvantages, the church stead- 
 ily increased in numbers, strength and 
 spiritual life. Fathers Palmer and Brown- 
 ing still live, (1871) rejoicing for what has 
 been done by their instrumentality, not 
 only in Barre, but in many other fields 
 which are now rich with harvests, grown 
 from the seed which they sowed. 
 
 In 1822, the society built a substantial 
 brick church at South. Barre, in which it 
 , worshipped until 1852. 
 
 Rev. R. S. Sanborn became pastor here 
 in May, 1844, and was dismissed by his 
 own request Oct. i, 1848. 
 
 Rev. Joseph Sargent took charge in the 
 autumn of 1849. His resignation was ac- 
 cepted at the annual meeting, January 12, 
 1857. His labors contributed largely to the 
 growth of the church. By his untiring 
 efforts a new and beautiful church was 
 built in the Lower Village in 1852. The 
 business and population of the town had 
 largely moved to this village, and the life 
 of the church seemed to be waning. 
 
 The church built in 1852, is the one in 
 which the congregation now worships. It 
 needs, and will soon receive, extensive re- 
 pairs. Since the society moved to its 
 present place ot worship, its growth has 
 been constant and rapid. There are now 
 100 families connected with the society. 
 
 The church was re-organized in October, 
 1859, and since, 136 persons have united 
 with it; present membership, 118. There 
 is connected with the society a flourishing 
 Sabbath-school, and it has a good parson- 
 age. The society has a small fund from 
 which it derives an annual income. 
 
 The present pastor. Rev. F. S. Bliss, 
 began his labors Mar. 8, 1857, and has 
 preached to it all the time for nearly 15 
 years. 
 
 GoDDARD Seminary, under the control 
 of the Universalists of Vermont, was lo- 
 cated in 'this town in 1864, and is in in- 
 timate connection with this society. It 
 has contributed $25,000 within 6 years for 
 its benefit. In the meantime it has done, 
 its full share in sustaining the various en- 
 
 terprises of the denomination. It has con- 
 tributed liberally for the freedmen, for the 
 circulation of the Bible, for missionary 
 work and other benevolent enterprises. 
 And it now develops more ability, zeal 
 and liberality than ever before. In num- 
 bers, wealth, intelligence, moral and Chris- 
 tian character, it is thought to compare 
 favorably with the other churches in town. 
 
 Barre, 1871. 
 
 Record continued to 1881, by Rev. W. 
 
 M. KiMMELL. 
 
 Rev. F. S. Bliss resigned his pastorate 
 of IS years, 2 mos. from ill-health, preach- 
 ing his last sermon, April 28, 1872. 
 
 Rev E. J. Chaffee succeeded Mr. Bliss 
 for one year ; after him Rev. Lester War- 
 ren 2 years. Upon his departure the old 
 church edifice was enlarged and remod- 
 eled at a cost of several thousand dollars. 
 The present building is modern in style, 
 commodious, and nicely furnished. In the 
 fall of 1875, the Rev. James Vincent be- 
 came pastor of the society, remaining until 
 February, 1880, and followed the first of 
 the next month by myself. There are 120 
 families belonging to the parish. The 
 Sunday school has enrolled 180. The 
 Library contains 501 volumes. 
 
 W. M KiMMELL, 
 
 Pastor of Universalist Society. 
 
 PAPERS CONTRIBUTED FOR BARRE. 
 
 BY STILLMAST WOOD, K.\-r08TMASTKll. 
 
 For a while after the first settlers came 
 in- there was no grist-mill in town, and 
 they had to go 20 miles or more to Ran- 
 dolph with their grists. There then was 
 no road through the gulf as at present ; 
 they had to go by way of the route since 
 known as the old Paine Turnpike. The 
 first roads built in town were over the hills 
 instead of aroupd them . The dbject sought 
 was to go as much on dry ground as pos- 
 sible. At an early day there was a* turn- 
 pike road chartered and built, commencing 
 at the checkered store in Barre and ending 
 at Chelsea. The gate to this pike was in 
 the town of Washington. This pike was 
 the main thoroughfare south-east, leading 
 from town towards Massachusetts, and an 
 outlet for traffic to and from Boston. 
 
 At 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 a later date, Ira Day, then the principal 
 merchant in town, obtained a charter for a 
 turnpike through the celebrated gulf in 
 Williamstown. This was found to be a 
 feasible and easily built road — was owned 
 and built principally by Mr. Day — and 
 found to be a source of profit, taking away 
 a large part of the travel from the Chelsea 
 route. The . gulf road subsequently be- 
 came the stage route, traversed by six and 
 eight horse coaches, taking the travel from 
 Montpelier and towns north, from Canada, 
 even, and at one time carrying the British 
 mail, which ca'me then by the way of 
 Boston, a British soldier accompanying 
 each mail having his musket always in 
 readiness for depredators. 
 
 STAGE COACHES AND OLD-TIME TEAMS, 
 
 before the advent of railroads, were a 
 prominent feature in the business of Barre, 
 and were owned principally by Ira Day and 
 Mahlon Cottrill, of Montpelier. When 
 the stage horn was heard, there was al- 
 ways a rush for news, and the few mo- 
 ments the stage stopped, spectators ^ere 
 abundant. 
 
 Barre was also celebrated for its six and. 
 eight horse teams which carried freight to 
 and from Boston, for Montpelier mer- 
 chants as well as for those in Barre. Six 
 or eight such teams were always on the 
 road, and the regular trips were made once 
 in each three weeks. Among^the foremost 
 of these teamsters was Capt. Wm. Brad- 
 ford. He had one horse who went loo 
 trips without missing a single trip, going, 
 of course, each journey for 6 years without 
 a rest. A large per cent, of the heavy 
 freight drawn consisted of hogsheads of 
 new rum, to supply Montpelier and Barre. 
 Some say as much as one-half, but per- 
 haps one third would be nearer correct. 
 
 STOCK AND FARMING. 
 
 Barre has always held a good rank in 
 raising good horses, some spans selling as 
 high as $1,000, and some stock horses 
 selling for several thousand. As a farm- 
 ing town, Barre ranks among the best in 
 the State. 
 
 Formerly sheep and wool-raising was 
 the leading interest, but of late years 
 
 dairying has taken tlie lead. Although 
 there are no large dairies in town, those of 
 from 10 to 25 cows are numerous. We 
 have one creamery where excellent butter 
 is made, and the milk is used after skim- 
 ming to make skim cheese. A large 
 amount of Western grain is being used by 
 dairymen ; whether to profit or not, is a 
 question to be settled by longer experi- 
 ence. 
 
 Grain and potatoes, in the early days of 
 the settlers, were much used in the man- 
 ufacture of whi.sky, but of late years it has 
 entirely ceased. Potato starch was foirm- 
 erly made in large quantities, potatoes 
 selling at the first introduction of the busi- 
 ness frorn 10 to 14 cents per bushel, de- 
 livered at the factory. 
 
 Wool-carding and cloth-dressing was 
 formerly quite an extensive business. The 
 first carding works were built by John 
 Baker, and were situated on the site now 
 occupied by the Fork Co. It was also 
 early introduced by Ira Day, near South 
 Barre. 
 
 Once on a time Mr. Day and his fore- 
 man were in his mill in time of a freshet. 
 The mill was in much danger of going down 
 stream. It soon started, Mr. Day and his 
 man in the meantime rushing for the .door, 
 too late to reach dry land, sprang upon 
 some timbers floating within reach. The 
 timbers w>ere sometimes uppermost, and 
 then the men, but after a cool and dan- 
 gerous ride, both were happy to regain solid 
 ground, wetter, if not better, men than 
 before. 
 
 EARLY POSTMASTERS. 
 
 John Baker was at a very early day ap- 
 pointed postmaster, and held the office 
 many years. Afterwards it was located at 
 South Barre, and Walter Chaffee appointed 
 P. M. Mr. Chaffee was a large, fleshy 
 man, a tailor with a wooden leg. Each 
 Sunday he would come to church at the 
 north part of the town, with the week's 
 mail in the top of his hat, and deliver the 
 same at noon upon the meeting-house 
 steps, to the various claimants. Postage 
 was then 25 cents for each letter that came 
 over 400 miles; 6 cents and one-fourth 
 
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 was for the shortest distance, each one 
 paying when he got his letter. 
 
 Alvan Carter was' the successor of Mr. 
 Chaffee, and held tlie office a long time. 
 After his time was ended, there was aloud 
 call for a P. O. at the lower village, and 
 warm discussions were held which should 
 be Barre, and which A^brM or ^owMBarre. 
 But the people in the^ north part of the 
 town carried their point, and since have 
 largely outstripped their southern rival. 
 It is now the main business centre. 
 Since the office has been at the north vil- 
 lage, the respective postmasters have been, 
 James Hale, Frances Hale, E. E. French, 
 G. B. Putnam, Stillman Wood, and Wm. 
 A. Perry, the present occupant. 
 
 THE FIRST 'merchants 
 
 in town were Silas Willard, whp built 
 the checked store in the lower village. Ira 
 Day was located at South Barre, and for 
 many years the leading merchant in town. 
 Each year he bought large droves of beef 
 cattle in this and the surrounding towns, 
 for the Boston market, which gave him an 
 extensive and lucrative business, no one 
 knew how to manage better than himself. 
 At the time Gen. Lafayette made the tour 
 of New England, he was the guest of Mr. 
 Day, who furnished a splendid coach and 
 six beautiful white horses for transportation 
 of the General and his suite. 
 
 Jack Pollard was also a merchant in 
 those early days, of considerable notoriety. 
 He was famous for collecting large droves 
 of mules which were raised at that time, 
 and sent south. Of late years the busi- 
 ness has been entirely abandoned. 
 
 Other merchants of a more recent date 
 were Harry Tracy, Daniel Spring, Center 
 Lamb, George W. Collamer, John & 
 Charles French, I. A. Phillips, H. W. 
 French, and several others since. The 
 present merchants are Perry & Camp, H. 
 Z. Mills, John Morrison, L. J. Bolster, 
 dry goods ; men's furnishing goods, G. P. 
 Boyce; drugs and medicines, Wm. H. 
 Gladding, Chas. A. Smith; flour and feed, 
 H. Webster, R. L. Clark, L, M. Averill, 
 L. J, Bolster; hardware and tin, J. M. 
 Jackman, G. I. Reynolds. 
 
 Until the advent of railroads, the town 
 was well supplied with hotels, or taverns, 
 as the older folks called them. The three 
 principal in an early day were, one at 
 South Barre, owned and run by James 
 Paddock, one at the Lower village, owned 
 by Apollos Hale, and afterwards by James, 
 his son ; also one at Gospel village, so 
 called, 4 mile east of Lower village. 
 Judge Keith, the proprietor, was one of 
 the noted men in town, and high sheriff 
 of the County for several years. He used 
 to relate that from the profits of his office 
 of high sheriff he built, and paid for build- 
 ing, his tavern stand in one year. 
 
 Judge Keith was a man of much influ- 
 ence, and held many and important offices. 
 His family of boys were intelligent and in- 
 fluential, and also became leading men. 
 The late Judge Keith, of Montpelier, was 
 his oldest son. 
 
 Subsequently there were at least 6 tav- 
 erns in town at one time, all doing an ex- 
 tensive business, owing to the large amount 
 of travel which went through town, but 
 since the advent of the railroad, hotels are 
 at a.great discount. 
 
 When the first settlers commenced to 
 clear their land and raise wheat, the wild 
 pigeons came in great abundance, so much 
 so as to be quite a drawback, and it re- 
 quired great care and skill to protect the 
 crops from their depredations. They might 
 be seen at all hours of the day flying from 
 point to point in different directions all 
 about town. Thousands were caught by 
 nets, but for the want of proper markets, 
 were of little value, except what could be 
 used by the inhabitants, and at some 
 seasons of the year they were lean and 
 scarce fit for the table. 
 
 Uncle Brown Dodge, who was famous 
 for his large stories, and told them so often 
 he supposed them to be true, used to re- 
 late that once when he had sown a piece of 
 wheat, he saw it covered with pigeons, 
 and went for his old fusee, andfired just as 
 the pigeons were rising, and was aware of 
 making an under-shot—" Never killed a 
 pigeon, not a pigeon— but mind you," said 
 he, " I went into the field afterwards and 
 picked up two bushels of legs." 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Mr. Dodge had three sons. Two of 
 them settled on excellent farms, and be- 
 came influential and wealthy, and the 
 younger one went with his family as Mis- 
 sionary to the Cherokee Indians. He had 
 two sons, who when grown to man's es- 
 tate were in need of some one for sooth- 
 ing the rough passage of life. Mr. Dodge, 
 the father, started East, came to Vermont, 
 and when he returned was accompanied by 
 two handsome young ladies, and very soon 
 after his arrival home, had the satisfaction 
 of seeing his sons both married to Vermont 
 girls. Leonard, the oldest son, became a 
 teacher ; the younger son built and run a 
 saw-mill. He was a brave young man, to 
 whom the Indians took an offence, and one 
 day, while standing in his mill, a bullet 
 from an Indian's rifle came rushing through 
 his heart. 
 
 DOCT. ROBERT PADDOCK 
 
 settled in town about 1806, and spent a 
 long life in the practice of his profession. 
 He was a well-educated and energetic man, 
 successful in practice, and not easily turned 
 from his own way. To illustrate : He was 
 troubled with an in-growing nail onr the 
 great toe of his right foot. One morning 
 he came into his office, where his son and 
 another student were studying, bringing in 
 a chisel and mallet. Having suitably placed 
 his chisel, he told a student to take the 
 mallet and strike. He at first refused, but 
 he said he should be obeyed — I tell you to 
 strike. The toe went flying across the 
 room, and the remedy was successful. 
 
 Doct. Lyman Paddock, son of Doct. 
 Robert, who succeeded him in practice, 
 spent a long number of years in the pro- 
 fession. He is now with his sister in 
 IlUnois, is 97 or 98 years old, with a fair 
 prospect of Jiving to be a hundred. 
 
 DOCT. VANSICKLIN 
 
 was another of our early and noted phy- 
 sicians. He wis a man of decided tal- 
 ents, and had a large number ot students, 
 sonie of whom became men of talents. 
 The celebrated Doct. Socrates Sherman, 
 of Ogdensburg, N. Y., was one of his 
 students, and a Barre boy, the son of Capt. 
 Asaph Sherman. Time does not permit 
 us to mention particularly all who have 
 
 but we will not neglect 
 
 practiced in town, 
 to speak of 
 
 DOCT. WALTER BURNHAM, 
 
 who removed to Lowell, Mass., and be- 
 came celebrated as a successful surgeon. 
 
 Later came Doct. A. B. Carpenter and 
 Doct. A. E. Bigelow, now our oldest prac- 
 ticing physician. Doct. H. O. Worthen, 
 Doct. J. H. Jackson, Doct. A. E. Field 
 and Doct. B. W. Braley are our present 
 physicians in the allopathy practice. Doct. 
 H. E. Packer succeeds the late Doct. 
 C. H. Chamberlin as a homceopathist. 
 
 LAWYERS 
 
 in town : one of the first was Judge James 
 Fisk; another, the Hon. Dennison Smith, 
 of both of whom, sep notice by Mr. Car- 
 penter. 
 
 Hon. Lucius B. Peck, a partner of 
 Judge Smith, was a man of note and a 
 representative in Congress. 
 
 Newell Kinsman was in practice for a 
 long time, associated in business a part of 
 the time with E. E. French, Esq. C. W. 
 Upton, D. K. Smith, L. C. Wheelock, 
 have all successfully practiced in town. 
 
 Our present lawyers are : Wm. A. & 
 O. B. Boyce, E. W. Bisbee and G. W. 
 Bassett. 
 
 SOIL and game. 
 There is no land in town so broken but 
 what each lot is capable of becoming a 
 passable farm if well cultivated. No 
 broken land except the granite hills, which 
 are still more valuable than the land in 
 general. The streams were formerly well 
 stocked with the speckled trout, but of 
 late years they have become exceeding 
 scarce. The first settlers found wild game 
 quite plenty, but bears and other large 
 game found too many sharp hunters to 
 make their haunts safe places to dwell in. 
 
 Doct. Robert Paddock kept a small pack 
 of hounds, and no music was sweeter to 
 his ear than the baying of his dogs. Gen- 
 eral Blanchard was not much behind the 
 Doctor in his love of the same kind of 
 music. Occasionally a bear was captured ; 
 generally by a regular hunt, when every 
 man had a chance to show skill, as well as 
 the more practiced huntsman. There was 
 
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 35 
 
 one killed ia 1844 or '5, and but one since 
 to the writer's knowledge. 
 
 Our most successful hunter was Lemuel 
 Richardson, who is now living in our 
 midst, and is 81 years old. His record is 
 as follows : Between the years of 1 821 
 and 1847, he killed with hound and gun 
 714 foxes ; since then he has taken in 
 traps 675, making in all 1,389 foxes. He 
 has during the same time killed of other 
 gaAie three deer, 12 fishers, five otter and 
 sable, coons, muskrats and mink too 
 numerous to mention. Mr. R. is a man 
 to be relied on, and the above statement 
 may be taken as correct. 
 
 BARRE ViAaGE 
 
 is situated nearly in the centre of the town. 
 The principal stream running through the 
 village is called Jail Branch, taking its 
 name firom a log jail once built on its bank. 
 Coming from the south part of the town is 
 a stream called Stevens' Branch, and unit- 
 ing with Jail Branch before it enters the 
 village. On this stream is situated a 
 famous water-privilege called Day's mills, 
 on which is now a grist and saw-mill, an 
 extensive door, sash and blind manufac- 
 tory ; on the same stream there is also 
 Robinson's sash and blind establishment 
 and granite polishing works, and on the 
 same stream before it enters Jail Branch is 
 located Moorcroft Flannel Factory. The 
 first water occupied on Jail Branch is by 
 the Stafford & Holden Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, for the purpose of manufacturing all 
 kinds of hay and manure forks, potato 
 diggers, etc., and in addition to the water 
 power they have a 30 or 40 horse-power 
 engine. Next on the stream are the mills 
 and furnace of Smith, Whitcomb & Cook. 
 These' are the works formerly owned by 
 Joshua Twing, once a celebrated mill 
 builder. 
 
 There is one principal street running 
 through the village, called Main street, 
 and near the upper end of the village 
 called South Main street ; Bridge street 
 cros.sing the Branch and connecting with 
 Brooklyn street ; also with Hoboken. Elm 
 street leaves Main near the National Bank, 
 and runs north ; Merchant street is another 
 
 fine street running north ; Seminary street 
 also runs north, and passes the Goddard 
 Seminary. Depot Square and its sur- 
 roundings is also very pleasant. The street 
 leading from the village by Barre Academy 
 is a very gentle rise, leading to the Cem- 
 etery. 
 
 Barre Cemetery justly deserves, and 
 has the reputation of being one of the best 
 in the State. It is partly .surrounded by a 
 very beautifiil cedar hedge, and has two 
 fountains, furnished by water from the 
 neighboring hills, which add very much to 
 its beauty. Many fine monuments of 
 goodly variety have been put up, the 
 grounds tastefully laid out, and, taking it 
 all in all, we are happy to compare it with 
 any in the State. 
 
 The streets of Barre are well lined with 
 shade trees, which add very much to its 
 attractions. There are 18 stores in town, 
 and our post-office has been made a sala- 
 ried ofiice, and does a very fair business. 
 The town has a well regulated library, 
 of several hundred volumes, which are con- 
 siderably read, but the newspapers prob- 
 ably take nine-tenths of all the time 
 devoted to reading. Geo. P. Boyce is our 
 librarian. 
 
 " Barre Agricultural Library.— 
 First officers, J. S. Spaulding, pres. ; S. E.^ 
 Bigelow, vice-pres. ; C. Carpenter, sec. ; 
 Stillman Wood, treasurer and librarian." 
 Among the things, that were : sold out. 
 
 Barre has a Job Printing Establishment 
 run by Prentiss C. Dodge, and a news- 
 paper. 
 
 The first newspaper printed in town was 
 " The Barke Times." It was a monthly 
 sheet, issued during the year 1871, spicy, 
 of a literary character, and published by 
 Stillman Wood, Esq. 
 
 " The Barre Herald," esUblishedjn 
 1879, by E. N. Hyzer, was published 
 about 9 months. 
 
 "The Barre Enterprize," 
 was commenced in 1880. The first num- 
 ber was issued December nth of the past 
 year. It was conducted till April, 1881, 
 by Mr. Lewis P. Thayer, of Randolph, 
 
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 VERMONt HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 when W. F. Scott, its present editor and 
 proprietor, came into possession of the 
 publication and issued his first number of 
 the paper, April i6, 1881. 
 
 MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Plows and casting for mill-irons are man- 
 ufactured at the old Twing stand, by 
 Smith, Whitcomb & Cook. Their plows 
 are becoming a great favorite among the 
 farmers. We have also Stafford & Hol- 
 den's Fork Factory, Holden's Factory— 
 Dr. McCroft, proprietor : Makers of Tin 
 Ware: J. M. Jackman, Geo. J Reynolds. 
 W. C. Durkee, Coffins & Caskets : Shep- 
 lee & Jones; Harnesses, C, La Paige, M. 
 B. McCrillis. Boots & Shoes, J. Porter, 
 O. D. Shurtleff. Sash, Blinds & Doors, 
 South, ]. S. Robinson, Abel Wood ; 
 Woolen Goods, William Moorcroft — are 
 our minor manufactures : See Walton's 
 Register, 1881 ; our chief business being 
 the Granite Works, a notice of which will 
 appear by the parties themselves, or some 
 representative from their numbers. 
 
 We have a very efficient 
 
 FIRE COMPANY 
 
 of sixty stalwart young men, with a first- 
 class hand engine, that took the first prize 
 at a trial made in Burlington a few years 
 since. 
 
 Barre has a Lodge of Good Templars in 
 successful operation, which promises to be 
 of great benefit to the people. 
 
 BARRE CORNET BAND, 
 
 well organized, is under the present lead- 
 ership of Dr. Clarence B. Putnam. This 
 Band was organized several years before 
 the late war, and was at that time one of 
 the best in the State. Early in the war 
 they volunteered to go as a Band, were ac- 
 cepted, and served during the war. 
 
 They did not all return. Some were 
 left to occupy a grave in the Southern 
 States. G. B. Putnam, who resigned the 
 office of Postmaster to go and serve his 
 country, now rests in an unknown grave. 
 He was the father of the present leader of 
 the Band. 
 
 Those who belonged to, and went as 
 members, were H. Warner French, leader ; 
 
 A. B. Fisher, P. Parker Page, Geo. Beck- 
 ley, Albert Wood, James Averill, John W. 
 Averill, Geo. Blanchard, Wm. Clark, G. 
 
 B. Putnam, Wm. Olds. With some few 
 exceptions, the Band has been in prac- 
 tice ever since the war, and some of the 
 veterans still occupy prominent places in 
 the same. 
 
 BARRE BOYS IN THE WEST. 
 
 Barre has furnished its full share of 
 young men who have gone West to earn a 
 living, and build up the land of their adop- 
 tion. Among the more successful we 
 might mention Henry Wood, son of Still- 
 man Wood, Esq., a merchant. He has 
 traveled in Europe*a year ; is the owner of 
 real, estate in Chicago which yields a good- 
 ly income, and of a handsome cottage on 
 Scituate Beach, in Massachusetts, a sum- 
 mer residence. The firm of Keith Broth- 
 ers, sons of Martin Keith, in Chicago, are 
 also Barre boys, carry on a wholesale trade 
 in the millinery line, are among wealthy 
 and leading firms in Chicago. Clark Up- 
 ton, late Mayor of Waukegan, 111., was a 
 Barre boy, and a lawyer of more than com- 
 mon ability; Five sons of Micah French 
 are in the West, working to lay up a for- 
 tune. It is said to be much easier to get 
 up a large party of intelligent Barre boys 
 in Chicago than in Barre itself at the pres- 
 ent time. 
 
 LONGEVITY. 
 
 Names of some of the older people who 
 have died in town: Abel Camp, aged 
 92, and his wife, Abigail, 86 ; Benjamin 
 Wood, 86, and his wife, 87 ; Chapin Keith, 
 80, and his wife, 86 ; Mrs. Sally Willard, 
 81; Miss Mary. Gale, 80; Gould Camp, 
 92 ; Robert Parker, 83 ; John Goldfbury, 
 90, and his wife, 80 ; John Wheaton, 95 ; 
 Mrs. Benjamin Wheaton, 80 ;^Luke Olds, 
 86; Israel Wood, 80; Isaiah'Little, 84; 
 Capt. Wm. Bradford, 86, his wife, 83; 
 Anna Bradford, 88 ; Silas Town, 88 ; Reu- 
 ben Nichols, 83 ; Samuel Cook, 94 ; Dan- 
 iel Kinney, 82 ; Mrs. Judith Wood, 83 ; 
 Polly Cook, 81 ; Alvah Wood, 84, his wife, 
 83 ; Otis French, 89 ; Jerra Richardson, 
 82; Jerry Batchelder, 83; Mrs. John 
 Thompson, S3; Mrs. Nancy Barber, 84; 
 
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 37 
 
 James Knowland, 85 ; Mrs. Dudley Ster- 
 ling, 92 ; Thomas Town, 84 ; Jonathan 
 Claflih, 84 ; Joseph Sterling ; Plina Whea- 
 ton, 83. 
 
 The above list might be greatly ex- 
 tended if time now permitted. 
 
 June 27, 1881. 
 
 Names of people now living in town 
 whose ages are So years and upwards — so 
 far as we can learn : Lucy Davis, 97 years 
 old ; Hetty Willey, 93 ; Eleanor Needham, 
 94 ; Lucy Wood, 95 ; Delia French, 86 
 Hannah French, 85 ; Louis Dana, 85 
 Jonathan Bancroft, 87 ; Aaron Ashley, 81 
 Freedom Homes, 83; Fisher Homes, 81 
 Charlotte Goldsbury, 81 ; Sally Gale, 86 
 Samuel Burns, 87 ; Nathaniel Lawson, 82 
 Justus Ketchum, 81 ; Cynthia Hooker, 82 
 Joseph Norris, 81 ; Peter Nichols, 81 
 Mary Noyes, 87; Achsa Richardson, 81 
 Lemuel Richardson, 81 ; Betsey Water- 
 man, 81 ; Rodney Bradford, 81 ; Sarah 
 Cox, 84 ; Susan Chamberlin, 84 ; Mason 
 Carpenter, 82 ; Jbsiah Beckett, 86 ; Lucy 
 Lawson, 83; Otis Durkee, 80; Mrs. Car- 
 roll Smith, 86. 
 
 GRANITE LODGE F. & A. M. 
 
 was chartered January 11, 1855, to John 
 Twing, Otis Peck, James Hale, Maynard 
 French, Adolphus Thurston, S. W. Davis, 
 Martin Keith and their associates. The 
 first three principal officers installed were 
 Alva Eastman, W. M., Martin Keith, S. 
 W., Webber Tilden, J. W. ; and Clark 
 Holden was the first Secretary elected by 
 the Lodge. The organization has been in 
 good working order fjom the first, and its 
 membership steadily increased with the 
 growth of the place, being now 125. Tliey 
 have a pleasant and commodious lodge- 
 room in the old Tilden Block. The lodge 
 have ever given ready attention to the 
 calls of charity, caring for a sick and needy 
 brother, and distributing to the wants of a 
 brother's widow and orphans. Measures 
 have recently been taken to provide a bu- 
 rial fund in the benefits of which the fam- 
 ily of every member might share. Thir- 
 teen masters have been elected by the 
 lodge since its organization ; of these Geo. 
 W. Tilden held the office 7 years, and to 
 
 his labors the Craft owes much of its pros- 
 perity; Past Masters ; Alva Eastman, 
 Martin Keith, Webber Tilden, Dr. N. W. 
 Perry, A. A. Owen, Justin H. Blaisdell, 
 Geo. W. Tilden, Henry D. Bean, Hial O. 
 Hatch, Eli Holden, Henry H. Wetmore, 
 Dr. J. Henry Jackson. 
 
 BARRE LODGE, 
 
 No. 929, Knights of Honor, was in- 
 stituted in Barre, March 4, 1878, com- 
 posed of 13 Charter members : George 
 W. Tilden, J. H. Jackman, M. D., E. D. 
 Blackwell, J. M. Perry, O. H. Reed, W. 
 A. Perry, B. W. Braley, M. D., C. A. 
 Gale, M. D., E. D. Sabin, Henry Priest, 
 F. P. Thurber, J. G. Morrison, L. J. 
 Mack, and the officers of the lodge were, 
 Henry Priest, Dictator; E. D. Blackwell, 
 V'. D. ; J. G. Morrison, A. D. ; B. W. 
 Braley, G. ; W. A. Perry, R. ; J. M. 
 Perry, F. R. ; O. H. Reed, T. ; L.J. 
 Mack, G. ; F. P. Thurber, S. ; J. H. ^ 
 Jackson, C. ; George W. Tilden, P. D. 
 
 The lodge met in Masonic Hall until 
 Feb. I, 1879, after which they rented and 
 furnished a hall in Jackman's block, where 
 they still remain. Meeting the 2d and 4th 
 Monday evenings of each month. 
 
 The lodge has been always in a flour- 
 ishing condition since first organized, 
 there being an average addition of 20 
 members each year. The lodge is under 
 the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the 
 State, but makes reports direct to the Su- 
 preme Lodge, and also sends all money for 
 widows' and orphans' benefit fund direct 
 to the Supreme treasurer, the Supreme 
 lodge only having power to pay out money 
 on death benefits. .There has been twelve 
 assessments for the year ending June 30, 
 1 88 1, making only six dollars paid for each 
 thousand dollars insurance. When the 
 Order was smaller and also in the time of 
 the yellow fever south, there were assess- 
 ments amounting to eight dollars per thou- 
 sand. Three deaths have occurred in the 
 Order in Barre Lodge since its organiza- 
 tion: Frank P. Thurber Dec. 3, 1879, 
 Thomas McGovern Nov. 4, 1880, and C. 
 H. Chamberlin, M. D., Feb. ?2, 1881. 
 A death benefit of ($2,000) two thousand 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 dollars each was paid to their families very 
 soon after the death of these members, 
 and was of great benefit to the families. 
 The lodge now .consists of 68 members 
 and is constantly increasing. The present 
 officers are W. C. Nye, D. ; L. W. Scott, 
 V. D. ; Lewis Keith, A. D. ; George M. 
 Goss, R. ; George P. Boyce, F. R. ; B. 
 W. Braley, T. ; A. C. Reed, C. ; C. A. 
 Wheaton, Guide ; William Clark, Guar- 
 dian; W. L. Huntington, S. ; O. H. 
 Reed, P. D. 
 
 Our lodge is free from debt ; the hall 
 nicely and tastefully furnished. A new 
 Prescott organ purchased this spring stands 
 in the hall, and we have a surplus of 
 $200 in the treasury; our best citizens 
 are its members, and we predict for the 
 Knights of Honor in this place a green 
 and flourishing old age. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS FROM 1870 tO 1880. 
 BY C. HOLDEN, TOWN CLERK. 
 
 Representatives : Wm. E. Whitcomb, 
 1870; Wm. A. Boyce, 1872; Eli Holden, 
 1874; Jacob S. Spaulding, 1876; J. Henry 
 Jackson, 1878 ; Henry Priest, 1880. 
 
 Town Clerks : Carlos Carpenter, 1871 ; 
 Clark Holden, 1 872-1 881, present Town 
 Clerk. 
 
 First Selectmen: W. C. White, 1871, 
 '73, '74. '75; Augustus Claflin, 1872, '79, 
 '80, '81 ; Ira P. Harrington, 1876, ^77, '78. 
 
 Constables : N. F. Averill, 1871, '72, '73 ; 
 G. I. Jackson, 1874, '75, '76; Carlos Car- 
 penter, 1877; L. W. Scott, 1878, '79, '80; 
 Chas. L. Currier, 1881. 
 
 PAPER OF E. L. SMITH, DEALER IN BARRE 
 GRANITE. 
 
 In regard to the statement of the "quar- 
 ries " of Barre, I cannot give a very definite 
 one in regard to any but of the one in 
 which I am interested. This one, known 
 as the Smith & Kimball Quarry, is located 
 upon the farm formerly owned by the late 
 Edward J. Parker, consists of nearly 3 
 acres, and has not been fully developed as 
 yet. It was opened in the summer of 
 1879, by E. J. Parker, but not worked to 
 any extent until the spring of 1880, since 
 which there has been taken away from the 
 quarry not far from 20,000 feet of working 
 
 stock. We claim that this granite is equal 
 to any for monumental and polished work, 
 and so far has been quite easy to quarry, 
 laying in large sheets of more than ordinary 
 thickness, being covered with soil to the 
 depth of 4 feet in many places, and the 
 top sheets are found to be nearly as good 
 and clean as those underneath, which is 
 not often the case. 
 
 We have made no public monuments, 
 nor furnished stock for any public build- 
 ings. We ship stock in the rough to quite 
 an extent to Burlington, Vt., Albany, N. 
 Y., Danville, Pa., and numerous other 
 points ; am now furnishing granite for a 
 bank building, to be erected in Danville, 
 Pa., to the amount of ijoo cubic feet ; have 
 a contract to furnish the stock for a large 
 monument to be erected in Boston, Mass., 
 which will take nearly 1000 cubic feet. 
 One piece alone is to be 9J ft. square and 
 2 ft. thick ; will weigh nearly 20 tons. 
 If we had facilities for handling and draw- 
 ing, we could quarry a block of any de- 
 sired size. We employ now upon an average 
 about IS quarrymen, and the number of 
 cutters in the employ of Mr. S. Kimball, 
 (works are located at Montpelier, Vt.), 
 and Smith & Wells, Barre, Vt., must num- 
 ber at least 30. We make any kind of 
 work to be made in grinite, from rough 
 underpinning to a nice polishedtnonument ; 
 value of stock taken from quarry at least 
 $10,000; amount of finished work made 
 during year ending June ist, 1881, by E. 
 L. Smith & Smith & Wells (Mr. Wells be- 
 came a partner in March, 1881), about 
 $12,000. 
 
 I consider this (granite) business es- 
 tablished upon a sound basis, which I 
 think will increase in time to be one of the 
 largest industries of our State. Barre 
 granite is second to none, and when once 
 introduced will recommend itself. 
 
 There are at present 8 quarries opened, 
 which are worked to quite an extent in 
 town, namely : " Cobble Hill," owned by 
 E. L. Smith & P. C. Wheaton, now work- 
 ed by P. C. Wheaton. This is of a rather 
 light gray, and is probably the best place 
 in Vermont to quarry stone for under- 
 pinning, being quite rifty, so that it can 
 
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 readily be split in pieces 8 in. thick, 2 ft. 
 wide and 20 ft. long. It is strong, and is 
 of the very best material for building work, 
 curbing, etc., which can be found. 
 
 " Harrington Quarry," owned and work- 
 ed by Ira P. Harrington, who has long 
 been in the granite business, upon which 
 he is now doing quite an amount of work 
 in filling orders for rough stock. From 
 these two quarries came the stock for the 
 State House. They have been opened, I 
 should judge, some 50 or 60 years. Mr. E. 
 Hewett formerly worked the Cobble Hill 
 Quarry, and upon the State House being 
 rebuilt, he quarried quite an amount of 
 blocks, to replace those injured by fire. It 
 was near here that Charles Keith lost his 
 life, while assisting in drawing one of those 
 large blocks of granite up hUl where they 
 had to use ropes and blocks, a block giving 
 away, and crushing him so that he died 
 soon after. This is, so far as I know, the 
 only fatal accident which has taken place 
 in the town in connection with granite 
 working, but numerous have been the 
 narrow escapes from a fatal one by pre- 
 mature explosion of blasts, falling of der- 
 ricks, etc. These two are the only old 
 quarries of note in town, and while they 
 have been worked long, yet consisting as 
 they do of large extent, there is no ex- 
 haustion of material, but on the contrary, 
 plenty of it and. easy of access. 
 
 The Carnes Quarry, at East Barre, is 
 worked by William Carnes, who has a 
 shop, and finishes up his stock neatly. 
 
 ' ' The Eastman Quarry " has been opened 
 some 4 or 5 years, and while it has not 
 been worked to a large extent, it is good 
 stock, and may prove to be one of the best 
 in town. 
 
 Levi Keith has a quarry opened which is 
 called fair stock, not developed to any 
 great extent, 
 
 Bigelow Quarry, upon the farm of John 
 Bigelow, was opened about 6 years ago, 
 and is now worked by John Collins. There 
 is a chance for quite an extensive quarry, 
 and it may prove to be one of the princi- 
 pal quarries in town, though the grain is 
 not quite so fine and dark as some. 
 
 " Mann Quarry," owned and worked by 
 
 Geo. Mann, has been opened some 3 years, 
 is of the best grain and color, but as yet 
 the stock has been rather hard to quarry to 
 advantage, the sheets not laying so free 
 and even as in some of the other quarries. 
 
 The quarry of Messrs, Wetmore & Morse 
 is one of the best, if not the best in town 
 and has been worked nearly 20 years ; was 
 formerly worked by J. E. Parker, and has 
 been owned and worked by Wetmore & 
 Morse about 4 years. This is good stock, 
 and lays in large sheets, and of late has 
 been more extensively worked than any 
 quarry in town. I estimate that they must 
 have taken from this quarry during the 4 
 years at least 45,000 ft. of working stock 
 and to appearance there is none the less 
 remaining. E. L. Smith. 
 
 Barre, June 27, i88l. 
 
 STATEMENT OF W. G. PARKER'S QUARRY 
 AND WORKS, 
 
 opened Oct. 29, 1880, began carrying on 
 granite business Nov. 1,1873 ;workmen em- 
 ployed from three to six ; has shipped gran- 
 ite monuments to Wisconsin, Michigan, 
 Ohio, New York and Massachusetts ; also 
 in Vermont; amount of exports varying 
 from $1,000 to $2,000. 
 
 PAPERS FROM CHAS. A. SMITH. 
 
 THE FIRST GRANITE SHOP IN BARRE. 
 
 J. S. Collins came to Barre in 1872, and 
 opened a shop for the working of granite 
 at the south end of the village, where he 
 has since continued the business. This 
 was the first shop of the kind opened in 
 the village, and Mr. C. was the pioneer of 
 the business of working granite for mon- 
 umental purposes here. He at present 
 employs five cutters at his shop and three 
 men on the quarry, which he opened in 
 1876, and which is known as the Bigelow 
 Quarry. Though the business done by 
 Mr. Collins is less than that of some of his 
 competitors in town, yet the excellence of 
 the work which he was the first to send 
 out drew attention to the value of Barre 
 wranite for monumental uses, and led to 
 the development of the business, and as a 
 skillful master workman, he has taught the 
 trade to a large number, who as propri- 
 etors, or as workmen, ply the trade in 
 other shops. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Wetmore & Morse are the largest deal- 
 ers in granite in town ; their shops, situa- 
 ted on the west of the R. R. near the 
 depot, are arranged in a semi-circle on 
 either side of the branch track of the R. R. 
 with a derrick so located as to raise and 
 move stones to and from the cars and to 
 any part of their yards. They commenced 
 business in 1877, in a small shed near 
 their preserit location, and for a time em- 
 ployed but one workman beside Mr. 
 Morse. In 1880, they employed for a 
 time 85 workmen. They have turned out 
 handsome specimens of monumental work. 
 The largest job upon which they have 
 been employed was the cutting for the 
 Bowman Mausoleum at Cuttingsville — the 
 receipts for this job being between fifteen 
 and sixteen thousand dollars. They own 
 and work the quarry known as the J. E, 
 Parker Quarry, and on this employ from 
 ten to twenty men. 
 
 CARLETON FAMJLY. 
 
 Rev. Hiram Carleton, born in Barre, 
 July 18, i8n ; graduated at Middlebury 
 College in 1833; was a teacher in Shore- 
 ham, 1833-34; studied at Andover Theo. 
 Sem. 1834-37 ; pastor of the Cong'l Church 
 in Stowe in 1818. He has published an 
 Analysis of the 24th chapter of Matthew. 
 — PiersotCs Catalogue of Middlebury Coll. 
 
 Hiram Carleton was the seventh son of 
 Jeremiah and Deborah Carleton, early set- 
 tlers in this town; his father, Jeremiah 
 Carleton, died Sept. 3, 1844, and his 
 mother Mar. 18, 1843. He has living in 
 town at this time (i88i), two brothers,— 
 Jeremiah Carleton, 2d, born Aug. 16, 1799 \ 
 David Carleton, born Sept. 2, 1809. The 
 former, Jeremiah 2d, is father of Rev. 
 Marcus M. Carleton, a missionary of the 
 Presbyterian Board, in Umballah, India ; 
 the latter, David, is father of Hiram Carle- 
 ton, Esq., now of Montpelier. 
 
 There were 10 children, I think, in the 
 old family. The Carletons are a family of 
 more than average ability ; with some 
 marked peculiarities, but men of charac- 
 ter. Rev. Hiram Carleton, D. D., is now 
 Rector of an Episcopal church in Wood's 
 Hole, Mass. Rev. Marcus Carleton of Um- 
 
 ballah married Calista Bradford, daughter 
 of Rodney Bradford of this place. Some 
 ten or' twelve years since she came un- 
 attended from India via. San Francisco, 
 arriving here in the spring of i86g, with 5 
 children, the eldest hardly in his teens, 
 the youngest a mere babe. Her two eld- 
 est boys fitted for college in the Academy 
 here ; entered Amherst College, (their 
 father's alma mater,) and graduated there ; 
 the eldest has since graduated in medicine 
 from the College of Physicians & Surgeons 
 in N. Y. ; is with his mother ; his sisters, 
 now grown to accomplished young ladies, 
 are soon to return to India ; the 2d son 
 has a position in the Public Library in 
 New York. 
 
 WILLIAM CLARK, 
 
 son of Dea. Francis Clark, Senior, gradu- 
 ated at Dartmouth about 1840; and at 
 Andover Theol. Sem. ; was engaged for 
 several years as a teacher in Georgia ; for 
 a time settled over the Cong, church at 
 Orford, N. H. ; subsequently went under 
 the auspices of the American Board of 
 Foreign Missions to Turkey ; was after- 
 wards located at Milan, Italy, both as U. 
 S. Consul and as the head of an educa- 
 tional institution; some time about 1872, 
 retiirned to America and purchased a home 
 in Newbury, Vt., which he iittedup in a 
 handsome manner, then, for several years, 
 a private boarding school for young ladies, 
 known as " Montebello," was kept up by 
 his wife, (\yho was a daughter of Nathan- 
 iel Farrington, of Walden, Vt.,) and their 
 daughter (an only child) who was a young 
 lady of fine accomplishments. Mr. Clark 
 returned to Europe about 1875 or '76, as 
 the representative of a New York business 
 house, and has since been for the most of 
 the time in Germany. He returned a year 
 or two since for his family, who returned 
 with him, the property at Newbury being 
 disposed of. Mr. Clark is a man of fine 
 presence, a fine scholar, and the master of 
 several languages. 
 
 DR. SOCRATES SHERMAN,. 
 
 Native of Barre ; a skillful physician ; 
 Medical Director of the Department of 
 Virginia during the war ; Member of Con- ;; 
 
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 41 
 
 gress one term, and at the time of his 
 death, postmaster of Ogdensburg ; died at 
 the latter place in 1873. 
 
 WILLIAM A. DODGE, 
 
 son of Dea. Nathaniel Dodge, graduated 
 at Burlington about the year 1844; studied 
 law ; has removed from town. 
 
 MILITARY RECORD OF BARRE. 
 
 From the account of Charles A. Smith 
 in The Barre Enterprise, the following, 
 whose graves were covered with flowers 
 Decoration day — last month — were 
 
 SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION : 
 
 Major Wm. Bradford, Abel Camp, Gould 
 Camp, Lemuel Clark, in Barre Cemetery ; 
 Warren Ellis, Nathan Harrington, Capt. 
 Asaph Sherman, Nath'l Sherman, Adol- 
 phus Thurston, in Williston Cemetery ; and 
 the following 
 
 SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF l8l2 : 
 
 David W. Aldrich, Sylvanus Aldrich, John 
 Bancroft, Wm. Bassett, William Bradford, 
 Jr.i James Britain, Carver Bates, Simon 
 Briggs, Simon Barber, Joel Bullock, Sam- 
 uel Cook, Otis French, Bartholomew 
 French, Bart. French, Jr., David French, 
 John Gale, Israel Gale, John Hillery, Joel 
 Holden, Reuben Lamb, Robert Parker, 
 William Robinson, Danforth Reed, B. C. 
 Smith, Silas Town, Thomas Town, John 
 Wood, John Willson, Thomas Willson, 
 EUman Waterman, in Barre Cemetery; 
 Joe Adams, Josiah Allen, Asa Boutwell, 
 Eli Boutwell, Asa Blanchard, Joseph 
 Dodge, Dan Howland, Eli Holden, Davis 
 Harrington, Humphrey Holt, Amosjones, 
 Robert Morse, j'ames Nichols, Peter 
 Nichols, David Richardson, Baxter Ster- 
 ling, Joe Sterling, Asaph Sherman, Jona- 
 than Sherman, Benj. Thompson, foseph 
 Thompson, Marston Watters : In Mexi- 
 can WAR Charles A. Bigelow, in Williston 
 Cemetery. 
 
 BARRE company FOR PLATTSBURGH. 
 
 BY STILLHilN WOOD. 
 
 The Military Company of Volunteers 
 that left Barre for Burlington for the battle 
 of Plattsburgh consisted of 117 men. 
 This number took almost the entire set of 
 young men whose ages were suitable for 
 
 military duty, with a few old revolutionary 
 soldiers who felt they would like to have a 
 hand in one more battle with the red coats. 
 The farmer left his farm, the mechanic his 
 shop, and the merchant his store to join 
 in the common defence, and beat back an 
 invading foe. When the news came that 
 the British were about to cross the river 
 and enter Plattsburgh, the excitement was 
 intense ; to arms, was the universal re- 
 sponse. Men gathered immediately from 
 all parts of the town, and formed a com- 
 pany : 
 
 Military Roll of Barre Company of Vol- 
 unteers in the War of 1812. 
 Officers : Warren Ellis, Capt. ; Na- 
 than Stone, 1st lieut. ; Armin Rockwood, 
 2d Lieut. ; Peter Nichols, Ensign ; A. 
 Sherman, M. Sherman, B. French, C. 
 Bancroft, Sergeants. Corporals : Moses 
 Rood, 1st, Samuel Nichols, 3d,. P. 
 Thompson, 4th, Wm. Ripley, 2d. Pri- 
 vates: E. B. Gale, Sam'l Cook, Daniel 
 Parker, John M. Willard, Chs. Robinson, 
 Elijah Robinson, I. L. Robinson^ Je'k. 
 Richards, John Farwell, Silas Spear, Otis 
 French, Jona. Markum, Andrew Davey, 
 John Richards, Thomas Mower, Thomas 
 Browning, John Howland, Jona. Sherman, 
 Noah Holt, Oramel Beckley, Horace Beck- 
 ley, Asa Dodge, Wm. Arbuckle, Saml. 
 Mitchell, Josiah Allen, A. Bagley, James 
 Hale, Enos Town, Jacob Scott, Comfort 
 Smith, Sylvanus Goldsbury, William 
 Goldsbury, Shubael Smith, Amos Jones, 
 Isaiah Little, Asa Blanchard, Henry 
 Smith, Ansel Patterson! B. Ingraham, 
 Aaron Rood, William Bradford, By- 
 ron Potter, Danforth Reed, Emery Ful- 
 ler, Willard Keith, J. Penniman, Nathan- 
 iel Batchelder, Isaac Gale, Jesse Mor- 
 ris, Silas Willard, R. R. Keith, Benjamin 
 Burke, Thomas Town, li-a Day, Geo. S. 
 Woodard, Stephen Freeman, Gideon 
 Downing, Stephen Carpenter, Jonathan 
 Smith, Nathan Stephens, A. West, John 
 Bancroft, Amos Holt, M. Brown Dodge, 
 R. W. Ketchum, John Thompson, James 
 Britain, Orson Smith, Wm. Howard, Ben- 
 jamin Richards, D. W. Averill, C. Bates, 
 Doane Cook, Richard Smith, Josiah Bid- 
 
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 VERMONT rilSTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 well, Andrew Conant, Nath'l Batchelder, 
 Jr., Calvin Howes, Sherman Watson, 
 Thomas Parker, Peter Johonnott, Calvin 
 Smith, John S. Willard, Joseph Sterling, 
 Ira Ellis, C. Watson, Samuel Lawson, 
 Cyrus Barber, Joseph Glidden, Seth Beck- 
 ett, John Twing, Parley Batchelder, Josiah 
 Leonard, M. Bussell, Wm. Batchelder, 
 Wm. Bassett, David Sherburn, Isaac Sal- 
 ter, Asa Patridge, S. Rice, Jr., J. Nich- 
 ols, J. S. Thompson, Nehemiah Boutwell, 
 Lewis Peck, Joel Holden, Wm. Chubb, 
 David Richardson, Guy C, Nichols, Jona. 
 G. Chaplin, John Gale, and Pliny Whea- 
 ton. 
 
 The company went mostly on foot, and 
 arrived at Burlington on Saturday. The 
 battle of Plattsburg was fought on Sunday, 
 but for lack of transportation, few, if any, 
 of the company had a hand in it, and on 
 the same day there being a naval battle on 
 the lake, in which the British foe were 
 beaten, and retreated to Canada, there 
 being n.o further necessity for defence, no 
 foe to fight, most of our men came back 
 witliout crossing the lake. Some, how- 
 ever, went over, and some enlisted in the 
 regular army^ 
 
 This company of stalwart young men, 
 after returning to their respective homes 
 and occupations, in after life filled many 
 places of honor and trust in town, and 
 many of them acquired military titles by 
 being elected to oflSce in the respective 
 companies to which they severally "be- 
 longed in the State militia. In those days 
 to gain the title of captain was considered 
 worthy of a laudable ambition, and gave a 
 man notoriety not otherwise easily at- 
 tained. But that company of strong young 
 men, so far as we can learn, have now all, 
 except one, passed over the silent river to 
 the land of peace beyond. Our neighbor 
 Jonathan Bancroft, who was then i6 years 
 old, went as teamster and carried baggage 
 for the company. He is now 84, and is 
 probably the only man now living who! 
 went to BurUngton at that time. About 
 one-half of these men have descendants 
 or relatives now living in town, and of th^ 
 ■rest, their families have become extinct,i 
 or removed to parts far distant from BarreJ 
 
 WAR REPORT, 
 
 FUOM AUGUSTUS CLAFLIN, 
 
 Chairman of the Board of Selectmen in iSys, 
 for that year. 
 Whole number of three years men en- 
 listed and credited to the town, 125 ; one 
 year men, 2 1 ; nine months men, 38 ; 
 drafted men held to service, 17; Total, 
 201. Of the 17 drafted men, 8 furnished 
 substitutes, 8 paid commutation money, 
 and one only entered the service. The num- 
 ber of men who were killed or died, was 
 33 ; the number wounded and living, 15 ; 
 Albert Gobar, a bounty jumper who after- 
 wards returned under the President's pro- 
 clamation of pardon, is the only deserter 
 reported. Bounties were paid to : 23 men 
 Co. B, loth Reg., raised by subscription, 
 $575; to 29 nine months men, $25 each, 
 by subscription, $700 ; to 10 nine months 
 men, $50 each, $500 ; to 28 three years 
 men, $300 each, $8,400 ; to 14 three months 
 men, $200 each, $2,800; to Albert and 
 Alson French, twin brothers, one of whom 
 was drafted, and the other enlisted to be 
 with him, $600; to C. H. Richardson, 
 who re-enlisted, $300 ; to 19 i year men, 
 $11,060,00 ; to 2 men mustered at Wind- 
 sor, $1,225; to I colored recruit, $400; 
 to 9 navy men, $7,200 ; to Byron Carlton, 
 James Powers, C. Woodward, $1,524.50; 
 to those who went in 2d Reg. Vt. Vols., 
 June, 1861, by subscrip. $55.00; total 
 $35,340.85. 
 
 The total expense to the town for select- 
 men's and surgeons' services for subsist- 
 ence of recruits and other expenses inci- 
 dental to raising the quota of troops under 
 different calls, is given at $35,995.24; 
 tptal public expense 171,336-09. Money 
 was paid by individuals as follows : amount 
 paid by enrolled men who furnished sub- 
 stitutes, $600; amount paid by drafted 
 men who furnished substitutes, $2,600; 
 amount paid by drafted men as commuta 
 tion, $2,400; total $5,600. 
 
 On the page of fame 
 
 Does the soldier's valor blooin 
 Brighter than the roses 
 
 Cast upon his tomb. 
 
BARRE. 
 
 43 
 
 SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1 86 1. 
 
 BY CBAS. A. SMITH. 
 
 The following is a list of the men furnished by the town under the different calls 
 for troops, including those who were drafted, paid commutation, or furnished sub- 
 stitutes : 
 
 Discharged. Jtemarks. 
 
 June 22, '65. Pro. 2 Lt. Co. D. Jan. 26, '63 ; 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. E. Jan. 17, '64; 
 
 Capt. Co. G. Dec. 19, '64, enlist. 
 
 rag. army in '65 ; now Capt. 
 
 II E Dec. II, '63. Aug. 25, '65. Trans, to Co. V. R. C. July 26, '64, 
 
 Co. D. June 24, '64 ; after to 
 
 Names. 
 Lemuel A. Abbott, 
 
 Armory Allen, 
 
 Reg, Co. Mustered in, 
 10 B Sept. I, '62. 
 
 Henry L. Averill, C L Dec. 3, '63. Aug, 
 
 James W. Averill, 8 E Dec. 15, '63. 
 
 John W. Averill, " " Dec. 15, '63. Jan. 
 
 James T, Bacon, 2 F June 20, '61. Jan. 
 
 Dan Barker, 10 B Sept. i, '62. 
 
 Davis H. Bates, 6 B 
 
 Albert G. Bates, 8 E Feb. i8, '62. 
 
 Peter N. Bates, 6 F Oct. 15, '61. 
 
 Co. A. 
 9, '65. Trans. Co. D. Jan. 21, '65. 
 
 Wound, at Winch. Va. losing part 
 of one foot ; in hospital till close 
 of war. 
 
 28, '65. Mustered out. 
 
 29, '64. Pro. Corp. pro. sergt. 
 
 Sick; disch'd Nov. 16, '64; died 
 soon at home. 
 
 Chauncey W. Beals, 10 B Sept. i, '62. 
 
 Orrin Beckley, Jr., 2 D June, 20, '61. 
 
 Joel Bill, 4 G Oct. 20, '61. 
 
 John Blanchard, 10 B Sept. i, '62. 
 
 Origin A. Blanchard, 2 D Sept. 20, '61. 
 
 James M. Boyce, 10 B Sept. 1, '62. 
 
 Charles H. Bassett, 11 E Dec. 11, '63. 
 
 Albert G. Bates, 17 E Apr. 12, '64. 
 
 George I. Beckley, 8 A Dec. 15, '63. 
 
 Charles A. Bigelow, 17 E Apr. 12, 
 
 George W. Blanchard, 13 I Oct. 4, 
 
 '64. 
 '62. 
 
 Discharged June 30, '62. 
 
 Pro. Corp., sergt., Dec. 28, '63 ; k'd 
 
 Wilderness May 5, '64. , 
 Jan. 22, '64. Discharged on sickness. 
 
 Pro. serg ; wounded ; missing in 
 
 battle May 10, '64. 
 Discharged April 22, '63. 
 Feb. 22, '65. Dishc'd on acct. of wounds rec'd in 
 
 Aug. '64. 
 Pro. Corp., serg., must, out Sept. 
 
 20, '64. 
 Died Oct. 6, '63. 
 Aug. 25, '65. Trans, to Co. D., to E., to a. 
 Mustered out May 20, '65. , 
 Trdns. to V. R. C., must, out July 
 
 24, '65. Served in Band. 
 Died May 30, '64. 
 July 2, '63. Sergt ; re-enlisted Dec. '63 in 8th 
 
 Reg.; serving in the Band ; 
 
 must, out Jan. 28, '65. 
 
 '64. 
 '62. 
 
 Albert P. Boutwell, 1 1 E Dec. 
 
 Edwin M. Bowman, C L Dec. 
 
 Clarence A. Brackett, 17 C Apr. 
 
 Geo. Badore, 13 I Oct. 
 
 Frederick J. Barnes, 13 I " 
 
 Calvin Bassett, 15 D 
 
 Origin Bates, 13 I Oct. 4, '62. 
 
 Ira B. Bradford, 13 " 
 
 Clark Boutwell, " " 
 
 Albert J. Burrill, " " 
 
 J. K. Bancroft, 
 
 Warren Barnes, 
 
 Kimbal Blanchard, 
 
 Iram H. Camp, 
 
 David G.' Carr, 
 
 Byron Carlton, 
 
 Almon Clark, 
 
 II, '63. Aug. 25, '65. Trans, to Co. D. to E. to A. 
 20, '63. Aug. 16, '65. Trans, to Co. D. Jan. 21, '65. 
 r 'f,4 Chosen corn. Pro. s'et.. taken 
 
 July 21, '63. 
 
 Chosen corp. Pro. s'gt., taken pris. 
 
 Aug. s, '63. 
 July 21, '63. 
 
 Served as drummer. 
 
 Drafted, p'd commutation. 
 Procured substitute. 
 
 2 D June 20, '61. 
 
 6 F Oct. 15, '6i. 
 
 8 I Feb. 18, '62. 
 10 
 
 '64. 
 
 Henry L. Clark, 10 B Sept. i, '62. 
 
 William Clark, , " " " 
 
 William Cox, 6 F Oct. 15, '61. 
 
 Humphrey Campbell, Bat. 3 Aug. 20, 64. 
 
 Allen E. Cutts, 9 E Aug. 8, '64. 
 
 Frank E. Cutts, " E Aug., 17, '64- 
 
 Nathan J. Camp, 15 D Oct. 22, 62. 
 
 Pro. Corp. must, out Ju. 29, 
 Discharged Jan. 21, '62. 
 Must, out Jan. 22, '64, re-en. 
 As't. Surg. Com. Aug. 11, '62, pro, 
 
 sur. cav. Mar. 6, '65 ; must, out 
 
 Aug. 9, '65. 
 Died, Jan. 29, '63. 
 
 June 22, '65. . . ,, ,^ 
 
 Missing m action, May 5, '64. 
 
 June IS, '65. 
 June 13, '65. 
 
 It 
 
 Aug. s> '63. Pro. Corp. Nov. 12, '62. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Names, Reg, Co. Mustered in. 
 
 Mason B. Carpenter, 13 I Oct. 4, '62. 
 Orvis Carpenter, " " " 
 
 David G. Carr, " " 
 
 Albert F. Dodge, 10 B Sept. i, '62. 
 
 Leroy Dodge, 
 Lewis H. Dodge; 
 Luther C. Dodge, 
 Nelson E. Dodge, 
 
 Wesley Dodge, 
 
 Jason Drury, 
 
 Andrew J. Dudley, 
 Willis P. Durkee, 
 Chas. Davis, 
 Alfred Deuquet, 
 Henry M. Dudley, 
 
 John M. Durant, 
 Moses Duso, 
 William II. Duval, 
 Henry A. Dow, 
 Alson Downing, 
 Chas. F. Durrill, 
 Edward P. Evans, 
 Ira H. Evans, 
 
 Perley Farrar, 
 Joseph W. Fisher, 
 Erastus D. French, 
 Orlando French, 
 Alfred B. Fisher, 
 Albert French, 
 Henry W. French, 
 Charles G. French, 
 Alson French, 
 Henry P. Gale, 
 Geo. W. Goodrich, 
 John Gabbaree, 
 Albert Gobar, 
 Fred. M. Gale, 
 
 Ira L. Gale, 
 Israel Gilmot, 
 John A. Goldsbury, 
 Nathan Harrington, 
 Chas. E. L. Hills, 
 Eli Holden, 
 
 2 D Sept. 15, '61. 
 
 " " Apr. 12, '62. 
 
 " " Apr. 12, '62. 
 
 C C Nov. 19, '61. 
 
 8 E Feb. 18, '62. 
 
 2 D Sept. 15, '61. 
 
 4 B Sept. 20, '61. 
 
 8 I Dec. 15, '63. 
 
 17 H May 10, '64. 
 
 " " May 10, '64. 
 
 1 1 E Dec. 1 1, '63. 
 
 II E 
 (( (( ti 
 
 13 I Oct. 4, '62. 
 
 10 B Sept. I, '62. 
 
 4D 
 8 E 
 C C 
 8 A 
 5 E 
 8 F 
 
 10 B 
 2 D 
 17 H 
 17 H 
 13 I 
 
 Feb. 18, '62. 
 Nov. 10, '61. 
 Dec. 15, '63. 
 May 26, '64. 
 Dec. 15, '63. 
 Sept. 15, '62. 
 May 12, '64. 
 Sept. I, '62. 
 June 20, '6l. 
 May 14, '64. 
 May 19, '64. 
 Dec. 15; '63. 
 
 2 D Sept. 20, '61. 
 8 E Feb. 18, '62. 
 C C Nov. 19, '61. 
 
 Calvin Holt, 10 B Sept i, '62. 
 
 HezekiahD. HowIand,i7 E May 3, '64. 
 
 Orwell J. Hosford, 9 F Aug. 19, '64. 
 
 Bradley D. Hall, 15 D Oct. 22, '62. 
 
 DUcharged. Remarks. 
 
 July 21, '63. Pro. Sergt. Jan. 15, '63. 
 (( 
 
 Mar. 21, '64. Re-en. Apr. 5, '64 ; serv. as Capt. in 
 greg. U. S.; Col. Inft.; Must, 
 out Dec. 5, '65. 
 Died Oct. 28, '64. 
 Died Sept. i, '62. 
 Died June 12, '62. 
 Pro. Corp. & to Sergt.; died in An- 
 
 dersoriville pris. 
 Pro. Corp.; miss'd in a'ct. June 23, 
 
 '64 ; .died in Rebel prison. 
 Died Sept. 25, '63, of w'nds rec'd in 
 
 action. 
 Discharged Jan. 2, '63. 
 Discharged Apr. 23, '63. 
 Jan. 28, '65. 
 July 14, '65. 
 
 Chos. Corp.; died July 31, '64, of 
 w'nds. rec'd. act'n. Jun. 24 '64. 
 Died of wounds, July 31, '64. 
 June 23, '65. 
 May 23, '65. 
 July 21, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63. 
 
 Drafted ; paid commutation. 
 
 (( (( a 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Nov. 25, '64. 
 Disch'd. Dec. 22, '63, by order of 
 
 War Department. 
 Killed in action May 19, '64. 
 
 Died Nov. lo, '62. 
 Oct. 31, '62. 
 
 Jan. 29, '65. Served in Band. 
 May 13, '65. 
 
 Jan. 29, '65. Served in Band. 
 Aug. s, '63. Served as Captain. 
 May 13, '65. 
 
 Died, Barre. Mar. 23, '64. Disch'd.' 
 June 29, '64. 
 
 Died July 3, o^ w'ds reed, in action. 
 
 Deserted Mav 27, 1864. 
 Jan. 29, '65 Served in Band. Re-en. Dec. 15, 
 '63. Disch'd Jan. 29, '66. 
 
 Drafted. Paid commutation. 
 
 Sept. 20, '64. 
 
 June 22, '65. 
 
 June 13, '65. 
 Aug. 5, '63. 
 
 Geo. F. Harroun, 13 I Oct. 4, '62. July 21, '63. 
 
 William Henderson, 
 William W. Holden, 
 Chas. H. Howard, 
 Robert Humphrey, 
 
 15 D Oct. 22, '62. 
 13 I Oct. 4, '62. 
 
 A"g- S. '63- 
 July 21, '63. 
 
 Procured substitute. 
 
 Died July 3, 1863. 
 
 Only one from Barre ist Vt Reg. 3 
 mos. men, re-en. Co. C Vt. Cav. 
 mus. ist Serg. Nov. 19, '61, 
 pro. 2d and. ist Lt., tak. pris. 
 in action, Sept. 25, '63, in Lib- 
 bey, Danville, Macon, Colum- 
 bia, escaped Col. prison, reta- 
 ken after a week, mus. out, pa- 
 roled pris. March 15, '65. 
 
 Died at Salisbury, N. C. 
 
 Must, out at Cold River. Re-en- 
 listed in nth Reg. 
 
 Re-en. Sept. 5, '64, ist Vt. Cav. 
 Killed Nov. 12, '64, in Shen. 
 
 Served as Corporal. 
 
BARRE. 
 
 4S 
 
 Samei. 
 Nelson E. Heath, 
 Henry C. Jones, 
 Albert Jones, 
 Ezra N. Jones, 
 Alexander Jangraw, 
 Nelson Johnson, 
 Clinton Keith, 
 Henry Ketchum, 
 William Kirkland, 
 Alonzo G. Lane, 
 Samuel Leger, 
 Napoleon Lafrenier, 
 Stephen Leazer, 
 Heman Lam'phier, 
 Marshal B. Lawrence, 
 Geo. W. Lawson, 
 John McLaughlin, 
 Horace C. Meaker, 
 Francis Miner, 
 William E. Martin, 
 
 Wm. W. McAlister, 
 Daniel Moses, 
 Erastus W. Nichols, 
 Azro E. Nichols, 
 George W. Nichols, 
 William Olds,' 
 Charles H. Page, 
 Alfred S. Parkhurst, 
 If. N. Parkhurst, 
 Eugene C. Peck, 
 George W. Perrin, 
 George W. Phelps, 
 J. Parker Page, 
 George B. Putnam, 
 Charles Parkhurst, 
 
 Lyman D. Parkhurst, 
 
 Leander Perry, 
 
 Charles H. Perry, 
 
 Heman G. Perry, 
 Chas. A. Richardson, 
 
 Reg. Co, Mitsiered in. Discharged, 
 
 2 D June 20, '6i. 
 17 E Mar. 3, '64. 
 17 H May 19, '6^ 
 
 3 Aug. 19, '64. 
 
 13 I Oct. 4, '62. 
 
 II, E Dec. n, '63. 
 It t< (( 
 
 13 H Oct. 10, '62. 
 6 G Apr. 12, '62. 
 
 2 D Jan. 20, '61. 
 17 H May 10, '64. 
 
 3 Aug. 18, '64. 
 15 D Oct. 22, '62. 
 13 I Oct. 4, '62. 
 
 C C Nov. 19, '61. 
 6 D Apr. 12, '62. 
 3 K July 16, '61. 
 17 E Apr. 9, '64. 
 
 July 14, '65. 
 (( 
 
 June 15, '65. 
 July 21, '73. 
 Jan. 24, '65. 
 Jan. 2, '65. 
 July 21, '63. 
 Nov. 24, '62. 
 
 July 14, '65. 
 June 15, '65 
 
 July 21, '73. 
 
 Nov. 18, '64. 
 May 28, '64. 
 Feb. I, '64. 
 
 Remarks, 
 Drafted ; paid commutation. 
 Pro. Sergt.; must, out June 3, '64. 
 
 In battery. 
 
 Discharged Mar. 7, '62. 
 Served as musician. 
 In battery. 
 Discharged Nov. 27, '62. 
 
 Procured substitute. 
 
 Aug. 9, '64.. June 15, '65. 
 
 C C 
 
 4n 
 
 8 D 
 
 3F 
 
 10 B 
 
 10 B 
 
 3K 
 8 E 
 
 9I 
 8 G 
 8 G 
 9G 
 
 Nov. 
 Aug. 
 Oct. 
 Jan. 
 
 July 
 
 Sept. 
 Sept. 
 July 
 Feb. 
 July 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 Aug. 
 
 19, '61. 
 24, '64. 
 23, '62. 
 
 15. '64- 
 
 16, '61. 
 I, '62. 
 I, '62. 
 
 16, '61. 
 18, '62. 
 9. '62. 
 
 IS. '63- 
 
 15. 63. 
 IS, '64. 
 
 June IS, '65. 
 July 21, '64. 
 
 Jan. 22, '64. 
 
 Jan. 22, '64. 
 June 13, '6s. 
 July 7. '6s- 
 
 1st Lieut. ; killed near Petersburgh, 
 
 July 30, '64. 
 In battery. 
 
 Drafted ; paid commutation. 
 Died Mar. 31, 1863. 
 Battery. 
 
 Discharged Feb. 28, '63. 
 
 Mustered out May 13, '65. 
 Discharged Jan. 23, '62. 
 
 9 F Aug. 23, '64. 
 13 I Aug. 4, '62. 
 
 13 I Oct. 21, '62. 
 
 IS D Oct. 22, '62. 
 2 D Sept. 20, '61. 
 
 July 21, '63 
 July 21, '63. 
 
 Aug. s. '63- 
 
 Lafayette G. Ripley, 10 B Sept. i, '62. 
 
 John H. Rublee, 
 Hiram Robinson, 
 George S. Robinson, 
 Joseph Rose, 
 
 10 B 
 
 II 
 
 17 E Apr. 12, '64. 
 
 17 H May 19, '64. 
 
 Albert Rogers, 
 W. F. Richardson, 
 William H. Riddall, 
 Albert Rogers, 
 Seth T. Sargent, 
 George W. Savory, 
 Prentiss S. Scribner, 
 Albert Smith, 
 William Smith, 
 Calvin Stowe, 
 Rufus Streeter, 
 Lemuel D. Strong, 
 
 9G 
 
 isp 
 
 10 B 
 
 C C 
 
 10 B 
 
 2 D 
 
 8 I 
 
 C C 
 
 10 B 
 
 2 D 
 
 Aug. 6, '64. 
 Oct. 22, '62. 
 Oct. 10, '62. 
 Oct. 22, '62. 
 Sept. I, 62. 
 Nov. 19, '61. 
 Sept. I, '62. 
 June 20, '61. 
 Feb. 18, '62. 
 
 Sept. 22, '62. 
 June 20, '61. 
 
 May 13, '65. 
 Aug. s. '63- 
 July 21, 63. 
 Aug. S. '63- 
 
 Nov. 18, '64. 
 June 22, '65. 
 
 Jan. 28, 6s. 
 
 Served In Band. 
 
 Died Nov. 27, '64. Served in Band. 
 
 Trans, to Co. G., 4t.h Vt. Vol. Jan. 
 
 20, '65. 
 Trans, to Co. G., sth Vt. January 
 
 20, '65. 
 Re-enlist, m Co. F. 9 Reg. must, in 
 
 Jan. 6, 64 ; report, absent and 
 
 s'k when must, out June 13, '63. 
 Enlist, in Co. F. 9 Reg. Jan. 6. '64 ; 
 
 made corp. June 29, '64 ; serg. 
 
 March 17, '65 ; I serg. June 9, 
 
 '65, trans, to Co. B. June 13, '65. 
 
 Re-enlist. Jan. 3, '64 ; trans, to V. 
 
 R. C, Apr. 26, '65 ; must, out 
 
 July 20, '64. 
 Trans, to V. R. C, Feb. 2I, '65 ; 
 
 must, out July 8, '6s. 
 Must, out June 22, '65. 
 
 Elect, capt. ; must, out July 14, '64. 
 Killed near Petersburgh, Va., July 
 27, '64. 
 
 Mustered out June 22, '65. 
 
 Must, in corp ; disch'd Nov. i, '62. 
 Disch'd for sickness ; re-enlisted. 
 
 Must, in corp. pro. sergt. must, out 
 ' June 29, '64. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Names. 
 Hiram Smith, Jr., 
 
 Lewis Sterling, 
 Lathan T. Server, 
 CharlesD. Slaclt. 
 Chas. W. Stoddard, 
 William D. Sanborn, 
 Charles E. Smith, 
 George D. Taft, 
 Joseph B. Thompson, 
 Ozias H. Thompson, 
 
 El don A. Tilden, 
 
 Gel M. Town, 
 Ira H. Tompkins, 
 John M. Thatcher, 
 Jude Town, 
 Samuel C. Vorse, 
 
 R6g. Co. Mustered in. 
 II E Dec. II, '63. 
 
 II E 
 
 C C 
 
 8 G 
 
 3K 
 
 9I 
 3K 
 
 Dec. II, '63, Jan. 16, 65. 
 
 Aug. 23, '64. Jan 21, '65. 
 
 Aug. 15, '64. 
 
 Aug. 19, '64; 
 
 Oct. 22, '62. Aug. 5, '63. 
 
 DiscJtargedi Remarks. 
 
 Lost an arm and leg ; disch'd Sept. 
 14, '65. 
 
 July 
 July 
 
 16, '61. 
 9, '62. 
 16, '61. 
 
 2 D Sept. 20, '61. 
 
 10 B 
 
 11 E 
 13 I 
 
 Sept. I, '62. 
 Dec. II, '65. 
 Oct. 10, '62. 
 
 C C .Nov. 19, '61. 
 
 Nelson W. Wheelock, lo B Sept. 1, '62. 
 Preston B. Willey, 2 D June 20, '61. 
 
 Henry Wires, C F 
 
 Albert P. Wood, 13 I 
 
 Warren F. Wood, 11 E 
 Wm. W. Woodbury, " " 
 
 Died March 15, '65. 
 Battery. Died Jan. 16, '65. 
 
 Drafted ; paid commutation. 
 Killed in action May 5, 64. 
 June 13, '65. Made corp. July 15, '64. 
 July II, '65. 1st Serg. re-enlist. Dec. I, '63 ; pro. 
 2d and ist Lieut. Aug. 4, '64. 
 Pro. 2d Lieut. Nov. 20, '63 ; must, 
 out Jan. 29, '64. 
 
 Killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, '64. 
 Served as Captain. 
 Drafted ; paid commutation. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63 ; Pro. Co. 
 
 Q. M. Sergt. 
 Died December 3, '63. 
 
 Dec. 15, 
 Dec. II, 
 
 65. 
 
 June 22, '65. 
 July 21. '63. 
 
 June 29, '64. 
 
 Jan. 28, '65. 
 Jan. 29, '65. 
 
 Chas. H. Willey, 
 Harvey Willey, 
 Chas. C. Varney, 
 Geo. E. Varney, 
 Stephen tj. West, 
 Horace Woodard, 
 James Powers, 
 Thomas Henthon, 
 James Hooper, 
 Chas. E. Woodward, 
 
 Jan. 2, 
 Aug. 
 13 D Oct 4, 
 
 G 
 G 
 
 ■64. 
 i^,;64. 
 
 G 
 C 
 H 
 3 
 
 Feb. 20, '65. 
 Jan. 6, 65. 
 Jan. 5, '65. 
 Feb. 7, 65. 
 
 June 13, '65. 
 July 23, '63. 
 
 June 28, '65. 
 
 Re-enlisted must, out Oct. 10, '62. 
 
 Wounded ; trans, to Vet. Res. C. 
 
 '65 ; must out Aug I, '65. 
 Died Apr. i, '65. 
 
 Served as Sergeant. 
 
 Died May 17, '63. 
 Drafted ; paid comt. 
 
 Absent sick when reg. was mus- 
 tered out. 
 
 Alex. F. E. Ahlsstrom, U. S. Navy ; Lemuel Bean, George Dailey, Harry Johnson, John 
 Peterson, Samuel Thurber, were hired of brokers, entered the navy, and no record of their ser- 
 vice is attainable. Leonard Bancroft, Levi J. Bolster, Geo. I. Reynolds, drafted : paid com- 
 mutation. 
 
 In addition to the names given above the following who served in the war were not reck- 
 oned in tlie quota of the town: Leonard F. Aldrich, Quartermaster 13 Vt.; Orvis F. jack- 
 man, Co. A, 7 Ohio, lost his right arm at Chancellorsville, was discharged, and afterwards 
 served m Quartermaster department under Gen. Pitkin. 
 
 Buried IN Barre Cemetery.— Stephen G. Albee, James T. Bacon, Albert Bates, ^eter 
 N. Bates, Dan. Barker, Rufus Carver, Henry L. Clark, Orrin B. Dickey, Orlan French, H. 
 Warner French, Henry Gale, M. B. Lawrence, James J. Nolan, E. W. Nichols, William Olds, 
 Rufus Streeter, Stephen G. West, Wm. Woodbury, George D. Taft, Wilber Tilden. 
 
 Buried in Wilson Cemetery.— Horace Bigelow, Wesley Dodge, Zary Dodge, Heman 
 
 Buried in Farwell Cemetery.— L. Richards, Newell Carlton, C. H. Howard, James 
 L« Dow. ' •' 
 
 William Howlaud enlisted for the town of East Montpelier into the 17th Reg., was killed in 
 Battle of the Wilderness ; was a brother of Hezekiah D., who died in Salisbury Prison, and 
 C c" f th^^C 1 "^ ""^ °^ *'^ P'^""^- ^''^''== Carpenter enlisted for Montpelier, into 
 
BARRE. 
 
 47 
 
 JUDGE CHAPIN KEITH AND FAMILY. 
 
 BY S. WOOD. 
 
 Judge Keith was a man noted for energy 
 and perseverance, and whatever enterprise 
 he undertook was generally a success. He 
 came from his native town, Uxbridge, 
 Mass., with his young family, the young- 
 est being only three months old, Septem- 
 ber, 1 80 1, and settled in Barre. He was 
 born May 17, 1771, and was married to 
 Elisabeth Taft, June 24, 1790. She was 
 born May 13, 1769. They had four chil- 
 dren, all boys. 
 
 Hon. Chapin Keith was Judge of the 
 probate court for several years, and after- 
 wards high sheriff for many more years. 
 He also held many town offices, and was 
 much interested in the Chelsea turnpike, 
 on which his tavern was located. 
 
 When he first arrived from Uxbridge 
 with his young family, he was duly warn- 
 ed out of town, lest he should become a 
 charge on the good people of Barre. It 
 was a customof the time, if any came that 
 it was doubtful about. But he never fail- 
 ed to take care of himself and his. His 
 wife was also truly a helpmeet, and did 
 her full share in getting a living ; as land- 
 lady she excelled. 
 
 Judge Keith, although a good judge of 
 property matters, and an active business 
 man, could never speak in public except 
 with great diffidence. While sheriff it be- 
 came his duty to proclaim who was gov- 
 ernor, and after the votes had been count- 
 ed, he finished by saying, " God save the 
 King" when he meant to have said '! the 
 People." He used to relate that it cost 
 him several gallons of wine to mend that 
 mistake. He was very successful, as else- 
 where said, in his tavern-keeping. 
 
 HON. ROSWELL KEITH, 
 
 oldest son of Judge Chapin, and the late 
 Judge Keith of Montpelier, where he died 
 Oct. 25, 1874; was born in Uxbridge, Ms., 
 Nov. 28, 1790, and was at his death in 
 his 84th year. [For a more full descrip- 
 tion see History of Montpelier.] 
 
 CALVIN JAY KEITH. 
 
 From Thompson's History of Montpelier. 
 A son of the Hon. Chapin Keith, late of 
 
 Barre, was born in Uxbridge, Mass., Apr. 
 9, 1800, and before he was a year old came 
 with his father's family to Barre, Vermont. 
 At the age of sixteen, having shown him- 
 self a good and industrious scholar in the 
 English branches taught in the common 
 school of his home village, he commenced 
 fitting for college at Randolph Academy, 
 in the spring of 1816. In i8i8 he entered 
 Un. College, at Schenectady, N. Y., andin 
 1822, was graduated with a good reputation 
 for scholarship and moral character. He 
 then, for a year or two, taught in the State 
 of Virginia as private tutor in the family 
 of a wealthy planter ; when he returned 
 to the North, and commenced the study 
 of the law in the office of the Hon. Will- 
 iam Upham in Montpelier. Having com- 
 pleted the usual course of legal studies, he 
 was admitted to the bar in 1826, and com- 
 menced practice in this village, at first 
 alone, and afterwards, for three or four 
 years succeeding 1830, in company with 
 Mr. Upham. In about 1837, a brother of 
 C. W. Storrs of Montpelier died in St. 
 Louis, Missouri, leaving considerable 
 property, and Mr. Keith was employed by 
 the relatives of the "deceased to go to St. 
 Louis and gather up and settle the estate. 
 After executing this commission to the 
 advantage of all concerned, he returned to 
 Montpelier, not however to resume his 
 profession, but to accept the office of 
 Treasurer in the Vermont Mutual Fire In- 
 surance Company, which was tendered 
 him by the Directors. But after accepta- 
 bly executing the duties of this office a 
 year or two, he resigned the post to accept 
 another commission to settle an estate Of 
 a deceased Vermonter in the South, one 
 of the brothers Elkins, from Peacham, Vt., 
 who had been in business as cotton brok- 
 ers in the city of New Orleans. The es- 
 tate was found to be large, and its affairs 
 so complicated as to require the labor and 
 attention of years to bring to a close. For 
 the next ten or twelve years, therefore, 
 Mr. Keith took up his residence in New 
 Orleans, and remained there through all 
 but the hot and sickly months of tlie year, 
 which he spent mostly in Montpelier, hav- 
 ing generally brought with him, at each 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 annual return, such sums of money as he 
 had been able to collect out of the differ- 
 ent investments of the estate, for division 
 among the Elkins heirs. After pursuing 
 this course some ten years, assiduously 
 engaged in the difiScult, and, in many re- 
 spects, dangerous position, he succeeded 
 in bringing the affairs of the estate mainly 
 to a close, except in the case of the large 
 quantity of Mexican scrip which was left 
 on hand, and which was considered only 
 of chance value. He agreed on a division 
 of this uncertain property between the 
 heirs and himself, the consideration of- 
 fered to them being his promise to make 
 no charge for any future services. In a 
 yean or two. after this bargain the general 
 government decided to redeem this Mex- 
 ican scrip ; and Mr. Keith, being fortunate 
 enough by means of arguments made po- 
 tent by some of the existing cabinet, to 
 get his claims rather promptly allowed, 
 realized for his share of i the venture the 
 snug sum of $35,000, which, with his pre- 
 vious accumulations, made him a man of 
 fortune. 
 
 The year 1852 was mostly occupied in 
 making the tour of "Europe, and, having 
 returned to Montpelier the following year, 
 he was seized with what was supposed to 
 be a brain fever, which terminated fatally 
 Sept. 23, 1853. He was in some respects 
 rather a peculiar man,— in nothing more 
 so, perhaps, than in his likes and dislikes, 
 and these again were generally as pecul- 
 iarly manifested. The former might al- 
 ways be known by his open commendation, 
 and the latter by his entire silence when 
 the names of the objects were respectively 
 mentioned. This seemed to grow out of 
 his constitutional sensitiveness, which was 
 often affected by what would have affected 
 few others, which he could not help, but 
 which his natural conscientiousness en- 
 abled him so to correct as never to make 
 the matter worse by detraction. He was 
 most constant and faithful to those who 
 had his esteem ; while to those who had 
 not, he manifested only a negative con- 
 duct. But with his few peculiarities, 
 Mr. Keith had many virtues. He was, in 
 all his deal, one of the most strictly honest 
 
 men in the world. His views olf life, so- 
 ciety audits wants, were just and elevated, 
 and he was patriotic and liberal in con- 
 tributing to the advancement of all good 
 public objects. His character, indeed, 
 was well reflected by his singular will, to 
 which we alluded in a description of our 
 new cemetery. By this will he notices a 
 whole score of such as have gained his es- 
 teem, by bequests of valuable keepsakes or 
 small sums of money, and then goes on to 
 bequeath handsome sums for various pub- 
 lic objects, among which was jSiooo for a 
 cemetery for Montpelier village, and $500 
 for a library for its academy. And thus 
 he has identified his name with the public 
 interests of the town where he longest re- 
 sided, and should thus be remembered 
 among its benefactors. 
 
 Calvin Jay Keith was buried in the fam- 
 ily lot of Judge Chapin Keith, in Barre, 
 but a monument was set up at Montpelier 
 by his administrator. 
 
 Cheney Keith, the fourth son of Cha- 
 pin Keith, was born Jan. 1798. He mar- 
 ried Judith Wood, who is still living and 
 active, July '81, though but a few days of 80 
 years old. Cheney was a well-to-do and 
 industrious man, well educated, and also a 
 leading and influential man in town bus- 
 iness. He died Aug. 8, 1864, in his 67th 
 year. 
 
 Erasmus Keith, brother of Roswell, 
 was born July 23, 1792; died Feb. 12, 
 1 8 13, being about 21 years of age. 
 
 Leonard Keith, the third son of Judge 
 Chapin, was born July 15, 1795. He be- 
 came one of the leading men of the town. 
 He married for his first wife Nancy Choate, 
 by whom he had several children. She 
 dying, he married for his second wife Su- 
 san Cook, who is still living July '8 1 . Leon- 
 ard Keith built the first starch factory 
 in town, where many thousand bushels of 
 potatoes were manufactured into starch, 
 yielding a large income to the manufac- 
 terer, and a ready potato market to all the 
 farmers around. He died Jan. 21, 1868, 
 in his 64th year. 
 
 JOSHUA TWING. 
 
 From Obituary in Watchman &= Journal. 
 
 Born inWilbraham, Mass. ; for 40 years 
 
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 a citizen of Barre ; in mill-building long 
 stood without a known rival. His ma- 
 chine-shop and mill-wrighting establish- 
 ment at Barre village had a reputation ex- 
 tending far beyond the town and county 
 even. It is the boast of scores of mechan-* 
 ics that they learned their trade of Jioshua 
 Twing. It was a custom with him to en- 
 courage poor young men to learn a trade, 
 and then, with a good character and dili- 
 gent hand, work their way up to distinc- 
 tion. He first learned his trade as an ap- 
 prentice to a machinist, after which he 
 was emphatically self-made ; and the mo- 
 ment success began to crown his labors 
 ior himself, he turned to his straitened 
 parents and provided for them." In this 
 respect his example was like that of Joseph 
 to his father, Jacob ; and the same cup of 
 kindness can\e back to cheer his declining 
 years, from the hands of his children. 
 Strictly honest in all his extensive dealings, 
 and generous to a fault, the memory of 
 him embalmed with the blessings of the 
 poor, he still left an ample estate, the re- 
 sult of a long life of industry and personal 
 prudence. He died inMontpelier, at the 
 residence of his son-in-law, H. S. Loomis, 
 in his 82d year, and labored with his own 
 hands up to the last week of his life. He 
 was buried in Barre Cemetery, where a 
 fine granite monument has been erected to 
 his memory, 
 
 SILAS KETCHUM. 
 
 From the Eulogy delivered before the New 
 
 Hampshire Antiquarian Society, 
 
 July 20, 1880. 
 
 BY L. W. COGSWELL, PRESIDENT. 
 
 On the eveningof the 19th of Nov. 1859, 
 three young men met in a room over one 
 of the stores in Hopkinton village, and 
 formed themselves into an organization 
 under the name of "The Philomathic 
 Club." These young men were Silas 
 Ketchum, Darwin C. Blanchard and Geo. 
 E. Crowell. The number of this club was 
 limited to seven. It was made- a part of 
 the compact " the Club should never cease 
 except by unanimous consent, and so long 
 as two of its members lived." The orig- 
 inal design was social intercourse and lit- 
 erary culture. 
 
 A private collection of relics, minerals 
 and natural curiosities, belonging to Mr. 
 Ketchum, was in May, i860, 'placed in a 
 room in Mr. Crowell's house, fitted for the 
 purpose, and dedicated by the Club Oct. 
 13, following, in which room the Club 
 met till Oct. 6, 1868. Jan. 10, '68, the 
 first contribution was made to the old cab- 
 inet. It was for a time located in Hen- 
 niker ; May 8, '72, was removed to Con- 
 toocook. From this beginning has come 
 the immense number of articles now in 
 the possession of this Society, numbering 
 more than 35,000. 
 
 Silas Ketchum was chosen Secretary of 
 the Club, Aug. 20, 1867, which office he 
 held until the adoption of the constitution 
 of the New Hampshire Philomathic and 
 Antiquarian Society, Nov, 19, 1873. 
 
 Silas Ketchum, son of Silas and 
 Cynthia (Doty) Ketchum, was born in 
 Barre, Vt., Dec. 4, 1835, His grand- 
 father was Roger West Ketchum, born in 
 Athol, Mass., 1770; his grand-mother was 
 Wealthy Newcomb, daughter of Bradford 
 Newcomb, and grand-daughter of Silas 
 Newcomb, whose mother was Jerusha 
 Bradford, daughter of Thomas Bradford, 
 and great-grand-daughter of Major Wm. 
 Bradford, son of William Bradford; who 
 came to Plymouth in the May Flower, and 
 was Governor of the colony 36 years. Mr. 
 Ketchum was also descended from Ed- 
 ward Doty, one of the 41 men who in the 
 cabin of the May Flower affixed their names 
 to \!D.t first constitution of goi'ernment ever 
 subscribed to by a whole people. 
 
 He was a good boy, thoughtful beyond 
 his years, but feeble in his childhood, un- 
 able to ever complete a full term of school 
 till after twelve; fond of fishing in his 
 youth, but as he grew old, turned his . 
 leisure moments to books. In 1854, his 
 father removed from Barre, Vt., to Hop- 
 kinton, N. H., and Silas learned and fol- 
 lowed the trade of a shoemaker till 1855. 
 But while steadily wcirking at his trade, a 
 more and more increasing desire for a 
 knowledge that could take him upward out 
 of his every-day duties pervaded him, and 
 on his father's death, relying upon his own 
 abilities, he resolved to obtain an educa- 
 
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 tion. He attended Hopkintoa Academy 
 several terms, teaching after his, second 
 term in the ' Academy, in Nelson and in 
 Amherst ; fitted for college ; did not enter 
 on account of severe illness ; pursued his 
 studies under private instructors, and 
 drawn toward the ministry, entered Bangor 
 Theo. Sem. in i860; Apr. 4, i860; mar- 
 ried Georgia C, daughter of Elbridge 
 Hardy, Esq., of Amherst, N. H., a lady 
 of culture and devoted companion to him 
 until his death. While at Bangor he sup- 
 ported himself and wife by working at his 
 trade ; pursued a full course of study, never 
 missing but one lecture or recitation ; grad- 
 uating in 1863. From Dec. '63, he preach- 
 ed to the Congregational church in Wards- 
 boro, Vt., nearly 2 years ; moved to Brat- 
 tleboro, to become associate editor with 
 D. L. Milliken,of " The Vermont Record" 
 and Vermont School Journal. Sept. 17, 
 1867, ordained pastor of the Congrega- 
 tional church at Bristol,, N. H. ; resigned 
 in 1855, on account of ill-health ; officiated 
 in a small church in Maplewood, Mass., 
 till Oct. 1876; occupied the pulpit .of the' 
 Congregational church at Henniker sev- 
 eral months, where he received a unani- 
 mous and earnest call to become its pastor ; 
 declined to accept one at Poquonock, Ct., 
 July 16, 1877, which church he was pastor 
 of at his death. 
 
 During the whole time as student and 
 preacher, he was a diligent collector of any 
 and every thing of a rare and curious na- 
 ture. He presented to the New Hamp- 
 shire Historical Society 512 volumes; to 
 the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society 
 1200 volumes and 3000 pamphlets ; and to 
 the American Congregational Association 
 of Boston, 352 volumes. His private li- 
 brary, at the time of his death, consisted 
 of 2500 volumes, comprising many works 
 of rare merit. Of all these societies he was 
 a member, and also of several others : The 
 New England Historic and- Genealogical 
 Society of Boston, the Historical Society 
 of New York, the Prince Society of Boston, 
 and the Societyof Antiquity of Worcester, 
 Mass., and others. He was Grand Chap- 
 lain of the Grand Lodge of F. and A. 
 Masons of New Hampshire from 187 1 to 
 
 1875, and was many years an honorary 
 member of the Orphans' Home Association. 
 He was Corresponding Secretary of the 
 New Hampshire Antiquarian Society from 
 1873 to 1875; President in 1876, '77, '78, 
 and was for many years connected with 
 the press as correspondent, essayist and 
 reviewer, and had at one time a tempting 
 offer to enter the employ of Harper Broth- 
 ers, of New York, which he declined, pre- 
 ferring to continue his work as a minister 
 of the gospel. 
 
 His first public address was delivered 
 before the Lyceum at Warner, N. H., in 
 the autumn of 1858 ; his subject was " Philip 
 at Mount Hope.'' His published works 
 are, A Farewell Discoiirse, Wardsboro, 
 Vt., in 1865. History of the Philomathic 
 Club, in 1875. Eulogy on Henry Wilson, 
 at Maiden, Mass., in 1876. .Diary of the 
 Invasion of Canada by the American Army 
 in 1775. Special Geography of 'New 
 Hampshire in 1877. Paul on Mars Hill, 
 in 1S79. Historic Masonry. Original 
 Sources of Historic Knowledge, in 1879. 
 Address at the Annual Meeting of the New 
 Hampshire Antiquarian Society, July 15, 
 1879. At the time of his death, he had in 
 course of preparation histories of tlie 
 Ketchum and Doty families, and for some 
 time had been at work upon an elaborate 
 Dictionary of New Hampshire Biography, 
 that he intended should be the crowning 
 work of his life, and upon which he > be- 
 stowed most marvelous labor and care. 
 Over 1000 sketches were completed, and 
 material for 1500 more was well in hand. 
 Worn down with such incessant toil, and 
 being desirous of once more reaching the 
 town which had so long been his home, 
 he left the scene of his labors, reached the 
 home of an intimate friend at Dorchester 
 Highlands, Mass., where he passed peace- 
 fully away upon Saturday morning, April 
 24, 1880. One of the most quiet, un- 
 assuming, unselfish of beings, and one of 
 the most industrious, rarest and best of 
 men. In his youth, in his whole life,' he 
 was genial, gentlemanly ; had great vigor 
 of mind-, fertility of resource, and a most 
 complete thoroughness of execution in all 
 he did ; he excelled as a teacher, and as a 
 
BARRE. 
 
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 preacher in the pulpit, meeting his congre- 
 gation with something- fresh and original. 
 He was pleasing. His short, sharp, crisp 
 sentences arrested his auditors ; they could 
 but listen till the last word was spoken. 
 Earnest in his utterances, deliberate in ai-- 
 gument, concise in his statements, with 
 purity of diction and loftiness of thought, 
 he commanded the interest of his congrega- 
 tion, and where he preached for any length 
 of time it was soon doubled and trebled. 
 Of him as an antiquarian and historian, 
 his collections in the rooms of this society, 
 one of the very largest of its kind in this 
 country, speaks better words of commend- 
 ation for him than I can utter, and stands 
 as a more enduring monument than words 
 can erect in honor of him. 4 
 
 Of his domestic relations suffice it to 
 say, notwithstanding the immense amount 
 of labor performed by him, his home, his 
 family, was never forgotten, within that 
 sacred, happy circle he was the central 
 light. But he is gone from us, and is now 
 transfigured and with the immortals. He 
 was taken in the prime of life, with so 
 much accomplished and so much left un- 
 done. 
 
 (From the resolutions passed at this meeting of 
 the N. H. Antiq. & Hist Society ) 
 
 "We here formally declare, and cause to 
 be recorded for posterity to learn, that 
 to the Rev. Silas Ketchum's thought, per- 
 sonal labors, generous munificence, and 
 untiring zeal, this New Hampshire Anti- 
 quarian Society is indebted more than to 
 any others, not only for its existence, but 
 for its present proportions and prosperity." 
 
 "We recognize that New Hampshire as 
 a state" has lost one of her richest schol- 
 ars, most logical thinkers, and most accu- 
 rate historians, and society a most exem- 
 plary Christian man, whose daily walk was 
 an inspiration to holy living. " 
 
 STAFFORD & HOLDEN MANUFACTURING CO. 
 
 From a very interesting description in 
 the Argus and Patriot, of Nov. 13, 1877, 
 with present statement of the Company, 
 June, 1881. 
 
 ".The foremost industry in Barre to-day 
 (1877) is the manufacture of forks and ice 
 tools. In 1 861, two Brookfield men, Her- 
 rick and Adams, established themselves at 
 the mill-privilege in the upper part of Barre 
 
 village ; run four fires and one trip-ham- 
 mer, and turned out from 300 to 600 dozen 
 per year of round-tined hay and manure- 
 forks. Frank Satford and Loren D. Blanch- 
 ard bought the business in 1864, and 
 Blanchard sold out to Clark Holden. The 
 first year's business of this new firm was 
 1500 dozen forks. In '68 they added the 
 manufecture of ice-plows and tools. From 
 '68 to '77, sold some years 250 to 300 ice- 
 plows with the ice-tools : Among lother 
 partners and stockholders to the present, 
 have been Luke and Ira Trow, Hial O. 
 Hatch (foreman,) L. T. Kinney ; in March 
 '76, the reorganization as a stock com- 
 pany ; Stafford and Holden half owners ; 
 of the other half ten other citizens of 
 Barre owners; loss of some $12,000 by 
 Chicago fire ; totally destroyed by fire 
 March, '77 ; rebuilt same year ; foundation 
 and flume split granite ; forge-room 40 by 
 100 feet; 20 fires; 5 60-pound trip ham- 
 mers and ice-tool machinery ; cost about 
 $6,000. The company use cast-steel in all 
 their manufactures, made especially for 
 them. There are 6 polishing machines for 
 forks, one for ferrule and one for wooden 
 handles; amount of work about 15,000 
 dozen per year of not less than 60 different 
 patterns ; employ about 50 workmen. Ire- 
 land and Scotland take most of the forks. 
 They go to Germany and South America. 
 Ice-tools to Germany and Japan." 
 
 Statement of the Company, June, 1881 : 
 " 17,000 dozen forks made in 1880; this 
 year about the same ; about $3,000 worth 
 of new machinery put in ; is now one of 
 the most perfectly equipped shops in the 
 country! directors : Josiah Wood, B. W. 
 Braley, Dexter Trow, E. B. Wood, Hor- 
 ace Fifield ; Clark Holden, sujjerinteiident 
 and treasurer ; Isfat. Whittier, assistant. 
 
 LIST OF PREACHERS 
 OF THE 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF BARRE. ^ 
 
 1796, Nicholas Snethen; 1797', Ralph 
 Williston; 1798 and '99, Joseph Crawford; 
 1799, Elijah Chichester; 1800, Timothy 
 Dewey ; 1801 , Truman Bishop and Thomas 
 Branch; 1802, Solomon Langdon and Paul 
 Dustin; 1803, Samuel Draper and Oliver 
 Beale; 1804, Oliver Beale; 1805, Elijah 
 Hedding and Daniel Young ; 1806, Philip 
 Munger and Jonathan Cheney ; 1807, Sam- 
 uel Thompson and Eleazer Wells ; 1808, 
 Solomon Sias ; 1809, Warren Banister and 
 George Gary; 1810, Eleazer Wells and 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Squire Streeter; 1811, Nathaniel W. 
 Stearns and John Jewett; 1812, Ebenezer 
 F. Newell and Joseph Dennett; 1813, 
 David Kilburn; 1814, David Kilburn and 
 Jason Walker; 1815, Joel Steele; 1816, 
 Joel Steele and Thomas C. Pierce ; 1817 
 and '18, Leonard Frost; 1819, Thomas C. 
 Pierce; 1820, Squire B. Haskell and E. 
 Dunham ; 1821, John F. Adams and Abra- 
 ham Holway ; 1822, John F. Adams, D. 
 Leslie and Z.Adams ; 1823, Samuel Norris 
 and Hascall Wheelock; 1824, D. Kilburn, 
 H. Wheelock and A. H Houg]iton; 1825, 
 J. Lord, D. Leslie and Elihu Scott; 1826, 
 
 A. D. Merrill and J. Templeton; 1827, J. 
 
 B. White, E. Jordan and R. L. Harvey; 
 1828, Amasa Buck and D. Stickney ; 1829, 
 J. Templeton and' J. Nayson; 1830, J. A. 
 Scarritt and R. H. Deming; 1831, N. W. 
 Scott and R. H. Deming; 1832, N. W. 
 Scott and George F. Crosby ; 1833, S. H. 
 Cutler and J. Nayson ; 1834, N. Howe and 
 Otis F. Curtis ; 1835, Geo. Putnam and I. 
 Wooster; 1836, Elihu Scott and D. Wil- 
 cox; 1837, E. J. Scott and Moses Lewis; 
 1838, N. W. Aspinwall; 1839, N. Culver; 
 1840 and '41, J. Currier; 1842 and '43, J. 
 L. Slauson; I844 and '45; A. Webster; 
 1846, J. W. Perkins; i8A7and'48, B. Bed- 
 ford ; 1849 and '50, C. Fales ; 1851 and '52, 
 J. S. Dow; 1853, E. Copeland; 1854, E. 
 Robinson; 1855, E. Copeland; 1856 and 
 'S7, Isaac McAnn ; 1858, A. T. BuUard; 
 1859 and '60, J. L.Roberts; 1861 and '62, 
 David Packer ; 1863 and '64, H. K. Cobb ; 
 1865, J. W. Bemis ; 1866 and '67, Lewis 
 Hill; 1868, Joshua -Gill; 1869, Joseph A. 
 Sherburn; 1870, '71 and ^2, Peter Mer- 
 rill; 1873, J. M. Puffer, (deceased while 
 
 ■ pastor) ; 1874, Walter Underwoofl ; 1875, 
 '76 and -'77, W. H. Wight; 1878, '79 and 
 '80, Harvey Webster; 1881, J. R. Bartlett. 
 
 The above list of preachers received 
 since in press from Rev. Mr. Bartlett now 
 at Barre, Editor of the Christian Messen- 
 ger, author of the interesting pamphlet 
 " Methodism in Williamstown." Rev. 
 Mr. Bartlett has taken in hand a complete 
 history of the Methodists in Barre which 
 will be in pamphlet, and is promised to the 
 supplement volume of this work. Ed. 
 
 TELEGRAPH OFFICE. 
 
 The completion of the railroad to Barre 
 being accomplished and thoroughly cele- 
 brated, the next thing in connection with 
 the railroad looked for, was the telegraph 
 at the village depot, which was duly opened, 
 sending its first telegram, Oct. i, 1875. 
 
 The Barre Fire Company, page 36, took 
 the second prize, $200 at the trial in Bur- 
 lington. 
 
 Samuel Goodell, who resides 'at Mas- 
 sena, N. Y., and who frequently writes for 
 the newspapers — we have seen his verses 
 in the Barre Enterprise of late — was "a 
 Barre boy," and there are others natives 
 of the town, both among the living and 
 the dead, who should be all counted back 
 to Barrel before the record is finally closed 
 for the first hundred years of her history. 
 
 Addenda: Page 16. The number of 
 soldiers credited to Barre in the county 
 table is incorrect. See selectmen's report 
 for 1865 ; page 42. 
 
 Page 24, 2d col., not I. W. but I. N. 
 Camp; page 25, 2d col., comma and not 
 period after bank, and next after, small, not 
 large a, one connected sentence. Barre 
 Academy, same page, the name of Miss 
 Emily Frett should have been added 
 to the list of teachers, a neice of Mrs. 
 Spaulding, who taught several years in this 
 institution, now teacher in a normal school 
 in Platteville, Wis. 
 
 Goddard Seminary, page 26, the dates 
 for, was taken from the record of 1880, 
 since which. Dr. Braley has died — see no- 
 tice page 25 ; and J. M. Haynes, Esq., of' 
 St. Albans, is present vice president. The 
 name, also, of the second principal, page 
 25, is Hawes and not Harris — F. M. 
 Hawes. Page 48, for Susan Cook, read 
 Mrs. Susan Town Cook. 
 
 We must also ask leniency for a few 
 typographical errors in the County chapter. 
 The proof sent to the author at a distance 
 returned too late for corrections in place ; 
 we noted them for insertion here, and have 
 made the mistake to lose the paper, and to 
 send the proofs with them to another 
 writer ; they may be added to the addenda 
 at close of the County. 
 
BERLIN. 
 
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 BERLIN. 
 
 BY SYLVANUS F. NYE. 
 
 - Berlin in Washington Co., lat. 40° 
 13,' long. 4° 25/ near the centre of the 
 State, bounded N. by Middlesex, Mont- 
 pelier and part of East Montpelier, E. by 
 Barre and part of Williamstown, S. by 
 Northfield and part of Williamstown, and 
 W. by Moretown, was chartered June 8, 
 1763, wherein it was declared "and is 
 hereby incorporated into a township by 
 the name of Berlin." — Book of Charters, 
 page 473-474: 70 equal shares. 
 
 The first settlement was commenced in 
 the summer of 1785, by Ebenezer San- 
 born from Corinth, on what was afterwards 
 known as the " Bradford" farm," about half 
 a mile from the mouth of Dog river, and 
 Joseph Thurber from N. H., on a place 
 near the mouth of the same river, since 
 known as the " Shepard farm." Sanborn 
 and Thurber removed the next year to the 
 State of New York. In 1786, Moses 
 Smith moved into the S. E. corner of the 
 town, and in 1787, Daniel Morse from the 
 town of Washington, with his family on 
 to the place left by Thurber, and Jacgb 
 Fowler from Corinth, to that of Sanborn, 
 and John Lathrop from Bethel, into the 
 S. E. part of the town. In 1788, Daniel 
 Morse left, and his place was occupied by 
 Hezekiah Silloway from Corinth. In 
 1789, eight families were added, making 
 in all thirteen, apd in 1790, eight more. 
 The first town meeting was warned by 
 John Taplin, a Justice of the Peace, and 
 held March 31, 1791, at the dwelling-house 
 of Aaron Strong ; James Sawyer, modera- 
 tor, David Nye, clerk, Zachariah Perrin, 
 Eleazer Hubbard and James Sawyer, se- 
 lectmen; Micajah Ingham, constable. 
 The first roads through the town were 
 " the old Brookfield road," entering the 
 town from the south and passing west of 
 the Pond to Montpelier and the " Coos 
 road " from Connecticut river to Burling- 
 ton, which passed through the town from 
 Barre village to the first named road at 
 the " Bugbee place." The first school in 
 town was kept in a log school-house, 
 standing on east street near the brick 
 
 house built by the late Dea. David Nye, 
 by Mrs. Titcomb in the summer of 1794, 
 and by the wife of Dr. Collins in 1795. 
 
 The first school on Dog river was kept 
 by Dr. Gershom Heaton in the winter of 
 1794-5, in a log-house near the residence 
 of the late Justus Brown. 
 
 The first saw-mill was built by Eleazer 
 Hubbard in 1791, on the upper falls of 
 Pond brook, now known as " Benjamin's 
 Falls," and a grist-mill a little below the 
 saw-mill one year later. The nearest mill 
 for some time after the first settlement was 
 atCorinth, more than 28 miles distant, and 
 not patronized by our settlers to a great 
 extent, who preferred to live on pound 
 cake ; the recipe for making : a hole burned 
 in the top of a large stump ; the grain 
 put in, pounded to such fineness as the 
 pounder could afford, and then made into 
 bread. 
 
 The first store and tavern was kept by 
 Jonas Parker in the house afterwards the 
 residence of " Israel Dewey, about 1800." 
 The next was opened in the building for- 
 merly standing south of the above, by 
 Charles Huntoon, about 1806. A year or 
 two after, he built at the corner opposite 
 the large square house used for many years 
 as a tavern. His successors in the mer- 
 cantile business were Bemsley Huntoon, 
 Orrin Carpenter (in 1816), Bigelow & 
 Wheatley, Andrew Wheatley, Farmer's 
 and Mechanics' Interest Co., Heaton and, 
 Denney who closed out the business soon 
 after 1850, since which time there has been 
 no store kept in the town. The town is 
 diversified by hills and valleys. Stevens' 
 branch crosses the N. E. corner. A little 
 east of the centre lies the valley of the 
 Pond and Pond brook, and in the western 
 part the valley of Dog river. The eastern 
 part of the town was originally covered 
 with a dense growth of hard wood, maple, 
 beach, birch, elm, etc., with a mixture of 
 spruce, hemlock and basswood, and in the 
 swamps cedar and ash. On the mountain 
 in the centre upon the south side of the 
 town there is a quantity of butternut, while 
 west of Dog river there is a larger propor- 
 tion of spruce and hemlock. The soil is 
 
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 well adapted to the growth of English 
 grains and grasses, and in favorable loca- 
 tions Indian corn is cultivated in per- 
 fection. 
 
 The first marriage of parties living in 
 town was Joshua Swan to Miss Collins, in 
 
 . Tradition says, there being snow 
 
 on the ground, the bride-elect took her 
 seat on a hand-sled, and the gallant bride- 
 groom, with one or two to assist, drew her 
 to Middlesex, where lived the nearest jus- 
 tice of the peace (probably Esq. Putnam) 
 where the twain were duly made one flesh, 
 when the bride re.sumed her seat upon the 
 sled, and returned home by the way she 
 came, on the same day, having made a 
 bridal tour of about 15 miles. 
 
 The first berths in town were Abigail K., 
 daughter of Jacob and Abigail Black, in 
 
 1789, who became the wife of Ira Andrews, 
 and died in 1864, and Porter Perrin, Feb. 
 
 1790, who died May 17, 1871. 
 
 The first deaths were in 1789, an infant 
 child of John Lathrop, and a little later, 
 the Widow Collins, aged 88 years. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Dr. Ebenezer Collins, who remained 
 in town but a short time. 
 
 Dr. Gershom Heaton, born in Swan- 
 zey, N. H., 1773 ; removedatan early age 
 to Hanover, N. H. ; graduated at the med- 
 ical department in Dartmouth College 
 about 179s, and came about the same time 
 to Berlin ; but after a short practice, quit 
 his profession, went to farming, and event- 
 ually accumulated a handsome property ; 
 died Jan. 1850, aged ^]^ years. 
 
 Dr. Jacob Miller, a native of Middle- 
 boro; Mass. ; graduated at Dartmouth 
 College in 1804; pursued his medical 
 studies with Nathan Smith, M. D., and 
 attended lectures at Dartmouth Medical 
 College. His nanfe is not found, how- 
 ever, in the list of graduates. He married 
 Parthenia Dewey,of Hanover, N. H., Mar. 
 10, 1808, (born in Hanover, N. H., Feb, 
 13, 1781, M. 2d, Thomas Beach, of Strat- 
 ford, N. H., where she died 2 1, Feb. 1846), 
 and probably settled in Berlin about this 
 time. He was regarded as a physician of 
 uncommon promise, but fell a victim to 
 
 the spotted fever then prevailing as an 
 epidemic through the State, and died Jan. 
 19, 1813. He left one son, Jedediah, born 
 in Beriin, Sept. 15, 181 1 ; graduatedM.D. 
 at Dartmouth College in 1839, and died in 
 New York city a few years since. 
 
 DR. JOHN WINSLOVJf 
 
 was born in Pomfret, Vt., Mar. 10, 1788; 
 read with his uncle. Dr. Joseph Winslow, 
 of Windsor, attending lectures at Dart- 
 mouth Medical College, and practicing 
 with his uncle in Windsor 2 years. He 
 settled in Berlin after the death of Dr. 
 Miller in 1813. Dr. W. held a good rank 
 with the practitioners of his time, being 
 frequently called as counsel, and having 
 an extensive praqtice in Berlin and other 
 towns adjoining, until he relinquished prac- 
 tice, soon after the death of his first wife. 
 He was respected as a citizen for his lib- 
 erality in whatever contributed to the pub- 
 lic weal, and as a Christian for his con- 
 sistent lite and support to the church and 
 its institutions. He died July i, 1871, 
 aged 83 years. 
 
 Dr. Winslow was married ist to Sarah 
 Bishop, (born in Windsor, Dec. 17, 1791 ; 
 died Apr. 7, 1835) ; 2d, to Keziah Heaton, 
 (born in Hanover, N. H., 1800) ; children, 
 a daughter, who died before the death of 
 his first wife, and a son, John F. Winslow, 
 who now resides in Berlin. \ 
 
 DR. ORtN SMITH, 
 
 son of Christopher Smith, born in Marlow, 
 N. H., July 27, 1807, at an early age re- 
 moved with his parents to Willlamstown, 
 Vt. ; when nineteen, studied medicine with 
 Dr. Z. O. Burnham, of Willlamstown, and 
 in 1830, received the degree of M. D. in 
 the University of Vermont. He com- 
 menced practice in Berlin, and heartily de- 
 voted himself to his profession. Nov, 1830, 
 he was married to Julia, daughter of Abel 
 Knapp, Esq. Of 7 children by this mar- 
 riage, one son and daughter only are now, 
 (1873), living, in Illinois. 
 
 Dr. Smith repeatedly held town offices ; 
 in 1834, '35, '37, '49 was town represent- 
 ative, and after a successful practice of 
 nearly 20 years in Berlin, removed to 
 Montpelier, and in 1853, became professor 
 
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 of obstetrics, etc., in the University of 
 Vermont, but removed to Chicago finally, 
 where he held a high position as a phy-. 
 sician. He died in Chicago, Aug. 1^67, 
 aged 60 years. 
 
 FIRST SETTLERS. 
 
 Jacob Fowler was the first settler who 
 resided here permanently, or left descend- 
 ants in town. He was a hunter, and had 
 often been through the town on Winooski 
 river and its branches during, and" perhaps 
 previous to, the Revolutionary War. At 
 the time of the burning of Royalton in 
 1780, when the Indians went down the 
 Winooski, he was up Waterbury river. 
 On returning to the mouth of the river, he 
 canie on the trail, and followed it back to 
 Berlin Pond. Finding indications of en- 
 campments at the mouth of Dog river, and 
 on the west side of Berlin Pond, near the 
 neck, he supposed they had been, to New- 
 bury or Corinth until he arrived at this 
 place, when the trail bearing to the south, 
 he concluded they had come from another 
 direction. He has sometimes been ac- 
 cused, but probably tinjustly, of having 
 been a Tory. It is said that he was en- 
 listed in the garrison stationed at Corinth 
 during the latter part of the Revolutionary 
 War, and was employed by Gen. Wait, 
 the commander, as an Indian scout. It is 
 related of him, by' the late Hon. D. P. 
 Thompson : ■ 
 
 "I used to think," said the hunter, "I 
 had as much wit as any wild varmint that 
 was ever scared up in our woods. But a 
 sly old moose once completely baffled me 
 in trying to get a shot at him. This an- 
 imal's usual range was on Irish hill, in the 
 vicinity of Berlin Pond. This I discovered 
 by finding one day, as I was coming along 
 tlie margin of the pond, a path leading 
 down to the water, which I knew, by the 
 tracks of great size, and of different de- 
 grees of freshness, was made by a large 
 moose that must have come down daily to 
 drink. On making this discover); I re- 
 solved to have him. But after trying on 
 three different days to get a shot at him, I 
 utterly failed ; for either by the keenness 
 of his sight, or smell, or hearing, he al- 
 ways took the alafm, and made off without 
 allowing me more than a mere glimpse of 
 him. As I was turning away from the 
 last attempt, it occurred to me there might 
 
 be other ways to choke a dog than by giv- 
 ing him bread and butter, so I laid a plan 
 my moose would not be looking for. The 
 next day I shouldered a bear trap I pos- 
 sessed, weighing nearly forty pounds, with 
 the iron teeth more than an inch long, 
 went up to the pond, and set it at the 
 water's edge in the path where he came . 
 down to drink, chained it securely to a 
 sapling, and went home. The next day I 
 went there again, and as I di-ew near my 
 trap, I saw a monstrous moose stand over 
 the spot where I had set it. He had got one 
 fore-foot into it, and those murderous in- 
 terlocking teeth had clenched his fetlock 
 and hefld him like a vice. The next mo- 
 ment I put a bullet through his heart, and 
 brought him to the ground, when cutting 
 out his tongue, lips, and the best part of a 
 round, I went home not a little proud of 
 the exploit of outwitting him at last. 
 
 It is, said that Fowler spent the last years 
 of his life in Canada, and died there at an 
 advanced age. 
 
 HEZEKIAH SILLOWAY 
 
 came to Berlin from Corinth in 1788, and 
 settled -on the " Shepard farm" at the 
 mouth of Dog river, where he resided 
 about twenty years, when he sold the farm 
 to Mr. Shepard, and removed to Mont- 
 pelier, where he lived till his death, at the 
 age of 90 years. He had been a Revolu- 
 tionary soldier. 
 
 HON. SALVIN COLLINS, 
 
 born in Southboro, 
 
 , Mar. 6, 1768, 
 
 when about twenty-three, came to Berlin, 
 and purchased a farm adjoining Zachariah 
 Perrin and Jabez Ellis, to this day known 
 as the old Collins farm. He married Re- 
 becca Wilder, of Lancaster, Mass., and 
 had 5 children. His eldest daughter mar- 
 ried Hon. John Spaulding.of Montpelier. 
 After 14 or 15 years, Mr. Collins sold his 
 farm to Zachariah Perrin, and moved to 
 the "Corners," then containing a store, 
 tavern and several mechanics shops. In 
 1805 and '6 he was representative of the 
 town; in 18 11, assistant Judge of the new 
 Co. of Jefferson, and took up his residence 
 at Montpelier village. In 1812 he re- 
 ceived a second election as County Judge, 
 and in 1815, was elected Judge of Probate 
 of Washington Co., to which office he re- 
 ceived five successive elections, a greater 
 number then ever was received in this dis- 
 trict by any man except Judge Loomis. 
 For tlie last twenty years of his life, at 
 least, he was constantly in the commission 
 of the office of justice of the peace, and for 
 
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 a greater portion of the time did a large 
 share of the justice business of the village. 
 He was one of the earliest and most ex- 
 emplary members of the Congregational 
 church of Berlin, and on removing to 
 Montpelier, united himself with the Con- 
 gregational church of this place, of which 
 . in a few years he was chosen a deacon, and 
 as such officiated for the remainder of his 
 life. His iirst wife dying in 1816, he mar- 
 ried Mrs. Lucy Clark, who survived him 
 about 8 years. Unobtrusive, unassuming, 
 quiet, social and intelligent, few men were 
 better calculated to make friends than 
 Judge Collins, and few men ever had more 
 of them. His abiding integrity was never 
 doiibted ; while the offices to which he was 
 time and again elected show in what esti- 
 mation his intellectual powers, though un- 
 aided by any but the commonest of educa- 
 tion, were held by the public. He died 
 Nov. 9, 183 1, age 63; an extensive circle 
 of relatives and the public as mourners. — 
 [From D. P. Thompson. 
 
 JOHN TAPLIN, ESQ. 
 
 John Taplin, who though by common 
 usage entitled to the military appellation 
 of Major and the civil one of Honorable, 
 was yet generally known by the unpretend- 
 ing designation of Esquire Taplin, was 
 born in Marlboro, Mass., 1748. In about 
 1764, he removed with his father. Colonel 
 John Taplin, to Newbury, Vt., and soon 
 after to Corinth, of which town his father 
 was one of the original proprietors. 
 
 His father, one of the most noted men 
 or his times, had been a colonel in the 
 British army under Gen. Amherst, and 
 actively engaged with Rogers, Putnam, 
 Stark and other distinguished American 
 officers in reducing the fortresses on Lake 
 Champlain and fighting their red allies, 
 then prowling through the entire wilder- 
 ness territory of Vermont. And young 
 Taplin, "after receiving a fair common- 
 school education for his years, was, from 
 the age of 12 to 15 out with his father, in 
 this French and Indian war, being gener- 
 ally stationed at Crown Point and Ticon- 
 deroga. Soon after his removal to Ver- 
 mont, Colonel Taplin was appointed under 
 the jurisdiction of New York, chief judge 
 of the court of what was then called Glou- 
 cester County, but afterwards Orange 
 County: And young Taplin then desig- 
 nated as John Taplin, Junior, was, though 
 then but barely 21, appointed high sheriff 
 of the same court and county. Kings- 
 land, now Washington, was at first fixed 
 upon as the shire town of this new county, 
 and the new court was once actually 
 opened there, though the town was then 
 wholly an unbroken wilderness. We have 
 
 already, while treating of the New York 
 grants in this section, alluded to the sin- 
 gular opening of a court in the woods in 
 this place ; but as the record of this curi- 
 ous transaction, which has but recently 
 come to light, cannot fail to be regarded 
 as an interesting antiquarian document, 
 we will copy it entire. ' 
 
 "KiNGSLAND, Gloucester County, } 
 Province of New York, May 29, 1770. I 
 
 "Court met for the first time, and the 
 ordinance and comitions Being Read. 
 John Taplin, ~^ Judges being appointed 
 Samuel Sleeper, > by the Government of 
 Thomas Sumner, ) New York, 
 
 were present, and the Courts opened as is 
 usual in other Courts — Also present 
 James Pennock, "^ 
 
 Abner Fowler, > Justices of the Quorum. 
 John. Peters, j 
 John Taplin, Jr., Sheriff. 
 
 " N. B. these Courts were the Courts of 
 Quarterly sessions and the Court of com- 
 mon Plea for Said County. 
 
 " Court adjourned to the last Tuesday in 
 August next to be held in said Kingsland. 
 "Opened accordingly, and appointed 
 four Constables, Simeon Stevens for New- 
 bury, Jesse McFarland for Moretown, 
 Abner Howard for Thetford, and Samuel 
 Pennock for Strafford, and adjourned to 
 the last Tuesday' of Nov. "Nov. 27, 
 Court opened at Kingsland. Called over 
 the docket of 8 cases only, put over and 
 dismissed them, and appointed Ebenezer 
 Green constable for Thetford, and Samuel 
 Pennock, Ebenezer Martin and Ebenezer 
 Green and Samuel Allen Surveyors for the 
 County, and adjourned to February next 
 last Tuesday. 
 
 Feb. 25, } Sett out from Moretown for 
 1771- S Kings Land, travelled untill 
 Knight there Being no Road, and the 
 Snow very depe, we travelled on Snow 
 Shoes or Racats, on the 26th we travelled 
 Some ways, and Held a Council when 
 it was concluded it was Best to open 
 the CoUrt as we Saw No Line it was not 
 whether in Kingsland or not. But we 
 concluded we were farr in the woods we 
 did not expect to See any House unless 
 we marched three miles within Kingsland 
 and no one lived there when the Court was 
 ordered to be opened on the spot, present 
 John Taplin, Judge 
 John Peters of the Quorum 
 John Taplin Jr., Sheriff, 
 all Causes Continued or adjourned over 
 to Next term the Court, if one, adjourned 
 over until the last Tuesday in May Next 
 at which time it was opened and after dis- 
 posing of one case of bastardy, adjourned 
 to August next. 
 
 " John Peters Clerk." 
 
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 Thus ends this curious specimen of ju- 
 dicial records. It will be seen at the first 
 court nothing is hinted about the court 
 being held in the woods and snows. It 
 was probably held at the nearest house in 
 Corinth, and, by a judicial fiction, treated 
 as a court at Kingsland. But it does 
 not appear that the court was ever called 
 at Kingsland after the so-called August 
 Term, 1771, having tlie next term met 
 at Newbury, where it continued to hold 
 sessions till the breaking out of the Rev- 
 olution. The court did not, however, 
 give up the idea of making Kingsland the 
 seat of justice, for they ordered their y9ung 
 Sheriff, John Taplin, Jr., to build a log 
 jail there, which he promptly executed, 
 and madfe return to the court accordingly, 
 though it is believed that the jail, as such, 
 was never occupied. This singularly orig- 
 inated log-jail was situated a mile or two 
 S. E. of the present village of Washington, 
 near the sources of the brook which, run- 
 ning northerly into Stevens' Branch, thence 
 forward, took the name of Jail Branch. 
 On the opening of the Revolution, Colonel 
 Taplin declining to take sides against the 
 King who had distinguished him, retired 
 during the war into Canada, leaving our 
 John Taplin, Jr., on the paternal property 
 in Corinth, where he resided until many 
 years after Vermont had become a State, 
 and was so much esteemed by his fello*- 
 townsmen as to have received from them 
 at least two elections as their represent- 
 ative in the legislature. In the summer of 
 1787 he removed to Berlin, having pur- 
 chased that excellent farm on the lower 
 part of Dog River, since known as the old 
 John Hayden place, and became the first 
 representative of Berlin, and for several 
 years the first oflSciating justice of the 
 peace in all this vicinity. 
 
 At the age of twenty he married Miss 
 Catharine Lovell, daughter of Colonel Ne- 
 hemiah Lovell, of Newbury, who was 
 grand-son of the celebrated hero of the 
 Lovell Pond Indian battle. His first wife 
 dying in 1794, he married the following 
 year Mis? Lydia Gove, of Portsmouth. 
 By his first wife he had 12 children, by 
 his last, 9— twenty-one in all, and what 
 
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 is still more remarkable, they all except 
 one, which was accidentally scalded, caus- 
 ing death in infancy, lived to marry and 
 settle down in life as the heads of families, 
 furnishing an instance of family fruitfijl- 
 ness and health that perhaps never had a 
 parallel in the State. Mr. Taplin's prac- 
 tical knowledge of men and the ordinary 
 affairs of life was, from his varied opportu- 
 nities for observation, quite extensive, and 
 his natural intellectual capacities were at 
 least of a highly respectable order. But 
 probably what are called the sentiments or 
 moral affections shoiild be considered as 
 constituting the predominant traits of his 
 character. At all events, kindness to all, an 
 active beneyolence and charity to the poor 
 and distressed, were very conspicuous el- 
 ements of his nature, and his house and 
 hands were ever alike open to relieve the 
 wants of those who might solicit his hos- 
 pitaliti^ or m(^re substantial assistance. 
 As is top often the case, the sharp, selfish 
 world failed not to take advantage. The 
 free horse was at length almost ridden to 
 death. At the age of fifty he found himself 
 badly involved in pecuniary embarrass- 
 ments , growing out of his general system of 
 benevolence in a good-degree, though main- 
 ly out of his acts of accommodation in be- 
 coming bondsman for others. These so 
 sadly reduced his property as to compel 
 him to part with his valuable old home- 
 stead for one less costly, and which last he 
 was also induced after a time, from grow- 
 ing infirmities, to resign, and reside with 
 one of his sons in the' village. The last 
 years of his life were thus clouded, but he 
 was held in the estimation of all as one of 
 the most amiable and best of men and 
 Christians, and as one of the most useful 
 citizens. He died in Montpelier," Nov. 
 183s, aged 87, his memory being warmly 
 cherished by all who remember his tall, 
 comely person, the mild dignity of his de- 
 portment, and never-varying amenity of 
 manners toward all classes of people . 
 
 CAPT. JAMES HOBART. 
 
 James Hobart came to Berlin in 1787, 
 from Newbury, Vt., settling at the mouth 
 of Jones' Brook. He had formerly lived in 
 Plymouth, N. H., where his son (Rev.) 
 
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 James was born, said to have been the 
 first male child born in tliat town. Al- 
 though religiously inclined, careful and 
 particular as the head of a family, he never 
 made a public profession of religion until 
 at about the age of gi years he joined the 
 1st Cong, church of Berlin. About loo 
 years before his birth one of his ancestors, 
 Rev. Peter Hobart, a Congregational min- 
 ister, came to this country from England, 
 and was a minister in Hingham, Mass., a 
 great many years. Capt. Hobart spent 
 about 10 years of the last of his life with 
 his son Rev. J., working at the cooper's 
 trade and cutting his own fire-wood. He 
 died in 1834, aged 95 years. 
 
 ZACHARIAH PERRIN 
 
 came with his family from Hebron, Ct., in 
 1789, and settled in the east part of the 
 town, on the farm now occupied by his 
 grand-son, J. Newton Perrin. In March, 
 with two pairs of oxen and sled, bringing 
 wife and two children and a stock of pro- 
 visions, he came by the Connecticut and 
 White rivers to Brookfield, which was then 
 the end of the road. The remainder of 
 the way was by marked trees, and snow 
 3 to 4 feet deep. He took an active part 
 in the organization and settlement of the 
 town; was a friend of education, and a 
 consistent member of the Congregational 
 church, for the support of which he gave 
 liberally. He lived to raise up a large 
 family, and accumulate a large property as 
 a farmer, and died May, 1838, aged 88. 
 
 ELEAZER HUBBARD, 
 
 a native of Connecticut, age about sixty, 
 came from Glastenbury, Ct., with an ox- 
 team, bringing mill-stones and irons, and 
 purchased the lot of land in which is Ben- 
 jamin's Falls, on Pond brook, at the head 
 of which in 1790 or '91 he erected the first 
 saw and grist-mills in town. The mills 
 were occupied a number of years after his 
 death in 18 19, at the age of 89 years, but 
 nothing now remains of them but the 
 foundation walls and one granite mill- 
 stone. 
 
 DAVID NYE, 
 
 son of Melatiah Nye, and grand-father of 
 the writer of this article, came to Berlin 
 
 fi-om Glastenbury, Conn., with his wife, 
 (Honor Tryon), and two children, a son 
 and a daughter, in 1790, having served his 
 country several years in the Continental 
 army as a musician ; was in the battle on 
 Long Island in 1776. When the town 
 was organized in 1791, he was elected the 
 first town clerk, and in several succeeding 
 years was re-elected to the same office, as 
 well as other important offices. A few 
 years after he came to town, Mr. Nye 
 united with the Congregational church, of 
 which while he lived he was an active and 
 consistent member, and for a number of 
 years and until his death, he was an acting 
 deacon. For several years he divided his 
 time between cultivating his farm, and 
 buying and driving beef cattle to the Boston 
 market. When the temperance leforma- 
 tion spread over the land previous to 183P, 
 he was one of the first in this town to 
 adopt and stand upon the platform of total 
 abstinence. He died in Sept. 1832, at 72 
 years of age. 
 
 ELIJAH NYE, 
 
 brother of David Nye, removed to, Berlin 
 at the same time, and settled in the south- 
 east part of the town. He removed to 
 Montpelier in 1825, where he died in 1852, 
 at the age of 84 years. 
 
 SOLOMON NYE, 
 
 a native of Glastenbury, Ct., brother of 
 David and Elijah, at the age of 18 enlisted 
 in the Continental army, and served as a 
 teamster. He came to Berlin about l8o8 ; 
 was a farmer; died in 1857, aged 93 years. 
 
 JOSHUA BAILEY, 
 
 a native of Newbury, Mass., came from 
 Newbury, Vt., in 1790, and settled on the 
 ferm afterwards the home of his son. Cyrus 
 Bailey. He died in 1804, aged 53. 
 
 CAPT. JAMES SAWYER, 
 
 born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1738, was 
 Captain of a company of minute men, 
 1776. At the breaking out of the Revolu- 
 tion he owned a good farm, which he sold, 
 was paid in continental currency, and 
 was consequently left almost penniless. 
 After living in various places, he came to 
 
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 Berlin with his son in 1790, and died in 
 1 80 1, aged 63 years. 
 
 James, son of Captain James, came to 
 Berlin with his father in 1790, and settled 
 on Dog River, where he was successful as 
 a farmer and lived until his death, in 1859, 
 at the age of 93. 
 
 JABEZ ELLIS 
 
 came from Gilead, Ct., in the spring of 
 1789, and located in the east part of the 
 town. He returned for a wife the Decerns 
 ber following ; married Hannah Mack, of 
 Hebron, Ct., whom he brought on with a 
 stock of provisions upon an ox-sled, com- 
 ing up the west side of the mountains to 
 Essex, and up the Winooski to Montpel- 
 ier. He also brought on some tea for sale 
 to the settlers. By industry and perse- 
 verance he accumulated a handsome prop- 
 erty, and gave liberally for the support of 
 the institutions of religion. He represented 
 the town in the Legislature of Vermont in 
 181S and '17, and died in 1852, aged 88. 
 
 WILLIAM FLAGG 
 
 came from Holden, Mass., in 1789, and 
 settjed on a farm on the west side of the 
 pond. He died in 1838, at 84 years of 
 age. Mr. Flagg enlisted as a soldier at 
 the breaking out of the war of the Revolu- 
 tion, was in the Battle of Bunker Hill 
 and of Monmouth. 
 
 JACOB BLACK, 
 
 a native of Holden, Mass., came about the 
 same time as Flagg, and settled on a lot 
 adjoining him. Mr. Black and Mr. Flagg 
 appear to have been born the same year 
 and lived to about the same age. They 
 probably enlisted at about the same time 
 in the service of the countiry, and were in 
 nearly the same battles, beginning with 
 that of Bunker Hill. They were both in 
 , the battle at Monmouth Court House under 
 Washington, 3 years later. Mr. Black, 
 in addition to clearing and cultivating his 
 farm, worked for his neighbors as occasion 
 required as a carpenter and joiner. About 
 1818, Mr. Black removed to Marshfield, 
 where he died in 1838, age 84. 
 
 Silas Black, son of Jacob, born in 
 Holden, was 12 years old when his father 
 
 came to Berlin. When of age he settled 
 on a farm adjoining his father. Tending 
 saw-mill when a young man, seated on a 
 log to keep it in place, while the saw was 
 cutting through it, the wind blowing his 
 frock before the saw, the saw descending 
 took in both frock and leg, inflicting a deep 
 gash below the knee, and a second stroke 
 above the ankle-joint, jerked out nearly all 
 the sinews in this part of the leg, severed 
 by the first cut of the saw. Again Mr. 
 Black was assisting in taking down a barn- 
 frame, a heavy timber fell upon one of his 
 legs near his body, crushing it to a mass 
 of jelly, and breaking the bone badly, 
 after which he always limped in his walk. 
 He died in 1867, aged 90. 
 
 CAPT. DANIEL TAYLOR 
 
 came to Berlin in March, 1793 ; married 
 Miss Ruhamah Ellis, sister of Jabez Ellis. 
 He was a soldier of the Revolution, and 
 for a time a prisoner in ' the hands of the 
 British. For some time after he com- 
 menced on his farm, at the center of the 
 town, he kept a tavern, and small stock of 
 goods and groceries for sale. He was a 
 man of energy and decision. When the 
 call came for men to go to Plattsburg to 
 beat back the British army, then advanc- 
 ing up the Lake, Mr. Taylor mounted his 
 horse at dusk, and taking his trusty fire- 
 lock in his hand, rode to Burlington dur- 
 ing the night, and in the morning crossed 
 over the Lake to Plattsburg, and was with 
 the detachment sent up the river to pre- 
 vent the enemy from crossing. He died in 
 1 83 1, aged 74. 
 
 CAPT. JAMES PERLEY, 
 
 born in Methuen, Mass., in 1760, at the 
 age of 16 years enlisted as a soldier in the 
 war of the Revolution under Gen. Knox, 
 and served 3 years. The next 8 years of 
 his life he spent upon the ocean as cap- 
 tain's mate, visiting different places in both 
 hemispheres. He came here in 1791 , and 
 settled on a farm near the center of the 
 town, which he occupied the remainder of 
 his life. Capt. Perley and his son, Sam- 
 uel Perley, were both at the Battle of 
 Plattsburg, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1814. He 
 died in Berlin, in 1850, aged 90 years. 
 
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 STEPHEN PEARSON, 
 
 born in Rowley, Mass., in 1756, when sev- 
 enteen, enlisted for the war. At the Battle 
 of Bunker Hill, the inspecting officer or- 
 dered him to give up his gun to a larger 
 man, he being of smaller stature, but Pear- 
 son, stepping back, presented the muzzle, 
 saying, " You must take it this way if at 
 all, I am going into the fight." He did go, 
 and came out without a scratch. He came 
 to Berlin in 1793 ; was a respectable farmer ; 
 died in 1842, aged 82. 
 
 JOEL WARREN, 
 
 born in Northboro, Mass., Nov. 1772, 
 came in 1796, and purchased a lot of land 
 a little west of the center of the town ; 
 worked one year, and put up a log-house, 
 into which he moved the next year with 
 his wife ; was a prosperous farmer, raised 
 a moderately large family of children, and 
 accumulated a handsome fortune ; repre- 
 sented the town in the Legislature in 18 19 ; 
 died in April, 1849, aged 77 years. 
 
 ABEL KNAPP, ESQ., 
 
 and wife were among the early settlers ; 
 resided nearly two generations upon the 
 farm at the cross-roads at the centre. He 
 was town clerk except one year of Dr. 
 Gershom Heaton's service, from 1795 to 
 1845 — 49 years, and was justice of the 
 peace 50 years ; judge of probate of his 
 county 1813, '14 ; member of the constitu- 
 tional convention of 1836; town treasurer 
 several years; town representative- 14 
 years, 1809— 1823. He was also a sur- 
 veyor ; kept his survey notes, and helped 
 settle many a dispute about surveys. He 
 was a native of Rehoboth, Mass. ; mar- 
 ried Miriam Hawks of Charlemont, Mass. ; 
 children 5 sons, 4 daughters. His monu- 
 ment bears this memorial of a good man : 
 " His record is on high."— From C. L. 
 Knapp, Lowell, Mass.' 
 
 MAJOR SAMUEL JONES 
 
 settled at the mouth ot Jones brook, which 
 took his name, upon a farm James Hobart 
 had lived on 10 years. He was an ener- 
 getic man, accumulated a good property 
 and raised a large family. He died in 
 1859, age 86. 
 
 MAJOR JOSIAH BENJAMIN, 
 
 son of William Benjamin, was born in 
 Ashburnham, Mass., June, 1769; married 
 Lucy Banning of Conn., Oct. 10, 1791 ; 
 'came to Berlin in 1793. After occupying 
 and clearing up several ferms in 1800, he 
 finally settled on the farm on Stevens 
 Branch, now occupied by his son Josiah 
 Benjamin, where he died June, 1836, aged 
 67. His title was earned in the State 
 militia at a time when it meant something. 
 
 ELISHA ANDREWS, 
 
 Second son of Elisha, Jr., of Eastbury, 
 Conn., moved to Sandgate, Vt., about 
 1783, or '85. He built a hut of poles with 
 but a hand-sled to get the materials togeth- 
 er with ; roofed his little residence with 
 boughs I when it rained he and his wife 
 covered the children with blankets ; but 
 after a short time he removed to Manches- 
 ter into better quarters, and from there to 
 Berlin, abotit 1796. He was among the 
 first settlers here, and located in the woods 
 near the west end of the pond. He put 
 up a log-house into which he used to draw 
 with a horsis logs for the back-log of 
 his fire, 8 feet in length. He cleared the 
 land, cultivated the soil, reared a large 
 family, and died June 19. 1826, aged 67. 
 
 SAFFORD CUMMINGS 
 
 came here when 7 years of age, from 
 Ward, (now Auburn,) Mass. ; remained 
 till he was 12 ; walked back to his native 
 town ; stayed a number of years and re- 
 turned to Berlin on foot. About this time, 
 he married Mary Stickney. He died in 
 1867, age 87 years. 
 
 COL. JAMES JOHNSON, 
 
 a native of Mass., came here in 1794, and 
 settled on Dog river. He lived on his 
 farm till his death ; accumulated a hand- 
 some property and never had a lawsuit. 
 He served one year as captain in the war 
 of 181 2; the time being mostly spent 
 upon our northern frontier. The title of 
 Colonel was honorably earned in the ser- 
 vice of the State. _ Died in 1861, age, 88. 
 Abraham Townsend, a native of West- 
 boro, Mass. A soldier in the revolutionary 
 army ; was in the battle of Bunker Hill ; 
 
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 came here about 1800, was a farmer; died 
 in 1825, aged 84. 
 
 Abel Sawyer came here from Hartland 
 in 1788. Entered the service of his coun- 
 try at the age of i6,as a blacksmith ; died 
 in 1836, aged 76. 
 
 THE DEWEYS. 
 
 Simeon, William, Israel and Henry, 
 brothers (all of them having the prefix of 
 uncle, by the early settlers and their de- 
 scendants generally, the two first however, 
 being sometimes called Capt. Sim and 
 Capt. Bill, and the third Leftenant Dewey 
 in consequence of honors in the Vermont 
 militia) were among the early settlers. 
 They were descendants " from Thomas 
 Dewey who was an early settler from Mas- 
 sachusetts Colony and " came to Windsor, 
 Ct., from Mass. in 1639 with Mr. Huit." 
 
 Simeon Dewey was born in Colchester, 
 Ct., Aug. 20, 1770, married Prudence 
 Yemans, Feb. 27, 1794, (born in Tolland, 
 Ct., Mar. 29, 1772, died in Berlin, Apr. i, 
 1844,) and settled tl^e same year on Dog 
 river. He removed to Montpelier in 1825. 
 where he was deputy jajler 8 years, return- 
 ing to his farm in Berlin in 1833, where he 
 remained until the death of his wife. He 
 died in Montpelier, January 11, 1863, 
 aged 92. 
 
 William Dewey, born in Hanover, N. 
 H., Jan. 26, 1772. He settled in Berlin 
 in 1795, on the farm below his brother 
 Simeon's ; married Abigail Flagg, 22 Apr. 
 
 1804, (born July 19, 1783, died July 28, 
 1826). He died Sept. 7, 1840; he was a 
 successful farmer and useful citizen. 
 
 Israel Dewey, born in Hanover, N. H. , 
 Jan. 26, 1777, settled in 1801, on the up- 
 per farm on Dog river, and removed from 
 thence to the east part of the town about 
 
 1805, and from thence to Lunenburgh, Vt., 
 in 1851, where he died July 21, 1862, aged 
 85 years. He was a member of the Legis- 
 lature of Vt. 1820? '21 and '26; postmas- 
 ter in Berlin from 1825 to 1850, and em- 
 ployed perhaps more than any other man, 
 with one exception (Hon. Abel Knapp) in 
 town offices, as a magistrate, and in the 
 settlement of estates. He was always 
 ready to give his time and pecuniary aid, 
 
 beyond his real abilities, for the improver 
 ment of our common schools ; the welfare 
 of the Congregational church with which 
 he united in 1819, and other measures for 
 the good of the community. After his 
 removal to the east part of the town, he 
 kept a tavern several years, and from that 
 business and the custom of the times, ac- 
 quired the practice of the daily use of 
 ardent spirits, which was growing to be 
 an excessive one, when in 1830, he relin- 
 quished it entirely and was ever after a 
 consistent and ardent supporter of the 
 temperance reform. He was married first 
 to Betsey Baldwin, Mar. 1801, born Dec. 
 2, 1776, died Oct. 27, 1807; second to 
 Nancy Hovey, i Mar. 1809; born in Han- 
 over, N. H., Dec. 24, 1786 ; died in Lunen- 
 burgh, Aug. 7, 1859. 
 
 DEA. FENNO COMINGS, 
 
 (son of Col. Benjamin and Mary Cooper 
 Comings,) was born in Cornish, N. H., 
 Mar. 21, 1787; married Rebecca Smart, 
 Nov. 22, 1810, (daughter of Caleb and 
 Catharine Black Smart ; born in Croydon, 
 N. H., July 26, 1788). He settled here 
 in 1815, as a tanner and currier, which 
 business he carried on until his death. He 
 was a man doing what he found to do with 
 his might ; a member and officer of the 
 Congregational church — a lover of. order 
 and peace. He died, Jan. 24, 1830, his 
 death leaving a void not. often felt, and 
 being regarded as an irreparable loss to the 
 church and community. His widow mar- 
 ried Rev. Jonathan Kinney, in Jan. 1833, 
 who died, May 7, 1838. She died in Ber- 
 lin, Oct. 10, 1865. 
 
 RUSSELL STRONG, 
 
 born in Bolton, Ct., Aug. 29, 178 J; mar- 
 ried Miss Susanna Webster, a native of 
 the same place, (born Oct. 10, 1787, died 
 Apr. 5, 1872, aged 85 years) ; came here 
 Feb., 1814, and purchased 40 acres on the 
 upper part of Dog river for $200 dollars, 
 and a few years afterwards 20 acres more 
 on which he resided until his death, 25, 
 Feb. 1864, in his 79th year. 
 
 NATHANIEL BOSWORTH, 
 
 born in Rhode Island in 1753, when about 
 21, enlisted and served in the Revolution- 
 
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 ary war 4 or 5 years. At one time he was 
 a prisoner in the hands of the British, and 
 confined in a prison ship on the Delaware 
 river, and escaped as follows : One night 
 he contrived to get down into the water by 
 the side of the ship unobserved, and at- 
 taching one, end of a string to his knap- 
 sack, took the other in his mouth and swam 
 off; the knapsack floating behind served to 
 keep back the waves which would other- 
 wise have broken over his head, and as he 
 became exhausted might have overcome 
 him. By swimming, near as he could 
 judge, about 3 miles, he landed and es- 
 caped. In 1780, when Royalton was 
 burned, Mr. Bosworth was stationed at 
 Corinth, Vt. After a short residence in 
 Lebanon, N. H., and Chelsea, Vt., he 
 came to Berlin in 1806, and settled at Berlin 
 Corner. He was a blacksmith, which bus- 
 iness he followed here. He died in 1844, 
 age, 91 years. 
 
 Dea. Jonathan Bosworth, son of Na- 
 thaniel Bosworth, born in Lebanon, N. H., 
 in 1787, followed the business of his father, 
 and came with him to Berlin. After work- 
 ing a few years at custom work, he com- 
 menced the manufacture of edged-tools, 
 particularly scythes and axes, having a 
 good water-power, with trip hammers and 
 other machinery. But this branch of the 
 business not proving successful, in about 
 1830 he added, such other machinery as 
 was deemed necessary, and commenced the 
 manufacture of cast steel and steel-plated 
 hoes. Each of his four sons worked in the 
 shop, and in turn became partners in the 
 business, and carried it on to success. 
 Since 1 870, the business has been discon- 
 tinued. Mr. Bosworth was many years a 
 member of the Congregational church and 
 one pf its deacons until within a few years 
 of his death and its attending feebleness, 
 active duties were left to younger hands. 
 Died April, 1878, aged 91 years. 
 
 ASA ANDREWS, 
 
 third son of Elijah Andrews, and who oc- 
 cupied the same farm as his father, died 
 Sept. 14, 1876, aged 91. For about 20 
 years he kept 46 cows or more, and mark- 
 eted his butter and cheese in Newbury- 
 
 port, Mass., where he went with his own 
 team five or six times a year, until a few of 
 the last years of his labor, he sent his 
 produce by rail. He represented the town 
 in the Legislature in i'847, '48. 
 
 JOSEPH ARBUCKLE 
 
 was born near Glasgow, Scotland, and 
 came to America with Gen. Burgoyne's 
 army as a soldier, and was with the army 
 when it surrendered to Gen. Gates in 1777 ; 
 after which he came to Berlin, and settled 
 on a farm on the banks of the Winooski 
 river, below the mouth of Dog river. He 
 died about 1841, aged 84 years. 
 
 PORTER PERRIN, 
 
 spcond son of Zachariah Perrin, was the 
 first male child bornin town, Feb. i, 1790. 
 He married Miss Lucy Kinney, daughter 
 of Rev. Jonathan Kinney, of Plainfield, 
 Vt., (born in Plainfield, Oct. 7, 1796). 
 Mr. Perrin probably accumulated more 
 property in farming than any other man 
 before his time, in that business exclusively, 
 in town, a greater part of which he gave 
 to charitable and religious purposes, and to 
 his large family of children during his life- 
 time, and the balance, which was ample 
 for the purpose intended, to his widow 
 during her lifetime. All his dealings with 
 his fellow-men were characterized by a 
 strict regard for justice. He was a worthy 
 member of the Congregational church for 
 many years before his death. May, 1871, 
 aged 81 years. 
 
 REV. WM. PERRIN, 
 
 third son of Zachariah Perrin, born in 
 Berlin, in 1793 ; graduated at Middlebury 
 College in 1813 ; married Fanny, daughter 
 of Capt. Daniel Thompson, in 1815; 
 preached in New York State i year, and 
 near Charleston, S. C, 2 or three years; 
 health failing, came North; died in 1824, 
 at the age of 31, a victim to the immod- 
 erate use of ardent spirits. His attend- 
 ing physician prescribea brandy for a med- 
 icine, the use of which created an ap- 
 petite which was soon beyond his control. 
 Mr. Perrin was an eloquent speaker and 
 poet. [The following is the best specimen 
 of his verse we have been able to find from 
 his pen — Ed. J : 
 
BERLIN. 
 
 (>3 
 
 FAREWELL. 
 
 Say, dearest friend, relate me why 
 The tear-drop startles from thine eyeV 
 Does the farewell which bids us part 
 Thus flit with soils thiue aching heart? 
 *s that A signal to thy woe? 
 Dues that constrain thy tears to flow? 
 Then cease, my friend, forbear to weep; 
 Hush every waking woe to sleep; — 
 Hush every sigh, and quick I'll tell 
 The better meaning of " farewell. " 
 (Tls not a wish that you should be 
 Consigned to want and misery; 
 Or that forlornly you sh*uld moan 
 Like cooing dove in desert lone ; 
 'Tls wlsfi that plenty may afford 
 Her dainties for your dally board ; 
 That calm content and peace refined 
 May be companions of your mind ; 
 In line,, that well may be your fare 
 Till 1 again your pleasures share. 
 
 Wm. Pekuin. 
 
 REV. TRUMAN PERRIN, 
 
 fourth son of Zachariah Perrin, born in 
 Berlin, Apr. 28, 1796; graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College in 181 7; preached in va- 
 rious places in Vt., N. H., andN. Y. ; went 
 to Vincennes, Ind., where he taught in an 
 academy and preached one year or more ; 
 then taught and preached a number of 
 years in Alabama and Georgia; in 1 831, 
 married Miss Pronecey B. Tyndall, of 
 Tuscaloosa, Ala. ; had one son and two 
 daughters. After having been engaged in 
 business as a merchant a few years, and 
 accumulated considerable property, he was 
 suddenly deprived of most of it by the 
 feilure of several Southern banks. Mr. 
 Perrin then, in 1850, came North, and 
 spent the remainder of his days in preach- 
 ing in various places, and in the employ 
 of the American Tract Society. He died 
 in Washington, Mass., Nov. 19, 1869, 
 aged 73 years. 
 
 GEO. k. PERRIN, 
 
 third son of Porter Perrin, born in Berlin, 
 May 23, 1827, graduated at Brown Uni- 
 versity, R. I., and at the Albany Law 
 School, N. Y., and is now (1881) a prom- 
 inent lawyer in Indianapolis, Ind., prac- 
 ticing in the state and United States 
 courts. 
 
 HENRY M. PEltRIN, 
 
 fourth son of Porter Perrin, born in Berlin, 
 June 23, 1829, was educated at Dart- 
 mouth and at the Albany Law School, and 
 is a lawyer in St. Johns, Mich., and has 
 
 been in his adopted state, judge of pro- 
 bate and state senator. 
 
 PORTER K. PERRIN, 
 
 fifth son of Porter Perrin, born in Berlin, 
 Sept. 13, 1833, graduated at the Law 
 School in Albany, N. Y., and is a partner 
 with his brother H. M. in St. Johns, Mich. 
 He is judge of probate ; served 2 years or 
 more in the war of the secession, and was 
 promoted to the office of major. 
 
 WM. B. PERRIN, 
 
 seventh son of Porter Perrin, born in 
 Berlin, Jan. 19, 1839. After he entered 
 Dartmouth College he served 3 months 
 in Gov. Sprague's Cavalry ; went out from 
 Harper's Ferry with his company in the 
 night before that place was surrendered to 
 the rebels ; afterwards served about two 
 years in the 3d Vt. Light Battery, until 
 the close of the war ; when mustered out 
 was 1st lieuteiiant; graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College and the Law School at 
 Albany, N. Y. ; after a short residence in 
 Burlington, Iowa, settled in Nashua, Chick- 
 asaw Co. la., and is now (i88i) doing a 
 successful law business. 
 
 CHAUNCEY L. KNAPP, 
 
 son of Abel Knapp, Esq., was born in 
 Berlin, Feb. 26, 1809; at the age of 14 
 years commenced an apprenticeship of 7 
 years in E. P. Walton's printing office in 
 Montpelfer ; was reporter for the Legisla- 
 ture in 1833 ; for some years a co-proprie- 
 tor and editor of the Voice of Freedom and^ 
 the State yournal at Montpelier ; elected 
 Secretary of State in 1836-7-8 and 9 ; re- 
 moving to Massachusetts was elected Sec- 
 retary of the Massachusetts Senate in 1851, 
 and representative to the 34th, re-elected 
 to the 35th Congress of the United States ; 
 was a member of the committee on terri- 
 tories, and is now one of the proprietors 
 of the American Citizen, Lowell, Mass. 
 
 HON JOSEPH C. KNAPP, 
 
 son of Ebenezer Knapp, was born in Ber- 
 lin, Vt., 27, June, 1813; now residing in 
 Keosaugua, Iowa, was one of the early 
 settlers of that section of country, having 
 left his native town and State when a 
 young man. Has been United States Dis- 
 
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 trict attorney, Judge of the Supreme Court 
 and democratic candidate for governor in 
 1 87 1, and it is said by one who has oppor- 
 tunities of knowing that, " He stands at 
 the head of the bar in this (Van Buren) 
 county, and is regarded by many as being 
 the leading lawyer of Southern Iowa." 
 
 CHAUNCEY NYE, 
 
 son of David Nye; Jr., and grandson of 
 David Nye, one of the first settlers of the 
 town, was born in Berlin, Apr. 4, 1828 ; 
 'graduated at Dartmouth college in 1856; 
 after teaching several years in Ohio and 
 Peoria, 111., settled in Peoria, and is a 
 prominent lawyer (1881). 
 
 REV. GEO. C. MOORE, JR., 
 
 son of Dea. George C. Moore, born in 
 Berlin, in 1825 ; graduated at Dartmouth 
 college. Mr. Moore lived a number of 
 years in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; went to 
 Texas previous to the war of the rebel- 
 lion ; became a Presbyterian minister and 
 preached in Goliad and Victoria, Texas, 
 where he died in Sept., 1867, aged 32 years. 
 
 MRS. PHEBE HAZZARD, 
 
 died in Berlin, Oct. 14, 1S78, aged 102 
 years, 6 months. Born in Mendon, Mass., 
 April, 1777; married Kidder Gallup, 1798, 
 who died 3. years after. In 1802 she came 
 to Craftsbury ; in 18 16 married Thomas 
 Hazzard in Hardwick ; came to Berlin in 
 1830, where she lived the remainder of her 
 life. She had two children by'each hus- 
 band. She and her husbands were col- 
 ored people. 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN BERLIN. 
 
 PROM NOTES BY jAMES HOBART, JE. 
 
 The 1st Congregational church was or- 
 ganized here Oct. 13, 1798, consisting of 
 Aaron Goff, Simpson Stewart and Wm. 
 Flagg, men about Jo years of age. Prob- 
 ably this was the 2d organization of any 
 denomination in the County ; the Cong, 
 church in Waitsfield was organized 2 years 
 before. At this time there were in town 
 85 families, and for 8 years previous, sev- 
 eral missionaries had preached on the Sab- 
 bath and lectured, and some money had 
 been raised by subscription and paid for 
 preaching. Before the organization of the 
 church a few professors of religion met at 
 
 the house of Mr. Flagg, Oct. n, and 
 agreed. to ask Rev. E. Lyman, of Brook- 
 field, to embody the three named as mem- 
 bers. Oct. 13, having met at Mr Stew- 
 art's, Mr. Lyman preached on the occa- 
 sion, and Mr. GoflF, Mr. Stewart and Mr. 
 Flagg presented themselves, to whom Mr. 
 Lyman read for their public ! assent the 
 confession of faith and church covenant 
 drawn up by Mr. Hobart, which theypijb- 
 licly acknowledged, and were pronounced 
 ty Mr. Lyman a church of Christ regularly 
 embodied in the Congregational order, 
 and the church then proceeded to appoint 
 Mr. Lyman their moderator for this meet- 
 ing, and voted to unite with the people of 
 this town in giving Mr. James Hobart a 
 call to settle over them in the work of the 
 gospel ministry, and that his ordination be 
 on the 7th of Nov. next ; and voted sev- 
 eral particulars for the ordination ; and the 
 3 members of the church to be a committee 
 to wait on the council. In the course of 
 12 years 44 members were added to the 
 church. About the year 1800, the town 
 selected a pleasant and sightly spot near 
 the center of the town for a meeting-house, 
 and in 1803 had the building, which was 
 58 by 48 feet, completed. Elegant and 
 noble in appearance, it stood open for 
 worship, with galleries on three sides, and 
 having a finely made steeple above its 
 belfry, and roof painted. The edifice was 
 dedicated Dec. 29, 1803; the sermon by 
 Mr. Hobart: Ps. Ixxxiv, i. 
 
 In i8io and '11 there was a very inter- 
 esting revival of religion, 37 being added 
 to the church, and in l8ii the church pur- 
 chased a communion set, (they having be- 
 fore this at a communion service used a 
 pitcher and mugs.) The meeting-house 
 was the property of the town, and was 
 used for town-meetings, , theatrical per- 
 formances, and a militia drill, when con- 
 venient, which must seem contrary to the 
 sacredness of a house of divine worship. 
 In 1817, 19 were added to the church, and 
 in 1819, 44, in 1827, 13, in 1832, 30, in 
 1835,49. In 1868, the membership was 
 25 males, 54 females ; 24 of the 79 being 
 absent members. In 1838, the meeting- 
 house was burned, before which a new 
 
BERLIN. 
 
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 Congregational meeting-house at Berlin 
 "Corner" had been commenced, which 
 was completed and dedicated the next 
 year. In 1829, Rev. Mr. Lamb, from 
 Westfield, Vt . , preached here a few months . 
 In 1830, Rev. Mr. Whiting, from Mass., 
 preached one year. In 1832, Rev. B. 
 Baxter supplied one year. In 1833, Rev. 
 A. Stuart, of Pittsfield, preached one year. 
 1834, Rev. S. Hurlburt was employed 
 about one year. In 1836. Rev. Jonathan 
 Kinney, of Plainfield, supplied one year. 
 In 1837, Rev. Austin Hazen was installed, 
 and continued pastor until his death, in 
 1855. From i8ss to 1861, Rufus Child 
 was acting pas'tor. Aug. 1863, Rev. W. 
 R."'Joyslin commenced preaching here, 
 and Feb. 2, 1864, was ordained pastor; 
 dismissed in i866. In 1867, Rev. E. I 
 Carpenter, formerly of Barre, began, and 
 supplied until Jan. 1870. In July, 1870, 
 Rev. E. Seabury, from Falmouth, com- 
 menced as a supply. 
 
 REV. JAMES HOB ART. 
 
 BY JAMES HOBAHT, JB., OF W0KCE8TEK. 
 
 James Hobart was born in Plymouth, 
 N. H., Aug. 2, 1766, and came with his 
 father to Berlin when about 21 ; was con- 
 verted about 2 years after, and commenced 
 preparing for college. He graduated at 
 Dartmouth as A. B. in 1794 ; studied with 
 Rev. Asa Burton, of Thetford; in the 
 spring of 179S, was approbated to preach, 
 and commenced in Chelsea, Vt., as a can- 
 didate. The next year he was in Ply- 
 mouth, N. H., and in 1797 and '98 at 
 Nottingham, N. H., where he had a call 
 to settle. During this time he .preached 
 at Berlin about 2 months, and in June, 
 1798, came again to Berlin, arid preached 
 as. a candidate for settlement, the people 
 of the town having invited him, and in 
 August the town gave him a call to settle 
 as their minister. He drew up a confes- 
 sion of faith, church covenant, and arti- 
 cles of discipline, and had several confer- 
 ences with a few professors of religion, 
 who proposed to be embodied into a church 
 which was organized this year. [See his- 
 
 dination sermon Nov. 7, Rev. Messrs. 
 Edw. Bourroughs, Martin Fuller, Stephen 
 Fuller, E. Lyman and D. H. Williston, 
 with their delegates, taking part in the 
 exercises. He continued pastor of the 
 church till May, 1829, when he was dis- 
 missed by a mutual council. The next 12 
 years he labored as a preacher in New 
 Hampshire, in Plymouth, Wentworth, En- 
 field, Alexandria, Bridgewater and near 
 Portsmouth. The last 20 years of his life 
 he was never home, preaching most of the 
 time somewhere, in Worcester, Berlin and 
 West Berlin, and sometimes assisting in 
 the Sabbath exercises, and in the very last 
 year of his life, his 96th, he was able to 
 preach a pretty well connected discourse, 
 and could walk 6 or 8 miles in a day. 
 
 He was self-denying, laborious and per- 
 severing, having quite a missionary spirit. 
 While at Berlin his usual practice was to 
 preach a third discourse on the Sabbath in 
 a distant part of the town, or in the border 
 of a neighboring town. He was below 
 the ordinary height, standing erect, had a 
 great memory, clearness of mind, good 
 eyesight and a strong, distinct voice, speak- 
 ing easy. 
 
 He was strongly attached to the people 
 of Berlin, and after his dismissal, as he 
 was occasionally at home, preached quite 
 a number of funeral sermons. In the ser- 
 vices on the Sabbath he used written dis- 
 courses ; by the request of his people, the 
 third discourse was extempore, and so was 
 his preaching after his dismissal. It was 
 his choice to preach without notes. In 
 1804, he was married to Betsey, daughter 
 of Zechariah Perrin, Esq. They had a 
 family of 7 sons and 5 daughters, 7 of 
 whom are still living (1881). Two of the 
 daughters were wives of. Congregational 
 ministers. Pamelia P. married Rev. Rufus 
 Child, minister at Gilmantown, N. 'H., 
 and afterwards a few years at Berlin. Julia 
 married Rev. P. F. Barnard, minister a 
 few years in Richmond, Me., and after- 
 wards settled minister in Williamstown, 
 Vt. Hannah, youngest daughter, married 
 Rev. Geo. Craven, a Methodist minister 
 tory of Congregational church]. The Rev. J of Danville, Vt. Emeline married Doct 
 
 Mr. Burton, of Thetford, preached his or- 
 
 Evans, of Piermont, N. H., and Mary, 
 
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 Hon. Amary Kinney, of Terre Haute, la., 
 son of Rev. J. Kinney, of Plainfield. One 
 of the two youngest sons, Timothy Dwight, 
 graduated at Dartmouth College, and was 
 about going to Andover, Mass., prepar- 
 atory for preaching, when he died. The 
 youngest of the family, Isaac Watts, at 13 
 years of age joined the church in Berlin, 
 and at 20 had nearly fitted for college, 
 when he died. 
 
 REV. AUSTIN HAZEN. 
 BY BEV. WILLIAM S. HA!!EN, OF NOHTIIFIELD. 
 
 Austin Hazen, son of Asa Hazen, was 
 born in Hartford, June, 1786, about 2 
 miles from Hanover, N. H. His moth- 
 er's name before carriage was Susanna 
 Tracy. The Hazen family, which was 
 large, was noted for its piety and general 
 intelligence, and as being among the first 
 settlers of the town. . Mr. Hazen was grad- 
 uated at Dartmouth College in 1807, and 
 spent the next year in Binghampton, Pa., 
 teaching; in 1808, went to Washington, Ct. 
 commenced the study of theology with Dr. 
 E. Peters— date of his license to preach 
 not known ; was preaching in the neigh- 
 borhood of Washington in Dec. 1869 ; 
 preached in St. Albans several months. 
 He was first settled over the church in the 
 center of his native town, being ordained 
 and installed in May, 181 2; dismissed jn 
 1828; Jan. 1829, installed pastor in the 
 ' north part of the town; dismissed in 1837, 
 and soon after removed to BerUn. He 
 was installed here Oct. 1837, and pastor 
 till his death, Dec. 25, 1854. He was a 
 diligent student of the Bible, his preach- 
 ing eminently biblical. He presented the 
 great central truths, the deep things of 
 God, with great simplicity and godly sin- 
 cerity. Though his speech and preach- 
 ing was not with enticing words of man's 
 wisdom, he always knew his people as it is 
 not common for a pastor to know them, 
 and tried to lead them in the " green pas- 
 tures and beside the still waters " of godly 
 living and doing, while they were hardly 
 conscious how much they were indebted to 
 him. During the 7 years of his labors in 
 N. Hartford the admissions to the church 
 were 95, and when he left, the parish was 
 
 believed to be without a parallel in the 
 State for the large number of professing 
 Christians it contained in proportion to its 
 population. 
 
 The more public religious enterprises 
 also received from him a most hearty sup- 
 port. He was a delegate to the general 
 convention of Vermont in 1813, and it is 
 said that not more than one minister in 
 the State attended so many meetings of 
 that body during the next 41 years. No 
 one was more thoroughly acquainted with 
 the religious history of the State during 
 that period. 
 
 For many years previous to his death he 
 was one of the directors of the Domestic 
 Missionary, Bible and Colonization Soci- 
 eties, and in all places to which duty called 
 him, he was always promptly in his place, 
 and ready at all times to perform his own 
 part with intelligence and propriety. But 
 the beauty of his Christian character shone 
 most in his own family and within the 
 circle of his more intimate friends. He 
 rarely spoke to his children on the subject 
 of religion, yet his life taught them un- 
 mistakably their duty, and the excellency 
 of the religion which he was anxious they 
 should experience in their own hearts. 
 His exercises at family worship command- 
 ed attention, and produced impressions, 
 breathing forth the earnest desire of the 
 heart that his might be a household of 
 faith. Mr. Hazen was twice married. His 
 first wife, Frances Mary, daughterof Hon. 
 Israel P. Dana, of Danville, left two chil- 
 dren. Sophia Dana, who was educated at 
 Ipswich and the Mt. Holyoke Female Sem- 
 inary, where she was many years a teacher, 
 in 185 1, became connected with the Ne.s- 
 torian Mis'sion of the A. B. C. F. M. as 
 the wife of the lamented Missionary Stod- 
 dard; is now the wife of Dea. Wm. H. 
 Stoddard, of Northampton, Mass. 
 
 Allen, who was graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College in 1842, at Andover The- 
 ological Seminary in 1845, and has been 
 connected with the Marathi Mission of the 
 A. B. C. F. M. in Western India since 
 1846. 
 
 His second marriage was with Lucia, 
 daughter of Rev. Azel Washburn, of Roy- 
 
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 alton. She had 7 children. Austin, who 
 was graduated at theVt. Uv. in 1855, and 
 at Andover Theological Seminary in 1859, 
 is now (1881) pastor of the Congregational 
 church at Jericho Center. 
 
 Wm. Skinner, who was graduated at 
 theVt. Uv. in 1858; And. Theo. Sem. in 
 1863 ; now pastor of the Congregational 
 church in Northfield. 
 
 Lucia Washburn, who died in 1854, in 
 the 1 6th year of her age. 
 
 AzEL Washburn, who was graduated at 
 Dartmouth College in 1863, at And. Theo. 
 Sem. 1868 ; now pastor of the first Congre- 
 gational church in Middletown, Ct. 
 
 Frances Mary, who was graduated at 
 the Mt. Holyoke Fem. Sem. in 1863, and 
 is one of the teachers in that institution. 
 
 Lucius Randolph, who was graduated 
 at Dartmouth College in 1870, now in 
 business in Middletown, Ct. 
 
 Susan, who died in infancy, 1873. 
 
 METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 BY MltS. C. F. DKWBT. 
 
 Methodism was first introduced into 
 Berlin about the year 1830. At this time 
 Berlin was included in the Brookfield cir- 
 cuit, then in the N. H. Conference. Elisha 
 Scott being in 1831, preacher in charge of 
 Brookfield, Northfield and Berlin. The 
 early history of the church previous to 
 1843, is not as full as may be desired, ow- 
 ing to the first records being lost or de- 
 stroyed. The first account we find is in 
 1843; J. C. Dow being then Presiding 
 Elder of Montpelier District and John 
 Perrin preacher, and so far as is shown by 
 records, the first minister stationed at Ber- 
 lin : we find also that James Currier, AI- 
 mon Poor, Eleazer Loomis and Jacob 
 Flanders were stewards, and Elisha Covell, 
 Moses Strong, and D. A. P. Nye were 
 class-leaders. The preacher gave an ac- 
 count of the united feeling among the 
 members then numbering 85, and the Sun- 
 day school was well attended and prosper- 
 ous. It was at this time connected with 
 Barre charge and so continued till 1856, 
 having considerable spiritual prosperity. 
 
 In 1837, the society built a chapel a lit- 
 tle south of the cemetery, and in 1844 it 
 was moved to its present location near the 
 Congregational church, when it was re- 
 paired and enlarged. The society built a 
 parsonage at Berlin Corner in 1847 ; cost 
 $583.51. In West Berlin a class was 
 formed in 1832, Isaac Preston and David 
 Dudley being among the members. This 
 class held their church relation- at North- 
 field till the year 1855, when through the 
 labors of H. K. Cobb, (then preaching at 
 Berlin) there were numerous conversions 
 in West Beilin. In Dec. 1856, a church 
 was organized by the election of Amos 
 Chase, W. D Stone, Asbury Sanders and 
 Isaac Preston as stewards. 
 
 Preaching was supported one-half the 
 time in connection — both places being 
 supplied by J. House for 2 years, A. Hay- 
 ward and J. W. Hale each one year — until 
 1 86 1, when it was voted that Berlin and 
 West Berlin be separate stations. From 
 that time until 1868, the church at Berlin 
 Corner was supplied by Elisha Brown, lo- 
 cal preacher, but from various causes, 
 deaths and removals being the principal, 
 its prosperity declined. In 1 868, it sup- 
 ported preaching one-half the time ; A. B. 
 Hopkins supplying both churches for that 
 year ; since that time services have been 
 held only occasionally at that place. 
 
 In 1857, the Methodists of West Berlin 
 united with the Congregationalists and 
 Baptists in building a' union church which 
 they occupied a part of each- year until 
 1870, when the. Methodists concluded to 
 build a church for their own use. The 
 subject was first agitated in April, 1870, 
 and about $700 raised ; first work, grading 
 and laying corner-stone, done May 5th; 
 May 7th, first stick of timber cut ; house 
 completed July 14th; dedicated July 15th, 
 free frota debt, without help of Confer- 
 ence ; dedication sermon by Rev. S. Hol- 
 man from Montpelier. From this time 
 one Sabbath service, Sunday school, class 
 and prayer-meetings have been regularly 
 sustained and steady spiritual interest man- 
 ifested. Sabbath school numbered 74 in 
 1878; average attendance 37; books in 
 library 250. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 BERLIN ROLL OF HONOR FOR 1814. 
 
 Names of men thai went to Plaitsburgh. 
 Jacob Flanders, Zelotus Scott, Samuel 
 Hubbard, Stephen Wright, Mr. Tiliston, 
 Ensign, Jeremiah Culver, Jeremiah Good- 
 hue, Josiah Benjamin, Ebenezer Bailey, 
 Samuel Currier, Abraham Townsend Cyrus 
 Johnson, Captain, Roger Buckley, Ord. 
 Sergt., James Perley, Capt. Taylor, Eliada 
 Brown, James Smith, Richard Smith, 
 Alanson Wright, John Stewart, 1st Lieut., 
 E. M. Dole, Samuel Perley, Mo'ses H. 
 Sawyer, Asa Dodge. 
 
 BERLIN VOLUNTEER.S IN THE WAR OF 1861 . 
 
 Samuel P. Atwood, Charles Bailey, Joel 
 O. Bailey, William R. Bean, Peter Bres- 
 sette, Chester Brown, EliphaletE. Bryant, 
 Charles N.' Cilley, James M. D. Cilley, 
 Benjamin F. Clark, Smith Clark, John B. 
 Crandall, Richard B. Crandall, Jessie D. 
 Cummings, John P. Davenport, Lorenzo 
 Dow, William H. Dow, Wm. S. George, 
 Charles B. Green, Lucius D. Hadlock, 
 Charles Hanan, Ira L. Hanan, Charles C. 
 Hartwell, Stillman A.. Hatch, George S. 
 Hayden, Obadiah W. Hill, John F. Huse, 
 Henry F. Johnson, Nathan C. Kibbey, 
 Josiah Lathrop, George Lawrence, Leon- 
 ard Lawrence, William LeRock, Cornelius 
 Nye, John F. Phelps, James F. Randall, 
 Alfred M. Reed, Andrew J. Reed, Carlos 
 H. Rich, Harlon P. Sargent, Carlisle Saun- 
 ders, Joseph Slattery, Charles Smith, 
 Franklin I. Southwidk, Stephen G. Stew- 
 art, Daniel H. Stickney, Horace M. Stick- 
 ney, Wm. O. Stickney, Edward P. Stone, 
 Joshua Wade, John Burke, Jesse Cayhue, 
 Albert Darling, Andrew J. Davis, Francis 
 Emerson, Bartholomew Fenton, Frederick 
 Gale, Calvin W. Greenleaf, John C. Hack- 
 ett. Paschal Hatch, Simeon Hatch, Wil- 
 bur E. Hen<7, William O. Horton, Edso 
 W. Howden, Charles Jandreau, Jeremiah 
 Kelley, Franklin Labarron, John McCarty, 
 Chas. McGlaflin, Francis Minor, Chas. D. 
 Naylor, Chas. W. Nichols, Wm. B. Perrin, 
 George Shattuck, David K. Stone, John 
 W- Taylor, Henry C. Varnum, Alfred 
 Whitney, Lucius J. Goodwin, Aaron Row- 
 ell, William Yatta, Samuel W. Andrus, 
 Alson H. Braley, Don B. Cilley, Peter 
 
 Gravelin, Elijah N. Hadlock, Hubbard E. 
 Hadlock, Timothy Hanbrooks, Wm. H. 
 Hunt, Edwin Jones, A. M. Reed, Frank 
 Wheelock, George S. Lawrence, Barney 
 McCarron, John W. Parmenter, Henry E. 
 Preston, Hiram W. Scribner, George L. 
 Wade, Lewis Bumblebee, Lorenzo Dow, 
 Guy M. Reed, Charies B. Grgen, Wm. A. 
 Phillips, Carlos H. Rich, Eli M. Robbins, 
 Charles Smith, Jabez Alexander, John H. 
 Bartlett, Jfedediah Carpenter, Stephen R. 
 Colby, Elbridge G. Fisk, David Rollins. 
 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR NINE MONTHS. 
 
 Henry R. Austin, George C. Bailey, 
 Merrill J. Bailey, Jerome E. Ballou, Hora- 
 tio G. Beebe, S. Webster Benjamin, 
 Wm. Blair, Winslow L. Blanchard, Don 
 
 B. tilley, Clark D. Cressey, John K. Cross, 
 Samuel Crozier, Abraham Lezer, Oliver 
 Luciere, David A. Marble, Henry A. Miles, 
 George S. Robinson, Gardner P. Rowell, 
 Reuben Rowley, George Shattuck, David 
 
 C. Silloway, Joseph-B. Silloway, RoUin D. 
 Stewart, Willis P. Stewart, Arthur W. 
 Taylor, Alfred B. Thompson, William W. 
 Willey. Drafted and served his time, 
 Nelson W. Chase. 
 
 The remains of the 5 soldiers mentioned 
 below repose in the Cemetery at Berlin 
 Corner : 
 
 Major Richard B. Crandall, of 
 Berlin, was killed in action at Cold Har- 
 bor, Va., June 7, 1864. Richard Bailey 
 Crandall, born in Berlin, a student in 
 Dartmouth College one year, when he en- 
 listed in the 6th Regiment, and went out 
 under Col. Lord as Adjutant, was Captain 
 of Co. K. some time. Re-enlisted and was 
 promoted to Major. His age was 26 years 
 7 months. 
 
 Daniel K. Stickney, a private in Co. 
 
 D. 2d Reg'mt, was a prisoner in Libby 
 prison over 6 months ; from effect of treat- 
 ment received while there, died April 7, 
 1863, age 18 y'rs, 6 mos. 
 
 George Martin, son of Ira' Andrews, 
 a volunteer, private in Co. E. 17th Reg'mt 
 was wounded in the arm which was ampu- 
 tated, but did not heal and caused death 
 in Sloan Hospital, July, 1864, age 19 years 
 5 months. 
 
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 69 
 
 Jesse D. Cummings and Cornelius 
 Nye, killed in action, were buried on the 
 field. 
 
 John P. Davenport enlisted early in 
 the war of the Rebellion, and becoming 
 enfeebled from hardship and exposure, was 
 discharged, came home, and died April, 
 1863, age 23. 
 
 Tell my friends tlie story 
 Wlien I sleep beneath the sod, 
 
 Tliat I died to save my country, 
 All from love for it and God. 
 
 HON. D. P. THOMPSON. 
 
 BY D. F, WHEATON,' OF BAKUE. 
 
 Daniel Pierce Thompson, son of Daniel 
 and Rebeckah Thompson, was born in 
 Charlestown, Mass., Oct. i, 1795, and em- 
 igrated with his fether to Berlin in 1800 ; 
 and here he passed his boyhood days, on 
 his father's farm, following the routine of a 
 farmer boy's life. But his desire was for 
 books, the fishing-rod and his gun, and he 
 left the farm in early manhood, without 
 means, but determined to possess an ed- 
 ucation, and by his own efforts .succeeded. 
 He pursued his studies in Randolph and 
 Danville, this State, and entered Middle- 
 bury College in 1816; graduated in 1820; 
 went to Virginia, and engaged in teaching 
 several years ; studied law while there ; 
 was admitted to the bar of that State, and 
 returning to Vermont, commenced to 
 practice at Montpelier, where he resided 
 till his death. He married Miss Eunice 
 Robinson of Troy, Vt., had S children, 
 three of whom and his widow are still liv- 
 ing. He engaged in his profession but a 
 short time, being soon chosen the Register 
 of Probate for Washington County, which 
 office, together with that of Clerk of the 
 House of Representatives, he held for sev- 
 eral years, and then was appointed CJerk 
 of the County and Supreme Courts, and 
 soon after was chosen Judge of Probate. 
 He was elected Secretary of State, and 
 held the office until 1855. He was editor 
 of "The Green Mountain Freeman" from 
 1849 to 1856, and eminently successful 
 in making an interesting and entertaining 
 newspaper. 
 
 In politics, originally a Democrat, he 
 early became identified with the old Lib- 
 
 erty party, and after that party was dis- 
 banded, became a supporter of the Re- 
 publican party. It was not as a public 
 officer, however, but as a writer, that his 
 name will be most widely known and cher- 
 ished. He was the only popular novelist 
 Vermont has ever produced. During his 
 wJiole life he devoted much time to the in- 
 cidents of the early history, of the State. 
 He loved to embody in his writings such 
 reminiscences as he was abl6 to gather 
 from the records and the recollections of 
 old men. A lover of stories and tradi- 
 tions, it was his habit to convene with the 
 old people, and listen to the quaint narra- 
 tives they loved to tell. 
 
 A devotee of the piscatorial art, he 
 would take jaunts about the county with 
 his fishing-rod, and was familiar with every 
 trout brook and pond for miles around, 
 and almost rivalled Izaak Walton, of old in 
 his passion for fishing, and in the success 
 that attended his hook, in the long string 
 of trout he bore home in triumph. 
 
 Often stopping at some wayside farm- 
 house, he would spend hours with some of 
 the old settlers, garulous of the early 
 scenes and times in the history of our 
 State, The fame of many of the founders 
 of the State is greatly indebted to his pen 
 and the industry and enthusiasm with 
 which he collected and placed before the 
 people incidents that otherwise would have 
 been forgotten long ago. Besides news- 
 paper and magazine articles, his first work 
 was " May Martin, or The Money Dig- 
 gers"; published in book form in 1835. 
 It was written in successful competition 
 for a prize oifered by one of the Boston 
 journals. In 1840, "The Green Moun- 
 tain Boys " appeared — a historical tale, 
 containing some of the chief incidents of 
 the history of the State, and introducing 
 the leading characters of that period. 
 Then followed "Locke Amsden, or the 
 School-master," written with a view to the 
 reformation of the school system of that 
 time ; " The Rangers, or the Tory's Daugh- 
 ter," published in 185 1, illustrative of the, 
 early history of the State, and gives an 
 interestiiig account of the Battle of Ben- 
 nington, and incidents connected with the 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 northern campaign of 1777. In 1852, he 
 issued " Tales of the Green Mountains " ; 
 in 185^, " Gaut Gurley, or the Trappers 
 of the Umbago " ; in i860, " The Doomed 
 Chief, or Two Hundred Years Ago"; 
 which contains an interesting account of 
 the brave, but unfortunate. King Philip, of 
 Mount Hope ; " Centeola " and a History 
 of Montpelier close the list of his books. 
 
 Most of his works have passed through 
 numerous e"ditions; May Martin and the 
 Green Mountain Boys as many as fifty, 
 and have been re-published in England, 
 and some of his scenes have been dram- 
 atized. His prolific pen also produced 
 many other less pretentious stories and ar- 
 ticles deservedly popular. His novels, 
 rich in historical facts, are written in a 
 graphic, natural language and entertain- 
 ing style, and he has done much to fa- 
 miliarize our State history. 
 
 The last few years of his life he' suffered 
 ill health from partial strokes of paralysis, 
 which were but precursors of the final at- 
 tack, which proved fatal June 6, 1868. By 
 his death a pen rich in historic incidents 
 and scenes was laid aside forever ; but his 
 name will long be associated with the his- 
 tory of our Stale through his works. 
 
 He was frank and pleasant in his deal- 
 ings with his fellow-men ; lenient almost 
 to a fault, unpretending in dress, and genial 
 as a friend and companion. 
 
 THE GREAT WOLF HUNT ON IRISH HILL. 
 BEltLlN IN EAHLY TIMES. 
 
 The way the settlers met and overcame 
 the wild animals is well described in the 
 following story by the late Hon. D. P. 
 Thompson, and printed in the Montpelier 
 Argus and Patriot in 1867, of " The Great 
 Wolf Hunt on Irish Hill in Early Time." 
 
 One Saturday night, about dark, in the 
 month of February, 1803, a smart resolute 
 boy, who was then eleven years old, who 
 is still alive and one of the most honored 
 citizens of Montpelier, Hon. Daniel Bald- 
 win, and who had been boarding out to 
 attend the district school on the lower part 
 of Dog river, started on foot and alone to 
 go to the house of Israel Dewey, his broth- 
 er-in-law, three or four miles up the river, 
 over a road leading mainly through a dense 
 forest, to his destination near the borders 
 
 of Northfield. Not anticipating the least 
 difficulty in accomplishing his undertaking, 
 he pushed confidently forward till he 
 reached the log-cabin of old Mr. Seth 
 Johnson, which was the last house on his 
 way before entering the long woods sepa- 
 rating the lower settlements from those in 
 the vicinity of Northfield Falls whither he 
 was bound. As he came up Mr. Johnson, 
 who was in the yard, on learning his des- 
 tination, ominously shook his head, and 
 said, "Daniel, you must not try to go 
 through the long woods to your sister's to- 
 night.for the varmints will catch you." But 
 the boy not frightened by the warning, 
 was for going on, when Mrs. Johnson came 
 out and interposed by " Now, Seth John- 
 son, if that boy will go, you must go with 
 him, or the varmints will certainly have 
 him ; have been prowling in the woods 
 every night for a week." Well, I would go 
 if I could not do better by him, but I can 
 contrive to furnish him with a better safe- 
 guard than my company will afford," re- 
 turned the husband. "Daniel, you hold 
 on a minute and I will show you." So, 
 saying, he ran into the house and brought 
 the firebrand of a stout sapling-club, with 
 one end well on fire, and putting it into 
 the boy's hand, said to him, "There, take 
 that and begin now to swing it enough to 
 keep it alive, and if the savage brutes be- 
 set you on your way swing it round you 
 like fury and ruft the gauntlet, and I'll 
 warrant they won't dare to touch you." 
 
 The boy who had been a little staggered 
 by what he had heard, now, however, as 
 he was armed with the efficacious fire- 
 brand, as he was told it would prove, again 
 went fearlessly forward. But the events 
 of the next half hour were destined to 
 change his feelings of confidence into those 
 of lively apprehension, for he had not gone 
 more than half-a-mile after entering the 
 woods, before his ears were greeted by a 
 long shrill howl rising from the forest a 
 short distance to his left, bringing the un- 
 welcome conviction to his startled mind of 
 the near vicinity of one at least of the wild 
 beasts against which he had been warned, 
 the terrible wolf And to add 't6 his dis- 
 may, the howl he had heard was almost 
 instantly answered by a dozen responsive 
 howls from various points more or less 
 distant, on the wooded sides of Irish Hill, 
 which rose immediately from Dog river on 
 the east; while these ominous sounds, 
 growing louder and more distinct every 
 moment, very plainly indicated a very 
 large troop of these savage brutes were 
 rapidly closing in on his path with a pur- 
 pose of which he trembled to thiijik. Be- 
 lieving it would be as dangerous for him 
 to retreat as advance, he quickened his 
 
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 71 
 
 walk into a run, and commenced swinging 
 his firebrand as he went, hoping thus to 
 get through the woods before the gang 
 would beset his path. But he soon found 
 that neither his speed nor his firebrand 
 were sufficient to ensure him against the 
 threatened danger. He had not gone an- 
 other half-mile before a fierce and hungry 
 yowl, issuing from a dark flitting figure in 
 ■ the road a few steps in advance brought 
 . him to a stand. He recoiled from the 
 frightful cry and began to retreat, but his 
 steps were quickly arrested by another 
 fierce /ow/, apprising him that the enemy 
 were in possession of the road behind as 
 well as before him, while out there on his 
 left, out here on his right and everywhere 
 around, rose in full chorus the same shrill, 
 eager, hungry yowl ; yowl ; yowl for his 
 blood. Having become perfectly desperate 
 under these appalling surroundings, which 
 plainly told him that a struggle for his life 
 was now at hand, he made a wild rush 
 forward, swinging his firebrand around him 
 with all his might, and Uttering a fierce 
 yell at every bound both to keep up his 
 own courage and frighten away the wolves 
 which were keeping pace with him, gallop- 
 ing along on each side of his path, or leap- 
 ing into the road behind and before him, 
 besetting him so closely and with such 
 boldness and determination, that it often 
 required an actual contact of the firebrand 
 with their noses to make them yield the 
 way for his advance. And thus for the 
 next half mile he ran the fearful gauntlet 
 through this terrible troop of infuriated 
 brutes till almost dead with fright and 
 exhaustion, he at length reached the home 
 of Israel Dewey his brother-in-law, with 
 joy and gratitude for his preservation from 
 a terrible death which no words could 
 describe. 
 
 This event, • which of itself was suf- 
 ficiently romantic and thrilling to deserve 
 a place among the striking incidents of the 
 early settlements, was the more note- 
 worthy on account of the memorable affair 
 to which it directly and almost immediately 
 led, the great wolf hunt on Irish Hill in 
 the winter of 1803. 
 
 Up to that time it was not known with 
 any certainty that there were wolves in 
 this section of the country. Several set- 
 tlers in the vicinity of the extensive moun- 
 tain forest called Irish Hill, had lost sheep ; 
 whether they were killed by bears, cata- 
 mounts, or wolves was a matter of. conjec- 
 ture ; but the boy's perilous adventure 
 which spread rapidly among the nearest 
 settlements and was implicitly believed at 
 once, established the fact in the minds 
 of all that there was really a gang of 
 wolves in the vicinity, and Irish Hill was 
 
 probably their chief rendezvous. The 
 settlers one and all eagerly expressed their 
 wish to join in a hunt for the extermina- 
 tion of the destructive animals. 
 
 A rally was made on the following Tues- 
 day, but not extensive enough to form a 
 ring around any large portion of the for- 
 est where the wolves were supposed to be 
 lurking. Having assembled at Berlin 
 meeting house, they, however, marched 
 into the woods and shot two wolves, when 
 they postponed fiarther operations till the 
 following Saturday, when a grand hunt 
 was proposed in which all the settlers from 
 the, adjoining towns within 20 miles were to 
 be invited to partictpate, what they had done 
 being considered merely a reconnpisance. 
 Early Saturday morning, the well-armed 
 settlers, having ambitiously responded to 
 the call, gathered at the house of Abel 
 Knapp, Esq., the town clerk, living very 
 near what was then termed Berlin Center 
 meeting-house. 
 
 The assembled forces numbering 400 or 
 500 then formed themselves into two equal 
 divisions, and chose leaders or captains 
 for each, with a general officer to remain 
 at the starting point and give out the order 
 or signal cries to be passed round the 
 ring proposed to be formed. The two 
 captains then led off their respective divis- 
 ins, one to the south, along the borders of 
 the woods, and the other to the west for a 
 short distance and then south, each leav- 
 ing a man every 50 or 60 rods, to keep his 
 station till ordered to march inward, when 
 the ring was completed. After waiting 
 two hours or more to give time for the 
 divisions to station their men so as to form 
 an extended ring round the forest proposed 
 to be enclosed, the word was given out by 
 the general officer, " Prepare to march." 
 This was uttered in a loud cry at the start- 
 ing point, and repeated by the next man 
 left stationed to the south, and soon, if the 
 ring had been perfected by every man, 
 round the ring. As had been expected, 
 the sound of this watchword gradually 
 grew fainter and fainter>in the distance, 
 and then ceased to be heard at all. Then 
 followed a moment of anxious waiting 
 with those at the starting point, for if the 
 watchword was not soon approaching from 
 the west it would show the ring not per- 
 fected, and all success in enclosing the 
 i-eputed wolves a hopeless affair. But they 
 had not long to wait. In a short time a 
 faint sound was heard on the w§st side of 
 the ring which grew louder and louder 
 till it reached the starting point in full tone. 
 All was now animation and expectancy on 
 this part of the ring, and almost instantly 
 the next watchword ' ' march " rang through 
 the forest, and each man, as he repeated 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 it, advanced rapidly into the interior of 
 the ring a quarter of a mile as near as he 
 could judge, and then commanded the 
 "halt" as agreed at the outset. This 
 word was promptly sent onward and re- 
 turned like the others, when another com- 
 mand to march was uttered, and all again 
 advanced towards the supposed center of 
 the ring. And thus rapidly succeeded 
 the watchwords march and halt, till the 
 ring was so nearly closed that it was seen 
 and announced that there were enclosed 
 several wolves, in the same, which ran gal- 
 loping round the centre, as if looking for 
 a chance to escape through the ring, now 
 become a continuous line of men. But 
 the frightened animals could find no out- 
 lets, and were shot down with every at- 
 tempt to escape. Two wolves and a fox 
 or two wei;e killed in this way, but by this 
 time bullets flew so thickly across the ring 
 that it was seen that some change of plan 
 must be made, else as many men as wolves 
 might be killed. By common consent at 
 this crisis the late Thomas Davis, a well- 
 known marksman and a man of steady 
 nerve was requested to go inside thering 
 and shoot the wolves. This he did, and ac- 
 complished all that was expected of him. 
 He shot five wolves and endangered no 
 man. The whole number of the victims 
 of the hunt were then found to be seven 
 wolves and ten foxes. The company then 
 took off the scalps of the wolves and took 
 up their line of march for the house of the 
 town clerk, where bounties for the slain 
 wolves were to be allowed and of the avails 
 some disposition made. It was announced 
 that money to the value adequate had been 
 advanced sufficient to pay for a supper for 
 the whole company. These arrangements 
 were soon effected and while the supper 
 was being cooked a keg of rum was opened 
 and distributed, which being taken in their 
 exhausted condition, on empty stomachs, 
 thus upset a large, number who were never 
 so upset before uiat it was said that Esquire 
 Knapp's haymow that night lodged a larger 
 number of disabled men than were ever 
 before or since collected in Washington 
 County. 
 
 Thus was ended the great Wolf Hunt 
 on Irish Hill in 1803, which was the means 
 of routing every wolf from this region of 
 Vermont, and from that time to the pres- 
 ent day at least none have been known-" 
 
 D. P. T. 
 
 MONTPELIER, July 12, l88l. 
 
 The above is certified to, 78 years after 
 by the actor in the scene, as substantially 
 true. Daniel Baldwin. 
 
 BERLIN POND AND BENJAMIN'S FALLS. 
 
 Upon the highlands of the town of Ber- 
 lin, at a distance of four or five miles from 
 the capital of the State, and at an eleva- 
 tion of little less than 400 feet above the 
 same, lies a beautiful body of water — 
 Berlin Pond ; about 2 mUes in length, nar- 
 rowing into a width of 5° feet at two- 
 thirds of the distance from the head, giv- • 
 ing the wider parts the designation of the - 
 upper and lower pond. The water is clear 
 and soft, and when unmoved, reflects the 
 entire margin of hill-sides, farm and forest, 
 while the sky and clouds above seem to 
 have lazily Iain down upon its bosom till 
 well might these be called Mirror lakes. 
 Berlin pond, or ponds have long been a 
 resort of fishing parties, and of late, a 
 growing taste for rural scenes and camp- 
 life, induces longer stay, and during the 
 warmer summer months it is not uncom- 
 mon now for families from neighboring 
 towiis to pitch here their tents and set up a 
 system of co-operative housekeeping that 
 succeeds, during which soj'ourn religious 
 services are held on Sundays in the open 
 air. or, if rainy, in some one of the larger 
 tents. 
 
 If always "a thing of beauty," the pond 
 has not always been " a thing of joy." At 
 times it has shown a greed of human life, 
 and helped to fill the cup of sorrow — en- 
 gulfing- once a bright and promising boy, 
 the only son of parents dwelling on its bor- 
 der, and fi-om the shadowy forest of the 
 eastern shore tliere once came whisperings 
 of foul treachery and homicide. But these 
 events were of the past — never to be re- 
 peated, let us hope. 
 
 The village of the town is situated at 
 the lower and northern extremity of the 
 pond, and here is a fall with a good water- 
 power which has long been utilized. From 
 this outlet the stream runs in a circuitous 
 route some over a mile, falling 19 feet, and 
 furnishing two other water-powers on its 
 way, tljence rushing on more rapidly, as 
 if tired of slow work, and eager for frolic, 
 seeks the woods and at once away from 
 observation and restraint, its wild race be- 
 gins, and in less than 300 feet it falls in 
 one leap after another, 274 feet. The first 
 
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 11 
 
 of these leaps 50 feet in an angle of 65 de- 
 grees. The second about 6 rods below, 
 falling 30 feet perpendicularly; and 18 
 rods farther on is the third falls of 130 feet 
 at an angle of 30 degrees. Thus far so 
 completely hidden are Benjamin's Falls, 
 known by the name of the owner of the 
 land through which the stream runs — that 
 perhaps most people in their vicinity have 
 never seen this beautiful freak of nature's. 
 But though long unknown and unvisited 
 through the warm season, of late, parties 
 one or more, may often be found spending 
 the day here. Cool, sheltered, and for a 
 wonder is not damp, nothing can be more 
 delightful than to sit under the trees and 
 watch the caprices of the rushing, roaring 
 torrent. "The maples and birches crowd 
 close to its edge, laving their roots in its 
 waters and throwing their arms out over 
 it, the tall evergreens stand like sentinels 
 around, and soft mosses and delicate ferns 
 cushion and fringe its banks save where 
 the sharp rocks jut out as a stronger bul- 
 wark of protection. A party at one time 
 visiting the falls after a long and heavy 
 rain beheld in a nook at one side of the 
 perpendicular fall, which the excess of 
 water had completely filled, float a mass 
 of foam in the form of the lower half of a 
 perfect cone, 4 or J feet in diameter, of the 
 purest white at the base, and gradually 
 gaining color until crowned by the amber 
 of the daintiest merschaum, while in a 
 broader, but shallower pool a few rods be- 
 low was the image of a huge ram, tossing 
 and struggling to extricate himself from 
 the watery element. 
 
 Long ago this wild frolicsome power was 
 seized for the service of the early settlers. 
 At the foot of the first fall was the first saw- 
 mill, and at the foot of the second the first 
 grist-mill erected in the county. Whether 
 the ascent to the mills on the one side was 
 too steep, or the descent on the other too 
 difficult, or whether it came to be thought 
 of mills as it did of churcTies— better to 
 put them in the valleys than on the hill- 
 top, we may not now know, but standing 
 on the ground and seeing left only the 
 foundation walls and the millstone lying 
 in the stream below, one questions whether 
 
 the stream itself had not something to do 
 in their abandonment, this turbulent, wil- 
 fiil thing, so fascinating in its beauty, so 
 destructive in its power; now abating 
 somewhat . of its violence, turning aside 
 here and there into little nooks, coquetting 
 with the fallen tmnks of trees, then back 
 again over the smaller rocks in its bed, 
 giving, as it emerges firom the shelter of 
 the woods, a tithe of its power to turn the 
 wheel of a little mill — thus " working out 
 its highviay tax,'' and then after one short, 
 sharp and final plunge, gracefully yielding 
 to the inevitable, making its way through 
 the fertile meadows, passes quietly into the 
 waters of the Winooski. 
 
 HENRY LUTHER STUART, ESQ., 
 
 died Sept. 17, 1879, at Athens, Ga., the 
 day being his 64th birthday. He was born 
 at Berlin, in this State, and after studying 
 medicine, law and engineering, he went 
 to New York in 1843, where he became 
 known in connection with the first efforts 
 to lay an Atlantic cable, and also as the 
 designer of the model on which the public 
 schools are still built. He was also the 
 first to introduce the piano into these insti- 
 tutions. He aided in founding the Five 
 Points Mission in 1851, and was later in- 
 strumental in causing the establishment of 
 the Normal College. He was an old friend 
 of Horace Greeley. He devoted his whole 
 life to the public service, and the Woman's 
 Hospital of New York State and the Eclec- 
 tic Medical College are, in a measure, in- 
 debted to him for their foundation. He 
 was also much interested in the progress 
 of experiments with torpedoes as a means 
 of coast defence. His visit to Georgia was 
 undertaken in connection with the honors 
 lately paid there to Dr. Long, whose name 
 is well known in connection wifli the his- 
 tory of anaesthetics. His death was caused 
 by p^xai-ysis..— Burlington Free Press. 
 
 HON. CHARLES BULKLEY, 
 
 a native of Colchester, Ct., came ^Berlin 
 previous to 1800, and settled near the red 
 arch bridge. He was a prominent lawyer, 
 his office being in Montpelier. He was 
 Judge of Probate for Orange County Court 
 in 1 800 and 1 80 1 , and chief judge of Wash- 
 
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 ington County on its organization in 1813, 
 and representative for Berlin in the State 
 Legislature in 1818. He wasanable man, 
 a good citizen and an earnest and efiScient 
 member of tlie Congregational church here 
 in its early days, and at his death was the 
 oldest member of the bar in this County- . 
 He died April, 1836, age 72 years. We 
 were late in finding the data for this no- 
 tice, or it would have appeared among the 
 early settlers previously noticed. 
 
 George Fowler, an old, early settler of 
 this town, used to hunt with Capt. Joe, 
 , Indian. 
 
 PUBLIC MONEY JUDICIOUSLY EXPENDED. 
 
 Previous to the great flood in Oct. 18 — , 
 Berlin street, leading east from the red 
 arch bridge, was anything but a pleasant 
 place to live in, being low, and in spring 
 a complete slough, and the houses old 
 tumble-down affairs. The water having 
 washed out part of the street, the town in- 
 vested $1800 in -filling and grading about 
 J mile, and 2 years. later, nearly as much 
 more. The improvement seemed catch- 
 ' ing. The inhabitants took the idea, and 
 almost every house is newly covered ; new 
 one's have been built, a new street laid out 
 with additional buildings, and now, 1881, 
 it is not only a pleasant place in which to 
 live, but one of the pleasant drives near 
 Montpelier. 
 
 STEVENS BRANCH. 
 
 When the first settlers in this vicinity 
 visited the lower part of this stream they 
 found upon its banks near the mouth a 
 hunter's cabin, and in the cabin the body 
 of a man far gone in the process of decay. 
 He had evidently died alone and unat- 
 tended. They carefully buried the body 
 as well as- circumstances would admit. It 
 was afterwards ascertained that he came 
 from Corinth, and his name was Stevens. 
 Hence, the name "Stevens, Branch." It 
 is said that on account of disappointment 
 in a iGHie affair he left society and' took to 
 the forest. 
 
 DOG RIVER 
 
 received its, name in consequence of a 
 hunter by the; name of Martin, losing his 
 
 favorite dog in the following manner : He 
 set his gun at night near his camp for the 
 purpose of shooting a bear. During the 
 night he heard the report of the gun, and 
 called his dog to ascertain the results, 
 but failing to find him he waited till morn- 
 ing, when he found the dog was the victim. 
 He threw'the dog into the stream, saying 
 " this stream shall be called Dog River." 
 
 CABOT. 
 
 BY JOHN M. FISHER. 
 
 Cabot is situated in the N. E. part of 
 Washington Co. ; lat. 40°, 23' ; long. 4°, 
 42' ; 6 miles square ; boulided N. by Wal- 
 den and Danville,' E. by Danville and 
 Peacham, S. by Marshfield, and W. by 
 Woodbury, and lies 21 miles easterly from 
 Montpelier. It was granted Nov. 6, 1780; 
 chartered by Vermont to Jesse Leven- 
 worth and 65 others, Aug, 17, 1781 ; but 
 not surveyed and lotted till 1786. The 
 survey was made by — Cabot, of Con- 
 necticut, and James Whifelaw. Thomas 
 Lyford, whose father was one of the first 
 settlers, being at that time a young man, 
 18 years of age, worked with them through 
 the survey. In the extreme west part of 
 the town Mr. Cabot broke the glass in his 
 compass, and was obliged to go tlirough 
 the wilderness to the nearest house about 
 6 miles away, and take a square of glass 
 out of the window to replace it. 
 
 The names of the grantees were not en- 
 tered upon the, town records, and it can- 
 not be determined with certainty who of 
 those ever settled in town. By what we 
 can gather from the original plan of the 
 town, it appears very few of them ever 
 made this town their home. 
 
 The township was lotted by James 
 Whitelaw, and a field-book written out by 
 him September, 1786, contains the num- 
 ber of each lot atid fiiU description of the 
 same, measurement, etc., closing each 
 with a statement of what in his judgment 
 the land is adapted to, whether pasture or 
 general farming. There were 12 lots in 
 each, division, and 6 divisions, making 72 
 lots in town. The first meeting of the 
 
CABOT. 
 
 7i 
 
 proprietors was warned by Alexander Har- 
 vey, justice of the peace, 
 
 To meet at the house of Jonathan Elliins, 
 in Peacham, County of Orange, on the 2d 
 Monday in June, 1786, to transact the fol- 
 lowing business, viz. : ist, to choose a 
 moderator to govern said meeting ; 2d, to 
 choose a clerk ; 3d, to agree what they will 
 do respecting the settlers in said town, 
 and to see what encouragement they will 
 give to settlers ; 4th, to lay a tax to de- 
 fray the expense of surveying and lotting 
 said town. 
 
 At this meeting, Jonathan Elkins was 
 chosen moderator, a:nd Jesse Levenworth, 
 clerk. 
 
 Meetings were adjourned from time to 
 time. November 3, 1786, they met at the 
 house of Thomas Chittenden, in Arling- 
 ton, and the survey being completed and 
 presented to the meeting, it was 
 
 Voted that Giles Chittenden and Tru- 
 man Chittenden, being indifferent per- 
 sons, be a committee to draw the lots, 
 
 which being done by them in the presence 
 of the meeting as the law directs, was as 
 follows : 
 
 Jesse Levenworth, lot No. 5 ; Jesse Lev- 
 enworth, 55 ; Mark Levenworth, 10 ; Wil- 
 liam Levenworth, i ; Evans Munson, 57 ; 
 Isaac Doolittle, 64 ; Robert Fairchild, 19 ; 
 Ebenezer Crafts, 14; Timothy Newel, 72 ; 
 James Lane, 66 ; Elias Townsend, 28 ; 
 William Holmes, 18; Richard Mansfield, 
 70; Nathan Levenworth, 15 ; Moses Baker, 
 20 ; Jas. Whitelaw, 7 ; Philander Harvey, 
 65 ; David Bryant, 5 1 ; Frederick Leven- 
 worth, 53; Jonathan Heath, 33; Ealnes 
 Johnson, 45 ; Thomas Lyford, 21 ; Edmund 
 Chapman, 50 ; . Benjamin Webster, 40 ; 
 David Blanchard, 56; Jonathan Elkins, 
 26; Jonathan Elkins, Jr., 42; William 
 Chamberlin, 60; Ephraim Foster, 44; 
 Abel Blanchard, 58 ; Benjamin Ambrose, 
 34 ; Minister, 62 ; Minister, 63 ; Grammar 
 School, 69 ; College, 3 ; William Douglas, 
 49 ; Asa Douglas, 11 ; John Douglas; 22 ; 
 Alson Douglas, 68; Beriah Palmer, 17; 
 Martha Douglas, 13 ; Ebenezer Jones, 67 ; 
 Jesse Gardner, 41 ; Mary Andrus, 47; 
 William Douglas, 52; Content Douglas, 
 46 ; Asa Douglas, Jr.^ 12 ; Zebulon Doug- 
 las, 48; Lyman Hitchcock, 54; Nathaniel 
 
 Wales, 36; Saphiah Hitchcock, 2; John 
 Batchelder, 32 ; Eliphalet Rifchards, 29 ; 
 Jonathan Pettet, 30; Matthew Watson, 
 38 ; Ezekiel Tiffany, 43 ; Abel Blanchard, 
 39 ; Peter Blanchard, 27 ; Reuben Blanch- 
 ard, 35 ; Jason Cross, 16; Solomon John- 
 son, 9 ; Robert Hains, 61 ; Samuel Russell, 
 23 ; David Waters, 6 ; Thomas Chittenden, 
 Esq., 4; Paul Spooner, 2;; Joseph Fay, 
 Esq., 8; Abigail Gunn, 59; Barnabas 
 Morse, 24. 
 
 Voted that there be a tax of ten shillings 
 to pay the expenses of lotting. There be- 
 iiig but 71 proprietors and 72 lots, it was 
 
 Voted that lot No. 24 be disposed of, as 
 the settlers now in town should see fit. 
 
 Lots No. 62 and 63 were set as minister 
 lots, the rent to go for the support of 
 preaching in town ; No. 69, grammar 
 school, the rent of which goes to Peacham, 
 Academy; lots 71 and 72, town school; 
 lot No. 3, college. 
 
 The town was named by Lyman Hitch- 
 cock, one of I the grantees, in honor of his 
 bride-elect, Miss Cabot, of Connecticut, a 
 descendant of Sebastian Cabot. Mr. Lev- 
 enworth never settled or lived in town, but 
 settled and built the mills at what is now 
 known as West Danville. 
 
 In 1779, Gen. Hazen cut through the 
 wilderness, and made a passable road for 
 50 miles above Peacham, running through 
 the north-eastern part of Cabot, over what 
 is known as Cabot Plain, through Walden 
 and Hardwick. He camped for a few 
 weeks on the plain about i of a mile to 
 the south of the residence now of Springer. 
 Here they expected an attack from the 
 British- from Canada, who were sending a 
 portion of their forces down on the east side 
 of the State, instead of sending them all 
 down the Lake, upon the west side. A 
 fortification was thrown up by Hazen's 
 soldiers. The ground bears the name of 
 Fortification Hill, and a small portion of 
 the fortification is still seen, and a large 
 rock poitited out where the army built their 
 camp-fires. 
 
 Connected with Hazen's army was a 
 squad called WhitcOmb's Range: s, among 
 whom was Thomas Lyford, grandfather of 
 Thomas Lyford now living in the village 
 
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 of Cabot. Gen. Hazen expecting an at- 
 tack from the enemy, Whitcomb and Ly- 
 ford were sent to the north as spies. Dur- 
 ing the long scout Whitcomb's shoes gave 
 out, and he threatened to shoot the first 
 man he met for his. After several days, 
 cautiously proceeding, they heard a dis- 
 tant crackling of the brush, then a faint 
 tramp of feet, and at once secreted them- 
 selves in an advantageous position, and 
 waited. In a short time a scouting party 
 of the enemy discovered themselves, Brit- 
 ish and Indians, making for Gen. Hazen's 
 quarters, commanded by Gen. Gordon. 
 Our scouts felt upon their action for a few 
 moments hung great results ; not only their 
 own lives, but those of their comrades 
 and Gen. Hazen's army. The enemy 
 advanced. Gen. Gordon in front, little 
 thinking what is concealed in the thicket. 
 Whitcomb thinks of his shoes ; tells Lyford 
 to be cool ; takes good aim ; Gen. Gordon 
 falls forward ; throws his arms around the 
 neck of his horse ; the horse, frightened, 
 turned back and ran into camp ; the Brit- 
 ish general lived to get into camp, but died 
 very soon after. Whitcomb was secreted 
 under a bank where the waters in a little 
 ravine had washed out a hole, which was 
 covered with a log. Over this log, he said, 
 a number of Indians ran whooping, brand- 
 ishing their tomahawks ; that he could 
 have pulled any one of them off from the 
 log as they passed over into the hole, but 
 he thought it not best. Lyford was con- 
 cealed near him. After a long search, the 
 Indians gave up they could not find the 
 one who sent the bullet. 
 
 As soon as Whitcomb and Lyford con- 
 sidered it safe they came from their hiding 
 places, and returned to the camp of Gen. 
 Hazen with the news. Whitcomb did not 
 get his shoes, but they had accomplished 
 all and more than they set out for. The 
 enemy, dismayed, retreated back to Can- 
 ada, and thus ended what was expected to 
 be a battle or skirmish on Cabot's Plain. 
 [See account of Major Whitcomb and this 
 adventure in vol. I of this work, page 
 1067— Ed.] 
 
 Gen. Hazen finished his road through to 
 the town of Lowell, and then returned to 
 
 the south. This road from near Joe's pond, 
 led to the south of the present traveled 
 road, until it came to the three corners of 
 a road near the present grave-yard on the 
 plain ; here it struck what is now the pres- 
 ent traveled road and continued to the 
 north line of the town. It was of great 
 benefit to the first settlers. It is still called 
 the Hazen road. 
 
 The settlements* began upon the high- 
 est land, in town which has been known 
 as Cabot Plain for the last 40 years ; pre- 
 vious to that as Johnson's Plain. Colonel 
 Thomas Johnson of Newbury, when taken 
 prisoner with Col. Jonathan Elkins of 
 Peacham, by the British in 1781, and car- 
 ried to Canada, the first night of their 
 march camped on this tract of land, and 
 when he returned on parole, soon after, 
 and from that time until late in the present 
 century this locality was called Johnson's 
 Plain. It lies between the Connecticut 
 and Winooski river, and commands an 
 extensive and beautifiil prospect, the out- 
 lines of which are formed by the western 
 range of tlie Green mountains and by the 
 White mountains in N. H. 
 
 BENJAMIN WEBSTER, 
 
 of Salisbury, now of Franklin, N. H., 
 uncle of renowned Daniel Webster, en- 
 couraged by the liberal offers of the pro- 
 prietors, came to this town in 1783, and 
 made the first opening in the forest for a 
 permanent settlement. The first clearing 
 was made a little north of where George 
 Smith nowlives, on the line of the Hazen 
 road. In the opening, Mr. Webster built 
 the first log cabin. Its dimensions, we are 
 not told, but assured it was sufficiently 
 capacious to answer for a house, barn, 
 shed, and all necessary out-buildings ;■ and 
 that this tenement completed, lie returned 
 for his family and moved them into town 
 March, 1783, himself driving the cow, Mrs. 
 Webster traveling on snow-shoes, aiid the 
 hired man with Mrs. Webster's assistance, 
 drawing the few goods they brought with 
 them on a hand-sled, among which was a 
 wash-tub, and in this tub their little daugh- 
 ter two years of age, who afterwards be- 
 came the wife of Hanson Rogers, Esq., 
 
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 and after raising a large family of children, 
 died in the village of Cabot, Sept. 28, 
 1868, aged 88 yrs. 3 mos., 14 days, highly 
 respected by all who knew her. On their 
 journey from Peacham to their cabin, the 
 snow was 4 feet deep upon a level ; and 
 upon their arrival they found it drifted into 
 their cabin, to the depth of a foot and a 
 half. It had to be shoveled out before 
 they could enter, and then they had only 
 the bare ground for a floor. After getting 
 settled a little, Mr. Webster went to New- 
 bury for provisions. While he was away, 
 the sun coming out warm, Mrs. Webster 
 tapped some trees and made 40 pounds of 
 sugar. It is said she could chop as- well 
 as a man, and greatly helped her husband 
 in clearing up his farm. 
 
 LIEUT. JONATHAN HEATH 
 
 was the second settler. His family ar- 
 rived the first of any settler's family. The 
 Lieutenant came with his family two days 
 before Benjamin Webster came with his. 
 He built his cabin on the line of the Ha- 
 zen road opposite the present burying- 
 ground on the Plain. 
 
 NATHANIEL WEBSTER 
 
 and family were the third to arrive. He 
 "rolled up the logs for his cabin on the op- 
 posite side of the Hazen road from Benja- 
 min Webster's. 
 
 LIEUT. THOMAS LYFORD 
 
 who was with Whitcomb in the daring 
 adventure of shooting General Gordon, 
 was the fourth settler. He located on the 
 south of the road, near the three corners, 
 near the burying-ground, in what is now 
 Eli B. Stone's field. 
 
 The nearest trading point at first was 
 Newbury, 24 miles distant, where they had 
 to go for milling, taking their grain on a 
 liand-sled in winter, or at other times on 
 their backs through the mud. After about 
 three years, there was a mill built at 
 Peacham.and they went there. So great 
 was the hardship to procure milling, they 
 often resorted to battling their grain. 
 They had no neighbors north of them, and 
 none on the south nearer than Peacham. 
 It was some two or three years before any 
 permanent addition was made to their 
 
 number. About 1787, six families were 
 added to them, namely, Lyman Hitchcock, 
 David Blanchard, Jeremiah McDaniels, 
 John Lyford, James Bruce, Thomas Batch- 
 elder, and families, emigrants from New 
 Hampshire, who settled on the line of the 
 Hazen road on the Plain. 
 
 Up to this time, 1788, the inhabitants 
 had lived in primitive independence, reg- 
 ulating themselves by the principles of 
 common law. The following appears upon 
 the town book as the first step towards a 
 town organization : 
 
 Proceedings of the town of Cabot. At 
 the request of four of the inhabitants of the 
 town of Cabot, I hereby notify the freemen 
 and inhabitants of the town to meet at the 
 house of Mr. Thomas Lyford, in said 
 Cabot, on the last Saturday instant March, 
 ten o'clock before noon, then and there 
 being met to choose ist, a moderator, 
 clerk, and necessary town officers ; 2d, to 
 see if they will raise money to defray the 
 incidental charges, and do any other bus- 
 iness that may be necessary. 
 
 Walter Brock, 
 Justice of the Peace. 
 
 February 4th, 1788. 
 
 The number of voters at the organiza- 
 tion could not have been more than 10 or 
 12. The records of their meetings show 
 that the first settlers seemed to regard 
 military title as conferring almost perma- 
 nent virtue or qualification for office, as 
 seen by the following choice of officers : 
 
 Capt. Jesse Levenworth, moderator; 
 Lieut. Jonathan Heath, Lieut. Thomas 
 Lyford, Lieut. David Blanchard, select- 
 men; Maj. Lyman Hitchcock, town treas- 
 urer; Ensign Jeremiah McDaniels, con- 
 stable ; Edmund Chapman, surveyor of 
 highways. Ensign Jeremiah McDaniels 
 was chosen collector of taxes. One pri- 
 vate only was found qualified to six com- 
 missioned officers for promotion in civil 
 office. The foregoing officers were all 
 sworn into office by the said justice of the 
 peace, Walter Brock. 
 
 For 18 years of the settlement this was 
 the metropolis of the town. The lot upon 
 Walden line was owned by Nathaniel 
 Webster. His house stood a little south 
 of where the road leading from the village 
 to Walden depot intersects with the Hazen 
 
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 road. Next south was Benjamin Web- 
 ster's, the first settler; then came Dr. 
 Scott's, Hanson Rogers', Mr. Shephard's; 
 and other houses and farms for about a 
 mile on the line of the Hazen road. 
 
 The famous "yellow house " was built 
 by Horace and Gershom Beardsley, two 
 stirring settlers from Massachusetts. It 
 was the first framed house in town, and 
 was first raised in the pasture now owned 
 by Samuel S. Batchelder. At that time a 
 new County was formed from towns set 
 off from the County of Orange, and there 
 was a strong prospect that this town would 
 be the shire town of the new county. With 
 this expectation, the Beardsleys cleared 
 two acres of land in this pasture, taking 
 out the stumps root and branch, for the 
 site of the county buildings. Their hopes 
 not being realized, the house was not fin- 
 ished on this spot, and after standing here 
 about 2 years, was taken down and re- 
 moved to the Plain. The foundation is 
 seen at the present time where it was first 
 raised. The timber all hard wood, and the 
 house two stories, it took a large amount 
 of help to raise it, of men and whisky. AH 
 the merl and women in this town, Peacham 
 and Danville were invited to the raising. 
 Those invited giving out word that they 
 would drink the Beardsleys dry that day, 
 the Beardsleys prepared themselves. They 
 furnished a barrel of first proof rum, and a 
 second barrel, slightly reduced. It was 
 said never was such rum seen in Cabot be- 
 fore or after. All were invited to take 
 hold and help themselves. In after years 
 the old settlers enjoyed rehearsing the 
 scenes at that raising. They said with a 
 great many of them it lasted two days. 
 
 After the removal of the house to the 
 Plain it was very nicely finished, and be- 
 came the " Hub" of the town. It was 40 
 feet square upon the ground, with a large 
 hall in the ell, used for all kinds of gather- 
 ings, and had a long shed attached run- 
 ning to the barn. As all the travel from 
 the north going to the Connecticut river 
 had to pass over Cabot Plain, it was a 
 favorite stopping-plate for travelers, and 
 during the war of 1812, those engaged in 
 smuggling made it their quarters. 
 
 DOINGS AND VOTES FROM I788 TO 1806. 
 
 At the first March meeting, held the last 
 Saturday in March, 1788, but two votes 
 were taken, one for schools and one to 
 raise a tax on each poll equal to two days' 
 work for building and repairing roads. 
 
 From the first town meeting to 1840, 
 each town officer, from town clerk to high- 
 way surveyor, was sworn into oflSce. In 
 1789, there being no justice of the peace 
 in town, the town clerk was obliged to go 
 to Barnet, where he received the oath of 
 oflSce, administered by Alexander Harvey, 
 Esq. 
 
 When the town was fairly organized, at- 
 tention was next giveh to the protection 
 of property. 
 
 Voted to build a pound on Shepard Hill, 
 that swine should not run at large from 
 the loth of May to the loth of October, 
 unless with a good poke on his neck and 
 a ring in his nose. 
 
 The first vote to defray town expenses 
 was Mar. 25, 1779; "To raise 12 bushels 
 of wheat to defray necessary town ex- 
 pense, and purchase a tbwn book for rec- 
 ords," and the first auditors appointed, 
 Lieut. Thomas Lyford, Mr. Thomas Batch- 
 elder, Lieut. Jonas Watts, to examine into 
 accounts of town ofl!iqers, and report at 
 next meeting. The town book cost $2 ; 
 wheat was 75 cents a bushel.' There were 
 $7 left on the 12 bush, voted after paying 
 for the book, for the " necessary town ex- 
 penses." 
 
 March meeting, 1790, t)ie selectmen 
 were instructed to procure ^ piece of land 
 for a burying-ground. Six years after, the 
 first burying-ground was laid out. 
 
 Mar. 21, 1791, 20 bushels of wheat 
 voted to pay town expenses this year. 
 
 Voted that width of sleds for the year 
 ensuing in the town of Cabot shall be four 
 feet and six inches from outside to out- 
 side, and any one found with one of less 
 dimensions on any public road in said town 
 shall be subject to a fine of five dollars for 
 every such offence. 
 
 1793. population 122; new school dis- 
 trict, No. 2, formed ; first full list of town 
 officers elected : Capt. James Moss, mod- 
 erator; Lyman Hitchcock, town clerk; 
 Samuel Danforth, James Moss, David 
 
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 Blancharil, selectmen; Thomas Lyford, 
 town treasurer ; Thomas Batchelder, con- 
 stable and collector; Ephraim Marsh, 
 grand juryman ; James Chapman, Martin 
 Durgin, Thomas Osgood, surveyors of 
 highway ; Ezekiel Gilman, hog-ward ; Ed- 
 ward Chapman, fence-viewer; Jonathan 
 Heath, pound-keeper; Fifield Lyford, 
 sealer of weights and measures ; Thomas 
 Lyford, leather sealer ; listers, selectmen, 
 (see list of town officers) . 
 
 To this time no steps had been taken to 
 punish violators of the law iii case there 
 should be any that should require more 
 than the civil law would give them, and it 
 was voted to build stocks, (whipping post) 
 and sign-post on the Shepard hill near the 
 pound, — 15 bushels of wheat was voted 
 for town expenses or, 4s. in cash in lieu of 
 I bushel of wheat, and J bushels of wheat, 
 to 'purchase standard weights and measures 
 for the town. 
 
 Voted that Reuben Kelzer be discharged 
 from his fine of eleven shillings for profane 
 swearing, and breaking the peace. 
 
 After arrangements had been made for 
 the punishment of civil and criminal of- 
 fenders " : 
 
 March, 1794, — Voted that the sum of 
 twenty-one dollars be expended in the pur- 
 chase of 28 "pounds of powder, i ofcwt. of 
 lead and six dozen flints for tlie town stock 
 of ammunition. 
 
 Voted that the fines that have been or 
 shall be laid be appropriated to the use of 
 schools the present year. 
 
 A good use to devote them to. 
 
 Previous to 1795, the duty of listers was 
 performed by the . selectmen ; at March 
 meeting, 1795, the first board were elected : 
 Capt. David Blanchard, Fifield Lyford, 
 Samuel Warner. 
 
 1796. In 13 years, the settlement had 
 extended to the south , east and west. The 
 question began to be agitated in regard to 
 removing the seat of government to the 
 geographical center of the town. A meet- 
 ing of the inhabitants was called at the 
 school^house on the Hazen road to take 
 the matter into consideration. As a mat- 
 ter of course, it was stoutly opposed by 
 the pioneers of the town, those that had 
 borne the burden and heat of the day, saw 
 by this move their glory departing, So 
 
 long had the business of the town been 
 done here, that they had come (and per- 
 haps all natural enough) to cons'ider them- 
 selves the Mecca of the town. The day 
 of the meeting came, the forces well mar- 
 shalled on both sides, but those in favor 
 of a change were too strong for the other 
 side, and it was voted that. 
 
 Hereafter all meetings for doing pub- 
 lic business shall be held at the school- 
 house at the centre of the town, and the 
 pubhc property all except the pound 
 (which consisted of the stocks and whip- 
 ping-post) should be removed to that 
 place. 
 
 It is said this was a hard blow to those 
 living on the Plain ; but we cannot learn 
 as they threatened to secede. In 1799, 
 $22 was voted to defray town expenses. 
 
 The patriotism and high esteem in which 
 the Father of his Country was held may 
 be seen by the following record : 
 
 On the receipt of the news of the 
 death of Gen. Washington a town meet- 
 ing was called to meet on the 22d day of 
 February, 1800, to see what the town will 
 do on account" of Keeping in Remem- 
 brance the Life and Death of Gen. Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 Voted that a committee of three be 
 appointed to take charge of the assembly 
 and conduct them in a becoming manner 
 to the school-house there to listen to an 
 Oration to be delivered by Lyman Hitch- 
 cock, Esq. The committee appointed were 
 Joseph Fisher, Thomas Osgood, Joseph 
 Huntoon. 
 
 A large assembly gathered, and after the 
 oration Esq. Horace Beardsley was directed 
 to return the thanks of said town to the 
 speaker for delivering so good an oration 
 to the people. 
 
 1802, the town began to look towards 
 retrenchment of expenses. Before elect- 
 ing selectmen it was voted whoever should 
 be elected should serve free of charge for 
 their services ; and it does not appear that 
 they had any trouble in finding men to 
 serve ; doubtless they thought the honor 
 paid. At the same meeting the first tith- 
 ing men were elected : John Edgerton and 
 Gershom Beardsley, whose duty ft was to 
 see that the Sabbath was not desecrated 
 by persons hunting, fishing, or lounging 
 about, and if any persons there found so 
 
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 doing, to arrest and bring them before a 
 magistrate to be fined. Frequent votes 
 appear after upon the records to remit the 
 fines of those that had been fined for the 
 violation of the Sabbath. It was also 
 their duty to see that no one disturbed 
 religious meetings ; if they did to take 
 them in charge. 
 
 There were some who were not pros- 
 pered in their worldly possessions, and 
 from year to year there were quite lively 
 times in warning .such persons out of town 
 to prevent their becoming a town charge. 
 The first order was given by the selectmen 
 Oct. 3, 1803, for James Shepard and his 
 wife Sarah, with their children, to depart 
 said town, and in 1807, 12 families were 
 warned to depart. 
 
 [If a family came to want that had been 
 duly "warned out," the town was not 
 obliged to assist them ; but if not, the 
 town was liable. A very uncharitable 
 record to put down for all our early towns ; 
 if we could not add, it was usually about 
 as serious a matter as appointing a hog 
 ward, to which office every man in town 
 married during the year, even the minis- 
 ter, was a candidate for at next March 
 meeting. The old settlers were fond of 
 practical jokes, and received them very 
 complacently. I have seen the record 
 where the warning out went so far every 
 family in town was warned out. — Ed.] 
 
 On all public days whisky went around 
 freely, and ofiicers all had to treat. March 
 meeting, 1806, tradition says the whisky 
 was kept in the closet of the school-house 
 where the meeting was held, which was 
 imbibed so frequently by candidates and 
 their supporters, some of them got so they 
 hardly knew which way to vote. About 
 middle way of the proceedings of the 
 meeting it was "voted that the door lead- 
 ing into the closet be shut and kept so for 
 the space of one-half hour." 
 
 The first surveyor of wood and lumber, 
 Oliver Walbridge, was elected in 1806, 
 and the first jurors, petit and grand, for 
 County*Court, were drawn, and $20 voted 
 this year for town expenses. This closes 
 the first book of records— the notes and 
 doings that appear most interesting. The 
 
 succeeding records are about like those of 
 the present day, with the exception of 
 many more alterations in school districts, 
 laying out of roads and such business as 
 was incident to a new county. 
 
 In 1802, John W. Dana came to the 
 Plain, and opened a store in a building a 
 little south of the yellow house. He being 
 a man of ability, brought a good deal of 
 business to the place. In a few years he 
 was joined by John Damon, and they soon • 
 became the sole owners, or nearly so, of 
 all that region, comprising nearly 1000 
 acres. They frequently wintered 100 head 
 of cattle, beside a large amount of other 
 stock, at the yellow house barns. 
 
 About 1810, business began to draw to 
 the lower grounds, localities less exposed 
 to the cold winds of winter, and in 1820, 
 but little was left on the Plain save the old 
 yellow house. 
 
 During the war of 1812, those engaged 
 in smuggling made this old house their 
 quarters. One mile north of here there is 
 a small body of water called Smugglers' 
 pond, from an encounter that took place 
 between a custom house oflicer and some 
 smugglers, in which the smugglers threw 
 the oflScer into the pond. Another time 
 several parties from this town, while start- 
 ing some cattle for Canada, were inter- 
 cepted by a custom house ofiicer by the 
 name of Young. They said they gave him 
 a good smart threshing, but they were in- 
 volved for it in a long and expensive law-* 
 suit. 
 
 As time moved on, one building after 
 another pertaining to the old yellow house 
 was torn down, till at last, in 1855, the old 
 landmark had to succumb, and share the 
 fate which sooner or later all old and hon- 
 ored structures must. And now upon 
 those broad acres, so beautifully spread 
 out on the upland of the township, where 
 the pioneers endured so many privations, 
 and reduced the heavy-timbered forest to 
 the fertile farms which for so many years 
 teemed with business and thrift— along the 
 whole street nought is now seen but the 
 herds quietly feeding and an occasional 
 husbandman tilling the lonely soil. 
 
CABCT. 
 
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 CABOT VILLAGE. 
 
 In 1788, Lieut. Thomas Lyford, the 
 third settler in town, and the first settler 
 at the village, bought a lot of land of Jesse 
 Levenworth and Lyman Hitchcock. On 
 this land the Village of Cabot now stands. 
 The Winooski river runs through the 
 grounds. Mr. Lyford was a mill-wright ; 
 there was no saw-mill within ten miles ; he 
 decided to build a saw-mill upon his lot 
 upon the Winooski river. He selected the 
 spot where John Brown's shop now stands. 
 Here the first blow of the axe feU to sub- 
 due the thick wood to the fair vale, in 
 which a beautiful and pleasant village was 
 to grow. At that time this spot was quite 
 a high elevation of land, and until within 
 a few years was always spoken of as Saw- 
 mill Hill. The timber was cut and framed 
 upon the spot ; the irons were made at 
 Newbury, and drawn on a hand-sled to 
 the spot the winter before. The mill and 
 dam were not completed and got to run- 
 ning till the spring of 1789. At that time 
 this was regarded an extra water-power 
 ' and a very smart mill. The pond covered 
 then all of what is now the meadow to the 
 upper end of the street. The mill had 
 what is called an up-and-down saw; a 
 good, smart man would run out 2000 ft. of 
 lumber in a day. 
 
 Lyford and his son, Thomas Jr., next 
 built a grisjt-mill, where the grist-mill now 
 stands. This mill had but one run of 
 stone, split out of a granite stone where 
 Allen Perry's house now stands, and used 
 for the steps of the present mill. Thomas 
 Lyford, Jr., took charge of the mill. He 
 built a camp on the rise of ground before 
 it, and stayed there from Monday morning 
 till Saturday night, when he returned to 
 his father's on the Plain. The mill did 
 the grinding for this town and the towns 
 for 10 or 12 miles around, About 1794, 
 Lieut. Lyford built the first house in the 
 village, where Mrs. Jos.' Lance now lives. 
 His son, Thomas Jr., attended to the 
 mills and commenced clearing up the land. 
 For the next 12 years but little addition 
 was made to the new neighborhood. 
 The second house was built by Samuel 
 
 Lee, where Enoch Hoyt and his son, 
 George Hoyt, now live ; the third by Elias 
 Hitchcock, where the garden 6f Caleb 
 Fisher now is. John W. Dana, on the 
 Plain, bought a small house that stood 
 where Mrs. Haines' house now does, and 
 fitted it up for a store — the first mercantile 
 business here. After a few years, George 
 W. Dana built quite a large store. It was 
 becoming evident that this was to be the 
 business centre of the town. John W. 
 Dana, a keen-sighted man, came from the 
 Plain and bougjit nearly all the land now 
 included in the village. 'By selling build- 
 ing-lots to the farmers, he contributed 
 largely to building up the village. In 
 1817, a distillery was put up where Union 
 Block now stands. Marcus O. Fisher 
 bought the site and put in a tannery, en- 
 larged the building, using part for a cur- 
 rying and shoe-shop. " The old red 
 house " was one of the landmarks of the 
 town for years. In 1825, he built a larger 
 tannery where the bark was first ground 
 between two stones by horse-power. A 
 man and a horse could grind from one-half 
 to a cord in a day. This stone is now in 
 the yard of J. M. Fisher as an old town 
 relic. About 1840, water-power was sub- 
 stituted for the horse. Mr. Fisher carried 
 on the business successfully about 35 
 years, and his son, Edwin till l868, which 
 ended the tanning business in Cabot. It 
 was sold to a stock-company who erected 
 the handsome union block for stores, 
 offices, etc., «n the site. 
 
 The next business started was wool- 
 carding and cloth-dressing, by George 
 Fielding, who built a shop on the site of 
 the present carriage-shop in the spring 
 of 1833. In August, the highest waters 
 ever known on this river, carried away 
 the shop before finished. He rebuilt in 
 1834; carried on cloth-dressing for a 
 year and sold to Jason Britt, who carried 
 on the business of wool-carding and cloth- 
 dressing here 44 years ; building on the 
 same site in 1855, a larger and better 
 shop, a part of which was used for a 
 carriage-shop by different parties till 
 1874, when it was enlarged and an exten- 
 sive business undertaken by A. P. Marshall 
 
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 and W. W. Buchanan, known as the 
 "Cabot Carriage Co.," which run 3 or 4 
 years and closed up. The property came 
 into the hands of J. A. Farrington, by 
 whom the business is now conducted on a 
 smaller and more sure basis. On the op- 
 posite side of the river, William Scales 
 built, in 1826, a blacksmith-shop and small 
 foundry, where caldrons, five-pail kettles, 
 cog-wheels and other iron castings were 
 made. 
 
 Mr. Scales will be remembered by all 
 who ever got him to do any blacksmithing, 
 as a very nice Ihan, but not one of the 
 smoothest of workmen. 
 
 In 1840, a starch factory was built be- 
 low the shops on the river, . by Israel 
 Cutting, which like everything else in his 
 hands proved lucrative. In connection 
 with his factory, he built a grist and a saw- 
 mill which he run a few years. 
 
 The first tavern was built wherfe Mrs. 
 Joseph Lance's house stands, small, and 
 one story. It was taken down in 1833, 
 and moved over the river. The present 
 hotel stands on the same site. Fisher 
 was landlord 4 years, and sold to Horace 
 Bliss, who kept it 10 years, when it was 
 known as a first-class house. There was 
 much heavy teaming on the road from the 
 north of the state to Burlington, and this 
 was a favorite stopping place for all team- 
 sters, and also for the light travel. There 
 are those now living who speak of Mrs. 
 Bliss, the genial landlady, who always did 
 so much to make the hotel a pleasant rest- 
 ing place for her guests. The house was 
 kept by different parties with little change 
 till 187s, when it was largely repaired by 
 William P. Whittier, who kept it until the 
 death of his wife, April, 1881, after which 
 he sold to the present proprietor, W. W. 
 Buchanan. 
 
 April, 1822, John W. Dana deeded to 
 the town for one dollar i i acre for a com- 
 mon, conditioned to be kept clear from 
 all incumbrance and free on all occasions 
 to the public, especially for military pa- 
 rading. 
 
 There are people now living in the vil- 
 lage that well recoUect when this common 
 was a frog-pond, and filled with fir and 
 
 alder bushes, and was so muddy through 
 the street, ox-teams were stuck in the mud 
 before where Union block now stands. 
 
 Population of village, June i, 1881, 258 ; 
 64 dwelling-houses ; 2 stores ; I millinery 
 shop; I hotel; 2 blacksmith shops; i 
 carriage manufactory ; i tin shop ; I har- 
 ness shop ; I cooper-shop ; i grist-mill ; i 
 saw-mill; i graded school ; 2 churches. 
 
 By an act of the Legislature, Nov. 19, 
 1866, the village was incorporated. The 
 first village clerk, W. H. Fletcher ; first 
 board of trustees : John M. Fisher, John 
 Brown, Theron H. Lance, William P. 
 Whittier, J. P. Lamson. 
 
 The village has a good fire department 
 well equipped with engine, etc., etc. ' But 
 few fires have ever occurred in the village. 
 The most destructive was Jan. 5, 1 881, at 
 which time the fire department did excel- 
 lent service. 
 
 THE CENTER. 
 
 This place is the geographical centre of 
 the town, and has always been known by 
 the name of the Centre. James Morse, 
 Esq., from Barre, Mass., made the first , 
 settlement in 1789, where Henry Hill's 
 house stands. Esq. Morse built his first 
 log-house. He was moderator of the first 
 town meeting, first justice of the peace ; to 
 him nearly all the business of this office 
 fell for quite a number of years. 
 
 When first appointed, knowing he would 
 be called to perform the marriage cer- 
 emony, he wished to have some practice 
 before he appeared in public. He took his 
 son David out, and told him to stand up 
 by the side of a stump, and he would 
 marry him to it. David did as directed, 
 and the Squire commenced and went 
 through, David assenting that he would 
 love, cherish and protect her. The Esquire 
 closed up in the usual form, saying that he 
 pronounced them husband and wifei It 
 is said David would not marry until the 
 stump rotted down, which was quite late 
 in life. The Esquire being of rather nerv- 
 ous temperament, at the next ceremony 
 got a little bewildered, and made the 
 groom promise to forsake her and cleave 
 to all other women. At another time, it is 
 
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 said, he forgot the ceremony, and was 
 obliged to consult his notes. 
 
 At a later day he opened the first hotel in 
 town, in a small log-house. The bar was 
 in the square room, and a bed in the same 
 room. This was in the early days of hotel 
 keeping. The Esquire was said tp be a 
 man in whom all his townsmen had the 
 utmost confidence ; a man of sound judg- 
 ment, and his advice was often sought. 
 He held all the offices from highway sur- 
 veyor to representative. 
 
 The next house was built by Oliver Wal- 
 bridge, where G. Noyes now lives. In 1790 
 Major Hitchcock, Capt. Jesse Levenworth 
 and Asa Douglas, Esq., presented the 
 town 8 acres of land for public use. 3 
 years after, 4 acres were cleared for a 
 common, and a school-house built on it, 
 and two years later the seat of government 
 removed from the Plain to this place. The 
 principal property to move appears to have 
 been the stocks and whipping-post, which 
 were set up at the Corner, where the road 
 by Henry Hill's intersects with the Centre 
 road. They were never used. The only 
 person ever whipped for crime in town 
 was Ben. Parker, for breaking into a store 
 that stood where True A. Town's house 
 stands. The crime, trial and punishment 
 were not far separated. He broke into 
 the store Tuesday night, was tried Wednes- 
 day, and whipped Thursday, opposite the 
 store he broke into. The whip was of 
 cord, and the officer said he did not whip 
 very hard, only wanted to show him what 
 he might expect if he persisted in his 
 thieving course. 
 
 After 1796, town-meetings and all pub- 
 lic gatherings were at the Centre. The 
 Fourth of July, 1820, was a memorable 
 day. Two companies of infantry, one of 
 artillery and one of cavalry assisted in the 
 celebration. Capt. Crossman, of Peacham, 
 was the president of the day. There was 
 an oration, and bountiful repast furnished. 
 There was a store opened by Luther 
 Wheatley, who after a short time was suc- 
 ceeded by Hector McLean, and the second 
 pound was built at this place, which was 
 liberally patronized in the olden time. It 
 was once broken open and the cattle taken 
 
 out, which disturbed the peace and dignity 
 of the town. It was expected this would 
 be a village of considerable size, and pros- 
 perous farmers, as once before at the Plain, 
 invested in village lots, and here, as at 
 the Plain before them, their hopes were 
 disappointed, and already this place where 
 public business was so long done is now 
 desolate. The winds sing their dirge 
 around where the store, the school-house 
 and the sacred edifice once stood, and not 
 far from this spot those who were once 
 active in the business of the town are 
 quietly resting in the bosom of their 
 mother earth. 
 
 EAST HILL, 
 
 often called Whittier Hill, from its first 
 settler, Lieut. John Whittier, who came 
 here in 1780, and commenced clearing up 
 the farm now owned and occupied by 
 Frederick Corliss. He built his first cabin 
 a little north of the present house, near the 
 brook, and brought his wife and one child 
 to the Plain, March, 1790, with an ox 
 team, and from there drew his effects on. a 
 hand-sled, his wife walking on the crust 
 beside him, carrying her spinning-wheel. 
 After they got to keeping some cows and 
 sheep, one evening a large bear came into 
 the yard where they were milking, and took 
 a sheep. They gave chase, and the bear 
 dropped the sheep, but he made his es- 
 cape, and the sheep was killed. 
 
 Lieut. Whittier raised a large family. 
 Several of the boys settled on farms made 
 from the old farm. Mrs. Whittier was a 
 descendant from Mrs. Dustin Who scalped 
 the Indians. 
 
 WILLIAM OSGOOD, 
 
 from Claremont, N. H., the second set- 
 tler here, bought one square mile west of 
 the Centre road, opposite Lieut. Whittier, 
 on which he settled his six sons. Four of 
 them came in March, 179 1. First, they 
 dug out sap-troughs and sugared, and then 
 slashed 15 acres by the ist of June, and 
 returned to Claremont. They boarded at 
 Lieut. Whittier's. In the fall Mr. Osgood 
 came with his six sons. They cleared the 
 slash, and built a log hbuse, 40 ft. in 
 leng.th, where Solomon W. Osgood now 
 
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 livesi 'It is said this family were all strong, 
 broad-shouldered men, able for the task 
 before them. 
 
 DAVID HAINES 
 
 commenced on the farm south of George 
 Gould's, so long occupied by his son Wm. 
 Haines, in 1797. When he came to town 
 he was not possessed of a great amount of 
 cash, it may be inferred by the fact he was 
 the owner of two pair of pants and two 
 shirts, and he swapped one shirt and one 
 pair of pants for a hoe and axe to begin 
 work with. 
 
 These places are now all excellent farms 
 and in good hands. 
 
 LOWER CABOT. 
 
 Settlement was commenced in 1799, by 
 Reuben Atkins, on the farm now of W. 
 S. Atkins, his grand-son. He cleared a 
 spot, and built his log-house on the site of 
 the present house. The iirst spring he 
 made sugar in the door-yard. In 1800, he 
 built a framed barn, now standing, in good 
 condition. The farm has always been in 
 the family, owned by one of the sons. 
 
 MOSES STONE, 
 
 from New Hampshire, in 1797, about half 
 a mile west from Wm. Atkins, cleared the 
 ground and built a saw-mill where the 
 Haines Factory now stands, his family 
 meantime living in a shed of Lieut. Whit- 
 tier's, on Whittier hill. After he got his 
 mill running, he built his house. It had a 
 large stone chimney. His wife said all 
 the way she could see any sky was to look 
 up through that. 
 
 Fish in the river, wild game in the thick 
 surrounding woods, were abundant. Stone 
 was a strong man, not easily frightened. 
 One evening in the fall he had been up to 
 neighbor Atkins'. Returning, he, as he 
 thought, met a man who had on a white 
 hat and blue frock, to whom he said "good 
 evening." The man madetno answer. He 
 repeated itf but no reply. Stone said, ' ' I'll 
 know who you are,"' and grabbed around 
 him, when to his surprise he found he was 
 out of the path, and it was a large stump 
 he was hugging. 
 
 In 1801, Clement CoBURN built a grist- 
 mill where True A. Town's works stand. 
 
 In 1803, he sold a privilege to Joseph Co- 
 burn, on the opposite side of the river, to 
 put in a foUing-mill. Cloth being then 
 spun and wove at home, this was needed. 
 He carried on the business some years. 
 Thomas Coldwill became next owner, who 
 soon sold to Wm. Ensign, John R. Put- 
 nam and Horace Haines, who moved the 
 shop to where' the factory stands, and 
 added carding -works. In 1835, Alden 
 Webster bought the works, adding ma- 
 chinery, a spinning-jenny, hand-looms, re- 
 garded a wonderful • improvement. He 
 commenced the manufacture of full cloth. 
 In 1849, he sold to Horace Haines, who 
 continued the business with his son, E. G. 
 Haines, building a new factory in 1849, 
 with water-power looms and modern ma- 
 chinery. Horace Haines and two sons in 
 the business have died. It is now owned 
 by Ira F. Haines. Quite an extensive 
 business has been done sometimes here. 
 
 Carriage-making has been at different 
 times carried on to some extent. 
 
 On the river opposite the factory, in 
 1827, Wm. Fisher put in a tannery, which 
 he run till 1838, when he removed to Al- 
 bion, N. Y., where he died in 1851. Tan- 
 ning was afterwards carried on here by Q. 
 Cook, G. W. Cree and others. 
 
 At present the most extensive business 
 done in this village is by True A. Town, in 
 the lumber business, in his saw-mill, and 
 the manufacturing of the lumber into chair- 
 stuff, boot-crimps, coffins, caskets, etc. 
 
 The first store in the place was started 
 by a Mr. Oaks, on the spot where Town's 
 house stands. The mercantile business 
 has been carried on here for 60 years, by 
 John Edgerton, Ketchum and others. 
 
 hector MCLEAN 
 
 opened a Store here in 1825. There were 
 in the village at this time but 9 houses be- 
 tween the Perkins bridge and Marshfield vil- 
 lage. Mr. McLean helped very much toward 
 building up the place. He put in another 
 dwelling-house (for hi sfamily), started a 
 potash, blacksmith shop, and other indus- 
 tries, and in 1836, opened a hotel, where 
 Nathaniel Perry lives, kept by different 
 persons for some years. 
 
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 In 1870, a post-office was establisned 
 here, Cornelius Smith postmaster. There 
 areatpresent, (July, 1881) in the village 30 
 dwelling-houses, i meeting-house, i store, 
 I blacksmith shop, a woolen factory, a 
 wheelwright shop. 
 
 Situated in the valley of the Winooski, 
 although at an early day it is said that one 
 of the early settlers said he would not take 
 the Coburn Meadow as a gift, it has some 
 of the finest farms in the county. 
 
 SOUTH CABOT. 
 
 The first beginning here was made by 
 Parker Hooker, in 1810. He built a saw- 
 mill on the site of the present mill. He 
 lived in Peacham, a distance of 4 miles 
 through the woods , with no road or guide 
 but marked trees. The first business at 
 his mill was to saw the boards to cover a 
 barn for himself at his home in Peacham. 
 He snaked his boards with oxen through 
 the woods, a stock at a time. He soon 
 cleared two acres, near the present resi- 
 dence of Mrs. Alvisa E. Hooker, and built 
 a log-house. This mill was rebuilt by 
 Liberty Hooker, in 1839. 
 
 In a few years the house now occupied 
 by Lewis Paquin, was built by Enoch Blake. 
 This place now contains 13 dwelling- 
 houses, one store, a post-office, saw-mill, 
 grist-mill, blacksmith shop and school- 
 house ; also a large shop for the manufac- 
 tory of wagons, etc. There was formerly 
 a large shop in which wood and iron work 
 was done, which was burnedin 1876. This 
 place was formerly known as Hookerville. 
 
 EAST CABOT. 
 
 John Heath, son of Lieut. Jonathan 
 Heath, the second settler of the town, in 
 18 1 7 commenced in this locality, on the 
 place now owned by Charles Howe. He 
 cleared a few acres. His team to draw his 
 logs together, to go to mill and to meeting 
 was one stag. He made salts of lye and 
 took them to Danville and Peacham for 
 necessaries for his family. Very soon 
 after William Morse, Leonard Orcutt, Ster- 
 ling Heath, and several others commenced 
 clearing and making farms. John Clark 
 opened a tavern opposite the Molly pond, 
 which in after years was known as the Pond 
 
 House, and George Rogers, Esq., made a 
 fine farm near the school-house, now occu- 
 pied by S. R. Moulton. 
 
 The road from Danville four-corners 
 to Cabot was built in 1829. Esquire 
 Orcutt was the moving spirit in the enter- 
 prise. It was first used as a winter road, 
 and Lyman Clark drove the first stage 
 through from Danville to Cabot. Previous 
 to this, the stage and all the travel went 
 over the Plain. For 45 years this was the 
 leading thoroughfare from Danville to 
 Montpelier, over which a great amount of 
 heavy teaming was done. 
 
 While Esq. Orcutt was getting this road 
 through, a petition was presented to the 
 selectmen to layout the Molly Brook road. 
 Esq. Orcutt's head was too long for the 
 petitioners ; he accomplished his favorite 
 scheme. 
 
 The Molly Brook road occupies quite a 
 prominent place in the road history of the 
 town. Leading from East Cabot to Marsh- 
 field, on the extreme east part of the town, 
 it was opposed by the Centre and. west 
 part. The first petition for it in 1830, was 
 refused, the reason set up for the laying of 
 the road was to avoid the hill li mile long 
 on leaving Cabot village ; the road pro- 
 posed being in two counties. The next step 
 was to petition the Supreme Court for a 
 committee. John W. Dana was elected 
 an agent to attend court, and defend on 
 the part of the town. In 1845, a petition 
 was presented to the Legislature for a 
 charter for a turnpike, and it went on in 
 this way, petitions first to the selectmen, 
 then to the court, each one being opposed 
 by the town, for 45 years. When one set 
 of men died out another took their places ; 
 in 1865, th? road was finally completed, 
 and is now one of the leading thorough- 
 fares through town. 
 
 SOUTH-WEST HILL, 
 
 with commanding view of the Winooski 
 valley, and excellent soil, is one of the 
 most desirable farming sections in town. 
 The settlement was commenced here by 
 James Butler, 1799, on the farm where 
 John M. Stone now lives. Mr. Butler 
 while doing his chopping boarded at Reu- 
 ben Atkins'. Among the first settlers on 
 
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 this hill were Nathaniel Gibbs, Asa Co- 
 burn, Ezra Bliss. One right, 320 acres of 
 this hill, is lease land. 
 
 WEST HILL. 
 
 A beautiful table-land in the west part of, 
 the town, surrounded by valleys on the 
 ' east, south and wes^ has a charming view 
 of the country beneath. Enoch Hoyt, 
 known as Deacon Enoch in later years, 
 being a member of the Baptist church, 
 bought of Edmund Gilman 320 acres, the 
 farm now owned by Orson Kimball^ He 
 commenced clearing in the field back of 
 the school-house in 1797, and built . his 
 cabin a little north of where Eastman Hop- 
 kins lives. He came from Epsom, N. H., 
 to the Junction (Cabot Plain), with his 
 effects, and from there got them over on 
 his back, probably. Four of his brothers, 
 Ezra, Asaph, Benjamin and Samuel came 
 very soon and settled near him. They 
 were all steady men, and made this one of 
 the best farming sections in town, and 
 some of them after their pioneer life here, 
 went' to Wisconsin and started anew. 
 
 PETERSVILLE. 
 
 The first clearing was begun here by 
 Reuben Atkins, in 1825, on the farm 
 where his son Henry Atkins now lives. 
 There being a school-district formed here 
 in 1858, Peter Lyford, one of the select- 
 men, went over to organize the district, 
 sihce which the locality has been called 
 Petersville. It has 4 dwelling-houses, I 
 school-house and a saw-mill. It lies on 
 the Molly brook road, 2 miles from Marsh- 
 field village. 
 
 MARKET ROAD, 
 
 a half mile east of Hazen road, was built 
 to avoid the hard hills. Many of the towns 
 in Northern Vermont took their produce 
 to market on this road, from which its 
 name. The first clearing on this road was 
 begun on the farm now owned, by Charles 
 Oderkirk, by Samuel Levett, in 1821. 
 
 To the north Jesse Mason soon after 
 began and cleared up the farm now occu- 
 pied by his son, N. J. Mason. Mr. Mason 
 says he has often seen as many as 60 
 loaded teams pass his house in a day, but 
 
 now in place of the rattle of the heavy 
 wagons is heard the pufl5ng of the iron 
 horse. 
 
 FREIGHTING. 
 
 Robert Lance, from Chester, N. H., who 
 came here about 1810, and lived where 
 Hial Morse now does, did the first team- 
 ing to Boston. His team was two yoke of 
 oxen ; freight, salts, whisky, pork, and it 
 took from 4 to 6 weeks to make the round 
 trip. He usually made two trips a year. 
 A little later, Joseph Burbank began to go 
 with a span of hordes, and two loads a year 
 would usually supply the merchants with 
 goods. Benjamin Sperry used to team. 
 It is said he was known from here to 
 Boston by "the name of Uncle Ben by 
 everybody. Hugh Wilson did quite a 
 business at teaming. In the winter quite 
 a number of men would go to Portland, 
 Me., with their red, double sleighs and two 
 horses, loaded with pork. In 1838, Allen 
 Perry began to run a 6-horse team to 
 Boston, regular trips, the round trip taking 
 3 weeks. The freight tariff was $20 per 
 ton; his expenses, about 150a trip. When 
 he came in with his big, covered wagon it 
 was quite an event for the place. He run 
 his team till 1846, when the railroad gotso 
 near he sold his team and went to farm- 
 ing. The P. & O. railroad is 5 miles to 
 the north of us, and the Montpelier & 
 Wells River the same distance to the south. 
 
 FIRST THINGS. 
 
 The first marriage in town was David 
 Lyford to Judith Heath, July 23, 1795, by 
 James Morse, Esq ; the 2d was Solomon 
 W. Osgood to Ruth Marsh, Jan. 3, 1800, 
 by Joseph Fisher, Esq. The first child 
 born in town was a daughter, to Thomas 
 Blanchard, Oct. 3, 1787. The 2d was a 
 daughter to James Blanchard, born Apr. 
 I, 1788; died Apr. 14, aged 14 days; the 
 second death in town. The first death was 
 that of Nathaniel West, killed while chop- 
 ping in the woods for Benjamin Webster, 
 in the winter of 1786. He was crushed 
 by the falling of a large birch tree. He 
 was carried to the house, hut lived but a 
 few minutes. He was buried in what is 
 now the pasture of G. W. Webster. The 
 
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 place is pointed out by a large maple tree. 
 I am told there were six, or seven buried 
 here, but the graves are not discernible. 
 The town continued to bury in different 
 places. There were seve^l graves in the 
 pasture of Lenie J. Walbridge. 
 
 GRAVE-YARDS. 
 
 In 1800, the town purchased an acre of 
 land at the Centre for a burying-ground 
 and inclosed it. This was the first grave- 
 yard in town. William Osgood, who died 
 Feb'. 5, 1 80 1, was the first person buried in 
 it. There are 92 graves discernible here. 
 A large number of them have headstones 
 that were dug out of the ledge nearby and 
 ' lettered, but they are hardly legible now. 
 No burials have been made for 35 years. 
 The last was that of Lieut. Fifield Lyford 
 in 1846. To the credit of the town it has 
 been kept inclosed by them, and tolerably 
 clean, as also all of the other numerous '. 
 small interment inclosures in town, where 
 it is not done by individuals. > 
 
 The next grave-yard was at the Lower 
 Ville. In 1813, Elihu Coburnand Col. John ' 
 Stone donated the original ground, 4 acre, i 
 each. Joseph Coburn was the first one 
 buried in it. From time to time it has 
 been enlarged. It has now about 329 in- 
 habitants. It is a beautiful location, about 
 40 rods from the Winooski, whose musical 
 waters as they pass seemingly a little more 
 quiet by here, you may irtiagine chanting 
 the requiem of the dead. 
 
 In 1814, a burying lotwas opened on the 
 farm now owned by Orson Kimball, just 
 above the residence of E. T. Hopkins. 19 
 graves are discernible. 
 
 The West Hill burying-ground, a gift 
 from David Lyford and John Edgefton, was 
 laid out in 1 817. When they were staking 
 it out it was in the time of what is called 
 by the old people the great sickness. Mr. 
 Edgerton repeated the lines : 
 
 " Ye living men come view tlie ground 
 Where you must shox-tly lie." 
 
 He was the first person buried there. 
 The graves here number 84. 
 
 East Cabot grave-yard is a very pretty 
 plot for the purpose, donated by George 
 Rogers, Esq., for that part of the town. 
 38 persons occupy this place. 
 
 Cabot Plain grave-yard, the ground for 
 which was donated- by Alpheus Bartlett, in 
 1825. The first one buried in it was AIt 
 vira Covell. The interments in this yard 
 are 39. 
 
 At South Cabot the grave-yard was do- 
 nated by Moses Clark, in 1834, with the 
 express understanding it was to be kept 
 well fenced. Thirty-five have been in- 
 terred here ; the first a child of Moses 
 Clark. It is now entirely abandoned. 
 
 Cabot Village grave-yard, J acre of land, 
 donated by John W. Dana,was laid put in 
 1820. The first one buried in it, Eliza 
 Dutton, died May 20, 1820, age 22. It 
 has been enlarged to one acre, and con- 
 tains about 2 1 7 graves . T . H . Lance opened a 
 
 NEW CEMETERY 
 
 adjoining this in l86j, which is private 
 property, those interring herein buying fam- 
 ily lots. The first grave here is that of 
 Joseph Lance, Oct. 12, 1865. There are 
 86 persons at this date buried' here, July 
 5, 1 88 1, and there are some very hand- 
 some monuments of marble and granite. 
 The town have built a tomb in the yard 
 for public use. In 1854, the town pur- 
 chased for $100 its first hearse. 
 
 SCHOOLS 
 
 were established as soon as there was a 
 sufficient number of scholars in any local- 
 ity. The first log school-house stood at 
 the foot of Shephard Hill, just north of 
 where the road near Harvey Smith's inter- 
 sects with the Hazen road. Wooden pins 
 were driven into the logs, and boards laid 
 on them, for writing-desks ; benches were 
 used for seats. The scholars had to turn 
 their face to the wall to write. The first 
 school was taught by John Gunn, in the 
 summer of 1792. 
 
 At the first town meeting, 1798, a vote 
 was passed raising 20 bushels of wheat for 
 the support of a town school, under the 
 direction of the selectmen. At a town 
 meeting, Mar. 9, 1789, this vote was re- 
 scinded, as no school had been kept on ac- 
 count of the great scarcity of wheat, but at 
 the same meeting, 30 bushels of wheat 
 was voted for a summer and winter school 
 of 3 months each. The object had never 
 
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 been lost sight of. Every town meeting 
 voted for schools, and the matter was de- 
 ferred simply from the hardship of the 
 times. A town meeting was called ex- 
 pressly in Oct. 1789, to consider the sub- 
 ject of building a school-house, and a tax 
 of $40 for the same voted, $35 to be paid 
 in wheat and $5 in cash, nails or glass. 3s. 
 was to be paid per day for a man's labor 
 and 3 for his cattle, he finding himself and 
 cattle in building said house. 
 
 After a few years, a school;house was 
 commenced by district No. I, nearly op- 
 posite the burying-ground ; but being a 
 bleak spot, was removed before finished, 
 down into the corner of the field near the 
 Junction. It was used both for a school 
 and a town-house for a number of years. 
 The school now numbered as high as 50 
 scholars. Unruly ones were regulated by 
 the big ferule, and if this was not suffi- 
 cient, by the birch toughened in the hot 
 embers, applied freely. Sweetmeats and 
 delicacies for the children's dinners were 
 scarce. They carried barley cakes, and 
 roasted their potatoes in the ashes of the 
 huge stone fireplace. 
 
 District No. 2 was a large territory. The 
 first school-house was built of logs, near 
 where the old pound now stands. It is 
 said the winterschools numbered as high as 
 90 scholars. After a few years this house 
 was burned, after which a better one was 
 built. This district has built the most 
 school-houses of any in town. It now has 
 a large and nice one, but few scholars. 
 
 In 1800, by request of Moses Stone, it 
 was voted to form No. 3. The Lower 
 Cabot district and other new districts were 
 formed as needed. In 1801 , they were num- 
 bered according to their formation. June 
 10, 1 80 1, the scholars in town from 4 years 
 to 18 were 89, and in 1803, 149. There 
 are now 14 districts. All support school 
 20 weeks each year, and most of them 31 
 weeks. We have no academy, but our 
 people have always manifested an interest 
 in education, notonly in the district schools, 
 the safeguards of our civilization, but by 
 liberal patronage of the academies in the 
 adjoining towns. 
 
 THE FACE OF THE TOWNSHIP 
 
 is generally broken and uneven, the soil 
 adapted to all the grains, roots and grasses 
 of this latitude. The leading interest for 
 the first 50 ye#-s was raising grain and 
 cattle ; at present it is dairy and sheep hus- 
 bandry. 
 
 Joe's Pond is the largest body of water. 
 It is about one-half in this town. It re- 
 ceived its name from Capt. Joe, a Nova 
 Scotia Indian. He was in the revoliition- 
 afy war, and used to traverse this section 
 at an early day, and once had a camp on 
 this shore. A smaller body of water in 
 the east part of the town, about a mile in 
 length and one-third.in width, was named 
 Molly's Pond for the Indian's wife, who 
 travelled with him . [For the further inter- 
 esting history of Capt. Joe and family, see 
 Newbury, vol. II, of this work.] 
 
 Coit's Pond, in the N. W. part of the 
 town, was named when the town was sur- 
 veyed, for one of the surveyors. It is a 
 small sheet of water. The least disturb- 
 ance in its waters roils it. It often goes by 
 the name of Mud Pond. It is a consider- 
 able tributary of the Winooski. 
 
 West Hill Pond. — Previous to 18201 
 the bed of this pond was "the great 
 meadow," of good service to the early set- 
 tlers in furnishing grass and hay. They 
 would cut their hay here in the summer 
 and stack it, a,nd draw it in on their hand- 
 sleds in the winter to their log barns, a 
 distance of 3 or 4 miles. Avery Atkins in 
 1820, built a dam across the lower end of 
 the meadow and flowed it. From that 
 time it has been the West Hill Pond. The 
 water comes from two streams in Wood- 
 bury. It covers 60 acres, and makes a 
 very fine water-power. It was used for 
 years for a saw and grist-mill. West Hill 
 brook, which empties into the Winooski, 
 takes its rise in theN, E. part of the town. 
 It is fed by several small brooks ; taking a 
 southerly course, enters Marshfield. Upon 
 this are several water privileges, some of 
 which are very good, and are turned to 
 good account. 
 
 Molly's Brook, its source MoUy'spond, 
 takes a southerly course, and enters the 
 Winooski at Marshfield. On this stream 
 
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 are also good water privileges, that are 
 used. 
 
 Our Mineral Springs we do not pro- 
 pose to discuss largely on, as we have but 
 little (and we might as well say, none at 
 all) knowledge of their analysis or the won- 
 derful healing properties they contain. 
 There is one spring a half mile west of the 
 village, that is said to contain some excel- 
 lent medicinal properties, and years ago 
 was quite celebrated, and we have no doubt 
 if plenty of money had been put into the 
 Winooski, it might have been a success. 
 At Lower Cabot there are two mineral 
 springs, of which we have heard of their 
 effecting some celebrated cures. They are 
 strongly impregnated with sulphur, and we 
 should judge would be first rate for the 
 itch — that kind which no district school 
 was fairly equipped without in the olden 
 time. 
 
 ' The years of 1780 and '81 were of great 
 severity, on account of deep snows. 18 16 
 is spoken of by those now living as being 
 the year of famine, snow falling in June 4 
 or 5 inches deep, blowing and drifting like 
 winter ; scarcely any corn or other grain 
 raised in town. One of the oldest inhab- 
 itants has told me that " a barley cake was 
 a barley cake that year." The next year 
 they were obliged to go to Barre and New- 
 bury to procure seeds for planting. 
 
 We copy from an article in regard to 
 first settlers' hardships in the " Cabot Ad- 
 vertiser, July I, 1868 : 
 
 There was no grist-mill, and all the grain 
 had to be carried to West Danville to mill. 
 There was no road but spotted trees, and 
 but one horse in town to do the milling 
 with, and she was blind. , She was owned 
 by James Morse, Esq. When any one 
 hired her to go to- mill with, they had to 
 carry a grist for Mr. Morse to pay for the 
 use of the horse. They would put the 
 grain on the back of the horse, leading her. 
 All would go well until they came to a log 
 in the road, when the horse would stumble 
 over it, and throw the grist to the ground. 
 With patience the grist would be reloaded 
 and started on the trip, only to have the 
 accident repeated from time to time during 
 the journey. The gristground, they would 
 start for home, and meet with the sanie 
 luck as when going, and arrive at their 
 happy homes late at night. 
 
 The first wagon in town was owned by 
 James Morse, and was a dowry to his wife 
 from some of her friends who died down 
 country. The body is said to have been 
 about 6 feet long, bolted tight to the axle, 
 and was thought to be a gay vehicle. 
 
 The first stove in town was owned by 
 Dea. Jas. Marsh. It was a long, high 
 stove, and took wood 3 feet long; cost, $80. 
 This caused a great deal of talk and dis- 
 cussion in the community in regard to the 
 utility of its use, health of the family, etc. 
 
 The first clock in town was owned by 
 John W. Dana. It was a tall-cased brass 
 clock. 
 
 The first carpet in town was had by Mrs. 
 John W. Dana, and came to her in the di- 
 vision of her mother's things. A great 
 many of the people had never seen a carpet 
 when this came to town. But all these 
 hardships were borne bravely, with the 
 hope of better days. 
 
 OLD TIME DISTILLERIES. 
 
 Hanson Rogers, Esq., a stirring, ener- 
 getic citizen, 1809, erected the first dis- 
 tillery in Ipwn, on Cabot Plain. As this 
 was on nearly the highest land in town, 
 where no running water could be obtained, 
 he built quite a distance from the road, by 
 a brook in the pasture now owned by Mr. 
 W. S. Atkins, paying partly in blacksmith- 
 ing — his trade, and the remainder in 
 whisky. The distillery was ready for the 
 crop of 1 8 1 o . So many potatoes were no w 
 planted, one distillery was insufficient for 
 the increasing business . A desire to make 
 money appeared to pervade the people of 
 those days even as it does the people of 
 these days. Judge Dana, the, merchant, 
 built another distillery nearly opposite the 
 buildings owned by Wm. Adams. There 
 now were two distilleries within a half mile 
 of each other, that could use up all the po- 
 tatoes raised in the immediate vicinity. 
 But other portions of the town, seeing the 
 ready sale and good price for potatoes, 
 began to raise them more largely, which 
 rendered the building of other distilleries 
 necessary. In l8l6, one was built on the 
 farm now owned by W. S. Atkins. Up to 
 this time the product of these distilleries, 
 that had not been consumed at home, had 
 mainly been conveyed by teams to Boston 
 and Portland. Now a new avenue was 
 opened. The cloud of war began to settl? 
 
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 Vermont mistorical magazime. 
 
 down over our country, and soon we were 
 involved in a conflict with Great Britain, 
 and Cabot distillers, only about 40 miles 
 from the Canada line, lost no time in find- 
 ing a market in that country for the product 
 of their stills. The good, orthodox cit- 
 izens of this place seemed quite intent on 
 obeying the divine injunction, "If thine 
 enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give 
 him drinky This command, so explicit 
 in its terms, the towns situated near the 
 border seemed bound to carry out ; a large 
 number of cattle were driven over, and no 
 small quantity of whisky found ready sale 
 among the British soldiery. It proved 
 a lucrative business to those engaged in 
 it. It was smuggling, and was rather 
 risky business, but the "commandment" 
 was plain and imperative, and must be 
 followed. And about this time distilleries 
 yent into operation rapidly. One was put 
 up by Deacon Stone, where I. F. Haines' 
 woolen factory is now ; one by Capt. Sum- 
 ner, on the farm now occupied by R. B. 
 Bruce ; one on the farm of Chauncey Paine ; 
 one on the old Cutting farm ; one on Dea. 
 J. L. Adams' farm, where Union Block 
 stands, and one where Hial Morse now 
 lives; so that 12 distilleries were in 
 full blast at one time in Cabot. These 
 made whisky very plenty, and it was used 
 in all the different callings of life. Some 
 even thought it was cheaper than corn for 
 common living. It is said one poor man 
 in Plainfield used to say that he would buy 
 a half bushel of corn-meal, and carry it 
 home, and his wife would make it all up 
 into hasty pudding, and the children would 
 eat it all up and go to bed crying with 
 hunger. But let him buy a gallon of 
 whisky, and they would all go to sleep like 
 kittens by the fire ; he thought whisky the 
 cheapest diet. 
 
 No occasion was ever perfect without it. 
 If a neighbor came for a friendly visit ; if 
 the pastor came to make a call, or to join a 
 couple in the holy bonds of matrimony, or 
 perform the last sad rites of burying the 
 dead, and especially when a child was born 
 into the world, the whisky and flip went 
 around merrily ; and when the ladies had a 
 quilting, every time they rolled the quilt 
 
 all must take a little toddy, and when they 
 had rolled it about four times, they were 
 ready to drop work, tell, stories and have a 
 jolly time. A story is told of one of these 
 good old ladies who at the conclusion of a 
 quilting put on her bonnet, one of those 
 large, old-fashioned poke bonnets, then in 
 vogue, and got it on wrong side before, 
 covering her face entirely, and was in 
 great trouble to find the strings. The 
 good old lady got out of the dilemma by 
 the assistance of her friends, but never 
 could tell exactly what the trouble was. 
 
 All the public gatherings were held at 
 the Plain, and the occasion which usually 
 attracted the largest crowd was that of 
 June training. At this iime the military 
 officers were elected for the following year. 
 At one of these elections John Dow,' who 
 subsequently became a prominent minister 
 of the Methodist denomination, was elect- 
 ed captain. After the election, Capt. Dow, 
 ^s in duty bound, ordered the treat, and 
 all drank to repletion, after which the com- 
 pany was formed for drill and inspection, 
 and the various evolutions gone through 
 with. During the practice, one of the 
 brothers of the newly-elected captain, who 
 had imbibed somewhat freely, was unable 
 to keep time with the music, and finally 
 fell flat on the ground. His comrades 
 helped him to his feet, and began to up- 
 braid him for his unseemly conduct ; with 
 maudlin wit he answered, " It is aU right ; 
 the Dows to-day are rising and falling." 
 
 About 1815, the newly-set orchards com- 
 menced bearing; great quantities of apples 
 were brought into market, and cider-mills 
 were built in different parts of the town, 
 and some of theinhabitants began to have 
 cider in addition to whisky for a beverage. 
 The first cider-mill was built by Robert 
 Lance, nearly opposite the residence of , 
 Albert Osgood, in 1819. 
 
 Cider and whisky were the staple com- 
 modities of the time, the former selling for 
 %l per barrel, and the latter from 67 to 75 
 cents per gallon. . So common was their 
 use, they were regarded very much as 
 "United States" currency in these days. 
 
 No farmer thought of beginning a winter 
 with less than 12 or 15 barrels of cider and 
 
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 one or two barrels of whisky in the cellar. 
 It was no uncommon thing for a young 
 man to hire out for the season for 300 gal- 
 lons of whisky, and this he would dispose 
 of for stock, store-pay, or anything he 
 could get. 
 
 About 1823, the farmers began to think 
 raising so many potatoes was running out 
 their farms, and, after all, not so profitable 
 as some other props, and less were planted, 
 and the number of distilleries decreased, 
 until in 1832, there were none running in 
 town, and New England rum was used by 
 those who thought they must have some- 
 thing stimulating, android freely at all the 
 stores and hotels in town. 
 
 About 1825, the temperance question 
 began to be agitated ; people commenced 
 to think they could get along without quite 
 so much stimulant, and from that time to 
 the present, there has been a marked dim- 
 inution in the quantity absorbed in town. 
 
 The writer has in this matter endeavored 
 to state facts simply and fully, but does 
 not mean to be understood as saying that 
 in the manufacture and sale of liquors, 
 Cabot was a sinner above the other towns 
 in that vicinity, for it is probably a fact 
 that for its number of inhabitants, it had 
 fewer distilleries than any other town in 
 this section. 
 
 POST-OFFICE. 
 
 There was no public mail service in 
 Cabot till 1808. The only newspaper 
 taken by the pioneer settlers was the North 
 Star, then as now published at Danville, 
 and this was procured by each subscriber 
 taking his turn in sending his boy, or going 
 himself on horseback to the printing ofl5ce, 
 and bringing the papers for his neighbor- 
 hood in saddle-bags. What he could not 
 distribute on his way home were left at the 
 - grist-mill, then owned and run by Thomas 
 Lyford, on the same site where the mill 
 now stands, and by him were distributed 
 as the subscribers came, or sent to the mill 
 for them. None of the subscribers of that 
 day are now living, but their children tell 
 me that the receipt of the paper was 
 deemed a matter of so much importance 
 that all the family gave attention while 
 some one of their number, by the light of 
 
 the tallow candle or the fainter flicker of 
 the fireplace, read aloi^d not only the news 
 but the entire contents of the paper. 
 
 Letters were brought by travelers passing 
 through the town. In this way the early 
 settlers received their mails for the first 23 
 years. 
 
 The first regular mail service through 
 Cabot was' begun in 1808, and Henry 
 Denny was. the first carrier, his horseback 
 route extending from Montpelier to the 
 Canada line, passing through Cabot, Dan- 
 ville, Lyndon, Barton, etc., and his re- 
 turn was made by way of Craftsbury and 
 Hardwick. The round trip occupied about 
 10 days. About the year 18 ro, he com- 
 menced to bring the Vermont Watchman, 
 published then as now in Montpelier, and 
 when he came to the house of a subscriber 
 he would blow his tin horn lustily, and im- 
 patiently await the coming of some mem- 
 ber of the family to receive the same. 
 
 Mr. Nickerson Warner was the first 
 postmaster at Cabot. He then lived on 
 the farm now owned by H. W. Powers, on 
 the road now leading to Walden. The 
 post road, however, left the present road 
 near the old school-house, at the lower 
 village, running by the present residence 
 of W. S. Atkins, thence by the centre of 
 the town near the old pound, and by the 
 farm now owned by A. F. Sulham, and so 
 on by Dexter Reed's, coming out at A. G. 
 Dickenson's, at the Plain, and then to 
 Danville Four Corners, Mr. Warner living 
 so far from the post road, engaged Lene 
 Orcutt, who lived on the farm now owned 
 by A. F. Sulham, to keep the office. 
 
 At this time meetings were held at the 
 Center on the Sabbath, and what mail was 
 not distributed during the week he brought 
 to church, feeling sure to see there all in- 
 habitants of the town. The office re- 
 mained at this place for 6 years, until 1814, 
 when Jeremiah Babcock was appointed 
 postmaster. He then lived on the farm 
 now occupied by Harvey Dow, and this 
 being but a short distance from the post 
 road, he removed the office to his house. 
 
 Mr. Cate of Marshfield, now became 
 mail carrier, still taking it on horseback 
 the same as his predecessor, Mr. Denny. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 In 1820, Mr. Babcock resigned, and his 
 son Harvey was appointed in his place. 
 By this time a store had been started at 
 what is now known as Lower Cabot, and 
 Mr. Babcock put the office in there. Cap- 
 tain Covel, Senior, was the next to carry 
 the mail, which service he performed some 
 8 or 10 years, during which time Mr. Bab- 
 cock resigned^and left town. In 1827, 
 Hector McLean was appointed postmaster, 
 prior to which time, however. Captain 
 Covel had died, and Deacon Adams be- 
 came mail-carrier. 
 
 At this time the country had become 
 more thickly settled, and the road so passa- 
 ble that Deacon A. concluded to try the 
 experiment of a stage, and he was the first 
 to put on a team for the accommodation of 
 passengers. His rig consisted of two 
 horses and a wagon with body firmly bolted 
 to the axle, so that passengers in riding 
 over the rough roads and poor bridges got 
 the full spring of the axle. 
 
 Deacon Adams dying. Deacon Kellogg 
 became his successor. Of him it was re- 
 lated that he was a great smoker, and 
 having straw in the bottom of his wagon, 
 it took fire from his pipe and came near 
 burning up his whole establishment. So 
 say the old inhabitants. 
 
 By this time quite a settlement had 
 grown up at what is now known as the 
 village of Cabot. About the year 1834, 
 George Dana was appointed postmaster, 
 and he removed the office to that village, 
 where it has since been kept, with the ex- 
 ception of one year. This year was when 
 Jacob CoUamer of this state was post- 
 master-general, and Salma Tressell of the 
 Lower village was postmaster. This re- 
 moval to the Lower village, as a matter of 
 course, created no little feeling, which re- 
 sulted in a long and bitter struggle between 
 the two villages which resulted at last in 
 the appointment of Dr. Doe as postmaster, 
 when the office was again returned to its 
 former quarters in the store of Elijah Perry 
 at the village of Cabot. It has since re- 
 mained in that village, changing hands 
 from time to time as the postmasters have 
 died or moved away, or the administration 
 changed. 
 
 After Deacon Kellogg, different carriers 
 transported the mails for short terms until 
 about 1830, when Cottrill and Clark be- 
 came owners of the route, and put on good 
 horses and good coaches from Montpelier 
 to Danville, there connecting with stages 
 from Canada to Boston, also to Littleton 
 and the White ■ Mountstins, going from 
 Montpelier to Danville one day and return- 
 ing the next. , This was continued until 
 i860, when a daily mail was obtained from 
 Montpelier to Cabot, the route from Cabot 
 to Danville still being tri-weekly until 1862, 
 when the daily service was continued 
 thr«ugh to Danville. After this the con- 
 tractors were so numerous and changed so 
 often that it is impossible to enumerate 
 them. 
 
 The mails were run in this way until the 
 spring of 1872, when on the starting of 
 the Portland & Ogdensburgh railroad the 
 route over the hill to Danville was discon- 
 tinued, and a route! to Walden depot was 
 established. Then we began to receive 
 the Boston mailat 7 o'clock, P. m.. and 
 this made it seem as if we were brought 
 into the heart of the business world. 
 
 On the I2th of March, 1874, the service 
 of teams from Montpelier to Marshfield was 
 discontinued and the mails were transferred 
 to the cars .of the Montpelier & Wells 
 River railroad, so that we now receive our 
 daily mails both by the Portland & Ogdens- 
 burgh and the Montpelier & Wells River 
 railroad at 7 o'clock in the evening. 
 
 In thus briefly reviewing the mail ser- 
 vice of the past we cannot but be impressed 
 with the progress made in these matters 
 durfng the past 56 years. No more wait- 
 ing until late at night for the arrival and 
 opening of the mail, which, perhaps, con- 
 tains tidings of great moment. No more 
 shoveling through deep drifts of snow to 
 render passable the road over Danville hill. 
 In place of these we hear the shrill whistle 
 from the engines of two railroads, and our 
 mail is brought with celerity, certainty and 
 security almost to our very door. 
 
 In 1866, Alonzo F. Sprague was ap- 
 pointed postmaster, since which he has 
 discharged the duties of the office to the 
 satisfaction of all. We think, if the admin- 
 
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 istration should change, they could hardly 
 make up their mind to remove him. 
 
 TELEGRAPH SERVICE. 
 
 In 1871, the Vermont International Tel- 
 egraph Company made a proposition to 
 the town if they would give them $200 and 
 set the poles, they would run their wires 
 from the P. & O. R. R. line to the village 
 of Cabot. In a few weeks the click of the 
 telegraph was heard in Sprague & Wells' 
 store. Charles B. Putnarri was appointed 
 manager of the oiEce, he employing an 
 operator. He held the position but one 
 year, when he left town, and Hiram Wells 
 was appointed, who has been the operator 
 for 8 years. 
 
 THE CHURCHES IN CABOT. 
 
 Dea. Edward Chapman, the third set- 
 tler, was a Baptist, and held meetings 
 nearly every Sabbath in town, and was oc- 
 casionally called to Danville and Peacham 
 to preach. Cabot, also, was visited oeca- 
 sionally, by Dr. Crossman, Baptist mis- 
 sionary fi-om Unity, N. H., and by Rev. 
 Mr. Ainsworth. 
 
 In March, 1797, an article was in the 
 warning for March meeting " to see if 
 the town would provide means to secure 
 preaching some part of the ensuing year." 
 It was passed over at that meeting, but at 
 a town meeting June 17, 1799, there was 
 an article in the warning to see if it was 
 the wish of the town to settle Rev. Dr. 
 Crossman as their minister. It was " voted 
 that he be settled, piovided he will accept 
 such tenns as a majority of the town shall." 
 "Voted a committee of 7 be appointed to 
 wait on the Rev. Doctor and examine his 
 credentials ;" committee : Joseph Blanch- 
 ard, John Whittier, Esq., Henry Beards- 
 ley, Capt. David Blanchard, Lyman Hitch- 
 cock, Thomas Osgood, Joseph Huntoon, 
 the committee to report the same afternoon. 
 This committee reported they found his 
 credentials satisfactory ; and that as a 
 majority of the town were of different per- 
 suasion from the Rev. Dr. Crossman, Bap- 
 tist, that this should make no difference in 
 regard to their church privileges, but every 
 person holding a certificate from a regular 
 organized church, whether they believed 
 
 in sprinkling or plunging, should be ad- 
 mitted to all the rights of church member- 
 ship, and that every person of sober life 
 and good deportment, who wished should 
 be admitted a member of the church. 
 They also reported that " six of the com- 
 mittee were for giving one half of the pub- 
 lic right and for buildings on the same.'' 
 In every town there was one right set 
 apart to be given to the first settled minis- 
 ter ; after a prolonged discussion it was 
 voted not to accept the report of the com- 
 mittee. 
 
 It appears a report had got into circula- 
 tion that Dr. Crossman was under censure 
 in the church in Croydon, N. H., of Which 
 he was a member ; and for this reason it 
 was voted not to accept the report of the 
 committee ; but another town meeting was 
 called for Feb. 18, 1800, to give Rev. Mr. 
 Crossman an opportunity to vindicate him- 
 self; which by papers and letters he did to 
 the full satisfaction of all present, and by 
 his request the town voted to give him 
 declaration on account of his not being 
 under cen.sure as was reported in this town, 
 that his character should not suffer any 
 more in this place. With this ended all 
 efforts to settle Dr. Crossman. 
 
 Several town meetings were called to 
 take into consideration the subject of 
 hiring a minister, but no minister was ever 
 hired by the town. 
 
 Aug. IS, i8oi, a town meeting was called 
 to complete the organization of a religious 
 society. The organization was completed 
 and a vote passed that this society be 
 known by the name and firm of 
 
 congregationalists in the town of 
 
 CABOT. 
 
 Officers elected : Thomas Osgood, clerk ; 
 Oliver Walbridge, treasurer ; Joseph Fish- 
 er, Horace Beardsley, Thomas Osgood, 
 assessors ; Clement Coburn, John Edger- 
 ton, Reuben Atkins, committee ; Moses 
 Stone, collector. 
 
 The first vote of the society was to in- 
 struct Dr. Beardsley to engage the services 
 of Rev. Mr. Joslin a certain period of time, 
 not exceeding 4 months. 
 
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 A BAPTIST NOTIFICATION 
 
 was read for the inhabitants of the town of 
 Cabot of the Baptist persuasion, to meet 
 at the Centre school house, May 12, 1803. 
 At this meeting the following officers were 
 elected : Perley Scott, clerk ; Fifield Ly- 
 ford, treasurer; John N. Gunn, John 
 Whittier, John Spiller, assessors ; Enoch 
 Hoyt, collector; Samuel. Kingston, John 
 Blanchard, Thomas Lyford, committee. 
 
 From this date there were two religious 
 societies in town, and men began to take 
 sides, and there are a large number of cer- 
 tificates upon the repords, showing that the 
 signers do not agree with the other society. 
 One man evidently meant to make a sure 
 thing of it, and recorded his certificate as 
 not agreeing with either society. 
 
 THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 
 
 was organized at the old Center school- 
 house, Oct. 25, 1801, the Rev. Mr. Ran- 
 som, of Rochester, and the Rev. Mr. Hal- 
 lock, missionary from Connecticut, being 
 present. 
 
 Original Members :— Clement Coburn, 
 Gershom Beardsley, Stephen Clark, Oliver 
 Walbridge, Elias Hitchcock, Lene Or- 
 cutt, Hepzebah Osgood, Ruth Beardsley, 
 Miriam Clark, Elizabeth Walbridge, Peggy 
 Hitchcock, Anna Church, Lucy Osgood. 
 
 Clement Coburn, who had been deacon 
 of the Congregational church in Charles- 
 ton, Mass., was first deacon and moderator ; 
 Evans Beardsley the first clerk elected. 
 For the first 22 years they had no settled 
 minister. They fi.irnished themselves when 
 they could by hiring, which was seldom, 
 and missionaries were sometimes sent to 
 them from Massachusetts and Connecticut. 
 But when they had no minister, one of the 
 deacons, or some one of the society, read 
 to them a sermon on the Sabbath. They 
 always maintained worship on the Sab- 
 bath, every brother considering himself 
 pledged to assist as called upon. For the 
 first 6 years meetings were held in the 
 Centre school-house, or at a dwelling- 
 house near the Centre ; often in Esquire 
 Mercer's barn and the barn of Oliver Wal- 
 bridge. In 1804-5, the question of build- 
 ing a meeting-house was agitated. It was 
 
 raised Sept. 25, 1806, but the frame stood 
 in an unfinished state until about 1810. 
 The pew-ground was sold Dec. 12, 1809, 
 payment to be made in three yearly pay- 
 ments, i cash ; the remainder in neat stock 
 or materials for the house. Committee for 
 building the house, Moses Stone, Joseph 
 Smith, Henry Walbridge, Eliphalet Adams 
 and Luther Wheatley. 
 
 The old meeting-house was large on the 
 ground ; two rows of windows all around, 
 high belfry ; within, gallery on three sides ; 
 16 pews in the gallery; 42 pews below; 
 would seat about 300. The struggle to 
 finish it was hard. All parts of the town 
 assembled to worship in it 18 summers 
 before it was plastered. In the winter 
 meetings were held in dwelling-houses 
 and school-houses. In 1817, there was an 
 especial revival and in-gathering of 41 
 members, although without any settled 
 minister, 
 
 rev. MOSES INGALLS, 
 
 the first pastor and first settled minister, 
 was ordained and installed over the church, 
 Oct. 27, 1823. He was engaged to preach 
 one-half of the time at salary of $200, i of 
 it payable in cash, | in produce or neat 
 stock, to be delivered in the month of 
 October. He was dismissed Apr. 20, 
 1825. The next two years the church was 
 served by supplies. Reverends Wright, 
 of Montpelier, ^(Vorcester, of Peacham, 
 French, of Barre, and Hobart, of Berlin. 
 During this time, 1826, one of the most 
 powerful revivMs took place that the town 
 ever witnessed, of which Rev. Levi H. 
 Stone, then a young man then and after- 
 wards pastor of the church, writes : 
 
 The church was without a pastor, but 
 were aided now and then a Sabbath by 
 neighboring ministers. Late in autumn 
 they obtained the services of the Rev. Asa 
 Lowe, small in stature, weak in voice, an 
 old bachelor, with many whims, which 
 might be expected to lessen the moral 
 force of his labors, and the church and so- 
 ciety were in serious trouble ; most posi- 
 tively divided over the question of finish- 
 ing their church edifice where it then stood, 
 on the geographical center of the town, or 
 to remove it to the " Upper Branch." 
 This question was seemingly disposed of, 
 by a vote to finish where it then stood. 
 
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 •and Ebenezer Smith, Esq., was appointed 
 to raise funds and complete tJie work. 
 Living some 3 miles east from the Center, 
 on the Peacham road, it was natural he 
 should oppose the removal of the house. 
 He entered upon his duties with zeal, and 
 rode and wallced night and day, and had 
 nearly raised the required amount, and 
 partially, if not quite, completed the con- 
 tract with Asa Edgerton, a meeting-house 
 builder, to do the work, when an opposi- 
 tion movement was started, and prevailed, 
 and the house was removed to tlie village. 
 ■^ This transaction was by a large number of 
 the church and society pronounced un- 
 manly and unchristian, and resulted in 
 very positive alienation. Some went to 
 the Methodist, some to the Freewill Bap- 
 tist, then worshipping on the West Hill, 
 and others remained at home. 
 
 But there was salt in that church which 
 preserved it from putrefaction. Deacons 
 Moses Stone and Eliphalet Adams cov- 
 enanted (and with them covenant meant 
 something) to sustain a weekly meeting 
 for prayer and confereuce, so long as they 
 could say we. Others seeing their good 
 works and spirit, began to do likewise, and 
 beyond expectation, tender and brotherly 
 feeling was supplantingjealousy and anger, 
 so that in September and October meet- 
 ings were full. But it is unquestionably 
 true that a thoughtful, inquiring state of 
 mind was first manifest in the Methodist 
 meetings. Their social meetings, both on 
 the Sabbath and week-day evenings, were 
 held in the house of Judge Dana, the 
 abode of the late Joseph Lance, Esq. The 
 young minister, Ireson, was nearly always 
 present, and he possessed a most happy 
 faculty of conducting social as well as 
 Sabbath meetings. 
 
 As early as Oct. it was apparent an in- 
 visible agency was moving the -people. 
 There began to be instances of " the new 
 birth," and where least expected, but it 
 was not till December that a general re- 
 ligious feeling prevailed, and persons alien- 
 ated and bitter began to seek reconciliation 
 in tender, prayerful earnestness. 
 
 The first " watch-meeting" ever held in 
 Cabot was in the Methodist church, on the 
 evening of the 31st of Dec, 1825. Mr. 
 Norton, living on the " Plain," an aged, 
 geiitlemanly, scholarlj? man, lately from 
 Massachusetts. His views were in oppo- 
 sition to the meeting and its measures, 
 which he expressed, but his position and 
 remarks were so met as only to increase 
 the interest. A sermon from Rev. Mr. 
 Ireson, prayers, confessions, exhortations, 
 and singing by the congregation, filled the 
 time to a late hour, when it was proposed 
 as many as desired an especial interest in 
 
 the prayers of saints should come to the 
 altar, when, as a cloud, nearly one hun- 
 dred went forward, filling the aisles nearly 
 to the doors, among whom were Henry G. 
 Perkins, the merchant, and his wife, Wm. 
 Fisher and wife, Wm. Ensign, Horace 
 Haynes, Clarissa and Ruth Osgood, Ruth 
 and Louisa Coburn, all of whom are now 
 in possession of the then promised rest. 
 That year gave to the Congregational 
 church about 100 members, and the Meth- 
 odist received probably about as many, 
 and several went to the Baptist, on the 
 West Hill. Toward 300 hopeful conver- 
 sions occurred that year in the town of 
 Cabot, and the laborers were mainly the 
 good fathers and mothers in those Israels. 
 Home talent, with God's favor, wrought 
 wonders, as it always will. 
 
 One event which deepened the impres- 
 sions of the people generally, I may not 
 omit — the death of Dea. E. Adams, early 
 in the year. Cold nights found him upon 
 his knees, pleading for the lost. He lived 
 to rejoice at the opening of the work and 
 ingathering of some of the sheaves, when 
 he was. called to ascend and be ready upon 
 the celestial plains to welcome the re- 
 deemed from his own town, as one after 
 another should slide down from the wings 
 of angels, and enter into that "purchased 
 rest." 
 
 Among the young, no one probably 
 equaled, in labors and influence, the Rev. 
 John F. Stone, nbw of Montpelier. He 
 will be remembered by many now living, 
 as their attention shall be called to those 
 days, but by a vastly larger number who 
 have gone over the River. 
 
 But a wonderful readiness to do and 
 bear, characterized both old and young. 
 The evening meetings here and there, in 
 school-houses, and dwelling-houses in re- 
 mote neighborhoods, as well as in the 
 more central, were sure to be fully attend- 
 ed. The weather made but little differ- 
 ence. "Enduring hardness, as good 
 soldiers of Jesus Christ," seemed a priv- 
 ilege then as well as duty. 
 
 Now, while these reminiscences cannot 
 be as dear to strangers as to those among 
 whom they transpired, yet they may aff'ord 
 some thoughts deserving consideration. 
 
 In 1824 the meeting-house was taken 
 down and moved to the village, where the 
 school-house now stands, and finished, 
 and for those days was a very fine struc- 
 ture. 
 
 By a subscription of the citizens in 1839, 
 a bell of 1 100 pounds, cost, JS300, was 
 hung in the belfi-y, the first bell in town, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 and said to have been one of the finest 
 toned bells in the country. After a few- 
 years it was cracked ; was recast in 1848, 
 and again hung in the belfry. 
 
 This meeting-house was used until 1849, 
 when it was torn down, and the house now 
 occupied by this church was built. Jan. 3, 
 1827, Rev. Henry Jones was ordained and 
 installed pastor of the church, to preach 
 for them | of the time, at a salary of $225, 
 one-half payable in grain, and one-half in 
 money. After 4 years' labor with them he 
 was dismissed May 28, 1832. To 1839 
 they had no settled minister. In the fall 
 of 1839, 
 
 REV. LEVI H. STONE 
 
 was ordained and settled. Mr. Stone was 
 raised in this town, and this was his first 
 pastorate. Without flattery we can say, 
 in person rather tall and commanding, 
 with pleasant voice and manner, his ser- 
 mons were well planned, delivery good, 
 and whenever lie spoke he commanded 
 attention. He was pastor6 years, and the 
 church enjoyed a good degree of prosper- 
 ity. 
 
 From 1846 to '49, again there was no 
 settled minister, but Rev. S. N. Robinson, 
 a very scholarly man from New York, was 
 the acting pastor for a large share of the 
 time. 
 
 Nov. I, 1849, Rev. Edward Cleveland 
 was installed as pastor, a very wide-awake, 
 go-ahead man, who believed in people 
 wearing out instead of rusting out. 
 
 During the winter of 1850 and '51 a 
 great revival occurred. Mr. C. was as- 
 sisted by Rev. Mr. Galliher, an evangelist 
 from Missouri ; 48 persons, many of them 
 heads of families, and in some instances 
 whole families, were added to the church. 
 
 Mr. Cleveland was dismissed Oct. 9, 
 1853. To 1859, quite a portion of the 
 time Rev. T. G. Hubbard was acting 
 pastor. In the autumn of 1859, R^v. S. F. 
 Drew was installed, and remained 12 years. 
 During this time, although there was no 
 especial revival, there was a goodly num- 
 ber of additions each year, and the church 
 was in a prosperous condition. Mr. Drew 
 
 removed from town in May, 1871, though' 
 not dismissed till Nov. 1872. 
 
 Rev. B. S. Adams was the supply from 
 Mr. Drew's removal from town till Nov. 
 1872, when he was settled as pastor, which 
 office he now fills, July, 1881. During his 
 10 years of labor the church has continued 
 in a good working condition. They have 
 thoroughly repaired their house, and made 
 it a very pleasant place of worship, and 
 bought a fine organ, at a cost of JS800. 
 
 Since 1801 to June i, i88.i, whole num- 
 ber of metnbers, 537 ; children baptized, 
 307. The records show during its first 15 
 years the sacrament and ordinance of bap- 
 tism was administered nearly every time 
 by Rev. James Hobart, who must have 
 been a father to this church. The present 
 number of members is 126. During the 
 80 years of the existence of this church, it 
 has passed through many trials, and at 
 times it has almost looked as though it 
 would go to destruction ; but it was an- 
 chored to a sure foundation, and all must 
 acknowledge it has been the means of 
 doing great good in the community. 
 
 DEACONS OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 Moses Stone and Eliphalet Adams were 
 elected about 1808 ; each served the church 
 faithfully, by holding meetings in different 
 parts of the town, and ofiiciating on the 
 Sabbath when the church was without a 
 minister. Deacon Adams died in the 
 winter of 1826, aged 45 years. Deacon 
 Stone went to the grave like the shock of 
 corn fully ripe, at ']^ years, July 13, 1842. 
 
 At a meeting of the church, June 11, 
 1827, James Marsh, Samson Osgood and 
 Marcus O. Fisher were elected to the oflSce 
 of deacons, and Oct. 31, 1827, at a meetv 
 ing of the circular conference with this 
 church, they were solemnly consecrated 
 to the office of deacon by prayer, in which 
 the Rev. James Hobart led, and by the 
 laying on of hands of Revs. James Hobart, 
 Justin W. French and Henry Jones. The 
 sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. French, 
 and charge to the deacons was by Rev. Mr. 
 Hobart. 
 
 Joseph Hoytwas elected July 16, 1851, 
 and served until he removed to Cameron, 
 
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 Mo., where he died in 1870. He was a 
 valuable membef, always aiding by his 
 presence at all the meetings, and assisting 
 pecuniarily to the fullest extent of his 
 ability. When he removed West it was 
 not only a great loss to the church but also 
 to the town. 
 
 May 6, 1865, it was voted to elect three 
 additional deacons. N. K. Abbott, Ed- 
 ward G. Haines and Edwin Fisher were 
 elected and consecrated Feb. 1866, by 
 prayer and laying on of hands by the 
 pastor. Rev. S. F. Drew and Rev. Nathan 
 Wheeler. 
 
 De?LCon Haines died Jan. 28, 1867 ; 
 taken in the midst of his usefulness, bright 
 prospects appearing to be opening before 
 him. All had the utmost confidence in his 
 integrity. To him the church looked for a 
 strong support for years to come, but at 
 the early age of 38 years, the brittle silver 
 thread was loosed, and the golden bowl 
 broken. 
 
 The deacons of the church at the present 
 time are 'N. K. Abbott, J. L. Adams, I. 
 F. Haines and M. L. Haines. 
 
 SABBATH SCHOOL. 
 
 The first Sabbath instruction for their 
 children among the early settlers upon the 
 Plain, was in 1804, when the settlement 
 was still sparse. During the week, the 
 children learned portions of the Assembly's 
 catechism which the Puritan settlers 
 brought from their early homes, and on 
 the Sabbath day when they had no preach- 
 ing, the good mothers would gather them 
 together at some one of their houses, and 
 have them recite their lessons learned dur- 
 ing the week. They also had prayer and 
 religious conversation, all of which served 
 to give the young minds a start in the 
 right du-ection. I had these facts from 
 Mrs. Nathaniel Webster more than 20 
 years since. 
 
 In 18 18, the Sabbath school connected 
 with the Congregational church was organ- 
 ized at the Lower village school-house by 
 Col. Washburn and Esq. Hale from 
 Greensboro. They met at half-past four 
 p. M., and were continued only through the 
 summer months. 
 
 The school numbered from 30 to 40 pu- 
 pils. It is said young ladies walked from 
 Marshfield, a distance of 4 or 5 tjiiles, to 
 attend this school. The next year John 
 Damon started a Sabbath school on the 
 Plain, holding it in the hall of the yellow 
 house, where he then lived. 
 
 The 4th of July these schools had a cel- 
 ebration at the centre of the town. Some 
 of the old people living who were children 
 then, speak of it now as one of the most 
 enjoyable 4th of July's of their lives. 
 
 Deacon Moses Stone was the first supt. 
 This school has never lost its organization, 
 and has always been well sustained. As 
 years moved along, Bible-classes were con-| 
 nected with it, and now old and young 
 gather together for the study of the Bible. 
 Among the early and active ones in the 
 Sabbath school were William Fisher, Rev. 
 John Stone, John R. Putnam; and of 
 more recent dates, the supts., Mr. Milton 
 Fisher, Joseph Hoyt, A. P. Perry and 
 many more we might mention did not lim- 
 ited space forbid. The school now num- 
 bers 1 20 ; average attendance 85 ; library, 
 very good ; 125 books. 
 
 The Sabbath school is truly said to be 
 the nursery of the church. 
 
 THE FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH 
 
 was organized in 1803. at the house of 
 Lieut. Thomas Lyford, the ministers of- 
 ciating, elders Benjamin Page and Aaron 
 Buel of Strafford, Vt. ; first members: 
 Anthony Perry and wife ; David Haines 
 
 and wife ; Spiller ; Enoch Hoyt 
 
 and wife ; Joseph Hoyt and wife ; Ezra 
 Hoyt and wife; Mr. Bruce, Benjamin 
 Hoyt, David Lyford, Samuel Kingston, 
 Abraham Hinks and David Blanchafd; 
 deacons: Enoch Hoyt, David Blanchard 
 and Benjamin Hoyt. 
 
 The town records show that Rev. Ben- 
 jamin Page was settled as pastor the same 
 year of the organization, which gave him 
 a clear title to the minister-lot, he being 
 the first settled minister in town. This he 
 received, it now being the farm of George 
 M. Webster, Esq. It was then in a state 
 of nature, but his parishioners at once 
 turned out and cut and cleared 10 acres for 
 him, and built a barn on the same. But 
 
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 Vermont historical magazine. 
 
 it is said he did not remain their minister 
 long after he got it in shape to sell. 
 
 Meetings were held at the houses and 
 in the barns for quite a number of years ; 
 and they used often the Congregational 
 meeting-house at the Centre, after it was 
 in shape to use. 
 
 In 1829, they built a meeting-house on 
 the west hill where quite a large number 
 of these members lived. The house was 
 of more modern style than either of the 
 other meeting-houses, being but one story, 
 gallery across one end, and the pulpit only 
 about 6 feet from the floor. It had no 
 tower. It was occupied regularly by the 
 I church for about 20 years, and during the 
 time, they had some very able ministers, 
 and some very stirring meetings. 
 
 The quarterly meetings are spoken of 
 as being very interesting occasions and 
 largely attended ; some coming 15 or 20 
 miles to attend them. 
 
 In about 12 or 15 years, the church be- 
 gan to suffer heavily by deaths and remov- 
 als, and about 1850, it lost its organization. 
 One board after another began to disap- 
 pear from the old house, and in 1875, it 
 went over to the majority. 
 
 I have not been able to find any record 
 of this church. This account has been 
 obtained from the oldest inhabitants of 
 this and adjoining towns. 
 
 THE METHODIST CHURCH IN CABOT. 
 
 , BY BEV. KOBEET SANDEESON. 
 
 The first family that moved into town 
 became afterward identified with Method- 
 ism. The wife of Benj. Webster was one 
 of the niembers of the first class. It is 
 stated by one of the oldest members of the 
 church that her mother attended a quar- 
 terly meeting on Cabot Plain about 1808. 
 This seems to be the first commencement 
 of the society, although the first class' was 
 not formed until about 181 1, The mem- 
 bers of the first class were : Mrs. Judge 
 Dana, Mrs. Dr. Scott, Mrs. B.Webster, 
 Mrs. Hills, Mrs. N. Webster, Mrs. Durgiii 
 and Mrs. Rogers. The first men to "join 
 the class, some short time afterwards 
 were judge J. W. Dana, Daniel Smith and 
 Dr. Scott. There may have been others 
 
 connected with the class at that time j we 
 have only been able to find the above, 
 and have no doubt they were the original 
 members. The first Methodist sermon 
 preached in town was probably by Thomas 
 Branch, in 1807 or '8. One of the oldest 
 inhabitants says he remembers going to 
 meeting when quite a boy, and hearing 
 the first Methodist sermon preached in 
 town. Thomas Branch was presiding 
 elder of Vermont district about this time. 
 The first circuit preacher was Bro. Stearns. 
 The first presiding elder who seemed to 
 have had anything to do with Cabot as a 
 circuit, was Eleazer Wells. In 1814, Lo- 
 renzo Dow preached his first sermon in 
 Cabot, in the old Congregational meeting- 
 house at the Center before it was finished, 
 using the work-bench for his pulpit. After 
 announcing his text, he said Jesus Christ 
 sat down and taught the people ; so shall 
 I, and sat during the delivery of his dis- 
 course. There seems to have been quite 
 a reformation in the winter of the year 
 1816. The summer following, the Meth- 
 odists held their meetings in the tannery, 
 which is now used as a dwelling-house by 
 Widow E. Perry, next to Sprague & Wells' 
 block. Up to this date they had held their 
 meetings in the houses and barns, chiefly 
 at Cabot Plain, the quarterly meetings 
 being held in the Congregational church at 
 the Center. The first camp-meeting held 
 in town was in 1820, in the groVe owned 
 by Daniel Smith, now owned by A. M. 
 Foster, where over 80 tents were pitched. 
 The presiding elder was John Linsey, who 
 is said to have been a man of thunder. 
 The first church was built about 1822 or 
 1823, the land and timber being furnished 
 by Judge Dana, who had connected him- 
 s^f with the poor and despised Methodists, 
 to tlie wonderment of the community, a 
 man of his standing to be so short-sighted 
 as to connect himself with such fanatics. 
 It was owing to his influence and liberality 
 the church was built. In 1825 and '26 the 
 great reformation took place, commenciflg 
 with the watch-night service in the Meth- 
 odist church. Bro. E. Ireson was the 
 preacher. The revival spread throughout 
 the town, both churches taking part in the 
 
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 work. The facts up to this date we have 
 had to gather as we could, not being able to 
 find any previous record. Thos. Lyford has 
 supplied us with most of the information, 
 he being a small boy then. His people 
 afterwards became connected with the 
 Methodists. In 1828, Cabot Circuit con- 
 tained Cabot, Calais, Woodbury, Peacham, 
 Walden, Goshen Gore and Marshfield, 
 with a membership of 312. We find a 
 record of the first quarterly confereflce : 
 
 At a quarterly meeting conference, held 
 at Cabot, July 5, 1828, William Peck was 
 chosen secretary. Luke Richardson was 
 appointed recording steward. Licensed 
 Bro. Horace A. Warner to preach in a 
 local capacity. Licensed Bro. G. B. Hous- 
 ton as anexhorter. Licensed Bro. Samuel 
 Stocker as a local preacher. Licensed Bro. 
 William Simons as an exhorter. Elected 
 the following brethren as a committee of 
 arrangement for the year ensuing. Luke B. 
 Richardson, Timothy Haynes, John W. 
 Dana, voted that the next quarterly con- 
 ference be held at Walden. A true copy 
 of the record. Attest, 
 
 L. B. Richardson, 
 Reed. Steward. 
 
 The preachers in charge at ' this time 
 were N. W. Aspenwall and E. J. Scott. 
 Below is the estimate of their salary : 
 
 Quarterage, Bro. Asperiwall and wife, 
 and one child under seven years. 
 
 Quai'ternge. Table House Fuel. Traveling Total 
 expenses, rent. expenses. 
 
 I216.OO $75 $20 $20 $13 $344.00 
 
 E. J. Scott and wife, 
 
 200.00 53-54 10 5 8 276.50 
 
 Total receipts, 
 
 N. W. Aspenwall, $123.34 
 E. J. Scott, 71.84 
 
 In the quarterly report for January 3, 
 1830, we find the following resolution : 
 
 Resolved, that Oliver J. Warner, J. W. 
 Dana and William Lance be a committee 
 to purchase a suitable piece of ground, and 
 build thereon a parsonage house arid barns, 
 provided a sufficient amount is subscribed 
 to warrant the purchase of said land, and 
 the commencement of said building. 
 
 In 1830, John Courier received his first 
 license to preach, and was recommended 
 to the traveling connection. In 1832, or 
 2 years after their appointment, the com- 
 mittee bought of Joseph Preston one acre 
 of land, house and barns thereon ; cost, 
 $200, where the widows Heath and Lyford 
 
 now have houses. The society put itself 
 on record oij the side of liberty and tem- 
 perance : , 
 
 Resolu(tions. Quarterly meeting held at 
 Cabot, May 11, 1839. 
 
 1st. That slavery as it exists in the 
 United States of America is under all cir- 
 cumstances a sin against God, contrary to 
 the rights of our fellow-men enslaved. 
 
 2d. That it is the duty of every Chris- 
 tian philanthropist and republican to use 
 all lawful means for the peaceful emanci- 
 pation of all the enslaved of our land. 
 
 3d. That we claim the right to examine 
 and discuss this subject, and also to peti- 
 tion Congress for the immediate abolish- 
 ment of slavery in the District of Coluinbia. 
 
 ON TEMPERANCE., 
 
 1st. that the manufactory and vending 
 of intoxicating drinks, for a beverage, is an 
 immorality. 
 
 2d. That it is inconsistent with Christian 
 principles and a growth in grace to use in- 
 toxicating drinks as a beverage. 
 
 3d. That by precept and example, we 
 discourage the use of all intoxicating drinks 
 as a beverage. 
 
 In 1848, the parsonage lot was sold to 
 W. B. Cutting. Henry Russell, Joseph 
 Lance and John Clark, committee. In 
 
 1 85 1, S. Aldrich was the preacher. Quite 
 a reformation took place ; several conver- 
 sions ; some have gone to receive their re- 
 ward ; others are among our leading mem- 
 bers to-day. Removing and rebuilding 
 the church was commenced ; completed in 
 
 1852, by Bro. A. L. Cooper, appointed to 
 the charge that year. 
 
 NOTICE OF THE DEDICATION. 
 
 Providence permitting, the new^y-repair- 
 ed Methodist meeting-house at Cabot will 
 be dedicated to the service of God on 
 Tuesday, December 14, services com- 
 mencing at II o'clock A. M. Sermon by 
 Rev. J. Currier. Brethren in the ministry 
 and others in the vicinity are invited to 
 attend. A. L. Cooper. 
 
 December 2, 1852. 
 
 Joseph Lance was the leading man in 
 rebuilding the church. To Ris public 
 spirit the society are indebted for the very 
 nice and commodious church they now 
 own. Building committee of the church : 
 Jos. Lance, Paul Dean, John Clark. The 
 parsonage, commenced, 1853, Allen Perry, 
 Jerry Atkins, Rob. Lance, committee. Jo- 
 
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 seph Lance gave the lot for the parsonage, 
 besides his share in the building, and Mr. 
 Perry bore the whole committee burden. 
 From '53 to '73 nothing very marked oc- 
 curred ; the church just holding its own 
 and sometimes going down to low-water 
 mark, with the exception of the time. 
 Bro. King labored here. During- the 
 charge of Bro. W. H. Wight, 1872, new 
 interest was manifested. In his third quar- 
 terly report we find "we have repaired and 
 beautified our church ; painted, frescoed, 
 carpeted throughout; carpet cost $200, 
 paid by subscription ; chandelier $50, paid 
 by another subscription, raised by Harry 
 Whittier, a lad of 14 or 15 ; finishing and 
 frescoing to be paid by taxjon the pews. 
 The brethren have been equally ready to 
 share in the responsibilities. Aitiong 
 those foremost in the work are Bros. Allen 
 Perry, Theron H. Lance, William S. At- 
 kins. In report, Oct. 24, 1874: 
 
 " Our people have been surprised with 
 the gift of a fine bell, cost between $400 
 and $500, from Bro. Paul Dean, and Sister 
 Jeremiah Atkins. The church desire to 
 record here their appreciation of this timely 
 gift, and will ever pray that the blessing 
 of God may rest on the donors." 
 
 In the same report : 
 
 " We have nearly finished a neat vestry, 
 cost about $500; subscriptions nearly 
 pledged ; we shall have it fi-ee from debt. 
 We wish to make favorable mention of the 
 labors of Sister Julia Hopkins, whose un- 
 tiring efforts in soliciting subscription for 
 this work has been so abundantly blessed." 
 
 John Clark died, Feb. 17, 1874, and left 
 to the society $500, the interest to be used 
 for Methodist {{reaching in Cabot. 1875, 
 Sister Phebe Rogers, left the society $200, 
 for the same purpose. Bro. Paul Dean 
 also left the society $500. At the quar- 
 terly conference, Jan. 16, 1881, the follow- 
 ing resolutions were passed : 
 
 1st. Whereas God in his all-wise Prov- 
 idence, hfs removed one of our number, 
 Bro. Paul Dean, and although he has fallen 
 m a good old age, yet, we feel the loss to 
 us none the less, as regards the church he 
 loved. He was ever hopeful, firm in pur- 
 pose, wise in council and liberal in support. 
 He iiiUy adopted these beautiful lines : 
 
 For Ijor my tears shall fall, 
 
 For lier my prayers ascend. 
 
 To lier my toll and care be ^Iven 
 Till toll and care shall end. 
 
 2d. We deeply feel our loss in the 
 vacant seat in our church, his absence in 
 our consultations, and his kind, cheerful 
 and helpful words. , 
 
 3d. That we highly appreciate his lib- 
 eral bequest for the benefit of the ministry 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 shall ever cherish in grateful remembrance 
 and highly appreciate his liberal bequest 
 for the benefit of the ministry of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church in this place. Or- 
 dered that a copy of these resolutions be 
 forwarded to Sister Dean. 
 
 By order of the Board of Stewards, 
 Church Tabor, Presiding Elder. 
 C. M. Seabury, Secretary. 
 
 The church has a membership of 102 
 members and 25 probationers. Most the 
 probationers have joined during the past 
 year. The congregations are larger than 
 at any other time in the history of the 
 church. The first organization of the 
 Sabbath school was about 1820 or '21. 
 The first school had one teacher for the 
 whole school — Benjamin Derrel. Some 
 years previous to this they had made it a 
 practice of teaching the children from 
 house to house. Mrs. Dr. Scott was, no 
 doubt, the first one in town to be engaged 
 in Sabbath school work, though it was not 
 known by that name. The school has 
 never been so flourishing as to day. The 
 largest average number in attendance has 
 been reached during the past year. The 
 present pastor is Robert Sanderson ; Sab- 
 bath school superintendent, William S. 
 Atkins, who has held the office for over 
 15 years. Stewards of the church, Allen 
 Perry, Alvah Elmer, William S. Atkins, 
 D. Reed, M. Seabury, M. J. Stone, S. B. 
 Blodgett, Palmer B. Elmer; organist, 
 Harry P. Whittier; chorister, Herman 
 Osgood. 
 
 The following pastors have been sta- 
 tioned here since 1824: 
 
 1825, E. Ireson; 1826, Sargent and 
 Barker; 1827, Aspenwall and E. J. Scott; 
 1828, Foster ahd Peck; 1829, Demming 
 and Page; 1830, Cass and Manning ; 183 1, 
 Cutler and Rust; 1832, Cutler and Noyes; 
 1833, Sweatland and Scott; 1834, Kellogg 
 and Worcester ; 1835, Brown. and Smith; 
 1836, Wells and Hill; 1837, Wells and 
 
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 Farnham; 1838, L. Austin; 1839, C. Lis- 
 combe ; 1840, James Smith ; 1841 and '42, 
 A.Gibson; 1843, H. Kendall ; 1844 and 
 '45, Z. S. Haines; 1846 and '47, P. Frost; 
 1848, Swichel; 1849, W. W. Scott; 1850, 
 S.Aldricii; 1851, H. T. Jones; 1852 and 
 '53, A. L. Cooper ; 1854 afid '55, D. Packer ; 
 1856 and '57, D. S. Dexter; 1858 and '59, 
 P. P. Ray; i860, E. Copeland; l86i. C. 
 Fales : 1862 and '63, F. E. King; 1864 and 
 '65, A. Hitchcock ; 1866 and '67, D. Willis ; 
 1868 and '69, L. Hill: 1870 and '71, J. W. 
 Bemis; 1872, '73 and '74, W. H. Wight; 
 1875, '76 and 'TJ, F. H. Roberts ; 1878 and 
 '79, H. F. Forrest; 1880 and '81, R. San- 
 derson. 
 
 THE ADVENT CHURCH 
 
 in this town dates from 1843, when a long 
 series of meetings were held by Elder Ship- 
 man. Till 1858, there was no organiza- 
 tion, but meetings were held in d.ifferent 
 parts of the town, mainly at the West Hill 
 and at Lower Cabot, where the church was 
 organized Feb. 16, 1858 ; 40 members ; 
 Nathan Wheeler and Erasmus L. Burnap, 
 deacons, and M. P. Wallace, scribe. 
 
 Samuel W. Thurber was the first pastor, 
 widely known in this vicinity as a wide- 
 awake preacher, and one who to edify his 
 hearers, did not spare his lungs. He was 
 pastor for 6 years, since which the church 
 has been supplied by ministers hired from 
 year to year, among whom were Rev. H. 
 Canfield, Rev. George Child, Rev. Alonzo 
 Hoyt and Rev. Nathan Wheeler. Their 
 meeting-house was built in 1857, mainly' 
 through the efforts and means of Dr. M. 
 P. Wallace, and dedicated January, 1858 ; 
 sermon by Rev. J. V. Himes, of Boston, 
 who continued to hold meetings for the 
 next 4 weeks. He was a pleasant speaker, 
 thoroughly engaged in his labor. The 
 house was crowded at nearly every meet- 
 ing. The other churclies all joined in the 
 work, and a deep religious interest moved 
 the whole town, and after the close of his 
 labors, meetings were held at diiferent lo- 
 calities. It was called the most general 
 awakening that had pervaded the town 
 since 1826, and about 150 converts were 
 3.dded to the different churches, many of 
 
 whom have proved strong helps to the 
 churches to which they beloiig. For the 
 past few years this church has suffered 
 greatly from deaths and removals, and at 
 present they have preaching but ond-half 
 the time. 
 
 The Sabbath-school was organized be- 
 fore the church, and has always been kept 
 up ; the largest number enrolled, about 50. 
 They have the largest library of any Sab- 
 bath-school in town — 400 volumes, and 
 when the church has had regular preach- 
 ing each Sabbath, there has been a good 
 degree of interest manifested in the school. 
 
 PHYSICIANS 
 
 have been, and are now, well represented 
 in this town ; men who have stood well in 
 their profession. 
 
 Dr. Gershom Beardsley came among 
 the very early settlers, as early as 1790: 
 The physicians have been in the order of 
 their names : Gershom Beardsley, Perley 
 Scott, Dyer Bill, Dr. Haines, Leonard 
 Morgan, Dr. Pratt, Z. G. Pangborn, M. P. 
 Wallace, D. G. Hubbard, John Doe, Dan. 
 Newcomb, D. M. Goodwin, S. L. Wiswall, 
 J. A. Thompson, Fred Gale, Dr. Warren. 
 Our present physicians are Drs. Wallace 
 and Wiswall, Gale and Warren. 
 
 Dr. M. P. Wallace graduated at Han- 
 over Medical College, 1842, and com- 
 menced practice in this town in 1843 — he 
 has retired from general practice^ but is 
 often called in council. 
 
 Dr. S. L. Wiswall graduated at Wood- 
 stock Medical School, and after practicing 
 in the towns of Wolcott and Hydepark, 
 came to this town in 1862, as successor to 
 Dr. Newcomb. He is a well-read physi- 
 cian, and held in much esteem by the pro- 
 fession. 
 
 When "Dr. Bill" was the only prac^ 
 titioner in town, located on the Plain, a 
 man broke his thumb . The^doctor and all 
 the neighbors decided that amputation was 
 necessary. The Doctor had no instru- 
 ments, but they found a chisel they thought 
 if ground up to an . edge might answer. 
 The chisel was ground, the man laid his 
 hand on a block, the Doctor took the 
 
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 chisel and hammer, and in a minute the 
 ampmtation was done. 
 
 EPIDEMICS. 
 
 Probably the worst years of sickness 
 this town ever saw were 1813 and '14, 
 when the spotted fever raged to an alarm- 
 ing extent, nearly every family in town 
 having more or less sick ones, and in some 
 portions of the town there were not well 
 ones enough to care for the sick. Not un- 
 frequently, a person would die with none 
 but the members of their own family pres- 
 ent. The old tomb-stones show a great 
 number of deaths that year. 
 
 Deacon Clement Coburn died of the 
 spotted fever. He was one of the pillars 
 of the Congregational church in his town. 
 He lived but a very short time after he was 
 taken. No one taken with this epidemic 
 expected to live, it was so fatal and violent 
 in the first seizure of its victims. Says the 
 venerable Rev. Mr. Stone, of Montpelier : 
 Deacon Stone called to see him as soon as 
 he learned he was sick, to minister to any 
 want and to pray with him. When he 
 must leave that afternoon, Deacon Stone 
 was much affected at parting with Dea. 
 Coburn ; he had been a good and fellow- 
 laborer by his .side in the house of worship, 
 and he never expected to see him alive 
 again, but Dea. Coburn, in the midst of 
 his sufferings, bade him good-bye very 
 calmly, triumphantly adding : 
 
 " My 8oul eliall pray for Zlou suil, 
 Willie life and breath reniainsi " 
 
 These were his last words to Deacon 
 Stone, to which Dea. Stone often after al- 
 luded when speaking of Dea. Coburn or of 
 that calamitous period. 
 
 No other epidemic prevailed till 1841, 
 when the canker-rash, in its most malig- 
 nant form, carried off a great many chil- 
 dren. 1843 and '44 are remembered as 
 the terrible years of erysipelas. The toll- 
 ing of the bell saluted the ear, and the 
 mournful procession greeted the eye, al- 
 most daily. 1862 and '63 were sad years 
 to many families, from the ravages of 
 diphtheria. 
 
 Native Clergymen.— Congregational, 
 John F. Stone, Levi H. Stone, James f. 
 
 Stone, Hai-vey M. Stone, all brothsrs; 
 William Scales, Ebenezer Smith ; Chris- 
 tians, Leonard Wheeler, Nathan Wheeler, 
 brothers ; Methodists, Zerah Colburn, 
 Augustin Hopkins. ' 
 
 Lawyers.— Theron Howard, J. S. Mar- 
 ston, Harlow P. Smith, George W. Stone, 
 John McLean, T. P. Fuller and J. P. Lam- 
 son, the present lawyer of the town ; took 
 his academical course at Johnson, Vt. ; 
 read law with 'the late Hon. Thomas Gleed, 
 of M orris ville ; came to this town, and 
 commenced practice August, i860, during 
 which time he has built up a large prac- 
 tice, and is one of the leading attorneys in 
 this section. 
 
 College Graduates. — Oscar F. Dana, 
 William Edgerton, William Scales, Eleazer 
 J. Marsh, Charles C. Webster, Charles F. 
 Stone. 
 
 LOCAL literature. 
 
 We have not wasted much printer's ink. 
 I find but two Cabot publications, a pamph- 
 let by Rev. Henry Jones, in 1826, that is 
 entitled " An Exposure of Free-Masonry," 
 and another pamphlet, written by Israel 
 Cutting, giving an account of a law-suit 
 between himself and Orlando Carter. 
 
 A large number of newspapers are taken 
 here, and local items are well contributed. 
 Several libraries have been purchased for 
 the town, but after a few years were scat- 
 tered, and at present there is no public or 
 circulating library in town. 
 
 MASONIC. 
 
 GREEN MOUNTAIN LODGE, CHAKTBHED 1S65. 
 
 Charter Members — A. F. Sprague, B. J. 
 Lance, G. M. Webster, W. W. Lyford, 
 Rufus Adams, John M. Fisher, N. B. 
 Rogers, William H. Fletcher, G. W. Clark, 
 Edwin Fisher, A. M. Ruggles, E. C. 
 Smith. 
 
 First Officers of the Lodge— Kwias, Ad- 
 ams, W. M. ; J. M. Fisher, S. W. ; A. F. 
 Sprague, J. W. ; B. J. Lance, Treasurer; 
 Edwin Fisher, Secretary ; W. H. Fletcher, 
 S. D. ; Joseph Dow, J. D. ; G. M. Web- 
 ster, Nathaniel Perry, Stewards ; N. B. 
 Rogers, Tyler. 
 
 Present Officers— G. E. Forbes, W. M. ; 
 A. E. Dutton, S. W. ; N. B. Rogers, J. 
 
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 W. ; A. T. Durant, Treasurer; Hiram 
 Wells, Secretary; J. G. Pike, S. D. ; C. 
 C. Eastman, J. D. ; W. W. Buchanan, 
 George Gould, Stewards ; Charies French, 
 Chaplain; T. O. Parker, Marshall; T. H. 
 Lance, Tyler. 
 Highest membership reached, 104. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS I788 — 1881. 
 
 Maj. Lyman Hitchcock, first town clerk, 
 held the office from 1788 to 179S, when he 
 removed from town ; Dr. Horace Beards- 
 ley, 1795 ; Thomas Osgood, 1796 to 1821, 
 then in 1823 to 1832, with the exception 
 of 1822, when Joseph Fisher held the 
 office, an unbroken term of 36 years, when 
 on account of the infirmities of age, his 
 son Thomas Osgood, Jr., was elected in 
 his place and served till 1858, a term of 
 26 years, when from consumption, he had 
 to resign and soon after died, and Allen 
 Perry, was clerk to 1874 ; Lucas Hferrick to 
 1875 i Allen Perry re-elected in 1875 ; has 
 held the office since, making 6 town clerks 
 in 93 years. The records were kept in a 
 clear, plain hand and are all remarkably 
 w?ll preserved, even the first unbound rec- 
 ord, which is well stitched together on the 
 back, and is an interesting town relic. 
 
 SELECTMEN. 
 
 Lieut. Jonathan Heath, 1788; Lieut. 
 -Thomas Lyford, 1788, '91, '92, 1843, '4^; 
 David Blanchard, 1788, '89, '90, '94; Ed- 
 ward Chapman, 1789, '90 ; Benjamin Web- 
 ster, 1790; Samuel Danforth, 1791, '92 
 '93; Lyman Hitchcock, 1791, '92, '93; 
 Capt. James MorSe, 1793, '94; Jacob Oil- 
 man, 1794; Fifield Lyford, 1795, '96, '98, 
 1801; Samuel Warner, 1795, '96; Joseph 
 Fisher, 1797, '98 '99, 1800, '3, '4, '5, '6, '7, 
 '8, 'lo, 'II, '12, '13, '14, 'IS. '16. '17. '18. 
 '19, '21, '22, '25, '26, '33, '34; John Which- 
 er, 1797; Reuben Atkins, 1799, i8oo; 
 . Oliver Walbridge, 1799, 1800, 'i ; Clement 
 Coburn, 1801 ; Perley Scott, 1801, '2, '22, 
 •'23 ; John Edgerton, 1801 ; Moses Stone, 
 1802, '7; Matthias Stone, 1803, '4, 'j, '6, 
 '9. '33, '33 ; Enoch Hoyt, 1803, '4, '5, '50, 
 '52, 'S3, 'S4, '68 ; John Damon, 1806, '10, 
 'II, '12, '13, 'i;, '18, '19, '20, '39, '40, '49. 
 'so, 'SI ; John W. Dana, 1807, '8, '9, '13, 
 '16 to '22, '25 to '32, in all 16 years ; Jo- 
 
 seph Blanchard, 1808, '9; Joseph Coburn, 
 1810; Leonard Orcutt, 18 12, '21 to '31, '33 
 to '37', '43 to '46, 18 years in all ; John 
 Stone, i8i4^'i6, '17; David Haines, 1815, 
 '27, '28, '38; Aiithony Perry, 1820; Eben- 
 ezer Smith, 1823, '39, '41 ; Nathan Wheel- 
 er, 1824; Tristam C. Hoyt, 1829, '31, 
 '32; Hugh Wilson, 1830, '31, '42; Caleb 
 Fisher, 1832, '41, '42, '43 to '48, '54, 62, 
 '63, II years; Jeremiah Atkins, 1835, '36, 
 '40, '52, 'S3! William Lance, 183s, '45; 
 John A. Adams, 1836,' 37, '38 ; Alpha Web- 
 ster, 1837, '38, '49; Milton Fisher, 1.837, 
 '59, '60; StephenHpyt, i840,'s8, '59; Oli- 
 ver C. Warner, 1841 ; Timothy P. Fuller, 
 1842 ; Daniel Gould, 1846, '47, '53 ; Jacob 
 Way, 1846, '47 '48 ; M. O. Fisher, 1848, '49, 
 '52 ; Jewett Walbridge, 1848, '56, '57 ; Jos. 
 Lance, 1849; Paul Dean, 1850, '51; Geo. 
 W. Stone, 185 1 ; George H. Paige, 1854, 
 'SS; M. P. Wallace, 1855, '64, '66, '67, 
 '68, '78, '79, '80; Rufiis Adams, 1855; 
 Allen Perry, 1856, '57; John Clark, 1858;. 
 Peter Lyford, 1858; Joseph Hoyt, i860, 
 '61 ; Robert Lance, 1^860; S. W. Osgood, 
 1861, '63, '65 ; B. F. Scott, 1861, '62, '64; 
 James Atkins, 1862, '63; B. W. Marsh, 
 1864; John H. Damon, 1865; N. K. Ab- 
 bott, 1865; C. M. Seabury, 1866; Orson 
 Kimball, 1866, '69, '70-; E. D. Putnam, 
 1867; William P.' Whittier, 1867, '68, '71, 
 '74; George W. Payne, 1869, '70, '72; 
 Lucius Herrick, 1870, '71, '72, '75, '76, '11, 
 '78; Roland B. Bruce, 187 1; N. K. Ab- 
 bott, 1872, '73 ; E. T. Hopkins, 1873, '74, 
 '76, '77 ; C. C. Perry, 1873 ; Roswell Laird, 
 1874, 'IS, '76, 'n ; S. L. Wiswall, 1878, 
 '80 ; George L. Paige, 1879 ; George Gould, 
 1879, '81; Bemis Pike, 1880; Hiram 
 Wells, 1881; Charles M. Fisher, 1881. 
 In 1831, five selectmen were elected and 
 served. 
 
 TOWN TREASURERS. 
 
 At the first town meeting in 1788, no 
 treasurer was elected. Major Lyman Hitch- 
 cock, the first elected. Mar. 9, 1789, held 
 the office to Mar. 1792 ; then Lt. Thomas 
 Lyford from 1782 to '94 ; Thomas Osgood, 
 1794 -to '95, '97 to 1821, '22 to '39—42 
 years ; Jacob Garland, 179S to '97 ; Joseph 
 Fisher, 1821 to '22; Marcus O. Fisher 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 from 1839 to '41 ; Thomas Osgood, Jr., 
 from 1 84 1 to '48, and 1850 to '58 ; Henry 
 Russell, from 1848 to '50; Allen Perry, 
 from 1858 to '72, from '73 to I74; John A. 
 Farrington, from 1872 to '73 ! Milton Fisher 
 from 1874 to the present, 1881. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 In this department of town officers the 
 record does not commence until I7'95. 
 From tradition we learn Lieut. Thomas 
 Lytord was town representative in 1791,' 
 but for some reason did not attend the 
 Legislature. Sept. 1792, James Morse, 
 Esq., was elected, and after his election, 
 his wife spun the flax and made the cloth 
 from which he had a pair of new " trousers" 
 to wear to the Legislature, which met at 
 Rutland, Oct. 11. The day before he was 
 to start, he killed a Iamb, and his wife 
 cooked " lunching " to last him through 
 his journey. With his new trousers on, 
 and his pack on his shoulders, he made 
 his way by marked trees a large portion of 
 the way to Rutland g.nd back on foot. The 
 session lasted 26 days. It is said he was 
 an inveterate smoker, and that some wag 
 drew his picture on the fence with his pipe 
 in his mouth and pack on his back, and 
 over it in large letters, " Going to Rut- 
 land ! " It being put on with red chalk, 
 remained on the fence for a number of 
 years. 
 
 Sept. 1795, the inhabitants were notified 
 to bring, in their votes at the school-house 
 on the Hazen road, for representative, and 
 also for governor, lieut. governor, treasurer 
 and councillors. 
 
 Samuel Warner was elected representa- 
 tive, and Thomas Chittenden had 1 8 votes 
 for governor ; Isaac Tichenor had 5 ; Paul 
 Brigham had 16 votes for lieut. governor; 
 Samuel Mattocks had 12 votes for treas- 
 urer. Political feeling had begun to spring 
 up in town ; j persons had allied them- 
 selves with the Federal party. The Leg- 
 islature this year met at Windsor, with a 
 session of 20 days. Samuel Warner was 
 representative in 1796, '97 ; Horace Beards- 
 ley, 1798-1800; Joseph Fisher, 1799-1801 
 -'S-'9-'ii-'i2-'i4; JohnW. Dana, 1804- 
 '7-'i&-'i9-'2o-'36; Perley Scott, 1806; 
 
 John Damon, 1808, '13 ; David Haines, 
 i8is-'i6-'l7 ; Enoch Hoyt, 1821 ; Jere- 
 miah Babcock, i822-'23-'24-'25-'26-'27- 
 -'28-'29 ; Anthony Perry, i829-'3o-'3i ; 
 Nathan Wheeler, i832-'33-'34; Oliver A. 
 Warner, 1835-36; Jeremiah Atkins, 1837 
 -'38 ; Robert Lance, i839-'4o ; Alpha Web- 
 ster, i84i-'42; Salem Goodenough, 1844; 
 Allen Perry, i846-'47; Thomas Lyford, 
 i848-'49; Daniel Gould, i85o-'si ; John 
 McLean, 1853-54; Matthew P. Wallace, 
 1855-56; Benjamin F. Scott, i8s7-'58; 
 Roswell Farr, l859-'6o ; Quinton Cook, 
 i86i-'62 ; Edwin Fisher, i863-'64 ; Valorus 
 W. Hale, i866-'68; George W. Paine, 
 1869; Theron H. Lance, 1 870-^2; Na- 
 thaniel K. Abbott, 1874 ; George M. Web- 
 ster, 1876; True A. Town, 1878; George 
 Gould, 1880. 
 
 OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 
 
 The first overseer of the poor elected 
 was Daniel Smith, in 1822 ; in 1824, 
 "Voted not to elect an overseer of the 
 poor." There is no record of any other 
 election till 1 831, when John Damon was 
 elected to s'd ofiice. It appears from th» 
 records that from that time the selectmen 
 of the town had the charge of the poor 
 until 1838, when Oliver A. Warner was 
 elected, and held i year. Then Ebenezer 
 Smith was overseer from 1839 to '40 ; Jer- 
 e!niah Atkins, 1840 to '41 ; Caleb Fisher, 
 '41 to '42 ; Marcus O. Fisher, '42 to '43 ; 
 Erasmus L. Burnap, '43 to '44; Jacob 
 Way, '44 to '45 ; Benjamin F. Scott, '45 to 
 '49 ; selectmen, '49 to '50 ; Milton Fisher, 
 '50 to '56, '60 to '61 , '64 to '65 ; Jewett Wal- 
 bridge, '56 to '58 ; George Rogers, '58 to 
 '60 ; Nathaniel Coburn, '61 to '64 ; Cor- 
 nelius Smith, '65 to '66 ; Anson Coburn, 
 '66 to '67; Israel Smith, '67 to '69; Ros- 
 well Laird, '69 to '70; George H. Paige. 
 '70 to '72 ; Thomas Lyford, '72 to '73 ; . 
 Charles M. Fisher, '73 to '82. Twenty-one 
 persons have served the town as over- 
 seers of the poor, and no duty devolves on 
 a civilized and Christian community so 
 sacred and imperative as the proper care 
 and support of those who cannot take care 
 of themselves. 
 
CABOT. 
 
 'OS 
 
 The common course of this town until 
 1849 was to dispose of the town's poor to 
 those who would agree to keep them for 
 the least money, and by this means they 
 too often fell into the hands of unfit per- 
 sons, as those who took them intended to 
 make a profit out of it. Awakened to a 
 sense of the impropriety, not to say the in- 
 humanity, of such a course, the town in 
 1848 voted to elect a committee to pur- 
 chase a poor-farm and stock for it, and to 
 use so much of the surplus fund as was 
 necessary for such a purchase ; Joseph 
 Lance, Jacob Way, Joseph Hoyt, were the 
 committee. At the next March meeting 
 the committee reported they had pur- 
 chased the present town farm for $1310, 
 stock, tools, etc., for $637.89. In 1855 
 a commodious house was built. The town 
 has since been generally fortunate in its 
 agents to take charge of the farm. It is 
 now managed by John Thomas and wife, 
 who spare no pains for the comfort of the 
 in^^ates. As a general thing the town has 
 been very fortunate, too, as to its number 
 of paupers ; perhaps as much so as any 
 town in the State. We have at present 6 
 boarders at town, farm ; 3 at the Insane 
 Asylum at Brattleboro, and 2 paupers away 
 from the farm. 
 
 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 
 
 James Morse, the first justice in the 
 town, received his appointment in 1792 ; 
 Lyman Hitchcock was the next ; in 1795, 
 Thomas Osgood ; in 1796, Samuel Warner ; 
 and from this time the number increased, 
 each representative thinking he must ap- 
 point a good share of his constituents until 
 1823, when a resolution was passed by the 
 town setting forth that so large a number 
 tended to lessen the dignity attached to 
 the office, and as a consequence, none of 
 them would fit themselves for the position 
 as they should. Therefore, they requested 
 the Legislature not to appoint more than 
 4 justices for the town, and that 6 was 
 enough for any town. For a few years 
 this request was complied with, but grad- 
 ually we began to return to the old custom, 
 and in 1840, 13 justices were appointed by 
 the representative, viz. ; Leonard Orcutt, 
 Marcus O. Fisher, Anthony Perry, John 
 
 Damon, Thomas Osgood, Jr., Alpha Web- 
 ster, Wm. Hoit, JohnR. Putnam, Roswell 
 Farr, Jas. M. Harris, Jerry Atkins, O. A. 
 Warner, Joseph Preston, and the number 
 some years would go much higher than 
 this, even as high as 25. It run in this 
 way until 1850, when the number was 
 fixed by law at 7 for this town, when 
 Thomas Osgood, Alpha Webster, M. P. 
 Wallace, J. R. Putnam, M. O. Fisher, 
 Wm. E. Waldo, John A. Adams, were 
 elected. This same board were continued 
 in office while they lived, as a general 
 thing. When there was a vacancy, a 
 younger man was elected to fill the place. 
 M. P. Wallace is the only one living of 
 the first board elected by the people. The 
 present board, f88i, are M. P. Wallace, 
 T. H. Lance, J. M. Fisher, N. K. Abbott, 
 R. B. Bruce, G. W. Paine, Bemis Pike. 
 
 COUNTY officers. 
 
 Assistant Judges of Caledonia County 
 Court.— lion. John W. Dana; Hon. Mar- 
 cus O. Fisher, 1836 to '39, 
 
 High Sheriff.— ]os. Preston, 1844, '45. 
 
 State Senators.— Hon. John McLean, 
 1849, '50 ; Hon. George H. Page, 1852 to 
 'SS ; Hon. E. D. Putnam, 1858, '59; Hon. 
 M. P. Wallace, 1864. 
 
 State's Attorney.—]. P. Lamson, Esq., 
 1866 to '68. 
 
 County Commissioner. — J. M. Fisher, 
 1875 to 'n. 
 
 Population by Census.— 1791, 122; 
 1800,349; 1810, 886; 1820, 1032; 1830, 
 1304; 1840, 1440; 1850, 1356; i860, 1315; 
 1870, 1279. 
 
 3 suicides in town ; 4 persons drowned ; 
 no murder. 
 
 A man by the name of Doloff broke 
 into Dana's store, stole a gun, a bar of 
 iron and all the rum he could drink ; got 
 so drunk he could not get away ; he was 
 sent to prison and died there. 
 
 CABOT'S BEAR STORY. 
 
 [From a sketch of the olden time so 
 choicely written we would be better pleased 
 had we room to give the whole.— Ed. J 
 
 Two humble log-cabins in the heart of 
 the great wilderness was the beginning of 
 the town of Cabot; for miles in every 
 
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 vermoMt Historical magazine. 
 
 direction there were no signs of civiliza- 
 tion ; but there on West Hill, where David 
 Lyford and his neighbor, Blanchard had 
 built their rude dwellings. Mr. Blanchard's 
 family was himself, his wife and 2 children, 
 David Lyford's, himself and his wife Ju- 
 dith. The Lyford and Blanchard cabins 
 stood not more than 30 rods apart, facing 
 each other, on opposite sides of a swamp, 
 through which a narrow foot-path led from 
 one to the other. At the end of each 
 cabin, partly in the rear, was also a barn, 
 built of logs. 
 
 It was the third birth-day of this settle- 
 ment ; each had cleared away several acres 
 from, around his buildings, and earned suf- 
 ficient for the subsistence of his family. 
 Both had been fortunate -and had suffered 
 no, losses but some slight damage to their 
 crops of corn by the bears. The men 
 often saw them in the woods, and it was 
 no uncommon experience for the two to 
 go out hunting in company, and return in 
 an hour with a dead bear slung between 
 them, and fresh bear-tracks would be seen 
 every morning at some seasons of the year 
 about the house and barn. But our men 
 were inured to peril and toil by early train- 
 ing ; and their wives were not a whit infe- 
 rior to them. 
 
 One drizzly day in August, just after 
 David Lyford and his wife had finished 
 their dinner of hasty-pudding and milk, 
 Mrs. Lyford laid her wooden spoon back 
 into the squash-shell bowl, and said : 
 
 " What are you going to do this after- 
 noon, David ?" 
 
 " I was thinking of going to work in the 
 burnt piece." 
 
 " It's too wet for that ; why not break 
 the flax? I will hatchel it, and then I can 
 go on with my spinning. 
 
 ' ' Well , perhaps that is best. These old 
 clothes are almost gQne, and I must have 
 some new ones ;" and David rose from the 
 table and went out. 
 
 His wife cleared away the dishes, and 
 was soon ready. It was last year's flax ; 
 had been "rotted" during the winter and 
 spring, gathered up, tied in bundles and 
 laid away in the barn till David could find 
 tintie to break it. 
 
 David-went to thebarn to '• unlumber" 
 his flax-break. The sun came out ; so he 
 carried the " break " to the corner of the 
 house, and brought a bundle, of flax from 
 the barn. 
 
 The " break" was a sortof wooden mal- 
 let, on a long wooden frame, or " horse." 
 The long, thin, parallel handles of the 
 mallet were pivoted into the end of the 
 frame, and when the machine was at rest, 
 these blade-like " handles" lay lapped be- 
 tween other blades, which were set edge 
 upward firmly along the top of the frame. 
 When the machine was at work, the two 
 sets of wooden blades played upon each 
 other with every lift and fall of the mallet, 
 very much like the opposite edges of a 
 pair of very large and very dull shears. 
 Every stalk of flax that was caught be- 
 tween, had its back effectually broken, and 
 was rendered very limp and soft. 
 
 Taking a wisp of flax in his left hand, 
 the farmer thrast it into the break, and 
 with his right, brought down the m3llet 
 with heavy thumps. By the time his wife 
 had brought the hatchel from neighbor 
 Blanchard's, David had quite a pile of 
 broken flax. David fastened the hatchel 
 on a stump, within a few feet of where he 
 was at work, and Judith, seizing a quantity 
 of broken flax, laid it over the end of an 
 upright board, and with a long wooden 
 knife or swingle, beat the fibers^ to clear 
 away the greater part of the bark and 
 "sliver," and the swingling finished, she 
 began to hatchel the flax. Holding a hand- 
 fill firmly by one end, raising and striking 
 the other end down on the long, glittering 
 teeth of the hatchel, drawing the flax 
 towards her, to comb out the rest of the 
 woody particles, leaving only the soft, 
 yellow-tinted flax ready for the spinning- 
 wheel. 
 
 I can fancy just how the worthy couple 
 looked, in their old-time habiliments, as 
 they stood there bare-headed, in front of 
 their cottage of logs— he plying the break 
 with steady stroke ; she striking the flax 
 down, and drawing it through the long 
 teeth of the hatchel, preparing the raw 
 linen for the wheel and loom. Hour after 
 hour they continued their work, as cheer- 
 
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 fully as if theirs was the happiest lot in 
 the world. Suddenly David spoke out, 
 "Hark! what is that ?" 
 
 " I did not hear anything ; what did you 
 think you heard ? " 
 
 ' ' I thought I heard a bear right here in 
 the swamp," said he, pointing down tlje 
 path that lead to Blanchard's. 
 
 "I guess not," replied his wife, after 
 they had listened a minute_ or two and 
 heard nothing. "I don't think a bear 
 would come so near in the daytime." 
 "Well, perhaps I was mistaken," replied 
 David ; and the two went on with their 
 work. 
 
 More than half the afternoon was gone 
 when they finished the flax. Mrs. Lyford 
 carried it into the house and laid it away 
 until she could spin it, and leaving the 
 plank-door of the house wide open went 
 out where David was. " While you are 
 putting the breaks away," she said, " I will 
 carry the hatchel home ;" and started 
 across the swamp, singing as she went. 
 
 Mrs. Lyrord was a strong, and very ac- 
 tive woman, and always in good spirits. 
 As soon as she returned the hatchel she 
 turned back through the swamp home. 
 The swamp was really a bit of forest; 
 large trees and the bushes on either side 
 of the narrow foot-path were very thick. 
 About half way home, passing a short 
 bend in the path, she found herself within 
 arm's length of a cub-bear, weighing per- 
 haps 15 or 20 pounds. At the same mo- 
 ment, through the bushes, she caught a 
 glimpse of the old bear and another cub 
 not 3 rods distant. 
 
 Most women would have run, but the 
 sight of a bear, or even two bears, more 
 or less, had no such effect upon Jndith 
 Lyford. Not in the least intimidated, and 
 obeying a kind of defiant impulse, she 
 snatched up the cub by the hind legs and 
 run. The cub squealed, and began to 
 scratch and bite so vigorously, she swung 
 him into her stout tow apron ; but without 
 stopping, gathered both arms around him, 
 and kept on at her utmost speed. She 
 heard the old bear crashing through the 
 bushes Behind her, and knew unless she 
 dropped the cub, she would have to run 
 
 a desperate race, but had no intention 
 of giving up her game. The same impulse 
 that had impelled her to seize the cub, im- 
 pelled her to keep it ; and keep it she did. 
 With almost superhuman speed she dashed 
 along the path, conscious the furious beast 
 behind was gaining on her every leap. 
 She reached the house, darting throtigh 
 the open doorway, flung the cub from her 
 arnfs, swung the plank door to, and drop- 
 ped the leverwood bar into its socket, 
 none too soon. Scarcely was the bar in 
 place, when the enraged mother-bear threw 
 her great weight against the door outside. 
 But the door had been made for such an 
 emergency, and stood as a rock against all 
 the brute's efforts. 
 
 The cub, as soon as his captor dropped 
 him, darted into a corner of the room, 
 where he kept up his cries, rendering the 
 old bear more frantic every moment. , 
 
 David had just put away his flax-break, 
 and was coming out of the barn, when his 
 wife approached the house, running her 
 singular race. I imagine his astonishment 
 as he caught a glimpse of her darting in at 
 the door, with a fully-grown bear not a 
 rod behind her. 
 
 Dropping the pitch-fork in his hand, he 
 ran to the window behind the house. 
 Quick though he was, Judith was there be- 
 fore him, ready to pass the gun, always 
 loaded for instant use. A moment later 
 David was at the front corner of the house. 
 The bear was so frantic to break through 
 the door and reach her cub, she did not 
 see David ; one well-directed shot laid her 
 dead. The whole affair was over in scarcely 
 five minutes between Judith's capture of 
 the cub and David's shot that killed its 
 dam at the door. 
 
 The cub in the house soon sha^red the 
 same fate; and David went to the swamp 
 to find the other, but that had taken alarm 
 and escaped. 
 
 Mrs. Lyford lived many years afterward 
 in the same neighborhood, long enough 
 not only to see the wilderness disappear, 
 but to raise a large family of children, to 
 whom she often related her droll but dan- 
 gerous adventure. The above particulars 
 
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 were furnished me byoneof her sons, who 
 still lives in St. Johnsbury. 
 
 David Lyford lived where Daniel Kim- 
 ball now lives, and Blanchard where Caleb 
 Noyes lives ; the swamp spoken of is the 
 low land between the two places. Mrs. 
 Lyford was the mother of the' late Mrs. 
 Stephen Hoyt. 
 
 TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. 
 
 The first temperance society was organ- 
 ized in 1826, through the efforts of Rev. 
 Henry Jones. It was rather conservative 
 in its regulations and requirements of its 
 members. Perhaps whisky having been 
 used so long as a common beverage; it was 
 thought best not to break off too short on 
 the start ; not to stop too sudden, as the 
 reaction might be hurtful. 
 
 It was not a total abstinence society, but 
 simply required of its members to keep an 
 account of the number of times they dra:nk 
 during the month, and report at the next 
 monthly meeting. This society kept up 
 its organization 5 years. 
 
 In 1 83 1 a total abstinence society was 
 organized. I^fo records of this society are 
 to be found. 
 
 In 1842, Feb. l6, a society was formed 
 at Lower Cabpt, of which a record was 
 kept: Benj. F.Scott, president; James 
 M. Harris, vice president ; John McLean, 
 secretary; M. P. Wallace, Eben Smith, 
 Jr., A. T. Gibson, committee. Thepledge 
 was iron clad, guarded at every point, and 
 it took a wide scope, and persons signed 
 the pledge from every part of the town. 
 Meetings were held in nearly every school- 
 house in town, and the records show they 
 were very interesting; membership, 196; 
 and yet, after a few months it appears to 
 have lost somewhat of its salt ; towards 
 the last record the secretary closes up with 
 the doleful exclamation, " Meeting thinly 
 attended. Alas, poor Yorick ! alas ! Are 
 the people all drunk? " 
 
 Since this there have been different tem- 
 perance organizations in town, but at 
 present the work is principally looked 
 after by the Good Templars, of which we 
 have a full history, written by one of the 
 members. 
 
 THE GOOD TEMPLARS' LODGE 
 
 was organized in Cabot, Aug. 1864, with 
 Rev. S. F. Drew, pastor of the Congrega- 
 tional church, as its presiding officer, and 
 ig charter members ; first officers : S. F'. 
 Drew, W. C. T. ; Mrs. Edwin Fisher, 
 W. V. T. ; Wm. Atkins, W. S. ; Miss 
 Lucy Ray, W. A.,S. ; Wm. Gould ; W. F. 
 S. ; Mrs. O. L. Hoyt, W. A. M. ; Moses 
 Haines, W. C. ; Miss Olive Stone, W. I. 
 G. ; R. A. Gunn, W;. O. G^ ; Miss Abbie 
 Hoyt, W. R. H. S. ; Miss Levina Gould, 
 W. L. H. S. ; O. L. Hoyt, P. W. C. 
 T. ; William Atkins, L. D. The other 
 first members were F. G. Hoyt, Allen 
 Walbridge, N.J. Mason and George Dow. 
 The first 3 meetings were held at the vil- 
 lage hall ; the next 6 with Mrs. Roxana 
 Hoyt, at the Lower village ; then the Ma- 
 sonic hall was rented 2 years, and after, 
 the hall of Mr. John Brown for 5 years, 
 which is still used. 
 
 In 1866, the Lodge chamber was hand- , 
 somely fitted up, and furnished with a 
 good organ, and everything spoke a deep 
 interest in the temperance work. Among 
 those who early interested themselves in 
 this work were the families of Rev. S. F. 
 Drew, Wm. Atkins, Dea. Hoyt, Cornelius 
 Smith, Rev. Aison Scott, Edwin Fisher, 
 B. W. Marsh, O. L. Hoyt, Geo. Gould, 
 Chester Walker, Wm. Abbott, J. W. Far- 
 rington and wife. Dr. L. S, Wiswall, Henry 
 and Isaac Hills, Dea. Edward Haines, 
 Luke and Ira Fisher, Wm. Fletcher, Rev. 
 P. N. Granger, Mrs. Allen Perry, Mrs. 
 Enoch Putnam, Mrs. Swan, many of 
 the members of the families of Horace 
 Haines, Dea. N. K. Abbott, Daniel Gould, 
 Frederick McDuffee, etc., besides many 
 other families and individuals in town and 
 in the surrounding towns, and special 
 mention should be made of the untiring 
 zeal of Wm. Gould, who went out from 
 us ; entered the " legal profession " ; now 
 resides in California ; for his name not only 
 Stands high among the members of the 
 " bar," but he has done, and is yet doing, 
 a good work in the temperance reform in 
 that State. His wife is also Right Worthy 
 Grand Vice Templar of the world. 
 
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 Only 27 deaths have occurred during 
 these 17 years, strengthening the old 
 adage, "cold water brings health as well 
 as wealth." 
 
 At the decease of Ira Fisher, he left the 
 Lodge $400, the interest of which was to 
 be used by them as long as they held their 
 charter ; but should they at any time sur- 
 render this, the fund should go to the 
 Congregational church of this place, of 
 which he was a constant attendant. 
 
 The old members went, and new ones 
 came in to take their places. None of the 
 charter members are left now, '81, but the 
 Lodge exists, and has never failed to hold 
 its meetings regularly 'every week. The 
 present officers are: Rev. R. Sanderson, 
 W. C. T. ; Mrs. Hiram Wells, W. V. T. ; 
 Miss Sadie Willie, W. S. ; Miss Mattie 
 Haines, W. A. S. ; Murtin Wells, W. F. 
 S. ; Miss Minnie Haines, W. T. ; Hermon 
 Rogers, W. M. ; Miss Belle Paquin, W. 
 D. M.; Henry Hills, W. C. ; Miss Etta 
 Gerry, W. I. G. ; Wavie Town, W. O. G. 
 Mrs. Henry Hills, W. R. H. S. ; Mrs. Wm. 
 Buchanan, W. L. H. S. ; Mrs. P. Gurney, 
 P. W. C. T. ; Henry Hills, L. D. We 
 know much good is being done by this or-' 
 ganization throughout the world, and we 
 believe our Lodge has done its part in the 
 great work. 
 
 NATHANIEL WEBSTER. 
 
 Quite a lengthy and very interesting 
 genealogical local record of this venerable 
 pioneer and family has been received from 
 Hon. Charles C. Webster of Redwing, 
 Minn., his grandson, and a former resi- 
 dent of this town, which we regret we 
 have not space to publish ; but will make 
 some extract from it. Mention has been 
 made of Mr. W. in the former part of 
 these papers. 
 
 He was born 1753, in Old Chester, N. 
 H. Served several years in the Revolu- 
 tionary army and was a pensioner at the 
 time of his death. He was married to 
 Mehitable Smith of Holderness, N. H. 
 At the close of the war, they removed to 
 Newbury, Vt., where they resided a few 
 years, and in 1784, came to Hap Plain, 
 where his father had purchased quite a 
 
 tract of land, and began as before stated. 
 In March, he made preparation for his 50- 
 mile journey into the wilderness. It took 
 but a short time — his effects were few ; his 
 vehicle for travel a hand-sled ; they had 5 
 children, upon the back-end of tliis sled ; 
 he extemporized a cover and beneath it he 
 placed two of his children too young to, 
 travel on foot. Abel, a lad 9 years of age, 
 had to assist his father in propelling the 
 sled, which he did with a pointed stick, 
 pushing behind, while Lydia, a little girl, 
 traveled along with her mother on foot, 
 who carried her youngest child, an inftint, 
 in her arms. In this way did the young 
 father and his wife pursue their way to the 
 distant forest settlement. They arrived 
 safely and found shelter under the roof of 
 Benjamin Webster, at first, who had set- 
 tled here a year previous. Nathaniel com- 
 menced clearing and got his cabin ready 
 in the fall. In due course of time, 7 chil- 
 dren were added to their household, mak- 
 ing 1 2 in all . Alpha, (the father of Charles 
 C.,) was the youngest, who was a long 
 time a resident of this town, and removed 
 to Minneapolis, Minn., in 1868, to reside 
 near his. children who had settled there. 
 He died September, 1874, aged 75 years. 
 Mrs. Vance, who formerly lived in this 
 town, but now in Boston, aged 90 
 years, is the only surviving child of this 
 large family. Nathaniel Webster always 
 lived on the same farm where he com- 
 menced in town. He died in 1836, aged 
 83. His wife survived him many years, 
 retaining her faculties to a wonderful de- 
 gree. She died about 1858, aged 99 years, 
 and &om her the year before her death, 
 the writer of this history got many items 
 which have been of great benefit in com- 
 piling the history of the town. 
 
 LIEUT. FIFIELD LYFORD 
 
 was born in Exeter, N. H., 1763. At the 
 age of 13 he entered the army of the Rev- 
 olution as a servant to his father, Lieut. 
 Thomas Lyford, and served with him one 
 year at TicOnderoga. He left his father 
 and went to West Point, and served as one 
 of the life-guard of Gen. Arnold till he 
 proved a traitor to his country, and after 
 
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 that he remained in the army till the close 
 of the Revolution. While with Arnold, 
 he saw him beat a sick soldier over the 
 head and shoulders with his cane with such 
 severity as to break it. Arnold then threw 
 the pieces into the ditch. Lyford secured 
 the head of the cane, and used it on his own 
 staff as long as he lived. The cane is now 
 in the possession of his daughter, Celinda 
 Lyford, at Lower Cabot. He served as a 
 lieutenant in the war of 1812 ; was honor- 
 ably discharged, and received a pension 
 during his life. He married and came to 
 this town in 1788, and settled on the farm 
 where Wm. Barr now lives, and built 
 there the first framed barn in town ; he 
 died in this town, at the residence of his 
 son-in-law, T. E. Wilson, April 18, 1846, 
 aged 79 years. 
 
 DR. PARLEY SCOTT, 
 
 born in Worcester County, Mass., July, 
 1765 ; pursued an academical course at 
 Leicester Acaderny, read medicine in the 
 same town ; married Lydia Day about 
 1790, and moved to Cr'aftsbury Common, 
 where he commenced the practice of med- 
 icine. He came to Cabot Plain in 1794, 
 and in 1804, to the village, and continued 
 the practice of his profession. 8 children 
 were born to them ; but one of this large 
 family is now living, George W. Scott, 
 Esq., of Montpelier. Dr. Scott practiced 
 his profession more than 50 years in this 
 and adjoining towns successfully, answer- 
 ing all calls alike to rich and poor. During 
 all his long practice his rides were on 
 horse-back; but he was never too much 
 exhausted to answer a call. He died in 
 1850, aged 84 years ; his wife died before 
 him, aged 83. 
 
 JOSEPH FISHER, ESQ., 
 
 was born at Dedham, Mass., 1767. He 
 was a lad when the British occupied 
 Boston, and remembered distinctly the 
 battle of Bunker Hill. When he arrived 
 at his majority he came to Claremont, 
 N. II., and married Sarah Osgood, and 
 came to this town and commenced on the 
 farm now owned and occupied by his 
 grand-son, Luke C. Fisher. He built his 
 first cabin on the site of the present house. 
 
 The first night they stayed in their new 
 residence the snow blew down the large 
 stone chimney so that in the morning it 
 was 6 inches deep between their bunk and 
 the fireplace. To them were born 4 sons 
 and 3 daughters, all of whom, but one, 
 lived to advanced age, and two of whom 
 now survive — Caleb, 81 years old ; Milton, 
 74 years old ; and they have always lived 
 in town, enjoying the confidence of their 
 townsmen, as the numerous offices to 
 which they have been called to fill testify. 
 Joseph Fisher was a public-spirited man, 
 and held many offices, as will be seen by 
 the tables of town officers in this paper. 
 He died in 1853, aged 87 years. His wife 
 preceded him in 1839, aged 70 years. 
 
 ELIHU COBURN, 
 
 BY HON. JOSEPH POLAKD, 
 
 was born at Charlton, Mass., 1773; son 
 of Clement Coburn and Dorothy Ed- 
 wards, of Oxford, Mass. His early educa- 
 tion was confined to a few months' attend- 
 ance at the common school, but his nat- 
 iiral ability enabled him in a great measure 
 ,to surmount the defect, and become a 
 man whose judgment and practical knowl- 
 edge were thoroughly relied upon by his 
 townsmen. 
 
 In the summer of 1799, he came on 
 horseback to Vermont. Passing through 
 the forest, he reached a pretty valley 
 among the hills, tlirough which a little 
 stream noiselessly found its way. This 
 spot he at once decided upon as his future 
 home, and clearing here a small space, he 
 erected a frame house, one of the first in 
 the town. He remained until winter, 
 when he returned to Massachusetts for his 
 bride . He married Abigail Putnam , daugh- 
 ter of Gideon Putnam, of Sutton, Mass., 
 and in the middle of January the newly- 
 wedded pair found their way through the 
 forest by marked trees to the spot which' 
 was to become their home and the home 
 of their descendants. Six miles south lived 
 their nearest neighbor in that direction, 
 while Deacon Stone had erected a saw- 
 mill and.log cabin at what is now known 
 as Lower Cabot. Mr. C. rapidly cleared 
 
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 his land, and converted the wilderness 
 tract around him into verdant meadows. 
 Four years after his arrival his parents fol- 
 lowed him to Vermont, and a few years 
 later her aged father and mother also came 
 to them, notwithstanding their former ob- 
 jections to their daughter's leaving them 
 to go into the wilderness, to be massacred 
 by Indians, or devoured by wild beasts. 
 Here they lived until one by one the aged 
 parents laid down the burden of life, their 
 pathway down " the Valley" smoothed by 
 the loving care of the children whom they 
 had sought in their wilderness home. 
 About 30 years they kfept a public house, 
 known far and wide as " Farmer's Tavern," 
 and most of the town business was trans- 
 acted here. 
 
 As a man there were few more respected-, 
 or indeed beloved, among his townsmen. 
 He was noted for hospitality and great- 
 hearted generosity, and whatever project 
 I he undertook, was pursued until accom- 
 plished. He was an excellent friend, hus- 
 band and father, and died at three-score 
 and ten, regretted. His wife survived 
 him about 6 years ; an amiable woman, of 
 great energy and endurance, It was a 
 strange coincidence, both died, apparently 
 in perfect health, instantly, and without a 
 struggle. Eight children were born to them : 
 Harriet, in 1801 ; married James Atkins in 
 1823; died in 1827. Ruth, in 1803; mar- 
 ried Dr. Dyer Bill, of Albany, Vt. ; died 
 ini88o;left S sons. Hiram, in 1805; 
 married Ruth Osgood, who died a few 
 years after. He still lives . upon the old 
 ' homestead. Louisa, 1807 ; married Hon. 
 Robert Harvey, of Barnet ; died in 1867 ; 
 4 children. Lewis, 1809; died in 1818. 
 Frances Caroline, 1812; married ist, 
 James K. Harvey, merchant, of Barnet. 
 After his death, she married Dr. C. B. 
 Chandler, then of Tunbridge, but after- 
 wards of iVIontpelier. She died in 1874; 
 a daughter survives her. Elihu F., born 
 in 1815, resides on the ojfi homestead ; 
 married, 1855, Amelia Walker, of Sher- 
 brooke, P. Q. ; 3 children by this mar- 
 riage ; by a later, 2 sons. Abigail, 1817, 
 ma:ried Maj. Quinton Cook, of Cabot. 
 They have one daughter living. 
 
 COL. JOHN STONE, 
 
 born at Claremont, N. H., Jan. 15, I77S, 
 came to Cabot in 1797, and began clear- 
 ing up a farm on the ground now occupied 
 by the Lower Village Cemetery ; then an 
 unbroken wood from Cabot to Marshfield. 
 Ile>married in 1803, Betsey Huntoon, of 
 Kingston, N. H. To them were born 7 
 sons and 3 daughters ; four of the sons are 
 Congregational ministers. [See list of na- 
 tive ministers.] In the military. Col. S. 
 rose from a private to Colonel of the ist 
 regiment, 3d brigade 4th division of the 
 Vt. militia of the State, and was said to 
 be one of ttie best commanders of the bri- 
 gade. He died Feb. 20, 1856; his wife, 
 Feb. 22. Both were buried in the same 
 grave, on the spot where he first com- 
 menced clearing their farm. 
 
 HON. JOHN W. DANA. 
 
 BY HON. u. J5-. DANA. 
 
 John W. Dana was born at Pomfret, 
 Vt., 1777, and son of John W. Dana and 
 Hannah, daughter of Maj, Gen. Israel 
 Putnam of Revolutionary fame. His early 
 education was a few weeks' attendance at 
 the common school ; but his social stand- 
 ing and natural parts were such as to ena- 
 ble him to obtain in marriage the accom- 
 plished daughter of the Rev. Mr. Damon 
 of Woodstock. The newly wedded pair 
 traveled northward in the spring of 1802, 
 on horseback, following the Hazen road, 
 hewn through the forests for military pur- 
 poses, until they reached a wooded sum- 
 mit which took the name of the Plain. 
 Here a small settlement was gathered, in- 
 cluding the doctor, the blacksmith and the 
 trader. Here our young travelers paused, 
 charmed with the location. It was a lovely 
 spot then, just a few acres shorn of the 
 heavy trees that swept like the waves of 
 a broad sea, elsewhere, for miles around, 
 above and below. Upon the' shorn spot 
 the sun came down, the heavy mantle of 
 forest sheltered it from the wind. They 
 had not found a place on their journey 
 they liked so much, and here they deter- 
 mined to make their home— probably for 
 the remainder of life. Hopefully and 
 heartily they commenced in this mountain 
 
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 home. For a time all went satisfactorily. 
 It was all well at first, but as the forests 
 were cut away, it soon became manifest 
 that this cool, wind-swept summit mUst be 
 abandoned as a winter residence, and so 
 reluctantly, but one by one, the little com- 
 munity dropped down into the security of 
 what became known as Cabot Village. 
 
 At the present day the view from the 
 abandoned and silent Plain is very im- 
 pressive, and one of exceeding loveliness, 
 commanding as it does both the White 
 and the Green Mountain ranges. It is safe 
 to say, that nowhere in all New England 
 is there a more beautiful panorama spread 
 before the enraptured eye. 
 
 The spot selected by Mr. Dana for his 
 next residence was in a valley sheltered 
 from winds by hills and forests and cooled 
 by a rapid mountain torrent, whose waters, 
 briefly arrested, spread out for a moment 
 peacefully before his door, aud then 
 plunged over a fall, whose ceaseless mur- 
 mur swayed with every breeze. 
 
 Here he passed the principal years of 
 his life. He had a cheerful and active 
 temperament, and was generous of himself 
 in endeavors to promote the public welfare. 
 Eighty years ago Cabot was well nigh one 
 continuous wilderness. The first adven- 
 turous settlers brought little more than 
 stout hearts and a sharp axe. Little clear- 
 ings were to be made, rude houses con- 
 structed, roads and bridges built, and, 
 withal, the church and the school must be 
 kept going. There was plenty to do to 
 keep one active, enough attainable to keep 
 one hopefiil. The inhabitants of the pres- 
 ent day can scarcely realize what an intense 
 community of interest bound together 
 these early settlers, and how they worked 
 together and gave the friendly grasp in 
 mutual encouragement. It fell to Mr. 
 Dana's part to become in some, measure 
 the medium of exchange in supplying the 
 wants of life. He made long and tedious 
 journeys to Boston, to bring back mer- 
 chandise, and, as few had money, he re- 
 ceived in exchange for his goods whatever 
 the settlers could best spare. This led, 
 in time, and as matters grew more pros- 
 perous, to the collection by him of large 
 
 herds of cattle which were driven to mar- 
 ket : in those days a great event. He con- 
 tented himself with moderate gains, and 
 though his opportunities were favorable he 
 he did not seek unduly to amass wealth. 
 These frequent journeyings, and his keen 
 interest in the public welfare, kept him 
 abreast of the times and, without his seek- 
 ing it, he fell naturally inlo the position 
 of a foremost man. His advice and as- 
 sistance were frequently sought and his 
 counsels were respected. He loved his 
 townsmen and took delight in their grow- 
 ing prosperity and advancement. He 
 donated lands to beautify the village. He 
 loved and observed nature and took pleas- 
 ure in his surroundings. He reflected 
 much upon the deep mysteries of existence 
 and was fond of rational discourse ; but, 
 if this was in a degree characteristic of 
 Mr. Dana, it was far more so of his wife : 
 a lady deeply imbued with spiritual aspi- 
 rations and an abiding sense of the beauty 
 of holiness. While her husband some- 
 times allowed himself to question and 
 speculate upon religious dogmas, she had 
 no doubts herself and was impatient of 
 them in others. She held herself solemnly 
 charged with the mission of caring for the 
 moral interests of the community, and no 
 devotee ever addressed herself to more 
 constant watchfulness and prayer. Such 
 as they were, the daily life and influence of 
 this couple went forth into the Jittle com- 
 munity ; and that it was beneficent, is evi- 
 denced by a tender regard for their memo- 
 ries that lingered long after their departure ; 
 a notable instance was that manifested by ' 
 the late Joseph Lance, Esq., who, though 
 he had purchased and paid for their home- 
 stead, used to say that he could never 
 divest himself of the feeling that it must 
 still forever belong to them — so intensely 
 had the subtle influence of their lives pen- 
 etrated it. 
 
 In 1830, the stage in which Mr. Dana 
 was journeyiijg to Boston was overturned 
 and rolled 60 feet down an embankment. 
 Two of his ribs were broken, and he was 
 supposed to be mortally injured. From 
 this shock, he never fully recovered, and 
 for want of necessary attention his affairs 
 
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 fell into some confusion. Some of his 
 daughters had married and gone to Wis- 
 consin. He visited them in 1838 : and in 
 1839, he removed thither with his whole 
 family. The morning in which he finally 
 left his old home, never to return, was 
 made memorable by a pleasant incident. 
 At daybreak, and while he was still.asleep, 
 a score or more of his old comrades, 
 dressed in long, tow frocks, silently assem- 
 bled in the village hall, and sent to request 
 his presence. This touching manifestation 
 of regard sensibly affected him, and ended 
 in an abundance of tears as, one by one, 
 the old men bade each other an eternal 
 farewell. 
 
 It only remains to be said, that in his 
 new home, freed from care, his business 
 affairs adjusted, he lived in the quiet en- 
 joyment of the companionship of his wife 
 and children, until, in 1850, he bade fare- 
 well to all. His wife survived until 1872. 
 
 LEONARD ORCUTT, ESQ., 
 
 born at Stafford, Ct., 1779, came with his 
 mother to Cabot when jiS years old. He 
 married Sally Spear for his first wife ; for 
 his 2d, Polly Bullock ; by his first wife 4 
 children, and 4 by his second ; 3 of the last 
 died in early life of consumption. Esquire 
 Orcutt held many ofBces of trust in the 
 town, among which was the office of justice 
 of the peace for over 40 years. For along 
 time he was town agent, and assisted in all 
 town law-suits, and when a witness, the 
 lawyers never made but one effort to corner 
 him. In the trial of a town case at Dan- 
 ville (County Court) he was a witness. 
 Jlon. Wm. Mattocks was counsel against 
 the town, and wished to prove that Esquire 
 C. was deeply interested in the case on ac- 
 count of holding town office. "Well, 
 Esquire," said Mattocks, "you have held 
 considerable town office in Cabot, haven't 
 you?" "Yes-yes-I have some." "WeO, 
 sir, what office did you hold the year this 
 affair took place?" The Esquire said, 
 shutting his eyes and running his hands 
 into his breeches pockets to his elbows, 
 "Well, if I recollect right, I was highway 
 surveyor that year." In after years Mat- 
 tocks frequently related this case with a 
 laugh, and said he was perfectly satisfied 
 
 with this witness. He died in 1855, aged 
 75, highly respected by all the community. 
 
 DEACON JAMES MARSH 
 
 came here from Plymouth, N. H., in 1793, 
 and settled on a farm i mile north of the 
 Center. In 18 — he married Miriam Wal- 
 bridge ; to them were born 5 sons and 4 
 daughters. He was for many years a 
 deacon of the Congregational church, and 
 accounted by all who knew him, what is 
 said to be the noblest work of God — an 
 honest man. He died 1865, aged 90 years. 
 
 DEACON MARCUS O. FISHER 
 
 was born at Cabot, Nov. 24, 1796. [For 
 his first business, see village of Cabot.] 
 He was married to Fanny Hall, June 13, 
 1820, at Chester, N. H., and came directly 
 to Cabot and began pioneer life in what 
 was known as the old Red House. There 
 were but 4 houses in the village at that 
 time. Deacon Marcus Fisher and his wife 
 were actively identified with the entire 
 growth of the village. They had 4 chil- 
 dren, 2 of which died in early life, and 2 
 survive their parents. The Deacon and 
 his wife were earnest, consistent Chris- 
 tians. Their house was ever the hospita- 
 ble mansion, to which were welpomed the 
 missionary and minister, and all who were 
 working in the vineyard of their Lord. The 
 Deacon died suddenly, of heart disease, 
 Sabbath morning, Apr. 9, 1865, aged 68. 
 His wife died Sept. 14, 1870. 
 
 JOSEPH LANCE, ESQ., 
 
 born in Chester, N. H., 1799- came to this 
 town when a lad with his father, who set- 
 tled on the place where Hial Morse lives. 
 In 1S30, he engaged in the mercantile 
 business in Calais . After about 4 years he 
 sold out, and engaged in farming on quite 
 a large scale. In 1833, he was married to 
 Cynthia M. Tucker. They had 4 chil- 
 dren, 3 of whom are now living. In 1838, 
 he bought the entire estate of Judge Dana, 
 and about 1845 lie moved to this town. In 
 his early life he dealt extensively in catfle 
 and sheep ; was successful in all his under- 
 takings financially, and became a man of 
 wealtli. He held many town ofiices, and 
 was an excellent manager for the town. 
 He died Oct. 12, 1865, aged 66 years. 
 
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 vermoN't historical magazine. 
 
 JOHN DAMON, ESQ., 
 
 was born in Martha's Vineyard, near Bos- 
 ton. When 6 years of age, his father, 
 . a Congregational minister, removed to 
 Woodstocli, Vermont. . At the age of 20, 
 John went to what was then thought to 
 be the far West, the state of Ohio. He 
 purchased the very ground to settle on 
 upon which the city of Cincinnati now 
 stands, but his health failing, he sold his 
 land there and returned to Vermont, and 
 settled in this town, as before related. He 
 married Nancy Strong, . of Pawlet ; chil- 
 dren, 4. He was a far-seeing man, and 
 very successful in his financial affairs. He 
 was also one of the pioneers in the Sab-* 
 bath-school work in the Congregational 
 church. He died Apr. 19, 1864. 
 
 ZERAH COLBURN 
 
 was born in Cabot, Sept. i, 1804. His 
 father, Abia Colburn, with his family, came 
 from Hartford, and settled on the farm 
 now owned by S. S. Batchelder, about 3 
 months before his birth. The sixth child, 
 his parents in straitened circumstances, 
 subject to such hardships as fell to the lot 
 of all new settlers at that period, there 
 seemed little prospect his name should be 
 distinguished, or ever known beyond the 
 circle of his neighbors and kinsmen. There 
 was nothing remarkable, too, in the en- 
 dowments of his father or mother ; they 
 were plain persons, not superior to others, 
 and in regard to their son, it is said they 
 considered him to be the most backward 
 of any of their children ; residing at a con- 
 siderable distance from school, it would be 
 unreasonable, also, to infer that education 
 did much for preparing him for that dis- 
 play of early strength, correctness, and 
 rapidity of mind in figures, which was so 
 remarkable to all who saw him, and was 
 unaccountable to himself. 
 
 Some time in the beginning of August, 
 1810, when about one month under 6 
 years of age, at home while his father was 
 employed at a joiner's work-bench, Zerah 
 was on the floor playing with chips. Sud- 
 denly he began to say to himself, " 5 times 
 7 are 3S"-" 6 times 8 are 48," etc. His 
 father's attention being arrested by hear- 
 
 ing this so unexpected in a child so young, 
 and who had hitherto possessed no ad- 
 vantages, except, perhaps, 6weeks' attend- 
 ance at the district-school that summer, 
 left his work, and began to examine his 
 boy through the multiplication table ; he 
 thought it possible Zerah had learned this 
 from ether boys ; but finding him perfect 
 in the table, his attention was more deeply 
 fixed, and he asked the product of 13 by 
 97, to which 1261 was instantly given as 
 the answer. It was not long before one of 
 the neighbors calliiig in, was informed of 
 the singular occurrence, and soon it be- 
 came generally known through the town. 
 Thus the story originated, which within • 
 the short space of a year found its way not 
 only through the United) States, but reached 
 Europe and foreign journals of literature 
 both in. England and France, who ex- 
 pressed their surprise. lb 1804, the earth 
 was not belted by a telegraph ; the news 
 had to take the slow way-posts, and it 
 must have been regarded a wonderful 
 matter to have had so wide a range in 12 
 months. 
 
 In a short time the annual freeman's 
 meeting occurred in town, to which Mr. 
 Colburn took his son, and exhibited his 
 wonderful ability in figures to his towns- 
 men. 
 
 Gentlemen at that time possessing in- 
 fluence and standing in the County were 
 desirous that some course might be adopt- 
 ed with the boy that might lead to a full 
 devfelopment of his wonderful calculating 
 powers, and Mr. Colburn, encouraged, 
 took his son to Danville, which was thep 
 the shire town of Caledonia County, to be 
 present at the session of court. His son 
 was very generally seen and questioned by 
 judges, members of the bar and others. 
 The Legislature being about to convene at 
 Montpelier, he was advised to visit that 
 place with his son, which he did in Octo- 
 ber. Here, also, many witnessed his won- 
 derful mathematical powers. Questions 
 out of the common limits of arithmetic 
 were proposed with a view to puzzle him, 
 but they all were answered correctly. For 
 instance, he was asked, "Which is tlie 
 most, t^vice five and twenty or twice twenty- 
 
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 five?" " Which is the most, six dozen or 
 a half a dozen dozen ? " The question was 
 also asked," How many black beans would 
 it take to make five white ones ? " He at 
 once answered, "five, if you skin them," 
 evincing quickness of thought as well as 
 ability to combine numbers. After a few 
 days sjjent in Montpelier, they proceeded 
 to Burlington ; but the State of Vermont 
 did not seem to offer sufficient encourage- 
 ment, and Mr.Colburn was advised to visit 
 the principal cities of the Union. Return- 
 ing to Cabot, and spending one night with 
 his family, he departed, never to return. 
 He first went to Hanover, N. H., where he 
 received liberal offers for the education of 
 his boy ; from here to Boston, where he 
 arrived the 2Sth of Nov. Here the public 
 were anxious to see and hear for them- 
 selves. Questions of two or three places 
 of figures in multiplication, questions in 
 the rule of three,, extractions of the roots 
 of exact squares and cubes were put, and 
 done with very little effort, and here he 
 also received offers from wealthy men to 
 educate his son. One offer was to raise 
 $5000 by voluntary donations, and give 
 the father $2500, and the remaining $2500 
 to be used in Zerah's education ; but to 
 these terms Mr. Colburn did not feel at 
 liberty to accede. The rejection of all 
 these proposals very speedily raised a 
 prejudice against him in Boston, and from 
 Boston he went to New York, Philadelphia 
 and Washington ; but not receiving the en- 
 couragement, pecuniarily, that he was in 
 hopes to have met with, he next decidted 
 to go to England. In December, 1811, he 
 wrote to his wife from Washington to make 
 such disposition oS her farm and children 
 as she could, and accompany him over the 
 Atlantic. In this she showed her wisdom 
 in refusing to accede to his request ; but 
 her refusal did not deter him from the de- 
 sign. He embarked with his son for 
 Liverpool, Apr. 3, 1812, and arrived in 
 London, May 24. Here Zerah was visited by 
 the high and noble of the city, and invited 
 to call upon the crowned heads. His 
 mathematical powers were put to the se- 
 verest test, and he was able to answer the 
 most difficult questions ; but during all this 
 
 time of Zerah's exhibition, his education 
 was neglected. After he started from 
 Cabot he had learned to read, and in 
 London to write. 
 
 Mr. Colburn tried various ways to raise 
 money. The exhibition of his son did 
 not prove very remunerative. He was ad- 
 vised by men of influence and means to 
 put him to school, they generously offering 
 the means for his education. After about 
 4 years he placed Zerah at Westminster 
 School, London. He was now 12 years 
 of age ; but he did not complete his studies 
 here. He was taken away by his father, 
 and placed in a school in Paris, where also 
 he remained but a few months. His father 
 had now become very short for means. 
 While Zerah was at school, he had ire- 
 ceived liberal gifts of money for his sup- 
 port ; but in his pinched condition, he 
 knew not now what course to take. After 
 a few years, however, Zerah was engaged 
 as a teacher in a small school in London. 
 In 1822, after an absence of 10 years from 
 his family, Mr. Colburn's health began to 
 fail, and Feb. 14, 1823, he died of con- 
 sumption, far from hortie, and almost des- 
 titute of the common comforts of life. 
 
 As soon as necessary arrangements could 
 be made by the contributions of friends to 
 pay the passage of Zerah to America, he 
 sailed, and July 3, 1825, arrived safely at 
 his home in Cabot, having been absent 13 
 years. 
 
 After remaining a few months in town, 
 he connected himself with the Methodist 
 church, and became a local preacher, and 
 during his seven years of ministry, had as 
 many different appointments. Jan. 13, 
 1829, he married Mary Hoyt, of Hartford. 
 Six children were born to them, 5 daugh- 
 ters and a son. The son gave his life for 
 his country ; was killed in a battle near^ 
 Washington, Sept. 12, 1861. Two daugh- 
 ters died in early life. 
 
 In 1834, Mr. Colburn gave up preaching, 
 on account of poor health. He accepted a 
 call to a professorship of languages in the 
 Military College at Norwich, vlrhich he held 
 until obliged to give it up on account of 
 failing health. He died of consumption. 
 Mar. 2, 1839, and was buried near the 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 scene of his last labors, at Norwich, aged 
 34 years, 6 months. 
 
 I am informed by his daughter, who is 
 now living at Thetford, to whom I am in- 
 debted for the last portion of this sketch, 
 that he did not retain his wonderful math- 
 ematical powers after he became educated 
 and entered upon the ministry. His wife 
 died Mar. i6, 1856, aged 52. Thus lived 
 and died one of the most wonderful minds 
 for computation that the world ever saw. 
 
 HON. JOHN MCLEAN, 
 
 born at Peacham, Sept. 27, 1814, com- 
 menced his business life in Lower Cabot. 
 He was closely identified with the business 
 interests of the town, and his death, Feb. 
 3, 1855, without a moment's warning, cast 
 a. deep gloom over the whole community. 
 The following, furnished by an intimate 
 friend, is no overdrawn picture : 
 
 Estimate of Mr. McLean, by One of His 
 Companions, 
 
 John McLean would have been a mark- 
 ed man in any community. In Cabot, at 
 the period of which I write, he was specially 
 distinguishable. His magnetism andinnate 
 force were something wonderful. He was 
 a- born leader of men. He never said 
 "go," but always " come," and wherever 
 he went he compelled a following. He 
 found Cabot spell-bound, as it were, both 
 in politics and religion, and he forced 
 progress. He found the term abolitionism 
 a by-word and a reproach ; and when he 
 left the town, it was inscribed upon her 
 banners as a word of honor. He de- 
 manded fall toleration in religious matters. 
 He stimulated the dull to exertion in the 
 way of self-help and development. He 
 organized new industries, and waked up 
 the dormant energies of the people. He 
 was himself constantly developing in limit- 
 less directions. What an inward pressure 
 there must have been within him, what a 
 cry for room, to have led him in middle 
 age, without education, almost blind, to 
 the audacious resolve of becoming a man 
 of letters and a member of the bar. But 
 he did it, and was already retained in im- 
 portant cases when his summons came. 
 Departed friend, nothing but death could 
 
 arrest the career to which his spirit aspired, 
 and whose early death was a calamity. 
 O. F. D. (Oscar F. Dana.) 
 
 Washington, D. C, May, 1881. 
 
 Mr. McLean was married to Margaret 
 McWallace, Jan. 10, 1838. 
 
 THOMAS LYFORD 
 
 was born in this town, 1802, and resided 
 here the most of his life. He has held 
 many offices in the town, and at the be- 
 ginning of the writing of this history, he 
 was the only living person who had a thor- 
 ough knowledge of the beginning of this 
 town, which he had heard from his father, 
 and being a man of very strong memory, 
 he had retained all he had heard. He was 
 much pleased with having the history of 
 the town written and was always ready to 
 communicate any information with which 
 he was possessed, and Thursday eve, June 
 16, he gave a large amount of information, 
 and never after that was he able to com- 
 municate. He lingered till the 23d, when 
 he was relieved by death, aged 79 years. 
 On the Friday following, his funeral was 
 attended at his late residence ; he was 
 borne by his neighbors to the village cem- 
 etery, and laid beside his wife, who passed 
 on years before. Since his decease, his 
 sister, Mrs. Jason Britt, has contributed a 
 large amount of information. 
 
 MILITARY RECORD OF CABOT. 
 
 The Revolutionary stniggle just closed 
 and perhaps constant apprehension of in- 
 vasion from Canada, seems to have im- 
 bued our fathers with a thorough military 
 spirit; from the first settlement of the 
 town, but more particularly from the be- 
 ginning of the present 'century, there was 
 organized and maintained for a long period 
 of time one uniformed company, besides 
 the standing militia. We will notice each 
 of these companies and give a list of the 
 captains as far as we have been able to 
 collect statistics. 
 
 The first we have been able to gather is 
 that in 1797, when every able-bodied man 
 between the ages of 18 and 45 was obliged 
 to do military duty, with certain excep- 
 tions. The first 'captain of the militia 
 here was David Blanchard, who held his 
 
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 commission until 1800, when Josepti 
 Fisher was elected by the company. I 
 find an order from him to Sergeant John 
 Stone to warn all the men hereinafter 
 mentioned to appear on the. parade at the 
 Centre of the town, June 7, 1800, at 10 
 o'clock A. M., complete as the law directs. 
 T^is notice has n names attached after 
 the election of officers. Privates must 
 have been scarce. No record of any of- 
 ficers occur after this, until 1808 ; but tra- 
 dition tells us that Moses Stone was the 
 next captain. In 1809, 27 soldiers' names 
 are on the town record : Anthony Perry, 
 captain ; Solomon W. Osgood, ensign ; 
 1810,32 soldiers enrolled: Anthony Perry, 
 capt. ; John Stone, ist lieut. ; Joseph 
 Stone, ensign ; Anthony Perry was cap- 
 tain until 1817, when George Sumner was 
 elected. The enrolled militia were now 
 52 men. They were not obliged to uni- 
 form, but they were furnished with a gun, 
 24 rounds of cartridge, priming wire and 
 bnish, and three flints. 
 
 From 1812 to 1816, the military spirit 
 seems to have run at a very high pitch ; 
 our country having come to the point when 
 forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and 
 having declared war on Great Britain, pat- 
 riotism rekindled in all those who but a 
 short time before had laid aside the weap- 
 ons of war in the Revolutionary struggle. 
 They were alive all through, those old vet- 
 erans, as well as those that had more re- 
 cently come to the age to bear arms, and 
 were emulous to equal the old warriors. 
 
 The regular militia of the town was 
 called out and put in thorough fighting 
 order, and in addition to this, a company 
 of minute men enlisted in this town, 
 Woodbury, and Calais, and Anthony 
 Perry, who also was a captain of the regu- 
 lar militia, was elected captain, and Na- 
 thaniel Perry, lieut. These men were to 
 be ready to march to the front at any time 
 they were called by their captain. For 
 this roll I have made diligent search, but 
 have not been able to find it ; the last 
 traces I got of it, was among the papers 
 of Reuben Waters of Calais. 
 
 The battle of Plattsburg, Sunday Sept. 
 n, 1814, our townsmen had been expect- 
 
 ing for some days. The cannon was dis- 
 tinctly heard all day. Captain Perry at 
 once dispatched lieut. Perry to Woodbury 
 and Calais, and his other officer through 
 Cabot to rally the men, while he proceeded 
 directly to Montpelier. The company 
 here at once rallied and camped the first 
 night near Montpelier Centre; but on 
 arrival next day at Montpelier, to their 
 great disappointment learned the British- 
 ers had been beaten. They were dis- 
 charged and returned to their homes, 
 except a few that were on horseback and 
 wished to get a stronger smell of powder, 
 who pushed on to Burlington. 
 
 John Stone, who in 1800, held the office 
 of Sergeant, held all the various commis- 
 sions in tlie military rank ; 1809, was com- 
 missioned Col. of the First Regiment, 3d 
 Brigade 4th Division of the Militia of the 
 State. A petition was presented to him 
 signed by John Damon, Ira Atkins and 
 Horace Warner for permission to enlist a 
 company of Light Infantry to be attached 
 to his regiment. The petition was grant- 
 ed ; roll of the men enlisted : Ira Atkins, 
 Horace Warner, M. O. Fisher, Benj. B. ' 
 Hoyt, Zacheus Lovell, Avery Atkins, John 
 Edgerton, Abram Hinks, Thomas Cald- 
 well, Jabez Page, Jeremiah Atkins, John 
 Hall, David Connor, Jr., David Bruce, 
 Ebenezer Sperry, Hugh Wilson, Benjamin 
 Sperry, Samson. Osgood, John Goodale, 
 James Blanchard, Benjamin Hoyt, Caleb 
 Fisher, Anson Coburn, Benjamin Durrill, 
 Reuben Atkins, Samuel Hall, Parker 
 Chase, Jr., Stephen Hoyt, Luther Swan, 
 Benjamin Preston, Nathaniel Gibbs, Squier 
 Boinin, Joseph Cate. 
 
 The company mustered 34 men ; organ- 
 ized Aug. 26, 1819, by the choice of the 
 following officers, John Damon being the 
 first petitioner, was elected captain. In a 
 neat little speech in which he thanked the 
 company for the honor, he said, owing to 
 bodily infirmities he wished to be excused. 
 He then treated the company well to 
 whisky and sugar, and was excused. Ira 
 Atkins was then elected captain ; Horace 
 A. Warner, lieut. ; Avery Atkins, ensign ; 
 M. O. Fisher, ist sergt. ; John Goodale, 
 2d do. ; Caleb Fisher, 3d do. ; Parker 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Chase, 4th do. ; Thomas Caldwell, 1st 
 Corp. ; Jabez Page, 2d do, ; Jeremiah At- 
 kins, 3d do. ; David Bruce, 4th do. ; Ben- 
 jamin Hoit, fifer; Luther Swan, drummer; 
 Stephen Hoyt, bass drummer. 
 
 The uniform adopted was black hat, 
 white cockade, red parchment with star 
 with No. of company and regiment, white 
 feather with red top, white cord with two 
 large tassels, black coat with red facings, 
 yellow buttons, black pants corded with 
 red, white vest, white neck scarf, yellow 
 gloves, canteen and cartridge-box, with 
 white belt. The records show company 
 drills were frequent ; Oct. 3, 1820, they at- 
 tended the regimental muster at Peacham ; 
 Oct. 3, 1822, mustered at Danville ; 1824, 
 Horace Warner was elected captain, and 
 in 1825, Marcus O. Fisher, captain. 
 
 This company kept up its organization 
 7 years, when by a vote of the company 
 July, 1826, it was transformed into an artil- 
 lery company, and a cannon and all the 
 necessary equipments for the same was 
 bought by subscription of the citizens of 
 the town. 
 
 Nearly the same officers were elected 
 that were in command in the infantry, 
 Marcus O. Fisher, being the first captain, 
 Ira Atkins, 1st lieut., Caleb Fisher, 2d 
 lieut. The uniform with some slight 
 changes was very much like that of the 
 infantry. It mustered 84 men, and was 
 said to be the finest looking and appearing 
 company in the regiment. 
 
 List OF Captains: May 23, 1827, Jer- 
 emiah Atkins was elected Capt. ; 1828, 
 Caleb Fisher; 1829, William Fisher ; 1832, 
 Levi H.Stone; 1835, RoswellFarr; 1836, 
 Enoch Hoyt; 1838, John Clark. 
 
 This completes the list. It was a fine 
 company, and often called to assist in cel- 
 ebrations in the adjoining towns. And 
 not unfrequently was the Fourth enlivened 
 by the old-fashioned sham fight, in which 
 they would become so much engaged fre- 
 quently, that the cannon would be charged 
 full too high for the safety of the glass in 
 surrounding buildings, and those standing 
 by. On one occasion one of the gunners, 
 Mitchell Whittier, standing near the wheel 
 
 had the top of his hat torn out. This was 
 at an ' engagement with the cavalry at 
 Marshfield. On another occasion, Capt. 
 Levi H. Stone had his face filled with 
 powder by a musket being carelessly dis- 
 charged. This company kept up its organ- 
 ization until an act was passed by the iTeg- 
 islature disbanding all military companies 
 throughout the State June 1, 1838, when 
 this company reluctantly voted to dis- 
 band, after first entering upon their record 
 that the act of the Legislature ought to be 
 considered a lawless act in^very deed. 
 
 About 1842, a Light Infantry company 
 was organized with John McLean for its 
 first captain. Of this company I am not 
 able to find any record. 
 
 During the organization of these inde- 
 pendent companies all persons that did 
 not belong to them, obliged to do military 
 duty, were called out once a year for drill 
 and inspection. They received the name 
 of the Flood-wood Company. The train- 
 ing of this company ended by electing a 
 clerk that soon moved to the West, and 
 took with him all the records and papers 
 of the company, the members of the com- 
 pany bidding him God speed. 
 
 Many funny and characteristic anecdotes 
 of military acts and deeds are related by 
 the old inhabitants it would be pleasant to 
 record, but our space forbids. We will 
 only mention the Sutton Muster, in which 
 the Cabot Artillery and Flood-wood both 
 joined, taking one week in which to get 
 through it, and in that time it is said tliere 
 was a good many of them that did not get 
 sober enough to get home. 
 
 During these military organizations quite 
 a number from this town belonged to the 
 Cavalry in the late war, raised in the towns 
 of Cabot, Hardwick, Danville and Peacham. 
 
 WALTER STONE, 
 
 who was in the ist Vt. Cavalry, Co. D., 
 taken prisoner March 4, 1863, and died in 
 Libby Prison, was at one time captain of 
 this old cavalry company. 
 
 The last military organization in town 
 was in 1866. After the close of the War 
 of the Rebellion an infantry company was 
 organized, with W. H. Fletcher for cap- 
 
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 tain^ also a cavalry company, with Hiram 
 Perkins for captain. These companies 
 were both finely equipped by the State, 
 but never did any great military service. 
 They were disbanded by an act of the 
 Legislature, 1868. 
 
 SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION 
 
 who settled in town : Lieut. Thomas Ly- 
 ford, Jonathan Heath, Starling Heath, 
 Thomas Osgood, Samuel Warner, Na- 
 thaniel Webster, Fifield Lyford, Nathan 
 Edson, Trueworthy Durgin, Lieut. John 
 Whittier, Maj. Lyman Hitchcock, Lieut. 
 David Blanchard, Ensign Jerry McDaniels. 
 
 SOLDIERS OF 18 1 2. 
 
 Volunteers from this town : Luther 
 Swan, Simeon Walker, Leander Corlis, 
 Samuel Button, Ezra Kennerson, Peter 
 Lyford, Jesse Webster, David Lyford, 
 Royal Gilbert. 
 
 SOLDIERS OF THE Vl^AR OF 1861. 
 
 Demand for the surrender of Fort Sumter 
 made April ii, 1861, promptly refused by 
 Maj . Anderson, in one hour hostilities com- 
 
 menced. The President's call for 75,000 
 men was received in this town by the jour- 
 nals of the I Jth of April. A war meeting 
 was at once called, to take the matter into 
 consideration. Stirring speeches were 
 made by several citizens, and it was at 
 once voted to recruit a company, and offer 
 their services to the Governor. A paper 
 was drawn up, and volunteers called for, 
 and the following young men enrolled 
 their names : J. P. Lamson, John Derine, 
 
 F. L. Drown, H. L. Collins, H. M. Paige, 
 
 G. W. Wright, E. S. Hoyt, Nathaniel 
 Perry, Chas. H. Newton, L. B. Scott, S. 
 H. Bradish, L. S. Gerry, H. Perkins, 
 Horace Carpenter, Luke A. Davis, C. H. 
 Goodale, G. P. Hopkins, E. H. Scott, E. 
 Gerry, Lyman Hopkins, Fayette Hopkins. 
 
 The services of these volunteers were at 
 once tendered to the Governor by Na- 
 thaniel Perry and H. M. Paige. The first 
 regiment was already full, but a large por- 
 tion of them enlisted in other regiments 
 as soon as an opportunity oifered, as the 
 following roll will show : 
 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR THREE YEARS, 
 
 Credited previous to call for 300,000 Volunteers of Oct. 17, 1863. 
 
 Names, 
 Aiken, Hiram 
 Ainsworth, Henry A. 
 Bascom, William 
 Bacon, William W. 
 Balafw, Simeon 
 Balaw, William 
 Bailey, Nathaniel 
 Batchelder, Ziba 
 Blake, Daniel 
 Blodgett, Stephen B. 
 Barnett, Geo. W. 
 Carpenter, Amasa 
 Cheever, Moses R. 
 Clark, William H. H 
 Collins, Hartwell L. 
 
 Desilets, Carlos 
 Dereen, John 
 Dow, Harrison 
 Dow, Harvey S. 
 Drown, Frederick L. 
 Eastman, Curtis O. 
 Fales, John W. 
 Farr, Jacob 
 Fisk, Frederick W. 
 Gerry, Eli P. ' 
 
 Goodale, Chauncey 
 Goodwin, David M. 
 Gray, Joshua C. 
 Griffin, Clarendon 
 
 Age. Enlistment, 
 36 July 12, 62. 
 18 June 16, 62. 
 45 Feb. 62. 
 
 36 Feb. 10, 62. 
 24 " " 
 21 Aug* 31, 61. 
 
 21 July 3, 61. 
 38 June 30, 62. 
 
 18 Sept. s, 61. 
 
 22 Sept. 2, 61. 
 20 Sept. 3, 61. 
 
 19 " 
 
 20 Feb. 28, 62. 
 
 26 June I, 61. 
 
 19 June 12, 62. 
 22 June r, 61. 
 41 Aug. 21, 61. 
 
 34 June 1, 61. 
 
 27 Aug. 8, 62. 
 18 Sept. 30, 61. 
 
 22 Mar. 22, 62. 
 
 23 Sept. 3, 61. 
 33 Aug. 30, 61. 
 
 i8- Sept. 4, 6r. 
 June, 61. 
 
 21 Aug. 13, 62. 
 
 Reg. Co, 
 10 A 
 
 I 
 
 Bat 
 
 Bat, 
 
 K 
 
 K 
 
 H 
 
 H 
 
 H 
 
 4K. 
 4K 
 4G 
 
 (( (( 
 tt t( 
 
 3G 
 
 4 G 
 CavC 
 3G 
 II 
 6 
 3 
 4 
 4 
 
 U (( 
 
 3A S 
 II I 
 I Bat 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Tr. to Vet. Res. Corps, April 17. 
 Pro. July 15, 64; must, out June 13, 65. 
 
 pis. Dec. 16, 62. 
 
 Re-en. Mar. 19, 64 ; deserted May 3, 64, 
 
 Killed at Wilderness, May 5, 64. 
 
 Died Feb. 13, 62. 
 
 Discharged June 22, 63. 
 
 Discharged Dec. 19, 62. 
 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63; tr. to Co. E. Feb. 25, 65. 
 
 Must, out of service Sept. 30, 64. 
 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; tr. to Co. F. 
 
 Died June 7, 62. 
 
 Re-en. Jan. 22, 64; pro, 2 lieut. Co. E. Aug. 
 
 4,64. 
 Promoted Corporal. 
 Pro. Sergeant ; dis. Jan. 5, 63. 
 Discharged July 8, 62. 
 
 Pro. Sergt.; discharged June 5, 63. 
 
 Sept. 27, 64 ; dis. June 29, 65. 
 
 Must, out of service, Oct. 28, 64. 
 
 Discharged Oct. 31, 62. 
 
 Reduced; must, out Sept. 30, 64. 
 
 Pro. Cor.; re-en. Dec. 15, 63; tr. to Co. C. 
 
 Feb. 25, 65. 
 Must, out of service Sept. 30, 64. 
 Pro. surgeon of the 3d reg. 
 Must, out of service June 24, 65. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Hall, Mark P. 
 Hall, Merrill K. 
 Hatch, Gonzalo C. 
 Hatch, Jerome B. 
 Hatch, Marshall E. 
 Heath, Nathan L. 
 Heath, Jeremiah A. 
 Hill, Andrew 
 Hill, Lorenzo D. . 
 Hitchcock, Henry C. 
 Hooker, Amos O. 
 Hooker, Sanford O. 
 Hopkins, William J. 
 Hoyt, Alonzo A. 
 Hoyt, Asa 
 Hoyt, Enoch S. 
 Hoyt, Jonathan P. 
 Ingram, John 
 Kenerson, Albert . 
 Kenerson, William T. 
 Lyford, James M. 
 Mack, Asa B. 
 Marsh, Henry O. 
 Marsh, James Jr. 
 McCrilhs, Rufus 
 McLean, Samuel E. 
 Morrill, Abel K. 
 Newton, Charles H. 
 
 Oken, John E. 
 Page, Henry M. 
 Page, Wallace W. 
 
 Paine, Geo. W. 
 Perry, Adolphus B. Jr. 
 Perry, Charles H. 
 Perry, William A. 
 Putnam, Chas. B. 
 Rudd, John 
 
 Rudd, William 
 Russell, Hiram L. 
 Scott, Erastus H. 
 Scott, Luther B. 
 Smith, Jarish S. 
 Stone, Edward G. 
 Sumner, Alonzo L. 
 Thompson, Sam'l H. 
 Walbridge, Don C. 
 West, William N. 
 
 Wheeler, John Q. A. 
 Wilson, Nathaniel L. 
 Wright, Geo. W. 
 
 Writer, Anson S. 
 
 Age, Enlistment. 
 22 Aug. 28, 61. 
 
 22 Aug. 31, 63. 
 
 27 June"i, 61. 
 
 27 June, I, 61. 
 22 May 7, 61. 
 
 18 July 25, 62. 
 
 19 Jan. 31, 62. 
 
 21 June 9, 62. 
 
 28 May 29, 62. 
 
 41 Aug. 8, 62. 
 25 June I, 61. 
 44 Aug. 10, 63. 
 
 19 Mar. 20, 62. 
 
 33 Sept. 3, 61. 
 18 Sept. 3, 61. 
 38 Aug. 12, 62. 
 
 32 Sept. 4, 61. 
 
 22 Aug. 27, 61. 
 
 Reg. Co. Remarks. 
 
 4 G Pro. Sergt.; must, out Sept. 30, 64. 
 " " Tr. to Co. B. Feb. 25, 65 ; out July 3, 65. 
 3 " Re-en. Dec. 21 ; tr. to Co. I, July 25, 64. 
 Cav C Promoted to Lieut. 
 
 Reduced to rank Oct.\3i, 62. 
 
 Died June 14, 62. 
 
 Must, from service June 24, 65. 
 Pro. Cor. Feb. 18, 64 ; re-en. Feb. 20, 64. 
 Pro. Sergt. Nov. 63 ; died Mar. 12, 64. 
 Discharged Oct. 22, 62. 
 
 C 
 
 Bat. 
 
 D 
 
 Bat. 
 
 I 
 
 H 
 
 I 
 
 CavC 
 n I 
 
 l^ 
 CavC 
 
 " D 
 
 4H 
 CavC 
 
 4G 
 
 M ust. from service July 5, 65. 
 Discharged Feb. 19, 63. 
 
 23 June I, 61. 
 
 25 " " 
 21 Sept. II, 61. 
 
 21 Sept. 3, 61. 
 18 Apr. 2b, 63. 
 
 May 11,63. 
 i8 June, 26, 63. 
 
 26 June 8, 63. 
 20 Aug. 6, 62. 
 
 Aug. II, 62. 
 26 Sept. 4, 61. 
 18 Sept. 4, 61. 
 26 Sept. 3, 61. 
 
 22 Feb. 8, 62. 
 36 Aug. 20, 61. 
 
 23 June 29, 62. 
 
 24 Sept. 7, 61. 
 
 I Bat, 
 4 H 
 3E 
 4G 
 
 4 H 
 CavC 
 3G 
 
 3G 
 4 H 
 4G 
 
 22 July 10, 61. 
 28 June i8,- 61. 
 
 21 June I, 61. 
 
 II L 
 
 u L 
 " I 
 3G 
 4 G 
 4G 
 
 7 H 
 
 4 H 
 
 7 " 
 
 M " 
 
 CavC 
 3K 
 3 G 
 
 3G 
 
 Farr, William H. 
 
 Hopkins, Oliver W. 
 Hoyt, Edwin A. 
 Kimball, Isaac N. 
 Mason, Henry L. 
 Trow, Kendrick • 
 
 Brickett, Willard P. 
 
 Volunteers for 
 20 Dec. 7, 63. 3 G 
 
 18 Sept. I, 63. 17 C 
 3 Bat, 
 3 Bat, 
 27 Nov. 10,63. II I 
 44 Sept. 23, 63. 17 D 
 
 Volunteer for 
 Cav, 
 
 Dropped Apr. 10, 63. 
 
 Must, out of service Feb. 4, 61. 
 
 Died of wounds received in action June 6, 64. 
 
 Pro. to Cor. Nov. i, 63 ; do. Ser.; tr. to Co. B. 
 
 Re-en. Dec. 12, 63; tr. to Co. E. Feb. 25, 65. 
 
 Pro. Sergt.; re-en. Dec. 15, 65; i Lt. Co. E. 
 Oct. I, 64. 
 
 Pro. to Major. 
 
 Re-en. Jan. 22, 64 ; killed at Cold Harbor, 
 
 June 3, 64. 
 Re-en. Dec. 21, 63; tr. to Co. I July 25, 64. 
 Re-en. Jan. IS. 63; tr. to Co. C. Feb. 25, 65. 
 Killed at Cold Harbor, June ^ 1864. 
 Brigade Band. 
 <( ' (( 
 
 Died June 23, 64, of wounds reed, in action 
 
 May, 64. 
 Died May 6, 64. 
 
 Must, out of service June 24, 65. 
 Killed. 
 
 Pro. 2d Lt. Co. E. Aug. i, 62. 
 Died Nov. 9, 62. 
 
 Killed at Spottsylvania, May 10, 64. 
 Re-en. Feb. 20, 64 ; pro. Cor. Oct. i, 64. 
 Pro. Cor.; killed at Spottsylvania, May iz, 65. 
 Died Nov. 27, 62. 
 Pro. Sergt.; re-en. Dec. 15, 63; pris. of war 
 
 since June 23, 64. 
 
 Discharged Oct. 31, 62. 
 
 Pro. Sergt.; re-en. Dec. 32, 61 ; died May 11, 
 
 64, from wounds received in action. 
 Re-en. Dec. 21, 63; died July 15, '64, of 
 
 wounds received in action. 
 
 Three Years. 
 
 Tr. to Vet. Res. Corps May 23, 64. Disch. 
 
 Aug. 9, 1865. 
 Must, out of serv. July 14, 1865. 
 
 Died. 
 
 Died Sept. 13, 1864. 
 
 Died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 24, 1864. 
 
 One Year. 
 
CABOt. 
 
 fit 
 
 Volunteers Re-enlisted. 
 
 Names, Age, 
 
 Barnett, Geoi;ge M. 22 
 
 Cheever, Moses R. 19 
 
 Collins, Hartwell L. 26 
 
 Gerry, Eli P.. 
 
 Hatch, Gonzalo C. 
 Hooker, Amos O. 
 Hopkins, Daniel F. 
 McLean, Samuel E, 
 Page, Wallace W. 
 
 Paine, George W. 25 
 Perry, Adolphus^B. Jr., 21 
 Wright, George W. ,28 
 Writer, Anson S. 21 
 
 Enlistment, Reg. Co, Hemarks. i 
 
 Sept. 2, 61. 4 H Re-en Dec. ij, 1863, tr. to Co. E, Feb. 25, 65. 
 
 Sept. 3, 61. ' 4G Re-en Dec. 15, 1863,' tr. to Co. F. Feb. 25, 65. 
 
 June T, 61. 3 G Re-en Jan. 26, 1864, pro. to 2d lieut., Co. E. 
 
 Aug. 4, 1864, 
 
 33 Aug. 30, 61. 4 H Pro. to Corp. ; re-en Dec. 15, 1863 ; tr. to 
 
 Co. C. Feb. 25, 1865 
 27 June I, 61. 3 G Re-en Dec. 21, 63 ; ' tr. to Co. I. July 25, 64. 
 19 June 31, 62. 7 H Pro. corp. Feb. 18, 64 j re-en Feb. 20, 64. 
 
 2 Bat. 
 32 Sept. 4, 61. 4 H Re-en Dec. 15, 63 ; tr. to Co. E. Feb. 25, 65. 
 23 June I. 61. 3 G Re'-en Jan. 22, 1864 ; killed at Cold Harbor, 
 June 3, 1864. 
 June I, 61. • 3 G Re-en Dec. 21,63; *''• *° ^°- ^- J"'y ^5' ^4- 
 Sept. n, 61. 4 H Re-en Dec. 15, 63; tr. to Co. C. Feb. 25, 65, 
 June 10, 61. 3 G Pro. sergt. ; re-en Dec. 31, 63 ; died May 11. 
 June I, 61. 3 G Re-en. Dec. 2t, 63. Died July 15, 64, of 
 wound received in action. , 
 
 Hoyt, Jonathan P. 
 McCauley; Kenneth 
 
 Two men. 
 
 Adams, Chas. ^. 
 Soyle, Or vis P. 
 Oorlesi Frederick 
 Dow, John K. 
 Fletcher, William H. 
 Gibson, Charles 
 Houghton, Charles L. 
 Johnson, Silas G. 
 Kiniball, Isaac 
 Maberny, William 
 Osgood, Andrew E. 
 'Perkins, Eben S. 
 Perkins, Hiram 
 Shaw, George E. 
 Wilson, Joseph 
 Wilson, Freeman 
 
 Veteran Reserve Corps, 
 44 Aug. 10, 63. 3 H Tr. from Vet. Res. Corps ; tr. to Co. K. July 
 25, 64. 
 
 Miscellaneous not Credited by Name, 
 
 Volunteers for Nine Months, 
 
 13 c 
 
 Killed at Gettysburg, 
 
 dlart, Emery H. 
 Dowi Hirvey S. 
 Haines, William J. 
 Hazen, Jasper J. 
 Heath, George R. 
 Perry, Anthony 
 Perry, Jewett 
 .Smith, Henry D. 
 .gprague, Alonzo F. 
 Whittier, Harrison 
 Wood, Hiram T. 
 
 Fisher, Chas. M. 
 Smith, Geo. C. 
 
 Hopkins, Lyman H. 
 Howe, Samuel W. 
 Knapp, Francis L. 
 Sw^zey, Parker 
 
 16 
 
 Furnished under Draft, Paid Commutation. 
 
 -•' r.il 
 iiiiii 
 
 .? 
 
 Procured Substitutes. 
 
 Entered Service. 
 6 A 
 6 D 
 
 32 July 29, 63. I I Missing in action May 5, 64. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Total, 138. Of this number 9 were 
 killed in action, 18 died from disease, 5 
 firom wounds received in action ; of the 
 number that returned, many of them con- 
 tracted disease from which they have since 
 died, or are now suffering. 
 
 The town paid about $9000 bounty, and 
 at the close of the war, to the credit of the 
 town be it said, we had no war debt upon 
 us. Taxes were levied, and promptly paid 
 when money was plenty. 
 
 After the close of the war, and when 
 those who had gone first and done battle 
 so valiantly for their country had returned 
 to their peaceful avocations of. life, the 
 thoughts of the inhabitants of the town 
 were turned to those who had given their 
 lives to continue the life of our nation, and 
 wishing to hand down their names in 
 grateful remembrance to generations yet 
 unborn, an article was inserted in the 
 warning for March meeting, 1873, to take 
 into consideration the subject of erecting a 
 monument to their memory. 
 
 At this meeting a committee was elected 
 to obtain diagram specimens of material, 
 cost of the same, place of location, and 
 report at the next March meeting; J. P. 
 Lamson, M. P. Wallace and Milton Fisher, 
 com. Final action was not reached until 
 the annual meeting, 1875, when $1500 
 was voted for a soldiers' monument on the 
 Common, and the committee before ap- 
 pointed were instructed to purchase and 
 locate the same. The committee con- 
 tracted with Mr. Harrington, of Barre, to 
 erect a monument of Barre granite, at a 
 cost of $1500, on the highest point on the 
 Common, in front of the Congregational 
 church. The height of the monument is 
 21 feet; upon the die, inscriptions: 
 
 West Side: 
 
 TO THE MEMORY OF CABOT SOLDIERS 
 WHO FELL IN THE ' GREAT RE- 
 BELLION OF 1861-I865. 
 
 Dulcet Desuum est. Pro patri amort! 
 
 North side.— Adjutant, Abel Morrill, 
 Jr.; 2d lieutenant, Luther B. Scott; Ser- 
 geant, Sanford O. Hooker, Eli P. Gerry, 
 Samuel H.Thompson, George W. Wright, 
 Anson S. Writer; privates, Ziba Batch- 
 
 elder, Nathaniel Bailey, William H. Clark, 
 Carlos Desoletts, John H. Dow. 
 
 East Side. — Privates, Wm. G. French, 
 Jeremiah A. Heath, Andrew Hill, James 
 C. Hill, Enoch S. Hoit, Isaac Kimball, 
 Albert Kenerson, Rufus McCrillis, Henry 
 O. Marsh, Henry S, Mason, Andrew E. 
 Osgood, Wallace Page. 
 
 South Side. — Privates, Adolphus B. 
 Perry, Charles H. Perry, Jewett W. Perry, 
 John Rudd, William Rudd, Erastus H. 
 Scott, Parker Swazey, Don C. Walbridge, 
 Jarvis S. Smith, George E. Stone, Ken- 
 drick Trow, Edward E. Hall. 
 
 This monument was dedicated to the 
 memory of these deceased soldiers July 
 4, 1876, at 2 o'clock p. M., with singing by 
 the choir, prayer by Rev. B. S. Adams, 
 dedicatory address by J. P. Lamson, Esq., 
 music by the Montpelier Band, and me- 
 morial and dedication services by Brooks 
 Post, G. A. R., from Montpelier. From 
 the able address of Mr. Lamson we make 
 the following brief extract : 
 
 We meet to-day around this monument 
 of the fallen heroes of Cabot to join in the 
 ceremonies of its dedication. By the 
 people of Cabot this structure has been 
 reared in commemoration of those noble 
 men, who, when rebellious hands were 
 raised against their country's life, bade a 
 last farewell to kindred and home, and 
 went forth to die in its defence. Their 
 sacred names are enshrined in our mem- 
 ories, and engraved on the tablets of our 
 hearts ; as long as life shall last, we, of 
 this generation, shall cherish the recol- 
 lections of their heroic deeds and noble 
 martyrdom with a devotion which no mon- 
 ument can kindle, and no inscription can 
 keep alive. But time will pass, and mem- 
 ories and traditions shall fail, and the 
 tablet of flesh must moulder into dust. It 
 is fit, therefore, that we should carve on 
 the everlasting granite the names of that 
 noble band, that our children and our 
 children's children may learn by whose 
 blood our country was baptized into new 
 life, and the bonds of its union were ce- 
 mented for all coming time. 
 
 Let this monument stand, then, a proud 
 memorial of the dead, and may time touch 
 it with a gentle hand as it bears to suc- 
 ceeding generations its just and deserving 
 record. 
 
 At this time I am opprdsSed with a sense 
 of the impropriety of uttering words on this 
 occasion. If silence is ever golden, it must 
 
CABOT. 
 
 123 
 
 be here beside this monument, which bears 
 the names of thirty-six men whose lives 
 were more significant than speech, and 
 whose death was a poem, the music of 
 which can never be sung. For love of 
 country they accepted death. That act 
 resolved all doubts, and made immortal 
 their patriotism and their virtue. 
 
 Fortunate men ! Your country lives be- 
 cause you died ; your fame is placed where 
 the breath of calumny can never reach it ; 
 where the mistakes of a weary life can 
 never dim its brightness. Coming gen- 
 erations will rise up to call you blessed. 
 So unselfish, so little looking for reward, 
 so trusting for the final good, so venturing 
 for the brotherhood of man on the father- 
 hood of God. And it was for this senti- 
 ment of country, and nothing else, that 
 these whose names are engraved on this 
 monument first sprang to arms and offered 
 themselves as martyrs. "My Country" 
 and the " old flag," how these thoughts 
 quickened the elastic step, which bore 
 them to the strife. How it lingered on 
 dying lips when the bloody fray was over, 
 "Tell her I die for ynj country." Softly 
 would we touch the strings that vibrate 
 only to plaintive notes — husband, father, 
 brother, son, the loved, the fondly cher- 
 ished. 
 
 Nobly did they fall, and in a righteous 
 cause. Their country called, and in the 
 great cause of humanity they died. And 
 ttiough their bones lie bleaching on a 
 Soiitnern soil, far away from friends and 
 homg, yet ever fresh will be their mem- 
 ories in the hearts of the living and the 
 loved. And their records will remain from 
 everlasting to everlasting, after this mon- 
 ument de$c*ted to them shall have crum- 
 bled into dust. 
 
 To you, soldiers of this town, this monu- 
 ment IS dedicated ; make j^ourselves worthy 
 of the honor. Your past is at least secure. 
 May you so conduct yourselves in the con- 
 flicts of life as to preserve unfaded those 
 wreaths of glory, which your deeds have so 
 nobly won. 
 
 Let generation after generation, as they 
 pass firom the cradle to the grave, be re- 
 minded, as they look on this enduring 
 monument, of the fconflicts which inaug- 
 urated the birth of our country, of the 
 hardships and sacrifices by which it was 
 pursued, and the serious part they may be 
 called upon to perform for its further per- 
 petuation. 
 
 Let it stand, then, an everlasting me- 
 morial and teacher, and in the ceremonies 
 of this day let us invoke Almighty God to 
 hold it tenderly in the hollow of his hand, 
 and consecrate it with his continual bless- 
 
 LIEUT. COLONEL KIMBALL. 
 BY d, C. JULIUS LANQBIEi>, OF NEVT YOBK CITY, 
 
 Civil Justice, and formerly Drummer of " H." 
 C. <)th, N. y. Vols. I Hawkins Zouaves. 
 Eliphalet Addison Kimball was born 
 June 3, 1822, in Pembroke, N. H. His 
 mother survived his birth but 11 days. 
 His father, soon after the death of his wife, 
 removed to Cabot, Vt., where Addison's 
 aunt and uncles resided, and it was here 
 he and she, who mourns him as his de- 
 voted widow, lived in childhood together 
 until his 17th year, when he went to Con- 
 cord, N. H., learned the printer's trade, 
 returned to Vermont, and entered the office* 
 of the Woodstock Age, Charles G. East- 
 man editor and owner, a man of education 
 and accomplishments, poet and politician. 
 Young Kimball in two years bought the 
 Age, and became its editor and publisher, 
 Mr. Eastman purchasing the Verrnont Pat- 
 riot, and removing to Montpelier. While 
 editor of the Age the war with Mexico was 
 agitated. The Age, a democratic paper, 
 took strong sides with the governrhent, 
 then under democratic control. The young 
 editor wrote with instinctive force an4 
 character, and his editorials attracted at- 
 tention. By a sort of magnetism, which 
 he even then possessed, he soon gained 
 influential friends. It was remarked there 
 was no other young man 24 years of age 
 who had more friends among the demor 
 cratic leaders, and that took the prid^ and 
 interest in him they did. This influence 
 and friendship secured him a captain's 
 commission from President Polk in the 9th 
 N. E. reg., Col. Ransom, from Wood- 
 stock, commanding. 
 
 He gave up his paper and post-office to 
 be a soldier — he was postmaster at Wood- 
 stock, and the quartermaster office; he 
 had been appointed by Gov. Slade, of 
 Vermont, quartermaster of the 3d. Div. 
 of the Vt,. militia, Feb . i , 1 840. He sailed 
 for Mexico,, May 27, 1847. He was in the 
 first engagements at Contreras and Churu- 
 busco. 
 
 For his brave conduct in these engage- 
 ments he received a brevet, and from that 
 time was mentioned and thanked in gen- 
 
124 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 eral orders in nearly every engagement 
 under Gen. Scott. Col. Ransom, the 
 commander of the regiment, loved him as 
 his son, and was as proud of him as one 
 brave man can be of another. At Chepul- 
 tepec, where Ransom fell, lyoung Kimball 
 with the Vermont boys, was the first to 
 reach the Mexican flag on the heights, 
 which he tore down quick as a flash, and 
 surmounted with the stripes and stars. 
 
 Owing to some misunderstanding, the 
 credit of this achievement was given to 
 Major Seymour, of the regiment, whom it 
 made so famous that he became the gov- 
 pernor of Connecticut. 
 
 After the fight, he was given a picket 
 body of men to open communications with 
 the city of Vera Cruz, and to bring up sup- 
 plies and recruits for the army. This duty 
 having been satisfactorily performed, he 
 was placed in command of the vessel, 
 taking the trbbps home to Ft. Adams, 
 R. I. He had also received his commis- 
 sion as brevet major, Aug. 20, 1847, and 
 his welcome home was an ovation from the 
 time he left Fort Adams until he visited 
 Cabot, the scene of his childhood days, 
 where the oldest and most respected cit- 
 izens, headed by Captain Perry, a soldier 
 of the Vt: Militia, as their Grand Marshal, 
 paraded and marched through the town in 
 his honor, and in the evening a grand ban- 
 quet was spread, where he was welcomed 
 home by people of all shades of political 
 and social life. 
 
 During all these stirring records of his 
 life there was one who watched his every 
 movement, and shared with him in his 
 triumph and glory, and 2 years later, Nov. 
 I, 1849, Major Kimball was married at the 
 church where they had both been bap- 
 tized, to her in whose heart his memory 
 will ever be green. At this time he was 
 the Route Agent from Wells River to 
 Boston. The following year the young 
 coupJe came to New York City, where 
 Major Kimball obtained, a responsible po- 
 sition on the New York Herald. He re- 
 mained on the Herald until 1853, when he 
 was appointed by President Pierce in the 
 New York Custom House. It was while 
 
 there employed that the Southern rebellion 
 broke out. 
 
 Apr. 16, 1861, Major Kimball wrote to 
 Gov. Fairbanks, of Vermont, offering his 
 services. The Governor was unable to give 
 him a command. He next offered his ser- 
 vices to the 9th New York Vols. (Haw- 
 kins Zouaves) and was elected. This reg- 
 iment was first ordered to Riker's Island, 
 in the East river. While here the news 
 agents of New York City presented to 
 Major Kimball an elegant sword, and his 
 friends of the Custom House a beautiful 
 pair of epaulettes. The march of the 
 "Ninth" down Broadway to the seat of 
 war was one of the grandest ovations of 
 the kind ever witnessed in the metropolis. 
 
 The Major, by his soldierly bearing, 
 fame, bravery and experience in the Mex- 
 ican War, inspired the men with confi- 
 dence, and the regiment had perfected 
 itself in drill and discipline. They were 
 looked upon with pride and affection by 
 the city of New York. June J, the reg- 
 iment left New York, embarked on the 
 " Marion " and " George Peabody " ; June 
 10, it covered the rear of our retreating 
 forces at Big Bethel. It was not other- 
 wise actively engaged with the enemy in 
 this engagement. Aug. 4, '6i,MajerK. 
 was surprised by the following communi- 
 cation : 
 
 Camp Butler, Newport News, Va., } 
 August 4, 1 861. \ 
 
 Maj. E. A. Kimball, i)tk Reg. N. V. Vols: 
 
 We, the undersigned officers of the ist 
 Regiment Vermont Volunteer Militia, be- 
 ing about to depart to our native State to 
 be mustered out of the service of the U. S. 
 Government, do hereby tender to you our 
 kindest regards, and hope ere long to see 
 you in your appropriate position, the 
 Commander of a R,egiment of Green 
 Mountain Boys of such men as you have 
 heretofore led to victory on six different 
 battle-fields in support of the honor and 
 flag of your country, and we ardently de- 
 sire to see you again manfully fighting at 
 the head of a regiment, leading to victory, 
 honor and glory, the citizen soldiery of 
 your own much-loved State of Vermont. 
 
 To command a regiment of Green 
 Mountain Boys was an ardent, long-felt 
 desire of Major Kimball's. He was one of 
 
CABOT. 
 
 I2S 
 
 the first to oifer his services to Governor 
 Fairbanlcs. It was always a regret that 
 tinged the remainder of his life that a com- 
 mand had not been offered him from that 
 State, for he felt that his services in Mexico 
 entitled him to such an honor. A few 
 days after the battle of Roanoke Island he 
 wrote home to his wife : 
 
 We have had a big fight and a splendid 
 victory. I have not time to tell you the 
 particulars, except that I charged the bat- 
 tery at the head of my New York boys. 
 God bless them! we carried it. It was 
 fully equal to anything I ever saw before. 
 The prisoners say they fired at me time 
 and time again, and that I must bear a 
 charmed life. They did fire at me smartly. 
 You will see the papers. I am well now, 
 but can't go through many more as I did 
 the other. I wish / could have made the 
 same charge at the head of a Vermont Reg- 
 imenKhut it was not to be so. 
 
 A sore spot in his heart ; he loved the 
 Vermont bpys. In another letter to his 
 wife: 
 
 You may restassured if we have a chance, 
 you will hear a good account of us. Our 
 regiment numbers 950 men, and next to 
 the "old Mexico 9th," is the best I ever 
 saw. 
 
 Feb. 8, '62, the battle of Roanoke Island, 
 where the regiment gained its first fame, 
 making the first decisive, successful bay- 
 onet charge of the war. The battle had 
 been raging for some time when the Third 
 Brigade was sent for, and they began to 
 advance, the "Ninth" taking the lead. 
 The road was a long, narrow causeway, 
 flanked by marsh and ditches, and at the 
 head a three-gun battery had a range of 
 the field. The left wing advanced, led by 
 Kimball, sword in hand, cheering on his 
 men. "Now is the time, and you are the 
 men," cried Gen. Foster, and the Zouaves 
 rushed forward, with their peculiar cry of 
 "Zou! Zou! Zou!" their red caps and 
 blue, baggy uniform filling the narrow 
 causeway, the intrepid Kimball leading 
 them. The thunder of the rebel guns was 
 heard; quick as their flash every man 
 prostrates himself upon his face ; the iron 
 grape and cannister speed overhead, and 
 lodge behind, scattering death among the 
 other troops. The Zouaves mount the 
 
 parapet upon which their colors are plant- 
 ed, and before the rebel gunners have 
 time to reload, their soldiers are flying in 
 terror to the rear. A prisoner after the 
 battle said : "It was perfectly frightful to 
 witness the mad career in which the 
 Zouaves advanced upon a work which, 
 until that moment, every one in it had 
 supposed to be impregnable." 
 
 From report of Gerieral Parke to General 
 Burnside : 
 
 The delay in the progress of the troops 
 through the swamp being so great, it was. 
 decided to change the course of the 9th 
 N. Y. Regiment, and tlie order was sent 
 to the Colonel to turn to the left, an<^ 
 charge the battery directly up the road, 
 and the regiment, with a "hearty yell and 
 cheer', struck into tlje road, and made for 
 the battery on the run. The order was 
 given to charge the enemy with fixed bay- 
 onets. This was done in gallant style, 
 Major Kimball taking the lead. The 
 Major was very conspicuous during the 
 movement, and I take great pleasure in 
 commending him to your favorable notice. 
 
 Col. Hawkins in his report: 
 
 Upon reaching the battle-ground, I was 
 ordered to outrank the enemy on their left, 
 where they were in position behind an in- 
 trenchment, mounting three glins. After 
 leading the Ninth New York into a mansh, 
 immediately in front of the enemy's work,' 
 amidst a heavy fire from them of grape 
 and musketry, the order was given to 
 charge the regiment with fixed bayonets. 
 This was done in g^lant style. Major 
 Kimball taking the lead. 
 
 A friend who served with the Major in 
 Mexico writes to him : 
 
 My Dear Major: — Glory to God in the 
 highest ! 4. have just been reading an ac- 
 count of your gallant charge at the head of 
 your boys on Roanoke Island. It fairly 
 made the tears come into my eyes when I 
 read of my old commander's offer to lead 
 the charge, and doing it, too, as no one 
 but he could do it. I would give ten years 
 of my life to have been by your side. I 
 glory in your glory, and would like to 
 shake the hand of every boy of the 9th. 
 God bless the number ! The glorious news 
 from Roanoke tells me that you have been 
 doing to the flag of the rebels what you 
 did to the Mexican flag in '47. I am not 
 disappointed, for I knew that you would 
 allow no one to get nearer the enemy than 
 yourself. 
 
 Shortly after this battle, Lieut. Col. 
 
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 Betts, of the regiment, resigned, and Maj. 
 Kimball was promoted to Lieut. Colonel, 
 Feb. 14, 1862. 
 
 At the battle of South Mills, N. C, 
 Ap. g, '61, Col. Kimball displayed the 
 same bravery, riding in the midst of the 
 battle, at the head of the " Ninth," or- 
 dered to charge the enemy. This battle, 
 comparatively unheard of, was of the ut- 
 most importance to the country, as it led 
 to the evacuation of the city of Norfolk. 
 The regiment marched 46 miles in 26 
 hours, in addition to battle. Col. Kim- 
 ball, writing of it to his wife, says : 
 
 We have had a terrible fight, the hottest 
 fire I was ever under. My norse was shot 
 under me. We lost 73 men from our reg- 
 iment. I escaped, as usual, unhurt.. 
 
 At South Mountain, September 14, the 
 "Ninth" supported Clark's Battery of 
 Regulars, the prelude to " Antietam." 
 Major Judevine had command of the 89th 
 N. Y. The enemy made several fierce 
 charges upon this battery, which was gal- 
 lantly supported by the "Ninth" under 
 its gallant Colonel. After crossing Antie- 
 tam Creek, in the face of a heavy fire by 
 the enemy's sharp-shooters, the enemy 
 took position under the brow of the steep 
 heights, many of the enemy's shells strik- 
 ing in front of them, and ricocheting over 
 their heads before exploding, while others 
 burst in the ranks, killing and wounding 
 the brave boys. Kimball in command, 
 impatiently waiting the order to advance, 
 with sword in hand, stood upon the brow 
 of the hill, the perfect picture of the hero. 
 
 The long-expected command came, the 
 regiment rushed to the top of the hill, 
 their leader in advance. Storm of shot 
 and shell greeted them. Zou-Zou-Zou ! 
 their war-cry rang wildly above the bat- 
 tle's din. Outstripping far the rest of their 
 line in their daring charge, on they swept. 
 .... Men falling at every step far back 
 as could be seen, the track of the regiment 
 strewn with the slain, the brave Kimball or- 
 dered his bugler, Flocton, by his side, to 
 blow the ' ' Assembly of the Ninth." It was 
 done ; tlie regiment rallied ; they encounter 
 a stone wall ; with a wild cheer they sur- 
 mount it. Here a terrific bayonet fight 
 
 takes place ; the Zouaves hold their own ; 
 re-inforcements arrive ; the enemy retreat 
 in wild confusion. Kimball writes to his 
 beloved wife : 
 
 I am out of the hardest-fought battle I 
 was ever in, and probably the hardest 
 fought on this continent. I lost 221 out 
 of 469 of my regiment which I took into 
 action. I got a slight bruise. It was only 
 by the mercy of Divine Providence that 
 any of us escaped. We have fought a 
 great battle, and won a great victory, but 
 
 the cost has been immense 
 
 I had my horse shot under me by a shell 
 explosion. He' is well, however. 
 
 For his meritorious conduct in this 
 battle. Col. Kimball was especially men- 
 tioned and thanked in the official report of 
 Gen. Cox, commanding the 9th army 
 corps. 
 
 At Fredericksburg, under General Burn- 
 side, the regiment was engaged. Colonel 
 Kimball in command. He writes : 
 
 Dear Lue : — The cannon are now firing 
 so the very earth quakes ; near 400 of them 
 in action. We get in line in a few min- 
 utes. God knows how soon the line may 
 be broken, and who comes out of to-day. 
 To-day will undoubtedly decide the fate of 
 our nation, and if I fall, God knows I shall 
 do so loving my country. Already has 
 commenced one of the greatest battles of 
 the world. My horse is saddled and before 
 my tent, and we shall attempt to cross the 
 river in a few minutes. God bless you all ! 
 
 Addison. 
 
 But with all his dash and intrepidity, 
 many an officer and soldier in the ranks 
 can bear witness that in battle he was cool 
 and collected as on parade. He was no 
 holiday soldier ; he dreaded the horrors of 
 a battle-field, but personally knew no fear; 
 a braver man and truer soldier never lived. 
 He was a patriot, and that patriotism was 
 not born of the rebellion. He had a rev- 
 erence for the old flag. He was often 
 heard to say : It is the proudest flag that 
 floats, and his right arm and his life were 
 always ready in its defence. 
 
 He fought in pther battles as heroically. 
 When Col. Kimball commanded, he al- 
 ways led his men into the battle ; and yet 
 how reluctantly we come to that fatal night, 
 Apr. 12, 1863. On that night the reg- 
 iment lost its father and the nation one of 
 
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 its most gallant and heroic defenders — the , 
 hero of sixteen battles, in which he had 
 been the " bravest of the brave," and that 
 not by the sword, nor by the bayonet of 
 the enemy ; the regiment could have borne 
 that ; but he was mercilessly shot down in 
 cold blood by an officer of the same army, 
 most recreant deed ! 
 
 By order from Gen. Dix, the regiment 
 in command of Gen. Peck, left Pittsmouth 
 for Suffolk the eve of the 12th, marching 
 the distance of 30 miles, and coming in at 
 I o'clock at night the 13th. The troops 
 were ordered to be under arms at 3 o'clock. 
 Col. Kimball was tired and worn out, but 
 his soldierly instincts would not let him 
 sleep until, an attack being expected, he 
 had made inspection of the ground. While 
 thus engaged, on foot, with no weapon :but 
 his sword, he encountered a body of horse- 
 men, and soldier as he was, on his own 
 camp-ground, he immediately ordered a 
 halt, and demanded the countersign, plac- 
 ing his hand at the same time upon the 
 hilt of his sword, as if in the act of draw- 
 ing it. The body of horsemen were Brig- 
 adier General Michael Corcoran, who was 
 officer of the day, and his staff, who, with- 
 out a word of warning, drew a pistol from 
 his holster and fired, the ball striking the 
 Colonel in, and passing through, his neck. 
 Fool-hardy and terrible blunder ! The 
 news spread through camp like wild- 
 fire. The regiment was frantic. They 
 could not realize at first the lament- 
 able, and to them costly, situation of 
 affairs. He, for whom they all thought no 
 bullet was ever cast, shot down in cold 
 blood. Their indignation knew no bounds, 
 and they demanded immediate court- 
 martial, and refused to do duty, and threat- 
 ened dire vengeance unless it was done. It 
 was not until Gen. Getty promised imme- 
 diate investigation,- they were restrained. 
 There was no justification for the act. It 
 was entirely dastardly. Col. Kimball was 
 alone, without his fire-arms, on foot ; Gen. 
 Corcoran was accompanied by his staff, 
 himself and all armed, on horseback. He 
 could have had Kimball arrested by one of 
 his staff officers if he had deemed it proper, 
 but Col. Kimball was only in the perform- 
 
 ance of a duty upon his own ground. The 
 arrogant and hot Corcoran was piqued by 
 having the countersign demanded of him. 
 Napoleon was stopped by a sentinel. 
 Washington was stopped by a sentinel ; 
 Frederick the Great. Did any of these 
 great commanders shoot their sentinel? 
 Would it not have been more manly, more 
 soldierly, in General Corcoran to have 
 either given or demanded the countersign, 
 than thus hastily to have shot that brave 
 man and officer on his own ground. In 
 any other country it would have been 
 murder. But General Corcoran met his 
 deserts. Not long afterwards, while out 
 riding, he fell from his horse and broke 
 his neck. 
 
 The body was embalmed, and under an 
 escort detailed from the regiment, and a 
 committee from the city authorities, was 
 brought to New York, where it lay in state 
 in the Governor's rooms at the City Hall, 
 and thousands of people viewed the re- 
 mains, and shed tears as they gazed upon 
 the dead soldier, whose bravery in battle 
 was upon the lips of all. Never was the 
 dead admired more by his audience. Of 
 what avail to him so ruthlessly slain ? The 
 flag draped his coffin, and the flag was 
 covered with the most beautiful flowers ; 
 depended from the sweetest flower-cluster, 
 "We mourn our loss.'' The sword, belt 
 and cap lay among the flowers. The dog 
 which had followed its master through all 
 his campaigns, lay crouched beneath, des- 
 olate and inconsolable, faithful and true to 
 the last. 
 
 Six war-worn Zouaves bore the coffin to 
 the hearse ; the military escort presented 
 arms ; a salvo of 21 guns was fired from a 
 battery in the park ; Battalion of police, 
 under Capt. Mills ; First Regiment N. G. S. 
 N. Y. (Cavalry) Lieut. Col. Minten, com- 
 manding; Sixty-ninth Regiment, Major 
 Bagley, commanding ; Seventy-first Reg- 
 iment, Col. TrafFord, commanding; with 
 arms reversed ; volunteer ofiicers ; with the 
 faithful dog; the Col's, horse, led by his 
 old, orderly Sergeant; hearse drawn by 
 six horses draped in mourning, flanked by 
 the pall-bearers and Cols. Roome, Varain, 
 MaidhofF, Ward, Mason, Lieut. Cols. Grant 
 
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 and Burke; widow and friends in car- 
 riages; officers of the 1st Division N.G. S. 
 N. Y. Detachmentof the original Hawkins 
 Zouaves ; Detachment of the Second Bat- 
 talion of Hawkins Zouaves ; the Mayor and 
 Common Council in carriages ; citizens in 
 carriages ; upon public and private build- 
 ings flags at half-mast; the procession 
 moved to Greenwood. 
 
 The regiment placed a handsome mon- 
 ument over his grave. Colonel Kimball 
 was 40 years of age, 10 mos. The Zouave 
 Militia Regiment, formed of the surviving 
 members of the regiment, named for him 
 their first Co. in 1865: "E.A.Kimball 
 Post 100." A large and handsome paint- 
 ing of him adorns the Post-room, and 
 every May, the remnant of that old reg- 
 iment go down to Greenwood to decorate 
 his grave. 
 
 Nor shall your glory be forgot. 
 
 While fame her record keeps ; 
 Or honor points the hallow(;d spot 
 
 Where valor proudly sleeps, 
 
 historian's note. 
 
 THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF THE WRITER. 
 
 At the regular March meeting, 1881, the 
 selectmen were instructed to agree with 
 some one, at a reasonable compensatioiT, 
 to write the history of Cabot. Accordingly 
 the one whose name stands at the head of 
 this paper was engaged for the task. To 
 me it has been a very pleasant undertaking, 
 although at times somewhat discouraging, 
 on account of the difficulty in gathering 
 statistics and information as closely as I 
 wished ; but I have discharged the duties 
 to the best of my ability, with what I had 
 to do with, and I hope thatmy labors have 
 not been wholly in vain, but that these 
 pages may be of some interest to those 
 who shall read them now, that we may 
 see something of the sufferings and priva- 
 tions that the first settlers endured to bring 
 about the comforts with which we are sur- 
 rounded ; and when another century shall 
 have passed, and the historian shall take 
 his pen to record its history, may he find 
 as many noble and commendable acts in 
 those upon the stage at the present time to 
 record, as we have found in those who 
 have preceded us in the past one hundred 
 years. 
 
 Those who have most kindly assisted 
 me in this labor are not only, worthy of 
 my thanks, but the unfeigned gratitude of 
 the whole town, and the Editor who has 
 undertaken, and carried so near to com- 
 pletion, the noble work of gathering up the 
 history of each town in the State, coming 
 generations should rise up and call her 
 blessed. J. M. F. 
 
 July, l88i. 
 
 CALAIS. 
 
 BY JAMES K. TOBEY AND EDWIN B. BOBINSON. 
 
 Location : In the north-easterly part of 
 Washington Co. ; bounded northerly by 
 Woodbury, easterly by Marshfield, south- 
 erly by East Montpelier, westerly by Wor- 
 cester. The easterly line passes its entire 
 length along the summit of the ridge, di- 
 viding the valley of the Winooski in 
 Marshfield from tRe territory drained by 
 Kingsbury branch, and the westerly line 
 about half a mile west of, and nearly par- 
 allel with, the ridge dividing the waters of 
 Kingsbury branch from those of North 
 branch in Worcester. The northerly line 
 crosses the southern portion of two quite 
 large ponds, that receive the streams, 
 draining the southern and central portions 
 of Woodbury about one-third of the surface 
 of that town. 
 
 From Sabin pond, the most easterly of 
 these, Kingsbury branch flows southerly, 
 leaving the town near the S. E. corner. 
 Nelson pond, near the middle of the north 
 line, discharges its waters southerly into 
 Wheelock pond, the largest in town, and 
 thence by' the Center branch southerly and 
 easterly into Kingsbury branch, some 3 
 miles from the S. E. corner of the town. 
 About a mile from the west line, and near 
 its middle, is Curtis pond, discharging its 
 waters S. E. into the Center ' branch. 
 Near the center of the town, and a mile 
 and a half farther south, this branch re- 
 ceives the waters from Bliss pond, in the 
 S. W. part of the town. All the pondsand 
 streams above mentioned, except Center 
 branch, received their names from early 
 settlers in their vicinity. Near the middle 
 of the south line is Sodom pond, discharg- 
 
Calais. 
 
 ii§ 
 
 ing its waters into the Winooski near East 
 Montpelier village. Kingsbury branch 
 drains about four-fifths of the surface of 
 the town ; of the remainder 'about two- 
 thirds is drained into North branch, and 
 the rest into Sodom pond. 
 
 Among our highest points of land are 
 Hersey and Robinson hills, in the western 
 ridge near Worcester line. These are 
 cleared to their summits, excellent pasture, 
 and affording fine views of nearly the whole 
 town, and eastward to the eastern range of 
 the Green Mountains, with an occasional 
 glimpse of the White Mountains beyond, 
 while at the west the view includes nearly 
 all of Worcester, and is bounded by the 
 mountains in thewesternpart of that town. 
 The surface is quite broken, but there is 
 very little land in town not available for 
 farm purposes. The soil is generally a 
 fertile loam, in places of a lighter charac- 
 ter, inclining to sand. The underlying 
 rock is slate and limestone, often inter- 
 mixed, and furnishing enough small stones 
 in the surface soil to constantly remind the 
 ploughman that, having put his hand to 
 the plough, he should not look back. At 
 the same time the soil is comparatively 
 free from "cobble stones" and boulders 
 except in limited localities. 
 
 The General Assembly of the State, in 
 session at Arlington, October 21st, 1780, 
 
 Resolved, that there be, and we Do 
 hereby, grant unto Colonel Jacob Davis, 
 Mr. Stephen Fay and Companj^, to the 
 Number of Sixty, a Township of^Land by 
 the Name of Calais, Situated in this State, 
 Bounded as follows, and lying East of, 
 and adjoining to, Worcester, and north 
 of Montpelier, Containing Tweflty-three 
 Thousand and forty acres, and the Gov- 
 ernor and Council are hereby Requested 
 to State the fees for Granting Said tract, 
 and Issue a Grant under such Restrictions 
 and Regulations as they shall Judge Proper. 
 — Extract from the Journals. R. Hopkins, 
 clerk. 
 
 The same day in Council it was 
 
 Resolved, that the fees for granting the 
 said tract be, and they are hereby, set at 
 four hundred and Eighty Pounds Lawful! 
 Money in silver, or an Equivalent in Con- 
 tinental Currency, to be Paid by the said 
 Jacob Davis, Stephen Fay, or their Attor- 
 ney, on the Execution of the Charter of 
 
 incorporation on or before the first Day of 
 January Next. — Extract from the minutes. 
 Joseph Fay, Sec'y. 
 
 One month after the grant was made, 
 the first recorded meeting of the propri- 
 etors was held, and the following record 
 made: 
 
 At Public Meeting of the Proprietors of 
 the Township of Calais, at the house of 
 Mr. Elisha Thomson, Inholder in Charlton, 
 Mass., November 20th, 1780, came to the 
 following votes, [viz.] [58 Present] : 
 
 istly. Voted and Chose Colo. Jacob 
 Davis, Moderator. 
 
 2dly. Voted and Chose Stephen Fay, 
 Proprietor's Clerk. 
 
 3dly. Voted that Mr. Stephen Fay to 
 apply to the Authority of the State of Ver- 
 mont for the Charter of incorporation of 
 s'd Township, and for Each Propfietoi' to 
 pay their Money to him, the s'd Fay, the 
 sum of Eight Pounds silver money, of 
 Cont'l. Currency equivalent thereto, it 
 being in full for Granting fees for each 
 Right in said Township. By the thirtieth 
 day of Decfember Next (or be excluded 
 from any further Right or Property in 
 Said Township.) 
 
 4thly. for the Clerk to give Notice of 
 the above article by Posting. 
 
 5thly. Voted for each Proprietor to 
 Pay their Equal Proportion of their Agents 
 time and expenses to obtain the grant of 
 said Township by the nth Day of De- 
 cember next, and for the Clerk to enter 
 their names, or cause their names to be 
 entered, in the Charter of said Township. 
 
 6thly. Voted to adjourn this Meeting 
 to the first Wednesday in April next, at 
 one o'clock afternoon, to this place. Errors 
 Excepted. Attest, Ste'n. Fay, 
 Pro. Clerk. 
 
 There is no record of the adjourned 
 meeting, and probably none was held, and 
 the proprietors do not seem to have met 
 the requirements of the grant in regard to 
 payment of the granting fee, as shown : 
 
 Arlington, 2Qth of Jan'y. 1781. 
 Rec'd of Mr. Stephen Fay, Two Hun- 
 dred and Thirty-three Pounds, fourteen 
 Shillings and three Pence, LawfuU money. 
 Towards Granting fees of the Town of 
 Calais. Rec'd. 
 
 Pr. Me, Thomas Chittenden, 
 Committee. 
 
 The time of paying the balance was ex- 
 tended to March following : 
 
 Arlington, loth of September, 1781. 
 
 Rec'd of Stephen Fay, By the hand of 
 Noah Chittenden, three Pounds, thirteen 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Shillings, as Part of the Granting fees of 
 the Town of Calais. Rec'd by me, 
 
 Thomas Chittenden. 
 
 Boston, 28th of September, 1781. 
 Rec'd of Col. Jacob Davis, Two Hun- 
 dred and forty-two Pounds, Twelve Shil- 
 lings and Ninepence in full of the Grant- 
 ing fees of the Town of Calais, in the State 
 of Vermont, within mentioned. 
 
 Pr. Noah Chittenden. 
 
 Previous to the payment of the two last 
 mentioned sums, the charter was issued : 
 
 Unto ,the said Jacob Davis, Stephen 
 Fay, and to the several persons hereafter 
 named, their associates [viz] : Ephraim 
 Starkweather, Lemuel Ko]lock,Noah Good- 
 man, Seth Washburn, Joseph Dorr, Justin 
 Ely, Abel Goodell, Shubal Peck, Nathan 
 Tyler, David Wheelock, Nehemiah Stone, 
 Nehemiah Stone, Jun'r., Phinehas Slay- 
 ton, Phinehas Slayton, Jun'r., Daniel 
 Bacon, Jun'r., Henry Fisk, Jun'r., Peter 
 Wheelock, Sarah Davis, Ezra Davis, Dan- 
 iel Steeter, Eli Jones, Josiah Town, Peter 
 Sleeman, Salem Town, Samuel Robinson, 
 of Charlton, Ebenezer White, Jun'r., Eli 
 Wheelock, John Mower, David Hammond, 
 Elisha Thomson, Caleb Ammidown, Na- 
 thaniel WeUington, Peter Taft, William 
 Ware, David Fisk, David Fay, of Charl- 
 ton, Thomas Foskett, Marvin Mower, Jer- 
 emiah Davis, job Rutter, Jonathan Tucker, 
 Richard Coburn, Jonathan Rich, Ebenezer 
 Allen [Clerk], Abijah Lamb, Ebenezer 
 Lamb, Edward Woolcott, Lemuel Ed- 
 wards, Abner Mellen, Job Merrit, William 
 Comins, Isaiah Rider, Samuel Fay, Elisha 
 Town, Oliver Starkweather, John Stark- 
 weather, Bezaleel Mann and John JVIorey. 
 
 The usual reservation of five rights for 
 public uses follows in the charter, and then 
 the boundaries. And that the same be, 
 and hereby is, incorporated into a town- 
 ship by the name of Calais. 
 
 The charter closes with the following : . 
 
 Conditions and Reservations, viz. : that 
 each Proprietor in the Township of Calais, 
 aforesaid, his Heirs or Assigns, shall Plant 
 and Cultivate five acres of land, and build 
 an house at least eighteen feet square on 
 the floor, or have one family settled on 
 each respective Right within the term of 
 three years next after the circumstances of 
 the War will admit of a settlement with 
 safety, on Penalty of the forfeiture of each 
 respective Right of land in said Township 
 n6t so improved or settled, and the same 
 to revert to the Freemen of this State, to 
 be by their Representatives regranted to 
 such Persons as shall appear to settle and 
 
 cultivate the same. That all Pine Timber 
 suitable for a Navy be reserved for the use 
 and Benefit of the Freemen of this State. 
 
 In Testimony whereof we have cause^ 
 the seal of this State to be aflixed, m 
 Council this Fifteenth Day of Augjist, 
 Anno Domini, one Thousand seven Hun- 
 dred and Eighty-one, In the sth year of 
 the Indepe;ndence oithis, and Sixth of the 
 United States. Thos. Chittenden. 
 
 Joseph Fay, Sec'y. 
 
 As to the name ^iven this town, we have 
 no positive knowledge, and even tradition 
 is silent, but it seems reasonable to sup- 
 pose that Colpnel Jacob Davis suggested 
 the name of Calais, as he is known to have 
 done of Montpelier. He was largely in- 
 terested in these two proposed towns, the 
 petitions for both grants were probably 
 made at- the same time, as they came be- 
 fore the General Assembly together, and 
 as the leading, active spirit in the enter- 
 prise, it was but natural that he should 
 suggest the names. He had become prej- 
 udiced against the custom, so common 
 among the settlers, of giving the name of 
 the old home to the new, and wishing to 
 avoid this in his selection of names, his at- 
 tention was naturally drawn to France, 
 rather than England, by her attitude 
 toward this country at that time, and per- 
 haps, also by thought of a prior claim 
 upon Verd Mont through her daring and 
 gallant son Champlain. And so it came 
 about that two of the beautiful old cities 
 of France had namesakes in the Green 
 Mountain wilderness. 
 
 The second proprietors' meeting on 
 record was held at the house of Maj. Salem 
 Town, in-holder in Charlton, May 18, 1783, 
 when the following ofiicers were elected : 
 
 Col. ^acob Davis, moderator ; Stephen 
 Fay, Pr. clerk; Dea. Nehemiah Stone, 
 treasurer; Maj. Salem Town, Capt. Sam'l 
 Robinson, Mr. Peter Taft, assessors ; Capt. 
 Peter Sleeman, collector ; Col. Jacob Davis, 
 Capt. Peter Sleeman, Capt. Sam'l Robin- 
 son, a committee to lot' out s'd lands. Ad- 
 journed, to meet at the same place, August 
 20, 1783, (when there was) "granted a 
 Tax of three silver dollars on each Right of 
 Land (exclusive of the Public Rights) to 
 Defray the back charges that have arisen. 
 
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 and also to enable the Committee to Lott 
 out said Township." ' 
 
 This was the first tax laid upon the town 
 of Calais, and it was probably immedijitely 
 following this meeting the first attempt to 
 survey the town was made. 
 
 The following is from Hon. Shubael 
 Wheeler's account of Calais, published in 
 Thompson's Gazetteer : 
 
 In the summer of 1783, the proprietors 
 sent a committee, consisting of Col. Jacob 
 Davis, Capt. Samuel Robinson and others, 
 to survey a division of this town of 160 
 acres to the right. " A Mr. Brush, from 
 Bennington, was the surveyor. The com- 
 mittee and surveyor found their way to 
 Calais with their necessary stores, artti 
 after running four lines on the north side 
 of the first division, they abandoned the 
 survey. Of their stores, then left, was a 
 much-valued keg, containing about 10 
 gallons of good W. I. rum, which in coun- 
 cil, they determined should be buried, 
 which ceremony was said to have been 
 performed with much solemnity, and a 
 sturdy maple, towering above the sur- 
 rounding trees on the westerly side of 
 Long (Curtis) pond, with its ancient and 
 honorable scars, still marks the conse- 
 crated spot." 
 
 At the next meeting of the proprietors, 
 held Dec. 25, 1783, "the Committee Re- 
 ported by Presenting a Plan of said Town- 
 ship, Part of the first Division Lotts sur- 
 veyed as said Committe saith." 
 
 Sixty-four of these first division lots, 
 each one-haif mile square, are included in 
 a square of 4 miles on each side. It is 
 supposed that these lots were intended to 
 have been in the center of the town, leav- 
 ing an undivided space one mile wide on 
 either side of them, but by some mistake, 
 their north-easterly boundary is only 37 
 rods fi-om the town line. 
 
 At the s'd meeting, Dec. 1783, this first 
 division was drawn by lot to the several 
 proprietors, and they also voted and 
 granted a tax of S4 .£. 8s. 8d. silver money, 
 assessed on the rights of land, exclusive of 
 public rights. ■ 
 
 Apr. 26, 1784, a meeting was held, and 
 the following officers elected to fill vacan- 
 cies occasioned by resignations : 
 
 Major Salem Town, treasurer; Caleb 
 Ammidown, Esq. and Lieut, Jonathan 
 
 Tucker, assessors ; after, nothing for 2 
 years seems to have been done toward 
 completing the survey or settling the town- 
 ship. 
 
 May 29, 1786, a meeting held ; Capt. 
 Samuel Robinson chosen to make applica- 
 tion to a justice in Vermont, for a warrant 
 to call a proprietors' meeting agreeably to 
 the laws of that State, at the house oi Maj. 
 Calvin Parkhurst, in Royalton, August 15, 
 following, Aug. I, 1786, a meeting held ; 
 instructions given to proprietors who should 
 attend the meeting at Royalton. The de- 
 sign seems to have been at this time to 
 biing the transactions of the proprietors 
 within the jurisdiction of Vermont, by 
 authorizing the surveying party about to 
 leave for this State, to hold meetings here. 
 
 Warrant granted b^ the Hon. Moses 
 Robinson, published in the Vermont Ga- 
 zette, June 26, 1786; this being the first 
 meeting held in Vermont, we will give the 
 record in full : 
 
 At a Proprietors' Meeting, held at Maj'r 
 Calvin Parkhurst's, in Royalton, in the 
 State of Vermont, on Tuesday, the fifteenth 
 Day of August, 1786, Proceeded as fdllow- 
 eth [viz.] : 
 
 istly. Voted and chose Capt. Samuel 
 Robinson, Moderator. 
 
 2dly. Voted and chose Mr. Stephen 
 Fay, Pro. Clerk. 
 
 3dly. Voted and chose Mr. Eben'r 
 Waters, Clerk pro tem ; Voted and chose 
 Maj'r Calvin Parkhurst, Collector. 
 
 4thly. Voted and chose Dea'n Nehe- 
 miah Stone", Treasurer. 
 
 jthly. Voted to establish the former 
 Votes of said Proprietors (except such as 
 refer to the sale of Lands and a former vote 
 to Raise Twelve Shillings on each Propri- 
 etor's kight, to Defray Charges.) 
 
 6thly. Voted that the Proprietor's com- 
 plete the Survey of the first Division Lotts 
 already begun in said Township ; also to 
 lay out a second Division of Lotts in said 
 Town to each Proprietor. 
 
 7thly . Voted and chose a Comhiittee of 
 five for the above Purpose. 
 
 8thly. Voted and chose Mr. Ebenlr 
 Waters their Surveyor and one of the Com- 
 mittee, and Capt. Sam'l Robinson, Lieut. 
 Jonathan Tucker, Mr. Eben'r Stone and 
 Mr. Parla Davis for their Committee. 
 
 9thly. Voted thatthe above Committee 
 be Empowered to Draw the Second Di- 
 vision Lots when the survey of the same 
 is completed. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 lothly. Voted for those Proprietors that 
 have advanced Money more than their Pro- 
 portion of Taxes, Interest until paid. 
 
 I ithly. Voted to adjourn this Meeting 
 to Thursday, Seventh Day of September 
 Next, one o'clock P. M., to the Grand 
 Camp in Calais, in the County of Addison, 
 in the State of Vermont. 
 
 After the above meeting, the committee 
 started for " Grand Camp." I again copy 
 from Judge Wheeler's account : 
 
 In August, 1786, Capt. Samuel Robin- 
 son, E. Waters, J. Tucker, E. Stone and 
 Gen. Parley Davis came from Charlton to 
 complete the survey pf the first division 
 and survey another. This party, after ar- 
 riving at the settlement nearest this place, 
 which was at Middlesex, laden with pro- 
 vision, cooking utensils, blankets, axes, 
 surveying instruments, etc., passed a dis- 
 tance of 13 or 14 miles to the camp erected 
 by the party, who commenced the survey 
 three years previous ; often on the way ex- 
 pressing their anxiety to arrive, that they 
 might regale themselves with the pure 
 spirit which had been permitted to slumber 
 three years, and which they imagined must 
 be much improved in quality by its long 
 rest ; but judge of their surprise, astonish- 
 ment and chagrin when in raising the 
 earth they discovered tlje hoops had be- 
 come rotten, the staves parted, and the 
 long-anticipated beverage had escaped. 
 Whatever tears were shed, or groans ut- 
 tered, at the burial of the keg, they were 
 not to be compared with the bitter agonies 
 of its disinterment. 
 
 The party must have soon recovered 
 from their disappointment, and proceeded 
 to their work with a will, for in less than a 
 month from the meeting at Royalton, they 
 were on their way homeward, with the 
 survey of the first and second' divisions 
 completed. 
 
 The following record was made of the 
 first meeting held in town : 
 
 Sept. 7th, 1786, Grand Camp in Calais, 
 the Proprietors met according to adjourn- 
 ment. 
 
 I stly . Voted to and Drawed the Second 
 Division Lots in said Calais. 
 
 2dly. Voted to adjourn this Meeting to 
 Wednesday, the thirteenth Day of Sep- 
 tember^ this Instant Month, at eight o'clock 
 P. M., to the house of Mr. Seth Putnam, 
 in Middlesex:. Eben'r Waters, 
 
 Clerk, Pro iem. 
 
 The two next meetings were held by the 
 party while on their homeward journey. 
 From the record of the first of these : 
 
 istly. Voted to give to any Person that 
 will erect a Good Grist-Mill and a. good 
 Saw-Mill within Two years fi-om this date, 
 as near the Middle of said Township of 
 Calais as he conveniently can, shall have 
 one hundred Spanish Milled Dollars and 
 one hundred acres qf Land in said Town- 
 ship. 
 
 2dly. to give to Mrs. Dolley Putnam, 
 wife of Mr. Seth Putnam, one hundred 
 acres of Land in said Calais, Provided she 
 shall Move into said Town before the last 
 Day of June next, and continue to Live in 
 said Town of Calais Two years at least. 
 
 Adjourned, to meet two days afterward 
 at the house of Calvin Parkhurst, in Roy- 
 alton. 
 
 The following record shows the party to 
 have been early risers ; given for an ex- 
 ample : 
 
 September isth, 1786, the Proprietors 
 met, according to the adjournment. 
 
 I stly. Voted and chose Lieut. Jonathan 
 Tucker, Clerk, Pro tem. 
 
 2dly. Voted to adjourn this meeting 
 until to-morrow Morning, at six o'clock, 
 to this Place. 
 
 The following day (Saturday) was spent 
 in adjusting and allowing accounts for ser- 
 vices and money advanced, and providing 
 for their payment, and in arranging various 
 other matters mostly pertaining to the fi- 
 nances of the proprietary. 
 
 The Record closes : 
 
 I5thly. voted to adjourn this meeting 
 to the second Tuesday in June next, at 
 Nine o'clock A M., to this Place. 
 
 Attest, JoNA. Tucker, 
 
 Clerk Pro tem. 
 
 Previous to the time to which the meet- 
 ings in Vermont were adjourned, as above, 
 three meetings were held in Charlton, Jan. 
 I, 1787, at the house of Capt. Samuel Rob- 
 inson, the accounts of the surveying com- 
 mittee under consideration. 
 
 Voted to leave it with the Committee's 
 generosity whether to abkte any of their 
 Charges or not. 
 
 Mar. I, 1787, Daniel Streeter, Caleb 
 Ammidown, Phinehas Slayton, Sam'l Rob- 
 inson and Peter Wheelock' chosen a com- 
 mittee to agree with Esquire Kollock (who 
 had drawn the lot on which the first mill 
 was built some 6 years afterwards) to build 
 mills on his right, or dispose of it to some 
 one who would agree to build. 
 
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 133 
 
 The last recorded meeting of the pro- 
 prietors in Massachusetts was May 21, 
 1787, at the house of Salem Town, in 
 Charlton, where all previous meetings not 
 otherwise noted had been held. Dea. 
 Daniel Streeter was chosen agent to act 
 fof the proprietors, under instructions at 
 this time given him, at the meeting to he 
 held in Middlesex the next month. 
 
 In accordance with a warrant published 
 in the Vervtont Gazette of May 21, 1787, a 
 meeting was held the isth of June follow- 
 ing, at the house of Seth Putnam, in Mid- 
 dlesex, when Jacob Davis, Daniel Streeter 
 and Peter Wheelock were chosen to lay 
 out and make roads, and a tax of 12s. per 
 right voted for that purpose. 
 
 At a meeting held at the house of Col. 
 Davis, in Montpelier, in September follow- 
 ing, %\ per right was added to the road 
 tax, and each proprietor was to have the 
 privilege of working out his portion of the 
 tax at 5s. per day, " they finding their own 
 boarding." 
 
 The, following account of settlements 
 begun this year is'given by Judge Wheeler : 
 
 The settlement was commenced in the 
 spring of 1787, by Francis West, from 
 Plymouth Co. Mass., who begun felling 
 timber in a lot adjoining Montpelier. 
 
 The first permanent settlers, however, 
 were Abijah, Asa and Peter Wheelock, 
 who started from Charlton, June J, 1787, 
 with awagon, two yoke of oxen, provisions, 
 tools, etc., and arrived at Williamstown, 
 within 21 miles of Calais, the 19th. 
 
 They had hitherto found the roads al- 
 most impassable. Here they were obliged 
 to leave their wagon. Taking a few nec- 
 essary articles upon a sled, they proceeded 
 towards this town, cutting their way and 
 building causeways as they passed along. 
 After a journey of two days, and encamp- 
 ing two nights in the woods, they arrived 
 at Col. Jacob Davis' log hut, in Mont- 
 pelier, where they left their oxen to graze 
 upon the wild grass, leeks and shrubbery 
 with which the woods abounded, and pro- 
 ceeded to Calais, and opened a resolute 
 attack upon the forest. 
 
 They returned to Charlton in October. 
 Francis West also left town, and returned 
 the following spring, as did also Abijah 
 and Peter Wheelock, accompanied by 
 Moses Stone. This year they built log 
 houses, the Wheelocks and Stone return- 
 ing to Massachusetts to spend the follow- 
 ing winter, and West to Middlesex. 
 
 In this year, also. Gen, Parley Davis, 
 afterward a resident of Montpelier Center, 
 cut and put up two or three stacks of hay 
 upon a beaver meadow in Montpelier, 
 upon a lot adjoining Calais, (now known 
 as the Nahum Templeton fanh) a part ot 
 which hay was drawn to Col. Davis', in 
 Montpelier, in the following winter, which 
 served partially to break a road from Mont- 
 pelier to Calais line. 
 
 In 1788, two proprietors' meetings were 
 held, one June 3, at the house of Col. 
 Davis, and Sept. 30, at Peter Wheelock's 
 new house, in Calais. At the last meeting 
 Peter Wheelock was chosen proprietor's 
 clerk, and the meeting adjourned to June 
 2, 1787, atthe same place, but as Wheelock 
 had not returned from Charlton, the record 
 simply shows an adjournment to the 16th 
 of June, at the house of Col. Davis, in 
 Montpelier, when* Moses Stone was chosen 
 collector, and the meeting adjourned to 
 meet Nov. 10, at his house in Calais. 
 
 In 1790, four proprietors' meetings were 
 held at the house of Peter Wheelock. At 
 the one JuneS, 1791, Dea. Daniel Streeter, 
 Samuel Fay, Peter Wheelock, Godard 
 Wheelock, Daniel Bacon, Moses Stone, 
 James Jennings, Abijah Wheelock, Shubel 
 Short, Jesse Slayton, Capt. Samuel Rob- 
 inson, Ebenezer Stone, Parley Davis, Col. 
 Jacob Davis, Moses Harskell, Francis 
 West, presented accounts for work done 
 on the highways in town. The whole 
 amount allowed was 72 £. 
 
 There were recorded present at this 
 meeting : 
 
 James Jennings, Samuel Twiss, Shubel 
 Short, Asa Wheelock, Francis West, Ed- 
 ward Tucker, Abijah Wheelock, Moses 
 Harskell, Peter Wheelock. 
 
 June 6, 1792, Col. Jacob Davis, Abijah 
 Wheelock and Peter Wheelock were chosen 
 a committee to survey the undivided lands, 
 and make- a 3d division, and Col. Davis 
 and Samuel Twiss were given the privilege 
 of " pitching'' 400 acres of the undivided 
 land, provided they should build and com- 
 plete a good saw-mill and a good corn-mill 
 within a year. 
 
 From record of a meeting, Oct. 2, 1793 : 
 
 istly. Voted to accept of the Corn-Mill 
 & Saw-mill built in Calais, by Col. Jacob 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Davis^and Mr. Sam'l Twiss, they being 
 done according to agreement. 
 
 Jan 21, 1794, Joshua Bliss was chosen 
 pro treasurer ; at a meeting held Feb. 6, 
 1794, 40 rights were represented as fol- 
 lows : . ' 
 
 Jacob Davis, 26 ; James Jennings, i ; 
 Sam'l Twiss, J ; Sam'l Fay, 3 ; Jedediah 
 Fay, I ; Peter Wheelock, 4. 
 
 Voted to accept the survey of the Third 
 Division, and establish the Corners as the 
 Committee have made them. 
 
 ,The proprietors' record closes with a 
 m'eeting held June 5, 1794, when the third 
 division lots were drawn to the several 
 proprietors, by Kelso Gray and Spaulding 
 Pearce, appointed for that purpose, and in 
 March following the town was organized. 
 
 The first families settling in town came 
 in the spring of 1 789. Judge Wheeler tells 
 the story of their journey as follows : 
 
 In February or March, 1789, Francis 
 West moved his family on to his farm, 
 where he lived several years. Also, in 
 March of this year, Abijah Wheelock, with 
 his family, Moses Stone, Samuel Twiss. 
 with his new married lady, accompanied 
 by Gen. Davis, from Charlton, arrived at 
 Col. Davis' house, in Montpelier, with sev- 
 eral teams. His house was a i;nere rude 
 hut, constructed of logs 20 feet in length, 
 with but one apartment, a back*built at 
 one end for a fire-place, and covered with 
 bark, with a hole left in the roof for the 
 smoke to escape ; and this on their arrival 
 they found to be preoccupied by several 
 families, emigrants from Peterboro, N. H., 
 and in that mansion of felicity there dwelt 
 for about a fortnight, three families with 
 children in each, one man and his wife re- 
 ceintly married, three gentlemen then en- 
 joying a state of single blessedness, and a, 
 young lady ; and among the happy group 
 were some of the first settlers of Calais. 
 
 ^Onthe 13th of April, racket-paths having 
 been previously broken, Messrs Wheelock, 
 Twiss and Stone prepared hand-sleds, 
 loaded thereon their beds, and some light 
 articles of furniture, and accompanied by 
 Mrs. Wheelock and Mrs. Twiss? and Gen. 
 Davis, proceeded to this town over snow 3 
 feet in depth, Mrs. Wheelock traveling the 
 whole distance on foot, and carrying in 
 her arms an infant 4 months old, while 
 their son, about 2 years of age, was drawn 
 upon the hand-sled. Mrs. Twiss, the re- 
 cently married lady, also performed the 
 same journey on foot, making use of her 
 broom for a walking-cane. 
 
 During the day, flie snow became soft. 
 
 and in crossing a marshy piece of ground, 
 Mrs. Twiss slumped with one foot, and 
 sank to considerable depth, and was unable 
 to arise. Gen. Davis, with all the gallantry 
 of a young woodsman, pawed away the 
 snow with his hands, seized her below the 
 knee, and extricated her. This incident 
 was a source of no small merriment to Jhe 
 party generally, of mortification to the 
 amiable suflPerer, and gratification to Mrs. 
 Wheelock, who felt herself secretly piqued 
 that Mrs. Twiss did not oiFer to bear her 
 precious burden some part of the distance. 
 
 They arrived in safety the same day, 
 and commenced the permanent settlement 
 of the town. A large rock, now in the 
 orchard on the farm owned by J,. W. E. 
 Bliss, once formed the end and fire-place 
 to the log cabin of the first settlers of 
 Calais. 
 
 In 1790, James Jennings arrived with a 
 family. In the winter of 1794, Mr. Jen- 
 nings, being upwards of 60 years of age, 
 lost his life by fatigue and frost, while on 
 his return through the woods from Mont- 
 pelier to this place. There was not at 
 this time a sufficient number of men to 
 constitute a jury of inquest. 
 
 The first settlers lived at some distance 
 from each other, and it was not uncommon 
 for a woman Jo travel several miles to visit 
 a neighbor, and return' home after dark 
 through the woods, brandishing a fire- 
 brand to ena'ble herto discover the marked 
 trees. For one or two years the settlers 
 brought the grain for their families and 
 for seed from Williamstown, Brookfield and 
 Royalton, a distance of 30 miles or more. 
 After they began to raise grain in town, 
 they had to carry it 15' miles to mill, This 
 they did in winter, by placing several bags 
 of grain upon the neck of an ox, and 
 drivmg his mate before him to beat the 
 path. 
 
 Dates, as near as, can be determined, 
 when some of the first settlers moved their 
 families into town : Francis West, Abijah 
 Wheelock and Samuel^Twiss in the spring 
 of 1789; Peter Wheelack and Moses Has- 
 kell in the fall of that year ; James Jennings 
 in 1790 ; Asa Wheelock and David Good- 
 ale in 1791 ; Edward Tucker and others in 
 1792, and in 1799, considerable additions 
 were made to the settlement. 
 
 On Mar. 2, 1795, David Wing, Jr.^of 
 Montpelier, issued a warrant notifying the 
 inhabitants of Calais to meet at the house 
 of Peter Wheelock, on the 23d of that 
 month, to choose all necessary town oflScers 
 and transact any other necessary business. 
 
CALAIS. 
 
 135 
 
 At this, the first town meeting, the offi- 
 cers chosen were : Joshua Bliss, mod- 
 erator ; PeterWheelock, town clerk ; Joshua 
 Bliss, Edward Tucker and Jonas Comins, 
 selectmen ; Samuel Fay, treasurer ; Jonas 
 Comins, collector and constable ; Jedediah 
 Fay, Abijah Wheelpck and Aaron Bliss, 
 listers ; Amos Ginnings, grand juryman ; 
 Edward Tucker, Frederick Bliss and God- 
 dard Wheelock, surveyors of highways ; 
 Amos Ginnings, sealer of leather ; Moses 
 Haskell, keeper of the pound ; John Grain, 
 tithingman ; Aaron Bliss, James Ginnings, 
 Samuel Fay and Jennison Wheelock, hay 
 wardens ; Asa Wheelock, Stephen Fay and 
 Abraham Rowland, fence viewers ; Jona- 
 than Tucker, sealer of weights and meas- 
 ures. 
 
 Voted that the place of posting and 
 holding freeman's, and other town meet- 
 ings, be at the house of Peter Wheelock. 
 
 In September following, PeterWheelock 
 was chosen to the General Assembly. Thos 
 Cliittenden received 8 votes for Governor, 
 and Isaac Tichenor, 7 votes. For David 
 Wing, Jr., for treasurer, and for each of 
 the councillors, 17 votes were cast. 
 
 At a town-meeting Sept. 5, 1797, it was 
 
 Voted that the Town petition the Gen- 
 eral Assembly of the State at their, next 
 session to alter the name of this town from 
 Calais to Mount Vernon, and that the ex- 
 pense of such alteration be paid from the 
 town treasury. 
 
 In the same year, a meeting was warned 
 for the purpose of electing a Representa- 
 tive to Congress, to fill a vacancy occasioned 
 by the member-elect refusing to serve. 
 The record of the meeting closes as fol- 
 lows: "No votes being offered, the 
 meeting was dissolved." 
 
 The warning for the town meeting, 
 March, l8oo, contains: "6th. To .see 
 what measures the Tow^ will take to keep 
 in employ Idle and Indolent persons who 
 do not employ themselves," but at the 
 meeting the article was " passed over." 
 
 In 1813, what funds had accumulated 
 for " support of worship," nearly j|54o were 
 given to Elder Benjamin Putnam, and in 
 18 IS, the amount then on hand was voted 
 to Elder Benjamin Page. At this time 
 
 there had been received on the right 
 granted to the first settled minister, $628.34. 
 Of this, $284.80 had been appropriated 
 for town expenses, and $100 for support of 
 schools. 
 
 In March, 1815, the committer to settle 
 with the town treasurer found that 38 
 pounds of lead had been lent out of. the 
 town stock to Samuel Rich, Esq. 
 
 In i8i8, it was voted that the selectmen 
 provide a house for the poor, and that the 
 money arising from lands appropriated to 
 the use of first-settled ministers be used for 
 town expenses. In 1829, that town officers 
 be allowed $1 per day. 
 
 1827, Caleb Curtis was authorized to siell 
 the town military stores, and in 1828, the 
 powder on hand was presented to the 
 La Fayette Artillery Co. 
 
 In 1836, Alonzo Pearce, Jesse White 
 and Lovel Kelton were chosen i committee 
 to locate and build a town-house near the 
 center of the town, and the freeman's meet- 
 ing, held Sept. j, 1837, was called at the 
 center school-house, and adjourned to the 
 new- town-house, but it was not completed 
 at that time, and the first meeting warned 
 there was in March, 1839. Previous to 
 this, meetings had been held : 
 
 In 179s, and '6, and freeman's meeting 
 in '97, at Peter Wheelock's : town meet- 
 ings, 1797, 1800, '2 and '4, at Asa Whee- 
 lock's ; freeman's meetings, 1798, '9, 1800, 
 and town meeting, '99, at Abdiel Bliss's ; 
 town meetings, 1801 and '3, and freeman's 
 meeting, from 1801 to 1804, at Alpheus 
 Bliss's ; all meetings from 1805 to spring of 
 1808, at Isaac Kendall's ; firomfall of 1808 
 to 1817, at Gideon Wheelock's; then at 
 Center school-house until 1839 ; since 1868, 
 at the vestry of the Christian church. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Clerks. -Peter Wheelock, 1795 to 1801 ; 
 Gideon Hicks, 1802 to 9, and 1818 to 47 ; 
 Gideon Wheelock, 1810 to 15; Lemuel 
 Perry, 1816, 17; Nelson A. Chase, 184810 
 64 ; Alonzo Pearce, 1865 ; Marcus Ide, 1866 
 to 75 ; Samuel O. Robinson, 1876 to 81. 
 
 [For remainder of tables, see last page.] 
 
 ROADS. 
 
 The first record of the roads in town was 
 made Mar. 4, 1799, the names of presen 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL UAGAZlNli. 
 
 owners or occupants being in parenthesis ; 
 Beginning at the south line of the town by 
 Ouncan Young's (Sodom), Capt. Abdiel 
 Bliss' (A. S. Bliss), Edward Tucker's, 
 (W. H. Kelton), Peter Wheelock's (S. S. 
 Fuller's) Jedediah Fay's (A. C. Guernsey), 
 the mills (S. O. Robinson) Gideon Whee- 
 lock's (J. W. Hall) and Levi Wright's, 
 (Otis Rickord) to the north line of the 
 town. A road leaving the above north of 
 Levi Wright's, by Holden Wilbur's (J. Q. 
 Haskell) to Amos Jennings' (Mrs. Balen- 
 entine) . A road from Edward Tucker's 
 by Joshua Bliss, 2d, (J. W. E. Bliss) 
 David Bliss (A. Sanders), Rufus Green's 
 (Lewis Wood), Abijah Wheelock's (B. 
 Wheeler), Joel Robinson's (Harvey Ains- 
 worth), Thomas Hathaway (C. A. Wat- 
 son), to Caleb Curtis' (A. J. Mower). 
 From the N. W. corner of Abijah Whee- 
 lock's lot (Kent's Corner) , to the first-men- 
 tioned road, below the mills (near T. C. 
 Holt's) . From near Edward Tucker's by 
 Winslow Pope's (south of A. D. Sparrow), 
 to Ethel Steward's (Q. A. Wood). 
 
 From Peter Wheelock's by his saw-mill, 
 (on the brook north of Caleb Bliss) by 
 Shubel Shortt's (T. LeBarron) and David 
 Fuller's (A. P.'Slayton) toMontpeliei;line. 
 From Abdiel Bliss' by James Jennings', 
 Isaac Kendall's (E. L. Burnap) Abraham 
 Howland's (on lot east of Burnap's) , cross- 
 ing the East branch, and by Jennison 
 Wheelock's (AlfredWheelock's) and David 
 Goodell's (S. Bancroft), to Asa Wheelock's 
 (Isaac Stanton). From near Isaac Ken- 
 dall's to Samuel White's (Kelso Gray). 
 From near Isaac Kendall's, southerly by 
 Simeon Slayton's, jSsse Slayton's (Jerra 
 Slayton), Oliver Palmer's (Luther Con- 
 verse) , Goddard Wheelock's (E. Pray) and 
 Elnathan Hathaway's (L. M. Cate) to 
 Montpelier line. From Oliver Palmer's to 
 Gershom Palmer's (W. P. Slayton) . From 
 the south line of the town by Stephen 
 Fay's (Walter Merritt) Phinehas Davis' 
 (J. P. Carnes), Joshua Bliss' (L. Con- 
 verse), Elijah White's (G. Holmes), Asa 
 Wheelock's, Samuel Fay's (Palmer Paine) , 
 Amasa Tucker's (Henry Wells) Aaron 
 Bliss' (Elias Smith), Noah Bliss' (C. H. 
 French), Jonathan Tucker's, (Marcus 
 
 Waite), Jonas Comings' (N. W. Bliss) 
 and Noah C. Clark's, to Marshfield line. 
 From Jennison Wheelock's by Asahel 
 Pearce's (W. Lilley) to Aaron Lamb's. 
 From Joshua Lilley's (L. G. Dwinell), to 
 Aaron Bliss'. 
 
 This record no doubt describes all the 
 roads in town at that time, but some other 
 settlements had been made. 
 
 Ebenezer Goodenough was on the farm 
 where C. B. Marsh now lives; John Crane 
 where Zalmon Pearce lives ; Moses Has- 
 kell had been ten years or more on C. S. 
 Bennett's farm ; at about the date of this 
 record, Zoath Tobey began on C. O. 
 Adams' farm ; Ebsha Doan on the lot 
 north of Harvey Ainsworth's ; Frederic 
 Bliss owned the lot where G. B. W. Bliss 
 now lives ; Simon Da;vis the land where 
 W. C. Bugbee lives, and Solomon Janes, 
 Salem Wheelock and Jonathan Eddy were 
 residents, but their location at that time is 
 not satisfactorily determined. 
 
 In 1810, 11, all the roads in town were 
 surveyed, and the record shows the follow- 
 ing roads not described above : The west 
 county road was surveyed in 1808, and the 
 road from it to Sodom was opened pre- 
 vious to i8io; also from the county road to 
 Edward Tudker's. From the county road 
 near Thomas Hathaway's, by the center of 
 the town, to Aaron Lamb's. From Marsh- 
 field line westerly by Aaron Bliss', Zoath 
 Tobey's (Dr. Asa George) Lilley's Mills 
 (Moscow), Artemas Foster's (M. C. Ken- 
 iston), Phinehas Goodenough's (O. W. 
 White), to the road near Amos Jennings', 
 (Mrs. Balentine). 
 
 From Lilley's Mills by Emerson's, to 
 Woodbury line. From 'Woodbury line by ' 
 E. Goodenough's, to Jonathan" Tucker's. 
 From the center of the town, through 
 Pekin, and by where A. N. Chapin and 
 W. C. Bugbee now live, tc]^, John R. Dens- 
 more's (J. P. Carnes). From near Oliver 
 Palmer's, southerly by Moses Haskell, to 
 the south line of the town.' 
 
 In 1809, Reuben D. Waters bought the 
 lot on which AnSrew Haskell lives, and 
 soon after a road was laid from the mills 
 near the center to his house, and in 18 14, 
 this road was extended northerly to Wood- 
 
CALAIS. 
 
 t37 
 
 bury line. The road from near Harrison 
 Bancroft's, and by W. V.= Peck's to the 
 East branch was surveyed in 1-814. The 
 center county road in 1815, and the road 
 from Woodbury line to Moscow in 1821 ; 
 from Maple Corner to Worcester in 1825. 
 
 The first action of the town in regard to 
 schools, was in March, 1796. "Voted to 
 raise two pence on the pound on the 
 Grand List of 1796, for schools," and the 
 selectmen divided the town into the East 
 and West school districts. 
 
 In 1798, what is now No. 4 and the east- 
 erly half of No. 13, was made the South- 
 east district, what is now No. 2 was named 
 the East district, and the remainder of the 
 former East district was styled the North- 
 east district. Ebenezer Goodenough was 
 chosen trustee of the last-named district, 
 and Oliver Palmer of the South-east. 
 
 School trustees chosen in 1800 were : 
 Abijah Wheelock, West district; Joshua 
 Lilley, east district; Doct. Samuel Dan- 
 forth, South-east district ; Noah C. Clark, 
 North-east district ; scholars in West dis- 
 trict between 4 and 18, 96; in S. E. dis- 
 trict, 27. 
 
 In 1802, the North and Center districts 
 were set off; trustees, Abijah Wheelock, 
 West district; Joshua Lilley, East dis- 
 trict ; Oliver Palmer, South-east district ; 
 Jonas Comins, North-east district; Levi 
 Wright, Center district. 
 
 In 1805, scholars reported between 4 
 and 18 years of age, 207; of whom 100 
 were in the West district, and the next 
 March the North-west district was set off; 
 1808, the South-west district was formed. 
 In 181 2, the town voted "to pay the school 
 tax for the year ensuing in good corn, rye 
 or wheat." This is the first year that we 
 find a complete record of the families in 
 town haying children between 4 and 18 
 years of age, 100 having 329 children ; 16 
 of these, I each; 25, 2 each; 18, 3 each; 
 14, 4 each ; 14, 5 each ; lo, 6 each ; Jason 
 Marsh, 7 ; Isaac Wells and Frederic Bliss, 
 8 each. 
 
 In 1818, the South dfstrict was estab- 
 lished, and in 1825 the Blanchard dis- 
 trict, and March, 1826, the districts were 
 numbered : West district. No. i ; East, 
 
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 No. 2 ; Center, No. 3 ; South-east, No. 4; 
 North-west, No. S i North-east, No. 6 ; 
 South-west, No. 7 ; North, No. 8 ; South, 
 No. 9; Blanchard, No. 10; at the same 
 time Nos. 11 and 12 were established; 
 nearly the same territory as now. 
 
 In 1828, Shubael Wheeler, Asa George 
 and E. C. McLoud were chosen a com- 
 mittee to examine teachers and visit schools . 
 In 1829, district No. 13 was established ; 
 in 1832, No. 14. 
 
 THE SLAYTON FAMILY. 
 
 [From Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the 
 Slaytou Family, 1879.] 
 
 Phineas Slayton, son of Thomas, and 
 grandson of Capt. Thomas, from England, 
 b. in Barre, Mass., 1736, m. Jane Gray, 
 1761. "He was an officer in the Revolu- 
 tionary war, and a magistrate of his town ; 
 children, Jesse, Simeon, Elijah, Abigail, 
 Eleanor, Hannah, Elisha ; moved to Mont- 
 pelier about 1796, settled on a farm near 
 the Calais line. He was called by his de- 
 scendants and neighbors " Long Stocking," 
 because he wore short velvet breeches, 
 with long stockings and silver knee-buckles. 
 His quaint old English style of dress will 
 be remembered by many of the older res- 
 idents of Washington County. 
 
 Jesse Slayton, b. Barre, Mass., 1764; 
 m. Betsy Bucklin ; children, Bucklin, Jesse, 
 Phineas, Darius, Lucy, Betsy, Eleanor, 
 Mahala, Aseanath. He moved to Calais 
 about 1790, and built a house and cleared 
 the farm where Jerra Slayton now lives. 
 Many, if not all, of the children were born 
 in Brookfield, and moved to Vermont with 
 their parents, and all" settled in Calais or 
 vicinity, and most of them reared large 
 families of children. Moving into the set- 
 tlement before the town was organized, 
 their father, Jesse Slayton, was one of the 
 original 25 who voted on the organization 
 of the town, and a revolutionary soldier. 
 
 Bucklin Slayton, son of Jesse, b. in 
 Brookfield, Mass., 1783 ; moved to Calais 
 with his father; m. 1804, Sally Willis, b. 
 in Hardwick, Mass. ; dau. of Edward Willis 
 and Nancy Fuller, of Bridgewater, Mass., 
 who were among the early settlers of 
 Calais; children, Harriet, Dulcenia J., 
 
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 Orrin B., AroP., Sarah, George J., Fanny 
 and Hiram K. Slayton. 
 
 He was a master carpenter, and planned 
 and set out many of the frame dwelling- 
 houses and stores of Montpelierand Calais. 
 He was the first man, according to common 
 report, .who set out buildings by square 
 rule ; previous to that time buildings had 
 been built by scribe rule. Whether he 
 was the originator of the square rule or 
 not, is not known beyond a doubt by the 
 writer ; but it would seem there were few, 
 if any, who set out by square rule at that 
 time, for in 1827 and '29, he was sent for 
 to set out the factories at Nashua, N. H., 
 and when asked how long a building he 
 could set out, he said if they would fur- 
 nish the lumber, he could set out a build- 
 ing that would reach from Nashua to 
 Boston. In the war of 1812-14, Bucklin, 
 Jesse, Phineas and Darius all enlisted in 
 the company from Calais and Morifpelier, 
 raised and commanded by Capt. Gideon 
 Wheelock, to meet the British at Platts- 
 burgh. 
 
 Orrin B., his son, m. Dulcena'Andrews ; 
 children, Joseph, Austin C. Aro P. Jr., 
 Rufus, Amanda, Amelia and Alfred. 
 
 Austin C. Slayton, son of Orrin B., 
 enlisted in the 3d Vt. Regt., and served 4 
 years in the war of the Rebellion in the 
 army of the Potomac. He was a good 
 soldier and in a great many battles. His 
 regiment belonged to that famous Vermont 
 brigade called the. "Old Iron Brigade," 
 whose valor reflected imperishable honor 
 on the State which furnished the men, and 
 on the nation whose life they fought to 
 maintain. He is now living in Chicago. 
 
 RuFus Slayton, brother of Austin C, 
 enlisted in the 7th Vt. Regt., served faith- 
 fully, and died from sickness, occasioned 
 by his service in the army, soon after 
 reaching his home. Aro and Alfred still 
 live 'in Montpelier, and Joseph in Calais. 
 
 Arc P. Slayton, son of Bucklin, en- 
 listed in the war of the Rebellion, was 
 elected ist lieut. of Co. H. 13th Regt. V. 
 Vols . This company was composed largely 
 of citizens of Calais. He was in the .battle 
 of Gettysburg, and in command of his 
 company through that battle, and was pro- 
 
 moted to the captaincy of that company. 
 He represented Elmore in the Legislature. 
 He married Lucy White, by whom he had 
 seven children : Florence, Katie, Frank, 
 Herbert, Lucy, Calvin and Orrin. He and 
 his family now live in Elmore. 
 
 Geo. J., bro. of Aro P., m. Fanny An- 
 drews ; children, Willis, Marinda, Cortez, 
 Henry, Fremont and Melvina. He and 
 some of his children are living in Morris- 
 ville. ~ 
 
 Hon. Hiram K. Slayton, son of Buck- 
 lin, b. in Calais, 1825, ™- Eliza A. Mitch- 
 ell, of Manchester, N. H., 1850; have one 
 son, Edward. M. Slayton. He was ed- 
 ucated at the common schools and Mont- 
 pelier Academy, taught school 2 winters ; 
 at 18 years entered as a clerk in a counting- 
 room on India street, Boston, for three 
 years ; returned to Calais and opened a 
 country variety store ; also bought country 
 produce ; was appointed a delegate firom 
 Vermont to the first Republican National 
 Convention at Philadelphia, in 1856, and 
 alternate delegate in i860; was elected a 
 representative from his native town in 1858 
 and '59 ; moved to Manchester, N. H., in 
 1863 ; went to Cuba in the fell of '63 ; 
 thence to New Orleans; wholesaled dry 
 goiodj through the winter; returned to 
 Manchester the spring of '64 ; commenced 
 and built up a large wholesale and produce 
 and provision business ; was elected from 
 Ward Three a representative to the New 
 Hampshire Legislature in 1871 ; re-elected 
 in '72 ; spring of '73 he gave up his mer- 
 cantile business to his son, visited Eng- 
 land, Scotland, and passed the summer in 
 Antwerp, Brussels, Cologne, Berlin, Dres- 
 den, etc. ; at the World's Fair in Vienna, 
 at Augsburg, Basle, Paris, etc. ; in 1876, 
 was elected a member of the constitutional 
 convention to revise and amend the con- 
 stitution of the State ; in '77, a senator to 
 represent the city of Manchester in the 
 New Hampshire Senate ; re-elected in '78, 
 and he is more widely known throughout 
 the country for his eflForts in favor of specie 
 payments and able financial articles, orig- 
 inating the maxim, viz. : "'The nation 
 which has the most valuable legil tender 
 dollar, (other things being equal), will 
 
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 outrun in wealth and prosperity the nation 
 whose dollar buys' less, as sure as death 
 follows existence''; is the author of the 
 resolutions in favor of specie payments 
 which passed the New Hampshire and Ver- 
 mont Legislatures, and the resolution 
 passed by the Vermont Legislature in the 
 fall of '78 in relation to the Bland silver 
 bill. His efforts in favor of resumption, 
 an honest dollar and honest payment of 
 debts were continuous for many years. 
 His articles on finance are widely copied 
 by the public press of the country, and 
 their soundness is endorsed by such lead- 
 ing financial thinkers and writers asAmasa 
 Walker, David A. Wells, B. F. Nourse, 
 Abram S. Hewitt, Jas. A. Garfield and 
 others. , 
 
 Edward M. Slayton, son of Hiram R., 
 b. in Calais, 1851; m. Jennie Hovey, of 
 Rockland, Me., 1874; has one daughter, 
 Olive May ; sons, Hovey E4wardandHl K. 
 Slayton, Jr. ; now living in Manchester, 
 N. H., wholesale produce and provision 
 merchant. 
 
 Darius Slayton, son of Jesse, had 2 
 sons, Henry and Edson, and 2 daughters. 
 He is a good citizen, and still lives on his 
 old homestead farm in Calais. His son 
 Edson has reared a large family of chil- 
 dren, and is a respected citizen of Wolcott. 
 
 Otis Slayton if arried a daughter of 
 Wm. Peck, has no children, and lives in 
 Calais. 
 
 SILAS HATHAWAY AND FAMILY. 
 
 Among the few familiar names intimately 
 connected with the early history and set- 
 tlement of Calais, are found those of Silas 
 Hathaway and his sons, Elnathan, Thomas 
 and Asa. Cotemporaries of the Whee- 
 locks, the Blisses, Slaytons, Fays and 
 Tuckers, they shared their full measure the 
 hardships incident to a new settlement. 
 
 Silas Hathaway, son of Elnathan, 
 (who died at New Bedford, aged 90) was 
 born in New Bedford, Mass., July 3, 1742. 
 Silas married Mary Griffeth, of Rochester, 
 Mass. ; of their 9 children, all bom at New 
 Bedford, 6 married and raised families: 
 Elnathan, Esther, Thomxs, Eleanor, Asa, 
 Sarah, West, in order of age. Mr. Hath- 
 
 away emigated to Calais in 1796, whither 
 some of his family had already preceded 
 him. He resided, for many years on the 
 farm now (1879) owned and occupied by 
 Caleb Bliss, his residence being near the 
 old cemetery on that farm. He died June 
 I, 1812. 
 
 Elnathan, son of Silas, born Feb. 3, 
 1770, came to Vermont earlier than any 
 others of his family, the exact date un- 
 known ; but certain it is that he came sev- 
 eral years prior to his father's coming. He 
 married ist, Rhoda Tabor, of Mass. ; 2d, 
 Esther (Buel) Bassett, of E. Montpelier; 
 3d, Jane Burchard, of Starksboro ; chil- 
 dren by 1st wife, 3 — but one, Alma, grew 
 up-^by 2d wife, 6; three, Rhoda, Alden, 
 Martha, attained majority. 
 
 Elnathan was a farmer and blacksmith, 
 and resided on the farm now (1879) of 
 Lemuel Cate. He was for many years a 
 prominent member of the society of 
 Friends, who had a church in E. Mont- 
 pelier, and were quite numerous in that 
 and neighboring towns. His parents re- 
 sided with him in their decline of life. He 
 died Jan. 1835. Of his descendants, none 
 in town. His daughter Alma m. James 
 Lebaron, and lived many years in Calais, 
 but removed some years since to Mass., 
 where she died, Dec. 1872, leaving two 
 daughters. His daughter Rhoda m. Alonzo 
 Redway, and lives in East Montpelier. 
 His son, Alden, m. Louisa, dau. of Wil- 
 liam Templeton, of E. Montpelier, where 
 he died Jan. 1843, age, 47. 
 
 Esther, dau. of Silas, b. Sept. 1771, 
 m. Smith Stevens, son of Prince Stevens, 
 of E. Montpelier, and lived there in the 
 decline of life with James Bennett, who m. 
 Rhoda Stevens, a daughter. But two of 
 this family living, Catherine and Smith 
 Stevens, Jr., of E. Montpelier. 
 
 Thomas, son of Silas, born Aug. 1773 ; 
 m. 1st, to Susannah Coombs, of Roches- 
 ter, Mass., Jan. 1797; 2d, to Philana Pray, 
 of Calais, (from Oxford, Mass.) Sept. 1845. 
 He came with his family from Rochester, 
 Mass., to Calais in 1799, locating on the 
 farm where he resided till his death. He 
 first came to Calais in March, 1794, and 
 cut the first tree on his land June I, 1795. 
 
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 He returned to Massachusetts in the fall, 
 and came back in the spring, for several 
 years before he moved his family on. He 
 had 10 children ; 8 married : Susan, Caleb 
 Coombs, Loam, Earl, Sorton, Almeda, 
 Lora, and Philander ; Loam, Almeda and 
 Lora only survive. Thomas lived in de- 
 cline of life upon the old homestead with 
 his son Lorton, dying Apr. 1856. Of his 
 children, Susan, b. in 1800, m. Calvin 
 Foster, of Moretown ; died there July, 
 1874; no descendants; Caleb Coombs, b. 
 1801, m. Polly Ainsworth, of Calais. He 
 died in N. Montpelier, where he had resided 
 many years, Dec. ^878. He was a farmer ; 
 had 6 children. The widow and two 
 daughters alone remain of his family. 
 
 Loam, son of Thomas, b. 1803, afarmer, 
 m. Catherine H., daughter of Lyman Dag- 
 gett, a farmer of Calais, from Charlton, 
 Mass. He removed to Hard wick in 1866 ; 
 resides at the South Village ; 4 children in 
 this family. Lyman Daggett, the oldest 
 son, is a lawyer at Hardwick ; Fernando 
 Cortez, the youngest, graduated at Dart- 
 mouth in 1868 ; was principal of Valley 
 Seminary, N. H., Hardwick Academy, 
 and People's Academy, Morrisville. He 
 attained a high reputation as a teacher, 
 but broke down from over-work, dying 
 July 6, 1873. He was a menjber of the 
 State Board of Education at his death. 
 
 Earl, son of Thomas, b. i8o6, m. ist, 
 to Nancy, daughter of Gaius Allen, of 
 Calais, (formerly of Maine) ; 2d, to Sarah 
 Ann Stewart, dau. of David Stewart, of 
 Duxbury. His farm was near his father's 
 old homestead, in Calais. He died Feb. 
 1861. He had but one son, Mahlon S., 
 with whom his mother resides. He was b. 
 1844, m. Stella C- Shedd, of Hardwick, b. 
 185 1. He follows the same occupation as 
 his father, varying it for some years past 
 by school-teaching for a portion of the 
 year. He has also filled positions of re- 
 sponsibility and trust in town aflFairs with 
 much acceptance. 
 
 Lorton, b. Aug. 1808, m. Hannah N., 
 dau. of Jonathan Hamblet, of Worcester, 
 Vt. ; he resided through life on the old 
 homestead of his father, in Calais ; died, 
 1858. His children were Mary Jane and 
 
 Julia Emma. Mary J. m. Carlos Jacobs ; 
 resides in Calais. Julia E. m. Charles 
 Watson ; resides upon the old Hathaway 
 homestead. His widow m. Jonas G. Orms- 
 bee ; resides at North Calais. 
 
 Almeda, dau. of Thomas, b. 18 10, m. 
 Martin W. Hamblet, who died 1869. She 
 resides with her only son at Middlesex. 
 Lora, son of Thomas, b. July, 1812, m. 
 Judith Cilley, of Worcester ; is a farmer in 
 Woodbury; has 2 sons, 2- daughters. 
 
 Philander, son of Thomas, b. 1816, m. 
 Nancy E. Coats, of Windsor. He was a 
 mason by trade ; died in Windsor, 1857 ; 
 left a widow and two children ; all reside 
 in Boston. His widow m. John C. Hutch- 
 inson, of Windsor, a blacksmith and gla- 
 zier. 
 
 Asa, son of Silas, b. Dec. 1777, came to 
 Calais with his father in 1796; m. Mary, 
 dau. of John Peck, of E. Montpelier, (from 
 Royalston, Mass.) He resided the re- 
 mainder of his life here for the most part 
 on farms in the south part of the town, 
 now (1879) occupied by E. H. Slay ton 
 and H. H. McLoud, ■ where he died in 
 1830. He was a farmer and blacksmith ; 
 raised 7 children ; 6 married ; 5 are living : 
 Tilmus, Elnathan, Hiram, Stillman, and 
 Asa Peck. 
 
 Tilmus, b. 1805, m. Lois K., dau. of 
 Enoch Blake, of Cabot ; resided till re- 
 cently on his father* old ferm ; now at 
 E. Cabot ; has two sons, Asa Sprague and 
 Clarence Lockwood. Asa has for some 
 years past been engaged in mercantile pur- 
 suits in Boston, Mass. 
 
 Clarence is a graduate of Norwich Uni- 
 versity, Northfield, Vt. ; studied theology 
 with Rev. Dr. Hepworth, then of Boston ; 
 visited the Argentine Republic, South 
 America, as an attachee of Prof. Gould's 
 scientific expedition; after his return, 
 studied medicine, and established himself 
 in practice in Boston, where he now re- 
 sides. 
 
 Elnathan, son of Asa, b. 1808, m. Dul- 
 cenia, dau. of Bucklin Slayton, of Calais ; 
 is a farmer ; resides near the old home- 
 stead of his father. 
 
 Hiram, son of Asa, b. i8u, m. ist, 
 Ruth H. Johnson; 2d, Esther Ann Pren- 
 
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 tiss, both of Moretown ; children, 5 by ist 
 and one by 2d marriage, of whom Chas. 
 Johnson, Edna Ruth, Asa Peck and Frank 
 Luce are now living. The two oldest sons, 
 married, farmers, 1 eside near their father ; 
 the younge.st with ; the daughter married 
 Henry A. Slayton, a merchant of Morris- 
 ville. Hiram, farmer, resides in Moretown 
 village ; has long been a prominent citizen 
 of that town, and leading member of the 
 Methodist church. 
 
 Stillman, son of Asa, b. 1813, m. Ca- 
 lista D. Harrington, of Bennington ; has 
 resided in Boston, Philadelphia, Pt. Kent, 
 Bennington, Wisconsin, etc. He was a 
 photographer ; now a farmer in Highland, 
 Minn. He has 2 daughters, i son ; all of 
 Minnesota. 
 
 Asa Peck, son of Asa, b. 1817, m. ist, 
 Sarah Carlton, of Dorchester, Mass. ; 2d, 
 Ann Maria Hilton, dau. of John Hilton, 
 Esq., of Lynn, Mass. ; residence, Boston 
 and Lynn, Mass. ; a wholesale and com- 
 mission dealer in grain, flour and pro- 
 visions, senior member of the firm of Hath- 
 away & Woods, 24 Commerce and in So 
 Market st., Boston. He went to Boston 
 in 1836, and has resided there ever since, 
 except 2 years spent at Huntsville, Ala. 
 He is classed financially with the solid, 
 and is certainly among the heavy men of 
 Boston. 
 
 Lyman Daggett, son of David, (an of- 
 ficer of the Revolutionary war, dying in 
 that service at Oxford, Mass., 1777) came 
 as a member of his uncle, Peter Wheelock's 
 family, with them to Calais, Sept. 1789, at 
 the age of 14. He was a farmer ; lived before 
 married on the farm now of his grandson, 
 Willard C. Bugbee, son of Chester Bug- 
 bee, with whom he lived in the decline of 
 life; where he died, Apr. 1871. He m. 
 Sarah W., youngest daughter of Silas 
 Hathaway ; b. Feb. 1785 ; d. Aug. 1872 ; 
 children, 3,; 2 attained maturity: Cath- 
 erine H . who ni. Loam Hathaway(noticed) , 
 Clarissa Amanda, widow of the late Chester 
 Bugbee, of Calais, residkig with her son 
 upon the old homestead, cleared of the 
 primitive forest by her father. Only two 
 bearing the family name are now (1881) 
 counted among our citizens : Elnathan, 
 
 son of Asa, and Mahlon S., son of Earl 
 Hathaway, the former stan,ding upon the 
 edge of the dark valley, wearing the snows 
 of three score years and ten ; the latter, 
 but just passed the threshold of active 
 business life. Beside these, there remain 
 in town the descendants of Lorton Hath- 
 away and Chester Bugbee, who can claim 
 direct lineage from Silas Hathaway. 
 
 Charles Dugar, born in France, came 
 to Nova Scotia with his father's family, 
 and when about 12 years of age, to Charl- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 Gload, son of Charles, born in Charl- 
 ton, 177s, married Sarah Dunton, of Stur- 
 bridge, Mass., and removed to Calais in 
 June, 1809. He settled first near where 
 Allen Morse now lives, then where John 
 Sabin now is, and afterwards on land now 
 owned by his son Abner, the only one of 
 his 1 1 children now living in this vicinity. 
 
 Abner, son of Gload, was born iSoj, in 
 Charlton ; when about 5 years old, an ac- 
 cident rendered him totally blind, and his 
 career has been remarkable for one placed 
 in the circumstances he was. His father 
 was poor, and he was early thrown upon 
 his own resources, but natural intelligence 
 and energy have in great measure com- 
 pensated for his loss of sight. He attend- 
 ed school, and made considerable progress 
 by hearing the recitations of other schol- 
 ars, and engaged in nearly all the sports 
 and labors of boyhood, taking long tramps 
 in the woods in fishing and trapping. 
 
 He began business for himself by ped- 
 dling small articles from house to house, 
 and when about 21, having accumulated a 
 little capital, bought a farm, and married 
 Hannah Jacobs, of Montpelier. Since 
 that time he has made farming his bus- 
 iness, aind with more than average success. 
 He has reared a family of 6 children, and 
 given them as good advantages as are en- 
 joyed by the average of farmers' families, 
 and now owns a good farm, part in this 
 town and part in Worcester. He per- 
 forms nearly all kinds of farm labor, and 
 upon a recent visit, was found going about 
 his barns caring for the stock. He is a 
 good judge of cattle, even distinguishing 
 
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 their different colors by some unaccounted 
 for sense. 
 
 Near his house when a boy was a saw- 
 mill ; this he clambered over until he be- 
 came so fariiiliar with it, that he has during 
 the leisure hours of his busy life made two 
 models of it, complete in all their details. 
 
 While clearing his farm, he made a con- 
 siderable business of burning charcoal, 
 and one winter drew 900 bushels to Mont- 
 pelier, some 10 miles, with a pair of two- 
 years-old steers. 
 
 He once engaged of a neighbor one of a 
 lot of young pigs. One among them was 
 of slightly better form than the others, 
 and this the neighbor intended to keep 
 himself. But when Dugar came, he could 
 not quite refuse a blind man his choice ; so 
 Dugar entered the pen, and after careful 
 examination, came out with the identical 
 pig the other had selected. 
 
 PALMER FAMILY. 
 
 Oliver Palmer married, Dec. I7S6^ 
 Asenath Barnes ; removed from Wood- 
 stock to Calais in 1796; lived some 20 
 years on the farm now owned by Luther 
 Converse, and returned to Woodstock. 
 While in Calais, he held the offices of town 
 treasurer, selectman and lister. His chil- 
 dren were : Orpha, b. 1789, m. l8o8, An- 
 drew Nealey ; lived some years on the farm 
 now owned by George Chase ; Millie, Har- 
 riet, Alden, 179S, a mill-wright, married, 
 lived in Calais, Montpelier and elsewhere ; 
 Walter, b. 1805; Laura, iBio. 
 
 Gersham Palmer, younger brother of 
 Oliver, married Mercy Bennett in Wood- 
 stock, probably about the time of his re- 
 moval to Calais in 1797 ; lived on the farm 
 north of his brother Oliver ; was prom- 
 inent in town business ; moderator in town 
 meeting 6 years, selectman 8 years ; lister 
 2 years ; was the fourth representative from 
 Calais; served 7 years; in 1810, judge of 
 probate in what was then Caledonia Co. ; 
 2d justice in town ; served 12 years, and 
 by act of the Legislature, Nov. i, 1810, 
 was made one of a committee of three to 
 locate and build county buildings in the 
 new County of Jefferson, now Washing- 
 ton. 
 
 He died Oct. 11, aged yj years. His 
 children, all born in Calais, were Hannali 
 W., b. 1798, m. 1827, Alvah Elmore, lived 
 on the Col. Curtis farm, where she died, 
 Aug. 1843; Rispah, b. 1800, m. in Wood- 
 stock, 1820, Eben Cox, son of Daniel and 
 Celia (Darling), born Jan. i, 1796. They 
 came to Calais- in 1827, and began on the 
 farm where he died, Nov. 1877. Only one 
 of their family of 9 daughters resides in 
 Calais : Aurelia M., b. Oct. 14, 1829, m. 
 Mar. 28, 185s, Elbridge H. Stickney. 
 
 Mercy, dau. of Gersham, wasb. in 1802 ; 
 Lucia D., in 1803. 
 
 Bennett, son of Gersham, b. Nov. 10, 
 1805, was ordained to the ministry in the 
 Church of Christian Brethren, Calais, Aug. 
 29, 1830 ; married Valina Snow, of Pomfret, 
 and went to New Hampshire to live, and 
 while there was a member of the N. H. 
 Legislature. He returned to Calais in 
 1845, where he remained till his death, 
 May 12, 1851. Children of. Bennett and 
 .Valina Palmer: Lucia Ellen and Sarah 
 Snow, b. in Washington, N. H., 1835, 
 '37 ; Gersham Bela, b. in Marlow, N. H., 
 1840; Charles Bennett, b. in Springfield, 
 N. H., 18^; Redora Valina, b. in Calais, 
 Aug. 26, 1847. 
 
 Dulcenia, dau. of Gersham, was born 
 1808; Fanny, 18 10; Mercy, Lucia, Dul- 
 cenia and Fanny are married, and reside in 
 Woodstock. 
 
 DAVID goodell 
 settled on what is now known as the 
 Smilie Bancroft farm, about 1791. He 
 died Feb. i, 1808, and his wife, Martha, 
 Aug. 29, 1809. Their children : Pamelia, 
 b. 1787, m. Asaph Kingi; Polly, b. 1789, 
 deceased ; John, b, 1792 ; Orange, b. 1795, 
 deceased ; Tamar, b. l8oJ, m. Jason Chase. 
 
 John Goodell, son of David, m. 1818, 
 Lucy, dau. of Elijah White; settled in 
 Cabot; in 1825, returned to Calais, where 
 he resided until his death, July, i86o; 
 children, Diana, b. 1824, m. Alvin Chapin ; 
 Matilda, b. 1827, m. Alonzo Taylor; re- 
 sides in New York City; Sidney, b. 1830, 
 m. Elizabeth Darling, of Meriden, Mass. ; 
 resides in Milford, Mass.; Lucy, b. 1840, 
 m. 1857, Alonzo, sonof Shepherd Wheeler ; 
 their dau. Flora, born Dec. 1862. 
 
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 ■BARNABAS DOTY. 
 
 Barnabas Doty, Jr., b. in Rochester, 
 Apr. 30, 1771, 2d son of Capt. Barnabas, 
 went to Montpelier in the spring of 1789, 
 with his brother Edmund, where they 
 built, under the direction of Col. Lamed 
 Lamb, the first framed-house in that town, 
 for Col. Jacob Davis. He worked as a 
 housewright there each summer, returning 
 to R. in the winter, till 1792; m. in Roch- 
 ester, Mass., Jan. 19, 1793, Thankful, dau. 
 of David and Sarah (Parker) Wing, b. 
 July 2, 1769, and settled in Montpelier the 
 following spring. He was commissioned 
 ensign of Washington Artillery by Gov. 
 Jonas Galusha, 181 1, and captain 3 years 
 later, by Gov. Martin Chittenden. He 
 rode post some years from Montpelier to 
 Hardwick, 20 miles, to which latter place 
 he removed, and carried on the business 
 of a blacksmith, saddler, watchmaker and 
 merchant, doing most of the magistrate's 
 business in town ; was postmaster 1821-5, 
 until having buried his son, Horatio Gates, 
 1827, and his wife, 1 831, he went to live in 
 Georgeville, C. E., theninIrasburgh,Vt., 
 and spent the last 16 years of his life in 
 Calais, where he died Dec. 1864, aged 93 ; 
 was buried in Hardwick. [Philo Club, p. 
 
 39]- 
 
 Copy of a letter presented Silas Ketchum 
 byA.S. Bliss: 
 
 Montpelier, Mar. 30, 1814. 
 
 To Silas Williams, Esq., Maj. Steven 
 Pitkin, Mr. Elihu Coburn, Maj. Joel 
 Walker, William Mattocks, Esq., Alpha 
 Warner, Esq., Elnathan Strong, Esq., 
 Ralph Parker, Esq., Wm. Baxter, Esq. 
 and Wm. Howe, Esq : 
 
 Gentlemen :— The bearer, Mr. Barnabas 
 Doty, a man of integrity and faithfulness, 
 has undertaken to carry the mail and dis- 
 tribute papers, on the route formerly rode 
 by Mr. Henry Dewey, and from our ac- 
 quaintance with him, we are persuaded he 
 will give as good and as general satisfac- 
 tion as did Mr. Dewey. As he is a stranger, 
 your influence in his behalf in encouraging 
 his business, may be of considera:ble ben- 
 efit to him. Yours with much respect, 
 Walton & Goss. 
 
 He made first trip, date of above letter. 
 The route book also presented with above 
 letter, shows the route to lay from Mont- 
 pelier through Calais, Plainfield, Marsh- 
 
 field, Cabot, Peacham, ' Danville, Wal- 
 den, Hardwick, Greensboro, Glover, Iras- 
 burgh, Salem, Derby and Dunkensbor- 
 ough. [Philo. Club] . 
 
 ELIJAH WHITE 
 
 came from Charlton, Mass., to Calais in 
 the summer of 1 797, and began chopping 
 in the east lot now owned by Lewis Ban- 
 croft, but abandoned it, and the next sum- 
 mer began on the lot in the south-easterly 
 part of the town, where he resided until 
 his death, 1832. In Feb. 1797, he brought 
 his newly-married wife, Ruth NeedHam, to 
 Calais. She died about 1847 ; children, 
 all born in Calais: Lucy, b. 1800, m. 
 John, .son of David Goodell; Adams, b. 
 1802; Larnard, 1805; Ruth, 1813, m. 
 1835, Amasa Hall ; settled in Marshfield. 
 
 Adams, m. 1825, Alfreda Bryant; lived 
 in Calais and Woodbury; died, 1873 ; his 
 wife in 1877; both in Woodbury; chil- 
 dren, Flbrilla, Clarissa, Elijah, Ruth and 
 George. Larnard m. 1828, Roxana, dau. 
 of Nathan Kelton; lived in the S. E. part 
 of the town; deceased. 
 
 FIRST MEETING-HOUSE SOCIETY. 
 
 In August, 1823, a call was issued, 
 signed byCalela Curtis, Meda^ Wright and 
 Nathan Bancroft, asking all interested in 
 building a meeting-house in Calais^ to 
 meet at the house of Medad Wright on 
 the 1 8th of that month. 
 ' At this meeting, the above society was 
 organized, by-laws adopted, and the fol- 
 lowing officers elected : Caleb Curtis, 
 moderator; y/illiam Dana, clerk, and 
 Joshua Bliss, treasurer. Caleb Curtis, 
 Isaac Davis, Alpheus Bliss, Medad Wright 
 and Joel Robinson, committee to select a 
 plan and agree with Caleb Bliss for land 
 on which to set the house. 
 
 On the 30th of the same month, a meet- 
 ing was held and the committee reported 
 they had agreed upon a building lot and 
 drawn a plan "40 by 42 feet, 40 pews on 
 the lower floor, 5 feet by 6, and 18 above 
 of the same bigness." The report was 
 accepted. It was decided to put up the 
 frame the ensuing fall, but to be 3 years 
 completing the house ; also " that payment 
 for pews be made in three equal instalments, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 payable one-half in neat cattle, the other 
 moiety in grain, the first payment of stock 
 in one year from the first day of October 
 next, and the grain part in one year from 
 January next, and so annually." Chose 
 Col. Caleb Curtis, Dea. Joshua Bliss, and 
 Mr. Joel Robinson a committee to super- 
 intend the building of the house, and 
 "Capt. Remember Kent, Capt. Isaac Da- 
 vis and Mr. Joseph Brown, a committee, 
 to examine the work whether it be well 
 done." 
 
 Following the record of the above meet- 
 ing are the names of members of the 
 society, as follows : Caleb Curtis, Isaac 
 Davis, Alpheus Bliss, Joshua Bliss, 2d., 
 Medad Wright, William Dana, Vial Allen, 
 Pliny Curtis, Joel Robinson, Jabez Mower, 
 Linnus Richards, Isaac Robinson, William 
 Robinson, Welcome Wheelock, Oliver 
 Sheple, Benjamin Page, Gaius Allen, 
 Curtis Mower, Ira Brown, Joseph Brown, 
 Daniel Harris, Caleb Bliss, Remember 
 Kent, Shubael Shortt, Thomas Hathaway, 
 Ephraim Pray, John Robinson, Joshua 
 Bliss, 3d., Joshua Bliss, 4th, Gload Dugar, 
 D wight Marsh, Charles Clark, Amasa Mc- 
 Knight, Hosea Brown, Weston Wheeler, 
 Mason Wheeler, Nathan Bancroft, Loam 
 Hathaway, James Morse, Ira Kent, Brad- 
 ley Webber, Abdiel Kent, Ezekiel Kent, 
 Hiram Robinson, J. V. R. Kent, Joshua 
 M. Dana, Abdiel Bliss, Kendall T. Davis, 
 Jesse White, Joseph W. E. Bliss, Samuel 
 O. Robinson, Moses Clark. 
 
 Some of the last names on the list have 
 become owners since the building of the 
 house. 
 
 The frame of the house was prepared 
 and raised about the middle of October, 
 1823, under the direction of Lovell Kelton, 
 Esq. As first framed there was a projec- 
 tion in front, supporting the steeple, but 
 subsequently the corners were filled out 
 leaving the building in its present shape. 
 During the two next sunimers, 1824 and '5 
 the house was completed, under the direc- 
 tion of Mr. Grifiin of Hardwick, Vt. In 
 Nov., 1825, a meeting was held and the 
 house accepted, at a cost of $2005, and 
 the society was found to be indebted to 
 the building committee some $460. Prob- 
 
 ably about the last of Nov.-, 1825, the 
 hou.se was dedicated, the dedicatory ser- 
 mon by Rev. Mr. Bartlett of Hartland. 
 Six religious societies were represented in 
 the ownership of the house and its use was 
 apportioned among them according to the 
 interest owned by each. The first appor- 
 tionment on record is that for 1828 : Bap- 
 tists, 10 Sabbaths; Universalists, 20; 
 Congregationalists, 9 ; Christians, 6 ; Free 
 Will Baptists, 4 ; Methodists 3, and there 
 is no change on record, of this division of 
 the time, until 1848, when it was Univer- 
 salists, 32 ; Congregationalists, 7 ; Meth- 
 odists, 5 ; Baptists, 4 ; Christians, 4. 
 There is no further record. There was no 
 stove in the house until 1 831, though used 
 almost every Sabbath summer and winter. 
 William Dana was clerk of the society 
 from its organization until 1834. Welcome 
 Wheelock from 183410 '65, and J. V. R. 
 Kent .since. The house has been little 
 used for some years past, but the pride of 
 the present generation has induced ■ them 
 to keep in repair the work of their fathers, 
 though their religious zeal has not been 
 sufiicient to use it for the purpose for which 
 it was designed. 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION. 
 
 BY 8ILAB WHEELOCK, 1870. 
 
 The first Christian church was organized 
 in Calais, Dec. 2, 18 10, by Elder Reuben 
 Dodge and Benjamin Putnam. There is 
 but little account of the church on record 
 till 1824. Elder Dodge and Elder Putnam 
 supplied them with preaching- part of the 
 time. 
 
 In October, 1824, Elder Edward B. 
 Rollins and Elder Seth Allen re-organized 
 the church, and introduced the Rollins' 
 discipline, (so called). 
 
 Ezekiel Burnham was chosen Ruling 
 Elder or Bishop of the church. Edward 
 B. Rollins and Seth Allen were invited to 
 take the oversight of the church. The 
 number of members at this time was about 
 thirty. 
 
 Previous to this organization, the church 
 had no written creed or articles of faith ; 
 taking the Scriptures as their rule of faith 
 and practice. In 1835 or 1836, the Ver- 
 
CALAIS. 
 
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 mont Conference laid aside the Rollins 
 discipline, and returned to their former 
 rule. During this time the church was 
 supplied by a number of ministers, who 
 occasionally met with them to preach the 
 word. Among them were Jasper Hazen, 
 Elhanan Winchester, R. Allen. Among 
 those who have been instrumental in build- 
 ing up the church are the following, viz. : 
 Elders Benjamin Page, John Capron, Abra- 
 ham Hartshorn, Isaac Petingal, Leonard 
 Wheeler, Wm. Sweet and — Goolet, etc. 
 The church now numbers 85 members. 
 They l^ave built a house for worship near 
 the center of the town, and are supplied 
 with preaching every Sabbath. 
 
 There is a flourishing Sabbath-school, 
 and a good interest manifested among 
 both scholars and people. 
 
 This church is now associated with the 
 Vermont Western Christian Conference. 
 During the 60 years since its organization, 
 there have been a number of revivals of 
 interest, and quite a number of young men 
 have been ordained as ministers of the 
 Gospel. 
 
 Previous to 1824, Jera Haskell and Royal 
 T. Haskell were set apar.t for the work of 
 the ministry, and were eminently success- 
 ful in building up the denomination ; also, 
 Jared L. Green and Bennet Palmer, but 
 at exactly what time they were ordained 
 does not appear to be known. 
 
 After a few years Elder Palmer moved 
 to New Hampshire and spent several years 
 and then returned to this town, where he 
 died May iz, 1851. 
 
 Elder Green labored with the church for 
 many years, and contributed much to its 
 prosperity ; then moved to Bradford, where 
 he resided several years, preaching a part 
 of the time in adjoining towns, and then 
 moved to New Hampshire, where he now 
 resides, but still remains a member of the 
 Vermont Eastern Conference. 
 
 Elders Jera and Royal Haskell went to 
 Wisconsin, where Jera soon died, and 
 Royal still resides. 
 
 Orrin Davis, son ol Isaac Davis, one of 
 the early members of the church, and one 
 who did much for the prosperity of the 
 church, was ordained in 1850. He is the 
 
 present pastor of the church, and has been 
 since i860. 
 
 BY REV. ORRIN DAVIS. 
 
 The church in 1 8 10 was organized with 
 about 50 members ; there was a monthly 
 conference established, , which has been 
 maintained until the present time. The 
 ordinances have been observed all, or 
 nearly all, of the time during the 70 years 
 of its existence, and it has sustained preach- 
 ing the most of the time by the following 
 ministers, viz. ; Elders B. Putnam, R. 
 Dodge, B. Page, E. B. Rollins, J. Cap- 
 ron, I. Petingal, S, Allen, Williai^j Has- 
 kell, J. Haskell, J. L. Green, B. Palmer, 
 L. Wheeler, A.. Hartshorn, S. Wheelock, 
 J. D. Bailey and O. Davis. It has sus- 
 tained constant preaching the last 20 years ; 
 the present membership about 80, accord- 
 ing to the records, but there are only from 
 50 to 60 resident members. The church 
 will seat about 300. The Sabbath-school 
 has for some years past numbered from 
 100 to 130. 
 
 UNIVERSALIS!; PARISH IN CALAIS; 
 
 BY HEV. LE9TEK WABBES, 1881. 
 
 The venerable William Farwell first pro- 
 mulgated our sentiments in Washington 
 County; Hon. D. P. Thompson, says in 
 his History of Montpelier, Mr. Farwell 
 advocated our faith in a debate with Rev. 
 Chester Wright,— the grandfather of J. 
 Edward. This public discussion was held 
 in the street of Montpelier, under the first 
 shade trees of the village ; a multitude of 
 people were present in the streets to hear 
 this debate, and we doubt not some of the 
 fathers whose names here follow listened 
 with intense interest to that discussion, 
 and returned to organize a "parish" in 
 Calais, just 60 years ago ; dated at Calais, 
 Dec. 14, 1820, we have this document: 
 
 We, the subscribers, inhabitants of 
 Calais in Washington County, do hereby 
 voluntarily associate and agree to form a 
 society by the name of The Universalist 
 Societv in Calais for the purpose of having 
 meetings, or supporting a minister to 
 preach with us according to the " first sec- 
 tion of an act entitled an act for the sup- 
 port of the gospels," passed Oct. 26th, A. 
 D. 1798. Subscribed to by Gideon Whee- 
 lock, Sabin Ainsworth, Abijah Wheelock, 
 
 19 
 
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 Vermont historical magazine. 
 
 Caleb Curtis, Backus Pearce, Levi Wright, 
 Medad Wright, William Robinson, ^ron 
 Lamb, Salem Goodenough, and others 
 called a meeting, to meet at the dwelling- 
 house of Gideon Wheelock. 
 
 The record states this first meeting was 
 held at Gideon Wheelock's dwelling-house, 
 in Calais, Feb. 21, 1821; Levi Wright, 
 moderator, of said meeting; Gideon 
 Wheelock, clerk. A constitution and by- 
 laws were adopted at this meeting to gov- 
 ern the society and the foUowiAg oiBcers 
 chosen: Aaron Lamb, Caleb Curtis, Levi 
 Wright and Medad Wright, prudential 
 com. iiThe 4th article of this constitution 
 reads : 
 
 That any mejjnber wishing to withdraw 
 from said society, it shall be his duty to 
 make his wishes known to the clerk, in 
 writing, and no member may withdraw 
 without he pay his tax, or subscription. 
 
 January 6, 1849, the new constitution 
 and some articles of religious belief were 
 adopted, which were recorded in the com- 
 mencement of the "second book of rec- 
 ords." Not all who have acted with the 
 society have have had their names on the 
 book of records, but I find the names of 25 
 members who have been moderators at 
 annual meetings since the organization, 
 viz: Levi Wright, Jedediah Fay, Jonas 
 Hall, Nathan Kelton, Abijah Wheelock, 
 Medad Wright, Welcome Wheelock, Pliny 
 Curtis, William Robinson, Abdiel Kent, 
 J. V. R. Kent, John , Robinson, Jesse 
 White, Samuel O. Robinson, Richard W. 
 Toby, Alonzo Pearce, Nathaniel Eaton, 
 Jacob Eaton, Moses Sheldon, Sylvester 
 Eaton, Lester Warren, E. A. Hathaway, 
 Ira S. Dwinell, Z. G. Pierce, B. P. White. 
 
 These have also been on committees 
 and acted as officers of said society ; some 
 of them many times. The clerks, or sec- 
 retaries of this society have been only ten, 
 serving the society as clerks an average of 
 6 years each, viz : Gideon Wheelock, Wil- 
 liam Robinson, John Robinson, Elon Rob- 
 inson, W. Wheelock, A. Gopdenough, J. 
 V. R. Kent, James K. Toby, Alonzo 
 Pearce and Simeon. Webb. 
 
 Welcome Wheelock was society clerk 
 longer than any other, being elected in 
 
 1840, and serving until the time of his 
 death in 1865—25 years. 
 
 In the year 1825, or when Calais Meet- 
 ing-house was dedicated, the Universalist 
 families in this town were able to own and 
 control the same only 20 Sabbaths in the 
 year ; a little more than one-third ; in 
 1845, tlifiir share was 32 Sabbaths. Now, 
 in 1880, we count about 100 families, but 
 they are so scattered all over town, it is 
 difficult to get one-half to meet at any one 
 place, and meetings are held in different 
 places. The past year, 1879, and '80, the 
 Universalists of Calais have had meetings 
 of their order, one service each Sabbath 
 in East Calais, and each alternate Sabbath 
 in the west part of the town ; also evening 
 service in S. H. Foster's grove in North 
 Calais. To lead the singing in their meet- 
 ings they have had such talent as afforded 
 by Pliny Curtis, Mr. Wheelock, E. W. 
 Ormsby, Ira A. Morse, J. M. Dana, Sam- 
 uel O. Robinson, and wife, Abdiel Kent, I. 
 R. Kent, L. A. Kent, Murray A. Kent ; 
 also in East Calais, Alonzo Pearce, A. D. 
 Pearce ; by Amasa Tucker was played the 
 bass viol, the first instrument of music in 
 pur meeting. Mrs. Dr. Ideand Mrs. Bur- 
 nap have also been very efficient leaders 
 in the choirs ; Mrs. Ide in the west, and 
 Mrs. Burnap in the east part' of the 
 town. Those who have played the organ, 
 are Mrs. J. C. Brown, Mrs. Edwin Burn- 
 ham, Miss Josie M. Kent, Alice Pearce 
 and Ellen Whitcher. 
 
 About 50 Universalist ministers have 
 preached in Calais occasionally. Those 
 who have been employed by the society 
 for any length of time are William Far- 
 well, Paul Dean, John E. Palmer, Thomas 
 Browning, Mr. Amiers, Lemuel H. Tabor, 
 Lester Warren, Sylvester C. Eaton, John 
 Gregory, George F. Flanders, D.D., Geo. 
 Severance,! J'. H. Little, J. Edward Wright, 
 E. A. Goodenough, S. C. Hayford, and at 
 the present time George E. Forbes, (one 
 service each Sabbath in the east part of 
 the town.) I should not forget to mention 
 that the ladies of the society have done 
 their part nobly. They «olicited the sub- 
 scription, and hired S. A. Parker to preach 
 a part of the time for one year, about 20 
 
CALAIS. 
 
 '47 
 
 years ago. They have also been active in 
 getting the reading meetings and Sunday 
 school started, which have been the main 
 cause of the present effort in the west part 
 of Calais. 
 
 Sunday schools .which were first started 
 by Mr. Raikes of England, loo years ago, 
 were not much thought of here when Uni- 
 versalist meetings commenced, but we had 
 a small school in 1844, mostly Bible class. 
 In 1852, a school was commenced with 
 Sidney H. Foster, superintendent, and N. 
 A. Chase, librarian. From that it has 
 continued, in the west part of the town 
 until the present time. Now, the superin- 
 tendent is J. K. Toby, with Mrs. Carrie 
 Robinson assistant superintendent'; and 
 
 Mrs. William H. Kelton is teacher of the 
 
 • 
 
 juvenile class ; and, with prospects bright 
 for future usefulness, the Universalist par- 
 ish in Calais now commences to have 
 preaching service both in the west, and 
 east, every Sabbath the ensuing year 
 (1881) I hope. 
 
 SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION 
 
 who afterwards became residents of Calais : 
 John Beattis, who deserted from the Brit- 
 ish; Seth Doan, Jonas Comins, backus 
 Gary, Ebenezer Goodenough, Stephen 
 Hall, Moses Haskell, Francis Lebarron, 
 Job Macomber, John Martin, Shubael 
 Shortt, Jesse Slayton, Samuel White, Ed- 
 mund Willis, Duncan Young, deserted 
 from the British, David Fuller, Asa 
 Wheelock, Joshua Bliss. 
 
 SOLDIERS IN WAR OF l8l2. 
 
 Danforth Ainsworth, Welcome Ains- 
 worth, Benjamin Bancroft, John Goodell, 
 David Green, Isaac Hawkins, Enoch Kel- 
 ton, Ansel Lebarron, Shubael Lewis, Azel 
 Lyon, Jason Marsh, 28 months ; Perry 
 Marsh, 14 months ; Dwight Marsh, 28 
 months; John Martin, Jr., Jabez Mower, 
 Ephraim Pray, Isaac Robinson, Joel Tuck- 
 er, Josiah White, Daniel Young. 
 
 VOLUNTEERS TO PLATTSBURGH SEPT. 1814. 
 
 Vial Allen, Joshua Bliss, 2d, Joshua 
 Bliss, 4th, Ira Brown, Pliny Curtis, Elias 
 Drake, Samuel Fuller, Simeon Guernsey, 
 Bemis Hamilton, Thomas Hathaway, Par- 
 don Janes, Jabez Mower, Noah Pearce, 
 Joel Robinson, Cyrenus Shortt, Darius 
 Slayton, Jesse Slayton, Phineas Slayton, 
 Simeon Slayton, Edward Tucker, Reuben 
 D. Waters, Hiram Wells, Schuyler Wells, 
 Josiah White, Gideon Wheelock, Jonathan 
 Wheelock, Levi Wright, Medad Wright. 
 
 SOLDIERS IN MEXICAN WAR. 
 
 James M. Ainsworth, died at Jalapa, 
 Mexico, Feb. 29, 1848. Dexter S. Good- 
 ell, served in war of 1861-5, died 1878. 
 Arlo Thayer. 
 
 Amasa Tucker, an old resident and a 
 man of remarkable memory, has aided 
 largely in the preparation of the foregoing 
 lists of soldiers, and they are perhaps as 
 near correct as it is possible to make them 
 at this time. 
 
 Names, 
 Ainsworth, Geo. W. 
 Ainsworth, Lavake 
 Ainsworth, Marcus 
 
 SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR, 186I-S 
 
 Reg, Co, Enlistment, 
 
 II I Dec 8 63 
 
 do " 3 63 
 
 13 H Aug 19 62 
 
 Bailey, Robert M. 11 I 
 
 Bancroft, Horace D. 8 B 
 
 Barrett, George W. 11 I 
 
 Batchelder, Chas. M. do 
 
 Benjamin, Thos. W. 
 Bennett, L. Austin 
 Blake, Stephen D. 
 
 Bigelow, George 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 Aug IS 64 
 Dec 31 61 
 Aug IS 64 
 Dec 5 63 
 
 Dec 3 63 
 July 21 62 
 Dec 3 63 
 
 6 B July It 63 
 
 Bliss, Frederick D. n I July 16 62 
 
 Bemarks, 
 
 Djs. June i6, 6s. 
 
 Deserted July 26, 64. 
 
 Must, out July 21, 63 ; re-enlist. 1 1 Reg. Co. 
 
 I. Nov. 30, 63 ; tr. to Co. A. June 24, 6s ; 
 
 tr. to Co. D. ; must, out Aug. 2S, 6s. 
 Missed in action Oct. 19, 64. 
 Killed at Port Hudson, June 14, 63. 
 Must, out June 24, 6s. ^ ^ 
 
 Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 6s ; tr. to Co. D. ; 
 
 must, out Aug. 2S, 6s. 
 Tr. to Co. A. ; disch. June 13, 6s. 
 Died February 19, 63. 
 Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 6s ; tr. to Co. D ; pro. 
 
 Corp. July 12, 6s ; must, out Aug. 2S, 6s. 
 Drafted ; tr. to Co. Co. H. Oct. 16, 64 ; tr. 
 
 to V. R. C. Nov. 22, 64 ; must, out July 
 
 Corp.; pro. sergt. Dec 26, 63 ;" red. Sept. 
 27, 64 ; must, out June 24, 65. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 yamet. 
 Bliss, Zenas H. 
 
 Reg. 
 9 
 
 Brown, James W. 
 Bruce, Joel 
 
 II I 
 
 4 G 
 
 Burke, Walter 
 
 13 H 
 
 Burnham, Melvin V. 
 
 9 I 
 
 Burnap, Charles H. 
 
 II I 
 
 Burnap, Wyman R. 
 
 do 
 
 Carr, Lemuel B. 
 
 II I 
 
 Carroll, Henry W. 
 
 8 I 
 
 Clark, Aurelian M. 
 
 4 H 
 
 Clark, Charles 
 
 11 I 
 
 Clark, Charles M. 
 
 istssF 
 
 Clark, James H. 
 Clifford, Isaac 
 
 II I 
 
 13 H 
 
 Church, Isaiah B. 
 
 7 
 
 Colburn, Charles C. 
 
 '3 C 
 
 Colburn, Curtis C. 
 
 do . 
 
 Connor, Dorman 
 
 13 H 
 
 Dodge, Oramel S. 
 
 il I 
 
 Dudley, Andrew J. 
 
 do 
 
 Co. Enlistment. 
 1 June 24 62 
 
 July 26 62 
 Sept 2 61 
 Aug 19 62 
 June 16 62 
 July 17 62 
 " 19 62 
 
 Nov 30 63 
 Feb 14 65 
 Aug 30 64 
 
 Jan. 4 64 
 Sept II 61 
 July 15 62 
 Aug 19 62 
 Feb 8 6s 
 Aug 29 62 
 Aug 29 62 
 Aug 19 62 
 Dec I 63 
 July 15 62 
 
 Eaton, Arthur G. 
 Eaton, Chase H. 
 Estes, Charles O. 
 Fair, Simon C. 
 Fair, Shubel B. 
 Flynn, John D. 
 
 9 I 
 2 F 
 
 13 H 
 2d Bat 
 II I 
 9 I 
 
 June 26 62 
 July II 63 
 Aug 19 62 
 Nov 12 61 
 July 21 62 
 May 30 62 
 
 Foster, Edward L. 11 I Aug 2 62 
 
 Foster, Sidney H. 1 1 I July 22 62 
 
 Gardner, Horace 13 H Sept 22 62 
 
 Goodell, Dexter S. 11 I July 21 62 
 
 Goodell, Henry M. do "15 62 
 
 Goodell, John A. 8 E Feb 14 65 
 
 Goodell, LeeRoy 11 I Dec 5 63 
 
 Goodell, William M. do " 8 63 
 
 Goodno, Martin, 11 I Nov 30 63 
 
 Guernsey, Geo. H. do Aug 11 62 
 
 Guernsey, Oscar W. do " iS 64 
 
 Hale, William H. 7 A Feb 8 65 
 
 Hall, Hiram A. 9 I June 24 62 
 
 Hall, Hiram H. 3 H June i 61 
 
 Hall, Robert H. i A C 
 
 Hammond, John F. C. 6 F July 11 63 
 
 Harding, John W. 8 E Feb 9 65 
 
 Hinkson, Lyman 13 H Aug 19 62 
 
 Hobart, Henry do Sept 12 62 
 
 Hovey, James O. 2D May 7 61 
 
 Jackson, Orra W. Ill Dec i 63 
 
 Jackson, Samuel .11 I Deo i 63 
 
 Jennings, Ira E. do " 4 63 
 
 Judd, William 2d Bat Nov 12 61 
 
 Remarks. 
 Pro. sergt. ; disch. for pro. in colored troops 
 
 August 19, 64. 
 Pro. Corp. Sept. 27, 64 ; must, out June 24, 65. 
 Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 62. 
 Died March 4, 63. 
 Died March 8, 63. 
 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. ' 
 
 Pro. sergt. Sept. 1, 64; died Sept. 21, 64, of 
 
 wounds rec'd in action Sept. 19, 64. 
 Deserted Nov. 2, 64. 
 Died June 19 65. 
 Tr. to Co. E. Feb. 25, 65 ; must, out June 
 
 19, 1865. 
 Deserted Oct. 22, 64. 
 Discharged Jan. 10, 62. 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 Wagoner ; must, out July 21, 63. 
 Not accounted for. 
 Died Jan. 26. 63; 
 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 Corp. ; must, out July 2i, 63. 
 Discharged June 21, 65. 
 Pro. to sergt. Aug. 11, 63; pro. 2d lieut. 
 
 Sept. 2, 64 ; pro. ist lieut. Dec. 2, 6^; 
 
 must, out Aug. 25, 65. 
 Died Nov. 9, 62. 
 
 Drafted ; ]iro. corp. ; must, out May 13, 65. 
 Mustered out July 2i, 63. 
 Sergeant ; died July 23, 62. 
 Pro. corp. Dec. 26, 63 ; must, out June 24, 65. 
 Pro. corp. ; serg. Sept. 16, 64 ; must, out 
 
 June 13, 65. 
 Pro. reg. com. sergt. May 16, 63 ; pro. 2d 
 
 lieut, Co. I. Dec. 28, 63'; pro. ist lieut. 
 
 Sept. 2, 64 ; must, out June 24, 65. 
 istsejgt; pro. 2d lieut. July II, 63; Ist lieut. 
 
 De* 28, 63; hen. disch, for, disability 
 Nov. 22, 64. 
 Sergt. ; pro. 1st sergt. June 4, 63; must, out 
 
 July 21, 63. 
 Trans, to Inv. Corps, Feb. 15, 64. 
 Disch. Nov. 17, 62. 
 Mustered out May 23, 65. 
 Discharged. 
 Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; tr. to Co. D. ; 
 
 must, out Aug. 25, 65. 
 Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; disch. July 21, 65. 
 Pro. Corp. Dec. 26, 63 ; sergt. Feb. 11, 65 ; 
 
 must, out June 30, 65. 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 " " Feb. 8, 66. 
 Pro. to corp. Nov. 27, 64 ; must, out June 
 
 13, 1865. 
 Discharged Nov. 21, 62. 
 
 Drafted ; pro.' to corp. ; tr. to Co. A. Oct. 
 
 16, 64 ; pro. to sergt. Jan. i, 65 ; must. 
 
 out June 26, 65. 
 Died March 6, 65. 
 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 Disch. April 25, 63 ; re-enlist. 1 1 reg. Co. I. 
 
 Aug. II, 64 ; must, out June 24, 65., 
 Re-enlist. Dec 21, 63 ; discn. May 13, 65. 
 Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; must, out June 
 
 29, 1865. 
 Died August 8, 64. 
 Died Feb. 3, 64. 
 Sergt. ; reduced to ranks ; re-enlist. Jan. 2, 
 
 64 ; pro. corp. Sept. i, 64; sergt. May 1, 
 
 65 ; must, out July 31, 65. 
 
CALAIS. 
 
 149 
 
 Names, Reg. 
 
 Kelton, Edgar A. 13 
 
 Co. 
 C 
 
 Larock, John, 6 G 
 
 Lawson, Truman, 11 I 
 
 ]>onar(i, Joseph W. do 
 
 Lilley, Willard, do 
 
 Lincoln, Eugene, 8 K 
 
 Linsey, Hubbard 6 c 
 
 Major, William 13 H 
 
 Marshall, Chas, H. 11 I 
 
 Marsh, Frank E. do 
 
 Marsh, Henry O. 4 G 
 
 Marsh, Wm. H. H. do 
 
 Martin, James, 9 I 
 
 Martin, John A. 1 1 I 
 
 Martin, John W. do 
 
 Martin, Silas B. do 
 
 Martin, William E. do 
 
 McLoud, Edward T. 11' 
 
 McLoud, Henry H. 4 G 
 
 McLoud, Morrilla G. 4 G 
 
 McKnight, Chas. M. 13 H 
 
 Merrill, Isaac A. L. [ i I 
 
 Mower, Albion J. 9 I 
 
 Mower, Marcus M. 11 I 
 
 Nelson, Geo. W. 6 E 
 
 Newton, Henry H. 11 I Nov 30 63 
 
 Nourse, Calvin 
 Ormsbee, Chas. E. 
 
 13 
 2 
 
 C 
 H 
 
 Ormsbee, DeWitt C. 11 I Dec 363 
 
 Ormsbee, Geo. W. 
 Peck, William V. 
 Persons, Joseph Jr. 
 
 Pierce, A'onzo E. 
 
 Pierce, Lyman J. 
 Pierce, Orion A. 
 Phillips, Walter A. 
 
 Porter, Freeman J. 
 Pray, Rufus M. 
 Preston, George 
 Remick, George 
 Robinson, Ed. E. 
 
 Robinson, Joel E. 
 
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 Robinson, Robert H, 
 
 Rodney, John 
 
 Russell, Franklin W. 11 H 
 
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 Short, Gilbert L. 
 
 Shaw, Dexter V. 
 
 Slayton, Rufus H. 
 
 Slayton, Theodore M. 13 H 
 
 4 H 
 zd Bat 
 
 Bnlistmeni. Remarks. 
 
 Aug 29 62 Corp. ; pro. sergt. Feb. 28, 63 ; must, ou 
 
 July zi, 63. 
 Feb 22 65 Mustered out June 26, 65. 
 Dec I 63 Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; disch. July i, 65. 
 Aug 13 62 1st lieul. ; resigned Nov. 25,62. 
 July 15 62 Pro. corp. Nov. 14, 62 ; disch. June 15, 65 ; 
 
 wounded, and lost an arm ; full pension. 
 Feb 20 65 Mustered out June 28, 65. 
 July 11 63 Drafted; tr. to Co. H. Oct. 16, 64; must. 
 
 out June 26, 65. 
 Oct 3 62 Must, out July 21, 63. 
 Dec 5 63 Must, out May 23, 65. 
 Aug II 62 Pro. Cor. Feb 11, 65; must, out June 24,65. 
 Sept 3 61 Died June 6, 64, of wounds rec'd in action, 
 do Pro. Cor. ; re-enlisted Dec 1 5, 63 ; died July 
 
 2, 64, of wounds received in action. 
 June 18 62 Pro. Cor. July 15, 64; must, out June 13, 65. 
 Aug II 62 Must, out June 24, 65. 
 Aug 13 62 Pro. to Cor. Dec 26, 63.; must, out June 24, 65. 
 July 25 62 Must, out June 24, 65. 
 Aug II 62 do do 
 
 Dec 3 63 Died Jan. 13, 64.' 
 Sept 4 61 Dis. Feb. 18, 63; re-en. 11 Reg. Co. I. Dec. 
 
 2, 63 ; tr. Co. A. June 24, 65 ; tr. Co. D.; 
 
 must, out Aug. 25, 65. 
 do Re-en- Dec. 63 ; pro. Cor. Oct. 5, 64 to Sergt. 
 
 Dec. 3, 64 ; tr. to Co. F. Feb 25, 65 ; must. 
 
 out July 13, 65. 
 Aug 19 62 Sergt ; died May 24, 63. 
 July 30 62 Miist. out June 24, 65. 
 June 30 62 Capt.; resigned July 8, 63. 
 July 31 62 Died July 29, 63. 
 July II 63 Drafted; tr. to Co. K. Oct. 16,64; """St. 
 
 out May 13, 65. 
 Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; tr. to Vet. Res. 
 
 Corps, Nov. 25, 64. 
 Aug 29 62 Must, out July, 21, 63. 
 June 17 61 Re-en. Dec. 21, 63 ; pro. Cor.; must, out 
 
 July 15, 65. 
 Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; tr. to Co. D.; 
 
 must out Aug. 25, 65. 
 Aug 14 61 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; must, out June 26, 65. 
 Sept 23 62 Capt.; resigned Jan. 25, 63. 
 Dec 5 63 Tr. to Go. A June 24, 65 ; tr. to Co. D.; pro. 
 
 Cor. June 27, 65 ; must, out Aug. 25, 65. 
 2d Lt.; pro. ist Lt. Co. A. Sept. 22,62 ; pro. 
 
 Capt. Co. K. May 8, 63 ; hon. dis. Dec. 
 
 14, 63, for disability. 
 Feb 14 65 Must, but July 7, 65. 
 July 10 61 Cor. Dis. Nov. 18, 62. 
 Aug 19 62 ist Sergt.; Pro. 2d Lt. June 4, 63 ; must, out 
 
 July 21, 63. 
 June 4 62 Cor.; died Nov. ig, 62. 
 July 23 61 Pro. Sergt.; re-en. Dec. 31, 63 ; dis. May 27, 65. 
 Feb 1 1 65 Must, out June i8, 65. 
 Sept 27 61 Re-en. Jan. 5, 64 ; dis. Feb. 21, 65. 
 Sept 1 1 61 Pro. Reg. Qr. M. Sergt. Jan. 18, 62; dis. 
 
 Sept. 12, 64. 
 Must, out July 21, 63 ; died July 28, 63, of 
 
 disease contracted in army. 
 Feb 8 65 Died Jan. 14, 66. 
 Sept 28 61 Dis. June 24, 62. 
 Dec I 63 Tr. to Co. B. June 24, 65; tr. to Co. D.; 
 
 must, out Aug. 25, 65. 
 "Dec 2 63 Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65; tr. to Co. D.; 
 
 must, out Aug. 25, 65. 
 Feb 14 65 Must, out July 13, 65. 
 Aug 27 64 Died July 31, 65. 
 Aug 19 62 Must, out July 21, 63. 
 
 3 K July II 61 
 
 13 C Aug 29 62 
 
ISO 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Names, 
 
 Reg. Co. 
 
 Enlistment. 
 
 Slayton, Thos, J. 2d. 
 Smith, Amasa T. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 3 K 
 
 July II 61 
 
 Smith, Cbridon D. 
 
 2d Bat 
 
 Dec 13 6t 
 
 Soper, George 
 
 2 D 
 
 May 7 61 
 
 Stockwell, Albert S. 
 
 13 c 
 
 Aug 29 62 
 
 Stone, Judson A. 
 
 13 H 
 
 Aug 19 62 
 
 Stone, Benjamin H. 
 
 4 G 
 
 Aug- 26 61 
 
 Stowe, Lewis A. 
 
 2 K 
 
 Feb 20 62 
 
 Stowe, William, 
 
 2 F 
 
 May 7 61 
 
 Sumner, Alonzo L. 
 
 , 7 H 
 
 Feb 8 62 
 
 Tewksbury, Chas. C. i ss F Sept 1 1 61 
 
 Tice, Fletcher F. 
 Tichout, Alva M. 
 Walling, Ransom 
 
 Webber, Silas 
 
 Webber, Timothy C. 
 Wells, William R. 
 
 Wheeler, Martin E. 
 Wheeler, Zimri B. 
 
 Wheelock, Jacob E. 
 Wheelock, Russell 
 White, Chas. R. 
 White, William O. 
 
 II I July 15 62 
 
 do Aug 10 64 
 
 6 B July II 63 
 
 4 G Aug 29 61 
 
 13 H Sept 17 62 
 
 II I Aug I 62 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 July 24 62 
 do 
 
 1st Cav C Sept 10 61 
 13 H Aug 19 62 
 
 do • do 
 
 13 H do 
 
 Whiting, Amos A. 13 C Aug 29 62 
 
 Whitten, Curtis B. 
 Witham, Aaron 
 
 II I Aug 30 64 
 9 I May 28 63 
 
 There were MS re-enlistments credited to 
 the town, as follows : Marcus Ainsworth, 
 Henry Hobart, William Judd, William H. 
 H. Marsh, H. H. McLoud, Alonzo L. 
 Sumner, C. C. Tewksbury, twice, Silas 
 Webber, Amos Whiting, Wm. O. White, 
 not credited by name, 4. 
 
 Thirty men were drafted July 11, 1863 ; 
 Of these 6 entered the service, and their 
 names appear in the above record, and are 
 as follows : Geo. Bigelow, Chase H. 
 Eaton, John F. C. Hammond, Hubbard 
 Linsey, Geo. W. Nelson and Ransom 
 WalKng. 
 
 Twenty-four paid commutation, as fol- 
 lows : Eri Batchelder, Ira D. Cochran, 
 Chandler Collar, Lemuel P. Goodell, Clark 
 M.Gray, Geo. H. Gray, Geo. E. Hall, 
 Edwin D. Haskell, John Q. Haskell, W. 
 V. Herrick, James M. Jacobs, Ira Jen- 
 nings, Marcus C. Kenneston, Allen Morse, 
 Azro Nelson, Geo. S. Newton, William 
 V. Peck, Orion Pierce, William C. Robin- 
 
 Remarka. 
 Sergt.; died Apr. 7, 63. 
 1st Lt.; pro. to Capt. Jan. 15, 63; resigned 
 
 Feb. 13, 63. 
 ist Lt.; dism. July 30, 62. 
 Died Dec. 7, 61. 
 Must, out July 21, 63. 
 
 do do 
 
 Died Feb. 5, 62. 
 Dis. Oct. 2, 62. 
 
 Pro. to Cor.; killed at Wilderness, May 5, 64. 
 Re-en. Feb. 20, 64 ; pro. to Cor. Oct. i,.JS4 ; 
 
 must, out Mar. 14, '66. 
 Dis. Oct. 4, 6i ; re-en. 13 Reg. Co. C, Aug. 
 
 29, 62 ; pro. to Cor. Jan. 12, 63 ; must. 
 out July 21, 63 ; re-en. 1 1 Reg, Co. I, Aug. 
 
 30, 64 ; must, out June 24, 65. 
 Must, out June 24, 65. 
 
 do do 
 
 Drafted ; tr. to H. Oct. 16, 64 ; must, out 
 
 June 26, 65. 
 Re-en. Dec. i S, 63 ; killed at bat. Wilderness 
 
 May 5, 64. 
 Must, out July 21, 63. 
 Pro. to Artificer Dec. 26, 63 ; must, out June 
 
 24, 65. 
 Must, out May 13, 65. 
 Cor. Pro. Sergt. Mar, 4, 64 ; must, out June 
 
 24, 65. 
 Dis. Oct. 29, 62. 
 Dis. Apr. 18, 63. 
 Sergt.; dis. Feb. 3, 63. 
 Cor.; dis. July 21, 63; re-en. 8 Reg. Co. E. 
 
 Feb. 14, 65 ; must, out June 28, 65. 
 Dis. July 21, 63; re-en. 11 Reg. Co. I. Aug. 
 
 1 5, 64 ; must, out June 24, 65. 
 Must, out June 24, 65. 
 Must, out June 13, 65. 
 
 son, Lewis W. Voodrey, Henry P. Whee- 
 lock, Jacob E. Wheelock, Benjamin P. 
 White and Lewis L. Wood. 
 
 SUMMARY. 
 
 Enlisted for three years, 96 ; enlisted for 
 one year, 23 ; enlisted for nine months,' 27 ; 
 drafted and enteredservice, 6 ; drafted and 
 paid commutation, 24; total, 176. Entire 
 quota of the town, 173; furnished in ex- 
 cess of quota, 3. 
 
 Partial list of natives of Calais who en- 
 listed elsewhere : Horace Bancroft, Calvin 
 Bliss, Solomon Dodge, Gardner Fay, Wil- 
 lard Fay, Geo. W. Foster, Jr., James 
 Hargin, Charles C. McKnight, Lorenzo 
 Stowe, Marcus F. Tucker, Wm. Arlo 
 Tucker, Calvin White; in Confederate 
 "service, Jas. M«. Bliss, Melvin Dwinell. 
 
 SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE WAR. 
 
 Freeman Porter, Amasa Smith, George 
 Lowell, Charles Fisher, A. G. Eaton, 
 Lyman Pierce, Lester Clifford, Austin 
 
CALAIS. 
 
 '5' 
 
 Bennett, are buried in East Calais cem- 
 etery; T. J. Slayton, in Short cemetery; 
 Rufus Slayton in South cemetery ; Lorenzo 
 Stowe, Lewis Stowe, in Center cemetery ; 
 Joel Robinson, Marcus M. Mower, Ira Jen- 
 nings, Clark C, Colburn, in Robinson 
 cemetery. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL PAPERS. 
 
 FROM MARCUS D. OILMAN, LIBRAKIAN OP VT, 
 HISTOIIICAL SOCIKTY. 
 
 John Melvin Oilman, son of Dr. John 
 Oilman, and only brother of Marcus D. 
 Gilman, was born at Calais, Sept. 7, 1824. 
 He resided on the farm of his step-father, 
 Hon. Nathaniel Eaton, in Calais, until 
 about 17 years of age. He was educated 
 at the common schools of the town and at 
 the Washington County Grammar School 
 at Montpelier. He read law in the oifice 
 of Heaton & Reed, at Montpelier, and 
 commenced practice at New Lisbon, Ohio, 
 where he remained until 1857, when he 
 moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he has 
 become one of the most prominent mem- 
 bers of the legal profession in the state. 
 
 While residing in Ohio, Mr. Oilman was 
 elected to the State Senate from Colum- 
 biana County in 1849-50. He has been 
 four times elected to the Legislature of 
 Minnesota from St. Paul, "and has ren- 
 dered the state valuable service in that ca- 
 pacity." He has also been the democratic 
 candidate for Congress and other offices in 
 St. Paul ; but his party being in the minor- 
 ity, he was not elected. Mr. Oilman be- 
 ing a good speaker, his services are always 
 in demand as a campaign orator, and he 
 generously devotes much time to' the in- 
 terests of the democratic party. 
 
 Mr. Gilman married Anna G. Cornwell, 
 at New Lisbon, Ohio, June 25, 1857; they 
 have had children : John Cornwell, born 
 Jan. 23, 1859 ; Marcus Cornwell, born Oct. 
 18, i860; Hays Cornwell, born July 29, 
 1862 ; died Aug. 12, 1863 ; Jessie Corn- 
 well, born Nov. 14, 1864; Kittie Cornwell, 
 born Jan. 7, 1868; all born at St. Paul. 
 The two last-named only are now living. 
 The two boys, John C. and Marcus C, 
 were accidentally drowned by the upsetting 
 of their boat in a storm, on a bayo of the 
 
 Mississippi river near St. Paul, while out 
 duck-shooting, Apr. 28, 1877. 
 
 ISRAEL EDSON DWINELL, 
 
 of East Calais, [See Dwinell family in East 
 Calais papers] , in boyhood was the school- 
 mate and most intimate friend of the 
 writer. He resided on his father's farm 
 until about 18 years of age and was ed- 
 ucated at the common schools and at the 
 University of Vermont, where he was grad- 
 uated in 1843 ; read theology, and was 
 graduated at the Union Theological Sem- 
 inary, New York City, in 1848 ; ordained 
 colleague pastor with Rev. Brown Em- 
 erson, D. D., over the Third Congrega- 
 tional church, Salem, Mass., Nov. 22, 
 1849 ; remained until his removal to Sac- 
 ramento, California, in July, 1863, where 
 he became pastor of the First (Congrega- 
 tional) Church of Christ, and where he 
 still remains, (January, 1881.) 
 
 Many sermons and articles by Dr. Dwin- 
 ell have been published, mostly upon the- 
 ological matters. We give a list of his 
 principal published writings : " Claims of 
 Religion pn the State," in New Englander, 
 Nov. 1854; " Self-DevelopmentI not Ag- 
 gression, the true Policy of our Nation," 
 New En^nder, Nov. 1855 ;■ " Advance in 
 the Type of Revealed Religion," Bibliotheca 
 iairra, April, 1857; " Spiritualism tested by 
 Christianity," New Englander, Nov. 1857 ; 
 " Baptism a Consecrating Rite," Biblio- 
 theca Sacra, January, 1858; "Union of 
 the Divine and the Human in the Exter- 
 nals of Christianity," Bibliotheca Sacra, 
 July, 1859; "Adaptation of Christianity 
 to Home Missions," Congregational Quar- 
 terly, October, 1859; "Hope for our 
 Country," a sermon at Salem, Oct. 19, 
 1862, pp. 19; "Historical Sketch of the 
 Pacific Theological Association," 1867, pp. 
 28 ; " Relation of the Acceptance of Super- 
 natural Ideas to Institutions of Learning," 
 being an oration before the Associate 
 Alumni of California, Oakland, 1868, pub- 
 lished in the minutes; "The Higher 
 Reaches of the Great Continental Railway : 
 A Highway for our God," a sermon at Sac- 
 ramento, May 9, 1869, pp. 13; "New Era 
 of the Spirit," Congregational Review, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 March, 1870; "Service of the Suffering," 
 a sermon at Sacramento, April 23, 1871, 
 pp. 13; " Religion According to Carlyle," 
 Congregational Reviepi, Sept. 1871 ; "Prot- 
 estantism — Is it a Failure," Christian 
 World, Jaaaary, 1869; "Memorial Ser- 
 mon " at Sacramento, June 29, 1873 ; " Fel- 
 lowship of the Churches," a sermon at 
 the National Council of Congregational 
 Churches at New Haven, in October, 1874, 
 published in the Minutes. 
 
 Besides the above, many sermons and 
 addresses published in the newspapers ; 
 the popular way of publishing discourses 
 of late. Dr. Dwinell received the hon- 
 orary degree of Doctor of Divinity from 
 the University of Vermont iii 1864. 
 
 REV. C. L. GOODELL 
 
 was born in. Calais, Mar. 16, 1830. He 
 was brought up on a. farm, attended the 
 common schools, and fitted for college at 
 Morrisville and Bakersfield academies ; 
 graduated at the University of Vermont in 
 1855 ; at Andover Theo. Sem. 1858 ; was 
 also a short time at Union Theo. Sem. 
 New York City ; was settled as pastor over 
 the Congregational church at New Britain, 
 Conn., 14 years ; then moved to St. Louis, 
 Mo., where he still remains as pastor of a 
 church. He married Emily Fairba,nks, 
 daughter of ex-Governor Erastus Fair- 
 banks, of St. Johnsbury, in 1859; they have 
 two children, 
 
 Mr. Goodell has \)eea abroad three 
 times, visiting Egypt, Palestine and the 
 East, in 1867. His publications are : "An 
 Oration on the Fourth of July, 1849, at 
 Calais, published by request of the cit- 
 izens " ; "A Thanksgiving Sermon on our 
 National Affairs," 1863, which was widely 
 circulated; " Sketch of the Life of Gov. 
 Erastus Fairbanks," in the Congregational 
 Quarterly, January, 1865 ; " Life of Rev. 
 John Smalley, D. D., of Connecticut," 
 1873; "Life of Mrs. Henry C. Stephens, 
 of New York City," published in a vol- 
 ume in 1869; in addition, Mr. Goodell 
 writes us, he has had of late years some 
 200 sermons and public addresses pub- 
 lished in the daily press and in pamphlet 
 form. 
 
 COL. CALEB CURTIS, 
 
 one of the early settlers of Calais, was a 
 son of the first minister of Charlton, Mass., 
 Rev. Caleb Curtis, and his wife, Charity 
 (Combs) Curtis ; Col. Curtis was born in 
 Charlton, Mar. 12, 1770; he married first, 
 Polly, daughter of Levi Davis, of Charltoii, 
 who was a brother of Col. Jacob Davis, 
 one ofthe principal proprietors of the town- 
 ships of Calais and Montpelier, and the 
 first settler of the latter town. . 
 
 Col. Curtis and wife moved to Calais 
 before 179;, and settled at the head of 
 Curtis pond, so named for him, where he 
 continued to reside until his death, Jan. 4, 
 1836. 
 
 He opened an excellent farm, which he 
 industriously cultivated, and was one of 
 the most prominent citizens, having been 
 chosen to most of the civil and military 
 offices of the town and vicinity. He was 
 thrice married, and brought up and ed- 
 ucated a large and fine family. By his 
 first wife, who died. Jan. 4, 1801, aged 25, 
 years, he had : 
 
 1st, Pliny, born in Calais, Nov. 14, 1795, 
 who became a prominent, citizen in town, 
 and subsequently moved to Columbus, 
 Ohio, where he died in Feb. 1853. 
 
 2d, Ruth, born in Calais, Jan. 11, 1799, 
 and died in Middlesex, Vt., July 30, 1865 ; 
 she -married first, John Gilman, M. D., 
 May 20, 1819, and they had two sons, 
 Marcus Davis, the writer of this, and John 
 Melvin. Dr. Gilman died at Calais, Feb. 
 10, 1825, and his widow married Nathaniel 
 Eaton, of Calais, and they had one son, 
 Caleb Curtis, born at Calais, May 6, 1830 ; 
 [For whom see Eaton Family paper.] 
 
 Col. Curtis married, 2d, Miss Anna, 
 daughter of Samuel Robinson, who settled 
 in Calais from Charlton ; she died April 
 27, 1 8 14, aged 37; from this marriage 
 there was, ist, Polly, born July 6, 1804 ; 
 she married Ira Kent, of Kent's Corner, 
 Calais, where she resided until her death, 
 Jan. 24, 1881 ; 2d, Stillman H., born Dec. 
 20, 1808, read law, and settled at Plainfield, 
 and died unmarried, at Calais, in March, 
 1844; 3d, Amanda M., born July 9, 1810, 
 married Lebeus H. Chase, a merchant of 
 
CALAIS. 
 
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 Plainfield, where she died March 23, 1837, 
 no children; 4th, iVlinerva, born April 18, 
 1813, married Ezekiel Kent, brother of 
 Ira; she died in 187 1, leaving a daughter 
 Alice, who married Col. J. O. Livingston, 
 a lawyer of Montpelier, where they now 
 reside. 
 
 Col. Curtis marriefl for his third wife, a 
 widow Daggett, by whom he had, ist, 
 Dauphna, born Aug. 13, l8l6, who mar- 
 ried Rev. L. H. Tabor, a Universalist 
 minister; she died at East Burke, Vt., 
 Jan. II, 1880; they had three children. 
 
 2d, Laura A., born Aug. 28, 1819, mar- 
 ried J. V. R. Kent, brother to Ira; she 
 died at Calais, Aug. 31, iBji ; 3d, Fanny 
 H., born July 24, 1822, and married Abdiel 
 Kent, another brother of Ira ; she died 
 Dec. 24, 1854, leaving two sons and two 
 daughters, the eldest daughter*, Ella F., 
 married Arthur B. Bacon, and they reside 
 in Spencer, Mass., and have two children, 
 Frederick and Laura. 
 
 Murray A., married Ruth, daughter of 
 Sidney Bennett and wife, Ruth (Eaton) ; 
 they have a son, Dorman, and reside at 
 Kent's Corner, Van R., married Le- 
 ila, daughter of Capt. Foster of Calais, 
 and reside in Spencer, Mass. Laura Ann, 
 a young lady, finely educated, is precep- 
 tress of the High and Graded School in 
 Spencer, Mass. 
 
 The children of Col. Caleb Curtis were 
 nine, two sons and seven daughters ; and 
 his third wife, widow Dhggett, added to 
 the family three daughters Lucy, Catharine 
 and Mary, by her first husband, and the 
 twelve lived togetlier in affection, love and 
 harmony. 
 
 Pliny, eldest son of Col. Curtis, mar- 
 ried Relief, daughter of Darius Boyden, 
 one of the early settlers of East Montpel- 
 ier, (who also came from Charlton) ; they 
 were married at East Montpelier, Dec. 17, 
 1818, and settled on a farm where Sidney 
 Bennett now lives, about a mile south of 
 tlie Curtis homestead. They raised a 
 beautiful family of eight children, all born 
 in Calais ; about 1840, the family moved 
 to a farm near Columbus, Ohio ; his wife 
 Relief died at Peoria, 111., Aug. 13, 1862, 
 aged 65. Their children were : 
 
 1st, Nathaniel Bancroft, born Sept. n, 
 1819; married Jane Warren, of Warren- 
 ville, Dupage County, 111., in 1853, and 
 they have two daughters. Nathaniel went 
 to Columbus, Ohio, early in life, and was 
 very prosperous in mercantile and banking 
 business there and at Peoria, 111., whither 
 he removed in 185 1 ; and it should be re- 
 corded that from 1840 until his death in 
 1872, he contributed largely to the support 
 of his father's family, and especially to the 
 thorough education of the younger mem- 
 bers. From an obituary notice of Mr. 
 Nathaniel B. Curtis, from a Peoria paper: 
 
 Mr. Curtis came to Peoria in 1851 or '52, 
 from Ohio, and established here the first 
 banking .house in the city. The firm was 
 known as N. B. Curtis & Co. ; the bank 
 prospered under Mr. Curtis's able manage-' 
 ment, and upon the opening of the First 
 National bank he was made cashier, and 
 was a director up to within about 10 months 
 of his death, when his brain became im- 
 paired from the constant strain upon it and 
 it was found necessary to send him to 
 Hartford, Conn., where he died. Mr. 
 Curtis, both as a business man and a pri- 
 vate gentleman, was much loved by all 
 who knew him. 
 
 His widow died at Warrenville, Aug. 26, 
 1879;' one of the daughters is married, 
 and the other resides with her mother. 
 
 2d, Darius Boyden, born Sept. 17, 1821 ; 
 difed 'at Calais, November 7, 1844 ; never 
 married. 
 
 3d, Caroline Amanda, born Sept. 23, 
 1823 ; married Jonas K. Hall, of Calais, in 
 1846, and died May 12, 1848 j no children. 
 
 4th, Pliny, Jr., J)orn March 29, 1826; 
 was in business with his brother Nathaniel 
 at Peoria, and married Miss Cornelia Bald- 
 win of that place ; she died about 1873 or 
 '74, leaving four children; Mr. Curtis 
 died at St. Louis, in 1880. 
 
 Sth, Maria, married Dr. E. S. Deming 
 of Calais, in 1846 ; he died leaving 2 sons, 
 Sumner, and Henry Halford, grown up to 
 manhood ; residing with their mother in 
 Kansas. 
 
 6th, Lucinda, married Mr. Sanger, a 
 prominent lawyer of Peoria; died very 
 soon witliout children. Mr. Sanger mar- 
 ried her sister, (7th) Mary ; he died soon 
 after, leaving a handsome estate, and Mary 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 married, 2d, a Mr. Brayton, of P(eoria, and 
 3d, a Mr. Wilson of the same place ; she 
 died in 1876, leaving two sons, Ezra San- 
 ger, by her first husband, and Curtis Bray- 
 ton by her second; the sons reside in 
 Peoria. 
 
 8th, Levon, died at 17. 
 
 Polly Curtis, b. 1804, md. Ira Kent. 
 (See Kent family paper.) 
 
 Colonel Curtis was one of the most 
 active and influential men of his time in 
 the west part of the town ; educational fa- 
 cilities were early and liberally provided, 
 and largely through his influence a spa- 
 cious and handsome church edifice was 
 erected south of Kent's Corner, which is 
 an ornament to the town at this day ; this 
 was erected as a Union meeting-house, 
 but the Universalist element largely pre- 
 dominated in that part of the town at the 
 time of its erection, and it is now entirely 
 owned and controlled by this denomina- 
 tion. The descendants of Col. Curtis, 
 through the most remote branches, are of 
 this faith, and so indeed are the descend- 
 ants of the principal early settlers of that' 
 part of the town ; and no town ever did or 
 does contain a more intelligent, moral, in- 
 dependent, liberal community than is pre- 
 sented in the inhabitants of West Calais, 
 from the first settlement to the present 
 time. 
 
 CHARLES CLARK, M. D., 
 
 was born in Montpelier, Jan. 31, 1800; 
 son of Nathaniel and Lucy Perry Clark ; his 
 father, Nathaniel Clark, died in 1810. 
 When Charles was 7 years old, his left leg 
 was amputated by Dr. Nathan Smith, of 
 Hanover, N. H. When 21 years of age, 
 he commenced the practice of medicine 
 with Dr. N. C. King, in North Mont- 
 pelier. In 1823, he moved to Calais, and 
 was the same year married to Clarissa 
 Boyden, daughter of Darius Boyden, of 
 MOntpelier. He remained in Calais 14 
 years, and four of his children were born 
 here. In 1837, he removed to Montpelier. 
 purchasing the Boyden homestead of his 
 wife's father, where he remained 12 years, 
 and in 1849, removed to Montpelier vil- 
 lage, for the better education of his chil- 
 
 dren, 6 in all ; 2 born in Montpelier. He 
 died June 21, 1874, aged 74 years. 
 
 FACE OF TOWNSHIP ; NAME. 
 
 This town is peculiarly situated in some 
 respects, it being naturally divided by two 
 valleys, with high hills at their sides, ex- 
 tending northerly and southerly ; in these 
 valleys are the two principal streams of 
 the town, and they join in the south-easterly 
 part of the same, forming a principal 
 branch of Winooski river. The east and 
 west parts of the town are thus isolated and 
 independent in a measure of each other. 
 Notwithstanding the hilly and uneven char- 
 acter of the town, there is less of what is 
 denominated waste land, than in any town- 
 ship within our knowledge. 
 
 WHENCE THE NAME. 
 
 Col. Jacob Davis, a proprietor - in the 
 grants of Montpelier and Calais, selected 
 the name of Montpelier for that township, 
 as uncommon and not likely to be dupli- 
 cated ; and what more probable than, hav- 
 ing selected a nanje from the south of 
 France for the more southerly township in 
 which he was interested, than that he 
 should have selected a name from the 
 north of France, Calais, for the northerly 
 township. This we think is a solution of 
 the question, how did Calais get its name ? 
 [Stee remarks of Mr. Tobey to same eftect. 
 —Ed.] 
 
 The early settlers of Calais, as well as of 
 Vermont generally, had in view among 
 other objects a Viore perfect liberty, free- 
 dom and independence, and to escape from 
 the injustice of a taxation for the support 
 of religions in which they did not believe, 
 and other Puritan oppressions that pre- 
 vailed in Massachusetts and Connecticut, 
 from whence Vermont was mainly settled. 
 
 CALAIS ITEMS. 
 
 We find the following in the Freemen's 
 Press, the first democratic newspaper es^ 
 tablished in Montpelier : 
 
 Notice Is hereby given that a petition 
 will be preferred to the next legislature of 
 Vermont at their next session in Mont- 
 pelier, for a grant for a turnpike from the 
 river LaMoile, in Hardwick, to Montpelier 
 Village, through Woodbury, Calais and 
 Montpelier. - Caleb Curtis. 
 
 Calais, Aug. ij, 1810. 
 
CALAIS. 
 
 iSS 
 
 A singular explosion occurred in the 
 northerly part of Calais in the spring of 
 1826; near the base of a side hill, a large 
 quantity of earth and rock was thrown out, 
 leaving a cavity 12 feet in depth, 6 rods in 
 length and 40 feet wide. Large trees were 
 growing on the spot, .which were removed 
 with such force as to cause them to fall 
 with their tops up the hill, although while 
 standing, they leaned dpwn the hill nearly 
 30 degrees from a perpendicular. 
 
 The ground was frozen to the depth of 
 nearly 2 feet ; large stones, weighing from 
 300 to 400 pounds, were thrown 30 rod^, 
 and one, weighing nearly half a ton, asi 
 judged, was thrown 8 rods ; the noise of 
 the explosion was heard at a considerable! 
 distance. No cause was ever assigned,! 
 except that of the accumulation of water in 
 the fissures of the rocks under the frozen 
 surface ; but this seems hardly probable. 
 
 THE OILMAN FAMILY OF CALAIS. 
 
 FKOM TlIK MBMOKANDUM OP MAUCU8 D. GILMAX, 
 OF MONTPKUISli. 
 
 Jonathan Oilman was born at Gilman- 
 ton, May 31, 1763; lived at Gilmanton, 
 N. H., until about 1794-S ; in 1796, lived 
 at Vershire, Vt., where he continued until 
 about 1817, when he went to live with his 
 son, John, at East Calais, which was his 
 home until his death, which occurred at 
 Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 5, 1824, while 
 he was on a visit to his sons, Daniel and 
 Jonathan, at that place, and he was buried 
 there. He married Susannah Dudley, 
 (probably at Gilmanton) Nov. 9, 1783. 
 She was born at Exeter, N. H., 1762, and 
 died at East Calais, Dec. 20, 1817 ; and 
 was buried on the East Hill in Calais, near 
 the Aaron Lilley place. 
 
 Brothers and Sisters of Jonathan 
 Oilman :—Phineas lived in N. H.; Zeb- 
 ulon in Chelsea, Vt. ;, Joseph lived and 
 died in Calais — his son, Lewis, settled in 
 Hardwick; Edward, John and Nicholas 
 lived in Strafford ; Levi and Abigail, sister, 
 lived in N. H. 
 
 The father of the above is said to have 
 kept tavern a long while in Gilmanton. 
 
 Children of Jonathan Oilman and wife, 
 Susanna Dudley: Jacob, b. Feb. 24, 
 
 1785, and had children, 9 girls, 2 boys, 
 settled in Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Thomas, b- Aug. 19, 1786, m. and had 
 3 daughters and one son, Leonard, a den- 
 tist at St. Albans ; one dau. md. and died 
 in Underbill. 
 
 Daniel, b. Oct. 13, 1787, d. in Ohio ; 
 had sons and daughters. 
 
 John Taylor, father of Marcus D., b. at 
 Gilmanton, N. H., July 24, 1791. 
 
 Susan, b. June 25, 1792, m. Dr. Spear, 
 of Vershiris ; both died there ; had one dau., 
 also deceased. 
 
 Betsy, b. Mar. 6, 1794, m. Shadrach 
 Weymouth, of Vershire, and died there 
 before 1820; left one dau. and one son; 
 the dau. Roxy Ann, m. Lyman Cole, an 
 artist, and settled in Newburyport, Mass. 
 The son, Warren, became a Methodist 
 minister, and settled at West Amesbury, 
 Mass. 
 
 Sarah, b. at Vershire, Jan. 1776, m. 
 Jedediah Hyde in 1812, and settled on 
 Grand Isle ; had 7 sons and 4 daughters, 
 who mostly settled on Grand Isle and Isle 
 LaMotte. She died atO. I., Feb. 4, i863».. 
 
 Roxy Ann, b. at Vershire, Oct. 16,1798, 
 m. Nathan Bicknell, Oct. 1825, and re- 
 sides at' Underbill, Vt. ; had children : 
 Anne Eliza, m. to Lucius Mead, lives in 
 Essex, Vt. ; Edna and Sidney, twins ; 
 Edna not m._; Sidney, m., clerk in a 
 clothing store at Chicago; Roxy Anne 
 died at Burlington, Aug. 29, 1877, at the 
 residence of her dau. A. E. Mead. 
 
 Abigail, b. at Vershire, Nov. 22, 1800, 
 m. 1st, Sewell Spaulding, and settled in 
 Jericho ; 2d, M. Woodworth, and is still 
 living in Underbill ; no children. 
 
 Dudley, b. at Vershire, 1802, went to 
 sea; died early in Cuba, W. I. ; not mar- 
 ried. 
 
 Jonathan, b. at Vershire, 1806; learned 
 the printer's trade at Montpelier ; m. and 
 settled in Lowell, Mass., and died there or 
 at Newburyport ; 3 children. 
 
 JOHN TAYLOR oilman, 
 
 born at Gilmanton, N. H., July 2.4, 1791, 
 studied medicine at Dartmouth Medical 
 College in 18 14, and commenced practice 
 in 1815 at East Calais. He married Ruth, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 daughter of Col. Caleb Curtis, May, 1819; 
 children : Marcus Davis, John Melvin, 
 [See Col. Curtis' paper, by Mr. Gilman, 
 before these papers.] Dr. Gilman died 
 at East Calais, Feb. 10, 1825. His widow 
 married Nath. Eaton, and died at Middle- 
 sex, 1865, and was buried in Montpelier 
 cemetery. Dr. John Gilman was the pi- 
 oneer physician of East Calais, and had a 
 large field of practice quite to himself until 
 Dr. Chas. Clark, father to the ex-Prof. N. 
 G. Clark, of the Vermont University, 
 moved into town, who, in order to secure 
 his share of practice, " reduced fare," or 
 put down the^ price for his professional calls 
 to 25 cents a visit. Dr. G., the estab- 
 lished physician, growled a little, but not 
 the man to be beaten in that way, down 
 went his charges to 25 cents a visit. 
 Many are the charges we find on his old 
 book, all at 25 cents a visit ; occasionally 
 made up to 35 cents for a little medicine 
 sold at the time. He maintained his 
 ground^ — succeeded — at his death left a 
 handsome property for the day. He died 
 of what was then called lung fever ; at the 
 present day, pneumonia. He had an at- 
 tack, had but partially recovered, could 
 not be deterred from visiting patients call- 
 ing for him, brought on a relapse, and died 
 in a few days after. He was simply a 
 martyr to his profession ; age, 34 years. 
 
 In looking over a package of old family 
 letters, journals, etc., we find Jonathan 
 Gilman was found dead in his bed ; died 
 suddenly of apoplexy. He was father of 
 Dr. John, and grandfather to Marcus D., 
 our historical librarian. Dr. John Gilman 
 
 as he wrote his name, dropping the T 
 kept a note-book while at Dartmouth Med- 
 ical College, in which is given the synopsis 
 of every lecture he heard and the name of 
 the professor who delivered it. From a 
 sheet catalogue of the Medical College for 
 1814, we give for benefit of our towns who 
 may not have in their papers the record of 
 all their early physicians, the Vermont 
 names therein : 
 
 Barre.t, Thomas T., Springfield, Vt. ; 
 Bates, Roswell, Randolph; Brown, Leon- 
 ard, Peacham ; Campbell, John, Putney ; 
 ♦Chamberlin, Mellen, Peacham; Elkins' 
 
 Ephraim, Peacham; *Finny, Alfrid, Lud- 
 low ; Fletcher, John, Williamstown ; Gil- 
 let, Bezaleel, Hartford ; Goodwin, Jacob, 
 Bradford ; Hatch, Horace, Norwich ; Haz- 
 eltine, Laban, Wardsborough ; Jennison, 
 Charles, Hartland ; * Leavett, Harvey, 
 Hartford ; Martin, Lyman,Peacham ; ♦New- 
 ton, Enos W., Hartford ; Paddock, Wil- 
 liam, Barre; Paddock, Wm. S., Pomfret; 
 Page, Alfrid, Barnard ; *Richardson, John 
 P., Woodstock; Rogers, Asher A., Thet- 
 ford ; Stevens, John, Newbury ; Tewks- 
 bury, Hartland ; Tracey, James 2d, Hart- ^ 
 ford ; Wait, James, Brandon ; Washburn, 
 Hercules, Randolph ; Wheeler, John, West 
 Fairlee. 
 
 Whole number of students, 105 ; Ver- 
 mont representation in Dartmouth Medical 
 College, 1814, as above, 27. 
 
 MARCUS DAVIS OILMAN 
 
 was born at Calais, Jan. 28, 1820. He had 
 the misfortune to lose his father — Dr. John 
 Gilman — ^at J years of age. He lived with 
 his mother and step-father, Mr. Eaton, on 
 a farm in Calais until 15 years of age, 
 when he went into Baldwin & Scott's store 
 at Montpelier, as clerk, until 2i years of 
 age ; then was in business as merchant at 
 Northfield, as White, Gilman &" Co., 2 
 years ; then in same business at Montpel- 
 ier 2 years, as £ilis, Wilder &-= Co. 
 
 Mr. Gilman married Maria Malleville 
 daughter of Hon. Daniel Baldwin, of 
 Montpelier, May 10, 1843, and in 1845, 
 moved to Chicago, 111., where he resided 
 for 23 years, or until .1868 as a merchant; 
 children : John Baldwin, born at Chicago, 
 July 5, 1847, deceased ; Emily Eliza, born 
 at Chicago, June 10, 1849, married. 
 
 Sarah Alice, born at Chicago, March2i, 
 1851, died at Chicago, March 19, 1853; 
 Marcus Edward, born at Chicago, June 26, 
 1853, died at Chicago, Nov. 9, 1863. 
 
 The next data in given memorandum : 
 "At this time, March, 1870, we are re- 
 siding (temporarily it may be) at River- 
 side, Auburndale, Mass. Removed to 
 Montpelier, Oct. 1871." He now resides 
 at Montpelier, where he has been librarian 
 of the State Historical Society since 1874, 
 
 •Members of college. 
 
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 and is corresponding member of six or 
 seven State Historical Societies, &c. Mr. 
 Gilman has said to us th^t lie graduated at 
 the Washington County Grammar School 
 at the age of 15 years, and went out into 
 the world for himself. In business he ap- 
 pears to have been remarkably successful, 
 and to have sensibly retired, that he may 
 devote himself to his historical tastes. He 
 has a very large correspondence ; his his- 
 torical offices are a laborious business ; no 
 nominal appointments, only, mere compli- 
 ments, in his hands, as we may judge from 
 the weekly file of letters and communica- 
 tions on his table. He is jiist the one man 
 in the State best situated to make a biblio- 
 theca for Vermont, and he is doing it, 
 several chapters of which have been al- 
 ready published, though by no means the 
 most or the best part of it, as we are very 
 well prepared to say, having carefully 
 looked through the mss. so far as finished 
 up, and the vast amount of rhaterial to be 
 worked up, and we shall with much interest 
 await the appearance of the work when it 
 may be published. 
 
 JOHN BALDWIN GILMAN, M. D., 
 
 son of Marcus D., died at his father's, in 
 Montpelier, May 18, 1873, in his 26th 
 year. Naturally cheerful, born to a home 
 afl^uent with pleasant things, fond of books 
 in his early years, his childhood was a 
 happy one. At 12, he was entered the 
 Rev. Mr. Fay's excellent school for boys, 
 3l\. St. Albans, and fitted for college ; was 
 next at Lombard University, 111., 3 years ; 
 at 17 years, entered Harvard for a full 
 course ; graduated in 1868; studied med- 
 icine, the German, French and Italian lan- 
 guages in Germany 2 years ; Feb. 1870, 
 returned to Boston, and continued his 
 studies at the Boston Medical College. 
 The summer following, the Franco-Prus- 
 sian warireaking out, the opportunity for 
 surgical experience in the military hospi- 
 tals was irresistible, and he hastened to 
 recross the ocean. On arriving, he was 
 appointed by the German authorities to 
 the post of assistant surgeon in the Prus- 
 sian service, which position he held to the 
 end of the war, when, retiring fronj the 
 
 service, he was complimented by the Em- 
 peror William with the Decoration of the 
 Iron Cross, the first instance, so far as 
 known, that an American surgeon has re- 
 ceived the honor. Returning to Boston, 
 he completed his studies there, and in the 
 fall of 1871, commenced the practice of 
 his profession in Topeka, Kansas, where 
 he rapidly acquired an extensive practice. 
 Late in the fall of 1872, small pox ap- 
 peared in Topeka. From his experience 
 in the military hospitals of Prussia, he felt 
 himself especially fitted to deal with it, 
 and entered upon the work with great in- 
 terest. His treatment was the German 
 mode, and attended with remarkable suc- 
 cess, and his services were in almost con- 
 stant requisition. He acted not Only as 
 physician, but ministered extensively as 
 nurse, and in not a few cases as sexton. 
 In this last office — burying the dead at 
 midnight — he severely suffered. After the 
 efiidemic had subsided, he was stricken 
 downwith varioloid, and pneumonia, be- 
 fore he was recovered, set in. He re- 
 turned to his father's, in Montpelier, the 
 last part of April, a quick consumption 
 indelibly fixed upon him, which made rapid 
 progress till in the midst of the beautiful 
 month of May, in the quiet of the village 
 Sabbath, his young, busy, earth-life went 
 out. Says his friend, in the Boston Globe 
 of May 20th : " Dr. Gilman was greatly 
 beloved by his associates for his genial 
 and unselfish disposition, as well as ad- 
 mired for his brilliant qualities of mind, 
 and his numerous friends will condole with 
 his family upon a loss they feel personal 
 to them as to his own kindred." 
 
 Emily E., the only surviving child of 
 Marcus D. Gilman, m.Apr. 13, 1868, Rev. 
 Henry I. Cushman, born inOrford, N. H., 
 graduated at Dartmouth College, read the- 
 ology, and is now pastor of the first Uni- 
 versalist church in Providence, R. I. 
 Children, Mary Alice, born, Boston, Apr. 
 27, 1869; died. Providence, R. I., June 
 18, 1877; Ruth, born, Newton, Mass., 
 May 29, 1870 ; Robert, born, Boston, Sept. 
 18, 1872 ; Marcus Gilman, born, Montpel- 
 ier, July 25, 187s ; died in Providence, 
 R. I., July 18, 1877 ; Earl Baldwin, born. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Providence, R. I., May 5, 1878; died 
 there, May 25,, 1878. — Ed. 
 
 KENT FAMILY. 
 
 EzEKlEL, 1st, b. June, 1744, m. Ruth 
 Garey, b. Oct., 1748, lived and died in 
 Rehoboth, Mass. ; d. in May 1842, wife 
 in Dec. 1818; 11 cliildren, two of whom, 
 Remember and Ezelciel, settled in Calais. 
 
 Remember, ist, son of Ezekiel ist, b. 
 June II, 1775 in Rehoboth, came to Calais 
 in 1798 ; m. Rachel dau. of Capt. Abdiel 
 Bliss ,1799 ; settled at what has since been 
 known as Kent's Corner, where he cleared 
 a large farm and spent the rest of his days. 
 He filled various town offices ; was. suc- 
 cessively ensign, lieutenant and captain in 
 the militia, his first commission bearing 
 date ,1805. He died May 13, 1855, his 
 wife Nov. 2, 1843. 
 
 Their children all born in Calais, were 
 Remember 2d, b. June, 1799; Rachel 
 Bliss, b. Sept. 1800, m. Aaron Tucker. 
 Ira, b. April, 1803 ; Abdiel, b. Nov. 1805 ; 
 Georgie, b. Sept. 1808 ; Ezekiel 2d, b. 
 May, i8i I ; John V. R., b. Nov, 21, 1813 ; 
 Samuel N., b. Nov. 1817; d. June 1835. 
 
 Remember 2d, m. Jan. 1,824, Delia dau. 
 of Edward Tucker ; made the first clearing 
 on the farm where W. G. Kent now lives ; 
 has resided most of his days in Calais, 
 working some portion of the time at his 
 trade as a mill-wright. His wife died 
 April, i860, and he m. Lucy (White) 
 widow of John Goodell. He died in Calais 
 Feb. 19, 1881. His children, all born in 
 Calais, were : Azro, b. May, 1825! Diana, 
 b. March, 1830, m. 1854, Enoch H. Vin- 
 cent, b. 1820 in Middlesex, farmer ; resides 
 in East Montpelier; children Jane K., m. 
 William J. Somerville, Fayston, farmer; 
 Ella D ; Prentiss J ; Jane, deceased at 18. 
 
 Ira, m. Polly, dau. of Col. Caleb Curtis. 
 (See Curtis family). He has always re- 
 sided on his father's old farm ; was consta- 
 ble in 1838, post-master some 16 years ; 
 and from 1837 to '66, he and his brother 
 Abdiel were in partnership under the firm 
 name of I. & A. Kent, and transacted a 
 considerable mercantile and manufacturing 
 business. His children all born in Calais ; 
 Ira Richardson, b. Sept. 3, 1833 ; Amanda 
 
 C, b. Jan. 2, 1838, d. Feb. 18, 1842; 
 Rachel Ann, b. April 26, 1839, d. May 28, 
 185s; Flora Empgene, b. April 17, 1841, 
 d. Sept. 6, 1851 ; LeRoy Abdiel, b. Aug. 
 25, 1843. 
 
 Abdiel, when 21 years of age went to 
 Nashua, N. H., and worked on the foun- 
 dation of the first cotton factory built 
 there ; thence to Mass. and learned the 
 masOn's trade, working at his trade sum- 
 mers and teaching school winters, until 
 about 1830, he bought in Calais where he 
 now lives, and began manufacturing boots 
 in a small building where the store now 
 stands. This business was continued some 
 40 years, at times employing a dozen or 
 more men, and for some 20 years harness- 
 making was connected with it. In 1833, 
 he enlarged his shop^ and put in a small 
 stock of staple dry goods and groceries. 
 In 1854, the present shoe-shop and store 
 were built, and the latter stocked with a 
 general assortment of goods, and this 
 business was continued by him and the 
 firm of I. & A. Kent some 30 years. 
 
 In 1837, he built the brick house where 
 he now lives, and kept a hotel there until 
 1847. In 1844, in company with others, 
 he built the starch-fectory near the centre 
 of the town, and run it until about 1858. 
 In 1847, put iron working machinery in 
 the red shop at Maple Corner, where, it 
 was run by N. W. Bancroft some 4 years. 
 He has been a large owner of real estate 
 in this and other towns, a woolen-factory, 
 mills and hotel at Craftsbury; built and 
 stocked the store in Woodbury, now owned 
 by A. W. Nelson, owned for some years 
 the Norcross mill in Woodbury, the Ira 
 Brown saw-mill in the north-west part of 
 Calais, and the old saw-mill at Maple Cor- 
 ner. His brother, Ira, was a partner in 
 all the above business from 1837 to '66. 
 Beside being one of its most active busi- 
 ness men, he has held nearly all the offices 
 in the gift of the town, and that he has 
 served acceptably is shown by his contin- 
 ued re-elections, (see lists of town officers.) 
 He m. 1st June 7, 1845, Fanny H., dau. 
 of Col. Caleb Curtis, who d. Dec. 24, 1854, 
 2d, Lucy A., dau. of Vial A. Bliss; chil- 
 dren born in Calais : Murray Abdiel ; Ella 
 
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 Fanny, m. Arthur B. Bacon, resides in 
 Spencer, Mass., merchant ; children: Fred 
 K., Fannie L. 
 
 George, son of Remember, m. April 24, 
 1835, Mehitable Hill, b. Dec. 2, 1807, in 
 Cabot ; resides in Calais, a successful far- 
 mer; .children: Marcus Newell, b. June, 
 1837, George Wallace, April, 1845. M. 
 Newell m. May 4, 1862, Hester A. dau. of 
 Vial A. Bliss. For several years he re- 
 mained upon the farm with his father, 
 afterwards engaged in the mercantile pur- 
 suit at Worcester Corner, where he died 
 Oct. 20, 1876; children, Dora B., Frances. 
 G. Wallace, ra. May, 1868, Justina A. 
 dau. of Kneeland and Caroline Kelton, 
 b. in East Montpelier, Sept. 1849, resides 
 upon the homestead : children, Alice Glee, 
 George, Katie M., Jessie J. 
 
 Murray, son of Abdiel, m. 1870, Ruth 
 E., dau of P. S. Bennett, resides in Cal- 
 ais ; son Dorman B. E. ; Van R., son of 
 Abdiel, m. 1874, Lelia S., dau. of S. H. 
 Foster of Calais ; is associated, with J. E. 
 Bacon of Spencer, Mass., in the manufac- 
 ture of boots ; child, Marion. 
 
 Ira Richardson, son of Ira; m. 1855, 
 Anna E., b. June, 1834, in New York city, 
 died Aug. 3, 1856; dau. of William H. and 
 Harriet A. Simpson ; child, Nora Anna, 
 b. July 28, i8s6, d. Oct. 19, 1861. He m. 
 Feb. 1870, Inez R., (dau. of Hon. D. W. 
 Aiken of Hardwick,) who died June 8, '74.^ 
 "Rich. Kent" as he was familiarly 
 known, was a person whom, never pos- 
 sessing robust health, was enabled by his 
 indomitable will, perseverance, and quick 
 perceptive faculties, to accomplish while 
 in his younger years an amount of business 
 which might only have been expected from 
 one of much stronger physique, and ma- 
 turer years, and when 20 years of age 
 assumed the entire managenlent of the 
 mercantile business of I. & A. Kent, which 
 he continued for about 6 years, when he 
 engaged in buying cattle and horses and 
 selling in the Mass. mai-ket until 1865; 
 during which time he filled various town 
 offices with acceptance. Dec. 1865, he en- 
 tered into a partnership with J. E. Bacon 
 of Spencer, Mass., in the manufecturing 
 of boots of which they did an extensive 
 
 and successful business to the time of his 
 death, which occurred in Calais, October 
 9, 1875. 
 
 LeRoy a. Kent, son of Ira, m. Feb. 
 22, 1875, Blanche S., dau. of S. D. Hol- 
 lister of Marshfield, b. May. 11, 1852: son 
 I. Rich. b. Oct. 28, 1876, engaged in mer- 
 cantile pursuit at Craftsbury, 1868 to '70 ; 
 1873 succeeded B. P. White in the same 
 business at Kent's Corner, where he still 
 remains ; received appointment of post- 
 master in 1873, present incumbent. 
 
 AzRO, son of Remember 2d, m. Nov. 
 1849, Hannah S., dau. of Edward and 
 Susan Eastman b. in Salisbury, N. H., 
 May, 1832. Learned the machinist trade 
 at Northfield, and has been employed in 
 the Central Vt. R. R. Co. shops since 
 1849; since 1863, has been master me- 
 chanic and general foreman in their shop 
 at St. Albans : children : Edward T., b. 
 July 20, 1853, d. May 30, 1859; Ele Mar- 
 tha, b. July 20, 1859, d. Aug. 31, 1859; 
 EdwardB., b. July, '66, now in Universty at 
 Burlington. Azro Ceil, Aug. 1869. 
 
 Prentiss J., son of Remember 2d, m. 
 Sept. 1864, Elizabeth M., dau. of Am- 
 brose and Sally Atwater of Burlington ; 
 worked at the trade of machinist and 
 teaching school till 1857 ; graduated from 
 th'e medical Dept. U. V. M., i860; went 
 to Michigan and engaged in drug business 
 in connection with the practice of medi- 
 cine. In 1862, was appointed assistant 
 surgeon in the 174th Regt. N. Y. Vols. ; 
 was in active service till spring of 1864, 
 when by reason of the consolidation of 
 174th and i62d regiments he was honora- 
 bly discharged ; after which he resumed the 
 practice of medicine at Winooski Falls. 
 In 1869, health failing, he went to Wor- 
 cester, Mass., and invented the "Kent & 
 Bancroft self-operating spinning-mule," 
 and was engaged for a time in its .manu- 
 facture and sale ; but returned to Buriing- 
 ton in 1874, and resumed his profession, 
 where he now i;esides ; children : Osborn 
 Atwater, b. in Winooski Falls, Oct. 24, 
 1868, d. July IS, 1869 ; William Henry, b. 
 in Woonsocket, R. I., July 2, 1871, d. in 
 Burlington July, 1872; Arthur Atwater, b. 
 in Smithfield, R. I., Dec. 1873. 
 
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 J. V. R. Kent, son of. Remember ist, 
 b. Nov. 1844, m. Laura A., dau. of CoL 
 Caleb Curtis, who died Aug. 31, 1851; 
 Dec. 26, 1856, m. Mrs. Catherine A. 
 Morse, dau. of Alpheus J. Bliss ; child, 
 Charles V., b. Dec. 1857. Mr. Kent re- 
 mained on the old homestead to the age 
 of 20 years, when he learned the boot and 
 shoe trade with his brothers, I. & A. Kent, 
 where he worked about 15 years. For the 
 last 12 years he has resided at Maple Cor- 
 ner on the farm purchased of Alonzo Tay- 
 lor of New York ; has filled nearly every 
 office in the gift of the town, many of 
 which he held continuously tor many years. 
 
 EzEKiEL, 3d, m. Nov. 13, 1836, Minerva 
 Anna, dau. of Col. Caleb Curtis ; a suc- 
 cessful farmer; resided in Calais until 
 1872, when he moved to Montpelier, where 
 he now resides ; has held town offices be- 
 fore and since his removal ; daughter^ Alice 
 May, b. Mar. i, 1841, m. Nov. 1866, Capt. 
 J. O. Livingston; enlisted May, 1862, 
 and mustered out July, 1865 as Capt. of 
 Co. G. 9th Regt. Vt. Vols. ; was admitted 
 to the Lamoille County Bar, May term 
 1862, and now practicing his profession in 
 Montpelier. 
 
 EATON FAMILY IN CALAIS. 
 
 BY CALEB C. EATON. 
 
 Jacob Eaton, Sr., settled in the South- 
 east part of Calais, on Kingsbury's branch, 
 in 1816, with a family of 4 children, Isaac, 
 (who 2 years after was killed by the kick 
 of a horse), Jacob, Mary Ann and Syl- 
 vester C, of whom 2 survive, Jacob and 
 Sylvester, the; former living on the old 
 homestead farm. In 1827, Nathaniel, an 
 older son, and Jacob, Jr., bought the farm 
 of their father, and' they lived together 
 until the death of the latter, Feb. 1843, 
 aged Tj years. Nathaniel moved to Mid- 
 dlesex, Vt., in March, 1864, where he died 
 Feb. 6, 1878, aged 87 years ; 37 years of 
 his life having been spent in the town of 
 Calais, whither he moved from Hardwick 
 at the age of 37 years. While living in 
 Calais he was elected State Senator in 
 1840 and '41 ; Assistant Judge of County 
 Court, 1857, '58 ; justice of the peace con- 
 tinuously for 24 years, and was often 
 called upon to settle estates ; also, as com- 
 
 missioner to locate, alter and establish 
 new roads, and as referee, and to make 
 contracts and legal papers. He was a 
 useful man in the community in which he 
 lived, fearless and outspoken in his views, 
 had decided opinions of his own, and the 
 ability to maintain them. He was. twice 
 married ; first, to Ruth Bridgman, in Hard- 
 wick, in 1812, by whom he had two chil- 
 dren, Dorman Bridgman and Ruth ; the 
 latter died in 1849, at the birth of her first 
 child. Dorman B. is an eminent lawyer 
 in the city of New York, where he located 
 in 1850. He has taken an active and in- 
 fluential part in reformatory measures in 
 in that city, and is one of the leaders in 
 favor of civil service reform in this coun- 
 try ; has written an exhaustive work upon 
 that subject,' entitled, "Civil Service in 
 Great Britain " ; also, a work entitled, 
 "The Spoils Sy.stem, and Civil Service 
 Reform in the Custom House and Post- 
 office in New York City" ; and numerous 
 other works of which I am notable to give 
 the titles ; one written during the last 
 Presidential campaign entitled, "From 
 the Independent Republicans of New York, 
 by Junius.''^ He is a graduate of the Vt. 
 University ; also of Harvard Law School ; 
 educated himself, and came out free from 
 debt. He was chairman of the Civil Serr 
 vice Commission, when Geo. Wm. Curtis 
 resigned, during Grant's administration. 
 
 Nathaniel Eaton married, 2d, Mrs. Ruth 
 (Curtis,) widow of Dr. John Gilman, by 
 whom he had one son, Caleb C, born in 
 Calais, where he resided till he was 34 
 years of age, when he moved to Middlesex, 
 living there 16 years ; represented that 
 town in the Legislature in 1876, ''^^ ; was 
 justice of the peace 4 years ; lister 3 years, 
 and appointed to take the census for that 
 town in 1880 ; in May, 1880, removed to 
 Montpelier, where he now resides. 
 
 He married Susan, daughter of Larned 
 Coburn, one of the early settlers of East 
 Montpelier; children, 4; all daughters; 
 2 died in infancy ; Flora Coburn, born in 
 Calais, preceptress in Goddard Seminary, 
 Barre, m. Prof. Henry Priest, Principal of 
 that institution, Aug. 11, 1881 ; Emily 
 Louisa lives with her parents. 
 
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 EAST CALAIS PAPERS. 
 
 OONTBIBOTED BY MR. AND MHS. ALCEBT DWINELL. 
 
 CAPT. JOSHUA LILLEY 
 
 located at an early day in East Calais, and 
 came in possession of the water-power and 
 a large tract of land around. He put up a 
 saw-mill and a grist-mill where the saw- 
 mill now stands, and about 1805, built a 
 two-story house on his hill farm, now 
 owned and occupied by Levi G. Dwinell. 
 Capt. Lilley entered into speculations of 
 various kinds, among which was the mer- 
 cantile, in which he was unsuccessful and 
 had to retrench.' In 1812, he sold his hill 
 farm to Israel Dwinell, and about the same 
 time his mills and other landed property 
 passed iiito the hands of Maj. Nathaniel 
 Davis, of Montpelier. 
 
 Maj. Davis, availing himself of the water- 
 power facilities, erected various mills, 
 among which one for carding, wool and 
 dressing cloth, a trip-hammer shop, where 
 were made scythes and hoes, and a shop 
 or manufacturing cut-nails. 
 
 One of the inducements for starting a 
 nail factory was the supposition that there 
 was iron ore in the ledges a short distance 
 west of the village, all of which was true, 
 but in the prospecting made, it was not 
 found rich enough to pay for working. 
 Nails were manufactured about 2 years, 
 when it was found freights were too much 
 to make the business profitable, and it 
 went do\jn, and other business was started, 
 cabinet work, clover-mill, potash, etc. The 
 business development called workmen and 
 residents into the place, and the Major 
 put in a store. 
 
 SHUBAEL WHEELER, ESQ., 
 
 son of Bowers Wheeler, of Montpelier, 
 (now East Montpelier), married Elsey 
 Davis, daughter of Maj. Nathaniel, about 
 1814, and. in 1816, they moved to East 
 Calais, and occupied a two-story house 
 erected by the Major, near where the saw- 
 mill now stands. He was a lawyer, the 
 first and only one who ever resided in town 
 for any length of time. For several years 
 he occupied a leading position in the af- 
 fairs of the town and County, representing 
 the town several times, and was clerk of 
 
 the County Court for several years. He 
 was interested in farming to some extent, 
 and was partner for some years with Sam- 
 uel Rich in mill property, deeded to them 
 by Maj. Davis. 
 
 Judge Wheeler was a man of high at- 
 tainments, largely endowed by nature, yet 
 his love of social pastime was at the ex- 
 pense of his financial interests. About 
 i860, he went West to make his home with 
 his eldest daughter, Emily, the last one 
 living of his 8 children — wife of Levi W. 
 Wright, formerly of this town, now of 
 Merrimac, Wis. . 
 
 CAPT. SAMUEL RICH, 
 
 born in N. Montpelier, Oct. 22, 1797, 
 married Dolly Davis, dau. of Maj. Na- 
 thaniel ; came to E. Calais in March, 1834, 
 and owned the saw and grist-mills, to- 
 gether with 350 acres of land. In 1836, 
 he built the two-story house now occupied 
 by his son-in-law, Albert Dwinell. In 
 1840, he rebuilt the grist-mill now owned 
 by Simeon Webb. 
 
 In 1850, he sold the mills and his lands 
 to Albert Dwinell, at which time he gave 
 up active business. Mr. Rich died June 
 12, 1856 ; Mrs. Rich, Aug. 15, 1841. Capt. 
 Rich improved 'his limited opportunities 
 for schooling, and had the advantage of 
 one or two terms at the academy. He 
 took up the study of .surveying, and was 
 for many years a practical surveyor. He 
 was a man of Superior mental endow- 
 ments ; strong memory ; well versed in 
 history and in politics ; always a staunch 
 whig. He had 3 children. The son, 
 Samuel D., has been an invalid from his 
 youth; the eldest daughter, Irene D., was 
 married to Albert Dwinell, Apr. 10, 1845 ; 
 Dolly A., the second daughter, married 
 Joseph W. Leonard, and resides on the 
 Leonard farm. 
 
 ISRAEL DWINELL AND FAMILY. 
 
 CONTBIBUTED BY L. G. DWINELL. 
 
 Israel Dwinell, one of the early set- 
 tlers of Calais, born in Croydon, N. H., 
 Oct. 8, 178s; Apr. I, 1813, married Phila 
 Oilman, of Marshfield, and on the same 
 day moved to Calab, to a farm on the 
 East Hill, where he resided until his death, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1874. His wife, born in Hart- 
 ford, Ct., Sept. 17, 1793, died June i, 
 1864. They had 10 children, all born in 
 the same house into which they moved 
 the day they were married. In the midst 
 of hardships which they had in common 
 with all early settlers, they found means 
 and disposition to give their children ad- 
 vantages which few of their day enjoyed, 
 two of their sons obtaining a collegiate 
 education ; the others enjoying advantages 
 above the most. Shortly after settling in 
 life they made a profession of religion, and 
 were for many years connected with the 
 church known as " the Marshfield and 
 Calais Church.'' In latgr years they were 
 connected with the Christian Church of 
 the town, they " dying as they had lived. 
 Strong in the faith of the Gospel," as said 
 Rev. Mr. Sherburn in the ftineral sermon 
 of Mr. Dwinell. 
 
 Alcander Dwinell, son of Israel, was 
 born Feb. 2, 1814, married Sarah Cheney, 
 Jan. 31, 1849, in Lowell, Mass., where he 
 lived a few years, and removed to Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., where he now resides. He 
 has one son, William Alcander, who mar- 
 ried Julia Jaquith, of Brooklyn, and lives 
 with his father. 
 
 Ira S. Dwinell, son of Israel, born 
 Jan. 27, 1816, married Clarina H. Pearce, 
 Oct. II, 1842, settled and still lives in 
 East Calais. They have had 2 sons ; the 
 first died in infancy ; the second, Byron 
 Lee, graduated at Goddard Sem., Barr« ;' 
 graduated at Tufts College, class of 1876, 
 and at Boston University School of Med- 
 icine at the age of 28 ; married Ada Bar- 
 ron, settled in Taunton, Mass., practicing 
 medicine. 
 
 Solon, son of Israel, b. 1818, d. at 2J 
 years, the first grave in the East Calais 
 cemetery. 
 
 Israel Edson Dwinell, son of Israel, 
 born Oct. 24, 1820, ' ' began to fit for college 
 in the Academy at Randolph Center, Sept. 
 1836; taught school in Calais, winter of 
 1837; in Calais or Montpelier each winter 
 but one till graduated from college ; fin- 
 ished for college at Montpelier Academy, 
 1837, '8 and '9; entered the University of 
 Vt., Burlington, 1839; graduated in 1843; 
 
 taught in Martin Academy, East Ten- 
 nessee, 1843-S, 20 months ; entered Union 
 Theo. Sem., N. Y. City, 1845; graduated 
 from Un. Theo. Sem., 1848; married Re- 
 becca Eliza Allen Maxwell, in Jonesboro, 
 East Tennessee, Sept. 12, 1848 ; was home 
 missionary, under the A. H. M. Society in 
 Rock Island, 111., 7 ms., 1848-9; began to 
 preach in Salem, Mass., the spring of 
 1849; was ordained as colleague pastor 
 with Rev. Brown Emerson, D. D., Nov. 
 22, 1849; dismissed. May, 1863; began 
 preaching in Sacramento, Cal., July i, 
 1863 ; installed pastor of the First Congre- 
 gational Church of Christ, Sacramento, 
 Cal., July 10, 1864, where I now am. 
 
 I. E. P." 
 
 Albert Dwinell, b. Jan. ij, 182J, m. 
 Irene D. Rich, Apr. 10, 1845, and settled 
 in Moscow, East Calais, owning a lai'ge 
 farm, and has also been in the mercantile 
 business ; has been elected to both branches 
 of the State Legislature ; has 3 sons : ist 
 Frank Albert, graduated at Barre Acad- 
 amy ; m. Harriet A. Hammett ; settled in 
 Plainfield in the mercantile business ; has 
 been a member of the State Legislature 
 from that town. 2d, Clarence Rich, 
 graduated at Barre Academy ; m. Ella H. 
 Hammond, and is in the mercantile bus- 
 iness at East Calais. 3d, Dell Burton, 14 
 years of age. 
 
 Melvin Dwinell, son of Israel, b. July 
 9, 1825, gives the following : " Fitted for 
 college mostly at Montpelier i^cademy; 
 entered the University of Vermont in 1845 ; 
 graduated Aug. 1849; was principal of 
 People's Academy, Morrisville, 2 years; 
 came to Georgia in the fall of 185 1 ; taught 
 in Hamilton, Ga., I year; taught 2 years 
 in Macon Co., Ala. ; Jan. i, 1853, bought 
 half in the Jimie (Ga.) Courier \ a year 
 after, bought the other half; have pub- 
 lished the Rome Courier continuously from 
 Jan. I, 1855, to this time (1881) except 
 from May 18, 1864, to Sept. i, 1865. May 
 18, 1864, the Federal troops took posses- 
 sion of Rome, and I left. They used my 
 material and stock on hand, and when they 
 left, utterly destroyed everything in my 
 office except one job-press, which they 
 -carried off. I was mustered into the Con- 
 
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 federate army at Richmond, Va., Mar. 28, 
 1 861, as 2d lieut. for the war; was pro- 
 moted to 1st lieut. in March, 1862 ; was in 
 the first and second battle of Manassas ; 
 actually engaged two days of the seven in 
 the fights around Richmond, from June 
 28 to July 25, 1862 ; was in the first battle 
 of Fredericksburg and the Gettysburg, be- 
 sides 20 or 30 smaller engagements and 
 skirmishes. The only wound received was 
 a gun-shot wound in the upper left arm at 
 the battle of Gettysburg. From this wound 
 I was disabled some 2 months. After I 
 returned to my command, in Nov. 1863, I 
 was elected one of the two representatives 
 from my (Floyd) county to the State Leg- 
 islature, which exempted me from military 
 duty, and I resigned my commission, and 
 that ended my military service, except 
 that I served as adjutant, with the rank of 
 captain, for a short time in the spring of 
 1864, under Gen.. A. R. Wright, in com- 
 mand of State troops. After the close of 
 the war, I returned to Rome, Ga., arriving 
 here May 25, 1865, and found that my en- 
 tire assets consisted of $22.50 in gold in 
 my pocket, and the debris of a printing 
 establishment, once wqrth $10,000, esti- 
 mated at $300 ; but I went to work getting 
 up from the ruins, and soon got type 
 enough to print small circulars, hand-bills, 
 etc., using a planer and mallet for lack of 
 a press. I soon hired a small press, and 
 Sept. I, got out a small weekly paper. I 
 was soon on my feet again, and have since 
 done a fair business. In the summer of 
 187s, I went to California; visited on the 
 trip. Salt Lake City, the Va. City gold and 
 silver mines, the valley of Yosemite, etc. 
 In 1876, I made a trip to the East, visit- 
 ing London, Paris, Brussels, Venice, Rome, 
 Herculaneum, Pompeii; ascended Vesu- 
 vius ; lit my cigar in the crater ; saw Alex- 
 andria, Cairo, the Red Sea, Jerusalem, 
 Damascus, etc. I have recently published 
 a volume descriptive of my travels; en- 
 titled, ' Common Sense Views of Foreign 
 Lands.'" 
 
 Levi Gilman, son of Israel, b. Nov. 3, 
 1827, m. Louise M. Kennan, Sept. 3, 1857. 
 dau. of P. Kennan, adopted by A. Alden ; 
 settled on the old homestead, in East 
 
 Calais, where I now live ; have 3 children : 
 Julia Louise, m. Nov. 12, 1879, to Charles 
 P. HoUister, of East Montpelier, where 
 they now live ; Maurice Kennan entered 
 Boston University School of Medicine, 
 Oct. 1880; Mary Avis, 14 years of age. 
 
 Jane Phila, daughter of Israel and 
 Phila Dwinell, b. May 8, 1830, m. John 
 Gardner Hale, at East Calais, Sept. 28, 
 1852, Rev. W. T. Herrick and Rev. I. S. 
 Dwinell officiating ; children of Jane P., 
 Harriet Amelia, Jennie Norton, b. in 
 Grass Valley, Cal. ; Edson Dwinell, b. in 
 Lyndon, Vt. ; Mary Gilman, Ellen Fran- 
 ces, b. in East Poultney. 
 
 Harriet A., educated at Mrs. Worces- 
 ter's, Burlington, Tilden Sem., N. H., 
 and graduated at Carlyle Petersilea's Music 
 School, in Boston ; has taught music at 
 Tilden Seminary, the People's Academy, 
 Morrisville, and elsewhere. Jennie N. 
 graduated at Mt. Holyoke 'Female Sem. in 
 1876. Edson D., prepared at St. Johns- 
 bury Academy in 1878, has entered Am- 
 iierst College. 
 
 Wait Byron, son of Israel, b. May, 
 1839, d. June, 1848 ; Edgar, son of Israel, 
 b. Feb. 1837, d.June, 1837. 
 
 alden family. 
 
 BY MB. AND MKS. ALBERT DWINELL. 
 
 Asa Alden, born in Natick, Mass., in 
 1794, came to Vermont, 1817; married 
 Avis Snow, of Montpelier. He and his 
 wife were among the first who came to 
 East Calais, and settled in Moscow in 
 1819. He was the village blacksmith about 
 30 years, in which occupation he had the 
 misfortune to lose one eye. For 20 years 
 he was the first hotel-keeper at this place, 
 and held the post-office 27 years, and other 
 offices of public trust. Reared under Con- 
 gregational discipline, his sympathies were 
 ever in that direction, and while there was 
 no such organized church in town, he yet 
 lived to all appearance the life of a quiet 
 and exemplary Christian . We well remem- 
 ber him at the earUer church services and 
 singing-schools, held in the school-house, 
 he being the only one who discoursed bass 
 on a big viol for miles around. He died 
 here, May 2, 1880, aged 86. 
 
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 His widow survives, in her 8ist year, 
 (1881) living with their youngest arid only 
 surviving daughter, Lydia Ann, in the 
 same house they at first occupied, and 
 which is now the oldest dwelling in the 
 village ; built by Capt. Caleb Putnam about 
 1818. 
 
 Isaac ALDEN.nailor and merchant, came 
 to East Calais in 181 5 ; married for his 2d 
 wife, Hannah Snow, of Montpelier. Geo. 
 Alden, nailor, came in 18 16; both broth- 
 ers of Asa Alden. 
 
 On the west side of the stream, next 
 door neighbor to Mr. Ald^n, lived 
 
 JONATHAN HE.RRICK, 
 
 shoemaker, an honest, temperate, indus- 
 trious man, and his wife, Drusilla Cole, 
 who deserves mention among the early 
 settlers, living in Moscow, East Calais, 
 from about 1825 till 1847, when they moved 
 to Cabot. Mrs. Herrick died in 1880. 
 For some years Mr. Herrick took the 
 lead in singing here, and his two old- 
 est children, Lucius and Caroline, were 
 among the Lest spellers in Moscow. 
 
 THE DRS. OF CALAIS. 
 
 DR. §AMUEL Danforth, the first phy- 
 sician of Calais, came to this town in 1800. 
 He livecl here most of the time until his 
 death, in 181 i or 1812. 
 
 Dr. Stephen Corey came in 1812; 
 was in town but a short time. 
 
 Dr. Jonathan Eaton came in 1812, and 
 remained 3 years. 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel B. Spaulding came about 
 l8ig, and was here in 1832, 
 
 Dr. John Gilman came .in 1815, a man 
 of marked abilities in his profession. [See 
 Gilman Family.] 
 
 Dr. Charles Clark came in 1825 ; re- 
 moved to Montpelier in 1840. 
 
 Dr. Asa George came in March, 1825, 
 and died in Aug. 1880, a man of marked 
 character and ability, and a leading man 
 in his profession. 
 
 Dr. William S. Carpenter came in 1841, 
 and left in 1842. 
 
 Dr. E. S. Deming came to Calais from 
 Cornish, N. H., in 1843, located at Kent's 
 Corner, and married Maria, dau. of Pliny J 
 son of Colonel Curtis; afterwards livedil 
 
 where Dr. Harris now lives ; was repre- 
 sentative one year ; was a man of sterling 
 integrity and a successful physician ; moved 
 to Cambridge in 1854. 
 
 Dr. M. Ide came in 1854, and removed 
 to Stowe in 1875. He was town clerk 
 many successive years, and held other 
 town offices. 
 
 Dr. G. H. Gray came in i868, ^d still 
 resides in town. 
 
 Dr. Harris came about l88o. 
 
 Drs. Gleason, Tilton, Tobey and others 
 here for indefinite times. 
 
 college graduates of CALAIS. 
 
 I. E. Dwinell, M. Dwinell, D. B. Eaton, 
 Calvin Short, C. L. Goodell, University 
 of Vt. ; Dr. B. L. Dwinell, Harley N. 
 Pearce, Tufts College, Mass. ; A. N. Bliss, 
 University of Michigan ; Miss Laura A. 
 Kent, Miss Ellen Cox, Miss Eva Darling, 
 Antioch, Ohio. F. B. Fay entered Harvard 
 in 1879; W. Gate entered Tufts in 1876; 
 C. L. Wood, a lawyer in Chicago. 
 
 Mrs. Hartshorn celebrated her hun- 
 dredth birthday in Calais. 
 
 east CALAIS FIRE. 
 
 BY CLAUENCE K. DWINELL. 
 
 Sept. s, 1873, 12 o'clock p. M., 20 min- 
 utes, the little village of East Calais was 
 aroused by alarm of fire. The basement 
 of the building of W. H. Ridout, used on 
 the first floor as a tin-shop by Wing & 
 Ridout, was in flames, to subdue which 
 was unavailing. The fire had so burned 
 through the floor above, it was impossible 
 to remove the stock of goods and tools. 
 The second floor was occupied by the fam- 
 ilies of W. H. Ridout and Alonzo Batch- 
 elder, who were able to save but little of 
 furniture and clothing. 
 
 The fire spread to P. F. Whitcher's 
 barn, the next building south, which with 
 its contents was completely destroyed; 
 thence to the boot and shoe store of D. B. 
 Fay, whose stock was partly removed; 
 next to the hotel property of Phineas 
 Wheeler, which was entirely consumed ; a 
 good hotel building, which had been re- 
 cently much enlarged and improved ; two 
 large barns, sheds and out-buildings; 
 
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 thence to the shop of A. N. Goodell, a 
 quick victim to the flames. 
 
 Only by the untiring eflforts of the cit- 
 izens, the fire was Icept from crossing to 
 the east side of the street, and to the new 
 dwelling of Z. G. Pierce, just south of the 
 hotel. This fire was a severe loss to the 
 village. It has not yet fully recovered 
 from its effects, and the hotel has not been 
 replaced. 
 
 REMARKABLE PRESERVATION. 
 
 BY I. D. DWINELL. 
 
 In the year 1866, the months of Aug.- 
 and Sept. were marked for the unusual 
 amount of rain which fell ' ' in these parts," 
 which, culminating about the 21st of Sept., 
 we were disposed to call it the line storm. 
 The felling torrents had raised the trib- 
 utary streams and Kingsbury branch to a 
 flood of rushing waters. Rev. Mr. Lis- 
 combe, a Methodist minister, who with 
 his femily sojourned with us 6 months, 
 preaching occasionally (as oppoitunity al- 
 lowed) the morning of the zad, was stand- 
 ing on the center of the foot-bridge at the 
 head of Moscow falls, viewing the great 
 rush of water, when the upper dam par- 
 tially gave way, and the bridge started. 
 He gave one leap up stream, and bridge 
 and man went over the fells, a distance of 
 300 feet — 75 feet perpendicular— over three 
 dams ; and for a wonder to everybody,- he 
 came out alive, bearing cuts and bruises, 
 but not seriously injured ; ruining, how- 
 ever, his overcoat and losing his hat. 
 
 Oct. 28, he preached his farewell sermon 
 here, and the Monday following, started 
 with his family for Wisconsin ; not with- 
 out getting a new hat and coat and about 
 $So as a parting gift. His daughter, who 
 came here a widow of seventeen, was mar- 
 ried Sept. 26 to Henty Goodell, one of our 
 young townsmen. 
 
 East Calais boasts of a young man, a 
 graduate of Tufts College in 1880; who 
 taught our district school, in the winter of 
 1881 ; Harley Nelson Pearce, who at the 
 time of his birth, March, 1855, had twelve 
 living grand-parents, six on his father's, 
 and six on his mother's side. The latest 
 surviving grand-parent was Judge Alonzo 
 
 Pearce, who died July 25, 1879, ^g^d 8oi 
 years. 
 
 LONGEVITY OF CALAIS. 
 
 BY AMASA TDCKEB, AOED 76. 
 
 Persons deceased in town who were 70 
 years of age and over : 
 
 Darius Slayton, aged 90 years ; Amasa 
 Tucker, 90 ; Reuben D. Waters, 91 ; Wel- 
 come Ainsworth, 91 ; Luther Ainsworth, 
 88 ; Lyman Daggett, 95 ; Howe Wheeler, 
 92 ; George Ide, 93 ; Gideon Hicks, Jr., 
 95 ; James Nelson, 93 ; Reuben "Wilbur, 
 94 ; Stephen Hall, 92 ; Barnabas Doty, 92 ; 
 Squire Jennings, 77 ; Jared Wheelock, 
 87 ; Pardon Janes, 82 ; John White, 89 ; 
 Asahel Pearce, 87 ; Alonzo Pearce, 80 ; 
 Benjamin Gray, 82 ; Jonathan Tucker, 83 ; 
 Asa George, 82 ; Thomas Stanton, 83 ; 
 Ezekiel Sloan, 88; John Martin, Jr,, 86; 
 Aaron Bailey, over 80 ; Edmond Willis, 
 over 80 ; Daniel Young, 86 ; Bachus Pearce, 
 87 ; Samuel Fay, 83 ; Samuel Mackus, 88 ; 
 Thomas Cole, 85 ; Gideon Hicks, Sr., 75 ; 
 Israel Dwinell, 88 ; Abijah Wheelock, 82 ; 
 Asahel Pearce, 87 ; Nathan Bancroft, 82 ; 
 Samuel Robinson, 85 ; Jabez Mower, 84 ; 
 Jonathan Pray. 81 ; Ebenezer Cox, 81 ; 
 Mason Wheeler, 81 ; Joseph Brown, 82 ; 
 Remember Kent, 80 ; Remember Kent, 
 Jr., 81 ; Luther Morse, 82 ; Calvin Callier, 
 82 ; Welcome Wheelock, 80 ; Thos. Hath- 
 away, 84 ; Samuel Fuller, 84 ; Joshua Bliss, 
 2d, 84 ; John Martin, 84 ; Jonathan Dudley, 
 84 ; Luther Ain.sworth, 88 ; Joshua Lilley, 
 88 ; Gideon Wheelock, 80 ; Jason Marsh, 
 80 ; Abram Hawkins, 83 ; Bucklin Slayton, 
 80 ; Willard Rideout, 86; Elijah Nye, 87 ; 
 Sabin Ainsworth, 76 ; Edmund Willis, 86; 
 Moses Ainsworth ; — Jacob Ainsworth, 
 85; Mercy Ainsworth, 86; Jason Marsh, 
 80 ; Amos Jennings, 82 ; Daniel Young, 
 86 ; David Thayer, 80 ; David Daggett, 
 80 ; Sylvester Jennings, 82 ; Edia Fair, 80 ; 
 Beniah Short, 73 ; John Eddy, 76 ; Elias 
 Smith, 70 ; Aaron Lamb, 75 ; Nathan 
 Parker, 71 ; John White, Jr., 78 ; Geo. W. 
 Foster, 70 ; Chas. Dudley, 76 ; John Em- 
 erson, 75 ; Willard Bugbee, 79 ; John Dick- 
 erson, 70 ; Noah Pearce, 74 ; Jacob Eaton, 
 Sr., 77 ; Chas. Slayton, 71 ; Chancy Spauld- 
 ing, 70 ; Jessa Slayton, 78 ; Simeon Slay- 
 
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 ton, 77; Seth Done, 71 ; Shubael Short, 
 79 ; Phineas Goodnough, 74 ; Bucklin Slay- 
 ton, 80 ; John Cochran, 74 ; Britian Whee- 
 lock, 72 ; Silas Wheelock, 70 ; Rev. V. G. 
 Wheelock, 71 ; Stephen Pearce, 74; Noah 
 Clark, 75 ; Nehemiah Merritt, 73 ; Aaron 
 Lilley, 74 ; Thomas Foster, 76 ; Frederick 
 Bliss, 77; Jeremiah Cummings, 76; Perez 
 Wheelock, 76 ; Asa Wheelock, 75 ; David 
 Fair, 79 ; Squire Jennings, 78 ; Aaron 
 Wheeler, 78 ; Adams White, 71 ; Reuben 
 Pray, 72 ; Thomas Pray, 75 ; Jesse White, 
 74; Horace Ainsworth, 70; Hosea* Ellis, 
 77 ; Nathaniel Hersey, 78 ; R. W. Tobey, 
 73 ; Caleb Bliss, 79 ; Sabin Ainsworth ; 
 Jonas Hall, 73; Isaac Wells,. 73; Stephen 
 Martin, 76 ; Ezekiel Kent, Ti ; Lewis Wood, 
 77 ; Ezekiel Burnham ; William Bruce ; 
 Joshua Bliss ; Peter Nelson ; Wm. Abbott ; 
 Benj. Bancroft; Salem Wheelock; Am(5s 
 Wheelock; Vial A. Bliss, 75; John J. 
 Willard ; Caleb Mitchell ; Lemuel Perry, 
 77; Jed'ahFay; Sally Lamb, 95; Rachel 
 Bliss, 93; Esther Kendall, 93; Sarah Os- 
 good, 93; Sarah Wood, 91 ; Amy M. A. 
 Wheeler, 91 ; Mrs. Jas. Nelson, 91 ; Nancy 
 Wright, 93 ; Mercy Willis, 94 ; Polly Janes, 
 80; Margaret Ainsworth, 93; Julia John- 
 son, go ; Polly Wheelock, 85 ; Hannah 
 Haskell, 80 ; Grace Jennings, 79 ; Polly 
 Kent, 76; Elvira White, 74; Alfrida 
 White, "JT, ; Mary Curtis, 73 ; Almira Bliss, 
 73 ; Catherine Robinson, 74 ; Charity 
 Mower; Mary Jarvis, 72; Polly Marsh; 
 Sally Wheelock, 77 ; Nancy Hall, 73 ; Car- 
 oline Wright, 77; Phebe Bancroft, 74; 
 Mrs. Joseph Brown ; Mrs. Rufus Green ; 
 Sally Marsh, Tj \ Eliza Nye, 77; Sarah 
 Mitchell ; Lucy Ainsworth, 75 ; Polly Fay, 
 72 ; Elanor Doane ; Rachel Robinson, 78 ; 
 Polly Janes, 79 ; Jane Hathaway, 74 ; Sally 
 White, I}, ; Hannah Guernsey, 79 ; Polly 
 Haskell, 79 ; Relief Eddy, 72 ; Emeline 
 Cole, 71; Lydia Gray, 78; Betsey Stan- 
 ton, 70; Catherine White, 71; Rowena 
 Wheelock, 70 ; Polly Dudley, 78 ; Joanna 
 Smith, 79 ; Jerusha Emerson, 72 ; Jerusha 
 Sloan, 78 ; Lydia Eaton, 75 ; Amy Parker, 
 77 ; Deborah Slayton, 75 ; Betsey Slayton, 
 72 ; Cynthia Wheelock, over 70 ; Eleanor 
 Done ; Hannah Jennings, over 70 ; Mary 
 Short, 79; Roba Pierce, over 70; Sally 
 
 Cochran, ^^ ; CyrenaMcKnight,73 ; Rachel 
 Reed, 76; Hannah Turner, 71 ; Rebecca 
 Mackus, ^^ ; Mercy COle, 78 ; Sally Hicks, 
 74; Phila Dwinell, 71 ; Polly Gilman, T2>'i 
 Mrs. Johnson, over 80; Widow Brown; 
 Mrs. Samuel Robinson, 84; Lucy Ains- 
 worth, 72 ; Alfrida Leonard, 80 ; Lydia 
 Eaton, 70 ; Hannah Bliss, over 70 ; Azu- 
 bah Tucker, 87; Hannah Ainsworth Per- 
 ry, over 80 ; Sally Tucker, over 70 ; Phila 
 Hathaway, 82. 
 
 Mrs. Esther Kendall and Mrs. Sarah 
 Osgood, aged 93, were twin sisters, and 
 died within about two months of each 
 other. 
 
 OLD PEOPLE OF CALAIS 
 
 now living, over70 years of age, July, 1881 : 
 Salem Goodnough, 82 ; Aaron Tucker, 
 86; Hosea Brown, 81; Joseph Whiting, 
 82; Kelso Gray; Elijah S. Jennings, 81 ; 
 Henry Sumner, 80 ; Jacob Eaton, 80 ; E. C. 
 M'Loud ; John Robinson ; Rachel Tucker, 
 81 ; Rispah Cox, 81 ; Lucy Kent, 81 ; Mary 
 Abbott, 86; Sarah Ormsbee, 83; Polly 
 Foster ; Avis Alden, 80 ; Ira Ellis, Ardin 
 Martin, Ira Kent, Abdiel Kent, George 
 Kept, Harvey Ainsworth, Orin Davis, 
 Willard Nourse, Joseph Persons, James S. 
 Daggett ; Amasa Tucker, 75 ; Caleb Bliss, 
 Jerra Slayton, Isaac Davis, Chas. B. 
 Marsh, Alonzo Stowe, Thos. J. Ormsbee, 
 Thos. J. -Porter, Jacob White, Jonas G. 
 Ormsbee, Mason W. Wright; Lemuel 
 Perry, 75 ; Henry Fay, Quincy A. Wood, 
 Benjamin King; Sally Fuller, 87; Betsey 
 Webster, 81 ; Mary Mbrse, 81 ; Millicent 
 Parker, 87 ; Sarah Mann ; Rhoda Goodell, 
 83 ; Deborah D. Little, Mehitable Kent, 
 Sarah Bancroft, Louisa Bliss, Ruth Mer- 
 ritt, Chloe Guernsey ; Mary Cochran, 74; 
 Sarafina Fay, Polly Martin, Polly Pierce, 
 Susan Wells, Polly Sumner, Fanny Thayer, 
 Harriet Bruce, Caroline Wright, Eliza 
 Stowe, Rowe, P. S., S. F. Jones, Berthana 
 Hockett, Lydia Browrl; Lucy Hammond, 
 73 ; Lydia Slayton, 70 ; Betsey Martin, 72 ; 
 Marilla Perry, 73. 
 
 Sixteen persons have committed suicide 
 in town, and 6 persons out of the town 
 who formerly lived here. 
 
 There have been 14 saw-mills in town. 
 
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 167 
 
 8 grist-mills, 2 potasheries, 7 distilleries 
 and 10 cider'Hiills. 
 
 [The town of Calais and State of Ver- 
 mont are indebted to our aged contributor, 
 Mr. Tucker, for the longest longevity list, 
 both of the dead and living, received from 
 any town yet in the State. — Ed.] 
 
 ACCIDENTAL DEATHS, ETC. 
 
 CONTUJBUTED BY ALLEX MORSB. 
 
 Joel Marsh was drowned in 1856, at the 
 time he was helping to roll a lot of logs 
 into Wheelock pond, getting entangled 
 in them. 1839, Nathaniel Bancroft was 
 drowned at Montpelier, during the great 
 freshet of that year. S. Gaius Ain-sworth 
 was killed by a colt he was breaking ; the 
 animal reared, and falling on him, so in- 
 jured him that he died, 1858 or '9 ; Nelson 
 Mower was killed about 1855, while draw- 
 ing rails on a lumber wagon, one of them 
 slipping from the axles, striking one end 
 into the ground, and cast back so as to fall 
 upon his head, with fatal results. 
 
 June 15, 1873, Lafayette Teachput and 
 wife and their little daughter, Dell, about 
 6 years old, Mrs. Amasa MacKnight and 
 Miss Anna Tobey were drowned in Whee- 
 lock pond. They, in cpmpany with 18 
 others, were out for a boat-ride, when the 
 boat sprung a sudden leak, and filled and 
 sank. Uy the exertions of a few persons 
 who witnessed the terrible accident, 18 
 out of the 23 were rescued from what 
 seemed certain death for all. 
 
 1879, a son of Otis Gray was killed by 
 the caving in of a sand-bank, under which 
 he was playing with some schoolmates. 
 He was about 8 years old. James Jen- 
 nings was frozen to death in 1794, [See 
 record by Mr. Tobey] and 9 have died in 
 town by suicide. 
 
 Murders. — Rial Martin, a half-foolish, 
 half-crazy person, shot and killed Jenner- 
 son Wheelock and Lucius Ainsworth, July 
 i6, 1858, for which crime he was tried the 
 following year, and sentenced to be hung ; 
 but on account of his mentM conditions, 
 his sentence was changed to imprisonment 
 at hard labor for life. He died at Wind- 
 sor about 2 years after his sentence. Royal 
 S. Carr, murdered a half-breed Indian, 
 
 William Murcommock, Dec. 11, 1878, for 
 which he was tried, found guilty, and sen- 
 tenced to be hung the last Friday in April, 
 1 88 1, and suffered in accordance with his 
 sentence. These, it is believed are all the 
 violent deaths that have occurred in Calais. 
 
 DIPHTHERIA IN TEN DAYS. 
 
 In one family, died, Aug. 26, Truman 
 Doty, aged 17 years, 10 months and 17 
 days. Aug. 31, Mortimer D. Doty, aged 
 12 years, 8 months and 13 days. Aug. 31, 
 Rinaldo C. Doty, aged 47 years and j days. 
 Sept. 4th, Millard F. Doty, aged 9 years, 
 I month and 10 days; four members of 
 one family in ten days, a father and three 
 sons carried to the grave almost in one 
 week ; — and the mother sick at the time of 
 their death. ' Other instances very sad 
 might be given, but this will suffice to 
 mark, we have felt this scourge, in com- 
 mon with so many towns in the State, dur- 
 ing the last 20 years. 
 
 KILLED IN BATTLE 
 
 May 5th, 1864, William H. Stowe, of 
 Calais, aged 25 years. This young man 
 was the first in town to respond to his 
 country's call for three years' men, and en- 
 listed into the Second Vermont Regiment, 
 of which he continued a brave and hon- 
 ored member, beloved and respected by 
 all his comrades. His term of service 
 having nearly expired, he was fondly an- 
 ticipating a speedy return home. But 
 instead of his welcome presence, came the 
 sad intelligence he was shot in battle in 
 the afternoon of the first day's terrible 
 fighting in the Wilderness. His funeral 
 was attended in Calais, on Sunday, June 
 5th. A large congregation assembled to 
 testify their r^gpect to his memory. 
 
 FRANCIS WEST AND DESCENDANTS. 
 
 In Jan. 1787, Francis West, of Roch- 
 ester, Mass., bought the entire right of 
 Ebenezer Allen, one of the proprietors of 
 Calais, and the next March began clearing 
 his 2d div. lot, now owned by Aro P. Slay- 
 ton. In the summer of 1788, he built upon 
 it, and March, 1789, moved" there, and 
 made it his home while he remained in 
 town. A deed, dated Sept. 1796, gives 
 his residence as Montpelier, and in July, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 1797, he disposed of the last of his land in 
 Calais. 
 
 His children born in Calais were : Free- 
 man, b. Oct. 1789, the first child born in 
 town, died young, and was buried in the 
 burying-ground east of Caleb Bliss' ; Sarah, 
 b. 1 79 1, married Smith Bennett, who 
 worked at tanning in Calais from 1830 
 until his death, in 1859. His wife died in 
 1842, and he afterward married Maria, 
 daughter of Alexander and Polly (Tobey) 
 White ; his children : Catherine Bennett, 
 b. 1818, m. Forbes Jones, resided in Calais ; 
 Philip Sidney Bennett, b. 1820, m. ist, 
 Ruth, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth 
 Eaton, and 2d, Sarah A Cochran ; resides 
 in Calais, a successful farmer. His daugh- 
 ter Ruth m. Murray A. Kent. 
 
 Mary W. Bennett, b. 1828; L. Austin 
 Bennett, b. I833, enlisted July 21,. 1862; 
 died Feb. 19, 1863. 
 
 MOSES STONE. 
 
 In 1788, Nehemiah Stone, of Charlton, 
 Mass., one of the proprietors of Calais, 
 deeded his 2d div. lot (No. 28) to his son, 
 Moses Stone. The next spring Moses 
 came to Calais with Abijah and Peter 
 Wheelock, and built upon his lot, now the 
 J. W. E. Bliss farm. He returned to 
 Charlton in the fall, and the next spring, 
 1789, came back with Abijah Wheelock, 
 Samuel Twiss, and families. In Jan. 1794, 
 lot No. 28 was deeded to Jonas Comings, 
 and soon after Stone left town. 
 
 SAMUEL TWISS. 
 
 Samuel Twiss and wife came to Calais 
 in the spring of 1789, and probably occu- 
 pied the house built by Moses Stone the 
 previous year. In company with Col. 
 Davis, he built the mills near the center of 
 the town in 1793, and became quite a land- 
 holder in town, but in 1794 or 'j removed 
 to Colt's Gore, now Waterville, Vt. 
 
 ROBINSON. 
 
 Capt. Samuel, son of Josiah and Anna 
 (Barton), b. July 24, 1742, in Spencer, 
 Mass., m. Molly Hammond, and settled in 
 Charlton, Mass. ; was one of the propri- 
 etors of the town of Calais, and a member 
 of the committee that surveyed the town in 
 1783 and '6, but did not reside here until 
 
 1808, when he built the house where Capt. 
 A. J. Mower now lives, and resided there 
 until his death, Oct. 29, 1827; children: 
 Joel, b. 1772; Anna, b. 1776, m. Col. 
 Caleb Curtis ; Samuel, b. 1779, died un- 
 married; Lydia, b. 1783, taught school the 
 summer of 1801, in Remember Kent's 
 barn, m. Jacob Wilson, and settled in 
 Spencer, Mass., where they reared a large 
 family. Their son Hazary P. resided some 
 20 years in Calais; William, b. 1785; 
 Polly, b. 1787, m. Nathaniel Bancroft; 
 James, b. 1790, d. 1814 ; Cynthia and Sally, 
 b. 1793; Cynthia d. 1814, and was the 
 first person buried in the Robinson burying- 
 ground; Sally m. Sherman Gilman. 
 
 Joel, son of Capt. Samuel, m. Rachel 
 Stevens. He came to Calais in 1795, and 
 the next year bought the 160-acre lot N. 
 of Kent's Corner, at tax sale for 15 s., 
 made it his home and died there, 1832. 
 His wife died, 1854 ; children : Lydia, b. 
 1797, m. Dwight Marsh; Eri, b. 1799, 
 died 1803 ; John, b.' 1801 ; Levi, b. 1803 ; 
 Elon, b. 1809 ; Hiram, b. 1812. 
 
 Isaac, son of Capt. Samuel, m. Julia 
 Harwood, in 1808, and soon after settled 
 on the lot north of his brother Joel's, 
 where he died July, 1826; children: Julia 
 M., b. 1809, m. Luke Stratton; Harriet 
 H., b. 1811, m, Oliver Mower; Emeline, 
 b. 1815, died young; Samuel O., b. i8l6, 
 m. Harriet (Arnold) Simpson. He learned 
 harness-making, worked in Montpelier, 
 Albany and Troy, N. Y., and in Boston; 
 in 1872, bought the mills near the center 
 of Calais, and has been town clerk and 
 treasurer since 1876. 
 
 D. Azro A. Buck,-b. 1823, m. Josephine 
 Burnett ; settled in Columbus, O., engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits. His son, Edward 
 Lyon, b. 1857, is a gradeate of jNew Haven, 
 Conn. Law School. 
 
 William, son of Capt. Samuel, m. Eunice 
 Blashfield, came to Calais JiSoS, began 
 on Maple Corner lot, and afterward lived 
 with his father. His wife died 1836 and 
 about 1840 he removed to Charlton, Mass. 
 Children: Adeline A., b. 1818, m. a Mr. 
 White of Charlton, Mass. ; Chester B., b. 
 1825, d. 1839; William H., b. 1827, died 
 youhg. 
 
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 169 
 
 John, son of Joel, m. 1828, Hannah 
 Taylor, and bought soon after the farm 
 where W. G. Kent now lives. In 1848, 
 exchanged for a farm at Maple Corner, 
 and the same year built the " Red Shop " 
 which he and his sons owned until 1876. 
 His wife died 1851, and he m. Mrs. Lucy 
 (Hodgkins) Crosier. His children : Emily 
 E., b; 1829, m. William H. Safford; they 
 taught school some years in Calais, Mont- 
 pelier and Strafford ; in 1854 and 5, he 
 published the "Star of Vermont" at 
 Northfield ; was in the printing house of 
 Houghton & Co. at Cambridge, Mass., 
 some six years, and since 1866 has been 
 connected with the publishing house, now 
 Houghton & Mifflin, Boston. Their chil- 
 dren are : Mary Alida, b. 1848, m. Dr. W. 
 J. Clark of Milford, Mass. Agnes E., b. 
 1852, m. Charles E. White of Adams Ex- 
 press Co. Boston. William Leslie, b. 
 1854, d. 1866. Lillian M., b. 1871. 
 
 Edwin E., b. 1835, served 3 years in ist 
 Reg't. Vt. Sharp-shooters; wks quarter- 
 master sergeant of the reg't. ; since 1864 
 has engaged in mechanical and mercantile 
 .pursuits in Worcester, Mass., Lapeer, 
 Mich., and since 1877, in Calais ; William 
 C, b. 1838, m. Coralinn E. Bliss ; resided 
 in Calais ; died, 1875 ! daughter, Ina Lucy, 
 b. 1868. 
 
 Levi, son of Joel, m. 1832, Catherine 
 Daggett. He bought, 1830, thefai-m now 
 owned by his son, Julius S., where he re- 
 sided until his death, Sept. 1863; his 
 widow d. May, 1881 ; children: Joel E., 
 b. 1834; served in. the 13th Reg't. Vt. 
 Vols., mustered out July 21, 1863, died 
 July 28, 1863, of disease contracted in tlie 
 service; Julius S., b. 1836, m. Mary A. 
 Pierce, who died 1872, and he m. Harriet 
 L. (Norris) Persons ; resides on his fath- 
 er's old farm ; children: IrvinG., b. 1864; 
 Ilda G., b. 186s ; Inda M., b. 1867 ; Lucy 
 C, b. 1878; Otis v., b. 1838, d. 1863; 
 Mary C, b. 1845, ™- James K. Tobey. 
 
 Elon, son of Joel, m. 1833, Patience 
 Taylor, who died 1853, and he m. Rachel 
 A. Bliss. He lived upon his father's old 
 homestead until his death, in 1863 ; chil- 
 dren: Lenora G., b. 1835, m. Martin 
 
 Goodnough ; Algernon E., b. 1843, d. 
 1863 ; three other children died young. 
 
 Hiram, son of Joel, m. Julia Ainsworth, 
 who died i860, and he m. Mrs. Lovisa 
 Hodgden; resided in Calais, in Read- 
 ing, Vt., and the last few years of his life 
 in Northern Vt. and Canada; d. 1876. 
 His daughter, Minerva J., b. 1837, m. Sol- 
 omon K. Hapgood, and resides in Read- 
 ing. 
 
 ZOETH TOBEY, 
 
 b. Sept. IS, 1764, m. Sarah West, b. July 
 7, 1770, and settled first in New Bedford, 
 Mass. ; removed to Wardsboro, Vt., about 
 1792. In 1799, he bought the farm in Calais 
 now (1881) owned by C. O. Adams, built 
 upon it, and in 1805, sold it, and removed 
 to Eastern New York. In 18 10, he re- 
 turned, and began clearing what is now 
 known as the Dr. George farm, where he 
 died Mar. 16, 181 2. The farm remained 
 in the hands of his heirs until 1818, when 
 it was sold to Dr. John Gilman. His 
 widow nv. ist, Peter Wheelock, and 2d, 
 John Gray, both of Calais. His children 
 were: 
 
 Elizabeth, b. 1791, m. 1814, David Dag- 
 gett, b. 1778, in Charlton, Mass., lived in 
 Calais and Montpelier. He d. 1861 ; she 
 in 1862; children: Eli, b. 1815, died 
 young; Polly W., b. 1818, m. Isaac Chap- 
 man; Maria K., b. 1820, m. Thomas B. 
 Muldoon; Lyman, b. 1822, m. Mary E. 
 Belding; Avery T., b. 1824, m. Mary J. 
 Corwin ; David J., b. i827,m. Kate Roddy ; 
 Delia F., b. 1831, m. John R. Cooley; 
 Lizzie, b. 1833, m. John M. Gunnison. 
 
 Mary and Keziah b. 1793; Mary died 
 young ; Keziah m. Isaac Raise, resided in 
 Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y. ; in 1865, 
 removed to Delaware, where she died. 
 
 Avery, b. 1796, m. Sklly Norton, and 
 settled at Russellville, Crawford Co., 111., 
 had seven children, of whom only one, 
 Sewell, the youngest, is living. 
 
 Polly, b. 1798, m. 1820, Alexander 
 White, by whom she had two daughters, 
 Sarah Maria, b. 1822, Amanda R., b. 1827, 
 d. 1866. Mr. White d. 1828, and his 
 widow m. Jeremiah Comins, b. 1787, in 
 Charlton, Mass. She d. 1855. and he in 
 1863. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Richard West, b. 1800, m. 1822, Lydia, 
 dau. of Edward Tucker, b. 1803. Shed. 
 1844, and he m. Hannah C. (Dodge) 
 Kelton. His children were : Delia Irena, 
 b. 1823, m. Thomas Bell, reside at Hills 
 Grove, R. I.; children: Abbie W., b. 
 1856, and Arthur T., b. 1864; William El- 
 liott, b. 1825, m. 1853, Martha F. Martin; 
 she d. 1878 ; he now resides in Calais ; 
 children : Anna C, b. 1856, was drowned 
 in Wheelock pond, June, 1873 ; Lydia M., 
 b. 1859; Phebe Roxana, b, 1828, m. 1854, 
 Amos W. Eddy, of Walden, Vt., where 
 they have since resided ; children : Emma 
 L., b. 1855, d. 1875 ; Marcia M., b. 1857 ; 
 Nellie M., b, 1862; Edmund W., b. 1870; 
 Orvis S., b. 1832, m. 1859, Nancy M. 
 Hargin, resides in Hammond, St. Croix 
 Co., Wis. ; children : Jennie B., b. 1863 ; 
 Alpa A., b. 1866; Lena J., b. 1867;. 
 James K., b. 1845, m. 1870, Mary C. Rob- 
 inson, lives in Calais ; children : Lelia M., 
 b. 1873 ; Laura C, b. 1875 ; Clara Leone, 
 b. 1879. Richard W. was a farmer, hotel- 
 keeper, and mill-owner in Calais, East 
 Montpelier, and Walden, Vt., Royalton, 
 N. Y., and Absecon, N. J. He died in 
 Calais, May, 1874. Zoeth 2d, b. 1803, 
 died young; Allen, b. 1805, m. Elvira 
 Ellis. He was a successful farmer, and 
 resided in Calais, d. 1875; children: El- 
 bridge A., b. 1847; Martin D., b. 1853; 
 Elbridge A. m. Kate Doty, by whom he 
 had a son, Allen. His wife died 1879, 
 and he is now practicing medicine in 
 Warren, N. H. Martin E. owns the old 
 homestead. ^^ 
 
 MANUFACTORIES IN CALAIS. 
 
 BY ALLEN MORSE. 
 
 The proprietors of Calais, June, 1792, 
 to " encourage the building of a corn-mill 
 and saw-mill " offered 200 acres of land to 
 any person who would build the same 
 within a specified time, and in " Octo- 
 ber, 1793, met and accepted " both mills 
 which had been been built by Col. Jacob 
 Davis, and Samuel Twiss, near the center 
 of the town, the saw-mill on the same spot 
 where the one owned by S. O. Robinson 
 now stands, and the grist-mill just below 
 it. These first mills in town, were bought 
 
 about 1800, by Jason Marsh, and run by 
 him, and his son, Jason, more than 68 
 years. They passed into the hands of 
 William White, who owned them a brief 
 time ; sold to E. N. Morse, who sold to 
 S. O. Robinson, in 1872, present owner. 
 The situation of these mills is good, and 
 had the water-power been as good, no mills 
 in town would have done as much busi- 
 ness ; but in dry times they are without 
 sufficient water, still they have always done 
 a remunerative business, and are in repair. 
 
 The demand for lumber, soon caused 
 other saw-mills to be built; one about 
 1800, by Col. Jacob Davis at the outlet 
 of what is now known as the Wheelock 
 pond, where an excellent water-power was 
 easily obtained. Jason Marsh, who seem- 
 ed to have a penchant for mill-property, 
 which he transmitted to his descend- 
 ants, bought this mill about 1820, and put 
 a run of stone in a part of the saw-mill ; 
 running it a few years, he sold to Gideon 
 Wheelock, who owned it some years, since 
 which it has passed through several hands ; 
 owned since 1874, by H. O. Marsh, who 
 has added a shop for the manufacture of 
 coffins and caskets, in which he does a 
 small busine.ss. The saw-mill is one of 
 the best in town. Soon after the 2d mill 
 the 3d, by Peter Wheelock, on the present 
 C. Bliss farm, poor water-power, soon 
 abandoned. 1803, Joel Robinson built a 
 saw-mill at Kent's Corner, which did fair 
 business for a time ; now in good repair ; 
 does a small business. 1811, Joseph 
 Brown built a saw-mill in the Brown dis- 
 trict ; owned and run by the Browns about 
 30 years; abandoned. 1828, Isaac Davis 
 built the saw-mill, Pekin; run about 25 
 years; 1834, Charles Slayton built one; 
 not a success. 1824, Dea. Joshua Bliss 
 built the one, Jesse White rebuilt, about 
 1840 at the outlet of Martin pond, now 
 owned by William Dailey. 1856, John 
 Robinson built one at Maple Corner. It 
 tapered to nothing in about ij years. 
 
 Grist Mills : About 1820, Jason Marsh 
 built one at No. 10, that he run several 
 years ; sold to Gideon Wheelock, who run 
 it 10 or 12 years and sold to John Rich, 
 who run it about as long, when it changed 
 
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 171 
 
 owners often till 1874, when E. D. Has- 
 kell bought, enlarged, and added machinery 
 for manufacturing woolen goods, and card- 
 ing wool ; employed about 6 hands ; run 
 about 3 years ; failed ; since it has done 
 but little. 1 817, Col. Curtis built a small 
 grist-mill on- Curtis Pond ; abandoned as a 
 mill in about lo years. 1847, John Rob- 
 inson built the red shop, machine shop, 
 etc,, grist-mill ; the grist-mill part was of 
 small account ; the machine-shop part was 
 run by Nathan Bancroft until 1852 ; since 
 used as a general repair shop, etc., for the 
 manufacture of horse-rakes, etc., owned by 
 L. A. Kent. 
 
 Wool-carding: Holbrook & Waters 
 began here first on A. Haskell's present 
 farm, about 1802 or '3 ; and continued the 
 business for a few years. 1820, Jason 
 Marsh put a carding-machine into his grist- 
 mill that was in operation 8 or 10 years. 
 1827, E. C. and Ira McLoud commenced 
 here and carried on cloth-dressing at No. 
 10 till 1844. They charged from $1,000 
 to $1100 a year; that shows the looms of 
 our mothers were not idle ; they sold to 
 G. J. Slayton and Joseph Andrews, who 
 continued the business some 10 or 12 
 years, adding in time the carding of wool ; 
 the building has since been used for 
 making and repairing carriages; is now 
 occupied by Peter St. Rock. Holbrook & 
 Waters also manufactured wooden clocks, 
 and cast bells up to 200 pound's weight ; 
 at the same time they carded wool, but 
 their business was small. 
 
 Distilleries appeared in 1812, and ift 
 a short time increased to seven, and did an 
 active business for several years, but as 
 the temperance element developed they 
 gradually went out of existence, and for 
 the last half century there has not been 
 any liquor distilled in town, and there is 
 probably less liquor drank in this town at 
 present, than in any other town in the 
 county. 
 
 Lemuel Perry manufactured potash, op- 
 posite the Christian church, as early it is 
 believed as 1800, for some 10 years, and 
 then moved just below the Marsh mills, 
 where he continued the business about 
 15 years. 
 
 Jonas Hall made axes and scythes in a 
 small way for a number of years, and built 
 a two-story brick house for which he made 
 the brick ; the house is well preserved ; 
 owned now by J. P. Laird. Mr. Hall 
 owned and improved the saw-mill near 
 his place ; his manufactures commenced 
 about 1812. 
 
 Boot and shoe business, 1829, 1. & A. 
 Kent commenced this manufacture here, 
 which continues to the present (188 1 — See 
 Kent record.) In the early years of this 
 business they employed a dozen workmen, 
 and run a two-horse team from here to 
 Canada disposing of their goods. Of late 
 years the business has declined, probably 
 owing very much to the pressure of other 
 business, but it has been of material ben- 
 efit to this town, especially in its earlier 
 days. 
 
 Starch-making, 1844. — The Kent firm 
 above, in Company with L. Bancroft, built 
 a starch factory, which they run till i860, 
 making some years 80 tons. Soon after 
 Moses Sheldon began to make starch about 
 2 miles below the first company, but soon 
 gave up the business. 
 
 Carriage-making was begun here in 
 1840, at No. 10, by Rial Ainsworth, who 
 made carriages of 40 different kinds in a 
 year. His business is much smaller now. 
 
 Silk culture excited some attention 
 here, and several parties about 1830, en- 
 gaged in it. It soon died out. This vi- 
 cinity, or those engaged in the business, 
 were not adapted t(j|rthat industry; but 
 some sill^ cloth has been manufactured in 
 Calais, handkerchiefs, etc. 
 
 There is one literary society in the town, 
 called the Calais Circulating Library,fonned 
 in 1832, with 33 members ; additions have 
 been made riRirly every year ; the library 
 numbers now nearly 800 vols. There was 
 also another library, started at East Calais, 
 10 or IS years ago. It is much smaller, 
 but the books are excellent. 
 
 POST-OFFICE. 
 
 BY L. A. KENT, P. M. 
 
 The first post-office was established in 
 town about 1828, Gideon Wheelock first 
 postmaster, living at the Center, where H. 
 Bancroft now lives ; Jonas Hall was the 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 next P.M.; the ofiSce was kept at the brick 
 house where James Laird now lives, from 
 1830 to '49, when Ira Kent was made P. 
 M., and the office moved to Kent's Corners, 
 whefe it has since remained, except from 
 '65 to '68, A. Goodnough held the office at 
 his house, where B. Wheeler now lives. 
 B. P. White was postmaster from '68 to 
 '73, when L. A. Kent succeeded him, and 
 still holds the appointment. An office was 
 created at East Calais about 1830, Asa 
 Alden postmaster till '57 ; then Z. G. 
 Pierce about 3 years, J. H. Cole 3 years> 
 A. D. Pearce 8 years, F. A. Dwinell 4 
 years, to 1874, since which time C. R. 
 Dwinell has held the office. In 1880, 
 another office was established at North 
 Calais, with S. B. Fair postmaster. Of 
 the" publications received at the Calais of- 
 fice there are 65 weeklies, 21 monthlies, i 
 daily, 2 semi-weeklies. 
 
 LETTER OF STILLMAN CHURCHILL, 
 
 sent to me 23 years ago, inclosing a po- 
 etical contribution from his wife — Ed. :] 
 
 Mrs. Churchill was born in Calais, Nov. 
 2Q, 1818; her maiden name was Marsh. 
 She was married to Stillman Churchill, 
 Esq., in 1841. She is musical as well as 
 poetical ; her father (Perry Marsh) , was at 
 one time a manufacturer of the piano (in 
 Calais.) She is a lover of music and a 
 skillful practitioner. Mr C. removed to 
 Stowe, his native town, in 1845, and went 
 to farming, she having the care of a large 
 dairy, and making butter and cheese with 
 her own hands. Her husband in 1850 and 
 'SI, built the Mansfield House and fur- 
 nished it at an expense of $10,000, and cut 
 a road to the top of -Mansfield. Mrs. C. 
 was the first lady who ever rode on to the 
 summit of the same, when she wrote the 
 lines headed, Mansfield Mountain. She 
 now resides again in Montpelier. A short 
 sketch, which you may alter as you please. 
 Stillman churchill. 
 
 Montpelier, June 21, 1858. 
 
 MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN. 
 A song for the mountains, the storm-brewiug moun- 
 tains. 
 Ascending the heavens, the vaulted expanse; 
 Their notches and gorges Ihe anthem nj-olong, 
 Their valleys and woodlands enhance. 
 
 Then Join the high chorus, O, man I 'tis for thee 
 That up n-om wild nature such poeuns arise ; 
 
 Drink deep of Its spirit, pure, fearless and free. 
 And let thy glad numbers ascend to the skies. 
 
 With thought and with purpose as flrm,bold,and strong 
 
 As rooks piled to mountains, send upward thy song. 
 
 PERSONS WHO HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR 
 GOLDEN WEDDINGS. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Howe Wheeler, 72 years ; 
 Mr. and Mrs. Salem Goodenough,62 years ; 
 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Tucker, 60 years; 
 Mr. and Mrs. Luther Morse. 59 years ; Mr. 
 and Mrs. Aaron Wheeler, 59 years ; Mr. 
 and Mrs. Ebenezer Cox, 57 years ; Mr. and 
 Mrs. Joseph Brown, 55 years ; Mr. and 
 Mrs. David Fair, 56 years ; T. J. Porter, 
 51 ; Mr. and Mrs. Asahel Pearce, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Gideon Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. Israel 
 Dwinell, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Alden, Mr. 
 and Mrs. Dr. Asa George, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Aaron Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Pearce, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Gray. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Treasurers. — Samuel Fay 95, Peter 
 Wheelock 96 to 98, Abdiel Bliss 99 to 1801, 
 Oliver Palmer 1802 to 3, Joshua Bliss, 2d, 
 1804 to 6, 19 to 21, Jedediah Fay 1807 to 
 
 9, Samuel Damforth 10, 11, Lemuel Perry 
 12, 13, IS, 18, Levi Wright 14, Preserved 
 Wright 16, 17, Caleb Curtis 22 to 25, Gid- 
 eon Hicks 26 to 47, Nelson A. Chase 48 
 to 64, Alonzo D. Pearce 65, William White, 
 66 to 69, Marcus Ide 70 to 75, Jonas G. 
 Ormsbee, June 1875 to Mar. 76, Samuel 
 O. Robinson 76 to 81. 
 
 Moderators. — Joshua Bliss 95, g, 1800, 
 2, 3, 4, 12, Jonas Comins 96, 7, Jonathan 
 Eddy 98, Gershom Palmer i8oi, 7, 8, 9, 
 
 10, II, Caleb Curtis s> 6, 13, 15 to 24, 
 Abijah Wheelock 14, Caleb Putnam 25, 6, 
 Shubael Wheeler 27, Lovel Kelton 28, 
 Pliny Curtis 29, 30, i, 3, 4, 7, 8, 40 to 46, 
 Nathaniel Eaton 32, s, 56, Asa George 36, 
 9. 47, SI, 8 to 64, 6, 7, J. Harvey Cole- 48 
 to S2, Abdiel Kent ^i, 4, Rufus P. Moses 
 n, Albert Dwinell 65, 9, 70, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 
 8,80, 81, Benjamin P. White 68, James K. 
 Tobey 73, 5, 9. 
 
 Constables. — Jonas Comins 95 to 97, 
 Caleb Curtis 98, Aaron Bliss 99, Samuel 
 Fay 1800, Jason Marsh 1801 ; Joshua Bliss, 
 2d, i8o2, Shubael Shortt 1803, Abijah 
 Wheelock 4 to 6, Gideon Wheelock 7, 8, 
 Medad Wright 9, J. R. Densmore 10, u, 
 Ona Kelton 12, 13, Remember Kent 13, 
 Jedediah Fay 15 to 17, Nathan Kelton 18 to 
 22, James Morse 23, 25 to 28, Shubael 
 
CALAIS. 
 
 173 
 
 Wheeler 24, Perry Marsh 29, 30, Alonzo 
 Pearce 31 to 33, Ira McLoud 34 to 37, Ira 
 Kent 38, Chas. B. Marsh 39 to 41, Enoch 
 C. McLoud 42 to 46, David B. Fay 47 to 
 50, Luther Morse Si to 53, J. V. R. Kent 
 54, 55, 65, 66, Alonzo D. Pearce 56, 57, 
 67 to 69, Walter P. Slayton 58 to 63, 70 to 
 74, Lee H. Bliss 64, Benjamin P. White, 
 75 to 81. 
 
 Collectors. — Alonzo C. Slayton 68, 
 Smilie Bancroft 71. 
 
 Selectmen. — Joshua Bliss 95, 96,- 98 to 
 1804, 12, Edward Tucker 95, Jonas Corn- 
 ins 95, 97, Asa Wheelock 96, Abijah 
 Wheelock 96, 97, 1812, Oliver Palmer 97, 
 Jonathan Eddy 98, Shubael Shortt 98 to 
 1801, Abdiel Bliss 99, Gersham Palmer 
 1800 to 4, 7 to 9, Peter Wheelock 2 to 4, 
 Caleb Curtis 5, 6, 15 to 20, Gideon Hicks 
 5 to 9, 13, 15 to 20, Samuel Danforth 6, 
 Lemuel Perry 7 to 9, 13, 14, 19, 22, Rufus 
 Green 10, 11, Ebenezer Goodenough 10, 
 
 11, Levi Wright 10, 11, Gideon Wheelock 
 
 12, 21, Isaac Kendall 13, 15, Samuel Fay 
 14, Jera Wheelock 14, Jedediah Fay 16, 17, 
 Aaron Lamb 18, Preserved Wright 20, 21, 
 David G. Sheple 21, Joshua Bliss, 2d, 22, 
 Caleb Putnam 22 to 26, Lovel Kelton 23,36, 
 Medad Wright 23, 24, Pardon Janes 24, 25, 
 27,Welcome Wheelock 25, 26, n, 38, Shu- 
 bael Wheeler 26, 27, Jonas Hall 27, 28, 30, 
 Alonzo Pearce 28 to 30, William Robinson 
 28, 29, Oliver Merritt 29, Jesse White 30, 
 32, 33, 49, 50, Pliny Curtis 31,32, Nelson 
 A. Chase 31, 32, 42, 43, 45 to 47, Charles 
 Sibley 31, Joseph Blanchard 33, 34,48, 
 Asa Alden 33, 34, 47, 49, 50, Charles 
 Dudley 34, 35, 43, 44, Richard W. Tobey 
 35, 36, 39, Alonzo Pearce 35, Samuel Rich 
 if6,, Joseph Lance 37, 38, 39, Israel Dwin- 
 ell 37, 38, John White 39, 40, J. Harvey 
 Cole 40, 41, 53, 54, Lewis Wood 40, ,41, 
 
 47, 48, 61, 62, 68, 69, Abdiel Kent4i, 42, 
 44 to 46, 66, 67, Chester Bugbee 42, 43, 
 
 48, 49, 55, 56, 57, Ti, Stephen Pearce 44 
 to 46, Rufiis P. Moses 50, 51, Mason W. 
 Wright 51, 52, Alfred P. Hicks 51, 52, 55, 
 56, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71, 72, Jonas G. Orms- 
 bee 52, 53, Allen Tobey 53, 54, John V. 
 R. Kent 54, 55, 58, 59, 65, John Morse 
 56, John Rich 57, William S. Orcutt 57, 
 
 59, 60, 61, 66, 68, 69, Charles B. Marsh 
 58, Sidney H. Foster58, 59, 6o,Zephaniah 
 G. Pierce 60, 61, 62, 77, 78, 9, Alonzo M. 
 Foster 62, 63, Ezekiel Kent 63, 64, Ira S. 
 Dwinell 63, William White 64, 68, 69, 74, 
 75. 78. 79, 80, Albert Dwinell 65, Benja- 
 min P. White 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, Walter 
 P. Slayton 70 to 74, 77, 80, J. Warren 
 Leonard 73, 75, 76, 80, 81, Andrew Has- 
 kell, 74, Samuel O. Robinson 75, James 
 K. Tobey 76, 81, Lemuel M. Cate 76, 81, 
 Orson Putnam 77, 78, 9. 
 
 Listers. — Jedediah Fay 95, 98, 99, 
 1813, Abijah Wheelock 95, 1805, 11, Aaron 
 Bliss 95, 1805, Samuel Fay 96, 99, i8oi, 
 2. 3) 13. IS' '9) Jonas Comins 96, 1803, 
 Goddard Wheelock 96, Gersham Palmer 
 
 97, 1806, Gideon Wheelock 97, 1802, 15, 
 16, Jonathan Tucker 97, 1809, Simon Davis 
 
 98, Levi Wright 98, 1801, 12,44, 4S,Phin- 
 eas Davis 99, i8&i, 5, Joshua Lilley 1800, 
 Elnathan Hathaway 1800, 2, 3, Peter 
 Wheelock 1800, Jonathan EddyiSoo, Caleb 
 Curtis 1800, 2, 8, 9, 10; 18,21, 22, 24, 25, 
 32, Daniel Carpenter 1801, James Gin- 
 nings 1801, 3, Edward Tucker 1802, Rufus 
 Green 1803, Lemuel Perry 1803, 4, 19, 
 Ebenezer Goodnough 1804, Alpheus Bliss 
 1804, Remember Kent 6, 7, Noah C. Clark 
 6, 7, Oliver Palmer 7, Joshua Bliss 8, 11, 
 Samuel Danforth 8, Isaac Kendall 9, John 
 R. Densmore 10, 12, 13, 15, Gideon Hicks 
 10, II, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 27, 32, 33, 
 37, Aaron Lamb 18 12, Ephraim Ladd 14. 
 Joel Robinson 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, Joshua 
 Bliss, 2d, 16, Caleb B. Mitchell 17, Pre- 
 served Wright 18, Nathan B. Spaulding 
 19, Benjamin Page 20, Caleb Putnam 21, 
 Isaac Davis 21, 23, Israel Dwinell 22, 24, 
 Oliver Shipley 22, Lovel Kelton 24, 25, 27, 
 
 28, 31, 32, 33, Shubael Wheeler 25, 28, 
 
 29, 30, David G. Shipley 26, Lemuel Bliss 
 26, Welcome W'heelock ?7, 30, Jabez 
 Mower 28, Nelsoh A. Chase 29, 30, 34, 65, 
 Pliny Curtis 29, 39, 40, Oliver Mower 31, 
 Pardoii Janes 31, Abdiel Kent 33, 34, 37, 
 42, 43, 47, Nathaniel Eaton 34, 35, 42, 43, 
 44, 52, Lewis Wood 35, 36, 38, 44, 45, 
 Enoch C. McLoud 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 
 Charles Sibley 36, Alonzo Pearce 37, 52, 
 John Walbridge 38, 39, Silas Wheelock 
 40, 56, Charles Dudley 41, 46, 47, 50, 51, 
 
174 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Alfred P. Hicks 41, 43, 50, Richard W. 
 Tobey 41, Joseph Lance 42, Elias Smith 
 45, 46, 64, Ti, 76, Ezelciel Kent 46, 57, 
 59, 60, 61, 62, 70, 71, J. Harvey Cole 47, 
 59, 60, J. W. E. Bliss 48, Charles Stevens 
 48, 49, John Rich 48, 49, 53, 54, Allen 
 Tobey 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 66, 74, Joseph 
 W. Pierce 51, 57, 58, J. V. R. Kent 53, 
 Ira S. Dwinell 53, 54, 55, J. Q. A. Allen 
 54, Jesse White 55, 56, Levi G. Dwinell 
 56, William White 57, 59, Loam Hath- 
 away 58, Jacob Eaton 58, Chester Bugbee 
 60 to 63, 65, 68, 70, 71, J. Warren Leon- 
 ard 61 to 63, I. Rich Kent 63 to 6j, Lem- 
 uel M. Gate 64, 67, Charles French 66, 67, 
 Lewis Bancroft 66, 67, 68, John Morse 68, 
 Alfred P. Wheelock 69, Walter P. Slay- 
 ton 69, John Q. Haskell 69, Charles B. 
 Marsh 70, 71, James K. Tobey 72, 73, 
 Andrew Haskell 72, 75, 76, 81, Alonzo C. 
 Slayton 72, J. P. Carnes 73, 74, 78, 81, 
 Albert Dwinell 74, 75, 78, Alpheus S. Bliss 
 75, 76, 9, Henry C. Wells TJ, 81, Jerome 
 N. Bliss ^T, 80, Harry A. Morse 77, 78, 
 80, Albert C. George 79, Isaac Davis 79, 
 Willard Bugbee 80. 
 
 Superintendent of Schools. — Na- 
 thaniel Eaton 46, Nelson A. Chase 46, 7, 
 50, 6, 7, 60, Lester Warren 46, 9, 51, 
 Henry Slayton 48, Asa George 52, Silas 
 Wheelock 53, Sidney H. Foster 54, 5, 
 Benjamin P. White 58, 9, 61, 2, Lee H. 
 Bliss 63, 4, J. Henry McLoud 65, 6, 8, 
 Marcus Ide 67, Frank A. Dwinell 69, M. 
 S. Hathaway 70, i, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 81, Geo. 
 H. Gray 73, 8, W. W. Ainsworth 79, 80. 
 
 Delegates to Constitutional Con- 
 ventions.— Samuel Fay 14, Benjamin Page 
 22, Thomas Cole 28, Shubael Wheeler 36, 
 Nelson A. Chase 43, 50. 
 
 Justices of the Peace. — Peter Whee- 
 lock 95 to 1805, Gersham Palmer 1800 to 
 1 1 , Gideon Hicks 8 to 49, Lemuel Perry 
 8 to 18, 22, 30 to 38, Samuel Fay 14, Gid- 
 eon Wheelock 17 to 30, Nathan Kelton 18, 
 Caleb Curtis 18, 20 to 35, Isaac Davis 21, 
 2, Lovell Kelton 22, 24 to 37, Nathaniel 
 Eaton 30 to 49, 51, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 60, 63, 
 Medad Wright 31 to 34, Oliver Mower 31 
 to 36, Shubael Wheeler 31 to 49, Jacob 
 Tewksbury 33, 4, 7, 8, 9, 40, Pliny Curtis 
 
 iZ, 34. 39 to 45. Nelson A. Chase 33, 34, 
 41 to 55, lAsa George 33 to 49, 78, 9, Ja- 
 bez Mower 33, 34, yj to 49, Jos. Hatch 
 34, Wm. Robinson 35 to 39, Jedediah 
 Fay 36, Shubael Shortt 36, Abijah Whee- 
 lock 36, Jason Marsh 36, Alonzo Pearce 
 
 37 to 53, 55, 56, 58 to 60, 62 to 75, H. W. 
 W. Miller 38, E. C. McLoud 38 to 49, 
 Abdiel Kent 38 to 54, 62, Luther Morse 
 
 38 to 50, Joseph Lance 38 to 44, Richard 
 W. Tobey 40 to 47, Herman Bliss 40, J. 
 Harvey Cole 42, 46 to 49, 54, 57, Joshua 
 M. Dana 42, Welcome Wheelock 42 to 49, 
 Charles Dudley 42 to 49, Lewis Wood 46 
 to 49, 55 to 57, 61, Joseph Blanchard 46 
 to 49, Alfred P. Hicks 47 to 50, 53, 4, 8, 
 9, 60, David B. Fay 48, 9, Bennett Palmer 
 
 48, 9, Rufus P. Moses 49 to 57, Jonas Hall 
 
 49, A.. S. Nelson 49, John Morse 49, 62 
 to 67, Tilnus Hathaway 49, 52 to 61, Jonas 
 G. Ormsbee 49, Ira S. Dwinell 49, 76, "]"], 
 
 80, 81, James S. Gray 49, Lemuel Perry 
 Jr., 49, John Rich 50 to 54, E. A. Hath- 
 away 51, H. K. Slayton 55 to 62, Charles 
 B. Marsh 56, 7, Sidney H. Foster 56, 72, 
 
 3, J. V. R. Kent 57 to 69, 76, 7, Charles 
 S. Bennett 58 to 60, 62 to 73, Chester 
 Bugbee 6i, William White 61, 2, Lee H. 
 Bliss 62, Alonzo M. Foster 63 to 65, J. 
 Warren Leonard 63 to 69, George J. Slay- 
 ton 64, 5, Walter P. Slayton 66 to ^^, 80, 
 
 81, Edwin D. Haskell 66, 67, 691071, 
 S. S. Macomber68 to ^^, Otis Slayton 68, 
 Benjamin P. White 70 to 73, Elias Smith 
 70, 71, 78, 9, Benjamin Wheeler 72, 3, S. 
 O. Robinson 74, 5, James K. Tobey 74, 
 75. 78. 9. Orson Putnam 74 to JT, 80, 81, 
 M. S. Hathaway 74, 75, 78, 9, Shubael B. 
 Fair 76, 7, 80, 81, Henry C. Wells 76, 7, 
 J. P. Carnes 78, 9, Alpheus S. Bliss, 78, 
 9, Herman O. Marsh 78, 9, W. W. Ains- 
 worth 80, 81, Harry A. Morse 80, 81, Chas. 
 French 80, 81. 
 
 Representatives.— Peter Wheelock 95 
 to 99, Abdiel Bliss 1800, 1, Joshua Bliss 2, 
 Gersham Palmer 3, 5 to 10, Lemuel Perry 
 
 4, Gideon Wheelock 12, 13, 17, 21, Sam'l. 
 Fay 14, Benjamin Page 15, 16, 22, Caleb 
 Curtis 18 to 20, Lovel Kelton 23 to 25, 27, 
 David G. Shipley 26, Pardon Janes 28 to 
 31, Shubael Wheeler 33, 34, 47, Pliny 
 
CALAIS. 
 
 175 
 
 Curtis 35, 36, Joseph Lance 37, 38, Alonzo 
 Pearce 39, 40, Abdiel Kent 41, 42, Chas. 
 Dudley 43, 44, Nelson A. Chase 45, 46, 
 Enoch C. McLoud 48, 49, David B. Fay 
 JO, Rufus P. Moses 51, 52, Ebenezer S. 
 Damming 53, Asa Geoiige, 54, sSi Lester 
 Warren 56, 57, Hiram K. Slayton 58, 59, 
 Albert Dwinell 60, 61, John V. R. Kent, 
 62, 63, Alonzo M. /Foster 64, 65, Sidney 
 H. Foster 66, 67, Ira A. Morse 68, 69, 
 Walter P. Slayton 72, 73, James K. Tobey 
 74, 75, Erasmus L. Burnap 76, 'j'j, Benja- 
 min P. White 78, 79, J. Warren Leonard 
 80,81. 
 
 State Senators. — Nathaniel Eaton 40, 
 41, Albert Dwinell 78, 79, 80, 81. 
 
 Assistant Judges of County Court.— 
 ghubael Wheeler 27 to 30, Pliny Curtis 37, 
 8, Alonzo Pearce. 
 
 Judge of Probate. — Gersham Palmer 
 10, Nelson A. Chase 68, 69. 
 
 Sheriff. — Alonzo D. Pearce 70. 
 
 Clerk of County Court. — Shubael 
 Wheeler 45 to 8, 50 to — 
 
 grand list. 
 
 The list for the year 1795 was ;£soi, 
 ids; 1796,^788,105. The first general 
 list under the act of March 20, 1797, is 
 recorded: 61 polls at $20, $1220; 174^ 
 acres improved land at $1.75 per acre, 
 $305.37 ; other property and assessments, 
 $1670.38, total, $3195.75- 1798. 67 polls, 
 191 acres, $2142.73, personal, total, $3,- 
 816.72 ; 1799, 72polls, 312 acres, $2702.06, 
 personal, total, $4689.37 ; . i8oo, 80 polls, 
 400 acres, $39.50 houses, $2750.50, person- 
 al, total, $5090.00. 
 
 For valuations, etc., upon which these 
 and the following list are based, see sum- 
 mary of list for 181 2. 
 
 GRAND list of iSoI. 
 
 The first complete list now on file. The 
 date next the name signifies the year of 
 settlement, or near as can be ascertained ; 
 
 a. signifies acre or acres of improved land ; 
 
 b. and figures following, appraisal of the 
 buildings ; cash figures alone, the whole 
 amount of list : 
 
 Wm. Abbott,. 1799 or 1800, $20 ; Ains- 
 worth, Moses 1797, $6.50; Reuben, 1799, 
 
 1800, 1 a., $28.25, Sabin, 1797, 4 a., $3.50 ; 
 Alvord, Isaac 1801, $26.50, Stephen, 
 1797,6 a., $57; Bliss, Aaron 1795, 6 a., 
 b. $250, $62, Abdiel, 1798, 30 a., b. $400, 
 $148.50, Alpheus, 1799, '800, be $300, 
 $72.50, Caleb, 1800, $58, David, 1797, 7 
 a., b. $150, $88.25, Frederick, 1795, 10 a., 
 $90.50, Joshua, 179s, 15 a., S115.75; 
 Joshua 2d., 1798, 17 a., $124.75, Noah, 
 1798,4 a., $70; Beckwith, Joshua 1800, 
 $40 ; Carpenter, Daniel iSoo, b. $300, $59 ; 
 Clark, NoahL. 1797, 5 a., b. $100, $63.75 i 
 Comings, Jonas 1795, 5 a., b. $200, $65.75 ; 
 Curtis, Caleb 1798, 3 a., b. $250, $76.75; 
 Daggett, David 1778, $26.50; Danforth, 
 Samuel 1800, $40; Davis, Silas 1801, $20, 
 Simeon, 1795, 8 a., $54, Phineas, 1797, 8 
 a., b. $250, $73.50 ; Dickenson, John 1798, 
 $20; Doane, Elisha 1797, $33; Eddy, 
 Edmund 1800, b. $100, $27, Jonathan, 
 1797, $31.50; Emerson, Johnsi797, 3 a., 
 $63.25; Fay, Jedediah 1795, 5 a., $65.25, 
 Samuel, 1795, 6 a., $70.50; GinningS; 
 Amos 1795, 7 a., $88.75, James, 1795, 5 
 a., $75.25; Goodell, David, 1795, 4 a., 
 $53.25 ; Goodenough, Ebenezer 1797, 9 a., 
 $ii6.7S ; Green, Rufiis 1797, .1 a., $49.75 ; 
 Haskell, Moses 1795, 2 a., $56.50; Hatha- 
 way, Asa 1800, 10 a., $37.50, Elnathan, 
 
 1796, 5 a., $75.25, Silas, 1797, 5 a., 
 b. $150, $43.25, Thomas, 1797, 2 a., $55 ; 
 Hicks, Gideon, 1800, 3 a., $38.75, John, 
 1801, $26.50; Howland, Polly, widow of 
 Abraham, 1795, 3 a., $11.75; Janes, Solo- 
 mon 1796, 6 a,, $48.50; Kendall, Isaac 
 1798 or 1800, 5 a., $86.75 i Kent, Remem- 
 ber,' 1798, 8 a., $60; Kinney, Stephen 
 1801, $26.50; Lamb, Aaron 1789, b. $125, 
 $55.50, Jacob, 1801, $33.40; Lebaron, 
 Francis 1795, 2 a., $30; Lilley, Joshua 
 
 1797, 10 a., $145.50; Merritt, Job 1800, 
 $53, Nehemiah, 1800, b. $150, $29.50, 
 Oliver, 1801, $20; Marsh, Jason 1800, 
 $38.50; Mitchel, Caleb B. 1798, lo a., 
 $40; Nichols, Ezra 1801, $20; Ormsbee, 
 Nathaniel 1800, $20; Palmer, Gershom, 
 1797, 6 a., $103, Oliver, 1796, 10 a., $97; 
 Pearce, Asahel 1795, 6 a., $81.50, Backus, 
 1795, 4 a., $75.50. Noah, 1795, $51.50, 
 Stephen, 1801, $20; Perry, Lemuel 1800, 
 $57.50 ; Pope, Winslow 1797, $26.50 ; Rich, 
 Samuel loa., $17.50 ; Robinson, Joel 1794, 
 
176 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 5 a., $61.75 ; Shortt, Shubael, 1795, 10 a., 
 $95.50; Slayton, Jesse 1796, 5 a., $68.25, 
 Simeon, 1795, 4 a., b. $100, $60; Steward, 
 Ethel 1797, $26.50; Thayer, David 1798, 
 $36. 5d, David, Jr., 1798, $20; Tisdale, 
 Seth 1801, 4 a., $7; Tobey, Zoath 1799, 
 $53; Tucker, Amasa 1797, 6 a., $73.50, 
 David, 1800, $20, Edward, 1795, 25 a., b. 
 $340, $153.25, Jonathan, 1797, lo a., b. 
 $150, $102 ; Wheeloclc, Abijah 1795, 10 a., 
 $98.50, Asa, 1795, 9 a., $65.25; Gideon, 
 1797, 6 a., b. $400, $78, Goddard, 1795, 
 9 a., $103.75, Jennison, 1795, 8 a., $93.50, 
 Peter, Esq., 1795, $76.50, Salem, 1797, 
 $38: White, Elijah 1797, 3 a., $61.75, 
 Samuel, 1797, 3 a., $64.75 ! Wilber, Hol- 
 den, 1795, 18 a., $104; Willis, Edmund 
 1797, $6.50; Wright, Levi 1797, 8 a., 
 $60.50, Preserved, 1800, 7 a., $53.75; 
 Young, Duncan 1796, 4 a., $53^50. 
 
 Names on previous lists not on list of 
 180 1 : Lyman Daggett, Salmon Davis, 
 John Crane, Stephen Fay, David Fuller, 
 Bemis Hamilton, James Sprague, Leonard 
 Wheelock. 
 
 New names appear in the list from year 
 to year, 1802, Amasa, Parley, Wareham, 
 and Welcome Ainsworth, Hannah Butter- 
 field, Joseph Ginnings, Thomas Haskell, 
 Nathan Janes, Uriah Johnson, George and 
 James Kelton, Calvin Pearce, Joseph Perry, 
 William Thayer, Isaac Wells, Medad 
 Wright. 1803, Ezra Bliss, James Dawson, 
 William Drown, John Eddy, Artemas Fos- 
 ter, Joseph W. Oilman, John Martin, John 
 Ware. 1804, Benjamin Andrews, Chester 
 Clark, Isaac Davis, Eliphalet Huntington, 
 Enoch Kelton, Nathaniel Ladd, James 
 Short. 1805, Luther Ainsworth, Amasa 
 and John Bancroft, Squire Bullock, Ethan 
 Powers, Prince Sears, Oliver Shipley,Buck- 
 lin Slayton, Amos Wheelock, Reubin 
 Wilber, Philip Vincent. 1806, Jacob Ains- 
 worth, Benjamin Bancroft, Amos Barnes. 
 George Brown, John Goodale, Phineas 
 Goodenough, Ebenezer Goodenough, Jr., 
 George Ide, Ephraim Ladd, Richard Pitts, 
 Jonathan Pray, Cyrenus Shortt. 1807, 
 Vial Allen, Thomas Anderson, Charles 
 Bliss, Stephen Bates, Henry Fish, David 
 Fuller, Jr., Martin Gilbert, Jessa Holmes, 
 Pardon Janes, Elijah Nye, Stephen 01m- 
 
 stead, Samuel Pratt, Phineas Slayton, 
 Uriah Simons, Reubin D. Waters, Nathan 
 Wheeler, Jared Wheelock, Suel White, 
 Daniel and John Young. 1808, Thomas 
 Andrews, Galen and Charles Bliss, Moses 
 Blanchard, William Crosby, Thomas Fos- 
 ter, Abraham Hawkins, William Lougee, 
 John McKenzie, Samuel, Isaac and Wil- 
 liam Robinson, John Waugh, Almond 
 Wilber. 1809, Nathaniel Bancroft, John 
 R. Densmore, Jonathan Green, Jonas Hall, 
 Isaac Hawkins, Barnabas and Ebenezer 
 Kelton, John Martin, Jr., Daniel Nealey, 
 Peleg Redway, Oliver Shipley, Jr., Lem- 
 uel Tobey, Isaac Vincent, Welcome Whee- 
 lock. 
 
 The lists for i8io and '11 are not pre- 
 served. 1812, Smith Ainsworth, George 
 and Ira Brown, Isaac Corey, Jabez Carver, 
 John Cate, John Chapman, Salvin D. Col- 
 lins, Israel Dwinell, Gload Dugar, Na- 
 thaniel Davis, Jonathan Eaton, Luther 
 Farnum, Luke Fletcher, Benjamin Gray, 
 Simeon Guernsey, Seth Gary, Salathiel 
 Hammond, George Holbrook. Ona Kelton, 
 William LeBarron, William LeBarron, Jr., 
 Andrew Nealey, Beniah Shortt, Henry 
 Stone, David G. Shipley. 
 
 GRAND LIST RECORD FOR l8l2. 
 
 From 1 801 there was a steady increase 
 in valuation : 80 polls at $20, $1600 ; 1679 
 acres of improved land at $1.75, 2938; 
 houses assessed in the whole at $182 ; 112 
 oxen at $10, $1120; 405 cows and other 
 cattle of 3-years old at $6.50, 2632.50; 
 178 cattle of 2-years old at $5, $890 ; loi 
 horses of 3-ycirs old, and upwards, at 
 $13.50, $1363.50 ; 10 of 2-years old at 
 $6.50, $65 ; i6 of i-year old at $3.50, $56 ; 
 7 house clocks at $10, $70 ; 3 gold watches 
 at $10, $30; 12 common do. at $5, $60; 
 2750 dollars of money on hand and debts 
 due, at 6 per cent., $165; i practitioner 
 assessed at $25 ; mechanics and owners of 
 mills and machines assessed in the whole 
 at $143; total, $11340. Deduct for 5 
 minors subject to military duty and equip- 
 ped by parents at $20, $ioo; deduct 54 
 militia polls at $20, $1080 ; deduct 5 horses 
 of cavalry at $13.50, $67.50; leaving list 
 for State taxes, $10692.50 <- 
 
 At that time the law required that all 
 
FAYSTON. 
 
 '77 
 
 dwellings, stores and shops (log-houses 
 excepted) should be assessed at two per 
 cent, of their value, if in the judgment of 
 the listers their value did not exceed $1000. 
 And if valued at more than $1000, at three 
 per cent. The law also specified how per- 
 sonal property should be set in the list, as 
 above. Wooden clocks were riot taxed. 
 Attorneys, physicians, merchants, mechan- 
 ics, etc., were assessed in proportion to 
 their gains. 
 
 1820: 86 polls at $20, $1720; 1990 acres 
 of improved land at .08 of appraised value, 
 $1366.42 ; 103 houses and lots at .04 ap- 
 praised value, $247.06; 9 mills, stores, 
 etc., at .06 appraised value, $48.60; 140 
 oxen at $io, $1400; 429 cows and three- 
 year olds at $6, $2574 ; 169 cattle, two- 
 year olds at $5, $845 ; 132 horses, three 
 years old and upwards, at $14, $1848 ; 26 
 two-years old at $7, $182 ; 22 one-year old 
 at $4, $88 ; l stallion at $50, $50 ; 5 brass 
 clocks at $10, $50; I gold watch at $10, 
 $10; 20 common do. at $5, $100; $iioo 
 money at .06, $66; total, $11295.08 ; 34 
 militia polls and 9 cavalry horses were ex- 
 empt from State taxes. 
 
 1830: 252 polls at $10, $2520; 3690 
 acres of land at .06, $1558.60 ; 541 houses 
 and lots at .04, $1401 .40 ; 14 mills, stores, 
 etc., at .06, $62.40 ; 281 oxen at $2, $562 ; 
 712 cows and other cattle of three years 
 old, at $1.25, $890; 254 cattle of two 
 years old at .75 each, $190.50; 25 horses 
 and mules, three, years old, appraised at 
 less than $25, at $l, $25 ; 180 over $25 
 and less than $75, at $3, $540 ; 6 at $75, 
 at .06, $36 ; 43 two years, at $2, $86 ; 33 one 
 year, at $1.25, $41.25 ; 2797 sheep at .10 
 each, $279.70 ; 7 carriages at .06 of ap- 
 praised value, $6.30 ; 8 brass clocks at $3, 
 $24; 20 watches at$i, $20; $3350 money 
 on hand, etc., at .06, $201 ; $90 bank stock 
 at .03, $2.70; 2 practitioners of medicine 
 assessed, $35; i merchant and trader, do., 
 $30 ; total, $85 1 1 .85 ; 148 militia polls and 
 6 cavalry horses, exempt. 
 
 In 1840, the list amounted to $10373.54. 
 Later lists were assessed nearly as at pres- 
 ent, and are as follows : 
 
 
 Polls. 
 
 Real. 
 
 Personal. 
 
 Gd.LIst. 
 
 18SO 
 
 266 
 
 1281,774 
 
 $33,023 
 
 t3,675 
 
 18«0 
 
 ■m 
 
 il04,173 
 
 46,547 
 
 4,134 
 
 1870 
 
 840 
 
 374,573 
 
 71,936 
 
 4,848 
 
 1878 
 
 326 
 
 396,652 
 
 67,807 
 
 4,269 
 
 FAYSTON. 
 
 BY MRS. LAURA BRIGHAM BOYCE. 
 
 This township is in the S. W. corner of 
 the County, 20 miles from Mbntpelier; 
 b. N. by Duxbury, E. by Waitsfield, S. by 
 Warren and Lincoln, W. by Huntington 
 and Buell's Gore ; 6 miles square ; land el- 
 evated, lying in large swells, except along 
 Mill brook and Shephard's brook, where 
 there is some intervale. Shephard's brook 
 runs through the North part of the town, 
 and empties into Mad river in Waitsfield. 
 It aflfords ample water power, and several 
 flourishing mills are in operation on its 
 banks. 
 
 There was an extensive beaver meadow 
 on this stream, and many of the trees on 
 its banks were partly cut down by these 
 animals. Che brook received its name 
 from one Shephard, who used to hunt 
 beavers here. 
 
 Mill brook runs through the South part 
 of the town, in an Easterly direction, and 
 empties into Mad riverdn Waitsfield; this 
 stream has good water-power, and several 
 mills and one tannery are located on it. 
 There is considerable good lumber in town, 
 especially in the more mountainous parts, 
 the most valuable of which is spruce. As 
 many as 7,000 or 8,000 clapboard logs are 
 annually cut in Fayston, besides the com- 
 mon lumber, ash, basswood, etc. There is 
 also a good deal of hemlock, the bark of 
 which is used extensively in tanneries. 
 The spruce and hemlock lumber is a source 
 of profit to the inhabitants. The maple is 
 abundant, and there are many valuable 
 sugar orchards; some have a thousand 
 handsome second growth trees in one body. 
 This adds an item to the income of the 
 farmer, at the prices that have prevailed for 
 maple sugar and syrup of late years. 
 
 The soil is strong and fertile, though 
 not as easily tilled as a more sandy loam. 
 These fertile upland farms are well adapted 
 to dairying, as the sweetest grass is found 
 here, and water as pure and soft as ever 
 drank, two indispensable requisites for the 
 dairy. Dairying is the chief source of in- 
 come of a greater part of the inhabitants, 
 though wheat and oats are raised here in 
 
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 abundance, but potatoes more especially. 
 Corn is often a remunerative crop ; but not 
 so sure as on the intervales. 
 
 Fayston was granted Feb. 25, and char- 
 tered Feb. 27, 1782, to Ebenezer Wal- 
 bridge and his associates. It was first set- 
 tled by Lynde Wait in 1798. In 1800, 
 there were 18 persons in town. 
 
 Lucia Wait, daughter of Lynde Wait, 
 better known as Squire Wait, was born in 
 1801, the first child born in town; subse- 
 quently. Wait Farr, a son of William Farr, 
 was born, and received a lot of land from 
 Griswold Wait, as being the first male 
 child born in town. From which we see 
 in those primitive days the weaker were 
 oppressed by the stronger, as they are still. 
 There was no orthodox reason why Lucia 
 Wait should not have had that lot of land 
 as her birthright — except that she wasn't a 
 boy. 
 
 The town was organized Aug. 6, 1805. 
 James Wait was the first town clerk ; 
 Thomas Green the first constable ; and 
 Lynde Wait, Rufus Barrett and William 
 Williams the first selectmen. Aug. 27, 
 1805, there was a town meeting called to 
 petition the General Assembly to be setoff 
 with other towns from Chittenden County, 
 which was not granted until some time in 
 l8io or iSi I, when Fayston became a part 
 of Jefferson County. 
 
 The first highways were surveyed in 1 807, 
 by Edmund Rice, surveyor. The first 
 school district was organized in 1809, and 
 consisted of the whole town, but subse- 
 quently, in i8io, we believe, it was di- 
 vided into two districts. The first tax 
 levied on the grand list was in J807, which 
 was s cents on a dollar, to be worked out 
 on the highway. The first tax levied on 
 the grand list to be paid in money was in 
 1810. It was I cent on a dollar ,. and we 
 have no doubt was as hard for these people 
 as were the excessive taxes during the war 
 for their descendants. The taxes levied 
 on the grand list in Fayston during the war 
 in one year were $10.79 on a dollar of the 
 grand list, making a poll tax of $21.58, and 
 school and highway taxes besides, which 
 must have made another dollar. This was 
 in 1864. There were several other bounty 
 
 taxes raised during the war, but this was 
 the heaviest. Fayston paid her war debt 
 as she went along, and can show a clean 
 record. In 18 12, the town voted to raise 
 I cent on a dollar for the support of 
 schools, which was to be paid to the town 
 treasurer in grain. At this time there 
 were 25 children in district No. i, between 
 the ages of 4 and 18. 
 
 In March, 1809, William Newcomb, 
 William Rogers and Marjena Gardener 
 were elected " hog howards," an office now 
 obsolete, and exactly what its duties were, 
 even then, we are unable to learn. But it 
 was an old-time custom to elect newly- 
 married men to that notable office, which 
 might have been no sinecure after all, as 
 the swine in those days all ran where they 
 listed, and unless they were much less 
 vicious than their modern descendants, it 
 must have needed three " hog constables" 
 to a town to have kept them in order. 
 
 In April, 1808, William and Paul Boyce, 
 two Quakers, emigrated from Richmond, ■ 
 N. H., and settled near beaver meadow, on 
 Shephard's brook. This was the first open- 
 ing in what is now called North Fayston. 
 There is a little romance connected with 
 this same William Boyce. It seems that 
 William's susceptible heart had been touch- 
 ed by one Irene Ballou, a Quaker maiden 
 of his native placfe, and when he had made 
 a beginning on his new home in the woods 
 he began to be lonely, and feel the need of 
 a helpmate to wash his wooden plates and 
 pewter porringer, and also to assist him in 
 picking up brush, planting potatoes, and 
 several other things wherein the good 
 wives made themselves useful in "the 
 olden time," being then truly helpmates for 
 men, instead of help spends, as many of the 
 more modern wives are. So William jour- 
 neyed- to Richmond to claim his bride. 
 He tarried long, and when he returned it 
 was not the gentle Irene who accompanied 
 him. Whether he met wifh a fairer Quaker- 
 ess than she, and lost his heart with her 
 against his will, or whether. Irene was 
 averse to going into the new country, 
 among the bears and wolves, tradition 
 saith not, but that it was not the latter 
 reason we may infer from her farewell to 
 
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 him : " William, I wish thee well, I hope 
 the Lord will bless thee, but I know He 
 wont." Says one of his descendants : "I 
 think He didn't, for he was always in some 
 sort of trouble or other." Let the fate of 
 William be a warning to all young Quakers, 
 as well as those who quake not at all, to 
 always keep their promises. 
 
 BOYCE FAMILY OF FAYSTON. 
 
 Paul Boyce married Rhoda Palmer, of 
 Waitsfield, and here on the farm they first 
 rescued from the wilderness, they lived to 
 a ripe old age, and were finally buried in 
 tlie cemetery not far away. 
 
 Their son, ZiBA Wentworth Boyce, 
 always resided in town until his death, 
 1877, age, 63. He received but a common 
 school education, but by his own efforts, 
 ultimately became a thorough scholar, and 
 taught school many terms. Later he served 
 the town in various capacities, and up to 
 the time of his death was noted for his fine 
 mental endowments. He was often jo- 
 cosely called the " wisdom of North Fays- 
 ton," and not altogether without reason. 
 He was a writer of considerable ability, 
 both in prose and verse. His two daugh- 
 ters inherited his talent for writing, more 
 especially his younger daughter, Mrs. Em- 
 ongene Smith, now a resident of Dubuque, 
 Iowa. The eldest daughter, Mrs. S. Mi- 
 nerva Boyce, has always remained at the 
 homestead. i 
 
 When Ziba W. was quite a young lad, 
 his father sent him one night with his 
 brother after the sheep, but they having 
 strayed from their usual pasture, they 
 failed to find them. In the morning they 
 found what there was left of them, eleven 
 having been devoured by the wolves during 
 the night. 
 
 On one occasion Paul Boyce was going 
 off into the woods with his oxen, when he 
 met a bear with two cubs face to face. The 
 meeting was not a remarkably pleasant one 
 to him ; he being a Quaker and averse to 
 fighting, was pleased when the bear turned 
 and trotted off. 
 
 About the year 1809, Stephen Griggs 
 emigrated from Pomfret, Conn., and set- 
 tled about one-half mile from Esquire Wait's 
 
 farm. He resided there as long as he 
 lived, and his companion, who survived 
 him many years, died there. The place 
 has never passed out of the family, a grand- 
 daughter at present residing there. This 
 farm and the Brigham farm are the only 
 ones in South Fayston which have never 
 passed out of the families of the first set- 
 tlers. 
 
 Deer-yards were frequently found on the 
 eastern slopes of the hills. The early set- 
 tlers used to hunt them in winter when the 
 snow was deep, so that they could not es- 
 tape. Buck's horns were often found in 
 the woods. Sable were quite abundant. 
 Ezra Meach, of Shelburne, passed through 
 the town in 1809, setting his line of traps 
 for sable, and blazed trees along his route. 
 He found it quite profitable business, as 
 these animals were exceedingly good in the 
 western part of the town . The panther, the 
 great dread of the juvenile community, 
 was often seen, or supposed to be seen, 
 but never captured in this town. 
 
 UNCLE JOHN'S INDIAN RAID. 
 
 Some time about 1803, there were then 
 five or six families settled in what is now 
 known as South Fayston. There were 
 Uncle John and Uncle Rufiis Barrett — I 
 call them Uncle John and Uncle Rufus, as 
 these were the names by which I knew 
 them In my early childhood, albeit they 
 were both young men at the date of my 
 story. There were Squire Wait and Thos. 
 Green, and if there were others I do not 
 know their names. 
 
 Now at that time the raising of a new 
 house or barn was a job that required 
 plenty of muscle and, new rum, for they 
 were built of logs, and very heavy. 
 
 On a certain day, somebody in Warren 
 was to raise a barn, and as the country 
 was sparsely settled, everybody was in- 
 vited fer and near, and all the men of Fays- 
 ton went except Uncle John. Whether 
 he stayed at home to guard the women and 
 children from the bears and wolves, tra- 
 dition saith not. I only know he " tarried 
 by the stuir,'\and all went well till near 
 sundown, when suddenly there burst upon 
 1 his ears a long, wild cry, between a howl 
 
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 and a whoop. Uncle John was on the 
 alert ; he listened with bated breath a few 
 moments ; louder and nearer than before 
 came that terrible howl, this time in a dif- 
 ferent direction. 
 
 "'Tis the Indian war whoop," said 
 Uncle John ; "no doubt we are surround- 
 ed, and the men all away." He stood not 
 upon the order of going, but went at once. 
 Uncle John was no coward, and if the red- 
 skins got his scalp, they should buy it 
 dearly, he resolved, and seizing his gun, 
 bidding his wife to follow, he ran to alarm 
 the neighbors, and get them all together, 
 that he might defend them as long as pos- 
 sible. In a short time every woman and 
 child in the settlement was ensconced in 
 Uncle Rufus' domicile, with all the fire- 
 arms the settlement contained, the door 
 barricaded, and all the preparations made 
 to receive the red-skins that one man 
 could do, aided by a few courageous women. 
 They listened, with hearing made acute by 
 fear, for the repetition of the war whoop. 
 Now they heard it evidently nearing them 
 — Uncle John loaded all the guns— now 
 they heard it further away. With pale 
 faces and palpitating hearts, they awaited 
 the onset. The twilight shades deepened, 
 the night closed, in, but still the Indians 
 did not attack them. 
 
 Now there was an additional anxiety 
 among the inmates of the little cabin, for 
 it was time for the men to be returning 
 from the raising, and as they were un- 
 armed, they would fill an easy prey to 
 the Indians. 
 
 Meanwhile the men, havingfinished their 
 labors, were retuping home, all uncon- 
 scious of the danger" menacing them. They 
 reached home, but were surprised to find 
 those homes deserted. "Come on to my 
 house," said Uncle Riifus, "perhaps the 
 women were lonesome, and have gone to 
 make my wife a visit." 'So, not knowing 
 what else to do, they went on. Yes, there 
 was a light at Uncle Rufiis ', sure enough, 
 and a glance sufficed to show that there 
 was some unusual commotion within. What 
 could it be? 
 
 " Hark, I hear voices," cried one of the 
 women, " it is the Indians this time, sure." 
 
 The children began to cry, and I suppose 
 it would have been ^very delicate if the 
 women had fainted, but they did no such 
 thing. 
 
 "What are you all about here? why 
 don't you let us in?" cried Uncle Rufus, 
 shaking the door. The door was opened 
 speedily, and instead of being scalped by 
 the Indians, they fell into the arms of their 
 astonished husbands. 
 
 " What is all this pow-wow about, any- 
 way?" said one. Then Uncle John ex- 
 plained how he had heard the Indian war- 
 whoop off in the woods, and had gathered 
 the women and children there together 
 for protection. The men burst into a loud 
 laugh. "It was the wolves," said Squire 
 Wait, " we heard them howling on the 
 mountain as we came home. I'll be bound 
 there isn't a red-skin within 50 miles." 
 
 Uncle John was somewhat crestfallen, 
 but he was rather glad after all that it 
 wasn't Indians, for he preferred to have 
 his scalp in its proper place, rather than 
 dangling from the red-skins' belts. 
 
 Some time in 18 14, there was a rumor 
 current of great treasure buried by the 
 Spanish Legions at the forks of Shepherd's 
 brook, and William Boyce, having a desire 
 for " the root of all evil," resolved to find 
 it. He engaged one Arad Sherman, a 
 man of such magical powers that in his 
 hands a witch-hazel vod performed as 
 many antics as the jod of Aaron, and they 
 went about the search. Arad took the 
 enchanted rod, and lo ! it pointed out the 
 exact location of the buried treasure, but 
 it remained for them to dig and get it. It 
 had been revealed to Arad that they must 
 dig in the night time, and no wprd must 
 be spoken by any one of the number dur- 
 ing the whole time of the digging, else the 
 treasure would be lost to them. So one 
 night they started on their secret expedi- 
 tion. Nothing was heard but the dull thud 
 of the bars in the earth, and grating of the 
 spade. The earth was obstinate, but they 
 were determined no powers of earth should 
 cheat them of their treasure. The hours 
 wore on, when suddenly William's bar 
 struck against the iron chest containing the 
 treasure, with a sharp " clink." Over- 
 
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 joyed at their success, William forgot the 
 caution and cried out "I've found it !" At 
 that instant the box shook with an ominous 
 rattle, and sank down, down, far below the 
 sight of their longing eyes, taking the bar 
 and all with it, says the tradition. Fright- 
 ened nearly out of their wits, they "ske- 
 daddled" for home, sadder if not better 
 men, and the treasure remains buried there 
 to this day. 
 
 In the winter of 1826, a beautiful doe 
 was run down Shepherd's brook to Mad 
 river, near Jason Carpenter's and brought 
 up in an open eddy out of the reach of the 
 dogs. Judge Carpenter caught it in his 
 arms, and, seven or eight hunters coming 
 up just then, he told them that they could 
 not have the doe, but each one of them 
 might go and select a sheep from his flock, 
 if they would go home about their busi- 
 ness. Nothing but the beautiful doe would 
 satisfy these blood-thirsty hunters, and, 
 seizing the deer by main force, they killed 
 it on the spot. 
 
 Pigeons were abundant. One device 
 for keeping them off the grahi patches was 
 a boy threshing a log chain around a 
 stump. They used also to construct boligh 
 houses on the edge of the field, and draw 
 a huge net over the baiting place, thus se- 
 curing dozens at a haul. Partridges were 
 caught on their drumming logs in snares, 
 or, if not there, the gunner was sure to 
 find them in some thicket. So it came to 
 be a proverb, " hunted like a partridge." 
 
 In early days Uncle Moses Eaton used 
 to bring corn from Richmond on the backs 
 of two horses, the roads not being passable 
 for any vehicle. 
 
 On his journey Uncle Moses met Uncle 
 Joe Clark, of Duxbury, at Pride's tavern 
 in Waterbury. " Now," said Uncle Joe, 
 " you will want some pork to go with that 
 corn, and you just call at my house, and 
 tell Aunt Betsey to put you up a good' clear 
 piece of pork." The next time they met 
 Uncle Moses said, " I called on Aunt Bet- 
 sey, as you told me, and she raised her 
 hands and blessed herself, saying, " What 
 on airth does that man mean, sending any 
 one here for pork, when he knows that we 
 haint had any kind of meat in the house 
 
 for six months ?" But Uncle Joe enjoyed 
 the joke hugely. 
 
 In Fayston there was considerable snow 
 on the 8th and 9th of June, l8i6, and 
 everything was frozen down to the ground. 
 The trees put out new leaves three times 
 during that season, having been cut off 
 twice y.y frost ; hardly anything ripened, 
 and the settlers saw dreary times. 
 
 WILLIAM NEWCOMB 
 
 came to the township quite early in its set- 
 tlement, and finished his days here. He 
 built one of the finst framed houses in 
 town. Esquire Wait's being the first ;" Mr. 
 Newcomb and Merrill Tyler each built 
 theirs the same year, but I am unable to 
 learn in what year. Mr. Newcomb's farm 
 was occupied by his son Hoseamany years, 
 but has passed into the hands of strangers. 
 The old house was burned during a high 
 wind, in Oct. 1878. 
 
 Dr. Dan Newcomb, son of Hosea New- 
 comb, was born and reared here, but has 
 been for several years a practicing physi- 
 cian in, Steele County, 111. He is also the 
 author of a medical work entitled, "When 
 and How," a work of considerable merit. 
 Don Carlos, another son, is a prominent 
 wholesale merchant of Atchison, Kansas. 
 
 NATHAN AND JACOB BOYCE. 
 
 In 1808, Nathan Boyce and his wife, 
 Zeviah, came to Fayston, and settled on 
 Shephard's ' brook, near Paul Boyce, of 
 whom he was a relative, and also of the 
 Quaker faith. Nathan Boyce died many 
 years ago; his wife in 1856, aged about 90, 
 I think. She resided with her son Jacob, 
 who died in 186-. His wife still survives 
 him, at the age of 81 (1878. She is still 
 living, Aug. l88i.) She lives on the old 
 farm with her son, Seth Boyce. The farm 
 has always remained in the family. 
 
 Jacob Boyce had 4 sons and 4 daughters, 
 all of whom, save one, are settled in Fays- 
 ton or the immediately adjacent towns. 
 
 BRIGHAM FAMILY. 
 
 In 1809, Gershom Brigham and family 
 emigrated from Winchester, N. H., and 
 settled in South Fayston, near Lynde 
 Wait's. Elisha, their third child, was then 
 17 years old, and eventually settled on the 
 
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 same land, his other brothers and sisters 
 finding other'homes. His parents resided 
 with him while they lived, and their bones 
 rest in the little green grave-yard on the 
 old Wait farm. Elisha lived here to ripe 
 old age, raising a family of 1 1 children, all 
 of whom are now living eifcept one daugh- 
 ter, who died at the age of 42. The two 
 eldest sons and the two youngest daughters 
 of this family have some literary talent, 
 having all contributed to the press accept- 
 ably, in prose and verse. The eldest son, 
 [See separate notice of Dr. G. N. Brigham]. 
 
 EJisha Brigham died in 1863, aged 70 
 years ; his widow in 1876, aged 77. The 
 old home that she had resided in for more 
 than 40 years, took fire in some mysterious 
 manner, and was burned in the early morn- 
 ing hours, when her demise was hourly 
 expected. She was borne from the flam- 
 ing house to the home of a neighbor, and 
 breathed her last in the very house whence 
 she went on her wedding day to be mar- 
 ried 59 years before. 
 
 Mrs. Brigham was a woman of remark- 
 able powers, mental and physical. Left an 
 orphan by the death of her mother at the 
 age of 12, she came from Randolph, Vt., 
 her native place, to reside in the family of 
 Esquire Wait, so she became early identi- 
 fied with the history of the town. Her re- 
 markably vigorous constitution and ambi- 
 tion to excel, fitted her for the position of 
 a pioneer's wife, and she endured the hard- 
 ships and deprivations consequent on the 
 building up of a new place, with great 
 fortitude. With a large family of her own 
 and many cares, yet she acted as nurse for 
 half the town, and such was her skill in the 
 management of the sick, that the old phy- 
 sician, now dead, used always, if he had 
 a critical case, to send for Mrs. Brigham, 
 and said, with her to nurse them, he felt 
 pretty sure of bringing his patients through. 
 Her very presence and touch seemed to 
 bring healing with them. 
 
 When Mrs. Brigham was a fair, young 
 wife of 19, she was small, lithe and supple, 
 with nerves of steel, and she never shrank 
 from any of the hardships of her life. 
 They then made sugar nearly a mile from 
 the house. It was growing late in the 
 
 spring, and Mr. Brigham was anxious to 
 be about his spring's work, and his wife, 
 being equally anxious for a good supply of 
 sugar, offered to go with her sister, a girl 
 of 17, and boil in the sap. Taking the 
 baby with them, they started for the sugar- 
 camp. It was late in spring and quite 
 warm, and babies were not killed by a 
 breath of fresh air in those days. They 
 boiled sap all day, Mrs. B. gathering in 
 some sap near the boiling place. In the 
 afternoon they heard a good deal of bark- 
 ing off in the woods, but supposed it was 
 some hounds after foxes. Mr. Brigham 
 did not get up to the sugar-camp to bring 
 down the syrup till nir^e o'clock, they stay- 
 ing there alone until that time. A neigh- 
 bor passing through the camp early the 
 next morning, found a sheep dead at the 
 foot of a tree where Mrs. Brigham had 
 gathered sap at sundown. The sheep was 
 still warm when Mr. Brigham arrived on 
 the spot. On looking around, they found 
 20 sheep had been killed by the wolves. 
 Mrs. Brigham and her fair sister did not 
 care to boil till nine o'clock the next night. 
 On one occasion Mrs. Brigham, desiring 
 to get some weaving done, mounted an un- 
 broken, 3-years-oldcolt, that had never had 
 a woman on his back before, and started 
 on a ride of 4 miles through the woods, to 
 Wm. Farr's, with a bag of yarn fastened to 
 the saddle-bow. There was only a bridle- 
 path part of the way, and the colt was shy, 
 but he found his match in the little woman 
 of scarce 100 pounds' weight, and carried 
 her safely to her destination. Her busi- 
 ness dispatched at Mr. Farr's, she started 
 homeward by another route, having oc- 
 casion to call at one William Marsten's, who 
 lived far up on the road leading over the 
 mountain into Huntington, and from thence 
 homeward by a route so indistinctly mark- 
 ed, blazed trees being the guide, she mis- 
 took' a path worn by the cattle for the 
 traveled road, and did not discover her 
 mistake till she came up to the pasture 
 fence. Nothing daunted, she took down 
 the fence, passed over, then replaced it, 
 and went over, being then so near home 
 that she feltpretty sure of her whereabouts. 
 After the colt became better broken, she 
 
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 used often to take one child in her arms 
 and another behind her, and go to the 
 store, 3 or 4 miles distant, or visit a distant 
 neighbor, or to go to meeting. 
 
 JOTHAM CARPENTER 
 
 was the first settled minister, and received 
 the minister lot of land in this town. How 
 many years he remained here I know not, 
 but he has one son now living in Brook- 
 field. 
 
 Preaching has generally been of a desul- 
 tory character, owing to the fact that North 
 and South Fayston are divided by a nat- 
 ural barrier of hills, that makes it far more 
 convenient for the North section to go to 
 Moretown, and the South part is more ac- 
 cessible to Waitsfield, so that it seems 
 probable that "the different sections will 
 never unite in worship. The people in N. 
 Fayston have an organized Baptist society, 
 and have quite frequent preaching, and 
 some years hire , a minister, and many 
 years ago, the Methodists had quite a large 
 society in So. Fayston, but it has been 
 dismembered a long time, and most of its 
 former members are deafl, and those re- 
 maining have united with the Methodist 
 church in Waitsfield. 
 
 John and Rufus Barrett were among the 
 early settlers, and one Thortlas' Green, but 
 as they have no descendants remaining in 
 town, I cannot tell when they settled here, 
 but they were here as early as 1803, it is 
 believed. 
 
 Elizabeth, widow of John Barrett, died 
 in Waitsfield a few years since (1878) 
 aged 93 years. She survived her husband 
 many years. 
 
 One Jonathan Lamson died in town sev- 
 eral years ago, at the age of 84. His wife 
 lived to the age of 107 years. Timothy 
 Chase died at the age of 91 ; his wife, Ruth, 
 some years earlier, over 80. Lynde Wait, 
 the first settler, moved from town many 
 years ago,, and eventually went West, and 
 I have learned, died at an advanced age, 
 over 80. Nearly all the early settlers 
 whom I have known, lived to ripe old age, 
 but they have passed away, and with them 
 much of the material for a full history of 
 the town. I have gathered as much as I 
 
 could that is reliable, but even the last 
 two, from whom I have plicited most of 
 the facts recorded here, have now gone to 
 their long homes, and much that I have 
 gathered here would now be forever sealed 
 in silence, had I began my work a little 
 later. 
 
 CAPT. ELLIOT PORTER, 
 
 the first captain of the militia in the town, 
 was born in Hartford, Vt., 1785, married 
 Sitlney Ward in 181 1, and soon' after re- 
 moved to Fayston, where they began to 
 clear them a home in the North part of 
 the town, where they resided till their 
 death. He died at the age of 89 ; his wife 
 at 86. They had 8 children. William E. 
 Porter, their son, died at 57 ; 4 sons are 
 now living. 
 
 WILLARD B. PORTER, 
 
 son of Elliot, has always resided in town, 
 near where he was born, and has served 
 the town in almost every official capacity. 
 He has been town clerk 31 years, school 
 district clerk 25 years, treasurer 14 years, 
 justice of the peace 30 years, and in that 
 capacity married 86 couple. He has rep- 
 resented the town 6 sessions, including i 
 extra session, and has attended 2 consti- 
 tutional conventions. Mr. Porter says the 
 first school he attended was in his father's 
 log-house chamber ; the scholars, his eldest 
 brother, himself and one Jane Laws ; the 
 teacher's name, Elizabeth Sherman. Mr. 
 Willard Porter has done more business 
 for the town than any other person now 
 living. 
 
 WARREN C. PORTER 
 
 served as a soldier during nearly the whole 
 war of the Rebellion, and has taught school 
 24 terms. Dr. Wilfred W. Porter, see 
 separate notice. Walter, the youngest 
 son, remains on the old homestead, and it 
 was his care to soothe the declining years 
 of his parents as they went slowly down 
 the dark valley. 
 
 There was no death occurred in the 
 family of Elliot Porter for 50 years. 
 
 WILLIAM SHERMAN 
 
 was among the early settlers of Fayston, 
 though lam not informed in what year he 
 
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 at night, and providentially some of the 
 scholars had given him some dinner that 
 day, so that his own remained untouched. 
 
 This being the second time the men had 
 been called out to hunt for lost children in 
 S years, some of them were getting rather 
 tired of the thing, whereupon Ziba Boyce 
 drew up a set of resolutions and read them 
 on the occasion, after the child was found, 
 and all were feeling as jolly as such weary 
 mortals could. I have not a copy of them 
 all, but it was resolved " that mothers be 
 instructed to take carenof their children, 
 and not let them wander off into woods to 
 be food for the bears, or for the neighbors 
 to hunt up." 
 
 There have been no more lost children 
 .to search for in Fayston since that, so we 
 may suppose it to have been effective. 
 
 Fayston, along with other towns, has 
 suffered from freshets at various times. In 
 the year 1830, occurred what was known 
 as the "great freshet." Buildings were 
 swept away, one person was dro^tned, and 
 others barely escaped. The famous 
 "Green Mountain slide,'' which began 
 within a few feet of the summit, where 
 the town is divided from Buel's Gore, 
 in sight of the homestead where I was 
 born, occurred in the summer of 1827. 
 It had rained quite hard some days, and 
 the soil, becoming loosened, gave way, 
 carrying with it trees, rocks, and the debris 
 of ages, on its downward course. Gath- 
 ering impetus as it advanced, for the moun- 
 tain is very steep here, it went thundering 
 down the mountain side a distance of a 
 mile or more, with a crash and rumble 
 that shook the earth for miles around, like 
 an earthquake. One branch of Mill brook 
 comes down from here, and, being dam- 
 med up by the debris of this grand ava- 
 lanche, its waters accumulated till it be- 
 came a miniature lake, then overleaping 
 its barriers it rushed down to its work 
 of destruction below. In July, iBjB, a 
 destructive freshet visited Fayston, and 
 the towns adjacent. It had been exceed- 
 ingly dry, and water was very low. At 
 7 o'clock in the afternoon, on Satur- 
 day, July, 3, the workmen in the mill of 
 Campbell & Grandy were desiring rain, 
 
 that they might run the mill. They got 
 what they desired, only got too much ; for 
 instead of running the mill they ran for 
 their lives, and let the mill run itself, as it 
 did very rapidly down stream, in less than 
 2 hours after the rain commenced. The 
 old saying "it never rains but it pours" 
 was verified ; it came in sheets. I remem- 
 ber watching the brooks surging through 
 our door-yard ; we felt no alarm, thinking 
 a thunder shower not likely to do much 
 damage. We retired to rest, ahd slept 
 undisturbed, not being in the vicinity of 
 the large streams. We learned in the 
 morning every bridge between Fayston 
 and Middlesex, but one, was swept away. 
 Campbell & Grandy's mill went off before 
 10 o'clock, and the house pertaining to the 
 mill was so much undermined by the water, 
 the inmates left, taking what valuables 
 they could with them. Mr. Green's fam- 
 ily also deserted their house. The water 
 was several feet deep in the road, but, the 
 storm soon subsiding, the houses did not 
 go off. 
 
 A clapboard mill owned by Brigham 
 brother, on Shepherd's brook, was ruined. 
 Not a mill in town escaped a good deal of 
 injury. Many people left their houses, 
 expeeting them to be carried down the 
 seething flood, and but one bridge of any 
 account was left in town, and the roads 
 were completely demoralized ! 
 
 This storm seemed a local one, not 
 doing much damage except in the towns 
 in the Mad river . basin and on tributary 
 streams. I have heard it speculated that 
 two rain clouds met on the mountain 
 ridges. Be that as it may, I think two 
 hours' rain seldom did such damage in any 
 locality. 
 
 In the freshet of 1869, Fayston suffered 
 less than many other towns, but several 
 bridges were carried off, the roads cut up 
 badly, mill dams swept away, etc. 
 
 The mill rebuilt on the site of the one 
 swept away in 1858, this time owned by 
 Richardson & Rich, was agdn carried off, 
 but as considerable of the machinery was 
 afterward found, Mr.' Richardson deter- 
 mined to rebuild, putting it a few rods 
 lower down the stream. He has built a 
 
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 fine, large mill there, and feels secure this 
 mill shall stand. 
 
 Fayston is a veiy healthy town. There 
 are several living in town over 80 years 
 of age- 
 
 [This was written in 1867.] 
 
 ELISHA BRIGHAM 
 
 was born in old Marlboro, Mass., 1792. 
 In the common school he obtained all the 
 education he ever had beyond the poor 
 chance of gleaning a little, here and there, 
 from a limited supply of books, amid a 
 multitude of cares at home ; but at the 
 age of 12, he had mastered most of Pike's 
 Arithmetic; performing more examples 
 by the feeble light of an old-fashioned 
 chimney fire-place, than at school. So 
 engaged was he that he often went to bed 
 on a difficult problem, to dream it out on 
 his pillow. From Old Marlboro, the fam- 
 mily removed to Winchester, N. H., and 
 there hearing of the emigration to the 
 Winooski, and Mad River Valleys, they cast 
 lots with the pioneers to this then wilderness 
 country, and removed on to the tract of 
 land owned in the present homestead. 
 Elisha, now 16, began to take the lead in 
 business, his father being very infirm. 
 About half a dozen families were settled in 
 the south part of the town, having made 
 little openings in the forest, with no well 
 worked road into the town. He and two 
 other members of the family, came the 
 first year to roll up the log-house. The 
 next year all came on, and a family of 8 
 persons, several children younger than 
 himself, seemed to be dependent on him, 
 even so young, as a foster-father and a 
 guardian. He commenced levelling the 
 old fof'est trees, and bringing into tillage, 
 meadow and pasturage. Early and late 
 he toiled, and year by year the meadow 
 widened; and the line of woods receded. 
 
 In the earliest business transactions of 
 the town, we find the name of Elisha Brig- 
 ham. There was hardly a year from that 
 time till his death, but what he held 
 some town office. But what most distin- 
 guished him was his exact honesty. No 
 man could ever say 'that he defrauded him 
 of the least in this world's goods. He 
 would rather suffer wrong than to do 
 
 wrong. He never could oppress the weak, 
 as, instinctively, his whole nature prompted 
 him to espouse their cause. And his reli- 
 gious example was the crowning glory of 
 the man. He was the real pioneer of 
 Methodism in the town; for manyjears 
 leader in all their social meetings, and 
 around him grew up a thriving class. In 
 this earlier history of the community it 
 might well have been christened the home 
 of the good. Class-leader and chorister, 
 he guided them encouragingly on, and yet 
 his manner was never exciting, hardly, 
 even, could it be said to be fervid or warm ; 
 but solid goodness, tenderness, and genu- 
 ine interest in all that pertained to the 
 soul's welfare, were manifest. The waver- 
 ing came to him, for he never faltered ; the 
 weak, because he was a pillar of strength. 
 He was a man of no doubts in his religious 
 belief, and a man living not by emotion, 
 but principle, and his home was one of 
 hospitality ; particularly was the preacher 
 his guestt 
 
 Ini8i6, collector, often juror and select- 
 man, many years lister, nearly always high- 
 way-surveyor, district clerk or committee 
 man. In all his more active life, however, 
 he was nearly alone in his politics, he 
 being a thorough whig, while the town 
 was intensely democratic. For which rea- 
 son probably he was never sent to the 
 Legislature of the State, as tliis seems to 
 be the only office of importance which he 
 at sometime has not held. 
 
 At the age of 24, he married Sophronia 
 Ryder. They had 12 children, but one of 
 whom died in infancy ; the rest were all 
 living in 1863. One daughter died in 
 July, 1866; the rest are all living, 1 881. 
 And in the fullness of affection and ten- 
 derness all will say he was a good father. 
 Daily he gathered them around his fam- 
 ily altar, while they lived with him, and 
 sought for th^m the recpncihation of 
 God. He walked before them soberly, 
 patiently, peaceably. His soul seemed 
 like an unruffled river, gliding ever tran- 
 quil and even in its banks almost alike 
 in sunshine and in storm. He had no 
 enemies; but was Grandfather, and "Un- 
 cle Elisha," to all the neighborhood. Even 
 
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 the old and young far out of his own im- 
 mediate neighborhood, called him by the 
 sobriquet of Uncle Elisha, and seemed to 
 mourn for him as for a good old uncle. 
 His family physician remarked of him after 
 his decease, that he was " the one man of 
 whom he could say, he did not know that 
 he had an enemy in the world. He was a 
 peacemaker." 
 
 ONLY A LITTLE WHILE. 
 
 BY MBS. LAURA BBIGHAM BOTCB. 
 
 Only a UtUe while 
 Lingers the springtime with Its sun and dew 
 
 And song of blrdx, and gently falling rain. 
 And springing flowers, on hillside and on plain. 
 
 Clothing the earth in garments ffesh and new. 
 
 Only a little while 
 The summer tarries with its sultry heat; 
 
 Showering its smiles upon the ft:ultfUl land, 
 Ripening the harvest for the reaper's hand. 
 
 Ere autumn shall the fruitful work complete. 
 
 Only a little while 
 The autumn paints with gorgeousness the leaves. 
 
 Ere wintry winds shall pluck them ftom the bough 
 To drape the earth's dark, corrugated brow,— 
 
 Then hasten, loiterer, gather in thy sheaves. 
 
 Only a little while 
 The winter winds shall moan and wildly rave, 
 
 While the fierce storm-iflng walks abroad In might. 
 Clothing the earth In garments pure and white, 
 ^ Ere the grim monarch, too, shall find a grave. 
 
 Only a little while. 
 Life's spring-time lingers, and our youthful feet 
 
 Through flowery paths of Innocence are led. 
 And joyous visions fill our careless head ; 
 
 Too bright, alas 1 as beautiful as fleet. 
 
 Only a little while 
 Life's summer waits with storm and genial sun. 
 
 With days of toll and nights of calm repose; 
 We find without its thorn we pluck no rose. 
 
 And spring-time visions vanish one by one. 
 
 Only a little while 
 Ere autumn comes and life Is on the wane I 
 
 Happy for us If well our work be done. 
 For If we loitered In the summer's sun. 
 
 How shall we labor In the autumn rain? 
 
 Only a little while. 
 And winter comes apace; the hoary head. 
 
 And palsied limbs, tell of the labors past. 
 And victories won— ah I soon shall be the last,— 
 
 And they shall whisper softly " he Is dead." 
 
 W. W. PORTER 
 was born in Fayston, July 24, i8z6. He 
 was the 4th son of Elliot Porter and Sidney 
 Ward, the former a native of Hartford, the 
 latter a native of Poultney, Vt., and a 
 daughter of Judge William Ward, judge in 
 Rutland Co. 22 years. 
 
 Wilfred spent his time until he was 17 
 on the farm, and attending school winters ; 
 
 at which time he commenced studying falls 
 and springs, and teaching winters, attend- 
 ing the academies at Montpelier and Ba- 
 kersfield, and working on the farm during 
 the summer months until he was 22 years 
 of age. 
 
 As early as fifteen he had set his mind 
 upon the medical profession for life, and 
 bent all his energies in that direction. 
 Having studied medicine some time pre- 
 viously, he, at 22, entered the office of Dr. 
 G. N. Brigham, and began the study of 
 medicine, which he continued summers, 
 teaching school falls and winters for I J 
 year, when he entered the medical college 
 at Woodstock, where he remained one 
 term, and afterwards at Castletoh, Vt.,for 
 two terms, graduating from that college in 
 the fall of '51, when he came to Syracuse, 
 and entered the office of Dr. Hiram Hoyt 
 for a short, time ; May, 1852, entered the 
 school at Geddes as principal teacher for 
 one year, and May 16, 1853, opened an 
 office in that place to practice his profession, 
 which he has continued until the present. 
 
 At the close of his first year, the res- 
 ident doctor of Geddes died, leaving him 
 in full possession of the field. Dr. Porter 
 rose rapidly, and by integrity of purpose 
 and dealing, grew into a very large and lu- 
 crative practice, which he carried on for 15 
 years, as it were, alone, after which he 
 had partners in the practice of medicine. 
 
 His practice gradually' extended to the 
 city of Syracuse, when, in 1875, the de- 
 mand upon him for medical treatment from 
 that city becaine so great that he opened 
 an office there, which he alternately at- 
 tends upon, with his home office in Geddes. 
 He has been for 25 years a member of the 
 Onondaga County Medical Society, and for 
 one term its president, and a permanent 
 member of the New York State Medical 
 Society ; also a member of the American 
 Medical Association, and upon organiza- 
 tion of the College of Medicine of Syracuse 
 University, in 1872, he was appointed dliri- 
 ical professor of obstetrics and gynaecology 
 the first year, and at the end of the year, 
 professor in full, which position he stilt re- 
 tains. 
 
 His skill in the treatment of diseases has 
 
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 won for him a position in the esteem of the 
 people to be envied by young practitioners, 
 and his indomitable perseverance and en- 
 durance of body have enabled him to grat- 
 ify, in a great measure, the laudable am- 
 bition of his earlier years — to be among 
 the first in his profession. He was one of 
 the first movers in the organization and 
 establishment of a university at Syracuse, 
 and since its beginning has been a trustee 
 and closely identified with all its interests, 
 and has been largely identified with the pub- 
 lic schools of his town since his first resi- 
 dence there, being supt. of the schools 
 of the town for some 2 yearsjand trustee 
 of the village school for some 25 years ; 
 also being president of the board of educa- 
 tion. 
 
 He and his wife are warmly attached to 
 the Methodist Episcopal church, and are 
 not only liberal supporters of the same, 
 but of any enterprise tliey regard as look- 
 ing to the building up of good society. ■ ' 
 
 In the year 1853, Nov. 13, he married 
 Miss Jane, daughter of Simeon Draper and 
 Clarissa Stone, of Geddes ; children, Clara 
 A., George D. (deceased), Wilfred W. 
 Jr., Jane and Louie. 
 
 LONGEVITY RECORD IN 1881. 
 
 Ruth Chase died in 1865, aged 84 ; Tim- 
 othy Chase in 187s, 93; Benj. Corliss, in 
 1865, nearly 91 ; Henry Morgan, 1868, 84. 
 The wife of Henry Morgan (in |^orthfield) , 
 over 80 years. Her home was in Fayston. 
 James Baird died in- 1870, aged 8i ; Geo. 
 Somerville, 1870, 80; Margarett Strong, 
 1870, 98 ; Elizabeth Lamson, in 1872. Her 
 friends differed as to her age ; some claim- 
 ed slje was 104 ; others that she was but 
 102. Her husband, Jonathan Lamson, 
 died some 20 years since, aged between 80 
 and 90 ; Jane McAughin died in 1872, aged 
 82 ; Capt. Elliot Porter, 1874, nearly go ; 
 Sidney Porter, his wife, 1875, 86 ; Joseph 
 and Susan Mafble, over 80 ; Zeviah Boyce, 
 1856, aged about go; Mehitable Tyler, 
 1855, between 80 and go. Elizabeth Bar- 
 rett died in Waitsfield in 1873, aged 93. 
 She was for many years a resident of Fays- 
 ton, but moved to W. a short time before 
 her death. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS 187I-1881. 
 
 Town Clerks, WillardB. Porter, 1 871 to 
 '80; D. S. Stoddard, 1880; S. J. Dana, 
 1881. Representatives, 1871, none; S. J. 
 Dana, 1872; M. S. Strong, 1874; D. S. 
 Stoddard, 1876; Seth Boyce, 1878; Na- 
 than Boyce, 1880. Treasurers, D. S. 
 Stoddard, 1871, '72; A. D. Bragg, 1875, 
 '79; Seth Boyce, 1880, '81. First Select- 
 men, C. D. Billings, 1871 ; Dan Boyce, 
 1872 ; C. S. Dana, 1874 ; Seth Boyce, 1875 ; 
 J. Patterson, 1876; M. S. Strong, 1879; 
 John Maxwell, 1878, '79; J. P. Boyce, 
 1880, '81. Constables, Cornelius McMul- 
 len,l87i, 72; H. G. Campbell, 1873, '74: 
 C. M. Fisher, 1875, '76. '79; S. J. Dana, 
 1877, '78 ; Allen S. Howe, 1880; M. S. 
 Strong, 1881. Grand Jury, G. O. Boyce, 
 1871, '72, '73, '75 ; W. B.Porter, 1874, '76 ; 
 C. S. Dana, 1877, '78 ; Seth Boyce, 1879, 
 '80 ; R. Maxwell and Wm. Chipman, 1881. 
 School- Supt., Grey H. Porter, 1871, '72, 
 '73; Rev. J. F. Buzzel, 1874 to 1881. 
 Trustees of the Town, Seth Boyce, 1873, 
 '79 ; Geo. Boyce, 1877, '78, '80, '81. Jus- 
 tices of the Peace, Willard B. Porter, 1872, 
 '74, '76, '78; G. O. Boyce, 1872, '74; D.- 
 S. Stoddard, 1872, '76, '78, '80 ; Z. W. 
 Boyce, 1872, '74; H. H. Morgan, 1872; 
 C. D. Billings, 1874; E. Ainsworth, 1874; 
 S. J. Dana, 1876, '78, '80; O. S. Bruce, 
 J. Z. Marble, 1878 ; Nathan Boyce, Stephen 
 Johnson, Dan Boyce, 1880. 
 
 GERSHOM NELSON BRIGHAM, M. D., 
 
 for 20 years a practicing physician atMont- 
 pelier, was born in Fayston, Mar. 3, 1820, 
 was son of Elisha Brigham, who made his 
 pitch in F. with the first settlers. His 
 mother, Sophronia Ryder, whose mother 
 was Lucy Chase, a relative of the Hon. 
 Dudley Chase [See Randolph History, 
 vol. II], was a woman of vigorous consti- 
 tution and an active, original mind. Sev- 
 eral ancestors in the Brigham line have 
 been physicians, one of whom was Gershom 
 Brigham, of Marlboro, Mass., the old an- 
 cestral town of the Brighams of this coun- 
 try, the stock tracing back to the parish of 
 Brigham in Northumberland Co., Eng- 
 land. Dr. G. N. Brigham received his 
 education in our common schools, with a 
 
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FAYSTON. 
 
 189 
 
 year in Wash. Co. Gram. Sch. and a half 
 year at Poultney Academy, and studied 
 medicine with Dr. David C. Joslyn, of 
 Waitsfield, Dr. S. W. Thayer, now of Bur- 
 lington, Prof. Benj. R. Palmer, now of 
 Woodstock, graduating at Woodstock 
 Medical College in 1845, attending three 
 courses of lectures. He has practiced 3 
 years at Warren, then 3 years at Waits- 
 field: removed to Montpelier, 1849; at- 
 tended lectures at the college of Physicians 
 and Surgeons, N. Y., spending much time 
 in the hospitals of the city, about which 
 time he became a convert to homoeopathy, 
 and was the second person in middle Ver- 
 mont to espouse the cause at this time so 
 unpopular, and one of six who founded the 
 State Homoeopathic Society. He has ed- 
 ucated quite a number of students in his 
 office, among whom, his own son, Dr. 
 Homer C. Brigham, of Montpelier, and 
 Prof. WUfred W. Porter, of the Medical 
 Department in the Syracuse University. 
 While at Montpelier he served a while as 
 postmaster ; was town superintendent of 
 common schools ; lectured on education, 
 temperance and sundry scientific subjects, 
 and has been a contributor to medical 
 journals, and known to the secular press in 
 essays and poetical contributions for over 
 25 years. He delivered the class poem be- 
 fore the Norwich University in 1870 ; pub- 
 lished in that year a 12 mo. vol., pp. 180, 
 " The Harvest Moon and other Poems "at 
 the Riverside Press, which with additions 
 came out in a second edition. 
 
 The Doctor has since issued a "Work 
 on Catarrhal Diseases," 126 pp., and re- 
 ports a work on "Pulmonary Consump- 
 tion," nearly ready for press ; that he haS; 
 written this year, 1 881, a play in tragedy,, 
 "Benedict Arnold," that he expects to 
 publish. He is regular contributor to three 
 medical journals, and has written for as 
 many as thirty of the leading newspapers. 
 East and West. He married, ist, Laura 
 Elvira Tyler, dau. of Merrill Tyler, Esq., 
 of Fayston; children. Homer C, Willard 
 Irving, Julia Lena, Ida Lenore. His first 
 wife died Mar. 12, 1873. He married, 2d, 
 Miss Agnes Ruth Walker, dau. of Ephraim 
 Walker, Esq., of Springfield. They have 
 
 one child. Dr. Brigham" has resided since 
 1878, at Grand Rapids,. Mich. His son, 
 Dr. Homer C, is in practice at Montpel- 
 ier. In his poetical writings — not a few — 
 the Doctor has always inclined to the pat- 
 riotic. 
 
 Aug. i6th, loothanniversary of Benning- 
 ton battle. At the meeting of the Ver- 
 monter's Society in Michigan, at Grand 
 Rapids, Hon. W. A. Howard delivered 
 the oration, and Dr. G. N. Brigham, the 
 poem. We give an extract. In ourcrowd- 
 ed pages we have scarce room for poetic 
 extracts, even, and this appears to be the 
 musical town of the County. Such a flock 
 of native poets, all expecting by right of 
 manor, to sing in the history of their birth 
 town, with the one who has written the 
 most in this prolific field, we must begin 
 to be brief. Haply, he has published too 
 widely to be in need of our illustration : 
 
 FROM "THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON." 
 
 When Freedom's cause in doubtftil scale 
 Hung trembling o'er Coiumbla's laud. 
 And men with sinking hearts turned pale 
 That 'gainst the foe there stood no brand, 
 
 Vermont, thy banner rose. 
 Green waved thy lofty mountain pine, 
 Wliich thou didst make thy battle sign, 
 Then ft'om the mountain fastness thou 
 Didst sally with a knitted brow. 
 
 And tyrants felt thy blows. 
 
 The bugle Mew no frightfiil blast 
 
 Where th ' sulphrous smoke its mantle cast, 
 
 For oft thy sons in forest field 
 
 The heavy broadsword learned to wield 
 
 In their old border frays. 
 Bred to reclaim the native soil 
 With sinewed limb and patient toil, 
 The forest path to stoutly fend, 
 Where foes did lurk, or wild beasts wend, 
 • No danger did amaze. 
 
 Free as the mountain air they breathe. 
 The vassal's place they dare disown; 
 The blade from scabbard to unsheath 
 And see the slaughters harvest sown. 
 
 Ere wrong shall rule the day. 
 So when the midnight cry, "To arms! " 
 Did reach them at their northern farms. 
 They snatched the musket and the powder-horn, 
 And shook their brand with patriots' scorn. 
 
 And gathered to tlic fray. 
 
 Vermont, thy soul's young life -^as there, 
 Tliere from thy rocks up leapt the Are 
 That made thy hills the altar-stair 
 To holy freedom's star-crowned spire, 
 
 While all the world did doubt. 
 In native hearts and native bla^Ies 
 The freeman's hope forever lives; 
 The soul that first in sorrow wades. 
 The most to human nature gives 
 
 In sorest times of drought. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 the hosts of Albion sleep secure, 
 The mountain path to them Is sure. 
 And In their dreams they wait the day 
 To feast and drive the mob away. 
 
 And forage on the town. 
 That dream to England sealed her doom ; 
 They roused to hear the cannon boom. 
 And see the mountaineers they scorned 
 In serried line of battle formed. 
 
 And on them coming down. 
 
 And who liere making pllgrlmagGj 
 When told how, with their muskets clubbed. 
 Our sires from breaatwoiks drove the foe, 
 Bow here were English veterans drubbed 
 
 By plowmen gloved In steel. 
 Shall say, the race keeps not to-day 
 The Spartan fire— 
 
 Sliall say. If with this trenchant warp 
 There runs not through a thread of gold ; 
 Or If the Attic salt still flows 
 Through pulsing veins of later mold, 
 And pledges colored wine. 
 
 From hence the field of Bennington 
 With Concord and with Lexington, 
 Upon the patriot's scroll shall blaze. 
 And virtuous hearts proclaim her praise. 
 
 Tin chivalry's page shall end- 
 Shall toll how Mars did glut his rage. 
 How screamed the eagle round her nest. 
 When death or iVcedom was the gage. 
 While war unloosed her battle vest. 
 
 And carnage rode a flend. 
 
 And where the nations strive and hope. 
 And in the breaking darkness grope. 
 Here may expiring faith still burn. 
 And see the patriot's emblem turn 
 Above this crimson sea. 
 
 From another poem on the same sub- 
 ject : 
 
 How grand thy towering cilfifs, where twines 
 
 The hemlock's green to wreath thy crown; 
 How bright thy peaks when day declines. 
 
 As there thy glory settles down. 
 
 When stirred the border feud, how rang 
 The note of war; 
 
 And where the wolf ran down her prey , 
 By grange girt in with woodland duu. 
 
 The ranger hurried to the ftay. 
 There flashed the border-guardsman's gun. 
 
 And when a mightier cause called for 
 Thy sons to draw the sword 
 
 The bugle gave the hills Its blast. 
 
 And men In buckskin breeches came, 
 Tiielr waists slung with the powder-horn. 
 
 Their hearts with freedom's spark aflame. 
 And battled till the STATE was born. 
 
 thy border cry 
 
 Bang to the Northern chtH for help. 
 
 When Allen mustered for old Ti., 
 And drove from there the lion's whelp. 
 
 From there to Hoosick's bloody flume 
 .Marched forth our sires with hearts aflame. 
 
 And snatched the British lion's plume. 
 And wrote for us a storied name. 
 
 From a remembrance to Vermont : 
 
 O, bring the spring that plumes the glen. 
 And hearty be the greeting; 
 
 We'll think in kindness of the men 
 Whose hearts to ours gave beating; 
 
 Nor shall their armor rust 
 
 Taken by us in trust. 
 
 Bathed in the noon of peace, green, green. 
 
 Forever, be those hills; 
 Green wliere the boar-frost builds her screen. 
 
 And winter's goblet fills, 
 The frost and cedar green I 
 
 Queen Virgin of the Ancient North, 
 
 Throned spirit of the crags. 
 Who called tlie stui-dy Aliens forth 
 
 To weave thy battle-flags. 
 We take the sprig of pine. 
 Frond of our lineal line, 
 yermontl Vermont! Our childhood's home. 
 
 Still home where'er we roam. 
 
 MISS SUSAN GRIGGS. 
 
 BY ANNA B. BBAGO, 
 
 Many eflScient teachers of our district 
 schools have been reared and educated in 
 this town, though the greater part have 
 followed teaching but a few terms before 
 commencing " life work," but Miss Griggs 
 has made teaching the business of her life, 
 and in years of service, number of pupils, 
 and different branches thoroughly learned 
 and imparted to others, has no equal here, 
 and perhaps but few in our whole country. 
 She was born in this town, Feb. 1814. 
 From her earliest schooldays, her book 
 was her favorite companion, often upon 
 her wheel-bench, that sentence after sen- 
 tence of some coveted lesson might be 
 committed to memory, while her hands 
 spun thread after thread of wool or flax, 
 working willingly for herself and her 
 brothers and sisters, as was the custom in 
 those days. 
 
 When 12 years of age, her father, an 
 earnest Christian man, died, leaving his 
 wife and little ones to struggle along the 
 path of life alone in God's care. But as in 
 his life he had often said, " Susan is our 
 student," so in all her young days after 
 she seemed to hear his voice encouraging 
 her to give her time, talents and life to the 
 work of Christian education. She began 
 teaching in the Sabbath-school at 13, and 
 at 16 in a district-school, where for many 
 years her time was spent, and in attending 
 school, as she completed the course of 
 
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 191 
 
 study, at Newbury Seminary. In 1850, 
 she was one of the teachers sent out to 
 the South and West by Gov. Slade. She 
 taught one year at Wihtiington, N. C, 
 and then went to Wolcottville, Ind., under 
 the direction of Gov. Slade, a small village 
 in a new town, first teaching in the family 
 of George Wolcott, with the addition of a 
 few neighbors' children ; then in a small 
 school-house. The school so increased, 
 Mr. Wolcott, the founder of the village, 
 built a convenient seminary at his own ex- 
 pense, furnished with musical instruments, 
 library, apparatus, etc. Here she taught 
 for 17 years, principal of the school, hav- 
 ing sometimes one or two assistant teach- 
 ers, and often a hundred pupils. Beside 
 the common and higher English branches, 
 there were often classes in German, Latin, 
 French and painting, and always in music, 
 vocal and instrumental, and always a lit- 
 erary society, and always a Sabbath-school, 
 in which she taught a class, arid was some- 
 times superintendent. She says " these 
 years were full of toil, but bright with hope 
 that minds were there awakened to the 
 beauties of the inviting realms of purity 
 and truth." 
 
 After a short rest with a brother in Mis- 
 souri and another in Wisconsin, she re- 
 sumed teaching in Fort Wayne College, 
 Ind. ; afterward in Iowa about 2 years, and 
 is now in Kendallville, Ind., one of a corps 
 of 12 teachers; 60 pupils under her charge. 
 " Many will rise up and call her blessed." 
 
 Mrs. Celia (Baxter) Brigham, of Evart, 
 Michigan, contributes the following for the 
 Baxter family : 
 
 EBER H. BAXTER AND FAMILY 
 
 came to Fayston in April, 1831, and lived 
 there 20 years. They had 14 children; 
 one died ;n infancy. They removed to 
 Michigan with 10 children — two remained 
 in Fayston — in 1851. Albert Baxter, eldest 
 son, had then lived in Mich, about 6 years. 
 He has been for the last 20 years connected 
 with the Grand Rapids Eagle ; is now ed- 
 itor of Grand Rapids Daily Ea^e. Albert, 
 Celia — Mrs. C. B. Brigham ; Rosina — Mrs. 
 R. B. Cadwell, now in California; Edwin, 
 lawyer in Grand Haven, Mich.; Uri J., 
 lawyer in Washington, D. C. ; Sabrina— 
 
 Mrs. S. B. Cooper, Evart, Mich. ; and Vi- 
 enna I. — Mrs. V. I. B. German, Lowell, 
 Mich., of the Baxter family, are more or 
 less known as occasional authors in prose 
 and pqftry. Twelve children, the father 
 now in his 8oth year (1879) still survive. 
 Ira C, sixth son, left his body on the field 
 of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. E. H. 
 Baxter was town clerk and justice of peace 
 in Fayston for several years. 
 
 MRS. CELIA B. BRIGHAM 
 
 has written many years for press, and for 
 many newspapers and journals short poems. 
 She has sent us for her representation in 
 the dear old birthtown, a rather pretty col- 
 lection, for which we can make room only 
 for the following : 
 
 TO MY SLEEPING BABE. 
 
 Gently, little cherub, gently 
 Droop those weary eyelids now; 
 
 Sliiinber^s hand la pressing lightly. 
 Softly on thy cloudless brow. 
 
 Meekly, little sleeper, meekly 
 Folded on tby guileless breast 
 
 Dimpled hands of pearly whiteness- 
 Lovely is thy " rosy rest." 
 
 Calmly, little dreamer, calmly 
 Beats that tiny heart of thlue— 
 
 As the pulses of the leaJlet, 
 Booked to rest at eveutlmc. 
 
 Softly, little darling, softly 
 Dies away thy mother's song; 
 
 And the angels come to guaixl thee. 
 Through theulght hours, lone and long. 
 
 Sweetly, blessed infUnt, sweetly 
 Fall their whispers on thine ear; 
 
 Smiles are on thy lips of coral- 
 Snowy pinions hover near. 
 
 TO AN UNSEEN MINSTREL. 
 
 The lark may slug to the chickadee, 
 
 From his lofty azure throne. 
 Nor feel the thrill in the maple tree. 
 
 Where his listener sits alone; 
 Even thus, thy spirit sings to me— 
 Bearest thou the answering tone? 
 From their sunward flight, can thy tireless wings 
 Ever fold where the forest wai'bier sings ? 
 Thou callest the voices of long ago 
 
 From level-troddcu graves. 
 As the wind may call an echoing note 
 
 From out tho dark sea caves— 
 As the burning stars of heaven may call 
 To the restless, heaving waves— 
 That, ever-changing beneath their gaze. 
 Can answer only In broken rays! 
 
 THE NEGLECTED BIBLE. 
 
 Precious, but neglected Bible! 
 
 Let me ope thy lids once more. 
 And, with reverential feelings, 
 
 Turn the sacred pages o'er. 
 
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 Source of joy and consolation, 
 
 Vainly does thy fount supply 
 Me wltb life's pure crystal waters— 
 
 Lol Ilanguishf faint and die! 
 
 Kot because Is sealed the fountain 
 That could soothe the keenest woe;. 
 
 Not because the stream unfailing 
 Hath one moment ceased to flow; 
 
 But becausemy thirsty spliit, 
 Seeking bitter draught, passed by, 
 
 Heedlessly, the living waters- 
 Lot I languish, faint and die I 
 
 Descriptive of how many a Vermonter 
 felt in 1 85 1, is a little "sonnet" below, by 
 Elisha Aldis Brigham, sent me by Mrs. 
 Brigham, that her husband may, as well as 
 herself, have a little niche in the history of 
 their native town : 
 
 SONNET. 
 
 O, tell me not of Liberty's bright land : 
 Where man by brother man Is bought and sold; 
 To toll In sweat and tears, for others gold. 
 Obedient to a tyrant's stern command ; 
 Where children part upon the auction stand 
 To meet no more, and weeping parents torn 
 Asunder— slave-bound captives long to mourn. 
 Are scattered far and wide, a broken band. 
 Where Justice on proud Freedom's altar sleeps. 
 Where mercy's voice Is never heard to sigh ; 
 Where pity's hand ne'er wipes the tearful eye 
 Of Afric's exiles, who In misery weep— 
 The mllUous three who wear oppression's brand ; 
 Oh I call It not sweet Freedom's happy land I 
 Fayston, Feb. 1851. 
 
 A whole budget from natives in the 
 West: We will not give any one's Jong 
 piece entire ; but not having the heart to 
 leave any son or daughter who knocks at 
 the old Green Mountain door, out entirely, 
 even if they are unfortunately a "poet," 
 we shall give some one short extract, or 
 sonnet for all who have sent home their 
 pieces for Fayston, and let the dry old, 
 only statisticians, growl as they may . Here 
 comes the Fayston men and women of the 
 pen for a page or two : First, a long poem, 
 almost a news-column, fine print, "written 
 in my chamber at Washington, on the an- 
 niversary eve of the assassination of Presi- 
 dent Lincoln.'' We will have six or seven 
 verses from 
 
 THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION. 
 
 BY U. J. BAXTEK. 
 
 Why sound the bells 
 So moumflilly upon the air of night? 
 Why volley forth the guns upon the night. 
 
 With sudden peal that tells 
 Of darkling horror and of dire affi-lglit ? 
 
 The morn shall ope 
 With a dread tale that tells of dark eclipse- 
 Of a dark deed that throws its black eclipse 
 
 On all a nation's hope. 
 And smites the Joy that filled a nation's lips ? 
 
 Stricken and low I 
 Aye, let us weep — weep for the guilt and crime— 
 The Ingrate sense— the coward guilt and crime I 
 
 Dissolve In tears and woe 
 The darkling horror of this monstrous time 1 
 
 His name breathe not. 
 His thrice-accursed name, whose brutal hand— 
 Whose foul, polluted heart and brutal hand 
 
 A demon's purpose wrought. 
 And whelmed in grief our glad, rejoicing land. 
 
 A nation's heart bowed with him In the dust 
 
 We turn our hope In vain 
 To seek a chieftain worthy of his trust. 
 
 No marvel here 1 
 Two kingUest come not haply born and twinned- 
 Each age Its one great soul, nor matched, nor twinned. 
 
 Owning no mortal peer- 
 So Is his glory in our age uukinncd. 
 
 His mantle fell~ 
 On whom Is not yet shown— yet sure Its folds 
 Are burled not— its rich and loving folds 
 
 Shall lay some blessed spell 
 On him who most his noble spirit holds. 
 
 Great chieftain I rest I 
 Our hearts shall go as pilgrims to thy tomb; 
 Our spirits moura and bless thy martyr tomb; 
 
 We deem thy lot is blest; 
 Our love shall tob our sorrow of its gloom. 
 
 All coming time 
 Shall ne'er despoil thy glory of Its crown- 
 Each year shall set its Jewels In thy crown- 
 Each day bell's passing chime 
 Shall add a tongue to speak thy Just renown. 
 
 LITTLE BEN. 
 
 BY 8ABAH BIII6HAH UANSFIELD. 
 
 In a lonely spot In a dismal street 
 Little Ben sat chafing his bare, cold feet. 
 And so hungry, too, for nothing to eat. 
 
 All the long day had poor Ben. 
 His mother, alas, had long been dead— 
 So long, he could Just remember, her and 
 The sweet pale face as she knelt by his bed 
 
 And prayed Glod to bless little Ben. 
 
 The twilight deepened, how dark it grew. 
 
 And how heavily fell the chill night dew. 
 
 And the moaning winds pierced through and through 
 
 Tlie form of poor little Ben. 
 " Oh! why am I left here alone," he cried, 
 " Dear mamma told me before she died 
 She was going to Heaven; Oh, mamma," he sighed, 
 
 " Why don't you come for poor Bonf " 
 
 " Can you be happy, tho' in Heaven a saint. 
 
 While I am so cold, so weary, so faint? 
 
 Dear mother, dost hear your poor darling's plaint? 
 
 Oh, come lor your own little BenI " 
 The morning came with iu rosy light. 
 And kissed the wan cheeks and lids so white. 
 They were closed for aye I In the lone night 
 
 An angel had come for poor Ben. 
 
FAYSTON. 
 
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 THE FIRST FLOWER OF SPRING. 
 BY ziBA w. BOYCB, (deceased.) 
 The first April violet beside the bare tree. 
 Looking gayly up seemed to be saylug to jae^ 
 '* I come with yon robin, sweet spring to recall, 
 There caroling above me the glad news to all- 
 How pleased all yon r feelings— your eyt and your ear ; 
 With gay exultation you welcome us here; 
 But In the soon future, surrounded by flowers. 
 And Summer bird's plumage, far gayer than ours, 
 Forgotten the perils we willingly bore- 
 First messengers telling of winter no more." 
 I thought of the bird, and the flower, and then 
 Confessed It is thus with alt pioneer men. 
 Let them labor and suffer new truths to disclose. 
 Their wants or their woes there's nobody knows. 
 The world owns the work when the labor is done— 
 They, the bird and the flower, forgotten and gone. 
 
 THE RAIN. 
 
 BY MK8. D. T. SMITH. 
 
 When ftom winter's ley spell 
 Burst the brooklets In the dell, 
 
 With a song; 
 When the early robins call j 
 
 From the sunny garden wall. 
 
 All day long; 
 When the crocus shows its face. 
 And the tern its dainty grace, 
 
 AndthedafTodll; 
 And the dandelion bright 
 Decks the field with golden light 
 
 On the hill; 
 When the Spring has waked a world again. 
 And the apple-blossoms whiten. 
 And the grasses gleam and brighten, 
 Then we listen to the rythmic patter of the rain. 
 
 When the lilies, snowy white, 
 Gleam upon the lakelet bright, 
 
 'Mid tbelr leaves; 
 And the twittering swallows fly. 
 Building nests ftirby and by, 
 
 'Neath the eaves; 
 Boses blush 1' the dewy morn. 
 Bees their honey -quest have gone 
 
 All the day; 
 And the daisies, starry, bright. 
 Glisten in the firefly's light 
 
 As they may ; 
 When Summer decks the mountain and the plain, 
 When she binds her golden sheaves. 
 Then she tilts her glossy leaves 
 In the splash Ing and the dashing of the rain. 
 
 When the maple forests redden, 
 
 And the sweet ferns brown and deaden 
 
 On the lea, 
 Stralghtly furrowed lie the acres. 
 And we hear the roar of breakers 
 
 Out at sea; 
 When the birds their columns muster. 
 And the golden pipins cluster 
 
 On the bough. 
 And the autumn breeze is sighing. 
 Springtime past and Summer dying, 
 
 Here and now; 
 And autumn winds are filled with sounds of pain 
 When the katydids are calling; 
 Then the crimson leaves are falling 
 Through the weeping and the moaning of th' rain. 
 Dubuque, Iowa. 
 
 THE MOSS-COVERED TROUGH. 
 
 BY 8. MINERVA BOYCE. 
 
 Thatjmoss -covered trough, decaying there yonder, 
 
 I remember it well when but a child ; 
 Though years have fiown by, I still love to wander 
 
 Along the old road by the woodland wild. 
 
 Ab! yes, I remember when Aill and o'erflowlng. 
 With the clear, sparkling nectar, so cool; 
 
 The old farmer came with his bucket f):om mowing. 
 And we drank from his cup, then trudged on to 
 school. 
 
 And then 'neath the low-spreading maple.close by It, 
 
 Were gathered the wildlings of May; 
 There blossomed the hat' of a lad who drew nigh it, 
 
 And blue-bird and robin sang sweeter that day. 
 
 Though now thrown aside, to give room for another. 
 All neglected, and moss-grown, and old, 
 
 I still find A charm to be found in none other. 
 Were It carved e'er so lovely, or plated with gold. 
 
 Long ago the old farmer finished his mowing,. 
 
 Filled his 1 ast bucket, *' reaped his last grain ;" 
 Then went just beyond where seed-time and sowing 
 
 Will never recall him to labor again. 
 
 And here we give, if we may nip at 
 will, the buds, for which we only have 
 room, a pretty extract from Sabrina Bax- 
 ter, born in Fayston : 
 
 BUDS AND BLOSSOMS. 
 We walked within my garden 
 On a dewy, balmy morn— 
 
 We paused beside a rose-bush. 
 
 The swelling buds to note- 
 To drink the gushing fragrance 
 Whl ch round us seemed to float ; 
 
 One bud we'd viewed but yesternight. 
 
 When very fair it grew— 
 We'd waited for the morrow's light 
 
 To see it washed in dew, 
 A worm bad found the curling leaf. 
 
 Had marred the bursting budlet. 
 Had withered stem and flower. 
 
 Alas I for earthly happiness. 
 
 In bitterness I cried, 
 Naught beautllbl, naught lovely. 
 
 May on tbis earth abide! 
 A blight Is on tbe floweret, 
 
 A blight is on the grove, 
 A doubly blighting power upon 
 
 Those objects that we love I 
 
 " Mortal 1 " the voice seemed near. 
 And musical the tone. 
 
 Are there no buds, whose brightness 
 Outshines the garden rosef 
 
 What worm had nipped the blossom? 
 Who answereth for those? 
 
 " Within the human garden 
 How many a floweret lies. 
 Despoiled by reckless gardener— 
 
 And In the whispered lays we heard. 
 And flrom the flowers there smiled, 
 A plea for hnman rose-buds— 
 
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 Taking a skipping extract from Emogene 
 M. Boyce: 
 
 1 paused once more, gave a few lingering looks 
 At the dear olden place, the remembered nooks: 
 The orchard, the garden, the dark, silent mill, 
 Tlie little red cot at the foot of the hill, 
 "Where the little trout brook, still murmured along; 
 The old lofty pines sang the same mournful song. 
 When with father aud mother, we children four. 
 Had gathered at ere 'round the old cottage door. 
 
 SOLDIERS OF FAYSTON. 
 
 BY DOniilO B. STODDABD. 
 
 The notes of war that rang through the 
 land in the winter and spring of 6i were 
 not without their effect upon the town of 
 Fayston. Her hardy sons willingly re- 
 sponded to their country's call. The fol- 
 lowing is the record of services rendered 
 and lives given, who served for their own 
 town in the order of enlistment : 
 
 Thomas Maxwell, the first resident o 
 Fayston to respond to, the call for volun- 
 teefs. He enlisted. May 7, 1861, at the 
 age of 20 years, in Co. F. 2d Vt. Reg. ; was 
 discharged, by reason of sickness,' Feb 21, 
 1863 ; re-enlisted Mar. 20, '64, in Co. F. 
 17th Vt. Reg. ; severely wounded in the 
 Wilderness May 6, '64. The ballentered 
 the neck, passed through the roots of the 
 tongue, and lodged in the base of the 
 head, where it still remain^; discharged 
 ■ June 17, '65. 
 
 Mark and Luther Chase, brothers, 
 enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in Co. H. 6th Vt. ; 
 aged 26 and 18 years. Mark-was dis- 
 charged May 29, '62; reenlisted Nov. 27, 
 '63; taken prisoner, and died at Ander- 
 sonville, Ga., July 3, .'64. Luther died in 
 hospital Jan. 31, '62. 
 
 Geo. Somerville, age 23, enlisted in 
 Co. G. 6th Vt.., Aug. 29, '61 ; discharged 
 June 23, '62. 
 
 John H. Hunter, age 41 ; enlisted 
 Sept. 2, '6i, Co. H. 6th Vt. ; chosen cor- 
 poral ; discharged; reenlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; 
 lost an arm in the service; finally dis- 
 charged Mar. 10, '65. 
 
 Geo. L. Marble, age 30, enlisted in' 
 Co. G. 6th Vt., Sept. 10, '61 ; reenlisted 
 Feb. 8. '64 ; taken prisoner Oct. 19, '64 ; 
 supposed to have died in Libby Prison. 
 
 Wm. M. Strong, age 19, enlisted in Co. 
 G. 6th Vt., Sept. 23, '61 ; served 3 years; 
 mustered out Oct 28, '64. 
 
 Allen E. Mehuren, enlisted in Co. G. 
 6th Vt., Sept. 27, '61, age 23; discharged 
 by reason of sickness, Feb. 4, '63. 
 
 Cornelius McMullen, age 29, enlisted 
 in Co. B. 6th Vt., Oct. 3, '61, re-enlisted 
 Dec. IS, '63, transferred to Co. H. Oct. 
 16, '64, served till the close of the war, 
 mustered out June 26, '65. 
 
 Henry C. Backus, age 24, enlisted in 
 Co. G. 6th Reg't., Oct. 7, '61, promoted 
 sergeant, mustered out Oct. 28, '64. 
 
 Warren C. Porter, age 37, enlisted 
 Oct. 15, '61, in Co. G. 6th Vt., served 3 
 years, mustered out Oct. 28, '64. 
 
 Chester S. Dana, age 33, enlisted in 
 Co. B. loth Vt., July 18, '62, chosen sth 
 sergeant, promoted to ist ser'gt.,, sick in 
 general hospital much of the latter part of 
 his service, discharged May 22, '65. 
 ' LaFayette Moore, enlisted in Co. F. 
 2d Vt. as a recruit, July 30, '62, age 26, 
 died in the service Feb. 29, '64. 
 
 Heman a. Moore, age 21, enlisted 
 in Co. F. 2d Vt., Aug. 2, '62, mustered 
 out June 19, '65. 
 
 Eli Gibson, recruit in Co. G. 6th Vt.. 
 enlisted Aug. 13, '62, age 22,, died in the 
 service April 7, '64. 
 
 Lewis Bettis, a resident of Warren, 
 enlisted for this town in Co. G. 6th Vt., 
 Aug. 13, '62, age 37 ; transferred to the 
 Invalid Corps, Jan. 15, '64. 
 
 John Chase, age 23, enlisted in Co. G. 
 6th Vt., Aug. 13, '62 ; mustered out June 
 19, '65. 
 
 Nathan Thayer, age 23; enlisted in 
 Co. H. 6th Vt., Aug. 13, '62; discharged 
 June 3, '63. 
 
 Nelson J. Boyce, age 32 ; enlisted in 
 Co. G. 6th Vt., Aug. 16, '62 ; transferred 
 to the Invalid Corps July i, '63. 
 
 Lester H. Harris, age 25; enlisted 
 Aug. 18, '62, in Co. F. 2d Vt. ; died May 
 18, '63. 
 
 The following 17 soldiers all members 
 of Co. B. 13th Vt., (9 months), enlisted 
 Aug. 25, '62; mustered in Oct. 10, '62, at 
 Brattleboro; mustered out at the same 
 place July 21, '63; the battle of Gettys- 
 burg being the only one in which they 
 participated: 
 
 George O. Boyce, 2d serg't., age 28 ; 
 
FAYSTON. 
 
 19s 
 
 with others of his company taken prisoner 
 by rebel guerrillas while going frona Camp 
 Carusi to Fairfax station with supply teams, 
 May 14, '63. They were paroled the next 
 day, and returned to the regiment. 
 
 Dorric S. Stoddard, 3d corporal, age 28 ; 
 William E. Backus, age 22, detailed scout ; 
 John Baird, age 20, died of fever soon 
 after returning home ; Matthew^Blair. age 
 27, afterwards re-enlisted in 56 Mass., 
 killed in the Wilderness; Charles D. Bil- 
 lings, age 19, died at Camp Carusi May 19, 
 '63 ; Chauncey Carpenter, age 39, re- 
 enlisted Dec. 31, '63, in Co. C. 17th Vt., 
 discharged May 13, '65 ; Samuel J. Dana, 
 age 29, wounded at Gettysburg ; Royal S. 
 Haskins, age 21 ; Charles C. Ingalls, age 
 i8, re-enlisted Sept. i, '64, in Co. G. 6th 
 Vt., mustered out June 19, '65; Stephen 
 Johnson, age 21, re-enlisted Aug. 26, '64, 
 in Co. G. 6th Vt., mustered out June 19, 
 '65; ZibaH. McAllister, age 21, re-enlist- 
 ed in Cavalry Co. C. Nov. 30, '63, trans- 
 ferred to Co. A. June 19, '65, mustered 
 out June 26, '65 ; Levi Nelson, age 20 ; 
 William Nelson, age 26, Daniel Posnett, 
 age 47, Winfield S. Rich, age 24, Reuben 
 Richardson, age 45, transferred to Co. 
 H., re-enlisted Nov. 30, '63, in Co. H. 6th 
 Regt., discharged May 12, '65. 
 
 William G. Wilkins, age 18, enlisted in 
 Co. F. 2d Vt., June 16, '63, discharged 
 Jan. 21, '64. 
 
 Robert Hoffman, age 21, enlisted in the 
 3d Battery, Oct. 19, '64, discharged June 
 IS, '65. 
 
 John W. Palmer, enlisted in Cavalry, 
 Co. C. Nov. 28, '63, age 23, transferred 
 to Co. A. June 21, '65, mustered out 
 Aug. 9, '65. 
 
 Judson W. Richardson, age 29, enlisted 
 in Co. H. 6th Vt., promoted corporal 
 June 19, '65, and mustered out June 26, '65. 
 
 Charles O. Dyke, age 18, enlisted Nov. 
 30, '63, in Co. H. 6th Vt. ; mustered out 
 June 26, '65. 
 
 Myron Mansfield, age 18, enlisted Dec. 
 
 2, '63, in Co. H. 2d U. S. Sharp-shooters ; 
 transferred to Co. H. 4th Vt., Feb. 25, '65 ; 
 supposed to have died at Andersonville. 
 
 Benj. B. Johnson, age 20, enlisted Dec. 
 
 3, '63, in Co. G. 6th Vt. ; transferred to 
 
 Vet. Res. Corps, Dec. 4, '64; mustered 
 out July 15, '65. 
 
 Wm. H. Johnson, age 18, enlisted Dec. 
 3, '63, in Co. G. 6th Vt. ; pro. corp. Sept. 
 23, '64 ; serg't. June 20, '65 ; mustered 
 June 26, '65. 
 
 Charles B. Corliss, age r8, enlisted Dec. 
 3, '63, in Co. G. 6th Vt. ; discharged June 
 28, '65. 
 
 Anson O. Brigham, age 21, enlisted 
 Dec. 5, '63, in Co. H. 6th Vt. ; trans, to 
 invalid corps, and discharged June 28, '65. 
 
 Calvin B. Marble, age 18, enlisted Dec. 
 g, '63, in Co. G. 6th Vt. ; mustered out 
 June 26, '65. 
 
 . Edwin E. Chaffee, age 18, enlisted Dec. 
 9, '63. in Co. H. 6th Vt. ; pro. corp. June 
 19, '63 ; must, out June 26, '65. 
 
 Asa E. Corliss, age 20, enlisted Sept. 7, 
 '64, in Co. G. 6th Vt. ; must, out July ig, 
 '6s. 
 
 John W. Ingalls, age 28, enlisted Sept. 
 16, '64, but did not enter service. 
 
 This town also furnished 14 non-resident 
 soldiers, of whom! can give but a meagre 
 report, as follows : 
 
 Geo. Arnold, Francis E. Buck, Thomas 
 Bradleyi ist army corps; Sidney Dolby; 
 54 Mass. (colored) ; Wm. W. Green, 
 Philip Gross, ist A. C. ; Wm. J. Hopkins, 
 cav. ; John J. Hern, ist A. C. ; Randall 
 Hibbard, ist A. C. ; Frederic Kleinke, ist 
 
 A. C. ; Nelson Parry, Co. B. 7th Vt., 
 Nicholas Schmidt, ist A. C. ; John S. 
 Templeton; James Williamstown,istA. C. 
 
 The following persons were furnished 
 under draft, five of whom paid commuta- 
 tion: Hiram ,E. Boyce, Eli Bruce, Jr., 
 Nehemiah Colby, Charles M. Fisher, 
 Julius T. Palmer, and one, Nathan Boyce, 
 procured a substitute. 
 
 This town probably furnished from her 
 own residents as many, if not more, sol- 
 diers for other towns than were credited 
 to her from non-residents, the record of 
 some of which is given as follows : 
 
 Andrew J. Butler, Co. H. 6th Vt. ; Hi- 
 land, G. Campbell, 3d Vt. Battery; Alba 
 
 B. Durkee, Co. I. 9th Vt. ; Timothy Don- 
 ivan, Co. H. 6th Vt. 
 
 In Co. G. 6th Vt. : Edward Dillon, G. 
 W. Fisher, James N. Ingalls, Robert Max- 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 well and Samuel Maxwell. In 3d Vt. : 
 Wm. W. McAllister. In Co. G. 6th Vt. : 
 James H. Somerville, Ichabod Thomas. 
 Dexter Marble lost a leg in the service, in 
 a Wisconsin regiment. 
 
 Thus I have given as best I can from 
 memory, and from data at command, an 
 imperfect record of Fayston and Eayston 
 men during the rebellion. Undoubtedly 
 the foregoing record is not perfect, yet I 
 think it is substantially correct. 
 
 Probably no town in the state suflFered 
 more financially than this. During the 
 latter part of the war when large bounties 
 were demanded by volunteers, and paid by 
 wealthy towns, Fayston, to save herself 
 from draft was obliged in one year (1864) 
 to raise for bounties and town expenses 
 the almost unheard of sum of $12.50 cents 
 upon every dollar of her grand list, thus 
 subjecting the owner of a simple poll list 
 to the payment of a tax of $25. Yet this 
 enormous sum was paid immediately, with 
 scarce a murmur of complaint, and not a 
 dollar left to be a drag-weight upon tax- 
 payers in after years. 
 
 Fayston can look back upon her finan- 
 cial record as a town, and the militai'y rec- 
 ord of her soldiers with no feelings but 
 those ' of honor, satisfaction and pride ; 
 knowing that the privations and valor of 
 her sons in the field, and the liberality of 
 her citizens at home all Contributed their 
 mite to keep the grand old flag still float- 
 ing-over a free and undivided nation. 
 
 grand army republic's response to 
 
 Sumner's bill for erasing our 
 
 battle records. 
 
 BT D. 8. STODDABD. 
 
 Blot out our battle records, boys, 
 
 Charles Sumner's bill dotb say; 
 Forget that yon were soldiers once. 
 
 And turn your thoughts away. 
 
 Yes, turn your thoughts away, my boys, 
 
 So noble, brave and true; 
 Forget you lugged a knapsack once. 
 
 And wore the army blue. 
 
 Flaunt not that starry flag, my boys. 
 
 With Lee's Mills, on Us fold. 
 Twill make some rebel's heart ache, boys. 
 
 To see It there so bold. 
 
 And blot out Savage Station, too\ 
 
 And likewise Malvern HUI; 
 That was a noisy place, you know. 
 
 But blot It out, you will. 
 
 Fort Henry, too, and Donelson, 
 Wliere Grant "Surrender" spake. 
 
 In such decided tones It made 
 The rebel Pillow shake. 
 
 And Shlloh, too, and Vloksburg, where 
 
 One Fourth of July day. 
 Brave Pemberton his well-tried sword 
 
 At the feet of Grant did lay. 
 
 And Cedar Creek, and Winchester, 
 
 And Sheridan's famous ride:— 
 Forget It, boys, forget It all, 
 
 It hurts the rebels' pride. 
 
 And Fredericksburg, and Antletam, 
 
 Where cannon rang and roared; 
 And Gettysburg, where three long days 
 
 Grape shot and shell were poured. 
 
 Where thousands freely gave their lives. 
 
 And drenched wltb blood the sand. 
 To stay the flow of Treason's tide 
 
 In Freedom's happy land. 
 
 And Richmond, too, and Petersburg, 
 
 And the Wilderness, forget; 
 And comrades dear who fought so well. 
 
 Whose sun of life there set. 
 
 Forget, my boys, you ever marched 
 
 With Sherman to the seal 
 Deny you ever fought against 
 
 Tlie rebels under Lee I 
 
 And Appomattox Court House, too. 
 
 Where Lee dissolved his camp; 
 And gave his long and well-tried sword 
 
 To General U. S. Grant. 
 
 Those names, we've loved them long, my boys. 
 
 And oft a glow of pride 
 Has thrilled through every vein, to thluk 
 
 We fought there side by side. 
 
 And oftentimes, my comrades dear. 
 
 There comes a sadder thoughts 
 Tlie price, the price! by which our land 
 
 These cherished records bought. 
 
 And now shall we erase those names. 
 
 And make our battle-flags. 
 Which e'er have been the soldier's pride, 
 
 Nothing but worthless rags? 
 
 No more shall read those glorious names 
 While swinging In the breeze? , 
 
 No more our hearts shall swell with pride 
 To think of bygone deeds? 
 
 And must we sufifer all this shame 
 
 To please that rebel horde. 
 Who brought the war upon themselves 
 
 By drawing first the sword? 
 
 Then we must ask their pardon, too. 
 
 For what we've done and said ; 
 Tramp down the graves of comrades dear, 
 
 And honor rebel dead. 
 
 And I suppose the next kind thlug 
 
 That Sumner'll want Is this. 
 That we get down upon our knees. 
 
 And rebel coat-tails kiss I 
 
 Now, comrades, when all this appears, 
 
 'Twill be when wo are dead I 
 When every man who fought the rebs 
 
 Sleeps In his narrow bed ! 
 
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 For while there^s one of us alive, 
 Though kicked, or cufifed, or spurncdl 
 
 Our battle-flags shall hear those names 
 That we so richly earuedl 
 
 And when we swing them in the breeze. 
 
 Those names shall glisten there. 
 As long as they enfold a stripe 
 
 Or bear a single star. 
 
 Bebels may sigh for what they lost, 
 
 And mourn for what we won ;— 
 Their moans and sighs can ne^er atone 
 
 I'or lialf the mischief done. 
 
 And comrades, when we older grow. 
 
 And gray hairs fill our head. 
 And some of us lie sleeping there 
 
 Amid the quiet dead ; 
 
 Our children then will catch the theme 
 
 Those battle-flags inspire, 
 And oftentimes their, hearts be filled 
 
 WithpatrioOoflrel 
 
 And should it be in future years 
 
 That Treason rears Its head. 
 And threatens to destroy the land 
 
 For which we fought and bled ; 
 
 Our sons will hoist those war-worn flags. 
 
 And wave them tow'rd the sky. 
 While rebels learn again, my boys. 
 
 That Treason then must die. 
 
 Those records fair shall never be 
 
 Expuuged tcoxa human sight! 
 Before weUl suflTer that, my' boys, 
 We'll go again, and flght. 
 Fayston, Vt., Jan. 8, 1873. 
 
 Mrs. L. B. Boyce continues and thus 
 closes the record of Fayston : 
 
 SAMUEL DANA 
 
 has been a resident of Fayston for many 
 years, and raised a large family here. Six 
 of his sons and one son-in-law were in the 
 army in the great rebellion. Several of 
 them were seriously wounded while in ser- 
 vice, yet all are now living and the father 
 and mother also. 
 
 I have been able to gather but little con- 
 cerning our military record previous to our 
 late war. 
 
 In 1841, one Jesse Mix was a revolution- 
 ary pensioner, and William Wait, and a 
 Mrs. Hutchinson. John Cloud, who lost 
 a leg in the revolutionary war, was for 
 many years a resident of this town, but 
 died elsewhere. 
 
 Of the war of 1812 there are no records 
 that I can find, and the old inhabitants are 
 eitlier dead or moved away. 
 
 MARSHFIELD. 
 
 BY MRS. H. C. PITKIN. 
 
 Marshfield was granted to the Stock- 
 bridge tribe of Indians, Oct. 16, 1782, and 
 chartered to them June 22, 1790, by the 
 General Assembly of Vermont, containing 
 23,040 acres ; lat. 44° 19', 'long. 4° 30' 
 on the upper waters of the Winooski; 
 bounded N. by Cabot, E. by Peacham and 
 Harris' Gore, S. by East Montpelier, Plain- 
 field and Goshen Gore, W. by Calais and 
 East Montpelier. 
 
 In the charter it is stipulated the town- 
 ship shall be divided into 75 equal shares, 
 etc., with the usual charter conditions. 
 
 The charter is signed by Gov. Moses 
 Robinson and Joseph Tracy, Sec. 
 
 The township was purchased of the 
 Indians by Capt. Isaac Marsh of Stock- 
 bridge, Mass., in honor of whom it is 
 named, for ;£i4o lawful money, and the 
 deed was signed by 18 Indians, thus: 
 
 Joseph Shawguthguat, Hendrick 
 Aupanmat, Jehosuhim Alokaira, Peter 
 Pohijhionurpjsut, -|- Joseph Luonahant, 
 -|- John Pophmin, -(- Solomon Quargaria- 
 hont, -|- Uhndrw Warmaeruph, -\- Vendru 
 Waumurmn, -]- Hudrink Ihchumhwmh, 
 -|- Moses Laupumnsapeat, -f- Thomas 
 Wind, -)- John Thonhpol, -|- David Neson- 
 ukausdahawauk, -|- Cornelius Janmauch, 
 4" David Nesonuhkeah Grum, -(-Abraham 
 Maummumthickhur, -[-Isaac Unamprey. 
 
 This deed was given July 29, 1789, and 
 witnessed by David Pixley and John Sar- 
 geant, missionary. 
 
 These Indians, it is supposed, when 
 they secured the grant of this land, in- 
 tended to remove here, and make it their 
 hunting-ground, but finding white settle- 
 ments were beginning to cluster around it, 
 they disposed of it as best they could, and 
 sought the unbroken forests of New York 
 and called the new home there, in honor 
 of the old one in Massachusetts. 
 
 Capt. Marsh had married, for his second 
 wife, a young widow by the name of Pit- 
 kin, of East Hartford, Conn., and four of 
 her sons, and two of his own daughters were 
 among the pioneers of his new township. 
 Cialeb Pitkin one of these sons, came from 
 East Hartford as a surveyor, with a com- 
 
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 pany under Gen. Whitelaw, in the spring 
 of 1790. .They spent the summer survey- 
 ing in this wilderness, returning to Con- 
 necticut in the autumn. They spent the 
 next season here also. Caleb was cook 
 for the company, and it was asserted he 
 " could cook as well as a woman." In the 
 springs of 1792, '93, he, together with his 
 brother, Martin Pitkin, and Gideon Spen- 
 cer, came here, and labored clearing land, 
 preparatory for a settlement, returning to 
 East Hartford in the autumn, each year. 
 The winter following Caleb, having mar- 
 ried Hannah, daughter of Capt. Marsh, 
 and Gideon Spencer, having previously 
 married Polly, another of his daughters, 
 together with Aaron Elmer, also a married 
 man, removed to this town. They came 
 as far as Montpelier with teams ; and from 
 there, the snow more than 4 feet deep in 
 . Feb., they came with handsleds. Caleb 
 Pitkin settled on the farm where his son, 
 Jas. Pitkin, now dead, resided. Gideon 
 Spencer, where his grandson Stephen 
 Spencer lives,- and Aaron Elmer where 
 John Harris Eaton resides. All their pro- 
 visions and furniture they brought from 
 Connecticut over roads which]would now 
 be deemed impassable. In the summer 
 they were joined by Ebenezer Dodge and 
 family. 
 
 John Preston Davis, son of Ebenezer 
 Dodge, was born Sept. 7th, of this year, 
 and was the first child born in town. 
 James, son of Caleb Pitkin, was born in 
 Jan., 179s, and was the second child born, 
 and the first girl born in town, was Betsey, 
 daughter of Gideon Spencer, now wife of 
 Dea. Dan Storrs. During this first season 
 no one of these settlers owned a team, 
 and all the grain for their families was car- 
 ried to Montpelier to be ground, and 
 brought home upon their backs, they leav- 
 ing the bran to lighten their loads. 
 
 March i, 1795, Joshua, Stephen, and 
 Nathaniel Pitkin, and Solomon Gilman 
 moved into town. Joshua Pitkin settled 
 near the centre of the town where William 
 Haskins now resides. Stephen Pitkin on 
 the farm below, where Howman Martin 
 lives, Nathaniel Pitkin, who was cousin to 
 the other settlers of the name, on the road 
 
 from Abram Wood's to the saw-mill in the 
 south part of the town, and Solomon Gil- 
 man where his grandson Loomis Gilman 
 now resides. 
 
 Settlers continued to come in. Stephen 
 Rich was an early pioneer, commencing 
 his settlement where his grandson, Samuel 
 D. HoUister, now lives. 
 
 Nathaniel Dodge, another, who came at 
 a day so early, that he moved all his goods 
 into town on a hand-sled, was an upright. 
 Christian man, accumulating a good prop- 
 erty and bringing up a large family, only 
 two of whom remain in town. 
 
 Martin Pitkin removed here previous to 
 the organization of the town. Simeon 
 Dwinell was also one of the early settlers, 
 and one of the best of citizens ; afterwards 
 four of his brothers, men of worth, Mar- 
 tin, Squier, Zenas, and Aaron Bullock; 
 the right kind of men ; John Pike, whose 
 5 sons all tilled the soil and made their 
 homes here ; Daniel Bemis with his large 
 family ; Caleb Putnam, the first blacksmith 
 in town, who made all the nails used in 
 the early days ; cut nails such as are now 
 used, being quite unknown. Mr. Putnam 
 was not only a good, ingenious blacksmith, 
 but also a good, useful citizen. After some 
 years, he removed to Woodbury, where 
 he died. 
 
 So rapid was the tide of immigration, 
 tliat, at the organization of the town, 61 
 men took the freemen's oath. Shall I say 
 of these men, that they were industrious, 
 energetic, persevering? None but such 
 men would think of making comfortable, 
 permanent homes in a forest? The farms 
 they cultivated, the school, and dwelling- 
 houses they erected, the thrift which soon 
 became apparent on every hand, all tell 
 what kind of men were the pioneers of 
 Marshfield^ 
 
 Joshua and Stephen Pitkin for a few of 
 the first years worked in company, after- 
 wacds they mutually agreed to dissolve 
 partnership, and amicably divided their 
 possessions. They built the first framed 
 barn in town. It was raised July 4, 1796. 
 This barn in their settlement became the 
 property of Joshua Pitkin. Stephen Rich 
 raised a barn June 20, 1797. Caleb and 
 
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 Stephen Pitkin had each a barn raised 
 June 26, 1797. June 28, 1798, William 
 Holmes raised a barn ; also Ebenezer 
 Dodge raised a barn July 6, '98. Capt. 
 Stephen Rich raised his house June 14, 
 l8oo. This was the first framed-house in 
 town. Stephen Pitkin, it is supposed, 
 built the next framed-house, two-story. 
 Joshua Pitkin raised a two-story house, 
 Sept. 24, 1803. Nathaniel Pitkin raised a 
 house June 20, 1804, and Timothy Cole 
 raised a house June 24, 1804. 
 
 THE FIRST RELIGIOUS MEETING 
 
 in town of which we find any record, was 
 Sunday, Aug. 20, 1797, at Nathaniel 
 Dodge's. The 25th of Sept. after, Mr. 
 Gilbert preached at Joshua Pitkin's. He 
 was a missionary from Connecticut ; and 
 Oct. 20, '97, a meeting at Nathaniel 
 Dodge's, no preacher mentioned, and it is 
 probable a sermon was read, as this was 
 often the case in after years. From this 
 time meetings were occasionally held in 
 town ; very many it seems at Capt. Rich's ; 
 for many years and also frequently, at 
 Nathaniel Dodge's ; sometimes at Joshua 
 Pitkin's. Among the ministers who occa- 
 sionally .preached here in the early days, 
 were Elder Wheeler, of Montpelier, Bap- 
 tist, Revs. Kinnee of Plainfield, Hobart 
 of Berlin, Lyman, of Brookfield, Wright 
 of Montpelier, Congregationalists. 
 
 How did our settlers live? in every de- 
 partment of labor, almost nothing to do 
 with? For making of maple sugar, the 
 first five-pail kettle owned in town, Caleb 
 Pitkin brought from Montpelier on his 
 back, and sap-troughs had to be made, 
 and the sugar-house was two huge logs 
 with the kettle hung between, the smoke 
 and ashes inclined to blow towards you ; the 
 sap had to be gathered by hand, and where 
 was the man who owned a sap-holder ? 
 And when sugar was made,' where was it 
 to be stored? James Pitkin told the writer, 
 he could remember how his father provided 
 for this emergency. In June, he pealed 
 birch- bark, soaked it, and sewed it with a 
 strong wax-end, and thus made a large 
 box, less the bottom, but he sat this on a 
 smooth piece of bark, with a sap-trough 
 under to catch the molasses, and he recol- 
 
 lects many times eating biscuit and butter 
 very near that sap-trough. The box, he 
 thought, would hold 200 pounds. He also 
 tells me the first cow his father owned, he 
 drove from Newbury through the wilder- 
 ness by marked trees, 34 miles. He did 
 not say how the cow lived the first winter, 
 but the second they raised a very large 
 crop of wheat, and the cow was fed 
 through winter, on wheat in the stook. 
 She was very sleek, and yielded a large 
 quantity of milk. 
 
 The children must be educated. In 
 1799, a meeting of the settlers was called, 
 and they concluded to build a log-school 
 house, covered with bark. It stood just 
 above where the road turns off to go to Dan- 
 iel Dodge's. Miss Nancy Caldwell taught 
 the first school ; was afterwards married to 
 Rowland Edwards of Montpelier. 
 
 Capt. Marsh came from Connecticut to 
 visit his children and their. families three 
 times, and once, Jan. 7, 1797, his wife came 
 with him. No small undertaking for a lady 
 past middle age, with such roads. These 
 visits were seasons of great interest to 
 their children, and no less so to them- 
 selves. They were made happy by seeing 
 the prosperity of the settlement, and the 
 thrift which was apparent among their 
 children. Mrs. Marsh died the next sum- 
 mer. Capt. Marsh lived some years 
 longer, and married the third wife. 
 
 When Capt. Marsh and his wife returned 
 home, Joshua Pitkin went in company with 
 them as far as Walpole, N. H. ; was four 
 days going, and four returning. They 
 went the first day to Williamstown, the 
 next to Pomfret, the next to Cavendish, 
 and the next to Walpole. Joshua Pitkin 
 has also a record of his going to Judge 
 Lynde's of Williamstown, to get a writ 
 made out, hiring a horse of Mr. Hamett of 
 Montpelier, for the trip, for which he paid 
 4s. It is not known what he paid for making 
 out the writ. It ought to have been done 
 cheap, as he went 20 miles to get it. He 
 mentions a visit of Dr. Lamb of Mont- 
 pelier, to his wife, for which he paid 6s ; 
 and has a record of wages paid Henry Wal- 
 bridge and two other joiners, at work on his 
 new house, $2.25 a day for the three. And 
 
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 we are informed, it was considered no more 
 immoral then to buy a barrel of rum, or 
 10 or 15 gallons of brandy, than it was to 
 make other purchases for family use. The 
 mystery is, how any one kept sober ; how 
 any one knew whether other people were 
 sober. 
 
 For a few of the first years the farmers 
 here went to Montpelier or ' Calais for 
 blacksmithing, till Caleb Putnam moved 
 into town. 
 
 Mr. John Knox was the first person who 
 died in town. The date of his death is 
 not known. Aug. 22, 1797, a child of Mr. 
 Robert Waugh was drowned in a well. 
 
 Joshua Pitkin was appointed first justice 
 of peace Aug. 23, 1799. 
 
 FIRST RECORD OF MARSHFIELD. 
 
 On application of a number of credible 
 freeholders of the town of Marshfield, 
 County of Caledonia, and State of Ver- 
 mont, that said town may be organized, 
 according to law, I hereby warn a meeting 
 of all the Freeholders and other inhab- 
 itants of said town, qualified to vote in 
 Town-meeting, to appear at the dwelling- 
 house of Joshua Pitkin, in said town, on 
 the tenth day of March next, at ten o'clock- 
 forenoon on said day. ist, To choose a 
 moderator to govern said meeting. 2d, 
 To choose all officers that the law requires 
 for organized towns to have. 
 
 Joshua Pitkin, Justice Peace. 
 
 Marshfield, Feb. 24th, 1800. 
 
 March loth, i8oo. 
 This day a Town-meeting agreeable to 
 the above Notification was held, and ist 
 Chose Stephen Rich, Moderator; 2ond, 
 Chose Stephen Rich, Town Clerk ; Joshua 
 Pitkin, Clerk pro tem. ; 3rd, Stephen Rich, 
 1st Selectman; 4th, Stephen Pitkin, 2ond 
 Selectman ; 5th, Samuel Paterson, 3rd Se- 
 lectman; 6th, Caleb Pitkin, Town Treas- 
 urer ; 7th, Stephen Rich, Nathaniel Pitkin, 
 and Robert Waugh, Listers ; Gideon Spen- 
 cer, Constable and Collector ; Samuel Wil- 
 son, Grand juryman ; 8th, Aaron Elmer, 
 Ebenezer Dodge, Jun., Joseph Wells, Sur- 
 veyors of roads; 9th, David Benjamin, 
 Ebenezer Wells, Nathaniel Pitkin, Fence 
 Viewers; loth, Robert Waugh, Pound 
 Keeper; nth, Giles Skinner, Sealer of 
 Leather; 12th, Caleb Pitkin, Sealer of 
 Weights and Measures ; 13th, Giles Skin- 
 ner, Tythingman ; 14th, Ebenezer Dodge 
 and Aaron Elmer, Hay wards; isth, 
 Joshua Pitkin, Caleb Pitkin and Joseph 
 Page, auditors of accounts of Selectmen. 
 1 6th, All the above names chosen into the 
 
 several Offices have taken solemn oath for 
 the faithful discharge of their trust. This 
 meeting adjourned untill the 24th day of 
 this month, by order of the Selectmen. 
 
 Monday, Mar. 24; 1800, town meeting 
 according to adjournment. After taking 
 the freeman's oath, it was voted to ratify 
 the proceedings of the annual meeting, 
 Stephen Pitkin, Esq., chosen moderator 
 pro tem. "Chose Stephen Pitkin and 
 Samuel Paterson, Jurymen to attend the 
 Supreme Court ; Samuel Paterson, Joseph 
 P. Page, Aaron Elmer, Elisha Benjamin, 
 Jr., Nathaniel Pitkin, Ebenezer Dodge, 
 Jr., and Robert Waugh, Petit Jurymen." 
 
 "Voted to assess a tax of 2 cents on 
 the dollar on all polls and ratable property 
 for the purpose of defraying town charges ; 
 to raise four days' work a year, from each 
 voter for the year ensuing, to mend the 
 highways ; that the tax shall be worked out 
 in June, and that the Selectmen shall 
 credit the same on the bills." 
 
 Names of the men who took the free- 
 man's oath at said meeting : 
 
 Stephen Rich, Stephen Pitkin, Samuel 
 Paterson, Caleb Pitkin, Aaron Elmer, Eb- 
 enezer Dodge, Ebenezer Dodge, Jr., Elisha 
 Benjamin, Jr., David Benjamin, Samuel 
 Wilson, Hart Roberts, Joshua Pitkin, 
 Elisha Benjamin, John Goodale, Hugh 
 Wilson, Matthew Jack, Joel Knox, Tim- 
 othy Cowles, Stephen Cowles, Amon Per- 
 sons, James English, Edmund Harwood, 
 Abraham Goodale, Solomon Spencer, 
 George Gleason, Martin Pitkin, Gideon 
 Spencer, Joseph P. Page, Uriah Simons, 
 Nathaniel Pitkin, Joseph Wells, Giles 
 Skinner, Robert Waugh, Solomon Gil- 
 man, Ebenezer Wells, Selah Wells, John 
 Waugb, Stephen Olmsted, John Cutler, 
 Samuel Wilson, Jr., Robert Dodge, Chas. 
 Gate, Samuel Pratt, Cyrril Garnsey, Caleb 
 Putnam, Simeon Dwinell, Daniel Holmes, 
 Daniel Damon, Calvin Elmer, Job Taylor, 
 Ichabod Shurtleff, John Pike, Guy Benja- 
 min, Asa Spencer, Josiah HoUister, An- 
 drew Jack, William Jones, Avara Gilman, 
 Wm. W. Powers, Nathan Jones, Chester 
 Clark, Stephen Rich, town clerk. 
 
 It was voted at town meeting Jan. 7, 
 1800, Joshua Pitkin, Esq., mod. ; Stephen 
 
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 Rich, district cleric, to support the school 
 on the grand list ; Robert Waugh and Na- 
 thaniel Pitkin, school com. ; Aaron Elmer, 
 collector. . Voted, that no one shall have 
 a right to take any child into his family to 
 attend school, unless he take one for a 
 year, and that the selectmen shall act in 
 conjunction with the committee in exam- 
 ining the school teacher, and to raise $34 
 to support schooling. 
 
 V At town meeting. Mar. 25, 1801, Caleb 
 Pitkin, mod., voted to divide the district; 
 set up the old school-house at vendue, to be 
 sold to the highest bidder ; sold the house 
 for 2i bushels of wheat, on 6 months' 
 credit, to Aaron Elmer; 12 squares of 
 glass, to Solomon Gilman, for I bush, of 
 wheat; 75 nails, to Nathaniel Dodge, for 
 I peck of wheat ; boards, to Robert Waugh, 
 for 9s. 6d., to be paid in wheat ; table, to 
 Joshua Pitkin, for 2 bush. 2 qts. of wheat ; 
 chair, to Joshua Pitkin, for 3 pecks, 4 qts. 
 of wheat. The selectmen organized the 
 inhabitants on the river road into a school 
 district, beginning at Hart Robert^' on 
 the north, Capt. Skinner's at the south, 
 Nathaniel Pitkin's on the west, and Sam- 
 uel Wilson's and Joseph Wells' on the 
 east. Stephen Rich, Samuel Paterson, 
 Caleb Pitkin, were selectmen. 
 
 So the old school-house was sold, a 
 little, square, log-building, covered with 
 bark ; a big stone chimney, with an open- 
 ing above for the smoke to go out and the 
 rain to come in, and the grand old forest 
 for play-ground, and did it not ring with 
 the merry shouts of childhood? They 
 needed no gymnasium then. Were there 
 not the trees to climb, the birds' nests and 
 squirrel.^ to hunt, and partridges and wood- 
 chucks to look after? The children did 
 not sing in school in those days. They 
 had to sit straight, keep their eyes on the 
 book, and their toes on the crack. They 
 hardly dared breathe in school-time, there 
 was such an awe of ferule and rod. The 
 children did not sing in school, but the 
 bird's song they heard through the open 
 window, and when the noon-time came, 
 the children joined the chorus, and the old 
 woods rang again. 
 
 It seems the inhabitants not included in 
 
 the river district, were all in one other dis- 
 trict. Afterwards districts were divided 
 and arranged, as the inhabitants increased, 
 according to their needs. But it was not 
 until about 1812, that a school-house was 
 built on the river near Joshua Pitkin's. 
 Schools were kept in a portion of a dwell- 
 ing-house, and sometimes in Caleb Pit- 
 kin's old house. In the mill district, now 
 the village, the first school-house was built 
 in 1 82 1. The first school in this district 
 was taught by Miss Comfort Gage, in the 
 summer of 1820, in Capt. Martin Pitkin's 
 bam, on the place where the writer re- 
 sides. There was a school a number of 
 years in the Dwinell district, before the 
 convenience of a school-house was en- 
 joyed. Four winters this school was kept 
 in Simeon Dwinell's kitchen. This to 
 some housekeepers might have seemed an 
 inconvenience, as the house was small, 
 and Mrs. Dwinell had 8 children of her 
 own. But she doubtless got along nicely, 
 washing days and all. The children must 
 be educated ; in those days troops of little 
 ones were not so much in the way. 
 
 In 1805, a committee was appointed by 
 the town to act in concert with the select- 
 men in purchasing a piece of ground for 
 the burial of the dead, and the grave-yard 
 near J. H. Eaton's was bought of Na- 
 thaniel Dodge. 
 
 Mar. 1797, Thomas McLoud, of Mont- 
 pelier.and Sally Dodge, of Marshfield, 
 were united in marriage by Joseph Wing, 
 Esq., of Montpelier, the first marriage in 
 town. Joshua Pitkin, Esq., was the first 
 justice of peace, and Dec. 10, 1801, he 
 married Ebenezer Wells to Susannah Spen- 
 cer, the first marriage by a citizen of the 
 town. 
 
 Feb. I, 1803, a town meeting was called 
 to see if the town would form themselves 
 into a Congregational society, and also to 
 see if they would agree to settle a minis- 
 ter. The vote' stood 17 in favor and 70 
 against. 
 
 Bears, wolves and deer were very num- 
 erous in the early days of Marshfield. The 
 wolves made night hideous by their bowl- 
 ings, and it was no uncommon thing to 
 kill a bear or deer. Joshua Pitkin, in his 
 
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 journal, speaks of killing 8 deer at differ- 
 ent times, and one bear story belonging to 
 our region has in it sufficient of the tragic 
 to warrant insertion here. 
 
 One season early in September the bears 
 began to make depiedations in the corn, 
 on the Skinner farm, now Wm. Martin's. 
 Solomon Oilman, one of the early settlers, 
 who was a great sportsman, promised to 
 watch for the bear, and put an end to his 
 suppers of green corn ; he took his stand 
 at night in the field, waiting the arrival of 
 the depredator. The bear came on, and 
 was soon helping himself, when with true 
 aim, the hunter fired. The bear gave one 
 great spring, and came directly on, or 
 over him. He felt. his time had come. 
 The blood was flowing ! He caught the 
 lacerated intestines in his hands, replaced 
 them as he could in that moment of des- 
 peration, wrapped the long skirt of his 
 overcoat about his body, holding it firmly 
 with both hands ; had just strength enough 
 left to shout for help, and to run a short 
 distance. Help soon came. They assisted 
 him to a place of safety, and folding back 
 his overcoat, a double handful of bruin's 
 entrails fell to the ground ! Mr. G. lived 
 long to be the terror of the denizens of the 
 forest, but it was years before he heard 
 the last of being killed by a bear. 
 
 At another time, Mr. Gilman was pur- 
 suing a bear through some woods where 
 Mr. Ira Stone was chopping. Seeing the 
 bear rapidly approaching, Mr. Stone sprang 
 upon a large rock. The bear came up. 
 Mr. Stone attempted to strike him with 
 his axe, but one blow of the bear's paw 
 sent the axe to the ground. They now 
 clinched. Mr. Stone attempted to grasp 
 the bear's tongue, but instead, the bear 
 crushed two of his fingers. They rolled to 
 the ground, the bear uppermost. Just 
 now Mr. Gilman came near, and taking 
 aim, shot the bear through the head. The 
 crushed fingers was all the serious injury 
 Mr. Stone received. 
 
 The settlers made quite a business of 
 selling ashes, and afterwards, a larger one 
 of making salts for sale. The beautiful 
 elms, of which there were many on the 
 river banks and in other,places, were cut 
 
 down, piled and burned for this purpose, 
 and a great deal of other valuable timber. 
 Salts sold , well, so the day and the long 
 night were often spent in boiling salts, and 
 more than one woman has lent a hand at 
 this work. 
 
 There are only two ponds which lie 
 wholly in this town — Nigger Head, of cir- 
 cular form, and about half a mile in width, 
 and Nob Hill ponds. Long pond lies 
 partly in Marshfield and partly in Groton. 
 Mud pond has within a few years dried up. 
 Our county map shows other ponds in our 
 eastern portion, but by actual survey it is 
 found that neither of these are our side of 
 the line. Our township is somewhat hilly, 
 but in only one case are we entitled to the 
 name of mountain. 
 
 NIGGER HEAD 
 
 mountain, in the north-easterly part of the 
 town, is a steep ~ precipice, 500 feet high, 
 in one place 360 feet perpendicular. It is 
 an imposing sight, so bold, precipitous 
 and grand — nature enthroned in one of 
 her wildest phases. On its dizzy heights 
 we have a remarkably ■fine view of the sur- 
 rounding regions, and of the bright, waters 
 of the beautiful pond below, and nowhere 
 can one get a better view of the fearful 
 precipice, than in a little boat on the 
 waters at its base. 
 
 Winooski river passes through this town 
 from north to south, more than half of the 
 town lying on the east. It I'eceives many 
 tributaries in its course. Lye brook, the 
 outlet of Pigeon pond in Harris' Gore, is a 
 considerable stream, and falls into the 
 river a little south of the center of the 
 town. 
 
 A part of the south portion of Marshfield 
 is more easily convened at Plainfield vil- 
 lage, which really extends a little into our 
 town than at our own village. As a con- 
 sequence our people in that vicinity attend 
 church at Plainfield, while a portion of the 
 people in Eastern Cabot, on Molly's brook 
 and vicinity, attend church at Marshfield. 
 
 On the east side of the river a large 
 quantity of good timber remains uncut, 
 and there are also on this side of the river 
 very large quarries of granite, beautifully 
 clear, and of superior quality, and should 
 
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 the time come when a railroad shall pass 
 up through this portion of our town, the 
 value of these forests and quarries will be 
 estimated very differently from what they 
 are now. As far as farms are cultivated 
 on this side of the river, they are pretty 
 good. 
 
 About the year 1825, quite a settlement 
 was made on this side, some 2J miles east 
 of where the town-house now stands. So 
 many families moved in, that a log school- 
 house was built, and at one time there was 
 a school of 30 scholars ; but the land prov- 
 ing better for pasturage than tillage, after 
 a few years the settlement was deserted. 
 These large pastures are now owned by 
 wealthy farmers. 
 
 The town is in every part well-watered. 
 The east part is noted especially for its 
 pure, soft, cold springs. There is also 
 hardly a farm in town but what has one or 
 more good sugar orchards, and the amount 
 of sugar made here any year is large. 
 Through the kindness of E. S. Pitkin, 
 Esq., I have the following statistics of the 
 manufecture of maple sugar here in the 
 spring of i858, which is above the average : 
 Sugar orchards, 108 ; sugar made in 1868, 
 140,350 pounds, or more than 70 tons ; 18 
 orchards made each 2,000 and upwards ; 40 
 made less than 2,000 and more than 1,000 
 pounds. 
 
 WATER PRIVILEGES. 
 
 Molly's brook, from the easterly part of 
 Cabot, unites with the Winooski soon after 
 entering this town. On this brook, just 
 above the junction, are Molly's Falls, 
 which are worthy the notice of the trav- 
 eler. They can be seen to advantage from 
 the stage-road, a mile above the village. 
 The water falls in the distance of ^o rods, 
 180 feet. Were we writing fiction, it would 
 do, perhaps, to follow the figures of Thomp- 
 sonin his valuable " Gazeteerof Vermont," 
 making these falls 500 feet ; but we, who, 
 in the clear mornings of summer can hear 
 the roaring of the water, will have it just 
 as it is, 180 feet. There is an amount of 
 water-power here not often equalled. It 
 would be difficult to estimate how much 
 machinery might be kept in motion by the 
 water which is precipitated over these 
 
 falls. Then, on the river below, are a 
 number of excellent mill-sites, and in ad- 
 dition to all these, Nigger Head brook, 
 from where it leaves Nigger Head pond to 
 its entrance into the Winooski, has a suc- 
 cession of falls, making good locations for 
 mills ; all the better, as the stream is never 
 materially aifected by drought. 
 
 Among our early settlers a good deal of 
 attention was paid to orcharding. On the 
 hill farms there are good orchards and 
 fine fruit, both grafted and native. On 
 the river, apple-trees have never done as 
 well. 
 
 Aug. 22, 181 1, there was a very great 
 rise of water, and Joshua Pitkin lost grass 
 sufficient for 15 tons of hay, by the over- 
 flowing of his meadows, as his journal tells. 
 In Sept. 1828, there was a great flood, and 
 Stephen Pitkin, Jr's. clover mill, a mile 
 above the village, was carried off; also 
 many bridges. July 27, 1830, a great rise 
 of water carried off nearly all the bridges 
 on the river, and greatly injured the uncut 
 grass on the meadows, and Aug. I, 1809, 
 there was a great hail-storm, injuring gar- 
 dens and corn very much. The evening 
 of July S, 1 841, there was a terrific hail- 
 storm through a portion of the town. Veg- 
 etation was much injured, and very much 
 glass broken. Aug. 20, 1869, there was a 
 very sudden rise of water, buildings were 
 injured, some small ones carried off, and 
 bridges and other property destroyed. 
 
 A great gale was experienced here May 
 13, 1866. The wind was accompanied 
 with rain, and 4 barns and some smaller " 
 buildings were blown down. Mr. Amos 
 Dwinell was in his son's barn at the time, 
 and was buried in its ruins, but extricated 
 without much injury. A number of cows 
 were in two of the demolished barns, but 
 only a very few were seriously injured. 
 
 In the spring of 1807, snow was 4i feet 
 deep April 4, and when Joshua Pitkin be- 
 gan to tap his sugar-place, Apr. 15, it was 
 3 feet deep. May 15, 1834, there was a 
 great snow-storm, more than 2 feet deep. 
 In the winter of 1863 and '4, snow was' 
 very deep, fences covered for months. 
 
 We have also had our portion of fires. 
 A barn was burned Oct. 1806, Jeremiah's 
 
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 Carleton's blacksmith shop in 1827 ; after, 
 an old house of Caleb .Pitkin's, the dwell- 
 ing house of Nathan Smith ; the dwelling- 
 house of Bemis Pike, Feb. 1835 ; new 
 house of Hiram Goodwin, May, 1840; the 
 starch-factory and clover-mill of Stephen 
 Pitkin the night of Dec. 10, 1853, large 
 shoe-shop of Henry Goodwin, May, i860; 
 house belonging to G. O. Davis, occupied 
 by G. W. Nouns, who was severely burned, 
 and the family just escaped with their lives. 
 Mar. 1869, the saw-mill and shop, and all 
 the tools of Calvin York. 
 
 CASUALTIES. 
 
 Betsey Swetland and another young 
 lady were riding on horseback May 7, 
 1817, below the village, when she was 
 killed by the fall of a tree. She lived only 
 a few hours. 
 
 Mr. Jonathan Davis, an aged man, was 
 burned to death by falling into the fire, 
 probably in a fit, and Jonathan Davis, Jr., 
 had a little son drowned in a water-holder 
 at the door. 
 
 George Pitkin, while drawing wood 
 alone, fell before the runner of the sled, 
 and was crushed to death, Feb. 20, 1845. 
 
 Martin Bemis, Son of Abijah Bemis, came 
 to his death by slipping in the road, and a 
 sled passing over him. 
 
 Mrs. Linton was accidentally shot, by a 
 gun carelessly handled by a boy. 
 
 Mrs. Tubbs, an old lady, accidentally 
 took some oil of cedar, and lived but a 
 short time. 
 
 Mr. Graves had a little daughter scalded, 
 • so as to cause death. A child of Nathaniel 
 Lamberton was scalded, so as to cause 
 its death in a short time. Mrs. Benoni 
 Haskins was burned, so as to cause death 
 in a few hours. A little child of Francis 
 Loveland was also burned to death some 
 years since, and a child of Spencer Law- 
 rence scalded, so as to cause its death. 
 
 A number of years ago, Mr. Asa Willis 
 had a very remarkable escape from sudden 
 death, while at work on a ledge of rocks, 
 near where Daniel Loveland resides. There 
 had been a.u unsuccessful attempt made to 
 split open a granite rock 12 feet square, 
 the, lower edge of which lay on a large rock 
 IS feet high. The top of the lower rock 
 
 was slanting like the roof of a house. 
 While attempting to open the crevice al- 
 ready commenced in the upper rock, suffi- 
 cient to insert a blast of powder, the rock 
 split in two nearly in the middle, Mr. 
 Willis falling between the parts, and he 
 and they sliding from the large rock to the 
 ground, 27 feet. The two pieces, when 
 they reached the ground, stood in such a 
 way that the upper edges leaned against 
 each other, and the lower edges stood 
 apart so as to leave a wedge-shaped cavity 
 large enough to admit his body, and there 
 he lay. No one was with him but Mr. 
 Joshua Smith. On ascertaining that he 
 was alive, Mr. Smith dug away the earth, 
 and succeeded in extricating him from his 
 perilous situation. Neither he, nor the 
 physician, who was immediately called, 
 thought him much injured, and he lived to 
 do a good deal of hard work, and yet it is 
 thought he never entirely recovered from 
 the effects of the shock. 
 
 IMPROVEMENTS. 
 
 The log houses of the pioneers soon 
 gave way to better dwellings. At the 
 present time nearly all the houses in town 
 are of modern style and finish, but it is 
 the barns that ought particularly to be 
 mentioned. Many of them are large, 
 beautifully finished and painted, and not 
 surpassed by any in the vicinity. 
 
 THE TOWN CLERKS 
 
 have been, Stephen Rich 7 years, George 
 Rich 7 years, Robert Cristy 9 years, Mar- 
 tin Bullock 16 years, Jacob Putnam ig 
 years, Jonathan Goodwin 2 years, Samuel 
 D. HoUister 2 years, and Andrew English ' 
 24 years, from 1849 to his death in 1873 ; 
 Geo. W. English 2 years, and Edgar L. 
 Smith,. elected in 1875, now in office. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 The town was first represented in the 
 Legislature in 1804, by Stephen Pitkin. 
 He held this oflSce in all 13 years, then by 
 George Rich 3 years, Wm. Martin 12 years, 
 Josiah HoUister 2 years, Alonzo Foster 2 
 years, Spencer Lawrence 2 years. Wel- 
 come Cole 2 years, Horace HoUister 3 
 years, Ira Smith 2 years, Stephen R. Hol- 
 lister 2 yearsj E. D. Putnam 2 years. Hi- 
 
MARSHFIELD. 
 
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 ram Potter 2 years, Asa Spencer 2 years, 
 George A. Oilman 2 years, Ingals Carleton. 
 2 years, Samuel D. HoUister 2 years, An- 
 drew English 2 years, Bowman Martin 2 
 years, C. W. H. Dwinell 2 years, Wm. 
 Martin, Jr., 2 years, and Preston Haskins 
 2 years. George Wooster, 1869-70; 
 Moody Bemis, 1872 ; George Putnam, 
 1874; Levi W. Pitkin, 1876; Marshal D. 
 Perkins, 1878 ; Mark Mears, 1880. 
 
 Town Treasurer. — George O. Davis, 
 elected 1870. 
 
 SELECTMEN FROM 187,6. 
 
 EliG. Pitkin, 1876-77; H. P.Martin, 
 1876-78; J.H.Eaton, 1876; Willis Lane, 
 1876; Marcus R. Bliss, 1877-78-79; H. 
 H. Hollister, 1879-80 ; Chester Sawyer, 
 1880; Levi W. Pitkin, Orin H. Smith, 
 Daniel Holcomb, 1881. 
 
 TAVERNS. » 
 
 Joshua Pitkin, Esq., raised the first 
 tavern-sign Oct. 1805. He continued to 
 keep a public house many years. The 
 second tavern was opened by Charles Cate, 
 where Erastus Eddy now lives. Joshua 
 Smith moved into town from Ashford.Ct., 
 in Dec. 1811, bought out Mr. Cate, and 
 commenced keeping tavern, which he con- 
 tinued 17 years. He was a kind neighbor, 
 accommodating to all, and travelers who 
 called on him would never forget the ex- 
 ceeding drollery of his jokes. He died at 
 the age of 84. His wife, one of our best 
 women, still lives (1869) aged 87. 
 
 Capt. James English opened a tavern 
 about the year i8ii, where Obed Lamber- 
 ton now resides, and kept a public house 
 a number of years. He was a wheelwright 
 and a highly respected citizen ; removed 
 to what is how the village ; died in 1825, 
 and was buried with Masonic honors. 
 
 Capt. Jacob Putnam bought out Capt. 
 English in 1820, and kept a public house 
 some years, and his son, A. F. f utnam, 
 kept a number of years ^after at the old 
 stand, and later at the village. 
 
 Dudley Pitkin commenced keeping a 
 tavern at the old place occupied by his 
 father, about the year 1824, and for a few 
 years continued the business. 
 
 Daniel Wilson moved from Alstead, N. 
 
 H., in 1821, and settled in the village. He 
 built and run the first carding-machine in 
 town. He also bought the place where 
 the hotel now stands, and built there a 
 one-story plank house. The place soon 
 passed into other hands, and in 1826, was 
 bought by Eli Wheelock, who put on an- 
 other story, and made other additions to 
 the house, and opened it as a hotel the 
 same year. It has been used for a public 
 house till the present time (1869), but so 
 many additions and alterations have been 
 made, that it would now be rather a diffi- 
 cult matter to find the original building. 
 The property soon passed into other hands, 
 was purchased by Horace Bliss, who re- 
 mained in the tavern a number of years ; 
 then sold to Lyman Clark, who afterwards 
 sold to Jabez L. Carpenter, and it has had a 
 number of owners since. A. F. Putnam 
 was proprietor 6 years, and sold to P. 
 Stevens. The present occupant (1869) is 
 P. Lee. 
 
 STORES. 
 
 The first store in town was opened as 
 early as 1818, by Alfred Pitkin, son of 
 Joshua Pitkin, Esq., in a one-story house 
 just opposite his father's, and just where 
 Wm. Haskins' house stands. After a few 
 years Mr. Pitkin removed to Plainfield, 
 and later to Montpelier. The first stoye 
 in the village was kept by a Mr. Kimball. 
 He stayed here only a short time. 
 
 Enoch D. Putnam opened a store here, 
 Apr. 5, 1840, and continued to trade here 
 till March, 1855, when he sold out and 
 went to Cabot, and has recently removed 
 to Montpelier. George Wooster went into 
 partnership with Mr. Putnam in Sept. 
 1848. In May, 1858, O. & F. Wooster 
 commenced trade in their starch-factory, 
 but have since built a large store, and are 
 doing a good business. 
 
 A. F. Putnam commenced trade in 1866, 
 and is also doing a good business. Levi 
 Bemis and some others have also been in 
 the mercantile business in our village, and 
 after a time have left for other places. 
 Geo. A. Putnam is our present merchant 
 (1881), and Mrs. Adams keeps a ladies 
 store. A. F. Putnam, postmaster. 
 
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 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Dr. Bates came here in 1826. He loca- 
 ted at Eli Wheelock's hotel; remained 
 but a few months. In 1827, Dr. Hersey 
 came here to practice. He boarded at 
 Judge Pitkin's; remained about a year. 
 About 1828, Dr. Daniel Corliss settled in 
 our village, stayed a year and removed to 
 Montpelier, (now East Montpelier, where 
 he died.) 
 
 Dr. Asa Phelps removed from Berlin to 
 this place in 1831, and still lives here. 
 For many years he was the only resident 
 physician. He has known as well as any 
 other man, what it was to travel over our 
 hills on a dark night, wit<j the thermom- 
 eter below zero, while the winds were 
 all abroad— yejrs ago. At that time, we 
 had many more poor people in town, 
 than now. On such nights after doing for 
 the sick, ni he could have lodging on the 
 floor, with his feet towards the fire, he 
 would put up till daylight. He was never 
 known after such visits to complain of his 
 fare, indeed sometimes, he had no fare to 
 complain of. He has had a large practice — 
 often without pay, never objecting to have 
 counsel, and if superseded by others, "he 
 kept the even tenor of his way," never 
 speaking against the practice of other 
 physicians; thus has secured universal 
 respect. 
 
 Dr. Ezra Paine moved here in 1842, and 
 remained here some 2 years. 
 
 Dr. George Town removed here from 
 Montpelier in 1852, but after a few years, 
 sold out and returned to Montpelier, but 
 removed here again, and has a good 
 practice. 
 
 Dr. J. Q. A. Packer, homceopathist, re- 
 moved from Peacham here in 1865. He 
 is doing a good business. 
 
 LONGEVITY. 
 
 A few persons here have attained" to the 
 age of go years. Dea. Spencer died at 
 90 ; Mrs. Capron over 90 ; Mrs. Cree, 94 ; 
 Mrs. Austin, 94. 
 
 Mr. Joel Parker and wife resided in this 
 place a year or two. Some few years since, 
 Mrs. Parker had attained to the great age 
 of 97, and on her birth-day sung two 
 hymns to a neighbor who called upon her. 
 
 Mr. P. was 10 years younger. They have 
 both recently died in Northfield, she in 
 her looth year. 
 
 Aged persons who have died in town 
 within ■^or i^ years. — Daniel Young, 91, 
 and his wife Lydia, 85 ; Sylvester Love- 
 land, 88, and his wife, 84; Mary Bemis, 
 84; Samuel G. Bent, 81 ; Ira Smith, 80; 
 Abijah Bemis,. 86; Willard Benton, 83. 
 
 Aged persons now living (1881). — Dr. 
 Asa Phelps, 8s ; Lucy Bemis, 86; Sally 
 Dwinell, 86 ; Mary York. 
 
 MILLS. 
 
 The first saw-mill in town was built by 
 Stephen Pitkin, afterwards Judge Pitkin, 
 in 1802, on Lye brook. In 1812, he built 
 the first saw-mill at what is now the village, 
 and a grist-mill in 1818, which was used 
 many years. The stone and brick grist- 
 mill, now owned by Harrison F. Ketchum, 
 was built in 1831, by Gen. Parley Davis 
 and Truman Pitkin. About the year 1823, 
 Simeon Gage built clothing-works at the 
 south part of the village, but they were 
 used only a few years. 
 
 ■ LIBRARY. 
 
 There has been. for 20 years, in this 
 place, a circulating library, of historical 
 works, -travels, etc. 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 BY MKS. DEA. A. BOYLBS. 
 
 The first Congregational church in 
 Marshfield was organized Dec. 24, i8oo> 
 By request of a number of persons in 
 town, to be embodied into a visible church 
 of Christ, Rev. Mr. Hobart and two breth- 
 ren, Mr. Timothy Hatch and Peterson 
 Gifford of Berlin, came and organized a 
 church of 13 members. Selah Wells was 
 the first deacon, and afterwards Gideon 
 Spencer. For a number of years they had 
 additions, both by professions and letters, 
 and were supplied with preaching a por- 
 tion ofithe time by ministers' from the 
 neighboring towns. Rev. Mr. Hobart of 
 Berlin, Rev. Mr. Lyman of Brookfield, 
 Rev. Mr. Wright of Montpelier, Rev. 
 Mr. Worcester of Peacham, and also a Mr. 
 Washburn and Mr. Bliss, were among 
 those who occasionally ministered to them. 
 About the year 1817, Rev. Levi Parsons, 
 
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 207 
 
 afterwards missionary to Palestine, was 
 liere, and preached a number of times. 
 But they never enjoyed the blessing of a 
 settled minister. Thus they continued till 
 Dec. 8, 1825, when with the hope that 
 they should enjoy better privileges, those 
 members residipig at the south part of the 
 town, united with the church in Plainfield. 
 The rest of the members, and a number 
 of other persons who wished to unite with 
 a Congregational church, thought best to 
 form a church at the north part of the town, 
 in the vicinity of the village, and by re- 
 quest. Rev. Mr. French of Barre, and 
 Rev. Mr. Heard of Plainfield, came and 
 organized a church, which still remams. 
 Brothers Andrew Currier and Alexander 
 Boyles, were chosen deacons. It has been 
 supplied with preaching a part of the time. 
 Among those who have labored here are 
 Rev. Messrs. Kinney, Baxter, Herrick, 
 Torrey, Waterman, Samuel Marsh, and 
 Lane. Rev. Joseph Marsh labored here 
 nearly 2 years-. Through the summer of 
 1868, Rev. Mr. Winch, of Plainfield, 
 preached at 5 o'clock every other Sabbath. 
 There have been many removals and the 
 present number of church members is 
 small. 
 
 Record from. 1869 to Aug. 3, 1871, by 
 Rev. N. F. Cobleigh, pastor, then.— For 
 several years there had been but little Con- 
 gregational preaching in Manshfield, when 
 in the spring of 1870, Rev. J. T. Graves 
 preached half of the time for 6 weeks. 
 Soon after, Rev. N. F. Cobleigh was en- 
 gaged to preach half of the time for i year. 
 The church had no church property, but 
 in the spring of 187 1, a new church was 
 begun, a Sabbath school organized, and a 
 library obtained. The church will be ded- 
 icated Aug. 16, 1871. The membership 
 has more than doubled during the past 
 year. Preaching services are now held 
 every Sabbath. Rev. N. F. Cobleigh is 
 to be settled as pastor Aug. i6th inst. 
 
 Record from Aug. 1877, to 1879, from 
 Rev. Geo. E. Forbes. — From this time to 
 the spring of 1877, Rev. Mr. Cobleigh 
 was its pastor, and through his faithfiil ef- 
 forts its membership was very largely in- 
 
 creased. Of the 57 who composed the 
 church when Mr. Cobleigh resigned, only 
 9 were members in 1870. Aug. 16, the 
 church was dedicated and the pastor in- 
 stalled. After Mr. Cobleigh's resignation 
 in 1877, Rev. John Stone, of Berlin, sup- 
 plied until early in 1878, when Rev. Paul 
 Henry Pitkin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was 
 called to be its pastor. He was installed 
 March 14; is its present pastor (1879.) 
 Alexander Boyles, elected deacon in Aug. 
 1827, held ofiice till his death, Nov. 27, 
 1876. The other deacons have been An- 
 drew Currier, Silas Carleton, Benjamin " 
 Boyles and Mervin Roberts. 
 
 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES. 
 BY MISS A. BULLOCK. 
 
 About the year 1815, Elder John Capron 
 commenced preaching in this town, and 
 soon after removed his family here from 
 Danville. There was a revival of religion, 
 and a church was organized about this 
 time. They believed the Scriptures, to- 
 gether with the spirit of God, a sufficient 
 rule of faith and practice. They were 
 blessed with more or less prosperity till 
 1825, when some of them considered some 
 articles setting forth their faith and cove- 
 nant, as necessary and proper for a Chris- 
 tian church. This caused a division, but 
 finally there was a reorganization under 
 the pastoral cai-e of Elder Capron, Dec. 
 15, 1836, the two blending togetlier again. 
 Between this time and March 5, 1844, 
 44 persons united with this church, a part 
 living in Calais, and a part in Marshfield. 
 Among this number there were many of 
 whom we believed "their record is on 
 high." Elder Capron had but little edu- 
 cational advantages, was of warm and 
 energetic temperament, and many remem- 
 ber him justly, as a friend and brother in 
 adversity. He moved from this town 
 some time after the death of his excellent 
 wife, who was kind to all and ever had a 
 word for tlie afflicted. She died June 14, 
 1848, and was buried in our soil, and her 
 memory still clings to our hearts. Elder 
 Capron being the first settled minister in 
 town, was entitled to, and received the 
 town's minister lot of land. He removed to 
 
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 Stowe. [See history of Morristown. Ed.] 
 He was married a second time, and tlied 
 some years since. 
 
 About the year 1839, there was another 
 church of the Christian denomination or- 
 ganized in the North-west part of the town, 
 under the direction of Elder Jared L. Green. 
 This church was subjected to very hard 
 and severe trials. Many of its members 
 sleep in the dust, some are scattered to 
 other parts, while others are living and 
 striving for the better land. 
 
 ADVENT CHURCH. 
 
 Feb. 6, 1867, another church was organ- 
 ized here of 6 members, believing in the 
 advent of Christ near at hand, under the 
 pastoral care of I?.ev. J. A. Cleaveland. 
 
 BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 From the early settlement of the town 
 there have been residents here who have 
 maintained the views of the Baptist church. 
 More than 30 years ago a church of this 
 denomination was organized, consisting of 
 members in Barre, Plainfield and Marsh- 
 field. The larger number resided in Barre 
 and Plainfield, and this church will prob- 
 ably be mentioned in the history of one of 
 those towns. [Barre has left it, we think, 
 to Plainfield.— Ed.] 
 
 UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. 
 BY ItEV. Ai 8C0TT. 
 
 Universalism was introduced into this 
 town by Daniel Bemis, a Revolutionary 
 soldier, who moved here from Conn, in 
 i8og. Soon after Ebenezer Dodge, Jr., 
 and Robert Spencer became associated 
 with Mr. B. in religious faith. The first 
 preacher of this faith here was Rev. Wm. 
 Farewell, in 1818. From this time there 
 was occasional Universalist preaching here 
 till 1854, by Revs. L. H. Tabor, Benjamin 
 Page, Lester Warren, and it may be some 
 others. 
 
 In 1854, Daniel Bemis, Junior, Edwin 
 Pitkin, Jonathan Goodwin, Abijah Hall 
 and others united and secured the services 
 of Rev. Wm. Sias for one-fourth of the 
 Sabbaths for this and the next year. 
 During 1855, the friends organized, under 
 the name of "The Universalist Society of 
 Liberal Christians in Marshfield." The 
 
 society for the year 1856 and 7, enjoyed 
 the labors of Rev. Eli Ballou for one- 
 fourth the Sabbaths. 
 
 In 1827, an association was formed 
 called "The Union meeting-house soci- 
 ety," for building and keeping in repair a 
 church they erected in the village in the 
 north part of the town ; the only church 
 edifice in town till 1859. P" '^S'l when 
 the first list of shares prepared apportion- 
 ing the time to the several denominations, 
 the Universalists were represented by four 
 shares, owned by Sam'l. Ainsworth, Daniel 
 Bemis, Jr., and Cyrus Smith.] In 1857, 
 this association repaired and modernized 
 the church, making it neat and pleasant, 
 both external and internal. Some of the 
 other societies, desiring more room at this 
 time, relinquished their interest in the 
 church. The property being sold to pay 
 the assessment upon it, it fell into different 
 hands, and at the present writing, 1869, 
 three-fourths of the occupancy is given to 
 the Universalist society. This change in 
 the occupancy of the house gave a new im- 
 petus to the cause in the town. This so- 
 ciety has since sustained public worship 
 one-half of the Sabbaths, excepting 1866 
 and '7. duringwhich they sustained it every 
 Sabbath. These years were supplied as 
 follows : 1858 and '9, by Rev. Eli Ballou ; 
 i860. Rev. M. B. Newell; 1861, '2 and '3, 
 by Rev. E. Ballou; l864,byRev. Olympia 
 Brown; 1865, by Rev. L. Warren; 1866, 
 '7 and '8, by Rev. A. Scott. Revs. New- 
 ell, Brown and Scott lived in the town 
 during their ministrations. The society 
 was united, and at the present time, 1869, 
 is in as good, if not better, condition than 
 at any former period, having raised more 
 money for the support of worship one-half 
 of the Sabbaths, than it had ever before 
 done. Rev. L. Warren is to labor with it 
 from May i, 1869. Connected with the 
 society and congregation are some 40 fam- 
 ilies, beside many single individuals of 
 other families. There is also a small Sab- 
 bath-school, for the use of which there is 
 a reading library of 150 vols. The church 
 property is worth from $3,000 to $3,500, 
 1 of which is given to the occupancy of 
 the society. 
 
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 From paper of Rev. Geo. E. Forbes in 
 1879 — Universalist record continued. — In 
 1869, Rev. Lester Warren was engaged to 
 preach one-half of the time till the spring 
 of 1873. In July of this year, Rev. Geo. 
 E. Forbes was settled over the society. 
 For 2 years the Plainfield society united 
 with this for his support. The remainder 
 of the time he has preachied for this so- 
 ciety exclusively, and is its present pastor. 
 
 The Union Sabbath-school, composed 
 of scholars from the different denomina- 
 tions occupying the church, was continued 
 until 1871. Since that time the Sabbath- 
 school here has been connected with this 
 society ; present number, about 90, officers 
 and pupils. A. H. Davis was its super- 
 intendent in 1871 to '7S. when he was suc- 
 ceeded "by C. H. Newton. Under the 
 ministry of Rev. L. Warren in 1871, a 
 church was organized, which at present 
 numbers 43 members. John E. Eddyand 
 Abial H. Davis were elected deacons, and 
 still hold the office. Ira H. Edson was the 
 first church clerk, succeeded by D. R. 
 Loveland and C. H. Newton, present 
 clerk. 
 
 METHODIST CHURCH IN MARSHFIELD. 
 
 In May, 1826, Stephen Pitkin, Jr., mar- 
 ried the writer, a daughter of Gen. Parley 
 Davis, of Montpelier. A few months be- 
 fore she had been baptized by Rev. Wil- 
 bur Fisk, and united with theM. E. church 
 on probation. Previous to their marriage 
 Mr. Pitkin had also experienced religion. 
 In Jan. 1827, there being no Methodists in 
 Marshfield at that time, they both united 
 with the Methodist church in Cabot; he 
 as a probationer, being baptized by Rev. 
 A. D. Sargeant, of the N. E. Conference, 
 and she, by letter, in full connection. In 
 1827, the union meeting-house was built 
 at Marshfield, and a committee appointed 
 to divide the time for occupying the house 
 between the different denominations own- 
 ing it. A few Sabbaths were set to the 
 Methodists, though Mr. Pitkin was the 
 only Methodist pew-holder. Rev. N. W. 
 Aspinwall, preacher in charge at Cabot, 
 appointed and attended meetings here on 
 these Sabbaths alternately with his col- 
 
 league. Rev. Elisha J. Scott. In Feb. 
 1828, the first quarterly meeting was held, 
 weather stormy. The meeting commenced 
 Saturday, p. M. Several ministers and one 
 minister's wife were in attendance, and all 
 were entertained at our own house — a 
 small frame-house, never encumbered with 
 clapboards. 
 
 The next year Sophronia and Sally Cate 
 were baptized by Rev. Hershal Foster — 
 the former now Mrs. Guernsey, of Mont- 
 pelier. These two, with Mr. Pitkin and 
 myself, and a Mrs. Whittle, constituted 
 the first Methodist class in Marshfield, or- 
 ganized in the autumn of 1829, Mr. Pitkin 
 class-leader and steward. What seasons 
 of interest were the class-meetings and 
 prayer-meetings of those days ! The next 
 to join were Samuel G. Bent and wife. 
 Our numbers increased very gradually ; 
 at most, we occupied the church only \ 
 the Sabbaths. Rev. Solomon Sias, Rev. 
 Stephen H. Cutler, Rev. E. J. Scott, and 
 others, spoke to us the words of life. About 
 1834, the first wife of Andrew English, 
 Esq., proposed to the writer, we should 
 get the children of the neighborhood to- 
 gether for a Sabbath-school. As we had 
 preaching at the church so little, we met 
 at our homes alternately, at 5 o'clock. 
 This we did many months, till we had a 
 good-sized school, when it was proposed 
 to take our Sabbath-school to the church, 
 where it was duly organized, Jeremiah 
 Carleton, Esq., first superintendent. A 
 library was procured, and the school pros- 
 pered. It was strictly a union Sabbath- 
 school. The desk was supplied by minis- 
 ters of different denominations, and our 
 Sabbath-school went on. For a number 
 of years the Methodists were supplied with 
 preaching J the time, by preachers who 
 lived in Cabot. After that, we were united 
 with Woodbury and Calais, and supplied 
 in that way. A few united with the little 
 band fi-om year to 'year, but deaths and re- 
 movals kept our number small. Some of 
 these death-bed scenes were, however, re- 
 markably happy. Especially was this the 
 case in the death of Loammi Sprague. 
 
 The first preacher sent here by Confer- 
 ence was Rev. David Packer, who died a 
 
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 few years since in Chelsea, Mass. He re- 
 sided on East Hill, in Calais. 
 
 At this time preachers received but a 
 very small salary, and the members were 
 often scattering and poor. After being in 
 Calais a few weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Packer 
 one morning ate their last food. Almost 
 an entire stranger, Mr. Packer did not feel 
 that he could beg. After uniting in fam- 
 ily prayer, he retired to an old barn on the ■ 
 place, while she sought her closet, and 
 each alone committed their case to the 
 father of the stranger and the poor. 
 
 A mile away from them lived a young 
 farmer, not a professor of religion. As he 
 started after breakfast for the hay-field with 
 his hired help, something seemed to impel 
 him to stop. He must go back to the 
 house and carry some provisions to the 
 new minister. It was of no use to say, 
 " I'm not acquainted with them, I know 
 nothing of their needs," he must take 
 them some food. He told the men they 
 might go to mowing, he must go back. 
 He went back, told his wife his feelings, 
 and they together put up meat, potatoes, 
 flour, butter and sugar, and other things, 
 a' fair wagon load, and he took it over, 
 and found how blessed it was to give, and 
 they, how safe to trust in God. 
 
 Slowly did the little church increase, 
 never having preaching more than one- 
 fourth of the time for many years. 
 
 In 1851, the Congregationalists and 
 Methodists agreed to unite and support 
 preaching. First for 2 years they would 
 have Congregational preaching, and then 
 Methodist for the next 2. Rev. Mr. Marsh, 
 Congregational, was our first minister, 
 and at the close of the two years Rev. 
 Lewis P. Cushman was appointed by Con- 
 ference, and spent 2 years with us. In 
 those years a number were added to the 
 church. Mr. Cushman is now a mission- 
 ary in Texas ; his little daughter, Clara, 
 so well remembered by us, started last 
 October as a missionary to China. 
 
 Before the close of Mr. Cushman's first 
 year Mr. Pitkin died, and as he had been 
 v^ry influential in procuring and siistain- 
 ing preaching, and there was no one to 
 then take his place, the eflFort was now aban- 
 
 doned, and for a number of years we had 
 no stated preaching. At length; in 1859, 
 a few concluded to make one more effort, 
 and Rev. Joshua Gill was stationed with 
 us. The Union church had passed mostly 
 into the hands of the Universalists, and 
 we had no preaching place. We needed a 
 church, and ojtf was put up and covered 
 in '59, and fiSshed in i860. The house 
 was the right size, well furnished. Our 
 next minister was Rev. Geo. H. Bickford, 
 an excellent preacher, and one of the be.st 
 of men. He died some years later at 
 Barton. His last words, his hand upon 
 his breast, closing his eyes, that grand-old 
 doxology, the gloria, "Glory be to the 
 Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." 
 Rev. C. S. Buswell came next 2 years. 
 Rev. James Robinson was stationed here 
 in 1865, Rev. Joseph Hamilton in 1867; 
 both years we had some additions. In 
 1869, Rev. James Spinney was appointed 
 here. No. of vols, in S. S. library, 450. 
 
 In 1871, Rev. J. Hamilton was with us 
 again, and stayed one year. In 1872, 
 Conference made Rev. C. P. Flanders our 
 pastor, succeeded in 1874, by Rev. C. A. 
 ■Smith, who was with us 3 years, followed 
 by Rev. G. H. Hastings in 1877, in 1879 
 by Rev. O. A. Farley, and in 188 1 by Rev. 
 C. H. Farnsworth, our present pastor. 
 Our members have gradually increased ; 
 our present number is 73. 
 
 In the spring of 1870, we bought of 
 Bemis Pike a good house and garden for a 
 parsonage; cost, $1,800. 
 
 Feb. 3, 1878, our church was burned. 
 The society had just put down a new car- 
 pet, and a new organ and new lamps had 
 been purchased, which, together with our 
 large Sabbath-school library, was all con- 
 sumed, and no insurance. What a loss for 
 us ! But after mature deliberation we de- 
 cided to rebuild. The Church Extension 
 Society gave us $200, Rev. A. L. Cooper 
 $5°. and a few other friends smaller sums. 
 January i6, 1879, our new church was 
 dedicated, sermon by Rev. A. L. Cooper. 
 The .church is built in the Norman Gothic 
 style of architecture, nicely finished and 
 furnished throughout, warmed from the 
 vestry beneath, and free from debt. 
 
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 Since we have had a church of our own, 
 our Sabbath-school has been prosperous, 
 and never more so than at the present time. 
 It is large, numbering over 80. The pres- 
 ent superintendent is J. B. Pike. 
 
 STEPHEN PITKIN, 
 
 whose history is so interwoven with early 
 Methodism in Marshfield, twas very un- 
 assuming in his manners, and very strong 
 in his temperance and anti-slavery prin- 
 ciples. He belonged to the old Liberty 
 party when in this town ; their caucuses 
 were opened with prayer. He had a great 
 aversion to pretension. He once lent his 
 sleigh and harness to a man calling him- 
 self John Cotton, to go to Barnet, to be 
 gone three days. Cotton was quite a 
 stranger, having been in our place but 6 
 weeks, during which he had boarded with 
 my husband's brother, working for him a 
 part of the time, and the rest of the time 
 selling clocks he had purchased of a Mr. 
 Bradford, in Barre. Four days went by. 
 On inquiry, Mr. Pitkin found that the 
 clocks had been purchased on trust, and 
 all sold for watches or money; that he 
 owed $60 toward his horse, and that he 
 had borrowed of the brother with whom 
 he boarded, horse-blanket, whip and mit- 
 tens. It seemed sure he was a rogue. 
 What could be done ? Pursuit was use- 
 less after such a lapse of time. Mr. P. 
 felt his loss severely ; he had little prop- 
 erty then, and what he had, was the product 
 of hard labor; but he always made his 
 business a subject of prayer. About 3 
 weeks passed away. One evening, having 
 been out some time, he came in, and with 
 his characteristic calmness, said, "H — , I 
 shall not worry any more about my sleigh 
 and harness ; I think I shall get them again." 
 " Why do you think so ? " said I . His an- 
 swer was, " I have been praying God to 
 arrest Cotton's conscience, so that he will 
 be obliged to leave them where I can get 
 them, and I believe he will do it," and 
 from this time, Wednesday evening, he 
 seemed at rest on the subject. The next 
 Tuesday morning, as he stepped into the 
 post-office, a letter was handed him from 
 Littleton, N. H., written by the keeper of 
 a public house there : 
 
 Mr. Pitkin — Sir : — Mr. John Cotton has 
 left your sleigh and harness here, and you 
 can have them by calling for them. 
 
 Yours, &c., John Newton. 
 
 He started for Littleton the same day, 
 some 40 miles, found the sleigh and har- 
 ness safe, with no encumbrance. The 
 landlord said the Wednesday night pre- 
 vious, at 12 o'clock, a man calling himself 
 John Cotton came to his house, calling for 
 horse-baiting and supper. He would not 
 stay till morning, but wished to leave the 
 sleigh and harness for Mr. Pitkin, of 
 Marshfield, Vt. He also requested the 
 landlord to write to Mr. Pitkin, and said 
 he could not write, and that he took them 
 for Mr. Pitkin on a poor debt, and started 
 off at 2 o'clock at night, on horseback, 
 with an old pair of saddle-bags and a 
 horse-blanket on a saddle with one stirrup, 
 and no crupper, on one of the coldest 
 nights of that winter. None of the other 
 men to whom he was indebted received 
 anything from him, or ever heard from him 
 after. 
 
 [This brief sketch of this so worthy man 
 cannot be better completed than by the 
 following lines we have in our possession, 
 which were written by Mrs. Pitkin after his 
 death :] ' 
 
 " I have loved thee on Earth, 
 May I meet thee iu HeavenI " 
 
 Thrice, since Hiejr laid him with the dead, 
 Have Autumn's goldeu sheaves been laded, 
 
 Thrice have the spring-birds come and flown, 
 And thrice the flowrets bloomed and faded. 
 
 Tet, yet the far-off birds returning. 
 
 The harvest sunset gilded o'er. 
 The flowrets springing, blooming, fading. 
 
 But whisper, " he will come no more." 
 
 That hymn of praise, that voice in prayer. 
 
 On memory's zephyrs back to me, 
 Thrilling my inmost soul, they come 
 
 Like midnight music on the sea. 
 
 In these dear haunts, beside this hearth. 
 There is for me no answering tone. 
 
 We Itnelt together by her grave, 
 1 weep and pray by theirs alonel 
 
 Oh, "pure In heart," in purpose Arm, 
 
 To me be thy meek mantle given; 
 One faith, one hope was ours on earth, 
 
 God grant us one bless'd home in Heaven. 
 
 In the winter of 1866, a lodge of Good 
 Templars was organized here. Good has 
 been accomplished, and it is hoped much 
 more may yet be done . The present num- 
 ber of members is lol. 
 
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 DEA. GIDEON SPENCER 
 
 Came first to Marshfield from East Hart- 
 ford, Conn., in company with Caleb and 
 Martin Pitkin in the spring of 1792. That 
 summer a^d the next they worlced clear- 
 ing land, and preparing for the coming of 
 their femilies, returning for them in the 
 fall.' February, 1794, Mr. Spencer, Caleb 
 Pitkin and Aaron Elmer removed their 
 families to this wilderness, and commenced 
 the settlement of Marshfield; From Mont- 
 pelier they came with hand-sleds without 
 roads over snow 4 feet deep. Daniel, old- 
 est child of the Spencer family, was 4 years 
 old. This femUy had the first daughter, 
 born in town, and their son, Horace, was 
 born the day the town was organized; 
 Their location was a mile from either of 
 the other settlers. So neighborly were the 
 bears, Mr. Spencer found it necessary to 
 take his gun when going after his cow, 
 which had the whole forest for pasture. 
 
 He was chosen deacon of the Congrega- 
 tional church, soon after its organization ; 
 was active in sustaining meeting, and at- 
 tained the great age of 90 years. His 
 wife, a daughter of Capt. Isaac Marsh, a 
 woman of energetic and social habits, died 
 at the age of 86. 
 
 CALEB PITKIN 
 
 married Hannah, daughter of Capt. Isaac 
 Marsh, and came first to Marshfield as a 
 surveyor. He was rather retiring in his 
 manners, but had a vein of pleasantry 
 which made him agreeable company, 
 and he had a good education for the 
 times. He was a good reader, and often 
 when no minister was present, read the 
 Sunday sermon. His trade was a mason, 
 and the original stone-chimneys of the 
 first dwellings were laid by him. His 
 wife was social, and a worker. He re- 
 moved to Peacham a few years before his 
 death, Apr. 1813, at the age of 40. His 
 widow returned to Marshfield, and lived 
 some years after' the decease of her hus- 
 band. The oldest son, James, still-lives 
 on the old place. One son, a physician, 
 has deceased, and a daughter lives in 
 Burlington. 
 
 JOSHUA PITKIN, ESQ., 
 
 born in East Hartford, Conn., arrived 
 with his wife and three children in Marsh- 
 field on the 1st of Mar., 1795, and located 
 where Wm. Haskins now 'lives. Not a 
 tree was felled on the lot, excepting what 
 had been felled by hunters in trapping 
 for furs ; but he went to work and soon 
 had a spot cjeared, a log-house up and 
 ready to occupy. He raised a large family, 
 and resided on the same place till his 
 death. He kept the first public house in 
 town, and was the first justice of peace. 
 He and his exemplary wife united with the 
 Congregational church. She died about 
 1821, and he married again. He com- 
 menced a journal of his life and busi- 
 ness Mar. 28, 1796. The last record is 
 dated June 10, 1847. He died June 25, 
 1847. His last words were, " I know that 
 my Redeemer liveth," etc. Dea. Pitkin 
 of Montpelier, his second son, kept the 
 first store in town; None of his descend- 
 ants remain in Marshfield. 
 
 HON. STEPHEN PITKIN 
 
 came with his wife into this town March I, 
 1795. He had a large farm, pleasantly 
 located, where Bowman Martin now re- 
 sides. He was very well educated for the 
 times, and possessed of a strong mind, 
 and great energy. His keen eye, and 
 commanding look gave evidence he was 
 one to lead others, rather than one to be 
 led. His influence was great in the busi- 
 ness transactions of the town. He was 
 the first town representative; held the 
 office in all, 13 years ; was first militia 
 captain, eventually became a major, and 
 was assistant county judge 4 years. 
 
 He was considerate of the poor, and the 
 writer is informed by his nephew, James 
 Pitkin, Esq., that in the cold season of 
 1816 and '17, when almost no provisions 
 were raised, he bought salmon at Mont- 
 pelier by the barrel, when he had to be 
 trusted for it himself, and sold it out to 
 those in need, taking his pay when they 
 could work for it. He continued to reside 
 on the same farm till his death, which took . 
 place May 22, 1834, age 62. He raised a 
 family of 13 children, 12 of his own, one 
 
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 dying in infancy, and one, the motherless 
 babe of his brother, Levi, he and his ex- 
 cellent wife adopted and brought up as 
 their own. His oldest son, Horace, set- 
 tled in 'town, but after a few years, re- 
 moved to Central Ohio, where he recently 
 died. His second son, Edwin, an enter- 
 prising citizen, settled in town, raised a 
 large and intelligent family, was consider- 
 ably in town business, — and was for many 
 years the principal surveyor in the vicinity. 
 He died a few years since. His third son, 
 Truman, settled in Marshfield first, sub- 
 sequently in Montpelier, where he died, 
 leaving 3 sons and one daughter. One of 
 his sons. Gen. P. P. Pitkin, resides in 
 Montpelier, and the other two at the West. 
 His 4th son, Stephen Pitkin, Jr., will be 
 particularly mentioned in another place in 
 this history. The two youngest sons went 
 West, where one died a number of years 
 since. Three daughters still live, one in 
 Iowa, and two in Massachusetts. 
 
 CAPT. STEPHEN RICH, 
 
 born in Sutton, Mass., -at 15 became a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary war, as a sub- 
 stitute for his father. He was at the taking 
 of Burgoyne, and in a number of other 
 battles. He came to Marshfield in Feb. 
 1798, and settled where his grandson 
 Samuel D. HoUister now resides. He 
 was the first selectman of Marshfield and 
 first town clerk; held the oifice 7 years. 
 His only son George, was also town clerk 
 7 years. He removed to Montpelier, 
 where he died. Capt. Rich filled various 
 town offices, and was an esteemed citizen. 
 He accumulated a large property, and had, 
 besides the son mentioned, a family of 
 five daughters. He resided where he first 
 settled till his death, at the age of 83. His 
 wife, a woman of uncommon energy, sur- 
 vived some years after his decease. 
 
 CAPT. JOSIAH HOLLISTER. 
 
 Born in E. Hartford,Ct.,came to Marsh- 
 field about the year 1806. He married 
 Phebe, daughter of Capt. Stephen Rich, 
 in 1809. He acquired a large property, 
 was respected by his townsmen, and had a 
 fair share of town offices. He represented 
 the town in the legislature of the State 2 
 
 years, and was chosen captain of a com- 
 pany of cavalry. He died atthe age of 52. 
 
 HON. HORACE HOLLISTER. 
 
 Born in E. Hartford, Ct.,in 1791 ; when 
 a young man came to Marshfield, and re- 
 sided one year with his brother Josiah, 
 and then returned to Ct. ; was married to 
 Ruth P., daughter of Capt. Stephen Rich, 
 and moved to Colebrook, N. H., first in 
 1817, and to Marshfield in 1821. Likehis 
 brother, he was very successful, shared 
 largely in the confidence of the people, 
 and was very much in public business. 
 He was a man who had an opinion of his 
 own, and dared express it. He was elect- 
 ed to most of the town offices ; was over- 
 seer of the poor many years ; also, assistant 
 judge 2 years, and senator 2 years. He 
 died recently, aged 76. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM MARTIN. 
 
 BY MBS. SOLOMON WELLS, OF PLAINFIELD. 
 
 Among the early settlers of Marshfield, 
 was Wm. Martin, born in Francistown, 
 N. H., July 28, 1786. In 1800, his father 
 and femily moved to the frontiers of Ver- 
 mont. William worked out mostly till 21, 
 to help support his father's family. H« 
 worked at South Boston a part of the time, 
 and on the first canal that was built at 
 Cambridge, and went to Canada, owing to 
 the scarcity of money in Vermont, and 
 worked. He had no education except 
 what he picked up, -without attending 
 school. At 1 8, he enlisted in a company 
 of cavalry ; was chosen at once an officer, 
 and rose from one grade of office to an- 
 other to colonel. At the time of Presi- 
 dent Monroe's visit to Vermont, he com- 
 manded the company that escorted him 
 into Montpelier, and took dinner with the 
 President. He continued in the militia, 
 was in the war of 1812, and at the battle 
 of Plattsburgh. 
 
 In 1809, he married Sabra Axtell, of 
 Marshfield, and moved that summer to 
 Plainfield, where he lived 4 years, and 
 then bought a farm in Marshfield, about a 
 mile above Plainfield village, where he re- 
 sided till 1840. His farm was one of the 
 finest upon the head waters of the Win- 
 ooski. He had S boys and 2 girls, two 
 
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 of whom are now dead. He held many of 
 the town offices ; was constable and col- 
 lector 25 years ; 12 years representative, 
 and a number of times was one of the as- 
 sistant judges of the County Court. Up 
 to 1840, much of his time was spent in 
 public business. He then moved to Mont- 
 pelier (now E. Montpelier,) afterwards 
 returned to Marshfield, but finally removed 
 to Rockton, 111., where he now resides. 
 His wife is still living (1869,) but has been 
 blind for 16 years. He is a man of fine 
 social qualities, and was always hospitable 
 and kind to the poor. He acquired a 
 handsome property, and an accuracy in 
 doing business which but few men possess. 
 He was many years a member of the Con- 
 gregational church in Plainfield. 
 
 ■ JACOB PUTNAM, ESQ. 
 
 BY UON. E. D. PUTNAM, Or MONTPBUEB. 
 
 My father, Jacob Putnam, moved from 
 Alstead, N. H., to Marshfield, with his 
 family, himself and wife, 3 boys and 3 
 girl^, in the spring of 1820. He also 
 brought with him his father and mother, 
 Joseph and Miriam Putnam. They were 
 among the first settlers of Hancock, N. H., 
 where my father was born in 1784. He 
 bought the farm of James English, Esq., 
 on the river road, 2 miles south of the vil- 
 lage, 220 acres, for which he paid $1,400. 
 He afterwards sold 50 acres, and the remain- 
 der was sold in 1868 for $6,200. This is 
 about a fair sample of the rise of real estate 
 in the town in the last 50 years. Mr. Eng- 
 lish moved to the village, and built a house 
 and wheelwright shop. There were at 
 that time a saw and grist-mill, and only 
 two houses within what are now the limits 
 of the village. The land where tlie vil- 
 lage now stands was then but partially 
 cleared, and there were no settlements 
 east of the river, except in the extreme 
 N. E. and S. E. corners of the town, and 
 there was but little money in the country. 
 Most of the business transactions were in 
 neat stock and grain. When anything of 
 any considerable value was bought on 
 credit (as was usually the case,) notes 
 were generally given, payable in neat stock 
 in Oct., or grain in Jan. following. When 
 
 the prices of the stock could not be agreed 
 upon by the parties, three men were se- 
 lected as appraisers, their appraisal to be 
 binding upon the parties. A pair of good 
 oxen were worth about $50 to $60; cows, 
 $12 to $15 ; corn and rye were worth jocts. 
 per bushel ; oats, 20 cents ; potatoes, 12, to 
 20 cents. Good crops of wheat were gen- 
 erally raised in town, and I can recollect 
 of wheat being cSrried as late as 1824, to 
 Troy, N. Y., for a market. There, was no 
 manufacturing to any considerable extent 
 done in this country as early as 1820. 
 Nearly all the clothing was made at home 
 by hand. The spinning-wheel and loom 
 might be found in almost every house, and 
 among my earliest recollections is the buzz 
 of the wheel and the thumping of the old 
 loom, and whenever there came a pleasant, 
 sunny day in March, the flax-break might 
 be heard at almost every farmer^ barn, 
 and very well do I recollect the " big 
 bunches " of woolen sCnd linen yarn which 
 "ornamented" the kitchen of the old 
 homestead, spun by my mother and sis- 
 ters. The words of Proverbs, ' ' She seek- 
 eth wool and flax, and worketh diligently 
 with her hands," were peculiarly applicable 
 to my mother. In addition to making all 
 the^cloth for clothing the family, she made 
 hundreds of yards of woolen and linen 
 cloth, and exchanged it at the store for 
 family necessaries. These days have 
 passed. A spinning-wheel is [rarely seen 
 now ; if found at all, it is stowed away in 
 some old garret, a relic, and the sewing- 
 machine is annihilating the needle. Are 
 people happier now than they were then? 
 My father enjoyed the confidence of the 
 public ; was town clerk 19 years, and oc- 
 casionally held other town offices. He 
 lived on the same place where he first' 
 bought 36 years, to the time of his death, 
 in 1856, aged 72 years. My mother died 
 in 1864, aged 81. They lived together 52 
 years. Their children are all living, except 
 the eldest son, Thomas B., who died Apr. 
 30, 1830. The youngest son, A. F. Put- 
 nam, is the present postmaster of Marsh- 
 field. My grandfather died in 1826, aged 
 83 years; my grandmother in 1835, aged 
 91. 
 
MARSHFIELD. 
 
 2IS 
 
 JONATHAN GOODWIN, ESQ. 
 BY MBS. H. L. GOODWIN. 
 
 Jonathan Goodwin was born at Con- 
 cord, N. H., May 27, .1784, where he 
 passed his youth and early manhood. He 
 was one of a large family. Were it not 
 for the experience of the late war, it would 
 be difficult for a person in these days to 
 realize the bitterness of party-spirit and 
 controversy, even among kindred, which 
 existed before and during the war of 1812. 
 At a family gathering where politics were 
 discussed, Jonathan being a Democrat, 
 and the other members of the family Fed- 
 eralists, a brother remarked, "as there 
 was a prospect of war, it would be a good 
 time for him to show his patriotism and 
 courage, if he had any." He replied, "it 
 was a pity those who had so much sympa- 
 thy for the enemies of their country, were 
 not in a position to afford them the aid and 
 assistance they would naturally wish to 
 give." These remarks were never for- 
 gotten. Jonathan enlisted as recruiting 
 sergeant, was afterwards lieutenant and 
 captain; was stationed at Saco, Me., Bos- 
 ton and Plattsburgh. At the latter he re- 
 ceived an injury from which he never re- 
 covered, and was a pensioner the remain- 
 der of his life. It is worthy of remark that 
 during the 7 years he was in the United 
 States' service, although at that time the 
 custom of using ardent spirits was almost 
 universal, he never indulged in it, not even 
 after being assured by his physician that 
 probably he would not survive the cam- 
 paign without it. In 1814, his family 
 moved from Concord, 5f . H., to Randolph, 
 Vt. After his discharge he removed to 
 Chelsea, and in 1839, to this town to re- 
 side with his eldest son. The following 
 summer they built a house, and occupied 
 it one winter. In April it was burned. 
 
 It was burned on Saturday. The next 
 day, Elder CaJ)ron announced from his 
 pulpit that on Monday the inhabitants 
 would meet to assist Messrs. Goodwin in 
 getting out timber for another house-frame. 
 On Monday, men enough came to cut 
 the timber, hew it, frame it, draw it over a 
 mile, and raise a house, 28 by 34 feet, in a 
 day. 
 
 He passed the remainder of his life in 
 Marshfield ; was justice of peace, town 
 clerk 2 years, postmaster 2 years, and 
 often administered on the estates of the 
 deceased, and gave general satisfaction. 
 Although in early life his opportunities for 
 education were limited, he was a person of 
 more than ordinary information, especially 
 in history and the Bible, of which he was 
 a daily student. 
 
 In early life he united with the Baptist 
 church in Concord, but during a season of 
 religious interest in Chelsea, was drawn to 
 a more thorough examination of the Scrip- 
 tures than ever before, which led to his 
 embracing the doctrine of the final re- 
 demption of all, in which belief he after- 
 wards continued till his death, Jan. 1867, 
 aged 82, generally respected as a man and 
 a Christian. 
 
 REV. MARCUS M. CARLETON, 
 
 son of Jeremiah Carleton, Esq., was born 
 in Marshfield, 1826. When about 15, he 
 made a profession of religion, uniting with 
 the Congregational church in Barre, where 
 he resided with his uncle. He soon after 
 decided to be a foreign missionary, and 
 from hence devoted all his energies to pro- 
 curing a suitable education. He first en- 
 tered Middlebury College, but removed to 
 Amherst College, Massachusetts, where he 
 graduated, and on account of a chronic 
 cough went south to study theology at 
 Columbia, S. C. After finishing his course, 
 Jie offered himself to the Congregational 
 Board for foreign missions, but was not 
 accepted, they fearing his health would 
 fail ; but determined in his resolutions he 
 offered himself immediately to the Presby- 
 terian Board by whom he was accepted, 
 and sailed for India in 1865, where he has 
 labored most of the time since. He was 
 stationed first in Ambalia city, but the 
 mission seeing him eminently fitted for an 
 itinerant, set him apart for that work after 
 a few years, since which he has lived most 
 of the time in a tent, travelling from vil- 
 lage to village in Ambalia district, in- 
 structing and preaching to the people, and 
 having studied medicine, finding it very 
 advantageous to him in his ministeral 
 
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 labors among the inhabitants, he also ad- 
 ministers to them as a physician — some- 
 times his family accompany him in the 
 tent ; but during the hot season they gen- 
 erally remain among the mountains, where 
 he sometimes rests with them during the 
 hottest period. [An account of his family 
 we will not repeat here, as we have already 
 given the same in a notice of Rev. Mr. 
 Carleton with his family in Barre — See No. 
 I, of this vol. p. 40. A member of the 
 Carleton family tells me he is a man of 
 herculean frame — physically and mentally 
 a very strong man. In a letter to his 
 father in 1879, an extract of which lies 
 before me, he speaks of his good health 
 as a source of great joy — seems to luxu- 
 riate body and soul in his nomadic preach- 
 ing life.] 
 
 MARSHFIELD MILITARY RECORD. 
 SOLDIERS OF 18 1 2. 
 
 This place furnished 8 : Abijah Bemis, 
 Phineas Bemis, Obadiah Bemis, David 
 Cutting, John Waugh, Abijah Hall, Isaac 
 Austin, and Philip Delan. 
 
 Lewis Bemis, a brother of three of these 
 soldiers, was also from this town, though 
 he enlisted from Barnet. His father and 
 friends all resided here, and he should 
 have a notice here. He belonged to the 
 old 4th regiment, which was sent out un- 
 der Col. Miller to the then territory of 
 Ohio, to look after the Indians who were 
 making depredations on the frontier set- 
 tlements. At one time they came to the 
 dwelling of a Mr. Harriman, (whose wife 
 was the daughter of Alexander Parker of 
 Montpelier, and sister of Mrs. James Pit- 
 kin of this town,) just about an hour after 
 the savages had murdered and left him 
 and his family. They pressed on, but 
 failed to overtake the Indians, and soon 
 after joined the main body under the infa- 
 mous Gen. Hull on its way to Fort Detroit. 
 Before arriving at Detroit, Col. Miller saw 
 Hull's treachery, and accused him of it, 
 and challenged him to fight a duel, both 
 before and after their arrival, quite in vain ; 
 he surrendered the fort and army without 
 firing a gun. In that fort, among our 
 men, were'a number of British who had 
 
 deserted and joined our army. The next 
 morning, and two or three succeeding 
 mornings, our army was paraded and the 
 British officers walked along and inspected 
 it, and when they saw a British soldier, 
 he was tapped on the shoulder, and com- 
 manded to step out. Where they had 
 suspicions, and yet were not certain as to 
 their being British subjects, they would 
 question them. A number of times Mr. 
 Bemis, though he never saw Ireland, was 
 asked, " In what town in Ireland were you 
 born"? Each time his answer was, "I 
 was born ip Paxham, in Massachusetts." 
 One poor fellow, the first time they came 
 round, succeeded in squinting his eyes so 
 as fairly to deceive them, and after that 
 succeeded in slipping down an embank- 
 ment just in the right time to save his life. 
 About 40 of these poor deserters were 
 taken out and shot. The army, surren- 
 dered by Hull, was then taken to Quebec, 
 and confined in a prison-ship on the St. 
 Lawrence, where they were allowed but one 
 half pint of water per day, though their 
 prison was floating on the river, and if any 
 one attempted to let down a cup for water, 
 he was shot down. Three-fourths of the 
 prisoners eventually died from the cruelties 
 there received. The rest were eventually 
 exchanged. 
 
 Jesse Webster died in Marshfield, 
 Oct. 20, 1878, aged 83 years. He was one 
 of the Plattsburgh volunteers, and had an 
 application for pension pending at the time 
 of his death. 
 
 It is not known that any one enlisted 
 from this town, in the war with Mexico. 
 
 But when the great rebellion "broke out, 
 that intensity of feeling which thrilled from 
 the prairies of the West to the shores of 
 the Atlantic, found an answering tone 
 among our hills, and by our firesides. And 
 as call after call for reinforcements came, 
 the father left his femily, the son his pa- 
 rents, in many cases, alas ! to return no 
 more. 
 
 They came in serried ranks, the boys in blue, 
 Who at their country's call no danger knew ; 
 Room 1 room I for Marshfield boys, our 
 soldiers true. 
 
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 217 
 
 LIST OF SOLDIERS FURNISHED FOR WAR OF 
 THE REBELLION. 
 
 BY GBN. P. P. PITKIN, OP MONTPELIliR. 
 
 Alphonso Lessor, Co. D, 2d Reg, Pro. Lt., wd. 
 Patrick Mahar, F, 2. Wd. & dis. Oct. 31, 62. 
 Alvah H. Miles, F, 2. • 
 Chauncey Smith, D, 2. Died of disease in 
 
 army. 
 David P. Bent, G, 4. Died ; buried at Wash- 
 ington. 
 Byron Bullock, G, 4. Died of disease in army. 
 
 Hiram Hall, H, 3. Died. 
 
 John E. Aiken, G, 4. 
 
 Robert A. Spencer, G, 4. 
 
 Edward W. Bradley, F, 6. Wounded. 
 
 Homer Hollister, F, 6. Wounded in hand. 
 
 Asa H. Winch, ist Bat. Died at New Orleans. 
 Joshua D. Dunham, 2d Bat. Died at New 
 Orleans. 
 
 George W. Nownes, C, First Cav. 
 
 Ira Batchelder, C, First Cav. Wounded. 
 
 Josiah O. Livingston, I, 9. Pro. Capt. Co. G, 
 Oct. 19, '64. 
 
 George N. Carpenter, I, 9. Pro. ist. Lieut. 
 
 Benjamin F. Huntington, I, 9. 
 
 Vilas Smith, I, 9. Lost overboard Steamer 
 U. S. near Fortress Monroe. 
 
 John Q. Amidon, I, ii. 
 
 Jackson Blodgett, I, n. Died. 
 
 George H. Wheeler, I, 11. 
 
 Harvey L. Wood, I, II. Deserted. 
 
 Benj. F. Shephard, Jr., 1, 11. Died in Hosp. 
 at Montpelier. 
 
 Robert H. Tibbetts, I, n. Killed in battle. 
 
 Alvah A. Cole, I, 11. 
 
 Elbridge G. Wilson, I, u. Killed in battle. 
 
 Francis H. Felix, I, n. Injured in shoulder. 
 
 John W. Huntington, I, 11. 
 
 Lorenzo D. Mallory, C, ist Cav. Pris'nr a^ 
 Andersonville ; exch'd, died on way home. 
 
 William R. Gove, C, ist Cav. 
 
 Charles Nownes, C, ist Cav. 
 
 Thaddeus S. Bullock, G, 4. Died in hospital. 
 
 Nathaniel Robinson, G, 4. Ball in hand, 
 cannot be extracted. 
 
 Calvin R. Hills, G, 4. Wounded. 
 
 William A. Webster, A, 4. Died at Ander- 
 sonville. 
 
 Wesley P. Martin, G, 4. 
 
 David B. Merrill, A, 4. 
 
 Smith Ormsbee, G, 4. Shot on picket, died 
 from wound. 
 
 Samuel Wheeler, A, 4. 
 
 John Bancroft, C, Cav. Died. 
 
 Parker S. Dow, C, 8 Regt. 
 
 Frederick H. Turner, H, 11. 
 
 David K. Lucas, 3d Bat. 
 
 Edmund H. Packer, 3d Bat. 
 
 Allen Phelps, Frontier Cav. 
 
 Moses Lamberton, do. do. 
 
 Edward L. Wheeler, do. do. 
 . Leonard H. Fulsome, do. do. 
 
 Frank L. Batchelder, E, 4 Regt. 
 
 Ira Ainsworth, E, 4. 
 
 Patrick Moore, D, 8. 
 
 Lysan^er E. Walbridge, E, 8. 
 
 Theron T. Lamphere, E, 8. 
 
 Hiram Graves, K, 2. 
 
 Thomas Witham, K, z. Died, prisoner. 
 
 George H. Nelson, D, 2. Badly wounded. 
 
 David Powers, D, 2. 
 
 Henry A. Rickard, D, 2. 
 
 Joseph S. M. Benjamin, B, Cav. 
 
 Francis H. Ketchum, C, " Badly wound- 
 ed with shell. 
 
 Eri McCrillis, C, Cav. Died at Andersonville. 
 
 Geo. W. Nownes, C, Cav. Died Andersonv'e. 
 
 Cyrus Farnsworlh, H, 4 Regt. 
 
 Horace Burnham, C, Cav. 
 
 Charles M. Wing, B, Cav. Leg broken. 
 
 Norman W. Johnson, F, 2 Regt. Ball thro, 
 body and wrist, lived. 
 
 John O. Morse, I, 9. Died. 
 
 James H. Carpenter, H, 11. 
 
 John Graves, Jr. H, 1 1. Died at Andersonville. 
 
 Solon H. Preston, H, 11. 
 
 William W. Willey, H, 11. 
 
 Walter H. Morris, G, 3. Wounded. 
 
 Charles H. Newton, G, 4. Wn'ded with shell. 
 
 James Aylward, E, 17. Died, 
 ohn H. Amidon, I, 11. 
 Charles T. Clark, E, 17. Died. 
 James Clark, C, 17. Died. 
 William G. French, E, 17. Died. 
 Clark J. Foster, E, 17. Badly wn'ded in leg. 
 Benj. F. Huntington, E, 17. 
 Daniel Hogan, E, 17. 
 
 Wm. E. Martin, E, 17. ist Lieut.; killed be- 
 fore Petersburg. 
 Harvey L. Batchelder, C, 13. 
 Martin L. Chandler, " " 
 Eli S. Pitkin, C, 13. 
 Charles A. Davis, C, 13. 
 Hudson J. Kibbee, " " 
 Sereno W. Gould, " " 
 Charles E. Shephard, C, 13. 
 Albert Sargeant, C, 13. 
 Willard M. Austin, C, 13. 
 Orson Woodcock, " " 
 Rufus H. Farr, C, 13. 
 Benjamin B. Buzzell, C, 13. 
 David Huntington, " " 
 Joseph Simmons, C, 13. 
 Lucius D. Nute, " " 
 
 In 1863 a draft was ordered ; 34 men 
 were drafted, but only one, Cottrill Clif- 
 ford, went into the service ; 22 paid their 
 commutation money. Clifford served his 
 time, was discharged, and. accidentally 
 killed on his way home. I do not find his 
 name in our list of soldiers ; probably he 
 was put in to fill up some regiment sep- 
 arately from our other men. 
 
 There went out 98 from us, 28 of whom 
 never returned. A few were brought back 
 to be buried, but most of our dead sleep on 
 Southern soil. In the^ vigor of yoiing 
 manhood they went, one and another, 
 who were household treasures. 
 
 " The loved of all, yet none 
 
 O'er their low bed may weep." 
 
 Perhaps the last news of them was ," seen 
 on the battle-field," or " taken prisoner," 
 
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 and then long months elapsed ere one 
 word could be heard to stay the anguish of 
 suspense. At last came the fearful, ' ' Died 
 at Andersonville." 
 
 MONTPELIER & WELLS RIVER RAILROAD. 
 
 When the history of Marshfield was 
 written eleven years ago, we had no rail- 
 road. About this time a charter was 
 granted for the Montpelier & Wells River 
 road, which passes through our town about 
 a mile from the village. The town bonded 
 itself in the sum of $17.5°°. and private 
 subscriptions made up the sum of $30,000. 
 All is paid but about half the bonds. 
 
 The first train of cars went through here 
 Nov. 29, 1873.. Of course the rejoicing 
 was great. 
 
 A year or two later we were connected 
 with the rest of the world by telegraph. 
 The advantage to the public is not easily 
 estimated. The railroad is doing good 
 business. L. D. Nute is station agent and 
 telegraph operator. A private telegra.ph 
 is owned and run by George A. Putnam 
 and L. D. Nute, from the depot to Put- 
 nam's store, where the post-office is lo- 
 cated. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam are telegraph 
 operators. 
 
 THE THANKS OF THE WRITER 
 
 are due to James Pitkin, Andrew English 
 and E. S. Pitkin, Esqs., and others, for 
 the assistance rendered her in this work ; 
 also to Miss Anna Pitkin, of Montpelier, 
 for the loan of her father's journal. 
 
 [We have known our excellent historian- 
 ess of Marshfield more than 20 years. 
 Mrs. Pitkin was a favorite contributor in 
 our "Poets and Poetry of Vermont," 
 (1858,) in which see from her pen, " The 
 Young Emigrant," " The Fugitive Slave," 
 pages 333, 334. So well has Mrs. Pitkin 
 written for us, and for the Montpelier 
 papers in the past, Zion''sJIeraid and other 
 papers, we cannot forbear, not solicited by 
 her, but of our own good will, to place a 
 little group selected from her poems at the 
 foot of her history here — Ed.] 
 
 A THOUGHT. 
 B Y MBS. HANUAH O. PITKIN. 
 
 For thee, busy man, In a forest lone 
 A shoot hath started, a tree hath grown. 
 The axe-man, perchance, may have laid It low 
 For thy narrow house— It Is ready now. 
 All ready— but moi>tal, art thou, art tUou? 
 
 Maiden, thy dream of affection so warm. 
 Trust not. The shroud to envelop thy form 
 Is woven, Is coming, by wind or wave; 
 'Tis thine, by a stamp which no mortal gave. 
 Thou canst not turn fl-om the path to the grave. 
 
 Art thou tolling for wealth, the weary day. 
 Or thirsting tor fSme— there's a pillow of clay 
 On a lowly bed, 'tis waiting thee there. 
 The mould and the worm thy pillow will share; 
 Spirit, Oh, where Is thy refuge— Oh, where? 
 
 TO THE ITINERANT'S WIFE. 
 
 BY MRS. H. C. PITKIN. 
 
 Out on the ocean, dark and wild 
 
 A little bark was driven. 
 One kindly star looked out and smiled 
 
 A precious boon from heaven; 
 It warned of threatening near. 
 Just, Just in time the rocks to blear. 
 
 I stood upon a point of land 
 
 Where ocean billows came, 
 A beauteous wave just kissed the strand. 
 
 Then seaweed swept again. 
 'Twas gone, to come again no more. 
 But left a gem upon the shore. 
 
 A wanderer lone mid desert's waste. 
 
 Beneath a burning sky, , 
 Sauk down at last despairingly. 
 
 He felt that be must die. 
 My Island Home, so dear to me, 
 I never, never more may seel ! 
 
 Oh God : he cried. A tiny flower 
 
 Just caught his closing eye, 
 And In its winsome loveliness. 
 
 It seemed to whisper " try," 
 God lives, take heart, so o'er the main 
 He found his Island Home again. 
 
 So slstei, like the star be thine 
 
 To bless the tempest driven. 
 And point to poor despairing ones 
 
 The narrow way to Heaven. 
 And in the wanderer's darkest hour. 
 Sweetly to win him like the flower. 
 
 In blessing be thou ever blest. 
 
 Cheer age, and counsel youth. 
 And ever where thy pathway lies. 
 
 Scatter the gems of truth. 
 And hear, when Death Is lost in Life 
 Blessings on the Itinerant's WitV}. 
 
 FROM AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF 
 MARSHFIELD. 
 
 CONTRIBnTED BY KEV. SEO. E. F0KBE3 IN 1879. 
 
 [After the Legislature of Vermont had 
 approbated and passed the General Res- 
 olutions of 1878, to assist in finishing this 
 work, the MS. history of Mrs. Pitkin, fur- 
 nished to us for the work in 1869, having 
 
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 219 
 
 been sent to the Claremont Manufacuring 
 Company of New Hampshire, and by them 
 withheld four years, with the other Wash- 
 ington County papers sent, under their 
 proposition to ' immediately print. We 
 wrote to Mrs. Pitkin for a duplicate of her 
 history. Unable, from the infirmities of 
 her age and feebleness, from fully under- 
 taking to so do, she engaged the assist- 
 ance of Rev. Mr. Forbes, who gave us a 
 very reliable and pleasant paper of about 
 half the length of Mrs. Pitkin's paper, with 
 which we were pleased and should have 
 published, had we not fortunately mean- 
 time recovered Mrs. Pitkin's papers, which 
 as they are the fullest record, as she was 
 first invited to write, and is so eminently 
 a Washington County woman, daughter 
 of old Gen. Parley Davis, of Montpelier, 
 and a long-time honored and beloved res- 
 ident of Marshfield, we are assured no 
 other writer could be so acceptable to 
 Marshfield, and none other to the County, 
 and so have given the papers of Mrs. Pit- 
 kin in full, nearly; and will here but ap- 
 pend a few extracts from the paper by Mr. 
 Forbes, containing information or points 
 in it not in Mrs. Pitkin's paper ; while we 
 feel to express under the circumstances 
 more thanks to Mr. Forbes than if able to 
 give his paper more fully — Ed.] 
 
 Marshfield is situated in the eastern part 
 of the County, and lies on both sides ot 
 the Winooski river, which flows through it 
 from north to south. The soil is a mix- 
 ture of clay and loam ; the surface broken 
 and hilly, is divided into productive farms. 
 The river valley, and that part of the town 
 lying west of it, contains the best tillage 
 land, which has very largely been brought 
 under cultivation. The eastern part, more 
 rocky, is used principally for pasturage ; 
 although in the eastern part in some sec- 
 tions there are some good farms. 
 
 The original forests were heavy timbered 
 with maple, beech, birch, spruce and hem- 
 lock, and some elm, fir, cedar and pine. 
 In the eastern part there yet remains a 
 considerable growth of spruce and hem- 
 lock, but it is rapidly being cut off for lum- 
 ber. Sugar-maples are to be found in all 
 parts of the town, producing quite as 
 abundantly of sugar as in any other part of 
 New England. 
 
 Besides the Winooski river privileges 
 there are two or three streams which fur- 
 nish good water-power the larger part of 
 
 the year. It has not been utilized to any 
 large extent, however, hence the town is 
 not noted for its manufacturing interests. 
 Molly's Falls, on Molly's brook, about a 
 mile from the village, in a distance of 30 
 rods the water falls between 200 and 300 
 feet in a series of beautiful cascades. 
 During high water the roar of these falls 
 can be heard for several miles. A good 
 view of these falls can be obtained from 
 the road leading, to Cabot. There is also 
 a very pretty cascade on Nigger-head 
 brook, about a third of a mile south of the 
 village, where it is crossed by the road 
 leading to the depot. The town has only 
 one village, which is situated on the 
 Winooski river, about a mile from the 
 Cabot line. The Montpelier & Wells 
 River R. R. crosses the town, running 
 nearly parallel with the river from Plain- 
 field until within a mile of the village, 
 when it makes almost a right angle to the 
 east, passing Nigger-head pond.and thread- 
 ing its way through a notch in the moun- 
 tains to the Connecticut river. The Marsh- 
 field station on this road is one mile from 
 the village, and 15 miles from Montpelier. 
 
 It is not known what white men first 
 visited the town's location. This town- 
 ship was purchased of the Stockbridge 
 Indians, (see Mrs. Pitkin's paper,) but it 
 is not certain whether these Indians ever 
 occupied this territory. At the time of the 
 purchase by Mr. Marsh, they were resi- 
 dents of New Stockbridge, Montgomery 
 Co., N. Y. 
 
 When the first settlers picked their 
 dwelling-places, Mr. Pitkin settled upon 
 the river near the place where Bowman P. 
 Martin now resides ; Messrs. Dodge and 
 Spencer settled fiirther south and west on 
 the higher land. Here was the birth-place 
 of the first child born in town, a son to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Dodge, Sept. 17, 
 1794, the place of his birth about a mile 
 north of Plainfield village ; the place is 
 still owned by descendants of the Dodge 
 family. 
 
 The first " burying-ground " was pur- 
 chased by, and for the use of the town. 
 The first interment therein that has a stone 
 to mark the spot was the infant twin sons 
 
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 of Joshua and Ruth Pitkin, died January 
 9, 1800. Stephen Pitkin, Jr., donated the 
 land for the village cemetery, and the first 
 interment in' it was his adopted daughter, 
 Eunice Sweeny. 
 
 There have been five church organiza- 
 tions in town. At present there are but 
 three, as the Christian, and Calvinistic 
 Baptist have become extinct. There have 
 been 1 1 school districts in tdwn. The pres- 
 ent number is 10, each, of which has a 
 school of from 20 to 30 weeks per year. 
 The school in village district has two de- 
 partments, but employs two teachers only 
 during the winter term, as a rule. The 
 town has no academy, but competent 
 teachers hold select schools at frequent 
 intervals, affording educational facilities 
 for those wishing to remain in town. And 
 the seminaries at Montpelier and Barre, as 
 well as academies in the vicinit^', have 
 drawn a considerable number of students 
 from this town. There are but two per- 
 sons, however, fi-om thjs town who have 
 received a full collegiate education. Rev. 
 Marcus M. Carleton, missionary in India, 
 and Prof. Curtis C. Gove, Principal of 
 High School at Westport, N. Y. 
 
 The principal business of the town has 
 been, and still is, farming. At present 
 there is but little manufacturing being done. 
 There is i boot-shop for making men's thick 
 boots and overshoes, 2 harness-shops, I 
 tin-shop, I photograph saloon, 2 cooper- 
 shops, where are manufactured butter and 
 sugar-tubs, and sap-buckets. Six saw- 
 mills, one clap-board and three shingle 
 mills. Two of the saw-mills are run by 
 steam; the rest by water-power; one 
 cheese-factory, and i starch factory. There 
 is I blacksmith shop, 2 wheelwright shops, 
 and 3 carpenter-shops. There is a hotel, 
 and a patent medicine laboratory. There 
 are 3 stores, arid 3 churches. The town 
 cannot boast of a lawyer. It has 3 doctors, 
 Asa Phelps and George^ M. Town, allo- 
 pathic; J. Q. A. Packer, homoeopathic. 
 
 The town representatives from 1870 to 
 1879 ^^^^ been : Moody Bemis, George 
 A. Putnam, L. W. Pitkin, D. M. Perkins. 
 
 The population in 1840, was 1,156; in 
 1850, 1,102; in i860, 1,160; in 1870, 
 
 1,072. The decrease which the census of 
 I870 shows, is doubtless owing to the 
 aba,ndonnient of some of the smaller and 
 most unproductive farms, arid the Western 
 emigration of many of the younger men. 
 
 LEWIS BEMIS. 
 
 There are a few pensioners of the war of 
 1812 yet living. One of the soldiers of 
 this war, Lewis Bemis, enlisted at Barnet 
 in 1808. His son, Daniel H. Bemis, of 
 Lancaster, Mass., writes of him: "He 
 enlisted at Barnet in 1808, and served 5 
 years in the 4th Reg't. of Regular U. S. 
 Infantry. He was with Harrison in his 
 march through the wilds of Ohio in pur- 
 suit of the Indians, and was. in the battle 
 of Tippecanoe, when over half of the men 
 in his company were killed or wounded. 
 The man on either side was killed, and he 
 was slightly wounded in the face by a rifle 
 ball. He was in 11 battles and 13 skir- 
 mishes with the Indians. He used to re- 
 late to his children the story of the sol- 
 diers' suflferings while on their march to 
 join Hull, and through Ohio ; how their 
 thirst was so intense, that when they 
 reached Lake Erie, in spite of their offi- 
 cers, large numbers threw themselves on 
 the beach, and drank until they died from 
 the effects of it. He was under Hull when 
 he surrendered at Maiden, near Detroit, 
 and was a prisoner 26 weeks, during which 
 time he suffered greatly, both for want of 
 water and decent food. Their bread, he 
 used to say,'bore the mark on the package 
 in which it was enclosed, 1804. He was 
 paroled, and went from Halifax to Boston, 
 where he arrived a few days before the 
 term of his enlistment expired. He soon 
 after enlisted again in a Company of Light 
 Artillery, with which he went up and joined 
 Gen. Macomjj's army the day before the 
 battle of Plattsburg. A part of the bat- 
 tery was stationed at the bridge-head at 
 Plattsburg, and the remainder Sent to Bur- 
 lington, to prevent the British from land- 
 ing and destroying that place. He was 
 with that portion of the battery sent to 
 Burlington, and so did not have any active 
 part in the battle ; but assisted in burying 
 the dead. He was one of the party who 
 
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 buried the British dead after the engage- 
 ment. He was discharged after peace 
 was ratified, having served in all about 6 
 years and 6 months ; 5 years under the 
 first enlistment in the 4th Infantry, and 18 
 months in the Light Battery. He died in 
 185s, at Clinton, Mass., where he is buried, 
 aged 73." 
 
 IRA SMITH. 
 
 BY KET. GEORGE E. FORBES. 
 
 He was the son of Joshua and Keturah 
 Smith; was born in Woodstoclc, Conn., 
 Jan. 22, 1800. At ir years, he came with 
 his parents .to Marshfield. They moved 
 on to the farm now owned and occupied 
 by J.E. Eddy. During his minority, Ira 
 worked on the farm summers and attended 
 school winters until he was 18. The school- 
 house then stood near the present resi- 
 dence of Webster Haskins. Soon after 
 there was a school-house erected where 
 the village now stands, in which he taught 
 the first school. He was paid in grain, to 
 the value of $12 per month, boarding him- 
 self. In 1821, he purchased 300 acres of 
 wild land lying around the present site of 
 the Marshfield depot, which he cleared, 
 and cultivated 15 acres, spending a part of 
 his time there, and the balance in working 
 out, until he was 29, when, Jan. 4, 1829, 
 he was married to Hannah Jacobs, and 
 they settled at first on his cleared land, 
 but a shorttime after, as he purchased, and 
 they removed to, the home of his parents, 
 where they lived 1 1 years. For about 4 
 years after selling the home farm, he 
 rented different places, but in 1844, pur- 
 chased a farm on which the remainder of 
 his life was spent. He died Sept. l8, 1880, 
 leaving a widow, one son, Orrin, who lives 
 on the homestead, and two daughters, now 
 Mrs. Levi Benton, of Marshfield, and Mrs. 
 C. H. Newton, of Montpelier. One son 
 died in the army, and a daughter married 
 E. B. Dwinell, but died a few years after, 
 and 4 children died quite young. Mr. 
 Smith held many of the town offices, being 
 regarded by the citizens as a man of worth 
 and integrity. He represented the town 
 in the Legislature during 1844-5. In pol- 
 itics he was a Democrat, and never failed 
 by his vote to express his faith in the doc- 
 
 trines of his party. His last public act 
 was to rise from the sick bed to which he 
 had been confined for several days, and go 
 to the polls to deposit his ballot for the 
 several State officers. He believed in the 
 vital principles of religion, but in accord- 
 ance with the general character of the 
 man, his faith found expression in deeds 
 rather than in word. In religious sym- 
 pathy he was a Universalist, and gave his 
 iiifluence and means to promote the inter- 
 ests of that society in town. His morals 
 were always above reproach. He was 
 temperate in deed and in word ; drank no 
 intoxicating liquors, no tea or coffee, and 
 never used tobacco in any form ; was fru- 
 gal and industrious, and consequently was 
 enabled to acquire a good property, while 
 generously responding to many calls for 
 the promotion of educational and benev- 
 olent enterprises. 
 
 He possessed an indomitable will and 
 wonderful endurance from the time that he 
 hired out as a laborer, at 9 years of age, 
 until he abandoned active toil, a short 
 time before his death. He met all duties 
 with a manly spirit, and evinced his willing- 
 ness to obey the primal law of life — labor. 
 He had a remarkably strong constitution, 
 and when his "golden wedding" was cel- 
 ebrated in 1879, ^^ seemed nearly as hale 
 and hearty as a man of 60 years, though 
 even then there were premonitory symp- 
 toms of the disease which caused his death. 
 For nearly 2 years he suffered from a 
 cancer on the lower lip, and during the 
 latter half of this time, especially, did he 
 endure extreme pain and inconvenience in 
 taking food. But under all these trials he 
 exhibited great fortitude, and died re- 
 signed to his Maker's will. His funeral 
 was attended by a large concourse of cit- 
 izens besides the numerous relatives, thus 
 testifying of the esteem in which he was 
 held by the entire community. The fun- 
 eral services were brief; no formal eulogy 
 was pronounced ; his life had preached its 
 sermon, and with a few words of comfort 
 to the bereaved ones, the last sad rites 
 were ended, and the body of this worthy 
 man was borne to its final resting-place. 
 His age was 81 years. "Though dead, lie 
 
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 yet speaketh," in his good, solid, practical 
 life. 
 
 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 
 
 CONTINUED. 
 
 The Rev. Geo. E. Forbes continued as 
 pastor until May, 1880. For i year suc- 
 ceeding this date the church had only oc- 
 casional preaching services, and during 
 this time its numbers were diminished by 
 the death of two members. In May, l88l, 
 the Rev. Eli Ballou, D. D., was engaged 
 as pastor for one-half the time. This en- 
 gagement continues at present, (Aug. i8, 
 1881.) 
 
 MARSHFIELD VOTED FOR THE GAZETTEER 
 
 at the town-meeting held March 4, 1879, 
 to send a subscription to Miss Hemenway 
 for the whole work, attested by E. L. 
 Smith, town clerk. -^ 
 
 MIDDLESEX. 
 
 BY STEPHEN HERRICK, ESQ. 
 
 The town of Middlesex was chartered 
 June 8, 1763, by Benning Wentworth, 
 Esq., then Governor of the Province of 
 New Hampshire, to the following grantees : 
 Jacob Rescaw, Benjamin Crane, 3d, Seth 
 Trow, Richard Johnson, Lawrence Eg- 
 bert, jr., James Campbell, David Ogden, 
 Matthias Ross, Jonathan Skinner, Jehial 
 Ross, Ebenezer Canfield, Daniel Ogden, 
 Jonathan Dayton, Jr., Lawrence Egbert, 
 Samuel Crowell, William Bruce, Robert 
 Earl, Patridge Thacher, Joshua Horton, 
 Job Wood, George Ross, Cornelius Lud- 
 low, Nathaniel Barrett, Esq., Jeremiah 
 Mulbard, John Roll, Jr., Jo.seph New- 
 march, Nathaniel Little, Henry Earl, 
 Richard Jennee, Esq., Gilbert Ogden, John 
 Little, George Frost, Daniel Ball, Samuel 
 Little, 3d, David Morehouse, Jr., Thomas 
 Woodruif, John Force, Joseph Raggs,- Jr., 
 Capt. Isaac Woodruff, Daniel P. Eunice, 
 Jacob Brookfield, Jonathan Dayton, 3d, 
 Isaac Winors, Samuel Meeker, Jr., David 
 Loomeris, John Cory, Jr., Alexander Car- 
 miea, David Bonnel, James Seward, Ste- 
 phen Potter, Nathaniel Potter, Stephen 
 Wilcocks, Thomas Dean, Jonas Ball, Amos 
 Day, John David Lamb, William Lamb, 
 William Brand, James Colie, Jr., William 
 Hand, Robert French, Samuel Crowell, 
 Jonathan Woodruflf, Ezekiel Ball, Aaron 
 Barnett. 
 
 THOMAS MEAD AND THE FIRST SETTLERS. 
 
 The first settler in this town 20 years 
 subsequent to the above date made his first 
 
 settlenifnt here. Having succeeded in 
 finding''' one ' of the best lots of land in 
 Washington County, on the Onion River, 
 5 miles from Montpelier village, here Mr. 
 Thomas Mead made his excellent location. 
 The second settler, Jonah Harrington, 
 chose his location about 24 miles from 
 Montpelier on a superior lot of land. 
 Seth Putnam came soon after with three 
 brothers, Ebenezer, Jacob and Isaac, who 
 were soon followed by Ephraim Willey, 
 Ebenezer Woodbury, Ira Hawks, Solomon 
 Lewis, Samuel Mann, Isaac Bidwell, Henry 
 Perkins, Daniel Harrington, Samuel Mon- 
 tague, Nathaniel Carpenter, Daniel Smith, 
 Hubbard Willey, Asa Harrington, Joseph 
 Chapin, William Holden, Lovewell War- 
 ren, Jesse Johnson, Joseph Hubbard, 
 David Harrington, Jonathan Fisher, Isaac 
 Bidwell, Oliver Atherton, Robert McElroy, 
 Nathan Huntley. 
 
 organization of the town. 
 Copy of a record in the town clerk's of- 
 fice in Middlesex : 
 To Seth Putnam, Esq.: — 
 
 Sir — We, the Inhabitants of the town 
 of Middlesex, petition your honor to grant 
 a Warrant for the purpose of calling a 
 town-meetirig in said town of Middlesex 
 on Monday, the 29 of March instant, at 
 ten of the clock in the morning, for the 
 purpose of Organization of said Town. 
 Edmond Holden, 
 Levi Putnam, 
 Samuel Harris, 
 Isaac Putnam. 
 Chittenden, March ijth, 1790. 
 
 In pursuance of the foregoing Petition, By 
 the authority of the state* of Vermont, you 
 are hereby directed to warn all the free- 
 Holders and other inhabitants of the town 
 of Middlesex to meet at the dwelling-house 
 of Seth Putnam, Esq., in said Middlesex, 
 on Monday, the 29th day of March Instant, 
 at ten of the clock in the morning. Firstly 
 to choose a moderator to govern said 
 meeting. 
 
 2dly, to choose a town Clerk, Select- 
 men, Town treasurer, and all other Town 
 ofScers according to Law, and of your do- 
 ings herein make due return according to 
 Law. 
 
 Given under my hand at said Middlesex, 
 this isth day of March, A. D., 1790. 
 
 To Levi Putnam, freeholderof the Town 
 of Middlesex. Seth Putnam, 
 
 Justice of the Peace. 
 
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 Served the within Warrant by notifying 
 the inhabitants by setting up a true copy 
 at my dwelling house in Middlesex. 
 
 March i6th, 1790. 
 
 Levi Putnam, Freeholder. 
 
 Mar. 29, 1790, According to within war- 
 rant being met, made choice pf Levi Put- 
 narn, Modera'r ; Seth Putnam, Town Clerk; 
 Thomas Mead, Levi Putnam and Seth 
 Putnam, selectmen ; Edmond Holden, con- 
 stable and collector of taxes; Lovewell 
 Warren, Town Treasurer ; Jonas Harring- 
 ton, Surveyor. Attest, 
 
 Seth Putnam, T. C. 
 
 Recorded May 7th, 1790. 
 
 I find by the records in the town clerk's 
 office that the honorable Seth Putnam was 
 chosen to represent the town of Middlesex 
 on the first day of September, 1807, and 
 that the number of votes cast for repre- 
 sentative was 30. The general reader will 
 at first think it strange, to say the least, 
 that the town had no representative till 17 
 years after its organization ; but may re- 
 member Vermont was not admitted into 
 the Union until Feb. 1791. 
 
 Samuel Mann, one of -the first settlers 
 of the town, bought two lots of land 3 
 miles N. E. of Middlesex village. I bought 
 the same lots Oct. 19, 1820, at which time 
 I commenced an acquaintance with the in- 
 habitants of Middlesex. I came into the 
 town with my family Mar. 16, 182 1. The 
 venerable Thomas Mead was then very 
 far advanced in years, and had a great 
 numljer of children, and grand-children. 
 His son Thomas, and grand-son Thomas, 
 lived in his house, and also Jacob Morris, 
 who married his daughter, making in all 
 four families. Mr. Thomas Mead was a 
 church-going man and was much respected. 
 There was no meeting-house in town until 
 several years after I came, except a small 
 house of one story, which was built by a 
 very upright and benevolent man, 
 
 SAMUEL HASKINS, 
 
 who built it at his own expense to present 
 to the Methodist church, which was then 
 in a prosperous state here. He owned a 
 saw-mill and grist-mill, and an oil-mill. 
 While he was grinding large cakes of oil- 
 meal, one of the stones, 6 feet or more in 
 diameter, broke away from the axle-tree or 
 shaft, and threw him backward against the 
 
 oU'trough, and broke both of his legs. 
 The stoiie which remained attached to the 
 axle-tree rolled around swiftly against the 
 other, crushing them nearly off, until the 
 sufferer was released by a neighbor, who 
 took away the stone and conveyed him to 
 his house. Two physicians were soon in 
 attendance ; both limbs were taken off, but 
 the good man's sufferings soon ceased, 
 and he passed away calmly. I was stand- 
 ing by to behold the solemn sight, and 
 could truly say : 
 
 " How 8tUl and peaceful Is the grave 
 When llfe'6 vain tumult all Is passed ; 
 
 The appointed house by Heaven^s decree 
 Receives us all at last." 
 
 After the death of this generous man, 
 the house was changed from a meeting- 
 house to a dwelling-house, and thus re- 
 mains. It stands near the S. E. corner of 
 the town cemetery, owned and occupied 
 by a grand-daughter of the deceased and 
 her husband. 
 
 lovewell warren, 
 
 one of the first settlers, was town treasurer 
 in 1790. He was much esteemed by his 
 neighbors. Leander Warren, a son of 
 Lovewell, represented the town several 
 times, and was much esteemed by his 
 townsmen. Rufus Warren,, a son of Le-' 
 ander, has also represented the town. 
 
 HON. SETH PUTNAM 
 
 had 3 sons. Holden, the oldest, repre- 
 sented the town several times. Roswell, 
 the second, was an estimable citizen, much 
 esteemed, and the reverend George Put- 
 nam was a minister of the Gospel, much 
 esteemed. Hon. Seth Putnam made the 
 town a present by deeding to the town a 
 small lot of land for a cemetery, where his 
 remains and the remains of a part of his 
 family are buried. Their graves are en- 
 closed by an iron fence. Almost all the 
 first settlers of Middlesex were living here 
 when I came. I think the number jaf men 
 was about 210 who were heads of faniilies, 
 and they have all passed away from earth. 
 
 WILLIAM holden, 
 
 one of the first settlers, bought a lot of 
 land about ij miles from the village, the 
 
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 farm now owned by William B. McEIroy. 
 Mr. Holden Iiad 5 sons, Horace, William, 
 Xerxes, Moses and Philander. Horace 
 Holden, chosen town clerk in March, 1820, 
 held the office 32 years. At the end of 32 
 years, his son, William H. Holden, was 
 chosen, and held the office 19 years. C. 
 B. Holden, a son of Horace, held the office 
 from March, 1873, to the'time of his death, 
 July 25, 1878, and James H. Holden ap- 
 pointed July 27, 1878, by the selectmen; 
 held the office until September 3, 1878. 
 Horace, William, Xerxes, Moses and C. 
 B. Holden represented the town several 
 times each, and have all passed away, and 
 WiUiam H. Holden has also passed away. 
 
 JOSEPH CHAPIN 
 
 was born Oct. 28, 1758. His son, Joseph 
 Chapin, Jr., was born June 25, in Weathers- 
 field, Vt., in 1792. Joseph Chapin, Sr., 
 setded in Middlesex when the town was 
 quite new; his .son, Joseph Chapin, Jr., 
 was a farmer, and by industry and good 
 economy, acquired a very handsome prop- 
 erty for his children, and left a good name. 
 His wife passed away many years before 
 his departure. She was sister to Horace 
 Holden. Joseph Chapin, Sr., lived to the 
 age of 96 years, and was esteemed by all 
 who knew him. 
 
 Joseph Chapin, Jr., had 2 sons. Hink- 
 ley, the oldest, was killed instantly. He 
 was a brakeman on the cars, and received 
 the fatal blow when passing through or 
 under a bridge. William Chapin, hisson, 
 still survives and has held many important 
 offices in town. 
 
 The Chapin family own lots in our beau- 
 tiful cemetery, and the remains of their 
 loved ones are deposited there. One of 
 Joseph Chapin, Jr's., daughters, with her 
 husband, Otis Leland, are living in sight 
 of our beautiful cemetery, where they often 
 visit the graves of their departed friends— 
 their son, their parents and grand-parents, 
 and brother who was killed on the cars. 
 
 JEREMIAH LELAND, 
 
 one of the first settlers, removed from 
 Charlestown, N. H. He died soon after 
 I came to Middlesex, respected by all who 
 knew him ; left 3 sons, Rufus, James and 
 
 Jeremiah, all of whom have long since 
 passed away, esteemed by all, and their 
 remains are deposited in our cemetery, 
 with the remains of all their partners in 
 life. James, son of Jeremiah, was never 
 married. Jeremiah, Jr., has left 4 sons, all 
 now living, two of whom have represented 
 the town, and Rufus has left two sons, 
 who are now living, worthy men, much 
 esteemed. 
 
 EBENEZER PUTNAM, 
 
 a brother of Col. Seth Putnam, was a man 
 about 50 years of age when I came to live 
 in Middlesex, in 1821. He was a very 
 pleasant, social man, and worked with me 
 to score timber for a barn. His son, Rus- 
 sel, hewed the timber. Soon after, Russel 
 was taken sick. I visited him several 
 times. His sufferings were very great be- 
 fore he passed away. He left several 
 daughters and one son, whose name was 
 Holden, who was a sheriff of good repute, 
 and enlisted in the last war, and lost his 
 life in the defence of his country. 
 
 JACOB PUTNAM, 
 
 another brother of Col. Seth Putnam, set- 
 tled on a branch of Onion river in Middle- 
 sex, about 5 miles above Montpelier vil- 
 lage. I became acquainted with him soon 
 after I came to the town. He was a man 
 of good understanding. I was associated 
 with him and Nathaniel Carpenter in mak- 
 ing an appraisal of all the real estate in 
 Middlesex soon after I came. He died 
 many years since. His son, C. C. Put- 
 nam, and C. C. Putnam, Jr., are persever- 
 ing men and good citizens. 
 
 Is^c Putnam, another brother of Seth 
 Putnam, lived in Montpelier, and passed 
 away to the spirit life, leavingagood name 
 and a respectable posterity. 
 
 NATHANIEL CARPENTER 
 
 was one of the first settlers ; voted for town 
 representative in September, 1807; was 
 town clerk in all 9 years, and a justice of 
 the peace, I think, 30 years, or more. He 
 died in the winter of 1837. In 1821, when 
 I came to live here, he lived one mile from 
 our village and 5 miles from Montpelier 
 village. He had 4 sons by a second mar- 
 
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 riage ; two or more by a previous marriage ; 
 his four last sons were, N. M. Carpenter, 
 Don P. Carpenter, and Heman and Al- 
 bert. Don P. Carpenter has been one 
 of the side judges of Washington Coun- 
 ty Court, and Heman, judge of Wash- 
 ington County Probate Court, and N. M. 
 Carpenter is a respectable and successful 
 farmer. I know less of Albert, as he set- 
 tled in a distant state. 
 
 CAPT. ROBERT MCELROY, 
 
 one of the first settlers, lived 2 miles from 
 Middlesex village. His &mily were an 
 aged mother, who emigrated from Scotland, 
 hisiwife, 4 sons and 3 daughters. Ira, the 
 oldest son, died single ; Harry, the second 
 son, had 3 sons, Clesson R. andH. L. Mc- 
 Elroy, and Wm. B. McElroy. Lewis had 
 2 sons and Jeremiah 2 sons, in all, 7 
 grandsons. Capt. Robert McElroy and 
 wife, mother and 4 sons, have passed 
 away. Harry McElroy's third son, Wm. 
 B. McElroy, was chosen town clerk, Sept. 
 3, 1878. 
 
 It will be observed by this that Capt. 
 Robert McElroy has left a good record. 
 In addition to the above I think it is my 
 duty to state that Harry McElroy's eldest 
 son, Clesson R. McElroy, was a lieutenant 
 in the army and a valiant officer, held in 
 high esteem by both officers and soldiers, 
 and Harry McElroy's second son, H. L. 
 McElroy, has been superintendent of com- 
 mon schools in Middlesex for several years, 
 and as such highly esteemed. 
 
 JESSE JOHNSON 
 
 was one of the first settlers, and voted for 
 representative in 1807. He was far ad- 
 vanced in life in 1820. His son, Jesse 
 Johnson, Jr., was a man in the prime of 
 life, and lived about 50 years after 1820, 
 and was for many years associated with 
 Moses Holden, his' son-in-law, in trade. 
 They were esteemed by all who knew 
 them, were good economists, and accumu- 
 lated a large property, and have passed 
 away. They have left no son to perpetuate 
 their names. 
 
 EPHRAIM WILLEY 
 
 was one of the first settlers, and had 2 
 sons, Hubbard and Benjamin, who were in 
 
 the prime of life in 1820. They have all 
 passed away ; but have left a great number 
 of children and grand-children to perpet- 
 uate their memory, all of whom are re- 
 spectable citizens, even as their fathers 
 and grandfathers bgfore them were. 
 
 RUFUS CHAMBERLIN, ESQ., 
 
 one of the first settlers, was in 182 1 a man 
 far advanced in life, and had then living 5 
 sons and 3 daughters. His oldest son, 
 Clesson,<.died in Massachusetts. Oliver 
 A. Chamberlin, the second son, and A. 
 L. Chamberlin, the fourth, are still liv- 
 ing. Rufus Chamberlin, Esq., and wife, 
 2 daughters and 3 sons, have passed from 
 this life, but not without leaving children 
 and grandchildren to perpetuate their 
 memory, though most of the grandchildren 
 have passed away. I will name a few : 
 Wm. H. Holden, C. B. Holden, Martha 
 Holden ; children of worace Holden and 
 his wife, Mary Chamberlin, and Mary, also 
 a daughter of Oliver A. Chamberlin. Our 
 town clerk is a son of Harry McElroy and 
 his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Rufus Cham- 
 berlin, both of Whom have passed away. 
 
 MERCHANTS AND STORES, 1 879. 
 
 We have three stores in Middlesex vil- 
 lage, one owned and occupied by Benja- 
 min Barrett and James H. Holden, one by 
 J. Q. Hobart, and one by N. King Her- 
 rick, all doing a good business vidthout 
 danger of failing. Our merchants are as 
 reliable as those of Montpelier, and I choose 
 to patronize them. 
 
 We have at this date, Jan. 1879, no 
 physician in town. Nearly all of the peo- 
 ple of Middlesex employ the physicians 
 who live in Montpelier village. 
 
 MEETING-HOUSES AND CHURCHES. 
 
 We have three meeting-houses, all good ; 
 one good brick one in the village, near the 
 passenger depot, one built of wood|in the 
 center of the town, and another of wood in 
 the small village denominated Shady Rill. 
 They are all kept well painted and in good 
 repair. The one in Middlesex village is 
 now occupied by the Methodists pne-half 
 of the time, and seldom at any other time, 
 and it is about the^ame as to the house in 
 the center of the town. The meeting- 
 
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 house in Shady Rill was built about 30 
 years ago, by the Freewill Baptists, and it 
 is occupied by those who built it, and their 
 posterity. There was a Congregationalj 
 church in this town when the brick meeting- 
 house was built, but there is not now. I 
 think it passed away about 1845. The 
 Methodist church has about 36 members 
 at this time. The Freewill Baptist church, 
 I think, is about the same as to numbers. 
 The Methodist denomination own a 
 good and well-finished parsonage house 
 and out-buildings, all well arranged, near 
 the brick meeting-house in Middlesex. 
 
 MICAH HATCH 
 
 was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. 
 
 and was an early settler of Middlesex. 
 He bought two or more good lots of land, 
 4 miles north of Montpelier village. He 
 had 2 sons, Micah a«d David ; David had 
 2 sons, Zenas and Gardner. Zenas was 
 drafted and lost his life in defence of his 
 country. A daughter of Micah Hatch 
 was the mother of the Hon. Zenas Upham, 
 one of the side judges of Orange County 
 Court in 1878. 
 
 SOLOMON LEWIS 
 
 was an early settler of Middlesex, and set- 
 tled on the North branch of Onion river, 
 6 miles north of Montpelier village." Wil- 
 liam Lewis, a son of Solomon, owned and 
 qccupied the farm for many years, and said 
 farm is now owned by Lathrop Lewis, a 
 son of the late William Lewis. I could 
 say much in commendation of Mr. Sol- 
 omon Lewis and his son William, and of 
 his grandson, Lathrop, all of whoin havei 
 been good citizens. 
 
 EZRA CUSHMAN 
 
 was one of the early settlers, a respectable 
 merchant, and associated as such with 
 Theophiius Cushman, his nephew, in trade 
 in Middlesex village in the early settlement 
 of the town, was a man in whom the people 
 all had the utmost confidence. He mar- 
 ried a daughter of Hon. Seth Putnam. 
 Their son, the Rev. Lewis Cushman, a 
 Methodist minister much esteemed, has 
 been engaged inthemfcistry more than 30 
 years, previous to 1879. 
 
 CAPT. ZERAH HILLS 
 
 was one of the early settlers of this town. 
 He had 3 sons, Lorenzo, Justin and Zerah. 
 Zerah built the house above described, 
 and had it very nearly completed when the 
 Rebel war commenced, and he enlisted in 
 defence of our country, and died in its de- 
 fence June 25, 1863, lamented by all who 
 knew him. 
 
 COL. HUTCHINS 
 
 was one of the early settlers of Middlesex. 
 He had two sons, Timothy and Solomon. 
 Solomon married a sister of ex-Governor 
 Paul Dillingham. Solomon Hutchins kept 
 a public house in Middlesex village when 
 the town was quite new. I think the 
 house was the first public house kept in 
 Middlesex. Solomon Hutchins and his 
 immediate family have long since passed 
 away, but leaving a respectable posterity 
 of children, grandchildren and great 
 grandchildren. 
 March, 1879. 
 
 MIDDLESEX CONCLUDED. 
 
 BY VOLNEY V. VAHQUS, KSQ. 
 
 The township, situated on, the north 
 side of the Winooski river, 30 miles from 
 the mouth of the river at Burlington, lat. 
 44°, 20', long. 4°, 2', is bounded N. by 
 Worcester, E. by East Montpelier and 
 Montpelier, S. by Berlin and Moretown, 
 from ■vyhich it is separated by the Winooski, 
 and W, by Waterbury. . 
 
 The N. H. charter, by Wentworth, was 
 granted " by command of His Excellency, 
 King George III., in'the third year of his 
 reign," and prOvidfeS : 
 
 The township of Middlesex, lying on 
 the east Side of French or Onion river, so 
 called, shall be six miles square and no 
 more, containing 23,040 acres. 
 
 The first meeting for the choice of town 
 officers shall be held on the 26th day of 
 July next, to be notified and presided over 
 by Capt. Isaac Woodruff, and that the an- 
 nual meeting forever hereafter for the 
 choice of officers for said town shall be on 
 the second Tuesday of ^March, annually. 
 
 The town was to be divided into 71 
 equal shares ; each one of the 65 propri- 
 etors to whom it was granted to hold one 
 share, and 6 shares as usual in the N. H. 
 charters for the Governor's right, the ben- 
 
MIDDLESEX. 
 
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 efit of the Gospel and schools. The Gov- 
 ernor's land was a tract of 500 acres in the 
 S. W. corner of the town. 
 
 The council of New York established 
 the county of Gloucester in 1770, which 
 included this town, and the first record of 
 a proprietors' nteeting found in our town 
 records commences : 
 
 A meeting of the proprietors of the 
 Township of Middlesex, on Onion River, 
 in the Province of New York, holden at 
 the dwelling-house of Samuel Canfield, 
 Esq., in New Milford, Conn., on Tuesday, 
 ye tenth day of May, 1770. 
 
 At this meeting Partridge Thatcher, of 
 New Milford, was chosen moderator, and 
 Samuel Averill, of Kent, clerk. 
 
 It was voted to "lay out said township 
 and lot one division of 100 acres to each 
 right," and Samuel Averill was chosen 
 agent to agree with a surveyor and chain- 
 bearers to do the business. It was voted 
 to lay a tax of $3 per right, to pay the ex- 
 pense of surveying, and Partridge Thatcher 
 and Samuel Averill laid out the ist division 
 as above voted. 
 
 The proprietors held a meeting at Kent, 
 Apr. 13, 1773, Samuel Averill, Jr., clerk. 
 Voted $2.50 per right instead of the $3.00 
 voted before to pay the expense of the 
 surveys. 
 
 Oct, 14, 1774, Samuel Averill, Jr., col- 
 lector, sold 8 lots of land at public auc- 
 tion, to satisfy unpaid taxes voted as above. 
 Partridge Thatcher and Samuel Averill, 
 Jr., bid off 4 lots each, ^X £1 2s., N. Y. 
 money, per lot. 
 
 The first deed of Middlesex lands re- 
 corded is from Samuel Averill, Jr.., to 
 Samuel Averill of S full rights, dated Kent, 
 Litchfield Co., Dec. 30, 1774, and ac- 
 knowledged before Wm. Cogswell, justice 
 of the peace. 
 
 The first proprietors' meeting held in 
 Vermont was at Sunderland, Oct. 13, 1783, 
 Isaac Hitchcock, proprietors' clerk, and the 
 2d and 3d division of lands were inade, and 
 surveys recorded Feb. 9, 1786. 
 
 The first proprietors' meeting held in 
 Middlesex was at the house of Lovell War- 
 ren, Aug. 14, 1787. Choice was made of 
 Seth Putnam, proprietors' clerk, and ad- 
 journed until Nov. 5, same year, and at 
 
 this adjourned meeting it was claimed that 
 all former susveys or pretended surveys 
 had been made inaccurately, that some of 
 the lots had been laid out within the limits 
 of Montpelicr, that proprietors could not 
 find their lots, etc., and it was " Resolved 
 to hold null and void all former surveys or 
 pretended surveys." 
 
 It was voted to lay out the ist, 2d and 
 4th divisions in 69 lots each, of 104 acres 
 in a lot, the 4 acres beingallowed for high- 
 ways. Where the village now stands, 30 
 acres were reserved for a mill privilege, 
 and 104 acres of the pine lands just east- 
 erly of the mill site for the first mUl- 
 builder, if he built a mill within i2months. 
 This reservation was the 3d, called the 
 white-pine division, which was laid out in 
 about I -acre lots, and divided among the 
 proprietors the same as the other divisions;. 
 The 1st, 2d and 3d divisions were allotted 
 in 1787 and '88, and surveys recorded in 
 September, 1 788 . Allotted by Gen. Parley 
 Davis, surveyor; Isaac Putnam, hind- 
 chainman ; Jacob Putnam, fore-chainman. 
 The 4th division was allotted by Gen. 
 Davis .in 1798. 
 
 This allotting, if accurately surveyed, 
 would cover 22,162 acres, which would 
 leave 878 acres undivided land, of which 
 each proprietor would own an equal share. 
 This land, which is north-easterly of the 
 Governor's right, has been taken up or 
 "pitched" from time to time, until it is 
 all claimed on titles of original rights. 
 
 By an act of the legislature, approved 
 Oct. 30, 1850, so much of the town as is 
 contained in lots numbering 50, 55, 56, 57, 
 58, 63 and 64, and so much of the undi-- 
 vided land as lies westerly of a line com- 
 mencing at the most south-easterly corner 
 of lot number 64, and running south 36° 
 west and parallel with the original line be- 
 tween Waterbury and Middlesex to the 
 Governor's right, so called ; thence on the 
 line of the Governor's right to the original 
 town line, was annexed to the town of 
 Waterbury, which leaves about22,ooo acres 
 as the present area of Middlesex. 
 
 The change in the town line was made 
 to benefit a few femilies who lived in the 
 west part of the toWn who could more con^ 
 
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 veniently attend meetings and go to market 
 in Waterbury than in Middlesex, on ac- 
 count of living the west side of a high 
 range of hills or mountains, that form a 
 natural boundary, and so separate the two 
 towns that only one carriage-road directly 
 connects them. The change brings the 
 town line as now established very near the 
 summit of this range of mountains. 
 
 Near the S. E. corner of the town com- 
 mences a less elevation of land, which ex- 
 tends in a northerly direction a little east 
 of the centre of the town, which unites 
 with the higher range about 4 miles from 
 the south line, and gives the south part of 
 the town a slope southerly towards the 
 Winooski, and the northern and eastern 
 part a slope easterly towards the North 
 Branch of the Winooski, which flows 
 through the N. E. corner of the town. 
 
 The surface of the township is somewhat 
 aneven, but the soil is generally very fer- 
 tile and productive. There are many ex- 
 cellent farms on the hills, and some fine 
 intervales along the river and branch, and 
 although the meadows are not very ex- 
 tensive, they are enough so to fprm a num- 
 ber of very good and valuable ferms. 
 
 The land is naturally covered with ma^jle, 
 birch, beech, ash, elm, butternut, red-oak, 
 iron-wood, pine, spruce, hemlock, fir and 
 other smaller trees and bushes such as are 
 common in this part of the State. 
 
 The N. W. corner of the town contains 
 about 1200 acres of nearly unbroken forest, 
 covering the mountain and lying along its 
 base, which only needs steam-power in the 
 immediate Vicinity, backed by good me- 
 chanical enterprise and skill, to make it 
 valuable property. 
 
 This town will compare favorably with 
 the other towns in the Coiinty for farming 
 and lumbering. 
 
 NATURAL CURIOSITIES. 
 
 Nature has given our territory fully an 
 average share of the singular and odd, and 
 of the grand and sublime. 
 
 Among the oddities is a rocking stone 
 on the farm of William Chapin, near the 
 Centre. This stone, weighing many tons, 
 is so evenly balanced oh a high ledge that 
 
 it can be rocked forward and back with 
 ease. On the mountain west of the late 
 C. B. Holden farm is a high cliff of rocks, 
 from which many heavy pieces of rock have 
 become detached and fallen to the ravine 
 below. These are so placed that they 
 form some curious caverns on a small scale, 
 which are noted hedge-hog habitations. 
 One of these rocks, sheltered by the over- 
 hanging cliff from which it fell, which is 
 some 6 feet long, 4 feet wide, and from i 
 to 2 feet thick, lies on another rock in such 
 a manner that it projects over nearly half 
 its length, and is so nicely balanced that a 
 man can teeter it up and down with one 
 finger. 
 
 A few years ago there stood by the road- 
 side on the farm now owned by Daniel 
 Pembrook, an iron-wood or remon tree, 
 which about 2 feet from the ground di- 
 vided into two trunks, each about 6 inches 
 in diameter. They grew smooth and 
 nearly straight,' and from i to 2 feet apart 
 for some 10 feet, where they again united 
 in one solid trunk, which was about 10 
 inches in diameter ; this continued about 3 
 feet, where it agai'n divided. The two 
 trunks above were similar to the two be- 
 low for about 10 feet; there it united once 
 more, and above threw out branches and 
 had a "top" similar to other trees of its 
 kind. This tree was cut down by some 
 one who had an eye keener for the usefiil 
 than for the ornamental. 
 
 The only road that directly connects 
 this town with Waterbury, about li miles 
 from the river, passes through a notch be- 
 tween masses of ragged ledges which for 
 many rods rise almost perpendicular on 
 either side to the height of 100 feet or 
 more, with just fair room for a good car- 
 riage-road and a small stream of water be- 
 tween. 
 
 The channel called the Narrows, worn 
 through the rocks by the Winooski be- 
 tween this town and Moretown, is quite a 
 curiosity. Of this grand work of time 
 Moretown may justly claim a share, but as 
 this town is the most benefited by it, Mid- 
 dlesex history would be incomplete with- 
 out a description. The channel is about 
 80 rods in length, some 30 feet in depth, 
 
MIDDLESEX. 
 
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 and averaging about 60 feet wide. Where 
 the bridge leading from Middlesex village 
 across to Moretowi* spans the channel, the 
 width at the top of the cut is less than the 
 depth. Below this bridge for many rods 
 the rocks rise very nearly perpendicular for 
 some 30 feet, appearing like a wall. Above 
 the bridge for many rods they rise on either 
 side to near the same elevation, but not 
 quite so steep, leaving the chasm only a 
 few feet wide at the bottom, and the river 
 runs very rapidly through the channel. At 
 the upper end of the Narrows is a dam and 
 the mills described elsewhere. Just below 
 the bridge, and in direct line with the 
 course of the river above, is a high pinna- 
 cle of rocks. When the river is low it 
 runs the north side of this, and when the 
 water is high it flows on both sides, or sur- 
 rounds it. 
 
 By a survey made by the late Hon. Wm. 
 Howes a few years ago, it was ascertained 
 that the fall in the river from below the 
 dam at Montpelier village to the top of 
 the water in the pond at Middlesex was 
 only 5 feet 11 inches. 
 
 There are many things that indicate that 
 at some distant day these ledges formed a 
 barrier that obstructed the water of the 
 river, and raised it many feet higher than 
 the nieadows along the river above this 
 place, forming a large pond or lake, that 
 flowed not only these meadows but a part 
 of Montpelier, including the greater part 
 of the village, and a portion of the towns 
 of Barre, Berlin and Moretown. About 2 
 miles above the Narrows the ledge, near 
 where the carriage-road now is, some 50 
 feet above the present bed of the river, 
 bears unmistakable evidence of the wash-j 
 ing of the waters of the river or lake. 
 
 Wbile gazing on this wondrous work 
 
 Of nature's law, divinely fair. 
 We feel how great the work of time. 
 
 How weak and ftall we mortals are. 
 
 We feel the feeling grow of awe, 
 While looking on this rolling tide. 
 
 And think tliese were the works of God, 
 In which mankind could take no pride. 
 
 Along the mountain side in the N. W. 
 part of the town are many rills and brooks, 
 that come rushing down steep declivities 
 and leaping from high precipices, forming 
 
 many beautiful cascades and miniature cat- 
 aracts, which if as great as they are lofty 
 would be supremely grand. Here, too, are 
 found high overhanging cliffs and deep 
 ravines, and all the sublimity common to 
 the mountains of the Verd Mont State. 
 
 But when we stand upon the .summit of 
 the highest peak, 3,558 feet above Lake 
 Champlain, and cast our eye at a glance 
 over more than 10,000 sq. miles of the 
 surrounding country, looking down over 
 the homes of tens of thousands of our 
 steady villagers and sturdy yeomanry, view- 
 ing the well-cultivated plains and forest- 
 covered hills, and beholding the distant 
 mountain scenery, the winding streams 
 and ever-varied landscape, here we find 
 magnificence and grandeur combined. 
 
 It might be said sublime and fair, 
 
 And lofty are our verdant hills, 
 And crystal 'streams from fountains flow 
 
 That turn with ease the swiftest mills. 
 Our plains, how grand, how marked with care. 
 
 While each proclaims the work of God ; 
 And man, with thanks and willing hands. 
 
 Improves the rich and fertile sod. 
 
 For the following very good description 
 of our mountains I am indebted to Wm. 
 Chapin : 
 
 MOUNTAINS OF MIDDLESEX. 
 
 EY WM. CHAPIN, ESQ. 
 
 Near the South-west corner of Middle- 
 sex there rises abruptly from the south 
 bank of the Winooski river a range of 
 clearly-defined mountains, that extends 
 about 20 miles, being nearly on the line 
 between Middlesex and Waterbury, and 
 extending between Worcester and Stowe, 
 a little to the east of the line between 
 those towns, and ending near Elmore pond, 
 in the Lamoille valley. These mountains 
 are called "The Hogbacks " in some of 
 the earlier geographical works of Vermont, 
 but that name now applies only to the 
 south end of the range near the Winooski. 
 
 The most conspicuous points in Middle- 
 sex are locally known as " Burned Mount- 
 ain," "White Rock," or " Castle Rock," 
 and "Mt. Hunger." This Mt. Hunger is 
 nearly on the line between Middlesex and 
 Worcester, and a little east of the corners 
 of the four towns, Middlesex, Worcester, 
 Stowe and Waterbury. Its height is 3648 
 feet above the sea. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 As the topmost stone of this "mountain, 
 which is the highest point in the range, is 
 doubtless in the town of Worcester, that 
 town may perhaps fairly claim the honor 
 of having within its limits one of the pleas- 
 antest places of public resort to be found 
 in New England. 
 
 The name of Mt. Hunger was given by 
 a party of hunters who went out from Mid- 
 dlesex Centre on a winter's day, some 60 
 years ago, to hunt for deer on this mount- 
 ain. Lost in the vast woods, they had to 
 stay out all night, with nothing to eat save 
 one partridge, and that without salt or 
 sauce. When they got home the next 
 day, half starved and wholly tired out, 
 they said they had heexiow Mount Hunger. 
 Not an inviting name, certainly, but very 
 appropriate to the occasion. 
 
 The only comfortable way and road to 
 the summit at the present time is in and 
 through Middlesex. From the earliest 
 settlement of the town this has been a 
 favorite resort for all who have had suffi- 
 cient hardihood of muscle and wind to 
 make the first ascent. But the way was 
 rough, tangled and steep. A better way 
 was needed, and in due time was made. 
 The Mt. Hunger road was commenced in 
 October, 1877, and completed June i, 
 1878. It was on its first survey 2 miles 
 and 16 rods in length, extending from the 
 public highway in Middlesex to the sum- 
 mit of the mountain. The first 500 rods 
 was made a good, safe and comfortable 
 carriage road. The last half mile is very 
 steep, and only a foot-path could be made, 
 but the path is so well provided with stairs 
 and other conveniences that children 6 
 years of age have gone up safely, and men 
 of 86 years have gone up without difficulty. 
 [The late Hon. Daniel Baldwin, of Mont- 
 pelier, twice after 86 years of age.] Many 
 teams of one to 6 horses drawing carriages 
 from two to 20 persons, have gone up and 
 down this road in the summers of 1878, '79 
 and '80, without an accident or mishap to 
 any one. 
 
 To build such a road, through a dense 
 forest of spruce, birch and maple woods, 
 was no small undertaking, requiring some 
 courage, much capital and a vast amount 
 
 of hard labor. Thousands of trees -had to 
 be dug up by the roots — giant birches that 
 clung to the ground for dear life, well- 
 rooted spruce, and tough beeches and 
 maple ; thousands of knolls and hills had 
 to be graded or removed, and hardest of 
 all, thousands of rocks and ledges to be 
 blasted, dug out, or got around in some 
 way. 
 
 Hundreds of feet of bridging had to be 
 built across the many little brooks and rills 
 that come down the mountain sides. The 
 longest bridge is in Middlesex, near the 
 Worcester line, and is 137 feet long. At 
 the upper end of the carriage-road is a 
 level plateau that has beeh well cleared of 
 the undergrowth and made smooth, and 
 here a barn has been built to accommodate 
 travelers with teams. The grade of the 
 road is necessarily somewhat steep, but as 
 it is a continual rise from the foot to sum- 
 mit, no very sharp or steep pitches are to 
 be found in the whole length of it. 
 
 This road was built by Theron Bailey, 
 Esq., of Montpelier, proprietor of the 
 " Pavilion,'' and is owned and occupied by 
 him as a toll road, the various land-owners 
 on the route having deeded him the right 
 of way, and some 25 acres of land for 
 building and standing ground at the top. 
 
 The construction of this road was under 
 the superintendence of Wm. Chapin, Esq., 
 of Middlesex Centre, and was completed, 
 with the exception of stairs and bridges, 
 in 60 working days, and with a gang of 
 less than 20 men. 
 
 Whether this road will be kept up in re- 
 pair or not, remains to be seen. The mount- 
 ain top is one of the pleasantest places of 
 earth, and will be visited so long as people 
 inhabit the country ; standing in an isolated 
 position, it commands a view of the whole 
 country; to the east, to the White Mount- 
 ains, west, to the Adirondacks, north, to 
 the Canadian Provinces, and south, to the 
 Massachusetts line; a score of villages, 
 many lakes and ponds, and, be.st of all, 
 thousands of New England farms and 
 homes. 
 
 Among those who visited here in the 
 olden. time was the late Daniel P. Thomp- 
 son, of Montpelier, who climbed up, fol- 
 
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 lowing the town line for a guide, about 
 1833, and no doubt much of the* sublime 
 mountain scenery so beautifully described 
 in " May Martin," "The Green Mountain 
 Boys," and other Vermont stories, was 
 studied from nature here. 
 
 The tops of all of these mountains were 
 covered with timber at the settlement of 
 the town ; now some 10 acres are burned 
 down to the bare rock on the top of Mt. 
 Hunger, about the same area on " White 
 Rock," and on Burned Mountain the fire 
 has cleared some 30 to 40 acres. The 
 spaces thus opened afford the finest out- 
 look upon the surrounding country. 
 
 " Now on tbe ridges, bare and bleak. 
 
 Cool 'round my temples sighs the gale. 
 Ye winds I that wander o'er the Peak, 
 
 Te mountain spirits I halll 
 Angels of health 1 to man below 
 
 Ye bring celestial airs; 
 Bear back to Him, flrom whom ye blow, 
 
 Our praises and prayers." 
 
 Middlesex Centre, 1880. w. c. 
 
 WATER-POWER, MILLS AND FRESHETS. 
 
 The town is abundantly watered by 
 springs, brooks and rivers. There are but 
 very few houses in town that are not sup- 
 plied with a stream of clear, pure, soft 
 water, running firom some never-failing 
 spring. 
 
 Numerous brooks rise among the mount- 
 ains and on the hills, and flow across the 
 town. One called Big brook rises N. W. 
 of the Centre, flows a southerly course to 
 near the centre of the town, then flows 
 south-westerly to the Winooski, emptying 
 just above the village. 
 
 On this stream, about lialf a mile from its 
 mouth, has been a saw-mill the greater 
 part of the time for upwards of 60 years, 
 and at different times there have been mills 
 at three other places on the' stream, one 
 being near the Centre. The best of these 
 mills, built by Solomon Hutohins about 20 
 years ago, was destroyed by fire soon after 
 it was completed. The other mills have 
 rotted down, been damaged by freshets 
 and never repaired, or been taken down, 
 and at present there is no mill on the 
 stream ; but there is a repair shop, owned 
 by Myron Long, in place of the mill first 
 described. 
 
 Along the mountains northerly of the 
 height of land near the Centre, rise many 
 brooks, which, flowing south-easterly and 
 uniting, form a quite large fStream, which 
 empties into North Branch about 5 miles 
 from Montpelier village. 
 
 The two largest of these brooks unite at 
 Shady Rill, about one mile from the 
 Branch, and here in the year 1824, Jedu- 
 than Haskins and Ira McElroy built a saw- 
 mill on the right bank of the stream, which 
 stood about 4 years, and was washed away 
 by a freshet. It was rebuilt soon after by 
 Haskins on the other side of the stream. 
 This mill stood until about 1850, when it 
 was washed away and never rebuilt. On 
 the east stream of the two that unite at 
 Shady Rill, about J mile above that place, 
 a saw-mill was built some years ago. In 
 1869, or '70, this mill was bought by Isaac 
 W. Brown, of Montpelier, who put in a 
 clapboard mill, which was run by John 
 Hornbrook until 1872. 
 
 In 1872, W. H. Billings came from Waits- 
 field and bought the mill. He ran the old 
 mill 2 years, and his brother, J.J. Billings, 
 went in company with him. The fall of 
 1875, they built a new mill, 34 by 60 
 feet, and put in a small engine to run part 
 of the machinery. In this mill they did a 
 good business, which was increasing each 
 year until the mill was burned. May 8, 
 1880. At that time they had several 
 thousand logs in the mill-yard, and they 
 immediately commenced clearing out the 
 debris of the burned mill, and laying the 
 foundation' for a large new mill, 48 feet by 
 96. They put in a 75 horse-power engine, 
 and commenced cutting out boards and 
 timber July 17, and in the course of the 
 summer they nearly finished the mill and 
 put in all the machinery necessary for cut- 
 ting, planing and matching boards, and 
 sawing and dressing clapboards. It is 
 now, Jan. 1881, one of the best mills in 
 the State, and capable of turning out 10 
 car-loads of dressed lumber per rhonth. 
 There is another mill, on another stream, 
 about half a mile west of this mill, now 
 owned'by Geo. W. Willey. 
 
 In 1815, Esquire Bradstreet Baldwin 
 came from Londonderry, and built a mill 
 
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 where Putnam's mills now stand, on North 
 Branch, about 5i miles from Montpelier, 
 since which there has been a mill there. 
 
 We are favored by the following de- 
 scription of these mills through the kind- 
 ness of C. C. Putnam, Esq : 
 
 "The north branch of the Winooski, 
 which empties into the main stream at 
 Montpelier, flows through the N. E. corner 
 of Middlesex, about 3 miles, on which is 
 situated one of the best mill privileges in 
 the State, with a fall of 32 ft., on which 
 was erected a mill in 18 15, by Bradstreet 
 Baldwin, son of Benjamin Baldwin, of 
 Londonderry, Vt. The mill built by Brad- 
 street Baldwin, on the above-mentioned 
 privilege, was owned and occupied by sev- 
 eral parties until purchased by C. C. Put- 
 nam and Jacob Putnam, about 1845. At 
 that time the capacity of the mill was about 
 100,000 ft. per annum. The old mill was 
 situated on the west side of the stream at 
 the top of the fall. In 1854, was erected 
 a large double gang-mill on the east side 
 of the stream below the fall to take advan- 
 tage of the 32-feet fall, together with a 
 grist-mill and machinery for dressing lum- 
 ber. The latter was consumed by fire in 
 1862. The same year was erected by C. 
 C. Putna,m on the same site, the miU now 
 standing, with two laige circular saws. 
 Since then have been added to the mill, 
 planers, matchers, edging-saw, butting- 
 machine and band-saw for cutting out chair 
 stock, the capacityof the mill being 2,000,- 
 000 ft. dressed lumber per year. The past 
 year, C. C. Putnam & Son, the present 
 owners, have shipped ijo car-loads of 
 dressed lumber to New Hampshire; Mas- 
 sachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, 
 valued from |!25,ooo to $30,000. The most 
 of this lumber is cut on their land in 
 Worcester, and floated down the stream. 
 In connection with then: lumber business 
 they have a supply store, containing all 
 necessaries for their workmen and public 
 generally, doing a business of from $15,000 
 to $20,000 per year." 
 
 Henry Perkins came to town somewhere 
 about 1800, and built the first grist and 
 saw-mill at the Narrows, where the vijlage 
 stands. He lived in the Widow Aaron 
 
 Ladd house, one of the two first houses in 
 the .village. Soon after, Samuel Haskins 
 built an oil-mill, and Thomas Stowell built 
 a clothing-works mill. 
 
 In those early days, when news were 
 conveyed on horseback as the swiftest 
 means ; when freighting between here and 
 Boston was mostly done with oxen ; before 
 Arkwright had invented the spinning Jenny, 
 or carding-machines were known ; when 
 the women did all the carding and spin- 
 ning by hand ; when farftiers had to go a 
 great way to mill, and carry their grist on 
 horseback, or on their shoulders ; when the 
 meat mostly used was that of wild game, 
 and salt to season it sometimes $3.58 per 
 bu. ; when 8 children were called an av- 
 erage family, and 12 or 13 not uncommon, 
 and boys and girls were not afraid of work ; 
 when the "goodehousewyfe" found ample 
 time to spin yarn from wool, flax and tow, 
 and weave cloth to clothe all in her goodly 
 family, works were then in vogue and built 
 for coloring, fulling, pressing and dressing 
 cloth. In May, i8i8,afreshetsweptaway 
 the clothing- works, but they were soon 
 built up again. 
 
 At the time of this freshed Luther Has- 
 kins was moving from the farm which he 
 sold to Stephen Herrickin 1820, and which 
 Mr. Herrick still owns and occupies. He 
 got his cattle as far as the river, and could 
 get them no farther on account of high 
 water. Nathaniel Daniels and John Cooms 
 undertook to go from the village in a boat 
 to take care of the cattle. They had pro- 
 ceeded some 20 rods up the river, when 
 the current upseit the boat. Cooms swam 
 ashore, and seeing Daniels struggling in 
 the water, was about to swim in to rescue 
 him, when some one who considered the 
 undertaking' too dangerous, held- Cooms 
 back, and Daniels was drowned. 
 
 Nov. 1821, all the mills were destroyed 
 by fire. They were soon rebuilt, with a 
 good woolen factory inplaceof the clothing- 
 works, which was built by Amplius Blake, 
 of Chelsea, who employed Artemas Wilder 
 to superintend it. 
 
 In Sept. 1828, was another freshet, 
 which swept away the factory, grist-mill, 
 oil-mill and saw-mill. Much to the credit 
 
MIDDLESEX. 
 
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 of the owaers, they went to work with true. 
 Yankee courage immediately, and rebuilt 
 the mills in a stronger and more secure 
 manner, and had them all in operation 
 within 2 years. They were not secure 
 enough, however, to withstand the exten- 
 sive freshet of July, 1830, during which 
 the water in the Winooski probably was 
 the highest ever known since the State was 
 settled, being at its greatest height July 
 27 or 28, so high it flowed through the vil- 
 lage, and a dam was built across the upper 
 end of the street, to turn the current of the 
 river back towards the Narrows. All the 
 mills were raised by the water from their 
 foundations, and sailed off together like a 
 fleet, taking the bridge below with them, 
 until they struck the high pinnacle of rocks 
 a few rods below the bridge, when; with a 
 deafening crash, they smashed, and ap- 
 parently disappeared in the rolling flood. 
 
 The weather in the summer of 1830 was 
 cold and wet up to July i s • From the i jth 
 to the 24th it was mostly clear and exces- 
 sively warm. During the day of the i^tli, 
 the thermometer rose in the shade' to 94°, 
 the l6th it rose to 92°, the 17th to 924°, 
 the i8th to 92°, the 19th to 90°, the 20th 
 to 91°, and the 21st to 94°. 
 
 The rain commenced in the afternoon of 
 .Saturday, the 24th, and continued till the 
 Thursday following, and is believed to be 
 the greatest fall of water in the length of 
 time ever known in Vermont, the fall at 
 Burlington being more than 7 inches, 3.85 
 in. of which fell the 26th in 16 hours. 
 
 After this freshet, Jeduthan and Luther 
 Haskins built here an oil-mill, which was 
 bought by Enos Stiles in 1835, and suc- 
 cessfully operated by him for 33 years. He 
 sold to Y. Dutton, who now owns it. There 
 were many oil-mills in the State at an 
 early day, but they had all been abandoned 
 except two, when Mr. Stiles sold his mill. 
 Mr. Dutton kept the mill in operation for 
 a time after he owned it, and is supposed 
 to be the last one in the State to give up 
 making oil from flax-seed. The Messrs. 
 Haskins also built a grist-mill, which was 
 afterward owned for many years by Geo. 
 .& Barnard Langdon, of Montpelier, who 
 sold to L. D. Ainsworth. He has at great 
 
 expense fortified it against freshets, and 
 made it a first-class, modern flouring and 
 grist-mill, where he does a good'tusiness. 
 He also owns a planing-mill near the grist- 
 mill, and a saw-mill on the opposite side of 
 the river in Moretown, which accommo- 
 dates many who reside in Middlesex, and 
 has recently bought the old oil-mill of 
 Dutton. 
 
 In Oct. 1869, there was a freshet that 
 did considerable damage. No buildings 
 were carried off", but the highways were 
 badly washed, and many bridges carried 
 away. In the town report the following 
 March I find, in addition to a highway tax 
 of 50 cents on a dollar of the grand list, 
 about $3,000 in orders drawn for extra 
 work and expense on highways and bridges, 
 The river was so high thatMr. Ainsworth's 
 saw-mill teetered up and do wn on the water, 
 and would have been swept away had it 
 not been securely chained to the trees and 
 ledges. 
 
 OF THE MINERALOGY 
 
 here but little is yetkno'wn. Rock crystal 
 is quite common, and some very fine spec- 
 imens of crystal quartz have been picked 
 up. The largest, most transparent and 
 most perfect specimens have been found in 
 the north western part of the town, along 
 the foot of the liiountain. The crystal 
 quartz found here is mostly nearly white. 
 Some of the specimens are traversed in va- 
 rious directions with hair-like crystals of a 
 reddish, yellowish or brown color, and 
 similar to those found elsewhere along the 
 gold form^ation, so called, that extends 
 through this part of the State. Many 
 stones are also found of which iron enters 
 largely into the formation ; and it is claimed 
 that gold has been found in small quanti- 
 ties in the eastern part of the town, but no 
 very valuable mines have yet been discov- 
 ered here. 
 
 MAGNETIC VARIATION. 
 
 From an examination of the lines run 
 when the town was alloted in 1788, it ap- 
 pears that the westerly variation of the mag- 
 netic needle is now very nearly 4°, so that 
 lines in this town that were run N. 36° E. 
 in 1787, now in 188 1 nm N. 40° E. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL. MAGAZINE. 
 
 ANIMALS. 
 
 The first settlers found in the forest of 
 this town, the black bear, raccoon, wol- 
 verine, weasel, mink, pine martin (im- 
 properly called sable), skunk, American 
 otter, wolf, red fox, black or silver fox, 
 cross fox, lynx, bay lynx or wild cat, star- 
 nosed mole, shrew mole. Say's bat, beaver, 
 musk rat, meadow mouse, jumping mouse, 
 white bellied or tree mouse, woodchuck, 
 the gray, black, red, striped, and flying 
 squirrel, hedge-hog, rabbit, moose, and 
 common deer. 
 
 In 1 83 1, a very large moose left the 
 mountain near the notch road, and wan- 
 dered towards the village of Middlesex. 
 He crossed the Winooski near the eddy 
 just below the narrows, and went across 
 the meadows on the" farms now owned by 
 Joseph Newhall and Joseph^ Knapp in 
 Moretown, passing through a field of wheat 
 on the latter farm. He then crossed Mad 
 river near its mouth, and started in the di- 
 rection of the large tract of woods near 
 Camel's Hump mountain. This is sup- 
 posed to be the last wild moose that ever 
 visited Middlesex. 
 
 COUNTY MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Middlesex has had the honor to belong 
 to Gloucester County, established by the 
 N. Y. Council, Mar. 16, 1770 ; Unity, es- 
 tablished Mar. 17, 1778 ; name changed to 
 Cumberland, Mar. 21, 1778 ; to Benning- 
 ton, being set to this County by change 
 of county line Feb. i, 1779: to Addison 
 Co., formed Oct. 18, 1785; to Jefferson 
 County, incorporated Nov. i, 1810; to 
 Washington Co., the name of Jefferson 
 being changed, to Washington in 18 14. 
 
 Middlesex can boast of being the first 
 town settled in Washington County, as 
 the county is now organized ; but it was 
 not the first town chartered, Duxbury, 
 Moretown and Waterbury having been 
 chartered one day first, June 7, 1763. 
 
 The altitude at Middlesex village was 
 given byD. P. Thompson at 520 feet 
 above the level of the ocean, probably 
 meaning the elevation of the railroad at 
 that place. He did not claim minute ac- 
 curacy, but as his estimate was deduced 
 
 from data of surveys for canals and rail- 
 roads, it is probably a very near approxi- 
 mation. 
 
 CARRYING THEIR VISITORS HOME. 
 
 Somewhere between 1825 and 1830, a 
 carpenter and joiner, named Downer, came 
 with his family from Canada to build the 
 house where Elijah Whitney now lives, for 
 Jacob Putnam, and moved his family into 
 a house about 2 miles easterly from Wor- 
 cester Corner, and owned by Wm. Ar- 
 buckle. Downer, for some reason, went 
 to Canada in the winter, and left his wife 
 and four or five children in Worcester, and 
 during his absence th6y were aided by the 
 town. Danforth W. Stiles then lived where 
 he had made the first beginning, on what 
 is now known as the Nichols' place, above 
 Putnam's Mills, and the Downer family 
 came there and to Jacob Putnam's on a 
 visit. When they were ready to return 
 home, they procured a team, and a boy 
 started to drive them home and take the 
 team back, but they were met near the line 
 by Worcester men, who turned their team 
 around, and told them to drive back into 
 Middlesex, and they returned to Stiles'. 
 Stephen Herrick was overseer of the poor 
 in Middlesex, and Stiles immediately no- 
 tified him of the affair, and he started with 
 his team to carry the family back. He, 
 took the woman and children, and accom- 
 panied by Stiles, they proceeded to within 
 about a mile and a half of the house, which 
 distance was through a thick woods, when 
 they were stopped by two men who were 
 felling trees across the road so lively that 
 after considerable effort to cut their way 
 through, they returned With the family to 
 Middlesex, leaving the family at Esquire 
 Baldwin's. 
 
 Herrick w.ent home, arriving there about 
 dark, and rode about that part of the town 
 to inform the men of his defeat and pro- 
 cure assistance, and was soon on the road 
 to Worcester again, accompanied by Elijah 
 Holden, with a span of horses and double 
 sleigh to carry the family, and by Horace 
 Holden, Moses Holden, Xerxes Holden, 
 Asa Chapin, Torry Hill, Josiah Holden 
 Abram Gale, John Bryant, George Sawyer, 
 Jeremiah Leland,SanfordWhite,LewisMc- 
 
MIDDLESEX. 
 
 23S 
 
 Elroy and others, in all 22 men, with 9 teams 
 and plenty of axes, bars and levers, with 
 which to clear the track, and they were 
 joined by Stiles when they reached his 
 place, making 23 men. When they reach- 
 ed the woods they were again stopped, 
 this time by 16 Worcester men with axes, 
 who commenced to fell trees into the road, 
 as fully resolved to prevent any further, tax 
 to support the Downers, as the Boston 
 "tea party " were to avoid paying the three 
 cent tax on tea. The Middlesex men, 
 commenced clearing the road, and pro- 
 ceeded some distance in that way, but the 
 16 men kept the trees so thick in the road 
 ahead, that Herrick ordered his men to 
 leave the road, and cut a new road through 
 the woods around the fallen trees. In 
 this way th»y succeeded better, and when 
 the trees became too numerous ahead, they 
 dodged again, and brushed out a road 
 around them, Holden following close be- 
 hind with the family. As soon as it was 
 certain that they would succeed, Herrick 
 proceeded alone to the house, to protect 
 that from being destroyed, and to have a 
 fire when the woman and children should 
 get there. 
 
 Very soon after he reached the house, 
 William Hutchinson entered with a fire- 
 brand, and was about to set fire to the 
 house, when Herrick seized him, threw 
 him to the floor, and seating himself on 
 Hutchinson, held him fast. Torry Hill 
 soon entered, with a gruflf " whose here?" 
 Herrick answerqd, " I am here, and here is 
 this little Bill Hutchinson, -who bothered 
 me yesterday by felling trees into the road." 
 "Let me have him," said Torry. Herrick 
 released him, when he sprang for the fire, 
 determined to carry out his purpose, but 
 Torry seized him by the collar, and snap- 
 ping him to the door, gave him a kick that 
 made him say, " I'll go ! " " Yes, you will 
 go, and that d— d quick, too," said Hill, 
 giving him another kick, that sent him 
 many feet from the house. 
 
 Soon after both parties arrived at the 
 house, and the family was escorted in about 
 daybreak. A war of words followed, with 
 some threatening. One tall, muscular, 
 Worcester man, named Rhodes, stepped 
 
 out, and threatening loudly, exclaimed, 
 " I can lick any six of you! " Torry Hill 
 sprang in front of him, and smacking his 
 fists together, replied, "My name is six, 
 come on ! " but no blows were struck. 
 
 Herrick was soon called before Judge 
 Ware, of Montpelier, to answer to the 
 charge of violating the statute against re- 
 moving any person or persons from one 
 town in this State to any other town in the 
 State without an order of removal. It was 
 proved conclusively that all the home they 
 had was in Worcester, that they were vis- 
 iting in Middlesex, and desired to return, 
 and that the defendant only helped them 
 to return to their house in Worcester. Wm . 
 Upham and Nicholas Baylies, counsel for 
 Worcester, and Judge Jeduthan Loomis 
 for defendant. 
 
 Although the Worcester people were 
 beat, they did not give up, but arranged a 
 double sled so that the driver's seat was 
 attached to the forward sled, and a blow , 
 or two with an axe would free the hind sled 
 and body, and taking the family on the 
 sled, they gave them a free ride up north, 
 and when in a suitable place the driver de- 
 tached the forward sled, and trotted off 
 towards home, leaving the woman and 
 children in the road, comfortably tucked 
 up in their part of the sled, and where 
 they would be under the necessity of so- 
 liciting the charity of Her Majesty's sub- 
 jects in Canada. 
 
 POPULATION AND GRAND LIST. 
 
 1783, population I or 2; 1791, 60; 1793, 
 grand list ^280, los.; 1800, population 
 262 ; 1810, population 401, list $4770.37 ; 
 1820, 726,^7623; 1830, 1 156, $5720; 1840, 
 1279, $8240; 1850, 136s, $2952.52; i860, 
 1254, $3459-51; 1870, 1171, $3584-63; 
 1880, 1087; $3128; 1881, $5068. 
 
 In 1794, our votes for governor were, 
 for Thomas Chitteiiden 10, Elijah Paine 4, 
 Louis R. Morris i, and Samuel Mattocks i . 
 
 It was voted to raise 3d. per pound for 
 making and repairing roads, and 2d. per 
 pound to defray town expenses. 
 
 The 5d. on a pound was 2 1-12 per ct. 
 of the grand list, which was a great varia- 
 tion from the 125 to 150 per ct. raised by 
 
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 the town for a few years past for necessary 
 expenses and highways. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 The first district extended along the 
 river, but we have not learned the exact 
 location of the first school-house. The 
 district was divided in 1794, the line be- 
 tween lots 6 and 7 on the river, and one 
 school-house built near where the No. i 
 school-house now stands, and No. 2 school- 
 house, which was waslied away by the 
 freshet of 1818, about half way from the 
 village to where the road leading towards 
 the Centre passes under the railroad. 
 
 As the town became settled, new dis- 
 tricts were organized until they numbered 
 13, but at present only 1 1 support schools, 
 two having been divided and set to other 
 dLstricts. With two or three exceptions, 
 the school-houses have been newly built or 
 repaired within a few years, and are in 
 good condition, and the schools will com- 
 pare favorably with the common schools 
 of surrounding towns. 
 
 The natural division of the township 
 prevents any natural central point in town, 
 and no high schools of any grade have 
 been established here, but many of the 
 larger scholars attend the high schools and 
 seminaries at Montpelier, Barre, Water- 
 bury and elsewhere. 
 
 The number of families having children 
 of school age is about 170, and the num- 
 ber of school children only about 225, 
 consequently our schools are all small 
 compared with the schools of early days. 
 About the year 1825 Stephen Herrick 
 taught at the Centre and had 75 scholars ; 
 Hubbard Willey sending 10, Ezra Nichols. 
 7, and others nearly as many. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Representatives— Samuel Harris was 
 representative in 1791 ; Seth Putnam, 1792, 
 '93. '94, '96. '97 to 1800, '3, '4, '5, '7, '8, 
 '13 to '17, '22; Josiah Hurlburt, 1795; 
 Henry Perkins, 1801, '2, '6; David Har- 
 rington, 1809 to 1813, '17, '19, '21 ; Na- 
 thaniel Carpenter, 1 81 8, '20; Josiah Hol- 
 den, 1823, '24, '28, '29; Holden Putnam, 
 182s, '26, '27, ''34, '36, '40 ; John Vincent, 
 1830, '33, '35, "37 \ Wm. H. Holden, 
 
 1831; Wm. J. Holden, 1838; Leander 
 Warren, 1841, '44, '58, '59; Horace Hol- 
 den, 1842, '43; Wm. H. Holden, 1845; 
 Joseph Hancock, 1846, '48 ; John Poor, 
 1849, '50; Oliver A. Chambeflin, 1851, 
 '52, '5;; Moses Holden, 18 J3, '54; Geo. 
 Leland, 2d, 1856, '57; James H. Holden, 
 i860; Jacob S. Ladd, 1861, '62; Wm. E. 
 McAllister, 1863; C. C. Putnam, 1864, 
 '65 ; Rufus Warren, 1866, '67 ; Charles B. 
 Holden, 1868, '69; Jarvil C. Leland, 1870; 
 Jacob Putnam, 1872; Sylvanus Daniels, 
 1874; C. C. Eaton, 1876; Myron W. 
 Miles, 1878 ; Wm. Chapin, 1880. 
 
 Superintendents of Schools. — David 
 Goodale was chosen in 1846; Aaron Ladd, 
 1847, '48, '49 ; Stephen Herrick, 1850, '56, 
 '66; George Bryant, 1851 ; \^m. H. Hol- 
 den, 1852; Wm. Chapin, 1853, '57, '69; 
 H. Fales, 1854; Anson Felton, 1855; H. 
 L. McElroy, 1858, '61 to '66; Marcus 
 Gould, 1859, '60; W. L. Leland, 1867; 
 C. C. Putnam, Jr., 1868, '70; Elijah 
 Wliitney, 1879, '80; V. V. Vaughn, 1871 
 to '79. '8i- 
 
 First Selectmen.— Thomas Mead, 
 1790, '95, '96; Samuel Harris, 1791 ; Seth 
 Putnam, 1792, '98, 1803, '4, '14, 'ij; Levi 
 Putnam, 1793; Josiah Hurlburt, 1794; 
 Leonard Lamb, 1797 ; Henry Perkins, 1799 ; 
 David Harrington, 1800, 'i, '2; Ephraim 
 Willey, 1805; Elisha Woodbury, 1806; 
 Josiah Holden, 1807, '8 ; Nathaniel Car- 
 penter, 1809, '11, '13, '18, '19, '20, '21; 
 Joseph Hutchins, 1810; Ephraim Keyes, 
 1812 ; Daniel Houghton, 1816; Jacob Put- 
 nam, 1817; Horace Holden, 1822, '23, '27, 
 'as, '36, '39, '46, '47 ; James Jordan, 1828 ; 
 John Vincent, 1829, '30, '31, '34; Wm. H. 
 Holden, 1833; Aaron Ladd, 1837; S. C. 
 Collins, 1838; Leander Warren, 1840, '57; 
 Geo. H. Lewis, 1841, '42, '53; O. A. 
 Chamberlin, 1843, '44, '48, '49, '51 ; Sam- 
 uel Daniels, 1845 ; George Leland, 1850, 
 '52; C. C. Putnam, 1854, '71, '72, 'j^; 
 Jacob S. Ladd, 1855 ; Moses Holden, 1856 ; 
 Wm. D. Mclntyre, 1858; David Ward, 
 1859, '60, '66, '67, '68; Osgood Evans, 
 1 861; Andrew A. Tracy, 1862; Jas. H. 
 Holden, 1863, '64; D. P. Carpenter, 1865 ; 
 Jarvil C. Leland, 1869; Jacob Putnam, 
 
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 1870; Gardner Sawyer, 1874, '81; Elijah 
 Somers, 1875 ; Wm. B. McElroy, 1876; 
 Hiram A. Sawyer, 1877 ; Norris Wright, 
 1878; D.R. Culver, 1879; C. J. Lewis, 
 1880. 
 
 Constables. — The first constable elect- 
 ed was Edmend Holden, in 1790; Daniel 
 Hoadley, 1791 ; Jacob Putnam, 1792; Seth 
 Putnam, 1793; Samuel Harris, 1794, '97, 
 '98, '99 ; Josiah Hurlburt, 1795 ; Wm. Hol- 
 den, 1796, 1820 ; Henry Perkins, 1800 ; 
 Rufus Chamberlin, 1801 ; David Allen, 
 1802 ; Ira Hawks, 1803 ; Thomas Mead, 
 1804, -'5, '6; David Harrington, 1807 to 
 '13 ; Josiah Holden, 1814 ; Horace Holden, 
 1817, '19, '24 ; Luther Haskins, 1818 ; Dan- 
 iel Houghton, 1821 ; Jeduthan Haskins, 
 1822 ; Alexander McCray, 1825 ; Ira Mc- 
 Elroy , 1825 ; O. A. Chamberlin, 1828 ; 
 Wm. A. Nichols, 1829; Luther Farrar, 
 1830, '31 ; D. P. Carpenter, 1833, '34, '36, 
 '37 ; Gideon Hills, 1835 ; Stephen Herrick, 
 1838, '39, '40, '42, '45 ; Geo. Leland, 1841 ; 
 Philander Holden, 1843, '44. '46; Geo. H. 
 Lewis, 1847, '48, '49; Wm. H. Holden, 
 1850, '51; Wm. Slade, 1852; Frank A. 
 Blodgett, 1853, '54 ; Curtis Haskins, 1855; 
 Ezra Ladd, 1856, '57 ; Wm. Chapin, 1858, 
 '59; C. B. Holden, i860 to '74; Myron W. 
 Miles, 1874 to the present, 1881. 
 
 Overseers since 1841. — Robert Mc- 
 Elroy, 1S42 ; Selectmen, 1843, '75 ; Jedu- 
 than Haskins, 1844; D. P. Carpenter, 
 184s ; Wm. S. Clark, 1846 ; Wm. D. Mc- 
 Intyre, 1847, '67, '68, '69; Enos Stiles, 
 1848, '49; Thomas Stowell, 1850; Benja- 
 min Scribner, 1851, 'S3, 'S4. '64; Stephen 
 Herrick, 1852, '58; Daniel B. Sherman, 
 1855, '56; Geo. R. Sawyer, 1857; W. H. 
 Clark, 1859; C. C. Putnam, i860 to '67 ; 
 David Ward, 1870; Elijah Somers, 1871, 
 '72, '73, '74; Seaver Howard, 1876, '77; 
 Putnam W. Daley, 1878; H. A. Sawyer, 
 1879, '80, '81. 
 
 First Justices. — Seth Putnam, 1789, 
 l8n, '12; Nathaniel Carpenter, 1813, '14, 
 '15, '17, '18, '23 to '30, and '33 to '39; 
 Rufus Chamberlin, 1816; Daniel Hough- 
 ton, 18 19, '20, '22 ; David Harrington; 
 1821 ; Wm. H. Holden, 1831, '32, '33; 
 Horace Holden, 1839, '40, '41, '44, nearly 
 
 all the time till his death, in 1865 ; Wm. 
 T. Clark, 1842; Thomas Stowell, 1843; 
 John Poor, 1853 ; Jas. H. Holden, 1864, 
 '65, '67 to '72 ; Marcus Gould, 1866; C. C. 
 Putnam, 1872, '73, '74, '75 ; D. P. Carpen- 
 ter, '76, '^^, '78, '80. Seth Putnam, first 
 justice in 1789, held the oflSce of justice 26 
 years ; David Harrington, 15 years ; Thos. 
 Stowell, 12 years; John Poor, 14 years; 
 Nathaniel Carpenter, first justice, 20 years, 
 and Horace Holden was justice at least 
 38 years. 
 
 Town Agents.— Stephen Herrick, 1S42, 
 '52, '57, '58, '60, '61, '66, '72; Geo. H. 
 Lewis, 1843, '44 ; John Poor, 1845, '53 ; 
 Holden Putnam, 1846 to '51; George W. 
 Bailey, 1855, '56 ; Wm. D. Mclntyre, 1859 ; 
 Leander Warren, 1862, '63, '64, '65, '71, 
 '73 ; D. P. Carpenter, 1867, '68, '69 ; David 
 Ward, 1870; C. C. Putnam, 1874, '75; 
 Wm. Chapin, 1876, ^'^^, '78, '8o', '81 ; 
 Rufus Warren, 1879. 
 
 County Judges. — Hon. James H. Hol- 
 den, Hon. Don P. Carpenter. 
 
 Members of Constitutional Conven- 
 tion. — Seth Putnam was memberin 1793 ; 
 Rufus Chamberlin in 1 8 14, '22, '28 and '36 ; 
 Wm. H. Holden in 1843 ; O. K. Cham- 
 berlin in 1850. 
 
 Postmasters. — Theophilus Cushman 
 
 was postmaster in 1824 ; Daniel Houghton, 
 
 1828 ; Aaron Ladd, 1829; Moses L. Hart, 
 
 1830; Nathaniel Bancroft, 1831 ; Moses L. 
 
 Hart, 1832, '33 ; Hiram Mclntyre, 1834 to 
 
 '38; Ransom B. Jones, 1838, '39; Horace 
 
 Snow, 1840 to '45 ; Wm. C. Stowell, 1845, 
 
 '46; Harris Hoyt, 1847; A. A. Haskins, 
 
 1848, '49 ; A. H. Hayes, 1850 ; Jesse John- 
 
 .son, Jr., 1851, '52; Anson G. Burnham, 
 
 1853, '54; Geo. H. Lewis, 1855 to '59; 
 
 Simpson Hayes, 1859, '60, '61 ; James H. 
 
 Holden, 1862 to 1881, inclusive. 
 
 ft 
 Physicians. — A doctor by the name of 
 
 Billings practiced and resided in Middle- 
 sex in 1821 ; Holdridge soon after ; Joseph 
 Lewis, 1825; Samuel Fifield, 1830; Daniel 
 Kellogg, '33 ; Henry Dewey, '34 ; H. Dewey 
 and Jona Webster, '35 ; Jona Webster, '36, 
 '37 ; Rial Blanchard, '40, '41, '42; David 
 Goodale, '44; F. B. Packard, '45 ; Chand- 
 ler Poor, dentist, '45 ; David Goodale, '46, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 '47 ; A. H. Hayes and B. L. Conant, '48 ; 
 A. H. Hayes, '49; Horace Fales, '50 '51, 
 '52, 'S3, '54. '55; J. W. Sawin, 's8, '59; 
 H. L. Richardson, '6i, '62, '63; O. L. 
 Watson, '65, '66; — Risdon, '79; W. G. 
 Church, '80 and '81. 
 
 There might have been physicians in 
 town previous to any named, but I liave 
 no such record or evidence. In addition 
 to those named, other physicians have 
 lived in town, among whom is Dr. Zela 
 Richardson, a son of Fredericlc Richard- 
 son, who was one of the first inhabitants 
 of Stowe. The Dr. was born in Stowe in 
 Dec. 1799, went to Castleton when about 
 22 years of age, and studied for the pro- 
 fession under Dr. Thompson, and com- 
 menced practicing according to the Thomp- 
 Sonian system in Brandon and vicinity in 
 about 1824. He moved to Stowe in 1833, 
 and practiced some there till 1840, when 
 he moved to where Silas Mead now re- 
 sides in Moretown, where he lived until 
 1846, when he moved across the river to 
 Middlesex village, where he has ever since 
 resided, but for the last thirty years he has 
 nearly discontinued practice. 
 
 Among others who have lived and prac- 
 ticed in town a short time each are a doc- 
 tor by the name of Conant, and Dr. Spicer, 
 Dr. Scott and a cancer doctor named Hill, 
 and perhaps a few others. 
 
 THE CLERGY OF THE TOWN. 
 
 No record has been found of the first 
 preaching in Middlesex, but it is known 
 that about 1812 the Methodist minister 'of 
 the Barre circuit preached occasionally in 
 town, and that in 181 3, 
 
 REV. STEPHEN HERRICK, 
 
 of Randolph, took the jalace of the Barre 
 circuit preacher, and in his circuit visited 
 Middlesex often, and usually held meet- 
 ings iif the school-house, then standing on 
 the north side of the road, very near the 
 present line between the farms now occu- 
 pied by Stephen Herrick and Joseph Ar- 
 buckle. About the same time, 
 
 NATHAN HUNTLEY 
 
 organized a religious society, commonly 
 called Elder Huntley's chmch, which in 
 belief and manner of worship was nearest 
 
 that of the Free Will Baptists. Elder 
 Huntley continued his labors until about 
 1822, when through his advice the society 
 decided to disband, and many of the mem-* 
 bers joined the other churches. 
 
 ELDER BENJAMIN CHATTERTON 
 
 was probably a resident of Middlesex longer 
 than any other preacher that has ever re- 
 sided here, fie was a member of Elder 
 Hun^ey's church, and was ordained Elder, 
 and commenced preaching soon after the 
 society to which he belonged disbanded. 
 He was a Free Will Baptist, and continued 
 to. preach in town occasionally until near 
 his death. He was buried on the farm 
 where he lived, on East Hill, now owned 
 by Charles Silloway. 
 
 A li^t of many of the clergymen who have 
 labored in this town, with ,dates to show 
 about what time they were preachers in 
 Middlesex : John F. Adams, Methodist, 
 circuit preacher in 1821 ; E. B. Baxter, 
 Congregationalist, 1831 ; Benjamin Chat 
 terton. Free Will Baptist, 1834; E. G 
 Page and Isaiah Emerson, Meth., '35 ; J 
 T. Pierce, Cong., '38; Edward Copeland 
 Meth., '39; Hiram Freeman, Cong., '39 
 and '40; W. N. Peck, Meth., '40', '41 ; El- 
 bridge Knight, Cong. ; and Wm. Peck and 
 Israel Hale, Meth., '42 ; John H. Beckwith, 
 Cpng., and H. P. Cushman, Meth., '43, 
 '44. '45 ; P- MerriU, Meth., '46; N. Web- 
 ster m '47; D. Willis, Meth., '48; E. B. 
 Fuller, Free Will Baptist, '51, '52 ; Joshua 
 Tucker, Free Will Baptist, '53; L. H. 
 Hooker, Meth., and — Cummings, Free 
 Will Baptist, '54; E. Dickerman, Meth., 
 and O. Shipman, FreeWill Baptist, '55, 
 '56; Abner Newton, Meth., '57; J. S. 
 Spinney, Meth., '58, '59 ; N. W. Aspin- 
 wall, '60, '61 ; W. E. McAllister, Meth., 
 '62, '63 ; T. Drew, Meth., '64 ; F. H. Rob- 
 erts, '6s, '66; A. Hitchcock, '67; Dyer 
 Willis, '68; — Goodrich, '69; W. A. 
 Bryant, Meth., '71, '72, '73 ; O. A. Farley, 
 '74. '75 ; L. O. Sherburn, '76; C. S. Hurl- 
 burt, '77, '78; T. Trevillian, '79, '80; 
 W. H. Dean, '81. 
 
 EARLY INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES. 
 
 The following account of the hardships 
 of the first family who made a settlement 
 
MIDDLESEX. 
 
 239 
 
 in this town, from Darning's Vermont Offi- 
 cers, 185 1, written by Horace Holden : 
 
 "Thomas Mead was the first settler in 
 the town and the first in th6 county. He 
 came from Westford, Mass., having pur- 
 chased a right of land in Middlesex. He 
 came as far as Royalton with his wife and 
 two or three children. Here he shouldered 
 his gun, knapsa(Sc and ax, and set forward 
 alone to find Middlesex, on Winposki 
 river. He went from Brookfield through 
 the woods to the head of Dog river, fol- 
 lowing that down to its junction with the 
 Winooski, and over that river to Middle- 
 sex, having informed his wife that in a 
 given time he should return, unless he sent 
 her word to the contrary. On his arrival 
 he found Mr. Jonah Harrington had made 
 a pitch, and commenced chopping about 2 
 miles below Montpelier village, where he 
 tarried till morning when he went down the 
 river about 3 miles to the farm now owned 
 by Thomas Stowell, where was formerly a 
 tavern. Here he made his "pitch,'''' and 
 a very good one too for a farmer ; but had 
 he continued down to the village of Mid- 
 dlesex it might have been much better 
 around the falls in that place. 
 
 " He was so pleased witli swinging his ax 
 among the trees on his own land, subsist- 
 ing on such game as he took with wooden 
 traps and his gun, that his proijaise to his 
 wife to return was not fulfilled. She be- 
 came alarmed about him, procured a horse, 
 loaded it with provisions, and set forth to 
 find her husband ; following up White 
 river to its source in Granville, thence 
 down Mad river through Warren, Waits- 
 field and Moretown to its junction with 
 the Winooski about half a mile below 
 Middlesex village, crossed that river and 
 travelled up it about one mile, where, to 
 her joy and his surprise, she found her 
 husband in the afternoon of the third day, 
 doing a,good business among the maples, 
 elms and butternuts. From Royalton to 
 Rochester she had a bridle path, then to 
 Middlesex were .only marked or spotted 
 trees ; was often under the necessity of un- 
 loading her horse to get him past feUen 
 timber, and often had to lead him some 
 distance. Mr. Mead's family soon moved 
 
 into town. Mr. Mead's third son, Joel, 
 was born in Lebanon, N. H., Jan. 18, 
 1785, she having gone there for better ac- 
 commodations than Middlesex then af- 
 forded. Some time in June, 1785, Mrs. 
 Mead was gone from home on a very 
 cloudy afternoon. Mrs. Mead had to 
 look for her cows, which ran in the woods 
 at large. She started in good season, 
 leaving three small children, one a nursing 
 infant J months old, alone in the house. 
 Not hearing the bell on the cows, she 
 took their tracks and followed down the 
 river about ij miles, found where they 
 had fed apparently most of the day, but 
 no, bell to' be heard. She then sought 
 their tracks, and found they had gone 
 down the river, and over " Hog back 
 mountain" to Waterbury, one of the 
 roughest places in all creation, almost ; 
 but cows must be found, or children go to 
 bed supperless. She made up her mind 
 to "go ahead," and crossing the almost 
 impassible mountain, and following on, 
 found the cows near the present railroad 
 depot in Waterbury, 6 or 7 miles from 
 home. 
 
 " By this time it had become dark, and 
 backed up by a tremendous thunder- 
 shower, rendered it so dark, that return- 
 ing over that mountain in the night was 
 out of question. In this unpleasant sit- 
 uation, she found her way to Mr. James 
 Marsh's, the only hut in that village, and 
 stayed till the first appearance of daylight, 
 when she started her cows for home on a 
 double quick time, where she safely ar- 
 rived before any of her children had com- 
 pleted their morning nap. She concluded 
 the children had so long a crying spell 
 before going to sleep, they did not awake 
 as early as usual." 
 
 About 179s, Mr. Mead kept a few 
 sheep, the only sheep kept in town at that 
 time. He had to keep a close watch of 
 them and yard them nights, to keep theni 
 from falling a prey to the bears that were 
 then plenty in the woods. 
 
 One morning he found his sheep had 
 broken out of their pen, and following 
 them a short distance northerly from his 
 house, he found a sheep that had been 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 killed and partly eaten by the bears. He 
 returne,d to his house, took his gun, and 
 started in search of the intruders. He had 
 not proceeded far into the woods before he 
 came in sight of a bear that was on the re- 
 treat. He proceeded cautiously after bruin, 
 keeping the bear to the windward, and fol- 
 lowed up the hill in a northern direction, 
 until he came near the top of thehilljwhen 
 he again came in sight of his game, and 
 was skulking along to get a better chance 
 to shoot, when his wife, who had become 
 alarmed by his absence and followed him, 
 came in sight and halloed to him. This 
 started the bear, but a quick shot rolled 
 the sheep-thief over on the grdlmd lifeless. 
 The courageous woman told her husband 
 she had seen another bear while she was 
 searching for him, and they started back 
 in the direction where she had seen it. 
 They had not proceeded far when they 
 came in sight of the second bear, which 
 Mr. Mead also killed with one shot from 
 his faithful gun. They then returned 
 towards where the sheep had been killed, 
 thinking to pick up and save the wool that 
 had been scattered by the carniverous 
 shearers. 
 
 As they came in sight of the spot, bruin 
 number three was finishing his morning 
 meal. Mr. Mead immediately settled his 
 account with this bear in the same way he 
 settled with the other two, and went home 
 feeling very well after his before-breakfast 
 exercise. He then informed the few neigh- 
 bors in town of what he had done, who 
 collected together, helped get the three 
 bears out of the woods and dress them, 
 and all had a "jovial time" and joyful 
 feast. 
 
 As the number of settlements in town 
 increased, the bears became less numerous, 
 and when one was seen it was often the 
 occasion of a lively and exciting chase. 
 Sometimes nearly all the men within four 
 or five miles would join in the chase, or 
 surround the woods in which the bear was 
 known to be, and lucky was the animal 
 if he escaped unharmed. Three bears were 
 killed one year at three such hunts. At 
 one time, about the year 1830, a bear was 
 discovered somewhere near the spot where 
 
 the guide-board now is, near the Centre, 
 and " all hands" started in pursuit. Geo. 
 Holden, then living at the Centre, where 
 Mrs. Daniels *now resides, started with a' 
 pitchfork, the weapon he happened to have 
 in his hands when he first heard the cry, 
 "a bear! a bear!" The bear was chased 
 down towards the Winooski, and made his 
 way to somewhere near the river on the 
 Governor's Rights, where, being worried 
 by dogs and hotly pursued by men, he un- 
 dertook to climb a tree that stood on a 
 very steep side-hill. Mr. Holden, then a 
 strong, courageous young man, was near, 
 and ran to the foot of the tree as the bear 
 was hitching up it, and stuck the pitchfork 
 into the bear's posterior. Bruin, not liking 
 to be helped up in that way, dropped upon 
 his hind feet, and threw his fore feet around 
 •Mr. Holden's body. Holden at the same 
 time seized the bear "at a back-hug hold," 
 and they tumbled over on the ground, and 
 rolled over and over to the foot of the hill, 
 and some say into the river, where they 
 quit theii- holds, and bruin ran until he was 
 out of the way of men and pitchforks, and 
 went up another tree. The word spread 
 rapidly that the bear was up a tree, and the 
 men gathered together and commenced 
 shooting at him. Many shots had been 
 fired when Horace Holden put in an ap- 
 pearance. After amusing himself and 
 others present for a few minutes by crack- 
 ing jokes and telling stories at the expense 
 of the sharp-shooters, who were too ex- 
 cited to kill a bear, he expressed a desire to 
 try it himself. No sooner did his rifle 
 crack than the bear loosened his hold on 
 the tree and fell to the ground. 
 
 FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN THE EAST PART 
 OF THE TOWN. 
 
 Jacob Putnam settled wliere Elijah Whit- 
 ney now lives in 1802 ; Micah Hatch on 
 the old Hatch place, so-called, the same 
 year; Wm. Lewis on the Lathrop Lewis 
 farm in 1805 ; John Arbuckle where Put- 
 nam Daley now lives, about 1808 ; Lewis 
 McElroy where Dudley Jones now lives, in 
 
 1822 ; Caleb Bailey and York lived 
 
 on the George Herrick farm in 1823 ; Ich- 
 abod Cummings began on the Ziba Smith 
 farm in 1824, lived there one year, and re- 
 
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 241 
 
 moved the next year to the farm where he 
 with his Oramel, now live ; Daniel Colby 
 lived on the farm where Frank Maxham 
 and son now live, in 1826. 
 
 The most ancient writings with a pen 
 in town, are probably in the possession of 
 James Vaughn, among which is a book 
 commenced by George Vaughn in Oct. 
 1687 ; the writing fJone by him being very 
 neatly executed, and a commission of 
 1696, given here e( liter atem : 
 
 "William Stoughton Esqr Lieutent 
 Governour and Comander in chief in and 
 over his Matys Province of the Masssa- 
 chusetts Bay in New England. To Jo- 
 seph Vaughn Greeting, By virtue of the 
 power and authority in and by his Matys 
 Royal Commission to me granted, I do by 
 these presents constitute and appoint you 
 to be Ensign of the Foot Company of Mili- 
 tia in the Town of Middleboro within 
 the County of Plimouth whereof Jacob 
 Thompson Gent is Lieutenant. You are 
 therefore carefully and diligently to dis- 
 charge the duties of an Ensign by order- 
 ing and Exercising the sd Company in 
 • arms both Inferiour Officers and Souldiers 
 Keeping them in good order and Disci- 
 pline, Commanding them to obey you as 
 their ensign. And yourself to observe and 
 follow such orders and directions as you 
 shall receive from your sd Lieutenant and 
 otheryour Superiour Officers, according to 
 the Rules and Discipline of War pursuant 
 to the trust reposed in you. Given under 
 my hand & seal at arms at Boston the 
 Fifth day of August, 1696, In the Eighth 
 year of the Reign of our sovereign. Lord 
 William the Third, by the Grace of God, 
 of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, 
 King, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 By Command of the Lieut. Govern'r., &c. 
 Wm. Stoughton." 
 
 Jsa. Addingtpn, Secr'y- 
 
 THE MIDDLESEX MONEY DIGGERS. 
 
 " May Martin, or The Money Diggers," 
 by D. P. Thompson, is known to be found- 
 ed upon the fact that men dug here for 
 money, at the foot of the nearly perpendic- 
 ular drop of a hundred feet or more from 
 the southerly part of the highest peak of 
 Camel's Hump. It was commenced by a 
 few men in 1824 or '25, who built a shanty 
 there, one side a large piece of detached 
 ledge, the other three sides, log of un- 
 trimiiied spruce and fir, quite young ; the 
 
 roof formed by drawing in the trees as 
 they nearpd the top, until the boughs met 
 the ledge above, which shelter being pro- 
 tected from the north and west winds by 
 the high ledge, made a warm and com- 
 fortable place, under which the men pro- 
 fessed to dig in search of the treasure sup- 
 posed to have been secreted by Capt. Kidd 
 somewhere on this continent. They were 
 in part directed in their search by a woman 
 living towards the North part of the State, 
 who claimed to see into unsearchable things 
 by looking into a transparent quartz stone 
 or piece of glass. This company subsisted - 
 mainly by dupfng the nearest settlers so as 
 to get them to furnish food. One man let 
 them have his sheep to eat until they had 
 devoured a* large flock, he expecting good 
 pay when the treasure should be found. 
 Many were the conjectures as to the object 
 of these money-diggers. Some thought 
 they were a band of counterfeiters, others 
 that they were a set of thieves, while a few 
 thought they were honestly digging for 
 money,* and were hopeful for their success. 
 
 Their work was brought to a close by a 
 party of young men from Middlesex, among 
 whom was Enos Stiles, who gives the fol- 
 lowing account of their expedition, he be- 
 ing the only one of the party now alive : 
 
 Dec. II, 1826, between 8 and 9 o'clock 
 in the evening, Ira McElroy, Calvin Farrar, 
 Amos L. Rice, Archy McElroy, Jerry Mc- 
 Elroy, Alexander M. Allen and Enos Stiles 
 started from Middlesex village for Camel's 
 Hump, with a view to discover what they 
 could of the work or object of the money- 
 diggers there, and were accompanied by 
 Nathaniel Carpenter, then a justice of the 
 peace, who went to act as an official if 
 any arrests should be made. As they 
 started, it so happened Danforth Stiles, 
 from the east part of Middlesex, oneHink- 
 son and one Reed were on their way to the 
 mountain, and fell in with them. There 
 was no temperance law then to forbid, no 
 Good Templars to interfere, and acting 
 upon the principle that which contained 
 the most heat and stimulus was the best 
 beverage for a long journey in a winter's 
 night, they took two gallons of new rum 
 for drink with them, and what provisions 
 
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 needed beside. Leaving their teams at 
 Ridley's tavern, now Ridley's Station, they 
 toolc their provision and drink, and pro- 
 ceeded on foot to the mountain, about 6 
 miles distant. Esq. Carpenter stopped at 
 the last house at the foot of the mountain 
 to await for business, if needed, and the 
 other seven of the party kept on up the 
 steep mountain, through some two or three 
 miles of thick forest. 
 
 When about half way up, after crossing 
 a spruce ridge and coming into hard wood 
 where it was lighter, they called the roll* 
 and found one man missing.' Three men 
 were detailed to go back "and find him, 
 which they did some one-third mile back, 
 lying in the snow fast asleep, having ap- 
 parently fallen asleep and dropped out of 
 line unnoticed by the rest of the party. 
 Nothing more of note occurred until they 
 arrived in the early break of day at the 
 headquarters of the money-diggers, where 
 they found Rodney Clogston, of Middle- 
 sex, the leaderof the band, one Shackford, 
 Eastman, and Friezell, up, dressed, with a 
 good fire burning before the shanty. 
 
 After looking over the premises a little, 
 four of the party went up to the top, and 
 were there at sunrise playing a game of 
 cards. The south wind was blowing warm, 
 and they suffered no inconvenience from 
 cold. It had been warm for a number of 
 days, and the snow was not very deep at 
 that time. After taking breakfast, well- 
 washed down, the Middlesex party com- 
 menced a thorough search for goods, coin- 
 ing implements, treasures or excavations, 
 which continued till about i o'clock p. m., 
 and resulted in finding nothing except 'a 
 little digging done inside of the shanty in 
 the ledge that formed one of its sides, 
 about what might have been done by two 
 men with powder, good drills and a sledge 
 in one day. 
 
 Giving up searching, the party, came to- 
 gether at the camp and had a social time, 
 until some were feeling pretty well, when 
 one man said he did not want to trouble 
 the camp for anything, and offered to pur- 
 chase one cent's worth of meat, which was 
 dealt out to him. 
 
 Then some of the boys, being possessed 
 
 of evil spirits as well as good, commenced 
 to break spruce twigs and put them on the 
 fire for the fun of seeing them burn ; this 
 made a division, and two opposing parties 
 were formed. Two of the men from the 
 east part of the town sided with the dig- 
 gers, and one remained silent and neutral, 
 which made six against seven, when the 
 invaders commenced piling on larger brush, 
 and soon had the shanty- in a rousing blaze. 
 The diggers defended their property smartly 
 iby words, and declared that their things 
 should all burn and the boys ^ would be 
 compelled to pay for them ; but no fighting 
 was done, and before the fire reached any 
 of their things they made a rush and saved 
 their trumpery, ancj let the shanty burn. 
 The brush was so dry, the blaze shot into 
 the air some fifty feet, making a splendid 
 sight, but the diggers' lodge was reduced 
 to ashes. In less than two hours after, the 
 money-diggers were all on the march for 
 home, thus ending the digging for Captain 
 Kidd's treasures on Camel's Hump. 
 
 THE COLDEST NIGHT HERE 
 
 in the month of July since the year 1816, 
 was probably in 1829. Enos Stiles relates 
 that he worked at haying for Elijah Holden 
 on the farm where Gardner Sawyer now 
 resides, in 1829, and that he and two 
 other men who were mowing on 'the loth 
 of July threw down their whetstones on a 
 swath of hay, one above another, and that 
 when he took up the upper stone on the 
 morning of the nth, the stones were 
 frozen together so that he raised the three 
 together when he lifted the top one. But 
 he says the frost did not seriously injure 
 the growing crops. 
 
 FIRES. 
 
 The only fire in town supposed to be in- 
 cendiary was that burning the store, tavern- 
 house and barns standing wher6 B. Bar- 
 rett's store and tavern now stand, and 
 owned in 1835 by a man named Mann. 
 In May, that year, the buildings, with 3 or 
 4 horses and one ox, were burned, and 
 Simeon Edson, who kept tavern where J. 
 Q. Hobart now lives, was arrested on 
 charge of setting the fire. At a justice 
 trial the jury found him guilty, and he was 
 
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 lodged in jail to await County Court trial. 
 After being in jail for some time, he got 
 bail, and never appeared at trial, and as 
 there was lack of good proof, his bonds 
 were never called for. 
 
 THE SAP-FEEDER, 
 
 so generally used by maple sugar-makers 
 to run the sap into the pans or evaporators 
 as fast as it evaporates, was invented by 
 the late Moses Holden, Esq., who for 
 many years owned and carried on the 
 Sugar-place about 2 miles from his home 
 in the village ; was a part of the Scott farm. 
 He was a large, strong man, a great 
 worker, and seldom had any help in sugar- 
 ing, and often felt the need of having his 
 sap boiling safely when he was away. 
 Hearing a description of a floating con- 
 trivance for regulating the amount of water 
 nlnning into the flume of a certain mill, gave 
 him an idea about regulating the sap running 
 into his sap-pans, and he went to Montpelier 
 and told one of the tinmen there what he 
 wanted made. The tinman would have 
 nothing to do with it for fear of ridicule in 
 case of a failure ; but going to another tin- 
 shop, the tinm'aii made the feeder accord- 
 ing to directions, and only asked for a 
 chance to make more if it proved a suc- 
 cess. Mr. Holden took his inverition 
 home, elevated his sap-holder, put on his 
 feeder, and started a fire. It worked well 
 during the day, and when he left at night, 
 he filled his holder with sap and his arch 
 with wood, and when he returned in the 
 morning, found his holder nearly empty 
 and everything right. He never applied 
 for a patent, but used this first fgeder as 
 long as he sugared, and it is still used by 
 Wm. Scott, who. bought the sugar-place. 
 
 Moses Holden died in May, 1878, at an 
 advanced age. He had always beeii a res- 
 ident of .the town, had represented it in 
 the Legislature twice, and had filled many 
 offices of trust and responsibility. Many 
 stories are told of his physical strength, 
 one of them being to the effect that he has 
 been known to cut and split8 cords of three- 
 foot wood in one day. He could lift up a 
 full barrel of cider, hold it, and drink from 
 the bung-hole. 
 
 BURYING GROUNDS. 
 
 At an early date, Hon. Seth Putnam 
 deeded his one-acre lot in the white pine 
 division, which is in the village, on the 
 east side of the street opposite the railroad 
 depot, to the town for a burying ground. 
 The yard is well fenced, and kept ip as 
 good condition as the scanty room will ad- 
 mit. I have not learned who was the first 
 person buried there, and the number can- 
 not be very accurately determined, butihe 
 cemetery is nearly all occupied. 
 
 The following names, taken mostly from 
 the headstones there, show that there sleep 
 some of the brave veterans who fought to 
 establish our nation, and some of the dar- 
 ing pioneers who cleared the dense forest' 
 from our fertile fields : 
 
 Lyman Tolman, aged 95, Cyrus Hill, 94, 
 Ebenezer Woodbury — Revolutionary sol- 
 diers ; Hon. Seth Putnam, fourth settler in 
 town, 93 ; Capt. Holden Putnam, Captain 
 at Plattsburgh, 86 ; Jesse Johnson, Sen'r, 
 86 ; Luther Haskins, 84 ; Mary Petty Has- 
 kins, wife of Luther, 81 ; Sally, wife of Dr. 
 Josfeph Lewis, 83 ; Polly Goldthwait, 79 ; 
 Elihu Atherton, 79 ; Moses Holden, 78 ; 
 Aaron Ladd, 78 ; Jesse Johnson, Jr., 77. 
 
 As the ripened autumn leaves surely 
 and successively drop from the forest trees 
 and are borne to the silent earth, so are 
 we, in sure succession, dropping from the 
 stage of life, and being borne to the silent ' 
 cities of the departed. And as the inhab- 
 itants of these cities will soon outnumber 
 those living in our villages and along our 
 valleys and hill sides, it seems just and 
 appropriate proper mention should be 
 made of them ; and I think much credit is 
 due the inhabitants of this town and near 
 vicinity for the improving and adoriiing of 
 their cemeteries. The ground now called 
 
 THE MIDDLESEX CENTRE CEMETERY, 
 
 is now one of the most neatly arranged 
 country cemeteries to be found ; situa'ted 
 in a sightly, pleasant place, on the east 
 side of the first made and most direct 
 road from the village to the Centre, about 
 2 miles from the river, on the top of the 
 first of three elevations of rolling ground 
 found in coming from the village on this 
 
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 road. Along the roadside and within the 
 gate near the entering avenue, is a grove 
 of handsome maples in rows, casting their 
 shade upon the turf and over the pretty, 
 white school house upon the left. The 
 grounds within the cemetery are neatly 
 arranged in 6 rows of lots, with 3 carriage 
 avenues running the length of the ground 
 and cross avenues. Each lot is raised 
 above the avenues, with walk left between 
 eaf h 2 lots, and flowers, blooming shrubs 
 and roses , break the mat of thick green grass 
 and add their beauty to the sacred plots. 
 A substantial wall and close-trimmed cedar 
 hedge inclosing all. 
 
 But it is more the tasteful arrangement 
 . of the whole .that makes the place seem 
 beautiful for every one, than any profuse 
 adornment. The stranger, too, pauses to 
 admire the lovely scenery around as well, 
 and the mourners feel a spirit of thankful- 
 ness that their dear friends are resting in 
 so fair a place. 
 
 There are some 200 graves here now, 
 with many monuments. Jan. i, 1812 Na- 
 than 'Benton, one of the' first settlers, 
 deeded 2 acres of land here to Joseph 
 Chapin, Josiah Holden and 16 others : the 
 land tc be used for a neighborhood bury- 
 ing ground. In the spring of 1822 there 
 were J graves in this ground, but it was 
 in an open field, and had not been exactly 
 located. That year the neighbors met 
 and appointed Stephen Herrick to meas- 
 ure and stake out the ground, and a fence 
 was built around it. 
 
 But little was done to improve it more 
 until about 1856, when through the influ- 
 ence and under the supervision of Horace 
 Holden, the friends of the deceased buried 
 there, and others who felt interested, be- 
 gan to kill the weeds and brakes that had 
 become abundant, and improvements were 
 continued from time to time till 1858, when 
 everything was completed nearly as at pres- 
 ent. In 1866, an association was formed 
 called " The Middlesex Centre Cemetery 
 Association," to which Aaron Ladd, Asa 
 Chapin, and 21 others, owners of lots, 
 deeded their right and title. Under the 
 Association each one of those who deeded 
 and each one who took an active part in 
 
 the work of improving the ground were en- 
 titled to a family lot. 
 
 SOME OF THE OLDEST 
 
 buried here are : Elizabeth McElroy, came 
 from Scotland to U. S. in 174°. died in 
 1823, aged 99; Joseph Chapin, Sen'r, 96 
 Susanna Chase, 89 ; Jeremiah Leland, 78 
 Elizabeth, wife of Jeremiah Leland, 88 
 Samuel Daniels, 87 ; Lucretia, wife of Sam- 
 uel Daniels, 78; Polly McElroy, 84; San- 
 ford White, 80 ; Maj. John Poor, 79, and 
 Eliza M., his wife, 73— both buried in one 
 grave; Joseph Chapin, Jr., 78 ; Horace 
 Holden, 74; Marian Leland, 92; Abram 
 Gale, 78, and Mary, his wife, 92 ; Marga- 
 ret Mead, 79 ; Benjamin Willey, 72 ; Mary 
 Wilson, 73; Hosea Minott, 74; Knight 
 Nichols, 81, and Mercy, his wife, 92 ; Geo. 
 H. Lewis, 71. 
 
 THE NORTH BRANCH CEMETERY. 
 
 On North Branch, about I mile below 
 Putnam's Mills, is another cemetery, of 
 which Mr. Putnam furnishes the following 
 description : 
 
 "About 1810, Jno. Davis was buried on 
 land then occupied by him, known as the 
 Scudder lot, nearly in front of his house, 
 on the opposite side of the road. After 
 that time the place was used for a burying 
 ground, and 4 of an acre was enclosed with 
 a log-fence. At that time a man by the 
 name of Flanders lived where Chester 
 Taylor now lives ; Levi Lewis and wife, 
 Polly, lived where G. M. Whitney now 
 does. Jno. Davis and wife, Nancy, were 
 the first who lived on the Stiles place. 
 James Pittsly and wife, Esther, commenced 
 on the place known as the Bohonnon 
 place, on the east side of the stream, how 
 occupied by Jacob Putnam. After this, 
 Wm. Lewis purchased the Scudder lot and 
 the inhabitants erected a board fence around 
 the burying lot. Oct. 8, 1863, an asso- 
 ciation-was formed called the North Branch 
 Cemetery Association. The trustees pur- 
 chased 1 4 acres, together with the old 
 ground of Lathrop Lewis, -son of Wm. 
 Lewis, for $150, and built a good, substan- 
 tial fence around it, erected a hearse-house 
 and purchased a hearse. The location 
 being on the main road, and the soil dry 
 
MIDDLESEX. 
 
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 and sandy, makes it the most desirable 
 cemetery in the town." 
 
 Some of the oldest buried in North 
 Branch Cemetery were : Clarissa Gould, 
 aged 66 ; Ruth Minott, 66 ; Daniel Rugsell, 
 68 ; his wife, Temperance, 8i ; Reuben 
 Russell, 78; his wife, Susannah, 69; John 
 Gallison, 83 ; his wife, Phebe, 85 ; Allen 
 Gallison, 68 ; Enoch Kelton, 64 ; his wife, 
 Huldah, 72 ; Josiah Wright, 76 ; his wife, 
 Betsy, 84 ; Nathaniel Wentworth, 71 ; Eliz- 
 abeth, relict of Moses Wentworth, 87 ; Wil- 
 liam Lewis, 88 ; his wife, Hannah, 67 ; 
 Jacob Putnam, 73 ; his wife, Polly W., 57 ; 
 Betsy Thayer, 67 ; Isaac Batchelder, 61 ; 
 his wife, Mary, 68 ; David Herrick, 86 ; 
 his wife, Mary, 85 ; Stephen C. Jacobs, 76 : 
 Andrew Tracy, 75; his wife, Levina, 84; 
 Ebenezer Cummings, 94,; Abel H. Cole- 
 man, 75 ; David Gray, 82 ; David Hatch, 
 63 ; his wife, Sarah, 57 ; John McDermid, 
 nearly ']^ ; his wife, Adelia, nearly 72 ; 
 Louiza Lane, 72 ; Margaret Srtiith, 81 ; 
 Thomas Culver, 71 ; his Wife, Anna, Ti\ 
 Zeley Keyes, 76 ; Micah Hatch, 83 ; his 
 wife, Mary, 69 ; Ephraim Hall, 68; Tim- 
 othy Worth, 84 ; Solomon Lewis, 89 ; his 
 wife, Susannah, 70 ; his second wife, Lu- 
 cinda, 68 ; Elizabeth. Church, 60 ; Sabra 
 Burrell, 85 ; Wm. R. Kinson, 56; Hannah 
 Kinson, 73 ; Eunice Edgerly, 64. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia King, widow of Elder Na- 
 thaniel King, died at the house of her son- 
 in-law, Stephen Herrick, at the age of 91 
 years, and was buried in Northfield. 
 
 REMARKABLE CASE OF PETRIFACTION. 
 
 In March, 1846, James Vaughn (the 
 writer's father,) and family, which in- 
 cluded his father, Daniel Vaughn, moved 
 from Pomfret, this state, on to a farm in 
 the N. W. part of Middlesex. 
 
 "Uncle Daniel," as he was universally 
 called in Windsor County, was a man 
 about 5 feet, 10 inches in height, broad 
 shouldered, stout built, and weighing some 
 more than 200 lbs. He was noted for his 
 remarkable strength, his strong, heavy 
 voice, his sociality, his song-singing and 
 stbry-telling, and was a notedly robust 
 man, the solidity of muscle increasing as 
 age advanced to such an extent as to 
 
 make it necessary for him to use a cane 
 or crutches for the last 15 years of his life. 
 
 He died of dropsy June' 3, 1846, aged 
 78 years, and by his request was buried in 
 a place selected by himself in a sightly 
 spot near the house where he died. The 
 following March' the eldest daughter of 
 James Vaughn, aged 16, died of consump- 
 tion, and was buried in a grave near her 
 grandfather. In Feb. 1855 their remains 
 were taken up to be removed to the family 
 burying-lot in Woodstock cemetery. The 
 remains of the young lady were found in 
 the usual condition of those buried that 
 length of time. 
 
 The uncommon heft of Mr. Vaughn's 
 coffin led to an examination of the re- 
 mains, when it was found that the body 
 had become petrified. Every part, ex- 
 cepting the nose, was in perfect form, 
 nearly its natural color, but a little more 
 of a yellowish tinge, hard like stone, and 
 it weighed 550. lbs. The petrified body 
 was viewed by Mr. Vaughn's family tand 
 many of the neighbors in Middlesex, and 
 was also seen by many at Woodstock. A 
 somewhat minute examination by physi- 
 cians and scientific men revealed the fact 
 that the fingers, toes and the outer part of 
 the body were very hard and brittle, but 
 that the length of time had not been suffi- 
 cient to so fiiUy change the inner portions 
 of the most fleshly parts of the body and 
 limbs. But it was generally believed by 
 those who made examination that a few 
 years more of time would have made the 
 work of petrifaction complete, and chan- 
 ged the entire body to a mineral forma- 
 tion, that would perhaps endure for agesP 
 
 A biographical sketch of him we have 
 not given, as it properly belongs in Pom- 
 fret history, of which town he was an 
 early settler. 
 
 SUDDEN AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. 
 
 Luther Haskins, aged about 80, died in 
 a chair in Barrett & Holden's store. He 
 sat leaning slightly back, and was first 
 noticed to be dead by Will Herrick, who 
 happened to go into the store. 
 
 Nancy Hornbrook, aged 16, daughter of 
 Wm.' Hornbrook, dropped dead at a party 
 at Alfred Warren's, about the year 1856. 
 
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 When the railroad was being built, Lo- 
 vina Cameron, aged about 13, dau. of Ira 
 Cameron, of this town, was visiting in 
 Berlin. She and a cousin and another girl 
 were walking over the railroad bridge near 
 Montpelier Junction, stepping from one 
 stringer to another, all' having hold of 
 hands, when one made a misstep, and Miss 
 Cameron and her cousin fell through into 
 the river and were drowned. 
 
 U. W. Goodell, nephew of L. D. Ains- 
 worth, was struck on the forehead by a 
 stick thrown by a circular saw while work- 
 ing in Mr. Ainsworth's saw-mill, and lived 
 but a few hours. 
 
 Chester Newton, while working in the 
 same mill, helping to saw logsy was twitch- 
 ed upon the large circular saw, by the saw 
 catching a board he was moving, and so hor- 
 ribly mangled that he lived buta short time. 
 
 Alvaro, son of Frederick Richardson, 
 brakeman on the cars, aged 26 years, was 
 killed by his head striking the timbers 
 overhead in the dry-bridge at Waterbury, . 
 in 1879. Hinkley Chapin, aged 22, was 
 killed at the same place, and in the same 
 way, in 1851. 
 
 In 1872, Louis Amel's house, on east 
 hill, caught fire from smoking meat in the 
 woodrshed, and Mr. Amel was overcome 
 by the flimes while removing property, 
 and burned with the house. Ag?, 51 yrs. 
 
 Nathaniel Daniels was drowned in 1818 ; 
 see account of freshets. George, a son of 
 Hiram Williams, was drowned in the river 
 below the Narrows, while bathing, aged 
 about 16. Frank, son of Osgood Evans, 
 was in a boat above the Narrows, one pad- 
 dle broke, and lie went over the falls and 
 was drowned. His body was found in the 
 eddy below the Narrows. The only son 
 of Asa Chapin, was drowned in a spring 
 while drawing water for use in .the house, 
 and a little son of Samuel Mann was 
 drowned in a spring on the Stephen Her- 
 rick farm. 
 
 James Daniels, aged about 78, living at 
 Lawrence Fitzgerald's, was found dead in 
 bed in the morning. 
 
 Tl^ere have been 10 cases of suicide in 
 the last 60 years by Middlesex people, 7 of 
 which were committed in town. 
 
 STEPHEN HERRICK. 
 
 BY THE EDITOB. 
 
 We do not usually give sketches of the 
 living, but the senior writer of this town 
 history being so aged a man, and jt being 
 somewhat remarkable in his case that Of 
 210 men living in the town when he set- 
 tled here, who had families, that he has 
 been the last survivor of them all for eight 
 and a half years past, it seems a moderate 
 autobiographic record in such circum- 
 stances is admissible. 
 
 Mr. Herrick is of English and Scotch 
 descent, son of Stephen, senior ; born in 
 Randolph, Vt., Feb. 19* I79S- In' the 
 fall of' 1 820, he came to Middlesex, and se- 
 lected his location, bought in October, but 
 returned to Randolph,, taught school that 
 winter after jn Brookfield, and returned to 
 Middlesex in April, 1821. He bought his 
 farm of Reuben Mann, son of Samuel, who 
 was one of the first settlers, and where Mr. 
 H. has continued to reside for the past 6l ' 
 years. He married Lydia, dau. of Rev. 
 Nathaniel King; their children: Elizas- 
 mar. 1st, Chester Pierce of N. ,H., 2d, 
 Samuel Warren of Middlesex, 3d, Ad in 
 Miles of Worcester, , has three children 
 living : Nathaniel King; the only son, 
 who m. Jane Foster, 3 children, 2 living- 
 King Herrick, as he is always called, is a 
 merchant at Middlesex village ; Emily R., 
 who died at 22 ; Harriet, who m. Abram 
 S. Adams, had 5 children, and is deceased ; 
 Laura Jane, who m. John McDermid, had 
 2 daughters, buried one ; Nancy Jane, who 
 m. Arthur McDermid, bro. to John, 3 chil- 
 dren, her husband dying, m. 2d, Freder- 
 erick A. Richardson; Lydia Ann, who 
 mar. Heman Taplin, no children; and 
 youngest, Alma R., bom In 1842, married 
 V. V. Vaughn, Mar. 8, 1865,— children, 
 Mabel, died at 10 years, Wilmar Herrick, 
 Ida Alma, and Frank Waldo. 
 
 Mr. Herrick has been a man of great 
 physical strength and vigorous mind. 
 The following will evince what his mental 
 ability has been : 
 
 When the Vt. Central R. R. was being 
 built, Abram B. Barker and Thomas 
 
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 Haight contracted to build 2 miles of it 
 below Middlesex village. They carried 
 on work for about a year and failed. Ste- 
 phen Herrick took a contract to finish the 
 work; carried it on about 13 months, and 
 in consequence of short estimates also 
 failed — but for which he immediately com- 
 menced a suit against the R. R. Co., and 
 afterwards was retained for and commen- 
 ced a suit in favor of Barker and Haight 
 as agent for their creditors. After carry- 
 ing on these suits for 8 years he got a de- 
 cree against the R. R. Co. in his own 
 case for about $9000; the Barker & 
 Haight suit he prosecuted for 20 years be ■ 
 fore getting a final decree. 
 
 In these suits he took all his testimony 
 himself, examined his witnesses himself 
 in court, and wrote out his own pleas. In 
 a word he was his own lawyer. It is said 
 he once appeated in Supreme court with 
 his case written out, filling 300 pages, that 
 Gov. Paine, the president of the road, 
 said that that book would be the death of 
 him. Mr. Herrick tells the story now 
 well, and adds that it was. When Gov. 
 Raine was summoned, he told the officer 
 he had rather meet the devil than that 
 Stephen Herrick in the court. 
 
 He has also successfully, as town agent, 
 managed many suits for the town, includ- 
 ing the noted Wythe pauper suit with 
 Moretown, the Beckwith suit in regard to 
 settling the 3 ministerial lots, and the East 
 Hill road suit, and has managed many 
 grand jury .suits, in all of which he acted 
 as his own counsel and made . his own 
 pleas. ' 
 
 The Saturday before the death of the late 
 Hon. Daniel Baldwin, these two old men 
 met upon the street at Montpelier village. 
 Said Mr. Baldwin. "We two old men, 
 the two oldest inhabitants of our respective 
 neighboring towns, should have a visit to- 
 gether." Mr. Herrick assented, and asked 
 where it should be. "It must be at my 
 house," replied Mr. Baldwin, "and next 
 Saturday, one week from to-day." The 
 following Wednesday Mr. Baldwin died. 
 Mr. Herrick seems remarkably hale and 
 hearty yet. 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS. 
 
 No ofScial list of Revolutionary soldiers 
 who have resided in Middlesex can be ob- 
 tained, but the following'named men are 
 said to have been Revolutionary pension- 
 ers who have lived in town : Estes Hatch, 
 — Sloan, Jas. Hobart, Cyrus Hill, Micah' 
 Hatch, David Phelps, Col. Joseph Hutch- 
 ins, Joseph Chapin, Sr., Lyman Tolman. 
 
 Seth Putnam was one of the first three 
 settlers in Washington County, haying 
 moved into Middlesex in 1785. He was a 
 cousin to the noted Israel Putnam, and as 
 a subaltern in Col. Warner's celebrated 
 regiment of Green Mountain Boys, partic- 
 ipated in their battles and marches in the 
 old Revolution. He related many of his 
 at^ventures of the first settlement, and 
 among them one of a remarkable march 
 which he made through the wilderness in a 
 snow-storm, from Rutland, where he had 
 been in attendance as a member of the 
 legislature during the month of November. 
 The only traveled road to his home was 
 then around by Burlington. 
 
 SOLDIERS BURIED IN TOWN IN THE 
 WAR OF 1 861. 
 
 S. F. Jones, Jacob Jones and Zehas 
 Hatch, — in North Branch Cemetery. 
 
 Chester Newton, — in thfe Cemetet'y at 
 the Center. 
 
 Nathaniel Jones, — in the village Ceme- 
 tery. 
 
 Mrs. Esther Shontell, of this town, sent 
 seven sons into the army in. this war : Wil- 
 liam, who measured 6 feet 8 inches in 
 height ; Benjamin, 6 feet 4 inches ; Fred- 
 erick, 6 feet 3 inches ; Leander, 5 feet 9 
 inches ; Lewis, 6 feet I inch ; Joseph, 6 
 feet 7 inches ; Augustus, 6 feet. Two of 
 th'e brothers were killed ; and the mother 
 draws a pension for one of them. Anoth- 
 er left a widow, and two are pensioned on 
 account of wounds. 
 
 O, the stroDg Middlesex boys 
 W ere mad for tbe war. I 
 
 Atid the u-ime of each hero 
 To the ages afar 
 
 Shall leave a track like a comet- 
 Each shine as a star. 
 
248 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 List of Men credited to the Town of Middlesex, 1861-1865. 
 
 BY STEPHEN HEBBICK. 
 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR THREE YEARS. 
 
 Brown, Harvey W. 
 Smith, William S. 
 Ripley, William C. 
 Scribner, Walter 
 . Herrick, George S. 
 Leonard, Alonzo R. 
 Leonard, Charles P. 
 Cushman, George H. 
 Evans, Goin B. 
 Gould, Page 
 Gould, Worthen T. 
 Jones, Stephen F. 
 Jones, Jacob G. 
 Divine, John 
 Lee, John Jr. 
 Sweeny, James 
 Leonard, John R 
 Whitney, Elijah 
 Hogan, John 
 Shontell, William 
 Shontell, Benjamin 
 Shontell, Frederick 
 Shontell, Leander 
 Amel, Louis 
 Warren, Lorenzo S. 
 Warren, Alonzo S. 
 Kinson, Benjamin H. 
 Wilson, Francis 
 Nichols, Roswell S. 
 Lewis, Frederick A. 
 Lewis, DeForest L. 
 Scott, Elisha 
 George, Albert 
 Smith, John W. 
 Chase, Austin A. 
 Spencer, George W. 
 Hastings, Sidney B. 
 Dudley, William N. 
 
 Age. Reg. Go. 
 
 2 F 
 
 do 
 
 4G 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 6 G 
 6H 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 6 G 
 do 
 do 
 6 F 
 do 
 6H 
 8 E 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 18 Cav C 
 do 
 
 19 
 22 
 21 
 21 
 
 23 
 21 
 
 19 
 34 
 21 
 21 
 18 
 
 44 
 18 
 
 30 
 32 
 35 
 26 
 
 31 
 
 22 
 25 
 24 
 22 
 
 19 
 38 
 22 
 20 
 26 
 28 
 41 
 
 20 
 SO 
 21 
 
 41 
 21 
 28 
 42 
 32 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 Enlistment. 
 May 7 61 
 
 do 
 June ,1 61 
 Aug 22 61 
 Aug 29 61 
 Sept 3 61 
 
 do 
 Aug 22 61 
 Feb 18 62 
 Aug 14 61 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Oct 15 61 
 Sept 20 61 
 Sept 23 61 
 Oct 3 61 
 Oct 8 61 
 Aug 14 61 
 Oct 21 61 
 Dec i6 61 
 Jan 10 62 
 Dec 16 61 
 Oct 7 61 
 Dec 7 61 
 
 do 
 Oct 3 61 
 
 do-^ 
 Nov 30 61 
 Sept 13 6i 
 Nov 12 61 
 Sept 20 61 
 Sept 13 6i 
 Sept 12 61 
 Oct 3 61 
 Sept 20 61 
 
 do 
 Sept 12 6i 
 
 Preston, Philander R. 27 do Sept 21 61 
 
 Wells, Wari-e'n O. 
 Hills, Zerah 
 Oakland, George 
 Hogan, Henry 
 Smith, William P. 
 Cushman, Holmes 
 Williams, Hiram 
 Morrisett, John 
 Patterson, Robert 
 Scaribo, Fabius 
 Lewis, Charles J. 
 Fifield, William C. 
 Tobin, John W. 
 Cameron, Sylvester 
 Ward, Tertullus C. 
 Bean, Albert 
 Bruce, George W. 
 Jones, Jabez 
 Chase, Amos J. 
 Buck, William H. H. 
 Tem'pleton, James A. 
 Cameron, John 
 Rublee, Otis N. 
 Herrick, Geo. S. 
 Amel, Louis 
 
 38 
 34 
 24 
 20 
 
 19 
 27 
 29 
 28 
 
 35 
 28 
 
 25 
 41 
 i8 
 
 26 
 23 
 23 
 '9 
 40 
 22 
 
 45 
 26 
 18 
 25 
 "9 
 
 1st Bat 
 
 do 
 2d Bat 
 
 10 B 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 11 D 
 6 F 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 2D 
 
 10 K 
 
 11 I 
 CavC 
 CavG 
 CavC 
 
 do 
 
 3d Bat 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Dec 3 61 
 
 do 
 Oct 23 6i 
 June 18 62 
 June 30 62 
 July 25 62 
 Aug I 62 
 July 30 62 
 Aug 6 62 
 Aug 4 62 
 Aug 12 62 
 Aug 15 62 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Aug II 62 
 Dec 5 63 
 Nov 24 63 
 Dec II 63 
 Dec 8 63 
 Dec 18 63 
 Sept 563 
 Nov 2 63 
 Sept 1563 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Died Feb. 4, 63, at Point Lookout, Md. 
 
 Died Sept. 5, 61, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Discharged Nov. 8, 62. [23, 65. 
 
 Corp : pris. June 23, 64 : must, out May 
 
 Discharged Jan. 21, 63. 
 
 Discharged Dec. 18, di. 
 
 Re-en. Feb. 8, 64 : must, out May 23, 65. 
 
 Corp : killed at Weldon R.R. June 23, 64. 
 
 Discharged April 24, 63. [June 26. 65. 
 
 First Serg : wd. April 16, 62 : must, out 
 
 Died Jan. 4, 63, at Belle Plains, Va. 
 
 Died Feb. 63, at Brattleboro. 
 
 Died Jan. 24, 62, at Camp Griffin. 
 
 Re-en. Dec. i Si 63 : must, out June 26, 6s. 
 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, ^ : must, out July IS, 65- 
 
 Discharged Jan. 8, 62. 
 
 Mustered out Oct. 28, 64. 
 
 First Lieut : resigned June 19, 62. 
 
 Wd. April 16, 62 : deserted Jan. 19, 63. 
 
 Corp : discharged Feb. 12, 63. 
 
 Discharged Oct. 16, 62. 
 
 Died May 16, 62. 
 
 Wd. Sept. 4, 62 : must, out Aug. 3, 64. 
 
 Re-en. Jan. s, 64 : must, out June 28, 65. 
 
 Wd. Sept. 4, 62 : dis. April 6, 63. 
 
 Died March 19, 63. 
 
 Died June 18, 62. 
 
 Corp : died Dec. 5, 62. 
 
 Musician : discharged June 30, 62. 
 
 Paroled pris : must, out May 23, 6s. 
 
 Mustered out Nov. 18, 64. 
 
 do [Nov. 18, 64. 
 
 Pro. Corp : wd. Apr. i, 63 : mustered out 
 
 Corp : discharged Oct. 9, 62. 
 
 Discharged Nov. 27, 61. 
 
 Discharged Oct. 3, 62. 
 
 Discharged Nov. 18, 64. 
 
 Discharged Jan. 13, 63. 
 C Wd. July 6, 63 : Re-en. Dec. 31, 63 ; tak- 
 ; ken pris. June 29, 64 ; died at Florence, 
 ( S. C, Jan., 6s. 
 
 Corp : mustered out Aug. lo, 64. [La. 
 
 Corp : died June 25, 63, at Port Hudson, 
 
 Corp: re-en.Feb.20,64: mus.out JuTy 31,65 
 
 Pro. Corp: do. Serg: mus. out June 13, 65. 
 
 Died Oct. 12, 62. 
 
 Mustered out June 22, 65. 
 
 Died Feb. 17, 65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mustered out June 22, 65. 
 
 Wd. Oct. 19, 64 : dis. May 27, 65. 
 
 Mustered out Jiine 22, 65. [15, 65. 
 
 Sec. Lt : pro. ist Lt : do. Capt : dis. May 
 
 Must, out June 19, 65. [out June 19, 65. 
 
 Wd.Sep. ig, 64: pro. Corp: do Serg: mus. 
 
 Mustered out June 19, 65. 
 
 Killed in ac. at Gettysburgh, July 3, 63. 
 Died Oct. 3, 64, at Sandy Hook, of wds. 
 
 Deserted July j, 63. 
 Died at Middlesex, July 10, 63. 
 Mustered out Aug. 9, 65. 
 Discharged Sept. is, 65. 
 Mustered out Aug. 9, 65. 
 Wd. May 6, 64 : discharged Feb. 22, St.. 
 Musician : mustered out June 15, 65. 
 do do 
 
 do 
 
MIDDLESEX. 
 
 249 
 
 Names. Age. Reg. Co. Enlistment. 
 
 Chase, Albert H. 19 3d Bat Aug 29 63 
 
 Kirkland, William 21 do Sept 5 63 
 
 Leonard, Alonzo R. 21 do do 
 
 Libby, Frank F. i8 do Nov 11 63 
 
 Shontell, William 27 do Sept i S 63 
 
 Stone, Charles H. 20 do Sept 3 63 
 
 Hastings, Flavel J. 20 Cav C Dec 4 63 
 
 Scott, George W. 18 do Dec 11 63 
 
 Wheeler, Charles 45 10 B Dec 19 63 
 
 Wing, Lemuel B. 18 SS C Dec 28 63 
 
 Murray, Henry 79 Cav C Dec 31 63 
 
 Shepley, Elliot W. 43 do Dec 25 63 
 
 Towner, John S. 26 do Dec 18 63 
 
 Barton, David 44 10 B Dec 14 63 
 
 Smith, Abner 42 do Dec 28 63 
 
 MagQon, Henry C. 18 4 G do 
 
 Mee, Cornelius 18 1 1 H Dec 19 63 
 
 Willey, Albert 19 17 C Sept 3 63 
 
 Remarks. 
 Mustered oi^t June 1 5, 65. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Promoted Corporal : do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Mustered out Aug. 9, 65. [Aug. 17, 64. , 
 Pris. June 29, 64 : died at Andersouville, 
 Discharged May 15, 65.' 
 Discharged Mar. 10, 65. [9, 65. 
 
 Pro. Serg : wd. Apr. 3, 65 : must out Aug. 
 Wd. May 5, 64 : Must, out Aug 9, 65. 
 Pris. June 29, 64 : died Oct. 2, 64. 
 Mustered out June 29, 64. 
 Killed in act. at Cold Harbor, June i , 64. 
 ■ Died at Brattleboro, Aug. 20, 64. 
 Mustered out Aug 2, 65. 
 Mustered out July 14, 65 : pro. Corp. 
 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR NINE MONTHS. 
 
 Putnam, Chris. C. Jr. 
 Whitney, William H. H. 
 Whitney, Hiram G. 
 Whitney, Sidney E. 
 Jones, Dudley B. 
 Jones, Jabez 
 Benjamin, R.-Plummer 
 Jones, Edwin 
 McElroy, Clesson R. 
 Luce, Merrill O. 
 Potwin, Joseph 
 Ordway,'Royal 
 Barnett, Williami W. 
 Willey, Albert 
 Flood, Gregory 
 Nichols, Eugene 
 Miles, Otis G. 
 Chase, Albert H. • 
 McCarron, Barney 
 Gharaberlin, Burt J. 
 Rublee, Otis H. 
 White, Lucian W. 
 Moulton, Stedman D. 
 Wright, Edwin L. 
 Taylor, Francis F. 
 Lawrence, George S. 
 Scribner, Hiram W. 
 Slade, William 
 
 Atridge, Nathaniel 
 Cameron, James 
 Jones, Edwin R. 
 Nichols, Henry W. 
 Alden, Sylvester O. 
 Edgerly, James 
 Saunders, Asa S. 
 Dodge, Wallace W. 
 Dutton, Charles H. 
 Wakefield, William H. 
 Andrews, Salmon F. 
 Whitney, Geo. M. 
 Connor, Francis R. 
 Whitney, Sidney E. 
 Stiles, Orrin 
 Nichols, Eugene H. 
 Loizell, Julius 
 Smith, James H. 
 Wells, Warren 
 Marsh, Rufijs H. 
 Richardson, Plummer H. 
 
 32 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 13 B 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 13 H 
 
 'i^ 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 13 A 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 Aug 25 62 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Aug 29 62 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Aug 25 62 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do ■ 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Oct 3 62 
 Sept I 62 
 Sept 3 62 
 Aug 29 62 
 Sept 8 62 
 Sept 15 62 
 Sept 8 62 
 Sept 10 62 
 
 21 Rec Aug 19 64 
 
 18 2D July 30 64 
 
 20 Cav C Aug 22 64 
 18 2D Aug 2 64 
 
 27 do Aug 19 64 
 39 , do Aug 20 64 
 
 28 do do 
 
 21 3d Bat Aug 22 64 
 
 22 do do 
 
 23 17 E Aug 31 64 
 28 do do 
 
 34 FrbntCav Jan 3 65 
 
 21 do do 
 20 do do 
 
 43 2D Feb 4 6s 
 
 22 do do 
 
 18 do Feb 8 6s 
 
 22 7 I Feb II 65 
 
 ist Corps Jan 25 65 
 
 do Feb 14 65 
 
 20 6K Mar 1565 
 
 Pro. Serg : must, out July 21, 63. 
 Discharged April 6, 63. 
 Musician : mustered out July 21, 63. 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 2d Lt : pro. 1st Lt: mus. out July 21, 63. 
 Corp : pro. Serg : do 
 
 Corp : do 
 
 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 Pro. Corp : Must, out July 21, 63. 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 Musician : do 
 
 do 
 Discharged April 24, 63. ' 
 
 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 Died April 16, 63. 
 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 do 
 do 
 
 ONE YEAR. 
 
 Discharged Oct. i, 64. 
 Mustered out June 19, 65. [pris, of wds. 
 Died Oct. 7, 64, at Mt. Jackson, Va., while 
 Mustered out June 19, 65. [June 19, 65. 
 Wd. at Cedar Creek,Oct. 19, 64 : must, out 
 Died Oct. 31, 64, at Winchester, Va. 
 Mustered out June 19, 65. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Mustered out June 2, 65. 
 Mustered out May 13, 65. 
 do June 27, 65. 
 
 do 
 do 
 Mustered out July 15, 65. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Mustered out Feb. 11, 66. 
 Discharged Jan. 24, 66. . 
 Discharged Feb. 13, 66. 
 Mustered out June 26, 65. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Names^ 
 
 Hatch, Zenas 
 
 Vaughn, Henry J. 
 Woodward, Harrison 
 
 Hogan, John C. 
 
 Orrin Bruce, 
 Myron W. Miles, 
 
 Age. 
 21 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 DRAFfED AND ENTERED SERVICE. 
 Reg. Co. Enlistment. Remarks. 
 
 Wd. at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64: died 
 Nov. II, 64, of wds. rec. Oct. 19, 64. 
 6 E do Mustered out June 13, 65. 
 
 3.04- 
 
 {' 
 
 2 K do Discharged Jan. 23, 
 
 SUBSTITUTE — FOR M. O. EVANS. 
 
 20 4 I July 23 63 Pris. June 23, 64 : sup. died in reb. pris. 
 
 PAID COMMUTATION. 
 
 Francis B. Connor, Jeremiah Mahoney, Luther Maxhatn, 
 
 Chester Smith, 
 
 E. D. Williams, 
 
 Chas. H. Willey. 
 
 SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF l8l2. 
 
 Being unable to obtain an ofBcial list of 
 the 1812 soldiers, I rely on the recollection 
 of the oldest men in town for the following 
 list of Plattsburgh Volunteers : 
 
 Holden Putnam, captain of the Company 
 from Middlesex and vicinity, Horace Hol- 
 den, Xerxes Holden, Lewis Putnam, Ze- 
 bina Warren, Nathaniel Carpenter, Alan- 
 son Carpenter, Samuel Barnett, David Har- 
 rington, Ephraim Keyes, Benj. Chatterton, 
 Nathan Huntley, Abram Gale, Ru&s Cham- 
 berlin, Rufus Leland, Samuel Meads, Jesse 
 Johnson, Hubbard Willey, " Priest " Cole. 
 
 It is related respecting some of the Mid- 
 dlesex volunteers to Plattsburgh: The 
 Sunday previous to the battle, a Middlesex 
 minister, known as "Priest" Cole, preach- 
 ed a fiery war sermon, in which he urged 
 every man capable of bearing arms to 
 bravely turn out and meet the British in 
 case of an invasion. Before the close of 
 that week the march of the enemy towards 
 Vermont was announced, and the reverend 
 minister was one of the volunteers. When 
 Captain Putnam reached the Lake with 
 his company, he drew them up in a line, 
 and gave orders for "all who had the 
 cannon fever and did not want to cross the 
 lake, to fall bacli: to the rear." Not a man 
 stirred except Priest Cole, who stepped 
 back a few paces and there remained. A 
 few days after the battle. Rev. Mr. C. was 
 sitting in Enoch Clark's store, in the house 
 now occupied by L. D. Ainsworth, when 
 Esquire Nathaniel Carpenter entered, and 
 sitting down by his side, slapping him on 
 the knee, remarked, " Priest Cole, I was 
 never more surprised in my life than I was 
 to see you step back and not want to meet 
 the British." Mr. Cole coolly replied, 
 " Esq. Carpenter, it is a great deal easier 
 to preach than to practice." ' 
 
 OUR CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE CHURCH. 
 BY MBS. ALMA It. VAUOnK. 
 
 You bave asked fur a poem, and what shall it be ? 
 O, yes, I will sing for our new Christmas tree. 
 liQit all come under its boughs, the greacand.the small. 
 If the house is not full, 'tis no Christmas at all. 
 Let us laugh and be merry; all be of good cheer. 
 For our Christmas day comes only once In a year, — 
 How delighted and happy we all feel to-night. 
 How the little ones look on the tree with delight! 
 
 But 1 could not but think, as we Just knelt in prayer, 
 Of the poor and the lowly, have they a gift there ? 
 And my mind it turned back to the thoughts of the 
 
 morn. 
 That 'twas on Christmas Eye that our Saviour was 
 
 born. I 
 
 Though the gift may be bumble that's placed on the 
 
 tree, 
 'Tis in memory of Christ;— like His gifts let it be :— 
 If a gift to the poor or the meek has been given, 
 You've laid up for yourselves a rich treasure in 
 
 Heaven. 
 
 We now iionor His birthday with gifts and with mirth ; 
 Let us liope for His kindness and love while on earth. 
 And that Heaven's rich blessings may rest on us all, 
 That no sorrdw, nor evil, nor ill may befall. 
 Then tajce not the gifts f^om the tree with fond pride. 
 But think 'twas for Ihec that our Saviour has died ; 
 And receive each gift humbly, to-nlglit, from the tree. 
 As an emblem of love— of His kindness to thee. 
 
 SUNSHINE WILL FOLLOW THE RAIN. 
 
 BY MES. ALUAR. VAUGHN. 
 
 Ut& has its moments of gladness, 
 
 Lllte has its moments of pain ; 
 Yet God, He is near in our sorrow. 
 
 Sunshine will follow the rain. 
 
 Wliy are we ever a shading 
 Our moments of gladness with pain? 
 
 Why are we apt to repining? 
 Sunshine will follow the rain. 
 
 NOTHING LEFT UNDONE. 
 Oh, can we, as the night has come. 
 
 Review the day with pride, and say. 
 We have left nothing now undone 
 
 Of which we should have done to-day ? 
 
 For soon, how soon our days are through. 
 
 Our work in life will all be done; 
 Oh, can we say, as death draws nigh, 
 
 No earthly task is left undone? 
 
 [We selected from Mrs. Vaughn's poems 
 one or two other pieces, which we should 
 give would it not overrun the pages allot- 
 ted for Middlesex.— ^■rf.] 
 
M0NTPELIER. 
 
 25 1 
 
 MONTPELIER. 
 
 BY HON. ELIAKIM P. WALTON. 
 
 From the first Vermont grant of the 
 town of Montpelier, Oct. 21, 1780, to Jan. 
 I, 1849, the territory known by that name 
 embraced the present towns of Montpelier 
 and East Monpelier ; hence this paper 
 will for that period give the history of the 
 two existing towns under the original 
 name, and of the present, town of Mont- 
 pelier from -the last-named date. 
 
 location. 
 
 The original town was located on the 
 longest river which has both its origin and 
 embouchure within the State — the Win- 
 ooski. In a map published at New Haven, 
 Conn., about 1779, this river was called, 
 "■R. a laMoelle, FrenchR. or WenusooR., 
 also Oniain R." The first name was given 
 by Champlain in 1609, to the next princi- 
 pal river north, now called Lamoille, and 
 it was erroneously applied to the Winooski 
 on the map referred to ; French, or Onion, 
 river was the name given in early New 
 Hampshire charters of towns located on 
 the river, and " Wenusoo " and " OniairC^ 
 were the erroneous readings by the drafts- 
 man or engraver, for the genuine and beau- 
 tiful Winooski, and the equally genuine 
 but strong-flavored Onion, which suggests 
 rather the richness of the broad meadows 
 on either bank than the exceeding beauty 
 of the mingled landscape of water, meads 
 and magnificent mountains. 
 
 The town was located in latitude 44° 
 17' north, and longitude 4° 25' east from 
 the capitol at Washington, and about 10 
 miles north-east from the exact geograph- 
 ical centre of the State, which is near the 
 west line of Northfield, in the mountain 
 between Northfield and Waitsfield. Four 
 important branches embouch in the town 
 or on its border: Dog river from the 
 south, Stevens's Branch from the south-east 
 and Kingsbury's Branch and North Branch 
 from tlje north, while the Winooski itself 
 enters near the north-eastern, and runs to 
 the south-western, corner of the town. 
 Dog river gave the passage for the Vermont 
 Central railroad through the mountains to 
 the third branch of White river, which 
 
 has its source at the same level as that of 
 Dog river ; Stevens's Branch has the same 
 source in one of its branches as the second 
 braiich of White river, which cuts through 
 the eastern mountain range by the famous 
 " Gulf" in Williamstown, and a branch of 
 Stevens's, from Barre, gives easy access to 
 the valley of Wait's river. The northern 
 branches of the Winooski give eligible 
 passes to the upper valleys of Wells and 
 Lamoille rivers, and North Branch gives 
 an easy and almost a perfectly straight pass 
 into the valley of the Lamoille,oppositeWild 
 Branch, which cuts through to a branch 
 of Black river, and thus opens a clear way 
 to Lake Memphremagog at Newport. This 
 location of the town, so central and so 
 easily accessible to the surrounding coun- 
 try in every direction, probably had an 
 important influence in making it the polit- 
 ical capital of the State, as it certainly has 
 had upon the thrift of its business men. 
 These facts also indicate that in the future, 
 as ability shall be given, the village of 
 Montpelier will become the centre for the 
 intersection of at least five railroad lines, 
 running in the river valleys above named, 
 making it ultimately as accessible by rail 
 as it has been by the ordinary highways. 
 The_ Central railroad now opens two of 
 these valleys to Montpelier ; in the third, the 
 Montpelier and Wells River railroad is now 
 in operation ; in the fourth, the managers 
 of the Central road contemplate the laying 
 of a track, and in that event the valley of 
 the North Branch to the Lamoille will 
 alone remain to be occupied. A survey 
 for a railroad there has been made, and the 
 route is proved to be feasible. 
 
 EARLIEST GRANTS. 
 
 The earliest known grant of any part of 
 the territory, on which the township was 
 located, was made by CadwalladerColden, 
 Lieutenant and acting Governor of the then 
 royal Province of New York, June 13, 
 1770, under the name of "Newbrook," 
 which was a grant to Jacobus Van Zant. 
 On a map of Vermont, and of parts of 
 New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York 
 andPennsylvania,publishedat New Haven, 
 Conn., when the inhabitants of Vermont 
 held their lands "by the triple title of 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 honest purchase, of Industry in Settling, 
 and now lately that of conquest" the lafet 
 phrase indicating about 1779 as the date — 
 this New York township seems to have 
 embraced Montpelier eastward from ashort 
 distance west of the mouth of North Branch, 
 near the spot on which the State Capitol 
 stands, with parts of Barre, Plainfield and 
 Berlin." 
 
 On the 25th of June, 1770, still another 
 small portion of Montpelier, on the East- 
 ern border of the town, was granted, by 
 the same authority, under the name of 
 " Kingsborough," to John Morin Scott, 
 who was subseqnently a delegate from New 
 York in the Continental Congress ; and on 
 the 3d of July, 1771, John Murray, Earl of 
 Dunmore, and then Governor of New York, 
 granted yet another portion, under the 
 name of " Kilby," to William McAdams. 
 According to the map referred to', this 
 grant covered all but a very narrow gore 
 between the New Hampshire grant of 
 Middlesex and the preceding New York 
 grants of Kingsborough and Newbrook. 
 Hon. Hiland Hall has suggested that 
 Newbrook embraced Waterbury and vi- 
 cinity, Kingsborough, Montpelier and vi- 
 cinity, and Kilby, Middlesex and vicinity ;f 
 but the New Haven map very correctly 
 marks all the towns granted by New 
 Hampshire on the North side of the Win- 
 ooski, from Colchester to Middlesex, both 
 included, with the names they now bear, ex- 
 cept Belton for Bolton, and an omission of 
 the cornen of Richmond, which is included 
 in Jericho. Immediately adjoining and 
 East of Middlesex is " Kilby," just where 
 Montpelier belongs. The only difficulty 
 
 * The explanation on the map brings out so strongly 
 the Vermont spirit of those days, that It Is worth copy- 
 ing entire, as follows : 
 " The Townships or Grants East of Lake Cham- 
 plain are laid (town as granted by the State of 
 uS^.P,*"^^'""^' Except those that are marked 
 Y Which were granted by the State of New Youk 
 " on .'"'Jocated ground, where they do not lirterfere 
 with the Hampshire Grants; the Spurious New 
 York grants that interfere with the cflder ones are 
 marked with dotted lines, and as they are mostly 
 granted to Officers In the Begnlar army except a 
 ftw which have the name of Wall! 8, Kemp, and 
 some such other favourites of these Princes of Land 
 a?-5;^«H*'°?i?=' Dtomoee, Golden, and Tbyon, 
 " ,,i???P^ °" 'S™' ',* .V^ ■"" thought worth while to 
 "2?I?."V°S= EsPfo'al'y, "S the Inhabltiints of the 
 "ff'^'o"„°I7"»£±''°^x';j'ilf!?.!" telh^ «"P'e title 
 
 Isi'lsTJes *'''°"'°°" aociely ColtecHons, Vol. I, pp. 
 
 in the case is that "Kilby" contained 
 30,000 acres, or 6,930 more than Mont- 
 pelier, which would piake "Kilby "cov- 
 er a part of the present towns of Plain- 
 field and Marshfieid, with the whole of 
 Montpelier ; but, on the other hand, in that 
 case, the junctions of North Branch and 
 Stevens's Branch with the Winooski should 
 be in " Kilby " on the map, whereas they 
 are in " Newbrook." The writer has con- 
 jectured that "Kilby" in fact embraced part 
 of the territory laid down on the map 
 as Middlesex, and that Montpelier was 
 covered by parts of "Kilby," " New- 
 brook "and "Kingsborough," which would 
 bring Berlin very near its correct place on 
 the map, where it is in fact quite erro- 
 neously placed in relation to Middlesex. 
 These statements are of some interest as 
 belonging to the history of the town, yet 
 they are of no possible importarjce, since 
 the grantees of New York appear never to 
 have availed themselves of their grants, 
 though an attempt was made to survey this 
 region in 1773, by Samuel Gale, which was 
 prevented by Ira Allen.* 
 
 The names of the New. York grantees do 
 not appear in the list of persons who re- 
 ceived compensation for their lands out of 
 the $30,000 paid by Vermont to New York 
 as a settlement of the long and bitter con- 
 troversy for title and jurisdiction. The 
 three New York grants were therefore dor- 
 mant, or had lapsed for want of compliance 
 with prescribed conditons, when, in 1780, a 
 petition was filed in the office of the Secre- 
 tary of State of Vermont, by Timothy Big- 
 elow, Jacob Davis, Jacob Pavis, Jr., Thos. 
 Davis, and others, asking for a grant of 
 unappropriated land. This was at the 
 most critical period in the history of Ver- 
 mont, when New York and New Hamp- 
 shire were both claiming jurisdiction of 
 the State, and Congress seemed so strongly 
 bent upon sacrificing it to one of the claim- 
 ing States, or dividing it between both, 
 that the agents of Vermont in Cqngress 
 withdrew, and indignantly refused further 
 to attend, though invited to do so.f 
 
 • Vl. Historical Society Collections, Vol. I, n. 356 
 whore Allen states explicitly that Giile's oanin was 
 •near the norllieast corner of the [then] present 
 town of Montpelier." 
 
 t/Same, Vol. U, pages 31-34. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 253 
 
 At this period, two-thirds of the State 
 were occupied by the scouts of the British 
 army and the Green Mountain Boys,* and 
 the British far exceeded the Vermonters 
 in the number of men and in military sup- 
 plies. In fact, on the very day when the 
 General Assembly authorized the grant of 
 Montpelier, Major Carleton with a British 
 force was at Ticonderoga, just returned 
 from a successful raid on North-eastern 
 New York,' in which he had captured Forts 
 Ann and George, and destroyed nearly all 
 the farm-houses and barns in the towns of 
 Kingsborough and Queensborough.f 
 
 'It was at this critical time that Vermont 
 was forced to rely on policy rather than 
 arms for protection, and the negotiation 
 with Gen. Frederick Haldimand, Governor 
 and Commander-in-Chief of the British 
 forces in Canada, was then instituted. In 
 these desperate circumstances, one of the 
 greatest difficulties was the want of money 
 with which to supply and pay the little 
 army of the 'infant State — a State which 
 was not only relying solely on its own re- 
 sources for its own defense, but actually 
 had furnished and was in part supporting 
 Col. Seth Warner's regiment in the Con- 
 tinental army, then and while in service 
 used for the protection of Vermont's most 
 dangerous enemy — New York. For the 
 extraordinary expenses of military defense, 
 the taxes upon a people just entered upon 
 the primeval forests, and having hardly 
 cleared enough to afford a scanty support 
 even in peaceful times, would not suffice ; 
 and necessarily, therefore, the State Gov- 
 ernment relied upon the sale of its wild 
 lands, and of the confiscated estates of en- 
 emies, for a fund to meet extraordinary 
 expenses. An essential point of course 
 was, to find purchasers who could make 
 ready pay in specie, or its equivalent, and 
 thus supply the pressing needs of the gov- 
 ernment. Accordingly we find, on the 
 Assembly journal of the 14th of October, 
 1780, the following entry: 
 
 Resolved, that a Committee of five, to 
 join a Committee from the Council, be ap- 
 
 *Iii October, 1780, the month in which the grant of 
 Montpelier was asked, aBrltisli party passed thruueh 
 Ihat t»)wii,on thei r way to attack Royalton.— See B.H. 
 H-aW^ Eaiit&ii Ver-manU^i ^83. 
 
 t Vt. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. II. pages 36, 41 44, 66-69. 
 
 pointed to take into consideration the sit- 
 uation of ungranted lands within this State 
 which can be settled, and the several pe- 
 titions filed in the Secretary's office pray- 
 ing for grants of unlocated lands, and 
 report their opinion wAat lands can be 
 granted and what persons will most con- 
 duce to the -welfare of this State to have such 
 grants. 
 
 The members chosen by ballot are, Mr. 
 Samuel Robinson, Mr. [Edward] Harris, 
 Col. [John] Strong, Mr. [Ebenezer] Cur- 
 tiss, and Mr. [Joshua] Webb.* 
 
 This Committee was deemed so impor- 
 tant that on the 17th of October, 1780, the 
 Assembly added to it four members, to 
 wit: Mr. [Matthew] Lyon, Mr. [Benja- 
 min] Whipple, Mr. [Thothas] Porter, and 
 Mr, [Major Thomas] Murdock.f The 
 members of this Committee were selected 
 from the then most important towns in 
 the State, to wit: Bennington, Halifax, 
 Dorset, Windsor, Rockingham, Arling- 
 ton, Rutland, Tinmouth and Norwich ; 
 and the Council completed the Committee 
 by adding leading men of the time, all 
 noted in Vermont history, to wit: Ira 
 Allen, John Fassett, (Jr.,) Jonas Fay and 
 Paul Spooner.J 
 
 The grant of the township of Montpel- 
 ier — a name given by Col. Jacob Davis- 
 was, in this emergency, the first one rec- 
 oinmended by the Committee and the first 
 one authorized by the General Assembly. 
 
 In General Assembly, ? 
 
 Saturday Oct. 21st, 1780. \ 
 
 The committee appointed to take into 
 consideration the ungranted lands in this 
 State, and the several Pitches on file in the 
 Secretary's office, &c., brought in the fol- 
 lowing report, viz : 
 
 "That, in our opinion, the following 
 tract of land, viz : lying east of and adjoin- 
 ing Middlesex, on Onion river, and partly 
 north of Berlin, containing 23040 acres, be 
 granted by the Assembly unto Col. Timo- 
 thy Bigelow and Company, by the name 
 
 of MON'TPELIER." 
 
 . Signed, Paul Spooner, Chairman. 
 
 The aforesaid report was read and ac- 
 cepted, and 
 
 • Resolved, That there be and hereby is 
 granted unto Col. Timothy Bigelow and 
 company, being sixty in number, a town- 
 ship of land, by the name of Montpelier, 
 
 " Ms. Aaembly Journal, 177S-1781, p. 128. 
 
 t Same Assembly Journal, p, 130. 
 
 X Ms. Journals of Council, 1778 to 1 780, p.3\3. 
 
254 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 situate and lying in this State, bounded as 
 follows, viz : lying east of and adjoining 
 Middlesex, on Onion river, and partly 
 north of Berlin, ' containing 23040 acres : 
 And the Governor and Council are hereby 
 requested to issue a Grant or Charter of 
 incorporation of said township of Montpe- 
 lier, under such restrictions, reservations, 
 and for such considerations, as they shall 
 judge best for the benefit of the State. * 
 In Council, ? 
 
 Saturday, 21st Oct., 1780. $ 
 
 The Governor and Council, to whom was 
 referred the stating the fees for the grant 
 of land made this day, b]^ the General As- 
 sembly of this State, having had the same 
 under their consideratiou, have stated the 
 fees aforesaid at four hundred and eighty 
 pounds for the sd. land, being one town- 
 ship by the name of Montpelier, in hard 
 money, or an equivalent in Continental 
 Currency, to be paid by Col. Timothy Big- 
 elow or his attorney, on the execution of 
 the Charter of Incorporation, on or before 
 the 20th day of January next. 
 
 Attest, Joseph Fay, Secy. 
 .£480. t 
 
 Although the sole condition of the grant 
 was the payment of ;£48o, in specie or an 
 equivalent in Continental Currency, by the 
 20th of January 1781, the first charter was 
 not granted until the 14th of August of 
 that year, when a very imperfect charter 
 was drawn — probably by Thomas Tolman, 
 one of the grantees and Deputy Secretary 
 of the Governor and Council — and exeat- 
 ted by Governor Chittenden. In this char- 
 ter no boundaries were given to the town ; 
 the customary five rights reserved for edu- 
 tional and religious purposes were not in- 
 serted, but were referred to as in the char- 
 ter of the town of Ripton ; and two onerous 
 conditions were imposed, to wit : first, that 
 within 3 years after the circumstances of 
 the then existing war would perniit, 5 acres 
 of land should be planted or cultivated, a 
 house at least 18 feet square on the floor 
 be erected, and one family settled, on each 
 respective Right, on penalty of forfeiture 
 of the land ; and, second, reserving all Pine 
 Timber suitable for a Navy to the use and 
 benefit of the Freemen of the State. As 
 this is not iAe charter of the town, another 
 having been substituted for it, and granted 
 to the original and a few other grantees. 
 
 • Ml. Aitembly Journal, 1778-J784;j. 138. 
 t M>. Journals of Ooundl, 1778 lo 1780, p. 316. 
 
 in 1804, it is omitted in this paper, and 
 the reader is referred for a copy to Hon. 
 Daniel P. Thompson's History of Montpe- 
 lier, published in i860, pp. 21 and 22. 
 
 Notwithstanding the imperfection of the 
 charter of 178 1, the proprietors proceeded 
 to allot and organize the town under it, be- 
 ginning with a warning dated June 11, 
 1784, which was less than three years from 
 the date of the original charter, and four- 
 teen months after the close of the Revolu- 
 tionary War, by Gen. Washington's proc- 
 lamation of Apr. 19, 1783. Before noticing 
 the proprietors and the record of their 
 meetings, it is best to give a list of the 
 proprietors, which is embraced in the per- 
 fected and now actual charter of the town, 
 that was authorized by a special act of the 
 General Assembly, passed Feb. i, 1804, 
 and executed on the 6th of the same 
 month. 
 
 The Charter of Montpelier. 
 The Governor of the State of Ver- 
 [L.S.] mont, to all People to whom these 
 Presents shall come, Greeting : 
 
 Whereas, the Legislature of the State of 
 Vermont, at their adjourned session, hold- 
 en at Windsor, on the first day of Febru- 
 ary A. D. 1804, was pleased to pass an act 
 entitled ' an act authorizing the Gov- 
 erernor of this State to issue a new charter 
 of Montpelier,' — 
 
 Now, therefore. Know Ye, that I, Isaac 
 Tichenor, Governor within and over said 
 State, and in the name, and by the author- 
 ity of the same, and in pursuance of, and 
 by virtue of the act aforesaid. Do, by these 
 presents, give and grant the tract of land 
 hereafter described and bounded, unto Tim- 
 othy Bigelow, and to the several persons 
 hereafter named, his associates, in equal 
 shares, viz : 
 
 Ebenezer Waters, Ebenezer Upham, 
 Elisha Wales, Elisha Smith Wales, Joel 
 Frizzle, Bethuel Washburn, John Wash- 
 burn, Elijah Rood, Thomas Chittenden, 
 George Foot, Elisha Smith, Jedediah 
 Strong, James Prescott, Jacob Brown, Gid- 
 eon Ormsbee, James Mead, John W. Dana, 
 Timothy Brownson, Gideon Horton, Mat- 
 thew Lyon, Samuel Horsford, Ithamer 
 Horsford, William Smith, Jacob Spear, 
 Jonas Galusha, Mary Galusha, Noah Smith, 
 Moses Robinson. Moses Robinson, Jun., 
 John Fassett, Jun., Jonas Fay, Abiathar 
 Waldo, Thomas Tolman, Timothy Stan- 
 lei^, Joseph Dagget, Ira Allen, Ljiman 
 Hitchcock, James Gamble, Alanson Doug- 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 2iS 
 
 lass, Adam Martin, the heirs of Isaac Nash, 
 Jonathan Brace, Howell Woodbridge, 
 James Brace, Henry Walbridge, Jun., Jo- 
 seph 5^ay, William Goodrich, Sybil Good- 
 rich, Thomas Matterson, Amos Waters, 
 David Galusha, Jacob Davis, Ephraim 
 Starkweather, Shubael Peck, Jacob Davis, 
 Jun., Thomas Davis, John Ramsdell, Issa- 
 cher Reed, Isaac p. Lansingh, Ebenezer 
 Davis, Asa Davis, Levi Davis, Ebenezer 
 Stone, and Samuel Allen, — 
 
 Which, together with the five following 
 Rights, reserved to the several public uses, 
 in manner following, include the whole of 
 said tract or township, to wit: One Right 
 for the use of a Seminary or College, one 
 Right for the use of County Grammar 
 Schools in said State, lands to the amount 
 of one Right to be and remain for the set- 
 tlement of a Minister or Ministers of the 
 Gospel in said Township forever, lands to 
 the amount of one Right for the support of 
 the social worship of God in said Town- 
 ship, and lands to the amount of one Right 
 for the support of an English School or 
 Schools in said Township, — which said two 
 Rights for the use of a Seminary or Col- 
 lege, and for the use of County Grammar 
 Schools, as aforesaid, and the Improve- 
 ments, Rents, Interests and Profits arising 
 therefrom, shall be under the control, or- 
 der, direction and disposal of the General 
 Assembly of said State forever. 
 
 And the proprietors of said Township 
 are hereby authorized and empowered to 
 locate said two Rights justly and equitably, 
 or quantity for quantity, in such parts of 
 said Township as they, or their committee, 
 shall judge will least incommode the gen- 
 eral settlement of said Tract or Township. 
 
 And the said proprietors are further em- 
 powered to locate the lands aforesaid, 
 amounting to three Rights, assigned for 
 the settlement of a Ministei: or Ministers, 
 for their support, and for the use and sup- 
 port of English Schools, in such, and in sd' 
 many places, as they, or their committee, 
 shall judge will best accommodate the in- 
 habitants of said Township when the same 
 shall be fully settled and improved, laying 
 the same equitably, or quantity for quan- 
 tity, — which said lands, amounting to the 
 three Rights last mentioned, when located 
 as aforesaid, shall, together with the Im- 
 provements, Rights, Rents, Profits, Dues 
 and Interests, remain inalienably appropri- 
 ated to the uses and purposes for which 
 they are respectively assigned, and be un- 
 der the charge, direction and disposal of 
 tlie inhabitants of said Township forever. 
 
 Which tract of land, hereby given and 
 granted as aforesaid, is bounded and des- 
 cribed as follows, to wit : 
 
 Beginning at a Basswood Tree on the 
 
 North Bank of Onion River marked Mid- 
 dlesex Corner, July, 13, 1785; thence 
 North 36° East, six miles to a Beech Tree 
 marked Montpelier Corner, June 14, 
 1786; thence South 54° East, six miles 
 and a half, to a Maple Straddle marked 
 Montpelier Corner, June 17, 1786 ; 
 thence South 36° West, five miles and five 
 chains, to a Basswood Tree in Barre North 
 line, marked June 19, 1786; thence North 
 67° West, one mile and sixty seven chains, 
 to Onion River : thence down said river as 
 it tends to the first bound. '' 
 
 And that the same be, and hereby is in- 
 corporated into a Township by the name 
 of Montpelier. 
 
 And the inhabitants that dp, or shall 
 hereafter, inhabit said Township, are de- 
 clared to be enfranchised, and entitled to 
 all the privileges aud immunities that the 
 inhabitants of other towns within this State 
 do, and ought, by the laws and Constitu- 
 tion thereof, to exercise and enjoy. 
 
 To have and to hold the said granted 
 premises, as above expressed, with all the 
 privileges and appurtenances thereunto be- 
 longing, unto them and their respective 
 heirs and assigns forever. 
 
 In testimony whereof I have caused these 
 letters to be made patent, and the seal of 
 our State to be hereunto affixed. 
 
 Given under my hand at Windsor, this 
 6th day of February, A. D. 1804, and of 
 the Independence of the United States the 
 twenty-eighth. Isaac Tichenor. 
 
 By His Excellency's command, 
 David Wing, Jr., Secretary of State. 
 
 It will be observed that the boundaries 
 are stated ; that all conditions are omitted, 
 the town then being fully organized and 
 well settled, having a population of about 
 1000 ; and that the list of grantees and 
 proprietors numbers 65 persons instead of 
 the original 60. The additional names are 
 the five first following that of Timothy Big- 
 elow. It appears from the record of a pro- 
 prietors' meeting, held in January 1787, that 
 Joel Frizzle (one of the additional five) 
 owned the original right of James Gamble, 
 and his pitch was confirmed to him. Prob- 
 ably the other four became proprietors in 
 the same way — by purchasing original 
 rights. The explanation of retaining in 
 the new charter the names of original gran- 
 tees who had sold their rights to the five 
 new grantees in that case is, that it was 
 done out of abundant caution, to make the 
 title of the purchasers unquestionable. The 
 original charter is not now to be found, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 and probably it was destroyed on the issu- 
 ing of the new charter; in which case it was 
 fit that the five persons then holding orig- 
 inal rights by purchase should have their 
 names recorded in what was thereafter to be 
 the charter of the town. The town record 
 indicates that the copy of the original char- 
 ter has been cut out, and the new charter 
 substituted for it. 
 
 THE ORIGINAL PROPIETORS OF 
 MONTPELIER. 
 
 The list of grantees is remarkable for the 
 number of the influential men of the State 
 embraced in it, to wit : Thomas Chitten- 
 den, Governor ; Moses Robinson, Judge of 
 the Supreme Court, Governor, and U. S. 
 Senator ; Jonas Galusha, Judge of Supreme 
 Court, and Governor; Ira Allen, State 
 Treasurer, Surveyor-General, Agent to 
 Congress, and the man of all sorts of work 
 in surveying, road-making, financiering, 
 and State politics at home, and in sharp 
 statesmanship and diplomacy abroad ; Jo- 
 nas and Joseph Fay, Secretaries, and 
 Thomas Tolman, Deputy Secretary, and 
 all authors of State papers, the firstriiamed 
 Judge of the Supreme Court, and the first 
 two, agents to Congress, and employed in 
 the Haldimand correspondence ; Matthew 
 Lyon, Clerk of the General Assembly, 
 Member of Congress, and an energetic 
 and heroic man in politics and business en- 
 terprises; and JohnFassett, Jr., and Noah 
 Smith, the first a Councillor, and both 
 Judges of the SupremeCourt. With such 
 proprietors, residing in Western Vermont, 
 and most of them remote from Montpelier, 
 it is not surprising that a deep interest was 
 felt in the town, and a powerful influence 
 exerted for its early prosperity in quarters 
 where naturally it would receive little sym- 
 pathy or favor. 
 
 THE "founder" OF THE TOWN. 
 
 The first grantee of Montpelier, who in 
 the Pedigree of the Lawrence family of 
 Massachusetts is styled '' Founder of the 
 town of Montpelier, Vermont,"" was Col. 
 Timothy Bigelow, of Worcester, Mass., 
 born August 12, 1739. He was a distin- 
 guished officer in the American War for 
 Independence; a Major under Gen. Ar- 
 
 nold in the expedition against Quebec, in 
 1775-6;* Commander of the isth Conti- 
 nental Regiment at the capture of Bur- 
 goyne and other battles ; and a Member of 
 the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts 
 in I774and 1775. Washington said, when 
 reviewing Col. B.'s soldiers, — "This is 
 discipline indeed." His son Timothy was 
 one of the most distinguished lawyers 
 of Massachusetts, for thirty years a mem- 
 ber of one or the other branch of the Leg- 
 islature, and Speaker of the House for 
 eleven years ; and his grand-daughter 
 Katharine, daughter of the second Timo- 
 thy Bigelow, married the late Abbott Law- 
 rence, LL. D., Representative in Congress, 
 and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court 
 of St. James.f The " founder " of Mont- 
 pelier died May 31, 1790, ten months be- 
 fore the town was organized, and doubtless 
 his rights to lands in the town all passed 
 to other persons previous to the organiza- 
 tion, the deeds of which will probably be 
 found in the records in the Orange County 
 Clerk's office. The author of the pedigree 
 of the Lawrence family of course had the 
 tradition that Timothy Bigelow was the 
 founder of the town, and, perhaps full and 
 authentic testimony to the fact. 
 
 The writer of this paper can only con- 
 jecture the ground on which the chief 
 honor, as founder, should be conceded to 
 Col. Bigelow; but the conjecture is so 
 reasonably founded as to leave no doubt of 
 its accuracy. The original petition of 
 Timothy Bigelow and others for the grant 
 bore the names of at least three of the 
 Davises who were, with Joel Frizzle, the 
 first settlers in the town ; and the Davises 
 were all from Worcester County, Mass., 
 of which Timothy Bigelow was a resident. 
 
 •Arnold's field officers were Lieut. Col. Gbristopher 
 Greene, (the hero of Red Bank, on the Delaware.) 
 Lieut. Col. Eoger Enos, [afterwards General Com- 
 manding In Vermont, under the authority of the 
 
 ~-...uue *u rciiuuut, uuuer tue auiuoriiy oi the 
 
 State,] and M^ors [Return J.l Meigs, [of Conneotl- 
 
 afterwards of Ohio, and lather of the Governor of 
 
 cut. 
 
 wu, aLtcrwaruH oi unio, ann latner or the tiovernor of 
 j"?™*'"* U. S. Postmaster General of that name,] 
 and rriMOTHT] BiGBLOW,— £o««tny'i Pielorial Fieli 
 Book of the Bevolution, Vol. I,_P. 190. Losslng records 
 that on the expedition. Ma). Bigelow ascended a high 
 mountain, then covered with snow, hoping to gain a 
 sight of Quebec; for which ftat the name "Mount 
 Bigelow » was given to it, and Is still retained. 
 
 tiKMo England Omeatogical JiegUter, Vol. 10, 1866, 
 facing page 297. Stake's Biographical Dictionarv 
 states that the second Timothy Bigelow above named 
 ?/l'iw!* "'"■?,''*'?',°^*'J:«*"> "argued not less than 
 16,000 cases." A later biographer reduced the num- 
 ber to 10,000. His death at ii4 Is not surprising. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 257 
 
 At the session in Oct. 1779^ the legisla-. 
 ture of Vermont established a form of town 
 charters, and appointed ■ Ira Allen to visit 
 sundry states to further the interests of the 
 State.* The Vermont Ms. Sta'te Papers 
 contain many petitions for lands granted 
 in 1779, made on a uniform printed form, 
 which was most probably furnished by 
 Allen (then, Surveyor-General;) and many 
 petitions in 1779 and 1780, of land com- 
 panies formed in Massachusetts, Connecti- 
 cut and New Hampshire, and in some 
 cases of officers and men in the continental 
 army. These, it is most reasonable to 
 presume, were among the fruits of Allen's 
 mission, which clearly was to make an in- 
 terest for Vermont in as many states as 
 possible, and also in the army? 
 
 The conjecture then is, that Col. Big- 
 elow was the head of one of these land 
 companies, as Gen. William Prescott, of 
 Massachusms, certainly was of another. 
 Gen. Prescott was with Col. Bigelow at 
 the capture of Burgoyne, and their resi- 
 dences in Massachusetts were in the same 
 region — the one at Groton and the other 
 at Worcester. At the head of such a 
 company. Col. Bigelow would have been 
 the most active and influential man in 
 forming it, and by his influence, and pos- 
 sibly by his aid, the Davises were en- 
 listed, who were the foremost men at work 
 upon the ground ; and their associates, 
 most of them from Worcester and Ply- 
 mouth Counties, Mass., were by the same 
 influence led to become settlers. Certain 
 it is that many of the early settlers were 
 from that part of Massachusetts. To this 
 day a Montpelier man cannot visit Wor- 
 cester, Rochester, New Bedford, Yar- 
 mouth, and Edgartown, without finding 
 in each town names that were familiar in 
 Montpelier sixty years ago — such as Davis, 
 Clark, Stevens, Burgess, Hatch, Bennett, 
 Hammett, and Nye. The writer is confi- 
 dent that the original petition for the grant, 
 could it be founji, would prove that the 
 company was chiefly composed of Massa- 
 chusetts men, such as Col. Bigelow would 
 most fitly head, and so make him jusdy 
 
 • ri. HisCColl,, vol. I, p. 406. 
 
 entitled to the credit his descendants have 
 claimed for him. 
 
 proprietors' meetings. 
 
 On application of more than pne six- 
 teenth of the proprietors, a warning was 
 issued June n, 1784; for the first proprie- 
 tors' meeting, "at the house of Eliakim 
 Stoddard, Esq., iiin-holder, in Arlington, 
 [Bennington county,] on Tuesday the 
 17th day of August [then] next, at 9 of 
 the clock in the' forenoon," for the pur- 
 pose of choosing moderator, proprietors' 
 clerk, and treasurer, and to see what the 
 proprietors would do respecting a division 
 of the township. A meeting was holden 
 accordingly, composed of Gov. Thomas 
 Chittenden, Hon. Timothy B^ownson, 
 Maj. Gideoh Ormsby, Jonas Galusha, and 
 Thomas 'Tolman, esquires, and Mesrrs 
 Joseph Daggett and John Ramsdell — who 
 acted for themselves, and for others by 
 power of attorney. Of these seven per- 
 sons a majority were men of the highest 
 worth and influence in the State : Gov- 
 ernors Chittenden and Galusha ; Timothy 
 Brownson, President of the Board of War, 
 and Councillor from 1778 to 1795, and 
 "one of the most trusted and confidential 
 advisers of Gov. Chittenden during the 
 whole period of his perilous and successful 
 administration;"* Maj. Gideon Ormsbee, 
 who was then and for many years a repre- 
 sentative of Manchester in the General 
 Assembly, and Thomas Tolman, Deputy 
 Secretary to the Governor and Council. 
 The officers elected by the meeting were : 
 Gideon Ormsbee, moderator; Thos. .Tol- 
 man, clerk ; and Jonas Galusha, treasurer. 
 It was voted to lay out a first division of 
 lands in the town, in lots of isoacreseach, 
 and a committee of six was appointed for 
 the purpose, to wit: Thomas Tolman, 
 Samuel Horsford, Gideon Ormsbee, Jonas 
 Galusha, Joseph Daggett, and Samuel 
 Beach— all but Mr. Beach being propri- 
 etors, and he was the surveyor. 
 
 The meeting adjourned to the first 
 Monday in April, 1785, but there was no 
 meeting at that time, and, under a new 
 warning, the next meeting was at Arling- 
 
 * BUand Hall's Early History of Vermont, p. 468. 
 
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 ton, Jan. ii, 1786, of which Col. Timothy 
 Brownson was moderator. The appoint- 
 ment of Mr. Tolman as cleric and the order 
 for the first division were ratified, provid- 
 ing that 5 acres should be added to each 
 lot or right, as an allowance for highways, 
 and that the division should be laid out in 
 good form and as near to the centre of the 
 town as might be. Col. Jacob Davis of- 
 fered to complete the survey for £1 3s. 
 lod. per right, and this was accepted, A 
 new committee for laying out the division 
 was then appointed, consisting of Col. 
 Jacob Davis, Ebenezer Waters, (or, on his 
 failure, Caleb Ammadon,) Samuel Hors- 
 ford. Col. Samuel Robinson, and Capt. 
 Abiather Waldo. 
 
 By adjournment, the next meeting was 
 held at the house of the clerk, Thomas 
 Tolman, in Arlington, Jan. 9, 1787. In 
 the absence of Col. Brownson, Col. Jacob 
 Davis was appointed moderator. The 
 members of the committee to lay out the 
 first division, who were present, were 
 sworn before Gov. Chittenden to a faith- 
 ful discharge of their trust, and then sub- 
 mitted a return, plan and survey-bill of 
 the division, which was accepted and or- 
 dered to be recorded. A "draft," or 
 drawing by lot, was then made, in the 
 presence of the meeting, as the law re- 
 , quired, and a lot or right in the first di- 
 vision was in that way assigned to each 
 proprietor. Accounts were allowed, £77 
 gs. to Col. Jacob Davis for laying out the 
 division — £5 to Thomas Tolman for clerk's 
 fees^-and 15s. to the collector for expense 
 of advertising the first tax. A tax on each 
 proprietor's right, of ^i 5s. was then laid, 
 out of the proceeds of which tre'asurer 
 Galusha was directed to pay the above ac- 
 counts. Joseph Daggett was appointed 
 collector, and was directed to collect the 
 tax in time for a vendue sale of lands, in 
 default of payment on any right, on the 2d 
 Tuesday of the succeeding June. It was 
 represented to this meeting that Joel Friz- 
 zel had become an actual settler, and had 
 made his "pitch " as owner of the right of 
 James Gamble; whereupon it was voted 
 that his pitch be granted and confirmed to 
 him on the right of Gamble, and a lot of 
 
 103 acres, (the three as an allowance for 
 highways,) was thus allowed to him, and 
 located on the Winooski, at the S. W. 
 corner of the town, adjoining Middlesex, 
 subsequently known for many years as the 
 John Walton farm, and now owned by 
 Col. Elisha P. Jewett, and known as the 
 Jewett farm. It was also voted to lay out 
 a second division of lands but excluding 
 pine lands, to contain 66 lots, excluding 
 the rights of James Gamble, (provided for 
 in Frizzel's pitch,) Jacob Davis, Jacob 
 Davis, Jr., and Thomas Davis, who, in 
 lieu of rights to be drawn, were allowed to 
 select two lots of 186 acres each, within 
 the second division, convenient for a saw- 
 mill and a grist-mill. It was then voted 
 to make a third division, called the "Pine 
 Pitch Division," lying between Frizzel's 
 pitch and the second division, being the 
 land reserved in the second division, and 
 this was to be divided into 7o»equal lots. 
 This division was small, 17 acres and J, 
 or i of an acre to the proprietor of each 
 right. It was on the hill west of Green 
 Mount Cemetery, and Thompson stated, 
 on the authority of the late Simeon Dewey, 
 Esq., who sawed the greatest part of the 
 ■pine on this division, that the trees were of 
 the most splendid northern sort, not ex- 
 celled elsewhere in Vermont, or in New 
 Hampshire, or even Maine. The condi- 
 tion of the first charter, then existing, as 
 to pine suitable for a navy, received an 
 interpretation most liberal to the propri- 
 etors of the town, rnany of whom sold 
 their right to Col. Davis, and most of the 
 lumber unquestionably went into vessels 
 that were securely anchored on dry land. 
 The State was not a loser by this appro- 
 priation, however, since the pines from 
 that hill sheltered many a man who had 
 served his State and country on sea and 
 land in the revolutionary struggle, and who 
 gave sons and grandsons to serve them in 
 the war of 1812 and in the last and great- 
 est struggle of all. Col. Davis was em- 
 ployed to survey these two divisions on 
 the same terms as for the first division ; 
 and Ebenezer Waters, surveyor. Col. Ja- 
 cob Davis, Parley Davis, Nathan Waldo 
 and Joel Frizzel were appointed a com- 
 
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 mittee to lay them out. After other formal 
 business, the meeting adjourned to the 
 second Tuesday of the next June, at the 
 house of Capt. Elisha Wales, in Arlington. 
 
 June II, 1787, the proprietors met per- 
 suant to adjournment. Col. Timothy 
 Brownson in the chair. Ebenezer Wa- 
 ters, Col. Jacob Davis, and Nathan Wal- 
 do, of the committee to lay out the second 
 and third divisions were sworn, and then 
 submitted their report, which was accep- 
 ted by a unanimous vote. A drawing was 
 then made, "the same being done deliber- 
 ately, correctly, and in open meeting," by 
 surveyor Waters, so as to allot the land in 
 the second and third divisions equally to 
 each propriet(y. On the 12th, the ac- 
 counts for surveys, &c., were allowed and 
 a tax voted ; Col. Jacob Davis and Parley 
 Davis were appointed a committee to lay 
 out and make the necessary highways ; 
 and the meeting adjourned to the second 
 Tuesday in January, 1788. On the same 
 day, June I2, 1787, a vendue sale of pro- 
 prietors' lots took place for non-payment 
 of taxes, and the sales were recorded, and 
 rules for redemption adopted. About half 
 of the original proprietors' rights to the 
 first division were sold, and mainly to Col. 
 Jacob Davis, and the proprietors' clerk, 
 Thomas Tolman. * 
 
 The meeting at Arlington in January, 
 1788, extended the time for completing 
 roads until the succeeding June ; assessed 
 a tax of 3s. per right for making roads ; 
 allowed the accounts of its officers, and ad- 
 journed to the first Wednesday of June 
 following, at the house of Jonas Galusha, 
 in Shaftsbury, 
 
 June 4, 1788, the proprietors met ac- 
 cording to adjournment ; accepted the re- 
 port of the committee appointed to make 
 roads ; allowed their accounts, and assessed 
 an additional tax of 19s. per right for the 
 construction of roads. 
 
 The next proprietors' meeting was held, 
 on due warning, at Montpelier, Aug. 28, 
 1792, of which Clark Stevens was mod- 
 erator, and David Wing, Jr., clerk — both 
 of Montpelier. The meeting ordered the 
 fourth and last division of lands to be 
 made under the direction of Col. Jacob 
 
 Davis, and adjourned to the second Tues- 
 day of May, 1793, at the house of Col. 
 Jacob Davis, in Montpelier. 
 
 May 14, 1793, the proprietors met as 
 per adjournment, when the fourth division 
 was accepted and' allotted in 70 equal 
 parts. After allowing the accounts for the 
 same, the meeting adjourned, to meet at 
 the (public) house of David Wing, Jr., in 
 Montpelier, on the 14th of May, 1795. 
 
 The adjourned meeting assembled at 
 the time named; "and there appearing no 
 business before the meeting. Voted, that 
 this meeting be dissolved." This was the 
 last meeting of the proprietors, the land 
 all having been allotted, and the town 
 passed by formal organization under a 
 legal town government. 
 
 FIRST SETTLERS. 
 
 According to his agreement with the 
 proprietors, made in January, 1786, Col. 
 Jacob Davis with a surveying party en- 
 tered the town that year, and surveyed and 
 laid out the first division of lands, his re- 
 port having been made in January, 1787 ; 
 but this service did not technically amount 
 to "a settlement," although Col. Davis 
 then undoubtedly determined to settle in 
 the town. In the spring of the same year, 
 1786, previous to the survey of the first di- 
 vision, Joel Frizzel entered upon the south- 
 west corner lot of the town, on the farm 
 formerly of John Walton, and now of Col. 
 E. P. Jewett, cleared a small- part of it, 
 planted corn, erected a small log-housej 
 and resided in it with his wife, a French 
 woman. ' ' This," said Zadock Thompson, 
 " was the first family in town."* In the 
 later edition, he qualified this, by calling it 
 " the first attempt to settle," adding that 
 " the first permanent clearing and settle- 
 ment was not made till the spring after" — 
 that is, the spring of 1787. Daniel P. 
 Thompson concurred with this last state- 
 ment, giving the Davises the honor of first 
 "permanent settlement," and character- 
 izing Frizzel as an occasional sojourner, 
 in his calling as trapper and hunter, in this 
 part of the wilderness, who "squatted on 
 the banks of the river, in the south-west 
 
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 corner of the township." The Davises 
 need no honor at the expense of Frizzel. 
 They certainly were the leading men in 
 point of everything but the mere date of 
 settlement. Frizzel was officially recog- 
 nized as a settler ; his pitch was confirmed 
 to him ; the charter recognized/him as an 
 original proprietor in the right of James 
 Gamble ; and in Jan. 1787, the proprietors 
 appointed him as one of the committee to 
 lay out the second and third divisions. 
 D. P. Thompson conceded that he may 
 have remained "a year or two longer" 
 after the laying out of these divisions, 
 which would give him a residence in the 
 town of about 5 years. The writer does 
 not hesitate to say, on these grounds, that 
 Joel Frizzel was the first actual settler, 
 dating from the spring of 1786. Ina year, 
 however, he was followed by much more 
 enterprising, energetic and valuable men, 
 though \without their families until 1788. 
 
 May 3, 1787, Col. Jacob Davis, with 
 his cousin'Parley Davis, and a hired man, 
 left his family in Brookfield, taking one 
 horse and as large a quantity of provisions 
 as could be carried, and on that day 
 reached the house of Seth Putnam, in 
 Middlesex, whose farm joined the lot in 
 Montpelier which Frizzel then occupied. 
 On the 4th, Col. Davis and party cut a 
 bridle-road from Putnam's along the bank 
 of the Winooski to a hunter's camp in 
 Montpelier, on the ground now occupied 
 by Washington County jail, nearly in the 
 centre of Montpelier village. The hunt- 
 er's hut was a very good one, well roofed, 
 and waited on three sides, and was used 
 until, in 8 or 10 days, a substantial log- 
 house, 32 by 16 feet, was constructed and 
 occupied. At this time two sons of Col. 
 Davis had reached the camp, Jacob, junior, 
 aged 19, and Thomas, aged 15 years. The 
 party immediately made an onslaught on 
 the magnificent maple forest then stand- 
 ing, and cleared tlie land now boundsid by 
 Court street on the North, North Branch 
 on the East, the Winooski on the South, 
 and the State House and depot grounds on 
 the West. This was the first occupancy 
 of Montpelier village with an intention to 
 settle permanently. This land was cleared 
 
 in time • to plant it with corn, of which a 
 good crop was realized ; and early in June, 
 Col. Davis left to attend the proprietors' 
 meeting at Arlington on the nth, and 
 Parley Davis' proceeded to survey and lo- 
 cate on a lot of about 300 acres at the 
 centre of the town, which became his 
 home for a long and honorable life. 
 
 The work of clearing the land' was con- 
 tinued during the summer, and embraced 
 most of the meadow land between ^the 
 hills and the Winooski as far -west as the 
 knoll on which the Parson' Wright house 
 stands, now occupied by the widow of the 
 first pastor's son, the. late Jonathan Ed- 
 wards Wright. This included the meadow 
 land south of State Hous%hill and west of 
 North Branch, being nearly 50 acres. 
 Thompson slated, on the authority of sur- 
 viving contemporaries, that Col. ^ Davis 
 alone felled, trimmed out and cut into log- 
 ging lengths, an acre of forest of average 
 growth per day, and continued at this rate 
 for several successive days.^ There was 
 time then in that season for other work, 
 and it was vigorously used. Col. and 
 Parley Davis having been appointed in 
 June, a committee to lay out and construct 
 necessary roads, this work was entered 
 upon at once. The first road constructed 
 was froih the Union House bridge, now 
 the entrance to School street, skirting the 
 hill nearly on the present line of Court and 
 High streets to the Winooski at the Parson 
 Wright place, andthen following the river, 
 substantially as the highway still does, to 
 Middlesex line. The second road cut out 
 by the Davises was in Berlin, being the 
 present road from near the crest of Berlin 
 hill, passing on the east side through the 
 Andrew Cummings farm to the Winooski, 
 and then following the river to the Gas 
 works, where the stream was fordable, ex- 
 cept in high water. This intersected a 
 road, or more properly path, which had 
 been opened through Berlin to the mouth 
 of Dog river, and thus made a shorter route 
 from the older eastern towns to Montpelier. 
 Over this road, in fact, most of the early 
 settlers in Montpelier came. 
 
 The food of the sturdy foresters during 
 the summer and autumn of 1787, was 
 
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 mainly of the fish of the streams and the 
 game of the woods ; but these were of the 
 best. The streams were full of trout, some 
 of them weighing 5 pounds ; and the woods 
 with wild game, such as moose, bears in 
 abundance, deer, partridges, etc., and 
 these, with the few condiments brought 
 in by the party, vegetables and corn of 
 the suijimer's growth, and a little flour 
 from the older settlements, furnished bills 
 of fare tempting even to gourmands, and 
 were amply sufficient for the pioneers of the 
 settlement. All their work that year was 
 preparatory for settlement. The log-house 
 was not furnished with cellar, floor, oven 
 and'Chimney until autumn, and then, hav- 
 ing' secured the fruits of the first harvest. 
 Col. Davis returned with his sons to 
 Brookfield, to prepare his family for mov- 
 ing into the new town and the new h(juse 
 with the first sufficient fall of snow. 
 
 The family consisted of Col. Davis and 
 wife, two sons, and four daughters. The 
 sons have already been named. The 
 - daughters were Rebecca, who became wife 
 of Hon. Cornelius Lynde ofWilliamstown ; 
 Hannah, wife of Hon. David Wing, Jr., 
 of Montpelier, Secretary of State ; Polly, 
 wife of Capt. Thomas West of Montpelier ; 
 and Lucy, wife of Capt. Timothy Hubbard 
 of Montpelier. Another daughter was born 
 in Montpelier. 
 
 Near the close of December, 1787, Col, 
 Davis dispatched his sons Jacob and Thom- 
 as, with their sisters Rebecca and Polly — 
 all that could be carried at once — to Mont- 
 pelier, intending tb complete the removal 
 of the family by a second journey of the 
 team, with which Jacob Davis returned to 
 Brookfield. But a series of heavy snow- 
 storms made the journey impracticable ; 
 and thus the lad Thomas and the two girls 
 were the only tenants of the new homestead 
 until March. "Not another human face," 
 said Thompson, "made its appearance at 
 this lonely, snow-hedged and forest-girt 
 cabin." Most welcome then was the ad- 
 vent of the remainder of the family in 
 March, 1788. 
 
 FIRST THINGS. 
 
 The summer work of 1788 comprised the 
 tilling of the ground previously cleared ; the 
 
 clearing of the remainder of the meadow 
 to the Parson Wright place, and part of 
 that east of North Branch, now occupied 
 by Main Street ; extending the clearing on 
 the west side to the falls on which now 
 stand the works of Lane, Pitkin & Brock; 
 and the erection of the first dam and saw- 
 mill on those falls. 
 
 During the next summer, 1789, Col. 
 Davis erected the first grist-mill on the 
 falls of North Branch ; and thus prepara- 
 tions were made to tempt new settlers with 
 facilities for the erection of dwellings and 
 converting the crops of corn and grain in 
 the neighborhood into bread-stuffs. 
 
 Sept. 22, the first birth in town oc- 
 curred, being that of Clarissa Davis, young- 
 est daughter of Col. Jacob Davis, and wife 
 of Hon. George Worthington of 1 Montpe- 
 lier. 
 
 Col. Davis employed all the men whose 
 services could be commanded, his house 
 of course being head-quarters, and more- 
 over serving as hotel for all visitors. A 
 larger house was a necessity; and there- 
 fore, in the summer of 1790, the Colonel 
 erected a large house, of two stories, with 
 four spacious rooms in each story, and an 
 attic that served on occasions as a welcome 
 dormitory. This was the first completed 
 frame house in Montpelier. After Col. 
 Davis left it, this dwelling became the first 
 County jail-house, and was such until 1858, 
 when it was removed to another part of 
 Elm Street, where it is still used as a dwell- 
 ing-house. A frame for a house had been 
 erected a few days before Col. Davis's, but 
 the house was not completed so soon as 
 his. It was on the hill one mile north- 
 east of the village, and was long known as 
 the Sillojvay house, though it was built by 
 James Hawkins, the first blacksmith in 
 Montpelier, and finished in 1 791. About 
 the same time Hawkins also built the third 
 frame house, in which the first store was 
 opened by Dr. Frye, in 1791. This house 
 stood until 1873, and was the first dwelling- 
 house on the west side of Main Street, 
 nearest to the Arch Bridge. These were 
 quickly succeeded, all built by the ener- 
 getic Hawkins, by the first' Union House, 
 which was the hotel kept by Houghton, 
 
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 Tufts, Cottrill (before taking the Pavilion,) 
 Lamb, Mann, and others in our remem- 
 brance, and was burnt in 183s ; and the 
 Cadwell house, near the junction of Main 
 and State Streets, once the finest residence 
 in the village, and the favorite boarding- 
 place of governors and other dignitaries, 
 the wreck of which still stands, to the re- 
 gret of many who would have so eligible a 
 location for business purposes worthily 
 improved. 
 
 The first wagon was brought into town 
 in 1789, from Vergennes, by Thomas Da- 
 vis, who had to cut much of his way from 
 Williston to Montpelier, and scale " Rock 
 Bridge," in Moretown, by an ingenious 
 pieee of engineering, which is fully de- 
 scribed by Thompson. 
 
 The first notable stranger in Montpelier 
 was Prince Edward of England, Duke of 
 Kent, ^on of George III. and father of 
 Queen Victoria. He was theguest of Col. 
 Davis for a night in the winter of I790-'9I, 
 coming with an armed retinue of 20 men, 
 to defend him from violence, and serve as 
 "tasters" to try his food and save him from 
 poison. Col. Davis so far assured the 
 prince of personal safety, that he consent- 
 ed to dismiss most of his attendants, who 
 returned to Montreal, and the prince con- 
 tinued his journey to Boston in a more 
 {nodest and sensible style. * 
 
 The first male child born in town was 
 James, son of Solomon Dodge, April 5, 
 1790. The first marriage recorded is that 
 of Jacob Davis Jr. of Montpelier and Caty 
 Taplin of Berlin, the ceremony being per- 
 formed by the father of the bride, John 
 Taplin Esq., Oct. 3, 1791. 
 
 The first school was kept in a log house 
 on the river near Middlesex line, by Jacob 
 Davis, jr., and continued from about 1789 
 to 1791. In 1791 a school was kept in 
 the village, in Col. Davis' house, by David 
 Wing, jr., who was subsequently Secre- 
 tary of State; and in 1794, the town was 
 divided into six districts, and schools 
 were regularly maintained thereafter. 
 
 The first tavern was built for Col. Davis 
 on Main street, in 1793. It was the origi- 
 nal "Union House," on the site of the 
 
 *Thompson''a Montpelier^p.Si, 
 
 Unitarian church. This tavern was burnt 
 in 1835, rebuilt and again burnt in 1859, 
 and the third Union house was erected on 
 its present site. The second tavern, 
 known as ,the " Hutchins Tavern," and 
 afterwards the "Shepard Tavern," was 
 built about 1800, opposite the entrance of 
 Barre to Main street. The "Pavilion" 
 was built in preparation for the Legislature 
 in 1808; it was probably the finest hotel 
 in the State then, and indeed for many 
 years, and had a high reputation, specially 
 under Thomas Davis, and Mahlon 
 Cottrill. 
 
 The first physician was Spaulding Pierce, 
 in 1790 ; the first lawyer, Charles Buckley, 
 1797 ; the first minister, Ziba Woodworth, 
 free will Baptist, and one of the first set- 
 tlers ; and the first mechanics were Col. 
 Larned Lamb, carpenter and mill-wright: — 
 James Hawkins, blacksmith, David Tol- 
 man, clothier, Paul Knapp, brick-maker. 
 
 The first thanksgiving day observed in 
 the town was Dec. i , 1 791 . The first social 
 ball occurred at the house of Col. Davis, 
 on the evening of the next day, Dec. 2 ; 
 and that was succeeded immediately by 
 the first death noted in the record of the 
 town — thus : 
 
 "Theophilus Wilson Brooks, drowned 
 Dec. 3d, 1 791." 
 
 In fact, however, his death was accom- 
 panied by that of his betrothed. Miss Bet- 
 sey Hobart, daughter of Capt. James Ho- 
 bart, one of the first settlers of Berlin. An 
 account of this unusually sorrowful event, 
 written two days after and printed in a 
 New York City newspaper, Dec. 31, 1791, 
 has recently come into the possession of 
 The Vermont Historical Society. It is as 
 follows : 
 
 Extract of a letter from Montpelier, {Vt.,') 
 dated December j , 1791. 
 A melancholy accident took place here 
 last Saturday morning, of which the fol- 
 lowing is an account : On Friday, the 2d 
 instant, being the day after Thanksgiving 
 in this State, the young people in this 
 neighborhood assembled to spend the even- 
 ing in dancing. Amongst others, two 
 young gentlemen from this town waited on 
 two Misses Hobart, of Berlin, on the other ^ 
 side of Onion river. After having spent 
 the greater part of the night in merriment. 
 
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 they parted about two o'clock in the morn- 
 ing. The above-mentioned couples hav- 
 ing to cross the river in a canoe, they four, 
 (together with the ferryman,) irhprudently 
 got in all at once, and had not got far from 
 the shore before the canoe overset ; but by 
 the exertions of the ferryman, they righted 
 her, and he, together with a Mr. Putnam, 
 one of the young gentlemen, and one of 
 the girls, got in; but in helping the other 
 girl m, they unfortunately overset the sec- 
 ond time. They then endeavored for the 
 shore. Mr. Putnam, at the danger of his life, 
 swam ashore with the younger Miss Ho- 
 bart under his arm ; but were both of them 
 so far chilled as to be unable to stand, 
 having swam more than forty rods, as the 
 water was high and the current swift, be- 
 fore they reached the shore. The ferry- 
 man got ashore by the help of the canoe ; 
 the other couple perished in the water. 
 The young gentleman drowned is Mr. The- 
 ophilus Wilson Brooks, son of Deacon 
 Brooks, of Ashford, Connecticut, a val- 
 uable young man, aged 25. The young 
 woman is a daughter of Capt. Hobart, of 
 Berlin, an amiable young woman, about 
 twenty years of age. The 'body of the 
 young woman was found about, a mile be- 
 low, yesterday morning. Mr. Brooks is 
 not yet found. 
 
 VITAL STATISTICS. 
 
 In this connection, the vital statistics of 
 the town in its earliest years may as well 
 be stated. From the settlement of the 
 first family in the spring of 1786 to the 
 summer of 1799 — mo^'e than 13 years — the 
 number of deaths recorded was 16. Of 
 these, 3 were accidental, and g of diseases 
 incident to infants and children ; and of 
 the 4 remaining, adult cases, 2 were of 
 consumption, I of fever, and i of a disease 
 unknown. The number of births in the 
 same period is stated by Thompson at 130. 
 The population in 1791 was 113, and in 
 1800, J890 — Thompson's estimated average 
 for the whole time, 400. The rate of deaths 
 was therefore less than ij per annum, and 
 the percentage five-sixteenths of i percent, 
 per 100 of population. The registration 
 report states the percentage of deaths in 
 the whole State to population, in 1858, to 
 be 1. 14, which is more than three times 
 greater than in Montpelier for the first 13 
 years. The rate of births in Montpelier 
 was I to every 40 persons ; whereas in the 
 State, in 1858, the rate was only i to 
 
 every 49 persons. The difference between 
 the town and the State in the proportion of 
 births to deaths is most remarkable ; in 
 the town the births being more than eight 
 times the number of deaths, while in the 
 State, the number of births, in 1858, was 
 less than twice the number of deaths. It 
 certainly must be conceded that Montpel- 
 ier was, at the start, a remarkably fruitful 
 and healthy town. This is presumed to 
 be true of nearly all Vermont towns at the 
 first settlement — of all that were not ex- 
 posed, by their location, to peculiar mala- 
 rial influences. Few but hardy and en- 
 ergetic men and women would brave the 
 perils and hardships of fiiontier life, and 
 the labor of converting pathless forests 
 into habitable, traversable and tillable 
 fields ; and such people are proof against 
 most diseases. 
 
 Thompson stated other striking facts as 
 to the health of the village of Montpelier, 
 in his chapter on epidemics, which we 
 quote nearly in full. The records of Rev. 
 Mr. Wright, noted by Thompson, were 
 undoubtedly more complete than the town 
 records. The good parson was, from re- 
 ligious principle, as well as from strong 
 sympathy, a visitor to the bedside of all 
 the sick and dying, and his parish then 
 included the entire village. 
 
 EPIDEMICS. 
 FROM D. r. THOMPSON'S HISTORY. 
 
 Endemics we have none. From first to 
 last no diseases have made their appear- 
 ance in town which could be discovered to 
 be peculiar to the place, or to have been 
 generated by any standing local causes. 
 Of epidemics, Montpelier has had its 
 share, but still a light share compared, as 
 we believe, with a majority of the towns 
 in the State, only four deserving the name 
 having occurred from the first settlement 
 of the town to the present day. 
 
 The first of these was the dysentery, 
 which fetally prevailed throughout the 
 town, in common with most otner towns 
 in Vermont, during the summer and fall of 
 1802. The victims in Montpelier were : 
 Mrs. Sophia Watrous, wifeof EraStusWat- 
 rous, Esq. ; Erastus Hubbard, a younger 
 brother of Timothy Hubbard ; John Wig- 
 gins, another young man, and a consider- 
 able number of children. 
 
 The second epidemic was the typhus 
 fever, which prevailed to a considerable 
 
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 extent in the summer season of 1806, and 
 proved fatal to Montpelier's favorite, and 
 most honored citizen, David Wing, Jr., 
 then Secretary of State. Luther Mosely, 
 Esq., another valued citizen, also fell a 
 victim to the same disease, together with 
 a young man by the name of Cutler, a girl 
 by the name of Goodale, and several 
 others. 
 
 The third epidemic visiting the town 
 was that fearful disease known by the 
 name of spotted fever, which, to the gen- 
 eral alarm of the inhabitants, suddenly 
 made its appearance in the village in the 
 winter of 181 1. The first victim was 
 Sibyl Brown, a bright and beautiful daugh- 
 ter of Amasa Brown, of the age of nine 
 years,, who, on Saturday, Jan. zd, was in 
 school, on the evening of that day sliding 
 with her mates on the ice, and the next 
 morning a corpse. The wife of Aaron 
 Griswoldy and the first wife of Jonathan 
 Shepard,. were next, and as suddenly de- 
 stroyed by this terrible epidemic, which 
 struck and swept over the village, to which 
 it was mostly confined, like the blast of the 
 simoom, and was gone. There were over 
 70 cases in this village, and, strange to 
 tell, but three deaths of the disease, which 
 at the same time was nearly decimating 
 the then 400 inhabitants of Moreto\^n,and 
 sweeping off 60 or 70 of the 2,000 inhab- 
 itants of Woodstock. The chief remedy 
 relied on here was the prompt use of the 
 hot bath, made of a hasty decoction of 
 hemlock boughs ; and the pine-board bath- 
 ing vessel, made in the shape of a coffin, 
 was daily seen, during the height of the 
 disease, in the streets, borne on ths shoul- 
 ders of men, rapidly moving from house to 
 house, to serve in turn the multiplying 
 victims. Sp strange and unexpected were 
 the attacks, and so sudden and terrible 
 were often the fatal terminations of the 
 disease, that it was likened to the Plague 
 of the Old World-. Some of its types, in- 
 deed, so closely resembled the Plague, as 
 well to justify men in deeming them one 
 and the same disorder. A bri^t red spot, 
 attended with acute pain in, some in- 
 stances, appeared in one of the limbs of 
 the unwarned victim, and, like the old 
 Plague spot, spread, struck, to the vitals 
 and caused his death in a few hours: In 
 other instances, a sort of congestion of the 
 blood, or silent paralysis of all the func- 
 tions of the, life, stole unawares over the 
 system of the patient, his pulse faltered 
 and nearly stopped, even before he dream- 
 ed of the approach of the insidious der 
 stroyer. The late worthy Dr. James Spald- 
 ing once told us, that he was the student 
 of an eminent ph;ysician, in Alstead, N. H„ 
 when the epidemic visited that place, that 
 
 he frequently went the rounds with his in- 
 structor in his ' visits to his patients, and 
 that on one of these occasions they made 
 a friendly call on a family in supposed 
 good health, when the master of the house 
 congratulated himself on the prospect that 
 he and his young family were about to es- 
 cape the disease which had been cutting 
 down so many others. Something, how- 
 ever, in the appearance of one or two of the 
 apparently healthy group of children present 
 attracting the attention of the old Doctor, 
 he fell to examining their pulses, when in 
 two of them he found the pulse so feeble 
 as to be scarcely perceptible ; but keeping 
 his apprehensions to himself, he made 
 some general prescriptions for all the 
 children, and left, hoping his fears would 
 not be realized. Within three days both 
 of those children were btlried in one grave. 
 The physicians who had charge of these 
 cases in Montpelier were Dr. Lamb, Dr. 
 N. B. Spalding, Dr. Woodbury, and Dr. 
 Lewis, of Moretown. Volumes have been 
 written on the causes of this and similar 
 epidemics, and yet to this day the subject 
 is involved in clouds of mystery. _ 
 
 The fourth'epidemic followed soon after 
 the last, and in some instances, assumed 
 some of its peculiar types. This occurred 
 in the winter of 1813, and was here gen- 
 erally called the typhus fever, though it 
 partook more of the characteristics of per- 
 ipneumony, or lung fever, being the same 
 tJisease which first broke out the fall be- 
 fore, among the U. S. troops at Burling- 
 ton, and by the following mid-winter had 
 become a destructive epidemic in nearly 
 every town in the State, carrying off, ac- 
 cording to the statistics of Dr. Gallup, 
 more than 6,000 persons, or one to every 
 40 of its whole population. In this whole 
 town, during the year 1813, the number of 
 deaths — most of which were of this dis- 
 ease— -was 78, among which were those of 
 Capt. N. Doty, R. Wakefield, C. Hamblin 
 and others, in the prime of life. This great 
 number of deaths in one year was, beyond 
 all comparison, greater than ever occurred 
 before, or has ever occurred since, it is be- 
 lieved, in proportion to the population, 
 which was then about 2,000 ; while the av- 
 erage number of deaths in town per year, 
 about that period, was, as near as can now 
 be ascertained, but a little over 20, and of 
 course but little more than one death in 
 100. In the village, according to records 
 left by the Rev. Chester Wright, the av- 
 erage number of deaths for the five years 
 preceding 1813 was but four per year, 
 which must have been considerably less 
 than one to 100 yearly. This seems to be 
 confirmed by another record left by Mr. \ 
 Wright, of the number of deaths occurring 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 265 
 
 each year in the village for the 14 years 
 succeeding 18 16, by which it appears that 
 the average number of deaths in the vil- 
 lage, during that whole period, was but lo 
 yearly, while the population during the 
 last-named period increased from nearly 
 1,000 in l8i6 to nearly- 2,000 in 1830; so 
 that the rate of mortality during the whole 
 19 years, of which'we have given the ap- 
 proximate statistics, wa^^with the excep- 
 tion of 1814, always greatly less than one 
 to every 100 inhabitants ; all going to con- 
 firm what we have before stated respecting 
 the peculiar healthiness of the location of 
 our town, and especially of our village, 
 frotn the earliest times to the present day. 
 
 N'otices of Proprietors' Meetings, of tdxes, 
 and of Sales of lands for Taxes in Mont- 
 pelier — Compiled by Henry Stevens, 
 Senior, from fiks oftheXWindsor\ Ver- 
 mont Journal and the [Sennin^on'} 
 Vermont Gazette.* 
 
 organization of the town. 
 March 4, 179 1, Jacob Davis, Clark 
 Stevens and Jonathan Cutler presented a 
 petition to JohnTaplin, of Berlin, a justice 
 of the peace for the County of Orange, 
 praying that a warrant might be issued for 
 calling a meeting of the inhabitants to or- 
 ganize the town. Though this petition 
 was not legal, (having the signatures of 
 only three freeholders, while the statute 
 required four,) Justice Taplin took no no- 
 tice of the defect, but issued a warrant " to 
 Clark Stevens, one of the principal inhab- 
 ' itants of Montpelier," requiring him to 
 
 ♦ H will be observed thai tUese legal noLlces covera 
 much larger amount of taxes than that given In the 
 preceding text. Compilations lilce the above, f|)r 
 many towns, may be found in the State Library, at 
 the end of an old volume of the Windsor Jownal. 
 
 Journal. Oazette. 
 
 Proprietors to meet Aug 17, 1784, No. 48 No. 66 
 
 Ditto, Sept 12, I78S, [not holden,] — 114 
 
 Ditto, Sept 26, 1786, [not holdenj 108 117 
 
 Ditto, 2d Wednesday of Jan 1786, 118 122 
 
 Taxed 263 8d per right, J an 9, '87, 184 190 
 
 Proprietors lo meet 2d Tuesday 
 
 of June, 1787, 198 208 
 
 Sale of lands for the tax of 26s 8d, 
 
 June 12, 1787, 196 203 
 
 Taxed £1 98 4d by the proprietors, 
 
 June 12, 1787, 207 212 
 
 Lands to be sold for said tax.Oct. 
 
 16.1787, 216 222 
 
 Lands to be sold for town tax, 
 
 Jan 3, 1788, 226 234 
 
 Taxed 19s 6d per right by the pro- . . . „ . 
 
 prietors (June, '88,1 268 Vol . 6, No. 6 
 
 Lands to be sold for said tax last 
 
 Wednesday of Cot, 1788, 269 " 6, 16 
 
 Taxed £27 14s 6d for the general 
 
 survey, 276 " 6, 24 
 
 Lands to be sold for do. Feb 16,'89, 284 [no sales.] 
 Two penny tax to be paid in la- 
 bor. May, June and July, '89, 290 Vol.6, 40 
 Lands to be sold for the general 
 
 survey tax. March 16, 1789, 289 " 6, 84 
 
 Lands to be sold for the 2 penny 
 
 tax, June 23. 1791, 408 " 8, 49 
 
 Proprietors to meet Aug 28, 1792, 466 
 
 34 
 
 warn a meeting of the freeholders and 
 other inhabitants of the town, to meet at 
 the house of Jacob Davis on Tuesday, the 
 29th day of March, 1791, at 9 o'clock in 
 the morning, to choose a moderator, clerk, 
 selectmen, treasurer, and all other town 
 officers, and to see if said town will choose 
 some proper person to remove the pro- 
 prietors' records into the town. This 
 warrant was dated March 8, 1791, and on 
 the same day Mr. Stevens posted his warn- 
 ing in accordance with the warrant and 
 the statute. Pursuant to the warning a 
 meeting was holden, of which the follow- 
 ing is the record : 
 
 First Town Meeting. 
 
 At a town meeting of the inhabitants of 
 Montpelier, legally warned and met at the 
 dwelling-house of Col. Jacob Davis, in said 
 Montpelier, on the 29th day of March, 
 1791 — 
 
 Proceeded to choose a Moderator, &c. 
 &c. 
 
 ISA, Voted, and chose Col. Jacob Davis 
 Moderator to govern said meeting. 
 
 2nd, Voted, and chose Ziba Woodworth 
 Town Clerk. 
 
 3d, Voted, and chose James Hawkins ist 
 Select Man. 
 
 4th, Voted, and chose James Taggart 2d 
 Select Man. 
 
 5th, Voted, and chose Hiram Peck 3d 
 Select Man. 
 
 6th, Voted, and chose Jonathan Cutler 
 Town Treasurer. 
 
 7th, Voted, and chose Parley Davis Con- 
 stable and Collector. 
 
 8th, Voted, and chose Josiah Hurlburt 
 Highway Surveyor. 
 
 9th, Voted, and chose Benj. I. AVheeler 
 Highway Surveyor. 
 
 loth. Voted, and chose Solomon Dodge 
 Highway Surveyor. 
 
 nth Voted, and chose Col. Jacob Davis 
 Lister. 
 
 I2th, Voted, and chose Benj. I. Wheel- 
 er Lister. 
 
 13th, Voted, and chose Clark Stevens 
 Lister. 
 
 1 4th I Voted, and chose Col. Jacob Davis 
 Fence Viewer. 
 
 15th, Voted to adjourn said meeting till 
 the 1st Tuesday of September. 
 
 The aforementioned officers were duly 
 sworn and affirmed to the faithful discharge 
 of their respective offices, before John 
 Taplin, Justice of the Peace for said Coun- 
 ty- 
 
 ZiBA Woodworth, Town Clerk. 
 
VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 On the record is the following list of vo- 
 ters who took part in the organization of 
 the town, to which we have added, when- 
 ever possible, the region from which these 
 original freemen of the town cahie. 
 
 Benjamin I. Wheeler, Rehoboth, Mass. ; 
 David Parsons, Oxford, now Charlton, 
 Mass. ; Parley Davis, Oxford, now Charl- 
 ton, Mass. ; Ebenezer Dodge, Peterbor- 
 ough, N. H. ; Solomon Dodge, Peterbor- 
 ough, N, H.; Nathaniel Peck, Royalston, 
 Mass. ; David Wing, Rochester, Mass. ; 
 Lemuel Brooks, Ashford, Ct. ; Clark Ste- 
 vens, Rochester, Mass. ; Jonathan Snow, 
 Rochester, Mass. ; Hiram Peck, Royals- 
 ston, Mass. ; James Hawkins, James Tag- 
 
 fart, John Templeton; Elisha Cummins, 
 orn in Sutton, Mass. ; Jonathan Cutler, 
 Charles McCloud; Col. Jacob Davis, Ox- 
 ford, now Charlton, Mass. ; Isaac Putnam ; 
 Nathaniel Davis, Oxford, now Charlton, 
 Mass. ; Ziba Woodworth, Bozrah, Conn. ; 
 Jerathmel [B.] Wheeler, Rehoboth, Mass. ; 
 Smith Stevens, Rochester, Mass. ; Charles 
 Stevens, Rochester, Mass. ; Edmund Doty ; 
 Duncan Young, a' Scotchman, from Bur- 
 goyne's army ; Freeman West. New Bed- 
 ford, Mass. 
 
 The name of Josiah Hurlburt appears in 
 the list of town officers elected, and it is 
 presumed he was a citizen of lawful age. 
 Jacob Davis, Jr., was also of age and a 
 citizen at that time. Thompson states that 
 David Wing Jr. and Larned Lamb were 
 then Freemen of the town, and suggests 
 that they may have been absent on the day 
 of the meeting. This would make the 
 whole number known to be freemen of the 
 town at the organiza,tion, 30. The total 
 population, by the census taken that year, 
 was 113, which was small for the number 
 of voters ; but doubtless several who acted 
 in town meeting had not then brought 
 their families into town. 
 
 These names indicate, as the fact was, 
 that on the organization of the town, set- 
 tlements had been made in every quarter 
 of it, on the hills and in the river valleys. 
 Even now the farms of these men are 
 I easily recognized, and many are owned by 
 the descendants of the original settlers. 
 The early occupancy of the town so gen- 
 erally was doubtless due to the provision 
 in the original charter, which required 
 "that each proprietor, his heirs or assigns, 
 
 shall plant' or cultivate 5 acres of land, and 
 build an house at least 18 feet square on the 
 floor, or have one family settled on each 
 respective right, within the term of 3 years 
 after the circumstances of the war will ad- 
 mit of a settlement with safety, on penalty 
 of the forfeiture of each respective right, or 
 share of land, in said township, not so 
 improved or settled." 
 
 HABITS AND CHARACTER OF THE FIRST 
 
 SETTLERS. 
 
 FUOM D, I'. THOMPSON. 
 
 Among the whole list of the 27 freemen 
 who joined in its organization we find but 
 one or two who did not become, not only 
 the permanent residents of the town, but 
 the permanent owners of the farms they 
 first' purchased and improved for their 
 homes. And in looking, now, over that 
 ever to be honored roll of men, then all 
 farmers, consisting of the Wheelers, the 
 DaVises, the Templetons, the Putnams, 
 the Stevenses, the Cumminses, etc., and 
 then glancing over the town, we can 
 scarcely find one of the original homesteads 
 of all those thus settling which is not still 
 in the possession of some one of their de- 
 scendants. This fact alone speaks vol- 
 umes in praise of the original inhabitants 
 of the town. It speaks in such praise, be- 
 cause it presupposes and proves the ex- 
 istence, in them, of that invaluable combi- 
 nation of traits of character which can 
 alone ensure full success in building up an 
 abidingly thrifty town, and a well-ordered 
 and respectable community — the resolu- 
 tion and physical endurance necessary for 
 subduing' the forests,/ the frugahty and 
 economy in living required for retaining 
 Mid increasing the amount of their hard 
 earnings, and the foresight and general 
 capacity for business indispensable for the 
 successful management of their acquisi- 
 tions. 
 
 That the first inhabitants of Montpelier 
 were generally men of great physical 
 powers, resolution and stability of pur- 
 pose, and that they applied their energies 
 of body and mind to the best effect, in 
 clearing up and improving their township, 
 may be well enough seen in the pictures 
 we have already drawn of the first years of 
 the settlement, but more certainly so in 
 the noble results of their exertions, which, 
 after 20 years, stood developed in their 
 individual thrift, in their aggregate wealth 
 and pecuniary independence. 
 
 But those results were not brought about 
 by hard labor alone. Strict frugality in 
 living lent its scarcely less important aid 
 in the work. Nature has but few wants ; 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 and these settlers and their families seem 
 to have been well content to put up with 
 her real requirements. The ambition for 
 display in dress, equippage and costly 
 buildings was a forbidden, and an almost 
 unknown, passion among them. And all 
 expectations of making property without 
 work, or of living on credit, were ideas 
 which were still more scouted. They 
 dressed comfortably but very plainly, wear- 
 ing, for the 12 or ij years of the settle- 
 ment at least, scarcely anything but. what 
 was the product of their own looms and 
 spinning-wheels. With these implements, 
 so necessary for the times, nearly every 
 household was supplied. The girls spun, 
 and the mothfers wove, from their own 
 wool, the flannels to be dressed or pressed 
 for their best winter wear, and from their 
 own flax the neat linen checks for their 
 gowns and aprons for summer. Then the 
 females of that ,day made their health, 
 their husbands' or fathers' wealth, and es- 
 tablished enduring habits of industry for 
 themselves, as they were passing along in 
 their daily routine of household employ- 
 ments. And who does not see how much 
 better it would in reality be for the health, 
 constitutions and habits of the females of 
 .the present day, if they were compelled to 
 resort to the same way of clothing them- 
 selves and their families. Foreign man- 
 ufactured goods were scarcely used at all 
 for clothing during the first dozen years of 
 the settlement. The wives who came into 
 town with their husbands might have 
 brought with them, perhaps, their calico 
 gowns; and it was known that "Marm 
 Davis," as that pattern of housewives, th^ 
 help-meet of Col. Davis, was called, had 
 brought with her a silk gown — the onepit 
 is believed, in which she was married ; but 
 it is not known that there were any others. 
 The first silk dress that was ever pur- 
 chafsed and brought into Montpelier for 
 one of its lady residents was one obtained 
 for the wife of Judge David Wing, and 
 was first worn by her at a meeting late in 
 1803. 
 
 "I well remember when that first silk 
 gown made its appearance," recently said 
 an aged lady cotemporary of the favored 
 possessor of the rare garment, to us while 
 making enquires about such matters. " It 
 was a meeting held in one of Col. Davis' 
 new barns. Hannah, that is Mrs. Wing, 
 came in with it on, and made quite a sen- 
 sation among us, but being so good a 
 woman, and putting on no airs about it, 
 we did not go to envying her. We thought 
 it extravagant, to be sure ; but as her hus- 
 band had just been elected Secretary of 
 State, and might wish to take her abroad 
 with him, wc concluded at length that the 
 
 purchase might be perhaps, after all, quite 
 a pardonable act." , 
 
 Ribbons and laces were not worn nor 
 possessed by the women ; and the wearing 
 of bonnets, which are thought to require 
 trimmings made of such materials, was 
 scarcely more frequent. Instead of bon- 
 nets, th,ey generally wore for head-dress 
 when going abroad, the more substantial, 
 but no less neat and tasteful, small fur 
 hats, which were then already being man- 
 ufactured in several of the older towns in 
 the State. And it was not till a merchant 
 had established himself in town that any 
 innovation was made in these simple kinds 
 of female attire. Then, for the first time, 
 calico gowns became common — the best 
 qualities of which cost 75 cents per yard, 
 but of so strong and substantial a fabric 
 that one of them would outwear two, or 
 even three of most of those of the present 
 day. 
 
 The men dressed as plain, or plaiiier. 
 Tow cloth for summer, and striped un- 
 dressed woolens for winter, were the stand- 
 ing materials of their ordinary apparel. 
 For public occasions, however, most of 
 them managed to obtain one dress each, 
 made of homespun woolen, colored and 
 dressed cloth, which, as they used them, 
 were generally good for their lifetimes. 
 The first "go-to-meeting"' dresses of the 
 boys were also, of course, domestic man- 
 ufacture, and generally of fustian. A new 
 fustian coat was a great thing in the eyes 
 of a boy of fourteen in those days. 
 
 But as their days of gallantry approached, 
 their ambition sometimes soared to a new 
 India cotton shirt, which then cost 62 
 cents per yard, though now not a fourth 
 of that amount. The men wore fur caps 
 or felt hats for every-dayiise, but some of 
 them„ fur hats on public occasions ; and a 
 few of the wealthier class, especially if 
 they became what was called public char- 
 acters, bought themselves beaver hats, 
 which stood in about the same relation 
 among the outfits of the men as did silk 
 gowns among those of the women, such 
 hats at that time costing $30 each. .But 
 this was not so very bad economy as might 
 be supposed, after all, since one of the 
 clear beaver hats of that day would not 
 only wear through the lifetime of the 
 owner, but the lifetime of such of his sons 
 as had the luck to inherit it. 
 
 The ordinary articles of family food 
 were corn and wheat bread, potatoes, 
 peas, beans and garden vegetables, pork, 
 fish and wild game. Sweet-cake, asitwas 
 called, was rarely made, and pastry was 
 almost wholly unknown. Indeed, we have 
 been unable to learn that a pie of any kind 
 was ever seen on a table in town till nearly 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 a dozen years after it was first settled. 
 About that tkne, however, one of the 
 elder daughters of Col. Davis, on noticing 
 some fine pumpkins that were brought to 
 the house during the harvesting, conceived 
 the ambitious idea of making a mess of 
 pumpkin pies, and obtaining at last the 
 reluctant consent of her mother to let her 
 make the experiment, she made a batch 
 which took to a charm with the whole fam- 
 ily and, the several visitors invited to par- 
 take of the novel repast. After this, 
 pumpkin pies became a staple of the tea- 
 table on all extra occasions. 
 
 Laboring men who, in felling the forest, 
 logging, or boiling salts, as the first state 
 of makmg potashes and pearls was called, 
 often went considerable distances from 
 their homes to work, generally took their 
 dinners along with them into the woods, 
 leaving the women to take care of the 
 cattle and .everything requiring atten- 
 tion about Mbftie. These dinners gener- 
 ally consisted of baked or stewed pork and 
 beans, and not unfrequently of only bread 
 and raw salt pork. Colonel Davis always 
 used to recommend to his laborers to eat 
 their pork raw or without any kind of 
 cooking, contending that it was more 
 healthy when eaten in that way than in any 
 other. Some of the new hands that had 
 been hired in by the Colonel at last, how- 
 ever, rebelled against the practice. Among 
 the latter was Lemuel Brooks, the after- 
 wards well-known Captain Brooks, who 
 assured his fellow-laborers one day, after 
 they had been making their dinners on 
 raw pork, that he was determined to 
 set his wits to work and see if he could 
 not, by the next noon, get up a more 
 christianlike dinner. Accordingly he came 
 on the next morning with gun and ammu- 
 nition, and just before noon stepped oiT 
 into the neighboring thickets, and shot 
 two or three brace of partridges, which, in 
 their chosen localities, were as plenty as 
 hens about a farm-house. And having 
 speedily plucked and dressed the birds, he 
 ■ suspended them by the legs over a fire 
 struck and built for the purpose, with a 
 thick slice of pork made to hang directly 
 above each, so that the salt gravy should 
 drip upon or into them, and moisten and 
 season them while cooking. As soon as 
 he had thus prepared his meal, he hallooed 
 to the men, and in his usual jovial and 
 humorous manner, bid them come in and 
 partake of his " new invented dinner of 
 parched partridges." And parched part- 
 ridges thenceforward became a favorite 
 meal among the woodmen of the settle- 
 ment. 
 
 The out-door work, at the period of 
 which we have been speaking, was by no 
 
 means all performed by the male inhab- 
 itants. Wives and daughters considered 
 it no disparagement to go out to work in 
 the fields, or even into the forest, when- 
 ever the occasion required itat their hands. 
 They boiled salts and made maple sugar at 
 times in the woods, and often in busy 
 seasons, worked with their husbands, fath- 
 ers or brothers, in making hay, harvesting 
 grain, husking corn and digging potatoes 
 in the field. The wives and daughters of 
 the rich and poor alike cheerfully engaged 
 in all these out-door employments, when 
 the work, for want of the necessary male 
 help or other circumstances, seemed to in- 
 vite their assistance. Even Colonel Davis, 
 whose family was regarded as standing in 
 the first position in society, could be seen 
 leading his bevy of beautiful daughters 
 into his fields to pull flax. 
 
 But frugality in modes of dress, the 
 supplies of the table, and other domestic 
 arrangements for saving expenses and liv- 
 ing within their means, did not constitute 
 the whole of their system of economy. 
 Their provident forecast taught them the 
 evils of debt. For they felt that under 
 the depressing influence of that sort of 
 slavery, they could never enjoy that feel- 
 ing of proud independence which they 
 carefully cherished, and which constituted 
 the best part of their happiness. They 
 rightly appreciated, also, the bad moral 
 tendencies of that evil, than which scarcely 
 nothing more silently and surely tends, 
 with its numberless temptations, to do 
 what we otherwise would not do, to de- 
 base our best feelings and convictions as 
 men, and undermine our best civic virtues 
 as freemen. Our first settlers, therefore, 
 carefully avoided it, making their calcula- 
 tions far ahead so to live, so to purchase, 
 and so to enlarge their plans of improve- 
 ment, as to keep out of debt, and often 
 foregoing the most tempting of bargains 
 rather than increase it. 
 
 To enable the reader to estimate the 
 cost of living and the profits of farming, as 
 well as to appreciate the frugality of set- 
 tlers", it will be well to note a.few of the 
 prevailing prices of labor, stoclc and other 
 products of the day, as well as those of 
 the few necessary articles which the set- 
 tlers were compelled to import for their 
 use and consumption in living, or in pur- 
 suing their ordinary avocations. 
 
 PRICES OF LABOR, STOCK, EXPORTED 
 AND IMPORTED ARTICLES. 
 
 The wages of the best class of laborers 
 were $9.00 per month, and 42 to 50 cents 
 for casual day's work. 
 
 The common price of wheat was 67 cts. 
 per bushel; Indian cofn, 50; oats, 25; 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 269 
 
 potatoes, 25 ; best yoke of oxen, $40.80 ; 
 best horses, $50; best cows, $25; salts of 
 lye, $4 to $5 per cwt. ;,-pork, in dressed 
 hogs, $4 to $6; beef, averaging $4. 
 • Of articles imported, the prices were : 
 For rock salt, $3 per bushel ; common, 
 $2.50 ; loaf sugar, 42 cts. per lb. ; brown, 
 17 to 20, cts. ; common W. I. molasses, 
 ¥1.17 per gallon; green tea, $2 per lb.; 
 poorest Bohea, 50 cts. per lb. ; nutmegs, 12 
 cts. each ; ginger, 34 cts. per lb. ; pepper, 
 75 ; iron shovels, $1.50 each ; broad-cloth, 
 $8 to $10 per yd. ;- E. I. cotton cloth, 62 
 cts. ; calico, Jo to 75 cts. ; W. I. rum, $2 
 per gallon ; dry salt fish, 1 1 cts. per lb. 
 
 And yet, with these extremely low pri- 
 ces for their products, and enormously 
 high ones for their imported necessaries, 
 the settlers, such was their industry and 
 frugality, steadily progressed along the 
 way to independence and wealth. But 
 though the openings in the forest, rapidly 
 increasing in extent and number, the more 
 and more highly cultivated fields, the bet- 
 ter and better filled barns, and the con- 
 stantly multiplying stock of the barn- 
 yards, made their yearly progress in thrift 
 clearly obvious to all, yet the ratio of that 
 progress can be accurately estimated only 
 from the financial statistics of the town. 
 And for this purpose we subjoin the sev- 
 eral grand lists of the town from its or- 
 ganization for the next succeeding fifteen 
 yeais, or to and including 1807, all taken 
 yearly and on the same plan. 
 
 GRAND LISTS OF MONTPELIER FROM 1 792 
 TO 1806, INCLUSIVE. 
 1792, $2,141.67; 1793, $3,075.00; 1794, 
 
 $4,531.67 ; 1795, $5,705.83 ; 1796, $7,660 ; 
 1797. if9.794-i8. ; 1798, $10,963.93 ; 1799, 
 $14,538.75; 11800, $15,390.93; 1801, $16,- 
 979-77; 1802, $17,437.13; 1803, $18,126.- 
 99; 1804, $19,310.91; 1865, $22,920.55; 
 1806, $25,883.80. 
 
 The increase of the population of the 
 town, in the meanwhile, will be seen by 
 the different enumerations of the U. S. 
 Census, the whole of whicli, as we may 
 not find a more convenient place for them, 
 we will also here insert. 
 
 Census of the Town. — By the first 
 enumeration, 1791, 113; in i8oo, 890; 
 1810, 1,877; 1820, 2,308; 1830, 2,985; 
 1840, 3,725 ; 1850, JWontpelier, 2,310, East 
 Montpelier, 1,448, united, 3,758; i860, 
 Montpelier, 2,411, East Montpelier, 1,328, 
 united, 3,739 ; 1870, Montpelier, 3,023', 
 East Montpelier, 1,130, united, 4,153; 
 1880, Montpelier, 3,219, East Montpelier, 
 972, united, 4,191. ^ 
 
 This statement shows a steady increase 
 except in i860, '70 and '80, when East 
 Montpelier lost materially. From 1840 to 
 
 i860 the old town as a whole was nearly 
 stationary, while the present town, or the 
 old village, has constantly increased. 
 
 Part II. History Subsequent to the 
 Organization of the Town. 
 
 The strictly civil history of the town 
 from its. organization is that of every town 
 in Vermont — a record of town meetings, 
 of roads laid, school districts established, 
 taxes voted, cemeteries provided, and lists 
 made of persons warned out of town that 
 they might not become chargeable to it as 
 paupers;* of elections, national, state and 
 town, and of annual reports and returns 
 required; of intentions of marriage, mar- 
 riages, births and deaths^j^ery incom- 
 plete. These fill volumes, and are of no 
 use but for occasional reference, and in- 
 stead of these it is deemed best to give con- 
 densed statements, under different heads, 
 of what has served to make the town, and 
 most to mark its history, mainly outside of 
 its ofiicial records. 
 
 political history. 
 
 l^oUs for President from 1828 fo 1880. -f 
 
 1828, John Quincy Adams, (National 
 Republican,) 185 ; Andrew Jackson, (Dem- 
 ocratic,) 171. 
 
 1832,:!: Andrew Jackson, (Pemocratic,) 
 284; Henry Clay, (Nat. Repub.) 163; 
 Wm. Wirt, (anti-Masonic,) 70. 
 
 1836, Martin Van Buren, (Democratic,) 
 311 ; Wm. Henry Harrison, (Whig,) 246. 
 
 1840, Martin Van Buren, (Democratic,) 
 348; Wm. Henry Harrison, Whig,) 340; 
 scattering 5. 
 
 1844. James K. 'Polk, (Democratic,) 
 348; Henry Clay, (Whig,) 250; James G. 
 Birney, (Abolition,) 55. 
 
 1848, § Zachary Taylor, (Whig,) 403 ; 
 
 'These lists contain the names of the wealtliiest as 
 well as of the poorest citizens,, with their fanilltes. Ir- 
 respective of character, color br condition, and were 
 intended to embrace every person who at the time 
 had not become legally chargeable to the town In case 
 aid or support sliould be needed. 
 
 t The first recorded vote is that of 18S8, the presiden- 
 tial electors Iiaving been previously elected by tlie 
 General Assembly, 
 
 ^Tliere Is no record of presidential vote, and the 
 votes given above were for State officers that year, 
 being the nearest approximation to the presidential 
 vote. 
 
 §Ata1lof the electlolis thus marked [§], members 
 and officers ot the Legislature voted in Montpelier. 
 
270 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Lewis Cass, (Democratic,) 333; Martin 
 Van Buren, (Free-Soil,) 249. 
 
 After the Division of the Town. 
 
 1852, Winfield Scott, (Wliig,) 388; 
 Franklin Pierce, (Democratic,) 222; John 
 P. Hale, (Abolition,) 171. 
 
 i8s6,§ John C. Freemont, (Republi- 
 can,) 726; James Buchanan, (Democratic,) 
 198; scattering, i. 
 
 i86o,§Abraham Lincoln, (Republican,) 
 541 ; Stephen A. Douglass, (Democrat- 
 ic,) 180 ; Edward Everett, (Conservative,) 
 3 ; John C. Breckenridge, (pro-slavery 
 Dem.) 2. 
 
 1864, § Abraham Lincoln, (Republican,) 
 664; Geo. B. McClellan, (Democratic,) 
 
 157- 
 
 1868, Ulj%es S.' Grant, (Republican,) 
 416; Horatio Seymour, (Democratic,) 148. 
 
 1872, Ulysses S. Grant, (Republican,) 
 496 ; Horace Greeley, (Liberal,) 223 ; 
 Charles O'Connor, (Democrat,) 3. 
 
 i876,§ Rutherford B. Hayes, (Republi- 
 can,) 577 ; Samuel J. Tilden, (Democrat,) 
 
 423- 
 
 1880, James A. Garfield, (Republican,) 
 651 ;W. S. Hancock, (Democrat,) 382; 
 scattering, 2. 
 
 In ten of the above elections the ma- 
 jority of votes cast in Montpelier was for 
 the candidate elected ; in one instance the 
 plurality was for the candidate elected ; in 
 one instance the plurality and in two in- 
 stances the majority was for candidates who 
 were not elected. In 10 elections out of 14, 
 therefore, the preference of Montpelier 
 has coincided with that of the nation ; 
 four times on the Democratic side, and six 
 times on the Republican side. 
 Votes for Governor from 1792 to 1880. 
 
 1792, Thomas Chittenden 24. 
 
 •793. Thomas Chittenden 23, Samuel 
 Hitchcock 2, Parley Davis i. 
 
 1794, Thomas Chittenden 26, Elijah 
 Paine 25, Nathaniel Niles i. 
 
 1795, Thomas Chittenden 27, Isaac 
 Tichenor 19. 
 
 1796, Isaac Tichenor 24, Thos. Chitten- 
 den 17, Paul Brigham i. 
 
 1797, Elijah Paine 22, Samuel Hitch- 
 cock 6, IJavid Wing, Jr., 3, Lewis R. 
 Morris i. 
 
 •1798-99, Unanimous for Isaac Tichenor, 
 the votes being 47 and 64. 
 
 1800, Isaac Tichenor 59, Paul Brigham 
 2, Edward Lamb i. 
 
 1801, Isaac Tichenor Ji, Paul Brigham 
 I, Israel Smith I. 
 
 1802, Isaac Tichenor 49, Israel Smith 
 13, Joseph Wing i. 
 
 1803, Isaac Tichenor 59, Jonathan Rob- 
 inson 12. 
 
 1804, Isaac Tichenor 65, Jona. Robin- 
 son 38, Lewis R. Morris 2, Jonas Galu- 
 sha I. • . 
 
 1805, Isaac Tichenor 69, Jona. Robin- 
 son 16, Israel Smith i. 
 
 1806, Isaac Tichenor 58, Israel Smith 
 23, James Fisk i. 
 
 1807, Isaac Tichenor 68, Israel Smith 21. 
 
 1808, Isaac Tichenor 117, Israel Smith 
 109; Wm. Chamberlain 2. • 
 
 1809, Jonas Galusha 155, Isaac Tichenor 
 112, Paul Brigham 4, Charles Marsh and 
 Edward Lamb i each. 
 
 1810, Jonas Galusha 147, Isaac Tichenor 
 107, Paul Brigham, Elijah Paine and 
 James Fisk i each. 
 
 i8ii, Jonas Galusha 150, Martin Chit- 
 tenden 103, Paul Brigham 2, Wm. Cham- 
 berlain arid Benjamin Swan i each. 
 
 i8i2, Jonas Galusha 163, Martin Chit- 
 tenden 147, Paul Brigham 2, Timothy 
 Merrill and Salvin Collins i each. 
 
 1813, Jonas Galusha 172, Martin Chit- 
 tenden 150, Paul Brigham 'and William 
 Chamberlain 2 each, Chauncey Langdon i. 
 
 1814, Jonas Galusha 163, Martin Chit- 
 tenden 156, Wm. Chamberlain and Ed- 
 ward Lamb i each. 
 
 1815, Martin Chittenden 175, Jonas Ga- 
 lusha 171, Paul Brigham and Nahum Kel- 
 ton I each. 
 
 i8l6, Jonas Galusha none, Sam'l. Strong 
 none ; number of votes not recorded. 
 
 1817, Jonas Galusha 147, Isaac Tichenor 
 72. 
 
 i8i8-'i9, Jonas Galusha 155, Charles 
 Marsh i ; same each year. 
 
 1820, unanimous for Richard Skinner; 
 191 votes cast. 
 
 i82i-'22, Richard Skinner 172, Dudley 
 Chase 2 ; same both years. 
 
 1823, Cornelius P. Van Ness 145. 
 
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 1824, Cornelius P. Van Ness 126, Sam- 
 uel C. Crafts I. 
 
 1825, Cornelius P. Van Ness- 227, Sam- 
 uel C. Crafts 5, Wm. A Griswold I. 
 
 1826, Ezra Butler 189, Lemuel Whitney 
 '56, Joel Doolittle 2, Samuel C. Crafts i. 
 
 1827, Ezra Butler 359 ; opposition vote 
 not published ; no town record. 
 
 1828, Samuel C. Crafts 187, Joel Doo- 
 little 2. 
 
 1829, Samuel C. Crafts 190, Joel Doo- 
 little 74, Heman Allen ii.iChauncey Lang- 
 don 2, Ira Allen and Silas Crafts i each. 
 
 1830, Samuel C. Crafts 181, Ezra Meach 
 172, Wm. A. Palmer 37. 
 
 1831, Ezra Meach 234, Heman Allen 
 141 ,Wm. A. Palmer T], SamuelC. Crafts i . 
 
 1832, Ezra Meach 284, Samuel C. Crafts 
 163, Wm. A. Palmer 70. 
 
 1833, John Roberts 216, Wm. A. Palmer 
 193, Ezra Meach 114, Horatio Seymour 
 18, James Bell 3, D. A. A. Buck i. 
 
 1834, Wm. C. Bradley 347, Wm. A. 
 Palmer 154, Horatio Seymour 118, Samuel 
 C. Crafts I. 
 
 1835, Wm. C. Bradley 302, Charles 
 Paine 115, Wm. A. Palmer 52, Wm. A. 
 Griswold and Dudley Chase i each. 
 
 1836, Wm. C. Bradley 375, Silas H. 
 Jennison 281, Wm. Slade i. 
 
 1837, Wm. C. Bradley 346, Silas H. 
 Jennison 292. 
 
 1838, Wm. C. Bradley 388, Silas H. 
 Jennison 305. 
 
 1839, Nathan Smilie 405, Silas H. Jen- 
 nison 340, Timothy Goodale 3, Lyman 
 Fitch I. 
 
 1840, Paul Dillingham, Jr., 428, Silas H. 
 Jennison 386, Solomon Sias 5, scatter- 
 ing 3- 
 
 1841, Nathan Smilie 445, Charles Paine 
 261, Titus Hutchinson 43, Samuel C. 
 Crafts and H. F. Janes i each. 
 
 1842, Nathan Smilie 430, Charles Paine 
 272, Charles K. Williams 22, C. B. Wil- 
 liams I. 
 
 1843, Daniel Kellogg 404, John Mat- 
 tocks 248, Charles K. Williamsi 26. 
 
 1844, Daniel Kellogg 420, Wm. Slade 
 318, Wm. R. Shafter 70, scattering i. 
 
 1845, Daniel Kellogg 382, Wm. Slade 
 238, Wm. R. Shafter 83, scattering 2. 
 
 1846, John Smith 385, Horace Eaton 
 269, Lawrence Brainerd99,Heman Allen2. 
 
 1847, Paul Dillingham, Jr., 366, Horace 
 Eaton 2J5, Lawrence Brainerd 100, Dan- 
 iel Kellogg 4, Jedediah H. Harris i. 
 
 1848, Paul Dillingham, Jr., 376, Carlos 
 Coolidge 258, Oscar L. Shafter 118. 
 
 After the Division of the Town. 
 
 1849, Carlos Coolidge 248, Horatio Need- 
 ham 248. 
 
 1850, Charles K. Williams 259, Lucius 
 B. Peck 236, John Roberts 12. 
 
 1851, Charles K. Williams 238, Tiln- 
 othy P. Redfield 223, John S. Robinson 14. 
 
 1852, Erastus Fairbanks 242, John S. 
 Robinson 125, Lawrence Brainerd 89. 
 
 1853, Erastus Fairbanks 220,, John S. 
 Robinson 173, Lawrence Brainerd 68, 
 Stephen Royce i . 
 
 1854, Stephen Royce 248, Merritt Clark 
 165, Lawrence Brainerd 9, Wm. C. Kit- 
 tredge i. 
 
 185s. Stephen Royce 378, Merritt Clark 
 144, Wm. R. Shafter 3. 
 
 1856, Ryland FJetcher 284, Henry Keyes 
 15s, scattering 4. 
 
 1857, Ryland Fletcher 197, Henry Keyes 
 100, scattering 2. 
 
 1858, Hiland Hall 236, Henry Keyes 
 124, Wm. R. Shafter 3, Philip C. Tucker i. 
 
 1859, Hiland Hali 265, John G. Saxe 
 123. 
 
 i860, Erastus Fairbanks 326, John G. 
 Saxe 140, Robert Harvey 4. 
 
 l86i, Andrew Tracy 199, Frederick 
 Holbrook 146, Wm. R. Shafter 2, Hiram 
 Atkins I. 
 
 1862, Frederick Holbrook 173, Paul 
 Dillingham 19, B. H. Smalley 6, Levi Un- 
 derwood 5, scattering 4. 
 
 1863,' John G. Smith 318, Timothy P. 
 Redfield 67. 
 
 1864, Johjf G. Smith 399, T. P. Red- 
 field 97, scattering i. 
 
 1865, Paul Dillingham 268, Charles N. 
 Davenport 90. 
 
 1866, Paul Dillingham 327, Charles N. 
 Davenport 125. 
 
 1867, John B. Page 288, John L. Ed- 
 wards 112, B. B. Smalley i. 
 
 1868, John B. Page 457, John L. Ed- 
 wards 175. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 1869, Peter T. Washburn 301, Homer 
 W. Heaton 138. 
 
 1870, John W. Stewart 322, Homer W. 
 Heaton 167. 
 
 1872, Julius Converse 424, Abram B. 
 Gardner 265. 
 
 1874, Asahel Peck 301, W. H. H. Bing- 
 ham 297. 
 
 1876, Horace Fairbanks 503, W. H. H. 
 Bingham '369, scattering i. 
 
 1878, Redfield Proctor 378, W. H. H. 
 Bingham 2^8, scattering 37. 
 
 i88o, Roswell Farnham 540, E. J. Phelps 
 290, scattering i. 
 
 From the above record it appears that 
 the town was Federal in politics from its 
 organization until 1809, the year after the 
 election of Mr. Madison as President : 
 that in 1809 and until 1815 the Republicans 
 of the Jeifersonian school were in the ma- 
 jority ; and that in 1815, the Federalists 
 obtained a small majority. The vote of 
 1816 is not to be found in the town re- 
 cords, and search has been made for it in 
 the office of the Secretary of State, but 
 without finding it. The representative 
 elected in that year was a Jeffersonian Re- 
 publican, and in 1817 the town was of the 
 same politics by a vote of two to one. 
 From that period there was no serious di- 
 vision in State politics for 12 years. It 
 was "the era of good feeling,'' following 
 the successful close of the war of 1812 with 
 Great Britain, and the people of the town 
 were, with rare exceptions, substantially 
 unanimous. On the election of Gen. Jack- 
 son, a new organization of two political 
 parties was made — known as the National 
 Republican and the Democratic parties — 
 and each was composed of men gathered 
 from the old Federal and Republican ranks. 
 These were speedily followed by the anti- 
 masonic party, and the votes from 1830 to 
 183s inclusive, reveal the existence of the 
 three parties in Montpelier, and also that 
 the Democratic party was in the ascendan- 
 cy. In 1836 and until 1841, there were 
 but two parties. Democratic and Whig, 
 the latter being in the minority. In 1841, 
 the anti-slavery party was developed, and 
 three organized parties were in existence 
 until the division of the town January i, 
 
 1849 : but in all this period the Democrat- 
 ic party was ascendant, and in fact elected 
 the town officers in every year after 1830 
 until 1849. On the governor vote in 1848, 
 the old town was exactly balanced between 
 the Democrats on the' one side and the 
 Whigs aud Anti-SIavery men on the other. 
 
 AFTER THE DIVISION OF THE TOWN. 
 
 In 1849, the number of parties was again 
 reduced to two, by a fusion of the Demo- 
 crats and Anti-Slavery men into what was 
 called the Freesoil party, and the town was 
 exactly tied on the vote for Governor, but 
 it elected the first Whig representative in 
 the person of the late Jackson A. Vail, 
 Esq., a lawyer and legislator of great abili- 
 ty, From that period until the formation- 
 of the Republican party in 1854, the Whigs 
 uniformly prevailed, as the Republicans 
 have done since 1854, the election of Mar- 
 cus D. Gilraan excepted. 
 
 TOWN REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1 792 tO 
 1882. 
 
 1792 to 1796, S years, Jacob Davis; 
 1797, 8, 1800, 01, 4 yrs., David Wing, Jr. ; 
 1799, 1802, Parley Davis ; 1803, 10, Jo- 
 seph Woodworth; 1804, 14, 15, Edward 
 Lamb; 1805 to 1809, Cyrus Ware; 181 1, 
 12, Timothy Merrill ; 1813, Joseph Howes, 
 after which for some years he was in the 
 military service of the United States ; 
 1816, 17, 18, 20, 29, Nahum Kelton; 1819, 
 George Worthington; 1821, 22, 23, 26, 
 Araunah Waterman; 1824, 5, Samuel 
 Prentiss; 1827, 8, 30, William Upham; 
 1831, 32, 33, Azel Spalding; 1834, 5, 
 Wm. Billings; 1836, 7, Lucius B. Peck; 
 1838, 9, Royal Wheeler; 1840, 41, Hora- 
 tio N. Baylies; 1842, 3, Addison . Peck ; 
 1844, s, Jeremiah T. Marston ; 1846, 7, 
 Charles Clark; 1848, Homer W. Heaton. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES AFTER THE DIVISION 
 OF THE TOWN. 
 
 1849, 50, Jackson A. Vail; 1851, 2, 
 Hezekiah H. Reed ; 1853, Eliakim P. Wal- 
 ton, recorded as E. P. Walton Jr. ; 1854, 
 Abijah Keith; 1855, Elisha P. Jewett; 
 1856, 7, Ferrand F. MerrQl; 1858, S9, 
 George W. CoUamer; i860, 61, George 
 C. Shepard ; 1862, 3, Charles Reed ; 1864, 
 S, Whitman G. Ferrin ; 1866, 7, Joel Fos- 
 
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 ter, Jr. ; 1868, 9, James R. Langdon ; 1870, 
 71, Joseph Poland ; 1872, 3, Parley P. Pit- 
 kin; 1874, 5, Marcus D. Oilman; 1876, 
 7, Charles T. Sabin ; 1878, 79, Hiram A.- 
 Huse; 1880, 81, B. F. Fifield,— the six 
 last for biennial sessions. 
 
 CITIZENS OF MONTPELIER WHO HAVE HELD 
 CIVIL OFFICES IN THE GOVERNMENT OF 
 THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Electors of President and Vice- Presi- 
 dent — 1836, Edward Lamb; 1840, Joseph 
 Reed ; 1852, Ezekiel P. Walton ; 1872, 
 Elisha P. Jewett. Augustine Clark and 
 Wm. P. Briggs also held this office, but 
 previous to their residence in Montpelier. 
 
 Senators in Congress — Samuel Prentiss, 
 1831 to 42, II years; William Upham, 
 1843 to 53, 10 years. 
 
 Members of Congress — Lucius B. Peck, 
 1847 to 51, 4 years; Eliakim P. Walton, 
 1857 to 63, 6 years; Charles W. Willard, 
 1869 to Tl, 6 years. 
 
 U. S. District Judge — Samuel Prentiss, 
 1842 to 56, 14 years, 
 
 U. S. District Attorneys — Lucius B. 
 Peck, 1853 to 57; B. Franklin Fifield^ 
 186910 1881. 
 
 United States Marshal — George W. 
 Barker, 1835 to 37. 
 
 Clerk of U. S. Circuit and District 
 Courts — Edward H. Prentiss, 1842 to 59, 
 17 years. 
 
 Register of the U. S. Treasury — Stod- 
 dard B. Colby, appointed in 1866, and 
 died while in office. 
 
 Post-Office Department — Charles Lyman 
 was appointed clerk in the Dead Letter 
 Office in 1861, and is now in that depart- 
 ment ; also Miss Emma Camp. 
 
 Treasury Department and General Land 
 Office — Henry Howes. 
 
 Agents for Paying Pensions — Azel Spald- 
 ing, Thomas Reed, Jr., George Howes, 
 Stephen Thomas. The office was re- 
 moved to New Hampshire while Gen. 
 Thomas was incumbent. 
 
 Collector of Internal Revenue — ^Joseph 
 Poland, Sept. 1862 to Mar. 69; C. S. 
 Dana, Mar. 1869 to 81 ; J. C. Stearns, from 
 July I, 1881. 
 
 In this list uiight be included the roll of 
 postmasters, sundry inspectors in the rev- 
 
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 enue department, and the names of a few 
 who have been employed in subordinate 
 offices at Washington, but a correct list is 
 impracticable. 
 
 CITIZENS OF MONTPELIER WHO HAVE HELD 
 CIVIL OFFICES IN THE STATE GOVERN- 
 MENT. 
 
 Members of the Council of Censors — 
 Nicholas Baylies, 1813 ; Joshua Y. Vail, 
 1820; Ezekiel P. Walton, 1827; Joseph 
 Reed, 1834; Hezekiah H. Reed, 1841 ; 
 Joseph A. Prentiss, 1862; Charles Reed, 
 1869. 
 
 Members of Constitutional Conventions — 
 Jacob Davis, 1793; Joseph Howes, 1814; 
 Darius Boyden, 1822 ; Stephen Foster, 
 1828; Nahum Kelton, 1836; Jeremiah T. 
 Marston, 1843, 1850; Oramel H. Smith, 
 1857; Eliakim P. Walton, 1870. 
 
 Councillors previous to the State Senate 
 in 1836— Nicholas Baylies, 1814 to 15; 
 George Worthington, 1827 to 31. 
 
 State Senators — Araunah Waterman, 
 1836-8 ; Wooster Sprague, 1842, 4; Or- 
 .amel H. Smith, 1845, 7 ; Charles G. East- 
 man, 1851, 3; Joseph Poland, 1858, 60; 
 Charles W. Willard, i860, 62 ; Roderick 
 Richardson, 1862, 64 ; Charles Reed, 1864, 
 7; Charles Dewey, 1867, 70; Eliakim P. 
 Walton, 1874 to 1878. 
 
 State Treasurers— PiXiigiis.'a.Vi.t. Clark, 1 833 
 to 37; John Spalding, 1841 to 46; Elisha 
 P. Jewett, 1846; George Howes, 1847 to 
 53 ; John A. Page, 1853 ; and again elected 
 in 1866, and is still in office. 
 
 Secretaries of State— 'Q^^'iA. Wing, Jr., 
 1802 to 6; Timothy Merrill, 1831 to 36; 
 Chauncey L. Knapp, 1836 to 41 ; James 
 McM. Shafter, 1842 to 49; Ferrand F. 
 Merrill, 1849 to 53 ; Daniel P. Thompson, 
 1853 to 'iS ; Charles W. Willard, 1855 to 
 57; Geo. W. Bailey, Jr., 1861 to 65.- 
 
 Secretary of Governor and Council — 
 George B. Manser, 1832 to 36. 
 
 Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs — 
 George B. Manser, 1836 to 41. 
 
 Clerks of House of Representatives — 
 Timothy Merrill, 1822 to 31 ; Oramel H. 
 Smith, pro tern., 1835 ; Ferrand F. Mer- 
 rill, 1838 to 49; George R. Thompson, 
 1856 to 58. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Judges of the Supreme Court — Samuel 
 Prentiss, 1825 to 29, and chief justice one 
 year; Nicholas Baylies, 1831 to 33; Isaac 
 F. Redfield, 1836 to 59, 24 years, and 
 chief justice 8 years ; Asahel Peck, circuit 
 court 1851 to 56, Supreme Court, l86o to 
 72, 13 years ; Timothy P. Redfield, 1872, 
 and is in office. 
 
 Judges of the County Court — David 
 Wing, Jr., Caledonia County Court, 1797- 
 1807, 10 years; Cyrus Ware, chief judge of 
 Caledonia County, 1808 to 11 ; Salvin Col- 
 lins, JeiFerson (now Washington) County, 
 i8ir, 12; Joseph Howes, 1819 to 27; 
 Shubael Wheeler, 1827 to 31 ; John Spald- 
 ing, 1840; Daniel Baldwin, 1846 to 8. 
 
 State'' s Attorneys — Timothy Merrill .1811 
 to 13, 181 5 to 22, 9 years; Nicholas Bay- 
 lies, 1813, 14, 25; Wm. Upham, 1829; 
 Azel Spalding, 1830 to 35; Homer W. 
 Heaton, 1839, 41, 60, 61; Oramel H. 
 Smith, 1842, 43, 44; Charles Reed, 1847- 
 8 ; Stoddard B. Colby, 1850, 51 ; Ferrand 
 F. Merrill, 1854-56; Clarence H. Pitkin, 
 1880, and is now in office. 
 
 Judges of Probate Court— T)a.vid Har- 
 rington, 181 1, 1812; Salvin Collins, 1815 
 to 1820; Jeduthan Loomis, 7820 to 1830; 
 Joseph Reed, 1830 to 1833; Rawsel R. 
 Keith, 1833 to 1836; Daniel P. Thomp- 
 son, 1837, 38, 39; George Worthington, 
 1840 ; Azel Spalding, 1842 to 45; Jacob 
 Scott, 1850, 51 ; Joseph Poland, 1852, 53 ; 
 Nelson A. Chase, 1854, 55 ; Timothy R. 
 Merrill, i86o to 70. 
 
 Cteris of Supreme and County Courts— 
 George Rich, 181 1 to 19, and clerk of the 
 Supreme Court only, 1819, 20 ; Joshua Y. 
 Vail, clerk of County Court, 1819, 20, and 
 of both courts, 1821 to 39, 18 years; Still- 
 man Churchill, 1839 to 44; Daniel P. 
 Thompson, 1844, 45; Jackson A. Vail, 
 1849; Shubael Wheeler, 1846 to 9, 50 to 
 58, II years; Luther Newcomb, 1858 to 
 n, 19 years: MelviDe E. Smilie, from 
 1877, and still in oifice. 
 
 High Sherifs— George Worthington, 
 1814 ; Rawsel R. Keith, 1825 to 32 ; Isaiah 
 Silver, 1840; Andrew A. Sweet, 1841, 42; 
 George W. Barker, 1843 to 46'; Addison 
 Peck, 1846, 47; Joseph W. Howes, 1849; 
 
 I. W. Brown, 1871 ; John L. Tuttle, 1877, 
 and still in office. 
 
 BUSINESS HISTORY. 
 
 From the peculiar location of Montpelier 
 village, in a basin into which all the main 
 roads converged through river valleys from 
 the north and the south, the east and the 
 west, it has from the beginning been an 
 important business place, tempting to 
 merchants and professional men, and re- 
 paying* good endeavors with abundant 
 sucpess. Not long before his death, the 
 late venerable Arthur Bostwick, of Jer- 
 icho, informed the writer that in his early 
 career as a business man, Montpelier, in- 
 stead ofhis nearer neighbor Burlington, was 
 the place where he purchased his goods, 
 thus showing that Montpelier merchants 
 found customers even in the valley of Lake 
 Champlain, as they did also through the cen- 
 tral part of the State, and north to Canada 
 line. Burlington had the advantage in 
 trade for all articles brought by water 
 from Canada, but not until 1830, after the 
 construction of the Champlain canal, did 
 the population of Burlington, which is as- 
 sumed as a measure of business for the 
 purpose of this comparison, exceed that of 
 Montpelier. This is the more remarkable 
 in view of the fact that Burlington is by 
 five or six years the older town, and at the 
 outset in 1791 had a population nearly 
 three times as large as Montpelier. The 
 population of the two towns from 1791 to 
 1840 was as follows : 
 
 Burlington 1791,332; 1800,815; 'Sio, 
 l6go; 1820,2111; 1830,3226; 1840,4271. 
 
 Montpelier, 1791, 113; 1800, 890; 1810, 
 1877 ; 1820, 2308 ; 1830, 2985 ; 1840, 3725. 
 
 From 1 79 1 to 1820 the advance of Mont- 
 pelier was the most rapid ; but since the 
 opening of the Champlain canal, and the 
 railroads, and more recently, by the supe- 
 rior energy and wisdom of Burlington in 
 establishing manufactures on a large scale, 
 the " Queen City" has far outstripped not 
 only Montpelier but all of her neighbors 
 except Rutland. 
 
 MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Lest the above tribute to the enterprise 
 and sagacity of Burlington- be taken as a 
 censure of Montpelier, it is necessary to 
 
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 27S 
 
 recall the fact that in the early history of 
 the town, and for several years, her busi- 
 ness men were as enterprising, and even 
 as daring, in respect to manufactures as to 
 merchandize. It was the misfortune, how- 
 ever, of the most considerable enterprises 
 to be baalked by fire or flood, and of others 
 by changes in modes of manufacture — as 
 of hats, ready made clothing, and machine- 
 made boots and shoes,and household furni- 
 ture, until at last capitalists were dissuad- 
 ed from every adventure of the kind, and 
 have turned their surplus capital into in- 
 vestments in real estate abroad. United 
 States bonds, in banking and insurance 
 companies at home. For capitalists mere- 
 ly, this is perhaps the most prudent course ; 
 but for the towit, for its growth in popula- 
 tion and business, it is unfortunate. The 
 earliest necessities of the settlers of the 
 town and vicinity were saw-mills, for lum- 
 ber to construct their dwellii»gs, and grist- 
 mills to prepare materials for food for man 
 and beast. These were first provided on the 
 falls of the North Branch, and were burnt 
 in, March, 1826. Mills of each sort were 
 also erected on the falls of the Winooski, 
 and the grist-mill owned by Col. James H. 
 Langdon was destroyed by a flood, Mar. 
 2J, 1826. This mill was rebuilt by Col. 
 Langdon, and was subsequently enlarged, 
 by his son, James R. Langdon, into a 
 flouriiig mill of the first class, with a capac- 
 ity for 250 barrels per day. A profitable bus- 
 ness was done in this mill for several years, 
 but it passed into the hands of the Mont- 
 pelier Manufacturing Company and is now 
 used for other purposes. The saw-mill on 
 the same falls was burnt in Oct. 1834, was 
 rebuilt, and is now used by the same compa- 
 ny. A fourth grist-mill, erected by James 
 R. Langdon, is now owned and run by Mr. 
 E. W. Bailey.' 
 
 The superabundance of the production 
 of grain in early days led to another 
 species of manufacture, which would hardly 
 be tolerated in these days. In 1805, a 
 distillery of spirituous liquors was estab- 
 lished, and was run for a few years, when 
 it was converted into a manufactory of 
 earthen ware, which was continued until 
 stone and tin ware superseded earthen. 
 
 In 1824, another distillery was started, to 
 use up surplus grain in store ; but in 2 
 years the grain was disposed of and the 
 still was abandoned. 
 
 Another necessity from the beginning 
 was tanneries of leather, and the first was 
 established early in the present century by 
 Elijah Witherell and Silas Cobb, which 
 has been succeeded by others. Thomas 
 Dodge, an apprentice to Witherell, stole 
 his indentures of apprenticeship, left his 
 employer, and started a small establish- 
 ment, in which Dodge struggled a while, 
 and gave up the business for shoemaking. 
 Still another large tannery was established 
 in later years, and is now successfully run 
 by Peck & Johonnott, and Peck & Cum- 
 mings are in the same business. 
 
 The. clothing-mill, as it was called, or 
 mill for wool-carding, fulling, dyeing and 
 dressing cloth, was another necessity when 
 the frugal and industrious housewives were 
 obliged to spin and weave their own wool. 
 Of these there were two, which were con- 
 tinued until home-made cloth gave way to 
 the handsomer productions of the power- 
 looms. 
 
 The most useful and promising under- 
 taking, by way of manufactures, was by 
 Sylvanus Baldwin, in the erection of a 
 cotton mill in 18 10. From a memorial to 
 Congress in 1832, signed by the distin- 
 guished Secretary of the Treasury, Albe»t 
 Gallatin, it appears that "as early as the 
 "year 1810, there were, north of thp Po- 
 ' ' tomac, 50 mills for spinning cotton in 
 "operation, and 25 more that went into 
 "operation the ensuing year. The weav- 
 " ing business had commenced, but was 
 " not so far advanced." Baldwin's cotton 
 mill at Montpelier was therefore among 
 the first fifty in the country, and moreover 
 it was among the few that had attained the 
 dignity of weaving cotton yarn into sheet- 
 ings and shirtings. This was 5 years be- 
 fore the first power-loom in America was 
 set in motion, (in 1815,) at Waltham, 
 Mass. Having established this mill, Mr. 
 Baldwin joined with Elisha Town in the 
 invention and construction of a loom for 
 spinning flax and silk by water-power, with 
 a model of which he went to Europe, in 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 the hope of winning a handsome premium 
 offered for such a machine by the first Na- 
 poleon. This enterprise failed through 
 the mischances of war. In Mr. Baldwin's 
 absence, the mill was run successfully by 
 his brother, Hon. Daniel Baldwin, on 
 whose authority this account is given. 
 On the return of the owner, the cotton- 
 mill, was sold to David Harrington, and in 
 December, 1813, it was destroyed by fire. 
 The first and the last owner were then 
 crippled in means, and this enterprise was 
 perforce abandoned. 
 
 At a later date a similar enterprise was 
 undertaken by Araunah Waterman and 
 Seth Parsons, about 1820, who erected a 
 large and well-appointed woolen factory 
 for its day. It was operated for a time, 
 but that, too, was burned. Mar. 22", 1826, 
 with the loss of the life of Robert Patter- 
 son, one of the operators, and nearly fatal 
 injury to Araunah Waterman and Joel 
 Mead. A second woolen factory was 
 built in 1837-8, by Col. H. N. Baylies, 
 which ultimately was converted into lum- 
 ber-works by A. W. Wilder & Co. Still 
 another woolen factory was built and op- 
 erated at West Montpelier at a recent date, 
 and this was burned. 
 
 Among the early manufacturing estab- 
 lishments- was an oil-mill, built by Col. 
 Larned Lamb, which in 1810 was con- 
 verted into the before-named cotton-mill, 
 and burned. Another was erected subse- 
 quently by Enos Styles, of Middlesex, and 
 Hubbard & Jewett, of Montpelier, which 
 was also burned in October, 1834. 
 
 Of paper-mills there have been three. 
 One by Silas Burbank, which was burned ; 
 one by Samuel Goss and John Reed, 
 which was also burned ; and a third on the 
 Burbank site, which was operated by Silas 
 Goddard & Brothers, Augustus Goss and 
 George W. Cobb, E. P. Walton & Sons, 
 and last by A. M. & D. P. Squires. The 
 water of the Winooski was seriously in- 
 jured for the use of paper-makers, by an 
 extraordinary flood in 1830, which cut 
 into high clay-banks in Barre, that now 
 contribute clay to the stream with every 
 rain. On this account, as well as the un- 
 
 reliability of water-power, the manufacture 
 of paper was abandoned. 
 
 Another early and widely-known man- 
 ufacturing establishment was that of Eras- 
 tus Watrous and George Worthington, 
 hatters. They were succeeded by Luman 
 & Norman Rublee, who continued in the 
 business until the advent of silk hats put 
 an end to the old mode of manufacture. 
 
 Still another old etablishment, (1816,) 
 having customers in two-thirds of the State, 
 was the boot and shoe manufactory of 
 Silas C. French and Nehemiah Harvey, 
 which was continued for a long series of 
 years. 
 
 The making of saddles, harnesses and 
 trunks was commenced by Oliver Goss in 
 1804. Henry Y. Barnes followed in 1817, 
 who continued for many years. There 
 have been several others in this line of 
 business. 
 
 Among the earliest experiments on a 
 small scale was the manufacture of cut 
 nails from hoop-iron, by Joshua Markham. 
 Small as was the business compared with 
 that of modern nail factories, Markham's 
 nails were greatly used and highly appre- 
 ciated, bringing 16 cents per pound. 
 
 Another iron manufacture was that of 
 large screws for mills, and all other pur- 
 poses requiring strong screws. This bus- 
 iness was prosecuted many years in Mont- 
 pelier by Ellis Nye, who ultimately went 
 into the employ of the late Joshua lowing, 
 of Barre, iron-founder and millwright. 
 
 49 years ago, (1832,) an iron-foundry 
 was established by Alfred Wainwright, 
 which was continued by sundry successors 
 until it came into the possession of Lane, 
 Pitkin & Brock, and is now a part of their 
 works used in the very extensive business 
 of manufacturing saw-mill and other ma- 
 chinery. 
 
 The manufacture of mill, factory and 
 other machinery has been prosecuted by 
 Araunah Waterman; Wooster Sprague, 
 whose works were burned in October, 
 1834; and by Medad Wright, at 'West, 
 Montpelier, who with his son still con- 
 tinues in the business. 
 
 Among the manufacturers of household 
 furniture were Thomas Reed, Sr. ; C. & J. 
 
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 Wood ; James Rowland ; Anson Davis ; 
 Lyman Briggs, Samuel W. Abbott & Co. ; 
 Emery & Brown, and Abbott & Emery. 
 This is another business which has been 
 materially changed, from the complete 
 manufacture from the lumber, to simply 
 upholstering and other finish of articles 
 manufactured elsewhere, in which E. N. 
 Scovill is now engaged. 
 
 The manufacture of tin-ware, and the 
 sale of stoves, hardware, agricultural im- 
 plements, etc., in connection therewith in 
 several instances, has long been an im- 
 portant business. In this class are to be 
 reckoned Chester W. Houghton, and his 
 son William ; Zenas Wood ; E. A. Webb 
 & Co. ; Zenas & Charles Wood ; Andrew 
 A. Sweet ; Erastus Hubbard ; Dennison 
 Dewey ; Braman & Tilden ; E. Scribner, 
 Jr. ; Barrows & Peck ; Bancroft & Spear, 
 and Geo. M. Scribner. 
 
 Without allusion to the mechanical 
 trades, such as are common throughout 
 the State, the early history of Montpelier 
 in manufactures may well be concluded by 
 mentioning an extraordinary enterprise for 
 Vermont — the only instance — and that is, 
 boring through 850 feet of solid rock, (ex- 
 cept occasional interstices,) in an endeavor 
 to find salt water and start the manufacture 
 of salt. The experiment was apparently 
 countenanced by the geological forma- 
 tions in the neighborhood, and about 60 
 citizens of the town furnished funds for 
 the work, which was prosecuted nearly 10 
 years and a half, at an expense of $2,100. 
 The intention was to bore a well to the 
 depth of 1,000 feet, but when 850 feet had 
 been reached, the drill by some accident 
 became fastened so firmly that no avail- 
 able power could start it. But for this ac- 
 cident, the depth designed would have 
 been reached, and doubtless a much lower 
 depth, as men would not have been want- 
 ing to carry on the work for the fun of it. 
 The attempt was certainly creditable for 
 the good intentions and enterprise of 
 those engaged in it, and it did not dam- 
 age their reputation for prudence. They 
 had no very high expectations, and en- 
 couraged none in others, as they might 
 easily have done. They swindled no- 
 
 body in the manner of the oil and mining 
 corporations of a later day. They .spent 
 their own money, and were respected 
 rather than ridiculed for the biggest bore 
 in Vermont. 
 
 The later important manufactures of 
 Montpelier comprise machinery, by Medad 
 Wright & Son, West Montpelier; saw- 
 mill and other machinery, water-wheels 
 and castings, and also brick, by Lane, Pit- 
 kin & Brock — a very extensive, rapidly 
 growing and prosperous business ; car- 
 riages and sleighs for children, and other 
 business in iron and lumber by the Mont- 
 pelier Manufacturing Company ; and last, 
 lumber in the Pioneer Manufacturing Co's. 
 works, by Edwin Lane. 
 
 LIST OF ATTORNEYS. 
 
 D. P. THOMPSON'S LIST TO AUGUST, I8fi0. 
 
 Charles Bulkley, Cyrus Ware, Samuel 
 Prentiss, Nicholas Baylies, William Up- 
 ham, Timothy Merrill, J. Y. Vail, Jed- 
 uthan Loomis, James Lynde, Thomas 
 Reed, Azro Loomis, RoSwell H. Knapp, 
 H. H. Reed, L. B. Peck, J. P. Miller, D. 
 P. Thompson, O. H. Smith, C. J. Keith, 
 Azel Spalding, S. B. Prentiss, Nicholas 
 Baylies, Jr., Geo. B. Manser, F. F. Merrill, 
 J. T. Marston, Isaac F. Redfield, H. W. 
 Heaton»John H. Prentiss, Charles Reed, 
 Wm. K.' Upham, J. A. Vail, Stillman 
 Churchill, R. S. Bouchett, Geo. W. Reed, 
 A. W. Tenney, Charles W. Prentiss, Tim- 
 othy P. Redfield, Luther Newcomb, Joseph 
 A. Prentiss, Stoddard B. Colby, C. W. 
 Willard, Wm. P. Briggs, B. F. Fifield, 
 W. G. Ferrin, Geo. W. Bailey, Jr., C. J. 
 Gleason. 
 
 Additions from Aug. i860 to 1881. 
 
 Samuel Wells, Joseph A. Wing, Nelson 
 A. Taylor, C. D. Swasey, Albert Clarke, 
 Rodney Lund, C. D. Harvey, F. V. Ran- 
 dall, Asahel Peck, James S. Peck, Mel- 
 ville E. Smilie, Luther L. Durant, Geo. 
 W. Wing, Arthur Culver, J. O. Livings- 
 ton, Clarence H. Pitkin, C. W. Porter, 
 H. K. Field, H. A. Huse, C. H. Heath, 
 C. S.ifitkin, H. G. Dewing, Hiram Carle- 
 ton, S. C. Shurtleff, Henry Oviatt, John E. 
 Harris, T. R. Gordon, Rush P. Barrett, 
 J. K. Kinney, O. D. Clark, G. B. Clifford, 
 H. W. Kemp, John G. Wing. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 PRACTICING PHYSICIANS TO 1872. 
 
 d! p. THOMPSON'S LIST TO 1860. 
 
 Pierce Spalding, Philip Vincent, Ed- 
 ward Lamb, Stephen Peabody, Jacob P. 
 Vargeson, Sylvester Day, Samuel Pren- 
 tiss, Phineas Woodbury, Nathan B. Spald- 
 ing, Nathaniel C. King, James Spalding, 
 Eleazer Hamblin, Julius Y. Dewey, Ben- 
 jamin Walton, Hart Smith, Seth Field, 
 Azel Holmes, F. W. Adams, Zebulon P. 
 Burnham, Charles Clark, Daniel Corliss, 
 Milo P. Burnham; Sumner Putnam, East 
 Montpelier, removed to Montpelier ; Thos. 
 C. Taplin homoeopathist : J. M. Gregory, 
 dentist; Ralph Kilbourn, dentist; M. 
 Newton, and Brockway & Hawley, den- 
 tists ; O. P. Forbush, dentist ; Orrin Smith, 
 C. M. Rublee, E. Paine; G. N. Brigham, 
 homoeopathist; C. B. Chandler, W. H. 
 H. Richardson, James Templeton, G. H. 
 Loomis, F. A. McDowell, M. M. Marsh, 
 CM. Chandler. 
 Additions from Augtcst, i860 to 1881. 
 
 Lucy A. Cooke, clairvoyant ; A. B. Haw- 
 ley, dentist; Charles E. Davis, dentist; 
 John M. Comegys, dentist; H. L. Rich- 
 ardson; J. M. Templeron, botanic; A. 
 Denio, eclectic ; R.W. Hill, cancers; Mrs. 
 L. M. Smith, botanic; D. G. Kemp, Geo. 
 W. Nichols, J. E. Macomber, G. P. 
 Greeley; C. H. Plumley, practical re- 
 former ; N. W. & R. G. Gilbert, dentists ; 
 J. B. Woodward; H. C. Brigham, homoe- 
 opathist ; C. R. Pell, dentist, and succeed- 
 ed by H. G. Williams. 
 
 MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. 
 D. P. THOMPSON'S LIST TO AUGUST, 1800., 
 
 1791 — Dr. Frye. 
 
 1794 — Col. Joseph Hutchins. 
 
 1796— Col. J. & W. Hutchins. 
 
 1799 — Hubbard & Cadwell. 
 
 1802— W. I. Cadwell; Col. D. Robbing, 
 east part of town, Robbins & Freeman. 
 
 1803 — Hubbard & Wing, Langdpn & 
 Forbes. 
 
 1807 — Timothy & Roger Hubbard, Jas. 
 H. Langdon, Uriah H. Orvis, Dunbar & 
 Bradford. 
 
 1808 — Chester W. Houghton, Josiah 
 Parks. 
 
 1809 — John Crosby, drugs, etc. 
 
 1810— L. Q. C. Bowles, Walton & Goss, 
 booksellers, etc. ; French & Dodge, shoes. 
 181 1— J. F. Dodge, Langdon & Barnard. 
 1813 — John Spalding. 
 1814— C. Hubbard & J. Spalding, D. 
 Baldwin & Co., Austin Arms, Emerson & 
 Wilkins, Luther Bugbee, Charles Storey. 
 1815— Wright & Sibley, books, etc. 
 1816— E. P. Walton & Geo. S. Walton, 
 books, etc. ; French & Harvey, shoes. . 
 
 1 8 18— Sylvester Larabee ; E. P. Walton, 
 books, etc. ; H. Y. Barnes, harness and 
 saddlery. 
 
 1821 — John Barnard, Langdon & Spald- 
 ing, Chester Hubbard, Barnard & Dutton, 
 W. I. Cadwell & Son. 
 
 1822— C. Hubbard & E. P. Jewett, Rog- 
 er Hubbard. 
 
 1823— Dutton & Baylies, W. W. Cad- 
 well. 
 
 1824— Hubbard& Kimball, T M.Taylor, 
 Warren Swift, Langdon, Spalding & Co., 
 Otis Standish. 
 
 1825— Baldwin, Hutchins & Co., Cad- 
 well & Goldsbory, Taylor & Prentiss; 
 Dodge & Standish, drugs, etc. 
 
 1826— Wiggins & Seeley ; Geo. W. Hill, 
 books, etc. 
 
 1827 — Luther Cross, Joseph Wiggins, 
 Goss & Wiggins. 
 
 1828 — Luther Cross & Co., Hubbard, 
 Jewett & Co., Spalding, Storrs & Co., Bay- 
 lies & Hutchins. 
 
 1829 — N. Harvey, shoes. 
 1830 — Baldwin- & Prentiss. 
 1831 — Charles Lyman ; I. S. & G. Town, 
 jewelry, etc. ; W. W. Cadwell, Hart & Ri- 
 ker; J. M. & B. H. Snow, harnesses; E. 
 H. Prentiss, drugs. 
 
 l832^W. & M. P. Hutchins. 
 1833 — Emerson, Lamb f& Co., Snow, 
 Bancroft & Co., Snow & Bancroft, A. C. 
 Pierce & Co., Silver & Pierce, Standish D. 
 Barnes, G. W. Ware, Baldwin & Scott. 
 
 1834— Jewett & Howes, Burbank & Hub- 
 bard, Baylies & Hart, Ebenezer Colburn ; 
 S. B. Flint, saddlery and harness ; Hutch- 
 ins & Wright ; Wm. Clark, books, etc. 
 
 183s— H. N. Baylies & Co. ; Harvey & 
 Harran, shoes ; John & Charles Spalding, 
 Silver, Pierce & Co., Silas Burbank & Co., 
 Ira Day, Wm. A. Prentiss. 
 
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 1836 — Jewett, Howes & Co., Emerson 
 & Russell, Baylies & Storrs. 
 
 1837— Bancroft & Riker, C. & L. L. 
 Lamb, C. Alexander. 
 
 1838 — Spalding & Foster, Langdon & 
 Wright ; Town & Witherell, jewelry ; John 
 S. Abbott, clocks, etc. 
 
 1839— Baylies & Goss; S. P. Redfield, 
 drugs ; J. T. Marston, E. P. Walton & 
 Sons, books, etc. ; Storrs & Laiigdon. 
 
 1840 — Charles Spalding, Silver, Lamb & 
 Co. ; Harran & Dodge, boots and shoes. 
 
 1841 — H. N. Baylies, Jewett & Howes, 
 Baldwin, Scott & Co., Lyman & King, 
 J. H. Ramsdell; Cross, Hyde & Co., 
 bakers. 
 
 1842 — Cross, Day & Co., Benjamin Day 
 & Co., French & Bancroft, Ellis, Wilder & 
 Co. ; Clark & Collins, drugs. 
 
 1843 — Silas C. French, boots and shoes. 
 
 1844 — Augustus Haven, Zenas Wood, 
 stoves and tin ; Webb, Bancroft & Co. ; 
 J. Booth, hats ; Moses & Rich, No. Mont- 
 pelier; J.Huntington, East Montpelier. 
 
 184; — Z. & C. Wood, stoves and tin ; J. 
 T. Marston, books, etc. ; Wm. T. Burn- 
 ham, hats, etc. ; Samuel Abbott, jewelry ; 
 N. C. King, No. Montpelier. 
 
 1846 — Bancroft & Riker, J. W. Howes, 
 L. & A. A. Cross, JErastus Hubbard. 
 
 1847 — Harvey King. 
 
 1848 — Loomis & Camp ; Hyde, Dodge & 
 Co., hardware; E. C. Holmes; Witherell 
 & Mead, jewelers ; Eastman & Danforth, 
 books, etc. ; A. A. Sweet, tin and stoves ; 
 Alfred Scott, hats. 
 
 1849 — Keith & Barker; S. K. Collins, 
 Redfield & Grannis, drugs. 
 
 1850— Scott & Field, Geo. P. Riker, Ban- 
 croft & Holmes ; Abbott & Emery, John 
 Wood, James Howland, cabinet work ; L. 
 M. Wood, R. R. Riker, clothing and tailor- 
 ing. 
 
 1851 — Hubbard & Blake, stoves. 
 
 1852 — Peck & Lewis; Ballou & Burn- 
 ham, books, etc.; R. W. Hyde, T. C. 
 Barrows, iron and hardware. 
 
 1853 — Lyman & King. 
 
 1854— Keith & Barker, Ellis & Bancroft, 
 Gustavus Hubbard, Walker & White, Wil- 
 der, Scott & Co. ; Smith & Pierce, Dr. B. 
 O. Tyler, drugs ; Geo. L. Kinsman, hats ; 
 
 N. C. Bacon ; Emery & Brown, crockery 
 and furniture; Wm. P. Badger, W. W. 
 Cadwell, hats ; Phinney & Mead, jewelers ; 
 S. M. Walton, book-bindery; C. G. East- 
 man, Ballou & Loveland, books and sta- 
 tionery; Wm. McCollum. 
 
 i8ss— C. W. Storrs, John S. Barker, H. 
 S. Loomis, Peck & Bailey, Union Store, 
 Fuller & Smith, Jacob Scott; Oliver & 
 Helmer, hardware ; French & Sanbljrn, 
 H. B. Witt, clothing; Fred E. Smith, Col- 
 lins & Pierce, drugs ; Keith & Peck, leath- 
 er dealers. 
 
 1856— W. Corliss, E. Montpelier; Chas. 
 Sibley, No. Montpelier ; Palmer & Storrs ; 
 Burbank& Langdon, flour ; Hyde & Foster, 
 hardware ; A. C. Field, clothing. 
 
 1857— Ellis & Hatch, Livingston & Sal- 
 mon; James G. French, clothing; S. C. 
 Woolson, merchant tailor ; Storrs & Ful- 
 ler, W. L goods and groceries. 
 
 1858— J. P. Dewey ; J. S. Lee, clothing ; 
 L. F. Pierce, drugs ; D. K. Beiinett, guns 
 and pistols; Mercantile Union, L H. P. 
 Rowell, agent; C. & S. E. Robinson; 
 Adams Kellogg, E. Dewey, hats and cloth- 
 ing; Emery & Field, crockery and furni- 
 ture; Wm. Storrs; Herrick& Page, shoes ;^ 
 A. A. Mead, jewelry ; T. C. Phinney, jew- 
 elry, changed to book-store. 
 
 1859 — E. C. Lewis; S. S. Boyce, books, 
 etc ; S. Abbott, jewelry ; Field & Watson, 
 M. P. Courser, A. L. Carlton ; J. R. Lang- 
 don, flour ; J. C. Emery, crockery and fur- 
 niture; E. Gunnison, shoes; Bailey & 
 Brothers, Palmer & Stetson, Wooster 
 Sprague. 
 
 i860— Eli Marsh, Wm. B. Burbank, J. 
 W. Ellis & Co. ; Jacob Smith, clothing; 
 Deming & Brooks. 
 
 Additions from Aug. i860. 
 
 i860 — George Watson ; Fisher & Strat- 
 ton, silver-platers, etc. ; Braman & Tilden ; 
 Dennison Dewey, stoves, glass and tin- 
 ware. 
 
 1861— Geo. W. Scott & Co., Ellis & 
 Foster, Calvin Robinson, S. E.Robinson; 
 M. C. Parkinson, watches, etc. ; Chas. H. 
 Cross, bakery and confectionery; J. V. 
 Babcock & Co., furniture ; D. T. Knapp, 
 Roger Bulkley, harnesses, etc. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 1862— C. W. Storrs ; Geo. W. Wilder, 
 books, etc. ; E. Bickford, J. C. Page, boots 
 and shoes ; L. F. Pierce & Co., drugs. 
 
 1863 — N. P. Brooks, dry goods and 
 hardware ; Wm. F. McClure, groceries ; 
 N. K. Brown, drugs ; Barnes & Johnson, 
 J. Lease, harnesses, etc. 
 
 1864 — Nichols & French, clothing ; J. 
 A. Taft & Co., George Jacobs, Daniel 
 Scribner, flour and groceries ; Kellogg & 
 Adams, hats and clothing ; J. P. Dewey, 
 flour, grain and nails ; H. & C. FuUerton, 
 boots and shoes; Wood, Bixby & Co., 
 druggists ; S. Freeman, jewelry, etc. ; Wm. 
 F. Braman, hardware, etc. ; Charles Cross 
 & Son, bakers and confectioners ; E. Scrib- 
 ner, Jr., stoves and tin-ware ; Dennis Lane, 
 saw-mill machinery. 
 
 1865— L. W. Smith; Jacob Smith & 
 Son, furniture; A. D. Arms & Co., D. 
 Neveux, W. I. goods; E. R., Skinner, 
 staple and fancy goods, wholesale ; Blanch- 
 ard, Peck and Johofinott, leather; Wm. 
 F. Braman & Co., hardware; John W. 
 Clark, wagons and sleighs. 
 
 1866 — Martin & Simonds ; Geo. Nich- 
 ols, ready-made clothing ; Carleton & Co., 
 W. I. goods; Mark French, preserved 
 fruits; J. E. Smith & Co., stationery and 
 fancy goods; J. Bodell, boots and shoes; 
 Bixby & Co., druggists ; Redfield & Crooks, 
 drugs ; Lane, Pitkin & Brock, iron-founders 
 and machinists ; E. N. Scovell, furniture ; 
 Henry Cobb, marble monuments, etc. 
 
 1867 — New York Dry Goods Store; 
 Emery & Carleton, crockery and carpet- 
 ings ; H. E. Fifield & Co., flour and W. I. 
 goods ; L. L. Tanner, boots and shoes ; 
 W. F. Braman, hardware, etc.; J. V. 
 Babcock, drugs, etc. ; Ira S. Town, 
 watches and jewelry ; Peck & Johonnott, 
 leather ; C. Spear, gas and water fixtures. 
 
 1868— B. Benjamin & Co. ; W. E. Ad- 
 ams, hats and clothing; Denison Taft & 
 Son, flour, etc. ; B. M. Chaffee, boots and 
 shoes ; Lamb & Peck, hardware, etc, ; 
 Putnam & Co., N. K. Brown & Co., drugs ; 
 Flanders & Kinson, platers, etc. 
 
 1869— A. C. Dewey & Co., flour, lime, 
 plaster, etc. ; J. C. Emery, crockery, car- 
 petings, etc. ; Philbrick Brothers, W. I. 
 goods, etc. ; Barrows & Peck, hardware. 
 
 etc. ; Babcock & Cutler, drugs, etc. ; W. 
 A. Boutelle & Wife, dry goods and milli- 
 nery ; Blanchard, Keith & Peck, leather, 
 etc. ; A. L. Carleton, dry goods ; Hinckley 
 & Best ; C. F. Fullerton, boots and shoes ; 
 S. S. Towner, millinery and fancy goods ; 
 Farwell Brothers, clothing; T. H. Corry 
 & Co., W. I. goods; J. W. Page, teas,, 
 coffee, spices and tobacco, wholesale ; T.C. 
 Phinney, books, stationery, fancy goods 
 and homoeopathic medicines ; Hiram At- 
 kins, staple stationery ; Medad Wright & 
 Son, lumber and machinery. West Mont- 
 pelier; W. H. Barnes, harnesses, etc.; 
 Cobb & Cummins, marble monuments ; 
 Stimson & Co., patent door springs. 
 
 1870 — Calvin Robinson & Co.'; Bailey 
 & Park, Storrs & Jones, W. I. goods, etc. ; 
 Carlos Bancroft & Son, W. I. goods, iron, 
 etc. ; W. L. Washburn & Co., T. J. Hunt, 
 W. F. Waterman & Co., W. I. goods and 
 groceries ; Spear & Bancroft, tin-ware, 
 stoves, etc. ; Woodward & Blakely, drug- 
 gists; D. McDonald, furniture, carpetings, 
 etc. ; E. Hatch, boots and shoes ; E. Spin- 
 ney, fresh and salt fish, etc. ; G. P. Foster, 
 coal and wood ; D. Taft and Son, lumber ; 
 Kimball & Hewett, monuments, etc. ; J. 
 W. Paine, A., Allen, cigars. 
 
 1871— C. Blakely, drugs, etc. ; Scovill 
 & Lyon, furniture, etc. ; Jacobs Brothers, 
 flour and W. I. goods; C. E. Winch & 
 Co., W. I. goods and groceries; Thomas 
 McGee, sewing-machines ; Fisher, Colton 
 & Kinson, platers, etc. ; J. O'Grady, boots 
 and shoes ; N. C. Bacon, auction store ; 
 J. Bruce, harnesses and carriage trim- 
 mings ; Soper & Lord, cloths and merchant 
 tailors ; T. A. Dewing, boots and shoes. 
 
 1872 — George Jacobs, flour, W. I. goods, 
 etc. ; Smith Brothers, coal ; L. W. Jones, 
 provisions, W. I. goods, etc. ; Geo. M. 
 Scribner, stoves and tin-ware ; F. C. Gil- 
 man, wagons and sleighs ; B. T. Soper & 
 Co., cloths and merchant tailors; A. G. 
 Stone, watches and jewelry; Crosby & 
 Taplin, dry goods; Redfield & Bascoto, 
 drugs, etc. 
 
 1873— Montpelier Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, children's carriages, etc. ; Hatch & 
 Farnsworth, boots and shoes ; C. E. Hos- 
 ford, clothing, etc. ; Crosby & Taplin, dry 
 
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MONTPELIER. 
 
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 goods ; Babcock & Cutler, drugs, etc. ; A. 
 Luce & Son, groceries ; V. Konsalik, 
 watches, etc. 
 
 1874 — J. D. Clogston, tin-ware ; Putnam 
 & Marvin, groceries, crockery and glass. 
 
 1875 — E. P. Towner, boots and shoes; 
 Fuller & Howe, dry goods ; Mrs. A. L. 
 Carlton, dry goods ; Bascom & Dewey, 
 Wilson & Co., drugs, etc. ; C. H. Heaton, 
 groceries. 
 
 1876 — A. & A. Johonnott, leather; N. 
 P. Brooks & Son, house-finishing tools 
 and fixtures, glass, sash, blinds, doors, etc. ; 
 E- H. Towne, merchant tailor; C. P. 
 Pitkin, coal and wood; H. C. Webster, 
 dry goods ; Lyon & Daley, fiirniture, etc. ; 
 A. J. Braley, groceries; C. H. Keene, 
 watches and jewelry. 
 
 1877 — Fred Blanchard, tin-ware, etc. ; 
 C. W. Selinas, harnesses, etc.; Henry 
 Cobb, marble monuments ; Kimball & 
 Carter and H. C. Cross, granite monu- 
 ments ; S. C. & H. H. Woolson, merchant 
 tailors; Chase & Edgcombe, boots and 
 shoes; A. H. Bailey, Smith Brothers, 
 dry goods; Orange Fifield, flour, gro- 
 ceries, etc. ; Washburn & Co., millinery. 
 
 1878 — Sabin Manufacturing Co., door- 
 springs; Miss M. L. Page, millinery; 
 Henry Lowe & Son, teas and fine gro- 
 ceries. 
 
 1879 — C. W. Skinner, watches, jewelry, 
 etc. ; A. J. Howe, dry goods. 
 
 1880 — Sumner Kimball, granite monu- 
 ments ; C. H. Shipman, C. E. Stow, 
 boots and shoes; Blanchard Brothers, 
 flour, iron and hardware ; W. W. Park, 
 flour and groceries ; E. W. Bailey & Co., 
 flour and feed; Montpelier Carriage Co., 
 children's carriages. 
 
 188 1 — C. A. Best, millinery and dry 
 goods; D. W. Temple, dry goods; .J. A. 
 Murray, W. L goods and groceries ; H. E. 
 Slay ton, books and stationery; E. R. 
 Meader, millinery and sewing-machines; 
 Geo. E. WHeeler, marble monuments. 
 
 When not otherwise indicated, the per- 
 sons named were dealers in goods of the 
 usual variety to be found in country stores 
 until about 1851, and after that date in 
 dry goods. The list is necessarily imper- 
 fect previous to i860, and since that it 
 
 36 
 
 might have been swelled to double its 
 length by the insertion of the names of per- 
 sons engaged in business not included gen- 
 erally in the preceding list. Notably is a 
 long line of dealers in family groceries and 
 provisions, several with restaurants con- 
 nected, and some doing a large business in 
 fruits. The list is made from the Vermont 
 Registers, and hence the true dates should 
 be a year behind those given as a general 
 rule. 
 
 BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES. 
 
 The Bank of Montpelier was chartered 
 in 1825, and organized in 1826, with a 
 capital of $50,000. The first president 
 was Hon. Elijah Paine, of Williamstown, 
 and his successors under the charter and 
 re-charters were James H. Langdon, Tim- 
 othy Hubbard, John Spalding, Thomas 
 Reed, Jr., Rawsel R. Keith, E. P. Jewett, 
 and George C. Shepard. This bank was 
 re-chartered in 1840, with a capital of 
 $75,000, and still again in 1853, with a 
 capital of $100,000. The cashiers were 
 Thomas Reed, Jr., Charles R. Cleaves, 
 George Howes, Geo. B. Reed and Chas. 
 A. Reed. This bank was succeded in 
 1865 by the Montpelier National Bank, 
 organized under the national banking law, 
 with a capital of $300,000, whose officers 
 from its organization have been James R. 
 Langdon, president, George C. Shepard, 
 vice-president, and Chas. A. Reed, cash- 
 ier, until 1 88 1, when E. D. Black well 
 succeded Mr. Reed. The capital is now, 
 188 1, $360,000. 
 
 The Vermont Bank was chartered in 
 1848, and organized in 1849, with a cap- 
 ital of $100,000. The presidents were 
 Hezekiah H. Reed, George W. CoUamer, 
 Homer W. Heaton, E. H. Prentiss and 
 Roderick Richardson ; and its cashier, John 
 A. Page. This bank continued until the 
 First National Bank of Montpelier was or- 
 ganized in 1865, under the national bank- 
 ing law, the president of which has been 
 John A. Page ; and the cashiers, R. J. 
 Richardson, L. F. Richasdson, J. C. Tap- 
 lin and J. C. Houghton. 
 
 The State Bank was organized in 1858, 
 under the general banking law of Vermont, 
 
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 with a capital of $100,000, held mainly by 
 stockholders in the old bank of Montpelier. 
 Its officers were James R. Langdon, pres- 
 ident, and George B. Reed, cashier. Bus- 
 iness was continued but a few years. 
 
 To the banks in Montpelier one compli- 
 ment is due — they always have been per- 
 fectly sound and reliable, without any 
 exception. 
 
 Latest organized is the Montpelier Sav- 
 ings Bank and Trust Company, chartered 
 in 1870, organized in May, 1 87 1, and com- 
 menced business Aug. i, 1871. Its ofB- 
 cers are Homer W. Heaton, president; 
 Whitman G. Ferrin, treasurer, succeeded 
 by A. W. Ferrin. July i, 1880, there 
 were 1685 depositors, deposits $346,284.33, 
 and surplus $31,060.11. 
 
 The Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance 
 Company 
 
 was mcorporated in 1827, organized in 
 March, 1828, and is now in the 54th year of 
 successful and beneficent operation. The 
 first Pre.sident was Hon. Chapin Keith of 
 Barre, and his successors were Hon. Israel 
 P. Dana of Danville, and Hon. John 
 Spalding of Montpelier — the terms of these 
 three covering the first 13 years of the 
 company. In 1841, Hon. Daniel Baldwin 
 of Montpelier consented to take the ofiice, 
 and he was re-elected at every annual elec- 
 tion until 1874,-31 years. He was suc- 
 cee'ded by James T. Thurston and Hon. 
 W. H. H. Bingham. Hon. Joshua Y. 
 Vail was the first permanent Secretary, 
 and held the office until 1850, who was 
 succeeded by Hon. Charles Dewey, who 
 served until 187 1, when Mr. James T. Sa- 
 bin was elected, who is the present Secre- 
 tary. The treasurers until 1842 were Hon. 
 George Worthington, Hon. Oramel H. 
 Smith, Calvin Jay Keith, Esq., Hon. 
 Homer W. Heaton and Harry Vail. In 
 1842, James T. Thurston was appointed 
 and he was succeeded by O. J. Vail and 
 H. N. Taplin, Jr. In this Company prop- 
 erty for insurance is divided into five class- 
 es, with rates of insurance varying in pro- 
 portion to the hazrrd of each class, and 
 the theory of the company is to make the 
 property insured in each class bear the 
 
 losses of its own. Theoretically, therefore, 
 this Company has five distinct mutual in- 
 surance companies under one management ; 
 and distinct accounts of the five differi^nt 
 classes have been kept for many years, to 
 enable the directors to assign to each the 
 proper rates of insurance. The theory of 
 the company is probably due to abundant 
 caution in respect to the classes which are 
 occasionally exposed to sweeping fires, 
 from which isolated property is always ex- 
 empt. It is an exception which proves the 
 wisdom of the rule. The whole number 
 of policies issued from March 31, 1828, to 
 Aug. I, 1881, was 219, 841 : of this num- 
 ber 190,428 have expired or been canceled, 
 leaving in force, at the last date, 29,413. 
 The whole amount insured has been $237,- 
 333,504, of which the amount canceled 
 or expired is $200,430,697 — leaving the 
 amount insured Aug. i, 1881, $36,902,807. 
 The whole amount of premium notes tak- 
 en is $21,456,983.09, of which the sum of 
 $18,810,474.93 has expired or been cancel- 
 ed, leaving in force, as a fund for the pay- 
 ment of losses and expenses, Aug. i, 1881, 
 $2,646,508.16. The whole cash receipts 
 of the Company have amounted to $3,653,- 
 940.38, and the whole amount paid for loss- 
 es and expenses, (including a new and 
 permanent office,) $3,643,289.08 — leaving 
 a balance in the treasury, Aug. i, 1881, of 
 $10,651.30. . Chargeable upon this surplus 
 are unadjusted claims for losses estimated 
 at $4,383.30. The total amount of assess- 
 ments made in 54 years is 178 J per cent., 
 or, on the average, 3 and 1-3 per cent, 
 per annum of the premium notes. This 
 result indicates that the premium notes 
 have on the average constituted a fund, 
 legally collectable if necessary, more than 
 five times greater than the size of the loss- 
 es and expenses, and so proves the safety, 
 against any possible contingency, of insur- 
 ance in in.stitutions managed on the rnles 
 of this company. ^ 
 
 The Farmers'' Mutual Fire Insurance 
 Company 
 was incorporated and organized in No- 
 vember, 1849, its first president being 
 Hon. Azel Spalding, then of Montpelier. 
 His successors have been Hon. William 
 
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 Howes, of Montpelier, Hon. George W. 
 Bailey, of Middlesex, Hon. William L. 
 Sowles, of Swanton, and P. P. Pitkifi, of 
 Montpelier, the present incumbent. Hon. 
 Joseph Poland, of Montpelier, has been 
 the secretary since the organization. Sam- 
 uel Wells was treasurer until his death, 
 and was- succeeded by Geo. W. Leslie. 
 As its name implies, the purpose of this 
 Company is to insure only farmers' prop- 
 erty, and other property of like kind as to 
 hazard — in theory corresponding with the 
 first or least hazardous class oi the Ver- 
 mont Mutual before described. The main 
 difference between the two companies is, 
 that the Vermont Mutual first ascertains 
 its losses and expenses from month to 
 month, assesses the premium notes to pay 
 them, and collects (annually) these assess- 
 ments ; while the Farmers' Company re- 
 quires payment by the insured in advance, 
 of a sum estimated to be sufficient to meet 
 the losses and expenses during the life o f 
 the policy, which in that Company is 5 
 years. As ample security, however, to 
 the insured against loss, each member of 
 the Farmers' Company, (as in the other 
 Company,) is required to give a premium 
 note, which is assessable or legally collect- 
 able in case of necessity. 
 
 The National Life Insurance Company 
 
 was incorporated in November, 1848, with 
 an authorized capital of $100,000. This 
 was reduced to f 50,000, byan amendment 
 of the cKarter in 1849, and the Company 
 was located at Montpelier. . Benjamin 
 Balch made an unsuccessful attempt to or- 
 ganize the institution in 1849, and, early in 
 1850, it was organized by others, with 
 Hon. Wm. C. Kittredge, of Fairhaven, as 
 president, and Roger S. Howard, Esq., of 
 Thetford, as secretary. These gentlemen 
 resigned after brief service, when Dr. 
 Julius Y. Dewey, of Montpelier, was ap- 
 pointed president, which office he held 
 until his death, when he was succeeded by 
 his son, Hon. Charles Dewey. James T. 
 Thurston, Esq., of Montpelier, served 
 awhile as secretary, when Geo. W. Reed, 
 of Montpelier, was appointed, and has 
 since held the ofiice. The financial af- 
 
 fairs of the institution are managed by a 
 board of trustees, and not by a treasurer. 
 The whole amount of risks, Oct. I, 1880, 
 was $8,623,156. The assets of the Com- 
 pany are invested in U. S. and State bonds, 
 bank stock and notes amply secured by 
 mortgage, the par value of which on the 
 1st of Oct. 1880, was $2,253,837.07. This 
 institution has been prudently and very 
 successfully managed, and bears a high 
 reputation among those who are familiar 
 with this class of insurance companies. 
 
 STATE-HOUSES. 
 
 The position of Montpelier as State 
 capital from ifoS, and County seat from 
 181 1, has contiibutedmuch to {he growth 
 of the population and business of the 
 town, and given it a prominence in the 
 political, judicial, religious and social af- 
 fairs of the State which otherwise it couTd 
 not have attained, and an influence from the 
 strongest and best men of the town, which 
 has always been wisely used. The names 
 of Wright and Lord in the churches, of Pren- 
 tiss and Baylies and Loomis in all judicial 
 circles, of Thomas Reed, Jr., among bank- 
 ers, and of the senior E. P. Walton in the 
 editorial and political field — not to men- 
 tion the living — were known and respected 
 throughout the State, and their influence is 
 still felt through a great number in Vermont 
 and elsewhere, who profited by their ex- 
 cellent teachings and examples. 
 
 Previous to 1808, there had been 46 ses- 
 sions of the General Assembly in 14 dif- 
 ferent towns ; 23 sessions in the eastern 
 side of the State, in or near the valley of 
 Connecticut river ; 22 on the western side, 
 1 1 of which were in Bennington County, 
 and 1 1 in or near the valley of Lake Cham- 
 plain, and one session in the north-eastern 
 part. These locations at extreme points 
 from a common centre entailed hardships 
 of access, alternately on the one side of the 
 Green Mountains and the other, and many 
 inconveniences and evils in future years 
 which then were hardly considered. Among 
 these was the impossibility of preserving 
 complete records of public and official do- 
 ings, and files of State papers ; because ot 
 which, the early civil and political history 
 
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 of the State, so far as official records and 
 papers are concerned, is at best but frag- 
 mentary, and much of that which has since 
 been obtained consists of the fragments 
 gathered by the late Henry Stevens, Sr., 
 in the attics of deceased state officers, 
 judges and legislators, and among the rags 
 of the paper-mills. These lyere purchased, 
 indexed and bound at considerable expense 
 to the State. To remedy the inconven- 
 iences of a State without a capital, and the 
 frequent disputes between rival towns for 
 the compliment of a legislative session, 
 the General Assembly of 1805 appointed a 
 committee to "fix upon a place in the 
 town of Montpelier, for the erection of 
 buildings for the accommodation of the 
 Legislature of this State," and on condi- 
 tion that the town of Montpelier should 
 erect the buildings and convey them to the 
 State, with the land whereon they shall 
 stand, declared that " said buildings shall 
 become the permanent seat of the legislar 
 ture for holding all their sessions."* In 
 the debate of 1857, on the State house 
 question, the late Dorr J. Bradley, of 
 Brattleboro, gave a tradition as to the act 
 of 1805, which doubtless came from his 
 father, the late Hon. Wm. C. Bradley, in 
 these words : 
 
 But the gentleman from Westford has 
 accused those of the House who oppose 
 moving to Burlington, of sectional prej- 
 udice. I have wondered that this subject 
 was not earlier mentioned in the debate, 
 but I did not expect it would come from 
 the quarter it does. The question is a 
 sectional question ; it was a sectional ques- 
 tion before the gentleman from Westford, 
 or any other member of this House, was 
 born ; and- it was to allay that sectional 
 jealousy that the Capitol was located here. 
 Our ancestors settled on the eastern and 
 western borders of the then-called New 
 Hampshire Grants, and the common dis- 
 pute with New York united them in inter- 
 est and in action. They were not, how- 
 ever, so blind as not to see that the great 
 natural feature of their territory must be 
 respected. For a long time, this great 
 range of mountains through their centre, 
 prevented their having any Capitol. Each 
 year, however, the disputes for the locality 
 of the next session became too tiresome, 
 
 • Vermont Capitol, 1887, p. 284. Succeeding pages In 
 that volume give otiier ofllclal papers, and various 
 facts connected wltli tbe first and second State liousos. 
 
 and they resorted to an expedient. They 
 did not call for " centralizing" some point 
 in their periphery. They knew enough to 
 know they could not. They sought what 
 was then a little hamlet among the moun- 
 tains, but on neither side of them. It was 
 selected because it was on neither side. 
 A division of the range left it a perfect 
 geographical puzzle to decide on which 
 side it should be classed. How many a 
 heart among those wise old men rejoiced 
 that the mountains, for which the State 
 had been named, the mountains, heretofore 
 a curse, were to be henceforth a blessing. 
 These mountains, into which, and not 
 over which, our law-makers were to travel, 
 were to become the centre about which 
 the aifections of all might cluster. They 
 were careful not to wound the pride of 
 either side. Their governors were alter- 
 nately selected from each. The senators 
 to Congress, being only two, were always 
 
 taken one from each side 
 
 Mr. Chairman, the Capitol was located 
 Ijere as a measure of peace. It was to 
 build us up from a divided, into a united 
 and homogeneous people. Fifty years of 
 peace have been the product of this act of 
 wisdom! Our old worthies were right. 
 They set that puzzle to their children on 
 purpose ; they knew what they were about ; 
 their children understood them. Shall 
 we, their gra;nd-children, affect ignorance 
 of their intention? Shall- we discard all 
 those lessons of wisdom, to find a place 
 where some tourist may go with a sketch- 
 book, or some artist with a pallet? Above ■ 
 all, which idea is sectional, that of pre- 
 serving this peace of half a century, or 
 that of violating its provisions? I, for 
 one, am a kind of Samaritan on this sub- 
 ject. "Our fathers worshipped in this 
 mountain ;" not bowing themselves to the 
 Adirondacks across the Lake, nor to the 
 White Hills from St. Johnsbury ; but this 
 mountain — the Green Mountain range; 
 and I am for going down to no Jerusalem 
 on the east or the west. 
 
 The act making Montpelier the capital 
 of the State was passed Nov. 8, 1805, and 
 on the 25th of the next month, the town, 
 in legally warned town meeting, appointed 
 a committee to receive subscriptions and 
 donations, and to superintend the erection 
 of the buildings at the expense of the sub- 
 scribers, the town as a corporation not to 
 be liable for the buildings or the expenses 
 of the committee. The town then had a 
 population of about 1200 only, and a grand 
 list of less than $23,000, and the heaviest 
 part of the task rested naturally upon the 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 28s 
 
 village, which then had probably less than 
 half of the population and property ; and 
 moreover money of any sort was exceed- 
 ingly rare. Subscriptions were promptly 
 made, but they were payable "in labor or 
 materials when reasonably called for;" 
 "such.articles of materials and produce" as 
 the subscribers chose; and "in grain, 
 neat cattle, provisions, or goods at such 
 times as we [the subscribers] shall partic- 
 ularly specify.'' Some materials, specially 
 nails and glass, required cash, and cash 
 had to be provided. Sept. 2, 1806, the 
 town voted almost unanimously to petition 
 the Legislature to grant a tax of four cents 
 per acre oh all the land of the town, [which 
 would raise about fSoo,] to be expended 
 in completing the State-House ; but noth- 
 ing appears to have been done, and the 
 time was near [Sept. I, 1808,] when the 
 work was to be completed. Therefore, 
 May 12, 1808, the town voted a tax of 4 
 cents on the dollar of the list of 1807, 
 [which would raise about $iooo,] two- 
 tliirds payable in grain and provisions, and 
 one-third in speqie or current bank bills, 
 or orders from the building committee, or 
 receipts or orders from the architect and 
 constructor. Deacon Sylvanus Baldwin. 
 The constable began to collect this tajx, when 
 he was met by the objection, from a shrewd 
 farmer, that by the constitution of the 
 State a town had not the power to tax its 
 inhabitants for the purpose of building a 
 State-house. The judges and lawyers 
 were then consulted, and lo ! the judg- 
 ment of the farmer was unanimously af- 
 firmed. This was a predicament very un- 
 welcome to the people, most of whom were 
 willing to pay the tax ; yet it was a serious 
 predicament, because the constable dared 
 not attempt to collect a tax which might 
 afterwards be repudiated, and thus the 
 burden be cast upon himself. In this 
 emergency two projects were suggested : 
 one being the selection of a collector who 
 had no property, and the other a minor as 
 collector, on the presumption that he 
 would not be suable. The latter course 
 was adopted, and the tax-bill was put into 
 the hand of Hon. Daniel Baldwin, brother 
 of Sylvanus. He collected the tax, even 
 
 the constitutionally scrupulous farmer pay- 
 ing his proportion with his townsmen. 
 The original subscriptions, the tax, and 
 other donations, amounted to from $8000 
 to Igooo, which was the cost of the house 
 exclusive of the land — 20 rods by 16, which 
 was given by Thomas Davis. 
 
 THE FIRST STATE-HOUSE 
 
 was constructed of wood, 50 by 70 feet on 
 the ground ; 36 feet high to the roof, sept- 
 angular-shaped in front, and otherwise 
 square. About 20 feet of the front was in 
 three floors-'— the iirst being the vestibule 
 to the hall of the House of Representa- 
 tives, which was 50 feet square, and rose 
 to the height of the first two stories front ; 
 the second floor gave entrance to the gal- 
 lery of the House ; and the third floor, cov- 
 ering the vestibules and hall of the House, 
 was occupied by the room of the Governor 
 and Council, into which an audience-room 
 for spectators opened, and by committee- 
 rooms — one of them named Jeiferson Hall, 
 and famous as the scene of political cau- 
 cuses. Xhe roof was surmounted by a 
 modest cupola, in which was the finest- 
 toned bell the town has ever had. The 
 building was plainly fiirnished, warmed 
 with stoves, and lighted with tallow can- 
 dles — the hall of the House with a chan- 
 delier so striking in its proportions and so 
 brilliant in its eflFect as to be a marked ex- 
 ception to the plainness of everything else, 
 and to incur the censure, as a piece of 
 "foolery," of one of the wisest of the old 
 legislators — Henry Olin. This house was 
 used until 1836, when it was succeeded by 
 
 THE SECOND STATE-HOUSE. 
 
 This was authorized by act of Nov. 8, 
 1832, on condition that Montpelier should 
 pay $15,000 towards its construction. 
 This sum was paid, and $3000 more for 
 additional land. The second house was 
 beautiful and substantial — a perfect speci- 
 men (the dome excepted,) of Grecian 
 architecture — and the finest Capitol of its 
 day in New England, if not in the coun- 
 try. The grounds,, including fence, ter- 
 race and approaches, were the same as 
 now ; and as the building was in form the 
 same as the present, a Greek cross, differ- 
 
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 ing little in dimensions, (but more in the 
 roof and dome,) a particular description is 
 not necessary.* The whole cost, (the 
 Davis land excepted,) of this house and 
 grounds was $132,077.23. This Capitol 
 was used until Jan. j, 1857, when, through 
 a lack of due caution both in erecting and 
 managing the heating apparatus, the wood- 
 work of the interior took fire, and all the 
 wood-work was destroyed, and tft walls 
 of granite and brick were badly damaged. 
 
 THE THIRD STATE-HOUSE 
 
 was authorized by act of Feb. 27, 1857, 
 which appropriated $40,000 on condition 
 that the inhabitants of Montpelier should 
 give good and sufficient security to pay in- 
 to the treasury a sum equal to the whole 
 cost 'of the work. This security was given 
 in a bond in the sum of $100,000. At the 
 session of 1858, no appropriation was made 
 by the State, and the work was carried on to 
 completion by funds advanced by citizens 
 of Montpelier, leaving bills for the lurni- 
 ture and some other debts outstanding to 
 the amount of $34,000 in 1859, which sum 
 the State then assumed, and the cost of con- 
 struction was reported in 1859) ^s being 
 "within $150,000." The first appropria- 
 tion by the State, Feb. 1857, was $40,000 ; 
 the second, Nov. 1857, was $30,000, and 
 whatever should be paid by Montpelier on 
 the bond required by the first named act — 
 the amount then paid being $42,000 ; and 
 the State in 1859 appropriated the further 
 sum of $34,000 — making in all $146,000. 
 The contributions of Montpelier to the 
 three houses have amounted to about $71,- 
 000, exclusive of interest and the land 
 originally deeded by Thomas Davis, which 
 now, if it was private property, would be 
 the most valuable land in the town. Every 
 part of the building, which is ever heated 
 or artifically lighted, is fire-proof, the ma- 
 terials being granite, brick, iron and mar- 
 ble ; and the roof and dome, which can 
 hardly ever be exposed to fire unless by 
 lightning, are covered with copper and con- 
 nected by copper conductors running to the 
 ground drains. The style of architecture 
 is the same as that of the second capitol, 
 
 •Fur a good dCBcrlptlon see [Zadock] ThompBOti's 
 YermoiU [Civil History,] imgcs lal-a. 
 
 but the furniture, upholstery, gas fixtures, 
 and heating apparatus (by steam) are far 
 superior. The central building is 72 feet 
 8 inches in height, surmounted by a dome 
 and cupola 56 ft. gin. in ht. — extreme ht. to 
 base of the statue representing Agriculture, 
 which caps the cupola, 129 feet 5 inches. 
 The length of the central building is, for the 
 portico 18 feet and the side walls 95 feet 8 
 inches — in all 113 feet 8 inches; and the 
 breadth is 72 feet 8 inches. The wings 
 are each 52 feet in length, making the ex- 
 treme length of both, including the width 
 of the central building, 176 feet 8 inches. 
 The width of each wing is 50 feet 8 inches, 
 and the height 47 feet 8 inches, with cor- 
 nices reaching to 8 feet below that of the 
 central building, giving to the whole pile the 
 shape of the Greek cross. By the enlarge- 
 ment of the building, opportunity was giv- 
 en for great improvements in its value and 
 convenience for public business. The 
 State Library has been materially enlarged 
 aud improved, specially in law, history, 
 and general literature, until it has come to 
 be indispensable to judges, lawyers, and 
 literary men for books of reference, and 
 the number of volumes has largely out- 
 grown the room. A fine State Cabinet of 
 mineralogy and natural history has been 
 formed, and it receives additions annually. 
 The battle-flags of the Vermont troops in 
 the war for the Union are carefully pre- 
 served, with the portraits of many of her 
 officers ; and within the State Department 
 and the room assigned to the Vermont 
 Historical Society all the fragments of the 
 early history of the State that are attain- 
 able are gathered and safely kept. On the 
 whole, the glory of the latter house greatly 
 exceeds that of the former. 
 
 COUNTY BUILDINGS. 
 
 From the settlement of the town until 1 797 
 it was in the County of Orange. In 1795, 
 the town voted unanimously to petition 
 the Legislature to be set off to the County 
 of Chittenden, and failed to succeed, but 
 was annexed to the County of Caledonia in 
 1797. and there remained until the County 
 of Jefferson was organized Dec. i, 1811, 
 with Montpelier as the county town. The 
 
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MONTPELIER. 
 
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 name of the County was changed to Wash- 
 ington in 1814. The first court house was 
 erected in 18 18, on the west side- of the 
 State House grounds — a wooden building, 
 which now adjoins the Catholic church, 
 and is occupied by its priest. The second 
 house, of brick, was erected on the corner 
 of State and Elm streets in 1843, and was 
 burned the same year. The third, a brick 
 building, enlarged in 1879, partly burned 
 in 1880, and re-finished in Aug. 1880, was 
 erected on the same site in 1844. The 
 first jail-house was the dwelling-house of 
 the first settler in the village — Jacob Davis. 
 It was given to the County by Thomjs 
 Davis, son of Jacob, and was converted 
 'into a jail and residence for the jailor. 
 The changes in this building, to adapt it 
 to its purposes, were made at the expense 
 of citizens of Montpelier. In 1832, the 
 County rebuilt the jail part of this building, 
 and gave back half of the building to the 
 original donor, who then needed this act 
 of justice. In 1857, the County substi- 
 tuted the present substantial and handsome 
 building for the old one, and paid Mr. 
 Davis for his interest in the property. In 
 this connection a fact is added to correct the 
 perhaps general impression that the State- 
 House and other public buildings are 
 sources of wealth to the citizens of the 
 town, especially the hotel-keepers. Mr. 
 Davis gave bountifully of his property to 
 the State and County, doubtless hoping to 
 regain all his gifts and more, by the in- 
 creased patronage he would receive in his 
 hotel. That hotel was the finest of its 
 day, at least in the State, and was, as it 
 has almost ever since been, the one most 
 favored. Mr. Davis was himself an indus- 
 trious, temperate ajid laborious man, and 
 had the aid of sons and daughters born in 
 his house ; and yet he would have died a 
 poor man, entirely dependent upon his 
 children, but for the remnant of his early 
 patrimony which was restored in his old 
 age by the County. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 The first building serving as a public 
 house was Col. Jacob Davis' residence on 
 Elm street, afterwards the jail-house, and 
 still serving for dwellings on another part 
 
 of the same street. The first hotel in the 
 town and county, built specially for the 
 purpose, was built by Col. Jacob. Davis, 
 about 1793 — the Union House, on the site 
 of the present Unitarian churgh. It was 
 of wood, and was burned in 1835. An- 
 other hotel of brick was erected on the 
 same site, and that also was burned in 
 1859, and was succeeded by the present 
 Union House, standing on the opposite 
 corner of Main and Court streets. The 
 second hotel built was the Hutchins tav- 
 ern, longer known as the Shepard tavern, 
 a wooden building, which stood on Main, 
 opposite Barre street ; it was burned. The 
 third hotel erected was the Pavilion, by 
 Thomas Davis, in 1807-8, a brick build- 
 ing. For its day it was one of the best 
 hotels in New England, adorned with 
 mouldings, carved wood-work, and fresco 
 painting excelled only in modern times. 
 Mahlon Cottrill enlarged the building to 
 about double its original dimensions. This 
 building was succeeded by the present 
 building, erected by Theron O. Bailey, 
 which is one of the most perfect hotels in 
 New England.. The third hotel erected 
 was by Obadiah Eaton in..i8io, on ground 
 now occupied by the Central Vermont rail- 
 road for depot purposes. This building 
 was moved-to Elm street, and is now oc- 
 cupied as a dwelling-house. The fourth 
 hotel was of brick, on the south side of 
 State street, and a few doors west of Main 
 street, which was kept for many years by 
 Rufus Campbell, Hugh Gourley, William 
 Rogers and others, and was then converted 
 into stores. It was erected about 1824. 
 The fifth was the Eagle hotel, oi> State 
 street, enlarged and changed into the 
 present American house. The sixth was 
 the brick dwelling-house on State street 
 erected by Henry Y. Barnes, and changed 
 into a temperance hotel. For many years 
 it was known as Burnham's hotel, and is 
 now known as the Bishop house. This 
 comprises the list of hotels in the present 
 town of Montpelier. In the part of the 
 old town which is now East Montpelier, 
 the writer remembers five taverns, some 
 of which were not without fame in their 
 day. For a time there was a hotel in the 
 
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 present limits of Montpelier, but not in 
 the village, known as the CofFee House. 
 It was on the farm two miles from the 
 State-House, and on the road to Barre. 
 The farm was originally owned by Jacob 
 Davis, Jr., and is still known as theCoiTee 
 House. 
 
 RELIGIOUS HISTORY. 
 
 The town records show action by the 
 town in respect to the gospel fund and 
 to preaching at different times, commenc- 
 ing Marcli 1 6, 1795, but not much fruit. 
 About that time the first Methodist class 
 was formed. [See History of Methodist 
 church, by Methodist contributors.] From 
 1 79 1, Clark Stevens, Friend or Quaker, 
 was a resident of East Montpelier, and 
 was joined by others of the same per- 
 suasion, when religious meetings were held ; 
 in 1803, a society was regularly organized, 
 and shortly after a house for their meet- 
 ings was erected. In 1804, regular re- 
 ligious meetings were established in the 
 village for services in " singing and read- 
 ing of sermons " when destitute of preach- 
 ing. The first record of regular preaching, 
 in what is now Montpelier, was by Rev. 
 Clark Brown, of Brimfield, Mass. In 1805, 
 he was employed by the town to preach 
 for one year ; but he did not succeed in 
 that profession, and in 1806, left it and 
 started a newspaper. In 1807, a Mr. 
 Hovey was employed as preacher, but left 
 the same year. 
 
 FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 In the winter of 1808, Rev. Chester 
 Wright spent a few Sabbaths, and Apr. 
 12, thereafter, 83 leading citizens of the 
 village formed "The First Congregational 
 Society in Montpelier." July 20, 1808, 
 "The First Congregational Church" 
 was formed, consisting of 17 members. 
 Mr. Wright was then employed as stated 
 preacher, and continued as such until Aug. 
 16, 1809, when he was made the perma- 
 nent pastor of the church. The number 
 of the members of this church reported in 
 June, 1872, was 440, of whom 155 were 
 then non-residents who had not taken 
 letters of dismission or formally changed 
 their relation. The whole number admit- 
 
 ted to this church has been near 1200, 
 thus showing that the removals by emigra- 
 tion and death have been about 900. The 
 meetings were usually held in the State- 
 House, sometimes in the Academy build- 
 ing until 1820, when what has been com- 
 monly known as "the brick church "was 
 erected, at a cost of about $8,000. , The 
 present elegant and substantial building, 
 called " Bethany Church," which was ded- 
 icated Oct. 15, 1868, occupies the site of 
 the old church. The value of Bethany 
 church was reported to the last General 
 Convention to be $70,000 ; but including 
 the land and organ, and the cost of the 
 construction of the building, the sum 
 should be about $6,000 greater. The fol- 
 lowing is a list of the pastors of the First 
 Congregational Church of Montpelier : 
 
 Aug. 16, 1809, to Dec. 22, 1830, Ches- 
 ter Wright; Oct. 26, 183 1, to April 19, 
 183s, Samuel Hopkins; Aug. 25, 1836, to 
 July 15, 1840, Buel W. Smith; Dec. 15, 
 1 841, to Dec. 9, 1846, JohnGridley ; Sept. 
 27, 1847, to 1878, W. H. Lord; 1878 to 
 the 'present time, J. H. Hincks. 
 
 SECOND congregational church, or 
 
 FREE CHURCH. 
 
 This church was organized in 1835, con- 
 sisting mainly of members of the First 
 Congregational church. For a few years, 
 under the ministration of Rev. Sherman 
 Kellogg, it prospered, but afterwards de- 
 clined, and about the year 1848, was aban- 
 doned, a part of the members returning to 
 the First Church, and others joining the 
 Methodist church. The pastors and min- 
 isters of this church were : 1835 to 1842, 
 Sherman Kellogg; 1842 to 1844, Joab 
 Seeley; 1845 to 1847, E. J. Comings. 
 This church and society erected and used 
 the building on State street, which is now 
 the Village Hall. 
 
 FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 Elder Ziba Woodworth, (see biograph- 
 ical sketch in East Montpelier,) was a cit- 
 izen of the town at its organization, and 
 on its record is a certificate of his good 
 standing in the Baptist church prior ^3 his 
 residence here. From about 1800, Mr. 
 Woodworth was in the habit of exhorting 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 289 
 
 as occasion offered, and in 1806, he was 
 ordained, and preached from 1806 to 1826. 
 Philip Wheeler is named in Walton's Reg- 
 ister as a Baptist preacher in 1815-16, and 
 again from 1823 to 1825, and also Samuel 
 Parker from 1827 to 1832; A church was 
 organized in 1830, says D. P. Thompson, 
 which would be in the ministry of Mr. 
 Parker. In 1870, the church and gpciety 
 commenced the construction of a hand- 
 some church edifice on School street, 
 which has since been completed. T,he 
 clerical list, so far as it is attainable, is as 
 follows, beginning with the organization 
 of the church in 1830: 1830-32, Samuel 
 
 Parker; 1840, Keniston; 1841-43, 
 
 ZebinaYoung ; 1849, Jackson ; 1866-8, 
 
 N. P. Foster ; 1869-71, William Fitz; 
 1872-78, N. Newton Glazier; 1879 to 'he 
 present time, H. A. Rogers. 
 
 UNIVERSALIST CHURCHES OR SOCIETIES. 
 
 In an account of the religious condition 
 of the town previous to 1 8 11 , the late Rev. 
 Chester Wright stated that previous to 
 1800, there had rarely been any preaching 
 except by tlie Methodists; that the in- 
 creased population from 1800 was divided 
 into various sects, the largest number pro- 
 fessing Universalism. A society of this 
 sect was formed in the village, (now Mont- 
 pelier,) in 183 1; one had been formed 
 earlier at the centre of the old town, and 
 ^shared the meeting-house there with other 
 denominations, and at a later date a third 
 was formed in East Montpelier, and erect- 
 ed a house of worship in East Montpelier 
 village, which has been maintained ever 
 since, and is now a handsome structure. 
 The following list of Universalist preach- 
 ers in Montpelier has been gathered from 
 Walton's Register : 
 
 1833, JohnM. Currier; 1834, John M. 
 Austin; 1835, B. H. Fuller, J. Wright; 
 1836, J. Wright; 1837-8, John Gregory; 
 1839, J. Wright, J. Boyden; 1840 to 1866, 
 Eli Ballou; 1867-70, J. O. Skinner; 1871, 
 E. Ballou. 
 
 UNITARIAN CHURCH AND SOCIETY. 
 
 There had been occasionally missionary 
 efforts for this denomination, but no stated 
 preaching and permanent organization 
 
 until after the coming of Rev. C. A. Allen 
 in 1865. A church and society has been 
 formed, consisting of Universalists and 
 Unitarians, and a handsome chiirch edi- 
 fice has been erected on the corner of 
 Main and School streets, called "The 
 Church of the Messiah." The list of min- 
 isters embraces but two names : Rev. 
 Chas. A. Allen began his labors in Mont- 
 pelier in 1864, and remained here 5 years, 
 receiving leave of absence for a year in 
 1869, and resigning his charge before that 
 leave had expired. Rev. J. Edward Wright 
 became pastor in 1869, and is now (1881) 
 in charge. 
 
 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CVLXS&Vi.. 
 
 In 1842, a church of this denomination 
 was organized, consisting in part of mem- 
 bers dismissed by request from the first 
 Congregational church, among them being 
 the first rector. A small church" edifice 
 was immediately built, and in 1867-8, an- 
 other elegant one on State street, near the 
 centre of the village, which superseded the 
 first. It is called " Christ Church." The 
 list of rectors is as follows : 
 
 1843-49, George B. Manser; 1850-53, 
 E. F. Putnam ; 1854-65, F. W. Shelton ; 
 1866-8, D. C. Roberts; 1869-70, Wm. J. 
 Harris; 1871-79, A. Hull; 1880 and since, 
 H. F. Hill. [An additional paper is prom- 
 ised by the rector. Rev. Mr. Hill. — Ed.] 
 
 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
 
 No record is found of regular ministra- 
 tions according to the forms of the Cath- 
 olic church for any considerable period 
 previous to 1850, but there had been fre- 
 quent visitations before that date, notably 
 by " Father O'Callaghan," of Buriington. 
 The old court house was first converted to 
 the uses of a church, and was again con- 
 verted into the priest's residence, when a 
 convenient brick edifice had been erected 
 near the State House, now known as " St. 
 Augustine." The congregation is the 
 largest in the town, being gathered from 
 Montpelier and neighboring towns. The 
 clerical list is as follows, gathered from 
 Walton's Register : 
 
 1850-53, Hector Drolette; 1861-63,2. 
 Druon; 1864-81, J.M.P.Duglue,inwhose 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 absence Father Savoie officiated. [An ad- 
 ditional paper will be given hereafter. — 
 Ed.] 
 
 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, NEWSPAPERS, &C. 
 
 The history of the common schools — at 
 least until the establishment of a graded 
 school by the union of all the districts in 
 the village— ^is that of every other town of 
 like population, and need not be given. 
 Preliminary to a notice of the chartered 
 literary institutions in their order, four so- 
 cieties designed to supplement the formal 
 schools are worthy of notice. 
 
 LIBRARIES AND DEBATING SOCIETIES. 
 
 The first was a Circulating Library, of 
 about 200 vols., established in i794,andlo- 
 cated in the centre of the old town, probably 
 under the care of the late Parley Davis. 
 One feature was the exclusion of all novels 
 as well as all religious books, thus limit- 
 ing the selection of books to works of 
 history, travels, biography, the sciences, 
 philosophy, agriculture, mechanics, and 
 such poetry as was admissible under the 
 rule ; and the second was the establish- 
 ment of a similar library in the village, 
 Feb. 28, 1814, which was not quite so ex- 
 clusive in character. Both libraries ex- 
 isted for many years, and were undoubtedly 
 useful to all who were disposed to profit by 
 them. The third was a literary society 
 formed about 1807, for theme writing and 
 debate, called " The Franklin Society,^'' of 
 which the apprentices in the printing- 
 offices and other mechanical trades were 
 the members. Its rules required gentle- 
 manly language and deportment ; and. one 
 who was an originator of the society, (the 
 late Gen. Ezekiel P. Walton,) informed 
 the writer that all the members became 
 intelligent, valuable and influential cit- 
 izens, except one alone, who was expelled 
 for profanity. Another society, with the 
 same name, existed in 1828. A similar 
 but small society was in existence some 
 few years, dating also from about 1828, 
 and with like results ; at least three of the 
 members became editors, two of them 
 Members of Congress at the same time, 
 and another a judge of the superior court 
 
 of one of the large Western States.* The 
 fourth was 
 
 "THE MONTPELIER LYCEUM," 
 
 formed Nov. 18, 1829, which was contin- 
 ued for several years. Its design was 
 "mutual improvement in useful knowl- 
 edge," and the means were, by addresses, 
 lectures, essays, reports upon assigned 
 topics', and oral debate upon selected ques- 
 tions. The members were not only the 
 young people of, both sexes from the 
 schools, but also professional men, mer- 
 chants and mechanics of all ages. The 
 lad in his teens met his minister, his 
 teacher, his doctor, or the judges and law- 
 yers of the village, in public debate, and 
 all were encouraged to take part in the ex- 
 ercises. The fruits were indeed "im- 
 provement in useful knowledge," and the 
 art of imparting knowledge ; making good 
 writers and keen debaters, sharpening the 
 intellectual powers, educating in all the 
 members a taste for whatever is excellent 
 and useful in literature and science, and 
 inspiring a zeal for personal and public 
 improvement. Its first president,and prob- 
 ably its originator, was the well-beloved 
 principal of Washington County Grammar 
 School for 12 years — the late Rev. Jona- 
 than C. Southmayd. 
 
 WASHINGTON COUNTY GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
 
 Nov. 7, 1810, Montpelier Academy was 
 incorporated, the name being changed in 
 18 13 to Washington County Grammar 
 School, and endowed with the rents of the 
 Grammar School lands. The first acad- 
 emy building was of wood, 44 by 36 feet 
 on the ground, and two stories in height. 
 It was located on what is now the triangle 
 on Main at the intersection of Spring street, 
 near the " Academy bridge." This build- 
 ing was burned in 1822, when a more com- 
 modious brick building was erected, which 
 was used until it was superseded by the 
 larger and still more commodious Union 
 School building, erected at the head of 
 
 • Three of the gr-iduates ftom Gen. Walton's print- 
 ing-office were serving In CongreBs at the same time 
 In 1857-'89— two as Members ol the House from Massa- 
 chusetts and Vermont, and a third, hailing from a 
 Western State, In the bosC-offlce of the House, and 
 atterward In the Clerks' Department, and as Pay- 
 master in the Armj- In the Btbelllon war. Two other 
 graduates ftom that office became cicrgvmen of good 
 reputation. 
 
MOJSITPELIER. 
 
 291 
 
 School street in 1858-9. The principal 
 instructors of thfe Academy and Grammar 
 School, until its union with the Graded 
 School, were : James Whorter, James 
 Dean,* Joseph Sill, Benton Pixley,f Ira 
 Hill, Thomas Heald, Justus W. French, J 
 Seneca White, Heman Rood, John Stev- 
 ens, Jonathan C. Southmayd, J. B. East- 
 man, Augustus A. Wood, || Aaron G. 
 Pease, § Calvip Pease.l J. H. Morse, M. 
 Colburn, Geo. N. Clark,** Davis Strong, 
 Horace Herrick, J. E. Goodrich, Charles 
 Kent and C. . R. Ballard. Others were 
 temporarily employed, and among them 
 was the late Hon. Joshua Y .Vail, in the early 
 years of the school, and Robert Hale in 
 the later ; and in the interim between the 
 destruction of the first academy building 
 and the completion of the second, the 
 want of an academy was measurably sup- 
 plied by a classical school under a Mr. 
 Sherard. For many years, dating from 
 the preceptorship of Mr. Southmayd, 
 Washington County Grammar School was, 
 among others of its day, of the very high- 
 est reputation in the State, sending out as 
 teachers, clergymen, lawyers, physicians 
 and public men, a long roll to the high 
 honor of the institution and its instructors. 
 
 MONTPELIER UNION GRADED SCHOOL. 
 
 Prompted in part by a bequest of $1,000 
 by Hezekiah H. Reed, land was purchased 
 amply sufi5cient for school purposes for 
 many generations, and a school-house 
 erected at a cost of $19,000, when, under 
 the general statute and special acts passed 
 in 1858-9, the four school-districts in the 
 village were united into one Union School 
 district. The special acts gave full powers 
 in respect to the course of study, and with 
 a union of Washington County Grammar 
 
 * Afterward Professor of Mathematics in the Uni- 
 versity of Vermont. [See vol. 1, Burlington I'aperon 
 the University by Prof Clark— Ed.] 
 
 t Clergyman iuWiUlamstown and missionary among 
 the Western Indians. 
 
 tClergymanln Vermont, New York and New Jer- 
 sey. 
 
 II Clergyman in New York. 
 
 § Clergyman In Vermont. 
 
 1i Professor and President of University of Vermont, 
 who died while pastor of a Presbyterian church at 
 Rochester, N. Y. [See biography of, by brother of 
 President Pease, vol. I, this work— Ed.] 
 
 ** Professor in University of Vermont, and now 
 clergyman and Secretary of the American Board for 
 Foreign Missions. [See Paper by him on U. V* M., 
 vol. I, Vt. Hist. Gaz.— Ed.] 
 
 School with the district, a course was 
 adopted embracing all studies necessary, 
 from the primary to the highest grades re- 
 quired for admission to colleges and the 
 highest institutions for the education of 
 females. Thus was formed a Uniion and 
 Graded School, which has endeared itself 
 to children and parents, and is an honor 
 and a source of just pride to the town. 
 The principals have been: 1859-61, M. 
 M. Marsh; 1862-71, Daniel D. Gorham; 
 1872-74, C. W. Westgate ; 1875-77, J. E. 
 Miller; 1878-9, A. W. Blair; 1880, W.W. 
 Prescott; 1881, H. R. Brackett. 
 
 NEWSPAPERS AND AUTHORS. 
 
 The first newspaper established in Mont- 
 pelier was The Vermont Precursor, by 
 Clark Brown, in November, 1806. Mr. 
 Brown had not been fortunate as a preach- 
 er, having failed in a few months, and 
 he was little more fortunate as publisher, 
 since he sold his paper in less than a year 
 to Samuel Goss, the first proprietor of 
 The Watchman, which was afterwards, 
 from January, 1826, the Vermont Watch- 
 man &" State Gazette, and from Dec. 13, 
 1836, and still is, the Vermont Watchman 
 &" State Journal^ and the oldest newspa- 
 per in Montpelier. The real germ of the 
 Watchman, however, was not the Precur- 
 sor, but the Green Mountain Patriot, es- 
 tablished at Peacham, Feb. 1798, by Sam- 
 uel Goss and Amos Farley, and discontin- 
 ued in March, 1807, the year in which Mr. 
 Goss moved his office to Montpelier. The 
 editors of the Watchman have been Sam- 
 uel Goss, Ezekiel P. Walton, E. P. Wal- 
 ton Jr., [so known to the public, the true 
 name being Eliakim P. Walton,] Joseph 
 & J. Monroe Poland. The period of Mr. 
 Goss was from 1807 to 1810; of Mr. Wal- 
 ton senior until about 1830, after which 
 his brother Joseph S. Walton assisted for 
 awhile, and E. P. Walton Jr. until Sept. 
 1853 ; the latter was editor and proprietor 
 until Jan. 16, 1868, and editor until Mar. 
 l868 ; and from March 1868, the Messrs. 
 Poland were in charge until J. M. Poland 
 retired. During tlie 40 years of service by 
 Walton, senior, the business of book-pub- 
 lishing and selling was connected with the 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 newspaper, and for several years after his 
 sons had become of age, the business was 
 greatly enlarged by uniting under one 
 management the newspaper, job and book- 
 printing, paper-maidng, book-binding, and 
 book-selling, making one of the most im- 
 portant business establishments in the 
 town, and furnishing support to a greater 
 number of families than any other at the 
 time. 
 
 The next newspaper in point of time was 
 The Freeman's Press, by Derick Sibley, 
 or Wright & Sibley. The germ of that 
 paper was, it is supposed. The Weekly 
 Wanderer, commenced at Randolph in 
 Jan. 1801, by Sereno Wright, and discon- 
 tinued in 1 81 1 J or possibly was removed 
 to Montpelier and re-issued as "The Free- 
 man's Pressy In D. P. Thompson's list 
 of business men, however, the names of 
 Wright & Sibley do not appear until 18 15. 
 They may have come earlier, and probably 
 did, as Rev. JohnGridley's History fixes the 
 date "about 1813." The latter was the 
 Jeffersonian Republican as theWatchman 
 was the Federal organ, until "the era of 
 good feeling'' came to Montpelier in 1818, 
 when Jonas Galusha received all the votes 
 of Montpelier except one. The "Press" 
 was discontinued about that time — possi- 
 bly before 1817, leaving "the Watchman" 
 sole occupant in the field. Mr. Sibley re- 
 moved to Rochester, N. Y., where he was 
 highly esteemed, and a son of his — possi- 
 bly a native of Montpelier, — has been one 
 of the most successful men of this country 
 in telegraph companies. 
 
 The next newspaper in the order of time 
 was the ''Vermont Patriot &" State Gazette,'''' 
 established Jan. 17, 1826, by George 
 Washington Hill & Company. It was in- 
 tended to be the organ of the Jackson par- 
 ty (since called Democratic) in Vermont, 
 as was Isaac Hill's "Patriot" in New 
 Hampshire. The "Vermont Patriot" was 
 continued for some years by its founders ; 
 from 1834 by Geo. W. Hill and William 
 Clark; from 1839 by Jeremiah T. Mars- 
 ton; from 1848 by Eastman & Dan forth ; 
 from 1854 by C. G. Eastman, and the ad- 
 ministrator of his estate, from whom the 
 paper passed to E-. M. Brown, and short- 
 
 ly after was merged in the present "Argus 
 and Patriot,'''' published ahd edited by Hi- 
 ram Atkins. The dates given above, ex- 
 cept as to the birth of the "Patriot," have 
 been taken from D. P. Thompson's list of 
 business men, and may not be entirely 
 accurate, though it is believed they are 
 nearly so. Mr. Hill did not possess the 
 editorial tact of his distinguished brother, 
 and employed others to do the chief edito- 
 rial work, and most prominent among the 
 several so employed were Horace Steele 
 and Hugh Moore — Steele,- the author of 
 "The Indian Captive," (omitted from Za- 
 dock Thompson's list of Vermont books,) 
 and Moore a poet of no mean rank. Both 
 Marston and Eastman were able editors, 
 and Eastman was the sweetest of Vermont 
 poets. 
 
 "The State yournal" was established 
 Nov. I, 1831, by Knapp & Jewett — Chaun- 
 cey L. Knapp, a graduate from the Watch- 
 man office, and Elam R. Jewett. The 
 "Journal" was continued until December 
 1836, as the organ of the Anti-Masonic 
 party, and was then merged in the "Watch- 
 man." Mr. Knapp was the chief editor, 
 and after filling State offices in Vermont 
 and Massachusetts, and serving four years 
 in Congress for the Lowell, Mass., dis- 
 trict — 1855-59, — he is now in harness 
 again as editor of a daily newspaper in 
 Lowell. Mr. Jewett was for a long time 
 connected with the Commercial Advertiser 
 of Buffalo, N. Y., and has retired from the 
 newspaper business with an ample fortune, 
 but is yet engaged in a lucrative business 
 kindred to "the art of arts." 
 
 The Voice of Freedom was established 
 in January 1839, by Allen & Poland, with 
 C. L. Knapp editor, an anti-slavery news- 
 paper, which was continued until 1842, 
 and then removed to Brandon. It was 
 succeeded in 1844, at Montpelier, by the 
 "Green Mountain Freeman,'''' by Joseph 
 Poland, which is now published by Her- 
 bert R. Wheelock. -The editors have been 
 Joseph Poland, Jacob Scott, Daniel. P. 
 Thompson, Sidney S. Boyce, Charles W. 
 Willard, J. W. Wheelock, H. R. Whee- 
 lock, and H. A. Huse. [See paper later.] 
 
 The "Christian Repository,''^ organ of 
 
MONTPELIEK. 
 
 293 
 
 the Universalist denomination; was started 
 in Woodstockas "The Universalist Watch- 
 man'' in 1829, by William Bell, and re- 
 moved to Montpelier about. 1836, and its 
 title changed. For most of the period of 
 its publication in Montpelier, Eli Ballou 
 was the editor and he was also publisher, 
 under the firms of Ballou & Loveland, and 
 Ballou & Son. It was merged in a Boston 
 paper in 1870, having been edited for the 
 three preceding years by J. O. Skinner. 
 
 The "Christian Messenger,^'' [see account 
 of by Rev. J. R. Bartlett.] 
 
 The Vermont Farmer was commenced 
 in Montpelier in 1879, by L. P. Thayer, 
 and removed toNorthfield in 1881. 
 
 For The Vermont Chronicle, now pub- 
 lished here, see Windsor, next volume. 
 
 For about 40 years a daily paper has 
 been issued from the "Watchman" office 
 during the sessions of the General Assem- 
 bly. It was originated for the convenience 
 only of members of the Legislature and 
 persons having business before it, and at 
 first was a small sheet of one or two pages, 
 containing an abstract of daily proceed- 
 ings. Soon it grew into a small news- 
 paper of four pages, and contained an ab- 
 stract of debates as well as of proceedings, 
 and was in demand for more geixeral cir- 
 culation, tt became at last a daily paper 
 of medium size, or equal to the original 
 weekly "Watchman," and was entitled 
 " Walton''s Daily Journal^'' to distinguish 
 it from his weekly newspaper. From the 
 outbreak of the rebellion in the spring of 
 1861, until July, 1868, it was continued 
 regularly as a daily paper — with two edi- 
 tions each day for most of that period — 
 and was supplied by correspondents in 
 several of the Vermont regiments with val- 
 uable materials for Vermont's history in 
 the War, much of which is yet to be pre- 
 served in a more convenient form. Daily 
 papers 'have occasionally been issued dur- 
 ing the Legislative sessions from the " Pat- 
 riot" and "Argus" office, and also from 
 the "Freemaii" office, and from the lat- 
 ter a daily, was published during the war. 
 
 A regular visitor into more Vermont 
 , households than have received the Mont- 
 pelier newspapers altogether, is "Walton's 
 
 Vermont Register." It was started by E. 
 P. Walton, Sr., and his brother, George 
 S. Walton, in 1817, the first number, (be- 
 ing the Register for 1818,) having been 
 printed and published in the closing 
 months of that year. From that date 
 until the present time it has been annually 
 issued, and although it has not increased 
 much in superficial dimensions, and is still 
 a convenient hand-book, it has increased 
 in matter as fast as tlie professional and 
 other business of the State has increased. 
 The second number of the Register, (for 
 1819,) was published by E. P. Walton, 
 Sr., Geo. S. having deceased, and the 
 publication was continued by him and his 
 sons until 1853, when the "publication was 
 commenced by E. P. Walton, Jr., the 
 present Eliakim P. Walton. In a few 
 years the proprietorship was given by him 
 to Samuel M. Walton, and by him it was 
 transferred to the Claremont Manufacturing 
 Co. in 1867, their first issue having been 
 the number for 1868, and in 1881 to the 
 White River Paper Co. From 1817, or 
 the origin of the Register, until now, the 
 editors have been E. P. Walton, Sr., and 
 E. P. Walton, Jr. — so it ever has been, 
 and still is, " WaltorCs Vermont Register " 
 For several years the blanks in the calen- 
 dar pages were filled with guess-wprk as to 
 the weather, and the writer of these pages 
 exercised his ingenuity in filling in that 
 sort of matter when a boy — a confession 
 which suggests the utter folly of the fash- 
 ion. It was the general fashion in al- 
 manacs, however, and for the credit of 
 Walton's it must be said, that nobody 
 could be harmed by a prognostication of 
 " rain or snow" in April, orof " unsteady 
 weather, flying clouds ; we seldom fail of 
 having a cold north-easterly storm this 
 month" — all of which is the weather wis- 
 dom for May, 1820. The three last 
 months of that year were suffered to go to 
 press without any weather at all, but it is a 
 fact that the weather went on according to 
 its will, without the slightest respect to the 
 Almanac maker, or the hopes or fears qf 
 those who relied upon him. This folly 
 was abandoned finally, and a page was in- 
 serted from year to year containing a 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 weather table, which was originally framed 
 by the astronomer Herschel, and corrected 
 by observations made by the Rev. Dr. 
 Adam Clarke. It is obvious, however, 
 that any scheme, constructed by observa- 
 tions on another continent, and with k 
 different climate from ours, cannot be re- 
 liable here ; probably not as reliable as the 
 judgment of persons who will themselves 
 carefully observe the connection of fair 
 or foul weather with the direction of the 
 wind, and watch the thermometer and 
 barometer — or better still, the daily an- 
 nouncements from the weather office at 
 Washington ; which, by the way, take no 
 notice of the moon as an element in fore- 
 casting the weather. The time came to 
 relieve ' ' Walton's Register " from this 
 useless matter, and it was gladly improved. 
 
 Among the papers temporarily published 
 at Montpelier were " TAe Temperance 
 Star," published in 1841-2 by the Vermont 
 Temperance Society, and edited by Geo. 
 B. Manser; ''The Harrisonian,'" a cam- 
 paign paper issued in 1840, from the 
 Watchman' o&cs, and edited by E. P. 
 Walton, Jr. ; "The Reformed Drunkard,'''' 
 in 1842, by F. A. McDowell, changed to 
 " The Reformer,'''' 3.nA discontinued; and 
 a monthly literary and religious magazine 
 in 1838, called " The Green Mountain 
 Emporium^' by John Milton Stearns, 
 which was removed to Middlebury and dis- 
 continued. 
 
 The newspapers continued at this date, 
 1881, are " The Vermont Watchman and 
 State Journal," (Republican,) by Joseph 
 Poland; "Argus and Patriot," (Demo- 
 cratic,) by Hiram Atkins; "The Green 
 Mountain Freeman," (Republican,) and 
 "The Christian Messenger," (Methodist 
 Episcopal,) by H. R. Wheelock. 
 
 Of books printed and published at Mont- 
 pelier a formidable list could be made by 
 including legislative joUrnals.statute books. 
 Supreme Court and other reports, school 
 books, sermons, pamphlets, almanacs and 
 registers. The titles of many of these 
 may be found in the catalogue of the Ver- 
 mont State Library, and their omission 
 here is excusable. Of the books noticeable 
 are the following : Valedictory Address of 
 
 George Wjishington, 1812, an edition of 
 which, thanks to the Washington Benevo- 
 lent Societies, saved the Watchman office 
 from passing into the hands of a sheriff; 
 Indian Captive, or the Burning of Royal- 
 ton, by Horace Steele, 12 mo., 1812 ; Di- 
 gested Index of law reports, by Nicholas 
 Baylies, 1814, 3 vols, octavo, 1512 pages; 
 On Free Agency, by Nicholas Baylies, 
 1820, 12 mo. 216 pages; Gazetteer of Ver- 
 mont, by Zadock Thompson, 1824, 12 mo. 
 312 pages; English Grammar, by Rufus 
 Nutting, 1826, 12 mo. 136 pages; May 
 Martin, by D. P. Thompson, i6mo. 1835, 
 edition after edition of which has been 
 printed in America and in England ; and 
 The Green Mountain Boys, 1839, by D. 
 P. Thompson, 2 vols. 12 mo. 536 pages; 
 The Gift, 1841, Poems, bySophiaWatrous 
 [Bemis,] 24mo. 172 pages ; Theological 
 Criticism, Poetical Scraps, and Dogmas of 
 Infidelity, 1843, by F. W. Adams, M. D., 
 12 mo. 240 pages; Poems, by Charles G. 
 Eastman, 1848, i2mo. 2o8pages, of which 
 a new and enlarged edition, with a me- 
 moir, has been recently printed ; The Cap- 
 ital of Vermont, journal of proceedings 
 and debates of the special session of the 
 General Assembly, February, 1857, with 
 an appendix and engravings — 8 vo. 300 
 pages, 1857; History of the Town of 
 Montpelier, by Daniel P. Thompson, i860, 
 octavo, 312 pages ; The Second Brigade, 
 or Camp Life, by a Volunteer, [E. F. 
 Palmer,] i6mo. 224, pages, 1864; Adju- 
 tant General's Reports, octavo, 1862, no 
 pages— 1863, 106 pages — 1864, 958 pages 
 — 1865, 762 pages— 1866, 368 pages— all 
 embracing an official history, by Hon. Peter 
 T. Washburn, of the part taken by Vermont 
 in the War 'of the Rebellion ; Steps to 
 Heaven, by Rev. F. S. Bliss, i2mo., 1868, 
 184 pages ; Collections of the Vermont 
 Historical Society, octavo, vol. I, 1870, 
 508 pages — vol. II, 1871, 530 pages; The 
 Family Physician, &c., by Dr. Leonard 
 Thresher, 8vo. 1871. 406 pages; and the 
 Governor and Council, embracing journals 
 of the Council of Safety and Governor and 
 Council, early historical documents and 
 biographical notices, edited by Eliakim P. 
 Walton, 8 vols., published 1873-1881. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 295 
 
 Of citizens of Montpelier the number who 
 have been authors is not large, but their 
 works are voluminous. The list in the order 
 of time embraces Horace Steele, historical, 
 I vol. ; Nicholas Baylies, lawand metaphys- 
 ics, 4 vols. ; Samuel Woodworth, pamphlet 
 poem on the battle of Plattsburgh ; Sophia 
 Watrous, poems, i vol. ; Rev. F. W. Shel- 
 ton, talesand miscellaneous papers, ; vols., 
 previous to his removal from town ; D. P. 
 Thompson, historical novels and history, 
 10 vols ; F. W. Adams, theology and po- 
 etry, I vol. ; C. G. Eastman, poemss i vol- 
 ume ; in all, 24 volumes. 
 
 Several who were once residents of 
 Montpelier became authors after their re- 
 moval; among whom are Rev. Samuel 
 Hopkins, (pastor of the first Congrega- 
 tional church,) author of two historical 
 volumes on the Puritans in the reign of 
 Queen Elizabeth ; Rev. JohnS. C. Abbott, 
 (who temporarily supplied the desk of the 
 same church,) author of numerous histor- 
 ical, religious and miscellaneous books ; 
 Hon. Isaac F. Redfield, author of several 
 elaborate and valuable law books ; Hugh 
 Moore,^ author of a memoir of Ethan Allen, 
 and Zadock Thompson, author of the Gaz- 
 etteer and History of Vermont, 2 volumes, 
 and of other works . This list might proba- 
 bly be extended. The published orations, 
 addresses, sermons, speeches, and other 
 pamphlets, the work of Montpelier men, 
 combined, would make several volumes ; 
 and in such volumes the names of Goss, 
 Prentiss, Merrill, Wright, Gridley, Upham, 
 Walton, [senior and junior,] Peck, Pease, 
 [Aaron . and Calvin,] Gridley, Willard, 
 Lord, and many others, would appear as 
 authors. Taken all together, therefore, 
 the literary history and character of the 
 town has been highly creditable. 
 
 MILITARY HISTORY. 
 
 The first military company was organized 
 in 1794, consisting of 72 men, many of 
 whom had served in the Revolutionary 
 War. The late Gen. Parley Davis was 
 the first captain. From that date Mont- 
 pelier, in common with other towns, main- 
 tained the military organizations required 
 by law ; and of these a history is not nec- 
 
 essary. Military matters of special interest 
 will be noted. 
 
 Minhte Men in 1794. 
 
 A special town meeting, July 21, 1794, 
 voted 
 
 That this town will ensure to the Min- 
 ute Men, now enlisted from this town, the 
 wages, while in actual service, that the 
 Governor and Council of this State have 
 promised t6 recommend the Legislature to 
 en-sure them ; provided that Congress nor 
 said Legislature do not do it. 
 
 It seems, then, that the town had, upon 
 the requisition of the Governor and Coun- 
 cil, furnished its quota of minute men for 
 an expected emergency, and patriotically 
 guaranteed payment to them while in 
 actual service. D. P. TJiompson conjec- 
 tured that there was then no danger of 
 war, foreign or Indian, and that the whisky 
 insurrection in Pennsylvania was the 
 source of the possible emergency. Mr. 
 Thompson's conjecture was materially er- 
 roneous, and implied a suspicion of the 
 fidelity of the people of Vermont to law 
 and order, which was never entertained. 
 Quotas of troops, to quell the insurrection 
 in Western Pennsylvania in 1794, were re- 
 quired from four neighboring States only. 
 A fierce war was waged in the summer of 
 1794 by the Indians, on the North-western 
 frontier, with whom Wayne, Scott, and 
 others were contending; but no minute 
 men were required in Vermont to meet 
 danger from any Indian war. The real 
 danger was from Great Britain, and the 
 emergency apprehended for Vermont was 
 an attack from Canada on her Northern 
 frontiers. Great Britain had intbrfered 
 with American commerce ; Congress had 
 debated a proposition for sequestrating 
 the debts due from American to British 
 citizens, and resolved on non-intercourse 
 with Great Britain. An army of 80,000 
 men was authorized at that period if emer- 
 gencies should require it. The vote of 
 this town shows that the Governor and 
 Council had met in a special session, be- 
 tween the regular sessions of Oct. 1793 
 and '94, and required the raising of min- 
 ute men — of course in response to instruc- 
 tions from the National Government — and 
 yet the writer of this paper has searched 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 the manuscript Council Journal in vain for 
 the record of that meeting. The journal 
 of the regular session of Oct. 1794 does 
 show that the State authorities had acted 
 and provided the men. Nothing came of 
 these preparations for war, except a dem- 
 onstration that the people responded cheer- 
 fully to the requirements of the national 
 and state authorities. ■ Montpelier, at 
 least, was entitled to that honor. 
 
 Governor's Guard. 
 
 At an early day Vermont adopted the 
 forms of Massachusetts in respect to the 
 public honors paid to His Excellency, the 
 Governor. That was his title, and being 
 at least nominally "excellent," his person 
 was at least nominally very precious. He 
 must have a military guard on public oc- 
 casions, to escort if not to defend him. If 
 the governor of Vermont did not himself 
 bear the sword and a cocked hat — as Mas- 
 sachusetts governors did — he must be sur- 
 rounded by swords and cocked hats on 
 gala days ; and every day in his walk from 
 his boarding-house to the Council cham- 
 ber, he must be attended by the high sher- 
 iff of the county, bearing a sword. When 
 Montpelier became the capital of the State, 
 the people there, and in the vicinity, fur- 
 nished both the State-House and a Gov- 
 ernor's guard, called " Washington Artil- 
 lery," corresponding to the "Ancient and 
 Honorable Artillery " of Boston. It was 
 chartered in 1807. This company was in- 
 dependent of the regular State military or- 
 ganizations ; it chose its own officers, who 
 were commissioned by the Governor in 
 person, who also reviewed the company 
 annually on presenting the commissions. 
 The business of the company was to per-, 
 form escort duty when the Governor came 
 to town on the day before the meeting of 
 the General Asseinbly ; to escort the Gov- 
 ernor and General Assembly and their of- 
 ficers to the church where the election ser- 
 mon was delivered, on "Election day;" 
 and to fire salutes as proclamation was 
 made from the portico of the 'state-house, 
 by the sheriff of the county, of the election, 
 severally, of the Governor, Lieutenant- 
 Governor, Treasurer and Councillors. 
 
 The company again met, in the week suc- 
 ceeding, elected its officers, and was re- 
 viewed by His Excellency. Thus it had 
 at least three days of service in each year. 
 In fact, its "trainings" were more fre- 
 quent. Composed, as it' was, of selected 
 men, it always ranked high. This organ- 
 ization was maintained until the necessity 
 for it was obviated by giving the pre- 
 eminence • to civil over military power. 
 The military and the armed sheriff were 
 then excused from further service on such 
 occasions in 1836. 
 
 WAR OF 1812-16. 
 
 The military history of Vermont at this 
 period is singularly deficient, " our foreign 
 relations and defensive operations being 
 exclusively committed to the management 
 of the general government,"* without in- 
 tervention by the State authorities, such 
 as from 1861 to 1865, when the admirable 
 system of Adjutant-General Washburn 
 preserved an accurate record of the Ver- 
 mont officers and soldiers who served in 
 the War of the Rebellion. There is, there- 
 fore, no State record of the services of 
 Vermonters in the War of 18 12, excepting 
 only an imperfect record of the Plattsburgh 
 volunteers, gathered many years after the 
 battle. Two modes were adopted by the 
 General Government in raising armies, to 
 wit : by drafts from the militia of the sev- 
 eral states, called " detached militia," and 
 by enlistments into the United States 
 army. In both cases the men were under 
 the command of United States officers, and 
 hence no complete rosters can be found 
 anywhere short of the records of "the War 
 Department at Washington. A roster of 
 officers only has been published in the 
 American State Papers, and with the aid 
 of this the following list is made : 
 
 Larned Lamb, of Montpelier, appointed 
 Captain previous to 1 808 . He commanded 
 a company of U. S. troops stationed, at 
 Montpelier in 1808, but left the army be- 
 fore the roster alluded to was published. 
 Mr. Lamb died at St. Louis about 1828. 
 
 Sylvester Day, of Montpelier, was 
 commissioned as surgeon Mar. 13, 1813. 
 
 . * Message of Gov. Martin ClilUeudeu, 1818. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 He remained in the army until his death, 
 which occurred atPittsburgh, Penn., about 
 1864. 
 
 GusTAVus LooMis was commissioned 
 as 2d Lieutenant,- Mar. i, 181 1, and was 
 placed on the retired list Mar. 13, 1865, 
 with the rank of brevet Brigadier General. 
 He was probably a resident of Thetford at 
 the time of his appointment, but for many 
 years his home, when on leave of absence, 
 was at Montpelier, and ligre his family for 
 a time resided. He died in 1871. 
 
 Sylvester Churchill was commis- 
 sioned as Lieutenant in 1812, and as Cap- 
 tain in the 3d Artillery, Aug. 15, 1813. 
 During the War of the Rebellion he was 
 Inspector General of the U. S. army, with 
 the rank of brevet Brigadier General. He 
 died at Washington near the close of that 
 war. He resided in Montpelier for a few 
 years previous to 1809, when he removed 
 to Windsor, and became one of the pro- 
 prietors of the Vermont Republican news- 
 paper. 
 
 In 1813, Congress authorized the enlist- 
 ment and organization of 46 regiments, to 
 serve one year. Of these, four were as- 
 signed to Vermont. The headquarters of 
 one were at^^utland and Bennington ; of 
 one at Woodstock ; and of two at Burling- 
 ton. The roster ,of the officers of the 31st 
 regiment of infantry, Daniel Dana, Col- 
 onel, contains the names of the following 
 persons from Montpelier and its immediate 
 vicinity ; Cyrus Johnson, captain ; Pres- 
 BURY West, ist Lieutenant; John Put- 
 nam, 2d Lieutenant ; Jonathan Eddy, 3d 
 Lieutenant. 
 
 Undoubtedly there were several Mont- 
 pelier men in this regiment, and probably 
 in the two regiments enlisted at Burling- 
 ton, but their names cannot be given. 
 
 The listof Montpelier men in the regular 
 array or naval service may as well be com- 
 pleted here as follows : Hannibal Day, 
 son of Dr. Sylvester Day, commissioned as 
 2d Lieut. July l, 1823, and breveted Brig- 
 adier General, M^rch 13, 1865. He is 
 still living and is on the retired list. Asa 
 Richardson, commissioned as 2d Lieu- 
 tenant at a little later date ; after serving 
 several years he left the army ; but how, 
 
 ■ 38 
 
 the writer is uncertain — perhaps he re- 
 signed, or was placed on the retired list as 
 a disabled officer. Disabled he certainly 
 was. Charles C. Upham, now deceased, 
 was paymaster in the navy for about 20 
 years, and attained the rank of Captain, 
 and was high on the list when retired. 
 George Dewey, Midshipman, Sept. 23, 
 1854, Commander from April 13th, 1872. 
 Charles E. Clark, Midshipman, Sept. 
 29, i860, Lieut. Commander from March 
 1 2, 1 868 — appointed from Bradford. R. Ju- 
 lius Richardson was paymaster during 
 the Civil War. Theodore G. Dewey, 
 Midshipman, June 19, 1875. 
 
 To resume the subject of the War of 
 1812. It was declared June 18, and the 
 Proclamation was not generally published 
 in Vermont until about the first of July. 
 The news was not unexpected nor unpre- 
 pared for, since it appears that there was 
 a body of troops at Montpelier as early as 
 the 8th of July, under the command of 
 Col. Cutting of the U. S. Army. The 
 Governor and Council met at Montpelier 
 on the 23d of July and adjourned on the 
 25th. The business was not for the rais- 
 ing of troops, but to represent to the Na- 
 tional authorities the pressing necessity of 
 arms and ammunition to prepare the mili- 
 tia of the State to resist invasion. In a 
 memorial prepared for that purpose it was 
 declared, that, the orders from the War De- 
 partment '■•for detached \niilitid\ men had 
 been promptly obeyed.'''' The nurnber of 
 detached men required of Vermont by the 
 act of Congress of April 10, 1812, was 
 3000. The inference, then, from the state- 
 ment of the Governor and Council is, that 
 within less than a month the Vermont mil- 
 itia had responded to all the demands made 
 upon them. Undoubtedly this was true, 
 and mor'e, since many Vermonters enlisted 
 into the regular army. The patriotism of 
 the people — each political party spurring 
 the other on — would not permit drafting, 
 but rather a supply of all the needed men 
 by volunteering. This was demonstrated 
 by the Light Infantry Company of Mont- 
 pelier, whose quota of men to be "detached'' 
 was eight. The company was paraded ; 
 its captain [the late Hon. Jeduthan Loom- 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE 
 
 is, a strong opponent of the war,] addressed 
 the men, declaring that it was their duty 
 to obey the order of the Goverment, and 
 then ordered all who were ready to volun- 
 teer to march two paces to the front. At 
 the word, all marched out but five, and the 
 consequence was that there was no "draft- 
 ing" except to see who should serve as 
 "Home guards" on the peace establish- 
 ment. The required number went into 
 service on the frontier ; but the writer can. 
 give the name of only one, the late Hon. Jo- 
 seph Howes. He remained for the period 
 required, serving on the regimental staff as 
 Sergeant Major. Judge Howes had agreed 
 to divide the service with the Hon. Daniel 
 Baldwin; but when the time came for 
 Judge Baldwin's turn, the oflScers in com- 
 mand would not permit a compliance with 
 the agreement by Judge Howes. A com- 
 mission in the regular army for permanent 
 service was tendered to Judge Howes, but 
 he declined on account of the pressing ne- 
 cessities of his family, and recommended 
 the late Col. Cyrus Johnson of Berlin, who,, 
 as we have seen, did join the 31st Infantry 
 as Captain. The total number of "de- 
 tached mihtia" in Montpelier cannot be 
 given. There were then three militia com- 
 panies in the town liable to draft, and two 
 of these were usually much larger than the 
 Light Infantry. The whole number was 
 probably about t^rty. 
 ' The invasion of Plattsburgh, in Septem- 
 ber, 1814, gave another occasion for rival- 
 ry between the two political parties, which 
 divided the town very nearly into two 
 equal parts, the Jeflfersonian Republicans 
 having a bare majority for Governor, and 
 the Federalists electing the town repre- 
 sentative. Both parties rallied to repel the 
 invasion. A company was immediately 
 organized and marched for th^ seat of 
 war. The election of Timothy Hubbard 
 as captain indicated that the Federalists 
 were the majority of the company, but the 
 roll bears the . names of good and true 
 men of both political parties. The follow- 
 ing is a copy of the roll, which the writer 
 has had in his possession, in the hand- 
 writing of the late Hon. Joseph Howes, 
 who was second lieutenant : 
 
 Copy of a Roll of Plattsburgh Volunteers 
 made at Burlington, Sept. loth, 18 14, by 
 [Brigadier'] Genl. B. [^Parley] Davis — 
 belonging to Montpelier &" vicinity. 
 
 Timothy Hubbard, Capt. ; Isaac Put- 
 nam, 1st Lieut. ; Joseiph Howes, 2d Lieut. ; 
 Stephen Foster, Ensign. 
 
 Sergeants — Roger Hubbard, Benj. Phin- 
 ney, George Rich, Jacob F. Dodge. 
 
 Corporals — Ira Owen, Alanson Allen, 
 Mark Goss, David Barton. 
 
 Musick — Paul Emerson, Elijah Perry, 
 Joseph Hancock, Jona. Stevens, Jeduthan 
 Doty. 
 
 Privates — ^Joel Mead, Cyrus Brigham, 
 Jacob Grossman, Iram Nye, Daniel Wood, 
 Caleb Morse, James Arbuckle, Thomas 
 Mead, Jr., Ephraim Nye, Wm. Taplin, 
 Andrew May, James Caldwell, Nathaniel 
 Bancroft, Zebina Moulton, Samuel Rich, 
 Michael Hammett, Daniel Perry, John 
 Hull, Francis Lull, Darius Boyden, Thos. 
 Brooks,* Abijah Howard, Henry F. Janes.f 
 Samuel Scott, Cyrus Ware, Perrin B. Fisk, 
 Parrot Blaisdell, Jr., Phineas Dodge, Jo- 
 seph Woodworth, Josiah Benjamin, Harry 
 Richardson, Dyer Richardson, Peleg Whit- 
 tredge, Thos. McKnight, Samuel Davis, 
 Lemuel McKnight, Abial French, Calvin 
 Hale, Eliada Brown, James Bennett, Rus- 
 sell Steward, Anthony Burgess, Ira May, 
 Stephen Jacobs, Samuel Mead, David Per- 
 sons, Nathan Kelton, Thomas Reed, Jr., 
 Isaac LeBarron, James Short, John Marsh, 
 Jona. Cutler, Jr., Silas Loomis, Bartholo- 
 mew Kimball, Jonathan Shepard, Silas 
 Burbank, Andrew Dodge, Jr., John Young, 
 George Giiford, David Grey, John P. 
 Davis, Samuel Upham, Simon Cummings, 
 Thomas Parker. Isaac Ames, Earl Cate, 
 Benjamin Nealey, Robert Dodge, Peter 
 Nelson, Aaron Gould, John Brown, Jo- 
 seph Andrews, Simeon Bates, Josiah Wing, 
 Joel Templeton, James Pine, Josiah White, 
 Paul Hathaway, Arthur Daggett, Jr., 
 Isaiah Burgess, James Pittsley, Phineas 
 Parsons, Amos Farley, James Allen, Simeon 
 Daggett, Elias Metcalf, Abner West, Amos 
 Andrews, Zenas Johnson, Nathaniel Proc- 
 
 ' Grandfather of Brig. Gen. W. T. H. Brooks, who 
 commanded the Vermont Brigade in the Sixth Corps 
 in 1862. 
 
 t Member of GonRress tram Vermont, 1835-7. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 299 
 
 tor, Solomon Stone, Clark Lumbard, Rol- 
 and Edwards, Asahel Lyon, Henry Cham- 
 berlain, Jona. Dudley, Chester Luce, Peter 
 C. Lovejoy, John C. Perry, John Cataffey 
 
 [ChafFey,] Fassett. 
 
 The total number of officers and men is 
 1 18. They were all volunteers, and a few 
 citizens of Berlin and perhaps of Calais ex- 
 cepted, they were from the old town of 
 Montpelier. The publication of this roll 
 now — probably for the first time — will serve 
 as a memorial of the dead, and inspire 
 their descendants, if need be, with a like 
 patriotic spirit. The total number of Ver- 
 mont troops at Plattsburgh, Sept. 1 1 , 18 14, 
 was 2,;oo ; probably three times that num- 
 ber were on the way there, making in all, 
 7,500, of which Montpelier furnished one- 
 64th part. 
 
 THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 
 
 The full record of Adjutant General 
 Washburn precludes the necessity of any 
 details, or any assertion that Montpelier 
 performed fully its part in that ever mem- 
 orable war. The total number of men 
 required from Montpelier to fill all quotas 
 was 189, and the town furnished 236, be- 
 ing 47 more than her quota. The princi- 
 pal field and staff officers were : Colonels, 
 Nathan Lord, Jr., 6th ; Francis V. Randall, 
 13th. Lieut. Colonels, Edward M. Brown, 
 8th; Andrew C. Brown, 13th. Majors, 
 James S. Peck, 17th; John D. Bartlett, 
 1st cavalry. Adjutants, James S. Peck, 
 13th ; J. Monroe Poland, isth. Capt. and 
 Assistant Quarter Masters, Periey P.Pitkin, 
 2d; John W. Clark, 6th; Fred. E.I Smith, 
 Edward Dewey, 8th. Capt. and Cora, of 
 Subsistence, Albert L. Carleton, nth. 
 Quarter Master, Nelson A. Taylor, 13th. 
 Surgeon, Charles M. Chandler, ^th. Most 
 of the Montpelier men were in the 2d and 
 13th regiments — the 2d being in the Sixth 
 Corps, which had the highest reputation 
 of any in the army of the Potomac for 
 fighting, and the 13th was in Gen. Stan- 
 nard's famous flank movement at Gettys- 
 burgh on the 3d of July, 1863, of which 
 Major Gen. Doubleday in his report said, 
 "that it is to Gen. Stannard and Col. 
 Gates that the country is mainly indebted 
 
 for the repulse of the enemy's charge and 
 the final victory of the 3d of July."* 
 
 The present military organization in 
 Montpelier is one company of infantry, 
 under Capt. Ely Ely-Goddard. 
 
 PUBLIC ENTERPRISES. 
 
 A review of what has already been re- 
 corded will show that the people of Mont- 
 pelier have been remarkable for their lib- 
 erality in securing and establishing public 
 institutions. The population of the whole 
 town in 1810 was 1877, of which about 
 one-half was in the present town, the pop- 
 ulation of which in 1870 was 3023; yet the 
 people of this comparatively small town 
 have contributed largely in the erection of 
 three state houses ; have built and sup- 
 ported three academies, and contributed 
 $20,000 to the Methodist Seminary and 
 Female College ; have erected one masonic 
 hall, and purchased a village hall ; have 
 contributed to three court houses and two 
 jails ; and have erected and supported 1 1 
 church buildings, some of them at a very 
 large expense. Other sources of very 
 great expense, unusual to most vUlages, 
 which cannot be fully estimated, have been 
 in streets and sidewalks and the provision 
 of ga^. Much of the village of Montpelier 
 was originally little above the surface of 
 the rivers which flow through it, and the 
 principal streets have been put in their 
 present condition by filling and raising 
 them with earth. Two of the stores on 
 State street, near Main, have been raided 
 about 8 feet above their original founda- 
 tions, and other stores are at about the 
 same height above the foundations of the 
 first building erected upon their sites. To 
 a less degree a great portion of three of 
 the longest streets has been raised in the 
 same way. In this process a large sand- 
 hill in the northern part of the village, 
 once the site of a cemetery, has been re- 
 moved, and such inroads have been made 
 into neighboring hills and ledges as to 
 make many sites for buildings. It can be 
 truly said that compactly built streets now 
 cover spots once occupied by malarious 
 bogs or inaccessible clay-banks and ledges. 
 
 * Adjutant General Washburn's Report for 1864, ap- 
 pendix P, page 60. 
 
300 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Another source of expenditures liberally 
 made has been the fire department. The 
 Montpelier Fire Company was chartered 
 Nov. 7, 1809, and consisted of the fore- 
 most men of the village. A fire engine 
 was purchased, which has been carefully 
 preserved ever since. Under the village 
 corporation an efficient fire department 
 was constituted, which at one time, by 
 means of leading hose and water-tanks, 
 was within the reach of every dwelling. 
 Since that period, though the department 
 has been maintained with six engines and 
 a hook and ladder company, the erection 
 of buildings in remote parts of the village 
 has outrun the supply of water. Another 
 good work which commended itself to the 
 liberality of the town was the establish- 
 ment of Green Mount Cemetery. It was 
 founded by a former citizen of the town, 
 Calvin Jay Keith, Esq., after he had ceased 
 to be a permanent resident. It is now a 
 noble monument to his memory. 
 
 It is in other and vastly wider fields, 
 however, in which the leading men of 
 Montpelier have stood foremost; enter- 
 prises affecting not the town merely, but 
 the whole State, and other states and 
 countries, and for which Montpelier has 
 not yet claimed the honor that is justly 
 due to her citizens. A consideration of 
 these will fitly close a paper which has far 
 outrun the original design of its writer. 
 
 WINOOSKI TURNPIKE. 
 
 ' First among the enterprises of general 
 public interest was the Winooski Turnpike, 
 extending from the terminus of [Elijah] 
 Paine's turnpike, (at the line between 
 Berlin and Montpelier,) to Burlington. 
 This company was chartered Nov. 7, 1805. 
 Two Montpelier men were in the list of 
 corporators, to wit: Charles Bulkley, 
 (whose business was in Montpelier, resi- 
 dence in Berlin,) and David Wing, Jr., 
 who was then Secretaiy of State; and 
 Parley Davis, of Montpelier, was one of 
 the three commissioners appointed to lay 
 out the road. Col. James H. Langdon 
 and Capt. Timothy Hubbard were leading 
 stockholders ; and Mr. Hubbard for some 
 years, and then Col. Thomas Reed until 
 
 the Vermont Central railroad was con- 
 structed, were managers of the road. It 
 was of great public convenience? and a val- 
 uable property to the company. This 
 road and Cottrill's stage lines were famous 
 in their day. 
 
 PROJECTED CANALS. 
 
 The earliest canals projected in which 
 Vermont was interested, were the ship 
 canal, projected about 1784 by Ira Allen, 
 to connect the St. Lawrence river with 
 Lake Champlain ; and the Champlain canal, 
 projected by Elkanah Watson and Gen. 
 Philip Schuyler in 1792.* Otter Creek 
 and Missisco rivers were made navigable 
 for a few miles each. These for the west- 
 ern border of the State, while on the east- 
 ern border, the main work being at Bel- 
 low^ Falls, Connecticut river was made 
 navigable for flat boats as far north as the 
 mouth of White river, and in favorable 
 seasons farther still. But for projected 
 canals within the State, and across it from 
 west to east, the chief honor is due to 
 Montpelier men. A meeting of delegates 
 from Chittenden, Washington, Orange and 
 Caledonia Counties met at Montpelier, 
 June 30, 1825, and appointed three com- 
 missionei's to ascertain the practibility of 
 opening water communication between 
 Lake Champlain and Connecticut river. 
 These were Araunah Waterman, John L. 
 Woods and John Downer. They secured 
 surveys in 1825, by Anthony M. Hoff- 
 man, of Swanton, John Johnson, of Bur- 
 lington, and Araunah Waterman, of Mont- 
 pelier, assisted by Sylvanus Baldwin, who 
 was also of Montpelier. The surveys cov- 
 ered routes from Montpelier via White 
 and Wells river ; also from Montpelier to 
 the prese;it summit of the Vermont Cen- 
 tral railroad at Roxbury ; and from Lake 
 Champlain to Montpelier. A report by 
 Messrs. Waterman and Woods was made ■ 
 to Gov. Van Ness, Nov. 2, 1825, which 
 was communicated to the General Assem- 
 bly ; and another report was made to the 
 Governor, Jan. 18, 1826, by Mr. Water- 
 man, to whom belongs, it is believed, the 
 
 • Gen. Seliaylej- wrote to Gov. Tbomas Chittenden 
 on this Bubjeot, Oct. 17, 1798. His letter Is In vol. ii of 
 Vermont (Manuscript) State Papers, page 66 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 301 
 
 chief honor of promoting the enterprise. 
 This favorable report of Messrs. Water- 
 man and Woods secured prompt action by 
 the General Assembly, which, Nov. 17, 
 1825, requested the Governor to solicit the 
 Secretary of War to direct suitable engi- 
 neers to ascertain the different heights of 
 land and the waters on the several routes 
 in the State where it is contemplated to 
 make canals or improve the navigation of 
 rivers. In anticipation of favorable re- 
 ports, the Onion River 5lavigation and 
 Tow Path Company was incorporated Nov. 
 8, 1825 ; an act tb provide for improving 
 the navigation of the valley of Connecticut 
 river was passed Nov. 9 ; on the 15th the 
 Battenkill Canal Company, and on the 17th 
 the Otter Creek and Castleton River Canal 
 Company was incorporated. In response 
 to the application of Gov. Van Ness, 
 many surveys were made in Vermont by 
 the U. S. Topographical Engineers. These 
 included the Lamoille and Black rivers to 
 Lake Memphremagog, and the Clyde and 
 Passumpsic rivers ; the Winooski to Mont- 
 pelier, and from Montpelier by both White 
 and Wells rivers to the Connecticut ; while 
 beyond the limits of Vermont surveys 
 were made with a view of possibly finding 
 feasible water communication between 
 Lake CRamplain and the Atlantic Ocean. 
 These surveys were failures in respect to 
 canals, but served efficiently in pointing 
 the lines for the railroads which have been 
 constructed since, or are now in the pro- 
 cess of construction. 
 
 RAILROAD ENTERPRISES. 
 
 As in projected canals, so in railroads, 
 Montpelier men were early in the field, 
 and most efficient promoters, both in in- 
 fluence and money. The honor of first 
 suggesting a connection of Boston with 
 Lake Ontario by railroad is undoubtedly 
 due to John L. Sullivan, a distinguished 
 civil engineer of Massachusetts. This was 
 in 1827, in letters addressed to the late 
 venerable Elkanah Watson, of Port Kent, 
 N. Y., a most efficient promoter of public 
 enterprises of various sorts.* The honor 
 
 * Me?i and Times of the Revolution^ or Memoirs of 
 Elkanah Watson, page bVi. lu a report by the late 
 (juiL. I'urley Davis, uf Moutpuliec, made Feb. 17, 1830, 
 the (Jute of Mr. Sulllvtin's correspondence Is assigned 
 lu 182IJ. 
 
 of securing the completion of this great 
 enterprise is doubtless chiefly due to the 
 late Gov. Charles Paine ; but the credit of 
 indicating the line on which the work was 
 actually constructed, and of instituting the 
 measures which led to the realization of 
 the work through the labors of Gov. Paine 
 and his coadjutors, clearly belongs to 
 Montpelier. The railroad line from Bos- 
 ton to Lake Champlain was first formally 
 indicated by Mr. Sullivan ; but in point of 
 fact it was one of the lines which Water- 
 man and Davis and Baldwin, of Mont- 
 vpelier, had indicated for canals in 1825 ; 
 while from Lake Champlain t(3 the St. 
 Lawrence at Ogdensburgh, Mr. Sullivan's 
 line was by a transit of the lake from Bur- 
 lington by ferry, and thence by rail up the 
 valley of the Ausable ; but on the 17th of 
 Feb. 1830, the report of Gen. Parley Davis, 
 of Montpelier, made to a convention of 
 citizens of Washington and Orange Coun- 
 ties, indicated notonly Mr. Sullivan's line, 
 but substantially the line which was act- 
 ually adopted — that is, from the lake "near 
 Champlain, (N. Y.,) and thence in a di- 
 rect route to Ogdensburgh." Now, in jus- 
 tice to other Montpelier men particularly, 
 and to the town in general, other facts 
 should be recorded. 
 
 The files of Montpelier newspapers, for 
 the year 1830, alone contain railroad mat- 
 ter enough to fill at least two respectable 
 volumes ; and that was 4 years before the 
 first locomotive had been brought into 
 New England, and J years before the first 
 New England road had been completed. 
 The discussion of the Boston and Ogdens- 
 burgh railroad question in the Watchman 
 was begun earlier, but the first efficient ac- 
 tion in Montpelier dates from Jan. 26, 
 1830; when, on hearing that the commit- 
 tee of the Massachusetts legislature had re- 
 ported in favor of a railroad to Lowell, cit- 
 izens of Montpelier met immediately, and 
 appointed a committee to report upon the 
 subject at an adjourned meeting on the 2d 
 of February. That committee reported at 
 the time appointed, and their report fa- 
 vored internal improvements generally, 
 and specially a railroad from Boston to 
 Ogdensburgh. The report concluded with 
 
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 these resolutions, and the meeting acted 
 accordingly : 
 
 Resolved, That the public good requires 
 vigorous and persevering efforts on the 
 part of all intelligent and public spirited 
 individuals, until by the enterprise of in- 
 dividuals, the co-operation of State Legis- 
 latures, or the aid of the General Govern- 
 ment, the survey and completion of a route 
 is established for a National Raihoad from 
 the seaboard at Boston, through Lowell, 
 Mass., Contord in New Hampshire, and 
 thence by the most convenient route through 
 the valley of Onion river to Lake Cham- 
 pla-in, and thence to the waters of Lake On- 
 tario at Ogdensburgh, New York.* 
 
 Resolved, That the chairman and secre- 
 tary of this meeting be authorized to call 
 an assembly of the inhabitants of the coun- 
 ty of Washington, at such time and place 
 as they may think proper, to consult on 
 this important subject, and to adopt such 
 measures as may be deemed expedient. 
 
 Which is respectfully submitted. 
 Lyman Reed, "^ 
 E. P. Walton, > Committee. 
 S. Baldwin, ) 
 
 At this meeting. General Parley Davis, 
 Joshua Y. Vail, Araunah Waterman, and 
 Sylvanus Baldwin, Esqrs., were appointed 
 a committee " to prepare a topographical 
 and statistical statement of facts on the 
 subject of a route for a railroad from Bos- 
 ton to Ogdensburgh ;" and Hon. Daniel 
 Baldwin was appointed an agent to repre- 
 sent .the views of the meeting to the Massa- 
 chusetts Railroad Association. 
 
 These were all Montpelier men, Lyman 
 Reed being then a citizen. He had been 
 a merchant in Boston previously, and has 
 since been in Baltimore and Boston. He 
 was zealous for the interests of Boston, 
 and very well informed on the then new 
 question of railroads. He prepared the 
 first lectures on the subject for the Mont- 
 pelier Lyceum ; ajid then elaborated these 
 into seven articles, which were published 
 in Mr. Walton's newspaper, the then named 
 Vermont Watchman &» State Gazette. 
 
 The President, Capt. Timothy Hubbard, 
 and the Secretary of the meeting, O. H. 
 Smith, Esq., immediately called a meeting 
 of citizens of Washington county and vi- 
 
 *In the Ballroad Jubilee, Sept, 1851, this resolution 
 was placed on one of the banners, with the names of 
 the Gomnqittee appended, and It wab styled " An ex- 
 tract IVom the First Report In relation to a railroad 
 ft-om Boston to OKdenshnrKh, dated Feb. 9, [2,] 1830." 
 —See Boston Railroad Jubilee, 1851, page 132. 
 
 cinity, which was holden at Montpelier, 
 Feb. 17, 1830. Gen. E. P. Walton (se- 
 nior) presided, and O. H. Smith, Esq., 
 was Secretary. At this meeting the com- 
 mittee on topographical and other facts, 
 through Gen. Parley Davis, submitted an 
 elaborate report, which filled four columns 
 of the Watchman &" State Gazette. With 
 the aid of knowledge derived from John L. 
 Sullivan of Massachusetts, and fohn Mc- 
 Duffie of Bradford, as to routes in Massa- 
 chusetts and New Hampshire ; of other . 
 engineers as to both routes in New York ; 
 and the canal surveys and the personal 
 knowledge of Davis, Waterman, and Syl- 
 vanus Baldwin, as to the routes in Ver- 
 mont, — the entire line from Boston to Og- 
 densburg was covered, and an array of fa- 
 vorable facts presented, which gave a pow- 
 erful impulse to public opinion in all the 
 States interested, and gained for its au- 
 thors and Montpelier the highest credit. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1830, The Vermont Railroad 
 Association was formed at Montpelier, of 
 which all the officers were Montpelier men. 
 They were : Timothy Hubbard, President ; 
 Joseph Howes, Vice President ; Araunah 
 Waterman, Joshua Y.Vail, Silas C. French, 
 Ira Owen, Timothy Merrill, Directors ; 
 Daniel Baldwin, Treasurer ; Lyman Reed, 
 Recording Secretary ; E. P. Waltdn, (Sr.,) 
 Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 The first response to Montpelier was 
 made on the nth of March, 1830, by a 
 meeting at Keeseville, N. Y., of which 
 Elkanah Watson was chairman. The pro- 
 ceedings of the Washington and Orange 
 County meeting at Montpelier on the pre- 
 ceding 17th of February, including the fall 
 report of Gen. Davis, were read. It was 
 resolved "that we cordially concur in the 
 sentiments disclosed in the proceedings of 
 a meeting held at Montpelier, Vt., on the 
 17th ultimo ;" and a committee, of which 
 Mr. Watson was chairman, was "author- 
 ized to commence a correspondence with 
 that appointed at the Montpelier meeting, 
 and with any other similar bodies," and 
 "with our national and state authorities.'' 
 A copy of the proceedings, both of the 
 Keeseville and Montpelier meetings, was 
 sent to Hon. Isaac Finch, M. C, from 
 
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 New York, who was' requested to invite 
 the co-operation of the New York delega- 
 tion in securing U. S. engineers to make 
 surveys. 
 
 March 23, 1830, Ogdensburgh respond- 
 ed ; Apr. 6, Concord, N. H., and on the 
 1 2th of May, Chittenden County entered 
 spiritedly into the enterprise by a meeting 
 at Burlington. That meeting 
 
 Resolved, That we consider the public 
 much indebted for the patriotic exertions 
 of numerous associations of individuals on 
 the contemplated route, and particularly 
 to the gentlemen of Washington and Orange 
 Counties for their elaborate and able report, 
 and offer them our zealous co-operation in 
 the laudable endeavor to excite attention 
 and diffuse information on the subject. 
 
 The meeting rnost important in Us re- 
 sult, however, was held at Malone, N. Y., 
 on the 26th of May, 1830, of which a 
 former citizen of Montpelier, George B. R. 
 Gove, Esq., was an active member. The 
 important feature in the proceedings was 
 the suggestion of a General Railroad Con- 
 vention, to consist of delegates from coun- 
 ties on the proposed railway route in New 
 York, Vermontand New Hampshire. The 
 proceedings of this meetingwere published 
 in the Boston Patriot, whose editor ap- 
 proved of the proposed General Conven- 
 tion, to be held at Montpelier, and in 
 which Massachusetts also was to be repre- 
 sented, adding: "The Lowell road will 
 be the beginning of the work, that before 
 many years we hope to see extend to the 
 Lakes." That work occupied 21 years. 
 
 July 4, 1830, Elkanah Watson submit- 
 ted an elaborate and interesting report "to 
 the gentlemen of the Boston and Ogdens- 
 burgh Railroad Committee for the Coun- 
 ties of Essex and Clinton, State of New 
 • York." Three facts from a man of so high 
 repute must be recorded here. He first 
 alluded to the purpose of the Keeseville 
 meeting as being " to consult on the pro- 
 priety of co-operating with our eastern 
 brethren, more especially the patriotic town 
 of Montpelier, in the State of Vermont, on 
 the splendid project of a railroad from 
 Boston to Ogdensburgh;" and then settled 
 the question of priority, between himself 
 and Mr. Sullivan, as to the first suggestion 
 
 of the grand scheme, in these words : " It 
 will be my fortunate lot, in character of an 
 old and successful projector, to play the 
 second fiddle, in figurative language. Mr. 
 Sullivan opened the ball by a correspond- 
 ence with me in 1827." And again: "Let 
 me therefore bear testimony at the tribunal 
 of this generation and posterity, that the 
 credit is exclusively due to John L. Sulli- 
 van,, Esq., a distinguished civil engineer, 
 and son of the late Governor Sullivan, of 
 Boston." The third fact is the statement 
 that the circulars issued by tire Malone 
 Committee, for the General Convention at 
 Montpelier, were prepared by Mr. Watson. 
 Oct. 6, 1830, the General Convention, 
 consisting of delegates from Massachu- 
 setts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New 
 York^ — 48 in all — was held at Montpelier. 
 The president was Luther Bradish, of 
 Moira, N. Y., afterwards of New York 
 city, and president of the State Senate. 
 The secretaries were Albe Cady, of Con- 
 cord, N. H., and John Johnson, of Bur- 
 lington, Vt., Surveyor General of the 
 State. It was a body of able and earnest 
 men, and interesting addresses were de- 
 livered by Ellcanah Watson, "of Port Kent, 
 N. Y., and James Hayward, (engineer,) 
 Henry Williams, (merchant,) and David 
 Lee Child, (editor,) of Boston. An im- 
 portant communication from John L. Sul- 
 livan was read, and the Convention was 
 closed by a speech by President Bradish. 
 Two of Vermont's most famous railroad 
 men ij years afterward, appeared for the 
 first time in that role in this Convention — 
 Charles Paine, of Northfield, and Timothy 
 FoUett, of Burlington ; one the first pres- 
 ident of the Vermont Central Railroad Co., 
 and the other of the Rutland and Burling- 
 ton Co. The main business of the Con- 
 vention consisted of six resolutions, rais- 
 ing the same number of committees for 
 furthering the great project. In forming 
 these committees the Convention went 
 outside of its own body and enlisted em- 
 inent men in each State, such as Daniel 
 Webster, Richard Fletcher, Amos Binney, 
 and Robert G. Shaw, of Boston ; Matthew 
 Harvey, Samuel Bell, Wm. A. Kent,Chas. 
 G. Atherton and Joseph Bell, of , New 
 
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 Hampshire ; D. Azro A. Buck, Heman 
 Allen, (of Milton and Burlington,) Timothy 
 Follett, Dudley Chase, and Samuel Pren- 
 tiss, of Vermont; and Richard Keese, 
 Luther Bradish, Geo. Parrish, andElkanah 
 Watson, of New York. The scheme was 
 an admirable one to enlist men wielding 
 a powerful influence in the communities 
 where they dwelt; but it was inefficient 
 for concentrated action, by reason of the 
 impracticability of ever bringing the com- 
 mittee-men together, and became illusory 
 by depending upon the General Govern- 
 ment to commence the work, at least by 
 surveys, if not by aid in the construction 
 of the road. The project was worthy of 
 being treated as a national one ; but suc- 
 cess was not attained until all idea of even 
 State aid was abandoned, and the heavy 
 burden was cast upon individual enterprise 
 through incorporated companies in the 
 several States interested. 
 
 The first charter for the Vermont sec- 
 tion of the road was passed Nov. lo, 1835, 
 being an act to incorporate The Vermont 
 Central Railroad Co. The commissioners 
 for obtaining stock were John N. Pomeroy, 
 Timothy Follett, John Peck and Luther 
 Loomis, of Burlington; John Spalding, 
 Timothy Hubbard and Jonathan P. Miller, 
 of Montpelier ; Amplius Blake, of Chelsea, 
 Chester Baxter, of Sharon, and Lewis 
 Lyman, of Hartford. The first meeting 
 of the commissioners was held at Mont- 
 pelier, Jan. 6, 1836, and the books for 
 subscriptions to the stock were first opened 
 at the same place on the next day. This 
 attempt failed, as the originators of it ex- 
 pected it would fail. The purpose and 
 effect was to show to Massachusetts, New 
 Hampshire and New York that Vermont 
 was ready to co-operate, and would be 
 ready when the time should come for 
 practical action on their part. 
 
 The second charter of the Vermont 
 Central Railroad Company passed Oct. 31, 
 1843. The commissioners were Charles 
 Paine, of Northfield, John Peck and Wyllys 
 Lyman, of Burlington, Daniel Baldwin 
 and Elisha P. Jewett, of Montpelier, An- 
 drew Tracy, of Woodstock, and Levi B. 
 Vilas, of Chelsea ; who were required to 
 
 open books of subscription within one year 
 at Montpelier, Burlington, and such other 
 places as they might deem proper. This 
 requirement was observed, but not until 
 the spring of 1845 was the work of procur- 
 ing subscriptions vigorously pressed. Pre- 
 liminary to this, a Railroad Convention, 
 consisting of delegates from varipus parts 
 of Vermont and New Hampshire, met at 
 Montpelier, Jan. 8, 1844. Hon. Charles 
 Paine, of Northfield, was president ; Hon. 
 Elijah Blaisdell, of Lebanon, N. H. ; Gen. 
 Joel Bass,of Wllliamstown, Simeon Lyman, 
 of Hartford, and Hon. Joseph Howes, of 
 Montpelier, Vice Presidents ; and Hon. 
 Oramel H. Smith, of Montpelier, and 
 Halsey R. Stevens, Esq., of Lebanon, 
 N. H., Secretaries. Hon- Charles Paine, 
 of Northfield, and Hon. Daniel Baldwin 
 and Col. Elisha P. Jewett, of Montpelier, 
 were constituted a Central Corresponding 
 and Financial Committee, with authority 
 to raise funds and procure surveys from 
 Connecticut river to Lake Champlain, and 
 to examine routes on the west side of the 
 mountains. James R. Langdon, Esq., of 
 Montpelier, advanced ten thousatid dol- 
 lars for the purpose, and the surveys were 
 executed that season, and a favorable re- 
 port made Nov. 20, 1844. 
 
 The commissioners appointed by the 
 Central charter necessarily awaited the re- 
 sults of the surveys before pressing for 
 subscriptions to the stock ; but a further 
 delay was occasioned by the neglect of the 
 directors of the Concord, (N. H.,) road, 
 chiefly, to secure the construction of what 
 is now the Northern (N. H.) railroad. 
 Assurances had been given by these di- 
 rectors, and a meeting of the active pro- 
 moters of the Central road with the di- 
 rectors of the Concord road had been ap- • 
 pointed at Lebanon, N. H. Gov. Paine, 
 with several Montpelier gentlemen, at- 
 tended on the part of the Central, but 
 there was no appearance of the Concord 
 directors. It happened that a meeting of 
 the friends of the then projected Sullivan 
 (N. H.) road had been fixed for the next 
 day at Claremont. . In this emergency. 
 Gov. Paine requested Col. Elisha P. Jew- 
 ett and E. P. Walton, Jr., of Montpelier, 
 
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 30s 
 
 to attend the Claremont meeting, and to 
 pledge the Central road to a connection with 
 the Sullivan, Cheshire and Fitchburg roads, 
 thus forming a railway line through to 
 Boston. This was done, and it proved to 
 be a masterly stroke, forcing the construc- 
 tion of the Northern (N. H.) road, and 
 securing ultimately the completion of the 
 Cheshire, Sullivan, Vermont Central, Ver- 
 mont & Canada, and Northern (N. Yi) 
 roads to Ogdensburgh — a realization of 
 the grand scheme suggested by Mr. Sul- 
 livan in 1826-27, and vigorously urged 
 all along the line by the action of Mont- 
 pelier in 1830. The Claremont meeting; 
 was April 30, 1845. Within the next 
 fortnight the New Hampshire Railroad 
 Commissioners reported in favor of per- 
 mitting the construction of the Northern 
 (N. H.) railroad from Concord to West 
 Lebanon, and the Governor approved the 
 report. On the 4th of June the directors 
 of the Fitchburgh road voted in favor of a 
 connection with the Central, and a circu- 
 lar to that eifect was issued, signed by of- 
 ficers of the Fitchburgh, Vermont & Mas- 
 sachusetts, and Cheshire roads; and on 
 the loth of June the books of subscription 
 to Central stock were opened in Boston. 
 Thus rapid were the movements of all the 
 lines concerned, aftelr Gov. Paine's " flank 
 movement " at Claremont — as famous, by 
 the way, among railroad men then, as was 
 Stannard's at Gettysburgh in army circles 
 afterward. 
 
 The work of obtaining; capital in Boston 
 for the Central road was undertaken at a 
 time apparently veryunfavorable, by reason 
 of sharp competition between the Central 
 and Rutland Companies in direct opposi- 
 tion to each other, as well as of the ap- 
 peals for stock for the Cheshire, Sullivan, 
 Northern, and other roads. The writer 
 was an active participant in the struggle, 
 and this is a fit occasion to express the 
 opinion he has long entertained, that with- 
 out a sharp contest and competition, the 
 capitalists of Boston could not have been 
 aroused and interested— especially those 
 who had already invested in the Massa- 
 chusetts roads that were to be connected 
 with those to be built in Vermont— and 
 
 the work would have been slow ; perhaps 
 a work of years. As it was, all of the then 
 competing roads quickly obtained the cap- 
 ital requisite for organization, and all were 
 speedily constructed — too speedily for econ- 
 omy. 
 
 The work of obtaining Central stock in 
 Vermont was assigned to Hon. Daniel 
 Baldwin, of Montpelier, who had able 
 assistants, however, in the towns most in- 
 terested, from Burlington to Windsor. 
 Gov. Paine took the task of raising capital 
 in Boston, and as his as^stants engaged 
 the services of James R. Langdon and E. 
 P. Walton, Jr., of Montpelier, — Mr. Lang- 
 don as an eminent business man, and Mr. 
 Walton to write for the press. As already 
 lecorded, the books were opened in Bos- 
 ton, June 10, 1845 ; on the 3d of July the 
 first meeting of stockholders was called, 
 and on the 23d of July the meeting was 
 held and the Company legally and formally 
 organized at Montpelier with a subscribed 
 capital of two millions — the work of a 
 month and a half. The amount obtained 
 to that date in Boston was $1,500,000; 
 and the amount obtained in Vermont was 
 $500,000, of which $200,000 was subscribed 
 in Montpelier. The whole amount of 
 stock and bonds taken by Montpelier was 
 near $400,000, and exceeded that sum in 
 the opinion of Hon. Daniel Baldwin. 
 Montpelier certainly was the leading town 
 in the enterprise, and yet, unlike North- 
 field, St. Albans, and Burlington, it has 
 received only such advantages from the 
 road as were necessarily incidental. It 
 has had merely the power to get on to the 
 road and use it, through the disadvantages ' 
 of a branch. 
 
 It is due to Gov. Paine and his coadju- 
 tors to say, that from the first, their ob- 
 jects were far-reaching and vast. It has 
 already been stated that the necessities of 
 the Central road led Gov. Paine to the 
 adroit movement which forced the com- 
 pletion of the Fitchburg and the construc- 
 tion of the Cheshire, Sullivan and North- 
 ern (N. H.) railroads to meet the Central 
 oil the west bank of Connecticut river. 
 But this was only a part of the scheme of 
 Gov. Paine and his colaborers. One of the 
 
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 first things done, on opening thie CentrM 
 books for subscription in Boston, was the 
 construction of a map, prepared and pub- 
 lished by the writer of this paper, which 
 gave all the great western lakes and the 
 bordering territory in the United States 
 and Canada, and a table of the tonnage of 
 all the U. S. collection districts on the 
 Lakes, copied from the official report of the 
 U. S. Secretary of the Treasury. This 
 was a revelation of the vast internal com- 
 merce of our country, exceeding its for- 
 eign commerce It was at first received 
 with surprise and doubt, and it became 
 necessary to confirm the table by placing an 
 ofiicial printed copy of the Secretary's 
 report in the Boston Exchange, for the in- 
 spection of the doubters. This was fol- 
 lowed for nearly three months by a series 
 of articles in the Boston papers, prepared 
 by myself, for the purpose of magnifying 
 the Central road as a necessary way for 
 Boston to reach not only the local trade of 
 Central Vermont, but also the immense 
 commerce of the North-western States and 
 Canada. This large view always prevailed 
 in the Central councils, and it has been 
 executed with wonderful success. The 
 Central by its lease pushed the Vermont 
 and Canada road to Rouse's Point, and 
 the Northern N. Y. road to Ogdensburgh 
 followed ; then the Vermont and Canada 
 was connected with Montreal and the 
 Canadian system of railroads, of which it 
 may be said that they owe much to the 
 Vermont Central and managers of other 
 New England roads. When the line from 
 Boston to Ogdensburgh was assured. Gov. 
 Paine and Central friends visited Sir Allan 
 McNab, of Canada, and in 1857 a com- 
 mittee of Boston gentlemen, among them 
 Central men, visited Lord Elgin, and 
 made a tour from Hamilton to Quebec — 
 the purpose of both being to urge the con- 
 struction of railroads in Canada, which 
 have since been completed. At a later 
 date the Central Vermont managers estab- 
 lished a line of steamers from Ogdensburgh 
 to the head of Lake Superior, and out of 
 that has grown the Northern Pacific rail- 
 road, which will speedily -span the conti- 
 nent. Truly the suggestion of Mr. Sulli- 
 
 van in 1826-27, and the report of the 
 three citizens of Montpelier in 1830, have 
 been maivellously productive in develop- 
 ing the resources of this country and Can- 
 ada, and supplying freight to the numerous 
 steamers of Sir Hugh Allan and of tiie 
 Cunard and other lines of ocean steam- 
 ers'. As the writer of this paper has lived 
 to see these grand results, he cannot but 
 regard his labor in Boston in 1845 as the 
 greatest work of his life. 
 
 Only three of the fathers of the Vermont 
 Central Railroad are now living, and these 
 are all Montpelier men, to wit : Col. Eli- 
 sha P. Jewett, commissioner under the 
 second and actual charter, James R. Lang- 
 don, and E. P. Walton, Jr., until his fath- 
 er's death in 1855, and now E^ P. Walton. 
 
 Notwithstanding the disappointment to 
 the expectations of the town, the zeal and 
 liberality of its citizens for public improve- 
 ments have survived. Various railroad 
 enterprises have been undertaken and 
 charters obtained, but only one has been 
 realized. The entire cash fund required 
 for the construction of the Montpelier and 
 Wells River railroad was $400,000, and of" 
 this $250,000 was subscribed, and more 
 than $200,000 has been paid by Mont- 
 pelier, -more than half of the cash capital. 
 The road, however, is not managed in the 
 intere.~t of Montpelier. 
 
 The last feature in railway construction 
 is the Narrow Guage Road; and in this, 
 as in the projected canals and the Boston 
 and Ogdensburgh railroad line, Montpelier 
 has been the pioneer town in Vermont. 
 The matter was first discussed in Mont- 
 pelier newspapers, and the first result was 
 a meeting of citizens of Washington, La- 
 moille, Caledonia and Orleans Counties, 
 at Albany, in March, 1872. In conse- 
 quence of measures then set on foot, funds 
 were raised, and surveys have been made 
 from Montpelier to Canada line, embrac- 
 ing several routes in various portions of 
 the intervening country. Notices for ap- 
 plications to the General Assembly for the 
 charter of narrow guage railway companies 
 from Canada line via Montpelier to Rut- 
 land, were the first published, and these 
 have been followed by many other notices 
 
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 in various parts of the State. It is the 
 dawning of a new era in internal improve-, 
 ment, promising, by cheaply-constructed 
 roads economically operated, to develop 
 the resources of sections otherwise in- 
 accessible to railroads, and to contribute 
 to the prosperity of the through standard 
 gauge roads by a large increase of their 
 business. Wh'tever may be the faults or 
 shortcomings of Montpelier in other re- 
 spects, it must be conceded that the enter- 
 prise and bounty of its citizens have largely 
 benefitted the State — far more largely the 
 State than their own personal interests, or 
 the interests of their town. 
 
 A few things have been accidentally 
 omitted, and many purposely, which will 
 be supplied by others. Of the things 
 omitted is a notice of the State Arsenal 
 buildings. During the war of the rebellion 
 a necessity arose for hospitals specially 
 adapted to cases of chronic diarrhoea. A 
 medical commission was appointed by the 
 U. S. Government, who made extensive 
 explorations, and reported that a point in 
 Minnesota, and what is now Seminary 
 Hill in Montpelier, were the best in the 
 country. The latter being most accessi- 
 ble, the State, under the advice of Gov. 
 John G. Smith, erected commodious and 
 admirably arranged hospital buildings, 
 whicti were used until after the close of 
 the war. Then, as compensation to the 
 State, the Secretary of War assigned to 
 Vermont arms, equipment and ammuni- 
 tion to the value of j56oo,ooo. This ne- 
 cessitated the erection of arsenal build- 
 ings, and these were located near the hos- 
 pital. Alarge part of these military supplies 
 have been sold, and the proceeds put into 
 the State treasury. 
 
 Another omission was Prospect Park, 
 located two miles east of the State-house, 
 and in an admirable position for its scen- 
 ery and accommodations for State and 
 County Fairs. It is private property; 
 owned by J. W. Brock, L. Bart Cross, 
 and the estate of .the late J. Warren Bailey, 
 but it ought to become the property of the 
 State Agricultural Society. 
 
 This imperfect record of Montpelier has 
 far exceeded the design of the writer, and 
 
 yet his purpose has been to be brief in re- 
 spect to most matters already made public, 
 and more elaborate in things never gath- 
 ered in any previous history of the town. 
 In the last field, the writer acknowledges 
 his indebtedness for material aid to the 
 Hon. Daniel Baldwin, the oldest resident 
 of Montpelier, who recently died in his 90th 
 year. e. p. w. 
 
 October 10, 1881. 
 
 MONTPELIER POSTMASTERS. 
 
 BY M. D. OILMAN. 
 
 A post-office was first established at 
 Montpelier, Apr. i, 1798, and the first 
 postmaster, Charles Bulkley, [see Judge 
 Bulkley, Berlin, No. i,] to Apr. i, I801 ; 
 Timothy Hubbard, to Apr. i, i8lo; Syl- 
 vanus Baldwin, to July i, 1813 ; Joshua Y. 
 Vail, to May ij, 1829; Geo. W. Hill, to 
 Feb. II, 1837; Geo. W. Barker, to Dec. 
 26, 1840; Edwin S. Merrill, to Dec. 29, 
 1843; Geo. W. Reed, to May 8, 1849; 
 Charles Lyman, to Apr. 28, 1853 ; Charles 
 G. Eastman, to June 14, 1858 ; Timothy 
 P. Redfield, to Apr. 2, 1861 ; James G. 
 French, to Apr. 15, i86g; JohnW. Clark, 
 to July I, 1881 ; James S. Peck, present 
 incumbent, (Oct. 188 1.) 
 
 NEWSPAPER RECORD. 
 FltOM MAltCUa DAVIS OILMAN, HIST. LIB. 
 
 The FreematCs Press — A Democratic 
 paper, published at Montpelier, was com- 
 menced in 1809, not in 1812 or 1813, as 
 stated by Thompson in his history of 
 Montpelier. The first issue was Aug. 25, 
 1809. A file of the "Freeman's Press" is 
 in Mr. Oilman's library. It was printed 
 by Derrick Sibley, and subsequently by 
 Wright & Sibley, for proprietors, who ap- 
 pear to have been the leading Democrats 
 of Montpelier and the neighboring towns. 
 The "Freeman's Press" was the second 
 paper published at the Capital. It is in- 
 teresting as giving many quaint views of 
 life and times in those early days, the ad- 
 vertisements, especially, possessing much 
 interest. 
 
 The paper was devoted mainly to na- 
 tional politics, only a small space being 
 given to local and State matters. This 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 file begins with No. 3, and embraces a 
 period of about aj years. In the issue of 
 Sept. 8, the first in this file, there are but 
 6 lines of editorial, and those relate to the 
 State election returns, which are published 
 in part. There are five advertisements. 
 Forbes & Langdon advertise for their 
 customers to pay up, and also that they 
 had "just received from Philadelphia a 
 quantity of Scotch snuff of superior qual- 
 ity." Charles Huntoon— not mentioned 
 by Thompson— general merchant, "offers 
 for sale at his stores in Montpelier and 
 Berlin a general assortment of English and 
 India goods, etc., etc., which he will sell 
 for salts of lye, ashes, butter, cheese, beef 
 cattle, and all country produce." George 
 B. R. Gove— also, not mentioned by 
 Thompson— being about to leave Mont- 
 pelier, offers for sale "one House and 
 Store, with 5 acres of land within 100 rods 
 of the State House, pleasantly situated in 
 the centre of business, and is one of the 
 best stands for a merchant in the State." 
 This was the store on Main St., adjoining 
 Bethany Church.with land attached. ' 'Also 
 an oil mill near Onion river bridge, also a 
 gin distillery, new and complete, sand a 
 small farm in Berlin, and other lands." 
 Dec. IS, 1809, we learn that Silas Burbank 
 has purchased the oil mill of Mr. Gove, 
 and wants flax seed, for which one gallon 
 of oil, or one dollar in cash, will be given 
 per bushel. October 13, 1809, Chester W. 
 Houghton wants a few thousand bushels 
 of potatoes delivered at his distillery, for 
 which he will give in exchange I qt. of gin 
 per bushel or 20 cents in English goods. 
 Josiah Parks, bookseller, publisher, and 
 justice of the peace, was a persistent ad- 
 vertiser, continuing through the entire file 
 of papers. So also were Justin and Ellas 
 Lyman, merchants, of Hartford, Vt. In 
 the paper of May 2, 181 1, is the marriage 
 by Josiah Parks, Esq., of Mr. Ezekiel P. 
 Walton, printer, and Miss Prussia Persons. 
 November 5, 1809, James Peck opens a 
 martial music school. Dec. 2, 1809, Chas. 
 Bulkley, agent for the trustees of Mont- 
 pelier Academy, politely says : 
 
 The gentlemen and ladies of the vicinity 
 are with pleasure informed that an addi- 
 
 tional room has been fitted up in the 
 ,Academy, for the accommodation of a 
 ladies' school. An instructor has been ob- 
 tained, whose attainments are in every 
 respect adequate to instruct in the several 
 branches of reading, grammar, geography, 
 painting, embroidering, and the various 
 kinds of needle-work. 
 
 Sylvanus Baldwin, a stockholder in the 
 paper, is a liberal advertiser of houses 
 and lands for sale, and to be let, and 
 of patent rights for sale. He is also in- 
 terested in, and agent for, a cotton and 
 woolen mill near "Paine's bridge." Jan. 
 1810, Thomas Reed continues the chair, 
 cabinet and painting business, at his old 
 .stand. July 4, 18 10, the Democratic Re- 
 publican citizens of Montpelier, Calais, 
 Marshfield and Plainfield, celebrated the 
 4th at Capt. Samuel Rich's, North Mont- 
 pelier, and it would appear that the Fed- 
 erals did not celebrate the 4th of July in 
 those days. Col. Caleb Curtis, of Calais, 
 acted as Marshal, and Nahum Kelton, of 
 Montpelier, as Assistant. " The Declara- 
 tion of Independence was read, prefaced 
 by some well-timed remarks by J. Y. Vail, 
 Esq., a truly republican oration was de- 
 livered by Timothy Merrill, Esq. , which did 
 honor to his head and heart ! " A sump- 
 tuous dinner in a grove with regular and 
 volunteer toasts followed, Josiah Parks 
 being Chairman of Committee on toasts, 
 which latter expressed the usual Demo- 
 cratic sentiments of thp time. 
 
 Jan. i,i8ii, " Found near the Academy 
 last evening, a good bandanna handker- 
 chief, which the owner may have by ap- 
 plying to D. Sibley." Jan. 7, i8ii,"good 
 stock of hay at $5.50 per ton, and cash, 
 labor, pork, shingles, or grain, received in 
 payment. I live on the West road in 
 Calais, near Col. Curtis'." Signed, Wil- 
 liam Thayei-. 
 
 Mar. 7, 181 1, Amos Bugbee, who is a 
 machinist, and conned ed with the cotton 
 and woolen factory before mentioned, offers 
 for sale Dutch plows. Mar. 20, Josiah 
 Fisk carries on the clothier's business, 
 and does blue-dyeing at his shop in Mont- 
 pelier. 
 
 May 30, 181 1, the Press szys, "we notice 
 in the last Watchman the following : ' Our 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 309 
 
 glorious federal triumph in New York ; the 
 Clinton interest is no more.' This is not 
 the first time the patrons of this paper 
 have been egregiously imposed upon in 
 this way. DeWitt Clinton is elected by 
 over three thousand majority." 
 
 Nov. n, 181 1, brings the file near the 
 war of 18 12, and political feeling began to 
 run higli. November 7, 181 1, Wright & 
 Sibley purchase the entire stock of the 
 " Freeman's Press" establishment, and are 
 sole proprietors ; aiid %bout this time they 
 -remove " to the chamber of the White 
 Store opposite Major Langdon's," in the 
 wooden building adjoining Bethany church, 
 now occupied by ' Fisher & Colton, sad- 
 dlery and hardware store. 
 
 Morse's tavern, sometimes called " Peo- 
 ple's Rest," appears to have been the usual 
 place for citizen's meetings, etc. 
 
 We learn from Sylvanus Baldwin, post- 
 master at that time, that the mail facilities 
 of Montpelier at this time were two mails 
 per week each, from the South and West ; 
 and one mail per week each from the North 
 and East. We notice that Washington 
 news was from 20 to 30 days old when 
 published in Montpelier. 
 
 The Freeman's Press was published till 
 about the close of the war with Great 
 Britain, 18 15. After the suspension of 
 the Press, there was no Democratic paper 
 in Montpelier until . 
 
 THE VERMONT PATRIOT AND STATE 
 GAZETTE, 
 
 established by the Hon. Isaac Hill, of 
 Concord, N. H. First No., Jan. 17, 1826, 
 page-size -21x30 inches, enlarged to 24x36, 
 Apr. 15, 1841. Mr. Hill placed his brother 
 Geo. W. in charge as manager, under the 
 firm of Geo. W. Hill & Co., with Horace 
 Steele, editor, soon succeeded by Hugh 
 Moore, Esq., of Concord, N. H., an ed- 
 ucated and accomplished gentleman, who 
 held the position several years, Mrs. Geo. 
 W. Hill, a lady of culture and talent, ren- 
 dering editorial service during the latter 
 years of her husband's connection with the 
 paper. From Apr. 30, 1827 to 1834, Mr. 
 Hill was sole publisher, when, not satis- 
 
 factorily succeeding, he sold to William 
 Clark, some time foreman in the office. 
 
 Mr. Hill was postmaster under Gen. 
 Jackson's appointment until after Van 
 Buren's election, when soon after he re- 
 tired to a farm in Lowell, Vt., and re- 
 moved to Johnson about 1850, where he 
 still resides, (188 1,) a hale old gentleman 
 of the "olden time." 
 
 Jeremiah T. Marston, who read law in 
 Montpelier, and had just opened an office, 
 became editor when Mr. Clark became 
 proprietor. Mr. Marston continued editor 
 only till Apr. i, 1838, when he with Geo. 
 W. Barker bought out Clark for $2,200. 
 Mr. Clark removed to New York City, and 
 became connected with the large printing 
 house of Trow & Co., where he continued 
 until the failure of his eyesight quite re- 
 cently, when he retired from business, and 
 resides, (1879,) in Brooklyn, N. Y. He 
 married Fanny, dau. of Isaiah Silver, of 
 Montpelier. 
 
 Mr. Barker, P. M. under Van Buren, 
 after the "Hard-Cider-Log-Cabin" cam- 
 paign of 1840, retired from newspaper 
 business to engage in building railroads, 
 and died not long since in Sheboygan, 
 Wis. 
 
 The political aspect looked discouraging 
 for a Democratic editor, but Marston, 
 young and full of hope, determined to per- 
 severe — became sole proprietor and editor, 
 brought out his paper enlarged at $1,200 
 cost, pushed ahead, and made the most 
 lively, wide-awake and best looking paper 
 in the State, until bought out in 1846 by 
 Chas. G. Eastman and Jos. B. Danforth, 
 the former, editor; the latter, manager. 
 Mr. Marston accumulated during his con- 
 nection with the paper $15, 000 to $20,000. 
 Heremoved to Madison, Wis., where he en- 
 gaged in commercial and farming business. 
 He married a daughter of Jacob F. Dodge, 
 of Montpelier. They have 3 children. 
 Mrs. R. W- Hyde, of this village, is a 
 sister of Mrs. Marston. Mr. Marston has 
 not taken an active part in politics since 
 leaving Montpelier, but in the politic3l up- 
 heavings since then he has somehow got 
 
3IO 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 on the opposite side from where he used 
 to be. 
 
 In July, 1851, Eastman bought out 
 Danforth, and remained sole editor and 
 proprietor until his death, Sept. i860. 
 [The biography of Mr. Eastman will be 
 given in the history of Barnard, next vol.] 
 
 Mr. Danforth removed to Rock Island, 
 111., where he published the Rock Island 
 Argus, a Democratic paper, until recently, 
 since which a "National Journal" — for 
 whom farther, see history of Barnard, next 
 vol. 
 
 Location of the Vermont Patriot: West- 
 erly side of Main street, opposite Bethany 
 church ; wood structure, printing-office in 
 the second story ; rear part of first story 
 occupied as a book-bindery by a Mr. Wat- 
 son, who went to South Carolina and died 
 there, and the front part for the post- 
 office, kept by Mr. Hill. When the South- 
 ern and Western mails arrived, by stage, 
 aboutthe same time, 10 to 1 1 o'clock, A. M., 
 the little room would be crowded to ex- 
 cess. After the mail was opened. Post- 
 master Hill would read out in a loud voice 
 the address of every letter received, upon 
 the conclusiop of which there would be a 
 stampede of those for whom there were no 
 letters. 
 
 The Patriot was published here until it 
 passed into the hand^ of Marston & Barker, 
 when it was removed to State street, in the 
 Ballou building, opposite First National 
 Bank, where the printing-office was in the 
 second story, Mr. Marston having a book- 
 store on the first floor, and a large reading- 
 room, well supplied with newspapers, in 
 the rear, for the benefit of any one who 
 chose to use it. It was there the friends 
 of the editor and Patriot gathered for 
 news and political gossip. It was in this 
 room the election of James K. Polk was 
 first announced in Montpelier by a hurried 
 scrawl from Hon. J. McM. Shafter, then 
 Whig Secretary of State for Vermont, 
 written at Burlington and forwarded by 
 the stage-driver to Col. E. P. Jewett, it 
 reading as follows: "New York gone! 
 all gone! We have got to take Polk, 
 Texas and the devil !" and we also got with 
 Polk that vast and rich territory compris- 
 
 ing not only Texas, but New Mexico, Utah, 
 Arizona, Nevada and California, to which 
 latter State, Mr. Shafter removed some 
 25 years ago, being now one of its prom- 
 inent men. [See Shafter family in history 
 of Athens, later in this vol.] 
 
 Eastman and Danforth on their pur- 
 chase removed the Patriot office across the 
 bridge to a wooden building, then standing 
 on land now occupied by the easterly part 
 of Union Block, opposite the westerly ten- 
 ement of Walton block, where it remained 
 during the publication by Eastman and by 
 E. M. Brown. [For Col. E. M. Brown, see 
 Woodstock in next vol.] 
 
 FROM AHBBICAX NEWSPAPEIl REPOHTER. 
 
 THE ARGUS AND PATRIOT 
 
 is the result of a union, early in 1863, of 
 the Bellows Falls Argus with the Vermont 
 Patriot — the former commenced in 1853, 
 by Hiram Atkins, at Bellows Falls. The 
 paper under its present title began with 
 about 2,000 subscribers ; office-room, 30 by 
 ,42 feet ; presses, a small-sized " Ruggles" 
 for job work, and Newbury cylinder for 
 the paper; working force, three hands 
 with the editor. It now employs one of 
 each size of the Degener job-presses, i 
 Globe half medium, i hand press, 2 first 
 class Cottrell & Babcock cylinder presses 
 —one the largest press of any kind in the 
 State (1881) ; office hands 20 — on job-work 
 8 or 10 ; in outfit, type, etc., is in the very 
 front of the printing establishments of the 
 State. The work of the office goes all 
 over the State, into each of the New Eng- 
 land States, New York, Wisconsin, etc. 
 Several thousand dollars value of paper, 
 card, ink, etc., kept constantly -on hand. 
 All has gone on expanding. The large 
 three-story building, opposite Bethany 
 church, once familiarly known as the Lyman 
 store, is now better known as the Argus 
 and Patriot building, owned by its own 
 editor and proprietor. From the time Mr. 
 Atkins assumed control of the Argus and 
 Patriot, every week has added new names 
 to his subscription till the list is over 
 6,000; The Argus and Patriot has occa- 
 sionally been published daily during ses- 
 sions of the Legislature. 
 
THE VOICE OF FREEDOM. 
 
 TROit HON. JOSBPU POLANR. 
 
 The publication of TAe Voice of Free- 
 dom was commenced January ist, 1839, 
 by Emery A. Allen and Joseph Poland as 
 publishers, under the firm name of Allen 
 & Poland. Hon. Chauncey L. Knapp, 
 then holding the office of Secretary of 
 State by favor of the Whig party, was em- 
 ployed as editor. The publication office 
 was in the second story of the Barnes shop 
 building, first door East of the Bishop 
 hotel. In September of the same year Mr. 
 Poland relired from the paper by reason of 
 ill health, and its publication was con- 
 tinued through the year by Mr. E. A. 
 Allen. At the beginning of the second 
 volume the proprietorship passed to the 
 State Anti-slavery Society, Mr. Knapp 
 still remaining as editor. After a few 
 months, more or less, the paper fell into 
 the hands of Mr. Jedediah Holcomb, of 
 Brandon, and was removed to that place, 
 where it was subsequently discontinued. 
 Mr. Knapp has been for many years the 
 editor and publisher of the Lowell , (Mass. , ) 
 Daily Citizen, his son of late years having 
 been associated with him in the business. 
 Among other important positions he has 
 filled are those of Clerk of the Massachu- 
 setts House of Representatives and Mem- 
 ber of Congress from the Lowell district. 
 Mr. Allen is a practicing physician in Ran- 
 dolph, Mass., and Mr. Poland is editor 
 and proprietor of the Watchman fir» your- 
 nal, Montpelier. 
 
 Though an individual enterprise, the 
 Voice of Freedom was regarded as the 
 organ of the then recently formed Anti- 
 slavery Society of the State, of which Row- 
 land T. Robinson, of Ferrisburgh, was 
 President, and Dr. J. A. Allen, of Mid- 
 dlebury, Secretary. As yet the anti- 
 slavery sentiment of the State had not 
 taken the form of political action, and only 
 sought to promote its objects by moral 
 and religious methods. But recent events 
 had given a new impetus to the movement, 
 and the roar of the on-coming tide which 
 was destined to sweep American slavery 
 out of existence, might already be heard in 
 the distance. The celebrated controversy 
 
 MONTPELIER. 311 
 
 in Congress concerning the right of peti- 
 tion, with John Quincy Adams as its elo- 
 quent champion, was then at its height. 
 The so-called "Atherton gag'' had just 
 been adopted by the national House of 
 Representatives, whereby "every petition, 
 memorial, resolution, proposition or paper, 
 touching the abolition of slavery, or the 
 buyijjg, selling or transferring of slaves in 
 any ."ate, district or territory of the United 
 States," was "laid on the table without 
 being debated, printed, read or referred," 
 and had produced such general indignation 
 among all parties that the legislature of the 
 State, in the fall of that year, by a nearly 
 unanimous vote in, both houses, had de- 
 manded the repeal of said obnoxious res- 
 olution, and instructed our Senators and 
 requested our Representatives to labor for 
 its repeal. They were also instructed, by 
 the same legislature, to " use their utmost 
 efforts to prevent the annexation of Texas 
 and to procure the abolition of slavery and 
 the slave trade in the District of Columbia 
 and the territories, and the slave-trade be- 
 tween the several states." Indeed, so far 
 had Mr. Knapp, the editor of the " Voice,'''' 
 progressed in the direction of distinct po- 
 litical action that, the year following, 
 when Harrison and Tyler were the Whig 
 standard-bearers, he was waited upon by*a 
 delegation from the Whig State Com- 
 mittee with the intimation that the sup- 
 port of their presidential candidates was a 
 condition precedent to his re-election to 
 the office of Secretary of State. Where- 
 upon he distinctly avowed that he would 
 support no man for these high positions 
 " with the smell of slavery upon his gar- 
 ments." The result was that "Mr. Knapp 
 was superseded the ensuing fall by Hon. 
 Alvah Sabin, of Georgia, as Secretary of 
 State. 
 
 THE GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN 
 
 was established at Montpelier, as the organ 
 of the Liberty party, in January, 1844, by 
 Jo.seph Poland, with Rev. J.C. Aspenwall, 
 a Methodist, preacher, as editor. Mr. 
 Aspenwall retired in the fall of the same 
 year, leaving the entire charge of the paper 
 in the hands of the proprietor. A few 
 months subsequently, Rev. C. C. Briggs, 
 
312 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 a Congregational preacher and anti-slav- 
 ery lecturer, became joint editor and pub- 
 lisher, the firm being Poland & Briggs. 
 In May, 1846, Mr. Briggs retired, and the 
 paper was conducted by Mr. Poland until 
 January, 1849, with Mr. H. D. Hopkins 
 as associate editor during the year 1848. 
 The first of January, 1849, infirm health 
 induced the proprietor to sell and transfer 
 the, paper to the Hon. Jacob s"tt, of 
 Barre, who had for some years been a 
 leading man in the anti-slavery ranks, and 
 a candidate for Lieutenant Governor and 
 also for Congress. During the year 1849, 
 Hon. Daniel P. Thompson became asso- 
 ciated with Mr. Scott, and at the begin- 
 ning of the succeeding volume he became 
 sole proprietor and editor. In 1856 the 
 paper was sold to Mr. S. S. Boyce. In 
 i86i the paper was bought by Hon. 
 Charles W. Willard, who was its editor 
 for twelve years thereafter, and who was 
 sole proprietor until i86g, when he sold a 
 half interest to Mr. J. W. Wheelock. In 
 1873, Mr. Wheelock became sole proprietor 
 ^nd editor, and so remained until his death 
 in 1 876, when he was succeeded by his son, 
 Mr. Herbert R. Wheelock, the present 
 proprietor and editor. The oifice of pub- 
 lication was first in the second story of 
 the Lyman & King store, (now the Argus 
 fir' /"fl/w^ building,) then in Cross' Bakery, 
 in the rear of Babcock & Cutler's drug 
 store, then in the second story of the 
 Barrows & Peck hardware store, then re- 
 moved to the new "Freeman Building" 
 erected by S. S. Boyce, and subsequently 
 to its present quarters. Of the several 
 gentlemen connected with the Freeman 
 from first to last, it is believed Mr. Aspen- 
 wall is dead ; Mr. Boyce was engaged in 
 the war of the rebellion, and has since re- 
 sided inNew York. ; Messrs. Scott, Thomp- 
 son, Willard and J. W. Wheelock have 
 deceased ; Mr. Briggs is a successful bank- 
 er and manufacturer at Rockford, Illinois ; 
 Mr. Hopkins is living in Montpelier, but 
 with impaired health, while the founder of 
 the paper is now editor and publisher of 
 the Watchman &" Journal, at Montpelier 
 — the office in which he learned the print- 
 er's trade when a boy. 
 
 As we have said, the Green Mountain 
 Freeman was established as the organ of 
 the Liberty party of the State, and for five 
 years, and until the character of the party 
 was somewhat " watered," to use a phrase 
 current on change, by the absorption of 
 the free-soil element of the Democratic 
 party in 1848, it had the proud distinction 
 of representing a political party which was 
 never surpassed in any country or age for 
 the purity of its principles and the uncom- 
 promising firmness with which it pursued 
 its single purpose. Never had an organ a 
 more intelligent and devoted constituency. 
 At the date of its transfer to Mr. Scott in 
 1848 it had 4,000 subscribers. By the 
 union that year with the free-soil portion of 
 the Democratic party in the free states, 
 and joining in the support of Martin Van 
 Buren for the Presidency, the character of 
 the party became less distinctively religious 
 and more political ; but the fundamental 
 principle of the original organization was 
 never lost sigh t of until, through the agency 
 of the Republican party and the consequent 
 election of Abraham Lincoln, the doctrine 
 of our boasted Declaration of Indepen- 
 dence was transformed from a cruel lie to 
 a living truth. And the founder of the 
 Freeman looks back upon his five years' 
 labors in this connection as the crowning 
 glory of his life. 
 
 Botanic Advocate. — A monthly, com- 
 menced about 1837, and continued about 
 2 years. By Drs. Wright and F. A. Mc- 
 Dowell. 
 
 Green Mountain Emporium, and Liter- 
 erary. Moral and Religious Record. — By 
 J. Milton Stearns, 8 vo. monthly, 16 pages 
 each ; commenced November, 1838, con- 
 tinued only a short time, and moved to 
 Middlebury. 
 
 Vermont Family Visitor — Commenced 
 in 1845, and issued about a year only. 
 
 Vermont Temperance Star — Eight page 
 quarto, monthly. Address, Geo. B. Man- 
 ser. Vol. I, No. 6, is August, 1839, 
 Montpelier, Vt. 
 
 The Watchword — A temperance paper. 
 Editorial committee : Rev. J. C. W. Coxe, 
 Rev. J. E. Wright, H. D. Hopkins, H. A. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 313 
 
 Huse. Feb. 14, 1874. Only a few num- 
 bers issued. 
 
 Vermont Temperance Banner — Started 
 in the fall of 1879, under the auspices of 
 W. F. Scott and J. P. Eddy. One num- 
 ber published and then suspended for want 
 of patronage. 
 
 The Vermonter — Fred. H. Kimball, ed- 
 itor and publisher, July, 1879. 4 pp. 
 "The representative amateur, paper of 
 Vermont" published at present. 
 
 The Eray by Edward Clark, and the 
 Echo, by Chas. F. Burnham, were started 
 about 1875, while both editors were serving 
 their apprenticeship in the Argus office. 
 Of both papers, only one or two numbers 
 were issued. 
 
 Young American, 1874 — Wm. M. Ken- 
 dall, Jr., printerand publisher. An 8 page 
 paper, printed at Montpelier, while its ed- 
 itor was attending school ; and after his 
 education was completed, removed to its 
 former place of publication, Lebanon, N. 
 H., Mr. Kendall becoming the editor and 
 publisher of the Dollar Weekly at thatplace. 
 
 Postage Stamp Reporter, 1877—0. F. 
 Buswell, publisher. 8 pp. 7x54. Issued 
 monthly, devoted to stamp collecting, and 
 discontinued on increase of postage regu- 
 lation, with its Sept. No., 1877. 
 
 Green Monntain Boys, 1877 — Tuttle & 
 Dewey, publishers. 8 pp. 6 x 8, and is- 
 sued monthly. 
 
 Winooski Impetus — Metropolis of Ver- 
 mont.April 15, 1835, to March, 1836. 4to. 
 Published monthly by a society of young 
 men. 
 
 TheMontpeliertanr—Wo\. S, No. i. Sem- 
 inary Hill, Montpelier, Vt., Jan. 20, 1877. 
 Published by the Literary Society of the 
 Vermont Methodist Seminary. 4 to, p. 8, 
 [4] Continued monthly. 
 
 [Editors and publishers now residing at 
 Montpelier— 'E. P. Walton, retired; Jo- 
 seph Poland, present proprietor of the 
 Watchman; J. M. Poland, retired; Hiram 
 Atkins, proprietor of the Argus, to whom 
 we are indebted for the fine views of Beth- 
 any and Christ Church in No. 3 of the 
 Gazetteer; H. R. Wheelock and H. A. 
 Huse of the Freemdn-I 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MONTPELIER. 
 
 BY M. u. OILMAN, 
 
 Librarian of the Yei'mont Historical Society. 
 
 Montpelier has been prominent in the 
 printing of books from an early period of 
 its history ; the number of book imprints 
 issued from the press of this town, as 
 shown in my bibliography of Vermont, a 
 work in course of preparation, exceeds 800, 
 including of course official publications for 
 the State, which are probably more than 
 half of the number. 
 
 The earliest Montpelier imprint I have 
 met is a work compiled by Clark Brown 
 with the title: "The Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence; the Constitution of the United 
 States, and of Vermont, also Washington's 
 Farewell Address," etc. Printed by Ben- 
 jamin H. Wheeler, for Brown & Parks, 
 1807. 16° p. 76. 
 
 Mr. Brown started the first newspaper 
 in town, the "Vermont Precursor," which 
 he published weekly, Nov. l8o6 to Sept. 
 1807, when he sold out to Samuel Goss, 
 who was at that time publishing a paper at 
 Peacham. 
 
 Mr. Goss re-christened the "Precursor'' 
 as the "Watchman," numbering consec- 
 utively from the commencement of the 
 former. In 1808, Mr. Brown delivered a 
 Masonic Sermon at Danville ; "The Mor- 
 al and Benevolent Design of Christianity 
 and Freemasonry," etc. Danville: Eben- 
 ezer Eaton. 
 
 The following partial list of books and 
 pamphlets relating in any way to Montpe- 
 lier is of interest, as showing the class of 
 literature circulated among the people, es- 
 pecially in the earlier history of the State ; 
 the list is cqmpiled wholly from my bibliog- 
 raphy of Vt. 
 
 The publications of the numerous insti- 
 tutions and organization^ in the State, 
 such as religious, educational, masonic, 
 temperance, odd fellows, agricultural, med- 
 ical, benevolent, military, railroads, insur- 
 ance and others, for full lists of which see 
 Walton's Registers, are omitted, here, as 
 well also as all official State publications, 
 and town reports, although Montpelier 
 printers have had their full share of the 
 printing of the above works. All the pub- 
 
 40 
 
314 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 lications named were printed in Montpelier 
 
 unless otherwise noted. 
 
 Adams, Daniel. English Grammar. 
 
 Published by L. Q. C. Bowles, 1814. 
 — Another edition, same publisher, 1817. 
 —The Scholar's Arithmetic. Wright & 
 
 Sibley, printers, 1812. 
 Adams, F. W. " Theological Criticisms." 
 
 Published by J. E. Thompson, 1843., 
 
 p. 216. 
 
 Mr. Adams was an eminent physician In Montpelier 
 for many years, where he died In Dec. 1858, aged 71. 
 
 Aiken, Solomon. "An Appeal to the 
 
 Churches," etc., p. 120, printed by E. P. 
 
 Walton, 1821. 
 Allis, Rev. O. D. Funeral, Sermon on 
 
 the death of Chas. M. Griswold, 1862. 
 
 Printed at the Freeman office.' 
 Austin, Rev. Samuel. Election Sermon, 
 
 1816. Printed by Walton & Goss. 
 Baldwin, Daniel. Memorial Service, 
 
 held in the Church of the Messiah, at 
 
 Montpelier, Aug. 7, 1881. Printed, for 
 
 private distribution, by Joseph Poland. 
 
 8° p. 18. [By Rev. J. Edw. Wright.] 
 
 See sketch of Mr. Baldwin, ^0«^ 
 
 Ballou, Eli. Review of Rev. A. Rojce's 
 Sermon against Universalism. Printed 
 by F. A. McDowell, Universalist Watch- 
 man office, 1838. 
 
 Barber, E. D. Democratic Oration at 
 Montpelier, 1839. Patriot office print. 
 
 Barre. Reply of the people of Barre to 
 the attack of Rev. A. Royce, i84J. Po- 
 land & Briggs, printers, p. 51. 
 
 Baylies, Nicholas. A Digested Index 
 to Law Reports in England and the 
 United States. Printed by Walton & 
 Goss, 1814. 3 vols. 8° p. xiv, 545 ; vii, 
 45S ; vii, S09, 
 
 —An Esssay on the Human Mind. E. P. 
 Walton, printer, 1820. 16° p. 216. 
 
 — A second edition. Same imprint, 1829. 
 
 Bayne, Thomas. Funeral Sermon on the 
 death of Hon. Ira H. Allen, 1866. Wal- 
 ton, printer. 
 
 Bent, Rev. J . A. Thanksgiving Sermon at 
 Stowe, 1854. E. P. Walton, Jr., printer. 
 
 Bible. I am informed that an edition of 
 the New Testament was printed by the 
 late Ezekiel P. Walton, at Montpelier, 
 in the early part of the present century, 
 but I have never seen a copy. Some 
 thirty editions of the Bible and parts 
 thereof have been printed in Vermont, 
 mainly at Brattleboro, Windsor and 
 Woodstock. 
 
 Boardman, Rev. E. J. Immediate Abo- 
 lition Vindicated. An address at Ran- 
 dolph, 1838. Walton & Son, printers. 
 
 BovLE, Capt.R. Voyages and Adven- 
 tures. Printed by Wright & Sibley. 
 12° p. 262. 
 
 Brigham,G.N. Poems, 1870. 12° p. 187. 
 
 — Second edition of same, 1874, p. 219. 
 Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Buchanan, Rev. C. The Works of. 
 Walton & Goss, printers, 1813. 12° 
 p. 369. 
 
 BuNYAN, Rev. J. The Heavenly Foot- 
 man, 1811. Walton & Goss, printers. 
 24° p. 108. 
 
 Bliss, Rev. J. I. Funeral Sermon on 
 Capt. L. H. Bostwick at Jericho, 1863. 
 E. P. Walton, printer. 
 
 Burton, Rev. Asa. False Teachers De- 
 scribed, a sermon at Thetford, i8io. 
 Montpelier: Printed by Samuel Goss. 
 
 — Funeral Sermon on Mrs. Joram Allen, 
 at Thetford, 181 1. Wright & Sibley, 
 printers,. 
 
 — Funeral Sermon on Oramel Hinckley, at 
 Thetford, 1812. Wright & Sibley. 
 
 Burton, Rev. H. N. "Go Forward." 
 A Missionary Sermon at St. Johnsbury, 
 1868. Freeman print. 
 
 Butler, J . D . See Article, Vt. Hist. So- 
 ciety. 
 
 Carpenter, Hon. Heman. Family Re- 
 Union, 187 1. Rolands' print. 
 
 Chalmers, Rev. Thomas. Discourses 
 on Revelation. 2 vols, in one, p. 175 
 and 194, 12°. E. P. Walton, printer, 
 1819. 
 
 Chandler, Rev. A. Sermon at Waits- 
 field, 1826. E. P. Walton, printer. 
 
 Channing, Rev. W. E. Election Sermon 
 in Boston, 1830. Reprinted by Geo. W. 
 Hill, Montpelier. 
 
 Christian Pilgrim, i8° p. 143. E. P. 
 Walton, printer. Comical illustrations. 
 
 Cobb, Enos. An Exposition of Dr. Cobb's 
 art of discovering the faculties of. the 
 Human Mind, etc. Montpelier, 1846. 
 12° p. 31. 
 
 Coburn, a. The Scholar's Teacher of 
 Geography, Montpelier, 1838. p. 13. 
 
 Dascomb, Rev. A. B. Memorial Record 
 ofWaitsfield, 1867. Freeman Print. 
 
 — Sermon on the death of Pres. Lincoln, 
 1865. Walton's Print. 
 
 Davis, Henry. Election Sermon at Mont- 
 pelier, Oct.- 12, 1815. Walton & Goss. 
 8° p. 40. 
 
 Davis, Miss Mary E. [A native of Plain- 
 field.] Poems. Argus & Patriot print, 
 1877. 12° p. 349. 
 
 Day, Norris. A Lecture on Bible Poli- 
 tics. Montpelier, 1846. 
 
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 Dean, James. Gazetteer of Vermont. 
 Printed by Samuel Goss, 1808. 8° p. 44. 
 
 Tills was the first gazetteer of the State. , 
 
 Dewey, C. C. Woman Suffrage. Journal 
 Press, Montpelier, 1869. 
 
 Dolphin, James. Travels of, among the 
 Indians, etc. Wright & Sibley, print- 
 ers, i8i2. 18° p. 72. 
 
 Dow, Peggy, [Wife of the famous Lo- 
 renzo Dow.] Poetry. Printed by E. P. 
 & G. S. Walton, 1818. 24° p. 160. 
 
 Earle, Jabez. The Christian's Looking- 
 Glass. Walton & Goss, 1817. 18° p. '70. 
 
 Eastman, C. G. Sermons, etc., by Rev. 
 J. Burchard. Burlington, 1836. 12° p. 
 119. 
 
 — Poems. Montpelier : Eastman & Dan- 
 forth, printers, 1848. 12° p. 208. 
 
 — Second Edition enlarged, T. C. Phin- 
 
 ney , publisher, 1 880 . 1 2° p . xxi and 233 , 
 
 with steel portrait and a sketch of the 
 
 author. 
 
 See histcry of newspapers In Montpelier. [For bi- 
 ography of Eastman, see Barnard history In succeed-' 
 Ing volume.— Ed.] 
 
 Elliot, Rev. L. H. Sermon on the 
 death of Rev. Dr. Silas McKeen, Brad- 
 ford, 1877. Polands' print. 
 
 Emerson, Mrs. Lucy. New England. 
 
 Cookery, etc. Montpelier : Printed for 
 
 Josiah Parks, l8o8. 18° p. 84. 
 
 Mrs. Emerson was a sister of the late venerable 
 Thomas Reed, an early settler at Montpelier : he was 
 the lather of the late Thomas and HezeklahH. Reed. 
 
 Foster, Hosea B., of Berlin, Vt. Poems. 
 Montpelier, Vt. : Printed by Ballou, 
 L^veland & Co., i860. 18° p. 72. 
 
 Franklin, Benjamin. The Way to 
 Wealth. Walton & Goss, printers, 
 1810. 18° p. 31. V 
 
 — Life of Dr. Franklin. Samuel Goss, 
 printer, Montpelier, 1809. 12° p. 202. 
 
 Frenyear, Rev. C. P. Funeral Sermon 
 
 ■ on the death of Wm. H. Carr. in Ja- 
 maica. Argus and Patriot print, 1870. 
 
 Frothingham, Rev. F. Dedication Ser- 
 mon, Church of Messiah, Montpelier, 
 1866. Ballou, printer. 
 
 Fuller, Revi Andrew. Baptism. Print- 
 ed by Samuel Goss, 1807. p. 15. 
 
 Perhaps the first Imprint by Mr. Goss In Montpelier, 
 a< he purchased the '^Precursor" in September, 1807. 
 Sec ante, Bnowir, Clare. 
 
 —Another edition, 1814. Printed by Wright 
 
 & Sibley, p. 16. 
 Gallup, Dr. J. A. Address before the 
 
 Vermont Medical Society at Montpelier, 
 
 Oct. 10, 1822. E. P. Walton, printer. 
 
 8° p. 26. 
 Gestrin, Prof. C. E. H. Vacation Labors, 
 
 1879. Argus and Patriot print, p. 51. 
 
 Greene, Rev. R. A. Funeral Sepnon on 
 the death of Mrs. James Nichols, of 
 Northfield, March 6, 1876. Argus and 
 Patriot print. 8° p. 12. 
 
 Green Mountain Emporium, and Litera- 
 ry, Moral and Religious Record. By J. 
 Milton Stearns. Vol. i, No. 8. Mont- 
 pelier, June, 1839. Monthly. Allen & 
 Poland, printers. Rl 8° p. 15. 
 
 Gregory, Rev. John. Review of Bishop 
 Hopkins, against Universalism. Mont- 
 pelier: Wm. Clark, 1835. 8° p. 12. 
 
 — History of Northfield. Argus and Pat- 
 riot print, 1878. 8° p. 319. 
 
 — An Expose of Spiritualism. Polands' 
 print, 1872. 8° p. 104. 
 
 Gridley, Rev. John. History of Mont- 
 pelier, in a Discourse in the Brick 
 Church, Montpelier, Thanksgiving Day, 
 Dec. 8, 1842. E. P. Walton & Sons, 
 printers. 8° p. 48. 
 A valuable work, and very scarce. 
 
 — TheYoung Man Beguiled of his Strength. 
 
 A Sermon at Montpelier, March 29, 
 
 1846. Eastman & iDanforth, printers. 
 
 12° p. 21. 
 
 Mr. Gridley was pastor of the " Brick Church" at 
 Montpelier, 1841-46, when he moved to Eenosba. Wis., 
 where he died Dec. 27, 1876, aged 80 years. 
 
 Haddock, Prof. C. B. An Address be- 
 fore the Railroad Convention at Mont- 
 pelier, January 8, 1844. E. P. Walton 
 
 . & Sons, printers. 8° p. 24. 
 
 Hall, S. R. The Child's Assistant to 
 Geography. Third edition, 183 1. Mont- 
 pelier; Published by J. S. Walton. 
 12° p. 75. 
 
 First edition was published in 1827, with same im- 
 print. Many editions were afterwardspubllsbed. An 
 enlarged edition, revised by Rev. P. H. White, was 
 published at Montpelier in 1864. by C. W Wlllard, and 
 a third edition in 1874, of 280 pages, 12 mo., Freeman 
 print. Another edition In 1878, same Imprint, and the 
 work Is still in use In our public schools. 
 
 Harrison, Wm. H. Biographical Sketch 
 of. Watchman Office, Montpelier, 1836. 
 12° p. 30. 
 
 Harvard College. Fourth Report of 
 Class of 1861, J. Edward Wright, Class 
 Secretary. Freeman print, 1878. 8° 
 p. 30. 
 
 Hervey, James. Meditations, etc. Sam- 
 uel Goss, printer, 1810. 12° p. 144. 
 
 Hincks, Rev. J. H. " The Mission of a 
 Child's Life." A sermon preached in 
 Bethany Church, Montpelier, March 20, 
 1881. Printed for private distribution. 
 Joseph Poland, printer. 8° p. 28. 
 
 Preached on occasion of the deaths of Mary, aged 7 
 years, daughter of Jas. W. Brock, Esq., and Clara, aged 
 13 years, daughter ot J. Monroe Poland, Esq. 
 
 Holmes, James H. A Manual on Win- 
 dow Gardening. Montpelier, 1877. 
 12° p. 184. 
 
3i6 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, 
 
 Hooker, Rev. E. W. Address on Sacred 
 Music, at Castleton, 1843. E. P. Wal- 
 ton & Sons, printers. 8° p. 16. 
 
 Hopkins, Rev. Samuel. The Evils of 
 Gambling. A Sermon at Montpelier, 
 April 19, 1835. E. P. Walton & Son, 
 printers. 8° p. 22. 
 
 House, Rev. A. H. Conversation. A 
 Sermon at Island Pond, Feb. 14, 1858. 
 Printed by Ballou, Loveland & Co. 8° 
 p. 16. 
 
 Hutchinson, Titus. Jurisdiction of 
 Courts. Freeman print, 1855. 8° p. 15. 
 
 Johnson, John. A Mathematical Ques- 
 tion, propounded by the Vicegerent of 
 the World. Answered by the King of 
 Glory. Montpelier: Published by John 
 Crosby, 1813. 18° p. 143. 
 
 Johnson, Oliver. Address before the 
 Vermont Anti-Slavery Society, at Mid- 
 dlebury, Feb. 18, 1835. Knapp & Jew- 
 ett, printers. 8° p. 32. 
 
 J ones , Charles E . Life and Confessions 
 of. Printed by Ballou, Loveland & Co., 
 i860. 12° p. 168. 
 
 Jones, Henry. The seven Churches in 
 Asia, the Millenial thousand years, etc. 
 Knapp & Jewett, printers, 1834. 12° 
 p. 70. 
 
 Kelton, C. G. The New England Col- 
 lection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 
 Published by Geo. W. Hill, 1829. 24° 
 p. 168. 
 
 Lamb. Larned. The Militia's Guide, etc. 
 Printed by Samuel Goss, 1807. 18° 
 p. 108. 
 
 Linsley, D. C. Report of his survey of 
 a road from the foot to the summit of 
 Mount Mansfield, Oct., 1865. Mont- 
 pelier. 8° p. 7. 
 
 Lord, Rev. Wm. H. A Sermon on occa- 
 sion of the death of Hon. John McLean. 
 Preached in Cabot, Vt., Feb. 7, 1855. 
 
 — Remembrance of the Righteous. A 
 Sermon on occasion of the death of Gen. 
 Ezekiel P. Walton. Preached at Mont- 
 pelier, Nov. 29, 1855. 
 
 — The Present and the Future. A Sermon 
 on occasion of the death of Mrs. Lucre- 
 tia Prentiss, wife of Hon. Samuel Pren- 
 tiss. Preached at Montpelier, June 17, 
 1855. 
 
 —A Tract for the Times. National Hos- 
 pitality. 1855. p. 48. 
 
 — Life, Death, Immortality. A Sermon 
 on the death of Samuel Prentiss, LL. D. 
 Preached in the Congregational Church, 
 in Montpelier, January 18, 1857. 
 
 —A City which hath Foundations . A Ser- 
 mon preached on occasion of the Fiftieth 
 
 Anniversary of the Organization of the 
 
 First Congregational Church in Mont- 
 . pelier, July 25, 1858. 
 — A Sermon on occasion of the death of 
 
 Hon. Ferrand F. Merrill. Preached in 
 
 the Congregational Church, Montpelier, 
 
 May 8, 1859. 
 — A Sermon on the Causes and Remedy 
 
 of the National Troubles. Preached at 
 
 Montpelier, April 4, 1861. 
 — A Sermon on occasion of the death of 
 
 Rev. James Hobart. Preached in the 
 
 Congregational Church, BerKn, Vt., 
 
 July 18, 1862. 
 — In Memoriam. Address at the funeral 
 
 of Mrs. James T. Thurston, Montpelier, 
 
 April 3, 1865. 
 — The Uses of the Material Temple. A 
 
 Sermon preached at the Dedication of 
 
 Bethany Church, Montpelier, Oct. 15, 
 
 1868. 
 — Address and Services at the funeral of 
 
 Dea. Constant W. Storrs, Montpelier, 
 
 March 26, 1872. 
 — Woman's Mission for Christ. A Ser- 
 mon preached at the funeral of Mrs. 
 
 James R. Langdon, at Montpelier, Aug. 
 
 3, 1873. 
 
 All of the above were printed at the office of the 
 Vermont Watchman and State Journal. 
 
 — Sketch of the Life of Hon. Samuel 
 Prentiss, published in the United States 
 Law Magazine. 
 
 — Also, two or more articles in the Prince- 
 ton Review. 
 
 Lyman, Elijah. Sermon before the Leg- 
 islature at Montpelier, Oct. 13, 1814, by 
 Elijah Lyman, A- M., Pastor of the Con- 
 gregational Church in Brookfield. Mont- 
 pelier : Walton & Goss. 
 
 Mansfield, Mrs. Lucy (Langdon.) Me- 
 morial of Charles Finny Mansfield , com- 
 prising extracts from his diaries, letter's, 
 and other papers. New York: Baker 
 & Godwin, printers! 1866. 8° p. 
 26s (2.) 
 
 Mrs. Mansfield, daughter of James B. Langdon, of 
 Montpelier, was born In Berlin In 1841, and married 
 the subject of this memorial In 1861. He died in I86ii, 
 Mrs. Mansfield has since married again, and resides in 
 New York. 
 
 Marsh, Rev. Samuel. Message from 
 God, etc. Montpelier, 1844. 8° p. 16. 
 
 — The Age of Prophecy. Press of East- 
 man & Danforth, 1848. 16° p. 16. 
 
 — National Prosperity. Montpelier, 1849. 
 16° p. 16. 
 
 — The Modern Colporteur Revival System. 
 Press of Eastman & Danforth, 1849. 
 16° p. 142. 
 
 — Hard Questions Answered. Eastman 
 & Danforth, 1849. P- 72- 
 
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 — Universalism. Press ofEliBallou, 1850. 
 16° p. 28. 
 
 —Reply to Ballou. Montpelier, 1850. 
 16° p. 32. 
 
 — Uncle Nathan. Ballou & Loveland, 
 1854. 16° p. 218. 
 
 Marshall, E. F. New Spelling Book. 
 Published by E. P. Walton & Son, 1838. 
 12° p. 144. 
 
 Mason, John. Treatise on Self Knowl- 
 edge. Wright & Sibley, printers, 1813. 
 24° p. 194. 
 
 —The same. Published by E. P. Walton, 
 1819. 18° p. 177. 
 
 McKeen, Rev. Silas. Civil Goverment a 
 a Divine Institution. A Sermon before 
 the Legislature, Oct. 9, 1857.. E. P. 
 Walton, printer. 8° p. 34. 
 
 —A History of Bradford, J. D. Clark & 
 Son, publishers, 1875. 8° p. 462. 
 
 Miller, Col. Jonathan P. The Condi- 
 tion of Greece in 1827-28, New York: 
 J. & J. Harper, 1828. 8° p. 300. 
 
 — Letters from Greece. [By Col. Miller 
 
 and others.] Boston, 1825. 8° p. 20. 
 
 rsee D. P. Thompson's HIstoiT of Montpelier for 
 a sketch of jCol. Miller, also vol. 11 of this Gazetteer- 
 History of Itandolph.] 
 
 -The Minister preaching his own Funeral 
 Sermon. Wright & Sibley, i8i2. 24° 
 p. 96. 
 
 Miscellaneous. Memoirs of that truly 
 eccentric character, the late Timothy 
 Dexter, together with his last will and 
 testament. Montpelier, 1808. Sabin's 
 Bibliography. 
 
 — Records of the Montpelier Lyceum, 
 1829-1836. Manuscript, p. 353. 
 [Belongs to the Vt. Hist. Soolety.l 
 
 — Catalogue of books of the Montpelier 
 
 Agricultural Society, n. p. n. d. 
 — Winooski Impetus. Metropolis of Ver- 
 mont, Apri4 15, 1835 to March 1836. 
 
 4° Monthly, by a society of young men. 
 — Services at the Dedication of Green 
 
 Mount Cemetery, Sept. 15, 1855. E. 
 
 P. Walton, Jr., printer, 8° p. 40. 
 —A ChUd's Book. Illustrated. E. P. 
 
 Walton, printer. 32° p. 8. n. d. 
 —^Reports of Town Officers in printed 
 
 form, annually, since 1843. 
 — Act of Incorporation, By-Laws etc., of 
 
 the Village of Montpelier, 1848. 8° p. 
 
 12. Editions of the same, 1855, 1864 
 
 and 1875. 
 
 — Village Reports, annually. 
 
 — Catalogue of the Sabbath School Library 
 of the First Cong'l Church, 1861. Wal- 
 ton's print. 12° p. 18. 
 
 — In Memoriam of Rt. Rev. John Henry 
 Hopkins, in Christ Church, Montpelier, 
 1868. Argus and Patriot print. 8° p. 
 16. 
 
 — Illustrated Capital Advertiser, 1872. 
 Argus and Patriot print. 8° p. 8. 
 
 — Reports of the Committee on Water 
 Supply for the Village of Montpelier, . 
 1873. Poland's print. 8° p. 20. 
 
 — Illustrated Citcular of Lane Manufactur- 
 ing Company, Montpelier, 1875. Argus 
 and Patriot print. 12° p. 152. 
 
 — Exhibition of the New Organ in Trinity 
 Church, Nov. 5, 1875. 
 
 — Webb's Montpelier Directory, 1875-6-7. 
 8° p. JO. 
 
 — Pocket Directory of the Village of Mont- 
 pelier for 1877. Poland's Press. 18° 
 p. 90. 
 
 — Montpelier Illustrated ; with a brief 
 sketch by E. P. Walton. In N. Y. 
 Daily Graphic, Nov. 8, 1877. 
 
 — Montpelier Monufacturing Company's 
 20th annual catalogue, 1877. 8° p. 32. 
 
 — Montpelierian, vol. J, No. i, Jan. 20. 
 1877. 4° p. 8 and (4.) Continued 
 monthly by the Literary Societies of 
 Methodist Seminary. 
 
 Moore, Z. S. Sermon Oct. 6, 1813, at 
 the Ordination of Rev. Jacob Allen at 
 Tunbridge. Walton & Goss, printers. 
 
 Morton, Rev. D. O. Wine is a Mocker: 
 Sermon at Montpelier Oct. 16, 1828, at 
 the formation of the Vermont Temper- 
 ance Society. Pripted by E. P. Walton. 
 8° p 16. 
 
 Murray, Lindley. The English Reader, 
 1823. E. P. Walton printer. 12° p. 
 262. 
 
 New England Economical House-Keeper, 
 and family Receipt Book. E. P. Wal- 
 ton & Sons, 1845. 
 
 Nutting, Rufus. Grammar. Third edi- 
 tion. E. P. Walton, printer, 1826. 12° 
 p. 136. 
 
 — Fourth and fifth edition, same imprint, 
 p. 144. 
 
 : — Nutting's New Gi;ammar. E. P. Wal- 
 ton & Sons, 1840. p. 184. 
 
 Palmer, E. F. The Second Brigade ; or, 
 Camp Life. E. P. Walton, printer, 1864. 
 
 Palmer, Rev. J. E. A Collection of 
 Essays, etc. E. P. Walton & Son, 
 1836. 12° p. 306. 
 
 Parker, Rev. Daniel. A Sermon, Church 
 Privileges, etc., at Brookfield, March 9, 
 1847. E. P. Walton & Sons. p. 19. 
 
 Peacham. Addresses at the opening of 
 the Congregational Church at Peacham, 
 
3i8 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Sept. 28, 1871. Polands' print. 8° 
 
 p. 66. 
 — Catalogue of the Library of the Juvenile 
 
 Society at Peacham. Polands' print, 
 
 1881. 8° p. 24. 
 Peake, Rebecca. Trial of, for murder, 
 
 at Orange County Court, Dec. 1835. 
 
 E. P. Walton & Son, printers. 12° p. 
 ■ 88. 
 Peck, Lucius B. Speech in Congress, on 
 
 Slavery in the Territories, April 23, 
 
 1850. p. 8. 
 — Proceedings of the Washington County 
 
 Bar on the death of Hon.. Lucius B. 
 
 Peck, at March Term, 1867. Freeman 
 
 print. 8° p. 20. 
 Perrin, Rev. Truman. Dietetics — Sound 
 
 Health, etc. Freeman print, i86l.' 8° 
 
 p. 19. See History of Berlin, ante, p 63. 
 Perrin, Rev. William. The Accident; 
 
 or Henry and Julia; and other poems. 
 
 Walton & Goss, printers, 1815: 12° p. 
 
 64. See Hist, of Berlin, p. 62. 
 Peter THE Great. Life and Reign of. 
 
 Wright & Sibley, printers, 181 1. 12° 
 
 p. 316. , 
 
 Phinney, T. C. The Literary News. 
 
 Monthly, May, 1878. 8° p. 8. FbrSept. 
 
 1881. p. 32. Continued. 
 Postage Stamp Reporter. C. F. Bus- 
 well, editor. Monthly, vol. i. No. i. 
 
 Montpelier, January, 1877. 8° p. 8. 
 PowARS, Grant. Oration at Thetford, 
 
 July 4, 1812. Wright .& Sibley, print- 
 ers. 8° p. 16. 
 Prentiss, Hon. Samuel. Oration at 
 
 Plainfield, July 4, 1812. Walton& Goss, 
 
 printers. 8° p. 39. 
 — Remarks in the U. S. Senate on Slavery 
 
 in the District of Columbia, March i, 
 
 1836. Washington ; p. 14. 
 — Speech in the Senate, January 16, 1838, 
 
 on the Vermont Resolutions on the ad- 
 mission of Texas, and the slave trade. 
 
 Washington : 8° p. 10. 
 — Speeches in the Senate, March 2d and 
 
 30th and April 6th, 1838, on Dueling. 
 
 Washington : 8° p. 19. 
 — Speech in the Senate, June 23, 1840, on 
 
 the Bankrupt Bill. Washington: p. 20. 
 — Proceedings in the District Court, Oct. 
 
 Session, 1857, on the Death of judge 
 
 Prentiss. Windsor: 8° p. 16. 
 Proceedings and Address of a Jackson 
 
 Convention at Montpelier, June 27, 1828. 
 
 Geo. W. Hill, printer. 8° p. 24. 
 Proceedings of the Montpelier, [Vt. , Con- 
 gregational] Association in Sept., in 
 
 reply to annexed Statements of Henry 
 
 Jones, against Freemasonry. Danville, 
 
 1830. 12° p. 22. See Jones, Henry,, 
 ante. 
 
 Progressive Reader. Printed by Geo. 
 W. Hill, 1833. 18° p. 216. 
 
 Rand, Festus G.,. Autobiography of; A 
 Tale of Intemperance. J. & J. M. Po- 
 land. 8° p. 16. 
 
 Randall, Rev. E. H. Address on the 
 death of President Lincoln, atRandolph, 
 April 19, 1865. Walton's print. 8° 
 p. 12. 
 
 Rawson, Rev. Nathaniel. Discourse at 
 Hardwick, on the Sabbath succeeding 
 his Ordination, Feb. 17, 181 1. Printed 
 by Walton & Goss. [See biography of, 
 in Orleans Co. papers and items, vol. 11, 
 this Gazetteer.] 
 
 Redfield, Hon. Isaac F. Charge to the 
 Grand Jury in Washington County, No- 
 vember Term, 1842. Burlington: 8° 
 p. 16. 
 
 See Gllmau's BibUograpliy for a, blot;, sketch of 
 Judge Bedfleld, and a list of his law publications, etc. 
 
 Redfield, T. P. Report on the claim of 
 the Iroquois Indians upon the S.tate of 
 Vermont. 1854. 8° p. 40. 
 
 Reed, George B. Sketch of the Early 
 History Of Banking in Vermont, Read 
 before the Vt. Hist. Sbc. at Montpelier, 
 Oct. 14, 1862. 8° p. 28. 
 
 -^Sketch of the Life of Hon. John. Reed, 
 of Boston. Boston, 1879. 8° p. 22. 
 
 Mr. Reed is a native of Montpelier; born July 28, 
 1829; son of tbe laLe Thomas Reed, Esq., an early and 
 prorainentoltizenof thetown. Mr. Geo. B. Reed has 
 l)een for many years a law bookseller and publlMier In 
 Boston. He is well versed in the history of Vermont, 
 and has been a liberal donor to the Vt. Hist. Soc. 
 
 Religious Court^ship, [By Daniel De 
 Foe.] Printed by Derrick Sibley, for 
 Josiah Parks, 1810. 12° p. 348. 
 Rollins, E, E. Memorial Record of 
 Greensboro Soldiers, 1861-5. Free- 
 man print, 1868. 12° p. 77. [See 
 Green-sboro in vol. 11, this Gazetteer.] 
 Sanders, D. C. A History of the Indian 
 Wars. Wright & Sibley, printers. 12° 
 p. 319. 1812. 
 
 A very scarce work. Mr. Sanders was the first Pres- 
 ident of the University of Vermont. [See biography 
 of. In History of Burlington in vol. i, this Gazetteer.] 
 
 Savage, R. A. Memorial Record . of tlie 
 Soldiers of Stowe, 1861-5. Freeman 
 Print, 1867. 12° p. 104. [See Stowe 
 in vol. II, this Gazetteer.] 
 
 Scott, Walter. The Lady of the Lake. 
 A Poem. Wright & Sibley, printers, 
 1813. 18° p. 320. 
 
 Scott, William. Lessons in Elocution, 
 etc. Published byE. P. & G. S. Wal- 
 ton, 1818. 18° p. 383. 
 
 —Another edition, byE. P. Walton, 1820. 
 p. 407. 
 
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 Select Sentences. Printed for John 
 
 Crosby, 1813. 18° p. 36. 
 Shelton, Rev. F. W. Address at the 
 
 funeral of Mrs. Upham, in Christ Church, 
 
 May II, 1856. E. P. Walton, printer. 
 
 8° p. 16. 
 
 Mr. Sbelton was Rfctor of Christ Churcb, Montpel- 
 ier, 1854-66; he was a pleasant writer, and published 
 several voluihes. besides numerous articles, in the 
 
 Knickerbocker Magazine. Mr. Shelton died at Car- 
 thage Landing, ou-the-Hudson, June 2U, 1881. 
 
 Shepard, Sylvanus. The Phoenix Chron- 
 icle. The Bonfire, in which 450 books 
 were burned. A View of Montpelier 
 and all the country villages in the State. 
 Printed for the author, 1825. 8° p. 18. 
 
 - Mr, Shepard was an early settler of East Montpel- 
 ier. 
 
 Short Expose of the management of the 
 finances of Vermont. Patriot office, 
 1844. p. 8. 
 
 Skinner, Rev. Warren. Capital Pun- 
 ishment. A Lecture before the Legis- 
 lature of Vermont, and others, Oct. 26, 
 1834. Geo. W. Hill, printer. 8° p. 19. 
 
 — The Christian Ministry. A Sermon be- 
 fore the Universalist Convention at 
 Montpelier, Jan. 17, 1833, at the Ordi- 
 nation of Rev. J. M. Austin. Geo. W. 
 Hill. 8° p. 25. 
 
 Smith, Ruth B., (of Newbury.) The 
 Pension Case of the late Capt. James T. 
 Smith. Polands' print. 1879. 8° p. 32. 
 
 SouTHMAYD, Jonathan C. Address be- 
 fore the Philologicd Society of Middle- 
 bury College, August 15, 1826. E. P. 
 Walton, printer. 
 
 -^Discourse at Montpelier, March 16, 
 1828, on the use of distilled spirits. -E. 
 P. Walton, printer. 8° p. 16. 
 
 Spalding, Rev. Geo. B., D. D. God in 
 the War. A Sermon at Vergennes, 
 Nov. 26, 1863. Burlington: 8° p, 21. 
 
 — A Discourse commemorative of Gen. 
 Samuel P. Strong, at Vergennes, Feb. 
 28,1864. Burlington: 8° p. 22. 
 
 —A Discourse at Dover, N. H., May 18, 
 1873, on the two hundredth anniversary 
 of the settlement of that town. Dover, 
 N. H. 8° p. 29. 
 
 A Discourse Commemorative of Hon. 
 
 John P. Hale, at Dover, N. H., Nov. 
 27, 1873. Concord, N. H. 8° p. 19. 
 
 —Relation of the Church to Children. A 
 Discourse at Haverhill, N. H., Nov. 6, 
 1873. Bristol, N. H. 8° p. 12. 
 
 —The Dover Pulpit during the Revolu- 
 tion. A Discourse Commemorative of 
 Rev. Jeremy Belknap, D. D., July 9, 
 1876. Dover, N. H. 8° p. 31. 
 
 Semi-Centennial Discourse at Laconia, 
 
 N. H., June l8, 1878, before the Con- 
 
 ference Churches of Strafford County. 
 Dover, N. H. 8° p. 20. 
 
 — Normal School Training. Address at 
 Gorham, Maine, Dec. 26, 1878. Port- 
 land, Me. 8° p. 12. 
 
 — Address before the New Hampshire 
 Sunday-School Convention at Haverhill, 
 N. H., Nov. 6, 1879. Bristol, N. H. 
 8° p. 8. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Spalding is a native of Montpelier, son of 
 the late James Spalding, M. D. He Is pastor of the 
 FirstCongregational Church, Dover. N. H., where he 
 was settled in 1869. See Granite Monthly^ vol. 1, p. 
 197-9, for a biographical sketch. 
 
 Spalding, James R. An Address on Fe- 
 mile Education at Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 
 22, 1855. New York. 8° p. 28. 
 
 —An Oration at the Semi-Centennial An- 
 niversary of the University of Vermont, 
 August, 1854. 8° p. 33. 
 
 Mr. Spalding, an elder brother of the above, died at 
 the residence or bis brother in Dover. Oct. 10. 187:f. 
 He was born in Montpelier, Nov. 15, 1821. Mr. Spald- 
 ing was a gentlemou of fine culture and attainments. 
 For many years he was an associate editor of the New 
 York Courier and Inquirer^ and he was mainly the 
 iV>under of the New York World newspaper in 18S9 ; an 
 appropriate tribute to the worth of Mr. Spalding, by 
 Richard Grant Wliite, was printed in the daily World 
 at October 12, 1872. 
 
 Stebbins, R. I. Sermon at the Ordina- 
 tion of Mr. Charles A. Allen, as min- 
 ister of the Church of the Messiah, at 
 Montpelier, March i, 1865. Ballou, 
 Loveland & Co. 12° p. 27. 
 
 Steele, Zadock. His Indian Captivity, 
 and an account of the burning of Roy- 
 alton. E. P. Walton, printer, 1818. 
 12° p. 144. 
 
 Stone, J. P. A History of Greensboro, 
 and the Congregational Church, 1854. 
 E. P. Walton. 8° p. 40. 
 
 SwETT, JosiAH. Sermon at the funeral 
 of Mr. Sarah E. Weston, at West Ran- 
 dolph, Nov. 23, 1851. E. P. Walton & 
 Son. 8° p. 24. 
 
 TEACHEM,Mrs. The Infant School Primer. 
 E. P. Walton, printer, [1832.] 12° p. 
 24. 
 
 Thomas, Rev. A. C. Analysis and Con- 
 futation of Miller's Theory of the End 
 of the World in 1843. Eli Ballou, 
 printer, 1843. 8° p. 30. 
 
 Thompson, Daniel G. A First Latin 
 Book, introductory to Ceaser's Commen- 
 taries on the Gallic War. Chicago, 
 1872. 12° p. 224. 
 
 Mr. Thompson Is a native of Montpelier, sou uf the 
 late Hon. Daniel F. Thompson, and resides in New 
 York; he published articles on ^* Intuition and Infer- 
 ence." in tlie Mind^ A Quarterly Jteview of Psychology 
 a^ Philosophy y London, July and October numbers, 
 1878. 
 
 Thompson, Daniel Pierce. [A partial 
 list of the works by Judge Thompson 
 may be found in this History under Ber- 
 lin, p. 69-72, vol. 4, together with a 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 biographical sketch. The works omit- 
 ted in the Berlin article are given here.] 
 
 — The Adventures of Timothy Peacock, 
 Esquire, or Freemasonry Illustrated. 
 Middlebury, 1835. 12° p. 218. Pub- 
 lished anonymously. 
 
 — Revised Statutes of Vermont, i vol. 
 183s. 
 
 — Address ibefore the Vt. Hist. Society, 
 1850. Burlington. 8° p. 22. 
 
 — History of the Town of Montpelier .to 
 
 i860, with Biographical Sketches. E. 
 
 P. Walton printer. 8° p. 312. 
 
 Mr. Tliompaon's novels continue In demand, in edi- 
 tion by. Nicliols iS: Hall, Boston, 1876, in four volumes, 
 coutains; vol. 1, " May Martin," " Guardian and 
 Gliost," " Shaker Lovers," " Ethan Allen and the Lost 
 Children," " The Young Sea Captain," Old Soldier's 
 Story," " New Way to Collect a Bad Debt," and " An 
 Indian's Revenge,'' p. 880. Vol. 2, "Locke Amsden, or 
 the School-master," p. 231. *'The Bangers," 2 v. in 
 one. p. 174, 166. "Grejen Mountain Boys,^' vol. 4, p 364. 
 
 — Another edition of the above four vol- 
 umes by the same publishers, i88i. 
 
 Thompson, George. Address to the 
 Legislature and Citizens of Vermont, at 
 Montpeher, Oct. 22, 1864. Freeman 
 print. 8° p.. 18. 
 
 Thompson, Zadoc. Gazetteer of Vermont. 
 E. P. Walton printer. 1824. 12° p. 
 312. 
 
 Thompson, S. New Guide to Health, or 
 Botanic Family Physician. Montpelier, 
 Printed for the publisher, 1851. 12° p. 
 122. 
 
 Thoughts on Divine Goodness. Print- 
 ed by Geo. W. Hill. .1828, 12° p. 148. 
 
 Thresher, Leonard. The Family Phy- 
 sician, etc. Argus and Patriot print. 
 1871, 8° p. 406. 
 •Truair, Rev. John. Sermon at, Mont- 
 pelier. Mach7, 1813. Walton&Goss. 
 
 — The Alarm Trumpet, ^ermon at Berk- 
 Shire, Sept. 9, 1813, on the war. Wal- 
 ton & Goss. 8° p. 27. 
 
 Universalism. Form for Constitution 
 and by-laws for the use of Universalist 
 Churches, etc. Ballou & Burnham's 
 press. 1851, 12° p. 16. 
 
 — Discussion on Endless Punishment, by 
 Rev. Luther Lee, and Rev. Eli Ballou. 
 Ballou & Loveland printers. 1857, 12° 
 p. 84. 
 
 UPHAM,Hon. Willam. Speech in the U. 
 S. Senate, March i, 1847, on the three 
 million Bill. Washington. 8° p. 8. 
 
 — Speech in the U. S. Senate on the Mex- 
 ican War, Feb. 15. 1848. p. 19. 
 
 — Speech in the Senate, July 26, 1848, on 
 the Compromise Bill. p. 7. 
 
 — Report on the Revolutionary Claims., 
 Feb. 9, 1849. 
 
 — Speech in Senate, July i and 2, 1850, 
 on the Compromise Bill. p. 16. 
 
 — Obituary Addresses on the death of Mr. 
 Upham, delivered in the Senate and 
 House, January 15, 1853. 8° p. 8. 
 [Vide biographical sketcii post.] 
 
 Upham, William K. Argument for De- 
 fendant in case Nathan Harris vs. Col- 
 umbiana Co . I nsurance Company, (Ohio) , 
 1853- P- II- 
 Mr, Upham was a native of Montpelier, son of Sen- 
 ator XJpliam, died at Canton. Ohio. Mar. 22, 1866. 
 
 Wait, Augustine. Speech before the 
 Brotherhood of St. Patrick, Dublin, Ire- 
 land, Nov. 24, 1862. E. P. Walton, 
 printer, p. 20. 
 
 Walton, Hon. Eliakim P. Speech oh 
 the Admission of Kansas, in the House 
 of Representatives,Mar.3i,i8s8. Wash- 
 ington: 8° p. IJ. 
 
 — Speech on Free Trade and Protective 
 TariiF, in the House of Representatives, 
 Feb. 7, 1859. 8° p. 14. Washington. 
 
 — Speech in the House on the State of the 
 Union, Feb. 16, 1861. 8° p. 8. 
 
 — Speech in the House on the Confiscation 
 
 of Rebel Property. Delivered May 24, 
 
 1862. 8° p. 15. 
 
 Mr. Walton edited and compiled a history of the 
 Vermont Capitol, a book of 300 pages, printed iu 1867. 
 He delivered an address on the first Legislature of 
 Vermont, before the Historical Society in 1878; also 
 an address. "History of Early Printing in Vermont," 
 before the Vt. Publishers' Association, at Benning- 
 ton, August, 1877, which is printed In the " Centennial 
 Proceedings at Bennington." But the crowningwork 
 of Mr. Walton is the editing and publishing of the 
 eight volumes of the Governor and Council, so called. 
 This Is a work Invaluable to every student of Ver- 
 mont history, and its appreciaiion will increase as 
 time passes. [A most satisfactory work— that Ver- 
 mont Governor and Council— Ed.] Another work 
 of great convenience to all Vermonters, as well as 
 others, is, Walton's Vebmont Begimtek amd Al- 
 HANAC. This work, with which everybody in Ver- 
 mont ought to be familiar, was published at Mont- 
 pelier by the Walton Family, 1818-IS67, and since then 
 at Claremont, N. H„ under tne same old familiar title. 
 There is an excellent sketch of Mr. Wallon in my bib- 
 liography of Vt., which I will not mutilate by giving 
 even an abstract in this place. Seepost. I do not speak 
 of Mr. Walton's "History of MontpeUer,"prcparedfor 
 Miss Hemenway's Gazetteer, as I nave not seen It. It 
 Is proper to say a word in this place to prevent confu- 
 slon,as to the same initials ofthe two Mr.E.P.Waltons, 
 whose names occur so ftequently in the Imprints of 
 this list. The father, Ezekiel Parker Walton, con- 
 tinued in the printing business at Montpelier, 1807- 
 1863; the eldest son. Eliakim Persons Walton, became 
 a partner with his father In 1888, under the firm name 
 ofE. 1". Walton & Sou. Later, one or two younger 
 sons ofthe elder Walton became members of the firm, 
 which then became E. P. Walton & Sons. Eliakim 
 wrote his name E. P. Walton, Jr., until the death of 
 his father in 1866. 
 
 Waring, Geo. E. Jr. Elements of Agri- 
 culture. S. M. Walton, 1855. i2°p.288. 
 
 Wasjhington, George. Valedictory Ad- 
 dress. Walton & Goss, printers, 1812. 
 P-4S- 
 
 Watrous, Miss Sophia. The Gift. Poems. 
 E. P. Walton & Sons, 1841. 12° p. 172. 
 
 Watts, Isaac. Twelve Sermons, Moral 
 and Divine. Wright & Sibley, 181 1. 
 12° p. 359. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 321 
 
 — Psalms of David, Hymns and Spiritual 
 Songs. Walton & Goss, 1814. 18° 
 p. 296, 259. 
 
 — Logic, or the Right use of Reason. E. 
 P. Walton, printer, 1819. 12° p. 288. 
 
 Webb, T.S. Freemason's Monitor. Wal- 
 ton & Goss, printers, 1816. 12° p. 312. 
 
 Webster, Noah. Spelling Book. E. P. 
 Walton & Son, 1839. Another edition, 
 1844. 
 
 Wheeler, Rev. S. H. Memorial Sermon 
 on Mrs. Betsey Carpenter, of Waterbury, 
 Nov. 7, 1875. Press of J. & J. M. Po- 
 land. 8° p. 15. 
 
 Wheelock, Rev. Edwin. Historical 
 Sketch of the Town of Cambridge. 
 Freeman print, 1876. 12° p. 15. 
 
 Wheel6ck, Rev. V. G. Revelation and 
 Science Harmonize. A Sermon, 1869. 
 Polands' print. 
 
 — Growth of the Gospel. A Sermon at 
 Stanbridge, P. ^., 1871. JournalSteam 
 Printing Establishment. 8° p. 12. 
 
 White, Rev. P. H. Ecclesiastical His- 
 tory of Vermont. An Essay read at 
 Newbury, June 21, 1866. Walton's 
 print. 8° p. 7. 
 
 — Jonas Galusha. Memoir of, read before 
 the Vt. Hist. Society, 1866. E. P. 
 Walton, printer. ^° p. 16. 
 
 Wild, Rev. A. W. Funeral Sermon at 
 Greensboro; July 10, 1864, on the death 
 of E. E. Hartson and Horace Sutham. 
 Freeman print. 8° p. 18. 
 
 WiLLARD, Hon. Charles W. Speech in 
 the House of Representatives, April 9, 
 1869, on the Cuban Question. Wash- 
 ington : p. 8. . 
 
 — Cuban Belligerency. Spjech in the 
 House, June ij, 1870. Washington: 
 
 P- IS- 
 
 — Interstate Commerce. Speech in the 
 House, March 24, 1874. Washington : 
 p. 25. 
 
 —Civil Service. Speech in the House, 
 April 17, 1872. p. 8. 
 
 WiLLiAMSTOWN. Methodism in. His- 
 torical Address, Dec. 19, 1880, by Rev. 
 Mr. Bartlettr Messenger print. 12° 
 
 P- 3S- 
 
 Wing, Joseph A. "Pluck," and Other 
 Poems. Freeman print,i878. i2°p.2S2. 
 
 Worcester. Record of Births, Mar- 
 riages and Deaths in, Oct. 1813 to June 
 1858. By S. S. Abbott. E. P. Wal- 
 ton, printer. 18° p. 31. 
 
 Worcester, Rev. Leonard. Funeral 
 Sermon at Hardwick, Aug. 30, 1814, on 
 the death of Mrs. Lydia, consort of 
 
 Samuel French, Esq. Walton & Goss. 
 8° p. 24. 
 
 Sermon at Montpelier, Oct. 15, 1809. 
 Peacham, Vt. Samuel Goss, printer, 
 8° p. 24. 
 — Appeal to the Conscience of Rev. Sol- 
 omon Aiken. Printed by E. P. Walton. 
 8° p. 16. 
 
 Worcester, Rev. Thomas. Serious 
 Reasons against Triune Worship. Wal- 
 ton & Goss, 1812. 
 
 Wright, Rev. Chester. Federal Com- 
 pendium ; an Arithmetic. Middlebury, 
 1803. 12° p. 108. 
 
 — Services at the; Ordination of Rev. Mr. 
 Wright at Montpelier, Aug. 19, 1809. 
 Sermon by Rev. Asa Burton, Charge by 
 Rev. Stephen Fuller, of Vershire, and 
 the Right Hand of Fellowship by the 
 Rev. Calvin Noble, of Chelsea. Peach- 
 am : Printed by Samuel Goss, 1809. 
 8° p. 24. 
 
 — Election Sermon, 1810. Randolph. 
 
 — Funeral Sermon on the death of Sibyl 
 Brown. Preached Jan. 11, 1811. Wal- 
 ton & Goss, printers. 8° p. 12. 
 
 — Sermon before the Vt. Bible Society at 
 Montpelier, Oct. 28, 1812. Walton & 
 Goss. 8° p. 14. 
 
 —Funeral Sermon, Dec- 27, 1813, on the 
 death of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Jeduthan 
 Loomis, Esq. Walton & Goss. 
 
 — Sermon before the Female Mission So- 
 ciety in Montpelier, 1816. E. P. Wal- 
 ton, printer, p. 14. 
 
 — Sermon at Middlebury, Aug. 16, 1814. 
 Middlebury : 8° p. 16. 
 
 — Saints Resurrection. Sermon on the 
 death of Geo. S. Walton, at Montpelier, 
 June 10, 1818. E. P. Walton, printer, 
 8° p. IS. 
 
 — Address on the Death of Adams and 
 Jeflferson, at Montpelier, July 25, 1826. 
 Printed by George W. Hill & Co. 8° 
 p. 19. 
 
 — The Devil in the Nineteenth Century. 
 Two Discourses at Hardwick, May 6, 
 1838. E. P. Walton & Son. 8° p. 21. 
 
 Yale, Calvin. Some Rules for the in- 
 vestigation of Religious Truth. E. P. 
 Walton, 1826. 8° p. 15. 
 
 — Sermon before the Vt. Colonization So- 
 ciety at Montpelier, Oct. 17, 1827. E. 
 P. Walton. 8° p. 15. 
 
 Young, Samuel. Oration at Bennington, 
 August l6, 1819. Argus and Patriot 
 print, 1871. p. 4. 
 
 See Article ou Vt. Hisl. Society for additional Mont- 
 pelier Imprints, etc. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE/ 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 BY M. D. GILJIAN, LIBHARIAN. 
 
 It is deemed appropriate that a brief no- 
 tice of the Historical Society Sihall be in- 
 cluded in the history of Montpelier, for the 
 reason among many, that its headquarters 
 and library are located in this town. 
 
 The Society was incorporated by act of 
 the general assembly, approved Nov. 5, 
 1838, under the name of "The Vermont 
 Historical and Antiquarian Society ;" the 
 porsons named in the act are Henry Ste- 
 vens of Barnet, Oramel H. Smith, Daniel 
 P. Thompson and George B. Mansur, of 
 Montpelier; 
 
 By an act of the general assembly ap- 
 proved Nov. 16, 1859, the name of the 
 Society was changed to "The Vermont 
 Historical Society ;" and by an act, ap- 
 proved Nov. 21, the same year, room No. 
 9 in the State Capitol was granted for. the 
 uses of the Society for its library and bus- 
 iness purposes ; the Society by permission 
 also uses a large book case in room No. 12. 
 
 The first meeting of the Society was 
 held at Montpelier, the third Thursday of 
 Oct. 1840, at which the Society was organ- 
 ized, and Henry Stevens elected president 
 and librarian, Geo. B. Mansur and D. P. 
 Thompson, secretaries. At this meeting 
 associate 'members were elected : Silas H. 
 Jennison, Isaac F. Redfield, D. M. Camp, 
 E. P. Walton, Daniel Baldwin, Geo. W. 
 Benedict, Solomon Stoddard, and Norman 
 Williams. 
 
 Mr. Stevens continued as president of 
 the Society until about 1858, when he was 
 succeeded by the Hon. Hiland Hall, who 
 was president until Oct. 1866, when, upon 
 his retirement. Rev. Pliny H. White was 
 elected, and held the office until his death, 
 April 24, 1869. 
 
 Hon. Geo. F. Houghton was elected 
 president Oct. 19, 1869, and held the office 
 until his death, Sept. 22, 1870 ; Rev. W. 
 H. Lord was elected president in Oct. 
 1870, and held the offiae until Oct. 1876, 
 when he declined further service ; the pres- 
 ent incumbent, the Hon. E. P. Walton, 
 succeeded the Rev. Dr. Lord. 
 
 The librarians of the Society have been 
 as follows: Henry Stevens, Esq., 1840- 
 
 1858, Hon. Charles Reed, 1858, until his 
 death, March 7, 1873 i ^^ was succeeded 
 by Hiram A. Huse, Esq., until Oct. 1874, 
 when the present incumbent, Mr. M. D. 
 Gilman, was elected. 
 
 Among the most prominent and active 
 workers in behalf of the Historical Society, 
 should be mentioned, Henry Stevens Esq., 
 Hon. Hiland Hall, Hon. Charles Reed, 
 Rev. Phny H. White, Geo. F. Houghton, 
 Esq., and the Hon. Eliakim P. Walton. 
 
 The annual meetings of the Society are 
 held at Montpelier, Tuesday preceding 
 the third Wednesday of October. 
 
 Persons desiring to become members of 
 the Society can do so, on the recommenda- 
 tion of any member, and the payment of 
 $2.00 for admission, and $1.00 per annum 
 thereafter. 
 
 The Society at the present time, 1881, 
 is in a flourishing condition ; it has a sys- 
 tem of exchanges and correspondence 
 with all kindred societies in this country 
 and some in England, besides a large cor- 
 respondence and exchange with individuals. 
 
 The library is estimated to contain from 
 7000 to 8000 vols. -of books, about 500 
 bound vols, of newspapers, and 12000 to 
 15000 pamphlets, besides a large quantity 
 of manuscripts, letters, and historical curi- 
 osities. 
 
 A card catalogue of the bound volumes 
 and newspapers has been completed, and 
 all books received are added to the cata- 
 logue. - 
 
 The Society has portraits in oil of Hon. 
 Hiland Hall, Rev. W. H. Lord and Hon. 
 D. P. Thompson, all presented to the So- 
 ciety, the two latter painted ty Montpel- 
 ier's native son, the distinguished artist, 
 Thomas W. Wood, and by him presented 
 to the Society. 
 
 As is the case with most libraries of the 
 time in our country, that of the Historical 
 Society has outgrown the room set apart 
 for it, and is greatly in need of more 
 space, which we trust will soon be pro- 
 vided in the proposed addition to the State 
 Capitol. 
 
 The following list of publications by the 
 Vermont Historical Society is thought to 
 be complete : 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 3^3 
 
 * Address by James D. Butler, atMont- 
 pelier, Oct. i6, 1846: " Deficiencies in 
 Our History." 8° p. 36. Montpelier: 
 Eastman & Danforth. 
 
 * Addresses on the Battle of Benning- 
 ton, and Life of Col. Seth Warner, at 
 Montpelier, Oct. 20, 1848, by James D. 
 Butler and Geo. F. Houghton. Burling- 
 ton : 8° p. 99. 
 
 Address at Montpelier, Oct. 24, 1850, 
 by Daniel P. Thompson. Burlington : 8° 
 p. 22. 
 
 "Address, "Life and Services of Mat- 
 thew Lyon," Oct. 29, 1858, by Rev. P. H. 
 White. Burlington: 8° p. 26. 
 
 * Address, "The Marbles of Vermont," 
 Oct. 29, 18,58, by A. D. Hager. Burling- 
 ton: 8° p. 16. 
 
 Constitution, By-Laws, Act of Incorpo- 
 ration, and catalogue of OiBcers and Mem- 
 bers of the Society. Woodstock, i860. 
 8° p. 16. 
 
 * Proceedings of 21st Annual Meeting, 
 and Address by Rev. Joseph Torrey, "His- 
 tory of Lake Champlain," Oct. 16, i860. 
 Burlington: 8° p. 27. 
 
 Proceedings, Special Meeting at Bur- 
 lington, Jan. 23, 1861. Burlington: 8° 
 
 p. 7, 8. 
 
 Proceedings, Annual Meeting at Mont- 
 pelier, Oct. IS and 16, 1861. St. Albans. 
 8° p. 17- 
 
 Proceedings, Special Meeting at Bur- 
 lington, Jan. 22 and 23, 1862. 8° p. 8. 
 St. Albans. 
 
 Address on Town Centennial Celebra- 
 tions. By Henry Clark, at Burlington, 
 Jan. 22, 1862. 8° p. 8. St. Albans. . 
 
 'Address by Henry B. Dawson on the 
 Battle of Bennington, at Burlington, Jan. 
 23, 1861. Printed in Hist. Magazine, 
 May, 1870; reprinted in Argus and Pat- 
 riot, Montpelier, June 27, July 4, 11, 1877. 
 
 ♦Address, "Early History of Banking 
 in Vermont," by Geo. B. Reed, Oct 14, 
 1862. 8° p. 28. 
 
 ♦Address, "Gov. Philip Skene," by 
 Henry Hall, of Rutland, at Windsor, July 
 2, 1863. Printed in (Dawson's) Hist. 
 Magazine, vol. 11, 2d series, p. 280-83. 
 
 * Address on Joseph Bowker, by Henry 
 Hall, Special meeting at Windsor, July i, 
 
 2, 1863. Printed in (Dawson's) Hist. 
 Magazine, vol. 11, 2d series, p. 351-54. 
 
 ♦ Address, ' ' Evacuation of Ticonderoga, 
 1777," at a Special Meeting at Brattle- 
 boro, July 17, 1862, by Henry Hall. Print- 
 ed in (Dawson's) Hist. Magazine, August, 
 1869. 
 
 Proceedings- at Brattleboro, July 16, 17, 
 and at the Annual Meeting at Montpelier, 
 Oct. 14, 1862. St. Albans. 8° p. 26. 
 
 ' Address, 'iSecession in Switzerland," 
 by J. W. DePeyster, at Montpelier, Oct. 
 20,1863. Catskill: 8° p. 72. 
 
 ♦ Address; "Life of Hon. Richard Skin- 
 ner," by Winslow C. Watson, at Mont- 
 pelier, Oct. 20, 1863. Albany : 8° p. 30. 
 
 ♦Address, "Edward Crafts Hopson," 
 by Henry Clark, Jan; 25, 1865. Special 
 meeting at Rutland. 8° p. 6. 
 
 ♦Address, "Charles Linsley," by E. J. 
 Phelps. Special meeting at Brandon, 
 Jan. 28, 1864. Albany : 8° p. 20. 
 
 ♦Address, " Battle of Gettysburgh," by 
 G. G. Benedict. Special meeting at Bran- 
 don, Jan. 26, 1864. Burlington : 8° p 24. 
 
 ♦ Another edition, enlarged, p. 27, and 
 appendix rv. Illustrated. 
 
 Addresses, on ' ' Solomon Foot," by Geo. 
 F.Edmunds, on "Gov. Galusha," by P. 
 H. White, on '*New England Civiliza- 
 tion," by Rev. J. E. Rankin, at Mont- 
 pelier, Oct. 16, 1866. Walton's print. 
 8° p. 72. 
 
 ♦ Address on Theophilus Herrington, by 
 Rev. P. H. White. Special meeting at 
 Rutland, Aug. 20, 1868. 8° p. 6. 
 
 ♦ Memorial Address on Hon. Jacob Col- 
 lamer, by James Barrett, at Montpelier, 
 Oct. 20, 1868. 8° p. 61. 
 
 Proceedings, and Addresses at Mont- 
 pelier, Oct. 19, 20, I869. " Capture of 
 Ticonderoga," by Hiland Hall; "Memo- 
 rial on P. H. White," by Henry Clark. 
 Journal print, Montpelier. pp. 15, 32, 16. 
 
 Proceedings, Oct. and Nov. 1870; con- 
 tains address on Hon. Charles Marsh, by 
 James Barrett. Montpelier, p. xxvii, 54. 
 
 Proceedings, and Address by L. E. 
 Chittenden, on " Capture of Ticonderoga." 
 At Montpelier, Oct. 8, 1872. Montpelier : 
 Printed for the Society. 8° p. xxi, J27. 
 
 ♦ Memorial Sketch of Charles Reed, by 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 H. A. Huse, at the Annual Meeting at 
 Montpelier, Oct. 13, 1874. Printed in 
 Daily Journal. 
 
 -Address, "History of the St. Albans 
 Raid," delivered at Montpelier, Oct. 17, 
 1876, by Hon. E. A. Sowles; St. Albans : 
 8° p. 48, including proceedings of the So- 
 ciety. 
 
 Collections of the Society, 2 vols. Vol. 
 
 1, Montpelier, 1870. 8°p. xix, 507. Vol. 
 
 2, Montpelier, 1871. 8° p.^xxviii, 530. 
 Proceedings, Oct. 15, 1878, at Mont- 
 pelier, with addresses: by Rev. M. H. 
 Buckham, on Rev. W. H. Lord, and by 
 Hon. E. P. Walton, on "The First Legis- 
 lature of Vermont." Polands' print. 8° 
 p. xvi, 47. 
 
 Proceedings, Oct. 19, 1880, at Mont- 
 pelier, with address by Hon. E. A. Sowles, 
 on " Fenianism," ete. Rutland : 8° p. 
 xxviii, (2,) 43. 
 
 Numerous addresses in addition to those 
 noticed have been delivered before the So- 
 ciety, the manuscripts of some of which 
 are on file in its archives. 
 
 The publications marked with a* are 
 out of print, and cannot be furnished by 
 the Society. 
 
 THE VERMONT sft.TE LIBRARY. 
 BV HIBAH A. UrS£, STATE LIBRABLAM. 
 
 Legislation as to a state library began in 
 1825. The State had about forty year's 
 before, it is true, gone into the book bus- 
 iness in rather a curious manner by seizing 
 the library of Charles Phelps, Esq., of 
 Marlboro, an energetic friend of New York 
 rule. This seizure was made in 1782, and 
 Stephen R. Bradley seems to have had 
 charge of the confiscated literature for a 
 time. In 1784 the legislature was provid- 
 ing that the committee for revising the 
 laws (an undertaking begun in 1782 and 
 not completed till 1787) should be paid 
 out of this library. The resolutions of the 
 General Assembly, March 6, 1784, relating 
 to such payment are as follows : 
 
 Resolved, that Stephen R. Bradley, Esq., 
 be, and is hereby directed to deliver to 
 Nathaniel Chipman and Micah Townsend, 
 Esqrs., Committee for revising the laws, 
 or either of them, upon the order or appli- 
 cation of them, or either of them, such of 
 
 the books late" the property of Charles 
 Phelps, Esq., as they or either of them 
 may think necessary for them in revising 
 the laws, he taking their receipt for such 
 books to account. And further. 
 
 Resolved, That all letters from either o f 
 the Committee for revising the laws to the 
 other upon the business of their appoint- 
 ment, be conveyed free of postage. That 
 the accounts of the said Committee, when 
 the business of their appointment shall be 
 completed, shall be adjusted by the Com- 
 mittee of Pay-Table, at the rate of twelve 
 shillings each per day, while they are sever- 
 ally employed in the business, for their 
 time and expences. That the Committee 
 be paid for their services out of the library 
 late the property of said Phelps, at a rea- 
 sonable appraisement, to be made by such 
 persons as shall be appointed by the Leg^- 
 lature, to be men acquainted with the val- 
 ue of books, and to be made under oath, 
 at cash price ; unless th$ Legislature shall 
 see proper to restore said library to said 
 Phelps ; or unle-ss said Phelps shall redeem 
 the books so appraised by paying the said 
 Committee such sum as they shall be ap- 
 praised at. The aforesaid Committee to 
 have their choice of what books they take 
 in payment. Provided the said committee 
 revise the statutes of this State which have 
 not already imdergone their examination, 
 by the session of Assembly in October 
 next. And if the said library shall be re- 
 stored to said Phelps, or shall be insuflS- 
 cient for payment, the Legislature will pay 
 the said Committee for such their services, 
 in hard money, or an equivalent. 
 
 Whatever became finally of the Phelps 
 books their temporary possession did not 
 establish a state library any more than, in 
 the troubled days of the revolution, the 
 possession of that "one negro whench" for 
 whose care Matthew Lyon charged the 
 State, established slavery. 
 
 The following is the resolution under 
 which the Vermont State Library was 
 formed : 
 
 In Council, Nov. 17, 1825. 
 Resolved, the general assembly concur- 
 ring herein. That it shall be the duty of 
 the governor and council annually, to ap- 
 point some suitable person, whose duty it 
 shall be to take charge of, and keep in 
 good order, all the books and public docu- 
 ments, deposited in the state-house, in 
 Montpelier ; and that a suitable room in 
 the state-house be placed under the con- 
 trol of such person, for a place of deposit 
 for such books and documents : and such 
 person, in the discharge of liis duty, shall 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 325 
 
 be governed by such ml* and regulations 
 as the governour and council shall, from 
 time to time, prescribe. 
 [Concurred Nov. 17, 1825.] 
 Calvin J. Keith was the first librarian, 
 and was appointed Nov. 17, 1825. He 
 was librarian 4 years, and after his service 
 there were frequerU changes in the office 
 for 30 years. 
 
 Until 1836 the librarian was appointed 
 by the governor and council ; then till 1848 
 by the governor ; and from 1848 till 1858 
 by the senate and house of representatives. 
 In 1857 the control of the'library was put 
 into the hands of trustees, who appoint a 
 librarian. The trustees organized Nov. 
 16, 1858, and appointed Charles Reed li- 
 brarian. Mr. Reed died March 7, 1873, 
 and was succeeded by the present libra- 
 rian. 
 
 The greater part of the books of the li- 
 brary escaped the iire of Jan. 6, 1857, 
 which destroyed the state-house. While 
 the present state-house was building, the 
 masonic hall was used for the library. A 
 catalogue of the library was printed in 
 1850, one in 1858, and one in 1872. 
 
 The library for nearly 30 years depend- 
 ed principally for increa.se on the receipt 
 of State publications and on exchanges. 
 In 1854, an annual appropriation of $200 
 for the purchase of books was made ; this 
 appropriation was increased to $500 in 
 1866 and to $800 in 1876. The substan- 
 tial growth of the library and its real use 
 date from the beginning of Mr. Reed's 
 services as librarian. He used the small 
 sums at his command with great good 
 judgment, and made a useful working li- 
 brary of it. 
 ' The library now contains about 19,000 
 bound volumes, exclusive of duplicates. 
 It has outgrown the quarters that, when 
 Mr. Reed took charge of it, were more 
 than ample, and is now, though its books 
 overflow into committee rooms, cramped 
 for room. In American law reports it is 
 among the best libraries in the country ; 
 in other departments it is incomplete, but 
 growing in those branches that appear to 
 be of most use. . 
 
 The .present officers of the library are :■ 
 Trustees, ex officio, the governor, the chief 
 
 justice and the secretary of state ; State, 
 E. J. Phelps, Horace Fairbanks, L. G. 
 Ware; resident, E. P. Walton, Joseph 
 Poland and Chas. H. Heath; librarian, 
 Hiram A. Huse ; first assistant librarian, 
 Thomas L. Wood. 
 
 Portraits, Gr'c. — Among the noticeable 
 things in the library are two portraits be- 
 longing to the Historical Society, the 
 work and gift of Thomas W. Wood, a na- 
 tive of Montpelier, and now one of the first 
 artists of New York city. One is a por- 
 trait of Rev. W. H. Lord and the other of 
 Hon. Daniel P. Thompson. A portrait, 
 by Mr. Wood, of Judge Prentiss is also in 
 the Capitol, though the formal presentation 
 to the Historical Society has not yet been 
 made. These portraits are valuable for 
 their artistic as well as their historical mer- 
 it,and in" the same class may be mentioned, 
 of the portraits in the executive chamber, 
 that of Gov. Smith, byThos. LeCIear. The 
 portrait of Gov. Paine is a good copy, from 
 a good original by Chester Harding ; and 
 that of Gov. Williams, by B. F. Mason, 
 is a creditable piece of work. The other 
 portraits in the governor's rooHi are no 
 doubt historically valuable. A bust of Gov. 
 Erastus Fairbanks, by J. Q. A. Ward, is 
 excellent work, as- is one of Judge Elijah 
 Paine by Greenough. There is also a fine 
 bust of Jacob CoUamer by Preston Powers. 
 Julian Scott's large painting of the Battle 
 of Cedar Creek is too big for the governor's 
 room, and whatever good work there is in 
 it has no chance to "vindicate" itself. A 
 portrait of Washington hangs over the 
 speaker's chair in the Hall of the House 
 of Representatives. 
 
 There should also be mentioned the 
 statue of Ethan Allen which stands at the 
 entrance to the capitol. It is of heroic 
 size, is the work of Larkin G. .Mead, 
 was completed in 1861, and on the loth 
 of, October in that year was "inaugurat- 
 ed," Hon. Fred. E. Woodbridge of Ver- 
 gennes delivering the oration. Two of 
 the field-pieces captured - from the Hes- 
 sians at Bennington, are to be seen in the 
 capitol, as well as the battle flags of the 
 Vermont organizations that served in the 
 war of the rebellion. 
 
326 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 [Present Artists in Montp'elier — J. F. 
 Gilman, crayon portrait painter, Union 
 block; A. N. Blanchard, Main st., A. C. 
 Harlow, Ellis block. State St., photogra- 
 phers. Mr. H. is just completing for the 
 engraver the copy of an oil portrait of Gen. 
 Parley Davis, for our next No. — Ed.] 
 
 THE STATE CABINET. 
 BY PKOF. HIBAM A. CnTTING M. D., 
 
 Statu Geologist and Curator of Statu Cabinet. 
 
 This is a collection in Natural History 
 provided for by law and kept in the State 
 house. It is intended to show the geolo- 
 gy and natural history of the State. The 
 collection of rock showing the sections 
 across the State were collected by the geo- 
 logical survey. This was added to by the 
 purchase of the Zadoc Thompson collec- 
 tion of natural history, and by donations 
 and otherwise it has been largely increased. 
 The space alloted for the display Of speci- 
 mens is very inadequate, and in conse- 
 quence thousands of them are packed 
 away. There i^, however, over 20,000 on 
 exhibition, and those displayed are intend- 
 ed to show the character of the rocks and 
 all the minerals found in the State as well 
 as insects, birds, animals, Indian relics, 
 &c. Many specimens are of great value, 
 and if lost could never be replaced. The 
 collection was first in charge of the geo- 
 logical, survey, then in charge of State Geol- 
 ogist Albert D. Hager. who was curator un- 
 . til he left the State in 1869. In 1870, Dr. 
 Hiram A. Cutting was appointed as his 
 successor, and still has charge. Since his 
 appointment the collection has more than 
 doubled. The number of visitors ranges 
 from 12 to 25 thousand annually, and it is 
 one of the greatest educational interests of 
 the State. 
 
 Though intended only to be representa- 
 tive of the natural history of Vermont, 
 there has, by various donations, several 
 hundred of foreign specimens crept in, 
 many of which are on exhibition, and are 
 valuable, as comparatives with similar spec- 
 imens in the State. It is to be hoped that 
 this valuable aid to Vermont education 
 will ere long have the space granted nec- 
 essary for the fuU display of its specimens, 
 when it will be truly one of the most valu- 
 able collections in New England. 
 
 PAPERS FCJRSIPHEP BY CHAS. DE F. HANCROFT. 
 NUMBER OF DEATHS IN TOWN YEARLY, 
 
 From Jan. i, 1825, to Oct. i, 1881. 
 
 1825. 
 1826. 
 1827. 
 1828. 
 1829. 
 1830. 
 1831. 
 1832. 
 
 1833 
 1834. 
 
 1835- 
 1836. 
 
 1837- 
 1838. 
 1839. 
 1840. 
 1841. 
 1842. 
 1843. 
 
 • .30 
 ••31 
 ..IS 
 ..14 
 ..14 
 ..14 
 ..14 
 ..23 
 
 ••23 
 ..17 
 . .20 
 . .22 
 . .20 
 ..24 
 
 , .25 
 
 ..46 
 ..58 
 ,.41 
 ..41 
 
 1844. 
 1845. 
 1846. 
 1847. 
 1848. 
 1849. 
 1850. 
 1851. 
 1852. 
 
 1853- 
 1854. 
 1855. 
 1856. 
 1857. 
 1858. 
 1859. 
 i860. 
 1861. 
 1862. 
 
 •45 
 .22 
 
 •32 
 ■36 
 
 •23 
 .41 
 .28 
 ■35 
 •35 
 •31 
 .25 
 .30 
 
 ■35 
 .29 
 
 •25 
 •34 
 •25 
 .29 
 
 ■30 
 
 1863. 
 
 I864. 
 
 1865. 
 
 1866. 
 
 1867. 
 
 1868. 
 
 1869. 
 
 1870. 
 
 1871 
 
 1872. 
 
 1873 • 
 
 1874. 
 
 1875- 
 
 1876. 
 
 1877. 
 1878. 
 
 1879 • 
 1880. 
 1881. 
 
 .46 
 
 •31 
 .42 
 
 ■29 
 ■25 
 •39 
 •31 
 .29 
 .28 
 .66 
 •50 
 ■55 
 ■75 
 ■56 
 .48 
 .40 
 .48 
 .66 
 .60 
 
 The above was compiled from a book 
 kept by the late Aaron Bancroft, " the old 
 village sexton," containing a record of all 
 the deaths occurring from 1825 to 1857 in 
 the village and the suburbs, (which is 
 about the present limits of the town,) 
 since which time the State law has re- 
 quired the registration of all deaths. But 
 the town records showing that the regis- 
 tration is very imperfect since then to the 
 date of 1 87 1, the files of the newspapers 
 published in town had to be resorted to 
 for those years. Since 1871 I have kept a 
 record of all deaths. I think upon the 
 whole, from my researches and inquiries, 
 that the above is a very accurate state- 
 ment. From 1825 to 1845 a large per- 
 centage of the deaths were children, and 
 the remainder of adults of a middle age of 
 life, acute diseases being the cause of a 
 large percentage of them. From 1845 the 
 record shows a gradual increase of longev- 
 ity, the last fifteen years showing a large 
 percentage as being adults past the middle 
 age of life, some of these years the av- 
 erage age of the deaths in tawn being 
 about 50 years. In 1880-81 the deaths of 
 children were in an excess, resulting main- 
 ly from diphtheria. The registration of 
 the deaths in town to the year 1823, (when 
 the registration ceased,) is very imperfect,, 
 only from one to five being registered oc- 
 .curring in the whole town yearly, aijdsome 
 years none at all. 3. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 327 
 
 LONGEVITY OF MONTPELIER. 
 
 Persons who have died since 1825. 
 
 1878 Phoebe Hazard. 1014 
 
 1864 Thomas Davis gjj 
 
 1861 Nathan Jewett 95 
 
 1847 Aaron Gris*fold.. 95 
 
 1854 Betsey Watson. .1 94 
 
 1874 Phoebe Tuthill 94 
 
 1861 Levi Huraphey 92 
 
 1863 Simeon Dewey 92 
 
 1868 Peter Nichols 92 
 
 1886 Eleanor Needham 92 
 
 1881 Aurelia Rose 92 
 
 1847 Mrs. Campbell g(i 
 
 1863 Jonathan Shepard 91 
 
 1864 Moses Cree ." . .91 
 
 1877 Naomi Dodge 
 
 1877 John Gray 91 
 
 1839 Mrs. Edwards .90 
 
 1863 Francjs Gangau 90 
 
 1866 Samuel Goss 90 
 
 1871 Hetty Houghton 90 
 
 1876 Mary M. Vail 90 
 
 1880 Luther Poland 90 
 
 1842 Mary Cadwell 89 
 
 i860 Rev. Zadoc Hubbard 89 
 
 1864 Aichen Butterfly 89 
 
 1865 Hannah Marsh .89 
 
 1881 Daniel Baldwin 89 
 
 1872 Aaron Bancroft .88 
 
 1842 Luther King 88 
 
 1866 Nathaniel Proctor 88 
 
 1868 Mary Taylor 88 
 
 187s Dyer Loomis 88 
 
 1875 Sally Grant 88 
 
 187s Silas Barrows 88 
 
 1876 ■ Lucy L. Loomis 88 
 
 1879 Thomas Gannon 88 
 
 1835 John Taplin 
 
 1854 Amos Strong 87 
 
 1865 Lucy A. Ripley 87 
 
 1867 Rufus Campbell 87 
 
 1872 Thomas Needham 87 
 
 1877 Mitchell St: John 87 
 
 1880 Julia A. Clark 87 
 
 1881 Dorothy Home 87 
 
 1839 Esther Hatch , 86 
 
 1846 John Melon; 86 
 
 1846. Sarah Philbrook 86 
 
 1852 Elijah Nye 86 
 
 1853 Dexter May 86 
 
 1857 Patty Reed 86 
 
 1863 Mary Leonard 86 
 
 1869 Sarah T. Hayward.', 86 
 
 1875 Anna Pitkin 86 
 
 l87-5' Anna Waugh 86 
 
 1877 Mrs. Luth«r Howe 86 
 
 1878 Prussia Walton 86 
 
 1879 Luman Rublee. : 86 
 
 1 880 Susan Loomis Brown 86: 
 
 1839 Arthur Daggett 85 
 
 1840 Mrs. Bancroft. . , 85 
 
 1S49 Mrs. Wesvjohn 85 
 
 844 
 847 
 850 
 8S3 
 8SS 
 862 
 864 
 866 
 872 
 876 
 878 
 826 
 
 849 
 849 
 8S3 
 856 
 862 
 -m+r866 
 ^ -869 
 871 
 871 
 874 
 874 
 876 
 
 879 
 879 
 849 
 851 
 8S4 
 8S4 
 856 
 
 859 
 864 
 
 864 
 
 864 
 
 865 
 
 86s 
 
 867 
 
 869 
 
 870 
 
 872 
 
 872 
 
 87s 
 
 87s 
 
 850 
 
 858, 
 
 859 
 
 86s 
 
 868 
 
 874 
 
 87s 
 
 87s 
 
 876 
 
 880 
 
 881 
 
 823 
 
 828 
 
 846 
 
 870 
 
 873 
 
 874 
 
 879 
 
 880 
 
 r^'^ 
 
 Dolly Harran 85 
 
 Samuel Upham.. 85 
 
 Darius Boyden 85 
 
 Capt. Eben Morse 85 
 
 Mrs. Emerson 85 
 
 Mrs. WiLson 85 
 
 Rhoda Brooks 85 
 
 Phoebe Gallison 85 
 
 Lucy Guernsey 8s 
 
 Betsey Waugh 85 
 
 .William Bennett 8s 
 
 Mrs. Cross 84 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Taplin 84 
 
 Betsey Wright 84 
 
 Lydia Lamb 84 
 
 Col. Asahel Washburn 84 
 
 Jol>n Gallison 84 
 
 William Kinson r?t^84 
 
 Mary H. French 84 
 
 I'atty Howes 84 
 
 Sarah Phinney 84 
 
 Rawsel R. Keith ' 84 
 
 Deborah Washburn 84 
 
 Zenas Wood 84 
 
 Anna Stoddard 84 
 
 Lyman G. Camp 84 
 
 Ebenezer Frizzle .83 
 
 Jacob Davis .83 
 
 Rebecca Davis 83 
 
 ZionCopeland 83 
 
 Hannah Dana. 83 
 
 Joseph Reed 83 
 
 Thomas Clark, 83 
 
 Jane Lawson 83 
 
 B. Frank Markham 83 
 
 David Gray 83 
 
 Polly Mitchell 83 
 
 Isaac Wilson 83 
 
 Edmund H. Langdon 83 
 
 Joseph Rowell 83 
 
 John Wood 83 
 
 Content Skinner T^ . . . . .83 
 
 Polly White 83 
 
 Mary Wood 83 
 
 Mrs. Eben Morse 82 
 
 Mrs. Holden ; .82 
 
 Jared Dodge 82 
 
 Anna F. Bancroft 82 
 
 Dr. Aaron Smith 82 
 
 Michael Malony 82 
 
 Polly Kimball 82 
 
 Elizabeth (Jones) Caryl '. .82 
 
 John Home \ 82 
 
 Edward L. Taplin 82 
 
 Oramel H. Smith 82 
 
 Rebecca Davis 8 
 
 John Tuthill 8 
 
 Eliakim D. Perstms 8 
 
 John Palmer 8 
 
 ■Nathaniel Abbott 8 
 
 Sally Spaulding 8 
 
 Margaret Stimson 8 
 
 Daniel Cameron 8 
 
 Cynthia Hill 8 
 
328 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 1872 Joseph Somerby t^o 
 
 183.9 Timothy Hatch 80 
 
 1842 Mrs. Doty 80 
 
 1844 Hannah Paine 80 
 
 1849 Cyrus Ware 80 
 
 1859 Araunah Waterman 80 
 
 1863 Silas Jones 80 
 
 1863 Joseph Howes 80 
 
 1863 Mrs. Yatter 80 
 
 1869 Peter Rose 80 
 
 1870 John Spalding , 80 
 
 1871 Bridget Brodie 80 
 
 1874 Hannah Ferrin 80 
 
 187s William Bills 80 
 
 187s Anna Smith 80 
 
 1876 Jane Hutchinson 80 
 
 1877 Betsey Young 80 
 
 1878 Dr. Buckley O. Tyler So 
 
 1880 William Paul 80 
 
 i88i Horace Spencer 80 
 
 1843 David Parsons 79 
 
 1S.46 Lemuel Brooks. . .' 79 
 
 1856 William Noyes 79 
 
 1859 Sarah Wilder 79 
 
 1859 Nancy Town 79 
 
 1859 Mary Lewis. , 79 
 
 1S60 Benjamin Staples, 79 
 
 1861 Mandy Mclntyre 79 
 
 1862 Abigail Dewey 79 
 
 1863 Silas C. French 79 
 
 1869 John G. Clark 79 
 
 1871 Hugh Rourk 79 
 
 1872 Jacob Mclntyre 79 
 
 1874 Isaac Lavigne 79 
 
 187s Daniel Wilson 79 
 
 1881 Rev. Elisha Brown 79 
 
 1842 Mrs. Levey 78 
 
 1845 Mrs. Hassam .■ 78 
 
 1843 Lucretia Parsons 78 
 
 1847 Silas Burbank , 78 
 
 1846 Mrs. Phoebe Mann 78 
 
 1856 Mason Johnson 78 
 
 1867 Thomas Dodge 78 
 
 1872 Mary Primef^ 78 
 
 1872 Polly Coffey 78 
 
 1872 Sherman Hubbard 78 
 
 187.7 William W. Cadwell 78 
 
 1878 Margaret Fitzgibbons, 78 
 
 1879 Helen Crane 78 
 
 1S80 Polly Dudley .V8 
 
 1828 Mrs. Gale 77 
 
 1840 Mrs. Lawson •;■; 
 
 1840 Jesse Cole 77 
 
 1843 John Walton 77 
 
 1847 Mrs. Cole. yy 
 
 1849 Dolly Washburn 77 
 
 1852 Polly Davis 77 
 
 1852 Betsey Cummings 77 
 
 1859 Welcome %role 77 
 
 l86i Mary Goss 77 
 
 1864 Polly Warren 77 
 
 1866 John Carroll ...77 
 
 1867 Sail); Richardson 77 
 
 1865 Persis B. Davis ... i 77 
 
 870 Esther French 77 
 
 871 Henry Y. Barnes 77 
 
 873 Dr. Aaron Denio ,77 
 
 874 Susan Rowell 77 
 
 87s Thomas Donahue 77 
 
 87s Dr. James Templeton 77 
 
 878 Mrs. Daniel Cameron 77 
 
 879 Orin Pitkin ..77 
 
 880 Caroline Barnes 77 
 
 827 Hannah Carr 76 
 
 863 Nabby Smith 76 
 
 864 Sarah Wilder 76 
 
 873 Barnabas H. Snow .76 
 
 874 Clarissa Kellogg 76 
 
 87s James Boyden 76 
 
 876 Sarah Jones 76 
 
 877 Dr. Julius Y. Dewey 76 
 
 878 Alpheus Flanders 76 
 
 880 Fanny Peck. .76 
 
 881 Zebina C. Camp , - .76 
 
 881 Mary Jacobs 76 
 
 88t Dorothy Walling 76 
 
 827 Samuel Campbell 75 
 
 840 Lois P. Lawson 75 
 
 845 Mrs. Packard 75 
 
 848 Roger Hubbard. 75 
 
 849 Betsey Cadwell 75 
 
 850 Mrs. Lawton 75 
 
 855 Mrs. Jacob F. Dodge 75 
 
 856 Thomas Hazard 75 
 
 857 Betsey H. Vail 75 
 
 857 Hon. Samuel Prentiss. 75 
 
 S65 Sylvanus Ripley 75 
 
 869 Margaret Moorcroft 75 
 
 869 Nehemiah Harvey 75 
 
 869 Dr. Reuben W. jiill 75 
 
 871 Sally Taplin '. 75 
 
 872 Anna Hubbard 75 
 
 873 Nathan Dodge 75 
 
 840 Polly Barton 74 
 
 842 Mrs. Wheelock 74 
 
 84s Mrs. John Walton 74 
 
 84s Dr. Edward Lamb 74 
 
 847 Isaac Freeman 74 
 
 [*49 Mrs. Matthew 74 
 
 851 Mrs, Kendall 74 
 
 860 Francis Smith 74 
 
 861 Susan Abbott 74 
 
 864 Antoine Rivers 74 
 
 86s Richard Paine ^ • • 74 
 
 865 Isaiah Silver 74 
 
 865 Ruth C. Moulton 74 
 
 866 Thayer Townshend 74 
 
 866 Hubbard Guernsey 74 
 
 868 Daniel P. Thompson 74 
 
 868 Frederick Marsh. 74 
 
 874 Dr. Charles Clark 74 
 
 879 Mrs. John Girard .74 
 
 881 Jesse Hutchinson 74 
 
 826 Mrs. Nye 73 
 
 83s Mrs. Eliakim D. Person.s 73 
 
 864 Isaac Putnam 73 
 
 838 Mrs. Elijah Nye 73 
 
 862 Jane Hathaway 73 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 329 
 
 1864 . Abby Langdon 73 
 
 1868 Philomila Flint , 73 
 
 1872 Hannah Patterson 73 
 
 1873 Phoebe Redway 73 
 
 1876 . Mrs. Orange Fifield 73 
 
 1875 Richard Dillon 73 
 
 1876 Mary M. Davis 73 
 
 1878 Orlena Hoyt 73 
 
 1836 Charles Bulkley 72 
 
 ,1837 Mrs. Holmes 72 
 
 1838 Mrs. Timothy Hatch 72 
 
 1837 Thomas Reed, St 72 
 
 1840 Lucy Trowbridge 72 
 
 1849 Sally Shepard 72 
 
 1858 Ann Wheaton 72 
 
 1864 Dr. Thomas C. Taplin 72 
 
 1870 William Moorcroft 72 
 
 1870 Stukely Angell 72 
 
 187 1 Jeremiah Davis 72 
 
 1872 Constant W. Storrs 72 
 
 1872 Benjamin Brown 72 
 
 1873 Timothy Cross 72 
 
 1874 Col. Levi Boutwell 72 
 
 1879 Betsey Cadwell 72 
 
 1826 Mrs. Dodge 71 
 
 1838 Mfs. Partridge 71 
 
 1842 Mrs. Dexter May 71 
 
 1849 M^s- Anna Cutler 71 
 
 i860 Samuel Forbes 71 
 
 1864 Calvin Warren 71 
 
 1864 Thomas Reed ^\ 
 
 1867 Dr. Charles B. Chandler 71 
 
 1878 Peter G. Smith .71 
 
 1880 Anson Davis 71 
 
 1881 Mary Sargent 71 
 
 . 1839 '^•'s- Collins 70 
 
 1839 '^''s- Burrell .7° 
 
 1841 Ebenezer Lewis .70 
 
 i8s4 B. B. Dimmick 7° 
 
 1854 Joshua Y. Vail 7° 
 
 1854 Sophia B. Loomis 70 
 
 1854 Mrs. Peck 7° 
 
 1854 Lucretia Prentiss 7° 
 
 1854 James Taylor 7° 
 
 1861 Samuer Abbott : 7° 
 
 1861 William P. Briggs 70 
 
 1863 David Fitzgibbons 7° 
 
 1863 Anna O'Brien 7° 
 
 186s Valentine Willey 7° 
 
 187 1 William B. Hubbard 7° 
 
 1872 Nancy Johnson 7° 
 
 1873 Luther Cross 7° 
 
 1873 Daniel Willey 7° 
 
 187s Margaret Cooper 7° 
 
 187s Mary Gannon 7° 
 
 1876 Allen Gallison 7° 
 
 1879 ^^''y Donahue lo 
 
 188% Mary Fenton 70 
 
 1873 Mrs. Daniel Baldwin ^^ 
 
 Note.— In the preceding list are includ- 
 ed the names of a few who for many years 
 were residents of this town, but died while 
 temporarily residing in some other place. 
 
 B. 
 
 42 
 
 PERSONS RESIDING IN TOWN, OCT. 15, 1 88 1, 
 IN THEIR 70TH YEAR AND OVER. 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel C. King . . . .' 92 
 
 Lucy Mead .92 
 
 Martha l^ers 91 
 
 Joshua Blls 88 
 
 Lydia M. Warren 88 
 
 John Murphy 86 
 
 Enos Stimson 86 
 
 Patrick Brodie 86 
 
 Lucia Clark 86 
 
 Joseph Wood 85 
 
 Mary Gunnison ., 84 
 
 Prudence Camp 84 
 
 Rebecca Sweet 84 
 
 Josephine Lavigne 84 
 
 Betsey Haskins 84 
 
 Clark Fisk 84 
 
 Polly Cross 84 
 
 Francis Labouchire 84 
 
 Elvira Shafter 83 
 
 Lucinda Stevens 83 
 
 Andrew A. Sweet 83 
 
 Appleton Fitch 83 
 
 Peter Crapeau. 83 
 
 Polly M. Chadwick 82 
 
 Loraine Riker 82 
 
 Wooster Sprague 82 
 
 Duran Stowell 82 
 
 William Kelly -. 82 
 
 Joseph Felix 82 
 
 Eben Gunnison 81 
 
 Roxa Gould. 80 
 
 Orin Cummins 80 
 
 Horatio N. Taplin. 80 
 
 Elisha P. Jewett. 80 
 
 James McLaughlin 80 
 
 Abby S. Dodge 79 
 
 Nelson A. Chase 79 
 
 Sarah R. Cleaves 79 
 
 Patrick Corry 79 
 
 Clarissa Silloway 79 
 
 Orange Fifield 78 
 
 Dorothy Harran 78 
 
 Lucy Snow 78 
 
 Miranda C. Storrs 78 
 
 Eliza Boutwell * n 
 
 Susan R. Aiken 77 
 
 Stephen Bennett 77 
 
 Clarissa Chase 76 
 
 Margaret Crapo 76 
 
 Randall Darling 76 
 
 Geo. S. Hubbard .76 
 
 Eliza Hubbard 76 
 
 Dorcas Maxham 76 
 
 Nancy Sprague 76 
 
 John F. Stone 76 
 
 Henry W. Sabin 76 
 
 Kendall T. Davis 76 
 
 Snow Town 75 
 
 Mary Tuttle 7S 
 
 Henry Nutt - 7S 
 
 Eben'Scribner .75 
 
 John Slattery 75 
 
 Patrick McManus 75 
 
330 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Julius H. Bostwick 75 
 
 Maria L. W. Reed 74 
 
 Harriet L. Taplin 74 
 
 Jacob Smitii 74 
 
 Emerson Demeritt -A 74 
 
 Michael Savage .^iW- 74 
 
 Elizabeth Alain 74 
 
 Hopy Hartwell 74 
 
 Mary L. Nutt 74 
 
 Louisa Seymour 74 
 
 Joseph L. Scoville 74 
 
 Olive Fisk 73 
 
 Sydney P. Redfield 73 
 
 Rufus R. Riker 73 
 
 Nancy George 73 
 
 Sarah H. Nelson 73 
 
 John O. A. Peck 73 
 
 Ira S. Town 73 
 
 John Demerritt 72 
 
 Charles H. Severance 72 
 
 Moses Yatter 72 
 
 Susan E. Pitkin 72 
 
 Lydia P. Stone 72 
 
 George W. Scott. 72 
 
 Samuel Town. 72 
 
 Judith Town 72 
 
 Hannah Dana. 71 
 
 Lucinda C. Bowen 71 
 
 Samuel Dodge 71 
 
 Eliza Houghton 7i 
 
 Emeline Lewis 71 
 
 Jane Meadowcroft 71 
 
 Nancy M. Paul 71 
 
 Isaac Seymovtr 71 
 
 Marble Russfell. 71 
 
 Susan Flanders 70 
 
 Clortina Guernsey >.. .70 
 
 HomerW. Heaton 70 
 
 Amira Demeritti^ 70 
 
 Ezra F. Kimball 70 
 
 Joseph Pare 70 
 
 Julia Rivers 70 
 
 Mary Smith 70 
 
 Josepn Alain 70 
 
 Sophronia Guernsey 70 
 
 Peter Cayhue 70 
 
 Mary Coffey • 70 
 
 John Flynn. .' 70 
 
 Ezekiel Kent. 70 
 
 Wm. N. Peck 70 
 
 Mary D. Storrs 70 
 
 Maria Scoville 70 
 
 Mary Town 70 
 
 Joseph A. Wing 70 
 
 Erastus Hubbard 70 
 
 Edna Robinson 70 
 
 Samuel S. Kelton 69 
 
 Margaret Bancroft 69 
 
 Major S. Goodwin .69 
 
 Charles H. Cross 69 
 
 Caroline M. Cross. , 69 
 
 Eliakim P. Walton. 69 
 
 Erastus Camp 69 
 
 Solon J. Y. Vail .69 
 
 ACCIDENTS. 
 
 Four persons have been killed in town 
 by the falling of trees. Previous to 1800, 
 in the east part of the town a little girl, a 
 step-daughter of Benjamin Nash, was ap- 
 proaching her father, who was cutting 
 down a tree in the border of the woods 
 near the house, when the tree fell in the 
 direction in which she was making her 
 way, and killed Uer. The second was a 
 young man named Chamberlain, who was 
 killed by the falling of a tree in a central 
 part of the town in the year 1801. And 
 anotherby the name of Robinson, during 
 that or the following year, was killed by 
 the falling of a tree in the north part of 
 the town. And yet another, an idiotic 
 man, by the name of Charles Davis, was 
 killed by a tree of his own falling, by un- 
 dertaking to get out of danger by running 
 in the same direction in which the tree 
 had started to fall. 
 
 At a later period, a stranger was drowned 
 while attempting to wade through the river 
 near Montpelier, having mistaken the place 
 of fording. 
 
 Iff 1824, Theron Lamphere was drowned 
 in the mill-pond, while attempting to swim 
 over. 
 
 About 1822, Thomas, Jr., son of Thos. 
 Davis, was accidently shot. 
 
 In 1828, a man by the name of Mead, 
 from Middlesex, was killed by the falling 
 of the earth from the excavated bank in 
 the rear of the house of W. W. Cadwell. 
 
 In the store of Erastus Hubbard, Oct. 12, 
 1848, election day, Mr. Hubbard, or his 
 clerk, was weighing out a parcel of powder 
 to some one of the crowd in the store- 
 room and around the door. Powder had 
 doubtless been scattered on the floor, in 
 filling the can from which it was being 
 poured into the scales ; and one or more 
 persons were smoking cigars in the room, 
 when suddenly a terrific explosion follow- 
 ed. Azro Bancroft and a Mr. Sanborn 
 were so burned that they did not suij/ive, 
 and one or two others were sadly maimed. 
 Mr. Hubbard's life, in consequence of the 
 burns received, was for months despaired 
 of. He finally recovered, but wearing for 
 life marks Of the accident. The second 
 
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 floor of the building was lifted by the ex- 
 plosion about half a foot, and the store 
 set on fire, but the flames were soon ex- 
 tinguished with,little additional damage. 
 
 Two fatal accidents from gunpowder oc- 
 curred in blasting out the rock for the 
 foundation of the second State House. 
 Elisha Hutchinson, of Worcester, was 
 struck down dead near the Insurance of- 
 fice, by a stone thrown by a blast on the 
 ledge about 30 rods ; and John W. Culver, 
 a mechanic of Montpelier, was the same 
 season struck at the distance of 20 rods 
 and killed, by a wooden roller placed over 
 the mine to prevent the stones from flying ; 
 while a young man by the name of Tucker, 
 from Calais, one of the workmen on the 
 State House foundation, was so injured by 
 one of the blasts that he lost his eyesight 
 and his prospects were ruined for life. 
 
 In August, 1859, a promising son of 
 Charles Lyman, aged about 12 years, was 
 drowned at the mouth of Dog river, while 
 bathing. 
 
 In the .spring of 1858, the body of a Mr. 
 Williams, of Middlesex, an insane person, 
 was found in the flume of Langdon's mill. 
 About the same period a man, not»a resi- 
 dent of this town, drowned himself by 
 forcing his way through a hole in the ice 
 in the North Branch, a mile or two above 
 the village. 
 
 Aug. 9, 1863, Carlos J . , aged 1 1 years, son 
 of Carlos Bancroft, was drowned, while 
 bathing near the sand-bottom bridge. 
 
 Jan. 14, 1864, Henry Crane, of this 
 town, at one time High Sheriff of the 
 County, was killed by the cars in New 
 London, Canada. 
 
 1864, a daughter of Alexander Noble, of 
 10 year.s, was drowned in the Worcester 
 Branch mill-pond. She was gathering 
 flood-wood. 
 
 Apr. 10, 1865, a soldier named Cushman 
 was maimed for life by the premature dis- 
 charge of a cannon while firing a salute 
 over the recent victories, he subsequently 
 dying of the injuries in Boston. 
 
 April 3, 1867, Peter- Lemoine, aged 21, 
 a blacksmith, was killed by the premature 
 discharge of a cannon while firing a salute 
 
 over an election, and Alexander Jangraw 
 was maimed for life. 
 
 Aug. 3, 1867, John McGinn, aged 68, a 
 stone mason, was thrown from his wagon 
 when opposite the Bethany church, by his 
 runaway horse, and instantly killed. 
 
 In Apr. 1870, Alexander Noble, of this 
 town, while assisting in getting out a jamb 
 of logs in the Connecticut river, was 
 drowned. 
 
 May 16, 1871, Chas. Braley, aged about 
 18 years, while out hunting, accidentally 
 ignited some powder which he carried 
 loosely in his pocket, causing an explo- 
 sion, which proved fatal a day or two 
 after. 
 
 Oct. I, 1872, John Braley, aged 21, a 
 brother of the above, night watchman in 
 the Central Vermont depot, was instantly 
 killed while coupling cars in the depot. 
 
 Aug. 3, 1872, Truman Best, a merchant 
 in town, was drowned while out pleasure 
 riding in a boat on the Langdon rpill-pond. 
 In trying to assist a party in another boat 
 to recover an oar which they had lost, both 
 boats were carried over the dam. The 
 two boats contained five men, three of 
 whom swam safely to the shore, but one 
 of them, Fred W.. Bancroft, was rescued 
 in a very exhausted condition, while pas- 
 ing underneath the Central railroad bridge, 
 with ropes, while clinging to a boat. Mr. 
 Best is supposed to have struck his head 
 upon the rocks below the dam as he came 
 over, and was made insensible. His body 
 was not found for some days afterwards, 
 the river being very much swollen at the 
 time when it was found, about two miles 
 below down the river. 
 
 June 24, 1873, Johnnie, aged 10 years, 
 son of Patrick Kane, was drowned while 
 in bathing, at the mouth of the Worcester 
 Branch. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1874, Michael McMahon, an 
 aged section man, was killed by cars, 
 being caught by the side of the cars, while 
 in motion, and the end of the deppt. 
 : May 25, 1874, Alfred Goodnough, aged 
 50, a farmer, while driving across the rail- 
 road track near Sabin's, was run into by a 
 car, and received injuries which proved 
 
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 fatal, he dying two days after at Mr. 
 Sabin's house. 
 
 1874, a little daughter of John O'Grady 
 fell from the road opposite the machine- 
 shop into the river, and was drowned. 
 
 July 22, 187s, Bessie, aged .5 years, a 
 dau. of Rev. W. H. Lord, was thrown 
 from the wagon by a runaway horse, while 
 descending the hill road leading down 
 from Gould hill to Wrightsville, and re- 
 ceived injuries which proved fatal in a few 
 hours. 
 
 June 24, 1876, Erastus Lamphear, aged 
 49, a carpenter and joiner, was blown from 
 the roof of a barn which he was raising, 
 and severely injured. He was carried to 
 his residence, and died th^ following day. 
 
 Sept. 23, 1876, Charles W. Bailey, one of 
 Montpelier's most worthy citizens and 
 business men, was killed by the cars at 
 Essex Junction. 
 
 Sept. 26, 1876, by a collision of two 
 passenger trains on the Montpelier and 
 Wells River railroad, near the residence of 
 W. E. Hubbard, Benjamin F. Merrill, en- 
 gineer of one of the engines, lost a leg, 
 and several other train men being more or 
 less injured. 
 
 In June, 1877, Henry L. Hart, a young 
 man, aged 23, started on a pleasure trip 
 down the Winooski in <i row boat, and 
 was last seen near the moifth of the. river 
 at Burlington a few days afterwards. His 
 hat and a few contents of the boat were 
 picked up, but of his fate nothing was ever 
 learned. 
 
 Aug. I, 1879, Aaron M. Burnham, arch- 
 itect and builder, of this town, was fatally 
 injured while superintending the erection 
 of a church at Lebanon, N. H., death en- 
 suing two days after. 
 
 Sept. I, 1879, Johnnie H., of 5 years, 
 son of J. iV. F. Washburn, while play- 
 ing on the bank of the river near the eddy, 
 fell in and was drowned. 
 
 July 23, 1880, while firing a salute in 
 front of the State Arsenal grounds, Wm. 
 Henry Willey and Clark B. Roberts, by 
 the premature discharge of the cannon, 
 were severely injured, each losing an arm. 
 Willey was an old soldier, and Roberts a 
 young man. 
 
 Sept. II, 1880, James M. Wade, aged 
 19, a brakeman on the Montpelier and 
 Wells River railroad, was thrown from the 
 train near the State Fair gfounds, was run 
 over, and received injuries which proved 
 fatal about a week after. 
 
 Oct. 12, 1S81, Peter Marcott, Jr., aged 
 29 years, a teamster, was instantly killed 
 on East Mechanic street, his neck being 
 broken, caused either by being thrown 
 from his wagon seat, and striking upon 
 his head as one of the wheels dropped into 
 a deep rut in the road, or by being struck 
 upon the head by the wagon body, the 
 horses starting up suddenly as he was 
 about to get upon the seat. 
 
 SUICIDES. 
 
 In 1 80 1, the wife of John Cutler de- 
 stroyed herself by hanging, and a few 
 years later. Miss Nancy Waugh drowned 
 herself. 
 
 June 10, 1861, Henry Boyden, aged 37, 
 living just across the river on the Berlin 
 side, hung himself. 
 
 July 30, 1865, George V. Rose, aged 
 26, aU. S. recruiting officer stationed here, 
 shot himself. 
 
 Sepf. 3, 1867, J. Fred Cross, aged 27, 
 proprietor of the American House, shot 
 himself. 
 
 Nov. 27, 1867, John S. Collins, aged 30, 
 died very suddenly, and is supposed to have 
 taken poison purposely. 
 
 Jan. 17, 1870, William Monsier, aged 
 42, destroyed his life by drinking muriatic 
 acid. After lingering three days, he died 
 a most horrible death. 
 
 Sept. 1871, Isaac Scribner, aged 66, 
 hung himself. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1873, Albert N. Daniels shot 
 himself, after attempting to take the life of 
 another by shooting. 
 
 Oct. 25, Rawsel R. Keith, aged 84, 
 who had been a long sufferer from kidney 
 disease, ended his suflFerings by taking a 
 dose of laudanum. 
 
 Apr. 14, 1875, Mary Clancy hung her- 
 self, insanity supposed to be the cause 
 from religious excitement. 
 
 Aug. 8, 187s, Daniel K. Bennett, a gun- 
 smith, shot himself in a moment of insan- 
 ity. 
 
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 Apr. 6, 1876, William J. Rogers, aged 
 30, a traveling agent, by talcing poison. 
 
 June 6, 1876, Mrs. Mary Churchill, aged 
 32, being deranged for some months, took 
 her life by hanging herself. 
 
 June 19, 1877, Harvey W. Cilley, aged 
 34, hung himself. 
 
 June 30, 1881, Jesse Hutchinson, aged 
 74, by taking poison. 
 
 CRIMES. 
 
 In 1840, an Irishman was killed in a 
 fight with one of his countrymen, near the 
 old Arch Bridge, and the homicide was 
 tried and sent to the State Prison, but in a 
 few years pardoned. 
 
 April 25, 1867, Patrick Fitzgibbons was 
 killed on State street. He was intoxicated, 
 and quarreled with three traveling agents 
 in the Village Hall, where they were at- 
 tending a dance. The agents leaving the 
 hall, Fitzgibbons followed, accompanied 
 by a companion, his brother-in-law. An 
 officer, anticipating trouble, followed them. 
 When passing through the alley-way, he 
 came upon Fitzgibbons, who was in a sit- 
 ting position in a chair, which he carried 
 from the hall, dead, having been stabbed 
 through the heart. All were arrested and 
 acquitted, it always remaining a mystery 
 whether he was killed by one of the agents, 
 or by his brother-in-law through a mis- 
 take, the night being very dark. 
 
 Oct. 1864, Patrick Branigan, who had 
 just returned home from three years' ser- 
 vice in the war as a member ot the istVt. 
 Battery, very mysteriouely disappeared. 
 He was last heard of late at night, return- 
 ing home ih an intoxicated condition, sing- 
 ing on his way. When nearly to his 
 house, which was opposite the Washing- 
 ton County jail, his voice suddenly ceased. 
 His not putting in an appearance the fol- 
 lowing day, foul play was suspected, as he 
 had quite a large sum of money on his 
 person. The river which passes in the 
 rear of the house was very high at the 
 time. Thinking that his body might be 
 found in the river, it was dragged as soon 
 as possible, bjut was not found, and his 
 fate yet remains a mystery. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1873, Albert N. Daniels, an 
 
 employee of the Montpelier Manufacturing 
 Company, attempted to take the life of a 
 young lady, an employee of the same 
 works, with whom he was keeping com- 
 pany. He fired two shots at her with a 
 revolver, only one taking effect, and that 
 not proving fatal. After shooting two 
 shots at her, he shot himself through the 
 heart, instantly expiring. The act was 
 committed during the working hours in 
 the room in which the lady was employed. 
 On Sept. 27, 1880, Joseph Dumas, of 
 Northfield, who formerly resided at Mont- 
 pelier, came to the latter place, and was 
 last seen on the street that evening. A 
 week later his body was found in the 
 Branch, just below the Academy bridge, 
 with several cuts upon the head. Parties 
 last seen with him were strongly suspected 
 of foul play, but sufficient evidence could 
 not be obtained to warrant their arrest. 
 
 FIRES. 
 
 The number of disastrous fires which 
 had occurred in town previous to i860 are 
 small. The first one, it is believed, was 
 in 1801, when the first frame school house, 
 standing near the west end of the old bury- 
 ing ground on the Branch, accidently 
 caught fire and was consumed. 
 
 In Dec, 1813, a fire occurred which re- 
 sulted in the entire destruction of the large 
 two-story cotton-mill, that had been for 
 some time in successful operation at the 
 river falls, not far from the site now occu- 
 pied by E. W. Bailey's grist mill. 
 
 August, 1813, barn of J. B. Wheeler, 
 Esq., with most of his crop of new hay, 
 was struck by lightning. 
 
 In 181 5, the dwelling house of Beth Par- 
 sons was burned, at a loss of $1,500. 
 
 Winter of 1816, a school-house on East 
 hill, while the school was being kept by 
 Shubael Wheeler. 
 
 December, 1818, a paper mill and cloth- 
 ing works occupying the old site of the 
 cotton factory, was burned, with a loss of 
 about $4,000. 
 
 About 1820, dwelling-house of Abijah 
 Howard. 
 
 In 1822, the blacksmith shop of Joseph 
 Howes was burned, and the same year the 
 
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 old Academy building was totally con- 
 sumed by fire. 
 
 1824, two-story house of the late Hon. 
 David Wing, Jr. 
 
 In March, 1826, occurred, considering 
 the loss of life and personal injuries, the 
 most calamitous fire, perhaps, ever expe- 
 rienced in town up to that time. The wool- 
 en factory and grist mill, on the falls of 
 the North Branch, owned by Araunah 
 Waterman and Seth Parsons, caught fire 
 about daybreak, and was totally consumed, 
 causing a loss of many thousand dollars to 
 the proprietors. 
 
 While the fire, which, when discovered, 
 had gained too much headway to leave 
 much hope of saving the factory, was 
 raging in one part of the lower story, Mr. 
 Waterman, Mr. Joel Mead, and Robert 
 Patterson, a leading workman in the es- 
 tablishment, made their way to the upper 
 story, and fell to work to gather up and 
 throw from one of the windows what cloths 
 and stock they supposed they might have 
 time to save. But the fire below spread 
 with such unexpected rapidity, that before 
 they were aware of any danger, the fire 
 burst into the room, cutting off their re- 
 treat downward by the stairs, and even 
 preventing access to the windows the 
 least elevated from irregular ground be- 
 neath. At this crisis Mr. Waterman, 
 closely followed by Mr. Mead, made a des- 
 perate rush through tlie smoke and flame 
 for a window in the end of the building 
 next the Branch, stove out the sash with 
 the heel of his boot, and threw himself 
 half suffocated through the aperture to the 
 rough and frozen ground or ice some 30 
 feet below. Mr. Mead followed in the 
 perilous leap, and they were both taken up 
 nearly senseless from the shock, terribly 
 bruised and considerably burned in the 
 face and hands. But none of their bones 
 were broken, and they both in a few weeks 
 recovered. Nothing more was seen of the 
 fated Patterson except his charred skel- 
 eton, which was found in the ruins after 
 the fire subsided. For some reason he 
 had decided not to follow Mr. Waterman 
 and Mr. Mead in the only way of escape 
 then left open to them, and the next min- 
 
 ute probably perished in the smoke and 
 fire which must then suddenly have en- 
 veloped him. 
 
 May, 1827, a two-story wooden build- 
 ing, standing on the site of the present 
 Argus building, and then own^ and oc- 
 cupied by Wiggins & Seeley as a store, was 
 burned, causing a loss of probably not 
 over $2,000. 
 
 April, 1828, a paper mill owned' by Goss 
 & Reed, of Montpelier, situated at the 
 falls on the Berlin side of the river, was 
 burned ; loss about $4,000. 
 
 1834, the oil mill and saw mill, in the 
 former of which was W. Sprague's machine 
 shop, standing also on the Berlin side of 
 the river, but mostly owned and worked 
 by Montpelier men, were both wholly 
 burned. 
 
 Feb. 183s, the first Union House, built 
 by Col. Davis about45 years before, caught 
 fire about midday, and was entirely con- 
 sumed ; loss about $3,000. 
 
 1842, the dwelling-house of O. H. Smith, 
 Esq., caught fire, and the roof part of the 
 building was destroyed. 
 
 1843, the new brick Court House, stand- 
 ing near the present one, was burned, but 
 the records and files were mostly saved. 
 
 184.8, school-house in the Wheeler dis- 
 trict. 
 
 1849, barn of John Gallison, with hay, 
 five horses and colts. 
 
 1849, dwelling-house, barn and sheds of 
 Charles Burnham. 
 
 1853, the dwelling-house of Harry Rich- 
 ardson, near the Union House, was wholly 
 destroyed by fire. 
 
 1854, the building of Ira Town, occu- 
 pied by him as a goldsmith's shop, stand- 
 ing on the present .site of A. A. Mead's 
 shop, was burned in part, and the adjoin- 
 ing building of the Patriot oflice consider- 
 ably injured. 
 
 1854, also, the roof part of the upper 
 story of Walton's book-store was destroy- 
 ed by fire, and but for the- timely striking 
 of a shower on the excessively dry roofs, 
 that whole block of wooden buildings 
 would probably have been destroyed. 
 
 1854, was burned a two-story house 
 standing back of the old Masonic Hall. 
 
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 1854, dwelling-house of Orrin Slayton. 
 
 1854, three barns of Orlando F. Lewis. 
 
 Within the year 1857, two small houses 
 were burned near the brick-yard, and one 
 near Keith's lodge. 
 
 1858, school-house in Henry Nutt's 
 school district. 
 
 1858, anew one-story house ofMr. Cook- 
 son, on the road leading from the cooper's 
 ^shop north, through the. great psisture, 
 was burned ; and in the beginning of the 
 next year, another building erected by the 
 same man, on the same spot, was also 
 burned down. 
 
 December, 1859, .the large three-story 
 brick and wood, second Union House, val- 
 ued about $5,000, was destroyed by fire. 
 
 We make the whole to i860, but 24; 
 and the property destroyed, except the 
 State House, which was public property, 
 to come within jS5o,ooo; Was ever a village 
 of the size, in this respect, more favored? : 
 
 i860, the old Harran house, on Upper 
 Elm street, burned. 
 
 1861, a house occupied by Thos. Arm- 
 strong, in rear of the Burnham hotel. 
 
 1862. the store of William W. Cadwell, 
 on Main street, was consumed. , 
 
 Jan. 1863, Mrs. Xhas; G. Eastman's 
 house, on Main street, was partially con- 
 sumed. 
 
 In the spring of 1864, the present Union! 
 House was nearly destroyed. 
 
 Mar. 24, 1868, dry house of Lane Man- 
 ufacturing Company consumed. 
 
 Sept. 2, 1868, R. H. Whittier's slaugh- 
 ter house, up the "Branch," consumed. 
 
 Jan. 29, 1870, I. S. Town & C. W. 
 Storrs' block, on State street, partly con- 
 sumed. 
 
 Apr. 26, 1870, Daniel P. Thompson's 
 residence, on Barre street, consumed. 
 
 Dec. 29, 1870, the Vt. Mutual Fire In- 
 surance Go's, new building badly damaged. 
 
 Jan. 26, William Moorcroft's Woolen 
 Factory, at Wrightsville, consumed. 
 
 Sept. 18, l87ii Grovner B; Paine's 
 house, on North street, consumed. 
 
 1872, Lane Matnufacturing Company's 
 second dry house consumed. 
 
 Dec. 5, 1872, Chas. Reed's residence, 
 on State street, badly damaged, 
 
 May, 1873, Stephen Cochran's resi- 
 dence, on Seminary Hill, consumed. 
 
 Mar. 12, 1875, the first great fire; May 
 I, the second. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1875, Andrew Burnham's house, 
 on Court street, considerably damaged. ■ 
 
 Apr. 22, 1875, W. A. Boutelle's black- 
 smith shop, on Elm street, consumed. 
 
 May, 1875, a house belonging to Bart 
 Scribner, up the " Branch." 
 
 Dec. 27, 1875, one of the Pioneer Man- 
 ufacturing shops burned. 
 
 Feb. 1876, Alonzo Redway's residence, 
 on Court street; loss $5,000. 
 
 Aug. 9, T. O. Bailey's barns, on Mid- 
 dlesex street ; loss $1,200. 
 
 Aug. 21, Wm. E. Hubbard's barn, on 
 Barre street ; loss $600. 
 
 Nov. 13, E. D. Grey's paint shop, on 
 Main street ; loss $800. 
 
 In 1877 no fire occurred, and also in 
 1874. 
 
 Aug. 26, 1878, Louis Barney's barn, on 
 North street, consumed. 
 
 January, 3, 1878, a destructive fire at 
 Wrightsville— A. A. Green's residence and 
 blacksmith shop and Ezra D. Rawlins' 
 residence. 
 
 Oct.li, a barn on Gould Hill, belong- 
 ing to Henry Cummins. 
 
 Dec. 30, the school-house near Henry 
 Nutt's place. 
 
 Apr, 23, 1879, a barn belonging to A. 
 D. Bancroft, on North street. 
 
 June 20, Geo. Jacob's barn, on Main 
 street, consumed ; loss $600. 
 
 June 21, a house belonging to Medad 
 Wright, up the " Branch," consumed. 
 
 Sept. 2, 1880, a storehouse belonging%3 
 C. H. Heath, on Barre street, consumed. 
 
 Oct. 3, 1880, W. E. Dunwoodie's res- 
 idence, on Upper Main street, consumed ; 
 loss $1,500. 
 
 Jan. 8, 1881, C. W. Willard's residence, 
 on State street, badly damaged. 
 
 Jan. 17, one of the Cab Shop buildings 
 burned, on the Berlin side. 
 
 Apr. II, a barn belonging to J. R. 
 Langdon, on Barre street, consumed. 
 
 Aug. 4, 1 88 1, a new slaughter house on 
 upper North street, owned by W. L. Le- 
 land, was consumed. 
 
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 In the year of 1875, Montpelier was 
 visited by two very destructive fires, in- 
 volving the loss of many thousand dollars. 
 The first of these fires broke out about one 
 o'clock in the morning of March 12, in a 
 one and one-half story wooden building on 
 Main street, owned by Thomas W.Wood, 
 and occupied by Joseph D. Clogston as a 
 tin shop. This was consumed, and the 
 two adjoining ones on the east side, the 
 first owned by Carlos Bancroft, a story 
 and a half wooden building, occupied by 
 Peck & Cummins, leather dealers, was 
 also consumed ; and the second, a two and 
 a half story wooden building, owned by 
 James R. Langdon, and occupied by 
 Barrows & Peck, hardware and stoves, 
 was partly consumed. This fire was hardly 
 under control when fire was discovered 
 breaking out through the roof of Ira S. 
 Town's three-story — and the C. W. Storrs' 
 estate — wooden building, on State street. 
 This was consumed, and the three-story 
 brick block on the south sfde, owned by 
 Timothy J. Hubbard, the adjoining build- 
 ings on the north side, the first a new, 
 three-story brick block, owned by Erastus 
 Hubbard ; the second, a large, three-story 
 wooden building, owned by Fred E. Smith, 
 and the Rialto, owned by W. A. Boutelle 
 and Eli Ballou, were next consumed, and 
 Eli Ballou's' three-story wooden building 
 was partly burned before the flames were 
 stayed. In the rear of these was a story 
 and a half wooden building, owned by T. 
 J. Hubbard, and used as a tenement and 
 storehouse, which was also burned. Aid 
 was summoned from Barre, which was 
 responded to by an engine and company. 
 Nine buildings were burned, and twenty 
 business men and firms burned out, be- 
 sides three law. firms, a dentist, photog- 
 rapher, and four societies. The firms 
 burned out were, on Main street, J. D. 
 Clogston, stoves and tin shop ; Peck & 
 Cummins, leather dealers ; Barrows & Peck, 
 hardware and stoves. On State street, C. 
 B. Wilson, drugs and medicines; Geo. L. 
 Nichols, clothing; Ira S. Town, jeweler ; 
 Orrin Daley, fruit and restaurant ; S. C. 
 Woolson, merchant tailor ; A. A. Mead, 
 jeweler ; T. C. Phinney, books and sta- 
 
 tionery ; Jangraw & Meron, barbers ; Chas. 
 Keene, jeweler ; C. H. Freeman, photog- 
 rapher; W. A. Boutelle, millinery; E. H. 
 Towne, merchant tailor ; J. O'Grady, boot- 
 maker; T. W. McKee, sewing machines ; 
 State Treasurer's oifice, C. H. Heath, L. 
 L. Duraut, and Gleason & Field's law of- 
 fices. Masonic hall. Naiad Temple of 
 Honor hall, Post Brooks G. A. R. hall, 
 and Sovereigns of Industry hall. The 
 total loss onabuildings and goods was 
 about $75,000, with an insurance of about 
 $47,000. 
 
 The only- accident that occured was by 
 the falling of the ruins of the Rialto build- 
 ing, under which Wm. T. Dewey, a fire- 
 man, was buried, but escaping with a 
 broken leg. 
 
 The business firms had hardly got es- 
 tablished in their new or temporary quar- 
 ters, when they were visited by the second 
 great fire, more destructive than the first. 
 This, like the first, broke out on the west 
 side of Main street, in the rear end of Jef- 
 ferson Bruce's brick building, at about 
 12 : 30 o'clock on the morning of May i. 
 There being a high wind at the time, the 
 flames spread very rapidly. All the build- 
 ings on that side of the street running 
 south as far as the Montpelier and Wells 
 River railroad depot were soon consumed, 
 and also the James R. Langdon building 
 on the north side, partly destroyed by the 
 previous fire. All of the buildings on the 
 opposite side of the street, from the Fred- 
 erick Marsh residence to'the railroad track, 
 and from the head of Barre street up the 
 street as far as the residence of Joel Foster, 
 Jr., on one side, and the residence of 
 Louis P. Gleason on the oth'er, were laid 
 in ashes in a few short hours, making a 
 total of thirty-eight buildings burned, only 
 three of them brick, the rest wooden, and 
 most of them very old, among them being 
 the old Shepard stand and the Col. Jon- 
 athan P. Miller house. The buildings 
 burned were owned by following parties : 
 West side. Main street, a story and a half 
 brick building, J. Brucfe ; two large barns 
 in the rear, T. J. Hubbard ; new, two- 
 story wooden building, new, three-story 
 wooden one, tenement house and out- 
 
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 buildings, all owned by James G. French ; 
 one-story wooden one, by D. K. Bennett; 
 two-story and a half wooden one, by N. C, 
 Bacon ; another of the same material and 
 dimensions, the old Shepard tavern, and a 
 new, one-story wooden building, all owned 
 by Eben Scribner. On the east side oi 
 the street, the old Frederick Marsh store, 
 the residences and out-buildings of Mrs. 
 John Wood, William C. Lewis, and Mr. 
 Lewis' blacksmith shop, Mrs. Timothy 
 Cross' residence, the large, four-story 
 wooden building, owned by Mrs. C. B. 
 Wilson, Mr. Zenas Wood's residence, with 
 out-buildings, the old Miller house, owned 
 by Andrew Murray. On Barre street, 
 south side, the residence and out-buildings 
 of Mrs. B. M. Clark, Geo. S. Hubbard 
 and Carlos L. Smith, and a tenement 
 house of Mrs. Clark. Barre street, north 
 side, Mrs. R. W. Hyde's residence, and 
 brick house owned by James R. Langdon. 
 Fifteen business firms were burned out, 
 one livery stable, a carriage-maker and 
 blacksmith, and forty families. The bus- 
 iness firms were : W. A. Boutelle, milli- 
 nery; R. T. Eastman, carriage-maker; 
 John Q. Adams, livery; H. C. Webster, 
 dry goods; Putnam & Marvin, W. I. 
 goods ; N. P. Brooks, hardware ; D. K. 
 Bennet, gunsmith ; N. C. Bacon, auction 
 store ; Barrows & Peck, stoves, tin and 
 hardware; Henry Cobb, marble dealer; 
 Geo. M. Scribner, stoves and tin ware; 
 Hyde & Foster, iron and heavy hardware ; 
 J. D. Clogston, tin ware; Philip Preston, 
 W- L goods. Families burned out on 
 Main street, west side, were : J. Bruce, 
 H. C. Webster, Fred. W. Morse, E. N. 
 Hutchins, A. W. Edgerly, Geo. S. West, 
 Elisha Walcott, Mrs. Harris, Geo. W. 
 Parmenter, Chas. T. Summers, GilmanD. 
 Scribner, Oliver P. Thompson ; Main, east 
 side, C. W. Selinas, Frank Keyes, Jerome 
 J. Pratt, Mrs. Glysson, Zenas Wood, Mr. 
 L Lovely, Mrs. S. C. Gray, Mrs. Mary 
 Lamb, Miss Selinas, Mrs, Dyer Richard- 
 son, Mrs. Timothy Cross, Wm. C. Lewis, 
 Mrs. John Wood, Philip Preston, Mrs. 
 Frederick Marsh, Carlos W.Norton ; Barre 
 street, south side, Mrs. B. M. Clark, Chas. 
 T. Thurston, C. M. Pitkin, Peter Nathan, 
 
 Moses Morey, Joseph Felix, Mrs. Aurelia 
 AUard, Carl L. Smith, Hiram B. Wood- 
 ward ; north side, Mrs. R. W. Hyde, and 
 Col. C. B. Wilson. 
 
 The flames spread so rapidly, and the 
 heat being so intense, very little time was 
 given to remove the goods and furniture 
 from the burning buildings. What was 
 removed and carried into the street was 
 soon burned. Many families and some 
 business men lost their all, the total loss 
 being about $120,000, with an insurance 
 of about $75,000. 
 
 Several firemen and citizens were quite 
 severely burned in their efforts to stay the 
 flames and in saving goods. Many build- 
 ings in various parts of the village caught 
 fire firom the falling cinders, and with great 
 effort were extinguished. The light of the 
 fire was seen for many miles in towns 
 about us, and within a radius of twenty 
 miles it was as light as day, people being 
 awake thinking that the fire was that of 
 some near neighbor's buildings. In the 
 appeals for aid sent out, Barre and North- 
 field each responded by sending fire en- 
 gines and men, and at dawn the fire was 
 under control. . Daylight presented a sad 
 picture from the State street bridge to the 
 Montpelier and Wells River depot, and as 
 far as Joel Foster's house,, on Barre street, 
 but three buildings remaining standing — 
 T. J. Hubbard's brick and wooden build- 
 ings on the corner, and Carlos Bancroft's 
 brick building adjoining. 
 
 Never was more energy displayed than 
 in the rebuilding of the burned districts, 
 the smoke having barely cleared away when 
 several large and splendid brick blocks 
 were under way in the course of erection, 
 some of them occupied within four months. 
 
 May 25, 1880, the Court House burned, 
 leaving only the outside walls standing ; 
 loss $15,000. It had been remodeled and 
 enlarged the previous year, an extension 
 of 22 feet having been added in the rear, 
 the whole costing about $10,000. All the 
 books and records of value were saved, 
 the only loss being the files of the news- 
 papers published in town for many years 
 back, all being a total loss. 
 
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33^ 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Jan. 6, 1857, the State House, which 
 was being warmed up on the eve of the sep- 
 tenary Constitutional Convention, caught 
 fire from the furnace, and all but the empty 
 granite walls, with their brick linings, was 
 destroyed, and all the contents, except the 
 library, which was got out, and the books 
 and papers in thp safe bi the Secretary of 
 State's office, a few articles of furniture 
 and the portrait of Washington, was re- 
 duced to a heap of ruins. 
 
 BURNING OF THE STATE HOUSE. 
 
 BY JOSEPH A. WING, ESQ. 
 
 0*er Montpeller, beauteous town, 
 The shades of night were closing down ; 
 The lovely moon, the queen of night, [ 
 Was driving on her chariot bright; 
 And star on star their influence lent, 
 'Till glowed with flie the firmament. 
 The wind was blowing high and strong. 
 And swept in feai-ful gusts along ; 
 The piercing cold had cleared the street 
 Of merry voice and busy feet,— 
 And gathered 'round the cheerftil hearth. 
 The smiling face, the social mirth, 
 Show'd that the night was gaily past. 
 While outward howled the roaring blast. 
 
 What means that wild and startling cry. 
 
 To which the echoing hills reply? 
 
 First feeble, low, and faint and mild ; 
 
 Then loud, and terrible and wild. 
 
 ^Tisfire! flrel that awfUl sound 1 
 
 Firel flrel Are! the h'.lls resound! 
 
 Now rising near— now heard afar. 
 
 The stillness of the night to mar, 
 
 Join'd with the wind's wild roaring, hear 
 
 The cry of fire burst on the earl 
 
 Forth n-om the hearth, the shop, the store. 
 
 At that dread sound, the myriads pour— 
 
 And, gathering as they pass along. 
 
 Each street and alley swells the tliroug. 
 
 The rattling engines passing by. 
 
 The roaring wind, the larum cry, 
 
 The ringing bells, the wild affright. 
 
 Still add new terrors to the night. 
 
 See yonder grand and stately pile. 
 With lofty dome, and beauteous aisle. 
 Our village glory and our pride, 
 Whose granite walls old Time defied;. 
 Her halls of state, her works of art. 
 Both please the eye, and charm the heart. 
 
 The moon's pale light on those dark walls 
 
 Coldly now Is gleaming; 
 But In her proud and lofty halls 
 
 A wilder light is streaming. 
 Now gaily dancing to and fto, 
 Now upward speeds its flights 
 Seel on Its dome, now capped with snow. 
 The flame doth spread Us fearfhl glow 
 Of purple light. 
 
 The wind roars loud, the flames flash high. 
 Leaping and dancing to the sky ; 
 
 While in the rooms below. 
 From hall to ball resistless rushing. 
 From doors and windows ftirious gushing— 
 
 Oh ! how sublime the show I 
 
 Dark clouds of smoke spread far and wide. 
 And balls of Are on every side 
 
 Fall like the autumn hall ; 
 Before the fury of the blast. 
 The rushing flames, that spread so fast. 
 
 The heart of man may quail. 
 
 Ab, man, how feeble is thy power. 
 In that dread and fearful hour 
 
 When flames are flashing free 
 From lofty spires and windows high. 
 And clouds of smoke obscure the sky. 
 As onward, on, the flames rush by. 
 
 In wildest revelry I 
 
 Boar on, fierce flame; beneath thy power 
 The works of years. In one short hour. 
 
 Are swept fl'om earth away ; 
 And nought is left of all their pride. 
 But ashes, scattered far 4ud wide, 
 '/And crumbling walls, with smoke dark-dyed. 
 
 Spread out in disarray. 
 
 That lofty pile, one hour ago,— 
 
 The State's Just pride, the Natlon^s show, 
 
 Capp'd with its bright and virgin snow,— 
 
 In beauty shone : 
 The next, a mass of ruined walls. 
 Of columns broke, and burning halls,- 
 
 Its beauty flown. 
 
 ' FLOODS. 
 
 From incontestible indications, it ap- 
 pears the water in the unprecedented rise 
 of the Winooski in the flood of 1785, rose 
 some three or four feet higher than the 
 highest parts of State street. This would 
 have submerged nearly every acre of the 
 whole of the present site of Montpelier 
 village from one to a dozen feet, from the 
 rise of the hills on one side to that of the 
 corresponding ones on the other side. 
 
 Floods filling the channels of the river 
 and branch to the tops of their banks, with 
 overflows in all the lower places, were of 
 almost yearly occurrence during the first 
 30 years after the settlement of the town. 
 But the first one that fairly overflowed tlie 
 banks and came into the streets to much 
 extent, occurred, as far as we have been 
 able to ascertain, in the summer about 
 18 10, the water submerging all the lower 
 parts of Main and State streets, bursting 
 over the western bank of the branch just 
 above State street bridge, tearing out the 
 earth near the bridge, rendering the street 
 nearly impassible for wagons, and leaving, 
 on the subsiding of the flood, a pond hole 
 6 or 8 feet deep and 20 wide, extending to 
 the border of the street. Into this hole 
 one of the lawyers blundered on a dark 
 
MONTPKLIER. 
 
 339 
 
 night some time afterwards, as we recollect 
 from the circumstance that the wags of 
 the village dubbed him for the time, 
 "Walk-in-the-Water," in allusion to the 
 name of the Indian chief, who, about the 
 same time, had in some way become known 
 to the public. 
 
 In this hole was subsequently drowned, 
 from falling in during a dark evening, 
 Carver Shurtleff, a little man with a big 
 voice, noted for expertness in flax-dressing 
 and his propensity for trading in dogs. 
 
 March 24, 25, 1826, on the breaking up 
 of the river, an unusually high spring flood 
 swept away ' the old trestle-bridge lead- 
 ing across the river to Berlin, and car- 
 ried off the grist mill of James H. Lang- 
 don, on the Berlin side. This flood oc- 
 curred in the night, and was entirely 
 unexpected. Probably less than a dozen 
 people witnessed it, and can testify to the 
 peril in which many families were placed. 
 As the ice broke up above Langdon's mill, 
 it formed a dam upon the bridge and piers, 
 and almost the entire river was turned 
 through what is now Ban-e street and the 
 lower part of Main street, in a body like a 
 wall or large wave. My informant saw it 
 coming near the Shepdrd tavern, was 
 forced to run with all speed, and found no 
 refuge until he reached the portico of the 
 Union House. Fortunately this change in 
 the course of the river lasted but a few 
 minutes, else many houses would have 
 been swept off. The bridge gave way, 
 and with it the dam, taking a part of one 
 of the paper mills and the river wall of 
 Langdon's grist mill, and on the following 
 day the grist mill fell into the stream. 
 
 Sept. 1828, occuried the first of what 
 are called the two great floods at Mont- 
 pelier village., After nearly three days of 
 almost continued rain, which grew more 
 copious every day, and ended with an ex- 
 cessively heavy and prolonged shower on 
 the night of the 4th, the water rose 4 or 5 
 feet higher than had been known since the 
 town was settled, and nearly the whole 
 village, cellars, streets and ground floors 
 were inundated. Two bridgesand a barn, 
 on the North Branch, were swept away, 
 and fences', wood-piles and lumber along 
 
 the banks very generally carried down 
 stream. The office of the writer of these 
 pages was then in Langdon's great brick 
 building on the corner. His boarding- 
 place was at W. W. Cadwell's, on the op- 
 posite side of the street, and a pretty cor- 
 rect idea of the depth of the water may be 
 had in the fact, which we distinctly re- 
 member, that at noon, when the water had 
 attained its height, Mr. Cadwell came for 
 us in a skiff, and running it into the entry- 
 way leading to the offices on the second 
 floor, took us in from the third stair, and 
 rowing us across the street and into the 
 front hall, landed us on the fourth stair 
 leading to the chambers of his own house, 
 where the cooking for the family on that 
 day could only be done. 
 
 The second, and still greater, of these 
 floods, was July 29, 1830, when the water 
 rose full 6 inches higher than in the last, 
 and ran over the window-sills and into the 
 lower rooms of several houses around the 
 head of State street. The two lower 
 bridges over the Branch were again swept 
 away. The office building of Joshua Y. 
 Vail, on State street, was floated off, and 
 lodged in a low branching tree near the 
 old Episcopal church, from' which it 
 was afterwards lowered down, and drawn 
 back to its old stand. Two other small 
 buildings, standing near the bank of the 
 Branch, were carried down stream, and 
 wholly broken up in the rapids below the 
 village. Much damage was occasioned by 
 this great flood, but it was marked by the 
 still greater calamity of the loss of life. 
 Nathaniel Bancroft, of Calais, a middle- 
 aged farmer of considerable property, was 
 drowned. We then resided near the east- 
 erly end of Main street, on the swell where 
 Carlos Bancroft now lives. Towards noon, 
 at the height of the water, we threw to- 
 gether a few plank in the edge of the water 
 which came to the foot of that rise, about 
 10 rods from the Loomis house, near the 
 residence of Dr. Charles Clark, mounted 
 our rude raft with a setting pole, and 
 sailed through the entire length of Main 
 street to the end of the Arch Bridge over 
 the river. When about midway on the 
 voyage, Mr. Bancroft, with one or two 
 
340 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 others from the same quarter, who had 
 come down to see the flood, rushed past 
 us on the sidewalk, which was covered with 
 less depth of water, all evidently much ex- 
 cited by the novelties of the scene, and, 
 regardless of a wetting, making their way 
 through the water as fast as possible 
 toward the corner, where the greatest 
 damage was expected to occur. As we 
 were nearing the old Shepard tavern stand, 
 a pile of wood at the north-easterly end of 
 the barn began to rise, tumble and float 
 away in the strong, deep current, which 
 here made froin the street through by the 
 way of the barn towards the confluence of 
 the branch and the river. At this junc- 
 ture, the luckless Bancroft, who had just 
 reached a dry place before the barn door, 
 and stood eating a cracker, rushed down 
 into the water with the idea of saving 
 some of the wood, and not being aware 
 how rapidly the ground fellofF here, was 
 in a moment beyond his depth, and sunk 
 to rise no more. When liis body was re- 
 covered, 20 or 30 minutes afterwards, his 
 mouth was found full of half-masticated 
 cracker, life gone beyond all the arts of 
 resuscitation. It is probable he was stran- 
 gled at the outset, and, as others have 
 been known to do, died almost instantly. 
 
 There have been numerous partial over- 
 flows of the streets at various times, filling 
 
 / up grocery and other cellars, and doing 
 injuries to bridges, mills and other build- 
 ings, by sudden winter floods and the con- 
 
 . sequent breaking up and damming of the 
 ice in the streams, within, above and below 
 the village. Among these was one that 
 suddenly occurred in February, 1825, in 
 the middle of a night preceded by a re- 
 markably warm and heavy rain. There 
 was a ball at the Union House that night, 
 and as John Pollard, of Barre, with his 
 sisters and others, were returning from 
 the ball, their team became completely 
 imprisoned on a little knoll in a road 
 about a mile above the village, by mons- 
 trous blocks of the disrupting ice of the 
 river, which were being driven with amaz- 
 ing force into the road immediately above 
 and below. The party escaped to the 
 hills, and the ladies waded through the 
 
 snow, two feet deep, to a house half a mile 
 distant, While the team was not extracted 
 till the next morning. Another sudden 
 breaking up of the ice occurred in January, 
 1840, in the evening, after a warm, rainy 
 afternoon. The ice, broken up in the 
 river above, was, under, the impetus of the 
 rising water and a strong south wind, 
 driven through the whole length of the 
 mill pond, three-fourths of a mile, in about 
 10 minutes. It was suddenly brought to 
 a stand at the narrowing of the channel at 
 the Arch Bridge, when half the whole 
 river was thrown over all the lower part of 
 Barre street, and for a short time all the 
 buildings on that part of the street were in 
 imminent danger of being swept away. 
 Before much damage was done, however, 
 Mr. Langdon's mill dam was crushed 
 down and forced away beneath the tre- 
 mendous pressure of the ice above, when 
 the river at once fell back into its ordi- 
 nary channel. 
 
 Of the several great floods that have oc- 
 cured in town that of Oct. 4, 1869, was the 
 greatest of them all. On Saturday even- 
 ing, Oct. 2, a severe rain storm set in, and 
 continued to pour with scarcely a moment's 
 interruption until the middle of Mon- 
 day afternoon. The river banks began to 
 overflow about 3 o'clock in the afternoon 
 on Monday. About this time the Sand 
 Bottom bridge across the Branch above 
 the dam was carried away. It passed the 
 Foundry bridge without doing any dam- 
 age, but the Academy bridge was carried 
 off when this one struck it. The Union 
 House bridge also gave away when struck, 
 by these. As these neared the Post-oflice 
 bridge great alarm was felt for the safety 
 of the Rial to blocki Fortunately the build- 
 ing was strong enough to withstand the con- 
 cussion received from them when they 
 struck the bridge. The only damage done 
 was the raising up of the upper side of the 
 bridge several feet. The water continued 
 to rise very rapidly until about 6.30 P. M., 
 when it was at its greatest height, remain- 
 ing at this point until about 8 o'clock, 
 when it began to fell. At 5 o'clock on the 
 following morning the streets were again 
 passable. The depth of the water in the 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 341 
 
 streets and around the village, except on 
 the high lands, when at its greatest height, 
 was from two to six feet, our streets in 
 many parts of the village having been 
 raised up from one to two feet since that 
 time. At the head of State street and on 
 Main it was about three and a half feet, 
 down State street below the Post-office 
 bridge from five to six feet. In the bar 
 room of the American house the water 
 was some two and a half feet in depth, it 
 being over the top of the cook stove in the 
 kitchen. Many ludicrous scenes were 
 witnessed in the attempts to save swine, 
 cattle and horses. A large number of 
 hogs under the barns at the American 
 house were first removed into the bar 
 room and then canned to the chambers 
 above. The' Washington County court 
 being in session at the time, the court 
 officials, lawyers, jurymen, etc., were con- 
 veyed to their boarding places in a boat by 
 Mr. James R. Langdon, the boat rowing 
 into the eourt house yard, and taking them 
 from the steps. Among those who had 
 narrow escapes from drowning were Mr. 
 James G. Slafter of this town, and Mr. 
 Tucker of Northfield, who. in attempting 
 to get from the depot to the Pavilion, got 
 on to Mr. Dewey's hay scales, which were 
 floating down the street. Failing to man- 
 age their unwieldly bark, they were carried 
 down the street as they were, being drawn 
 into the current, but saved themselves by 
 catching the limbs of the trees near where 
 Mr. Badord now lives, from which they 
 were saved by a boat. 
 
 A very laughable scene was that of a boat 
 load being conveyed from the court house 
 to the Pavilion. When opposite that ho- 
 tel, the boat struck the top of a hitching 
 post as it was passing over it, and cap- 
 sized. They all scrambled to their feet 
 and waded into this hotel. At 6 o'clock, 
 the Railroad bridge was carried off. It 
 floated down stream whole, taking one of 
 the large trees off on the bank of the river 
 just below E. P. Jewett's. In striking the 
 center pier of the railroad bridge at Jewett 
 crossing, it swung around into the field on 
 the north side, and there remained until 
 taken to pieces and brought back. A very 
 
 large amount of loss was caused by the 
 damage to the carpets and furniture in the 
 residences and to the goods in the stores, 
 sufficient time not being given for their re- 
 moval. A large amount of wood was lost 
 by floating away, cords of it passing down 
 through the streets. The town suffered 
 loss to the extent of several thousand dol- 
 lars by the loss of bridges, and nearly all 
 of the plank street crossings flowing away. 
 The brick side walks in town were ruined, 
 the sand being washed out from under 
 them, and the bricks being piled in heaps 
 about. There was no loss of life. All of 
 the boats that were to be had were made 
 available by the removing of goods and 
 persons to places of safety. The water 
 was estimated to be about 18 inches higher 
 than it was in 1830. 
 
 [Note. — The record of the fires, acci- 
 dents^ crimes, and floods, occurring pre- 
 vious to i860, we take from Thompson's 
 History of Montpelier.] B. 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS, 
 
 who lived and died in this town : 
 
 Col. Jacob Davis, aged 75. Eliakim D. 
 Persons, died in 1846, aged 81. Estis 
 Hatch, died in 1834, aged 86. Luther 
 King, died in 1842, aged 88. Aaron Gris- 
 wold, died in 1847, aged 95. Ziba Wood- 
 worth, died in 1826, aged 66, and his broth- 
 er, Joseph Woodworth, the date of whose 
 death is unknown. 
 
 Some 1.6 other early settlers of this town 
 were also Revolutionary soldiers, but lived 
 in that part of the town now East Mont- 
 pelier. Doubtless there were others who 
 resided here, but I' am unable to learn 
 their names. 
 For Soldiers of 1812, see page 298. 
 
 MEXICAN WAR. 
 
 Four soldiers enlisted from this town, 
 and served through the war, nearly two 
 years, in the 9th reg't U. S. vols. : — Rich- 
 ard Dodge, Daniel Cutler, Luman Grout, 
 William Guinan. Cutler left the regiment 
 in Mexico, and never returned. Dodge, 
 Grout and Guinan served through the Re- 
 bellion. Guinan died a few years ago, 
 and Dodge and Grout are now both living 
 in town. 
 
342 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 List of Men furnished by the Town of Montpelier, 1861-1865. 
 Compiled mainly from the Adjutant General's Reports, from 1864 to 1872, inclusive, 
 
 BY CH^S. DE F. BANCROFT. 
 FIRST REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. THREE MONTHS. 
 
 Mustered into service, May 2, 1861. Mustered out August 15, 1861. 
 
 Names. Age. 
 
 Buxton, John H. 18 
 
 Coffey, Robert J. 19 
 
 Goodwin, Royal B. 22 
 
 Gove, Freeman R. 27 
 
 Newcomb, George W. 18 
 
 Webster, Oscar N. 26 
 
 Co. Enlistment. Remarks. 
 
 F Mustered out Aug. 15, 61. 
 
 F do 
 
 F do 
 
 F do 
 
 K do 
 
 F do 
 
 SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Mustered into service, June 20, 1861. 
 
 AUeir, Andrew, H. 
 Ballou, Horace C. 
 Ballou, Jerome E. 
 Barrett, John 
 Bennett, Amos N. 
 *Brown, Harvey W. 
 Bryant, Eliphalet E. 
 tBryant, James G. 
 Burgin, Patrick 
 Burnham, William T. 
 Camp, William H. 
 Clark, Charles 
 Clark, Dayton P. 
 Cassavaint, Thomas L. 
 Contant, Augustus 
 Grossman, Horace F. 
 Dodge, Richard S. 
 Field, William C. 
 Fitzgerald, Timothy 
 Ford, Abraham 
 Gravlin, John ' 
 Goodrich, Victor 
 Goron, Joseph N. 
 Guinan, William 
 Guinan, Edmund 
 Gunnison, Eri S. 
 Guyette, Cyril G. 
 Harran, Selden B. 
 Harran, Ira L. 
 Hogan, Dennis 
 Jabouzie, Charles 
 Kelton, John A. 
 La Monte, Robert 
 Lapierre, Nelson 
 Loomis, Elverton 
 Macon, Alfred 
 tMahoney, Sylvester D. 
 Maloney, Thomas 
 McCauUy, Thomas 
 McNamara, John 
 Minouge, William 
 tNoyes, Wallace W. 
 Neveaux, Seraphine 
 Parker, Jared 
 Perrin, Julius 
 Persons, Plynne C 
 Phillips, Walter A. 
 Quinn, John 
 Randall, Francis V. 
 Rodney, Lewis 
 Rose, Peter 
 Rose, William 
 Sanders, Joseph A. 
 
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 21 
 20 
 41 
 30 
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 21 
 
 28 
 
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 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 24 
 
 38 
 
 23 H 
 30 H 
 
 35 E 
 
 23 
 
 31 
 
 22 
 22 
 22 
 20 
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 F 
 F 
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 24 H 
 24 K 
 22 F 
 
 39 H 
 
 18 F 
 
 26 H 
 
 23 H 
 
 22 F 
 
 22 K 
 
 20 F 
 
 26 F 
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 20 F 
 
 21 H 
 
 36 
 29 
 
 23 H 
 25 F 
 
 May 7 61 Died July 26, 61. 
 
 do Mustered out June 29, 64. 
 
 do Sergt. Discharged Feb. 23, 63. 
 
 Mar. 20 62 Mustered out March 25, 65. 
 
 May 1 1 61 Pro. Corp. Killed at Fredericsb'gh, Mar. 3, 63. 
 
 May 17 61 Re-enlisted. Mustered out July 17, 65. 
 
 May 16 6i Discharged Nov. 23, 6i. 
 
 Aug. 4 63 Mustered out July 16, 65. 
 
 July 30 62 Killed at Bank's Ford, May 3, 63. 
 
 May 23 61 Capt. Resigned Oct. 25, 61. 
 
 May" 7 61 Sergt. Mustered out June 20, 64. 
 
 June 7 61 Discharged March 6, 62. 
 
 May 7 61 Rec'd prom, to Capt. Must, out June 29, 64. 
 
 Aug. 20 61 Prom. Serg. Re-enlist. Must, out July 15, 65. 
 
 June 9 61 Dis. Jan. 23, 63. Sub. July, 63. do. 
 
 Aug 20 61 Pro. Capt. Hon. dis. Oct. 30, 63, for wds. rec. 
 
 May 7 61 Discharged March 29, 63. 
 
 do Mustered out June 29, 64. 
 
 Aug 2361 Re-enlisted Dec. 21, 63. Deserted Feb. II, 64. 
 
 June 16 61 Sergt. Discharged Nov. 20, 63. 
 
 Mar 20 63 Mustered out July 15, 65. 
 
 May 761 Killed at Bull Run, July 21, 61. 
 
 Aug 16 62 Prom. Serg. Mustered out July 15, 65. 
 
 May 7 61 Sergt. Discharged Sept. 21, 61. 
 
 do Discharged July 25, 63. 
 
 do Corp. Mustered out June 20, 64. 
 
 do Pro. Com. Serg. Re-en. Must, out July 16, 65. 
 
 do Died Nov. 14, 6t. 
 
 June 661 Deserted Sept. 1 5, 63. 
 
 Aug 20 61 Discharged Sept. 29, 63. 
 
 Dec 29 62 Discharged July 18, 63. 
 
 May 7 61 Discharged Nov. 27, 62. 
 
 June 15 61 Mustered out June 23, 64. 
 
 Mar I 62 Discharged March 8, 63. 
 
 May 7, 61 Discharged Sept. 13, 62, for wounds received. 
 
 May 20 61 Mustered out June 29, 64. 
 
 July 27 63 Killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64. 
 
 Aug II 61 Mustered out Sept. 12, 64. 
 
 May 7 6t Pro. Sergt. Re-en. Mustered out July 16, 65. 
 
 Aug 20 5i Deserted July 20, 62. 
 
 do Killed at Wilderness, May 5, 64. 
 
 July 2163 Received wounds. Mustered out Aug., 65. 
 
 Mar II 62 Pro. Corp. Mustered out July 11, 65. 
 
 May 7 61 Transferred to Invalid Corps, Sept. i, 63. 
 
 do Discharged Novj 7, 61. 
 
 July zi 61 Discharged Sept., 61. 
 
 May 7 61 1st Lieutenant. Discharged Dec. 31, 61. 
 
 May 25 61 Mustered out June 29, 64. 
 
 do Capt. Pro. Col. 13th Reg't Sept. 24, 62. 
 
 Mar 29 62 Mustered out April 24, 65. 
 
 May 16 61 Discharged Feb. 16, 63. 
 
 Feb 1862 Pro. Corp. Mustered out July 15, 65. 
 
 May 761 Re-enlisted. Mustered out July 1 5, 65. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 Nauu'B. 
 Shambeau, Francis 
 Shorey, Elscine 
 Stearns, Parish L. 
 Stearns, Henrv 
 Stone, Horatio 
 Storrs, Charles W. 
 Taylor, Benjamin 
 Town, Josiah L. 
 Wade, Charles, jr. 
 White, George A. 
 Wright, Edwin N. 
 
 *Burke, John, jr. 
 Divine, Patrick 
 Dudley, David 
 Franklin, Roswell 
 Laundry, Joseph 
 Loomis', Vernon L. 
 Mason, William R. 
 *McLaughlin, Charles 
 McManus, James W. 
 Rose, Frank 
 Severance, George S. 
 
 A;<L'. Cu. Enliblincnt. 
 
 41 "C Mar 6 62 
 
 24 F May 7 61 
 
 18 F Oct 10 61 
 39 F May 7 61 
 
 19 D Dec 9 63 
 
 20 F May 7 61 
 23 F do 
 
 21 F do 
 36 F do 
 
 20 F Aug 20 6i 
 
 27 F May 7 61 
 
 Kuiuul'kii. 
 
 Mustered out June 25, 65. 
 
 Pro. Corp. Killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64. 
 
 Mustered out Oct. 12, 64. 
 
 Mustered out June 29, 64. 
 
 Killed at Wilderness, May 4, 64. 
 
 Discharged Oct. 25, 61. 
 
 Died June 28, 62. 
 
 Mustered out June 29, 64. ' 
 
 Discharged Dec. 4, 62. [Fredericksburgh. 
 
 Re-en. Died May 1 2, 64, of wouiids recei'd at 
 
 Discharged July 24, 62. 
 
 :rd regiment of infantry, three years. 
 Mustered into service, July 16, 1861. 
 
 18 K Feb 73 64 Mustered out July II, 65. 
 
 18 K July 10 61 Killed at Lee's Mills, April 16, 62. 
 
 25 K do Re-enlisted. Mustered out July 11, 65. 
 
 45 H June I 61 Died Dec. 16, 63. 
 
 23 K do Re-enlisted.. Mustered out July 11, 65. 
 
 18 H do Died Feb. 6, 63. 
 
 28 B June 3 6i Mustered out July 27, 64. 
 
 20 K Jan 2 64 Discharged August, 65, for wounds received. 
 
 25 K Aug 2263 Killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64. 
 
 33> H June i 61 Discharged March 10, 63. 
 
 19 I July 5 61 Re-enlisted. Discharged Sept. 5, 65. 
 
 fourth regiment of infantry, three years. 
 
 Aikens, Joseph P. 
 
 Chamberlain, Russell T. 
 Coffey, Robert J. 
 Davis, Frank 
 tGilmaui Sidney A. 
 Gove, Freeman R. 
 *Goodwin, Lucius J. 
 Kent, Hermon O. 
 Ladue, Joseph 
 Mailhote, Leonard H. 
 Mailhote, Victor W. 
 Silloway, Henry F. 
 *Silloway, Charles P. 
 Smith, Levi 
 
 Mustered into service, Sept. 20, 1861. 
 
 24 D Aug 28 61 Re-en. Pro. to Capt. Hon. dis. March 8, 651 
 for wounds received. [July 15, 65. 
 
 ig G Aug 27 61 Pro. ist Lt. Re-en. Taken pris. Must, out 
 
 19 K Sept 5 61 Pro. Sergt. Mustered out Sept. 30, 64. 
 
 21 K Aug 16 63 Discharged March 9, 64. 
 
 38,0 July 2463 Died in A ndersonville prison, October, 64. 
 
 27 K Sept 7 61 Discharged May 9, 64. 
 
 17 G Mar 17 62 Discharged Feb. 8, 64. 
 
 G Sept 2 61 Killed at Fredericksburgh, Sept. 19, 62. 
 
 G Sept 9 61 Died Feb. 26, 64, of wounds received. 
 
 G Sept 24 61 Discharged March 9, 63. . 
 
 G Sept 19 61 Died Oct. 5, 62, of wounds received. 
 
 G Aug 24 61 Pro. Corp. Must, out Sept. 30, 64. 
 
 G Mar 3 62 Pro. Corp. Must, out July 13, 65. 
 
 K Aug 13 62 Died March 12, 63. 
 
 fifth regiment of infantry, three years. 
 
 Bickford, Frederick T. 
 Dodge, William" 
 Fuller, George H. 
 Goodwin, David 
 Goodwin, Royal B. 
 Gray, Ira S. 
 Hoyt, Orlena 
 Hawley, Amos B. 
 Rice, James 
 Spalding, Charles C. 
 
 Mustered into service Sept. i5, 1861 
 
 23 Band Aug 2961 Discharged April 11, 62. 
 42 do Sept 3 61 do 
 
 27 do Aug 29 61, do 
 
 21 do do do 
 
 23 A Sept 16 61 Discharged Jan. 19, 63. 
 
 24 D Sept 5 61 Killed at Savage Station, June 29, 62. 
 24 D July 18 62 Discharged March 4, 63. 
 
 27 D Sept 20 61 Pro. Sergt. Mustered out Sept. 15, 64. 
 
 30 Band Aug 24 6! Leader. Discharged April ii, 62. 
 
 36 D Sept 16 61 ist Lieut. Hon. dis. for disabil. Oct. 10, 62. 
 
 THREE YEARS. 
 
 tAinsworth, James S. 
 {Campbell, Alex. jr. 
 Chandler, Charles M. 
 Clark, John W. 
 
 Hatch, George 
 tHorr, John P. 
 Johnson, Frank 
 Lord, Nathan, jr. 
 tLewis, Frank L. 
 Ormsbee, George W. 
 Phelps, John D. 
 
 SIXTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. 
 
 Mustered into service, Oct. 15, 1861. 
 20 H July 20 63 Mustered out Tune 26, 65, 
 
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 July 22 63 Mustered out jfune 25, 65. * 
 
 Oct 29 61 Surgeon. Resigned Oct. 7, 63. 
 
 Oct 14 6i Q. M. Pro. Capt. & Ass't Q. M. U. S. Vols., 
 
 [Apiil 7, 64. Resigned Dec. 7, 64. 
 
 Oct 15 61 Q. M. Pro. 1st Lieut. Must, out Oct. 28, 64. 
 
 July 22 63 Killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 64. 
 
 Aug 4 61 Pro. Sergt. Re-en. Must, out July 19, 65. 
 
 Sept 16 61 Colonel. Resigned Dec. 18, 62. 
 
 July 18 63 Mustered out June 26, 65. 
 
 Aug 4 61 Re-enlisted. Mustered out June 26, 65. 
 
 Aug 9 61 Discharged Dec. 31, 63. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Raymond, Levi 
 Stone, Adoniram J. 
 Stone, Henry C. 
 tSpaulding, John P. 
 jSprague, Frederic W. 
 White, Henry 
 tWilley, Norman 
 fWilley, William H. 
 
 Agu. Co. Eulisliiieiit. 
 
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 Pro. Corp. Re-en. Muster, out June 26, 65. 
 Discharged March 10, 62. 
 Discharged Oct. 30, 62. 
 Mustered out June 26, 65. 
 Kiljed in action, June 5, 64. 
 Discharged Nov. 3, 62. 
 Mustered out June 26, 65. 
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 SEVENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Fowler, Levi D. 18 
 
 *Goodwin, Lucius J. 18 
 
 Kent, Lorenzo E. 20 
 
 Storrs, Charles W. 21 
 
 Mustered into service Feb. 1 2, 1862. 
 K Dec 13 61 Re-enlisted. Mustered out May. 18, 65, 
 K Oct 18 64 Taken prisoner. Mustered out May 18, 65. 
 K Jan 20 62 Pro. Sergt. Re-en. Mustered out Mav 4, 66. 
 K July 23 63 Died Apr 1 5, 65, of wds reed at Spanish Fort. 
 
 EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Mustered into service, Feb. 18, 1862. 
 
 Abbott, Henry C. 
 Brown, Edward M. 
 Dewey, Edward 
 
 Foster, Isaac G. 
 Getchell, John W. 
 Jones, Alonzo 
 Nichols, Roswell S. 
 Sinclair, Hiram D. 
 Smith, Fred. E. 
 Thayer, James E. 
 Webster, Oscar N. 
 
 Brown, Stephen 
 Jacobs, Don L. 
 McManus. Patrick 
 Plant, Charles 
 Preston, Asa L. 
 Smith, Otis B. 
 ♦Seymour, Isaac 
 Sylvester, Frank 
 
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 34 
 
 26 
 44 
 41 
 44 
 31 
 35 
 27 
 
 Nov ig 63 Pro. ist Lieutenant in 2d La. Rejgiment. 
 Jan 9 62 Lieut. Colonel. Resigned Dec. 23, 63. 
 Jan 12 64 Q. M. Pro. Capt. & Asst. Q. M. U. S. Vols., 
 Feb. II, 65. Res. May 29, 65. 
 Discharged Oct. 12, 63. 
 Re-enlisted. Mustered out June 28, 65. 
 Discharged Oct. 16, 62. 
 Discharged June 30, 62. 
 Discharged Jan. 4, 63. 
 Q. M. Resigned Nov. 30, 63. 
 I 61 Sergt. Killed at Bayou des Allems, Sept. 4, 62. 
 3 61 Discharged Oct. 15, 62. 
 
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 10 61 
 
 E 
 
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 662 
 
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 30 61 
 
 E 
 
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 2861 
 
 Oct 
 Dec 
 
 NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. THREE YEARS. 
 Mustered into service July g, 1862. 
 
 June 25 62 Discharged March 14, 63. 
 May 31 62 Mustered out July 8, 65. 
 June 5 62 Discharged Nov. 15, 62. 
 May 26 62 Deserted July 30, 62. 
 June 1 6 62 Discharged July 5, 65. 
 June 23 62 Discharged Nov. 3, 62. 
 do Discharged Feb. 20, 63. 
 
 May 29 62 Discharged Dec. i, 62. 
 
 TENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Mustered into service Sept. i, 1862. 
 
 Ayer, Albert J. 
 Bailey, Gustave 
 Bovar, Peter 
 Bradley, Henry M. 
 Brooks, Robert 
 Brown, George G. 
 Burgess, Charles 
 Burke, John 
 Carr, James M. 
 Cayhue, Tuffield, Jr., 
 Coburn, Curtis A. 
 Edson, John H. 
 Glysson, Andrew J. 
 Greeley, Allen 
 Hubbard, George J. 
 Hall, Lewis A. 
 Kennedy, Felix 
 Pierce, Hiram M. 
 Selinas, Julius 
 Smith, Hiram S. 
 Smith, John G. 
 Stetson, Ezra 
 Stickney, Edward J. 
 Storrs, Oilman 
 Waldron, Ezekiel S. 
 Wood, Joseph Jr. 
 
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 July 26 62 
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 July 28 62 
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 Died Sept. 16, 63. 
 
 Discharged Nov. 3, 62. 
 
 Deserted June 19, 64. 
 
 Discharged Mar; 5, 63. 
 
 Died in Danville Prison, Dec. 23, 64. 
 
 Promoted Corporal. Must out June 22, 65. 
 
 Discharged Sept. 17, 63. 
 
 Died at Brandy Station,Va., Nov. 9, 64. 
 
 Corpor^. Pro. Sergeant. Died July i, 64. 
 
 Killed at Cold Harbor, June i, 64. 
 
 Trans, to Signal Corp. Sept i, 63; 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel. Resigned Oct. 16, 62. 
 
 Mustered out June 21, 65. 
 
 Pro. Corp. Died July i, 64, of w'ds rec'd. 
 
 Mustered out June 22, 65. 
 
 do 
 Died Dec. 8, 63. [action. 
 
 Serg't. Dis. Sept. 23, 64, for wounds rec'd. in 
 Mustered out June 22, 65. 
 Pro. Sergeant. Mustered out June 22, 65. 
 Mustered out June 22, 65. 
 1st Lieut. Killed at Cold Harbor, June i, 64. 
 Corp. Pro. to 1st Lieut. Must, out June 22,61;. 
 Killed at Mine Run, Nov. 27-, 63. 
 Died Apr. 6, 64, of wounds received in action. 
 Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 22,64. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 34S 
 
 ELEVENTH KEGIMENT, HEAVY ARTILLERY. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Mustered into service, Sept. ii, 1862. 
 
 Names. 
 Anson, Charles H. 
 Buxton, Harris 6. 
 Carlton, Alfred L. 
 Clark, Charles W. 
 
 Felt, George M. 
 Field, Daniel G. 
 •Hunt, William H. 
 Rice, James 
 Wells, William 
 Wilson, John R. 
 
 Co. 
 
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 Age. 
 
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 33 
 24 
 
 [8 I 
 
 35 
 26 
 
 19 
 
 Enliatment. Remarks, 
 
 Aug 30 62 Q. M. Pro. Capt. Co. E. Must, out June 24, 65. 
 
 July 362 Died Feb. 20, 63. [n, 63. 
 
 Aug 14 62 Q. M. Pro. Capt. and C. of S. U. S. V. March 
 
 Sept I 62 C. S. Pro. ist Lieut. Co. G. 63. Mustered out 
 
 June 24, 65. 
 
 July 19 62 Pro. Corp. Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 Aug II 62 H. 5. Discharged December 22, 62. 
 
 64 Discharged Oct. ao, 64, at New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Aug 1 2 62 Capt, Honorably dis. for disability, Apr. 22 65. 
 
 Aug 26 62 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 62 Rec'd. pro to ist Lieut. Must, out June 24, 65. 
 
 THIRTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. NINE MONTHS. 
 
 Mustered into service, Oct. 10, 1862 ; mustered out, July 21, 1863. 
 
 Alexander, Thomas C. 
 Ballou, Wallace H. 
 
 * Ballou, Jerome E. 
 Bixby, Freeman 
 Brown, Andrew C. 
 
 * Burke, Walter 
 Campbell, James 
 Cannon, Fergus 
 Clark, Albert 
 Dakin, Henry 
 Daniels, William 
 Davis, George H." 
 Davis, Isaac K. 
 Dewey, Peter G. 
 Dodge, Wallace W. 
 Farwell, John G. 
 Flanders, John P. 
 Hoyt, Franklin 
 Jangraw, Frank 
 Kneeland, Howland 
 Ladd, John W. 
 Lamb, James C. 
 Langdon, John B. Jr. 
 Laviolette, Eugene 
 Lemwin, George E. 
 Marr, Hobart J. 
 Marsh, Eli T. 
 McLaughlin, Charles 
 Mitchell, David 
 Morris, Francis 
 Noyes, William 
 Peck, Alonzo D. 
 Peck, George A. 
 Peck, James S. 
 Piper, Wilber F. 
 Prentiss, Samuel F. 
 Randall, Charles F. 
 
 Randall, Francis V. 
 Roaks, William 
 Seaver, Curtis H. 
 Smith, H. Dwight 
 Smith, Guy 
 Swazey, Charles D. 
 Taylor, Nelson A. 
 Van Orman, John J. 
 Washburn, Charles H. 
 Welch, John 
 Wright, Prentice C. 
 Wright, Benjamin N, 
 
 Poland, J. Monroe 
 44 
 
 I Aug 2562 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 I do Corp. Pro. S. M. Must, out July 21, ©5. 
 
 C Oct 2962 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 A Aug '25 62 H. S. Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do Lieut. Col. Resigned May 5, 63. 
 
 Sept 19 62 Died Mar. 4, 63. 
 
 Aug 2562 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 Oct 10 62 do 
 
 Aug 25 62 Serg't. Pro. ist Lieut. Must, out July 25, 63. 
 
 Sept 27 62 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 Aug 25 62 do 
 
 do Corporal.' Discharged May 5, 63. 
 
 do Discharged Feb. 4, 63. 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do do 
 
 do do 
 
 do do 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do do 
 
 do Discharged Nov. 25, 62. 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do Pro. Com. Sergt. Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do do 
 
 do do 
 
 Aug 25 62 do 
 
 Aug 29 62 Corporal. Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 Sept 29 62 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 Aug 25 62 do 
 
 do do 
 
 do Discharged February 28, 63. 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do Discharged Jan. 25, 63. [July 21, 63. 
 
 do 2d Lieut. Pro. Adjutant. Jan. 63. Must, out 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. [21, 63. 
 
 do S. M. Pro. 2d Lieut. Feb. 63. Must, out July 
 
 Sept 24 62 S. M. Pro. 2d Lieut. Jan. 63. Must, out July 
 
 21, 63. 
 
 Sept 13 62 Colonel. Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 Sept 29 62 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 Aug 25 62 do 
 
 do Pro. Corp. Must, out July 21, 63. [July2i,63. 
 
 do Com. Serg't. Pro. C. M. S. Nov. 62. Must, out 
 
 do Mustered out July 23, 63. [21,63. 
 
 do Q. M. S. Pro. Q. M. Nov. 62. Must, out July 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do do 
 
 do do 
 
 do Discharged Jan 31, 63. 
 
 do Killed at Gettysburgh, July 3, 63. 
 
 FIFTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. NINE MONTHS. 
 
 Mustered into service, 1862 ; out, in 1863. 
 
 21 Aug 2 62 Adjutant. Mustered out Aug. 5, 63. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Names, 
 Atherton, Omri S. 
 Burbank, William B. 
 Camp, Harley W. 
 Cannon, Fergus 
 Carpenter, Chauncey 
 Cassivaint, Oliver 
 Dow, Napoleon 
 * Dodge, Richard S. 
 Emerson, Andrew A. 
 Fisk, Seymour M. 
 Girard, Alfred 
 Oilman, Charles 
 Gould, Gustavus 
 Guinan, William 
 Hoyt, Franklin 
 Lam^, James C 
 Ladosa, Joseph 
 Laval ly, Henry 
 Mahuron, Horace 
 •Marshall, William 
 Nichols, Roswell S. 
 Peck, James S. 
 Randall, Charles W. 
 Randall, Francis V. 
 *Rose, Joseph 
 *Robinson, Geo. S. 
 St. John, Andrew 
 St. John, Dominique 
 Taro, John ' 
 Voodry, Adna J. 
 
 Bartlett, John D. 
 Buxton, John H. 
 Carpenter, Charles 
 Carter, Constant 
 French, Frank S. 
 Staples, Marshall S. 
 Tebo, Peter 
 
 SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Mustered into service by companies in 1864. 
 
 Age. Co. EuUstment. Remarks. 
 
 22 C Feb 1564 Corporal. Died Nov. 5, 64. 
 
 24 E Aug 22 64 1st Lieutenant. Mustered out July 14, 65. 
 32 E Jan I 64 Corp. Pro. Serg't. Must, out July 21, 65. 
 
 39 C Nov 5 63 Mustered out July 14, 65. 
 35 C Dec 3163 Discharged May 13,65. 
 
 34 D Feb 1664 Discharged June 12, 65. 
 
 22 C do Discharged July 14, 65. 
 
 40 • K Aug 2 64 Mustered out July 14, 65. 
 18 E Feb 18 64 Died June 17, 64. 
 
 35 E do Mustered out July 14, 65. 
 
 18 C do do 
 
 19 E Oct 2963 do 
 
 21 E Feb 24 64 do 
 
 32 E Feb 29 64 Discharged Oct. 30, 64. 
 
 46 C Aug 25 63 Serg't. Dis. June 19, 65, for w'ds. received. 
 
 27 E Dec 2363 Q. M. Pro. ist Lieut. Must, out July 14,65. 
 
 25 C Feb 17 64 Deserted Dec. 25, 64. 
 
 19 C Feb 19 64 Must^ed out May 24, 65. 
 
 18 C Feb 18 64 Pro. Corporal. Mustered out July 21, 65. 
 
 45 E Mar 17 64 Died June 3, 64; of wounds rec'd. in action. 
 
 44 C Feb 16 64 Mustered out July 17, 65. 
 
 24 E Dec 3 63 Received pro. to Major. Must, out July 24, 65. 
 
 18 C Feb 23 64 2d Lieut. Discharged March 9, 65. 
 40 Feb 10 64 Colonel. Mustered out July 17, 65. 
 
 23 H May 10 64 Killed near Petersburgh, July 27, 64. 
 32 E Apr 12 64 Capt. Mustered out July 14, 65. 
 
 44 C Feb 25 64 Mustered out July 14, 65. 
 
 38 C Feb 17 64 Discharged Aug. 30, 64. 
 
 22 C Feb 16 64 Discharged July 14, 65. 
 
 19 E Mar 19 64 Mustered out July 14, 65. 
 
 FIRST REGIMENT CAVALRY. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Mustered into service Nov, 
 
 31 C Oct 14 61 Captain. 
 
 19 C Sept II 61 
 
 25 C Feb 20 61 
 
 27 E Oct 461 
 
 27 C Oct 3 6i 
 
 36 C Nov 9 6i 
 
 21 M Oct 10 62 
 
 19, 1861. 
 Pro. Major. Resigned Apr. 62. 
 Discharged Nov. 26, 62. 
 Discharged Oct. 3, 62. 
 Mustered out Nov. 18, 64. 
 Discharged Nov. 27, 6i. 
 Discharged Dec. 7, 62. 
 Discharged May 21, 64. 
 
 FIRST BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY. 
 Mustered in 1861. 
 
 THREE YEARS. 
 
 Armstrong, Thomas 34 Jan 14 62 
 
 Branagan, Patrick 36 Jan 27 62 
 
 Brecette, Peter 19 Dec 9 61 
 
 Brodar, Joseph 45 Jan 13 62 
 
 Goodwin, Henry W. 22 Nov 19 61 
 
 Rowland, John 43 Nov 1 1 61 
 
 Laundry, Charles 18 Dec 16 61 
 
 Laundry, Frank 22 Dec 10 61 
 
 Laundry, Jesse 19 Dec 9 61 
 
 Mitchell, Sullivan B. 41 Nov 21 61 
 
 Raspel, Henrick W. 39 Feb 13 62 
 
 Riker, James B. 19 Dec 13 61 
 
 Must, out Aug. 10, 64. Died in Reg. Service 
 July 26, 65, of vf'ds. rec'd. at Port Hudson. 
 Mustered out Aug. lo, 64. 
 
 do 
 Discharged March 28, 63. 
 Discharged June 5, 62. 
 Corp. . Pro. Serg't. Must, out Aug. 10, 64. 
 Must, out Aug. 10, 64. 
 
 do 
 
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 Died July 25, 64, of wounds received in action. 
 Mustered out Aug. 10, 64. 
 Pro. 2d Lieut. Must, out Aug^ 10, 62. 
 
 SECOND BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Mustered into service 1861. 
 Curry, Michael 18 Dec 25 61 Discharged Oct. 20, 62. 
 
 THIRD BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Mustered into service 1863. 
 Dec 25 63 Deserted Aug. 31, 64. 
 
 Bousquet, Francis O. 19 
 
 Brown, John H. 45 Dec 19 63 
 
 BuUerfly, Frank 18 Dec 12 63 
 
 Campbell, James 19 Dec 22 63 
 
 *Campbell, Humphrey 18 Aug 20 64 
 
 ug. 31. 
 Died Sept. 16, 64. 
 Mustered out J\ine.i5, 65. 
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MONTPELIER. 
 
 347 
 
 Names. 
 *Cayhue, Jesse 
 Chalifaux, Naraise 
 *Curry, Michael 
 •Dodge, Wallace H. 
 Estis, Charles O. 
 *Jangraw, Alexander 
 •Jangraw, Frank 
 •Gravlin, Peter 
 Langdon, John B. Jr. 
 Miller, John 
 ♦Morris, Frank 
 •Morris, Joseph 
 Moulton, Benjamin J. 
 Palmer, Henry A. 
 Phillips, Walter A. 
 Prevost, Clement 
 Reynard, Edmund 
 *Rowe, Joseph 
 Staples, Guy B, 
 Staples, Marshall S. 
 Taplin, Eben 
 Valley, Joseph 
 Washburn, William L. 
 *Yatta, William 
 
 Age. 
 
 Co. Enlistment. 
 
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 Dec 23 63 
 
 28 
 
 Dec 26 63 
 
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 Apr 2364 
 
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 Aug 22 64 
 
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 Sept 7 63 
 
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 Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 
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 Q. M. Serg't. 'Must, out June 15, 64. 
 Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 
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 Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 Discharged Jan. 28, 04. 
 Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 
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 Artificer. Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 Corp. Pro. to 2d Lieut. Must, out June 15, 65. 
 Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 
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 SECOND REGIMENT U. S. SHARP-SHOOTERS. THREE YEARS. 
 
 Mustered in i86i. 
 Severance, Luther 25 E Aug 11 62 Mustered out June 12, 65. 
 
 FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS. 
 
 Pitkin, Perley P. 35 June 6 61 Captain and Q. M. Pro. to Col. and O. M. 
 
 U. S. Vol. 
 
 FORTY-THIRD U. S. COLORED REGIMENT. 
 
 July 21 63 Mustered out 65. 
 
 FIRST COMPANY OF DRAFTED MEN. 
 
 July 21 63 Discharged Oct. 22. 63. 
 uly 27 63 Deserted. 
 
 CREDIT IN U. S. NAVY. , 
 
 Jan 3 64 Juniata Sophronia. Discharged June 3, 65. 
 
 IN REGIMENTS FROM OTHER STATES. 
 
 13th N. H. Regiment, . Enlisted, 63, 3 years. 
 36th Mass. Enlisted, 63, 3 years. [July, 63. 
 
 14th R. I. Reg't. 9 months. Enlisted Sept. 62. Serg't. Must, out 
 8th Maine. Enlisted July, 62, 3 years. Must, out July, 65. 
 
 JSmith, Henry C. 
 
 JBrunell, Frank J. 
 tRobinson, John 
 
 Williamson, John 
 
 *Batchelder, Josiah L. 
 ♦Gravlin, Frank Jr. 
 *Guinan, William 
 *Jangraw, Oughtney 
 •Kimball, Frank 
 •Nichols, Lucius 
 •Stowe, Lorenzo 
 •Wells, John T. 
 •Wood, Lewis 
 •Gravlin, Peter 
 •Clogston, O. Curtis 
 •Cutler, Marcus M. 
 •Washburn, J. W. F. 
 
 Clark, William H. 
 Gil more, Edward C. 
 Parker, Jared 
 Parker, Lucius R. 
 Storrs, Charles W. 
 Webster, Oscar N. 
 
 Bixby, H. Roger 
 Clark, Fred 
 Collins, John 
 Cross, Oscar N. 
 Daniels, William 
 Dewey, Peter G. 
 
 14th R. I. Reg't. 9 mos. Enlisted Sept. 62. Mustered out July, 63. 
 
 2d N. H. Reg't. 3 years. Enlisted May, 61. Must, out, 64. 
 do do 
 
 2d Mass Artillery. Enlisted Dec. 17, 63. Must, out Sept. 65. 
 
 7th Ohio Infantry. Enlisted Apr. 17, 61. Must, out Aug. 64. 
 24th Mass. Infantry. Enlisted Dec. 63. Mustered out Aug. 66. 
 
 VETERAN RESERVE CORPS. ENLISTED MEN. 
 
 E July 6 63 Must, out Nov. 13, 65. 
 E do do 
 
 E July 13 63 do 
 
 July 22 63 do 
 
 July 25 63 Transferred, to Co. K. 7th Regiment, in 64. 
 
 July 4 64 Mustered out July 3, 66. 
 
 FIRST REGIME^IT FRONTIER CAVALRY. 
 
 IQ M Jan .3 65 Mustered out June 27, 65. 
 
 18 M do do 
 
 27 M do Pro. Corporal. Mustered out June 27, 65. 
 
 24 M do Com. Sergeant. Mustered out June 27, 65. 
 
 20 M do Mustered out June 27, 65. 
 
 22 M do do 
 
348 
 
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 Howard, George D. 
 Lemwin, George 
 McCluskey, Charles A. 
 Morse, Joseph B. 
 Moulton, Isaac R. 
 Newcomb, George W. 
 Prentiss, Herbert J. 
 Tyler, Eugene C. 
 
 ELEVENTH U. 
 
 Bailey, Clintonft 
 Baxter, Robert 
 Bryant, Eliphalet E. 
 Chalyfaux, Maxy 
 Connolly, Michael 
 Emerson, Amos N. 
 Fowler, Levi D. 
 Handlin, J. H. 
 Lucia, Oliver 
 Mack, James 
 Nealor, Edward 
 Pridelieu, Francis 
 
 Age. Go, Enlistment. 
 
 M 
 M 
 M 
 M 
 M 
 M 
 M 
 ¥ 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 Remarks. 
 1st Lieut. Resigned March i6, 65, 
 Pro. Sergeant. Mustered out June 27, 65. 
 Mustered out June 27, 65. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Deserted Mar. 23, 65. 
 Mustered out; June 27, 65. 
 
 do 
 
 S. INFANTRY. THREE YEARS. RECRUITS OF 1865. 
 
 Discharged Jt»he 28, 68. 
 
 Died Aug. 19, 66, in Richmond, Va. 
 
 Died Sept. 16, 66, in Richmond, Va. 
 
 Died Aug. 15, 66, in Richmond, Va. 
 
 Discharged Aug. 4, 68. 
 
 Discharged Dec. 16, 65. 
 
 Deserted Sept. 24, 65. 
 
 Deserted May 18, 67. 
 
 Deserted June 20, 66. 
 
 Deserted Dec. 16, 65. 
 
 Died Sept. 8, 66, in Richmond, Va. 
 
 Discharged June 19, 68. 
 
 June 22 
 Aug 26 
 Aug 22 
 June 27 
 Aug 4 
 June 26 
 June. 20 
 July 20 
 June 27 
 June 20 
 July 28 
 June 19 
 
 ^5 
 
 65 
 
 ENROLLED MAN WHO FURNISHED SUBSTITUTE. 
 
 Brock, James W. 
 
 DRAFfED MEN WHO FURNISHED SUBSTITUTES. 
 
 Bradish, Alonzo G. 
 Huntington, William L. 
 Sterling, Joseph 
 
 Colton, Henry C. 
 Nichols, George L. 
 Tilden, Geo. W. 
 
 Foster, Henry M. 
 Reed, Charles A. 
 Town, Chauncey W. 
 
 DRAFTED MEN WHO PAID COMMUTATION. 
 
 Allen, Benjamin F. Babcock, Jerry V. Bailey, Charles W. 
 
 Barnes, Henry Courser, Merrill P. Morey, Moses P. 
 
 Palmer, Nahum Pope, Walter Standish, William O. 
 Woodward, Justus E. 
 
 * Residents of Montpelier, but credited to other towns, for the reason that at the date of 
 their enlistment the quota of the town was full, and they were credited to other towns that 
 they might draw their state bounty. At all the calls made by the Government for troops 
 during the war, the town kept in excess of her quota. For various reasons, several went into 
 other states and enlisted, and were not town credits. Therefore, it seems no more than just 
 and right that all of the names of these men, so far as are known, should be written in history 
 as credit to the town. 
 
 t Substitute. 
 
 {Drafted. 
 
 ■Name. 
 Allen, Andrew H. 
 Ayers, Albert J. 
 Atherton, Omri S. 
 Armstrong, Thomas 
 Baxter, Robert 
 Bennett, Amos N. 
 Brooks, Robert 
 Brown, John H. 
 Bryant, Eliphalet E. 
 Buxton, Harris 
 Burgin, Patrick 
 Burke, John 
 Burke, Walter 
 Carr, James M. 
 Cayhue, Tuffield 
 Chalifaux, Maxy 
 Divine, Patrick 
 Emerson, Andrew A. 
 Franklin, Roswell 
 Gilman, Sydney A, 
 
 MONTPELIER'S ROLL OF HONOR. 
 
 B 
 
 Died July 26, 61. 
 Died Sept. 16, 62. 
 Died Nov. 6, 64. 
 
 Co. 
 
 Reg't. 
 
 D 
 
 2 
 
 B 
 
 10 
 
 C 17 
 Regular Service 
 II U. S. R. Reg't. 
 F 2 
 
 B 
 
 10 
 
 3d Battery 
 
 II p. S. R. Reg't. 
 
 H II 
 
 D 
 
 2 
 
 B 
 
 10 
 
 C 
 
 13 
 
 B 
 
 10 
 
 B 
 
 10 
 
 II U. 
 
 K 
 
 E 
 
 H 
 
 G 
 
 S. R. Reg't. 
 3 
 
 17 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 Died July 26, 65, of w'ds. rec'd. at Port Hudson, 
 
 Died Sept. 6, 66, at Richmond, Va. 
 
 Killed at Fredricksburgh, May 3, 63. 
 
 Died in Danville Prison, Ga.. Dec. 23, 63. 
 
 Died at City Point, Va., Sept. 16, 64. 
 
 Died at Richmond, Va., Sept. 16, 66. 
 
 Died Feb. 20, 63. 
 
 Killed at Banks Ford, May 3, 63. 
 
 Died at Brandy Station, Va., Nov. 9, 64. 
 
 Died at Wolfs Run Shoals, Va., Mar. 4. 63. 
 
 Died July i, 64. 
 
 Killed at Cold Harbor, June i, 63. 
 
 Died at Richmond, Va., Aug. 15, 66. 
 
 Killed at Lee's Mills, Apr.i6, 62. 
 
 Died July 17, 64. 
 
 Died Dec. 16, 63. 
 
 Died in Andersonville Prison, Oct. 64. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 349 
 
 Name, 
 Gray, Ira S. 
 Greeley, Allen 
 Goodrich) Victor 
 Harran, Selden B. ^ 
 Horr, John P. 
 Kent, Hermon G. 
 Kennedy, Felix 
 Kimball, Frank 
 Ladue, Joseph 
 Loomis, Vernon L. 
 Mailhote, Victor W. 
 Mahoney, Sylvester D. 
 Marshall, William 
 McManus, James W. 
 Minouge, William 
 Mitchell, Sullivan B. 
 Nealor, Edvirard 
 Rose, Joseph 
 Shorey, Elscine 
 Smith, Levi 
 Sprague, Fredrick W. 
 Stetson, Ezra 
 Stone, Horatio F. 
 Storrs, Gilman D. 
 Storrs, Charles W. 
 Stowe, Lorenzo, 
 Taylor, Benjamin 
 Thayer, James E. 
 Waldron, Ezekiel 
 White, George A. 
 Wright, Benjamin N. 
 
 Co. 
 D 
 B 
 F 
 F 
 H 
 G 
 B 
 
 Eeg't. 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 39_Mass. Reg. 
 
 G 
 
 H 
 
 G 
 
 F 
 
 E 
 
 K 
 
 H 
 
 1st Batterv 
 
 n U. S. :ft,Reg't. 
 
 4 
 3 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 17 
 
 4 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 H 
 F 
 K 
 A 
 B 
 H 
 B 
 
 K 7 
 14th R. I. Reg't. 
 
 F 2 
 
 E S 
 
 B 10 
 
 H 2 
 
 I "3 
 
 Remarks. 
 Killed at Savage Station, June 39, 62. 
 Died JulyaijiSg.'of w'ds. rece'd. at Cold Harbor. 
 Killed at Bull Run, July 21, 61. 
 Died Nov. 16, 61. 
 Killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 64. 
 Killed at Fredricksburgh, Dec. 19, 62. 
 Died Dec. 8, 63. 
 
 Killed at Piedmont, Va., June 5, 64. 
 Died Feb. 26, 64, of wounds received in action. 
 Died Feb. 6, 63. 
 
 Died Oct. 5, 62, of wounds received in action. 
 Killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64. 
 Died June 3, 64, of jvounds received in action. 
 Killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64. 
 Killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64. 
 Died July 25, 64, of wounds received in action. 
 Died m Richmond, Va., Sept. 8, 66. 
 Killed at Petersburgh, July 27, 64. 
 Killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64. 
 Died May 12, 63, 
 
 Killed at Cold Harbor, June i, 64. 
 Killed at Cold Harbor, June i, 64. 
 Killed in Wilderness, May 4, 64. 
 Killed at Mine Run, Nov, 27, 63. 
 Died Apr. 10, 65, of w'ds. rec'd. at Spanish Fort. 
 Died in 63. 
 Died June 28, 62. 
 
 Killed at Bayou Des Allems, Sept. 4, 62. 
 Died Apr. 6, 65. of wounds received in action. 
 Killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64. 
 Killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 63. 
 
 In addition to these might be added the names of many who were wounded and disabled, 
 and did not survive their disability long after the war or their discharge. Below we give the 
 names of those who lost a limb : Capt. Horace Grossman, Co. F, 2d Regiment, and Private 
 Charles McLaughlin, Co. K, 3d Regiment, losing a leg; Serg't. Hiram M. Pierce, Co. B, loth 
 Regiment, and Private Elverton Loomis, Co. F, 2d Regiment, losing an arm. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 Total number of men furnished who entered the service 365 
 
 Furnished substitute v---- 10 
 
 Paid commutation 10 
 
 No. who served their teim of enlistment, or to close of war 120 
 
 Mustered out previous to close of the war at the expiration of their term of service 80 
 
 Discharged for disability, for wounds received and various other causes 114 
 
 Killed in battle . .• 21 
 
 Died of wounds received in action 11 
 
 Died of diseases contracted in the service 17 
 
 Died in rebel prisons , ; 2 
 
 Deserted 12 
 
 Perliaps it would be proper here to men- 
 tion the names of those who were natives 
 of Montpelier, and had sought homes in 
 the West, and from there had enlisted and 
 lost their lives in the defence of their 
 country : 
 
 . Walter M. Howes, son of the late Hon. 
 William Howes, of Prescott, Wis., for- 
 merly of Montpelier, enlisted at the age of 
 21 years, was promoted to Orderly Ser- 
 geant of Co. F, 37th Wis, reg't;. was. se- 
 verely wounded, but recovered . In mount- 
 ing the enemy's works before Petersburgh, 
 April 2, 1865, he was struck by a solid 
 
 shot and instantly killed . He was a young 
 man of fine character, high promise and 
 an excellent soldier. 
 
 Col. Holden Putnam, of the 93d Illinois, 
 was killed in one of Gen. Grant's battles 
 with Bragg in 1863. Col. Putnam left 
 Montpelier about 1853, and settled in Free- 
 port, 111., where he was successfully en- 
 gaged in the banking business. When 
 the war broke out, Putnam, true to the 
 name he bore, at once gave his services to 
 his country, and gave the name new honor 
 by patriotism and bravery as was given by 
 the Gen. Putnam of Revolutionary fame. 
 
3S0 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Capt. Willibm W. Hutchins, son 
 of the late William Hutchins of this 
 town, when the rebellion broke out 
 resided in Prescott, Wis. He re- 
 linquished a good business, and en- 
 listed as a private in the 6th Wis- 
 consin, and received promotions to 
 Captain. While gallantly leading 
 his Company at the battle near 
 Ream's Station, Va., Aug. 19, 1864, 
 he was killed. He was a brave sol- 
 dier and a good officer. 
 
 We give below an account of a very re- 
 markable military expedition under the 
 command of Lieut. W. F. Cross, son of 
 the Jate Timothy Cross, of Montpelier, 
 which took place on the 21st of December, 
 1863, in Dakota Territory. 
 
 He was ordered to march with twelve 
 men a distance of forty miles, to destroy a 
 camp of Sioux Indians. The thermometer 
 stood at 35° below zero. It was so cold 
 that the party could not ride, and they 
 were therefore compelled to march twenty- 
 five miles in that Arctic weather. They 
 broke up the camp, killing the Indians, 
 (we are sorry to add and scalping, though 
 that is the fashion in such wars,) apd re- 
 turned without the loss of a man, though 
 two horses gave out and were left on the 
 road. On the return march, the ther- 
 mohieter was 24° below zero. The party 
 was absent 39 hours, and in that time 
 marched 80 miles, most of the /way on 
 foot, on snowy ground, and in weather 
 never exceeded for severity in any military 
 expedition, unless it was in Napoleon's 
 Russian campaign. 
 
 REUNIONS. 
 
 There has been one soldiers' reunion in 
 
 town, and several officers' reunions. 
 
 All hall these reunlonBl the whole soul expands 
 With tills greeting of hearts and this clasping of hands ; 
 The heroes who stood 'midst the carnage and roar. 
 And the red stream of battle, in council ojice more. 
 
 Then raise the loud shout, the sweet hymn of the free, 
 Let it swell on the breeze o'er the mountain and sea; 
 For our old battle banner, tho' riddled and worn. 
 Not a single bright star fl:om Its glory is torn. 
 
 OLD MASONIC HALL,— 1834. 
 
 MASONIC. 
 
 BY THOS. H. CAVE. 
 
 Aurora Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M., 
 was chartered Oct. 14, 1796, the petition 
 for which was signed by Moses Hubbard, 
 Benjamin Waite, and others. 
 
 The hall first occupied" we have been un- 
 able to ascertain ; but in 1805-6 the meet- 
 ings were held in a room over Geo. B. R. 
 Gove's store, (the building now occupied 
 by Fisher& Colton,) on Main street. Then 
 from 1809 to 1822, they had a hall in the 
 old Academy building. About the first of 
 January, 1822, this was destroyed by fife. 
 January 7th of that year, they assembled 
 at Reuben Lamb's mansion-room, so 
 called ; and from Feb. 4 of the same year 
 held their meetings in the Pavilion hotel, 
 then kept by Thomas Davis, until they oc- 
 cupied their new hall. The corner stone 
 of this hall was laid Aug. 8, 1822, with 
 masonic ceremonies, the oration being de- 
 livered by Erastus Watrous. The Lodge 
 held their first meeting' in their new hall 
 Oct. 7, 1822. This building stood at the 
 corner of School and Main streets, on the 
 site now occupied by Bethany church. 
 (See engraving above.) 
 
 Among the members of the Lodge we 
 find the names of many prominent citizens 
 of this and adjoining towns : 
 
 Sylvester Day, Rev.Benj.Chatterton 
 
 Levi Pitkin, Lovell Kelton, 
 
 Nathan Doty, Salmon Washburn, 
 
 Thos. Reed, Sen'r, Silas Burbank, 
 Samuel Prentiss, Jr., Elijah Witherell, 
 
 Parley Davis, Chester Nye, 
 
 Charles Bulkley, Jacob Miller, 
 
 Erastus Watrous, Col. Samuel Fifield, 
 
 David Wing, Jr., Denison Smith, 
 
 Cyrus Ware, Hezekiah H. Reed, 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 35 1 
 
 Cornelius Lynde, 
 Timothy Hubbard, 
 Geo. Worthington, 
 Seth Putnam, 
 Chapin Keith, 
 Richard Holden, 
 James Fiske, 
 Col. Cyrus Johnson, 
 Lamed Lamb, 
 Eliakim D. Persons, 
 Lemuel Farwell, 
 Wyllis L Cadwell, 
 ApoUos Hal], 
 Joseph Wing, 
 Isaac Putnam, 
 Thomas Wallace, 
 Salvin Collins, 
 Silas W. Cobb, 
 James Deane, 
 Amasa Bancroft, 
 Sylvanus Baldwin, 
 Abel Knapp, 
 Jeduthan Loomis, 
 Jonah Parks, 
 John Spalding, 
 Dr. James Spalding, 
 R. Bailey, 
 O. H. Smith, 
 Gamaliel Washburn, 
 Ches'r W.Houghton, 
 Joseph Howes, 
 Daniel Baldwin, 
 Samuel Goss, 
 Nathan Jewett, 
 
 Roger G. Bulkley, 
 Joseph Wiggins, 
 Gen. Gusta. Loomis, 
 L. O. C. Bowles, 
 Isaiah Silver, 
 Harry Richardson, 
 Perrin B. Fisk, 
 Israel Dewey, 
 Otis Standish, 
 Jona. Wallace, 
 Diah Richardson, 
 Thomas Reed, Jr., 
 Nat. C. King, 
 Sylvanus Ripley, 
 R. R. Keith, 
 Nat^ll. Bancroft, 
 Barzillai Davenport, 
 Walter Little, 
 M. T. C. Wing, 
 H. N. Baylies, 
 Parrot Blaisdell, 
 Daniel H. Dewey, 
 Roswell H. Knapp, 
 Nelson A. Chase, 
 Mark Goss, 
 Norman Rublee, 
 John Goldsbury, 
 Joseph S. Walton, 
 Geo. W. Hill, 
 Dr. Charles Clark, 
 Dr. John Winslow, 
 Joel Winch, 
 Maj. John Poor. 
 
 The Lodge flourished until' the time of 
 the great anti-masonic wave in 1834. We 
 find among the documents preserved the 
 following notice, which was published at 
 the time in the Vermont IVatchman : 
 
 MASONIC NOTICE. 
 
 A meeting of all the masons in Wash' 
 ington County is hereby notified to be 
 holden at the hall in Montpelier, on Fri- 
 day, the 19th day of September inst., at i 
 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of taking 
 under consideration the unhappy and di- 
 vided state of community on the subject of 
 Freemasonry. It is desirable that the 
 views and feelings of every mason in the 
 County should be fully represented and 
 expressed upon that occasion. This no- 
 tice is the result of a very extensive con- 
 sultation among masons, and is given at 
 their request. 
 
 Montpelier, lothofSept., 1834. 
 
 We, the undersigned, do cordially ap- 
 prove of the above notice, and request that 
 
 the same should be published in all the 
 papers in this County. 
 
 Montpelier, 10 September, 1834. 
 
 H. H. Reed, 
 Luirian Rublee, 
 R. R. Keith, 
 Isaiah Silver, 
 Israel Dewey, 
 William Mann, 
 H. N. Baylies, 
 H. Richardson, 
 G. W. Barker, 
 Ira Owen, 
 
 Saml. Goss, 
 Simeon L. Post, 
 Oramel H. Smith, 
 Alonzo Pearce, 
 S. C. French, 
 N. Jewett, 
 Nathl. Bancroft, 
 Jos. Howes, 
 Jason Carpenter, 
 .Lovel Kelton. 
 
 In accordance with said notice, the 
 members met at Masonic hall. We copy 
 from the records : 
 
 At a special communication of Aurora 
 Lodge No. 9, duly summoned and hold- 
 en at Mason's "Hall, in Montpelier, on 
 Friday, the 19th day of September, A. 
 L. 5834- 
 
 Number of brethren present, about sixty. 
 On motion, the following resolutions 
 were passed and adopted by said Lodge/ 
 viz: 
 
 Resolved and voted. That the trustees, 
 or the survivors of them, who hold the ti- 
 tle to the Masonic Hall in trust for the use 
 of Aurora Lodge, No. 9, (reference being 
 had to the deed of trust,) be, and are 
 hereby directed to sell said Hall, and all 
 right this Lodge may have therein, and 
 also to sell all and singular the personal 
 property belonging to said Lodge, and 
 make all collections of dues to said Lodge 
 (if any) as soon as may be, and to the 
 best advantage, and from the avails of 
 such sales and collections to pay all sums 
 due from said Lodge ; the same to be as- 
 certained and certified by Jeduthan Loom- 
 is, who is hereby appointed a committee 
 for that purpose ; and the balance of such 
 avails to pay and deliver to the Treasurer 
 of the Washington County Grammar 
 School, for the use and disposal of the 
 trustees of said Grammar School, to whom 
 the same is hereby presented as a dona- 
 tion from this Lodge for the purpose of 
 education ; and a copy of this vote shall 
 be their sufficient warrant for the same. 
 
 Resolved and voted. That until a sale of 
 the Masonic Hall shall be made and com- 
 pleted, fiiU leave and license is hereby giv- 
 en, and the Lodge does hereby approve of 
 all kinds of assemblies being held in this 
 Lodge room, under the direction and con- 
 trol of the trustees aforesaid of said Hall. 
 Resolved and voted. That Aurora Lodge, 
 No. 9, be now dissolved, and closed forever. 
 Attest, Hezekiah H. Reed, 
 
 Stc'y pro tern. 
 
352 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 King Solomon Royal Arch Chapter, 
 No. S, — Commenced working under a dis- 
 pensation granted Oct. 7, 1809, and char- 
 tered Jan, 3, 1810. 
 
 Charter Members — Charles Bulkley, 
 Erastus Watrous, Joseph Freeman, Solo- 
 mon Miller, Nathan Doty, Sherman Minot, 
 Denison Smith, Sylvanus Baldwin, and 
 Cabot W. Hyde. 
 
 Jan. 18, 1810, — The first board of officers 
 were elected, as follows : Charles Bulkley, 
 High Priest ; Erastus Watrous, King ; Jo- 
 seph Freeman, Scribe ; Joseph Howes, 
 Treasurer ; Jeduthan Loomis, Secretary ; 
 Solomon Miller, Captain of the Host ; Na- 
 than Doty, Principal Sojourner; Phineas 
 Woodbury, Royal Arch -Captain; Sylvan- 
 us Baldwin, Master of 3d Veil ; Denison 
 Smith, Master of 2d Veil; George Worth- 
 ington. Master of ist Veil ; Nathan 
 Jewett, Tyler. 
 
 The Chapter held its meetings in the 
 hall occupied by Aurora Lodge. Many of 
 the masons mentioned in the list of the 
 Lodge were members of this body. We 
 give the names of a few not given there 
 who took their degrees in, and were mem- 
 bers of, this Chapter : 
 
 Hiram Steele, Asa Partridge, Jona. 
 Briggs of Marshfield, Isaac Fletcher of 
 Lyndon, Jacob Davis of Randolph, Mat- 
 thias Haines of Cabot, Gov. Samuel C. 
 Crafts of Craftsbury, N. R. Sawyer of 
 Hydepark, J. Stearns of Chelsea, Seth G. 
 Bigelow of Brookfield, Z. P. Burnham, 
 Gov. Julius Converse (then) of Randolph, 
 J. K. Parish of Randolph, D. Azro A. 
 Buck of Chelsea ; and many others might 
 be given did space permit. 
 
 We copy from the Chapter Records : 
 
 Oct. 20, 1816. — Voted, That the treas- 
 urer pay out of the funds of the Chapter 
 to the treasurer of the Vermont Bible So- 
 ciety the sum of thirty dollars. 
 
 Dec. 4, 18 16. — Voted, To appropriate 
 ten dollars tor the benefit of schools in the 
 Western States. 
 
 Whether the Chapter formally surren- 
 dered its charter or not, we have no means 
 of knowing, but at the time of the dissolu- 
 tion of the Lodge it is probable that it was 
 forfeited, as we find no record of meetings 
 after that time. 
 
 MoNTPELiER Council of Royal and 
 Select Masters. — Organized Jan. 3, 
 i§l8, by Jeremy L. Cross, with Lucius Q. 
 C. Bowles as T. I. G. M., Nathan Jewett 
 as D. I. G. M., and Daniel Baldwin as P. 
 C. We can find no fiirther record of their 
 proceedings other than that they existed 
 until the breaking up of Masonry in 1834, 
 though they did not surrender their char- 
 ter until the revival of Masonry in this 
 State about the year 1850 or 'ji, when by 
 so doing they received a new one. 
 
 Aurora Lodge, No. 22, F. & A. M. — 
 Chartered Jan. 9, 1851. 
 
 Charter Members. — Harry Richardson, 
 John Poor, Walter Little, Diah Richard- 
 son, Ira S. Town, Henry Crane, Otis 
 Peck, Shubael Wheeler, T. C. Taplin, 
 Levi Boutwell, Gamaliel Washburn, 
 
 The first meeting was held in the office 
 of Dr. T. C. Taplin, Feb. 5, 1850, for the 
 purpose of drawing up a petition for a 
 charter. 
 
 The first election of officers occurred 
 March 25, 1851, at which time the follow- 
 ing list was chosen : T. C. Taplin, W. 
 M. ; Levi Boutwell, S. W. ; John Poor, J. 
 W. ; A. A. Cross, Sec'y; Ira S. Town, 
 Treas. ; Gamaliel Washburn, S. D. ; Diah 
 Richardson, J. D. ; Henry Crane, Tyler. 
 
 The .first hall occupied by the Lodge 
 was in the third story (over the Vermont 
 Bank,) of the building now owned by L. 
 B. Huntington; on State Street. They 
 remained here until Nov. 13, 1859, when 
 they removed into the new block, built for 
 S. S. Boyce, afterwards owned by Fred E. 
 Smith. This they occupied untU it was 
 destroyed in Montpelier's first great fire, 
 March 12, 1875. Meetings were then held 
 in the American House, owned by Chester 
 Clark, a prominent member of the Order, 
 until the completion of Union Block, where 
 a spacious hall and ante-rooms were fitted 
 up especially for the use of the Masonic 
 bodies. The first meeting was held in tlie 
 new hall Dec. 13, 1875, which they now 
 occupy. 
 
 Ust of Past Masters — T. C. Taplin, 
 1850; Gamaliel Washburn, 1851-54, 1856; 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 353 
 
 John C. Emery, 1855, 1857-59, 1861-63, 
 1878-79; JohnW. Clark, j86o; Denison 
 Dewey, 1864; Jas. S. Peck, 1869-71; J. 
 W. F. Washburn, 1872-74; J. Austin 
 Paine, 1875-76; Truman C. Phinney, 
 1865-68, 1880, and now in office. 
 
 IJsi of officers, elected April n, 1881 — 
 T. C. Phinney, W. M. ; Geo. W. Wing, 
 S. W. ; J. W. F. Washburn, J. W. ;' Jas. 
 C. Houghton, Treas. ; Thos. H. Cave, 
 Sec'y ; Stephen R. Colby, S. D. ; Fred. 
 W. Morse, J. D. ; Cha.s. C. Ramsdell, S. 
 S. ; G. Blair, J. S. ; C- C. Dudley, Chap- 
 lain ; A. F. Humphrey, Marshal; W. A. 
 Briggs, Organist; Isaac M. Wright, Tyler. 
 
 No. of members, 167. Regular com- 
 munications, Monday evening of week in 
 which the moon fulls. Annual, April com- 
 munication. 
 
 King Solomon Royal Arch Chapter, 
 No. 7. — Chartered Aug. 14, 1851. 
 
 Charter Members — John Poor, Levi 
 Boutwell, Appleton Fitch, David Leach, 
 Walter Little, Simeon Eggleston, Harry 
 Richardson, Gamaliel Washburn, Joel 
 Winch. 
 
 The Chapter commenced its labors un- 
 der a dispensation dated Jan. 9, 1851, and 
 on April 8 conferred the R. A. degree up- 
 on Henry Crane, Geo. S. Johnson, and 
 Joel Winch, Jr. 
 
 The first election of officers occurred 
 Dec. 27th, 1851, with the following result: 
 
 John Poor, High Priest; T. C. Taplin, 
 King ; Silas C. French, Scribe ; J. E. Bad- 
 ger, Sec'y ; Levi Boutwell, Treas. ; Gama- 
 liel Washburn, Captain of the Host ; Har- 
 ry Richardson, Principal Sojourner ; Geo. 
 S. Johnson, Royal Arch Captain; M. O, 
 Persons, Master of 3d Veil ; Joel Winch, 
 Jr., Master of 2d Veil ; J. P. W. Vincent, 
 Master of ist Veil ; Henry Crane, Tyler. 
 
 The Chapter has held its meetings in 
 connection with Aurora Lodge continously 
 since its organization, sharing with it in the 
 expenses of rent. 
 
 Past High Priests — John Poor, T. C. 
 Taplin, Gamaliel Washburn, Levi Bout- 
 well, C. N. Carpenter, Eli Ballou, Fred. E. 
 Smith, John W. Clark, J. W. F. Wash- 
 burn, James S. Peck. 
 
 45 
 
 Officers elected April 14, 1881 — Geo. W. 
 Wing, H. P. ; Truman C. Phinney, K. ; 
 Geo. Atkins, S. ; Thos. H. Cave, Sec'y; 
 Jas. C. Houghton, Treas.; J. W. F. 
 Washburn, C. of H. ; C. Blakely, P. S. ; 
 Thos. L. Wood, R. A. C. ; Geo. L. Lane, 
 M. 3d V. ; Geo. Blair, M. 2d V. ; Henry 
 W. Drew, M. ist V. ; Chas. W. Guernsey, 
 Daniel S.Wheatley, Stewards ; Rev. How- 
 ard F. Hill, Chaplain; Wm. A, Briggs, 
 Organist; 'igaac M. Wright, Tyler. 
 
 No. of members, 112. Stated Convoca- 
 tions, Thursda)' evening of week in which 
 the "moon fulls. Annual, April convoca- 
 tion. 
 
 MoNTPELiER Council, No. 4, Royal 
 AND Select Masters- — Chartered Aug. 
 10, 1855. 
 
 The first meeting was held June 30, 
 1853, — ^working under the old charter, — 
 with the following officers : John Poor, Th. 
 111. G. M. ; T. C. Taplin, R. 111. G. M. ; 
 Samuel L. Adams, 111. G. M. ; Otis Peck, 
 Prin. Cond.; Joel Winch, Capt; of G. ; 
 -Harry Richardson, ■ Marshal ; Gamaliel 
 Washburn, Recorder ; Simeon Eggleston, 
 Tyler. 
 
 They held meetings until Feb. i, 1855, 
 conferring the degrees on a number of 
 companions. Having complied with a 
 resolution of the Grand Council, surren- 
 dering their old charter, and requesting a 
 new one, the same was granted tliem, da- 
 ted Aug. 10, 1855. 
 
 First board of officers elected.- — T. C. 
 Taplin, Th. 111. G. M. ; SamuelE. Adams, 
 R. 111. G. M. ; David Roberts, 111. G. M. ; 
 Wm. P. Badger, Treas. ; John E. Badger, 
 Recorder; Gamaliel Washburn, Prin. 
 Cond. ; John W. Hobart, Capt. of the G. ; 
 Wm. Rogers, Marshal ; Henry Crane, 
 Tyler. 
 
 Past Illustrious Masters — John Poor, 
 one year ; T. C. Taplin, nine years ; Ga- 
 maliel Washburn, four years ; Truman C. 
 Phinney, who received his eleventh elec- 
 tion April 14th, 1881. 
 
 Board of officers elected April 14, 1881. — 
 Truman C. Phinney, Th. III. M. ; Fred. 
 E. Smith, D. M- ; John W. Clark, P. C. 
 of the W. ; Jas. C. Houghton, Treas. ; 
 
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 Thos. H. Cave, Recorder; Geo. W. Wing, 
 Capt. of the G. ; J. W. F. Washburn, 
 Cond: of the C. ; Rev. H. F. Hill, Chap- 
 • lain ; W. A. Briggs, Marshal ; Thos. L. 
 Wood, Steward; Isaac M. Wright, Sen- 
 tinel. 
 
 The Council occupies the same hall in 
 connection with the Lodge and Chapter. 
 
 No. of members, 70. Regular Assem- 
 blies, Thursday evening in which the moon 
 fulls. Annual in April. 
 
 Mount Zion Commandery, No. 9, 
 Knights Templar. — Date of charter, 
 March 20, 1873. ' Charter members, Jon- 
 athan L. Mack, Henry D. Bean, Frank 
 H. Bascom, G. V.C.Eastman, J. Monroe 
 Poland, Jas. W. Brock, Emory Town^ C. 
 E. Abbott, A. McGilvary. 
 
 First Board of Officers. — J. L. Mack, 
 Eminent Commander; H. D. Bean, Gen- 
 eralissimo; F. H. Bascom, Captain Gen- 
 eral ; G. V. C. Eastman, Prelate ; C. E. 
 Abbott, Senior Warden ; A. McGilvary, 
 Junior Warden ; Joel Winch, Treasurer ; 
 J. M. Poland, Recorder; E. Town, Stand- 
 ard Bearer ; L. Bart. Cross, Sword Bearer ; 
 G. W. Tilden, Warder. 
 
 Officers Elected Dec. 1880. — J. L. Mack, 
 
 E. C. ; Geo. W. Wing, Generalissimo; 
 Henry Ferris, Capt. Gen. ; C. Blakely, 
 Prelate; J. S. Batchelder, S. W. ; W. A. 
 Briggs, J. W. ; J, C. Houghton, Treas. ; 
 Geo. Atkins, Recorder; E. L. White, St. 
 B. ; J. C. Cady, Sw. B. ; J. W. F. Wash- 
 burn, Warder; George Blair, istCapt. G. ; 
 J. Henry Jackson, 2d Capt. G. ; M. Man- 
 ning, 3d Capt. G. ; A. McGilvary, Com- 
 missary; D. S. Wheatley, Sentinel. 
 
 Jonathan L. Mack has been Eminent 
 Commander since the organization. 
 
 Stated Conclaves, first Thursday in each 
 month; No. of members, 58. 
 
 Gamaliel Lodge of Perfection, 
 Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. — Dispen- 
 sation granted Dec. ijth, 1874; chartered 
 Aug. i8th, 1875 ; constituted Sept. i6th, 
 I87S-- 
 
 First Board of Officers.— '¥. H. Bas- 
 com, 32°, T. P. Grand Master; A. C. 
 Dewey, 32°, Deputy Grand Master; J. W. 
 
 F. Washburn, 32°, V. S. Grand Warden ; 
 
 M.T.McNeely,32°,V. J. Grand Warden; 
 A. N. Pearson, 32°, Grand Orator; M. O. 
 Pingree, 32°, Grand Keeper of the Seals ; 
 H. S. Smith, 32°, Grand Treasurer; C.H. 
 Heaton, 32°, Grand Secretary; S. R. 
 Colby, 32°, G. M. of Ceremonies; C. C. 
 Church, 16°, Grand Hospitaler; H. Pat- 
 terson, 14°, Grand Capt. of the G. ; J. A. 
 Paine, 14°, Grand Organist; C.Clark, 14°, 
 Grand Tyler; H. W. Lyford, 14°, Grand 
 Chaplain. 
 
 Board of Officers., 1881. — Rev. Howard 
 F. Hill, 32°, T. P. Gr. Master; S. R. 
 Colby, 32°, D.Gr. Master; William A. 
 Briggs, 16°, S. Gr. Warden; Geo. W. 
 White, 16°, J. Gr. Warden; Ed. R. 
 Morse, 16°, Gr. Orator; C. H. Heaton, 
 32°, Gr. Secretary; H. W. Lyford, 14°, 
 Gr. K. of Seals; H. C. Bartlett, 32°, Gr. 
 M. of Cer. ; H. D. Bean, 14°, Gr. Hos- 
 pitaler; Henry Lowe, 16°, Gr. Capt. of the 
 G. ; J. W. F. Washburn, 32°, Gr. Organ- 
 ist; I. M. Wright, 16°, Gr. Tyler. 
 
 Regular meetings, Tuesday evening of 
 week in which the moon fiills. 
 
 Place of meeting. Masonic Hall. 
 
 Mount Calvary Council of Princes 
 OF Jerusalem, Ancient Accepted Scottish 
 Rite. — Chartered Sept. 20, 1880. 
 
 Board of Officers, 1881.— F. H. Bas- 
 com, 32°, M. E. S. P. G. M. ; J. W. F. 
 Washburn, 32°, G. H. P. D. G. M. 
 Chas. H. Heaton, 32°, M. E. S. G. W. 
 Geo. W. Wing, 16°, M. E. J. G. W. 
 S. R. Colby, 32°, Val. Gr. Treas. ; Wm 
 A. Briggs, 16°, V. G. S. K. of S. &A. 
 Rev. H. F. Hill, 32°, V. G. M. of Cer. 
 H. S. Smith, 32°, Val. Gr. Almoner ; F. F. 
 Fletcher, 16°, V. Gr. M. of Ent. ; Henry 
 Lowe, 16°, Gr. Tyler. 
 
 Regular meetings, Tuesday evening of 
 week in which the moon fulls, at Masonic 
 Hall. 
 
 St. Helena Conclave. — May i, 1875, 
 Frank H. Bascom, 32°, D. D. Intendant 
 General, instituted at Masonic Headquar- 
 ters, Montpelier, the above named conclave 
 of the "Imperial, Ecclesiastical and Mil- 
 itary" Order of the Red Cross of Rome 
 and Constantine, the Invincible Order of 
 Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and the 
 
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 Holy Order of St. John the Evangelist.' 
 The following officers were elected : 
 
 Frank H. Bascom, 32°, Montpelier,' 
 Most Puissant Sovereign ; J. W. F. Wash^ 
 burn, 32°, Montpelier, Viceroy; George 
 W. Tilden, Barre, Senior General; E. A. 
 Newcomb, Waterbury, Junior General ; 
 J. H. Jackson, Barre, High Prelate ; Albert 
 Dewey, 32°, Montpelier, Recorder; Geo. 
 W. Wing, Montpelier, Treasurer ; Horace 
 W. Lyford, Warren, Prefect ; H. O. Hatch, 
 Barre, Standard Bearer; D. A. Gray, 
 Waterbury, Herald; John C. Cave, 14°, 
 Montpelier, Sentinel. 
 
 This Chivalric and Christian Order was 
 founded A. D. 313, by Constantine, the 
 Great Roman Emperor. It is the Ancient 
 Knighthood of Europe, and is the most 
 ancient body of Christian Masonry known. 
 It is conferred upon Knights Templar only 
 in America, and is the ne plus ultra of 
 York Rite Masonry, being conferred upon 
 a select few only. 
 
 Oct. 3, 1876, Frank H. Bascom, of 
 Montpelier, was appointed Deputy for 
 Vermont, to institute Mt. Sinai Temple of 
 the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the 
 Mystic Shrine. It is conferred only on 
 Knights Templars and 32" and 33° of the 
 A. & A. Rite. 
 
 Geo. O. Tyler, 33°, of Burlington, was 
 elected ist Grand Potentate, and Charles 
 H- Heaton, 32°, of Montpelier, Grand Re- 
 corder. The present Grand Potentate is 
 A. C. Dewey, 32°, and F. H. Bascom, 32, 
 Grand Recorder. 
 
 KNIGHTS OF HONOR. 
 
 Capital Lodge, No. 917.— Organized 
 Feb. 26, 1878. Charter members, J. W. 
 Clark, R. J. Coifey, Orrin Daley, C. H. 
 Farnsworth, Thos. Marvin, H. M.Pierce, 
 Geo. W. Parmenter, T. C. Phinney, Geo. 
 L. Story,- D. S. Wheatley, J. B. Wood- 
 ward, Chas. Wells. 
 
 Regular meetings, first and third Wed- 
 day evenings in each month. 
 
 Hall in Sabin's Block, Main Street; 
 membership, 44. 
 
 ODD FELLOWS. 
 
 Vermont Lodge, No. 2, was instituted 
 May 15, 1845 i the charter was granted 
 April. 26, of that year. The charter mem- 
 bers were Rev. Eli Ballou, Thos. Poole, 
 James W. Bigelow, Lorenzo Dow, Wm. 
 H. Cottrrill. 
 
 In 1852 it suspended, and was revived 
 under its present charter, July 24, 1873. 
 
 Charter Members.— K. .H . Keith, C. T. 
 Summers, A. D. Lane, Chas. F. Collins, 
 Marble Russell, Geo. Reed, T. C. Bar. 
 rows, G. B. Dodge, O. T. Dodge, L. M. 
 Washburn, A. N. Pearson. 
 
 The first officers were, A. T. Keith, 
 N. G. ; A. N. Pearson, V. G. ; A. D. Lane, 
 Secretary. 
 
 The following board of officers were 
 elected July i, 1881 : 
 
 W. D. Reid, N. G. ; A. W. Ferrin, V. 
 G. ; H. C. Webster, Rec. Sec'y. ; C. F. 
 Collins, Per Sec'y. ; D. W. Dudley, Treas. ; 
 C. T. Summers, R. S. N. G. ; Henry 
 Whitcomb, L. S. N. G.; C. W. Guern- 
 sey, R. S. V. G. ; A. Clark, L. S. V. G. ; 
 C. E. Wood, Warden; J. H. Jackson, 
 Conductor; H. E. Slayton, Inside Guard; 
 Chas. O. Foster, Outside Guard ; Charles 
 Ferrin, R. S. S. ; Orville Dewey, L. S. S. ; 
 Rev. H. F. Hill, Chaplain. 
 
 Hall in Post Office Block, State Street., 
 
 Brooks Post, No. 13, Grand Army 
 OF THE Republic, was instituted April 28, 
 
 1873- 
 
 Charter Members.—?. P. Pitkin. F. V. 
 Randall, J. S.. Peck, J. W. Clark, J. O. 
 Livingston, F. E. Smith, Geo. S. Robin- 
 son, C. B. Wilson, J. M. Poland, N. N. 
 Glazier, A. C. Brown, H. C. Lull, O. 
 Daley, A. G. Bean and Elihu Snow. 
 
 Present Officers. — W. F. Waterman, 
 Commander ; W. E. Lawson, Senior Vice 
 Commander ; N. C. Peck, Junior Vice 
 Commander; H. L. Averill, Adjutant; 
 H. M. Pierce, Quarter Master; Geo. W. 
 Colby, Surgeon ; Chas. A. Sanders, Chap- 
 lain; W. W. Noyes, Officer of the day; 
 J. J. Young, Officer of the Guard; C. E. 
 Stowe, Q. M. Sergeant. 
 
 The Post meets the first and third 
 
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 Tuesday evenings in the month at their 
 Hall, on South Main Street. 
 
 The Post, in a financial point of view, 
 is even with the world. It has assisted 
 many deserving ' soldiers and their fam- 
 ilies. It has always observed the memo- 
 rial services on Decoration Day in a man- 
 ner highly commendable ; and has been 
 assisted materially by the citizens of the 
 Capital on that day. It has done many 
 deeds of charity, and still has that work to 
 ^perform, and should receive the aid of all 
 good citizens. 
 
 Membership, 150. 
 
 St. John Baptist Benevolent So- 
 ciety. — Incorporated Nov. 23, 1872. 
 
 The object of the Saint John Baptist 
 Society of Montpelier is to render aid to 
 the members in sickness, and, by the spirit 
 of Christian associatiqn, to encourage the 
 practice of the social virtues, and revive 
 among them the sentiments of their na- 
 tionality. To accomplish this end, as 
 honorable as it is useful, the members 
 agree to hold frequent meetings, and to 
 make regular cpntrjbutions to form a re- 
 serve fund by means of which, in accord- 
 ance with the conditions expressed in the 
 rules of the society, each rnernber will be 
 entitled to a daily but temporary assist- 
 ance. 
 
 Charter Members. ^- Mitchell Sweet, 
 Eugene Laviclette, John C. White, Joseph 
 N. Goron, Cyprien Peltier, Dieu D. Nev- 
 eaux, Peter St. Rock, Alexander Camp- 
 bell, John Rock, John Doucette,' Alex- 
 ander Campbell, Jr., John Jangraw, Ferd 
 La Croix, Seraphine Neveaux, Alexander 
 Jangraw, Humphrey Campbell, John Gag- 
 non, Jesse Cayhue, Louis Greenwood, 
 Frank • Greenwobd, Frank Lucie, Louis 
 Rodney, David Brown, Leonard Mailhote, 
 Peter Gay, Jerry Gay, Frank Lanier, 
 Marcus Louiselle, Corliss Desaulniers, 
 Edward Rattell. 
 
 Present Officers, i88i. — President, Al- 
 phonso Shorey ; Vice Pres't, Paul Terieo ; 
 Secretary, Mitchell Sweet; Treasurer, 
 Seraphine Neveaux ; Marshal, Louis Rod- 
 ney. 
 
 Membership, 50. 
 
 MEMBERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY BAR. 
 BY JOSEPH A. WING, ESQ. 
 
 The following are now residents at 
 Montpelier : 
 
 Homer W. Heaton, admitted to the' 
 Bar in Washington Co., November term, 
 1835 ; now aged 70. 
 
 Joseph A. Wing, admitted to tlie Bar 
 April term, 1836, and in 1881 is 71 years 
 of age; practiced in Plainfield till June, 
 1858, and since that time has practiced 
 law at Montpelier. 
 
 Luther L. Durant, aged 54 years, was 
 admitted to the Bar in Washington County, 
 November term, 1850. Commenced at 
 Waitsfield, June, 1852, went to Water- 
 bury in 1855, and came to Montpelier, 
 Nov. 1866. 
 
 Carlisle J. Gleason, admitted to the 
 Bar in Washingtori County, September 
 term, 1858'; 
 
 Whitman G. Ferrin, aged 64 years, 
 admitted to the Bar in Lamoille County, 
 1843, J"ns term ; moved to Montpelier in 
 1859. 
 
 Timothy P, Redfield, aged 67 years, 
 admitted to the Bar iii Orleans County, 
 June term, 1838; practiced in that county 
 till 1848, when he removed to Montpelier. 
 He was elected Judge of the Supreme 
 Court by the Legislature at the October 
 session, 1870, and has been Judge of said 
 Court till the present time. 
 
 JosiAH O. Livingston, admitted in 
 Lamoille, May term, 1861 ; was in the 
 Army as Adjutant of the 9th Regiment ; 
 moved to Montpelier in 1872. 
 
 Stephen C. Shurtleff, aged 43 years, 
 admitted to the Bar in Washington Co. 
 March term, 1863 ; commenced at Plain- 
 field in October, and came to Montpelier, 
 September, 1876. 
 
 C. H. Heath, aged 52 years, admitted 
 to the Bar in Lamoille County, Dec. 7, 
 1859; removed to Plainfield in 1859, ^nd 
 from there to Montpelier in 1872. 
 
 Thomas J. Deavitt, admitted to the 
 Bar in 1867; practiced in Moretown, and 
 moved to Montpelier in 1873. 
 
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 Hiram A. Huse, a graduate of Albany- 
 Law School in May, 1867 ; admitted in 
 Orange County, removed to Montpelier in 
 1873, and was appointed State Librarian 
 in 1873. 
 
 Benjamin F. Fifield, aged 49 years, 
 admitted to the Bar in Washington Co. in 
 1859. 
 
 Hiram Carleton, aged 43 years, ad- 
 mitted to the Bar of Washington County 
 at the September term, 1865 ; commenced 
 the practice of law at Waitsfield, in IVIay, 
 1866, and moved from there to Montpelier 
 in December, 1875. 
 
 Melville E, Smilie, aged 37 years, 
 admitted to the Bar in Washington County, 
 March term, 1866. He began practice at 
 Waterbury in 1867, and removed to Mont- 
 pelier in 187s ; was appointed County 
 Clerk in 1876, and has continued clerk to 
 the present time. 
 
 George W. Wing, aged 38 years, ad- 
 mitted to the Bar of Washington County, 
 March term, 1868. 
 
 Truman R. Gordon, aged 30 years, 
 admitted to the Bar in Washington Co. 
 September term, 1877 ; commenced prac- 
 tice in Montpelier in 1878. 
 
 Henry K. Field, aged 35 years, was 
 admitted to Windham County Court, Sept. 
 term, 187 1 ; removed to Montpelier in 
 1872. 
 
 Charles W. Porter, aged 32 years, 
 was admitted to the Bar of Washington 
 County, Sept. term, 1874. 
 
 Clarence H. Pitkin, aged 32 years, 
 was admitted to the Bar of Washington 
 County, March term, i8i72. He is the 
 present State's Attorney of the County. 
 
 William A. Lord, aged 32 years, was 
 admitted to the Bar of Washington Co. 
 March term, 1876. 
 
 Rush P. Barrett, aged 26 years, ad- 
 mitted to the Bar of Windsor County, 
 Dec. 7, 1878 ; removed to Montpelier in 
 May, 1881. 
 
 Harry G. Dewing, aged 29, admitted 
 to the Bar of Washington Cotinty, Sept. 
 term, 1875. 
 
 Harlan W. Kemp, aged 23 years, ad" 
 mitted to the Bar of Washington County, 
 Sept. 7, 1880. 
 
 James S. Peck, aged 41 years, was ad- 
 mitted to the Bar of Washington County, 
 Sept. 7, 1866; now Postmaster of Mont- 
 pelier. 
 
 OsMAN D. Clark, aged 26 years, was 
 admitted to the Bar of Washington Co. 
 March term, 1879. 
 
 John G. Wing, aged 22 years, was ad- 
 mitted to the Bar of Washington County, 
 Sept. term, 1880. 
 
 Frank W. Tuttle, aged 21 years, was 
 admitted to the Bar of Washington Co. at 
 the March term, 1881. 
 
 Henry Oviatt, aged 33 years, admit- 
 ted to Washington County Bar, March 
 term, 1875 i t^^ present short hand re- 
 porter of the Court. 
 
 There are many members of the Bar of 
 Washington County who were once resi- 
 dents of Montpelier, who are now living in 
 other States, who are lionorable members 
 of the profession, among whom are Hon. 
 Samuel B. Prentiss, of Cleveland, Ohio ; 
 Joseph A. Prentiss, of Winona, Minn. ; 
 C. W. Prentiss, of Cleveland, Ohio, and 
 Chauncey W. Town, of New York city; 
 J. P. C. Cottrill, of Milwaukee; Daniel G. 
 Thompson, of New York city ; Azel Spald- 
 ing, of Kansas ; Chester W. Merrill, of 
 Cincinnati ; Rodney Lund, of Boston ; N. 
 A. Taylor, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Still- 
 man Churchill, of Chicago ; Jeremiah T. 
 Marston, of Madison, Wis. 
 
 From the formation of the County of 
 Washington, the bar of the County was 
 noted for men of learning and talent, who 
 have passed away by death. Of those who 
 have died who lived in Montpelier, or had 
 their offices in Montpelier, are the follow- 
 ing, many of whom should have more than 
 a passing notice : Charles Bulkley, Cyrus 
 Ware, Samuel Prentiss, Wm. Upham, 
 Nicholas Baylies, Jeduthan Loomis, Azro 
 Loomis, Lucius B. Peck, Stoddard B. Col- 
 by, Oramel H. Smith, Wm. P. Briggs, 
 Jackson A. Vail, William H. Upham, Jon- 
 athan P. Miller, D. P. Thompson, George 
 
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 R. Thompson, Calvin J. Keith, Samuel B. 
 Prentiss, C. W. Willard, Charles Reed, 
 Charles F. Smith, Ferrand F. Merrill, 
 Timothy Merrill, Thomas Reed, Hezekiah 
 H. Reed, Joshua Y. Vail, J. T. Marston, 
 George B. Manser, Samuel Wells,. George 
 W. Bailey, Jr., Samuel W. Chandler. 
 
 C. D. Swazey, C. D. Harvey, R. S. 
 Boutwell, vi'ere in Montpelier in 1865, 
 whether living or not I cannot tell. 
 
 [Note. — Judge Bulkley is noticed in 
 Berlin and in these pages as the first post- 
 master in Montpelier, and the first lawyer. 
 We have been told he was a strong man, 
 of fine talent, and that the house is still 
 standing on Berlin side in which he lived, 
 which is all we have been able to learn 
 about him. We would be pleased to learn 
 more, as also of any and all mentioned, of 
 whom we have not full notice among our 
 biographies to yet follow, which embrace 
 at least twenty or more of the above 
 names. — Ed.] 
 
 VERMONT BAR ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This association was formed Oct. 22, 
 1878, at Montpelier, and organized by the 
 appointment of the following officers : 
 
 President, Edward J. Phelps, Burlingr 
 ton ; Vice Pre.sidents, G. W. Harmon, 
 Bennington, Wheelock G. Veazey.Rutland, 
 William E. Johnson, Woodstock, Guy C. 
 Noble, St. Albans, Wm. P. Dillingham, 
 Waterbury ; Secretary, Hiram F. Stevens, 
 St. Albans; Treasurer, Wm. G. Shaw, 
 Burlington. 
 
 The association numbered about 100 
 members, and was chartered by the 
 Legislature of 1878, approved Nov. 14, 
 1878, and dulyorganized under the charter 
 by the election of the officers above named 
 for one year. At the first annual meeting, 
 at Montpelier, Oct. 28, 1879, the follow- 
 ing officers were elected for the ensuing 
 year: President, L. P. Poland, of St. 
 Johnsbury ; Vice Presidents, George W. 
 Harmon, Bennington, Roswell Farnham, 
 Bradford, John L. Edwards, Newport; 
 Secretary, Clarence H. Pitkin, Montpelier ; 
 Treasurer, Wm. G. Shaw, Burlington. 
 
 The 2d annual meeting of the association 
 was held on the 4th Tuesday in October, 
 1880, when the following ofiicers were ap- 
 pointed : 
 
 President, Walter C. Dunton, Rutland ; 
 Vice Presidents., Warren C. French, Wood- 
 stock, John Prout, Rutland, Guy C. Noble, 
 St. Albans ; Secretary, Clarence H. Pitkin, 
 Montpelier; Treasurer, Wm. G. Shaw, 
 Burlington. 
 
 The 3d annual meeting was held on 
 Tuesday, Oct. 25th, 1881, when the fol- 
 lowing officers were elected : 
 
 President, Daniel Roberts, Burlington; 
 Vice Presidents, Geo. W. Harmon, Ben- 
 nington, John L. Edwards, Newport, Ros- 
 well Farnham, Bradford; Secretary, Clar- 
 ence H. Pitkin, Montpelier; Treasurer, 
 Chas. W. Porter, Montpelier ; Managers, 
 Daniel Roberts, Burlington, W. P. Dil- 
 lingham, Waterbury, John W. Rowell, 
 Randolph, O. E. Butterfield, Wilmington, 
 Henry C. Ide, St. Johnsbury. 
 
 The association is in a prosperous con- 
 dition, with about 120 members, from all 
 parts of the State, and is of great benefit 
 to the legal profession in the State. 
 
 THE MEDICAL, MEN OF MONTPELIER. 
 
 BY SUMNER POTXAM, M. D. 
 
 Physicians who have lived and practiced 
 in Montpelier within my remembrance or 
 since 1828 : 
 
 Dr. Edward Lamb was the leading 
 physician in this town for over 40 years. 
 He died at the age of 74, in 1845. 
 
 Dr. James Spalding, who died in 
 1858 at the age of 66, was the chief sur- 
 geon here for many years. 
 
 Dr. J. Y. Dewey had a full practice 
 here from 1825 to 1850, when he became 
 interested in life insurance, and discontin- 
 ued practice. He died in 1877. 
 
 As these men reached the zenith of their 
 fame. Dr. F. W. Adams of Barton suc- 
 ceeded them, and being a whole team in 
 himself soon acquired fame. If reports 
 were true, he neither feared man, nor the 
 God of his fathers, but was really a kind- 
 hearted man, a good physician and sur- 
 geon. He died in 1859 or 60. 
 
 Dr. Z. P. Burnham practiced here a 
 few years, but about 1840 moved to Low- 
 ell, Mass. 
 
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 Dr. Ezra Paine was a practitioner here 
 from 1859 to 73, when he moved to Bos- 
 ton, where he now resides. 
 
 In 1849, Dr. Chas. Clark moved into 
 Montpelier, and had a large practice in the 
 village and surrounding country until 1865, 
 when his' health failed. He died in 1874 
 at the age of 74 years. 
 
 Dr. CM. RuBLEE born in town; died 
 in town 1870. [See sketch in the biogra- 
 phies.] 
 
 About 1850, Dr. Orrin Smith of Berlin 
 moved here, and practiced until 1856, 
 when he went to Chicago, and has since 
 died. I have heard many of his former 
 patrons speak of him with respect. 
 
 Dr. C. B. Chandler came from Tun- 
 bridge in 1856; died in 1867. He was re- 
 spected by all who knew him. [See sketch 
 in biographies.] 
 
 About 1850, Dr. T. C. Taplin practiced 
 homoeopathy, and qdhered to high dilu- 
 tions, too. 
 
 Then followed Dr. G. N. Brigham, 
 homceopathist, who did not always give 
 infinitesimals, and moved to Michigan in 
 1875. 
 
 Dr. B. O. Tyler, I think, moved from 
 Worcestier to this place and became en- 
 gaged mostly in selling drugs. He died 
 May 20, 1878, at an advanced age. 
 
 Dr. W. H. H. Richardson moved here 
 about 1858, from E. Montpelier, and prac- 
 ticed successfully till 1867, when he 
 moved to Winona, Minn., to continue 
 practice, and engaged, somewhat, in real 
 estate speculations, but in'a few years died 
 suddenly of apoplexy in the prime of life. 
 Since the days of Lamb, Spalding, and 
 Dewey, up to the dates of those at present 
 here, two or three other physicians have 
 practiced here, for a short time, viz :— Dr. 
 G. H. LooMis, Dr. W. Azel Hcjlmes, 
 Dr. F. A. McDowell, Dr. M. M. Marsh, 
 and Dr. J . H . Jackson. Dr. H . L. Rich- 
 ardson practiced here in 1866, and Dr. 
 Mulligan about 1858 or '59; the latter 
 of whom died here soon after beginning 
 practice. 
 
 Of the physicians at present in practice 
 here. Dr. C. M. Chandler, son of C. B. 
 
 Chandler, came here in i860, but went 
 south as surgeon during the war, and final- 
 ly settled in practice here in the fall of 
 1865. 
 
 Dr. S. Putnam, now the oldest physi- 
 cian in town, came here in the spring of 
 1865, and desiring to establish himself hon- 
 orably, and crowd no one, purchased the 
 residence and "good wilV' of the late Dr. 
 Chas. Clark, the latter of which purchases 
 he was not fortunate enough to retain, if 
 indeed, he ever received it at all. 
 
 The same year, 1865, Dr. J. E. Macom- 
 ber, a native of East Montpelier, moved 
 to this place from Worcester. 
 
 In 1866, Dr. D. G. Kemp succeeded Dr. 
 W. H. H. Richardson in practice. 
 
 Dr. J. B. WooDVifARD came, I think, 
 from Kansas to this place, about 1870, 
 having formerly practiced in Waterbury, 
 this county. He engaged at first in the 
 drug trade but soon came into practice, 
 which he pursued with avidity until the 
 fall of. 1879, when in consequence of a 
 slight wound of the finger, received during 
 a surgical operation, cellulites and septicae- 
 mia supervened, sadly terminating in death . 
 
 About 1876, Dr. H. G. Brigham, hom- 
 ceopathist, succeeded his father G. N. 
 Brigham in practice. 
 
 The Eclectic School of Medicine, so 
 called, (Thompsonians formerly) have 
 been represented here since about 1864 by 
 Dr. J. M. Templeton, and latterly also, 
 by Dr. H. E. Templeton. 
 
 For more than thirty years Madame 
 Lucy A. Cooke has been consulted here 
 as a clairvoyant physician, her patrons 
 coming from all parts of the country. • 
 
 In the spring of 1880, Dr. W. D. Reid, 
 from Canada West, opened an oflSce here, 
 and about the same time Dr. Geo. E. Ma- 
 LOY began practice in Montpelier. 
 
 Oct. 29, 188 1. 
 
 resident dentists. 
 
 O. p. Forbush, for some years here ; 
 Richard Newton, partner with Forbush; 
 Alfred Clark ; H. T. Whitney ; G. E. Hunt 
 opened an office here Oct., 1879. 
 
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 The niorcing of life is gone, 
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 LOREXZO DOW, IN THIS COUNTY. 
 
 Chief among the early missionaries in 
 Washington County and in Montpelier, 
 was Lorenzo Dow, a Methodist preach- 
 er ; not a conference preacher, exactly, 
 but one whose circuit extended all over 
 Vermont, the Canadas, the South, Ire- 
 land, Scotland, and whei'ever he chose to 
 go ; who came and went as the "wind that 
 bloweth wherever it li.steth."' A true, 
 genuine methodist though : he never 
 preached any other doctrine. The pio- 
 neer of methodism in Washington County ; 
 but a man who must be his own leader, 
 who could never restrain himself to circuit 
 rules. He had joined the Methodist con- 
 ference in his youth, had been appointed 
 to a circuit ; it could not hold him ; remon- 
 strated with, reappointed, shot off on a 
 fervent tangent. Conference dropped him, 
 could not keep a man it could neither rule 
 
 or guide. Every minister 
 seemed against hiin — Cal- 
 vinistic divine, regular 
 Methodist circuit preach- 
 er as well, — decried by all, 
 he prevailed. He thicl<- 
 ened his appointments, 
 the multitude hung on the 
 words from his lips, his 
 oddities attracted, his ec- 
 centricities were his great 
 charm. He was called 
 ••Crazy Dow," which name 
 seemed to please him very 
 well. From his home in 
 Connecticut, he had his 
 yearly line of preaching 
 places all up tlu'ough into 
 Canada. On his annual 
 visit to Vermont, he al- 
 ways visited this County. 
 We hear of him before lie 
 enters at Danville ; when 
 entered, in Cabot, Calais, 
 Plainfield, Barre and al- 
 ways at Montpelier. At 
 the close of a first visit to 
 iMontpelier, as narrated to 
 me a few years since, by 
 an old gentleman, now 
 dead, who was present, 
 and his devoted admirer, Dow said at 
 parting with his audience "One year from 
 this day, I will again preach here." The 
 people after he left laughed at his giving 
 out an appointment so far ahead and at 
 his supposing that he would keep it. The 
 )'ear came round, no one remembered it, 
 but, lo ! in a year to the day and hour, Dow 
 appeared to fulfil his engagement ; his 
 first salutation to the crowd, gathering 
 around him, "Crazy Dow is with you 
 once again !" He preached as 1 never 
 heard an)- one but him ; for three hours he 
 held his large audience so still you could 
 have heard a pin drop on the floor, said 
 our narrator, and at the end of his sermon, 
 gave out another appointment for a )-ear 
 from the day. People rather looked for 
 him the next year. As he left in the morn- 
 ing and kept to the hour as well as day 
 before, he was expected in the morning 
 
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MONTFELIKK. 
 
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 We are jounicyfliK to that laud 
 From whence there's no return. 
 
 again, and not apiDearing some said lie 
 would not come, others that he would be 
 here before night, and others that because 
 a crazy man had taken the freak to keep an 
 appointment once, there was no reason to 
 look for him to do so again. His appear- 
 ance in the afternoon put an end to the 
 growing an.xiety. On he came, about 
 mid-afternoon, accompanied by Peggy. He 
 was not married when he came before, or 
 did not bring his wife with him. They 
 both were dressed in plain, homespun, 
 woolen garments, a long cloak of plain 
 woolen cloth reaching to their feet, wooden 
 shoes on their feet, and both wore large 
 brimmed chip hats, just alike, and each 
 carried a staff or walking-stick. They 
 journeyed upon horseback, but dismounted 
 without the village, and walked up the 
 street to the place for thfe meeting, follow- 
 ed by the crowd. Dow excused his being 
 46 
 
 late, that his companion 
 could not travel as fast as 
 he could, and declined an 
 invitation to dinner, al- 
 though neither he or his 
 companion had dined that 
 day. It was getting late 
 for his meeting ; he would 
 not take any refreshments 
 till after he had preached 
 a long sermon, nor suffer 
 his wife to. Dow mounted 
 the platform, and seating 
 hunself in the chair, sat 
 for some moments silently, 
 gazing intently at his au- 
 dience, and then suddenly 
 arising upon his feet, at a 
 signal from him, Peggy, 
 who was seated with the 
 audience, arose to her feet 
 — clad in her long cloak 
 and hat, stood gravely 
 waiting. Said Dow, "This 
 woman with me is Peggy 
 Dow. I have brought her 
 with me that she may teach 
 the women subservience to 
 their husbands." To Peg- 
 gy, "Stand still!" Peggy 
 stood very still; " Be 
 Peggy sat down. Dow com- 
 his sermon, preaching with his 
 cloak and hat on. Dow always wore his 
 hat when he preached, and as he never 
 shaved, had a ver)' long beard, that added 
 to his con.spicuous and distinguished ap- 
 pearance. Peggy, a simple and amiable 
 woman, was a good help to Dow. She 
 greatly delighted in class and prayer- 
 meetings, and was a very good singer. 
 "Peggy Dow's Hymn Book" — See Oilman's 
 Bibliotheca,p. 315, — was printed at Mont- 
 pelier. Here it was probably first used in 
 the meetings of those early days. Long 
 after Peggy's death, the hymn book was 
 used by Dow. A gentleman in Montpelier 
 has one now that was given to him or to 
 his wife by Dow. The State Historical 
 Library has a copy. Lorenzo Dow had 
 opposition, however, to meet at Mont- 
 pelier, as well as elsewhere. It was this. 
 
 seated ! ' 
 menced 
 
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 perhaps, made Montpelier a favorite preach- 
 ing place. Opposition gave an attraction 
 to a place . He counted upon it to succeed . 
 It was ladder and platform to him. That 
 churches or clergy combined against him, 
 but added to his popularity. One year 
 some good church ladies of this village, 
 loving quiet and orderly ways, took the 
 matter in hand, and in the school-house 
 where the meetings were held put in a 
 quilt. A party of ladies were at work 
 when Dow arrived. Not a word he said 
 to the ladies' blockade. A moment he 
 stood in the open door, in his uncouth 
 long garment and unshorn awfulness, look- 
 ing majestically upon the equally silent 
 and suddenly abashed ladies, when, turn- 
 ing from the door, springing upon a wood- 
 pile in the yard, he commenced preaching. 
 Long before he ended, a crowd packed the , 
 yard around him, and every woman in the 
 school-house was seen at the windows and 
 at the door. It had been utterly impossi- 
 ble for them to restrain their curiosity, 
 and listening, had become so magnetized 
 by the marvelous man, they took out the 
 unfinished quilt, and surrendered the 
 school-house for the evening. Dow said 
 when he saw the ladies there, he made up 
 his mind he should be present at the shak- 
 ing of that quilt, and he was. 
 
 Again he preached on the wood-pile at 
 the door of the old Court House, closed 
 against him, and drew out, it is said, all 
 the audience of a "four days' meeting," 
 that had been got up just as he was com- 
 ing, but five. Hearing Dow's voice with- 
 out, at first one man stole out, then an- 
 other and another. In vain the minister 
 paused in the midst of his sermon to look 
 reproof, and continued his discourse. An- 
 other left, now a whole seat at once. The 
 minister finished his sermon„but at the 
 end only five persons were left in the 
 house — himself, the two other ministers 
 seated beside him, and the two deacons. 
 
 He kept the people awake while with 
 them, and in his absence they heard of 
 him : now in Georgia, among the planta- 
 tions South, having splendid success. He 
 was to preach under a large tree. A man 
 could sit among the branches perfectly 
 
 concealed by the thick foliage. The eve- 
 ning before, Dow came to the spot with a 
 negro, a good trumpet blower. Standing 
 under the tree, Dow thus instructed him : 
 He should come before any one in the 
 morning, and hide in the tree overhead, 
 and remain breathlessly still till Dow in 
 his preaching should call out the third time 
 " Gabriel !" and then blow his trumpet. 
 The morning opened, to a vast dark as- 
 sembly. Lorenzo preached on the ' ' Judg- 
 ment Day," — a tremendous sermon, — and 
 when he had wrought the crowd up to its 
 highest pitch, — pausing, listening, — cried 
 out again, still more loud and terrific — 
 "But you don't believe it! If I were to 
 tell you that Gabriel — will sound his trum- 
 pet — before we leave this spot — you would 
 not believe me ! The earth may open be- 
 neath your feet, and you tumble into hell, 
 before you will believe ! This trumpet may 
 sound this very day !" The audience be- 
 came strangely excited. " Gabriel may 
 sound his trumpet at any time now." Gaz- 
 ing intently up — "Methinks I see him! 
 Methinks I hear his trumpet now ! Ga- 
 briel will " A quick trumpet peal over- 
 head ; a startled negro crowd, eyes rolling 
 in their sockets ; a blast more loud, — 
 groanings, falling upon their knees, black 
 terror developed, — shriller and shriller the 
 invisible trunipet ; conflision, flight, clutch- 
 ings to each other, some praying, others 
 famting. With the loudest blast, the ne- 
 gro, trumpet in hand, leaped in his excite- 
 ment from the tree into the sprawling 
 crowd, mistaken for Gabriel. Dow took 
 advantage of the confusion to leave. * He 
 afterwards called it a trial of the power of 
 of imagination. 
 
 Finding on the fresh leaves of our early 
 history the tracks of this eccentric Dow 
 " everywhere," we had thought to trace out 
 some account of his labors here and else- 
 where from his published journal,' but 
 learning that a first nephew of his was still 
 living, WQ will do better, and introduce to 
 you, with his faithful and graphic memorial 
 paper, Mr. Lewis J. Bridgman, of New 
 York, a son of Vermont, Biographist of 
 his famous uncle, Lorenzo Dow. 
 
MONTl'KLIER. 
 LEWIS JOSEPH ISRIUGMAN. 
 
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 The following sketch of tlie Life and Tinieb, of the celebrated [.okenzo Dow, and his first wife, Pec^oy Dow. 
 is compiled from some of their own writings, but ])rincipally is original matter, kviown to no one outside of the 
 
 author. 
 
 Note to the Reader. — Having been 
 requested to write a brief sketch of the life 
 of the eccentric Lorenzo Dow, for publi- 
 cation in the history of Vermont, I comply 
 with the pressing request, yet at this busy 
 season of commercial business, 1 can 
 scarcely find the time to do justice to so 
 distinguished a character as the subject of 
 this brief memoir. I know of whom I 
 write. His eccentricities of character may 
 have sometimes made him the subject of 
 ridicule and jest, still he possessed talents 
 of a very high order, that on many occa- 
 sions in forensic discourses have discom- 
 fitted his opponents, and drawn from them 
 the warmest congratulations. He possess- 
 ed in a remarkable degree the idiosyncra- 
 sies of the Dow race ; but all his oddities 
 
 lewis JOSEPH BRIDGMAN. 
 
 possessed a point often bordering on the 
 satirical. Like his father before him, he 
 was gifted with a great amount of " handy 
 change," as he used to denominate wit. 
 His memory was also remarkable, border- 
 ing on the marvelous. The memory of 
 Lorenzo being as strong as it is reported, 
 was nevertheless eclipsed by his father, 
 Humphrey Bean Dow, which was so re- 
 tentive, that by hearing any one verse read 
 in any part of the Bible, he would readily 
 repeat the next ; as incredible as this may 
 appear, he was often put to the test in the 
 presence of the family, when I have been 
 an interested spectator, and 1 never re- 
 member of any omission. _ 
 
 I recollect well when I was a boy. Uncle 
 Lorenzo came to visit his sister, (iiiy 
 
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 mother,) while ' we were living in Hard- 
 wick, Vt. One day at dinner we had a 
 new pitcher, made to commemorate some 
 of the events of the war of 1 8 12-14 with 
 Great Britain. Upon one side of the 
 pitcher was a spread eagle in gilt, with a 
 wreath running around the eagle of chain- 
 work, and in each link of the chain, there 
 being 21 links, were the names of our gen- 
 erals who fought during the war. Gen. 
 Brown's name stood at the top. Uncle 
 took up the pitcher, and told the number 
 of battles Gen. Brown had fought, thenum- 
 bei; of men he had in each action, the killed, 
 wounded and missing ; those who fought 
 against him, the number of men killed and 
 taken prisoners; so with each general 
 until he had gone through with the entire 
 number. Then turning the pitcher around 
 to the reverse side, there was a picture of 
 a gilt ship under full sail, with the names 
 of the commodores or post captains who 
 took part in the same war, Commodore 
 Rogers' name standing at the top. Uncle 
 gave also the number of naval battles, 
 when and where fought, the number of 
 ships he commanded in each, number of 
 men, how many lost, and how many pris- 
 oners he took, and the minute history and 
 details of each commander. The time 
 taken in relating the battles was some two 
 hours and a half. 
 
 LORENZO DOW 
 
 was born of Puritan parents, in Coven- 
 try, Tolland Co., Ct., October i8th, 1777. 
 His parents were born in the same town, 
 from English ancestors. Ulysses, the 
 oldest of the family, studied medicine, but 
 finally devoted his time to teaching in an 
 academy in New London, Ct. He taught 
 the classics, astronomy, surveying, and 
 navigation. He taught the latter to many 
 of the post captains in our young navy, 
 The next in the family was Ethelinda Dow, 
 my mother, who subsequently married 
 Joseph Bridgman, then living in Coventry. 
 Subsequently mf parents moved to Hard- 
 wick, Vt., where my brother. Rev. Au- 
 gustus Leroy, and Christiania and the 
 writer of this article were born. The next 
 daughter in my grandfather's family was 
 Orrilana, who while visiting my mother in 
 
 Hardwick, became acquainted with Mr. 
 Fish, and married him there. The next 
 daughter, Merya, married the son of Gov. 
 Huntington, of Connecticut, and settled 
 first in Georgia. The next was Lorenzo, 
 and • the youngest was Tabitha, who, 
 while on a visit to her sisters in Hard- 
 wick, became acquainted with Capt. Sam- 
 uel French, of that town, and married 
 him. These three sisters marrying in 
 that town, were among the first families 
 to settle in that new country, and their de- 
 scendants have filled ofiices of trust and 
 profit in various departments of govern- 
 ment and state. . The only son of the 
 author of this sketch is pastor of a large 
 and flourishing church in Albany, N. Y., 
 and is the youngest man who ever had the 
 title of Doctor of Divinity conferred on 
 him this country. 
 
 In younger life, Lorenzo was possessed 
 of a very weak and tender constitution 
 which prevented him from joining in those 
 athletic sports which have a tendency to 
 bring health and strength to the young. 
 His mind at a very early age became re- 
 ligiously impressed with the thoughts of 
 God and the works of Creation ; and the 
 questions he would ask his parents, showed 
 characteristics far beyond his years. A 
 little later, while laboring, in more mature 
 years, under that harrassing disease the 
 asthma, he showed a resignation that was 
 surprising in one so young. He tells us 
 in his autobiography that at the age of 12 
 years, his hopes of worldly pleasure was 
 greatly blasted by a. sudden illness occa- 
 sioned by overheating himself with hard 
 labor, and drinking cold water while in that 
 state, that in subsequent years, would al- 
 most take his breath, from the most excru- 
 ciating pains. About this time his mind 
 became greatly exercised on the subject of 
 his salvation. One night he dreamed that 
 he saw the prophet Nathan in a large as- 
 sembly of people, prophesying many 
 things. I got an opportunity, (he says) 
 to ask him how long I should live? The 
 prophet answered, until you are two and 
 twenty. This dream was so imprinted up- 
 on his mind, that it caused many serious 
 and painful hours at intervals. 
 
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 When about 13 years and upward, he 
 tells us he was much impressed by the 
 death of John Wesley (1791.) tie dreamed 
 that he saw Wesley, who asked him if he'ev- 
 er prayed, he said no, and soon after he met 
 Wesley a second time, who asked him the 
 same question again/ and he answered no, 
 when Wesley said you must, and disap- 
 peared. . In the same dream, Wesley came 
 once more, and asked the same question, 
 he told him that he had prayed, then said 
 Wesley, "be faithful until death." This 
 dream so imprSssed him, that he broke off 
 from his old companions and began a 
 course of secret prayer which lasted through 
 life. Subsequently his feelings were so 
 aroused by the doctrine of unconditional 
 reprobation and particular election, he be- 
 came nearly deranged. 
 
 About this time the Methodists came in- 
 to Coventry and began preaching, and he 
 went to hear them. On one occasion, the 
 preacher took for his text "Is there no 
 balm in Gilead? Is there no physician 
 there?" 
 
 [Here follows a page of a sermon on 
 hell and its pungent effect "on a mind la- 
 boring under "election," — we omit. We 
 do not give. sermons and the statements 
 seem suflficient. — Ed.] 
 
 It nearly drove him to commit suicide. 
 The idea that filled his mind was that there 
 was no mercy for him. He at last threw 
 himself on the ground, and cried to the 
 Lord, "I submit; I yield! If there be 
 mercy in heaven for me, let me know it ; 
 and if not, let me go down to hell, and 
 know the worst of my case. As these 
 words flowed from my heart," he writes, "I 
 saw the Mediator step in, as it were, be- 
 tween justice and my soul, and these words 
 applied to my soul with great power, 'Son,' 
 thy sins, which are many, are forgiverf 
 thee; thy faith hath saved thee; go in 
 peace.' " 
 
 From this time on his happiness was 
 complete. Many trials and doubts and 
 conflicting emotions possessed him; still 
 his firm confidence in the God of hosts 
 carried him triumphantly through all his 
 after tribulations. 
 
 In the "exeiiiplified experience," at this 
 time, his brother-in-law, Mr. Fish, was so 
 interested, that he became a seeker of 
 Christ. Lorenzo often said his greatest 
 desire to live was to obtain a higher degree 
 of holiness here, that he might be happier 
 hereafter. He was a believer to a certain 
 extent in dreams ; he had many, some of 
 which were exact forerunners of what 
 soon after came to pass. A remarkable 
 one occurred as follows : he dreamed he 
 was in a strange house. "As I sat by the 
 fire, a messenger came in and said, 'there 
 are three ministers come from England, 
 and in a few minutes will pass by this 
 way.' I followed him out, and he disap- 
 peared. I ran over a woodpile, and jumped 
 upon a log, to have a fair view of them. 
 Presently three men came over a hill from 
 the west towards me ; the foremost dis- 
 mounted ; the other two, one of whom was 
 on a white horse, the other on a reddish 
 one,, both with the three horses disap- 
 peared. I said to the first, 'Who are you.'' 
 He replied, 'John Wesley,' and walked 
 towards the east. He turned round and 
 looked me in the face, and said 'God has 
 called you to preach the gospel. You have 
 been a long time between hope and fear, 
 but there is a dispensation of the gospel 
 committed to you. Woe unto you if you 
 preach not the gospel.' " 
 
 His mind having been previously drawn 
 towards a preacher's life, this singular 
 dream decided the contest, and he entered 
 the ministry. He was placed upon a cir- 
 cuit extending into New Hampshire, then 
 a wilderness . Wherever he preached souls 
 were converted. His circuit was enlarged 
 into the State of Vermont. As he became 
 more known, invitations flowed in upon 
 him from all parts. 
 
 His health was very often broken down 
 on account of the disease brought upon 
 him while a boy, and resulted in the asth- 
 ma to that extent that he either sat up 
 whole nights or slept on the floor. 
 
 He never took a collection for preach- 
 ing, but sometimes received gifts from in- 
 dividuals. His preaching took hold upon 
 the careless, the blasphemer, and all in a 
 
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 remarkable manner. Revivals succeeded 
 revivals all over the territory where he 
 preached. 
 
 In the town of Brandon, Vt., a rich mer- 
 chant with his niece came some distance 
 to hear him preach, but when they saw 
 how plain the young man looked, their 
 first thought was to go home, but conclud- 
 ed to stay and see the thing out, as they 
 had taken so much pains to get there. 
 After the sermon their consciences ap- 
 IDeared to be touched, and they were con- 
 strained to cry for mercy. In that place 
 25 others came out and joined the church. 
 The people said, "Lorenzo has done some 
 good, by turning the mind of the blasphe- 
 mer, from collecting his debts, to religion, 
 and so we are kept out of jail." 
 
 His great success was in visiting from 
 house to house, and in making personal 
 appeals to individuals. On many occa- 
 sions he made appointments for preaching 
 6 months and even 18 months ahead, and 
 always fulfilled them to the minute, even 
 if he had to ride a horse to death to reach 
 the place in time, as it has been the case 
 more than once. 
 
 In Vermont, in passing through a dense 
 woods one day to fill an appointment, he 
 saw two men chopping wood. He mount- 
 ed on a large stump, and said "Crazy 
 Dow will preach from this stump 6 months 
 from to day, at 2 o'clock, p. m." Six 
 months from that time an immense audi- 
 ence was assembled, and Dow in going to 
 the place saw a man in great distress look- 
 ing Nfor something. Dow enquired what 
 the matter was. The man replied that he 
 was poor, arid that some one had stolen 
 his axe, and that he felt the loss very 
 much. Lorenzo told him if he would go 
 to the meeting he would find his axe. Be- 
 fore getting to the place of service, Dow 
 picked up a stone and put it.in his pocket. 
 After the delivery of a powerful sermon, 
 Dow said — " There is a man here who has 
 had his axe stolen, and the thief is here in 
 this audience, and I am going to throw 
 this stone rigHt to his head," — drawing 
 back his hand as though in the act of 
 throwing the stone. One man ducked his 
 head. Dow went up to him and said — 
 
 " You have got this man's axe !',' And so 
 he had, and went and brought it and gave 
 it to him. * 
 
 Not to weary the reader, I will give but 
 one more incident here, (of which scores 
 could be authenticated,) to show the re- 
 markable success with which his efforts 
 were blessed. I n one of his meetings again 
 in Vt., (Wallingford,) Dow was intro- 
 duced to a man by the name of Solomon 
 Moon, who cavilled at every thing of a re- 
 ligious aspect. Having delivered some re- 
 ligious counsel; with the "teolemn request 
 that he should seriously reflect upon it, 
 Dow left him to his own reflections. A 
 few days after, in another part of the cir- 
 cuit, some 40 miles from his home, Solo- 
 mon Moon stood up in the lovefeast, and 
 declared how he was caught in a promise, 
 and to ease his mind was necessitated to 
 fulfil it, and within three days found the 
 reality of what he had doubted ; and be- 
 sought others not to be afraid of promising 
 to serve God. Said he — " I bless the day 
 that ever I saw the face of Brother Dow." 
 It was curiosity, as he testified, which first 
 induced him -to come out to hear the man 
 who was called Crazy Dow. In this love- 
 feast the cry began again, and continued 
 within two hours of the setting sun. 
 
 About this time he felt it his duty to 
 visit Ireland, and without money or any of 
 the necessaries for a voyage across the At- 
 lantic. Money and all necessary conve- 
 niences were furnished from friends, many 
 sending gifts of whom he had never heard 
 before. Providence in a very special man- 
 ner on this, and other similar occasions, 
 bountifully supplied his wants. 
 
 While in Ireland the Lord blessed his 
 preaching to hundreds of souls -He crossed 
 the ocean 14 times, and traveled extensive- 
 ly through Ireland, England, Scotland, 
 and even to the Continent. On one of 
 his visits to Dublin, he caught the small 
 pox the natural way, and was so far gone 
 with it that it became necessary to sew 
 sheets around him to keep the skin from 
 falling off. For many days his case was 
 pronounced hopeless, but the same merci- 
 ful Providence that watched over him at 
 all times brought him through safely. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 While staying with the great Dr. Paul 
 Johnson, of Dublin, this siqkness took 
 place, and while there, his only child was 
 born. In remembrance of the Doctor and 
 his wife, Dow named my youngest sister 
 after the Doctor's wife, " Letitia Johnson" 
 Bridgman, and the youngest son of Mrs. 
 Fish, "Paul Johnson" Fish, after the 
 Doctor. The last voyage made, on his 
 return to America, he brought home many 
 works relating to the Quakers or Friends, 
 and some rare histories relating to the 
 court of St. James, which are now out of 
 print. I recollect well when the books 
 were brought home to our house in 
 Hebron, Ct., there being 2,200 volumes. 
 
 Dow lays down a few words for reflec- 
 tions, viz. ; The "pleasure" of the Lord 
 was the moving cause of creation, love 
 was the moving cause of redemption, and 
 faith is the instrumental cause of salvation ; 
 but sin, man's own act, is the cause of his 
 damnation. 
 
 The glory of God our object, the will of 
 God our law, his spirit our guide, and the 
 Bible our rule, that Heaven may be our 
 end. Hence we must watch and pray, en- 
 dure to the end to receive the crown of 
 life, where there is pleasure without pain 
 forever more. 
 
 PEGGY HOAKUM DOW, 
 
 the first wife of Lorenzo, was born in 
 Granville, Mass., 1780, of parents who 
 were strangers to God, although her father 
 was a member of the church of England, 
 and her mother had been raised by parents 
 of the Presbyterian order. Her mother 
 died when she was 5 months old, leaving 
 behind 2 sons and 4 daughters. "My 
 eldest sister married," says Peggy, " when 
 I was 6 years old, and she prevailed on my 
 father to give me to her, which accordingly 
 he did, and I was carried into the State of 
 New York, and saw his face no more! " 
 
 Peggy, at a very early age, had serious 
 religious impressions, which lasted for 
 some years, and at last eventuated in a 
 bright Christian hope. But the vicissitudes 
 and changes she passed through in a life 
 so young, caused her to look to her Heav. 
 enly Father for help more than otherwise 
 
 she might have done. But her whole soul 
 was of a religious cast ; her whole mind 
 was filled with the love of her Saviour. 
 She says in one of her letters, "My 
 brother-in-law .... embraced re- 
 ligion, and we were a happy family, . . . 
 three in number. . . . The preachers 
 made our house their home, and it was my 
 delight to wait on them." She formed a 
 little class of seven persons, and in their 
 meetings for prayer and praise it was a 
 heaven on earth to their souls. 
 
 About this time camp-meetings began 
 to be introduced into that part of the 
 country, attejided by the conversion of 
 many souls. Says Peggy, in her writings, 
 " there was one about 30 miles from where 
 I then lived, and my brother-in-law at- 
 tended it, where he met with Lorenzo 
 Dow, on his way to Canada, and invited 
 him home to preach at our preaching- 
 house, and sent on the appointment a day 
 or two beforehand, so as to give publicity ; 
 and as he was a singular character, we 
 were very anxious to see and hear him. 
 The day arrived, he came, and the house 
 was crowded, and we had a good time. I 
 was very much afraid of him, as I had 
 heard such strange things about him. 
 My brother-in-law invijted him to our house, 
 and after several days he came, and little 
 did I think that he had any thoughts of 
 marrying, and in particular that he should 
 make any proposition of the kind to me, 
 but so it was." In conversation with her 
 sister, he enquired how long Peggy had 
 been a Christian, what the character of 
 her company was, and whether she had 
 ever-jnanifested a desire to marry a min- 
 ister. He was answered satisfactorily. 
 Soon after, meeting Peggy, Lorenzo asked 
 her if she would accept such an object as 
 him. She went directly out of the room 
 and made no reply. "As it was the first 
 time he had spoken to me," she writes, 
 " I was very much surprised." The 
 next evening the conversation was renew- 
 ed, when Peggy gave her consent to marry 
 him, and travel with him when it. was nec- 
 essary. They were married Sept. 4th. 
 The next morning Lorenzo started off on 
 a preaching tour to New Orleans, in ful- 
 
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 filment of a chain of appointments given 
 out six months before, and Peggy never 
 saw him again for i8 months ; this chain 
 of a^jpointments was over 4,000 miles. 
 
 For many years after, she was his con- 
 stant traveling 'companion. She traveled 
 with him through every state and territory 
 in the United States, and through the 
 British Dominions, sharing in his fatigue, 
 sleeping on the ground in the wilderness, 
 with the open canopy of heaven for a 
 roof, or lodging in the cane-brakfes of the 
 South when no house could be reached. 
 All this suffering and deprivation she joy- 
 fliUy submitted to, believing it was the 
 Lord's will. It seemed that the burning 
 desire of her heart was to know exactly 
 what the Lord would have her, do. 
 
 Peggy writes. May 20, 18 14, they were 
 at Hoboken, a delightful spot of the earth, 
 upon the Jersey side of the river opposite 
 New York, where from the window of the 
 room we occupy we have a grand view of 
 the city. On the other hand the Jersey 
 side presents to view, decorated with all 
 the charms of spring, green trees and 
 shady groves. 
 
 In June following, the deep trials and 
 conflicts through which she passed began 
 to t-ell sadly upon herliealth. 
 
 PEGGY'S LAST LETTER TO HER HUSBAND. 
 
 Dear Lorenzo : — I take my pen again to 
 converse with you, this being the only 
 way we communicate our thoughts to each 
 other, when separated by rivers and moun- 
 tains, and I esteem it a precious privilege. 
 I have much cause to adore the beneficent 
 ha nd of Providence for his mercy to us ward, 
 although we have our trials, yet he mixes 
 mercy with them. He has of late given 
 me some tokens for good — my heart has 
 been enabled to rejoice in his love in a 
 considerable degree. At a meeting a few 
 nights ago, where Methodists and Presby- 
 terians were united, and there was a union 
 in my heart to all the dear children of my 
 Master, I have felt more strength to say 
 inmy heart, "the will of the Lordbedone." 
 I think yesterday, my desire to God was, 
 if it would be more for His glory for you to 
 return in a few weeks, you might ; if not, so 
 let it be. Go, my Lorenzo, tneway youare 
 assured the Lord calls, and if we meet no 
 more in this vale of tears, may God pre- 
 pare us to meet in the realms of peace, to 
 range the blest fields on the banks of the 
 
 river, and sing hallelujah forever and ever. 
 I am very sure !f I reach safe the destined 
 port, I shall have cause to sing. I trust 
 the Lord who has called you to leave all, ' 
 will give you a rich reward ; in this world, 
 precious souls, and in the world to come a 
 crown of glory. I have seen Bro. Tarbpx 
 since Jiis return ; nothing has taken place 
 alnew. You have been accustomed to 
 similar treatment. May you have patience 
 and true philanthropy of heart ; that is ; 
 most desirable. You cannot conclude 
 from what I have written, that I would not 
 rejoice to see you return, if it would be 
 consistent with the will of God ; but I 
 would desire, above all things, not to be 
 found fighting against him. Your father 
 is as well as we may expect considering 
 his infirmities. 
 
 My dear Lorenzo, I bid adieu once more. 
 May the Lord return you to your poor 
 Peggy again. I have written five times 
 before this. Peggy Dow. 
 
 Jan. 22, 1818. 
 
 My uncle was in Europe, expecting to 
 make an extended tour, but by peculiar 
 feelings of his own, and premonitions 
 from friends in Europe in relation to his 
 wife's health, he returned to America one 
 year sooner than he had made arrange- 
 ments for when leaving. Peggy had at- 
 tended a writing-school in his absence, 
 taken a heavy cold, and it had settled on 
 her lungs. She traveled some with her 
 husband after his return, but while in 
 Providence, R. I., he found her one morn- 
 ing in her room weeping ; enquiring the 
 cause, after some hesitation she replied, 
 " The-consumption is a flattering disease ; 
 but I shall return back to Hebron, and 
 tell Father Dow that I have come back to 
 die with him ! " 
 
 She requested her husband not to leave 
 her till she had got better or worse, which 
 request she had never made before under 
 any circumstances. In September they 
 returned to Hebron. They never parted 
 but twice after Lorenzo's return from 
 Europe ; once for a night, and once while 
 on business for five days in Boston. 
 
 She continued to decline until Decem- 
 ber, when one night she woke up and en- 
 quired the day of the month, and being 
 informed, said she was bound by the month 
 of January ; she counted every day until 
 the year expired, and then almost every 
 
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 hour until the morning of the fifth, when 
 she asked her husband if he had been to 
 bespeak a coffin for her. She was an- 
 swered' in the negative. In the evening 
 she asked if he had called in the neigh- 
 bors. "I answered no," he has recorded, 
 "but Bro. Page and Wife came in, which 
 ,, seemed refreshing to her, in whose com- 
 pany she had spent many hours." At 2 
 o'clock that night she requested to have 
 the family called up, which being done, 
 she failed very fast. Being asked if she 
 felt any pain, she replied, " no." As she 
 was dying, Lorenzo held her in his arrrfs, 
 and said, " Lord, thou gavest her to me ! 
 1 have held her only as a lent favor for 
 fifteen years, and now I resign her back to 
 Thee until we meet again beyond the 
 swelling flood ! " She replied with a hearty 
 "Amen," and soon expired. 
 
 By Lorenzo's request she was laid out 
 in the bombazine dress she wore the last 
 time she went to church, and with woolen 
 blankets in, the coffin, and was buried 
 7 feet in depth in the cemetery at Burrows 
 hill, Hebron, Ct. 
 
 She possessed exquisite sensibility, but 
 affection and condescension. The writer 
 was then a boy, but remembers the cir- 
 cum-stances well. 
 
 The following was put upon her tomb- 
 stone : 
 
 * ■ * 
 I PEGGY DOW, t 
 
 * t 
 
 * SHARED THE VICISSITUDES OF LORENZO * 
 
 * FIFTEEN YEARS, J 
 ! * 
 
 I And died January 6th, 1820, * 
 
 * * 
 
 * Aged 39. * 
 
 *********************************** 
 
 Three months after the decease of his 
 first wife, Lorenzo married his second 
 wife in Montville, Ct., who proved to be 
 the very opposite of his " Peggy" in tem- 
 perament, social qualities, and, in short, 
 everything that goes ^to make a lady of 
 refinement. Pojiteriess and amiability 
 were wanting in his second wife. Gifted 
 with talents of a high order, educated in 
 
 the best schools of the country, still she 
 proved that with the highest talents, a 
 person can be a foql. 
 
 Lorenzo now at this age began to feel 
 the effects of his severe labors and depri- 
 vations. His health began to give way, 
 the asthma troubled him more than form- 
 erly, and his sufferings from that, and a 
 tumor growing in his side, were at times 
 so painful that it prevented sjeep for whole 
 nights together; and during the spasms, 
 his only rest was in standing upright. He 
 now in view of settling his worldly affairs, 
 paid off all obligations on the farm in 
 Montville, it being heavily mortgaged when 
 it came into his hands, through his wife's 
 friends. It consisted of 500 acres, and 
 commanded a large stream of water, on 
 which he had built mills and factories of 
 various kinds, and which were in success- 
 fill operation. He now felt that after his 
 large house and farm buildings were all 
 finished in splendid order, he and his wife 
 could enjoy themselves ; and proposed tak- 
 ing a trip to New Orleans, where he had 
 been a number of times before. Once his 
 expenses were paid both ways by the Free- 
 masons ; he having taken all the degrees 
 then known in this country ; and much of 
 his time was devoted to lecturing in lodges 
 for the "good and welfare of the Order." 
 They left in their private carriage with 
 horses and driver. He had had a man to 
 go on some time before them to make ap- 
 pointments for his preaching. Arriving in 
 Georgetown, D. C, he was taken sick. 
 While he lay in distress, he signed a will, 
 giving to her all real and personal proper- 
 ty, together with his present money, some 
 $3000.00, which, had he been in his right 
 mind, she never would have received a 
 dollar of. His disease was short, but pain- 
 ful in the extreme, his end hastened by 
 the bursting of the tumor. He died Feb. 
 2, 1834, aged 56 years. His funeral was 
 attended by a large concourse of sympathiz- 
 ing friends, some of the principal families 
 of Georgetown and Washington;, and many 
 thousand Freemasons, as he was buried 
 under the Order of that body. The whole 
 was a solemn and very imposing -cere- 
 mony. 
 
 47 
 
37° 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 There has fallen one of the mighty men 
 of his time ; one, who has been the means 
 in the hands of God of the conversion of 
 thousands upon thousands, in this country 
 and in Europe ; and whose name will go 
 down the ages as a good and wise man, 
 when those who have waded through fields 
 of blood and carnage to obtain a throne, 
 will be lost in the vortex of revolution. 
 
 Owing to the condemnation of Holmead's 
 burial ground in Washington as in the way 
 of sanitary reform, the remains of the 
 dead buried therein had to be removed, 
 and among them those of Lorenzo Dow, 
 the eccentric missionary of the last genera- 
 tion. A Masonic Lodge in Connecticut, 
 his native State, endeavored to secure the 
 privilege, of reinterring the remains of their 
 brother in the craft with due ceremonial. 
 The Methodist clergy of Baltimore also 
 took steps to honor the Preacher, but the 
 District clergy got ready first, and reburied 
 Dow on Friday in the Rock Creek Ceme- 
 tery, in a lot given by the banker Corco- 
 ran, who admired him as a "prophet" in 
 life. 
 
 The old tomb at Holmead's bore on a 
 stone slab the following singular inscrip- 
 tion, the last lines of which were dicta,ted 
 by himself: 
 
 * THE REPOSITORY OF * , 
 
 * LORENZO DOW, | 
 
 J Who was bom in Coventry, Conn., * 
 
 I Oct. i8, 1777, * 
 
 * Died Feb'y 2, 1834, * 
 
 t ^E. 56. t 
 
 # A Christian is the highest style of man, # 
 Z He is a slave to no sect; takes no ^ 
 
 * private road; but looks through J 
 J Tiature wp to nature's God. * 
 *********************************** 
 
 The removal of this slab revealed the 
 remains. The skeleton was all preserved, 
 the long snowy beard lay in life-like natu- 
 ralness upon the breast bone, beneath 
 which the vest was in good ' preservation, 
 and fully buttoned. The right sleeve of the 
 coat was in good condition and the greater 
 part of the pants. The mahogany coffin 
 
 had almost entirely crumbled, the largest 
 portion not being over 18 inches long. 
 
 The last words on record, known of Lo- 
 renzo's writing, are : 
 
 "We must soon part; therefore, as I 
 take leave of you, my request is, to lay 
 aside prejudice, sacrifice sin, sink into the 
 will of God, take him for your protector 
 and guide, by attention to the sweet influ- 
 ence of his spirit on the mind, that you 
 may be useful in your day to your fellow- 
 mortals hfere ; and as an inward and spir- 
 itual worshiper, ascend to God. Thus it 
 may be well with you here and hereafter. 
 
 "Amen. Adieu till we meet beyond 
 this life ! 
 
 "Farewell. 
 
 "Lorenzo." 
 
 {^'Farewell means to do well.^l 
 
 Lorenzo Dow had only one child, a 
 daugjiter, born in Dublin, that died soon 
 after their return to this country, aged 
 five months, and was buried in Georgia. 
 
 The following anecdotes in a measure 
 illustrate the eccentricities of Dow, and 
 all, with one or two exceptions, never be- 
 fore having appeared ''in print. In my 
 youth my uncle spent much of his time in 
 our family, the members of which have 
 passed away, which gives me the opportu- 
 nity, as being the only one left who was 
 familiar with his habits and life. 
 
 In the eastern part of the town of Mans- 
 field, on a lofty eminence known as "Meth- 
 odist Hill," is an old Isarn, in which were 
 held the first Methodist meetings in the 
 town, aud where Lorenzo Dow is said to 
 have preached his first sermon. That he 
 entered the barn early, and laid down up- 
 on one of the long benches, and feigned 
 sleep. Dressed in tow pants, coatless, 
 and shoes minus the stockings, he would 
 naturally be taken for anything but a min- 
 ister; therefore as the people began to 
 flock together and as the appointed hour 
 was approaching, they began to try to 
 arouse him, telling him there was to be a 
 meeting but the minister had not come. 
 He jumped up, asked what time it was, 
 and being informed it was meeting time, 
 brushed his hair, entered, the pulpit and 
 preached a rousing sermon, after which he 
 asked if any one in the room wanted to be 
 
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 371 
 
 prayed for, "If so," said he, "pray for 
 yourselves !" whereupon he took his hat 
 and left. 
 
 While our family were living on the Dow 
 farm in Hebron, my father had charge of 
 the place, and one hot summer's day we 
 were mowing hay in the bog meadow and 
 it was "rather slim picking." My father 
 composed the following lines in the fore- 
 noon, and when we came up to dinner, he 
 repeated them to Uncle Lorenzo, who, be- 
 ing of a high spirit, did not for some days 
 speak to father : 
 
 In Hebron town there lies a piece of land, 
 Surrounded by rocks and hills, and on It water stands ; 
 This meadow lays quite low, and ts owned by Lorenzo 
 
 Dow, 
 And all the grass that on it grows will scarcely keep 
 
 one cow. 
 There Is here and there a spear, and those are very 
 
 scarce, 
 In fact, tliere Is not so much in bulk, as the beard that 
 * grows on his face. 
 
 Some years before be became so cele- 
 brated, he used to travel principally on 
 horseback ; and as he had to meet his ap- 
 pointments punctually, no matter what the 
 weather might be, he had to go dressed for. 
 all weathers. To do this, he had an oil- 
 cloth cloak made something like a bed- 
 quilt, with a hole cut through the middle to 
 put his head through, and the cloak hung 
 in folds around his person, and in a meas- 
 ure protected his horse from the storm. 
 Dressed in this outlandish manner, on one 
 occasion he overtook a heavily loaded 
 team in a stormy day, the driver urging 
 his horses up a steep hill, the roads almost 
 impassable in the deep mud, the driver 
 belaboring the poor beasts with blows and 
 uttering blasphemous oaths, when Lorenzo 
 overtook him. Listening a moment to the 
 man's profanity, he asked him "if he ever 
 prayed?" The driver said no, and would 
 be damned if he ever would. Lorenzo gave 
 him a silver dollar to bind his oath, and 
 made him promise he never would pray, 
 and rode on to the next tavern, about a 
 mile, and put up. In a short time, on 
 came the driver, full gallop, to give the 
 dollar back to the person from whom he 
 had received it, thinking he had sold his 
 soul to the devil, but Lorenzo would not 
 take it back. The thought worked so up- 
 
 on the man, it eventuated in his conver- 
 sion. 
 
 While living in Hebron, there was a Mr. 
 Little, a hatter, a man who was very anx- 
 ious to quiz people, and endeavor to get 
 the best of them in his jokes. Meeting 
 Mr. Dow in the street one day, after pass- 
 ing the compliments of the morning, Mr. 
 L. said "I would like to ask you a ques- 
 tion." Lorenzo replied " Go on." "Can 
 you tell me how many white beans it takes 
 to make a bushel?" Lorenzo fixed his 
 little keen black eyes on him a moment, 
 and replied, "it takes just as many white 
 beans to make a bushel as it does Littles 
 to make a man." 
 
 In the same town there lived one of those 
 low, cunning sneaks by the name of Skin- 
 ner, who, like barnacles, attach themselves 
 to any one who will give them a hearing. 
 Meeting Lorenzo one day, as he (Skinner) 
 was going to the gri.st-mill with his bags 
 of grain on his horse, he riding on the 
 bags, — stopped his horse, and looking di- 
 rectly into Lorenzo's face, said, "Mr. Dow, 
 there are many of my neighbors who would 
 like to know why you wear your hair and 
 beard so long?" L. turned upon him a 
 withering look, and said, "Mr. Skinner, 
 when I was a boy my father used to send 
 me to the mill, and I used to go right 
 straight to the mill ; and when my grist 
 was ground, used to return directly 
 home; never stopped to ask impertinent 
 questions^ but alwaji's minded my own bus- 
 iness. Good-bye, Mr. S.," and immedi- 
 ately turned his back and walked off. 
 
 On one occasion he sold a yoke of oxen 
 to Elder Wilcox, a Baptist clergyman, liv- 
 ing in Montville, (pt., for the sum of $65. 
 The Elder worked the cattle very hard, 
 and after a while one of the oxen took sick 
 and died, when he came to Mr. D. repeat- 
 edly for damages in the loss of the ox. It 
 was satisfactorily proved the ox was well 
 when sold. At last, annoyed by the El- 
 der's insolence, D. threw down his pocket- 
 book, and told him to take out a sum suf- 
 ficient to pay him. He took $65.00, the 
 same as he gave for both oxen, and the El- 
 der kept the well one. Lorenzo wrote a 
 receipt in this fashion, and made him sign 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 it: "Received of L. Dow sixty-five dol- 
 lars, in flill of all demands, from the be- 
 gining to the end of the world." Thus 
 cutting off any further demands against 
 Dow from Wilcox to any amount. 
 
 Dew's first wife was a very tender heart- 
 ed, amiable, Christian woman ; and he used 
 to teaze and annoy her in many ways for 
 sport, while Peggy would take it all to 
 heart and grieve over it. His second wife, 
 a perfect amazon, with a regular tiger-tem- 
 per, used to rule him with a rod of iron, so 
 much so that Dow had one room finished 
 in his new mansion in Montville expressly 
 for himself, and always carried the key. 
 Over the fireplace he had a gilt hen paint- 
 ed, and over it in large golden letters : 
 " The hen crows here." 
 
 It was reported that in consequence of 
 his last wife's mother opposing the match, 
 because Dow was a Methodist in belief 
 and her daughter being a Presbyterian, 
 that it became necessary to be married 
 away from home. The arrangement was 
 made that on a certain evening he was to 
 preach in a school-house, and that Lucy 
 Dolbear, his intended, should be present, 
 and at the conclusion of the discourse, at 
 a certain signal, Lucy should get up. 
 When the sermon was ended and the ben- 
 ediction pronounced, Mr. Dow said, "If 
 there is any one here who would , like to 
 marry me, they will manifest it by rising." 
 A negro woman rose up at the same time 
 his intended did. . He took Lucy, and 
 went to Elder Whittlesey's, and they were 
 married that night. 
 
 There was a story going the rounds of 
 the papers in Vermont of Lorenzo Dow 
 raising the devil. One day while he was 
 at the dinner table at our house in Hard- 
 wick, mother asked him about it. Lorenzo 
 replied that the circumstances were as fol- 
 lows : In traveling through the northern 
 part of Vermont, he was belated one night 
 in a blinding snow-storm. He went for 
 the only light he could discover, and 
 found it came from a small log-house. 
 After repeated knockings at the door, a 
 woman opened it. He asked accommoda- 
 tions for the night. She said her husband 
 was gone, and she could not possibly ac- 
 
 commodate a stranger. But he plead with 
 so much earnestness, she concluded to 
 take him in. He immediately went to 
 bed, without removing his clothing, in a 
 little corner, separated off from the room 
 where the family lived by a partition of 
 rough boards, with cracks between, -cov- 
 ered with paper pasted over, which was 
 torn off in many places, and anything 
 going on in the opposite room could be 
 easily seen. It soon appeared this woman 
 was not alone, but had a paramour. Late 
 in the night on came her husband, drunk, 
 as usual, and demanded admittance, hal- 
 looing and cursing at the top of his voice, 
 his wife all the while trying to stop him, 
 but before opening the door, she secreted 
 her pal in a cask of tow in the room. 
 When admitting her husband, she tried to 
 silence him by telling him that Lorenzo 
 Dow was in the other room, and if he was 
 not still he would wake him up. Well, 
 says the husband, I understand he can 
 raise the devil, and now he has got to do 
 it. Notwithstanding all the appeals of -his 
 wife, the husband pounded on the door, 
 calling on Dow to come out. At lastDow 
 pretended to be roused out of a sound 
 sleep, (although he had been awake all the 
 time) ; rubbing his eyes and yawning, he 
 came out. The man insisted on Dow's 
 raising the devil, and would not take 
 no for an answer. Well, if you insist on 
 it, said Dow, I will do it, but when he 
 comes, it will be in aflame of fire, and you 
 must set the dOors wide open, so he will 
 have plenty of room. The man opened 
 his door, and Dow, taking the candle, 
 touched the tow in the cask. In an in- 
 stant the cask was wrapped in flame, and 
 the man inside jumping out, all on fire, 
 ran up the street like the very devil, all of 
 a light blaze, tearing through the snow at 
 the rate of 2 : 40. The husband was so 
 frightened, for once it made a sober man 
 of him. 
 
 When I was 9 years old, my parents 
 moved to Connecticut, and'Uncle Lorenzo 
 journeyed with us. At one of our stopping 
 places he was called on to preach. It was 
 about 4 p. M. In a few minutes they had 
 in the hotel where we stopped a congrega- 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 373 
 
 tion of some 300 persons. In the course 
 of the sermon, he pointed to a young man 
 present, and said, "How came you to 
 steal that sheep, and dress and have it 
 cooked? Do you think it tasted any 
 better than if you had gone to work, 
 earned the money, and paid for it like an 
 honest man?" After the sermon, my sister 
 Christiania asked him what he meant by 
 being so personal, and making such a di- 
 rect accusation of stealing, when he never 
 was in that town before, and knew no one 
 present ; that, having made a charge, if he 
 could not sustain it, would go hard with 
 him. Uncle Lorenzo replied he felt in- 
 tensely impressed in a very peculiar man- 
 ner to say what he did, so much so that 
 he could not stop until he had made the 
 charge. It was soon told us by the land- 
 lord that two years before, that man stole 
 a sheep, had it cooked, and eaten in his 
 own family. He was sued, but his father 
 settled it so it did not go into court. The 
 reader may analyze this, whether there 
 were any spiritual manifestations. 
 
 The next night we put up at another inn, 
 and as my uncle entered the house, he 
 met an old acquaintance, a Deacon in a 
 Congregational church there. The Dea- 
 con was in the act of shaving. Seeing our 
 party, he said — "Mr. Dow, do you ever 
 shave?" Uncle L. said, "I shave a Cou- 
 gregational Deacon once in a while." 
 
 On the farm that Lorenzo owned in 
 Montville, Ct., there was a dam at the out- 
 let of a large pond. Below on the stream 
 my uncle owned some mills, and below 
 these was a large cotton factory, owned by 
 one of his neighbors, employing a large 
 number of operatives. In the night his 
 neighbor would go and open the gate, and 
 let the water out of the pond to run certain 
 machinery. . The next day there was not 
 water enough to run his own mill. The 
 result was L. D. went and had a gate 
 made of boiler-iron, and spiked down so 
 the man of the factory could not open it. 
 He then raised his dam to the height of 25 
 feet, keeping back the water for months. 
 His neighbor wanted water to run his fac- 
 tory, while Dow closed his mills up for re- 
 pairs. The result was his neighbor sued 
 
 him, and beat him. Dow carried up the 
 case to the next court, and got beat there. 
 He then carried the case to the court of 
 last resort, and got beat again . Then Dow 
 took his hired man, and opened the gate. 
 The three months of water accumulated, 
 the pressure upon the gate was immense ; 
 the stream poured forth in a torrent. Says 
 Dow to the man, "He wants water; give 
 him more. Hoist the gate higher," and, 
 •looking on the rushing stream, said, " my 
 neighbor wants water, and water he shall 
 have. Take the gate out." The impet- 
 uous current did more damage to the cot- 
 ton factory than three months' laying still 
 for the want of water. 
 
 This was the basis of that work pub- 
 lished by Dow, entitled "Fresh Water 
 Law, or Twenty-nine Reasons why a man 
 cannot control the water on his own land." 
 
 Lorenzo Dow was once preaching in the 
 State of Ohio, and having unusual freedom 
 of thought and delivery, the congregation 
 was thrilled with admiration and delight. 
 When the interest was at its height, he 
 suddenly stepped down from the desk, and 
 deliberately walked to another part of the 
 room and pointing his long, sarcastic fin- 
 ger at a pCTson to whom he was a total 
 stranger, and fixing on him his searching 
 eyes, addressed him thus : — " I mean/oa .' 
 Yes, YOU ! who ran away from Connecticut 
 between two days to avoid paying your 
 honest debts ; and more than this, you per- 
 secuted and abused your wife because she 
 was endeavoring to seek religion ! AirU 
 you ashamed of yourself f' The poor fel- 
 low looked as though annihilation would 
 be the highest boon. Dow-returned to the 
 desk and resumed the thread of his dis- 
 course, and by his wonderful tact and mag- 
 netism raised the congregation to the same 
 summit of interest as before. After the 
 benediction was pronounced, the people, 
 who knew nothing of the man's antece- 
 dents, instituted searching inquiry into the 
 man's history and found that Dow's charg- 
 es were true to the very letter. 
 
 On another occasion while preaching in 
 a grove, a young man commenced rattling 
 some boards at no great distance from the 
 preacher's stand. The speaker cautioned 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 him very mildly at first, but every little 
 while he would renew the mischief. At 
 length Dow cast on him a serious look, 
 remarking : — " Those boards will make 
 your coffin.'''' The young man died in a 
 few weeks, and the carpenter ,not thinking 
 of Dow's remark made use of the very 
 identical boards. These are but specimens 
 of what occurred along the history of his 
 life. 
 
 He was once holding forth in a place in 
 a very powerful manner, and all at once he 
 paused in his discourse, and very deliber- 
 ately made the remark : "There is a man 
 present, who has been considered a very 
 respectable person, but he is guilty of hug- 
 ging and. kissing another man's wife. 
 Both parties are present. The man has a 
 white feather on his head ; and the woman 
 blushes deeply." In an instant a man 
 reached his hand to his head, and Dow 
 pointing to him said, "Thou art the 
 man." And pointing to the woman, whose 
 cheeks were scarlet, said, "Thou art 
 the woman." Subsequent developments 
 showed that Dow's arrows hit the mark. 
 
 At another time, while preaching in 
 Mississippi, some rowdies were thrusting 
 a knife into a beautiful beave"hat of his, 
 at some distance from the stand. He 
 turned to them and addressed them 
 thus : — The laws of society condemn you ; 
 the laws of your country condemn you ; 
 moreover the laws of God condemn you. 
 The word condemned means damned, ist. 
 You are villains. 2d. You are condemned 
 villains, that is you are damned villains. 
 3d. God condemns you by His law ; that 
 is He damns you. Hence, you are God 
 damned •villains ! 
 
 THE VERMOrW BIBLE SOCIETY 
 
 Had its organization at the capital. The 
 first meeting was held at the hall of the 
 Academy, Oct. 28, 1812. Hon. Wm. C. 
 Harrington, mod., Jeduthan Loomis, clerk. 
 Rev. Chester Wright preached the opening 
 sermon, and before the meeting dissolved 
 88 persons had become members, and 
 $323.75 raised. First officers: Charles 
 Marsh, pres't. Gen. Abner Forbes, treas., 
 Wm. Page, sec'y. 
 
 METHODISM IN MONTPELIER. 
 BY BBV. J. It. BAHTLETT. 
 
 The history of the Methodist Church in 
 Montpelier extends to the earliest associa- 
 tions of Methodism in Vermont. 
 
 Various accounts have been given of the 
 introduction of Methodism into Vermont, 
 some of which are only matters of tradi- 
 tion and probably incorrect. It is now 
 known that the first Methodist preacher 
 sent to Vermont by the authorized voice 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 who accepted and worked under the ap- 
 pointment, was Nicholas Snethen, who at 
 the Conference held at Thompson, Conn., 
 convened Sept. 20, 1796, was "read off" 
 as the appointee to " Vershire circuit." 
 
 This was an entirely new field for Meth- 
 odistic preaching, and Mr. Snethen prob- 
 ably went to his appointment with no def- 
 inite knowledge of the existence of any 
 Methodist families in Vermont except one 
 in Vershire, one in Bradford, and perhaps 
 a few others in the extended territory 
 which comprised the " circuit." 
 
 "Vershire circuit reached," as the re- 
 cords state, "from the towns near the 
 Connecticut river to Montpelier." These 
 boundaries are somewhat indefinite, but 
 were as accurate, perhaps, as any in the 
 early days of Methodism, when bounding 
 the parish of a Methodist preacher. 
 
 Jesse Lee, the pioneer of Methodism in 
 New England, was Presiding Elder, and 
 in his journal makes reference to Vershire 
 circuit in .these words: "Many of the 
 places where we preached in that circuit 
 were quite new settlements ; the houses 
 were very small, and but scattered through 
 the country. The preachers had to en- 
 counter many difficulties and to endure 
 many hardships. But one thing which 
 made up for ail the difficulties was this, 
 the people were fond of attending meeting 
 by day or by night, and were very kind to 
 the preachers ; and best of all was, sin- 
 ners were awakened, and in a httle time 
 some of them became the happy subjects 
 of the favor of God, and were zealously en- 
 gaged in trying to help forward the work 
 of the Lord as far as they could. Since 
 
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 then we have prospered considerably in 
 this new part of the country." 
 
 The fragmentary records which are the 
 only means of information now extant, give 
 conclusive evidence that Montpelier was 
 thus visited by the early itinerant preach- 
 ers, and that it immediately becanie an ap- 
 pointment for stated and regular preach- 
 ing. It is probable, however, that such 
 preaching was only at intervals of consid- 
 erable extent in point of time, and that the 
 meetings were small as regards the num- 
 ber in attendance, being held in dwellings, 
 or possibly in school-houses where they 
 existed and could be obtained for the pur- 
 pose. Arminian theology was then re- 
 garded as an interloper, and met with its 
 opposing creeds of Calvinistic dogmas on 
 the one hand and extreme Liberalism on 
 the other, as its vital and untiring dispu- 
 tants. 
 
 D. P. Thompson's History of Montpe- 
 lier speaks of " A great public meeting for 
 a doctrinal debate," held in Montpelier 
 during the summer of 1799, in which a 
 "Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of some other part 
 of the State," appeared "on the part of 
 the Methodists." Doubtless this was 
 Joseph Mitchell, the preacher on the 
 "Vergennes circuit" in that year. Mr. 
 Mitchell was never an appointee on any 
 circuit which included Montpelier, but 
 was a man of untiring energy, great intel- 
 lectual power and unceasing labors in his 
 calling as a preacher, and it is recorded of 
 him that he traveled at the rate of nearly 
 6,000 miles a year while on the Vergennes 
 circuit. His appearance in Montpelier at 
 this time would seem to indicate either 
 that he was an occasional visitor and 
 preacher here, although not on his stated 
 circuit, or that he was brought forward to 
 champion the doctrines of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church by the friends of the 
 same. 
 
 It Ls not improbable that Montpelier 
 may have been occasionally visited by the 
 preachers of Vergennes circuit, as well as 
 by those of Vershire circuit, of which it 
 was a part, for the early Methodist preacher 
 had a habit of making himself heard, and 
 of feeling very much at home wherever. 
 
 and under whatever circumstances he could 
 find a congregation, and in view of the 
 common sympathy and purpose among 
 the early preachers, especially, it is pre- 
 sumable that no exclusive right of territory 
 was thought of by any circuit preacher. 
 
 Lorenzo Dow, famed for his eccentric- 
 ities of life and speech, and an able though 
 irregular worker in the early itinerancy, is 
 also known to have been an occasional 
 preacher at Montpelier, but was never an 
 appointee on any circuit which included 
 the town in its jurisdiction. So of others 
 whose names are not in the list of Meth- 
 odist preachers included in this sketch, 
 but who may be remembered, ar perhaps 
 recorded, as having engaged in the work 
 to a greater or less extent. 
 
 The preachers who succeeded Mr. 
 Sne'then upon Vershire circuit while Mont- 
 pelier continued within its bounds, were, 
 in 1797, Ralph Williston; in 1798, Joseph 
 Crawford; in 1799, Mr. Crawford again, 
 with Elijah Chichester as his colleague ; 
 in 1800, Thomas Dewey ; in 1801, Truman 
 Bishop and Thomas Branch ; in 1802, 
 Solomon Langdon and Paul Dustin; in 
 1803, Samuel Draper and Oliver Beale. . 
 The dates above given indicate the " Con- 
 ference year," commencing with the an- 
 nual session in the summer of the ye'ar 
 named, and continuing to the following 
 session. In 1804, the circuit was divided, 
 and Montpelier became a part of the new 
 " Barre circuit," which included the fol- 
 lowing within its jurisdiction: Barre, 
 Plainfield, Middlesex, Montpelier, North- 
 field, Williamstown, Washington, Berlin, 
 and Orange. It is uncertain whether 
 Moretown and Waitsfield were in the cir- 
 cuit at this time, or were added subse- 
 quently ; but eventually they were so in- 
 cluded, as well as other towns. 
 
 There are 257 names upon the oldest 
 list of members now to be found, and 
 which seems to include the entire' circuit 
 as it existed in 1804. 
 
 Of this number it is difficult to decide 
 how many were residents of Montpelier, 
 as the Montpelier membership is not 
 grouped as in some of the other towns, but 
 it seems to be not more than six or eight. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 There was, however, a "class" organ- 
 ization, and it was represented in the re- 
 ported "collections" ate ach quarterly; 
 meeting of the circuit, the amounts vary-; 
 ing in these early reports from 35 cents to 
 $8.54, the last named being the report on 
 Apr. 19, 1806, at the^last quarterly meet-! 
 ing in the Conference year. 
 
 July 23, 1808, collections from two 
 classes in Montpelier were reported, indi- 
 cating that another class was formed about 
 this time, subsequent reports showing the' 
 continuation of this arrangement. The! 
 first receipt of "public money" reported, 
 from Montpelier was at a quarterly meet- 
 ing held .at Plainfield, October 16, 1807, 
 the amount being $1 .60. The name of* 
 the first class leader was Ansel Patterson,! 
 who afterwards removed to Barre, andi 
 was eventually expelled from membership.; 
 
 The number in society as reported tol 
 the annual Conference of 1812 was 330! 
 upon the circuit, and of this number 25! 
 were in the two classes in Montpelier,' 
 David Harris and Elias Kingsley being' 
 the leaders, and having thirteen and twelvej 
 in their respective classes, and three "on, 
 trial" in the class of Mr. Kingsley. The| 
 records are very meagre during these in-; 
 tervening years, but there is evidence of a! 
 steady growth in numbers and increase of! 
 influence for the church in the community.! 
 
 Aug. 5, 1820, the quarterly meeting was 
 held in Montpelier, being the first on; 
 record as held in this town. It is not cer-i 
 tain, however, that quarterly meetings- 
 were now held here for the first time, as' 
 some of the records in former years are in- 
 complete, and it is obvious that such meet- 
 ings were held, of which no record is now, 
 extant, or at least known to exist. The 
 record of this meeting is very meagre, 
 being only a statement of the time and 
 place and the amount of the collections, 
 and disbursements as follows : 
 
 Quarterly meetings held at Montpelier, 
 for Barre circuit, August 5, 1820. 
 Public collection, $8.62. 
 Paid Ella Dunam expense, 6.00 
 
 Squire B. Harskell do. 2.62 
 
 ;.62 
 
 This brief record is suggestive, however 
 
 of a meeting which was probably one of 
 impre.ssive and solemn interest in the com- 
 munity. A . Methodist " quarterly meet- 
 ing" in 1820 was likely to be an event of 
 great local, interest. Barre circuit com- 
 prised at tWs time some twelve or more 
 towns within its bounds, and, in accord- 
 ance with the custom in these olden times, 
 there would be likely to be in attendance 
 at the quarterly meeting some from every 
 preaching station on the circuit, and a 
 general attendance of the members and 
 friends of the Methodist Church in towns 
 convenient of access to the place of meet- 
 ing. It is, therefore, probable that this 
 meeting was one of considerable local im- 
 portance. Mr. Henry Nutt remembere 
 the occasion, and that the meeting was 
 held in the grove at the "Centre," and 
 very largely attended by the people from 
 all adjoining and some other towns. 
 
 Rev. Elihu Scott, who is now living in 
 Hampton, N. H., writes: 
 
 In June, 1825, I received my first ap- 
 pointment in the New England Confer^ 
 ence, on old Ban-e circuit, Vermont, one 
 of the oldest and best at that time in the 
 State. John Lord was preacher'in charge, 
 David Leslie second, E. Scott third; and 
 because we had not help enough, we took 
 on Horace Spaulding for the fourth, (a 
 school teacher and local preacher of good 
 abilities.) The following is a list of the 
 towns then embraced in the circuit — a 
 name that meant something in those days 
 — namely: Barre, Montpelier, Calais, 
 Plainfield, Marshfield, Orange, Wa.shing- 
 ton, Williamstown, Brookfield, Randolph, 
 Bethel, Roxbury, Northfield and Berlin. 
 I think we had preaching every Sabbath 
 only in Barre ; in a few other places once 
 in two weeks, in others once in four weeks, 
 and in others once in eight weeks. But 
 with lectures, as we then called them — 
 that is, preaching on week days, afternoon 
 or evening, in all our outlying neighbor- 
 hoods where we had classes, four or five 
 times a week three weeks out of four, sum- 
 mer and winter, in private houses or 
 school-houses, and Vi.siting ^1 our mem- 
 bers frequently, we found plenty of hard 
 work to keep us out of idleness and mis- 
 chief. 
 
 Previous to 1826, the Methodists had no 
 church, but during this year one was built 
 by them at the Centre of the town, in 
 which meetings were then held alternately 
 
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 with services in the old State House in 
 the village. At the first quarterly meet- 
 ing held in the church, Wilbur Fisk preach- 
 ed upon the theme of " endless misery" — 
 a memorable sermon, which was much 
 discussed in the community. 
 
 In 1828, Montpelier was inade a station, 
 and thenceforward lost its identity with 
 Barre circuit, but gained one of its own. 
 The appointments of preachers for Barre 
 circuit from its formation to this time, (all 
 of whom were of course regular 'visitors to 
 Montpelier at stated appointments,) were 
 as follows : In 1804, Oliver Beale ; 1805, 
 Elijah Hedding and Daniel Young ; 1806, 
 Philip Munger and Jonathan Chaney; 
 
 1807, Sam'l Thompson and Eleazer Wells ; 
 
 1808. Solomon Sias ; 1809, Warren Ban- 
 ister and George Gary ; 1810, Eliazer 
 Wells and Squire Streeter; 181 1, Nathan- 
 iel Sternes and John Jewett; 1812, Eb- 
 enezer, F. Newell and Joseph Dennett; 
 1813 and '14, David Kilburn, Jason Walk- 
 er being his colleague in '14; 1815 and '16, 
 Joel Steele, Thomas C. Pierce being a 
 colleague in '16; 18 17 and '18, Leonard 
 Frost; 18 19, Thomas C. Pierce; 1820, 
 Squire B. Haskell and Ella Dunham ; 1821, 
 John F. Adams and Abraham Holway; 
 1822, J. F. Adams, D. Leslie; 1823, Sam- 
 uel Norris and Haskeir Wheelock ; 1824, 
 D. Kilburn, H. Wheelock and A. H. 
 Houghton; 1825, John Lord, D. Leslie 
 and Elihu Scott; 1826, A. D. Merrill and 
 J. Templeton; 1827, J. B. White, E. 
 Jordan and R. L. Harvey. 
 
 There had also appeared among the 
 Methodist preachers in the town the fol- 
 lowing men who had occupied the office of 
 presiding elder upon the district of which 
 Barre circuit was a part: Jesse Lee, 
 George Pickering, Shadrack Bostwick, 
 John Brodhead, Joseph Crawford, Elijah 
 Sabin, Thomas Branch, Eleazer Wells, 
 Joseph A. Merrill, John Lindsley, John G. 
 Dow, Wilbur Fisk. 
 
 Among these names that of Wilbur Fisk 
 is not the least prominent, and to the 
 present generation is a household name in 
 memory of a man who made his impress 
 in society as but few men are able to do. 
 The sermon of Mr. Fisk before the Ver- 
 
 mont Legislature of 1826 is now preserved, 
 having "been printed in pamphlet form. 
 Mr. Fisk has been called the "founder of 
 Methodism in Montpelier," but although 
 his influence was of great value to Meth- 
 odism in Montpelier, his work was inci- 
 dental to its history rather than the found- 
 ation of it. He was a strong man in the 
 denomination, and doubtless exercised an 
 influence which served in a great measure 
 to dispel the opposition and the prejudices 
 which had met the early efforts of Meth- 
 odists to secure an acknowledged right to 
 worship God according- to the dictates of 
 their consciences, and the preferences of 
 their religious tastes. [For Presiding Elder 
 Fisk, see Windham County vol., (follow- 
 ing Washington County papers,) of which 
 County he was a native — Ed.] It is also 
 probable that this growing strength in the 
 society gave encouragement to the loc^l 
 interests to such an extent as to bring 
 about the independent existence of ' ' Mont- 
 pelier station," and thus secure a resident 
 pastor who could give his entire attention 
 to the interests of the church in Mont- 
 pelier. 
 
 So it came about^that at the annual con- 
 ference, held at Lynn, Mass., (this terri- 
 tory being then comprised in "the New 
 England Conference,") and commencing 
 July 23, 1828, Barre circuit was again di- 
 vided, (having lost "Brbokfield circuit" 
 in 18264) and "Montpelier station" be- 
 came an appointment. John Lord was 
 presiding elder of the district, and JohnG. 
 Dow the stationed preacher. 
 
 The first quarterly meeting was held at 
 the church (at the Center) Sept. 20 and 
 21, 1828. Regular meetings had been 
 held up to this time, but the " quarterly 
 meeting" now convened for the first time 
 on the station, and as there was but one 
 steward under the circuit arrangement, it 
 became necessary to choose others ; the 
 completed board was as follows : Stephen 
 Sanborn, Daniel Culver, Samuel Upham, 
 Cyrenus G. Kelton, (Recording Steward,) 
 and Henry Nutt. At a subsequent meet- 
 ing the board of trustees was increased to 
 five, and then comprised Salvenus Morse, 
 John Stevens, James Arbuckle, Daniel 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Culver and Henry Nutt ; and the member- 
 ship was comprised in seven classes, as 
 follows : I, Henry Nutt leader, 13 mem- 
 bers ; 2, Elias Wakefield leader/ 9 mem- 
 bers and two on trial ; 3, Cyrenus G. Kel- 
 ton leader, 16 members; 4, Goodyear 
 Bassett local preacher and leader, 16 mem- 
 bers and one on trial ; J. James Arbuckle 
 leader, 7 members and 5 on trial ; 6, Dan- 
 iel W. Fox leader, 20 members ; 7, Nathan 
 Howard leader, 13 members ; total, 105 
 members and 8 on trial. 
 
 The financial exhibit for this first year 
 is as follows : Collections for this year's 
 avails of subscription papers, $204 ; private 
 donations,$iS ; ministerial or public money, 
 $62 ; quarterly collections, $49 ; total, JS330. 
 Disbursements, Paid Rev. J. G. Dow for 
 traveling expenses, $10; for house. rent, 
 $70; fuel, $15 ; table expenses, JSSj ; quar- 
 terage, $140; paid Rev. John Lord, P.E., 
 $10; total, $330. 
 
 An interesting relic of the time here 
 written of is an original "class paper," 
 now in a good state of preservation, al- 
 though yellow with age, and carrying an 
 inscription of faded writing, but still very 
 legible, as follows : 
 
 Poittpelia ilass |aptr.— |:o. 1. 
 
 HENRY NUTT, Leader. 
 John G. Dow, S. P. Rev. John Loru, P., E. 
 
 Remember and observe the Quarterly Fast. 
 See Discipline. 
 
 Keep yourselves in the love of God. 
 
 —Bible. 
 
 Made April 15th, 1829. 
 
 The original size of the above when 
 folded is 5i x 2I inches, and when unfold- 
 ed, it is twelve times as large, and con- 
 tains the names of the members of the 
 class indicated, with lines and spaces to 
 record their state in life, (married, single 
 or widowed,) their state in the church, 
 (full membership or on trial,) and their 
 attendance or non-attendance at class 
 meetings. The church records, although 
 merely incidental of the routine business 
 during the next 6 years, indicate a general 
 state of prosperity and a healthy growth 
 
 in the membership. John G. Dow was 
 again appointed preacher in charge in 
 1829, with Eleazer Wells presiding elder. 
 James Templeton was the preacher in '30 
 and '31 ; Ezra Sprague, '32 ; John Currier 
 in '33 ; (Josiah A. Scarrit, presiding elder,) 
 and Elihu Scott the preacher in '34. At 
 this time there was under agitation a pro- 
 ject to build a Methodist church in the 
 village, the meetings having been held in 
 the old Court House up to this time. 
 
 The following record is still preserved, 
 apparently upon the original paper where 
 it was written : 
 
 MoNTPELiER, Feb. 12, 1834. 
 
 According to previous notice given, a 
 meeting was called for the purpose of tak- 
 ing into consideration the expediency of 
 building a Methodist meeting-house. 
 
 On motion, Hon. Cyrus Ware was 
 called to the chair, and E. H. Washburn 
 was appointed secretary. 
 
 On motion, a committee was appointed 
 consisting of three, to be denominated a 
 Methodist meeting-house committee. Lu- 
 ther Cross, Samuel Uphara, Jonathan M. 
 Snow, comprise this committee, whose 
 duty ,it shall be to find a site on \yhich to 
 build said house, and any other business 
 belonging to the subject. 
 
 On motion, the meeting was adjourned 
 to meet at the State House, on the 24th 
 instant, at 6 o'clock p. m. 
 
 E. H. Washburn, Secretary. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1834. 
 
 Met pursuant to adjournment, Hon. C. 
 Ware in the chair, and J. M. Snow, sec- 
 retary pro tern. 
 
 On motion, the question was tried rel- 
 ative to the site belonging to Mr. Jewett. 
 
 On motion. Col. J. P. Miller was added 
 to the committee above raised, and also 
 Mr. James Arbuckle and Mr. Nahum. 
 
 On motion, the meeting was adjourned 
 to the loth of March. 
 
 E. H. Washburn, Secretary. 
 
 March loth, 1834. 
 On motion of Hon. C. Ware, Smith 
 Sherman was called to the chair. 
 
 On motion, said meeting agreed to 
 build on the Keith site. 
 
 On motion, adjourned to meet on the 
 24th instant. 
 
 E. H. Washburn, Secretary. 
 
 MONTPELIER, March 24, 1834. 
 Met pursuant to adjournment after read- 
 ing the notice published in the news- 
 papers. Hon. C. Ware called to the 
 chair. Trustees : Cyrenus Morse, Sam- 
 
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 uel Upham, Jr., Christopher C. Wing^, A. 
 D. H. Cad well, James Arbuckle; Meth- 
 odist meeting-house committee : C. C. 
 Wing, J. M. Snow, Wm. B.- Hubbard. 
 4th. To act on draft for a constitution for 
 said society. Constitution adopted. Plan 
 A, for a meeting-house adopted. 
 
 On motion, the meeting was adjourned 
 four weeks. E. H. Washburn, Sec. 
 
 No further record of this movement is 
 preserved, and the project seems to have 
 waited development for the time being. 
 
 The earliest records of the Sunday-school 
 are July, 1835; one superintendent, 5 
 teachers, 48 scholars ; 75 vols, in the li- 
 brary. It seems probable that there was 
 a Sunday-school organization some years 
 earlier, and it is also probable that the or- 
 ganization has been continued ever since. 
 
 Aug. 31, 1836, the New Hampshire and 
 Vermont Conference commenced its sev- 
 enth annual session in Montpelier, under 
 the presidency of Bishop Elijah Hedding. 
 It must have been with peculiar feelings 
 of gratitude to God, that Bishop Hedding 
 now looked upon the assembling of this 
 conference. In 1805, he had been a 
 preacher on Barre circuit, and had occa- 
 sionally visited and preached in Mont- 
 pelier. 
 
 In 1824, he was elected and ordained 
 feishop, and in 1830, had presided over 
 the first session of the New Hampshire 
 and Vermont Conference at Barre, and 
 now in the course of his official duties, 
 came to preside over the session to be held 
 in Montpelier. The number of members 
 in the church in Montpelier at this time 
 was 1 53. The sessions of the conference 
 were held in the "Brick Church," (Con- 
 gregational.) It is remembered that John 
 Brodhead was also present among other 
 visitors. 
 
 Following this conference the building 
 enterprise assumed definite form. 
 
 Daniel Baldwin was made chairman of 
 the building committee, and eventually 
 bore the burden of carrying the church 
 to completion. His financial account of 
 receipts and expenditures amounting to 
 $3,176.15. paid into his hands and fully 
 accounted for, was rendered to the stew- 
 ards under date of 1840. 
 
 The deed of the land was given by 
 Rawsel R. Keith to the stewards of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, the consid- 
 ation being named as $500, and the lot 
 being described as ' ' situated on the north- 
 erly side of the road leading from William 
 Mann's to the State House;" as bounded 
 by lands belonging to Keith and Blaisdell, 
 and the road, having 4 rods width and 
 being 8 rods in length from the road to the 
 rear boundary line. This deed was made 
 and attested Dec. 16, 1836, and recorded 
 Jan. 19, 1837. The deed was given, to 
 quote its language, "upon the especial 
 trust and confidence that they shall erect 
 and build thereon a house or place of re- 
 ligious worship for the use of the members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 
 Montpelier according to the rules and dis- 
 cipline which from time to time may be 
 agreed upon by the ministers and preachers 
 by said church at their general conference in 
 the United States of America," and men- 
 tioning further expectation that the prop- 
 erty should remain in the control of the 
 said church under its disciplinary rules. 
 Some 33 years later, Nov. 8, 1869, the 
 title was made absolute by the execution 
 of another deed by which for a consider- 
 ation of $100, Mr. Keith quit-claimed to 
 the stewards of said church all right and 
 title to the same piece of land, indicating 
 that when it became necessary to make, a 
 change in the church property, it was 
 found that doubt existed as to the right of 
 the church to dispose of the same under 
 the original title. This illustrates the 
 truth that not only mice but men also 
 sometimes overlook the means of egress, 
 when deeply intent in improving the op- 
 portunity of ingress upon a desired pos- 
 session. 
 
 The church was dedicated Nov. 19, 
 
 1837, and the sermon preached by Rev. S. 
 Kelley, pastor. In 1838 the church in 
 Montpelier village was made a station by 
 itself, with 99 names upon its roll of mem- 
 bership. 
 
 The first quarterly meeting held in the 
 church at Montpelier village was Apr. 7, 
 
 1838, and after this time usually occurred 
 at this place. In 1837, Middlesex charge 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 was united with Montpelier for the time 
 being, and two preachers were appointed 
 to the work. In 1839, East Montpelier 
 was annexed in like manner, but in each 
 instance the arrangement was only for the 
 current year. During these years and the 
 following there was a steady growth in the 
 membership of the church, with occasional 
 revival of religion. In 1858, the Vermont 
 Annual Conference, (organized in 1844,) 
 held its fourteenth session in Montpelierj 
 Bishop Osman C. Baker presiding;. The 
 conference convened May 13th. 
 
 In 1866, the 2zd session of the Vermont 
 Annual Conference was held in, Mont- 
 pelier, convening April 19, with Bishop 
 Matthew Simpson presiding. This was 
 the centennial year of American Metho- 
 dism, dating from its introduction in 1766, 
 and great interest attached to the observa- 
 tion of proper demonstrations to commem- 
 orate such an occasion of congratulation. 
 On Friday evening, April zo, a " centenary 
 meeting" was held, atwhich Gov.' Dilling- 
 ham presided, Rev. H. Eastman read a 
 poem suited to the occasion, and Rev. G. 
 C. Bancroft delivered an address. The 
 Sabbath services were particularly interest- 
 ing. Bishop Simpson preaching at the 
 Congregational Church in the forenoon, 
 and the other services in the several 
 churches being conducted by other vis- 
 itors and by members of the conference. 
 
 Sept. 21, 1 868, it was voted by the 
 leaders and stewards' meeting, (official 
 board, improperly so called,) " to build a 
 new house of worship," and the necessary 
 measures were taken in due time r to dis- 
 pose of the church property then held by 
 the society, and to procure the land and 
 erect the church edifice now owned by 
 this society. Like other church enter- 
 prises ot this character, this involved years 
 of toil and sacrifice on the part of the 
 people, and corresponding labor and sac- 
 rifice by the pastors who found their lot 
 cast with this society during the several 
 following years . It is not within the prov- 
 ince of this article to relate the details of 
 the effort to erect this new house of wor- 
 ship, but to record its completion for 
 dedication on Nov. 24, 1874, Rev. W. R. 
 
 Clark, D. D., of the New England Con- 
 ference, being the preacher of the dedica- 
 tory sermon. 
 
 Among 0ie material encouragements in 
 the undertaking was the donation of the 
 massive bell by Col. H. C. Nutt, at about 
 $1,500 cost, and which was made a "me- 
 morial gift " in the name of two sisters 
 deceased, and whose names are cast in an 
 inscription on the bell, as follows : 
 
 *• 
 
 •* 
 
 IN MEMORY 
 
 OF 
 
 MY SISTEIRS, 
 
 FANNY AND ASENATH' 
 
 H. C. NUTT, 
 
 Trinity M. E. Church, 
 
 Montpelier, Vt., 
 
 1872. 
 
 [Fanny W. Nutt was born in Mont- 
 pelier, March 2d, 1836; united with the 
 Methodist Church in this village in 1854,; 
 married Chas. H. Tenney, M. D., Nov. 25, 
 1862, and diedNov.8, 1864. Dr. Tenney, 
 who was Assistant Superintendent of the 
 Vt. Insane Asylum, died in Brattleboro, 
 April 27, 1874. Two poems from her pen 
 appear in " The Poets and Poetry of Ver- 
 mont," one of which attracted very pleas- 
 ant notice : 
 
 THE TWO CROWNS. 
 
 Over ocean's deep bUie waters. 
 
 In a home of royal pride, 
 IB a darling little baby, 
 
 Known throughout the world so wide. 
 
 I suppose that be is winning. 
 
 Just as other babies are ; 
 Laughing eyes and dimpled shoulders, 
 
 Brow as polished marble t^ir; 
 Bobes of oostllest lace and muslin. 
 
 Showing forth his baby Charms- 
 Strings of purest diamonds flashing 
 
 From his rosy neck and arms. 
 
 Tended by a score of servants. 
 
 Feeding troia a golden bowl- 
 Worshipped by a mighty nation— 
 
 Whence this homage of the whole? 
 
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 381 
 
 Ahl adown the misty fliture 
 
 They can see that baby brow. 
 Seamed by many a care-worn fUrrow— 
 
 Not as fresh and fair as now; 
 Kobbed of all the golden ringlets 
 
 That his beauty now enhance ; 
 Wearing, as to hide Its wrinkles. 
 
 The Imperial Crown of France. 
 
 'Neath our roof-tree fondly nestles 
 
 Just the dearest little thing, 
 That within an-earth-hoine ever 
 
 Folded up its tiny wing, 
 
 Eyes of blue, and golden tresses 
 
 "Waving 'round a brow of light. 
 Looks she like a little cherub 
 
 In her flowing robes of white; 
 With no ornaments we deck her 
 
 But the charms that nature gives. 
 Save a pair of golden arrows, 
 
 Looping up her little sleeves. 
 
 At her birth no bells were pealing, 
 Save the bells of silent Joy; 
 , At her feet bows no probd nation 
 As before the Emperor's boy. 
 
 But, I've often heard at twilight 
 
 Angel feet come tripping in: 
 Bending o'er her midnight slumbers. 
 
 Often angel forms have seen; 
 And I almost hear them tell her 
 
 That a crown of glory bright 
 Walts to bind our baby's forehead 
 
 In the blessed world of light. 
 
 The interest in which is not diminished, 
 but rather enhanced, now the fair, dear 
 author sleeps in Green Mount Cemetery, 
 and the pure young Prince has won the 
 martyrdoK) of the brave by the barbaric 
 Abyssinian spear. Touching sequel of 
 human hope, if we look on one side of the 
 leaf. If we turn the leaf, it may have a 
 very beautiful golden lining. — Ed.] 
 
 The Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church 
 edifice is a substantial brick structure, of 
 plain exterior, well located upon Main st. 
 Its extreme length upon the outside is u i 
 feet, with a corresponding width of (5o feet. 
 The ground floor is occupied by a spacious 
 vestibule, and from which a passage 24 feet 
 in length and 10 feet in width, leads to the, 
 vestry, 62x58 feet, being the largest lec- 
 ture room in town, while upon the right of 
 the passage from the vestibule is a class- 
 room, 24 feet square, and upon the left two 
 ladies' parlors, each 24 x 12 feet, and con- 
 nected by folding doors. From the vesti- 
 bule on each side is a stairway, 5 ft. S in. 
 wide, with 20 steps of 7 in. rise, leading 
 to the second floor, on which is the main 
 audience room, 73 ft. long, 58 ft. wide, and 
 
 32 ft. high, and having excellent acoustic 
 properties. The pews are 120 in number, 
 giving 600 sittings, wliile the gallery over 
 the vestibule will seat 100, making a total 
 seating capacity of 700 in the permanent 
 seats. The organ loft, situated back of 
 the pulpit, is 22 ft. wide by 17 ft. depth, 
 and is furnished with a superior instrument, 
 made by Gfeo. H. Ryder of Boston, and 
 which was purchased by the ladies of the 
 Society. On each side of the organ loft is 
 a room 17x13 ft., and intended for the 
 toilet of the preacher and the choir. ■ The 
 audience room is heated by two furnaces, 
 and the vestry by a third, all located in the 
 cellar, while the smaller rooms are provid- 
 ed with stoves for heating purposes. 
 
 The following is a complete list of pas- 
 tors who have been identified with this 
 church since its independent existence, 
 commencing in 1828, and also the names 
 of the presiding elders of Montpelier dis- 
 trict, several of whom have resided in this 
 town during their term of office : 
 
 1828, John G. Dow, John Lord, Pre- 
 siding Elder; 1829, John G. Dow, pastor, 
 Eleazer Wells, Presiding Elder j ,1830 and 
 '31, James Templeton ; 1832, Ezra Sprague ; 
 1833, John Currier, Josiah A. Scarritt, P. 
 E. ; '34 and '35, Elihu Scott; '36 and '37, 
 Samuel Kelley, Charles D. Cahoon, P. E. ; 
 '38 and '39, Eleazer Smith, ElishaJ. Scott, 
 P.E. ; '40 and '41, Charles R. Harding; '42, 
 '43, '44, ElishaJ. Scott, J. G. Dow, P. E. ; 
 '45 and '46, Amasa G. Button, John Cur- 
 rier, P. E. in '46; '47 and '48, Alonzo 
 Webster; '49, S. P. Williams; '50 and '51, 
 S. Chamberlain, A. T. BuUard,- P. E, ; 
 '52 and '53, Benjamin Walker ; '54, Ed- 
 mund Copeland ; '55 and '56, F. D. Hem- 
 enway, E. J. Scott, P. E. ; '57 and '58, 
 •H. P. Gushing, W. J. Kidder, P.E. in'58 ; 
 '59 and '60, W. D. Malcom ; '61 and '62, 
 Isaac McAnn, P. P. Ray, P. E. in '62; 
 '63 and '64, A. L. Cooper ; '65 and '66, M. 
 Ludlum, A. L. Cooper, P. E. in '66 ; '67 
 and '68, B. Taylor. Mr. Taylor was re- 
 leased in Aug. '68, and Isaac McAnn com- 
 pleted the conference year. 1869, S. 
 Holman; '70, H. W. Worthen, J. A. 
 Sherburn, P. E. in '70; '71 and '72, J. 
 W. C. Coxe. Mr. Coxe was released in 
 
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 .VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 the fall of '72. and James Morrow sup- 
 plied the remainder of the conference year. 
 1873 and '74i H. A; Spencer, I. McAnn, 
 P. E. in '74 ; '75 and '76, J. M. C. Fulton ; 
 '78 and '79i Charles Parkhurst, Church 
 Tabor, P, E. in '78. Mr. Parkhurst was 
 released in the fall of '79, and N. Fel- 
 lows, of the N. E. Conference, supplied 
 the remainder of the conference year, and 
 was appointed as pastor in '80 ; '81, D. E. 
 Miller. 
 
 The annual statistics of the society as 
 reported to the conference of 1881 are as 
 follows : Members, 234 ; probationers, 
 22 ; local preachers, 2 ; number in Sunday- 
 school, 200 ; officers and teachers, 24 ; 
 probable value of church edifice, $27,- 
 000 ; probable value of parsonage prop- 
 erty, $2,000 ; indebtedness, none ; paid 
 for ministerial support, pastor, $1,000; 
 presiding elder, $68; bishops, $12; con- 
 ference claimants, $25 ; total, $1,105 i cur- 
 rent expenses, $275 ; benevolent collec- 
 tions, $182; total annual financial dis- 
 bursement, $1,562. 
 
 THE VERMONT CHRISTIAN MESSENGER. 
 
 BY EEV, J. K. BAKTLBTT. 
 
 -No certain data is at hand to indicate 
 the birthplace of the Messenger. One in- 
 formant states that it was started in New- 
 bury in 1846, by Rev. Wm. M. Willets. 
 The ' first record of it is found in Wal- 
 ton's Vermont Register for 1848, stating 
 that it was published in Montpelier in 
 1847. In 1853, it was removed to North- 
 field, and in 1859 again removed to Mont- 
 pelier, where it has since been published. 
 
 During its history it has been published 
 by Rev. Elisha J. Scott, Rev. Alonzo 
 Webster, C. W. Willard (commencing in 
 
 l86i) ; J. W. Wheelock (Willard & Whee- 
 lock from 1869 to 1874, and then by Mr. 
 Wheelock and his estate to 1879), since 
 which time the present proprietor, Mr. 
 Herbert R. Wheelock, has continued the 
 publication in the office of the "Green 
 Mountain Freeman." Among its editors 
 Rev. Elisha J. Scott, Rev. Alonzo Web- 
 ster, and Rev. W, D. Malcom, have served 
 the longest terms. 
 
 The following memorial sketch of Mr. 
 Scott was published in the Vermont Con- 
 ference Minutes of the session of 1866: 
 
 Rev. Elisha J, Scott was born in Greens- 
 boro, Vt., Aug. II, 1803, and died in 
 Montpelier, Jan. 24, 1866, in his 63d year. 
 Bro. Scott was a son of pious parents, and 
 a father's prayers and a mother's religious 
 instructions were among his earliest and 
 sweetest recollections. The principles of 
 our holy Christianity took a strong hold of 
 his young mind, and at the age pri2 years 
 he gave his heart to the Saviour, and joined 
 the Baptist Church, of which his parents 
 were members. He continued in this 
 Church some 7 years, when the Rev. Wil- 
 bur Fisk, of precious memory, was sent to 
 preach in an adjoining town. While listen- 
 ing to his preaching, a change was wrought 
 in his views of Christian doctrine, and 
 ever after in sentiment and sympathy he 
 was a Methodist. He had early convic- 
 tions that he was sent into the world to be 
 a minister of Jesus, and made preparation 
 to enter upon his life work. He was re- 
 ceived on trial in the M. E. Conference in 
 1828; was ordained Deacon by Bishop 
 Hedding, at Barre, June 27, 1830, and 
 Elder by Bishop Roberts, at Lyndon, Aug. 
 12, 1832. He filled with great accepta- 
 bility and usefulness the following ap- 
 pointments, namely : Cabot, Craftsbury, 
 Barton, Brookfield and Chelsea Circuits, 
 Woodstock, Chelsea, Newbury and Barre 
 Stations — all one year each ; Montpelier 
 District as Presiding Elder, 4 years ; Mont- 
 pelier Station, 3 years, the third year as 
 Supernumerary. He was then placed on 
 the superannuated list for 9 years, when he 
 was again made effisctive, and traveled 
 Montpelier District a second term of four 
 years as Presiding Elder. During the 
 last years of this term his health complete- 
 ly failed, and he again took a superannu- 
 ated relation, which he held during the re- 
 mainder of his life. During his retirement 
 from the active work of the ministry, he 
 performed much useful labor in supplying 
 on the Sabbath appointments near the 
 place of his residence, as Superintendent 
 of common schools in his county, and as 
 editor of the Messenger. He was for sev- 
 eral years Secretary of the Conference, 
 and a delegate to fhe General Conference, 
 which met at Cincinnati, May, 1836. 
 
 [We have among our waifs the follow- 
 ing hymn, we clipped from some Mont- 
 pelier paper at the time-^probably the 
 Messenger, composed by him a few days 
 before his death, to be sung at his fii- 
 neral. — Ed.] 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 383 
 
 THE DYING CHRISTIAN'S ADIEU TO EARTH. 
 
 Lauached ou Death's dark, rolling stream, 
 
 Eartbly scenes recede trom view; 
 Obi how trifling all now seem, 
 
 As 1 bid them each adieu. 
 Pleasant scenes I they could not last — 
 
 Morning clouds, and earthly dew. 
 Soon exhaled— and quickly past. 
 
 Ere we thought to say adieu. 
 Once, to me did they Impart 
 
 Happiness, shorl-Uved, buttrue; 
 Now, as from them all I part, 
 
 Cbeerfhlly 1 say adieu. 
 Klcher Joys my soiil shall taste, 
 
 Joys that are forever new; 
 To these joys I gladly hasf:e. 
 
 Bidding all below adieu. 
 Objects to my heart most dear. 
 
 Friends so loving and so true; 
 Even those, without a tear, 
 I can bid my brief adieu. 
 Short the time that will us part. 
 
 Then our union we'll renew, 
 When heart closely joined to bqsrt, 
 Ne'er shall breathe the sad adieu. 
 Farewell! earth, no onger home. 
 
 Heaven opens to my view ; 
 O'er hill and vale no more I roam. 
 
 Loved scenes! myfondadleut 
 Hark! what music do 1 hear? 
 
 Sweet the strains— fhll and new — 
 How It floods my ravished carl 
 World of death! my last adieu. 
 
 Rev. Alonzo Webster, D.D., was born 
 in Weston, Jan. 27, 18 18 ; joined the New 
 Hampshire Conference in 1837, and by the 
 division of the same, became a member of 
 the Vermont Conference at its formation 
 in 1844 ; remained in active service in this 
 Conference 19 years as pastor, and 3 years 
 of service as Presiding Elder, 9 years of 
 which he occupied the editorial- chair of 
 the Messenger. In 1856, and again in 
 i860, he was elected a delegate to the 
 General Conference, and in 1866 was trans- 
 ferred to the South Carolina Conference. 
 In 1869, he received the appointment as 
 Professor in the Baker Theological Insti- 
 tute, first established at Charleston, S. C, 
 but afterward removed to Orangeburg, to 
 become a part of Claflin University, of 
 which Dr. Webster was made President in 
 1870; In 1874, he resigned this position 
 to accept an appointment as Presiding 
 Elder of Charleston District, and in 1876, 
 and again in 1880, was elected to repre- 
 sent the South Carolina Conference in the 
 General Conference. His present address 
 is Orangeburg, S. C. 
 
 Rev. W. D. Malcom assumed the ed- 
 itorial chair in 1867, and continued to oc- 
 cupy the position until April, l88i. He 
 was born in Albany, N. Y., July 3, 1827 ; 
 in early life worked as a printer ; studied at 
 the Newbury Seminary, and joined the 
 Vermont Conference of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church in 1848, since which he 
 has continued in the itinerant work of a 
 Methodist minister with the exception of 
 one year, ('49,) when he located, rejoining 
 in 1850. Of the 33 years of his ministerial 
 life, nearly 8 years have been passed in the 
 office of Presiding Elder, which position 
 he now fills upon the St. Johnsbury Dis- 
 trict. In 1864; he was a delegate to the 
 General Conference, and for five successive 
 years filled the office of Secretary to the 
 Vermont Annual Conference. Heis widely 
 known in Vermont as a genial Christian 
 minister, an able preacher, and a loyal and 
 industrious worker in his Master's vine- 
 yard. 
 
 The present, (Oct. 1 881,) editorial force 
 consists of Rev. J- R. Bartlett, Barre, ed- 
 itor; Rev. W. R.' Davenport, Cambridge- 
 port, assistant; Rev. J. O. Sherburn, Roch- 
 ester, Sunday-school lessons. The Mes- 
 senger is conducted as a denominational 
 religious newspaper, in the interests of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, its editors 
 being pastors in this Church, and members 
 of the Vermont Annual Conference. It is, 
 however, a purely private enterprise, in- 
 volving the Conference in no financial or 
 moral responsibility, further than its juris- 
 diction to expect all persons who are mem- 
 bers of the Conference to conform to sound 
 doctrines of the Church in their public 
 teachings, and to the rules of the Disci- 
 pline in their manner of personal conduct. 
 But as it seeks its support, in the main, 
 from the membership of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, it is reasonable to ex- 
 pect' that it will be loyal and true to the in- 
 terests of the same, and it is conducted on 
 this basis ; while at the same time it seeks 
 to avoid mere sectarianism of the narrow 
 school, and to cultivate a catholic spirit, 
 which while free to express its denomina- 
 tional choice, is yet cordial and friendly to 
 all other Christian churches. 
 

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 VERMONT METHODIST SEMINARY AND 
 
 FEMALE COLLEGE. 
 
 BY EEV. J. A. BHEKBCKN. 
 
 In giving a history of this institution it 
 is necessary to briefly notice those institu- 
 tions of vyhich this is the legitimate suc- 
 cessor. For the ftrst 40 years or so, of 
 the existence of Methodism in this State, 
 it had no schools under its special super- 
 vision ; not because it did not value schol- 
 astic advantages, but because, for the time 
 being, there were other interests to serve 
 it valued more. 
 
 Nearly 50 years since, Poultney Acad- 
 emy, under the supervision of the Troy 
 Conference, and Newbui:y Seminary, under 
 the ]Sfew Hampshire Conference, were 
 opened for students in the fall of 1834. 
 
 N. H. Conference then embraced what 
 now composes the N. H. Conference and 
 tha.t part of Vermont lying east of the 
 Green Mountaii>s, making Newbury com- 
 paratively central to the whole territory. 
 The funds for the purchase of lands and 
 the erection of buildings for Newbury Sem- 
 inary were obtained by subscriptions and 
 collections from the whole Conference. 
 The buildings were good, [see descrip- 
 tion in History of Newbury, vol. 11, pages 
 95 1 and 952 of this work,] located on a 
 beautiful plateau overlooking the valley of 
 the Connecticut, and affording agoodview 
 of mountain scenery in New Hampshire. 
 The early purpose of the founders of this 
 school was to make it, in part, a manual 
 labor school for young men ; for this pur- 
 pose a farm was purchased, but after a 
 few years' trial the plan was abandoned, 
 and the farm ^old. 
 
 In connection with Newbury Seminary, 
 there was the Newbury Biblical Institute, 
 having its board of trustees and its own 
 professors. Out of this grew first, the 
 Concord Biblical Institute, Concord, N. 
 H., and finally, the School of Theology of 
 the Boston University. There was, also, 
 in connection with the school, the Female 
 Collegiate Institute, having its separate 
 board of trust, though its teachers were 
 the Seminary teachers as well. Rev. 
 Charles Adams, now D. D., of Washing- 
 
 ton, D. C, being first principal, and Miss 
 French, now Mrs. Joel Cooper, a widow 
 in Iowa, preceptress. Mr. Adams had 
 worthy successors. Bishop O. C. Baker, 
 D. D., C. T. Hinman, D. D., J. E. King, 
 D. D., and others. Miss French had her 
 successors, women not to be forgotten, 
 none of whom are remembered with great- 
 er respect than the late Mrs. C. P. Tap- 
 lin. 
 
 Newbury Seminary early in its history 
 took high rank as a school, and maintained 
 it well through its entire history. Well 
 may "old Newbury" be proud of her 
 alumni, and her alumni be proud of her, 
 as well. 
 
 [We here reserve a notice of the Spring- 
 field Methodist school, not to forestall the 
 right of a town in a later volume to give 
 1;he history of its own institutions :] 
 
 Springfield Wesleyan Seminary for a 
 time was quite a rival of Newbury, doing 
 good work, but, being comparatively local, 
 was not its equal. 
 
 In 1844, the N. H. Conference was di- 
 vided, leaving that part of it which lay in 
 Vermont, by itself, which was made a sep- 
 arate Conference, called the Vermont Con- 
 ference. 
 
 In i860, the Burlington and St. Albans 
 District, embracing the greater part of 
 Western Vermont, and belonging to the 
 Troy Conference, were added to the Vt. 
 Conference, which materially changed its 
 geographical center. 
 
 Poultney Academy was at one time 
 wholly suspended, and was afterward re- 
 vived, and passed into private hands. 
 N. H. Conference had built a Seminary 
 for itself, Newbury Seminary needed funds 
 to repair its old buildings or build new 
 ones, and it was found hard to sustain 
 Spingfield Seminary. Under these cir- 
 cumstances, Vt. Confei'ence, under whose 
 patronage Newbury and Springfield were, 
 decided, and the trustees of both schools 
 concurred, to seek a central location and 
 combine the schools. Rev. W. J. Kidder 
 being the prime mover. 
 
 The friends of Newbury struggled hard 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 to retain the school there, while West 
 Randolph, Northfield, Waterbury and 
 Montpelier competed for it. Montpelier 
 guaranteeing $20,000 to aid the enterprise, 
 it was located there, upon the site occu- 
 pied formerly by theU. S. Hospital, which 
 with its buildings, was bought for $16,500. 
 The situation is upon a beautiful plateau, i jo 
 rods from the center of Montpelier village, 
 on elevated, dry ground. The view ex- 
 tends from Orange Mountains on the east 
 to Camel's Hump on the west, and from 
 Berlin heights on the south to Worcester 
 on the north. It would be difficult to find 
 a more beautiful location in the State of 
 Vermont for an institution of learning. 
 
 Revs. A. G. Button, R. Morgan, I. 
 McAnn and A. Hitchcock were each for a 
 time employed as agents in raising funds 
 for the completion of the Seminary build- 
 ings, Noah Granger, agent for raising an 
 endowment fund of $50,000, $30,000 of 
 which is pledged, the income only of 
 which can be used in aid of the school. 
 The school was chartered in 1865, under 
 the name of Vermont Conference Sem- 
 inary and Female College ; but was after- 
 ward changed to its present name, "Ver- 
 mont Methodi.st Seminary and Female 
 College." Hon. Paul Dillingham was 
 president, A. G. Button, secretary, and 
 Joseph Gould, treasurer of the first board 
 of trust. Rev. A. G. Button and Paul 
 Mclnstry supervised the remodeling of the 
 buildings in 1868, and the school was 
 opened the same fall. 
 
 The Newbury Seminary boarding-house 
 furnishings and school apparatus were re- 
 moved to this Institution, and the funds 
 resulting from the sale of the Springfield 
 Seminary property was also paid into this 
 Institution. 
 
 In the fall of 1868, the school was 
 opened, with a faculty most of whom had 
 recently been teachers in Newbury Semi- 
 nary, and .many of their former pupils 
 came with them. Rev. S. F. Chester 
 having been the last Principal at Newbury, 
 was the first Principal at Montpelier. 
 
 The Seminary building, having been 
 erected under the superintendence of Revs. 
 
 S. Holman and A. G. Button, was opened 
 for use in the fall of 1872, which is thought 
 to be one of the finest academic buildings 
 in New England. The school property, 
 grounds, buildings, etc., are valued at 
 $82,000. 
 
 At present there are in the School seven 
 courses of study, as follows : 
 
 1. Common English, . . . . i year. 
 
 2. Business, 2 years. 
 
 3. Modern 3 years. 
 
 4. Music, 3 years. 
 
 5. College Preparatory, ... 3 years. 
 
 6. Latin Scientific, .... 4 years. 
 
 7. Collegiate, 4 years. 
 
 While the scholarship is designed to be 
 thorough, the moral and religious welfare 
 of the students is a prominent feature of 
 this school ; and though founded and fos- 
 tered by the Methodist Church, it gladly 
 welcomes studfents of all communions, giv- 
 ing to them the privilege of such Church 
 Sabbath service as their parents or guar- 
 dians may designate. 
 
 It is with gratitude that we acknowledge 
 the healthful religious influence which has 
 been manifest since the transfer of the 
 school to Montpelier, though it has hardly 
 reached what was often seen in its palmiest 
 days at Newbury. It has been at Mont- 
 pelier only about 12 years, and its alumni 
 are already taking rank as educators, min- 
 isters, lawyers and business men. 
 
 Principals at Montpelier.— 'Rev. S. F. 
 Chester, A.M., Rev. C.W. Wilder, A.M., 
 Rev. J. C. W. Coxe, A. M., Rev. L. 
 White, A. M., and Rev. J. B. South- 
 worth, the present Principal, who has com- 
 menced his sixth year. 
 
 Present Board of Trust. — Rev. J. A. 
 Sherburn, president ; Rev. A. L. Cooper, 
 secretary; P. H. Hinkley, Esq., treasurer. 
 
 By the blessing of God, and the wise, 
 united and persistent efforts of the friends 
 of this school, it is hoped it may live in 
 growing efficiency and usefulness as the 
 years go by, being a blessing not only to 
 the Church which built it and cares for it, 
 but also to the wide, wide world. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 387 
 
 BETHANY CHURCH, MONTPELIER, VT. 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PAPERS. 
 
 [Compiled from material furnished chiefly hy 
 Hon. Joseph Poland, but in which we shall 
 purposely omit the statistics given by Mr, 
 Walton on page 339, preceding. — Ed.] 
 
 The first Congregational organization in 
 Montpelier was the Society — 83 members 
 — formed in April, 1800, antedating the or- 
 ganization of the Church 3 months and 8 
 days. It was called the "First Congre- 
 gational Society of Montpelier." Its first 
 declaration was : 
 
 •Impressed with the importance of relig- 
 ious institutions to society in general, and 
 to ourselves as men, and taking into con- 
 sideration the unsettled State ot such insti- 
 tutions in this part of the country, and the 
 necessity of uniting in religious opinions 
 and harmony: we do 'hereby agree and 
 form ourselves into a religious society, by 
 the name of the first Congregational Socie- 
 ty in Montpelier, under the following reg- 
 ulations : 
 
 1. We pledge ourselves to each other 
 that we will (laying aside all trifling dif- 
 ferences) according to our abilities, main- 
 tain regular meetings in our Society, and 
 contribute to the support of preaching, and 
 when consistent, to maintaining a regular 
 clergyman in the Society. 
 
 2. That no member of this Society shall 
 be compelled to pay any sum or sums for 
 the use of the Society, except such sum as 
 he shall voluntarily subscribe. 
 
 3. When any member of the society 
 shall remove to such distance as to fender 
 it inconvenient fof him to attend our meet- 
 ings, or shall in conscience think he ought 
 
 to dissent, he may notify the Cierk there- 
 of, whose duty it shall be to enter the same 
 on record, and such person shall no long- 
 er be considered as a member of this 
 Society. 
 
 4. We agree to meet at the usual place 
 of holding meetings, in the Academy in 
 Montpelier, on Wednesday, the 27th day 
 of April, instant, at 3 o'clock in the after- 
 noon, for the purpose of organizing said 
 society with proper officers, and transact- 
 ing any proper business when met. 
 
 Dated at Montpelier, this ,12th day of 
 April, 1800. 
 
 Elisha Town, Gebrge Worthington, Jo- 
 seph Hutchins, Geo. B. R. Gove, Oliver 
 Goss, Thomas Davis, Timothy Hubbard, 
 John Bates, Charles Bulkley, Augustus 
 Bradford, John Huribut, Alden Clark, 
 Isaac Freeman, Amasa Brown, Jeduthan 
 Loomis, Stuart Boynton, Willis I. Cad- 
 well, Abel Wilson, Phineas Woodbury^ 
 Thomas Reed, Sylvester Day, Nathan Jew- 
 ett, E. D. Persons, Samuel Prentiss, jun., 
 Urial H. Orvis, Ellis Nye, Joseph Howes, 
 Linus Ellis, William Hutchins, Jeremiah 
 Wilbur, Roswell Beckwith, David Tuthill, 
 M. B. Billings, Jonathan Shepherd, Eras- 
 tus Watrous, Silas Burbank, Cyrus Ware, 
 Roger Hubbard, Joseph Freeman, Edward 
 Lamb, Nahum Kelton, Larned Lamb, C. 
 W. Houghton, Josiah Parks, Sylvanus 
 Baldwin, Joseph Wiggins, Abner H. Pow- 
 ers, Abel Crooker, Ebenezer Morse, Enoch 
 Cheney, Mason Johnson, Samuel Goss, 
 David Edwards, Oliver Dewey, John Hunt, 
 Ichabod Peck, Darius Boyden, Levi 1 Pit- 
 kin, E. Lewis, Hers. Estabrooks, T. Gay- 
 lord, Jude Converse, Theop. Pickering, 
 Archibald Kidd, Joseph Ray, Paul Knapp, 
 Henry Howes, Samuel West, D. Edwards, 
 jun., Jonathan Edwards, Aaron Bass, 
 Charles Hamlin, William Hamlin, Timo- 
 thy Hatch, Solomon Lewis, Elijah Tyler, 
 John Howes, Joshua Y. Vail, J. H. Lang- 
 don, S. W. Cobb, Ebenezer Parker. 
 
 April 27th, this Society held its first 
 meeting, and chose Samuel Goss to con- 
 tract with a clergyman. June 24th, the 
 Society voted to employ Rev. Chester 
 Wright. (See sketch.) 
 
 The original members of the Church, or- 
 ganized July the 20th, were : 
 
 Amasa Brown, Sylvanus Baldwin, An- 
 drew Dodge, Heraldus Estabrooks, Sam- 
 uel Goss, Timothy Hatch, Joseph Howes,- 
 Solomon Lewis, Sibyl Brown, Bachsheba 
 Burbank, Lydia Davis, Susannah Lewis, 
 Lydia Hatch, Polly Barker, Patty Howes, 
 Rebeckah Persons, Sarah Wiggins. 
 
 Relation of Church and Society. — The 
 Society owns and has care of the house, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, 
 
 by mutual undierstanding with the Church, 
 provides for and pays the salary of the pas- 
 tor, and all funds needful for public wor- 
 ship. When the .piilpit is vacant, the 
 Church may appoint a committee to act 
 with a committee of the Society, if they 
 choose, or leave it to the committee of the 
 Society to secure a supply. In the settle- 
 ment of a pastor, the Church take the first 
 step in voting a call ; after which the So- 
 ciety are asked to concur with the action 
 of the Church, and a call is given by joint 
 action. The annual meeting of the Socie- 
 ty is on the last Monday of December. 
 
 At the first communion after, 12 persons 
 more were added to the Church, and Aug. 
 i6th, the day of Mr. Wright's ordination, 
 IS children were baptized. In the 3 years 
 subsequent to l8l2, 30 persons united with 
 the Church ; from 1816 to 1820, 142 ; in 
 1827, more than 70. In 1830, the last of 
 Mr. Wright's pastorate, the Church was 
 almost daily enlarging. 
 
 REV. CHESTER WRIGHT. 
 
 Prepared, by particular request, for this work, by his 
 grandson, Rev. J. Edward Wright. 
 
 Thompson, in his History of Montpelier, 
 having drawn a dark picture of the low 
 moral state into which the town had lapsed 
 at the, beginning of the present century, 
 refers to the action of a large portion of the 
 better class of the people who desired a 
 reformation, which resulted in the engage- 
 ment of a minister and the organization of 
 a church, from which time a marked im- 
 provement was seen, and "the village of 
 Montpelier, redeemed and regenerated 
 through the blest instrumentalities of the 
 affectionate and untiring labors of the 
 devoted, self-sacrificing and high-souled 
 Father Wright, at length took its stand 
 among the most moral and orderly com- 
 munities in the State." Perhaps the wri- 
 ter's enthusiastic admiration led hinj in- 
 to -exaggeration in ascribing so great a re- 
 sult to the efforts of one man ; but, with 
 all due allowance made, Mr. Wright must 
 certainly be ranked among the very first 
 and worthiest of Montpelier's moral bene- 
 factors. He was the first pastor of its 
 Congregational Church, and here his min- 
 istry continued for more than twenty years. 
 
 For a large part of that period he was the 
 only pastor in the town. It was his first 
 settlement. It was at a time when the 
 preacher spoke with an ofScial authority 
 which he does not command to-day. And 
 the town itself was then " in the gristle," 
 as it were. Thus it was the yery time for 
 moral and religious suasions to tell. His 
 faithful work did tell ; and many have there 
 been who would, sympathize with the his- 
 torian's enthusiasm for his subject, even 
 if they could not fully endorse all his lan- 
 guage. " Even to this day," said the Rev. 
 W. H. Lord, D. D., in the pulpit which 
 Mr. Wright once occupied, and eighteen 
 years after his decease, " the living power 
 of his ministry is seen and felt in all this 
 community, and his memory is kept in the 
 hearts of many, -fresh and sacred — fragrant 
 and perfumed with the savor of a deep, 
 deathless devotion to the cause of his Mas- 
 ter. The church, nay, the village of Mont- 
 pelier, is indebted to him, under God, for 
 many of those principles and sentiments, 
 and generous, hospitable, social traits, and 
 kind brotherly feelings, which have dis- 
 tinguished its society. Underneath all the 
 frivolities and conventionalities of her mod- 
 ern life, there is' a strong blessed under- 
 current of human S3mipathies, and effect- 
 ive feelings of social interest and life, 
 which have their source in the influence 
 of his ministry." 
 
 The man from whose labors such grand 
 results flowed, was born in Hanover, N. 
 H., Nov. 6, 1776.. He was the son of Na- 
 thaniel and Jemima (Bartlett) Wright, and 
 the fourth of their eight children. 
 
 His father was a farmer, one of the first 
 settlers of Hanover, an estimable man, 
 and a deacon of the Congregational church. 
 His mother, a woman of deep piety, died 
 when he was 8 years old, and his father 
 subsequently married Mary Page, by whom 
 he had three children. In 1815, two years 
 after her death, he was united to Mrs. 
 Martha Conant May. 
 
 The subject of this sketch passed his 
 youth on the farm, and intended to follow 
 his father's occupation. He bought a 
 farm in Berkshire, Vt., on attaining his 
 majority, but before working long on it 
 
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 was led to consider the claims of the 
 Christian ministry, and to change his en- 
 tire plan of life. He began the necessary 
 course of classical study, finished it, and 
 entered Middlebury College in 1802. He 
 supported himself during his preparatory 
 work and his college course partly by 
 teaching, and graduated, having maintain- 
 ed a fair standing, in 1806, being then 30 
 years of age. For 2 years he was the pre- 
 ceptor of the Addison County Grammar 
 School, and then he began the study of 
 theology with the Rev. Asa Burton, D..D., 
 of Thetford, Vt. Later, his studies were 
 directed by the Rev. Timothy Dwight, 
 D. D., of New Haven, Conn., and he was 
 licensed to preach in 1808. In June of 
 that year his services were engaged by the 
 newly formed Congregational society in 
 Montpelier, and after 12 months he was 
 invited to Settle as their pastor, at asalary 
 of " $350 for the first year, $375 for the sec- 
 ond, $406, together with tlje use of a con- 
 venient parsonage, annually, after the 
 second year." His ordination took place 
 Aug. 16, 1809 ; sermon by the Rev. Asa 
 Burton, D. D., of Thetford ; charge by the 
 Rev. Stephen Fuller, of Vershire, and right 
 hand of fellowship by the Rev. Calvin 
 Noble, of Chelsea. His labpr in this 
 place having continued more than a score 
 of years, he was dismissed Dec. 22, 1830 
 — a step which seemed inevitable to the 
 council which consented to it, in view of 
 the withdrawal of support by members who 
 were offended by Mr. Wright's course in 
 regard to Free Masonry. 
 
 The early years of his ministry were 
 very fruitful to the church and the com- 
 munity generally. " The church received 
 additions at almost every communion till 
 the time of my ordination," he says. 
 The band of seventeen who were consti- 
 tuted a church, July 20, 1808, became 
 seventy by ,the fall of 1810. "In two 
 short years, the testimony is universal," 
 says the Rev. Dr. Lord, " a great change 
 
 passed over the society In 
 
 family after family, the worship of the true 
 Jehovah was established, and morning and 
 evening sacrifice was regularly offered in the 
 name of Jesus. Men of unbelieving and 
 
 skeptical sentiments became impressed and 
 sobered. Young men of dissipated habits 
 became industrious' and devout. The 
 streets no longer echoed with ribaldry and 
 profaneness ; social life and intercourse 
 were greatly refined and improved; . . . 
 and it seemed as if the placid and benefi- 
 cent spirit of Christianity had descended to 
 hover over and to dwell in a place once so 
 troubled and distracted." 
 
 In the 4 years, from 1816 to 1820, 142 
 persons were received into the church. 
 Indeed, "at no time in the history of Mr. 
 Wright's ministry, was there any remark- 
 able moral sterility. The influences of 
 divine grace and truth were steady and 
 effective- The special times of religious 
 interest were not followed by drought and 
 reaction." And the records show that 428 
 persons were welcomed to the fellowship 
 of the organization during Mr. Wright's 
 pastorate. 
 
 His labors were not limited to his own 
 flock, nor confined within the boundaries 
 of his own pari-sh. His missionary activ- 
 ity was very great, and wherever oppor- 
 tunity offered, he held religious meetings 
 to the limit of his strength, whether in 
 churches, dwellings, school-houses, or 
 barns. He was a leader in the- councils of 
 his denomination in the State, and was 
 often sent as a delegate to ecclesiastical 
 gatherings beyond its borders. 
 
 Theologically, he was conservative. 
 "New lights" in religious doctrine were 
 to him false lights. ' Buthe wasin advance 
 of most of his associates in reformatory 
 work. Very early did he enlist against in- 
 temperance, endeavoring to stem the evil 
 tide. The cause of the slave readily won 
 his sympathy and his advocacy. The ed- 
 ucation of the young commanded much Of 
 his thought ; the great Anti-Masonic con- 
 troversy aroused his interest. And in all 
 these matters he " conferred not with flesh 
 and blood" as to the course^ to pursue. 
 He closed his ears against the suggestion 
 of prudential considerations. He only 
 asked, "What is right? What is the 
 path of duty ? " and, when conscience gave 
 answer, heeded her voice alone. He may 
 have erred ; if so, his was not the error of 
 
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 a cool time-server and trimmer, a shrewd 
 calculator for self; it was the error of one 
 whose whole being thrilled with devotion 
 to God and man, of one whose excess was 
 ever on the side of conscientiousness and 
 philanthropy. 
 
 As Mr. Wright had, during his pastorate 
 in Montpelier, eked out his small salary by 
 occasionally acting as a tutor, so, after his 
 dismissal, he had for some time charge of 
 the instruction of a class of boys at his 
 house, preaching meanwhile, as opportu- 
 nity offered, in churches readily accessi- 
 ble from this village. He was regularly 
 engaged for quite a while to fill the pulpit 
 in East Montpelier. 
 
 In 1836, he was settled in Hardwick, in 
 this 'State, remaining there till early in 
 1840, when failing health led him to return 
 to Montpelier, where he died of consump- 
 tion, Apr. 16, at hisformerresidence, then 
 occupied by his daughter, Mrs. J. W. 
 Howesi His body was placed in the 
 graveyard on Elm street, but on the open- 
 ing of Green Mount Cemetery, it was re- 
 moved thither. 
 
 His widow, nee Charlotte Clapp Whitney, 
 of Royalton, survived him 19 years. They 
 were married in April,, 181 1, and had 6 
 children, four of whom' lived to maturity, 
 and were married — Jonathan Edwards, 
 married Fanny Wyman Houghton, of Mont- 
 pelier ; Charlotte Whitney, married James 
 H. Howe, of Troy, N. Y. ; Julia, married 
 Joseph W. Howes, of Montpelier ; and 
 Eliza Maria, married Ferrand F. Merrill, 
 of Montpelier. Of these four children, 
 only Mrs. Howes survives at the present 
 date. Descendants of all the others are 
 living, however. 
 
 Although Mr. Wright's literary training 
 began late, he was a man of no mean at- 
 t^nments as a scholar, and held high rank 
 among his contemporaries. He was rec- 
 ognized as possessing a sound judgment, 
 and his counsel and advice were often 
 sought. 
 
 He was from 18 19 till his decease a 
 member of the corporation of Middlebury 
 College. While engaged in teaching, he 
 published an arithmetic entitled, "The 
 Federal Compendium ;" and at various 
 
 times quite a number of his sermons were 
 printed ; not only obituary discourses, but 
 also others — as an " Election Sermon" in 
 1810, a sermon before the Middlebury 
 College Charitable Society in 18 14, and in 
 the latter part of his life, two sermons, 
 which he entitled, " The Devil in the 
 Nineteenth Century," and which were 
 called forth by certain extravagances com- 
 mitted, under the name of religion, in 
 Hardwick. [The " New Lights," see ac- 
 count of in vol I, page 329, of this work. — 
 Ed.] 
 
 In person, Mr. Wright was under the 
 average height, of slight figure, with keen 
 brown eyes. Though described as "ap- 
 parently deficient in physical powers,", he 
 was quick in all his movements, vigorous 
 and energetic in action, and intrepid in 
 the face of danger. Pre-eminent as a 
 pastor, he was persuasive and successful 
 as a preacher, a leader among philanthro- 
 pists, stainless in private life, and ever 
 alive to the material, as well as the spirit- 
 ual, interests of the people whose servant 
 he made himself "for Jesus' sake." 
 
 J. E. w. 
 
 After the close of Mr. Wright's ministry 
 there was an interval of 9 months before 
 the church was supplied with another 
 pastor, and when Mr. Hopkins' 3^ succeed- 
 ing years' pastorate closed. Rev. Mr. 
 Burchard, . the noted revivalist, took the 
 vacant pulpit for a 40 days' protracted 
 meeting, of which, says the Rev. Dr. 
 Lord, in hig fiftieth anniversary sermon, 
 "Good was accomplished at a tremendous 
 
 cost Of course, after such an 
 
 exciting preacher, the church found it diifi- 
 cult to settle down to the regular ministra- 
 tions of the word, or to find a pastor who 
 would unite their suffrages. For a year 
 thereafter, the society was aiBicted with 17 
 candidates, ' a sufficient number to have 
 furnished a half dozen superior ministers." 
 
 At length a call was given to Rev. Buel 
 W. Smith, who accepted it, and labored 
 here 4 years, as long as his health would 
 permit. 
 
 Mr. Gridley was pastor for the next 5 
 years, during which the only important 
 
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 event was the dismissal of several members 
 to tlie Episcopal church, of which says Mr. 
 Lord: 
 
 Including one, for a long time a faithful 
 and efficient co-laborer with us, a super- 
 intendent of the Sunday-school, and the 
 not infrequent lay reader of sermons to 
 this congregagation ; a gentleman of edu- 
 cation anid piety, who became the first 
 rector of that church in this village. It is 
 not inappropriate to say that while we 
 greet the success and prosperity of that 
 society, and rejoice in its present health- 
 ful activity and enlargement, and recog- 
 nize it, in its methods and ways, as an ef- 
 ficient agent of Christ's Kingdom, we 
 take peculiar satisfa:ction and pleasure in 
 the remembrance that many of the prin- 
 ciples and persons, which have given to 
 it such animation and efficiency, were be- 
 gotten and nurtured under the. shadow of 
 these walls. And it ife almost with a ma- 
 ternal sentiment that we contemplate its 
 origin, while with fraternal salutation we 
 bid it to-day God speed in the work in 
 which we are united, of raising this whole 
 community to the level of the Gospel. 
 
 Mr. Lord succeeded to Rev. Mr. Grid- 
 ley in the pastorate, of which he says : 
 
 I have already, oh a fortoer occasion, 
 adverted to the records of my own min- 
 istry among you ; yet still, the occasion 
 would seem to require some notice of its! 
 events. I came here in a time of division 
 and controversy. With the dreams of 
 youth and inexperience, I entered upon 
 the hard toil of the ministry, in a disunited 
 church, divided not in principle, not in 
 vital sentiment, but in local policy and 
 about persons. The records of the church 
 from that day to this are not mere statis- 
 tics and notes and catalogues to me, but a 
 life, a labor,, a struggle, full of fears and 
 apprehensions, and encouragements, and 
 joys and hopes. I will only say that God 
 has blessed an unworthy and feeble min- 
 istry, and thank Him for the vast, mercies 
 that have followed the course of our rela- 
 tionship. The short period of n years 
 has b6en filled with changes. I preach in 
 the same house, but not to the same audi- 
 ence that listened to my first sermon. 
 There have been 80 removals and fij.deaths 
 in the society ; in the church, 70 dismis- 
 sions and 43 deaths since 1 began my work 
 with you, a considerable increase in the 
 society and 80 baptisms. 
 
 The admissions during Mr. Wright's 
 pastorate, 428 ; during that of Mr. Hop- 
 kins, 48; thatof Rev. Buel W.Smith, 137;, 
 that of Mr. Gridley, 21 ; and of Rev. Mr., 
 Lord, 139, to 1876, when the Manual of 
 
 Bethany Church was published, which in- 
 cluded his pastorate, less the last year; 
 making to that date, 1,126 received to 
 membership. 
 
 Deacons. — The deacons given in this 
 Manual who have served the church to 1 876 
 are — Sylvanus Baldwin, George Wprthing- 
 ton, Salvin Collins, Alfred Pitkin, E. P. 
 Walton, William Howes, Jeduthan Loom- 
 is, John Wood, Norman Rublee, Constant 
 W. Storrs, F. F. MerriU, E. P. V^alton, 
 Jr., N. P. Brooks, John A. Page, and 
 Joseph Poland. • 
 
 Church Clerks. — Samuel Goss, 1808 ; 
 Rev. Chester Wright, 1809 to '30 ; James 
 Spalding, 1831; Jeduthan'" Lopmis, 1832; 
 Rev. Samuel Hopkins, 1832 to '35 ; Jedu- 
 than Loomis, 1S35 ■) Rev. Buel W. Smith, 
 1837, '38; Lyman Briggs, 1840, '41 ; Rev. 
 John Gridley, 1842 to '46; Gustavus H. 
 Loomis, 1846, '47 ; Rev. W. H. Lord.D.D., 
 1848 to.'7s; Mahlon C. Kinson, 1876 to 
 '79; Rev.C. S. Smith, 1880. 
 
 This church is Congregational in polity 
 and .affiliation, and heartily receives the 
 doctrine and order of Christianity as they 
 are stated, for substance, in the declara- 
 tion of faith and order made by the Boston 
 Council of the Congregational Churches of 
 the United Staites in 1865, and adopted by 
 the General Convention of Ministers and 
 Churches of Vermont in 1874. 
 
 Resuming our extracts from Mr. Lord's 
 sermon : 1 
 
 Thig church can now give her invitations 
 with more earnestness and force than ever 
 before; She has a history of 50 years ; she 
 has tested the virtue of her everlasting 
 foundations ; she has a roll of 924 members, 
 of whom 364 are to-day in her earthly com- 
 munion, and nearly 300 gone home to that 
 happy harbor, 
 
 ''Whose gardens and whose goodly walks 
 Continually are green." 
 
 The celestial spirit of peace has never 
 long been absent from this society ; joy 
 and peace have been the rule. I seem to 
 hear the voice of her many choirs, all 
 blending this day in grand unison to the 
 glory of God. I seem to catch some 
 strains of the strange melody of all her 
 singers and instruments of music. I listen 
 to the solemn dirge for her dead, the sober 
 girief of her funeral orations,' the sobs of 
 hei^nourners, the songs of her redeemed. 
 Again, in long circles of young men and 
 
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 maidens, of strong men and furrowed age, 
 her thousand witnesses for Christ seem to 
 collect, and stand before her altar and re- 
 peat her solemn consecration, and sit 
 around the hallowed emblems' of her Sav- 
 ior's death. Again, I hear their conclud- 
 ing triumphant acclaim, the sublime dox- 
 ology to the Triune Jehovah, not one voice 
 wanting in that imagined song. Again, 1 
 seem to hear the words of prayer and invi- 
 tation, and the voices long or lately hushed 
 in death,, that used to break the stillness 
 of her conference. 
 
 And as "the imagination goes into the 
 past, to awake into life its history, and to 
 kindle its scenes,»so does it project itself 
 onward, fifty, an hundred years. Then 
 another voice than mine shall address an- 
 other audience than this, on the centennial 
 birthday of the church. Two or three 
 that joined \t at the last communion may 
 hear the discourse. The rest shall have 
 fallen asleep . Another organ'shall respond 
 to' the fingers of another player ; another 
 choir shall chant the same sublime psaltti 
 and hymns ; these places left of us shall he 
 filled with many more. Eternity, will be 
 our residence. May its centennial cycle 
 find us all, if removed from earth, in that 
 City which hath foundations, whose Biiild-; 
 er and Maker is God. 
 
 REV. WILLIAM HAYES LORD, D. D. 
 
 BY PBES. BDCKHAM, OF THE VT. ntTIVEBSITT. 
 
 J^rom an Address read before the Vt. His- 
 torical Society, Oct. i^,lii7B. 
 
 William H. Lord was the son of Rev. 
 Nathan Lord, President of Dartmouth from 
 1828, 35 years. William Lord was thus 
 brought at four years old into the midsti 
 of a college circle, and brought up under! 
 the strong influences of that remarka- 
 ble man from whom he inherited some 
 of his most characteristic and pronounced 
 opinions. He entered his collegiate course 
 in his si;xteenth year, ranked well in all 
 his studies, excelling in language and 
 literature, was a Phi Beta Kafpa, de- 
 livered the Greek poem at Commencement ; 
 graduated (1846) at Andover; butwasnot 
 a subtle logician. He could state an opin- 
 ion with clearness and force, and present 
 it with luminous illustration and persuasive 
 appeal, better than he could maintain it in 
 the lists against all comers. Shortly after 
 finishing his studies, he' began to preach 
 in Montpelier. He was emphaticalW a 
 preacher ; his diction choice and elegant. 
 
 He abhorred "stump sermons" and "stump 
 prayers." One of the incidental benefits of 
 attending his ministry was an education in 
 good English. His delivery was pleasing, 
 dignified, withlittle gesture. That was true 
 in his case, afiirmed of almost all orators, 
 the spoken word often produced an effect 
 which the mere reader cannot account for. 
 His preaching was no iteration of common- 
 place ideas. Christ, as he conceived and 
 preached him, was not the mere leader ot 
 a system of truth which could be stated in 
 propositions and soon exhausted, but the 
 source and channel of a new life which 
 flows in upon our old, sin-wasted human- 
 ity, reviving, stimulatingi glorifying every 
 part of it. The distinguishing merit of 
 his preaching was a rare and happy com- 
 bination of the intensely evangelical with 
 the broadly human .spirit. Those who 
 think only through their feelings, were 
 melted by its' tendernfess. He received 
 pressing calls from larger places. After 
 refusing one, he said to his congregation, 
 " I love to dwell among my own people ; 
 .but for this sentiment, perhaps principle, 
 I might have gone a half score of times. 
 . . . I do not easily change my place 
 or opinions. I will not say that I have 
 not been tempted, or that I should not 
 have found satisfaction in other places that 
 might have been mine ; but I have pre- 
 ferred to dwell among my own people." 
 
 It would not be correct to infer an un- 
 interrupted smoothness. There were oc- 
 casions of difference, elements of discord, 
 irritation on the part of some of his peo- 
 ple, disgust upon his part, such as would 
 have sundered any pastoral relation less 
 firmly cemented. His opinions — the 
 strongly conservative opinions of his. father 
 on slavery and the relation of the church 
 to social reform — were distasteful to a por- 
 tion of his congregation. He did not mix 
 them up in preaching the Gospel, but what 
 he believed, he believed firmly, and he 
 was not a man to trim his creed to the 
 passing gale. Some of, these questions 
 are now, thank God, obsolete, and it be- 
 longs only to his biographer to insistupon 
 the hold he must have had upon the af- 
 fections of his people, that amid all the 
 
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 trials and excitements of the times, no one, 
 or but few at most,, ever thought of part- 
 ing with their admired or beloved pastor, 
 or would have changed him for the most 
 trenchant reformer in the nation. 
 
 Dr. Lord's pulpit was in Montpelier, but 
 through the members of the Legislature 
 and others whose duties brought them to 
 the Capital, he reached a large number of 
 the leading men of the State. He was at 
 the time of his death the best known of 
 any minister in the State, and the most 
 widely known (j^it of the State. His pres- 
 ence at councils, his services on public oc- 
 casions, were highly appreciated. In 1867, 
 I his Alma Mater conferred on him the de- 
 gree of Doctor of Divinity. He did much 
 editorial work during his last years for the 
 Vermont Chronicle; his articles in the 
 Princeton Review, elaborated with more 
 care probably than anything else from his 
 pen, it would be difficult to match for bril- 
 liancy of literary execution in any Amer- 
 ican magazine. 
 
 But how shall I speak of him as a friend? 
 One of the most remarkable things about 
 him was his capacity for friendship. His 
 friends were from all classes of society ; 
 from all religious denominations ; from all 
 vocations ; but all were the select men of 
 their class. One who for many years en-i 
 joyed the closest intimacy with him, and 
 whom, among all his friends, I think Mr. 
 Lord would himself have chosen to speak 
 of him on this point, Rev. Frederick W. 
 Shelton, Episcopal clergyman, writes of 
 him: 
 
 He was the. animce dimidium mea — hq 
 was the half of my soul. Open-hearted, 
 open-handed, liberal as the day, nothing 
 sordid or narrow-minded entered into the 
 texture of his soul. To know a man as I 
 knew him, is in most cases to dissolve the 
 charm of companionship, yet, I can say of 
 him, he was one of whom I never wearied, 
 whose conversation was always fresh, fruit- 
 ful, suggestive. He grew in my estima- 
 tion, and perpetually became a stronger 
 man. An intercourse of 12 years was 
 broken never by the slightest coldness or 
 doubtful act on his part, and I do declare 
 that I could never find in him or with him 
 any fault at alj. 
 
 If these seem almost romantic expres- 
 sions of attachment between man and man, 
 
 I venture they would be endorsed by East- 
 man, if alive, Gregory Smith, Stewart, 
 Phelps, and a long list of men in whom he 
 inspired a love for himself like that of Jon- 
 athan for David. 
 
 But in 1868, his system begun to show 
 signs of breaking dowil. He took a trip 
 to Europe, and partly recovered. He in- 
 tensely enjoyed it, but far from his family, 
 Bethany church, the hope of a life-time, 
 taking shape in stone and mortar, he could 
 not wait full recovery ; took a run through 
 Europe, and hastened home ; preached 
 with wonted vigor ; saw Bethany church 
 completed — fit memorial, though he knew 
 it not, of his own service for Him in whose 
 honor it was built. He continued for 8 
 years more to preach to his people ; never, 
 they say, with such solemnity and power 
 as these last years, while to the eyes of 
 his friends, visibly .breaking down; not so 
 much ageing— his mental powers showed 
 no signs of decay — as giving way to some 
 hidden destroyer. A terrible calamity, re- 
 sulting in the death of a little daughter; 
 [see accidental deaths, page 332,] wasmore 
 than his constitution, undermined, could 
 bear. He died, in his 54th year, the 30th 
 of his pastorate. Mar. 18, 1877. 
 
 [For a list of Mr. Lord's publications, 
 see Bibliography of Montpelier, on page 
 316, and a notice of him as a benefactor 
 and President of the Vermont Historical 
 Society.] 
 
 Rev. Mr. Lord married, at Andover, 
 Mass., June i, 1848, Harriet Adams Aiken, 
 daughter of John Aiken, Esq.' Mrs. Lord 
 was born in Manchester, Vt. They had 
 6 children, all born in Montpelier. The 
 family of Dr. Lord, now living, are — Mrs. 
 Lord, tarrying with her aged and infirm 
 mother in Andover, Mass. ; William A., a 
 lawyer in Montpelier; Mary E., wife of 
 William R. Burleigh, Esq., resides at 
 Great Falls, N. H.; Sarah A., wife of 
 Rev. M. D. Kneeland, resides at Water- 
 loo, N. Y. ; Jane A., wife of George W. 
 Sargent, M. D., resides at Skaneateles, 
 N. Y. ; Charles H., student atGreatFalls, 
 N. H. 
 
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 SABBATH SCHOOL RECORD. 
 
 FBOU MB. JOSEPH W. HOWBS. 
 
 Letter of Mr. Howes to Mr. Poland. 
 Montreal, Jan. 7, 1862. 
 Dear Sir: — In complying with yoUr re- 
 quest for statistics of your Sabbath-school, 
 I have been quite at loss to know what you 
 most desired. Were I to give you the 
 many interesting facts and incidents con- 
 nected with a superinteridency of some 12 
 years, as a teacher of 5 years, and my 
 childhood and early youth as a scholar, it 
 would require more time than you could 
 devote to read or listen to, Nor could 
 these facts be of deep interest to the ma- 
 jority of the present school. I have, rather, 
 selected some facts connected with its 
 earliest history, which are quite meagre, 
 and some general items to a later date, 
 from which you can select such as you 
 deem desirable. It may not be uninter- 
 esting to your church to know to whom 
 they are indebted for such labors of love 
 as performed by the teachers of the Brick 
 Church Sunday-school, many of whom are 
 now reaping the reward of those labors in 
 that land where their works do follow 
 them. 
 
 From an Address to the Brick Church 
 Sunday School, Jan. i, 1843. 
 
 The first effort made in this place for 
 the religious instruction of the youth and 
 children, was by the first pastor, probably 
 in the summer of 1 808 . The first meetings 
 were held in the hall of the first Academy, 
 built on Main street, on Saturday after- 
 noons. The lessons was the Assembly's 
 Catechism. Questions were proposed by 
 the pastor, who was the only teacher, and 
 the answers repeated by the scholars, and 
 full explanations of the answers. It is 
 said such proficiency was made by mkny, 
 they were able to repieat all the answers 
 and comprehend their meaning. The few 
 who at first gave attendance, soon had the 
 pleasure of seeing with them most of 'the 
 youth connected with families of the 
 church. How long thisplan was pursued, 
 is not certain, Nothing more definite is 
 known until 1813, when the pastor was ac- 
 customed to meet persons of all ages Sun- 
 day, at 5 o'clock, p. M., in Jefferson Hall, 
 one of the large rooms in the firsit State 
 House, used for holding the county and 
 other courts and fbr religious meetings. 
 The Bible was the subject of study, sub- 
 
 jects proposed and answered from Scrip- 
 ture. 
 
 In 1816, three Sabbith-school's were or- 
 ganized in the village, conducted by teach- 
 ers under a supervisory comttiittee. One 
 was held in the school-house, near where 
 the Methodist chapel now stands. Con- 
 ducted by Deacon Worthington, Dr. J. 
 Crosby and Joseph Howes ; another in the 
 Academy, conducted by Messrs. Walton, 
 Goss and others'; a third, in the dancing- 
 hall of the hotel, kept by Mrs. Hutchins, 
 and afterwai^ds by Jona. Shephard, con- 
 ducted by Deacon Baldwin, J. Barnard, 
 and, I think, H. Y. Barnes. These schools, 
 held in the morning of the Sabbath, at 
 their close would march with their teach- 
 ers to the State House, to attend the meet- 
 ing there. They were discontinued in the 
 winter. 
 
 In 1817, there ^as an increased interest 
 in the Sabbath-school, a revival having 
 called many into the church and schools 
 who were of efficient aid. Each scholar, 
 for every ten verses recited without mis- 
 talce, reiceived a small blue ticket, with 
 printed verse of Scripture, valiie one mill ; 
 ten of the blue were exchanged for a red 
 one, value one cent. Some learned so 
 many verses, there was not time to hear 
 them all. At close of the summer term 
 this year there was a public examination of 
 all the schools in the old State House, 
 conducted by the pastor, when each class 
 recited some passage of Scripture or a 
 hymn, and the red tickets were all paid for 
 in books. 
 
 InthesuminerofiSig, schools and places 
 were the same, except the third, which 
 was removed to the building once stand- 
 ing opposite the Brick Church, conducted 
 by H. Y. Barnes, Daniel Baldwin and J. 
 Barnard. In this school one or two schol- 
 ars committed from three to six hundred 
 verses every week. The teachers were 
 surprised how this was done, as they had 
 to labor through the week. " They car- 
 ried their Bibles into the field with them, 
 ■and learned While they worked." A school 
 was held a short time in the school-house 
 near the late Samuel Abbott's; Supt. not 
 remembered. 
 
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 While the schools were well sustained 
 in the village, a number of young men 
 organized schools in the adjacent districts ; 
 one in the school-house near Mr. ^yarren's, 
 in Middlesex ; another, in the then Brooks 
 district ; one iii the (old) center of the 
 town. 
 
 In 1820, a church was completed, and 
 here the different schools met, under the 
 supervision of a committee. 
 
 In 1821 or '2, through the influence of a 
 Mr. Osgood, of Montreal, whose life was 
 devoted to doing good, the first library 
 was obtained, and a Sunday-school so- 
 ciety formed, Rev. C. Wright, president; 
 Joseph Howes, librarian ; with a board of 
 managers, and the school was held after 
 the afternoon service, and from this time 
 the school was continued through the win- 
 ter. The first library, after being well 
 read, was presented to the Sabbath-school 
 in Worcester, an4 a new one purchased. 
 
 Of the next 5 years little cam be said. It 
 was a season of great declension in religion. 
 Nov. 1826, Rev. J. C. Southmayd was 
 chosen superintendent, and Jos. Howes, 
 librarian. Mr. Southmayd was the first 
 superintendent of the school, and this the 
 first record of anything conceirning this 
 school to be found upon the records of 
 this church. 
 
 About this time a precious revival of 
 religion commenced in this place, and 
 continued through the autumn and winter, 
 which gave a new impulse to the school, 
 and many who had before left at the ages 
 of 12 and 14, with the impression they 
 were too old to attend, returned, desiring 
 to learn the way of God more perfectly. 
 Nor were there wanting those ready to 
 engage earnestly in the good work of 
 teaching. Eternity alone can reveal the 
 blessed results of that revival upon this 
 school, this church and |t,his community. 
 
 In 1827, there were 25 tea,c^ers ; 2^ in 
 1828. There was a Bible class for adults, 
 held a sfiort time by the pastor and super- 
 intendent on Sabbath evenings, ejn|b,i;^ciug 
 a large number of |the cong;regation ; sub- 
 ject, the Epistle of Paul to the Romans. 
 
 The earliest record of, ,teac,h'ers aj?.^ 
 
 scholars I have seen is dated i83|, and 
 were: William Howes, p. W. Storrs, 
 Edward Taplin, Abial P. Atherton, E. P. 
 Walton, Norman, Rublee, Samuel Goss, 
 J. W. Howes, J. S. Walton, C. U Knapp, 
 John Wood, N. D. Dewey, Misses South- 
 niayd, M. A.Washburn, Samanthg., Wash- 
 burn, Harriet H. Washburn, R. Emily 
 Washburn, Emily ^radshaw, Sophia Wat- 
 
 rous, Scoville, A. I^owes, Frances 
 
 Hand, Rebecca Hunt, Harriet Walton, 
 Eliza Kimball. 
 
 April, 1832, Gen. E. P. Walton, super- 
 intendent ; the school roll, 170 ; teachers, 
 24. An infant class was formed, Miss 
 Eliza Kimball, (Mrs. Field,) teacher, 
 which met at the same hour of the school 
 in the vestry. 
 
 The . first regular teachers' meetings 
 commenced this year, through the instrii- 
 mentality of an excellent young man at- 
 tending our Academy, from Royalton, 
 N. Wright Dewey, who many years since 
 went to his reward. 
 
 This year, orabout this time, the monthly 
 concert, which has since been so regularly 
 observed, was established. From this 
 time to 1836, no record of the school is to 
 be found ; but it is the impression it was 
 well sustained. 1836, Gen. Walton was 
 superintendent; Samuel Goss and J. W. 
 Howes, assistants. Owing to the ill 
 health of Mr. Walton and the resignation 
 of Mr. Goss, the duty devolved upon Mr. 
 Howes. 
 
 1837, the teachers were : A. S. Pitkin, 
 Charles Spalding, Geo. P. Walton, Fran- 
 cis Stebbins, E- P- Walton, Jr., J. W. 
 Howes, Mrs. B- W. Smith, Mrs. Oakes, 
 
 Misses Harriet Wilder, Atherton, 
 
 Lucy Nye, Frances Perrin, Eunice Vail, 
 Augusta Merrill, Eliza Spalding. Mr. Pit- 
 kin and Geo. P. Walton, not living. There 
 was an average attendance of 100 scholars, 
 and efforts were made to increase the num- 
 ber. Every farnily was visited, parents be- 
 came interested, and 2 or 3 Bible classes 
 formed, one of them being taught by the 
 pastor. Rev. B. W. Smith, who ever took 
 a lively interest in the school. The re- 
 ports of those who visited at this time, were 
 
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 very interesting. Many of the scholars 
 were enjoying the Way of Life. 
 
 1838, G. B. Mansur was appointed as- 
 sistant superintendent, which office he held 
 while connected with this church, as well 
 as teacher. It was ascertained during the 
 II previous years, 75 members of the 
 school had united with the church, four of 
 them young men, preparing for the min- 
 istry. The school resolved to educate a 
 young lad in Ceylon, for which to pay $20 
 per annum for 5 years, which was done. 
 22 united with the church this year by 
 profession, 10 being members of the 
 school. 
 
 1839, t'ls to*^^ number of scholars was 
 205; average, 120; conversions, 9: teach- 
 ers, 25. 1840, total number of scholars, 
 175; average, 114; teachers, 23; no con- 
 versions. 1841, teachers, G. H. Loonjis, 
 Jos. Prentiss, G. W. Scott, B. F. Goss, 
 B. B. Dimmock, G. B. Mansur, Misses 
 Harriet Hunt, Mary Vail, Fanny Water- 
 man, Mary Smith, Harriet Doty, Mrs. 
 Elias Hall, Misses Charity Loomis, Em- 
 eline Lewis, Nancy Perry, A. Phinney, 
 Eliza M. Wright, Fanny Lewis, Sophia Wil- 
 liams, Redfield, Eliza Harvey ; schol- 
 ars, 204; average attendance, u8; 6 con-, 
 versions. 1842, total number of scholars, 
 219; average, 129; conversions, 7. 1843 
 to '48, most of the time attendance good. 
 Numbers of our most promising youth de- 
 ceased, most having pleasing evidence 
 they had entered into that rest that re- 
 maineth . 1 843 , teachers , Francis C . Keith , 
 Jos. Pitkin, Mrs. Isaac Worcester, Misses 
 R. Burton, M. Camp, Mr. J. H. Morse ; 
 1844, Misses Rebecca Loomis, Eliza B. 
 Rublee, Mr. Ralph Kilbourn, C. W. Bad- 
 ger, John Barker, Misses Harriet Bowen, 
 Clarissa Clark, Mr. Wm. Stfifrs. Messrs. 
 Morse, Kilbourne, Barker, and Miss Clark, 
 have died. 
 
 1848, Mr. Merrill was appointed super- 
 intendent, which office he held until 1851. 
 [I am not quite sure of this ; it is possible 
 that Dea. Storrs officiated a part of this 
 time.] 
 
 1 85 1, resuming the superintendency, I 
 found the school in a prosperous condi- 
 dition — 230 scholars, the largest number 
 
 ever known, with 31 teachers. The spirit 
 that searcheth hearts was in our midst. 
 Numbers listened, attracted to follow the 
 heavenly voice. My connection with the 
 school ceased in May of this fruitful year. 
 Sunday-School SuferiniendenU. — Mr. J . 
 W. Howes was succeeded by Mr. F. F. 
 Merrill, wh6se last year was 1858 ; Joseph 
 Poland served in 1859, '60, '61 ; Chas. W. 
 Willard, 1862; H. D. Hopkins, 1863, 
 1 87 1, inclusive; D. G. Kemp, 1872, '73, 
 '74; A. G. Stone, 1875, '76; Hiram Carl- 
 ton, 1877 to the present time. 
 
 THE DEDICATION OF BETHANY CHURCH, 
 OCT. IS, 1868. 
 
 Exercises : — Organ Voluntary ; Invocation, 
 jRev. IV. S. Hazen ; Scripture, Jiev. E. 
 /. Carpenter ; Anthem ; Prayer, Rev. J. 
 Copeland. 
 
 DEDICATION HYMN. 
 BY BET. JOHN KINO LOBD, Brother of the Pattor. 
 When God tbe primal light uneealed. 
 
 And bound In spheres Its golden bars. 
 Through all the glowing vault there pealed 
 Tbe chorus of the morning stars. 
 
 When Chbist was bom, those notes again 
 Bang tbrougb tbe sapphire-sprinkled space; 
 
 Jndea's bill-sides caught the strain. 
 And earth gave to Heaven tbe praise. 
 
 And when tbe promised age of gold 
 Sees fairer lands and brighter skies 
 
 Spring from tbe ruins of the old. 
 Still louder shall the antbem rise. 
 
 Meanwliile. along these walls where now 
 
 Our first glad sacrifice we bring, 
 That song shall echo till we bow 
 
 To sing with angels near the Eixa. 
 
 SERMON. 
 
 BY BEV. w. H. LOitD, u. u.. Pastor. 
 
 " I will not give sleep t6 mine eyes, nor 
 slumber to mine eyelids, until I find out a 
 place for the Lord, an habitation for the 
 mighty God of Jacob." — Psalm 132 : 4, 5. 
 
 This is Solomon's record of the vow of 
 his father David. It was the natural ex- 
 pression of that tender piety, of that de- 
 votion to the name and honor of God, 
 which illumines the whole character of the 
 son of Jesse, and which raises him, in 
 spite of his stupendous sins and deep fells, 
 to a sublime height of moral excellence. 
 All other things made way in his mind to 
 the glorious purpose of finding a habita- 
 tion for God. He Was a king, and perils 
 environed his throne. He was a states- 
 
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 man, and his people needed the help of a 
 generous government. He' was a poet, 
 and the sacred inspiration of his harp 
 thrilled the heart of his nation, as it has of 
 all nations since. He was a warrior, and 
 a councillor, and oft must have longed to 
 lay aside the armor of battle and woo the 
 refre.shment of rest. But all other duties, 
 and all other desires, were dwarfed in his 
 fervid soul by one imperious obligation. 
 What were politics, state.smanship, war, 
 letters, nay, his own flesh and blood to 
 him, while God had no worthy habitation 
 in Israel? What was it to him that he 
 could point to a royal palace, and rooms 
 of state, and golden furniture, and Tyrian 
 hangings, while Jehovah had no palace 
 yet built for Him, where He could hold 
 His court and receive the homage of His 
 subjects. While Israel dwelt in tents, 
 they had another for their tabernacle. 
 But when they had an imperial city, and 
 dwelt in ceiled houses, marble and gold 
 were not too rich or beautitul for their 
 shrine. Nothing else^ was safe unless 
 God's house was built. The temple was 
 the citadel of the nation. David's sword 
 would be sharper, his scepter mightier, his 
 lyre sweeter, if all were reckoned of less 
 import than the task of finding a temple 
 for the Lord. The vow of the king of 
 Israel is of much larger range than its 
 original historical application. We can- 
 not confine our thought to the narrow 
 range of long past Jewish history, when 
 the passage before us has been brightened 
 by the light which falls upon it from Beth- 
 lehem and Calvary. This expression says 
 in effect, that within the soul itself, God's 
 presence, honor and truth must first be 
 secured. To find a place for the Lord 
 within the heart, is at once our high priv- 
 ilege and obligation. To enthrone God at 
 the summit of thought ; to enshrine Him 
 in the sanctuary of love ; to lay open to 
 Him the hidden springs of the will ; to de- 
 tain Him within the chamber of the soul ; 
 this is to build for Him a palace more 
 beautiful, more glorious, than any made 
 with stone or decorated with gold ; and 
 this is to win from Him a presence of light 
 and power more resplendent than the she- 
 
 kinah of the temple of Jerusalem. The 
 christian soul is the true temple of the 
 Godhead, when it is cleansed by the blood 
 of Christ ; when it is filled with the'graces 
 of the spirit ; when it is enriched with the 
 tracery and ornaments of the divine word. 
 When it is thronged with holy and adoring 
 thoughts, as His servants and courtiers 
 casting their tributes at his feet, then it is 
 brightened with a light and beauty so 
 shining, that God may indeed be said to 
 be glorified in man, and to have found in 
 him His true habitation and rest. 
 
 But another application of these words 
 will, I doubt not, have been anticipated 
 by those who are gathered within these 
 walls on this day of high and thankful joy. 
 May we not say that this noble pile itself 
 is the product of a resolution such as was 
 that of the king of Israel. By the per- 
 mission and love of the Infinite God, we 
 are to-day realizing long cherished hopes 
 — long dreamt dreams. To-day is com- 
 pleted the prayer of years. Difficulties 
 have been surmounted, and results achiev- 
 ed, for which we are indebted to the good- 
 ne.ss of God. We behold the end and re- 
 ward of much sacrifice, of large and genial 
 hearts, of wise and unconquerable wills, 
 of cultivated and solid intelligence. All 
 that could be won by our zeal, and intel- 
 ligence and devotion has been secured. 
 Our eyes behold that which is in very deed 
 a worthy place for the temple of the Lord 
 — an habitation for the Mighty God of 
 Jacob. David had to bequeath his un- 
 realized intention to his son and successor ; 
 but the most of us who. began to build, 
 have been spared to witness the fulfilment 
 of our hope, and the justification of our 
 wisdom and foresight. And if one who is 
 not a stranger to the impulses and motives 
 which have swayed the minds of those who 
 have labored for^his result, may be per- 
 mitted to interpret the sagacious and gen- 
 erous intelligence which has given this 
 noble structure to our State and our 
 church, I would unhesitatingly say, that t6 
 promote our dear Redeemer's glory has 
 been its first, its master motive. To raise 
 a monument, (however unworthy our best 
 must be of Him,) to His glory who died 
 
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 fpr us ; to offer at His feet a measure qf 
 th^t wealth yfhich he has placed at our 
 disposal ; tp thank Hiiri thus visibly, thus 
 palpably, for His grace to us ; to make ^ 
 good foundation for £|. better work for Hina 
 — \h\p was, this is, the object of all. Eyei^ 
 if nought else came of this gratitude ; even 
 if such, thankfulness were refracted upon 
 ourselves in no new blessings, ^his gratefu) 
 35ioratio|^, this love of the ^pn of God, is 
 the motive which has found so beautiful, 
 so splendid, an expression in a building, 
 which, from tp-day and henceforth, is ded- 
 icafpd to the glory and service of Jesus 
 Christ. If aught else of pride qr pstent^r 
 tion mingles with this, may He wliq de- 
 serves all we have, forgive and cleanse the 
 fpul unrighteousness. 
 
 It is true that since Christ was crucified, 
 the Father seeketh suclj to worship Ifim as 
 worship in spirit and truth. Mou^ft Mo- 
 ri^-h and Mount Gerizim are not essential 
 tp wprship. He who dwelleth in a tepiple 
 made witljout h3,nds, needs npt a temple 
 mad? with hands. The yvhole earth has 
 now become a house of prayer and the 
 gate of ifeayen, for the ^on of God hath 
 dwelt in it and consecrated it by His 
 presence. And yet. a house of wprship 
 does not invade the spirituality of worship. 
 It may rather enfiapce and intensify it. No 
 more is the closet aplace for one Christian, 
 than the church is the place for m^ny 
 Christians. And Christ fills bpth with pis 
 presence, and loves bpth tlje dwelling of a 
 beautiful and holy soul, and the habitatiop 
 of a beautiful a^d sacred house. He who 
 hath made all things beautiful, loves beau- 
 itiful things and beautiful places. 
 
 p.epulsiveness of form is not necessarily 
 united >yith spirituality of li^e and parity pf 
 faith, and the autonomy of the loc^ church 
 under Cbris.t does not imply thaf if ought 
 to dw,e:ll in a barn. J^t\d when flje beauty 
 pif the temple expresses Jbptfi the abuiji- 
 .danqe pf christian wealth, and the fervor 
 pf,christiai;i;ipye; lyjien it is ti),e exponent 
 of ability and affection, thei;i I see no 
 reason why God should not love it as jHe 
 did the tabernacle of old — njore than all 
 the dwellings of His people. I see 0,0 
 reaspn why He should not love tP come 
 
 intp if and ma^e the place oi I|is feet glo- 
 rjou^. , 
 
 I hayp thought it npt inappropriate to 
 this occasion, tp ask your attention to the 
 uses of the material temple ; the rapral and 
 spiritual purpose of such a house as that ip 
 wl^ich we are assembled to-day ; and why 
 we should build it, and why we should 
 love it ! 
 
 , I. Tp begin with its Ipwest uses, it will 
 be in the first place an intellectual land- 
 marlf , cultivating the best thpugjit and the 
 best taste. 
 
 As it towers in conspicuous beauty high 
 above the surrounding buildings, it is a 
 natural expression in so}id sfonp of an in- 
 tellpctuail truth. May we npt say thaf it 
 illif stratus, on a small scale. Bishop Butler's 
 argument upon the necessity for a yisible 
 church ? It is a silent, but most eloquent, 
 preacher of the first and highest of all 
 truths. It embodies and visibly perpet- 
 rates the institutions of Christianity. A 
 visible church is a standing menfprial of 
 the duty we owe tp pur Creator, and b,y the 
 form of religion ever before ouf eyes, 
 serves to remind us of the reality. And 
 the more iippressive and beautiful the 
 forni, the more easily will the transition be 
 to the true ch^acter and glory of th^, ob- 
 ject of worship. Throughout the ciyilized 
 world, pach of the temples of Christendom 
 bpafs a voiceless but effective testimony 
 for Christ. No thoughtful man eyer looks 
 at it from without, even if he never enters 
 it as a worshipper^ but he asks hjmself : 
 ' ' What does this building represent ? Why 
 is it Ijjere? Is it the monument of an ex- 
 tinct sentin^enf, or of a living conviction? 
 Is it the prnamented sepulcher of religipijs 
 faifh, or the powerful instrument of a 
 springing apd advancing life ? " Thus the 
 material building suggests a %e of thought, 
 bac)cward and forward. .It is a history, or 
 ,^ pr.oph^ecy. Its dim aisles, and vaulted 
 corridors and arche,d ceilings, its cplunjns 
 hewn intp transparent strength, and its 
 roof p^in(te,<^ jyitfi the colors of .the iris, 
 have a message to mejji which |they can Ijut 
 hear. It js ^ message of warniijg, pr a 
 message of hope. 
 
 Th^,e is a city of the old worid whose 
 
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 palaces and squares are now falling into 
 the Sea, out of which she i'ose. Nevel' did 
 earthly city have a more beautiful shrine. 
 It was at once a type of the redeemed 
 church of God, and an illuminated scfoUof 
 His written word; Neither gold nor crystal 
 was spafed in its building, and it Was 
 Adorned with all manner of precious stones. 
 The skill and the treasures of the East 
 gilded every letter and illumined every 
 page, till " the temple shone from afar 
 like the star of the Mkgi." And as I 
 walked along the alleys of that strange 
 city, or floated Upon its liquid streets, and 
 remembered how she had^ thrown off all 
 shame and restraint, and had become filled 
 with the madness of the whole earth, the 
 falling frescoes of gold, and the sinkmg 
 columns of marble of her great cathedral, 
 seemed to utter in the dead ear of Venide, 
 " Know thou that for all these things God 
 will bring thee into judgmfent." Her sin 
 was done in the face of the House of God, 
 burning vrith the letters of His law. And 
 the 'building,, now shordd up from its 
 watery grave by huge timbers, has a his- 
 tdry, in which one who sees it, must read 
 both the triumphs and the corruptions of 
 Christianity. 
 
 There were no material churches, or 
 scarcely any, in the early ages of persecu- 
 tion. When the church dared to come 
 forth from the cataCoiUbsand live in pub- 
 lic, she had already triumphed — ^her pllaces 
 of "Worship 'were the symbols of victory. 
 Aiid do 'they not riow speak to our reason 
 and'bur hearts, arid to our imaginations, 
 somewhat as of old? What means the 
 house of christian asseihbly, but that God 
 delighteth still in the communidn of His 
 saints ? What means the tapering spire, 
 but that our hopes are beyond the sky to 
 which it points ? What means the cross 
 which rises from the eastern porch, but 
 that the atoning blood which flov^ed on 
 calvary, warrants these hopes in sinners, 
 such as we? What means the declaration 
 traded in the centre of yon orbed Window, 
 but that our peace, corafdrt and salvation 
 are centered in the triune Godhead ? What 
 means the lamb pencilled over oi^n and 
 choir, but that all our praise is due unto 
 
 Him, who hath loved us and washed us 
 from our sins in his blood ? What means 
 that open Bible, translucent with the 
 light of Heaven, and shedding its beams 
 down upon the head of the preacher. 
 Save that God's word is the source of His 
 wisdom, and the hiding-iplace of His power? 
 What mean these inscriptions on the Walls, 
 over arch, aisle and door, except, not that 
 Rome has a monopoly of Scripture or of 
 Heaven, but that the Son tof God is the 
 impregnable foundation of the Christian 
 Church, and faith in Him the only way of 
 entering His kingdom and glory? And 
 what signify these colors, which cling so 
 fondly to the itastructed eye, and bind the 
 very senses to the chariot wheels of ce- 
 lestial meditation, save that God Himself 
 would be worshipped in the beauty of ho- 
 liness ? There are very few of us appre- 
 ciate the noblerless and sacredness of color. 
 It is not a subordinate beauty. It is not a 
 mere source of sensual pleasure. He who 
 says so, speaks carelessly. What would 
 the world be if. the blue were taken from 
 the sky, and the gold from stars and suns, 
 and the silver from the moon, and the ver- 
 dure from the leaves, and the crimson from 
 the blood of man, and the flush from the 
 cheek, the radiance from the eye, and the 
 whole earth were clothed in an ashen gray? 
 Should we not then know what we owe' to 
 color? The fact is, that. of all God's gifts 
 to the sight of man, color is the holiest, 
 the most beautiful and divine. The great 
 architect of the world has employed colors 
 in His creation as the accompaniment of 
 all that is purest and most precious. He 
 has laid the foundations of His temple in 
 jasper and 'Sapphire, ahd garnished its 
 blue dome with stars of light. We shall 
 not worship Him in less holiness, if we 
 worship Him in more beauty than our 
 fathers knew. Even as we gaze upon the 
 outline of the chief buildings "whidh have 
 been reared for Christ, our thoughts must 
 be insensibly affected. In the training of 
 the soul we must subordinate the senses to 
 the service of religion. And the beauty of 
 t&e church is not a poor teacher, for the 
 eye cannot choose but see, and it will sug- 
 gest to the imagination, to the heart, of 
 
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 many, a man, the supremacy, the great- 
 ness, the solitary magnificence of God. 
 
 Th^re are many tendencies of thought 
 in our day that serve to obscure this primal 
 truth. Men are wont to merge Jehovah in 
 the work of His hands, or to deny the ex- 
 istence of His Son. The great questions 
 which are debated around us, touch not 
 simply the person of Jesus Christ, but the 
 existence of God himself. Skeptical in- 
 fluences are being constantly infiltrated 
 into the thought of society, into the 
 minds of the young, and into the life of 
 the world. 
 
 Now this church takes such debated and 
 assailed truths, and a great deal else, for 
 granted. It stands to the minds of the 
 very youth that play and wander under its 
 shadow, in the place of an argument. It 
 represents in a visible, material form the 
 settled faith of the church. It lends new 
 charm to that faith. It tacitly forces the 
 truth of God's majestic separation from, 
 and infinite superiority to, His creatures, 
 fairly in upon the intelligence of a child. 
 It does more. It forces in upon his con- 
 viction, also, the nearness of God to man, 
 and the love which He bears to us. 
 
 This is God's house, separate from the 
 whirl of the streets, from the passion of 
 the hour, from the jostle of life. Itstands 
 alone among other buildings, unlike them 
 all, more massive, more imposing, more 
 elegant. But its doors are open. The 
 mighty noise of its music swells through 
 its arches. Its floor is moistened by the 
 tears of love and penitence. The King 
 Himself holds court in it, and His wor- 
 shippers throng His presence, and carry 
 away His bounty. So its silent and me- 
 lodious eloquence is ever more of man's 
 distance from God, of God's nearness to 
 man. Will God in very deed dwell with 
 man? The temple of prayer answers the 
 question as no argument can. Some of 
 us may remember when our minds were 
 first opening in a world of thought, and 
 groping their way in the twilight toward a 
 deeper and higher knowledge. Into this 
 mental confusion, how would not a mate- 
 rial symbol of the truth have helped to in- 
 troduce the welcome reign of light and 
 
 order? Tell a child that revealed religion 
 is the highest of all truths, that all other 
 truth leads up to it, or radiates from it, 
 and he will faintly, if at all, guess your 
 meaning. He has not yet climbed high 
 enough to get your idea. But throw your 
 doctrine into a concrete form, so that his 
 eye, and ear and imagination shall be 
 taken captive ; let it speak to him from the 
 timbers and beams of the house, irom the 
 colors of its walls and ceilings, from the 
 stones of its foundations and structure, 
 from the music of its organ, as well as 
 from the lips of the preacher, and you 
 shall speedily make your way to his thought 
 and to his heart, and give him a lasting 
 form and impress, He may not be con- 
 scious of the powers at work upon him, 
 or the result achieved within him. He will 
 receive the moulding influence as the tree 
 drinks in its verdure, as the flower absorbs 
 its loveliest tints from the air and sunlight, 
 but it will form his character and his habit, 
 and give him a lifelong loyalty to the truth 
 he has received. As the years pass over 
 him, and full of good service,- with the 
 peace of his God and Savior in his soul, 
 he feels that he is sinking towards his 
 grave, he will- look back, perchance, to this 
 church as the first instructor of his im- 
 mortal spirit. Here was mapped out the 
 truth which came from Heaven, and which 
 can alone redeem a sinful or sustain a 
 dying man. He will then remember how 
 in the home of his youth, when all naked 
 statement of truth would have been lost 
 upon him, there was one building among 
 many, noblest in its proportions, richest in 
 its ornamentation, which, pointed to a 
 truth, the knowledge and love of which was 
 life eternal. And his gratitude, multiplied 
 by the gratitude of others, from genera- 
 tion to generation, will justify the wisdom 
 of those builders, who would not suffer their 
 eyes to sleep, northeir eyelids to slumber, 
 nor the temples of their heads to take any 
 rest, until they had found a temple of the 
 Lord, a habitation for the God of Jacob. 
 He, and such as he, till the last stone is 
 not left upon another, will bless those who 
 thus set forth, in language which all could 
 understand, the preciousness, the unap- 
 
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 preached preciousness of our diyine Re- 
 deemer's gospel. 
 
 2. A second use of the material temple 
 is the culture of reverence.. Reverence is 
 not merely a virtue, to find, its exercise 
 when we go to church. It ought to be 
 the habit of the soul. Reverence is the 
 recognition of greatness. It is the soul 
 seeing something higher, better, nobler 
 than itself. Woe to him who has no en- 
 thusiasm, no passionate love for persons, 
 services or institutions which represent 
 God, and ; who, therefore, has no rever- 
 ence ; who believes that there is no great- 
 ness before which it should be his happi- 
 ness to lie prostrate, and towards which 
 he may not aspire. 1 Nothing is more cer- 
 tain than the intellectual and moral deg-' 
 radation of him who never feels veneration 
 or love. The sneer which he lavishes on 
 all around, reacts on his own moral life. 
 The insolence which marks his address is 
 traced in every line of his face. He whose 
 motto is "Nil admirari;" who sees no 
 good in what others respect; who never 
 looks through the clear crystal lens of gen- 
 erous appreciation on a beauty or a great- 
 ness that is not his own, will sooner or 
 later win the indignation or the compassion 
 of his fellow men. 
 
 So deeply did one semi-infidel feel this 
 to be true, that he is said to have declared, 
 that if God did not exist, it would be nec- 
 essary to invent ,Him for the use of the 
 . educator of the human mind. It is only 
 the sight of God which creates reverence. > 
 Hence the church alone is the school of 
 reverence. The church of Christ alone 
 brings God home to the human soul. Na- 
 ture knows not God. For a moment it 
 seems to detect Him in the starry heav- 
 ens, or in the stormy sea ; or in the fra- 
 grant freshness of the summer air ; or in 
 the calm brilliancy of a perfect landscape. 
 But it only admires. It has no heart for 
 reverence, because it has no hf art for ad- 
 oration. It banishes, God behind a sys- 
 tem of laws. 
 
 But the Gospel", on the other hand, is 
 the religion of Immanuel, God with us. 
 He is with us in His Providence, in His 
 power, in His wisdom, in His love. He 
 
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 is with us in His advent, in His tempta- 
 tion ; in His ministry, in His passion ; in 
 His resurrection, in His sacraments. Ever 
 since the incarnation, the " tabernacle of 
 God is with men." The Shekinah has 
 rent the veil of the temple, and come forth 
 among us. We know that He is not far 
 from any one of us. We express this 
 knowledge when we speak of Him ; when 
 we keep His Word ; when we enter the 
 place of His assembly. It is in the vis- 
 ible, material church we learn reverence 
 by precept and example. The silence, 
 I which is only broken that man may speak 
 of God, or to God ; the adoring attitudes 
 of devout worshippers; the qhant which 
 raises the soul above the world ; the con- 
 fession which opens upon it, through 
 flashes of moral light, the true sight of the 
 Most Holy ; these things suggest, day by 
 day, year by year, a sympathetic attitude 
 of the spirit. They' sucteed, at last, in 
 persuading us to bend before Him who is 
 the object and explanation of what is going 
 on around us. They cry out, as if with 
 one voice, to the soul, and the voice does 
 not die away, " Oh, come, let us worship 
 and fall down and kneel before the Lord 
 our Maker.'' And thus a constant attend- 
 ant at the church learns an inward habit, 
 which is the safeguard of his intellect, the 
 charm and lustre of his social life, the 
 aroma of his character and intercourse, 
 and the final deliverance and redemption 
 of his soul. Very few lovers of the church 
 and of church-going, find their way down 
 to death. Their path is a shining one. 
 They learn at last the value of the blood of 
 atonement ; the glory of the Savior, and a 
 hearty recognition of His supreme beauty. 
 The profound yearnings of the spirit, 
 which bring them within the house of God, 
 are at length satisfied. The message of 
 light and pardon, repeated week by week, 
 is at last heard. Men may murmur about 
 the dullness of the sermon ; but for every 
 soul that is alive to the terrible mysterious- 
 ness of life and death, and who resorts to 
 the place where it ma.y find God and come 
 even to His seat, there is a freshness and 
 perpetual interest in the Gospel message. 
 He who seeks its repetition will learn the 
 
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 secret of its power, and find the peace 
 which it brings. "It was here," some will 
 say, of this very church," " it was here, O 
 my Lord and my God, that I learned to 
 know and love Thee, and found out my 
 own misery, and felt the grace and sweet- 
 ness of thy pity and thy pardon. It was 
 here I learned the awfulness and blessed- 
 ness of life, the greatness of eternity." 
 And many a redeemed soul will sing here- 
 after, " Lord Jesusi in this. Thy temple, I 
 told Thee my sins and my sorrows, was 
 washed in Thy blood, and saw Thy glory 
 fece to face." 
 
 3. Another use of the material temple, 
 is to assist the culture of the conscience. 
 The moral sense learns and grows by dis- 
 cipline. Ever since Christ drove the 
 money-changers out of the house of prayer, 
 the conscience has had new light upon the 
 sacredness of places of worship and the 
 duties of religion. Doubtless the con- 
 science is roused and trained by association 
 as well as by authority. It is informed and 
 invigorated by every opportunity for good 
 or for evil. There are seasons in every 
 man's life when he finds hiniself fece to 
 face with forms of evil, upon resistance to 
 which his whole eternity depends. For 
 many a falterer this church may strike the 
 trembling balance in his favor. The strug- 
 gle, of which his soul is the scene, may 
 here be laid bare before the all Holy and 
 Merciful. The temptation to lust, or cru- 
 elty, or avarice, or selfishness, or coward- 
 ice of soul, may be exorcised, or, at least, 
 lose half its force in the scenes and ser- 
 vices of this building. When all has 
 seemed to be lost, and the darkness of sin 
 has well nigh settled down upon the heart, 
 then God here turns himself again, and 
 looks down from Heaven, and beholds and 
 visits in mercy. There are, indeed, those 
 to whose conscience the church says noth- 
 ing. But with the great majority it is not 
 so. Its services, its ministers, nay, the 
 very lines and beauties of its architecture, 
 are destined to be intertwined with the 
 deep secrets of many a spirit, and to have 
 their place in the checkered history of 
 thought and hope, of fear and passion, of 
 suffering and joy, which will be revealed by 
 
 the light of another world. And among 
 the spiritual mysteries which will here- 
 after be known as belonging to these walls, 
 not the least will be their silent contribu- 
 tion to the growth of the moral sense. 
 
 4. Nor shall it be without its effect in 
 shaping the aims and unfolding the pur- 
 poses of many a life. This life it teaches 
 us is not a game of chance, or a decree of 
 fate, the sport of events, or the result of 
 fixed necessity. Each man is instructed 
 by it and in it, that he is to hallow his 
 earthly life by a religious principle. It 
 stands as a perpetual memorial of God and 
 of human responsibility in the very centre 
 and heart of secular business and strife ; 
 an unchangeable teacher of man's obliga- 
 tion to make his life a single tribute to 
 God's glory. And this church, in itself, 
 in its services, is destined to have a large 
 influence upon men's purposes in life ; is 
 destined to brace their wills to the right, 
 to promote their obedience to the truth, to 
 open their hearts to a larger destiny than 
 would have been possible without it. In 
 the very proportion of its inspiring and im- 
 pressive beauty, it is to become a helper of 
 our souls in all good. Here our hearts 
 will be opened, and kept opeii. The very 
 place that is filled with fragrant perfume of 
 the spicery that has been poured on Christ's 
 head, will assist the soul to a better life. 
 Creatures of association as we are, here 
 our wills will be directed and strengthened ; 
 here our whole inward life will get a unity, 
 and force, which will tell both in time and 
 eternity. Here provision may be made for 
 the dark days that are coming, " for in the 
 time of trouble He shall hide me in His 
 tabernacle ; yea, in the secret place of His 
 dwelling shall He hide me, and set me upon 
 a Rock." 
 
 In dedicating this church, we do not 
 gratify a mere artistic or aesthetic senti- 
 ment. We do not inaugurate a monu- 
 ment, wljjch the economy of common 
 sense, or the demand of Christian love, 
 might deem superfluous. For this church, 
 in all its lofty beauty, is a hymn of praise 
 to the Son of God, and embodies and 
 gives shape to the essential features of the 
 Christian work and life. The ministries 
 
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 and associations, the very roof and win-' 
 dows, the very tower and buttresses of this' 
 building, are destined to mould practicallyl 
 the daily life of those who are here to learn 
 to face .the battle of life as men and-Chris- 
 tians should face it. And here, too, many 
 a modest flower will catch a Divine inspi-i 
 ration, and blossom into lovely and fra-i 
 grant beauty, and shed its incense of 
 praise, until it shall be transferred to a 
 more glorious temple, to bloom there love- 
 lier and forever. Such a church, we trust,; 
 will do more than promote the intellectual: 
 and moral growth of those who worship in 
 it, of the community around it. It will do 
 more than cultivate taste and art. It will 
 open men's hearts to God. It will help: 
 them toward Christ. It will teach them: 
 the rare graces of Christianity. It is the 
 product of self-denial. It will be its teacher 
 too. This church is no mere offering of 
 that which haS; cost nothing. It is the 
 gift of love, and love, lives by sacrifice., 
 Love is not the desire to have. It is the 
 passion to give. And we trust that this 
 church will be to us a means of grace in 
 this respect, and perpetually teach us that; 
 all the best things of life come by our sac- 
 rifices, and that our proudest, divinest sat-' 
 isfaction will arise in the future from our 
 most generous offerings to the service, 
 work, and glory of God. This house will 
 show us, so long as it stands, that our best: 
 riches, our richest feelings and delightsj 
 come from our largest gifts to God- LearnI 
 we this, if nothing else to-day, that joy 
 Goraes by giving to Christ. It is more, 
 blessed, to give than to receive. And thus 
 this building will have manifold influences 
 upon our souls. Hereafter we shall know 
 bow these lines of beauty, on which our 
 eyes now rest with tranquil pleasure or cu- 
 rious admiration, have been graven deep 
 in many a memory, and have linked for- 
 ever many a soul's inmost life with the eye 
 and hand of the Creator, 
 
 J. Another use of sueh a material edir 
 fioe as this, is to render more attractive the 
 system and polity of faith and : worship 
 with which it is connected. It will add a 
 charm to the Congregational order and 
 service. There is no reason why the ex- 
 
 cellent order of our New England fathers 
 should not make all the warm sentipients 
 of our nature tributary to its growth. 
 None, why its beams and timbers should 
 hot breathe the Vjery odors of the cedars of 
 Lebanon. None, why its garments should 
 not smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia 
 out of the ivory palaces. It is the church 
 of our fathers, the old homestead and 
 sanctuary of our hearts, full of rich mem- 
 ories, of dear associations, of priceless 
 legacies of faith and hope and patience 
 from those who have left the earthly con- 
 gregation and gone above the stars. This 
 simple, beautiful and. catholic polity is the 
 very daughter of the King. She has 
 trusted so much to her intrinsic ancj im- 
 perial grace as to laugh at outward adorn- 
 ing. She has been so beautiful and glo- 
 rious within, that her friends have dreamed 
 not of her exterior robing and drapery. 
 But she is all glorious within, and why 
 should not her clothing he of wrought gold. 
 In her places of assembly the saints have 
 sat and worshipped, and why should not 
 her gates he jasper, her walls chalcedony, 
 and her arches and ceilings traced witli 
 the colors of the rainbow. Within her 
 sanctuary, millions without number have 
 learned the new song, and why should not 
 the frescoed arches of her roof resound with 
 the anthem of the organ. It will not do 
 altogether to despise the moral uses pf 
 material , beauty. It will not do fora church 
 to be beneath the intelligence, the taste 
 and the wealth of a community. "We may 
 make art our master and we may make it 
 our servant. We have too much abjured 
 it as either. We may now givie to it its 
 proper place, as a helper and minister in 
 our great and noble work. The day is 
 past for Israel to dwell in tents or in barns. 
 When she '^eeds to (io it, she may, nor 
 will she lose the ark and the covenant and 
 the shekinah. But when she needs not to 
 do it, she must exchange her tabernacle 
 for a temple; for even Christ demands 
 wbat we can give Him, and He who is 
 worshipped in spirit and in truth, would 
 have the worship of His house conform to 
 our taste and wealth and love. The es- 
 sence of Puritanism was not hatred of 
 
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 beauty, but love of Christ ; and wherever 
 love of Christ may prompt to a more beau- 
 tiful temple, the spirit of the fathers will 
 linger, and ^Elijah's robe may fall upon 
 Elisha's shoulders. ■ The prophet of fire 
 may make way for the Prophet of Peace. 
 Our church has fought a noble battle for 
 Christ under a leader nobler than itself; 
 nor need it now be weary of its work, nor 
 fear to adapt its usages and forms to the 
 exigencies of future conflicts. So long as 
 it keeps the old spirit, it may not hesitate 
 to avail itself of new formal attractions. 
 
 After Christ had gone into the heavens, 
 and the old temple of Mount Moriah had 
 perished, and the arch of Constantine was 
 built, the temples that had been construct- 
 ed for the service of divided arid'.lbcal gods 
 were pressed into the service of the One 
 God. Every form and symbol, it was be- 
 lieved, which belonged to the old world, 
 might be claimed as the spoil and heritage 
 of that which succeeded it. But one and 
 another form which had pressed into its> 
 service the roughest stone, the richest 
 marble and the rarest art, could as little 
 resist the idolatrous tendencies of the 
 heart as Solomon's temple had done. All 
 came at last to feed the earth-born tastes 
 which they had boasted they could subdue 
 and sanctify. ; 
 
 Then the idea grew up that such tem- 
 ples stifled the Spirit; that art was a dan- 
 gerous ally of devotion ; that the most 
 ugly building was the one that God was 
 most likely to inhabit; that fhe upright and; 
 pure soul was his only true temple. Theyi 
 were very beautiful and true words, and; 
 pointed to high truths, just as the towei^; 
 and minarets of the old temples pointed to 
 them; but they are just as little able to 
 reach and preserve them. Hardness, se-i 
 verity, dogmatism, could hide itself wherej 
 there seemed to be only the utmost sim- 
 plicity and barrenness of form. But both; 
 were false. Each doctrine is unscripturkli 
 and fatal. The one gave religion bound; 
 as a captive into the hands of art, and, 
 made its services fantastical; sensuous andi 
 corrupt. The other gives God's beautiful; 
 universe up to the devil, as his rightful 
 possession, and makes him the monopolist. 
 
 of all that attracts and charms our bodily 
 sense. The one bound the invisible under 
 the dominion of the visible. The other 
 tramples the life out of the material and 
 visible. We do wisely, then, as our fath- 
 ers would have done had they had the war- 
 fare of our day on their hands, when we 
 aim to make all that is artistic and all that 
 is beautiful, bring ' their tributes and lay 
 them at the feet of Christ; we should ex- 
 clude nothing that makes our polity more 
 attractive and effective. While we do not 
 doubt that its essential glory is the pres- 
 ence of Christ in its service, we shall not 
 be likely to exalt any form of outward 
 beauty above its intrinsic worth; 
 
 Nor is our Congregational system un- 
 worthy that it shduld 'avail itself of all the 
 helps and ministries of beauty.' A gener- 
 ous, practical catholicity may well dwell in 
 a palace. A church that does not assume 
 to declare its own organization as com- 
 mensurate with the Church of God, which 
 allows of diversity of ceremony and un- 
 essential form, might well have a royal 
 tabernacle. If we believed in augury and 
 signs, we might easily translate into a 
 happy omen the gentle ' inclination of 
 obeisance which the cross on yon Roman 
 tower has been making for the year that is 
 past, to Bethany church. For why should 
 not the least denominational, sectarian, ex- 
 clusive and arrogant of all the churches, 
 receive, like Joseph's sheaf, the homage of 
 all its brethren? 
 
 We love this Congregational polity. In 
 it 1!he life takes precedence of the form, and 
 we vfould irradiate with its life a beautiful 
 form. Nor would we refuse our fellowship 
 to those who have the same spirit, but a 
 narrower and contracted form. We have 
 no Shibboleth to utter. We have no rit- 
 ualistic bed on which to stretch or shorten 
 the human spirit. We have no old judaistic 
 skins in which to pour the new wine of the 
 Gospel. We give to every church, to 
 every man, the largest possible liberty. In 
 the midst of a sisterhood of Christian de- 
 nominations, we boast that we are not de- 
 nominational. We call each Christian 
 brother — we call every living Church a sis- 
 ter church. It is not a word fellowship ; 
 
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 we can welcome all to our congregation, to 
 our ordinances, to our table. We love 
 this freedom of church, a freedom to give 
 as well as to receive — to give the hospital- 
 ity of our pulpits, our sacraments and our 
 charities. 
 
 We give an earnest protest against sec- 
 tarian exclusiveness, and ask only that a 
 man should love our Lord Jesus Christ in 
 order to our communion. We hold our- 
 selves at liberty to love a Pascal and 
 Fenelon, a Tillotson and Beveridge, a 
 Calvin and Luther, a Williams and Wesley. 
 And when we see some good brethren of 
 other churches put into the strait-jacket of 
 their own creeds or ritual, ind kept from a 
 hospitality and a charity which Christ re- 
 quires, and their own hearts intensely de- 
 sire, by their ecclesiastical order, I rejoice 
 that we are under no such bondage, and 
 under no sad necessity to prove, that the 
 blood of the. Son of God only runs in the 
 veins of our own denomination, And why 
 should not an unsectarian church, the 
 oldest, most numerous and most inde- 
 pendent in New England, by far ; rich in 
 members, influence, position and history ; 
 rich in the records of the living and in the 
 rolls of her dead ; with no necessity of 
 pleading for additions to her numbers with 
 that resistless earnestness with which a 
 hungry man cries for bread, and with a 
 disposition to give bread to all that per- 
 ish, why should not such a church have 
 suitable dwellings for its sanctuaries? Why 
 should not the garments of such a broad 
 and catholic polity be of Tyrian dyes, and 
 its habitation be fashioned after thesimil- 
 itude of a palace? And we have reason to 
 bless God for the generous Christian en- 
 terprise and cultivated Christian taste 
 which are coming to be shown in the mem- 
 bers of our faith and order in the erection 
 of their churches. • 
 
 Finally, a noble ma:terial temple, such as 
 this, is prophetic. It suggests and fore- 
 shadows a future history. We cannot but 
 have been struck, as we entered it this 
 morning, with a building so simple in its 
 plan, yet so ornate and splendid in it's de- 
 tail; so lavishly decorated, and yet so en- 
 tirely useful and practical ; such a beautiful 
 
 specimen of the taste and art of our time, 
 and yet so wholly subservient to an end be- 
 yond. I should misinterpret the spirit 
 that has raised these walls, if I should bid 
 you mark only the wealth of form and 
 color that meets your eyes, or ask you to 
 contrast ' it with the primitive models of 
 our puritan architecture. We, at least, 
 who have done something towards raising 
 this temple of God, may feel that its beauties 
 should enrich us with lessons of deeper 
 and more practical yalue than' can attach 
 to anything which can be measured by the 
 eye or sense. Its real interest to us, lies 
 in its future and in its results. To us, and 
 to our children, it may be indeed, for gen- 
 erations, a Bethany ; the home of Christ 
 and his friends ; a place of wondrous mir- 
 acles and benedictions ; the scene of large 
 growths of spiritual character, that shall 
 rival the cedars of Lebanon or the palm 
 trees of Olivet. It will be a dear house- 
 hold name which shall be embalmed in 
 thoughts and feelings as fragrant as cluster 
 about the old Bethany of the Son of God. 
 The hopes and dreams of the past are 
 crystalized into stone. We shall admire > 
 it more and more, love it more and more, 
 as it becomes associated with all that is 
 sacred and tender in our spiritual histories. 
 Slowly but surely it will be the nucleus and 
 habitation of a family of Christ which shall 
 be ever forming, and ever separating and 
 re-forming in the skies. We shall count 
 no cost it has brought, no sacrifice we have 
 made, for we have sown seed here that 
 shall bear successive harvests of light and 
 peace and joy while the world stands. We 
 have broken the alabaster box on the head 
 of our Savior, and who shall say that it 
 shall have no memorial in the future ? It 
 will foster a large generosity, and be at 
 once the proof and the helper of benefi- 
 cence in the cause of Christ. It will wit- 
 ness the vows, the prayers and the tears ot 
 our posterity, and its manifest presence 
 will bring them the blessings they seek. 
 To thousands of eyes and imaginations it 
 will sing of the glory of the upper temple ; 
 that glory which eye hath not seen, but 
 which the eye shall yet see and be satis- 
 fied. It will help our thoughts upward in 
 
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 their flights, and earthly architecture will 
 be the symbol to us of the heavenly, the 
 divine pattern of that which is in the king- 
 dom of God. We have laid these stones 
 and spread these arches and traced these 
 colors, not as a show of veneration, not to 
 put our love on exhibition, not to assure 
 men that we believe in Christ, and can 
 prove our faith on so magnificent a scale ; 
 but the building itself is a part of our com- 
 munion with Heaven. It is an invocation 
 of trust. It is a sentence of praise. It, is. 
 a hymn we sing, a prayer we offer. It 
 stands in a line with the Stone of Bethel, 
 with the Shekinah of the tabernacle, with 
 tlie temple on Mount Moriah, "with the' 
 synagogue of Nazareth, with the upper 
 chamber where the bread from heaven was 
 the food and the blood of Christ was the 
 wine, and with the room at Jerusalem, 
 where the tongues of fire preached at the 
 dedication of Chrfatendom,, and the Holy 
 Spirit inaugurated the visible church for 
 the nations." 
 
 And if any object that all this richness 
 is needless, we say more, that it prefigures 
 to our dull sense a wider and grander glory 
 than we see. It is a mortal means to an 
 immortal end. It lifts our gross under- 
 standing. It images a: beauty that tran- 
 scends it. It is the hinder part of the 
 glory that is inconceivable. It is the gate 
 of Heaven and the vestibule of the Holy 
 of Holies. It signifies more than we can 
 at once receive. It is a stray fragment of 
 the upper temple, a Gloria in Excelsis, 
 amid the loud din and stir of the world 
 around it. And each sweet melody or 
 prolonged harmony of the princely organ 
 is but a foretaste of that music whose won- 
 drous noise fillsthewidespaces of Heaven. 
 Here we stand but on the threshold of 
 music. The infinite combinations of the 
 two thousand pipes of this instrument can 
 never be made by the most skillful mortal 
 player. The loftiest art can never com- 
 pass a tithe of its harmonies. There is no 
 sound without its significance, no organ 
 without its antitype. And when this in- 
 strument accompanies the simplest hymn 
 which comes from the lips of childhood, or 
 some grand old hallelujah chant of Asaph, 
 
 or prayer of David's, or pours forth its 
 melodious strains like the rolling of a river 
 or the rushing of a tide, I know it is a 
 faint, yet but the faintest type of that surg- 
 ing flood of sound which shall fill the 
 heavens when the redeemed and the angels 
 shall open the seven-fold chorus of halle- 
 lujahs and harping symphonies. The 
 solemn grandeur, or plaintive melody, or 
 jubilant exultation of its manifold combi- 
 nations, are a feeble prophecy, of what that 
 music will be when the voice of the whole 
 church of God, the twelve-fold chorus of 
 Israel's ransomed, shall join with all the 
 trumpets and harps sounding, on the other 
 side, in the unimagined crescendo and glo- 
 rious dechachord of Eternity. Thus we 
 read the future in the present, and the 
 temple of toyday is a prophecy of that wor- 
 ship and that tenvple, 
 
 "When all the haUs of ZIon 
 For aye shall be complete. 
 And In the land of beauty 
 . AH things of beauty meet. 
 
 Where tears are ever banished 
 And smiles have no alloy. 
 With Jasper glow thy bulwarks. 
 
 Thy courts with emeralds blaze. 
 The sardlus and the topaz 
 Unite in thee their rays; 
 Thine ageless walls are bonded 
 
 With amethyst unpriced. 
 Thy Saints build up its fabric. 
 And the Comer Stone Is Christ." 
 
 .And now what wait we for.' What re- 
 mains but that you should perfect yoxu- 
 work? If this building is to be all and 
 more than we pray or think ; if it is to be 
 the habitation of God and the fountain of 
 nameless blessings to you and to your 
 children to the last generation ; if He who 
 dwells in the highest Heavens is to make 
 it His tabernacle, and in very deed dwell 
 with us, and vouchsafe His spiritual pres- 
 ence, power and gloty in His temple, I now 
 call upon you to oflfer to Him this build- 
 ing, and dedicate it to His sole service, 
 and to the honor and praise of His dear 
 Son. 
 
 [The keys' were here presented, and the 
 building offered for dedication, by D. Taft, 
 Esq.] 
 
 Acceptance and Dedication, 
 
 By Prof. M. H. Buckham. 
 
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 We receive this building at your hands. 
 I aslc you now to rise and stand upon your 
 feet, as we offer it as our gift to Almighty 
 God, and dedicate it to the Father,' the 
 Son and the Holy Ghost. With one ac- 
 cord let us consecrate it to the Master's 
 glory, to Christ and the Church. And' as 
 the dedication of the church is vain with- 
 out the solemn consecration of the wor- 
 shippers too, I call upon you all to dedi- 
 cate yourselves to the service of God; 
 To Him may your souls be dedicated. 
 To Him may your bodies be dedicated. 
 To Him may your spirits be dedicated-. 
 And that He may graciously accept this 
 solemn act, I call upon you all now to pray. 
 
 Anthem. 
 
 Benediction, By Rev. L. Tenney^ 
 
 Missionaries: — Mrs. Sarah Coleman, 
 married Erastus Dean of Salisbury, and 
 went from this Church to the Cherokee 
 Mission about 40 or 50 years since, Mrs. 
 Emelirie (Bradshaw) Dodge, and Mrs. 
 Coleman, who married Freder'k Ellsworth . 
 Samuel Mosely from this place went to 
 the Choctaw Mission, and Mrs, Lucinda 
 (Washburn) Wright, who married a mis- 
 sionary hot from this State. 
 
 ART AND NATURE — VERMONT IN SUMMER. 
 
 We have no quarrel with, art. It is the 
 .province of man's geniiis. It is the realm 
 of his skill and intelligence. But we have 
 a greater love for nature. It is the prov- 
 ince of God's genius, the realm of his in- 
 finite intelligence and power. He never 
 paints. He creates. The glory and sweet- 
 ness and marvels of life are the effecte of 
 His handiwork. In perpetual change in har- 
 mony with invariable law He finds the se- 
 cret and hiding of His power. There are 
 some galleries of art that are especially in- 
 teresting. The Louvre ravishes the inexpe- 
 rienced eye. But the Dresden and Floren- 
 tine halls never weary the cultivated vis- 
 ion and the instnicted taste. Men travel 
 across the sea, time and again, to look 
 upon these triumphs of human genius. 
 There are bright pictures in other gal- 
 Meries worth the price of an European 
 tour to look at but. once. The mar- 
 riage of St. Catherine, and the infant Sa- 
 
 viour in the Vatican, haunts ■ the mem- 
 ory like an imperishable dream. A few 
 great paintings in certain salons stand 
 out from all the rest like the face of Denner 
 in the Imperial collection at Vienna; or a 
 few unsurpassed art collections attract the 
 attention Of alL tourists, like the Academy 
 of St. Luke in Rome. And it is the same^in 
 nature . A few regions God has made more 
 beautiful than others. His hand has fesh- 
 ioned some dreams or symbols of heaven 
 in certain landscapes of earth. And we 
 have always thought that the Almighty in- 
 tended, when He formed the hillS of Ver- 
 mont, and shook out the green drapery of 
 the forests over their sloping shoulders, 
 and made them fall in folds like the robe 
 of a king along their sides, to give us a dim 
 picture of the new creation and the celes- 
 tial realm. Italy is a land of rarer sunsets 
 and deeper sky, of haunting songs and 
 grander memories ; Switzerland is a region 
 of more towering sublimity and unapproach- 
 able grandeur, but in all the galleries of 
 God, -there is none that so shows the ex- 
 quisite geniusof creative art; the blending 
 of all that is beautiful and attractive, with 
 nothing to terrify the eye ; the mingling of 
 much of the material glory, both of the 
 earth and the heavens, with so little to ap- 
 pall the sense. Vermont in summer is the 
 Almighty's noblest gallery of divine, art. 
 We never traverse its valleys or climb, its 
 hills, in this sweetest of all, months ; we 
 never lie down on the banks where the wild 
 thyme blows, or under the shade of the 
 balsam or the fir ; we never trace the 
 mountain streams and watch for the silver 
 flashes which tempt the silent, gentle 
 angler, who " handles his worm tenderly,'" 
 to throw his fly ; we never penetrate the 
 secret places in the heart of the hills, or 
 watch the pleasant wooing which is always 
 going (m in shady places between the rip- 
 pling waters and the ash, the beech and 
 the willow j which bend to kiss tfaem as 
 they pass, without a grateful sense of the 
 riches of God, and an irrepressible wisli to 
 share them with our friends whose sense 
 of beauty is mainly nurtured at human 
 sources. — Rev. Mr. Lord in the Vermont 
 Watchman. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 " THE CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH." 
 INDEPENDENT. 
 
 BY BEV. J. BPWAUD WKIGHT. 
 
 It seems appropriate to introduce a 
 sketch of this society, with some account 
 of Unitarian and Universalist worlc done 
 in Montpelier before 1864. "In an ac- 
 count of the religious condition of the town 
 previous to 18 11, the late Rev. Chester 
 Wright stated that previous to 1800, there 
 had rarely been any preaching except by 
 the Methodists ; that the increased popula- 
 -tion from 1800 was divided into various 
 sects, the largest number professing Uni- 
 versalism/' Amoiig the prominent men 
 among the first settlers who avowed them- 
 selves Universalists were Gen. Pearley 
 Davis and his brother Hezekiah, Capt. 
 Stephen Foster, Mr. Arthur Daggett, Es- 
 quire Sibley, and Capt. Isaac Putnam. 
 Rev. Paul Dean, who was the Universalist 
 minister in Barre in 1808, and for some 
 years thereaftpr, preached occasionally in 
 Montpelier, as did other ministers of that 
 sect from time to time. Universalists par- 
 ticipated, under the leadership of Gen. 
 Davis, in building the Union meeting- 
 house, at the Center of the town, at an 
 early date. Later, they effected a sep- 
 arate organization, and built a substantial 
 brick house of worship at the East village, 
 and later still, the same society, while con- 
 tinuing to use the brick house, built an- 
 other, of wopd, at the North village. ' ' The 
 following list of Universalist preachers in 
 Montpelier, has been gathered from Wal- 
 tbn's Register : 1833, John M. Currier; 
 1834, John M. Austin; 1835, B. H. Fuller, 
 J. Wright; 1836, J. Wright; 1837, '38, 
 John Gregory; 1839, J- Wright, J. Boy- 
 den ; l840-'66, Eli Ballou ; 1867, '70, J. O. 
 Skinner; 1871, Eli Ballou." 
 
 But it is not to be understood that all 
 of these ministers were engaged inpreach- 
 ing in Montpelier during the years set 
 against their names. No doubt all re- 
 sided here, and some of them preached 
 within the limits of the old town of Mont- 
 pelier, but some were employed elsewhere. 
 For some 17 years preceding 1830, little 
 or nothing was done to sustain Universal- 
 ism in this town; but about the year 1831, 
 
 a society was organized in what is now 
 Montpelier, prominent in which were such 
 men as Wooster Sprague, (who started 
 the enterprise,) Simeon S. Post, Dr. J. Y; 
 Dewey, Richard W. Hyde, Alfred Wain- 
 wright, Araunah Waterman, Mahlon Cot- 
 trill, Edward Brown, Joel Goldsbury, and 
 General Shubael Flint. The Rev. John 
 M. Austin served as pastor of this>society 
 forsome 3 years, when he was called to Dan- 
 vers, Mass. The meetings were held in 
 the old State House, near the present Pa- 
 vilion. After Mr. Austin left, the society 
 had no regular meetings ; but occasionally 
 a meeting was held by them in the Mason- 
 ic Hall, the Rev. John E. Palmer of Barre, 
 and the Rev. Russell Streeter, and others, 
 occupying the desk from time to time, until 
 1840, when Rev. Eli Ballou bought "The 
 Christian Repository," and removed from 
 Stowe to Montpelier to edit and publish it. 
 He preached a part of the time for several 
 months after coming to town, in Masonic 
 Hall, but found himself too much occupied 
 otherwise, to justify his continuing the ef- 
 fort. In 1851, he obtained the assistance 
 of Rev. John S. Lee, (now Prof, in Canton 
 Theological School) ; a new society, called 
 "The Liberal Christian Church," was or- 
 ganized ; and meetings were regularly held 
 for 2 years in the "Free Church," (now 
 " Capital Hall,") the first year by Messrs. 
 Ballou and Lee, alternately, the second 
 year by. Mr. Ballou alone. But the dis- 
 couragements proved too great to be over- 
 come, and another long period of inaction 
 followed. 
 
 Very few Unitarian ministers had ever 
 been heard in Montpelier ; and only occa- 
 sionally had an avowed Spiritualist given 
 a lecture, or a " seance." Among the for- 
 mer the Rev G. W. Burnap, D. D., of 
 Baltimore, Md., (whose sister was the 
 mother of our honored townsmen, Charles 
 and George Reed) , the Rev. A. A. Liver- 
 more of Keene, N. H., the Rev. Chas. 
 Brooks of Hingham, Mass., and the Rev. 
 Mr. IngersoU of Buriington, preached here 
 at different times. 
 
 But in October of 1864, Mr. Charles A. 
 Allen, a graduate of Harvard College in 
 1858, and of Meadville Theological School 
 
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 40g 
 
 in 1864, began, in the spirit of a missiona- 
 ry, to hold meetings in Montpelier, to 
 which "liberal christians" of whatever de- 
 nomination, were especially invited. The 
 congregations met iirst in ^'Village Hall," 
 but soon permission was obtained, — (not 
 without opposition however), — to occupy 
 the Court House; and for more than a 
 year the meetings were held there. The 
 number who assembled, hardly more than 
 a dozen at first, rapidly increased. A so- 
 ciety was formed in Dec. 1864, under the 
 title of "The Montpelier Independent 
 Meeting House Society." In March of the 
 next year Mr. AUep was ordained in the 
 "Brick Church," Rev. R. P. Stebbins, 
 D. D., preaching the sermon. The society 
 soon proceeded to build a house of worship 
 on the north-west corner of Main and 
 School streets, which was dedicated Jan. 
 25, 1866, under the name of "The Church 
 of the Messiah," Rev. F. Frothingham 
 preaching the sermon. The cost of the 
 site, the building, and the organ was about 
 $20,000. 
 
 " The Covenant of Christian Fellowship 
 in the Church of the Messiah," adopted 
 May 19, 1867, reads as follows: "We 
 write our names to this Covenant in the 
 faitli and fellowship of Christian disciples ; 
 trusting in God our Father in heaven, ac- 
 cepting the Gospel of Christ as our sover- 
 eign law, and resolving, by the help ot 
 God, to live in honesty and charity with 
 all men, and in Christian faithfulness with 
 one another." 
 
 Among those active in the organization 
 of this society were Richard W. Hyde, 
 Col. Levi Boutwell, Hon. W. G. Ferrin, 
 Joel Foster, Jr., Hon. Nelson A. Chase, 
 Hon. Daniel Baldwin, Hon. Charles Reed, 
 George W. Reed, Dr. G. N. Brigham, H. 
 S. Loomis, L. B. Huntington, Rev. Dr. 
 Eli Ballon, Albert Johonnott, George Wat- 
 son, W. F. Braman, Hon. J. A. Wing, 
 and, in most cases the wives of these gen- 
 tlemen. 
 
 While the society was yet occupying the 
 Court House, they organized a Sunday 
 school, which has been at various dates 
 under the superintendence of the pastors, 
 and Hon. Charles Reed, Hon. N. A. 
 
 Chase, Messrs. Geo. W. Wing, Joel Fos- 
 ter, Jr., Albert Johonnott, and Fred Blan- 
 chard. Its library contains [1881] over 
 500 bound volumes, besides pamphlets. 
 The teachers and scholars on its roll have 
 together numbered for several years about 
 140, though the attendance has only occa- 
 sionally exceeded 100. The number of 
 families connected with the society through 
 some or all of their members is over 200. 
 
 Mr. Allen's pastorate continued about 5 
 years. In the fall Of 1869, he obtained 
 leave of absence for a trip to Europe, and 
 the Rev. J. Edward Wright, a native of 
 Montpelier, was engaged to supply his 
 place for a year. While away, Mr. Allen 
 tendered his resignation, which was ac- 
 cepted, and Mr. Wright became the pas- 
 tor, and yet continues in that position. 
 
 The society has never been embarrassed 
 by any considerable debt ; and, altho' com- 
 posite in its membership, comprising Uni- 
 tarians, Universalists, some Spiritualists, 
 and not a few formerly associated w^^h dif- 
 ferent "orthodox" denominations, has 
 throughout its existence enjoyed remarka- 
 ble harmony, and almost uninterrupted 
 prosperity. Too much praise can not be 
 given to Mr. Allen for the hopefulness and 
 zeal with which he, unsummoned, began 
 the enterprise, and for the energy, and 
 tact, and persistence, and untiring activity 
 with which he labored, gathering the peo- 
 ple together, uniting them with a common 
 purpose, inspiring them with the convic- 
 tion that they could build a church, and 
 communicating to them his own spirit of 
 faithfulness and self-sacrificing devotion. 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN REPOSITORY. 
 
 In 1833 Rev. John M. Austin, then pas- 
 tor of a Universalist Society in Montpelier 
 village, and Rev. B. H. Fuller, bought 
 "The LJniversalist Watchman and Chris- 
 tian- Repository," of Rev. William Bell, 
 who had published it a few years in Wood- 
 stock, and changed the place of publication 
 to Montpelier. Mr. Austin dissolved his 
 connection with the paper in a short time, 
 on his removal to Danvers, Mass., but Mr. 
 Fuller continued the publication two or 
 three years, when he sold half his interest 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 to Rev. John Moore of Lebanon, N. H. 
 The paper was removed to Lebanon, and 
 published there a year or two by Messrs. 
 Moore and Fuller. Then, about the year 
 1838, Rev. Joseph Wright became the pro- 
 prietor, and Montpelier was again made 
 the place of publication. Rev. John E. 
 Palmer and others co-operating with Mr. 
 Wright in the work. 
 
 In January, 1840, Rev. Eli Ballou, then 
 of Stowe, purchased the paper and contin- 
 ued its publication regularly as a weekly 
 journal during 30 years, or until May, 1870, 
 when he sold it to the -'Boston Universal- 
 ist Publishing House," and thus the paper 
 was merged in "The Universalist," known 
 at the present date as " The Christian 
 Leader." 
 
 CHRIST CHURCH, MONTPELIER, VT. 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CHRIST CHURCH. 
 
 BY HIKAM ATKINS, ESQ. 
 
 The first confirmation in Montpelierwas 
 in 1839, when Bishop Hopkins visited the 
 Capital, and administered that apostolic 
 rite in the meeting-house of the Metho- 
 dists, to Mrs. S. P. Redfield, Mrs. J. M. 
 Richardson and Hon. Isaac F. Redfield ; 
 the first of these being at that time the 
 only person in Montpelier reared in the 
 Church. 
 
 In 1840, Christ Church Parish was im- 
 perfectly organized, and reported to the 
 Diocesan Convention in September by Mr. 
 George B. Manser, a candidate for holy 
 orders, there being four confirmations that 
 year. In 1841 the first parish meeting was 
 held, and George B. Manser, Isaac, F. 
 Redfield, J. Y. bewey, S. P. Redfield, 
 A. C. Pierce, H. N. Baylies, and Daniel 
 Baldwin, were elected vestrymen. S. P. 
 Redfield served 15 years, until 1858, and 
 Dr. J. Y. Dewey from 1841 until 187 1, ex- 
 cept from 1866 to '68, when he was at his 
 own request excused from service. ' During 
 Dr. Dewey's last two years of service he 
 was senior warden. 
 
 In 1842 the parish was represented in Di- 
 ocesan Convention by George B. Manser, 
 a laydelegate. Sept.21, 1842, Mr. Manser 
 was made a deacon, and took charge of 
 the parish. During this year it was fully 
 organized, and the work of building a 
 church, on the site now occupied by the 
 "Riverside" building, set about, the funds 
 being raised by subscription and sale of 
 pews. Dec. 29, 1842, the church was con- 
 secrated, and regular service commenced 
 Jan. 15, 1843. June 7, Mr. Manser was 
 advanced to the priesthood, and became 
 Rector. The Diocesan Convention met in 
 Montpelier, Sept. 20, 1843, and Hon. 
 Isaac F. Redfield represented the parish as 
 lay delegate, being the first regular del- 
 egate. In 1845, the first contribution for 
 church work outside was made by the 
 parish — $12.70, the sum not being so im- 
 portant as the spirit of the gift was signifi- 
 cant. In 1846 the ladies of the parish 
 raised jfioo for a bell. 
 
 In 1848, Mr. Manser resigned his charge, 
 the place being temporarily filled by Rev. 
 F. W. Shelton, who officiated for Mr. 
 Manser 8 months, from Oct. 1847, to June, 
 
 1848. The following September, Mr. 
 Manser returned, but finally resigned in 
 
 1849, and Jan. 18, 1850, the Rev. E. F. 
 Putnam became rector. During this year 
 the bell in the tower of the present church 
 was procured, at a cost of iS2So. In 1849, 
 Hon. Timothy P. Redfield was elected a 
 vestryman, and has served continuously to 
 the present, having been senior and junior 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 warden several years, lay delegate to the 
 Diocesan Convention, and lay delegate to 
 represent the Diocese in the General Con- 
 vention. In 1850, Hon. Charles Dewey 
 was chosen a vestryman, and has held the 
 position almost continuously -until the 
 present time, and he is now senior warden. 
 In 1850, thfe parish had increased in num- 
 bers enough to entitle it to two lay del- 
 egates in the Diocesan Convention, and 
 Messrs. T. P. Redfield and Chas. Dewey 
 were the first who went there together. 
 This year, Hon. S. B. Colby was chosen 
 one of the vestry, ^nd remained a member 
 of it until the election of 1864, when he 
 was not re-elected, having removed to 
 Washington, D. C, to assume the duties 
 of Register of the Treasury, which position 
 he filled until his decease in 1867. 
 
 In 1852, the debt was reported reduced, 
 and extinguished in 1865. The first Sun- 
 day in June, 1854, the Rev. E. F. Putnam, 
 who was a much-loved rector of the par- 
 ish, died at St. Albans, having been com- 
 pelled by ill health to previously resign his 
 rectorship, and upon the parish records is 
 spread a sincere and warm testimonial of 
 the high esteem and true affection felt for 
 him. Nearly 30 years have elapsed since 
 his departure, but his memory is still green 
 in the hearts of the people then here. The 
 day of Mr. Putnam's decease. Rev. F. W. 
 Shelton became rector, and remained as 
 such until the spring of 1866, when he re- 
 signed. 
 
 Aug. 3, 1866, Rev. Daniel Crane Roberts 
 was elected rector, and the same month 
 assumed the duties of the position. Mr. 
 Roberts' resignation was accepted May 8, 
 1869, and Rev. Wm. J. Harris, D. D., 
 was chosen rector Aug. 30, 1869. Dr. 
 Harris resigned late in 1870, and Rev. 
 Andrew Hull, D. D., was elected rector 
 March 20, 1871. Dr. Hull, was rector of 
 the parish until the summer of 1879, when 
 his resignation of May 12, 1879, took ef- 
 fect. Oct. 13, 1879, R^^- Howard Fremont 
 Hill, of Concord, N. H., the present incum- 
 bent, was elected rector. 
 
 Of the seven rectors, the first three are 
 dead. In the sermon of Dr. Shelton, 
 which follows this sketch. Dr. Manser and 
 
 Rev. Mr. Putnam are spoken of as their 
 good work deserved, and the memory of 
 Dr. Shelton is delightful to all who knew 
 that good man. 
 
 The first recorded baptism is that of 
 Berkeley Baldwin, infant son of Dr. F. W. 
 McDowell, though 12 baptisms had been 
 previously reported. The first recorded 
 marriage is that of Mr. James T. Thurston 
 and Miss Fanny Witherell. The first 
 marriage by Mr. Shelton was that of Mr. 
 Charles Dewey and Miss Betsey Tarbox, 
 May 3, 1848. 
 
 Among the earlier vestrymen we find 
 the names of R. S. Howard, afterwards 
 rector at Woodstock, Homer W. Heaton, 
 Esq., C. W. Bancroft, George Langdon, 
 E. P. Scribner and others. But those 
 most closely identified with the parish in 
 this relation are S. P. Redfield, who served 
 from 1843 to '58, and was junior warden in 
 1844, and senior warden from 1845 to '52 ; 
 J. W. Ellis, who has' been vestryman most 
 of the time since 1845, ^nd many years 
 junior warden or senior warden ; Stoddard 
 B. Colby, vestryman in 1848 and junior 
 warden fro;n that time until 1850, and 
 again in '58 ; and Hon. Roderick Richard- 
 son, now of Boston, who was a vestryman 
 and senior warden. 
 
 The present vestry consists of Hon. 
 Timothy P. Redfield, Charles Dewey, J. 
 W. Ellis, Fred E. Smith, Hiram Atkins, 
 Edward Dewey, L. P. Gleason, Geo. E. 
 Taplin, and H. N. Taplin, Jr. Mr. I. P. 
 Dana was elected a vestryman in 1879 and 
 re-elected in 1880 and 1881, but is not 
 now a member of the vestry, having re- 
 signed when he removed from the Parish. 
 
 Mr. Smith, who is now juriior warden, 
 was first chosen vestryman in 1864 ; Mr. 
 Atkins in 1868; Mr. Edward Dewey in 
 1871 ; Mr. L. P. Gleason in 1876; Mr. G. 
 E. Taplin in 1876; Mr. Dana and Mr. 
 H. N. Taplin, Jr., in 1879. 
 
 Mr. Truman C. Phinney was chosen ves- 
 tryman in 1853, and held the position till 
 he declined further service ; he was also 
 for several years junior Warden. 
 
 In 1866, the parish voted to erect a new 
 church, and efficient measures were at 
 once taken. Liberal subscriptions were 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 made by the leading men of the parish, 
 seconded in their liberality by those less 
 wealthy. The S. B. Colbyestate, on State 
 street, opposite the Court House, was se- 
 cured; and the work commenced. The 
 church was consecrated June 2, 1868. 
 (See introductory view.) 
 
 The ground plan includes nave and 
 aisles, chancel, organ chamber and sac- 
 risty, the tower being engaged in the north- 
 ern end of the east aisle. Exterior, 108 
 by SS fest; tower and spire, 100 feet; in- 
 terior — nave, 22 feet wide, separated by 
 two colonnades from the two aisles, each 
 II feet wide; chancel 17 feet wide by 
 23 deep ; whole exterior, except roof 
 and clerestory, light-colored Barre and 
 Berlin granite ; . aisle walls without but- 
 tresses ; clerestory, timber slatted outside. 
 The north front is the most imposing part 
 of the exterior. The tower is of three 
 stages, a single leaf-door in the lowest, 
 two long, narrow, glazed lights in the 
 second, three equal belfry windows in the 
 third; the belfry stage, a plain square; 
 below, double buttresses at the angles, 
 running into a massive blocking of the wall 
 at the base, which gives an effect of sin- 
 gular strength and solidity. A similar 
 character is given to the buttress on the 
 opposite angle of the north end. The 
 tower is surmounted by a broach spire, 
 crowned with a well-carved fiixial, all stone 
 to the top. The main doorway is of two 
 leaves, in the middle of the north end, with 
 jamb shafts and mould arch. In the gable 
 is a round window, with three spherical 
 triangles containing three bold trefoils, 
 the interspaces being filled with quatre- 
 foils and smaller openings. The coped 
 gable is covered with a very bold, large, 
 plain cross of stone — the only cross on 
 the exterior. On entering the interior, the 
 effect of loftiness is far in advance of one's 
 expectations from seeing the exterior alone. 
 The nave and aisles are of five bays ; the 
 chancel of two ; the apparent length of the 
 nave, increased by an arch at the north 
 end, like and opposite the bold and well- 
 marked chancel arch. The columns are 
 four shafts in clusters, with mouldings be- 
 tween, the arches resting on them corre- 
 
 spondingly moulded. The aisle windows 
 are single lights in each bay. The chancel 
 arch is well worked ; chancel-rail and wain- 
 scot, altar— which stands out from the 
 wall — in black walnut ; seats in the nave, 
 doors, etc., black ash and black walnut, in 
 their natural tints. 
 
 The organ chamber, on the "west, opens 
 by a narrow arch in the church, and by a 
 broader one into the nave ; the organ is a 
 fine and powerful instrument. The roof is 
 ceiled in three coats, the centre one being' 
 the narrowest. The framing of the prin- 
 cipals shows within, with braces and span- 
 drils of open tracery ; and similar braces 
 run longtitudinally along the purlines, from 
 principal to principal, these timberings 
 adorned with color, the whole ceiling other- 
 wise a light blue. The windows are filled 
 with stained glass, the altar window, the 
 largest, having three lights underatraceried 
 head ; the central, widest light, the full- 
 length figure of our Lord blessing the 
 chalice. The evangelistic symbols and 
 other emblems fill the side lights and head 
 of the window; clerestory windows of 
 chancel, nave and northern rose window, 
 pattern glass of rich colors ; aisle windows 
 all with borders of colors, each an em- 
 blem in the head, otherwise filled with 
 stencilled quarries ; font near the sacristy 
 door, Vermont marble. 
 
 The architect was J. J. R. Randall, of 
 Rutland ; the builder, P. Trow, of Mont- 
 pelier. The painting was done by N. 
 Osgood Snow, of Montpelier. The marble 
 for the font was the gift of Hon. Pitt W. 
 Hyde, and the beautiful and appropriate 
 design was from the pencil of, and fur- 
 nished by. Rev. John Henry Hopkins. 
 The cost of the church was over $30,000 ; 
 the only subscriptions received from out- 
 side the parish were: In New York, 
 George Bradsjiaw, $1,000 ; M. M. Kellogg, 
 $500 ; George R. Thompson, $150 ; E. S. 
 Jaffrey, $75. In Philadelphia, Jay and 
 H. D. Cooke, $400. In Washington City, 
 from Charles Knapp, $200. In Burling- 
 ton, from V. P. Noyes, $ioo. No small 
 part of the credit due for the perfectness 
 with which the work was completed be- 
 longs of right to Judge Richardson and 
 
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 413 
 
 his associates of the building committee, 
 Col. Fred E. Smith and the late Carlos 
 Bancroft, Esq. The last of the building 
 debt was extinguished some years since. 
 
 In 1843, there were 15 communicants ; 
 in 1863, 68 ; in 1868, "JT. The statistics 
 for 1881 show: Families, 86, comprising 
 266 individuals ; individuals not included 
 in families, 30 ; total, 296 ; baptisms for 
 the year, 16; confirmations, 6; communi- 
 cants, 129— males 44, females 85 ; Sunday- 
 school teachers, 6; pupils, 67. 
 
 The following sermon, by Dr. Shelton, 
 preached Sept.' 3, 1865, is inserted, as his- 
 torically valuable in that it shows well 
 what manner of men were the three de- 
 ceased rectors of this church : 
 
 Sermon by Dr. Shelton, 1865. 
 
 " Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : 
 
 look down from heaven, and behold, and visit 
 
 this vine. So will not we go back from thee : 
 
 quicken us, and we will call upon thy name." 
 
 Ps. 80 : 14, 18. 
 
 A few words will suffice to explain the 
 allusion contained in the above passage. 
 The kingdom of Israel is spoken of under 
 the similitude of a vine which was of God's 
 own planting. It had taken root, and 
 flourished abundantly, put forth its lively 
 shoots, green leaves and blossoms and 
 borne its ripe fruit. But it was subject to 
 vicissitudes, as of wind and weather, and 
 evil elements, sometimes its branches were 
 lopped off, not by ■ the careful pruning 
 hand, but by the act of violence, yet the 
 root was strong, and hearty, full of life 
 blood, ready to spring up with greater vig- 
 or than before. The Jewish people were 
 not like some rough, rank offshoot, but 
 chosen of God himself as a peculiar race 
 to whom he would manifest his peculiar fa- 
 vor, they were a choice vine in the wilder- 
 ness, growing up under the golden sun- 
 shine and dews of Heaven. 
 
 Under the same similitude Christ al- 
 ludes to himself. " I am the vine. Ye 
 are the branches." He was the main 
 stock, the root, the source of life, and sus- 
 tenance and vigor. His disciples every 
 where were but so many parts and mem- 
 bers of the same . After the Jewish church 
 had fulfilled its mission, the root still ex- 
 
 isted, though all tlie former branches were 
 razed to the ground. The Saviour in his 
 Divine nature was the root of David, even 
 as in his generation, he was according to 
 human genealogy, David's offspring. The 
 primitive christian church, from this im- 
 planted ineradicable root sprang up like a 
 tender vine. In its incipient growth, in 
 its subsequent stages, up to the present 
 time, it has been subject to every vicissi- 
 tude of the outer elements ; but the good 
 Father has been the husbandman and has 
 ever watched over it, and he has promised 
 that he will do so with a kindly care. The 
 rank reeds and vegetation of the world 
 have tried to choke it in its dwindled es- 
 tate, to draw away its sustenance, pressing 
 upon it, overtopping it, and casting it in 
 their , baleful shade, but deep down and 
 fixed the vital germ has remained, and 
 only gathered strength. The enemy has 
 sowed tares all around it, hoping if they 
 would not extract the life, that the origi- 
 nal plant would be torn up in the effort to 
 exterminate the thick tares. But the man- 
 date went forth to ihe husbandman to do 
 not that, but the plant could grow and 
 flourish still amid the elements of evil, 
 until the harvest time. Sometimes the 
 sword of violence was applied, or the fires 
 raged so as to destroy apparently nearly 
 every branch, and budding offshoot, and 
 all which remained above the ground. 
 The destruction thus far was permitted 
 only that the future exuberance, and fruit- 
 age, of the vine might be greater. The 
 sword could not lop any closer ; — the fire 
 with its devouring breath could not pene- 
 trate any deeper. It is the very province 
 of Christ, illustrated by his 6wn brillant 
 career, to bring up life out of death, and a 
 resurrection of glory out of dust and ashes. 
 Now the branches of the original plant are 
 over all the earth, though still liable to be 
 broken off by storms, and to be left bleed- 
 ing. The church was small among elements 
 which were apparently great ; it was weak 
 among those which were apparently 
 mighty. It is elsewhere in scripture lik- 
 ened to the minutest of seeds. ' ' The king- 
 dom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard 
 seed, /which a man took and sowed in his 
 
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 field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, 
 but when it is grown, it is the greatest 
 among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that 
 the birds of the air come and lodge in the 
 branches thereof." {Matt.xui.: 31.) 
 
 Every body of believers wherever found, 
 every organized church, every distinct 
 collection of disciples in which Christ's 
 ministry is maintained, to whom His Gospel 
 is preached and His sacraments are admin- 
 istered, may still be likened to a vine, which 
 the great husbandman himself has caused 
 to be planted in such a ground, or in such 
 a locality, and has committed to his ser- 
 vants to watch over it, and however small it 
 may be at the start, however it may be 
 liable to dangers or vicissitudes, however 
 imperfect may be the culture, if it be a 
 true offshoot of Christ, it must flourish, be- 
 cause it draws its life blood from the very 
 source of life. This little body of disciples, 
 this church established in our very midst, 
 which not only professes the pure doctrines, 
 but is named by the very name of Christ, 
 is a vine, — even yet in its incipient growth, 
 but planted by the hand of faith — which 
 has already borne some fruit, and under 
 the fostering smiles of the Divine favor, it 
 is hoped and believed that it will do so far 
 more abundantly. It has experienced its 
 struggles, its trials, its changes, its difficul- 
 ties, its retardments in a soil originally un- 
 congenial to it in some of its inherent char- 
 acteristics, and to its peculiar form. I 
 propose now to refer to the phases of its 
 history thus far, to look back upon it from 
 its original start, to gather up a few facts 
 and statistics from its scanty memorials, 
 that we may see what have been the deal- 
 ings of God with it in its hitherto humble 
 career, and what may be its hopes and 
 promise for the future. If such a contem- 
 plation, in a sketch however feebly drawn, 
 shall serve to strengthen the bonds of at- 
 tachment with you who are members of this 
 Church of Christ, to awaken a renewed in- 
 terest in its welfare, to stimulate your ef- 
 forts to promote its future growth, to ani- 
 mate your zeal, to confirm your courage, 
 and to keep you ever more firmly knit to- 
 gether in one body, in the unity of the Spirit 
 and in the bond of Peace, then whatever 
 
 may occur to one who has so long ministered 
 imperfectly among you, this labor will not 
 be in vain. And that it may not be, is my 
 humble and sincere prayer. 
 
 On the 8th of 'Sept., in the year of our 
 Lord 1840, a number of inhabitants of this 
 town associated themselves together for 
 the purpose of supporting the ministry of 
 the Gospel and maintaining public worship 
 in conformity with the constitution and 
 canons of the Protestant Episcopal church 
 in the Diocese of Vermont, and they adopt- 
 ed, received, and promised, entire con- 
 formity to the aforesaid constitution and 
 canons. • The document whereby they 
 thus associated themselves together, is 
 signed by Isaac F. , Redfield, Julius Y. 
 Dewey, Geo. B. Manser, H. N. Baylies, 
 J. W. Ellis, Geo. Langdon, C. W. Ban- 
 croft, Wm. Upham, Charles Dewey, and 
 some others who, altho' not closely iden- 
 tified with the society, gave it their good 
 will, their influence, and pecuniary sup- 
 port. On Easter Monday, Anno Domini 
 1 841, the church was fully organized under 
 the title and designation of Christ Church 
 and a vestry elected, Geo. B. Manser be- 
 ing senior and Isaac F. Redfield junior 
 warden. Soon after a lot was secured, the 
 present church edifice was erected, and on 
 the 29th day of December, A. D. 1842, it 
 was at the request of the wardens and ves- 
 try duly consecrated to the worship of 
 Almighty God, by the Rt. Rev. John 
 Henry Hopkins D. D., Bishop of the 
 Diocese, accorditig to the rites, usages and 
 services of the Protestant Episcopal Church 
 in the United States, and about that time, 
 or shortly after, the Rev. Geo. B. Manser 
 entered upon his duties as the first Rector. 
 In this connection he continued uninterrupt- 
 .edly until the fall of 1847, being then ab- 
 sent for a few months at the South, acting 
 as assistant Rector to the Rev. .Dr. Hanks 
 in the city of New Orleans, and the Rev. 
 F. W. Shelton of the Diocese of New 
 York, who had recently received orders, 
 was invited to supply his place until his 
 return, which occured in the spring or 
 summer of the year following, 1848. On- 
 July 1 6 of the same year, having received 
 a call to another field, Mr. Manser tendered 
 
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 his resignation to the wardens and vestry, 
 who passed a resolution conveying to hira 
 their ' unfeigned thanks for his faithful care 
 and useful labors,' assuring him at the same 
 time of .their ' friendly confidence and sin- 
 cere regard.' As I had the happiness of a 
 personal acquaintance with him during my 
 first brief residence in this place, and was 
 for some time a guest under his roof, and 
 after an internal of some years was again 
 ■frequently associated with him in kindly 
 intercourse, it affords me a melancholy 
 satisfaction in this place to recall your first 
 excellent Rector to remembrance, and to 
 pay to his worth a passing tribute. To a 
 man of his innate modesty and sensibility 
 his position was sufficiently trying in being 
 the, first to officiate here, and in entering 
 upon, to him, a strange and untried field. 
 He had heretofore been an active member 
 of the Congregational society, and as a 
 warmly religious man had been identified 
 with the. same, and entered zealously into 
 the performance of whatever appeared 
 conducive to the cause of Christ. Educa- 
 ted, moreover, to the profession of the 
 law, he had more or less to do with the 
 conflicting claims of persons in this vicin- 
 ity. His views with regard to the consti- 
 tution of the church having undergone a 
 change, and his convictions becoming at 
 last fixed, he voluntarily relinquished a pro- 
 fession which would yield him a much bet- 
 ter support, and under such circumstan- 
 ces, entered the ministry of the Prote.stant 
 Episcopal church, and became your first 
 Rector. His position was more difficult, 
 and the embarrassments wherewith he had 
 to contend were greater than those of any 
 who succeeded him. With what patience 
 he bore his burdens, and with what fideli- 
 ty he performed his work, can be attested 
 by many who now hear me. They knew 
 well the tenderness of his feelings, his 
 warm sympathies and affections, the rightr 
 ness of his intentions, the disinterested- 
 ness and purity of his heart.. They knew 
 where to find him in the dark hour of ca- 
 lamity, and he proved at all times a genial 
 and warm hearted friend. He made 
 worldly sacrifices for the cause of the 
 church, and his name and memory and 
 
 example are now cherished in grateful re- 
 membrance. Shortly after his retirement 
 from this parish, he was called to the Rec- 
 torship of St. Peter's church at Benning- 
 ton, where he likewise performed a good 
 work, modestly pursuing his course, and 
 while yet in the vigor of life with the pros- 
 pect still of many years of usefulness, he 
 was smitten with disease, and full of faith 
 and hope and joy, expired on the 17th day 
 of November, 1862. Resolutions of affec- 
 tion, regret and of tender sympathy with 
 his family were passed by the vestries 
 of St. Peter's at Bennington, and of Christ 
 Church Montpelier, as well as by the con- 
 vention of the Diocese, of which he was 
 for many years and up to the time of his 
 deceas^, the efficient secretary. How long 
 an interval elapsed after the departure of 
 the Rev. Mr. Manser firom this parish before 
 the vacancy was supplied does not appear 
 on the records, but the Rev. Edward F. 
 Putnam was as early as June, 1850, acting 
 as its rector, and in this connection he 
 continued to within a few months of his 
 death, which occurred at St. Albans, on 
 the first Sunday in June, 1854. By a sin- 
 gular coincidence, on that same day this 
 church was re-opened after an intermission 
 of its regular sevices for some time, and he 
 who now addresses you, entered upon his 
 duties as Rector. Thus the worship of 
 this church was again renewed at the very 
 hour when the soul of this excellent man 
 was entering into the glories of heaven. 
 It was not my happiness to be personally 
 acquainted with him, but with regard to 
 his christian devotion, the warmth of his 
 sympathies and the excellence and amiabil- 
 ity of his character, there is but one senti- 
 ment among the members of this parish. 
 He was not only a sincere christian, but 
 on principle and conviction a strict and 
 decided churchman. Though, as I have 
 been informed, not brillant as a preacher, 
 he was efficient, active, and zealous in the 
 work of the parish, and his memory like- 
 wise will long be gratefully cherished by 
 this people. 
 
 For myself, I am but the third rectpr 
 since the foundation of this parish, both of 
 the former ones having already entered 
 
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 into their rest. Nearly the whole of the 
 time which has elapsed since my entering 
 into orders has been passed in your midst. 
 I stand not here at this time to record its 
 varied experience, its phases of personal 
 joy and sorrow. I have shared with you 
 alike in the seasons of pleasure and of bit- 
 terness. The friendships which J have 
 formed here will be cherished during my 
 life. I can only regret that I have accom- 
 plished so little, but I shall drop a few 
 tears on this vine, and pray that with 
 better tending its branch may be green 
 and vigorous forever. 
 
 It may be interesting to you to hear a 
 few statistics, after which I shall suggest 
 what occurs to me as suitable to be said, 
 at your present state of progress, and if I 
 can think of anything which would tend to 
 your future good, will venture to speak 
 boldly. 
 
 The early records, as is very apt to be 
 the case in the first struggling origin of a 
 parish, are deficient. They have no doubt 
 been made, but the papers have been lost 
 or mislaid. There are no transcripts of 
 either deaths, baptisms or confirmations, 
 although there must have been many. 
 There are those of marriages only. Con- 
 sequently, I cannot present the sum total 
 which ought to be rendered. The defi- 
 ciency as to mere numbers could be sup- 
 plied, if I had at hand afuU file of journals 
 of the Convention, of which several copies 
 for reference ought to be on hand, at least 
 with the rector and wardens. That I have 
 not saved them carefully, is my own fault, 
 which must here be acknowledged. That 
 in accurate business habits I am decidedly 
 deficient, those who have known me as 
 long as you have, will bear me witness, — 
 I have got no head for them. 
 
 During the incumbency of the Rev. Mr. 
 Manser, 20 couples were united by him in 
 the bonds of holy matrimony. Deaths, 
 baptisms and confirmations, as I have said, 
 are not recorded. 
 
 By the Rev. Mr. Putnam, 9 couples were 
 united in the bonds of holy matrimony, 43 
 persons were baptized, and during his 
 term of ofiice 17 were confirmed by the 
 Bishop. 
 
 During my own rectorship there have 
 been 31 marriages, 67 baptisms, and 50 
 confirmations. 
 
 Thus, altogether, since the foundation 
 of the parish, 60 couples have been mar- 
 ried according to the rites of the church. 
 There have been, so far as the records in- 
 form us, 107 baptisms and 67 confirma- 
 tions. 
 
 This record I quote, not to rejoice in its 
 fulness, not to glory in the fruits, but 
 simply to tell the truth in its meagreness. 
 Perhaps more work might have been done, 
 and more ought to have been done. These 
 are only the beginnings and first fruits. If 
 only thus few have been baptize,d and con- 
 firmed in the most holy faith, yet these re- 
 sults are not unimportant. God only knows 
 what blessed influences may spring fi-om 
 these few persons if they only lead the 
 rest of their lives according to such a be- 
 ginning. Not a single rite has been per- 
 formed of which it is possible for us to 
 estimate the multiplied and diversified in- 
 fluences. What can be more beautiful 
 and impressive than the marriage service 
 according to the ritual of the Episcopal 
 Church ? Who can go away without tears 
 from the quiet altar, or fail to feel the 
 holy benediction which is bestowed on the 
 heads of the young couples, and can they, 
 however thoughtless, have ever gone away, 
 and the particular form in which this cer- 
 emony was celebrated, according to the 
 church, have had no effect upon their 
 after lives? Will nothing proceed from 
 the acts of those who have brought' their 
 children in faith to the baptismal altar ; and 
 when you have witnessed the beautiful rite 
 of confirmation, and have heard the pa- 
 triarchal benediction pronounced therein, 
 have you considered that this, notwith- 
 standing its temporary impressions, was 
 but a mere empty show? Let me tell you 
 that feeble as are the human agencies, 
 little as we can boast, few as are the nu- 
 merical results which we can show, there 
 is not an act which has been seriously and 
 reverently performed in this church, during 
 these two score years, which will not work 
 with a never-ending, and still widening in- 
 fluence. Those who have kneeled with 
 
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 you at this altar in times gone by are scat- 
 tered everywhere. They are thousands of 
 miles away, but they remember what was 
 done here, and they are inspired thereby 
 with pleasant thoughts and sweet affec- 
 tions, and away off in the wide prairie, 
 or some remote wilderness, they go and 
 plant an offshoot of the little vine which 
 they have helped to nurture here; and 
 that, too, will grow, and leave out, and 
 blossom, and bear fruit abundantly. 
 
 But let us further review our course thus 
 far. This church, in the aggregation of 
 its first members, consisted of a mere nu- 
 cleus. It was so very small and weak as 
 hardly to excite in the minds of others not 
 attached to it, the apprehension that it 
 would encroach unduly. ThosCifirst mem- 
 bers were not men of great wealth. The 
 most of them had not been educated or 
 brought up in the Episcopal Church. Col- 
 lected around them there were a few others 
 who lent countenance and material sup- 
 port. Some came from mere personal re- 
 gard for those who have in turn adminis- 
 tered to you ; some from a sentiment of 
 predilection for the mild, genial, liberal 
 and uncensorious spirit of the Episcopal 
 Church ; others from a true admiration of 
 her forms of prayer and liturgic worship. 
 They were drawn by all these causes rather 
 than by a particular perception or regard for 
 her apostolic constitution or distinctive 
 principles. It was not a homogeneous 
 society. Many who had a distinct faith of 
 their own, differing in important particulars 
 from our confessed standard of doctrine, 
 very kindly, and with a very liberal spirit, 
 notwithstanding this difference, gave of 
 their means and do to this day. And I 
 take this occasien to say, that if some few 
 of them, not many it is tobe hoped, should 
 go out from this fold, where they can find 
 those precise shades of doctrine which 
 they profess to hold, we should be, in turn 
 to them as individuals, well wishers, and 
 rather remember their kind offices in the 
 past than feel inclined to censure them for 
 what they may choose to do, and have a 
 right to do in the future. For myself, 
 they will have my personal esteem and re- 
 gard. The smallness of your numbers was 
 
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 then the first drawback, but that was pre- 
 cisely the same as attached to the first 
 origin of Christianity itself. Outside of 
 the pale there was, as was to be expected, 
 the usual amount of prejudice and mis- 
 apprehension on the part of those from 
 whom we differ in constitution and gov- 
 ernment, rather than in essential Chris- 
 tian doctrine. This might have been 
 greater had not your first rectors been men 
 of placable temper and of good judgment. 
 A rash, zealous, impracticable churchman 
 might have destroyed this new project in 
 the embryo. 
 
 In the book of your records there is fre- 
 quent allusion to a church debt unliquidated, 
 and discussion of means and steps to be 
 taken to wipe it out, for no society can 
 make satisfactory progress with an over- 
 hanging debt. Such was the condition of 
 things in 1854, when I first entered upon 
 the duties of rector. Of the remaining 
 matters it is now more difficult and delicate 
 for me to speak, yet you will expect that 
 something should be said. The , society 
 was then small ; it is so still, for it is yet 
 comparatively in its infancy, and those 
 who have gone before me, as well- as my- 
 self, have been only pioneeirs. The best 
 years of my life and the best fruits of my 
 education have been given here, with very 
 imperfect results for the present, but when 
 better men shall come after me, they will 
 reap. The past will not have been in vain'. 
 For eleven years I have administered in 
 this parish, and though neither very strong 
 or very rCbust, have been kept from this 
 desk but one Sunday by sickness. It 
 might be alleged, and no doubt justly, 
 that it might have been possible for me' to 
 have advanced the cause of the society 
 with more onset and vigor. You have had 
 the best opportunity, by the* longest ac- 
 quaintance with me, to know those im- 
 perfections which are bound up in my very 
 nature. At the same time I trust it will 
 not be considered indelicate if I refer to 
 some of the general principles which I 
 have endeavored to follow out in the di- 
 rection of this parish. Here there is, we 
 may say, a comparatively fixed population 
 with regard to numbers — not otherwise, 
 
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 for our young people are drained oiT when 
 they might be of service to us, and go to 
 contribute their energies to the develop- 
 ment of the mighty West, There is no 
 surplus population as in some teeming, 
 overflowing town, where an active, bustling 
 minister could go forth into the streets and 
 alleys and gather a flock. The ground had 
 been pre-occupied by religious bodies, with 
 their prescriptive limits well defined, and a 
 mere proselyting spirit would, it seems to 
 me, have accomplished little in attempting 
 to cross these bounds, nor have I directly 
 or knowingly interfered with any one's 
 rights, or wounded any in their preposses- 
 sions or prejudices. Spasmodic move- 
 ments of any kind have not been tried, 
 but the quiet, regular routine of the church 
 in the regular administration of the ser- 
 vices and sacraments, on all the principal 
 appointed days throughout the year, wheth- 
 er fasts or festivals, has been trusted to 
 work its slow, steady, but ultimately sure, 
 results. With thin rvumbers, and an in- 
 clement season nearly half the year — mem- 
 bers of the parish living at far distances — 
 I have not attempted to carry out the cathe- 
 dral system of the church to any greater ex- 
 tent ; firstly , because in a given time I am on- 
 ly capable of accomplishing a given amount 
 of intellectual work, and secondly, be- 
 cause, in my judgment, our present circum^ 
 stances did not seem to warrant it. While 
 no great stickler for minute forms, nice in- 
 terpretation, and slavish adherence to ru- 
 brics, or to whatever, according to my own 
 common sense, I regard of small moment 
 compared with weightier matters, I have 
 endeavored to conform to the general sys- 
 tem of the church in all its essential par- 
 ticulars — but that I should stand up here 
 and assert that I have performed my full 
 duty, God forbid. Outside of ofiicial min- 
 istrations it has been my endeavor to keep 
 the members of this flock together by the 
 cords of kindly fellowship, in the unity of 
 spirit and in the bonds of peace ; to assuage 
 differences and to heal wounds. Of the 
 sacred ties which have connected me to 
 many in a place, where, notwithstanding 
 my mistakes or faults, there has been ac- 
 corded to me so long an almost unequalled 
 
 kindly sentiment, I do not propose to speak 
 now. In consequence of new movements, 
 you have reached a phase which will call 
 for the exercise of your best judgment; and 
 I would desire to state . correctly the posi- 
 tion in which the parish now stands. The 
 church^ debt, which had been an incubus 
 from the foundation, has been cleared away. 
 There is not, to my knowledge, a cent of it 
 remaining. This is not due to my activi- 
 ties, but to those of others, yet it is a 
 source of gratitude to me that it has been 
 done in my time. You have an organ of 
 the finest tone and most perfect workman- 
 ship, and the constancy and effect with 
 which the attractive musical services of the 
 church have been maintained, has been 
 extraordinary for a parish of limited extent 
 and means, and is known and acknowledg- 
 ed throughout the State. In the Capital, 
 where many resort, it is of the utmost im- 
 portance that the Episcopal services should 
 be rendered as perfectly as means will 
 permit, in all their parts. 
 
 With regard to numbers at present, of 
 those directly or indirectly, from principle 
 or from preference, attached to this church, 
 there are more than enough, when fully 
 brought together, to fill all these seats. 
 You have, infact, sufficient strength for the 
 day and generation-7-onIy comparative 
 weakness. The root is firmly implanted 
 in the ground. It cannot be torn, up — by 
 the grace of God — no, never. You who 
 have stood by when that germ was sown, 
 may live to rejoice in the luxuriant foliage 
 and fruitage of the vine. But you must 
 give to it a more assiduous culture. There 
 must be more corps d''esprit — above all, 
 more ardent affection for the cause of 
 Christ, as well as for this church of Christ 
 ^more perfect co-operation, unity of pur- 
 pose and brotherly love. Perhaps with 
 even a little interval of flagging despond- 
 ency, the slow work of years might be un- 
 done. Stand together with more decision 
 than you have done before, and you are 
 stronger than you ever have been. 
 
 An edifice, strong, substantial, beautiful 
 in architectural proportions, will be built 
 at some time after I am gone. I should 
 have accounted it an honor, had you 
 
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 chosen to accord it, not to a stranger, but 
 to me, who have spent here the best portion 
 of my life, to see, at least, the incipience 
 of that undertaking. But perhaps at some 
 future day when I shall come here, my 
 eyes may be greeted by the tapering spire, 
 surmounted by the cross, and my ears 
 charmed by the sound of musical chimes 
 on the clear mountain air, upon some 
 golden Sunday or on some festive holiday. 
 
 Present or absent, my thoughts shall 
 often recur to these courts endeared to me, 
 not only by mournful, but by all pleasing 
 and delightful associations, and I shall hope 
 to join with you in the same prayers which 
 we have repeated to-day, and to have my 
 soul uplifted by the same sacred melodies. 
 
 It will be a great trial of my life to part 
 with you, and I trust that I can say with 
 the Psalmist David, when he expressed his 
 joy at being called on to /go up to the 
 sanctuary, and when he extolled the Holy 
 City — "Peace be within thy walls, and 
 prosperity within thy palaces. For my 
 brethren and companions' sakes, I will now 
 say, Peace be within thee." 
 
 REV. FREDERICK W. SHELTON, LL.D. 
 
 BY H. JL. HUSE. 
 
 Frederick W. Shelton was born in Ja- 
 maica, Long Island, in 1814, and died at 
 Carthage Landing, N.Y., June 20, j88l. 
 He was the son of Nathan Shelton, an 
 eminent physician. His preparation for 
 college was at the Jamaica Institute, and 
 he graduated from the College of New 
 Jersey, Princeton, and from the General 
 Theological Seminary. He was ordained 
 in 1847, and was rector successively in 
 Huntington, L. I. ; Fishkill, N. Y. ; Mont- 
 pelier ; and Carthage Landing, (Low Point,) 
 Dutchess County, N. Y. He for some 
 months in 1848 officiated in Montpelier in 
 the absence of Mr, Manser, and was rector 
 of Christ Church from 1854 to 1866. Dr. 
 Shelton went from here to Carthage Land- 
 ing, where he remained rector till his 
 ddath. His home at Carthage Landing 
 was beautifully situated on the banks of 
 the Hudson, and his situation there was 
 one well suited to a man of thoughtful and 
 genial temperament. 
 
 He left a widow and two sons. Mrs. 
 Shelton, who now lives in Carthage Land- 
 ing, was Rebecca R. S. Conkling, daugh- 
 ter of David S. Conkling, (a brother of 
 Judge Alfred Conkling,) who married Isa- 
 bella Fletcher, a daughter of Col. Fletcher 
 of the British Army, who was a descend- 
 ant of Fletcher, the dramatist. Of the six 
 children of Dr. and Mrs. Shelton, fojir are 
 dead. The two oldest; born in New York 
 city, died of scarlet fever in Montpelier the 
 second year after they came here ; a baby^ 
 8 months old, also died in Montpelier. 
 The second year after they went to Car- 
 thage Landing, a boy of thirteen died. 
 The two youngest sons are now living, and 
 are in business in Omaha. The older of 
 them graduated at Trinity College, Hart- 
 ford, in 1879. 
 
 Dr. Shelton was a man of marked influ- 
 ence on the parishes of which he had 
 charge, and this, though he had, and none 
 knew it better than he, but little of what 
 is known as executive or business ability in 
 his make-up. His preaching was of the 
 best, and his own life was, in its Christian 
 graces, a model. 
 
 Dr. Shelton's writing, whether in ser- 
 mon or in book, had many charms for all 
 who heard or read. In an article in the 
 "Churchman" of July 23, 1881, is found 
 the following : 
 
 One might say that Dr. Shelton's literary 
 faculty amounted almost, if not absolutely, 
 to genius. His invention was fertile and 
 various, his fancy delicate, and his humor 
 ever fresh and delightful. His mind was 
 of the same type with Washington Irving's, 
 although it was marked by a mystical force 
 and tendency, evinced by the romance and 
 allegory it gave birth to, which the elder 
 and greater writer has not exhibited. While 
 a collegian he became a contributor to the 
 Knickerbocker Magazine, then and for 
 many years afterward the chief organ of 
 American periodical literature. Before 
 he came of^ age, Bartlett & Melford pub- 
 lished for hfm a satire in rhyme entitled, 
 " TroUopiad ; or, Travelling Gentleman in 
 America," annotated with sketches of the 
 series of foreign travellers whose flippant 
 descriptions of the land of freedom once ' 
 provoked the ire of our native writers. 
 Besides many papers buried under the 
 covers of divers magazines, he published 
 "Gold Mania," 1850; "The Use and 
 Abuse of Reason," 1850, and other minor 
 
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 works, and " Salander and the Dragon — a 
 romance," 1851 ; "The Rector of St. Bar- 
 dolphs," 1853, (second edition, 1856) ; ''Up 
 the River," 1853; " Chrystalline ; or. The 
 Heiress ofFall Down Castle — a romance," 
 1854; "Peeps from the Belfry; or, The 
 Parish Sketch Book," 1855, (second edi- 
 tion, 1856.) Latterly he has spent much 
 time and labor upon a translation of sev- 
 eral of the "Dialogues of Plato," audit is 
 believed that his manuscript is ready for 
 the press. It should also be said that his 
 sermons were characteristic compositions, 
 original in thought, brightened often by 
 unconscious strokes of humor and quicken- 
 ed by touches of genuine pathos. 
 
 Among the resolutions passed by the 
 clergy present at the funeral of Dr. Shel- 
 ton, was one in which they said, "we bear 
 our willing and grateful testimony to the 
 delightful personal character of our dear 
 friend, to the exquisite charm of his con- 
 versation, to his genial hospitality, to the 
 high principle which singularly distinguish- 
 ed him, and to the sweetness, humility and 
 devotion of his Christian life and walk." 
 
 Two weeks after his death, a committee, 
 consisting of Charles Dewey, Fred E. 
 Smith, J. W. Ellis and T. C. Phinney, for 
 the wardens, vestry and parish of Christ 
 Church, said in a letter to Mrs. Shelton, of 
 which a copy is spread upon the parish 
 records : 
 
 We remember the loyal-service which he 
 did for Christ while Rector in this Parish. 
 We recall how he faithfully ministered the 
 sacraments of life. We think of the in- 
 structions which his lips gave and his walk 
 enforced. We review the memory of his 
 presence when joy was warm and fresh in 
 our homes, and when sorrow brooded 
 heavily upon us. We think of him as the 
 genial friend who was with us, and whom 
 we rejoiced to have with us. We call up 
 the past relations which he bore in this 
 community as a man and citizen. And al- 
 though we have but recently learned the 
 story of his declining health from his own 
 lips, and felt, with him, that his life could 
 not be protracted very long, the news of 
 his going away has come to us to awaken a 
 host of memories which we cannot name, 
 but only suggest. We desire to assure you 
 that at this hour our prayers and thoughts 
 are with you, and that we are only repre- 
 sentatives of many in whom the recent 
 tidings have revived many fond recollec- 
 tions of that one who has gone on but a 
 little while before. 
 
 From several unpublished poems of Mr. 
 Shelton, which, with the historical sermon, 
 were kindly sent to us by Mrs. Shelton 
 to select from, we give : — ; 
 
 THE SKEPTIC TO HIS SOUL. 
 
 " Animula, vagula, blandula, 
 Hospes coniesque corporis. 
 Qua nunc ablbls In loca, 
 Pallldula, rlglda. nndula, 
 Kec, ut soles, dabls jocos?" 
 
 InvlBiblc onel little elfl 
 
 Who malcest my bosom tby home. 
 Hid away In the midst of myself, 
 
 I have asked tbee, like Hadrian of Bome, 
 Have Implored witli a passionate cry, 
 With a tear of affection, a sigh. 
 
 Come, tell me a part or the whole. 
 What is it, whatfs it to die? 
 Bui never a word In reply. 
 
 Oh L'sycbe, my Darling, my Soul I 
 
 Say, is it not due to my love, 
 
 Tbou close-nestling one, winged-dove. 
 
 Since thou hast been with me fVom birth. 
 Though thou earnest down f^om above. 
 
 And 1 am a clod of the earth ? 
 Kear, near as my tremulous heart. 
 
 Why far, far away as the pole. 
 Guest of mine that thou wilt not impart, 
 IHor tell thy poor friend what thou art, 
 In a voice or as soft as a breath 
 As it slips ft-om,the chill lips of death, 
 
 Or loud as the thunders that roll. 
 While I stand with expectance and wait. 
 Like a beggar for crumbs at a gate, 
 
 Oh Psyche, my Darling, my Soull 
 
 Forever I count thee within 
 
 The retreat of thy innermost shrine. 
 But enwrapt in a body of sin 
 
 Shrink as if ftom a presence divine. 
 And vain are my struggles to win 
 
 What no art of the living e*er stole. 
 The key of the mystery dread. 
 
 And rifle it ffom tliy control. 
 Thou giv'st it alone to the dead. 
 As he lies in his cold, narrow bed. 
 
 Oh Psyche, my Darling, my Soul! 
 
 Thus I con thy enigma, my wlffe. 
 
 One more blind than tlie Sphinx could propose. 
 That we, fondly wedded through life. 
 
 Should be only acquaint at its close. 
 Ah I cause of contention and strife I 
 That thou wilt not breathe in my ear 
 
 What is writ on tliy mystical scroll. 
 But keep'st It away fl-om thy dear 
 As if it were something to fear, 
 
 Oh Psyche, my Darling, my Soul! 
 
 In the twilight of groves I have stood. 
 
 In the shadow of solitudes vast. 
 Where nothing of earth could Inti-ude, 
 To question my soul as I would 
 
 And wring out the secret at last. 
 
 But the niglit, it is coming on fast. 
 When thou Shalt be winging thy flight 
 
 Toward the rivers of crystal that roll 
 
 Through the regions of beauty, thy goal; 
 I shall know what thou knowest, aright, 
 1 shall go where thou goest lihat night. 
 
 Oh Psyche, my Darling, my Soul! 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 421 
 
 EXTRACTS 
 
 From a Poem entitled "Thb Sihews," delivered be- 
 fore the Literary Societies of Norwich 
 University, Aug. 17, 1866. 
 
 Te who embark as with the risen sun, ' 
 
 On the rude sea, life's voyage Just begun, 
 Ev^n as the East the rosy day-dawn streaks 
 With purple light of youth upon your cheeks, 
 
 Ponder the story well. 
 Whatever shore you reach, wherever you may dwell! 
 
 When ye approach the realm 
 Of weird enchantment, steady hold the helm. 
 
 For soon the Siren strain 
 
 Will visit you again, 
 
 Impalpable and line, 
 
 As if It were divine, 
 
 Sweet as it was of yore. 
 
 Beguiling evermore, 
 Lure you to ruin on the rock-bound coast. 
 Where all your precious argosy is lost. 
 
 Hence ye delusive Joys I 
 Stop, stop your listening ears with waSc, my boys! 
 Or mixed with sllveiy volcesiyou may hark 
 
 The sea dogs bark! 
 Lo! Sylla and Charybdi^ on each side 
 
 Are yawning wide I 
 With strong determination bind yourselves. 
 Nor own the fetters of perfidious elves. 
 When the wild nymph of Pleasure fi-om her lair 
 Spreads her white arras and makes her bosom bare, 
 And beckons as she shakes her flowing locks 
 To woo, and lure you to the perilous rocks, 
 Fly from the promise of Elyslan Joys, 
 Cling to your Qars for life, and pull, my boys! 
 
 Where dwells not soul-destroying witchery ? 
 Whither we fly- 
 To try her subtle arts 
 On these fond, beating hearts. 
 With necromantic spell 
 To lead thro' Error's portals down to hell— 
 W atchlng our frail barques as we glide apace, 
 On to eternal glory or disgrace. 
 Around her may be amaranthine bloom. 
 Flowers of loveliest hue and sweet perfume. 
 And she Is sometime beautlfUl ; her wand 
 Holds, like a goddess, in her milk-white hand: 
 Beams a fond welcome from her starry eyes. 
 And all the waste is changed to Paradise. 
 Te mariners! ye red-lipped, rosy youth. 
 Oh! list the music of celestial truth; 
 For Duty is the polar star to guide 
 To home, to Heaven, in spite of wind or tide. 
 Should folly tempt you with its base alloys. 
 Cling to your oars for life, and pull, my boysl 
 Regard Ulysses In his golden prime. 
 And reign like him upon a throne sublime. 
 
 Even vice may have a face 
 
 or bright, potential charm, 
 ABOfl, bewildering grace 
 
 To mitigate alarm. 
 Of flowers she weaves her chain 
 
 To bind the victim up, 
 liove-phlltres for the brain 
 Are mingled in her cup. 
 She with fleet and gay advances, 
 Song and viol, mazy dances. 
 Glancing smiles with each emotion. 
 Like the sunbeams on the ocean, 
 Woos you from the path of glory. 
 Beckoning from her promontory. 
 Sec thro' the flimsy gauze, and spurn her Joys, 
 Cling to your oars for life, and pull, my boys! 
 
 Where dwells the craven coward on these hills? 
 Oft guttering with their diadems of snow,— 
 
 The air Is fraught with freedom, and the rills 
 Leap forth, and chant Its paean as they go. 
 
 The pulses beat, the heart with rapture thrills 
 At the all-beautiful, majestic scene. 
 Mountains on mountains piled, sweet vales between. 
 It Is the clime where stalwart men have birth, 
 FuU-panoplled as from the very earth. 
 When the war-bugle sounds the first alarms 
 Peak back lo sun-lit peak clamors, to arms! to arms! 
 
 Once when the tide of battle raved. 
 And rolled o^er many a blood-stained wreck. 
 
 And the Star-Spangled banner waved 
 Beneath the old Chapultepec; 
 
 When Mexic legions numbered strong. 
 And gleamed on high their pennon 'd spears, 
 
 A horseman bore the word along, ^ 
 
 Where stood the bold Green-Mountaineers, 
 
 " Help from Vermont, upon the right! 
 Our rauks are reeling and unsteady! '' 
 
 Then rose the wild shriek of delight 
 . From those who never quailed in fight, 
 " Ayei aye, Vermont is beady! " 
 
 Onward they dashed upon the foes. 
 As loose the mountain torrents break. 
 
 And swift tlie starry banner rose 
 Above the old Chapultepec. 
 Then ever let tlie watchword fly 
 From rank to rank to rank, from earth to sky, 
 And Echo catch the glad reply- 
 Vermont is ready I 
 
 SOLDIER BOY TO HIS GREEN MOUNTAIN 
 MARY. 
 Ob, bweet Is the breath 6f the morning 
 And sparkling the dew on the lawn. 
 When fresh Is the summer's adorning, 
 
 And the winter is over and gone. 
 But my Mary Is pnrer and sweeter. 
 
 And bright as the day-star of Truth. 
 When waking or dreaming 1 meet her. 
 In the light and tire freshness of youth. 
 She has cheered on her soldier to duty. 
 
 Though afar from the scenes of his toll. 
 From htr home by the river of beauty. 
 On the banks of the charming Lamoille. 
 
 Oh. sweet is the carol of birdllngs. 
 
 When the forests are budding in May, 
 When the bobcltnk sings in the meadow. 
 
 And Robin replies on the spray; 
 But In silence and gloom of midwinter. 
 
 In battle with treason and wrong. 
 One thought on the face of my Mary 
 Steals into my heart like a song. 
 So she cheers on her soldier to duty. 
 
 Though afar from the scenes of his toll. 
 From her home by the river of beauty. 
 On the banks of the charming Lamoille. 
 
 Oh, dear Is the home of my childhood. 
 
 Each valley, and mountain and lea. 
 
 But vain without love Is the wild wood, 
 
 Without love in the land of the free. 
 When the flag floats from ocean to ocean. 
 
 And the din of the battle Is o'er, 
 I will fly on the wings of devotion. 
 And part with my Mary no more. 
 Then she'll welcome her soldier from duty 
 
 To her arms from the scenes of his toll. 
 By her own lov'd river of beauty 
 On the banks of the charming Lamoille. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 CHURCH OF ST. AUGUSTINE, MONTPELIER, VT. 
 
 CATHOLIC HISTORY OF MONTPELIER. 
 
 Continued from page 289. 
 
 Rev. Jeremiah O'Callaghan, a priest of 
 the Diocese of Cork, Ireland, was sent by 
 Bishop Fenwick, of Boston, to Burlington 
 in the month of July, 1830. From this 
 time till 1851, he mu§t have occasionally 
 visited the Catholics of Montpelier, but no 
 records exist of his laboring amongst them. 
 Father O'Callaghan died at Holyoke, 
 Mass., in the year 1861. About the year 
 1850, Rev. H. Drolet, a Canadian priest, 
 was sent to reside at Montpelier. He 
 lived here till the fall of 1854, when he re- 
 turned to Canada, where he died. He.it 
 was who bought the old Court House, 
 which was used as a church until the erec- 
 tion of the present edifice by Father Druon. 
 After the departure of Father Drolet, the 
 Montpelier Catholic congregation was at- 
 tended by the Oblate Fathers from Bur- 
 lington tmtil November, 1856, when Very 
 Rev. Z. Druon became pastor af the Cath- 
 olic congregation, and officiated here as 
 such until July 15, 1864, when he was re- 
 placed by Rev. Joseph Duglue. 
 
 + Louis, Bp. of Burlington. 
 
 ST. AUGUSTINE'S. 
 
 Rev. Z. Druon, while in charge of this 
 parish, built in 1859 the present church, 
 dedicated to St. Augustine, and purchased 
 a church burying-ground. Father Duglue 
 made some improvement on the church and 
 house' for the priest, and built a good 
 school building on a lot adjoining the 
 church, whieh commands a fine view of 
 the village and State House grounds. This 
 institution was given in charge to ladies 
 from St. Joseph's, Barlington, who have a 
 large and flourishing school here. 
 
 Rev. Z. Druon, V. G. 
 
 O'Callaghan, Rev. Jeremiah. A Crit- 
 ical Review of Mr. J* K. Converse's 
 Calvinistic Sermon ; also, of the Errone- 
 ous proposition of Two Innovators, by 
 the Rev. Jeremiah O'Callaghan, R. C. 
 Priest, Burlington, Vt. Burlington: 
 Printed for the Author, 1834. 16 mo. 
 p. s8. y 
 
 —Usury, Funds and Banks; also, fore- 
 stalling Traffic and Monopoly; likewise 
 Pew Rent and Grave Tax ; together with 
 Burking and Dissecting ; as well as the 
 Galilean Liberties, are all repugnant to 
 the Divine and Ecclesiastical Laws and 
 Destructive to Civil Society. To which 
 is prefixed a Narrative of the Author's 
 Controversy with Bishop Coppinger, 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 423 
 
 and of his sufferings for justice's sake, 
 by the Rev. Jeremiah O'Callaghan, 
 Roman Catholic Priest. Burlii^on : 
 Printed for the Author, 1834. 8 vo. p. 
 380. 
 — The Creation and Offspring of the Prot- 
 estant Church ; also the Vagaries and 
 Heresies of John Henry Hopkins, Prot- 
 estant Bishop ; and of other False Teach- 
 ers. To which is added a Treatise on 
 the Holy Scriptures, Priesthood and 
 Matrimony. By Jeremiah O'Callaghan, 
 Roman Catholic Priest. Burlington: 
 Printed for the Author, 1837. 12 mo. 
 p. 328. 
 — Exposure of the Vermont Banking, by 
 the Rev. Jeremiah O'Callaghan, Roman 
 Catholic Priest. Burlington: Free Press 
 Print. 8 vo. p. 32. 
 — Atheism of Brownson's Review — Unity 
 and Trinity of Qod — Divinity and Hu- 
 manity of Christ Jesus — Banks and 
 Paper Money. ' Burlington, Vt., 1852. 
 R. C. 8 vo. pp. 306, (2.) 
 — The Hedge round about the Vineyard, 
 Dressed up. 1844. 12 mo. p. 360. 
 Father O'Callaghan labored at Burling- 
 ton with much success from 1830 to 1852.. 
 — fft'/maK's Sibliographjf 0/ Vi. 
 
 The books of Father O'Callaghan, that 
 we have examined, have considerable pith. 
 The attack on Brownson's Review was 
 during his transformation, before he had 
 come up to the Catholic standard. His 
 biography (Brownson's) belongs to our 
 next volume, or 'Windsor Co. 
 
 Between the visits of Reverend Father 
 O'Callaghan and Father Drolet, was the 
 missionary labors of Rev. John Daly for a 
 time, his field reaching from Canada to 
 Brattleboro. We have not learned more of 
 him. 
 
 REV. H. DROLET, 
 
 the first resident priest at Montpelier, must 
 have come here to reside, we think, as 
 early as 1850, as we learn by a letter of 
 Gen. Clarke, Secretary to the Senate, who 
 was here at the time, that the old Court 
 House that Father Drolet purchased, as 
 the Bishop states, was used as a church in 
 the fall of 1850, and we find Father Drolet, 
 or the General for him — the General took 
 charge of the matter— succeeding in " bor- 
 rowing ground " of the Legislature for the 
 society to build a vestry on in the rear of 
 the old Court House, then used as a 
 
 church, (or to the left hand,) the site, we 
 understand, of the present church. 
 
 From a letter of Gen. D. W. C. Clarke 
 to his wife, Nov. 3, 1850 : 
 
 I attended mass at Montpelier, Friday 
 morning, (All Saints,) stealing quietly 
 away from my seat in the Senate Chamber 
 for that purpose. The poor Catholics 
 looked upon me with surprise as I knelt 
 among them, and declined the offer of a 
 " better place." I niher like, you know, 
 to kneel right among the most humble, and 
 God knows I belong there. Mass was cel- 
 ebrated in the new church the Catholics 
 are finishing off, (it was formerly the Court 
 House,) within a dozen rods of the State 
 House. The interior is wholly unfinished, 
 but it did seem to me, like 
 worshipping God " in His holy temple." 
 
 Acts of 1850, No. 87 — Resolution grant- 
 ing license to a religious society to occupy 
 a piece of the land of the State near the 
 State House : 
 
 Resolved, by the Senate and House of 
 Representatives, That the Sergeant-at- 
 Arms is authorized to permit the Religious 
 Society who are fitting up and repairing 
 the old Court House, on the east side of 
 the public grounds, for the purpose of re- 
 ligious worship, to occupy so much land 
 belonging to the State as may be necessary 
 for the erection of a vestry room in the 
 rear of said building ; provided, however, 
 this resolution may be revoked at any 
 time, by joint resolution of the two houses 
 of the Legislature. 
 
 The above resolution was adopted Nov. 
 13, 1850. 
 
 The General, and his friends in the 
 Senate and in the House, having got the 
 loan of the land, it eventuated soon after 
 in the purchase of it. 
 
 Father Drolet was born in the city of 
 Quebec, Canada, and died in the Parish of 
 St. Jude, Diocese of St. Hyacinth, be- 
 tween the years 1861 and 1863. 
 
 Rev. Father B. Maloney and Father 
 Coopman, Oblates, attended Montpelier 
 from Jan. 1856 to Nov. 1856. 
 
 REV. ZEPHVRINUS DRUON, V. G., 
 
 was born Mar. 14, 1830, at Vendin le Vieil 
 Pas de Calais, and ordained priest, July 3, 
 1853, at Beauvais, France. He studied 
 for the priesthood in the Grand Seminary 
 of Arras ; came to this country in August, 
 1850, with Bishop Rappe ; continued his 
 theological studies in Cleveland, O., and 
 
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 finished them at Paris in the Seminary of 
 St. Sulpice; went back to Cleveland; was- 
 curate at the cathedral there 4 months ; 
 came to Vermont, January, 1854; was the 
 residing priest of Bennington, I year ; of 
 East Rutland, 2 years ; of Montpelier, 8 or 
 9 years ; finally of St. Albans, 16 years to 
 the present. He was very much honored 
 and esteemed in Montpelier. He has been 
 called, and undoubtedly is, the most schol- 
 arly, piquant and solid preacher and writer 
 of the Catholic clergy in the State. He 
 received his appointment as Vicar General 
 in 1864, or at the end of the year 1863. 
 
 REV. JOSEPH DUGLUE 
 
 was born Sept. 3, 1834, at Carentoir, 
 Morbihan, France. He studied for the 
 priesthood in the Grand Seminary of 
 Vannes, came to this country in September, 
 1855, with Bishop de Goesbriand, and 
 continued his theological studies - in the 
 Grand Seminary at St. Sulpice, at Balti- 
 more, Maryland, and was ordained priest 
 at Burlington, Feb. 4, 1857. He was first 
 sent to Middlebury, then, in 1 860, he was 
 called to the cathedral. At the end of the 
 year 1862, he was appointed to Fairfield, 
 where he remained until July, 1864, when 
 he was appointed to Montpelier. In 1877, 
 he went to France, on account of ill health, 
 and was absent one year. On his return, 
 he was sent to Waterbury, where he was 
 three months, when, in January, 1879, he 
 was replaced at Montpelier, where he is 
 now pastor, of whom we may say, to quote 
 the words of a priest. Father McLaughlin, 
 of Brandon, in his silver jubilee discourse, 
 " Father Duglue, the Priest at the Capital, 
 if it would not be savoring of a joke, 
 I should say- is a capital Priest." 
 
 The interior of St. Augustine's is 
 very plain for a Catholic church. The 
 building is small, and the church will only 
 seat about 950. There are two side aisles, 
 but no centre aisle. The windows have 
 only a partial coloring of red glass in the 
 top. Between the windows, in simple 
 black wood frames, the stations of the 
 cross run along the walls, as in every Cath- 
 olic chapel — the representative via doloro- 
 sa — the path of dolor from Pilate's hall to 
 
 •the Tomb in the Garden. The chancel, 
 too, is poor in art — very poor — only the 
 little side altars in the foreground at -the 
 right and left, of the Blessed Virgin and 
 St. Joseph ; in the main chancel, a very 
 plain wood altar, the figure of St. Augus- 
 tine in the wall-niche over behind ; two 
 Sacred Heart pictures on the wall beside. 
 The oldest church in Christendom is plant- 
 ed on tlie Capital Hill in almost as poor a 
 state as the Cave at Bethlehem. The re- 
 ligion of Rome has not been long intro- 
 duced in this county. There are but three 
 other Catholic churches in the whole 
 county, yet. One might expect to find a 
 handsome church at the Capital — a church 
 more suitable to the place — an edifice sec- 
 ond to none in the State in magnitude and 
 decoration. Feeling particularly the want 
 thereof on this honorable and beautiful 
 hillside, still the poor congregation go in 
 and out, a look very well content in their 
 faces — a respectable throng every Sun- 
 day and holiday. The motherly church 
 adapts herself sweetly to all peoples and all 
 conditions, in the grandeurs of the cathe- 
 dral, in the poorest mission chapel, ever to 
 the Catholic his true Alma Mater. 
 
 The Catholiccemetery of St. Augustine's, 
 which is a little above Main street, in Clay 
 Hill district, the land for which was bought 
 of Thomas Reed and Charles Clark, Dec. 
 1857, was not deeded or inclosed and 
 blessed by the Bishop until i860. The 
 first grave made therein was that of Ed- 
 ward Cadieu, a young child of Theophile 
 Cadieu. About an acre adjoining was 
 bought of George Jacobs, Nov. 1879, 3-°d 
 blessed by Rev. Joseph Duglue, Septem- 
 ber s, 1880. 
 
 ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL, 
 
 of which Father Druon speaks as com- 
 manding a fine view upon the hillside, is 
 situated a little to the east of the church of 
 St. Augustine. Outwardly, the ample 
 white building, with a cross on its roof, 
 attracts the eye from the street ; within, it 
 is pleasantly and comfortably furnished. 
 Five ladies reside at the institution, and 
 have a school of some over 170 pupils. It 
 has been put down 200. Father Duglue 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 42s 
 
 thinks "it will average 170 daily attend-! 
 ance and some over." The Young Ladies 
 Sodality of B. V. M. of this congregation 
 is always presided over by one of the la- 
 dies of St. Michael's, and is the be.st ap- 
 pearing Sodality of- Catholic young ladies 
 that we know of in the State. 
 
 We learn since the above was in print 
 that the old Court House was bought of 
 J. Barnard Langdon in 1850 ; also by a 
 letter of Father Drolet to Bishop Fitzpat- 
 rick of Boston, work was first commenced 
 on remodeling the old Court House into a 
 Church, July, 1850. 
 
 Moreover that Father Duglue has had 
 the honor to say mass at Barre, Sunday, 
 Nov. 13, 1881, supposed to be the first 
 Catholic service ever held at that place. 
 
 THE BAPTIST CHURCH OF MONTPELIER. 
 
 FDKNISHED BY THE PASTOK. 
 
 [Tlie first pari of the fbllowlng Historical Sketch of 
 this church was writlen by Col. H. D. Hopkins 
 about the time of the dedication of their house oif 
 worship, and published In a Montpeller paper Febj 
 6, 1878.] 
 
 "The church was organized in June, 1865, 
 with 14 members, only five of whom were 
 males. Hon. Joseph Rowell — since de- 
 ceased — and Philip Hill, Esq., were chosen 
 Deacons pro tern, and the Rev. Rufiis 
 Smith, who was agent for the denomination 
 within the State, was chosen Clerk. Mr; 
 Smith also supplied the pulpit of the con- 
 gregation on the Sabbath — sometimes by 
 occupying it himself, and sometimes by 
 arrangement with other clergymen in the 
 vicinity. The first Sunday services of this 
 young church were in Village Hall. 
 
 October, 1865, a call was given to Rev. 
 H. D. Hodge to become pastor, who declin- 
 ed . February following a call was given to 
 Rev. N. P. Foster, M. D., of Burlington, 
 and he accepted, but did not enter upon the 
 pastorate until October of the same year. 
 Up to this time 1 1 persons were added to 
 the church, four of whom entered by profess 
 sion of faith. Dr. Foster remained with 
 the church till April, 1869, during which 
 time, as would appear by the results, he 
 labored faithfiilly and well for the growth 
 of the church and the success of the Re- 
 . deemer's Kingdom . While he was pastor, 
 17 persons were added to the church. The 
 
 S4 
 
 little organization of 1865 had in less than 
 four years more than tripled its member- 
 ship. 
 
 The second pastor was Rev. William 
 Fitz, who began his labors in September, 
 1869, and closed them in November, 1871. 
 He was a faithful minister, a pleasant, 
 companionable man, an able preacher, and 
 was highly esteemed outside the denomi- 
 nation, as well as in. The church received 
 21 members during his pastorate of a little 
 more than 2 years. The third and present 
 pastor, the Rev. N. Newton Glazier, began 
 his labors in January of last year, and the 
 friends of the Society and congregation 
 can wish them nothing better in the line 
 of human ministries, we are sure, than that 
 he may long remain with them. A young 
 man, a growing and a good man, he seems 
 specially fitted to lead on this people in their 
 work in the world. 9 persons were added 
 to the church in the first year of his minis- 
 try. This brings a partial history of this 
 organization down to the present time, 
 (Feb., 1873,) 58 members having been 
 added to the 14 who originally united to 
 form it. Two persons — one of them the 
 Hon. Joseph Rowell, one of the founders 
 of this church, and long an ardent friend 
 and supporter of the denomination, — have 
 died from among its members, and by re- 
 movals it has suffered further depletion, so 
 that its present number is 57. In July, 
 1869, the church elected as its deacons, 
 E. E. Andrews and E. S. Hibbard. In 
 August of 1865, a Sunday School in con- 
 nection with the church was organized, 
 over which Mr. Hibbard was chosen Su- 
 perintendant, and he still holds the office, 
 (Feb., 1873) laboring with true christian 
 zeal to make it successful in its work. 
 
 We have stated that this people begaA 
 worship in Village Hall. Remaining there 
 a few months, they removed to Freeman 
 Hall — the apartment now occupied by the 
 Temple of Honor; and then on the 12th 
 of November, they removed to the Court 
 House. Here they remained till January 
 of r868, when they were ordered by the 
 Assistant Judges of the County, against the 
 remonstrance of nearly all the lawyers of 
 the County, and many prominent citizensi 
 
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 of Montpelier, to vacate the premises, and 
 it was done. Though they had been la- 
 boring to the ultimate erection of a place 
 of worship for their use, and were slowly 
 gathering subscriptions for the purpose, 
 it was the action of the court, the sending 
 of them adrift, houseless as they were, 
 which perhaps gave them the nerve neces- 
 sary for such an undertaking ; and conse- 
 •quently they made ready; and on the 23d 
 of March, ground was broken for the foun- 
 dation of their new and beatiful church edi- 
 fice. During the summer work upon it was 
 pushed forward with all possible vigor, and 
 in November they were enabled to enter 
 the basement, though at first it lacked win- 
 dows. It is worthy of mention that from 
 June, 1865; to this time they worshipped 
 in no less than 16 different rooms. It was 
 therefore no wonder if on entering premi- 
 ses they could call their own, though not 
 the most inviting and comfortable, they 
 felt to " thank God and take courage." 
 
 The New Church edifice stands at the 
 corner of School and St. Paul streets, 
 fronting on the former. It is of wood, 
 gothic in style, and of good proportions. 
 It was built from plans and specifications 
 generously furnished to the society without 
 expense by A. M. Burnham, Esq., archi- 
 tect, and speaks well for his good taste as 
 a builder. The size of the main building 
 is 46 by 75 feet, the auditorium is 44 by 
 61 feet, 26 feet high, with sloping ceilings, 
 and will seat comfortably 400 persons. 
 The choir gallery, which is only slightly el- 
 evated and standing in the front end of 
 the building, is finished with heavy rail 
 and balustrades of black walnut. The or- 
 gan loft, and the recess for the pulpit — the 
 latter in the opposite end of the building — 
 are finished with triple gothic arches and 
 scroll corbets for pendants. The chancel 
 is 10 by 30 feet, and contains robing-room 
 aud baptismal font. It is reached both by 
 stairs leading from the vestry below, and 
 by steps fi-om the auditorium. The base- 
 ment is 10 feet high, and divided in a 
 most desirable manner into vestibule, class- 
 room, kitchen for sociables, etc. The 
 spire and bell tower are situated in the left 
 hand front corner, and are heavily mount- 
 
 ed with gable and offset buttresses and 
 bracketed clock-faces. The handsome spire 
 rises to 140 feet, and on the right hand 
 rises another tower of smaller proportions, 
 finished with double cornice, with buttres- 
 ses ending in turrets and finials. The en- 
 trance to the church is by doors in the 
 towers, the larger 7 by 13 feet. The ves- 
 try is reached both by a side door from 
 St. Paul street and by stairs leading down 
 from the vestibule. The basement is fin- 
 ished (externally) with rustic block-work, 
 projecting ten inches from the main build- 
 ing, which forms a pedestal for buttresses 
 to rest upon between the windows of the 
 main auditory. The windows of the audi- 
 torium are pointed gothic, with heavy 
 stools aud corbets, and are set with figured 
 glass of extremely pretty pattern. The 
 pews are similar, to those of Bethany 
 Church, (of which Col. Hopkins is a loved 
 and honored member,) heavy black wal- 
 nut frames, with black ash panels. The pul- 
 pit, which is little more than a desk for the ' 
 Bible, is of new design, and is constructed 
 of black and French walnut. The chan- 
 cel is supplied with three massive chairs, of 
 a style well fitted for the purpose. The 
 walls and ceilings are frescoed in modern 
 Persian arches, laid in colors attractive and 
 beautiful. The flips are cushioned, and a 
 carpet of modern figure and colors covers 
 the floor of the chancel, auditorium and 
 singers' gallery. The cost of the church 
 was about $17,000. It is an ornament to 
 the town, and a credit to the enterprise 
 and self-denial of those by whose labors 
 and calculations it has been reared. 
 
 The dedication was on Jan. 29, 1873, 3-t 
 2 o'clock, in the presence of a crowded 
 and interested audience. First, anthem, 
 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel!" 
 Invocation and reading of Scripture, by 
 Rev. Wm. Fitz, the selection relating 
 chiefly to God's House, its delights and 
 uses ; prayer, by Rev. Mr. Morrow, of the 
 Methodist church ; "All hail the power of 
 Jesus' name," by choir and congregation ; 
 sermon by Rev. Mr. Glazier, pastor ; text, 
 "We preach Christ crucified ;" an able ef- 
 fort, delivered with much earnestness. 
 After the sermon, chant, " I will lift up 
 
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 427 
 
 mine eyes unto the hills, from whence 
 Cometh my help;" prayer of [dedication, 
 by Rev. Mr. Smith, of St. Albans, and the 
 benediction. The services seemed to im- 
 press all persons present as appropriate and 
 interesting, and must have been especially 
 so to the little company of believers whose 
 earthly temple this house henceforth is 
 to be." 
 
 Col. Hopkins, a few weeks later, in an- 
 other article wrote : " The Baptist church 
 is the only place in town where the build- 
 ing and the organization occupying it bear 
 the same name. It is characteristic of 
 these people, we believe, that they fling 
 their colors to the breeze. Coming to their 
 beautiful church, you are made to feel that 
 you are welcome. Their pastor. Rev. Mr. 
 Glazier, will impress you as a man of char- 
 acter, ability and earnestness. His pulpit 
 efforts will not suffer in comparison with 
 those of older and more notable men. 
 The audience is at present small, but it is 
 the confident expectation of the few that 
 their numbers shall yearly increase. They 
 are well united and commendably devoted 
 to work." 
 
 Mr. Glazier closed his pastorate on the 
 last day of June, 1878, exactly six years 
 and six months from its beginning. Dur- 
 ing his pastorate fifty^eight members were 
 received into the church, two of them being 
 baptiscid by Mr. Glazier on the first Sun- 
 day after his pastorate closed. He is a 
 man of most lovable and forbearing spirit. 
 His public discourse is rich and spiritual, 
 and Biblical in doctrine. His private con- 
 versation is elevating and remarkably en- 
 tertaining. His departure from his people 
 , was like the parting from the old home of 
 a son or a brother. After a lapse of three 
 years, his discourses still linger forcefully 
 in the minds of the people to whom he 
 ministered, and the influence of his sweet 
 temper and godly life abides as a benedic- 
 tion, not only upon his devoted parishion- 
 ers, but also upon the pastor who succeeds 
 him. He is now the pastor of the strong 
 Baptist church in South Abington, Mass. 
 
 Rev. Henry A. Rogers, at present min- 
 istering to the church, became its pastor 
 Oct. 3, 1878, ordained by the church to 
 
 the Gospel ministry, Nov. 7, following. 
 The efforts of the church during the first 
 3 years of his pastorate have been in the 
 line of more perfect discipline and organiza- 
 tion. Distinct departments of church work 
 have been organized in the interest of 
 foreign missions, home missions, the Ver- 
 mont Baptist State Convention, music, 
 education, parish gatherings, parish visit- 
 ing, temperance and Sunday-schools; 
 
 The Sunday-schools have been a marked 
 feature in the history of the work of the 
 church during this period. The school in 
 the church has been making a gradual gain 
 in numbers, and, we think, in eflSciency, 
 under the superintendencyof H. B. Wood- 
 ward, H.J. Andrews and Ives Batchelder, 
 successively, and now of Jas. H. Burpee. 
 The services of the first three of these su- 
 perintendents were lost to the church by 
 their removal from the vicinity. 
 
 A mission school was organized, three 
 miles distant, at Wrightsville, Nov. 27, 
 1878, S. S. Towner, superintendent. Upon 
 his removal to Lynn, Mass., M. C. Whitney 
 was appointed by the church as superin- 
 tendent, Sept. 4, 1879. At the annual 
 meeting of the school district in March, 
 1881, on motion of P. C. Wright, the dis- 
 trict passed a vote that their school-house 
 should not be used .for the purpose of a 
 Sunday-school. From this time, accord- 
 ingly, the school was of necessity dis- 
 continued. 
 
 A second mission Sunday-school was 
 organized in East Montpelier, distant five 
 miles, in the school-house of district No. 
 II, May 4, 1879, Samuel L. Lillie, su- 
 perintendent. Sept. 4, 1879, he resigned, 
 being about to go away, and George W. 
 Sanders was appointed in his place, and is 
 present superintendent. 
 
 A third mission school was begun at 
 Montpelier Center, distant 3 miles. May 
 25, 1879, F. R. Spalding, superintendent. 
 He also resigned Sept. 4, 1879, to go else- 
 where, and Jno. W. Smith was elected by 
 the church to the superintendency, which 
 office he still fills. 
 
 It was voted at the district school meet- 
 ing. Mar. 30, 1880, that the school-house 
 in which the services had been held should 
 
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 be closed against them. But a neighbor, 
 Mr. West Ormsbee, who had not before 
 attended the school, opened his commo- 
 dious hall,, and the school immediately 
 doubled in number. 
 
 At a called meeting, July 20, 1881, of 
 district No. 6, Montpelier, 2 miles from 
 town, and immediately adjoining the 
 Wrightsville district, by vote of the meet- 
 ing, their house was put at the disposal of 
 the Baptist pastor for Sunday-school ser- 
 vice on Sunday afternoons. Accordingly, 
 a school was organized on the following 
 Sunday, July 24. Mr. E. K. Dexter was 
 subsequently appointed to superintend it. 
 None of these schools has omitted a single 
 session, winter or summer, since they were 
 organized. They are all supplied by the 
 church with circulating libraries, and books 
 from which to learn and sing sacred song. 
 
 There have been 33 added to the church 
 during this time. The church has now 97 
 members, (Oct. 1881,) but only about one- 
 half are resident members, that is, live 
 within 4 or 5 miles of the church. But 
 none of the non-resident members reside 
 in the immediate vicinity of any other reg- 
 ular Baptist church. The whole number 
 of members belonging to the church since 
 its beginning is 155. 
 
 Henry A. Rogers, Pastor. 
 
 ORGANISTS AND MUSICIANS. 
 feY A. A. HADLKY, Organist. 
 
 Among the principal musicians who have 
 been teachers and organists in Montpelier 
 are: 
 
 S. B. Whitney, teacher and organist in 
 1862 — for about 4 years here — who has 
 since made himself famous in Boston as an 
 organist and conductor. 
 
 About this time, or before, was Mr. H. 
 Irving Proctor, who taught successfully, 
 and is now at Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 I think, following Mr. Whitney, was Mr. 
 Irving Emerson, who played at the old 
 Brick Church 3 years, and also taught; 
 now located at Hartford, Ct., organist and 
 superintendent of music in public schools. 
 
 In 1868, the now famous H. Clarence 
 Eddy, from Massachusetts, played the 
 
 organ at Bethany church for 24 years; 
 afterwards he studied abroad several years, 
 and is now located in Chicago as director 
 of the Hershey music school, and is con- 
 sidered one of the greatest of living organ- 
 ists. 
 
 Following him, at the Bethany church, 
 as organist, was Mr. W. A. Briggs, who 
 is a fine organist, and somewhat noted as a 
 composer. 
 
 Mr. W. A. Wheaton, who teaches at 
 " Goddard," Barre, beside being a success- 
 ful teacher, is also organist at the Unitarian 
 church, Montpelier. 
 
 Mr. Horace H. Scribner, who has 
 also taught here several years, is pres- 
 ent organist at the Episcopal church, and 
 is liked by all as an accompanist on the 
 organ and piano. 
 
 Mr. A. A. Hadley, who has studied 
 some time at Boston, has charge of the 
 musical department in the "Vermont Con- 
 ference Seminary and Female College," at 
 Montpelier, and is organist at Trinity 
 M. E. Church, this village. 
 
 Mr. Andrew J. Phillips was chorister 
 several years, ending in 1879, at Bethany 
 church, and teacher of vocal music. He 
 married while here a daughter of Judge 
 Redfield, and has a brother at present 
 here, Mr. Wm. E. Phillips, a photograph 
 artist with Mr. Harlow. 
 
 Mr. Fred W. Bancroft, a resident and 
 native of Montpelier, present chorister at 
 Christ Church, has a good deal of local 
 reputation as a fine tenor singer. 
 
 Among the ladies, Ellen Nye, beside 
 being a good teacher, is the finest pianist 
 in this vicinity. ' 
 
 Mrs. Briggs, who sang at the time Mr. 
 Phillips was chorister at Bethany, and for 
 several years, is distinguished as a very 
 fine soprano, and now sings at Boston. 
 
 Miss Cheney, also a very fine soprano, 
 sang several years at the Unitarian church 
 here. She now sings at Burlington. 
 
 Among other sopranos are Josie Roleau 
 and Mrs. Wheatley, much liked, and of 
 the altos. Miss Mary Phinney and Miss 
 Clara Dewey deserve special notice. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 From Thompson's History of Montpeller. 
 
 COLONEL JACOB DAVIS. 
 
 Colonel Jacob Davis, the first perma- 
 nent settler of Montpelier, and emphati- 
 cally the chief of its founders, was born in 
 Oxford, Mass., in 1739. His descendants 
 have preserved no memorials of his youth, 
 and only know he received no advantages 
 of education except from the common 
 schools of the times. In 1754, the part of 
 the town, in which his father's family re- 
 sided, was set off from Oxford, and incor- 
 porated by the name of Charlton. Here 
 he lived until he removed to Vermont. 
 He married Rebecca Davis, of the same 
 town, a second cousin, and an intelligent, 
 amiable and every way estimable young 
 lady. Mr. Davis must have been a man 
 of considerable property and standing in 
 his town ; and he probably passed through 
 all the lower grades of military office in the 
 militia of his county, and became widely 
 known as an active patriot in the cause of 
 the American Revolution ; for in 1776, we 
 find him acting under a Colonel's commis- 
 sion of one of the regiments of the Massa- 
 chusetts detached or drafted militia, subject 
 to the call of Congress or the Commander- 
 in-Chief, whenever the occasion might re- 
 quire. How much he was in active service 
 is not known ; but the traditions of his 
 family make him to have been with his 
 command in the little army of Washington 
 in the memorable crossing of the Delaware 
 to attack the Hessians at Trenton in De- 
 cember, 1776. He was subsequently un- 
 der contract to carry, and so did, the Unit- 
 ed States mail over one of the mail routes 
 in his part of Massachusetts for some years. 
 A few years after there was an old Jew en- 
 gaged in traffic, who owned a large house, 
 or ware-house, in the neighboring town of 
 Leicester ; Colonel Davis, and another gen- 
 tleman of the vicinity, purchased this 
 building, had it fitted up, and a select high 
 school put in operation. This was the 
 small beginning of the afterwards well 
 known Leicester Academy, founded in 
 1774; and that Colonel Davis was consid- 
 ered one of its founders is ^shown by the 
 
 fact, since his death, his family have re- 
 ceived a letter asking for his portrait that 
 it might be placed in the Academy build- 
 ing, with that of the other founders of 
 that institution. 
 
 Early in the year 1780, he had turned 
 his attention to the purchase of wild lands 
 in the new State of Vermont; and was 
 among the most active in procuring the 
 granting and chartering of the township, 
 which he caused to be named Montpelier, 
 at the October session of the Legislature 
 of Vermont in that year. From that time 
 to the commencement of the meetings of 
 the proprietors in the winter of i786,which 
 he attended. Colonel Davis appears to 
 have been energetically engaged in his pri- 
 vate business, at Charlton, or in public en- 
 terprises, like the one above mentioned. 
 But from this year, and perhaps the year 
 before, he was obviously employed in dis- 
 posing of his quite handsome property in 
 Massachusetts, and arranging for removal 
 to his newly elected home in Vermont. 
 In the winter of 1787, after having made, 
 during the previous summer and fall, sev- 
 eral journeys into the State to attend the 
 meetings of the proprietors, commence the 
 survey of the new township, in whicli he 
 had secured three rights, or about 1000 
 acres, and make selection of pitches for 
 the occupation of himself and sons, he re- 
 moved his family to Brookfield, then the 
 nearest settled town to Montpelier ; and 
 early in the, following spring, still leaving 
 his wife and daughters at Brookfield, till a 
 comfortable home could be provided for 
 them, he came with his sons and a hired 
 man to make his opening in the dark for- 
 ests of Montpelier. His career for the 
 next 12 or 15 years, involved, to a remark- 
 able degree, the history of the town.. 
 
 Near the year 1 800, he became involved 
 in several large and vexatious lawsuits, 
 growing out of disputed land titles or the 
 sales of lands he had effected through his 
 agencies under foreign landholders. In 
 one of these, for want of his ability to 
 make legal proof of payments that the dis- 
 tant proprietors had received, a large judg- 
 ment was obtained in the Ur\ited States 
 Circuit Court against him, which was con- 
 
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 sidered by himself, his family and friends, 
 so unjust that he, with their concurrence, 
 resolved never to pay it. And in pursu- 
 ance of this determination, he conveyed to 
 his sons and sons-ii^-law the principal part 
 of his attachable property, and, removing 
 his family to Burlington, so as to be within 
 the limits of Chittenden county jail-yard, 
 invited the service of the execution taken 
 out against him on his own person. 
 Here in Burlington, he led a. quiet life for 
 over a dozen years, during which frequent 
 offers of compromises were made him by 
 the plaintiffs in the suit, which he .steadily 
 rejected till the winter of 1814, when they 
 made an offer so nearly amounting to a re- 
 linquishment of their whole claim, and so 
 virtually involving an admission of its in- 
 justice, that he accepted it, and the whole 
 matter in dispute was amicably settled. 
 But before he became prepared to remove, 
 as he was about to do, to his beloved Mont- 
 pelier, he was attacked by an acute disease 
 which terminated his life April 9, 1814. 
 His remains were brought to Montpelier 
 for interment, and a broad tomb-stone 
 marking the place where they repose may 
 now be found in the old village grave-yard. 
 In person. Col. Davis was 6 feet high, 
 broad-shouldered, compactly formed and 
 well proportioned, with unusually large 
 bones and muscles. His face was round 
 favored, and handsomely featured, and his 
 whole appearance dignified and command- 
 ing. His great physical powers are in- 
 stanced in his ability to slash an acre of 
 forest land in a day. Let one other sufBce. 
 Old Mr. Levi Humphrey, one of the first 
 settlers, who died in this town, August, 
 1859, agsd 93 years, told us, about a fort- 
 night before his death, he well-remembered 
 being one day. at Col. Davis' log house, 
 when the latter requested two of his strong- 
 est hired men to go into the yard and 
 bring in, for a back-log for their long open 
 fire-place, a cut of green maple 4 feet long 
 or more and nearly 2 feet in diameter. In 
 compliance, they each took hold of an end, 
 but reported they were unable to bring it 
 in, and were preparing to roll it up to the 
 door with handspikes, when the Colonel, 
 having noticed their failure to take up the 
 
 log, came out, motioned them aside, and 
 grasping the ends with his long arms, lift- 
 ed and marched into the house with it, and 
 threw it on to the fire, pleasantly remark- 
 ing to them as he did so, that " they did 
 not appear to be any great things at log- 
 lifting." But Col. Davis' physical powers 
 were of small account in the comparison 
 with the other strong traits of the man, 
 his enterprise, energy, judgment and far- 
 reaching sagacity ; but even they were not 
 all the good qualities of his character ; no 
 needy man ever went empty-handed from 
 his door; he ever gave employment of 
 some kind to all who asked for it ; and so 
 well he rewarded all his employees, that no 
 reasonable man in the whole settlement 
 was ever heard to complain of the amount 
 of wages he paid, or any unfair conduct in 
 his dealings. 
 
 [In addition, Mr. Oilman gives : Charl- 
 ton, the birth place of Col. Davis, adjoins 
 Leicester on the north. Hon. Emory 
 Washburn, in his history of Leicester, 
 states that the academy in that town, one 
 of the oldest in the state, "owes its founda- 
 tion to the generosity and public spirit of 
 Col. Jacob Davis, and Col. Ebenezer Crafts, 
 whose munificence was suitably acknowl- 
 edged in the Act of Incorporation. They 
 purchased the commodious dwelling house, 
 then recently occupied by Aaron Lopez, 
 and its appendages, together with an acre 
 of land, which they conveyed to the Trus- 
 tees of Leicester Academy, in consideration 
 of the regard they bear to virtue and learn- 
 ing, which they consider greatly conducive 
 to the welfare of the community. The 
 value of this estate was $1716, and was 
 situated directly in front of the present 
 Academy buildings. The liberality of 
 these gentlemen, one of them (Davis) res- 
 ident of Charlton, and the other (Crafts) 
 of Sturbridge, deserves the gratitude of pos- 
 terity." Col. Davis owned a valuable es- 
 tate in Chai-lton, adjacent to that of his 
 brother, Ebenezer Davis. Col. Nathan- 
 iel, Gen. Parley, and Hezekiah Davisj 
 three brothers, early settlers in Montpelier, 
 were sons of Ebenezer Davis of Charlton, 
 and nephews of CoL Jacob Davis, not 
 cousins, as stated by Thompson.] 
 
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 REBECCA DAVIS. 
 
 The efficient help-meet of the energetic 
 man, whose life and character we have but 
 too briefly sketched, was born in Oxford, 
 Mass., in 1743; married about the year 
 1765, and died Feb. 25, 1823. She lies 
 buried by the side of her husband in this 
 village, where she peacefully passed the last 
 as well as the middle portion of her useful 
 and exemplary life. She early united with 
 the Congregational Church after it was es- 
 tablished in this village, and had long been 
 considered a Christian in works, as well 
 as faith, which would have well warranted 
 an earlier public profession of religion. 
 Unusually comely in person, with a .sweet 
 smile ever on her lips, kind in disposition, 
 intelligent and discreet, she was the never 
 failingfriend of the needy and distressed,the 
 judicious adviser of the young, and the uni- 
 versal object of the love and respect of all 
 classes of the people of the settlement. Of 
 the more than half score of her cotempora- 
 ries in this town of whom we have made 
 inquiries respecting her, all most cordially 
 united in affirming, in substance, what we 
 will only quote as the warmly expressed 
 words of one of them; "Mrs. Colonel 
 Davis was one of the best, the very best, 
 women in the whole world !" She was a 
 mother in the early Montpelier Israel, and 
 she has left behind her a name bright with 
 blessed memories. 
 
 HON. DAVID WING, JR., 
 
 was born in Rochester, Mass., June 24, 
 1766; removed with his father and family 
 to Montpelier about 1790, and settled 
 down with them on a farm adjoining what 
 is now known as the old Clark Stevens 
 place, in the east part of the town. He 
 had doubtless received a rather superior 
 common school education, though the ed- 
 ucational accomplishments, which, he al- 
 most at once exhibited after coming into the 
 settlement, were probably mainly the fruits 
 of his native taste and scholarship, which 
 is strikingly conspicuous in all the merho- 
 rials, social or civil, that he has left behind 
 him. He taught the second school of the 
 town, which was opened, it is believed, in 
 the same year in which he became one of 
 
 its inhabitants. Within about 2 years 
 after his arrival, he was elected town clerk, 
 and during the next dozen years the offices 
 of town agent, town representative, judge 
 of the county court and secretary of state, 
 seem to have been crowded iipon him in 
 regular and rapid succession. As an ev- 
 idence of his great popularity among his 
 townsmen, maybe cited, that while he was 
 holding the office of side judge, and chief 
 judge of the county court — ten-fold the 
 best office held by any other inhabitant of 
 the town — he was elected the town repre- 
 sentative 4 years previous to his election 
 as secretary of state ; and not content with 
 that, for the several years during that 
 time, they threw their entire vote for him 
 as state treasurer. Considering the jeal- 
 ousies usually existing among the numbers 
 found in every town who believe them- 
 selves qualified for office, and who gen- 
 erally raise a clamor against bestowing an 
 office on a man who is already holding 
 another good office, perhaps nothing could 
 be adduced, which shows so strongly, the 
 personal regard in which David Wing was 
 universally held by his almost idolizing 
 townsmen. 
 
 In 1792, he marned Hannah, second 
 daughter of Col. Jacob Davis, a young 
 lady of many personal attractions and 
 much moral excellence. They had eight 
 children, whose names show the classical 
 tastes of the father, and estimation in 
 which the different noted personages of 
 history were held by him : Debby Daphne, 
 Christopher Columbus, Algernon Sidney, 
 Marcus TuUius Cicero, Maria Theresa, 
 David Davis, Caroline Augusta and Max- 
 imus Fabius. The two first daughters 
 died in infancy ; the other children arrived 
 at maturity, and took highly respectable 
 positions in society, though only one of 
 them appears to have fully inherited the 
 tastes and native scholarship of their 
 father — the Rev. Marcus T. C. Wing. 
 
 In person, Judge Wing was of medium 
 height, of a good form, fine head, shapely 
 features and an animated countenance, all 
 made the more attractive and winning by 
 the dignified affability of his manners. As 
 an instance of the quickness of his per- 
 
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 eeptions, his ready business capacities and 
 the versatile character of his talents, sev- 
 eral of his yet surviving cotemporaries 
 have named to us the fact, of wfhich they 
 were frequently cognizant, that he would 
 correctly and rapidly draw up any kind of 
 document, report, despatch or legal in- 
 strument in writing, and at the same time 
 maintain 'a connected and lively conversa- 
 tion with those around him. 
 
 He was elected secretary of state in the 
 fall of 1802, and while still holding the 
 office, and in the midst of his usefulness 
 and high promise, was suddenly swept 
 away by a malignant fever, Sept. 13, 1806. 
 Rarely has a death occurred in this sec- 
 tion of the State which produced so pro- 
 found a sensation in community, and it 
 was mourned as a great loss, not only to 
 the town but to the whole State. 
 
 [Marcus Tullius Cicero Wing, son of 
 David Wing, Jr., born Oct. 17, 1798; 
 graduated at Middlebury in the Class of 
 1820; read medicine in Montpelier, 1820- 
 1821 ; was teacher in Maryland, 1821- 
 24 ; studied at the Episcopal Theological 
 Seminary in Alexandria, Va., 6i years; 
 was tutor in Kenyon College, C, 1826-29 ; 
 Rector of an Episcopal church in Board- 
 man, O., 1829-31 ; editor of the Gambler 
 Observer, and treasurer and general agent 
 of Kenyon College, several years, since 
 which he has been Professor of Ecclesiasti- 
 cal History in the Episcopal Theological 
 Seminary of Ohio at Gambler. He has re- 
 ceived the degree of D. D. (1853.) 
 
 — Pearson Catalogue. 
 
 ELDER ZIBA WOOD WORTH, 
 
 a man whose character was marked by 
 many peculiar qualities, whose life was 
 checkered by many peculiar events, was 
 born Apr. 1769, in Bozrah, Ct., and was a 
 connection of the gallant Col. Ledyard, 
 who married his aunt, and his two broth- 
 ers, Joseph and Asahel Woodworth, Ziba, 
 the younger, but 17, became soldiers in 
 Col. Ledyard's regiment ; when that re- 
 vengeful devil incarnate, Benedict Arnold, 
 led the British against New London, and 
 utterly desolated it with fire and sword, 
 Ziba and his brother Asahel were, with 
 
 their brave uncle in command, in Fort 
 Griswold, on the Groton side of the 
 Thames, Joseph being with another de- 
 tachment some miles distant, but hasten- 
 ing on to the rescue. Whilethe infamous 
 Arnold was devastating New London, he 
 sent out a detachment of several hundred 
 British troops, under Col. Eyre, to carry 
 Fort Griswold. The resistance of Col. 
 Ledyard was gallant but unavailing. Part 
 of the works were dilapidated, and the 
 British, after being kept at bay aboiit an 
 hour, and suffering the temporary loss of 
 their Colonel, who was badly wounded, 
 and the loss of their second in command, 
 Major Montgomery, who, with many of 
 the soldiers, was killed, poured into the 
 Fort in overwhelming numbers, under the 
 lead of the third officer in rank, the vin- 
 dictive and brutal Major Broomfield. Col. 
 Ledyard surrendered the Fort, and, while 
 presenting his sword, hilt first, to the 
 British commander, was murderously run 
 through the body by his own weapon. 
 Thereupon the British commenced an in- 
 discriminate butchery of the Americans. 
 Among the .first, Ziba and his brother 
 Asahel were prostrated — Asahel by a 
 bullet, shattering the bones of his knee ; 
 Ziba by a head-wound, which rendered him 
 insensible. They had not yet done enough 
 for the desperately wounded Ziba ; one of 
 them made a heavy lunge with a bayonet 
 into his bowels ; the wound, though, owing 
 to the strength and thickness of the new 
 tow shirt he had on, not proving mortal, 
 and another struck him senseless with the 
 butt of a musket on the head. The mas- 
 sacre was intended to be universal. [As 
 this account had from the lips of Uncle 
 Ziba in his lifetime appears to violate his- 
 tory, it will be contended by some that he 
 mistook some other British officer there 
 slain for the murderer of Ledyard.] After 
 all had, or were supposed to have, received 
 their death wounds, the British, in their 
 wanton ferocity, dragged out a dozen or so 
 of those who exhibited the most signs of 
 life, piled them into a detached cart, and 
 sent it rolling down a steep bank till it 
 struck a large apple tree, by which it was 
 stove to pieces in the shock, and made a 
 
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 sudden end of its groaning victims. Most 
 of these particulars were had from the lips 
 of Ziba Woodworth. 
 
 After a long, distressing sickness, Ziba 
 recovered, except in the use of his knee, 
 and in a few years, came with his two 
 brothers, and perhaps other members of 
 his family, to settle in Montpelier. His 
 first pitch was made on the lot lying about 
 I mile east of the village, which he soon 
 sold to James Hawkins, and purchased 
 another on the Branch, about ij mile above 
 the village, where he resided till his death, 
 Nov. 27, 1826. 
 
 He married and lived some years with 
 his wife in Connecticut, when they were 
 divorced, and soon after coming here, he 
 married Lucy Palmer, from Canaan, N.H. 
 Their children, 5, all but their son John, 
 who is still living, (i860,) died in child- 
 hood. 
 
 He came into Montpelier about 1790, 
 was present at its organization and its first 
 town clerk. Ever after coming here, he 
 was accounted a religious man of the Free 
 Will Baptist persuasion. In about 1800, 
 he began to exhort iii public meetings, and 
 in January, 1806, was licensed and or- 
 dained at a quarterly meeting of Free Will 
 Baptists held at Danville. He did not, 
 however, preach statedly anywhere, but 
 mostly confining himself to his farm, dl 
 vided his spare time between politics and 
 religion, and became as ardent a partisan 
 as he was a Christian. 
 
 Elder Woodworth was of small stature, 
 limping in gate, but of wonderfully an- 
 imated manner, and his heart seemed ever 
 absolutely overflowing with the gushing 
 of benevolenee. Once, learning a poor 
 man from his neighborhood, who had 
 moved to Ohio, had fallen sick and died 
 there, leaving two or three unprotected 
 children, he left his business, journeyed 
 all the way to Ohio, at his own expense, 
 in a single wagon, and brought all the 
 children home with him. And still Uncle 
 Ziba had enough faults to mingle with his 
 virtues, to make him sometime the subject 
 joi doubtful remarks among the less char- 
 itable of the community. He was quite 
 energetic in all he did or said, and the 
 
 SS 
 
 ardor of his temperament often led him 
 into some extravagance of speech or action. 
 But, take him all in all, he was a man of 
 the kindest of impulses, a hearty fi-iend, a 
 charitable opponent, a good neighbor and 
 a good citizen. 
 
 DOCTOR EDWARD LAM^, 
 
 born in Leicester, Mass., 1 771, had not the 
 advantages of a full public education, but 
 studied at the academy, growing up in 
 that town, in which the classics were be- 
 ginning to be taught several years, and af- 
 ter that added a respectable knowledge of 
 Latin and Greek, and entered as a medical 
 student with Dr. Fiske of Sturbridge, con- 
 tinuing with him until he had attended a 
 course of medical lectures in Boston and 
 Cambridge, when, at the age of about 24, 
 he removed to Montpelier, where his elder 
 brother, Colonel Lamed Lamb, had some 
 years preceded him, and settled in his pro- 
 fession. In 1803 he married Polly Wither- 
 ell of Montpelier, who died in 1822, leaving 
 no issue. He was constable and collector 
 of the town from 1799, ^""^ years ; town 
 representative in 1804, 14, 15 ; and what 
 should be esteemed a still greater honor, 
 was one of the Presidential electors when 
 Gen. Harrison was run in 1836. 
 
 Although not much of a public speaker, 
 he acquitted himself well in his public sta- 
 tions, for he was a man of rare good sense, 
 unusually extensive practical information, 
 and had a wonderful memory he had stored 
 with a vast fund of all sorts of knowledge 
 and learning. 
 
 We know of but two public performances 
 of his, not connected with the above named 
 offices — one the delivery of an original ora- 
 tion at the first celebration of the fourth of 
 July ever held in Montpelier, in 1806, the 
 other his valuable address on the " Science 
 of Medicine," delivered before the Ver- 
 mont Medical Society some 15 years later. 
 
 But it was in his profession he was best 
 known to the public, and that more, favor- 
 ably and extensively than often falls to the 
 lot of a local physician. His opinions 
 among his professional ■ brethen, in this 
 section of the State, were widely sought 
 and respected. In a knowledge of the 
 
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 technicalities of medical science he scarce- 
 ly had a superior. In all the ordinary dis- 
 eases, his skill was equal to that of other 
 good physicians — in fevers it was such as 
 to place him with the very ablest practition- 
 ers of Vermont. The estimation in which 
 his skill lyas held, in this respect, by his 
 professional brethren, is sufficiently attest- 
 ed, that during the general and fatal prev 
 alence of malignant fevers in 1813 and 14, 
 he had at one time no less than 14 sick 
 physicians under his immediate care in this 
 part of the 'state. 
 
 During the run of the spotted fever, in 
 this vicinity. Dr. Lamb had the chief care 
 of 70 cases, and lost but three. His prac- 
 tice in his own town, was, at least 40 years, 
 as full as it was successful ; while for diffi- 
 cult cases his attendance was sought in all 
 the surrounding country. 
 
 He had some unfortunate deficiences. 
 In all his own pecuniary affairs, he was 
 singularly remiss. More than half the 
 time, it is believed, he made no charges 
 for his services at all. He rarely dunned 
 any man ; and if he did, it was when he 
 happened to be hard pressed for money to 
 keep up his unusally plain and cheap way 
 of living. Then often he would go to some 
 abundantly responsible customer, owing 
 hira honestly, perhaps, $50, ask for f i; or 
 $20, and on receiving it, hand back a re- 
 ,ceipt, in full of the whole account. In fact, 
 he was one of the most unselfish men in 
 the world, and could not be brought to care 
 any more for money, except for supplying 
 his absolute present wants, than so much 
 dirt beneath his feet. And in all his ex- 
 tensive practice among all classes of com- 
 munity, it probably never once entered his 
 head to make the least distinction between 
 the richest and poorest, in the promptitude 
 and faithfulness of his attendance. And 
 the consequence, while his just and honest 
 earnings would have made him, well man- 
 aged, worth $50,000, he died worth scarce- 
 ly one hundredth of that amount. He 
 was everybody's servant, and everybody's 
 friend but his own ; and being at last 
 seized with one of the ten thousand fevers 
 he had so successfully managed in others, 
 he at once predicted its end but too cor- 
 
 rectly, and in a few days passed peacefuly 
 away, Nov. 4, 1845, aged about 74, uni- 
 versally regretted and respected. 
 
 Personally, he was of medium height, 
 rather stocky, moderate in his motions, 
 slightly limping in gait in consequence of 
 a fever sore on one of his legs in his youth, 
 and very neglectful in all matters of dress 
 and outward appearance, — all which were 
 at once forgotten, when one confronted his 
 massive and noble head, manly features, 
 pleasant blue eye, and thoughtful, impres- 
 sive countenance ; and socially, he was one 
 of the most kindly and agreeable men, full 
 of instructive remarks, generally aptly illus- 
 trated by the fund of piquant and amusing 
 anecdotes which, in the course of his vari- 
 ous reading and experience, he had treas- 
 ured in his remarkable memory. 
 
 If ever a people owed a great and une- 
 quivocal debt of gratitude to any one man, 
 the people of Montpelier and vicinity rest 
 under such an obligation to Dr. Lamb. 
 
 COL. JAMES H. LANGDON, 
 
 the successful merchant of Montpelier, was 
 born in Farmington, Conn., Mar. 3, 1783. 
 When a youth he entered the store of 
 Gen. Abner Forbes, then the leading mer- 
 chant of Windsor, Vt., to acquire a knowl- 
 edge of the mercantile profession, which 
 he had determined to make the business of 
 his life. And such was the progress he 
 made and the confidence he inspired, and 
 tact and good judgment he displayed in all 
 the details of trade, and more, important 
 transactions of business coming within the 
 scope of his action, that his employer, 
 Gen. Forbes, before he reached the ageiof 
 21, took him into partnership, and estab- 
 lished him at the head of a branch store 
 in the village of Montpelier, in 1803. For 
 the next half dozen years he continued to 
 do business under the firm of Langdon & 
 Forbes ; when justly believing he had ac- 
 cumulated capital enough and friends 
 enough in this place to warrant the move- 
 ment, he bought out Gen. Forbes' interest 
 in the store, and thenceforward conducted 
 the business in his own name, and entirely 
 on his own responsibility. 
 
 From this time, alone or in company 
 
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 with different partners, the firstand longest 
 continued being the systematic and clear- 
 headed John Barnard, who was prematurely 
 cut down by an acute disease in 1822 ;and 
 the next, the Hon. John Spalding, still 
 surviving, [since deceased.] From this 
 time, for the next 20 years. Col. Langdon 
 seemed to be wafted forward on one un- 
 varied tide of prosperity and success, and 
 great public benefits grew out of his com- 
 mercial career, as he was instrumental in 
 reforming the irregularities of trade, which 
 up to his day custom had sanctioned, and 
 in placing it on a just and honorable basis ; 
 and while thus conferring untold benefits 
 on his town by what he did, and by the 
 force of his salutary examples, he so con- 
 ducted his dealings as well to deserve all 
 the remarkable success which attended 
 him. But we need not here enlarge on his 
 noble characteristics as a merchant; we 
 shall rather confine the remainder of our 
 sketch to that which particularly marked 
 him as a man and a citizen, and gave him 
 VTat strong hold on public feeling, and that 
 high place in the public estimation, which 
 he retained through life. 
 
 In 1809, Col. Langdon married Miss 
 Nabby Robbins, of Lexington, Mass., a 
 union from which sprang five children, 
 Amon, who died in childhood, John B., 
 James R., George, and Caira R. Langdon. 
 [John Barnard and George Langdon have 
 died; James Robbins and Caira R., now 
 Mrs. Nicholas, are still living.] 
 
 Col. Langdon ever manifested a proper 
 interest, and often took an active part in 
 the public affairs and oflScial business of 
 the town, having at various times filled 
 with acceptance its most important offices. 
 He also entered, and was rapidly promoted, 
 in the military line, till he gained the title 
 by which he is here designated. In the 
 year 1828, having removed over the river 
 to his beautiful meadows , within the bor- 
 ders of Berlin, he was elected with unusual 
 unanimity by the people of that town, as 
 their representative in the Legislature ; and 
 in the following year re-elected to the office 
 still more unanimously ; and by the appli- 
 cation of his excellent judgment and great 
 practical knowledge in the business of 
 
 legislation, he well justified the choice of 
 his constituents. In 1828, he was elected, 
 on the retirementof the Hon. Elijah Paine, 
 the first to hold the office. President of the 
 Bank of Montpelier, which responsible 
 office he continued to hold to the time of 
 his death. 
 
 Inperson, Col. Langdon was well formed, 
 and his features were all shapely and hand- 
 some ; while his countenance was lighted 
 up by one of the most kindly and winning 
 smiles that ever enlivened the human face. 
 Nor did his countenance belie his heart, 
 inherently sincere, sympathetic and hu- 
 mane. And, while in all the movements 
 and enterprises of public benevolence, his 
 liberality was commensurate with his means, 
 in private charities and individual assist- 
 ance, he went, as he wished, far beyond 
 what was ever generally made known to 
 the public ; for he was extremely averse to 
 making any. parade of his benefactions, 
 and his favors were very geijerally con- 
 ferred under injunctions of secrecy. And 
 thus it was, that the extent of his private 
 charities and pecuniary assistance to the 
 distressed and those laboring under busi- 
 ness embarrassments, were never known 
 except through the irrepressible outgush- 
 ings of gratitude from the lips of those 
 whom he had relieved. 
 
 His lenity and forbearance towards all 
 who were indebted to him were remark- 
 able ; and, to the credit of human nature 
 be it said, as remarkable was the gratitude 
 of those thus favored, and their determin- 
 ation that he should never be the loser by 
 the kindness he had conferred. After he 
 had retired from business, expecting to be 
 much absent, he placed his demands, over 
 $100,000, in the charge of a confidential 
 agent, who was an attorney, strictly en- 
 joining him to sue nobody and distress 
 nobody, but use all kindly^ and charge 
 him for all the expense and trouble in- 
 curred in the collections. And though 
 this greA amount of miscellaneous de- 
 mands remained in the hands of that at- 
 torney for nearly three years, and though a 
 large number of the debtors failed during 
 that time, yet in all that period never was 
 a single dollar lost out of the whole col- 
 
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 lection. On the eve of their failures, or 
 when they had any fears of failure, the 
 debtors would come privately to the agent, 
 and, with the remark, that " Col. Langdon 
 had been too good to them to be injured," 
 voluntarily placed in his hands the fullest 
 securities they had in their power to offer. 
 Within one week after such transactions, 
 perhaps these debtors would fail ; sheriffs 
 would be scouring the country for prop- 
 erty, and almost every creditor would 
 suffer loss except Col. "Langdon. He, to 
 the wonder of all, was always found secure. 
 The last characteristic incident of his 
 
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 life occurred when he was on his death 
 bed. Finding his end drawing near, he 
 sent for his attorney, and ordered him to 
 make a life lease to an old revolutionary 
 soldier of the farm he occupied, but of 
 which the Colonel held a mortgage for 
 more than its value. This was the last 
 business transaction of his life. He died 
 Jan. 7, 1831. As he was the idol of the 
 people when he lived, so at his death he 
 was lamented by more friends in the com- 
 munity at large than falls to the lot of but 
 few to have numbered among their rear 
 mourners. 
 
 HON. JEDUTHAN LOOMIS 
 
 was born in Tolland, Conn., Jan. 5, 1779. 
 After receiving a fair academical education, 
 he studied law with Hon. Oramel Hinck- 
 ley, of Thetford, Vt. ; was admitted to the 
 bar there, and came to Montpelier and es- 
 tablished himself about 1805. 
 
 Mar. II, 1807, he married Hannah, 
 daughter of Col. and Judge Oramel Hinck- 
 ley, of Thetford, who died suddenly, Dec. 
 24, 1813, leaving no issue. Oct. 10, 1814, 
 he married Miss Charity Scott; of Peiacham, 
 who died June 13, 1821, leaving 2 sons, 
 Gustavus H., the late Dr. Loomis, and 
 Chauncey. Oct. 8, 1822, he married Miss 
 Sophia Brigham, of Salem, Mass., who 
 died in 1855, leaving Charity,— Mrs. Dana, 
 of Woodstock, — now deceased f Mrs. Jo- 
 seph Prentiss, of Winona, ■ Minn., and 
 Charles Loomis, Esq., now deceased. 
 Judge Loomis died Nov. 12, 1843. 
 
 In 1 8 14, Mr. Loomis was appointed 
 Register of Probate for the District of 
 
 Washington, but held the office only one 
 year. 
 
 In 1820, he was elected the Judge of 
 Probate for. this district, and had the un- 
 usual honor of receiving ten successive 
 elections, the greatest number of elections 
 of any other man in this County being five, 
 given to the Hon. Salvin Collins. 
 
 From 1807, up to his death, there is 
 scarcely a year in which he did not receive, 
 and well and faithfully execute, some one 
 of the trusts or offices of the town. And 
 the last 20 years of his life he was, besides 
 being an efficient friend of the common 
 schools, always a laboring trustee, often 
 the head prudential committee, and always 
 the treasurer, and chief pillar of Wash. Co. 
 Gram. School. In the latter capacity, for 
 which, and for being so long the admitted 
 model Judge of Probate of all this part of 
 the State, he was mostly known to the 
 public abroad. 
 
 There was once extant an old book 
 called "The Minute Philosopher." We 
 mention the name, because so suggestive 
 of the character of Judge Loomis. He 
 was a very carefully reasoning man, and 
 carried his philosophy into all the miiiutia 
 of business. Any of the little trusts or 
 commissions growing out of a town, school 
 district, highway district, or neighbor- 
 hood or family affairs, which the more am- 
 bitious or selfish would disdain to accept, 
 or, if they did, only half execute, he would 
 cheerfully accept, and always execute with 
 the most scrupulous care. Indeed, he 
 seemed to consider it his duty to do every- 
 thing asked of him, if, in performing it, hfe 
 thought he could benefit his fellow-men 
 individually, or the public at large. It 
 was so with him in his profession, so in 
 the church of which he was an officer, and 
 it was so everywhere. 
 
 Being a tall, dark-complexioned man, of 
 formal manners, with a grave and rather 
 austere countenance, he might be taken by 
 the unacquainted for a man with few sen- 
 sibilities ; but break through the apparent 
 atmosphere of repulsion, and approach 
 him,, and you would find him as affection- 
 ate as a brother. 
 
 Being extremely strict in all moral and 
 
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 religious observances, and seemingly rather 
 set in his opinions, he might sometimes 
 be taken for a bigot ; but get at his , real 
 views and feelings, and you would find 
 him absolutely liberal, and willing to make 
 all the allowance for errors which the 
 largest charity might demand. 
 
 A man of legal knowledge, ordinary 
 good judgment, and of known good mo- 
 tives, who is willing to perform the duties 
 of every small needful office, as well as 
 great one, and who is ever ready to act 
 the part of adviser, assistant and friend, 
 in adjusting town difficulties and neigh- 
 borhood dissensions, is always a great 
 blessing to a village community, and such 
 was Judge Jeduthan Loom is. More than 
 will ever be justly appreciated, probably, 
 is Montpelier village indebted to him for 
 his untiring and self-sacrificing exertions 
 to advance her best interests. 
 
 HON. TIMOTHY MERRILL. 
 
 Emphatically a public man, was born in 
 Farmington, Conn., Mar. 26, 1781, where, 
 •having received little more than a common 
 school education, when becoming of age, 
 he shouldered his pack, and travelled on 
 foot to Bennington, Vt., where his older 
 brother, Hon. Orsamus C. Merrill, had 
 some years before established himself in 
 the legal profession. Here he studied law ; 
 was admitted to the bar, and commenced 
 practice in partnership with the after- 
 wards noted Robert Temple, in Rutland. 
 But not feeling very well satisfied with his 
 situation, dissolved with Temple in less 
 than a year, and removed to Montpelier in 
 1809, and established himself alone in his 
 profession. In 1812, he married Clara, 
 daughter of Dr. Fassett," of Bennington. 
 They had 5 children — a son who died in 
 infency ; Ferrand K. Merrill, our late well- 
 known fellow citizen ; Edwin S. Merrill, 
 of Winchendon, Mass., formerly post- 
 master of Montpelier ; Clara Augusta, who 
 died in 1842, and Timothy R. Merrill, our 
 present town clerk. 
 
 In i8ii-'i2, Mr. Merrill was the town 
 representative of Montpelier. In 1811, 
 was elected the first State's Attorney of 
 the new County of Jefferson, and in 1815 
 to the same office, the name of the county 
 
 being now changed to that of Washington, 
 which office he held through seven succes- 
 sive elections, eight in all ; two more tlian 
 ever received in that office by any other 
 man in the county, Dennison Smith hav- 
 ing received but six. In 1815, he was 
 elected Engrossing Clerk of the General 
 As.sembly, and received seven successive 
 elections to that office. In 1822, he was 
 elected Clerk of the House of Representa- 
 tives, and received nine successive elec- 
 tions to that office. In 1831, he was 
 elected Secretary of State, which office he 
 retained till his death, having received in^t 
 five successive elections. 
 
 In his profession, Mr. Merrill took a 
 very fair rank, and was sustained by as 
 fair a patronage. But his public employ- 
 ments required too much of his time and 
 attention to permit him to reach the posi- 
 tion in his profession to which his admitted 
 talents would have otherwise doubtless 
 raised him. He was ever considered, how- 
 ever, a safe legal adviser ; and in his ap- 
 peals to juries, as well as in his addresses 
 to public assemblies, he often warmed up 
 into genuine eloquence, the effect of which 
 was heightened by one of the most clear- 
 toned and melodious voices which it was 
 ever the good fortune of a public man to 
 possess ; and yet with such a fair profes- 
 sional business to bring him money, be- 
 sides his receipts from his public offices, 
 he died worth but little property, and what 
 added pertinency to the fact, his family 
 ever dressed and lived, for their position, 
 with great plainness and frugality ; but he 
 never charged anything for advice, though 
 his office was thronged by those seeking 
 it ; being naturally a peace man and very 
 conscientious, he would advise three men 
 out of lawsuits where he would one into 
 them. He never charged for his legal 
 services much more than half what was 
 usually charged by other lawyers of the 
 same standing, and what he did charge he 
 would, in any event, often remit a -part 
 from, and if his client was unsuccessful, be 
 quite likely to give in nearly the whole of 
 it. 
 
 In person, he was below the medium 
 height, but had a fine he^, good features 
 
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 and a very intelligent and prepossessing 
 countenance. He was one of the most 
 affectionate of husbands and fathers, one 
 of the most agreeable of neighbors, and 
 one of the most correct and enlightened of 
 citizens — honored be his memory. 
 
 HON. FERRAND F. MERRILL, 
 
 son of Hon. Timothy, of whom, to a most 
 singular extent, the public history of the 
 father was the history of the son. Like 
 the father, and for about the same number 
 of years, though at a much younger age, 
 the son was Clerk of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives. Like the father, was the son 
 at once transferred from the clerkship to 
 the office of Secretary of State, to be 
 therein retained, we believe, exactly the 
 same number of years during which the., 
 former lived to hold the office. Like the 
 father, the son was State's Attorney for 
 Washington County, though, through the 
 altered rules of rotation, not so long; and, 
 like the father, was the son, for the now 
 customary term, the representative of 
 Montpelier in the legislature. 
 
 By his education, by his readiness in all 
 matters in form, acquired ulider his fath- 
 er's trainings, advantages of personal ap- 
 pearance, and great courtesy of manners, 
 he was unusually fitted to do well and ap- 
 pear well in plublic life, and was an accom- 
 plished and popular officer. In the legis- 
 lature he became a prominent member, 
 and in the difficult position in which he 
 found himself placed, in the keenly con- 
 tested question relative to the removal of 
 the seat of government from Montpelier, 
 he displayed an ability and tact which met 
 the full approval of his constituents, and 
 which, had he consented to be again a 
 candidate, would have ensured him further 
 elections. 
 
 In private life he was blameless, in all 
 his social relations much esteemed. In 
 the furtherance of the interests of religion, 
 morals and education, he took a conspic- 
 uous part, and, in fine, he began to be 
 looked upon as one of the most cajDable and 
 useful of our citizens, when he died of apo- 
 plexy. May 2, 1859, in the meridian of his 
 usefulness, and when his prospects for pro- 
 fessional eminence were the brightest. 
 
 HON. ARAUNAH WATERMAN 
 
 was born in Norwich, Conn., Nov. 8, 1778. 
 He sprang from good Revolutionary stock, 
 his father having been at first a subaltern 
 officer, and then commissary, in the con- 
 tinental army, and his uncles either officers 
 or soldiers. His advantages for education 
 were 6 months schooling before the age of 
 12. At about 13, he was apprenticed to a 
 carpenter of his town, and served till 21, 
 working steadily by day, and studying at 
 night by the light of pine knots, to make 
 up the deficiences of his education. Soon 
 after acquiring his trade, was recommend- 
 ed as a master mechanic to Gen. Pinkney, 
 of South Carolina, who was wishing to 
 build somewhat extensively on his several 
 large plantations, was accepted, and the 
 first year devoted himself to the superin- 
 tendency of erecting the various structures 
 contemplated, amoiig which was a fine 
 summer house on Sullivan's Island, and 
 the next year, having by his capacity and 
 integrity gained the fullest confidence of 
 Gen. Pinkney, who was appointed U. S. 
 Minister to England, was made steward 
 and chief supervisor over all the General's 
 estates. After leaving Gen. Pinkney's em- 
 ployment, he returned to Connecticut, but 
 in 1801 or 1802, came to Vermont with his 
 brothers, the present Judges Joseph, and 
 Thomas Waterman, and other brothers 
 and sisters, and with them settled in 
 Johnson. In 1804, he married Rebecca, 
 daughter of Oliver Noyes, of Hydepark, 
 and sister of the Hon. David P. Noyes, by 
 whom he had several children, among 
 whom is the Hon- Vernon W. Waterman, of 
 Morristown. His wife dying in 1812, in 
 something over s year afterward, he mar- 
 ried Mehitable Dodge, of New Boston, 
 N. H., now deceased, but long known 
 among us as a most estimable woman, by 
 whom he had 7 children, two of whom, 
 daughters, are still living on the old home- 
 stead in Montpelier. After residing in 
 Johnson about a dozen years, engaged in 
 farming, constructing the machinery re- 
 .quired about the different mills of that 
 brisk village, and particularly by the card- 
 ing and clothing works with which he be- 
 came connected, he removed to Mont- 
 
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 pelier about the beginning of 1814, and 
 purchased the farm and a portion of the 
 water privilege, lying on the west bank of 
 the North Branch, above and around the 
 falls, on the borders of this village. Here, 
 besides""carrying on his farm , he soon en- 
 gaged in erecting, improving and carrying 
 on Warding and clothing works, and before 
 many years, in connection with Seth 
 Persons, erected and put in operation the 
 comparatively extensive woolen factory, 
 which was burned March, 1826, and at the 
 burning of which he came near losing his 
 life. After this, he mainly employed him- 
 self in improving his farm, which, with his 
 house, soon brought considerably within 
 the village by its gradual extension in that 
 direction, he continued to occupy until his 
 death, coming, at the age of 80, to close 
 his unusually varied, active and laborious 
 life, Jan. 31, 1859. 
 
 In 1821, '22, '23, '26, Mr. Waterman was 
 elected town representative of Montpelier. 
 When the new State Senate was estab- 
 lished, in 1836, Mr. Waterman was tri- 
 umphantly elected as one of the two first 
 senators of Washington County, and on the 
 following year, as triumphantly re-elected 
 to complete the senatorial term, which, in 
 what is called the Two Year Rule, had 
 been previously adopted. In 1840, he was 
 elected by the legislature to the office of 
 Judge of the County Court, which office, 
 however, being unsought and unexpected 
 by him, he declined to accept. As a rep- 
 resentative and senator, he never spoke 
 for the sake of talking, and never except 
 to. support some measure which he be- 
 lieved calculated for the public good, or to 
 subserve some cherished political interest; 
 and then his extensive practical knowledge 
 and accurate political information enabled 
 him to speak with effect. 
 
 We find Mr. Waterman's name on our 
 town records often associated with the 
 most important of our town offices. But 
 he was not much known in these, because, 
 doubtless, he was almost constantly in 
 higher posts attracting a more general no- 
 tice. Being esteemed the best surveyor in 
 this section of the country, he was, after 
 our old surveyor, Gen. Davis, began to 
 
 retire from the field, much employed on 
 difficult surveys of land plots, disputed 
 lines, and laying out of new public roads, 
 and about 1830, when, on the completion 
 of the great canal in New York, the feasi- 
 bility of canals afross this State began to 
 be agitated, he was appointed, under an 
 appropriation from the general govern- 
 ment, to conduct a survey for a canal from 
 Burlington up the valley of the Winooski, 
 and over the heights to Wells River, run- 
 ning into the Connecticut. This he ac- 
 complished, and, in doing it, was the first 
 man to ascertain the altitude of Montpel- 
 ier above Lake Champlain, and the alti- 
 tude of Kettle Pond, on the eastern border 
 of Marshfield, the lowest summit level of 
 the heights between Montpelier and Con- 
 necticut river. And in proof of the accu- 
 racy of his survey, as imperfect as were" 
 his instruments, may be cited the fact, 
 that when the surveys of the Central rail- 
 road were perfected, it was found that the 
 engineers, with their greatly more perfect 
 instruments, and their everyway better 
 equipments and means, had made the level 
 of the top of the dam across the river at 
 Montpelier to vary but between 3 and 4 feet 
 from the altitude recorded in Mr. Wa- 
 terman's survey made a dozen years be- 
 fore. 
 
 Mr. Waterman was active in improving 
 our common schools, and for many years 
 one of ^he most efficient of the trustees of 
 our Academy. And in despite of the mul- 
 tiplicity of his cares, found time to keep 
 himself posted in matters of general science 
 and literature. He was probably the most 
 reliable geologist in Montpelier. In a 
 knowledge of the principles of mechanics 
 and their practical applications, he had few 
 superiors anywhere. His knowledge of 
 history was extensive, and of our national 
 politics singularly ample and accurate. 
 The late Jonathan Southmayd, 12 years 
 preceptor of our Academy, was in the 
 habit of often conferring with Mr. Water- 
 man in the solution of difficult problems in 
 the higher branches of mathematics, me- 
 chanics and other sciences, and once re- 
 marked, he had never met a man, not ed- 
 ucated in a college, who could compare 
 
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 •with him in the extent of his general and 
 the accuracy of his scientific knowledge. 
 
 As a citizen, man and neighbor, his use- 
 fulness and practical benevolence were 
 universally admitted, and the assistance 
 he was frequently renderftg others.through 
 their bad returns for the favors conferred, 
 kept down to a simple competence what 
 would othewise have been a handsome 
 property for the inheritance of his family. 
 
 Among those of an active life, a man's 
 capacities and character are best accurately 
 measured by what he accomplishes. By 
 this rule, what Mr. Waterman accomplish- 
 ed would place him far above the level of 
 ordinary men. In the first place he made 
 himself — no common achievement where 
 such a man is made, and made under such 
 disadvantages ; and then he achieved fori 
 himself, for his family and for the public, 
 all that we have related of him. Let all 
 that stand as the simple record of his life. 
 What cause have his friends to ask for a 
 better monument to his memory? 
 
 HON. CYRUS WARE, 
 
 son of Jonathan Ware, of Wrentham, 
 Mass., was born May 8, 1769. His father 
 died when he was but 3 years of age, but 
 he continued with his family and attended 
 the common schools of the place till nearly 
 14, when he went to Hartford, Vt., to 
 learn the blacksmith's trade, in the shop 
 of a Mr. Billings, who had married his 
 sister, and worked faithfully at the trade 
 till 2 1 ; and then, with what knowledge he 
 had contrived to pick up by reading during 
 his apprenticeship, he went to studying 
 law with Hon. Charles Marsh, of Wood- 
 stock, and after a year or two, went to 
 Royalton and completed the prescribed 
 ■ course of legal studies with Jacob Smith, 
 Esq., and was here admitted to the bar in 
 1799, and the same year came to Mont- 
 pelier, and opened an oflSce in this village. 
 His capacities appear to have early attract- 
 ed the attention of his townsmen; for 
 ■Within about one year after he came into 
 town, we find him figuring in town ofiices, 
 in some one of which he was retained until 
 the September State election, 1805, when 
 he represented Montpelier in the General 
 Assembly, and did so acceptably acquit 
 
 himself, his constitiients gave him five an- 
 nual successive elections, a number never 
 exceeded in the case of any Montpelier 
 representative, and never equalled except 
 in the case of Col. Davis. While still rep- 
 resentative, he was in 1 808 made chief 
 Judge of Caledonia County Court, and re- 
 ceived three successive elections, being 
 continued in that office until the organiza- 
 tion of the new County of Jefferson, which, 
 on account of his residence within it, made 
 him ineligible to any further elections to ' 
 the bench of Caledonia County. In addi- 
 tion, he was annually appointed what is 
 called the law and trial justice of the peace 
 for the last forty .years of his life, doing, 
 through a large portion of that period, the 
 greater .share of the justice business of the 
 place, and making its profits the main 
 means of his livelihood. 
 
 There can be no doubt Judge Ware, at 
 the time he was the Judge of the Caledonia 
 County Court and the representative of 
 Montpelier, and for many years afterwards, 
 was one of the most influential men in the 
 State. That his rulings and decisions 
 while judge met the approbation of the 
 bar and the people, is shown by his being 
 annually elected to the bench as long as 
 he was eligible, at the instance of the 
 people of the county where his judicial 
 ministrations were best known. As town 
 representative, he secured to his town, by 
 his talents and skillful management, the 
 location of the seat of government and its 
 untold advantages. The late Hon. John 
 Mattocks, who was an active participant in 
 what was called the " first State House 
 struggle,'' was afterwards heard by more 
 than one person to declare, however 
 strongly right and policy demanded the 
 location of the seat of government here at 
 the centre of the State, yet so keen was 
 the rivalry for the honor by the older vil- 
 lages of the State, it would never have 
 been conferred on Montpelier, but for the 
 unwearied exertions and exceedingly skill- 
 ful management of its representatite, Judge 
 Ware. 
 
 For the last twenty years of his life, 
 through improvidence in hi.s affairs and the 
 growing expenses of a large family, but 
 
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 not through personal vices, he appears to 
 have sunk into comparative poverty, and 
 into the public neglect that too often ac- 
 companies it. But even in his lowest state 
 of poverty, he was the philosopher. 
 
 " I hope you don't call me poor,'' he 
 would say to those who attempted to com- 
 miserate him. *■' I consider it settled that 
 a white child is worth two negro children, 
 which are held at $500 apiece, and as fast 
 as I had children born, I put them down 
 on my inventory at $1,000 each, till my 
 estate reached the handsome amount ot 
 jt6,ooo, and, thank Heaven, I have the 
 same property yet on hand." 
 
 In structure of mind, thought, words and 
 ways. Judge Ware was probably the most 
 perfectly original character we ever had in 
 Montpelier. And his shrewd observations 
 and quaint and witty sayings were, in his 
 day, more quoted than those of any other 
 man in all this section of the country. 
 Clear, discriminating and patient in in- 
 vestigating all important cases, which he 
 conducted by a silent process of mind, yet 
 the result was generally made known in 
 terms and phrases which nobody else would 
 think of using. His brain was singularly 
 creative, and it seemed to be his greatest 
 recreation to indulge in its half-serious, 
 half-sportive frolics. We have it from a 
 lady of this village, when a small girl, she 
 and her mate used to resort to his house 
 night after night, to hear him improvise an 
 original novel, which, for their gratifica- 
 tion, he would begin one evening, take up 
 the next where he left it, and so carry it 
 on, in good keeping, through a succession 
 of hearings, till it was finished, making 
 probably a more instructive and amusing 
 tale than many that have been published 
 
 Judge Ware married Patty, daughter of 
 Gardner Wheeler, Esq., of Barre, May 26, 
 1803, who survived him. They had 6 
 children — Gardner W., deceased; Patty 
 Militiah, wife of Samuel Caldwell, of St. 
 Johns, Canada East; Cyrus Leonard, of 
 the vicinity of New York ; Henry, of Ohio ; 
 George, of parts unknown ; Mary, wife of 
 Joel Foster, Jr., and Louisa. 
 
 Judge Ware died at Montpfelier, Feb. 17, 
 1849, aged nearly 80. 
 
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 CAPTAIN TIMOTHY HUBBARD. 
 
 To be numbered with those who, by 
 their business capacities and energy of 
 character, contributed most to the wealth 
 and prosperity of Montpelier, were three 
 brothers, Timothy, Roger and Chester 
 Hubbard, who came here before or about 
 the beginning of the present century. 
 They were all enterprising, clear headed 
 men, and, while they remained in trade, 
 successful merchants, especially Chester 
 Hubbard, who confined himself exclusively 
 to trade, and died in 1832, leaving, though 
 then only in middle life, a very handsome 
 property. As the elder more particularly 
 identified himself with the public oflSces 
 and institutions of the town, and more 
 largely attracted public attention, we have 
 selected him as their representative. 
 
 Timothy Hubbard was born near the 
 city of Hartford, Conn., Aug. 17, 1776, 
 lived with his father and worked on a farm 
 till 21, getting all the education he ever 
 had at the common school. After contin- 
 uing to work'on his father's farm, on stipu- 
 lated wages, probably, about 4 years after 
 he was of age, he came, in 1799, to Mont- 
 pelier, established himself in trade with 
 Wyllis I. Cadwell, Esq., a connection of 
 the Lymans of Hartford, Conn, and Hart- 
 ford, Vt. In 1801, he married Lucy, the 
 third daughter of Colonel Jacob Davis, a 
 very estimable woman. In 1803, he dis- 
 solved his connection with Mr. Cadwell, 
 and went into partnership in trade with 
 his brother-in-law, the Hon. David Wing. 
 After the death of Judge Wing, in 1806, 
 he associated with him his brother, Roger 
 Hubbard, till about 1816, when he ceased 
 to be any further engaged in mercantile 
 affairs, and employed himself in supervis- 
 ing the cultivation of his different valuable 
 farms in Berlin, and particularly the one 
 on the borders of Montpelier Village, 
 which he soon made his homestead for 
 the remainder of his life. 
 
 In 1810, he was elected Captain of the 
 fine military company, called the Gover- 
 nor's Guards, of which Isaac Putnam was 
 the first captain; and though he was 
 taken almost from the ranks, he soon 
 showed himself to be one of the best mili. 
 
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 tary officers that ever paraded a company 
 in the streets of Montpelier; and when 
 the news of the invasion of Plattsburgh, 
 in September, 1814, reached Montpelier, 
 he sallied, cane in hand, into the streets, 
 summoned a drummer and lifer to his side, 
 and with them marched the streets all day, 
 beating up volunteers, to start for the 
 scene of action, and before night, he had 
 enlisted three-four1:hs of his fellow citizens, 
 who chose him Captain by acclamation. 
 Being now at the head of perhaps the 
 largest and best company of all the Ver- 
 mont Plattsburgh volunteers, with the 
 staunch Joseph Howes for his second in 
 command, he gave his orders for the next 
 day ; and at an early hour, the next morn- 
 ing, they were all seen pouring along, in 
 hot haste, for the seat of war, by night 
 were in Burlington, the next day embark- 
 ing on sloops, crowding all sail for Platts- 
 burgh, but did not arrive in season to take 
 their place in the line of battle. 
 
 Captain Hubbard was often chosen to fill 
 town offices, especially if there happened to 
 be pending any financial difficulty, growing 
 out of conflicting interests, which others 
 were unwilling to touch, which he always 
 straightened without fear or fevor to clique 
 or party ; often at the expense of another 
 election, though when another such diffi- 
 culty occurred they were all for calling him 
 back again ; when in his singularly frank, 
 independent way, he would give them to 
 understand, it was all the same with him, 
 whether they elected him or not, but if 
 they did, they might depend on it, he 
 should not fear to do his duty. And there 
 can be little" doubt, had he kept down this 
 marked trait of character, or played even 
 a little of the demagogue, we should have 
 seen him in higher civil offices. 
 
 Captain Hubbard was sometimes harsh 
 in rebuking the faults of others, or in de- 
 fending himself, when he unexpectedly 
 met opposition in the path of what he con- 
 sidered his right and duty ; but he seemed 
 to give no lasting offense ; for the offended 
 knew as soon as he found himself in the 
 wrong, he would be the first to rectify it. 
 He was liberal to the poor and all educa- 
 tional, religious and benevolent objects. 
 
 When, in what had been called the Barre 
 street school district, was built a new school 
 house, some twenty years ago, [now some 
 forty,] the Captain bought and caused to be 
 hung in the cupola of this school building, 
 a valuable new bell.- And the district 
 thereupon, at a regular meeting, unani- 
 mously voted that their school house should 
 thereafter be called ' ' Hubbard Street School 
 House,'''' and the street on which it stbod 
 be changed from Barre Street to Hubbard 
 Street. And this is still jthe only name 
 that can be legitimately applied to it. 
 
 Captain Hubbard's business and finan- 
 cial talents, and trustworthiness for all, 
 not excepting even the most important 
 posts, were widely admitted in his day, 
 and can hereafter always be made to ap- 
 pear on public records, the records of the 
 numerous estates, of which he was the effi- 
 cient administrator, and the records of the 
 Bank of Montpelier which, for years, he 
 skilfully managed in the capacity of its 
 president. 
 
 About the age of fifty he reached a point 
 which few wealthy men ever reach, the 
 point when he thought he had property 
 enough, and that he had better be bestow- 
 ing it where it would do the most good. 
 Accordingly he began giving it to the most 
 needy of the numerous circle of his rela- 
 tives, and continued the good work, till a 
 full third of his estate had been bestowed 
 on them. His first wife dying in 1839, he 
 married Anner May, who survived him. 
 He died Oct. 28, iSjo. He has no de- 
 scendants. 
 
 GENERAL EZEKIEL P. WALTON. 
 
 In the incipient stages of the growth of 
 every country village there are nearly always 
 two different personages who occupy the 
 largest space in the thoughts of the people 
 ^the Minister and the Editor. And in 
 proportion as these are faithful, intelligent 
 and able, so, to an almost unappreciable 
 extent, will be its moral, social and intel- 
 lectual advancement. It was the good for- 
 tune of Montpelier, for the first twenty 
 years after the place could fairly lay claim 
 to the dignity of a village, to have the 
 right kind of a man for her Minister, and 
 
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 the right kind of a man for an Editor, in 
 the persons of Chester Wright and Ezekiel 
 P. Walton. 
 
 Ezekiel Parker Walton was bom in 
 the year 1789, in Canterbury, N. H., in 
 which town his father, George Walton, 
 formerly resided, but from which he at 
 length removed to Peacham, Vt. There 
 was a good academy at Peacham, and 
 young Walton, previous to reaching the 
 age of fifteen,' attended it a few terms, 
 studying the ordinary English branches, 
 and completing all the school education he 
 ever received. 
 
 There was, at this time, a small newspa- 
 per, of Federal politics, published at Peach- 
 am by Mr. Samuel Goss, a practical print- 
 er and Editor of his own paper, which was 
 called the Green Mountain Patriot. Into 
 this establishment the boy Walton often 
 found his way, and at length began to feel so 
 much interest in the business he saw going 
 on that he offered himself as an apprentice 
 to the trade ; and Mr. Goss, as he has re- 
 cently told us, so liked the looks of the 
 bright little fellow that he concluded to 
 take him in that capacity, and in despite of 
 the opinions of others, who believed that 
 little could ever be made of him. As Mr. 
 Goss had predicted, however, the boy 
 turned out a well behaved, faithful appren- 
 tice, and made good proficiency in his 
 trade. After serving three years at his 
 trade in Peacham, he came, in 1807, to 
 Montpelier, with Mr. Goss, whp bought 
 out the Vermont Precursor, a paper estab- 
 lished here the year previous by Rev. Clark 
 Brown, and changed the name to that of 
 the Vermont Watchman. Here he served 
 out the remainder of his apprenticeship, 
 which expired in 1810; when, being of le- 
 gal age, he, in company with Mark Goss, 
 a fellow apprentice in the office, bought 
 out Mr. Samuel Goss ; and the paper was 
 then, for the next half dozen years, con- 
 ducted by the firm of Walton & Goss, Mr. 
 Walton discharging the chief duties of ed- 
 itor. In 1816, Mr. Mark Goss went out 
 of the establishment, and Mr. Walton be- 
 came its sole proprietor and editor, and so 
 continued nearly twenty years; when, as 
 his sons became of age, he took them into 
 
 partnership, and the business, to which 
 book-selling and paper-making . were at 
 length added, was conducted in the name 
 of E. P. Walton & Sons until 1853, during 
 which he wholly gave up the proprietor- 
 ship of the newspaper to his oldest son, 
 the present Hon. Eliakim Persons Walton. 
 Though the editorship h^d been entrusted 
 to this son for many years previous to 
 1853, General Walton continued to assist 
 in editing and writing for certain depart- 
 ments of the paper, even into the last year 
 of his life. 
 
 At an early period he passed rapidly 
 along the line of military promotion till he 
 reached the rank of Major General, when 
 he threw these kinds of honors aside and 
 thought no more of them. Mr. Walton 
 was never an ofl5ce seeker, nor was office, 
 as much as was due to him as a man and 
 a politician, nor half as much as was due 
 to him from his party, ever bestowed 
 on him. He was, however, several times 
 the candidate of his party for town Repre- 
 sentative, but never when that party hap- 
 pened to be in the majority. In 1827, he 
 was elected one of the Council of Censors, 
 and served with credit to himself and elec- 
 tors, among a board of the most distin- 
 guished men in the State, Judges B. 
 Turner, D. Kellogg and S. S. Phelps be- 
 ing included among the number. In the 
 Presidential election of 1852, he was elect- 
 ed one of the Electoral College for Ver- 
 mont, when the vote of the State was 
 thrown for General Scott. In 1854, he 
 was nominated as candidate for the office 
 of Governor of Vermont- by a large mass 
 State Convention, and could the people 
 have had their way, would have been tri- 
 umphantly elected. 
 
 But out of an ardent desire to consoli- 
 date the political sentiments of the people 
 in one controUin'g organization, as well as 
 out of high personal regard for the ven- 
 erable Chief Justice, Stephen Royce, who 
 had been previously named for the execu- 
 tive chair by a Convention of the Whig 
 party. General Walton cheerfully yielded 
 his place on the ticket. The name of Judge 
 Royce was substituted by the State Com- 
 I mittee, and he was heartily supported by 
 
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 the people; and thus was organized the 
 present p.epublican party of the State. 
 For that organization a large measure of 
 credit is due to Gen. Walton. 
 
 We have nairied the circumstances con- 
 nected with Mr. Walton's nomination to 
 the office of governor, for the double pur- 
 pose of showing the remarkable lack of 
 even well-warranted assumptions in the 
 man, and his patriotic readiness to submit 
 to any personal sacrifice which he was led 
 to suppose public good required him to 
 make, as well as of showing how his party, 
 while so generally admitting his qualifica- 
 tions for office, and the merit of his ser- 
 vices in their behalf, so strangely over- 
 looked him, when they so often had the 
 power to reward and honor him . That he 
 was ever honorable and just in his treat- 
 ment towards his political opponents, the 
 writer of this sketch, who was for many 
 years one of them, can, and here does, 
 most cheerfiilly attest ; and the late Araunah 
 Waterman, who was ever a staunch political 
 opponent, was often heard frankly to admit 
 that "General Walton was both an honor- 
 able man and an honest politician.'' That 
 he, in his long, persistent, judicious and 
 able editorial labors, was eminently instru- 
 mental in establishing the ascendency of 
 his party and keeping it in power, is a fact 
 too well known to be questioned. Prob- 
 ably, indeed, that man has never lived in 
 Vermont who did so much toward build- 
 ing up the old Whig party of the State, 
 and its successor, the Republican party, 
 which he lived to see become, from the 
 minority in which he found it, one of the 
 most overwhelming majorities ever re- 
 corded in the history of party warfare. 
 But while it was his lot to do so, and see 
 all this, it was his lot also to be often com- 
 pelled, like many another political editor, 
 "to make brick without straw," or, in 
 other words', manufacture great men out of 
 small patterns, who, when made, carried 
 their heads so high as generally to entirely 
 overlook their political creator. 
 
 Mr. Walton's style of writing was, for 
 his advantages, unusually correct, and un- 
 usually well calculated for enforcing his 
 sentiments and enlisting the sympathy of 
 
 his readers. During the first years of his 
 residence in Montpelier, he, in company 
 with other young aspirants of the village, 
 got up an association for mutual improve- 
 ment in knowledge and literature, called 
 the " Franklin Society." In this society, 
 in which theme writing was a leading ex- 
 ercise, he probably made much progress in 
 forming his style, which was evidently 
 modelled on that of Dr. Franklin, so gen- 
 erally the great oracle of the printer boy. 
 The bon homme of "Poor Richard," how- 
 ever, can never be successfully imitated by 
 a man without a good heart. But Mr. 
 Walton had that heart, and. through the 
 force of finely-blended, emotional and in- 
 tellectual qualities of his heart, he grad- 
 ually formed a style of his own, which, 
 with the vein of good common sense that 
 pervaded it, gave him rank with the most 
 pleasing and instructive of our editorial 
 writers. As before intimated, he continued 
 to write for his. old paper to the last, and 
 in so doing, besides his instructive articles 
 on farming' and domestic economy, he 
 wrote and published in the Watchman, the 
 year before his death, sixteen numbers on 
 the events of the Olden Times in the Valley 
 of the Winooski, over the signature of 
 Oliver Old-School, which deserve to be re- 
 published in pamphlet, for public reading 
 and preservation. 
 
 In the political world. Gen. Walton was 
 ever a person to be consulted ; among men 
 he was always a man ; in the church an 
 infiuential officer ; in the social circle a 
 dignified, but a very courteous and kindly 
 companion, and in his family an exemplary 
 husband and father. His integrity, whether 
 in business or politics, appears never to 
 have been doubted, by either friend or foe ; 
 his general intellectual capacity was al- 
 ways conceded, and his frank and generous 
 disposition known to the utmost limits of 
 his extensive personal acquaintance. 
 
 Apr. 28, 181 1, Mr. Walton married Miss 
 Prussia, daughter of Eliakim D. Persons, 
 of Montpelier, by whom he had 8 children 
 — Eliakim P., 6 years in Congress ; Harriet 
 Newell, wife of Hon. H. R. Wing, a 
 lawyer of standing at Glen's Falls, N. Y. ; 
 George Parker, a very promising young 
 

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 man, who died at the age of about 24 
 years, at New Orleans ; Nathaniel Porter, 
 for some years the accountant of the firm 
 of E. P. Walton & Sons ; Chauncey, now 
 deceased; Samuel M., the book-binder in 
 Montpelier ; Ezekiel Dodge, who died at 
 the age of about 25 years, at Philadelphia ; 
 and Mary, wife of George Dewey, a mer- 
 chant of New York city. 
 
 In his religious character, Mr. Walton 
 was an earnest, frank, sincere Christian, 
 always warm and generous in the utter- 
 ance and support of his principles. He 
 combined the wisdom of the serpent, the 
 boldness of the lion and the harmlessness 
 of the dove, in his whole Christian course ; 
 was a devoted member and an honorable 
 office bearer in the Congregational church 
 for many years. His piety irradiated his 
 household, his secular cares and his place 
 of business. Everywhere, at all times, he 
 was the admirable type of a Christian gen- 
 tleman. In the Conference, in the Sabbath- 
 school, in the support of charitable and 
 religious institutions, none surpassed and 
 few equalled him. The young men in his 
 office felt his influence very strongly. Of 
 the many who graduated from his office, 
 and came to fill afterwards, with honor, 
 public stations in the councils of the State 
 and in the halls of Congress, and in the. 
 courts of justice, twelve have been mem- 
 bers of churches, and two have become 
 useful and respected ministers.of the Gospel. 
 And none could bear higher testimony to; 
 the invariable and elevated religious char-' 
 acter of Mr. Walton than they. 
 
 Gen. Walton died Nov. 27, 1855, leav- 
 ing, as might be expected from one of his 
 liberal views, not much property, indeed, 
 but that " good name " which is better than 
 riches. 
 
 MRS. PRUSSIA PERSONS WALTON, 
 
 widow of the late Gen. Ezekiel P.Walton, 
 daughter of Eliakim D. Persons, died at 
 her home Saturday, June 22, 1878, aged 86 ; 
 the oldest resident at her death in the 
 town of Montpelier. The Watchman says : 
 The long life of this " elect lady," though 
 filled with unusual cares and responsibili- 
 ties, was nevertheless rendered beautiful 
 by her naturally exuberant spirits, her 
 
 tender regard for all her fellow-beings, and 
 her unfaltering trust in Him in whom she 
 believed. Her kindly heart and her dili- 
 gent hands were busy to the last in works 
 of charity and mercy, and few are the 
 dwellings among us but contain some 
 dainty token of affection wrought by her ■ 
 deft fingers. The blessing of the whole 
 community rested upon her as she ex- 
 changed the imperfect joys of earth for the 
 perfect bliss of Heaven. 
 
 DR. JAMES SPALDING, 
 
 who for. 40 years was a successful prac- 
 ticing physician of Montpelier village and 
 vicinity, died at his residence, October, 
 1866. The following accurate sketch and 
 deserved tribute to his memory appeared 
 in the Boston Medical and Surgical Jour- 
 nal: [somewhat condensed.] 
 
 "Dr. Spalding was born in Sharon, Vt., 
 Mar. 20, 1792. His father, Dea. Reuben 
 Spalding, was one of the earliest settlers 
 in the State, whose life was not more re- 
 markable for his toils, privations and 
 energy, as a pioneer in a new country, 
 than for his unbending integrity, and for 
 the best qualities of the Old New England 
 Puritanism. James was the third son of 
 12 children, all of whom reached maturity 
 and were, settled in life with families. At 
 the age of seven he received a small wound 
 in the knee joint, which confined him for 
 more than 6 months, attended with ex- 
 treme suffering. By the skill of Dr. 
 Nathan Smith, of Hanover, the limb was 
 at length healed, leaving the knee par- 
 tially anchylosed, however, to recover from 
 which required 'years. While thus con- 
 fined, probably from estimation of Dr. 
 Smith, which estimation was retained 
 through life, he decided to be a physician 
 and surgeon. He never attended a high 
 school or academy, but he acquired a good 
 common school education, besides storing 
 his mind with much general knowledge 
 and that mental discipline which so highly 
 distinguished him in after life. He com- 
 menced study at the 'age of 17 with Dr. 
 Eber Carpenter, , of Alstead, N. H., stip- 
 ulating the expenses of his education should 
 be defrayed by his practicing one year with 
 the Doctor after he had graduated. He 
 applied himself with uncommon assiduity 
 
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 to his medical studies, taking, at the same 
 time, private lessons in Greek and Latin. 
 At 20 years he graduated at the Dartmouth 
 Medical Institution, having heard the lec- 
 tures from Smith and Perkins. 
 
 While .a student, his opportunities for 
 practice were very extensive ; the spotted 
 fever prevailed generally throughout New 
 England. This epidemic was truly appal- 
 ling in Alstead and the neighboring towns. 
 Dr. Spalding brought his discriminating 
 mind to the subject with all the close ob- 
 servation of a veteran in the science, and 
 arrived at the same conclusions as to its 
 pathology and treatment as others who 
 stood the most eminent in the profession. 
 His position was very embarrassing, being 
 called the "boy physician," having to meet 
 veterans in the profession for whom he 
 entertained an exalted opinion. Modesty 
 would hardly permit him to differ from 
 them, yet he had so studied this epidemic, 
 in most cases his views and treatment were 
 , adopted. 
 
 After practicing 2 years in Alstead with 
 Dr. Carpenter, he commenced business in 
 Claremont, but having friends in Mont- 
 pelier, was induced to remove to this place. 
 Though but a boy, he had seen much 
 practice, and performed many surgical op- 
 erations, and it required but a short time 
 for him to gain general confidence as a 
 physician, and more especially as a sur- 
 geon, which he retained without abatement 
 through life. His fixed purpose was im- 
 provement in his profession ; he never en- 
 gaged in any other business or sought any 
 political preferment. Others may have 
 done more under other circumstances, yet 
 by his example, integrity, industry, com- 
 munications for the medical journals, and 
 dissertations before the County and State 
 Medical Societies, from time to time, it may 
 be said, he added something to the gen- 
 .eral stock of knowledge in his profession, 
 and that as a surgeon he was successful 
 above most others. His particular trait of 
 mind was a sound judgment, based upon a 
 careful, discriminating examination of all 
 the evidence which gave in each individual 
 case its peculiar characteristic. Well in- 
 formed in books and the general principles 
 
 of his profession, having an extensive in- 
 tercourse with his medical brethren, he 
 was well prepared to impart to others the 
 results of his extensive experience. He 
 was an original thinker, not only in his 
 medical and surgical practice, but in other 
 departments. It was a maxim with him 
 that there should be no guess-work in his 
 profession, more especially in surgery. In 
 consultations, due respect was paid to the 
 opinions of his professional brethren, but 
 still he would suffer his judgment to be in- 
 fluenced only as the evidence in the case 
 affected his own mind, never evading re- 
 sponsibility, and always governed by his 
 own independent conclusions, and for this 
 reason he was much sought for in con- 
 sultations. He retained through life the 
 confidence and respect of his professional 
 brethren, and while differing from others 
 in his diagnosis and treatment of disease, 
 he succeeded in leaving the confidence of 
 patient and friends in the attending physi- 
 cian unabated, discharging his duty to his 
 patients without injury to the feelings or 
 reputation of any one. It being the settled 
 maxim of his life, that strict integrity is the 
 true and only policy which should govern 
 every man who desires his own interest or 
 that of others, he never sought to appro- 
 priate to himself what justly belonged to 
 them. 
 
 For more than 40 years he was an active 
 member of the Vermont State Medical 
 Society, and, through it, labored to ad- 
 vance the best interests of the profession 
 he so much loved, and became acquainted 
 with most of the distinguished physicians 
 of the State, among whom he had many 
 personal friends. In 1819, he was elected 
 secretary, which ofiice he held for over 20 
 years. In 1842, he was chairman of a 
 committee to draft a petition for a geolog- 
 ical survey of the State. He was vice 
 president of the Medical Society in 1843, 
 treasurer in 1844, chairman of the com- 
 mittee on the History of the Society in 
 1845. He read a thesis in 1846, "On Na- 
 ture as manifested in Disease and Health," 
 which was highly commended. He was 
 elected president in 1846, '7, '8, and de- 
 livered a dissertation on "Typhus Fever" 
 
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 in 1848, which was published by a vote of 
 the society. He was elected a correspond- 
 ing secretary in 1850, and librarian in 
 1854, which office he held until his death. 
 He was also a member of the Board of 
 Fellows of the Vermont Academy of Med- 
 icine, besides holding many offices con- 
 nected with science, literature, temper- 
 ance, etc. But few men in the country 
 have seen such an artiount of disease and 
 so carefully observed the peculiarities of 
 the various epidemics occurring for nearly 
 half a century ; and it is to be regretted 
 that so little is left on record of his exten- 
 sive observations and experience both as a 
 physician and surgeon. In private life he 
 was a man of much amenity of manners, of 
 great worth and purity of character, en- 
 larged benevolence and of high-minded 
 purposes in all that goes to make the en- 
 lightened Christian and good citizen. 
 
 In 1820, he married Miss Eliza Reed, of 
 Montpelier. They raised 6 children — 
 James R., an editor in the city of New 
 York; William C, a distinguished physi- 
 cian of Watertown, Wis. ; Martha E., died 
 at 18 ; Jane, who married Dr. Warner of 
 Weathersfield, Conn. ; George B., a cler- 
 gyman and Doctor of Divinity, of Dover, 
 N. H., and editor of the New Hampshire 
 Journal; and Isabella, wife of Mr. Louns- 
 . bury, of Hartford, Ct. 
 
 Mrs. Spalding, a woman of many vir- 
 tues, died in 1854, and about 2 years-after. 
 Dr. Spalding married Mrs. Dodd, a daugh- 
 ter of the late Wyllys Lyman, of Hartford, 
 Vt., who died in 1857. 
 
 HON. SAMUEL PRENTISS 
 
 was born in Stonington, Ct., Mar. 31, 
 1782 ; his family, of a pure English and 
 Puritan, stock, are traceable as far back 
 as 1318, through official records which 
 show the reputable positions occupied by 
 branches of the family, till they came to 
 New England, where the lineage at once 
 took stock among the best in the colonies. 
 In direct descent he was the 6th from his 
 first American, but English-born, ancestor, 
 Capt. Thomas Prentiss, born in England 
 about 1620, became a resident of Newton, 
 Mass., 1752, was a noted cavalry officer in 
 . the King Philip war, and died 1710, leav- 
 
 ing Thomas Prentiss, Jr., father of Samuel 
 Prentiss, ist, father of Samuel, 2d, who 
 was a colonel in the Revolutionary Army, 
 and father of Samuel, 3d, a physician and 
 surgeon in the army, and the father of 
 Judge Samuel Prentiss, of Montpelier. 
 The whole stock of the Prentiss family 
 was good, but this branch was particularly 
 so, both physically and intellectually. 
 Col. Prentiss, of Revolutionary memory, 6 
 feet high, weighing over 200 pounds, with- 
 out corpulency, was one of the best built, 
 most muscular men of the times ; and the 
 different members of the family descend- 
 ing from him, for the last two or three ^n- 
 erations, of which those now living have 
 been cognizant, will be remembered to 
 have been,, with a rare uniformity, well- 
 formed, shapely and good-looking, possess- 
 ing an unusual intellectual capacity and 
 pov^er. 
 
 When Samuel was about a year old, he 
 removed with his family from Stonington, 
 Ct., to Worcester, Mass., and from thence 
 in about 3 years to Northfield, Mass., 
 where his father, Dr. Prentiss, continued 
 the successful practice of his profession in 
 18 18, the son being kept in his earlier 
 boyhood at the common schools, and 
 while yet young, put into classical studies 
 with the Rev. Samuel C. Allen, minister 
 of the town, and at about 19, entered as a 
 law student in the office of Samuel Vose, 
 Esq., of the same town. He did not 
 complete the course of legal studies there, 
 but with that object, passed over into the 
 neighboring village of Brattleboro, and 
 entered the office of John W. Blake, Esq., 
 from whence, Dec. 1802, he was admitted to 
 the bar several months before his majority. 
 
 In view of what Mr. Prentiss afterward 
 became, all will understand he studied the 
 elementary principles of the law before his 
 admission to the Bar ; but few, perhaps, 
 are aware how close and extensive in the 
 meantime had been his study of the great 
 masters of English literature, how careful 
 the cultivation of his taste, and how much 
 his proficiency in the formation of that 
 style, which subsequently so peculiarly 
 stamped all his mental efforts, whether of 
 writing or speaking, with unvarying strength 
 
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 and neatness of expression. We recollect 
 of having once met with a series of literary 
 miscellany written by him, probably when 
 he was a law student, published first ixi a 
 newspaper in consecutive numbers, and 
 afterwards republished by some one in 
 pamphlet form, which were all alike marked 
 by' neatness of style and beauty of senti- 
 ment, and which, though only intended, 
 doubtless, for mere off-hand sketches; 
 would have favorably compared with our 
 best magazine literature. 
 
 Early in the year 1803, he came into 
 this part of the State, and opened an office 
 inW;he new, but promising village of Mont- 
 pelier, which was to be ever after his home, 
 and the central point of the field of the 
 splendid professional success which he was 
 destined to achieve. 
 
 IJis legal attainments, the genius he dis- 
 played in developing them, the skill he 
 manifested in the management of his 
 cases, and his peculiarly smooth and happy 
 manner as a speaker, appear almost im- 
 mediately, after he commenced practice 
 here, to have attracted attention, and given 
 him a distinguished place in the estimation 
 of all the people of the surrounding coun- 
 try as a young man of unusual promise. 
 But he knew better than to repose on 
 laurels of this kind ; that not to advance in 
 his profession, was virtually to recede ; 
 that he could make no real progress with- 
 out exploring the great field of jurispru- 
 dence, within whose portals he had only 
 just entered ; in other words, not without 
 devoting himself to study, careful, close 
 and unremitting; and commenced a course, 
 which, passing beyond the applications of 
 all his own special cases, was as extended 
 as the principles of the law itself, when re- 
 garded no less as a science than a system 
 of technicalities, and this course for the 
 next twenty years, while all the time in 
 active employ as a practitioner, he pur- 
 sued with an assiduity and perseverance 
 rarely ever witnessed among lawyers who, 
 like him, have already reached the higher 
 ranks of their profession. 
 
 Such a course of legal research, con- 
 ducted by a mind of the discrimination 
 and power of analysis ^ which characterized 
 
 that of Mr. Prentiss, could not long re- 
 main unattended by fruits. We find the 
 legislature of his State, as early as 1822, 
 proffering him, with singular unanimity, a 
 seat as one of the associate justices on the 
 bench of the Supreme Court, which honor 
 he declined, but in 1824 and '25, consent- 
 ed to serve his town as their representative 
 in the General Assembly, and having been 
 triumphantly elected, soon gave unmis- 
 takable earnest of those abilities as a leg- 
 islator and a statesman, which were after- 
 wards so conspicuously displayed in the 
 broader field of the council chamber of the 
 nation. ' At the session of the legislature of 
 1825, he was elected first associate justice 
 of the Supreme Court so unanimously, and 
 with so many private solicitations for his 
 acceptance, he did not longer decline a 
 membership in our State tribunal, and 
 wentupon the bench, where so scrupulously 
 and ably he executed the duties of his post 
 the next 4 years, that by almost common 
 consent he was elected in 1829, Chief Jus- 
 tice of the Supreme Court of Vermont, and 
 in 1830, a member of the United States' 
 Senate, and was re-elected in 1836 a 
 second term to the Senate, and before his 
 term of sei"vice had quite expired was nom- 
 inated by the President, and without the 
 usual reference of his case to a committee, 
 unanimously confirmed, as the Judge of 
 United States' District Court of this State, 
 in place of Hon. Elijah Paine, then just 
 deceased. This quiet, though highly re- 
 sponsible office, whose duties were to be 
 discharged so near home, he, in his de- 
 clining health, preferred to a seat on the 
 bench of the Supreme Court of the United 
 States, which it was more than intimated 
 from high quarters he might soon obtain. 
 He therefore accepted the post, which he 
 continued to hold till his death, Jan. 15, 
 1857. 
 
 Such was the brilliant ofl^cial career of 
 the Hon. Samuel Prentiss for the last 34 
 years of his life ; he never passed an hour 
 without bearing the responsibilities of some 
 important public trust, and was never re- 
 moved from one except to be promoted to 
 a higher one, till he had reached the high- 
 est but one within the gift of the American 
 
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 people ; and as a senator, he won an en- 
 viable and enduring reputation in a body 
 embracing almost all the intellectual giants 
 in that highest period of American states- 
 manship. Among the beneficent meas- 
 ures, of which he was the originator and 
 successful advocate, was the law, still in 
 force, for the suppression of duelling in 
 the District of Columbia. His speeches in 
 support ot that measure have taken rank 
 among the best specimens of senatorial el- 
 oquence. His speech against the bank- 
 rupt law of 1840 was pronounced by John 
 C. Calhoun to have been the clearest and 
 most unan.swerable of any, on a debatable 
 question, which he had heard for years. 
 His stand on this occasion attracted the 
 more public notice, from the fact that he 
 had the independence to contest the pas- 
 sage of the bill, in opposition, with only 
 one exception, to the whole body of his 
 party. And there can be but little doubt 
 that his argument, which was felt to stand 
 still unanswered, had much to do with the 
 repeal of that unfortunate law, a few years 
 afterwards. 
 
 Judge Prentiss was obviously held in the 
 highest estimation in the Senate, alike for 
 the purity and worth of his private, and 
 the rare ability of his senatorial character. 
 His equal and confidential relations with 
 Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were at 
 that day well known ; while his sterling 
 talents and civic virtues were admitted and 
 admired by all, who, as we were often told 
 at the time, cheerfully joined his more 
 particular associates in conceding him to 
 be the best lawyer in the Senate. 
 
 It is in his character as a jurist, however, 
 that Mr. Prentiss will be longest remem- 
 bered. It is, perhaps, sufficient praise for 
 him to say, that not one of that series of 
 able and lucid decisions, which he had 
 made while on the bench of our Supreme 
 Court, has ever been overruled by any suc- 
 ceeding tribunal in this State, rior, as far 
 as we are apprized, by that of any other, 
 though those decisions are, to this time, 
 being frequently quoted in the courts of 
 probably nearly every State in the. Union. 
 With the legal profession, facts of this kind 
 involve probably the best evidence of high 
 
 judicial accomplishment which could pos- 
 sibly be adduced. With those out of that 
 profession, the opinions of other great and 
 learned men respecting the one in ques- 
 tion, might be, perhaps, more palpably 
 conclusive. And to meet the understand- 
 ings of both, these classes, therefore, we 
 will close our remarks on this part of our 
 subject by mentioning a curious legal co- 
 incidence, which, while it involved an im- 
 portant decision, was the means of draw- 
 ing forth a high compliment from the lips 
 of one of the most distinguished of all our 
 American jurists : 
 
 Some time during Judge Prentiss' Chief 
 Justiceship of this State, Sir Charles Bell, 
 of the Common 3ench of England, made, 
 in an important case, a decision whicn was 
 wholly new law in that country ; and it was 
 afterwards discovered, when the reports of 
 the year, on both sides of the water, were 
 published, that Judge Prentiss had, not 
 only in the same year, but in the same 
 week or fortnight, made, in one of our im- 
 portant suits, precisely the same decision, 
 which was also then new law here, arriving 
 at his conclusion by a process strikingly 
 similar to that of the English justice. 
 This remarkable coincidence, involving 
 the origin of then new, but now well- 
 established points of law, and involving, 
 at the same time,' an inference so flattering 
 to our Chief Justice, at once attracted the 
 notice of the celebrated Chancellor Kent, 
 of New York, who, soon after, falling in 
 company with several of our most noted 
 Vermonters, cited this singular instance in 
 compliment to the Vermont Chief Justice, 
 and after remarking that there was no 
 possibility that either the American or 
 English justice could be apprised of the 
 other's views on the point in question, 
 wound up by the voluntary tribute : 
 
 " Judge Story, the only man to be 
 thought of in the comparison, is certainly 
 a very learned and able man ; but I cannot 
 help regarding Judge Prentiss as the best 
 jurist in New England." 
 
 Perhaps there is nothing about which 
 there is more misconception among men 
 generally than in what constitutes a really 
 great intellect. Most people are prone to 
 
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 be looking for some bold and startling 
 thoughts, or some brilliant or learned dis- 
 play of language, in a man, to make good 
 in him their preconceived notions of in- 
 tellectual greatness. And should they see 
 him take up a subject in a simple, natural 
 manner, analyze it, reject all the fictitious, 
 retain all the real, arrange the elements, 
 and, thus clearly proceeding, at length 
 reach the only just and safe conclusion of 
 which the case admits, they would, per- 
 haps, feel a sort of disappointment in not 
 having seen any of the imposing mental 
 machinery brought into play, which they 
 supposed would be required to produce the 
 result. Demagogues might indeed make 
 use of such machinery, but a truly great 
 man, never. For it is that very simplicity 
 and clearness of mental operations which 
 can only make an intellect eflScient, safe 
 and great. Grasp of thought, penetration 
 and power of analysis, are the expressions 
 generally used in describing a mind of the 
 character of that of Judge Prentiss. But 
 they hardly bring us to a realization of the 
 extremely simple and natural intellectual 
 process, through which he moved on, self- 
 poised, step by step, with so much ease 
 and certainty to the impregnable legal po- 
 sitions where he was content only to rest. 
 And to have fully realized this, we should 
 have listened to one of his plain but lu- 
 minous decisions, on a case before sup- 
 posed to be involved in almost insuperable 
 doubts and perplexities — perceived how, 
 at first, he carefully gathered up all that 
 could have any bearing on the subject in 
 hand ; how he then began to scatter light 
 upon the seemingly dark and tangled mass ; 
 and then, how, segregating all the irrele- 
 vant • and extraneous, and assorting the 
 rest, he conducted our minds to what at 
 length we could not fail to see to be the 
 truth and reality of the case. That Judge 
 Prentiss possessed, besides his profound 
 knowledge of the law as a science, a finely- 
 balanced and superior intellect is unques- 
 tionable ; and that it became so, in the ex- 
 ercise of those peculiar traitswe have been 
 attempting to describe, need, it appears to 
 us, to be scarcely less doubted. 
 
 In person. Judge Prentiss was nearly 6 
 feet high, well-formed, with an unusually 
 expansive forehead, shapely features and a 
 clear and pleasant countenance, all made 
 the more imposing and agreeable by the 
 affable and courtly bearing of tlie old school 
 gentleman. 
 
 In his domestic system, he was a rigid 
 economist, but ever gave liberally when- 
 ever the object conmanded his approba- 
 tion. Let a single instance -suffice for il- 
 lustration : Some years before his death, 
 his minister lost an only cow ; and the fact 
 coming to his €ars, he ordered his man to 
 drive, the next morning, one of the cows 
 he then possessed, to the stabje of the 
 minister. But strangely enough, the cow 
 selected for the gift died that night. He 
 was not thus to be defeated, however, in 
 his kind purpose ; for hearing that the 
 minister had engaged a new cow, at a 
 given price, he at once sent him the amount 
 in money required to pay for it. 
 
 Judge Prentiss has gone ; but the people 
 of the town, which had the honor to be his 
 home, will cherish his memory as long as 
 they are capable of appreciating true ex- 
 cellence, and be but too proud to tell the 
 stranger that he was one of their towns- 
 men. 
 
 At the October session of the United 
 States District Court, following the death 
 of Judge Prentiss, after a suitable annouce- 
 ment by the district attorney, and the de- 
 livery in court of eloquent tributes to the 
 character of the deceased, by the Hon. 
 Solomon Foot, and the Hon. David A. 
 Smalley, the new judge, the following pre- 
 amble and resolutions were entertained, 
 and ordered to be placed upon the records 
 of the court, as "an enduring evidence of 
 the high veneration in which his memory 
 was held by the Bar" : 
 
 Whereas, the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, 
 late Judge of the District Court of the 
 United States for the District of Vermont, 
 having departed this life within the present 
 year, and the members of this Bar and the 
 oflicers of this Courtentertainingthe high- 
 est veneration for his memory, the most 
 profound respect for his great ability, 
 learning, experience and uprightness as a 
 Judge, and cherishing for his many public 
 
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 and private virtues the most lively and af- 
 fectionate recollection, therefore, 
 
 Resolved, That his uniformly unosten- 
 tatious and gentlemanly deportment, his 
 assiduous discharge of his official duties, 
 his high sense of justice, his unbending 
 integrity, and the exalted dignity and pur- 
 ity of his public and private character, 
 furnish the nighest evidence of his intrin- 
 sic worth, and of his great personal merit. 
 
 Resolved, That the District Attorney, 
 as Chairman of this meeting of the Bar, 
 communicate to the family of the deceased 
 a copy of these proceedings, with an assur- 
 ance of the sincere condolence of the mem- 
 bers of the Bar and the officers of this 
 Court, on account of this great and irrep- 
 arable bereavement. 
 
 Resolved, That in behalf of the Bar and 
 the offices of this Court, the Honorable 
 the Presiding Judge thereof be, and he is 
 hereby, respectfully requested to order the 
 foregoing preamble and resolutions to be 
 entered on the minutes of the Court. 
 
 MRS. LUCRETIA PRENTISS, 
 
 daughter of the late Edward Houghton, 
 Esq., of Northfield, Mass., was born Mar. 
 6, 1786, and received a good English edu- 
 cation for the times. She married Samuel 
 Prentiss, Esq., in 1804, and settled down 
 with him for life in the village of Mont- 
 pelier. Here she became the mother of 12 
 children, George Houghton, Samuel Blake, 
 Edward Houghton, John Holmes, Charles 
 Williams, Henry Francis, Frederick James, 
 Theodore, Joseph Addison, Augustus, Lu- 
 cretia and James Prentiss. 
 
 George H. Prentiss died soon after ar- 
 riving at maturity and settling down in his 
 profession, which, like that of all the rest 
 of the brothers who reached manhood, was 
 that of the law. Augustus, and Lucretia, 
 the only daughter, died in infancy. 
 
 The cares, labors and responsibilities of 
 the wife are generally, to a great extent, 
 mingled with those of the husband. Much 
 less than usual, however, were they so in 
 the case of Mrs. Prentiss. In consequence 
 of the close occupation of the time of her 
 husband in his crowding legal engagements 
 when at home, and his frequent and long- 
 continued absences from home in the dis- 
 charge of his professional or official duties, 
 almost the whole care and management of 
 his young and numerous family devolved 
 
 on her. And those who know what un- 
 ceasing care and vigilance, and what blend- 
 ing of kindness, discretion and firmness, 
 are required to restrain and check, without 
 loss of influence, and train up with the 
 rightful moral guidance, a family of boys 
 of active temperaments, of fertile intellects 
 and ambitious dispositions, so that they 
 all be brought safely into manhood, will 
 appreciate the delicacy and magnitude of 
 her trust, and be ready to award her the 
 just meed of praise for discharging it, as 
 she confessedly did, with such unusual faith- 
 fulness and with such unusual success. 
 Mrs. Prentiss died at Montpelier, June 15, 
 1855, in her 70th year. 
 
 It would be difficult to say too much in 
 praise of the character of this rare woman. 
 She was one of earth's angels. In her do- 
 mestic and social virtues ; in the industry 
 that caused her "to work willingly with her 
 hands;" in " the law of kindness " that 
 prompted her benevolence, and the wis- 
 dom that so judiciously and impartially 
 dispensed it ; together with all the other of 
 those clustered excellencies that went to 
 constitute the character of the model woman 
 of the wise man — in all these Mrs. Prentiss 
 had scarce a peer among us, scarce a su- 
 perior anywhere. She did everything for 
 her family, and lived to see her husband 
 become known as he " sat among the Elders 
 of the land," and her nine surviving sons, 
 all of established characters, and present- 
 ing an aggregate of capacity and good re- 
 pute unequalled, perhaps, by that of any 
 other family in the State, and all praising 
 her in their lives. These were her works, 
 but not all her works. The heart-works 
 of the good neighbor, of the good and 
 lowly Christian, and the hand-works that 
 looked to the benefit and elevation of so- 
 ciety at large, were by her all done, and 
 all the better done for being performed 
 so unobtrusively, so cheerfully and so un- 
 selfishly. 
 
 D. P. T. 
 
 Oh, many a spirit walks tlie world unbeeded. 
 That, when Its veil of sadness is laid down, 
 
 Shall sdar aloft with pinions unimpeded. 
 Wearing its glory like a starry crown. 
 
 —Julia Wallace, 
 
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 THE HON. JOSEPH REED, 
 
 Born in Westford, Mass. Mar. 13, 1766, 
 when about 12 years of age left Westford, 
 to live with his uncle in Plymouth, N. H., 
 for about 6 years, receiving only the advan- 
 tages of a common school education, and 
 at 1 8 commenced and served a 3 years' ap- 
 prenticeship to the carpenter's trade, with 
 James Sargeant, of Plymouth, after which 
 he worked one year for his master for $150, 
 and then continued at his trade nearly 5 
 years in the vicinity, when he relinquished 
 for good his trade and entered the store of 
 Mr. Mower Russell in Plymouth, but soon 
 removed to Thetford, Vt., where in 1803 
 he opened a store. In June 1804, he mar- 
 ried first. He had no children by this mar- 
 riage. In 1812, he married second, Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of Rev. Jacob Burnap D. 
 D. of Merrimac, N. H., by whom he had 
 2 sons, Charles and George W. In 1814, 
 15, 16, Mr. Reed was elected town repre- 
 sentative of Thetford and received 5 more 
 elections in the next 7 years. In 1818, 
 19, he was elected one of the Judges of 
 Orange County Court. Having been very 
 successful in trade in Thetford and closed 
 up business there, he removed to Montpe- 
 lier in 1827. In 1830, 31, 32, he was elect- 
 ed Judge of probate for the district of 
 Washington County, and in 1834, was 
 chosen one of the Council of Censors to 
 revise the constitution of the State, and 
 in 1840, one of the presidential elec- 
 tors who threw the vote of Vermont for 
 General Harrison, and he was county 
 treasurer for almost the last 30 years of 
 his life. His second wife, who shared his 
 cares and his fortunes through nearly the 
 most active period of his life, and who was 
 the mother of his children, died and he 
 married her sister. Miss Lucy Burnap, for 
 his third wife, who dying soon after, he 
 married his fourth wife, Miss Frances M. 
 Cotton, daughter of the Hon. John H. 
 Cotton of Windsor, who, with a daughter, 
 still survives him. 
 
 Judge Reed at his death, Feb. 6, 1859, 
 left a handsome fortune, and, what is far 
 better, a character which his descendants 
 may be proud to contemplate. Of him, 
 his personal peculiarities and general char- 
 
 acter, it was said, in a tribute from a dis- 
 criminate source, which appeared in one 
 of oifr public journals at the time of his 
 death, -^" He was a gentleman of the Old 
 School, precise and methodical in his hab- 
 its ; of noble presence and demeanor ; hon- 
 est and sincere in all his dealings ; reserved 
 and prudent in his speech, sagacious and 
 comprehensive in his views, of resolute 
 and unflinching perseverance, and wise 
 and ample generosity." 
 
 This single sentence finely embodies 
 the whole of his general character, yet 
 some of its peculiar traits may be more 
 definitely told. Among which was beside 
 his unbending integrity his particular and 
 nice conscieritiouness. But th^ way in 
 which Judge Reed effected the most good, 
 and for which, doubtless, he will be the 
 longest, and by the largest number remem- 
 bered, was assisting indig^t, but promis- 
 ing young men in obtaining an education. 
 When, in about middle life, he found he 
 had accumulated a property which afforded 
 a yearly surplus over the economical sup- 
 port of his family, and the probable ex- 
 pense of educating his children, he, as he 
 once told a friend, began to feel it his duty 
 to bestow at least a good portion of that 
 surplus on objects calculated for public 
 good. And distrusting the wisdom of 
 many of the schemes of benevolence in 
 vogue, on which others were bestowing 
 their charities, he for some time cast about 
 him for a system by which to bestow his 
 money so that it might conduce to the 
 most benefit to individuals, and through 
 them to society at large. And he soon 
 settled on loaning to any poor young man, 
 showing promise of usefulness, such sums 
 of money as he should need to carry him 
 through College, without requiring any se- 
 curity for the payment of the amounts ad- 
 vanced, and leaving the payment a wholly 
 voluntary matter with the beneficiary. And 
 having made known his intentions, and 
 finding no lack of applications, he at once 
 put his system in practice, and nobly per- 
 severed in keeping it up to the last year 
 of his life, and till the number of young 
 men educated through his means amount- 
 ed to more than twenty, among whom are 
 
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 to be found some of the most eminent men 
 of the country, ornamenting the learned 
 professions, or adding dignity to the offi- 
 cial positions to which their merits have 
 raised them. 
 
 Other wealthy men may have been as 
 benevolent, others as patriotic, in bestow- 
 ing money for temporary purposes, but few 
 can boast of having originated, and so 
 persistently maintained, for so long a pe- 
 iod, a system of bepevolence so wise and 
 noble, of such wide spread, happy influen- 
 ces which have flowed from the one which 
 stands associated with the memory of the 
 late Joseph Reed. 
 
 HEZEKIAH HUTCHINS REED, 
 
 was born at Hamstead, N. H., May 26, 
 1795, and came with his father. Captain 
 Thomas Reed, and family to Montpelier 
 in 1804. From 1804 to about 1812, he 
 for the greater part of the time, attended 
 the academy in Montpelier, and made 
 such proficiency, and exhibited promise 
 of so much executive talent, at 16, he suc- 
 sessfully taught one of the largest and most 
 forward winter schools in his town, and 
 soon after w'ent to Fort Atkinson, N. Y., 
 and became a clerk in the store of Mr. 
 Gove, while the American Army was win- 
 tering there in 18 13. When the army re- 
 treated southward, he followed it to Platts- 
 burgh, where it took its final stand, -and 
 remained with it in the capacity of sutler 
 till the battle of Plattsburgh, September, 
 1 8 14, at which he was present. The fol- 
 lowing winter he taught school in Grand 
 Isle County; after which he commenced 
 the study of the law in the ofiice of the 
 Hon. Dan Carpenter of Waterbury ; the 
 spring of 1819, was admitted to the Bar, 
 and, during the following summer, went 
 West and settled for practice in Troy, 
 Ohio ; remained about 5 years, collected 
 in his earnings, and invested them in 
 flour, which he put on board one of the 
 flat boats of the Ohio, and sailed down to 
 Natches, sold it, and with the proceeds in 
 his pocket, returned on horse-back through 
 Tennessee, Kentucky and Pennsylvania to 
 Philadelphia, and then by other convey- 
 ance to his old home in Montpelier, 
 
 where he went into partnership with his 
 brother, Thomas Reed, Esq., who had al- 
 ready opened a law ofiice in the village. 
 This partnership lasted about 20 years, 
 and was attended throughout with unusual 
 pecuniary success. The Messrs. Reed did 
 a very large business, mostly in collecting 
 and in honorable speculations, acting as 
 advocates in the courts but little more than 
 in the management of their own cases. 
 They invested largely in the stock of the 
 first and second Bank of Montpelier, and 
 bought out nearly all the stock of the old 
 Winooski Turnpike, which they eventually 
 sold out at a good bargain to the Vermont 
 Central Railroad Company. They also 
 became extensive land owners in this and 
 several of the Western States, and their 
 purchases of this character all turned out, 
 in the aggregate, very profitable invest- 
 ments. * 
 
 Mr. Reed was elected, by general ticket, 
 a member of our Council of Censors in 
 1841 ; was one of the delegates of Ver- 
 mont to the National Convention which 
 nominated Gen. Winfield Scott for Pres- 
 ident, and was for many years considered 
 one of the most influential politicians in 
 the State. In 1851, 52, he was by a large 
 majority elected representative of Montpe- 
 lier in the legislature, and on the establish- 
 ment of the Vermont Bank, in 1849, was 
 chosen its first president and retained in 
 the office till his death. 
 
 Mr. Reed was an unusually energetic, 
 stirring business man ; but business and 
 money-making were evidently not the only 
 objects of his life. He was ever public 
 spirited, entering into, and often leading 
 in, all enterprises designed for the public 
 good and the social, religious and educa- 
 tional interests of his town, with his usual 
 zeal and energy; and was always quite 
 ready to help on all such movements by 
 liberal subscriptions. He perhaps should 
 be considered the foremost in bringing 
 about our present Union School. He gave 
 $1000 towards the building to be erected 
 on its establishment. He died suddenly, 
 and almost in the prime of his life, of in- 
 fiammation of the lungs, while on a jour- 
 ney to the West, June 15, 1856, and now 
 
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 sleeps in our new Green Mount Cemetery, 
 which he took so much pride in planning 
 and ornamenting. 
 
 THE HONORABLE WILLIAM UPHAM, 
 
 son of Captain Samuel Upham, was born 
 in Leicester, Mass., Aug. S, 1792. In 
 1802, his father and family removed to 
 Vermont, and settled on a farm near the 
 Centre of Montpelier, where, from 10 to 
 about 15 years of age, he worked on the 
 farm, only attending the winter schools of 
 the common school district in which he 
 resided ; when he met with an accident, 
 which apparently gave a new turn to his 
 destinies for life: — while engaged about 
 a cider mill, his hand so caught in the ma- 
 chinery, and all the fingers of the right 
 hand, were so crushed that they had to be 
 amputated even with the palm. This, un- 
 fitting him for manual labor, led his jfather 
 to consent to what had before been his 
 wish, the commencement of a course of 
 education, preparatory to the study of the 
 law. Accordingly he attended the old 
 academy, at Montpelier, a few terms, and 
 then, with the late Reverend William Per- 
 rin of Berlin for a fellow student, pursued 
 the study of Latin and Greek, about one 
 year, with the Reverend James Hobart of 
 Berlin. In 1808, he entered the office of 
 the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, in Montpelier, 
 as a law student; and, after pursuing his 
 legal studies there about three years, he 
 was admitted to the bar, and soon went in- 
 to partnership in the practice of the law 
 with the Hon. Nicholas Baylies. After 
 continuing in partnership with Mr. Baylies 
 a few years, he opened an office alone in 
 Montpelier ; and from that time, until his 
 election to the United States Senate, he, 
 either alone or with temporary partners, 
 continued in the constant and successful 
 practice of his profession, the business of 
 which was always more than ample enough 
 to require his whole time and attention. 
 For thefirsi thirty years of his professional 
 career, Mr. Upham, with the exception of 
 only one instance, steadily declined the 
 many profers of his friends for his promo- 
 tion to civil office, though his opportunities 
 for holding such offices included the chance 
 
 for a seat on the bench of our Supreme 
 Court. The excepted instance was in- 
 volved in his consent to run as candidate 
 for town representative, in 1827 ; when, 
 though the majority of his party was a 
 matter of much doubt, he was triumphant- 
 ly elected. In 1828, he was re-elected, 
 and in 1830, received a third election, 
 serving throug all the three terms to the 
 entire satisfaction of his constituents, and 
 therein exhibiting talents as a public de- 
 bator which gave him a high position in 
 the Legislature. In the presidential cam- 
 paign, 1840, he, for the first time, took an 
 active part in politics, and, to use a mod- 
 ern phrase, stumped nearly the whole 
 State, making himself everywhere known 
 to the people by the peculiar traits of his 
 popular eloquence, and by doing efficient 
 political service in favor of the election of 
 General Harrison. In 1841, he was elect- 
 ed to a seat in the United States Senate ; 
 and in 1847, was re-elected to the same 
 distinguished office, and died, at Washing- 
 ton, before the completion of his last term, 
 Jan. 14, 1853. 
 
 In his professional career, to which the 
 main energies of his life were devoted, he 
 became widely known as one of the best 
 advocates in the State. He was, indeed, 
 what might be called a natural lawyer, and 
 the practice of his profession seemed to 
 amount to almost a passion with him ; and, 
 even in his youth, even before he com-, 
 menced his legal studies, he would often, 
 it was said, leap up from his dreama in his 
 bed, and go to pleading some imaginary 
 law case. And, what he determined to be, 
 that, he became, one of the most success- 
 ful jury'lawyers to be found in any country. 
 Never hesitating for word, and fluent 
 almost beyond example, the style of his 
 speaking was rapid, thoroughly earnest, 
 and often highly impassioned, and so mag- 
 netic was that earnestness and seeming 
 confidence in his case, and so skilfully 
 wrought up were his arguments, that bad 
 indeed must have been his side of the 
 question, if he did not command the sym- 
 pathies and convictions of a good part, if 
 not all, of the jury. 
 
 As a statesman it ill befits us to judge 
 
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 him, while those, who spolce by more 
 authority, and from better opportunities, 
 liave so well and fully done so. At the 
 time the customary resolutions, on the 
 occasion of his death, were introduced in 
 Congress, Senator Foot, in his obituary 
 address, said of him : 
 
 " His impaired health, for some years 
 past, has restrained him from participating 
 so generally and so actively in the discus- 
 sions of this body, as his inclination might 
 otherwise have induced him to do, or his 
 ability as a public debater might perhaps 
 have demanded of him. Nevertheless his 
 speeches on several important and excit- 
 ing public questions, have the peculiar im- 
 press of his earnestness, his research, his 
 ability and his patriotic devotion to the 
 best interests of his country. A striking 
 example is furnished of his fidelity to the 
 trust committed to him, and his constant 
 and patient attention to his public duties 
 here, in the fact, which I had from his own 
 mouth, that during the ten years of his 
 service in this body, he never absented 
 himself from the City of Washington for a 
 single day, while Congress was in session, 
 and never failed, while the condition of his 
 health would permit, of daily occupying 
 his seat in the Senate." 
 
 Senator Seward said : 
 
 ' ' William Upham was of Vermont : a 
 consistent exponent of her institutions. 
 He was a man of strong and vigorous judg- 
 ment, which acted always by a process of 
 sound, inductive reasoning, and his com- 
 peers here will bear witness that he was 
 equal to the varied and vast responsibilities 
 of the Senatorial trust. He was a plain, 
 unassuming, unostentatious man. He nev- 
 er spoke for display, but always for con- 
 viction. He was an honest and just man. 
 He had gotten nothing by fraud or guile ; 
 and so he lived without any fear of losing 
 whatever of fortune or position he had 
 attained. No gate was so strong, no lock 
 so fast and firm, as the watch he kept 
 against the approach of corruption, or even 
 undue influence or persuasion. His na- 
 tional policy was the increase of industry, 
 the cultivation of peace, and the patronage 
 
 of improvement. He adopted his opinions 
 
 without regard to their popularity, and 
 
 never stifled his convictions of truth, nor 
 
 suppressed their ■ utterance, throiigh any 
 
 fear or favor, or of faction ; but he was, on 
 
 the contrary, consistent and constant 
 
 As pilot well expertjln perilous wave. 
 
 That to a steadfast starre his course bath bent." 
 
 Mr. Upham's best known speeches in 
 the Senate are his speech on Three Million 
 Bill, delivered March i, 1847; on The Ten 
 Regiment Bill, and the Mexican War, de- 
 livered Feb. 15, 1848; on the Bill to es- 
 tablish Territorial Governments of Oregon, 
 New Mexico and California, delivered Ju- 
 ly 28, 1848 ; on the Compromise Bill, de- 
 livered July I and 2, 1850. 
 
 These were all published in pamphlet 
 form, as well as in all the leading political 
 papers of the day, and at once received 
 the stamp of public approbation as elabo- 
 rate and able efforts. But besides these, 
 and besides also the numerous written and 
 published reports he made during his Con- 
 gressional career, as chairman of commit- 
 tee on Revolutionary Claims, on the Post 
 Office ^nd Post Roads, and of other com- 
 mittees, Mr. Upham made many other 
 speeches on various subjects, which, 
 though less extensively circulated perhaps, 
 than those above enumerated, yet received 
 almost equal praise from high quarters. 
 
 Of the latter may be cited, as an instance, 
 his speech in opposition to the Tariff bill 
 of 1846 ; and to show the approbation with 
 which it was received, at the time, among 
 distinguished men, we are permitted to 
 copy a characteristic note from Mr. Web- 
 ster, which was sent Mr. Upham, the even- 
 ing after the speech was delivered, and 
 which, after his death, was found among 
 his private papers : 
 
 Thursday Eve., July 26, 1846. 
 
 My Dear Sir : — If you could convenient- 
 ly call at my house, at eight or nine o'clock 
 in the morning, I should be glad to see 
 you for five minutes. I wish to take down 
 some of your statements respecting the 
 market abroad, for our wool. Following 
 in your track, my work is to compare the 
 value of the foreign and home markets. 
 Yours truly, Daniel Webster. 
 
 If I had the honor of being a corre- 
 spondent of Mrs. Upham, I should write 
 
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 to her to say, that you had made an excel- 
 lent speech. The point, of the duty of 
 government to fulfil its pledges, so fre- 
 qiaently and solemnly made, was exhibited 
 in a very strong light. D. w. 
 
 A friend wrote that the Senator "was 
 keenly sensible of the dignity of his office, 
 and careful in the discharge of its duties, 
 and irom his constancy, industry, and in- 
 tegrity, he was one of the most useful 
 members of the senate.'' 
 
 MRS. SARAH UPHAM. 
 
 Sarah Keyes, wife of the Hon. Senator, 
 was born in Ashford,Conn. She was a sister 
 of Mrs. Thomas Brooks of Montpelier, the 
 grandmother of Gen. W. T. Brooks, the 
 distinguished commander of the Vermont 
 Brigade through part of the war of the Re- 
 bellion, and while with her sister here, 
 became acquainted with Mr. Upham, with 
 whom, at the early age of 19, she united 
 her destinies for life. Many a public man 
 has been left to regret that he had not a 
 partner who, by her personal attractions, 
 wit and conversational powers, was fitted 
 to sustain herself in the social circles into 
 which his high position brought him. Not 
 so Mr. Upham ; his wife, who usually at- 
 tended him to Washington, readily and 
 gracefully sustained herself among the best 
 society congregated at the National Capi- 
 tal, and was ever, at home or abroad, the 
 cordial, sparkling, intelligent woman, and 
 eminently popular. Each successive season 
 for years, and after her own family had 
 grown up, the young people of Montpelier 
 were indebt«d to her, more than to any 
 other lady at the Capital, for her inexclu- 
 sive hospitalities, and efforts that never 
 wearied, to promote their happiness and 
 culture ; for the numerous pleasant parties 
 at which, with the approbation of her lib- 
 eral, warm-souled and congenial husband, 
 she delighted to gather them at her house, 
 within her beautiful home, under her charm- 
 ing influence. Her very presence was re- 
 fining and a delight. A lady so charitable, 
 magnetic and influential is a great gift to 
 society. Such was Mrs. Upham, as still 
 remembered by numerous friends, and what 
 to her surviving daughters is more pre- 
 cious, and for the example of women more 
 beautiful, she was no less marked and ex- 
 
 cellent in her every-day life of family duties 
 and cares and aflfections — the wise and 
 able woman in her own house. The rich- 
 est fruit must ripen and fall. After her 
 husband died, though of a buoyant disposi- 
 tion, and striving hard to bear her loss with 
 Christian resignation, she soon began to 
 droop, and on the 8th of May, after, 1856, 
 followed him to the grave, mourned by 
 her children and many friends. The por- 
 trait of Mrs. Upham in this volume was 
 copied from a painting done shortly after 
 her marriage, while that of the Senator 
 was taken many years later. e. p. w. 
 
 WILLIAM KEYES UPHAM, 
 
 oldest son of Senator Upham, was born in 
 Montpelier, April 3, 1817, admitted to the 
 bar there, and soon thereafter removed to 
 Ohio, where he gained a large and lucra- 
 tive practice, and ultimately rose to the 
 head of his profession in that State, rank- 
 ing, wrote a biographer, " with Chase, 
 Stanton, Corwin, Vinton, John A. Bing- 
 ham, and others." This statement has 
 been confirmed to the writer of this note 
 by a judge of an Ohio court, in which Mr. 
 Upham practiced. He died Mar. 22, 186;, 
 and a handsome monument was erected to 
 him by the.barof Stark Co., O. e. p. w. . 
 
 MAJ. CHARLES C. UPHAM, 
 
 the second son of Senator Upham, was 
 born in Mon1;pel>er, April 3, 1819, and was 
 educated there. In 1852, he entered the 
 U. S. Navy as Paymaster, and by his con- 
 duct so far won the confidence of the de- 
 partment that he was assigned to duties of 
 a confidential character. He died sud- 
 denly at Montpelier, June 10, 1868. His 
 wife, Mrs. Abbie E. Upham, did not long 
 survive him. e. p. w. 
 
 MRS. GEORGE LANGDON, 
 
 who was Sarah Sumner, ■ oldest daughter 
 of Senator Upham, was born in Mont- 
 pelier, and Mary Annette, youngest 
 daughter of Senator Upham, resides with 
 her. Both of these ladies have inherited 
 all the beautiful graces and the remarkable 
 characteristics of their mother, and are 
 favorites as well in the Capitals of Ver- 
 mont and the Nation, as elsewhere. They 
 are both still living, [1881.] e. p. vf. 
 
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 COL. JONATHAN PECKHAM MILLER 
 
 was born in Randolph, Feb. 24, 1797. His 
 father, who died in 1799, had given him to 
 his uncle, Jonathan Peckham, who, dying 
 about 1805, appears to have commended 
 the boy to the care of Capt. John Granger, 
 of the same town, and with that gen- 
 tleman he resided till 1813, when he went 
 to Woodstock to learn the tanner's trade. 
 He did not remain long there, however, 
 before sickness compelled him to return ; 
 and his illness settling into protracted 
 feeble health, he made Mr. Granger's house 
 his home for the next 4 years. But during 
 this time the invasion of Plattsburgh by 
 the British occurring, and Capt. Lebbeus 
 Egerton, of that town, having raised a 
 company of volunteers to go to the rescue, 
 young Miller, sick or well, determined on 
 joining the expedition, which, neverthe- 
 less, turned out to be a bloodless one ; for 
 the company had not quite time to reach 
 the scene of action before the battle was 
 over, and the enemy had beat a retreat ; 
 when they all returned to Randolph, with 
 no other glory than that which' arose from 
 this good showing of their patriotic inten- 
 tions. Whether this incident started in 
 Miller a taste formilitary affairs, or whether 
 he began to feel farming would prove too 
 tame an occupation for him, is not fully 
 known ; but certain it is, as early as 1817, 
 he resolved to change his mode of life, and 
 went to Marblehead, Mass., where a com- 
 pany of United States troops were sta- 
 tioned, and enlisted as a common soldier 
 in the army. He continued in the service 
 about 2 years, being a part of the time sta- 
 tioned on our northern frontier, when, his 
 health again failing, he procured a dis- 
 charge, and returned to Randolph, where 
 he attended the academy of that town, and 
 soon began to fit for college. After dili- 
 gently prosecuting his studies here till the 
 summer of 1821, he entered Dartmouth 
 College ; but, for some reason, left in the 
 course of a few weeks, and joined a class, 
 of like standing as the one he had been in 
 at Dartmouth, in the University of Ver- 
 mont. At Burlington College, he steadily 
 pursued his studies, advancing with the 
 rest of his class, to almost the last year of 
 
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 the prescribed course of collegiate require- 
 ments, when. May 24, 1824, the college 
 buildings accidentally caught fire and were 
 totally consumed, and with them a portion 
 of the public library and the private books 
 of the students, among which were those 
 of Mr. Miller. 
 
 He was now afloat again ; but does not 
 appear to have long hesitated in making 
 up his mind upon a course of action for 
 his immediate future. The struggles of 
 Greece for liberty had by this time become 
 the theme of every American fireside, and 
 the appalling woes hei* people were suffer- 
 ing from the remorseless cruelties of their 
 turbaned oppressors, had already enlisted 
 the sympathies of every American heart 
 that could feel for anything. As might be 
 expected of one of Miller's warm and pat- 
 riotic nature, his feelings had been among 
 those of the first to be aroused at the re- 
 cital of these tales of outrage. But here- 
 tofore he had been engaged in the accom- 
 plishment of the task before him — the com- 
 pletion of his college course. He thought 
 it hardly worth his while now, however, at 
 his age, to enter a new college for this pur- 
 pose, and, if not, his time was on his own 
 hands. Why, then, should he not go to 
 succor the oppressed, as well as other pat- 
 riotic Americans who had already sailed 
 for Greece, or were intending shortly to do 
 so ? With the question, came the decision. 
 
 He knew there was in Boston an asso- 
 ciation of wealthy and infiuential gentle- 
 men, styled the Greek Committee, who had 
 been selected to receive and appropriate 
 contributions for the Greek cause, by pur- 
 chasing needed munitions, or by furnish- 
 ing the means of transit to those who, 
 without such means, were willing to volun- 
 teer their personal services in behalf of the 
 oppressed. But he must first obtain an 
 introduction to them ; and for this purpose 
 he went to Gov. Van Ness, at the destruc- 
 tion of whose house by fire, a short time 
 before, he knew he had performed an im- 
 portant and dangerous service in rescuing 
 valuable property from the flames. The 
 Governor, who never forgot a benefit, wrote 
 a letter, not only of introduction, but of 
 warm recommendation of Mr. Miller, to 
 
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 the Hon. Thomas L. Winthrop, and the 
 Hon. Edward Everett, the President and 
 Secretary of the Greek Association, who, 
 in their turn, gave him letters to the Presr 
 ident and leading members of the Greek 
 Government, at Missolonghi, and furnish- 
 ed him withal, with over $300, to enable 
 him to pay his passage, equip himself with 
 a good personal outfit, and have money left 
 for exigencies that might arise after he 
 had reached his destination ; when he, with 
 other American volunteers, sailed for Malta, 
 Aug. 21, 1824. After reaching that place, 
 and spending a few weeks, and at some 
 other of the neighboring islands, he pro- 
 ceeded to the fated Missolonghi, and en- 
 quired out the house which Lord Byron, 
 then very late deceased, had made his 
 headquarters, and which had been retained 
 for the ordinary meetings of the members 
 of the government of Western Greece. 
 Here he encountered Dr. Mayer, who was 
 a root of the fighting stock-of William Tell, 
 of Switzerland, and had, for several of the 
 last years, been one of the bravest and 
 most useful of the European volunteers in 
 Greece. Mr. Miller presented his creden- 
 tials to the Doctor, and was promised an 
 early presentation to members of the gov- 
 ernment. He was also invited to take up 
 his quarters in that house, and having been 
 shown a room where he might take a little 
 of the repose he so much needed, he 
 wrapped his cloak around him, threw him- 
 self down on the floor, and was soon asleep. 
 Before long, however, he was awakened by 
 the entrance of a man already widely known 
 through Eui'ope and America. This was 
 Gen. George Jarvis, a son of Benjamin 
 Jarvis, of New York, who held a situation 
 under the U. S. Government in Germany, 
 where the son was born, educated and 
 reared to manhood. He entered the Greek 
 service in 1821, and continue!^ in it through 
 the whole of that memorable struggle, 
 passing through every grade of military 
 office to the rank of brigadier general qf 
 Lord Byron's brigade, and seeing, prob- 
 ably, more fighting, and undergoing more 
 suffering and hardship than any one of all 
 the heroes of Greece. He and Mr. Miller 
 appear to have almost at once made the 
 
 discovery that they were congenial spkits, 
 and a mutual friendship and respect sprang 
 up between them, which soon resulted in 
 Mr. Miller's appointment as one of the 
 General's staff officers, with tlie rank of 
 colonel in the Greek service. 
 
 It is not our purpose to follow Colonel 
 Miller through the various hardships he 
 endured tlirough the riext 2 years of that 
 wild and bloody conflict, nor enumerate 
 those feats gf arms which seem so to have 
 awakened the admiration of the Greeks, 
 and caused him to be known among them 
 by the peculiar ,name of The American Dare 
 Devil. Let an instance or two, which we 
 have had from his own lips, serve as a 
 specimen of his many personal risks and 
 escapes, as well as of, his individual daring. 
 On one occasion, when he was stationed 
 in command of- a small band of soldiers in 
 a walled garden, a few miles frorn Napoli, 
 he suddenly discovered the place to be 
 surrounded by a force of some thousand 
 Turkish troops. Knowing that the instant 
 the, weakness of his band was discovered 
 they would all be sacrificed, on the spot. 
 Col, Miller at once resolved on the des- 
 perate, expedient of a sally right into the 
 mouth of the lion, and calling on his band 
 to follow at his heels, he dashed out into 
 the midst of the closely investing foe, 
 firing his girdle full of pistols, and slash- 
 ing about him with his sword as he went, 
 with such fiiry ^s to astonish the Turks, 
 who supposing,- of course, the garden to be 
 full of Greeks, about to scatter death 
 among them from behind the walls, in- 
 stantly became panic struck and fled. 
 
 Another instance of a similar character 
 occurred in a different part of the peninsula, 
 when Gen. Jarvis and Col. Miller, with a 
 small force, being unexpectedly beset by a 
 large body of Turkish cavalry, were wholly 
 cut off from their companions, and, as 
 their only chance of escaping with life, 
 were compelled to run for a piece of woods 
 at the top of a hill a fourth of a mile dis- 
 tant. But this only resort came near prov- 
 ing a fatal one. A large squad of the 
 mounted fiends pursued them, and were all 
 within pistol shot, while the woods were 
 yet too far distant to be reached by them. 
 
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 They supposed there waS but a moment 
 more for them in this world ; but they re- 
 solved that that moment should not be 
 passed unimproved. They suddenly wheel- 
 ed round, drew up their pieces, and fired 
 directly into the faces of their pursuers, 
 who, in surprise at the strange act, came 
 to a dead halt, and the next instant turned 
 and fled, doubtless believing that they 
 would not take such a stand unless there 
 lay concealed in the borders of the woods 
 a force of ttheir foes, from whom it was 
 their wisdom to escape while they could. 
 
 The first of these instances we find in 
 substance related in Post s Visits to Greece 
 and Constq/ttinople in 1827, and also in 
 Dr. Howe's History of Greece, and the 
 latter, not before named in history, is 
 doubtless an equally veritable incident. 
 
 Besides the many personal encounters 
 and skirmishes with the foes of Greece, of 
 the character of those just described. Col. 
 Miller was an active participant in several 
 important engagements, in which his gal- 
 lantry appears to have attracted favorable 
 notice. Among these we find one hand- 
 somely alluded to in the lately published 
 volume of ''Travels in Greece and Russia,'''' 
 by Bayard Taylor : 
 
 At the end of the Argive plain is the 
 little village of Miles, where Ypsilanti 
 gained a splendid victory over the troops 
 of Ibrahim Pacha, and Col. Miller greatly 
 distinguished himself. 
 
 But the most continuous, the hardest 
 and most important of Col. Miller's mil- 
 itary services in Greece were in the terri- 
 ble twelve months' siege of the ill-fated 
 Missolonghi, one of the most wealthy and 
 populous towns of the Grecian peninsula. 
 We have space only to give a general idea 
 of the character of this siege ; and this idea 
 will" perhaps be the best given by a letter 
 from Dr. Mayer, of whqm we have before 
 spoken, and who was one of the 13b per- 
 sons perishing in the last defense of the 
 place, written within three days before his 
 death ; and in another letter from Colonel 
 Miller himself to Edward Everett, after 
 Missolonghi had fallen, and he had es- 
 caped with the remnant of the besieged, 
 as he has described, out of the city, but 
 not out of danger : 
 
 DR. MAYER'S LETTER. 
 
 The labors which we have undergone, 
 and a Wound I have received in the shoul- 
 der, which I arn in expectation is oiie 
 which will be my passport to eternity, have 
 prevented me till now from bidding you 
 my last adieus. We are reduced to feed 
 on the most di.sgusting animals ; we are 
 Suffering horribly from .hunger and thirst. 
 Sickness adds much to the calamities that 
 overwhelm us. More than 1740 of our 
 brothers are dead. More than 100,000 
 bombs and balls, thrown by the enemy, 
 have destroyed our bastions and our houses. 
 We have been terribly distressed by cold, 
 and we have suffered great want of food, 
 Notwithstanding so many privations, it is 
 a great and noble spectacle to witness the 
 ardor and devotedne'is of the garrison'. A 
 few days more, and these brave men will 
 be angelic spirits, who will accuse before 
 God the indifference of Christendom for a 
 cause which is that of religion. All t^e 
 Albanians who deserted from the standard 
 of Reschid Pacha have now rallied under 
 that of Ibrahim. In the name'of all our 
 brave men, among whom are Noto Bot- 
 zaris, Travellas, Papodia Mautopolas, 
 and myself, whom the government has ap- 
 pointed generals to a body of its troops, 
 I announce to you the resolution, sworn to 
 before Heaven, to defend, foot by foot, the 
 land of Missolonghi, and bury ourselves, 
 without listening to any capitulation, under 
 the ruins of this city. History will render 
 us justice ; posterity will weep over our 
 misfortunes. I am proud to think that the 
 blood of a Swiss, of a child of William 
 Tell, is about to mingle with that of the 
 heroes of Greece. May the relation of 
 the siege of Missolonghi, which I have 
 written, survive me. I have made sev- 
 eral copies of it. Cause this letter, dear 
 S , to be inserted in some public jour- 
 nal. 
 
 This beautifiil and touching letter to a 
 friend has been preserved in the History 
 of Greece. Col. Miller's letter, which was 
 also embodied in the same history, is as 
 follows : 
 
 Napoli de Romania, \ 
 May 3, 1826. \ 
 Edward Everett : 
 
 Honored c^nd Dear Friend: — It is with 
 emotions not to be expressed, that I now 
 attempt to ^ve an account of the fall of 
 Missolonghi, and the heart-rending situation 
 of ill-fated Greece. Missolonghi fell into 
 the hands of the Turks, eight days since, 
 after a gallant defense of eleven months 
 and a half. When we take into consider- 
 ation the means of its defense, and the 
 
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 overwhelming numbers that approached it 
 by sea and land, there cannot be a doubt 
 but tliat its resistance rivals anything of 
 the kind either in ancient or modern times. 
 The particulars of its fall are enough to 
 draw tears from the most obdurate and un- 
 feeling heart, and will bring into action 
 the energies of the Christian world, if, in- 
 deed, such a world can be said to exist. 
 Pardon me, my dear sir ; the agonies of 
 my mind cause the expression ; for who 
 can believe, that, in an age like this, if 
 there are Christians, infidels should be al- 
 lowed to butcher an entire population? 
 
 Missolonghi contained over 8,000 in- 
 habitants at the time of its surrender, or 
 rather of its destruction. There were no 
 more than 3,000 Capable of bearing arms ; 
 the rest were women and children. We 
 were reduced to the last extremity for pro- 
 visions, having eaten all the mules and 
 horses which were in the place, when the 
 gloomy inhabitants were cheered by the 
 arrival of the Greek fleet ; but alas ! the 
 gallant Mianlis found the Turkish force 
 too strong for his little squadron. After 
 sustaining Considerable loss in three at- 
 tempts to break through the Turkish fleet, 
 he retired. The inhabitants of Missolonghi 
 were now driven to desperation. They 
 knew of the unhappy fate of those who had 
 been taken at Aurtolico, and of the out- 
 rages the Arabs would commit if the place 
 should capitulate. They took a horrid but 
 glorious resolution of blowing into the air 
 their wives, daughters and sons. I call it 
 glorious, because the women desired it ; 
 and there was no possible way of prevent- 
 ing the Arabs from committing outrages 
 upon the women and boys, if they once 
 should get them into their power. They 
 all assenfbled at the old Turkish Seraglio. 
 Their husbands and brothers, after laying 
 a train of powder, embraced them for the 
 last time, then giving them matches, left 
 them to set fire to the train. The inen 
 then prepared themselves for cutting their 
 way through the Turkish camp, sword in 
 hand. And out of the 3,000, only 1,000 
 are said to have escaped. 
 
 There is the greatest sorrow here,women 
 beating their breasts, and asking every 
 Frank they meet, " if all the Christian 
 world has forsaken them ? " I must close 
 this hasty scrawl, for my heart is too full 
 to write more. I lost all my articles of 
 European clothing, at Missolonghi. But 
 this is nothing. If I am happy enough to 
 escape, I shall go to Smyrna. 
 
 My regards to Mrs. Everett. I am 
 thankful it is not for her to endure the dis- 
 tress of the fair, but ill-fated daughters of 
 Greece. 
 
 I am, dear sir, with due respect, your 
 humble servant, J. P. Miller. 
 
 This was the last of all systematic re- 
 sistance the poor Greeks were able to 
 make ; and they remained in their desolated 
 country, a subdued, but not conquered 
 people, till the Christian nations having 
 been aroused, the naval victory at Navarino 
 secured the independence of their country. 
 But the people, in the meanwhile, were in 
 a starving condition ; and Col. Miller, after 
 lingering there, till fall, came here to the 
 United States to arouse his countrymen to 
 the work of contributing for supplying of 
 their wants. Arriving here in November, 
 he lectured through most of the Northern 
 and Middle States with that object ; but in 
 Feb. 1827, while thus engaged, he was 
 appointed by the N. Y. Greek Committee 
 to the agency of going to Greece and su- 
 perintending the distribution among the 
 suffering inhabitants of that country of a 
 cargo of provisions that had been already 
 collected for them. He went, was gone 
 about a year, and. discharged his duty to 
 the full satisfaction of the friends of Greece 
 here, as the proofs, published with his 
 journal by the Harpers of New York, after 
 his return, abundantly make manifest. 
 The aggregate value of the provisions and 
 clothing distributed by him in Greece was 
 over $75,000. Yet! it was found to be well 
 for the beneficifiries that he could act both 
 in the character of almoner and soldier 
 with equal efficiency. For, when he ar- 
 rived in Greece, he was beset by sharpers 
 and mercenary villains of all kinds, who 
 insolently demanded portions of his cargo 
 in despite all his judicious rules for dis- 
 tribution ; and in one instance a scheme 
 was laid to get possession of his whole 
 store, and it would probably have been 
 successful, as well as the less bold attempts 
 of the kind, but for the decisive stand and 
 personal intrepidity of Col. Miller, who, 
 on such occasions, would throw off the 
 character of the almoner as quick as the 
 Quaker did his coat, draw sword and pistols, 
 and drive the lying knaves from his pres- 
 ence. . 
 
 Among the things which were destined 
 to become permanent remembrancers of 
 Col. Miller's expedition to Greece, was 
 the adoption and education of a Greek 
 
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 orphan boy, Lucas Miltiades, who, after 
 having received through his childhood and 
 youth from the Colonel all the privileges 
 and affectionate care and kindness which a 
 father could have bestowed, removed West 
 soon after reaching his majority. And 
 Lucas Miltiades Miller has now become, 
 through the advantages thus received, and 
 his own capacity, energy and enterprise, 
 one of the most respected, wealthy and in- 
 fluential citizens of Wisconsin. 
 
 Lucas M. was the younger of two broth- 
 ers brought to this country by Col. Miller 
 and Dr. Russ, the intimate friend of the 
 former, and one of the most cultivated, 
 noble and efficient of all his compatriots in 
 the Greek Revolution. 
 
 . Another momento was what now should 
 be considered an antiquarian relic of great 
 interest — nothing less than the veritable 
 sword which Lord Bryon wore in his Greek 
 campaign. Lord Bryon gave this sword 
 to a young Greek named Loukas, a Cap- 
 tain in his legion, who afterwards was shot 
 dead in a sortie from the Acropolis at Ath- 
 ens ; and being found with his sword 
 knotted to his wrist, was carried into the 
 fortress. When the sword and his clothing 
 were sold for the benefit of his sisters by 
 the English Consul of Poros, who was re- 
 quested to take charge of the effects of the 
 deceased. Col. Miller, being present at the 
 sale, purchased the sword and brought it 
 home on his second return. He loaned it 
 to a Mr. Castanis, a native Greek lecturer, 
 by whom it was carried back to 'Greece, 
 and for a long time was supposed to be 
 lost. But when, a few years since. Col. 
 Miller's daughter, who in the meantime 
 had grown to womanhood and married Mr. 
 Abijah Keith, of Montpelier, visited Greece 
 with her husband, and while there receiv- 
 ing the flattering attentions of the many 
 who called on, her in manifestation of their 
 gratitude for what her father had once 
 done for them, for their relatives and for 
 their country, she learned the whereabouts 
 of Mr. Castanis and this^ sword, and soon 
 recovered it. And being at thd house of 
 the now celebrated George Finlay, of 
 Athens, known not only as Lord Byron's 
 early British associate in Greece, but as 
 
 the learned antiquarian, and historian of 
 the different eras of Greece, he at once 
 identified the sword, and gave Mr. and 
 Mrs. Keith the following certificate, which 
 we copy from the original in their posses- 
 sion : 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Keith have just shown me 
 the sword which Col. Miller purchased at 
 Poros, at the sale of the effects of Captain 
 Loukas : — This sword I have seen in Lord 
 Byron's possession, before he gave it to 
 Loukas ; and I was present at Poros when 
 it was sold. George Finlay. 
 
 Athens, 17 January, 1853. 
 
 Dr. Russ, who has already been men- 
 tioned, and who is still living in New York, 1 
 will also attest to all the material facts 
 above presented. 
 
 The identity of this sword, which has an 
 Asiatic inscription on the blade, with 
 Byron's initial and a crown engraved on 
 the hilt, is thus placed beyond a cavil. 
 
 Soon after his second return from Greece, 
 Col. Miller came to Montpelier, and took 
 uphis permanent residence, passed through 
 a regular course of legal studies, was ad- 
 mitted to the bar, and opened a law office 
 in. the place in company with Nicholas 
 Baylies, Esq. 
 
 In June, 1828, he married the daughter 
 of Capt. Jonathan Arms, a ca,pitalist. , In 
 1830, '31 and '33, he was elected the rep- 
 resentative of Berlin, within whose borders 
 he was then residing witl^ his father-in-law, 
 Capt. Arms. During the session of the 
 legislature of 1833, Col. Miller introduced 
 the following resolution : 
 
 Whereas, slavery and the slave trade, 
 as existing in the District of Columbia, are 
 contrary to the broad declaration of our 
 Bill of Rights, which declares that liberty 
 is the inalienable right of all men ; and 
 whereas they are a national evil, disgrace 
 and crime, which ought to be abolished ; 
 and whereas the power of legislation for 
 that District is with the Congress of these 
 United States, therefore. 
 
 Resolved, the Governor and Council con- 
 curring herein, that our (Senators in Con- 
 gress be directed, and representatives in 
 Congress be requested, to use their en- 
 deavors to effect the abolition of slavery 
 and the slave trade in the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 This preamble and resolution, which we 
 have copied at large, not only because 
 
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 Col. Miller was the mover, but because 
 they constituted the first anti-slavery move- 
 ment in the legislature of Vermont, were, 
 after lying on the table some weeks, called 
 up by Mr. Miller, earnestly supported by 
 him, and, — that being long before it was 
 good policy for leading politicians to sup- 
 port anti-slavery resolutions, — opposed by 
 Mr. Foot, of Rutland, who moved to dis- 
 miss the resolution. The House, how- 
 ever, refused to dismiss it, by 20 majority, 
 but consented to refer it to the next ses- 
 sion, when it was finally dismissed by 15 
 majority. 
 
 From about this time, however. Colonel 
 Miller gave his almostundivided attentions 
 and sympathies to the cause of anti- 
 slavery, lecturing in all parts of the State, 
 and not only bestowing his time and 
 labors, but a large amount of money for 
 its advancement. And it probably is not 
 too much to say that no man ever did as 
 much as Col. Miller, in building up the 
 anti-slavery party of Verniont, and putting 
 it on that onward march and steady in- 
 crease, which raised it to a power that 
 made it necessary for the dominant party, 
 as a matter of self-preservation, to adopt 
 its principles and take all its members into 
 political fellowship. 
 
 In 1840, Col. Miller, one of the two 
 Vermont delegates, attended the World's 
 Anti-Slavery Convention, in London,where 
 he appears to have been much noticed by 
 Daniel O'Connell, Lord Brougham, and 
 other leading men of the kingdom, to 
 whom he had formerly become known by 
 his championship of oppressed Greece. 
 He took a prominent part in the debates 
 of this celebrated convention. And, in 
 glancing over the volume of its proceed- 
 ings, published the next year in London, 
 we are unable to perceive why his speeches 
 do not honorably compare with the major- 
 ity of those of the many very able men of 
 whom that body was composed. 
 
 As a public speaker. Col. Miller was 
 off-hand, bold and earnest, appearing more 
 solicitous of bringing out his principles 
 with effect, than of draping his thoughts 
 with the graces of oratory. And in his 
 manners in private life, he exhibited the 
 
 same characteristics by which he was 
 known in all his public actions — a fearless 
 utterance of his opinions, and a straight- 
 forward, unstudied frankness, united with 
 a soldierly bearing, which, with the af- 
 fectedly refined, was considered as ap- 
 proaching the borders of roughrfess. As 
 a citizen, he was public-^spirited, without 
 vices, and benevolent to a proverb. He 
 always had around him half a regiment of 
 the poor, or poor tenants, who came not 
 to pay him rents, but to obtain additional 
 favors ; and the fact that both these classes 
 continued to throng him through life is 
 sufficient evidence that they never went 
 away emptyhanded. He must have given 
 away, during his residence in Montpelier, 
 in private charities, in the furtherance of 
 the anti-slavery cause, and in aidance of 
 educational or benevolent institutions, the 
 largest part of a handsome fortune, re- 
 ceiving in return nothing, but the good 
 name he carried to his grave. 
 
 He died prematurely, in consequence of 
 an accidental injury to his spine, Feb. 17, 
 1847, leaving a wife and one child, the 
 daughter to whom we have before alluded, 
 Mrs. Abijah Keith ; and he now sleeps on 
 the boldest point of yonder Green Mount 
 Cemetery, beneath the massive, square, 
 rough granite obelisk, so typical, in many 
 respects, of his Roman virtues and strong ' 
 traits of character. 
 
 [Sarah Arms, the widow of Col. Miller, 
 died in Chicago, Dec. 22, 1864, aged 76. 
 Her remains were brought back to Mont- 
 pelier, and interred in Green Mount Cem- 
 etery, by the side of her renowned and 
 honorable husband.] 
 
 Hon. D. P.Thompson. — [For biograph- 
 ical sketch of Mr. Thompson, see Berlin, 
 page 69 of vol. IV, this work.j 
 
 GEORGE ROBINSON THOMPSON, 
 
 was born at Montpelier, Jan. 3, 1834. 
 He was the oldest son of the late Hon. 
 Daniel P. Thompson. He fitted for col- 
 lege at the Washington County Grammar 
 School, and entered the University in 
 1849; graduating in .1853. He studied 
 law at Montpelier, and was for two years 
 clerk of the House of Representatives, and 
 
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 removed in 1856 to New York to practice 
 his profession, where he acquired a good 
 position. Mr. Thompson was a man of! 
 fine literary attainments and very social' 
 tastes. On the night of Feb. 6, 1871, on 
 his way to Albany to argue a case before 
 the Court of Appeals, he was instantly, 
 killed by a disaster to the train at New ' 
 Hamburgh, N. Y. Mr. Thompson mar- 
 ried a daughter of the late Dr. T. C. Tap- 
 lin, of Montpelier, and left two children. 
 
 Daniel G. Thompson, youngest son 
 of the late Hon. D. P. Thompson.Ms now 
 practising law in New York city, being the 
 junior member of the legal firm of Jordan, 
 Stiles & Thompson, the senior of which 
 is Hon. Edward Jordan, late Solicitor of 
 the Treasury. 
 
 ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 HON. LUCIUS B. PECK, 
 
 Lawyer and Member of Congress,^ and forty years a 
 resident of Montpelier. 
 
 ADDRESS OF B. F. FIFIELD, Esq., 
 
 £y rwitest of the Bar, read be/ore the assembled 
 Court,-^His Honor, Asakei Peeic, presiding. ., 
 
 May it please the Court : 
 
 On the 28th day of Dedember last, in a 
 neighboring state, amid the friendless as- 
 sociations of a strange city, Hon. Lucius 
 B. Peck, died of paralysis, in the 65th 
 year of his age. On the 29th his remains 
 were brought to his old home in Montpe- 
 lier, and on the 30th, at the Pavilio'n Ho- 
 tel, they were viewed with sorrow and re- 
 gret by his old friends and fellow towns- 
 men. On the 31st, at 4 o'clock, P. M., we 
 attended his funeral in a body;, we heard 
 pronounced the touching and impressive 
 words of the Episcopal burial service ; we 
 listened to the solemn chant of anthems 
 breathing forth in melodious numbers 
 consolation to the living and blessings up- 
 on the dead, and as the lingering twilight 
 of the departing year faded away in the 
 west, we silently and mournfiilly followed 
 the remains of him whom we respected and 
 loved, and deposited them within the cold 
 walls of the tomb. 
 
 To-night, in pursuance of a time-hon- 
 ored custom, we meet to testify our respect 
 for our eminent friend, and upon me has 
 
 been imposed the grateful duty, not to 
 pronounce his euology, but to speak of 
 those qualities of mind and heart which 
 rendered him so popular with the Court, 
 so respected by the public, so dear to us 
 ail. 
 
 Lucius B. Peck was the son of General 
 John Peck, and was born in October, 1802, 
 at Waterbury, in this county. He lived 
 there until he was nineteen years of age, 
 when, having finished a preparatory course, 
 he was admitted as a cadet to the Military 
 Academy at West Point, July i, 1822, 
 where he stayed one year. Although he 
 was studious and scholarly, and took a 
 high rank in his class, he was compelled 
 to resign on account of ill health. His 
 resignation was accepted Aug. 15, 1823. 
 The following year, having regained his 
 health, he entered the office of Hon. Sam- 
 uel Prentiss as a student-at-law. 
 
 From those who were his fellow students, 
 I learn that here he first began to develop 
 those powers of clear discrimination and 
 accurate judgment for which he was after- 
 wards so much distinguished. 
 
 After about one year spent in laborious 
 toil under the guiding hand of Judge Pren- 
 tiss, he went into the oiBce of "Hon. Deni- 
 son Smith of Barre, where he completed 
 his studies and was admitrted to the bar in 
 this county at the September term, 1825. 
 
 He immediately formed a partnership 
 with Mr. Smith, who, at this time, was ad- 
 vanced in years, and with a large practice. 
 The duties that this connection imposed 
 upon Mr. Peck were arduous, but exceed- 
 ingly beneficial. He felt these responsi- 
 bilities and labored like a Hercules to be 
 equal to them. His modesty of manner 
 excited sympathy, and his clearness of 
 mind challenged attention. While the old 
 clients of Mr. Smith at first naturally 
 doubted his untried hand, acquaintance 
 soon begot familiarity, and familiarity con- 
 fidence, and in a few years, we find Mr. 
 Peck in the full tide of successful practice 
 in Orange and Washington counties. 
 
 So great was the confidence of the pub- 
 lic, that at this early age, soon after he 
 commenced practice, he was sent to the 
 Legislature as the representative of Barre. 
 
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 Though he talked little, he always talked 
 well. His deference to the opinions of 
 others was always marked, and generally 
 he found greater pleasure in being an at- 
 tentive listener than a noisy debater. 
 
 About 1827, Mr. Smith died, and soon 
 afterwards Mr. Peck removed to Montpe- 
 lier, and continued the practice of law here 
 from that time till the time of his death. 
 From the time Mr. Peck removed to Mont- 
 ier his practice was constantly increasing. 
 He began to be generally known over the 
 State ; in Orange county, he was engaged 
 in almost every case. 
 
 Dillingham, Upham and CoUamer also 
 practiced there, — all men of superior abil- 
 ity. Pitted against each other their wits 
 were sharpened and the traces always kept 
 tight. The sharp retort, the fiery sarcasm, 
 the nervous energy of Mr. Upham found 
 their match in the cool, deliberate, mental 
 power of Mr. Peck ; they were generally 
 matched against each other. 
 
 It should be remembered that courts are 
 not now what they were then. There were 
 no railroads then ; local attachments and 
 feelings were stronger than now. The 
 county seat was to the county a center to 
 which all eyes were turned on court day. 
 The hotels were filled, the court-house 
 jammed with an interested and partisan 
 audience, who were keen to sympathize 
 with and applaud any happy hit which 
 came from the lawyer who vindicated the 
 cause in which they happened to believe. 
 Thus emulation was created ; each lawyer 
 knew what was expected of him . He stood 
 not in representation of his client alone, 
 but he stood to vindicate a just cause and 
 hurl back all anathemas that trenched upon 
 the rectitude of the intentions of his client, 
 his witnesses and friends. The opposing 
 counsel stood as gladiators, determined to 
 win or die. 
 
 Mr. Upham was the senior of Mr. Peck, 
 but he had for him a profound respect ; 
 after the battle was over they were the best 
 of friends. They were wholly dissimilar. 
 Mr. Upham was fiery, impetuous and 
 headstrong. Mr. Peck was slow, deliber- 
 ate and argumentative, but as he proceeded 
 the hearers felt that a strong mental pow- 
 
 er was operating to instruct the under- 
 standing and convince the mind. 
 
 Mr. Upham's power lay in his extreme 
 earnestnesss, his biting denunciations, and 
 often his eloquent appeals to the passions 
 or prejudices of his hearers. 
 
 Mr. Peck's lay in the candor and fair- 
 ness of his statement, and the matchless 
 elimination of truth from falsehood. 
 . These very dissimilarities in their char- 
 acters contributed to make them friends, 
 and the more that each recognized in the 
 other what was wanting in himself. 
 
 There was Dillingham, too, the last of 
 them now living, whose emotional counte- 
 nance and musical voice, notwithstanding 
 the fire of Mr. Upham and the candor of 
 Mr. Peck, were very apt to snatch the 
 verdict from both if he could only get the 
 close of the case. 
 
 It was with such men, and amid such 
 surroundings, that Mr. Peck practiced 
 from the time he came to Montpelier down 
 to about 1845. To hold any position of 
 equality with such men, he was obliged to 
 labor incessantly. But this he always did 
 cheerfully, for he loved his profession. 
 
 About 1830, he married the daughter of 
 Ira Day, Esq., of Barre, who was then one 
 of the wealthiest and most influential men 
 in the State. For a few years they board- 
 ed, and then he went into the house which 
 he continued to occupy up to the time of 
 his wifig's death, in 1854. After his mar- 
 riage, the charms of domestic life added to 
 his happiness, and the years flew swiftly by. 
 
 I have it from his own lips that these 
 years from 1830 to 1845 were the pleasant- 
 est of his life. And his old friends re- 
 member with great pleasure the generous 
 hospitalities which were so gracefully dis- 
 pensed by him and his accomplished wife 
 during these years. Happy in his home, 
 and successful in his profession, Mr. Peck 
 was content, though still aspiring. 
 
 About this time he was retained as gen- 
 eral counsel for the Vermont Central Rail- 
 road through the influence of Gov. Paine, 
 who had a thorough appreciation of his 
 safe and reliable legal advice, and from that 
 time to the time of his death, he continued 
 their counsel. But though overwhelmed 
 
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 with professional business, Mr. Peck, after 
 1845, mingled to some extent in politics. 
 From 1847 to 185 1, he represented this 
 district in Congress. While there he 
 formed many valuable acquaintances, and 
 among those of whom he was most accus- 
 tomed to speak, were Daniel S. Dickinson 
 and Gov. Marcy, for with them in particu- 
 lar, he was on intimate andfamiliar terms. 
 
 His congressional career was satisfactory 
 to his constituents. He was respected 
 and honored by all who knew him, and in 
 all the speeches which he made there is 
 the same precision and accuracy for which 
 he was noted at home. But I think po- 
 litical life was distasteful to him. 
 
 He was essentially a man of habit. His 
 profession was the profession of law. He 
 had become habituated to the routine of 
 that kind of labor, and when he stepped 
 into a new arena he felt that he had strayed 
 from home, and I think his mind ever 
 turned from the dissipations of the fashion- 
 able life of Washington with fond regret to 
 his quiet home among his friends and the 
 green hills of Vermont. Indeed, he has 
 told me this in substance, many times, 
 and that the greatest mistake of his life 
 was in going to Washington at all. Prob- 
 ably, however, when he resumed the prac- 
 tice of law on his return from Washington 
 in 1852, his reputation received additional 
 lustre by reason of his congressional life. 
 Since 1852, there have been fewlargesuits 
 in the State in which he has not been re- 
 tained. 
 
 Mr. Peck was United States District 
 Attorney under President Pierce, and was 
 once or twice nominated by his party as 
 Governor of this State. From 1859 to his 
 death, he was president of the Vermont & 
 Canada Railroad. 
 
 But his fame rests in his professional 
 life. And here it was that he desired to 
 have it rest. It was to this that he bent 
 his energies ; here was his ambition, and it 
 cannot be doubted that at last he stood 
 without his peer, princeps inter principes. 
 
 Quintilian tells us that a successful law- 
 yer must be a good man. By this I sup- 
 pose is meant that he must have a char- 
 acter for integrity which will inspire con- 
 
 59 
 
 fidence. Mr. Peck had this in a remark- 
 able degree. Everybody believed not only 
 in his ability, but also in his honesty. His 
 word was law. Hence his opinion was 
 sought from far and near. Every client he 
 ever had was sure to return in new emer- 
 gencies, and, when he again departed, it 
 was with renewed and enlarged confidence. 
 
 His kindness and patience in listening to 
 the tedious and almost senseless recital of 
 imaginary wrongs by moneyless clients is 
 also worthy of remark. In the very height 
 of his professional reputation, I doubt if 
 he ever refused to counsel a client, how- 
 ever poor he might be, or however small 
 the controversy, and I need hardly say 
 in this presence that such controversies 
 are sometimes as intricate and difficult of 
 solution as they are petty and insignifi- 
 cant in magnitude. 
 
 He was seldom if ever angry — never 
 abusive. I can safely say that I never 
 knew him to speak ill of any person. I, do 
 not doubt he had his dislikes, but if he had 
 he kept them to himself. He had no petty 
 jealousy of his brethren at the bar. He 
 never believed it necessary to success that 
 it should be built upon the ruins of, his 
 fellows. " With malice toward none and 
 charity for all," his ambition was to rise by 
 his own merit, and give others the same 
 opportunity. 
 
 His courtesy, too, to the younger mem- 
 bers of the bar has become proverbial. 
 For many years his position has been com- 
 manding ; his opinion was therefore sought 
 by those younger than himself. Who of 
 us does not remember his forbearance and 
 patience? 
 
 Mr. Peck was slow in forming his 
 opinions. Every loop-hole in a question 
 was revolved over and over in his mind 
 before any definite conclusion was an- 
 nounced. A leading though homely maxim 
 with him was, " Be sure you are right, and 
 then go ahead ! " He believed in the ad- 
 vice of Polonius to his son : 
 
 Beware 
 Of entrance to a quarrel ; but, being in, 
 Bear it, that the opposer may beware of thee. 
 
 He was peaceful in his habits, and for 
 many years past has been more inclined to 
 
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 advise settlements than to bring suits. 
 His friends were few, but as a general rule 
 very select. These he bound to his heart 
 with hooks of steel. In this connection I 
 cannot refrain from speaking of his reti- 
 cence. By those who did not know him 
 well, this has been taken for coldness. But 
 it was very far from that. 
 
 Mr. Peck was one of the most sensitive 
 men I ever knew ; hence he was never ob- 
 trusive. His sensibilities were delicate, 
 and his apparent reserve was the result of 
 a retiring modesty, rather than coldness of 
 heart. He was, on the contrary, I confi- 
 dently affirm, one of the kindest-hearted 
 men I ever knew. Jf he did a favor, it 
 was quite as apt to be behind your back as 
 to your face. If he bestowed charity it 
 was with no ostentation. If done at all, it 
 was because it was proper and right ; no* 
 because it might' or might not be talked 
 about. 
 
 I have already alluded to the force of 
 habit upon him. When once the wheels 
 were in the groove, it was difficult to get 
 him out of it. I remember well when we 
 moved into our new office, about i860. 
 Many a time have I known him to pass by 
 to the old office, and never discover his 
 error until he had got to the stairway or 
 the door. It was' many months before he 
 felt at home in our new quarters, and I 
 believe his old sign never came down from 
 over the old office until within two years. 
 
 Mr. Peck never pressed a debtor; I 
 never knew him to. dun one, even. But, 
 while he never -troubled others, he was al- 
 ways prompt in his engagements, and they 
 were fulfilled with no quibbling, no mis- 
 understandings. In short, he had a 
 homely, old-fashioned honesty, and he was 
 particularly attracted towards one who had 
 the same. His dealings with other mem- 
 bers of 'the bar were of the same character ; 
 he was open, frank, straightforward, and 
 he was never found in any different position 
 to-day from what he was yesterday. Hence 
 his word was a bond. 
 
 He delighted in the practice of the law, 
 not so much in the contentions of the 
 forum, as in the law as a science. His 
 mind, whether in or out of court, was ever 
 
 dwelling upon it ; he thought of nothing 
 else, cared for nothing else. Here was his 
 heart, and here was he also. He had a 
 mind and temperament peculiarly adapited 
 to the scientific investigation of legal prin- 
 ciples. For his mind, being active and 
 strong, gave him great power of analysis, 
 and his temperament being slow and cau- 
 tious, no conclusion was, announced until 
 the analysis was complete. His chief ex- 
 cellence consisted in his power to separate 
 and distinguish things essential from things 
 of circumstance, and here he himself could 
 only be his parallel. His clear discrimina- 
 tion easily penetrated the small dap-trap 
 with which some lawyers attempt to con- 
 ceal, rather than elucidate the truth, and 
 having a clear understanding himself, he 
 could make it clear to others also. 
 
 Mr. Peck was not a man of great gen- 
 eral learning, or high scholarly culture ; 
 his reading was generally, though not al- 
 ways, confined to the leather-bound vol- 
 umes of our office ; there he revelled in 
 perfect contentment. And as each new 
 volume was issued, he drank from the dear 
 fountains of the law, and renewed again 
 his acquaintance with old and familiar 
 principles as applied to new cases. 
 
 He never indulged in satire or sarcasm ; 
 at most, it could only be called a pleasant- 
 ry. His kindness of heart forbid that he 
 should wound the feelings of others. 
 
 He never ventured upon flights of im- 
 agination or sketches of fancy. He con- 
 sidered them as but small aids in the elu- 
 cidation of truth, and when these arts were 
 opposed to him, they faded away into the 
 thin air of nothingness as he exposed their 
 worthlessness. For want of these arts it 
 has sometimes been said that he was not a 
 great jury advocate. If by this is meant 
 he was not brilliant in his conceptions, 
 and swift and rapid in that kind of imagery 
 which captivates the fancy and pushes the 
 mind momentarily from its true balance, I 
 agree to it, but if the art of good advocacy 
 consists in convincing the understanding 
 and riveting the mind upon the vital and 
 centralizing points of a case, then, I think, 
 he was a great jury advocate, and his great 
 success in this regard is the best proof of 
 
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 the truth of it. It should always be re- 
 membered that after the advocacy is over, 
 comes the rigid, unbending charge of the 
 court. The minds of the jury quickly re- 
 gain their equanimity, and return to the 
 pivotal points in the case. 
 
 But however this may be, his pre- 
 eminence in the Supreme Court for more 
 than twenty years has never been ques- 
 tioned. It was remarked by Chief Justice 
 Redfield, many years since, that he Was 
 the model lawyer of the State, and one of 
 the most scholarly and appreciative of our 
 present judges has often said that no man 
 helped the court like Mr. Peck. The ex- 
 pression is peculiarly appropriate ; for, to 
 help the court implies abDity and willing- 
 ness on his part, and confidence and trust 
 on theirs. When Mr. Peck arose, he 
 stood, not the friend of ^his client alone, 
 but also the friend of the court. Instantly 
 they would lean forward to catch the meas- 
 ured tones of his voice, as principle after 
 principle was announced, constituting an 
 unbroken chain of logical deduction, never 
 diverging or diffuse, but ever aiming at a 
 given result, and when the conclusion was 
 reached, he always sat down. There was 
 no repetition, no tautology. 
 
 His appearance here was always quiet ; 
 his style of address conversational. With 
 great deference on his part, he and the 
 court seemed to be conferring together. 
 He was recognized their equal, and he 
 never abused the high compliment. Hence 
 the weight of his character gave great force 
 to his arguments. He was a man of few 
 words, but they were spoken with great 
 precision and measured accuracy. 
 
 Ill recent years I think he has not been 
 accustomed to rely upon cases to any great 
 extent. When a cause was to be argued,, 
 his first question was, what is right? and 
 he never would fail to find some legal prin- 
 ciple which would adapt itself to his view 
 of the case. He never believed law was a 
 code for the advancement of legalized 
 trickery, but that in its proper administra- 
 tion, it was co-extensive with the highest 
 morality, and productive of the purest jus- 
 tice. 
 
 With such a head and such a heart, Mr. 
 
 Peck practiced for 40 years in the courts of 
 this State. True to his clients, true to the 
 court, loved by the bar and respected by 
 the public, he leaves behind him a reputa- 
 tion whose lustre will illumine these altars 
 of justice so long as the votaries of the law 
 shall study it as a science, or practice it 
 with fidelity. The future law student will 
 find our reports full of the imprints of his 
 masterly mind, and will read with unceas- 
 ing delight those pages in which legal 
 principles have been so moulded under his 
 guiding hand as to adapt themselves justly 
 to the ever-varying and changing circum- 
 stances of life. 
 
 The barbarous conception of the poet, 
 that 
 
 The evil thiit men do, liven after them; 
 
 The good Is oft Interred with their bones, 
 
 will find no verification in his case. 
 
 His gentleness, his courtesy, and the 
 noble qualities of his heart will be remem- 
 bered by all of us who are living, and the 
 monuments of his learning, spread all over 
 our jurisprudence, will be remembered by 
 those who come after us. 
 
 But, may it please the court, he is gone 
 from us now ; his labors are over, his des- 
 tiny accomplished. Placidly and calmly 
 he has laid off the armor of life. The 
 armor was battered and worn ; it had been 
 through many a battle, for he had fought a 
 good fight. Truthfully and appropriately 
 may we apostrophize it. 
 
 Bruised pieces go 
 Ye have been nobly borne I 
 
 Mr. Peck, said the Hon. Timothy P. 
 Redfield on this occasion, was- the veteran 
 leader of this bar, and for more than a 
 quarter of a centiiry had stood among the 
 foremost of his profession in the State.' 
 
 He was also a model in courtesy and ur- 
 banity in court. He loved and honored, 
 but never, by a professional act, degraded 
 the profession ; and his kindness and cour- 
 tesy were extended alike to his brethren 
 and the court. As a mere lawyer,- it is not 
 probable this bar. will soon find again so 
 perfect a model. 
 
 He was in attendance upon the last ses- 
 sion of this court, in his usual health. At 
 
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 the General Term of the Supreme Court, 
 in November, he had the responsible care 
 of a large number of important cases, and 
 it was observed that he exhibited more 
 than his accustomed elasticity and vigor. 
 A few days afterwards, while upon profes- 
 sional business in the city of Lowell, Mass., 
 hewassuddenlystricken, andlingered, with 
 the windows of his intellect darkened, until 
 the 28th of December, when the light went 
 out. 
 
 [Of the resolutions on his death, passed 
 by the bar, we most admire :] 
 
 Resolved, That we respected him for a 
 modesty that never assumed, and a cour- 
 tesy that never gave offense ; we loved him 
 for his honesty ; we admired him for his 
 learning ; and that in all these character- 
 istics, so happily united, he has left us a 
 rare example. 
 
 STODDARU BENHAM COLBY. 
 BY BON. X. P. RKDFIBLD. 
 
 Stoddard Colby was the second son of 
 Capt. Nehemiah Colby, born at Derby, 
 Orleans County, Jan. 1816. 
 
 In 1829, he began fitting for college in 
 the office of the late Judge Redfield, who 
 had then commenced the practice of the 
 law, in the little village of Derby Center, 
 in which Capt. Colby was the chief citizen 
 and actor. 1 
 
 Stoddard was an easy and ready scholar, 
 and acquired language, especially, and its 
 use, with great facility. Judge Redfield, 
 fresh from college attainment, unduUed by 
 professional labors, was to young Colby a 
 thorough teacher in the Greek and Latin 
 languages. Colby entered the freshman 
 class of Dartmouth College in the fall of 
 1832, and, in due course, graduated in the 
 summer of 1836. He was among the few 
 best scholars in the class ; was, without 
 question, elected one of the Phi Beta Kappa 
 members from his class, which' comprise 
 the best recitation scholars, not exceeding 
 one-third of the whole number in the class. 
 He was a good recitation scholar in all de- 
 partments ; but his special gifts were in 
 the languages ; and as a ready writer and 
 debater, he was among the best. After 
 his graduation, he studied.law in the office 
 of the late Senator Upham, at Montpelier, 
 and was admitted to the bar in Orleans 
 
 County, at the December term, 1838, and 
 entered upon the practice of his profession 
 at his old home in Derby Center. He was 
 elected representative from the town of 
 Derby in the year 1841, on the democratic 
 ticket, although a large majority of the 
 voters of Derby were, at that time, Whigs ; 
 which shows that personally, Mr. Colby 
 was highly esteemed by the citizens of his 
 native town. 
 
 He practiced his profession at Derby 
 with all the success in business that could 
 be expected in the limited sphere in which 
 he necessarily moved in that place. The 
 first case he argued in the County Court 
 was in behalf of his uncle. Dr. Moses F. 
 Colby, in the famous suit. Nelson v. Colby, 
 for malpractice as a surgeon in treating 
 the fracture of the neck of the thigh bone 
 of the plaintiff's wife. The theory of the 
 plaintiff's case was that Dr. Colby had 
 needlessly confined his patient in splints, 
 till her health gave way, and she became 
 insane, in consequence of the treatment, 
 when, in feet, there had been no fracture. 
 The surgeons of the plaintiff claimed that 
 such a fracture could seldom be united, by 
 a bony union, in persons of the patient's 
 age ; and if so, with shortened limb, and 
 imperfect motion, and that in Mrs . Nelson's 
 case, there was no shortening of the limb ; 
 " and perfect symmetry of motion." 
 
 Mattocks, Cushman, Bell, and the late 
 Judge Smalley, giants in those days, were 
 all engaged, and took part in the trial, and 
 young Colby opened the argument to the 
 jury, in the defence. By the argument he 
 established a reputation as a good advocate, 
 which followed and adhered to him for 
 more than 20 years of his professional prac- 
 tice in this State. He always used choice 
 and beautiful language ; was facile in illus- 
 tration, and in figures of speech, and ever 
 ready in wit and sarcasm. His client after 
 three jury trials was cast in that first suit ; 
 and while the suit was pending on excep- 
 tions, and petition for new trial in the Su- 
 preme court, Mrs. Nelson died, and it was 
 then ascertained that the limb had been 
 fractured, and the fragments had united in 
 a perfect bony union ; and the plaintiff dis- 
 continued his case from the docket. 
 
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 Mr. Colby removed to Montpelier in, 
 1846, and soon after formed a law partner- 
 ship with the late Lucius B. Peck. The 
 law firm of Peck & Colby was then a lead- 
 ing firm in the important legal business of 
 the State, and continued so till 1863, when 
 it was dissolved, and Mr. Colby was made 
 Register of the Treasury, and removed to 
 Washington. He continued to hold this 
 position in the Treasury until his death, in 
 the fall of 1867. He died at Haverhill, 
 N. H., and was buried in the beautifiil 
 cemetery on the highlands, near Haverhill 
 Corner. 
 
 Mr. Colby was twice married. His first 
 wife was Miss Harriet E. Proctor, the 
 eldest sister of Gov. Proctor. She per- 
 ished on the ill-fated steamer, HenryClay, 
 which was burned on the Hudson River. 
 He afterwards married Mjps Ellen Hunt, 
 who survives him. By the first marriage 
 he had four children, two of whom sur- 
 vive ; and by the second marriage, two 
 children. 
 
 He will be remembered by his intimate 
 friends and acquaintances for his genial 
 wit and fertile resource in conversation, 
 and the rich-garnered treasury of story and 
 anecdote. 
 
 But his reputation as a public man must 
 rest, mainly, upon the character won in 
 the varied and various tilts in the legal 
 tournament, during the practice of a quar- 
 ter of a century at the bar of Vermont. 
 In that tournament, he was conceded to 
 be one of the most brilliant advocates at 
 the bar of his native State. He had no 
 evil habit — no tarnish upon his good name ; 
 was for many years a consistent member of 
 the Protestant Episcopal church ; and died, 
 seemingly, before his work was finished, 
 at the age of 52. 
 
 SAMUEL GOSS, 
 
 our most venerablfe citizen, said the Watch- 
 man, in a notice of his death, one who for 
 his age, character, and fidelity as the ruler 
 of his house, well-deserved the title of pa- 
 triarch, died at Montpelier, Sabbath morn- 
 ing, Aug. 19, 1866 — in his 90th year. 
 
 He was born in HoIIis, N. H., Nov. 1776; 
 served an apprenticeship as printer with 
 
 Amos Farley and Rev. Leonard Worces- 
 ter in the office of " Isiah Thomas, the 
 father of printers,'' at Worcester, Mass., 
 entering the office at the age of 15, and at 
 21, (says Col. Hopkins in a notice of Mr. 
 Goss in the Boston Journal,) he went to 
 Boston and purchased a second-hand press 
 and other printing materials, to set up 
 business for himself. Setting his face 
 toward Vermont, he arrived with his 
 scanty outfit at Peacham, on the 24th of 
 Jan. 1798, and for want of better accom- 
 modations, established his office in a small 
 school-house, a building scarcely large 
 enough, as he used to say, to seat 20 chil- 
 dren, and 8 days afterwards, issued the 
 first number of the Green Mountain Pat- 
 riot, a paper which he edited and published 
 9 years, in company with Mr. Farley — firm 
 Farley & Goss — when he removed his print- 
 office to Montpelier," [see Walton, page 
 291,] and commenced the Vermont Watch- 
 man. Selling the Watchman in i8io, to 
 the late Gen. E. P. Walton and Mark Goss, 
 (a younger brother,) both of whom were 
 apprentices to Farley & Goss, he engaged 
 in paper-making, which he continued fpr 
 many years at Montpelier. Ardent in 
 temperament, clear and strong in con- 
 victions of duty, everything entered into 
 he prosecuted with energy and zeal. In 
 the church and Sabbath-school no one was 
 more earnest and faithful. We think he 
 has served more years in the Sabbath- 
 school than anybody within our knowledge, 
 unless it was his friend and brother in the 
 church, the late Col. Asahel Washburn. 
 Next best he loved his country, and from 
 youth till he had reached almost a century 
 of years, George Washington was his 
 model of a statesman, with his announce- 
 ment of whose death in his paper, appear- 
 ed from his pen : 
 
 AN ODE, OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF 
 
 GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON, 
 
 DEC. .II, 1799. 
 
 Why do these oiournful accents flow. 
 
 Why drops tlie unavailing tear. 
 What dire event, what fatal blow, 
 Which thus excites a pang severe? 
 In sad responses echoes through the skies, 
 Columbia's Parent, Friend and Savior dlesl 
 
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 'Tls true, alasl too true, we mourn 
 
 The exit of our Hero Chief; 
 While on celestial pinions borne 
 He soars aloft o'er pain and grief; 
 Yet grateful millions will their loss deplore. 
 Tin time's extinct, and virtue is no more. / 
 
 In him those charms that bind the heart. 
 
 And tranqulUze the human mind, 
 BeamM sweet effulgence thro' that part. 
 Which now Is to the tomb conslgn'd. 
 In scenes of joy, in days of gloomy strife. 
 Benign and calm the Hero pass'd through lite. 
 No monarch on his shining throne 
 Can, justly, equal honors claim ; 
 His modest wortli resplendent shone, 
 TJnrivall'd on the lists of fame. 
 Nor lives the man, with grief Columbia cries. 
 So good, so kind, so temp'rate arid so wise. 
 O, could Columbia's deepest groan. 
 Re-animate his slumb'ring clay. 
 No longer would affliction's moan 
 Pervade a realm so lately gay. 
 But prayers, nor tears, nor virtuous deeds could save. 
 Nor magic arts can raise him ftom the grave. 
 Then cease to mourn the great man's fate, 
 
 Let Heaven's superior will be done; 
 And future heroes imitate 
 
 The matchless deeds of Washington ; 
 Who once our troops to splendid vlct'ry led. 
 Established peace, but now, alas. Is dead. 
 
 Mr. Goss was a contributor to the Poets 
 and Poetry of Ver?nont, revised edition. 
 
 During the years of the rebellion, his 
 heart was with his country. It was a 
 habit with him to visit the old "Watch- 
 man" office, ever to him an endeared spot, 
 twice a day to get the latest war news. 
 " On one of his last visits, he submitted a 
 patriotic poem," says the editor, "which 
 was to have been published, but he took 
 it back to make some changes in it, doubt- 
 less, forgot it ; we now regret its loss." 
 We think, perhaps, we have found the 
 poem. The following, contributed by his 
 daughter, was among his last, if not his 
 last, poetical efforts : 
 
 fugitive's directory — Impromptu. 
 
 BY SAMUEL GOSS. 
 
 Old Gov. Wise is all In a foam 
 Because his black cattle to Northern States roam. 
 And bids us poor Yankees to send them all back, 
 Without e'en a bloodhound to scent but their track. 
 But humanity says, no, let them rest li^re a while. 
 And their fears of re-capture in slumbers beguile. 
 But when they resolve to quit the straw as their bcl, 
 Just stuff their old pockets with dried beef and bread, 
 And bid them go forward alone. In the night. 
 With the star In the north as their guide and their 
 
 light, • 
 To degree 45 near the Hue of the State, 
 And the beautiful plain of Canada East, 
 Where prudence suggests a permanenl stand. 
 Quite removed from the lash of the slave-driver's hand. 
 And here let them rest, and effectually prove, 
 The obvious fact— a pleasaut remove. 
 
 Samuel Goss was one of the first per- 
 sons with whom the Editor of the Gazetteer 
 became acquainted in Montpelier. We 
 have of him a special remembrance, and 
 for him — as he was then in his fine, ripe 
 old age — a special reverence. The few 
 last years of his life he suffered much, it 
 is recorded of him, from the infirmities of 
 age, and prayed for patience to wait his 
 change, and went gladly to his rest. He 
 was buried with Masonic honors, from the 
 residence of his son-in-law, Hon. O. H. 
 Smith, in Green Mount Cemetery, in 
 the spot selected by himself, almost side 
 by side with his ancient colleague and 
 pupil, Farley and Walton. 
 
 For 60 years he had been a worthy and 
 prominent citizen of the place. " His life 
 has extended over three generations of 
 men," . . said the, Rev. 'Dr. Lord in 
 his funeral discourse, "ind he was ever 
 one of the first ,iii all excellent enterprises 
 and institutions, and one of the last. to 
 withdraw his hand. He began life for 
 himself in Peacham, about the close of the 
 last century. He established in that place 
 a paper which he published and edited, 
 doing all the work with his own hands for 
 several years. He was a nervous and vig- 
 orous prose writer, and often enriched his 
 columns with poetic effusions of no mean 
 merit. When he removed to this town, it 
 was in its infancy. He brought with him 
 his press and his paper, and the developed 
 energies of a confident, earnest, self- 
 reliant Christian man. He conducted his 
 paper, as its early copies will show, with a 
 marked ability. He held a sharp and 
 trenchant pen, never forgetful of Christian 
 principles and Christian charity, however, 
 but the faithful index of a clear, acute, 
 
 active and intense perception 
 
 Long after he was 70 years of age, he was 
 wont to labor with his hands through the 
 whole day, and in the evening give him- 
 self to some Christian work, or while away 
 time with his book or his pen. But how- 
 ever much he was interested in all public 
 affairs, I think he most of all delighted in 
 the welfare and upholding of the church. 
 He was one of the seventeen who organ- 
 ized and constituted the first Congregational 
 
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 church in this town. He was the first' 
 clerk, and its records were kept by his 
 hand and attested by his name. No name, 
 unless it be the pastor's, appears there so 
 often as his. There was no trying duty 
 of his profession he ever sought to avoid, 
 and no fitting and beneficent work he did 
 not eagerly perform. ... A teacher 
 in the Sabbath-school for 35 years, his 
 name was always fragrantin it like ointment 
 poured forth." 
 
 Of the 17 original members of the Con- 
 gregational church, he was the last sur- 
 vivor but one. 
 
 Samuel Goss was the son of John and 
 Catherine (Conant) Goss, the second of 
 10 children, the eldest being John, Jr. 
 , Samuel Goss married, June, 1803, Mary 
 French, born Oct. 1784; children: Wm. 
 A., Benjamin F., Mary, Mary W., Eliza, 
 Samuel P., Lydia French, Lucy A., John, 
 and Samuel French. Mrs. Goss died Oct. 
 27, 1861. Of the children, only two are 
 living, Mrs. O. H. Smith, of Montpelier, 
 and Samuel F. Goss, of Chicago. 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Goss, son of 
 Samuel, born in Peacham, 1806, brought 
 to Montpelier in 1808, was brought up in 
 this town, and prepared for business in the 
 store of Roger Hubbard, (now deceased.) 
 He went from here to Northfield, and was 
 several years in successful business con- 
 nection with Gov. Paine ; from thence to 
 Waterbury, Brandon and Vergennes, where 
 as elsewhere, he was an energetic man of 
 btisiness, and zealous in benevolent and 
 religious enterprises. He died in Ver- 
 gennes in 1878. His disease, of the 
 brain, had the peculiarity to bring out viv- 
 idly, almost to the exclusion of his bodily 
 suiTerings, his early boyhood, the lessons 
 of his parents and the Sabbath-school. 
 Hour after hour, he would repeat from the 
 Scriptures and hymns of youth, at the 
 same time recognizing every attention. 
 He was exceedingly courteous and grateful 
 to his attendants during his long J months' 
 illness, withal as vivacious and cheerful as 
 in his most fortunate days. It was sad to 
 see mind and body slowly, but, surely 
 wasting away, but comforting to see he 
 recognized no sorrow. He was buried in 
 
 the family lot in Montpelier Green Mount 
 Cemetery. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy A. (Goss) Cobb, the you^ig- 
 est daughter of Samuel Goss, died in Kal- 
 amazoo, Mich., 1879, of whom the local 
 paper speaks as almost estimalple woman. 
 
 HON. ORAMEL HOPKINS SMITH 
 
 was born in Thetford, Oct. 1798, came to 
 Montpelier about 1830 ; studied law in the 
 office of Judge Prentiss, admitted to the 
 Bar in 1825, and remained in Judge Pren- 
 tiss' office 2 years after. In his earlier 
 professional years, he repeatedly served 
 as assistant clerk in the House of Repre- 
 sentatives ; was State's attorney 3 years, 
 ending in 1844.; justice of the peace 25 
 successive years ; 40 years a constant at- 
 tendant upon the services of the Congre- 
 gational church in this village, and during 
 a quarter of a century led its choir. Of 
 his professional ability, the fact that his 
 name appears in the court records for 25 
 years preceding i860, as counsel in nearly 
 all the cases of those days, is conclusive 
 proof; 
 
 July, i860, at White River Junction, 
 arising at midnight in the hotel, without a 
 light, to take a train north, he stumbled 
 against a piece of furniture and fell, strik- 
 ing a wardrobe on the back of his neck. 
 Every physical powerfrom his neck down- 
 wards was instantly paralyzed, but his vocal 
 organs and every faculty of the mind re- 
 mained in active play. To Dr. Dixi 
 Crosby's remark that he had about one 
 chance in one hundred for recovery, he 
 promptly replied, " I'll take that chance ! " 
 In the course of a year, his will power and 
 wonderful vitality so far triumphed, he re- 
 sumed practice in his office as a counsellor, 
 though his right side remained perma- 
 nently paralyzed, and for 18 years longer,- 
 under difficulties that would have appalled 
 a less resolute man, plied his profession 
 with energy and industry. Late at night, 
 the light shining from his office, window, 
 on the second floor of the building at the 
 corner of Main and State streets, frequently 
 told of the old painstaking faithfulness 
 triumphing over his infirmities. 
 
 He was one of the organizers of the 
 
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 Montpelier Gaslight Company, and an 
 officer in it several years ; his was the sec- 
 ond house in Montpelier piped for burning 
 gas. He also in its early days devoted 
 much time to the affairs of the Vermont 
 Central R. Jl., losing, like many others of 
 the early friends of that road, many thou- 
 sand dollars . For several of his last years, 
 from age and infirmities, he was not able 
 to attend to business, and died at his home 
 at the " Riverside," in^ 1881, in his 83d 
 year. He was the oldest surviving mem- 
 ber of the Washington County Bar except 
 Hon. Paul Dillingham, of Waterbury. 
 
 He married, in 1830, Mary Warner, 
 daughter of Samuel Goss. They had 4 
 children: Chas. F., who was graduated 
 at Dartmouth in 1854; studied law in his 
 father's office ; removed to Michigan, and 
 died at the age of 31 ; another son, who 
 died in infancy ; and two daughters, both 
 married and live in Montpelier — Ellen J., 
 wife of C. J. Gleason,. and Lucy A., wife 
 of Chas. A. Reed. 
 
 The widow of Mr. Smith still resides at 
 the " Riverside," Nov. 1881. 
 
 Mr. Smith was also an honored member 
 of Aurora Lodge, No. 22, F. & A. M. 
 The following is from the record book of 
 the Lodge : 
 * 
 
 Jjr MBMOniA-M., 
 
 §10. ^runiet ^o^Uns Mmith, 
 
 Born in Tlietford, Vt., Oct. i6, 1798; 
 
 Died at Montpelier, Vt., January 23d, 1881 ; 
 
 Aged 82 yrs., 3 mos. and 4'days. 
 
 Affiliated with Aurora Lodge, No. 22, F. & A. M, 
 Dec. 12, 1853. 
 
 Fast Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Vt. 
 
 Treasurer of Aurora Lodge, No. 22, 
 
 From December 4, 1854, to December, 1857. 
 
 "Awaiting the sound of the gavel 
 in the East." 
 
 [From Obituary in the Vermont Watchman.] 
 COL. THOMAS REED 
 
 was born at Hamstead, N. H., Mar. 29, 
 1793. He was a son of Capt. Thomas 
 Reed, and came with his father to Montpe- 
 lier in 1804, where he resided until his de- 
 cease. He was by profession a lawyer, 
 and at his decease the oldest attorney in 
 the court in this County ; though for many 
 
 years prior to the first stroke of his disease 
 — some five years prior to his death, 
 and from which he never rallied — he had 
 not been an active practitioner at the bar. 
 For the last 20 years, his active labor 
 was mainly as a farmer, a pursuit in which 
 he took much delight, and which he thor- 
 oughly understood, as indeed, he under- 
 stood everything which he undertook to 
 do. During the last 5 years he was 
 an invalid, and for 3 years was with- 
 drawn from all business, the slow progress 
 of his disease undermining a naturally vig- 
 orous constitution until April 18, 1864, 
 when another shock of paralysis rendered 
 him unconscious, and he remained in that 
 state until he quietly passed away on the 
 19th. 
 
 For more than 40 years he was one of 
 the leading citizens of our town. 
 
 His early life was, in many respects, a 
 severe struggle with adverse circumstances. 
 He held himself not at all obliged to for- 
 tune or the favor of any one, for the success 
 he achieved, and he became austere, almost 
 combative in his manner. He despised all 
 shams. Humbugs stood no chance under 
 the severe scrutiny of his eye and the 
 arrows of his searching interrogation. 
 His sagacity was seldom at fault. Few of 
 his ventures failed of returning with profit. 
 He exacted of others what he was always 
 ready to yield to them, equal and exact 
 justice. No deserving charity, no worthy 
 enterprise ever sought his aid in vain. 
 Many hearts have been warmed by unob- 
 trusive gifts "from his hand, for which he 
 would not patiently listen to thanks. 
 
 He had a capacious intellect. His mind 
 was as stalwart and vigorous as his body, 
 and he never allowed either to become en- 
 ervated by idleness. His reading was va- 
 ried and thorough. There were few sub- 
 jects with which the general scholar is fa- 
 miliar that he had not searched. He never 
 forgot anything of value to him, whether 
 he had found it in books, or in observa- 
 tion, which with him was never superficial, 
 but always critical and complete. He be- 
 lieved what was worth knowing at all was 
 worth knowing well. His learning was ac- 
 curate and full, his opinions well matured, 
 
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 deliberate and precise. We have regarded 
 Mr. Reed as mentally one of the strongest 
 men in the State, and if he had early had the 
 advantages of a complete education, and 
 had given his great force of character and 
 strength of will to intellectual pursuits, he 
 would undoubtedly have reached the first, 
 rank among the intellects of Vermont, if 
 not of New England. 
 
 He was one of the strongest, most hon- 
 est and most worthy citizens of Montpe- 
 lier. He belonged to a generation which 
 is now nearly gone, the men whose energy, 
 strong will, business activity, commer- 
 cial sagacity, integrity and generous enter- 
 prise, have made our town what it is. Of 
 his cotemporaries, many have gone before, 
 and few remained to attend at his funeral. 
 Well will it be for us all, if we, like Mr. 
 Reed, do our work well, and leave a fra- 
 grant memory to be cherished by tho^e 
 who shall one day take our places. 
 
 Addition by E. P. Walton. 
 
 The foregoing just tribute to- Col. Reed, 
 appeared in the Green Mountain Freeman, 
 and was doubtless from the pen of the late 
 Hon. Daniel P. Thompson. It should be 
 added, that as a banker for many years 
 Col. Reed was at the head of the financiers 
 of the State, an acknowledged authority, 
 from which there was no appeal ; and as a 
 writer on political questions, he was caus- 
 tic in controversy, sure of bis facts, and 
 powerful in argument. On, the record of 
 the old bank of Montpelier will be found 
 a very able and conclusive argument 
 against the fi-ee banking act, which grew 
 • out of the party clamor of " Smilie and 
 bank reform" ; but the following extracts 
 of a letter to Stephen Foster, Esq., of Der- 
 by Line, written Dec. 6, 1855, are given 
 as evidence of Col. Reed's wisdom and 
 prudence as a banker : 
 
 "Keep in mind always that if you have 
 good security for all your loans your bank 
 can't fail, nor the stockholders fail to get 
 good dividends. 
 
 ' ' When a' man comes by other banks to 
 yours for a loan, you may know that he has 
 borrowed as much as he is entitled to from 
 his capital or that he is discredi ted at home . 
 
 60 
 
 " Keep in mind the fact that many men 
 are made great and rich by distance, and 
 you may be sure that if any go by other 
 banks to do business at yours, that they go 
 there because they are obliged to, and not 
 from love. 
 
 "If a man asks you for a loan whom 
 you don't know to be responsible, the only 
 safe way is to consider him good for noth- 
 ing and take security accordingly. Chari- 
 table presumption and banking presump- 
 tion in regard to men are entirely differ- 
 ent : the charitable presumption in regard 
 to a man that you don't personally know 
 about, is always that he is good and rich ; 
 but the banking presumption is that he is 
 good for nothing — and the cashier who does 
 not act by this rule will first or last, if not 
 .constantly, be a loser by his error. 
 
 " Have no dealings with a stranger in 
 buying drafts or checks of him unless he 
 can refer you to some responsible man in 
 the neighborhood as to his character. 
 
 " Never take a draft of anybody without 
 its being first accepted, unless it is other- 
 wise secured than by the drawer's name — 
 and never do so if you know the drawer to 
 be good, for how do you know he will ac- 
 cept? 'Many buyers of produce, wool, &c., 
 will often present such drafts, and if the 
 cashier takes them, he has no security but 
 the drawer, and he is o.ften a stranger. 
 Many banks have lost by such careless- 
 ness; 
 
 "In fine, pay out no money but on se- 
 curity of more than one name — and never 
 regard as security an endorser ~br under- 
 signer who is connected with the principal 
 as partner, or one who must fail if the prin- 
 cipal does. 
 
 " Banks, being allowed to take only six 
 per cent, can't afford to losfe anything, and 
 therefore it is expected by their customers 
 thaX. perfect security will be required — and 
 if any one objects to this, there is a double 
 reason why you should require it of him. 
 Many men, who are known to be good, 
 think they should not be asked to give se- 
 curity for what they want to borrow — but 
 such can have no difficulty to find se- 
 curity, and they should be required to find 
 it, otherwise you will find it difficult to get 
 
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 security of those who are more doubtful, 
 and be subject to the charge of partiality. 
 Security, Security, Security, that is the 
 main thing — and mind always to have the 
 security taken before you let the money go. 
 It is scarcely ever got afterwards.'' 
 
 Mr. Reed was commissioned Colonel of 
 ^ Vermont militia, Aug. ii, 1825, by Gov. 
 Van Ness ; and honorably discharged June 
 27, 1827, by Gov. Butler. 
 
 The late Daniel Baldwin, shortly before 
 his death, said to the writer of this note, 
 that he regarded Col. Reed as being, intel- 
 lectually, the strongest man that Montpelier 
 has had. Mr. Reed was certainly pre-em- 
 inent in his chosen role as banker, but not 
 superior to many others in other profes- 
 sions. It is doubtless true, however, that 
 if he had adhered to the profession of the 
 law, and limited himself as counsellor in^ 
 the supreme court and cases in chancery, 
 he would have reached a very high rank. 
 The severity of his manner and speech un- 
 fitted him for a jury trial. He always 
 won by honest force, if he did win, and 
 not by suavity or trickery. 
 
 CAPT. ISAAC RICKER. 
 [From Information furnlslied by the family.] 
 
 Isaac Ricker wasborninDover,N. H., 
 Christmas day, 1784. Here his early years 
 were passed, and from Dover he enlisted 
 in the old N. E. 4th Reg. Infantry, U. S. 
 A., in i8u, and was in the service all 
 through "the last war with Great Britain," 
 as the old sojdiers of 181 2, I have noticed, 
 in speaking of it, almost invariably style 
 the war of 1812, '14, with England. He 
 was under Col. Boyd, and the regiment 
 was called the best in the United States at 
 that time. He was also under Harrison 
 when he took command at Cincinnati. 
 Boyd's regiment was with Gen. Harrison 
 when he won his brightest laurels. Capt. 
 Ricker was there, and led his company 
 in to the battle of Tippecanoe. 
 
 His weight being 200 at this time, tall 
 and massive, he was an imposing looking 
 and bold officer. 
 
 The Indians surprised them, as is well 
 known, that night. He was in Hull's army 
 when he surrendered at Detroit his brave 
 
 soldiers to the English, and he, like all the 
 rest of Hull's infamously sacrificed men, 
 suffered more in his imprisonment, follow- 
 ing thereupon, than has ever been written. 
 He was 7 years in the United States ser- 
 vice, and never got scratch, wound or pen- 
 sion, though his widow, a second wife, has 
 had one for about 2 years past. After the 
 war he was, for about 2 years, a recruiting 
 officer of the U. S. A. 
 
 He came to Montpelier in 1817, and set- 
 tled on the site where is now the residence, 
 store and shop of his son, Rufiis Ricker, 
 merchant tailor. State street, just opposite 
 the post-office. He was deputy sheriff of 
 the County and constable some years. 
 Capt. Ricker was a staunch Democrat; 
 " He fought too many years for the whple 
 country to be anything else," says his son. 
 
 We were told by an old native citizen of 
 this County, at Burlington, the other day 
 — Mr. Leonard Johonnott — that Captain 
 Ricker and Senator Upham were particular 
 friends ; that he always worked enthusi- 
 astically and efficiently in any election for 
 Upham. "Why," said his old Barre 
 neighbor, "any history of Montpelier vil- 
 lage of 50 years ago, without Capt. Isaac 
 Ricker, would be no history at all." He 
 cared little for town offices, or political 
 honors for himself, but was all alive and 
 energetic for his friends. And yet says 
 one who knew him best in Montpelier, 
 "he was a man who did not usually talk 
 much ; he had been under military tactics 
 too long ; but a prompt man when he did 
 take hold, and acted with so much integrity 
 as a sheriff, and so kindly, he was uncom- 
 monly respected and trusted by those he 
 took into custody." 
 
 Captain Ricker married, first, Nancy 
 Dame, of Rochester, N. H. She had 7 
 children, of whom Rufus R. Ricker, Fran- ' 
 cis Derancis Ricker and Mrs. Priscilla 
 Holmes, widow of Edwin C. Holmes, are 
 now living here. Another son, George P. 
 Ricker, was for many years engaged in busi- 
 ness in town, and died from accident, 
 in August, 1 85 1. His first wife dying, he 
 married, about 1828, Loramie W. Hart, of 
 Burlington, who survived him, and still 
 lives in Montpelier. She had two children : 
 
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 Harrison Hart Wright, now living in San 
 Francisco, a '49er, one of tlie pioneers ot 
 that State, born in iVIontpelier ; and a son 
 of 12 years, who died of typhus. Capt. 
 Ricker died July i6, 1837, and is buried 
 in Green Mount Cemetery. 
 
 THOMAS NEEDHAM 
 
 was born in Salem, Mass., Nov. 1785 ; re- 
 moved to Mount Vernon, N. H., in 1812, 
 where he married, that year, Eleanor 
 Dodge, and they came to Montpelier in 
 1819, where they resided the remainder of 
 their days. Mr. Needham wasa cooperby 
 trade, which vocation he followed through 
 life. He was a man of brain, a great 
 reader, and kept himself thoroughly ac- 
 quainted with the affairs of the country. 
 Politically, he was a Democrat, an ardent 
 worker and earnest supporter of his party, 
 which was in a majority in town in his 
 day. For 25 years he wielded an influence 
 in town, either at town or State elections, 
 far greater than any other man. He 
 never, however, aspired for office. Re- 
 peatedly, he was asked by his party to ac- 
 cept of their nomination of him as their 
 candidate for town representative, which 
 was equivalent to an election, but always 
 refused to accept of it. Of town offices, 
 he was for several years a justice of peace, 
 selectman, and overseer of the poor ; the 
 poor being bounteously xared for under 
 his management. He also held the office 
 of first jail commissioner many years. In 
 all of the offices held by him, he was faith- 
 ful to their trust. He died June 12, 1872, 
 in his 87th year, leaving 2 sons, Algernon 
 Sydney, for many years a sea captain, now 
 residing in Montpelier, and Daniel, resid- 
 ing in Barre. His wife, Eleanor D., died 
 Oct. 9, 1880, in her 93d year. C. B. 
 
 THE OLD VILLAGE SEXTON. 
 
 [From obituary by. Hon. Joseph Poland and 
 Cul. H. D. Hopkins.] 
 
 Aaron Bancroft was born in Wood 
 End, now within the present limits of 
 Boston, Mass., Feb. 2, 1784. He was one 
 of a family of 12 children, and a son of 
 Samuel Bancroft, who was a brother of 
 the Rev. Dr. Aaron Bancroft, of Worcester, 
 Mass., father of George Bancroft, the his- 
 
 torian ; being a direct descendant of Thos. 
 Bancroft, a Puritan, who landed in Boston 
 in 1632. ' 
 
 Aaron, the subject of our sketch, was 
 married in 1804,^ to Anna Foster, of Wood 
 End, and removed to Montpelier in 1813. 
 .He began work at his mechanical trade, 
 that of a shoemaker, which he followed 
 uninterruptedly until he was 84 years of 
 age, when, by an accidental fall, he re- 
 ceived injuries which disabled him from 
 further service. In 1813, the year became 
 to town, the old Elm Street Cemetery was 
 opened, and he was soon after made its 
 sexton, the duties of which office he faith- 
 fuUji performed for nearly 50 years, until 
 July, 1857, when the new cemetery, Green 
 iMount, was occupied, having been dedi- 
 cated the previous year. What a tale of 
 mortality could the old sexton tell : 
 
 ** Nigh to a grave tbat was newly made, 
 Leaned a Sexton old on his earth-worn spade; 
 His work was done, and he paused to wait 
 The funeral train through the open gate. 
 A relic of by-gone days was be, 
 And hlB locks were white as the foamy sea; 
 And these words came from his lips so thin, 
 * 1 gather them In, 1 gather them la.' 
 
 " I gather them In for man and boy ; 
 Year after year of grief and Joy; 
 I've bullded the houses that lie around 
 In every nook of this burial ground; 
 Mother and daughter, father and son. 
 Come to my solitude, one by one,— 
 But come they stranger, or come they kin,— 
 I gather them In, I gather them in. 
 
 " Many are witli me, but still I'm alone, 
 I'm king of the dead— and I make my throne 
 On a monument slab of marble cold. 
 And my sceptre of rule Is the spade I hold. 
 Come they from cottage, or come they from hall. 
 Mankind are my subjects— all, all, alll 
 Let them loiter In pleasure, or toilfuuy spin— 
 I gather them In, I gather them In. 
 
 " I gather them In— and their final rest 
 Is here, down here, in the earth's dark breasti ' 
 And the Sexton ceased, for the fhneral train 
 Wound mutely o'er that solemn plain ; 
 And I said to my heart. When time is told, 
 A mightier voice than that Sexton's old 
 Will sound o'er the last trump's dreadful din— 
 
 ' I gather them in, I gather them Inl ' " 
 
 In 1819, when the old brick church was 
 erected, he was made its sexton, in which 
 capacity he officiated for two score of 
 years. In "form and feature" he was 
 the exact representation of his office, gray, 
 bowed, kind, slow-spoken and courteous. 
 In his earlier day, he possessed great phys- 
 ical strength and muscle even up to the 
 
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 age of so ; he repeatedly bore off the palm 
 in wrestling matches and foot-races. He 
 was also endowed' with a remarkable mem- 
 ory, which he retained to the last. To him 
 we are indebted for the record of the vital 
 statistics of the town, making a list of 
 about a thousand deaths, which he kept 
 for 40 years, until 1857, since which time 
 the State law has -required the registration 
 of all deaths by the district clerk. 
 
 In 1804, Mr. Bancroft and his wife united 
 with the Congregational church, of which 
 they remained faithful members till their 
 death. Mrs. Bancroft died in Oct. 1865, 
 aged 82; and Mr. Bancroft, Mar. 26, 1872, 
 aged 88 years. That he was a sincere 
 Christian, no one ever doubted who knew 
 him, for his daily life gave uniform testi- 
 mony to the genuineness of his profession. 
 His Bible was his daily food, even upon 
 his dying bed, and he found great comfort 
 in the songs of Zion, which he always 
 dearly loved, until the summons came. 
 Artless and as trustful as a child, faithful to 
 all his trusts, cheerful under the worst 
 trials, a peacemaker everywhere, pure in 
 heart and exemplary in life, Aaron Bancroft 
 may well be said to have lived and died an 
 honest man. 
 
 He reared a family of 5 sons and 3 
 daughters : Aaron, Sarah, Hemy, Mary,Ed- 
 ward C.', Daniel Foster, Eliza and Charles 
 E ; two more died in infancy. All now are 
 deceased but two, Daniel Foster, now re- 
 siding in New York city, and Mrs. Mary 
 Rogers, in Cabot. The sons all learned 
 various mechanical trades, which they fol- 
 lowed through life, all being superior work- 
 men at their several trades. 
 
 CAPT. LEMUEL BROOKS, 
 
 born in Connecticut in 1767, married 
 Rhoda Barber, of Simsbury, Ct., and came 
 to Montpelier in January, 1798. He was 
 present and cast his vote in the first town 
 meeting held in Montpelier. He first set- 
 tled in the part now called East Montpelier, 
 where he lived for 40 years, when he re- 
 moved to Montpelier village, where he 
 died in 1846, during the session of the 
 Legislature here, aged 79 years, and was 
 buried in the old Elm Street Cemetery. 
 
 He is remembered by his descendants as a 
 large man, almost of heroic size, a kind 
 old gentleman, fond of a joke and of his 
 grandchildren. He and his wife lived 
 happily together 48 years. They had no 
 sons, but a family of S daughters, four of 
 whom married : Mary, A. Sidney Wing, of 
 Montpelier ; Rhoda, General Humphrey ; 
 Amanda, another Mr. Humphrey ; Fanny, 
 Loomis Palmer. 
 
 MRS. RHODA BROOKS. 
 
 Rhoda Barber, born in Simsbury, Ct., 
 Npv. 17, 1798, immediately after her mar- 
 riage with Lemuel Brooks, Jan. 1798, came 
 to Montpelier. There were but two framed 
 houses at that time, and the frame of an- 
 other, in the old town of Montpelier, com- 
 prising the present Montpelier and Eapt 
 Montpelier. The frame was that of the 
 Cadwell house, still standingat the head of 
 State street, that became and continued for 
 many years to be the most spacious and ele- , 
 gant private dwelling in town, and the quar- 
 ters of successive governors of the State. 
 'When Mrs. Brooks first saw the frame, it 
 was surrounded by the stumps and trunks 
 of trees that had been cut down to open a 
 site for the building. Mrs. Brooks went 
 to the farm of her husband, now in East 
 Montpelier, where they remained till their 
 removal to this village in 1838. After the 
 death of Mr. Brooks, she resided with her 
 son-in-law, Loomis Palmer, until her death, 
 Dec. 21, 1873, aged 85 years. 
 
 Mrs. Brooks was large and elegant in 
 person, of perhaps the finest English type 
 of beauty; dignified in her manners, genial 
 in her temper, and of great intelligence. 
 Mr. Thompson was largely indebted to her 
 for material for his history of Montpelier. 
 
 A lady of a well-ordered life, whose 
 Christian faith was illustrated by hospital- 
 ity and charity ; whose end was more than 
 beautifiil. Awaking without sickness on 
 the morning of the anniversary of her hus- 
 band's birth, she calmly told her daughter 
 that she was going, and entered at once 
 upon the way from earth to Heaven. 
 
 THOMAS BROOKS, 
 
 brother of Lemuel, settled in Montpelier 
 not far from the time that his brother did. 
 
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 Children of Thomas and Roxa Brooks : 
 
 Delorma, Lemuel, Keyes, Mary, Melanc- 
 
 thon, Sarah, Lorenzo, Joseph, Harriet, 
 Thomas, Roxa. 
 
 JONATHAN SHEPARD. 
 
 One after another the now thinly scattered 
 band of our first settlers are all fast passing 
 away. Of the earliest pioneer settlers of 
 Montpelier, Jonathan Shepard went to his 
 long rest July 26, 1863. He was born in 
 Haverhill, Mass., June 31, 1772, and at 
 the age of 2"i, came to Montpelier, where, 
 for the first two or three years, he was in 
 the employment of the first settler. Col. 
 Jacob Davis, being constantly engaged 
 with others of the Colonel's band of hardy 
 laborers in clearing up the lands now con- 
 stituting the site of our flourishing village. 
 After a few years, he married a Miss Bur- 
 dick, of Waitsfield, who died of spotted 
 fever in i8io, and afew years subsequently, 
 he married the widow of Wmi Hutchins, 
 many years since deceased. His first 
 "pitch" was on the lands afterwards 
 known as the Silloway farm, near Henry 
 Nutt's. Soon selling this, however, he 
 purchased the well-known valuable farm 
 lying around the mouth of Dog river, 
 which he held till a few years ago, when it 
 passed into the hands of his son, George 
 C. Shepard, Esq. While carrying on this 
 farm, he became the occupant of the 
 Hutchins', or Farmers' inn, which, to the 
 very general acceptance of the public, he 
 kept for nearly 30 years. 
 
 Mr. Shepard was never known as an 
 office-holdel- ; for, though often offered 
 them, he uniformly declined all offices. 
 He was a man of much decision of char- 
 acter — of great energy, of fine business ca- 
 pacities, and from the first has been among 
 our most active and enterprising citizens, 
 and by these qualities, he accumulated a 
 very handsome property; and what is 
 better, he was an honest man, ever re- 
 garding his word as sacred. — Obit. 
 
 HON. JOSEPH HOWES AND WIFE. 
 
 Joseph Howes, born in Lebanon, Conn., 
 March 28, 1783, died in Montpelier, April 
 26, 1863. He was descended from one of 
 the early puritans who settled in Plymouth 
 
 County, Mass. Judge Howes came to 
 Montpelier with his wife in 1808, both re- 
 mained there during their lives, and both 
 were among the members of the First Con- 
 gregational church, now commonly known 
 as Bethany church, at its organization in 
 1810, of which they were ever faithful and 
 highly-honored members. Judge Howes 
 was intelligent, decided and immovable in 
 his religious and "political opinions. Be- 
 ginning as a Jeflfersonian Republican, he, 
 with the most of that party in Vermont, 
 supported John Quiricy Adams for presi- 
 dent in 1824, and after Gen. Jackson's 
 election in 1828, adhered successively to 
 the National Republican, Whig, and the 
 modern Republican parties. He was pat- 
 riotic, served nearly two years on the 
 frontier as adjutant in the war of 1812-15, 
 and served so well that a commission in 
 the regular army was offered him, which 
 he declined on account of the pressing 
 needs of his youngfamily. In Sept. 1814, 
 however, he started for Plattsburgh as 
 second lieutenant in the volunteer Mont- 
 pelier company, a roll of which, in his 
 hand-writing, has been found among his 
 papers. He represented Montpelier in 
 the Legislature of 1813, and while holding 
 that office, left for military service on the 
 frontier ; was also a Judge of Washington 
 County Court, 1819^^0 1827; and served 
 several years as surveyor of public build- 
 ings, his duty being to provide for sweep- 
 ing, heating and lighting the State House, 
 and- furnish stationery for both Houses. 
 His bill for these services in the session of 
 37 days in 1825 was $68. 71, $3 of which 
 only was for his personal service — less 
 than $2 per day for all, which is less than 
 the daily pay now of a page. He was also 
 long engaged in the most responsible town 
 offices, — moderator, selectman, overseer, 
 and magistrate. He was thoroughly con- 
 scientious in the discharge of all his public 
 and private duties — severely just as against 
 himself, and severely censorious of all 
 wrong ; but he was also generous to those 
 who had wronged him. 
 
 Patty Wilder, daughter of Abel Wilder, 
 of Norwich, and grand-daughter of Lieut. 
 Gov. Elisha Payne, of Lebanon, N. H., 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 was born in 1786, married Judge Howes in 
 
 1808, and died January 20, 1 87 1. While 
 her husband was of a severe type, she was 
 gentle, mild, charitable, and these mingled 
 qualities made a household of obedient and 
 affectionate children, of whom there were 
 nine, to wit: William, born April 21, 
 
 1809, went to Prescott, Wis., about 30 
 years ago, became mayor of the town, and 
 was judge of probate for his district sev- 
 eral years, and until his death ; Almira, 
 widow of Lieut. Gov. David M. Camp, of 
 Derby; Joseph Wilder, born Nov. 5, 1812, 
 was a merchant and sheriff of this county 
 in 1849 : [for more, s6e ante, pages 394- 
 396.] George, born Nov. 14, 1814, was a 
 inerchant, cashier of the Bank of Mont- 
 pelier from 1.841 to 1858, and State treas- 
 urer 1847 to '53 ; Sarah Sophia, born July 
 27, 1817, married E. P. Walton, Jr., June 
 6, 1836, and died Sept. 3, 1880; Solon, 
 born Aug. 6, 1819, died in early manhood ; 
 Martha is widow of Rev. Calvin Pease, 
 Professor and President in the University 
 of Vermont, and at his death pastor of a, 
 Presbyterian church in Rochester, N. Y. ; 
 Henry, born March 7th, 1826-, died in 
 childhood ; and last, Henry, born Apr. 30, 
 1829, was for some years a cashier, and 
 since 1865 has been employed in the Na- 
 tional Treasury and Interior Departments. 
 
 Judge Howes was ^ blacksmith, and I 
 have a very fine engraving of the interior 
 of a blacksmith's shop, which I have al- 
 ways caXXedfky life's coat of arms. ep. w. 
 
 DR. JULIUS YEMANS DEWEY. 
 [Extracts from an obituary b Dr. Sumner Putnam.} 
 
 Julius Yemans Dewey was born in 
 Berlin, Aug. 22, i8oi ; his father, Simeon 
 Dewey, being among the first to settle in 
 that town, coming from Hanover, N. H., 
 nearly 100 years ago. Julius was one of a 
 family of 8 children, and very active when 
 a lad, not only working upon the farm, 
 but traveling about the country, both on 
 foot and on horseback, as an assistant 
 drover. But in his nineteenth summer, 
 one-half day's work, which consisted in 
 loading and pitching 17 loads of hay, de- 
 termined his choice of a profession, from 
 the fact that for a long time afterward he 
 
 was sick with pain and inflammation in 
 the hepatic region, from which, however, 
 he finally rec'overed, and outlived all the 
 members of his father's family. Having 
 acquired a good preliminary education at 
 the Wash. Co. Gram. School, he studied 
 medicine with Dr. Lamb., a celebrated 
 practitioner in those days, resident at 
 Montpelier, and in 1823, received his de- 
 gree from the medical department of the 
 Vermont University, and commenced prac- 
 tice at Montpelier. In consequence of his 
 activity, intelligence and skill, he soon ac- 
 quired a large professional business, and 
 June 9, .1825, married Miss Mary Perrin, 
 daughter of Zachariah Perrin, of Berlin. 
 The fruit of this union was 18 years of 
 happy domestic life and 4 children : Chas. 
 and Edward Dewey, of Montpelier, Geo. 
 ;Dewey, of the U. S. Navy, and Mrs. Dr. 
 Geo. P. Greeley, of Nashua, N. H. Fur- 
 thermore, these years were crowned with 
 professional and financial success, but all 
 i too soon, the faithful wife and mother was 
 ! called from her earthly home, and the circle 
 j thus painfully broken, remained severed 
 about 2 years, when it became restored by 
 a second marriage with Mrs. Susan L. 
 Tarbox, of Randolph, an estimable lady, 
 who brought with her an excellent daugh- 
 ter, now the wife of his oldest son, which 
 arrangement proved very happy in all re- 
 spects. 
 
 Though brought up in a family the heads 
 of which were rigidly Puritan, Dr. Dewey 
 chose the Protestant Episcopal church, in 
 which he was long a faithful office-bearer, 
 a liberal supporter and an influential ad- 
 viser, especially against the modern fash- 
 ions which find no countenance except in 
 the Roman churches. In politics, he was 
 ardent and intelligent, and to him, per- 
 haps, quite as much as any other one, is to 
 be ascribed the defeat of the anti-masonic 
 Gov. Palmer in 1835, and the subsequent 
 success of the Whig and Republican par- 
 ties in Vermont; yet he was never an 
 office-seeker, but acted simply upon his 
 convictions of what was best for the State 
 and the nation. 
 
 In 1850, Dr. Dewey, with others, or- 
 
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 ganized the National Life Insurance Com- 
 pany of Montpelier, and soon became its 
 president and chief manager, and so re- 
 mained until his death. Under his auspi- 
 cious management, in 27 years, the com- 
 pany has acquired a large number of 
 policy-holders, presenting a record'of suc- 
 cess unequalled, and worthy the confidence 
 and patronage of those who desire at death 
 to doubly ensure, if possible, a legacy to 
 their families. Indeed, amid the financial 
 ruin and distress prevalent, this noble 
 monument of his provident care and in- 
 dustry affords relief to many a worthy 
 debtor, and stands against the invasion of 
 want as a bulwark to many a widowed and 
 orphaned home. 
 
 In 1854, being deprived by death of a 
 second wife, at 53 years of age, apparently 
 in the prime of life, and by nature sttpngly 
 inclined tp make the best of life and its 
 blessings, especially the endearments and 
 comforts of home, he fortunately married 
 Mrs. Susan E. Lilley, of Worcester, Mass., 
 a beautiful and excellent woman, who also 
 brought with her a beautiful daughter, now 
 the wife of his second son, and for the last 
 20 years made his home a paradise, until 
 his final departure shrouds it in mourning, 
 (1876.) 
 
 During his last years, his relations as 
 husband, parent and grand-parent were 
 eminently happy. I have heard him re- 
 mark that few men had been so unfortunate 
 as himself in the loss of excellent wives,; 
 and that no man could have been more 
 fortunate in replacing them. He was very 
 strongly attached to home and its endear^ 
 ments — his wife, children and grand- 
 children, and they always received from, 
 him the Mhdest attention, care and pro-, 
 vision ; and, in return, he received from 
 them, and carried with him at his depart- 
 ure, their utmost love, confidence and re- 
 spect. 
 
 Dr. Dewey was eminently a strong, self- 
 made nian, — a person who thought' care- 
 fully, intelligently and broadly; conse- 
 quently, every enterprise to which he put 
 his hands, proved a success. Education, 
 the church, all forms of public welfare-^ 
 
 town, state and national, as the found- 
 ation and defense of home, social order, 
 progress and wealth, were near and dear 
 to his heart, and always received his cor- 
 dial support. During a long and active 
 life, his ability and integrity reached and 
 maintained the highest standard. Socially, 
 he was friendly, open and cheerful. 
 
 On the 20th of May, 1876, he partook of 
 a hearty dinner, over-exercised, and be- 
 came much excited in discussion. Imme- 
 diately, symptoms of disturbed digestion 
 began, and a bad night followed, the pulse 
 soon falling to 28 Or 30 per minute. This 
 state continued until the morning of the 
 29th, at 3 : 30 o'clock, when, in full con- 
 sciousness, in the 76th year of his age, the 
 heart instantly ceased to beat, the counte- 
 nance flushed, soon became full and dusky, 
 efforts at respiration ceased almost imme- 
 diately, consciousness was gone, and the 
 paleness of death settled over the features. 
 
 " Soul, thought, win, Ideation- 
 All, so quickly severed 
 From their loved abod^^ 
 O, who may or e*er can, 
 The mystery of life, 
 Of death. Illume, unveil. 
 To the mourning circle 
 Left behind?" 
 
 MEDICAL MEN OF MONTPELIER. 
 
 BY DR. SDMNSB PHTKAM. 
 
 FREDERICK W. ADAMS 
 
 was born in Pawlet, in 1786, and his lit- 
 erary remains show him to have been ed- 
 ucated. He studied medicine vvith Dr. 
 Oliver Harmon, of Pawlet, attended med- 
 ical lectures at Dartmouth College, and 
 began practice in Fairfield before he grad- 
 uated. Remaining there some time, he 
 moved to Cambridge, and from Cambridge 
 to Barton in 1814, and in 1822, returned 
 to Dartmouth, and received his diploma. 
 He continued toTpractioe in Barton and 
 vicinity till 1836, where he acquired great 
 reputation as a physician and surgeon, 
 being called at times a distance of 50 miles 
 to perform capital operations. He was 
 also the first, or one of the first, to call 
 attention to the American hellebore or 
 veratrum viride in practice. In the winter 
 of 183s and 1836, he attended medical lec- 
 tures at Philadelphia, with a view of set- 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 tling in Montpelier, which he did in 1836, 
 his name and reputation soon following, if 
 it had not already preceded him. 
 
 Located at Montpelier, he was at first 
 shunned by many on account of his re- 
 puted skepticism ; but being a large, gen- 
 tlemanly appearing man, of dignified pres- 
 ence, destined to excite attention and 
 command respect or fear anywhere, he soon 
 became a leading practitioner in the town 
 and surrounding country. 
 
 Dr. Adams was a man of literary taste, 
 and havipg long been esteemed an infidel 
 or atheist, he, in 1843, ^t the request of 
 friends, published a book entitled " The- 
 ological Criticism," which entitles him to 
 rank with Paine and Ingersoll in their esti- 
 mate of the Bible, the church and the 
 clergy. But only as respects these points 
 did his skeptical philosophy seem to touch 
 his heart, as the following may tend . to 
 show : When he first came here, a lead- 
 ing church felt it a duty to circulate papers 
 asking its members to sign their names 
 promising not to employ, him profession- 
 ally. After a time, the same men, one a 
 deacon, who circulated the first paper, 
 came to him with a subscription paper to 
 help repair the church, to which appeal 
 he replied, " God forbid that he should so 
 misapply his money. He much preferred 
 to give it to the poor arid needy whom he 
 knew." 
 
 AH of those formerly acquainted with 
 him here, with whom I have conversed, 
 declare the Doctor to have been a very 
 benevolent, generous, honorable, kind- 
 hearted man. Says one, "He lived more 
 practical Christianity daily, than any other 
 man in town." When a poor man asked 
 him for his bill, he would say, " How 
 much money have you ? " " O , not much ! " 
 would be the reply. ' ' How many children 
 have you?" " Four or five," as the case 
 might be. "Well, then, you will want all 
 the money you have, and more too ; here, 
 take this," handing out five dollars, per- 
 haps. Also, every now and then he would 
 buy a web of calico, cotton cloth, or what- 
 ever he thought might be needed, and 
 slyly hand it in at the back door of the 
 poor. On the other hand, of the usurious 
 
 rich, he would take a good bill, but no 
 more than professional, saying to himself, 
 if I get the money, I shall give some of it 
 to the needy, and that they will not do if 
 they keep it. A lady, whose family phy- 
 sician he had been, said, " do not have it 
 go into his biography that he was an in- 
 fidel, for he was not. See the lines he 
 composed on the death of my daughter," 
 handing me the long-preserved lines, full 
 of beautiful sentiment : 
 
 O, Godl forgive us the distrust 
 
 Deep agony hath wrought. 
 Of dlGpensatlon doubtless Just, 
 
 With hidden mercies ft-augbt. . 
 
 But when an Idol is removed. 
 Although from earth to Heaven, 
 
 Our hearts rebel, that one so loved 
 Should have been lent, not given, 
 
 O, hard, and harder yet to bear 
 
 The cross we now sustain; 
 While memory will not forbear 
 
 To ambrotypey)ur pain. 
 
 We own that we should be resigned, 
 
 And put in God oar trust; 
 Yet human selfishness is blind, 
 
 Nor sees that God is Just. 
 
 Hence, we should solemnly invoice 
 
 The Faith too seldom giv'n. 
 That sees this mercy in the stroke,- 
 
 A soul transferred to Heaven. 
 
 It is said tbatheand Dr. Shelton, Rector 
 of the Episcopal church in this place at 
 that time, were on particularly good terms, 
 often joking and bantering each other — 
 Shelton often ' inviting Dr. A. to attend 
 church, while he would as often contempt- 
 uously decline to so misspend his time. 
 But Dr. S. having prepared a sermon for 
 him, continued to invite him to church, and 
 at last he came, when the usher seated him 
 well up in front. Dr. S. now took from 
 the drawer his long-prepared sermon, on 
 the text, " The fool hath said in his heart, 
 there is no God," and deliver^ from his 
 pulpit a powerful discourse, \^ich Dr. A. 
 seemed to take pretty much to himself, 
 meanwhile, sitting uneasily in his seat, and 
 sweating profusely. The old Doctor had 
 a good mind to be mad, but then he con- 
 cluded to blow it off. 
 
 Dr. Adams was a musician, and also 
 made violins, which are said to have chal- 
 lenged the admiration of Ole Bull. Ole 
 Bull called on him when here, and he and 
 the Doctor had some music. 
 
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 He was twice married, and a daughter 
 of his now resides in Barton. He died 
 Dec. 17, 1858, of pneumonia, aged 72, 
 with a clear intellect, and when asked if 
 he died as he had lived, answered, "If 
 there is a Christian's God, I am not afraid 
 to trust myself in his hands." 
 
 Abridged ttom memoir In Transactions of tbe 
 Vermont Medical Society. 
 
 DR. C. B. CHANDLER 
 
 was born Apr. 24, 1796, at Chester. Dur- 
 ing his minority, he resided at the home of 
 his father upon the farm, and acquired at 
 the common school and Chester Academy 
 sufiScient education to become a successful 
 teacher. ' 
 
 He read medicine with Dr. Bowen, at- 
 tended lectures at Woodstock, and after, 
 at Brown University, R. I. ; where he grad- 
 uated, and commenced practice in Tun- 
 bridge in 1823. About the same time, he 
 married Miss Nancy Atherton, of Balti- 
 more, by whom he had two sons, who are 
 now alive, and one of whom succeeded 
 him in business in this town, and is now 
 in full practice. In 1837, his first wife 
 died. After this he married Miss Amanda 
 Chapman, of Tunbridge, who died in 1841, 
 His third marriage was to Mrs. F. A. C. 
 Harvey, of Cabot, who survived him. 
 
 Having practiced his profession suc- 
 cessfully 33 years in Tunbridge, he came 
 to Montpelier, and bought out Dr. Orrin 
 Smith, and soon acquired a good practice, 
 showing himself, in the 10 years which he 
 resided here, to be a careful, judicious 
 physician, a good surgeon, afriendly, gen- 
 erous, and strictly honorable man. With- 
 out sickness, warning or premonition, he 
 died instantly, Jan. 8, 1867, in his 71st 
 year, while unharnessing his horse after a 
 long ride ; it was supposed of apoplexy, as 
 several of the family had died from that 
 cause. 
 
 The high estimation in which he was 
 held in every respect may be inferred from 
 the following extract from a daily paper 
 published in Montpelier at the time of his 
 death. "He removed," says the editor of 
 the Freeman, "to Montpelier in 1856, 
 where for his high reputation as a skillful 
 surgeon and physician, and his excellences 
 
 61 
 
 as a citizen, ever ready and zealous in 
 every good work, he was highly esteemed. 
 Though far advanced in years, he seemed 
 to be physically and intellectually vigorous', 
 and to the last was actively engaged in his 
 profession. His death is, therefore, a se- 
 vere loss to his family, to the medical pro- 
 fession, and to the community. They 
 find consolation in the remembrance that 
 his life had been one of great usefulness, 
 founded upon his firm conviction of the 
 genuineness of practical Christianity. Ir- 
 reproachable in all his relations in life, 
 invaluable as a friend, of most excellent 
 example as a citizen, and performing with 
 scrupulous fidelity and with untiring labor 
 every prompting of the warmest and kind- 
 est heart, he was in all his life the truest 
 type of the upright, benevolent, beneficent 
 man. Others have left us more noted, 
 perhaps, for talents and high position be- 
 fore the public, but never one more missed 
 and mourned than is, and long will be, 
 this worthy, active, and intelligent Chris- 
 tian physician. 
 
 Ever humane and self-sacriicing, he as 
 cheerfully bestowed his professional aid on 
 the poor, when he never asked or expected 
 pay, as on the wealthy and influential ; 
 and it has been this noble trait, in addi- 
 tion to his fine social qualities, his entire 
 sincerity and sterling worth as a man, 
 which has so widely endeared him to all 
 classes of people in this region of country. 
 He once told a friend that he wanted no 
 higher fame, and no better reward, than to 
 have it thought and said at his death, that 
 he sincerely endeavored to do all the good 
 he could, and to be a kind and honest 
 man. 
 
 DR. C. M. RUBLEE. 
 
 Chauncey Moore Rublee, son of Luman 
 and Mrs. Luman (Burbank) Rublee, was 
 born at Montpelier, Nov. 25, 1823. At 
 fourteen, he left the Academy in this place, 
 and became a clerk in the drug store of 
 E. H. Prentiss, and, after 2 years' service, 
 began the study of medicine with Dr. 
 Charles Clark ; attended medical lectures, 
 and graduated at Woodstock, after three 
 yeai^' study. In Dec. 1848, he sailed for 
 
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 Paris, and writes to his friends of the pas- 
 sage: "We had but two stonns, and I 
 assure you I never wish to witness another. 
 I wished myself in Vermont. When I saw 
 the noble .sliip in which I was about to sail, 
 lying at the dock, it did not seem possible 
 for it to be blown about by the wind, but 
 after getting out to sea, I realized what the 
 wind and waves could do, and then the 
 ship appeared to me as it was — a mere 
 egg-shell dancing upon the water. On 
 reaching Paris, I hired a room, furnished 
 with everything necessary, and a fetntne, 
 as they are called here, to take care of it, 
 for which I pay |6 per month, and I get 
 my food where I please. I devote con- 
 siderable of my time at present, to learn- 
 ing to speak French, and am able to talk a 
 little." Again: " In the fore part of the 
 day, I am either at the lying-in hospital 
 with Paul Dubois, or in the surgeons' hos- 
 pital with Velpeau ; in the fever hospital 
 with Louis, or at the venereal hospital 
 with Ricord. Paul Dubois is considerefl 
 the most able man in his hospital in Paris. 
 I had a letter of introduction to him. He 
 received me very kindly, and offered me 
 any assistance he could render. He speaks \ 
 English very well." : 
 
 In the same letter he writes of the Rev-; 
 olution of 1848 : " The Frenchmen have 
 accomplished a great work, drove Louis 
 Phillip from his throne, . . . and pro-' 
 claimed France a Republic, in the presence' 
 of 700,000 people." Of the Socialist In- 
 surrection which followed in June, he wrote 
 Aug. 6 : " Several pieces of cannon were 
 stationed near the street where I live, and; 
 it was one continual roar. After each shot, 
 a load of wounded would be carried by my 
 window. Of 400 in one command, all 
 killed but 30. Next morning I went to the 
 dead house where the killed were deposit-i 
 ed before burial — a sad picture — fathers! 
 and mothers after their sons, sisters for 
 their brothers, and when they found them, 
 it would seem as if they would die with' 
 sorrow." 
 
 On returning to Montpelier, he began 
 practice, and soon married Miss Sarah E. 
 Clark, daughter of Dr. Charles Clark. In 
 185s. he moved to Boston, to engage in 
 
 city practice, but before long his health 
 began to fail ; it never had been strong, 
 and while at Boston he bled at the lungs 
 two or three times, which induced him to 
 return to Montpelier, where he continued 
 to do office business, making a specialty 
 of diseases of the eye and ear, and surgi- 
 cal cases. In the winter of i860, he spent 
 3 months in Paris, by which his health 
 was improved. 
 
 He had one son, Chas. C. Rublee, M. D. 
 Dr. C. M. Rublee was a clear-headed, en- 
 ergetic, honorable man, a good physician 
 and surgeon, and accumulated property 
 from the practice of his profession, though 
 his body was weak and infirm. He kept 
 ofiice hours 5 years after he was unable to 
 walk any considerable distance, seldom, 
 or never, mentioning his own sufferings 
 and infirmities. During the last month of 
 his life he was confined to his room, his 
 cough becoming worse, prostration rapidly 
 increased, and death came to his relief 
 Jan. 26, 1870, 
 
 DR. W. H. H. RICHARDSON, 
 
 son of Samuel and Martha Richardson, 
 was born in Orange, Vt., in 1824, and died 
 of cerebral apoplexy, in Winona, Minn., 
 June 5, '74- At an early age, having shown 
 an aptitude for lear^jing, he was fitted for 
 college at Thetford Academy, and entered 
 Dartmouth, where he remained to the end 
 of his junior year ; on account of ill health 
 he was obliged to omit the senior year ; 
 but left college with a good reputation for 
 scholarship and moral character. 
 
 After regaining his health, he com- 
 menced the study of medicine in the oflfice 
 of Dr. Taplin, of Corinth, Vt., and at- 
 tended lectures at Pittsfield, Mass., grad- 
 uating in 1849. Subsequently, he grad- 
 uated at the College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons, New York city, and entered 
 Bellevue Hospital, where he remained one 
 year as house physician. 
 
 In Oct. 1850, he married Miss Cynthia 
 P. Stewart, and in 1851, commenced the 
 practice of his profession in East Mont- 
 pelier, removing to Montpelier in 1856, 
 where for 1 1 years he enjoyed a Jarge and 
 lucrative practice. By rigid economy and 
 
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 close attention to business, he acquired a 
 very respectable competence. 
 
 In 1866, becoming tired of riding over 
 the adjacent hills at all hours of the day 
 and night, realizing, as only a physician 
 can, the magnitude of the burden as age 
 advances, which many times is a thank- 
 less task, he determined to remove to a 
 more densely populated country, and, after 
 traveling through the Western States, he 
 purchased a residence in the beautiful city 
 of Winona, Minn., on the westerly bank 
 of the great Mississippi, where, surround- 
 ed by his family, possessed of urbanity and 
 great good sense, he enjoyed the confidence 
 and respect of his neighbors and towns- 
 people, and the profession to which he be- 
 longed, as well as that of those who sought 
 his counsel and advice. 
 
 CAPT. NATHAN JEWETT 
 
 was born in Hopkinton, N. H., March 
 8, 1767, and died in Montpelier Dec. 
 29, 1861, in his 9Sth year. About the 
 time Vermont declared her independence, 
 the church in Connecticut, which ruled that 
 State, commenced a persecution of the 
 brethren who preferred the Cambridge 
 Platform, which drove several clergymen 
 and many excellent men into other states. 
 Several of the fugitives came to Vermont 
 and New Hampshire and settled in or near 
 the Connecticut river valley, and among 
 these was the Hon. Elisha Payne, who was 
 very influential in effecting the two union.s 
 of New Hampshire towns with Vermont, 
 and for a time held the offices of Lieut. 
 Governor and Chief Justice of the Supreme 
 Court of Vermont, though residing in what 
 is now Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 Capt. Jewett commended himself to Gov. 
 Payne so well that he won the Governor's 
 daughter Ruth, born at Plainfield, Conn., 
 July 9, 1770, and married her Dec. lo, 
 1793, at Lebanon. From this marriage 
 came the son, whose notice follows, and 
 two daughters who were long ornaments 
 in the society of Montpelier: Julia Jew- 
 ett, widow first of Chester Hubbard, a 
 successful merchant, and last of Hon. Au- 
 gustine Clarke, who was State Treasurer ; 
 and Eliza S. Jewett, widow of the Hon. 
 
 William R. Shafter, of Townshend. Mrs. 
 Clarke died June i, 1 881, at the age of 
 87 years. Mrs. Shafter is still living. 
 
 Capt. Jewett came to Montpelier in 1807, 
 and resided there until his death, always 
 highly respected for perfect probity, and 
 generosity beyond his means in behalf of 
 the best interests of the community. I 
 remember him as a well formed man 
 and dignified and gentlemanly in his 
 demeanor — qualities which contributed 
 to his election to the captaincy of the 
 Washington Artillery. This company was 
 specially incorporated as the Governor's 
 guard, consisted of picked men, and was 
 entirely independent of other military 
 organizations. The dignity of a Cap- 
 taincy in such a company was equal to that 
 of a Major General of the militia. Inc'eed, 
 on election day the Captain was quite as 
 great in the eyes of the customary crowd 
 as His Excellency the Governor, His Hon- 
 or the Lieut. Governor, the Honorable 
 Council, and the General Assembly. 
 
 COL. ELISHA PAYNE JEWETT 
 
 was born in Lebanon, N. H., June 5th, 
 1 80 1, and married Miss Julia Kellogg 
 Field, daughter of the late Hon. Charles 
 K. Field of Brattleboro, Jan. 15, 1861. 
 He was tlie only son of Nathan and Ruth 
 Payne Jewett, and he has an only daughter 
 who bears her grand-mother Jewett's 
 name. 
 
 Col. Jewett at 15 years was apprenticed 
 to the late Hon. Daniel Baldwin as a clerk 
 in the mercantile business, and after ser- 
 vice for six years he engaged in trade for 
 himself successfully, in the firms of Hub- 
 bard & Jewett and Jewett, Howes & Co. 
 On retiring from that business he was in- 
 terested in the construction of a portion of 
 the Vermont Central Railroad, and of the 
 Great Western from Suspension Bridge to 
 Hamilton, Ontario. 
 
 Later he engaged in agriculture, pur- 
 chasing the beautiful farm on the Winooski, 
 in the south-west corner of the town, on 
 which the first settlement was made. He 
 has greatly improved that farm and other 
 lands in his possession. It is however 
 for Col. Jewett's active exertions, by his 
 
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 personal influence and very generous con- 
 tributions for the good of his town, to 
 churches, State houses, and other things 
 touching the interests of his neighbors, 
 that he will long have "a name to live." 
 
 His integrity and reputation as a finan- 
 cier are fully attested by the ofiices he has 
 held. He was a bank director in Montpe- 
 lier for 42 years ; president of the State 
 Bank (Montpelier) 6 years ; State Treas- 
 urer-^ 1846 and 7, and town representative 
 in 1855. He was. also Presidential Elec- 
 tor at large in 1872. Some of the services 
 of Col. Jewett, in getting up the Vermont 
 Central Railroad, have been already no- 
 ticed in the history of Montpelier, but one 
 incident remains to be recorded. The 
 Vermont Central Railroad never could 
 have been built without a connecting road 
 in New Hampshire, and the dominant par- 
 ty in that State was hostile to railroads. 
 A committee of Central men, of which 
 Cpl. Jewett was one, was therefore sent to 
 Concord to wait upon the legislature and 
 secure a charter. A scheme was arranged 
 by Franklin Pierce, soon afterwards Presi- 
 dent, Judge Upham and others, to have 
 charters granted on condition that no rail- 
 roads should be built except on the con- 
 sent of a board of commissioners, who of 
 course would be of the dominant party. 
 Col. Jewett therefore ensconced himself at 
 the Democratic head-quarters and soon 
 prevailed upon an influential anti-railroad 
 man to accept the office of commissioner, and 
 the charter was granted. Soon after- 
 wards Col. Jewett assisted in Gov. Paine's 
 flank movement in favor of the Fitchburgh 
 line, when the Railroad Commissioners 
 hastened to approve, the charter of the 
 Northern N. H. Railroad Company. 
 
 Col. Jewett derives his military title from 
 having been, with Gov. Charles Paine, on 
 the staff of Maj. Gen. Ezekiel P. Walton. 
 
 E. p. w. 
 
 SAMUEL WELLS. 
 
 If intelligent and successful devotion to 
 the highest interests of a community for 
 the best portion of a more than average 
 life entitles one to grateful mention when 
 the record of that community is made up, 
 
 then surely does the subject of this sketch 
 deserve a no mean place upon the roll of 
 honor of Montpelier. 
 
 Samuel Wells was born in Milton, 
 Chittenden County, Vt., Sept. 23, 1822. 
 His father, William Wells, was arespected 
 farmer of that town, and a veteran of the 
 War of i8i2, having served five years as a 
 non-commissioned officer. The record 
 says : " He was in the expedition which 
 invaded Canada under Gen. Scott, and 
 participated in the battles of Chippewa, 
 French's Mills, and the siege and capture 
 of Fort Erie. He was also one of the sur- 
 vivors oftlie memorable charge at Lundy's 
 Lane, under Col. Miller, when two-thirds 
 of the attacking force was cut down." 
 
 Samuel was the eldest of seven children, 
 five of whom died in childhood. With no 
 educational advantages in early life but 
 the common schools of that day, these 
 were so prized and utilized as to enable 
 the farmer boy himself to become a suc- 
 cessful teacher at the early age of 18. Sub- 
 sequently he entered the law office of Hon. 
 A. G. Whittemore, of Milton, where he 
 not only completed his course of legal 
 studies, but, better still, became so thor- 
 oughly imbued with the high-toned pro- 
 fessional practice and honorable business 
 habits of the distinguished gentleman with 
 whom he studied, as to furnish him amodel 
 in all his subsequent life. While studying 
 law he also acquired a knoyvledge of prac- 
 tical surveying, which was of great service 
 to him in after years. , 
 
 After admission to the bar in Chittenden 
 County, Mr. Wells opened an office in 
 Bakersfield, Franklin County, where he 
 practiced his profession for some two years. 
 During this period he interested himself in 
 the subject of fire insurance, and finally 
 became impressed with the advisability of 
 the farmers of the State effecting insurance 
 by thejnselves, and thus avoiding liability 
 for the more hazardous classes of fire 
 risks. Accordingly, in October, 1849, he 
 came to Montpelier, and after enlisting 
 other parties, an application was made to 
 the legislature, then in session, for an act 
 to incorporate the Farmers'' Mutual Fire 
 Instirance Company. The application was 
 
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 strenuously opposed in various quarters, 
 but finally prevailed, and on the day suc- 
 ceeding its passage the company was or- 
 ganized. At this organization Mr. Wells 
 was chosen Treasurer and also a Director 
 of the company, both of which positions he 
 continued to hold by unanimous annual 
 elections for 28 years, and until the day of 
 his death. With a single exception, there 
 was not another instance of like service in 
 the history of the company. With that 
 exception, not one of the original Directors 
 remained in office, and ten out of the fifteen 
 had long before passed away. 
 
 With his company organized, Mr. Wells 
 entered at once upon the discharge of his 
 official duties with all the ardor of his na- 
 ture, and in an almost incredibly brief 
 period of time the " Farmers' Mutual" 
 became one of the established and honored 
 institutions of the State. It was both the 
 pride and monument of all his after life. 
 Its management led him to visit all sec- 
 tions of the State, and he thus became 
 more generally and favorably known than 
 falls to the lot of most of our public men. 
 Of the three thousand losses which the com- 
 pany sustained prior to his death, he 
 doubtless personally adjusted more than 
 one-half, and no party ever had reason to 
 accuse him of injustice or trickery. Of all 
 the moneys which he recieved and dis- 
 bursed as treasurer of the company — 
 amounting to nearly a million of dollars — 
 not a single dollar was ever misappropriat- 
 ed to his personal advantage or diverted 
 from its legitimate use. 
 
 But fidelity to these public trusts by no 
 means circumscribed or measured the ex- 
 tent and value of his services to the im- 
 mediate community in which he lived. 
 With a generous spirit, and a ready and 
 skillful hand, he welcomed all the broad 
 and varied duties of the good citizen. 
 His own limited advantages for early edu- 
 cation led him to devise liberal things for 
 the youth of later generations. The long 
 and bitter struggle which finally resulted 
 in the establishment of Montpelier's ex- 
 cellent Union School, was inaugurated by 
 Mr. Wells and three or four associates, 
 
 and the almost endless and delicate labor 
 required to supersede the time-honored 
 district .system by the infinitely better plan 
 of unian 2^116. gradation, with all the legis- 
 lation needful to render it complete and 
 harmonious, devolved more largely upon 
 him than upon any other one individual. 
 And for several years after the new system 
 was adopted he afforded it the benefit of 
 his aid and counsel as a member of the 
 prudential committee. The same is true 
 of the excellent Fire Department, which 
 has been maintained during the last 25 
 years. An entire re-organization was ef- 
 fected, improved engines purchased, new 
 companies formed and equipped, and a 
 new departure in discipline and efficiency 
 taken, largely through his instrumentality. 
 For several years he held the responsible 
 position of chief engineer, and was a lead- 
 ing actor in this department long after 
 failing health warned him to desist. 
 
 In 1870, in consultation with others, he 
 procured the chartering of the Montpelier 
 Savings Bank and Trust Company, of 
 which he was one of the corporators — an 
 institution now, (i88i,) with more than 
 half a million dollars of deposits and cap- 
 ital. In 1874 he obtained the charter of 
 the Union Mutiial Fire Insurance Com- 
 pany, with a view of providing insurance in 
 home companies for such classes of prop- 
 erty as could not be insured in the Farm- 
 ers' Company, and which had hitherto 
 been compelled to seek accommodation 
 largely outside of the State. In this com- 
 pany he was an active director until his 
 death. 
 
 In 1872 he became impressed with the 
 absolute need of a better water supply for 
 the village, and with such aid as he could 
 command, secured the consideration of the 
 subject at the annual village meeting of 
 that year, which resulted in the appoint- 
 ment of a committee to examine and re- 
 port upon the desirability of the general 
 project, and the comparative merits of the 
 several sources of supply. Mr. Wells was 
 chairman of that committee, and much 
 time and labor were expended in the ex- 
 amination of localities, analysis of waters, 
 survey of routes, and estimates of the cost 
 
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 of material and construction — all of which 
 was submitted in an exhaustive printed re- 
 port at the annual village meeting of 1873. 
 That report strongly recommended that 
 the supply be taken from Berlin Pond 
 brook, and that the. work be undertaken at 
 once ; and the reasons given for that re- 
 commendation have never been contro- 
 verted. When the village finally decides 
 to meet this imperative necessity — and it 
 is believed that that time is in the very 
 near future — it will be found that the work 
 is all plainly mapped out in Mr. Wells' 
 report of 1873. 
 
 Charters for the Montpelier Manufactur- 
 ing Company zxA also the Pioneer Manufac- 
 turing Company, were prepared and their 
 enactment procured by him, the establish- 
 ment of which have added largely to the 
 population and industrial interests of the 
 town ; and if all the benefits anticipated 
 therefrom have not been realized, it is 
 solely because the monied men of the 
 place persistently withheld their pecuniary 
 aid and fostering care. Mr. Wells also 
 actively aided in the work of securing the 
 Wells River railroad, and expended no 
 little time and labor in efforts to secure other, 
 in some respects better, connecting railway 
 lines. He was principally instrumental in 
 the purchase and fitting up of Village Hall, 
 which has ever since not only supplied an 
 essential need, but proved a source of no 
 small profit to the village ; also the Town 
 Farm, where our poor, whom we "always 
 have with us," find a comfortable asylum. 
 And while acting as one of the "Fathers 
 of the town," which he did for several 
 years, it is far within the truth to say that 
 more was accomplished by way of opening 
 new streets, improving old ones, extending 
 and repairing sidewalks, providing suitable 
 drainage, and improving the external and 
 sanitary condition of the village, than was 
 ever effected in the same length of time be- 
 fore or since. These, and nameless kin- 
 dred enterprises, show the creating, shap- 
 ing and fostering hand of Mr. Wells, and 
 generations yet to come will share the ben- 
 efits of his generous and self-denying 
 labors. Nor did he shrink from assuming 
 his full proportion of the burdens of these 
 
 public improvements, for the records of 
 each one wilPtestify to an outlay of time, 
 labor and money which furnish the best 
 possible guaranty of good faith, and which 
 show a degree of liberality entirely dispro- 
 portioned to his means. And while the 
 more conservative portion of the commu- 
 nity looked upon some of his enterprises as 
 visionary and impracticable, time is rapidly 
 demonstrating that his only misfortune was 
 to be but a tithe as far in advance of the 
 times as his critics were in the rear. 
 
 Though the general practice of the law 
 was abandoned on coming to Montpelier, 
 Mr. Wells nevertheless retained his con- 
 nection with the bar, making a specialty 
 of insurance law and practice. He was in- 
 dustrious and thorough in the preparation 
 of his cases, and sought for the solid 
 ground of equity, which he regarded as the 
 very essence of law. Some points of in- 
 surance law of the first importance became 
 permanently settled through his instru- 
 mentality. 
 
 In politics Mr. Wells was an unwaver- 
 ing Democrat, thoroughly imbued with 
 the principles of the schools of Jefferson 
 ^nd Jackson. He was unskilled in the 
 party tactics of modern times, and might 
 well have said, with Addison : 
 
 " Believe who will the artful shams— not I." 
 However, he followed the fortunes of 
 his party, and the esteem in which he was 
 held by his associates is well certified by 
 his having been made at different elections 
 their candidate for Congress, State Treas- 
 urer and Presidential elector, and also 
 chosen a member of the State Committee 
 and chairman of the District Committee. 
 He was also made a candidate for various 
 county offices. His party being uniformly 
 in the minority, however, he received no 
 elections to office save such as were con- 
 ferred by his political opponents ; but in 
 such esteem was he held that for many 
 years he was chosen a selectman, town 
 agent and justice of the peace. 
 
 The leading traits of Mr. Wells' char- 
 acter were well stated by one of the local 
 papers at the time of his decease : 
 
 "Montpelier had no better citizen than 
 Samuel Wells. Honest in all his convic- 
 
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 tions and actions ; public-spirited and lib- 
 eral in all projects for the general good ; 
 favoring all improvements that promised 
 to enhance the prosperity of the town; 
 very generous in aiding all objects of char- 
 ity ; ever ready to assist those who were 
 trying to assist themselves ; careful in form- 
 ing opinions, and then courageous in avow- 
 ing and standing by them ; a considerate 
 and kind-hearted man, a true friend, an 
 excellent neighbor, an affectionate husband 
 and father, he was one of those whose true 
 worth will be more and more realized as 
 time develops what was lost when he- was 
 taken. His proudest monument will be 
 that all are fully justified in speakiiig well 
 of him, and that he was really an honest 
 man — "the noblest work of God." Than 
 this, no higher eulogy can be given any 
 man." 
 
 Though not a communicant, Mr. Wells 
 was a habitual attendant and liberal sup- 
 porter of Bethany church. For many 
 years he served upon its prudential com- 
 mittee, and had the custody, as surveyor, 
 of its church edifice. 
 
 In Sept. 1854, Mr. Wells was married 
 to Mary P. Leslie, of Newbury, who, to- 
 gether with two daughters, survives him, 
 a son having died in childhood. 
 
 Jan. 31, 1878, before completing his 57th 
 
 year, Mr. Wells died^prematurely; as the 
 
 record runs and as the world. judges ; but 
 
 *'\Ve IWe In deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; 
 In feelings, not in figures on a dial. 
 
 He most lives 
 
 Who thinlcs most, feels the noblest, acts the best." 
 
 Judged by this standard, 
 
 "The band of the reaper 
 Sought the ears that were hoary." 
 
 J. P. 
 
 HON. JOHN SPALDING, 
 
 son of Reuben Spalding of Sharon, born 
 1790, died April 26, 1870, in his 8istyear. 
 He came to Montpelier in 1813, and en- 
 tered into trade for himself, and afterwards 
 was a partner in the firms of Chester Hub- 
 bard & Spalding, Langdon & Spalding, 
 Langdon, Spaldiijg & Co., and John & 
 Charles Spalding, retiring from mercantile 
 employments in 1840, after which he spent 
 much of his time in agricultural pursuits. 
 He married a daughter of Hon. Salvin 
 Collins, who bore him two sons and three 
 daughters, John and Eliza now [1881] 
 only surviving. Judge Spalding was a 
 
 large and good looking man, of a kind 
 disposition, and excessively affectionate to 
 his children. His integrity was undoubt- 
 ed, and so earned for him the responsible 
 ofiices which he held. He was some time 
 Director and President of the old Bank of 
 Montpelier, and also President of the Ver- 
 ,mont Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 
 Judge of Washington County Court 1840, 
 and State Treasurer 1841 to 1846. 
 
 MAJ. RICHARD W. HYDE 
 
 was born" in Lebanon, N. H., Oct. 11, 
 1801, died in Montpelier Nov. 13, 1865. 
 He came of good stock, which contributed 
 many good men to this State, Lieut. Elihu 
 Hyde having served as representative for 
 Lebanon in our Legislature 1781, under 
 the second union with New Hampshire 
 towns, and been commissioned as a mag- 
 istrate. Maj. Hyde came to Montpelier in 
 1828, and lived thereuntil his death. The 
 following account of his business life, and 
 beautiful tribute to his character, from the 
 pen of the late Hon. C. W. Willard, writ- 
 ten in Nov. 1865, will make the best biog- 
 raphy of this worthy man. 
 
 " Some 35 years ago Major Hyde came to 
 Montpelier and embarked in mercantile 
 business, which he followed without inter- 
 ruption and with well-merited success up 
 to the time of his death — at which time he 
 was senior partner of the firm of Hyde, 
 Foster & Co., a house of the first respecta- 
 bility and prosperity. The gradual but 
 steady success which attended the busi- 
 ness life of Mr. Hyde through all those 
 years which brought vicissitudes to perhaps 
 most of his cotemporaries, was the result 
 of no tricks of trade or hazardous specula- 
 tion ; but the legitimate fruit of enlighten- 
 ed judgment and honorable dealing. And 
 his example in this respect.now bequeathed 
 to the junior members of the firm, is a rich 
 legacy in itself, and a sure harbinger of 
 success if properly followed. 
 
 " But Mr. Hyde's business habits in no 
 degree rendered him indifferent or narrow- 
 minded in respect to the best interests of 
 our community. No man among us more 
 heartily seconded all enlightened plans to 
 promote the material interests and pros- 
 
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 perity of the town — to improve our schools 
 — to build and support our churches — to 
 meet the calls of general benevolence and 
 charity, and especially to supply the neces- 
 sities of the poor. 
 
 " In his political associations Mr. Hyde 
 was a life-long democrat; but with hiin 
 democracy meant patriotism, and he re- 
 fused to follow any banner but the flag 
 of his country. And during the late war 
 no man in the community labored more 
 earnestly or contributed more freely than 
 he to furnish men and means for bearing 
 that loved banner onward to victory and 
 peace. Thank God that he lived to see 
 the desire of his heart granted ! 
 
 "Mr. Hyde himself was no stranger to 
 bereavement. Death had repeatedly vis- 
 ited his family, and stirred to their very 
 depths the deep fountains of his nature. 
 But his great, loving heart, so susceptible 
 of grief, turned as if by superior attraction 
 to the still greater and more loving heart 
 of the Father of us all ; and here he found, 
 not only consolation in his grief, but a firm 
 foundation for his religious creed, in the 
 confident belief that the Infinite God, who 
 desires the salvation of all, will bring them 
 in His own good time and manner to the 
 joys of His heavenly home. 
 
 "The home of Mr. Hyde was proverbially 
 the abode of hospitality and good cheer. 
 Here all ages and conditions found a com- 
 panion and friend. Here the benevolence 
 and geniality of his nature were fully de- 
 veloped, and from this central sun influen- 
 ces of love and good will radiated through 
 all the community. To his beloved fami- 
 ly the loss is unspeakable — inconceivable. 
 We offer no word of consolation, for vain 
 is the help of man. The profound respect 
 and sympathy of the community was appro- 
 priately manifested on the occasion of the 
 funeral, by the closing of our places of 
 business, and the attendance of a large 
 concourse of people to mingle their tears 
 with the bereaved, and testify their grief 
 that the manly form, the pleasant smile 
 and the cheering voice of our departed 
 friend would be seen and heard among us 
 no more forever. 
 
 "As we conveyed the mortal remains of 
 our departed brother to their chosen rest- 
 ing-place incur beautiful Cemetery, toward 
 the close of a pleasant autumn day, with 
 the partially-veiled sun sinking tranquilly 
 to his rest, and committed " earth to earth 
 and dust to dust," commending his spirit 
 to Him who is the Resurrection and the 
 Life, — we could but inwaMly exclaim — 
 
 " Be thy virtues with tbe living. 
 And thy spirit ours." 
 
 Maj. Hyde first engaged in the bakery 
 business as junior member in the firm of 
 Cross & Hyde, and this was followed by 
 the large mercantile business above allud- 
 ed to. He left, surviving, a son, Edward 
 D. Hyde, who has succeeded to his fath-- 
 er's business, and two daughters — all borne 
 to him by Sarah L., youngest daughter of 
 the late Jacob F. Dodge of Montpelier. 
 
 JAMES T. THURSTON. 
 
 BY HOH. C. W. WILLAKD. 
 
 The death of James Tottingham Thurs- 
 ton, long a resident of Montpelier, de- 
 mands of the public journalist more than 
 the mere mention of his decease ; and per- 
 haps here, even more than ordinarily hap- 
 pens with men of equal worth, because he 
 never by any ostentation of virtue seemed 
 to challenge commendation, is it proper 
 that we should recognize the value of a 
 life singularly industrious, honest and tem- 
 perate, successful in its connection with 
 business interests and publicconcerns, dear 
 to those who had the pleasure of his friend- 
 ship, and made happy by the love of those 
 who enjoyed the affection of his home. 
 
 Mr. Thurston was the son of Moses 
 Thurston and Hannah Bolton Thurston, 
 and was born in Cambridge, Vt., Feb. 19, 
 1818. His father was a farmer, and the 
 education of which the son had the bene- 
 fit at home was only such as a youth of 
 quickness of intellect could obtain in the 
 common schools of the town, at a time 
 when such schools could hardly be called 
 institutions of learning, but only served to 
 give boys an acquaintance with the rudi- 
 ments of knowledge. He came to Mont- 
 pelier when he was 15 years of age, living 
 with his brother-in-law; Henry W. Sabin, 
 and serving part of the time as his clerk, 
 
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 attending for two or three years the dis- 
 trict school during the winter months, 
 and possibly a term or two at the academy. 
 His after life, however, served to show 
 how little the fitness for responsible po- 
 sitions and ability to do well everything 
 that a prominent business man and citizen 
 has to do, depends upon the learning of 
 the schools. In 1838, he was employed 
 as clerk in the Vermont Mutual Fire In- 
 surance Company, where he performed his 
 work so satisfactorily, that in 1842 he was 
 made treasurer of the company. This 
 position he occupied — with the exception 
 of a period of 14 months in 1850-51, when 
 he acted as secretary of the National Life 
 Insurance Company^for 32 years. At 
 the time he was made treasurer, Daniel 
 Baldwin was president of the company, 
 and such men as Joseph Reed, Joseph 
 Howes, John Spalding and George Worth- 
 ington were active directors. The com- 
 pany then, though well established, was 
 doing a small business in comparison with 
 what it afferwards commanded, and no 
 small share of its subsequent success is 
 due to the faithful and intelligent labors of 
 its treasurer. In 1874, Mr. Thurston was 
 made president, succeeding Mr. Baldwin, 
 who ^lad held the office 34 years. In 1877, 
 he resigned the office on account of his in- 
 creasing infirmity, which made even its 
 lightest duties a severe tax upon his 
 strength. 
 
 Mr. Thurston was, besides his connec- 
 tion with the Fire Insurance Company, a 
 director of the National Life Insurance 
 Company from 1852, until his death, and 
 for nearly the whole time a trusted and 
 continually-consulted member of its finan- 
 cial committee. He was also a director of 
 the First National Bank of Montpelier 
 from its organization, and his acquaintance 
 with men and affairs and his prudent judg- 
 ment made him a valuable officer. He was 
 at different times clerk, selectman and 
 lister of Montpelier, and latterly for many 
 years a favorite presiding officer in town 
 and public meetings. 
 
 In politics Mr. Thurston was, until 1861, 
 a democrat, and associated with such dem- 
 
 ocrats as Paul Dillingham, Daniel Bald- 
 win, Chas. G. Eastman, T. P. Redfield, 
 Charles Reed, John A. Page, Stephen 
 Thomas and W . H . H . Bingham . He was 
 the candidate of that party for state treas- 
 urer from 1856 to i860. Since the com- 
 mencement of the rebellionin 1861, he has 
 acted and voted with the republican party. 
 He was not, however, either as democrat 
 or republican, a zealous partisan, but al- 
 ways held his opinions of public men and 
 measures subject to his intelligent estimate 
 of their real worth without much respect 
 for their party labels. 
 
 Mr. Thurston united with the Congrega- 
 tional church in Montpelier, where he had 
 formerly worshipped, in 1858, was a mem- 
 ber of its communion at his decease, and 
 a regular attendant upon its services when 
 his health permitted. His religion was a 
 matter of judgment rather than of emotion, 
 a belief in the present value of an upright 
 life rather than in the saving power of 
 ecstatic states of mind or unreasoning faith 
 in creeds — in short, an intelligent, con- 
 sistent, exemplary, practical Christianity, 
 a Christianity that believes the road to 
 Heaven should be traveled not on Sundays 
 alone, but on other days in the week as 
 well. 
 
 In 1843, Mr. Thurston was married to 
 Fanny W. Witherell, of Montpelier, who _ 
 died in 1865, leaving one son, John B. 
 Thurston, now a respected citizen of 
 Montpelier. Afterward, Mr. Thurston 
 married Mrs.. Sevira J. Currier, of Mont- 
 pelier, who survives him. His home was 
 a delight to him and to those under its 
 roof, a place to which he always turned 
 with fondness and longing when away, a 
 home now darkened by the shadow of 
 death. 
 
 It may justly be said of Mr. Thurston's 
 life that it was calm and steady, flowing 
 like the current of a river that, between 
 even bariks, keeps its quiet course to the 
 sea. He was a conservative rather than a 
 reformer, but conservative more in action 
 than in thought, as often happens with 
 men of a temper seldom stirred by the 
 heats of passion or emotion ; but no gen- 
 uine reform that commended itself to the 
 
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 sober judgment ever lacked his sympathy 
 or support. Rev. Mr. Hincks, in remarks 
 at the funeral service, said that Mr. 
 Thurston was not aggressive in his re- 
 ligion ; and he might have said with equal 
 justice that he did not belong to the ag- 
 gressive type of man. He was not of the 
 men who found states and conquer king- 
 doms, but of the other equally valuable 
 men who hold fast the progress already 
 made, yet never refuse to advance when 
 new ideas open the way. He had a lively 
 sense of humor, a rare appreciation of the 
 ridiculous, was a keen observer of men, en- 
 joyed a good story and told one exceeding- 
 ly. well, and was genial and wittyas well as 
 philosophic and thoughtfiil in conversa- 
 tion. He was quick to seethe force of logic, 
 just and intelligent in his estimate of his 
 associates and the men of his time, always 
 giving countenance and aid to every work 
 that met his approval, liberal in contribu- 
 tions to all benevolent objects, ready to 
 aid with his labor and his purse every en- 
 terprise that contributed to the growth, 
 the reputation and the influence of his 
 town, faithful to his many friends, and not 
 unjust to his few enemies. He had a ju- 
 dicial temper of mind, that peculiar excel- 
 lence which commands respect rather in 
 the long run than in moments of excitement 
 and the heat of controversy, that calmness 
 that not seldom frets impatient minds be- 
 cause it does not jump with their conclu- 
 sions and run with their speed, but which 
 always proves its worth and vindicates 
 itself as time wears on. He loved life, and 
 had joy in living. In his long struggle 
 with disease, he would gladly have wel- 
 comed returning health, for the delight he 
 always found in seeing the faces and hear- 
 ing the voices of his friends, for his love 
 for the sweet pleasures which nature in a 
 hundred ways offered to him, and for the 
 sense of being a part of a living, moving 
 world. Yet he met his death patiently, 
 without vain regrets, mourning most of all 
 that with those he loved so well he should 
 no more from our breezy hills look out on 
 the fair pictures that summer and autumn 
 spread over our mountains and along our 
 valleys, nor hear the "various language" 
 
 which nature addresses to him who, in 
 love of her, "holds communion with her 
 visible forms." 
 
 The writer of this notice cannot forbear 
 adding to this imperfect sketch an expres- 
 sion of his own high esteem for Mr. 
 Thurston, and his sense of personal sorrow 
 at his death. An acquaintance for more 
 than a score of years, much of the time 
 familiar and friendly, had revealed many 
 of his excellent qualities of mind and 
 heart, but three months spent last winter 
 with him in a far-away, sunny valley of 
 the Ozark mountains, and the daily de- 
 lights of a cordial, frank, confiding com- 
 panionship, ripened this friendship of so 
 many years into a warm personal' attach- 
 ment that will ever be a treasured memory 
 to him who survives. 
 
 From the Resolutions passed by the Vt. 
 Mutual Fire Ins. Co. after his death, we 
 give: 
 
 Be it resolved, we deeply feel and mourn 
 the loss of James T. Thurston, our true 
 friend and associate, whose upright de- 
 portment, integrity of character, good 
 judgment and usefulness as a citizen en- 
 deared him to all, especially to us who 
 knew him so well. May his many virtues 
 be ever cherished by us, and be an exam- 
 ple for those that follow him. May we re- 
 member in the words so often quoted by 
 him, " 'Tis no,t all of life to live, nor all ot 
 death to die."' 
 
 And from the resolutions passed by the 
 National Life Insurance Co : 
 
 Resolved, that we sincerely mourn and 
 profoundly regret the death of our friend 
 and associate, James T. Thurston, whose 
 quick perception, great caution, sound 
 judgment, unblemished character, and per- 
 fect integrity, together with other credit- 
 able qualities of his head and heart, have 
 endeared him to us for many years. His 
 many virtues will be long remembered by 
 us the survivors . ' ' May he rest iu peace." 
 
 JOSEPH W. WHEELOCK. 
 
 [From an article by Hon. Charlxs W. Willard In 
 the Green Mountain Ft'eetnan of March I, 1876.] 
 
 Joseph Wilson Wheelock, who died at 
 his home in Berlin, Feb. 23, 1876, was 
 born in Eden. His father, Martin Whee- 
 lock, had s sons and 2 daughters. Joseph 
 had a common school education, and when 
 
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 about 1 8 entered the office of the St Al-\ 
 bans Messenger, learned the printer's I 
 trade; remained till Aug., 1847; thenj 
 worked at his trade in the office of the i 
 Green Mountain Gazette, at Bradford about 
 5 years, and came, Feb., 1852, to Montpe- 
 lier, as foreman into the office of the 
 Green Mountain Freeman, of which the 
 late Hon. D. P. Thompson was proprietor 
 and editor, and remained in charge of that, 
 office, as foreman, during the proprietor- 
 ship of Judge Thompson, and that of S. S. 
 Boyce, and from April, 1861, to Jan., 1869, 
 while Mr. Willard owned the paper. Mr. 
 Boyce, during his ownership of the Free- 
 man, purchased the subscription list, and 
 became the publisher of the Vermont 
 Christian Messenger, and the Messenger 
 has been published at ihe' Freeman office 
 since that time. Jan., 1869, Mr. Whee- 
 lock became a half owner of the Freeman 
 and Messenger subscription list and print- 
 ing establishment, and from that time had 
 the entire management Of the business of 
 the office, and the practical management 
 of the papers until Jan., 1873. when he 
 purchased Mr. Willard's remaining -inter- 
 est in the business, and became and re- 
 mained managing editor and proprietor 
 until his decease. 
 
 Mr. Wheelock's active life was in the 
 printing office, and was identified with his 
 craft. Few men have had a busier life, or 
 one into which more work has been crowd 
 ed. For many years subject to an infirmi- 
 ty which made office work often painful, 
 he never shirked any of the responsibili- 
 ties of his position, but often insisted, 
 against the remonstrance of his employers 
 on undertaking work that could only be 
 done by giving his own labor at unusual 
 hours. In that respect, he always held bis 
 personal comfort subordinate to his devo- 
 tion to the business in hand. He seemed 
 more solicitous to make his service for 
 others profitable, than to spare hjmself, 
 and when he became owner of the print- 
 ing establishment, almost for the first 
 time began to takp an oqcasional rest from 
 the exacting duties of the ofijfe ; yet never, 
 until compelled to keep away by his final 
 
 illness, quite surrendered an imqnediate 
 supervision, as in the former days when, 
 as foreman, no detail of the work escaped 
 his notice, and his hand was ready, at the 
 case, at the make-up, or at the press, as 
 the exigency might require. 
 
 He seemed to have no ambitions out- 
 side of his profession ; yet he had, un- 
 doubtedly, the aspiration of the true nien 
 of his profession to become the owner and 
 manager of an influential newspaper, and 
 he deservedly reached that position. But, 
 unfortunately, his. strength was then too 
 much broken by the gathering forces of 
 the disease that he had fought against, so 
 stoutly for years, to admit of his doing for 
 the papers he managed, what he would 
 otherwise have done. He appeared to an- 
 ticipate this, and hesitated as to the pur- 
 chase of Mr. Willard's half of the paper, 
 because he feared his health was gradually 
 but surely failing him, and finally made 
 the venture rath,er to establish his sons in 
 business than on his own account. With 
 the valuable acquaintance with public men 
 and public affairs which his long connec- 
 tion with a newspaper at the Capital of 
 the State gave ,him, and with the higher 
 education as an editor, which an intelligent 
 man gets in a printing office better than 
 anywhere else, Mr. Wheelock was as well 
 fitted to be the manager of a leading Ver-v 
 mont newspaper as any person in the 
 State ; but the printing department drew 
 him quite too much away from, the edito- 
 rial room for his own reputation as a 
 writer and editor. While Mr. Willard was 
 editor of the. Freeman, Mr. Wheelock 
 wrote many articles for which others got 
 undeserved credit, some of them having 
 been copied as widely and with as much 
 appreciation as anything ever written for 
 the Freeman. His style as a writer was 
 clear, graceful in turn of expression, and 
 forcible and pointed enough to leave no 
 doubt of his meaning, a complimeat that 
 cannot always be paid to editorials iji 
 either country or city newspapers. He 
 had, moreover, what his readers will call 
 to mind, a vein of wit and humor in idea 
 and expression, which made some of his 
 
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 descriptive articles highly enjoyable, and 
 established for him a reputation among his 
 contemporaries as one who had few equals 
 and no superiors in that really difficult, 
 yet very popular kind of newspaper writ- 
 ing. If he had devoted himself, as he was 
 often advised, more to editing his paper 
 and less to printing it, he would have 
 achieved a reputation second to that of 
 no editor in the State, and would very 
 likely have prolonged a life in a large de- 
 gree useful to his friends and to the public. 
 
 Mr. Wheelock's residence, for most of 
 the time he was connected with the Free- 
 man, was just on the south side of the 
 Winooski river in Berlin. He was for a 
 long time clerk and treasurer of that town, 
 and represented it two years in the legis- 
 lature. He was one of the most trusted 
 advisers of the authorities of the town, was 
 ever solicitous for its interests, and, ap- 
 parently without effort to become so, was 
 influential in all town matters. In the 
 politics of the town and of the county his 
 judgment and advice were always pnident 
 and wise, and were listened, to and followed 
 as often and as far as those of any other 
 man. A robust common sense, a quick 
 understanding of men, a plain and djrect 
 method of dealing with men and meas- 
 ures, a faithfulness and integrity in his 
 associations which made others believe in 
 him and trust him, were the elements of 
 character which gave him strength with 
 his fellows, and won for him the good 
 name which he enjoyed and merited, but 
 he was almost bashful in his modesty, and 
 was best known for the really strong man 
 he was by his intimates and those who 
 sought his advice. * * * jhe strug- 
 gle and the pain, as well as the joy 
 and hope, of life for him are over, while 
 yet he was scarcely past the prime of his 
 years ; but he performed each day the duty 
 the day brought with it; and what better 
 epitaph can the longest life win for its 
 close ? 
 
 Mr. Wheelock married Laura E. Phil- 
 lips, who survives him, and he leaves two 
 sons and a daughter trained to his own 
 calling. * * * 
 
 HON. CHARLES W. VJflLLARD. 
 BY H. A. HUSi:. 
 
 [From the Green Mountain Freeman of Wednesday, 
 June 9, 1S80.J 
 
 Mr. Willard died Monday night, at twen- 
 ty-five, minutes after twelve. Sunday he 
 was about his room, as he has never failed 
 of being for years, though his hold on life 
 has been so slender, but began failing, 
 and from that time sank rapidly. His 
 mind had all its native clearness till within 
 three or four hours before his death, when 
 he became unconscious. 
 
 Charles Wesley Willard was the son of 
 Josiah Willard and Abigail (Carpenter) 
 Willard, and was born in Lyndon, June i8, 
 1827. He graduatedat Dartmouth college 
 in 185 1, and soon after leaving college, 
 came to Montpelier, where he studied law 
 in the office of Peck & Colby, and was ad- 
 mitted to the Washington County Bar in 
 1853. He became a partner of Ferrand F. 
 Merrill for a time after his admission. 
 
 In 1855, '56, he was secretary of state, 
 and after that declined a re-election. In 
 i860, '61, he was a member of the senate 
 for this county. In the latter year, he 
 became editor and proprietor of the Free- 
 man, and so remained until 1873. About 
 1865, he for a time was in Milwaukee, 
 Wis., in the editorial chair of the Sentinel. 
 And during his later years his pen has not 
 been idle, as some of the leading journals 
 of the country could say. The columns of 
 this paper have also been favored now and 
 then by good doctrine and wise words 
 over his well-knOwn initials. 
 
 In 1868, Mr. Willard was elected to 
 congress, and represented this district 
 from Mar. 4, 1869, to Mar. 4, 1875. He was 
 laborious in legislation, as in all things, 
 and his congressional work told on his 
 constitution, and since his retirement he 
 has been in very delicate health. Visits 
 to Colorado and elsewhere failed to re- 
 establish his health. But he was not a 
 man to give up or rust out, and last year 
 he accepted an appointment as one of the 
 commissioners to revise the statutes. Col. 
 Veazey, the other commissioner, having 
 gone upon tile bench, the burden of the 
 work fell upon Mr. Willard. He took it, 
 
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 and the work was done and well done — 
 the copy all prepared,- and about three- 
 fourths of it put to press under his super- 
 vision — before he was taken away. He 
 liked to work ; like any good workman he 
 knew he could do good work, and we re- 
 joice to know that the activities of the 
 past year cheered his last days with the 
 thought and knowledge that he was yet 
 doing a man's work among men. 
 
 Of Mr. Willard's home life here in 
 Montpelier, among his neighbors and 
 friends, we need not speak. He was known 
 of his townsmen, and many more had per- 
 sonal knowledge of his straightforward kind- 
 ness than the casual observer of his re- 
 served ways woijld ever suspect. He was 
 a inember of the Bethany Congregational 
 church. In 1855, he married Miss Emily 
 Doane,. daughter of Hezekiah H. Reed. 
 Mrs. Willard has left with her four chil- 
 dren: Miss Mary, Ashton R. (who grad- 
 uated at Dartmouth last year), Eliza May, 
 and Charles Wesley. Mr. Willard leaves 
 a brother, A. J. Willard, of St. Johns- 
 bury, and a sister, Mrs. Hannah Flint, of 
 Concord, N. H., surviving him. 
 
 To say the things that should be said of 
 Mr. Willard, we are notable. To say the 
 truth, and not to say that which to those 
 who did not know him might seem to 
 come from affection instead of judgment, 
 from the heart and not from the head, is 
 a hard task. But the people of Vermont, 
 and especially those who for so many years 
 knew through the columns of this paper 
 Mr. Willard's every day thoughts, will 
 make no mistake in this matter. They 
 will know that when it is said he was the 
 "first citizen of the State," the words are 
 words of truth and soberness, and not 
 those of over-zealous friendship. » 
 
 He had their well-deserved esteem, con- 
 fidence, and indeed aflFection. The quali- 
 ties that gave these to him were not those 
 of the "magnetic" order. He captivated 
 by no studied arts, by no assumed effu- 
 siveness of manner, but rather in spite of 
 the total lack of those too common attri- 
 butes. He was' refined, scholarly; in 
 manner as in mind, he was the gentleman. 
 
 Mr. Willard had this good judgment of 
 
 his fellow-citizens, and with it their affec- 
 tion, as any one may find who will go 
 among the people of the State in the vil- 
 lages and on the farms, because of the 
 honesty of his purpose and of his act, be- 
 cause of his fearlessness in maintaining 
 what he thought was right and because of 
 the strength which was in his fearless blow. 
 A private citizen in after years, and hold- 
 ing to life by the lightest thread, he was 
 looked to for counsel by those in the full 
 strength of manhood, and honored by a 
 following of his thought which fails to come 
 to most of those in high places. His later 
 life taught well the lesson that "the post 
 of honor is the private station." 
 
 To give even the briefest history of Mr. 
 Willard's work would require much time 
 and labor. To give even what he did 
 while in congress the merest mention 
 would require time and space and study 
 that are not at command. He was a care- 
 ful legislator, and one whose counsel bore 
 fruit in the halls of legislation when given. 
 
 When he spoke, he spoke for effect on 
 legislation, and that, at times, he was 
 overborne was because he stood up against 
 friend and foe when he thought what they 
 wanted was wrong. Had he always thought 
 with his party, had he always consented 
 to costly schemes which fellow-members 
 urged, instead of always standing for 
 what he believed was right, and trying to 
 head off unnecessary appropriations, he 
 might have been more popular in con- 
 gress — he could nothave been more useful. 
 But he did as he did, and he did well. 
 For it is better to have lived as he lived, 
 to leave as he left a good name, that will 
 for many a year be held as the synonym of 
 that which is pure, right and devoid of 
 fear or shadow of turning — a name that 
 represents an ideal manhood — than to have 
 had continuance in or accession of public 
 station. His life was an hono# to his 
 State and a good to those who knew him. 
 
 MARLON COTTRILL, 
 
 in every sense of the word a Vermonter, 
 was born in Bridport in 1797, his life 
 thus dating back almost to the birth of the 
 State. He came to Montpelier in 1826, 
 
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 and went into the employ ofWatson Jones, 
 who was then running a line of stages be- 
 tween Montpelier and Burlington. Atthat 
 time the line between Montpelier and 
 Royalton was opened by Ira Day, of 
 Barre, and Samuel Blodgett, of Royalton. 
 Day and Cottrill soon bought out Jones, 
 Hind together established what became the 
 great central stage route through the 
 State, and the main thoroughfare for travel 
 between Montreal and Boston, and con- 
 ;tinued such until the advent of railroads 
 in this part of the State. He was an ex- 
 tensive mail contractor, favorably known 
 at the Post-oiBce Department at Washing- 
 ton. While engaged in the stage busi- 
 ness, he purchased the Pavilion hotel at 
 Montpelier, which he kept until 1856, 
 when he sold it to Col. Boutwell. Mr. 
 Cottrill then purchased the residence next 
 east of the Pavilion, which he owned at 
 the time of his decease, and where he re- 
 sided until 1861, when he, in company 
 with other gentlemen, contracted to carry 
 the United States mail from Kansas City 
 to Santa Fe. He was at Kansas City, 
 Mo., in the active superintendence of this 
 line of stages, when he was attacked by a 
 remittant fever, which terminated fatally, 
 Oct. 1864. 
 
 He married in 1822, Catherine Couch of 
 Bath, N. H.,alady possessing in a remark- 
 able degree the administrative ability which 
 made her celebrated as a hostess, to which 
 she added a frankness and heartiness of 
 manner, which seemed to have no dis- 
 guises, to despise pretence, and to be open 
 as the day. She died at Montpelier in 
 1 861. 
 
 Mr. Cottrill was a successful man, and a 
 person of superior common sense. What- 
 ever he did, he did well, and had not much 
 patience with one whose work was not done 
 thoroughly and on time, and yet, never 
 hurryii||;, never appearing anxious or, ex- 
 cited — a reticent, self-reliant man. 
 
 As host of the Pavilion he was best 
 known, both in and Out of the State, far 
 and wide, as the prince of landlords, and 
 whose hotel was the traveler's as well as 
 the sojourner's home. He seemed like a 
 gentleman of the olden time, stately, yet 
 
 not even cold in aspect, of unruffled tem- 
 per and wonderful self-possession. He 
 made for the Pavilion a most excellent 
 character, and he got for himself, by his 
 connection with it, a respect wider than 
 the State, and, eminently deserved. 
 
 In Montpelier he was much esteemed. 
 Almost the whole of his active life was 
 passed here, and be was identified with all 
 the interests which have aided to make the 
 town what it is. His means, which his 
 business sagacity and ability enabled him 
 to accumulate, were spent liberally. He 
 gave generously, but without ostentation, 
 to every deserving charity, and to all ben- 
 evolent and religious institutions ; and he 
 was a ready helper of all . public improve- 
 ments. — Watchman Obituary. 
 
 Jed. p. C. Cottrill, son of Mahlon 
 Cottrill, born in Montpelier, graduated at 
 Burlington College in 1857. He now 
 lives in Milwaukee ; his profession, the 
 law. Of him the Milwaukee News says, 
 "he confessedly stands among the fore- 
 most at the bar of Milwaukee County." 
 And he was " at the 13th annual communi- 
 cation of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons 
 of Wisconsin, June 9, 1874, elected Grand 
 Master." The productions from his pen, 
 in the reports of the committee on foreign 
 correspondence of the Grand Chapter of 
 Wisconsin, are among the ablest and best 
 in American Masonic literature. 
 
 The other children of Mr. Cottrill are 
 William, a famous hotel-keeper in the 
 west ; George, a lawyer in New York city ; 
 Lyman and Charles. 
 
 COL. LEVI BOUTWELL 
 
 was born in Barre, Feb. 5, 1802. He was 
 early in life thrown upon his own resources, 
 and thijs acquired self-reliance, energy 
 and perseverance. Having learned the 
 spinner's trade, he followed it in Hartland 
 and afterwards in Strafford. Then going 
 to Thetford, he bought an interest in a 
 carding and cloth-dressing establishment, 
 the buildings of which were swept away by 
 a great freshet in 1828, leaving him penni- 
 less. From 1830 to 1837, he was engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits in West Fairlee. 
 Meeting with poor success he tried hotel 
 
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 keeping, first in Lebanon, N. H., later in 
 Chelsea, where he remained 5 years. He 
 came to Montpelier in 1846, and leased 
 the Union House, which stood on ground 
 now occupied by the Church of the Mes- 
 siah. Ten years later he became proprie-i 
 tor of the Pavilion, and for about 12 years 
 served as its landlord. Then he rented it 
 to others ; but it remained in his posses- 
 sion till his death, March 27, 1874. 
 
 His first wife was Miss Jerusha Peabody 
 of Reading, by whom he had three children, 
 two of whom are now living, — Harry Syl- 
 vester, and Elizabeth Jane, the wjfe of 
 Hon. T. R. Merrill. His second wife, 
 married a short time before he came to 
 Montpelier, was Miss Eliza Burbank, a 
 sister of the late Silas Burbank of this 
 place. She is yet living. 
 
 For nearly a generation Col. Boutwell 
 was actively and prominently identified 
 with the interests of Montpelier. His po- 
 sition as landlord of the leading hotel 
 brought him into contact with large num- 
 bers of influential men ; and his physical 
 and mental characteristics were so striking 
 that those who met him once were not 
 likely to forget him. For almost half a 
 century he was connected with the Mason- 
 ic Order, and he held many positions of 
 honor in that fraternity. From his youth 
 he was an outspoken Universalist, although 
 not trained in that faith ; and after having 
 for many years assisted in the maintenance 
 of churches not of his choice, he rejoiced 
 in the opportunity of joining with others 
 in organizing the Church of the Messiah, 
 in Montpelier, of which he continued to 
 be, during the rest of his life, one of its 
 most enthusiastic and generous supporters. 
 Goddard Seminary, in Barre, was largely 
 indebted to his munificence. The Ver- 
 mont Conference Seminary in Montpelier 
 came in for a share of his benefactions. 
 His hopefulness and energy, and resolu- 
 tion, did much to make the Wells River 
 Railroad an assured fact. He was a man 
 of remarkable force, both mental and phys- 
 ical ; he belonged to the class of inspiring 
 men, men who communicate their own 
 strength to others; he was a man " born 
 to command," a fact recognized in his elec- 
 
 tion to the colonelcy of a regiment of mili- 
 tia. In him we saw that paradox in hu- 
 manity, a young old man, whose three 
 score and twelve years strove in vain to 
 quench the fire of his youth ; for, though 
 for a year he had been somewhat enfee- 
 bled, still he kept about his business till 
 within some two weeks of his death, and 
 did not take his bed till his last day. 
 
 He was a man in whom there was no 
 lukewarmness ; he was always either cold 
 or hot, — ar'hearty hater and an ardent lov- 
 er, a man of impulse, intensity, impetuos- 
 ity, a man of head-long self-forgetting 
 generosity, a quick-responding friend of 
 the poor and needy, always vulnerable in 
 his sympathies, a hater of cant, and shams, 
 knaveries and deceptions, quick-witted 
 and keen ; often coarse of speech, but 
 kind of heart ; as one said of him, "made 
 up rough side out ;"— a man whose deed 
 was frequently better than his word. In 
 truth his word sometimes repelled men. 
 He was often more forcible than polite, 
 and no doubtfulness of mind, or fear of 
 man ever led him to stop the current of 
 his vehement speech till he could substi- 
 tute a smooth phrase for the rough one 
 that was on his tongue's tip. But those 
 who knew him well discerned the man 
 through the i9ianner, and honored the rugv 
 ged honesty, the bluflf benevolence, the 
 thorough-going truthfulness, the unawed 
 independence, and the deep tenderness, 
 too, which characterized him. 
 
 GOV. ASAHEL PECK, A. M., LL. D. 
 
 He was descended from Joseph Peck, 
 who was in the ' twenty-first generation 
 from John Peck of Bolton, Yorkshire 
 county, England. Thus the genealogy 
 of the Pecks has been traced as far back 
 as, ^and probably farther than, that of any 
 other Vermont family. Joseph Peck, the 
 American ancestor of the subject of our 
 notice, came from Hingham, England, to 
 Hingham, Mass., in 1638. Asahel, third 
 son of Squire Peck and Elizabeth Goddard, 
 was born at Royalston, Mass., in Sept., 
 1803, and brought by his parents about 
 1 806 to Montpelier, who settled in what is 
 known as East Montpelier. Receiving 
 
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 the discipline of a farm until he was of 
 age, the benefit of the common school, 
 and fitting for college at Washington 
 County Grammar School, he entered the 
 University of Vermont, but in his senior 
 term left college for a course of study in 
 the French language in Canada. The 
 incipient eminent judge and governor en- 
 tered then upon the study of the law with 
 his oldest brother, Nahum Peck, of Hines- 
 burgh. Asahel Peck's name as attorney, 
 at Hinesburgh, appears in Walton's Reg- 
 ister for 1833, when he was thirty years of 
 age. In that year he removed to Burling- 
 ton, where all his professional life was 
 spent. Doubtless his progress at the bar 
 was slow, as he was not a man to push his 
 way, but to honestly win it by merit. . In- 
 deed, a characteristic of him is that he was 
 slow in everything, but in the end he was 
 almost always sure to be right, and that he 
 regarded as the only point worth gaining. 
 He was a thorough and patient student, 
 and a conscientious lawyer and judge. 
 Possessing a tenacious memory, he held 
 all that he had secured in years of study, 
 and could instantly bring his great store 
 of learning to bear upon any legal question, 
 presented to him. Touching his abilities 
 as a lawyer, we cite an incident that oc- 
 curred several years ago : The late Rufus 
 Choate, who will be remembered as one 
 of the most eloquent and eminent lawyers 
 of Massachusetts, met Mr. Peck as an an- 
 tagonist at the trial of an important case, 
 and at its conclusion Mr. Choate was so 
 astonished to find such a lawyer in Ver- 
 mont, that he went to Mr. Peck and urged 
 him vehemently to rem'ove to Boston, as- 
 suring him that he would win fame and 
 fortune. No inducement, however, could 
 move Mr. Peck ; having once made up his 
 mind, nothing could change it. Burling- 
 ton he bad selected as the place to practice 
 his profession, and Burlington it. must and 
 should be, and was. Of his reputation as 
 a lawyer and judge, an eminent member 
 of the bar declares that no man in New 
 England since Judge Story has equalled 
 Judge Peck in his knowledge of the com- 
 mon law of England and the law of equity. 
 As Governor, we can bear testimony that 
 
 he was one of the very best that Vermont 
 has ever had — thoroughly independent, 
 prudent in every act, and carefully in- 
 specting the minutest detail of everything 
 presented for his ofiicial approval. Mr. 
 Peck was a judge of the Circuit Court 
 from 1851 until it ceased in Dec, 1857, 
 and of the Supreme Court from i860 until 
 1874, when, it being understood that he 
 had retired ftom the bench to a farm in 
 Jericho, to renew the employments of his 
 youth, he was elected . Governor for the 
 term 1 874-1876. He was never married. 
 Since leaving the executive chair, he has 
 been often employed as counsel in impor- 
 tant cases ; and doubtless, had his life 
 been .spared, would for some years more 
 have shown himself as a grand master of 
 the law. In speaking of the probable ac- 
 tion of the Republican state convention of 
 1874, at which Judge Peck was nominated 
 for Governor, the Watchman spoke of 
 him in the following terms, which his 
 course while in the gubernatorial chair 
 fiiUy. vindicates: "The State would be 
 honored by his selection for it. So long 
 as Vermont designates such men as he is 
 for its highest ofiices, it is not liable to 
 the old Tory reproach against Republican 
 government, which condemned republics 
 ' not because the people elected their offi- 
 cers, but because they elected unworthy 
 and ignoble men to office.' He would be 
 a worthy successor in the executive chair 
 of Moses Robinson, Galusha, Palmer, 
 Tichenor, Skinner, Williams, Van Ness, 
 Royce and Hall, who were his predecss- 
 eors on the bench. His name will evi- 
 dently harmonize the diverse interests of 
 the Republican party, and will reconcile 
 all dffierences. It is not merely unobjec- 
 tionable. It is in every respect honorable 
 and fit to be made. His nomination 
 would be followed by a triumphant elec- 
 tion." 
 
 Gov. Peck was a citizen of Montpelier 
 i8;s to 1875, and from that time resided 
 on his farm in Jericho, where he died May 
 18, 1879. E. P. w. 
 
 [Instirted by request.] 
 
 Hon. E. P. Walton: Dear Sir— I 
 thank you for the interest you are taking 
 
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 for the memory of my late brother, Gov. 
 Peck. And withal you will recollect that 
 he had A. M. added or prefixed to his 
 name by the University of Vermont, and 
 LL. D. by Middlebury College, and which 
 is written on his $700 granite monument 
 at Hinesburgh, and whose attachment to 
 the pepple of Montpelier was never abated 
 or withdrawn. , Yours Truly, 
 
 Nahum Peck. 
 
 carlos bancroft. 
 
 [From the obituaries In tbe Argus and the Watchman 
 at the time of bla death.] 
 
 Mr. Bancroft, who contributed much to 
 make the town of Montpelier everywhere 
 honored and honorable in business and fi- 
 nancial circles, was born in Plainfield, this 
 county. Mar. 20, 1809. At three, years of 
 age he lost both of his parents, and vvas 
 brought up by Arthur Daggett of East 
 Montpelier. He went to Massachusetts at 
 16 years and learned the stone-cutter's 
 trade ; worked in the Navy Yard at Charles- 
 town ; went to Norfolk, Va. Navy Yard and 
 worked for a time, and returned to Mont- 
 pelier. He engaged with his brother, 
 Watrous, on the stone work of the second 
 state house, afterward burned. Much of 
 that exceptionally fine work, which was 
 so much admired, was wrought by his 
 hand. After this, he formed a part- 
 nership with Geo. P. Ricker, and after 
 the death of Mr. Ricker with E. C. 
 Holmes, terminating after 25 years by the 
 death of Mr. Holmes in 1870. The firm 
 has since been C. Bancroft fir» Son — 
 Arthur D., the oldest son, being the part- 
 ner. In 1839, Mr. Bancroft married a 
 daughter of Col. Cyrus Johnson of Ber- 
 lin, who was the mother of his children, 
 and died Sept. 15, 1856. Feb. 3, 1858, 
 he married Margaret Wallace, widow of 
 John McLean, Esq., of Cabot, and sister of 
 Dr. M. P. Wallace, who survives him. Of 
 his 6 children but one survived, Frederick 
 W. ; of the others, but two reached the 
 age of maturity, his daughter Jennie, who 
 married a Mr. Scott and died about two 
 years after her marriage, and his oldest 
 son, Arthur D. 
 
 From his youth up, Carlos Bancroft was 
 one of the leaders of the Democratic party 
 here. Besides repeatedly filling various 
 town offices, selectman, &c., he had, for 
 
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 many years, been an acting director and 
 vice-presi4ent of the Farmers' Insurance 
 Co., and a director of the Montpelier Na- 
 tional Bank ; both were benefited largely by 
 his pnident counsel and sound judgment. 
 Though entirely successful in business, he 
 never accumulated a dollar but by honora- 
 ble dealing. His word was never called in 
 question, and his opinion in matters of bus- 
 iness generally put an end to all contro- 
 versy. He was one of the building com- 
 mittee of Christ Church, where he attended 
 worship. In one word, as a citizen, neigh- 
 bor, and friend, he was a man of large 
 worth. 
 
 He died of the insidious, slow old-fash- 
 ioned consumption ; so insidious that none 
 suspected the familiar face of one so uni- 
 versally known and respected would be so 
 soon removed from our thoroughfares and 
 business places. Monday evening, he re- 
 tired apparently in his usual healthy for 
 the last few months not his former robust 
 health, a state of increasing feebleness, but 
 which did not debar him from attention to 
 his business. Early the next morning, he 
 had a coughing fit in which he ruptured a 
 blood-vessel ; hemorrhage ensued and be- 
 fore the physician could be summoned he 
 was dead. Age 67, Oct. 24, 1876. 
 
 Arthur Daggett Bancroft, son of 
 Carlos, who had all the traits of his father, 
 inherited consumption and died at 37. He 
 was one of the selectmen of the town, much 
 esteemed by his townsmen in life, and left 
 a very handsome estate. He married Ju- 
 liette, daughter of Algernon S. Camp, form- 
 erly of Montpelier, now of Chicago. They 
 had children, who with his widow reside 
 at Montpelier. 
 
 watrous family in montpelier. 
 
 Some sixty years ago Erastus Watrous, 
 the hatter, lived on Main street, a very 
 intelligent man, who worked quietly 
 away at his trade many years, died Dec. 
 16, 1828, aged 54, and was buried in Elm 
 street cemetery. 
 
 Mrs. Erastus Watrous was a lady of 
 much natural talent, and handsome per- 
 sonal appearance. At the visit of Gen. La- 
 fayette to Montpelier, in 1825, she was 
 
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 selected and made the welcome address to 
 the French general in behalf of the ladies 
 of Montpelier. She died July 4, 1832, 
 aged 40. 
 
 Charles Watrous, a son of the hat- 
 ter, born in Montpelier, graduated at 
 Middlebury in the class of 1817. He read 
 theology in Montpelier for a year after, 
 and then learned the printer's trade of 
 Walton ; but soon after went South, where 
 he taught for a short time, and then relin- 
 quishing teaching, worked at his trade for 
 "short intervals in different States. He at 
 length became deranged, or partially so. 
 While insane, he wrote and published in 
 Troy, N. Y., a book on the craft and dan-, 
 gers of masonry. — For title of his work 
 see Montpelier bibliography by Gilman, 
 page — . Soon after the issue of his book, 
 he returned to Montpelier, where he stayed 
 only a few months, and went to (Toncord, 
 N. H., where he died, about 1835, by his 
 own hand. 
 
 Erastus B., sonofErastus, Sen., astir- 
 ring character, went to New Mexico and 
 became immensely rich. He is supposed to 
 be still living. 
 
 Sophia Watrous, daughter of the hat- 
 ter, was born in Montpelier, and resided 
 here till her marriage with Mr. Bemis, 
 when she removed to Northfield, where 
 she resided the last twenty years or more 
 of her life. She embraced the Spiritualist 
 belief some years before her death. She 
 and her husband have both been deceased 
 some years, now, and are buried at North- 
 field. Before her marriage, while she re- 
 sided at Montpelier, she published a small 
 volume of her poems, which had the honor 
 at least of being the first volume of poems 
 written and published in the county. From 
 Mrs. Sophia Watrous Bemis' little book, 
 " The Gift," and the prettiest lines, we 
 think, she ever wrote, a mortuary poem : 
 
 THE IMBECILE. 
 
 Child of misfortune, few have shared 
 
 Such love as was thine own; 
 And all alODg thy rayless path 
 
 A guiding star. It shone. 
 Affection changeless in excess 
 
 "When love and pity meet; 
 And find on earth a resting place, 
 
 A mother's breast the seat. 
 
 It asks no aid of outward charms 
 
 Nor e'en the light of mlud ; 
 It then becomes a holy thing; 
 
 But fe# the pearl can find. 
 
 Such love was thine, and eatth ia poor 
 
 The precious gift to buy ; 
 It woke with thy young dawning life 
 
 And caught thy dying sigh. 
 
 And tender lives thy cherished thought 
 
 Within that mother's breast: 
 Affliction marked thy course on earth. 
 Heaven guard thy peaceflil rest. 
 
 The imbecile was her brother. We are 
 told the family were all odd or singular in 
 their ways ; yet streaked with talent. 
 
 They are all gone and have left no de- 
 scendants but Erastus B. ed. 
 
 HON. GEORGE WORTHINGTON, 
 
 a native of Connecticut, came to Mont- 
 pelier at an early day, married the youngest 
 daughter of Col. Jacob Davis, and engaged 
 in the hatting business with Erastus 
 Watrous. He became a prominent man ; 
 was high sheriff in 18 14, representative, 
 1819, councillor, 1827 to 1831, and judge 
 of probate, 1840. Retiring from the hat- 
 ting business to agriculture, on the farm 
 now largely occupied by State, High and 
 Middlesex streets, and residing in the 
 present dwelling of Charles A. Reed, he 
 was largely employed in the settlement of 
 estates. He was a deacon of the First 
 Congregational [Bethany] church from 
 Feb. 7r,i8i2, for about half a century, 
 when he rembved to Irasburgh, where he 
 died, and also his two sons, John and Hon. 
 George, Jr., who was representative and 
 senator from Orleans County. 
 
 REV. ELISHA BROWN, 
 
 formerly a member of the New Hampshire 
 Conference, was born in Gloucester, R. I., 
 May 14, 1802, anddiedin Montpelier, Feb. 
 II, 1 88 1, in his 79th year. When about 
 ten years old, his fathw moved to Sutton, 
 Vt., where he lived until he was about 
 thirty years of age. Early converted, in 
 default of any Methodist society in his im- 
 mediate community, he was for a season a 
 member of the Freewill Baptist com- 
 munion. His religious views, however, 
 being Methodistic, of the most pronounced 
 type, he subsequently connected himself 
 with the Methodist church, and after spend- 
 ing several years in teaching, entered the 
 
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 itinerant ministry of that denomination, 
 joining the New Hampshire Conference at 
 a time when it included all the territory of 
 Vermont east of the Green Mountains. 
 
 During the earlier period of his ministry 
 he preached at Greensboro, Troy, West- 
 field, Walden, Cabot and East St. Johns- 
 bury, touching, meantime, the top and 
 bottom of the toils and trials, joys and 
 triumphs, of the itinerancy in very difficult 
 fields at that early day. About forty years 
 ago he moved, with his family, to New- 
 bury, to give his children the benefit of 
 the old Newbury Seminary. During his 
 residence of fifteen years, or more, at that 
 place, he supplied several churches in the 
 vicinity of Newbury, also devoting much 
 time to teaching. In the year 1855 he re- 
 moved to Montpelier, and for several years 
 supplied churches at East Montpelier, 
 Wright's Mills and Berlin. He was the 
 "stated supply" of the latter charge, in- 
 deed, for nine consecutive years, during 
 much of that time occupying, with his ven- 
 erable mother, the old parsonage, and per- 
 forming most acceptably all the duties of 
 the pastorate. During the past ten or 
 twelve years he has spent many months, 
 from time to time, in the family of his son- 
 in-law, the writer, and will be well re- 
 membered atMonson, Brookfield, Danvers, 
 and especially at Milford— supplying with 
 great acceptance, during the writer's pas- 
 torate at the latter place, the adjacent 
 Mendon charge for the space of one year. 
 For the last four or five years of his life, 
 "in age and feebleness extreme," he 
 "halted feebly to the tomb," tenderly cher- 
 ished and cared for in the home of his son, 
 Col A. C. Brown, Montpelier. 
 
 Of the life, gifts and activities of Father 
 Brown, much might be said. He was 
 an instructive, sensible, and sympathetic 
 preacher, and a most successful pastor. 
 Very tall , and large and massive physically, 
 his personal appearance, with his flowing, 
 patriarchal beard, was very impressive. 
 Exemplary in all his walk and character, 
 and always ready for every good work in 
 the interest of religion and humanity, being 
 particularly ardent and active on temper- 
 ance lines, he commanded the universal 
 
 ind affectionate esteem of all classes of 
 citizens in the several communities where 
 he labored. No teacher, or preacher, per- 
 haps, was ever more fondly regarded or 
 tenderly remembered. Hence his ser- 
 vices to preside at weddings and on funeral 
 occasions were in constant requisition. 
 The aged were wont to seek his companion- 
 ship, while the young and those in middle 
 life looked to him for counsel ; and even 
 little children always had a glad word and 
 a pleasant smile for Father Brown, cheer- 
 ing his last days by gifts of flowers, not 
 more fresh and fragrant than the innocence 
 and love of their sweet young lives that 
 prompted these gifts. He warmly appre- 
 ciated and very gratefully remembered all 
 the kind and thoughtful attentions of 
 neighbors and friends during his declining 
 years. 
 
 Though his life of nearly fourscore years 
 brought to him his full share of burden- 
 bearing, and responsibility, and physical 
 suffering, and sorrow, he never wavered 
 in his convictions, or shrank from any post 
 of duty when clearly presented to him. 
 Not only so, but endowed by nature? with 
 a fine vein of humor, his strong religious 
 trust conspired with his very genial tem- 
 perament to enable him, in the midst of 
 all his troubles and sorrows, to maintain 
 an untroubled serenity and cheerfulness. 
 He was one of the sunniest and most 
 kindly of men. Father B. was a great 
 Bible reader, having, in the course of his 
 life, read the Sacred Volume through scores 
 of times. His favorite text, and one which 
 in his later days he has been often heard, 
 and with great fervor, to repeat, was : "I 
 have been young, and now am old, yet 
 have I never seen the righteous forsaken, 
 nor his seed begging bread." — Ps. 37 : 25. 
 
 Over a quarter of a century ago Mr. 
 Brown buried the companion of his youth. 
 Three out of five children survive him. In 
 the weakness of his last days he was con- 
 stantly "waiting and watching" for the 
 moment that should announce his happy 
 release. Very quietly at last, as if he had 
 laid him down to sleep, he entered into 
 his final rest. Rev. N. Fellows, his pastor, 
 on the occasion of his funeral, which was 
 
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 very largely attended, gave a very compre- 
 hensive, appropriate and impressive review 
 of Mr. Brown's life and character, earnestly 
 recommending to the church of which he 
 was a member, and to all who knew him, 
 to follow the example of his consecrated 
 life. R. H. H. 
 
 Mr. Brown was a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity, and had taken the several de- 
 grees up to and including the Knights 
 Templar. He was a member of Aurora 
 Lodge, No. 22, from the records of which 
 we take the following : 
 
 A 
 
 IN MEMOBXAM. 
 
 BRO. ELISHA BROWN, 
 
 Born in Gloucester, R. I., May 14, 1802, 
 
 Died at Montpelier, Vt., February nth, 1881 ; 
 
 Aged 78 years and 9 months. 
 
 Took his degrees in Aurora Lodge, No. 22, 
 as follows : 
 Initiated Feb. 8th, 1869. 
 
 Passed Feb. isth, 1869. 
 
 Raised Feb. 2zd, 1869. 
 
 Chaplain of Aurora Lodge, No. 22, 
 From December 13, 1869, to April 15, 1878. 
 
 ' Summoned from labor to refreshment." 
 
 MAJ. A. L. CARLTON. 
 
 Alfred Lathrop Carlton was born in 
 Morristown, Lamoille County, in 1829. 
 His father, Benjamin Franklin, and mother, 
 Betsey Lathrop, a cousin of Daniel Web- 
 ster, were married in Waterbury in 1826. 
 Mr. Carlton was the eldest of four sons, 
 of whom but one survives. His mother is 
 still living, being 84 years of age. He ob- 
 tained an excellent education, and was for 
 some ye4rs a teacher. In 1854, he married 
 Margaret, eldest daughter of Hon. Clark 
 Fisk, of Eden, and removed to Montpelier, 
 where he engaged in mercantile pursuits, 
 which he steadily and successfully followed 
 until the day of his death, with the ex- 
 ception of a few years' absence in obeying 
 the call of his country. 
 
 In the summer of 1862, Mr. Carlton en- 
 listed in the Eleventh Regiment, in camp 
 at Brattleboro, and was soon commissioned 
 by Gov. Holbrook as quartermaster of the 
 regiment. This regiment, it will be re- 
 membered, was for some time employed 
 in the defenses of Washington. While 
 
 thus engaged, Lieut. Carlton was promoted 
 to the responsible position of commissary 
 of subsistence, with the rank of captain. 
 Exceedingly capable and &ithful as an 
 officer, his field of duty was rapidly en- 
 larged, until the immense work of furnish- 
 ing supplies and cattle to the Army of the 
 Potomac fell upon his shoulders. / 
 
 In a single trip to Western Pennsylvania, 
 for the purchase of cattle, he took out half 
 a million of dollars, and drew on govern- 
 ment for another half million. To dis- 
 charge promptly and efficiently the duties 
 of his position, he required the assistance 
 of from one hundred to two hundred faith- 
 ful men, and often a detailed escort of as 
 many more in taking herds to the fi-out, 
 and yet, so well organized was his depart- 
 ment, so systematically conducted, and so 
 well kept constantly in hand, that he 
 might defy even the exigencies of war to 
 find his account in an unsettled or unsat- 
 isfactory condition. Indeed, so enviable 
 was his reputation as an officer, that when 
 Senator CoUamer, through whose kindness 
 he received his promotion, inquired at the 
 headquarters in Washington after the 
 standing of his appointee, the reply was, 
 "He is a model officer. His capacity, 
 integrity, efficiency and invariable habit of 
 clo.sing up his affairs everyday, are worthy 
 of all praise." Mr. Carlton was also de- 
 tailed for similar service in New York 
 city, and at some southern points, being 
 retained in service nearly a year after the 
 general mustering out took place. Many 
 were the bribes he refused during these 
 years, saying, " I rather go home with a 
 clear conscience." He was twice very 
 dangerously ill ; once with his regiment, 
 and again at Aquia Creek. As an attesta- 
 tion of his honorable record as an officer, 
 he was made Major by brevet before leav- 
 ing the service, and that without any 
 agency o^- knowledge on his part. . 
 
 Like hundreds of thousands of his asso- 
 ciates, Mr. Carlton returned from the field 
 of strife to assume the avocations and re- 
 sponsibilities of a good citiren. Soon 
 after his return, he made a public pro- 
 fession of his faith in Christ, which he had 
 long cherished, and united with Bethany 
 
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 church. From that time he was an active 
 and influential member, holding various 
 positions of honor and trust in both the 
 church and society, and particularly in the 
 Sabbath-school. He was a man of deep 
 convictions and strong prejudices, and he 
 would far sooner endure a .sharp contro- 
 versy than yield a point which he believed 
 to be right. His natural frankness and 
 freedom of speech was augmented by an 
 instructive and overwhelming detestation 
 of hypocrisy and duplicity. He was an 
 earnest worker in temperance and all moral 
 reforms. The same qualities which con- 
 stituted his superiority as an officer in the 
 army, marked his discharge of the various 
 official trusts committed to him both in the 
 church and community. Capacity, in- 
 tegrity, system and promptness in under- 
 taking and completing a given duty, were 
 his prominent traits. He was a strong 
 power for good in the community in which 
 he lived. He died in Montpelier, May 29, 
 1874. 
 
 ROBERT HARVEY WHITTIER 
 
 was the son of John Whittier and Sally 
 Edgerton, of Cabot, was born in that 
 town June 16, 1822, and died at Montpe- 
 lier Feb. 13, 1879. At the age of 21 years 
 he came to Montpelier, under the friendly 
 agency of the late Schuyler Phelps, Esq., 
 of Berlin, and entered the service of the 
 late William S. Smith, who for many years 
 conducted a meat market in this village. 
 After spending three or four years in this 
 position, he went for a brief period to Bos- 
 ton, and then returned to Vermont and 
 opened a meat market in St. Johnsbury. 
 After the expiration of about a year, and 
 upon the death of Mr. Phelps, the friend 
 and patron of his youth, Mr. Whittier was 
 married to his daughter, Susan C, and re- 
 moved to the Phelps homestead, in Berlin, 
 where he remained for seven or eight years. 
 In 1858, he came to Montpelier and bought 
 out the old and popular meat market of 
 the late William B. Hubbard, "on the 
 corner," which business he successfully 
 and honorably conducted until the day of 
 his death. The character of his business 
 was such as to bring him a very extended 
 
 acquaintance, and his proverbially genial 
 nature and buoyant spirits made friends 
 of all who knew him — insomuch that the 
 business men of the town are few who 
 were so extensively known or whose death 
 would be so seriously felt. In the death 
 of Mr. Whittier the community has lost a 
 public spirited citizen, whose shoulders 
 were always ready for his share of the bur- 
 dens ; the poor a generous friend, the ex- 
 tent of whose quiet charities will never be 
 revealed in time ; the church of his choice 
 a habitual attendant, and appreciative lis- 
 tener and a ready and cheerful supporter ; 
 his family the kindest of husbands and 
 fathers. Mr. Whittier leaves a widow and 
 son, who share the heartiest sympathy of 
 the entire community. The funeral was 
 observed on Saturday, Rev. Mr. Hincks, 
 of Bethany church, officiating. A large 
 concourse of people were in attendai^ce, as 
 were the Masonic fraternity in a body. 
 
 — Watchman. 
 THE DODGE FAMILY. 
 
 In 181 1 two brothers, Jared and Thomas 
 Dodge, who were born in New Hamp- 
 shire, came from Barre to thfe town. 
 Jared, the eldest of the two, early be- 
 came a member of the Congregational 
 church, and was a devoted member* until 
 his death. He married Naomi Olcutt, of 
 Keene, N. H., and reared a family of 6 
 sons and 3 daughters, another daughter 
 dying in infancy. Mary, the eldest, mar- 
 ried for her first husband a Mr. Wallace, 
 and for her second, William Storrs, for 
 many years a merchant in town, who died 
 in March, 1870. She was a Spartan 
 mother, for she gave her two only sons to 
 the late war, who were both sacrificed upon 
 the altar of their country. (See the town 
 military record.) Of the other daughters, 
 Angelina and Abigail died when in their 
 teens. Almira married, and is yet living. 
 Of the sons, Theodore A., the eldest, was 
 a very eccentric man. When the rebellion 
 broke out, he offered his services to liis 
 country, but for age and disability was re- 
 jected. We give an extract from one of 
 his poetic effusions, to the tune, " Scots 
 wha hae wi' Wallace bled" : 
 
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 THE VERMONT VOLUNTEER. 
 
 Who for Frecdom*s cause and law. 
 Freedom's sword of Justice draw. 
 For the hope that sages saw, 
 " Let lilin follow me." 
 
 By the blood our fathers shed, 
 Reeking In a gory bed. 
 By the great Immortal dead, 
 Onto victory I 
 
 Be this Freedom's call to earth. 
 Mindless of whate'er their birth. 
 Let all people shout it forth, ' 
 Rouse the world to arms I 
 
 - Here hath Freedom's sun arose. 
 On the hearth-stone 'raid its foes. 
 Flashing bright on ceaseless blows. 
 Conflict and alarms. 
 
 Blades are crossed and red With gore. 
 Let us ris.e as those of yore. 
 From the mountain and the shore. 
 And relight their brands. 
 
 Heroes sleeping 'neatli the sod. 
 Shall time waken unto God, 
 When 'lis only His the rod, 
 Tlien shall right abide. 
 
 He died in 1879, aged 65. Eleazerwent 
 to California at an early day, where he yet 
 resides. Gilman B. has been for many 
 years janitor of Bethany church. 
 
 Richard S. is the veteran of two wars. 
 CSee'town military record of Mexican War 
 and Rebellion.) At the battle of Chepul- 
 tepec, Mexico, he was complimented by 
 his queers for bravery in the storming of 
 the fort. He was the first man to scale 
 the walls, and when handing down the 
 enemy's flag, received a bayonet wound in 
 the face, which scar he carries to this day, 
 as he does also several others received in 
 action. When a boy he was dubbed with 
 the title of " Shack," which he is familiarly 
 known by to this day. To give all of the 
 narrow escapes which he has passed through 
 would fill a volume. He was never ' ' dared " 
 but what he made the "attempt," regard- 
 less of the result. The other two, Wm. 
 and Joel, also reside in town. Jared died 
 Mar. I, 1859, in his 82d year, and his wife 
 in Aug. 1877, in her 92d year. 
 
 Thomas married twice ; had 4 children 
 by his first marriage — i son and 3 daugh- 
 ters, — Job Dodge, the son, died a year 
 since, in Illinois, leaving a large estate ;— 
 his second wife was Abby S. (Cady) Grant, 
 by whom he had two daughters. He was 
 for several years a partner with Silas C. 
 
 French, in the boot and shoe business. 
 He died March 31, 1867, aged 78. His 
 wife is now living, at the age of 79. He is 
 credited as being the author of the quota- 
 tion of "A long pull, a strong-pull, and a 
 pull altogether.'''' We are informed that the 
 late U. S. Senator Jacob CoUamer being 
 informed of this, asked him for his pic- 
 ture, which upon receiving, had a portrait 
 painted from it, and placed it in the Na- 
 tional Art Gallery at Washington, D. C. 
 
 GEORGE LANGDON, 
 
 fourth son of Col. James H. Langdon, was 
 born in Montpelier in 181 5, and died there 
 Nov. 10, 1870, aged 55 years. Educated 
 in the schools of Montpelier, and having 
 received a handsome patrimony, he early 
 in life married Miss Sarah Sumner, oldest 
 daughter of Senator William Upham. Mrs. 
 Langdon inheriteci the remarkable graces 
 of her mother, and from the moment Mr. 
 and Mrs. Langdon established themselves 
 in a home, their gracious hospitality at 
 once attracted the best society, not only 
 of Montpelier but of the State, and fi-om ' 
 other States. Mrs. Langdon had the ad- 
 vantage of experiences in the best society 
 in the national capital, and thus with her 
 qualities was admirably fitted to shine so- 
 cially. But it was not in polite society 
 alone that Mr. Langdon was distinguished. 
 He had a genial and generous heart, and 
 knew the blessedness of giving to the poor. 
 The late Rev. Dr. Lord wrote of him as 
 follows : 
 
 There are few of the prominent public 
 men of Vermont who will not recall his 
 genial presence and his modest and gener- 
 ous courtesy and kindness. Placed by 
 inherited wealth above the necessity of 
 toil, and beyond anxiety, he has made the 
 pleasant amenities and courtesies and hos- 
 pitalities of life his business. He was as 
 kind to the poor as he was hospitable to 
 his own class associates. We have known 
 him to drive in a cold, stormy day in win- 
 ter, six miles, to carry to a desolate and 
 aged widow, whose situation accidentally 
 became known to him, a load of provisions 
 suited to her necessities. His heart was 
 ever overflowing with neighborly kindness, 
 and his hand ever quick to assist in any of 
 the troubles of those around him. Few 
 men will be more missed from our social 
 life. 
 
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MONTPELIER. 
 
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 The tidings of his death will carry sor- 
 row to many hearts, and' few who knew 
 him will not give the tribute of a warm 
 and honest tear to his memorj;. The 
 places that knew him will miss his accus- 
 tomed face, and will mourn for one of their 
 most gentle and welcome visitants, and his 
 many friends and associates will nevfer for- 
 get that presence, now made sacred by 
 death, which always brought with it a most 
 agreeable and genial atmosphere. 
 
 MRS. JAMES R. LANGDON. 
 
 [A brief of her funeral sermon by Dr. 
 Lord, as the sweetest description that 
 could be given, from this the sweetest of 
 his printed sermons. We regret we have 
 not space for the beautiful discourse en- 
 tire. — Ed.] 
 
 " She hath done what she cmild.^'' — Mark 
 14:3. It is a beautiful tribute to an af- 
 fectionate woman. It was the simple ac- 
 ceptance by the Son of God of a humble 
 and fragrant nature which had bloomed out 
 in hearty love for her Divine Lord. . . . 
 In this memorial service for one who has 
 been the companion of " honorable women 
 not a few " in this church and community, 
 I may with propriety select these blessed 
 words of'our Saviour as most accurately 
 descriptive of her character and work in 
 life. I love not to lose from my sight the 
 faces of my dear friends and parishioners. 
 I love not to bid farewell to those endeared 
 to me by a long and gentle ministration of 
 kindness and help ; but if I must, . . . 
 it is with delight I may think and speak of 
 them in such words as were consecrated by 
 our Saviour to be the perpetual memorial 
 . . . of those noble women who, how- 
 ever reserved and quiet and domestic, . . 
 have yet in their place . . . earned for 
 themselves, by their sweet and patient de- 
 votion, the generous applause df the Son 
 of God : "they have done what they could." 
 . . . What is the work of women in 
 this world as servants of the blessed Jesus ? 
 Have they influence peculiarly their own? 
 ... If they are unfaithful is any one 
 else able to take their place, and make our 
 societies, our homes, our churches more 
 and more like Heaven ? . . . When I 
 lookupon such pure, gentle, unostentatious 
 women as Mrs. Langdon was ; upon those 
 beautiful, honorable Christian women, not 
 a few, who have lived among us, . . . 
 I cannot doubt how such questions will 
 have their answer. Such women as have 
 lived in this village as Christian mothers, 
 wives and sisters, . . . whose names 
 are embalmed with the spices of their own 
 modesty and purity and love, with the fra- 
 
 grance of their own faith and charities, 
 give us some idea of the saintly work 
 which Christ has given to women to do in 
 this world, and of their surprising fitness 
 to do it ; both to soften its asperities, to 
 subdue its roughest and worst characters, 
 and to carry the self-sacrificing ministry of 
 the Son of Man into all of our human 
 abodes. ... I love to think that our 
 Saviour places the seal of his benison . . 
 on the qualities of spiritual sincerity and 
 gentleness ; on the possible graces of a 
 quiet Christian life ; on the offerings of 
 self-denying love. She hath done what 
 she could. She hath adorned her station 
 with the precious graces of tenderness and 
 love. This is the central and most de- 
 cisive test of the excellence of all char- 
 acter, especially of those whose lives seem, 
 but seem only, to be confined to a nar- 
 rower sphere than pertains to manly life, 
 secluded within the walls of domestic care 
 and duty and love. • • • We all know 
 how great loveliness and sweetness there 
 are in personal offices of love. We are 
 familiar with the . . . supremacy of 
 personal relationship and bonds. The per- 
 sonality of affection just suits itself to our 
 natural wants. A religion that did not 
 provide for the exercise of the domestic 
 and personal offices of love would lack 
 hold on our human sympathies, and Christ 
 has blessed the sex with which his incar- 
 nated human life was alone positively affil- 
 iated and related, by bestowing a peculiar 
 honor upon the quiet duties of personal 
 love. . . . The kindness which watches 
 over our earliest steps, the voice which di- 
 rects our first prayers and songs, ' the love 
 which surrounds home with the charms of 
 a regained Paradise, and fills the air of 
 the household with the scentof violet's and 
 lilies, and with the perfume of personal 
 service to the sick, the dying and the dead : 
 these are the qualities and offices that 
 meet the full benediction of Christ's word. 
 Our Saviour had a very blessed personal 
 relation with many noble women when he 
 was here. His personal influence on the 
 womanly hearts around him can be clearly 
 traced as His work went on. She whom 
 all the generations will call blessed, who is 
 the only human medium of the assumption 
 of our nature by the Infinite God, gave 
 Him his first caress and received his last 
 words of human love. What a wonderful 
 relation ! In which her heart glowed with 
 incomparable love, adding the sacredness 
 of a religious feeling to. the wealth of a 
 mother's affection ; in which his heart beat 
 with an unwonted pulse., adding the ten- 
 derness of human dependence, gratitude 
 and trust, to the sentiments of celestial 
 pity and love. Sacred type of all blessed 
 
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 maternal and filial love ; which is ever di- 
 vested of all the usual qualities of human 
 passion and selfishness, and blends every- 
 thing that is best and purest in the human 
 with everything that is sweetest and holiest 
 in the Divine. What her happiness must 
 have been in the more than thirty years in 
 which she had Him to herself as a deep 
 wellspring of delight, watching over Him, 
 waiting on Him, beholding His glory and 
 believing that glad, prophetic hymn which 
 her own lips had sung before He was born, 
 as to "how her soul rejoiced in God her 
 Saviour." And what a happiness there 
 must have been in his long troubled heart 
 for her sake, we have some glimpses in 
 the words which broke from his dying lips 
 to the dearest disciple and the legacy He 
 gives to the beloved John, " Son, behold' 
 thy mother." The domestic life of Christ 
 is veiled, but if that veil were lifted, doubt- 
 less we should see how much his pure 
 heart was strengthened by a ministry more 
 sympathetic than that of the angels, how 
 much a woman's hand soothed his spirit, 
 and a mother's love solaced and helped his 
 sorrows. We should see some of the 
 blessed interchanges between the human 
 mother and the Divine Son. • 
 
 But not from her alone did He have the 
 ministry of personal kindness. A few 
 devoted, grateful women waited upon Him 
 all through his journeys. They gave him 
 their enthusiastic sympathy in nis work 
 until the close of his life, and when He 
 finished his suffering career on the cross, 
 " Many women were there beholding and 
 ministering unto Him." . . . Blessed 
 were those daughters of Jerusalem, . . . 
 who bewailed their King as he trod the 
 wine-press alone. But did these women 
 alone have the honor? The service of 
 Christ was not their monopoly. They 
 were the first fruits ; they were examples 
 . . . not to be envied ; but to be imi- 
 tated, by all their sisters who desire to 
 know the unspeakable joy of Christian ser- 
 vice, and they have been imitated. Faith 
 works by love, . . . and its power 
 has not failed since "Holy women," . . 
 in all the relations of life, in the lowly 
 offices of Christian ministration, have filled 
 the houses which they adorned as wives, 
 mothers and sisters, with the outpoured 
 fragrance of the graces of Christ, . . . 
 and refreshed the hearts that trusted in 
 them. Many sons have crowned their 
 heads with blessings. Their husbands 
 have praised them in the gates of the city. 
 They have made the deserts of this rough 
 and arid life green as the land of EUm, 
 and woven their precious golden' threads 
 through the whole febric of society till it 
 has brightened with the warmest and deep- 
 
 est colors. Eternity alone can measure 
 the influence of a virtuous woman ; a true- 
 hearted daughter ; a loving sister ; a faith- 
 ful wife ; a devoted mother. Her price is 
 above rubies. The heart of her husband 
 safely trusts in her. She stretcheth her 
 hand to the poor 
 
 I need not say the memories I cherish 
 of Mrs. Langdon have colored and im- 
 pressed all these thoughts which I have 
 spoken to-day. . . . She was a Chris- 
 tian wife and mother, who consecrated her 
 life to her holy domestic mission. . . . 
 She made her home fragrant with the per- 
 fume of piety and love The 
 
 thanks of tSe poor she has blessed; the 
 tributes of the sick she has visited ; the 
 sweetness of the charities she has bestowed 
 throng to make the fading light of her 
 evening tranquil and beautiful. 
 
 Mrs. Langdon has resided here 38 years. 
 She was the daughter of Mr. Charles 
 Bowen, of Middlebury, whose life has not 
 been unknown to us, and who, at his great 
 age, remains to mourn over his daughter, 
 and to look for the welcome she will give 
 him to his long looked for home. She 
 was married Dec. 22, 1836.. Not long 
 after, she united with the church whose 
 welfare she has never for a moment for- 
 gotten. . . . To those who die in the 
 Lord, death is only the gate ; its iron side 
 tuRiied toward us, its golden side turned 
 the other way. w. h. l. 
 
 Mrs. Langdon was Lucy Pomeroy Bowen, 
 born Sept. 29, 1814, at Northfield, Mass., 
 and died Aug. i, 1873. Her children were ; 
 Lucy Robbins, born Apr. 10, 1841 ; Har- 
 riet Frances, February 2, 1845 i Elizabeth 
 Whitcomb, Apr. 6, 1847; James Henry, 
 Apr. 9, 1851. 
 
 THE GEORGE W. BAILEY FAMILY. 
 
 I think no couple have ever contributed to 
 Montpelier more stalwart, energetic, suc- 
 cessful and popular men than did the late 
 Hon. Geo. W. Bailey and his wife, a sis- 
 ter of Hon. Abel K. Warren of Beriin. 
 They were both natives of Berlin, but 
 spent most of their active life in Elmore, 
 where their children were born, but, until 
 the senior Bailey's death, resided in Mid- 
 dlesex, on the border of Montpelier. 
 
 George W. Bailey, Jr., was the first 
 to depart, in early manhood. He had 
 adopted the law as his profession, was 
 Secretary of State for four years, which at- 
 tested his fidelity in that office, married 
 Georgiana, daughter of the late Col. Thorn- 
 
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 as Reed, but was soon stricken down by 
 consumption, dying in Montpelier, July 13, 
 1864. 
 
 Charles W. Bailey was one of the 
 firm of Bailey Brothers, active and shrewd 
 business men of Montpelier, engaged main- 
 ly in furnishing horses, cattle and sheep to 
 Boston markets, where his attendance was 
 regular, and by his fine personal presence 
 and bluff but genial manners he was a fa- 
 vorite. While attending personally to the 
 care of sheep on a freight train at Essex 
 Junction, he was instantly killed, Sept. 
 23, 1876. More than a thousand people 
 honored him, when his remains were 
 brought to Montpelier to be borne to his 
 home. Mr. Bailey left a widow, two sons 
 and a daughter. His age was 45. 
 
 J. Warren Bailey, the oldest of the 
 brothers, was also a member of the firm 
 for several years, and was also largely em- 
 ployed in civil offices in the town, in which, 
 as in his own business, he was very eflS- 
 cient. He died of a brief illness, April 
 21, 1880, aged 56. He left a widow and 
 two daughters. 
 
 The Boston Journal said : 
 He was a brother of T. O. Bailey of the 
 Pavilion, a member of the firm of Bailey, 
 Bullock & Co., commission merchants, 
 Chicago, and of V. W. Bullock & Co., 
 Burlington, Iowa, grain dealers. Mr. Bai- 
 ley was in liie grain business at Montpelier, 
 a Director in the savings bank, and has 
 held several town offices. He was univer- 
 sally liked and was very liberal in the use 
 of his large property. He was the eldest 
 of six brothers, three of whom now survive 
 him, and was widely known. 
 The Watchman &» Staie_ Journal said : 
 Born in Elmore May i, 1824, he was 
 near the completion of his S^th year. 
 About 25 years ago he came to Montpelier 
 and engaged with John Peck in a general 
 produce business in the store west of the 
 "arch." The following year Mr. Peck 
 withdrew, and the firm of Bailey Brothers 
 was formed by the admission of Charles 
 Bailey,— a partnership that was destined 
 to achieve a widespread reputation for the 
 extent and fearlessness of its operations 
 and the combination of business acumen 
 and high sense of pommercial honor it 
 displayed. In 1846, the brothers gave up 
 the store aiid confined their operations to 
 a general live-stock business. At the dis- 
 solution of the partnership in 1872, each 
 
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 continued to employ in distinct operations 
 the comfortable fortunes their united ef- 
 forts had secured. Five years ago Mr. 
 Bailey engaged with V .W. Bullock, Esq., 
 in the grain business at Burlington, Iowa, 
 and about a year ago his operations in that 
 direction led to the formation of the firm 
 of Bailey, Bullock & Co., in Chicago, his 
 brother, E. W. Bailey, Esq., of Montpe- 
 lier, moving to Chicago to assume the act- 
 ive management of the business of this 
 company. In 1855, Mr. Bailey was mar- 
 ried to Miss Harriet Guyer of Wolcott, who 
 survives him with the daughters. Misses 
 Ella and Clara. The funeral was largely 
 attended on Saturday, the citizens, repre- 
 senting every class of the community, form- 
 ing an honorary escort to the cemetery. 
 The funeral services were conducted by 
 Rev. J. H. Hincks, assisted by Rev. N. 
 Fellows of Trinity church. Among the 
 mourning relatives was the venerable 
 mother of the deceased, now verging on 
 four score years, who has survived to fol- 
 low to the grave the three eldest of her six 
 sons, each dying under peculiarly affiicting 
 circumstances. Mr. Bailey was distin- 
 guished for the native keenness and pre- 
 cision of his judgment in business trans- 
 actions. It was eminently .speculative, 
 but tempered with an element of caution, 
 that taught him to shun hazardousventures. 
 In this community and among his former 
 associates his bluff ways and ready humor 
 will be greatly missed ; and his name will 
 long survive in local anecdotes, illustrating 
 his readiness at repartee and power oi pun- 
 gent expression. In the loss of their nat- 
 ural guardian and protector, the widow and 
 daughters will have the unfeigned sympa- 
 thy of this community, which will also ex- 
 tend to the aged mother, and to the sur- 
 viving sister and brothers the assurance of 
 its participation in their sorrow. 
 
 A fact but little known is that Warren 
 and Charles Bailey furnished the United 
 States with horses for a regiment in the 
 war for the Union. It was a gift worthy 
 of millionaires, but they were not that, 
 though wealthy, patriotic and generous. 
 
 Both Warren and Charles also very large- 
 ly aided their brother, 
 
 Theron O. Bailey, in constructing and 
 furnishing the Pavilion, which has won 
 rank among the very best hotels in New 
 England, has made himself thereby widely 
 famous. 
 
 The other brothers are Doct. James, 
 residing in Ticonderoga, N. Y., and Ed- 
 ward, who while retaining his business 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 interests in Montpelier, is largely engaged 
 in the western states. A sister and the 
 aged mother still reside in Elmore, e.p.w. 
 
 CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN, 
 
 born at Fryeburgh, Me., was brought to 
 Barnard, the home of his father, at an early 
 age, where amid the rural scenes of a town 
 beautiful in mountain scenery, his early 
 years were mostly passed. 
 
 "His mother, Rebecca Gamage of Frye- 
 burgh, was a woman beautiful in mind, 
 person and affections," in all which the 
 son strongly resembled his mother. 
 
 Born to^dependence, chiefly upon his 
 own resources, Charles Gamage worked 
 his way through the district schools and 
 neighboring academies up to college, com- 
 pleting his preparation at the academy in 
 Meriden, N. H. ; he entered Burlington 
 College, the University of Vermont, when 
 about i8 years of age. Here he wrote for 
 the old Burlington Sentinel first, and suc- 
 ceeding to the admiration of his party — 
 he was a Democrat from his earliest years ; 
 " always a Democrat and never anything 
 but a Democrat " — he soon was contribu- 
 ting to the other Democratic papers of the 
 State. His articles for the newspapers 
 winning immediate appreciation most flat- 
 tering to a young author, his mind was 
 soon turned to the after profession of his 
 life, that of an editor, which he left college 
 before graduating to adopt. 
 
 His first enterprise in opening his pro- 
 fession was the starting of a small journal 
 in the interest of the Democratic party at 
 Johnson, Lamoille Co., which obtained 
 considerable attention, and was regarded 
 a credit to the young editor, but not prov- 
 ing a money success, was relinquished, and 
 in .1840, the no way discouraged editor 
 established himself at Woodstock, the 
 county town of old Windsor, and inaugu- 
 rated " The Spirit of the Age," and his 
 journal at once assumed a high position 
 among the Democratic organs of the 
 State. The earnest, skillful editor, still in 
 flush of early manhood, confident of the 
 strength of his principles, entered like an 
 athlete the newspaper arena, giving battle 
 with vigor ih all the political contests on 
 
 the tapis, and consequently soon became 
 "a leader in the councils of his party 
 throughout the State," and duly " a prom- 
 inent director of its policy in national 
 affairs." 
 
 In 1846, he sold out The Spirit 0/ the 
 Age at Woodstock, and came to Mont- 
 pelier and bought out the Vermont Fatriot, 
 of which he continued the editor and pub- 
 lisher for the remainder of his life. At the 
 same time that he established himself in 
 Montpelier, he established for himself also, 
 a home^r-how happily, he himself teaches 
 in song. He married a daughter of Dr. 
 John D. Powers of Woodstock, Mrs. 
 Susan S. Havens, whose fairest praise is 
 in that song from their domestic hearth : 
 
 I touch my harp for one to me 
 
 Of all the world most dear. 
 Whose heart Is like the golden sheaves 
 
 That crown the ripened year; 
 Whose cheek Is fairer than the skj' 
 
 When't blushes into morn. 
 Whose voice was in the summer night 
 
 Of silver streamlets born ;— - 
 
 To tme whose eye the brightest star 
 
 Might for a sister own. 
 Upon whose lip the honey-bee 
 
 Might build her waxen throne; 
 Whose breath is like the air that woos 
 
 The buds in April hours. 
 That stirs within the dreamy heart 
 
 A sense of opening flowers. 
 
 I touch my harp for one to me 
 
 Of all the world most dear. 
 Whose heart is like the clustering Tine 
 
 That crowns the ripened year; 
 Wliose love is like the living springs 
 
 The mountain travellers taste. 
 That stormy winter cannot chill. 
 
 Nor thirsty summer wast«. 
 
 They had 2 sons and one daughter, all 
 born in Montpelier. 
 
 Eastman to his sleeping child : 
 
 SWEETLY SHE SLEEPS. 
 Sweetly she sleeps! her cheek so fair 
 
 Soft on the pillow pressed. 
 Sweetly, see! while her Saxon hair 
 
 Watches her heaving breast. 
 Hush! all low, thou moving breeze. 
 
 Breathe through her curtain white; 
 Golden birds, on the maple trees. 
 
 Let her sleep while her dreams are light. 
 Sweetly she sleeps, her cheek so fair 
 
 Soft ou her white arm pressed. 
 Sweetly, see! and her childish care 
 
 Files from her quiet rest. 
 Hush I the earliest rays of light 
 
 Their wings in the bine sea dip. 
 Let her sleep, sweet child, with her dreams so 
 bright. 
 
 And the smile that bewilders her lip. 
 
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 507 
 
 Mr. Eastman continued to prosper in his 
 newspaper and political affairs. His paper 
 was the leading Democratic organ of the 
 State. We quote from the George R. 
 Thompson and Gilman biography, prefec- 
 ing the last volume of his poems (1880.) 
 
 It is as the conductor of this journal 
 that he is the most widely remembered 
 among politicians ; and he managed it with 
 an ability and faithfulness that secured it a 
 reputation and influence seldom possess- 
 ed by a country newspaper. His writings 
 in this paper were in accordance with the 
 character of the man, — direct, incisive, and 
 earnest. He never hesitated to say what- 
 ever was true, if it were proper to be said ; 
 and in his exposures of the errors or frauds 
 of his opponents he employed intellectual 
 weapons of the sharpest and most cutting 
 kind. His arguments were convincing, his 
 logic clear, and his convictions were stamp- 
 ed with truth. His paper was not in any 
 way pre-eminent as a literary one. It 
 might be supposed, judging from his al- 
 most idolatrous love of literary pursuits, 
 that his journal* would have been more 
 prominent in that respect ; but he never 
 seemed ambitious to make it so. These 
 inclinations were gratified in another way. 
 Though a member of a political party never 
 in the ascendancy in Vermont, he occupied 
 many influential official positions . He was 
 a leading member of the Democratic Na- 
 tional Conventions of 1848, '52, '56 and 
 '60, and at the time of his death was a 
 prominent member of the National Demo- 
 cratic Committee. 
 
 In 1852, '53, he was a senator of Wash- 
 ington County; "a laborious and useful 
 one," and twice candidate of his party for 
 a member of Congress, and postmaster of 
 Montpelier about 6 years. 
 
 In person, he was inclined to be large — 
 not too large, — very handsomely formed, 
 with open, magnetic, beautiful counte- 
 nance, that drew almost at will hosts of 
 friends to his cordial heart. The idol of his 
 party, he had a multitude of friends, also 
 out of it. True to a poet nature, abstract- 
 ed, rapt, fitful, sombre at times, even ; now 
 and then November, — probably, at a De- 
 cember tide— the height of the weird, when 
 he traced that "scene in a Vermont win- 
 ter," that " fearful night in the winter time, 
 as cold as it ever can be'' — when "the 
 moon is full but the wings of the furious 
 blast dash out her light." 
 
 "All day had (tie snows come down— all day," 
 
 *^ The fence was lost and the wall of stone." 
 
 r "on the mountain peak 
 
 How the old trees writhe and shriek ." 
 
 " Such a night as this to be found abroad." 
 The "shivering dog" "by the road." 
 " See him crouch and growl " "and shut his 
 eyes with a dismal howl." "And old man 
 from the town to-night," that " lost the 
 travelled way." " The midnight past," 
 " the moon looks out," the Morgan mare 
 " that at last o'er a log had floundered 
 down," the old travelled " in coat and buf- 
 falo," stark and stiff in his sleigh in the 
 snow-piled mountain hoUOw ! 
 
 But an occasional mood ; he had the heart 
 of June inhis nature — the spirit of spring 
 in his spirit — whose verse oftener trailed 
 over,one line blossoming into another, like 
 a trailing arbutus in May woods. The old 
 liked him. He was so genial ; young men 
 and women liked him ; little children loved 
 him. Long by those who were children in 
 Montpelier in his time, will '• his contagious 
 laugh be remembered," and the charm- 
 ing hilarity with which he would push 
 forward their innocent sports. It is said 
 of him that no young man ever sought en- 
 couragement from him in vain. He had 
 wide and generous views of life, an ample 
 charity for thoughtlessness or " repented 
 erring." As the head of a family, we may 
 quote the words of Dr. Lord to his mourn- 
 ing family at his funeral : 
 
 You will remember him first and longest 
 for what he was to you personally, — for 
 what he was in his domestic and social re- 
 lations. You will not forget the kindness 
 of his heart, the amenity and cheerfulness 
 of his manners, the liveliness of fancy and 
 wit with which he cheered the household. 
 . . . You will not lose the recollection 
 of his kind words, of his considerate atten- 
 tions, of his fatherly acts and affections. 
 You will remember the melody of his flute 
 as it led the voices of his children in their 
 songs and hymns ; the written prayers, 
 which I am told he composed for them, to 
 be used morning and evening in their devo- 
 tions. And so long as love has a place in 
 your hearts, this household will not cease 
 to have a shrine where his memory shall 
 be kept green and sacred. 
 
 The favorite of his party, as a politician, 
 a lovely family and society man, it is still 
 
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 as a poet that Eastman has been the widest 
 known and his memory willTae most peren- 
 nial. Fluent in composing, laborious in 
 revision — from his college days, or a little 
 before, he wrote and pruned, and pruned 
 and rewrought, and pruned again, refining 
 and changing almost ad infinitum till the 
 day of his death. The result : " As a lyri- 
 cal poet there is no American writer who 
 can be called his superior." He was the 
 first American poet named with praise in- the 
 Edinburgh Review, the old Scotchman, 
 wary of American poets, broke through the 
 ice and praised Eastman handsomely over 
 zo years since, while he yet lived to catch 
 the beautiful over-the-ocean-glow coming 
 from the fire he had kindled. Facile, agree- 
 able, amusing, as a poet, but not confident. 
 Strange ! Did he not know his own pow- 
 ers? It seems he did not; — "sensitive 
 and doubtful as to their reception " — when 
 his poems were committed to the press, 
 when his book appeared and wa^ winning 
 golden laurels, " almost sorry he had pub- 
 lished it." The writer remembers to have 
 heard him say, he had made up his mind, 
 he believed, to never publish any poem 
 until it had been written seven years and 
 he had revised it every year. 
 
 Mr. Eastman brought out his first vol- 
 ume of poems in 1848 ; from which he 
 contributed with manifold retouchings, to 
 the poems, ten pages to Miss Hemenway's 
 First Edition of the Poets and Poetry of 
 Vermont in 1858, including: "A Picture." 
 
 The former sat In his easy chair 
 Smokiug his pipe of day—, 
 
 Eastman's " Dirge" : 
 "Softly! 
 
 She Is lying 
 
 With her lips apart; 
 Softly I 
 
 -She Is dylug 
 
 Of a broken heart." 
 "I see her not" — "Uncle Jerry," and 
 other pieces ; and in the same work, revised 
 and enlarged, " A scene in the Vermont 
 Winter," specially for the volume, and 
 other poems ; as many pages in this sec- 
 ond volume as in the first. 
 
 Mr. Eastman's health began steadily to 
 fail from May, i860. "An obstinate, and 
 painful disease burdened his spirit and 
 wasted his frame." Never man needed 
 
 rest more ; "but his pride and sympathies 
 were enlisted in the business of his party," 
 and too faithful to the complicated respon- 
 sibilities identified with and accumulated 
 upon him, he unwisely, but most unsel- 
 fishly, (says Mr. Thompson in his sketch), 
 made secondary his own interest of health 
 and life. " But he was at home in the 
 bosom of his family when his eyes closed 
 to the scenes he loved so_ well ; and his 
 last moments, painless and calm, were 
 brightened by the love of family and 
 friends, and cheered with the substantial 
 hope of eternal happiness and joy.'' He 
 died at his residence in Montpelier, Sept. 
 16, i860. 
 
 Mary Avery Eastman, the last and 
 only living descendant, was born in Mont- 
 pelier, in. 1849. She married, 1S72, Eldin 
 J. Hartshorn, son of Hon. John W. Harts- 
 horn of this State, and now resides at 
 Emmetsburg, Iowa, where her husband is 
 practicing his profession of the law ; has 
 been State Senator, &c. 
 
 John G. Eastman, eldest son of Chas. 
 G., died in Montpelier in his 20th year. 
 May 30, 1870. 
 
 Edward S., second son of Charles G., 
 died in Montpelier in his 19th year, Oct. 
 2, 1875. 
 
 Mrs. Eastman, for several years after 
 her husband's decease, until after the 
 death of her two sons, continued to reside 
 at Montpelier, spending a part of each 
 year with her daughter at the West ; but 
 within a few years has again taken up her 
 residence in Woodstock. 
 
 To the first and sweetest of our Poets — 
 pre-eminently our State bard, we must — we 
 could not satisfy Montpelier otherwise, nor 
 yet ourself, though crowding to a close — 
 make space for yet a cluster from his poems 
 to lay at the foot of his biography at the 
 Capital : 
 
 THE first settler. 
 
 His hair Is white as the winter snow, 
 Bis years are many, as yon may know, — 
 
 Some eighty-two or three ; 
 Yet a hale old man, still strong and stout. 
 And able when 'tis fair to go out 
 
 HlsA-lends In the street to see; 
 And all who see bis fkce still pray 
 That for many a long and quiet day 
 
 He may live, by the Lord's mercy. 
 
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 He came to the State when tibi^ town was new. 
 When the lordly pine and the liemlock grew 
 
 In the place where the Court honse stands; 
 When the stunted ash and thealder black,' 
 The slender fir and the taiiiarack,^ ' 
 
 Stood thick on the meadow lands ; 
 And the brook, that now so feebl;y flows. 
 Covered the soil where thefarmer hoes 
 
 The com with his hardy bands. 
 
 , He built in the town the first lofr hut; 
 And he Is the man, they say, who cut 
 
 The first old forest oak ; 
 His axewas the first, ^th Its echoes rude. 
 To startle the ear of the solitude, 
 
 With i^ steady and rapid stroke. 
 From his high log-heap through the trees arose, 
 First, on the hills, mid the winter snows. 
 
 The fire and the curling smoke. 
 
 On the land he cleared the first hard year. 
 When he trapped the beaver and shot the deer. 
 
 Swings the sign of the great hotel; 
 By the path where he drove his ox to drink 
 The mlU-dam roars and the hammers clink. 
 
 And the factory rings Us bell. ' 
 And where the main street comes up from the south 
 Was the road he " blazed " ftom the river's mouth, 
 
 As the books of the town will tell. 
 
 In the village, here, where the treeis are seen. 
 Circling 'round the beautifUI Green, 
 
 He planted his hills of corn ; 
 And there, where you see that long brick roWf 
 Swelling with silk and calico. 
 
 Stood the hut he built one morn: > 
 Old Central street was his pasture laue. 
 And down by the church he will put his cane 
 
 On the spot where bis boys were born. 
 
 For many an hour I have heard him tell 
 Of the time, he says, he remembers well, 
 
 Wheu high on the rock be stood. 
 And nothing met his wandering eye 
 Above, but the clouds and the broad blue sky, 
 
 And below, the waving wood ; 
 And how, at night, the wolf would howl 
 Round his huge log fire, and the panther growl, 
 
 And the black fox bark by the road. 
 
 He looks with pride on the village grown 
 So large on the land that he used to own; 
 
 And still as he sees the wall 
 Of huge blocks built, in less than the time 
 It took, when he was Aresh in bis prime. 
 
 To gather his crops in the fall ; 
 He thinks, with the work that, somehow, he 
 Is identified, and must oversee 
 
 And superintend it all. 
 
 His hair is white as the winter snow, 
 
 And his years are many, as you may know,— 
 
 Some eighty-two or three; 
 Tet all who see his f^e will pray. 
 For many a long and quiet day 
 
 By the Lord's good grace, that he 
 May be left in the land, stiU hale and stout. 
 And able still when 'tis fair, to go out 
 
 His ftiends In the street to see. 
 
 THE BATTLE OF PLATTSBURGH. 
 
 He who has still left of his two hands but one. 
 
 With that let him grapple a sword ; 
 And he who has two, let him handle a gun ; 
 
 And forward, boys! forward! the word. 
 
 The murmnrlng sound of the fierce battle-tide 
 
 Already resounds from afiir; 
 Forward, boysl forward, on every side. 
 
 For Termont and her glittering star! 
 
 Who lingers behind when the word has passed down 
 
 Thatjthe enemy swarm o*er the line? 
 When he knows In the heart of a Xorth border town 
 
 Tlieir glittering bayonets shine ? 
 Push on to the North! the fierce battle-tide 
 
 Already resounds ft-om af^r; 
 Push on to the North ftom every side, 
 
 For Vermont and her glittering star I 
 
 Forward I the State that was first in the fight 
 
 When Allen and Warner were here. 
 Should not be the last now to strike for the right. 
 
 Should never be found in the rearl 
 Tlien, on to the North! the fierce battle-tldc 
 
 Already resounds from af^r ; 
 Push on to the North from every side. 
 
 For Vermont and lier glittering star! 
 Hark! booms from tlie lake, and resounds iVom the 
 land. 
 
 The roar of the confiict. Push on I 
 Push on to the North! on every hand 
 . Our boys to the rescue have gone; 
 Forward ! the State that was first in the fight 
 
 When Allen and Warner were here, 
 Should not be the last now to strike for the right, 
 
 Should never be found in the rear. 
 
 OF LOVE AND WINE. 
 
 Of love and wine old poets sung. 
 
 Old poets rich and rare,— 
 Of wine with red and ruby heart, 
 
 And love with golden hair; 
 Of wine that winged the poet's thought. 
 
 And woke the slumbering lyre ; 
 Of love that through the poet's Hue 
 
 Ban like a flash of flre. 
 
 But wine, when those old poets sung 
 
 Its praises long ago, 
 Was something subtler than the bards 
 
 Of modern ages know;— 
 Ay, wine was wine wheij Telan girls. 
 
 Flushed with the rosy dew. 
 To old Auacreon's fiery strains 
 
 Through wanton dances flew. 
 
 And love, when those old poets sung 
 
 Its praises long ago. 
 Was something warmer than the hards 
 
 Of modern ages know; — 
 Ay, love was love when Teian girls. 
 
 Flushed with the melting fire. 
 With roses crowned Auacreon's brow, 
 
 With kisses paid his lyre. 
 
 PURER THAN SNOW. 
 
 Purer than snow 
 
 Is a girl I know; 
 Purer than snow is she ; 
 
 Her heart Is light. 
 
 And her cheek is bright,— 
 Ah! who do you think she can be? 
 
 / know very well. 
 
 But I never shall tell, 
 'Twould spoil all the fun, you see ; 
 
 Her eye is blue ; 
 
 And her lip, like dew. 
 And red as a mulberry. 
 
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 THE APPLE BLOSSOM. 
 
 Here's an apple blossom* Mary; 
 
 See tiow delicate and fair! 
 Here's an apple blossom, Mary; 
 
 Let me weave It In your hair I 
 
 Ah ! thy hair Is raven, Mary, ^ 
 
 And the curls are thick and bright; 
 
 And this apple blossom, Mary, 
 Is so beautlhilly white! 
 
 There I the apple blossom, Mary, 
 Looks so sweet among your curls! 
 . And the apple blossom, Mary, 
 Crowns the sweetest of the girls. 
 
 But the apple blossom. Mary, 
 
 You must have a little care 
 Not to tell your mother, Mary, 
 
 That /wove It In your halrl 
 
 HON. RAWSEL R. KEITH, 
 
 oldest son of Hon. Chapin Keith, born in 
 Uxbridge, Mass., Nov. 21, 1790, died in 
 Montpelier Oct. 25, 1874. Coming to 
 Barre with his father in 1793, he remained 
 there until 1817, when he came to Mont- 
 pelier as deputy sheriff, and held that office 
 and the shrievalty until 183 1. He was 
 Judge of Probate 1833 to 36, and long a di- 
 rector and finally president of the Bank of 
 Montpelier, retiring voluntarily from these 
 positions. He was a man of firmness and; 
 integrity, and highly esteemed by his fel- 
 low citizens. He married Mary T. Wheel- 
 er of Barre, who bore him 2 sons ; R. D. 
 W. Keith, now of Chicago, and Alonzo T. 
 Keith, now of Montpelier. 
 
 LUTHER NEWCOMB, ESQ. 
 
 BY H. A. HD8E. 
 
 Luther Newcomb, for many years the 
 county clerk of Washington County, was 
 born in Derby, Apr. 10, 1826, and died 
 from Bright's disease; at his home in Mont- 
 pelier, Jan. 2, 1876. His, father was Dr. 
 Luther Newcomb, whose wife was Lucretia 
 Martin. Dr. Newcomb was the first phy- 
 sician to locate in that part of northern 
 Vermont, and was eminent in his profes- 
 sion ; among his students was Dr.Colby, the 
 father of Stoddard B. Colby. Dr. New- 
 comb died when Luther was 5 years old, 
 and the boy remained with his mother 6 
 years after his father's death. 
 
 The family was intimate with Hon. Isaac 
 F. kedfield, and when Luther was 1 1 years 
 old, he came to Montpelier and became the 
 same as a member of Judge Redfield's 
 
 family. He studied under the direction of 
 the Judge and entered Wash. Co. Gram- 
 mar School, where he pursued his studies 
 until prepared to enter college. He then 
 read law under the direction of Judge Red- 
 field, and was for a time a student in the 
 office of O. H. Smith, Esq. Though fit- 
 ted for admission to the bar, he did not 
 apply for it, but receiving an appoint- 
 ment in the customs service he was 2 years 
 a revenue officer on Lake Chapiplain. 
 
 Jan. I, 1849, he was appointed Deputy 
 Clerk of Wash. Co. Court under Shubael 
 Wheeler. He was in Dec, 1857, appoint- 
 ed Clerk and held the position during the 
 rest of hislife. He was a model officer, and 
 had not only the respect and affection of 
 the Washington County bar and the court, 
 but as the general term of the Supreme 
 Court was held here, that of members of 
 the bar of the whole State. 
 
 Mr. Newcomb married June 25, 1857, 
 Amanda Thomas, only daughterof Gen. 
 Stephen Thomas. His wife and 3 sons, 
 Charles, Luther, and Stephen T., survive 
 him. 
 
 Mr. J. W. Wheelock, who died the 
 month after Mr. Newcomb, on the death 
 of the latter wrote for his paper, from his 
 own sick bed, a few words concerning his 
 old friend, and among them were the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 He was in many respects a remarkable 
 man. Beneath a business-like and, to the 
 casual observer, almost stern exterior, was 
 hidden a heart tender as that of a woman, 
 and one ever prompting him to those kindly 
 thoughts and acts which so ennoble and 
 exalt human nature. Unobtrusive, and 
 apparently concerned only about the proper 
 performance of his duties as clerk of the 
 court, he yet possessed so comprehensive 
 and discriminating powers of mind that he 
 took in almost intuitively the bearings and 
 consequences of matters brought before 
 him ; and many a sentence of crisp brevity 
 has contained, as in a nut-shell, the law 
 and wisdom of it, and the decision at 
 which the learned judge arrives after a 
 most elaborate and exhaustive review. 
 . . . He was always ready to aid and 
 encourage the inexperienced or timid, and 
 many a success has been achieved through 
 a timely word of advice and aid from him. 
 He was judicious as a counsellor, valuable 
 
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 and safe as an adviser, and faithful, even 
 unto death, in his friendships. 
 
 The funeral of Mr. Newcomb was in the 
 Court House, Rev. J. E. Wright conduct- 
 ing the services, and Hon. Charles W. 
 Willard making an address. Mr. Willard 
 in his address spoke not only as the rep- 
 resentative of the bar, but, indeed, as the 
 nearest friend, and said that the friend- 
 ship of Lutlier Newcomb had been the 
 friendship of his manhood and his life. 
 
 CHARLES CLARK, M. D., 
 
 son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Perry) Clark, 
 was born in what is now known as East 
 Montpelier, Jan. 31, 1800. His parents 
 were among the early settlers of the town, 
 and had come from Rochester, Mass. It 
 is claimed by some members of the Clark 
 family still residing in Rochester, that they 
 are descended from Thomas Cl&rk, mate 
 on the Mayflower, who returned on the 
 brig Anne, and settled in the Plymouth 
 colony in 1623. One of the oldest stones 
 in the cemetery at Plymouth bears the 
 name of Nathaniel Clark, whodied in 1714, 
 at 74. 
 
 Charles was the second son in a family 
 of 6 children. An injury of his left knee, 
 in his fourth year, caused its amputation 
 3 years after. This was before the day of 
 anaesthetics. As illustrative of the spirit 
 of the boy, when the surgeon. Dr. Nathan 
 Smith of Hanover, proposed to bind him, 
 as was usual in such cases, the child re- 
 fused, placed himself on the table, sub- 
 mitted to the painful operation without the 
 quivering of a muscle, without a word or 
 any sign of pain. 
 
 His fether died when he- was but 10 
 years of age, and from that time on, with 
 an indomitable courage characteristic of 
 his whole life, he supported himself by his 
 own labor. 
 
 The record of the next 20 years is astory 
 of trials and privations, which a less brave 
 spirit would not have overcome. His ed- 
 ucational advantages Were limited to the 
 common school and a few terms in the 
 Washington County Grammar School. He 
 studied his profession Iwith Dr. Edward 
 Lamb, of Montpelier, ai^d as early as 1819, 
 
 attended lectures at Castleton Medical 
 College. He began the practice of med- 
 icine with Dr. N. C. King, of North Mont- 
 pelier, in 182 1, and removed to Calais 
 2 years later, where he purchased a small 
 farm of 20 acres, and set up for himself. 
 He was soon after married to Clarissa 
 Boyden, daughter of Darius Boyden, Esq., 
 of Montpelier, where he resided 14 years. 
 In speaking of these early days he used to 
 say, "Medical practice in these days of 
 warm wraps and nice robes is quite another 
 thing from my experience in the dead of 
 winter on horseback, or at best in a bare 
 sleigh, with insufficient clothing." 
 
 In 1837, he removed to Montpelier, pur- 
 chasing the Boyden homestead, where he 
 resided for 12 years, securing an extensive 
 practice not only in Montpelier, but in 
 surrounding towns, winning public confi- 
 dence and affection wherever known. 
 
 In 1849, he moved into the village of 
 Montpelier, both for the better education 
 of his children and the more convenient 
 practice of.his profession, in which he con- 
 tinued actively engaged till 1865, when he 
 met with an accident resulting in a severe 
 and protracted illness, from which he never 
 wholly recovered. After this, he retired 
 from general practice, retaining only office 
 and consultation business. In 1868, he 
 was again severely injured by being thrown 
 from his carriage. From this he had par- 
 tially recovered, when a year later he was 
 stricken with paralysis. With patient en- 
 durance he lingered through 5 years more 
 of suffering and prostration till his death, 
 June 21, 1874. 
 
 Dr. Clark was a man of more than or- 
 dinary natural gifts, or he would never have 
 accomplished what he did— left poor in 
 this world's goods, crippled by his physical 
 infirmity, and with but very limited op- 
 portunities of education. In person he 
 was 6 feet of stature and fine presence and 
 great physical endurance. He was re- 
 markable for his keen observation of men 
 and things, and was rarely mistaken in his 
 judgment. His genial manners, generous 
 sympathies, and fund of anecdote, made 
 him always welcome at the bedside of his 
 patients, and contributed not a little to his 
 
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 success. He was thoroughly devoted to 
 his profession, kept himself well informed 
 of the progress of the science through 
 standard medical journals, and was always 
 ready to accept and try new methods. But 
 his own experience and observation served 
 him better than books. He compounded 
 his medicines with little regard to received 
 formulas, and more from his judgment in 
 each particular case. Those best ac- 
 quainted with him, greatly regret that he 
 did not write out for the benefit of the 
 profession the results of his large and 
 varied experience. 
 
 As a man and a citizen, it is not too 
 much to say that he was universally es- 
 teemed — a man of public spirit, interested 
 in every movement and enterprise that 
 looked to the welfare of society. Though 
 not a professor of religion till late in life, 
 he started and superintended a Sabbath- 
 school during his short residence at North 
 Montpelier, was one of the earliest and 
 staunchest advocates of temperance, and 
 was always urging improvements in meth- 
 ods and opportunities of education. He 
 spared no self-denial and sacrifice to give 
 his own children advantages which were 
 denied to himself, and in the same gen- 
 erous spirit sought the welfare of others. 
 He was for 12 years president of the board 
 of trustees and chairman of the prudential 
 committee of the Washington County 
 Grammar School, and for many years treas- 
 urer of the Vermont Medical Society, of 
 which he was an active member. He was 
 too much given to his own special work to 
 engage in political life, yet he yielded to 
 the wishes of his friends, and served as 
 representative of Montpelier in the Legis- 
 lature in 1846, '47. He was not a public 
 speaker, as he felt the need of proper 
 culture for this, but was esteemed as a very 
 useful working man on committees. His 
 judgment was always valued in practical 
 questions of politics. One incident, how- 
 ever, he was wont to recall with a good 
 deal of satisfaction in later years. A bill 
 for a license law was being pushed through 
 the legislature, and was likely to pass, 
 greatly to the regret of friends of tem^ 
 
 perance. Just at the last moment when 
 an amendment was possible. Dr. Clark 
 rose to his place without previous con- 
 sultation with others, presented a brief 
 amendment, urged it home with a few 
 chosen words, and secured its prompt 
 passage by the House. A leading politi- 
 cian who had been interested in carrying 
 the measure, rushed across the hall at 
 once, and said to him with much excite- 
 ment, "Your amendment has killed the 
 bill." "Just what I intended," was the 
 reply. He was warmly congratulated by 
 friends of temperance at once and for 
 years after on the defeat of a measure 
 which he felt would have been attended 
 with serious injury to the best ' interests of 
 the State. 
 
 The following tribute was rendered him 
 by his pastor, the Rev. Dr. Lord: "His 
 life began with suffering, it closed in suf- 
 fering, but its long intermediate years were 
 filled with hard work, with brave labors, 
 irradiated by a warm, genial spirit, by de- 
 votion to the best interests of his fellow- 
 men, with zeal for education, good morals 
 and religion, by professional skill, fidelity 
 and enthusiasm'. He received, as he em- 
 inently merited, the respect, confidence 
 and love of all who knew him." 
 
 —From the Family.- 
 
 DEA. CONSTANT W. S".'ORRS 
 
 was born in Royal ton in 1801, came to 
 Montpelier in 1822, and from that time 
 until his death was engaged in merchan- 
 dise — more than half a century. In 1831, 
 he became a member of tl-e First Congre- 
 gational Church, and in 1835 was elected 
 one of its deacons — an office which he tried 
 to magnify as long as he lived. For 22 
 years he was treasurer of the Vermont Do- 
 mestic Missionary Society. He was great- 
 ly interested in religious matters, and la- 
 bored incessantly in season and out of 
 season. Early in life he married a daugh- 
 ter of Wyllis L Cadwell, who bore him two 
 sons and a daUghtei the beautiful daughter 
 dying when about to reach maturity. The 
 widow and s<^ survive. Dea. Storrs died 
 Mar. 23, 1872. E. p. w. 
 
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 HON. CHARLES REED. ' 
 
 BY REV. J. EDWAKD WKIGHT. 
 
 Charles Reed was born in Thetford, 
 Nov. 24, 1814, and died in Montpelier, 
 after a sickness of less than three days, 
 Mar. 7, 1873. He was the oldest child of 
 Hon. Joseph Reed, and his second wife, 
 Elizabeth Burnap, daughter of Rev. Jacob 
 Burnap, of Merrimac, N. H., and sister 
 of the scholarly Unitarian minister long 
 settled in Baltimore, Md., Rev. George 
 W. Burnap. D. D. Montpelier was Mr. 
 Reed's home from 1827, when his father 
 came here to reside. He pursued his pre-r 
 paratory studies at the Washington County 
 Grammar School, entered Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, and graduated in 1835. Among his 
 classmates and intimate friends there was 
 the late Governor Peter T. Washburn. 
 He studied law in Montpelier, in the office 
 of Hon. William Upham, and afterwards 
 for 2 years in the Dane Law School, Har- 
 vard University, where he received the de- 
 gree of LL.B. in 1839. He was admit- 
 ted to the Washington County Bar in 
 1838, and in Sept., 1839, formed a partner- 
 ship with Hon. Homer W. Heaton, which 
 continued for a third of a century without 
 change in the location of the office, being 
 only dissolved by Mr. Reed's death. He 
 married Emily Eliza, eldest daughter of 
 Hon. Daniel Baldwin of Montpelier, June 
 S, 1842, by whom he had five children ; 
 two of whom, Elizabeth Burnap, wife of 
 Col. J. H. Lucia of Vergennes, and Maria 
 G., with their mother, survived him. 
 (Mrs. Lucia died, leaving husband and 3 
 children, Jan. 5, 1881.) 
 
 From time to time Mr. Reed's fellow 
 citizens honored themselves in honoring 
 him with positions of trust. He was cho- 
 sen justice of the peace for a number of 
 years ; was elected state's attorney in 1847, 
 and again in 1848, and.was appointed reg- 
 ister of probate in the latter year, — per- 
 forming the duties of the office by deputy. 
 For some 5 years he was one of the select- 
 men of Montpelier. In 1858, he was cho- 
 sen trustee and librarian of the State libra- 
 ry, and also a member of the Vt. Historical 
 Society, in whose work he was deeply in- 
 terested, serving as one of its curators, and 
 
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 publishing committee, and also as its li- 
 brarian. He represented Montpelier in 
 the Legislatures of 1862 and 1863, and for 
 the three following years occupied a seat 
 in the Senate chamber. While in the 
 Senate, he interested himself ardently in 
 the institution of the Vermont Reform 
 School, now located in Vergennes, and be- 
 came chairman of its first board of trustees, 
 which position he retained till his death. 
 At the establishment of Green Mount Cem- 
 tery in Montpelier, Mr. Reed was chosen 
 one of its commissioners, and was re- 
 elected to that trust, which he had held 
 for many years, on the last day of his 
 active business life. He was one of the 
 four far-sighted men who advocated and 
 secured that change in the school system 
 of Montpelier, which brought^the Washing- 
 ton County Grammar School and the district 
 schools into harmonious relations under 
 the same board of management and in the 
 same building; and he was repeatedly 
 elected chairman of the united committees. 
 In 1869, he was chosen a member of the 
 Council of Censors, and in that capacity 
 advocated extending the right of suffrage 
 to women. Politically he was a democrat 
 in early life, but from the breaking out of 
 the rebellion, he took sides with the repub- 
 lican party. His last illness was occasion- 
 ed by a cold taken in the chilly air of the 
 unwarmed State Library, while he was in- 
 vestigating some historical topic. This 
 was increased by exposure a few days later, 
 at the March meeting, which his interest in 
 Temperance Reform led him to attend ; 
 and thus were developed, in a constitution 
 originally strong, but weakened by over- 
 work, the pleuro-pneumonia and conges- 
 tion which ended his earthly career. 
 
 Mr. Reed was, fiifet of all, a man of 
 integrity. This appeared in his business 
 relations with others, and won for him 
 their utmost confidence ; and it was shown 
 also in his faithfiilness to his own convic- 
 tions. Tie never seemed to stop to ask if 
 the course contemplated would gain for 
 him profit and applause or involve loss and 
 unpopularity. Among those of a different 
 faith, he adhered steadfastly to the Unita- 
 rian views with which he was imbued in 
 
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 his childhood ; and, when opportunity of- 
 fered, entered zealously into the work, of 
 establishing in Montpelier a church that 
 should represent what he thought to be 
 the truth in religious doctrine. He was 
 among the foremost in the organization of 
 the Church of the Messiah, and was inde- 
 fatigable in laboring to promote its inter- 
 ests. He acted with like decision, energy, 
 and straight-forwardness in regard to the 
 Temperance agitation, and the Woman 
 Suffrage Reform. 
 
 He was also a man of marked public 
 spirit. With private cares that were by no 
 means small, he undertook a great variety 
 and amount of work for the general wel- 
 fare — work for which he received little or 
 no remuneration, direct or indirect. The 
 value of the services he rendered to his 
 town and-State, in his devotion to educa- 
 tional interests, the Reform School, the 
 State Library, and the Historical Society, 
 cannot be estimated in money, and can be 
 appreciated in its full extent by very few. 
 Rarely, indeed, does any philanthropist 
 contribute so freely from his purse to char- 
 itable objects, as did Mr. Reed lavish from 
 the wealth of his time, and physical and 
 mental strength, for the public good. 
 
 Further, he was ever loyal to his native 
 State. In the words of another, " As a 
 Vermonter, believing in Vermont and the 
 genuine Vermont character, deeply inter- 
 ested in the past history of the State, and 
 its present prosperity, Mr. Reed will be 
 much missed. He was one of the no- 
 blest and truest of loyal Vermonters. 
 As an officer of the. State Historical So- 
 ciety he rendered invaluable service in 
 getting up and putting in form for pres- 
 ervation much of the early history. . . . 
 The State has not another — if we except 
 those who have been associated with him 
 in this work, Hons. Hiland Hall and E, P. 
 Walton— to fill his place." 
 
 In his chosen profession, Mr. Reed 
 reached a proud eminence, (yet singularly 
 without pride,) and gained a handsome 
 property. H. A. Huse, Esq., a fellow- 
 member of the bar, at one time his assist- 
 ant, and later his successor in the charge 
 of the State Library, said of him, in a 
 
 memorial sketch read before the Vermont 
 Historical Society, "Charles Reed was a 
 true lawyer, taking pride in his profession, 
 and loving the law as a science wherein 
 reason has her most perfect work, and be- 
 cause his knowledge of it enabled him to be 
 truly a counsellor to those in trouble. 
 Grounded by severe study in the founda- 
 tion principles, his directness and the im- 
 patience with which he viewed worthless 
 and irrelevant matter made him a good 
 pleader. His papers always gave him a 
 
 standing in court Mr Reed, 
 
 on trial of a case, presented clearly to 
 court or jury the facts proved and the law 
 applicable to them. Thiswasdone notby 
 the use of rounded periods, impassioned 
 gesture, or appeal to the emotional nature. 
 His imagination supplied him neither with 
 facts not in the case, nor with the coloring 
 and magnifying power which often distorts 
 things from their true relation, and gives 
 what is unimportant undue prominence. 
 But it was, I think, in the court of chan- 
 cery, and perhaps still more in the supreme 
 court, that Mr. Reed showed the qualities 
 most clearly that stamped him as one of 
 the leaders of the bar. In the court of 
 last resort the premises were fixed and un- 
 changing, and from them he worked most 
 unerringly to the conclusion. The brief 
 method of statement, the condensed argu- 
 ment, had there their true sphere and al- 
 ways their due weight. While it was not 
 given to him to charm by silvery speech, 
 it was given him to convince by the close- 
 ness of his logic. The clear-cut intellect, 
 trained by careful study, made him in- 
 valuable as a legislator. During his term 
 of service the laws passed received more 
 careful scrutiny, and were more carefully 
 framed from the very fact of his presence ; 
 and much of the intelligible legislation of 
 the last few years owes its shape to his 
 skill, as well since as during his occupancy 
 of a seat in the law-making body. 
 
 " In yetanother direction was his ability 
 as a lawyer called into activity. Before 
 1858, the State Library was a mass of leg- 
 islative documents without form, and void 
 of any use. A few law reports were inter- 
 mingled, and formed a stock from which 
 
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 impecunious and conscience-lacking men 
 plundered at will. To make this one of 
 the best libraries in the Union in the De- 
 partment of American Law, without large 
 expense to the State, was a labor of years 
 with Mr. Reed. His success, with the 
 means at his command, has, I am sure, 
 not been paralleled. The bar and bench 
 of the county and State owe a great debt 
 to him for the thoroughness of the work." 
 
 Charles Reed was no courtier, nor 
 trimmer. He could not cajole, he could 
 not flatter, he could not fawn and curry 
 favor. His sincerity appeared often as 
 bluntness, and sometimes gave oifence. 
 But those who were acquainted with hijm 
 had in their minds an ever ready explana- 
 tion of his occasional roughness of speech 
 and manner, in the knowledge that they 
 were dealing with an upright, downright 
 honest man, who, under an exterior some- 
 what hard, carried a heart throbbing with 
 devotion to the welfare of all. a man of 
 Roman firmness, and of Jacksonian wil- 
 lingness to assume the responsibility in an 
 emergency ; a man whose record, whether 
 public or private, had always been sin- 
 gularly free from stain ; a man whose very 
 presence strengthened the worthy pur- 
 poses of the timid and hesitating about 
 him, a man whose 
 
 ,...*' Dally prayer, fiir better nnderstood 
 In acts than words, was simply doing good," 
 
 JAMES G. FRENCH, 
 
 son of Micah French, of Barre, was born 
 inPeru, N. Y., in 1824, and died in Mont- 
 pelier, suddenly, Aug. 8, 1878. . Employed 
 for a while as a clerk, he opened a clothing 
 store in Montpelier, in which he was quite 
 successful. He was postmaster 8 years 
 under President Lincoln, and subsequently 
 entered into the construction of the Mont- 
 pelier & Wells River Railroad. He was 
 also very energetic, and even darirfg, in 
 real estate operations, and to him, more 
 than to any one man, Montpelier owes the 
 construction of its spacious and elegant 
 stores. Mr. French married a daughter of 
 the late Joel Goldsbury, of Barre, and she, 
 with an only daughter, Mrs. W. T. Dewey, 
 survive him. 
 
 LUTHER CROSS, 
 
 born in Swanzey, N. H., 1802, established 
 himself in mercantile business in Mont- 
 pelier in 1827. In the same year he mar- 
 ried Miss Polly M. Day, of Woodstock, 
 who bore him four children: Gustavus 
 T., who died March 13, 1867, aged 33 
 years ; Luther Burnell, now of Montpelier ; 
 Royal D., now in the West; and Lucia D., 
 now wife of Marcus A. Farwell, of Chicago. 
 Mr. Cross was interested in politics, and 
 personally very popular; hence he was 
 often the Whig candidate for represent- 
 ative in the old town of Montpelier, and 
 always received more than his party vote ; 
 but the town was so strongly Democratic 
 that success was impossible. He was, 
 however, a magistrate many years in suc- 
 cession, and by the Legislature was re- 
 peatedly elected sergeant-at-arms. He 
 built three brick dwellings, which were 
 the best in Montpelier in his day, and two 
 of them are th| best of the brick houses 
 now. The three are the two houses on 
 State street now occupied by Hons. John 
 A. Page and B. F. Fifield, and the Cross 
 homestead on Elm street. He also built 
 the " Willard block " on Main, at the head 
 of State street. He died, suddenly, Mar. 
 9, 1873, aged 71 years. 
 
 CHARLES AND TIMOTHY CROSS 
 
 came to Montpelier about the time of the 
 advent of Richard W. Hyde, and with him 
 started the first bakery in town. 
 
 Chas. H. Cross was born in Tilton, 
 N. H., Feb. 13, 1812, and his wife was 
 born an hour or two before him. He 
 is highly esteemed, a staunch Methodist, 
 and a liberal contributor to that church 
 and its educational institution on Seminary 
 Hill. He is still engaged in a large bakery 
 and confectionary business with his eldest 
 and well-known son, L. Bart. Cross. 
 
 Timothy Cross died some years ago. 
 His house was destroyed in the last great 
 fire, and his widow and children removed 
 to Cambridgeport, Mass. 
 
 [To Charles Cross the Methodist church 
 are also indebted chiefly for the fine wood 
 engraving of their church building. ^ed.] 
 
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 DANIEL BALDWIN 
 (BY REV. J. EDWAKD WRIGHT.) 
 
 Was born in Norwich, Vt., July 21, 1792, 
 and died in Montpelier, Aug. 3, 1881. He 
 was the youngest of the seven children of 
 Daniel and Hannah (Havens) Baldwin. 
 His mother was a daughter of Robert 
 Havens, of Royalton, whose house was 
 the first entered by the Indians when 
 Royalton was burned. He was orphaned 
 before he was two years old, and the des- 
 titute brood was scattered. He came tol 
 Montpelier in 1806, and remained till he 
 was of age under the guardianship of his 
 older brother, Sylvanus, a man of prom- 
 inence and marked ability. With him he 
 learned the carpenter's trade, availing him- 
 self also of some brief opportunities for 
 attending school ; but, from the time of 
 attaining his majority for many years, he 
 was engaged in mercantile pursuits, with 
 gratifying success. He relinquished these 
 in 1848, to devote himself more exclu- 
 sively to his duties as president of the 
 Vt. Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of which 
 he was the original projector, and in which' 
 he took the first policy, March 31, 1828. 1 
 He was president of this Company from 
 1841 to 1874, and regarded with a well- 
 grounded satisfaction the remarkable pros- 
 perity and growth of the Company during 
 his administration. While caiitious and 
 conservative, he was eminently progressive 
 both early and late in life. In 1827, he led 
 "in the efifort to establish salt works in 
 Montpelier. "He was called again and 
 again into the direction of the Bank of 
 Montpelier and the Montpelier National 
 Bank, and was a director in the latter at 
 the time of his decease. He was among 
 the first to advocate and further the build- 
 ing of the Vermont Central Railroad, and 
 agitated the subject from 1830 until the 
 
 desired end was attained He 
 
 was also one of the first board of directors 
 of the Vermont Central, but retained that 
 position only a year, having always stren- 
 uously maintained, in opposition to the 
 Northfield interest which prevailed, that 
 the route should be by way of the Wil- 
 liamstown Gulf. As long ago as 1850, he 
 was one of a committee of eight, of which 
 
 the Hon. J. A. Wing was chairman, who 
 raised a subscription, and procured at con- 
 siderable expense to themselves a survey 
 of a route for a railroad from Montpelier 
 to Wells River." * He was also one of the 
 originators and the general manager, dur- 
 ing the early years of its existence, of the 
 Montpelier Gaslight Co. " He was town 
 treasurer in 1828, and then again for 11 
 
 consecutive years from 1835 
 
 From 1837 to 1847 he was trustee of the 
 ' Surplus Fund.' For many years from 
 and after 1837, he was the chief engineer 
 of the fire department. During the years 
 1846 and 1847, he occupied the bench as 
 associate judge of the Washington County 
 Court, but from 1850 on, with the excep- 
 tion of one year's service as lister, he uni- 
 formly avoided public office."* In early 
 life he held high position in the Masonic 
 Order. "He was connected with the 
 Vermont Colonization Society during all 
 its active existence, a large part of the 
 time as its treasurer, and then as its pres- 
 ident." * In politics he was a democrat — 
 during the rebellion a " war democrat," 
 voting more than once for the republican 
 candidate — and in religion he was em- 
 phatically a "liberal Christian," avowing 
 deep interest in "Spiritualism," but con- 
 tributing generously to churches of various 
 creeds, and joining most heartily with 
 Unitarians and Universalists in the organ- 
 ization and support of the Montpelier 
 Independent Meeting^House Society, of 
 whose board of trustees he was chairman 
 from the establishment of the board in 
 1866 to the day of his death. In his will 
 he manifested his undying interest in 
 Montpelier, by bequeathing $2,000, to be 
 used under certain conditions in securing 
 a suitable water supply for the village. 
 
 He married, in 1820, Emily Wheelock, 
 grand-daughter of the first president of 
 Dartmouth College. She died in 1872. 
 A son and four daughters were born to 
 them, all of whom reached maturity and 
 were married ; but only two, the first and 
 second daughters, Mrs. Charles Reed and 
 Mrs. Marcus D. Gilman, have survived 
 their parents. The society of their six 
 grand-children was a delight to Judge 
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 Baldwin during the kst summer of his; 
 life. 
 
 He was a man extensively known in the 
 State, and universally esteemed for hisi 
 probity, his sound judgment, his public | 
 spirit and his benevolence. Deliberate in 
 pJanning and moderate in moving, he was 
 yet positive in'his decisions and energetic 
 in his actions. A man of a peculiarlyj 
 placid and even temper, and sustained by 
 a Christian trust, he bore earth's trials 
 with great calmness, and his declining 
 years furnished the community ■ an im- 
 pressive illustration of what it is to "grow 
 old beautifully." Though not free from 
 all the infirmities which commonly attend 
 old age, he was wonderfully vigorous in 
 mind and body, and found life enjoyable 
 down to his last day ; when suddenly his 
 powers all collapsed, and with a brief 
 struggle he passed on, leaving an honored 
 name and a blessed memory. It is rare; 
 that a life is moreentirely successful in both 
 ts material and moral aspects, j. e. w. 
 
 [jLucia L., wife of W. C. D. Grannis, of 
 Chicago, and daughter of Hon. Daniel; 
 Baldwm, died in Chicago, aged 28.] 
 
 From the records of Aurora Lodge, No.; 
 22, F. & A. M., we take the following: 
 A 
 
 XJT MEMOniAM, 
 
 BRO. DANIEL BALDWIN., 
 
 Born in Norwich, Vt., July 21, 1792, 
 
 Died at Montpelier, Vt., August 3, i88i ; 
 
 Aged 89 years and 13 days. 
 
 Initiated in Aurora Lodge, No. 9, at Montpelier, 
 
 January 3, 1814; 
 
 Passed January 31, 1814; 
 
 Raised in Columbian Lodge, Boston, Mass., 
 
 May 14, 1814. 
 
 Affiliated with Aurora Lodge, No. 22, 
 
 July II, 1881. 
 
 Bro. Baldwin was an old time Mason, one of 
 those who passed through the fiery trials ai the 
 anti-masonic period, and that he was unyielding 
 in his devotion to the fraternity is evinced by the 
 fact that he and Wor. Bro. Joseph Howes op- 
 posed to the bitter end the surrender of the char- 
 ter ofiold Aurora Lodge, No. 9. In this, how- 
 ever, he was unsuccessful, and the_ Lodge suc- 
 cumbed to what was probably inevitable, and it 
 was voted, Sept. 19, 1834, to snrrenderthe charter. 
 
 He successively filled all the offices of the Lodge 
 from that of Tyler to Worshipful Master, to which 
 latter office he was elected June 26, 1820. 
 
 He was also a prominent officer in King Solo- 
 mon R. A. Chapter, No. 5, and a member of 
 Montpelier Council, R. & S. M. 
 
 Bro. Baldwin was a just and upright Mason, 
 ever generous and liberal in dispensing Masonic 
 charity, and was always ready to whisper good 
 counsel in the ear of a brother. 
 
 MEMORIAL ADDRESS 
 
 Of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance 
 Company. 
 At the first meeting of the directors of 
 the Vt. Mu. Fire Ins. Co. after the death 
 of Mr. Baldwin, Aug. 3, 1881, the Presi- 
 dent offered the following resolutions, 
 which were unanimously adopted : 
 
 Resolved. That we have learned with 
 profound regret of the death of Hon. Dan- 
 iel Baldwin, so long connected with this 
 Company, and identified with the best in- 
 terests of the town for three fourths of a 
 century. We duly appreciate his eminent 
 services as an officer of this company, and 
 his usefulness as a citizen. 
 
 Resolved, That we extend to his family . 
 the sympathy of this Board in the loss of 
 one who has so long been a kind friend 
 and able counselor. 
 
 And a committee was chosen to prepare 
 a memorial address to be read at the An- 
 nual Meeting of the Company, which was 
 prepared and read by Dr. Hiram A. Cut- 
 ting, of Lunenburgh. 
 
 " The Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance 
 Company " is a name so familiar to every 
 Vermonter, in fact, so woven into the af- 
 fairs and interests of the people of this 
 State, that when its originator, Daniel 
 Baldwin, died upon the 3d day of August, 
 in his 90th year, it sent a thrill of sorrow 
 through the hearts of thousands. It was 
 his foresight which planned a system of 
 insurance that recommended itself for its 
 cheapness, and won for itself golden opili- 
 ions, supplying, as it did, the unfortunate 
 with means to reconstruct their homes 
 promptly when the fire-fiend had swept 
 them away. Rightly has it been said of 
 this company, " That it has clothed the 
 naked, fed the hungry and supplied the 
 destitute," and just was the sorrow for the 
 departed man, for he was both the father 
 and patron of this most beneficial associa- 
 tion in our State. It was a happy inspi- 
 ration which induced George Bliss, a can- 
 vasser for the Springfield Fire and Marine 
 Insurance Company, about the year 1818, 
 to call upon Daniel Baldwin, who was tem- 
 porarily stopping in Boston, for the pur- 
 pose of soliciting his insurance. Mr. 
 Baldwin was at that time a prosperous 
 young merchant. He investigated the 
 
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 subject carefully, was pleased with the idea, 
 had his property insured, and accepted the 
 agency of the company for this section, 
 which he retained for 2 years, receiving 
 premiums to the amount of over $4,000, 
 with only $2,000 in losses. It was during 
 this period that the idea of cheaper insur- 
 ance, based upon the mutual plan, sug- 
 gested itself to Mr. Baldwin. He coun- 
 seled with a number of the business men 
 of that day, but could get little encourage- 
 ment from any, with the exception of 
 Thomas jReed, Jr., James H. Langdon, 
 Joshua Y. Vail, and Chester Hubbard. 
 With these coadjutors, at a second trial, 
 Nov. 10, 1827, the Vermont Mutual Fire 
 Insurance Company was chartered ; yet 
 not without great opposition. The mem- 
 ber from Middlebury, one of its opposers, 
 moved an amendment of the bill, granting 
 a charter, requiring the company to pay 
 6 per cent, of the profits into the State 
 treasury annually. This shows that that 
 member of our Legislature, at least, knew 
 little of mutual insurance. 
 
 Under this grant the company was or- 
 ganized, Jan. 21, 1828. As Daniel Bald- 
 win originated the charter, he was elected 
 president of the meeting, but declined, 
 and J. H. Langdon was elected in his 
 stead.. There were but six persons pres- 
 ent. A board of directors was chosen, and 
 that board, of which Hon. Mr. Baldwin 
 was an active member, elected Chapin 
 Keith of Barre, president, J. Y. Vail, sec- 
 retary, and George Worthington treasurer, 
 both of Montpelier. Their first policy was 
 issued in March, 1828, to Daniel Baldwin. 
 
 In October, 1828, the directors reported 
 186 policies issued, and that the company 
 was gaining in strength and popularity. A 
 small beginning, truly, for a company that 
 now issues between 5,000 and 6,000 poli- 
 cies annually. 
 
 Mr. Keith was succeeded at the end of 
 the year by Israel P. Dana of Danville, as 
 president, who held the ofiice until 1838, 
 to be followed by John Spalding of Mont- 
 pelier, who held the ofiice until 1841, when 
 the subject of this sketch was elected, 
 holding office as president for 33 years. 
 During this time, he administered the af- 
 
 fairs of the corporation as its head. He 
 had around him trusty men, tried and true ; 
 yet he has probably traveled more miles 
 on insurance business, and talked insurance 
 with more persons than any other 50 men 
 iri the State. His heart and soul were in 
 the work, and with him that meant success. 
 He understood the principles and rules of 
 insurance as few ever do. He adjusted 
 equitable rates for various classes of prop- 
 erty with a truly wonderful precision. His 
 devotion to the duties of his office were 
 both conscientious and enthusiastic. As 
 an adjustor, he was almost without an 
 equal; while he settled closely and eco- 
 nomically for the company, he gained the 
 respect and good will of the insured, for 
 he was frank and honest, dealing as he 
 would have others deal with him. Few, if 
 any, ever ifelt aggrieved, and many wei-e 
 the testitnonials showered upon him in 
 later years, for his honest dealing with 
 them, when they through loss were render- 
 ed almost powerless to contest the validity 
 of their insurance, had they been forced 
 so to do. 
 
 The prosperity of the Vermont Mutual 
 Fire Insurance Company is the proudest 
 testimonial he can have of his zeal and 
 well-directed services, and those who par- 
 take of the benefits of that organization 
 cannot fail to gratefully remember the man, 
 who more than any other one has made the 
 strong and Wiable concern what it is. 
 That its progress may be the more evident, 
 I would say that the number of policies in 
 force in 1831 was 1,869; ii^ 1841, 12,012; 
 in 1851, 11,790; in 1861, 22,237; in 1871, 
 27,488; and in 1881, 29,413. Such an in- 
 crease in business is without precedent in 
 any mutual company in our Union, and 
 shows definitely that the true and unwav- 
 ering course of all connected with it, has 
 gained the confidence of the people, and 
 the company is an honor to our State, and 
 it is fitting that we should honor the man 
 who originated the philanthropic scheme, 
 and with untiring zeal pushed it to so 
 grand success. 
 
 Age creeps stealthily on us all, and as 
 Judge Baldwin felt the pressure upon him, 
 and looked with a just pride upon an insti- 
 
JOHN WOOD 
 
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 tution, almost his own ; and surrounded 
 by helpers in the insurance business which 
 he had himself educated, he thought that 
 they had better allow him to retire ; and 
 so after his election as president for the 
 31st year, he sent in the following resigna- 
 tion, in March, 1871 : 
 
 To the Directors of the Vermont Mutual 
 Fire Insurance Company : 
 
 Gentlemen: — Owing to infirmities in 
 consequence of old age, I do not feel com- 
 petent to discharge the duties of president 
 of this company as they should be, and 
 therefore resign the office, to take place as 
 soon as some person shall be elected to fill 
 the responsible place I have so long occu- 
 pied. , D. Baldwin. .. 
 
 Montpelier, March ist, 1871. 
 
 No action was, however, taken upon 
 this, and he was again re-elected in Octo-. 
 ber. He immediately resigijed, but was 
 overrpersuaded, and consented to serve 
 one year more by having a Vice, President 
 to relieve him of some of the duties which 
 now rested quite heavily upon him. James 
 T. Thurston was elected Vice President, 
 and thus he was continued until Oct. 14, 
 1874, when Mr. Thurston was elected 
 President ; but Hon. Mr. Baldwin was re- 
 tained as director, so that his counsel and 
 advice might rightly be available. Judge 
 Baldwin, however, soon withdrew almost 
 wholly from the office, biit §till retaining 
 his mental faculties in a remarkable de- 
 gree up to the day of his death. 
 
 All honor to the departed, and may his 
 valuable counsels and noble example live 
 with the company ; and his original and 
 true principles of insurance be carried out 
 by the insurer, and the household word of 
 Vermont continue to be the " Old Ver- 
 mont Mutual." Let-us here to-day, as ofii- 
 . cers of this company, pledge ourselves 
 anew to the duties, and thus we may hope 
 to retain with our prosperity, which seems 
 assured, the good will and honor of our 
 patrons, that we may, in part, share in the 
 tributes of praise so justly given to the de- 
 parted 
 
 W. H. H. Bingham 
 L. G. Hinckley, 
 Hiram A. Cutting, 
 
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 Com. 
 
 ABRAHAM G. D. TUTHILL 
 
 was born at Oyster Porid, Long Island, 
 and in due time chose to become an artist. 
 To perfect himself, he spent seven years 
 as a pupil of the great painter, Benjamin 
 West, in London, and one year in Paris. 
 Returning to this country, he spent a few 
 years in Montpelier, where a sister resided, 
 and where now there are to be, found many 
 beautiful specimens of his work. His 
 artist life was mainly spent at Buffalo, 
 Detroit, and other western cities ; but he 
 returned to Montpelier, and died there, 
 June 12, 1843, aged 67. 
 
 JOSHUA Y. VAIL 
 
 was one of the very early lawyers of Mont- 
 pelier. He served awhile as Preceptor of 
 Washington County Grammar School, and 
 was County Clerk 1819-1839, 18 years. 
 He was also Secretary of the Vermont Mu- 
 tual Fire Insurance Company from the or- 
 ganization in 1828 until 1850, and member 
 and Secretary of the Council of Censors in 
 1820. His wife was a devoted chris- 
 tian mother, Mary M., sister of the artist 
 Tuthill, and all of her children have been 
 well connected. Two of her sons, Solon 
 J. Y. and Oscar J., still reside in Montpe- 
 lier, and two daughters survive, one at 
 Newbury and one in the West — four out 
 of nine children. Mr. Vail died in 1854, 
 in his 70th year; and his wife in 1876, 
 aged 90. Both were born on Long Island. 
 
 THE WOOD FAMILY. 
 
 Late in the last century three brothers 
 were born in Leominster, Mass., the eldest 
 of whom spent half of his life in Mont- 
 pelier, and the others much the largest part. 
 They were Cyrus, John, and Zenas Wood. 
 They were all of Puritan stock, and mem- 
 bers of the first Congregational church in 
 Montpelier. 
 
 Cyrus Wood settled in Lebanon, N. H. , 
 about 1809, taking his brother John with 
 him, who was then about 20 years of age. 
 In 18 14, both came to Montpelier and en- 
 tered into partnership ip tlie, cabinet- 
 making business, which was continued 
 until the death of Cyrus, Nov. 25, 1846. 
 
 . John Wood, born July 20, 1788, mar- 
 ried Miss Mary Waterman, of Lebanon, 
 
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 N. H., who was truly a helpmeet for him, 
 an industrious, pious and jsrudent woman . 
 Bearing his share in the military burdens 
 of his time, he became captain of Wash- 
 ington Artillery, which was a high honor. 
 But it was in the churches that he was 
 most conspicuous. Long a deacon in the 
 first Congregational church, he went to 
 the Free church on its organization, and 
 ou its dissolution, to the Methodist church. 
 In all he was an earnest worker, instant 
 and earnest in prayer and exhortation, and 
 his pure, honest and loving life attested 
 the sincerity of his religious convictions. 
 He died Jan. 14, 1872, in his 84th year, 
 leaving a son and daughter, the son being 
 Thomas W. Wood, the now highly dis- 
 tinguished artist. 
 
 Zenas Wood, born Jan. i, 1793, came 
 to Montpelier at a somewhat later date, 
 and engaged in the stove and tin-ware 
 business, in which he was quite success- 
 ful. He had all the excellent character- 
 istics of his brother John, but was some- 
 what less demonstrative. He sympathized 
 keenly with the sick and suffering, as the 
 writer of this note had occasion to know 
 by personal experience. Mr. Wood was 
 a prudent business man, and for some 
 years was a director in the old Bank of 
 Montpelier. In the last great fire here 
 his real estate was destroyed, and he went, 
 a lone and sad man, to his affectionate 
 daughters in St. Johnsbury, where he died 
 Oct. 29, 1876, in his 84th year. E. P. w. 
 
 For notice of Thomas W. Wood, see 
 post. 
 
 THE COTTRILL FAMILY — CorroiUons. 
 
 Mahlon Cottrill, born/in Bridport, Vt., 
 Aug. 29, 1797; died in Kansas City, Mo., 
 Oct. 20, 1864. \ 
 
 Catherine Smith Conch, his wife, born 
 in Landaff, N. H., April i, 1792; died in 
 Montpelier, April 28, 1861. 
 
 Their children were: William H., born 
 June 6, 1823, now a very popular hotel- 
 keeper at Appleton, Wis. Lyman Hawley, 
 born May 16, 1825, and died in Oregon, 
 Nov., 1877. Charles Edward Huntington, 
 born July 11, 1826; died Feb. 3; 1833. 
 George Washington, born May 18, 1828 ; 
 now a lawyer in N. Y. City. Henry Clay, 
 born June 26, 1830 ; died Feb. 12, 1833. 
 Jedd Phjlo C, born Apr. 15, 1832; noWa 
 lawyer in Milwaukee, Wis. Charles Mah- 
 lon, born Oct. 20, 1834 ; now in Milwau- 
 kee, Wis., and a prosperous man. 
 
 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS — MONTPELIER. 
 
 CoL. Nathan Lord, Jr., commissioned 
 colonel of the 6th Vt. regt., Sept. 16, 1861 ; 
 resigned Dec. 16, 1862. Now resides in 
 Cleaveland, Ohio. 
 
 Col. Francis V. Randall, commis- 
 sioned capt. of Co. F. 2d regt.. May 25, 
 1861, promoted col. of the 13th regt., 
 Sept. 24, 1862 : mustered out of service 
 July 21, 1863; enlisted and commissioned 
 col. of the 17th regt. Feb. 10, 1864; mus- 
 tered out of service July 17, 1865 ; remov- 
 ed from Montpelier to Brookfield'in 1877. 
 
 Col. Perley P. Pitkin, commissioned 
 quartermaster of the 2d regt. June 6, 1861 ; 
 promoted captain and assistant quarter- 
 master of U. S. vols. Apr. 3, 1862, and 
 subsequently to the rank of colonel and 
 quartermaster of the depot department of 
 the army of the Potomac; was chosen 
 quartermaster general of Vt. after the close 
 of the war, which office he held several 
 years, and has since remained a resident 
 of Montpelier. 
 
 Lieut.-Col. EDWARD M. Br(5wn, adj. 
 5 regt. Sept. 16, 1861 ; promoted lieut.-col. 
 of the 8th regt., Jan. 9, 1862 ; resigned 
 Dec. 23, 1863. Col. Brown now resides 
 in Bismarck, Dakota, receiving the appoint- 
 ment of U. S. land agent, and removing 
 thenre in 1873. 
 
 LiEUT.-CoL. Andrew C. Brown, com- 
 missioned lifeut.-col. of the 13th regt., 
 Aug. 25, 1862 ; resigned May 5, 1863, and 
 continues to reside in Montpelier. 
 
 LiEUT.-CoL. John H. Edson, commis- 
 sioned lieut.-col. of the loth regt. Aug. 
 27, 1862; resigned Oct. 16, 1862; resides 
 elsewhere. 
 
 Maj. John D. Bartlett, commissioned 
 capt. of Co. C, l^t regt., Vt. cav., Oct. 
 14, 1861 ; promoted to major Nov. 18, 
 1861 ; resigned Apr. 25, 1862; removed 
 to Mass. in 1870. 
 
 Maj. James S. Peck, commissioned 
 2d lieut. of Co. I. 13th regt., Aug. 25, 
 1862; promoted to adj't. Jan. 1863; mus- 
 tered out July 21, 1863 ; enlisted as private 
 in Co. E. 17 regt., Dec. 3, 1863 ; commis- 
 sioned adj't. of the regt. Apr. 12, 1864; 
 promoted major July 10, 1865 ; mustered 
 
Mrs. MAHLON COTTRILL. 
 
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 out July 25, 1865 ; was chosen adj't. and 
 inspector-gen. of the State in 187 1, hold- 
 ing the office ten years, receiving re-elec- 
 tion, and resigning in 1881, receiving the 
 appointment of postmaster of this town in 
 April, 1881. 
 
 Adj't. J. Monroe Poland, commission- 
 ed adjutant of the 15th regt. Oct. 2, 1862 ; 
 mustered out of service Aug. 5, 1863, and 
 continues to reside in town. 
 
 Capt. William T. Burnham, commis- 
 sioned captain of Co. H. 2d regt., May 23, 
 i86i ; resigned Oct. 25, 1861 ; died in 
 Montpelier, June 20, 1862. 
 
 Capt. Horace H. Crossman, commis- 
 sioned 2d lieut. of Co. F. 2d regt., May 
 20, 1861 ; promoted ist lieut. Jan. 24, 
 1862; capt. Oct. I, 1862; honorably dis- 
 charged Oct. 30, 1863, for wounds receiv- 
 ed in battle, necessitating the amputation 
 of his leg. He died in Washington, D. 
 C, a few years after. 
 
 Capt. Dayton P. Clark, enlisted as 
 private in Co. F. 2d regt. May 7, 1861 ; 
 promoted to sergt. June 20, 1861 ; com- 
 missioned 1st lieut. Jan. 29, 1862; pro- 
 moted to capt. Nov. 3, 1863 ; was acting 
 adjutant of the regt. for some months, and 
 at the battle of Spottsylvania, May 12, 
 1864, was in command of the regt. ; mus- 
 tered out of service June 29, 1864, and 
 continues to reside in Montpelier. 
 
 Capt. Joseph P. Aikens enlisted from 
 Barnard as private in Co. D4th regt. Aug. 
 28, 1861, receiving promotions to Corp. 
 and sergt. ; re-enlisted from Montpelier 
 Dec. 15, 1863; commissioned ist lieut. of 
 Co. C. May 6, 1864 ; promoted capt. Aug. 
 g, 1864; wounded at Cedar Creek, Oct. 
 19, 1864, and honorably discharged Mar. 
 8, 1865, for wounds received. \ 
 
 Capt. Charles H. Anson, enlisted and 
 appointed to quartermaster-serg. of the 
 nth regt. Sept. i, 1862; commissioned 2d 
 lieut. of Co. E. Aug. 11, 1863; promoted 
 to 1st lieut. Dec. 28, 1863, and to captain 
 Apr. 2, 1865, for gallantry in the assault 
 on Petersburgh, Va. ; mustered out of ser- 
 vice June 24, 1865 ; now resides in Mil- 
 waukee, Wis., where he is engaged in 
 business. 
 
 Capt. James Rice enlisted Aug. 24, 
 
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 r86i, as leader of the 5th regt. band; dis- 
 charged April II, 1862 ; enlisted in Co. F. 
 nth regt., and commissioned as capt. Aug. 
 12, 1862;. honorably discharged for disa- 
 bility, Apr. 28, 1865 ; now a resident of 
 Pueblo, New Mexico, where he removed to 
 soon after the war, and has held the office 
 of mayor of that city since his residence 
 there for some years. 
 
 Capt. George S. Robinson of Mont- 
 pelier, as a credit from Berlin, commis- 
 sioned 1st lieut. of Co.C. 13th regt., Aug. 
 29, 1862; resigned Feb. 16, 1863; enlisted 
 and commissioned capt. of Co. E. 17th 
 regt,, Apr. 12, 1864; wounded April 12, 
 1865 ; mustered out June 14, 1865, and 
 continues to reside in Montpelier. 
 
 Capt. Alfred L. Carlton, commis- 
 sioned regt. quartermaster of the i ith regt. 
 Aug. 14, 1862 ; promoted to 2d lieut. of 
 Co. C.Dec. 12, 1862; to captain and com- 
 missary of subsistence of U. S. vols., Mar. 
 II, 1863 ; mustered out in 1865 ; died in 
 Montpelier, May 29, 1874. 
 
 Capt. John W. Clark, commissioned 
 quartermaster of the 6th regt. Sept. 28, 
 1861 ; promoted to capt. and assist, quar- 
 termaster of the U. S. vols., Apr. II, 1864; 
 resigned Dec. 7, 1864; appointed post- 
 master of Montpelier, Mar. 1869, holding 
 the office 12 years, retiring July i, 1881. 
 
 Capt. Fred E. Smith, commissioned 
 as quartermaster of the 8th regt., Nov. 23, 
 1861 ; honorably discharged Nov. 30, 1863, 
 and continues to reside in Montpelier. 
 
 Capt. Edward Dewey, commissioned 
 quartermaster of the 8th regt., Jan. 12, 
 1864; promoted capt. and assist, quarter- 
 master of U. S. vols., Feb. 11, 1865, and 
 continues to reside in Montpelier. 
 
 Q. M. Nelson A. Taylor, commis- 
 sioned quartermaster of the 13th regt., 
 Nov. 28, 1862 ; mustered out July 21, '63 ; 
 residence Nov. l, 1881, Council Bluffs, la. 
 
 Surgeon Charles M. Chandler, com- 
 missioned assist, surgeon of the 6th regt., 
 Oct. 10, 1861 ; promoted to surgeon Oct. 
 29, 1861 ; resigned Oct. 7, 1863, and re- 
 sumed his practice in Montpelier, where he 
 continues to reside. 
 
 1st Lieut. Walter A. Phillips, com- 
 missioned 1st lieut. Co. F. 2d regt., May 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 21, 1861 ; discharged Dec. 31, 1861 ; en- 
 listed as a credit from Calais, as private 
 of Co. H. 13th regt., Aug., 1862; pro- 
 moted Corp. and sergt., and com. as 1st 
 lieut., June 4, 1863 ; mustered out July 21, 
 1863 ; enlisted and com. as 2d lieut. of 3d 
 battery, Dec. 12, 1863 ; promoted to ist 
 lieut. Jan. 2, 1864, honorably discharged 
 Feb. 3, 1865, for disability, and now re- 
 sides in Peoria, lU., where he is engaged 
 in business. 
 
 1st Lieut. Russell T. Chamberlain, 
 enlisted as private in Co. G. 4th regt., 
 Aug. 27, 1861 ; promoted corp. March 3, 
 1862;, re-enlisted; promoted sergt. June 
 10, 1864; regt'l com. sergt., Jan. i, 1865; 
 2d lieut. Co. A. Feb. 27, 1865 ; ist lieut. 
 June 4, 1865 ; mustered out July 13, 1865 ; 
 was taken prisoner, and in confinement 
 several months ; he now resides in Oregon. 
 
 1st LiEUD.- Charles C. Spalding, 
 commissioned sergt. -maj. of the jth regt., 
 Sept. i6, i86i ; promoted to ist lieut. of 
 Co. D. Nov. 5, 1861 ; honorably discharg- 
 ed for disability Oct. 10, 1862; died in 
 Boston, Jan. 19, 1877. 
 
 1st Lieut. George H. Hatch, regt'I 
 com. sergt. Oct. 15, 1861, of the 6th regt. ; 
 promoted 2d lieut. of Co. H. Oct. 22; 
 1862; 1st lieut. May 4, 1863; mustered 
 out of service Oct. 28, 1863 ; now resides 
 in Nashua, N. H. 
 
 1st Lieut. Henry C. Abbott, enlisted 
 Nov. 9, 1 861, as private in Co. C. 8th regt ; 
 promoted ist lieut. in 2d Louisiana regt. 
 Sept. I, 1862. 
 
 1st Lieut. William B. Burbank, en- 
 listed in Co. E. 17th regt. ; com. 2d lieut. 
 April 9, 1864; promoted ist lieut. Aug. 
 
 22, 1864; mustered out of service July 25, 
 1865 ; died in Montpelier, Nov. 5, 1870. 
 
 1st Lieut. James C. Lamb, enlisted as 
 private in Co. E. 17th regt., Dec. 23, '63 ; 
 promoted quartermaster sergt. Oct. 17 '64; 
 1st lieut. Co. B. July i, '65 ; mustered out 
 July 14, '6s ; died in Montpelier, March 
 18, 1869. 
 
 1st Lieut. George D. Howard, com- 
 missioned 1st lieut. Co. M. frontier cavalry, 
 Jan. 3, 1865 ; resigned Mar. 16, '65 ; now 
 resides elsewhere. 
 
 1st Lieut. Frank Anson, enlisted as a 
 
 credit from Halifax as private in Co. E. 
 nth regt., Jan. 5, 1864; regt'I com. sergt. 
 Jan. 17, 1864; regt'I quartermaster sergt. 
 Sept. I, 1864; promoted 2d lieut. Co. A. 
 May 13, 1865; 1st lieut. May 23, 1865; 
 mustered out of service Aug. 25, 1865 ; 
 now resides in Milwaukee, Wis., where he 
 is engaged in business. 
 
 1st Lieut. Ezra Stetson, commission- 
 ed istlieut. Co. B. lothregt., Aug. 4, '62; 
 killed at Cold Harbor, June i, 1864. 
 
 1st Lieut. Edward J. Stickney, en- 
 listed as private of Co. B. July 30, 1862 ; 
 promoted corp. Mar. 27, 1864 ; sergt. Sept. 
 I, 1864; 2d lieut. Dec. 19, 1864; istlieut. 
 March 22, 1865; mustered out July 21, 
 1865; died in Montpelier, Jan. 12, 1875. 
 
 1st Lieut. Charles W. Clark, ap- 
 pointed as regt'I com. sergt. jith regt., 
 Sept. I, 1862; promoted 2d lieut, Co. G. 
 March 29^ 1863; 1st lieut. Nov. 2, 1863; 
 mustered out of service June 24, 1865 ; re- 
 sides at present in Montpelier. 
 
 ist Lieut. John R. Willson, enlisted 
 as private of Co. I. 1 ith Vt. July 15, 1862 ; 
 promoted corp. Jan. i, 1864; sergt. Sept. 
 22,1864; 2d lieut. Dec. 2, 1864; wounded 
 March 27, 1865 ; promoted ist lieut. June 
 1865, mustered out of service June 24, '65 ; 
 and now resides in Maiden, Mass. 
 
 1st. Lieut. Albert Clark, enlisted as 
 private in Co. I. 13th regt. Aug. 25, 1862 ; 
 promoted sergt. Oct. 10, 1862 ; 1st lieut. 
 Co. G. Jan. 22, 1863 ; mustered out July 
 21, 1863; now resides in Boston, Mass. 
 
 1st Lieut. Samuel F. Prentiss, enlist- 
 ed as private in Co. I.Aug. 25, 1862; 
 promoted istlieut. Feb. 23, 1863; muster- 
 ed out July 21, 1863 ; now resides in New 
 York city, where he is successfully engaged 
 in the practice of law. 
 
 2d Lieut. Charles W. Randall, ap- 
 pointed sergt. maj. of the 13th regt. Oct. 10, 
 1862 ; promoted 2d Jieut. Co. G. Jan. '63 ; 
 mustered out July 21, '63; enlisted and 
 com. 2d lieut. of Co. C. 17th regt., Feb. 
 23, '64 ; honorably discharged for disabil- 
 ity March 9, 1865 ; died in Montpelier Oct. 
 20, 1868. 
 
 2d Lieut. James B. Riker, enlisted 
 Dec. 31, 186 1, as private in ist battery; 
 quartermaster sergt. Sept. 20, 1862 ; pro- 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 moted sergt.-maj. Sept. 1863; 2d lieut. 
 April 4, 1864; mustered out of service 
 Aug. 10, 1864 ; now resides in New York. 
 
 2d Lieut. Eben Taplin, enlisted as 
 private in 3d battery, Dec. 16, 1863 ; pro- 
 moted Corp. Jan. i, 1864; wounded Aug. 
 8, '64; promoted Aug. 23, 1864, quarter- 
 master sergt. ; 2d lieut. Feb. 28, 1865; 
 mustered out June 15, 1865; now resides 
 in Burlington, Vt. c. de f. Bancroft. 
 
 Dec. I, 1881. 
 
 MILITARY NECROLOGY. 
 
 Soldiers who have died in town since the war. 
 
 fSec nillllary table, pp. 342-349.) 
 
 Thoa. C. Alexander, Nov. 27, '69, age 
 39, 13th reg. ■ 
 
 Sam'l. Andrews, Aug. 27, '70, age 25, 2d 
 Vt. bat. 
 
 Lieut. Chas. E. Bancroft, Feb. i, '79, 
 age 49, Co. I, 13th reg. (Waterbury.) 
 
 Lieut. Wm. B. Burbank, Nov. 5, '70, age 
 33, 17th reg. 
 
 Capt. Wm. T. Burnham, June 20, '62, 
 age SI, 2d reg. 
 
 Maj. Alfred L 
 45, nth reg. 
 
 John S. CoUins, Nov 
 F. C. cav. 
 
 L. M. Collins, Dec. 8 
 reg. (East Montpelier.) 
 
 Solomon Dodge, Dec. 
 Ohio reg. 
 
 Lorenzo Dow, Dec. i 
 Vt. bat. (Berlin.) 
 
 William Dow, Sept. iJ 
 Vt. bat. (Berlin.) 
 
 Olin French, Sept. 29, 
 cav. reg. (Barre.) 
 
 John C. Hackett, Oct 
 6th reg. (Berlin.) 
 
 Orlena Hoyt, June 30, '78, age 72,5th reg. 
 
 Timothy Hornbrook, Dec. 24, ■ '74, age 
 32, 2d reg. (Berlin.) 
 
 John W. Ladd, Dec. 4, '70, age 34, 13th 
 reg. 
 
 • Lieut. James C. Lamb, Mar. 16, '69, 
 age 38, 13th and 17th reg. 
 
 Lieut. Ch:is. S. Loomis, Dec. 8, '68, age 
 38, on Gen. McPherson's staff. 
 
 Peter Lemoine, Apr. 3, '67, age 22, ist 
 Vt. bat. (Plainfield.) 
 
 Carlton, May 29, '74, age 
 27, '67, age 30, 
 '71, age 26, 17th 
 II, '64, age 39, 
 '69, age 25, 2d 
 5, '71, age 33, 2d 
 '68, age 28, ist 
 • 13. '75. age 56, 
 
 Chas. W. Randall, Oct. 20, '68, age 22, 
 13th and 17th reg. 
 
 Benj. Spinard, May 21, '79, age 39, nth 
 reg. (Albany, Vt.) 
 
 Louis Seymour, Dec. 29, '72, age 39, 
 Co, M, 1st Vt. cav. 
 
 Lieut. Edward J. Stickney, Jan. 12, '75, 
 age 30, loth reg. 
 
 Andrew St. John, Jan. 5, '77, age 57, 
 17th reg. 
 
 Cyril Wheeler, Mar. 18, '76, age 47, 2d 
 reg. (East Montpelier.) 
 
 Alfred Whitney, July 30, '76, age 48, 
 nth reg. (Berlin.) 
 
 Surgeon Jas. B. Woodward, Oct. 4, '79, 
 age 55. (Kansas reg.) 
 
 Edwin C. Cummins, Feb. 27, '73, age 
 34, 4th reg. (East Montpelier.) 
 
 Montpelier soldiers who have died elsewhere 
 since the war. 
 
 Jerome E. Ballou, Jan. 25, '75, age 32, 
 13th reg., at Cincinnati. 
 
 Henry M. Bradley, Nov. 12, '65, age ^4, 
 loth reg., at Williston. 
 
 Curtis A. Coburn, Nov. 7, '66, age 25, 
 loth reg., at New Orleans. 
 
 Capt. Horace F- Crossman, 2d reg., 
 at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Franklin S. French, ist cav., at Chicago. 
 
 Alfred Girard, 17th reg., at Coaticook, 
 Que., Apr. 9, 1875. 
 
 Frank J. Brunell, in 1864. 
 
 Wm. Guinan, Nov. 6, '74, age 44, 2d 
 and 17th reg., at Springfield, Mass. 
 
 David Goodwin, Feb. 27, '73, age 33, 
 5th reg., at Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Thos. H. McCauUey, Mar. 26, '67, age 
 24, 2d reg.j at Hanover, N. H. 
 
 Chas. D. Swasey, died June, '6$, age 
 31, 13th reg., at Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 George S. Severance, 3d reg., killed in 
 railroad accident in Illinois, 1869. 
 
 Curtis H. Seaver, June 29, '72, age 32, 
 13th reg., at Richmond, Vt. 
 ^Robert Patterson, Dec. 27, '74, age 57, 
 loth reg., at Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 Hiram D. Sinclair, Aug. 25, '71, age 58, 
 8th reg. 
 
 Lieut. Chas. C. Spalding, Jan. 19, '''jy, 
 age 50, 5th reg., at Boston. 
 
 Peter Tebo, ist cav., died in Plainfield 
 a few years since. c. de f. b. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 GREEN MOUNT CEMETERY. 
 
 Revolutionary War. — Elder Ziba Wood- 
 worth died in 1826, aged 66. Eliakim D. 
 Persons died in 1846, aged 81. 
 
 War of 1812. — Qeorge W. Bailey, Sr., 
 died in 1868, aged 70. William Bennett 
 in 1878, aged 85. Darius, Boyden, 1850, 
 aged 85. Abel Carter in 1869, aged 83. 
 Col. Parley Davis, '48, aged 82. Jacob F. 
 Dodge in 1838, aged 56. Amos Farley in 
 1836, aged 59. Lieut. Joseph Howes in 
 1863, aged 80. Abijah Howard in 1840, 
 aged 62. Capt. Timothy Hubba!rd in 1840, 
 aged 66. Roger Hubbard in 1848, aged 
 65. ;\zro Loomis in 1831. Jonathan P. 
 Miller in 1847, aged 50. Lieut. Thomas 
 Reed in 1864, aged 71. Capt. Isaac Rick- 
 er in 1837, aged 53. Jonathan Shepard in 
 1863, aged 91. Cyrus Ware in 1849, aged 
 80. Araunah Waterman in 1859, aged 80. 
 Daniel Wilson in 1875, aged 70. 
 
 War of the Rebellion. — ist Lieut. Chas. 
 E. Bancroft, Jerome E. Ballou. 
 
 Henry Black, member of 2d Maine regt., 
 died at Sloan hospital, Montpelier July 
 9, 1864. Capt. Lucius, H. Bostwick, Co. 
 F 13th Vt. regt., died June 4, '63, age 25. 
 
 Capt. William T. Burnham, Lieut. Wm. 
 B. Burbank, Maj. Alfred L. Carlton, John 
 S. Collins, Luther M. Collins, Wm. Dow. 
 
 Surgeon Elihu Foster, surgeon of the 
 7th regt., died in Hydepark, Jan. 9, 1867. 
 John.Fisk, nth regt., died in Hydepark, 
 Oct. 4, 1863. 
 
 Johii C. Hackett, Thomas Hand, 2d Vt. 
 regt., died at Sloan Hospital, Jan. 8, 1865. 
 
 John W. Ladd, Lieut. James C. Lamb, 
 Lieut. Charles S. Loomis. ■ 
 
 Vernon L. Loomis, member Co, H 3d. 
 regt., died Feb. 3, 1863, aged 19 years. 
 Arthur M . Pearson, member Co . F 2d regt. , 
 died in Berlin, Sept. 15, 1876, age 40. 
 Philander A. Preston, Co. C ist cav., <'ied' 
 in Florence, S. C, Jan. 20, 1865, age 11. 
 Harlan P. Sargent, Co. I 9th Vt., died\t 
 Fortress Monroe, Nov. 30, 1863, age 25. 
 
 Lieut. Charles C. Spalding, Lieut. Ed- 
 ward J. Stickney, Charles D. Swasey. 
 
 Wallace H. Whitney, Co. M ist cav., 
 died at Sloan hospital, Montpelier, Jan. 
 27, 1865. Alfred Whitney. 
 
 ELM STREET CEMETERY. 
 
 Revolutionary War. — Col Jacob Davis 
 died Feb., 18 14, age 75. Aaron Griswold 
 died in 1847, age 95. Luther King died 
 in 1842, age 88. 
 
 War of 18 12. — Stukeley Angell died in 
 1870, age 73. David Barton in 1839, age 
 57 ; Silas Burbankin 1847, age 78. Joseph 
 Buzzell in 1833, age 68. Simeon Cum- 
 mins in 1836, aged 55. Thomas Hazard 
 in 1856, aged 75. Capt. Eben Morse in 
 1858, age 85. Samuel Mead in 1827, age 
 40. Iram Nye in 18 — , age — . Ira Owen 
 in 1836, age 48. George Rich in 1834, 
 age 48. Diah Richardson in 1866, age 72. 
 Harry Richardson in 1862, age 70. 
 
 War of Rebellion, 1861, — Selden B. 
 Harran, Co F 2d regt., died at George- 
 town, D. C, Nov. 14, i86i,age 20. Sergt. 
 Omri S. Atherton, Co. C 17th regt., died 
 Nov, 6, 1864, age 23. Sergt. Thomas 
 McCauUey. 
 
 CENTER CEMETERY. 
 
 War of 1812. — ^James Arbuckle died in 
 1844, age 61. Moses Parmenter in i860, 
 age 85. Benjamin Phinney In 183 1, age 
 61. Nathaniel Proctor in 1866, age 88. 
 Josiah Wing in 1849, aged 73. John 
 Young in 1876, age 89. 
 
 Mexican War. — Capt. George W. Estes 
 of the navy died in 1871, aged 60. 
 
 War of 1861.— Samuel Andrews, Ed- 
 win C. Cummins. Lorenzo D. Cutler, Co. 
 C 13th regt., died July 24, 1863, age 21. 
 Lorenzo Dow. Andrew H. Emerson, Co. 
 E 17th regt., died July 27, 1864, aged 18. 
 Albert N. Mann, Co. I 9th regt., died 
 Sept. 8, 1872, age 28. "Orvis Ormsbee, 
 Co. G 4th regt., died in Virginia, Jan. ig, 
 
 1862, age 21. Hiram D. Sinclair. Wil- 
 lard Snow, Co. C 13th regt., died July 19, 
 
 1863, age 23. Cyril Wheeler. Lemuel B. 
 Wing, 2d Co. Sharpshooters, died in 1867, 
 age 22. 
 
 CATHOLIC CEMETERY. 
 
 War of 1861. — William Blair, Co. I 
 13th regt., died in Berlin, June 7, 1873, 
 age 28. Walter Burke, Co. H 13th regt., 
 died at Wolf's Run Shoals, March 4, 1863, 
 age 23. Frank Lanier, Co. C nth regt., 
 died in Berlin. Abraham Leazer, Co. C 
 
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 13th regt., died in Virginia, March j6, '63, 
 aged 45. Rock Lemwin, Co. E 17th regt., 
 March u, 1864, age 43. Peter Lemoine, 
 Erank Sanchargrin, died at Sloan hos- 
 pital, Montpelier, in 1864. Louis Sey- 
 mour. Joseph Shontell, 3d Battery, died 
 in Washington, D. C, March 13, 1864, 
 age 19. Andrew St. John, Peter Tebo. 
 
 ON STATE AI5SENAL GROUNDS. 
 
 Seminary Hill. — William Whitney, 3d 
 regt., died at Sloan hospital, Jan. 27,1865, 
 age 27. 
 
 Monuments in Green Mount Cemetery of 
 those buried elsewhere. — Charles W. Storrs, 
 Co. K 7th regt. , died of wounds at Mobile, 
 Ala., April 10, 1865, age 23. Gilman D. 
 Storrs, Co. B loth regt., killed at Orange 
 Grove, Nov. 27, 1863, age 20. Oscar 
 Maxham, Co. E 8th regt., died at Salis- 
 bury, N. C, Feb. II, 1864, age 27. Or- 
 'rin Maxham, Co. E 8th regt., died in 
 Louisiana, Feb. 6, 1863, age 23. 
 
 Eliphalet Bryant, nth U. S. A. regu- 
 lars, died in Richmond, Va. 
 
 May, 1 88 1, there were 28 headstones 
 furnished by the government, and erected 
 for the soldiers buried in the different cem- 
 • eteries of Montpelier. 
 
 BURIED IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 
 
 James M. Carr, loth regt. Co B. John 
 H. Brown, 3d Battery. Ezekiel S. Wal- 
 dron, loth regt. Co B, City Point. 
 
 Tuffield Cayhue, loth regt. Co. B, Cold 
 Harbor, Va. Joseph Ladue, 4th regt. Co. 
 G, Culpepper Court House. 
 
 Robert Brooks, loth regt. Co. B, Dan- 
 ville, Va. 
 
 Felix H. Kennedy, loth regt. Co. B. 
 Benjamin F. Taylor, 2d regt. Co. F, Cy- 
 press Hill, N. Y. 
 
 Benjamin N. Wright, 13 regt. Co, L 
 Gettysburgh, Penn. 
 
 James E. Thayer, 8th regt. Co. E, Chale- 
 mette, near New Orleans. 
 
 Sydney A. Gilman, 4th regt. Co. G, 
 Andersonville, Ga. 
 
 Charles Storrs, 7th regt, Co. K, Mo- 
 bile, Ala. 
 
 Roswell Franklin, 3d regt. Co. H. Allen 
 Greeley, loth regt. Co. B, Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Harris Buxton, nth regt. Co. H. Har- 
 mon O. Kent, 4th regt. Co. G. Albert J. 
 Ayer, loth regt. Co. B, Asylum, Washing- 
 ton, D. C, c. DE F. B. 
 
 ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS OF MONTPE- 
 LIER SOLDIERS. 
 
 The first man to offer his services to his 
 country from Montpelier was Robert J. 
 Coffey, who at the age of 19 years enlisted 
 in Co. F, 1st Vt. regt., which was mus- 
 tered into service May 2, 1861. Five 
 more boys from the town responded to the 
 call and enlisted in the same company 
 within a few hours after. On being mus- 
 tered out with the regiment, Aug. 15, 
 1861, Sergt. Coffey enlisted Sept. 5, 1861, 
 in Co. K, 4th regiment. At the battle of 
 Banks' Ford, Va., May 2, 1863, one inci- 
 dent occurred, it being the next day after 
 the 6th Army Corps had charged and 
 captured Mary's Heights. During the 
 battle, Co. K, 4th regiment was deployed 
 as skirmishers. After making a charge 
 and capturing a number of prisoners, and 
 withdrawing back towards the rear, ist 
 Lieut.Chas. Carter who was in the command 
 of the company, shouted " come on boys ; 
 we will get more of them yet.'' Sergt. 
 Coffey went forward with the lieutenant a 
 short distance, when spying a rebel taking 
 aim at the lieutenant from behind a tree, 
 he fired, the ball taking effect in the rebel's 
 arm, when he advanced and gave himself 
 up a prisoner, and was sent to the rear. 
 They then advanced to the brow of a small 
 hill. The bullets coming thick, they 
 crawled behind an old tree-top for protec- 
 tion. Sergt. Coffey reloaded hjs rifle here, 
 an Enfield, and as they were rising up to 
 take their departure, — things getting a 
 little warm there — when they were front- 
 ed by three rebels, an ofiicer and two men, 
 who upon the demand made by the serg- 
 geant and lieutenant, surrendered and 
 threw down their arms. As Lieut. Carter 
 started with the prisoners to the rear, 
 Sergt. Coffey heard the clanking of a sword, 
 and ran around the tree-top, and was met 
 by a large, fine looking rebel oflScer. The 
 reply to the demand of surrender made by 
 Sergt. Coffey was a blow across the ser- 
 geant's bayonet from the sword of the ofiS- 
 cer, which was parried off. As the rebel 
 drew his revolver to fire, the sergeant dis- 
 charged his rifl* at him from a position of 
 charge bayonets. The ofScer fell dead, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 being shot through the head. At this mo- 
 ment Lieut. Carter called on Sergt.Coffey to 
 come back with him. As the sergeant 
 started to go, he saw a rebel captain and 
 six men just below him, which was on the 
 bank of a small stream. At this moment, 
 when the captain was giving an order to 
 his men, the sergeant pointed his empty 
 rifle into his face and ordered him to sur- 
 render. The captain thinking that they 
 were surrounded exclaimed, " don't shoot," 
 and ordered his men, who were in tlie rear 
 of him several feet, to surrender. The cap- 
 tain gave himself up ; the other six men 
 came upon the bank, five of them privates, 
 all armed with Enfield rifles, and the 
 other, a lieutenant, also well armed. 
 Dropping their guns, the sergeant threw 
 them into the stream below. As tliey ad- 
 vanced towards where the captain stood, 
 the lieutenant says to the captain, " what 
 are we a doing here? he is all alone." 
 The sergeant pointed his rifle- into the lieu- 
 tenant's face and cocked it, and told him 
 to march on. As they advanced a squad 
 of Co. A boys, who were forming a skir- 
 mish line on the right, came in sight ; the 
 sergeant called on them for assistance, as 
 they were but a few rods off; which call 
 they responded to by coming. Taking 
 the swords from the captain and lieutenant, 
 the sergeant marched them in the direction 
 of his regiment, which had just formed a 
 line of battle on a little rise of ground sev- 
 eral rods in the rear. The sergeant deliv- 
 ered them over to Col. Stoughton in the 
 presence of the regiment. The colonel 
 directed him to take them to the rear and 
 deliver them to the prevost guard. On 
 their way the rebel captain informed Sergt. 
 Coffey that his name was Carpenter, and 
 that he was captain of a company in the 
 2 1 St North Carolina regiment, that the 
 lieutenant belonged to the same regiment, 
 and also that the officer whom he killed, 
 was a major of the same regiment. The 
 five privates belonged to the 8th Louisiana 
 regiment. There being no vacancy for 
 promotion at that time, Sergt. Coffey was 
 detailed, with six other deserving men to 
 go to Vermont and assist in making out 
 the draft. Six days after he rejoined his 
 
 regiment; he was wounded at Fairfax 
 Court house, Va.; in such a manner as to 
 further disable him for service in the war. 
 The above narration is authenticated by 
 several comrades of his regiment as a true 
 narrative. 
 
 In addition to this narrative might be 
 added many more of the daring deeds per- 
 formed by Montpelier "boys" in the army. 
 Among them that performed by private 
 Wallace W. Noyes of Co. F, 2d regiment, 
 who received special mention from the 
 commanding officer at the battle of Spott- 
 sylvania. May 12, 1864. He mounted the 
 enemy's breast works and fired some 30 
 rifles down into the enemy in rapid succes- 
 sion, they being loaded and passed up to 
 him by his comrades from below ; the bul- 
 lets passing like rain above him, but he 
 escaped unhurt, although a bullet passed 
 through his cap and was knocked off; he 
 was afterwards severely wounded, but re- 
 covered, and now resides in Montpelier. 
 Another deed which is credited in history 
 from his commanding officer, was by Cor- 
 poral William L. Washburn of the 3d Vt. 
 battery, at the engagement before Peters- 
 burgh, Va., in April, 1865. At one stage 
 in the engagement, the severe firing from 
 the enemy's guns compelled the 3d battery 
 boys to leave their guns and retire behind 
 some breast'works in the rear. Corp. 
 Washburn remained by his gun, a 12 
 pounder, and loaded and fired alone, that 
 the battery might not be silenced. There 
 he continued until the " boys" returned 'to 
 the guns. He escaped without a scratch. 
 
 NOTES AND NECROLOGY. 
 
 Samuel Abbott, engaged in the jewelry 
 budness for many years in town, died May 
 4, 1861, aged 70. 
 
 Aaron Bancroft, Jr., an excellent me 
 chanic at several trades, and in early life 
 engaged in the jewelry business, was a 
 great "wag," always full of jokes. He 
 was commissioned captain of a militia 
 company in town, which office he held 
 several years from 1833. He died March 
 23, 1869, aged 60 years. 
 
 Chas. E. Bancroft, for some years engag- 
 ed in the stove and tin business in this 
 
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 town; was a man of mechanical genius,, 
 having taken out several patents, principal- 
 ly on tinman's tools. He diedFeb. i, 1879, 
 aged 49, leaving one son, Chas. De F., 
 and one daughter, Alice D. 
 
 Cornelius Watrous Bancroft, (see biog- 
 raphy of Carlos Bancroft,) was engaged 
 many years in the mercantile business ; an 
 excellent business man and citizen, died 
 Jan. 22, 1856, aged 48, leaving a son, 
 Howard, now residing in Columbus, O. 
 
 Arthur D. Bancroft died April 11, 188 1, 
 aged 37, (see biog. page 497.) 
 
 James Boyden came about 1830; was 
 for some years engaged in preaching the 
 Universalist faith, but giving this up, fol- 
 lowed his trade, that of cabinet maker, 
 until his death, [an. 22, 1875, aged ^^. 
 
 Milton Brown, Esq., son of Aniasa 
 Brown, was born April, 1801, in Winch- 
 endon, Mass. ; came to Montpelier with 
 his father in 1807, resided in Worcester, 
 representing that town 7 years in the legis- 
 lature, and removing to Montpelier, was 
 high sheriff several years . He died July 3 , 
 1853, aged 54. 
 
 Geo. P. Blake, a merchant, died sud- 
 denly, Aug. I, 1854, aged 51. 
 
 Silas Burbank, a native of Montpelier, 
 for many years successfully engaged in 
 business in town, died Aug. 14, 1872, aged 
 65 years. 
 
 Hon. Augustine Clark, who had held 
 the office of state treasurer while a resi- 
 dent of this town, but was for many years 
 previous a resident of Danville, holding 
 many offices in that town and county, died 
 June 17, 1841, aged 59. 
 
 Wyllys I. Cadwell, who came to this 
 town in 1799, and was successfully en- 
 gaged in business, died in 1823, aged 
 about 45. 
 
 Wm. W. Cadwell, son of Wyllys. I., for 
 many years engaged in business, and also 
 holding various town offices — ^justice of 
 peace, overseer of the poor— died Dec. 17, 
 1877, aged 78. 
 
 Col. Abel Carter, a leading citizen of 
 
 this town, born in Lancaster, Mass., died 
 
 ■ Jan. 9, 1869, aged 83, in Lowell, Mass. 
 
 Lyman G. Camp, who came about 1830, 
 
 was a contractor' and builder, and Wash- 
 
 ington County jailor many years. . He died 
 May 15, 1879, aged 84, leaving 5 daughters 
 and 3 sons. 
 
 Zebina C. Camp came in 1820 ; was a 
 contractor and builder of railroads, held the 
 office of sergeant-at-arms of the State for 
 several years, and the town office of road 
 commissioner many years ; died Jan. 3, 
 1 88 1, aged 76. 
 
 Geo. W. CoUamer represented the town 
 in the Legislature ; was extensively en- 
 gaged in manufacturing, and accumulated 
 a large property ; died October 15, 1865, 
 aged 62. 
 
 Jacob Davis, Jr., son of Col. Jacob 
 Davis, the first settler of the town, who 
 came with his father at the age of 19 years, 
 died May 4, 1851, aged 83. 
 
 Thpmas Davis, who was the youngest 
 son of Col. Davis, was 17 at the time of 
 its settlement. He was the builder and 
 owner of the first Pavilion, and died Dec. 
 17, 1864, aged 95 years. 
 
 Anson Davis, son of Thomas, held va- 
 rious town offices, and was some years 
 sheriff; died Sept. 11, 1880, aged 71, leav- 
 ing one son, James, residing in New York 
 city. 
 
 Simeon Dewey, one of the first selitlers 
 of the town of Berlin, but for the last 20 
 years of his life residing in this village with 
 his son. Dr. Julius Y. Dewey, died Jan. 11, 
 1863, aged 92. 
 
 Osman Dewey, son of Simeon, a worthy 
 citizen, died Feb. J, 1863, aged 68 years, 
 leaving four sons, Frank, now a wealthy 
 merchant of Boston ; Denison, Simeon and 
 Orville, of Montpelier; two daughters, 
 Mrs. John W. Clark, of this village, and 
 Mrs. H. I. Proctor, residing in Iowa. 
 
 Amos Farley, a member of Montpelier 
 Co- at Plattsburgh, in 1812, and for many 
 years foreman of the Watchman office, 
 died Feb. 5, 1836, aged 59. 
 
 Gen. Shubael B. Flint was Brig. Gen. of 
 the Stat^militia several years, was engaged 
 in the harness business some years, and 
 died Dec. 18, 1856, aged 57. , 
 
 Stephen Freeman, engaged in the jew- 
 elry business in town from 1864 until death, 
 was an excellent citizen ; died Apr. 13, 
 1872, aged 54. 
 
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 Silas C. French, for many years engaged 
 in the boot and shoe business in town, 
 died Aug. 28, 1863, aged 79. 
 
 Geo. P. Foster, for 15 years proprietor 
 of the Union House, from 1865, an en- 
 ergetic citizen, died Jan. i, 1881, aged 48, 
 leaving one son, Chas. O. Foster. 
 
 Fernando C. Gilman, a son of Jehial 
 Gilman, born in Montpelier, was engaged 
 many years in the manufacturing of car- 
 riages in town, until his death, Nov. 26, 
 1880, aged 56, leaving one son, Septimus 
 C, now residing in Boston. 
 
 David Gray, one of the early citizens of 
 Montpelier, a member of Montpelier Co. 
 at Plattsburgh, died Nov. 16, 1865, aged 
 83. Two sons, men of property, William 
 and David R., reside in town. 
 
 John Gray came to Montpelier with his 
 father in 1974, at the age of 8 years ; was 
 a farmer, and accumulated a large prop- 
 erty, in speculations, being an active busi- 
 ness man. He died in the village, Dec. 
 14, 1877, aged 91. 
 
 Nehemiah Harvey came here in 1810 ; 
 was a partner of Silas C. French in the 
 shoe business many years, and died April 
 22, i86g, aged 75. His two sons, Howard 
 died in the West, and Alonzo K. in Mont- 
 pelier. 
 
 Robert Hargin, born in Ireland, came to 
 Montpelier in 1832, was many years con- 
 nected with the old Pavilion in Cottrill's 
 day; was constable of the town several 
 years, and an active member of the Meth- 
 odist church, died Aug. 17, 1878, aged 64. 
 
 Chester W. Houghton, proprietor many 
 years of the old Union House, also en- 
 gaged several years in the tin business, 
 died May 26, 1826, aged 47. 
 
 Abijah Howard came in . an early day, 
 held various town offices, was a much- 
 respe(cted citizen, a member of the Mont- 
 pelier Co. at the battle of Plattsburgh, and 
 died Dec. 30, 1840, aged 62. 
 
 Edwin C. Holmes came to Montpelier 
 in 1826, when a boy; became a successful 
 merchant ; was a partner of Carlos Ban- 
 croft about 20 years ; married a daughter 
 of Capt. Isaac Riker; died May 17, 1871, 
 aged 59, leaving a son, Edwin C, now re- 
 
 siding in Texas, and a'daughter, Helen, 
 wife of Geo. Howes. 
 
 Roger Hubbard, a brother of Captain 
 Timothy Hubbard, came at an eaVly day, 
 and was engaged in business many years. 
 He was a member of the Montpelier Co. 
 at Plattsburgh, and died Nov. 1848, aged 
 65, leaving three sons, Erastus, Gustavus 
 and George, the two former residing in 
 town, and a daughter, Fanny, who married 
 Martin Kellogg, and resides in New York. 
 
 Chester Hubbard, another brother of 
 Capt. Timothy, also came at an early day ; 
 was a successful business man, and died 
 Aug. 27, 1832, aged 44, leaving one son, 
 Timothy J., and a daughter, who married 
 Anderson D. Dieter, a merchant of New 
 Orleans, since a resident of Montpelier, 
 and now deceased. 
 
 Timothy J. Hubbard, who accumulated 
 a handsome property in real estate specu- 
 lations, died Nov. 7, 1880, aged 57. 
 
 William' B. Hubbard came here in 1830, 
 accumulated a large property in business, 
 and died Nov. 21, 1871, aged 70 years, 
 leaving one son, Wm. E., residing in town. 
 Two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Wilder and 
 Mrs. Kinsman, are both deceased. 
 
 John Barnard Langdon, eldest son of 
 Col. James H. Langdon, engaged in busi- 
 ness in early life, died July 2, 1868, aged 
 S7, leaving one son, John B. Jr., now of 
 Montpelier. 
 
 - Azro Loomis, merchant, of an early 
 date, died in 1831. Left one son, Hora- 
 tio S., of this town. 
 
 Edwin C. Lewis, a boot and shoe mer- 
 chant, died May 13, 1867, aged 57 years. 
 
 Joel Mead came to Montpelier at an 
 early day, and married Lucy, sister of Col. 
 James H. Langdon ; was engaged in busi- 
 ness ; on the loth of March, 1838, was 
 drowned by the breaking of the ice when 
 crossing Lake Champlain, aged 53 years. 
 He left four sons, Almon A., of this town, 
 James and Joel, now in the West, and 
 Lucius, deceased, and a daughter, who 
 married Harry S. Boutwell, of this town. 
 His widow is yet living, aged 92. 
 
 Levi Pierce, druggist and apothecary, a 
 worthy young man, died at the age of 36, 
 
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 Jan. 19, i864i leaving two sons, Clarence 
 C. and John C. 
 
 Addison L. Paige, for many years in the 
 livery business, and also held the office of 
 sheriff, died April 4, 1865, aged 55. 
 
 Loorais Palmer came in 1829, was en- 
 , gaged in business several years, and died 
 Apr. 9, 187s, aged 63. 
 
 Dea. Alfred Pitkin, who was engaged in 
 trade many years from about 1820, died 
 Oct. 26, 1855, aged 64. His only son, 
 Alfred Jr., died Oct. 8, 1846, aged 22. 
 
 Orrin Pitkin, engaged in the meat busi- 
 ness for about 50 years, from 1820, died 
 April25, 1879, aged 76. His youngest son 
 Charles C, died in Montpelier, Sept. 11, 
 1872, aged 19. 
 
 Nathaniel Proctor came at an early day, 
 was a member of the Montpelier Co. at 
 the battle of Plattsburgh , and died Mar 3 1 , 
 1866,. aged 88. 
 
 Dr; Chas. R. Pell, an excellent citizen, 
 who opened a dental oflSce in town in 1871, 
 died Mar. 4, 1 88 1, aged 35, leaving four 
 sons all in their teens. 
 
 Luther Poland, father of the Hons. Luke 
 P. and Joseph Poland, came in 1850 ; was 
 engaged in lumbering, and die.d June 16, 
 1880, aged 90. 
 
 Luman Rublee came in 1818, was en- 
 gaged in the hat manufacturing business 
 many years, and died May 12, 1879, ^-ged 
 86. (See biography ofDr. C. M. Rublee.) 
 
 Barnabas Snow, an esteemed resident 
 of the town, born in Montpelier, 1797, 
 died June 30, 1 873 ; married a sister of Car- 
 los Bancroft, by whom he had 3 daughters, 
 Mrs. N. C. Tabor, Mrs. Luther Cree, of 
 Montpelier, and Mrs. Watson of Mass. 
 
 Philip Sprague, son of the Hon. Wooster 
 Sprague, who was president of the horti- 
 cultural society of Boston, died Aug. 6, 
 1874, aged 44= 
 
 Isaiah Silver, for many years a leading 
 merchant in town, died May 5, 1865, aged 
 74, leaving five sons, George, William, 
 Albert, Charles E., and Henry D., a 
 sergt. of Co. F of ist U. S. artillery, who 
 had the honor of planting the American 
 flag on the bloody hill of Cerro Gordo, in 
 the Mexican war. He died at San Juan 
 de Ulloa, Mexico, June 7, 1848. 
 
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 William S. Smith came in 1841 ; was en- 
 gaged in the produce business until his 
 death. Mar. 19, 1870, aged 62, leaving one 
 son, Carlos L., and two daughters, one, 
 now wife of Wm. O. Standish, all of Mont- 
 pelier. 
 
 Peter G. Smith, colored, came to Mont- 
 pelier in 1832, and opened hair-dressing 
 rooms, which business he continued in 
 until death ; was a citizen of the highest 
 character, respected by all of his towns- 
 men. He died Dec. 7, 1878, aged 71. 
 
 Wm. S. Storrs came in 1823, was en- 
 gaged in business many years, and died 
 Mar. 5, 1870, aged 6j. His two sons 
 were killed in the Rebellion. (See war 
 record, page 350.) 
 
 Josiah Town dame in i8io, and com- 
 menced business, which he continued until 
 his death, March 30, 1826, aged 49, leav- 
 ing two sons, Josiah, who died, Sept. 20, 
 1832, aged 31, and Ira S., a jeweler of 
 this village. 
 
 Preston Trow came in 1830, was en- 
 gaged in house building, and accumulated 
 a handsome property. He died Oct. i, 
 1879, aged 69. 
 
 Dr. B. O. Tyler came to Montpelier in 
 1852, and engaged in the druggist busi- 
 ness for some years; diefJ May 21, 1878, 
 aged 80. 
 
 Elisha Town, a'n inventor of consider- 
 able note, taking out several patents, 
 died Apr, 12, 1844, aged 63, leaving 
 five sons. Snow, Samuel, Benjamin, Bar- 
 nard, and a physician residing in Marsh- 
 field. The first four, whose ages are from 
 60 to 76, all reside in town, within a few 
 rods of where they were born, each being 
 a few rods from each other. 
 
 John Taplin, Esq., one of the first and 
 leading settlers of the town of Berlin, 
 (see Berlin,) but residing the last years of 
 his life in Montpelier with his children, 
 was married twice. By his first wife he 
 had 12 children ; by his second, 9, all but 
 one living-^that being accidentally scalded 
 in infaiiby— to maturity, marrying, and 
 settling down as the heads of families, thus 
 furnishing an instance of family fniitful- 
 ness and health which perhaps never had a 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 parallel in the State of Vermont. He died 
 Nov; 1835, aged 87. 
 
 Jackson A. Vail. Esq., son of Joshua Y. 
 Vail, represented the town in the Legisla- 
 ture, (see Washington Co. Bar,) and died 
 Apr. 16, 1871, aged 56. 
 
 Col. Asahel Washburn, a highly esteem- 
 ed citizen, being the originator of Sunday- 
 schools in Vermont, died Apr. 9, 1856, 
 aged 84. 
 
 Gamaliel Washburn, for upwards of 30 
 years a worthy resident of Montpelier, and 
 for several holding the office of sheriiTand 
 jailor, was a Mason of the highest degrees 
 in the Masonic order. He died Dec. 28, 
 1868, aged 66, leaving three sons, Miles, 
 now of Boston ; Geo. C, a physician of 
 Waterbury; and Justus W. F., of Mont- 
 pelier; and two daughters, Mrs. D. S. 
 Wheatley, of this town, and Mrs. Emory 
 Bailey, of ISoston. 
 
 Chas. Wood, son of Cyrus Wood, en- 
 gaged in the tin business several years, 
 and died Feb. 5,1864, aged 54, leaving one 
 • son, Charles E. 
 
 Jonathan E. Wright, a most esteemed 
 citizen, son of Rev. Chester Wright, was 
 several years engaged in business in town, 
 removed to Boston, where he continued 
 in business about 20 years, and returned to 
 Montpelier, where he died, May 9, 1872, 
 aged 61, leaving one son. Rev. J. Edward 
 Wright, pastor of the Church of the 
 Messiah, Fanny, a daughter, having de- 
 ceased some years since. ^ 
 
 ADDITIONAL CITIZENS' NECROLOGY. 
 
 1857 Abbott, Christopher 29 
 
 1875 Abbott, Timothy 49 
 
 i88q Ainsworth, Nathaniel D 52 
 
 1827 Bacon, Samuel. . , 27 
 
 1838 Bancroft, Henry 24 
 
 1848 Bancroft, Azro 29 
 
 184s Bancier, Ambrosie Jr 24 
 
 ,1847 Bancier, Ambrosia 67 
 
 1862 Bancier, Louis 52 
 
 1834 Baldwin, Edward 3, 
 
 1839 Barton, David 57 
 
 1867 Bickford, Ebenezer cy 
 
 1875 Bixby, Luther '.'.Iq 
 
 1837 Bigelow, Silas 37 
 
 i88o Bisconers, John ^ e 
 
 1877 Benway, Eli „ 
 
 1872 Belair, Edward r? 
 
 1S78 Braley, Andrew J cS 
 
 1853 Bryant, Jeremiah 56 
 
 1870 Bryant, Henry 32 
 
 1846 Brooks, Zolates 22 
 
 1828 Brooks, Lorenzo D. 23 
 
 1866 Brockway, Abner 49 
 
 1874 Brown, Josiah L 64 
 
 1844 Brown, Stewart 65 
 
 1849 Broody, Mathew 22 
 
 1843 Buckley, Francis 56 
 
 1874 Burnham, Lewis o8» 
 
 1874 Buswell, George M 51 
 
 1833 Buzzel, Joseph 68 
 
 1874 Butterfly, Napoleon. 19 
 
 1880 Buck, Dana.. • 62 
 
 1828 CamiJbell, Henry 49 
 
 1830 Campbell, David 18 
 
 1833 Carr, San^uel 40 
 
 1836 Carrigan, John 48 
 
 1836 Caravan, John 27 
 
 i866 Carpenter, David 59 
 
 J844 Cartemarche, David 45 
 
 1881 Carson, Thomas 31 
 
 1862 Chase, Austin .22 
 
 1S42 Clark, Ira , 24 
 
 1873 Clark, Bradley M 54 
 
 1839 Cleaves, Charles R 45 
 
 1868 Clifford, Thomas 62 
 
 1872 Clough, Closes 56 
 
 1874 Coffey, Richard 23 
 
 1831 Collins, Salvin 62 
 
 1875 Cowdry, Daniel 64 
 
 1852 Conners, James $4 
 
 1859 Cree, George 
 
 1849 Crosby, Nicholas 62 
 
 1867 Cross, Gustavus 34 
 
 1852 Cross, Albert A ...36 
 
 1853 Culver, John W 33 
 
 1837 Cutler, Miles 40 
 
 1841 Cutler, Prentiss 33 
 
 1875 Cutler, Timothy B 66 
 
 1828 Cutler, Jonathan 56 
 
 1854 Culver, D.W 38 
 
 1865 Currier, John Q 41 
 
 1865 Cutting, Israel 68 
 
 1845 Day, Benjamin 24 
 
 1854 Darling, Joseph 38 
 
 1863 Dewey, Ostnan 68 
 
 1864 Dewey, Samuel 45 
 
 1878 Dieter, Anderson D 53 
 
 1841 Doty, H 38 
 
 i86i Doty, John 65 
 
 1838 Docfge, Jacob F 56 
 
 1879 Dodge, Theodore A .65 
 
 1 866 Ducharme, Francis 40 
 
 1834 Dugar, Horace 25 
 
 1842 Dumas, Joseph 49 
 
 1853 Dumas, Edward 26 
 
 183s Dunning, Mr. 31 
 
 1843 Eaton. Leonard 42 
 
 1848 Enjerson, Orin 41; 
 
 187s Edgeriy, Albert W 27 
 
 1871 Estis, Capt. Geo. W 60 
 
 1872 Fales, Chas. H 22 
 
 1844 Foster, Deacon ! ! ! !44 
 
 1847 Foster, Douglas 47 
 
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 1868 Fish, Orville E 21 
 
 1878 Finn, John.... 33 
 
 1879 Frasier, Danieh 32 
 
 1831 French, Henry 28 
 
 1850 Fuller, David 64 
 
 1826 Gaylord, Thomas 67 
 
 1871 Gauthier, James 25 
 
 1842 Oilman, J. D 29 
 
 185 1 Oilman, Jehial 60 
 
 1865 Gireaux, John B 68 
 
 1877 Gerard, Peter 19 
 
 1877 Gerard, Joseph 18 
 
 1877 Gary, Ephraim . ..'. 67 
 
 1877 Gary, William H 30 
 
 1841 Gravlin, Peter 54 
 
 1857 Gravlin, Joseph 28 
 
 1841 Gleason,- Dr. Jacob 34 
 
 1839 Greenough, Ira 34 
 
 1842 Green,' Wesley ...21 
 
 1869 Gould, Rodney 55 
 
 1875 Gould, Lorenzo D 48 
 
 1878 Gould, Orlando 28 
 
 1871 Gray, James ^7 
 
 1875 Gray, William 21 
 
 187s Gray, Mark* W 28 
 
 1866 Guernsey, Madison 57 
 
 1877 Guernsey, Lorenzo D 66 
 
 1847 Guernsey, Mr 47 
 
 1S33 Hall, George.. . , 35 
 
 1826 Hatch, Timothy.' 36 
 
 1830 Hatch, Enoch 38 
 
 1840 Hatch, Jeremiah 52 
 
 1843 Hatch, Ira 29 
 
 1842 Hall, Moses E 35 
 
 1843 Hayward, R. B ■ • • -34 
 
 I871 Harvey, Alonzo K 41 
 
 1867 Harran, John 41 
 
 1873 Hawley, George P 60 
 
 1869 Haskins, Curtis 50 
 
 1880 Hazard, George . . .'. 64 
 
 1873 Hersey, Heman F 50 
 
 1854 Hersey, Elijah 68 
 
 1853 Heaton, Volney 37 
 
 1879 Heath, Theron H' 18 
 
 1879 Haven, William T 46 
 
 1876 Hibbard, Edwin S 37 
 
 1880 Hines, John N 48 
 
 1869 Hollis, Cliarles H 46 
 
 1848 Holmes, Ebenezer 85 
 
 1852 Holmes, Barzillai 44 
 
 1844 Hopkins, Nathaniel 55 
 
 1841 Howes, Solon 22 
 
 1880 Houghton, Rev. James C 69 
 
 1836 Houghton, Lucius 36 
 
 1859 Home, William 29 
 
 1859 Howland, James '. 60 
 
 1853 Hyde, George 22 
 
 1856 Hubbard, Elijah 
 
 1868 Hubbard, Zadock 25 
 
 1851 Hubbard, William L 34 
 
 1845 Hutchins, James 39 
 
 1835 Hutchins, William. 38 
 
 1851 Hutchins, Orison. .' 39 
 
 1841 Jacques, Thomas 20 
 
 83s Jenkins, James 33 
 
 841 Jennings, Solomon 31 
 
 848 Jones, Watson 57 
 
 860 Jones, James .' 40 
 
 872 Jones, Elmer 21 
 
 848 Jones, William : 18 
 
 840 Johnson, D. P 28 
 
 863 Johnson, Willis 63 
 
 867 Johonnott, Peter 68 
 
 881 Kane, Moses 48 
 
 828 Kimball, Jacob F 46 
 
 846 Kimball, Seth .42 
 
 854 Kilbourne, Ralph .57 
 
 8ss Kilbourne, Dr. G. H 32 
 
 856 Kilbourne, Edward R 20 
 
 858 Kinsman, Newell <■ 63 
 
 878 Kinsman, John A 
 
 863 Kinson, William R 56 
 
 869 Keeler, Andrew 42 
 
 873 Kent, Hermon G 69 
 
 873 Ladd, Ezra W 41 
 
 872 Ladam, Joseph 42 
 
 842 Lamb, Center.. 40 
 
 828 Lamphere, Mr. 65 
 
 840 Lawrence, David 35 
 
 842 Lawrence, Isaac 63 
 
 871 Lawrence, Charles 65 
 
 873 Lease, Gerdin 65 
 
 880 Leland, James .64 
 
 872 
 
 835 
 849 
 
 8ss 
 
 Lewis, David 65 
 
 Littleton, Samuel.. 56 
 
 Luce, Hubbard 25 
 
 Lyman, Simeon..^ 45 
 
 835 Marsh) Lewis 31 
 
 861 Marsh, William D 41 
 
 874 Marsh, Ezra 67 
 
 868 Marsh, Emerson 18 
 
 831 Marsh, Julian 29 
 
 832 Marsh, John 35 
 
 839 Mathieu, Edmund 22 
 
 870 Mailhot, Eustache 61 
 
 848 Mathieu, James .80 
 
 827 Mead, Samuel 40 
 
 872 Medler, Patrick 62 
 
 844 McKay,- Alba 36 
 
 863 McCauUy, James 62 
 
 869 McClure, William F 19 
 
 876 McCue, John. 56 
 
 848 Mclntire, Timothy 25 
 
 876 McFarland, James 56 
 
 839 Miller, Albert .38 
 
 Miller, John 47 
 
 Milliken, Dr. Edward 29 
 
 S49 Morse, Almon C 28 
 
 874 Mosely, Harmon G 45 
 
 872 Myers, Leslie 21 
 
 874 Neveaux, Dieu D 41 
 
 858 Newton, Jeduthan 38 
 
 872 Newhall, Joseph 42 
 
 873 O'Niel, Thomas 21 
 
 836 Owen, Ira 47 
 
 837 Parker, John 45 
 
 86g Parker, Josiah L 35 
 
 875 Parker, Temple W 57 
 
 873 
 857 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 1869 Park, William 63 
 
 1859 Patterson, James < 64 
 
 1865 Paine, Richard 74 
 
 1838 Paddock, James 67 
 
 1877 Pitkin, William L .38 
 
 1846 . . Pitkin, Alfred 22 
 
 1872 Pitkin, Charles C 20 
 
 1834 Peck, Ichabod 62 
 
 1851 Peck, Moses 68 
 
 1831 . Percival, Thomas 35 
 
 1852 Phinney, Elisha 
 
 185s , Phinney, Jay 26 
 
 184s Potter,. Luther 20 
 
 1856 Prescott, Enoch H 31 
 
 1875. Polandv Charles F 28 
 
 1833 Prentiss, George 24 
 
 1879 Reed,. James M ; 48 
 
 1838 Reynolds, Elisha 52 
 
 1865 . Redfield, Frederick 22 
 
 1863, . Ripe, Thomas P 60 
 
 1876 Rich, George 46 
 
 1862 Richardson, James M 45 
 
 1870 Richardson, Redfield J 21 
 
 1851 Rivers, Paul 60 
 
 i86d Rivers, Felix 35 
 
 1852. Ripley, Franklin 24 
 
 1853 RowelL, Hiram 26 
 
 1867 Robinson, Geo. W 34 
 
 1874 Robinson, Charles C 22 
 
 -1875 Robinson, Nelson A 63 
 
 1840 SaflFord, Charles yj 
 
 1837 Sanders,. Otis 29 
 
 1889 Sargent, John P 35 
 
 1841 Sanborn, Lucius L 32 
 
 1880 , Scott, Samuel P 70 
 
 1840 Shepard, Leander 40 
 
 1844 Sherburne, Enoch 18 
 
 1843 Sherburne, Henry 67 
 
 1871 Simonds, George 22 
 
 1830 Slade, Thomas 50 
 
 1865 Smalley, Waters B 48 
 
 1838 Smith, Dr. Hart ' 33 
 
 1868 Smith, George H 35 
 
 1867 Smith, Leander W 37 
 
 1876 Smith, Alexander 55 
 
 1881 Smith, Walter J 19 
 
 1840 . Stearns, Lewis 63 
 
 1855 Staples, John W 69 
 
 1868 Sterling, Henry 31 
 
 1848 Stickney, Orin 37 
 
 1853 Stickney, Asa 34 
 
 1830 Stickney, William 55 
 
 1874 St. John, Andrew, Jr 27 
 
 1868 St. Onge, Mitchell 67 
 
 1880 Skinner, Ephraira C 39 
 
 1 875 Sullivan, Timothy 64 
 
 1846 Taplin, Guy C 42 
 
 1839 Thorobury, Philip 19 
 
 1832 Town, Josiah 31 
 
 1876 True, Ziba R 62 
 
 1881 True, Charles B 35 
 
 1868 . Tyler, Lorenzo D 62 
 
 1826 Tuller, Martin 21 
 
 1831 Tuthill, William. 60 
 
 1852 Wainwright, Alfred 62 
 
 1846 Warner, M. D 
 
 1850 Walsh, William 42 
 
 1851 Wilder, A. W. Sr S7 
 
 1846 Washburn, Judah 58 
 
 1844 Washburn, Ephraim 45 
 
 1840 Walton, Edward 
 
 1850 Walton, John , 56 
 
 1862 Weed, Nathan ^ 41 
 
 1843 Whiten, David 37 
 
 1849 Whitney, Levi 45 
 
 1849 Wheelock, Loomis 42 
 
 1849 Witherell, Elijah 32 
 
 1862 Wing, David 45 
 
 1856 Wing, A. Sidney 61 
 
 1867 Wing, Christopher C 33 
 
 1856 Wing, Lemuel B 36 
 
 1850 Wing, Myron 27 
 
 1854 Wing, Melvin ' 
 
 1830 Worcester, William 22 
 
 1872 Wright, Jerome 29 
 
 1839 York, Chester 29 
 
 1834 Young, James 34 
 
 C. DE F. BANCROFT. 
 
 GREEN MOUNT CEMETERY. 
 
 History from : Services at the Dedlcatlou of firecn 
 Mount Cemetery, Montpeller. Vt.. Sept. 15. 18S5. 
 Published by order of the Commissioners.' MonMe- 
 Her: E. P. Walton, Jr., printer, 1866. 
 
 Calvin J. Keith, (see page 47) who 
 died in 1853, left a bequest of $1000 in his 
 will for .' 'purchasing a suitable place for a 
 burying-ground in Montpelier, and inclos- 
 ing and phntlng trees in the same," and 
 named Constant W. Storrs with the trust- 
 ees of his estate to ' 'lay out the grbund into 
 lots and dispose of the same at a reasona- 
 ble price, reserving a portion to be given 
 gratuitously to the poor. The amount re- 
 ceived for lots to be used by said tmstees in 
 improving said ground and in planting the 
 same thickly with trees." To the liberality 
 and public spirit of this gift, "the town 
 responded equally liberal, and at the next 
 annual meeting appointed Hezekiah H. 
 Refed, James T. Thurston and Stoddard 
 B. Colby a committee to act on the behalf 
 of the town" with the trustees. The joint 
 committee purchased of Isaiah Silver at a 
 cost of $2210 about 40 acres, which are 
 now inclosed and constitute Green Mount 
 Cemetery, vvork on which was commenced 
 in the Autumn of 1854. By act of the 
 Legislature that same year, the whole man- 
 agement was vested in five commissioners 
 to be chosen by the town ; Elisha P. Jew- 
 ett, Hezekiah H. Reed, Charles Reed 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 James T. Thurston and George Langdon 
 were elected at the annual March meeting 
 1855, the first board of commissioners. 
 The town at the same time placing at their 
 disposal to de^ay the expenses of the Cem- 
 etery JS5000. The grounds were so far 
 completed as to be dedicated with the 
 usual forms and exercises Sept. 15, 1855. 
 
 Dedication Services. — Chant, written for 
 the occasion, by Col. H. D. Hopkins, per- 
 formed by the Union Choir Association, 
 words, Psalm 90, adapted ; reading of the 
 Scriptures by Rev. F. D. Hemmenway : 
 
 Man that is born of a woman is of few 
 days and full of trouble. He cometh forth 
 as a flower and is cut down — yob. . . . 
 And Abraham stood up from before his 
 dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, 
 saying : I am a stranger and a sojourner 
 with you, givemeapossession of a burying- 
 place, that I may bury my dead. . . . 
 And the field of Ephron, . . . the 
 field and the cave which was therein and 
 all the trees that were in the field, that 
 were in all the borders round about were 
 made sure unto Abraham for a possession 
 in the presence of the children of Heth. — 
 Genesis^ . . Behold I show you a mys- 
 tery ; we shall not all sleep, but we shall 
 all be changed. In a moment in the twink- 
 ling of an eye at the last trump. — ist Cor. 
 
 Prayer — By Rev. Wm. H. Lord : 
 Almighty and most merciful God, the 
 Father of our spirits and Framer of our 
 bodies : it becometh us to recognize Thee 
 at this time, and adore thy glorious Maj- 
 esty. Thou hast formed us out of the dust 
 of the earth, and passed upon us the irre- 
 versible sentence of Thy holiness ; dust 
 thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return. 
 We acknowledge the justice of the decree 
 wliich consigns these earthly tabernacles 
 of our spirits to the darkness and silence 
 of the grave. And as we contemplate the 
 multitudes of successive generations, who 
 have all returned to the earth from wheiice 
 they sprang, our hearts are impressed with 
 the reality of Thy government over us, 
 and with the solemnity of our present con- 
 dition and future destiny. And most Holy 
 Father, as we are now assembled in this 
 place, to consecrate to our own use, and to 
 the use of the generations that shall follow 
 us, this burial place for the dead, we be- 
 seech Thee, that serious thoughts of the 
 greatness and majesty of Thine adminis- 
 tration, and of our own weakness and frail- 
 ty, may talce possession of us. Remind 
 ■ us, we pray Thee, of our personal relations 
 to thy moral law, and to the future before 
 
 us. Let not the ceremony, in which we 
 engage, be merely listless and formal ; but 
 enlisting our minds and hearts, may it send 
 them forth to the contemplation of that 
 promised inheritance of Thy people, where 
 there is neither death nor the grave, and 
 where no funeral monument and no conse- 
 crated sepulchre shall ever be seen to indi- 
 cate the mortality and to mark the corrup- 
 tion of its inhabitants. For however beau- 
 tiful and attractive we may make this place 
 of sepulture, we yet confess. Great God, 
 that it is, in all its parts, significant of our 
 transitory and perishing estate, and that its 
 various attractions cannot conceal from our 
 thoughts the solemn use to which it is de- 
 voted, and the still more sqlemn fact that 
 makes its use imperative. We beseech 
 Thee, that as often as we visit this spot, it 
 may suggest the most serious and salutary 
 reflections, and lead to the most earnest 
 and holy purposes. And while we may 
 here attest our considerate and generous 
 affection for the dead, let this common 
 home of us all, teach us inost impressively 
 our duties to the living. As we here dis- 
 cover the certain destination to which we 
 are all tending, may we learn wisdom to 
 guide us amid the various relations of life, 
 and find fresh and strong incentives to the 
 performance of every duty, and to the cul- 
 tivation of every grace. May we look to 
 Him, Who, from out of the darkness of 
 the grave, has brought life and immortal- 
 ity to light, and in His gospel spoken to us 
 of a resurrection from the dust of the 
 earth. May we here learn to cherish and 
 to value the hope of a better life, revealed 
 in Thy Word, and to believe heartily in 
 Him, Who will soon destroy death and rob 
 the grave of its victims. And when we 
 commit the bodies of our friends to this 
 consecrated earth, may it be with the lively 
 and assured hope, that through the blood 
 of Jesus Christ, appropriated by faith, we 
 may all be reunited in Thy kingdom of 
 blessedness, to go no more out forever. 
 
 Hear this our prayer, and unto Thy 
 name. Father, Son and Holy Ghost, be 
 everlasting praises ; Amen. 
 
 Address— hy Rev. F. W< Shelton : 
 We stand upon a hill-side which, almost 
 yesterday, lay unreclaimed in its original 
 wildness, and now already it begins to 
 look like an embellished garden. Art has 
 redeemed it from its rude estate, with an 
 almost magic transformation. It has its 
 winding walks, and will have its shady 
 avenues. It is the most choice position in 
 this valley, and its natural surface presents 
 the charm of great variety. There is no 
 stretch of landscape, in this neighborhood, 
 around the abodes of the living, which can 
 vie in beauty witli this Paradise which you 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 now dedicate, as the resting place of youf 
 beloved dead. And it is easy to predict 
 what its aspect will be in a few years, 
 when its remaining roughness shall have 
 been assuaged ; when every returning sum- 
 mer shall bring with it a richer shadow, 
 and an added bloom ; — when affection 
 shall have beautified it in every nook, and 
 watered its flowers with tears. 
 
 On this occasion, so fraught with sol- 
 emn, yet not unpleasing suggestion, your 
 thoughts will naturally recur to one whose 
 hand was always- open with a generous 
 largess; and who devised a portion of his 
 wealth for so benevolent an end. The 
 heart is cold in death which lately throbbed 
 with sympathy for the living, but if no 
 chiselled shaft should rise in gratitude upon 
 the height to bear the record of his vir- 
 tues, this spot shall be his noblest monu- 
 ment. Peace to his ashes. 
 
 You, too, have done well, and have re- 
 sponded to a true sentiment in consecra- 
 ting these acres to a purpose so hallowed. 
 Here, indeed, the husbandman shall not 
 put in the grain, nor shall the plough-boy 
 carol, nor shall the waving corn be seen 
 upon these hills. They shall receive the 
 germs of a richer harvest in their 
 bosom. This land shall not change hands. 
 It is the inalienable heritage of the dead 
 forever. It is their riches, their right, 
 their possession ; — theirs, with all its 
 abundant variety of hill and dale, and 
 rocks, and flowing water; — a little dust, 
 but it is enough to satisfy the wants of 
 many. It will be protected with a jealous 
 care, and none will be so rude in instinct 
 as to pluck a flower. The winds alone 
 shall rifle the buds which grow in this gar- 
 den, and the frosts of heaven shall nip 
 their heads. The laws which truly guard 
 it, are not the statutes inscribed on pillars ; 
 they are those which are graven deep in 
 human nature : and the sentinels which 
 keep watch over the tomb, are the most 
 delicate sensibilities of the heart. Thus 
 shall it descend as a burial place from gen- 
 eration to generation, till it shall become 
 so rich and holy with beloved dust, that all 
 the treasures upon earth would not wrest 
 it from your possession. It is now offered, 
 with all its boundaries which lie beneath 
 these skies. The deeds will be presented 
 by your commissioners. 
 
 " This fairest spot of hill and glade, 
 
 Where blooms the flower and waves the tree. 
 And silver streams delight the shade. 
 We consecrate, O Death, tolThee." 
 An innate sentiment teaches us to have 
 respect to the ashes of the departed. Thus 
 when the spark of life is fled, the mourner 
 stands long to gaze upon the casket which 
 contained the jewel. Tenderly does he 
 close the eyes which shall know no more 
 
 "their wonted fires," and unprints a last 
 kiss on the lips which Death has sealed. 
 He scatters flowers upon the silent bosom. 
 He enrobes the form of the sleeper in fair 
 and white habiliments, and at last in silence 
 and in sorrow commits it to the purifying 
 mould ; — earth to earth,^-ashes to ashes, 
 — dust to dust. Nor does he rest con- 
 tented when he has put it from his sight 
 with the latest ceremonials which decency 
 requires. He guards the sacred spot from 
 each profane intrusion, and there he lin- 
 gers long, if he has loved well. 
 
 We find a care for sepulture existing by 
 the proof of earliest records. 
 
 "Abraham stood up, and bowed him- 
 self to the peopb of the land, even to the 
 children of Heth. , And he communed 
 with them, saying, ' If it be your mind 
 that I should bury my dead out of my 
 sight, hear me, and intreat for me to 
 Ephon the son of Zohar, that he may give 
 me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, 
 which is in the end of his field ; for as 
 much money as it is worth he shall give it 
 me, for a possession of a burial place 
 among you.' " — Gen. 23, 7-9. 
 
 All people have exhibited the like trait 
 of humanity, The dreamy Turk will leave 
 the living crowd which is by the Bosphorus, 
 and sit all day beside the graves of his 
 kindred. The red man bf the forest cher- 
 ishes within him the same germ and attri- 
 bute of a higher civilization : for as a hard 
 fate drives the tribes still onward to the 
 " Father of Waters," the last thoughts of 
 their hearts is directed towards the spots 
 where rest the bones of their fathers. 
 
 He who does violence to such a senti- 
 ment, lacks even the refinement of the 
 savage. It is the tendency of the age to 
 disj-egard in some things that which the 
 past held sacred, and to bear them down in 
 a vast development of physical means and 
 physical energy. That utility is short-sight- 
 ed which shall ever trample on the dictates 
 of a genuine decency. The pyramids still 
 rise sublime, with no better base than the 
 sands of the desert ; but we must only 
 look for ruins where Mammon builds his 
 altars on a dead man's bones. 
 
 When we gaze upon this crowd, in con- 
 nection with the object which has brought 
 them here, and consider how large a part 
 of it shall, at some time or other, be dis- 
 solved and mingle with this surrounding 
 dust, it awakens a throb of feeling to 
 which words cannot do justice. There is 
 a poetry, it is true, connected with the cul- 
 tivation of rural cemeteries ; but I trust 
 that it is something better than the senti- 
 mentalism which is without depth and 
 vapid. For it is not the charm, which we 
 may throw around these melancholy places^ 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 that can deprive death of its sting, or 
 soften one shadow on the brow of the 
 King of Terrors. It is not that the dark- 
 ness of the grave can be mitigated, because 
 the outside of it is beautified like a garden, 
 nor that the sleeper will rest more softly on 
 a bed which is perfumed with violets. It 
 will be as cold and hard and dark beneath 
 the clod, as if no garlands were above 
 it. But the teachings of a holy faith can 
 give a meaning to such adornments, and 
 surround them with a tender solace, as the 
 emblems of an immortal bloom. 
 
 It is because of the effect which they 
 will have upon ourselves, and not for any 
 good which they will do the silent sleepers. 
 To be occupied in si^ch pious rites, is to 
 disengage us a little from the world's in- 
 crustations ; to break asunder from the 
 bonds of a prevailing selfishness ; to pay 
 that which is dufe fo memory, and raise our 
 eyes to the halo which invests the future. 
 It is to gain strength for ourselves to look 
 down fearlessly into the portals of the sol- 
 emn tomb ; to pay in thought, and study, 
 and reflection, something of what we owe 
 to the characters of the good and noble. 
 We know that man but poorly, -whom we 
 have only kno.wn when he was living. The 
 best may be said only to begin to live when 
 the grave has closed upon them. I speak 
 not this -of their own destiny, but their 
 major influence is given forth, only when 
 they have ceased to be. It is the memory 
 of their lives, ipore than their very lives, 
 which can sink at last into our hearts, 
 or fully exhibit their own. They are 
 like those things which we might not 
 have noticed, if they had not passed 
 by. So, the river rolls on over an arid 
 landscape, but when its chiefest volume 
 has left the banks, then the vegetation 
 springs up. It is from the past, the past, 
 that we gather all our wisdom, and live a 
 thousand years in a day. Thus we see 
 that it springs from a refined motive, and 
 that its tendency is salutary, when we seek 
 to adorn a spot like this. It is to cherish 
 the memory of those who have gone before 
 us, and to show that love is not an empty 
 name. 
 
 " How sleep tlie brave, wlio sink to rest. 
 By all their couutry^s wishes blest! 
 When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, 
 Returns to deck their hallowed ni0nld. 
 She there shall dress a sweeter sod 
 Thi^u Fancy's feet have ever tr^d." 
 
 In surveying this spot, and the uses for 
 which it is designed, some might be dis- 
 posed to inquire — what need of these ex- 
 tensive domains ? At a little distance from 
 where we are now standing, among these 
 wild Green Mountains, there is a humble 
 village in the valley. It is full of thrift 
 and industry, yet when centuries shall have 
 
 passed away^ — from its location by nature, 
 it will be only a village still. 
 
 This place shall be a city ;• tlie youngest 
 here present may live to see how it snail 
 outstrip the other, in the number of its 
 inhabitants . There will be no such compact 
 masses and ranks of men in yonder streets 
 as shall be assembled here. Thus death 
 gains upon life in all places, until life shall 
 gain the final victory over death. 
 
 On the border of that village there is 
 already a cemetery of the dead, but it 
 would soon be overcrowded. It clamors al- 
 ready for a larger domain. Thus necessity 
 itself has coincided with feeling in selecting 
 a more ample and eligible place. There 
 are many tender and touching associations, 
 no doubt, connected with tha:tspot, for its 
 consecration is coeval with the settlement 
 of this village. How many tears have 
 fallen on its hitherto untroubled and quiet 
 graves. There the child slumbers, and the 
 young man, cut down in the nobility of his 
 strength ; there the blossoms of the almond 
 tree have fallen ; there the lovely daughter 
 has been borne away, when bursting into 
 the grace of womanhood, and when 
 
 Consumption. like a worm In the bud, 
 Preyed on her damask cheek." 
 
 There, truly, are deposited the richest 
 treasures which you had on earth. 
 
 But if in love and tenderness you shall 
 disturb those ashes, to bring them here, it 
 will be only as when one shall rearrange a 
 couch, that they may rest more sweetly 
 and securely and quietly forever. Here 
 you win come afterward to smooth their 
 narrow bed, to recall their virtues, to re- 
 new your vows of constancy, and to say, — 
 "My Father! my Mother! my Brother! 
 my Sister ! my Ghild ! forget thee'! — 
 
 NEVER." 
 
 Hither will you come with every chang- 
 ing season of the year to renew your pil- 
 grimage. Hither, when the winter is past, 
 when the rain is over and gone, when the 
 flowers appear on the earth, and the time 
 of the singing of birds is come, and the 
 voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; 
 hither, when the autumn dyes the foliage 
 with mellow tints and hectic colors ; and 
 you will reflect upon it without a pang, and 
 you yourselves will covet no better lot than 
 at last to lie down with these sleepers. 
 
 Who ever thought these rocks and jagged 
 hills, which Nature fa.shioned in her wild- 
 est moods, should so suggest the idea of 
 quiet? No love of sordid weal could have 
 accomplished that which you have this 
 day achieved by your affection. Well 
 may yon Mount,* which towers sublime, 
 remove the blue veil from before his eyes, 
 
 * Camel's Hump. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 to gaze on this assembled multidude. 
 Here shall the rough rocks be transformed 
 to snowy marble ; but if no sculpture mem- 
 orized the dead, these glorious hills would 
 be a monument. Yon silver stream shall 
 chant a constant requiem. What spot 
 more silent and select than this among the 
 
 forgeous scenery of the mountains, where 
 ummer paints her richest contrasts, and 
 Winter strews her costliest jewelry around 
 the realms of Death ! There is an Echo 
 here which moots the ear, but wakes up 
 sympathies within the heart. The chaunt- 
 ing voices and the rich harmonic chords, 
 which just went up into the open sky, re- 
 turned in undulations, fainter still to mor- 
 tal sense, but never obsolete. Eyen now 
 comes stealing back the soul of wild flowers 
 on the soft, Septembral breeze. It is 
 Death alone which dies. This is the 
 Christian's solace. This shall cheer the 
 mourning crowds which wind through yon- 
 der gateway, when they come to lay be- 
 neath the turf the loved and lost. All who 
 are in the grave shall come forth, for this 
 corruptible must put on incorruption, and 
 this mortal must put on Immortality. 
 
 Presentation of the title deeds by H. H. 
 Reed, Esq., in behalf ot the commissioners. 
 
 Dedication. — By Rev. Dr. Lord. 
 
 Sir: We receive these Title Deeds as 
 representing and describing these beautiful 
 and extensive grounds, which have been se- 
 lected with so much taste, and enclosed 
 and arranged with so great propriety and 
 beauty, for the purpose of a burial place 
 for our dead. The munificent provision of 
 one of (jur citizens, together with the un- 
 usual and noble liberality of the town, in 
 furnishing the large means to procure and 
 embellish such a spot as this, have been 
 equalled only by the energy, the economy 
 and discretion with which you have ap- 
 plied them. In reaching the close of your 
 labors, you have far exceeded our anticipa- 
 tions ; and now present to us a lot, in it- 
 self, and in all its arrangements, perfectly 
 adapted to the use for which it was de- 
 signed, and most fit to be consecrated for- 
 ever to the purpose of christian sepulture. 
 
 It has ever been the practice, both of 
 humanity and of religion, to commemorate 
 the dead by material monuments, and to 
 regard the spot, which furnished a resting 
 place for their bodies, as peculiarly sacred. 
 The enclosures wherein the spirit of love 
 and mourning has perpetuated, by the 
 planted flower, by the rude cross, by the 
 simple stone, by the marble shaft, or by 
 the magnificent massive monument, some 
 traces of the affection of children, of par- 
 ents and of friends, and which recall the 
 images of youth and beauty, of wisdom and 
 
 goodness, and relate their worth and varied 
 excellence ; are ever hallowed in the minds 
 of men. We do, then, give utterance to 
 the common sentiments of human nature, 
 when we comply with your request, and 
 formally consecrate and set apart, to its de- 
 signed and appropriate uses, this Ceme- 
 tery. 
 
 We do now, therefore, dedicate all this 
 ground, herein described, stretching from 
 its rocky battlements on the east to its 
 flinty ramparts on the west ; from its lofty 
 northern boundary, along down its sloping 
 sides ; with its central mounds, its alluvial 
 heart, and its interval reaching near to the 
 banks of the beautiful river that flows at its 
 base ; with all its trees and rocks, its val- 
 leys and hills, its springs and ravines ; with 
 all its arranged and still unfinished lots ; to 
 be a perpetual possession unto us and to 
 our children, as a place where we may 
 piously bury our dead, and rear over their 
 ashes the symbols of our affection, and 
 the mementoes of their worth. We dedi- 
 cate it, as a place of reverent and mourn- 
 ful, yet sweet recollections, of the departed ; 
 of high and solemn contemplation upon 
 the uncertainty of human life and its cer- 
 tain destiny ; of serious purposes of holy 
 living and preparation for death ; of cheer- 
 ful and glorious anticipations of^ that time 
 when the graves shall be opened, and the 
 dead, both small and great, shall come 
 forth to the promised resurrection, and re- 
 new, amid scenes far brighter than these, 
 the holy affections and the pious friend- 
 ships of their primeval abode. And while 
 we consecrate it to the dead, we commit 
 it also to the generous care of the living ; 
 with the hope, that it may be preserved in 
 its present loveliness ; with the prayer, that 
 whenever its turf may be broken, it shall 
 be but to receive to its keeping the body 
 of one who believes in our Lord and Sa- 
 viour Jesus Christ, as the Resurrection and 
 the Life. 
 
 Hymn — By Charles G. Eastman. 
 This fairest spot of hill and glade, 
 
 Where blooms tlie flower and waves the tree, 
 And silver streams delight the shade. 
 
 We consecrate, Death, to thee. 
 
 Here all the months the year may know 
 Shall watch this " Eden of the Dead," 
 
 To wreathe with flowers or crown with snow 
 The dreamless sleeper's narrow bed. 
 
 And when above Us graves we kneel. 
 
 Resigning to the mouldering dm 
 The friends whose silent hearts shall feel 
 
 Ko balmy summer's glad return ; 
 
 Each marble shaft our hands may rear, 
 To mark where dust to dust Is given, 
 
 Shall lift Its chiselled column, here. 
 To point our tearfhl eyes to Heaven, 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 1>VI 
 
 Benediction — By Rev. F. D. Hemmenway. 
 Thus was this most beautiful inclosure 
 dedicated to Montpelier's dead, just 27 
 years ago this fall. The number of inter- 
 ments to date, Dec. 24, 1881, is 999, Sim- 
 eon Lyman, a merchant, buried Oct. 3, 
 185s, aged 45 years, being the first. 
 
 A thousand times the turf has already 
 been broken in Green Mount to receive the 
 household props of this people, the treas- 
 ures of its happy homes. We see on this 
 spot how death takes toll. How many 
 sleep around the monument of the benefi- 
 cent Keith, upon ever/ side, who assisted 
 in the beautiful consecration just portray- 
 ed : Constant W. Storrs, among the first, 
 and all the commissioners, but one, who 
 selected and prepared the grounds are here. 
 The Pastor who offered the first prayer on 
 this spot — by the side of his little Bessie. 
 The Poet who wrote its hymn of beauty, 
 the Poet of this cemetery still. Shelton 
 of the lovely address, every paragraph like 
 a cluster of precious stones, sleeps, also — 
 in the bosom of the neighboring State 
 upon the West. 
 
 Here are the graves of Thompson, East- 
 man, Lord, Samuel Goss, Daniel Baldwin, 
 Charles Reed, Samuel Wells and a few 
 others whose names are identified with our 
 early acquaintance at Montpelier. Most 
 of those whose biographies are written in 
 this book rest here ; even some buried in 
 old Elm Street Cemetery with their old 
 sexton, have been brought up and re- 
 interred here ; whose histories have been 
 so studied, though otherwise unknown, the 
 names on the headstones look like old 
 friends. It is but our second visit, and 
 yet we cannot feel quite like a stranger 
 here. What Vermonter could by Thomp- 
 son's grave ? by his grave as yet without 
 monument or stone ! the author of the 
 Green Mountain Boys has built himself his 
 own monument more enduring than of 
 marble — "Pete Jones" is his monument 
 more resonant than brass ;" May Martin," 
 a fairer headstone than another could raise. 
 It is not doubted this grave will yet have 
 the due comntemorative stone. Only, we 
 miss it here now— "D. P. Thompson" 
 was so well known and endeared to the 
 
 people of the State ; in Montpelier so long- 
 time and honorable a resident — her pleas- 
 ant historian. An early friend to our 
 Gazetteer ; he was first engaged to write 
 for it the chapters of Montpelier History ; 
 a few months before his death finding he 
 would not be able, wrote " take therefore, 
 anything I have ever written for Montpe- 
 ler, or for Washington County, or for the 
 State, whether printed or in manuscript, 
 the whole or in part, as you would if it 
 were your own, for I shall not be able to 
 do as I had intended ; and I would name 
 to you the Hon. E. P. Walton, as the man 
 the best qualified to aid you and to write 
 the history of Montpelier." Having been 
 so successful in the history of Montpelier, 
 nearing its close, pleasant to-day is the re- 
 membrance of his intention — the thought- 
 ful kindness of his last letter ; and we shall 
 be very happy if we may see, as we may 
 if contributed by his friends, Ws portrait 
 stand with his biography in this County 
 volume, for which he would, no doubt, have 
 written so much and so well, had he lived 
 to this day ; and where it may stand in the 
 one town which has a prior plaim, his own 
 beloved Berlin, adjoining Montpelier on 
 the pleasant south, where was his father's 
 old farm, where he was born, just over the 
 river. 
 
 A handsome monumental pile ! — worthy 
 the Sleeper below. A name in the mar- 
 ble, by author, man or woman, never for- 
 gotten— the first literary benefactor — the 
 handsome and the gracious patron, who 
 pruned till they gleamed almost like fresh 
 poems, and sent his beautiful contribu- 
 tions with words of confidence to your 
 first bodk in press, and when it came 
 gave it %otice through his newspaper at 
 the capital, and sold many copies in his 
 old book-store on State Street, and ad- 
 vised and contributed to its successor. 
 The sight of this beautiful tomb swells our 
 heart full ; — glad for as proud of his fame, 
 — talented, bland, witty, generous East- 
 man ; the vigor, point, beauty and mazy 
 grace of his poetry all seem concentrated 
 and perpetuated here. 
 
 A granite stone ; the tenant here that 
 bluff, iorn-framed, but golden-hearted old 
 
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 landlord at the Pavilion, the first time 
 that we were at Montpelier, who declared 
 promptly that he had no bill for a young 
 woman who had given Vermont the hand- 
 somest book ever printed in the State. 
 Poor book-makers might hope to live out 
 their days were all landlords Col. Bout- 
 wells. Peace to the ashes, severely silent, 
 of the every-inch-alive, stirring old host. 
 His monument is just what it should be — 
 granite — large. We would like his stout 
 figure in bronze in the grounds of the Pa- 
 vilion. We are very glad of his portrait in 
 our book. Joint vote of praise from the 
 State House, Levi Boutwell did' better; 
 bread is better than fame. 
 
 Here ; — Samuel Goss ! Farley, Wal- 
 ton, his confreres. Father Goss had one 
 of those countenances it stirs the heart 
 agreeably to look into, pleasant as intelli- 
 gent, sensible as gracious. Gen. E. P. 
 Walton we almost seem to know in his 
 son, Hon. E. P. 
 
 The grave of the first lady with whom 
 we became acquainted at Montpelier — the 
 first wife of Dr. G. N. Brigham, who re- 
 sided' some 30 years in Montpelier vil- 
 lage. Mrs. Brigham was a cheerful, 
 active little woman, storing her home 
 with the honey of comfort ; but when we 
 saw her last the rose of consumption was 
 painted on her cheek. Never was her 
 cordiality so touching. I could not pass 
 her resting-place wit^jout pausing. I 
 would plant one historical flower on her 
 grave. It shall be the poetic hyacinth, 
 that sweetest poem, to our thought, from 
 the pen of her talented husband, and which 
 was inspired by a scene connected with her 
 death-bed. 
 
 SONG OF THE HYACINTH. 
 
 One lay with brlglit eyes looking for the Christ, 
 And so near to heaven It seemed that she uould hear 
 The song of flowers. A purple hyacinth, 
 Which fi-om a vase drank dew and shed It round 
 In ftagance, played an Interlude that called 
 Her half-flown spirit back. For when her eye 
 Was fixed on it, till all her face did smile. 
 She handed forth her pale white hand and asked 
 That it be given her. We never shall forget 
 That smile, the dainty way her Augers toyed 
 
 Among the petals; 
 
 music cadences 
 
 Began, " How sweetl"— 't was even as a child 
 Sweet toys and grows aflame with Joy. And as 
 We gazed and saw the dappled halo glow 
 
 And ripple over all her face, we said 
 It Is the breaking llgbt of heaven. That night 
 She died, the flragrance of the hyacinth 
 Upon her fingers, sweetest smile that e^er 
 Warmed human face yet lingering; and her 
 Low lullaby a song of that sweet flower. 
 
 SONG. 
 
 There Is no death, no death, my dearest. 
 
 No death but death of pain ; 
 The sleeping ones, my child, are nearest 
 
 To Alden's rapturing strain. 
 
 O, fold thy lids and drop thy sorrow. 
 
 And sleep thee flee of pain; 
 And when thou wakest on the morrow 
 
 Thou wilt be born again. 
 
 O sleep the sleep past earth's sad waking. 
 
 This death Is nature's rest; 
 And In the new morn that Is breaking 
 
 Drift thee unto thelHest. 
 
 The grave of Dr. Lord again ; whose 
 words were poetry and whose sermons 
 poems, though we knew him first histori- 
 cally. We had not been at Montpelier for 
 several years ; standing at the closed 
 doors of the Historical Society, "a private 
 session," as there told, — that is a business 
 meeting, the annual meeting having closed 
 a half day earlier than we had expected. 
 Dr. Lord, hearing the name of the woman 
 at the door, came down as she was turning 
 to leave, and taking both hands — prince of 
 a man as he was in manners and courtesy 
 — would not suffer, saying as he led her 
 within, there w^ not any closed session 
 to her, or there should not be, and they, 
 within, were only all her brothers in the 
 same work, as she who had done more 
 than them all, and having led her to a 
 seat, so easily and pleasantly introduced 
 her, a woman alone with the assembled 
 historical gentlemen of the State, felt no 
 awkwardness. He inquired if she was a 
 member,and, informed " itwas contrary to 
 a by-law," by his motion, seconded by Hon. 
 Hiland Hall of Bennington, presiding, the 
 bar was immediately removed against a 
 lady's admission to membership in the So- 
 ciety ; pronounced and made obsolete by 
 an unanimous vote of welcome to the first 
 woman admitted to the State Historical 
 Society, in the old State House, and which 
 coming at the capital, and thus naturally, 
 never having been before asked, or expect- 
 ed by the receiver, but which came, when 
 introduced by Rev. Dr. Lord — who was 
 
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 539 
 
 made President of the Society the same 
 day — so whole and genially, it wiped away 
 in one moment, gracefully, all the exclu- 
 siveness of the past. For its being an hon- 
 or received in Montpelier, pardon, the per- 
 sonal relation ; as Montpelier is one of the 
 few towns of the State which have given us 
 more roses than thorns, let us toy with one. 
 The resting-place of one of the patri- 
 archs of the village. On one of the 
 sultriest days of a sultry summer — the op- 
 pressive noon — winding out from the street 
 of the Capital, down by the river — a vein 
 of delicious coolness by the roadside — a 
 gentle south breath from over the river, 
 brushing softly aside the heated atmos- 
 phere that beat down from above — the 
 funeral of the man who had lived the most 
 years in Montpelier came to Green Mount, 
 gradually ascending the hill-side to the 
 shade of trees into which the carriages 
 wound and stood while the venerable old 
 man was laid in the evergreen-lined grave. 
 The coffin resting deep down on the mosses 
 at the bottom, the breath of the mourners 
 and of all the crowd stilled to listen to the 
 service ; all hearts touched to sympathy 
 with the cool, sweet pulse of nature here, 
 we thought, and it seemed the whole crowd 
 thought with us, more beautiful is the gar- 
 den of the dead than the home of the liv- 
 ing ; and a place not to loSe its attractions, 
 how many will follow^ drawn on, attracted 
 while they know not how. Where the old 
 man and the young man lie down together, 
 beautiful encampment-ground ! — to-day, 
 and what may it be a hundred years from 
 to-day ? The descendants of the people 
 of Montpelier no doubt may in a hun- 
 dred years make this place more beauti- 
 ful than now. He who may then come 
 up to these grounds may find the en- 
 trance, upon the south by the river, the 
 same as now, but an inclosure extended 
 northward and eastward and westward — a 
 city of the departed instead of a gar- 
 den ; walls in inscriptions, ornamentations, 
 mossings. The ponderous gate lettered 
 on the iron in bronze " Where the 
 Weary are at Rest." Within, near the 
 gate where the mourners go by a colossal 
 cross from the granite of our mountains. 
 
 in raised letters upon the body — "Jesus 
 Christ Died For all." All the streets 
 longer^ — more streets, more graves in all 
 the streets, and over every walk and grave, 
 the beauty of age in nature. Nature never 
 loses in beauty ; — more leaves, more flow- 
 ers, more tints, more mosses, richer paint- 
 ed rocks. How beautiful the rocks grow 
 old ; softened, garnitured with moss, vine 
 and flower, more and more every lapsing 
 year. Man lives for a hundred years, na- 
 ture for a hundred hundred. How beauti- 
 ful in marble, too, its visitor may find this 
 city, one hundred years more past. 
 
 Aud on the boldest cliff 
 Of these expanded grounds, swelling mountalnward— 
 If we may look through the haze of future years — 
 What statue, grander than living man, 
 Stands, counting the multitude, slumbering 
 So long at his feet— trumpet In hand. 
 Waiting to summon up these long sleepers ? 
 
 I note the change, as the years ran on 
 
 And art with the people grew, how the crevices 
 
 In this hillside showed, until this Eden 
 
 Of the dear departed was bu fair and famed. 
 
 The traveller from over the seas called 
 
 It 'The Art Garden of the Departed' 
 
 Of this land ; In every rural recess. 
 
 Scripture history was so put In marble : 
 
 So fair upon the hills and mounds and plains. 
 
 Within the dales and rocks and caves and woods 
 
 And lawns, beside the river and the rills— 
 
 Beseeming the cemeteries of the dead 
 
 In the capital of a State where the rocks 
 
 Are marble— the statues of the native sculptors : 
 
 Fair as the white rose growing ^y the grave, 
 
 The Ruler's daughter, standing by her couch. 
 
 Just risen— the dear Master of Life, 
 
 Holding the little damsel by the hand. 
 
 Over whose face new breath and beauty breaking. 
 
 Eastward'" in the rocky battlements," that cave 
 By tall trees, half-embowered, Lazarus statue, 
 Or figure, grave-swathed, coming forth— there I 
 
 Where the sun touches first the grave. 
 All shrubs and flowers of fragrancy crowding 
 To depict that garden of the resurrection- 
 Jesus Christ and Magdalene standing within. 
 
 The marble shaft, the massive monument, 
 
 The simple stone, shrubbery so surrounding,— tree 
 
 And flower and vine adorning,— each did seem. 
 
 As the eye gathered it In, more beautiful : 
 
 The chiseled column— the plnnted flower. 
 
 Rivaled by the pure lilies on the stone,— 
 
 The rose in the foliated marble : 
 
 Tlie oldest stone, most mossed, most beautiful ; 
 
 As the ancient rocky rampart, the brown moss 
 
 Clinging to, the golden moss, th' gray wand-moss 
 
 In every crumbling fissure, scarlet tipped. 
 
 Most fair country : for all the people thought 
 Affection could not make too fair the Eden 
 Of their Dead— deposited In hope. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF 
 LIVING PERSONS. 
 
 TIMOTHY PARKER REDFIELD, 
 (BY B. F. FIFIELD, ESQ.) 
 
 the son of Dr. Peleg and Hannah (Parker) 
 Redfield, was born at Coventry, Nov. 3, 
 1 8 12. The father was born of sturdy 
 English stock at Killingworth, Conn., the 
 grandson of Capt. P^leg Redfield, who 
 bravely fought through the revolutionary 
 war. The mother was the daughter of 
 Isaac and Bridget (Fletcher) Parker, born 
 at Westford, Mass., in Nov., 1785, and 
 married at Weathersfield, Vt., in March, 
 1803. They removed to Coventry, Vt., 
 with two children, in the fall of 1807, and 
 raised a family of 6 sons a^d 6 daughters, 
 amid the perils and hardships of frontier 
 life. [See Coventry, Vol. II, this work.]: 
 The subject of this sketch had the usual 
 experience of Vermont boys born and: 
 brought up on a farm, but here were laid 
 the rudiments of that industry, self-reli- 
 ance, and independence, which have so' 
 much distinguished him and which is pecu- 
 liar to the stocki, At Dartmouth College 
 he ranked among the first of his class, 
 was elected a member of the Phi Beta 
 Kappa Society, and graduated with high 
 honors in the class of 1836. He imme- 
 diately commenced the study of the law in 
 the office of his brother, the Hon. Isaac 
 F. Redfield, was admitted to the bar in 
 Orleans county in 1838, began the practice 
 of his profession at Irasburgh, and con- 
 tinued it there until his removal to Mont- 
 pelier in 1848. He was senator from Or- 
 leans county in 1848. He practiced his 
 profession at Montpelier from 1848 to 1870, 
 when he was elected Judge of the Supreme 
 Court, and has received successive elec- 
 tions from that time to the present, 1881. 
 He was married to Helen W. Grannis of 
 Stanstead, Province of Quebec, Feb. 6, 
 1840, by which marriage he had 4 children, 
 three of whom sleep in Green Mount Cem- 
 etery at Montpelier, and the only .surviving 
 child, Alice, the wife of Andrew J. PhiU 
 lips, now resides at St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 While in the practice of his profession 
 at Montpelier, he became widely known 
 
 through the State as one of the most reli- 
 able, painstaking and thoroughly well-read 
 lawyers in the profession. From 1856, to 
 the time of his elevation to the. bench he 
 was a constant attendant Upon the courts 
 in Orleans, Caledonia and Washington 
 counties, and it is no disparagement to 
 others to say that he had no superiors 
 either in the 'knowledge of the law, or its 
 practical adaptation to the complicated 
 affairs of life. His sturdy independence, 
 elevated character and fine legal attain- 
 ments, commanded respect and admira- 
 tion from all who knew him, and a man 
 who was once his client was always his 
 client. 
 
 In 1870, a vacancy occurred on the su- 
 preme court bench. Mr. Redfield had 
 always been a democrat in politics, but his 
 fitness for the position was so generally ac- 
 knowledged that he was elected to the 
 place by a legislature overwhelniingly re- 
 publican, and against numerous competi- 
 tors. His dignified judicial bearing and 
 acknowledged impartiality made him at 
 once a general favorite with the public, 
 the bar and his associates. His fame may 
 and will justly rest upon his judicial life. 
 
 His brother, Isaac F. Redfield, occupied 
 a seat upon" the bench of Vermont for 25 
 years, and he left it in l86o only to extend 
 his fame and establish it as one of the fore- 
 most jurists of the age, whether English or 
 American. 
 
 In each of the brothers is found in like 
 degree that quality^of all others the most 
 rare, the judicial temperament, and in each 
 is also found the intellectual grasp on the one 
 hand and fine sense of justice on the other 
 hand which is so essential to the just ad- 
 ministration of the law. 
 
 Judge Redfield is an excellent scholar, 
 and while his bearing is reserved and dig- 
 nified, such as becomes his position, yet 
 in social life he is one of the most charming 
 of companions. His reminiscences of the 
 old bar and his fund of anecdotes are the 
 delight of those who enjoy his friendship, 
 and will be long remembered by those who 
 come after him. He is a member of the 
 Episcopal church and a devoted christian, 
 not only in profession but also in practice. 
 
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 In short, Judge Redfield is a model in all 
 that constitutes a conscientious, christian 
 gentleman, and an able, upright, in\partial 
 judge. 
 
 To speak thus of his record is but the 
 "just meed of praise to acknowledged 
 worth,'' and "to keep the memory of such 
 men green is but to strengthen and stimu- 
 late public virtue." 
 
 HON. ELIAKIM PERSONS WALTON. 
 
 [From M. D. Gllman's Bibliography of Vermont, now 
 In conriie of preparation.] 
 
 Eliakim Persons Walton was born in 
 Montpelier, Feb. 17, 181 2, and was the 
 first-born son of the late Gen. Ezekiel 
 Parker Walton and Prussia Persons. On 
 the Walton side the genealogy goes back 
 with almost absolute certainty, through 
 Ezekiel P.'s father, who was the late Geo. 
 Walton, of Peacham, born at New Market, 
 N. H., in 1762, and married Mary Parker, 
 of New Hampshire, to George Walton, a 
 Quaker born in England, in whose house 
 at Newcastle, N. H., in June, 1682, oc- 
 curred the best authenticated case of witch- 
 craft which has ever been recorded in New 
 England. See Mather's Magnalia Christi 
 Americana, edition of 1820, vol. 2, p. 393, 
 and Brewster's Rambles about Portsmouth, 
 second series, pp. 343-354- On the Persons 
 side, all that can be asserted is thit Eliakim 
 • Davis Persons was a native of Long Island, 
 and his wife, Rebecca Dodge, was of Mas- 
 sachusetts, probably Northfield, who had 
 numerous relatives, (one of them inter- 
 married with a Houghton, uncle of the 
 late Mrs. Samuel Prentiss, of Montpelier,) 
 residing near the south-eastern line of 
 Vermont. Her father and two of her 
 brothers, Asa and John, settled in Barre, 
 Vt. and a third, Daniel, in Northern Ver- 
 mont. They have numerous descendants 
 at this day in Eastern and Western Ver- 
 mont, and in the Western States. It was 
 and is a race of sterling virtues. The par- 
 ticular subject of this notice was educated 
 first by his mother in letters and reading 
 ^lie notes of music ; second, by an occa- 
 sional attendance at the district school, in 
 vvhich he was specially noted for his habit 
 of running away on every possible occasion ; 
 third, by many 
 
 terms in Washington 
 
 County Grammar School, in which he was 
 fitted for college by one of the best prin- 
 cipals that school ever had, the late Jona- 
 than C. Southmayd. But the young E. P. 
 was not permitted to go to college, and 
 thereupon entered the law office of Samuel 
 and Samuel B. Prentiss, when Judge Pren- 
 tiss was in the United States Senate. 
 Here he obtained the elements of the law, 
 and moreover an insight into national pol- 
 itics, through the. books and documents 
 received by Judge Prentiss as senator. 
 But largely he was educated in his father's 
 printing office, and an excellent school 
 every printing oflfice is to any boy or girl 
 who has obtained the elements of an 
 English education, and will improve the 
 opportunities of the office. From the tin)e 
 the lad was "knee-high to a toad," and. 
 had to stand in a chair to get up to the 
 "case," this boy was put into the office, 
 and kept there in vacations from schools. 
 Another very useful school was the old 
 Montpelier Lyceum, with its written essays 
 and extemporaneous debates. In i826-'7 
 he spent a year in Essex, N. Y., and there 
 edited and printed his first newspaper, a 
 single issue of the Essex County Republican. 
 The editors and publishers were away, and 
 had suspended publication for a week ; but 
 the young and ardent politician could not 
 have it so. Without any authority from 
 his masters, he got up a paper full of edi- 
 torial matter — part of it written and part 
 of it composed at the case — and took 
 proof-sheets. The question, Shall it be 
 printed? was a doubtful one. The proof- 
 sheets were thereupon submitted to the 
 late Gen. Henry H. Ross, of Essex, then 
 a member of Cojigress, and a zealous 
 Adams man. Bringing back the proof- 
 sheets, the General came with his face 
 beaming with smiles, put both hands on 
 the boy's shoulders, and said, "Print it, 
 boy! print it ! " From that moment, though 
 preferring the law, the business of printer 
 and editor seemed to have been ordained 
 for him. On becoming of age, in 1833, 
 he became a partner with his father in the 
 publication of the Vermont Watchman and 
 State Gazette. Gen. Walton wrote occa- 
 sionally for that paper, but other branches 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 of a very extensive business demanded his 
 attention, and the newspaper and printing 
 department were in the charge of E. P. 
 Walton, Jr., as his signature commonly 
 was during the life of his father, although 
 not correct except when the initials of it 
 were given. In 1853, the paper, then the 
 Vermont Watchman and State JournaU 
 came into his possession exclusively, and 
 so continued until the sale to the Messrs, 
 Poland, in 1868. 
 
 During all this period the editorship of 
 Walton's Vermont Register was in his 
 charge, as it still is in all except the Bus- 
 iness Directory. The Vermxmt Capitol, 
 1857, consisted mainly of his reports; vol- 
 ume two of the collections of the Vermont 
 Historical Society was edited by him ; and 
 also the eight volumes of the Records of 
 the Governor and Council, together with 
 documents touching the early history of 
 the State. Although an active and zealous 
 politician from his youth, and helping many 
 men to high offices, he never sought offices 
 for himself. Nevertheless in 1853 he was 
 elected representative of Montpelier ; and 
 in 1856, greatly to his surprise, he was 
 called upon by the late Senator Foot, and 
 another member of the Vermont delegation 
 still living, to become a candidate for 
 Congress in the first congressional dis- 
 trict, on the grounds that a change was 
 absolutely necessary, and that the member 
 then to be elected, according to the usual 
 courte.sy in such cases, should come from 
 Washington County. Under the very del- 
 icate circumstances of the case, Mr. Walton 
 was unwilling to be' a candidate, and urged 
 the late Ferrand F. Merrill to stand in his 
 stead. Mr. Merrill refused, and ultimately 
 Mr. Walton was nominated and received 
 three elections, after which he declined 
 further service. In 1870 he was the del- 
 egate of Montpelier in the Constitutional 
 Convention ; and he was also senator for 
 Washington County, 1874 until 1878. 
 The honorary degree of Master of Arts has 
 been conferred upon Mr. Walton by the 
 University of Vermont, and also by Mid- 
 dlebury College. He has been president 
 of the Publishers' and Editors' Association 
 of Vermont from its organization until 
 
 1881, and also of the Vermont Historical 
 Society since the Rev. Dr. Lord retired. 
 Mr. Walton married, June 6, 1836, Sarah 
 Sophia, second daughter of the late Hon. 
 Joseph Howes, of Montpelier, who died 
 Sept. 3, 1880. 
 
 For a list of Mr. Walton's publications, 
 
 see ante. Bibliography of Montpelier. 
 
 In addition to those referred to there 
 
 are the following printed papers by Mr. 
 
 Walton : 
 
 Oration delivered at Northfield, July 4, 
 1837, and printed in the Watchman and 
 Journal of July 24, by request of Charles 
 Paine, chairman of the committee of ar- 
 rangements. 
 
 Remarks on the death of Charles Paine, 
 delivered at Northfiejd, July 29, 1853.. 
 Printed in the Watchman and Journal of 
 Aug. 4, and also in pamphlet form. 
 
 Speech delivered on the battle-field at 
 Hubbardton, July 7, 1859, oi^ ^^ inaugu- 
 ration of the battle monument. Printed 
 in the Watchm.an and Journal as an edi- 
 torial, and reprinted in pamphlet form at 
 Rutland. 
 
 Address on Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, 
 delivered on the unveiling of his monu- 
 ment at Tinmouth, Oct. 2, 1873. Printed 
 in some of the Rutland, Burlington and 
 Montpelier newspapers. 
 
 Letter to Hon. Geo. F. Edmunds, Jan. 
 1872, with elaborate and carefully prepared 
 tables on the apportionment of members 
 of Congress on the census of 1870. Print- 
 ed by order of the United States Senate. 
 
 The apportionment by the old rule under 
 the census of i860 gave Vermont two 
 members of the House instead of three. 
 Mr. Walton had no personal interest in 
 the matter, as his last term in Congress 
 was covered by the old apportionment; but 
 he had a deep interest for his native State, 
 which he dearly loved and had long tried 
 to serve. Both houses had passed a bill 
 reducing Vermont to two members, .when 
 Mr. Walton carefully examined the sub- 
 ject, and demonstrated that the bill did 
 not fairly observe the national constitu- 
 tion and was unjust to eight states. He 
 then explained the matter to Senator Col- 
 lamer, and under his lead the Senate 
 
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 passed a supplementary bill, and the re- 
 sult was that Vermont and the other seven 
 states got the additional member. Under 
 the census of 1870, precisely the same 
 process was repeated. Mr, Walton again 
 interfered, and Senators Edmunds of Ver- 
 mont and Thurman of Ohio carried an 
 amendment to the House bill, which saved 
 the suffering states. It is but justice to 
 say that Vermont is very largely indebted 
 to Mr. Walton for saving her third mem- 
 ber of Congress for twenty years. 
 
 HOMER WALLACE HEATON, 
 
 a member of the Washington County Bar, 
 and now, and since 1832, a resident of 
 Montpelier, was born in the adjoining 
 town of Berlin, Aug. 25, 181 1. His par- 
 ents were Dr. Gershom Heaton and Polly 
 Wallace, daughter of Matthew Wallace, 
 one of the early settlers of Berlin. 
 
 Mr. Heaton's educational advantages 
 were the common school, one . year at 
 the St. Lawrence Academy of Potsdam, 
 N. Y., and two years at the Washington 
 County Grammar School at Montpelier, of 
 which J. C. Southmayd was the excellent 
 principal. 
 
 In Aug. 1832, Mr. Heaton commenced 
 the study of the law with Col. Jonathan 
 P. Miller and Nicholas Baylies, Jr., of 
 Montpelier, and was admitted to the bar 
 of the Washington County Court, at the 
 Nov. Term, 1835, when he commenced 
 practice in company with Colonel Miller, 
 and so continued until 1839, when from 
 failing health Colonel Miller retired. In 
 Sept. 1839, Mr. Heaton and Charles Reed 
 entered into partnership for the practice of 
 the law, as Heaton & Reed, which was 
 continued until the death of Mr. Reed, 
 Mar. 7, 1873. (See plate, p. 356.) 
 
 Mr. Heaton was the treasurer of the 
 Vt. Mutual Fire Insurance Company for 2 
 years — 1837 and 1838 ; and was state's 
 attorney for Washington County 4 years — 
 was elected by the Legislature at the Octo- 
 ber sessions, 1839 and 1841, and the an- 
 nual Sept. elections in i860 and 1861. 
 Upoii the retirement of Joshua Y. Vail, a 
 long time county clerk, the office was ten- 
 dered Mr. Heaton by Judge Isaac F. Red- 
 
 field and the county Judges, which was 
 declined. 
 
 July I, 1841, Mr. Heaton married Miss 
 Harriet Stearns, daughter of John Stearns, 
 of Boston, Mass. She died April 26, 1859, 
 at the age of 42 years. Of this marriage 
 three sons are now living, Charles H., 
 James S. , and Homer W. 
 
 Mr. Heaton was the representative of 
 the ori ginal town of Montpelier in the 
 Legislature, -at the October session, 1848, 
 when the town was divided, and the towns 
 of Montpelier and East Montpelier crea- 
 ted. At that session Mr. Heaton was the 
 candidate of the Democratic party for 
 Speaker ; ^ there being three parties — the 
 Whig, Democratic and Free Soil-^and 
 neither in a majority : there resulted a dead 
 lock, which continued through four days' 
 session, when the Whig candidate was 
 elected on the 46th ballot. 
 
 At this session the National Life Ins. 
 Co. was chartered. The bill for that pur- 
 pose being referred to a select committee 
 of three members— Mr. Heaton being one 
 —was reported favorably and'passed. Mr. 
 Heaton was one of the directors of this 
 company and a member of its finance com- 
 mittee for several years. He, at the same 
 session, introduced a bill for the incorpo- 
 ration of the Vermont Bank, which was 
 passed, and Mr. Heaton was one of its di- 
 rectors during its existence as a State 
 Bank, and for 2 years its president. 
 
 Since the organization of the Montpelier 
 Savings Bank & Trust Company in 1871, 
 Mr. Heaton has been one of its trustees 
 and the president. 
 
 In politics, he has always been a Demo- 
 crat, having cast his first presidential vote 
 for Andrew Jackson at his second election. 
 
 Mr. Heaton was the Democratic candid- 
 ate for governor at the annual election in 
 
 1869, and the first biennial election in 
 
 1870. He was the Democratic candidate 
 for member of Congress from the first Dis- 
 trict atthe elections in 1872 and 1874. He 
 was a delegate to the Democratic National 
 Convention 'aX Baltimore in 1872, when 
 Horace Greeley was nominated for Pres- 
 ident. He has also been a candidate of 
 his party for Presidential Elector. 
 
544 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 JAMES JROBBINS LANGDON, 
 
 third son of Col. James H. and Nabby 
 Robbins Langdon, born Oct. 3, 1813, was 
 educated in Washington County Grammar 
 School, and then from choice entered his 
 father's grist-mill, and applied himself to 
 learn the miller's trade and the way to 
 manage the business of a flouring-mill. 
 This was in fact the turning point in his 
 business life, but his father did not ap- 
 prove, and tempted him to leave the mill 
 by offering to furnish capital and share the 
 profits with his son in a promising specula- 
 tion. At 15, then, the lad started out to 
 scour New England and New York, and 
 purchase Spanish, coin, and 'sell it in 
 Canada at a moderate profit. Persisting 
 in this business until Spanish coin be- 
 came scarce, he retired with a net profit 
 of $3,400, which was divided between 
 father and son. Spending a short time at 
 Derby Line as a clerk, he, at 17, busied 
 himself in settling his father's estate, and, 
 after receiving his patrimony, invested 
 part of it in a store at Greensboro ; but 
 the store and goods were soon burned, 
 and then he entered upon his long and 
 very successful career as flour merchant 
 and manufacturer, in which, by doing an 
 immense business at a small profit, he ac- 
 cumulated a very large fortune for a coun- 
 try merchant. Indeed, it is certain that 
 no merchant of Montpelier has ever 
 handled property to so great an amount as 
 he has done, or with such uniform success. 
 His rule has been to keep accurate ac- 
 counts of every branch of his business, 
 and to understand it all thoroughly, even 
 to the smallest detail. Hence, by his sa- 
 gacity and this perfect knowledge, success 
 was unavoidable. But the profits of this 
 large and successful business figure only 
 as a part of his present fortune. Mr. 
 Langdon has ever been a sagacious, pru- 
 dent and fortunate financier. The profits 
 of mercantile business have been invested 
 in the stock of sound banks, not one of 
 which ever failed or proved, unfortunate, 
 and in United States bonds. At 20 he 
 was elected a director in the old Bank of 
 Montpelier, and for 48 years he has been 
 
 director, and for many years president, in 
 three successive banks in Montpelier. 
 
 In another field, however, Mr. Langdon 
 has rendered, and is still rendering, very 
 important .services: in the Vermont Central 
 Railroad, and the succeeding Central Ver- 
 montRailroad. In preceding pages, 304-'5, 
 Mr. Langdon's work for the Central road 
 has been noted, but it is to be added that 
 he was a director for the first 2 years. In 
 1873, he entered the Central Vermont 
 road, and has been made vice president 
 and chairman of the finance committee. 
 In the last position he assumed a responsi- 
 bility which few private citizens are ever 
 called to ; but nobody doubts his ability 
 and his will to discharge it wisely and well. 
 
 Although Mr. Langdon has opinions of 
 his own on the current political questions 
 of the day, he has never put hirtiself forward 
 as a politician, or a candidate for office. 
 There was, however, an unwise and long- 
 continued division among the Republicans 
 of the town in 1868, which was, by common 
 consent, settled by the election of Mr. 
 Langdon as representative, and he was re- 
 elected in 1869, doing good service, es- 
 pecially in financial matters. 
 
 In early life Mr. Langdon was by an ac- 
 cident disabled sufficiently to discourage 
 most men from personal labors ; but he 
 has been content to do, patiently and per- 
 sistently, greater work than most thor- 
 oughly endowed men, physically, are able 
 to accomplish. 
 
 Mr. Langdon has two children : Lucy, 
 formerly Mrs. Mansfield, of Nyack, N. Y., 
 and now the wife of Mr. Schroeder, of 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., first superintendent of 
 the Astor Library; and Elizabeth W. The 
 latter received a shock some years ago, 
 which has ever since made her an object of 
 the tenderest solicitu de and care j and nobly 
 is her father doing his part. e. p. w. 
 
 For a notice of Mrs. James R. Langdon, 
 see page . 
 
 Hon. Nicholas Baylies resided here 
 25 years, 1810-1835, see, also, page 314, 
 when he removed from Mcntpelier. We 
 regret that we have no further notice of 
 the Judge for these pages. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 S4S 
 
 JOSEPH ADDISON WING, 
 
 son of Josiah and Polly (Gray) Wing, was 
 born in the part of this town now known 
 as East Montpelier, Dec. 26, 18 10. He 
 opened a law office one' year before his ad- 
 mission to the bar. May 13, 1835, inPlain- 
 field, this County, where he remained until 
 June, 1838, when he removed to Mont- 
 pelier village, where he has lived ever 
 since. He married, Jan. i , 1840, Samantha 
 E. Webster, of Cabot, daughter of Jesse 
 Webster, of that town. Mr. Wing has two 
 sons, Geo. W., the eldest, a practicing at- 
 torney in the same office with himself on 
 State street, and John G., his youngest son, 
 also a lawyer in his office, and four daugh- 
 ters, Florence A., Annette M., Alice M. 
 and Elizabeth B. Mr. Wing has for many 
 years handled the pen, writing for the 
 newspapers, paying to incidents and oc- 
 casions of public interest the tribute of his 
 verse, and in 1878, brought out a small 
 12 mo. vol. of 252 pp., printed in this vil- 
 lage, of no little interest to the many friends 
 to whom it was thus presented. 
 
 A few extracts from Mr. Wing's book, 
 which is the second volume of poems pub- 
 lished by a native of the town : 
 *^ Go forth my little book, devoid of pride; 
 
 Go lilje the brooks that tlirough the valleys glide. 
 
 And greener make the verdure by their side; 
 
 Go like the dew that silently doth fall 
 
 When o^er the earth night spreads her sable pall; 
 
 Go you, and zealously mankind entice 
 
 To seek for virtue and to flee ftom vice." 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM "PLUCK." 
 
 ( Without pluck.) 
 " See yonder man with downcast look pass by, 
 Mark you his face— no fire Is in his eye; 
 His coat is seedy, and his hat is old, 
 Uts pockets empty of both bills and gold, 
 Silent he passes through the busy throng; 
 No friend doth cheer him as he goes along, 
 No one is there that old man's hand to clasp 
 And warm his heart with friendship's kindly grasp 
 Onward, unnoticed, to liis cot he goes, 
 Where from the world he buries all his woes ; 
 There will he dwell unnoted and unknown 
 Till death's cold hand shall claim him as his own." 
 (With pluck.) 
 "Next view the great Napoleon, 
 When In its zenith glowed his sun; 
 
 Napoleon wore as sweet a smile 
 When banished to fair Elba's isle. 
 As when in Russia's northern sky 
 He saw his eagles proudly fly." ~ 
 
 69 
 
 WHAT SHALL WE DO? 
 
 What shall I do ? what shall I do ? 
 
 "Tls trutli I can't decide. 
 So many smiUng maids I view, 
 
 Whicli I shall make my bride. 
 
 I can't decide, I can't decide— / 
 
 There's Ann, so gay and witty. 
 And lovely Sue, the village pride, 
 
 And Mary, young and pretty. 
 
 There's blooming Helen, Fan, and Prue, 
 
 With fairy forms and features. 
 And Lydia, Betsey, Esther too. 
 
 All lovely, charming creatures. 
 
 I can't decide, I can't decide, 
 
 ' Mid eyes of every hue. 
 From Melvell's of the glistening black 
 
 To Kate's of melting blue.f 
 
 A WAIL. 
 
 A wail is on the southern air, 
 
 A wail across the sea ; 
 A rebel wall the breezes bear, 
 A wail of woe and fell despair 
 
 Wherever traitors be 
 
 A wail of fear, of want and pain, " 
 
 A wail of grief and care ; 
 It sweeps along eaeh Southern plain, 
 'Tis heard from o'er the stormy main 
 
 From every traitor there. 
 
 It comes from Georgia's fertile land, 
 
 Where her broad rivers flow. 
 Where Sherman's gallant vet 'ran band 
 Before Savannah made a stand 
 
 And humbled the proud foe. 
 
 ' Tfs heard from Charleston's burning halls, 
 
 Which late the world defied. 
 And from Columbia's blackened walls, 
 Where Sherman's host the foe appals 
 
 And spteads destruction wide. 
 
 It comes from Carolina's shore 
 
 As mourners at the grave ; 
 The pride of Wilmington is o 'er 
 The stripes and stars forevermore 
 
 Above her towers shall wave. 
 
 It comes from Richmond's crowded street. 
 
 Where Dayls reigns in pride ; 
 Where want and woe you constantmeet. 
 And starving women oft entreat 
 
 With bread to be supplied. 
 
 But louder still that wail shall be 
 
 That floats along the air, 
 Until the starry flag you see 
 Float o *er a land from slavery free 
 And find no traitors there. 
 April 2, 1865. 
 
 OiW(.— Mr8. Sarah Elizabeth Bancroft, Mar. 
 16, 1859. 
 
 Upon her silent tomb 
 
 The sweetest flowers shall bloom 
 
 Of early spring ; 
 Tbe willow's branch shall wave,' 
 And birds around her grave 
 Their matins sing. 
 
546 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE.' 
 
 CHARLES G. EASTMAN. 
 
 WRITTEN AT HIS QEAVE IN GKEEN MOUNT 
 CEMETEKY, MONTPELIER, VT., 1860. 
 
 There Is a void lu bower and hall 
 
 And grief obscures the day, 
 A loved oue from the circle sraaU 
 
 Hath passed ftom earth away. 
 
 Death garnered here no wliltened sheaf 
 
 Klpe for the sickle keen, 
 Be garnered here no hud or leaf 
 
 From Spring's fair fields so green. 
 
 A noble oak lies prostrate now, 
 
 It fell in all its pride; 
 Its trunk was sound and green each bougt]. 
 
 But still, alas I It died. 
 
 Ah, £astman. ever kind and true. 
 
 Lies burled 'n.eatli this sod ; 
 His soul, we trust, in garments new 
 
 Has flown to meet ills God. 
 
 He had not reached the noon of life, 
 
 His sun knew no decline ; 
 His path of life was rendered gay 
 
 By fairest flower and vine. 
 
 His lyre, that late tlie soul could move 
 
 To siulles and tears at will 
 And warm the heart to faith and4ove. 
 
 Is tuneless now and still. 
 
 Now here within this sacred ground 
 
 He rests In deatirs cold sleep. 
 And often on this humble mound 
 
 His wife and children weep. 
 
 Bring flowers upon liis grave to place, 
 And set the trees around; 
 
 He lOved the flowers In all their grace- 
 He chose this sacred ground. 
 
 - Here let him rest where first the sun 
 
 Its morning beams Illume. 
 And when its glorious race Is run 
 Last shines on Eastman's tomb. 
 
 NELSON A. CHASE 
 
 wa.s born in Petersham, Mass., Feb. i8, 
 1802, and brought to Calais, Vt., ip 1804. 
 Dec. 13, 1827, he married Clarissa, daugh- 
 ter of Gideon Hiclis, Esq., town clerli 
 of Calais almost time out of mind. Mr. 
 Chase was town clerk of Calais 16 years, 
 town repreentative 2 years, and delegate to 
 two Constitutional Conventions. He re- 
 moved to Montpelier in 1836, and has re- 
 sided here since, except Sept. 1841 to 
 Sept. 186;, when he was again in Calais. 
 He has been town clerk of Montpelier 3 
 years. Judge of Probate 2 years, Register of 
 Probate 20 years. County Commission- 
 er 3 years, and is widely known as a 
 land-surveyor. He is highly esteemed for 
 his capability and honesty. 
 
 HON. RODERICK RICHARDSON 
 (BY HON. T. r. BEDFIELD.) 1 
 
 Was born at Stafford, Conn., Aug. 7, 1807. 
 He was the second son of Roderick and 
 Anna (Davis) Richardson ; came to Waits- 
 field, Vt., with his parents, when 2 years 
 old. When a boy he went into mercantile 
 business with his father, and when 17 years 
 of age, went to Boston, to do the routine 
 duties of a country merchant. It was so 
 well done, that he continued to do all that 
 important and responsible business while 
 thus connected with his father. When of 
 full age, he went into business for himself, 
 and continued in general and extensive 
 business at Waitsfield until he removed to 
 Montpelier in 1855. While at Waitsfield, 
 he was elected for 5 successive years rep- 
 resentative for said town in the legislature 
 of the State, and for 4 years senator for 
 the County ; also associate judge of the 
 County Court for one term, and declined a 
 re-election. In all these various and re- 
 sponsible public trusts he was vigilant, in- 
 fluential and respected. While in the 
 legislature, he was efi5cient in procuring 
 the charter of the Vermont Bank at Mont- 
 pelier ; was a director of the bank from 
 its organization ; was the chosen agent of 
 the bank to procure the re-organization, 
 under the National Bank System ; was 
 president of said bank for several years. 
 Thus while at Waitsfield, he became largely 
 interested in the public affairs of the County 
 and the State, and the local public in- 
 terests of Montpelier, and had the full 
 confidence of his associates. After he 
 came to Montpelier, his interest in all that 
 concerned the public weal, not only con- 
 tinued, but was enlarged. Schools at 
 Montpelier had become neglected, and all 
 interest in them, seefningly, supplanted 
 by other matters that engrossed public at- 
 tention. Judge Richardson, with his ac- 
 customed energy, entered upon the plan 
 of re-organizing the schools in Montpelier, 
 and devoted more than 2 years of gra- 
 tuitous, hard labor to the building of the 
 new school-house for the graded school. 
 And as a consequence of the effort and in- 
 terest enlisted at that time, the whole 
 school system at Montpelier has become 
 
r^/i6/i^ [yUm^Z^M^D 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 revolutionized, and educational interests 
 have become cardinal. 
 
 He was a member of the Episcopal 
 church, and was active and efficient in all 
 the affairs of the diocese. He was three 
 times elected from this diocese delegate to 
 the - National Triennial Conventions in 
 -New York city and Philadelphia, and one of 
 the standing committee continuously until 
 his removal to Boston. By his liberality, 
 and two years of gratuitous personal labor, 
 Christ church, Montpelier, was built. The 
 obstacles in his way were many, and to 
 the ordinary man, formidable ; but his zeal 
 did not flag until the capstone of the spire, 
 in solid granite, had crowned his labor. 
 
 He was married to Harriet E. Taylor, 
 Feb. 28, 1839. They had 4 sons; 3 of 
 whom survive, are married, and in business. 
 Mrs. Richardson still survives, and, in 
 vigorous healthj graces their hospitable 
 mansion at Newton Highlands, Mass. 
 
 The subject of this -sketch descended 
 from vigorous Puritan stock. His ances- 
 tor, Amos Richardson, was resident and 
 householder on Washington street, Boston, 
 just north of the Old South Church, in 
 1640; removed to Stonington, Conn., in 
 1666, and was there elected representative 
 to the General Court, and was the agent 
 of Gov. Winthrop for New England. He 
 will be remembered, and valued, not for 
 any brilliant speech he has made, or for 
 any beautiful scrap of poetry he has writ- 
 ten ; but as a man of affairs, of keen per- 
 ception, and "just discrimination, and of 
 judgment so well balanced, and of such 
 unfaltering energy of character, that in 
 whatever he engaged, he enlisted his whole 
 soul, and overcame all impediment; nor 
 could subtlety delude or deceive him. In 
 whatever Undertaking, he is, therefore, 
 necessarily, successful. And it will justly 
 be said of him, that the world is better 
 that he has lived ; and for that he will be 
 remembered. 
 
 The graded school system for which Mr. 
 Richardson labored so well has been very 
 sucoessfiil in this place ; combined with the 
 old Washington County Grammar School, 
 they take the children from the a b c up to 
 
 prepared for college ; on the tax of the 
 grand list, every citizens's boy or girl may 
 have a solid education. 
 
 Mr. Walton gives the first schoolhouse, 
 on page 262, — a log-house, the second, a 
 year or two after, 1793 or '4, a frame-house 
 was " on the road to the hills on the 
 Branch Falls, near the spot now occupied 
 by the old burying-ground. The school 
 in this house was taught by Abel Knapp, 
 afterwards Judge Knapp of Berlin. In a 
 few years this house was burned, and an- 
 other was built near where the Methodist 
 chapel now stands." — {Thompson, i860.) 
 
 The act of the incorporation of the 
 Washington County Grammar School was 
 procured by the Hon. David Wing, Jr. 
 Mr. Thompson says in 1800, (a print mis- 
 take) . Mr. Walton's date, page 290, is cor- 
 rect. The first board of trustees, when 
 incorporated, were Col. Jacob Davis, Hon. 
 Charles Bulkley, David Wing, Jerahmel 
 B. Wheeler and Thomas West, Jr. " In 
 1 800-1-2, the school districts in town re- 
 ceived a remodelling," and were then ten 
 in number, four of which were formed into 
 the present Union and Graded School, 
 1858-9, leaving 6 districts. 
 
 The number of scholars in town in 1802, 
 was about 400 — the present number 1882, 
 about 
 
 TOWN TREASURERS. 
 
 Jonathan Cutler, first, 1792, i year; 
 after Elnathan Pope, i year; Joseph 
 Wing, alternately 29 years ; Joshua Y. 
 Vail, 1 year ; John Barnard, 2 years ; 
 Daniel Baldwin, alternately, 12 years; 
 H.N. Baylies, i year; Carlos Bancroft, 
 2 years ; Timothy Cross, i year ; J. A. 
 Page, 6 years to 1856; R.Richardson, 
 1856-59; George W. Scott in i860. — 
 
 TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 Ziba Woodworth, first town clerk, 1791 ; 
 Clark Stevens, 1792; David Wing, Jr., 
 [793-1807; Joseph Wing, 1807-1835 ; 
 Lyman Briggs, 1835-1846; James T. 
 Thurston, 1846-1851 ; Jona. E. Wrightv 
 1851; W. W. Cadwell, 1852-1855 ; Geo. 
 L. Kinsman, 1855 to 1859; Adams Kel- 
 logg, 1859. — Thompson. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 SELECTMEN. 
 
 James Hawkins, 1791, '92; James Tag- 
 gart, Hiram Peck, 1791 ; Benj. I.Wheeler, 
 1792, '93, '94, '96-1802, 'I I '12, '14 to '19 ; 
 Rufijs Wakefield, 1793; Parley Davis, 
 1794, '97 to 1801, '02, '03, '08, '23 ; Barna- 
 bas Doty, 1794, '95; Jacob Davis, 1795, 
 '99; Joseph Woodworth, 1795, 1805 to 
 1813, '14; A. Nealey, J. Putraan, 179S; 
 Elnathan Pope, 1796; David Wing, Jr., 
 1797 to 1807 ; Arthur Daggett, 1801; 02 ; 
 Paul Holbrook, 1803, '04; Clark Stevens, 
 1804, '05, '10; Jerahmel B. Wheeler, 1806 
 to '10, '13; Cyrus Ware, 1808; James H. 
 Langdon, 181 1, '20, '21, '22, '24; Ziba 
 Woodworth, 1812; Jeduthan Loomis, 
 1813; Samuel Rich, 1813; Salvin Collins, 
 1814, '17, '18; Timothy Hubbard, 1815, 
 '16, '19, '29; Nathaniel Davis, 1815, '16; 
 Nahum Kelton, 1817 to 1822. '26, '27, 
 '28; Joel Bassett, 1819; Isaac Putnam, 
 1820; Aranuah Waterman, 1821, 1830; 
 Joseph Howes, 1822, '23, 1825 to 1829, 
 '52, 'S3; Josiah Wing, 1822, 1825 to 
 1829, '31 '32; Joseph Wiggins, 1823; 
 Thomas Reed, Jr., Andrew Sibley, 1824 ; 
 Samuel Templeton, 1825, 1829, 1830; 
 Stephen Foster, 1829; ApoUos INJetcalf, 
 1830; Royal Wheeler, ,1831 to '36; Jo- 
 seph Reed, 1 83 1, '32; Jared Wheelock, 
 1833; Harry Richardson, 1833, '34. '35* 
 '36; George Clark, 1834, '35 ; Isaac Cate, 
 1836, '37, '48 ; William Billings, 1836, '37 ; 
 Lewis Sibley, Alfred Wainwright, 1837; 
 John Gray, Joel Bassett, Alfred Pitkin, 
 1838; R. R. Keith, LarnedCoburn, Cyrus 
 Morse, I839, 4°;, Charles Sibley, Ira S. 
 Town, 1841, 42; John Vincent, 1841, '42, 
 '43 ; Thomas Needham, L. A. Hathaway, 
 1843, '44; Hiram Sibley, 1844, '45; John 
 J. Willard, Carlos Bancroft, 184J, 46; 
 Charles Walling, 1846, '47; George S. 
 Hubbard, 1847, '48 ; John I. Putnam, 1847 ; 
 S. F. Stevens, 1848 ; Thomas Reed, 1849 ; 
 C. W. Bancroft, 1849, '50, '55; C. H. 
 Collins, William Howes, 1850; George 
 Worthington, 1851 ; John Spalding, 1851, 
 '54; B. F. Walker, 185 1 ; Geo. C. Shep- 
 herd, 1852; Wm. N. Peck, 1852, '53, '54, 
 '56, '57 ; Henry Nutt, 1853, '54 ; Charles 
 Reed, 1855, '56, '57, '59; A. W. Wilder, 
 1855. {See p. 549, 
 
 HON. JOHN A. PAGE 
 
 was born at Haverffill, N. H., June 17, 
 1814, son of Gov. John Page and Hannah 
 Merrill Page. Receiving an education at 
 Haverhill, he at 15 became clerk in a dty 
 goods store, and at 17 engaged in a whole- 
 sale dry goods store in Portland, Me., and 
 was speedily put in charge of the counting- 
 room, and made confidential and financial 
 clerk. In 1832, in his 19th year, he ac- 
 cepted a partnership in a well established 
 mercantile firm in Haverhill, N. H. ^ In 
 the spring of 1837, his business was closed 
 and he intended to go to the West, but he 
 accepted the cashiership of the Grafton 
 Bank in Haverhill, which he held until the 
 expiration of the charter, when he took the 
 cashiership of the Caledonia Bank in Dan- 
 ville, Vt., and in September, 1848, was 
 elected representative of Danville in the 
 Legislature. "While in that office he was 
 prevailed upon by Gov. Erastus Fairbanks 
 to become Financial Agent of the Pas- 
 sumpsic and Connecticut Rivers Railroad 
 Co., and removed to Newbury. In March, 
 1849, ^^ accepted the cashiership of the 
 " Vermont Bank," and removed to Mont- 
 pelier, where he has since resided. This 
 brief resume of Mr. Page's experience and 
 success as a financier sufficiently shows 
 that he is admirably qualified for the posi- 
 tions of still higher responsibility, to which 
 he was speedily called. In the autumn of 
 1853, he was elected State Treasurer by 
 the Joint Assembly, there having been no 
 election by the people. Mr. Page affilia- 
 ted with the Democratic party, as his father 
 had long done, and in 1854, he was super- 
 seded in the treasurer's office by the first 
 treasurer elected by the Republian party. 
 On the organization of the First National 
 Bank of Montpelier, in 1865, Mr. Page 
 was elected a director and president, and 
 still holds these positions. In 1866 he was 
 elected State Treasurer, and has been sub- 
 sequently re-elected at every election. Mr. 
 Page has been for several years an active 
 member and deacon in Bethany Church, 
 and a liberal supporter 'of it, and of kin- 
 dred institutions, such as the Sabbath 
 I school, Bible Society, Foreign and Domes- 
 [tic Missionary Societies, &c. e. p. w. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 David W. Wing, 1856, '57 ; R. W. Hyde, 
 1858, '59; Ebetiezer Scribner, 1858,' 59; 
 Joseph Poland, Joel Foster, Jacob Smith, 
 i860. — Thompson's List. 
 
 TOWN TREASURERS — 1860 TO 1 88 1. 
 
 George W. Scott, i86o-'6i -'62 -'63-64 
 -'6s-'66-'67-'68-'69. L. Bart Cross, 1870 
 -'71 -'72-73. James C. Houghton, Jr., 
 1 874-'7S-'76-'77-'78-'79-'8o-'8 1 . 
 
 TOWN CLERKS — 1860 TO 1 88 1. 
 
 Adams Kellogg, i86o-'6i-'62. W. E. 
 Adams, 1863-64 -'65-66. Nelson A. 
 Chase, i867-'68-'69. George W. Wing, 
 i87o-'7i-'72. Timothy R. Merrill, 1873 
 -'74-'7S-'76-'77-'78-'79-'8o-'8 1 . 
 
 OVERSEERS OF POOR — 1860 TO 1 88 1. 
 
 H. Y. Barnes, i86o-'6i-'62. B. H. 
 Snow, i863-'64-'65-'66-'67. Henry Barnes, 
 
 1878, resigned, and Timothy Cross elected 
 May 19, i868, at a special meeting. Wm. 
 W. Cadwell, i869-'70-'7i. Chester Clark, 
 1872. Wm. W. Cadwell, 1873- 74 -'75 
 '76-77 (died.) Denison Taft filled re- 
 mainder of 1877- '78 as overseer. Geo. 
 S. Hubbard, i878-'79-'8o-'8i. 
 
 SELECTMEN — 1860 TO l88l. 
 
 Joseph Poland, i860; Joel Foster, Jr., 
 i860, '61, '62, '65, '81 ; Jacob Smith, i860, 
 '61, '62 ; Carlos Bancroft, 1862, '66 ; Hen- 
 ry Nutt, 1863, '64, '66, '67 ; Jas. T. Thurs- 
 ton, 1865, '66,- '67; Charles Reed, 1861, 
 '67 ; Perley P. Pitkin, 1868, '74, '80 ; Sam- 
 uel Wells, 1868, '69, '70; Albert Johon- 
 nott, 1868, '69, '70, '78, '79. '8°; H. Bost- 
 wick, T. O. Bailey, E. F. Kimball, 187 1, 
 '72; Joel Foster, Jr., 1873, '81 ; Dennison 
 Dewey, 1873 ; Dennis Lane, Homer W. 
 Heaton, 1874, '75, '76, '77; J- Warren 
 Bailey, 1874, '75. '76, 'n, '78; Sumner 
 Kimball, 1877, '78; Arthur D. Bancroft, 
 
 1879, '80 ; Willard C. Walker, Clark King, 
 1881. T. R. M. 
 
 From the Records. — Town meeting, 
 March 29, 1792: Caleb Bennett, sealer of 
 leather; Truman West, pound keeper; 
 David Parsons, tithing man. 
 
 Hay-wards. — Perley Davis, Isaac Put- 
 nam, Lemuel Brooks, Jacob Davis, Jr., 
 Edmund Doty. , - 
 
 Grand Juror. — Nathaniel Parks. 
 
 Sealer of Weights and Measures. — Jona- 
 than Cutler. 
 
 Auditors. — John Templeton. Rufus 
 Wakefield, David Wing. 
 
 Town Meeting, March 8th, 1813, John 
 Templeton, [firstj Overseer of the Poor. 
 T. R. Merrill, Town Clerk. 
 
 Dec. 1881. 
 
 fire department, 
 [thompson to i860.] 
 
 In 1814, the first fire company was or- 
 ganized in town, the sum of $380 raised by 
 subscription among the citizens of the vil- 
 lage for the purpose, and an engine and 
 hose purchased. In 1835, another com- 
 pany was formed, and a second engine 
 purchased. And in 1837, a third engine 
 was purchased, with about 800 feet of 
 hose ; and a third company was organized 
 to man it, with a hook and ladder compa- 
 ny to act generally. About this time the 
 whole fire department was re-organized, 
 and pla.ced under the direction of the Hon. 
 Daniel Baldwin, who was appointed chief 
 engineer. Mr. Baldwin acted in this ca- 
 pacity many years, and, at length resign- 
 ing the responsible post, was succeeded 
 by Carlos' Bancroft, who, in 1852, was 
 succeeded by Capt. Almon A. Mead, who 
 has ever since been the efficient chief en- 
 gineer oi the department. In January, 
 i86o, "two large Button engines were pur- 
 chased," the fire department having been 
 re-organized in December, and companies 
 organized to manage them. No. 4 engine 
 arrived in February, and No. 5 in April. 
 The Chief Engineers of the department 
 from 1859 were Capt. A. A. Mead, from 
 1852 to '66; Samuel Wells 2 years from 
 i864; Jas. W. Brock, 2 years to 1870; 
 Geo. Z~. Clark in 187 1, and Gen. P. P. 
 Pitkin from that date, 10 years, andnow 
 continues to hold the office. 
 
 The Foremen of the several companies 
 from the same date, are : No. 4, John W. 
 Clark, i860, '61, '62; Levi Pierce in 1863, 
 who died in January, 1864 ; Deriison 
 Dewey in 1864; Edwin C. Lewis in 1866, 
 who died in J867 ; Freeman Bixby, 1867, 
 '68 ; Lewis Wood, 1869, '70, '71, ''■j^ ; now 
 resides in Taunton, Mass. ; Alex. Jan- 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 graw, 1872 to ^77 ; Chas. F. Collins, 1877 
 to '8i, inclusive. No. 5, — Henry Barnes, 
 three mos. in i860, now resides in Wave- 
 land, Iowa ; Horace F. Grossman, the re- 
 maining 9 months of i860. He died in 
 Washington, D. C, about 1867. Geo. S. 
 Robinson, 1861, '62; Oliver R. Dutton in 
 
 1863, now resides in Ohio ; Robert J. 
 Hargin in 1864; Geo. C. Clark, 1865 to 
 '71. He died in Holland, Mich., Apr. 22, 
 1878. Isaac M. Wright, 1871, '72 ; A. O. 
 Seabury, 1873, '74, '75, npw resides in 
 
 -Boston; John W. Page, in 1876, now re- 
 sides in Nebraska; Robert J. Coffey, 1877, 
 '78, now resides in Richmond, Vt. ; Chas. 
 C. Ramsdell, 1879, '80, '81. 
 
 Hook and Ladder Co. No. i : Geo. S. 
 Hubbard in i860; Adams Kellogg, 1861, 
 '62 ; now resides in Louisiana. Isaac A. 
 Lathrop in 1863 ; Curtis S. Newcomb, 
 
 1864, '65. He died in Springfield, Mass. 
 in 1867. Lewis B. Huntington, 1866, '67; 
 Andrew J. Howe, 1868, '69 ; John L. Tut- 
 tle, 1870, '71 ; Moses Kane, 1872 to '80. 
 He died Oct. 2, 1881. Horace Mills in 
 in 1880; Joseph B. Morse, 1881. 
 
 No. 2 was re-organized and was dis- 
 banded in December, 1875. Foremen : 
 Lewis Wood, 1868; Samuel Wells, 1869; 
 he died Jan. 1878; Wm. O. Standish, 
 1870 to '74; Geo. P. Foster in 1874 — he 
 died Jan. i, 1881. Charles H. Carter, in 
 1875. All the ex-foremen of the compa- 
 nies are residing in town at the present 
 date — Dec. 24, 188 1, but those given as 
 residing elsewhere. 
 
 The fire department of this village has 
 been eminently successful, and has unques- 
 tionably already been instrumental in sav- 
 ing hundreds of thousands of dollars of 
 property. And now, with its 5 engines, 
 nearly 2000 feet of hose, ladders, and all 
 other needful equipments, and with its al- 
 most three hundred firemen to work and 
 'manage them, is probably the best and 
 most efficient fire department in the State. 
 
 There are now three companies in this 
 village, ofiicered for 1882 as follows : 
 
 ffook and Ladder Company — H. C. 
 Lull, foreman ; Wm. Goodwin, ist assist- 
 ant; John Portal, 2d assistant; M. C. 
 Kinson, clerk; L. Rodney, steward. 
 
 Engine Company, No. 4 — Chas. F. Col- 
 lins, foreman ; Samuel Luke, 1st assist- 
 ant ; Ed. Donwoodie, 2d assistant; C. W. 
 Guernsey, clerk and collector ; Hiram At- 
 kins, treasurer ; Otis G. Miles, steward. 
 
 Engine Company, No. $ — Moses Pear- 
 son, foreman ; Janus Crossett, ist assist- 
 ant ; Marcus Lynch, foreman of hose ; 
 Charles D. F. Bancroft, secretary and col- 
 lector; Robert J. Hargin, treasurer; Lu- 
 cius 5. Goodwin, steward. 
 
 The Hook and Ladder has 60 men ; 
 No. 4, 70 men ; No. 5, 75 men. There 
 are three other engines that have no com- 
 pany ; but are never needed now as the 
 village has four pumps. Theron O. Bai- 
 ley's steam pump at the Pavilion, Edwin 
 W. Bailey's mill-pump, water-power, the 
 cab shop pump, by water power and the 
 Lane Manufacturing Co. pump by water 
 power, and these pumps are so situated as 
 to be sufficient, with the present companies, 
 in all cases of fire that may occur here. 
 
 A very handsome cart, cost about $1000, 
 was purchased for the Hook and Ladder 
 Company some 12 years since. The fire 
 companies are all volunteer companies, 
 exempt from poll taxes for fire services ; 
 have a good business account, and were 
 never in better condition than at the 
 present. [c. de f. b.J 
 
 [additional.] 
 UNION MUTUAL FIRE INS. CO. 
 
 Mr. Walton's history of Montpelier was 
 written nearly a dozen years ago, before 
 the above-named company was organized, 
 and in hastily making it out that company 
 was accidentally omitted. It commenced 
 business July 28, 1875, and Aug. i, i88i 
 it had $2,716,590.50 insured, with premi 
 urn notes to the amount of $163,105.82 
 The officers are W. G. Ferrin, Pres., J 
 W. Brock, Vice Pres., A. C. Brown, Sec. 
 W. F. Braman, Treas. 
 
 PIONEER ABOLITIONISTS. 
 
 The first antislavery votes for President 
 ever cast in Montpelier, were given to 
 James G. Birney in 1840, and the honor 
 belongs to Zenas Wood, John Wood, 
 Henry Y. Barnes, Hezekiah Ward and 
 Joseph Somerby. The whole number cast 
 in the State was 319. 
 
 [See portrait of Zenas Wood, opposite.] 
 

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MONTPELIER. 
 
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 GRADUATES OF MONTPELIER. 
 
 Some of the graduates of Montpelier, to 
 which further additions can be made in 
 this work, in a supplementary form. From 
 President Buckham, of Burlington 
 College, we have received the following 
 account for this town of 
 
 graduates from the vt. university : 
 Library, University of Vt., ) 
 Burlington, Nov. 24, 1881. I 
 To President Buckham : 
 
 My Dear Sir. — I beg to hand you below 
 the information which I understood you to 
 desire yesterday, regarding the graduates 
 of the University who have entered from 
 Montpelier. This list is necessarily very 
 imperfect, from the fact that no annual 
 catalogues were issued before 1808 ; and 
 the further fact that we possess no copies 
 of those of the following years: 1809 to 
 1821, 1824 to 1833, 1864 to 1865. 
 
 In 1824, George Washington Houghton 
 was graduated ; in 1827, Nicholas Baylies ; 
 1838, George Washington Reed; 1840, 
 James Reed Spalding; 1844, Carlos Allen 
 Sprague; 1845, Charles Dewey and Na- 
 thaniel George Clark ; 1846, James Pren- 
 tiss and Jonathan Allen Wainwright ; 1847, 
 George Washington Cottrill ; 1848, Edward 
 Bingham Chamberlain and Geo. Sennott ; 
 1847, Charles Carroll Spalding; 1849, 
 Charles Loomis ; 1852, Jedd Philo Clark 
 Cottrill; 1853, George Robinson Thomp- 
 son; 1856, Charles Colburn Prentiss, Geo. 
 Railey Spalding and Henry Lingan Lamb ; 
 1858, Alfred Bowers Thompson ; i860, 
 James Stevens Peck ; 1861, John Pushee 
 Demeritt and John Wright Norton ; 1862, 
 James Wilson Davis and J. Monroe Poland. 
 
 Besides these, I find record of William 
 K. Upham as a sophomore in 1834 and 
 Theodore Prentiss in 1839 ; John Barnard 
 and George Bradshaw as juniors in 1840 ; 
 Henry Lee Dodge, a senior in 1845 i Alfred 
 Washburn Pitkin, sophomore in 1843 ; 
 Oscar Silver, freshman in 1842 ; Samuel 
 Mosely Walton, sophomore in 1843 ; Tim- 
 othy Abbott and Charles Warren Badger, 
 freshmen in 1844. 
 
 From East Montpelier. — Lewis Larned 
 Coburn and Milo Latimer Templeton in 
 1859; Salvin Collins Clark, freshmen in 
 1854- 
 
 If Montpelier is credited with A. B. 
 Thompson, (1858,) I see not why Charles 
 Wheeler Thompson, (1854,) should not 
 be set down to the same town — though in 
 point of fact both of them came from the 
 same house on the Berlin side of the 
 Winooski river, and C. W. T. called him- 
 self of Berlin, as he truly was. So, too, 
 J. W. Norton, if I rightly recollect, was 
 not really from Montpelier, but from Berlin 
 or Middlesex. 
 
 The above is the best showing I can 
 make, by reason of our lack of over 30 an- 
 nual catalogues. j. e. g. 
 
 (Gov.) Asahel Peck was in college at 
 Burlington in his senior term, and Charles 
 G. Eastman entered and was for a time 
 there, and Dr. Julius Y. Dewey graduated 
 at the medical department in 1823. E. P. 
 Walton and Hon. S. S. Kelton also, give 
 as graduates at this college from Mont- 
 pelier • David M. Camp, 18 10; Charles 
 Strong Smith, and Thomas Davis Strong, 
 1848; Charles H. Heath, 1854; Benjamin 
 Franklin Fifield, 1855; Charles Daley 
 Swazey, 1859, of Montpelier, and Geo. B. 
 Nichols, now of Chicago ; Henry Dodge, 
 now in California ; C. A. Sprague now in 
 
 Watertown, Wis. ; HoUister, of 
 
 East Montpelier. 
 
 GRADUATES AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE. 
 
 Class of \%oi>. — Rev. Chester Wright, 
 first pastor of Bethany church ; ante, page 
 388. 
 
 Class of 1807. — Jona. C. Southmayd. 
 
 Class of 1808. — Joshua Y. Vail. 
 
 Class of 1 8 17. — Charles Watrous, 
 page 498. 
 
 C&j.f(7/"i82o.— Marcus Tullius Cicero 
 Wing, and Daniel P. Thompson. 
 Class of iZzs,. — Asahel C. Washburn. 
 
 graduates at DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. 
 
 Class of 182s. — Rev. George Barney 
 Manser, first pastor of Christ Church ; 
 ante, see pages 411, 414, 415. 
 
 Class of 1832. — Charles William 
 Prentiss, son of the Hon. Samuel and 
 Lucretia (Houghton) Prentiss, was born at 
 Montpelier, Oct. 18, 1812. He read lavir 
 and commenced practice at Irasburg ; rep- 
 resented it in the Vt. Legislature 2 years ; 
 removed his office to Montpelier.- He 
 married Caroline Kellogg, of Peacham. — 
 Alnmni tablet. '• 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Class of 1835. — Charles Reed, page 
 513, whose wife, says the record of Dart- 
 mouth, is grand-daughter of President 
 Eleazer Wheelock. 
 
 Class of 1836. — Redfield and Colby ; 
 Stoddard Colby, page 468 ; Judge Redfield, 
 page S40. 
 
 Timothy Parker Redfield, A. M., 
 the son of Dr. Peleg and Hannah (Parker) 
 Redfield, was born at Coventry, Nov, 3, 
 1811. He read law and began practice at 
 Irasburg, in 1837 ; represented it in the 
 Vt. Legislature in 1839 ; was also a State 
 senator in 1848; removed that year to 
 Montpelier, and there continues, promi- 
 nent in his profession. He married Helen 
 W., daughter of Maj. William Granniss, 
 of Stanstead, P. Q., Feb. 6, 1840. Isaac 
 Redfield, D. C. 1825, is his brother. — 
 Alumni tablet. 
 
 Stoddard Benham Colby, A. M., the 
 son of Capt. Nehemiah and Melinda (Lar- 
 rabee) Colby, was born at Derby, Feb. 3, 
 1816. He read law at Lyndon; began 
 practice at Derby ; represented it in the 
 Legislature of Vt. ; removed to Montpelier, 
 and remained until 1864; was State's At- 
 torney for Washington Co. in 1851 and 
 1852 ; became register of the U. S. Treas- 
 ury in Aug. 1864. He married, ist, Har- 
 riet Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Jabez 
 Proctor, of Proctorsville, Feb. 11, 1840; 
 2d, Ellen Cornelia, daughter of Caleb Hunt, 
 of Haverhill, N. H., July 12, 1855. — Alum- 
 ni tablet. 
 
 Class of li^'^,. — Rev. William Hayes 
 Lord, pastor of Bethany church, p. 393. 
 
 Class of \%i,T . — OziAS Cornwall Pit- 
 kin, the son of Dea. Alfred and Orpha W. 
 Pitkin, was born at Montpelier, May 2, 
 1827. He taught at Morrisville 2 years ; 
 was head of the high school at Taunton, 
 Mass., 5 years ; removed to Chelsea Mass., 
 in 1854. He married Caroline M., dau. of 
 Wm. Muenscher, of Taunton, Mar. 1852. 
 — Alumni tablet. 
 
 Class of\Z^\. — CharlesWesleyWil- 
 LARD, page 492. 
 
 Class of 1854. — Charles Franklin 
 Smith, the son of Oramel Hopkins and 
 Mary (Goss) Smith, was born at Mont- 
 pelier, about 1833, and died at Hancock, 
 Mich., Apr. 23, 1864, aged 31. He read 
 law with his father ; went into practice at 
 Chicago, 111., but removed to Hancock, 2 
 or 3 years prior to his death.— Ahimni 
 tablet. 
 
 Class of 1862. — Chauncey Warriner 
 Town, the son of Ira Strong and Frances 
 
 Miretta (Witherell) Town, was born at 
 Montpelier, July 4, 1840. He read law, 
 and has opened an office in New York. city. 
 — Alumni tablet. 
 
 Class of 1865 .— ^HiRAM Augustus Huse, 
 the son of Hiram S. and Emily M. (Blod- 
 gett) Huse, was born at Randolph, Jan. 
 17, 1843; resident lawyer at Montpelier, 
 and present librarian of the Vt. St. Hist. 
 Society ; contributor for Randolph in vol. 
 II. this work, and to the present volume. 
 
 Class of 1866. — Chester W. Merrill, 
 the son of Ferrand Fassett and Eliza 
 Maria (Wright) Merrill, was born at Mont- 
 pelier, Apr. 23, 1846. He has been an 
 Assistant at the New Ipswich Academy. — 
 Alumni tablet. 
 
 Mr. Merrill is now Librarian of the Cin- 
 cinnati Free Public Library. 
 
 Class of 1866. — George Washington 
 Wing, the son of Joseph Addison and 
 Samantha Elizabeth (Webster) Wing, vras 
 born at Plainfield, Oct. 22, 1843. — Alumni 
 tablet. \See next page\ 
 
 Class of 1867. — Howard F. Hill, the 
 son of John M 'Clary and Elizabeth Lord 
 (Chase) Hill, was born at Concord, N. H., 
 July 21, 1846. — Alumni tablet. 
 
 Mr. Hill is now Rector of Christ Church, 
 Montpelier. 
 
 THOMAS W. wood, 
 
 only son of the late John Wood, is also a 
 son of Montpelier, of whom her people 
 are very justly and highly proud. With a 
 natural genius for sketching and painting, 
 he has persevered until, by his long expe- 
 rience and correct taste, he has become 
 one of the best realistic and portrait paint- 
 ers in the country, and has so commanded 
 the admiration and respect of his brother 
 artists that he is honored with the office of 
 President of an association of artists in 
 New York city. Mr. Wood's winter studio 
 is in New York city, but his summers are 
 generally spent in Vermont, at"Athen- 
 wood," an unique and beautiful cottage in 
 a mountain gorge, which, however, over- 
 looks the village of Montpelier. He is 
 not merely a very successful artist, but a 
 gentleman who is highly esteemed by all 
 who know him. We have hoped to re- 
 ceive data for a more detailed notice, but 
 are obliged to go to press with this imper- 
 fect one. E. p. w. 
 
MONTPELIER, 
 
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 {partniouth Graduates, continued.') 
 Ilerbert Stebbins, now at Andover Theo- 
 logical Seminary, John W. Page, WiHiam 
 A. Lord, Rush P. Barrett and Ashton R. 
 Willard of this town, are also Dartmouth 
 graduates. 
 
 Amherst College — Class of 1869. — 
 D. G. Thompson, Henry K. Field. 
 
 Class of 1870.— John B. Thurston, J. 
 Edward Miller. 
 
 Class of 1 87 1. — J. C. Houghton, Jr., 
 John V. Brooks. 
 
 Class of 1876. — Albert A. Redway and 
 Osman D. Clark. 
 
 Denison University, (Ohio). — Rev. 
 Henry A. Rogers, present pastor of the 
 Baptist Church, Montpelier. 
 
 Grand Seminary of Arras (France) . 
 Very Rev. Zephyrinus Druon, — page 423. 
 
 Grand Seminary OF Vannes, (France.) 
 Joseph Duglue, present pastor of St. Au- 
 gustine'.s church, Montpelier, — page 424. 
 
 Harvard College. — Class of 1858, 
 Rev. Charles A. Allen; first pastor of the 
 Church of the Messiah; Rev.. J. Edward 
 Wright, present pastor of the same ; class 
 of 1878, William Zebina Bennett, Profes- 
 sor of Chemistry and Philosophy in Wor- 
 cester University, Ohio; and Charles J. 
 Hubbard, Romeo G. Brown and Carrol 
 King are now collegiates at Harvard. 
 
 Princeton College, N. J. — Rev. Fred- 
 erick W. Shelton, who was rector of Christ 
 church. 
 
 Tufts College.— W. L. Warren, 1869. 
 
 Union Theological Seminary, (New 
 York city). — Class of 1863, James W. 
 Davis. 
 
 Yale College. — Rev. J. H. Hincks 
 graduated at this college, A. B., in 1874, 
 and at the Theological Seminary S. F. B., 
 in 1876; and J. R. Brackett, Principal of 
 the High School here has the "P. H. D." 
 from Yale, received in 1879. 
 
 The following Montpelier clergymen 
 have received the D. D. : Rev. Wm. H. 
 Lord, Rev.-F. W. Shelton, Rev. Andrew 
 Hull, and Rev. Eli Ballou. 
 
 Ladies who have graduated at college : 
 Clara Pitkin at Oberlin, Letitia Durant 
 at Burlington, or U. V. M., Emma 
 Hoyt at Vassar. 
 
 origin of the christian messenger. 
 
 A recent visit to the rooms of the New 
 England Methodist Historical Society in 
 Boston, has given us an opportunity to 
 find the. files of the early issues of the 
 ' ' Vermont Christian Messenger," and from 
 them we have the following definite infor- 
 mation regarding its origin. The first 
 number was issued under date of Mar. 12, 
 1847, at Newbury, Rev. S. P. Williams 
 being the publisher ; Rev. Wm. W. Wil- 
 lett and Rev. E. J. Scott, editors; N. 
 Granger agent, and L. J. Mclndoe printer. 
 Mr. Williams (then presiding elder of 
 Danville District) retired from the publish- 
 ing interest as announced in the issue of 
 July 16, 1847, and Messrs. Willett & Scott 
 became the proprietors as well as editors. 
 On Jan. i, 1848, the " Messenger " was 
 removed to Montpelier, and on March 1 1 , 
 of the same year. Rev. E. J. Scott became 
 the sole proprietor and chief editor, with 
 Rev. J. T. Peck, A. M., (now Bishop 
 Peck) as the corresponding editor. On 
 Sept. 6, 1848, Rev. A. Webster became 
 joint proprietor with Mr. Scott, and on 
 Mar. 6, 1850, the names of E. J. Scott 
 and A. J. Copeland appeared as proprie- 
 tors. On Nov. 6, 1850, Mr. Scott was" 
 announced as sole proprietor, and on Jan. 
 I, 1851, as sole editor also. We have not 
 been able to find the files of the succeedr 
 ing years to 1861, and will be very grateful 
 for information which will give us access 
 to any which may be in existence. 
 
 J. R. Bartlett. 
 Barre, Vt., Dec. 30, 1881. 
 
 golden weddings. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Capt. Joseph Somerby, 
 celebrated the first golden wedding in 
 Montpelier village many years ago. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Worcester Sprague, cele- 
 brated their golden wedding Mar. II, 1878. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nutt, celebrated 
 their golden wedding June 18, 1878. All 
 of this village. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 THE 4TH OF JULY, 1807. 
 
 Well does the writer remember the ap- 
 pearance of the village the first time he 
 entered it, which was on the fourth of 
 July, 1807. State street had then been 
 surveyed, but not opened. There had 
 been before one bridge across the Branch, 
 and that was at the Union House ; but 
 even that had been carried away, we think, 
 by the flood of the previous spring. At 
 all events, no bridge was there then. The 
 men and women rode through the stream 
 on horses, or in carts and wagons, and we 
 boys rolled up our trowsers over our knees 
 and waded across, not one in ten of us be- 
 ing cumbered with either stockings or 
 shoes. The point of attraction was the 
 new State House grounds, and our way led 
 along the old road down the river, under 
 the hill, where the back street now ex- 
 tends from the Union House to the Cath- 
 olic Church. All on our left, after passing 
 the Colonel Davis establishment, and one 
 or two small houses on the bank to the 
 east of it, was a Smooth, broad, well-tilled 
 meadow, covered with waving green corn. 
 Two lines of stakes running east and west 
 could be traced through the midst of the 
 meadow. 
 
 " What in the world are all those stakes 
 for, setting up so straight and curious, all 
 in a row there ?" asked one of the older, 
 out of town boys. " Those stakes ? Why 
 they are to show where we are to have a 
 new handsome street from the new State 
 House right across the Branch, with a 
 fine, elegant new bridge," replied a village 
 boy, pricking up with pride at the thought. 
 " A street," rejoined the other, "well, I 
 wonder where they expect to find houses 
 ■to put upon it. It appears to me you vil- 
 lage folks are trying to grow grand all at 
 once. When you get the new State House 
 up, I expect we shan't be able to touch 
 you with a rod pole." 
 
 This natural little bout of words among 
 the boys of that time, showed two things 
 better than a page of elucidation ;— first, 
 the extent of the important changes and 
 improvements iii contemplation for the 
 village, and second, the starting points of 
 the simultaneous growth of that village 
 pride and country jealousy, which, proba- 
 bly, are ever in a greater or less degree to 
 be found, wherever villages exist, to crow 
 and affect superiority, and country towns 
 to build up and sustain them. 
 
 When we reached the place where the 
 then novelty of our national jubilee was to 
 be celebrated, we found the exercises of 
 the day were to be performed on the 
 ground-work of the new State House, the 
 foundation walls of which were all up, the 
 sills and flooring timbers framed together. 
 
 and roughly floored over, and the plates 
 and some other of the heavy upper timbers 
 ranged round the borders of this ground 
 frante-work. Near the centre of the area 
 thus formed, was erected a broad platform, 
 on which was placed a table and several 
 chairs for the orator of the day and those 
 who assisted in the usual services ; while 
 around it, on the borders of the whole 
 area, were erected bushes, or rather small 
 trees, freshly cut and brQught from the ad- 
 joining woods on the hill, to serve for 
 shade for the speaker and audience. The 
 orator was Paul Dean, a Universalist min- 
 ister, who resided in Boston, but who 
 about that time preached for some small 
 period in diflFerent parts of Montpelier. 
 
 This was the first general public celebra- 
 tion of the Fourth of July ever held in 
 Montpelier. A small village celebration 
 was, however, held the preceding summer, 
 in a booth, built in a meadow near the 
 Davis mills on the Branch, and Dr. Ed- 
 ward Lamb wrote and delivered the ora- 
 tion. — Thompson. 
 
 GEN. PERLEY P. PITKIN 
 
 was born in Marshfield, son of Truman 
 Pitkin, and grandson of Hon. Stephen of 
 Marshfield, and Gen. Parley Davis of 
 Montpelier. His father removed to what 
 is now East Montpelier, and shortly his 
 mother died, leaving three young children. 
 Perley P, was brought up under the eye of 
 Gen. Davis, married in East Montpelier, 
 represented that town 2 years, and resided 
 there until the breaking out of the rebell- 
 ion. June 6, 1 86 1, he was commissioned 
 Quarter Master of the 2d Regt. of Vermont 
 Volunteers, and went to the front. The 
 writer of this notice was then in Washing- 
 ton, and well remembers the astonishment 
 of the red-tape gentlemen of the War De- 
 partmentat the promptitude of Q. M. Pitkin 
 in the discharge of his duties, and the vim 
 with which he demanded supplies. His 
 controlling idea was that Vermont boys 
 mustht taken care of, and they were, as well 
 as an efficient officer could do it. His valu- 
 able qualities were soon discovered, and in 
 less than a year he was promoted to the 
 rank of Captain, and not long after to that 
 of Colonel and head of the Depot Depart- 
 ment of the army of the Potomac. He re- 
 turned to Montpelier, where his family was 
 located; and entered into business with 
 Dennis Lane and J-. W. Brock in the manu- 
 
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 facture of saw-mills, which now have a wide 
 reputation ; and this has been developed 
 into the 'Lane Manufacturing Company, 
 which now has the largest and most suc- 
 cessful business which any manufacturing 
 concern in Montpelier has ever had. He 
 resigned his colonelcy and was elected 
 Quarter-Master General of the State, and 
 having charge of the State Arsenal, and 
 military supplies far beyond the wants 
 of the State, he succeeded in making sales 
 to foreign governments, which materially 
 aided the State treasury and reduced the 
 burden of taxation of the people. He rep- 
 resented Montpelier in the legislature 
 1874-5, a^d since his residence has al- 
 most constantly been employed in town 
 and village offices. e. p. w. 
 
 FIRST ELECTION DAY IN MONTPELIER. 
 
 By the terms of the act, locating the 
 seat of government at Montpelier, the 
 State House was to be completed by the 
 first of September, 1808. It was done ; 
 and great were the preparations made 
 among the villagers, and great the antici- 
 pations raised among them and through all 
 the surrounding community, in view of the 
 advent of the new and important day of 
 " Election.'''' Streets were cleared of lum- 
 ber and rubbish, side-walks prepared of 
 plank or gravel, houses painted, new suits 
 of clothes purchased, and everything made 
 to assume the sprucest appearance. A 
 fine artillery company uniformed through- 
 out with plumed Bonaparte hats and the 
 dress of field officers in all except the epau- 
 lette on the privates, was organized from 
 among the first citizens of this and the 
 neighboring towns, to serve as the gover- 
 nor's guard, and be in special attendance 
 on Election days. Of this company Isaac 
 Putnam, a man nearly six feet high, weigh- 
 ing over two hundred pounds, well propor- 
 tioned, and as noble in soul as in body, 
 had the honor of being chosen the first 
 captain, and no one of those present now 
 living can fail to recall his fine and com- 
 manding military appearance on those oc- 
 casions as he stood up between his soldiers 
 and the encircling crowd, like Saul among 
 the people. An iron six-pounder field 
 piece had been procured ; and a thrill of 
 excitement ran through the excited hearts 
 of all the boys of the community at the 
 news, that when the election of State 
 officers was declared on Election day, "a 
 cannon, a great cannon, was to be fired in 
 Montpelier Hollow !" 
 
 The eventfiil day at length came, and 
 
 with it two-thirds of the population of all 
 the neighboring country, ij or 20 miles 
 around, came pouring into the village. 
 But instead of attempting any further gen- 
 eral description of the then entire novelties 
 of the day and their effect on the multitude, 
 we will, at the risk of the imputation of 
 losing our dignity as a historian, again 
 have recourse to the reminiscences of our 
 boyhood. We were, of course, there on 
 that day among the throngs of excited 
 boys, congregated from all quarters, to 
 witness the various sights and performances 
 expected on that important occasion. A 
 showy procession had been formed in the 
 fore part of the day, led by the military in 
 all the marching pomp of flying colors and 
 rattling drums, and followed by the State 
 ofiicers, members of the legislature and a 
 concourse of citizens, and the Election 
 sermon had been preached by the Rev. 
 Sylvanus Haynes, pastor of the Baptist 
 Church of Middletown. The House of 
 Representatives had been organized by the 
 election of Dudley Chase, Esq., of Ran- 
 dolph, Speaker; and a canvassing com- 
 mittee appointed still earlier in the day and 
 put to work in counting the votes for State 
 officers. And as the hour of sunset ap- 
 proached, and as there had been for some 
 hours no public demonstrations to be wit- 
 nessed, a great proportion of the crowd 
 was scattered all over the village. We 
 and a lot of other boys were standing in 
 the street somewhere against our present 
 Court House, when, sudden as the burst- 
 ing of a thunder clap, the whole village 
 shook with the explosion of the cannon on 
 the State House common. We all instant- 
 ly ran at the top of our speed for the spot. 
 When we had got about half way there, 
 we met a gang of other boys from one of 
 the back towns, who, taken by surprise 
 and seized with panic at the stunning 
 shock, were fleeing for their lives in the 
 opposite direction; but gaining a little 
 assurance from seeing us rushing toward 
 the scene of their fright, one, braver than 
 the rest, stopped short, boldly faced about 
 and . exclaimed, "Hoo! I an't a n'attom 
 afraid !" and all now joining in the race, 
 we were, in another minute, within a few 
 rods of the smoking gun, which had been 
 discharged on the announcement of the 
 election of Isaac Tichenor as Governor. 
 The next moment our attention was at- 
 tracted by the voice of Israel P. Dana, 
 sheriff of the county, standing on the upper 
 terrace of the State House, and loudly pro- 
 claiming — "Hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! 
 the Honorable Paul Brigham has been 
 elected Lieutenant Governor, in and over 
 the State of Vermont, by the suffrages of 
 the freemen. God save the people!" Then 
 
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 another discharge of the piece saluted our 
 recoiling ears and sent its sharp echoes 
 from side to side between the encircling 
 hills. Then came the announcement of 
 the election of Benjamin Swan as Treas- 
 urer, followed by a third gun ; then the 
 last announcement of the election of Coun- 
 cillors, followed by a fourth gun ; and then, 
 without further official announcements, the 
 salute of guns was continued till one for 
 each of the states had been fired. 
 
 Such were the performances on the first 
 Election day in Montpelier, qnd such the 
 interest and excitement they created among 
 the multitude. — Thompson. 
 
 HON. JOSEPH POLAND, 
 
 second son of the late Dea. Luther and 
 Nancy (Potter) Poland, was born in 
 Underhill, Mar. 14, 1818 ; removed with 
 his father in 1821 to Coit's Gore, now 
 Waterville, and workedon afarm till 1835, 
 when he came as an apprentice to the 
 Montpelier Watchman ofliice, and remain- 
 ed until 1839. January i, 1839, he com- 
 menced the publication of the Voice of 
 Freedom, but in less than a year sold out 
 on account of ill health. In June, 1840, 
 he started the Lamoille Whig at Johnson, 
 and continued it 3 years. In 1844, he re- 
 turned to Montpelier, and established the 
 Green Mountain Freeman, and continued 
 it until Dec. 1848. In 1868, in connection 
 with his son, J. Monroe, he purchased the 
 Watchman and Journal^ of which he is 
 still in charge. It is probable that no ed- 
 itor in Vermont, now in the harness, has 
 had Mr. Poland's experience of 25 years in 
 connection with the public press. 
 
 Mr. Poland has held numerous public 
 offices, the duties of all having been faith- 
 fully performed : In 1842, assistant clerk 
 of the House of Representatives; 1852-3, 
 judge of probate for Washington County ; 
 1858-60, state Senator; iS/o-'/i, town 
 representative; 1861-68, collector of U. 
 S. internal revenue for the first Congres- 
 sional District; 1849-1881, secretary and 
 director of The Farmers' Mutual Fire In- 
 surance Company — oflSces which he has 
 held ever since the organization of the 
 company, and to which he has been an- 
 nually elected by unanimous votes. 
 
 Mr. Poland may well be ranked as a 
 veteran in the celebrated anti-slavery 
 
 movement which has now become histori-, 
 cal, having enlisted in 1843, and conducted 
 the organ of the party in Vermont, and 
 served as chairman of its State Committee, 
 for many years ; so that he may now prop- 
 erly indulge in the double boast of both 
 him that girdeth on the harness and he 
 that putteth it off— having lived to see 
 American slavery not only forever extin- 
 guished by the organic law of the land, but 
 remembered only with such detestation 
 that history blushes at the record. 
 
 In 1840 Mr. Poland married Mary Ann, 
 daughter of the late Joseph Rowell. They 
 had 7 children, of whom 5 have died: 
 3 in infancy, Clara A., a beautiful 
 daughter, in 1865, and Charles F., when 
 developing into a promising manliood, in 
 1875. Two son? survive, J.Monroe and 
 Edward R. Mrs. Poland died in 1862, 
 and in 1873 Mr. P. married Miss JuliaM. 
 Harvey, daughter of James K. Harvey, of 
 Barnet, deceased. 
 
 Mr. Poland joined the first Congrega- 
 tional (Bethany) church in 1839, and for 
 several years.he has been one of its deacons, 
 an earnest worker in its Sabbath-school, 
 and a promoter of all reformative and 
 Christian enterprises. He is favorably 
 known in the churches of Vermont, and is 
 now publisher of two religious newspapers, 
 the Vermont Chronicle and the New Hamp- 
 shire Journal. e. p. w. 
 
 OLD PEOPLE OF 1881. 
 
 The oldest man living in town is Dr. 
 Nathaniel C. King, born July 19, 1789; 
 settled in the north part of the old town in 
 1805, and came to the village to reside in 
 1875. 
 
 The oldest woman residing in town is 
 Mrs. Lucy Mead, born July 23, 1789; has 
 been a resident of the village since 18 13. 
 
 The oldest person living in the village, 
 and born in the limits of the old town, is 
 Orin Cummins, born Feb. 23, 1801. 
 
 The oldest person living in the village, 
 born in the limits of the new town, is John 
 Q. A. Peck, born in 1808. 
 
 The oldest person living in town and 
 born in the village limits, is Snow Town,' 
 born in 1806. 
 
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 The oldest person living in the village, 
 and born in the village, is Wm. Nelson 
 Peck, born Sept. i8, 1811. 
 
 The oldest resident of the village is Hon. 
 Elijah Paine Jewett, who has resided here 
 since 1805; and is 80 years of age. 
 
 The oldest French resident of the town 
 is Joseph Wood, who came in 1831, and 
 is now 85 years of age. 
 
 The oldest Irish resident in town is 
 James McLaughlin, who came in 1832, and 
 is now 80 years of age^ Mr. John Murphy 
 came in 1834, and is now 86 years of age. 
 
 WILLIAM W. CADWELL. 
 
 Among the very old and worthy citizens 
 of Montpelier was William W. Cadwell, 
 who was born in Hatiield, Mass., May 12, 
 1799, and in the same year was brought to 
 Montpelier by his father, Wyllis I. Cadwell. 
 He succeeded his father in trade for many 
 years, and on retiring was employed as 
 town clerk, magistrate, overseer of the, 
 poor, &c. He was esteemed as an honest 
 man, always having the interests of the 
 town at heart. He died suddenly in 1877, 
 aged 78 years. 
 
 The above was not written in time to 
 appear with the biographies of deceased 
 citizens of Montpelier. e. p. w. 
 
 [We had filed and overlooked till now.] 
 
 MRS. GOVERiSrOR RANSOM, 
 
 a native of Montpelier, and a sister of 
 William W. Cadwell, Esq., who died at 
 the residence of her son-in-law in Fort 
 Scott, Kansas, Nov. 17, 1877. She was 
 for many years a resident of Michigan, of 
 which state her husband was both gover- 
 nor and chief justice. Mrs. Ransom's 
 name before marriage was Almira Cadwell. 
 The home of the Cadwells was in the old 
 house still standing at the head of State 
 Street.. Mrs. Constant W. Storrs and 
 Mrs. Geo. P. Ricker are the only represen- 
 tatives of the old family left here, now. 
 Almira Cadwell, it is said, was a beautiful 
 girl. The old house was considered the 
 only house in Montpelier worthy to re- 
 ceive Lafayette in, on his visit to the capi- 
 tal of the State of the Green Mountain 
 Boys, for whom the great French General 
 always had a particular admiration. 
 
 MRS. SARAH SPALDING, 
 
 widow of the late Hon. John Spalding, who 
 was for many years the treasurer of the 
 State of Vermont, died at her home in 
 Montpelier Jan. 19, 1874, in her 83d year. 
 Mrs. Spalding, a virtuous and excellent 
 woman, was a great suflferer for many 
 years previous to her death, and an inva- 
 lid for over 40 years. A few days before 
 her death, she had a, second paralytic 
 shock, after which she was never able to 
 speak. She was the mother of 8 children, 
 among whom was 
 
 CHARLES C. SPALDING, 
 
 a graduate of Burlington College, see page 
 "Charles Spalding was first civil en- 
 gineer for a time. In 1849, when the 
 California gold fever broke out, he was 
 among the pioneers who sought that auri- 
 ferous land, making the passage in a sailing 
 vessel around Cape Horn. His success at 
 mining was indifferent. Returning home 
 via the Pacific coast and the Gulf of Mexi- , 
 CO, he spent about a year in Montpelier, 
 when he went to New York and entered 
 the service of Harnden & Co. as express 
 messenger between New York and Boston. 
 Soon going West, he engaged in survey- 
 ing and railroad engineering in Ohio, Illi- 
 nois and Kentucky. At the time of the 
 establishment of Kansas as a territory, he 
 was living in one of the border counties 
 of Missouri, where he married a Missouri 
 lady. He took part in the establishment 
 of its territorial government, making pre- 
 liminary surveys and encouraging immigi-a- 
 tion by writing special letters to the New 
 York Tribune, which attracted no little 
 attention in the East. He published a pa- 
 per in Lawrence, Kansas, and was elected 
 an alderman, and was for a short time 
 mayor of the city. He took the democrat- 
 ic side on the outbreak of the Kansas war, 
 and soon after left the state. He after- 
 wards taught school, and at the breaking 
 out of the w.T,r returned to the East, en- 
 listing in the 6th Vermont Regiment, 
 served 2 years, came home and started the 
 Newport News, at Newport, Vt. This he 
 sold, and went to Boston in 1866, and took 
 a position on the Boston Post. In 1869, 
 he became connected with the Boston 
 Herald, and remained with that paper up 
 to the time of his decease. He had been 
 suflFering from a complication of diseases, 
 and his death was not unexpected. — Bur- 
 lington Free Press. 
 
 He was perhaps best known to the pub- 
 lic through the police court column of this 
 journal, whfch he has written almost con- 
 
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 tinuously for several years past. The hu- 
 mor, the philosophy, the philanthropy, 
 which he has there introduced into his 
 homilies upon the doings of the criminal 
 classes of this Metropolis, have endeared 
 him in the hearts of thousands of people 
 who. knew him not personally, and who 
 will regret sincerely' his demise. — Rutland 
 Herald. 
 
 [See biography of Hon. John Spalding, 
 page 487.] 
 
 JAMES REED SPALDING, 
 
 of the class of 1840, died at Dover, N. H., 
 early in October, 1872, in the fiftieth year 
 of his age. He was a native of Montpelier, 
 and chose journalism as his profession, 
 soon after his graduation. He first gained 
 reputation as the chief editorial writer of 
 the New York Courier and Enquirer, dur- 
 ing the last year of its existence. From 
 that paper he went to the New York 
 World, which he was interested in estab- 
 lishing as a religious, rather than a political 
 newspaper ; but the experiment soon failed 
 in that form, and when Mr. Marble got 
 possession of the paper, and turned it into 
 a democratic organ, Mr. Spalding left it 
 and went upon the Times, where he re- 
 mained many years and did his best work. 
 His daily leader — generally upon a politi- 
 cal subject — was uniformly the best piece 
 of writing upon the editorial page, uniting 
 vigor with finish, full knowledge of his 
 theme, and a statesman's grasp of its rela- 
 tions. He had his first attack of paralysis 
 before the death of Mr. Raymond, and re- 
 tired to the country, but for some months, 
 at least, kept up his constant contributions 
 to the editorial department of the paper. 
 He was a man of high literary attainments 
 and was an essayist rather than an editor. 
 To a moral character of great purity was 
 added the fervor of Christian faith, which 
 did not find utterance in noisy declaration, 
 but shone luminously in the simplicity of 
 his manners, and the consecration of his 
 splendid powers to the advocacy of such 
 principles as he deemed best calculated to 
 benefit mankind. The disease which im- 
 paired his powers in later life and eventu- 
 ally caused his death was apoplectic paraly- 
 sis. One of his finest public efforts was 
 an oration delivered at the semi-centennial 
 celebration of the foundation of this Uni- 
 versity, in 1854. — U. V. M. Obituary. 
 
 Mr. Spalding was brother of Rev. George 
 B. Spalding of Dover, N. H., editor of 
 the New Hampshire Journal, and son of 
 Dr. James Spalding— p. 445. Dr. James 
 and Hon. John Spalding, father of Charles 
 Carrol, were brothers. • 
 
 MARCUS D. OILMAN, 
 
 born in Calais, Jan. 28, 1820, came to 
 Montpelier in 1835, and was engaged in 
 merchandise there and at Northfield until 
 1845, when he started out on a tour in 
 search of a favorable place in which to 
 locate. This tour embraced the Atlantic 
 cities from Boston to Baltimore, and the 
 western cities and promising towns to the 
 Mississippi river. He was greatly im- 
 pressed by Chicago, then- a fresh city of 
 about 8000 inhabitants, among whom were 
 many Vermonters. Having in the mean- 
 time married Maria Malleville, daughter of 
 Hon. Daniel Baldwin, of Montpelier, he 
 left that town in June, 1845, with his wife 
 and his few effects, for Chicago, and in less 
 than a week after his arrival formed a co- 
 partnership with Charles Follansbee for a 
 general mercantile business, wholesale and 
 retail. At the end of the first year he pur- 
 chased the entire stock, and from that 
 time, either alone or with different part- 
 ners, Mr. Gilman prosecuted his business, 
 for most of the time in two wholesale estab- 
 lishments — one of dry goods and the other 
 of groceries — and so successfully prosecu- 
 ted it, that he was content to retire in i868, 
 when for two years he with his family re- 
 sided at Riverside, Newton, Mass., and 
 then returned to the old homestead and 
 the scenes of their childhood and youth, at 
 Montpelier, where their beautifijl home 
 still is. 
 
 Politically Mr. Gilman has been from 
 youth a Democrat, and his familiar ac- 
 quaintance with and friendship for " The 
 Little Giant," Stephen A. Douglas, in- 
 spired in him a zeal that has never flagged. 
 He has been the candidate of his party for 
 Mayor, and also Treasurer of Chicago ; 
 and he was tendered the candidacy for 
 State Treasurer of Illinois, which. he de- 
 clined. He was the representative of 
 Montpelier, 1874-'^, and the only man 
 ever elected as a Democrat since the di- 
 vision of the old town ; but a Republican 
 legislature had so high an appreciation of 
 his integrity and business qualities that 
 he was elected a Director of the State 
 Prison. He was Librarian of the Vermont 
 Historical Society, 1874-1881, and has 
 
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MONTPELIER. 
 
 5S9 
 
 rendered the Society and the State inval- 
 uable services, and his declination of further 
 service is a great loss. His taste is for 
 antiquities, history and biography, and his 
 private library in these lines is probably 
 more extensive and valuable than any 
 other in the State. He is an honorary 
 or corresponding member of various his- 
 torical and other organizations. He is 
 President of the Vermont Numismatical 
 Society, and will ere long appear as author 
 .of tC Bibliography of Vermont, which he 
 has been industriously preparing for sev- 
 eral years. 
 
 Mr. Oilman's political record to this date 
 cannot be completed without adding that 
 he was chairman of the Vermont delega- 
 tion in the National Democratic Conven- 
 tion of 1876, and voted for Samuel J. 
 Tilden every time. His democracy is cer- 
 tainly both unimpeachable and unappeas- 
 able. 
 
 For additional notices of Mr. Gilman 
 and his family, see ante, pages 1 55-1 S7- 
 
 E. p. w. 
 
 A soldier's letter — WAR OF '6l. 
 
 Extract : — Curtis A. Coburn was ap- 
 pointed regimental postmaster at Brattle- 
 boro, Vt., and also brigade postmaster 
 while in camp near Washington ; we all 
 liked him much. He was always very 
 anxious that we should get our mails 
 promptly and daily, if it was to be got at. 
 He was transferred to the Signal Corps in 
 August last, and was captured by the reb- 
 els while on our retreat from Culpepper to 
 Bull Run, in October. 
 
 Sergt. Hiram M. Pier'ce, (in whom I 
 feel more particularly interested, he always 
 being with the Company,) has been a good 
 soldier and done his duty well in every 
 spot and place, and by his good conduct 
 won the esteem of every member in the 
 company ; always cheerful and happy. 
 While a detachment of Cos. B, G, and K, 
 were doing picket duty at Conrad's Ferry, 
 Md., one year ago, he was detailed as act- 
 ing quartermaster and also sergt. -major of 
 the detachment, and in those positions he 
 was found fully competent. By his gal- 
 lantry at the battle of Orange Grove, he 
 proved himself to ba an earnest, brave and 
 noble champion to the cause of humanity, 
 liberty and his country. In the progess of 
 that battle as we were ordered to fix bayo- 
 nets and charge, on approaching the rail 
 fence he spoke so loud that he was heard 
 
 by every one in the company, " Come on 
 Co. B," and was one of the first to climb 
 the fence. He had been over but a mo- 
 ment when I heard him exclaim — " I am 
 wounded, my arm is broken." The next 
 time I saw him was at Brandy Station, Va., 
 several days afterwards ; as soon as I heard 
 that the wounded had arrived, I went down 
 to see them, and I found Sergt. Pierce ; 
 he appeared quite glad to see me, as I was 
 to see him, but I felt very sorry to see him 
 with but one arm, (his left arm was taken 
 off above the elbow) . He told me that it 
 had been very painful, for on account of 
 the hasty rfetreat of the medical corps from 
 the field in light marching order, his a,rm 
 was not attended to until two or three days 
 after the battle. 
 
 Lieut. Stetson, who had been in com- 
 mand of the company most of the time 
 since we have been in the service, drew^ 
 my attention at the battle of Orange 
 Grove. He stood bravely at his post, re- 
 marking "boys, keep cool, and do not 
 shoot until you can see something to shoot 
 at !" Lieut. Abbott of Co. D, (then act- 
 ing as 1st Lieut, of Co. B,) was doing all 
 all he could to keep a good line, and also 
 to preserve good order in the company. 
 After Gilman Storrs was shot, a boy that 
 we have missed very much, Lieut. Stetson 
 (whom you all know is not very easily 
 scared), grasped a musket, and asking the 
 boys if they had any ammunition for him, 
 I gave him some caps, and some one else 
 some cartridges, when he loaded and fired 
 as fast as he could, remarking that " he 
 hoped that each bullet would do good exe- 
 cution, for they had killed his boy Gim." 
 Lieut. Abbott came out with us as orderly 
 sergeant, and after he was promoted to 2d 
 lieut. of Co. D, the company very gener- 
 ously presented him a sword, belt and 
 shoulder-straps, costing about $50, as 
 a testimony of their regard for him. — 
 Watchman. 
 
 Curtis Coburn, who enlisted from Mont- 
 pelier, learned the printer's trade at the 
 Repository office, of Mr; Charles H. Sev- 
 erance, now of the Watchman office. 
 Coburn died in New Orleans ; see page 
 523 . Lieutenants Abbott and Stetson, see 
 .page 522. 
 
 CHARLES W. LYMAN, 
 
 [To whom we find the following tribute 
 in the Baltimore American,^ 
 
 Died, Oct. 10, 1866, in Shelby, Ohio, 
 after a short illness, C. W. Lyman, former- 
 ly of Montpelier, leaving a young wife, 
 child and numerous friends to mourn his 
 untimely end. 
 
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 He was among the foremost who rallied 
 to his country's defense when the tocsin of 
 war sounded, serving faithfully and "gal- 
 lantly as a line officer in the "Wallace 
 Zouaves" of Indiana. Subsequently he 
 was promoted to a position of great respon- 
 sibility in the Southwest, where, for ability, 
 integrity and honor, he won the highest 
 encomiums from such men as " Grant, 
 Sherman and McPherson"— men whom 
 the nation loves to honor. As a man and 
 
 a friend he was generous to a fault, and 
 few can boast of more sincere friendship 
 or warmer admirers. As a father and hus- 
 band he was all that love and fidelity could 
 make him ; young and full of anibitious 
 hopes, he passed from our midst a bright 
 example to all who love the generous and 
 the good. — Watchman. 
 
 His remains werfe brought to Montpelier 
 and interred in Green Mount. 
 
 CENTRAL VERMONT DEPOT AT MONTPELIER. 
 
 Coming up from 
 Montpelier Junction, 
 some less than 2 miles 
 below, we arrive at 
 the Montpelier station 
 in about five minutes' 
 ride from the Junction. 
 The cars stop at the 
 new Central depot, 
 which the eye strikes 
 but a moment before 
 landing — almost the 
 same instant the State 
 House, on the street 
 beyond, on higher 
 ground, and the prin- 
 cipal part of State St. 
 runningalong the river 
 side, opens up a pleas- ~^ 
 
 ant view of the village of the Green Moun- 
 tain Capital on the first approach to it by 
 railroad from St. Albans and Burlington 
 way. The first railroad depot building, 
 Which stood upon the same site, was erected 
 in 1850 — a brick structure, 150x50 feet, 
 creditable for the time, and a beginning ; 
 but a better building being desired in 
 which to receive the Legislature, and more 
 suitable to the place, the present commo- 
 dious brick depot was erected, being com- 
 pleted September 1880. We have the view 
 of the exterior; the interior is well and 
 conveniently finished for the Capital depot ; 
 a very wide central hall — wide enough for 
 the town representatives of several of the 
 smaller counties of the State to walk through 
 abreast — gentlemen and ladies' waiting 
 
 rooms upon the left, baggage room, tel- 
 
 egraph and express offices upon the light. 
 The whole building, warmed by steam, 
 with all modern conveniences. 
 
 The first train of cars entered Mont- 
 pelier, June 20, 1849. The travelling 
 public found accommodations a few months 
 until the first depot house was built, in a 
 freight house, first built, just over the track 
 south. 
 
 At this point in our description, failing 
 to find exact data to continue, we wrote to 
 J. W. Hobart, Gen. Supt. of the.Cen. Vt. 
 R. R. at St. Albans, that we had the en- 
 graving of the depot, were preparing a 
 sketch, and asking for such data and in- 
 formation as he could give, who has sent 
 the following descriptive letter, which, find- 
 ing so interesting, we have concluded to 
 give entire : 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 S6i 
 
 MR. HOBAJRT'S LETTER. 
 
 St. Albans, Vt., Jan. 2, 1882. 
 Miss Hemenway : 
 
 Madam : — Your favor of the 31 st ult. came 
 duly to hand, and I feel much interest in 
 Jhe subject of your enquiries. Probably 
 there is no one living who is more fa- 
 miliar with the early history of the railroad 
 in Montpelier than myself. The advent of 
 the cars into that beautiful town occurred 
 on the 4th of July, 1849, ^"d ^^^ first train 
 consisted of ten platform cars, loaded with 
 100 bbls. of flour each,' and covered with a 
 
 [Vt. Mutual Fire Ins. Co.'s Building, — Railroad Square.] 
 
 new white cheese canvas over each car. 
 The train was drawn by engine Winooski. 
 John Danforth was engineer, and the writer 
 of this was the conductor. Later in the 
 day, passenger trains ran in charge of the 
 same persons, and well do I remember the 
 interest manifested and the commotion 
 created among the. people who came in 
 from the surrounding country. There 
 being a circus upon the meadow near IVIrs. 
 Nicholas' house, on the Berlin side, which 
 taken together with the uisual 4th of July 
 as a holiday, the town was packed, and we 
 ■were compelled to send rfien in advance to 
 clear the. way for the train. Every build- 
 ing from \vhich the cars could be seen was 
 covered, every available window occupied, 
 the tops ,of buildings were covered- if pos- 
 sible, and even the tree-tops were alive 
 with people. 
 
 Warner Hine, who was then master of 
 transportation, was the acting agent at 
 that station during the summer of 1849. 
 In the autumn of that year the road was 
 completed to Waterbury, and Mr. Hine 
 
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 with his force was removed to that station, 
 and Mr. J. Edwards Wright was made the 
 first permanent station agent at Montpelier, 
 where, he remained until Aug. 1851, re- 
 signing his position at that time to engage 
 in the purchase of wool in Ohio. A. V. H,. 
 Carpenter, now the General Passenger 
 Agent of the Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R., 
 succeeded Mr. Wright, and remained in 
 that position until June, 1862, at which 
 time he was relieved to take another po- 
 sition, and J. W. Hobart was installed as 
 the agent. Up to that time Mr. Hobart 
 had been a clerk for both Mr. 
 Wright and Mr. Carpenter. 
 _ As yoia are aware, Montpelier 
 
 ^" is at the terminus of a branch 
 
 of one and one-fourth of a mile 
 in length, and up to October of 
 that year, all the trains passed 
 in and out over the branch. In 
 October they discontinued run- 
 ning the main line trains into 
 Montpelier, but in place estab- 
 lished a branch train, consisting 
 simply of a small engine, fitted 
 up With seats each side of the 
 tender. 
 
 This engine was called the 
 'Abigail Adams." It was de- 
 ermined in the course of a very 
 ew days that it would be im- 
 l)ossible to do the business of 
 he Capital with the facilities 
 then provided. So the Presi- 
 dent, Gov. Paine, ordered a 
 small car built, as the engine 
 had not sufficient capacity to 
 handle a large car, except under 
 the most favorable circumstan- 
 ces. Meantime, however, a large car was 
 provided, and when the business required 
 it, the car was attached to this miniature 
 engine, which in many instances proved 
 unequal to the task, and the conductor, 
 who was none other than the agent at 
 Montpelier, the cars of the branch trains 
 having been added to his duties, the 
 baggage master, and many times the en- 
 gineer, were compelled to push in aiding ' 
 the engine the whole distance, and it was 
 not unfrequently the case, that the pas- 
 sengers themselves, in response to a re- 
 quest, would aid in fiirnishing power to 
 move the train. 
 
 I cannot now give you the name of the 
 first engineer of this little engine, but one 
 of the engineers who is now there, came 
 soon afterwards. (I refer to Mr. James 
 Bowers, and I have no doubt he will give 
 you the name.) 
 
 In due time the small car was finished, 
 and we had less trouble. This car proved 
 quite a novelty, it having been finished 
 like an omnibus, with seats upon the side. 
 
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 [Pavilion 
 
 This condition, hawever, did 
 not last long, as it was found 
 and admitted by the officers, 
 who, by the way, were not 
 over and above friendly to 
 Montpelier, that the facilities j 
 were entirely inadequate ; so " 
 a full and quite a respectable 
 train was provided, consisting 
 of an engine called the ' 'Flying 
 Dutchman," a baggage and a 
 first-class passenger car. Soon 
 after the management chang- 
 ed from Northfield to St. Al- 
 bans, and Montpelier was 
 evidently improved by the 
 change. James Bowers, who 
 is still there, was one of the 
 engineers who ran the "Flying 
 Dutchman." J. W. Hobart 
 remained there until March, 
 1859, ^'^'^ w^s succeeded by 
 the present incumbent, S. L. 
 Howe, Esq., who was for some time pre- 
 vious the assistant of Mr. Hobart. I am 
 very nearly as familiar with the history of the 
 railroad interest of Montpelier since this 
 period, but asitcovers a period of about 22 
 years, and my time is limited, I leave it for 
 others, Mr. Howe and many others in Mont- 
 pelier being perfectly familiar with affairs 
 since the above date of 1859, It gives me 
 much pleasure to communicate these facts, 
 and if they are of any value to you in making 
 up the history ot the best town in the 
 State, I shall certainly be very well paid. 
 I know very well all the gentlemen whose 
 portraits- you have, and they certainly will 
 prove a very valuable accession to your 
 history. 
 
 I intended to have mentioned earlier in 
 my letter that our Vice President, Mr. 
 James R.. Langdon, is perhaps more fa- 
 miliar with the history of our road than 
 any gentleman in Montpelier. He, I think, 
 was one of the original board of directors, 
 with Gov. Paine as President. If at any 
 time you should desire to make any further 
 , enquiry, it will give me pleasure to give 
 you such information as I may have. 
 Hoping you will continue to be as success- 
 ful as you have been in the past, in the 
 progress and completion of your work, and 
 extending the compliments of the season, 
 I remain very truly and 
 > Respectfully yours, 
 
 J. W. Hobart. 
 
 Mr. Bowers gives the engineers : Wm. 
 Patterson, James Bowers, Henry Wallace, 
 William Greenleaf, Fred Webster, Henry 
 Buckley, Ed. Eaustice, Chas. Greenleaf, 
 Wm. DoUoff, B. F. Merrill, William Gould, 
 Robert Gregg, David Daniels, A. S. Caswell. 
 
 
 Hotel, opposite Central Vermont Depot.] 
 
 Through the hall of the Central depot 
 you pass on a broad pavement of brick 
 over to State street and the Pavilion hotel, 
 from the steps of which you look back and 
 have a good vievv of the depot. The view 
 was taken from the steps of the Pavilion. 
 It is at the Pavilion the Governors always 
 stop during theeessions of the Legislature. 
 
 The baggage masters have been : Z. R. 
 Truer Gamaliel Washburn, S. E. Bailey, 
 C.'T. Hobart, H. W. Drew, T. W. Bailey, 
 E. W. Thompson, W. H. Pingree, James 
 Finn. The station ageiit was conductor 
 on the Branch {ill the Barre road opened, 
 since which T. W. Bailey has been con- 
 ductor. S. L. Howe is the present station 
 agent. 
 
 ne Telegraph and Flxpress Office. — The 
 Vermont and Boston Telegraph Company 
 was incorporated by the October Session 
 of the Legislature, 1848, and a station es- 
 tablished at Montpelier in connection with 
 an express office of Cheney & Co., of 
 Boston, opehed in 1849. The express 
 office was first kept, until the opening of 
 the passenger depot, here, in theHubbard 
 building. Col. H. D. Hopkins was thg^ 
 first manager of both the telegraph and 
 express office, and for 24 years after — 
 Bigelow was the first telegraph operator. 
 Mr. H. W. Drew, who succeeded Col. 
 Hopkins, is the present express agent and 
 manager of the telegraph office ; Mr. A. G. 
 Trulan, operator. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 563 
 
 The next building of like public interest, 
 after the Central depotj is the depot of 
 the 
 
 MONTPELIER AND WELLS RIVER R. R., 
 
 run under W. A. Stowell's administration 
 since this road was opened, Nov. 24, 1873 ; 
 J. G. Farwell station agent to the present. 
 The conductors from here to Wells River 
 have been, H. S. Boutwell, son of Colonel 
 Levi Boutwell, of Montpelier, George 
 Smithj of this village, Henry Whitcomb, 
 of Jonesville, Charles Ferrin, of this vil- 
 lage, and Eugene Rand, present conductor. 
 
 Supt. — 'W.'A. Stowell; Cashier and 
 GefCl Passenger Agent, Fred. W. Morse ; 
 Xrain Masier, Htnry W. Whitcomb. 
 
 Engineers and firemen. — ^John Carter, 
 James Hadlock, Charles Field, James 
 Boutwell, George Cummings, Geo. Morse, 
 Charles Noyes, W. S. Keeler, Herbert 
 Lawrence aud Harvey Edgerly. 
 
 [Watchman & Joosnai, Building, State St.] 
 
 ANECDOTES OF LEVI BOUTWELL. 
 BY COL. H. D. HOPKINS. , 
 
 Col. Boutwell, — there was not in all the 
 lyide circle of his acquaintance a person 
 who had seen another like him. His face 
 was singularly expressive. He could look 
 savage enough to chill you with fear, or 
 kindly enough to inspire the confidence of 
 
 the most doubting and timid. He said in 
 his life-time a thousand things which for 
 genuine originality and severity were 
 worthy of a professional satirist. Many a 
 time have we seen in town or village meet- 
 ing a prosy debate cut short, and the vote 
 reached by one of his brief, gruff speeches, 
 as in the meeting of the Wells River rail- 
 road 'company in Jan., 1874. The meet- 
 ing was about to ballot for directors, when 
 one gentleman suggested that the Board 
 should consist of five instead of nine, as 
 heretofore. Another suggested seven ; 
 still others were on their feet ready to make 
 some motion or suggestion, or engage in 
 a little speech, when the sturdy old Colonel 
 sprang nervously up, and said, " I think, 
 Mr. Chairman, we, will have it nine. I 
 want some to watch, as well as others to ' 
 pray." This speech was the end of the' 
 debate on that subject. The nine direct 
 tors were immediately ordered, and the 
 election made. 
 
 Once he was sitting in the bar-room of 
 
 [RiALTo Block, State St,] 
 
 the " Pavilion," with his knees well spread 
 before that familiar old fireplace, while he 
 looked intently on the burning pile before 
 him. His face bore a specially stern look. 
 Some one came in, and saluted him with, 
 " How are you, Colonel ?" His reply was 
 as apt as original. " Well," he said : "I 
 manage to keep tolerably even tempered, 
 
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 [WASHINGTON COUNXy COURT HOUSE, STATE STREET.] 
 
 thank ye ; mad as the devil clear through 
 all the time." 
 
 Col. Boutwell was a supporter of the 
 "Church of the Messiah" — Unitarian — 
 and a faithful attendant upon its services. 
 Two or three years ago, in the summer 
 season, some little boys of the neighbor- 
 hood got in thf way of loitering about the 
 door and vestibule of the church during 
 - service hours Sunday evenings. As they 
 became familiar, they become also bold 
 and somewhat noisy. At length they got 
 so curious as to go up and push the door 
 to the audience room a little open, and 
 look in. Then if somebody in the audi- 
 ence changed position a little, so that they 
 apprehended danger, they would ' ' cut and 
 run " ; but presently, when all was quiet 
 again, they would repeat the experiment. 
 At length Col. Boutwell became much dis- 
 turbed, and felt he could stand the uncivil 
 conduct of the lads no longer. So he 
 went out to rectify things, and give the 
 lads some lessons in morals and good man- 
 
 ,ners. The boys left the house by the 
 shortest way, and run, some up street, 
 some down, and some across. The Col. 
 pursued hotly in one direction. Leaving, 
 his hat in the church, he soori lost also his 
 wig. But without stopping to replace that, 
 he followed on. At length he closed in 
 with one of the intruders, and shakingTiim 
 and cuffing him in a way more frightening 
 than damaging, and heading him toward 
 the church, he said, " what are you about 
 here, you little cuss, you ? Why ain't you 
 up in there getting some religion, as you 
 ought fo be, instead of being out here 
 raising the devil in this way ?" 
 
 The Colonel was uncommonly bald, and 
 without his heavy dark wig looked not a 
 bit like himself. Once he was in the wash • 
 room of the Pavilion, and for convenience 
 in his ablutions had laid his wig aside. 
 Presently a young, spruce feeling chap, 
 with extremely red hair, came in too. 
 Noticing tjie Colonel's nude head, he in- 
 quired, " well. Uncle, why don't you have - 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 565 
 
 some hair on your head ?" It was an im- 
 pudent question, and the Colonel knew it. 
 Looking savagely on the red head of the 
 saucy young stranger, he replied, " When 
 they made me, and had me all finished ex- 
 cept my hair, they told me that they had 
 nothing left except red hair. I told them, 
 then, 'I gad,' I wouldn't have any. I 
 had rather go without. They might save 
 that for impudent young popinjays and 
 fools.'' The young inquisitive and joker 
 was perfectly willing to drop the subject. 
 
 [Akgus & Patkiot Building, Mai.v snttLT] 
 
 PRESIDENT MONROE'S VISIT. 
 
 (From "The Pkesidknt's Toun," By S. Putnam 
 Waldo, published at H avtfoid, Ot., 1819.) . 
 
 "At 10 (a. m.) he was met and wel- 
 comed by the committee of arrangements, 
 at Mr. Stiles', in Berlin. The procession 
 was then formed, under direction of the 
 marshals, and proceeded to Montpelier. 
 
 A little before 11, a discharge of artillery 
 announced the near approach of the Chief 
 Magistrate of the nation. On entering 
 the village, he alighted from his carriage, 
 and proceeded with the cavalcade, on 
 horseback, to the Academy, through the 
 Main street, lined on each side by citizens, 
 under direction of Joseph Howes, Esq. 
 Returning to the head of State street, the 
 President dismounted, was received by the 
 ' First Light Company,' commanded by 
 Lieut. E. P. Walton, and conducted to 
 the State House under a national salute 
 from the 'Washington Artillery.' 
 
 In front of the State House, between 
 three and four hundred masters and misses, 
 students of the Academy and members of 
 the schools in the village, dressed in a neat 
 uniform, each tastefully decorated with 
 garlands from the field of nature, were ar- 
 
 ranged in two lines facing each other, in 
 perfect order. Previous to the arrival of 
 the escort, the two companies of Cavalry, 
 with an expedition and regularity which 
 did them honor, had placed themselves at 
 a proper and convenient distance on the 
 left of the juvenile procession. 
 
 The President walked through this assem- 
 blage of youth, uncovering his head, and 
 bowing as he passed, entered ' the State 
 House under a fanciful arch of evergreens, 
 emblematic, we trust, of the duration of 
 our liberties, on one side of which were 
 these words : ' July 4, 1776 ; ' on the Other, 
 'Trenton, Dec. 26, 1776.' When in front 
 of the house, in the portico of the second 
 story, the Hon. James Fisk, chairman of 
 the committee of arrangements, in presence 
 of the military and a great concourse of 
 assembled citizens, delivered the following 
 address : 
 To the President of the United States : — 
 
 " Sir : — The citizens of Montpelier and 
 its vicinity have directed their committee 
 to present you their respectful salutations, 
 and bid you a cordial welcome. 
 
 The infancy of our settlements places our 
 progress in the arts and sciences something 
 behind most of our sister states ; but we 
 shall not be denied some claim in a share 
 of that ardent love of liberty, and the rights 
 of man, that attachment to the honor and 
 interest of our country, which now so dis- 
 tinguish the American character ; while the 
 fields of Hubbardton, the heights of Wal- 
 loomsack, and the plains of Plaftsburgh, are 
 admitted to witness in our favor. 
 
 Many of those we now represent, ven- 
 tured their lives in the Revolutionary con- 
 test, and permit us, sir, to say, the value 
 of this opportunity is greatly enhanced by 
 the consideration, that we now tender our 
 respects to one who shared in all the hard- 
 ships and dangers of that eventful period, 
 which gave liberty and independence to 
 our country ; nor are we unmindful that 
 from that period until now, every public 
 act of your life evinces an unalterable at- 
 tachment to the principles for which you 
 then contended. 
 
 With such pledges, we feel an unlimited 
 confidence, that should your measures 
 fulfil your intentions, your administration 
 under the guidance of Divine Providence, 
 will be as prosperous and happy as its 
 commencement is tranquil and promising ; 
 and that the honor, the rights and inter- 
 ests of the nation will pass from your hands 
 unimpaired. JAM'ES FISK, 
 
 For the Committee. 
 
 " To this address the President made an 
 affectionate and appropriate reply, which 
 was received with three times three ani- 
 mated cheers by the citizens. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 The President then, with his suite, com- 
 mittee, marshals and clergy, visited the 
 schools in the Representatives' room, 
 which was adorned with maps and globes 
 drawn by the scholars ; while the front of 
 the gallery and chandelier displayed a 
 beautiful variety of vines and ornaments. 
 The scholars received him by rising, and 
 Mr. Hill, the preceptor of the Academy, 
 by saying, ' I present to Your Excellency 
 tlie finest blossoms and fairest flowers that 
 our climate produces' — he replied, ' They 
 are the finest nature can produce.' After 
 
 CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, MAIN STREET, 
 
 inspecting the maps and globes, with ap- 
 probation, he retired ; was received at the 
 door by the ' Washington Artillery,' com- 
 manded by Capt. Timothy Hubbard, and 
 escorted through a line of citizens extend- 
 ing from the State House to the dwelling 
 of Wyllis I. Cadwell, Esq., where he par- 
 took of a cold collation served up with ad- 
 mirable taste and elegance. 
 
 The schools then formed a procession, 
 preceded by the ' First Light Company,' 
 with instrumental music, and moved to the 
 Academy. In passing the President's 
 quarters they saluted him ; the masters, by 
 uncovering their heads; the misses, by 
 lowering their parasols. 
 
 The President having signified his pleas- 
 ure to dispense with the escort of cavalry. 
 
 after taking an affectionate leave of the 
 committee of arrangements, ascended his 
 carriage, and resumed his journey to Bur- 
 lington." 
 
 GEORGE W. BARKER. 
 BY COL. H. u. HOPKINS. 
 
 Mr. Barker was at one time postmaster 
 of Montpelier, and then high sheriff of the 
 County, and at the time of his death, a 
 well-known railroad contractor at Manito- 
 woc, Wis. For many years he was, in 
 Vermont, a leading man 
 at the Capital, and exert- 
 ed a strong influence in 
 shaping the action of the 
 democratic party, both 
 personally and through 
 the Vermont Patriot, with 
 which he was for a time 
 connected. When the Vt. 
 Central railroad was build- 
 ing, he was one of the 
 contractors, and made 
 about $10,000 — a hand- 
 some amount for the time. 
 He subseqiiently took a 
 contract on the New York 
 end of the Rutland -and 
 Washington railroad, but 
 when a crash came in the 
 affairs of that road, he, 
 with others, was obliged 
 to succumb and go down. 
 His loss was a heavy one, 
 and involved others than 
 Mmself, notably the late 
 Hon. R. R. Keith, who 
 suffered to the amount of 
 $15,000. Mr. Barker's next venture was 
 at Paineville, Ohio, and would have result- 
 ed favorably to him but for the fact that 
 the company proved to be insolvent. His 
 next move was Manitowoc above named. 
 Judge Keith, who knew Mr. Barker better 
 than any other man in Montpelier, though 
 he lost by him, always had confidence in 
 his capacity and integrity. Mr. B. was a 
 genial man, a kind neighbor, and especially 
 delighted to speak encouraging words to 
 young men, and the results of some of his 
 endeavors in this line happen to be known 
 to the "writer of this brief notice. Mr. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 567 
 
 Barker was a man not to be forgotten. In 
 stature,|_he was very large, and in manner, 
 exceptionally genial. "" Though a man of 
 position and well-formed opinions, he could 
 tenaciously maintain his own view of a 
 question without wounding the feelings of 
 another. Mr. Barker was very fond of 
 church music — especially of the fugue tunes 
 in vogue in the early years of the present 
 century, and he, Ferrand F. Merrill, Capt. 
 A. A. Sweet and Dr. Gustavus H. Loomis,- 
 all of whom were as fond of that style of 
 music as Mr. Barker was, used to have 
 many a pleasant sit-down together, re- 
 hearsing them, and deploring their de- 
 parture from the choirs, and the choir re- 
 pertories. 'Of these four gentlemen, only 
 Capt. Sweet is living at this present writ- 
 ing, Jan. 1882. 
 
 „. ,^!ifc_f a: „,. 
 ■^ 
 
 RESIDENCE OF GEORGE C. SHEPARD, MAIN STREET. 
 
 George C. Shepard, youngest son of 
 the late Jonathan Shepard, was born in 
 Montpelier, Aug. 26, 1820, and has been 
 eminently a Montpelier man, not only 
 spending his life here, but bringing a wife 
 here, who is a grand-daughter of one of 
 the earliest citizens of Montpelier, Thomas 
 Brooks, and daughter of Joseph Brooks, 
 who was a native of Montpelier ; and he 
 brought her to a beautiful Montpelier 
 home, in the dwelling of the late Hon. 
 Samuel Prentiss, which has been remodel- 
 ed and improved so as to become as charm- 
 
 ing a home as the town can boast of. Mr. 
 Shepard availed himself so well of our 
 schools and Academy, that he has been 
 able to discharge successfully every public 
 duty. He is prominent socially, polit- 
 ically and financially. For some years he 
 was Director, Vice-President and Presi- 
 dent of the old Bank of Montpelier, and 
 he has been Director ^nd Vice-President 
 of the Montpelier National Bank. He 
 represented the town in the Legislatures of 
 1862 and '63, and has also represented his 
 Congressional District in a National Con- 
 vention of the Republican party. 
 
 e. p. w. 
 
 COL. ABEL carter, 
 
 who during the last days of his life occu- 
 pied the house now owned and occupied by 
 Col. Fred E. Smith, on Elm street, was a 
 man to be remembered. 
 He was by trade a saddler 
 and hai-ness-maker, and la 
 man of very positive feel- 
 ings and opinions, espe- 
 cially in politics. As "an 
 abolitionist, he was out- 
 spoken, even to bitterness, 
 and delighted to get into 
 an argument with a con- 
 servative whig, that he 
 might ply him with hard 
 questions. His hatred of 
 slavery, slave-holders and 
 their apologists — Northern 
 dough-faces, as he delight- 
 ed to call them, was most 
 intense. He was sheriff of 
 Washington Co. from 1833 
 to 1837, and held the office 
 of Sergeant-at-Arms at the State House 
 one year, 1837 to '38. 
 
 Another prominent and well-known cit- 
 izen of Montpelier for many years previous 
 to 1868, was 
 
 GAMALIEL WASHBURN, 
 
 who occupied a small cottage house on 
 Elm street, opposite the old cemetery. 
 He was for many years jailor, and also 
 janitor in the old Brick Church, and his 
 polite attentions to the needs of all wor- 
 shipers there, are well remembered. He 
 was a prominent Mason, and as such was 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 highly respected. Two lodges of the order 
 are named in honor of his memory, one at 
 Danville, and another in Montpelier. He 
 died in Dec. 1868. h. d. h. 
 
 THE OLD BRICK CHURCH. 
 BY COL. H. D. nOPKKNS. 
 
 [From a flill account of the " Old Brick " and the new 
 "Bethany" church In flies of the Argm <fc Patriot.] 
 
 Appreciating the uses of Christian wor- 
 ship, the fathers of the townbegan in 1817 
 to discuss the propriety and necessity of a 
 house for this purpose. The first act was 
 the forming of the "Montpelier Meeting- 
 
 INTERIOR OF BETHANY CHURCH. 
 
 house Society, consisting of 62 gentlemen 
 at fitst, and which list embraces, we judge, 
 all the then prominent men of Montpelier : 
 Samuel Prentiss, Samuel Goss, E. P. Wal- 
 ton, Geo. Worthington, Nicholas Baylies, 
 Sylvanus Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin, Holden 
 Putnam, Jonathan Shepard, and others. 
 In Dec. 1820, the list was augmented by 
 25 names more. Of these active men 
 none are now living. 
 
 The society at its first meeting, Nov. 4, 
 1817, voted to build a house, Sylvanus 
 Baldwin, Jeduthan Loomis, Samuel Goss, 
 Calvin Winslow and J. H. Langdon to re- 
 port a plan ; Lovewell Warren, Joseph 
 
 Wiggins, Joseph Howes " to view the sites 
 proposed, ascertain prices and conveniences 
 of each." Nov. 12, '" committee on plan " 
 made their report, not accepted ; were in- 
 structed to furnish a plan with steeple or 
 cupola. 
 
 Nov. 24th, it was voted the house should 
 be for the use of the First Congregational- 
 ist Society in Montpelier, under the control 
 of the proprietors ; the sale of pews to 
 commence at the State House, Nov, 29th ; 
 every note for the purchase of a pew should 
 be payable to the society, 
 and divided into three equal 
 annual payments, one-half 
 in neat stock or grain, and 
 one-half in money ; and the 
 house was to be fox 70 feet, 
 ■ ■ exclusive of cupola or stee- 
 ple," with 122 pews. 
 
 Three lots were sharply 
 contested for, one the site 
 of the old brick house back 
 of Mrs. Hyde's ; one the lot 
 of Mrs. Joseph Reed, oppo- 
 -ite the State House, and 
 the other that on which the 
 Brick church was built. They 
 had to resort to the ballot, 
 l.iken at the State House, 
 I lec. loth, which resulted 
 tur the Houghton "spot." 
 The house cost over f 6,000. 
 We cannot state when it 
 was ready for occupancy, 
 but its use was tendered to 
 the General Assembly for 
 the Election Sermon on the 2d Thursday, 
 Oct. 1820, and to the Masonic Society the 
 day previous, and Dec. 29th, 105 pews had 
 been soldfor $7,620, of which Calvin Wins- 
 low, the contractor, received $7,000. The 
 highest price paid for a pew was fiji, by 
 Joseph Howes. Richard Wilkins, Jedu- 
 than Loomis and Samuel Goss paid $150 
 each for a pew; Chester Houghton, $140; 
 Jonathan Shepard, $i2o;,Salvin Collins, 
 $117. . . . And the old Brick church 
 remained the Sabbath home of this society 
 for more than 45 years. The last service 
 in it was Sunday, May 6, 1866. In a few 
 days the walls of the old church and the 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 569 
 
 Masonic hall were leveled to the ground, 
 and the present Bethany church occupies 
 the site. 
 
 Bethany exterior, 124x72, height of 
 nave, 65 feet ; Gothic architecture ; tower 
 height, 68 feet, 21x21; chapel, 50x35; 
 ridge, 36 feet from ground ; church and 
 tower, walls and buttresses, dark red stone : 
 arches, mouldings, etc., dark blue stone; 
 chapel walls, Burlington stone, almost 
 white, with warm flush of rose ; trimmings, 
 of dark red stone ; at eastern vestibule, 
 with wide corridor and three porches, with 
 
 opens up : Interior divided- by columns 
 into nave and aisle, with an apsidal chan- 
 cel ; church and chancel, deep wainscotted 
 in chestnut, with black walnut cap and 
 base ; beams of the roof cased in chestnut ; 
 ceiling, a clear blue ; walls, a soft stone 
 color ; aisle-roof, nave-roof, arches, clere- 
 story, spandals pieh:ed with capsed open- 
 ings, all highly ornamental ; principal tim- 
 bers of the roof, richly moulded ; roof open 
 quite to the ridge, 60 feet high from the 
 floor of the audience room. The roof of 
 the chancel is supported by detached shafts. 
 
 RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH POLAND, SCHOOL STREET. 
 
 tall gables finished with cappings of the 
 dark blue stone, terminated with foliated 
 crosses ; and in the gable of the centre 
 porch, in wall-recess, with pointed arch, 
 the great rose-window, rich in tracery and 
 stained glass ; from the cornice of the 
 belfry rises the spire, enriched with shafted 
 windows, canopies, ornamental slating, to 
 a finial and cross of gold, 153 feet from 
 the ground ; between the side walls of the 
 church, arched windows, supported by but- 
 tresses, filled with tracery ; roofs of church, 
 chapel porches, covered with slating in al- 
 ternate bands of plain and shell-work. 
 As you enter from the vestibule, thus it 
 
 72 
 
 their moulded bases resting on corbels in 
 the angles of the apsis ; carved ribs rising 
 from these shafts to the stained glass sky- 
 light in the centre ; the chancel is separated 
 from the nave by a richly-moulded arch, 
 resting on clustered shafts ; windows" all 
 with arched mouldings, resting on orna- 
 mental corbels. 
 
 Choir and organ in the chancel, sepa- 
 rated from the pulpit by columns and in- 
 terlacing arches. The blue ceiling here 
 has crimson and buff borders, panels with 
 ornaments in color and panels with me- 
 dallions. The walls of the chancel are 
 maroon, border of crimson and buff, vine 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 of oak leaves in blue ; chancel windows, 
 stained glass, bordered in blue, each with 
 medallion in crimson ; purple wall below 
 each window, border of olive, white and 
 green, with two panels with Gothic heads 
 and spandrels filled with ornaments. The 
 whole coloring of the interior is exceed- 
 ingly rich and chaste, overnave and.aisles, 
 as well as chancel. The compartments 
 formed in the blue ceiling by the roof 
 timbers, have wide, rich borders — diag-' 
 onal bands of crimson and buff. The roof 
 timbers are a rich maroon, flecked with 
 orange, yellow, and a stellar pattern in 
 lighter maroon ; the shields on the ends of 
 hammer-beams, a white ground with crim- 
 son border and scroll ornaments; "walls 
 and columns below, neutral gray ; shafts. 
 
 BAPTIST CHURCH, SCHOOL STREET. 
 
 colors of the stained glass in the whole 
 interior, chancel, side walls, clere-story,- 
 exceedingly beautiful. The chancel win- 
 dows and large rose windows are es- 
 pecially rich," with a declaration of the 
 Most Holy Trinity in the centre light of 
 the great rose window. 
 
 Our view represents the Interior of 
 this church. For the history of Bethany, 
 see Mr. Walton's paper, page 288 ; also 
 396-407. For the historian who writes 
 up the history of the next hundred years of 
 Montpelier, this handsome edifice of stone 
 will remain perfect, as now ; to the old 
 which has already passed away, we there- 
 fore give the more space and the more care 
 to gather up its fragments now, before ir- 
 revocably lost. 
 
 The organ is superbly 
 pleasing to the eye, har- 
 monizes admirably with 
 the interior of the church, 
 and for general quality of 
 tone, and characteristic 
 voicing of individual stops , 
 ^^^^_, we have never heard ex- 
 
 celled : The clarionette 
 seems like the veritable 
 instrument itself, the obeo 
 approximates more nearly 
 to the true imitation than 
 any stop we have ever 
 heard called by its name — 
 the vox humana — people 
 hearing it are actually de- 
 ceived by it, and look 
 around to see who is sing- 
 ing. We have many times 
 heard it pronounced sec- 
 ond to no instrument in 
 the country of its size, and 
 are not prepared to deny 
 the statement. Its first 
 concert was the evening 
 before the dedication of 
 Bethany. 
 
 arch - mouldings of windows and doors 
 flecked out with crimson, green, purple 
 and flesh color." We are taken with the 
 beauty of the coloring, "the effect" of 
 which "is much- enhanced by the rich 
 
 AN OLD-TIME SINGING-MASTER, 
 
 Col. H. D. Hopkins, who for 35 years 
 knew all that was going on in all the choirs 
 around ; knew all the leading singers ; kept 
 singing-school; conducted musical con- 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
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 ventions, and for 27 years conducted the 
 musicin "Brick"and "Bethany" churches, 
 and so on ; who knew the leaders in the 
 " Old Brick" from the first day to the end, 
 and who ought to have been asked for a 
 paper on this subject, and would have 
 been, had the Compiler been aware of his 
 relations to these matters in time. Moses 
 E. Cheney, of Barnard, the old popular 
 singing-master of the State, says, " Brother 
 Hopkins must be remembered when you 
 notice the churches, certainly. He has 
 done more free labor in Montpelier than 
 any other man, and that so well." 
 
 The first transient singing-master that 
 ever taught here, says Mr. Hopkins, was 
 Joseph Wilder, from Derby, Vt., and the 
 early choristers of the Brick church were 
 Hon. Jo.seph Howes, O. H. Smith, Esq., 
 several years. Dr. Gustavus Loomis, Chas. 
 W. Badger, and Moses E. Cheney, who 
 
 MONTPELIER UNION SCHOOL BUILDING. 
 
 led the singing of the old Brick church 
 about 1840, for 3 years, and did much to 
 inspire the service of song with new life. 
 He, also, was the projector and conductor 
 of the first musical convention ever held 
 in Vermont, and it is believed in America. 
 It has been- so stated in the public prints, 
 and has never been denied. The con- 
 vention was held in the old Brick church, 
 
 May, 1839, and was attended by towns- 
 people not. only, but by clergymen and 
 lawyers from all parts of the State. The 
 facts relating to this convention should 
 not go unmentioned, and the honor of it 
 should be placed where it belongs, with 
 Moses E. Cheney, the true Vermonterand 
 antiquarian. 
 
 John H. Paddock was the first organist 
 here. George W. Wilder, who is in busi- 
 ness now at the head of State street, an 
 esteemed citizen of Montpelier at the pres- 
 ent time, was another organist at the old 
 Brick, also Miss Hosford and a Mrs. 
 Bigelow ; and John and Zenas Wood were 
 leading singers at the " Old Brick" in its 
 palmy days, and perhaps others — doubtless. 
 Mr. H.. assisted at, and reported for all 
 the musical conventions held at Montpelier ^ 
 for more than 20 years, in which he says, 
 in report of the Annual Central Vermont , 
 Musical Conven- 
 tion,held at Wash- 
 ington Hall, in this 
 village, Jan. '67 — 
 four days. Mr. 
 Phillips, of St. 
 Albans, elicited 
 the first ' hearty 
 applause, and Pro,- 
 fessor N. L. Phil- 
 lips, of Barre, the 
 man who perhaps 
 has taught more 
 singers than any 
 other in Central 
 Vermont, appear- 
 ed in a superb solo . 
 We are always 
 astonished at the 
 vigor and force, of 
 that voice, a grand 
 type of what we 
 wish all voices might be at sixty. The 
 5th and 6th same annual conventions Mr. 
 Hopkins directed. 
 
 His first letter to the Boston Journal 
 was written in 1859, ^"<i ""^ti' '^^ failing 
 of his health, in 1875, he was the only 
 regular Vermont correspondent of that 
 paper. He has also written quite exten- 
 sively for the Montpelier and other State 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 papers. For some few years he has been 
 too much of an invalid for business labor, 
 but occasionally now writes a good article 
 for press. We have been indebted on these 
 last pages to his present pen and huge old 
 scrap-book for several articles. As a speci- 
 men of the Colonel's humorous vein, we 
 purloin the following : 
 
 TO MY OLD BOOTS. 
 
 BY SOME ONE. 
 
 For three full years, and sometblng more. 
 
 You've served me a faltlifn} "pair;" 
 I therefore don't wonder that, all things considered. 
 
 You're looking " the worse for the wear." 
 
 SONG OF THE DYING YEAR. 
 BY JOSEPHINE M. 8WKET. 
 
 In the race that thou hast run, 
 In this cycle of the sun, 
 Hast thou in life's battle won? 
 
 What hast thou done? 
 
 What hast thou done? 
 
 When fears shadowed o'er the field, 
 In temptation didst tliou yield? 
 Or hast thou in life's battle won? 
 
 What hast thou done ? 
 
 What hast thou done ? 
 
 Hast thou fainted by the way, 
 ' Neath the burden of noon-day ? 
 Or hast thou in life's battle won ? 
 
 What hast thou done ? 
 
 What hast thou done ? 
 
 Josephine M. Sweet, a 
 native of Montpelier, a 
 contributor to the Watch- 
 man, Green Mountain 
 Freeman, etc, under the 
 nom de plum.e of ' ' Evan- 
 geline," for many years. 
 
 The zephyrs commence 
 to come, the poets from 
 abroad join to help Mont- 
 pelier sons and daughters 
 sing — one, [was it the 
 Hon. Wm. C. Bradley?] 
 It is like his wit, very, and 
 of his palmy time, joins 
 
 in a 
 
 LAMENTATION, 
 
 RESIDENCE OF MR. M. D. OILMAN, BALDWIN ST., NEXT 
 THE STATE CAPITOL. 
 
 [Written soon after the 
 DOOR WEST OF ^^j™*"""^"* of t^e Ver- 
 
 Your "bottoms" and "uppers" were '"A number one,' 
 
 And fitting so snugly about. 
 Have made a good place to keep " a foot in," 
 
 While the damp and the cold you kept out. 
 
 Yes, "A number onel " I wear nothing else; 
 
 Double soles— oak-tanned and French calf. 
 Albeit old Crispin, with Impertinence, said, 
 
 "You wear number nine and a half." 
 
 'Xwas a way you had, much to your credit. 
 
 In parting, permit me to say. 
 Of beiug quite constantly " round under foot," 
 
 And yet, not much In the way. 
 
 In bidding you now a long adieu. 
 And remembering the good yon have done, 
 
 I give you permission, if the d — 1 don't get you. 
 To say that your " soles are yonr own." 
 
 And if In the place where you finally stop. 
 There should chance to be paper and quill. 
 
 Please write me a letter, and tell me if 
 They permit you to " go it boots" still. 
 
 mont Legislature, Nov. 
 1826.] 
 
 Montpelier mourns— her streets are still. 
 Save when the street-yarn ladies spin; 
 
 And scarce a stranger's seen at Mann's, 
 Or Campbell's, or at Oottrin's Inn. 
 
 The guardians of the people's rights 
 Have done their work, gone home to prove it ; 
 
 And let the State-house stand, because 
 Bwrnum and BaUey could not move it. 
 
 But though the building stands secure. 
 And long may stand the village boast, 
 
 The villagers are called to mourn 
 The comforts and the ftlends they've lost. 
 
 Their Butler's gone, their Baker, too; 
 
 Their Clarkes have fled as Smifi as thouglit; 
 Their Barber's left their chins unshaved. 
 
 And e'en their Potter's gone to pot. 
 
 Their Walkers nimbly walked away^ 
 
 Their Mason and their Smiths are still ; 
 , Their Carpenters lay down their tools. 
 Their honest Miller leaves his mill. 
 
MONTPELIER. 
 
 S73 
 
 Their skillful Fisher-man has gone 
 
 With Bates to lure and Spear to strike ; 
 With him are fled the Finney tribe, 
 
 But more especially the Pike. 
 The Swan they dearly loved to pick, 
 
 Has flown, with plumage bright as gold; 
 Their Buck has bounded o'er the hills, 
 
 Their playiUl Lamb has broke his fold. 
 
 Tlie Noble and tlie Young have gone. 
 
 The Rich have left them to despair ; 
 Their Qay^ their Best nttlre is lost, 
 ^ And not a Spencer^s left to wear. 
 
 Their learned Proctor, pious Dean, 
 And lioly Palmer in the lurch. 
 
 Have left their flocks, and left them, too, 
 Without a Temple, Bell or Church. 
 
 And those who loved the mazy dance, 
 Enjoy no more the lively Ball ; 
 
 They've lost, alasl their pleasure House, 
 And miss their rlohly-fnruisliert Hall. 
 
 STATE CAPITOL. 
 
 They once could boast a pleasant Hill, 
 Delightful Rhodes, a charming Zane, 
 
 A Warren, Bridge, and Shedd and Barnes, 
 That they may never see again. 
 
 Their Forrest and their Woods are felled. 
 
 The Major who their forces led. 
 Has broken up his glittering Camf, 
 
 And friendly Scott and French are fled. 
 
 All's losti the men have lost their Crafts, 
 They've lost their ArMler and their Wheeler, 
 
 Have lost their Uteele, their Peck, their Rice; 
 And, oh I their women have lost their Keeler. 
 
 Yes, all is lost, and those who've gone. 
 Have long ere now, perchance, forgot 'em ; 
 
 They lost their Solace, lost their Child, 
 And lost their Pride, and Hyde, and Bottum. 
 
 • Amos W. Barnum, Vergennes. 
 Benjamin F. Bailey, Burlington. . 
 His Excellency Ezra Butler, Waterbury. 
 Samuel S. Baker, Arlington. 
 Samuel Clark, Brattleboro ; Jonas Clark, 
 
 Middletown. 
 Benjamin Swift, St. Albans. 
 
 David Barber, Hubbardton. 
 
 Abel W. Potter, Pownal. 
 
 Leonard Walker, Springfield; James O. 
 
 Walker, Whiting. 
 Leonard Mason, Ira. 
 
 Ira Smith, Orwell ; Asahel Smith, Ludlow ; 
 Israel H. Smith, Thetford; Joab Smith, 
 Fairfield. 
 Luther Carpenter, Orange ; Dan Carpen- 
 ter, Waterbury. 
 Alexander Miller, Wallingford. 
 Nathan i^zj^ijr, Earkerstown, now Mendon. 
 Robert B. Bates, Middlebury, Speaker. 
 Spear — no such name in list of the Legis- 
 " lature in Walton's Register, for 1826. 
 Johnson Finny, Monkton. 
 Ezra Fike, Jr., Vineyard, now Isle LaMotte. 
 Benj. Swan, Woodstock, State Treasurer. 
 D. Azro A. Buck, Chelsea. 
 Shubael Lamb, Wells. 
 
 William Noble, Charlotte. 
 Nathan Young, Strafford. 
 Moody Rich, Maidstone. 
 Dwight Gay, Stockbridgc. 
 Thomas Best, Highgate. 
 William Spencer, Corinth. 
 Jabez Proctor, Councillor. 
 Barnabas Dean, Weathersfield. 
 William A. Palmer, Danville. 
 Robert Temple, Rutland. 
 James Bell, Walden. 
 Charles Church, Hancock. 
 Abraham Ball, Athens. 
 Alvin House, Montgomery. 
 William Hall, Rockingham. 
 Jarius Hall, Wilmington, 
 Burgess Hall, Shelburne. 
 Samuel Hill, Greensboro. 
 William Rhodes, Richmond. 
 Josiah Lane, Wheelock. 
 George Warren, Fairhaven. 
 John Bridge, Pomfret. * 
 Jonah Shedd, Peacham. 
 Melvin Barnes, Jr., Grand Isle. 
 Wells De Forrest, Lemington. 
 Nathan Wood, Vernon ; Jonah Wood, 
 
 Sherburne ; Ziba Woods, Westford. 
 Miijor Hawley, Manchester. 
 David M. Camp, Derby. 
 Richard Scott, Stratton. , 
 Thomas G. French, Brunswick; John 
 
 French, Minehead, now Bloomfield. 
 Samuel C. Crafts, Orleans Co. Councillor. 
 James Ambler, Jr., Huntington. 
 Nathan Wheeler, Grafton. 
 William Steele, Sharon. 
 John Peck, Washington Co. Councillor. 
 Ephraim Rice, Somerset. 
 Wolcott H. Keeler, Chittenden. 
 Calvin Solace, Bridport. 
 Thomas Child, Bakersfield. 
 Darius Pride, Williamstown: 
 Dana Hyde, Jr., Guilford. 
 
 Nathan Bottum, Shaftsbury. 
 
574 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Patents, we have not had any paper 
 prepared for: Dennis Lane took out a 
 patent for improvement in head blocks for 
 saw-mills, Sept. 6, 1864 ; Ashbel Stim- 
 son, in 1876, for spring-hinges for doors. 
 
 At THE Centennial, Montpelier Man- 
 ufacturing Company took the award for 
 children's carriages, and F. C. Oilman for 
 sulky and buggy. 
 
 SONS AND CITIZENS OF MONTPELIER 
 ABROAD. 
 
 We have not yet obtained ^.-satisfactory 
 list. We will mention here briefly the 
 few not already included in a family no- 
 tice in these pages, that have been fur- 
 nished to us chiefly by Chas. De F. Ban- 
 croft and Mr. Walton, and will be pleased 
 if a more extensive list may be given for 
 the County volume. — ^D. 
 
 L. L. Walbridge, a native of Mont- 
 pelier, has been reporter for the Boston 
 Journal, and city editor of the St. Louis 
 Democrat ; is one of the best short-hand 
 writers in the country ; was one of the wit- 
 nesses on the impeachment trial of Presi- 
 dent Johnson. 
 
 Wm. Pitt Kellogg, present U. S. Sen- 
 ator from Louisiana, the son of Rev. Sher- 
 man Kellogg, we counted once as a " Mont- 
 pelier boy ; " also, Henry C. Nutt, son of 
 Henry Nutt, of this town, now President 
 of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad ; Joel 
 Mead, a wealthy lumber merchant in She- 
 boygan, Wis. ; James Mead, his brother, 
 a leading banker in Oshkosh, Wis. Their 
 aged mother still resides with us ; Wm. P. 
 Strong, son of the old hotel-keeper here. 
 President of the Atchison, Topeka and 
 Santa Fe Railroad, a brother of his in 
 Faribault, Minn., and another, a prominent 
 business man in Beloit, Wis. ; Edwin S. 
 Merrill, son of the late Timothy Merrill, 
 in Winchendon, Mass. ; George Silver, 
 son of Isaiah Silver, in Tivola, N. Y. ; 
 James Davis, son of Anson Davis, and 
 great-grandson of Col. Jacob Davis, Pro- 
 fessor in an Institution in New York City ; 
 Dodge W. Keith, son of Hon. R. W. 
 Keith, who gives his father's portrait to 
 the work, a successful merchant in Chicago ; 
 Harold Sprague, a merchant in Chicago ; 
 R. J. Richardson, of Des Moines, Iowa, 
 
 a grain merchant; James and Frank 
 Muldoon were born poor boys, now 
 successful traders in Wisconsin; Henry 
 L. Lamb, in Troy, inspector of banks, has 
 been editor on the Troy Times ; Col. E. 
 M. Brown, editor of the New Orleans 
 Delta during Butler's administration ; Azel 
 Spalding, a member of the Kansas House 
 of Representatives in 1861 ; Hon. A. W. 
 Spalding, son of Azel, Senator of Jeffer- 
 son County, Kansas, in 1862; Fred. T. 
 BiCKFORD, who has been Superintendent 
 of the U. S. Telegraph Co. at Pittsburg, 
 Pa., and Superintendent of the Russian 
 Extension Telegraph Co's. line in Siberia, 
 now at Washington, D. C, we think ; and 
 many others whom the old friends at home 
 would be pleased to see enrolled on their 
 list of sons and citizens abroad. 
 
 Omission in Mr. Oilman's list of Mr. 
 Walton's printed papers — an address on 
 the death of Stephen A. Douglass in 1863, 
 printed by order of Congress, e. p. w. 
 
 Page 365 should read, " we do not give 
 sermons when the statements seem suffi- 
 cient ; " we sometimes give sermons — his- 
 torical ones. 
 
 Page 539, " where the. sun touches first 
 the grove," not "where the sun touches 
 first the grave.'' Same paper, page 537, 
 iron-framed ; not corn-framed. 
 
 Page 478 should read, an obituary by 
 Dr. Sumner Putnam. 
 
 Page 424, The interior of St. Augustine's, 
 for there are two side aisles, but no centre 
 aisle, should read, there are two side aisles 
 and a centre aisle, and " Between the win- 
 dows, in simple black wood frames, the 
 stations," should read instead, in gilt 
 frames. In this l^t mistake we wholly 
 exonerate our compositors — it was our own 
 mistake, in the press of our cares but too 
 carelessly made ; and it should have been 
 added, the church has very handsome vest- 
 ments and altar adornments, a lovely statue 
 of the Blessed Virgin, and upon a Christ- 
 mas night or Easter morning appears very 
 fresh and beautifiil. — Ed. 
 
 PageS30, John W. Culver in 1833, not '35. 
 
 Montpelier's Lament, page 572, from old 
 scrap-book of Dr. Bradford, of Northfield. 
 
EAST MONTPELIER. 
 
 575 
 
 EAST MONTPELIER. 
 
 BY HON, S. S KBLTON. 
 
 The town of East Montpelier was organ- 
 ized Jan. I, 1849, having been set off from 
 Montpelier 'by the General Assembly at 
 their session in 1848, on the petition of 
 citizens of Montpelier village. The meet- 
 ing for organization was called by Addison 
 Peck, a justice of the peace, on the peti- 
 tion of 6 freeholders to him directed for 
 that purpose. 
 
 The officers elected at this first meeting 
 were : Mod. Addison Peck ; town clerk. 
 Royal Wheeler ; selectmen, Stephen F. 
 Stevens, Isaac Gate, J. G. Nichols ; treas., 
 A. Peck ; overseer of poor, A. Peck ; con- 
 stable, J. P. W. Vincent. 
 
 The first child born in town, after organ- 
 ization, was Glara Davis, daughter of Pear- 
 ley and Gynthia Davis, Jan. 19, 1849. 
 The first marriage was Rodney G. Bassett 
 and L. Amelia Willard, Jan. 21, 1849, ^y 
 Gharles Sibley, justice of peace. 
 
 The town is bounded northerly by Cal- 
 ais, easterly by Plainfield and a small part 
 of Marshfield, southerly by Berlin, frojn 
 which it is separated by the Winooski riv- 
 er and a part of Barre, and westerly by 
 Montpelier and Middlesex, and contains 
 18,670 acres ; population in 1880, 972 ; 
 grand list in 1881, $9,251. 
 
 The township is watered by the Winooski 
 river, which runs through the southerly 
 corner, and along the southerly boundary, 
 by Kingsbury Branch, which, after drain- 
 ing the numerous ponds in.Woodbury and 
 Galais, crosses tl;e northeasterly corner 
 of the town, and enters the Winooski ; 
 (its name was derived from that of an 
 early settler living near the stream,) and 
 by numerous small streams, aifording 
 many excellent mill-sites. The surface of 
 the town is uneven, but the soil is good 
 and productive, and there is scarcely any 
 waste land in town. The prevailing char- 
 acter of the rocks is slate and lime, with 
 granite boulders scattered in the easterly 
 part. Of timber, the sugar maple, beech, 
 spruce and hemlock largely predominatCj 
 with a great variety in less quantity. 
 
 There are some very fine sugar orchards 
 in this town ; that of Gyrus Morse num- 
 
 bers 2,750 trees, all supplied with tin tubs, 
 the sugar-house and fixtures being fully 
 equal to the requirements of so large a 
 number of trees. In a good season they 
 make 10,000 lbs. of sugar, for which there 
 is a ready sale, rendering it one of the best 
 industries of a large farm. 
 
 The industries of East Montpelier are 
 chiefly, almost exclusively, agricultural ; 
 the farms are of medium size, generally 
 containing from 75 to 150 acres, some of 
 200 to 300, and a few as large as 400 acres, 
 devoted to a mixed husbandry, the dairy 
 decidedly taking the lead ; some attention 
 is given to the rearing of blood stock, — of 
 horses, cattle, sheep and swine. 
 
 There are two small villages in town, 
 
 EAST VILLAGE, 
 
 situated on the Winooski, containing a 
 meeting-house, school-house, store, tav- 
 ern, post-office, established about 1825, a 
 grist-mill, saw-mill with planer, two car- 
 penters and joiners and blacksmith shop. 
 
 This village has suffered great loss by 
 fires; 1817, or thereabouts, a hulling mill 
 was burned ; 1825, or '26, a blacksmith 
 shop ; 1847, the tavern-house, store, two 
 barns and all the out buildings, — ^property 
 of John Mellen; 1852, the Union store 
 and goods ; 1859, the blacksmith shop of 
 G. W. Lewis; 1868, the store and goods 
 of G. H. Stevens, together with the barn 
 of G. C. Willard ; 1869, the store of J. C. 
 Nichols, with the goods, the property of 
 Gol. Randall ; also in the immediate neigh- 
 borhood, 1857, the house of Norman 
 French ; 1866, the house of George Dag- 
 gett, one of the best houses ever built in 
 town-^struck by lightning ; 187 1 , the barns 
 of G. A. Tabor, together with all the farm 
 produce, tools, and four horses. 
 
 [Store and tavern since burned.— Ed.] 
 
 NORTH MONTPELIER, 
 
 situated on Kingsbury branch, contains 
 a post-office, store, grist-mill, saw-mill, 
 woolen-factory, boot and shoe-shop, blacks 
 smith shop, and the manufacture of musi- 
 cal insiruments by E. D. & G. G. Nye. 
 The water power in this place is very ex- 
 cellentl 
 
 There are ten school districts in town, 
 each supplied with a good, well-finished 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 school-house, where a school is kept from 
 6 to 9 months each year, besides four frac- 
 tional districts, where the scholars attend 
 school in adjacent towns. 
 
 LIBRARIES. 
 
 In 1794, a circulating library was estab- 
 lished at the center of the town, in the 
 house of Pearley Davis,— he being librari- 
 an, — containing 200 volumes, made up of 
 history, travels, biography, and works of 
 scientific, philosophic or moral character. 
 These books were freely circulated through 
 the town for a long period of years. The 
 ladies' circulating library was established 
 in East village in 1859, containing 223 vols. 
 A Sunday school library of 290 vols, in 
 1850: oneatNorthMontpelierof i6ovols. 
 in 1867. In 1 861, an agricultural library 
 was organized at East village of 116 vols., 
 which was burned in C. H. Stevens' store, 
 in 1868. 
 
 CHURCH EDIFICES. 
 
 There are four meeting-houses in town ; 
 that belonging to the Society of Friends 
 was first used as such, in 1802, having 
 previously been used as the store of Col. 
 Robbins. The Union Meeting-house at 
 the center of the town was built in 1823, 
 and is also used as a town-house. 
 
 At east village is a Universalist house, 
 built in 1833, the Rev. John E. Palmer, 
 of Barre, preaching the dedication sermon, 
 Jan. 8, 1834. 
 
 At North Montpelier a Universalist house 
 was built in 1867. This is much the best 
 house, in the belfry of which is one of the 
 best bells in the vicinity. 
 
 RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 
 
 In 1793, there was a religious society of 
 Friends organized in the east part of the 
 town, who for many years assembled them- 
 selves together regularly twice a week, a 
 meek and contrite people, under the preach- 
 ing of Clark Stevens. It was their custom 
 to hold silent meetings, when the spirit of 
 the Lord did not move them to speak. 
 
 FREEWILL BAPTISTS. 
 
 There was a Freewill Baptist ' church 
 organized in the east part of the town at 
 an early day, and a great awakening in the 
 religious cause, under the efiicient labors 
 
 of Elder Benjamin Page. They held their 
 meetings in barns, dwelling-houses, or 
 anywhere where the way was open for 
 them. Subsequently there was a church 
 organized by the same denomination in 
 the north part of the town, under the 
 preaching of Elder Paul Holbrook. 
 
 UNIVERSALISTS OF EAST MONTPELIER. 
 
 Two of the most active pioneers of this so- 
 ciety were the late Gen. Parley Davis of 
 Montpelier Center, and Arthur Daggett, 
 who lived and died near the East village. 
 These first settlers in town had preaching 
 of the faith they clferished, at an early day. 
 Rev. William FarweU, Hosea Ballou, Paul 
 Dean and John E. Palmer were the first 
 ministers. Their society here was organ- 
 ized Feb. 8, 1834. The cause prospered 
 until there was more of this faith in town 
 than any other. The resident pastors of 
 "The Universalist^ Society" were Rev. 
 Tracy R. i5pencer, R. M. Byram, Simeon 
 Goodehough and Lester Warren. Rev. 
 Mr. Warren, now living in town, says he 
 was employed for this society by Parley 
 Davis, Arthur Daggett and others, in May, 
 1838. He preached onceor twice amonth, 
 in the Center and at the East village, for 9 
 years. And now he has "vesper service" 
 in the new church at the North village, 
 once in two weeks. The meetings are 
 well attended, as are also a " course of 
 lectures" arranged by " The Prudential 
 committee" of "The Lyceum.'' Rev. E. 
 Ballou also preached alternately with Mr. 
 W. for several years, until the settlement 
 of the late Rev. T. R. Spencer. 
 
 EPISCOPAL METHODISTS. 
 
 Rev. Jesse Lee, who was the pioneer of 
 Methodism in New England, first preached 
 in this town in 1795,' and formed the first 
 society. He was succeeded by Rev. Ralph 
 Williston, Nicholas Sneathen, Gideon 
 Draper, and others. 
 
 Alexander Parker, his wife' and two or 
 three of their daughters, Enoch Gate and 
 wife, Sylvantis Morse and wife, David Per- 
 sons and wife, John Stevens and wife, 
 Joseph and James Gould and their wives, 
 were among the early Methodists of the 
 town. 
 
EAST MONTPELIER. 
 
 577 
 
 Since the organization of the society 
 they have, like most institutions, experi- 
 enced at intervals seasons of prosperity 
 and decline. 
 
 THE CHRISTIANS. 
 
 There was a society of Christians organ- 
 ized in this town a few years since, who 
 supported preaching a portion of the time. 
 
 EPIDEMICS. 
 
 Of epidemics, only 4 deserving the name 
 have occurred from the first settlement of 
 the town to the present day. The first of 
 these was the dysentery, which fatally pre- 
 vailed in the summer and fall of 1802. 
 The second was the typhus fever, which 
 prevailed to considerable extent in the 
 summer of i8o6. The third, that fearful 
 disease known by the name of spotted 
 fever, which suddenly made its appearance 
 in the winter of 181 1. In the fall and 
 winter of 1813, the typhus fever again very 
 fatally prevailed. The number of deaths 
 from this disease in the whole (old) town, 
 was 78 : much the larger number of which 
 were outside the present limits of East 
 Montpelier. 
 
 The town is believed to be one of the 
 healthiest in the State ; the average num- 
 ber of deaths for the last 20 years has been 
 17 ; the largest number in ,1862, being 29 ; 
 the smallest number in 1867, only 7. 
 
 The oldest person living in town is Anna 
 Gould, born at Sutton, Mass., Aug. 12, 
 1787 ; came to this town in 1803 ; is the 
 widow of Simeon Gould, who died in 1879, 
 aged 98 years, by whom she had 9 chil- 
 dren, of whom 7 are now living at this 
 writing, (Sept. 1881). Mr. and Mrs. 
 Gould's marriage life was 70 years. 
 
 The oldest person who was born in town 
 is Mrs. Paulina Davis, widow of the late 
 Timothy Davis, and daughter of Clark 
 Stevens, born Sept. 15, I79S- (Oct. i,'8i.) 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Goodwin, wiflow of Hon. 
 Israel Goodwin, and daughter of Capt. 
 Isaac Putnam, born July 29, 1796. 
 
 The oldest inhabitant of the town is Mrs. 
 Sally Vincent, widow of Capt. Isaac Vin- 
 cent, and daughter of Darius Boyden,Esq.., 
 born at Worcester, Mass., July 4, 1793; 
 came to East Montpelier early in 1794, 
 
 and has lived in town continuously since, 
 87 years, 7 months. 
 
 The oldest person who ever lived in 
 town was Mrs. Molly Gould, who died in 
 1851, aged 102 years, i month. Mrs. 
 Gould'was born at Sutton, Mass., in 1749 ; 
 married John Gould of the same town in 
 1768 ; raising a large family of children ; 
 came to this town in 1811. ^ 
 
 THE EARLY SETTLEMENT. 
 
 It is by no means certain, who cut the 
 first tree, or built the first house. Gen. 
 Pearley Davis undoubtedly made the first 
 pitch, being two lots of the first divisioli, 
 at the center of the town, of which he re- 
 ceived a deed from Jacob Davis, May 28, 
 1788, the consideration being "eighty 
 pounds, lawful money ." He made a be- 
 ginning soon after, putting up a log-house 
 and barn that season, but returned to 
 Massachusetts to teach school the following 
 winter. He cut and stacked the hay on a 
 beaver meadow in the north part of the 
 town, (now owned by E. H. Vincent) that 
 season, which was mostly drawn to Col. 
 Jacob Davis' the following winter, he fall- 
 ing short of fodder for his teams, and those 
 of new settlers who would stop for a time 
 with him on their arrival. 
 
 In June, 1788, John Templeton and 
 Solomon Dodge came to East Montpe- 
 lier, from Peterboro, N. H., and com- 
 menced felling the forest on their respect- 
 ive lots, (being adjacent) preparatory to 
 establishing their new homes, returning to 
 New Hampshire to do their haying, after 
 which, they worked the remainder of the 
 season, clearing their land, and building 
 each a log-house. The following spring, 
 1789, in March, they returned with their 
 families for a permanent settlement, ac- 
 companied by their father-in-law, James 
 Taggart. After stopping about three weeks 
 with Col. Jacob Davis, they proceeded to 
 their new homes, 5 miles distant, the 
 snow at this time being 2 feet deep. On 
 arriving at Mr. Templeton's house, the 
 roof having been covered with- bark, a part 
 of which had blown off, they found the 
 snow nearly as deep inside the house as 
 out. This had a decided cool look, but 
 there was no backing down, the snow was 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 shoveled out, a fire built, and they spent 
 the remainder of their days on that farm, 
 which is still owned and occupied by their 
 grandson, Austin Templeton. 
 
 Mr. Dodge and wife lived and died on 
 their adjacent farm, where their youngest 
 daughter still resides, the wife of J. R. 
 Young. These were the first families that 
 moved into the town of East Montpelier. 
 
 During the first season all their grain 
 had to be brought from Brookfield, (getting 
 it ground at Williamstown) a distance of 
 20 miles, — on a man's back. 
 
 In the fall of this year, (1789) as their 
 first crops were harvested. Col. Davis' mill 
 on North Brapch was ready to do the grind- 
 ing, and save the Brookfield tramp. 
 
 Mrs. Templeton was accustome4 to say 
 in her later years, that she did not see a 
 woman, except her two sisters, (Jenna 
 Taggart who lived with her and Mrs. 
 Dodge,) for a year, lacking one day, and 
 that no family (except as above) lived 
 nearer than Col. Jacob Davis', being 5 
 miles. Mii Templeton died May i8, 181 3, 
 aged 48 years. 
 
 The third .family that moved into town, 
 was Jonathan Snow and wife, in March, 
 1790, — Mr. Snow having been here and 
 made a small beginning the summer be- 
 fore, in the east part of the town. They 
 stopped several days with Mr. Templeton 
 on their way. After living on their land 
 two or three years, Mr. Snow sold out to 
 his father-in-law, Barnabas Hammett, and 
 lived a year or two below Montpelier vil- 
 lage, returning to an adjacent lot of his 
 first beginning, now owned and occupied 
 by his youngest son, Alonzo Snow, where 
 he continued to reside. Mr. Snow was born 
 at Rochester, Mass , July 12, 1768, mar- 
 ried Lydia Hammett Feb. u, 1790, and 
 came to this town by the then express train, 
 an ox. team ; after rearing a large family, 
 died Mar. 31, 1846. 
 
 During 1790, quite a large addition was 
 made to the population, for we find that 
 March 29, 1791, at the organization of the 
 old town, of the 27 voters present, 24 were 
 residents of East Montpelier, viz : Benja- 
 min I. Wheeler, David Parsons, Pearley 
 Davis, Ebenezer Dodge, Solomon Dodge, 
 
 Nathaniel Peck, David Wing, Lemuel 
 Brooks, Clark Stevens, Jonathan Snow, 
 Hiram Peck, James Taggart, John Tem- 
 pleton, Elisha Cummins, Jonathan Cutler, 
 Charles McCloud, Isaac Putnam, Nathan- 
 iel Davis, Jerahmel Wheeler, Smith Ste- 
 vens, Charles Stevens, Edmund Doty, 
 Duncan Young. The last survivor of this 
 pioneer band, was Elisha Cummins, who 
 died Nov. 21, i860, aged 93 years. 
 
 The first child born in town was James 
 Dodge, son of -Solomon Dodge, Apr. 5, 
 1790 ; the first female child born was Mary 
 Templeton, daughter of John Templeton, 
 May 3, 1791. The first death was that of 
 Betsey Cate, a child of Enoch Cate, 8 
 months old. The first resident of East 
 Montpelier who was married was Clark 
 Stevens, with Huldah Foster of Rochester, 
 Mass., Dec. 30, 1792. The first meeting- 
 house was a log-house, built by Clark Ste- 
 vens and Caleb Bennett, (Friends), on the 
 highway near the line of their farms, in 
 1793, and used as such till 1802. This is 
 believed to be the first meeting-house ever 
 built in Washington County. 
 
 Dr. Philip Vincent was the first physi- 
 cian who came into town ; he came -from 
 New Braintree, Mass., in February, 1795, 
 and settled where his grandson, Horace 
 M. Vincent, now resides; died in 1813, 
 aged 54 years. The first merchant was 
 Col. David Robbins, who built and began 
 trade in what is now the Quaker meeting- 
 house, in 1796. The first tavern kept in 
 town was by Freeman Snow, opened in 1798 
 or '99, near where George Davis now lives. 
 The first saw-mill was built by Pearley 
 Davis, on the brook at the N. W. cotner 
 of lot no. 45, 1st div., in 1792, he having 
 bought 2 acres of land for that purpose, of 
 Caleb Bennett, for which he paid "three 
 pounds, lawful tnoney^ 
 
 The first grist-mill was built by Samuel 
 Rich, in lyc)^, on Kingsbury Branch, 
 where the mill of M. V. B. Hollister now 
 stands. 
 
 SAMUEL RICH 
 
 was born at Sutton, Mass., Feb. 24, 1760. 
 He came to this town in 1792 ; was mar- 
 ried to Margaret McCloud Dec. 1, 1706. 
 Besides doing an extensive farming busi- 
 
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 ness, (owning 700 acres of land) he built 
 and run a g^rist-miU, a saw-mill, a carding- 
 'machine, a fulling-mill, a brick-yard and 
 distillery ; he also kept a tavern for a num- 
 ber of years subsequently to 1805. 
 
 In 1805, he built a very nice, large 
 dwelling-house, said to have been the best 
 house in the County at that time. The 
 place was known for a long term of years, 
 as Rich's Hollow, so largely did his busi- 
 ness predominate over that of all others. 
 He was a carpenter by trade, and built the 
 large barn (80x32 feet) for Nathaniel Da- 
 vis, in 1793, being the first barn of any 
 magnitude ever built in this town. He 
 died in 1827, leaving 10 sons and daugh- 
 ters, one of whom, Jacob Rich Esq., resided 
 at the old homestead at the time of his 
 death, in 1878. 
 
 BENJAMIN 1. WHEELER. 
 
 Born at Rehoboth, Mass., Sept. 19, 
 1766; settled at an early date in Montpe- 
 lier, now East Montpelier, on the farm 
 where he lived until his death. ' In the 
 spring of 1793, he married Huldah French, 
 of Attleboro, Mass. At the organization 
 of the town of Montpelier, in 1791, he was 
 elected one of the listers and one of the 
 highway surveyors, and the same year 
 town grand juror. In 1792, he was elect- 
 ed selectman, and held that oflSce 16 years 
 previous to 1818. ♦ He died March 7, 1845. 
 
 JERAHMEL B. WHEELER. 
 
 Born at Rehoboth, Mass. ; settled in 
 Montpelier, now East Montpelier, at an 
 early date, on the farm where he lived till 
 his death. He married Sybil French, of 
 Attleboro, Mass. In 1792, he was elected 
 first constable, and that year warned the 
 first freemen's meeting ever held in that 
 town. Afterwards, between i8o6 and 
 1813, he held the ofiice of selectman 5 
 years, and was justice of the peace several 
 years. He died in the spring of 1835. 
 
 MAJ. NATHANIEL DAVIS. 
 
 Among the men of business prominence 
 in the early history of the town, none were 
 more conspicuous than Nathaniel Davis. 
 He was born at -Oxford, Mass., Nov, 25, 
 1769 ; in 1789, he came to Montpelier and 
 purchased a tract of land in the north-east 
 part of the town, and commenced a clear- 
 
 ing at once, there being but two families in 
 what is now East Montpelier at that time. 
 In 1792, having married Miss Dolly Davis 
 of his native town, he commenced house- 
 keeping, and doing business on a large 
 scale. The following year, he built a saw- 
 mill on his farm, having turned a brook 
 a mile above him to obtain sufficient 
 water to run the mill. In addition to 
 clearing up his farm very rapidly, in 1793, 
 or '94, he built a barn 80x32 feet ; in '95, 
 he built a two-story house 42x32 feet, — 
 the same being occupied by his son Col. 
 Nathaniel Davis, at the time of his death, 
 in 1879 ; this is the oldest house in town at 
 this writing, 1881. Before the year 1800, 
 he built a potash and store, and did an ex- 
 tensive and successful mercantile business 
 for about 25 years. 
 
 Soon after 18 10, Mr. Davis commenced 
 what is now the village of East Calais, by^ 
 building at that place, a grist-mill, saw- 
 mill, nail factory, a scythe factory, and 
 opening a store ; subsequently this prop- 
 erty was surrendered to 2 of his daughters, 
 having married the Hon. Shubael Wheeler 
 and Samuel Rich, Jr. Esq. Another 
 daughter, who married N. C. King, Esq., 
 was equally as well provided for. 
 
 In 1825, Mr. Davis having closed his 
 mercantile business, and disposed of his 
 outside property, as above, in connection 
 with his son commenced doing a more, ex- 
 tensive farming business, by buying farm 
 after farm, till they were able to sell more 
 than. 100 head of beef cattle per annum. 
 
 In 1838, they built the large woolen fac- ■ 
 tory at North Montpelier, which, in con- 
 sequence of an unfortunate partnership, 
 entered into at the completion of the build- 
 ing, was a very disastrous enterprise. He 
 died in 1843, aged 74 years. 
 
 (From Thompson's History of Montpelier.) 
 GEN. PEARLEY DAVIS, 
 
 a son of Nathaniel and Sarah Davis, was 
 born in Oxford, (in the part afterwards 
 becoming Charlton,) Mass., Mar. 31, 1766, 
 and, after receiving rather an unusually 
 good English education, at the then new 
 academy in the neighboring town of Lei- 
 cester, including a knowledge of survey- 
 ing, he came into town with Col. Davis, 
 bringing his set of surveyor's instruments. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, 
 
 and at once engaging in the original sur- 
 veys of the township, first as an assistant 
 and finally as a principal, surveyor of the 
 town and county. 
 
 It was while thus employed, as he once 
 told the writer of this sketch, that, coming 
 on to the splendid swell of forest land then 
 crowning the elevation at the center of the 
 town, he was so struck with the general 
 indications of the soil and the natural 
 beauty of the location, as seen beneath the 
 growth of stately maples, cumbered with 
 little underbrush, that he resolved he would 
 here make his pitch, feeling confident that 
 this must be the seat of town business, and 
 then believing even that it would become 
 the site of its most populous village. 
 
 The mistake of Gen. Davis, so far as 
 regarded the growing up of much of a 
 village on the highlands of the town, ap- 
 pears to have been quite a common one 
 with our early settlers. Impressed at first, 
 as he was, with the inviting appearance of 
 the higher parts of their respective town- 
 ships, when contrasted with the forbidding 
 aspect of the dark and taiigled valleys, the 
 most able and enterprising of them, for a 
 general thing, made their pitches accord- 
 ingly, as in the instances of the settlements 
 of Randolph, Danville, and dozens of 
 other towns in this State. But they soon 
 found their anticipated villages slipping 
 down into the valleys, to leave them, in 
 that respect, high and dry on the hills, 
 with the most traveled roads all winding 
 along the streams. First, there must be 
 mills ; then a place near to shoe horses ; 
 then a place for refreshment of both man 
 and horse ; and while all this is going on, 
 it is a convenience and a saving of time to 
 be able to purchase a few family necessa- 
 ries; thence, to meet these calls, first 
 comes the blacksmith's shop, then the tav- 
 ern, then the store ; and you have the 
 neucleus of a continually growing village 
 already formed; while people soon find 
 out it is easier going round a hill than over 
 it, and build their roads accordingly. 
 
 So far, however, as regarded the seat of 
 town business. Gen. Davis' predictions 
 were fulfilled ; for he, having pitched on a 
 tract of 300 acres of land at the center, 
 and built a commodious house, had the 
 satisfaction of seeing it the receptacle of 
 all town meetings till a public house was 
 erected ; and the latter was the place of 
 such meetings, either for the whole town 
 or his part of it, up to the day of his death. 
 At all these town meetings he was always 
 an active and influential participator. 
 And in looking over the records of the 
 town for the first half century of its corpo- 
 rate existence, we can scarcely find a page 
 on which his name does not appear coup- 
 
 led with some of its most important trusts 
 or offices. 
 
 In 1794, he was elected captain of the 
 first military company ever organized in 
 town ; and before the year had closed he 
 was promoted to the office of major of the 
 regiment formed from the companies of the 
 different towns in this section. In 1798, 
 he was elected a colonel of the regiment ; 
 and in 1799, ^^ ^^ s''^' further promoted 
 to the prominent post of general . I n 1 799, 
 he was also honored by his townsmen 
 with a seat in the legislature, and received 
 from them 2 elections as their representa- 
 tive in the General Assembly. 
 
 In 1794, Gen. Davis married Miss Re- 
 becca Peabody, daughter of Col. Stephen 
 Peabody of Amherst, N. H., the lady of 
 whose medical skill and general usefulness 
 we have particularly spoken while treating 
 of the incidents and characters of the early 
 settlement. From this union sprang 7 
 daughters, most of whom lived to connect 
 themselves with the best families of this or 
 other towns; and one of them, (now 
 (deceased,) Mrs. Truman Pitkin, whose 
 family occupy the old homestead, was 
 the mother of Perley P Pitkin, Esq., the 
 present.representative of East Montpelier ; 
 while of the surviving, one, endowed with 
 high gifts of poesy, is the widow of the 
 late Hon. S. Pitkin, and another the wife 
 of the Hon. Royal Wheeler. 
 
 Gen. Davis, in the expanded benevolence 
 of his mind, appeared to take an interest in 
 the welfare of all his fellow-men, and par- 
 ticularly so of the young, for whose im- 
 provement in knowledge he labored earn- 
 estly and always. Hev^as one of the most 
 active and liberal in establishing a Town Li- 
 brary. He was ever anxious to see our com- 
 mon scliools supplied with competent teach • 
 ers ; and in subscriptions, and in the educa- 
 tion of his daughters, he largely patronized 
 our academy. He was one of the most 
 pleasant, animated and instructive of com- 
 panions, one of the best of neighbors, and 
 one of the most public spirited and useful 
 of citizens. In short, with his strong, 
 massive person, prepossessing face, intelli- 
 gent eye, genial and hearty manner, and 
 earnest tone of conversation, he was one 
 whom the world would unite in calling a 
 grand old fellow, and as such he will be 
 remembered till the last of the generation 
 who knew him shall have followed him to 
 the grave. 
 
 He died April 14, 1848, at the age of a 
 little over 82 years. His relict, Mrs. Re- 
 becca Peabody Davis, died Feb. 5, 1854, 
 aged about 83 years and 6 months. 
 
 CLARK STEVENS 
 
 was born in Rochester, Mass., Nov. 15, 
 1764. At the age of 18, he was drafted as 
 
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 a soldier, and served in that capacity sev- 
 eral months during one of the last years 
 of the American. Revolution. After leav- 
 ing the army, he engaged himself as a sea- 
 man at the neighboring port of New Bed- 
 ford, and spent several years in the ven- 
 tures of the ocean. But the perils he had 
 here encountered in the whaling and coast- 
 ing trade, not only revived the religious 
 . impressions formerly experienced, but led 
 him to resolve on the quiet pursuits of 
 husbandry, and to remove, with that object 
 in view, to the new town of Montpelier in 
 Vermont. Accordingly he immigrated in- 
 to this town in 1790, in company with 
 David Wing, the elder, and his sons, pur- 
 chased and at once began to clear up the 
 vahiable farm near Montpelier East village, 
 which has ever since been the family 
 homestead. After effecting a considerable 
 opening in the wilderness, and building 
 the customary log-house and barn, he re- 
 turned to the land of his fathers, and, Dec. 
 13, 1792, married Miss Huldah Foster of 
 his native Rochester ; brought her imme- 
 diately on and installed her as the mistress 
 of his heart and household. 
 
 Soon after his marriage, Mr. Stevens 
 appears to have been more deeply than ever 
 exercised with his religious convictions ; 
 when soon, by the aid of some neighbors 
 who, like himself, had previously united 
 themselves with the Society of Friends or 
 Quakers, he built a log-meeting-house on 
 the bank of a little brook a short distance 
 to the north-west of his dwelling. And 
 here, under his lead, that little band of 
 congenial worshipers established in the 
 wilderness the first altar for the worship 
 of the living God ever erected in Wash- 
 ington County. Subsequently this band 
 was received into membership with the 
 New York Society of Friends, who held 
 monthly meetings in Danby, in the south- 
 western part of Vermont, which meetings 
 were eventually established at Starksboro, 
 in this State. Of the latter, he became a 
 regular monthly attendant, and in 1815, 
 having, besides being the leader and 
 teacher of his Society at home, travelled, 
 each year, hundreds of miles to attend 
 monthly, quarterly and yearly meetings in 
 Vermont, New York, and in the different 
 States of New England, and everywhere 
 evinced his faithfulness as a laborer, and 
 his ability as a religious speaker and teach- 
 er, he was publicly acknowledged by the 
 Starksboro Association as a regular and 
 accepted minister of the gospel. Years 
 before this, through his instrumentality, 
 and that of his worthy and perhaps most 
 enei:getic fellow-laborer in the cause, the 
 late Caleb Bennett, his Society at home 
 had been considerably enlarged, and a 
 
 commodious meeting-house erected a half 
 mile or more distant from the first primi- 
 tive one above mentioned. 
 
 But if Clark Stevens was a man of the 
 intelligence and virtue which caused him 
 to be placed in such a prominent position - 
 in his religious connections, why was he 
 not, as well as other citizens of his town of 
 the same grade of capacity, promoted to 
 posts of civil trusts, or other wordly hon- 
 ors ? It was because, after havingbeen made 
 the second town clerk of the town, and 
 reluctantly consented to serve in that ca- 
 pacity one year — it was simply because he 
 ever uniformly declined to accept them. 
 Time and again would the town gladly 
 have made him their representative iri the 
 Legislature. But all movements of that 
 kind were by him promptly discouraged 
 and stopped at the outset. On .the organ- 
 ization of the new county of Jefferson, in 
 such high esteem were his worth and abili- 
 ties held by the leading men of the county 
 at large that, on their united recommenda- 
 tion, he was, without his knowledge or 
 consent, appointed by the, Legislature to 
 the more important and tempting ofiSce of 
 a judge of the court. But this he also 
 promptly declined, and gave the public to 
 understand that civil honors had so few 
 charms for him that it would thereafter 
 be in vain for them to offer them for his 
 acceptance. 
 
 Thus, "he had wrought out his work, 
 and wrought it well." Thus he lived, and 
 thus, at the ripe age of nearly ninety, he 
 peacefully passed away, at his old resi- 
 dence, on the 2oth of December, 1853, 
 with the characteristic words on his lips : 
 " I have endeavored to do what I appre- 
 hended was required of me. I have nought 
 but feelings of love for all mankind; and 
 my hope of salvation is based on the mercy 
 of God through his Son Jesus Christ." 
 
 Personally, Clark Stevens was one of 
 the finest looking men of his times. Full 
 6 feet high, and nobly proportioned, with 
 a shapely contour of head and features, 
 dark eyes and a sedate, thoughtful counte- 
 nance, his presence, was unusually impos- 
 ing and dignified. He was a prince in 
 appearance, but a child in humility. He 
 was unquestionably a man of superior in- 
 tellect, and that intellect was, in all its 
 traits, peculiarly well balanced. But it 
 was his great and good heart which shown 
 out the most conspicuously through all the 
 actions of his long and beneficent life. In 
 fine, Clark Stevens, iri the truest sense of 
 the term, was a great man. d. p. t; 
 
 •* Goodness without greatness 
 Is but an empty show; 
 But. O, liow rich and beautiful! 
 I When tbey together Rrow." 
 
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 ISAAC GRAY 
 
 died in East Montpelier, Oct. 7, 1874, 
 aged 97 years, 2 months, 16 days. He 
 was the oldest man in the county at the 
 time of his death, having resided in the 
 town where he died one day over 80 years. 
 He was born in Rochester, Mass., July 22, 
 1777. John and May Gray, his parents, 
 started with their 9 children for Vermont, 
 Sept. 14, 1794, and arrived at Caleb Ben- 
 nett's, in Montpelier — now East Montpe- 
 lier — Oct. 6, following, having been 22 
 days on the road, their only means of con- 
 veyance of family and goods having been 
 an ox-cart drawn by two pairs of oxen. 
 Mr. Bennett had come from New Bedford, 
 Mass., two or three years earlier, and with 
 him Mr. Gray and family, being old ac- 
 quaintances, stopped a number of days, as 
 did Thomas Allen and family, who had 
 traveled with the Grays from the old Bay 
 State; this made a pretty thick-settled 
 family, but large houses were not such a 
 necessity then as now. 
 
 SAMUEL TEMPLETON, 
 
 born at Peterboro, N. H., Nov. 15, 1788, 
 came to East Montpelier in March, 1789. 
 He was at the time of his death one 
 of the oldest residents of East Montpe- 
 lier, — aged 89 years, 7 months, 15 days. 
 When the deceased was jbut 4 months old, 
 his father, John Terapleton, in company 
 with Solomon Dodge, removed to East 
 Montpelier from Peterboro, N. H., at that 
 time there being no families in that local- 
 ity, and but one, Col. Jacob Davis, in the 
 then limits of Montpelier. On their arri- 
 val here the snow was so deep that they 
 were unable to proceed further, and were 
 compelled to stop with Col. Davis a week. 
 Reaching their new home, they discovered 
 that the roofs of the rude shanties which 
 they had erected the year previous had 
 been blown off, and the snow was as deep 
 in their houses as on the ground, they be- 
 ing compelled to shovel the snow out, and 
 make their beds as best they could- The 
 two men had married sisters, named Tag- 
 gart, and cleared farms adjoining, that on 
 which Sam'l Templeton died being the one 
 cleared by his father, while a daughter of 
 Mr. Solomon Dodge, Mrs. John R. Young, 
 
 resides on the one which her father clear- 
 ed. The deceased was a. good, reliable 
 citizen, and leaves one son and a daugh- 
 ter—Austin Templeton, of East Montpe- 
 lier, and Mrs. James M. Howland, of 
 Montpelier. Although Mr. Templeton 
 had always lived on the same place, yet he 
 has resided in four counties and two towns, _ 
 and paid taxes in three counties. 
 
 DR. NATHANIEL CLARK KING, 
 [BY DK. SUMMER PUTNAM.] 
 
 came to Montpelier, now East Montpelier, 
 about 181 2. He was born in Rochester, 
 Mass., July 19, 1789, being one of five 
 brothers, and the third son of Jonathan 
 King and Mary Clark King. 
 
 In his boyhood he attended district 
 school until fifteen years old, when his 
 father gave him his time, and he was to 
 provide for himself. He immediately en- 
 tered a private school to fit himself for 
 teaching, and the study of medicine. He 
 studied the languages, Greek and Latin, 
 and made such progress that he taught 
 school the winter after he was sixteen, and 
 began to read medicine in 1808 ; and con- 
 tinued to teach, and read, until the fall of 
 181 1. Having studied, mixed medicines, 
 and visited patients more or less with Dr. 
 Foster of Rochester for 3 years, he attend- 
 ed medical lectures alt Hanover, N. H., 
 Dr. Nathan Smith being at the head of the 
 medical department of Dartmouth College 
 at that time. 
 
 He began practice at North Montpelier 
 about i8i2, having a sister residing in that 
 vicinity, and in 18 14, at the call for volun- 
 teers he went, as surgeon, with others, to 
 Pla;ttsburgh when the British invaded that 
 place. In 18 17, he married Miss Fanny, 
 second daughter of Maj. Nath. Davis, one 
 of the foremost settlers in town, engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits. About this time 
 his father-in-law Davis offered him a good 
 chance to go into trade, which he accept- 
 ed, and gradually ceased to visit the sick 
 generally, prescribing for and visiting only 
 those who were especially anxious for his 
 counsel. After years of trade and careful 
 investment of savings, he became perhaps, 
 the wealthiest resident in East Montpelier. 
 In 1849 and 1850, he represented the town 
 
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 in the legislature, and for many years did 
 a large justice business ; many sought his 
 advice in matters important to them, and 
 being a well-informed, social man, of large 
 acquaintance, many couples formerly ap- 
 plied to him to join them in marriage. 
 
 Between 1818 and 1835, six children 
 were born to him, only three of whom 
 reached maturity, and are livitig at the 
 present time— two of them at Montpelier, 
 with one of whom he now resides at the 
 age of 92, and until within a few months 
 retaining his faculties in a remarkable de- 
 
 gree. Naturally a man of strong mind, I a place in his heart 
 
 capable, honest and conscientious, yet full 
 of pleasantry and anecdote, he has endur- 
 ed with fortitude and even cheerfulness 
 whatever misfortunes came upon him, and 
 in the course of a long life has made nu- 
 merous friends, many of the younger class 
 of whom yet often call to see him, while 
 few or none of his earlier associates now 
 remain. 
 
 Although his father was an orthodox 
 deacon, and his oldest brother a clergy- 
 man of the same denomination, views 
 broader and more hopeful have ever found 
 
 EAST MONTPELIER LONGEVITY LIST. 
 
 Persons over 80 years of age who have lived and died in East Montpelier. 
 
 Dec. 1st, 1881. 
 
 Molly Gould, 
 Mrs. Chamberlain, 
 Triphina Shepard, 
 Betsy Carroll, 
 Simeon Gould, 
 Isaac Gray, 
 Benjamin Ellis, 
 Elias Metcalf, 
 Bethiah Parker, 
 Phoebe Dudley, 
 Mary Gould, 
 Daniel Gould, 
 Samuel Davis, 
 Rachel Bliss, 
 Lorane Templeton, 
 Isaac Vincent, 
 Theophilus Clark, Sr. 
 Elisha Cummins, 
 James Foster, 
 Lucinda Cutler, 
 Eunice Vincent, 
 Polly Waters, 
 Samuel Patterson, 
 Joanna Wakefield, 
 Jemima Morse, 
 Margaret Holmes, 
 Abigail Cutler, 
 Clark Stevens, 
 Sylvanus Morse, 
 John Chase," 
 Elizabeth Boyden, 
 Edward Clough, 
 Willard Shepard, 
 Reuben Waters, 
 Harriet Hamblin," 
 Samuel Templeton, 
 Daniel Bassett, 
 Ruth Daggett, 
 Abigail Nash, 
 William Gray, 
 
 102 J 
 
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 99* 
 
 99 
 
 98 
 
 97* 
 96 
 
 95 
 95 
 95 
 95 
 94 
 94 
 94 
 94 
 93* 
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 93 
 93 
 93 
 92 
 92 
 91 
 91 
 91 
 91 
 9' 
 90 
 90 
 90 
 90 
 90 
 90 
 90 
 90 
 
 88 
 
 Lucy Templeton, 88 
 
 David Wing, Sr., 88 
 
 Mary Stevens, 88 
 
 Sally Merritt, 88 
 
 Lucinda Sanders, 88 
 
 Freeman Snow, 87 
 
 George Clark', 87 
 
 John Upton, 86 
 
 Rebecca Giles, 86 
 
 Susanna Clark, 86 
 
 Ruth Bennett, 86 
 
 •Oliver Merritt, 86 
 
 Pauline Davis, 86 
 
 Jesse Bassett, 86 
 
 Huldah Wheeler, 85 
 
 Hezekiah Tinkham, 85 
 
 Edward West, 85 
 
 Reliance Stevens, 85 
 
 Jghn Gray, Sr., 85 
 
 Anna Gray, 85 
 
 Reliance Stevens, 85 
 
 George Clark, 85 
 
 Ezra Painei 85 
 Nathaniel Ormsbee, • 84 
 
 Lovina Tracy, 84 
 
 Timothy Davis, 84 
 
 Annis Tabor, 84 
 
 David Daggett, 84 
 
 Abigail Hathaway, 84 
 
 John Putnam, 84 
 
 Caty West, 84 
 
 Sally Parmenter, 84 
 
 Sally Ormsbee, 83 
 
 Daniel Russell, Sr., 83 
 
 Jesse Bailey, 83 
 
 Elijah McKnight, 83 
 
 John' Boyden, 83 
 
 Benajah Putnam, 83 
 
 Abigail Lawson, 83 
 
 Nicholas D. Bennett, 83 
 
 Daniel Russell, Sr., 83 
 
 Rebina Davis, 83 
 
 Gen. Parley Davis, 82 
 
 Caleb Bennett, 82 
 
 Esac Howland, 82 
 
 Joseph Gould, 82 
 
 Abial French, 82 
 
 Ezra Bassett, 82 
 
 Jeduthan Doty, 82 
 
 Sarah Wing, 82 
 
 Paul Hathaway, 82 
 
 Cyrus Stoddard, 82 
 
 Abigail Beckley, . 82 
 
 Polly Nelson, ' .82 
 
 Sally Parker, 81 
 
 Betsy Phinney, 81 
 
 Moses Parmenter, 81 
 
 Shubael Short, 81 
 
 Temperance Russell, 8 1 
 
 Polly Peck, 81 
 
 Lot Hathaway, 2d., 8i 
 
 Lot Hathaway, Sr. , 80 
 
 Smith Stevens, 80 
 
 Sally Parker, 80 
 
 Jonn Stevens, 80 
 
 David Gould, 80 
 
 Susanna Ellis, 80 
 
 Arthur Daggett, 80 
 
 Eunice Hamraett, 80 
 
 Eunice Williams, 80 
 
 David French, 80 
 
 Polly Stoddard, 80 
 
 Nancy Holbrook, 80 
 
 Barnabas Hammett, 80 
 
 Job Macomber, 79 
 
 Nahum Kelton, 79J 
 
 Nathaniel Cutler, 79 
 
 Wm .Templeton, Jr., 79 
 
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 EAST MONTPELIER LONGEVITY LIST. 
 
 Living in town Dec. i, 1881. 
 
 Anna Gould, 
 Polly Gould, 
 Sally Vincent, 
 Lydia P. Parker, 
 Cyrus Morse, 
 Belinda Paine, 
 Harriet P. Goodwin, 
 Polly Richards, 
 William Holmes, 
 Ann Cummins, 
 Harriet Choate, 
 Catherine Stevens, 
 Mahala Templeton, 
 Culver W. Lane, 
 Eleanor Norcross, 
 Abigail Southgate, 
 Theophilus Clark, 
 Rodney Cummins, 
 Fanny Gray, 
 Betsey Gray, 
 Hannah Bliss, 
 Putnam McKnight, 
 Margaret McKnight, 
 Polly Hathaway, 
 Willard Cutler, 
 Ralph W. Warner, 
 Amasa Cummings, 
 
 94 
 90 
 89 
 87 
 85 
 85 
 85 
 84 
 
 83 
 81 
 81 
 81 
 81 
 80 
 80 
 80 
 79 
 79 
 79 
 79 
 79 
 79 
 78 
 78 
 
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 77 
 
 77 
 
 BY CHAS. DE T. BANCEOrT. 
 
 Stephen Gould, ^^ 
 
 Joseph Richards, 'J^ 
 
 Nahum Templeton, ^^ 
 
 Mirinda Dodge, 76 
 
 Lawson Hammett, 76 
 
 Lorenzo D. Gray, 76 
 
 Phebe Perry, 76 
 
 Relief M. Stewart, 76 
 
 John R. Young, 76 
 
 Anna Beckley, 75 
 
 Timothy Blake, 75 
 
 Samuel Davis, 75 
 
 Dulcena Edwards, 75 
 
 Almira Wheeler, 75 
 
 Willard Sanders, 75 
 
 Edward G. Davis, 74 
 
 Samuel Edwards, 74 
 
 Betsey Harvey, 74 
 
 Aurelia Jacobs, 74 
 
 Abigail Lawson, 74 
 
 Lutner M. Parmenter, 74 
 
 Betsey M. Sibley, 74 
 
 Lydia Young, 74 
 
 Almira Warner, 74 
 
 Chester S. Guernsey, 73 
 
 Elhanan Norcross, 73 
 
 Eunice Parmenter, 73 
 
 Polly Gould, 2d, 72 
 
 Marcus B. Hamblin, 72 
 
 Prentiss M. Shepard, 72 
 
 Freeman N. West, 72 
 
 Hosea Gould, 72 
 
 Polly Burno, 71 
 
 Lucy B. Clark, 71 
 Jefferson F. W. Dodge, 71 
 
 Joseph Gray, 71 
 
 Mary F. Sibley, 71 
 
 Alonzo Snow, 71 
 
 Ann Blake, 70 
 
 Lucius Cummins, 70 
 
 Almira Fleming, 70 
 
 Philura D. Hamblin, 70 
 
 Harriet H. Peck, 70 
 
 Sherlock Peck, 70 
 
 William Templeton, 70 
 
 Squier Bailey, 69 
 
 Mercy E. Clough, 69 
 
 Diana Holmes, ' 69 
 
 Ezekiel D. Nye, 69 
 
 Joel Ormsbee, 69 
 
 Harriet Stevens, 69 
 
 Mary B. Southwick, 69 
 
 A very remarkable instance of longevity, is, of a Mrs. Betsy Carroll and her three 
 daughters of this town. Mrs. Carroll died at the age of 99 years ; one daughter, 
 Mrs. Lucinda Cutler at the age of 93 ; the second, Mrs'. Abigail Cutler at the age of 
 91, and the other now living in town, Mrs. Polly Gould at the age of 90 years. 
 
 SUICIDES AND CASUALTIES 
 
 Within the present limits of East Montpelier 
 from its settlement to Dec. , 1 88 1 . 
 
 BY TRUMAN C. KELTON, TOWN CLERK. 
 
 A little girl, daughter of B. Nash, was 
 killed by a falling tree in the east part of 
 the town previous to 1800. 
 
 A man by the name of Chaihberlin, 
 about 21 years of age, was killed by a fall- 
 ing tree during the year 1801, near the 
 center of the town, and another the follow- 
 ing year by the name of Robinson, in the 
 north part of the town. 
 
 The wife of John Cutler hung herself in 
 1801. 
 
 The foregoing are taken from D. P. 
 Thompson's History of Montpelier. 
 
 A man by the name of Alonzo Kingsley 
 was killed by a tree on the farm now owned 
 by George H. Chase, about 1800; and 
 Daniel Blanchard was killed by a falling 
 
 tree Sept., 1803, near the site of No. S, or 
 four corners school house. 
 
 A child of Jonathan Edwards fell from a 
 raft and dtowned in the lower pond of N. 
 Montpelier, about 1825. 
 
 Charles Plumb was drowned while bath- 
 ing, about 18 19, just below the Clark Ste- 
 vens bridge, aged 16 years. 
 
 Nancy Waugh committed suicide by 
 drowning in the brook east of George Da- 
 vis' residence, about 1829. 
 
 Elisha Gray, aged about 28, drowned 
 or died in a fit occasioned by plunging in 
 the water when over-heated, Aug. 19, 
 1 83 1. A child of Heman Powers was 
 drowned by falling from a raft, at East 
 village mill-pond. 
 
 The wife of Henry French committed 
 suicide with the razor, near East Village. 
 Also a man by the name of Ladd. 
 
 William Stoddard committed suicide by 
 
EAST MONTPELIER. 
 
 585 
 
 hanging, at the present residence of Aro 
 P. Slayton. 
 
 A child of Theophilus Clark died from 
 being scalded by sitting into a pail of hot 
 water. 
 
 William Alger died from a gun shot 
 wound, (accident) April 5, 1844, on the 
 farm now known as the Norcross farm. 
 
 Charles Pitkin died at A. J. HoUister's 
 from accidental gun shot wound. 
 
 Dec. 22, 1857, George W. Jacobs died 
 from poison by taking a solution of corro- 
 sive sublimate by mistake. 
 
 June 25, i860, Abner Chapman, aged 
 13 years, and Herbert L. Nye, aged 7 
 years, son of George G. Nye, were drown- 
 ed while bathing in the Branch below N. 
 Montpelier. 
 
 July 5, 1862, Nathan Parker, aged 72, 
 died from being gored by a bull. 
 
 Oct. 31, 1863, Ellison Albee, aged 26, 
 fell from a Joaded wagon and was run over 
 and killed, while at work for Elon O. 
 Hammond. 
 
 Feb. IS, 1866, Eustice Morris, aged 53, 
 was killed by a falling tree while chopping 
 for T. C. Kelton. 
 
 July 13, 1868, ZadockH. Hubbard, aged 
 25, died from sun-stroke, while at work for 
 Charles A. Tabor. 
 
 Nov. 9, 1873, Pliny P. Pearsons, aged 
 34, died from a cut on the head by a circu- 
 lar saw, while working under the mill at 
 N. Montpelier. 
 
 Nov. 22, 187s, Bessie K. Lord, aged J, 
 daughter of Rev. W. H. Lord, of Montpe- 
 lier, was thrown from a carriage and killed 
 in the west part of the town. 
 
 Arbttckle murder. — Hiram W. Arbuckle, 
 aged 27, living with his mother at East 
 Village, April 13, 1877, shot George Shortt, 
 a young man of 16, who was sitting on a 
 bench by the stove in the grist-mill. The 
 ball striking the breast bone, glanced down 
 to the left side. Shortt starting to leave 
 by a back door was hit in the arm above 
 the elbow by a second ball, after its passing 
 through the stove-pipe, he at the same 
 time stumbling over some wood on the 
 floor. The appearance was that the last 
 shot was fatal. Arbuckle immediately left 
 the mill and went to the black-smith shop 
 
 of his brother-in-law, George W. Bancroft, 
 and shot him twice and then returned back 
 near the mill. About that time, Bancroft 
 came out of the shop and started for his 
 house. Arbuckle seeing him, ran after 
 him and chased him round some lumber 
 near the road. Bancroft then changed his 
 course and ran for the mill, followed by 
 Arbuckle, who fired again just as he was 
 entering the mill door, he falling dead on 
 the floor. Arbuckle then went to his 
 home and remained there until the arrival 
 of the constable, George Howland, who 
 had been sent for about a mile distant, 
 when he stepped out at a back door and 
 shot himself, falling dead instantly. The 
 situation of the mill, shop and house are 
 is about like the points of a triangle, 12 
 rods apart, and Bancroft's house next to 
 the other house. The young man, Shortt, 
 strange to say, was not fatally hit, the ball 
 of the first shot was taken out on the out- 
 side of the left ribs, some 8 or 10 inches 
 from where it struck him. At the time of 
 the shooting, the miller, Mr. Clifford, and 
 two other neighbors were in the mill, and 
 no one except Bancroft was in the shop. 
 No cause can be assigned for the shooting, 
 except an unpleasantness with Shortt, 
 growing out of a collision of teams some 
 time previous at a ride, and the dissipation 
 of Bancroft and treatment to his wife, who 
 was the sister of Arbuckle. 
 
 July 18, 1878, Henry R. Campbell fell 
 from a load of hay and was killed. 
 
 Dec. 20, 1878, Bert R. Macomber, aged 
 17, committed suicide by shooting. 
 
 Nov. 30, 1879, Doct. John H. Peck died 
 from over dose of chloroform. 
 
 April 24, 1880, Byron Eastman, aged 
 20; was drowned by the upsetting of a 
 boat at North Montpelier. / 
 
 SYLVANUS SHEPHERD 
 
 is remembered by the citizens of Montpe- 
 lier as an odd character about town in its 
 early days. His brother, Willard Shep- 
 herd, was one of the early settlers of East 
 Montpelier, and became an opulent farm- 
 er. The old two-story brick house he 
 built near the line of East Montpelier and 
 Plainfield is occupied by his descendants. 
 He was the author of "The Phoenix Chron- 
 
 74 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 icle." The word Phoenix signifies arising 
 out of its own ashes. The Bonfire in 
 which 450 books were burnt : A view of 
 Montpelier and all the country places in 
 the State, &c. &c. By Sylvanus Shep- 
 herd. Printed for the author. 1825, 8vo. 
 pp. 18. — Gibnan's Bibliography. 
 
 THE STEP-MOTHER. 
 
 Lines written by Clark Stevens in his dSih year^ 
 to a lady who was a second wife, 
 A step-mother'B lot Is one tbat 's hard — 
 She need be constant on hei* guard ; 
 There are so many minds to please, 
 ** She should be often on her knees. 
 
 To pray for grace her path to tread, 
 And by hor Saviour's will be led; 
 For what suits one wjll not another. 
 So 1 do pity the step-mother. 
 
 See biography of Clark Stevens, page 
 581 . In his old age he often amused him- 
 self with rhyming tributes for his friends, 
 acrostics largely. This, just given, is 
 taken from a quarto blank book, 84 pages, 
 all written after he was 85 years of age. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Town Clerk — Royal Wheeler, 1 849 to 
 1855 inclusive; Austin D. Arms, 1856 to 
 1862 inclusive. Truman C. Kelton, 1863 
 to the present time— 1881. 
 
 Treasurer — Addison Peck, 1849, 'S°''S'- 
 N. C. King, 1852 to 1861 inclusive. S. 
 S. Kelton, 1862 to 1877. T. C. Kelton, 
 1877 to the present time— 188 1. 
 
 Overseer of the /'wr— Addison Peck, 
 1849, 'so. 'S'- Jacob Bennett, 1852 to 
 i860. Addison Peck, i860 to 1865. John 
 G. Putnam, 1865-66. John M. Willard, 
 1867 to 1875 inclusive. Solon F. Cum- 
 mins, 1876 to the present time— 1881. 
 
 1st Selectman— ].C. Nichols, 1845-50, 
 '51; Jacob Rich, 1852; Samuel Temple- 
 ton, 1853; Lorenzo Gray, 1854; Edson 
 Slayton, 1855, '56; Ezekiel D. Nye, 1857 ; 
 Hazen Lyford, 1858; Jas. Bennett, 1859; 
 Orlando F. Lewis, i860, '61 ; Truman C. 
 Kelton, 1862; JohnC. Tabor, i86j; Jas. 
 A. Coburn, 1864; S. S. Kelton, 1865; 
 John M. Willard, 1866; J. L. Coburn, 
 1867; Thomas B. Stevens, i868; Squire 
 Bailey, 1869; M. D. Willard, 1870, '71 ; 
 Clark King, 1872, '73, '74; £. H. Vin- 
 cent, 1875; Eri Morse, 1876; S. W. Hill, 
 1877 ; D. H. Patterson, 1878 ; J. C. Paine, 
 
 1879; G. H. Dix, 1880; Orlando Clark, 
 1881. 
 
 Representative — N. C. King, 1849, '50; 
 J. P. W. Vincent, 1851, '52; James Tem- 
 pleton, 1853, '54; Stephen F. Stevens, 
 1855, '56; Larned Coburn, 1857, '58; P. 
 P. Pitkin, 1859, '60; E. D. Nye, 1861, '62 ; 
 T. C. Kelton, 1863, '64; Prentice M". 
 Shepard, 1865, '66; Timothy Davis, 1867, 
 '68; J. A. Coburn', 1869, '^o■, T. B. Ste- 
 vens, 1872, '73; H. D. Foster, 1874; J. 
 L. Coburn, 1876; Austin Templeton, 
 1878 ; A. A. Tracy, 1880. 
 
 Representatives from East Montpelier be- 
 fore division of town — Pearley Davis, 
 1799, 18,02 ; Nahum Kelton, 1816, '17, '18, 
 '20, .'29; Wm. Billings, 1834, '35; Royal 
 Wheeler, 1838, '39; Addison Peck, 1842, 
 '43 ; Dr. Charles Clark, 1846, '47. 
 
 VOTES FOR GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENTS. 
 
 1849 — Horatio N. Needham, fre6 soil, 
 213; Carlos Coolidge, whig, 76; Jonas 
 Clark, dem., 21. 
 
 1850 — Lucius B. Peck, dem., 193; 
 Charles K. Williams, whig, 85 ; John 
 Roberts, free soil, 32. 
 
 1851— Timothy P. Redfield, free dem., 
 146; Chas. K. Williams, whig, 59; John 
 Roberts, dem. 24. 
 
 1852 — Lawrence Brainerd, free soil, 107 ; 
 John S. Robinson, dem., 81 ; Erastus Fair- 
 banks, whig, 65. Presidential, Winfield 
 Scott, yj ; Franklin Pierce, 47. 
 
 1853 — John S. Robinson, dem., loi ; 
 Lawrence Brainerd, free soil, 91 ; Erastus 
 Fairbanks, whig, 51. 
 
 1854— Stephen Royce, whig, 98 ; Merritt 
 Clark, dem., 95 ; Lawrence Brainerd, free 
 soil, 5. 
 
 1855 — Stephen Royce, whig, 163; Mer- 
 ritt Clark, dem., 95 ; Lawrence Brainerd, 
 free soil, i . 
 
 1856.- Ryland Fletcher, whig, 168; 
 Henry Keyes, dem., 87. Presidential, 
 Fremont, 139 ; Buchanan, 40. 
 
 1857 — Ryland Fletcher, whig, 128; 
 Henry Keyes, dem., 93. 
 
 1858- Hiland Hall, whig, 145 ; Henry 
 Keyes, dem., 92. 
 
 1859— Hiland Hall, whig, 163 ; John G. 
 Saxe, dem., 102. 
 
 i860— Erastus Fairbanks, whig, 180; 
 
EAST MONTPELIER. 
 
 587 
 
 John G. Saxe, dem., 87. Presidential, 
 Lincoln,. 113; Douglass, 32. 
 
 1861 — Frederick Holbrook,repub., 441 ; 
 Andrew Tracy, whig, 73 ; H. B. Smalley, 
 dem., 13. 
 
 1862 — Frederick Holbrook, repub., 1 11. 
 
 1863 — John G. Smith, repub., 161 ; 
 Timothy P. Redfield, dem., 62. 
 
 1864 — ^John G. Smith, repub., 149; 
 Timothy P. Redfield, dem., 56. Presi- 
 dential, Lincoln, 131 ; McClellan, 25. 
 
 1865 — Paul Dillingham, repub., 122 ; 
 Charles N. Davenport, dem., 49. 
 
 1866 — Paul Dillingham, repub., 129; 
 Charles N. Davenport, dem., 41. 
 
 1867 — John B. Page, rep. 176; J. L. 
 Edwards, dem., 39. 
 
 i868 — John B. Page, repub., 174; John 
 L. Edwards, dem., 51. Presidential, 
 Grant, 156; Seymour, 28. 
 
 1869 — Peter T. Washburn, repub., 143 ; 
 Homer W. Heaton, dem., 48. 
 
 1870 — John W. Stewart, repub., 129; 
 Homer W. Heaton, dem., 41. 
 
 1872 — Julius Converse, repub., 155; 
 Abraham B. Gardner, dem., 47. Presi- 
 dential, Grant, 107 ; Greeley, 19. 
 
 War of the 
 
 1874— Asahel Peck, repub., ^^\ W. 
 H. H. Bingham, dem., 41. 
 
 1876 — Horace Fairbanks, repub., 134; 
 W. H. H.Bingham, dem., 57. Presiden- 
 tial, Hayes, 109 ; Tilden, 33. 
 
 1878 — Redfield Proctor, repub., 145; 
 W. H. H. Bingham, dem., 55. 
 
 1880 — Roswell Farnhani, repub., 166; 
 Edward J. Phelps, dem., 56. Presidential, 
 Garfield, 108 ; Hancock, 17. 
 
 SOLDIERS OF EAST MONTPELIER. 
 
 Soldiers of the Revolution, who livecT 
 and died in East Montpelier. — Hezekiah 
 Tinkham, Edward West, Elias Metcalf, 
 John Putnam, Job Macomber, Daniel 
 Rjussell, Sen., Theophilus Clark, Clark 
 Stevens, Samuel Southwick, Enoch Cate, 
 John Gray, Joshua Sanders. 
 
 Soldiers of the War of 1812. — Rowland 
 Edwards, Enoch Kelton, Nathan Kelton, 
 John Gould, John B . Kelton, John Morgan, 
 Jasper M. Stoddard, Moses Parmenter. 
 
 Soldiers of the Mexican War. — Daniel 
 Cutler, Orange McKay.' 
 
 Rebellion. 
 
 COMPILED MAINLY FHOM THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT BY CHARLES DE F. BANCROFT. 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR THREE YEARS CREDITED PREVIOUS TO CALL FOR 300,000 MEN, OCT. l6, 1863. 
 
 Kemarks. 
 Discharged Dec. 9, 62. 
 Died June 14, 62, in Louisana. 
 Discharged May 18, 65. 
 Mustered out July 27, 64. 
 Credited, but does not appear to have 
 
 entered the service. 
 Died May 7, 62. 
 Discharged Dec. 17, 6i. 
 Transferred to U. S. Navy Apr. 15, 64 ; 
 
 discharged June 6, 65. 
 Mustered out Oct. 28, 64. 
 Trans, to V. R. C. ; disch. June 4, 64. 
 Deserted July 26, 64. 
 Died July 4, 62, of wounds rec'd at Lee's 
 
 Mills. 
 Discharged Oct. 10, 62. 
 Died at New Orleans, Sept. 3, 62. 
 Killed at Fredericksburgh Dec. 13, 62. 
 Pro. Corp. ; wounded Aug. 21, 64 ; must. 
 
 out June 19, 64. 
 Mustered out June 21, 65. 
 Discharged Nov. 22, 61. 
 Mustered out Nov. 18, 64. 
 Captain ; resigned Aug. 14, 61. 
 Killed in action May 3, 64. 
 Died April 14, 62. 
 
 1st lieut. ; died May 9, 62, Wash'n, D. C. 
 Prom. Corp. ; discharged Dec. 23, 62. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Co. Regl. Enlistment 
 
 Andrews, Gustavus A. 
 
 '^ 
 
 K 3 
 
 July 10 61 
 
 Bancroft, Charles F. 
 
 I Bat. 
 
 Jan. 18 62 
 
 Bancroft, Daniel P. 
 
 23 
 
 CCav. 
 
 Aug 28 62 
 
 Bailey, Hiram A. 
 
 19 
 
 H 3 
 
 June I 61 
 
 Beaudreau, Stephen 
 
 
 
 
 Bent, David J. 
 
 20 
 
 G 4 
 
 Aug 30 61 
 
 Burnham, Andrew. 
 
 36 
 
 H 2 
 
 do 20 61 
 
 Carley, Charles 
 
 22 
 
 F 6 
 
 do 15 62 
 
 Carley, Henry 
 
 24 
 
 F 6 
 
 Sept 23 61 
 Nov 28 61 
 
 Carley, William 
 
 44 
 
 E 8 
 
 Carr, Chester 
 
 26 
 
 I II 
 
 Aug II 62 
 
 Connell, Thomas 
 
 22 
 
 K 3 
 
 July 10 61 
 
 Cummins, Edwin 
 
 22 
 
 G 4 
 
 Aug 27 61 
 
 Cutler, Charles F. 
 
 21 
 
 K 7 
 
 June I 62 
 
 Dearborn, Roswell H. 
 
 23 
 
 G 4 
 
 Aug 29 61 
 
 Dillon, William 2d., 
 
 18 
 
 F 6 
 
 do 15 62 
 
 Field, Reuben R. 
 
 24 
 
 BCav 
 
 do do do 
 
 Gero, George 
 
 28 
 
 K 3 
 
 July 10 61 
 
 Gray, William C. 
 
 22 
 
 C Cav 
 
 Sept 13 61 
 
 Hammopd, Elon 0. 
 
 1^ 
 
 K 3 
 
 June 1 6 61 
 
 Hargin, Ira J. 
 
 F 2 
 
 Aug 14 62 
 
 Hill, Amasa 
 
 29 
 
 K 3 
 
 July 10 61 
 
 Hill, Henry H. 
 
 21 
 
 G 4 
 
 Sept 21 61 
 
 Hill, Joseph P. 
 
 20 
 
 E 3 
 
 June I 61 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Kames. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Go. Regt. Eullstme 
 
 Howland, Hiram B. 
 
 42 
 
 G 3 
 
 June 15 61 
 
 Joslyn, Triffley 
 
 21 
 
 G 4 
 
 Sept 3 61 
 
 Lapiere, Cypren 
 
 21 
 
 F 2 
 
 Feb 2462 
 
 Lapiere, Joseph 
 
 21 
 
 F 2 
 
 do 5 62 
 
 Lawrence, Stephen D. 
 
 28 
 
 F 2 
 
 Aug 14 62 
 
 Mann, Albert N. 
 
 21 
 
 r 9 
 
 May 23 62 
 
 Maxham, George 
 
 38 
 
 E 8 
 
 Dec 8 61 
 
 Mitchell, John 
 
 18 
 
 K 3 
 
 July 10 61 
 
 Morse, Joseph Jr., 
 
 29 
 
 H 2 
 
 Aug 20 61 
 
 Morris, Joseph 
 
 18 
 
 CCav 
 
 Aug 14 61 
 
 Muckler, Henry 
 
 28 
 
 G 4 
 
 do 27 61 
 
 Ormsbee, Elhanan W. 
 
 24 
 
 G 4 
 
 Aug 30 6i 
 
 Ormsbee, Mansaur A. 
 
 28 
 
 F 2 
 
 May 7 -61 
 
 Ormsbee, Orvis 
 
 20 
 
 G 4 
 
 Aug 30 61 
 
 JPersons, Charles E. 
 
 20 
 
 G 4 
 
 Aug 27 61 
 
 Persons, Levi A. 
 
 24 
 
 G 4 
 
 do do do 
 
 Persons, Phineas C. 
 
 23 
 
 F 6 
 
 Feb 25 62 
 
 Pitkin Perley P. 
 
 35 
 
 2 
 
 June 20 61 
 
 Prescott, Dexter S. 
 
 22 
 
 G 4 
 
 Aug 22 61 
 
 Putnam, Isaac A. 
 
 24 
 
 G 4 
 
 do 24 61 
 
 Sanders, Charles A. 
 
 29 
 
 G 4 
 
 Aug 24 6i 
 
 Seymour, Isaac 
 
 44 
 
 I 9 
 
 June 23 62 
 
 Shorey, Theodore 
 
 19 
 
 F 2 
 
 May 7 61 
 
 Silloway, Seth P. 
 
 391 
 
 tst Bat 
 
 Dec 7 61 
 
 Sinnott, William 
 
 44 
 
 I 2 
 
 Aug 27 62 
 
 Slayton, Austin C. 
 Smith, James H. 
 
 21 
 
 fi. 
 
 July to 61 
 
 ■9 
 
 •Oct 2 61 
 
 Snow, Oscar D. 
 
 19 
 
 H 3 
 
 June I 61 
 
 Southwick, George W. 
 
 32 
 
 1st Bat 
 
 June 1662 
 
 Stevens, William B. 
 
 23 
 
 G 4 
 
 Aug 22 6i 
 
 Steward, Dexter G. 
 
 24 
 
 K 3. 
 
 July 10 61 
 
 Templeton, Charles A. 
 
 19 
 
 F § 
 
 Oct 7 61 
 
 Thibeault, Antoine 
 
 18 
 
 F 2 
 
 Aug 28 62 
 
 Trow, George E. 
 
 20 
 
 H 2 
 
 Aug JO 62 
 
 Washburn, William L. 
 
 18 
 
 G 4 
 
 do 2861 
 
 Wheeler. Cyril 
 
 33 
 
 I 2 
 
 do 20 62 
 
 Willey, Alonzo D. 
 
 24 
 
 K 3 
 
 July 10 6l 
 
 Wemes, James 
 
 38 
 
 G 4 
 
 Apr 5 62 
 
 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR N 
 
 Barnet, Lucius H. 
 
 21 
 
 C13 
 
 Aug 29 62 
 
 Carson, Charles H. 
 
 20 
 
 ■ do 
 
 do 
 
 Coburn, Lewis L. 
 
 28 
 
 do 
 
 do - 
 
 Cutler, Lorenzo D. 
 
 20 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Flint, Norris W. 
 
 25 
 
 do 
 
 Aug 29 61 
 
 Genait, Victor 
 
 21 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Hill, Horace L. 
 
 21 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Howland, William H. 
 
 22 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 . Lawson, William E. 
 
 22 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 I<ewis,' William H. 
 
 '9 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Martin, Henry H. 
 
 20 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Nye, Alanson 
 
 22 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Ormsbee, Hosea B. 
 
 22 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Ormsbee, William H. 
 
 18 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Pierce, George 
 
 25 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Pratt,' Azro A. 
 
 29 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Slayton, Rufus H. 
 
 18 
 
 H 13 
 
 do 
 
 Snow, Willard C. 
 
 22 
 
 c 13 
 
 do 
 
 Stoddard, Francis F. 
 
 22 
 
 do-^ 
 
 do 
 
 Templeton, Albert C. 
 
 18 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Tucker, Marcus F. 
 
 19 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Wakefield, Christopher H 
 
 . 24 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Wakefield, Henry 
 
 20 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Wakefield, William H. 
 
 22 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 t. Remarks. 
 
 Discharged Jan. 21, 63. 
 W'd at Wilderness ; must out Sept. 30, 64. 
 Trans, to V. R.;,C., Apr. 20, 65 ; must. 
 
 out July 20, 65. 
 Discharged Sept. 13, 62. 
 Rejected by Brigade Surgeon. 
 Discharged Nov. 5, 62. 
 Promoted corp. ; re-enlisted June 5, 64. 
 Deserted Jan. 21, 62. 
 Mustered out Sept 13, 64. 
 Discharged Nov. 26, 62. 
 Discharged April 19, 62. 
 Killed at the Wilderness May 5, 64. 
 Discharged Jan. 14, 63. 
 Died Jan. 19, 62, at Camp Grifiin, Va. 
 Mustered out Sept. 30, 64. 
 Sergeant ; discharged Apr. 17, 62. 
 Discharged July 31, 62. 
 Quartermaster ; pro. capt. and assist. 
 
 quartermaster U. S. A., April 13, 62. 
 Discharged Nov.-io, 62. 
 1st sergt. ; jirom. 2d lieut. Co. H, Jan. 
 
 19, 62 ; ist lieut. Co. C, Oct. 20, 63 ; 
 
 killed at the Wilderness May 5, 64. 
 Discharged April 4, 62. 
 Discharged Feb. 20, 63. 
 Prom. Corp. ; sergt. ; re-enlisted ; must. 
 
 out July 15, 6^. 
 Discharged April 30, 64. 
 Discharged May 18, 63, for wounds rec'd 
 
 at Fredericksburgh. 
 Mustered out July 27, 64. 
 Discharged Oct. 30, 64. 
 Died Oct. 14, 61. 
 Mustered out August 10, 64. 
 Pro. serg't ;- died of wounds rec. at Cold . 
 
 Harbor, June, 12, 64. 
 Discharged Sept. 17, 62. 
 Corporal ; died Oct. 17, 62. 
 Died at White Oak Church, Dec. 24, 62. 
 Mustered out Sept. 12, 64. 
 Discharged Feb. 17, 63. [18, 63. 
 
 Wounded at Fredericksburgh ; dis. May 
 Killed at Lee's Mills, Apr. 16, 62. 
 Discharged July 8, 63. 
 *)E MONTHS. 
 
 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do 
 Captain ; mustered out July 21, 63. 
 Serg't ; died at Brattleboro, July 24, 63. 
 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 Wd. July 3, 63 ; must. out. July 21, 63. 
 do do 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 Wounded July 3, 63 ; died July 19, 63. 
 Pro. corp ; must, out July 21, 63. 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
EAST MONTPELIER. 
 
 589 
 
 CREDITS FOR 
 Nainea. 
 Ainsworth, Eugene D. 
 
 Barton, Geo. M. 
 Batchelder, John D. 
 Burnham, Edwin 
 
 Carson, Charles H. 
 Clark, Isaac 
 
 Collins, Luther M. 
 Goodell, Lewis 
 Gove, George B. 
 Howland, Arthur L. 
 Rowland, William H. 
 
 Jackson, Marcus N. 
 Langdon, John C. 
 Mason, Gilman 
 Mason, Joseph 
 O'Neil, Daniel 
 Pierce, David 
 Roscoe, Curtis W. 
 Sanders, Charles A. 
 Thomas, William W. 
 Wakefield, Henry 
 Washburn, Ira A. 
 
 Francis, Edgar A. 
 Jangraw, Francis 
 Morris, Joseph 
 Morris, Francis 
 Dana, Alpheus T. 
 Lewis, William H. 
 Potter, Robert 
 Rowe, Joseph 
 Skiddy, Lawrence 
 Stevens, Henry A. C. 
 Hoyt, Enoch S. 
 
 3 YEARS, UNDER CALL OF OCT. I7, 1863, ^°^ 300,000 MEN. 
 Age Co. Regt. Enlistment. Bemarks. 
 
 I II Nov 23 63 Wd. at Cold Harbor, June i, 64; dis. 
 
 Apr. 27, 65. 
 3 Bat Dec 26 63 Pro. corp ; mustered out June 1 5, 65. 
 Ill Nov 21 63 Died at Ft. Slocum, D. C, Feb. 27, 64. 
 I II do 23 63 Wd. at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19. 64; pro. ' 
 
 corp; must, out July 17, 65. 
 E 17- Sept 14 63 Corp ; killed at Wilderness, May 6, 64. 
 Ill Nov 29 63 Died June. 6, 64, of wounds received at 
 
 Cold Harbor. 
 H 17 do 9 63 Mustered out July 14, 65. 
 I 1 1 do 23 63 do June 29, 65. 
 
 3 Bat Dec 23 63 do June 15, 65. 
 
 E 17 Sept 21 63 Deserted from hospital in 65. 
 E 17 do 14 63 Corporal. Died May 10, 64, of wounds 
 
 Teceived May 6, 64. 
 I II Nov 23 63 Mustered out Aug. 25, 65. 
 3 Bat Oct 30 63 do May 13, 65. 
 
 I II Dec 463 Discharged Apr. 15, 64. 
 I II Nov 27 63 do [65. 
 
 B s do 2463 Trans, to V. R. C. Apr. 64; dis. June 15, 
 20 K Cav Jan i 64 Killed in action March i, 64. [22, 64. 
 ~ " Corp ; died at Andersonville prison, Sept. 
 
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 iDec 2 63 
 Aug s 64 
 Dec 23 63 
 Sept IS 63 
 Dec 28 63 
 
 Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 Discharged Jan. 31, 65. 
 Died at Salisb. prison, N.C., Feb. 20, '65. 
 Mustered out Aug. 5, 65. 
 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR ONE YEAR. 
 
 18 
 21 
 20 
 
 19 
 20 
 
 D 2 
 
 3 Bat 
 
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 K 7 
 21 Fl Cav Jan 
 19 E 8 Feb 
 
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 Aug 20 64 
 
 do 17 64 
 
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 Feb I 65 
 
 365 
 
 65 
 
 Mustered out June 19, 65. 
 
 Aug 18 64 
 Feb 13 65 
 
 V. R. C. Feb 
 
 305 
 17 OS 
 
 do 
 do 
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 Died Oct. 
 
 do 15, 65. 
 
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 Jan. 31, 66. 
 
 June 27, 65. 
 
 do 28, 65. 
 
 do 25, 65. 
 
 Feb. 13, 66. 
 
 June 27, 65. 
 
 1,65. 
 
 VOLUNTEERS RE-ENLISTED FOR THREE YEARS. 
 
 Holmes, Ira 
 Maxham, George 
 
 Aldrich, Levi H. 
 
 Gray, George S. 
 Ripley, William C. 
 
 Bigelow, John B. 
 Giovanni, Don 
 
 Benjamin, David 
 Bliss, George E. 
 Buzzell, George W. 
 Cummins, Luther 
 Davis, George 
 Davis, Nathaniel Jr., 
 Davis, Oscar L. 
 Edwards, Samuel Jr., 
 
 24 E 8 
 
 41 do June 5 64 
 
 First en. a credit to town of Woodbury. 
 
 Deserted May 28, 64. 
 Wounded at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19,64; 
 must, out July 17, 65. 
 
 DRAFTED MEN WHO ENTERED THE SERVICE. 
 
 24 K 3 July 1363 Wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 64; 
 
 des. Oct. I, 64. 
 22 C 2 do Killed at Wilderness, May 5, 64. 
 
 20 D 2 do Wd. May 5, 64, and Sept. 19, 64; pro. 
 
 corp. Oct. 31, 64; serg't. Feb. 7, 65; 
 
 must, out July 15, 65. 
 SUBSTITUTES FURNISHED BY DRAFTED MEN. 
 
 48 B C July 24 63 Substitute for John H. Peck ; must, out 
 June 26, 65. 
 do Substitute for Darwin A. Stewart ; des. 
 
 before assignment to Co. or Reg't. 
 
 DRAFTED MEN WHO PAID COMMUTATION. 
 
 Foster, Edwin H. 
 Gould, Henry M. 
 Gould, John M. 
 Hollister, Martin V. 
 Holmes, Henry Q. 
 Ordway, Edward, 
 Parmenter, Marcus 
 
 Pierce, Aaron 
 Seabury, Edward T. 
 Smith, Willard G. 
 B. Stevens, Thomas B. 
 
 Templeton, Austin 
 Te'mpleton, H. H. 
 Wasson, David H. 
 
59° 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 ROLL OF HONOR. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 Volunteers for 3 years 86 
 
 Volunteers for i year - 12 
 
 Volunteers for 9 months 24 
 
 Drafted men who entered service 3 
 
 Furnished substitute 2 
 
 Paid commutation 22 
 
 Mustered out at expiration of time of service, or the close of the war 64 
 
 Discharged for disability 30 
 
 Killed in battle : , 8 
 
 Died of wounds received in action 6 
 
 Died of disease contracted in service 11 
 
 Died in Rebel prisons , . . 2 
 
 Deserted 6 
 
 Page 331, a Willey child killed on Main 
 street; run over, age 6, 1870. 
 
 Page 331, Michael McMahon killed, 
 should read, aged 30 years. 
 
 Page 231, William Mousier, not William 
 Monsier. 
 
 Page 332, D. K.- Bennett, Aug. 3, not 
 Aug. 8. 
 
 On page 348 should be added the names 
 of Edward Ordway, Edward Seabury and 
 Willard G. Smith to the list of drafted 
 men from Montpelier as havi&g paid com- 
 mutation. They are erroneously given in 
 the Adjutant General's printed report of 
 1864, as credits from East Montpelier. 
 
 Page 345, '6, Frank V. Randall, Jr., 
 enlisted Jan. l, 1863, at the age of n years; 
 a credit from this town as a musician in 
 Co. F, 13th Reg't., and nmstered out of 
 service July 21, '63; enlisted Jan. 5, '64, 
 as musician in Co. E, 17th Reg't. ; mus- 
 tered out July, '65. 
 
 Page 342, Ansel H. Howard, aged 18 
 years, enlisted Aug. 20, '61, in Co. H,. 2d 
 Reg't. ; promoted corporal ; re-enlisted 
 from Montpelier, Dec. 21, '63; promoted 
 sergeant; mustered out of service July 
 iS,'6s. 
 
 Page 345, William Goodwin, enlisted 
 Aug. 25, 1862, at the age of 24, in Co. I, 
 13th Regt. Mustered out with the regi- 
 ment July 21, 1863. 
 
 Page 524, Center Cemetery should read 
 Cutler Cemetery, 
 
 Page 530, James Conners' age should be 
 24, not 54. 
 
 Additional. — Mrs. Rhoda Brooks, page 
 476, the date of her birth should be 1788, 
 
 J. A. Wing, p. 545; birth Oct., not 
 Dec. 26, 1810, remained in Plainfield 58. 
 
 Page 289, Drolette, should be Drolet. 
 
 Kame. 
 
 Bancroft, Charles F. 
 Batchelder, John D. 
 Bent, David J. 
 Carson, Charles H. 
 Clark, Isaac 
 Cornell, Thomas 
 Cutler, Charles F. 
 Cutler, Lorfenzo D. 
 Dearborn, Roswell H. 
 Gray, George S. 
 Hargin, Ira J. 
 Hill, Amasa 
 
 Hill, Henry H. ist lieut. 
 Howland, William H. 
 Hoyt, Enoch S. 
 Ormsbee, Elhanan W. 
 Ormsbee, Orvis 
 Pierce, David 
 Putnam, Isaac A. ist lieut. 
 Roscoe, Curtis W. 
 Snow, Oscar D. 
 Snow, Willard C. 
 Stevens, William B. 
 Templeton, Charles A. 
 Thibeault, Antoiiie 
 Wakefield, Henry 
 Willey, Alonzo D. 
 
 Date of deatli, 
 
 June 14, 1862. 
 Feb. 27, 1864. 
 May 7, 1862. 
 May 5, 1864. 
 June 6, 1864. 
 July 4, -1862. 
 Sept. 3, 1862. 
 July 24, 1863. 
 Dec. 13, 1862. 
 May 5, 1864. 
 May 5, 1864. 
 April 14, 1862. 
 May 9, 1862. 
 May 10, 1864. 
 Oct. 3, 1865. 
 May 5, 1864. 
 Jan. 19, 1862. 
 Mar. I, 1864. 
 May 5, 1864. 
 Sept. 22, 1864. 
 Oct. 14, 1861. 
 July 19, 1863. 
 June 12, 1864. 
 Oct. 17, 1862. 
 Dec. 24, 1862. 
 Feb. 20, 1865. 
 April 16, 1862. 
 
 ERRATA. 
 
 [OF MK. -WALTON.] 
 
 Page 329, Miranda C. Storrs should be 
 Maria Cadwell Storrs. 
 
 Page 357, William H. Upham should 
 be William Keyes Upham. e. p. w. 
 
 Page 299, soldiers furnished by the town 
 given as 236, quota 189, should be 336, 
 and a quota of 289 to fill. 
 
 [OF C. DB F. BANCK iFT.] 
 
 Page 331, Willie Kelly, aged 11 years, 
 killed by a sweep on Barre street, in 1869. 
 
COMMEMORATION 
 
 PORTRAITS AND DONORS. 
 
 Clark Stevens of East Montpelier, old town; clerk and Quaker minister — first 
 preacher in old Montpelier. Donated byHoh. S. S. Kelton, historian of East 
 Montpelier, and Thomas B. Stevens, grandson of Clark Stevens. 
 
 Gen. Parley Davis of East Montpelier, first general surveyor of Washington 
 County. Donated by his grandson, Benjamin I. Wheeler of East Montpelier. 
 
 Gen. Ezekiel P. Walton. By Hon. E. P. Walton. 
 
 Mrs. Prussia Persons Walton. By Mrs. Harriet N. Wing of Glens Falls, N. Y. 
 
 Hon. E. P. Walton. By Hon. E. P. Walton. 
 
 Col. James H. Langdon, Mrs. James H. Langdon, James R. Langdon. By 
 James R. Langdon. 
 
 George Langdon. By Mrs. G^eo. Langdon. 
 
 Dr. Julius Y. Dewey. By Hon. Charles and Edward Dewey. 
 
 Hon. Daniel Baldwin. By Mr. and Mrs. Marcus D. Gilman. 
 
 Hon. Charles Reed. By Mrs. Charles Reed. 
 
 ,Hon. Charles W. Willard. By Mrs. Charles W. Willard. 
 
 Senator William Upham, Mrs. William Upham. By Mrs. George Langdon. 
 
 "Hon. Samuel Prentiss. By Joseph A. Prentiss, Esq., Winona, Minn. 
 
 Rev. William H. Lord. By Ladies of Bethany Church. 
 
 Rev. Frederick W. Shelton. By Episcopal Church Society. 
 
 Rev. Chester Wright. By Rev. J. Edward Wright. 
 
 Capt. Nathan Jewett, Col. Elisha P. Jewett. By Col. E. P. Jewett. 
 
 John Wood, Thomas W. Wood. By Thos. W. Wood. 
 
 Judge Timothy P. Redfield. By Hon. T. P. Redfield. 
 ' Hon. Homer W. Heaton. By Hon. Homer W. Heaton. 
 
 Joseph A. Wing, Esq. By J. A. Wing, Esq. 
 
 Gen. Perley P. Pitkin. By Gen. P. P. Pitkin. 
 
 Hon. Lucius B. Peck. By his daughter, Mrs. Anna M.-Mallary, Towanda, PeiiH. 
 
 Hon. Stoddard B. Colby. By his daughter, Mrs. Col. Carey, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Charles G. Eastman. By Mrs. Charles G. Eastman. 
 
 Jonathan Shepard. By George C. Shepard. 
 
 Gov. AsAHEL Peck. By Nahum Peck of Hinesburgh. 
 
 Hon. Rawsel R. Keith. By Dodge W. Keith of Chicago. 
 
 Mahlon Cottrill, Mrs. Mahlon Cottrill. By Jedd P. Cottrill, Esq., Milwaukee. 
 
 Col. Levi Boutwell. By Mrs. Levi Boutwell and H. S. Boutwell. 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel C. King of East Montpelier, Dr. Sumner Putnam of Montpelier. 
 By Dr. Sumner Putnam. 
 
 Carlos Bancroft. By Mrs. Carlos Bancroft. 
 
 Aaron Bancroft. By Chas. De F. "Bancroft and two old citizens. 
 
 Zenas Wood. By his daughters at St. Johnsbury. 
 
 Richard W. Hyde. By Mrs. R. W. Hyde and family. 
 
592 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Hon. John A. Page. By Hon. J. A. Page. 
 
 Hon. Joseph Poland. By Hon. J. Poland. 
 
 Charles W. Bailey. By Mrs. Chas. W. Bailey. 
 
 J. Warren Bailey. By Mrs. J. W. Bailey. 
 
 Major Alfred L. Carleton. By Mrs. A. L. Carleton. 
 
 Rev. Elisha Brown. By Col. A. C. Brown.- 
 
 Luther Cross. By Luther B. Cross. 
 
 Robert H. Whittier. By Mrs. R. H. Whittier. 
 
 Dea. Constant W. Storrs. By Mrs. C. W. Storrs. 
 
 Marcus D. Oilman. By M. D. Oilman. 
 
 Hiram Atkins. By H. Atkins. 
 
 Hon. Roderick Richardson. By Hon. R. Richardson. 
 
 Dr. Charles Clark. By the family. 
 
 WOOD ENGRAVINGS SPECIALLY FOR THIS WORK. 
 
 Lorenzo Dow and Peggy, and Bridgman. By L. J. Bridgman. 
 
 Church of St. Augustine. From the Catholic Society. 
 
 Trinity M. E. Church. By the Society — Mrs. Laura A. McDermid, solicitor. 
 
 Church of the Messiah. By the Unitarian Society, through John G. Wing, Esq. 
 
 Baptist Church. By Society and friends, through John W. Smith. 
 
 Central Vermont Depot. From Cen. Vt. R. R. Co., St. Albans. 
 
 Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Building. From the Company. 
 
 Residence of Marcus D. Oilman. From Mr. Oilman. 
 
 Washington County Court House. By the Montpelier lawyers, through Hiram 
 
 Carleton, Esq. 
 Residence of George C. Shepard. From Mr. Shepard. 
 RivfiRSiDE House. From C. J. Gleason, Esq. 
 
 Plates before engraved. — Christ Church — By favor of Mr. Atkins of the Argu.s. 
 Bethany Church, The State House, Pavilion, &c. The Interior of Christ 
 Church, Bethany, and Trinity M. E., subscriptions commenced for. 
 
 Note to the Portraits. — Those of Col. Langdon and wife, and Gen. Walton 
 and wife, were painted by Tuthill, (a pupil of Benjamin West) ; those of Mahlon 
 Cottrill and wife, by Mason, and all when the parties were so young, their portraits 
 will be recognized by only a few persons. The same is true to some extent of the 
 portraits of Gen. Parley Davis and Mrs. Upham. The signature of Prussia Walton 
 was writren at the age of 82. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 Montpelier, thou hast won my heart 
 
 By all thy generous ways ; 
 It is my joy, my pride, thy noble men, 
 
 Thy matrons beauteous in their days — 
 To praise. 
 
 And I would write thy happy name 
 
 On the historic page. 
 In letters as of gold, to hand 
 
 Down to the future age — 
 
 Montpelier. 
 
 Abby Maria Hemenway 
 
MORETOWN. 
 
 593 
 
 MORETOWN. 
 
 [Compiled IVom the newspaper recorils and papers 
 contributed.] 
 
 "The township was chartered June 7, 
 1763, the grant to contain 6 square miles 
 to be divided into 71 shares ; one-eighth to 
 each of the 64 proprietors ; each drawing 
 one lot out of each division, there being 
 three divisions." The charter says, before 
 any division of land be made to proprie- 
 tors, a tract of land as near the center of 
 the town as the land will admit shall be 
 reserved and marked out for town lots, 
 one of which shall be allotted to each pro- 
 prietor, of the contents of i acre — they 
 paying as rent therefor for the term of lo 
 years, one ear of Indian corn, on the 25th 
 of Dec. annually, if lawfully demanded, 
 and said rent to commence Dec. 25, 1762. 
 Also each proprietor was to pay one shil- 
 ling proclamation money on every 100 
 acres of land. After the town was organ- 
 ized, it passed a vote to ' ' quiet " those who 
 had previously selected and were occupy- 
 ing lots, in lieu of drawing by lot as speci- 
 fied in the grant. By "quiet" it is pre- 
 sumed was meant to let them hold the lots 
 selected. Moretown was settled prior to 
 1790; for in 1790, Ebenezer Haseltine 
 came to the N. W. part, and commenced 
 to clear a farm about a mile and a half 
 from Duxbury line. It was on Wihooski 
 or Onion river, and the place where his 
 son, Ebenezer Haseltine, now resides. 
 But it appears that Seth Munson wa&living 
 near where Mr. Haseltine made a pitch, 
 when Mr. H. arrived — so it is evident a 
 few settlers had made a beginning prior to 
 1790. At this date, 1790, there were only 
 a few houses in Montpelier, and these were 
 log; and it is said that Mr. H. helped cut 
 the first hay ever cut in Montpelier, and 
 on the spot where the Vermont Watchman 
 office now stands. When the Indians were 
 on their way to burn Royalton, they 
 camped on the meadow owned by Mr. 
 Haseltine . Arrow heads and stone hatchets 
 have been found on this farm. The first 
 school district in town was formed in this 
 neighborhood. Mrs. Ebenezer Haseltine 
 and Aunt Judith Haseltine used to gather 
 sap on snow-shoes, and catch cart loads 
 
 75 
 
 of trout from Onion river. Aunt Judith H. 
 died in Aug. 1876, aged more than 9J 
 years. In those early days the settlers 
 went to Burlington to mill, in canoes, 
 carrying the canoe and grist around the 
 falls in Bolton. Sometimes they would 
 make " plumping mills," by making a hole 
 in a large stump to hold the grain, and 
 bending a sapling over, fasten to it a chunk 
 of wood to pound the corn with. Of this 
 no one need be ashamed, for one of our 
 presidents ground corn in the same way. 
 Bears and wolves disturbed the people to 
 some extent, frequently coming out in the 
 daytime. Three wolves came one night 
 and put their paws on the yard fence of 
 Abner Child, on Moretown Common, but 
 went back to the mountains and howled. 
 The next day, about 2 p. m., a deer came 
 and jumped into the same yard, being 
 driven in by the wolves, it was thought. 
 The deer soon left, and wolves' tracks were 
 afterward seen in connection with its tracks 
 toward the river. 
 
 A young lady was riding on horseback 
 from the Common toward the Hollow, and 
 met a bear. She turned back, told her 
 story, and some men rallied, pursued and 
 killed the bear. It was distributed be- 
 tween persons, many wanting a piece. 
 The head was taken by one man, and the 
 next day or two the jaw. of the bear was 
 put on the table whole, the teeth all in. 
 
 A few years since, as Rev. Mr. Powers 
 was returning from Northfield to this town, 
 he met a bear, which he treed and watched 
 while his boy went to the village and rallied 
 some men, who came and killed the bear. 
 It was voted to give Mr. P. the bear. The 
 bears have not all left town, but the most 
 of those remaining are biped. 
 
 Mar. 9, 1792, Joseph Haseltine, Seth 
 Munson, David Parcher and Ebenezer 
 Haseltine petitioned Richard Holden, a 
 justice of the peace of Waterbury, to call a 
 town meeting of inhabitants of Moretown, 
 to meet at Jos. Haseltine's, Mar. 22, 1792, 
 to elect town officers. 
 
 Met agreeable to warning and chose 
 Daniel Parcher, moderator; and chose 
 Seth Munson, town clerk ; chose as select- 
 men, Joseph Haseltine, Daniel Parcher 
 and John Heaton ; chose Philip Bartlett, 
 
S94 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 treasurer ; chose Joseph Haseltine, con- 
 stable ; chose John Heaton and Ebenezer 
 Haseltine, listers ; chose Joseph Haseltine, 
 collector of town rates ; and Joseph Parcher, 
 highway surveyor. Voted to dissolve the 
 meeting. " Attest, 
 
 Seth Munson, Town Clerk. 
 
 Up to 1832, the town meetings were 
 held on Moretown Common. At that date 
 an article in the ^' warning" for town meet- 
 ing called the voters together under great 
 excitement. Much confusion prevailed, 
 until it was ordered to call every voter into 
 the house, and appoint a talisman to notice 
 eztch man and record "yes "or "no'' as 
 he should pass out, voting on the article. 
 
 The article was to see if the legal voters 
 would remove the town meeting from the 
 Common to the Hollow. The majority 
 voted "yes." Since that date the town 
 meetings have been held at the Hollow. 
 The present town house was then started 
 by subscription. — Written in 1876. 
 
 [Among the papers of the late Henry 
 Stevens, Antiquarian of Vermont, we 
 copied the following heads of papers in his 
 collections : " Surveys in Moretown," " A 
 vendue pitch for Nathaniel Chipman," con- 
 taining 360 acres. No. 83, signed Wm. 
 Sawyer. In the office of Robert Temple, 
 Rutland County Court, "Copies of Ira 
 Allen's sales in Moretown " ; complete, I 
 think. " Copy of Smith's deed of land in 
 Moretown"; "Copy of Sawyer's deed to 
 Lovell " ; "Ira Allen and Fiske's agreement 
 selecting lands in Moretown"; "Agree- 
 ment concerning land in Moretown be- 
 tween Ira Allen, and James Mowry, of 
 Corinth " ; '' Ira Allen and Thomas Mead's 
 land in Moretown"; "Colchester, June 
 25, 1790, Deed to Col. Ira Allen of 500 
 acres of land in Moretown, by Samuel 
 Allen."] 
 
 By searching the old records, it is found 
 proprietor's meetings were held for some 
 years after the town was organized. 
 
 Among the prominent men of the pres- 
 ent century may be named Abner Child, 
 who was one of the earlier settlers, Har- 
 vey W. Carpenter, Alpheus C. Noble, 
 Hon. Joseph Sawyer, Rufus Clapp and 
 Calvin Kingsley', M. D., town clerk for 44 
 years, or since 1832. He is now partially 
 
 retired to enjoy a competency gained in 
 his profession. The others have nearly, 
 if not all, died, and some of them v^ere of 
 the principal men from 1830 to 1850. 
 
 The Dr. has also represented the town 
 several times in the State Legislature. 
 
 Judge Sawyer has a widow and 2 sons 
 residing in town. One of those sons has 
 a "bull's eye" watch whicli the Judge used 
 to carry, and which had not been cleaned 
 and run for 40 years until recently ; it is 
 said to be 150 years old. The same son 
 has a clock 100 years old. 
 
 A very serious calamity occurred in 1830 
 — the greatest freshet ever known in Mad 
 River Valley. It raised the river until 
 nearly all the street was covered. Miss 
 Harriet Taylor, of Waifsfield-, (now Mrs. 
 Hon. Roderick Richardson, of Boston, 
 Mass.,) was teaching school in our village 
 at the time of the freshet. She boarded 
 with a family living where Mr. Freeman 
 now resides. The water drove them, in 
 the night, to the chamber of the house, and 
 they could, in the darkness, hear the 
 splashing of the water and the thumping 
 of floating chairs and tables against the 
 chamber floor — to which the water had 
 risen. To add to their distress the cries 
 of a sick child were constantly calling their 
 attention. Toward morning the cellar wall 
 under a part of the house, fell in with a 
 splash, causing new fright which led the 
 inmates of the chamber to pray to God, 
 the Father of Him who once said to the 
 winds and waves, " Be still." The next 
 morning the family and teacher were floated 
 away to safety on a JDarn door. The sick 
 child died in a few hours after the rescue. 
 Henry Carpenter, residing further down 
 the river, started with his wife and boy, 
 the boy walking between them, with hands 
 in theirs, to go to a neighbor's. They in- 
 tended to keep the road, wading through 
 the water; but coming to deeper water 
 Mrs. Carpenter let go the boy's hand and 
 probably became strangled. Mr. C. called 
 in the darkness but no voice replied. The 
 boy swam back to the house. The father 
 in sadness rallied some neighbors, and the 
 next day the mother and wife was found 
 on the meadow below, cold in death. 
 
MORETOWN. 
 
 S9S 
 
 One family fled to the hills and stayed 
 out all night in the rain, holding a little 
 babe in their arms. Who the little babe 
 was let grandmother tell. 
 
 This newspaper record sent to us, we 
 think, by Rev. Seldon B. Currier, we will 
 interrupt here to give. 
 
 THE BURSTING OF A CLOUD OVER JONES'S 
 BROOK IN MORETOWN. 
 
 BY HON. D P. THOMPSON. 
 
 I have used the term, bursting of a cloud, 
 as the caption of this article, because it is 
 expressive of a popular notion, and not be- 
 cause it is either philosophical or correct. 
 It has long been a prevalent belief, that in 
 cases of extraordinary falls of water over 
 particular localities, clouds, like old leath- 
 er bottles, suddenly burst and let the wa- 
 ter they contain fall to the earth almost in 
 a body, like rivers falling over precipices in 
 cataracts ; whereas nothing could be more 
 unscientific or farther from the truth. No 
 collected body of water, not even to the' 
 amount of a quart, could remain suspended 
 in a cloud a single second, but would in- 
 stantly fall to the earth from the force of 
 the universal law of gravitation. The 
 great deluging torrents of rain that occa- 
 sionally occur, simply proceed from unusua 1 
 thickness, or upward extent of the cloud. 
 This will be more readily understood, per- 
 haps, when we consider, that if a cloud 
 half a mile thick discharges from its gath- 
 ering mists a heavy rain, one of a mile 
 thick would produce a rain doubly heavy, 
 and so on, in the same proportion, with 
 every additional thickness of cloud, till 
 that thickness, as has been known some- 
 times to be the case, extends upwards to 
 the distance of 5 or 6 miles, when from the 
 whole mass the water reaches the earth 
 less in the form of rain, indeed, than the 
 pouring of a cataract. 
 
 The most remarkable instance of these 
 great falls of water, which was ever known 
 in this region, occurred about 30 years ago, 
 round the sources of Jones's Brook, a 
 small mill stream that rises in Moretown 
 mountains and empties into the Winooski 
 river 3 miles below Montpelier. The 
 mountains round the source of this stream 
 rise to the hight of about 2000 feet, with 
 unusual abruptness, and, at the same time, 
 so curve round as to leave the intermedi- 
 ate space in the form of a deep, half-basin, 
 down the precipitous sides of which a sud- 
 den shower descends almost as rapidly as 
 water strolling down the steepest roof of a 
 house, and collecting at the bottom, pours, 
 in a raging river, down the valley to the 
 outlet of the stream. It was over this 
 mountain-rimmed basin that burst the ex- 
 
 traordinary thunder-storm which I have 
 undertaken to describe, and which passed 
 among the inhabitants under the name of 
 the bursting of a cloud. 
 
 On the day and hour this storm occurred, 
 I chanced to be on a high hill, east of 
 Montpelier village, which afforded a plain 
 view of the whole range of the Moretown 
 mountains. It was a still, sultry, mid- 
 summer day, when my attention being at- 
 tracted by the sudden obscuration of the 
 sun, I looked toward the west, and saw the 
 unusual spectacle of two heavy clouds rap- 
 idly rolling toward each other, in the line 
 of the range just named, from diametrically 
 opposite directions, the point where the 
 collision must occur being evidently at the 
 natural basin already particularized, or 
 on the high mountain above it. These 
 stiangely moving clouds I watched with in- 
 tense interest. On, on they rolled toward 
 'each other, with their long, streaming col- 
 umns and menacing fronts, like two op- 
 posing, hostile lines of cavalry rushing to- 
 gether for deadly conflict. As anticipated, 
 the collision occurred directly over the ba- 
 sin and on the sides of the adjoining 
 mountains, and there, the opposing cur- 
 rents being of equal strength, the inter- 
 mingling clouds came to a dead stand. 
 Presently^ however, the colliding masses 
 began to rise upward and double over and 
 over till they had swelled into a huge, 
 dome-like figure, shooting up miles into 
 the darkenedheavens, and here commenced 
 a startling display of the electric phenome- 
 non. With the short, sharp and quickly 
 repeating peals of thunder, the fierce 
 streams of lightning were seen bursting in 
 rapid succession from every part of the sur- 
 charged cloud, like some hotly worked * 
 battery of artillery from a smoke-enveloped 
 field of battle. But soon the expanding 
 cloud shut out the basin and valley from 
 sight; and, being unable to see more, I 
 returned home, and, with much interest, 
 waited to hear the result of the fearful ele- 
 mental exhibition I had been witnessing. 
 
 The news of the remarkable, and in one 
 instance, fatal effects of that storm, iti the 
 disastrous flooding of Jones's Brook, at 
 length reached us. The inhabitants of the 
 basin, when the storm burst upon them so 
 suddenly and unexpectedly, were struck 
 with astonishment and alarm at the un- 
 wonted quantities of water that descended 
 upon them from the seemingly flooded 
 heavens. A settler who lived nearest the 
 foot of the mountain described the rain as 
 " poming down in bucketsful." I was in a 
 field a short distance from my house when 
 it struck, and was so astonished at first I 
 knew not what to do. But the rain, if it 
 could be called rain, coming thicker and 
 
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 faster, I ran with all my might for the 
 house, but was almost drowned before I 
 got there, and then it was only to find the 
 water gushing into the house on all sides 
 till it was nearly knee-deep on the floor." 
 And so with all the inhabitants of the ba- 
 sin. No place afforded them any protec- 
 tion ; rivers were in all their houses within, 
 and rivers, rising into seas, were all around 
 them without ; and they looked on with 
 mute consternation at that tremendous out- 
 pouring of the clouds. But they were the 
 first to be relieved. The rain, after the 
 brief duration of less than half an hour, 
 ceased as suddenly as it came ; and the in- 
 habitants ran out of their drenched houses 
 just in time to behold the numerous uniting 
 streams, that had come pouring down from 
 the encircling mountain, gathering into a 
 mighty river that swept away shanties, 
 fences, old trees, logs, lumber and every- 
 thing in its path, and bearing them in 
 wild confusion on its surface, went foam- 
 ing, tumbling and roaring, like a cataract, 
 with amazing force, down the valley to- 
 ward the outlet, three or four miles below. 
 But the principal scene arising from the 
 destructive and fatal progress occurred at 
 a saw-mill, owned by Mr. Oren Clark, and 
 situated about a mile from the mouth of 
 the stream. When the storm was spending 
 its force on the sides of the mountain and 
 the basin beneath, Mr. Clark was at work 
 in a field near the mill with his hired man, 
 Ebenezer Eastman. And being apprised 
 by the great volume and blackness of the 
 clouds hanging over the mountain at the 
 west, that an unusual shower was falling 
 round the sources of the stream, they pro- 
 ceeded at once to the mill and commenced 
 such temporary repairs of the dam and 
 flume as would, they believed, secure them 
 against the rush of water, which, in greater 
 or less (quantities , they knew would soon 
 be down upon them. While deeply en- 
 grossed in hurrying forward the contem- 
 plated repairs, they Were aroused by a 
 deafening roar that burst suddenly upon 
 their ears from the stream but a short dis- 
 tance above the mill ; when looking up 
 they beheld to their astonishment and 
 alarm, a wild, tumultuous sea of comming- 
 ling flood-wood and turbid waters, with a 
 wall-like front ten feet high, tumbling and 
 rolling down upon them with furious up- 
 roar, and with the speed of the wind. 
 Knowing that the mill could not stand 
 before such an avalanche of water, and 
 beginning to be specially alarmed for their 
 personal safety, they attempted to secure 
 a retreat over the log-way which extended 
 from the mill to the high grounds five or 
 six rods distant. Over this they made 
 their way with all possible speed. But 
 
 such was the velocity of the on-rushing 
 torrent that they had not proceeded half 
 way before the mill building came down 
 with a crash behind them, the log-way was 
 swept from beneath their feet, and the 
 next moment they were struggling for their 
 lives in a flood a dozen feet deep, foaming, 
 boiling, and so filled with trees, timber and 
 all sorts of ruins, that it did not seem pos- 
 sible for a human being to be borne along 
 in the frightfully whirling mass and live a 
 single minute. 
 
 "I saw Eastman once," said Mr. Clark 
 in describing to me this, the most terrible 
 scene of his life. " It was when I rose to 
 the surface after the first plunge. He was 
 struggling desperately to get his head 
 above the flood-wood. But I saw him no 
 more ; for the next moment, I was borne 
 down beneath the surface by a raft of logs 
 that swept over me. From that time I 
 was whirled onward with my head some- 
 times below, and sometimes above the wa- 
 ter, till I found myself nearing the wooded 
 bank on the opposite side of the stream, 
 when I soon came within reach of a small 
 tree, which I grasped and held on to, till 
 I began to count myself saved. But the 
 tree quickly came up by the roots and I 
 was again plunged into the flood. But, 
 though now nearly in despair, I struggled 
 on, and soon was fortunate enough to gra.sp 
 another sapling by means of which I at 
 length drew myself ashore and fell down 
 half drowned and half dead from bruises 
 and exhaustion. It was now nearly dark. 
 After rallying my strength a little, I com- 
 menced crawling and stumbling through ~ 
 the tangled thickets along up the stream 
 till, after a struggle of seeming hours, I at 
 last reached a point opposite my house, 
 where, by loud hallooing, I rallied my fam- 
 ily, who believed me lost, and informed 
 them I would proceed on to the next house, 
 on that side, stay all night and cross the 
 next morning. This I did, and the next 
 morning reached home, where I was re- 
 ceived as one risen from the dead." 
 
 The remains of Eastman were found the 
 next day washed up near the mouth of the 
 stream on the meadow of Samuel Jones, 
 who was injured in the loss of crops, the 
 covering of his lands by flood-wood and 
 washing away the soil, to the amount of 
 $300. Whether Eastman was drowned, or 
 killed by being crushed among the logs, 
 was never known. Either cause was suf- 
 ficient to have produced his death. 
 
 Such were the leading events attending 
 the memorable thunder-storm on Jones's 
 Brook. 
 
 The Mad river affords some of the best 
 water privileges found in the State, and 
 
MORETOWN. 
 
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 should the inhabitants of Moretown induce 
 some moneyed firm to put in a large man- 
 ufacturing house here, thus utilizing more 
 of the water power, and urge the building 
 of a contemplated railroad, which has al- 
 ready been surveyed through the town, it 
 would greatly develop the resources of and 
 build up our town. 
 
 Moretown is considerably broken in 
 surface, but is romantic, and affords much 
 to please and profit the student of nature. 
 Camel's Hump is seen from various points, 
 and is only a few miles distant from More- 
 town. Mineral springs are found here, 
 which by puffing and patronizing, would 
 be quite equal to many, no better, but cel- 
 ebrated ones. 
 
 It is quite a dairy town, some farmers 
 having 20 or more cows, and many others 
 10 to 20. 
 
 There are now 3 stores, 3 blacksmith 
 shops, two saw-mills, 2 clapboard, 2 shingle 
 and 2 plahing-machines in the village; 
 also I hotel, I harness-shop, employing 
 several workmen, 2 carriage and sleigh- 
 shops, I grist-mill, i sash, door and blind- 
 shop, near by a dressmaker, 2 milliners, i 
 goldsmith and i tinman. 
 
 We have also a very excellent high 
 school, taught by Miss Folsom. 
 
 Polly Phemia Munson was probably the 
 first child born in Moretown, and P'aul 
 Knapp the first person who died in town. 
 He was killed by the fall of a tree. 
 
 [Thus far the paper we credit to Rev. 
 Seldon B. Currier. The following is from 
 a lady of Moretown, contributed 10 or 12 
 years since] : 
 
 The first school-house in this town was 
 within the limits of the present village of 
 Moretown. In the first settlement of the 
 town there were three lots set off for the 
 first minister. Rev. Mr. Brown, Univer- 
 salist, the first minister settled, deeded 
 the land to the town for the benefit of 
 schools. There are 14 school districts in 
 town now, and we had three schools in 
 the village last winter (1869), and for sev- 
 eral years we have had a select school 
 every spring and fall. Our population in 
 i860 was a little over 1400. There has 
 
 not been any state prison candidate from 
 this place to this date — 1870. 
 
 Our first representative of the town, 
 Luther Mo^eley, was chosen by 7 voters. 
 
 The first store was opened here by 
 Winship & Thornton, 1815. The first 
 load of goods was bought in Burlington, 
 and brought into town by Cephas Car- 
 penter. Winship was a butcher from that 
 place. 
 
 In 1822, Mr. Stevens commenced trade , 
 here. He built a distillery to make whisky, 
 and died about 2 years after. His death 
 was a great loss to the town. A starch 
 factory was built in 1833, by Martin L. 
 Lovell and Francis Liscomb, and run 
 about S years, after which it was bought 
 by Jesse Johnson, and used for a tannery 
 from 3 to S years, when it was burned. 
 
 The first and only hotel to the present, 
 was built and kept by Joseph Sawyer, in 
 1835. There are some stores of the olden 
 time here. 
 
 Nearly 50 years since, Nathan Wheeler 
 (I think his name was Nathan), 5 years 
 old, son of Ira Wheeler, was lost on his 
 way home' from school. The news spread. 
 The farmers left their hay down, and came 
 from Waterbury, Northfield, Duxbury, 
 Waitsfield, nearly 1500 men, and joined in 
 the search for the lost boy. After a three 
 days' diligent hunt the boy was found in 
 Duxbury. It rained very hard when he 
 was found, and the little fellow was trudg- 
 ing on ; he said he was going home. Capt. 
 Barnard said if the boy should work hard 
 all of his life and be prospered, he never 
 could pay all for their trouble in finding 
 him ; but when we realize the sympathy 
 and good feelings manifested, he felt that 
 they were all well paid. The boy grew to 
 be a man, became a good soldier and died 
 for his country, and so, well paid. 
 
 COL. EZEKIEL CLAPP, 
 
 a farmer and prominent citizen of More- 
 town, was a whole-souled man, much es- 
 teemed by his neighbors. About the time 
 he was appointed Colonel, Capt. Rufus 
 Barnard, Capt. Orson Skinner, Maj. Elias 
 Taylor and Col. Clapp attended a military 
 meeting at Waterbury one evening, and 
 after the meeting, it being lo o'clock p.m.. 
 
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 it was agreed they would all go to Major 
 Taylor's, in Waitsfield, to see a large cat- 
 amount that had been killed on the East 
 Mountain. The company filled 2 sleighs. 
 It was very cold, but they reached Waits- 
 field, and actually saw a large dead cat- 
 amount. The company did not get back 
 to Moretown till the next morning. 
 
 Many years before this, Mr. Clapp was 
 carrying an iron kettle he had borrowed of 
 a neighbor, home on his head. He lived 
 at this time on Mad river, about a mile 
 above Moretown village. Being tired, he 
 sat down to rest, and soon saw a bear 
 seated a little distant, suspiciously regard- 
 ing him and his kettle. Clapp sprang 
 forward, and cast his kettle at the bear. 
 The bear not liking the sound of the kettle 
 as it fell, rushed away, and Clapp picking 
 up the kettle, made. his best way home. 
 Mr. Clapp died about 2 years since (1868). 
 The record of him is, "a man truthful and 
 upright in all his dealings." 
 
 Samuel Pierce, who settled here from 
 Berlin many years since, tells of several 
 deer having been killed in Moretown soon 
 after he came. They were shot when they 
 came down from the mountain to drink. 
 He and Burr Freeman killed one, and he 
 had the skin tanned and made into gloves, 
 and for a long time after boasted of having 
 a pair of Vermont deer-skin gloves. Mr. 
 Pierce is now (1870), about 70 years of 
 age. 
 
 DR. STEPHEN PIERCE, 
 
 from Massachusetts, was the first physician 
 that settled in town. He lived on the 
 farm now occupied by Mr. Bisbee. He 
 was a good doctor, upright in all his prac- 
 tice, and made himself honored and usefiil 
 in his chosen field of labor. He died in 
 Barnard about 1864. Soon after he came 
 to Moretown, one man remarked tha,t the 
 Doctor had a very good theory of physic, 
 but he lacked the practice. Soon after 
 this Mr. A. March had a sick child. He 
 went to the Doctor and wanted to get 
 some theory of physic for his child. The 
 Doctor gave him some, and often spoke of 
 the joke to his friends. 
 
 DR. LESTER KINGSLEY 
 
 came to this town in Feb. 1827, and has 
 
 been in practice here now over 40 years. 
 He has many friends, and is now (1870), 
 the town clerk. Dr. Calderwood came to 
 assist Dr. K. in his practice in May of 
 this year. [Dr. Kingsley was town clerk 
 from March 1832 to March 1880, annually 
 elected, holding the office 48 years, and 
 about 10 months to the time of his death. 
 He was postmaster from 1837 to '62 — 25 
 years, and represented Moretown in the 
 Legislature in 1841, '42, and was actively 
 engaged in his profession here 52 years, 
 till within 2 years of his death, Jan. 4, 
 1 88 1, aged 76.] 
 
 DR. HAYLETT, 
 
 homoeopathist, has been here 2 years, from 
 1868. He, too, has been successful and 
 won many friends, and his wife has also 
 made herself welcome among us, by teach- 
 ing music. 
 
 There are three merchants in town : 
 C. Lovejoy, James Evans, Nathan Spauld- 
 ing. Mr. Evans commenced trade May, 
 1862 [removed to Boston sincej. Mr. 
 Spaulding commenced about 1858, and has 
 charge of the post-office [gone to Burling- 
 ton]. His father, now deceased, was a 
 highly esteemed Methodist minister. He 
 was buried here. 
 
 There is one grist-mill in town [two 
 now] , owned by a Mr. Robinson ; i sash 
 and blind factory, owned by Geo. Bulkley 
 and Geo. Thornton, [which is now Mr. 
 Fassett's grist and saw-mill, tub factory 
 and planing-machine matcher,] four saw- 
 mills, three owned by David T. Jeff. Beld- 
 ing, one on the river by Lorenzo Wells's ; 
 3 blacksmith's shops, carried on by Curt. 
 Carpenter & Co., Calvin Foster, and M. 
 Taylor; Calvin Foster's carriage shop, 
 where he has done a good business a great 
 many years ; Towle & Lovejoy's wheel- 
 wright shop, where a good business has 
 been done ; [given up and turned into the 
 blacksmith shop of Wallings & Spauld- 
 ing] ; Collins built another shop and con- 
 tinued business as before ; William Saw- 
 yer's harness shop employs several men, 
 [has removed into a larger shop, with his 
 son, partner] ; Mr. Tqwle's harness shop 
 [he has left town, and the shop is now 
 closed] ; and we have also 2 shoemakers. 
 
MORETOWN. 
 
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 [Written by Mrs. Smith in 1870, correct- 
 ed by Mr. Aaron Goss, of Moretown, in 
 the fall ofi88i.j 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 rFBOM MBB. SMITH.] 
 
 The original members of the First Con- 
 gregational Church in Moretown were — 
 Reuben Hastings, John Stockwell, Sam- 
 uel Eaton, Mrs. Eleazer Wells, and Mrs. 
 Stockwell. The meeting for the organi- 
 zation w^s in the first log school-house. 
 
 Mrs. Smith gives from the records the 
 following account of the second organ- 
 ization : 
 
 " The Congregational Church in More- 
 town and Duxbury met this day at the 
 house of Dea. Benton in said Moretown, 
 for the purpose of taking into considera- 
 tion the disorganization of the said church 
 in Moretown and Duxbury, organized 
 church. The subject had been previously 
 presented to these churches, and the above 
 named meeting of the two churches was 
 duly warned.- The meeting was organized 
 by choosing the Rev. Samuel G. Tenney 
 , of Waitsfield, moderator, and the Rev. 
 Lyndon S. French of Fayston, co-minister 
 commissioned by the'Vt. Dom. Society to 
 labor in the church of Fayston and More- 
 town, scribe. After due consideration it 
 appeared that the church in Moretown was 
 not prepared for the new organization. It 
 was accordingly voted to adjourn the meet- 
 ing until the i8th day of January, 1836, to 
 be held at the same place, and that pre- 
 vious to the new organization, each church, 
 separately, should hold a meeting to pass 
 a vote that the new organization should be 
 the dissolving of the two former churches 
 in said Moretown and Duxbury. 
 
 Signed Samuel G. Tenney, 
 
 Lyndon S. French. 
 
 Moretown, Jan. 18, 1836." 
 
 The church in Moretown and Duxbury 
 met agreeably to agreement, having, as 
 was voted at the first meeting, each of 
 them voted to disorganize the old church 
 by organizing a new one. The moderator 
 then called for those members in those two 
 churches who wished to unite in a new 
 church, to present themselves. The fol- 
 
 lowing members came forward from More- 
 town : Nathan Benton, Eunice, his wife, 
 Abraham Spoiford and Sarah, his wife, H. 
 Spaulding and Mary, his wife. From 
 Duxbury : Reuben Munson and Mary, his 
 wife. Earl Ward, and Mrs. Fanny Avery." 
 religious history. 
 
 [BY C. A. SMITH.] 
 
 The first church organized in town was 
 a Congregational church. Deacon Nathan 
 Benton and Philemon Ashley were among 
 its early and prominent members. The 
 school-house, and afterward the town 
 house at the village, were used as places 
 of worship. Public worship was main- 
 tained until about 1840, when the mem- 
 bership being quite small, the church was 
 merged in the Congregational church at 
 S. Duxbury, the services at first being 
 held at Moretotvn and Duxbury alternate- 
 ly, but afterward at S. Duxbury alone. 
 
 The Congregational Church at S. Dux- 
 bury was founded at an early period. 
 Among its first members were Reuben 
 Munson, Hezekiah Ward, and Earl Ward, 
 his son. Messrs. Seeley and Pomeroy 
 were the earliest pastors. This church is 
 the only church in Duxbury, the people of 
 N. Duxbury being better accommodated 
 at Waterbury. It has never had a large 
 membership. Its relations with the M. E. 
 church at Moretown are of the most cor- 
 dial character, and for several years the 
 pastor of the M.. E. church at Moretown 
 has been the acting pastor of the Congre- 
 gational church at S. Duxbury. 
 
 Amasa Cole was probably tjie first 
 Methodist preacher in Moretown. He 
 was a local preacher living near Middlesex. 
 Soon after, in 1809, Joshua Luce, a local 
 preacher from Pittsfield, Mass., settled in 
 town. He, with his wife and daughter 
 Roxana, were probably the first Metho- 
 dists in town. By their efforts a Metho- 
 dist church was soon organized, and More- 
 town became a part of the old Barre Cir- 
 cuit, Vermont District and New England 
 Conference of the M. E. Church, a circuit 
 embracing Barre, Montpelier, Middlesex, 
 Moretown, Waitsfield and Warren. 
 
 In the town clerk's office there is a rec- 
 ord of the certificate of the ordination of 
 
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 Amasa Cole as a deacon by Bishop Mc- 
 Kendree, at Durham, Me., June 4, 1814, 
 also of that of Leonard Foster, by Bishop 
 Asbury, June 10, 1818. Zadoc Hubbard, 
 Ebenezer Johnson, Calvin Clark, Barna- 
 bas Mayo and William Harris were among 
 the leading members prior to 1820. 
 
 The iirst church edifice was built in 
 1832, at the Common. This was occupied 
 for 22 years, until in 1854, the present 
 church at the village was erected. The 
 old church still stands, though unoccupied. 
 Messrs. Frost, Newell, Steele, Peirce and 
 Haskell were among the earliest itinerants 
 on this circuit, while Bishop George, Wil- 
 bur Fisk and Elijah Hedding (afterward 
 Bishop) have officiated here. 
 
 Rev. Justin Spaulding was born in this 
 town in 1802. He was for some years a 
 missionary in South America, afterward a 
 presiding elder in New Hampshire Con- 
 ference. His health failing, he returned 
 to his native town and resided here until 
 his death. 
 
 Rev. Nathan B. Spaulding was born in 
 Moretown ; entered the Methodist ministry 
 from this town. He belonged successive- 
 ly to the New England and to the New 
 Hampshire Conferences, in which he held 
 a prominent position. A partial failure of 
 health necessitated a retirement from the 
 itinerancy in middle life. He located in 
 his native town, and continued to preach 
 occasionally as health and opportunity per- 
 mitted until his death in 1863. 
 
 The topography of this town is such 
 that the inhabitants of large portions of its 
 territory can more conveniently attend 
 church at Northfield, Montpelier, Middle- 
 sex and Waterbury than at Moretown vil- 
 lage. The M. E. church is the only Prot- 
 estant church in town. At some periods 
 of its history its membership has been 
 much larger than at present ; but its con- 
 dition and prospects are very hopeful. 
 
 Mrs. Smith says in her paper, " the 
 first Methodist meeting was held in Mr. 
 Slayton's barn." It is probable, says our re- 
 cord, that we credit to Rev.Mr. Currier, that 
 Mr. Cole was the first Methodist preacher 
 in town. He resided near Middlesex, and 
 
 was accustomed to walk from home to the 
 Common, preach, and return without din- 
 ner for the reason that " Jack did not eat 
 his supper," — none was offered him to eat. 
 In the winter season this walk and work 
 must have been very fatiguing, especially 
 when he broke his own path through the 
 snow, often knee deep. 
 
 When the people of Moretown heard 
 the cannon's roar at Plattsburg, the towns- 
 men met at the tavern kept by Joshua 
 Luce, on the farm where Alvin Pierce now 
 resides, to see who would volunteer to 
 go to Plattsburg to repulse the British. 
 This was in 18 12. Both the local preach- 
 ers were present and. heartily encouraged 
 the men. ■ 
 
 Mr. Luce was a local preacher, hut farm- 
 ing was his main occupation. He preach- 
 ed on the Common, in the dwelling house 
 of Ebenezer Johnson, and in the school 
 house. 
 
 Among the prominent members of the 
 Methodist Church in 1820, and for some 
 years suhsequent, were Ebenezer Johnson 
 — who was town clerk prior, for some 
 years, to 1832, when Dr. Kingsley suc-- 
 ceeded him — Calvin Clark and Barnabas 
 Mayo — whose names are among the sub- 
 stantial and influential members of the 
 Methodist family of that date. 
 
 William Harris and his excellent wife, 
 known as "Aunt Ruth,'' were noted for 
 their generosity, keeping what was called 
 a Methodist tavern, and many a weary 
 itinerant found shelter and food and rest 
 in the home of "Aunt Ruth." 
 
 In 1832, the first Methodist meeting 
 house in town was built on the Common, 
 and for 22 years it was occupied in regular 
 meetings. But in 1854, Moretown Hollow 
 —now village proper — built the house now 
 used for worship. For some years before 
 the church building was erected at the 
 Hollow, the Methodists worshipped in the 
 town-house in the village or Hollow, and 
 at the Common alternately. Soon after 
 the church was built in the village the 
 Common meetings were nearly abandoned, 
 and meetings held at the new house only. 
 
 Three prominent men — who became 
 ministers of the Gospel— had their origin 
 
MORETOWN. 
 
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 in this town. Rev. Justin Spaulding, son 
 of Levi and Thankful Spaylding. [See 
 paper before.] His widow and several 
 children are now residing in Moretown and 
 vicinity. 
 
 Rev. Newell Spaulding, brother of the 
 last named, is now living, and resides in 
 New Yprk city. 
 
 Rev. Nathan B. Spaulding [see, also, 
 page before.] 
 
 When the Barre circuit included the 6 
 towns, before named, and the meetings 
 were sometimes held in Wm. Harris' barn, 
 when the quarterly meetings were held 
 here, as many as 80 teams have been 
 counted around the barn from the other 
 towns of the circuit, which centered 
 around. 
 
 The Methodists of Moretown and the 
 Congregationalists of South Duxbury have 
 alternate meetings at present, and have but 
 one pastor. They have a good congrega- 
 tion and an excellent Sabbath School. If 
 any one who may read this listened to a 
 concert, by the South Duxbury Sabbath 
 School on the first Sabbath of October, 
 1876, they will doubtless bear testimony 
 to the truthfulness ofthe above statement, 
 in calling the school an excellent one. 
 
 For the present prosperity of the Metho- 
 dist Church in Moretown, any one desiring 
 can see the Annual Minutes of Conference, 
 1876. The parsonage buildings have been 
 repaired and neatly fitted up this year. 
 
 MINISTERS FROM 1860 TO 1 88 1. 
 
 i860, J. W. Bemis ; 1862, J. Gill ; 1863- 
 
 4, P. N. Granger; 1865-6, L. C. Powers; 
 1867-8, W. B. Howard; 1869-70, D. 
 Willis; 1871-2, J. S. Spinney; 1873, H. 
 G. Day; 1874-5, D. Willis; 1876-7, C. 
 
 5. Buswell ; 1878-9, C. A. Smith ; 1880- 
 81, S. B. Currier. 
 
 REV. LEMUEL C. POWERS, 
 (BY A. S. COOPEK.J 
 
 whose life was marked with uniform con- 
 sistency and faithfulness, was born in 
 Rochester, this State, August, 1828. He 
 made a Christian profession at the age of 
 13, and commenced his labors as a Metho- 
 dist preacher when about 30. His fields 
 were first as a local preacher on Bethel 
 
 76 
 
 Lympus charge two years ; after as Con- 
 ference preacher there 2 years ; next at 
 Topsham 2 years, and then at Moretown 
 in 1864, '66. The first was a dry year, 
 but he labored on earnestly, especially in 
 the Sunday school, and in his second year 
 just as he was prostrated by disease, he 
 was cheered by 12 or 15 persons at North 
 Fayston, embraced in his charge, profess- 
 ing conversion arid wishing to receive bap- 
 tism from his hands ; but his work was 
 done, and he received his discharge on the 
 eve of the holy Sabbath — Nov. 18, 1866. 
 To an only brother who watched by his 
 bedside while he was dying, he said: " I 
 am realizing now how 
 
 * Jesus can make a dying bed 
 Feel soft as downy pillows are ' " ; 
 
 and passed without a struggle or groan to 
 his rest. 
 
 He left a wife and 4 children. Revs. 
 Gill and Spaulding attended his funeral. 
 After his brethren in the ministry and 
 others bore his body to the grave, the citi- 
 zens assembled and passed resolutions of 
 respect for his memory and sympathy for . 
 his family. — [For further mention see the 
 place of his birth — Rochester, in next 
 volume.] 
 
 CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MORETOWN. 
 
 Those of this faith are almost entirely 
 Irish. The first settlers were Daniel 
 Murray, John Hogan, Patrick Calvy, Pat- 
 rick Farral and Daniel Divine. They 
 purchased lands on what is called South 
 hill. Most of them commenced with very 
 limited means, but by industry have gen- 
 erally prospered, and will now average 
 with others of the town in wealth. There 
 is one school district almost all Irish 
 pupils. 
 
 There are now 90 who have grand lists, 
 and probably 75 voters. Among the prom- 
 inent men of the present are Andrew 
 Murray, Daniel Hassett, Patrick Lynch, t 
 Thomas and Charles McCarty, and the 
 three Kerin brothers., Moretown is now a 
 central point for the Catholic population 
 of South Duxbury, Fayston, Waitsfield 
 and Warren. The first priest ofiiciating 
 here was Father Jeremiah O'Callaghan, 
 
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 who, if we are correctly informeci, was the 
 first Catholic priest in Vermont. 
 
 [The first resident Irish priest, but not 
 the first Catholic priest in Vermont. There 
 was a resident priest, undoubtedly, at the 
 old French Mission of St. Catherine, in 
 Weils, at the Isle La Motte Mission of St. 
 Anne (see vol. ii. page 5S^)< 'md the 
 French Mission in Swanton, some interest- 
 ing account of which will be given in the 
 history of the late Rev. John B. Perry, of 
 Swanton, to be embraced in this work — of 
 any of which missions we would be par- 
 ticularly pleased to receive any informa- 
 tion that any person may be able to com- 
 municate, however trifling apparently. 
 Every little link helps in putting together 
 the broken chain that binds us to the 
 early days. Our histories are very ob- 
 scure so far back ; the least little incident 
 is the little track to the explorer that leads 
 to the clue. There have been also mis- 
 sionary priests earlier than Father O'Calla- 
 ghan, as Rev. James Fulton, the venerable 
 pastor now of the Church of the Holy Re- 
 deemer, East Boston, who was an early 
 missionary in Vermont. See his " Early 
 History of the Catholic Church in New 
 .England."— Ed.J 
 
 " He resided in Burlington, officiating 
 there and in this town, and probably in 
 other places. Father O'Callaghan was 
 . also an author, and wrote five volirtnes on 
 diflFerent subjects. The second priest of- 
 ficiating here was Father Drolet, the third. 
 Father Druon, the fourth. Father Duglue, 
 the fifth. Father Galligan, who resides at 
 Waterbury, ofllciating there, in this town, 
 and in Northfield. 
 
 The land for building a church on, and 
 also for a burial ground, was given to the 
 Catholic society by Col. Miller of Mont- 
 pelier, in 1841. In 1858, the spciety 
 built their present church building on South 
 hill, which is a little more than a mile from 
 the village, nearly east. They contem- 
 plate building a new church edifice in the 
 village, at no very distant future.— TV^e/j- 
 paper Record, 1879. 
 
 The Rev. Fathers O'Callaghan, Daly, 
 Drolet, Maloneya, nd Coopman, O. M. J., 
 
 visited occasionally this mission, before 
 Rev. Z. Druon built the Church (St. Pat- 
 rick's) in i860. The lot upon which the 
 church stands had been given many years 
 before by three members, to be used part- 
 ly as a burying ground. The number of 
 Catholic families in this mission is about 
 40; mostly farmers. They are attended 
 now by Rev. Thomas Galligan, from Wat- 
 erbury, and were previously, after the de- 
 parture of Father Druon, attended from 
 Montpelier by his successor there. Rev. 
 Joseph Duglue, who had the pastoral care 
 of them for a few years. 
 
 Rev. Z. Druon. 
 Aug. 21, 1876." 
 
 " The document sent you by Father 
 Druon is, I think, quite correct. The lot 
 on which the church stands was donated 
 in 1855 by Frank Lee, Peter Lee, and J. 
 Miller. I copy from the deed itself. 
 
 Louis Bp. of Bulington. 
 
 Jan. 2, 1882." 
 
 PROMINENT SONS OR CITIZENS. 
 
 Among the men of note who were born 
 or have lived in Moretown, in the early 
 part of their lives, is Rev. Eland Foster, 
 a preacher and author. He has held many 
 good appointments in and around New 
 York city. Mr. Foster married the daugh- 
 ter of Dr. Palmer, . of New York. He with 
 his wife are great revival workers. [What 
 has Rev. Mr. Foster published? titles of 
 his works asked for, not yet received — Ed.] 
 
 Rev. William High may also be named 
 as one who was brought up, if not born, 
 in our town, and who is well known as 
 quite a noted pulpit orator. 
 
 Also, Rev. E. C. Bass, now of New 
 Hampshire Conference, is a native of 
 Moretown, and graduate of the Vermont 
 University. 
 
 LONGEVITY 0,F MORETOWN. 
 
 Persons deceased in town 70 years of age 
 and w«r.— Philemon Ashley 80, Roger G. 
 Bulkley 86, Lyman Child 81, Reuben Per- 
 kins 72, John Pattrill 82, Lyman Cobb 72, 
 Ephraim Cobb 81, Israel Noble 84, Elisha 
 Goodspeed 88, Levi Spalding 81, Constant 
 Freeman ^^, Jesse Thornton 71, Cephas 
 Carpenter 88, Nathan Benton 70, Nathan 
 
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 Benton Jr. 79, Stephen Pierce 88, Charles 
 Howe gi, Abrara SpofFord 82, Elijah Win- 
 ship - 73, Rowland Taylor "]"], Ichabod 
 Thomas 79, Morty Kerin 82, Timothy 
 Hutchins 76, Abner Child 87, Reuben 
 Hawts 75, James Smith 73, James Smal- 
 ley 84, Levi Munson 72, Richard Welch 
 
 71, John Poor79, Horace Heaton8i, Zela 
 Keyes 76, Martin Mason 70, Daniel Wood- 
 bury 91, Daniel Murray 70, Samuel Carl- 
 ton 83, Earl Ward 70, David Stockwell 
 75, Philetus Robinson 76, Micah B. Tap- 
 lin 78, Ward Page 74, Francis Hope 82, 
 Robert Prentiss 83, Matthias Cannon 82, 
 John Snyder 85, Daniel Hassett 72, John 
 Flanagan 76, Wm. Prentiss 83, Ebef C. 
 Child 76, Lester Kingsley 76, Samuel 
 Pierce 82, William Prentiss Sr. 80, Ezra 
 Harris over 70, Isaac Foster, Caleb Hobbs, 
 Ebenezer Johnson, Ebenezer Mayo, Hart- 
 well Robinson,. Harvey Stowell, Samuel 
 Kingsbury, Alfred Cram, Emory Taylor, 
 Paul Knapp 87, Ebenezer Haseltine 79, 
 Elisha Atherton 79, Henry Colby 84, 
 Richard Colby 89, David Belding, John 
 Goss 73, Aladuren Stowell 80, Sylvia Ash- 
 ley 76, Sally Bulkley 80, Eunice Noble 71, 
 Lydia Foster 84, Martha Davis 85, Thank- 
 ful Spalding 80, Sibyl Clapp 80, Phcebe 
 
 •Thornton 80, Lucinda Curtis 89, Anna 
 Carpenter 71, Esther Benton 77, Elizabeth 
 Pierce 73, Martha Howe 96, Rebecca 
 Pierce 73, Jane G. Seaver 81, Sarah Free- 
 man 70, Nancy Smith 74, Mary Allen ^^, 
 Elizabeth Hall 75, Betsey Vose 86, Polly 
 P. Wells 81, Louisa A. Martin 71, Abigail 
 Haseltine 79, Emily Allen 70, Prudence 
 Freeman 90, PhilaGoss 72, Dolly F. Child 
 
 88, Sally Stiles 73, Susan Hope 78, Har- 
 riet McNaulty 74, Rhoda Willey 80, Lydia 
 Robinson 86, Eliza M. Poor 73, Maty 
 Nash 78, Isabel C. Jackson 71, Priscilla 
 Knapp 93, Polly Howes ^^, Phoebe Rice 
 
 89, Sarah D. Walton 74, Betsey Clark 88, 
 Ruth Slay ton 81, Lucinda Stowell 75, 
 Anna Barton 86, Mariam Leland 92, Par- 
 nel Boutwell 71, Shuah Keyes 88, Florenda 
 F. Belding 87, Sally Corss, Eunice Snyder 
 85, Lucinda Prentiss 75, Lizzie Prentiss 
 
 72, Mrs. Amos Palmer over 70, Esther 
 (Luce) Ridley 86, Lucy Silsby over 70, 
 Mrs. Eben'r Mayo, Dolly Child, Mrs. 
 
 Ephraim Clark, Rachel Kingsbury, Anna 
 Munson 86, Clarissa Heaton 96, Mrs. Al- 
 fred Crane 70, Juda Haseltine 96, Mrs. 
 John Foster over 70, Mrs. David Stockwell 
 over 70, Susan Foster 74, Hannah Flan- 
 ders 90, Huldah Colby 70, Lucretia Free- 
 man 73, Lydia Goss 73, Betsey Hutchin- 
 son, Mrs. Aladuren Stowell 75. 
 
 Old people of Moretown now living over 
 70. — Joel D. Rice 75, Lewis Bagley 78, 
 Uriah Howe 72, Calvin Foster 78, John 
 Towle 80, Wm. B. Foster 80, Osgood 
 Evans 78, Hiram Hathaway 70, Smith 
 Freeman 72, Ezra Hutchinson 81, William 
 Deavitt over 70, RoUand Knapp over 70. 
 Mary B. Evans 73, Abigail Child 81, Mary 
 A. Spalding 86, Polly Prentiss 82, Cornelia 
 W. Goss 75 Lucinda Tubbs 79, Rahamah 
 T. Bulkley 72, Sarah Seaver 70, Mary 
 Somerville over 70, Mrs. Joel Rice 75, 
 Nancy Carlton 80, Priscilla Knapp 81. 
 
 Wales Bass, son of Alpheus B^ss, of 
 Moretown, was killed instantly, Dec. 1863, 
 being thrown from a load of wood ; the 
 horses had taken fright. 
 
 ADDITIONAL FROM AARON GOSS. 
 
 Longevity. — Charlotte Smith died in 
 town, aged 93 ; and the following died 
 during the past year, 1881 : 
 
 Dr. Luther Kingsley, aged 76 years, 
 who lived in town nearly 60 years, had 
 been town clerk nearly 50 years. 
 
 Wm. Prentiss, aged 83, had always 
 lived in town. 
 
 Samuel Pierce, aged 82, had lived in 
 town 58 years. 
 
 Mrs. Florinda Belden, aged 87, and Mrs. 
 Lydia B. Foster, 80. 
 
 Simon Stevens had his distillery on the 
 premises where D. F. Freeman now lives. 
 He was a very resolute business man, and 
 died by taking a severe cold from over- 
 work. G. 
 
 RE-UNION OF OSGOOD EVANS' FAMILY, 
 
 which held a pleasant re-union in this 
 town, at the old homestead, Sept. 1879'; 
 there being present Mr. Evans, the father, 
 76 years of age; Mrs. Evans, 72; J. D. 
 Evans and family, of the firm of- Batch- 
 elder, Evans & Co., Boston, produce deal- 
 ers — wife and 2 children ; E. A. Shattuck, 
 
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 Central R. R. engineer, and family ; M. O. 
 and G. B. Evans and families, and Geo. 
 C, who lives with his father; and grand- 
 children present, 27. 
 
 MATTHEW HALE CARPENTER 
 
 was born in Moretown, Dec. 22, 1824, and 
 died at Washington, D. C, Feb. 24, 1881, 
 while serving as United States Senator 
 from the State of Wisconsin. His parents 
 named him Decatur Merritt Harmon Car- 
 penter ; how and why his name was changed 
 will appear further on. 
 
 His grandfather. Col. Cephas Carpenter, 
 was long a resident of Moretown — a man 
 of strong intellect and marked character- 
 istics. For years he was a justice of the 
 peace, and as such presided in the trial of 
 cases almost without number. When a 
 trial was had before another justice, he 
 was usually found acting as counsel for 
 one of the parties, in which capacity he 
 was quite the equal of most of the practicing 
 attorneys of his day. It has been truly 
 said of him that " he was a lawyer, though 
 not a member of any bar." 
 
 His father was Ira Carpenter, who was 
 born in Moretown, and resided there until 
 well advanced in life, when he removed to 
 Warren. He was a particularly fine-looking 
 man, easy in manner, social in his habits, 
 and a favorite among his acquaintances. 
 For more than twenty years he held the 
 office of deputy sheriff, and was frequently 
 constable of the town. In discharging the 
 duties of these offices he was thrown much 
 into the company of Hon. Paul Dillingham, 
 a lawyer residing in Waterbury, but having 
 a large practice in the Mad River Valley. 
 . Such close business relations soon made 
 them fast friends, and Mr. Carpenter's 
 house became Mr. Dillingham's habitual 
 stopping-place when at Moretown. During 
 these visits "Merritt," as the boy was then 
 called, attracted the attention of the genial 
 attorney from Waterbury, who frequently 
 bantered him about coming to live with 
 him, promising to make a lawyer of him. 
 On the occasion of a certain trip to More- 
 town, while passing over the height of 
 land midway between the latter village and 
 Waterbury, Mr. Dillingham was surprised 
 to meet young Carpenter, then a lad of 14, 
 
 trudging along on foot with all his worldly 
 effects in a small bundle. When asked 
 where he was going, the boy replied, "To 
 Waterbury, to live with you and be a 
 lawyer." 'Squire Dillingham, as he was 
 then popularly called, finding his former 
 proposals thus unexpectedly accepted, di- 
 rected the lad to go ahead,, report to Mrs. 
 Dillingham, and await his return at night. 
 Mrs. Dillingham was greatly pleased with 
 her youthful visitor, who made such good 
 use of his undeveloped arts as an advocate 
 that when Mr. Dillingham returned, he 
 found an entente cordiale had already been 
 established between his wife and the boy. 
 And this is how young Carpenter became a 
 protege, though never a formally adopted 
 son of Hon. Paul Dillingham, whose house 
 thereafter was the only home he had until 
 he entered upon the practice of his pro- 
 fession, and had made one for himself in 
 the West. 
 
 In 1843, through the influence of Mr. 
 Dillingham, he was appointed a cadet in 
 the Military School at West Point, in 
 which institution he pursued his studies 
 for 2 years. Having no taste for military 
 life, but desiring above all things else to be 
 a lawyer, he at the end of that time ten- 
 dered his resignation. This was accepted," 
 and he immediatety returned to Water- 
 bury, and entered Mr. Dillingham's office 
 as a student. In Nov. 1847, he was ad- 
 mitted to the Washington County Bar; 
 but conscientiously refused to practice with- 
 out further preparation. He went to Boston, 
 where he was generously taken into the 
 office of Rufus Choate. He soon won, not 
 only the good opinion of that great man, 
 but his admiration and unbounded confi- 
 dence. Mr. Choate assisted him in select- 
 ing a library suitable to his needs, and ad- 
 vanced the money to pay for the same. 
 Equipped with this, he removed to Beloit, 
 Wis., in the year 1848. 
 
 At this time he was tall and handsome 
 of figure, with a noble head and winning 
 blue eyes, with a voice of sympathetic 
 quality, and with a manner of mingled 
 frankness and almost boyish roguishness. 
 His prospect was full of promise, when, 
 after a few months' residence in Beloit, he 
 
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 was suddenly and unaccountably afflicted 
 with a disease of the eyes, which resulted 
 for several months in total blindness. For 
 18 months he was under treatment in New 
 York, poor, almost hopeless of cure, and 
 with no other than his constant friends, 
 Mr. Dillingham and Rufus Choate. Nearly 
 3 years were thus lost—so far as professional 
 advancement was concerned— before he was 
 able to return and resume the practice of 
 his profession in. Beloit. Poor as he then 
 was, he managed to collect what was then 
 the best law library in the county, and from 
 the first developed that thoroughness of 
 "working out" cases which ever since 
 characterized him. Then, as since, he was 
 very fond of literary studies. The poets 
 he had almost by heart, and his studies of 
 the historical, philosophical and political 
 classics of England and America were un- 
 ceasing. Politically, he was a democrat of 
 the most decided cast. Going to Beloit 
 just as the "free-soil " movement was carry- 
 ing all before it, he had to breast the al- 
 most unanimous political sentiment of a 
 county and town invincibly whig before, 
 then "free-soil," and since republican. 
 Still, he assailed his opponents in their 
 stronghold with so much fearlessness, wit, 
 logic, constitutional learning and unfailing 
 bonhommie, that only his few enemies were 
 vexed at his personal popularity. 
 
 Still democratic on his return to Beloit, 
 he became known more widely by occa- 
 sional speeches in various parts of the 
 state, while his professional success grew 
 with steadiness. So strong had be become 
 in a fe\Y years in his own county, that in 
 1852 he received the legal majority of 
 votes cast for district attorney, although 
 his party was beaten by over ijoo votes. 
 His opponent received the certificate, 
 owing to the diversity in the use of the 
 numerous initials of his name on the ballots 
 cast by his supporters, but Mr. Carpenter 
 appealed to the court, and vindicated both 
 his right and legal ability before the su- 
 preme tribunal of the state with equal 
 success. It was in consequence of this 
 experience that he obtained legislative 
 sanction to the name, Matthew Hale 
 Carpenter, by which he had become to be 
 
 called by his admirers in a spirit of pleas- 
 ant recognition of his splendid legal abil- 
 ities. 
 
 From this time until 1869, he never held 
 an office, nor was he a candidate for one. 
 He devoted himself to the study and prac- 
 tice of the law with an enthusiasm which 
 knew no bounds, and had a large and lu- 
 crative practice. 
 
 In 1856, he was the leading counsel for 
 the respondent in the remarkable proceed- 
 ings by quo warranto, to try the title to the 
 office of governor of Wisconsin between 
 the relator Bashford and the incumbent 
 Bars tow. 
 
 In 1859, ^^ removed to Milwaukee, and 
 formed, by invitation, a law partnership 
 with Hon. E. G. Ryan, then the acknowl- 
 edged leader of the Wisconsin Bar, and 
 afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme 
 Court of that state. 
 
 Two such natural leaders of men could 
 not long remain partners, and this partner- 
 ship was soon dissolved. Mr. Carpenter 
 opened an office for himself, and was con- 
 stantly crowded with business. From 
 1 860 to 1867 his time was almost constantly 
 occupied with litigation connected with the 
 railroads of the state, and which was finally 
 carried to the supreme court of the United 
 States, where upon his first appearance he 
 won the rare honor of a highly compli- 
 mentary notice from that grave tribunal. 
 
 " Meanwhile, the outbreak of armed re- 
 bellion gave Carpenter the opportunity to 
 lead in politics as in law. Having been a 
 devoted Douglas Democrat, a believer in 
 the constitution, and a stalwart defender 
 of the Union, he burst the bonds of party , 
 allegiance, as s6on as the democratic party 
 South openly carried out its plans. No 
 voice in Wisconsin, at the outset of the 
 war, was so clear, electric and thrilling as 
 his, when the First Wisconsin regiment 
 was sent to the front. His speech was a 
 trumpet blast that was worth an army corps 
 to the cause that inspired him with the 
 courage of an apostle and the prescience 
 of a prophet. It came from his heart and 
 went to the hearts of the people. It an- 
 ticipated the necessity of emancipation and 
 filled the souls of old anti-slavery leaders 
 
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 with apprehensions of its untimeliness. 
 In all the subsequent phases of the war he 
 was constantly in the lead, but never had 
 to go beyond the doctrines and sentiments 
 of the speech that made him the foremost 
 republican leader, in the hearts of the 
 people." 
 
 During the dark days of 1863 and 1864, 
 Mr. Carpenter supported the government 
 by public speeches and printed arguments, 
 in which he took the most advanced posi- 
 tion as to the war powers of the govern- 
 ment outside the constitution when the 
 life of the nation was in peril. His power- 
 ful arguments, maintaining the measures 
 of the government, attracted universal 
 attention. So great, indeed, had his 
 reputation become as a constitutional 
 lawyer, that in 1867, when the famous 
 McArdle case was coming on for argument 
 before the Supreme Court of the United 
 States, Secretary Stanton engaged Mr. 
 Carpenter to make the principal argument 
 foi* the government. His argument in 
 that case, it may be safely said, will rank 
 with the greatest efforts ever made before 
 that or any other judicial tribunal. After 
 the completion of his brief, he submitted 
 it to Secretary Stanton, who cordially ap- 
 proved it, but added that William M. Mer- 
 edith, of Philadelphia, was the king of 
 American lawyers, and that before the ar- 
 gument was made he desired to have his 
 judgment as to its soundness. Provided 
 with a note of introduction from the Sec- 
 retary and a $1000 retainer, Mr. Carpenter 
 went to Philadelphia, and submitted his 
 argument to Mr. Meredith. A whole day 
 was spent at the latter's residence in a 
 very thorough examination of it. At the 
 conclusion Mr. Meredith wrote Secretary 
 Stanton in these words: "I have care- 
 fully examined the argument of Mr. Car- 
 penter in the matter of McArdle. To it I 
 cannot add, a word ; from it I would not 
 subtract one." 
 
 This case, though fully argued, was 
 never decided, the court holding that it 
 had no jurisdiction ; but the National Leg- 
 islature endorsed the soundness of Mr. 
 Carpenter's views by subsequently enact- 
 ing laws for the reconstruction of the 
 
 Southern States, which were founded upon 
 the principles maintained by him in this 
 argument. 
 
 In 1869, he was elected United States 
 Senator by the republicans of Wisconsin. 
 During his service he bore a conspicuous 
 part in the debates, and increased his rep- 
 utation as an orator and constitutional 
 lawyer. In March 1873, he was elected 
 President pro iempore of the Senate, which 
 position he held until the expiration of his 
 term in 1875. At this time he was the 
 choice of the republicans of his state as 
 his own successor, but the democrats were 
 then engaged in defeating regular nomina- 
 tions through a coalition with disappointed 
 republicans. By a combination of this 
 kind, largely composed of democrats, Mr. 
 Carpenter was defeated. 
 
 During the next 4 years he remained in 
 Washington, constantly employed in im- 
 portant causes. Among these was the 
 impeachment trial of Secretary Belknap, 
 in which he appeared for the defendant. 
 He also appeared for Mr. Tilden before 
 the electoral commission, and displayed 
 rare knowledge of state and national laws. 
 
 In 1879, ^^ w^ again elected a senator 
 from the State of Wisconsin to succeed 
 Timothy O. Howe, which office he held at 
 the time of his death. 
 
 During all the time he was in the Senate 
 he continued the practice of the law, mostly 
 in the Supreme Court of the United States. 
 His cases embraced almost every question 
 that could be raised under the Reconstruc- 
 tion Acts of Congress, the 13th, 14th and 
 ijth Amendments to the Constitution, as 
 well as the numerous questions constantly 
 growing out of great business transactions. 
 Upon his ability and acquirements as a 
 lawyer and an advocate his reputation will 
 rest. 
 
 His devotion to the law led him to look 
 for the principle underlying every measure 
 requiring his action, and unless such 
 measure seemed to be founded upon sound 
 principles, it failed of his support. Hence 
 he often differed in opinion with his po- 
 litical associates who had gained reputa- 
 tions as statesmen. Upon one of these 
 occasions, being taunted with the fact, he 
 
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 exclaimed, "I am a lawyer, not a states- 
 man." 
 
 To be a good lawyer was his ambition 
 and pride, and in the midst of his political 
 career, when opposition newspapers were 
 pouring abuse upon him without stint or 
 mercy, he found consolation in the fact 
 that none-of them had charged him " with 
 being a poor lawyer." 
 
 Ex-Attorney-General Jesse Black, who 
 had much professional intercourse with 
 Mr. Carpenter, said of him after his death : 
 
 "The American bar has not often suf- 
 fered so great a misfortune as the death of 
 Mr. Carpenter. He was cut off when he 
 was rising as rapidly as at any previous, 
 period. In the noontide of his labors the 
 night came, wherein no man can work. 
 To what height his career might have 
 reached if he had lived and kept his health 
 another score of years, can now be only a 
 speculative question. But when we think 
 of his great wisdom and his wonderful skill 
 in the forensic use of it, together with his 
 other qualities of mind and heart, we can- 
 not doubt that in his left hand would have 
 been uncounted riches and abundant honor 
 if only length of days had been given to 
 his right. As it was, he distanced his co- 
 temporaries, and became the peer of the 
 greatest among those who had started long 
 before him. The intellectual character of 
 no professional man is harder to analyze 
 than his. He was gifted with an eloquence 
 sui generis. It consisted of free and fear- 
 less thought, borne upon expression power- 
 ful and perfect. It was not fine rhetoric, 
 for he seldom resorted to poetic illustra- 
 tion ; nor did he make a parade of clinch- 
 ing his facts. He often warmed with feel- 
 ing, but no bursts of passion deformed the 
 symmetry of his argument. The flow of 
 his speech was steady and strong — as the 
 current of a great river. Every sentence 
 was perfect ; every word was fitly spoken.; 
 each apple of gold was set in its picture 
 of silver. This singular faculty of saying 
 everything just as it ought to be said, was 
 not displayed only in the Senate and in the 
 courts ; everywhere, in public and private, 
 on his legs, in his chair, and even lying on 
 his bed, he always ' talked like a book.' " 
 
 In personal appearance, Mr. Carpenter 
 was striking and distinguished. He was 
 above the average stature, broad shoulder- 
 ed and well proportioned. His head was 
 large, well set and finely formed. His 
 hair grew in profusion, and formed a fine 
 setting for a countenance which was al- 
 ways strong and winning, but which was in- 
 expressibly sad or characteristically bright 
 and cheery — just as the mood happened to 
 be in which one found him. 
 
 In temperament, he was buoyant, en- 
 thusiastic, energetic and kind. His buoy- 
 ancy never left him, his sparkle (and it 
 was his alone), never ceased, his energy 
 never diminished, his industry never wea- 
 ried, and his generosity and kindness, al- 
 ways large, only grew larger and more 
 comprehensive as life went on. 
 
 His services as a speaker were sought 
 on all occasions where public joy or public 
 sorrow sought expression. The following 
 extract from one of his addresses will give 
 an idea of his style : 
 
 "The loves and friendships of individ- 
 uals partake of the frail character of human 
 life ; are brief and uncertain. The experi- 
 ences of humail life may be shortly summed 
 up : a little loving and a great deal of sor- 
 rowing ; some bright hopes and many 
 bitter disappointments ; some gorgeous 
 Thursdays, when the skies are bright and 
 the heavens blue, when Providence, bend- 
 ing over us in blessings, glads the heart 
 almost to madness ; many dismal Fridays, 
 when the smoke of torment beclouds the 
 mind, and undying sorrows gnaw upon the 
 heart; some high ambitions and many 
 Waterloo defeats, until the heart becomes 
 like a charnel-house, filled with dead af- 
 fections, embalmed in holy but sorrowful 
 memories ; and then the cord is loosened, 
 the golden bowl is broken, the individual 
 life — a cloud, a vapor — passe th away." 
 
 Mr. Carpenter was a profound believer 
 in the inspiration of the , Scriptures — of 
 which he was a close and appreciative 
 student — and of 'the divinity of Christ. 
 One of his reasons for this belief may be 
 found in the following extract from a letter 
 written by him to "Prof. David Swing-: 
 
 " Whoever will read Cicero's Twilight 
 
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 Speculations about Duty and the Future 
 Life, remembering that perhaps he was the 
 fullest man of an antiquity, the ripest 
 scholar and student of the highest period 
 of Roman civilization, and remembering 
 that from the birth of Caesar to the birth 
 of Christ the only change that came to 
 civilization was a decline, and that Jesus 
 belonged to an out-of-the-way people — a 
 people apart from the high tides of human 
 ' greatness — and then will read the Sermon 
 on the Mount, I cannot comprehend how 
 he can escape the conclusion that the dif- 
 ference is not one of degree, but of kind. 
 That Jesus, surrounded as he was, could 
 have promulgated a system of morals em- 
 bodying all that is most valuable in the 
 prior life of the world, and to which nine- 
 teen centuries of civilization have been 
 unable to add a thought or impart an orna- 
 ment, is a fact not to be explained by any 
 ridicule." 
 
 At the time of his death, his law library 
 alone had cost him more than $40,000, 
 and his library of miscellaneous works 
 numbered about 10,000 vols. 
 
 He was married to Caroline, daughter of 
 Hon. Paul Dillingham, of Waterbury, Nov. 
 27, 1855. Four children were born to 
 them, of whom two — daughters — died in 
 infancy. Of the two now living, Lillian 
 Carpenter, now a young lady, is the eldest : 
 the other, Paul Dillingham Carpenter, is a 
 lad of 14 years. Mrs. Carpenter, with her 
 son and daughter, now reside in the city 
 of Milwaukee. 
 
 [The above are facts furnished by the 
 Dillingham family of Waterbury, with 
 journal notices.] 
 
 MRS. HOPY HOLT, 
 
 aged over 94 years, is the oldest person 
 we have any record of now living in More- 
 town. She was born in New Bedford, 
 Mass. Her parents were Abraham and 
 Mary (White) Howland. Her mother 
 lived to nearly 82 years. Mrs. Holt was 
 the wife of Amos Holt, .who died inMore- 
 town some 38 years since, and the mother 
 of 10 children, g of whom lived to settle in 
 life as heads of families ; 7 now living ; 3 
 over 70 : Amos Holt, of Berkshire, age 
 
 •JT, Sept. last; Hopy, aged 74, June '81 — 
 Mrs. Hopy Holt Hartwell, now of Mont- 
 pelier, widow 17 years of William Hart- 
 well, who died aged 59, in Berlin ; and 
 Mrs. Mary Goodspeed, who lives in North- 
 ern New York, aged 72. 
 
 Mrs. Hopy Holt, in her life of almost a 
 century, has lived in Montpelier, Calais 
 and Moretown, and perhaps in one or two 
 other towns in this county. 
 
 She remembers when Montpelier river 
 was of the size of a large brook. She 
 says when young she was spry, and could 
 jump as far as any one ; that with a long 
 pole she could have reached into the mid- 
 dle of the stream, and jumped over. Now 
 at 95, she can drop down on her feet upon 
 the hearth, at the fire-place, light her pipe 
 sitting on her feet, and spring up lightly 
 again without touching a hand down ; a 
 feat not half of the women of 40 can ac- 
 complish. She states her little house 
 where she lived in Montpelier, stood upon 
 ground covered now by the mill-pond near 
 the Arch-bridge, near the centre of the 
 present pond. That there were but two 
 framed houses in Montpelier village when 
 she removed to Calais. Her present home 
 is with her son, G. H. Holt of Moretown. 
 We saw the mother of 94 and daughter of 
 74, together the past summfer. It seemed 
 quite a sight, a mother with a daughter of 
 74 years by her side ; and the mother in 
 appearance bid fair to outlive the daughter. 
 
 Since the above was in type we have 
 learned that Mrs. Hopy Holt died Dec. 
 12, 1881, aged 94 years, 3 mos. 24 days. 
 
 TO MY GRANDFATHER. 
 
 BY MSB. CELIA BAXT£B BKIQHAM. 
 
 The weight of years Is on thy brow, 
 
 And age has dimmed thine eye, 
 Thy step falls not as lightly now. 
 
 As in the years gone by ; 
 Yet Is thy brow serene and calm, 
 
 Thine eye uplifted still ; 
 Thy trust In God's protecting arm 
 
 Old age can never chill. 
 
 I looli far back through years on years, 
 
 Before thy loclcs were gray. 
 And see the smile that soothed my fears. 
 
 And cheered my Infant play. 
 Those mild blue eyes— they kindly beam 
 
 On all around thee yet ; 
 So like my mother's own they seem, 
 
 I never can forget. 
 
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 The music of thy deep-toned voice, 
 
 Attuned In sacred song, 
 Oft made my raptured heart rejoice, 
 
 When days were bright and long; 
 And now, when short and sadder all 
 
 The fleeting days have grown. 
 Kind memory loveth to recall 
 
 Each splrlt-thrllliug tone, 
 
 I know that Timers relentless hand 
 
 Is laid upon thy head ; 
 Thee guiding to the shadowy land. 
 
 With still, unfaltering tread. 
 Yet hath he gently dealt with thee, 
 
 Since thou, througii smiles and tears, 
 With retrospective glance canst see 
 
 The graves of eighty years. 
 
 I know the tide that bears thee on 
 
 Hath no returning wave. 
 Yet down its current One hath gone 
 
 Far mightier than the grave. 
 And He, who conquered every foe 
 
 On Adam's race that waits. 
 Will guide thee, when the waves o'erflow, 
 
 Within the Eternal gates. 
 
 Abner Child of Moretown, to whom the 
 above lines were written, died in 1854, 
 aged 87. 
 
 THE LAKE OF THE CLOUDS. 
 
 BT COBNBLIA J. CHILD. 
 
 Aye ! others may wander 'neath far distant skies. 
 
 For the beauties of scenery not granted ns here. 
 And when suns o'er a classical land shall arise. 
 
 May forget all the beauties that blossom more near; 
 But the glories of Nature, whatever they are. 
 
 Can never be elsewhere more dear than my own. 
 And no magical eye-glass can render more fair 
 
 A bright distant scene, than a bright one at home. 
 
 There's a rapture of feeling that swells to the soul. 
 
 When we gaze on a land that is lial lowed In song; 
 But a deeper soul-worship, beyond our control. 
 
 When the glories we love, to our own land belong. 
 Then when weary of bright skie^ and Alpine delights. 
 
 The grandeur of home on thy memory crowds. 
 Gome back and ascend to Mansfield's proud heights. 
 
 To bathe the tired limbs In the "Lake of the Clouds.' ' 
 
 There are broader expanses of water and wave. 
 
 Where gems at the bottom In sunshine lie sparkling. 
 But we can Imagine as mncli In the wave [darkling; 
 
 Where the shades of the wood and the steep rock lie 
 And never did light glimmer down from the moon. 
 
 And o'er a dark wave more enchantingly play. 
 Than there, where baptized in the depths of the flood. 
 
 The bright stars lie watching the sleep of the day. 
 
 Oh, Lake of the Oloudsl oft my bright fancy takes me 
 
 On falry-llke wings to thy home In tl>e air. 
 And cooling my lips in the waves of thy fountain, 
 
 I fancy a charm talismanlc lies there; 
 Thiit never shall mortal that's tasted thy waters. 
 
 Or had them wept o|er him in dews fl'om the skies. 
 Fall to honor his country with love patriotic. 
 
 And leave a warm prayer for her weal when he dies. 
 
 But whenever a son of the ever-green Mountains 
 Shall feel Freedom's Are less ardently burn, [him. 
 
 Thy waves will all spring to the clouds to rain o'er 
 And the Genius of Country replenish the urn. 
 
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 Then though there's no bright spell of History cast o'er 
 To kindle the mind and wake intellect's joys, [thee 
 
 A classical charm shall be thine yet in story, [boys. 
 For thy w aves have been parted by Green Mountain 
 
 A body of water on Mansfield Mountain, 
 familiarly known to sportsmen as the 
 "Lake of the Clouds." 
 
 MILITARY REGISTER. 
 
 BY AABON G06S. 
 
 Co. G. 6th Reg. Vt. Vols, from Oct. 15, 
 1861, to Jan. I, 1864. 
 
 Bixby, Russell, enlisted from Bradford. 
 
 Boyce, George C, from Fayston, lost in 
 the battle of the Wilderness. 
 
 Bowen, Warren, from Topsham. 
 
 Brock, E. A., residence not put down. 
 
 Corliss, C. B., from Duxbury. 
 
 Craig, Daniel R., Orange. 
 
 Clemens, Charles, Orange. 
 
 Caruth, Albert W., Topsham. 
 
 Craig, Albert E., Orange. 
 
 Chase, John J., Fayston. 
 
 Church, Geo. K., Washington. 
 
 Demass, Oliver P., Fayston. 
 
 Eastman, Geo. E., W. Topsham. 
 
 Emerson, James K., Wolcott. 
 
 Fenton, Bartholomew, Moretown. 
 
 Goodspeed, Elisha, Warren. 
 
 Gilson, Eli, South Fayston. 
 
 Gove, Ira S., veteran,- Lincoln ; killed at 
 Cold Harbor, Va., June 8, '64. 
 
 Greene, Edson, Orange. 
 
 Gillett, Abel W., Duxbury ; served his time 
 in invalid corps. 
 
 Heath, Horace L., West Topsham; pro- 
 moted by commission in negro reg. 
 
 Howe, C. C, Thetford. 
 
 Hunter, John H., veteran, wounded at 
 Funkstown, Md., July 10, '63; also 
 wounded in the Wilderness, Va., May 
 4, '64: had his right arm amputated 
 May S, '64. Hunter was one of the best 
 of soldiers ; would have marched right 
 into a cannon's mouth if it had been 
 necessary; he knew no fear of death 
 when in action. 
 
 Johnson, Benjamin B., wounded at Spott- 
 sylvania. May 1 1 , '64. 
 
 Johnson, William H. 
 
 Ke nney , Geo . W ., wounded at Banks' Ford , 
 May 4, '63 ; not down where from. 
 
 Lyford, Henry, veteran, Hardwick; wd. 
 at Savage Station, Va., June 30, '63. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Lewis, Edwin C, veteran, Northfield; 
 commissioned in negro regiment, and 
 sent to the south-western department. 
 
 Marble, Calvin B., Fayston. 
 
 Marble, Geo. L., veteran, Fayston ; killed 
 at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, '64. 
 
 McLam, Robert, West Topsham. 
 
 McCandlish, Benjamin, Burlington. 
 
 Mills, Charles, Warren. 
 
 Watson, Ezra G., not stated where from. 
 
 Meader, Wm., wd. at Franklin Crossing, 
 Va., June 7, '63. 
 
 Moore, Joseph Jr., Bradford; wounded at 
 Mary's Heights, May 3, '63. 
 
 Moore, Carlos B., Bradford. 
 
 Paul, Joseph, Topsham ; promoted to ad- 
 jutant clerk. 
 
 Persons, Fred D., Warren; promoted to 
 orderly serg't. Oct. 1864. 
 
 Porter, Warren C, Fayston; taken pris. 
 at Banks' Ford, May 4, '63. 
 
 Ricker, Benjamin, Washington ; taken 
 prisoner at Banks' Ford, May 4, '63. 
 
 Richardson, Reuben, Fayston, veteran, 
 having served in the 9 months' men. 
 
 Shonnio, Arnold, Duxbury; wounded at 
 Mary's Heights, May 3, '63 ; leg ampu- 
 tated May 5. 
 
 Smith, Emery L., Northfield; taken pris. 
 at Savage Station, Va., June 30, '62 ; 
 also wounded at the battle of the Wil- 
 derness, Va., May 6, '64; Smith was a 
 good soldier. 
 
 •Stoddard, Lyman, veteran ; wounded at 
 Mary's Heights, May 3, '63. 
 
 Strong, Wm. H., Fayston. 
 
 Shontell, Lewis, Middlesex. 
 
 Stratton, Charles E., Orange. 
 
 Tillotson, Leander, Topsham. 
 
 Tucker, Julius E., veteran, Rochester; 
 taken prisoner at Bull Run and probably 
 killed by one of Mosby's guerillas. 
 
 Taylor, John W., not credited where from. 
 
 Veo, Joseph, Northfield ; wounded at Fred- 
 ericksburg, Dec. 12, '62, and Mary's 
 Heights, May 4, '63. 
 
 Usher, Nathan D., veteran, Goshen Gore. 
 
 Wright, H. R., town not given. 
 
 Whipple, John, town not given. 
 
 Whittlesey, James E., Moretown, nick- 
 named Horace Greeley; transferred to 
 invalid corps. 
 
 Boyden, Dexter, Duxbury ; transferred to 
 invalid corps ; wounded at Banks' Ford. 
 
 Bates, Lewis, Fayston ; transferred to in- 
 valid corps.. 
 
 Boyce, Nelson, Fayston ; transferred to in- 
 valid corps. 
 
 Burnh'am, Martin ; transferred to the U. S. 
 Army, from Williamstown. 
 
 Collins, Daniel, Moretown ; transferred to 
 invalid corps. 
 
 Rock, Joseph, Northfield; transferred to 
 invalid corps. 
 
 McDonald, Michael, not stating where 
 from ; transferred to invalid corps. 
 
 Shonnio, Geo,, Duxbury; transferred to 
 invalid corps ; killed in action. 
 
 Buzzell, Ezekiel, Moretown ; killed , at 
 Savage Station, June 30, '62. 
 
 Craig, Wm., Orange ; killed at Funkstown, 
 
 July 10, '63. 
 Murray, James R., Moretown; killed at 
 
 Savage Station, June 30, '61. 
 Shedrick, Geo., Lincoln; killed at Savage 
 
 Station, June 30, '62, beloved by all the 
 ' Company. 
 Hathaway, Wm. H., died Sept. I2, '63; . 
 
 Co. B. 13th. 
 Foster, Wi^ber, Co. D, 2d Vt. Vols; 
 
 died Feb. 21, '63. 
 Foster.-LeonardR., Co. B, loth Vt. Vols. ; 
 
 killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, '64. 
 
 Engagements the Company were in. — 
 Lee's Mills, Va., Apr. 16, '62 ; Williams- 
 burg, Va., May 5, '62; Golden's Town, 
 Va., June 27; Savage Station, Va., June 
 27; White Oak Swamp, Va., June 30; 
 South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14; Antietam, 
 Md., Sept. 17; Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 
 II to is; Mary's Heights, May 3, '63; 
 Banks' Ford, May 4, '63 ; Fredericksburg, 
 June 6, '63 ; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2d and 
 3d, '63; Funkstown, Md., July 10, '63; 
 Rappahannock Station, Va., Nov. 7, '63; 
 Locust Grove, Nov. 27, '63. 
 
 Discharged for Wounds. — George A. 
 Jones, wounded at White Oak Swamp, ' 
 July I , '62 ; James Keer, wounded at An- 
 tietam ; Andrew J. Slayton, not stated' 
 what discharged for; Chas. E. Spaulding, 
 Chester P. Streeter, George Somerville, 
 James Sweeney, Albert Williams. 
 
MORETOWN. 
 
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 Deserters. — Jewell S. Eddy, George C 
 Welton, William Mills, James Wemes. 
 
 2d Brigade, 2d Division 6th Army Carps, 
 Co. G. Officers. 
 
 Captain, Edward R. Kinney ; promoted 
 from 1st lieut., Co. I, June 30, '63. 
 
 1st Lieutenant, Charles C. Backus ; 
 promoted serg't. to 2d lieut., and to ist 
 lieut., Nov. I, '62. 
 
 Captain, W. H. H. Hall; resigned Apr. 
 30, '62. 
 
 Captain, L. M. Tubbs ; promoted from 
 lieut., Co. B, June 14, '62 ; resigned June 
 20, '63. 
 
 1st Lieutenant, Alfred M. Nevens ; died 
 iVIay 2, '62, of wounds received at Lee's 
 Mills ; buried in the cemetery at the village 
 in Moretown. 
 
 1st Lieutenant, Benoni B. FuUam, pro- 
 moted from serg't. major June 14, '62 ; 
 dismissed Oct. 25, '62. 
 
 2d Lieutenant, Edwin C. Lewis ; re- 
 signed '62. 
 
 2d. Lieutenant, Edwin C. Joslyn; pro- 
 moted from private, Co. D, Dec. 7, '62 ; 
 pro. to 1st, Co. D, Feb. 3, '63. 
 
 2d Lieutenant, Fred D. Kimball ; pro- 
 moted from Co. D, Feb. 3, '63 ; wounded 
 July 16, '63 ; discharged Oct. 22, '63. 
 
 Sergeants. — ist, George F. Wilson, vet- 
 eran, from Northfield, killed at Gaines' 
 Farm, June i, '64; Henry C. Backus, 
 Fayston;Wm. M. Cleaveland, Hancock, 
 a very brave soldier, killed at the battle of 
 the Wilderness, Va., May 6, '64; Ernest 
 E. Burroughs, wounded July 10, '63, at 
 Funkstown, Md., killed at Gaines' Farm, 
 June I , '64 ; James Harriman, wounded at 
 battle of Wilderness, Va.,May 6, '64; ist, 
 Oscar G. Kelsey, Warren, died July 10, 
 '62, of wounds received at Gould's Farm ; 
 ist, John F. Jones, Waitsfield, discharged 
 Apr. 16, '63 ; Charles C. Backus, promoted 
 to 2d lieut. June 12, '62. 
 
 Corporals. — Leman J. Holden, Hard- 
 wick; John Lee, Jr., Middlesex; Hiram 
 Goodspeed, Warren ; Charles P. DivoU, 
 Topsiiam, died June i, '64, of wounds re- 
 ceived at battle of the Wilderness, 'Va. ; 
 Frank A. Trask, Warren ; Aaron Goss, 
 Moretown, promoted from private Dec. 
 28, '63, by order of regimental officers ; 
 
 Bertram D. Campbell, Waitsfield, died of 
 measles; Wm. H. Smith, Waitsfield, died 
 of measles, Dec. '61 ; Merrill H. Pucklin, 
 Warren, died of chronic diarrhoea ; Oscar 
 J. Moore, Lincoln. 
 
 Musicians. — John Devine, fifer, veteran, 
 from Middlesex ; Michael P. Eagan, drum- 
 mer, Moretown ; Caleb Heath, drummer, 
 discharged ; David C. Holt, fifer, dis- 
 charged ; Charles Franklin, Barre, team- 
 ster ; C. C. Armington, Duxbury, pioneer 
 and general laborer. 
 
 Privates Discharged. — George A. Jones, 
 Northfield, wounded at White Oak Swamp, 
 Va., July I, '62; James Keer, Hancock, 
 wounded at Antietam, Sept. 17, '62. 
 
 The following not stated where from : 
 Alonzo Lane, Andrew J. Slayton, Charles 
 E. Spauldiilg, Chester P. Streeter, Geo. 
 Somerville, James Sweeney, Albert Wil- 
 liams. 
 
 Soldiers buriedin Moretown. — Those be- 
 longing to other organizations, who died 
 and are buried in town : Osman G. Clark, 
 died July 1 1 , '64, of chronic diarrhoea ; Co. 
 B, loth Vt. Vols. 
 
 Died of Diseases. — Wm. H. AUard, 
 Mar. 15, '64; Newell Antoine, Sept. '62; 
 W. H. H. Badger, Feb. 12, '63; Jonathan 
 Boyden, June 20, '62; Edwin J. Chase, 
 Feb. 4, '62 ; Edwin Canfield, Aug. '62 ; 
 W. N. S. Claflin, died May 20, '63, of 
 wounds received at Banks' Ford, May 4, 
 '63 ; Morris L. DivoU, Dec. 28, '62 ; Dexter 
 M. Davis, Jan. '62; Geo. Sawyer, Jr., 
 Dec. 7, '62 ; Manley Hoyt, June, '62 ; 
 Nathaniel Shattuck, April, '62 ; Oramel 
 Turner, July 28, '62 ; Harry H. Wright, 
 Feb. '65, all of typhoid fever. 
 
 Discharged for Disability. — Albert Ains- 
 worth, Henry Balch, Emerson E. Davis, 
 Michael Donovan, Goin Bailey Evans, 
 Charles Freeman, Lewis Goodell, JohnH. 
 Gilman, Horace Hall, Jarvis C. Harris, 
 Hiram B. Howland, Allen Mahuran, Wm. 
 Mills, Wm. F. Moore ; Henry Newton, 
 Angus G. Nicholson, Peter Pero, Harrison 
 Persons, Edwin Phillips, promoted to 
 assistant surgeon, 4th Vt. Vols. ; Seth T. 
 Porter. [The places of residence do not 
 appear on the register.] 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 NORTHFIELD. 
 
 BY KBY. JOHN QBESOBY. 
 
 [Compiled ft-om his History of Northfleld, pub- 
 lislied in 1878.] 
 
 This town isv situated in the southern 
 part of Washington County, lo miles from 
 Montpelier, lat. 44° 8', long. 4° 25' ; and 
 very near the center of the town is the 
 geographical center of the State. The 
 original town was chartered Aug. 10, 1781, 
 to Maj. Joel Matthews and his associates, 
 and contained 18,518 acres. A tract of 
 land from the east part of Waitsfield, con- 
 taining 6000 acres, was annexed to North- 
 field Nov. 7,' 1822. Five equal shares or 
 ,rights were reserved to the use of the pub- 
 lic, and the grants were conditioned that 
 each proprietor should, " within the term 
 of three years next after the circumstances 
 of the war will admit of it with safety," 
 " plant and cultivate 5 acres of land, and 
 build a house at least 18 foot square on the 
 floor, or have one family settled on each 
 right, on pain of forfeiture of his share." 
 
 The first proprietors' meeting was held 
 in Hartford, Vt., Nov. 11, 1783. The 
 proprietors met at different times at Wind- 
 sor, Hartland and Pomfret, also, till 1794, 
 when the town had sufficient settlers to 
 take care of itself at home. 
 
 The township appears to have been first 
 surveyed by Marston Cabot, from the vote 
 at one of the proprietors' meetings. 
 
 Voted that Mr. Marston Cabot be al- 
 lowed 27 days in surveying Northfield. 
 
 ^ S. D. 
 At 9s I per day 12. 3. o 
 
 And i8s expense money - o. 18. o 
 
 And for three gallons of West 
 
 India rum at 8 | per gal. and 
 
 one of New England ditto 
 
 at 5 I 6 per gallon, - i, 9. 6 
 
 14. 10. 6 
 
 PROPRIETORS OF NORTHFIELD 
 
 as they stand in the charter, with the num- 
 ber of each proprietor's lot, and the range 
 it was in ; the first figure after the name 
 for the lot, the second for the range ; the 
 lots having been drawn by Mr. Cabot as 
 the law directed, beginning with the first 
 in the charter : 
 
 Major Joel Matthews, 10, 6; Captain 
 William Gallup, i, i ; Michael Flinn, 7, 
 
 2 ; Oliver Williams, 4, 5 ; Amos Bicknal, 
 
 6, 7^ Benjamin Cox, 2, 3 ; Zebulon Lyon, 
 
 1, 5; Timothy Grow, 7, i ; Benjamin Em- 
 mons, 8, 5; Steel Smith, 3, 6; Samuel 
 Smith, 10, 5 ; Samuel Patrick, 9, 4 ; Ze- 
 bina Curtis, 5, i ; Elias Taylor, 3, 2 ; 
 Ebenezer Smith, 9, 3 ; John Smith, 10, i ; 
 Elisha Smith, 1,2; Edward Hazen, 8, 2 ; 
 John W. Dana, 6, 5 ; Zebulon Lee, 8, I ; 
 Sylvester Smith, 2, 4; James Cady, 5, 2; 
 Joel English, 1,7; Resolved Sessions, 8, 
 Edmund Hodges, 6, 3 ; Abel Emmonds, 
 6,6; Thomas Chittenden, 10, 2; Joseph 
 Parkhurst, 7, 5 ; Calvin Parkhurst, 3, 3 ; 
 Moses Kimball, 8, 7 ; Ebenezer Parkhurst, 
 
 3, I ; William Andrews, 4, 4 ; James An- 
 drews, 2, 6; Paul Spooner, 8, 6; Amasa 
 Spooner, 10, i ; Jeremiah Richardson, 2, 
 I ; Daniel Gilbert, 7, 6 ; Amos Robinson, 
 9, 6 ; Elias Thomas, 5, 6 ; Ebenezer Miller, 
 
 7, 7 ; George Dennison, 2, 2 ; Barnabas 
 Strong, 5, 3 ; John Throop, 7, 3 ; Beriah 
 Green, 1,3; Joseph Kimball, 3, 5 ; Oliver 
 Gallup, 1,4; John Payne of Pomfret, 8, 4 ; 
 Amasa Payne, 3,4; Elijah Payne, 9, 2 ; Ja- 
 cob Clark, 5,5; Abida Smith, 4, 7 ; Barkus 
 Green, 2, 7; Elisha Smith, B. A., 9, 1; 
 David Fuller, 6, 4; William Gallup, Jr., 
 
 2, 3 ; Jesse Safford, 4, 6 ; Thomas Lawton, 
 
 4, 2 ; Willys Hall 4, i ; Samuel Matthews, 
 6, I ; Benjamin Burtch, 2, 5 ; Oliver Tay- 
 lor, 5, 7 ; John Sergeants, 1,8; Phineas 
 Williams, 10, 4; Sbubal Child, 6, 2; Pe- 
 rias Gallup, 9, 5 ; College Right, 3, 7 ; 
 Right for the County Grammar School, 7, 
 4; First settled Minister's Right, i, 6; 
 Right for the support of the Ministry, 2, 8 ; 
 Town School right, 5, 4. 
 
 The first land cleared in town was by 
 Elijah Paine, some time previous to the. 
 first settlement, which was made in May, 
 1785, by Amos Robinson and others from 
 Westminster, Vt. 
 
 THE FIRST TOWN MEETING 
 
 was called by petition from a number of 
 respectable inhabitants of Northfield, by 
 Cornelius Lynde, Esq., of Williamstown, 
 to meet at the house ,of Dr. Nathaniel 
 Robinson, who lived a little N. W. of what 
 is now the poor-farm. Said meeting was 
 holden March 12, 1794, Cornelius Lynde 
 Esq. moderator, at which the following 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
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 first board of town officers were chosen ; 
 Nathaniel Robinson, town clerk ; Stanton 
 Richardson, Amos Robinson, Ezekiel Rob- 
 inson, selectmen ; David Denny," consta- 
 ble : William Ashcroft, Stanton Richard- 
 son, Ezekiel Robinson, listers ; David 
 Tenny, collector of taxes ; Aquillo Jones, 
 Samuel Richardson, highway surveyors. 
 
 EARLY HARMONY IN POLITICS. 
 
 The first votes were cast in Northfield 
 for Governor, Isaac Tichenor, Lieut. Gover- 
 nor, Paul Brigham, treasurer, Samuel Mat- 
 tocks, and 12 councillors, Samuel Spafford 
 and others, in 1800, for each one, 12 votes, 
 which must have been near the number if 
 not all the legal voters at that time in town. 
 In 1801, three school districts made re- 
 turns of the number of scholars that at- 
 tended school within their lirjiits. In No. 
 I, the Loomis district now, Ebenezer Fox 
 sent I, John Coales i, James Paul 3, Da- 
 vid Hedges 2, Ithamer Allen 6, Ezekiel 
 Pierce 4, William Tubbs 3. 
 
 In district No. 2, in the Robinson neigh- 
 borhood, — the principal part of the town 
 at that early day — John Kathan sent i, 
 William Coales 2, Aquillo Jones 2, Amos 
 Robinson 6, Ezekiel Robinson 5, Nathan- 
 iel Robinson 6, Abraham Shipman 3, Oli- 
 ver Cobleigh 2, John EmersOn 3, Abel 
 Keyes 3, William Ashcroft J. Justus Burn- 
 ham 2. 
 
 In district No. 3, — the school-house be- 
 ing on the main road to South Village, 
 near where Mr. Guild now lives — Stanton 
 Richardson sent 5, Samuel Richardson 5, 
 Eliphas Shipman 5, Isaac Lynde 4, Isaiah 
 Bacon 5, Amos Starkweather 3, Thomas 
 French 2, Justus Burnham 2, Roswell Car- 
 penter I, Elisha Brown i, and two years 
 later, in district No. 4, — what is called 
 South Village — Isaac Lynde sent 5 schol- 
 ars, Eliphas Shipman 5, Amos Starkweath- 
 er 2, David Denny J, Justus Burnham 4, 
 Elisha Brown i, being a return of 118 
 scholars in these 4 districts ; and showing 
 besides, who were early settlers in these 
 neighborhoods; and all these men were 
 laborers, and earnest laborers, and happy 
 withal. The noble men of that day knew 
 they could not grow rich without industry, 
 and valiantly did they make the wilderness 
 
 resound with the echoes of toil, as the tall 
 old trees came crashing down upon the 
 right hand and left, laid low by the sturdy 
 woodman's axe! Even with their priva- 
 tions, they were measurably comfortable 
 and happy. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS, MAR. 7, 1826. 
 
 Amos Robinson, moderator ; voted that 
 the meeting be opened with prayer ; Eli- 
 jah Smith, Jr., town clerk ; Elijah Burn- 
 ham, John Mead, Charles Paine, select- 
 men ; Albigence Ainsworth, Elijah Smith, 
 Jr., Jesse Averill, Harry Ainsworth, list- . 
 ers ; John Starkweather, constable and 
 collector of taxes; John Fiske, grand 
 juror; William Jones, Amos Robinson,' 
 Joel Winch, Michael Shaw, Wm. Wales, 
 Jr., Alva Henry, Curtis Wright, excused ; 
 Hezekiah Williams, Samuel Dunsmoor, 
 Titus Rice, Wm. Case, Horace FuUerton, 
 Elijah Smith, Jr., John Fiske, Jacob Ami- 
 don, highway surveyors ; Jacob Keyes, 
 Oliver Averill, John Braley, fence view- 
 ers; John West, pound keeper (excused), 
 David Robinson chosen ; Elijah Smith, Jr., 
 sealer of leather ; Joseph Keyes, sealer of 
 weights and measures ; David Stiles, Jus- 
 tus Burnham, Asa Sprout, tything men ; 
 (Asa Sprout excused) ; Justus Burnham, 
 Suel Keyes, James Nichols, John White, 
 Albert Stevens, haywards ; Nathaniel 
 Jones, Amos Robinson, John West, com- 
 mittee to settle with overseer of the poor; 
 Oliver Averill, Henry Knapp, committee 
 to settle with treasurer ; John Fiske, over- 
 seer of the poor ; William Cochran, Na- 
 thaniel Jones, Samuel Whitney, Oliver 
 Averill, Henry Emerson, committee to 
 divide the ministerial money ; Wm. Coch- 
 rane (excused) — chose Elijah Smith ; — 
 Amos Robinson, Nathan Green, David M. 
 Lane, Nathaniel Jones, Benjamin Fiske, 
 Joseph Williams, Jesse Averill, Eleazer 
 Loomis, Daniel D. Robinson, Samuel 
 Dole, John West, Albigence Ainsworth, 
 Ezekiel Robinson, Anson Adams, Joel 
 Winch, Oliver Averill, John White, Abel 
 Keyes, petit jurors ; voted to annex the 
 highway districts in which Roswell Car- 
 penter and Oliver Averill live ; chose Seth 
 P. Field, district committee. 
 
 Elijah Smith, Jr. Town Clerk. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES . 
 
 From 1794, when the town was organ- 
 ized, until 1 80 1, no representatives were 
 chosen : 1808-09-11-14, Amos Robinson ; 
 1810-15-17, Gilbert Hatch; 1818-19, 
 Abraham Shipman ; 1820-21, Josiah B. 
 Strong; 1822-23, Joel Winch; 1824-25, 
 Abel Keyes ; 1826-27, John Starkweather ; 
 1828-29, Charles Paine ; 1830-31, Lebbeus 
 Bennett; 1832-33, John Averill ; 1834, 
 David Robinson; 1835-41-53-54-61, Mo- 
 ses Robinson; 1836,, Anson Adams; 1837 
 -39, Jesse Averill; 1840, Lebbeus Ben- 
 nett; 1842, Nathan Morse; 1843, David 
 W. Hadley; 1844, John L. Buck; 1845- 
 46-73, David W. Hadley; 1847-48, He- 
 man Carpenter; 1849, George B. Pierce ; 
 1850-51, John Gregory ; 1852, no choice ; 
 1855-56, Wilbur F. Woodworth ; 1857- 
 58, Isaac B. Howe; 1859-60, Jasper H. 
 Orcutt; 1862, Edward F. Perkins; 1863, 
 Charles Barrett; 1864, George M. Fiske ; 
 1865-66, Samuel Keith; 1867-68, Edwin 
 K. Jones ; 1869, George B. Warner ; 1872 
 -73, Edmund Pope ; 1874-5, Elbridge G. 
 Pierce; 1876-77 — [representatives, other 
 town officers and matters in regard to the 
 early and present civil history of this town 
 — completed by Joseph K. Egerton] — 
 1878-9, no representative ; 1880-81, N. E. 
 Dewey. 
 
 STATE SENATORS FROM NORTHFIELD. 
 
 1846-47, Moses Robinson ; 1856-57, 
 John Gregory ; 1862-63, Philander D. 
 Bradford ; 1866-68, Jasper H. Orcutt; 
 1870-73, Heman Carpenter. 
 
 SELECTMEN I7g4 TO 1878. 
 
 Stanton Richardson, 1794, 96, 97, 1802, 
 II, 12; Amos Robinson, 1794, 95, 1810; 
 Ezekiel Robinson, 1794, 95, 99, 1803, 04, 
 II, 15; David Denny, 1795,98, 1800, 03, 
 04, 06; James Paul, 1796, 97, 1805 ; Will- 
 iam Ashcroft, 1796; Oliver Cobleigh, 
 1797, 98, 99. 1800 ; Aaron Partridge, 1798 ; 
 Abraham Shipman, 1799, 1800,01,05, 06, 
 °7i '3> IS) Ithamer Allen ,1802, 03, 04; 
 Nathaniel Robinson, 1801, 02; Dan- 
 iel Edson, 1805 ; Elijah Smith, 1806, 
 13, 18, Joseph Nichols, 1807, 09; Charles 
 Jones, 1807, 17; Gilbert Hatch, i8o8, 09, 
 10, 17, 20, 27; Joseph Slade, 1808; Thos. 
 Slade, 1808; William Jones, i8og, 12; 
 
 James Morgan, 1810,14; Oliver Averill, 
 1811, 12, 19,40; Charles Jones, 1813, 19; 
 Amos Brown, 1814;- Seth Smith, 1814; 
 Jesse Averill, 1815, 16, 17, 20, 21, 27, 28, 
 30. 31. 33. 35. 36, 40; Eleazer Loomis, 
 1816; Joseph R. Williams, 1816,1819,21, 
 22; Nathaniel Jones, 1818, 20; Richard 
 Hedges, 1821, 22; Joel Winch, 1823,48; 
 David M. Lane, 1823, 24, 27; Elijah 
 Burnham, 1824, 25, 26, 28, 33, 35, 37, 38 ; 
 Daniel Parker, 1823; Abel Keyes, 1824, 
 25 ; Benjamin Fiske, 1825 ; John West, 
 1826,29; Charles Paine, 1826, 30, 31; 
 Anson Adams, 1828, 29; Daniel D. Rob- 
 inson, 1829; Joel Brown, 1830; Erastus 
 Parker, 1831 ; Harry Ainsworth, 1832; 
 David Partridge, 1832; John Averill, 1832, 
 33; Jason Eaton, 1834; Samuel Fiske, 
 1834, 47; Eleazer Nichols, 1834; Joel 
 Parker, Jr., 1835 ; David W. Hadley, 1836, 
 40,41,42,43,44,45,46,55, 56,58, 59,63, 
 64, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75 ; Hiram Dwinell, 
 1836, 43; Samuel U. Richmond, 1837, 38, 
 39, 51, 52, 57, 60, 61 ; James H.Johnson, 
 1837 ; Lebbeus Bennett, 1838, 39 ; Nathan 
 Morse, 1841, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54.; 
 Nathaniel King, Jr., 1841,42,44; Luther 
 S. Burnham, 1842 ; Moses Robinson, 
 1845, 48, 49, 50, to5i, 58, 59; James Pal- 
 mer, 1846; Emanuel Sawyer, 1847; Ara 
 V. Rawson, 1849, 50; Anson Munson, 
 1850; Heman Carpenter, 1851, 52 ; Marvin 
 Simons, 1853 to 58, 60, 64, 65, 67; Aaron 
 
 D. Metcalf, 1857 ; F. A. Preston, 1858, 59; 
 C. Woodbury, i860, 61, 62 ; A. |. WQliam 
 Braley, 1862 ; I, W. Brown, 1863, 64 ; A. S. 
 Williams, 1864; J. H. Orcutt, 1865-67; 
 
 E. K. Jones, 1865 1067; William Winch, 
 1868, 69 ; Samuel Keith, 1868, 69 ; Reu- 
 ben Smith, 1868; Joseph Gould, 1869; 
 Edmund Pope, 1870-71 ; D. T. Averill, 
 1870-71 ; George Nichols, 1872, 73, 76-78 ; 
 E.G. Fiske, 1872, 7^:, John A. Kent, 
 1873; E. K. Jones, 1874-75; O. D. Ed- 
 gerton, 1874, 75; James Morse, R. W. 
 Clark, 1876-82; J. H. Rawson, 1879, 82; 
 Fred. Parker, 1880, 82. 
 
 GRAND LIST 1 794-1 882. 
 
 1794, 29s ;£. Ss. ; 179s. 671^, 15s.; 
 
 1796. 433 £, los. ; 1797, $1,738.35 ; 1798, 
 
 $2,126.75; 1799.152,051.47; l8oo, $2,776.- 
 
 74; i8oi, $3,000.96; 1802, $3,153.16; 
 
NORTHFI^LD. 
 
 6is 
 
 1803, $3,230.88; 1804, $3,808.92; 180S, 
 $4,201.84; 1806, $4,39'-3i ; 1807, $5,203-- 
 ij; 1808, $5,285.75; 1809, $5,632.34; 
 -1810, $5,907.32; 1811, $5,735; 1812, 
 $5,942.65 ; 1813, $6,027.83 ; 1814, $6,147.- 
 12; 1815, $6,238.50; 1816, $6,267.25; 
 1817, $6,607.50,; 1818, $6,003; 1819, 
 $6,994; 1820, $7,441.96; 1821, $6,748.54; 
 1822^ $5,305.42; 182.3, $6,458.84; 1824, 
 $8,036.56; 1825, $7,701.75; 1826, $6,480.- 
 99; 1827, $6,802.95; 1828, $5,635.23; 
 1829, $7,620.02; 1830, $8,159.95; 1831, 
 $8,064.12; 1832, $9,743.80; 1833, $9,977.- 
 66; 1834, $10,197.18; 1835, $10,270.20; 
 1836, $11,017.97; 1837, $11,337.17; 1838, 
 $11,280.80; 1839, $11,341.82; 1840, $11,- 
 821 .52 ; 1841 , $12,834.74 ; 1842, $3,906.23 ; 
 1843, $4,281.25; 1844, $4,226.36; 1845, 
 $4,286.80; 1846, $4,400.32; 1847, $4,776.- 
 50; 1848, $4,744.70; 1849, $5,035.96; 
 1850, $5,205.05; 1851, $5,440.07; 1852, 
 $7,408. 16 ; $1853, $7,341.28 ; 1854, $7,857.- 
 09; 1855, $8,285.97; 1856, $8,144-97; 
 1857, $8,187.71; 1858, $8,848.12; 1859, 
 $8,848-.i2; i860, $8,695.70; i86i, $8,875.- 
 94; 1862, $8,798.42; 1863, $8,642.08; 
 1864, $8,569.26; 1865, $8,467.30; 1866, 
 $8,428.48; 1867, $9,041.37; 1868, $9,212. - 
 45; 1869, $9,^15.70; 1870, $8,148.32; 
 1871, $9,422.20; 1872, $9,288.33; 1873, 
 $8,640.40; 1874, $8,569.04; 1875. if8,3i4-- 
 37; 1876, $8,871.14; 1877, $8,561.91; 
 1878, $8,530.57; 1879, $7,589.15; 1880, 
 $7,440.16; i88i, $11,788.02; acres, 24,480 
 Number of legal voters, 1880, 800 ; popu- 
 lation, 2, 836; grand list in i88i,$i 1,788. 02; 
 town treasurer, G. B. B. Denny ; consta- 
 ble, F. W. Gold ; sup't of schools, Chas. 
 Dole ; overseer of goor, F. A. Preston ; 
 town agent, John P. Davis. 
 
 LISTERS 1 794-1 882. 
 Stanton Richardson, 1794, 95, 96, 97 ; 
 Ezekiel Robinson, 1794, 1803, 10; William 
 Ashcroft, 1795, 96; Ezekiel Pierce, 1795, 
 96, 1802; Nathaniel Robinson, 1797; 
 Samuel Pierce, 1797 ; David Denny, 1798 ; 
 Abel Keyes, 1768, 1807 ; James Paul, 
 1798, 1803; Aaron Partridge, 1799; Oli- 
 ver Cobleigh, 1799, 1800, 02, 04, 08, 09; 
 Abraham Shipman, John Emerson, 1800 ; 
 Elisha Brown, 1800, 1804, 05 ; Amos Rob- 
 inson, 1804, 06, 28; Gilbert Hatch, 1801, 
 
 03; Ethan Allen, 1804, 05, 11; Joseph 
 Nichols,. 1806, 07, 08, 09; James M(irgan, 
 1806; Charles Jones, 1807, 09, 12; Na- 
 thaniel Richardson, 18^0, n, 31; Jesse 
 Averill, 181 1, 18, 26, 37, 45 ; Gilbert Hatch, 
 i8ii, 12, 14, 16, 18; Seth Smith, 1812; 
 Oliver Averill, 1813, 14, 17; Nathaniel 
 Jones, 1813, 15, 27 ; Eleazer Loomis, 1814, 
 15, 27, Solomon Dunham, 1815 ; Thomas 
 Slade, i8i6; Nathaniel Green, 1816, 20; 
 Josiah B. Strong, 1817, 18; Dyer Loomis, 
 18 17; John Starkweather, 18 19, 21,22; 
 Elijah Smith', Jr., 1819, 26; Daniel D. 
 Robinson, 1819, 23, 28 ? John Hinckley, 
 1820, 21; James Morgan, 1820; Charles 
 Jones, 1821; Charles Paine, 1822, 23, 28; 
 Joseph Keyes, 1822; Joseph Williams, 
 1823, 27; Benjamin Porter, 1824; Sam- 
 uel Gilson, 1824, 25 ; Henry Knapp, 1825 ; 
 John West, 1824, 25; David ,M. Lane, 
 Harry Ainsworth, 1826, 29; Elijah Smith, 
 1829 ; John Averill, 1829, 35, 38 ; John L, 
 Buck, Erastus Parker, Allen Patch, 1830; 
 David Partridge, 1831 ; Daniel Parker, Jr., 
 1831 ; Elijah Smith, Jr., 1832, 35, 36, 37 ; 
 Elijah Burnham, 1832; Joel Winch, 1832, 
 34, 36, 42, 65, 66; George K. Cobleigh, 
 •833. 34; Samuel Denny, 1833, 34; Nu- 
 man R. Dryer, 1834, 36 : David W. Hadley, 
 1835, 39; David Robinson, 1837, 38; 
 John Starkweather, 1838 ; Hiram Dwinell, 
 1839; Moses Robinson, 1839, 40, 41, 43, 
 44, 47. 48, 49. 57. 59- 61. 62. 63, 64; Sam- 
 uel N. Richmond, 1840, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 
 5°. 52, S3 ; Harvey Tilden, 1841, 43 ; Na- 
 than Morse, 1842; James Gould, 1843; 
 William Nichols, 1844, 52, 57 ; Daniel P. 
 King, 1844, 46, 48; Marvin Simonds, 
 1845, 51, 52, 54, 58 ; G. P. Randall, 1846 ; 
 Moses Thurston, 1847; D. W. Hadley, 
 1849, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 60; Richard' H. 
 Little, 1849; Joseph Denney, Joseph 
 Gould, Hiram Henry, 1850 ; William Gold, 
 Jr., 1851, 52, 56; Henry Jones, Jr., 1854 
 A. D. Metcalf, 1855, 74; F. A. Preston 
 1855. 56, 57. S9. 60 ; William C. Woodbu 
 ry, 1858, 64; E. B. Pride, 1858; D. S 
 Burnham, 1859; George Robinson, i860 
 I. W. Brown, 1861,62; Freeman Thresh- 
 er, 1861, 62, 63, ^^^ ; A. D. Metcalf, 1863 
 J. C. -Gallup, 1864, 65, 66, 74, 78; Wil 
 liam H. Loomis, 1865, 66; George Nich 
 
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 ols, 1867, 70, 71 ; William S. Smitli, 1867 ; 
 William Gold, 1868 ; A. A. Preston, 1868, 
 69, 7S ; William R. Tucker, 1868, 69 ; T. 
 L. Salisbury, 186^; F. S. Kimball, 1870; 
 F-red Parker, 1871, 72, 76; Ira A. Holton, 
 1871, 72, 73, 74, 75 ; William H. Loomis, 
 1872 ; Royal Clark, 1873 ; James Morse, 
 1873, 74; Royal W. Clark, 1874; Francis 
 Wright, 187s; E- H. Howes, 1876, 77; 
 O. P. Winch, 1876; J. H. Ransom, 1877; 
 John L. Mosely, C. A. Tracy, 1878 ; C. 
 
 B. Tilden, E. C. Fiske, 1879, 80 ; Fiee- 
 man Thresher, 1879 ; E. H. Howes, 1880; 
 J. A. Holton, J. C. Gallup, Andrew Doty, 
 1881. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS FROM I794. 
 
 Nathaniel Robinson, Gilbert Hatch, Eli- 
 jah Smith, Volney H. Averill, C. A. Edg- 
 erton, Geo. B. B. Denny. 
 
 POSTMASTERS. 
 
 Oliver Averill, John E. McClure, Volney 
 H. Averill, Elijah Smith, J. A. S. White, 
 Wm. Rogers, Francis V. Randall, James 
 Currier, Roswell Dewey, Geo. W. Soper, J; 
 H. Orcutt. 
 
 COUNTY OFFICERS. 
 
 John Starkweather, I. W. Brown, high 
 sheriffs ; John L. Buck, Heman Carpenter, 
 
 C. H. Joyce, Frank Plumley, state's att'ys ; 
 Nathan Morse, D. W. Hadley, side judges ; 
 H. Carpenter, judge of probate; D. T. 
 Averill, high bailiff. 
 
 LAWYERS 
 
 who have practiced in this town to 1878 : 
 John L. Buck, B. F. Chamberlain, Heman 
 Carpenter, F. V. Randall, A. V. H. Car- 
 penter, A. C. May, Charles H. Joyce, Geo. 
 M. Fisk, C. N. Carpenter, JamesN. John- 
 son, E. J. McWain, Frank Plumley, C. D. 
 Joslyn, Cyrus M. Johnston. Lawyers 
 since Gregory's book — F. R. Bates, D. 
 Webster, B. F. Chamberlin, Edward Farr. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Nathaniel Robinson, Jeptha White, Ben- 
 jamin Porter, Julius Easterbrook, John 
 Work, Clifton Claggett, Numan R. Dryer, 
 Samuel W. Thayer, Washington Cochran, 
 Jared Barrett, Edward H. Williams, Joshua 
 B. Smith, George Nichols, Edwin Porter, 
 P. D. Bradford, Samuel Keith, M. Mc- 
 Clearn, Daniel Bates, P. E. O. Chase, 
 S. H. Colburn, M. F. Styles, G. W. 
 
 Colton, J. Draper, H. C. Brigham, Leonard 
 Thresher, W. B. Mayo, O. O. Davis, L. 
 W. Hanson, J. H. Winch, Green. 
 
 THE PAPER CARRIER. 
 
 Henry Dewey, of Randolph, was the 
 first regular paper carrier for this town, by 
 bringing the weekly news, and Ambrose 
 Nichols, the second. The paper carrier 
 was always a welcome visitor. When the 
 tin horn sounded his approach, the chil- 
 dren were on tip-toe, and would rush out 
 to the highway to get their papers, which 
 were read with great avidity. A paper 
 once a week was considered a very great 
 blessing. 
 
 NORTHFIELD IN THOMPSON'S GAZETTEER, 
 (1824.) 
 
 There were considerable revivals of re- 
 ligion here in 1802, 1807, 181 1 and 1821. 
 There are three ordained preachers : Elder 
 Joel Winch and Nathan B. Ashcroft, Meth- 
 odists, and Elder James Morgan, Freewill 
 Baptist. The epidemic of l8ii-'i2 was 
 very mortal here, and the dysentery swejst 
 off about 30 children in this town in the 
 fall of 1823. The physicians are Benjamin 
 Porter and Julius Easterbrook. The prin- 
 cipal stream in this town is Dog river, 
 which runs through it in a northerly di- 
 rection, and affords a great number of val- 
 uable mill-privileges. A range of argilla- 
 ceous slate passes through the township 
 from south to north. The surface is con- 
 siderably uneven, but it forms a convenient 
 centre, in which is a small village, contain- 
 ing a meeting-house, one tavern, two 
 stores, one saddler, one hatter, two black- 
 smith shops, one physician, one tannery, 
 and 17 dwelling-houses. This is a place 
 of some business, and is rapidly increas- 
 ing. The second house was erected in 
 this village in 1814. There is a small 
 village 1 4 miles south of the one above 
 mentioned, containing 2 saw-mills, i grist 
 and I fulling-mill, i carding-machine, i 
 'cider-mill and several machine-shops. One 
 mile north of the meeting-house (Depot 
 Village) is an extensive woolen-factory, 
 containing 230 spindles and 8 looms. 
 There are also here some other mills and 
 machinery. There are in town 9 school- 
 districts, 7 school-houses, 1 company of 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
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 militia, i of artillery, 8 saw, 3 grist and 2 
 fiiUing-mills, i carding-machine, i woolen- 
 factory, 2 stores, 2 taverns, 2 tanneries 
 and 4 blacksmith shops. 
 
 BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 of the first settlers and most prominent 
 citizens of Northfield, from 1785 to 1878, 
 condensed from Mr. Gregory's History, 
 page 58 to 251, inclusive. Mr. Gregory's 
 volume is 8vo. pp. 319. The preceding 
 part of this paper is the summary of the 
 town history contained inits first 57 pages. 
 
 JOHN GREGORY'S TOAST 
 
 at the Northfield centennial day dinner. 
 The 4th of July, 1876^ 
 
 The early settlers of Northfield: — 
 Prompted by their love of freedom, strong 
 in the ambition of their manhood, and clad 
 in the garb of truth and morality, they 
 sought amid the wilds of Vermont a home 
 for themselves, and for those who should 
 come after them. Through their efforts 
 the wilderness was made to blossom as the 
 rose, and the fruits of their labors are to 
 us a priceless inheritance. 
 
 AMOS ROBINSON, 
 
 born in Providence, R. I., Aug. 19, 1762; 
 next to Elijah Paine, was the most influen- 
 tial man of that early day ; made the first 
 settlement. May, 1785, where his son, 
 Hon. Moses Robinson, now lives (1878) .• 
 He was the first representative of the town, 
 re-elected 13 successive years, with the 
 exception of 1810; justice of the peace 
 many years, and was a large-hearted, hon- 
 orable man, well-qualified for a leader in a 
 new settlement. He induced a number of 
 his relatives and friends to move from 
 Westminster, Vt. to this town. He mar- 
 ried for his first wife Batheny Jones, chil- 
 dren : Polly, b 1786 ; Kezia, b 1787 ; Amos, 
 b 1789; Patty, b 1791 ; Alman, b 1794; 
 Judge, b 179s; Loretta, b 1796; Elijah, b 
 1799. He married for his second wife 
 Mrs. Submit Holden ; chrldren : Moses, b 
 1804 ; Sophronia, b i8ro ; Caroline, b 1815. 
 Mr. Robinson died Mar. 13, 1840. 
 
 Kezia Robinson, daughter of Amos 
 and Batheny, was the first child born in 
 Northfield. She married Ira Sherman, 
 of Waterbury, and died in 1877. 
 
 H.on Moses Robinson, son of Amos, 
 who lived on the old homestead, held 
 
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 many town ofiices, and was State Senator 
 in 1846-7. He died'Apr. 22, 1881. 
 
 Judge Robinson, another son of Amos, 
 settled near the Roxbury line ; was a farmer. 
 
 COL. EZEKIEL ROBINSON, 
 
 brother of Amos, born in Providence, R. 
 I., July 15, 1764, came from Westminster, 
 May, 1785, nearly 10 years before the town 
 was organized, and settled on the farm 
 now occupied by John Henry, on the East 
 Hill. He was moderator, selectman, col- 
 lector, &c. He married Dinah Doubleday, 
 born in Palmer, Mass., April 28, 1764. 
 Mrs. Erastus Parker, a daughter of 
 Col. Ezekiel, of Waterbury, says, "I have 
 heard father and mother tell much about 
 their living in a log house without a board 
 or door about it, until they had 2 children ; 
 when the first was born, Jan. 26, 1788, 
 father went over the hills of deep snow, 
 with snow shoes and a hand sled, almost 
 down to Farewell village, 9 miles, to get a 
 midwife. She went home with him, some 
 of the way on a sled, and some on foot." 
 
 " I was quite young, but remember the 
 talk about father being called a ' Fed,' and 
 Uncle Amos Robinson a ' Whig.' Father 
 held the common offices in town, and was 
 a surveyor through all its early history. 
 He used to take large pieces of peeled hem- 
 lock bark for his bed, and make a rousing 
 fire to keep the wolves ofi" — they used to 
 follow him home, many a time close to his 
 horse's heels. The bears were kept from 
 the cabin the same way, by great fires." 
 
 They had 7 children: Lucinda, b 1788; 
 Daniel, b 1789; Reuben, b 1791; Sylva- 
 nus, b 1793 ; Anna, b 1796 ; David, b 1799 ; 
 Weltha, b 1806. All born in Northfield. 
 
 Mr. Robinson died in 1834'; Mrs. Rob- 
 inson died in 1851. 
 
 DR. NATHANIEL ROBINSON, 
 
 brother of Amos, came to Northfield soon 
 after him, and settled on East Hill. The 
 first town meeting, and town meetings fre- 
 quently after, were held at his house. He 
 was a very good physician, and the first one 
 that practiced in town ; and first town 
 clerk, and held the office imtil he died, and 
 was fi-equently elected to other offices, and 
 decidedly popular with the people. He 
 married Lucy Cushman ; they had 8 chil- , 
 
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 dren: Lydia, b 1784; Peggy, b 1786; Bet- 
 sey, b 1789; Nathaniel, b 1791 ; Lucy, b 
 1794; Philetus, b 1797; Weltha, b 1800; 
 Adaline, b 1802. All born in Northfield, 
 except Lydia and Peggy, in Westminster. 
 Mr. Robinson died in 1813, with the 
 measles. 
 
 DAVID ROBINSON, 
 
 son of Col. Ezekiel, born in 1799. Begin- 
 ning life as a farmer, with comparatively 
 nothing, his industry and economy led him 
 to .engage in the first manufacturing inter- 
 ests of the Falls Village, with James Gould, 
 Walter Little, and David Fletcher, about 
 1835. They made woolen goods. The 
 business was a success, when he died, at 
 the age of 42. He was in independent cir- 
 cumstances, and honored as a man of ster- 
 ling integrity. He married Sarah Denny 
 of Northfield, in 1820. They had 10 chil- 
 dren : George, Mary, Ezekiel, Charles, 
 John, Martin, Ezekiel 2d, Franklin, Sarah 
 Ellen and David. 
 
 George, son of David, was for a time 
 in trade with Joseph Denny, at the Centre 
 ' Village, later carried on himself the same 
 business there and at the Depot Village. 
 He was agent and one of the company of 
 the Brookfield Fork Factory. Mrs. Rob- 
 inson died in 1866. Mr. Robinson moved 
 in 1867, and now resides, with his daugh- 
 ters, in Fairbault, Minn., and is engaged 
 in the grain trade. 
 
 THOMAS AVERILL, SR., 
 
 born in Westminster, 1745, and his wife, 
 Elizabeth, a sister of Amos Robinson, 
 came from Westminster here, with his two 
 sons, Jesse and John, in 1805. Oliver, 
 another son, came 2 years later. They 
 settled on the East Hill, the only part of, 
 the town much settled, but a little distance 
 from the first clearing, and were all enter- 
 prising farmers. Mr. Averill was a man 
 well calculated for a pioneer settlement, 
 but terribly afflicted with that awful dis- 
 ease cancer, which shortened his days. 
 His house was used occasionally for town 
 meetings. 
 
 Children : John, b 1775 ; Betsey, b 1777 ; 
 Amos, b 1779; Oliver, b 1782; Nabbie, b 
 1784; Jesse, b 1786; Lucy, b 1788; Lavi- 
 na, b 1790; John, b 1794; Keziah,-b 1798. 
 
 Mr. Averill died in 1823, aged 78 years ; 
 Mrs. Averill in 1840, aged 88. 
 
 col. OLIVER AVERILL, 
 
 after living on the East Hill a number of 
 years, Tarming and blacksmithing, removed 
 to the Cepter village, engaging, in the oarhe 
 business. He was a public spirited man, 
 and received many town offices. He was 
 town treasurer many times, and such was 
 the unbounded confidence his fellow towns- 
 men reposed in him that they did not re- 
 quire a bondsman. He was postmaster 
 also many years, holding the office until 
 1842. 
 
 He was a characteristic man, of a ner- 
 vous temperament, and very decisive. He 
 did not wait for others to form an opinion 
 before he expressed his on politics or any 
 particular subject ; but he was a man of 
 whom it might be said, "in him there was 
 no guile :" and in his old age was remark- 
 ably active, and retained his natural buoy- 
 ancy of spirit almost to the close of his 
 life. He married Polly Hopkins, born 
 Mar. 7, 1780; they had 4 children. Their 
 son, Volney H., was many years town 
 clerk. His children were: Volney H., b 
 1804, died 1871 ; Riley, b 1807, died 1863 ; 
 Rolan, b 1813; Mary, b 1824; all in 
 Northfield, except Volney H., in West- 
 minster. Mr. Averill died Apr. 11, 1870, 
 aged 88 ; Mrs. Averill Oct, 5, 1847, aged 
 67. 
 
 CAPTAIN JESSE AVERILL. 
 
 No man in this town had more to do 
 with its public business from 1815 to 1840. 
 He held almost every ofiice that the town 
 couldconferupon him, selectman, represen- 
 tative, justice of the peace, lister, modera- 
 tor, school committee, &c. He commenc- 
 ed his public career when quite young, and 
 was deservedly popular with both political 
 parties. His sound judgment and quiet, 
 unostentatious manner endeared him to 
 the people, and his sterling honesty and 
 firmness of mind, always seeking to do 
 right, and particulariy being the friend of 
 the poor and unfortunate, led him to be 
 appointed administrator in the settling ,of 
 many estates. 
 
 He was one who never sought office, 
 but office would seek him, and when the 
 
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 619 
 
 voters had a severe contest over some can- 
 didate, and found they could not elect 
 him, they would say, " Let's send Captain 
 Jesse ; we can elect him !" 
 
 He married Polly Loomis, of Hinsdale, 
 Mass., born Nov. 28, 1783, sister to Eleaz- 
 er and Dyer Loomis ; children, all born in 
 Northfield, Clark, 1812; Maria P., 1814; 
 Russell, 1816; Thomas, 1820; David T., 
 1823. 
 
 Mr. Averill died July 25, i860, aged 
 74; Mrs. Averill Oct. 17, 1855, aged 72. 
 
 JOHN AVERILL, 
 
 youngest brother of Amos, Oliver and 
 Jesse, carried on blacksmithing with farm- 
 ing on the East Hill. He bought 100 acres 
 of land formerly owned by Judge Paine, 
 including the first clearing. He was rep- 
 resentative, selectman,^ lister, justice of the- 
 peace, and overseer of the poor, honoring 
 his trusts. He lives [1878] near the Cen- 
 ter village, at the age of 84, having sold 
 his farm a number of years ago to his 
 nephew, D. T. Averill. He has probably 
 seen more years in Northfield, with the ex- 
 ception of one or two, than any man now 
 living. His recollection of past events is 
 very good, and I am indebted to him for 
 many reminiscences in the lives of the 
 early settlers ; more than to any other man. 
 
 Mr. Averill remembers when a lad of 
 attending the raising of Judge Paine's fac- 
 tory, in the Factory Village, and it is vivid 
 in his memory that they had pork and 
 beans for dinner, cooked in a five-pail- 
 kettle. 
 
 He married Loretta, daughter of Amos 
 Robinson; children: Albert J., 1819; 
 Charles, 1823; George, 1827, died 1856; 
 Loretta C, 183 1 ; Edwin, 1835, dead; 
 Henry, 1837 ; all in Northfield. Mr. Aver- 
 ill died in 188 1. 
 
 ELIJAH SMITH ■■ 
 
 and wife, Polly (Nichols) born in Putney, 
 1763, 1764, married in Northfield, 1785 ; 
 lived in Putney until 1803, when they re- 
 turned here and spent the "remainder of 
 their lives ; had 8 children : Polly, Sally, 
 Susanna, Elijah, David, Betsey, Fanny, 
 Emily. 
 
 Mr. Smith died in 1840, age ^^ ; Mrs. 
 Smith in 1844, age 80. / 
 
 ELIJAH SMITH, JR., 
 
 born in Putney, 1795 ; came to Northfield 
 with his father, in 1803; married Anna, 
 daughter of Col. Ezekiel Robinson, Dec, 
 i8l8 ; had 10 children : Edward A., Julia 
 A., Louisa, Amanda, Ann Maria, Charles 
 E., Frederick E., Caroline M., Erastus P., 
 JohnE., all in Northfield. 
 
 Mr. Smith died July 7, 1863, aged 68 ; 
 Mrs. Smith July 27, 1875, ^g^^ 79- 
 
 Mr. Smith was of tall, commanding fig- 
 ure, manly and dignified in deportment. 
 He was for many years" Governor Paine's 
 chief clerk, and enjoyed the respect and 
 esteem of all who knew him. He suc- 
 ceeded Gilbert Hatch as town clerk, and 
 held the office a number of years. His 
 elegant, precise penmanship stands out in 
 bold relief all through the town records 
 during the years he was town clerk. He 
 was an obliging man. and the writer has 
 been pleased to notice the reverence and 
 respect our citizens have for his memory. 
 The prominent characteristic of his life, 
 and which gave him success, was his high 
 sense of public virtue, his irreproachable 
 integrity. The tongue of calumny never 
 dared to whisper a suspicion of him. 
 Through all his private and public life 
 there shone the luster of a noble manhood, 
 and a pure, unsullied name. 
 
 GILBERT HATCH, 
 
 born in. 'Preston, Conn., Aug 14, 1764; 
 married Sally Nichols, born Jan. 22, 1767, 
 and came to Northfield between 1790 and 
 1 800, and settled on the William Gold 
 farm. He was town clerk from 1813, when 
 Dr. Robinson died, many years, and held 
 other town offices; children by his first 
 wife : Polly, b. i8or ; Sarah, 1802 ; Amos 
 S., 1803; Elizabeth, 1805; Edward N., 
 1806; Sidney S., 1808; Sarah Ann, 1810; 
 by his second wife, Martha Royce ; — his 
 first died in 1817, — he had Sidney, b 1818 ; 
 Gilbert M., 1822; Marion F., 1824; all 
 born in Northfield. He died in 1835. 
 
 ELEAZER LOOMIS, 
 
 and his brother Dyer, at 19 and 17 years, 
 came and settled on the mountain near 
 where Hopson Barker now resides. Eleaz- 
 er was born in Hinsdale, Mass., 1785 and 
 married Polly Buck, who was born in Con- 
 
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 necticut in 1787. They had good success 
 in wheat, raising one year 300 bushels. 
 Living opposite where our railroad depot 
 now stands, they could look down into the 
 valley of Dog River, where not a stick of 
 timber had been cut. 
 
 They had many struggles for a foothold 
 in the forest, but, like other early settlers 
 with brave hearts and willing hands, .suc- 
 cess crowned their labors. At times the 
 howling of wild beasts, as they often said, 
 made their hair stand on end ; for the 
 country abounded with bears, wolves and 
 catamounts. One morning Eleazer went 
 out to a corn-crib, made of rails, back of 
 his house, to get some corn for his hens, 
 when a huge bear, that had been helping 
 himself, jumped down from the crib, which 
 so alarmed the young man he ran round 
 on the other side and Bruin and he met 
 face to face, and both_ being more fright- 
 ened ran round again, both trying to es- 
 cape. 
 
 After a few years, the brothers moved 
 to the east side of the mountain, to what 
 is called the " North Corner," where Eleaz- 
 er's son, William H. Loomis, now resides. 
 Eleazer held a number of town offices ; 
 ' was a hard working man, and well liked. 
 His children were Roxanna, Eleazer, Lou- 
 isa, Cynthia, William, Mariette, Adaline ; 
 all born in Northfield. He married for 
 his second wife Louisa Bullock, of Berlin. 
 He died in 1866; Mrs. Loomis iii 1835. 
 
 AQUILLO JONES, 
 
 born in Westminster, 1745, came to this 
 town soon after Esquire Amos Robinson; 
 He married Prudence Wise, and they settled 
 on the farm known afterwards as the 
 " Bennett place." Mrs. Jones came to 
 Northfield on horseback, using for a rid- 
 ing stick a twig of a " Balm of Gilead," 
 Vvhich she stuck into the ground by her 
 log-house, and it became a great tree. 
 She was a help-meet to her husband, and 
 could turn her hand to the cradle, the 
 loom, the sugar-place, and the barn-yard. 
 It was said by those who worked for them 
 that she would get up mornings, in the 
 spring of the year, by two or three o'clock, 
 and go to the barn to see if the cows were 
 cared for, and in judging of the value of 
 
 neat stock Esquire Amos Robinson used 
 to say he would give more for her judgment 
 in that direction than for any man's in 
 Northfield. 
 
 At one time the saw-mill stopped, the 
 saw breaking, and the men were so busy 
 in their farming operations that they could 
 not go to Westminster for another, Mrs. 
 Jones volunteered and brought it in her 
 arms, riding on horseback. A feat to test 
 the patience and strength of a stout man. 
 
 Aquillo was troubled about what would 
 become of his earthly tabernacle after he 
 had " shuffled it off," he declared often he 
 would not be buried on "Cobble Hill," a 
 little burying-ground near where he lived, 
 " it looked so cold and dreary." Being 
 questioned about his son Charles buying 
 a farm in Randolph (where they were all 
 going to live) he guessed he had not got 
 cheated, for they had a good burying- 
 ground in that town. 
 
 Children of Aquillo and Prudence : 
 William, Charles, Polly, Nancy, Sally.^ 
 He died in 1830, age 82, and his wife in 
 1824, age 82. 
 
 William came with his father, and, after 
 a few years, settled on Judge Paine's turn- 
 pike, near the toll-gate, and commenced 
 keeping tavern in 18 11 on the farm now 
 occupied by Timothy Holland. This was 
 quite a public place of resort in those early 
 days of staging; horses used on the 
 through line to Boston were changed here. 
 
 Mr. Jones married Sally Babbitt, and 
 they had 13 children, born in Northfield: 
 Charles, Lucy, Louisa, Emery, Williaip, 
 William, Jr., Lamira, Sarah, Rebecca, Pru- 
 dence, Seth, Harriet, Luther. Mr. Jones 
 died in 1840, aged 63 ; Mrs. Jones in 1829, 
 aged 44. 
 
 Charles Jones settled on the old home- 
 stead, and built the two-story house near 
 "Bennett's Pond," now. owned by Edward 
 Howes. He married Lucinda, daughter 
 of Col. Ezekiel Robinson ; children : Alba, 
 Daniel, Lucinda, Caroline, Daniel 2d, and 
 Weltha. Mr. Jones died at Menasha, 
 Wis., in 1 87 1, where he located in 1855, 
 age 91. 
 
 ABRAHAM SHIPMAN 
 
 came from Westminster at a very early 
 
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 day, and was quite a prominent man in 
 the settlement. He was a selectman 8 
 years, and represented the town in the 
 legislature. His first wife's name was An- 
 nis Rice ; his children were Azubah, Hi- 
 ram, Orran, Ophir, Orphia, Sardis. She 
 died in 1809, and Mr. Shipman married 
 Peggy, daughter of Doctor Nathaniel Rob- 
 inson, who had two children : Annis R. 
 and Phidelia C. 
 
 A story is told of "Uncle Abraham." 
 One April, nearly 52 years since, when our 
 townsman, David T. Averill, was in small 
 clothes, his father. Captain Jesse, started 
 for the cows near evening, not knowing 
 the little fellow was following him. After 
 his return he learned the boy was missing. 
 Great alarm prevailed for fear he would 
 wander into the woods near by, and 
 perish before morning, and search was 
 commenced. At " Uncle Abrahain's " the 
 lights were burning ; all but the old people 
 had retired ; they, as usual, smoking, pre- 
 paratory to going to bed, when a noise 
 was heard at the window, and two little 
 hands came pat upon the panes of glass: 
 Aunt Peggy was alarmed ; the fire flew 
 from her pipe across the room ; but Uncle 
 Abraham went out, and brought in the 
 lost- child, and he was stripped of his wet 
 clothes, wrapped in a warm blanket and fell 
 asleep. The shell was sounded, the news 
 flew along the line where the men were in 
 search. Col. Geo. K. Cobleigh, quite ex- 
 cited, *ho had been riding up and down 
 the road some time, hearing the good news, 
 cried out with a stentorian voice, " The 
 child is found; he is safe in Abrahain's 
 bosom .'" 
 
 Eliphus Shipman, brother of Abraham, 
 settled about the same time. He lived 
 and died in a little log-house near where 
 James Morse, Esq., now lives, and mar- 
 ried one of the four sisters (Sally Double- 
 day,) who came to this town together, 
 being the first women seeking a new home 
 in the wilderness here ; their children 
 were : Phebe, Electa, Caleb, Levi, Daniel, 
 Edmund, Cynthia, and Polly. 
 
 ELEAZER NICHOLS, SR., 
 
 born in Putney, 1762; married Betsey 
 Goodwin, of Putney, and settled here in 
 
 1809. Their children were : Ambrose, 
 Eleazer, Jr., James, Patty, Polly, William, 
 Betsey, John G., Lucy, Laura. Mr. Nich- 
 ols died in 1831, and Mrs. Nichols in 1853. 
 
 AMBROSE NICHOLS, 
 
 born in Putney, 1791, came to Northfield 
 in 1809. He married Sally Hutchinson, 
 of Braintree, and located upon the farm 
 afterwards owned by Moses Lane. He 
 built the " Red House," now occupied by 
 Miss Maria Howes, which was the second 
 house erected on the road leading from the 
 Center to the " Factory village." He was 
 many years, and until his death, the " Post- 
 man" of this section. His route included 
 the towns of Berlin, Barre, Williamstown, 
 Brookfield, Randolph, Braintree, Roxbury, 
 and Northfield. The well known sound 
 of " Uncle Armus' " horn, calling his pa- 
 trons to the road-side for their weekly 
 news, was always welcomed. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Nichols had 3 children: 
 Ambrose, Jr., Sarah, and George A. Mr. 
 Nichols died in 1835, and his widow in 
 1853- 
 
 ELEAZER NICHOLS, JR. 
 
 came at sixteen to Northfield with his fath- 
 er. He is now [1878] in his 8sth year. 
 Though feeble, his mind retains its memory 
 to a good degree. He has until lately had 
 in his possession the ballot box used at the 
 first town meeting held in Northfield, Mar. 
 25, 1794, said to have been made Tjy Seth 
 Smith ; 5 inches long inside, and 2 wide, 
 and 24 deep, dug out of a pine block. It 
 has been presented to the town for safe 
 keeping. 
 
 He married Mrs. Orra Starkweather 
 White, mother of George J. and John A. S. 
 White, Oct., 1822, and they lived for more 
 than 50 years on the farm where the Adams 
 Slate quarry is now yielding beautifiil ma- 
 terial for roofing. Their children were all 
 born in this town: Mary Ann, Orra E., 
 Olivia C, Dudley C, Emma. Mrs. Nich- 
 ols died in 1877, 
 
 JAMES NICHOLS, 
 
 born in Putney, 1796, came to Northfield 
 in 1809. He learned the carpenter and 
 joiner's trade soon after, which he indus- 
 triously pursued till compelled by the infir- 
 mities of age to retire from .the more active 
 
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 pursuits of life. He married Annis A. 
 Dole, of Danville, Jan. i, 1826; they had 
 two^ children : George, b 1827 ; Annis, 
 1830. Mrs. Nichols died in 1830, and 
 Mr. Nichols married for his second wife 
 Harriet West, May i, 1831 ; their children 
 are: James C, Jane E., John W., Mary 
 E. Mr. Nichols died in 1873 ; Mrs. Nich- 
 ols died in 1876. 
 
 WILLIAM NICHOLS, 
 
 born in Putney, 1802, married Roxanna 
 Herrick, of Barre, and settled on the farm 
 now owned by Harvey R. Keyes, and where 
 Mrs. Nichols still resides.' The house they 
 first occupied was the first one erected on 
 Main street, between the two villages, and 
 was built by Justus Burnham. Mr. Nich- 
 ols acquired, through an honest indus- 
 try, a handsome property, and died in 
 1863, lamented by a large circle of ac- 
 quaintances. 
 
 HON. GEORGE NICHOLS, 
 
 son of James and Annis A. Nichols, was 
 born in Northfield, Apr. 17, 1827. He 
 married Ellen Maria, daughter of Abijah 
 and Maria B. Blake, of Vergennes, Apr. 
 8, 1852, who was born in New Haven, 
 Apr. I, 1832. To them were born Alice 
 Margaret in 1853, and a son in 1858, both 
 of whom died in infancy. 
 
 Dr. Nichols was educated at the com- 
 mon school and Newbury Seminary, fitted 
 for college, but never entered, having de- 
 termined to study medicine, and could not 
 see the way clear to pursue both courses. 
 He commenced teaching school previous to 
 his" 15th birthdayl In 1848, he was ap- 
 pointed State Librarian by Governor Cool- 
 idge, and received successive annual elec- 
 tions till 1853. He studied medicine with 
 Dr. S. W. Thayer; graduated at the Ver- 
 mont Medical College at Woodstock in 
 1 851; commenced business in his native 
 . town, combining with it that of apothecary 
 and druggist in 1854, which latter business 
 he still retains, and continued in the prac- 
 tice of his profession with eminent success 
 till his return from the army in 1863, hav- 
 ing served as surgeon of the 13th Reg., 
 Vt. Vols. In 1865, he was appointed 
 Secretary of State by Governor Smith, 
 which office he has since continuously 
 
 held. In "1870, was a member and 
 President of the Constitutional Conven- 
 tion ; in 1872, a delegate to the National 
 Republican Convention, and made a mem- 
 ber of the National Republican Committee, 
 and has been a member and Secretary of 
 the Republican State Committee since that 
 year. In i868, he was elected director, 
 and in 1874, president, of the Northfield 
 National Bank; in 1872, chairman of the 
 board of commissioners to receive subscrip- 
 tions to the capital stock of the Cen- 
 tral Vermont Railroad Company, and has 
 been clerk of the same since its organiza- 
 tion. The Doctor has been repeatedly 
 honored in elections to the various munic- 
 ipal offices of trust and responsibility, and, 
 what may be worthy of mention, with the 
 exceptions of 1856-58-59-63 and 66, has 
 been moderator of the annual town meet- 
 ings since 1854. 
 
 JOSEPH NICHOLS, 
 
 a brother of Eleazer Nichols, Sr., came from 
 Putney, about 1805 ; was a carpenter, and 
 assisted in building Judge Paine's dwelling- 
 house in Williamstown, on the turnpike ; 
 was selectman, &c. His children were 
 Sally, Leonard, Martin, Louisa, Harrison. 
 
 JASON WINCH, 
 
 born in Framingham, Mass., Sept. 2, 
 1746, settled, in 1813, on the farm now 
 owned by his grand-son, Joel Winch. He 
 married Abigail Howe, of Dorchester, 
 Mass. Their children were Asa, Joel, 
 Hannah, Abigail, Thomas. 
 
 KEV, JOEL WINCH 
 
 married Anna Kezar in 1808, and came to ' 
 Northfield in 1815, living on what is now 
 called the "Joel Winch farm." Their 
 children were: Joel, Jr., Enoch, Anna, 
 Elijah, Isaac, Benjamin P., and Mary. 
 
 Mr. Winch was an eccentric, remark- 
 able man, a Methodist preacher, joined 
 the conference at 19 ; was ordained by 
 Bishop Asbury in Boston, June 4, 1807. 
 As a preacher, he was full of wit and pleas- 
 antry, and sent home his arguments with 
 great pathos and power. 
 
 He was a staunch Mason. When many 
 were going back on their principles, he re- 
 mained firm, glorying in the sentiments 
 George Washington had honored, and 
 
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 which had comforted and elevated millions 
 
 of our race. No place seemed dearer to 
 
 him than the lodge room ; surrounded by 
 
 the fraternity, he was happy, and he made 
 
 others so around him. Masonry was his 
 
 great theme while among the brethren ; 
 
 almost single handed he fought for it 
 
 in Northfield, and lived to see the order 
 
 again respected and beloved. He could 
 
 say: 
 
 *' A sacred burden is tilts life ye bear; 
 Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly. 
 Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly. 
 Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin. 
 But onward, upward, till the goal ye win." 
 
 Elder Winch died in 1854. 
 
 ARIEL EGERTON, 
 
 born in Norwich, Conn., June 8, 1789, 
 moved with his father's family in 1796 to 
 Brookfield, Vt., from whence he came to 
 Northfield in the fall of 1 8 1 1 . The follow- 
 ing winter he taught school on the east 
 hill. Of the scholars that winter, only 
 one, John Averill, is known to be living in 
 town. The winter following he taught 
 near Judge Paine's factory, and in 1815, 
 built a house and store at the Center vil- 
 lage. His store was the first building 
 erected in that village for business pur- 
 poses. He continued there in trade until 
 1 81 9; in 1824, bought from Judge Paine 
 the grist-mill on the east hill, which he 
 carried on about 5 years ; in 1829, bought 
 a large building at the South village, and 
 started a chair-factory, which he kept in 
 operation about 5 years, and then removed 
 from Northfield. - 
 
 Mr. Egerton was among the first in this 
 vicinity to observe the injurious effects 
 arising from the use of liquors, and very 
 early became active in the cause of tem- 
 perance. In the winter of 1826, he invited 
 the people living in his neighborhood to 
 meet at their school-house and listen to 
 some statements with regard to the use 
 and abuse of intoxicating drinks. About 
 40 were present, and that was, as we be- 
 lieve, the first attempt in the State, aside 
 from pulpit addresses, to present the tem- 
 perance question in a public lecture. In 
 1828, about 20 of the citizens of the town 
 united to form a temperance society. Mr. 
 Egerton was elected its first president; 
 
 Orange Hovey, secretary. Mr. Egerton 
 delivered an address in the Center meeting- 
 house, which was published in the Mont- 
 pelier Watchman and other papers in the 
 State. 
 
 Mr. Egerton died in Quechee, in 1859. 
 His wife survives him (1878), living with 
 her oldest son, Hon. Charles B. Egerton, 
 at Ironton, Ohio. Her maiden name was 
 Abigail P. Keyes, only daughter of Capt. 
 Abel Keyes, of Putney, born Aug. 11, 
 1796. They had 8 children : Almira E., 
 Laura E., Olive S., Cynthia M., Abby S., 
 Charles B., John S., Joseph K. ; all born 
 in Northfield, and four now living. 
 
 JOSEPH KEYES EGERTON 
 
 lived in Quechee until the death of his 
 father, when he moved to Norwich, where 
 he resided 15 years, and came to North- 
 field, March, 1877. He married Sarah F. 
 Tyler, of Claremont, N. H., in 1856, and 
 had two children, Edith K. and Fred T. 
 
 Mr. Egerton was clerk in J. C. Brooks' 
 store in Hartford 4 years, i year in Cleave- 
 land's at Brookfield, and i year with Camp 
 & Thayer in Northfield. He was post- 
 master at Quechee from 1853 to 1861, 
 when he removed to Northfield ; he was 
 town agent, town treasurer and justice of 
 the peace; joined the Odd Fellows in 
 Northfield in 1852 ; joined the Masons in 
 1854, and was Grand Lecturer of the 
 Grand Lodge of Vermont 3 years, from 
 1867 to 1870. 
 
 I am under great obligation to Mr. 
 Egerton for his valuable assistance in work- 
 ing up the history of his ancestors, his 
 father, and the Keyes' who built so ex- 
 tensively in Northfield. 
 
 WILLIAM AND TAMASIN ASHCROFT, 
 
 from Connecticut, had 1 1 children ; one of 
 them, Lois, was born in Judge Paine's 
 grist-mill, and was the second child born 
 in town. Mr. Ashcroft took part in the 
 first meetings that were held here. He 
 settled on what is now the poor farm. He 
 held town offices ; children : Daniel, Sarah, 
 Abigail, Tamasin, John D., Lydia, Eliza 
 T., Nathan B., Lois, William, Lucy. 
 
 REV. NATHAN BROWN ASHCROFT, 
 
 son of William, born inBrookline, Conn., 
 in 1787, and came to Northfield with his 
 
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 father. He was a preacher of the Methodist 
 order, ordained by Bishop Kendrick as an 
 Elder, in Bristol, R. I., Sept. 5, 1822, and 
 was one of the first ministers in this sec- 
 tion. In his latter days also he not only 
 looked after the spiritual wants of the 
 people, but attended to their physical ail- 
 ments, dealing in "roots and herbs" after 
 the Thompsonian plan. 
 
 Mr. Ashcroft married Betsey Lawrence, 
 in Plainfield,' in 1 8 1 2 . Their children were : 
 Hester Ann R., Nathan Sias, John Wesley, 
 Eliza Ann. Mr. Ashcroft died in 1857 ; 
 Mrs. Ashcroft in 1872. 
 
 JOEL SIMONDS 
 
 settled on the mountain where Mr. Annis 
 used to live, in 1816, but afterwards moved 
 to a farm in the N. E. corner of the town. 
 He married Lydia Brailey, of Hartford. 
 They had 13 children : Daniel, Polly, 
 Joel, Horace, Albert Clark, Charles, Rufus, 
 Seth, John, Lydia, Harriet, John ; all but 
 two born in Northfield. 
 
 Rev. Joel Simonds, his son, resides at 
 the Center village, and still owns the farm 
 where his father lived. He married Olive 
 Pitkin, in 1844. 
 
 James and Elethen Paul were early 
 settlers on the Berlin road, near the north 
 corner ; children : Lucy, Mary, Benjamin, 
 Belinda, Daniel J., Hosea, all born here. 
 
 LEBBEUS BENNETT, 
 
 born in Connecticut, 1777, settled on the 
 "Bennett place,'' a well-to-do farmer; 
 married Elizabeth Millington ; children : 
 Melinda, Ambrose, Gamaliel, Seymour, 
 Rial, Joseph, Lucinda. 
 
 AMOS HOWES, 
 
 born in Windham, Conn., 1792, married 
 Melinda, daughter of Lebbeus Bennett. 
 Their children were : Augustus, Harriet, 
 Fanny, Lucinda, Maria M., Elizabeth, 
 Seymour, Adelia L.,' Edward H., Lebbeus 
 A., all born in Chelsea, and all living now 
 (1878), in Northfield, but two. 
 
 ANANIAS TUBBS 
 
 came from Gilsura, N. H., to Northfield in 
 1806, and settled in the Loomis neighbor- 
 hood. He married Hannah Hill. Their 
 children were : Jeremiah, Sally, Patty, 
 Annie, Elizabeth, William, Julia, Polly 
 
 and Solomon. He died in 1828, aged 84 ; 
 his wife in 1832, aged 80. 
 
 He was a soldier of the Revolutionary 
 War ; enlisted under Benedict Arnold, 
 and marched under his command through 
 the wilderness of Maine; was wounded 
 and taken prisoner at Quebec. He had 
 orders after enlisting to march in two days, 
 and a pair of pants must be had. His 
 wife took her shears, cut the wool from two 
 sheep, one white and one black, which she 
 carded together, and with the assistance of 
 a neighbor, spun, wove, and made a pair 
 of pants before she slept, and they were 
 ready at the time they were wanted. 
 
 DAVID HEDGES 
 
 was born on Long Island, where both his 
 parents died before he was a year old. 
 Most of his early life was spent m Connec- 
 ticut. He was a soldier in the Revolution- 
 tionary War ; married Hannah Shaw ; 
 came to Randolph in 1784; one of the 
 first settlers of that town ; came to North- 
 field in 1794, with 12 children; was the 
 17th family here; children: Jeremiah, 
 Daniel, Hannah, Phebe, Matthew, Esther, 
 David, Stephen, Jerusha, Lewis, Richard, 
 and Elijah. He lived at the North Corner. 
 His son Stephen died at 26 ; the rest of 
 his children all settled in life ; one in Ohio, 
 one in Western New York, and the others 
 in Vermont, several living in this town a 
 while. The three youngest died in North- 
 field. Mr. Hedges died in 1829, aged 94; 
 Mrs. Hedges in 1830,- aged 81. 
 
 Richard, son of David, born in Ran- 
 dolph, 1785 ; when a lad went to hunt up 
 cattle, when all was a wilderness in Dog 
 River valley; with no building except 
 Stanton Richardson's log-house. In 1810, 
 he married Rhoda, daughter of Joel Reed, 
 of Williamstown, and settled on the East- 
 Hill, the first farm west of Judge Paine's 
 grist-mill, where he lived 43 years. His 
 first wife died in 18 19, leaving two daugh- 
 ters, Louisa M., and Cynthia. Mr. Hedges 
 married for his second wife, Julia,-daughter 
 of Ananias Tubbs ; children : Daniel, Gil- 
 bert, Rhoda, Betsey E., Julia, Matthew 
 M., John, Francis A. ; all born in North- 
 
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 field. Mr. Hedges died in 1872, age 97. 
 IVIrs. Hedges in 1872, age 83. 
 
 THOMAS SLADE, 
 
 from Alstead, N. H., appears on tlie rec- 
 ords as an early settler. He was quite a 
 noted schoolmaster. His son Thomas, 
 the miller, who followed in the footsteps 
 of his father, says, " He taught school in 
 Amos Robinson's district 6 or 8 terms, 
 boarding at home," where Herbert Glidden 
 now lives.- He also taught school in Chel- 
 sea and Brookfield, and was a surveyor 
 many years in this town. He married 
 Clarissa Burroughs ; children : Howard, 
 Lavinna, Calista, Clarissa, Allen, Thomas, 
 Jr., Anna, William; all but Howard born 
 in Northfield. Mr. Slade moved to Mont- 
 pelier in 1823, and died in 1829. 
 
 PARLEY TYLER 
 
 was born in Connecticut in 1779, ^^^ soon 
 after coming to Northfield bought of Judge 
 Paine 100 acres, on what was known after- 
 ward as Tyler Hill. He married Betsey 
 Rood, of Brookfield. Their children were 
 Martin P., Matilda, Juliet, Squire, Daniel, 
 Royal, Edwafd, Jason, Louisa, Jason C, 
 John A. Mr. Tyler died in 1855; Mrs. 
 Tyler in 1849. 
 
 Daniel Tyler relates a story of one Bean, 
 the first known thief convicted in North- 
 field. He broke into Judge Paine's fac- 
 tory one Sunday afternoon, and took out 
 25 rolls of cloth, and hid them under a 
 hemlock tree-top, 40 rods back of the fac- 
 tory. The next day all hands turned out 
 to look for the stolen goods and the thief. 
 Bean took one roll on his back and made 
 for the East Hill, and went across Mr. 
 Tyler's farm, and left it in the woods, 
 going to the house and asking for break- 
 fast. Mrs. Tyler told him he had better 
 wait until dinner, it being then 1 1 o'clock, 
 but he said that he was out surveying land, 
 and some bread and cheese would answer. 
 
 The news soon reached the East Hill a 
 theft had been committed, and search was 
 made, and not far from noon Bean return- 
 ed to Tyler's house, and suspecting that 
 he -was the guilty one, Mr. Tyler asked 
 him if he had seen any cattle in his trav- 
 els, when he answered he had not ; said 
 
 " Daniel : ' Father approached him, get- 
 ting nearer and nearer by slow advances, 
 when he sprung upon him and took him 
 down, when he told me to yank off that 
 roll of cloth upon his back, which I did 
 very easily, as it was tied on with listing, 
 although I was only 9 years of age. Soon 
 Bean gave up, and said he would go where 
 we wanted he should. We fastened him 
 with a rope and led him into the house, 
 when he said, ' Well, mother, I have come 
 back to dinner.' It was but a little while 
 before all the villagers, headed by Judge 
 Paine, Amos Robinson, and John Stark- 
 weather, had arrived, when he had a pre- 
 liminary trial before Esquire Robinson. I 
 can well remember how 'Starkweather's 
 hands shook when he read the warrant as 
 constable, it being new business to him. 
 This was the first man convicted of steal- 
 ing and sent to the State prison from 
 Northfield.'" 
 
 DAVID DENNY, 
 
 born in Windsor, Jan. 7, 1774, one of the 
 earliest settlers in Northfield, was a col- 
 lector of taxes, and held a number of town 
 offices. He located on the hill, near the 
 South village, where his grandson David 
 now resides. The numerous family of 
 Dennys in Northfield are his descendants. 
 He married Betsey Spooner ; their chil- 
 dren : Paul S. , Asenath, Adolphus, Amasa, 
 Sally, Samuel, Harriet, Eliza, Joseph. Mr. 
 Denny died in 1821. 
 
 Adolphus Denny, born in 1796, lived 
 and diedat the old homestead of his father. 
 He married Eliza Frizzel, born in 1804 ; 
 their children were : David, Sarah, Kath- 
 erine, George, Mary, Katherine. Mrs. 
 Denny died in 1864. Mr. Denny married 
 2d, Mrs. Electa, widow of Col. George K. 
 Coblelgh, and died in 1873. 
 
 Dea. Samuel Denny, son of David, was 
 a farmer, and a respected officer of the 
 Congregational church. No man attended 
 public worship with more fidelity than he 
 did, and he raised up a family of industri- 
 ous and respected children, all in good 
 circumstances^ He married Prudence 
 Ellis, of Berlin, Sept. 1828 ;' children : 
 Harriet E., Andrew E., Addison W.,'Le- 
 
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 land H., George B., Amasa M., Prudence 
 J. He died in Lowell, Mass., in 1874. 
 
 Joseph, son of David, was but 10 yeal-s 
 old when his father died. At 19 he left 
 home, with just 25 cents to commence life 
 for himself. He labored in Randolph i 
 year, went to Berlin, and worked ujaon a 
 farm 4 years ; commenced the tannery 
 business at Berlin Corners, exchanged for 
 the hotel there, and also bought his first 
 farm, which occupation he always followed 
 in connection with his other pursuits ; 
 about 1841, entered into the mercantile 
 business, continued in Berlin till 1847, 
 when he moved his goods to Northfield 
 Center, and continued in business 5 or 6 
 years, when he sold out, and turned his 
 attention more particularly to farming. 
 He came here and engaged in mercantile 
 business in 1847; i° 1856 formed a part- 
 nership in tailoring with J. C. B. Thayer, 
 and also with Geo. H. Crane in general 
 merchandise some 3 years, and with his 
 oldest son in i860, till his removal to 
 Worcester, Mass. ; when he took the next 
 son into business, with the style of C. 
 Denny & Co. 
 
 OLIVER COBLEIGH 
 
 came here from Westminster in 1796. He 
 . married Abiah Doubleday, one of the four 
 sisters who came from that town, and were 
 the foremost women to take up their resi- 
 dence in this wilderness country ; Dinah, 
 Ezekiel Robinson's wife, Anna, Stanton 
 Richardson's wife, and Sally, Eliphus Ship- 
 man's wife, -all extraordinary, courageous 
 women. Mr. Cobleigh's children were : 
 Dinah, George K. and Harriet. 
 
 George K., son of Oliver, held a num- 
 ber of town oflSces ;made a good officer in 
 the militia, and rose to the rank of Colonel. 
 He lived many years at the South village, 
 where he died. He married Electa, daugh- 
 ter of Eben Frizzel. Children : Caroline, 
 George, Martin, Dennison and Charles H. 
 
 Martin Cobleigh, son of George, lives 
 at South Northfield, and is engaged in 
 the sash, door and blind business. 
 
 JOSEPH SMITH, jr., 
 
 born in Putney, in 1775. In 1807, influenc- 
 ed by his brother-in-law, Capt. Abel Keyes, 
 came to Northfield, bought two lots of 
 
 land from David Denny, Esq. , built a house 
 near where E. K. Jones' store now stands, 
 in the south village, and opposite his house 
 built a store, 16x25, ^^^ ^''^t ii town, and 
 filled it with goods ; but in 1809, he sold 
 out to C. W. Houghton, of Montpelier, and 
 the next year returned to Putney. 
 
 SOLOMON DUNHAM 
 
 lived at an early day not far from Judge 
 Paine's grist-mill, on the East Hill ; was a 
 clothier and carried on that business there. 
 He removed to the south village afterwards, 
 and worked at the same trade. He mar- 
 ried Experience Smith ; children : Expe- 
 rience, Mary, Sally, William H. H., Al- 
 bert, all born in Northfield. 
 
 Mr. Dunham had three wives ; by his 
 third, Harriet, daughter of David Denny, 
 he had two sons : Franklin and George. 
 
 HON. NATHAN MORSE, 
 
 of the south viflage, was born in Fitz- 
 william, N. H., and came her£ from Rox- 
 bury in 1838. He held a number of 
 offices in town ; was representative and 
 also assistant judge in the Washington 
 County Court. He married for his first 
 wife Polly, daughter of John Hutchinson, 
 Esq., of Braintree ; children: Nathan, 
 Polly, Betsey, Lucy H. Mrs. Morse died 
 in 1845, and he married Martha Abbott of 
 Williamstown ; they had one son, James. 
 Judge Morse died in 1862. Mrs. Morse 
 died in 1875. 
 
 LUCIUS EDSON, 
 
 born in Wheatley, Mass., 1798; married 
 Matilda Ainsworth of Brookfield, and 
 came to Northfield in 1822. He and Arba 
 Crane bought out Solomon Dunham, in 
 the cloth-dressing business near Judge 
 Paine's grist-mill, where they worked two 
 falls, and Mr. Edson went to the South 
 village, where he added wool-carding to 
 cloth-dressing. He had 4 children : Mar- 
 shall L., Alice J., E. Annette, Walter A. ; 
 all born in Northfield. 
 
 -ANSON ADAMS 
 
 came from East Roxbury about 1816, and 
 settled in the " Winch neighborhood." A 
 log house was his dwelling-place, without 
 doors or windows, using quilts in their 
 stead. Crockery and other household 
 goods were brought in the arms of the 
 
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 family, through snow banks and by marked 
 trees, making life real if not pleasant. 
 
 Mr. A. came originally from Connecticut 
 to Vermont; married Sukey Gold, sister of 
 Deacon William Gold ; children : Adaline, 
 Elvira, Emily, Susan, Avaline M., Harriet 
 S., Charlotte, Ursula, Roswell, Sophronia, 
 Anson, George W., Fanny H., all but two 
 born in Northfield. 
 
 SAMUEL L. ADAMS, 
 
 born in Brookfield, Oct. 1796, married 
 Harriet Cobleigh, July 1828, and settled in 
 Northfield. He was a believer in the doc- 
 trine of the restitution of all things, a good 
 Mason, and died as he had lived, strong 
 in his faith. His wife died in 1849. Four 
 of his children are now living : John Quincy, 
 Harriet M., Abbie A., Laura W., all born 
 in Northfield. 
 
 Mr. Adams died at the home of his 
 oldest daughter, in Revere, Mass., Dec. 
 1877, aged 81 . He was brought to North- 
 field, and buried at the Center cemetery, 
 with Masonic honors, having- made his ar- 
 rangements for the last great change, and 
 requesting his old friend, Rev. John Greg- 
 ory, to attend his last service. 
 
 JOHN EMERSON, 
 
 a blacksmith, lived at an early day on the 
 East Hill, in the Averill neighborhood. 
 He came to Northfield from Norwich, and 
 was a brother of Harry Emerson, the 
 hatter, who carried on that business at the 
 Center village. 
 
 ETHAN ALLEN. 
 
 We had an Ethan Allen in that early 
 period of the town's history. Not the re- 
 nowned hero of Ticonderoga, but an Ethan 
 Allen who run Judge Paine's grist-mill sev- 
 eral years. 
 
 SHERMAN GOLD, 
 
 born in 1813, deacon of the Universalist 
 church, for many years carried on the sash, 
 blind and door business at the South vil- 
 lage — a sincere, conscientious man, gen- 
 erally respected. Died in 1873. 
 
 JAMES LATHAM, SR., 
 
 born 1750, came here from Chesterfield, 
 N. H., at an early day. He married Su- 
 sannah Brit, born in 1752. Their children 
 were : 
 James Latham, Jr., settled in the Shaw 
 
 neighborhood. He mariried Polly, daugh^ 
 ter of Amos Robinson, Esq., and they had 
 15 children: Bathany, Leonard, Nancy, 
 Patty R., HoUis, Arvilla, Susanna, Eli, 
 Nancy L., Almon, Loran, Seth W., Mar- 
 shall, Cynthia, Mary A. 
 
 Ezra Latham, married Polly, daughter 
 of Aquillo Jones; children: Ezra, Jr., 
 Orrin, Harvey, Daniel. 
 
 CAPT. JOHN starkweather, 
 
 born in Norwich, 1790, married Cynthia 
 Nichols, step-daughter of Capt. Abel Keyes, 
 Dec. 1809. Sept. 181 1, he took the- free- 
 man's oath, and thereafter during his life 
 was almost continually in town and other 
 public offices : lister, grand juryman, mod- 
 erator of town meetings, justice of the 
 peace, deputy sheriff, high sheriff of the 
 county, representative, and captain of a 
 military company 2 years, and several 
 years kept tavern at the Center village. 
 He was a friendly, familiar man, and be- 
 fore 40 years old, children called him 
 " Uncle John." He was quite popular as 
 an officer. He died in 1841. 
 
 DEA. REUBEN SMITH, 
 
 a beloved member of the Baptist church, 
 came from Tunbridge to Northfield, and 
 settled in the South village in 1826. He 
 married Molly Mudgett ; children : Polly, 
 Apha, William, Tabitha, Reuben, Josiah 
 and Anna. 
 
 WILLIAM KEYES, ESQ., 
 
 born in Putney, 1766, removed to North- 
 field in 17.99, located on East Hill, and 
 bought his farm of his brother, Abel Keyes ; 
 in 1804, sold, and bought near where the 
 Center hotel stands ; his nearest neighbor, 
 Stanton Richardson, west of the river 
 nearly half a mile. He sold at the Center 
 about 18 10, and his farm was soon after 
 sold for building lots. In 1816, he bought 
 the farm next south of the Stanton Rich- 
 ardson place, and for several years carried 
 on brick-making. His daughter, Mrs. Lucy 
 Knapp, now living in Northfield, relates 
 that in 18 18 there was a great deal of sick- 
 ness. Dr. Porter's bill for medical services 
 in her father's family that year was large 
 enough to pay for all the brick used in 
 building his house. Mr. Keyes was one of 
 . the earliest Methodists, active in organiz- 
 
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 ing their church in this town, and for more 
 than 50 years a class-leader therein. He 
 married Betsey Nichols, of Putney ; chil- 
 dren: Polly, Jacob, William, Lucy, Sewall, 
 Eliza, Abel, Sally, Emeline. Mr. Keyes 
 died Dec. 1849. 
 
 CAPTAIN ABEL KEYES, 
 
 born in Putney, Sept. 11, 1773. In the 
 summer of 1790, while prospecting for a 
 new home, came to Northfield, and in view 
 of its water-power, believing it would be- 
 come a great manufacturing town, decided 
 to locate here. The next spring he bought 
 of Judge Paine the mills and 100 acres on 
 East Hill, there being the first settlement 
 in town. He lived there about 5 years, 
 improved the mills, and then sold the farm 
 to his brother William, and the mill prop- 
 erty to Judge Paine. In 1804, his daugh- 
 ter, Mrs, A. P. Egerton, relates her father 
 made a journey to Putney, on horseback, 
 taking her with him on the same horse, 
 she being 8 years old, it being to induce 
 some of his friends to come to Northfield 
 to live. In 1807, Captain Keyes purchased 
 of David Denny, a saw-mill and few acres 
 of land in what is now called South North- 
 field. The saw-mill he .enlarged and im- 
 proved, built a grist-mill, potash, and sev- 
 eral dwelling-houses, and in 3 years, main- 
 ly through his influence and labors, " Slab 
 City,'' as it was long called, had become a 
 lively village. His wife's brother, Joseph 
 Smith, Jr., had a store there, the first 
 store in Northfield. In i8lo. Captain 
 Keyes sold his mills to C. W. Houghton, 
 of Montpelier, and in 181 2, the rest of his 
 property in that village, and removed to 
 the Factory, where Judge Paine had just 
 begun to build a village. He remained 
 there one year, living in the " Old Abbey," 
 a house that stood where George C. Ran- 
 dall's house now is, and afterwards built 
 for Judge Paine the two houses that now 
 stand near the bridge. In 1814, he pur- 
 chased several lots of land where the Cen- 
 ter village now is, The next year, with- 
 his son, Joseph, he built several dwelling- 
 houses, a machine-shop, and a potash ; in 
 18 18, the Center Village Hotel, which they 
 kept about 5 years ; in 1819, the church 
 known as the old yellow meeting-house. 
 
 In 1824, they sold all their property at 
 the Center, and bought that Capt. Keyes 
 had formerly owned at Slab City ; rebuilt 
 the mills ; lived there 3 years ; sold, moved 
 to the Falls, now Gouldsville, and on the 
 site where Gould's factory now stands 
 built a saw and grist-mill. Capt. Keyes 
 lived there till 1838, his son Joseph having 
 sold out there some years previously. He 
 then bought a saw-mill up the river, a 
 grist-mill and a dwellingrhouse ; lived there 
 till 1839, ^"'^ move 1 to Illinois, and one 
 year after to Lake Mills, Wis., where he 
 died in 1848, aged 75. There are now 
 standing in this town about 40 buildings 
 erected by Capt. Abel Keyes and his son 
 Joseph. The Captain was one Of the most 
 enterprising men of the town during all his 
 stay in it. He held various offices, was 
 hster in 1798, Captain of a military com- 
 pany, justice of the peace many years, se- 
 lectman and representative. He possesse_d 
 robust health, ceaseless activity, could do 
 everything but persevere and wait. He 
 could prepare his land, plant and hoe, but 
 could not wait for the corn to ripen; The 
 framing, raising and enclosing a building 
 were just to his taste; he could, plan for 
 and direct a multitude of men, but the 
 quiet work of finishing the structure must 
 be left to' more patient workers, and be- 
 cameaproverb, " Capt. Abel always moves 
 just before harvest." Industrious and 
 honest, his success in life was limited only 
 by his habit of leaving to others the pleas- 
 ant task of reaping the reward of his labors. 
 He married Mrs. Esther Nichols, in 1793. 
 They had two children, Joseph and Abigail 
 P., and Mrs. Keyes had a daughter by her 
 first husband. 
 
 CAPT. JOSEPH KEYES, 
 
 born in 1795 ; married Zeruah Eggleston 
 in 1816, who had 2 children, Simon and 
 Cynthia. He married a Second wife, 
 Olive Williams ; children : Abel, Catha- 
 rine W., Elisha W., Oliver A., Emily O. 
 Mr. Keyes died at Menasha, Wis., Sept. 
 17, 1874. He followed his trade as mill- 
 wright in Wisconsin, after his removal 
 with his father to that state, and was very 
 successful. 
 
 Many of our citizens remember he built 
 
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 a machine shop at the Center village, on 
 the east side of the common, run by 
 steam, the first motive power by steam in 
 Northfield, and a great curiosity at that 
 day. On its sides were painted the words 
 " Machine Shop.'' The Wisconsin Jour- 
 nal says of Mr. Keyes : 
 
 As the crisis which came upon the coun- 
 try in 1837 was approaching, finding It 
 difficult to proceed with his extensive 
 business, he made disposition of it In the 
 spring of 1836, and little left but his head 
 and hands, backed up by most indomitable 
 courage, energy, and a powerful constitu- 
 tion, he struck out to seek his fortune in a 
 new country, and landed in Milwaukee 
 June, 1836. Wisconsin at that time was 
 an Inviting field for men of his type. It 
 needed intelligent, enterprising, hard work- 
 ing men to develop its immense resources. 
 He being one of that class, found a cordial 
 welcome to the territory by the fewbold 
 spirits who had preceded him, and an am- 
 ple scope of country in which to operate. 
 In 1837, he and his family removed to 
 Lake Mills, being the first white settlers in 
 that town . He proceeded to the erection 
 of a grist and saw-mill, that proved of vast 
 advantage to the settlement, and very soon 
 laid out the village of Lake Mills, being 
 its original founder. Here, he erected the 
 first school-house in the town, and em- 
 ployed the first teacher, a Miss Catlln of 
 Cottage Grove, In this county, all with his 
 individual means — an act, of itself, which 
 is a proud monument to his name and 
 fame, and proves his life has not been a 
 failure. 
 
 For over 50 years he was a prominent 
 Mason. He loved the order, and was 
 one of its most honored and respected 
 rhembers. The golden wedding of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Keyes was celebrated in 1871, 
 surrounded by children, grand-children, 
 and great-grand-children ; children : Abel 
 Keyes, now of Menasha, Hon. E. W. 
 Keyes, postmaster of Madison, Oliver 
 Keyes, now of Hudson, and. Mrs. H. D. 
 Fisher, of Menasha. Mrs. Olive Williams, 
 relict of Capt Joseph Keye^s, departed this 
 life at Menasha, Feb. 18, 1878, in her 78th 
 year. In all positions in life she was hon- 
 ored for her many virtues. 
 
 HON. ELISHA W. KEYES, 
 
 son of Joseph, born In Northfield, Jan. 23, 
 1828, left Northfield with his father's fam- 
 ily. May 1837, for Milwaukee, Wis., thence 
 to Lake Mills. In early life he was first in 
 his classes at school, and in sports and 
 games ; following in the wake of his father 
 
 and grandfather, he led the van. He was 
 admitted to the Bar In Madison at 23, and 
 soon acquired an extensive and lucrative 
 practice ; was District Attorney of Dane 
 County in 1858, '59 ; in 1861, was appoint- 
 ed postmaster of the city of Madison, 
 which office he still holds (1878) ; was 
 mayor of Madison in 1865 and '66 ; in 1867, 
 Chairman of the Republican State Central 
 Committee; for 10 years -he conducted the 
 affairs of the republican party of the State 
 with such strength and power of organiz.i- 
 tion as to earn for him the now widely- 
 known title of" The Bismarck " of Western 
 politics. In 1872 and '76, was a delegate 
 to and Chairman of the Wisconsin Dele- 
 gation in the National Republican Con- 
 ventions; now as "Boss Keyes, of Wis- 
 consin," he is familiarly known in every 
 state in the Union. In 1877, he declined 
 a re-election as Chairman of the State Re- 
 publican Committee, and resumed an active 
 practice of law. He is one of the Regents 
 of the State University of Wisconsin. 
 
 Mr. Keyes is of a stout, compact build, 
 has a strong constitution and good health. 
 He is esteemed a gaod hater, a firm friend, 
 and one whom men at large instinctively 
 recognize as a leader. He has been twice 
 married ; children : five. 
 
 Alvah Henry, son of Hiram, born In 
 Alstead, N. H., 1799, was killed^in North- 
 field June 28, 1831, by the fall of a tree. 
 
 Edmond Shipman and wife Betsey, 
 (Nichols) had 13 children. He was a 
 blacksmith by trade, and worked at the 
 Centre village. 
 
 REV. HOSEA CLARK, 
 
 a preacher of the Methodist church en- 
 joyed the reputation of being a devoted 
 man ; was elected a justice of the peace, 
 and had a way of administering the law in 
 a forcible manner, sometimes to the dis- 
 comfiture of the legal profession ; and was 
 not afraid of expressing his opinion on 
 any subject that came before him for con- 
 sideration. He married Mrs. John Rich- 
 ardson ; they had two children, Lucia Ann 
 and Stephen AIoiizo ; born in Northfield. 
 
 ELIJAH BURNHAM, ESQ., 
 
 born in Brookfield 179S, came to North- 
 field, in 1819. He married Maria Simons! 
 
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 of WiIliamsto\^^n ; had 13 children. After 
 two previous settlements they kept tavern 
 at the Falls village, where John Fisk for- 
 merly did, and finally settled near the 
 Depot village. Mr. Burnham was a prom- 
 inent man in the early days ; was select- 
 man 10 years, justice of the peace, lister, and 
 held other offices. He was a skillful vete- 
 rinarian, and frequently sent for in differ- 
 ent parts of the town to relieve the animal 
 creation of their ailments. He died here 
 March, 1873. Mrs. Burnham lives with a 
 daughter in Williamstown, at the age of 
 / 84 (1878) ; children : Laura, Mary, Aaron 
 M., Marshall D., Philanda, Philura, So- 
 phronia, Dennison S., Joshua J., Emily, 
 Ellen, George M. 
 
 JOEL BROWN, 
 
 born in Old Deerfield, Mass., 1799, came 
 with his father to Williamstown, and when 
 the Indians returned from the burning of 
 Royalton, was with others taken captive 
 and carried to Montreal, and lodged in 
 jail, but through one Zadock Steel and 
 others, they liberated themselves, and 
 picked their way back to their homes. [See 
 History of Randolph, vol. 11 of this work, 
 page 978.] When quite a lad Joel was fre- 
 quently sent to Royalton to mill, by marked 
 trees, and heard the howling of wolves. 
 
 Mr. Brown at 21 came to Northfield, 
 and cut the first tree in what is now the 
 Center village, very near the old machine 
 shop, where he subsequently lived. Hut 
 few buildings were then erected on Dog 
 river. Stanton Richardson's log-house, 
 where the late John H. Richardson lived, 
 was the only one accessible, and here Mr. 
 Brown boarded, crossing the river on a 
 tree that had fallen over it; Mr. Brown 
 built a shanty very near the old town- 
 house, to shelter himself in rainy *days. It 
 was his intention of making a permanent 
 home at the Center, but his intended being 
 in poor health, and her friends objecting 
 to her coming into this new country, 
 caused him to return to Brookfield, and he 
 did not return until 1828, when he located 
 on the road from the Center to Roxbury. 
 He did teaming to Burlington, bringing 
 back flour and other staple goods, which 
 ■he disposed of. He married ist, Anna 
 
 Edson, of Brookfield, in 1801, and they 
 had one daughter, Rebecca. He married 
 2d, Dorcas Nichols, and they had 8 chil- 
 dren ; Daniel, Anna, Isaac W., Susan, 
 Eliza, Ruth, Joel, Jr., D. Amanda. Mrs. 
 Brown died in 1863 ; Mr. Brown in 1869. 
 
 ISAAC W. BROWN 
 
 bought out his father in the hotel business 
 at theCenter in 1837, and for a number of 
 years carried it on; a wide-awake, obliging 
 landlord ; in 1855, moved to the Depot 
 village, built some eight buildings there, 
 among them the first Odd Fellows Hall, 
 on Central street ; was selectman, lister, 
 constable, deputy and high sheriff, serving 
 in some capacity as an officer for 34 years ; 
 was a director in the Wells River Railroad 
 in 1872, and an agent for the Central Ver- 
 mont Railroad. He married Sylva Elvira 
 Partridge in 1835, who died in 1863; chil- 
 dren: Jane and George W. He married 
 Janette Taylor, who died in 1865 ; moved 
 to Montpelier in 1866 ; married Mrs. Carrie 
 W. Camp in 1868, who died in 1873. He 
 moved to Boston, and married Mrs. Sarah 
 A. Warren for his fourth wife, in 1874, 
 and died in Northfield, Aug. 10, 1875. 
 
 Dr. Clifton Claggett, born in Merri- 
 mack, N. H., 1808, came to Northfield in 
 1832, and located in the Center village to 
 practice. He married Catherine, daugh- 
 ter of Harry Emerson, and -has two sons, 
 Charles C, William C. ; born in Northfield. 
 
 Harry Emerson, born in Norwich, 
 1781, came to Northfield in 1821, when 
 about 40 years of age, and located in 
 the Center village. He was a hatter by 
 trade ; married Dorcas Demmon, and had 
 9 children. 
 
 Albijence Ainsworth, a merchant in 
 the Center village, in the store on the cor- 
 ner adjoining the brick dwelling of Col. 
 Oliver Averill. He built the brick house 
 in that village where Elijah Winch lives. 
 His father kept the well-known "Ains- 
 worth Tavern," on the hill road to Cleave- 
 land village. Mr. Ainsworth married 
 Emily, daughter of Rev. Mr. Lyman of 
 Brookfield; children: Mary J., Annette. 
 
 STANTON RICHARDSON, 
 
 born in Haddam, Conn., 1755; came to 
 Northfield about 1785; was a prominent 
 
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 man ; held a number of town offices, being 
 the first selectman chosen, and finally set- 
 tled on the farm near the Depot village, 
 where his descendant, John H. Richard- 
 ardson, lived and died. He married Anna 
 Doubleday ; children : Nathaniel, Sarah, 
 Samuel, Ezra T., John, Anna, Sarah, 
 Sylvanus, Horace, Prudence, Chauncey, all 
 but two born in Northfjeld. 
 
 The wife of Stanton Richardson made 
 once a journey to Westminster, on horse- 
 back, with a small child in her arms, car- 
 rying her eatables in a pair of saddle-bags. 
 
 Mr. Richardson having caught a bear 
 with a pair of cubs, tamed the young ones, 
 and they became interesting acquisitions, 
 making themselves at times familiar without 
 invitation . The family lived in a log-house 
 with an old-fashioned chimney, inside of 
 which you could sit, and, looking up, see 
 stars in the evening. One night, when Mrs. 
 Richardson had retired with Ezra T. , an in- 
 fant, one of the young bruins crawled upon 
 the roof, came down the chimney, worked 
 his way into the bed, nestling down between 
 Mrs . Richardson and her babe . The child 
 remonstrated, when the mother, seeing the 
 kind of company she had, took the bear by 
 the nape of his neck, and tumbled him on to 
 the floor. 
 
 One thanksgiving day Mrs. RichardsoA 
 invited all the people in Williamstown and 
 Northfield to be present. They came, and 
 had for dinner boiled victuals, roast pig, 
 beans, and baked Indian pudding, and a 
 jolly good time. For extension tables, 
 they took the doors off their wooden 
 hinges, and used them. 
 
 Mr. Richardson presented the town 
 land for the first burying ground, near the 
 Center, on "Richardson meadow," now 
 owned by Mr. Gallup. 
 
 John, son of Stanton, lived and died on 
 the farm of his father, near the Depot vil- 
 lage. He was a prominent farmer, and 
 raised 7 children : Sarah S., George M., 
 John Harris, Marshall H., George S., Mary 
 J., Daniel W., all born in Northfield. Mr. 
 Richardson died in 1834. His first son 
 was drowned in Dog river, opposite the 
 house, when about 3 years old, and the 
 father afterwards took the precaution to 
 
 build a yard-fence to keep his little ones 
 in ; but even this did not prevent another 
 son, George S., from meeting with as sad 
 a fate ; he was drowned in a wash-tub ; 
 pulling himself up by it, lost his balance 
 and fell in. 
 
 Nathaniel, son of Stanton, was a mill- 
 wright ; held offices in town ; went to, 
 Canada to live ; returned ; built the two- 
 story brick house beyond the Center vil- 
 lage, where Israel Avery now resides ; also 
 a house and saw-mill about half way to 
 Roxbury; married Nabby Bosworth, of 
 Berlin; children: Nathaniel B., Abigail, 
 Caroline M., Sarah Ann, Melissa, Alonzo, 
 Adelia. Mr. R. died at 76 ; his wife at 86 
 years. 
 
 SAMUEL RICHARDSON, 
 
 born in Haddam, Conn., 1742, a shoe- 
 maker, was another early settler. "Uncle 
 Sam Richardson " was a great story-teller, 
 hammering out soles for the understand- 
 ings of his customers, he would indulge in 
 stories, not always careful to see how they 
 would come out; and he was a devout 
 man, also. 
 
 It is related. Judge Paine had loaned his 
 trusty old horse to a woman who worked 
 for him, to go to the South village to do a 
 little trading, the Judge requesting her to 
 stop at Mr. Richardson's and do an errand ; 
 on her return asked her why she was gone 
 so long? She said, when she arrived she 
 heard the old gentleman praying, and 
 waited till he got through. The Judge 
 said, "Well, what did the old horse say 
 about it?" Her reply came quick, " Your 
 horse did not say anything about it. Judge,' 
 for he had never heard one before." 
 
 Samuel Richardson and wife Clarissa 
 had two children : Hannah and Jonathan. 
 Jonathan was the owner of the dog that 
 Thompson in his Gazetteer refers to — that 
 the river was named after. While out 
 hunting, the dog attacked a large moose, 
 and was drowned, in what is known as the 
 moose hole in the river. It was in the 
 spring the moose broke through the ice, 
 and dog and moose both went under. 
 
 Jonathan was a noted hunter, and killed 
 10 wolves in one day. 
 
 Samuel Richardson married for his sec- 
 
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 ond wife Jerusha Royce : children : Stan- 
 ton, Lemuel B., Clarissa, Prudence, Arael, 
 Amisa, Martha, Jerusha. Mr. Richardson 
 lived to 90 years, his wife to 85. 
 
 JOHN HILDRETH BUCK, ESQ., 
 
 son of John L. Buck [Simon Smith was 
 the first lawyer in Northfield, but only re- 
 mained for a few months and left. The 
 second was John L. Buck, for whose bi- 
 ography see Reading, volume to follow.] 
 was born in Northfield, and grew to his 
 majority among the Green Mountains. He 
 graduated from the University of Vermont 
 in the class of 1850, and returned to North- 
 field, where he remained in the office of 
 his father until February, 1851, when he 
 removed to Lockport, N. Y., his present 
 home. Feb. 1854, he was admitted to 
 the Bar of the Supreme Court of the State 
 of New York. Aug. 1854, he married 
 Harriet M. Fletcher, daughter of Hon. 
 Paris Fletcher, of Bridport. In 1874, he 
 was elected mayor of his adopted city, and 
 served one term, declining a renomination. 
 
 DR. BENJAMIN PORTER, 
 
 born in Old Volentown, Conn., 1788, lived 
 with his father, a Congregational clergy- 
 man, and settled in Plainfield, N. H., until 
 he was 12 years of age. He attended the 
 academy at Meriden, studied for the med- 
 ical profession, graduating at Dartmouth. 
 This town was his first settlement as a 
 physician. On his first visit, passing by 
 where the Episcopal church now stands, 
 he saw Judge Paine and John Green sow- 
 ing .wheat on newly-cleared land, and in- 
 
 . quired of the Judge if this town would be 
 be a good place for a physician to locate. 
 The reply was it would, if a man had a 
 strong constitution, and was willing to 
 work hard for poor pay. 
 
 The Doctor settled on the East Hill in 
 1816, boarding 3 years with Captain Jesse 
 Averill, and moved to the "Post farm," 
 where he remained 4 years, and went to 
 the Center village ; built the two^tory 
 brick house where he lived and died. He 
 married Sophia Fullerton ; children : Eliz- 
 abeth, Edward, Edwin, Benj'amin F. 
 The Doctor had quite a practice, being 
 
 ' the first physician in town after Nathaniel 
 
 Robinson and Jeptha White ; was good in 
 fevers; he died Feb. 21, 1876. 
 
 Dr. Edwin Porter is the only prac- 
 ticing physician here, born in Northfield ; 
 a graduate of the Vermont Universijty in 
 1850. He studied medicine with his father, 
 was a private student of Prof. Peaslee, of 
 Dartmouth ; attended three courses of lec- 
 tures, and graduated in the Medical De- 
 partment in 1853 ; in 1854, combined the 
 drug business with his practice, with Geo. 
 Tucker one year ; has carried on the busi- 
 ness alone since. He married Carrie S. 
 daughter of Hon. Heman Carpenter, in 
 1867. 
 
 RoswELL Dewey, P. M. 6 years, has 
 been surveyor, constable, justice of the 
 peace, and an excellent teacher of sacred 
 music 30 years. 
 
 DR. JEPTHA WHITE 
 
 lived on a farm near the Center village. 
 He married Orra Starkweather, and had 
 two children: George J. and John A. S,, 
 to the latter of whom credit is due for re- 
 membering in his will the old cemetery at 
 the Center village, whereby it has been 
 beautified and improved by a nice granite 
 wall in front. ' He was a prominent mer- 
 chant, and had great influence with his 
 party. 
 
 DR. WILLIAM J. SAWIN, 
 
 son of Levi S., studied medicine with Dr. 
 Claggett, and graduated at Dartmouth 
 College in 1 854, and began the practice of 
 his profession in Watertown, Wis., the 
 same year; March, 1861, removed to 
 Chicopee Falls, Mass. ; the following June, 
 enlisted as a private soldier ; in September, 
 transferred to 3d Vt. Reg. as hospital stew- 
 ard ; served as physician in the 3d, 4thand 
 5th Vt. Reg. Oct. '61 to June, '62 ; pro. 
 to surgeon in 2d Vt. brigade in 1862, and 
 to surgeon-in-chief of brigade in 1862; 
 was discharged with the loth Massachu- 
 setts regiment at the expiration of his term 
 of service in 1864, and returned to Chic- 
 opee Falls. On the evening of Dec. 3, 
 1875, in the Asylum of Springfield Com- 
 mandery of Knight Templars, while in the 
 act of clothing himself in the regalia of his 
 ofl^ce, preparatory to being installed as 
 Eminent Commander of that body, and in 
 
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 the presence of a large number of his 
 brethren, William J. Sawin, an honored 
 Past Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge 
 of Massachusetts, was stricken down by 
 apoplexy and died instantly. 
 
 John P. Davis, from Barnard, born 
 1819, has been in the mercantile business 
 at the Center village since 1850. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Written, an early set- 
 tler, at one time owned all the land at the 
 Center village, before it was cleared. He 
 was a farmer and Baptist preacher. He 
 had nine children, Samuel, Woodbury, 
 Joseph, Mercy, Rebecca, Clarissa, Caroline 
 and Julia. He moved to Malone, N. Y., 
 where he died. 
 
 DAVID M. LANE, 
 
 born in Hampton, N. H., Mar. 29, 1793, 
 came here from Strafford in 1820. He 
 was a surveyor, and the country being 
 ' new, and property changing, his services 
 were greatly needed. The writer has fre- 
 quently heard him mentioned as a very 
 promising man ; but he was cut down at 
 the early age of 37. He built the first 
 brick building in town, the old school- 
 house at the Center, making the brick 
 himself, burning the lime, and doing most 
 of the carpenter work with his own hands. 
 He bought 100 acres of timber land, and 
 was a very industrious man, beloved by the 
 community, and left a wife and 4 daughters. 
 
 Joshua Lane, brother of David M., 
 born in Chichester, N. H., Nov. 1798, 
 moved here from Strafford in 1821, one of 
 the most enterprising citizens of that day. 
 His first move in building was on the 
 Patterson farm, 'used lately for slate pur- 
 poses. He bought and erected dwellings 
 in a number of places, living in the winter 
 in a house he built at the Center. Among 
 his largest purchases, with his brother 
 ■ David, was the farm on the mountain, and 
 it is thought, he cleared with his help 
 around him some 300 acres of timber land. 
 He finally settled in West Berlin. ' ' Lanes- 
 ville " was named after him. He was an 
 enthusiastic Mason, and was buried with 
 its honors. He died at 79, and left one 
 son, Moses Lane. 
 
 Josiah and Moses, brothers of David and 
 Joshua, also settled in this town. 
 
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 Moses Lane, C. E., son of Joshua, 
 graduated at the University of Vermont in 
 1845. By Gov. Paine was appointed 
 assistant engineer, Aug. 1845, for the lo- 
 cation and construction of the Vermont 
 Central Railroad ; was employed as a civil 
 engineer on this and other railroads in 
 New England till 1849; was Principal of 
 an academy in Springfield, N. Y., 3 years ; 
 was engaged a short time as resident en- 
 gineer on the construction of the Albany 
 and Susquehanna Railroad at Albany; 
 1856, was appointed to the position of 
 principal assistant engineer for the con- 
 sti:uctibn of the Brooklyn water-works, and 
 has been constantly employed the past 22 
 years as a hydraulic engineer ; was 13 years 
 on the water-works of Brooklyn, 6 as prin- 
 cipal assistant, and 7 as chief engineer ; 
 had charge of the construction of the 
 Milwaukee water-works as chief engineer, 
 where he was employed 7 years, and has 
 been connected with other important pub- 
 lic works as chief or consulting engineer. 
 He married the daughter of the late Dr. . 
 Varney Ingalls, of Erie County, N. Y., in 
 1851 ; has 4 children, and now resides in 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 HON. ALVIN BRALEY. 
 
 [See History of Hartford and Roxbury 
 for early history.] After he came to North- 
 field, was bank director, justice of the 
 peace, village trustee, and interested in 
 manufactures, and in 1868, was made Pres- 
 ident of the National Bank, which oflSce he 
 filled until his death. His demise was a 
 loss to our town, for he was not only able 
 but willing to assist in the establishment 
 of such institutions as promised to build 
 up the place." 
 
 FISK brothers, 
 
 Benjamin, John, Nathaniel and David, all 
 stalwart men, of whom it may be said, 
 "and there were giants," came from Wil- 
 liamstown. 
 
 Benjamin was a storekeeper in ' the 
 South village about 1816 ; married Hannah 
 Herrick ; they had 7 children ; Delphine, 
 Philander, Caroline, Dennison, Sophia, 
 Rosina, Johti D. 
 
 John, born in Williamstown, 1783, kept 
 tavern in the Falls village about 1825, quite 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 a noted place for trainings. He married 
 Betsey Martin, and they had 13 children : 
 Olive, Betsey, Sijoma, John, Lydia M., 
 Melinda, Eunice, Azro J., Sarah, Lucinda, 
 Maria L., Mary, Hannah. 
 
 Nathaniel came in 1819, and died in 
 1861, age 87. He raised 8 children. 
 .David married Sarah Reed; they had 
 7 children : Sarah Ann, David R., Harvey 
 R., Ann Eliza, George M., Fanny C., Van, 
 Loren M. Mr. Fisk died in 1864; Mrs. 
 Fisk in 1865. 
 
 George M. Fisk, son of David, born 
 in Wolcott, June 7, 1830. He studied law 
 with Hon. Heman Carpenter * was admit- 
 ted to the Bar of Washington County in 
 1854; the Supreme Court in 1856; the 
 United States Court in 1874; in 1854, 
 went to Prof. John W. Fowler's law school 
 in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In 1863, repre- 
 sented the town in tlie Legislature ; was a 
 delegate to the National Democratic Con- 
 vention in St. Louis, in 1876. In 1864, 
 he built the two- factories in the Depot vil- 
 lage now run by Mr. Howarth, and put in 
 the machinery now in use, had a large in- 
 terest in the lumber business at Granville, 
 Vt., sold the Union Slate Quarry, and 
 other quarries of slate in town, is now 
 [1878] President of the Northfield Savings 
 Bank. He married Jane_E., daughter of 
 James Nichols, in 1856. 
 
 DANIEL WORTHINGTON, 
 
 born in 1775. He came from Williams- 
 town, and located on the Garfield place in 
 1 81 8. Afterwards he went to the Falls 
 village, and bought the saw-mill of Free- 
 dom Edson and built a house, when there 
 were but one or two log-houses on the east 
 side of the river. Under-brush and huck- 
 leberry bushes covered the land' now 
 spread over with buildings. He married 
 Polly FLsk, born in 1780, and raised 11 
 jchildren: Hnldah, Elijah, Sophia, Lyman, 
 Mary, Rhoda, Daniel, David, Theodore 
 S.,'Elias, Francis. Mrs. W. died in 1851, 
 and he in 1866. 
 
 COL. CHARLES I-I. JOYCE, 
 
 the present Member of Congress from the 
 First District of Vermont, came to North- 
 field in 1850, and commenced reading law 
 at the Center, with John L. Buck, Esq., 
 
 read with him one year, then with F. V. 
 Randall, Esq., at Northfield Falls, one 
 year, and then with F. F. Merrill, Esq., 
 at Montpelier, one year, when he was ad- 
 mitted to the Bar of Washington County, 
 at the September term, 1852. In 1853, 
 Mr. Joyce entered into co-partnership 
 in the practice of law at Northfield with 
 C. N. Carpenter, Esq^ and subsequently 
 with F. V. Randall. In 1853, he was ap- 
 pointed State Librarian. In Dec. 1855, 
 he opened a law office in Northfield. In 
 1856, he was elected State's Attorney, and 
 was re-elected to the same office in 1857. 
 
 As soon as Mr. Joyce was elected State's 
 Attorney, his practice of law began to in- 
 crease, andinMar. 1861, he had a fine dock- 
 et, and did a good business. When Presi- 
 dent Lincoln issued his call for 75,000 
 men, he was at Montpelier attending court. 
 He immediately returned home to North- ' 
 field, and with the aid of some others, 
 raised a company of men which tried to 
 get'into the ist Regiment, commanded by 
 Gen. Phelps. He did not succeed, in this, 
 but Gov. Fairbanks tendered him the po- 
 sition of Major in the 2d Regiment, which 
 he accepted, and on the 7th of June, 1862, 
 was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel of his 
 regiment. He remained in the service 
 until Jan. 1863, when he was compelled 
 to resign his position, on account of poor 
 health. 
 
 After returning from the army, and par- 
 tially recovering his health, he located in 
 Rutland, resuming the practice of law in 
 company with C. C^ Dewey, Esq. The 
 partnership continued until the spring of 
 1866, when it was dissolved, and he car- 
 ried on business on his own account. In 
 1869, he was elected to the House of Rep- 
 resentatives from Rutland, and again in 
 1870-71. The last 2 years he was elected 
 Speaker, which office he conducted in a 
 manner that pleased all parties, and made 
 him decidedly popular. 
 
 Mr. Joyce took a lively interest in the 
 campaign of 1868, stumping his own State, 
 and making many speeches both in New 
 York and New Hampshire. In 1874, he 
 was nominated as the successor of Hon. 
 C. W. Willard, and elected to the Forty- 
 
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 fourth Congress, and re-elected in 1876, 
 '78, In the campaign of 1876, he made 
 speeches in Vermont, New Hampshire, 
 New York, Connecticut and Indiana, for 
 Hayes and Wheeler. 
 
 Speeches of Mr. Joyce. — In the Forty- 
 fourth Congress the first eulogy on the 
 death of Henry Wilson; speech on the cur- 
 rency, in favor of honest money; a speech 
 on the presentation of the statue of Ethan 
 Allen, to be placed in Memorial Hall in 
 the NationaJ Capital; a speech on the Cen- 
 tennial Exposition to be held at Philadel- 
 phia in 1876; a speech in confirmation of 
 certain land claims in the Territory of 
 New Mexico ; a speech on the counting of 
 the electoral vote of Louisiana, and one on 
 counting the electoral vote of Vermont. 
 
 In the Forty-fifth Congress, speeches. — 
 One on the contested election "case of 
 Patterson against Belford, from Colorado; 
 one in the contested election case of Acklen 
 against Darrell, of Louisiana ; a speech on 
 the " Resumption act, and the remonetiz- 
 ation of silver;" a speech on a proposed 
 amendment to the Constitution of the 
 United States, relating to the election of 
 President and Vice-President, and also re- 
 lating to the Civil Service of the govern- 
 ment; a speech on the Mexican Pension 
 Bill, against restoring to the pension-roll 
 the names of those which had been stricken 
 off for participation in the rebellion, and 
 a speech on the Tariff. 
 
 In addition, the Colonel has delivered 
 speeches and orations on nearly every 
 Fourth of July and on nearly every " Dec- 
 oration Day" since the war. His mag- 
 netic, forcible way of stating his arguments 
 makes him popular with the masses, and 
 we predict for him a still more brilliant 
 future. 
 
 Mr. Joyce married Rowena M. Randall, 
 and they have had three children: Inez 
 R., Grace R. and Charlie R. 
 
 REV. JOHN GREGORY, 
 
 born in Norwalk, Conn., Nov. i8, 1810; 
 went to New York State when quite young, 
 and served an apprenticeship of seven 
 years at fency painting, in the city of Al- 
 bany. When 21 years of age, he com- 
 menced studying for the ministry in the 
 Universalist denomination. He was or- 
 dained in Salisbury, Herkimer county, 
 N. Y., where he "made his first settlement 
 in 1832. After two years' labor in this 
 town he removed to Burlington, Vt^ where 
 
 he preached i year ; from there he went to 
 Woburn, Mass., and preached 2 years, 
 and after a year's labor in Vermont, went 
 to Charleston, S. C, where he edited the 
 Southern Evangelist, and supplied the pul- 
 pit of the Universalist church in that city 
 I year. From Charleston, the climate not 
 agreeing with him, he returned to Ver- 
 mont, and preached in Montpelier, Berlin, 
 Williamstown and Northfield i year, when 
 he received a call to settle in Quincy, 
 Mass., where he remained 3 years. 
 
 In 1842 Mr. Gregory was elected repre- 
 sentative to the general court from Quincy, 
 and from there went to Fall River, Mass., 
 where he preached 2 years, and then came 
 back to Vermont, and preached 3 years in 
 Williston. In 1850, he came to Northfield 
 and settled on a farm on the West Hill, 
 thinking with St Paul it was no disgrace 
 for a minister to labor with his hands, and 
 engaged in stock raising. For 25 years, 
 he was connected with the Vermont State 
 Agricultural Society ; claims to have been 
 one of the originators of that society ; was 
 director of it during that time, and presi- 
 dent of it 2 years, and some years had as 
 great a variety of choice animals at the 
 Fair as any other man. He was promi- 
 nent in the raising of Morgan horses, ' 
 French Merino sheep, Hereford, Devon, 
 Ayrshire and Shorthorn Durham cattle, 
 paying $400 for one French Merino sheep 
 that was raised in the vicinity of Paris, all 
 of which were brought to Northfield to 
 improve the stock of farmers. He assisted 
 in establishing the very successful "Dog 
 River Valley " Association, and served as 
 president of it three years, having during 
 that time fairs that were not excelled by 
 any in the State. 
 
 For the last quarter of a century he has 
 preached as opportunity presented in the 
 "region round about" Northfield. In 
 1850, he was representative to the Legisla- 
 ture from Northfield ; in 1856, was elected 
 senator from Washington county, and re- 
 elected in 1857. He received the appoint- 
 ment of assistant assessor in the revenue 
 department under Abraham Lincoln ; was 
 re-appointed by Andrew Johnson, and 
 continued in the service loj years. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Mr. Gregory desires to put on record his 
 fidelity to the two great reforms that have 
 agitated the country during the last 40 
 years, " Human Freedom''^ and " Temper- 
 ance.'''' Nov. 8, 1844, the following vote 
 was passed and published in the Boston 
 Trumpet: " Universalists on Slave- 
 ry." At the recent annual meeting of the 
 Old Colony Association at New Bedford, 
 Mass., the following resolution, offered by 
 the Rev. John Gregory, of Fall River, was 
 adopted : 
 
 Resolved, That as Slavery has been voted 
 by this body to be " in everlasting hostility 
 to the true spirit of Jesus Christ," we here 
 pledge ourselves to discountenance this 
 evil in all possible ways and forms ; and 
 will agitate the question in our several 
 societies, and endeavor to diffuse abroad 
 an honest moral sentiment on the subject. 
 
 While in the Senate Mr. Gregory deliv- 
 ered a speech on " Suffering Kansas," that 
 was instrumental in a vote being passed 
 directing the governor to appropriate 
 $20,000 for the relief of the people in Kan- 
 sas, should he ascertain they were in a 
 suffering condition. He has delivered a 
 large number of addresses in Massachusetts 
 and Vermont on those reforms, and always 
 without compensation. . 
 
 Mr. Gregory resides in Northfield (Depot 
 Village) , on Main street, in the only brick 
 house in that part of the town, it being the 
 third house built on that street. (1878). 
 
 Rev. John Gregory died suddenly of 
 apoplexy at his residence in Northfield, 
 Sept. 25, 1 88 1. 
 
 ORVIS DARWIN EDGERTON, 
 
 born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, 
 N. Y., Aug. 15, 1821, was the second child 
 of a family of 7 children. His father, 
 James Harvey Edgerton, was among the 
 early settlers of that county, from Brook- 
 field, in this State. The minority of Mr. 
 Edgerton was passed going to a district 
 school, working on a farm, and at mechan- 
 ical business, teaching school, etc., with a 
 few terms at the St. Lawrence academy. 
 
 In the spring of 1843, he went to Ohio, 
 which was then considered "far West." 
 For 3 years from the spring of 1846, was 
 with F. & T. R. Taylor, building a fork- 
 factory at Brasher Falls, N. Y., putting in 
 
 the machinery, and making and selling 
 forks and hoes, and Jan. 1849 was married 
 to Roxana Sophia Taylor, daughter of the 
 senior member of the firm. The next 
 spring he purchased a stock of drugs, 
 medicines, groceries, dry goods, etc., and 
 engaged in business with others, and in 
 outside operations of butter, cattle, horses, 
 etc. ; in 1856 sold out to his partners, and 
 for 10 years kept an office as justice of the 
 peace, and- business connected with the 
 office; held several town offices ; was post- 
 master during President Fillmore's admin- 
 istration, and was 4 years justice of the 
 sessions, or assistant judge for the county ; 
 in 1856 he sold his interest in Brasher, 
 and removed to Northfield ; formed a part- 
 nership with his brother, C. A. Edgerton, 
 in the mercantile business, and has since 
 resided here ; has been village and town 
 treasurer, 2 years one of the selectmen ;- 
 4 years one of the trustees of the savings 
 bank, and as a business man has been suc- 
 cessful. He is in religion, a Congrega- 
 tionalist. He has one son, Charles Darwin . 
 Edgerton, a graduate of Dartmouth, class 
 of 1878. 
 
 CHARLES A. EDGERTON, ESQ., 
 
 born in Potsdam, N. Y., son of James H. 
 Edgerton, came to Northfield in the Spring 
 of 1847, and worked at the mechanical 
 business several years. In 1855, the 
 Union Store Division, No. 678, was organ- 
 ized, and he was appointed agent, and 
 managed it until it closed in 1857. In the 
 Spring of 1858, he commenced mercantile 
 business in Union Block, with L. H. King, 
 the firm, Edgerton & King, doing a good 
 business in a general way until the sum- 
 mer of i860, when they dissolved, Mr. 
 King taking a store In the new block east 
 of the Universalist Church, and Mr. Ed- 
 gerton keeping the store in Union Block 
 until 1866, when he formed a partnership 
 with his brother, O. D. Edgerton, who 
 moved to Northfield from Brasher Falls, - 
 N. Y., the firm being known as Edgerton" 
 Brothers, who continue to do business at 
 the present time. 
 
 Mr. Edgerton was town clerk 1865-75 ; 
 several years treasvirer of the Vt. Mfg. Co., 
 treasurer and superintendent till the com- 
 

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 pany's shops were burned, Dec, 1876, 
 and has been a director of the Northfield 
 National Bank since Jan. 13, 1874, and 
 Vice President since Jan. 9, 1877, and 
 ha.s been a director in the graded and high 
 school since its present organization, 1873. 
 He married Harriet A. Newcomb, of 
 Waitsfield, and has 2 children. 
 
 HALSEY R. BROWN, 
 
 born in Burke, taught school winters from 
 the age of 15 to 21, when he Vvent to Be- 
 ioit, Wis. for i year; returned to Burke, 
 and engaged in merchandise 1 1 years ; then 
 farmed 2 seasons ; was representative 1866- 
 7, receiving all the votes cast but one ; 
 filled a number of offices in town ; came 
 to Northfield in 1868; was with Rufus 
 Young 3 years in the Paine Block, in the 
 grocery and dry goods business, after, 
 went into company with Andrew Denny, 
 now carrying on an extensive business of 
 store-keeping, tannery, milling, and in the 
 lumber trade, one of our most prosperous 
 firms in Northfield. He has been 8 years 
 a steward in the Methodist Church here, 
 and since the demise of Joseph Gould, 
 superintendent of the Sunday School. Be- 
 fore leaving Burke, he was without excep- 
 tion selected to conduct funerals, and is 
 employed frequently in the same business 
 in Northfield. 
 
 LESTER MARTYN, 
 
 now living at the Depot village, [1878] 
 retains his recollection of the early history 
 of Northfield to a good degree. He taught 
 school when a young man, was of indus- 
 trious habits, and well liked as a citizen 
 and neighbor. He remembers hearing the 
 report of the big guns at Plattsburgh, 
 Sept. II, 18 14. News came that volun- 
 teers were wanted, as the British were out 
 in great force, and a number of men from 
 Northfield, like Cincinnatus of old, left 
 their business at Tiome and hastened to 
 Burlington, where they were to cross the 
 Lake, but before they arrived information 
 was received the battle had gone in favor 
 of the Americans, and they returned to 
 their homes rejoicing. 
 
 He married Mrs. Mary Flint, of Wil- 
 liamstown; they had one child, Emma O., 
 and one adopted son, James R., who gave 
 
 his life for his country. He was born in 
 Williamstowp in 1840', enlisted in 1861 in 
 Company J., 5th Vt. Vols., and was mor- 
 tally wounded in the battle of the wilder=- 
 ness. He came home to Northfield, lived 
 near 7 months, and died in 1864. 
 
 DEA. NATHANIEL JONES, 
 
 from Claremont, N. H., built the two-story 
 house on Water street now owned by John 
 Willey. He was a justice of the peace, 
 man of good abilities. He raised 7 chil- 
 dren : Roys, George, Elisha, Henry, Cyn- 
 thia, Nathaniel, Orena. 
 
 JAMES N. JOHNSON, ESQ., 
 
 born in Northfield, Sept. 4, 1833 ; devel- 
 oped scholarly tastes when quite young, 
 and a fondness for politics and public 
 speaking. His advantages for an educa- 
 tion were limited to a few terms of district , 
 st;hool, and about a year at Northfield 
 Academy, in 1851-52. He taught school 
 with good success a few years, studied law 
 with F. V. Randall, at Northfield ; was 
 admitted to the bar of Washington county 
 in. 1854; went to Chicago in 1856, and 
 engaged in the law and collection business 
 with Cornell & Jameson, till into i860; 
 returned to Northfield ; has since resided 
 here, practicing his profession. 
 
 HON, PHILANDER D. BRADFORD 
 
 was born in Randolph, Apr. 11, i8ii. 
 His father, John Bradford, was a native of 
 Kingston, Mass., born Dec. 26, 1765. In 
 early life he removed to Alstead, N. H., 
 where he married Miss Lucy Brooks, Jan. 
 9, 1799. Subsequently he came to Ran- 
 dolph, where he resided until his death, 
 Nov. 19. 1814. Four years later, upon the 
 death of Mrs. Lucy Brooks Bradford, 
 Philander D., the youngest of 6 children, 
 went to Alstead, N. H., to live with rela- 
 tives of his mother, but at 15 returned to 
 Randolph, and entered the Orange County 
 Grammar School, where he received his 
 education preparatory to the study of the 
 medical profession. At 20 he commenced 
 the study of medicine with his brother. 
 Dr. Austin Bradford; in 1833, graduated 
 at the Woodstock Medical School, then a 
 branch of Middlebury College, and in 1850, 
 received the degree of A. M. from the 
 University of Vermont. He practiced his 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 profession in Braintree, Randolph and 
 Bethel, until 1854, when he removed to 
 Northfield, where he has since resided, 
 with a good practice. 
 
 In 1853 and 1854, Dr. .Bradford was 
 elected to the State Legislature by the 
 Free-soil party of Randolph, and was a 
 prominent member, of that party when in 
 its infancy. And when others forsook 
 their free principles and joined those who 
 elected Robinson and Kidder, Governor 
 and Lieutenant-Governor, Dr. Bradford 
 remained true to his convictions, and la- 
 bored zealously for the cause of human 
 freedom. In 1854, he was elected com- 
 missioner of insane, and re-elected in 
 ■ 1855. In 1857, he was elected Professor 
 of physiology and pathology in Castleton 
 •Medical College, and continued with the 
 same until its suspension in 1862. In Dec, 
 1862, he w^s commissioned by Governor 
 Holbrook, Surgeon of the 5th Regt. Vt. 
 vols. , but was compelled by ill-health to re- 
 sign his commission in March following. 
 In 1862, '63 he was elected a member of the 
 Vermont Senate, also President of the 
 Vermont Medical Society in '63. In i86o, 
 he was elected Grand Master of the Grand 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Vermont, and in 
 r86i, was at the head of the Grand Divis- 
 ion of the Sons of Temperance of Vermont. 
 He was elected trustee, also Professor of 
 Physiology, in Norwich University in 1867 ; 
 and was a member of the Right Worthy 
 Grand Lodge of the United States, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, in 1875-76. 
 He early threw the weight of his influence 
 into the scale of Temperance — is a worthy 
 "Good Templar," and foremost in every- 
 thing that promises blessings on our race. 
 He is a capital presiding officer, and by 
 his good humor and happy adaptation to 
 circumstances, makes even a crowded as- 
 sembly orderly and attentive. Dr. Brad- 
 ford was married to Miss Susan H. Edson, 
 daughter of John Edson, M. D., of Ran- 
 dolph, in 183s, by whom he had one 
 daughter. Miss Ellen E., now the wife of 
 George W. Soper, Esq., of Northfield, 
 who is postal agent over the Central Ver- 
 mont railroad. 
 
 Mrs. Susan H. Bradford died Oct. 15, 
 
 1865, and in May, 1867, the Doctor mar- 
 ried Mrs. O. W. Moore, widow of the late 
 Hiram Moore, Esq., of Sharon. 
 
 HON. JASPER H. ORCUTT, 
 
 seventh son of Samuel M. and Mary B. 
 Orcutt, born in Roxbury ; moved to North- 
 field, March, 1849, and from 1848 to '58 
 was most of the time in the employ of the 
 Vt. Cen. R. R., constructing buildings 
 and in other mechanical work. 
 
 In 1858 he entered the mercantile busi- 
 ness with Freeman Page. In 1864, bought 
 out Mr. Page, and carried on the business 
 about a year alone ; then was in trade with 
 A. E. Denny 4 years ; they built the store 
 where Denney & Brown are in business ; 
 in 1870, sold out with Mr. Denney and 
 bought an interest in the Paine Factory 
 property ; from that time has been en- 
 gaged in manufacturing slate, lumber and 
 strawboard, is now interested in the Adams 
 Slate and Tile company ; clerk and super- 
 intendent. Mr. Orcutt was village trustee 
 several years, deputy sheriif six years, con- 
 stable and collector of taxes 2 years, high 
 sheriff of Washington county 2 years ; 
 representative 2 years, county senator 3 
 years ; has been selectman, auditor, justice 
 of the peace, enrolling officer during the 
 rebellion, is one of the trustees of. the 
 Northfield savings bank, postmaster from 
 
 1869 to ; and was chairman of the 
 
 building committee of the Graded School 
 Academy. He has been twice married, 
 and has two children. His mother is liv- 
 ing in Northfield, with her sons, and is 
 the oldest inhabitant, being in her g6th 
 year. (1878.) 
 
 HON. HEMAN CARPENTER, 
 
 born in Middlesex, July to, j8ii, was 
 fitted for college at the Washington County 
 Grammar School at Montpelier, studied 
 law with the Hon. Wm. Upham, and was 
 admitted to the bar at the November Term 
 of the Washington County Court, 1836, and 
 came to the "Factory Village," Northfield, 
 the first of December following, and com- 
 menced the practice of law. He was ad- 
 mitted to the Supreme Court of Vermont 
 two years after, and to the District Court 
 of the United States in 1842 ; was State 
 Librarian 4 years, from 1832 till '37, and 
 
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 removed the State Library from the " old 
 State House" to the new, numbering and 
 cataloguing all the books therein. He 
 was superintendent of schools, and devot- 
 ed from 10 to 25 days in examining teach- 
 ers and visiting schools each year, giving 
 his services to the town, and held other 
 minor offices. He was elected to the 
 legislature for 1847-48, and introduced 
 the "Homestead Bill" for the first time, 
 and pursued that measure until it was en- 
 acted into a law. He was made judge of 
 probate for 1849-50 ; appointed on Gov. 
 Eaton's staff in I847, with the rank of 
 colonel ; was selectman for 1852-53 ; ap- 
 pointed receiver of the South Royalton 
 Bank in 1857; was State's attorney for 
 Washington County for 1S65-66 ; was trus- 
 tee for the United States' deposit money 
 for 1851-52, and elected to the State Sen- 
 ate for 1870-72. 
 
 He procured the charter for the "North- 
 field Academy" in 1846, raised the sub- 
 scription for building it, paying more than 
 any other man except Gov. Paine, was 
 secretary, treasurer and trustee of the in- 
 stitution, was one of the executive com- 
 mittee from its organization down to Apr. 
 18, 1868, when he resigned all of said 
 offices, having completed the education of 
 his children at said school ; was a promi- 
 nent man in his denomination, president 
 of Goddard Seminary from 1868 to '76, 
 when, by reason of poor health, he resign- 
 ed that office, having paid liberally and 
 generously for its establishment, and on 
 resigning the office of president, received 
 from the trustees a very complimentary 
 resolution. 
 
 He was foremost in establishing the 
 graded school in Northfield, gave liberally 
 towards Norwich University, and educated 
 his children in a manner creditable to him- 
 self and advantageous to them. In i860, 
 the University of Vermont conferred upon 
 him the honorary degree of Master of 
 
 Arts " 
 
 He became a voter in 1832, and identi- 
 fied himself with the "National Republi- 
 can" party, and has remained faithful to 
 its principles ever since. He has attended 
 45 State Conventions of his party, 40 of 
 
 which he attended in 39 successive years. 
 He was a delegate from Vermont to the 
 Republican Convention at Philadelphia in 
 1856, which nominated John C. Fremont. 
 He attended the two National Conventions 
 which nominated Gen. Grant. He was 
 the marshal for Washington County at the 
 " Log Cabin" Convention at Burlington in 
 1840, and president of the State Conven- 
 tion at Rutland in 1870 which nominated 
 Gen. P. T. Washburn for Governor. Being 
 a positive man, he was never in doubt as 
 to his support of men or measures. 
 
 He also taught school in the Center Vil- 
 lage in the winters of 1833, '34, being 
 hired'by Mr. Dryer by reason of ability to 
 govern a turbulent school that had been 
 very disorderly for a few winters, and the 
 scholars were brought into good subjec- 
 tion and discipline by him, so that for 
 many years the school felt the influence of 
 his teaching and government. 
 
 Mr. Carpenter is a firm believer in the 
 final restoration of all human intelligence 
 to holiness and happiness in God's own 
 good time. He has been a delegate, vice 
 president and president of the Universalist 
 State Convention for many years, and in 
 1877 it passed the following resolution : 
 
 Resolved, Thatihe thanks of this Con- 
 vention be tendered to the Hon. Heman 
 Carpenter for the able and efficient manner 
 in which he has executed the office of pres- 
 ident of this Convention for several years 
 past, and for the urbanity and good spirit 
 he has manifested toward all the members 
 of that Convention. 
 
 When Mr. Carpenter came to North- 
 field there were but 14 houses in the "Fac- 
 tory Village." He has borne his part 
 manfully in all the positions he has filled 
 by the suffrages of his fellow citizens, bear- 
 ing always his share of the burdens. 
 
 Mr. Carpenter married Harriet S. Gil- 
 christ, of Chelsea, Feb. 14, 1838, who was 
 born in Goffstown, N. H., Dec. 24, 1816. 
 They had 4 children : George Nathaniel, 
 Caroline Sophronia, Jason Heman, Abigail 
 Fidelia. 
 
 Mrs. Carpenter died June 21, 1865, and 
 Judge Carpenter married his present wife, 
 Mrs. Betsey S. Edgerton, Oct. 16, 1866, 
 at Burlington. She was born in Berlin, 
 
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 July 20, 1822, and was the widow of John 
 H. Edgerton, and daughter of Solomon 
 Nye. 
 
 JAMES GARY BARREL THAYER, 
 
 born in Braintree; Aug. 10, 1824; fourth 
 son of Dr. Samuel W. Thayer, came to 
 Northfield, and became clerk for George 
 B. Pierce about 1840, and has since, except 
 a few months in 1848, been a resident of 
 this town. In 1848, he became clerk for 
 H. H. Camp ; was in partnership with him 
 1 year, and wentinto the clothing business, 
 which he has since followed, and has been 
 treasurer of the Northfield savings bank 
 since it commenced operations in 1869; 
 in religion is an Episcopalian ; has. been 
 twice married ; has 4 children, 
 
 REUBEN M. MCINTOSH, 
 
 born in Bethel, 1823 ; was brought up a 
 farmer, but when of age learned the daguer- 
 rean art, and practiced in and about his 
 native town. ■ In 1853, he moved to North- 
 field, and worked in the first daguerrean 
 saloon established in this place. From 
 that time to within a few years he worked 
 at making pictures in the daguerrean, am- 
 brotype, and photograph process with 
 marked success. Latterly he has made a 
 specialty of taking stereoscopic views, and 
 among the noted places, he has visited are 
 the Ausable Chasm, Mount Mansfield, 
 and Black River Falls in Cavendish, taking 
 a great variety of scenes that commend 
 . "themselves. 
 
 ROSWELL CARPENTER 
 
 came to Northfield when the country was 
 very new, not far from 1787. He was 
 from Charlestown, N. H., married Louisa 
 Larkins of Rockingham. They had four 
 children : Elvira, Louisa, Roswell, Ursula ; 
 all born in Northfield. 
 
 Mr. Carpenter, it is said, was a good 
 dancer. So Col. George Cobleigh and 
 Adolphus Denney, Esq., loved to " trip 
 the light fantastic toe in the mazy dance," 
 and took great delight in parties. Proba- 
 bly there was no scientific violining in 
 those days, but a good deal of fiddling. 
 
 Dr. Matthew McClearn, born in 
 Nova Scotia, 1824, came herefrom Boston 
 and commenced the practice of medicine 
 in 1855. He came for the benefit of his 
 
 health, and remained 2 years ; is one of 
 the charter members of the Vermont State 
 Eclectic Medical Society, was its treasurer 
 27 years, its president i year, and is also a 
 member of the National Eclectic Medical 
 Association. He is married, and has 4 
 children. 
 
 Simon Eggleston, born in Middle- 
 town, N. Y., came here in 1793. He 
 worked for Judge Paine in his factory 21 
 years, and for the Governor 16 — a boss- 
 spinner much of the time, t)ut during his 
 last years a sorter of wool, and a more 
 faithful man to his employers, perhaps 
 never lived. 
 
 ALMON WEATHERBEE 
 
 moved from Moretown to Northfield in 
 1845 ! worked for Governor Paine in his 
 factory and ^rist-mill. He built the house 
 where his famil}' now live — the first house 
 on that hill. He was killed Dec. 11, 1867, 
 in the terrible railroad disaster at Harlow 
 Bridge. He was an industrious and good 
 citizen, and his sad death was lamented 
 by his fellow townsmen. He left a wife 
 and 3 children. 
 
 SILAS SHELDON, 
 
 born in Dorset, Jan. 25, 1794, came to 
 Northfield in 1816. He married Sarah 
 Richardson, Jan. 25, 18 18, for his first 
 wife, and Anna Richardson for his second, 
 Dec. 30, 1821, twin daughters of Stanton 
 and Anna Richardson. Thefirst wife died 
 Dec. I, i8i8, leaving twins, Silas Harmon 
 and Samuel Richardson, when 5 days old. 
 The second wife had : Chauncey D., Martin 
 B., Chauncey G. 
 
 DEA. CALVIN CADY, 
 
 born in Pomfret, Conn., 1786, located in 
 Berlin, this County, and worked for Porter 
 Perrin for $12 a month in haying, he 
 agreeing to do all the pitching both ways. 
 He and the hands would work until 8 
 o'clock at night, then milk the cows, eat 
 break and milk, and go to bed. He lived 
 at one time at Lanesville, and attended a 
 saw-mill. It is said, one night he was 
 standing on the carriage of the mill that 
 ran out over the end of the mill, and falling 
 partially asleep, stepped oflF, and fell some 
 20 feet, where it was rocks below : but 
 
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 there happened to be a slab which stood 
 one end against the mill and the other on 
 the rock, and he struck that on his back, 
 and bounded off to his feet, and was not 
 hurt. He removed to Northfield in 1828, 
 and by working hard keeping Judge Paine's 
 boarding-house, he succeeded in getting 
 into comfortable circumstances. He took 
 a great interest in his children as long as 
 he lived, and made it a point to get them 
 together as often as he could, especially on 
 thanksgivings. He was one of the deacons 
 of the Congregational church here, and 
 had the esteem and confidence both of his 
 church and townsmen. He married Betsey 
 Merrill, May, 1809, who was born in 1785. 
 Their children were: Almira, Abigail, 
 Calvin, jr., George, Eliza, Laura, Luther, 
 Lyman, Mary A. Mr. Cady died in 1867 ; 
 Mrs. Cady in 1858. 
 
 William Allen, now living on the old 
 homestead, is one of the oldest inhabitants 
 born in Northfield. He married Esther E. 
 Libby, of Strafford, in 1825 ; children : 
 Harrison P.,- Nancy, John L., Edna, 
 Emily E., Marietta C, JohnW., Amanda 
 L., all born in Northfield. 
 
 ITHAMAR ALLEN, JR., 
 
 born in 1778, came here from Gill, Mass., 
 with his father at a very early day, and 
 they settled near the north corner. Ith- 
 arnarj Jr., married Nancy, daughter of 
 Aquillo Jones, and moved to the Falls vil- 
 lage, and located on the farm now owned 
 by his son William, where his father lived 
 and died. At that time the whole valley 
 north of our Depot village was all a wil- 
 derness, and Aquillo bought this farm, 
 together with the Burnham place, for al- 
 most a song, and gave the former land to 
 his daughter Nancy. Their children were : 
 Elijah, William, Charles, Sally, Chloe, 
 Amanda, Edna, Warren, Adaline, born in 
 Northfield. Mr. Allen died in r86i, aged 
 83 years. 
 
 ABIJAH HOVifE, 
 
 born in Middleton, Mass., 1788, married 
 Martha Bridgman, of Hanover, N. H., 
 and came to Northfield in 1834, and 
 settled on the. farm where Walter Bow- 
 man now lives. Mr. Howe graduated at 
 Dartmouth in 18 10. They had 7 children : 
 
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 Theoda, Asa, Martha A., Sophia D., 
 Hannah S., Isaac B., Miraett. Mr. Howe 
 died in 1872, aged 83 ; Mrs. Howe in 1865, 
 aged 76 years. 
 
 ISAAC B. HOWE, ESQ., 
 
 came to Northfield, with his father, when 
 about 7 years old, where his boyhood days 
 were passed on a farm. At the age of 18 
 he commenced teaching school, but aban- 
 doned this in 2 years for civil engineering 
 on the Vermont Central railroad. He was 
 employed on that road and the Vermont 
 and Canada about 12 years, having charge 
 of the civil engineering and road repairs. 
 He is now a resident of Clinton, Iowa. He 
 has at various times made valuable im- 
 provements now in general use on rail- 
 ways, although but few of them have been 
 secured by letters patent. He also in- 
 troduced several novel and useful improve- 
 ments in the construction of the city water 
 works while president of the Clinton Water 
 Works Company. 
 
 In the .spring of 1861, Mr. Howe went to 
 Iowa, to take the position of chief engineer 
 and assistant superintendent of the railway 
 from Clinton to Council Bluffs. The next 
 season he was appointed superintendent of 
 the 350 miles of railroad from Clinton to 
 the Missouri river at Omaha, which posi- 
 tion he held until the summer of 1872, 
 when ill health compelled him to withdraw 
 from active railway service. 
 
 For several years Mr. Howe has been 
 extensively engaged in operating stone and 
 marble quarries in Iowa and Illinois, and 
 with his banking business keeps him in 
 constant employment. He is one of that 
 kind of men who prefer to "wear rather 
 than rust out.'' 
 
 Mr. Howe was representative of North- 
 field in 1857-58, and received other marks 
 of appreciation during his citizenship 
 among us. To show his love for the town 
 of his adoption i; as strong as ever, an ex- 
 tract from a letter is given : 
 
 This proposed history will not only be 
 of great interest to us who are now here, 
 but it will have a greater interest to. those 
 who are to succeed us. Mj; little " Hawk- 
 eye " son delights in hearing me tell of 
 what I did when I was a little boy, and I 
 derive pleasure from the recital, as the 
 
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 dream-like memories of the olden time al- 
 most bring back the perfume of the wild 
 flowers and fruits I gathered when a little 
 barefooted boy, forty years ago! Your 
 " history of Northfield would be to me what 
 my early history is to my children. It is 
 almost 17 years since I left Vermont, but 
 my interest in the State and in good old 
 Northfield remains as strong as ever, and 
 it gratifies me to know that I am not yet 
 quite forgotten, but *may still claim cit- 
 izenship in your hearts, if not in your 
 elections. 
 
 The family monument is in the North- 
 field cemetery, a portico monument of the 
 Doric order; base 7x12 feet from the 
 ground to the top of the pediments ; of 
 Vermont granite. The urn was executed 
 by J. S. Collins, of Barre; all other work 
 by Jones Trow, of Berlin ; original designs 
 by Isaac B. Howe. 
 
 JUSTUS BURNHAM, ESQ., 
 
 came here from Hardwick, Mass., quite 
 early, and worked at the carpenter trade, 
 building, with John Green, the first house 
 on Main street, where Mrs. William Nich- 
 ols resides. His children were : Betsey, 
 Anna, Hannah, Asa, Isabella, Arbijah, 
 Rhoda, David, Lydia, Violet. 
 
 LUTHER S. BURNHAM, 
 
 born in Brookfield, Feb. 18, 1797, came 
 to Northfield in 1840, and settled on a 
 farm at the Falls village, and was a man 
 respected and beloved. He married Lucy 
 Nelson, of Orange, 1798, and they had 6 
 children: James H., Harris, David N., 
 Elosia, Lucy Ann, Helen M. 
 
 REV. JAMES HARVEY BURNHAM 
 
 at an early age evinced a remarkable apti- 
 tude for study, especially for theology. As 
 he grew up, he wished to enter the minis- 
 try of the Universalist denomination, and 
 his whole soul seemed bent in that direc- 
 tion. His parents did not much favor the 
 idea, but at last consented. He attended 
 Newbury Seminary a few terms; taught 
 school with very good suqcess, and after a 
 while commenced preaching in Irasburgh, 
 Barton and Coventry. His sermons, like 
 his uniform bearing, were noted for clear- 
 ness, candor, and marked conscientious- 
 ness, rather than lively imagination, love 
 of sensation , or effort for popularity. Soon 
 after he married Ann P. Alexander, of 
 
 Northfield, and settled as a Universalist 
 minister in Troy, Vt. Here his health 
 failed him, and he returned to this town, 
 and engaged in trade at the Center vil- 
 lage. His wife died of consumption in 
 1848. After her death Mr. Burnham re- 
 sumed preaching and settled in Sacrappa, 
 Me. ; in 1850, married Mary A. Barnard, 
 of Southbridge, Mass., and became a part- 
 ner of Rev. Eli Ballou, at Montpelier, in 
 the book business and publishing of the 
 " Christian Repository,''^ where he remain- 
 ed till his death, Sept. 11, 1853, in the 
 full prime of his manhood, of consump- 
 tion, a loss to the denomination of which 
 he was a worthy member. 
 
 MARVIN SIMONS, 
 
 born in Williamstown, 1804, and his wife, 
 Olive Fisk, born Dec. 1806, moved here 
 in March, 1829, and died Dec. 1870, age 
 66. He was one of the oldest and best 
 citizens of the town, had resided here 40 
 years, was justice of the peace 19 years, 
 selectman 12, and during his life held 
 many large trusts. He never sought prefer- 
 ment, but his fellow citizens, without dis- 
 tinction of party, relying on his good judg- • 
 ment and integrity, kept him in service. 
 His children were: Marcellus M., Lycur- 
 gus L., Darrion A., Cordelia J., Olive M., 
 Alma A., Willie G. 
 
 FREEDOM EDSON. 
 
 At one time he owned all the land in 
 the FaHs village. He married Phebe Ship- 
 man; children: Daniel, Martin T., Bet- 
 sey, Eli, Sally, Sophia, Marietta, Sylves- 
 ter, Cynthia M.j Caroline E. 
 
 WILLIAM R. TUCKER, 
 
 who was born in Norwich, 1812, andcame 
 to this town in 1835, at one time owned 
 650 acres in the town. 
 
 JAMES GOULD, 
 
 born in Amesbury, Mass., 1803 ; married 
 Rebecca Morrill; their children were: 
 Mary E., Harriet B., Hannah R., James P. 
 About 1835, Mr. Gould came to North- 
 field, and, in company with Walter Little, 
 established a potato starch factory at Falls 
 village, which they successfully operated a 
 few years, until it was destroyed by fire. 
 He then engaged in woolen manufacturing, 
 a part of the time with Erastus Palmer, 
 
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 extending and enlarging as increasing 
 business warranted, until failing health 
 forced him to withdraw from business, 
 when he sold to his brother Joseph, and 
 passed much of his time with his children 
 in Wisconsin and Iowa, until 1867, when 
 he removed to Wisconsin, and in company 
 with his son engaged in the lumber busi- 
 ness, etc. Under the pressure of business 
 his health again failed. He died at Janes- 
 ville. May, 1877. 
 . Shrewd in business, but more anxious to 
 do justice to others than to exact the same ; 
 foremost in worthy enterprises ; never 
 seeking to make himself conspicuous, ac- 
 cepting office only when forced upon him ; 
 diffident, tender-hearted as a child, his 
 highest ambition seemed to be to do good 
 and make others happy. By his will, his 
 remains were brought back for burial in 
 our cemetery, and his last resting-place is 
 marked with a shaft of granite from the 
 green hills of the State he loved so dearly. 
 
 JOSEPH GOULD, 
 
 born in 1809 ; came to this town with his 
 brother James in 1835. In 1857, he pur- 
 chased the woolen factory at Gouldsville, 
 which was consumed by fire Jan. 31, 1873. 
 On the 23d of June next, he commenced to 
 rebuild on the old site, and in March, 1875, 
 put in operation a first-class mill. For 12 
 years previous to his death his son Joseph 
 W., had been in partnership with him in 
 the manufacturing business. He married 
 twice, and had 3 children: Joseph W., 
 Hannah C, Alice M. He united with the 
 Methodist church in 1863 ; was a leading 
 member here. The pipe organ in his 
 church at Northfield stands as a monu- 
 ment of his beneficence. 
 
 WALTER LITTLE, 
 
 born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1797 ; in 1813 
 was drafted as a soldier and stationed at 
 Portsmouth, and after his discharge worked 
 in the factory at Salisbury, Mass. He 
 came to Vermont in 1820, and worked for 
 Judge Paine in his factory 3 years, In 
 1823, he went back to Salisbury, and 
 worked a^ his trade till 1830, when he re- 
 turned to Northfield, brought his carding 
 machinery with him, and set it up at the 
 
 Falls village. James Gould, with 8 horses, 
 moved him from Salisbury, and bought 
 out Joseph Keyes' half interest in the grist, 
 saw and cloth-mills which they were run- 
 ning. Mr. Little and Joseph Keyes com- 
 menced the first building for a mill in 1824, 
 at the Falls ; James Gould going into part- 
 nership with Mr. Little in 1831. In 1832 
 Messrs. Little & Co. built the starch 
 mill ; 1837, they dissolved partnership, 
 Mr. Gould taking the custom-mill, and Mr. 
 Little the starch-mill. In 1847, Mr. Little 
 went to Barre, remaining 2 years, thence 
 to North Montpelier and engaged in 
 woolen manufacturing, where he died in 
 1859. He married Jerusha, daughter of 
 Samuel Richardson, in 1824, and they had 
 children : Hazen A., Sarah H., Walter S. 
 He was a successful business man, and 
 Northfield is indebted to him for starting 
 manufactures at the Falls village. He 
 gave employment to many laboring men 
 and women, and with his genial good na- 
 ture contributed much to the enjoyment of 
 those around him. He liked a good joke 
 and a good story, and knew when to make 
 business pleasant and agreeable ; and was 
 a leading and faithful mason. 
 
 WEST HILL, NORTHFIELD.' 
 
 A number of inhabitants settled here at 
 an eai-ly day on land belonging to the 
 town of Waitsfield, but in 1822 four tier of 
 lots were by act of the Legislature annex- 
 ed to Northfield. 
 
 WILLIAM COCHRAN, 
 
 from Hanover, N. H., made the begin- 
 ning there in 1798. He married Polly 
 Graves. Their son Stephen was the first 
 child born in that part of the town. Their 
 children were : William G., Lyman, Wel- 
 tha, Stephen, Washington, Edmund, Pol- 
 ly, James. 
 
 STEPHEN COCHRAN 
 
 resides at the Center village, is a tailor by 
 trade, and well respected. 
 
 DEA. DANIEL PARKER, 
 
 from Jaffrey, N. H., a year later than Mr. 
 Cochran, located on West Hill. He mar- 
 ried Jennia Cochran, of Peterboro, N. H., 
 and had 5 children. 
 
 Daniel Jr. graduated, called the best 
 scholar of his class, at Burlington college. 
 
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 Afterward was ordained a Congregational 
 minister, preached some 3 or 4 years in 
 Craftsbury; came back to South North- 
 field, where he lived on the Kathan farm ; 
 from there went to Brookfield, and pub- 
 lished a book called " The Constitutional 
 Instructor,'' designed for colleges and com- 
 mon schools ; while canvassing for this 
 work he visited Glover, and while there, 
 died at the house of Rev. Levi H. Stone. 
 He left a son who is now a physician of 
 considerable note in Texas. The Doctor 
 contributed from his father's papers two ar- 
 ticles for Mr. Gregory's book. Extracts : 
 
 THE DYE-TUB. 
 How bright Is the picture of childish emotion, 
 
 Wlien memory paints what I used to enjoy— 
 The froilc and fun, and each curious notion, 
 
 And all tlie droll capers I cut when a boy I 
 Tlie wide-spreading fire-place, and pile of wood by it' 
 
 The pot-hook and candlestick hung on a wire, 
 The porridge-pot, kettle, and frying pan nigh i , 
 
 And e'en tlie old dye-tub that stood by the fire; 
 That old wooden dye-tub, the wooden-hooped dye-tub, 
 
 The blue begrimmed dye-tub that stood by the fire, 
 
 '* I saw the stately towering trees, 
 I felt the soft and fragrant breeze, 
 
 A wild, romantic boy; 
 I heard the robin's early song, 
 I heard the warbling rills, — 
 With vast delight I roamed along 
 
 O'er Northfleld's rural hills." 
 
 " When with a lieart with care oppressed. 
 Wandering I seek a place of rest. 
 
 In which to find repose. 
 Where J In friendship's bowers reclined, 
 
 Enjoying rural bliss, may find 
 Oblivion for my woes. 
 From fancy's visionary flight, 
 O'er distant woods and i'llls. 
 Pleased with the well-known scenes I light 
 On Korthfleld's rural hills." 
 
 CAPT. HENRY KNAPP, 
 
 born in Claremont, N. H., Nov. 1787, 
 came to Northfield in 1808, and with Harry 
 Jones and Silas Rice, Jr., young men 
 about his age, commenced clearing land 
 around the four corners on West Hill, 
 where Mr. Knapp finally made for himself 
 a good home. These young men built a 
 shanty, took hemlock boughs for bedding, 
 got bread baked at Deacon Parker's, and 
 spent a few summers in clearing land ; in 
 the fall migrating South to Claremont, 
 and returning with the spring. It was a 
 happy day for Mr. Knapp when he suc- 
 ceeded in clearing an acre of land, and 
 getting it well sown with rye, because it 
 
 was his, and the result of his labors, though 
 they were obliged to go to Waitsfield to 
 get their potatoes at this time. 
 
 Years after, when Mr. Knapp had pros-, 
 pered, he conceived the idea of building a 
 large barn, and after cutting the timber 
 and preparing it by the old rule, the ques- 
 tion was how to raise it. The inhabitants 
 were few and greatly scattered, but at the 
 end of three days' hard labor from all that 
 could be induced to lend a helping hand 
 from the towns of Northfield, Waitsfield 
 and Roxbury, the barn was raised, and 
 stands to-day upon the old foundation. 
 
 Living on the main road frotu West 
 Roxbury to the " north ^neighborhood" in 
 Northfield, he often had new-comers lo- 
 cating farms call on him, and to his credit 
 always had his "latch string out," and 
 assisted to his ability those who after be- 
 came substantial citizens of our growing 
 and prosperous town. 
 
 He married Lucy, daughter of William 
 Keyes, in 1818, born in Northfield in 1798, 
 now living (1878), in the Depot village, 
 with her children. 
 
 George Henry died in Libby Prison, 
 Richmond, Va., in 1864; was a soldier 
 from Minnesota, and taken prisoner by the 
 rebels. - 
 
 SAMUEL U. RICHMOND, ESQ., 
 
 born in 1803, came to Northfield with his 
 father in 1823. He was a prominent man 
 in the Methodist church, and a leader in 
 the Democratic party. No man was ever 
 turned hungry from his door. He was 
 prompt, industrious, well regulated, and 
 his word was as good as his bond. He 
 moved to the Depot village, in 1867, and 
 died very suddenly in 1873. He married 
 Sophia, daughter of Capt. Henry Knapp ; 
 children; Samuel A., Henry C, Carlos S., 
 Lucy S., George H. 
 
 DR, N. W. GILBERT. 
 
 Norman W. Gilbert, born in Morris- 
 town, 1830, married Sarah Atwell, of 
 Waterbury, 1854; studied dentistry in 
 Lowell, Mass. ; 1858, settled in Northfield; 
 1867, removed to Montpelier; 1873, to 
 Boston, where, Jan. 1877, Mrs. Gilbert 
 died, and soon after the Doctor returned 
 
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 to Northfield. He is a graduate of the 
 Boston Dental College. 
 
 HON. DAVID W. HADLEY, 
 
 resides on the same place where his father 
 located. At the age of 16, on the death 
 of his father, he took charge of the farm 
 and family. He has been representative 
 and selectman — see town list for — and as- 
 sistant judge for Washington county in 
 1850, '51. Judge Hadley has the honor 
 of owning the lot, by actual calculation of 
 General Jackman, is not only the center 
 of Northfield, but the center of Vermont ; 
 lot 9, range 5, and originally belonged to 
 Peres Gallup. [This center of the State 
 honor is claimed by three towns, or more. 
 See Waitsfield to follow. — Ed.] Judge 
 Hadley married Louisa Brown of Willis- 
 ton, and has 8 children. 
 
 GURDON RANDALL, 
 
 born in Scotland, Conn., in 1795 ; when 8 
 years old came to Northfield with his 
 father, who settled in " Connecticut Cor- 
 ner." Mr. Randall was a carpenter and 
 joiner, and followed that business as long 
 as he lived. He married Laura S. War- 
 ner of Putney, born in 1803 ; they had 9 
 children: Gurdon Paine, Francis Voltaire, 
 Laura T., Jean J. R., Minerva, Rouena 
 M., Edward H. Citizen Frances Voltaire, 
 Charles Rush. 
 
 ALLEN BALCH, 
 
 born in Old Topsham, Mass., 1791, came 
 here in 1829, and settled on West Hill, 
 where John Plastridge lives. He started 
 out in the month of March, for his new 
 home, moving his family and effects with 
 a yoke of oxen on a sled. Getting as far 
 as Springfield, he found the snow so deep 
 he hired a stage-driver to take his family 
 to Northfield ; but found them a few days 
 after at Mr. Sampson's in Roxbury, the 
 driver not being able to go any further 
 with his team. Journeying along up 
 through the west part of the town, they 
 stopped over night at Capt. Henry Knapp's. 
 The women on the next morning had to 
 wade through the snow to get to their log- 
 house. He married Hepsebah Dodge of 
 N. H. ; 9 children; died in 1881. 
 
 ADIN SMITH, 
 
 born in Monkton, 1794, came from Rox- 
 
 bury to Northfield, and settled on the 
 West Hill in 1835. He married Lydia 
 Waterman, born in Brookfield, 1792 ; chil- 
 dren: Alvin F., Elvira E., John W., b 
 1819; Levi, b 1821 ; Danforth A., b 1825; 
 Fanny B., Gilbert O., b 1830; Mary L., 
 Wm. M. Adin Smith and wife made the 
 greatest sacrifice of any of our citizens, in 
 consenting that four of their sons, Levi, 
 Danforth, John and Gilbert, might enlist 
 to assist in putting down the rebellion, all 
 of whom gave their lives to this end, ex- 
 John, who returned. 
 
 WILLIAM A. GALLUP, 
 
 born in Hartland, May, 179S, came to 
 Northfield in 1817, and began a clearing, 
 boarding with David Denny and Isaiah 
 Shaw. Growing homesick, he went back 
 to Hartland. He was quite a military 
 man, and received a commission as lieu- 
 tenant of light artillery, from Gov. C. P. 
 Van Ness, in 1825. He married Betsey 
 Dodge, of Mass., and in 1828, came back 
 to Northfield to stay, settling in the N. W. • 
 part of the town, where his son, Jonathan 
 C. Gallup, until lately resided ; children : 
 J. C, Wm. W., Roderick O. Mrs. Gal- 
 lup died Mar. 1859, ^"d Mr. G. Apr. 1868. 
 J. C. Gallup, son of Wm. A., came to 
 Northfield with his father, was very suc- 
 cessful, and possessed one of the largest 
 tracts of land in Northfield. At the time 
 he sold his West Hill farm it contained 
 930 acres. He moved into the depot vil- 
 lage in 1866, and bought the fine resi- 
 dence formerly owned by Perky Belknap, 
 commanding one of the best views of the 
 village. He has been a lister, 1864-5-6, 
 and in 1874-8 ; was director and president 
 of the chair manufacturing company ; is 
 director in the Northfield National Bank ; 
 has a wife and 3 children. 
 
 SEWALL DAVIS, 
 
 born in Charlestown, N. H., in 1791, set- 
 tled in the west part of the town. Their 
 children were: Howard, Louisa, William, 
 Hannah. At the burning of Charlestown, 
 his Bible, while all the other books in the 
 book-case were burned, even those that 
 laid on the Bible, was preserved from de- 
 struction ; had only one cover somewhat 
 charred. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 JONATHAN BRIGGS, 
 
 from Putney,- about 1817, settled, after 
 living a while in the Center village, on the 
 farm on West Hill where his son Harvey 
 now resides. He was a constable here a 
 few ye^rs, and gave the land where the 
 yellow meeting-house stood, on condition 
 it should revert back to his heirs should it 
 not be used for such a purpose, which was 
 done accordingly after its removal. He 
 had 2 wives and 1 1 children. 
 
 James Steele, born in Antrim, N. H., 
 1793, married Esther Smith, in East Rox- 
 bury, 1815, born in Randolph, 1798. They 
 had 6 children. Mr. Steele died at the 
 old homestead, in 1869, and Mrs. Steele 
 in 1875. 
 
 Mr. Steele bought his farm of Nathan 
 Morse in 1829, for $3,700, but i acre 
 cleared, and moved on about April, draw- 
 ing his goods on a hand-sled about 2 
 miles, as there were no roads. His small 
 _ log-house was covered with hemlock bark, 
 and he had to build a fire on the ground 
 in the center of the house, the smoke going 
 up through a hole left open in the roof; 
 oiled paper was put up to slits in the logs 
 to admit light, and a blanket hung up for 
 a door. They had 3 children at the time. 
 He came from Brookfield to Northfield. 
 
 Warren Rice, born in Claremont, 
 N. H., Dec. 24, 1794, married Judith 
 Johnson, in Cornish, and moved to North- 
 field in 182 1 ; children: Ruhanna P., Al- 
 mira T., Arial K., Willard A. Mr. Rice 
 died Nov. 29, 1845. 
 
 Edward Ingalls, writing in the Argiis 
 and Patriot of this family, says : 
 
 Mrs. Rice''s mother lived to be 98 years 
 old, and could read without spectacles at 
 that age. At one time the men folks were 
 all gone, and Mrs. Rice was left alone 
 with Mr. Rice's father and mother, they 
 being infirm and unable to do anything 
 fol" themselves, and an invalid son of her 
 own, who was also helpless. The wind 
 was blowing strong from the north-west at 
 the time. Mrs. Rice thought she heard a 
 crackling like fire. Looking about to see 
 what it was, she found the roof of the 
 house in flames, and burning smartly. 
 She carried water quite a distance into th6 
 attic, and put the fire out in the inside so 
 she could open the " scuttle, when she 
 
 climbed out on the roof and put it out 
 there also. 
 
 DAVID R. TILDEN, 
 
 writer of a "chronicle on the war made 
 on Gov. Paine and the friends of the pro- 
 jected railroad route through Northfield," 
 published in the Montpelier Watchman — 
 see Mr. Gregory's for pages 161-164. — He 
 was born in William.stown in 1800, resided 
 some years in this town, had three wives, 
 one son Ai N., by his first, 5 children by 
 his second, and two by his third. He 
 died in Plattsburgh, N. Y., in 1847. 
 
 FRANK PLUMLEY. 
 
 born in Eden, was reared on a farm, and 
 had no other advantages than farming boys 
 generally have ; for several years taught 
 school in districts and academies both 
 East and West; in 1866, entered the law 
 office of Powers & Gleed, at Morrisville ; 
 in 1867, the Law Department of Michigan 
 University, and also pursued a selected 
 course of the Literary Department of that 
 University, and in 1869, was admitted to 
 practice law at the Lamoille County Court ; 
 June following, came to Northfield, and 
 entered the law office of Hon. Heman 
 Carpenter ; Jan. 1870, the firm of Carpenter 
 & Plumley was formed ; dissolved by lim- 
 itation in 1876; Dec. 1877, became senior 
 partner of the firm of Plumley & Johnson. 
 In 1871, Mr. Plumley married Lamina L. 
 Fletcher, of Eden, then preceptress of 
 Northfield Graded School, and they have 
 2 children, Charles Albert and Theodora 
 May. 
 
 [Mr. Plumley prepared the history of 
 Eden for -vol. 11 of the Gazetteer.] 
 
 SOME OF THE EARLY ANECDOTES OF 
 
 THE TOWN. 
 
 BY HON. HEMAN CAKI E.NTEB. 
 
 Capt. Henry Knapp, one of the early 
 settlers in the southwest part of Northfield, 
 that part set from Waitsfield, was a well- 
 to-do farmer, just in all his dealings, want- 
 ing just what belonged to him, and with a 
 due regard to the rights of others. This 
 trait of his character was well brought out 
 by a little incident that occurred about 40, 
 years ago. His farm lying near the base 
 of the mountain between Waitsfield and 
 Northfield, the sheep-pastures and folds 
 
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 were liable to be visited by bears which 
 some seasons were very destructive to the 
 sheep in that neighborhood. About 1839, 
 or near that time, a great hunt was planned. 
 The inhabitants of Roxbury, Warren, 
 Waitsfield and Northfield were to assemble 
 under their respective commanders. The 
 Roxbury forces under the command of 
 Esquire Orcutt ; Warren forces under 
 Capt. Sargent; Waitsfield forces under 
 Capt. Campbell, and Northfield forces un- 
 der the leadership of Capt. Samuel Duns- 
 moor. The preliminaries being previously 
 settled, the forces took up the line of march 
 at a given hour. It was a bright October 
 day. Capt. Knapp put up teams in his 
 stable, and went to the hunt. Heman 
 Carpenter, a Mr. Timothy, and Mr. Gla- 
 zier put up their teams in the Captain's 
 stable. After a tiresome day, climbing 
 precipices and crossing ravines, they reach- 
 ed Capt. Knapp's home just at dusk, tired 
 and hungry as bears, but " nary " a bear 
 was seen that day. The three gentlemen 
 above named, called at the house of Capt. 
 Knapp, just as the family were about to sit 
 down to their supper. Mr. C. inquired of 
 the Captain if he and his friends might sup 
 with them, assuring him that he should be 
 paid. "O, yes," said the Captain, "cer- 
 tainly." They sat down ; there was a plen- 
 tifiil supply of fried pork, potatoes, brown 
 bread and new cider, and better justice was 
 never done to the eatables. Supper over, 
 Mr. Carpenter says to the Captain, "what 
 is to pay?" The Captain replied, "that 
 he should charge 124 cents for each horse, 
 and should charge Mr. C. I2i for his sup- 
 per, and the other gentlemen 10 cents 
 each for their supper," adding, " I think 
 Mr. C, you eat a little more than they did." 
 Mr. C. thanked him for his kindness, ac- 
 knowledged the justice and reasonableness 
 of the demand, paid the bill and departed 
 for home. In 1847 and 1848, Mr. C. rep- 
 resented the town in the legislature, and 
 received the cordial support of the Captain, 
 and in consideration of the fitness and 
 qualifications of the Captain, Mr. C. ap- 
 pointed him justice of the peace for those 
 2 years. 
 Amos Robinson, the first settler of 
 
 Northfield, was a man of strong build and 
 dark complexion. He began his "clear- 
 ing " near the east line of the town next 
 to Williamstown, and as was the custom 
 in those days, a bell was hung with a strap 
 around the cow's neck, and the cow turned 
 into the woods to browse. One night his 
 cow did not come up, and he could not 
 find her. The next morning he renewed 
 the search, and finding her trail, followed 
 it through the woods, and in the afternoon 
 came into a clearing in the town of Wash- 
 ington. He was discovered by the owner 
 of the clearing, and taken for an Indian, 
 the man in great fright ran for his log- 
 cabm, screaming, " The Injuns are com- 
 ing!" " The Injuns are coming!" Mr. 
 Robinson followed to the cabin door, how- 
 ever, and succeeded in satisfying the in-" 
 mates he was no " Injun," but an honest 
 settler of Northfield in pursuit of a stray 
 cow, and finding it, he returned home 
 through the woods, a distance of about 8 
 miles, contented that no worse thing had 
 befallen him than to have been taken for 
 an Indian. 
 
 Rev. Joel Winch [see biography, page 
 622] , was a very shrewd, jovial, homespun 
 kind of a man, full of fun and anecdote. 
 He was a good farmer, and a pretty good 
 preacher. He would work the six days, 
 and on Sundays preach in school-houses in 
 the surrounding neighborhoods. On one 
 occasion he was holding forth in the 
 school-house near the head of Berlin pond. 
 It was haying time, and the sturdy tillers 
 of the soil filled the house, and being 
 wearied through the labors of the week, 
 and having confidence in the good elder at 
 the helm, his congregation had mostly re- 
 clined their heads to take a gentle snooze. 
 The Elder, discoursing upon the fall of 
 Adam, described in the 3d chapter of Gen- 
 esis, stopping short, and casting his eyes 
 deliberately over the sleepy congregation, 
 taking in the situation, cried out at the 
 top of his voice, "Adam, where art thou ? " 
 The sleepers awoke, surprised and aston- 
 ished, looking at each" other with amaze- 
 ment. The preacher resumed, and there 
 was no more snoozing in the congregation 
 that day. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 About 1833 or '4, the Congregational 
 society in town had arranged to settle a 
 young minister by the name of Furguson, 
 and it was said their purpose was to ap- 
 propriate the ministerial lands in town to 
 the use of their denomination. To head 
 off this arrangement, and to secure the 
 lands to the use of schools, it was arrang- 
 ed to settle Elder Winch over the Uni- 
 versalist society, and for him to deed the 
 lands to the town for the use of schools. 
 Accordingly, Elder Winch was installed 
 over the Universalist society according to 
 the usages of that denomination, and he 
 deeded the lands to the town, for the use 
 of the common schools. 
 
 The Elder for several succeeding Sun- 
 days preached to his new society in the 
 " old yellow meeting-house " at the Center 
 village, on the east side of what is now the 
 " burying-ground." On one of these Sab- 
 baths the Elder was discoursing with great 
 earnestness and eloquence upon the de- 
 generacy of the race and the hypocrisy of 
 the times, when he rounded off a climax by 
 saying: " My. Christian friends, I tell 
 you there is more church lumber than 
 church member in this sinful world." This 
 utterance was characteristic of the Elder, 
 and was original with him. 
 
 [ The newspapers had out a few years 
 since another Northfield anecdote. A 
 farmer in Moretown, it seems, took his 
 fatted hog after slaughtered to Northfield 
 to sell. The Northfield butcher in a fit of 
 generosity patronizingly said the hog being 
 such a fine one, he would make him a pres- 
 ent of the head, which he accordingly did, 
 then weighed the hog minus the head and 
 paid for it. It took the unsophisticated 
 seller a number of days before he could 
 settle it in his head how the butcher could 
 keep his usual health under such a chronic 
 attack of generosity, but he saw the point 
 at last, and found he had not only sold 
 pork, but himself a little, also.] 
 
 ' RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 
 
 PROM HON. JOHN GREQOBY. 
 
 To show how the different societies in 
 Northfield stood as to numbers when the 
 law required the legal voters to express 
 their preference where the ministerial 
 
 money should be distributed, from the 
 town records the report of the committee : 
 
 June 3, 1823, division of ministerial money 
 as follows : 
 
 Methodist Society $12 83 
 
 Congregationalist Society 8 42 
 
 Restorationist Society '7 24 
 
 Free Will Baptist Society 13 23 
 
 Christian Society..^ 5 6l 
 
 Division for 1825, as follows : 
 
 Free Will Baptist Society $7 62 
 
 Congregationalist Society 6 ri 
 
 Restorationist Society H 33 
 
 Christian Society 4 27 
 
 Methodist Society 25 00 
 
 Oliver Averill, Nathan Green, Virgil 
 Washburn, Joel Winch, Harry Emerson, 
 committee ; Elijah Smith, town clerk. 
 
 THE UNION MEETING-HOUSE, 
 
 at the Center village, was the first one 
 built in this town, and was completed in 
 1820; building committee: Amos Rob- 
 inson, Charles Jones, Freedom Edson, 
 Nathaniel Jones and Oliver Averill. 
 
 At a meeting of the proprietors, Apr. 6, 
 1820, for selling the pews, it was voted 
 one-fourth the value be paid in money, 
 and the other three-fourths in stock or 
 grain, and that the house should be com- 
 pleted by the first day of November, and 
 at that time a payment of money and 
 stock to be made. The whole number of 
 pews, 50, were all sold at public auction 
 save 12, for $760. 
 
 The division of time for each denomina- 
 tion reported by the committee was as 
 follows : 
 
 The Methodist Society, first Sabbath in 
 each month except February and March ; 
 the Restorationist Society, the third Sab- 
 bath in each month and fifth in August ; 
 the Congregational Society, fourth Sab- 
 bath in each month except March and 
 August; the remainder to the Free Will 
 Baptist Society. 
 
 Josiah B. Strong, Oliver Averill, Na- 
 thaniel Jones, Joel Winch, committee. 
 
 This first house built in Northfield for 
 religious worship was of humble preten- 
 sions, painted yellow, and there being no 
 steeple or cupola upon it, it resembled a 
 barn very much., and hence became a bye- 
 word, and was called by the irreligious 
 " God's yellow barn." In process of time 
 other churches, more expensive and de- 
 
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 sirable, were built in town, and this plain 
 but. comfortable old-fashioned meeting- 
 house was sold to the Catholics, and 
 placed upon the land in the Depot village 
 given them by Gov. Paine, where with 
 some new improvements it made a respect- 
 able appearance. 
 
 [Whereupon some Catholic wag of the 
 day wrote :] 
 AN impromptu: " god's yellow barn." 
 
 It had the hue of gold In its color in the earlier day. 
 And It was named In rather of an irreligious way; 
 The wicked Protestant boys called it a house for cattle, 
 That is, called It barn I what a barn 's for certain- 
 naughty tattle ! 
 And God^g 1 who did at length, it seems, vindicate his 
 
 claim- 
 So it had a regeneration and bears, at last, a Catholic 
 
 name. 
 Ah 1 little did he know who painted it- that odd fellow. 
 It had the tetnt of the Pope, Pat,— the Pope's flag is 
 yellow. 
 
 Was it prophetic ? the Puritan's brush made it gold- 
 
 enly so ; 
 That beautiful, radiant, peerless color of the sunl 
 Instead of some dull and clod-like, and pitiful dun ; 
 Only He who sees the " beginning and end may know;" 
 He did know; but it " looks respectable " now, says 
 
 Gregory, John; 
 Bemoved from "ye old grounds," "some new Im- 
 provements made upon." 
 
 [" The little old yellow meeting-house," 
 that was, soon however, was burned — by 
 lightning, whereupon the joke seemed to 
 return upon the author of the impromptu — 
 who it seems took it silently. See Catho- 
 lic record, later.], 
 
 METHODISM IN NORTHFIELD. 
 BY REV. A. C. STEVENS. 
 
 Northfield was first settled on East Hill 
 in 1785, by Amos and Ezekiel Robinson 
 and Stanton Richardson. One of these, 
 at least, Stanton Richardson, belonged 
 to the Methodist church. It was not how- 
 ever till some few years later that the first 
 Methodist class was formed. The first 
 class-leader was William Keyes. The 
 names of those who were members of this 
 class, as near as can now be ascertained, 
 were — William Keyes, leader, Stanton 
 Richardson, Elijah Smith, Joseph Nich- 
 ols, and their wives. 
 
 The first Methodist preacher formally 
 appointed to Vermont was Nicholas. Sne- 
 then, in 1796, to what was then known as 
 Vershire Circuit. It is probable, how- 
 
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 ever, that the Methodist itinerant had be- 
 fore this date preached the word of life 
 within the bounds of this State. The 
 General Conference of 1800 placed the 
 whole of Vermont, New Hampshire, Can- 
 ada, much of Connecticut, and all of New 
 York east of the Hudson, in the New 
 York Conference. This large terrFtory 
 was divided into districts. Pittsfield Dis- 
 trict embraced New York city, the whole 
 of Long Island, extended northward, em- 
 bracing Vermont, and stretching far into 
 Canada. It was, however, not till about 
 1804 that regular Methodist preaching was 
 sustained in Northfield, when the Barre 
 circuit was formed, embracing some dozen 
 towns, of which Northfield was one. The 
 first regular Methodist preachers in the 
 the town were Elijah Hedding and Da,n 
 Young ; but little is recorded of the latter ; 
 One, however, who remembers him, speaks 
 of him as " tall and slim in person, full of 
 zeal for the Master, much like Stonewall 
 Jackson in appearance." The other, Eli- 
 jah Hedding, became afterwards well 
 known as one of the bishops of the M. E. 
 Church. The preaching service was held 
 in the barns and log-houses of the people. 
 The preachers would come around once in 
 two or four weeks, as the extent of the 
 circuit would admit. It was not till 1820, 
 the first meeting-house was erected in 
 town, a " Union Church," built at the 
 Center village — "the old Yellow Meeting- 
 house." The Methodists had the privi- 
 lege of occupying it a part of the time. 
 The names of but few of the preachers to 
 1820 can now be recalled by the older in- 
 habitants of the town. 
 
 Soon after Hedding and Young left the 
 circuit, Eleazer Wells and Warren Bannes- 
 ter were preaching to the scattered flock in 
 demonstration of the Spirit and with pow- 
 er. Elder Beals and the eccentric and stir- 
 ring Joel Winch were preachers of that 
 early day. Elder Branch, David Kilborn 
 and Elder Streeter, Rev. Mr. Southerland, 
 also, a good preacher from or near Boston, 
 came up into the wilderness to seek the 
 lost sheep. The Union church was com- 
 pleted in 1820. About this time. Elder- 
 J. F. Adams was on the circuit. Under 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 his labors there was a sweeping revival, 
 — whole families were converted. 
 
 From 1820 to 1830, the preachers on the 
 circuit, as far as now can be ascertained, 
 were: 1823, Wilder Maclc and Elder Ma- 
 hew ; 1824-5, John Lord and David Les- 
 ley. Lesley was a massive built man, 
 height some 6 feet, 4 inches, — A man of 
 faith and zeal. Horace Spaulding also 
 preached here before 1830. 
 
 In 1827, C. D. Cahoon and Chester 
 Levings were on the circuit. Then follow- 
 ed William McCoy, C. R. Harding and 
 Eleazer Jordan. Most of these devoted men 
 have gone home. 1830-40, John Nason 
 and F. T. Dailey traveled the circuit. 
 John Nason is spoken of as a " powerful 
 man, burning with zeal, who had warm 
 friends and bitter enemies." Under his 
 labors another revival swept over North- 
 field. About this time, the name of Elisha 
 J. Scott appears as one of the ministers on 
 the circuit, a young man of earnestness 
 and piety, and this being his first appoint- 
 ment. The names of Haynes Johnson, 
 then a young man, Washington Wilcox, 
 Ariel Fay, a great worker, Moses Sander- 
 son, J. A. Scarritt and Samuel Richardson 
 appear among those stationed here ; and 
 Elder Cowen, and about 1835, John 
 Smith, more widely known as "Happy 
 John," then a young man, preached on 
 the circuit. Few who have seen or heard 
 " Happy John" will ever forget him. He 
 was a man of medium height, compactly 
 built, with a bright eye, and a voice as 
 clear and ringing as a trumpet. At camp 
 meetings he was in his element. He was 
 not a great preacher, but frequently one of 
 the most powerful men in prayer and ex- 
 hortation that Vermont Methodism has 
 known. 
 
 In this decade Northfield is put down in 
 the Minutes as a station by itself, able to 
 support a mmister all the time — with a 
 membership between 300 and 400. 
 
 1840-50 : From 1820 to 1842, the Meth- 
 odist church in Northfield worshipped in 
 the " Union meeting-house," or in private 
 houses. In 1842, Gov. Paine, who had built 
 a church at the " Depot Village " for the 
 accommodation of the workmen in his 
 
 factory, gave the Methodists the privilege 
 of occupying this house as their place of 
 worship. A. T. UuUard, one of the fath- 
 ers in the Vermont Conference, was the 
 stationed preacher that ye'ar. During the 
 decade the following ministers were sta- 
 tioned at Northfield : A. T. Bullard, John 
 Currier, J. H. Patterson, A. Webster, A. 
 G. Button, John G. Dow. The most of 
 these men are now living. They have 
 done noble service, and their names will 
 be inseparably connected with the history 
 of Vermont Methodism. 
 
 1850-60 : At the beginning of this dec- 
 ade H. P. Gushing was stationed at North- 
 field. During his pastorate the "Paine 
 meeting-house " became too small to ac- 
 commodate the worshippers, and was en- 
 larged. W. J. Kidder succeeded. Mr. 
 Gushing. The sudden death of Governor 
 Paine occurred in 1853. His church was 
 thrown into the market and sold at public 
 auction, and bought by the Congregational 
 Society, and the Methodist Society lost 
 their place of worship. But their courage 
 was equal to the demands of the hour. 
 Cheered and led on in the work by their 
 earnest and wide-awake pastor, W. J. 
 Kidder, the foundation of a new church 
 was laid on Main street, during the month 
 of May, 1854; and dedicated to the wor- 
 ship of Almighty God in Deceniber of the 
 same year. The ministers who followed 
 Mr. Kidder to i860, were E. A. Rice, W. 
 D. Malcom and I. McAnn. 
 
 1860-70 : The pastors of the church 
 during this decade were A. L. Cooper, J. 
 A. Sherburn, S. H. Colburn, J. Gill, and 
 R. Morgan. During Mr. Morgan's pasto- 
 rate the church was enlarged and beauti- 
 fied, rendering it now one of the best 
 churches in the Vermont Conference. 
 
 The next decade (1870) opens with the 
 pastorate of A. C. Stevens, the present 
 pastor of the church. During the entire 
 history of the M. E. Church in Northfield 
 a revival spirit has prevailed among both 
 pastors apd members. It has now a mem- 
 bership of between 200 and 300, a church 
 valued at $12,000, a parsonage valued 
 at $2,000. 
 
 The officers of the church now are : Pas- 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
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 tor, Rev. A. C. Stevens ; class-leaders, 
 S. V. Richmond, Hosea Clark, John Wil- 
 ley, Eli Latham, Hugh S. Thresher. 
 
 METHODIST RECORD, 1870-1878. 
 
 BY REV. W. J. KIDDER. 
 
 A. C. Stevens, pastor 1870-71-72 ; W. 
 R. Pufier, 1873; W. D. Malcom, 1874; 
 A. B. Truax, 1875-76-77 ; O. M. Bout- 
 well, 1878. 
 
 For many years there has been a flourish- 
 ing Sunday-school connected with the 
 church. H. R. Brown is superintendent, 
 with 23 officers and teachers, 200 schol- 
 ars, and 300 vols, in the library. ' The 
 present membership of the church is : Pro- 
 bationers, 24; in full membership, 320; 
 total, 344. 
 
 Several ministers have been raised up 
 here, prominent among whom was Paul 
 C. Richmond, many years a member of 
 the Maine Conference, who, after a long 
 and successful ministry, a few years since 
 crossed the dark river, and went triumph- 
 antly to his reward ; and others are still in 
 the field gathering sheaves for their Master 
 in the Vermont, New England and Provi- 
 dence Conferences. In the year 1870 a 
 perpetual lease of a piece of ground was 
 secured for camp-meetings, and by an act 
 of the Legislature, the Central Vermont 
 Camp-Meeting Association was incorpo- 
 rated, with power to hold all the property 
 necessary for the purpose of holding c^mp- 
 meetings, or any other meetings of a re- 
 ligious character, Sunday-schools, picnics, 
 or temperance meetings, and all such prop- 
 erty to the amount of $10,000 is to be free 
 from taxation. This ground has been 
 fitted up at an expense of some $2,000. 
 Several cottages have been erecte ! thereon 
 by the different societies of the Montpelier 
 district, and by private individuals as 
 family residences, and camp-meetings have 
 been held on the ground annually, we 
 think with good success. 
 
 H. W. Worthen was pastor in 1879, 80, 
 81. In 1879, t'^^ members residing in 
 Roxbury were organized into a Society, 
 and their connection with the Northfield 
 church ceased. 
 
 The present membership of the church 
 
 is as follows : probationers, 42 ; in full 
 membership, 185 ; total, 227. 
 Northfield, Jan. 19, 1882. 
 
 UNIVERSALISM IN NORTHFIELD. 
 FROM REV. JOHN QRSGORY'S BOOK. 
 
 At an early day many prominent men 
 manifested a desire to have Universalist 
 mebtings in town, and consequently an 
 occasional meeting was held, as a preacher 
 of that faith came along and desired to ad- 
 dress the people. School-houses, private 
 houses, barns and groves were used by 
 the early pioneers of Universalism, the 
 friends feeling it a blessed privilege to oc- 
 cupy such humble places, where they 
 could listen to the preached words. Tim- 
 othy Bigelow was the first man we have 
 any account of addressing the citizens of 
 Northfield, on the subject of Universal- 
 ism. We learn by the town records that 
 he was ordained in Barnard, Sept. 21, 
 1809, by the Universalist Convention, 
 Thomas Barnes being moderator, and 
 Hosea Ballou, clerk. He commenced 
 preaching in Northfield about that time, 
 and there are those now living who re- 
 member him. 
 
 No record has been preserved of the 
 Universalist preachers who labored in this 
 section up to 1821, when the union 
 meeting-house was built in the Center vil- 
 lage, and the members of that order, by 
 contributing to its erection, claimed as 
 large, if not the largest portion of it for 
 holding their public ministrations. We 
 learn that Father Palmer, who had for- 
 merly been connected with the Christian 
 denomination, became a believer in "the 
 restitution of all things," and preached 
 with great unction and power in different 
 parts of this town. Father Farwell. of 
 Barre, a devout man, preached as oppor- 
 tunity presented in Northfield and vicinity, 
 and had great success in making pros- 
 elytes to that faith. On dwelling on the 
 love of God, he would frequently be so 
 carried away with his feelings that he 
 would cry knd laugh at the same time, 
 and men and women of other names were 
 led to admit that he was honest in his 
 feelings ; that he believed his doctrine was 
 the power of God unto salvation. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 The Universalist church in the Center 
 village was built in the summer of 1841, 
 Jesse Averill. Harvey Tilden and Joel 
 Parker being the building committee. 
 Fathers Streeter, Palmer, Sampson, E. 
 Ballou, A. Scott, and other Universalist 
 clergymen took part in the dedicatory 
 services. For a time it was quite a sub- 
 stantial.building, and although up to this 
 day a majority of the pews are held by 
 this order, others of weaker means are al- 
 lowed to use it for funeral occasions, and 
 occasionally on the Sabbath, without 
 charge. But time, the great leveller, has 
 written decay upon its walls, and soon it 
 will be numbered with the things that 
 were. 
 
 Rev. L. H. Tabor was the first preacher 
 employed after this house was built, and 
 he labored here but half the time, being 
 engaged the other half at Plainfield. Rev. 
 Alanson Scott followed him in 1843, and 
 was the first clergyman of that order who 
 resided here. Rev. R. S. Sanborn succeed- 
 ed him, preaching a short time, and since 
 him other preachers supplied the desk one- 
 half or one quarter of the time, until the 
 new church was built at the Depot village, 
 when the old one was abandoned entirely 
 by those who built it. 
 
 Among the prominent Universalists who 
 contributed liberally to the erection of one 
 or both churches at the Center village, 
 were Amos Robinson, Jesse and Oliver 
 Averill, Lebbeus Bennett, Elijah Burn- 
 ham, Isaac P. Jenks, John West, John 
 Starkweather, Heman Carpenter, Roswell 
 Carpenter, Judge Robinson, David R. Til- 
 den, Thomas S. Mayo, Samuel Fisk, Sid- 
 ney Hatch, Moses Robinson, Sherman 
 Gold, Harvey Tilden, I.'W. Brown, Lewis 
 Hassam, Volney H. Averill, Joel Parker, 
 Elijah Pride, William Wales, Mrs. Hurl- 
 burt, and others. 
 
 - After repeated efforts to get a vote to 
 build a new church in the Depot village, 
 for the railroad was drawing business, the 
 post-office and a majority of the citizens 
 to that place, a vote was passed to take 
 measures to purchase the land and proceed 
 vvith the building. In November, 1858, 
 at a society meeting, 5 1 votes were cast 
 
 to locate said church on the H. M. Bates 
 lot, north of the common, and H. Tenney, 
 T. A. Miles, J. C. Gault, Sherman Gold 
 and John Gregory were appointed a build- 
 ing committee. The church was com- 
 pleted the following summer, dedicated to 
 God in the usual form December, 1859, 
 and Rev. O. H. Tillotson selected as pas- 
 tor, and commenced his labors the first 
 Sunday in January, i860, at a salary of 
 $1,000 per year. The society prospered 
 under his ministration, for he was well 
 liked, honoring his profession as he did by 
 a well-ordered life. He died in Northfield 
 in 1863, aged. 47 years, lamented by a 
 large parish, leaving a wife and one son. 
 Of him it might have been said : "A good 
 man has fallen." 
 
 His remains were interred in our beau- 
 tiful Elmwood, and many a tear has fallen 
 upon his grave, at the recollection of his 
 manly bearing and Christian usefulness. 
 
 Rev. Eli Ballou supplied the pulpit un- 
 til the Rev. C. W. Emerson was settled as 
 pastor, who labored with them 3 years. 
 Then followed the Rev. Stacy Haines Mat- 
 lack, an excellent young brother, who, in 
 feeble health, preached to the society near- 
 ly one year, but was compelled to resign 
 his pasturate, and died at the home of his 
 parents, in Eaton, O., Apr. 15, 1870, age 
 30 years. He was a graduate of St. Law- 
 rence University at Canton, N. Y., of the 
 class of '71. and Northfield was his first 
 charge. 
 
 The Rev. R. A. Green followed Mr. 
 Matlack, remaining 5 years. Since then 
 the hard times and the removal of many 
 friends, have greatly embarrassed the so- 
 ciety. Rev. W. M. Kimmell, of Ohio, 
 commenced his labors as pastor the first 
 Sunday in May, 1878. 
 
 FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 This denomination had quite a good so- 
 ciety in 1823, so that they drew more pub- 
 lic" money than the Methodists that year. 
 But schism got in among them, they died 
 out, and have no longer a name to live in 
 Northfield. Elder Nathaniel King was 
 their prominent preacher 
 
 Sylvanus, son of Col. Ezekiel Robinson, 
 was ordained as a Baptist Elder, by the 
 
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 laying on of hands, by Elders James Mor- 
 gan, George Hackett, and Ziba Pope, Feb. 
 27, 1 821, and preached here and else- 
 where as opportunity presented. 
 
 James Morgan was ordained as a Bap- 
 tist Elder, June, 1822, by Elders Daniel 
 Batchelder and Thomas Moxley, and 
 preached considerable in Northfield. Ma- 
 ny years have passed since the Baptists 
 gave up their organization, and the writer 
 has not been able to find one of that order 
 that can give him a history of the rise and 
 decline of this once prominent society. 
 Deacon Nathaniel Jones was its principal 
 lay member, and his zealous advocacy of 
 Millerism not only tended to break up the 
 Baptist society, but injured him in point 
 of property. John Gregory. 
 
 REV. NATHANIEL KING. 
 
 From an obituary by Elder Henderson, 
 who preached his funeral sermon : 
 
 Died in Northfield, Oct. 18, 1852, Elder 
 Nathaniel King, aged 85J years. He was 
 torn in Hampstead, N. H. ; at 8 years, 
 his father removed to Sutton, N. H., 
 where he resided until 2i years of age. 
 At 22, he visited Tunbridge, Vt., which 
 was new and but sparsely settled, purchas- 
 ed a tract of land and commenced making 
 improvements. In 1794 he married Miss 
 Lydia Noyce, which relation was sustain- 
 ed with honor and fidelity 58 years. He 
 was permitted to see an interesting family 
 gathered around him. In 1799, he indulg- 
 ed a hope in Christ, and in 1802, was pub- 
 licly consecrated to the work of the gos- 
 pel ministry. His ministerial labors will 
 live in grateful remembrance while his re- 
 mains moulder in the dust. He felt deep- 
 ly interested for the heathen in his blind- 
 ness, the slave in his chains, and the poor 
 around him. 
 
 He contributed fioo for the endowment 
 of the Free Will Baptist Biblical School 
 at Whitestown, N. Y., jfijo for the Bible 
 cause, $350 for the Mission cause, and 
 other benevolent enterprises shared in his 
 liberal contributions. 
 
 Of his useful life, 42 years were spent in 
 Tunbridge and Randolph, and 14 years in 
 Northfield. In each of these towns he se- 
 cured the confidence and esteem of his 
 
 townsmen, and as a token of their esteem 
 and confidence he was appointed to oflS- 
 ces of trust, and for 13 years represented 
 the town of Tunbridge in the Legislature. 
 
 Elder King, as a husband and parent, 
 was kind and affectionate ; as a citizen, 
 upright and patriotic ; as a Christian, hum- 
 ble, faithful and consistent ; as a minister, 
 in his public ministrations plain, direct 
 and fearless, — in labors untiring, and suc- 
 cessful. He was long spared to bless the 
 church and the world. 
 
 His. sickness was protracted and dis- 
 tressing; but he repeatedly assured his 
 friends that the doctrine he had preached 
 for more than half a century sustained him 
 in the time of trial. His end was calm 
 and triumphant. In his removal, one of 
 the strong men and faithful watchmen of 
 Zion has fallen. M. C. Henderson. 
 
 East JRandolph, Oct. 25, 1852. 
 
 OBITUARY OF MRS. NATHANIEL KING. 
 
 Lydia, widow of the late Rev. Nathan- 
 iel King, died in Middlesex, Feb. 5, aged 
 90 years, 6 months. She was born in 
 Bow, N. H., and when quite young, re- 
 moved to Tunbridge, Vt., where she re- 
 sided many years. In 1794, she married 
 the man whose relation was enjoyed for 58 
 years. She indulged a hope in Christ in' 
 in 1799, and soon after received baptism 
 and united with the F. Baptist church in 
 Tunbridge. During the 50 years' minis- 
 try of her husband, she ever encouraged 
 him in his work, and enjoyed the satisfac- 
 tion of having .contributed much to the 
 cause of Christ. Her interest was identi- 
 fied with the denomination for 70 years, 
 and in advanced age, her attachment was 
 not allowed to decline. 
 
 A family of 5 sons and 8 daughters 
 gathered aroutid her. Nine remain to 
 mourn her departure, and cherish her 
 memory. She lived to see a numerous 
 posterity extending to the fourth genera- 
 tion. Her last 10 years were pleasantly 
 passed in the family of Stephen Herrick, 
 Esq., (Mrs. H. a daughter,) where she 
 received the kindest attention. On the 
 loth, funeral services were conducted by 
 the writer, after which her remains were 
 brought to Northfield, and laid by the side 
 
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 of those of her husband. The occasion 
 was solemn and interesting. 
 
 M. C. Henderson. 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 
 
 had something of a following in 1823, but 
 was the smallest of all, as we learn by the 
 amount of public money they drew. Af- 
 ter the yellow meeting house was removed 
 from the Center, they ceased holding 
 meetings, and became extinct as a reli- 
 gious society. Efforts have been made to 
 find some one that would give a brief ac- 
 count of this order in Northfield, but in 
 vain. J. G. 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN NORTHFIELD. 
 BY KEV. WM. 8. HAZEN. 
 
 Most of the first settlers of Northfield 
 were Universalists, and for a number of 
 years that was the prevailing religious in- 
 fluence in town. Then a Methodist church 
 and a Free Will Baptist church were organ- 
 ized ; and as the population of the town 
 increased, a number of families were found 
 who preferred the " Congregational Way," 
 
 Virgil Washburn, a devoted Christian, 
 who came from Randolph, was especially' 
 active among them. Occasionally meet- 
 ings were held in private houses or barns. 
 Sometimes they had preaching by clergy- 
 men from neighboring towns. The pro- 
 fessing Christians among this company, 
 after consultation as to how they could 
 best promote their own spiritual interests 
 and those of their friends, decided to form 
 a church. The meeting was called and 
 the church organized in "the little yellow 
 meeting-house" aL the Center Village. 
 The first record of the church reads : 
 
 Northfield, May 27, 1822. This day was 
 organized the first Congregational church 
 of Christ in this town. Composed of the 
 following persons, viz : JoSiah B. Strong, 
 Virgil Washburn, Moses R. Dole, Samuel 
 Whitney, Thomas Whitney, Lucy Whit- 
 ney, Clarissa Strong, Rizpah Whitney and 
 Betsey Houghton, by professing thdr faith 
 in Christ, and entering intocovenant bonds 
 with God and each other. They then pro- 
 ceeded to choose Brother Josiah B. Strong 
 Moderator, Brother Samuel Whitney clerk, 
 and Dea. Virgil Washburn Deacon. 
 
 AUesI, ELIJAH LYMAN.} Ministers of 
 
 AMMI NICHOLS, J the Gospel. 
 
 June 17, 1822, there is this record; 
 
 This day held a church meeting accord- 
 ing to appointment. Voted to hold open 
 communion with all regularly organized 
 Christian churches. 
 
 The feelings of these nine Christian men 
 and women as they stood up and entered 
 into covenant with one another and the 
 Lord, can be better imagined than de- 
 scribed. It was a step on their part taken 
 after much deliberation and prayer. They 
 felt the importance of the movement, and 
 the responsibility resting upon them indi- 
 vidually. They were in earnest in seeking 
 the honor and glory of God, and the spir- 
 itual good of their friends and neighbors. 
 To secure for themselves and children reli- 
 gious privileges, they were willing to bear 
 heavy burdens, to practice greatself-denial. 
 Thus this small company were organized 
 into a church and ready for Christian work ; 
 but their condition and prospects, humanly 
 speaking, were not flattering ; they had no 
 home. The only right they had in any 
 house of worship, was in the small meet- 
 ing-house in which the church was' organ- 
 ized. This they could occupy the fifth 
 Sabbath of every month in which there 
 were five Sabbaths. They had not the 
 means with which to provide themselves a 
 home. They were not able, even, to sup- 
 port regular preaching ; occasionally they 
 had preaching, and the ordinances were 
 administered by the pastors of neighbor- 
 ing churches : Revs. Elijah Lyman, Ammi 
 Nichols, James Hobart, Salmon Hurlburt, 
 
 E. B. Baxter, Joel Davis, Amariah Chan- 
 dler, Henry Jones, A. C. Washburn, 
 
 F. Reynolds and others; such was the 
 distrust of their success, many whose sym- 
 pathies were with Congregationalism stood 
 aloof even during a very extensive revival 
 about 1825 ; the converts who would nat- 
 urally have united with this church, turned 
 from it because they thought it would prove 
 a failure. The first addition to the church 
 was Sarah Shipman, Feb. 23, 1823. Dur- 
 ing the first ID years there were 19 admis- 
 sions and 2 dismissions by letter. I have 
 no record of deaths. If none, the church 
 when 10 years old numbered only 26, 
 These were years of struggling for very ex- 
 istence. When the church had increased in 
 
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 strength and influence, so that it was 
 thought advisable to hold public services 
 every Sabbath, a school-house in the Depot 
 village was occupied. Shut out of this 
 house by vote of the district, a large room 
 in Gov. Paine's woolen factory was used. 
 During the winter of 1835, a subscription 
 paper was started to raise fuftds to build a 
 church, but Gov. Paine forestalled the 
 necessity by building a house and inviting 
 the church to worship in it, and it was 
 dedicated to " The Father, Son and Holy 
 Ghost," Dec. i, 1836, Rev. J. K. Converse 
 of Burlington, preaching the sermon, and 
 offering the dedicatory prayer. This house 
 was occupied for about 6 years, when the 
 church decided to build a house at the 
 Center for itself, of which it would have 
 the entire control. 
 
 The edifice was erected and dedicated 
 Aug. 3, 1843 ; thus when 21 years old the 
 church had a habitation of its own as well 
 as a name. The church continued to 
 worship in this house, till the railroad 
 having been built and business so centered 
 in the Depot village it seemed desirable 
 the church should be there, and Dec. 1854, 
 it was decided to change back from the 
 Center, and the house built by Gov. Paine 
 formerly used, was bought of the heirs, 
 enlarged, repaired, and has been the home 
 of the church since. 
 
 The first 10 years the church could not 
 hold meetings regularly on the Sabbath, 
 but the last years "reading meetings" 
 were held, which Dea. Cady usually con- 
 ducted, Gov. Paine fi'equently rieading the 
 sermon. 
 
 In Sept. 1833, Mr. James Ferguson, a 
 young man, commenced laboring with the 
 church. He was called to be its pastor, 
 but died the very day he was to have been 
 ordained and installed. 
 
 On the last Sabbath in May, 1834, Rev. 
 Calvin Granger preached for the church, 
 and arrangements were made with him for 
 " stated supply." June 4, 1836, thechurch 
 voted to give Rev. Calvin Granger a call 
 to become the pastor, with a salary from 
 the church and society of $200, the re- 
 mainder of the salary to be supplied by the 
 Home Missionary Society. 
 
 Dec. I, 1836, Mr. Granger was installed, 
 and was pastor till Dec. 1842, when he was 
 dismissed by advice of a council. 
 
 After this I find no record of any action 
 of the church in regard to ministers until 
 Sept. 12, 1843, when Rev. Thos. S. Hub- 
 bard Was invited to become pastor, who 
 declined, and Nov. 25th, after, the church 
 voted to hire Rev. Wm. Claggett one year, 
 whose services were retained till the end of 
 1845. 
 
 , Again, no record of action in regard to a 
 minister till Sept. 19, 1846; the church 
 voted to employ Rev. J. H. Benton one 
 year. March 24, 1847, he was installed, 
 and was pastor till Sept. 7, 1849, when 
 dismissed by advice of a council. The rea- 
 sons given were, "inadequate support, a 
 call received from a church in Michigan, and 
 circumstances growing out of that call." 
 
 In Jan. 1850, Mr. Ambrose Smith was 
 acting pastor ; July 9, 1850, ordained ; dis- 
 missed Apr. 24, 1853, and soon after Rev. 
 C. B. Tracy became acting pastor. He 
 received a unanimous call to become pas- 
 tor. There is no record of the acceptance 
 of this call, but he remained acting pastor 
 till the close of 1855. 
 
 Dec. 27, 185s, Rev. L. H. Stone was 
 voted a call to become pastor. His labors 
 commenced the first of April, but there is 
 no record of the acceptance of this call, 
 and Mr. Stone was not installed, but con- 
 tinued acting pastor till the first of Apr. 
 
 1863, when Mr. C. W. Thompson supplied 
 till the first of Sept. after, when the min- 
 istry of the present pastor, Rev. Wm. S. 
 Hazen, commenced, who was ordained 
 pastor Oct. 12, 1864. 
 
 The first deacon was Virgil Washburn, 
 who held the office from the day of organ- 
 ization till Apr. I, 1832, when at his own 
 request he was dismissed, and recommend- 
 ed to the fellowship of the church in Ran- 
 dolph. Aug. II, 1832, Caleb Winch and 
 Calvin Cady were chosen deacons, and 
 continued in office until their death ; the 
 first, Apr. 27, 1843; the last, Apr. 12, 
 
 1864. There is no record of the election 
 of Chas. C. Closson and Samuel Denny, 
 but it must have been during 1843. They 
 served till their dismission by letter ; the 
 
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 one in 1848, to the church in Worcester, 
 in which he held the same office a number 
 of years, and died in 1872; the other to 
 the church in Thetford. Dea. Denny, 
 after his return to this church in Aug. 
 1850, served for some time. Wm. Winch 
 was chosen July, 1848, and is now the 
 senior deacon of the church. There is no 
 record of the election of Leonard Harring- 
 ton, who served several years previous to 
 his removal to the church in Waitsfield. 
 Lorenzo Belknap was elected Aug. 8, 1864, 
 and Daniel Chandler, at present one of the 
 acting deicons, July, l88o. 
 
 Clerks of the Church. — Samuel Whitney, 
 Chas. C. Closson, John L. Buck, Calvin 
 Granger, John L. Buck, J. H. Benton, 
 Truman S. Kellogg, Ambrose Smith, Sam- 
 uel Denny, Wm. S. Hazen, M. McClearn, 
 J. H. Orcutt. 
 
 The church has enjoyed only two ex- 
 tensive revivals ; one during the winter 
 of 1835-36, which resulted in more than 
 doubling the membership, the other in 
 the winters of 1841, '2. The total mem- 
 bership is 372; present membership, 126. 
 
 Though there had been something of a 
 Sabbath-school, or better, perhaps, Bible 
 classes, connected with the church for sev- 
 eral years, the school was not regularly 
 organized until Dec. 1836, when Samuel 
 Denny was chosen superintendent, since 
 which the school has been well sustained, 
 but never was more flourishing than now, 
 when it numbers 156; and at least three 
 who here first professed their faith in 
 Christ, have become ministers of the Gos- 
 pel: Rev. Daniel Parker [see page 644], 
 Rev. C. M. Winch, vvho is now pastor of 
 the church at Hartland, and Rev. Geo. W. 
 Winch, pastor of the Congregational 
 church in Enfield, Conn., and two others 
 who united with this church by letter, 
 have become clergymen, and are laboring 
 in the West. This church was formerly 
 aided by the Vt. D. M. S., the last record 
 of such aid being in Nov. 1855. 
 
 This review may at first present some- 
 thing of discouragement ; to some it may 
 seem as though Christian effort here has 
 been useless, or at least very inefficient ; 
 
 that after 60 years of labor there is so small 
 a church numerically to show. It must 
 be remembered that the fruits of any moral 
 or religious undertaking are never all to 
 be seen. " One soweth and another reap- 
 eth." Aside from the influence on this 
 community in sustaining a Christian church 
 60 years, the full value of which eternity 
 alone will reveal, the church has been 
 continually exerting a wider influence in 
 sending forth to other parts of the land 
 those nurtured in its bosom. Who will 
 attempt to estimate the good it has thus 
 been continually doing? Such country 
 churches as this, gaining slowly if at all, 
 yet constantly holding on, are like those 
 mountain springs which are continually 
 sending forth their sparkling streams to 
 irrigate, and fertilize the valleys below, 
 thus making, what would otherwise be a 
 barren waste, a fruitful garden. No cause 
 of discouragement here, then, but rather 
 of devout gratitude that this church is as 
 strong as it is to-day, while it has done 
 what it has for others. 
 
 THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 BY EKV. FRANKLIN W. BARTLBTT. 
 
 The Parish of St. Mary's was first or- 
 ganized in 1 85 1, under the auspices of the 
 Rev. Dr. Josiah Perry, who died after four 
 or five months of faithful service. We 
 ascertain from the records that an associa- 
 tion was created April 10, 1851, to form 
 a parish in Northfield, for the purpose of 
 supporting the gospel ministry and main- 
 taining public worship, in conformity with 
 the constitution and canons of the Prot- 
 estant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of 
 Vermont. The name adopted was St. 
 Mary's Parish, Northfield. The Articles 
 of Association were signed by Samuel W. 
 Thayer, Jr., Edward H. Williams, H. H. 
 Camp, James C. B. Thayer, F. E. Smith, 
 E. G. Babcock, W. H. Cornwell, Perley 
 Belknap, James Moore, H. L. Briggs, 
 Isaiah Shaw, J. H. Glennie, Benj. Crid- 
 land, J. N. Mack, Riverius Camp, Jr., 
 Ozro Foster, O. H. Finley, Peyton Booth, 
 John Pollock and D. P. Burns. Nearly 
 all of these have since removed, or are 
 deceased. 
 
 The first service was conducted in a pri- 
 
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 vate, school-house, at present, occupied as 
 Judge Carpenter's office. The parish or- 
 ' ganization was maintained ; but after Dr. 
 Perry's death no services were held until 
 the winter of 1856-7, when clergymen from 
 different parts of the State officiated, and 
 worship was conducted at the Center vil- 
 lage. There were then buf four commu- 
 nicants. The summer following a change 
 was made to the Depot village, and to the 
 edifice ever since occupied. It had for- 
 merly belonged to the Congregationalists, 
 but was purchased for its present purpose 
 and removed from the Center village to its 
 present eligible site at the corner of Main 
 and Elm streets. After its removal, it was 
 opened for divine service on Christmas 
 day, 1857, by the Rt. Rev. John Henry 
 Hopkins, D. D., LL. D., assisted by the 
 Rector of Montpelier, who came accom- 
 panied with his choir and about 30 of his 
 congregation. On the following day, 
 (Saturday) the house was solemnly conse- 
 crated. The Rev. Messrs. F. W. Shel- 
 ton, Josiah Swett, Gemont Graves, and 
 Wm. C. Hopkins participated in the ser- 
 vice. Toward the parish Mr. Swett had 
 evinced great interest and zeal, and had 
 raised money for it in other parts of the 
 diocese. The Vestry subsequently passed 
 a resolution acknowledging their obliga- 
 tions to him. From this^ time the church 
 was served by the 4 clergymen just named 
 and by the Rev. Messrs. C. R. Bachelder, 
 A. Oliver, M. A. Herrick, and T. L. Ran- 
 dolph. A Sunday School was organized 
 by the last named, in Jan. '1858. The 
 Church had been hitherto under the gener- 
 al supervision of the Clerical Convocation 
 of Vermont, but on Feb. 17, 1858, a call 
 was extended by the Vestry to the Rev. 
 Wm. C. Hopkins, a deacon, the youngest 
 son of the Bishop. The latter, as his eccle- 
 siastical superior, having given his consent, 
 Mr. H. entered on his duties, Easter day, 
 Apr. 5, 1858. The free seat system was 
 advocated by him, and on May 23, the 
 Vestry passed a resolution declaring it de- 
 sirable, but it was not then made the rule. 
 Mr. Hopkins was ordained a priest Sept. 
 30, 18.58. On New Year's day, 1862, the 
 Vestry made the pews unconditionally free:, 
 
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 and have never since rented them. On 
 Sept. 25, 1862, the Governor appointed 
 Mr. Hopkins chaplain in the army. The 
 Vestry passed resolutions of congratula- 
 tion, and consented to part with him for 
 a time, but asked him to continue their 
 rector. It was so arranged. The Rev. 
 J. Isham Bliss (now professor in the Uni- 
 versity of Vermont and officiating in mis- 
 sion stations,) conducted services for the 
 next 6 months. Meantime, the Rector 
 wrote from Pensacola, Fla,, under date of 
 Feb. 27,- 1863, resigning the rectorship, 
 but the Vestry declined to accept the resig- 
 nation. The Rev. Gemont Graves (now 
 of Burlington) became minister-in-charge 
 in May, 1863, and continued such one 
 year. Charles Fay, D. D. (now of Chica- 
 go, then of St. Albans,) officiated on Sun- 
 days in the following summer, and ser- 
 vices were thereafter conducted by Dan- 
 forth H. Brown, as lay reader. The res- 
 ignation of Mr. Hopkins as rector ivas ac- 
 cepted Nov. 27, 1864, with expressions of 
 great regret. He had been an active and 
 laborious pastor, and was greatly beloved. 
 During his absence from his charge he 
 had continued to manifest his interest by 
 sending gifts of money for the church from 
 himself and his regiment, the 7th of Vt. 
 Vols. The Presbyter John B. Pitman, 
 formerly of Fishkill, N. Y., (now of Ma- 
 lone, N. Y.,) became rector in the spring 
 of 1865. His resignation was accepted 
 Nov. 13, 1 866. The able and learned 
 Edward Bourns, LL. D., the President 
 of Norwich University, was engaged to 
 conduct services until a rector could be 
 procured. He was made minister-in-charge 
 Easter, 1867, and continued his official re- 
 lations until Roger S. Howard, D. D., pre- 
 viously of St. James, Woodstock, became 
 rector, in the summer of 1869. Dr. How- 
 ard was at the same time President of the 
 University. 
 
 During this period a chancel was added 
 to the church at considerable cost, in fulfil- 
 ment of assurances made Dr. H. before 
 his acceptance. A very handsome stained 
 glass window was placed over the altar by 
 Mr. J. C. B. Thayer as a memorial to his 
 deceased wife. Dr. Howard resigned the 
 
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 rectorship,, May, 1872. The Rev. Amos 
 D . McCoy, a clergyman of fine talents and 
 a remarkably good reader, officiated for a 
 short time, but his state of health did not 
 admit of protracted mental exertion. He 
 retired, and a vacancy followed. Dr. 
 Malcolm Douglass, who had succeeded Dr. 
 Howard, as President of the University, 
 frequently officiated at St. Mary's. The 
 Rev. G. C. V. Eastman was next elected 
 rector, and entered upon his duties, Jan, 
 30,1873. Heresigned Apr. 5, 1875. ^^■ 
 P. D. Bradford and Dr. George Nichols 
 conducted the services, as lay readers until 
 the appointment of the Rev. Wm. Lloyd 
 Himes, deacon, in the spring of 1876, who 
 resigned the parish to take effect Easter 
 1877, having meantime been advanced to 
 the sacred order of priests. There fol- 
 lowed an interval of several months lay- 
 reading. The present Rector, Franklin 
 Weston Bartlett, formerly of the diocese 
 of Pennsylvania, entered upon the charge 
 Christmas day, 1877, just 20 years since 
 the church was opened by Bishop Hopkins. 
 The interior of the church has been re- 
 cently improved, and some gifts have 
 been made for the chancel by individuals. 
 Among these is an altar cross to the mem- 
 ory of the late Gen. Alonzo Jackman, who 
 was a faithful and devout Christian, and 
 for several years senior warden of St. 
 Mary's. 
 
 CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NORTHFIELD. 
 BY REV. Z. DEDON, V. G. 
 
 This place received occasional visits 
 from the Rev. Fathers O'Callaghan, Daly, 
 Drolet, Maloney and Coopman, O. M. I., 
 before any permanent mission was estab- 
 lished. Father R. J. Maloney purchased 
 an old meeting-house in 1855 — the old 
 Yellow Union Meeting-house— which was 
 the first meeting-house built in the town. 
 See page 649. He had it removed to a 
 lot which had been given by the late Gov. 
 Paine for the benefit of the Catholics, and 
 which has been and still is used as a 
 burying-ground. Rev. Z. Druon, then of 
 Montpelier, attended this parish every 
 other Sunday from 1856 till 1864. Father 
 Druon commenced remodeling extensively 
 the old church in 1863, which was finished 
 
 ■ by Rev. F. Clavier, and dedicated in Oct. 
 1870, under the patronage of St. John the 
 Baptist . This church was burned by light- 
 ning — entirely consumed, July, 1876; the 
 loss, however, mostly covered by insur- 
 ance. Father Clavier also purchased,' 
 immediately after his appointment as pastor 
 of Northfield Catholic parish, a fine resi- 
 dence, on which, in 1875, he built a large 
 chapel adjoining his own house for week 
 day services. It is used now on Sundays 
 as a temporary church till the new church 
 can be erected. Rev. Z. Druon. 
 
 Aug., 21, 1876. 
 
 The Bishop of Burlington writes : "The 
 present pastor of Northfield, Rev. John 
 Galligan, came to reside in that village 
 Oct. 1876, and the present handsome 
 church edifice which he erected was blessed 
 on Oct. 24, 1877." 
 
 The newspaper record of the time : "The 
 Catholic church, of wood, 51^x125; a 
 125-foot spire ; which will seat about 6cio 
 cost about $10,000 ; upon Vine street ; was 
 blessed according to the Roman ritual 
 high mass by Father Casey, of St. Albans 
 Te Deum by choir, and sermon by Rev 
 Father Cunningham, of Middlebury, his 
 text being from Psalms : ' I love the house 
 of God and the place where his glory 
 dwelleth.' A collection of $300 was then 
 taken. A large number of prominent 
 clergymen were present from various parts 
 of the State. The church numbers from 
 600 to 700 communicants, and is in charge 
 of the Rev. John Gallagher, for 10 years 
 priest of the parish at Waterbury. 
 
 JUDGE ELIJAH AND GOV. CHARLES PAINE, 
 
 who were not Northfield men by birth, 
 and one not even by residence, but who 
 did more for the town in its early settle- 
 ment and aftergrowth than any other cit- 
 izens. Judge Elijah Paine, the leading 
 spirit among all the settlers in this vi- 
 cinity, did not live in our town, but on 
 our very borders, just over in Williams- 
 town, which town has already the honor of 
 having his biography-^written up by the 
 Paine family, recorded upon her page of 
 
 history in this work, vol. 11, p. 11 50 but 
 
 it is our privilege, and a very pleasant 
 
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 duty, to record his interests, and his heart 
 was always largely with Northfield. He 
 built the first grist and saw-mill and 
 factory in this town. Full of energy and 
 enterprise, just the man to clear up a new 
 country, he had much to do with the be- 
 ginnings of Northfield, and induced many 
 others, sturdy and responsible settlers, to 
 come into this town. His factory, says 
 Mr. Gregory, which he built in Northfield 
 when a wilderness, 180x42 feet, with 6 
 sets of woolen machinery, cost $50,000 ; 
 employed from 175 to 200 workmen, and 
 indirectly-several hundred more. 
 
 The proprietors of Northfield, at a meet- 
 ing held at Burch's Inn, in Hartford, Vt., 
 2d Tues. of Nov. 1784, voted he should 
 have the privilege of pitching 200 or 400 
 acres of land in Northfield at his option, 
 on condition he would build a good saw- 
 millin said Northfield within 18 months, 
 and a grist-mill in a year. He built the 
 mills, in what is now called the mill woods 
 on the road to Williamstown, and the re- 
 mains are lying in the water near the 
 bridge that crosses over to the poor farm. 
 The ravine is one of the wildest and most 
 romantic places we know of, and the very 
 last place (with our abundance of water- 
 power), that would be selected at the 
 present day for that purpose. For many 
 years this place was the only one in town 
 where milling was done. Customers who 
 came quite a distance frequently brought 
 their grists upon their backs, or on horse- 
 back. Vehicles were few in those days. 
 Occasionally a "one-horse sh^y " was seen, 
 and the early settlers did not think it be- 
 neath their dignity to go to mill or meeting 
 in an ox-cart. 
 
 Judge Paine cleared the first land in 
 Northfield, near his mills, which was sub- 
 sequently owned and occupied many years 
 by John Averill, and then by D. T. Av- 
 erill. 
 
 The Judge had rare executive ability, 
 and could manage a gang of men with 
 success, making everything count to his 
 advantage and profit. He kept from 1400 
 to 1500 sheep, and worked his wool into 
 flannel and broadcloths. In the haying 
 season it was no uncommon thing to see 
 
 30 or 40 men in the field, all steady at 
 work, for the owner was around with his 
 eyes open, seeing that they earned their 
 wages. Many clever anecdotes are told of 
 him. His punctuality was proverbial. On 
 a time when the inmates of his house had 
 all retired, he remembered he had not 
 paid a note due Mr. Ainsworth, of Wil- 
 liamstown, on that day, and going to the 
 chamber door he cried out, " John, John, 
 get up and harness my horse." Before 
 twelve at midnight the note was paid. 
 Upon Mr. Ainsworth's saying, " You need 
 not have taken the trouble to come to-night, 
 to-morrow would have answered," the 
 Judge replied, in his quick, nervous style, 
 ' ' Did I not promise to pay it to-day ? " 
 
 Hon. Daniel Baldwin lived in Ber- 
 lin, on Dog river, when a lad, and went 
 to mill on horseback in the "Mill woods," 
 when but few buildings had been erected 
 on the route. When he had become a 
 merchant in Montpelier, Judge Paine call- 
 ed upon him for the loanof$i,ooo forafew 
 days. He said that amount was due him 
 at Washington for his services as United 
 States Judge, and he had expected it every 
 day for some time, and would return it as 
 soon as he could get it from the govern- 
 ment. Baldwin told him he would loan it 
 to him if he could be sure and have it at 
 a given time, as he should then want it to 
 buy goods with in Boston. The Judge 
 promised that he should have it, and re- 
 ceived it, but not hearing anything from 
 hifn up to the day previous, Baldwin made 
 arrangements to go after his goods, think- 
 ing he would call on the Judge on his 
 way, and get his money. But as he was 
 about taking the stage, he looked out of 
 his store, and saw the Judge hurrying 
 along to be " on time." He had the 
 money, and made explanation : He had 
 waited for it until the day before, but not 
 receiving it, as expected, he went to 
 Woodstock some 40 miles and obtained 
 it. He paid Baldwin according to agree- 
 ment by going without sleep, riding all 
 night, traveling not far from 80 miles in 
 order to keep his word good, so punctual 
 was he in his business transactions. 
 , Men are now living in Northfield who 
 
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 can well remember the time when a log 
 cabin was put on wheels, improvised by 
 Gov. Paine, and drawn to Burlington, 
 July 12, 1840, in the days of " Tippecanoe 
 and Tyler too." It was a unique affair, 
 and attracted immense attention by its 
 novelty, and one of our most esteemed cit- 
 izens remembers tapping a barrel of cider 
 and dispensing it to the distinguished 
 crowd who rode inside of this rustic ve- 
 hicle. We take an extract from an article 
 written by De Witt C. Clark, editor of the 
 Burlington Times, giving a graphic de- 
 scription of the celebration. He says : 
 
 But what attracted most our attention, 
 next to the imposing display of numbers, 
 was a beautiful log cabin from Northfield, 
 mounted on wheels and drawn by 12 su- 
 perb grays, decorated with flags and fes- 
 toons. This team, we are told, belongs 
 to an honest yeoman in Brookfield, and is 
 ordinarily engaged in transporting produce 
 to Boston ; but, said the patriotic owner, 
 this is the proudest load that ever my team 
 was attached to, and to the country the 
 most profitable. Without rein or check, 
 these noble steeds promptly responded to 
 the " Gee up ! " " Whoa, Dobbin ! " of the 
 brave mountaineer who directed them, 
 and when we saw them proudly treading 
 our streets and doubling the shortest cor- 
 ners, with a rural tenement large enough 
 for a country school-house, we could not 
 help exclaiming, in the language of th? 
 old song : 
 
 I'vo often thought, if I were asked 
 
 Whose lot 1 envied most. 
 What one I thought most lightly tasked. 
 
 Of man's unnumbered host, 
 Fd say I'd be a mountain boy. 
 And drive a noble team, wo-hoy 1 
 
 Wo-hoyI I'd cry. 
 
 Now by yon sky 
 I'd sooner drive those steeds 
 
 Than win renown, 
 
 Or jvear a crown. 
 Won by victorious deeds. 
 
 The cabin itself was a very fine one, 
 
 constructed of peeled logs, 20x10 feet, 
 
 covered with bark, fitted up with paper 
 
 curtains, a rough door, and a leather 
 
 string, which hung out. The antlers of a 
 
 noble stag graced one peak, while the 
 
 outer covering of some unlucky coon 
 
 stretched upon the gable bespoke the fate 
 
 of sub-treasurers and cornfield poachers. 
 
 This tenement, too, was well filled with 
 
 the early tenants of log cabins, and bore 
 
 this significant motto : " The people are 
 
 coming ! " Exclamations were heard from 
 
 every rank by the surrounding thousands, 
 
 with three times three for old Washington, 
 Paine and the Northfield cabin. 
 
 GOV. CHARLES PAINE. 
 
 [For his early life see Williamstown, in 
 vol. II.] 
 
 [Prom Mr. Gregory's History of Nortlifield.J 
 
 " To Hon. Charles Paine we are in- 
 debted, first, for our beautiful Depot vil- 
 lage, which was the center of the first rail- 
 road projection in our Green Mountain 
 State. This being the headquarters for the 
 "Vermont Central," the shops were here 
 located by his influence, and had Provi- 
 dence lengthened his life to this day, we 
 can imagine what great prosperity would 
 have blessed our town. Well may North- 
 field consider Charles Paine her great ben- 
 efactor. No other man in Vermont could 
 have interested, like him, Peter C. Brooks, 
 Harrison Gray Otis, and others, men of 
 great wealth, to favor the project of build- 
 ing a railroad in this Mountain State at 
 that time. Having been the Chief Magis- 
 trate of Vermont, and becoming acquaint- 
 ed with these leading minds, while in col- 
 lege, he carried an influence that but few, 
 if any, could, and which brought him di- 
 rectly into intimate relations with the best 
 men in New England, and the road was 
 built. 
 
 Many citizens of Northfield will remem- 
 ber with what rejoicing ground was broken 
 near the depot by Gov. Paine, for the Vt. 
 Central Railroad, the spade he used being 
 still preserved by the railroad officials. 
 This was Jan. 8, 1847, and the first train 
 came into Northfield depot, Oct. n, 1848, 
 at 20 minutes past 9 o'clock, p. m., con- 
 ducted by Charles Paine Kimball. 
 
 [Nov. 4, 1848. The Governor made the 
 first excursion on his new railroad, which 
 is thus described in a letter to his wife the 
 next day by Gen. D. W. C. Clarke : 
 
 An hour ago I returned from Northfield, 
 from the excursion on the Central Railroad, 
 yesterday. We left Montpelier— the Gov- 
 ernor, and about 200 members of the 
 Legislature, Secretary of State, and other 
 dignitaries- a few minutes after 7 o'clock, 
 yesterday morning, and at half-past nine 
 left Northfield, in a special train for Lelaa- 
 non, 53 miles — the whole length of the 
 Central road now opened. In two hours. 
 
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 ^I^. C7> 
 
 ten minutes, we found ourselves at Leba- 
 non. We remained a little more than an 
 hour, undergoing the hospitality of Mr. 
 Campbell, — the great Bridge-Making En- 
 gineer, who built the bridge across the 
 Hudson at Troy — and arrived at North- 
 tield, again, a little after 3 o'clock, p. M., 
 having travelled from Montpelier about 
 116 miles. 
 
 No persons were admitted to the special 
 train provided by the Governor for this 
 Legislative excursion, e.xcepting specially 
 invited ; and very few special invitations 
 were extended. Ex-Governor Eaton, 
 Professor Benedict, Mr. Brainerd of St. 
 Albans, Mr. Upham, and a few others. 
 There were about 250 on the train, and 
 probably, . two-thirds of them had never 
 before seen a railroad. This class of leg- 
 islators ( ?) was very inquisitive about the 
 
 whole matter, asking a thousand cjuestions 
 that a well-informed boy miglit as well 
 have answered. But I only want 
 
 to tell you about my participation in the 
 e.xcursion : In the cars between Northfield 
 and Bethel, I wrote off a song for the occa- 
 sion, which, for its local allusions and hits, 
 was received with great good feeling, and 
 which Mr. Houghton, Mr. Shafter and I 
 had to sing, tolerably often, before we got 
 back again. I really don 't think it worthy 
 of publishing abroad. But Fred Houghton 
 made a copy which will probablv appear in 
 the Tuesday's Boston Atlas. I say this to 
 you, to invoke your charity for 
 
 me, and my vanity, or good nature in con- 
 senting to have it printed. But I did, and 
 " there is the end on't." 
 
 Caroline (the Governor's sister,) is now 
 on a visit to the Governor's. . She 
 
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 wanted to go with us on our excursion over 
 the road, but as there were no other ladies 
 on the train, she declined. 
 
 A long and glowing description of the 
 new railroad, and the first great excursion 
 ride of the Vermont Legislature upon it, 
 appeared in the Thursday issue of the Bos- 
 ton Argus^ following, if we rightly remem- 
 ber, filling a page or more of the Argus, 
 and with the impromptu song born of the 
 ride — which it was stated in the paper was 
 sung some thirty times aboard the train, 
 going and returning, at the flush feast of 
 Belknap — his grand dinner to the Legisla- 
 ture — which was sung more and more up- 
 roarously as on waxed the hour. 
 
 "THE RAILROAD SONG. 
 
 WKITTEN BY GEN. CLARKE ABOAKD THB CAR6 
 BETWEEN NOHTHFIELD AND BETHEL. 
 
 TMne—" Dearest Mae." 
 We took an early start to-day, 
 And braved a rough old ride. 
 To reach the place where Paine, they say, 
 
 Wins people to his side ; 
 The Iron-horsc was breathing gas 
 
 In the "sequestered vale," 
 And every one ambitious was 
 To ride upon a ralll 
 
 Hurrah! Hurrah I 
 For Governor I'AINE, theBail-erl 
 He builds his roads o*er rocks and hills. 
 And ooes for General Taylor! 
 
 Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! 
 
 If it don't beat all naturM 
 To see the "wisdom and tlie virtu'" 
 
 Of our great Legislatur' 
 A riding through the liills and vales. 
 
 From Nortlilieid to the river. 
 On Governor Paine's new-fashioned rails! 
 
 I>everl did you ever? 
 
 Hurrah! Hurrah! &c. 
 
 I tell you what it is, old boys. 
 
 This ride we are not loth in. 
 Especially wlien we do the thing 
 
 Free gratis and for nothin'l 
 And when, besides, the dinner comes 
 
 On just such terms again, 
 I'd like to know who will not sing. 
 
 Hurrah for Governor Paine! 
 
 Hnrrah! Hurrah! &c. 
 
 I wish to introduce a bill— 
 
 I offer It quite humbly. 
 And move its passage through these cars, 
 
 By this 'ere J'lnt Assembly :— 
 Section 1 provides that PainB 
 
 Sliall have the right to go 
 With his old Railroad where he will; 
 
 He'll do it whether or no I 
 
 Hurrah! Hurrah! 4o. 
 
 The 2d section has a cloAue, 
 
 As sliarp as any cat's, 
 That when old Belknap comes along, 
 
 We'll raise our cotton hats,— 
 
 Because he has a rough old way 
 
 In that old pate. His said. 
 Of doing things when he takes hold ; 
 They call it " going ahead! " 
 
 Hurrah: Hurralil 
 For Belknap, high and low! 
 He goes ahead because, you see. 
 He's got a head to got 
 
 In section 3, it is declared. 
 
 That that 'ere long'man, MOORE, 
 Who straddles this old iron horse. 
 
 And brings us through secure, 
 Shall be the Chief old Engineer, 
 
 By special legislation. 
 Of this 'ere J'lnt Assembly here,— 
 As Z ACH shall of the nation ! 
 
 Hurrah! Hurrah! 
 Let's make the echoes roar! 
 Though other roads are safe enough. 
 The Central Road is Moore! 
 
 In section 4, it is set down. 
 
 That 'mong these mountain ridges. 
 The name of Campbell shall resound: 
 
 The Hero of the Bridges ! 
 And that the man to carry out 
 
 A project very mighty, 
 -And show that "it is bound to go," 
 Is that 'ere same " Old whiteyi " 
 Hurrah I Hurrah! 
 Let's keep the chorus humming! 
 For word has passed along the line- 
 That same old " Campbell's coming! " 
 
 As an amendment to the bill 
 It's moved to add a section. 
 Which has a tendency to raise 
 
 A rather sad reflection;— 
 It is that Governor Paine do seek— 
 
 (Why, what's the man about?) 
 To keep the family on earth— 
 The race must not run out! 
 
 Hurrah! Hnrrah! 
 For Paine, the bachelor.' 
 The wonder groweth every day. 
 What's he unmarried for? 
 
 Amendment 2d Is proposed :— 
 
 It Is to make provision 
 That shall our thanks to Campbbll show 
 
 With ver^ nice precision. 
 He has a head that's great to plan, 
 
 A will that never flinches: 
 We wish you'd And a bigger man 
 Than Campbell, of his' inches. 
 
 Hnrrah! Hurrah! 
 For "Wliitey," brave and true! 
 His heart goes fitly with his head ? 
 So say I— what say you ? 
 
 Now if the President will rise. 
 
 And put the thing to vote, 
 I'd like to know your sentiments 
 
 Upon this bill I've wrote; 
 And so, to end the matter well, 
 
 Before we take a glass, 
 I hope yon all will answer " Aye! " 
 And let the old hill pass 1 
 
 Hurrah? Hurrah! 
 Please put this vote again ; 
 All you who are afnrmatlve, 
 Hnrrah for Governor Paine ! 
 
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 1 think I may declare the vote — 
 
 I'll do It If you win. 
 And now announce to this J'lnt House 
 
 The passage of the bill; 
 It Is betbre the Governor— 
 
 We care for no Veto— 
 If Governor Paine won't sign -the act. 
 
 Our COOLIDGE win, we know! 
 
 Hurrahl Hurrahl &c. 
 
 It now Is moved that we a^ourn. 
 
 And in the usual way ; 
 For plain it is, at this late hour, 
 
 We break up " without day;" 
 And when we reach our homes again, 
 
 W e'll tell the wondrous tale. 
 How Paine has rode this J'int 
 
 Assembly on a rail I 
 
 Hurrahl Hurrahl &c. 
 
 As for the title of our bill. 
 
 It is decreed to be:— 
 *^ An act to lighten public cares, 
 
 And aid festivity." 
 So now farewell to Governor Paine, 
 
 To Belknap, Gamfbell, Moore I 
 This J'lnt Assembly Is dissolved ; 
 
 'Twas liquorjtedbefotel 
 
 Farewell I Farewell I] 
 
 Gov, Paine felt an interest in education 
 and religion. He donated the land on 
 which was built our Academy, and $500 in 
 money, and gave the institution an excellent 
 apparatus. His executors donated (that 
 is he gave in his will) , the Catholic church 
 the land for their church and cemetery. 
 He gave the land for Elmwood cemetery, 
 according to his expressed desire before he 
 went to Texas, and he built the church in 
 the Depot village, now occupied by the 
 Congregational society, from his own funds, 
 wishing to have a convenient place for the 
 people to attend meeting. By all which 
 we see the de.'iire of his heart for the wel- 
 fare of his race. 
 
 The Rev. Ezra Gannett, D. D., of 
 Boston, remarked, in preaching his funeral 
 sermon : 
 
 The early life of Charles Paine was 
 passed under circumstances suited to pre- 
 pare him for the part he afterwards filled. 
 Born almost on the commencement of a 
 century remarkable for its control of me- 
 chanical agencies, and the development of 
 popular institutions, he entere^ on the 
 period of his vigor at a time for the favor- 
 able exercise of his peculiar abilities. 'His 
 father, the late Judge Paine, was one of 
 the most honorable citizens of the State, 
 and merited the respect which was award- 
 ed him. The influence of his home doubt- 
 less laid the foundation of that character 
 which in subsequent life raised the son to 
 
 a not less conspicuous position. Amidst 
 the green hills of his birthplace he breath- 
 ed the air of a manly freedom and a vir- 
 tuous energy. Nature spoke to him in 
 her clear and sweet tone, and he' listened 
 in the uncorrupted delight of youth. Sur- 
 rounded by a yeomanry that have ever 
 maintained a frank independence, in union 
 with honest industry, intelligent, ' brave 
 and hospitable, free from the vices of 
 suburban communities, and strong in their 
 local attachments, he acquired the traits 
 which ripened into a wise and noble man- 
 hood. The love of his native State, the 
 inborn passion of every son of Vermont,lost 
 none of its fervor as his judgment grew 
 more mature. He loved her mountains 
 and her streams, her history and her 
 people ! At the age of 17 he became a 
 member of Harvard college. It was there 
 my acquaintance with him began, and 
 there that the bonds of friendship, which 
 4 years of various fortunes served but to 
 strengthen, were knit between him and his 
 fellow-students ! Among them was not 
 one who regarded him with any other feel- 
 ings than those of respect and esteem. 
 Thirty-five years after," added Mr. Gan- 
 nett, " they first met in the halls of Cam- 
 bridge ; nearly one-half of the surviving 
 members of his class were assembled, by 
 his invitation, around the board, which' 
 was spread with an ample hospitality. I 
 recall that scene with special interest, for 
 it shows me the host and friend happy in 
 the sympathy of an occasion which he 
 made delightful to others. I see his erect 
 form, his open face, his princely demeanor. 
 I hear his words of cordial greeting, and 
 feel no painfiil obligation, since I am sure 
 of his enjoyment of the re-union, for 
 which we were indebted to him, whose 
 hand we shall never grasp again, for the 
 ineffable recollections of that day. 
 
 Governor Paine was not a man of pro- 
 fessions. His words were not many, and 
 they never were uttered to secure admira- 
 tion or to forestall an impartial judgment. 
 It is not strange, therefore, that he said 
 little on the subject of religion. But such 
 actions as speak more loudly than words 
 attest both the reality and the character of 
 his faith. This edifice is a memorial of 
 the value he set on the institution of public 
 worship, and an unsectarian administra- 
 tion of religious truth. On this point he 
 was strenuous and consistent. The most 
 emphatic disapproval of dogmatic exclu- 
 siveness which He could have left, as well 
 as the most decisive testimony to his faith 
 in the great Christian truths, is given in 
 the paper by which he makes a final dis- 
 position of his property. 
 
 This remarkable document contains also 
 
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 unimpeachable proof of that disinterested 
 concern for the good of others, and that 
 desire to see all classes of the people en- 
 joying the means of knowledge, virtue and 
 happiness, whicli I think gave to his char- 
 acter its largest claim on our fond remem- 
 brance. As a testamentary provision, I 
 should not be surprised to learn that it is 
 without a parallel. Brief but distinct in 
 its language, it is as peculiar for the mod- 
 esty as for the liberality which it evinces. 
 Leaving all details to the friends in whom 
 he reposes the utmost confidence, and 
 avoiding any suggestion that might have 
 the eflfect of connecting his name with the 
 uses to which his bequests may be put, he 
 only requires of those whom he appoints 
 as trustees that, after assisting such per- 
 sons as they may think have any claim 
 arising from consanguinity, friendship, or 
 obligation incurred by him, they ' use and 
 appropriate whatever property he may die 
 possessed of for the best good and welfare 
 of his fellow-men, to assist in the improve-, 
 ment of mankind ; recommending that they 
 do it without sectarianism or bigotry, ac- 
 cording to the intention of that God whose 
 will is found in the law of the Christian re- 
 ligion, in which,' he adds, ' I believe and 
 trust.' What could be more characteristic 
 ' or admirable ? 
 
 The manuscript from which I have quoted 
 bears a date somewhat distant from the 
 present time. But if evidence were need- 
 ed that he retained the same feelings to 
 the close of his life, it is furnished, to say 
 nothing of other facts, by an incident 
 which I am permitted to relate. A short 
 time before his departure for Texas, Mr. 
 Paine was reminded by a friend that he 
 had never made an explicit declaration of 
 his religious belief, and was requested to 
 say what doctrinal tenets he had adopted. 
 After a moment's hesitation, he took from 
 his pocket a slip of paper bearing the stains 
 of age and use, which he gave to his friend, 
 and said, ' There is my creed :' 
 
 "Abou Ben Adhem— may his tribe Increase- 
 Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace. 
 And saw witliln tbe moonll^lit in Ills room, 
 Malting it rich, and Uke a Illy in bloom, 
 * An angel ^-writing In a boolc of gold. 
 Exceeding peace-bad made Ben Adbem bold. 
 And to tbe presence in tlie room he said, 
 'What writest thou?' The yislon raised its head." 
 
 ** And with a look made all of sweet accord, 
 Answered, 'The names of those who love the Lord. ' 
 * And is mine one?' said Abou. *Nay, not so,' 
 Replied the augel. Abou spoke more low. 
 But cheerily still, and said, ' I pray thee, then, 
 Write me as one that loves his fellow men.' 
 The angel wrote and vanished, Tlie next night 
 It came again, with a great wakening light. 
 And showed the names whom love of God had blest, 
 And lol Ben Adhem's name led all the rest." 
 
 This admirable sermon concludes: "A 
 gloom hangs over the village in the warm 
 summer's day. The sky is clear, and the 
 air is healthful ; yet every aspect of nature 
 
 is sad, aind the scene around us impresses 
 us like a funeral monument. And such it 
 is. Our hearts cast their own shadows 
 upon the landscape. We have come to 
 lay the remains of him whom we loved in 
 the grave. , He died far away from us, and 
 far from the spots that were dear to him, 
 but we could not leave his dust in that dis- 
 tant land. The hope, tenderly expressed 
 in their first anguish of bereavement, is 
 realized : 
 
 That noble form, so proud, so calmly bold. 
 Shall make its last sad resting place amid 
 The scenes he long had loved and cherished, 
 "Within the State o'er ifrhich he was a Buler. 
 
 Here will we lay his mortal frame in the 
 grave which he would have chosen, in 
 front of the temple which he built to the 
 glory of God, and in the midst of the 
 proofs of what he had done for man. The 
 associations of this hour shall henceforth 
 invest the spot. Business and travel shaiL 
 own its sanctity, and time shall guard it 
 with watchful reverence." 
 
 Hon. Heman Carpenter said in his eulo- 
 gy on him, at a meeting of the citizens of 
 Northfield, upon receiving intelligence of 
 his death ; 
 
 " By his influence and hia energy the 
 charter of the Vermont Central Railroad 
 was obtained, and to him we are indebted 
 for the accomplishment of this stupendous 
 work ! There is his Monument ! And 
 when we are dead and forgotten, then 
 fresh in the memory of the future will be 
 his name, as long as the iron horse shall 
 traverse our State, his name will be cher- 
 ished by the honest and hardy sons of the 
 Green Mountain State. He also gave an 
 impetus to other railroads. 
 
 "To me" (said Mr. Carpenter) "this 
 dispensation of Providence is overwhelm- 
 ing. Language fails to express the deep 
 emotions that thrill through every nerve. 
 He was my friend when I needed a frjend. 
 For 17 years I enjoyed his intimate and 
 uninterrupted acquaintance and confidence. 
 I see him now as I last saw him, when a 
 few friends took him by the hand and bade 
 him good bye, with tears in their eyes, as 
 he left the station here in the cars for his 
 journey South. The words of one of the 
 friends, as the train left, have made an im- 
 pression upon my mind that time will nev- 
 er efface. ' That car carries more men 
 from Northfield than it will ever bring 
 back.' That was the fearful belief of us all 
 when he left, and sadly true it has proved 
 indeed. It carried the living man, it can 
 only bring back his earthly remains. It 
 carried him in whom human nature can 
 stand up before all the world, and say 
 ' He was a man !' " 
 
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 Hon. John • Wheeler, of Burlington, 
 formerly President of the University, said 
 of Gov. Paine : 
 
 " On his return from college he showed 
 no inclination for professional study, but 
 asked to enter upon the employment of 
 practical life, both to lessen the labors of 
 his father, and to advance Jiis interests. 
 This he was allowed, without much thought 
 that he would do otherwise than soon grow 
 weary of it, and call for a different mode 
 of employment. 'I was greatly -surprised,' 
 said his father, 'at the readiness with 
 which he took hold of labor, the energy 
 with which he followed it, and the capaci- 
 ty and completeness with which he finish- 
 ed it. I found he could do as much and 
 as well as I could in my best days.' Those 
 of us who live in Vermont know that such 
 a parent could scarcely give higher praise." 
 
 Charles Paine was elected Governor of 
 Vermont in 1841 and 1842, — in the lan- 
 guage of Hon. E. P. Walton : 
 
 " The youngest man, I think, in the 
 gubernatorial office in the State, I am sure 
 there never was any man who more highly 
 esteemed the claims of age and wisdom 
 and experience, or was more ready to dis- 
 tinguish and encourage whoever among 
 the young gave hopeful promise of an hon- 
 . orable and successful public career. 
 
 " What, then, shall I say to you who 
 have known him ; to you, who have been 
 the witnesses of his life ; to you, who have 
 esteemed him beyond all other men ; to 
 you, who feel that you have lost more 
 than a father or a friend — both — lost all ? 
 I can only say it is right now for you to 
 weep. " Grief is the necessary burden of 
 this day, and of many days to you ; but 
 when the fountain of your tears shall fail, 
 when you shall become weary and worn, 
 because of your great grief, then will it be 
 fit for you to rejoice that one has lived so 
 briefly, yet so well, and so honorably, so 
 unremittingly, and so successfully labored 
 in important services for his neighbor- 
 hood, his State and his country — that you 
 feel his death is an irreparable loss, and a 
 public calamity. Weep now. It is good 
 to weep. ..... 
 
 ' ' His ambition in that great undertaking, 
 (building the Vermont Central Railroad) 
 was of a character which the world justly 
 esteems to be noble ; he aimed to win for 
 himself an honorable public name, by ren- 
 dering a great public service. However 
 much of direct personal advantage he nat- 
 urally and properly may have expected from 
 it, I am sure his chief purpose was to win an 
 honorable name. In the brightest days, he 
 looked joyfully to this reward, and invthe 
 
 84 
 
 darkest, when every other hope seemed to 
 fail, this remained to solace him. It was 
 on one of these darkest days, and at a 
 time when courage, hope and health were 
 all failing, that he said to me, in his famil- 
 iar mode of conversation, ' Well, Walton, 
 whatever may become of the corporation, 
 they cannot rob us of the road ! It is 
 done ; it will be run ; and the people will, 
 at any rate, reap the blessings which we 
 designed. Oh ! if it were not for that, I 
 really believe I should die.' " 
 
 In Governor Paine's first message to the 
 General Assembly, in 1841, there is one 
 topic presented for their consideration that 
 I wish to preserve. (Mr. Gregory.) 
 
 "Education is a subject which cannot 
 fail to command your earnest attention. 
 It is true that no comrrtunity can boast of 
 more widely and universally diffused in- 
 struction than ours, and it might therefore 
 appear useless to urge the topic upon your 
 consideration. But we must continually 
 bear in mind that it is not the result of ac- 
 cident that the people of this State, with 
 so few exceptions, can all read and write, 
 and have enjoyed the benefit of at least a 
 good English education. They owe their 
 happy and enviable condition in this re- 
 spect entirely to the unceasing solicitude 
 and wise legislation of our forefathers. 
 While our State was yet almost a wilder- 
 ness, those who themselves felt the want 
 of education were most careful that their 
 children should not be grown up in igno- 
 rance, and the efforts they made to estab- 
 lish and support common schools and sem- 
 inaries for the higher branches of learning, 
 must forever command our gratitude and 
 admiration." 
 
 Such sentiments are "like apples of 
 gold in pictures of silver,'' and show the 
 character of the man. He took an inter- 
 est in the education of all our people, and 
 did not fail to speak an encouraging word 
 when it would do good. He took an in- 
 terest also in agriculture. Desiring to 
 improve the stock of cattle in this vicinity, 
 he imported a fiiU blood Durham into 
 town, and for many years the milking qual- 
 ities of the dairy were improved to a good 
 degree. It was by his influence that the 
 Washington County Agricultural Fair was 
 held one year in Northfield, on what is 
 now called Central street ; and it was one 
 of the most successful fairs ever held in 
 this county. He loved good cattle, and 
 good horses. 
 
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 He built and kept in good order a fish 
 pond near his hotel, where he lived, and 
 took great delight in feeding the fish from 
 his hand. Gov. Paine's celebrated fish 
 pond, iox8 rods, was one of the curiosi- 
 ties of the Depot village. 
 
 He built the hotel in the Depot village, 
 and before its alteration the cars came 
 across the common from both directions, 
 and would stop at the south end of the 
 building for refreshments. In the days of 
 
 William Rogers and E. A. Webb it was a 
 popular resort, and in good times, when 
 the Vermont Central and Northfield were 
 in their days of prosperity, it was no un- 
 common thing to have from 50 to 100 
 guests at this house at a time. 
 
 Vekmont Centkal Rati^koad Co., I 
 In Djrectoks' Meeting, Aug. 25, 1853. i 
 
 Resolved, That this Board has with deep 
 sorrow received intelligence of the death of 
 the Hon. Charles Paine, late President of 
 
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 667 
 
 this Company, and id consideration of his 
 indefatigable and important services in 
 originating and sustaining the corporation, 
 and of his honorable character as its chief 
 officer, we deem the event a suitable one 
 for -the official action of the Board. 
 
 Resolved, That in token of our individual 
 respect and regard, and the high estima- 
 tion in which we hold the charact-er and 
 memory of the deceased, we will in a body 
 attend his funeral obsequies. 
 
 Resolved, That the President be em- 
 powered and requested to furnish- free 
 passes to the relatives and friends of the 
 deceased, for the purpose of attending his 
 funeral -at Northfield, on the ist inst. 
 
 E. P. Walton, Jr., Clerk. 
 
 The following were the committee for 
 Gov. Paine's funeral : Samuel W. Thayer, 
 Jr., JohnGregory, Moses Robinson, Heman 
 Carpenter, Perley Belknap, Elijah Smith, 
 Jr;, Northfield, Dec. 16, 1853. 
 
 A handsome granite monument was 
 
 placed over the Governor's remains in our 
 
 beautiful Elm wood, by the generosity and 
 
 munificence of his friend, Benjamin P. 
 
 Cheney, Esq., of Boston, at a cost of 
 
 $1,000, on which we read the following 
 
 epitaph : 
 
 " Happy In his parentage, a youth of preparation 
 
 Was followed by an early maturity of usefulness, 
 
 Invlgorated'by many virtues, and adorned 
 
 By many manly acts; 
 
 Devoted to his native State, he applied 
 
 His talents, Ills wealth, and his strength'to the 
 
 Advancement of her great public works, 
 
 And the encouragement of her institutions of learning. 
 
 Having bestowed upon Vermont benefits of which 
 
 Tlie value cannot yet be justly appreciated, 
 
 He considered the wants of the world and the age. 
 
 And, while seelcing a path which should unite 
 
 The Atlantic with the Paciflc coast, he died 
 
 In a distant land, far from those who loved hlni. 
 
 Having merited well of the Commonwealth 
 
 And his Itlnd, his remains were here interred, 
 
 Hallowe'l by public honors, and private tears." 
 
 [Gov. Paine, after a sickness of 26 days, 
 died at Waco, Texas, July 6, 1853, age 54, 
 
 ELM WOOD CEMETERY. 
 BY DH. PHILANDER D. BRADFOKD. 
 
 Within the corporate Umits of the vil- 
 lage of Northfield, just north of the same, 
 upon a beautiful piece of table land, is 
 situated Elmwood Cemetery. 
 
 The ground originally comprised an 
 area of 6 acres and 36 rods, and was do- 
 
 nated to the people of 
 Northfield by their late 
 benefactor, ex - Governor 
 Charles Paine. 
 
 'April I, 1854, many of 
 the citizens of the town 
 met in the office of Hon. 
 Heman Carpenter, to _ ef- 
 fect an organization under 
 the general statutes, sub- 
 sequently known as " The 
 Northfield Cemetery As- 
 sociation." Hon. Heman 
 Carpenter was chairman, 
 and George Nichols clerk. 
 A committee of five 
 were appointed to prepare 
 articles of agreement, and 
 a code of by-laws. At an 
 adjourned meeting, April 
 8, the committee present- 
 ed a code of by-laws, 
 which were adopted, and 
 an organization was per- 
 fected by electing a president, clerk, treas- 
 urer, and five curators. 
 
 Governor Paine having* deceased, his 
 administrators, James C. Dunn, of Bos- 
 ton, and Miss. Caroline Paine, of New- 
 York, agreeable to his expressed wish, ex- 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 eciited a deed of the above mentioned land 
 to the Northfield Cemetery Association. 
 The deed contains the following words : 
 "In consideration of one dollar and good 
 will paid to our full satisfaction, we grant, 
 confirm, and convey to the Northfield 
 Cemetery Association the following des- 
 cribed land, etc., for the burial of the 
 dead, and for no other purpose.'' The cu- 
 rators proceeded at once to inclose the 
 grounds, lay out lots, avenues, walks, and 
 open areas, causing the lots to be num- 
 bered, and a chart to be made of the same. 
 But death was faster than they, on the 26th 
 of the same month, even before the 
 grounds were inclosed, the remains of 
 Daniel Stevens were buried there, his be- 
 ing the first grave in the cemetery. In 
 October, 1855, an act was passed by the 
 Legislature of Vermont incorporating the 
 Noi:thfield Cemetery Association. The 
 act provided that the affairs of the Associa- 
 tion should be managed by trustees in 
 number not less than five, nor more than 
 seven, and that they should elect from 
 their number a president, clerk, and treas- 
 urer. The corporation were : Royce 
 Jones, William Rogers, H. M. Bates, 
 William C. Woodbury, George Nichols, 
 J. C. Cady, P. D. Bradford, J. C. B. 
 Thayer, Perley Belknap, Heman Carpen- 
 ter, E. A. Webb, E. G. Babcock, G. N. 
 Cady, Calvin Cady, and W. F. Wood- 
 worth. In November, 1866, the Legisla- 
 ture passed an act in amendment of an act 
 of 1855, " called an act incorporating the 
 Northfield Cemetery Association," author- 
 izing the Association formed under the 
 General Statutes to accept the charter 
 passed at the session of 1856, and that all 
 rights, both in law and equity, be secured 
 to and enjoyed by the association formed 
 under the General Statutes that are secured 
 to and enjoyed by-the members of the as- 
 sociation formed under the act aforesaid. 
 Aug. 12, 1857, the association voted to 
 accept the charter and amendment, and 
 organized under the act of 1855, by elect- 
 ing five trustees, viz : William C. Wood- 
 bury, E. A. Webb, George Nichols, L. D. 
 Gilchrist, and Jefferson Marsh. E. A. 
 
 Webb was elected president, George Nich- 
 ols, clerk and treasurer. 
 
 In November, 1867, an act was passed 
 by the Legislature in amendment of an act 
 passed November, 1855, changing the 
 name of the Northfield Cemetery Associa- 
 tion to " Elm wood Cemetery"; also au- 
 thorizing the trustees to contract with in- 
 dividuals for the perpetual care and im- 
 provement of any lot or lots in said cem- 
 etery. In November, 1876, the Legisla- 
 ture passed an act in amendment of the 
 foregoing, giving full power and control to 
 the trustees as to the burial of the dead ; 
 also full power to control and prevent the 
 burial and removal of bodies buried in said 
 cemetery, as fully and to the same extent 
 that selectmen have in the burial grounds 
 of the State, and to the extent necessary 
 to protect said cemetery from encroach- 
 ment or trespass by any person or per- 
 sons. The cemetery contains at the pres- 
 ent time (1878) the remains of 575 per- 
 sons. It has long been apparent that the 
 grounds were not adequate to the increas- 
 ing and prospective wants of the commu- 
 nity, and the trustees added to the same 
 in 1877 by the purchase of additional land. 
 
 The site selected for this cemetery is 
 beautifully adapted for that purpose, and 
 shows the good judgment and taste of the 
 donor. It is withdrawn a little distance 
 from the busy thoroughfare, yet easy of 
 access, and affords a pleasant walk, which 
 appears a favorite one with citizens and 
 strangers. If the character of a people for 
 refinement and religion is indicated by the 
 care of and taste displayed in beautifying 
 the burial places of the dead, it is a matter 
 of congratulation that our cemetery, with 
 its beautiful monuments, its mementoes of 
 affection, and numerous emblems of the 
 Christian hope lighting up the darkness of 
 this world, contrasts so strongly with the 
 cheerless and unattractive burial grounds 
 of JO years ago. If this cemetery shall be 
 beautified in years to come as it may be 
 beautified, if art shall vie with nature in 
 adding to its attractions, if affection, not 
 avarice, take the lead in questions of ex- 
 penditures, it will soon become one of the 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
 669 
 
 most attractitfe spots with- 
 in the limits of our Green 
 Mountain State. 
 
 The Association at its 
 annual meeting, the first 
 Tuesday in May, 1878, re- 
 elected the former trus- 
 tees, viz. : P. D. Brad- 
 ford, J. H. Orcutt, C. D. 
 Williams, J. C. Gallup, 
 and E. G. Pierce, who sub- 
 sequently elected P. D. 
 Bradford, president, C. 
 -D. Williams, clerk and 
 treasurer, G. B. B. Den- 
 ny, auditor, and James 
 Evans, sexton. 
 
 In connection with and 
 belonging to said cem- 
 etery, is a substantial and 
 commodious tomb, men- 
 tion of which should not 
 be omitted. At the annu- 
 al town meeting in the' 
 spring of 1867, the select- 
 men were instructed by a 
 vote of the town to build a 
 tomb for temporary deposit of the dead, 
 to be located at such place as would best 
 accommodate the town. During the fol- 
 lowing summer the selectmen, (Marvin 
 Simons, William Winch, and Dr. Samuel 
 Keith,) agreeable to instructions, caused 
 said tomb to be constructed at an expense 
 of $1 ,200, and located it within the cem- 
 etery grounds, the Association donating 
 the site. The front of the tomb is of 
 hewn granite from Berlin quarry, with 
 panels of serpentine from Rpxbury quarry. 
 
 donated by the late Thomas L. Salisbury. 
 It is surmounted by a heavy marble cross, 
 (the emblem of the Christian's faith,) 
 upon which is the monogram I. H. S. 
 
 This tomb, bordering upon the highway 
 at the head of North street, has been 
 found of great convenience' in the winter 
 season, and for both usefulness and artis- 
 tic beauty reflects great credit upon the 
 town, and especially upon the member of 
 the Board (Dr. Keith) who had charge of 
 its construction. 
 
 CENTER CEMETERY. 
 
 Sept. 18, 1823, Ezekiel Robinson, Oli- 
 ver Averill, Joseph Keyes, Harry Emer- 
 son, and Nathan Green bought of E. Tay- 
 lor, Jr., and G. R. Spalding i acre of land 
 west of -where the yellow^ meeting house 
 stood for a burying-grourid, paying $60. 
 It was laid out in lots 1 1^x25 feet, with a 
 drive-way running through from east to 
 west. The lots were sold at 75 cents 
 each, and in 1829, had all been disposed 
 of except two lots in the southwest corner. 
 
 which were reserved as a burial place for 
 strangers. 
 
 Several additions have been made to the 
 lot ; that of Jonathan Btiggs on the east, 
 where the first meeting house was built, 
 and last on the west one acre and 127 
 rods bought of Timothy Reed, Sept. 30, 
 1874, for $204.45. 
 
 Soon after this cemetery was ready, the 
 dead buried £)n "Richardson's Meadow," 
 west of the railroad, were taken up and 
 interred here. From 181 1 to 1823, Rich- 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 ardson's meadow was the general burial 
 place in the \'icinity. Some few were car- 
 ried to the East Hill burying ground, and 
 some to the west of Depot village, in a 
 burial place near F. A. Preston's farm. 
 Nature has done much to make this 
 
 ground " beautiful for situation." The 
 improvement began in the front part of 
 of the cemetery is praiseworthy, and it is 
 hoped will be continued until the whole 
 enclosure shall present an agreeable ap- 
 pearance. 
 
 HON. llOSns ROlilNSOX, 
 
 A son of one of the first settlers — see 
 page 617 for biography of himself and the 
 Robinson family, and page 646 of early 
 anecdotes. His father opened a lot on his 
 land for the first burying ground in town, 
 as we understand, without charge for 
 burial to any one. 
 
 East Hii.l Ckiiicterv is sitnated at 
 the four corners on the East Hill, near the 
 first settlement of the town, in what is call- 
 ed the Robinson district. It was the first 
 burying ground in Northiield, and for a 
 number of years the only one. The land 
 belonged to the farm of Amos Robinson, 
 and no organization as we can learn was 
 ever formed to control it. All who de- 
 sired it for the burial of their friends had 
 the privilege, and here many of the early 
 settlers rest from their labors. Among 
 the prominent men that are here interred 
 are Amos Robinson, Nathaniel Robinson, 
 Abraham Shipman, Thomas Averill, and 
 
 Jesse Averill, Lebbeus 
 Bennett, Farley Tyler, 
 William Jones, and Sam- 
 uel Buzzell, with their 
 wives and many of their 
 children. 
 
 (;OULDSVII,LE CEMETERY. " 
 
 This burying ground, 
 located in the center of the 
 village, shows care and at- 
 tention in the laying out 
 of the lots, and keeping 
 them clear from weeds and 
 briers. A distinguished 
 traveler once remarked : 
 " Show me the cemeteries 
 and churches of a town, 
 and I will tell you the 
 character of the people." 
 The Falls village burial 
 ground association was 
 organized according to chapter 81 of Re- 
 vised Statutes. The first meeting was 
 held at the school-house in district No. 13, 
 December, 1848, at which a constitution 
 was adopted, A. S. Braman, moderator; 
 Marvin Simons, clerk ; Leander Foster, 
 James CJould, Samuel Smith, Lotan Lib- 
 bey, Anson Munson, executive committee. 
 The land for the cemetery formerly be- 
 longed to the farm of Luther S. Burnham ; 
 was bought and laid out in 79 lots, sold at 
 $4 each. The grounds ha\e since been 
 enlarged by about half an acre. 
 
 Ord. Sergt. Luke W. Kendall, Co. F, 4th 
 Vt., was shot through the head in the 
 battle of the Wilderness. His regiment 
 had never fought without him, and he never 
 received a scratch until his fatal wound. 
 He had re-enlisted for 3 years ; left a wife. 
 
 Edmund Pope, Jr., enlisted in 1861 ; 
 taken prisoner at Wilson's Raid, June 19, 
 64 ; died in Dec, on board a transport, on 
 his way home. 
 
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 671 
 
 LONGEVITY OF NORTHFIELD. 
 
 BY DH. p. D. BRADFORD 
 
 f. ^IP/^ 
 
 Names of all persons {as far as can be ascertained) , w/10 have lived and died in town 
 
 over "JO years of age. 
 
 Whole number of males, 143; females, 100; total, 243. Aggregate ages of males, 
 12,249; of females, 9,090; total, 21,339 y-''- Average ages of males, 85 yrs. 7 m. 26 
 days ; of females 90 9-10 yrs. Average ages of both sexes, 87 yrs. 9 m. 23 days. 
 
 Thomas Averill, 
 
 David Denney, 
 
 Prudence Wise Jones, 
 
 Aquilla Jones, 
 
 Hannah Shaw Hedges, 
 
 Thomas Averill, 
 
 Amasa Tubbs, 
 
 Mrs. Hill Tubbs, 
 
 Gilbert Hatch, 
 
 Elizabeth Averill, 
 
 Ezekiel Robinson, 
 
 Amos Robinson, 
 
 Elizabeth R. Averill, 
 
 Jerusha R. Richardson, 
 
 Samuel Richardson, 
 
 Thomas Coburn, 
 
 Polly G. Cochran. 
 
 Reuben Smith, 
 
 Hannah Robinson, 
 
 Elijah Smith, 
 
 Amos Averill, 
 
 Paul Richmond, 
 
 Mrs. Keyser, 
 
 Abraham Shipman, 
 
 Mary M. Smith, 
 
 William Cochran, 
 
 William Wales, 
 
 Azubah H. Frizzle. 
 
 Ebenezer Frizzle, 
 
 David Hedges, 
 
 Dinah D. Robinson, 
 
 Nathaniel King, 65 Mrs. tbenezer !< ox, loi 
 
 Thomas L. Mayo, 71 Ebenezer Fox, 85 
 
 William Gold, 79 Calvin Cady, 81 
 
 John Plastridge, 70 Betsey M. Cady, -j^ 
 
 Polly Loomis^Averill, 72 Mrs. Maith Howe, 76 
 
 Joel Winch, 74 Stillman Allen, 83 
 
 Lemuel Pope, 71 William A. (Gallup, ■ 7 
 
 Daniel Stevens, 77 Isaac Kinsman, 84 
 
 Polly Nichols Smith, 80 John Leonard, 82 
 
 Lydia Heath, 71 Anson Adams, 76 
 
 Betsey Gallup, 74 j Nathaniel Fisk, 87 
 
 Perley Tyler, 76 Betsey Fisk, 71 
 
 Jietsey R. Tyler, 75 , Sarah Fisk, 74 
 
 Polly Fish Worthington, 71 I David Fisk, 73 
 
 Lewis Hedges, 72 I Amos Howes, 72 
 
 Lavina Chamberlin, 70 Libbeus Bennett, 83 
 
 Mrs. Lewis, ~ 
 
 Theophilus Gould, 74 VViHiam Hedges, 73 
 
 Joseph Grant, 74 William Keyes, 12, 
 
 Esther Grant, 76 Mrs. Wm. Noyes King, 91 
 
 Amasa Alger, 87 Joel Brown, 70 
 
 Nathaniel B. Ashcroft, 70 Seth P. Field, 76 
 
 John Fisk, 
 
 75 
 
 Asahel Briggs, 
 
 CAPT. jes.se averill. See page 618. 
 
 David Plastridge, 
 Henry Knapp, 
 Stephen Thrasher, 
 John Preston, 
 Eunice C. Preston, 
 Almos Wheeler, 
 Rachel A. Wheeler, 
 Betsey Martin Fisk, 
 James Heath, 
 James Loomis, 
 David Partridge, 
 Michael Welch, 
 Willard Alger, 
 Margaret Mowcroft, 
 Eleazer Loomis, 
 Lois Rice, 
 Silas Rice, 
 Amarvale LaDuke, 
 Fanny Udall Richmond, 
 Simeon Curtis, 
 Rebecca Pope, 
 Betsey C. Pitkin, 
 Lucy R. Trow, 
 Asahel Blake, 
 
 1i 
 72 
 
 79 
 95 
 87 
 75 
 82 
 84 
 85 
 75 
 73 
 84 
 
 71 
 75 
 81 
 89 
 
 93 
 76 
 90 
 72 
 84 
 90 
 74 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Polly Latham, 
 James Latham, i 
 Ezra Latham, 
 John Greene, 
 Benjamin Porter, 
 James Pike, 
 Laura S. Randall, 
 Sally S. Thrasher, 
 Jedediah Bacon, 
 Marian Belknap, 
 Joseph S. Daniels, 
 Abijah Howe, 
 Samuel Richmond, 
 Mrs. M. R. Plastridge, 
 John F. Nye, 
 Nora Hannon, 
 Daniel Hannon, 
 Mrs. H. D. Balch, 
 Lydia W. Smith, 
 Nancy Ouimby, 
 Susan Adams, 
 Richard Hedges, 
 Julia T. Hedges, 
 Adolphus Denny. 
 John Mosely, 
 Samuel Maxham, 
 Nancy L. Field, 
 Elijah Hedges, 
 Polly T. Pledges, 
 Samuel Buzzell, 
 Samuel Adams, 
 Elijah Burnham, 
 Roswell Alger, 
 Betsey Frencli, 
 Ora Nichols, 
 i\Irs. McCarty, 
 James Jolmsun, 
 George Rice, 
 Esther Rice, 
 Tyler Ladd, 
 William Mowcroft, 
 Huldah \'arne\', 
 Jonathan Rich, 
 Dennis Canady, 
 Daniel Stevens, 
 Mrs. Johnson, 
 Silas Jackson, 
 Lyman Cochran, 
 Jonathan Pitkin, 
 
 Churchill, 
 
 No)es Tower, 
 Jemima Thompson, 
 Mrs. Rich, 
 Joseph Chamberlin, 
 Nancy H. Chamberlin, 
 Richard Hedges, 
 Rhoda R. Hedges, 
 Abigail D. Foster, 
 Mary LaDuke, 
 Edward Bean, 
 Harriet G. Dodge, 
 Susan Kent, 
 Amos Rice, 
 Ziba Rice, 
 James Steele, 
 Esther S. Steele, 
 
 79 
 
 as 
 
 80 
 81 
 81 
 78 
 78 
 83 
 82 
 86 
 74 
 75 
 75 
 71 
 71 
 70 
 87 
 70 
 
 79 
 88 
 72 
 78 
 95 
 76 
 83 
 84 
 go 
 88 
 76 
 87 
 83 
 72 
 
 83 
 87 
 
 n 
 iz 
 75 
 
 75 
 82 
 
 11 
 
 DEXJ.\Ml.\ I'ORTKK. See page 632. 
 
 James Webster, 
 Simon Eggleston. 
 Mrs. Hoicien, 
 Sarali Allen Curtis, 
 Betsey P. Houghton, 
 Polly Latham, 
 James Latham, 
 Oliver Averill, 
 John Greene, 
 Roswell Carpenter, 
 Roswell Carpenter, Jr., 
 Lovisa Carpenter, 
 Azuba Simons, 
 Thomas N. Courser, 
 Anna R. Smith, 
 Dyer Loomis, 
 Jesse Averill, 
 Betsey L. Ashcroft, 
 Betsey W. Kathan, 
 Susan C. Eastman, 
 Edward Eastman, 
 Joel Parker, 
 Hannah Gilson Parker, 
 Ezekiel Stanton, 
 Joel Coburn, 
 Anson Farnliam, 
 Polly Farnham, 
 Abbie T)'ler, 
 N. A. Whittaker, 
 Elijah Ellis, 
 Mrs. Elijah Ellis, 
 James Wiley, 
 Mary B. Tyler, 
 Betsey F. Mayo, 
 Isaac Libby, 
 Joseph li. Newton, 
 Rachel B. Newton, 
 Jacob Amidon, 
 
 Nathan Ring, 
 
 84 
 
 James Nichols, 
 
 n 
 
 Nathaniel Richardson, 
 
 86 
 
 .'\din Smith, 
 
 78 
 
 Zebedee Briggs, 
 
 73 
 
 Solomon Dunham, 
 
 75 
 
 Mrs. James Pike. 
 
 84 
 
 Died in iZ^o and 188 
 
 1. 
 
 John Gregory, 
 
 7' 
 
 Betsey W. Kathan, 
 
 76 
 
 Samuel Emerson, 
 
 76 
 
 Ozias Silsbury, 
 
 76 
 
 Thomas Emerson, 
 
 76 
 
 Ansel Shaw, 
 
 77 
 
 Jacob Loomis, 
 
 n 
 
 Moses Robinson, 
 
 77 
 
 Abigail Alger, 
 
 78 
 
 Harriet Hoyt Sylvester, 
 
 79 
 
 Calista Vinton Porter, 
 
 79 
 
 Charles Simons, 
 
 79 
 
 Rebecca W. Coburn, 
 
 80 
 
 Mary Wales, 
 
 80 
 
 Louisa Jones Rice, 
 
 80 
 
 Joseph Moihtt, 
 
 83 
 
 Josiah Lane, 
 
 85 
 
 John Axerill, 
 
 86 
 
 Aurelia Kathan Nye, 
 
 86 
 
 IClmira C. Nye, 
 
 86 
 
 Stephen Burbank, 
 
 86 
 
 Silas Sheldon, 
 
 87 
 
 Melinda F. Davis, 
 
 88 
 
 Allen Balch, 
 
 91 
 
 M. R. Burbank, 
 
 92 
 
 Zervia S. Williams, 
 
 9' 
 
 Mrs. A. Dumas, 
 
 93 
 
 Mrs. E. E. Corliss, 
 
 96 
 
 John Leahy, 
 
 100 
 
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 LF.WIS COLLEGE. 
 
 NORWICH UNIVERSITY. 
 BY REV. F. W. BARTLETT. 
 
 The early history since its foundation in 
 1834, may be found in the history of 
 Norwich, where it was located until after 
 the burning of the " South Barracks" in 
 the spring of 1866. The next fall it re- 
 moved to Northfield, the citizens thereof 
 having raised $16,500 for the purpose. 
 Rev. Edward Bourns, LL. D., had been 
 president for 15 years. 
 
 On removal, the institution first occupied 
 the upper part of Paine's building, i. e., from 
 Sept. 13, 1866, to the Commencement in 
 'July, 1868. Capt. S. W. Shattuck became 
 president /rt; tempore in 1866, Dr. Bourns 
 remaining as professor of languages until 
 his death, in July, 1871. Maj. Thomas 
 W. Walker, U. S. A., became president 
 in 1867, Rev. R. S. Howard, D. D., in 
 1869, Rev. Malcolm Douglass, D. D., in 
 1872, Rev. Josiah Swett, D. D., in 1875, 
 Capt. Chas. A. Curtis, U. S. A., in 1877, 
 Hon. Geo. Nichols, M. D., in 1880. Dec. 
 31, 1880, the trustees, having been em- 
 powered by the Legislature, changed the 
 name to Lewis College. 
 
 This was done chiefly in recognition of 
 the offer of Col. Chas. H. Lewis, LL.D., 
 
 8s 
 
 of Boston, an alumnus, to render it''the 
 needed financial support, on certain con- 
 ditions, which were accepted by the trus- 
 tees. With no endowment, there had 
 been of late years a long-continued strug- 
 gle for existence. Col. Lewis was at the 
 same time elected president, and Dr. 
 Clarence L. Hathaway, M. S., vice presi- 
 dent. 
 
 The college has conferred the following 
 degrees since its foundation : Bachelor of 
 Arts, III ; Bachelor of Science, 140; Bach- 
 elor of Philosophy, 2 ; Civil Engineer, 3 ; 
 Master of Arts, 80 ; Master of Civil En- 
 gineering, 13 ; Doctor of Medicine, 3 ; 
 Doctor of Divinity, 16 ; Doctor of Laws, 
 14; Doctor of Philosophy, 2. 
 
 The faculty of professors and instructors 
 have numbered 60, of which there grad- 
 uated from Bowdoin College, i ; Brown 
 University, i ; Cambridge, Eng., i ; Co- 
 lumbia, 2 ; Dartmouth, 2 ; Harvard, I ; 
 Michigan, i ; Middlebury, i ; N. Y. City 
 College, I ; Norwich University, 29 ; Trin- 
 ity, Dublin, 2 ; LTnion, i ; University of 
 Vermont, i ; LTpsala, Sweden, i ; U. S. 
 Military Academy, 2 ; Williams, i . 
 
 Under the presidency of Col. Lewis 
 there have been the following professors 
 
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 besides the lecturers : Clarence L. Hath- 
 away, M. S., M. D., Prof, of Anatomy, 
 Physiology and Hygiene ; Charles Dole, 
 A. M., English, History and Political 
 Science; William M. Rumbaugh, C. E., 
 Drawing, Architecture, Civil and Topo- 
 graphical Engineering; Franklin W. Bart- 
 lett, A. M., Latin and Greek; John B. 
 Johnson, A. B., Mathematics, Miningand 
 Mechanical Engineering; Frederick W. 
 Grube, A. M., Modern Languages; Asa 
 Howe, C. E., M. D., Engineering, Field 
 Work. 
 
 Military science has been taught and 
 military discipline enforced from the out- 
 set ; and accordingly many graduates and 
 past cadets have entered the army in time 
 of war, and not a few have risen to dis- 
 ^ tinction as officers or engineers. The roll 
 of honor includes the names of 12 general 
 officers, 40 colonels and a great number of 
 other oiEcers, among whom some shed 
 their blood for their country. 
 
 Recently efforts have been made to bring 
 the college more prominently before the 
 public as a school of practical science. 
 The publication of the old college paper, 
 The Reveille, has lately been revived by the 
 cadets. The number of students is in- 
 creasing. 
 
 REV. EDWARD BOURNS, LL. D. 
 BY REV. MALCOIM DOUGLASS, D. D. 
 
 . Edward Bourns was born in Dublin, Ire- 
 land, Oct. 29, i8oi. His father's ancestor 
 was a Scotchman, whose name was thought 
 to have been originally Burns, who went 
 to Ireland about the time of James I., and 
 settled in Derry. His mother bore the 
 name of King. His two grandmothers 
 were sisters, Medlicott, by name ; and his 
 great grandmother was a Kirkpatrick from 
 Scotland. He was educated by Dr. Mil- 
 ler, of Armagh, entered Trinity College, 
 Dublin, and won his degree of B. A. July 
 g, 1833. He passed the theological exam- 
 inations, June, 1834. Both before and after 
 this date he was engaged as a writer and 
 reviewer by the well known publishers, 
 Thomas Tegg & Son.Cheapside, London. 
 He did not at once take orders, but en- 
 gaged as tutor in a private family in Eng- 
 
 land. In August, 1837, he landed in this 
 country. He soon after opened an English 
 and Classical School in Philadelphia, where 
 he became acquainted with the Rev. Dr. 
 William H. DeLancey, Provost of the 
 Pennsylvania University. After the con- 
 secration of Dr. DeLancey as Bishop of 
 Western New York, and his removal to 
 Geneva, in 1838, Edward Bourns was at- 
 tracted to Geneva. In 1839, he received the 
 degree of M. A. from Geneva College, then 
 presided over by the Rev. Dr. Benjamin 
 Hale. In the same year, he was made ad- 
 junct professor of the Latin and Greek 
 languages. In 1841. he received the de- 
 gree of LL. D. from the same college. In 
 the same year on the 7th of March, in 
 Trinity Church, Geneva, he was ordain- 
 ed Deacon in the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church ; and in the year following, March 
 12, at Zion Church, Palmyra, N. Y., he 
 was ordained Priest. In 1845, he re- 
 signed the Professorship and went to 
 Brooklyn, L. I., where he continued to give 
 instruction in the languages, until he was 
 called, in Sfept. 1850, to the Presidency of 
 Norwich University, Vt^ He held this office 
 until 1865 ; and from 1850, discharged also 
 the duties of Professor of Latin and Greek 
 until shortly before his death, which was 
 caused by paralysis and occurred July 14, 
 1871. 
 
 Dr. Edward Bourns was no ordinary 
 man. In the midst of pressing cares, fre- 
 quent infirmities, and peculiar embarrass- 
 ments, the intrinsic force, native shrewd- 
 ness and genial kindness of his nature, . 
 notwithstanding a vein of constitutional 
 caution and reserve, made him felt and re- 
 spected and greatly endeared to many. 
 The trials of Norwich University in his 
 time were peculiar, and arose chiefly from 
 the lack of an early and wise plan of foun- 
 dation by generous endowments. Yet 
 perseveringly and staunchly he stood by, 
 through evil report and good report. He 
 braved with wonderful elasticity and spirit 
 the frosts and freshets and droughts of 
 neglect and almost literary banishment and 
 pecuniary hardship. In the most loyal, 
 unselfish spirit, he resigned his Presidency 
 of N. U., after 15 years of service, and 
 
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 still faithfully continued in her service, en- 
 dured her transplanting from Norwich to 
 Northiield, and became rooted in the new 
 place, winning the esteem and confidence 
 of all the people on every hand. Against 
 increasing infirmities his well-proved spirit 
 bore up to the last, scorning the thought 
 of surrender ; bearing him up by the long 
 training of habit to give instruction, and 
 to sacrifice himself, and to rally his powers, 
 when it was marvelous that he could even 
 prolong existence. He died in harness. 
 
 Let us draw an illustration of his char- 
 acter from the trees of a forest. There, 
 in the admirable variety of nature, there 
 are certain types and characteristics which 
 distinguish one tree from another, and in 
 which their respective excellences and 
 good qualities lie. So it is also with men, 
 and it was eminently, so with this man. 
 His character, like that of certain grand 
 families of trees, was conspicuous amongst 
 the many men of ability, education and 
 practical sense with whom he constantly 
 mingled. It was moulded and grew up 
 under a combination of influences which 
 helped to make the man. On his father's 
 and his mother's mother's side he might 
 be said to have inherited the characteris- 
 tics of the Scottish Larch, which now 
 clothes the heathery Scottish highlands 
 and. rugged hills. In hardihood under 
 adverse storms, in patient endurance 
 against the wintry sleet and driving hail, 
 in the qualities which fit that tree to bear 
 transplanting, to redeem the sterile' rocky 
 wastes, and give them a new value ; in 
 these respects, this representative tree may 
 well illustrate some of the marked charac- 
 teristics of this man. He came in the 
 prime of his young manhood to a country 
 before unknown to him and strange, and 
 was transplanted into its soil. As he stood 
 upon the deck of the vessel which bore him 
 from his native shores, he resolved at once^ 
 and always to lay aside in obscurity the 
 traditions of his native land, and accept in 
 good faith and generously the traditions of 
 the land of which he intended to be an ac- 
 knowledged-citizen. And under difficulties 
 which few can understand, he succeeded in 
 making himself useful and a blessing, and 
 
 in moulding for good the character of many 
 American youth, who now live to remem- 
 ber him with pleasure and gratitude. 
 
 But, again, on his mother's father's side 
 he inherited also something of the capacity, 
 strength and robustness of the Irish oak. 
 This is a tree distinguished for its genuine 
 toughness of grain, and practical power ; 
 and its ability to furnish sound timber for 
 traffic, constructions, and the welfare of 
 men and communities. And this tree may 
 also represent in some sort the character- 
 istics of this man. If you regard him as 
 to his physical mould, it is easy to see that 
 if he had been brought up to cultivate 
 chiefly his bodily powers, he would have 
 been gigantic even amongst our most pow- 
 erful men. He was somewhat bent from 
 long sedentary life, but when standing 
 fully erect his height was but little short of 
 six feet and three inches, with a frame- 
 work — a breadth of shoulder, a develop- 
 ment of muscle, and massive loins — in 
 equal proportion. His - physical courage 
 was perfect. For although diffident to an 
 extreme, and reluctant to a fault to dis- 
 play himself, no truer, braver heart could 
 anywhere be found when the time for ac- 
 tion came : no sympathy more ready than 
 his with the oppressed, no freer outspeak- 
 ing of views than his, no contempt of hum- 
 bug and pretension — of mere glitter and 
 show — more thorough than his. Take 
 him all in all as he was, even as developed 
 by purely literary and professional pur- 
 suits, by the life and service of the parish 
 minister, by the trials of the academic 
 professor and president, by the confine- 
 ment of books and writings, and the inter- 
 course of educated men ; notwithstanding, . 
 mentally and physically, the Scottish larch 
 and the Irish oak will not badly represent 
 him. 
 
 Dr. Bourns was a man of learning and 
 acumen. His Alma Mater, Trinity Col- 
 lege, Dublin, was second to none in the 
 United Kingdom in scholarly training and 
 classical learning. Here he won honora- 
 ble prizes, and in his library were books 
 marked with the printed seal of the col- 
 lege recording the occasions upon which 
 he won them in .scholastic competitions. 
 
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 He earned by long practice a right to 
 speak and to teach as it were ex cathedra. 
 He was also a voluminous, careful and ex- 
 haustive reader. Yet never at any time in 
 his sermons or addresses, in conversation 
 or in discussions, did he ever betray the con- 
 sequence of the pedant, or assume to be 
 other than a sincere enquirer after tiuth. 
 He was fond of accuracy ; willing to be 
 restrained by well-grounded principles and 
 laws ; ready to surrender cheerfully his 
 opinions and theories, if found to be un- 
 tenable, but not otherwise. No man could 
 discern better than he the weak points of 
 a coxcomb or hypocrite ; and no man 
 could with keener humor and presence of 
 mind foil the advances of intrusive persons 
 and turn the tables upon them. Yet, with 
 a facility of extempore speech, and a native 
 readiness that but for his diffidence and 
 physical hindrances would have placed him 
 amongst our foremost public speakers, 
 and with a keen and humorous moth- 
 er-wit sufficient for three ordinary men, he 
 guarded the portals of his lips with the 
 extremest care from hasty, unbecoming, 
 or careless words. He never passed the 
 bounds of perfect propriety, modesty and 
 good sense, in public or in private. He 
 sometimes felt himself obliged to show a 
 presuming, pertinacious or priggish person 
 that he had the advantage of him and 
 would keep it. But he never told tales 
 out of school, or treated the character and 
 actions of any scholar or any person but 
 with the most delicate reserve. He stood 
 in all these respects upon his sacred honor. 
 His reticence under the most trying cir- 
 cumstances and in regard to those who 
 had caused him great anxiety, was mar- 
 vellous and instructive. 
 
 Would that our limits permitted us to 
 illustrate that readiness and keenness of 
 humor which those who knew him will 
 easily remember. We heard him once 
 make the following characteristic speech, 
 on a certain commencement evening at 
 Norwich ; when the cadets were assembled 
 with a serenading band of music, and the 
 Doctor was importuned for a speech. He 
 opened the window and was heard to say : 
 "Young gentlemen, I thank you for this 
 
 a"dmirable music. I have heard you praised 
 greatly this day by our accomplished visi- 
 tors, and I think myself that you have 
 done very well indeed. I cannot help 
 thinking that if you are such fine birds now 
 when you are half-fledged, what will you 
 be when you are in full feather !" When 
 the clergy of the diocese of Vermont, 
 after the death of Bishop Hopkins, held a 
 preliminary meeting to review the names 
 of candidates to fill the vacancy, the Doc- 
 tor while praising highly the timber of Ver- 
 mont, ingeniously argued that a Vermont 
 sapling, which had been transplanted, de- 
 veloped and finished under other and most 
 favorable skies, was ceteris paribus better 
 fiirnished than one could otherwise be for 
 this responsible service. 
 
 Dr. Bourns worked faithfully in his cler- 
 ical life. He was an excellent sermonizer, 
 and extemporized passages and paragraphs 
 with the greatest facility as he was preach- 
 ing. It may be remembered that at a cer- 
 tain Convocation of the clergy in Rutland 
 years ago, the question under discussion 
 was, How liiay sermons be made more 
 effective in drawing the laity ? The Doctor, 
 when asked his opinion, answered that the 
 clergy "should prepare better sermons." 
 "They should use more art," he said; 
 " not art in the sense of artifice, but Jiigh, 
 sacred art in building up, constructing, 
 the sermon, and preaching It." 
 
 As a theologian, he was no mere theo- 
 rist, but sound, practical, consistent, and 
 conservative. He was not by nature en- 
 thusiastic; and he sometimes distrusted 
 those who were, if he failed to discern the 
 stability of the foundation upon which they 
 built. He deeply felt the value of energy 
 and practical common sense in carrying 
 out the great work of the Church, and 
 showed his sincere missionary spirit by 
 doing under great disadvantages what he 
 could in the paths of clerical work. Before 
 he went to Norwich many clergyman re- 
 ceived his assistance in the pulpit. In 
 Norwich he held service in the chapel, 
 afterwards in a parish church. For 16 
 years he crossed the Connecticut River 
 weekly to minister to the little parish in 
 Hanover, without other compensation than 
 
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 the small means of the Diocesan Board of 
 Missions could furnish him. At North- 
 field, he served for several years as rector 
 of St. Mary's Parish. In the beautiful 
 cemetery of that village will be found his 
 monument and his grave. 
 
 When one, a professor in the Universi- 
 ty, and one of its first two graduates ; one 
 who had become endeared to Dr. Bourns 
 by the mutual trials and sympathies of 
 many years of academic life together ; 
 when this good and true man, this Chris- 
 tian brother, Gen. Alonzo Jackman, ap- 
 proached him a few days before his death, 
 and asked the question, "Is the sky all 
 clear between you and your God ?" ' ' Yes," 
 was the emphatic response ; and after a 
 pause, " yes, it is clear." 
 
 - GEN. ALONZO JACKMAN, LL. D. 
 BY BEV. FBANKLIN W. BAKTLETT. 
 
 The name of Alonzo Jackman occupies 
 an illustrious place in the annals of Ver- 
 mont, and on account of his distinguished 
 services, as an educator and a soldier, as 
 well as his virtues as a man, he deserves a 
 longer biographical notice than our limits 
 permit. He was born in Thetford, Mar. 
 20, 1809, the second son of Joseph and 
 SaraJi (Warner) Jackman, who were in- 
 dustrious and worthy people. When near- 
 ly 3 years old, his father, a farmer, died of 
 an injury, and his mother was left in 
 straightened circumstances, with, three 
 children, Enoch, Alonzo and Joseph. 
 Shortly after that, they removed to Straf- 
 ford, and the next year, 1813, to New Bos- 
 ton, in the town of Norwich ; and that 
 summer, the young lad commenced attend- 
 ing school. One day, he had a narrow es- 
 cape from drowning in the swollen brook 
 near by. The same year, he was very low 
 of a fever, and not expected to live. He 
 had early religious impressions ; for when 
 he was only 5 years old, he believed he saw 
 a vision of the Lord walking on the sky. 
 In 1814, while his mother was at Enfield, 
 N. H., a few weeks, to learn the art of 
 making oil-cloth, he was placed in the care 
 of a Mrs. Sawyer, who instlllled into his 
 yoiing mind a knowledge of the Bible. 
 Many years afterwards, the mature man 
 looked back to that period as having, had 
 
 an important influence on his subseqent 
 life. In 1815, he lived in the same house 
 with a Smith family ; and their boy, Jo- 
 seph, who afterwards became the Mormon 
 Prophet, was his play-fellow. In 1816, 
 Mrs. Jackman was married to Eli Clark, 
 who took a farm tq carry on by the halves, 
 and the two older boys worked as steadily 
 on it as if hired men. Alonzo cut wood 
 for the family bare-footed, with a warmed 
 board between his feet and the snow. 
 One day when Enoch and he were cutting 
 from the same log, the latter sat down to 
 rest, when Enoch's axe glanced and cut 
 his brother slightly, nearly from hip to knee. 
 In 1820, these two boys left home, never 
 to return again, except on a visit, their 
 mother having given them the parting ad- 
 monition, " Go for yourselves and remem- 
 ber there is a God." Alonzo went to 
 work with a farmer, James Powell, for 
 board, clothing and schooling. He re- 
 mained one year. While there he heard 
 much religious discussion, and commenced 
 reading the Bible through by course, in 
 order to know the truth more perfectly. 
 In 182 1, he commenced work for another 
 farmer, about half a mile from his birth- 
 place. Here he was to have board, cloth- 
 ing and 3 months at school. He did his 
 part faithfully, but was unjustly treated, 
 and some of the winters was allowed but 
 little time at school, a disadvantage in 
 early years, which he always afterwards 
 felt. Having worked here 6 years, he left 
 with $4, and two days provisions. His 
 brother Enoch accompanied him, and the 
 two, with $12.47 between them, went on 
 foot down the Connecticut river until they 
 reached Middletown, Mar. 16, with 25 
 cents left. They crossed over to Chatham , 
 now Portland, where they secured work in 
 the sandstone quarries, near which his 
 brother still resides. He attended school 
 in the winter. 
 
 In 1828, young Jackman went to New 
 York and engaged as seaman before the - 
 mast, on a new ship, the St. John, bound 
 for Mobile, and from there, as he sup- 
 posed, to Liverpool. This expectation 
 was not realized, and he returned by 
 another ship to New York and thence to 
 
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 Portland, where he worked in the quar- 
 ry during the season, aud then went to Ver- 
 mont, where he visited and helped his 
 mother, spending the winter at school. 
 In the spring of 1830, he was again at 
 work in the quarry, and the next winter 
 attended the high school at Portland. 
 About this time he decided to be a Chris- 
 tian. One wakeful night he revolved the 
 subject in his mind and firmly resolved to 
 give himself wholly to the service of God. 
 He joined the Methodist class in March, 
 1 83 1, and the following summer was bap- 
 tized by immersion. The year 183 1 was 
 employed like the year before, partly in the 
 quarry and partly at school. 
 
 In 1832, the two brothers left Portland 
 for Ohio ; but Enoch, when they had 
 reached Troy, N. Y., could be persuaded 
 to go no further. After a few weeks in 
 the stone cutter's business, they left for 
 New York, where they got employment on 
 a steamboat for a short time, and then re- 
 turned to the quarries. Alonzo, however, 
 did not abandon the idea of going west to 
 settle. In October, he left for Ohio. He 
 traveled in various parts of the state, look- 
 ing for a farm ; but he finally shipped on a 
 steamboat, engaged in the iron trade, be- 
 tween Cincinnati and Wyandotte, Va. 
 He was next employed on a New Orleans 
 and Mobile boat. In May, 1833, he again 
 went to work in the Portland quarry. 
 
 The-scanty opportunities which he had 
 snatched for reading, and his short seasons 
 of school life had given him a desire to 
 pursue a regular course of study. He con- 
 sidered whether to accept an agency for a 
 line of steamers, go to farming in Ohio, or 
 to get an education. He decided, left 
 Portland, and about Dec. i, 1833, enteied 
 Franklin Seminary at Norwich, Vt. The 
 next year, the principal, Mr. Buck, re- 
 moved his school to New Market, N. H., 
 and young Jackman went with him, and, 
 while prosecuting his studies, rendered as- 
 sistance in teaching mathematics, his fa- 
 vorite branch. In the summer of 1835, he 
 taught the same branch while pursuing his 
 studies in an academy at Kingston, N. H., 
 and also on its removal in the autumn to 
 Rochester, N. H. Norwich University 
 
 had, in the meantime, been chartered and 
 opened. He decided to enter it, and did 
 so in December of that year, having passed 
 his examination for admission to the Sen- 
 ior class. He graduated at the first com- 
 mencement, Aug., 1836, with the degree 
 of B. A. Being the only graduate that 
 year he stands at the head of the alumni. 
 Soon afterwards he was elected to the 
 chair of mathematics. In the next sum- 
 mer vacation, he visited in New England, 
 New York and Canada. In 1838, on ac- 
 count of the uneasiness caused by the pro- 
 jected Canada rebellion, he was employed 
 to drill troops at Enosburgh, Berkshire 
 and Sheldon. On returning to open the 
 spring term of 1839, Zerah Colburn, Pro- 
 fessor of Languages, had died, and the 
 charge of the whole institution rested upon 
 Captain Partridge and himself. In Feb., 
 1840, Josiah Swett, who had been Jack- 
 man's room-mate and graduated a year 
 after him, became professor of ancient lan- 
 guages, and that summer these two profes- 
 sors established a paper at Norwich, devo- 
 ted to military science, national defence,, 
 and the interests of the militia. It did not 
 prove a financial success ; and one reason 
 may have been that it stood aloof from 
 politics during the great excitement of the 
 presidential campaign of that year. Pro- 
 fessor Jackman contributed a series of ar- 
 ticles on tactics valuable for their clear- 
 ness and precision. Some time during the 
 publication of this paper, both editors re- 
 signed their professorships and removed 
 to Windsor, where they opened a school, 
 which they called the New England Semi- 
 nary. They were both Methodists, but 
 after much reading and discussion conclud- 
 ed to enter the communion of the Episco- 
 pal church, and received confirmation from 
 Bp. Hopkins, in 1843. 
 
 While at Windsor, Jackman had as 
 mathematical treatise printed on the sub- 
 ject of " Series," in which his investiga- 
 tions were carried beyond the ability of 
 the ordinary student. Having conducted 
 the school for 3 years, he and his friend 
 Swett returned by invitation, in 1844, to 
 the University, and resumed their profes- 
 sorships under the new president. Gen. T. 
 
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 B. Ransom. After the commencement of 
 1845, the two friends left for Claremont, 
 N. H., proposing to set up a school; but 
 finding the project unpromising, they 
 abandoned it. Jackman, at the solicitation 
 of the president and the trustees of N. U., 
 again went on duty in the fall term. 
 
 In 1846, he wrote and published an arti- 
 cle on the subject of an oceanic magnetic 
 telegraph. He gave in detail plans for the 
 construction, materials and manner of lay- 
 ing a telegraphic cable across the Atlantic. 
 In lecturing ,to his school on magnetism, 
 he had expressed the belief that if the nec- 
 essary expense could be met, a telegraph 
 might be thus extended across the ocean. 
 In 1846, the Hon. Amos Kendall, then 
 president of a Telegraph Co., at Washing- 
 ton, D. C, communicated to a Philadel- 
 phia paper the difficulties of crossing, with 
 the telegraph, large bodies of water. Prof. 
 Jackman, happening to see this article, 
 wrote Mr. Kendall, and explained how the 
 difficulties could be surmounted. Receiv- 
 ing no reply, he was induced to write out 
 for publication the article to which we have 
 referred, that no other person might have 
 the credit of solving the problem which 
 he had worked out in this field of science. 
 Accordingly, he wrote a paper, answering 
 all objections, providing against all the 
 difficulties, and including all the necessary 
 particulars of construction and the method 
 of laying an oceanic telegraphic cable. 
 This was about 12 years before the first 
 Atlantic cable was successfully laid. He 
 sent the article to periodicals in Washing- 
 ton, New York, Philadelphia and Boston ; 
 but editors refused it, considering the plan 
 visionary. He then sent it to the Vermont 
 Mercury of Woodstock, where it appeared 
 in the number dated Aug. 14, 1846. He 
 forwarded copies to prominent men in the 
 United States, England, Canada and 
 France. It seems, therefore, that the 
 credit is due him of having matured a suc- 
 cessful plan for this gigantic enterprise. 
 The cable as it was laid was of the same genr 
 eral description with that which he had pro- 
 posed, differing in some minor details, 
 among which was the use of gutta-percha 
 
 instead of India rubber for the purpose of 
 insulation. 
 
 Prof. Jackman was well versed in tactics, 
 and had a reputation as an excellent drill- 
 master. This led to his being appointed 
 Brigade drill master by the Governor of 
 New Hampshire, with the rank of Major. 
 He drilled the officers of the brigades of 
 that state at certain times in 1847, '48. 
 
 Returning to Norwich from a drill, he 
 had held at Exeter, N. H., he suffered from 
 a severe attack of typhoid fever, from 
 which he narrowly escaped death. This 
 is one of the many times when he was 
 near death, either by accident or sickness. 
 
 In Aug., 1849, ^^ obtained 3 years leave 
 of absence from the University, and in 
 October, sailed from Boston for California 
 by way of Cape Horn. His object was to 
 see the country and to add to his resources. 
 He reached San Francisco March 13, 
 1850. Within a few weeks he took out a 
 claim in the gold region. The prospect 
 seemed fair ; but it was desirable to turn 
 the course of the river, and Jackman was 
 elected the Engineer. He was 100 miles 
 from a civilized center, and had to work at 
 a disadvantage ; but his ingenuity and ac- 
 quirements came to his aid. He accom- 
 plished the work he had undertaken, and 
 Californians pronounced it the greatest 
 achievement in engineering in the state. 
 He did not find much gold, however. When 
 the rainy season was approaching, he sold 
 out, and the same autumn went to Oregon, 
 and took out a claim of 320 acres, not far 
 from Pacific city, now included in Wash- 
 ington Territory. When Pacific County 
 was organized, June 2, 1851, and county 
 officers elected, Mr. Jackman was made 
 Probate Judge and School Superintendent. 
 In December, he quit Oregon, with some 
 of his farm products on board a bark b6und 
 for San Francisco, expecting to realize a 
 goodly sum of money for them. The pas- 
 sage was rough, and his property was ren- 
 dered worthless by leakage of the vessel. 
 While in this city, he learned that a large 
 amount of gold had been realized from his 
 old mining claim since he left it. 
 
 He returned to Norwich Apr. 10, 1852, 
 
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 intending to settle up his affairs and re- 
 turn to his western farm. Dr. Bourns, at 
 tliis time President of N. U., induced him 
 to teach until the next commencement. 
 Meantime, the reports he heard from the 
 West dissuaded him from returning thith- 
 er, and he consented to remain with Dr. 
 Bourns and assist him not only in teach- 
 ing, but in paying the indebtedness of the 
 in.stitution. In 1857, the N. U. cadets 
 were organized under the militia law, as an 
 infantry company, and Prof. Jackman was 
 commissioned Captain, and in 1S59, when 
 officers of the 2d Regt. were ordered to 
 meet at White River Junction for choice 
 of regimental officers, he was chosen and 
 commissioned Colonel. The next fall, he 
 held an officers' drill there, and a regi- 
 mental muster at Bradford. The same 
 year the Vermont militia were consolidated 
 into one brigade and Col. Jackman was 
 made Brigadier. General. He was very 
 painstaking and thorough in his instruc- 
 tions and drills ; and was himself skilled 
 in the use of fife or drum. 
 
 At the beginning of our late civil war, 
 he received a telegram from Gov. Fair- 
 banks, summoning him to meet him at St. 
 Johnsbury with Gens. Baxter and. Davis. 
 The Secretary of War had called for 
 troops. A long consultation was held, 
 and an extra session of the legislature was 
 called. Several companies were detailed 
 and equipped. The governor offered the 
 general any position in his power to grant, 
 if he wished to go to the front ; but ex- 
 pressed the preference that he should 
 remain where he was, and qualify men for 
 duty. He rendered service as an officer 
 during this period ; inspected and got in 
 readiness the old militia, organized new 
 companies and regiments ; sent out cadets 
 to drill companies in different f)arts of the 
 State, as he was notified of th^ir formation, 
 and regimental officers from different States 
 went to him for instruction at Norwich. 
 At the time of the raid on St. Albans, he 
 took the cadet corps to Derby Line, in 
 response to an order from the governor, 
 with authority to take command of any 
 forces he might find, and to organize more 
 if needed. As no danger had been appre- 
 
 hended the militia had been disbanded ; 
 but the cadets were always ready, and were 
 en route by rail 2 hours after the order was 
 received. 
 
 Honor is due the general for the results 
 of his work on behalf of his State and the 
 Union during these years ; his industry 
 was untiring; and his clear, precise, thor- 
 ough instructions to officers and men were 
 of great value to them in the service. 
 
 On March 13, 1866, the N. U. " South 
 Barracks " building was burned, whereby 
 Drs. Bourns and Jackman, who had paid 
 up the indebtedness, lost heavily. The 
 latter now thought of leaving to seek a 
 support elsewhere ; but the friends of the 
 institution were anxious that he should 
 remain to aid in establishing it in a new 
 place, and to this he consented, with the 
 unders.tanding that he should not be re- 
 sponsible for its finances or government ; 
 and he removed with it to its new loca- 
 tion in Northfield, and remained connected 
 with it until his death Feb. 24, 1879. He 
 had attended to his duties as professor the 
 previous week, and been at church the 
 day before. He died from an affection of 
 the heart. 
 
 He had been a close student, often so 
 absorbed when studying as to be oblivious 
 of what was passing. His delight was in 
 mathematics, in which he excelled, and he 
 was conversant with natural science. His 
 culture lay mostly in these channels and in 
 military science. The degree of LL. D. 
 was conferred upon him in 1862. He 
 wrote some mathematical works which he 
 never published, and demonstrated the 
 problem of squaring the circle to his own 
 satisfaction and to that of some other emi- 
 nent professors — that old problem which 
 had vexed mathematicians for centuries. 
 
 In person. Gen. Jackman was of sturdy 
 compact frame, though of somewhat less 
 than medium height; his complexion 
 slightly dark, his eye, dark grey and keen ; 
 the countenance indicating both benevo- 
 lence and decision of character. He was 
 was very methodical, earnest, and hon- 
 est; had great endurance and strength 
 of body, and mind ; under the trials of 
 life was submissive and patient, and was a 
 
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 devout and faithful Christian, and in this 
 respect has left an example which will not 
 soon be forgotten. For several years he 
 was Senior Warden of St. Mary's church, 
 Northfield ; and bequeathed at his death 
 his small estate to the poor. 
 
 He was married to Miss Charlotte Saw- 
 yer of Royalton, Jan. i , 1856. They had 
 two children : Alonzo, born in 1857, and 
 died 1859; Helen, born i860, and died 
 1877 ; Mrs. Jackroan died 1874. 
 
 NORTHFIELD GRADED AND HIGH SCHOOL. 
 
 DESOnlPTION BY .TASIES N. JOHNSON, ESQ. 
 
 The Northfield graded and high school, 
 the most important public school in the 
 valley of Dog river, was established nearly 
 in its present form in 1870. The high 
 school is the successor of the Northfield 
 institution formerly the Northfield acad- 
 emy— chartered by the Legislature in 1846. 
 Previous there had been no regular high 
 school in this valley. Gov.. Paine donated 
 the grounds for the academy site in 1850, 
 upon an eminence between the river and 
 the Central Vermont railroad, and not far 
 from the geographical center of the village 
 ofNorthfield. 
 
 Through the exertions of Gov. Paine, 
 Heman Carpenter, John L. Buck, James 
 86 
 
 Palmer, George R. Cobleigh, Benjamin 
 Porter, Leander Foster, and quite a num- 
 ber of other public-spirited citizens, a sub- 
 scription of about $2,400 was raised for 
 erecting the school-building, and another 
 to pay for fijrniture and apparatus. About 
 a hundred men signed the main subscrip- 
 tion. Gov. Paine giving $500; Heman 
 Carpenter, fioo; Wm. Nichols and James 
 Palmer, $75, each; H.H.Camp, James 
 Moore, H. R. Campbell, P. Belknap & Co., 
 N. C. & C. S. Munson, Dr. S. W. Thayer, 
 George M. Cady, James Gould, Thomas 
 Connor, R. H. Little, $50, each; J. C. 
 Cady, $40; William Rogers, $35 ; E. A. 
 Webb, $30; N. W. Lincoln, Elijah Smith, 
 Stephen Cochran, A. Wetherbee, G. P 
 
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 Randall, C. S. Dole, Leander Foster, $25, 
 each ; George K. Cobleigh, William R. 
 Tucker,A. S. Braman, H. Nye, Theophilus 
 Cass, $20, each ; H- L. Briggs, $12.50. 
 
 At the first meeting of -the trustees, 
 Mar. 6, 1847, Charles Paine, John L. 
 Buck, Leander Foster, James Gould, Jas. 
 Palmer and Heman Carpenter present, 
 John L. Buck, Esq., was chosen presi- 
 dent, James Gould vice president, and 
 Heman Carpenter secretary and trea.surer. 
 Judge Carpenter filled his oflSces till 1868. 
 The building was erected in 1851, by Wm. 
 H. H. Dunham and E. K. Jones; cost 
 about $2,600 ; dedicated and school opened 
 Sept. i85i,with C. C. Webster, A. M., 
 principal. It flourished well, Rev. R. M. 
 Manly succeeding as. principal in 1852-3. 
 In 1854, the name of the school was 
 changed by the Legislature to Northfield 
 Institution. The principals since have 
 been John H. Graham, A. R. Bissell, 
 George Brooks, J. G. Mcliitire, George F. 
 Beard and Charles G. Tarbell, able teach- 
 ers, and the school well patronized in their 
 time. Having no separate fund, it de- 
 teriorated somewhat during the War of 
 the Rebellion. 
 
 After the decease of Northfield's bene- 
 factor. Governor Charles Paine, the fol- 
 lowing resolutions were unanimously adopt- 
 ed by the Board of Trustees, Jan. 30, 
 1854^ 
 
 Whereas, The Trustees of Northfield 
 Academy have heard with deep grief the 
 melancholy intelligence of the death of the 
 Hon. Charles Paine, one of the Trustees 
 of this Institution 
 
 Resolved, That in his death this Institu- 
 tion has lost one of its first friends, and 
 one whose aid contributed largely to the 
 establishment and success of the same. 
 
 Resolved, That the friends of this Insti- 
 tution will ever hold in grateful remem- 
 brance the many public and private virtues 
 of bur deceased friend, and the services he 
 has rendered the cause of education in our 
 midst, and the advancement of the growth 
 and prosperity of our State. 
 
 This Institution will perpetuate its or- 
 ganization, the following named gentle- 
 men being the present Trustees : P. D. 
 Bradford, president; Lorenzo Belknap, 
 vice president ; J. H. Orcutt, secretary and 
 treasurer; P. D. Bradford, George Nich- 
 
 ols, J. H. Orcutt, L. Belknap, George M. 
 Fisk, executive committee. 
 
 Perley Belknap, P. D. Bradford. J. C. 
 Cady, Lorenzo Belknap, George Nichols, 
 J. H. Orcutt, W. S. Hazen, E. K. Jones, 
 J. C. B. Thayer, George M. Fisk, Charles 
 Dole. 
 
 In 1870, the village school district made 
 a pernlanent arrangement with the trus- 
 tees of the institution to repair the build- 
 ing, and occupy it for a graded and high 
 school, free for all pupils of the village, 
 which was accompfched through ■ the 
 friends of popular education, notably : 
 Hon. Heman Carpenter, James N. John- 
 son, Rev. William S. Hazen, Thomas L. 
 Salisbury, A. S. Braman and J. H. Rich- 
 ardson. The school opened in Sept. 1870, 
 with 331 pupils, Marshal R. Peck, A. B., 
 principal. He remained 2 years, and 
 should ever be gratefully remembered. 
 Principals since have been, A. R. Savage, 
 Eben C. Smith, A. W. Blair and W. W. 
 Prescott, all efficient, as also, many lady 
 teachers in the graded departments. It 
 received its charter from the Legislature in 
 1872. 
 
 The old building was accidentally burned 
 Jan. 13, 1876, and the following season 
 the present building, 60 x 90 feet, with 7 
 main rooms, was erected, ata cost of about 
 $11,000, by J. C. Rice, upon the samesite. 
 
 The school at present stands well among 
 similar institutions of the State. It costs 
 from $2,500 to $3,000 a year to run it. 
 
 Directors for 1882.— P. D. Bradford, 
 president, Chas. A. Edgerton, secretary, 
 Geo. H. Crane, William B. Mayo, H. L., 
 Kenyon. 
 
 SUICIDES. 
 
 Whole number of suicides in town, 25 : 
 by hanging, 9, by drowning, 6 ; by poison- 
 ing, 4 ; by cutting their throats, 4 ; by 
 shooting, 2. 
 
 Males, 6 by hanging, 4 by drowning, 3 
 by cutting theij- throats, 2 by poison, 2 by 
 fire-arms; total, 17. , Females,' 3 by hang- 
 ing, 2 by drowning, 2 by poison, i by cut- 
 ting throat; total, 8. 
 
 Attempted suicides 6 ; 3 by cutting their 
 throats, 2 by hanging, r by poison. 
 
 Males, 2 by cutting their throats ; fe- 
 males, 2 by hanging, i by cutting her 
 throat, r by poison. 
 
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 KKV. JOKI, WINX'll, KIUST W. .M . 
 
 MASONIC. 
 
 The first record of Dr: Witt Cj.inton 
 Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. iM., wa.s Nov. S, 
 1848, working under a di.spensation from 
 tlie Grand Lodge of Vermont. Tliis rec- 
 ord does not show where they met, but it 
 is beHeved they held their meetings in I. 
 W. Brown's hall at the Center village. 
 The officers were: Joel Winch, W. M. ; 
 H. W. Carpenter, S. W. ; Walter Little, 
 ]. W. ; Elijah Smith. Jr.. Secretary. 
 Date of Charter, Jan. 18, 1849, 
 
 Charter Members. — H. W. Carpenter, 
 Joel Winch, Samuel L. Adams, Oramel 
 Williams, Walter Little, Joshua Lane, Jo- 
 seph Bean, John Fi.sk, Zeno Crocker, S. 
 B. Holden, Philip Staples, John Leonard, 
 and Jesse Averill. 
 
 Rev. John Gregor)' received the first de- 
 gree in August, 1849. 
 
 Fast Masters. — Joel Winch, Joel Winch, 
 Jr., A. V. N. Carpenter, A. H. Proctor, 
 David L. Howe, E. G. Babcock, C. N. 
 Carpenter, James 1'. Warner, J. G. Som- 
 erville, Geo. W. Kingsbury, Henry Ferris, 
 J. L. Mack. 
 
 Officers for 1882. — W. M. Rumbaugh, 
 W. M.; L. A. Howes, S. W. ; Ozro 
 
 Winch, J. W. ; J. 
 C. B.Thayer, trea. ; 
 H. L. Kenyon,sec. . 
 W. O. Whitmarsh, 
 S. D. ; G.C. Bates, 
 J. D. ; E. Ingalls, 
 S. S. ; Wm. Lu- 
 ther, J. S. : D. 
 Thomas, Marshal : 
 A. McGillvary, T\ - 
 ler. 
 
 M O U N T Z I N 
 CO.MM.^NIIERV, No. 
 
 9, Knight Templars. 
 A dispensation was 
 g r a n t e d b )• t h e 
 Right E m^i n e|n]t 
 Grand Commander 
 to the following Sir 
 Knights J. L. 
 Mack, Joel Winch, 
 Henry D. Bean, 
 Stephen Thomas, 
 Flank H. Bascom, L. Bart Cross, Emory 
 Towne, Cr. C. V. Eastman, George W. 
 Tilden, Charles E. Abbott, J. M. Poland, 
 and Allen McGilvary, to open a Com- 
 mandery of Knights Templars at North- 
 field, and to confer the orders of knight- 
 hood. 
 
 The first meeting under this dispensa- 
 tion was held Apr. 9, 1S73, A. O. 755, 
 and the following officers were appointed : 
 Jona L. Mack, Eminent Commander; 
 Henry D. Bean, Generalissimo ; Frank H. 
 Bascom, Captain General; George C. V.. 
 Eastman, Prelate ; Charles E. Abbott, 
 Senior Warden ; Allen McGilvary, Junior 
 Warden ; Joel Winch, Treasurer ; J. Mun- 
 roe Poland, Recorder; Emory Town, 
 Standard Bearer ; L. Bart Cross, Sword 
 Bearer; George W. Tilden, Warder. 
 
 A charter was granted them \is the 
 Grand Commandery, June 10, A. D., 1873, 
 A. O. 755, and Aug. 27, of the same )ear, 
 they were formally constituted with ap- 
 propriate ceremonies by the Right Emi- 
 nent Grand Commander, Joseph L. Per- 
 kins, and other grand officers. This inter- 
 esting occasion was graced by the presence 
 of Burlington Commandery, No. 2, and 
 
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 the street parade of the two commanderies 
 is remembered as beautiful and imposing. 
 Lily of the Valley, Conclave No. 5, 
 Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine. 
 A charter having been granted to Henry 
 
 D. Bean, George C. V. Eastman, Joel 
 Winch, George W. Kingsbury, Charles 
 
 E. Abbott and Allen McGilvery, by the 
 Grand Imperial Council of the State of 
 Michigan, to form and hold a Conclave of 
 the Red Cross and Appendant Orders at 
 Northfield, in the State of Vermont, the 
 above-named Sir Knights on the ninth 
 day of April, A. D., 1875, A. O. 1562, or- 
 ganized Lily of the Valley, Conclave No. 
 21, Knights of the Red Cross of Constan- 
 tine,. by electing Henry D. Bean, M. P., 
 sovereign ; George C. V. Eastman, vice- 
 roy ; Allen McGilvery, sir general ; Chas. 
 E. Abbott, Jr., general ; Joel Winch, treas- 
 urer; George W. Kingsbury, recorder. 
 
 A convention of the several Conclaves 
 of the Order in this State met at Burling- 
 ton, Apr. 30, 1875, and organized the 
 Grand Imperial Council of Vermont under 
 the direction of Sir D. Burnham Tracy, 
 33 °, Grand Sovereign of Michigan. The 
 organization being completed, the above- 
 named charter. No. 21, issued by the 
 Grand Imperial Council of Michigan, was 
 surrendered for endorsement, and was re- 
 issued by the new Grand Council'as No. 5 
 on its roll of subordinates, by the author- 
 ity of which charter Lily of the Valley 
 Conclaye has continued to convene reg-' 
 ularly for the transaction of the business of 
 \he Order until the present time. 
 
 Masonic Relief Association of Vt., 
 established in Northfield, its principal of- 
 ficers citizens of this town, was organized 
 in Feb.' 1875, Hon. George Nichols, pres- 
 ident; J. L. Mack, vice president; G. B. 
 B. Denny, secretary, and J. C. B. Thayer, 
 treasurer, and the same gentlemen con- 
 tinue to hold these several ofBces at the 
 present time (1878.) 
 
 ODD fellowship. 
 
 In the fall or winter of 1849 and '50, 
 
 Brothers Dr. Samuel W. Thayer, J. C. B. 
 
 Thayer, Dr. Edward A. Williams, Isaac 
 
 L. Stevens, and Thomas J. Nutter sent a 
 
 petition to the Grand Master, asking to be 
 instituted as a Lodge, which request was 
 granted, and Mar., 1850, the grand officers 
 visited Northfield, and instituted the . 
 Lodge, with the above named brethren as 
 charter members, and the same evening 
 T. A. C. Beard, S. S. Cady, James Pal- 
 mer, and J. S. Abbott also became mem- 
 bers, making 10 in all. The first Noble 
 Grand was Dr. S. W. Thayer, and the 
 first Vice Grand J. C. B. Thayer, and Dr. 
 Edward H. Williams the first Secretary. 
 
 Prosperity attended the Lodge, and at 
 the end of three months they had 30, and 
 at the end of two years 60 members, with 
 but one death; but in May, 1852, their 
 hall was burned, with all their books and 
 Lodge property, excep't the secretary's 
 book; loss in regalia, library, &c. was 
 $350; no insurance, and a debt of $150, 
 without a penny to pay ; no Lodge room, 
 and members scattered, and had it not 
 been for the faithfulness of those who 
 loved Odd Fellowship, it must have gone 
 down never to rise again. 
 
 The first meeting after the fire was held 
 in the hall of the Northfield House. After 
 a time a hall was procured on Central 
 Street ; the next hall was in Union Block. 
 
 Prosperity again dawned, Jan. i, 1859, 
 they had in the treasury $508.29, free from 
 debt ; but sickness and death made inroads 
 upon them soon again, and their treasury 
 was depleted; and about this time the 
 railroad works were removed to St. Albans, 
 and as a matter of course many of the 
 members went with them ; those l^ft be- 
 came disheartened, and the good work 
 ceased for the time, after paying all their 
 debts. 
 
 But in the summer of 1871, P,ast Grand 
 Master, P. D. Bradford, proposed a meet- 
 ing of the faithful at his office, when a pa- 
 per was drawn up, signed by a goodly 
 number, petitioning the Grand Master to 
 be again recognized. The request was 
 granted; on the evening of Aug. i, 1871, 
 the grand officers came to Northfield, and 
 restored the Lodge to life. After a few 
 months they be^an to recuperate, and have 
 gained steadily in funds and members until 
 the present time, with a good workino- 
 
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 Lodge, and a determination to make it a 
 success. S9 that to-day [1878] they have 
 100 members, $1200 in the treasury, free 
 from debt. 
 
 The amount of relief paid by the Lodge 
 cannot be told, as the records were burn- 
 ed. But since 1871, they have paid $150 
 for funeral ex'penses, have buried 5 broth- 
 ers, and 200 have been admitted to this 
 institution since its first organization. — [j. 
 G. 1878. 
 
 Present Officers, 1882.— P. D. Bradford,' 
 N. G. ; O. D. Edgerton, V. G; J. K. 
 Edgerton, S. ; E. Huntley, T. 
 
 Eureka Encampment of the Patriar- 
 chal Branch , of Independent Order Odd 
 Fellows was institutei Jan. 7, 1874, and 
 now numbers 32 members, have $100 in 
 bank, with good furniture and fixtures, 
 and are free from debt. They meet first 
 and third Mondays of each month, at 7.30 
 p. M. 
 
 Odd Fellows Relief Association — 
 organized in NorthfieJd, Feb. 2, 1875. 
 Hon. P. D. Bradford was elected presi- 
 dent, and O. D. Edgerton, Esq., clerk. 
 Since then 188 have become members, 
 and it is permanently established as one 
 of the institutions of Northfield that is 
 destined to do great good. Its principles 
 are the same as those of the Masonic Re- 
 lief Association, and we refer the reader 
 to the comments made upon the latter in- 
 stitution as appropriate for both. [1878.] 
 No change. [1882.J 
 
 COL. ALBERT STEVENS. 
 (FROM KEV. MRi BARTLETT.) 
 
 Albert Stevens, son of Daniel Stevens, 
 was born in Hartland, Apr. 23, 1804. He 
 lived there till 1820, when father and .son 
 left to find a lot of wild land owned by the 
 former in Northfield. On the way they 
 met, in a chaise, the late Judge Paine, 
 dressed in old English style, with knee- 
 breeches. They built a shanty far in the 
 woods, and cut away the timber. In the 
 fall they built a large log-house, with 
 boards laid on to keep oif the storm till it 
 could be finished. One morning when 
 Albert awoke, he found the snow had 
 drifted heavily over his bed, and on it 
 were the tracks of animals, such as sables 
 
 and weazels. Trees were marked by the 
 axe to help find the way, and when belated 
 at night one of these had to be found in 
 the dark. Then one of the party would 
 remain at it till some other should be 
 found nearer home. Once a pair of oxen 
 strayed away, and Albert traveled a month 
 in search, going first to Hartland, where 
 they were bought. They were found in 
 Calais, where they had been raised. Mrs. 
 Stevens visited the family in the fall, bring- 
 ing her own handiwork in winter clothing. 
 She came to remain in 1821. There was 
 a hollow tree on the land 27 feet in cii;- 
 cumference, into which Mrs. S. took six 
 ladies who came to take. tea with her. It 
 was afterwards used as a stable for young 
 cattle, etc. Albert worked hard, and 
 helped, to clear about 25 acres. He left in 
 1.823, 3-nd went to Warren for about 2 
 years, then returned and settled on 50 
 acres adjoining his father's lot. While 
 there he husked corn for Judge Paine 
 where the fountain now is on the common. 
 It was all forest where Central street now 
 is, only one house between the Factory 
 village (now Depot village), and the 
 Center, wliich was then mostly woods. 
 Only one house was on Cady hill, that of 
 Nathan Green, one on Water street, and , 
 none in Factory village except those con- 
 nected with the factory. A small store 
 was at the Center. Worship -was held 
 only at two farm-houses. There was no 
 meeting-house till a year or two later, this 
 name being then exclusively given to all 
 places of worship except Roman Catholic 
 and Episcopal churches. 
 
 Mr. Stevens chopped wood for 25 cts. a 
 cord, and hewed timber 8x8, which he, 
 sold, delivered, for a cent a foot running- 
 measure. In 1826, he was married to 
 Dorothy Stevens, of Warren ; lived on 
 clearing till 1829, when he removed' to 
 Eden and worked 8 years as carpenter 
 and millwright ; built a meeting-house in 
 Eden, and one in Potton, P. Q. About 
 1832, became sergeant of militia in La- 
 moille County, and was afterwards pro- 
 moted through^ other offices till he was 
 made colonel. He went to Plattsburgh, 
 Nt Y., in 1842. When work commenced 
 
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 on the \'ennont Central R. R., he returned carpenters of the place were unable to do. 
 to Northfield, where he ha.s lived .since, i Col. Stevens has had three children: 
 He has been bookseller since 1S57. When | William A., born 1827, died 1855; Mary 
 
 7^ years old, he was asked antl consented ' 
 to do a difficult job of " setting out " for a 
 
 Ann, born 1829, married 1849, and died 
 1869; Edwin, born 1837, died 1863; wife 
 
 new building in Sutton. P. O., which the t died 1841. 
 
 
 DOG RIVER VALLEY ASSOCIATION. I 
 
 In the summer of 1873, a meeting was 
 called to take into consideration the pro- 
 priety of forming an association to benefit 
 the farmers of Northfield, and it resulted 
 in the formation of the above named soci- 
 ety. Oct. 1st and 2d of the same season, 
 the first fair was held, on Frank W. Gold's 
 trotting park, known as the " Dog River 
 Valley Fair," which was so great a success 
 that they have been continued each year 
 since. It proved that the resources of 
 Northfield and vicinity were equal to the 
 occasion. Calling in the aid of Williams- 
 town, Brookfield, Braintree, Ro.xbury and ' 
 
 Berlin, the Fair was as good as any ever 
 held in the County. Every department 
 was well represented, and Floral Hall was 
 tlie center of attraction not surpassed by 
 any in the State, and elicited applause 
 from thousands of people. 
 
 The officers were : John Gregory, pres- 
 ident; Frank W. Gold, Northfield, Geo. 
 Crane, Williamstown, W. C. Clark, Brook- 
 field, William Orcutt, Ro.xbury, and C. E. 
 Andrews, Berlin, vice presidents ; James 
 Morse, secretary; J. F. Davis, auditor ; 
 William Winch, treasurer. 
 
 After ser\ing as president three years, 
 Mr. Gregory declined a re-election, and J. 
 
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 H. Orcutt was chosen to fill that position, 
 which he has creditably held since. C. D. 
 Williams is now the acting secretary. 
 Present Officers. — Royal \V. Clark, pres- 
 
 ident ; (George Denn)', vice president;]. 
 K. Edgerton, secretary ; Christopher Dole, 
 treasurer. 
 
 BANK.S. 
 
 The Northfield Bank was chartered 
 by an act ot the Legislature, Nov. 23, 
 1854, with a capital of fioo,ooo. The 
 first meeting for the election of officers 
 was held Jan. 9, 1855; directors: Calvin 
 Ainsworth, Perley Belknap, Reuben Peck, 
 John B. Hutchinson and Alvin Braley. 
 The same day Calvin Ainsworth was elected 
 president by the directors, and H. M. 
 Bates, cashier. 
 
 In 1865, at a stockholders' meeting, it 
 was voted to organize the Northfield Na- 
 tional Bank, under the laws of the United 
 States. H. C. Ely was appointed assist- 
 ant cashier in Nov. 1S64. 
 
 1878, Jan. 8, at the annual meeting, 
 Geo. Nichols, John Lamson, Charles A. 
 Edgerton. J. C. Gallup and J. C. Cady 
 
 were elected direc- 
 tors, and George 
 Nichols, president ; 
 since then, F. L. 
 Ely, cashier, having 
 deceased, Chas. A. 
 Edgerton, Jr., was 
 appointed in his 
 place. 
 
 The Northfield 
 Sa\'ing,s Bank was 
 incorporated in 
 1867. By close at- 
 tention to its inter- 
 ests, and an eco- 
 nomical administra- 
 tion of its affairs, 
 in 1 1 years it vies 
 in importance and 
 stability with older 
 institutions in our 
 State. Ofiicers for 
 1877-78 George 
 M. Fsk, president ; 
 George H. Crane, 
 vice president; Jas. 
 C. B. Thayer, trea. ; 
 Carlos D. Williams, 
 
 secretary ; board of directors, Orvis D. 
 
 Edgerton, Jasper H. Orcutt, Andrew E. 
 
 Denny, John P. Davis, Edwin K. Jones. 
 
 Amount of deposits, $151,861.17. 
 
 [From iVIr. Gregory's account in 1878. 
 For sketch of Mr. G., see page 622.] 
 
 Banks — eomplcted by Joseph K. Edgerton. 
 Northfield Bank was organized in 
 1852, under the general banking law of 
 the State, but did not go into business 
 until after it had, in 1853, received a char- 
 ter from the Legislature. Its first presi- 
 dent was Calvin Ainsworth ; second, Perley 
 Belknap ; third, Alvin Braley ; fourth, Geo. 
 Nichols. The first cashier was H. M. 
 Bates ; second, John B. Hutchinson ; third, 
 Arthur Ropes ; fourth, Henry G. Ely, Fred 
 L. Ely; fifth, Charles A. Edgerton, Jr. 
 
 , ^<Jrr cl.^-^, 
 
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 GOOD TEMPLARS. 
 GOULDSVILLE LODGE, No. l66. — The 
 
 pioneer Lodge of the town, formed Dec. 
 20, 1 87 1, with 13 cliarter members, the 
 number just sufficient to obtain a charter. 
 July 3,1, 1872, the Lodge had a member- 
 ship of 100. Oct. II, 1872, notice of the 
 death of Charles Grant, — the first death of 
 a member. Mar. 18, 1873, E. N. Chandler 
 was instantly killed by an engine ; also died 
 the same month, Sherman Gold, a charter 
 member, a life-long temperance man ; and 
 the same spring, Myra Bowen, a worthy 
 member, died ; Jan. 1876, Joseph Gould, 
 an esteemed charter member ; December, 
 Ella Simons and Mrs. Harriet Thrasher, 
 sisters. 
 
 The highest number of members at any 
 one time has been 139; the lowest since 
 the first quarter 68 ; and the present mem- 
 bership is 74, in good standing, doing a 
 good work. The Lodge is free from debt, 
 and money in the treasury. As an auxili- 
 ary of the Lodge, there is a Juvenile Tem- 
 ple, of over 40 members, mostly children 
 between the ages of 5 and 16, doing a good 
 work for, temperance, and in connection 
 with the Lodge, may be considered one of 
 the permanent institutions of the place. 
 
 List of Past Worthy Good Templars. — 
 H. H. Perkins, George Carter, A. F. An- 
 drews, Charles F. Beard, H. S. Thrasher, 
 
 D. R. Fisk, Charles Mcintosh, H. L. Rich, 
 
 E. F. Sisco, H. P. Flint, D. R. Fisk, A. 
 Rich, S. F. Gibbs, Charles Benedict. 
 
 Mountain Gem Lodge, Independent 
 Order of Good Templars, organized Mar. 
 20, 1873, at South Northfield, the second 
 Lodge of Good Templars in the town ; has 
 numbered among its members the best 
 citizens of that part of the town, and has 
 always exerted a good, general moral in- 
 fluence with temperance sentiments. It 
 started with 28 charter members ; officers : 
 W. W. Holden, worthy chief templar; 
 Dora L. Holden, worthy vice templar; 
 E. K. Jones, worthy secretary ; Harriet E. 
 Jones, worthy assistant secretary ; Geo. H. 
 Denny, worthy financial secretary ; Martin 
 Cobleigh, worthy treasurer; Wm. Slade, 
 worthy chiplain; Frank S. Mead, past 
 
 worthy chief templar ; F. A. Jones, worthy 
 "marshal ; Olive A. Howe, worthy deputy 
 marshal ; Matilda J. Howe, worthy right 
 hand supporter; Delia Mead, worthy left 
 hand supporter ; Elra M. Slade, worthy 
 guard; O. A. Slade, worthy sentinel. 
 
 The Worthy Chief Templars since the 
 organization of the Lodge : . W. W. 
 Holden, Thomas Slade, E. K. Jones, 
 Martin Cobleigh, E. Kimball, Allen Slade, 
 Herman T. J. Howe, Dan. Derby, Frank 
 W. Gold, Fred A. Jones, Jeff. E. House, 
 Albert Steele, Elra M. Slade, S. P. Or- 
 cutt and F. E. Steele. 
 
 Worthy Vice Templars, Dora L. Holden, 
 Elva M. Steele, Harriet E. Jones, Carrie 
 Cobleigh, Celia Gold, Nellie Kimball, 
 Emma A. Wright, Aurora M. Edson, Clara 
 Cobleigh, Anna Fuller, Etta Briggs, Susie 
 Jones, Abbie Kimball, Anna Jones and 
 Roxana Orcutt. 
 
 The Lodge deputies have been : Thos. 
 Slade, W. W. Holden, S. P. Orcutt and 
 Dan. Derby. 
 
 The following have been delegates to 
 the Grand Lodge : W. W. Holden, E. K. 
 Jones, S. P. Orcutt, Thomas Slade and 
 Dan. Derby. 
 
 The Lodge now numbersabout 50 mem- 
 bers. It is numerically the smallest Lodge 
 of the town, but it has always numbered 
 among its members more of the eligible 
 inhabitants of its jurisdiction than either 
 of thfe other Lodges; and, although its 
 field of labor has not been as hard as the 
 others, yet it has done a good work. 
 
 Sons of Temperance. Central Divisr 
 ion. No. 80, instituted Feb. 16, 1858, had 
 its day of working good in Northfield in 
 the cause of temperance. The best minds 
 in this town were its warmest supporters. 
 But, like other benevolent associations for 
 the suppression of vice', it declined, and 
 gave way to more preferable organiza- 
 tions, but its existence was a blessing to 
 many, and it deserves honorable mention 
 in our temperance record. It died out. 
 
 Cars WELL Temple of Honor, was in- 
 stituted Dec. 28, 1868; the expense of 
 ruilning it seemed too high for those in 
 moderate circumstances. 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
 689 
 
 NoRTHFiELU LODGK, No. 175, Inde- 
 pendent Order of Good Templars, was or- 
 ganized in tlie village of Northfield, at 
 Concert Hall, Apr. 3, 1873, by Col. John 
 B. Mead, of Randolph, Grand Worthy 
 Chief Templar, assisted by Rev. E. Folsom, 
 Deputy Grand Worthy Chief Templar for 
 Washington County, and by large delega- 
 tions from the Lodges at Gouldsville and 
 the South Village. 
 
 Over 100 names were on the application 
 for a charter, and 80 presented themselves 
 for initiation on the evening of institution. 
 Starting with so large a membership, com- 
 prising many of our best citizens and rep- 
 resenting all branches of industry, it 
 stepped at once into the front ranks among 
 the lodges of the State, and in Jan. 1875, 
 it had a membership of 201, making it the 
 banner lodge of the County and of the 
 State, which position it has since held. 
 
 87 
 
 The largest membership 
 was in Aug. 1877, when it 
 numbered 290 members in 
 good standing. At the 
 occasion of its fifth anni- 
 versary the report shows 
 that there had been in- 
 itiated into the lodge over 
 500 members. One-half 
 that number have severed 
 their connection with the 
 lodge by removals, with- 
 drawals, etc., leaving the 
 J- present number 250. In 
 ^<^ Jan. 1875, this lodge, as- 
 ^^ sisted by the cotemporary 
 lodges of the town, enter- 
 tained the Grand Lodge of 
 the State, and in January, 
 1879, will agani have the 
 same plea.sure. The offi- 
 cers at the organization of 
 the lodge were : Frank 
 Plumley, worthy chief tem- 
 plar ; Altha Dutton, worthy 
 vice templar ; Ladoit Der- 
 by, worthy secretary ; Mrs. 
 L. W. Avery, worthy fi- 
 nancial secretary; L. W. 
 Avery, worthy treasurer; 
 J. F. Davis, worthy chap- 
 lain; S. B. Spaulding, worthy marshal; 
 Hattie Clifford, worthy deputy marshal ; 
 Lizzie Knapp, worthy guard ; H. W. Davis, 
 worthy sentinel ; Mrs. L. L. Plumley, 
 worth)' right hand supporter ; Clara Max- 
 ham, worthy left hand supporter; A. R. 
 Savage, lodge deputy. 
 
 Siaxeedi'iig Worthy Chief Templars. — 
 Rev. R. A. Greene, Frank Plumley, J. F. 
 Davis, O. D. Edgerton, Dr. P. D. Brad- 
 ford, L. W. Avery, W. H. H. Claflin, Dr. 
 W. H. Bryant, C. M. Johnston and F. R. 
 Bates. 
 
 Representatives to Grand Lodge — 1874, 
 A. R. Savage, Frank Plumley; 1875, W. 
 H. H. Claflin, Ella Dutton; 1876, O. D. 
 Edgerton, Mrs. L. W. Avery, Washington 
 Coburn; 1877, J. F. Davis, C. M. John- 
 ston, Mrs. Carrie Smith ; 1878, Rev. A. B. 
 Truax, Dr. W. H. Bryant, Mrs. W. H. H. 
 Claflin. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Members of the Lodge honored by the 
 Grand Lodge — 1874, F. Plumley, alternate 
 delegate to right worthy grand lodge ; 
 1874, A. R. Savage, district deputy for 
 Washington County ; 1875 and since, F. 
 Plumley, grand worthy secretary, by an- 
 nual elections ; Mrs, F. Plumley, assistant 
 grand secretary two years; 1876,0. D. 
 Edgerton, member finance committee 3 
 years; 1876, Mrs. L. W. Avery, delegate 
 to right worthy grand lodge ; 1877, C. M. 
 Johnston, assistant grand secretary; 1877, 
 O. D. Edgerton, delegate to right worthy 
 grand lodge; 1877,7. F. Davis and Dr. 
 P. D. Bradford, state deputies; 1878, O. 
 D. Edgerton, state deputy ; 1878, Rev. 
 A. B.Truax, grand worthy chaplain; 1878, 
 Frank Plumley, chairman; and O. D. 
 Edgerton, served upon special mission 
 committee. 
 
 Without giving this lodge more credit 
 than is its due, it may justly be said it has 
 done and is doing a good work in the tem- 
 perance reformation of .the town. The 
 lodge and its members very properly feel a 
 just pride in the position it has taken in 
 the councils of the Grand Lodge, where 
 its influence is by no means inconsiderable. 
 
 The Degree Temple, Independent 
 Order of Good Templars. — In 1873, the 
 Degree members of Gouldsville, Mountain 
 Gem, Roxbury, Brookfield and Northfield 
 Lodges organized Union Degree Temple, 
 No. 12, with the following officers : A. R. 
 Savage, degree templar ; Helen Flint, de- 
 gree vice templar; L. N. Miller, degree 
 secretary; Mrs. L. W. Avery, degree 
 financial secretary; J. F. Davis, degree 
 treasurer ; A. W. Edson, degree chaplain ; 
 H. A. Vose, degree Marshal; Mary Don- 
 ovan, degree guard ; C. Simonds, degree^ 
 sentinel ; Mrs. L. N. Miller, degree assist- 
 ant secretary ; Clara Havens, degree dep- 
 uty marshal ; Mrs. L. W. Avery, degree 
 right hand supporter; Mrs. I. G. Foster, 
 degree left hand supporter. 
 
 For a time the meetings were held al- 
 ternately with the five lodges joined in its 
 institution, but after a while, owing to 
 the inconvenience of traveling, its meet- 
 ings were permanently established at Good 
 Templars' Hall with Northfield Lodge. On 
 
 account of the same reasons for the change 
 of place of meetings, most of the members 
 of the other lodges withdrew, and • the 
 Temple is now confined largely to North- 
 field Lodge. There have been about 150 
 members in all, of which there now re- 
 mains about 60. The Temple is inter- 
 mediate between the subordinate and 
 Grand Lodges, and when well sustained 
 and worked, it is quite as enjoyable as any- 
 thing in Good Templary. 
 
 Northfield Juvenile Temple, No. i . 
 — Not -least among our valuable institu- 
 tions, and means of doing good, is North- 
 field Juvenile Temple, No. i. Some of 
 our people, realizing the benefit of a 
 thorough temperance education for -our 
 children, met Apr. 3, 1875, in Good Tem- 
 plar's Hall, with Miss Lucy Bradshaw,-of 
 Montpelier, then State Superintendent of 
 Juvenile Temple, who organized the first 
 Temple in the State, with 53 members, 15 
 honorary and 38 children. Rev. R. A. 
 Greene was chosen Superintendent, and 
 held that office nearly 2 years, as long as 
 he remained in town, when Mrs. L. E. 
 Pope was appointed, and served 5 months, 
 until she resigned. Mrs. C. M. Persons 
 was appointed, and has held the oflSce the 
 last year, and is doing a noble work. 
 Their pledge is: "I do most solemnly 
 promise that I will never, so long as I live 
 make, buy, sell, or use as a beverage, any 
 spirituous or malt- liquors, wine, beer or 
 cider. I also promise to abstain from the 
 use of tobacco in any form. I also prom- 
 ise that I will never take the name of God 
 in vain, or lise profane or wicked words. 
 I also promise to do all I can to honor this 
 pledge by a good example, and that I will 
 obey the laws of the Juvenile Templars. 
 
 This Temple has increased in numbers 
 and usefulness, and now has more than 
 150 members, working zealously for Tem- 
 perance.— J. Gregory, 1878. 
 
 ^1875-80, F. Plumley, G. W. Sec. of Gr. 
 Lodge of Vt., delegate from Gr. Lodge to 
 R. W. Gr. Lodge, New York, 1880, and 
 Topeka, Kan., 1881. 1882, Dr. N. W. 
 Gilbert, W. C. T. of Northfield Lodge, and 
 A. F. Andrews, of Gouldsville Lodge. Mt. 
 Gem lodge is dead. — F. Plumley. 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
 691 
 
 REN. ALONZO JACKMAX, LL. D. 
 GEOLOGY. 
 
 [A paper on the Geology of this town, 
 by Professor Jackman, late of the Norwich 
 University, from John (?rregory's History 
 of Northfield — the portrait to accompany 
 it in this work being contributed by Mr. 
 Atkins of the y-l>-gus.~] 
 
 Remark. — In accordance with the char- 
 acter of this book as a history of North- 
 field, the following article is presented in 
 historical form. It, therefore, enters into 
 the bearings of the subject through the 
 successive periods of remote years, and at 
 the same time whatever is introduced per- 
 tains to Northfield. For the chronological 
 order, reference will be made to Dana's 
 Geology. 
 
 From a long series of critical observa- 
 tions upon the stratified rocks of the earth's 
 crust, and a close study concerning their 
 contained fossils, geologists have pretty 
 uniformly come to the following conclu- 
 sion, viz. : 
 
 That there was a time when no living 
 substance e.xisted upon the globe ; when 
 all the earth was under water ; and, during 
 ages of this chaos, the oceanic currents at 
 some places wore away the earth's crust, 
 
 and the resulting detritus, mixed 
 with volcanic discharges, was 
 spread out at other places upon 
 the ocean bed, thereby forming 
 immense stratified deposits to 
 unknown depths. This duration 
 of time is called the Azoic Period- 
 toward the close of which the 
 dry land began to appear, as 
 " mere islets in the great conti- 
 nental sea." (Dana, p. yy.) 
 After this there was a time when 
 life, in its simplest forms, began 
 in the great deep. And during 
 the progress of ages the ocean 
 became filled with animal life, as 
 radiates, mollusks, articulates, 
 and vertebrates, and, in the same 
 manner as above stated, vast 
 stratified deposits, including fos- 
 sils, accumulated to the depth of 
 some seven miles. (Dana, p. 
 144.) Further, the earth rose 
 gradually above the water, the 
 dry land became covered with vegetation, 
 and animal life everywhere abounded. This 
 portion of time is called the Paleozoic 
 Period. After this there was a Mesozoic 
 Period, whose deposits are some 2 miles 
 deep. (Dana, p. 198.) And after this 
 there was a Conozoic Period, whose de- 
 posits are some li miles deep. (Dana, p. 
 244.) And then came the Age of Man, 
 which is now in progress. 
 
 During the time pertaining to each of 
 the above grand periods, the earth was 
 many times cortvulsed, when its crust in 
 some places was raised to mountain masses, 
 and at other places depressed to sea- 
 basins, thus, in a manner, separating those 
 grand periods into several sub-divisions ; 
 but the grand divisions, at their closing 
 epochs, were more emphatically marked, 
 as if disturbed by special upheavals of such 
 magnitude that at each time nearly all an- 
 imal life upon the globe became extinct, 
 then the following period received a new 
 order of beings upon a higher scale of life. 
 In this manner the earth progressed, up- 
 ward to the Age of Man, and onward to the 
 condition in which we behold it. (Dana.) 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 At the times and places of these terres- 
 trial disturbances, mentioned above, the 
 volcanic heat became so intense as to 
 metamorphose those stratified deposits : 
 the sand into granite, the clay into roofing 
 slate, and the coral-reefs and shell-banks 
 into marble, etc. (Dana, p. 312.) Further, 
 when these deposits were being broken 
 up by upheavals, the oceanic currents, 
 charged with gravel-drift, ground oS their 
 ragged edges, and moved the detritus to 
 other places of deposit. Thus, the conti- 
 nents, from period to period, rose grad- 
 ually above the water. And now we see 
 the earth with its stratified, out-cropping 
 rocks, well water-worn, even to the top of 
 our highest mountains. 
 
 Large portions of the earth's surface are 
 observed to be covered with unstratified 
 deposits, which are confusedly mingled 
 with gravel and boulders ; and, sometimes, 
 these deposits are in hillocks of small wa- 
 ter-worn stones ; as may be seen in Depot 
 village, in the vicinity of School street. 
 Also, on the tops of our highest mountain- 
 peaks, we often see large granite boulders, 
 and other rocks, which must have come 
 from great distances ; and, apparently, at 
 a time not very remote in the past. Now 
 the " Glacier theory" fails to account, con- 
 sistently, for all these appearances; for, 
 were there, west of the Green Mountains, 
 a glacier, or ice-flow, from the North, it 
 would naturally pass through the Hudson 
 Valley opening ; but, to suppose that this 
 glacier would turn eastward, climb the 
 western front of the Green Mountains, 
 and, as the "drift marks" indicate, cross 
 Vermont th'e rough way over hills and val- 
 leys, in nearly a horizontal path, is to sup- 
 pose what involves a dynamical absurdity. 
 If, now, we try the theory that there was a 
 flood like the one described in Genesis 
 (Chap, vii), all appearances at once wheel 
 into a consistent line of argument and are 
 compatible with a complete solution of the 
 mysterious problem ; for such a flood would 
 in the polar regions raise from their ancient 
 beds large masses of ice, which had' re- 
 ceived from mountain ravines gravel and 
 boulders, by means of thaws and glaciers. 
 Also, from the frozen tops of mountains, 
 
 the ancient masses of accumulated ice 
 would'float, thereby tearing off their rocky 
 scalps. These icebergs, moved by wind 
 and current, would drift toward the. equa- 
 tor, and on the thawing passage drop their 
 rocky freight upon the submerged land. 
 Further, icebergs, drawing a greater depth ' 
 of water, would lodge on submerged 
 mountain ridges, and there remain until 
 sufiiciently reduced to be pushed over by 
 the elements, thereby making, in their 
 rocky tops, the " drift marks," which are 
 distinctly seen on the heights about 
 Northfield. As our admitted flood should 
 subside, hillocks of water-worn stones 
 would be formed by the thawing of strand- 
 ed icebergs. Also, sandy terraces, similar 
 to those near the Methodist camp-ground, 
 the fair-ground, and the cemetery, would 
 be formed. (Such terraces have hitherto 
 been placed by geologists in a " Cham- 
 plain Period.") In fact, to account for 
 the appearances every where seen upon the 
 earth's surface, it seemingly requires what 
 is identically the "flood." But whence 
 came the water to make such a flood ? It 
 came in from the ocean, when " all the 
 fountains of the great deep were broken 
 up," as a consequent result of the ocean 
 bed being upheaved and the dry land de- 
 pressed. Thus the whole earth became 
 again submerged, as it was in the Azoic 
 Period. Further, the subsidence of the 
 flood was caused by the same agency, in 
 returning the continents and ocean beds— 
 possibly in part — to their former conditions . 
 And all this is in complete accordance with 
 admitted prificiples in the science of Ge- 
 ology. 
 
 The "mere islets" of the Azoic Period 
 in the ancient ages of the world, were the 
 first dry land, (Dana, p 77), but the next 
 land which rose out of the sea was the 
 Green Mourltains, (Dana, p 92), which is, 
 therefore, about the oldest dry land upon 
 the globe. When the Green Mountains 
 began to show themselves above the water, 
 the Paleozoic formation had in its struct- 
 ure only the Potsdam and Trenton de- 
 posits, (Dana, p 80, 91), which now rest 
 on the mountain. As ages advanced the 
 mountains gradually rose out of the ocean 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
 693 
 
 to completion, thereby bringing to the sur- 
 face, in the order of their formation, the 
 successive Paleozoic strata, thus causing 
 an increase of dry land. Hence, from the 
 mountain top eastward, these successive 
 strata have an eastern dip, a western out- 
 crop, and a strike generally parallel to the 
 Green Mountain range. These several 
 outcrops, in the order of their formations, 
 have those of the upper formations consid- 
 erably to the east of those belonging to 
 the lower formations. Further, in the 
 process of their rising, the Green Moun- 
 tains were so irregularly pushed up that 
 their stratified structure received many 
 cross-breaks and contortions. The ocean 
 currents then scooped out these cross- 
 breaks and wore off their rough projections, 
 thus grinding down Vermont into a grand 
 system of high mountains and deep val- 
 leys. In this condition the Green Moun- 
 tains finally came up out of the sea, and 
 now present themselves as a kind of High 
 Backbone Ridge, with large vertebral 
 knobs, and long rib-like spurs, extending 
 eastward to the Connecticut valley, and 
 between these spurs flow the vein-like 
 streams, as Black river, Quechee river, 
 White river, etc. 
 
 To get a better idea of the stratified 
 formations in the Green Mountain struc- 
 ture, conceive an explorer to walk from 
 the mountain top eastward through North- 
 field, and to observe the rocks he passes. 
 This person would first walk on the upper 
 surface of some Paleozoic formation, down 
 its dipping slope into Mad River valley, 
 near Waitsfield. Here he would meet the 
 high, out-cropping front of the next form- 
 ation above, which he would climb, and 
 having arrived at its top, where it is called 
 " Bald Mountain," he would find himself 
 2636 feet above tide-water ; but, on Waits- 
 field Mountain, at the highest point in the 
 road between Waitsfield and Northfield, he 
 would stand 2135 feet above tide-water, 
 and upon a slaty formation of hard green- 
 ish stone highly charged with quartz. He 
 would next, on the upper surface of this 
 formation, pass down its dipping slope 
 into Dog River valley at Northfield, where 
 he would find himself 728 feet above tide- 
 
 water, and 638 feet above the surface of 
 Lake Chairiplain. The hill north-west of 
 Elmwood Cemetery, 1359 feet, and that 
 just south of South village, 1900 feet above 
 tide-water. Also, he would notice a stra- 
 tum of light-greenish, talcose slate-rock, 
 well charged with quartz grit, and locally 
 called "jenkstone." It splits freely into 
 desira,ble thicknesses, breaks handsomely 
 into rectangular forms, and is doubtless a, 
 good building stone. For proof see Mr. 
 Jenks' dwelling-house. Next in order he 
 would notice a stratum of lightish-gray mi- 
 caceous sandstone, locally called "whet- 
 stone ledge," from which whetstones, 
 hones, and the like, are manufactured by 
 Wood & Son, and they are said to be 
 good. Proceeding onward, he would meet 
 the high, out-cropping front of the famous 
 slate formation, from which the noted 
 roofing slate are taken by Adams & Co. 
 Having climbed this high front — called 
 Paine mountain — and standing on its top, 
 he would find himself 2435 f^et above tide- 
 water, or 1707 feet above the depot, and 
 he would also get a magnificent view with 
 a clear sweep around the whole circum- 
 ference of the distant horizon. Thence, 
 proceeding onward upon the upper surface 
 of this formation, he would pass down its 
 dipping slope into Berlin Pond valley, 
 where he would meet the out-cropping 
 front of a dark slaty limestone formation. 
 Thence, proceeding over this elevation, 
 he would descend into WilHamstown val- 
 ley, and so on he could travel up and down 
 to the Connecticut valley, and to the sea. 
 
 At first sight this traveler would think 
 that the rocky stratification over which he 
 passed stood nearly perpendicular to the 
 horizon ; but, on closer inspection, he . 
 would discover that what. he took for strat- 
 ification was the slaty cleavage of the 
 rock, which is always nearly perpendicular 
 to the bed of stratification. .(Dana, p. 36.) 
 
 Now the town of Northfield is on an 
 eastern spur of the Green Mountains, and 
 at the centre of the State ; for, by actual 
 estimation, from maps and various sur- 
 veys, the center of the town and the center 
 of the State are both found to be upon the 
 same town lot. (Lot No. 9 in range 5. 
 
694 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 See town map.) The town being thus on 
 
 the Green Mountains, Northfield farmers 
 
 cultivate about the oldest land in the 
 
 world where 'terrestrial life first began.- In 
 
 fact, 
 
 " The dust we tread upou was once alive,"— -Bj/row. 
 
 Dog river runs through the eastern part 
 of the town in a direction a little east of 
 north, taking in on both sides quite re- 
 spectable tributaries, which drain the sev- 
 eral minor valleys of the towu. Thus, by 
 the river, its tributaries, and their great 
 number of feeding springs, the town is 
 well watered. Instead of the surface soil 
 rising abruptly from the banks of the river 
 and brooks, these streams are skirted by 
 handsome narrow meadows and terraced 
 flats, from whose outer limits the ground 
 rises into the highlands in such manner 
 that nearly all the surface, ev^n to the 
 tops of the highest hills, is susceptible of 
 cultivation. There is very little waste 
 land in Northfield. On the river the soil 
 is generally light and sandy, but back 
 fi-om the river, on the upland, the soil is 
 dark, strong and good, suitable for all the 
 crops generally raised in the State. The 
 native timber growth of the town consists 
 Of fir, spruce, hemlock, maple, birch, ash, 
 elm, and the like. 
 
 BUSINESS IN NORTHFIELD — 1882. 
 
 BY JOSEPH K. EGERTON. 
 
 Dog River runs through the town in a 
 northerly direction, affording many valua- 
 ble water privileges, most of which are now 
 improved. The East Branch runs from 
 Bennett's Pond, which is on the highland 
 near the Williamstown line. From this 
 pond, when the water is high, a stream 
 runs north to Berlin Pond. Just below 
 the eastern outlet Mr. Edward H. Howes 
 has a saw-mill. The first mill built on that 
 site was put up by Aquillo Jones ; soon 
 after Judge Paine built the first mill in 
 town, which ,was on the same stream, 
 about one mile below. About 2 miles 
 further eaSt, and near South Northfield, 
 this stream unites with a brook which runs 
 from a large pond in East Roxbury. A 
 few rods north of this junction, Geo. H. 
 Fisher has a shingle mill and carriage- 
 shop, and Warren C. Briggs has a black- 
 
 smith shop and knife factory, both deriving 
 power from the same water-wheel. About 
 20 rods north of these shops is a large 
 building occupied by Martin Cobleigh and 
 Geo. W. Kingsbury, for the manufacture 
 of doors, sash and blinds, they having also, 
 across the road, another large building 
 used, in connection with this, as a paint- 
 shop. A few rods further down the stream 
 is a two story building, about 40x60, occu- 
 pied by L. N. Howe as a chair factory ; 
 adjoining this is the grist-mill of Thomas 
 Slade ; further down the stream, a few 
 rods, is a small factory used by S. D. 
 Dodge for cloth-dressing and wool-carding, 
 and a little below, W. W. Holden has a 
 shop for the manufacture of coffins, cas- 
 kets and chairs, the aforesaid comprising 
 all manufacturing establishments now in 
 operation at So. Northfield. 
 
 About one mile from the South village, 
 N. W., the east branch unites with the 
 river, the main branch of which runs from 
 Stump Pond, which is partly in Roxbury 
 and part in Northfield. Just below the 
 outlet of this pond, G. B. Andrews has a 
 grist-mill, to which a large part of the in- ' 
 habitants of Roxbury, and many of North- 
 field, carry their grain to be ground. A 
 few rods north, Joseph C. Rice has a saw- 
 mill, and just below that stands the car- 
 riage-shop of Gilbert R. Andrews. About 
 half way from Andrews' mill to the Har- 
 low Bridge are the ruins of a saw-mill, 
 where in former years, a large amount of 
 lumber was manufactured. No further use 
 is made of the river as motive power till 
 we reach, nearly 4 miles further north, the 
 location of Judge Paine's first woolen fac- 
 tory. The brick building now standing 
 there is occupied by A. F. Spalding as a 
 machine-shop and for the manufacture of 
 pumps ; by Newell & Colby for the manu- 
 facture of chair stock and fork handles ; 
 by Henry R. Bean for the manufacture of 
 fork and broom handles ; and by Brown, 
 Denny & Harris for the manufacture of 
 lumber, they having, also, a grist-mill and 
 saw-mill in an adjoining building ; about 
 30 feet north is a large building used for 
 the manufacture of slate, power being car- 
 ried thereto from the brick building, above 
 
NOJITHFIELD. 
 
 69s 
 
 named, by belting. About i mile further 
 down the stream is the woolen factory 
 built in 1864, by George M. Fisk, now 
 occupied by A. Howarth & Son as a flan- 
 nel factory, employing about 30 hands ; 
 adjoining this, and using the same power, 
 is the extensive machine-shop and foun- 
 dry, built in by Perley Belknap, and 
 
 now occupied by the Ely Foundry Co., 
 and giving employment to about 30 men ; 
 about i mile further on is the grist-mill of 
 Lewis Wood & Son ; a half-mile below we 
 find the ruins of a mill, and near to that 
 the first-class brick building owned by Jo- 
 seph W. Gould, and occupied by him for 
 the manufacture of woolen flannels. Mr. 
 Gould has one of the very finest establish- 
 ments of the kind to be found in the coun- 
 
 -ty, and gives employment to about 100 
 people. ^ On Cox brook, which runs into 
 Dog River at Gouldsville, is a very fine 
 saw-mill, owned by John Hornbrook ; on 
 Jones Brook, which runs in further up 
 the river, H. M. Cutler has a large lum- 
 ber mill ; on Stevens Brook W. A. Rice 
 has a saw-mill ; and on Rocky Brook, Geo. 
 
 • F. Glidden has a large saw-mill. By 
 steam, the 'Ely Foundry run their ma- 
 chinery in low water times, and the Adams 
 Slate Cp. run a derrick by steam-power, 
 for raising stone from their quarry. 
 
 GEO. H. RICHMOND. 
 
 has also a steam engine, used for power to 
 run his printing presses, and to heat the 
 building occupied by him. Mr. Rich- 
 mond publishes The Northfield News, a pa- 
 per started by him in 1878, now having a 
 circulation of 1200, and also The Vermont 
 Partner, circulating 2400 copies weekly, 
 which was removed to Northfield from 
 Montpelier in 1881. He prints, also. The 
 Reveille, a monthly periodical, published 
 by the cadets of Lewis College ; and 
 The Monthly Reporter, published by C. 
 F. Buswell of Montpelier. In the same 
 building is "The Northfield Insurance 
 Agency," managed by Joseph K. Egerton. 
 Just south of the News Block, above men- 
 tioned, is the extensive marble works of 
 F. L. Howe & Co. ; 30 feet further south 
 is Central Block, now occupied by Boyn- 
 ton & Moseley, for the sale of meat & 
 
 provisions; George Nichols, drugs & 
 medicines ; A. E. Denny, groceries & 
 hardware; C. Denny & Co., dry goods; 
 Stebbins & Richmond, groceries & provis- 
 ion; G. H. Crane, dry goods; Fred Down- 
 ing, saloon ; Edwin Porter, drugs & med- 
 icines; S. P. Grow, boots & shoes: J. N. 
 Johnson, lawyer ; F. R. Bates & F. Plum- 
 ley, lawyers ; C. W. Locklin, dentist ; the 
 third story of the building in two very fine 
 halls, is occupied by the Masons and 
 the Odd Fellows. West of Central block is 
 Concert hall, capable of seating 500, and 
 over that the Universalist church ; further 
 west, a few feet, is Eagle block, occupied 
 by Geo. B. B. Denny, for the sale of cloth- 
 ing ; W. A. Blake, groceries ; Kenyon & 
 Soper, groceries, crockery & fancy goods ; 
 S. F. Judd, groceries ; E. O. Thurston, 
 watches & jewelry ; D. Bacon, flour, meal 
 & groceries ; Hazleton, Kimball & Deer- 
 ing, meat & produce ; Mrs. Jones, milli- 
 nery ; W. C. Woodbury & F. N. Carpen- 
 ter, barbers. Union block, just opposite 
 on the south, is occupied by J. C. B. 
 Thayer, for the sale of clothing ; by the 
 Northfield Savings Bank, of which J. C. 
 B. Thayer is Treasurer; Edgerton Broth- 
 ers, for the sale of merchandize of every 
 description ; E. G. Pierce, groceries ; Geo. 
 M. Fisk, lawyer; O. S. Cook, leggins & 
 mittens ; L. S. Wellington & D. P. Holt, 
 boots & shoes. East of Union Block is R. 
 M. Mcintosh, photographic rooms, occu- 
 pied also by N. W. Gilbert, dentist. 
 West of Union Block is Stevens Block, 
 occupied by A. Stevens, for the sale of 
 -books & stationery; T. C. Patterson, 
 boots & shoes; Rene S. Fletcher, milli- 
 nery ; north of Stevens Block is the R. R. 
 Depot, one room of which is occupied by 
 the Northfield National Bank; another 
 room by E. G. Sanborn, for a boot & shoe 
 store; and one by Mrs. M. S. Gilchrist, 
 for the sale of millinery goods ; also, the 
 express & telegraph office, by C. A. Webb. 
 Opposite the Depot, east across the pub- 
 lic square, which is about 200x400 feet, is 
 the Northfield House, built by George M. 
 Fisk about 2 years since, on a part of the 
 ground covered by the hotel burned in 
 1879. It is now kept by W. H. Morris, 
 
696 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 See page 695 and 634. 
 
 who keeps also a livery stable ; and adjoin- 
 ing this hotel, on the south, is the post- 
 office. A few rods south, on main street, 
 is the Avery Hotel and Livery Stable, kept 
 by L. W. Avery ; about 1 mile further south 
 is the tannery owned and occupied by Den- 
 ny & Smith ; a little further south, in what 
 was formerly the Center village of the town, 
 is the general store of John P. Davis, and a 
 blacksmith shop and can'iage shop run b}- 
 R. T. Eastman ; and a broom factory by 
 Thomas Averill. On the west side of the 
 river, opposite the Depot, is the C. O. D. 
 store by Darius Thomas ; a blacksmith 
 shop by A. Fuller; a coffin and carriage- 
 shop, owned and occupied by (}. W. Max- 
 ham. A short distance west is the carriage 
 and machine shop of D. Bacon; easterly 
 across the R. R. track, is the carriage shop 
 of A. Mead; the blacksmith shop of A. 
 Gosley & Son ; the carriage shop of A. O. 
 Chase ; the ))aint shop of W. R. Bean ; 
 and the blacksmith shop of Ai Smith. 
 South a short distance, is the carriage 
 shop of J. B. Shortridge ; across the 
 
 J^^t 
 
 river, is the harness shop 
 of C. 15. Gold; and fur- 
 ther on a few feet, is 
 Paine's block, occupied by 
 S. W. Steele & Son, tin- 
 ware & stoves; J. G. Co- 
 burn, harnesses ; E. Hunt- 
 ley, paints & paper ; J. L. 
 Abbott, coffins and cas- 
 kets; N. Huntley, tin- 
 ware & stoves. The up- 
 per part of the building in 
 two large halls, is occupi- 
 ed by the Good Templars 
 and the New England 
 Guards. A little further 
 east, is the paint shop of 
 S. F. Gibbs ; the black- 
 smith shop of J. R. Davis ; 
 and the carriage shop of 
 A. C. Chase. 
 
 At (iouldsville is the 
 general store of A. F. An- 
 drews ; the grocery and 
 provision store of C. F. 
 Hurley ; harness shop of 
 A. H. Brown; and black- 
 smith shop of Greenwood ; a considerable 
 business is done in the manufacture of 
 whetstones by L. Wood & Son and by 
 Geo. S. Richards. 
 
 Northfield Circulating Library contains 
 about 1,000 volumes. 
 
 There are in town two well ef|uippecl 
 Fire Engine companies, of 50 men each, 
 and a Hook & Ladder company of 20 men. 
 In the quarrying and manufacture of 
 slate stone a very large amount of money 
 was formerly invested. Eleven quarries 
 were opened, at an expense of more than 
 $200,000, nearly all of which would now 
 with good management yield large profits 
 to the manufacturers. The supply of slate 
 is inexhaustible, and in (|uality equal to 
 the best in the world. 
 
 The Adams Slate Co. have been working 
 their quarry successfully since 1869; in 
 1881, employing 40 men and sending out 
 of town 100 car loads of slate. At the 
 present time, this Co. is at work in the 
 Morris quarry, and expect in 1882, to dou- 
 ble the amount of their business. 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
 697 
 
 There is in town a very extensive gran- 
 ite ledge, which was formerly worked in a 
 small way. It is very favorably located for 
 quarrying, but wholly neglected. 
 
 There have been 17 saw-mills in North- 
 field. Of this number 7 are now in oper- 
 ation. At diflferent times 9 grist-mills 
 have been run, and there are now 4 in 
 town. Of woolen factories the town has 
 had s, of these 3 are now at work. Of 
 wood-shops the town has had a large num- 
 ber, the largest of which, that of the Vt. 
 Manufacturing Co., which had been suc- 
 cessfully engaged in the manufacture of 
 chairs for years, was burned in 1877. 
 
 Brick-making was formerly an important 
 branch of industry in Northfield, but al- 
 though there is a plentiful supply of mate- 
 rial, very favorably located for the busi- 
 ness, nothing has been done in that line 
 for many years. 
 
 NORTHFIELD GRADUATES. 
 
 University of Vermont. — Class of i85£), 
 John H. Buck and Edwin Porter. Class 
 of i860, Geo. N. Carpenter and Geo. 
 Bates. Class of 1868, George Cochrane. 
 Class of 1870, Geo. W. Winch. 
 
 Non Graduate. — Fred Ely. 
 
 Dartmouth College. — Class of 1863, Isaac 
 Newton Jenks, born in Northfield, June 
 17, 1839 ; read law in New York city. 
 Dartmouth allumni. — 1878, F. W. Gregg ; 
 1879, J. N. Jenks, C. C. Davis, K. Derby, 
 CD. Edgerton, H. B. Thayer; 1880, B. 
 F. Armitage. 
 
 Non Graduates, Dartmouth. — C. A. 
 Edgerton, Jr., class of '79- 
 
 Under Graduates. — C. W. McClearff, 
 class of '82 ; C. A. Braley, '83 ; C. M. Da- 
 vis, '84. 
 
 Middletown University. — Geo. C. Smith, 
 graduated. 
 
 Non Graduates. — Frank A. Winch, 
 Geo. H. Richmond. 
 
 George Gallup, John W. Gregory, grad- 
 uates of Law School University of Michi- 
 gan. 
 
 Norwich University. — Asa Howe, class 
 of 1869; Charles Dole, Henry J. Howe, 
 1870; Walter Dole, Chas. E. Tarbell, 
 1871 ; Wm. G. Owen, 1872, F. L. Kim- 
 ball, 1873; Frank R. Bates, C. M. John- 
 
 88 
 
 ston, 1874; Robert A. Silver, 1876; 
 George Thomas, 1877; Henry C. Dole. 
 Lewis College. — 1881, M. D. Smith. 
 
 THEODA P. HOWE 
 
 was born in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 20, 
 1813. Her parents removed to Norwich, 
 Vt., when she was quite young, and to 
 Ncwthfield in 1835, where she was mar- 
 ried to Wm. R. Tucker. She died in 
 1845, leaving a son and daughter, both re- 
 siding now (1882), in Washington, D. C- 
 Her first articles for publication were written 
 at Norwich when she was only a child, for 
 the Vermont Enquirer, a paper published 
 at that place. For several years she was a 
 contributor to various Vermont and Boston 
 journals. As her writings were never 
 collected in book form, this piece given is 
 the only one at hand, and is hardly a fair 
 specimen of her poetry : [See Poets and 
 Poetry of Vermont, where the same is 
 published.] 
 
 TO AN ANTUMN BOUGH. 
 
 Bright autumu leaves, when you I see. 
 
 No visions dread my bosom swell; 
 Tou wake no saddened thoughts for me, . 
 
 Though my sad fate you se^m to tell. 
 
 But late I saw the forest green 
 
 SUght waving in the summer air. 
 But now the changing tints are seen, \ 
 
 Which only autumn forests wear. 
 
 And you have faded not more fast 
 Than she who loved aweet autumn's gloom ; 
 
 Her moments here will soon be past, 
 With you she soon will find a tomb. 
 
 This bough by some kind hand was sought. 
 To soothe her on her Couch of pain. 
 
 And ftom the favorite grove was brought. 
 Which she can never see again. 
 
 Now would she rest mid sylvan bowers, 
 Where murm'ring pines their branches wave ; 
 
 Better are withered leaves than flowers 
 To strew upon her early grave. T. P. H. 
 
 PERLEY BELKNAP. 
 
 Simeon Belknap, a native of Connecti- 
 cut, who had purchased a tract of land in 
 Randolph, returning from which to his 
 former home, was one of those who was so 
 unfortunate as to be taken and carried 
 away captive from the sacking and burning 
 of Royalton, by Lieutenant Horton of the 
 British army, in 1780. He was taken to 
 Canada and held a prisoner of war for 3 
 years, when he, with some of his compan- 
 ions, managed to escape and return to the 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 States ; after which he settled on his Ran- 
 dolph estate, where his son Perley was 
 born in 1807. 
 
 Perley married Huldah, daughter of Dr. 
 John Edson of that town, and while still 
 engaged in the foundry business there, at 
 the earnest solicitation of Gov. Paine, 
 embarked in a similar enterprise in North- 
 field, in connection with some other par- 
 ties, whose interests in the business he 
 soon purchased, however, and removed to 
 this town for permanent residence about 
 the year 1849. He bought the water pow- 
 er below the old Paine factory, where he 
 established his foundry, and afterwards a 
 -machine shop, and taking into partnership 
 his brother-in-law, John H. Edson, they 
 employed from 30 to 50 men for many 
 years. The business of the machine shop 
 was largely the manufacture of water 
 wheels and circular saw and clapboard 
 mills, which were sold in large numbers, 
 and sent to all parts of this country, and 
 some to foreign lands. He also had a 
 grist-mill, built a woolen-mill for other 
 parties to operate, wherein the spindles 
 and shuttles are still running at the pres- 
 ent time. 
 
 Mr. Belknap was. a director in the North- 
 field Bank from the time of its incorpora- 
 tion until he was elected its President, a 
 position to which hd was successively re- 
 elected for 12 or 15 years. He has never 
 held any important civil office, having 
 steadily declined to put himself in the way 
 of political preferment, which used some- 
 times to be suggested to him by his friends. 
 He has been a large owner of, and dealer 
 in, real estate, consisting of business 
 blocks, mills, houses, farms, &c., some of 
 which are still in his possession, though 
 he has partially retired from active busi- 
 ness life. 
 
 . Mr. Belknap is a very genial, compan- 
 ionable man. 
 
 The above was contributed by Dr. Gil- 
 bert. 
 
 LITERARY CLUBS — 1'882. 
 
 There have been several Shaksperian 
 clubs within the last 12 years. The most 
 recently organized and the only one now 
 holding meetings is called the Salvini 
 
 Shaksperian Club. It has 16 members ; 
 Rev. F. W. Bartle'tt, president. Meet- 
 ings, fortnightly. 
 
 The Conversational Club is also now in 
 operation, for social and intellectual im- 
 provement, and discourses on practical, 
 literary and scientific subjects ; member- 
 ship limited to sixteen> Rev. F. W. Hart- 
 lett is president; Rev. Wm. S. Hazen, 
 vice president; C. A. Edgerton, Jr., sec- 
 retary ; Professor Charles Dole, treas- 
 urer. Meetings, every two weeks. 
 
 The Northfield Debating Club holds also 
 its sessions every week, the members pre- 
 siding in rotation ; secretary, W. F. Ba- 
 ker ; 12 members. 
 
 THE HEALING WATERS. 
 BY F. W. BARTLETT. 
 
 [The following song, to the air of " Sparkling and 
 
 Bright," was composed when on a visit to a 
 
 mineral spring In Northern Vt.} 
 
 Come let us abide near the fountain side, 
 
 The streamlet of health and beauty, 
 •Where the spring sprites dwell In the charming dell 
 
 To dispense their golden booty ; 
 For the precious grains, from the earth's rich veins, 
 
 Crown with gems, bright In their glory. 
 The goblet of health, and of joy and wealth, 
 
 Never dreamed of In mythic story. 
 Chorus.— Then here's to thee, so true and free. 
 Thy Health— for ours Is owing 
 To the magic grains, whlcli. In our veins. 
 Are all of thine own bestowing. 
 
 Let the Bacchanal dare to love the glare 
 
 Of his fire-water, red and glowing. 
 Where the pale fiend lurks, and his mischief works. 
 
 In the seeds of death he is sowing ; 
 But give us the Joy without alloy, 
 
 Whleh flows from the cup of healing. 
 As with finger of light, the spring fay bright 
 
 Is the pathway of hope revealing. 
 Chorus.— Then here's to thee, etc, 
 
 • Plumley : additional and correction of 
 page 646, not received in time, by our go- 
 ing to press a day before the time named. 
 First, the name of Mr. Plumley's wife be- 
 fore marriage was Lavinia L. Fletcher; 
 and not Lamina, as before printed from 
 the Northfield History of '78. 
 
 In 1876, Mr. Plumley was elected State's 
 attorney for Washington County on the 
 Republican ticket, and again in 1878, hold- 
 ing the office 4 years, and during that 
 time successfully prosecuting rnany impor- 
 tant State cases ; among others. Royal W. 
 Carr, and Almon and Emeline Meeker for 
 murder. 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
 699 
 
 SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1861. 
 
 COMPILED MAINLY FKOM THE ADJ. GENERAL'S REPORT, BY ASA HOWE, M. I 
 FIRST REGIMENT — THREE MONTHS — FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS. 
 Age. Com. Mustered. Remarks 
 
 Names. 
 Levi H. Stone, 
 Wm. H. Boynton, 
 Charles A. Webb, 
 
 Charles H. Joyce, 
 
 Charles H. Joyce, 
 Charles C. Canning, 
 James P. Stone, 
 
 Charles G. Fisher, 
 
 Charles G. Fisher, 
 Charles G. Fisher, 
 
 Apr 2661 May 261 Chaplain; mustered out Aug. 15, 61. 
 
 29 Apr 23 61 May 24 61 Capt. Co. F. do 
 
 22 23 61 Aug 15 61 Jan. T882, Maj. i6th Inf. U. S. A. 
 
 SECOND REGIMENT — THREE MONTHS. 
 
 30 May 21 62 May 21 62 
 
 30 do do 
 
 32 Jan 28 62 Jan 28 62 
 24 Dec 14 6i Dec 14 61 
 
 Philander D. Bradford, 
 
 Edwin C. Lewis, 
 
 Williani C. Hopkins, 
 Wesley C. Howes, 
 
 John L. Moseley, 
 
 David P. Barber, 
 
 Geo. N. Carpenter, 
 
 Lieut. Col.; major, June 6, 61 ; resigned 
 
 Jan. 6, 63. 
 Major; pro. lieut. col. May 21, 62. 
 rst lieut. Co. I ; resigned Feb. 8, 63. 
 2d lieut. Co I ; prin. musician June 20, 
 
 61 ; res. Jan. 6, 63. 
 
 FOURTH REGIMENT — THREE YEARS. 
 
 •^6 June 12 64 Sept i 64 Capt. Co. I ; must, out July 13, 65 ; pri- 
 vate Co. K, Aug. 61. 
 26 Apr 19 64 1st lieut. Co I ; wounded June 23, 64. 
 
 26 Dec 14 62 Dec 14 62 2d lieut. Co. F. 
 
 FIFTH REGIMENT— THREE YEARS. 
 
 Dec 362 Dec 1762 Surgeon; resigned Mar. i, 63. 
 
 SIXTH REGIMENT — THREE YEARS. 
 
 20 Oct 961 Oct 15 61 2d lieut. Co. G; resigned June 4, 62. 
 
 SEVENTH REGIMENT — THREE YEARS. 
 
 28 Sept 25 62 Oct 9 62 Chaplain ; resigned Oct. g, 65. 
 
 Capt. Co. D ; private Co. K, 61 ; must- 
 out, 1st lieut; Co. E, Mar. 14, 66. 
 Capt. Co. E ; 1st lieut. Co. K, Feb i, 62 ; 
 
 must, out Mar. 14, 66. 
 Capt. Co. K ; mustered out Aug. 30, 64. 
 
 21 Mar I 63 
 
 22 Nov 23 63 
 
 Jan 21 64 
 
 34 Feb I 62 Feb 12 62 
 
 EIGHTH REGIMENT — THREE YEARS. 
 22 Aug 15 63 Dec 5 63 
 
 Capt. Co. C ; serg't. maj., 62 ; July 2, 64, 
 Capt. and A. C. S., U. S. Vols. 
 
 ELEVENTH REGIMENT, ISt HEAVY ARTILLERY, FROM DEC. ID, 1863, THREE YEARS. 
 
 Silas B. Tucker, 
 Sidney Bliss, 
 
 28 July 14 63 Aug 10 63 
 19 June 4 6s 
 
 Ransom A. Wells, 21 May 23 65 
 
 Darius Thomas, 
 Carlos D. Williams, 
 
 George Nichols, 
 
 C. W. Carpenter, 
 Denison S. Burnham, 
 
 Names. 
 Howe, Charles G. 
 Jacobs, Alfred 
 
 Jacobs, Alonzo 33 Dec 2 63 
 
 Kinsley, Michael 18 Dec 5 63 
 
 Milo, John 45 Nov 19 63 
 
 Milo, John, Jr., 18 Nov 14 63 
 
 Moors, Abbott A. 36 Oct 24 63 
 
 Patterson, Lester S. 18 Dec 4 63 
 
 Putnam, Jonas A. 40 Dec 2 63 
 
 Shirley, John 36 Aug 1 6 64 
 
 Smith, Edward F. 18 Dec 4 63 
 
 Smith, Gilbert O. 32 Dec 5 63 
 
 Capt Co. C ; pro. Capt. Co. C, Dec 2, 64. 
 1st lieut. Co. K ; private Aug. 5, 62 ; 
 
 must, out June 54, 65. 
 2d lieut; Co. M; private Co. I, July 15, 
 
 62 ; must, out June 24, 63 ; ist serg't. 
 
 Co. I. 
 TWELFTH REGIMENT — NINE MONTHS. 
 
 35 Sept II 62 Oct 4 62 Capt. Co. F; mustered out July 14 63. 
 19 Mar 10 63 Mar 10 63 ist lieut. Co. F ; private Co. F, Aug. 
 19, 62; must, out July 14, 63. 
 THIRTEENTH REGIMENT — NINE MONTHS. 
 
 35 Sept 24 62 Oct 1062 Surgeon ; must, out July 21, 63. 
 
 FIFTEENTH REGIMENT — NINE MONTHS. 
 
 36 Sept II 62 Oct 22 62 Capt. Co. C ; resigned Jan. 15. 63. 
 32 Nov 18 62 Nov 18 62 ISt lieut.; trans, to Co. C, Jan. 9, 63. 
 
 Age. Enlisted, Reg. Co. ' Remarks. 
 
 31 Aug 25 64 3 Bat Must, out June 15, 65. 
 45 Nov 14 63 II I Died at Danville, Va., Sept. 20, 64. 
 
 "~ " " Mustered out June 20, 65. [24, 65. 
 
 Pro. Corp. Oct. 25, 64 ; trans, to Co. A, June 
 Trans, to Co. A, June 24. 65. 
 
 II I 
 II I 
 II I 
 II K 
 II K 
 3 Bat 
 II I 
 II I 
 ■3 Bat 
 II H 
 II I 
 
 do 
 
 Wagoner ; reduced ; must, out June 15, 65. 
 Died Dec. 25. 63. 
 Transferred to Co. A, June 24, 65. 
 Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 Died at Danville. Va., Oct. 8, 64. 
 Died Feb. i, 64. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Kames. 
 Stockwell, Elihu F. 
 
 Stone, William 
 Whittaker, Ira F. 
 Woodbury, Albert W. 
 Woodworth, Albert 
 Woodworth. Charles 
 
 Balch, Henry C. 
 McKay, Luther W. 
 Sanford, John A. 
 
 Age. Enlisted Reg. Co. Remarks. 
 
 20 Dec 2 63 II I Deserted July 26, 64; returned May 10, 65, 
 under President's proclamation ; dishonor- 
 ably discharged May 23, 65. 
 Sept 21 63 3 Bat Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 Dec 2 63 II I Transferred to Co. A., June 24, 65. 
 Sept 19 63 3 Bat Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 Dec 2 63 II I Died Oct. 28, 64, of wounds rec'd. in action. 
 Dec 363 II I Died Aug. 28, 64. 
 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR ONE YEAR. 
 
 22 Sept 3 64 
 ig do 
 
 I 
 
 K 
 K 
 
 Mustered out Aug. i, 65. 
 Mustered out July 18, 65. 
 
 VOLUNTEERS RE-ENLISTED. 
 
 Barrett, Marcellus M. 18 Feb 25 62 4 K 
 
 Bruso, John B. 28 Dec 
 
 Chickering, Charles P. 21 Jan 
 
 Coburn, John 
 Connor, Thomas 
 Coburn, James M. 
 Cronan, Thomas 
 Deval, Peter 
 Donpier, Isaiah 
 Donpier, Theophilus 
 Dulow, Peter 
 Emerson, Jonathan O. 
 Glazier, Frank 
 Gourley, George 
 Harrison, Hugh 
 Hodgdon, Wilbur 
 Hurley, John H. 
 Knapp, Mason 
 Libby, Charles 
 
 Locklin, Erastus M. 
 Marsell, Frank 
 Maxfield, Geo. C. 
 Maxham, Oscar 
 
 McGillivry, Allen 
 
 Merriam, Edwin R. 
 Morris, John H. 
 Morse, Henry A. 
 
 Newell, William 
 Rolph, Augustus O. 
 Rumney, Charles 
 Savia, Frank 
 Smith, James 
 Smith, Peter 
 
 Waterman, George R. 
 Wilson, George F. 
 
 23 62 
 862 
 
 14 62 
 2 62 
 
 18 Feb 
 
 27 Jan 
 18 Mar 24 62 
 1 8 Sept 3 61 
 
 18 Dec 2 61 
 22 Dec 23 61 
 
 24 Nov 29 61 
 33 Jan 4 62 
 
 28 Dec 14 6t 
 
 19 Sept 6 61 
 19 Dec 7 61 
 30 Mar 3 62 
 18 Feb 12 62 
 
 25 Nov 23 61 
 40 Dec 7 61 
 18 Jan 
 
 26 Feb 
 18 Jan 
 18 Feb 
 23 Nov 27 61 
 
 33 Feb 
 
 9 62 
 
 14 62 
 25 62 
 17 62 
 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 G 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 E 
 
 I 62 7 K 
 
 20 Sept 4 61 
 
 21 Nov 25 61 
 20 May 20 6t 
 
 44 Dec 10 6r 
 
 19 Aug 14 61 
 24 Aug 28 61 
 
 20 Feb 5 62 
 
 26 Dec 30 61 
 23 Sept 13 6i 
 
 27 Feb 1462 
 20 Sept 16 61 
 
 K 
 K 
 F 
 
 K 
 H 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 
 K 
 G 
 
 K 
 K 
 
 Fifer ; re-en. Mar. 28, 64 ; trans, to Co. D, 
 
 Feb. 25, 65. 
 Re-en. Feb. 15, 64. 
 
 do 
 Pro. Corp.; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 Re-en. Mar. 28, 64 ; tr. to Co. D, Feb. 25, 65. 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63; tr. to Co. D, Feb. 25, 65. 
 Re-en. Feb. 15, 64. 
 Wagoner ; re-enlisted Feb. 16, 64. 
 Re-en. Feb. 20, 64. 
 Pro. Corp.; re-en. Feb. 20, 64. 
 Corp.; pro. serg't.; re-en. Feb. 14, 64. 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; tr. to Co. D, Feb. 25, 65. 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 Re-en. Feb. 16, 64 ; des. Sept. 27, 64. 
 Pro. Corp.; re-en. Feb. 15, 64. 
 Serg't.; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 Re -enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 Pro. Corp.; re-en. Feb. 15, 64'; mustered out 
 
 May 18, 65. 
 Re-en. Feb. 15, 64 ; dis. June 23, 64. 
 Re-en. Feb. 15, 64; pro. corp. May 19, 65. 
 Re-en. Mar. 28. 64 ; tr. to Co. D, Feb. 25, 65. 
 Wagoner; re-eh. Jan. 5, 64; died at Salis- 
 bury, N. C, on or about Jan. 25, 65. 
 Re-en. Feb. 17, 64; pro. corp. Mar. 31,65; 
 
 must, out May 18, 65. 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; discharged Feb. 6, 65. 
 Serg't.; re-en. Feb. 15, 64; des. Sept 27, 64. 
 Pro. serg't.; re-en. Jan. 23,64; tr. to V. R. C. 
 
 Apr. 26, 65; must, out July 20, 65. 
 Re-en. Feb. 15, 64; dis. May 31, 65. 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; died July 21, 64. 
 Re. en. Dfec. 15, 63 ; tr. to Co. D, Feb. 25, 65. 
 Re-en. Feb. 15,64; des. Sept. 27, 64. 
 Re-en. Feb. 20, 64 ; pro., corp. Feb. 28, 65. 
 Pro. Corp.; re-en. Dec. 15, 63, and died of 
 
 wounds received in action June, 64. [18,65. 
 Pro. Corp.; re-en. Feb. 16, 64 ; must, out May 
 Pro. serg't. June 20, 62 ; re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; 
 
 killed near Cold Harbor, June i, 64. 
 Re-en. Feb. 15, 64; pro. corp.; May 19, 65. 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63; promoted corporal. 
 
 Woodbury, Nathan K. 21 Dec 7 61 
 Young, William P. 18 Aug 27 61 
 
 Naval Credit.- Walter L. Murphy and Frederick C. WilHatils'. 
 
 VETERAN RESERVE CoRPS.-Abraham Ford; miscellaneous, not credited by name, 5 men 
 volunteers for nine months. 
 
 Aldrich, Charles W. 
 Alexander, Lewis L. 
 Amsden, Marcellus R. 
 Archibald, Henry 
 Barton, Wallace B. 
 Bates, Geo. D. 
 Benway, Eli W. 
 
 18 Aug 21 62 
 21 Aug 23 62 
 38 Sept II 62 
 35 Aug 23 62 
 21 Aug 21 62 
 21 Sept II 62 
 35 Aug 20 62 
 
 Pro. corp. Mar. 10, 63. 
 Discharged Dec. 6, 62. 
 
 Discharged Jan. 20, 63. 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
 701 
 
 Names. 
 
 Age. Enlisted. Beg. Go. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Brooks, Josiah P. 
 
 23 Aug 18 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 Brown, W. C. B. Jr. 
 
 26 Aug 19 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Pro. 1st serg't. Mar. lo, 63. 
 
 Brown, William F. 
 
 23 Sept II 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Burnham, Denison S. 
 
 32 do 
 
 IS C 
 
 Pro. 2d lieut. Co. H, Nov. 18, 62. 
 
 Burnham, George M. 
 
 22 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 Pro. 1st sergeant. 
 
 Buzzell, Samuel D 
 
 42 Aug 20 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Canning, William 
 
 22 Aug 22 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Carpenter, C. N. See list of officers.' 
 
 IS C 
 
 
 Carpenter, Darwin E. 
 
 21 Sept II 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 Churchill, Henry P. 
 
 32 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Clark, Azro 
 
 42 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Coburn, Washington 
 
 44 Aug 22 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Copeland, John W, 
 
 22 do 
 
 12 F 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 Culver, Elisha W. 
 
 25 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Davenport, Robert 
 
 37 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 Musician. 
 
 Denny, George B. B. 
 
 21. Aug 21 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Denny, Homer 
 
 18 Aug 20 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Discharged Aug. 11,63. 
 
 Dodge, Horace B. 
 
 34 Sept II 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Eastman, R. T. 
 
 35 Sept 22 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Emerson, Samuel O. 
 
 33 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Felch, Wallace 
 
 30 do 
 
 is.c 
 
 
 Ford, Jacob W. 
 
 18 Aug 25 62 
 
 li F 
 
 
 Ford, Wm. J. 
 
 24 Aug 21 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Hassam, Nelsbn 
 
 36 Sept 22 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Hayford, Edward F. 
 
 36 Aug 21 62 
 
 li F 
 
 Discharged Feb. 9, 63. 
 
 Holden, Lyman 
 
 41, do 
 
 12 F 
 
 Musician ; discharged Feb. 9, 63. 
 
 Howe, Lyman N. 
 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Howes, Edward H. 
 
 i8 Aug 22 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 /acobs, Alfred 
 
 44 Aug 23 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Discharged Feb. 18, 63. 
 
 ' fing, Samuel D. 
 
 20 Aug 21 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Kinsley, Michael 
 
 36 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Knowles, Franklin 
 
 26 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Latham, Almon 
 
 41 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Latham, Eli L. 
 
 18 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Leahey, James 
 
 20 Aug 22 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Lewis, John G. 
 
 23 Aug 20 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Libbey, Lotan 
 
 45 Aug 21 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Musician ; discharged Mar. 29, 63. 
 
 Lloyd, Even E. 
 
 27 Aug 22 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Miller, Fred M. 
 
 19 Aug 21 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Discharged Nov. 13, 62. 
 
 Miner, Francis C. 
 
 29 Sept II 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Moulton, Andrew J. 
 
 25 Aug 20 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 Robinson, Matthew 
 
 26 do 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Sheldon, Martin 
 
 30 Sept II 62 
 
 IS C 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 Smith, Gilbert O. 
 
 31 Aug 20 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Smith, Jehial C. 
 
 24 Aug 22 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Smith, Vernon W. 
 
 20 do 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Spaulding, Alfred F. 
 
 26 Sept II 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 Steele, Fred W. 
 
 24 Aug 22 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Discharged Feb. .4, 63. 
 
 Stevenson, Alexandei 
 
 18 Sept 1 1 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Stevenson, Wm. 
 
 20 do 
 
 15 c 
 
 
 Stockwell, Elihu T. 
 
 1 9 Aug 20 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Stone, William 
 
 33 Sept 11 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 Taggard, John G. 
 
 39 Aug 20 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Died Oct. 14, 62. 
 
 Tenney, Rollin Q. 
 
 
 IS 
 
 Commissary Sergeant 
 
 Thomas, Darius 
 
 
 12 F 
 
 Captain, Sept. 11, 62. 
 
 Wainwright, R. Edson 29 Aug 22 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 X 
 
 Webb, Alfred W. 
 
 18 Oct I 62 
 
 13 H 
 
 
 Webster, Cornelius 
 
 18 Aug 19 62 
 
 12 F 
 
 Died May 29, 63. 
 
 Webster, Frederick 
 
 21 Sept 2 62. 
 
 12 F 
 
 
 Whittaker, Ira 
 
 45 Sept II 62 
 
 IS c 
 
 
 VOLUNTEERS 
 
 FOR THREE YEARS CREDITED PREVIOUS TO CALL OF 300,000 : 
 
 
 VOLUNTEERS OF OCT. 1 7, 1 863. 
 
 Aldrich, Harlan P. 
 
 21 Sept 19 61 
 
 CavC 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 AUard, Prosper 
 
 36 Dec 14 61 
 
 7 K 
 
 Discharged Feb. 25, 63. 
 
 Allen, Harrison 
 
 25 Sept 2 61 
 
 4 K 
 
 
 Amerdon, Newman 
 
 21 Aug 14 61 
 
 6 H 
 
 Died Dec. 19, 1861. 
 
 Averill, Charles, 
 
 19 Jiune 20 62 
 
 9 I 
 
 
 Averill, Pranklin 
 
 21 June 12 62 
 
 9 I 
 
 Missing in Action, Feb. \i, 64. 
 
 Badger, Kneeland 
 
 22 Aug 27 61 
 
 4 K 
 
 Pro. sergeant ; re-en. Dec. 15, 63. 
 
•JOT, 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Names. 
 Balch, Henry 
 Balch, William D. 
 Ba.tes, Geo. C. 
 Battist, John 
 Bennett, Chauncey 
 Benton, Harvey 
 Blake, Asahel, Jr. 
 Bliss, Sidney 
 Blodgett, Lorenzo W. 
 Blodgett, Blaney S. 
 Biodgett, Orrin O. 
 Blodgett, Stephen B. 
 Blood, Charles W. 
 Bradford, Philander D, 
 Brigham, Daniel A. 
 Bruso, John B. 
 Burnes, John S. 
 Buzzell, Ezekiel I. 
 Canning, Charles C. 
 Carnell, Frank 
 Carpenter, Geo. 
 Cass, Lewis O. 
 
 Clark, Israel B. 
 
 Clark, John 
 
 Clark, Stephen A. 
 - Coburn, James M. 
 
 Coburn, John 
 
 Coburn, Ramsford 
 
 Cochran, Wm. O. 
 
 Cram, Geo. 
 
 Cram, Horatio N. 
 
 Cronan, Thomas 
 
 Davenport, C. W. 
 
 Davenport, Edwin 
 
 Davenport, Wm. W. 
 
 Densmore, Albert E. 
 
 Densmore, Edwin R. 
 
 Deval, John 
 
 DeVal, Peter 
 
 Donpier, Theophilus 
 
 Dow, Augustus 
 
 Duval, Carlos 
 
 Emerson, Geo. H. 
 
 Emerson, Jonathan C. 
 
 Fisher, Charles G. 
 
 Fisk, Gilbert E.- 
 
 Fisk, Van Loran 
 
 Fisk, Wm. P. 
 
 Fitzgerald, John 
 
 Fowler, Lucius L. 
 
 Gittey, Andrew 
 
 Glazier, Franklin 
 
 Gregory, Joseph 
 
 Gourley, George 
 
 Hall, Randall L. 
 
 Howes, Eugene 
 
 Hayden, Albey 
 
 Heath, Nathan C. 
 
 Hodgdon, Wilbur 
 
 Houston, Oscar A. 
 
 Howard, Alvin A. 
 
 Howe, David L. 
 
 Howe, Wm. I. 
 Howes, Seymour 
 Howes, Wesley C. 
 Hunt, Washington 
 Hurley, John H. 
 Jones, Merrill C. 
 Joyce, Charles H. 
 
 Age. Enlisted. 
 i8 Sept 22 6i 
 
 43 Feb I 62 
 23 Mar I 62 
 35 July 21 62 
 35 Sept 16 61 
 45 Jan 1 5 62 
 
 44 Aug 8 62 
 ig Aug 5 62 
 44 Aug 14 61 
 
 20 Sept 2 61 
 18 Sept 5 61 
 
 21 Feb 3 62 
 
 18 June I 6i 
 28 Dec 23 61 
 41 Dec 20 62 
 21 Aug 14 6i 
 32 May 7 61 
 18 Aug 26 61 
 
 23 Sept 
 27 Aug 
 22 Aug 
 21 Sept 
 18 Mar 
 18 T-eb 
 27 July 
 27 Feb 
 
 24 Feb 
 18 June 
 18 Sept 
 32 Aug 
 35 Aug 
 
 7 61 
 962 
 
 1 62 
 
 15 5i 
 24 62 
 14 62 
 
 16 62 
 14 62 
 
 4 62 
 12 62 
 
 3 61 
 14 61 
 
 2 62 
 
 20 Dec 3 61 
 26 July IS 62 
 44 Jan 20 62 
 18 Dec 2 61 
 
 24 Nov 29 61 
 39 Sept 6 61 
 23 Sept 18 61 
 
 21 Sept 7 61 
 
 28 Dec 14 61 
 26 Aug 26 61 
 18 Sept 18 61 
 23 Sept 7 61 
 
 18 Aug 9 62 
 
 43 Jan 25 62 
 21 Dec 10 61 
 
 30 July 23 62 
 
 19 Sept 6 61 
 
 29 Aug 29 6t 
 
 19 Dec 7 61 
 23 Oct 7 61 
 18 Aug 29 61 
 
 25 June I 6i 
 23 Dec 30 5i 
 18 Feb 12 62 
 
 31 Dec 26 61 
 
 20 Nov 27 61 
 
 44 July 3° 62 
 
 Reg, Co. 
 
 6 G 
 
 7 K 
 
 8 B 
 n I 
 CavC 
 
 7 K 
 n I 
 n I 
 
 6 H 
 4 K 
 4 K 
 4 K 
 
 7 K 
 
 3^H 
 7 K 
 
 7 K 
 
 6 H 
 
 2 D 
 4 K 
 
 8 B 
 4 K 
 
 11 H 
 
 II H 
 
 CavF 
 
 4 K 
 
 7 K 
 II I 
 
 7 K 
 
 8 G 
 
 9 I 
 4 K 
 6. H 
 
 II I 
 
 II I 
 
 7 K 
 
 II I 
 
 7 K 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 4 K 
 
 CavC 
 
 4 K 
 
 7 K 
 
 4 K 
 
 CavC 
 
 4 K 
 
 do 
 
 7 K 
 
 7 K 
 
 n I 
 
 4 K 
 
 do 
 
 ? K 
 
 CavC 
 
 4 B 
 
 3 F 
 7 K 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 II I 
 
 18 Aug 29 61 4 K 
 
 25 Aug I 62 II H 
 
 21 Dec 6 61 7 K 
 
 25 Sept 18 6i CavC 
 
 25 Nov 23 61 7 K 
 
 20 Nov 27 61 do 
 
 Remarks. 
 Discharged June 30, 62. 
 Died Oct. 12, 62. 
 Recruit ; discharged Sept. 19, 63. 
 
 Serg't. ; reduced to ranks ; dis. Jan. 16, 64. 
 Discharged Oct. 15, 62. 
 Trans, to invalid corps, March 15, 64. 
 Pro.-corp. Dec. 26, 63. 
 
 Died March 5J 62. 
 Discharged Dec. 19, 62. 
 
 Surgeon. 
 
 Discharged Dec. 9, 62. 
 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 
 Discharged Oct. 24, 62. 
 
 Discharged Jan. 16, 63. 
 
 Serg't.; pro. ist lieut. Co. I, Jan 28, 62. 
 
 Pro. Serg't. Feb. 21, 64 ; dis. May '5, 64. 
 
 Sick in general hospital, Aug. 31, 64. 
 Serg't.; pro. 2d lieut. Co. F, Oct. 4, 62. 
 Recruit ; re-enlisted Mar. 28, 64. 
 Recruit; pro. Corp.; re-enlisted Feb. 15. 64. 
 
 Recruit ; re-enlisted Feb. 1 5, 64. 
 Transferred to invalid corps. 
 Promoted corporal. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 15, 63. 
 Discharged Dec. 31, 62. 
 
 Discharged Feb. 25, 63. 
 
 Discharged Oct. 15, 62. 
 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 20, 64. 
 
 Musican ; pro. principal musician Mar. i, 62. 
 
 Discharged Apr. 12, 62. 
 
 Discharged Feb. 13, 63. 
 
 Corporal; pro. serg't.; re-enlisted Feb. 15,64. 
 
 Pro. 2d lieut. Co. F, Dec. 14,62. 
 
 Missing in action, July 3, 63. 
 
 Died Dec. 28, 63. 
 
 Prisoner of war since June 23, 64. 
 
 Died Sept. i, 62. 
 
 Died Oct. 6, 62. 
 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 15, 63; pris. June 23, 64. 
 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 
 Trans, to Veteran Reserve Corps, Mar. 4, 64. 
 
 Discharged Oct. 19, 62. 
 
 Wagoner ; must, out July 27, 64. 
 
 Died Aug. 13, 62. 
 
 Pro. Corp.; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 
 Died Oct. 13, 62. 
 
 Discharged Aug. 17, 63. 
 
 Corporal; pro. Q. M. S. Dec. 26, 63; sick in 
 
 general hospital, Aug. 31, 64. 
 Discharged Dec. 7, 62. [Aug. 31, 64. 
 
 Pro. Corp. Aug. 7, 64 ; sick in general Jiospital 
 Serg't.; pro. 2d lieut. Co. E, Mar. i, 63. 
 Died June 26, 62. 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 Promoted Q. M. S. March i, 63. 
 2d lieutenant colpnel. 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
 703 
 
 Names. 
 Joyce, Wm. C. 
 King, Lorenzo H. 
 Labaree, Henry D. 
 Larrabee, Henry D. 
 Lewis, Edwin C. * 
 
 Libby, Charles 
 Locklin, Erastus M. 
 Locklin, IVlyron A, 
 Marsh, Frederick N. 
 Marsh, Owen 
 Maxham, Orrin 
 Maxham, Oscar 
 May, Thomas L. 
 McCarty, Henry 
 McCarty, James 
 McGillvary, Allen 
 McKay, Luther W. 
 McMulJen, Robert 
 Morris, John H. 
 Morse, Henry A. 
 Mosley, John L. 
 Murphy, Wm. P. 
 Murphy, William 
 Newell, William 
 Norton, John 
 O'Connell, James 
 Parker, Brainard M. 
 Parker, Solon 
 Persons, Leonard 
 Ralph, Alonzo D. 
 Ralph, Augustus O. 
 Regner, Joseph D. 
 Regner, Nelson L. 
 Robinson, Archibald 
 Rock, Joseph 
 Rolston, Charles S. 
 Rumney, Charles 
 Rumney, George H. 
 Russell, Sylvanus M. 
 Sanborn, David L. 
 Sanborn, Ira 
 Silver, John Q. 
 Smith, Adin D. 
 Smith, Alexander 
 Smith, Gilbert O. 
 Smith, James 
 Sprout, Eli 
 Sprouf, Geo. W. 
 Stevens, Oliver B. 
 Stockwell, Jackson 
 Stone, James P. 
 Sturtevant, Charles O. 
 Sturtevant, Wm. H. 
 Sullivan, John 
 Taggard, Alonzo W. 
 Thresher, Horace W. 
 Townsend, Joseph W. 
 Tucker, Sila§ B. 
 Wakefield, Leroy 
 Wakefield, Luther 
 Waterman, Geo. R. 
 Waterman, Geo. S. 
 Welch, John 
 Wells, Joseph 
 Wells, Ransom A. 
 Wheeler, Wm. B. 
 Willey, Geo. N. 
 Williams, Amplius 
 
 Age, EuUsted. 
 
 21 Sepi 15 61 
 
 43 July 16 62 
 
 22 Dec 17 63 
 
 18 Jan 9 62 
 26 Feb 14 62 
 34 July 1 6 62 
 
 18 Sept 30 61 
 21 Oct 7 61 
 
 23 Nov 27 61 
 
 19 Sept 12 61 
 
 24 Aug 27 62 
 39 Feb 3 62 
 33 Feb I 62 
 
 19 Sept 5 5i 
 
 24 Aug 26 61 
 
 21 Nov 25 61 
 
 20 May 20 61 
 ■ Feb I 62 
 
 19 Aug 28 61 
 42 Dec 7 61 
 
 44 Dec lo 6i 
 44 Aug 14 61 
 2^2 Nov 23 61 
 
 23 Sept 23 61 _ 
 
 18 Dec 31 6i 
 42 July 23 62 
 
 22 Sept 2 61 
 
 19 Aug 14 61 
 
 25 Aug 6 62 
 30 Sept 16 61 
 
 21 Dec 10 61 
 18 Oct 7 61 
 
 22 Sept 7 61 
 
 24 Aug 28 61 
 21 July 26 62 
 18 Aug 13 62 
 
 32 Sept 21 61 
 
 28 Aug C4 61 
 
 33 Aug I 62 
 
 36 Sept 7 61 
 
 37 Aug 6 62 
 18 Sept 18 61 
 
 26 Dec 30 61 
 18 Aug 24 6i 
 44 June 4 62 
 32 Aug I 62 
 
 25 Oct 7 61 
 32 Jan 2 62 
 42 Dec 28 61 
 
 29 Nov 29 61 
 21 July 30 62 
 37 Dec 13 61 
 
 2: Aug 26 6[ 
 35 Sept 16 61 
 
 27 Feb 14 62 
 
 27 Jan 19 62 
 42 May 31 62 
 
 21 July 15 62 
 
 22 Sept 19 61 
 24 Jan 8 62 
 32 Oct 7 61 
 
 Keg. Co. 
 
 CavF 
 
 do 
 
 4 K 
 
 II I 
 
 6 G 
 
 7 K 
 do 
 
 II I 
 
 7 K 
 
 6 B 
 
 8 E 
 do 
 
 CavC 
 n H 
 
 7 K 
 do 
 
 4 K 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 6 H 
 
 7 K 
 CavC 
 
 8 G 
 II I 
 
 4 E 
 
 6 H 
 II I 
 CavC 
 
 7 K 
 6 G 
 4 K 
 
 do 
 II I 
 
 do 
 CavC 
 
 6 H 
 II H 
 
 4 K 
 
 I! I 
 
 CavC 
 
 7 K 
 4 B 
 
 9 I 
 II H 
 
 do 
 
 CavC 
 7 K 
 7 K 
 do 
 
 n I 
 7 K 
 
 II I 
 4 K 
 
 CavC 
 7 K 
 
 CavC 
 7 K 
 9 I 
 
 Remai-ks. 
 Serg't.; reduced to ranks; re-en. Dec. 30, 63. 
 
 [Aug. 31,64. 
 Pro. Corp. Dec. 26, 63 ; sick in gen. hospital, 
 Dis. for pro. in colored regiment, Aug. 3, 64 ; 
 
 recruit. 
 Promoted corporal ; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 Re-en. Feb. 15, 64; dis. June 23, 64 ; recruit. 
 Serg't.; red.; sick in gen. hospital, Aug. 31, 64. 
 
 Died Dec. 29, 61. 
 
 Died Feb. 63 ; corporal. 
 
 Wagoner ; re-enlisted Jan. 5, 64. 
 
 Re-en. Feb. 24, 64 ; pro. corp. March I, 64. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 17, 64. 
 
 Discharged Sept. i, 63. 
 
 Deserted Sept. 10, 63. 
 
 Sergeant ; re-enlisted Feb. 1 5, 64. 
 
 Pro. sergeant ; re-en. Jan. 23, 64. 
 
 Pro. capt. Co. E, Nov. 23, 63. 
 
 Corp ; reduced to rank ; pns. June 23, 64. 
 
 Died Dec. 3, 62. 
 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 
 Trans, to invalid corps. 
 
 Corporal ; discharged Feb. 25, 63. 
 
 Corporal ; promoted sergeant major. 
 
 Killed in action June 14, 63. 
 
 Musician ; discharged Mar. 30, 63. 
 
 Died Nov. 29, 61. 
 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63. 
 
 Musician 
 
 Discharged Jan. 2, 64. 
 
 Discharged Feb. 25, 63. 
 
 Trans, to invalid corps, Sept. 1,63. 
 
 Died June 6, 62. 
 
 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; pris. of war June 23, 64. 
 
 Trans, to invalid corps. Mar. 15, 64. 
 
 Pro. Corp. Nov. 14, 62 ; died Aug. 21, 64. 
 
 Sick in general hospital, June 30, 64. 
 
 Discharged Sept. 21, 62. 
 
 [May 5, 64. 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 10, 64; killed at Wilderness, 
 Sick in general hospital. Aug. 31, 64. 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Mar. 29, 64. 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 
 Wagoner ; discharged Aug. 4, 63. 
 Musician Oct. 1, 62. 
 
 2d drum major. 
 
 Discharged April i, 62. 
 
 Died May 1 1, 63. 
 
 Died Sept. 4, 62. 
 
 Discharged Feb. 25, 63 ; corporal. 
 
 Discharged Feb. 25, 63 ; corporal. 
 
 Died Feb. 8, 62. 
 
 Trans, invalid corps, Feb. 15, 64. 
 
 , Pro. corporal ; re-en. Feb. 1 5, 64. 
 
 Died Oct. 7, 62. 
 
 Cor. prom, serg't. Dec. 26, 63. 
 Wagoner ; discharged Oct. 31, 62. 
 Died Mar. 20, 62. 
 Discharged Jan. 26, 63. 
 
704 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Named. 
 Williams, Franklin 
 Wilson, George F. 
 
 Wilson, Milo 
 Woodward, Samuel P. 
 Woodbury, Charles E. 
 Woodbury, George 
 Woodbury, Nathan K 
 Wright, Joseph N. 
 York, Alonzo 
 Young, Geo. S. 
 
 CREDITS UNDER CALL 
 
 Amsden, Marcellus R. 
 Avery, Lorenzo B. 
 Barton, John, Jr. 
 
 Barton, William 
 
 Bates, Orrin 
 
 Benway, Eli W. 
 Brigham, Don A. 
 Burnes, John S. 
 _ Buzzell, Samuel D. 
 Coburn, Washington 
 
 Agu. Eulisttid. 
 
 i8 Jan 9 62 
 20 Sept 16 61 
 
 Beg. Co. 
 
 K 
 G 
 
 7 
 6 
 
 36 Aug 9 62 
 18 Nov 25 61 
 18 Aug 28 61 
 
 21 Dec 7 61 
 33 Aug 9 62 
 23 July 10 61 
 
 22 Nov 29 61 
 
 K 
 H 
 K 
 K 
 K 
 
 J{em:irks 
 Died Sept. 13, 62. 
 
 Corp.; pro. serg't. June 20, 62 ; re-en. Dec. 15, 
 63 ; killed near Cold Harbor, June I, 64. 
 
 Prisoner since June 23, 6^. 
 
 Died Dec. ^ 62. 
 
 Reduced to ranks ; corporal. 
 
 Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. 
 
 Recruit. 
 
 Wagoner ; died Sept. 15, 62. 
 
 Died Feb. 25, 63. 
 
 OF OCT. 17, 1863, FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, AND SUBSEQUENT CALLS : 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR THREE YEARS. 
 
 Cav C 
 
 3 K 
 
 7 
 
 K 
 
 39 Dec 3 63 II I 
 
 20 Aug 19 64 3 Bat 
 
 20 Nov 19 63 II K 
 
 18 do do, 
 
 45 Nov 30 63 II I 
 
 39 July 23 64 II B 
 
 19 Aug 26 63 3 Bat 
 
 34 Dec 1; 6-! II I 
 43 Oct 
 
 563 -- - 
 
 ^j 28 63 3 Bat 
 
 45 Dec 563 II I 
 
 Dickinson, Zerah H. 
 
 35 do 
 
 do 
 
 Dole, Heman 
 
 18 Dec 2 63 
 
 II H 
 
 Dutton, John 
 
 45 Dec 2 63 
 
 n I 
 
 Duvall, John 
 
 45 Nov 12 63 
 
 II K 
 
 Gardner, Charles 
 
 19 Nov 14 63 
 
 do 
 
 Hill, Playstone J. 
 
 25 Nov 30 63 
 
 u 1 
 
 Sick in general hospital Aug. 31, 64, 
 Mustered out of service June 15, 65. 
 Prisoner since June 23, 64 ; trans, to Co. A, 
 
 June 24, 65. 
 Prisoner since June, 24, 64 ; died at Anderson- 
 
 ville, Sept. 5, 64. 
 Sick in general hospital Aug. 31, 64; trans. 
 
 to Co. A,. June 24, 65. 
 Mustered out Aug. 25, 65. 
 Pro. C. Jan. i, 65 ; mustered out June 15, 65. 
 Trans, to Co. A, June 24, 65. 
 Mustered out June it, 65. 
 Sick in general hospital, Aug. 31, 64 ; trans. 
 
 to Co. A, June 24, 65. 
 Died Dec. 25, 63. 
 
 Taken pris. June 23, 64 ; died in rebel prison. 
 Died July 20, 64. 
 Discharged Apr. 14, 64. 
 
 Artificer, Jan. i, 65 ; tr. to Co. A, June 24, 65. 
 Deserted, July 26, 64. 
 
 (For lite Oazeiteer.) 
 
 VERMONT IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 BY DE. N. W. GILBERT. 
 
 •* Glory to old Vermont 1 she stands 
 Where Areedom's star has never set; 
 
 Though dim its light on other lands, 
 It shines upon her mountains yet.^' 
 
 Thus sang the hard, and thus I sing. 
 
 In this my hnmble offering. 
 
 And yet it has been charged that she. 
 When war his deadly witch broth brewed- 
 
 When states were struggling to be free- 
 Assumed a threatening attitude; 
 
 An attitude, in fact, which was 
 
 Unfriendly to the patriot cause. 
 
 But what is patriotism, if 
 'Tis not persistent, bold defence 
 
 Of native mountain, plain and cliff. 
 By beating back anij driving thence. 
 
 Each foreign or domestic foe, 
 
 Who would our freedom overthrow? 
 
 And when the States " cried havoc, and 
 
 Let slip the cruel dogs of war," 
 Vermont's devoted, patriot band. 
 
 Already was contending for 
 That which was vital and supreme— 
 For principles she could but deem 
 
 As far superior to those 
 
 Which caused the hearts of men to thrill. 
 Who fought against invading foes. 
 
 At Lexington and Bunker Hill, 
 As were our mountains lilgher than 
 Was Bunker Hill, when war began. 
 
 For they were fighting to resist 
 A trifling tax, which was assessed 
 
 Upon them, and I here insist 
 They were not hopelessly oppressed ; 
 
 Save In a moral sense, which must. 
 
 Or may, their cause have rendered Just. 
 
 Our fachers, on the other hand, 
 A demon's clutches would unclasp ; 
 
 For roof and altar, house and land. 
 Were being wrested from their grasp; 
 
 And by the self-same parties who 
 
 Have coloured up this bugaboo 
 
 Of lack of loyalty; who claim 
 Our fathers would to us bequeath 
 
 A traitor's heritage of shame. 
 I hurl the falsehood in tbeir teeth, 
 
 And brand it as alike untrue. 
 
 Unjust and most ungenerous too. 
 
 Vermont disloyal 1 yet withstand 
 The shock of many a ponderous blow 
 
 From either side; on either hand 
 A wily and inveterate foe; 
 
 The British lion's lordly roar 
 
 Resounding through her northern shore, 
 
 While from tlie west and south there came 
 A horde of thieves and plunderers. 
 
 With only their highwayman's claim, 
 " Tour money or your Ilffe, good sirs "— 
 
 And Congress, too— from which should come 
 
 Relief— to her was deaf and dumb. 
 
 Wliat marvel she should entertain- 
 Before her waning sun should set— 
 From Haldlmand and Lord Germain, 
 Proposals of armistice? Yet 
 
NORTHFIELD. 
 
 705 
 
 'Twas nothing but a truce, as she 
 Was still determined to be free. 
 
 On eitlier liand an enemy, 
 
 Beltisiug still ber rights to yield. 
 Her prowess and diplomacy 
 
 Were seen and felt in court and field, 
 While thus alone. In sovereign sway. 
 She stood, and held the world at bay. 
 
 Not only so, with towering crest. 
 Her narrow boundaries she increased, 
 
 By making conquests on the west. 
 And conquests also in the east; 
 
 And these were won without the aid 
 
 Of musket or of glistening blade. 
 
 Her court at Charlestown being held— 
 Her western boundary near Malone— 
 
 H^r foes were thus at length compelled 
 Her power, If not her rights, to own ; 
 
 A power too which she dared maintain 
 
 Until her rights she should regain. 
 
 Nor was she false to fi-eedom when 
 Herself the hunted, threatened prey 
 
 Of freedom's friends; for, even then, 
 She was not Idle In the fray; 
 
 But points to deeds of valor done 
 
 At old " Fort Tl," and Bennington. 
 
 My native State I thy history Is 
 
 To me a heritage of pride— 
 Which is not dimmed by rivalries— 
 
 Whose lustre may not be denied ; 
 For he who runs so plainly reads 
 The tale of thy heroic deeds. 
 
 1 sit beneath thy mountains' shades. 
 
 And mnse upon thy glories now; 
 I wander through thy glens and glades, 
 
 Or stand upon Algonquin's brow. 
 And look around on shore and wave. 
 Where never trod the foot of slave. 
 
 And on thy verdant slopes I see 
 The stamp of freedom still impressed— 
 
 A prophecy of what shall be 
 When human nature has been blest 
 
 With deeds of love, whose shimmering sheen 
 
 No mortal yei has ever seen. 
 
 Dr. Norman W. Gilbert, born in 
 Morristown, 1830, married Sarah Atwell, 
 of Waterbury, 1854, studied dentistry in 
 Lowell, Mass,; 1858 settled in Northfield ; 
 1867 removed to Montpelier ; 1873 to Bos- 
 ton, where, in January, 1877, Mrs. Gilbert 
 died, and soon after the doctor returned 
 to Northfield. He is a graduate of the 
 Boston Dental College. 
 
 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH RECORD CON- 
 TINUED. 
 
 BT CHARLES DOLE. 
 
 Mr. Matlack was followed by the Rev. 
 R. A. Greene, who remained with the so- 
 ciety 5 years, doing good and acceptable 
 work, when, receiving a call from Lowell, 
 Mass., the society reluctantly consented 
 
 89 
 
 to his removal to what seemed to be a 
 wider field of usefulness. The year suc- 
 ceeding Mr. Greene's departure the socie- 
 ty was without a regular pastor. During 
 this year the Rev. John Gregory preached 
 for a few months. The remaining part of 
 the year the services were conducted by 
 clergymen from neighboring societies. 
 Rev. Wm. M. Kimmell, of Ohio, a young 
 man of Christian worth, was then invited 
 to become the pastor of the church. He 
 accepted, and for 2 years did good and 
 faithful service, closing his labors March 
 I, i88o. 
 
 The church was at this period encum- 
 bered with quite a large debt, which had 
 been accumulating for a number of years. 
 It was not only a source of much trouble, 
 but seriously impaired the usefulness of 
 its work, and its removal became a ques- 
 tion of serious importance. This was by 
 the Rev. Walter Dole, who gave his ser- 
 vices for one year, that all the money paid 
 in during the year might apply on the 
 church debt. Mr. Dole was a graduate of 
 Norwich University and the Meadville 
 Theological School. This was his first 
 year of active service in the work of the 
 Christian ministry preparatory to ordina- 
 tion. At the end of the year, he was reg- " 
 ularly ordained, and accepted a call from 
 the Universalist church at Enfield, N. H. 
 During this year's work he had removed 
 the debt that had been the source of much 
 trouble, and thus merited and received the 
 sincere thanks and good will of all mem- 
 bers of the church and society. 
 
 At this date, Jan. 1882, the society is in 
 a prosperous condition, with the Jlev. I. 
 P. Booth as its pastor, who succeeded the 
 Rev. Walter Dole, May i, 1881. 
 
 THE HARLOW BRIDGE TRAGEDY. 
 
 Never was there a tragedy in Vermont 
 which equaled the one that took place 
 Dec. n, 1867, at "Harlow Bridge." It 
 occurred just after noon, and sent a thrill 
 of horror over the land. About 100 me- 
 chanics and laborers employed in rebuild- 
 ing the "Harlow Bridge" on the Vermont 
 Central railroad, about 2 miles from the 
 depot, were boarding at the Northfield 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 House. That day they took their dinner 
 there as usual, and this repast finished, the 
 last meal that many of them were ever 
 again to partake, about 60 of them got in- 
 to a passenger car, and started back for 
 their work. The train, consisting of one 
 car and locomotive and tender, was in 
 charge of Francis B. Abbott, for 15 years 
 a faithful hand in the employ of the road. 
 He was requested to hurry up, so as to get 
 back an '. take the others, and the train 
 started, backing up. Intent only upon 
 obeying orders, and forgetting all else, 
 he ran at a speed reprehensible under the 
 circumstances. A number on the train 
 felt that they were going to destruction, 
 but nothing was done to stop it, and then 
 came the culmination of this horrid disas- 
 ter, which carried mourning and desolation 
 into so many families. It is said that the 
 fireman spoke to the engineer about slack- 
 ing his speed, and at last hurled a stick of 
 wood at his head,' to awake him from hrs 
 reverie, telling him to reverse his engine, 
 w hich he did, but too late. The passenger 
 car first plunged into the frightful abyss. 
 Going down about 25 feet it struck upon 
 the bank, which projected something like 
 a shelf, and then broke, one part of it 
 ■ stopping there, and one going to the bot- 
 tom, over 60 feet further. The tender 
 followed, crushing in among those who 
 remained with that portion of the car 
 which lodged on the bank, where the 
 greatest mortality occurred, those going 
 to the bottom escaping comparatively 
 easy. Across those on the shelf a large 
 timber had fallen, and on this the tender, 
 pinning them to the earth and crushing 
 out their very life. The reversing the en- 
 gine suddenly prevented that from follow- 
 ing, although it had gone so far that a per- 
 pendicular line dropped from the flange 
 ot the driver, carried it 4 feet beyond the 
 abutment. AflFrighted, the engineer 
 jumped from his post, but seeing his en- 
 gine did not go over he at once regained 
 his position, and thus prevented the ma- 
 chine from tearing down the road with the 
 velocity of a scared bird, with no one to 
 control It. 
 Killed: Almon Wetherbee, foreman of 
 
 bridge gang ; Christopher Devine, laborer ; 
 Patrick Garvin, laborer ; Edward Sweeney, 
 trackman ; Timothy McCarty, trackman ; 
 Louis Rock, bridge builder, citizens of 
 Northfield, and 9 others killed, most of 
 whom Jived in Canada. 
 
 Wounded: George Randall, telegraph- 
 ist; Horace Kingsbury and J. Mulcahey, 
 citizens of Northfield, and 35 from this 
 State and Canada. 
 
 COL. FRANCIS V. RANDALL 
 
 was born in Braintree, in Orange County, 
 Feb. 13, 1824. His father, Gurdon Ran- 
 dall, was of English origin, born in Con- 
 necticut, and emigrated with his father's 
 family to the new State of Vermont in 
 1803, when about 9 years old ; was re- 
 puted a man of excellent parts, and suc- 
 ceeded in acquiring more than an ordina- 
 ry education for those times, and studied 
 •medicine, which, however, he never prac- 
 ticed, it not being congenial to his tastes. 
 He had a natural aptitude for mechanics, 
 and had the reputation of building as good 
 grist and saw-mills as the best. He mov- 
 ed from Braintree to Northfield in 1832, 
 where he lived mostly until he died in 
 1861. [See page 645.] 
 
 Col. Randall's mother was Laura Scott 
 Warner, the daughter of Luther Warner, 
 a near relative of Col. Seth Warner. She 
 was born in Putney, and moved to Brain- 
 tree with her father's family when a small 
 girl. She died in Northfield in 1880. No 
 more need be said of her than that she 
 raised a large family of children under 
 somewhat adverse circumstances, and did 
 it well. She was emphatically a good 
 wife and mother. 
 
 Col. F. V. Randall was the second of a 
 family of 9 children, and being thus one of 
 the oldest, in those rugged times had to 
 lend a hand in assisting in the support of 
 the family, and at 20 years had had no 
 school opportunities beyond the district 
 school, with such additional aid as his 
 father could find occasional opportunities 
 to give. At his 20th birthday his father 
 informed him that his means would not 
 admit of his helping him to obtain an ed- 
 ucation, and that all he could do would be 
 
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 to give him the year of his unexpired mi- 
 nority, which he did. From that time he 
 worked and kept school a few months at a 
 time until he had earned money to take 
 him through a term at the academy, ex- 
 pended it for that purpose, and then earned 
 more, and so on, as many another boy has 
 done before and since. 
 
 At about the same time, he entered as a 
 student at law in the office of the Hon. 
 Heman Carpenter, of Northfield, and im- 
 proved all of his vacations in this way. 
 While studying' with Judge Carpenter, he 
 boarded in his family, and a part of the 
 time did chores to pay for his board. In 
 1847, being 23 years old, he was admitted 
 to Washington County Bar, and went im- 
 mediately into a large and successful prac- 
 tice, which he only abandoned to go into 
 the army at the outbreak of the Rebellion. 
 I think Washington County Court docket 
 shows that but one or two lawyers in the 
 county had a larger practice than he did at 
 that time. 
 
 He first commenced practice in North- 
 field, where he remained until 1857. From 
 1853 to 1857 hfr was postmaster there. 
 While in practice there, Albert V. H. 
 "Carpenter was his law partner for awhile, 
 and afterwards Col. Chas. H. Joyce. In 
 1857, he sold out at Northfield with the in- 
 tention of moving West, and moved to 
 Roxbury, where he had some real estate 
 interest, intending to remain long enough 
 to close his business preparatory to going 
 West. 
 
 Just before the fall election it was pro- 
 posed to hira by leading members of the 
 Democratic party, to which he belonged, 
 to run for town representative. He in- 
 formed them that his- residence in town 
 had hardly been a year, the constitutional 
 time required, and that if elected he prob- 
 ably could not hold his seat. The town 
 was very closely divided in its vote politi- 
 cally, and it was thought as things then 
 stood that he was the only Democrat who 
 could win, and that it would be more grat- 
 ifying to succeed at the polls than to be 
 defeated, even if his seat should be success- 
 fully contested, and so he was nominated. 
 The first ballot showed a tie between him 
 
 and his whig opponent, but on a subse- 
 quent ballot he was declared elected, and 
 received his credentials and took his seat. 
 It was however contested, and having re- 
 tained it in the controversy till toward the 
 close of the session, he was ousted. Dur- 
 ing this time he was on several important 
 standing and other committees ; was the 
 Democratic candidate for Speaker, run- 
 ning against Senator Edmunds . The next 
 year, having remained in Roxbury, he was 
 again elected representative by a large ma- 
 jority, and his seat was not contested. In 
 i860 he moved to Montpelier, the better 
 to pursue his largely increasing law prac- 
 tice. 
 
 In 1858, the legislature having organized 
 a militia brigade in the State, consisting of 
 a regiment from each congressional dis- 
 trict, Gen. Alonzo Jackman'was appointed 
 Brigadier General, and in making up his 
 staiT, Col. Randall was made Brigade Judge 
 Advocate, and in that year the brigade 
 mustered at Montpelier, and Col. Randall 
 was present in his ofiicial capacity. When 
 three years after the. town of Montpelier 
 raised a company for the 2d Vt. Regt. in 
 the Rebellion, this was remembered by 
 some, and after, at a war meeting during 
 the extra session of the legislature, it was 
 found that more than enough men. for the 
 company had enlisted in a single evening. 
 Col. R. was asked to take charge of and 
 drill them. He reluctantly consented to 
 do so, and when finally on the organiza- 
 tion of the company, he received every 
 vote for captain, he was persuaded to ac- 
 cept the position, with the expectation 
 and belief that the war would not continue 
 6 weeks. With that company he served 
 as captain, having been with it at-the first 
 Bull Run battle, and all the battles that 
 followed till the close of McClellan's Pen- 
 in.sula Campaign, when he was made Col. 
 of the 13th Regt., and served with that 
 during its term of service. The Governor 
 then offered him the command of the 17th 
 Regt., then being recruited, which he ac- 
 cepted, assisting in filling up the regiment, 
 and serving with it to the end of the war. 
 Col. Randall was the only man from the 
 State who was colonel of two regiments. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 In the winter of i863-'4, after the Pres- 
 ident's call for 300,000 men, known as the 
 call of October 17, 1863, at the request of 
 Gen. Washburn, then Adjutant General, 
 and charged with the raising of men, Col. 
 Randall was detailed to assist by address- 
 ing war meetings in diflferent parts of the 
 State, his appointments to speak being 
 made by Gen. Washburn in those local- 
 ities where recruiting was hardest and 
 where they were most behind. Many 
 amusing anecdotes are told of the shifts 
 which the Colonel made to induce men to 
 enlist, which space will not permit us to 
 insert. But during that winter he spoke 
 at about 50 war meetings all over the 
 State, and at no place where he spoke did 
 they fail to fill their quota, and generally 
 before the meeting was closed. 
 
 At the close of the war he returned to 
 Montpelier, where for about 6 or 8 years 
 he pursued his law practice with much 
 success ; but the interruption of the 4 or 5 
 years that he was out of practice during 
 the war diminished his interest in his pro- 
 fession, and for several years he has not 
 made it a leading business, having done 
 very little at the law, but has cultivated . 
 his farm without engaging much in other' 
 business. f. v. r. 
 
 PAPER ON EARLY METHODISM IN NORTH- 
 , FIELD. 
 
 BY REV. J. R. BARTLETT. 
 
 The earliest records now known on the 
 history of Methodism in this section, are 
 those of the Barre Circuit from 1804 ; quite 
 incomplete, but show the class in North- 
 field possessed some 20 or more members 
 . at that time. The list reads : William 
 Keyes, Betsey Keyes, William Ashcroft, 
 William Smith, Abel Keyes, Esther Keyes, 
 Mary Smith, Susanna Latham, Joseph 
 Nichols, Weltha Nichols, Lydia Robinson, 
 Betsey Robinson, Cynthia Nichols, Polly 
 Smith, Isaiah Bacon, Ruth Bacon, Anan- 
 ias Tubbs, Hannah Tubbs, Simeon Fisk, 
 Betsey Fisk. In 1812, three classes were 
 reported. Jason Winch leader of one 
 with 9 members, William Keyes leader of 
 another with 23 ; and the third having no 
 stated leader, but 6 members, and two on 
 trial; Asa Winch recorded as an "ex- 
 
 horter " and resident at Northfield. This 
 town was included in Barre circuit until 
 1826, when Brookfield circuit was organ- 
 ized, including Brookfield, Northfield, 
 Williamstown, Roxbury and Randolph. 
 
 Doubtless all the preachers appointed 
 on Vershire circuit from 1796 to 1803, in- 
 clusive, and on Barre circuit from 1804 to 
 
 1825, visited Northfield in the course of 
 their labors at stated intervals to preach ; 
 and quarterly meetings, .which in the early 
 days were attended from all parts of the 
 circuit, were held here from time to time. 
 The first one recorded here was May 23, 
 1807 ; the collections reported $78.48 for 
 the quarter, and the summary for the year 
 S148.45. This was disbursed: to E. Sa- 
 bin, presiding Elder, I24.72 ; for commun- 
 ion wine, $4.68 ; to Philip Munger, $54.67 ; 
 for his expenses, $3.82 ; arid the same to 
 Jonathan Cheney, do. The preachers af- 
 terwards received (during the remainder 
 of the Conference year) $13.35 additional, 
 in which was included a note from the 
 class in Orange for one dollar. Following 
 the organization of Brookfield circuit in 
 
 1826, this town remained therein until it 
 became an appointment by itself. The 
 Vermont Annual Conference has held its 
 sessions here; June 24, 1852, the 8th an- 
 nual session. Bishop Levi Scott presiding ; 
 Apr. 'i6, 1862, the i8th annual session, 
 Bishop O. C. Baker presiding; Apr. 20, 
 1871, the 27th annual session, Bishop E. 
 S. Janes presiding. 
 
 THE OLD YELLOW MEETING-HOUSE, 
 
 (page 649 and 658) , seems to be the butt for 
 joke and mistake, though passed out of exist- 
 ence. First, page 649, a superfluous "was " 
 crept in, and did not get excluded. Line 
 2d, inclosed paragraph after "Impromptu " 
 should read: "that was soon however 
 burned." Again, the old yellow meeting- 
 house was not burned at all. Father Druon 
 has just sifted the conflicting accounts, 
 and given us the reliable one. "Gov. 
 Paine had given land to the Catholics for 
 a church if occupied ; if not, they lost it ; 
 hence, when they bought the old meeting- 
 house, they had to move it ij mile to the 
 given site, which so racked the frame, and 
 it was so much too small, though they re- 
 
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 modeled it and got along with it some 3 
 years, Father Druon then comncfenced to 
 build a new church directly in front of the 
 old, and the new frame, partly inclosing 
 in the rear the old one ; which as the 
 new progressed was cut away part at a 
 
 time, and when the new one was finished, 
 the last fraginent of the old house had been 
 removed, and so no part of it was in fact 
 burned ; but the new one, which was the 
 second church, was burned by lightning 
 in 1876. 
 
 NATHANIEL CARPENTER, OF MIDDLESEX. 
 
 BY HON. IIEMAN CAUPENTEB, OF NOBTHFIELD. 
 
 Nathaniel Carpenter, one of the early 
 settlers of Middlesex, was born in Cov- 
 entry, Conn., Sept. 20, 1766. He was 
 one of a family of 12 children. His father 
 and family moved to Sharon, Vt., about 
 1775. His oldest brother, Jonas Carpen- 
 ter, was in the American army, and was at 
 the taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He 
 married for his first wife Susanna Shep- 
 herd, of Sharon, and by this marriage had 
 3 children: Lavinia was born June 21, 
 1788, and died Aug. 21, 1865-: Stephen 
 was born May 23, 1790, and died Dec. 30, 
 1803 ; Alanson was born Jan. 30, 1793, 
 
 and is now living in Fremont, 
 Ohio. Their mother died May 
 29, 1794. Said Nathaniel mar- 
 ried for his second wife, Abigail 
 (Morse) Waterman, March 26, 
 1797. They had by their mar- 
 riage 9 children : Christopher, 
 Susan, Wooster, Nathaniel M., 
 Don P., Heman, Otis H., Fi- 
 delia, and Albert V. H., four of 
 which are now living — Alanson, 
 Nathaniel M., Heman, and Al- 
 bert V. H. The father of these 
 children held many prominent 
 offices in said town of Middlesex, 
 and he and his son Alanson were 
 in the battle of Plattsburg in the 
 war of 1812. 
 
 Nathaniel Carpenter died at 
 Middlesex, Nov. 25, 1840; his 
 wife Abigail, Sept. 21, 1842, and 
 is buried in Middlesex, aged 65 
 years, 9 months, and 19 days. 
 
 The mother of these 9 chil- 
 dren was born in Royal ton, 
 daughter of Nathaniel Morse. 
 At the burning of Royalton by 
 the Indians, her mother was flee- 
 ing on horseback from the inva- 
 ders, with her in her arms, and 
 was captured and seated on a log, the In- 
 dians brandishing their tomahawks over 
 their heads. They left them, but took the 
 horse, burning their house and barns, and 
 the contents, including several fat oxen in 
 the barns. 
 
 Alanson, the youngest by the first wife, 
 read law and located at Chateaugayj Frank- 
 lin Co., N. Y. He was custom-house offi- 
 cer at that place for many years. He now 
 resides in Fremont, Ohio. 
 
 Christopher studied medicine, and grad- 
 uated at the medical school in Burlington, 
 and located at Bangor, N. Y., where he 
 died. He had a very extensive ride, and 
 was very sxiccessful in his practice. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL. MAGAZINE. 
 
 Wooster studied medicine with his 
 brother, and graduated at Burlington or 
 Castleton medical college, and located at 
 Lisbon, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. He had 
 a large and successful practice, but died 
 poor, having become involved in debt in 
 his -efforts to build and complete a stone 
 church in the small village where he resid- 
 ed, which was dedicated to "The Church," 
 as he called it, of which he was a zealous 
 communicant. 
 
 Don P. was a farmer, but held many 
 offices in his native town ; was a member 
 of the Legislature in 1848, and twice elect- 
 ed side judge of the county court. 
 
 Nathaniel M. was a farmer, and now 
 lives in Middlesex. 
 
 Otis H. was a blacksmith by trade, and 
 at the breaking out of the gold fever in 
 California, he with a party went over land 
 to the gold regions of that State, and on 
 the way suffered all but death. Having 
 gathered a competence, he returned and 
 settled in Manitowoc, Min., where he died. 
 
 Albert V. H. fitted for college at the 
 Washington Co. Grammar School, read 
 law in the office of his brother in North- 
 field; set up in Strafford, Orange Co., 
 where he remained two or three years, and 
 returned to Northfield. He was a well- 
 read lawyer, and a good advocate, but if 
 beaten in a case that he thought he ought 
 to have won, he became disgusted with 
 the profession, for the lack of " pluck," 
 and turned his attention to railroading. 
 He was station agent at Rouses Point a 
 while, and at Montpelier, and at Toledo, 
 Ohio, and is now, and for nearly twenty 
 years has been general ticket agent of the 
 Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, embrac- 
 ing nearly 4,000 miles of road. His resi- 
 dence is at Milwaukee, Wis. He is well 
 J<nown throughout the North West, and 
 many Vermonters will remember the kind 
 greeting they .have received from him, and 
 the friendly aid he has extended to them. 
 
 PERRY MARSH 
 
 was born in Petersham, Mass. Aug. 7, 
 1796. His parents removed to Calais, 
 Vt., when he was about 4 years old, draw- 
 ing the subject of our sketch on a -hand- 
 sled from Montpelier to their new home in 
 
 that town. When Perry was still a boy, 
 he enlisted as a fifer in the war of 1812. 
 At the close of the war he returned to his 
 home and to civil pursuits, residing in 
 Calais until 1836, when he came to Mont- 
 pelier and engaged to some extent in the 
 manufacture of pianos, which he continu- 
 ed .several years, and then removed to 
 Stowe ; from which place, near 20 years 
 ago, he came to Northfield. He was then 
 approaching his three score years and ten, 
 and has passed here, in a quiet, unobtru- 
 sive fashion, his declining years, during 
 which he has become widely known 
 through his favorite pastime of playing his 
 fife. He was a good player of some other 
 wind instruments, but especially attached 
 to this, an account of which, immediately 
 after his death, Sunday, Feb. 4, 1882, Dr. 
 Gilbert wrote the following tribute to : 
 
 THE OLD FIFER. 
 BY DH. N. W. GILBERT. 
 
 Did ever you hear the old flfer play 
 
 The martial music he loved so much— 
 The shrill notes whleh, for many a day, 
 
 Have answered oft to the magic touch 
 Of his wrinkled fingers, long and lean. 
 
 Yet losing none of their old-time skill 
 In conjuring up ftom the realms unseen 
 
 The fairy forms of the master's will? 
 I say that his fingers were leanand long. 
 
 But the finger of time had made them so. 
 As they were supple, and full and strong 
 
 In the halcyon days of the long ago ; 
 For now It is threescore years and ten— 
 
 The time allotted to human life— 
 Since Uncle Perry— a stripling then- 
 Began to play the Inspiring flfo, 
 Or rather, since he, at about sixteen— 
 
 Already well tutored and drilled therefor— 
 His knapsack on, with his tin canteen. 
 
 Marched off to play in impending war. 
 His tin canteen, but he never would sip 
 
 From the poisonous fluid the government then 
 Unwisely held to the thirsting Up, 
 
 And the hungry palate, of brave young men. 
 Where strife was raging and hearts beat high. 
 
 With dauntless courage that would not yield. 
 He helped to win, on the fourth of July, 
 
 The bloody encounter on Chippewa's field; 
 Then chasing the foe to Niagara's shore. 
 
 He there still mingled his patriot strain 
 With the booming of guns and the cataract's roar, 
 
 At the subsequent battle of Lnndy's Lane. 
 When war was over, the flfer returned 
 
 From scenes of carnage and scenes of strife, 
 But still In his bosom there glowed and burned 
 
 A quenchless love for his martial fife. 
 In age or in youth it was ever the same- 
 He awaited the cars In his rustic seat, 
 To carol his welcome to all who came. 
 
 And repeated his airs iu the neighboring street. 
 
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 On an empty box hy the grocery store 
 
 He sat In the sun and fifed away. 
 As If he imagined himself once more 
 
 Encouraging men to the deadly fray ; 
 Or as if, perchance, in a milder mood. 
 
 He wondered if ever grim war would cease; 
 And whether his art would still be wooed 
 
 In the tranquil reign of the Prince of Peace. 
 
 When age and feebleness held him fast. 
 
 Three days before the grim visitor came 
 To bring him the summons which comes at last. 
 
 He called for his fife, as the flickering flame 
 Flashed up once more, and his heart grew strong. 
 
 His fingers resumed their cunning and skill. 
 The notes were clear, which he couldn't prolong, 
 
 And now they are silent; his pulse is still. 
 
 The railroad vehicles come and go, 
 
 The old sledge hammer still sounds the wheels. 
 But Uncle Perry sleeps under the snow; 
 
 And the heart instinctively, pensively feels 
 The force of the truth that 'tis all men's doom 
 
 That mortals approach to the "farther shore:" 
 The spring shall come and the flowers shall bloom. 
 
 But the merry old fifer may come no more. 
 
 MAJOR CHARLES A. WEBB, U. S. A., 
 
 son of Edward A. Webb, now of Chicago, 
 111., born in Montpelier, Dec. 29, 1838, 
 was removed to Northfield at 10 years of 
 age. He assisted his father in his store 
 and tin-ware business, and later in the 
 management of the "Northfield House," 
 of which his father was proprietor. He 
 joined the old New England Guards, com- 
 manded by Capt. S. G. Patterson, at its 
 organization, and in April, 1861, entered 
 theserviceas istLieut. Co. F, ist Vt. Reg., 
 3 months ; was commissioned, Aug. '61, 
 Capt. 13th Reg. Inf. — Gen. Sherman's old 
 regiment — and for gallant conductat Vicks- 
 burgh, breveted Major, Sept. 21, '66; 
 transferred to 22d Reg. Inf., and com- 
 missioned Major of the i6thlnf. Mar.4,'7g. 
 
 Following close the termination of the 
 rebellion, he was for a time engaged in the 
 campaigns against the Indians. Recalled to 
 garrison life, _was stationed at several East- 
 ern forts, Fort Mackinaw, on Lake Superior, 
 Fort Wayne, etc. Upon the breaking out 
 of disturbances in the Ute reservation, re- 
 sulting in the " Meeker massacre," he was 
 ordered from Fort Riley, Kansas, to the 
 scene of hostilities, and from there trans- 
 ferred to Texas. His long experience in 
 tndian warfare peculiarly fitted him for 
 border service. As a military officer he 
 exhibited marked ability. 
 
 In 1879, while stationed at Fort Mack- 
 inaw, he married Mrs. Rose Disbrow, a 
 
 lady of culture and social accomplish- 
 ments, who, with an infant daughter of 
 four months, survives him. He died from 
 congestion of the lungs; at Fort McKavett, 
 Texas, at midnight, Jan. 31, 1882, in his 
 44th year. 
 
 Many in Northfield and vicinity will re- 
 member Charley Webb, and regret his 
 very unexpected death . Under a south- 
 ern sky, away from friends and all the 
 loved places of his youth, he finds his last 
 resting-place. — IVorthfield News. 
 
 DR. BRADFORD'S CABINET. 
 
 This is one of the most unique private 
 cabinets in the State. First, here is the 
 ballot-box used at the first town meeting 
 in Northfield, and the communion table of 
 "the Old Yellow Meeting-house" (See 
 page 648, 654), oval, pne-leaf, of cherry; 
 and two turn-up tables — a chair and table 
 combined — in vogue some 60 to 70 years 
 ago, a convenient and pretty piece of fur- 
 niture; as a chair, the oval-board of your 
 centre-table, when you have finished your 
 tea and want the room it occupies, turned 
 back, forms a stout warm back to a com- 
 fortable chair, that under the board of the 
 table has been doing the ofiice ofsupport- 
 ing your supper table till you were ready 
 for your rest by the evening hearth. We ■ 
 rather coveted one of the Doctor's turn-up 
 tables. It is the first thing we should 
 pick from his " antiquettes," unless it were 
 some of the old painted deft and china 
 with which one of the ' ' turn-ups " is loaded 
 down — odd pitchers, quaint little cups, 
 cunning creamers, teapots, and sugar- 
 bowls ; plates^pewter, wood and earthen. 
 We pass the good show of pewter — platter, 
 porringer and tankard for white earthen^ 
 once was — a greenish-yellow white now, 
 very old plate with perforated rim, various- 
 shaped little holes four or five deep in the 
 rim, running around it in a wreath ; or for 
 one of the pretty pitchers, with raised 
 groups of figures on either side. Many a 
 little bric-a-brac lies on these and the tables 
 around the room — a mouse-trap, half the 
 size of a woman's hand, averred "200 
 years old, and caught the first mouse that 
 ever lived in- tonnecticut,", antique wed- 
 ding slippers — the Doctor's mother's, 80 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 years old and more ; knee-buckles, button- 
 moulds, spoon-moulds, the great horn- 
 spoon ; Mrs. John Averill's wrinkled, old 
 3-quart wooden pail — crackly paint— faded, 
 crinkled, wood beginning to crumble, " 200 
 years old ; the old earthen pepper-box, 
 with cork in the bottom and top that does 
 not fall off; a small reed for weaving hair- 
 sieves ; a minute hair-sieve. Ah, me ! the 
 little necessaries once, a few years ago the 
 "nothings of the garret," the pet of the 
 cabinet now. "That old flint gun went 
 through 18 1 2 5'' that drum was "captured 
 from the British in the battle of Bunker 
 Hill, went through the Revolutionary war, 
 the war of 1812, and the last war, and good 
 for another iight." 
 
 There are three cases of minerals ; one 
 large case of lovely .specimens in coral 
 from the West Indies ; one or more tables 
 with West India curiosities ; carved sailor- 
 work in wood, done at sea, etc. ; foreign 
 curiosities, loaned or placed in the cabinet 
 by Mrs. H. H. Walling, the Doctor's step- 
 daughter; sea-feathers or ferns — of coral — 
 sea -spiders clinging to, on the walls; 
 centre-table of the cabinet laid with old 
 blue arid parti-colored crockery, Chinese 
 umbrella over — on, old tin candelabra, 
 with eleven candles; opposite wall with 
 hanging cupboard ; bottled curiosities — 
 horrible lizards! a tape-worm no feet — It 
 is a Doctor's cabinet — a hideous young 
 alligator under the table ; yonder, far more 
 agreeable drawers, with about 700 Indian 
 relics, arrow-heads, spear-heads, gouges, 
 battle-axe, etc., from Orange Co. mostly, 
 and from Michigan ; belt of wampum in 
 the window ; not to mention spinning- 
 wheels, cards, and the necessary imple- 
 ments for home manufacture of wool and 
 flax. 
 
 I also noticed a piece of old English 
 plate and-glass, a table-castor, its base 
 decorated with pretty raised flowers in the 
 silver, that belonged to the late Rev. Dr. 
 Edward Bourns — was his mother's ; a 
 West India sword of intermingled shark- 
 teeth and fibre of wood ; wooden trenchers, 
 tin dinner-horn, large ball-head andirons, 
 the pleasantly-remembered, old, perforated 
 tin lantern swinging overhead, like one 
 
 my father carried when I was a child. We 
 have no more time to rummage, but I wish 
 every town in the State had some cabinet 
 for both its natural and its old-time curi- 
 osities. 
 
 MOSES LANE — SUPPLEMENT TO P. 633. 
 
 From 1878 to 1881, he was Engineer in 
 charge of constructing the new system of 
 water supply for New Orleans, the sewerage 
 system of Buffalo, of Pittsfield, Mass. ; was 
 a member of the commission appointed by 
 the city of Memphis after the yellow fever 
 scourge, to perfect the drainage. The 
 whole city sewerage plan was changed, 
 and Memphis, in the opinion of eminent 
 engineers, made one of the healthiest 
 cities of the Union. He was consulting - 
 engineer for St. Louis and Boston ; in 
 Boston the originator of the great plan of 
 sewerage being perfected there, which has 
 attracted the . attention of eminent engi- 
 neers throughout the world. Mr. Davis, 
 assistant to Mr. Lane, made out the plans, 
 but for the grand idea was indebted to 
 Mr. Lane. He suffered an apoplectic 
 stroke, and died two weeks after, Jan. 25, 
 1882. He leaves a widow, three daugh- 
 ters and one son. He was a natural gen- 
 tleman, always courteous and agreeable, 
 and one of the oldest, best known and es- 
 teemed members of the American Society 
 of Civil Engineers. — Milwaukee and Re- 
 publican News. 
 
 Authorship. — History of Northfield, by 
 Hon. John Gregory, 8 vo. pp. 319; Re- 
 view of Bp. Hopkins againt Universalism, 
 pp. 314 ; Handbook of Design, by Gurdon 
 P. Randall, architect and lecturer; In- 
 struction to Town Clerks, by Hon. George 
 Nichols ; Sermon by Rev. A. Smith, 1862 ; 
 A rhyming geographical thick pamphlet, 
 by Rev. Chas. O. Kjmball ; The Star of 
 Vermont and Ch. Messenger from 1853, 
 published by W. Woodworth ; R. M. 
 Manly published the Vt. Ch. Messenger. 
 Gilman gives The Hatchet, Jan. 1874; 
 The Thunderbolt, Apr. 1875 ; The North 
 Star, I copy, Apr. 1878; The Amateur 
 Herald, May, '78, 2 Nos. Rev. Guy C. 
 Sampson, temperance, anti-slavery lec- 
 turer and editor, who lived here some 
 years, we reserve notice of for Woodstock. 
 
PLAINFIELD. 
 
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 PLAINFIELD. 
 
 BY DUDLEY B. SDIITB, M. D. 
 
 Plainfield is a small township, which 
 contained, before the annexation of Goshen 
 Gore, about 9,600 acres. Its surface was 
 uneven, but no more so than the average 
 of Eastern Vermont. It contained but 
 ' little waste land, and was upon the whole 
 a productive township. 
 
 Goshen Gore, by Plainfield, was about 
 3i miles long by ij wide, lying east of 
 Plainfield, and containing 3,000 acres. 
 But very little of it is suitable for tillage. 
 At one time it contained several families, 
 but now has none. It formed a part of 
 the town of Goshen until 1854. 
 
 It was annexed to Plainfield in 1874. It 
 . was embraced in the Yorkist town of 
 Truro, and its highest mountain, which is 
 called from that circumstance Mt. Truro, 
 was measured by the writer, and found to 
 be 2,229 fe^t above Plainfield station, or 
 about 2,984 feet above the sea. 
 
 Winooski river flows about ij mile 
 through the north-western corner of the 
 town. Soon after it passes the line into 
 Plainfield, it runs through and over a ledge 
 of rocks, making an excellent mill priv- 
 ilege, around which has grown up the vil- 
 lage of Plainfield. 
 
 By the canal survey of 1826, this stream 
 at the west line of Plainfield was 152 feet 
 above Montpelier, 546 above Lake Cham- 
 plain, and 636 feet above the ocean. By 
 the railroad survey, the station at Plain- 
 field is 264 feet above the meadow near 
 the mill-pond at Montpelier, or about 755 
 feet above the ocean. 
 
 The Great Brook rises in the eastern 
 part of the town, and in Harris Gore, 
 passes into Orange and returns, flowing 
 northerly through the town, and enters 
 the Winooski in Plainfield village. Gun- 
 ner's Brook is a small stream, that rises in 
 the southern part of the town, and empties 
 into Stevens' Branch in Barre village. 
 
 In the southern part of the town on the 
 banks of the Great Brook, is a medicinal 
 spring, which is very efficacious in the cure 
 of cutaneous and other diseases. Its vir- 
 
 tues are largely owing to the presence of 
 sulphuretted hydrogen gas. 
 
 The town of Truro, which was chartered 
 by New York, contained 22,000 acres. Its 
 form resembled a carpenter's square, each 
 limb being a little over 3 miles wide, and 
 on its outer or longest side, nearly 6 miles 
 long. The northern part of what is now 
 Barre formed the southern limb. The 
 eastern part of Plainfield, with a corner of 
 Orange, the eastern or northern limb. The 
 western part of Plainfield, with Montpelier 
 and East Montpelier, was embraced in the 
 town of Kingsboro, and contained 30,000 
 acres, and was chartered to John Morin 
 Scott. 
 
 In 1773, Samuel Gale commenced the 
 survey of one or both of these townships, 
 and this was the first party of white men 
 known to have passed through Plainfield. 
 [For a biography of Gale see Hall's His- 
 tory of Eastern Vermont, p. 643.] In Ira 
 Allen's History of Vermont he says : "In 
 ■the summer of 1773, Ira Allen, learning 
 that the land jobbers of New York were 
 engaged in surveying near the head of 
 Onion River, started with a party from 
 Colchester in pursuit of them. He passed 
 through Middlesex, Kingsboro and More- 
 town to Haverhill, when learning of the 
 whereabouts of the surveyor, he returned 
 and found his lines, which he followed to 
 near the north-east cqrner of Montpelier, 
 where he found the surveyor had just de- 
 camped, having been warned, he supposed, 
 by a hunter Allen had met. According to 
 Allen's field book the surveyor's camp was 
 on a meadow near the north-east corner of 
 the old town of Montpelier. Kingsboro 
 was the Yorkist name for Washington. 
 Moretown, or Moortown, is now Bradford, 
 and not the present town of that name. 
 
 Allen then passed through Barre and 
 Washington to Bradford, and returning 
 with a knowledge of where the surveyor 
 was to be found, passed through Plainfield 
 on his return. As the line between Truro 
 and Kingsboro passed nearly through the 
 center of Plainfield, a larjge part of Gale's 
 surveys must have been in this town. 
 John Morin Scott, the grantee of Kings- 
 boro, was a member of the New York 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Legislature in the Revolution, and on ac- 
 count of his ownership of this town, was 
 made a member of the New York council 
 of safety, to represent this section of Ver- 
 mont. He received $49.91 of the $30,000 
 which was paid by Vermont to New York 
 to indemnify the New York claimants. 
 
 In Aug. 1788, James Whitela^y, of Rye- 
 gate, James Savage, of New York, and 
 William Coit, of Burlington, caused the 
 tract of land lying between Barre and 
 Marshfield, Montpelier and Goshen Gore, 
 to be measured and the bounds marked, 
 and at that time or before, it received the 
 name of St. Andrew's Gore. 
 
 They also measured a gore near Cam- 
 bridge, of 10,000 acres, one near Calders- 
 burg, now Morgan, of 1,500 acres, some 
 islands in Lake Champlain, containing 
 1,500 acres, also islands in Otter Creek, 
 containing 30 acres, making 23,030 acres, 
 or about the usual size of a township, St. 
 Andrew's Gore being reckoned at 10,000 
 acres. These tracts were never incorpo- 
 rated into a town; like Goshen, which 
 was composed of widely separated por- 
 tions. The different parts of Whitelaw's 
 grant, as it was called, had no connection 
 with each other. 
 
 The charter of these lands was granted 
 Oct. 23, 1788. In 1788, '90 and '92, 
 Whitelaw, Savage and Coit deeded their 
 ^ claims to Ira Allen, of Colchester, brother 
 of Ethan, and to Gamaliel Painter, of 
 Middlebury, the chief founder of Middle- 
 bury College. Allen and Painter gave a 
 verbal agency to Col. Jacob Davis, of 
 Montpelier, who, upon this authority, in 
 May, 1793, began giving warrantee deeds 
 of these lands in his own name. The 
 following letter is recorded in the Plain- 
 field land records : 
 
 Mjddlebury, Apr. 5, 1795. 
 Sir: — On my return from your home, I 
 ■ called on General Allen. He seems to 
 think that it would be altogether guess- 
 work to divide the land without seeing of 
 it, but agreed that I might sell adjoining to 
 the land sold sufficient to make up my 
 part reckoning of it in quantity and qual- 
 ity. And I wish you to sell to any person 
 that wants to purchase and make good pay. 
 You know my want in regard to pay better I 
 
 than I can write, and for your trouble in 
 the matter, I will make you satisfaction. 
 I am, sir. Your most obedient. 
 
 Humble servant, 
 Gama. Painter. 
 
 This letter proves that Allen and Painter 
 then recognized Davis as their agent to 
 sell and to convey ; for no deeds had then 
 been given by Allen or Painter to any one, 
 under their own signature and seal. One 
 of the old settlers claimed that once when 
 Ira Allen was in Plainfield, he asked him 
 to give him a deed of a lot that he had 
 bargained for of Davis, and that Allen 
 said, " Let Davis give the deed, he has 
 the rest." 
 
 At last diiferences arose between Davis 
 and Allen, and in 1799, Davis ceased to 
 act as their agent, and sued Allen before 
 the county court at Danville, and in 1804, 
 recovered $2,500 on this suit, and a part 
 of the town was set off to him on this ex- 
 ecution, and Davis from Burlington jail- 
 yard conveyed it over again to those to 
 whom he had previously .given deeds. 
 About the same time the University of 
 Vermont recovered $15,000 of Ira AUeri, 
 and the remainder of the town was set off 
 to them. To strengthen their title, Davis 
 and the settlers twice allowed nearly all 
 of the town to be sold for taxes, once on a 
 State tax, and once on a U. S. tax, each 
 man bidding off his own farm. 
 
 In 1802, Ira Allen quit-claimed his rights 
 in this town to Heman Allen, of Col- 
 chester. This was some 2 years before 
 the lands were set off to Davis snd the 
 University on executions against Ira Allen. 
 Davis and the settlers held their own 
 against Heman Allen until Aug. 31, 1807, 
 when Allen purchased the claim of the 
 University, and five days after, deeded the 
 whole to James Savage, of Plattsburg, 
 N. Y. Three days after this. Savage gave 
 Allen a power of attorney to dispose of 
 these lands. This gave Allen, in the 
 name of Savage, an opportunity to com- 
 mence suits of ejectment against the set- 
 tlers before the U. S. Courts at Windsor 
 and Rutland. For, by the constitution, 
 dtize^s of one state may sue citizens of 
 another in the U. S. Courts. Probably 
 
PLAINFIELD. 
 
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 the transfer to Savage of this claim was a 
 sham, to enable Allen to bring his suits 
 where the court, and especially the jury, 
 would not have so much sympathy for the 
 settlers as they would in the county where 
 they resided. This trick, if trick it was, 
 decided the contest. In 1808, Allen, in 
 the name of Savage, got a decision of the 
 circuit court in his favor. By a law of 
 1785, a person making improvements on 
 lands to which he supposed he had good 
 title, had a claim for his betterments, and 
 for one-half of the rise in value of the 
 property while in his possession, that there 
 would have been had there been no im- 
 provements. The settlers, therefore, did 
 not have to pay very much more for their 
 lands the second than the first time of 
 purchase ; often not more than one-fourth 
 of its value at that time. The price paid 
 to Davis for land from 1793 to 1799 ^^" 
 eraged about jSi.aj per acre. The price 
 paid to Allen in 1808, for the second pur- 
 chase, averaged a little less than $3 per 
 acre. 
 
 Davis died within the limits of Burling- 
 ton jail-yard in 1814, having been sent 
 there for debt about the year 1802. As 
 this was several years before the Plainfield 
 suits were decided, it could not have been 
 on account of them that he was sent there. 
 
 It is the opinion of Hon. C. H. Heath 
 and others who have investigated the 
 matter, that as the laws are now adminis- 
 tered, the settlers would have saved their 
 lands by a suit in chancery ; but at that 
 time very little was done in this court, the 
 powers of which have now grown to be so 
 extensive. 
 
 It is a singular "coincidence, perhaps an 
 example of retributive justice, that in the 
 same year that Jacob Davis died in the 
 jail-yard at Burlington, Ira Allen died in 
 poverty at Philadelphia, where he had 
 gone to escape being imprisoned for debt 
 in the same jail. 
 
 In the autumn of 1791, Seth Freeman, 
 of Weldon, N. H., and Isaac Washburn, 
 of the adjoining town of Croydon, came 
 into town by the way of the East Hill in 
 Montpelier. When they came to what is 
 now the Four ■ Corners near L. Cheney 
 
 Batchelder's house, Washburn decided 
 that there should be his pitch. They 
 camped for the night by the side of a hem- 
 lock log in the hollow between the south 
 district school-house and Lewis Durfee's. 
 Freeman chose this location. The next 
 year they returned and made these pitches. 
 When a man made a clearing before the 
 land was surveyed, it was usual when the 
 lines were run to survey him out a farm 
 that would include all of his clearing with- 
 out regard to' the regular lot lines, and 
 such a piece of land was called a " pitch." 
 
 Before the town was surveyed by Jacob 
 Davis in the spring of 1793, there were five 
 such pitches made. They were Hezekiah 
 Davis' pitch, 304 rods long, 31 wide, 
 which adjoined his farm ' in Montpelier, 
 Joseph Batchelder's pitch of 650 acres, 
 mostly lying in the S. W. corner of the 
 town, Theodore Perkins' pitch of 100 
 acres, Isaac Washburn's pitch, 320 acres, 
 Seth Freeman's pitch, 300 acres. 
 
 There was also a gore between Free- 
 man's pitch and the 5th range of lots, 34 
 to 40 rods wide. They all lay in the S. W. 
 corner of the town. The clearings of 
 1792 were made by men living in shan- 
 ties, who abandoned the town in the fall. 
 In 1793 they returned, and perhaps some 
 of them brought their families; but they 
 all removed in the fall excepting the fam- 
 ily of Theodore Perkins, and Alden Free- 
 man, a widower, who boarded with them. 
 
 Theodore Perkins and his wife, Martha 
 Conant, were from Bridgewater, Mass. 
 They removed to Pomfret, Vt., and from 
 there to Plainfield, Mar. 10, 1793, on to a 
 clearing said to have been begun by Ben- 
 jamin Na.<h. The town being surveyed 
 soon after, this clearing received the name 
 of Perkins' pitch. July 8, Peikins built a 
 log-barn ; but his house seems to have 
 been built before he moved into town. In 
 Dec. 1793, Alfred Perkins was born — 
 the first birth in town. The last that was 
 known of him he was living in the State of . 
 New York. 
 
 In the spring of 1794, Isaac Washburn's 
 fajniLy moved into town, bringing with 
 them Polly Reed, who afterwards married 
 Benjamin Niles, and was grandmother to 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 the present Geo. Niles, She went over 
 to Perkins' house, and was the first woman 
 Mrs. Perkins had seen for several months. 
 Whatever scandalous stories may have 
 been told by or of the fair sex of Plain- 
 field since that time, that winter it was 
 certainly free from gossiping and tattling. 
 
 Nov. 1794, Perkins sold his claim to 
 Joshua Lawrence, who procured a deed of 
 it from Jacob Davis. Perkins removed to 
 Montpelier, and in 1798 went to Kentucky 
 to look after a tract of several thousand 
 acres of land that had fallen to him. He 
 wrote home that his title was good, and 
 that he was coming after his family. Noth- 
 ing more was ever heard from him. His 
 friends think he was murdered. His widow 
 removed to Lyme, N. H., in 1800. 
 
 Theodore Perkins left four sons and one 
 daughter: Thomas, who died at Lyme, 
 N. H., in 1871 ; Martin P., who lived at 
 Shipton, Canada; Elinas P., lived in 
 Scituate, Mass. — one of his sons, Thomas 
 Henry, is a broker in Boston. The wife 
 of Rev. A. S. Swift, formerly in charge of 
 the Congregational church in Plainfield, 
 was Theodore Perkins' grandaughter. 
 
 The Perkins house was on the flat, east 
 of the Joshua Lawrence house, and south 
 of the present road. 
 
 Seth Freeman made a pitch of 300 acres, 
 and purchased lot No. i, in the fourth 
 range, which made him a farm of 430 
 acres. This he divided among his broth- 
 ers, apparently as he thought they needed 
 and deserved. He was one of the two 
 men who purchased their land of Davis, 
 who did not have to buy it again of Allen, 
 having gained it by possession, and was 
 for a time called rich, but became poor 
 and moved away before his death. 
 
 He was not the oldest of the family, but 
 like Abraham was the head of it. Unlike 
 that patriarch, however, he cannot be the 
 founder of a nation, for he left no children. 
 His father, Ebenezer, lived with him. 
 
 Alden Freeman was the oldest of the 
 family. He married for his second wife, 
 Precilla, daughter of Isaac Washburn, 
 which was the first marriage in town. He 
 lived at first on the Courtland Perry place, 
 (lot I, range 4,) but removed to the N. 
 
 W. corner of Freeman's pitch, where he 
 built the Thompson house, now in ruins 
 and owned by Alonzo Batchelder. 
 
 He had a large family ; Sally, widow of 
 Thompson and of Larabee, of Barre, and 
 Lucy, widow of Lawson, of Barre, and 
 mother of George Lawson, were his 
 daughters. 
 
 Ebenezer Freeman Jr. lived on the Court- 
 land Perry farm. In his barn was kept 
 one of the first schools in town, — perhaps 
 quite the first. He was the father of the 
 late Mrs. Freeman Landers. 
 
 Edmund Freeman lived on the S. W. 
 corner of Freeman's pitch, — the farm now 
 owned by his son Edmund. 
 
 Isaac Freeman built the house now 
 owned by Elias Gladding, in 1806. It is 
 on the N. W. corner of the Freeman lot 
 (No. I, range 4). He taught the first 
 school in town. Mrs. Daniel A. Perry is 
 his daughter. He died i;n 1813, and his 
 widow married his brother Nathan, who 
 owned the S. E. corner of Freeman's 
 pitch, next to Barre line, and to J. Wesley 
 Batchelder's farm. Isaac Freeman, Mrs. 
 N. W. Keith, and Mrs. Carrol Flood are 
 his children. 
 
 The Batchelder brothers, Joseph, Moul- 
 ton and Nathaniel, came from Lyndeboro, 
 N. H. Nathaniel lived and died in Barre, 
 and was the grandfather of the late J. 
 Wesley Batchelder, of Piainfield. Lieut. 
 Joseph Batchelder, then 42 years of age, 
 commenced his clearing in the S. W. cor- 
 ner of the town, in 1792, and moved his 
 family permanently on to it in 1794. 
 
 Nathaniel' Clark had commenced a clear- 
 ing in Montpelier, on the farm lately owned 
 by his son George. Neither knew of the 
 neighborhood of the other until Clark one 
 day, hearing the sound of chopping, start- 
 ed toward it, and found Batchelder with a 
 company of stalwart boys, who had already 
 made a large slash. 
 
 Lieut. Joseph Batchelder had two daugh- 
 ters, of whom Mary or Polly was born in 
 Plainfield, July 26, 1795, and was the first 
 girl and the second child born in town. 
 She married Henry Parker, of Elmore. 
 The other daughter, Nabby or Abigail, 
 married Joseph Glidden, of Barre. 
 
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 The Lieutenant's sons were : Nathaniel, 
 Isaac, Joseph, Jr., Alpheus, William and 
 ^siah. Of these Nathaniel lived for a 
 time on Batchelder's pitch, near the Four 
 Corners, next to Montpelier. He after- 
 wards lived on the spruce flats in East 
 Montpelier, but died at Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y., in 1843. The late Mark Batchel- 
 der and Mrs. Sally McClure were his chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Alpheus lived near his father. Ambrose 
 Batchelder, now of Barre, is his grandson. 
 Isaac also lived on Batchelder's pitch 
 for a time, and had a son, Josiah, 2d, who 
 was the father of the late Harvey Batch- 
 elder, of Plainfield. 
 
 William forged a note, intending to take 
 it up before it became due, but failed to do 
 so. He was arrested, and when the offi- 
 cers were taking him to Barre, cut his 
 throat at Joseph Glidden's, and only lived 
 a few days after. I should not have men- 
 tioned this, had not the family been so 
 numerous that the disgrace if divided 
 among them will not be much for each one 
 to carry. 
 
 Josiah is s^id to have been the first man 
 in Plainfield who paid taxes on interest 
 money. He got thoroughly rid of that in- 
 cumbrance, however. Hewasthe "Siah" 
 Batchelder who lived and died at Daniel 
 Lampson's. 
 
 Joseph Batchelder, Jr., lived for a time 
 on that part of Batchelder's pitch after- 
 , wards owned by Abram Mann. His chil- 
 dren were :' Alice, wife of Stephen, and 
 mother of H. Quincy Perry ; Joseph Batch- 
 elder, the 3d ; Nancy, wife of Levi Bart- 
 lett; Fanny, wife of Jonathan Blaisdell, of 
 Albany; Abigail, wife of Asa Foster, of 
 Marshfield ; Judith, wife of Wm. B. Foss, 
 and Elijah A. Joseph, the 3d, was killed by 
 his horse running away on the Lampson 
 Hill, in 1841. He was living at that time 
 on the Ebenezer Freeman place. His 
 children were : Elvira (Mrs. Arouette 
 Gunnison), Charles T., L. Cheney, Eras- 
 tus B., Adeline (Mrs. K. P. Kidder, of 
 Burlington), Sewell, killed by accident in 
 1856, near the place where his father was, 
 Alpheus, Harriet (Mrs. Ira Nichols), and 
 Wheeler J. 
 
 The Lieutenant's brother,Moulton Batch- 
 elder, about the year 1795 settled upon 
 that portion of Batchelder's pitch now 
 owned by the family of Wm. B. Foss. He 
 began work upon it in 1794, his family 
 living in the Wheaton district in Barre, 
 and he, passing to and fro by the guid- 
 ance of marked trees. His children were : 
 Nathaniel, called the Captain ; James, born 
 in Barre, but at his death the oldest resi- 
 dent, but not the oldest person in Plain- 
 field ; Jeremiah, called Jerry, of Barre ; 
 Jonathan M., called Jack, who died on the 
 old farm ; Oleni, wife of Sewell Sturte- 
 vant, the veteran schoolmaster of Plain- 
 field and Barre. 
 
 Capt. Nathaniel had three children, 
 now residents of Plainfield: Alonzo J., 
 Elvira (Mrs. Mack), and Bridgman. 
 
 James had 3 children: James Merrill, 
 Daniel, and Mariam, (Mrs. Boyce, of 
 Waitsfield.) 
 
 Jonathan's children were : Ira, Harrison, 
 Adeline (Mrs. Levi Martin), Susan (Mrs. 
 Arthur Colburn), Mary (Mrs. Wheeler), 
 and Moulton, now of Lowell, Mass. 
 
 Isaac Washburn had one daughter, Pre- 
 cill'a,.and 4 sons: Isaac, Jr., Miles, Asa 
 and Ephraim. 
 
 Isaac, Jr., lived with his father, and 
 opened the first tavern in town. It stood 
 at the Four Corners, near L. C. Batch- 
 elder's present residence, and was a large, 
 two-story house, never entirely finished. 
 
 Asa lived north of his father's, at the 
 top of the hill, on the place now owned by 
 Nathan Skinner. It was the northern part 
 of the Washburn pitch. He married Polly, 
 daughter of Esek Howland. 
 
 Miles first settled on lands of his own in 
 1798, when he bought of Esek Howland 
 the southern part of lot 3, raiige 2, where 
 he built the first blacksmith shop in town. 
 It stood near the angle of the road that 
 now leads from Willard Harris' to the 
 Barre road. In 1803, he sold this farm 
 and built a house and shop in the village, 
 on the north bank of the Great Brook, 
 near the present tannery. This was the 
 first shop in the village. Gamaliel Wash- 
 burn, of Montpelier, was his son. Miles 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE 
 
 died at New Bedford in 1823. He was for 
 many years constable of tlie town. 
 
 Epliraim built abarn west of his father's, 
 towards East Montpelier. He was en- 
 gaged to be married to a daughter of 
 Esek Howland. To get money to build a 
 house, he went to sea, and the ship was 
 never heard from. It was supposed to 
 have been wrecked, and that all on board 
 perished. 
 
 ' The Washburns were not able to pay 
 for their lands twice, perhaps not once, 
 and in 1812, Isaac, Jr., and his father sold 
 their farm and went to Lisle, N. Y.,and 
 from thence to Indiana, but never again 
 possessed much property. Asa Washburn 
 followed them soon after. Of the four 
 families who commenced the settlement of 
 the town, Perkins soon moved away ; but 
 some member or members of each of the 
 others came to be a public charge. 
 
 Elijah Perry, of Middleboro, Mass., 
 bought 100 acres of Batchelder's pitch next 
 to lot I, range 3. June, 1823, his daugh- 
 ter, Sally, committed suicide by hanging, 
 the only suicide ever committed in town. 
 He was a brother of Elder James Perry. 
 His son Daniel was the father of John 
 Perry, of Rosette, wife of Charles T. 
 Batchelder, and Harriet, wife of Daniel 
 Batchelder. 
 
 The five pitches of the town all lie in its 
 south-western corner. The remainder of 
 the town was divided by the survey of 
 1793 into 9 ranges — the first range lying 
 next to Montpelier. Each range is 160 
 rods wide excepting the 9th, which is next 
 to Goshen Gore, and is about go rods 
 wide. The first four ranges being short- 
 ened by the pitches, contain but 6 lots 
 each, lots No. i in these ranges lying next to 
 the pitches, their south-western lines are 
 irregular. "No two lots in town whose 
 number is one, are of the same size. In 
 range 5 they commence to narrow, until 
 in the 9th they come to a point at the 
 corner of the town. All the lots adjoin- 
 ing Marshfield are no rods wide. 
 
 THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS 
 
 upon each lot in town ; also the present 
 owner of a part of the same, not with the 
 same, bounds then as now, for the farm of 
 
 Allen Martin was the last one in town, 
 sold before iSoo, that presei-ved its bound- 
 aries unchanged. 
 
 Lois in Range i . — No. i was first owned 
 by Samuel Nye, of Falmouth, who sold 
 the southern portion to Hezekiah Davis. 
 It is now owned by Nathaniel M. Clark, 
 whose wife is a grand-daughter of Davis. 
 
 Elijah Nye, of Falmouth, Ms,, settled 
 upon No. 2. He sold to John Chapman 
 in 1808 and moved to Calais. His daugh- 
 ter Nabby, born Sept. 28, 1796, was the 
 3d child born in town. This lot was di- 
 vided into the Thomas Whittrege or Dennis 
 Vincent farm, and the Holmes or Dix farm. 
 
 Lot No. 3 was purchased by John Chap- 
 man, of Montpelier. When St. Andrew's 
 Gore was incorporated into a town, he 
 gave a set of record books to the town to 
 have the name changed to Plainfield. He 
 was originally from a town of that name. 
 The northern part of this lot he sold to 
 Benjamin Niles, Jr., father of Albert, and 
 grandfather of George Niles. 
 
 The southern part Chapman sold to 
 Levi Willey, of Deerfield, Mass. This is 
 the lower, or old Ozias Dix farm. 
 
 About 1811, Willey, after a visit to 
 Montreal, was taken sick with the small 
 pox, of which he died. His attendants 
 buried him near the top of the hill, close 
 to a large stone near Montpelier line ; then 
 killed his dog, and_ the alarm in time 
 abated. 
 
 The southern part of No. 4, now owned 
 by Ira Grey, was cleared by Benjamin 
 Whipple. He was town representative, 
 and held other ofSces in town, and was 
 much respected. He removed to Middle- 
 sex, Vt. , 
 
 John Mellen cleared portions of lots 4, 
 5 and 6, including the meadow now owned 
 by Prentiss Shepard ; but he lived on the 
 eastern part of these lots, where Willard 
 S. Martin now lives. The late John Mellen 
 was his son. 
 
 Benjamin Lyon settled in the corner of 
 the town, on portions of lots 5 and 6, 
 which is now called W. S. Martin's Enoch 
 Gate place. 
 
 Range 2 — lot i was nearly obliterated by 
 Washburn's pitch, and was never by itself 
 
PLAINFIELD. 
 
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 a farm. Its form is like a Carpenter's 
 square, each limb being about 30 rods 
 wide and half a mile long. 
 
 Lot 2, now o-vfned by Mrs. Bridgman 
 Batchelder, was settled by Thomas Vin- 
 cent, of New Bedford, in 1796. He was a 
 prominent business man, was the ist town 
 clerk, 4 years representative, and became 
 the richest man in town. He was a very 
 zealous member of the Methodist church. 
 He died in 1848, aged 79. 
 
 Lot 3. The southern part was settled 
 by Esek Howland, in 1797, who built a 
 log-house, but was unable to pay for it, 
 and sold the next year to Miles Wash- 
 burn. When Harvey Bancroft was fatally 
 injured, Howland was with him, and car- 
 ried him on his back 100 rods to the house. 
 Mrs. William C. Bartlett is his grand- 
 daughter. The northern part was settled 
 in 1801, by Ebenezer Bennett. He es- 
 tablished the first tannery in town, be- 
 tween the Ezekiel Skinner house and the 
 little rivulet, now often dry, just north of it. 
 
 Lot 4 clearing was begun by Asa Co- 
 burn, who sold to John and Thomas 
 Vincent, and removed to Cabot, but had 
 to pay Allen for it in 1808. John was a 
 less active business man than his brother, 
 but was much respected, and was 3 years 
 representative. His children were : John, 
 ■ Dennis, Stephen, of Chelsea, and Desire 
 (Mrs. Coolidge Taylor.) 
 
 Lot J. The south-western part was first 
 ownedby Chester House, then by Benja- 
 min P. Lampson, who built what is now 
 S. B. Gale's farm-house. Charles McCloud 
 settled upon what was recently Allen 
 Martin's farm. His house was in the 
 pasture north of Martin's' house. This is 
 the north-western part of lots 5 and 6. 
 
 Robert Mellen was a brother of the 
 first John Mellen. He ownad the eastern 
 part of lot 6 ; also lot 6 in the 3d range, and 
 in fact nearly ail of what is now Plainfield 
 village. In Sept. 1805, as he was riding 
 home from North Montpelier, he fell from 
 his horse, near the present residence of 
 Alvin Cate, badly injuring his ankle. As 
 they were carrying him home on a litter 
 made of a straw bed, he said, "You will 
 have to bring me back in a few days," and 
 
 they did so, burying him in the graveyard 
 there. The Mellens were from the old 
 town of Derry, N. H., and they were one 
 of. the Scotch Irish families who came 
 -from Londonderry, in Ireland. Robert 
 Mellen's house was where the Methodist 
 parsonage now is, and his log-house was 
 the first house built in the village. 
 
 Range 3 — lot i was first owned by Lieut. 
 Joseph Batchelder, but was first settled 
 upon by Jonathan White, of Montpelier, 
 who afterwards lived in various parts of 
 the town. It is now owned by Nathan 
 Skiiiner. 
 
 Lot 2 was first settled by Cornelius 
 Young, near where Willard Harris now 
 lives. His father, Ebenezer Young, broke 
 into a store at North Montpelier, and was 
 sent to the state prison at Windsor. 
 
 At the time of the Plattsburg invasion, 
 Cornelius borrowed a famous fleet horse of 
 Willard Shepard, Esq., and passing every- 
 thing on the road, was present at the 
 battle. When the British retreated, he 
 followed after, and seeing three of them 
 leave their horses, he dashed in among 
 them, pistols in hand, and compelled the 
 whole three to surrender to him alone. 
 At least one of them was an officer, and 
 his sword, brought home by Young, is 
 now in the possession of Dudley Perkins. 
 
 His last days were less glorious. He 
 was appointed a custom house officer, and 
 had various encounters with smugglers, in 
 one of which at Cabot, vitriol was thrown 
 upon him, spoiling his clothes, but not 
 injuring his person. His ignorance of the ' 
 law caused him to commit some illegal 
 acts in the discharge of his duties, and 
 the resulting lawsuits ruined him pecun- 
 iarily and morally. He removed to the 
 State of New York, and for some felony 
 was sent to Clinton prison. 
 
 Lot 3. The south part was first pur- 
 chased by Josiah Freeman, and is now 
 owned by Elijah A. Batchelder. The north 
 part was first leased by James Perry \ now 
 by Daniel Batchelder. 
 
 Lot 4 was settled by Dea. Nehemiah 
 Mack, whose house was in Ira F. Page's 
 pasture, east of, his house now occupied 
 by his son Dan. Page. Russell Young, 
 
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 brother of Cornelius, owned 45 acres next 
 to Lanopson's. He went to New York, 
 and was drowned in North river when 
 trying to escape from the police. 
 
 Lot 5. The western part was settled by 
 Joseph Lampson, who was for many 
 years constable of the town. He was a 
 weaver, a large part of the cotton cloth 
 used in town being woven by him. Dan- 
 iel and Benjamin P. were his sons ; Mrs. 
 James Batchelder and Mrs. Jeremiah Batch- 
 elder his daughters. His farm is now 
 owned by Charles Bancroft. 
 
 Lot 6 is in the village, and was pur- 
 chased of Robert Mellen by Charles 
 McCloud, 2d, and mills erected in lygS, 
 which were burned the same year, and re- 
 built by McCloud. The first framed house 
 in the village was built by him, where the 
 Methodist church now stands, and is the 
 old house back of it now owned by Wm. 
 Bartlett. 
 
 The first store was a small one, opened 
 by Joseph Kilburn, in 1803 or '4, on the 
 Silas Willis place, near the Great Brook. 
 The building was owned by Elias Kings- 
 ley, the miller, and when sold to Ira Day, 
 of Barre, in 1807, there was a kiln for 
 making earthen ware between that and 
 the brook. The next store was opened by 
 Philip Sparrow about 1804, upon the place 
 where An4rew Wheatley built the large 
 brick store on the north side of the Meth- 
 odist church common. 
 
 Silas Williams built and opened the 
 first tavern in the village, which is now 
 the southern part of S. B. Gale's house. 
 
 Shubael Wales, from Randolph, fath- 
 er of George C. Wales, built the first cloth- 
 ing works, below the mills, in 1805 or '6. 
 
 Amasa Bancroft, in 1809, built the 
 first trip-hammer, south of the Great Brook 
 and just above the present -tannery. He 
 was a son of Lieut. John Bancroft, an of- 
 ficer in the Revolution. 
 
 There have been three distilleries in the 
 village — one on School street, in Mrs. 
 Chamberlain's garden, one on High street, 
 in Wm. Park's garden, and one east of 
 S. B. Gale's house. 
 
 The cemetery in the village was at first 
 just S. W. of the railroad station. Among 
 
 those buried there was Parnel, daughter of 
 Joseph Lampson. She was the betrothed 
 of Geo. Rich, who disliked the place, and 
 gave the land for the present cemetery, 
 and those interred in the old one were re- 
 moved in I 8 14. 
 
 Range if — lot i, was settled by the Free- 
 mans, as mentioned. 
 
 Lot 2. Clearing began by John Nye, of 
 Falmouth, but first settled upon by Rich- 
 ard Kendrick. The eastern part is now 
 owned by H. Q. Perry; the western by 
 Hartwell Skinner and Enos P. Colby's' 
 estate. 
 
 Lot 3. The southern part was settled 
 by David Kinney, and is now owned by 
 Edward Bartlett. The northern part at a 
 later date was settled by Jonathan White, 
 and is now occupied by Solomon Bartlett. 
 
 Lot 4, now owned by Curtis Bartlett, 
 was settled by Willard Shepard, of 
 Sharon, about 1796. The first spring he 
 had a yoke of oxen and was out of hay. 
 He took his oxen and sled, went to the 
 Four Corners near Freeman's, thence to 
 Montpelier, and up Worcester Branch 2 
 miles, where he got a load of Col. Davis. 
 By the time he got home nearly one-half 
 of it had been shaken and pulled off by the 
 bushes, which so disgusted him with that 
 business that during his long life he never 
 after bought a load of hay. 
 
 He had a small flock of sheep which he 
 kept near the house for safety. One night 
 he heard the wolves howling, and- in the 
 morning found they had killed every sheep. 
 
 He took a prominent part in town af- 
 fairs, and did a large part of the business 
 of justice of the j)eace. He removed to 
 the farm partly in East Montpelier, now 
 owned by his son Prentice, where he died. 
 
 Lot s is divided by the Great Brook. 
 The eastern portion was settled by Nathan 
 Jones. The lot is now partly owned by 
 N. C. Page and George Huntoon. 
 
 Lot 6, now owned by Orrin Cree, was 
 cleared by John Chase, who, unable to 
 pay for it the second time, went West, but 
 returned and died in Calais. 
 
 Range 5 — lots i and 2, were settled by 
 Judge Bradford Kinne, about 1795. 
 The northern part he deeded to Philoman 
 
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 and Stephen Perkins in 1803, but they oc- 
 cupied it in i8of. This part is now owned 
 byA. Gunnison ; the southern by J. Batch- 
 elder. Judge Kinne was born in Preston, 
 Conn., but moved here from Royalton, 
 Vt. He was the most prominent man in 
 town, and with good advantages might 
 have become a distinguished lawyer. The 
 story is well known of his defending Fisher 
 in the s\iit of Cairnes j/. Fisher, for assault, 
 at the Caledonia County Court, where he 
 directed his client to cry, when he himself 
 did. Kinne made a pathetic appeal to the 
 jury in favor of his client, who was a poor 
 man, assuring them that " every dollar 
 they took from him, they took from the 
 mouths of babes and sucklings," at which 
 dismal prospect Kinne burst into tears, 
 and was followed by such a tremendous 
 boo-hoo from Fisher, that the damages 
 were assessed at a trifling sum, although 
 the assault was a severe one. He re- 
 moved on to the Washburn pitch in 1812, 
 where he died in 1828, aged 64. Brad- 
 ford Kinne Pierce, the distinguished Meth- 
 odist clergyman, is his grandson. 
 
 Lot 3 was seWed by James Perry. He 
 was one of the first deacons of the Con- 
 gregational church, but became a Metho- 
 dist preacher. His farm is now owned by 
 his grandson, Daniel A. Perry. The 
 northerii part of this lot was settled by Ja- 
 cob Perkins, about 1799. It is now owned 
 by Emmons Taft, who married his daugh- 
 ter. 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Kinne was born in 
 Preston, Conn., where he married, and mov- 
 ed to Bethel, Vt. He lived there 10 years. 
 In 1793, he commenced clearing lot No. 
 4, living in a shanty through the week and 
 going to Seth Freeman's on Sundays. He 
 lived thus for two summers, and built a 
 framed house in 1794, the first in town, 
 which stood nearly opposite to H. Q. 
 Perry's present residence. He moved his 
 family here in Feb., 1795. The death of 
 their little boy, Justus, Mar. 6, 1796, was 
 the first death in town. He was the first 
 minister in town, and preached for the 
 Congregational church many years. He 
 died at Berlin, in 1838. His son, Dea. 
 Justus Kinney, lives upon this farm. 
 
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 No. 5, is lease land. The southern 50 
 acres was leased by Dea. George Ayers, 
 who was the progenitor of all of that fami- 
 ly in this town. This place is now occu- 
 pied by Ira Stone. The middle 50 acres 
 of this lot was first leased by Elder James 
 Perry's son, Elijah. The northern 50 acres 
 was leased by Aaron Whittlesey. .The 
 last two portions are now leased by Levi 
 Bartlett's estate. ' 
 
 Lot 6 is lease land. The eastern por- 
 tion was first leased by John Moore, now 
 by Hiram G. Moore. The western portion 
 was first leased by Levi Bartlett, now in 
 part by Lee Batchelder. 
 
 The southern 100 acres of lot 7 was 
 settled by Asa Bancroft, of Warmouth, 
 Mass., about 1797. About the year 1801, 
 as he and his wife were coming home, one 
 evening, from Jeremy Stone's the wolves 
 began to assemble in their rear. His wife 
 was on a horse carrying their infant son, 
 Tyler. They hurried on as fast as possi- 
 ble, but the wolves came so near, that they 
 abandoned to them a piece of fresh meat 
 that Mrs. Stone had given them, and 
 reached home safely, the wolves howling 
 about the house as soon as they entered 
 it. Mr. Bancroft was frequently elected 
 to town offices, and died in 1856, aged 87. 
 His children were, Tyler, William, John, 
 Eunice (Mrs. Ira F. Page) and Mrs. Reu- 
 ben Huntoon. When it began to be ru- 
 mored that the settlers' titles were not 
 good, he went to Jacob Davis', who gave 
 him security on other property, and sent 
 word by him to the other settlers, that if 
 they were frightened he would secure them. 
 This quieted their fears, and only one or 
 two went. 
 
 No. 8 was settled by John Moore. 
 His son, Heman Allen Moore, born here, 
 was elected a representative to congress 
 from Ohio, in 1844, but died the next year. 
 Wm. Huntoon now owns this farm. 
 
 Range 6, lots i, 2 and 3, were settled 
 by Joseph Nye, of Falmouth, Mass. 
 Several members of this family settled in 
 Plainfield,- or owned land in it. They 
 were of Welch descent, and when they first 
 came to Falmouth wrote their name Noye. 
 Joseph Nye was representative 5 years. 
 
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 justice of the peace a long time, &c. His 
 son, Vinal, died many years since, leaving 
 several children, Irving, George, Alanson, 
 and Mary, wife of Edward Bartlett. Jo- 
 seph's daughter, Sally, married Nathaniel 
 Townshend, Cynthia, Daniel Gunnison, 
 Augusta, Elijah A. Batchelder. Lots i 
 and 2 are mostly owned by Dudley B. 
 Smith. Seth F. Page lives Upon No. 3. 
 
 No. 4 was settled by Elder James Perry's 
 son Stephen, in 1818, who built the plas- 
 tered house standing upon it, now owned 
 by Alba F. Martyn. 
 
 No. 5, the southern part now owned by 
 A. F. Martyn, was settled by Joseph F. 
 Ayers, who moved to Thetford, and thence 
 to Manchester, N. H. The northern part, 
 now owned by Nathaniel Townsend, was 
 ' settled by Gideon Huntington, father of 
 Amasa, and of Mrs. Leonard Moore, and 
 uncle to David and Samuel Huntington, 
 of Marshfield. 
 
 No. 6 was settled by Frank Crane and 
 Joseph Deering. It is now mostly owned 
 by N. Townsend. 
 
 Harvey Bancroft, from Ware, now 
 Auburn, Mass., settled upon lot 7, in the 
 6th range, part of lot 7 in the 7th I'ange, 
 and a part of lot 6 in the 8th range, next 
 to the Bancroft pond. He was clerk under 
 the attempted organization of St. An- 
 drews Gore as a town. His house was 
 opposite to the burying - ground near 
 Newcomb Kinney's. While clearing some 
 land, about 20 rods easterly of Benjamin 
 F. Moor's present residence, he fell a tree 
 upon a small one, which fell across another. 
 The small one flew up striking him on the 
 chest. He died July 8, 1797, a few days 
 after the injury, aged 27. He left a wife 
 and two small children. One died young, 
 the other was Dr. Nathaniel Bancroft. 
 His widow, Polly Carrol, married Sanford 
 Kinne, a brother of Jonathan and of Brad- 
 ford Kinne. Sanford purchased nearly all 
 the land formerly owned by Harvey Ban- 
 croft, but upon the death of his wife, in 
 1 8 14, he went West, and his fate is un- 
 known. Newcomb Kinney is his son. 
 
 No. 8 was settled by Ezra Bancroft, 
 father of Horace Bancroft, now of Barre, 
 but it was first owned by his brother, 
 
 Aaron, of Boston. It is now occupied by 
 Duron Norcross. 
 
 Range 7, lots i, 2, 3 and 4, were pur- 
 chased of Davis by Enos Colby, of Hawk, 
 N. H. He made a clearing and built a 
 house in 1800, some fourth of a mile west 
 of the Great Brook, on land now owned 
 by C. H. Heath. He stayed in it one 
 night, and then went back to N. H., leav- 
 ing it in care of Moulton Batchelder. One 
 Currier without leave moved into the 
 house, and was sued off by Heman Allen, 
 who found when too late that Currier was 
 not holding under Colby, who thereby got 
 it by possession against Allen. Lots i 
 and 2 are now mostly owned by his grand- 
 son, Moses Colby. No. i is only 20 rods 
 wide ; 3 and 4 are partly owned by Henry 
 Camp, whose wife is Colby's grand- 
 daughter. 
 
 Lot 5 is mostly lease land, and portions 
 of it were rented to Eli Boyd, Isaac Perry, 
 James Perry, Jr., and the N. E. corner 
 next to Moses Bancroft's was sold to 
 Patrick Reed. It is now leased to Nathan 
 Hill, Seneca S. Bemis and Lyman Moore. 
 No. 6 was probably first owned by 
 Harvey Bancroft. It was on the north- 
 east corner of this lot that he was at work 
 when fatally injured. It is now owned by 
 Joel Sherburn, Baxter Bancroft and Henry 
 Moore. 
 
 No. 7 was first owned by Harvey Ban- 
 croft and Charles Bancroft. Lee Martin's 
 farm is a part of it. 
 
 No. 8 was settled by Zopher Sturte- 
 VANT, of Worcester, Mass. He was per- 
 suaded by his friend Harvey Bancroft to 
 come up and buy a farm next to him. He 
 returned to Mass. to earn money to pay 
 for it, and while there heard of Bancroft's 
 death. Sewell Sturtevant was his son. It 
 is now occupied by Newcomb Kinney. 
 
 Range 8— lots i and 2, were purchased 
 and settled by Stephen^ Perkins, who 
 built a saw-mill in i8i2-'i3. He also had 
 one set of mill-stones. In the summer of 
 1857, the banks by the side of the dam 
 gave way, and the pond of about 7 acres 
 was discharged in a short time, carrying 
 off every bridge on the Great Brook. It 
 was repaired, but gave way again before 
 
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 the pond was quite filled. It was again 
 repaired more thoroughly, and held until 
 a heavy rain in the spring of 1869 carried 
 off the new dam and all the bridges below. 
 It was repaired, and when the pond was 
 about half filled it burst through the quick- 
 sands under the dam, and no more efforts 
 to repair it were made. R. L. Martin then 
 put in a steam-mill, which was burned in 
 1871, and he removed the remains of it to 
 Harris Gore. E)udley Perkins and Silas 
 Worthen occupy portions of these lots. 
 
 No. 3 was settled by Ralph Chamber- 
 lain, of Hanover, N. H., and is now owned 
 by his grandson, Jeremy Stone Chamber- 
 lain. Plainfield Sulphur Springs are on 
 this lot. 
 
 No. 4 was settled by David Benedict, 
 of Randolph, who sold the southern part, 
 now owned by Scott and Smith, to Amasa 
 Bancroft, and the northern part, now 
 owned by Goodrich, to Robert Carson. 
 Feb. 29, 1816, an old house on this lot, 
 occupied by Moses Reed, and used for a 
 school-house, caught fire, and a little son 
 of Reed was burned to death. David, 
 Patrick and Woodman Reed were his 
 sons ; J'oanna (Mrs. William Parks) his 
 daughter. 
 
 No. 5 was settled by Charles R. Wool- 
 son, who sold the northern part to his 
 wife's father, Moses Bancroft, of Ward, 
 Mass., in Nov. 1796. Woolson was not 
 able or willing to pay for his land the sec- 
 ond time, and removed to New York, 
 where he became rich. His son Ephraim 
 getting homesick, returned, and bought 
 back the old farm, on which he died. It 
 is now owned by Erastus Batchelder. 
 Mary, wife of S. O. Goodrich, and Sarah, 
 wife of Joseph Lane, are Ephraim's daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 Moses Bancroft had 4 sons : John, 
 Charles, Chester and Baxter. John had 
 2 sons : Lewis, of Calais, and Preston, of 
 Marshfield. Charles had a son Charles, 
 and Mrs. Wm. Skinner and Mrs. Lewis 
 Wood are his daughters. Baxter had but 
 one child, Moses. 
 
 Baxter has resided in Plainfield longer 
 than any other person — 84 years. He says 
 that as late as Oct. 1804, neither his father 
 
 nor any of the neighbors had chimneys to 
 their houses. Stones were laid up into 
 some form of a chimney for a few feet, and 
 the smoke allowed to go out, if it would, _ 
 through a hole in the roof. The roof for 
 years was made of large pieces of elm 
 bark, tied on with strings of the same. 
 Sometimes a storm in the night would 
 blow off' these pieces, and his father would 
 get up and tie them on again. It would 
 often get on fire, and once the house 
 burned down. 
 
 One summer they had nothing to eat but 
 milk for a long time, until Willard Shep- 
 hard gave them a bushel of rye very badly 
 sprouted, but some of this ground and 
 cooked tasted the best of anything he 
 ever ate. 
 
 The senior Moses had a brother, Lieut. 
 John Bancroft, a Revolutionary soldier, 
 who began a clearing on Prentice Shep- 
 hard's farm (lot 5, range l), but soon re- 
 moved to the village. Amasa B_ancroft 
 was his son. C. Watrous and Carlos Ban- 
 croft, of Montpelier, were his sons. 
 
 No. 6 contains the Bancroft Pond, and 
 was purchased by Harvey Bancroft. 
 
 No. 7 was settled by Charles Bancroft, 
 and is now owned by Gardner Heath. 
 
 No. 8 is mostly a swamp. 
 
 Range 9. Lot i is no rods long, and 
 7 rods wide at one end, and a point at, the 
 other. It was never sold by the original 
 proprietors. 
 
 No. 2 was a part of Stephen Perkins' 
 purchase, and is now owned by his grand- 
 son, Emory F. Perkins. 
 
 No. 3 was settled by David Reed, of 
 Hanover, N. H., in 1.809, and is now own- 
 ed by David Perkins. 
 
 David Reed and Ralph Chamberlain 
 married sisters of Israel Goodwin, who 
 lived many years, in this town, but remov- 
 ed to East Montpelier. T. Goodwin . 
 Reed is David's son. 
 
 No. 4, now owned by Erastus Batchel- 
 der, was settled in 1796, by James Bout- 
 well, of Barre, a relative of Col. Levi 
 Boutwell, of Montpelier. 
 
 Oct. 9, 1804, snow fell to a great depth, 
 some 3 or 4 feet. One Richardson, of 
 Orange, started a bear out of his corn- 
 
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 field, and followed it to Capt. Boutwell's 
 and returned. Boutwell, Robert Carson, 
 and Jeremy Stone, pursued it to the round 
 mountain, north or east of Pigeon pond, 
 where they treed her. Boutwell fired, 
 wounding it in the neck, it ran by Carson 
 who fired and missed. Stone followed 
 after with an ax, having no gun, setting- on 
 the dogs. Stone soon saw the bear re- 
 turning, perhaps to defend her cubs, and 
 got upon a rock, and when the bear at- 
 tempted to get on, tried to split its head 
 open with the ax, but the bear instantly 
 knocked it from his hand, mounted the 
 rock, pushed Stone off from it into the 
 snow, and then over on to his back, 
 getting top of him. Stone put up his hand 
 to push its head away from his, when his 
 little finger went into the bear's mouth, 
 which began to chew it. At this moment, 
 Boutwell, who had reloaded and come up, 
 fired, the bear's head being only a few 
 inches from Stone's, and bruin fell dead. 
 
 Another time Boutwell went up on to 
 the high, round topped hill north-east of 
 his house, after partridges. He found a 
 bear up a tree. His gun was loaded with 
 shot and he had no ball. He drawed the 
 shot and whittled a beach plug, with the 
 end pointed, and loaded with this. The 
 first shot had no effect, but the second 
 killed the bear. 
 
 He was captain of the first militia com- 
 pany in town ; was one of the selectmen 
 from 1799, until his death, in 1813, of 
 typhoid fever, at that time very prevalent 
 and fatal. He was a man whose character 
 was almost above reproach ; but his dog 
 was even more strict in his faith and prac- 
 tice than his master. The dog had learn- 
 ed to observe the Sabbath, as intelligent 
 dogs in Christian families often do, and 
 never attempted to follow his master on 
 that day. Once when Boutwell was on 
 his way to church, he met a party in pur- 
 suit of a bear, and they wished for the 
 dog, which was a famous hunter. Bout- 
 well went back with them to the house, 
 and ordered the dog to follow theni, but it 
 refused. He called it to follow him, but 
 it would not. He then took off his Sun- 
 day clothes and put a gun on his shoulder. 
 
 when the dog, probably thinking that it 
 was not Sunday after all, followed. Bout- 
 well was justly punished for his duplicity 
 by not getting the bear. The dog after- 
 ward followed a deer into the woods, and 
 was never seen again. 
 
 Lot 5 was first purchased of Heman 
 Allen by Eathan Powers, who hired men 
 to cut and burn wood for the ashes. Syl- 
 vester Grinnel, a quaker, first resided up- 
 on it. 
 
 Lot 6 was settled by Moses Bancroft's 
 son, John. Charles Morse owns a portion 
 of it. 
 
 No. 7 was settled by Jeremy Stone, of 
 Ward, Mass., in 1796. He chose this 
 place because he expected it would be near 
 a good road. The legislature, in 1797, 
 appointed a committee to work 3. road from 
 Chelsea court house to Danville court 
 house. This committee reported to the 
 county court at Chelsea, in 1799, that they 
 had built the road through Washington 
 and Orange. A little work was done on it 
 in Goshen gore, near Plainfield line, and 
 the work abandoned. Ira Stone, Rev. 
 Jesse Stone of Maine, and Jeremy Stone 
 are his sons; Mrs. Hial P. Chamberlain 
 and Mrs. Marian Stone Tarbell, his daugh- 
 ters. His farm is no* owned by Ira Rob- 
 inson. 
 
 Lot 8 was settled by Daniel Rice, of 
 Barre, in 1825. Dudley Marshall now re- 
 sides upon it. 
 
 According to Thompson's Gazetteer, the 
 town was organized Apr. 4, 1796, under 
 the name of St. Andrew's gore, and Har- 
 vey Bancroft elected town clerk. This is 
 probably true, but it was illegal, a gore 
 not having the power to form a town or- 
 ganization. Nov. 6, 1797, the gore was 
 incorporated into a town by the name of 
 Plainfield, and the town meeting held at ' 
 James Perry's, in Mar., 1798, is the first of 
 which there is now any record, butwas not 
 the first, because called by Joshua Law- 
 rence, James Perry, Moulton Batchelder, 
 as selectmen of Plainfield. At this meet- 
 ing, Thomas Vincent was elected town 
 clerk. Town meetings after this were held 
 at Capt. Jonathan Kinne's until 1823, 
 when they were held in the village. 
 
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 In 1798, '99 and 1800, the road tax vo- 
 ted was 4 days work for each poll. In 
 1798, the General Assembly, at the request 
 of the town, voted a tax of one cent per 
 acre, which was to be used to build roads. 
 In 1807, another of three cents per acre 
 was laid upon Plainfield. At that time, 
 improved lands were listed at f 1.7 5 per 
 acre, unimproved not at all. Polls at $20, 
 a yoke of oxen $10, houses worth less than 
 $1000, 2 per cent, over $1000, 3 per cent. 
 Interest money 6 per cent. 
 
 The first road in town was worked from 
 Seth Freeman's north westerly to Hezekiah 
 Davis' in Montpelier, as early as 1794, but 
 no highways were laid out until June, 
 1799, when this and several others were 
 laid. 
 
 In 1798 and 99, the town sent no repre- 
 sentative, probably because a town with a 
 grand list of less than $3,200 was not 
 " doomed" to pay a state tax, if it sent no 
 
 - representative. 
 
 Thomas Vincent was a federalist. All 
 the other representatives were republicans, 
 until the reorganization of the parties 
 under Jackson and Adams. After that 
 they were all democrats except John Vin- 
 cent, antimason, until the formation of the 
 antislavery party, which elected D. A. 
 Perry. Frank Hall was the only whig. 
 
 In Sept. 1801, Isaac Tichenor received 
 10 votes for governor — all that were cast. 
 In 1802, Isaac Tichenor had 25, Jonas 
 Galusha 23, which was the largest vote 
 cast for several years. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 The first physician in town was Am- 
 herst Simons, from Windham, Ct. He 
 studied with Dr. Glysson, of Williams- 
 town, and came to Plainfield in 1801. 
 For many of the last years of his life he 
 
 - was blind. 
 
 Dr. Ebenezer Conant studied with 
 Dr. Robert Paddock, of Barre, and came 
 to Plainfield in 1809. In 1832 he remov- 
 ed into Marshfield, about 2 miles from 
 Plainfield village, near Perkins' mill, but 
 returned to Plainfield after a few years, 
 where he died. 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel Bancroft was brought 
 to Plainfield by his father, Harvey Ban- 
 
 croft, from Ward, Mass., when an infant. 
 When 12 years old he went to Montpelier, 
 where he attended school, and at last stud- 
 ied medicine with Dr. Lamb. About 1822, 
 he came to Plainfield to practice, where he 
 remained until 1851, when he went to 
 Ohio, where he stayed 2 years, thence to 
 
 IJelvidere, 111. His pungent and witty 
 sayings are still often quoted by his old 
 friends in Plainfield. 
 
 Dr. Daniel Kellogg came to Plain- 
 field in 1834, and built the brick house 
 east of the hotel. His health failing he 
 removed to Berlin in 1836, where he soon 
 
 died. 
 
 Dr. Jared Bassett came to Plainfield 
 
 in 1839, ^^^ removed to Northfield in 
 
 1843, and thence to Chicago. 
 Dr. Daniel Bates was here from 1845 
 
 to 1851. 
 Dr. Stephen Bennett from i&s'^ to 
 
 1856, when he removed to Ohio. 
 Dr. Phineas Kellogg, of Brookfield, 
 
 commenced practice here in 1851. He 
 
 died of diphtheria Apr. 10, 1862, age 39. 
 
 Dr. Walter S. Vincent, of Chelsea, 
 •now of Burlington, had his residence here 
 
 for several years, but a large part of the 
 
 time he was surgeon in the Union army in 
 
 the war of the rebellion. 
 
 Dr. Dudley B. Smith, of Williams- 
 town, came to Plainfield in 1856, and Dr. 
 W. F. Lazell, of Brookfield, came in the 
 fall of 1867. They remain here now. 
 lawyers. 
 
 The first lawyer in town was , Charles 
 RoBY, who came about the year 181 2 — 
 not long after the result of the Allen law- 
 suit had put a mortgage on nearly every 
 farm in town. Probably the people bad 
 no desire or money for any more lawsuits 
 at that time, as he left soon. 
 
 In 1828, AzEL Spalding, of Montpe- 
 lier, now of Kansas, was here one year. 
 
 In 1833, Sylvester Eaton, of Calais, 
 came and stayed until 1838. 
 
 Stillman H. Curtis was here from 
 1838 to 1843. 
 
 J. A. Wing was here from 1836 to 1852, 
 when he went on to his farm on Maple 
 Hill, in Marshfield, where he stayed about 
 
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 3 years, then moved to Plainfield, and 
 from here to Montpelier in 1857. 
 
 In 1S43 Lewis Chamberlain came. 
 He died in Aug. 1863, of dysentery, which 
 was very prevalent and fatal at that time, 
 there being 18 deaths from that disease, 16 
 of which were within or near the village. 
 
 Charles H. Heath' came herein 18J9, 
 and removed to Montpelier in 1872. 
 
 S. C. Shurtleff commenced the prac- 
 tice of law here in 1864, and removed to 
 Montpelier in 1877. 
 
 O. L. HOYT came here in 1873, and 
 still remains. 
 
 THE FIRST CHURCH 
 
 was organized Nov. 13, 1799, at Jonathan 
 Kinne's, under the name of 
 
 the CHURCH OF CHRIST IN PLAINFIELD. 
 
 The council called to organize this 
 church was composed of Rev. Richard 
 Ransom of Woodstock, Rev. John Ran- 
 som of Rochester, Rev. James Hobart of 
 Berlin, Dea. William Wood of Wood- 
 stock, Capt. Peter Salter of Orange. Dea. 
 Judah Willey, Henry Taft and Joseph 
 Sterling, of Barre, were invited to join the 
 council. The members embodied into a 
 church were only six : Capt. Jonathan 
 Kinne, James Perry, James Boutwell, Mrs. 
 Esther Perry, Deborah Boutwell, Judith 
 Batchelder. Others joined soon after. 
 In June, 1801, they passed this vote : 
 
 " Whereas some members of the church 
 are dissatisfied with the articlesi of faith, 
 Therefore, Voted that the aggrieved mem- 
 bers have liberty to select such articles as 
 they are satisfied with, which when select- 
 ed shall be considered the church articles 
 of faith, not to prevent any from believing 
 them as they now are." 
 
 This compromise did not prevent the 
 Methodist portion of the church from 
 seceding in June, 1802, and forming anoth- 
 er church. Those who left to join the 
 Methodist were, Dea. James Perry, Esther 
 Perry, Bradford Kinne, Ebenezer Free- 
 man, Esther Freeman, John Chase, and 
 Richard Kendrick. Those who remained 
 with the original church were, Dea. Nehe- 
 miah Mack, Moses Bancroft, Sally Ban- 
 croft, James Boutwell, Deborah Boutwell, 
 Jonathan Kinne, Lydia Kinne, Sanford 
 
 Kinne, Polly Kinne, Zopher Sturtevant, 
 Polly Sturtevant, David Bancroft. 
 
 The same year Charles R. Woolson 
 was unanimously expelled from the church 
 for " neglect of family prayer, and public 
 worshiij on Sunday and church meetings." 
 Moulton Batchelder having joined the 
 Methodists, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 1816, the 
 following sentence of excommunication 
 was read before the assembled congrega- 
 tion: 
 
 " Whereas our brother, Moulton Batch- 
 elder, has violated his solemn covenant 
 obligations by neglecting the stated meet- 
 ings of the church on the Sabbath and at 
 other times, and going after, as we think, 
 false teachers, and embracing dangerous 
 errors and sentiments, derogatory to the 
 character of an infinitely wise and holy 
 God, We now, under the pressing obliga- 
 tion of duty we owe to our Lord and Sav- 
 ior Jesus Christ, have undertaken this 
 painful and bitter labor, and we hope in 
 faithfulness and prayerj but without suc- 
 cess. Therefore, according to the rule of 
 Christ's family, we are under the painful 
 necessity of saying unto you, and that in 
 this public manner, that for these reasons, 
 the door of our fellowship and commun- 
 ion is closed against you, and you are no 
 longer to be considered of this church and 
 body ; but as-an unprofitable branch, and 
 therefore are now severed from this body. 
 It is our humble prayer, that God will 
 bless this our unpleasant, but plain duty 
 to you, and open your understanding that 
 you may see your error, and give you re- 
 pentance, that you may enjoy nis favor at 
 last, and be gathered with all of the re- 
 deemed from among men, to inhabit the 
 new Jerusalem, where Jesus Christ is the 
 joy and the light thereof." 
 
 I do not give these facts to increase the 
 self-complacency of those at the present 
 time, who are inclined to plume themselves 
 upon their own superior liberality, and 
 tolerance of differences of opinions. Such 
 should consider, that people who thought 
 their peculiar tenets of such vital impor- 
 tance, that they incurred the dangers and 
 hardships of a settlement in New England 
 to establish them, could not be expected 
 to see the result of their labors impaired or 
 destroyed, with indifference or equanimity. 
 
 Jonathan Kinne preached to the church 
 until 1826; but was not ordained because 
 he disbelieved in infant baptism. 
 
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 Nathaniel Hurd was the acting pastor in 
 1826. [For his biography see Tinmouth, 
 vol. III.] He was succeeded by John F. 
 Stone. 
 
 In 1829, Joseph Thatcher became the 
 first settled minister. He removed to 
 Barre in 1834, and was succeeded by Mr. 
 Hadley in 1836, by John Orr in 1839, Sam- 
 uel Marsh in 1842, Calvin Grangerin 1846, 
 and A. S. Swift in 1849, — none of whom 
 were settled ministers, however. 
 
 Rev. Joel Fisk was settled as pastor in 
 May, i8ss, and died Dec. 16, 1856. Soon 
 after Rev. Horace Herrick became acting 
 pastor, who was succeeded in 1861, by 
 Rev. CM. Winch, who remained until 
 Nov., 1868, when he was succeeded by 
 Horace Pratt, who removed in 1871. 
 
 After an interval of nearly 2 years, 
 Charles Redfield became acting pastor, 
 and in 1877, C. E. Ferrin was settled, 
 and remained until his death, in 1881. 
 
 The deacon.S' have been James Perry, 
 Nehemiah Mack, George Ayers, Dan. 
 Storrs, Justus Kinney, Emmons Taft. 
 
 Their first meeting-house was built in 
 1819, the second, on the same site, in 
 1854. Until the building of a church their 
 meetings were usualty held at the dwelling 
 house of Jonathan Kinne. 
 
 THE METHODIST CHURCH 
 
 has no early records in Plainfield, and I 
 am obliged to glean this account from va- 
 rious sources. The first Methodist ser- 
 mon preached in Plainfield was by the 
 Rev. Nicholas Sneathen- or " Suethen," 
 as his family write it — a very able man, 
 who was chaplain of Congress in 1812. He 
 came to SethFreeman's, made known his 
 name and occupation, and succeeded in 
 attaching nearly all of the people in the 
 southern part of the town to the Methodist 
 church, including Dea. James Perry, who 
 afterwards became a Methodist preacher, 
 the first probably that resided in town. 
 
 A church was organized in iSoi^ or '2. 
 It formed a part of Barre circuit. The 
 first Methodist minister stationed at Plain- 
 field that I can learn of was David Kil- 
 burn, who was here .in 181 2 and 1825. 
 
 Rev. Thomas C. Pierce, who was mar- 
 ried to Judge Kinne's daughter, Sally, 
 
 lived upon the Asa Washburn place in 
 1820. This, with 15 acres of land, was 
 given to the Methodist church for a par- 
 sonage by Judge Kinne. It was after- 
 wards sold and the parsonage in the vil- 
 lage bought. 
 
 Rev. John Lord was stationed here in 
 
 1823; Harvey in 1827, '28; R. H. 
 
 Deming, '30, '31 ; John Nason, '33, '34; 
 N. Stone, '35 ; David Wilcox, '36, '37 ; 
 Jacob Boyce, '38 ; Daniel Field, '39 ; J. L. 
 Slason, '40 : John W. Wheeler, '41 ; Rich- 
 ard Newell, '42, '43 ; Otis M. Legate, '44; 
 H. P. Gushing, '45, '46; J. W. Perkins, 
 '47, '48 ; Homer T. Jones, '49, '50 ; Mul- 
 fred. Bullard, '51 ; Peter Merrill, '52, '53; 
 Alonzo Hitchcock, '54, '55, '62, '63 ; W. J. 
 Kidder, '56, '57 ; Edmund Copeland, '58, 
 '59, '69, '70; P. P. Ray, '60, '61 ; Joshua 
 Gill, '64, '65 ; S. B. Currier, '66, '67 ; Andes 
 T. Bullard, '68 ; Thomas Trevillian, '71 ; 
 Joseph Hamilton, '72, ""jt,, '74; Joseph O. 
 Sherburn, '75, '76; W. H. Dean, '77, '78 ; 
 Elihu Snow, '79, '80, '81. 
 
 Before the erection of a church their 
 meetings were usually held at Elder James 
 Perry's, or at Lieut. Joseph Batchelder's. 
 In 1819 a house was built for the Metho- 
 dist society in the village, with an agree- 
 ment that when they had no preacher, 
 "any other Christian denojnination, such 
 as Calvinists, Anti-Baptists, Freewill Bap- 
 tists, Friends, so called, Universalists, etc., 
 who had a preacher, might occupy it." 
 
 The following is a list of the contrib- 
 utors to the building of this church : 
 
 Thomas Vincent, $100; Moulton Batch- 
 elder, $100; Harvey Pitkin, $75; John 
 Vincent, $60 ; Seth Cook, $50 ; Bradford 
 Kinne, $50 ; Amherst Simons, $50 ; Seth 
 Freeman, $50; Asa Bancroft, $30 ; Eben" 
 Dodge, Jr., $25 ; John Moors, $25 ; Eben- 
 ezer Lyon, $25 ; Matthew Jack, J25 ; Na- 
 than Freeman, $25 ; Benjamin F. Lan\p- 
 son, $25 ; Laomi Cree,'JS2S ; Enoch Gate, 
 i525 ; libenezer Freeman, $20 ; Samuel Wil-. 
 son, Jr., JS20; Benjamin Whipple, $20; 
 Earl Gate, I15; James Batchelder, $15 ; 
 Joseph P. Page, $12 ; William Moors, |io ; 
 Friend M. Morse, $10; Solomon Bartlett, 
 jSio ; Duron Whittlesey, $10 ; Andrew Jack, 
 fio; Nehemiah Mack, Jr., $5; Charles 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Patterson, $5 ; Allen Martin, $5 ; Eben 
 Martin, $5 ; Richard Kendrick, $3 ; Elisha 
 Mack, $2 ; total, I947. if 100 was paid for 
 the site, leaving the cost of the house 
 about $850. 
 
 In 1852, this was sold to the Baptists 
 and removed, and another built at a cost 
 of a little less than $1,600. 
 
 The Vermont Annual Conference was 
 held at Plainfield in 1855, Bishop Edward 
 R. Ames presiding. 
 
 The present number in full member- 
 ship, 132 ; probationers, 14. 
 
 FROM REV. J. R. BARTLETT, OF BARRE. 
 
 Rev. Nicholas Snethen, who is men- 
 tioned as the first Methodist preacher who 
 visited Plainfield, was the pioneer Metho- 
 dist preacher in this State. His appoint- 
 ment to Vermont was in 1796, and 'as he 
 labored in this State but one year, it must 
 have been at that time that he appeared in 
 Plainfield. The records of " Vershire cir- 
 cuit," which was the name of the appoint- 
 ment in the earliest days, are probably not 
 now in existence ; but those of " Barre 
 circuit,'' formed in 1804, are still preserv- 
 ed, and state that the first " quarterly 
 meeting" for Barre circuit was held in 
 Plainfield, Aug. 4th and 5th, 1864, and in 
 Plainfield a little later. The records give 
 Bradford Kinne, Richard Kendrick and 
 Ebenezer Freeman as leaders, 17, 16 and 
 II members, respectively, and four "on 
 trial." Mr. Kinne was also a local preach- 
 er, and a very active man in the church, 
 andtheRev. Bradford Kinne Pierce, D. D., 
 now the editor oi ZiotCs Herald, published 
 in Boston, was named for him, being the 
 son of Rev. Thomas C. Pierce, and there- 
 fore the grandson of Mr. Kinne, who is 
 mentioned in the foregoing sketch as 
 "Judge" Kinne. 
 
 This town was included in Barre circuit 
 until 1838, and hence was visited by the 
 appointees to that circuit at stated inter- 
 vals as a regular preaching place. The 
 names given in the foregoing sketch as 
 Methodist preachers stationed here, are, 
 in several instances at least, of appointees 
 to Barre circuit, there being each year 
 two or three such appointees, and one of 
 
 them usually resident at Plainfield. On 
 and after the conference of 1838, this sta- 
 tion lost its identity with Barre circuit, 
 and the preachers were appointed directly 
 to Plainfield. The complete list of Meth- 
 odist preachers on Vershire circuit to 1804, 
 and on Barre circuit from that time to 1838, 
 may be found in the history of Barre. 
 The condition of this church has been par- 
 ticularly prosperous during the last three 
 years, about one-third of its present mem- 
 bership having been added during that 
 time. 
 
 Barre, Feb. 3, 1882. 
 
 THE BAPTIST CHURCH 
 
 was organized Oct. 17, 1809, at the school- 
 house near Dea. James Perry's (South 
 district.) The members were: James 
 Boutwell and wife, who withdrew from the 
 Congregationalist church for that purpose, 
 Jacob Perkins, Stephen Perkins and his 
 wife Nancy, John Bancroft and his wife 
 Phoebe. Elder Jabez Cottle and Elder 
 Elijah Huntington were the clergymen 
 present. 
 
 At the next meeting Philip Wheeler 
 made a profession of religion, and joined 
 the church . He became pastor afterwards, 
 living near the center of Montpelier, but 
 in 1826, sold his farm, and a house was 
 built for him near the Plainfield Springs. 
 In a few years after this, Stephen Perkins 
 refused to commune, for the reason that 
 Elder Wheeler had said that ' ' he would 
 not baptize a person that he knew intend- 
 ed to join another church." Soon after 
 this, he and his brother Jonathan with- 
 drew from the church. The result of this 
 dissension was, that Elder Wheeler soon 
 closed his pastoral labor with this church, 
 and removed into Marshfield, one half 
 mile east of Plainfield village, where he 
 died. 
 
 After Elder Wheeler's dismissal, they 
 were supplied at intervals by different cler- 
 gymen, none of them living in town ex- 
 cept Rev. Friend Blood. 
 
 In 1852, the Baptist churches in Plain- 
 field and Marshfield united, and Abraham 
 Bedel became their pastor, residing in 
 Plainfield. The Methodist church was 
 purchased, removed and repaired. Mr. 
 
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 Bedel was svicceeded in 1858 by Mr. Kel- 
 ton, he in 1859 by S. A. Blake, and 
 he in i860 by N. W. Smith, who removed 
 in 1862. After that they had only occa- 
 sional preaching, and in 1871 their church 
 was sold and converted into stores. 
 
 THE RESTORATIONIST SOCIETY 
 
 was organized in 1820, but had only occa- 
 sional preaching until in 1840, Rev. L. H. 
 Tabor came to Plainfield, and a church 
 was erected costing $1,770 above the 
 foundations, exclusive of furniture and the 
 bell, the whole amounting to about $2,300. 
 
 Mr. Tabor remained 3 years only. The 
 pulpit was afterwards supplied a part of 
 the time by Mark M. Powers, of Washing- 
 ton, and Rufus S. Sanborn, of Barre. 
 They were succeeded in 1854 by William 
 Bias, who remained one or two years. 
 
 Rev. Joseph Sargent resided here in 
 1858 and 1859, Rev. Thomas Walton in 
 i860 and 1861, after which they had no 
 stated preaching until in 1872, Rev. Les- 
 ter Warren commenced to preach one half 
 of the time. He was succeeded by Rev. 
 George Forbes the next year. In 1876 L. 
 S. Crossly removed here, and -remained 
 one year, since which they have been sup- 
 plied a part of the time by non-resident 
 preachers. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 In 1787, the General Assembly enacted 
 a school law that authorized towns and 
 school districts to build school-houses and 
 support schools by a tax on the grand list. 
 A majority of a town might do this, but it 
 required a two-thirds vote of a school dis- 
 trict, and neither a town or school district 
 could tax the property of non-residents for 
 this purpose. This law provided that 
 schools might be supported by subscrip- 
 tion, and the district collector had the 
 same power and duties in collecting a sub- 
 scription that he had in collecting a tax. 
 
 In 1803, Plainfield was divided into 5 
 school districts. The town never voted a 
 tax for schools, and probably none of the 
 districts did for several years. The north- 
 west, or village, district schools were sup- 
 ported by subscription until l8og.' They 
 commenced to build a school-house in 
 1803, finishing it in 1804. It stood just 
 
 east of the present hotel, in James Martin's 
 garden. This was the first built in town, 
 and was paid for by a tax, one-third payable 
 in money and two-thirds in wheat. This 
 house having been burned in the winter of 
 1806-7, another was built in 1807, over 
 by the present residence of Geo. C. Wales, 
 near the railroad bridge. In 1826, this 
 district formed a unison with an adjoining 
 district in Marshfield, and a school-house 
 was built near Marshfield line north of the 
 river. In 1866, this district built another 
 school-house near the old one, at a cost of 
 $6,000, exclusive of the site. 
 
 The South, or Freeman, district did not 
 have the first school-house in town ; but 
 they had the first school-house quarrel. It 
 had been decided to build a school-house 
 at the Four Corners, east of Seth Free- 
 man's, to which the Freemans were op- 
 posed. The boys of Elder James Perry 
 and of Philemon Perkins, and others, made 
 arrangements to raise it secretly at mid- 
 night. The Freemans learned of the plot, 
 and appeared to help uninvited ; but they 
 spelled the word raze. The result was, 
 nothing was done at that time, but after- 
 wards, in the fall of 1805, the house was 
 built there. 
 
 Plainfield village is at the extreme north- 
 ern part of the town,, and as incorporated 
 in 1867, includes a portion of the town of 
 Marshfield. In 1812, it contained about a 
 dozen families; in 1881 about 80. 
 
 The first mills were burned the same 
 year they were built. The village suffered 
 no more serious loss by fire until May 16, 
 1877, when the saw and grist-mills, 4 
 dwelling-houses, 2 shops and 4 barns were 
 burned. James Richards was convicted 
 of being the incendiary, and is now in 
 prison. 
 
 The great freshet of Oct. 1869, carried 
 oif the saw and grist-mills, the clothing- 
 works, machiue-shop, blacksmith-shop, etc. 
 
 Railroad trains commenced to run from 
 Montpelier to Plainfield for traffic, Sept. 
 17, 1873 ; to Wells River, Nov. 24, 1873. 
 
 It is said that a mail route was estab- 
 lished from Montpelier to Danville, via 
 Plainfield, in 1808, and a post-office was 
 1 probably established at Plainfield at that 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 time ; but so little did it affect the daily 
 life of the people, that no one knows who 
 was the first postmaster. 
 
 As late as 1823, the fees of the post- 
 master at Plainfield were only $10.76; at 
 Marshfield, $3.48; Cabot, $6.81 ;atMont- 
 pelier, $138.81. As postage was then very 
 high, and the fees of the small offices about 
 one-half of the gross income, the amount 
 of mail matter must have been small. The 
 mail was carried on horseback until 1827, 
 then in a wagon until 1830, when a coach 
 was put on, which was almost as much an 
 object of curiosity and pride_ as was the 
 advent of the cars in 1873. 
 
 , TOWN REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 Bradford Kinne, 1800, '2, '3, '4, '5, '7, 
 '8, '9/10, 'II, '12, '"13, '16, '21; Thomas 
 Vincent, 1801, '22, '25, '26; Jonathan 
 Kinne, 1806; Joseph Nye, 1814, '15, '17, 
 'i8, '24 ; Benjamin Whipple, 1819, '20, '23 ; 
 Jeremy Stone, 1827, '28; Israel Goodwin, 
 1829, '30, 31 ; John Vincent, 1832, '33, '34; 
 Baxter Bancroft, 1835, '36; James Palmer, 
 1837, '38, '41 ; Harvey Bancroft, 1839, '4° ; 
 Mark M. Page, 1842 ; Ezra Kidder, 1843, 
 '44, '50, '60, '61 ; Nathaniel Townsend, 
 1845, '46; Reuben Huntoon, 1847 ; Daniel 
 A. Perry, 1848, '55 ; Francis Hall, 1849 ; 
 Lewis Chamberlain, 1851, '52; John Mel- 
 len, 1853, '54; E. .Madison Perry, 1856, 
 '57 ; Dennis Lane, 1858, 59 ; Sullivan B. 
 Gale, 1862, '63; Willard S. Martin, 1864, 
 '6s; Levi Bartlett, 1866; Julius M. Rich- 
 ards, 1867; Justus Kinney, 1868; Chan- 
 ning Hazeltine, 1869 ; Joseph Lane (bien- 
 nial), 1870; L. Cheney Batchelder, 1872; 
 Stephen C. Shurtleff, 1874; Nathaniel 
 Townsend, Jr., 1876; Frank A. Dwinell, 
 1878; Dudley B. Smith, 1880. 
 
 DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL 
 CONVENTIONS. 
 
 Lovel Kelton, 1814 ; John Vincent, 1822 ; 
 Na:thaniel Bancrdft, 1828; James Palmer, 
 1836; Nath'l. Sherman, 1843, '50; Reuben 
 Huntoon, 1870. 
 
 STATE SENATORS. 
 
 Nathaniel Bancroft, 1847, '48 ; Charles 
 H. Heath, 1868, '69, '70. 
 
 JUDGES OF COUNTY COURT. 
 
 Bradford Kinne, 1811, '12, '13; Israel 
 Goodwin, 1834, '35; Lewis Chamberlain, 
 
 1855, '56; Willard S. Martin, 1874, '75, 
 '76, ^-JT. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 Thomas Vincent, 1798, '99, 1800; 'i,'2, 
 '3, '9, '10, 'II, '12, '14; Bradford Kinne, 
 1804, 's, '6, '7, '8, '13, 'IS, '16; Silas Wil- 
 liams, 1817 to '33 ; James Palmer, 1834 to 
 '41 ; Ezra Kidder, 1842 to 'si ; Mark M. 
 Page, 1852 to '60; Phineas Kellogg, 1861, 
 '62 ; Walter B. Page, 1863 to '76 ; Mason 
 W. Page, 1877 ; Frank A. Dwinell, 1878. 
 
 TREASURERS. , 
 
 Moulton Batchelder, 1798, '99, 1800; 
 Thomas Vincent, 1801, 'o8,' '09, '10, '11, 
 '12, '14; Ebenezer Freeman, 1802; Brad- 
 ford Kinne, 1803, '04, '05, '06, '07, '13, 
 'IS, '16; Silas Williams, 1817 to '33; 
 James Palmer, 1834 to '41 ; Ezra Kidder, 
 1842 to 'SI ; Mark M. Page, 1852 to '60; 
 S. B. Gale, 1861 to '70; Ira F. Page, 1871 
 to '74 ; Dudley B. Smith, 187s ; F. A. Dwi- 
 nell, 1877 to '81. 
 
 1ST SELECTMEN. 
 
 Joshua Lawrence, 1797; Thomas Vin- 
 cent, 1798, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '10, '11, 
 '12, '14, '18; James Boutwell, 1804, '05, 
 '06, '07, '08, '09; B. Kinne, 1813; Asa 
 Bancroft, 1815, '16, '17; Willard Shephard, 
 1819; John Vincent, 1820; Benjamin 
 Whipple, 1821, '22, '23, '24, '2S ; Jeremy 
 Stone, 1826, 'TyS^ '36; Andrew WheaUey, 
 1827, '28, '29; Jabez L. Carpenter, 1830; 
 Elijah Perry, 1831, '32, '33; Baxter Ban- 
 croft, 1834; Mark M. Page, 1837 to '41 ; 
 James Palmer, 1842, '43; Levi Bartlett, 
 1844; Nathaniel Sherman, 184s; Nathan- 
 iel Townsend, 1846, 's8;'E. Madison Per- 
 ry, 1847, '48, '49; Daniel A. Perry, 1850; 
 Amherst Perkins, 1851 ; Joel Sherburn, 
 1852, 'S3; Dudley Perkins, 1854; Allen 
 Martin, i8ss ; Ira Stone, 1856; Harrison 
 Ketchum, 1859, '60; Charles T. Batchel- 
 der, 1861 : L. Cheney Batchelder, 1862, 8l ; 
 Joseph Lane, 1863, '64, '6s, '75 to '79; 
 Willard S. Martin, 1866, '71, '72; Heman 
 A. Powers, 1867; Orrin W. Cree, i8s7, 
 '68, '70; Thomas P. Bartlett, 1869; Jere- 
 my S. Chamberlain, 1873, '74, '80. 
 
 OLD PEOPLE 
 
 Who have died in Plainfield. 
 Mrs. Joseph Lampson, 95; Mrs. Isaac 
 Mann,'94; Moses Bancroft, 87; Mrs. M. 
 
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 Bancroft, 92 ; Jonathan Perkins, 89 ; Spen- 
 cer Lawrence, 81 ; Mrs. Spencer Lawrence, 
 89 ; Asa Bancroft, 88 ; Jane (Cams) 
 Hatch, 88 ; Mrs. Jacob Perkins, 89 ; Ly- 
 dia (Cams) Perkins (Mrs. Jonathan), 83 ; 
 Chauncy Bartlett, 86 ; Mrs. C. Bartlett, 85 ; 
 Edmund Freeman, Charles Bancroft, 84; 
 Mrs. N, Townsend, 83 ; Levi Bartlett, 80 ; 
 Benjamin Niles, 84 ; Nathaniel Sherman, 
 80; Mrs. N. Sherman, 81 ; Eliza (Cams) 
 White, 80; David Reed, 82; Mrs. D. 
 Reed, 81 ; James Allen, 84; Roderic Tay- 
 lor, 83 ; John P. Ayers, 82 ; James Batch- 
 elder, 81; Allen Martin, 82; Isabella 
 (Nash) Powers, 80 ; Coolige Taylor, 83 ; 
 C. W. Alvord, 82 ; Asa Fletcher, 82 ; Mrs. 
 A. Fletcher, 85 ; Daniel Lampson, 80 ; 
 James Perry, 80 ; Isaac Mann, Nathan 
 Hill, 82. 
 
 OLD PEOPLE LIVING. 
 
 Daniel Spencer, 91 ; Susan Collins, 88 ; 
 Baxter Bancroft, 87; Mrs. B. Bancroft, 
 82; Mrs. John P. Ayers, 86; Eben Mar- 
 tin, 8; ; Mrs. Nathan Parker, 85 ; Justus 
 Kinney, 83; Mrs. J. Kinney, 80; Susan 
 Corliss, 82 ; Mrs. Roderic Taylor, 81 ; 
 William Parks, 81 ; Benjamin F. Moore, 
 81 ; Alex Woodman, 80; Mrs. Levi Bart- 
 lett, 80 ; Nathan Hill, 82. 
 
 MASONIC. 
 
 Rural Lodge. — The records of this 
 , Lodge having been lost or destroyed, no 
 extended history can be written of it or of 
 its early members. The only authentic 
 papers belonging to it are the original by- 
 laws in manuscript form, from which we 
 learn that a charter was granted by the 
 Grand Lodge at its annual session in 
 Montpelier, Oct. 12. 1825. 
 
 Charter Memiers.— Horace Pitkin, 
 Marshfield ; Alden Palmer, Montpelier ; Ja- 
 bez L. Carpenter, Plainfield ; Stephen Pit- 
 kin, William Martin, Marshfield ; William 
 Billings, Nathaniel C. King, Montpelier ; 
 Charles Clark, Calais ; Nathaniel Bancroft, 
 Silas Williams, Jr., A Simons, Plain- 
 field ; Merrill Williams, Montpelier; Har- 
 vey Pitkin, Edwin Pitkin, James Pitkin, 
 Daniel Spencer, Marshfield ; Nathaniel 
 Davis, Robert Nesmith, Montpelier ; James 
 English, Marshfield. 
 
 The organization of the Lodge was kept 
 
 up, and some work done, until the annual 
 session of the Grand Lodge in 1830, when 
 they are supposed to have surrendered 
 their charter. Only two of the charter 
 members are knoWh to be living, Daniel 
 Spencer of Plainfield, at the advanced age 
 of 91 years, and Nathaniel C. King, of 
 Montpelier. 
 
 Wyoming Lodge, No. 80. — Wyoming 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 80, was chartered 
 by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of 
 Vermont, June 11, A. D. 1868. 
 
 Charter Members. — Charles H. Heath, 
 Leroy H. Hooker, Stephen C. Shurtleff, 
 Nathan Skinner, Dudley B. Smith, Jas. 
 M. Perry, Channing Hazeltine, J. M. 
 Richards, William Armstrong, A. H. 
 Whitcomb, Walter B., Page, Mark M. 
 Page, R. H. Christy, Byron Goodwin, 
 Fitch E. Willard, W. S. Little, Ezekiel 
 Skinner, Samuel Simpson, Martin V. B. 
 HoUister, D. M. Perkins, Samuel Wilson, 
 Horace Hill, Reuben Huntoon, Lewis H. 
 Cunningham, N. Davis, Jr., Mason ■ T. 
 Page, Silas E. Willis, Willard Harris, 
 James Pitkin, Luther G. Town, Solomon 
 L. Gilman, Nathaniel Sherman, Daniel 
 Spencer, Nathaniel Davis, Horace H. 
 HoUister, Nathaniel C. Page, C. W. H. 
 Dwinell, E. O. Hammond, Eben D. Ste- 
 vens. 
 
 First officers: Charles H. Heath, W. 
 M. ; Loren H. Hooker, S. W. ; Stephen 
 C. ShurtleflF, J. W. 
 
 Officers for 1881-2 : W. R. Gove, W. 
 M. ; John W. Fowler, S. W, ; Dan. W. 
 Moses, J. W. 
 
 REV. C. E. FERRIN, D. D. 
 
 Abridged from a sketch In tlie Vermont Chronicle by 
 Rev. A. D. Bakbek. 
 
 Clark E. Ferrin was born in Holland, 
 Vt., July 20, 1818. He grew up there on 
 the farm with his father till he was of age, 
 teaching a common school in the winter 
 from the time he was 17, and aiding his 
 father in the support of the family. In 
 the fall after he had attained his majority' 
 he went to Brownington Academy, of 
 which Rev. A. C. Twilight was preceptor, 
 and began fitting for college. At Brown- 
 ington he not only set his face coUegeward 
 but heavenward, experiencing that change 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 of which our Lord said to Nicodemus, 
 " Except a man be born again he cannot 
 see the kingdom of God." Remaining at 
 Browington about a year, he went to 
 Derby, finished his preparation and enter- 
 ed the University at Burlington in the 
 class of 1 84 1 . Though at a disadvantage by 
 lack of early opportunities, by diligent ap- 
 plication he gained upon the class during 
 the course, and graduated in 1845, with 
 the last third. The fall after he taught the 
 Academy at Marshfield, and from thence 
 went to Macon, Ga., where he taught for 
 2 years. From Macon he went to the 
 theological seminary at Andover, Mass., 
 completing the course in the class of 1850. 
 The spring before he graduated at An- 
 dover he visited Barton, Vt., preaching 
 there, and receiving a call to the pastorate 
 of the Congregational church . Accepting 
 this call, he was ordained and installed at 
 Barton, in 1857, Rev. O. T. Lamphear, 
 a college classmate, then at Derby, preach- 
 ing the installation sermon from Exodus 
 IV: 14, "I know that he can speak well." 
 Another, a seminary classmate. Rev. Mr. 
 Dean, gave the charge to the people. 
 Zealous and faithful at Barton, he was 
 after nearly 3 year's attacked with that 
 facial neuralgia, which rendered his after 
 life one of almost continued pain, and often 
 for months and years at a time one of in- 
 tense suffering. His enemy compelled 
 him to suspend his ministry at Barton and 
 seek dismission from his charge. This 
 was granted by council. Dismissed, he 
 sought for a time renewed health and 
 strength in farm labors. Assoonas health 
 permitted, he took up the ministry again, 
 received a call, and was installed pastor of 
 the Congregational church in Hinesburgh 
 in 1855. At this second installation, an- 
 other of his classmates, Rev. N. G. Clark, 
 then professor in the University at Bur- 
 lington, preached the sermon, and an- 
 other classmate, Rev. A. D. Barber, of 
 Williston, gave the Right Hand of Fellow- 
 ship. Here, after no very long time, he 
 began to suffer again from the assaults of 
 his adversary, neuralgia, but for long 
 years, though in real .suffering and much 
 of the time in keen distress by day and by 
 
 night, he persisted in doing a manly work, 
 building with one hand for Christ and his 
 church, and resisting the enemy of his 
 peace and strength with the other. Here, 
 indeed, he fought a good fight, yielding 
 only after many years. In the winter of 
 
 1874 he went to Philadelphia, and sub- 
 mitted to the severe surgical operation of 
 removing a part of the facial nerve. This 
 gave only partial relief. In the fall of 
 
 1875 he took a voyage to Europe, visiting 
 London and Paris, seeking aid, but finding 
 little. Having failed now for some time in 
 strength, but not in heart to labor, he re- 
 signed his pastorate. His resignation was 
 after long waiting and hope of the church 
 and parish for his recovery, accepted, and 
 he was dismissed, having been pastorabout 
 24 years. Remaining in the parsonage at 
 Hinesburgh, and experiencing some relief 
 with returning strength, he was able at 
 length to take up again the work he loved 
 so well. This he did at Plainfield, where 
 he was installed pastor Feb. 13, 1878, 
 Rev. W. S. Hazen, of Northfield, preach- 
 ing the sermon, from I. Cor. 1:23, "We 
 preach Christ and Him crucified," one of 
 his classmates, again a member of the 
 Council, presided and offered the installing 
 prayer. In this his third and last pastor- 
 ate, our brother labored continuously and 
 successfully, though his old enemy still 
 pursued him. He ceased his labors and 
 entered into rest, after a sickness entirely 
 prostrating him of about 5 weeks, June, 
 1881. His experience during this last 
 trial was full of the peace of God. " I am 
 surprised," he wrote, telling us the result 
 of the first council of physicians called to 
 consider his case. "The fullness with which 
 I can say, ' Thy will, not mine,' surprises, 
 almost troubles me." 
 
 Mr. Ferrin left a wife, 3 sons and 2 
 daughters ; all fitted for usefulness, and of 
 fine promise ; all were present at the time 
 of his death. His oldest, son, reaching 
 home but a few days before, is Professor 
 William Ferrin, of Pacific University, at 
 Forest Grove, Oregon. The oldest daugh- 
 ter is the wife of Rev. John Cowan, of 
 Essex. 
 
 At the funeral, ten neighboring ministers 
 
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 were present, the deacons of the church 
 from Williston arid Montpelier, and a good 
 delegation trom Hinesburgh and other 
 towns. His children conducted the ser- 
 vices at the house, Prof. Ferrin reading 
 select passages of Scripture, Rev. Mr. 
 Cowan offering prayer, and all the family 
 uniting in singing the hymn, "Rock of 
 ages cleft for me." The service was beau- 
 tiful, tender and touching. The casket 
 was borne by his brother ministers. At 
 the church, Rev. C. S. Smith read the 
 Scripture, Rev. J. H. Hincks offered 
 prayer, his two classmates, Rev. J. ,G. 
 Hale and A. D. Barber, spoke ; Mr. Hale, 
 of Mr. Ferrin as a man, of his place in 
 college and in the ministry, and Mr. 
 Barber of him as a Christian pastor. 
 
 Mr. Ferrin, besides his work as min- 
 ister, was a most respected and highly 
 useful .citizen. He represented the town 
 of Hinesburgh in the legislature one or two 
 sessions, was a faithful and influential 
 member of the corporation of the Univer- 
 sity for more than 20 years. He received 
 the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity 
 from Middlebury College at the commence- 
 ment, a year ago, and was a man such that 
 the family, the church and the State can 
 alike trust. 
 
 [Mr., Ferrin compiled from the papers 
 of the venerable Erastus Bostwick the his- 
 tory of Hinesburgh for Vol. i. in this 
 work, and in Vol. lii. wrote the biograph- 
 .ical sketch of the Rev. O. T. Lamphear in 
 the history of Orleans County.] 
 
 SOLDIERS ENLISTED FOR PLAINFIELD IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 
 
 Ayers, George A. 
 Ball, Henry L. C. 
 Blaisdell, George, 
 Bradford, Amos C. 
 Bradford, John M. 
 Buxton, Chas. B. 
 
 Bell, Joel 
 Bartlett, Mark 
 Boles, David 
 Cummins, John D. 
 Cole, Parker 
 Carr, Jason 
 
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 Dolan, Bernard 
 Duke, Edward V. 
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 Edmons, Douglass 
 Fraqua, Peter 
 Farrar, D. W. 
 Farr, Benjamin A. 
 Gale, Sullivan F. 
 Gunnerson, Daniel 
 Haywood, Wm. H. 
 Hill, David 
 Lapieu, Louis 
 Lupien, Lewis 
 Leazer, Buzzell 
 Leazer, Jo^spph 
 Lemwin, Peter 
 Ladd, Andrew J. 
 Lease, Joseph N. 
 
 Lease, Julian C. 
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 Killed in action May 5, 64, at Craig V 
 
 Died June 13, 65. 
 
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 Deserted Nov. i, 63. 
 
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 Re-enlisted 3d Battery. 
 Deserted Sept. 28, 62. 
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 Reg, Co. Mustered. Term, 
 
 Remarks,. 
 
 Mann, John C. 
 Mears, Horace B. 
 Morse, Marshal C. 
 Nye, Ervin 
 Nasmith, K. R. 
 Paronto, Gideon 
 Perry, Edwin R. 
 Perry, Willard M. 
 Paronto, Napoleon 
 Porter, Geo. W. 
 Rollins, Charles 
 Rollins, Orvis 
 Reed, Clark 
 ' Reed, Roswell 
 Richards, Linus 
 Rathbury, Ira P. 
 Spencer. Ira D. 
 Scott, George 
 Scott, Orange 
 Shepherd, Dennison 
 Shepherd, John 
 Shorey, Joseph 
 Simons, Louis 
 Skinner, Ezekiel 
 Stearns, James E. 
 Stearns, Lowell 
 
 Taylor, Stephen 
 Valley, Felix 
 Wilson, Calvin O. 
 Woodcock, C. A. 
 Webster, Nathan L. 
 
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 Deserted Sept. 19, 64. 
 
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 Re-enlisted. 
 
 Discharged Sept. 63, 
 
 Promoted corporal. 
 
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 Re-enlisted Jan. 64. 
 
 Died Feb. 23, 65. 
 
 Prisoner June 23, 64 ; died Dec. 23, 64, 
 
 soon after being exchanged. 
 Died Feb. 14, 64. 
 
 Total, 68, of whom there were j deserted, i killed in action, 2 died of wounds, 1 1 
 died of disease, 12 discharged before enlistment expired, 37 served theirterm, or were 
 discharged at the close of the war. 
 
 Furnished und^r draft— V^iA commutation, Solomon Bartlett, Jacob Batchelder, 
 Martin B. Bemis, John D. Cummings, Lucius M. Harris, Jirah S. Lawrence, Alba F. 
 Martyn, Erasmus McCrillis, Philander Moore, Charles Morse. 
 
 Procured substitute — Edwin B. Lane. 
 
 Revolutionary soldiers— lAe\A. Joshua Lawrence, John Bancroft, Solomon Bartlett 
 Moses Reed. ' 
 
 FUNERAL HYMN FOR GARFIELD. 
 BY MRS. E. E. YAW, 
 
 (Written for the memorial Gervices at Flalnfield, 
 Sept. 21, I88I.) 
 Tears a-gone, a cry of woe 
 
 Rose to Heaven an April day, 
 As beneath a murderer's hand 
 
 Our martyred Lincoln bleeding lay. 
 Revive the story of that crime. 
 
 How all nations mourned with us. 
 Bowing with uncovered heads, 
 
 Weeping o'er his honored duet. 
 
 And to-day, In grief again— 
 
 Lord of nations, Lord of might— 
 We come to thee with cries of pain; 
 
 Shine upon our dreary night. 
 Ah, our tears they fall like rain 
 
 That the honor nobly gave. 
 Placing Garfield at the nation's head. 
 
 Led so close beside a grave. 
 
 Lay him softly in his narrow bed. 
 
 Cover him with garlands fair. 
 Gentle zephyrs, requiems sing; 
 
 Angels watch— leave him there. 
 
 The services were in charge of the pastor. 
 Remarks were made by O. L. Hoyt, E. N. 
 Morse, Dr. D. B. Smith, Godwin Reed, 
 Ira Stone, Joseph Bartlett, Allan Ferrin 
 and H. O. Perry. 
 
 Mary E. Davis, also, born in this town, 
 has published a book of verse, of which, 
 had a volume been placed at our command, 
 in time, we should have given a review. 
 
ROXBURY. 
 
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 ROXBURY. 
 
 BT MKS. 8ABAH BBtUHAM MANSFIELD. 
 
 Located in the south part of Washing- 
 ton County, 17 miles south-westerly from 
 Montpelier; bounded N. by Northfield, 
 E. by Brookfield, S. by Braintree and 
 Granville, and W. by Warren ; was grant- 
 ed Nov. 6, 1780, and chartered to Hon. 
 •Benjamin Emmonds and others August 
 6, 1781 ; 23,040 acres, situated on the 
 height of the land between Winooski and 
 White rivers. The village is at the sum- 
 mit, the highest point of land on the 
 Central Vt. R. R. There are no large 
 streams. Three branches of Dog river 
 flow north into the Winooski ; one rising 
 on the East Hill, flows south, passing a 
 branch of Dog river at the Summit, one 
 running north, the other south,, the latter 
 into White river. 
 
 Many years ago, one Capt. Ford, who 
 owned a manufacturing establishment at 
 Randolph, and wished a greater supply of 
 water, came to the Summit, and turned 
 the course of the stream going north into 
 the one flowing south, deriving great ben- 
 efit therefrom, but of short duration. The 
 trick was detected by mill-owners north, 
 and he was obliged to undo his work, and 
 let the river take its natural course. . 
 
 There are two natural ponds in town, 
 one just south of the village and one on 
 j^ast Hill. Both have at one time been 
 homes for the "beaver," where they built 
 dams and carried on business beaver style ; 
 but long ago they deserted their old 
 haunts, and the pond that once reached to 
 where the village now is, is fast disappear- 
 ing, and a few years hence will no doubt 
 be terra firma. 
 
 The surface is uneven, but the soil is 
 fertile. There are some fine dairy farms 
 along the river, and the hill farms are well 
 adapted to wheat raising. The timber is 
 mostly hard wood, with some spruce, hem- 
 lock and fir. Rocks, argillaceous slate, 
 soapstone and marble. 
 
 There were three divisions of land in 
 this township ; the ist div., the north half 
 of that portion of the town lying east of 
 this valley; the 2d div., the south half; 
 the 3d div., the western side of the town. 
 
 The 1st and 2d contain 100 acres ; the 3d, 
 136. 
 
 The first road laid in town was in 1799, 
 from Warren line down to the first branch 
 of White River, to the north line of Kings- 
 ton (now Granville). Next, on tlje hill 
 west of said branch, from Kingston, until 
 it joins the branch road toward Warren. 
 The third road led from Samuel Richard- 
 son's house by John Stafford's and Wil- 
 cox's to Warren ; Samson Nichols survey- 
 or. In 1802, the road through the mid- 
 dle of the town, from Northfield to Brook- 
 field, was laid out, 6 rods wide. A road 
 was surveyed from Northfield to Brook- 
 field through the east part of the town, in 
 1802. In 1806, the road was laid from 
 Samuel Smith's on East Hill, by Wm. 
 Gold's to east part of the town. These 
 are a few of the first roads surveyed in 
 town. 
 
 The first town meeting was held at the 
 house of Jedediah Huntington ; the warn- 
 ing was dated at Williairistown, Mar. 12, 
 1796, signed by Joseph Crane, justice of 
 the peace, and the meeting was held Mar. 
 25, 1796 ; when following the town ofiicers 
 were elected in Roxbury : Joseph Crane, 
 moderator; Thomas Huntington, clerk: 
 Samuel Richardson, Isaac Lewis, Jedediah 
 Huntington, selectmen ; • David Cram, 
 treasurer: Jonathan Huntington, consta- 
 ble ; David Cram and Thomas Hunting- 
 ton, listers ; Samuel Richardson and 
 Christopher Huntington, highway survey- 
 ors. The sum total of the grand list at 
 this time was ^165 and 15s. Zebediah 
 Butler was first town representative ; he 
 raided south of what is known as E. K. 
 Young's place. , 
 
 The first warning for freeman's meeting 
 was in 1797. 
 
 Record of the meeting: The freemen of 
 Roxbury, all to a man, met at the house 
 of Jedediah Huntington, in said town, ac- 
 cording to warning, when the freeman's 
 oath was duly administered by the town 
 clerk to the following men : Christopher 
 Huntington, Roswell Adams, Isaac Lewis, 
 David Cram, John StaflFord, Benoni Web- 
 ster, Jedediah Huntington, Perus Hunt- 
 ington, Benjamin Hunter, Jr., Daniel Cor- 
 bin, Chester Batchelder. 
 
 The freemen voted as follows : For Gov., 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Isaac Tichenor 9, Nathaniel Niles 4, Paul 
 Brigham i ; Lieut. Gov., Paul Brigham 
 10, Nathaniel Niles 3; Treas., Samuel 
 Mattocks 14; for counsellors, Elisha Allen 
 .11, Cornelius Lynde lo, Elias Stevens 9, 
 Jonas Galusha 2, Joel Marsh 9, Reuben 
 Hatch 2, Martin Chittenden 2, Joseph 
 Hubbard i , Ebenezer Walbridge 4, John 
 French 6. 
 
 Thomas Huntington, town clerk. , 
 
 Freeman's oath had previously been ad- 
 ministered to Samuel Richardson, Thomas 
 and Jonathan Huntington. There were 
 just 14 voters in town, at that time. In 
 Mar., 1799, voted that from Apr. i to May 
 20, it shall not be lawful for sheep or swine 
 to run at large on the commons or high- 
 ways, and if willfuly or negligently allowed 
 to run, the owners thereof shall pay double 
 damages. When there were neither high- 
 ways or commons, even passable for swine or 
 sheep ! They also voted, at the same time, 
 that Joseph Newton should have approba- 
 tion to retail liquors to travellers the ensu- 
 ing year. For all their privations or hard 
 struggles, these early settlers seemed to 
 have a vein of drollery and fun underlying 
 all. In 1802, they called a meeting to see 
 if the town would vote to set the small 
 pox in town. Not wanting it, voted to 
 dissolve the meeting. Sept. 12, 1803, 
 called a meeting to see if the town would 
 vote to set up inoculation of small pox in 
 town ; did not want it, and dissolved the 
 meeting. In 1806, voted to raise 7 mills 
 on a dollar for the purpose of buying sur- 
 veying implements. Chose Samuel Rob- 
 ertson surveyor for the town — to have the 
 use of the instruments for doing the sur- 
 veying for said town. A compass and 
 chain was bought, a very good one for 
 those times, and is still the property of the 
 town. In 1811, voted to set off the east 
 part of the town to Brookfield. Voted to 
 petition the general assembly at their next 
 session to be annexed to Jefferson Co., 
 (now Washington). To be stingy and 
 small with their neighbors did not seem to 
 be a fault with them. 
 
 On record, Jan. 26, 1799, -'I, Samuel 
 Richardson, in consideration of the love 
 and good will I bear to my well respected 
 friend, Polly Corbin, gave her a deed of 20 
 acres of land. " 
 
 Fir St land tax in town : Petitioned to the 
 legislature for a land tax in 1796. The 
 legislature, then in session at, Windsor, 
 raised a tax of one cent on an acre of land 
 in said town. The "delinquents" lands 
 to be sold the 8th day of May, 1798, at 
 David Cram's dwelling-house, by David 
 Cram, constable. 
 
 July 31, '98, vendue sale of lands at Jed- 
 ediah Huntington's, by Abel Lyman, col- 
 lector. 
 
 First deed upon the land records : from 
 Asa Huntington to Daniel Kingsbury, da- 
 ted at Brookfield, Sept. 3, 1794, recorded 
 Mar. 24, 1796. 
 
 In June, 1812, called a meeting to see 
 if the town would provide arms, amunition 
 and equipments for the soldiers who have 
 this day volunteered in the service of their 
 country as minute men. Voted that the 
 monthly pay of each minute man should be 
 raised three dollars per month, while in 
 actual service, payable in grain or neat 
 stock. Voted to deposit magazine and 
 public arms at the dwelling-house of Elijah 
 Ellis, the town having received gun pow- 
 der and lead. In 1816, voted to set oif4 
 tiers of lots on east side of town, to form 
 a separate town with part of Brookfield. 
 Passed the same vote in 1827, and seems 
 to have been dropped there, as there is no 
 farther recoid of the matter. 
 
 Christopher Huntington was the first 
 settler. He came to the east part of the 
 town, and built the first house, where O. 
 A. Thayer now lives. He came from 
 Mansfield, Conn., where his children were 
 born, but had resided in Norwich a short 
 time before coming here. He also preach- 
 ed the first sermon in town, to a small but 
 no doubt appreciative audience. He was 
 a Universalist minister, and as the town 
 became settled, preached in various places. 
 
 Mr. Huntington drew his goods into 
 town on a hand-sled on bare ground, and 
 with the other early settlers, endured pri- 
 vations hard to realize from the stand- 
 point of to-day. His daughter, Lydia, 
 died Jan.- 23, 1792, at the age of 17, the 
 first death in town. Mr. Huntington re- 
 moved to Canada in 1804. The Mr. 
 Huntington wbo recently died in Canada, 
 bequeathing $25,000 to the State of Ver- 
 mont, is said to be one of his sons. 
 Another son was several years a Baptist 
 preacher in Braintree. 
 
ROXBURY. 
 
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 SAMUEL RICHARDSON 
 
 was the first to settle in the west part of the 
 town. He was born in Stafford, Conn., 
 June 13, 1750, and was a veteran of the 
 Revolutionary War, having "been out" 
 nearly half the war. His wife, Susanna 
 Pinney, was born July, 1749. After their 
 marriage, they came to Randolph and set- 
 tled. When the Indians burned Royal- 
 ton, they passed through Randolph and 
 burned the house next to theirs, but it be- 
 ing somewhat retired, they probably did 
 •not discern it. Mr. R. came to this town 
 in 1790, and built a small log-house near 
 where the watch factory now stands, and 
 returned home to come back again in the 
 early spring with his son, Uriah, whom 
 tradition has it, brought a five-pail iron- 
 kettle on his back through the deep snow, 
 with marked trees for roads. A niece of 
 his has injured the story, by declaring her 
 ancestor to have been a brave lad and a 
 willing one, but that he was not a Hercu- 
 les, and it was really a seven-pail brass- 
 kettle. Well, even that seems almost in- 
 credible, considering the distance, and 
 roads. After the sugar-making was well 
 begun, Mr. Richardson returned to Ran- 
 dolph, leaving his son alone in the wilder- 
 ness for 6 weeks. No one to speak to, no 
 daily or weekly paper; but the solemn 
 hoot of the owl, the lonesome winds 
 through the trees, the howling of the hun- 
 gry wolves about his cabin, as he said, 
 made weird music, not exactly conducive 
 to sleep. But his father canie with the rest 
 of the family as soon as snow was gone. 
 There are said to have been several reasons 
 why Mr. Richardson moved into this wild- 
 erness. One, he was greatly averse to his 
 children marrying, and his sons were be- 
 coming sturdy young men, and his daugh- 
 ters tall and handsome. And he was not 
 the only one who seemed to realize the 
 fact. Beaux would drop in of an evening ; 
 the little by-play on the old settle by the 
 fireplace — naming the rosy-cheeked apples, 
 and comparing them to the not less rosy 
 cheeks of the maidens, going on under 
 pater familias' eye, not unnoticed ; no sym- 
 pathetic chord in his heart vibrating to 
 the echo of "long ago,'' when he leaned 
 
 over the gate, and made love to the fair 
 Susanna after escorting her home from 
 spelling-school, away down in old Con- 
 necticut. To keep the necks of his off- 
 spring out of the "noose," he reflected the 
 surest way was to get them where beaux 
 and belles were not, and removed his fam- 
 ily to the wilderness ; but even there, four 
 of them out-generalled him at last. His 
 eldest daughter, Sarah, and Chester Batch- 
 elder, Jan. 27, 1799, by Israel Converse, 
 justice of the peace, were made one, and 
 this was the first marriage in town. Hannah , 
 taking courage from the example of her 
 elder sister, married Peter S. P. Staples. 
 Lydia married Charles Cotton, hesitating- 
 ly, not swiftly, as lovely maidens should 
 be expected to wed — her lithe form had 
 lost some of its willowy grace, her cheek 
 its first youthful bloom ; she was a bride of 
 45 summers. Samuel married Sally Ellis. 
 Half his children were gone, but by the 
 care and admonitions of this tender sire, 
 half his family were still preserved, four 
 perpetually saved from marriage fate. 
 
 That the "females" of this unmated 
 half of the Richardson family were able to . 
 care for themselves, and give a helping 
 hand to the weak of the stronger sex, the 
 following proveth : "Tim" Emmerson 
 had a large amount of grain to be harvest- 
 ed, and no help to be had at any price ; it 
 was already over-ripe; Susan and Mary 
 Richardson, who were noted for thrift, and 
 disliked to see anything go to waste, offer- 
 ed, if their brother would accompany them, 
 to give the poor man a lift. The men 
 folk smiled as the resolute damsels came 
 into the field, but as the golden grain fell 
 before their gleaming sickles, and was dex- 
 terously bound and placed in stooks by 
 their deft hands,- the men hung^ their di- 
 minished heads, and the perspiration 
 coursed down their- brown cheeks as they 
 vainLy strove to keep pace with their fair 
 reapers. Before night tradition'saith each 
 masculine had fallen meekly to the rear. , 
 Mary and Susan sheared their own sheep, 
 and if occasion required, could chop off a 
 2 foot log as soon as most men. 
 
 Susan Richardson was once going home 
 from "squire" Robertson's, through the 
 
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 woods. She heard a strange cry as of 
 some one in distress. It was growing 
 dusk, the sound came nearer and nearer ; 
 she could see it was gaining upon her at 
 every step. She was a very courageous 
 person, not easily scared, but as those 
 quick, sharp screams fell upon her ears, 
 the grass didn't grow under her feet until 
 she reached the clearing; but, once out 
 of the woods, she gathered her sheep into 
 a place of safety before she sought shelter 
 for herself. It was found, the next day, a 
 catamount had followed her ; his tracks 
 were plainly visible in the soft earth. It 
 had followed her to the edge of the woods, 
 which reached nearly to her house. At 
 another time, she, with a friend who was 
 visiting her, went to a neighbor's for an 
 " afternoon tea." It was late before they 
 got started for home, and all the way 
 through the woods. They heard the dis- 
 mal howling of wolves. Susan knew the 
 sound very well, but her friend, unused to 
 pioneer life, had no idea, and wondered, 
 as Susan took her babe fi-om her arms and 
 hurried rapidly forward. When they reach-' 
 , ed the clearing, and Susan had gathered 
 in her sheep, and they were safe in the 
 house, she told her friend it was wolves 
 they had heard, and they would surely 
 hive got her baby had they not quickened 
 their pace. 
 
 A grand-daughter of Mrs. Richardson's 
 told me another little incident that occur- 
 red when she was a child of twelve. Her- 
 self and a younger brother were in the 
 woods gathering flowers, they had wander- 
 ed some ways farther than they were 
 aware, the sister was wakened to a realiz- 
 ing sense of it when she spied, but a few 
 feet from them, a large • white-faced bear, 
 erect on .his hind paws,- coming towards 
 them. Not wishing to frighten her broth- 
 er, who was very timid, and fearing he 
 would be overcome with terror, she took 
 him by the hand and strove to hurry him 
 away ; but no, just a few more flowers, he 
 said. He was determined not to go home. 
 " See there," said she, pointing to the 
 bear, who stood contemplating the situa- 
 tion. The boy beheld, and gave so terrific 
 a scream, that the bear turned and fled as 
 
 fast as his clumsy limbs could carry him, 
 preferring to go without his supper to mak- 
 ing it off a boy who could scream so loud. 
 Another reason given (to return to Mr. 
 Richardson's reasons for coming to this 
 town), was that when the bass viol was 
 carried into church at Randolph, it was 
 more than his orthodox nerves could 
 stand, and he preferred the primeval forest, 
 "God's own temple," with the birds to 
 sing anthems of praise, and no profane, 
 new-fangled instrument, made by the hand 
 of man, with which to worship God for 
 him. He was a Congregationalist deacon, 
 and his wife was a member of the Baptist 
 church. They lived in their log-house 
 only about a year, and then moved farther 
 up, where they built the first framed house 
 in town — where Julius Kent now lives — 
 many years afterwards sold to Jonathan 
 Burroughs, and moved near the village, 
 and is the frame of Mrs. Martell's house. 
 
 Mr. Richardson built a saw and grist- 
 mill above where Mr. Kent now lives, and 
 a larger house leading to the S. E. Spaul- 
 ding place. A grand-daughter of theirs, 
 who is now 79 years of age, and who spent 
 much of her childhood with them, tells ma 
 Mr. Pinney, the father of her grand- 
 mother Richardson, was high in the es- 
 teem of King George, and was commis- 
 sioned by him to attend to a great deal of 
 business for His Majesty in New England. 
 GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of GOD 
 of Great Britain, France and Ireland, 
 KING, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 To all to whom these Presents shall come. 
 Greeting. 
 
 Know Ye, That We have assigned, 
 constituted and appointed, and by these 
 Presents do assign, constitute and appoint 
 Our trusty and well beloved Subject, Isaac 
 Pinney, Esq,, to be Judge of Our Court of - 
 Probate, to be holden within the'District 
 of Stafl!brd, in our Colony of Connecticut, 
 m New England, with the Assistance of a 
 Clerk, to hold our said Court of Probate of 
 Wills, granting of Administration, ap- 
 pointing and allowing of Guardians, with 
 full Power to act in all Matters proper for 
 a prerogative Court. 
 
 In Testimonywhereof, We have caused 
 the Seal of Our said Colony to be hereunto 
 affixed. Witness, Jonathan Trumbull, 
 Esq., Governor of our said Colony of 
 Connecticut, and with the Consent of the 
 
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 General Assembly of the same in Hart- 
 ford, this first Day of June, in the 13th 
 Year of Our Reign, Annoque Domini, One 
 Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy- 
 three. By His Honor's Command, 
 
 JON'A. TRUMBULL, Gov. 
 George Wyllys, Sec'y. 
 
 At one time he received important mes- 
 sages from the King, and although he had 
 six clerks, he took his daughter; afterward 
 Mrs. R., from school as his private secre- 
 tary. His daughters were all taught the 
 science of medicine, and Mrs. R. attended 
 to the sick in this town before other phy- 
 sicians came in, and some afterwards, 
 going about on horseback, with a heavy 
 riding dress for unpleasant weather. She 
 never shrank where duty called, and not 
 expecting other recompense than the grat- 
 itude of those she served ; for in those 
 primitive days the few inhabitants were 
 not burdened with riches, and were neigh- 
 borly to each other. 
 
 One fall, seeing the destitution around 
 them, Mr. R. took a yoke of oxen to Wil- 
 liamstown, exchanged them for potatoes, 
 and divided them among the destitute, 
 taking his pay in work as they could do it. 
 Mrs. Richardson at this time gave her 
 family two meals per day, with a cup of 
 milk for supper, giving what they saved by 
 so doing to the needy ones. 
 
 Living on the road that crossed the 
 mountain to Warren, the glimmer of light 
 from their windows was often a most wel- 
 come sight to the benighted traveler. A 
 man overtaken by night, with intense cold 
 and darkness, crawled on his hands and 
 knees for miles, fearing he should lose the 
 track that led to their house, knowing if 
 he did he must perish. Large, warm 
 hearts these people had, with a hand ever 
 out reached to help any poorer than them- 
 selves. Their noble charities, their ex- 
 emplary Christian characters amid all the 
 struggles and hardships of pioneer life, 
 are most worthy of imitation. They, with 
 their children, all of whom reached ma- 
 turity, now rest in the old burying-ground, 
 near the residence of O. A. Staples. 
 
 DAVID CRAM, 
 
 one of the next to come into town, was 
 from Lyndsboro, N. H. His son, Philip, 
 
 born Mar. 18, 179S, was the firsts male 
 child born in town. Lydia Huntington, 
 daughter of Jedediah H., got four days 
 start of him, so the honor of being the first 
 child born in town rests upon her. Whether 
 she is living, I am unable to say; but 
 Philip Cram married Abigail Heath, of 
 Randolph, and is now living in Brook- 
 field. 
 
 Daniel Corbin came from Randolph 
 about this time, and Isaac Lewis, David, 
 Robert and Jonathan Cram located on 
 farms now owned by Messrs. Chatterton, 
 Bowman and Orra Boyce. 
 
 Benoni Webster came, in 1798, I think, 
 from Connecticut, and located on the place 
 now occupied by James Steele. Mr. Web- 
 ster came from Connecticut with an ox- 
 team, rather a slow mode of conveyance 
 for the distance, but *' patience and perse- 
 verance" were household words 'in those 
 days. The "blue laws" did not allow 
 people to be moving on Sunday in the old 
 state, and Mr. Webster was stopped in a 
 small village to give an account of him- 
 self. He declared it was against his 
 principles to be traveling on the Sabbath, 
 but his wife had been exposed to the 
 small pox, and he was in great haste 
 to get to his journey's end. He was 
 allowed to pass on. His oldest son, 
 Charles, born in Connecticut, married 
 Eleanor P. Ryder, and settled in the east 
 part of this town, where his second son, 
 Aaron, now resides, and is the only one of 
 the family in the State. 
 
 Charles Webster was killed by being 
 thrown from his carriage in 1834* Benoni 
 Webster, the youngest of the family, is 
 still living, at an advance,d age, in North- 
 field. He was born in a barn, not a mod- 
 ern affair, but an old log-barn. Whether 
 he was cradled in a manger, tradition 
 saith not. One of the children being so 
 ill he could endure no noise, to secure him 
 the quiet needed to save his life, the rest 
 of the family moved into the barn, with 
 the exception of one to nurse the sick 
 child, and there they remained until he 
 was restored to health, which was over a 
 year. 
 
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 JOEL HILDRETH 
 
 came to this township in the autumn of 
 1797, from Cornish, N. H., and boarded 
 with a family who lived on the farm now 
 owned by G. L. Walbridge, while he built 
 his log-house on the place now owned by 
 Mr. George Williams, who purchased of 
 Mr. Hildreth's grand-son, Samuel A. Hil- 
 dreth, a few years since. One morning 
 soon after Mr. Hildreth was settled in his 
 cabin, he heard a rooster crow to the east- 
 ward, and as the ringing notes came across 
 the wooded valley, it fell upon his ears 
 like music. He followed that " crow" for 
 four or five miles, and at last found his 
 new neighbors in Northfield, near where 
 William Winch now resides. 
 
 Mr. Hildreth, with his trusty rifle, was 
 a terror to the denizens of the forest, hav- 
 ing, to use his own words, " unbuttoned 
 many a bear's shirt collar." Upon one oc- 
 casion returning late in the evening from 
 his day's work, he heard a bear clambering 
 down a tree close at hand. He could hear 
 his claws clinging in the bark, and could 
 just discern in thfe darkness the dim out- 
 lines of his unwieldy figure. He was alone 
 in the forest, a great ways from home ; 
 thoughts of the dear ones there awaiting 
 him nerved his arm. He dealt the bear 
 a powerful blow with his ax, and fled. 
 Returning next morning to the "scene of 
 carnage," they found he had decapitated a 
 huge hedge-hog, and pinned him to the 
 tree with his ax. Mr. Hildreth resided 
 on the place he had cleared up until his 
 death in 1844. 
 
 WILLIAM GOLD, 
 
 known aS Deacon Gold, came to town with 
 Samuel Robertson, and after working for 
 him one year, bpught a piece of land, a 
 mile east of Dog river, and built a log- 
 cabin. This is where he had a famous 
 bear fight. The bears had been making 
 havoc with the Deacon's cornfield, and he 
 swore a "pious oath" [made a pious re- 
 solve would be better for a deacon] , the 
 thieves should be captured. A trap was 
 devised that none but a very wise bear 
 would fail of walking straight into, for a 
 taste of the tempting bait. The bear that 
 came was not a wise' one, for when the 
 
 Deacon appeared on the ground next 
 morning, bright and early, sure enough 
 there was a great surly fellow, with one of 
 his hind paws fast in the trap. The Deacon 
 seized a club and rushed forward, old 
 bruin equally ready and delighted with an 
 interview, striking the club from his hand 
 like a flash, cordially clasped the Deacon 
 in his furry arms, and had about squeezed 
 the life out of him, when the hired man, 
 Paddleford, came to the rescue with an 
 axe. " Don't cut the hide !" gasped the 
 Deacon, as bruin clasped him in a still 
 more fervid embrace. The hide was cut 
 in several places before the poor Deacon 
 was released, who, though "pure grit," 
 came out of the combat in a sadly demol- 
 ished condition, and carried the marks ot 
 bear teeth and claws to his grave. 
 
 From John Gregory's History of Northfield. 
 DEA. WILLIAM GOLD, 
 
 born in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 30, 1780; 
 came to Roxbury in 1801, and settled 
 upon one of the highest mountains in that 
 town. He was a deacon of the Baptist 
 church. Any one at this day looking the 
 mountain land over where he located, can 
 see under what discouraging circumstances 
 this early settler was placed. 
 
 In^i847, he removed to Northfield. He 
 married Annevera Dewey, who was born 
 in 1780 ; had 7 children : Annevera, Wil- 
 liam, Sherman, Buel, Joseph, Mary,Sophia, 
 all born in Roxbury. Deacon Gold died 
 in 1859 ; Mrs. Gold in 1856. 
 
 JOHN B. CRANDALL 
 
 moved into town in 1804; was eccentric, 
 quite a pettifogger, and always called 
 "Judge." One' time, having a lawsuit, 
 he became disgusted with his counsel, con- 
 sidered an able lawyer, paid him off and 
 dismissed him before the suit was fajrly 
 commenced, plead his own case, and won 
 it. Another time he went to Waitsfield to 
 take charge of a lawsuit. Knowing his 
 opponent, an attorney from Montpelier, to 
 be extremely fastidious in his tastes and 
 manner of dress, he chose the other ex- 
 treme, an awfully shabby coat, and trow- 
 sers that suggested the idea that some 
 time in an earlier stage of existence they 
 
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 had been the property of a Methodist 
 preacher — they had certainly done a great 
 deal of knee service — a dilapidated hat, a 
 boot on one foot, an old shoe on the other, 
 completed his outfit. The fine gentleman 
 strutting back ahd forth in dignity, won- 
 dered why Mr. Crandall did not arrive, 
 when some one turning to Mr. C.-, intro- 
 duced them. The Montpelier attorney 
 looked at Mr. C, surprise and contempt 
 expressed in every feature. " What, that 
 creature'.'''' he at last blurted out; "why, 
 he ilon't know enough to say boo to a 
 goose." The ' ' Judge " drew his grotesque 
 figui-e to its full height, made a low bow, 
 and- said " boo ! " very emphatically in the 
 face of the offended lawyer, which brought 
 down the house, and the sleek gentleman 
 was yet more discomfited when he lost 
 his case, and the "Judge " won the laurels 
 he had anticipated. 
 
 Mr. Crandall's widow married Jonathan 
 Lamson, of Fayston, where she died a few 
 years since, at the advanced age of 108. 
 (See 'History of Fayston.) 
 
 LEWIS CHATFIELD ' 
 
 came to town in 1810, and settled on the 
 farm now occupied by his son, Lewis. He 
 was a man of peculiarities, but sterling 
 worth. He, like many of the early set- 
 tlers, had a hard struggle to feed and 
 clothe his family. One winter he fortu- 
 nately captured a huge bear, whose meat 
 and lard kept grim want from the door till 
 spring. He made a business of hop rais- 
 ing the last 40 years, and through indus- 
 try and frugajity, acquired a competence. 
 He died in 1880, aged 94. 
 
 BILLA WOODARD 
 
 came from. Tolland, Conn., in 1802 ; set- 
 tled on East Hill, and was for many years 
 engaged in the manufacture' of saddle-trees, 
 and the only one in New England for a 
 long time in that business. 
 
 HON. CHARLES SAMSON 
 
 came here in 1810. Z. S. Stanton, in his 
 Historical Centennial Address,. thus spealcs 
 of him : 
 
 He accompanied his father, Benjamin 
 Franklin, who was E^ veteran of the Revolu- 
 tion, and participated in the battle of Lex- 
 ington and Bunker Hill. ' 
 
 Mr. Samson bought the place where 
 L. A. Rood now lives. The j)revious oc- 
 cupant was Dr. Stafford, who kept a tav- 
 ern, and the first in town. Charles Sam- 
 son settled where Mr. Wetmore lives. He 
 has been closely identified with the affairs 
 of this town ever since, and is still per- 
 mitted to be with us. He has represented 
 the town in the legislature of the State for 
 13 sessions, and has held many other im- 
 portant positions in the town and county. 
 It was owing to his exertions that Roxbury 
 was transferred from Orange to Washing- 
 ton County, in 1820. In those days the 
 main road through the west part of the 
 town, which was also the stage road, led 
 from where A. J. Averill now lives past 
 where the residences of W. I. Simonds and 
 S. G. Stanton now are, and intercepted 
 the mountain road near where Mrs. Brack- 
 ett now lives, thence up where the present 
 road is as far as the old mill above -Royal 
 Batchelder's house, and then past the pres- 
 ent residence of O. . A. Staples, down to 
 the "Branch road," where Samuel Ed- 
 wards' now lives. From here it followed 
 its present course. There was also a road 
 through the eastern part of the town, and 
 also the central part, where E. K. Young 
 now resides. Elijah Ellis lived where 
 Mrs. Brackett now does. He built the 
 house at this place, and it was the first 
 house built in town that was arranged for 
 the use of stoves, I am informed. He had 
 no fireplace or "stack of chimneys," as 
 they were called, and people thought it a 
 great departure from the old ways. He 
 built the first clover-mill that was erected 
 in this town, on the site now occupied by 
 S. N. Miller's carriage-shop. He also 
 erected a saw-mill at this place. 
 
 BENONI WEBSTER, 
 
 (BY A. WEBSTEB.) _ 
 
 A native of Connecticut, brought his fam- 
 ily to Roxbury in the spring of 1797. He 
 had previously lived in. Hartland, Vt., a 
 few years. 
 
 He settled in the N, E. part of the town 
 on lot No. 3, of the ist range, now owned 
 by James Steele, which he had bought in 
 1796, then an unbroken wilderness. His 
 first house was logs, roofed with bark, and 
 floored with split bass wood, smoothed with 
 an axe. In 1810, he built a large framed- 
 house, making the roorris about 2 feet 
 higher than it was usual to make them at 
 that time, so that "Uncle Sam Metcalf (of 
 Royalton) , could stand up in them with 
 his hat on." The dpors were also made 
 unusually high, so that his wife's tall rela- 
 
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 tions could come in without stooping, as 
 he said. He was the first to plant fruit 
 trees in town, a large apple orchard, and 
 pear and plum trees in the garden being 
 among his earlier improvements. 
 
 It is said that at the time of the mem- 
 orable great November snow-storm, the 
 effects of which may still be seen in our 
 forests in bent and distorted trees, while 
 the family were at dinner, the young apple 
 trees were discovered to be breaking down 
 beneath the fast accumulating snow, and 
 the boys left their bowls of " hominy and 
 milk" to shake the apple trees, which were 
 saved only by repeating the shaking at 
 short intervals through the afternoon and 
 evening. 
 
 In 1804, his entire stock of cattle, con- 
 sisting of a yoke of 4-years-old oxen and of 
 2 cows, were bitten by a mad dog that came 
 along, and all died and were buried in one 
 hole together. 
 
 Mr. Webster died Jan. 8, 1823, aged 60 
 years, 9 months, 21 days, leaving a wife, 
 who died in 1838, agqd 66 years, and 6 
 sons and 4 daughters, all of whom lived to 
 have families of their own. Of these but 
 two, Edmund Webster, of Randolph, and 
 Benoni Webster, of Northfield, are known 
 to be now living ; but the descendants of 
 the third and fourth generations are widely 
 scattered through the country from New 
 . Hampshire in the East to California in the 
 West, and from Minnesota in the north to 
 Texas in the South ; but one family, that 
 of the writer, being left in Roxbury. 
 
 CHARLES WEBSTER. 
 BY A. WEBSTER. 
 
 Charles, oldest son of Benoni and Sally 
 Metcalf Webster, was born June 5, 1790, 
 , at Lebanon Parish, Conn., and came to 
 Roxbury with his father when 7 years old, 
 and was educated in the common schools 
 of district No. i and the home college by 
 his father's hearth, reading by the light of 
 the open fire during the autumn and winter 
 evenings. It was his custom to keep a 
 supply of birch bark to furnish light when 
 the usual fire was insufficient. 
 
 Being the oldest boy and large of his 
 age, he was his father's chief assistant in 
 clearing away the forest and making a cul- 
 
 tivated farm. One of his recreations at 
 this time was fishing in the stream that 
 runs through the valley half a mile north of 
 his father's farm, where the brook trout 
 were so abundant that he often hired one 
 of the Adams boys to help him carry his 
 fish up the hill, home. 
 
 The- wolves made havoc with the sheep 
 of the neighborhood, and he and the Qallup 
 boys devised apian to capture them. They 
 built a conical pen of saplings, about 6 feet 
 high, and placed in it a couple of lambs to 
 entice the wolves into the trap, shrewdly 
 calculating while it would be easy for the 
 wolves to run up the inclined sides and 
 leap down into the pen, it would not be so 
 easy for them, after gorging with mutton, 
 to leap out. 
 
 Sanguine of success, they visited the 
 trap every morning, expecting to find a 
 large pack of fierce wolves safely corraled 
 and howling with rage. This for several 
 mornings. At length, one morning when 
 they came to inspect, beginning to wonder 
 why the wolves were so slow in getting in ; 
 the trap seemed to be empty. No lambs 
 appeared skipping around within, and after 
 a close examination, there appeared only a 
 few bones and shreds of wool. The wolves 
 had doubtless climbed upon the shoulders 
 of each other and got out. Their two lambs 
 were gone for nought. Not to be foiled in 
 this way, the boys immediately built a 
 much stronger and higher pen, but the 
 wolves were not heard from afterwards, and 
 it was supposed they left the place in dis- 
 gust. 
 
 He commenced teaching school when 
 quite young, and followed it for fourteen 
 winters, acquiring such a reputation as a 
 teacher and disciplinarian that his services 
 were often sought for in schools where 
 other teachers had failed. 
 
 On one occasion, it is said that some 
 large boys burned his ferule, and made 
 other preparations for carrying him out, 
 as they had a previous teacher. The 
 game commenced promptly, but a leg 
 hastily wrenched from a bench "did such 
 effective service that there was no further 
 use for instruments of discipline during 
 that; term. 
 
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 In Aug. 1823, he married Eleanor P. 
 Ryder, and settled On his farm in East 
 . Roxbury, half a mile below the mills where 
 his son, Aaron, now resides, where he 
 lived till the next spring, when, having 
 bought a part of the farm of his father's 
 estate, he moved on to it, and lived there 
 until the spring of 1830, when he returned 
 to his first farm, where he lived until his 
 death, Nov. 5, 1834. 
 
 About 1830, he raised from his famous 
 "Wild Air" mare twin colts, of which- he 
 was proud ; but one of which, a noble and 
 powerful animal, but skittish and uncon- 
 trollable when frightened, was the occasion 
 of his instantaneous death, by being thrown 
 from his wagon in the night, near the Peck 
 farm in Brookfield. He had often ex- 
 pressed a presentiment that he should die 
 by accident, and was the last of three 
 cousins,, the oldest sons of three sisters, to 
 be killed instantly by accident. 
 
 SPAULDING FAMILY. 
 
 Darius Spaulding was from Plainfield, 
 Conn., married Hannah Ingraham from 
 Providence, R. I. They had a number of 
 children when they came here, in 1799. 
 Mr. Spaulding came in the fall, slashed a 
 piece, built a log-house, and moved his 
 family the next spring. Nearly, and per- 
 haps all the' Spaulding.'! in town at the 
 present day, and they are very numerous, 
 are descendants of Darius and Hannah 
 Spaulding. They reared a family of 8 
 sons and 3 daughters. 
 
 Gilbert, the eldest, married Renda Mc 
 Clure; moved to New York, and died at 
 the ripe age of 90. He was a great chop- 
 per, even for those days, when all were 
 supposed to know how to wield an ax. It 
 is said 8 cords only made him a fair day's 
 work, nothing at all to boast of. 
 
 Darius Jr. married Betsey Spaulding, 
 and they lived and died at a good old age, 
 in Roxbury. Two of their sons still live 
 in town, Charles and Samuel. 
 
 John, the 3d son of Darius Sen., mar- 
 ried Betsey McClure, of Stafford, Conn. 
 They commenced keeping hotel in 1822, 
 near where Julius Kent now lives. They 
 had also a saw and grist-mill. 
 
 Mf. Burnham, merchant at Roxbury vil- 
 
 lage, says, when a small boy, he went there 
 with his grist, and Mrs. Spaulding who 
 was an energetic little woman, took his 
 grain, carried it into the mill, ground it 
 and brought it back to him. 
 
 Mr. Spaulding built the Summit. House 
 in 1830, where he remained until a few 
 years previous to his death, in 1864. His 
 widow is still living, hale and happy, loved 
 and respected. Her friends celebrated 
 her 90th birth-day the 9th of last Sept. 
 [1881.] She has had 5 children, all of 
 whom are living, Erastus N. BiUings, Mrs. 
 P. Wiley, Mrs. Brackett and Mrs. A. N. 
 Tilden. All living in their native town, 
 clustered about their aged mother. 
 
 Philip married Polly Nichols, of North- 
 field, is now living in Hermon, N. Y., 84 
 years of age. 
 
 Erastus, the 4th son, built the house 
 where Dea. Edwards now lives, and kept 
 a hotel there several years. He married a 
 widow, Whitcomb, by name, from Waits- 
 field. They removed to DeKalb, N. Y., 
 where he died a short time since, at an ad- 
 vanced age. 
 
 Allen was their first child, born in this 
 town in 1804, and married Hannah Sam- 
 son in 1828 ; moved on to the Rood place, 
 and kept a small store 3 years ; then built 
 a store in the village, which he occupied 
 for 10 years, near the R. R. crossing, 
 where Geo. Butterfield now resides. He 
 represented the town 4 years. He enlist- 
 ed, in '61, in Co. H, 6 Vt. Reg., as major ; 
 was appointed sergeant with captain's pay. 
 
 At one time during the war, he was or- 
 dered to take a small squad of men, and 
 go in search of cattle for beef, as it had been 
 a long time the regiment had subsisted on 
 salt meat and " hard tack." They travelled 
 till nearly night before they got track of 
 what they were in quest of, and they found 
 themselves 25 miles from camp in the en- 
 emy's territory. Being told a woman near 
 by owned a fine flock of sheep, he took a 
 couple of men and called on her. She 
 with her two daughters sat on a rustic seat 
 in a beautiful garden, surrounded with the 
 appearances of wealth and luxury. He 
 made known his errand, when out of her 
 mouth poured a torrent of oaths and the 
 
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 coarsest invectives that he had ever heard 
 a woman utter, abusing him and the Union 
 army in general. A servant rode up on an 
 elegant horse, and dismounting, aslced his 
 mistress " if she knew she was addressing 
 Union officers?" She said she Isnew it 
 very well. The Major informed her he 
 came to buy her sheep, but as she had 
 none to sell to " Union men," he should 
 take them without if they suited him, and 
 ordering one of his men to mount the 
 horse her servant had just dismounted 
 from, they rode off, amid the hysterical 
 screams of the mother and daughters. 
 They camped for the night on an old planta- 
 tion, about 2 miles from there, but had 
 pickets out to keep an eye on the move- 
 ments of the enemy. After all was quiet 
 at the plantation, 200 mounted darkies 
 came, and attempted to retake the widow's 
 property, but at the first crack of a rifle, 
 they " skedaddled." The Major got back 
 tocamp with 25 head of fat cattle, and pre- 
 sented the beautiful pony to the Colonel. 
 
 At another time there were 100 men 
 sick, and the surgeon said they would all 
 die unless they had milk. The Major was 
 ordered to take 10 men and go and buy 
 milk for the sick. They went to a planta- 
 tion where 100 cows were kept, just as 
 they were coming off the ranche to be 
 milked. They asked to buy milk for sick 
 soldiers. The surly old fellow said he had 
 " no milk to sell Union soldiers." The 
 Major went back, got a permit from the 
 Provost Marshal, and was there early 
 the next morning; selected 10 fine cows, 
 and in spite of the old gentleman's pro- 
 testing, drove them to camp. The sick 
 had milk freely, and when they were or- 
 dered to Florida, in 6 weeks from that 
 time, every man but one was able to go. 
 The Major turned over his dairy to the 
 Provost Marshal, according to army regu- 
 lations, and the surly old fellow who would 
 not sell milk to sick soldiers, never re- 
 90vered his lost kine. 
 
 So carefully did Major Spaulding look 
 after the interests of the soldiers, he was 
 called the father of the regiment. He is 
 now living, hale and hearty, at the age of 
 •]T, and the oldest person living but one 
 
 who was born in town, and has lived there 
 the most part of his life. 
 
 SAMUEL ROBERTSON, 
 (BY OKAMEL lilCHARDSON.) 
 
 Son of Patrick and Elizabeth Robertson, 
 natives of Scotland, was born in New 
 London, Ct., Aug. 18, 1775. He lost his 
 father when quite young. His mother 
 married again, and lived in Stafford, Ct., 
 where he lived till he came to this town. 
 Aug. 1801, he married Persis Richardson, 
 of Tolland, Ct., and the next March they 
 moved here, on to the place now owned 
 by John Cumins, on East Hill." Their 
 first business after getting settled was 
 sugaring. They made 16 pounds, their 
 stock of sugar for that year. 
 
 There were only five or six families in 
 that part of the town. Mr. Samuel Rich- 
 ardson had a few years before begun a set- 
 tlement in the extreme west part of the 
 town, and that at this time was the "center " 
 of civilization, and here Mr. Robertson 
 taught a school during the winter of 
 1 802 and '3. The school-house was the 
 first framed building in town, and stood 
 very nearly where the Royal Batchelder 
 house now does. He had 68 scholars, 
 and the room being small, they were 
 packed like " herrings in a box," and came 
 from five or six miles around in different 
 directions. He lived some 3 miles dis- 
 tant, and walked to and from his school 
 each day through the deep snows, with no 
 track most of the way except what he made 
 himself. He taught here two or three 
 succeeding winters, and during the time 
 moved into the school-house he had occu- 
 pied, and lived there a few years, when he 
 bought the land now owned by Hira G. 
 Ellis, and made a permanent settlement, 
 clearing up the forests and erecting com- 
 fortable buildings. His house was on the 
 old road leading by where Dea. W. I. 
 Simonds and S. G. Stanton now live. He 
 moved his buildings, about 1834, down on 
 to the county road, where they now stand. 
 Here he lived until within 12 years of his 
 death. 
 
 He possessed a vigorous mind, and was 
 very fond of investigation and argument, 
 
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 especially on religious subjects. His house 
 was known far and wide as the "minister's 
 tavern," and ministers of all "evangelical 
 sects" usually made it their home when 
 in that vicinity, and nothing suited him 
 better than to have some stiff Baptist or 
 Calvinist stop over night. On all such oc- 
 casions, as soon as supper was over, cliores 
 done and candles lighted, the gauntlet was 
 ■ sure to be thrown down, and then came 
 the " tug of war" — generally the old clock 
 in the " square room" struck twelve before 
 the battle ceased, and then only from ex- 
 haustion, and never because either party 
 considered themselves vanquished. He 
 was a great reader, and never failed or 
 feared to express his opinion on any sub- 
 ject up for public discussion, and never 
 failed to cast his vote every year after he 
 attained his majority until his death. He 
 was once in the state of New York, teach- 
 ing, when an election occurred, and altho' 
 but a temporary resident of the state, so 
 great was his interest in the election, he 
 purchased a piece of land for the sole pur- 
 pose of being qualified tQ vote (a property 
 qualification being then necessary in that 
 state) . 
 
 He held many town offices in the early 
 part of his life, but was rather too pro- 
 nounced and positive in his opinions of 
 men and measures to be "popular" in po- 
 litical circles. He took an active part in 
 the first temperance movement which agi- 
 tated New England. He had previous to 
 that time been a temperate user of ardent 
 spirits, but when the subject was presented 
 to him, he at once gave it his unqualified 
 support, and conferring "not with flesh 
 and blood," he banished every drop from 
 his house, and going farther, he abandon- 
 ed the use of tobacco, breaking a habit of 
 30 years standing. 
 
 There is an anecdote about his using 
 tobacco : Some 60 years ago, Moses Claf- 
 lin, a simple man who lived in this town, 
 who occasionally made his home with Mr. 
 R., one evening sat by the fire in a 
 " brown study," and Esq. Roberston sat 
 opposite, quietly chewing, and now and 
 then spitting into the broad fireplace. At 
 last Moses looked up and asked, "Squire, 
 
 what did you learn to chew tobaker for?" 
 Mr. Roberston replied, "Oh, so's to be a 
 gentleman." Moses studied the matter a 
 moment and with great gravity replied, 
 " W'al, ye did'nt make out, did ye?" 
 
 Mrs. Roberston died Dec, 1859, after a 
 married life of almost 60 years, during 
 which she had borne her full share of the 
 duties and cares of their lot. 
 
 Twice after they came to Vermont she 
 made the journey to the home of her 
 youth in Connecticut on horseback, a feat 
 our lady equestrians of to-day would hardly 
 care to undertake. 
 
 Ever after the death of his wife, Mr. R. 
 seemed to lose his hold of things earthly, ■ 
 and to be quietly waiting for the realiza- 
 tion of the faith which had been an anchor 
 to him and his companion during their 
 long pilgrimage together. He was a life- 
 long Christian. He maintained his mental 
 faculties to a remarkable degree up to 
 within a few weeks of his death, and was 
 during his latter years very cheerful, very 
 grateful for kindnesses he received, and at 
 last passed away as an infant sinks to 
 slumber, beloved by all who knew him, 
 Sept. 6, 1872, aged 97 years, 19 days. 
 
 Seth Richardson" came here in 1802; 
 settled near Braintree, in the south part of 
 the town ; died May 25, 1829, and- Sarah, 
 his wife, died July i, 1836. Their chil- 
 dren were : Phila, Hannah, Joel, Alva. 
 
 JosiAH Shaw came to town in 1800; 
 lived in the East part, and was quite a 
 prominent man. Henry Boyce, son of Dr. 
 Boyce, was also a prominent man in the 
 East part of the town. He died in i860. 
 
 Jonathan F. Ruggles was a resident 
 of the east part of the town, and perhaps 
 no man enjoyed in a greater degree the 
 confidence of his fellow-townsmen, there 
 being no office of importance but he had 
 at some time filled'. He died in North- 
 field. 
 
 ALVIN BRIGHAM 
 
 came here when a young man, about 
 the year 1823, fi-om Fayston. He was 
 born in Old Marlborough, Mass., and a 
 bjrother of Elisha Brigham (for whose bior 
 graphical sketch see Fayston, this vol.) 
 Alvin . Brigham married Flora Baxter, of 
 
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 Fayston. They moved on to the present 
 Wetmore place. He was a man scrupu- 
 lously honest, a leader in the church, and 
 for many years leader of the choir. They 
 had 9 children. 
 
 The eldest son, Ozro, fell in the last 
 war. Don, the youngest son, served 
 through the rebellion, but died a short 
 time after his return. Bravely like a true 
 soldier he yielded up his young life with- 
 out a murmur, when life was fairest ; ere 
 the clouds had dimmed the horizon of his 
 sky, bade them all- his dear ones — a 
 smiling "good-bye," and went out into 
 the great "unknown." 
 
 Two other children died during an ep- 
 idemic of fever — Flora Ann, i8, and Al- 
 phonso, 14 years of age. One son and 
 three daughters now reside in Lowell, 
 Mass., and the second son, William, lives 
 in the edge of Northfield. Mr. Brigham 
 was a great sufferer for several years be- 
 fore his death. When the summons came, 
 ■and told he might live an hour, he said, 
 " O ! can I wait so long before I shall be 
 with my Father?" He died in 1871 ; his 
 wife survived him only a few months. 
 
 EBENEZER L. WATERMAN 
 
 is one of the early — not earliest — settlers. 
 He came from Connecticut, as did most of 
 them, but when he was very small. He 
 has been a great musician in his day, and 
 people are scarce in Central Vermont who 
 have not heard of " Uncle Eb." Waterman 
 and his violin. And even now, when he 
 is between 80 and 90 years of age, the 
 young people delight to gather in " Uncle 
 Eb.'s" ample kitchen, and "trip the light 
 fantastic toe," or listen to the still sweet 
 strains of his old violin. At the age of 45 he 
 . married a wife of 18. They had 6 children. 
 Bert Waterman, leader of the Howard 
 Opera House Orchestra at Burlington, is 
 his only living son, and probably has not 
 his peer in the State as violin player. 
 
 ORCUTT FAMILY. 
 
 Capt. Job came from Stafford, Conn., in 
 1803 ; was a carpenter by trade. He set- 
 tled on the high lands then, and for maijy 
 years, the centre of the town. He had 7 
 sons and 4 daughters. 
 
 Samuel M. Orcutt, with whom he 
 spent his declining years, was" one of the 
 stirring business men of those times, hold- 
 ing various important offices from time to 
 time. He was town clerk for 20 years, 
 and town meetings were held at his house 
 for a long time. At the time of the " in- 
 vasion" at Plattsburgh in 1812, he went 
 out as Captain of Roxbury Co. (said com- 
 pany including every man in town except- 
 ing Samuel Richardson, who much re- 
 gretted that he was too aged, and Job 
 Orcutt, a lame man.) Capt. Samuel Or- 
 cutt married Mary Buel, of Lebanon, Conn., 
 and the bride came to her new home on 
 horseback. They reared a family of 7 
 boys and 2 girls. The eldest daughter 
 married Wm. Gold, of Northfield, where 
 she now resides. 
 
 Samuel A. received an injury while 
 assisting at a "raising," from a falling 
 timber, from which he never recovered. 
 He died in 1835. 
 
 Benjamin F. went to Michigan just pre- 
 vious to the Mexican war; enlisted and 
 served through the war ; . returned to Kal- 
 amazoo, Mich., where he was elected 
 county sheriff, and filled that office many 
 years. When the rebellion broke out, he 
 again enlisted, and went out as Lieut. Col. 
 of the 25th Mich. Reg't., serving under 
 Gen. Sherman until the war was over, 
 when he returned to Kalamazoo, and was 
 again elected high sheriff, and Dec. 12, 
 1867, was fatally shot, while on official 
 duty, by a desperado who was trying to 
 assist prisoners to escape from the jail. 
 He died in the prime of a noble manhood, 
 aged 53. James, 3d son, died when quite 
 young. 
 
 Orrin has lived in town. most of the 
 time since his birth. He has been sheriff 
 and deputy 25 years ; postmaster 26 years, 
 occupying that position at the present 
 time. 
 
 Wm. B. has always resided in his native 
 town ; has 3 times represented the town in 
 the legislature, and 2 years been county 
 judge. 
 
 Stephen P. remained at the old family 
 homestead many years, but now resides in 
 Northfield. The aged mother spent her 
 
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 last days with him, dying, at the age of 
 96, in i87g. Jasper H. was the 7th son. 
 He moved to Northfield. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
 
 No. I district, in the east part of the 
 town, was set off in 1801, then known as 
 Daniel Kingsbury district, afterwards as 
 Wales district, No. 1. In 1802 a district 
 was set off in the N. W. part of the town, 
 where Samuel Richardson now lives, known 
 as N. West district. No. 2. In 1805, an- 
 other district was formed in the S. E. part 
 of the town, known as David Cram's dis- 
 trict, No. 3. The same year it was voted 
 all the inhabitants not in regular districts 
 should form one district. No. 4. There 
 have been alterations from year to year 
 and new districts organized. There are 
 now II districts and logood school-houses 
 in town. 
 
 The number of scholars in 1807 were 
 108; 1811, 104; 1816, 157; 1831,431; 
 1849,418; 1850, 351; i860, 336; 1880, 
 251 ; the average since i8i6 to 1881, 340 
 scholars yearly. 
 
 EARLY TAVERNS AND LAJTER HOTELS. 
 
 The first tavern in town was where 
 Conway now lives, what is known as the 
 "Rood place," John Stafford, proprietor. 
 The next was kept by Darius Spaulding, 
 where Frank Snow now lives. John Spaul- 
 ding kept the third hotel, opposite where 
 Mr. Pearsons now lives, on the mountain 
 road. 
 
 In East Roxbury, Stillman Ruggles, 
 E. B. Pride, Samuel P. Wales, Shubael 
 Wales, Alpheus Kendall, kept a public 
 house on the Samuel Edwards place. 
 
 The Summit House, built in 1822, by 
 John Spaulding, and occupied by him, 
 has been kept by Stephen Fuller, Chester 
 Clark, Page J. C. Rice, E. G. Sanborn, 
 Van Ness Spaulding, Edwin Ferris, James 
 P. Warner, Thomas Wilson, E. N. Spaul- 
 ding, Spaulding & Colby, Spaulding & 
 Nichols, Warner & Spaulding, ]\Irs. J. P. 
 Warner, present proprietor, and D. A. 
 Spaulding. 
 
 EARLY MERCHANTS. 
 
 The first in town was Asa Taylor, near 
 where E. N, Spaulding's steam-mill stands. 
 
 The next was Robertson & Orcutt, who 
 also had a potash run, and manufactured 
 salts. Allen Spaulding, Orrin Orcutt, were 
 the next in order among the first settlers. 
 Partridge built the store where the post- 
 office now is, and occupied it for several 
 years. Then Brackett & Thorp, E. N. 
 Spaulding, Benjamin Spear, Seth Holman 
 and J. A. White, Union Store. 
 
 CEMETERIES. 
 
 In 1804, the town laid out three burying- 
 grounds ; one in the west part of the town, 
 on Uriah Richardson's farm, near where 
 O. A. Staples now lives ; one in the east 
 part of the town, on the road from Roxbury 
 to Braintree, near where Mr. Bowman now 
 lives, and one in the centre of the town, 
 on the Billa Woodard farm. Some years 
 later another was located on the Haynes 
 farm — the lot given by the Haynes family, 
 and the only one in use at the present 
 time in the west part of the town. There 
 was also one laid out in the east part of 
 the town, near the Henry Boyce place, 
 about the same time. Albert Averill has 
 been sexton for many years. 
 
 EPIDEMICS. 
 
 This has ever been called a healthful 
 locality, and with good reason, yet at dif- 
 ferent times it has been visited by epidem- 
 ics. The dysentery swept through the 
 town, carrying off many victims, in 1823. 
 The diphtheria has appeared^ at different 
 times in epidemic form, and desolated 
 many homes. 
 
 PHYSICIANS 
 
 who have lived h^re : John Stafford was 
 the first. How well versed in the science 
 of medicine he may have been there is no 
 record ; but there is no doubt but he dealt 
 out "pills and potions "to the early set- 
 tlers with a generous hand, to say nothing 
 of cupping, blistering and bleeding. 
 
 Next- came Dr. David McClure, from 
 Stafford, Conn., the father of Mrs. John 
 Spaulding, who remained in town during 
 the rest of his life. 
 
 Dr. Hunter lived several years where E. 
 L. Waterman now lives, and was consid- 
 ered a skillful physician, as was Dr. Boyce, 
 of the East part, who practiced there at th? 
 same time. 
 
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 For several years there was no physician 
 in town. Dr. White came for a few 
 months, in 1868, and Dr. S. N. Welch in 
 1870, and remained a few years, building 
 the house where Mr. Frink now lives, and 
 he had a very good practice. 
 
 Dr. George Maloy, of Montpelier, was 
 the next. He was a student of Dr. Wood- 
 ard, of Montpelier, but remained only a 
 few months. 
 
 Dr. Ira H. Fiske came from Hardwick 
 in 1878, and is the only physician in town 
 at the present time, and is the only hom- 
 oeopathic physician that ever settled in 
 town, and has been very successful. 
 
 MANUFACTORIES. 
 
 Samuel Richardson built the first saw 
 and grist-mill in town, li miles from the 
 village, on the Warren road. He after- 
 wards built another on the west branch of 
 Dog River, about half a mile from the vil- 
 lage. Elijah Ellis built a saw and clover- 
 mill in 1818, where S. N. Miller's carriage 
 shop now is. The clover-mill was swept 
 away by freshet in 1830 ; the saw-mill had 
 the same fate in 1832; latter was rebuilt. 
 
 John McNeal erected a frame for a saw- 
 mill in the " four mile woods," on a branch 
 of Dog River, in 1825, Samuel Orcutt fin- 
 ished it, and it done good business until 
 1830; it was swept away by a freshet, 
 which seemed the common fate of mills of 
 those days. David Wellington built a 
 saw-mill in 1825, near where E. N. Spaul- 
 ding's steam-mill now stands. 
 
 Charles Colton put a grist-mill into the 
 same building shortly afterwards. Amos 
 Wellington built a- saw-mill on the West 
 hill in 1839, "ow owned by Asahel Flint. 
 Josiah Shaw built a clover-mill on east 
 branch of Dog River, in the East part of 
 the town. 
 
 John M. Spaulding, in 1822, built a saw- 
 mill near the Richardson grist-mill, and 
 another, several years afterwards, in the 
 village, now owned by J. G. Hall. 
 
 John Prince built a saw-mill, in 1849, 
 near where Spaulding's mill now stands, 
 and also manufactured butter-tubs, now 
 owned by E. P. Burnham for a clap-board 
 mill. 
 Samuel Robertson and Leicester Davis 
 
 erected a building in 1820, on the farm 
 where W. I. Simonds now lives, for the 
 purpose of manufacturing wooden bowls 
 and plates. But it did not prove a success 
 and was given up in a few years. Jotham 
 Ellis built a mill in 18 — for manufacturing 
 wooden boxes, clothes-pins, turning bed- 
 posts, &c. Later it was used by Siloam 
 Spaulding for a carriage shop, and by 
 Philander Wiley for turning, &c. 
 
 Stillman Ruggles built a carriage shop 
 tn the east part of the town in 1830, and 
 carried on the carriage business until 1850. 
 Samuel Ruggles and S.N. Miller carried 
 on the same business there afterwards. 
 
 S. N. Miller commenced carriage-mak- 
 ing near the Elijah Ellis saw-mill in i860, 
 and still continues at the business there. 
 
 Howard Warriner had a cabinet-shop in 
 the south-east part of the town, and Mr. 
 Wright built a saw-mill on the same stream 
 west of Warriner's shop. 
 
 Luther and David Ellis built a saw-mill 
 on the middle branch of Dog river in 1850 ; 
 Laban Webster & F. A. Wiley on middle 
 branch of Dog river in 1869 ; Ebenezer 
 Brackett in the south part of the town in 
 1848 ; sold to Thomas Gushing, of Dover, 
 N. H. A vast amount of bridge timber, 
 plank and ties were sawed here for the Vt. 
 Central when being built. E. N. Spaul- 
 ding and Samuel R. Batchelder built a 
 steam-mill in the south-west part of the 
 town in 1849. Henry Smith built a saw- 
 mill on "Tracy Hill" in 1823; burned in 
 1835 ; Joseph Wardner a saw and grist- 
 mill in the east part of the town, now 
 owned by Jacob Wardner, and Bezaleel 
 Spaulding a saw-mill on his farm in 1848. 
 
 Benjamin H. Warriner built a shop near 
 the "old Hutchinson place" in 1829, for 
 the manufacture of sleighs, chairs and 
 furniture of all kinds, and in 1835 Put in 
 machinery for manufacturing window-sash, 
 blinds, etc. 
 
 James Cram built a saw-mill on the 
 brook above, the Hutchinson place in 1830. 
 
 Daniel Kingsley commenced wool card- 
 ing in 1800, in the east part of the town. 
 
 Harrison and Charles Fields built a 
 steam saw-mill about a mile below E. N. 
 Spaulding's in , and after carrying on 
 
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 an extensive business for two years, moved 
 it to Richmond. 
 
 E. N. Spaulding's steam saw-mill, built 
 in 1866, has turned off yearly an average 
 of 1,500,000 feet of lumber. He has also 
 manufactured croquet to a considerable 
 extent. 
 
 William Bruce & Sons built a steam- 
 mill in the south part of the town in 1877. 
 It was burned in 1880, and rebuilt. This 
 mill, as well as E. N. Spaulding's, has fur- 
 nished employment for a great many hands. 
 Ira Williams & Victor Spear are now 
 erecting a steam saw-mill in the south-east 
 part of the town. 
 
 Dan Tarbell erected a steim saw-mill 
 near the railroad crossing in the village in 
 1 88 1, not yet thorougly completed. 
 
 Charles Samson owned a distillery and 
 manufactured potato whisky on the west 
 hill, near what is now called "Wetmore 
 place." 
 
 Billa Woodard manufactured saddle- 
 trees several years, and Eleazer Woodard 
 later carried on the .same business. 
 
 Ephraim Morris & Nathan Kendall 
 owned a tannery at the foot of East Hill, 
 on land now owned by Wm. B. Orcutt. 
 They carried on the business only a few 
 years . 
 
 In 1853, immense veins of 
 
 VERD ANTIQUE MARBLE 
 
 were discovered. A large building was 
 erected, with steam power for working the 
 marble. It was found to be very beauti- 
 ful, and capable of receiving a high polish. 
 Monuments, tables, mantels, etc., man- 
 ufactured were extremely beautiful, but the 
 company became involved in debt, and 
 the property was sold in 1856, to pay 
 lia'bilities. It was purchased by an asso- 
 ciation under the name of " Verd Antique 
 Marble Company," for the amount pre- 
 viously expended. It was then managed 
 by a joint stock company, but finally sus- 
 pended business in 1857. 
 
 THE WATCH FACTORY 
 
 was built in 1867. It is located in a lovely 
 and picturesque place, a short distance 
 west from the depot. 12 hands are now 
 employed there. Aug. i, 1879, a partner- 
 ship was formed, under the title, "J. G. 
 
 Hall Mfg. Co.," between J. G. Hall and 
 his son, F. W. Hall, for the manufacture 
 of watchmakers' tools, principally a " Stak- 
 ing Tool," the invention of J. G. Hall, 
 which meets with a ready sale, owing to 
 the very fine workmanship and correctness 
 exercised in their manufacture, they being 
 worthless unless exact. These tools are 
 in use in nearly every State in the Union, 
 and also in Canada, France and England. 
 They also manufacture a variety of small 
 tools for watch-repairers' use. The Co. 
 had a sample of their tools on exhibition 
 at the State Fair in 1880, receiving the 
 only gold medal awarded in Mechanics' 
 Hall. 
 
 THE FIRST MAIL ROUTE 
 
 through Roxbury was up the first branch 
 of White river from W. Randolph, through 
 Braintree and Kingston (now Granville), 
 up the old road to John Spaulding's hotel, 
 near the Royal Batchelder place. John 
 Spaulding was postmaster. Guy Edson 
 carried the first mail in 1826. It being 
 known the mail was to arrive at such a 
 time, there was a great gathering and re- 
 joicing, and a little new rum as a matter 
 of course. The route continued down the 
 old road east to Elijah Ellis' (now Mrs. 
 Brackett's) , thence north by the old Joseph 
 Hixon place, Samuel Robertson's, John 
 Paine's, Nathan Haynes', and then on to 
 the hill near where Clark Wiley now lives, 
 to Northfield. The mail run that way 
 until about 1830. In 1828, the county 
 road from Northfield line to Granville, 
 through RoSbury village, was surveyed by 
 David M. Lane, county surveyor. In 
 1830, John Spaulding having built the 
 Summit House, where the village now is, 
 the mail commenced running on that road, 
 with a daily stage of 4 or 6-horse coach 
 for some years ; then the stage and mail 
 went from West Randolph through East 
 Roxbury to Northfield, and the mail was 
 carried to West Randolph and back with a 
 horse and gig until the railroad was built 
 in 1848. The cars came to Roxbury 40 
 days before the road was completed to 
 Northfield, making it a very lively busi- 
 ness place. Teams from as far as Bur- 
 lington for freight, 6 and 8-horse teams, 
 
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 making it very profitable for inn-keepers 
 those days. 
 
 OUR LARGE CATAMOUNT. 
 
 A large catamount was killed in town in 
 1823. Allen Spaulding gives this account. 
 He had been calling on his sweetheart, 
 who lived near the "Leonard place.'' The 
 fair Hattie was the best of company, and 
 he could hardly credit his senses when he 
 started for home and saw the rosy morn- 
 ing peeping over the eastern hills. As he 
 was making rapid strides on, he noticed 
 the huge track of som^ animal in the new 
 snow, and the track seemed a new one. 
 He examined it closely, and came to the 
 conclusion it was a bear track, and thought 
 he would get help and capture him. Jo- 
 seph Batchelder and himself followed the 
 trail all day, but without once getting a 
 glimpse of "the bear," and Batchelder 
 gave it up in disgust. Spaulding, how- 
 ever, renewed the pursuit the next morn- 
 ing, accompanied by Capt. Young, who 
 had quite an exalted opinion of his own 
 prowess and skill in hunting, of bears, es- 
 pecially. They struck a new track in the 
 light snow, and followed it to a ledge op- 
 posite the old steam-mill. Matters were 
 becoming quite interesting, but "Capt. 
 Sip." declared "by the gods he never 
 was afraid of a bear, and if Spaulding 
 would go one way he would go the other, 
 and start him out," but he took another 
 look at the huge track, and his ardor 
 cooled a little. He concluded they had 
 better keep together. They had not pro- 
 ceeded far when they heard a.fierce growl 
 and a bound, and saw the leaves flying in 
 every direction, but by the time they had 
 got around the ledge, the animal was out 
 of sight, making 20 feet at a leap. Spaul- 
 ding thought it could never be a bear, but 
 " by the gods it w," persisted Capt. 
 Sip., " and a regular old long fellow, too." 
 They followed on till dusk, and gave up 
 the chase for that day. The next morn- 
 ing tracks were seen near Billa Woodard's, 
 on East Hill, and James McNeil, Charles 
 Ellis, Ira Spaulding and Orrin Orcutt 
 started in pursuit. Charles Ellis getting 
 a glimpse of the hunted animal's tawny 
 coat, declared, "the dog had a fox up a 
 
 tree." They soon found they had a rather" 
 different foe to meet, and that without 
 rifles. They had only shot-guns loaded 
 with slugs to contend with a huge cata- 
 mount, but they gave him a salute from 
 two or three, breaking his shoulder, and 
 down the fierce animal came, about 20 feet, 
 caught on a limb, ran up again, turning on 
 his pursuers with open mouth, preparing 
 for a spring. One of the party gave him a 
 charge of "chain-links" in the open 
 mouth, when .he turned and jumped the 
 other way, tearing huge splinters from a 
 fallen tree and the earth up around him in 
 every direction in his death agonies. He 
 was the largestcatamount ever killed in the 
 State previous to the one killed in Barnard 
 the present season. They were of the 
 same length and height, but the last killed 
 was several pounds heavier. He was sold 
 at auction to Orrin Orcutt, prepared for 
 and kept on exhibition until every one had 
 seen him in this vicinity, and then sold to 
 Mr. Ralph, of Warren, a man in poor 
 health and indigent circumstances, who 
 made quite a fortune taking him about the 
 country. 
 
 About, this time there was also a moose 
 killed near the old pond, the man who was 
 so fortunate being very destitute. The 
 meat (he was a large fellow) , was a per- 
 fect " God-send " to his family. 
 
 CHURCH HISTORY 
 
 is very meagre here. There have been no 
 records kept of the early churches. The 
 Methodist and Calvinist Baptist seem to 
 have been first organized. The first min- 
 ister publicly ordained in town was 
 
 OPHIR SHIPMAN. 
 
 The charter of the town allowed the first 
 ordained minister a lot of land, and Rev. 
 Lyman Culver was privately ordained, and 
 claimed the lot, it is said, but there was 
 great dissatisfaction. Mr. O. Richardson 
 says they came to his uncle, Samuel Rob- 
 ertson, in the night to let him know it, 
 and he went to Northfield after 12 o'clock 
 at night, and the next day Rev. Ophir 
 Shipman was ordained. 
 
 BAPTISTS. 
 
 Rev. Lyman Culver was one of the 
 earliest Baptist preachers (probably the 
 
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 first), and resided in town several years. 
 Friend Blood and Jehial Claflin preached 
 considerabl3f from 1835 to '45. A good 
 old Baptist lady was " churched" for com- 
 muning with the Methodists, and she with 
 several others joined the Congregational- 
 ists about this time. 
 
 There was a Calvinistic Baptist church 
 in town many years, but I find no record 
 of it now. Mrs. Woodard is the only 
 member of the Baptist church left in town. 
 A great revival was brought- about in that 
 church in this manner. A little girl over- 
 heard her mother and a neighbor talking 
 of the necessity for a Christian life, and 
 the beauty and purity of a true Christian 
 character, and was so deeply impressed 
 that she went to praying earnestly in se- 
 cret, and came out a shining light, leading 
 others of her companions to do likewise, 
 until it spread into the most extended re- 
 vival ever in town. 
 
 , METHODISTS IN ROXBURY. 
 
 As early as 18 13, how much earlier I am 
 unable to say, the Methodists held their 
 meetings at Eleazer Woodard's and David 
 Young's. Benjamin F. Hoyt preached in 
 1813, Joel Winch from 1820 to '30, E. J, 
 Scott in 1830, '33, John Smith, called 
 Happy John, in 1834, and Hollis Kendall, 
 a native of Roxbury, preached here sev- 
 eral years. He moved to Maine, and died 
 there a few years since. Ariel Fay and 
 John Mason preached here at different 
 times. None of these, with the exception 
 of Hollis Kendall, lived in town. Those 
 early Methodists are nearly all gone to 
 their reward. Phineas Wiley, or " Father " 
 Wiley, as he was called for years, died in 
 188 1. I think he was the last member of 
 the first Methodist church formed in town. 
 The first meeting house- was built in 1837, 
 a union church. 
 
 CONGREGATIONALISTS . 
 
 Of the Congregationalist ministers who 
 preached here in the early times were Rev. 
 Mr. Hobart, of Berlin, Elijah Lyman, of 
 Brookfield, Ammi Nichols, of Braintree, 
 as early as 1814, and meetings were held 
 at Samuel Robertson's and at the old 
 school-house that stood north of where 
 O. A. Staples now lives. 
 
 THE FREE CONGREGATIONALIST CHURCH 
 
 was organized about. 1837, by Rev. Ammi 
 Nichols, of Braintree, and what remained 
 of the Methodists and most of the Baptist 
 church joined with them, but they never 
 had a settled minister until 1865, when 
 Rev. A. Ladd was ordained and installed 
 pastor, and remained here until the au- 
 tumn of 1879. They built a pleasant and 
 convenient house of worship in 1871. 
 Samuel Edwards and W. I. Simonds are 
 the only deacons ever chosen, both of 
 whom now officiate. 
 
 A Christian Church was organized in 
 the east part of the town in 1868. Rev. 
 Henry Howard is present pastor (1882). 
 
 Rev. Edward Brown, Universalist, 
 lived in town several years, where John 
 Baird now resides, and preached a part of 
 the time. 
 
 The diiferent religious organizations of 
 this town have been : Congregationalist, 
 Methodist, Episcopal, Free Will Baptist, 
 Calvinist Baptist, Christian, Universalist 
 and Spiritualist. 
 
 Golden Weddings. — I learn of two 
 having been celebrated in this town, that 
 of Mr. and Mrs. James Wiley, in 1871, 
 and Mr. and Mrs. Otis Batchelder in 1880. 
 
 ACCIDENTAL AND SUDDEN DEATHS AND 
 SUICIDES. 
 
 BY ZED. B. STANTON, ESQ. 
 
 Joseph Batchelder drowned July 14, 
 1822. 
 
 Uriah Richardson died from injuries re- 
 ceived while'chbpping, Jan. 21, 1 83 1. 
 
 Alvah Henry, killed by the fall of a tree 
 June 28, 1831. 
 
 Mrs. Belcher, suicide by hanging, about 
 1831. 
 
 Charles Webster, killed by being thrown 
 from a wagon, Nov. 5, 1834. , 
 
 Shubael Wales, suicide by shooting, 
 Mar. 18, 1843. 
 
 David Dexter, supposed to have "wan- 
 dered away in a state of insanity and died 
 of exposure, about 1843. 
 
 Royal Flint, frozen to death, Jan. 22, 
 1846. 
 
 A man named Jackson was killed by the 
 premature discharge of a blast, at the time 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 the Central Vermont Railroad was in pro 
 cess of construction, Jan. 25, 1846. 
 
 An Irishman, name unknown, died of 
 exposure in the summer of 1847. 
 
 A young man, name unknown, was 
 drowned in what is now known as Hall's 
 Pond, about 1848. 
 
 Lewis Hutchinson, killed by the fall of a 
 tree, Jan. 26, 1850. 
 
 Charles Green, suicide, by shooting, in 
 
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 Lutheria Spaulding, aged 5 years, killed 
 by falling beneath a loaded wagon, Aug. 
 
 5. 1854. 
 
 Joseph Paine, 
 
 Peter S. P. Staples, found dead in the 
 woods, Sept. 27, 1856. 
 
 John Campbell, died by poison taken 
 accidentally, Apr. 13, 1861. 
 
 Delia Green, found dead, Aug. 17, 
 1867. 
 
 A. E. Stockwell, a railroad brakeman, 
 killed Nov. 12, 1870. ' 
 
 Peter Shinah, killed by cars June 29, 
 1870. 
 
 Isaac A. Flint, suicide by cutting his 
 throat, about 1S70. 
 
 Mrs. Plurinna Erskine, suicide by hang- 
 ing, Sept. 8, 1872. 
 
 Buel Gold, suicide by hanging, Aug. 
 29, 1876. 
 
 Clarence Tracy, a child, death caused 
 by scalding, Sept. 26, 1876. 
 
 A Central Vermont Railroad brakeman 
 named Sharrow, killed by falling beneath 
 the cars, Feb. 5, 1881. 
 
 A wood chopper named Fox, killed by 
 a falling tree, Feb. 21, i88i. 
 
 OLD PEOPLE OF ROXBURY, LIVING 1 882. 
 
 Bet.=ey G. Spalding 90 
 
 J. L. York .84 
 
 Jotham Ellis -jTi 
 
 Samuel Edwards 72 
 
 Sylvester E. Spalding 72 
 
 Paulina E . Spalding 70 
 
 Allen Spalding 77 
 
 Seth -Bruce 83 
 
 Polly Gould 78 
 
 Moses L. Metcalf. 84 
 
 Saul Morgan 8i 
 
 John T. Rood 81 
 
 Clark Wiley 70 
 
 George B. Stanton 72 
 
 Nancy Hutchinson 73 
 
 Jonas G. Sanders 72 ' 
 
 Milly Ellis ^^ 
 
 Ervilla Steel 75 
 
 George Erskine 78 
 
 Hiram Walbridge 76 
 
 E. L. Waterman 83 
 
 Adaline Batchelder 73 
 
 Maria Davis 70 
 
 Sarah Flint 74 
 
 Sarah E. Woodward 70 
 
 Peter Provo 78 
 
 Adaline Provo 78 
 
 Betsey Rich 85 
 
 Orrin B. Clark 75 
 
 Sophia Wiley 75 
 
 Oramel Williams 82 
 
 Aphia Williams 80 
 
 Hannah Knowles 77 
 
 Hannah York 78 
 
 Sally Fletcher 71 
 
 Almond Mclntire 74 
 
 Edmond Darling 70 
 
 Alvira Darling 73 
 
 Lucy Steel 76 
 
 Mary Boyce 78 
 
 Aura Woodward 70 
 
 ROXBURY BOYS ABROAD. 
 
 Andrew Stanton, a graduate of Tufts 
 College, is now "principal" in the academy 
 at Stoughton, Mass. Will Snow gradua- 
 ted at Hanover, and is now a civil engi- 
 neer in Montana. 
 
 There are a good many graduates of the 
 Normal school in town. Will Simonds was 
 one, who is now teaching near Chicago, 
 111. 
 
 Lucius Jenney went from this town, 
 about 20 years ago, to Middlesex, and 
 from there to Omaha, Neb., and now oc- 
 cupies the position of R. R. Master on 
 the Union Pacific R. R. 
 
 Benj. J. Ellis went from here when a 
 very young man, enlisted and served 
 through the Mexican war ; after its close 
 went to Chicago, 111., and took up the pro- 
 fession of law. He has assisted in organ- 
 izing and sustaining several mission 
 schools, some of them now flourishing 
 churches, and he often supplies the pulpit, 
 as well as pleads at the Bar. 
 
 S. G. Stanton went to Nebraska in 1879, 
 and is engaged in building a railroad on 
 the Union Paciiic. Mr. Stanton was an 
 active business man. 
 
 Mr. O. Richardson moved to Belling- 
 ham, Mass., in '78. Is engaged in the 
 mercantile business. He had been organ- 
 
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 ist and leader of the choir at the Union 
 church for 20 years when he left town. 
 He was an adopted son of Samuel Rich- 
 ardson, with whom Mr. R. spent his de- 
 clining years. 
 
 John Webster, of east part of town, 
 went to California in '57, has been success- 
 ful in business, and amassed quite a for- 
 tune. ' z. s. s. 
 
 Will R. Mansfield, at the age of 20, 
 took his small valise in hand and started 
 for the "far west." He stopped a few 
 weeks in Nebraska as telegraph operator 
 on the B. & M. R. R. He then accepted 
 the position of baggage-master and tele- 
 graph operator on a new branch of the 
 Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe R. R., 
 through New Mexico, and served 2 months, 
 when he was invited to dine with an old 
 Spaniard at Los Vegas, for whom he had 
 done some slight service, and started to 
 return to Grenada, Col. in the caboose 
 that was sent ahead of President Hayes 
 and his escort, on their way from Califor- 
 nia, to see that the road was clear. The 
 party in the " caboose" had been "looking 
 upon the wine when it was red," and when 
 the " caboose" gave a great bound, and 
 any sober person must have known there 
 was some obstruction, they declared there 
 was "nothing wrong," nor would they 
 stop to see whether there was or not. 
 So this -Vermont boy turned the brake, 
 caught a lantern and jumped off, and upon 
 examination, several feet of rails were 
 gone, and he had nothing to do there in 
 the wilds of-N. M. but wait for the train, 
 and this was not a pleasant task as the 
 coyotes began to gather from every direc- 
 tion. This was his first experience of the 
 kind, and grim terror seized him, quick as 
 a flash, he sprang up a telegraph-pole close 
 at hand, and sitting astride the cross-bar, 
 watched the howling pack, thinking all the 
 while what an excellent mark he would be 
 for an Indian, and it was far from being an 
 agreeable thought. At last the train came 
 up and he clambered down from his perch, 
 gave a great shout at the wolves and swung 
 his lantern to stop the train. The wolves 
 scattered, and the train had to stop for re- 
 pairs. For this act of faithfulness, he was 
 
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 promoted at once to conductor, and has 
 occupied that position until the present 
 time. s. B. M. 
 
 roxbury's military record. 
 
 BY ZED S. STANTOX, ESQ. 
 
 Among the early settlers of Roxbury 
 were doubtless several who served during 
 the Revolutionary War, but just what 
 number it is impossible to determine. 
 Samuel Richardson, the first settler in the 
 westerly part of this town, was a veteran 
 of that war, having served one-half the 
 time during the entire contest. He came 
 to Roxbury in 1790. Mr. Richardson was 
 born at Stafford, Conn., June 15, 1750, 
 and died at Roxbury, in 1822. 
 
 Capt. Benjamin Samson, who came here 
 in 1810, was also a Revolutionary soldier, 
 and participated in the battles of Lexing- 
 ton and Bunker Hill. He rang the church 
 bell to arouse the minute men on Lexing- 
 ton green, on the memorable 19th of April, 
 1775- 
 
 BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG. 
 
 On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 10, 
 1 8 14, a company, consisting of all the 
 able-bodied men in town, under command 
 of Capt. Samuel M. Orcutt, left Roxbury 
 for the purpose of assisting in repelling the 
 British invasion of our Northern borders. 
 All the following Sunday those who were 
 left at home heard the distant roar of 
 cannon, and supposed that their loved 
 ones were engaged in battle with the 
 foreign foe. But the men of Roxbury did 
 not arrive at Plattsburg until Monday 
 evening, Sept. 12, and the fighting was 
 then over. They returned to their homes 
 Friday, Sept. 16, 1814. 
 
 ROXBURY COMPANY FOR PLATTSBURG. 
 
 Capt. Samuel M. Orcutt; Lieut. Gilbert 
 R.Spalding; Ensign Billa Woodard ; Ser- 
 geants Joel Hildreth, Enos Young, Jona- 
 than Cram, Charles Samson ; Corporals 
 James Woolfe, Philip Cram, Dan Lord, 
 John Paine ; Drummer Jonathan Nutting ; 
 Fifer Bezalleel Spalding. 
 
 Privates Benj. Samson, Darius Spal- 
 ding, Robert Cram, Samuel Ford, Aiding 
 Loomis, Ambrose Hutchinson, John Bald- 
 win, Truman Peterson, John M. Spalding, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Gideon Flint, Peter S. P. Staples, Abra- 
 ham Z. Haynes, John Wilcox, Timothy 
 Emerson, Joseph Hixon, Samuel Robert- 
 son, Darius Spalding, Elisha WilcoX) Eli- 
 jah Ellis. 
 
 There is on file in the Adjutant's Gen- 
 eral's office at Montpelier an affidavit made 
 by the captain and ensign of said company. 
 Mar. 6, 1850, stating the main facts in re- 
 gard to the company going to Plattsburg, 
 and also that parties from other towns 
 joined their company, and that none of 
 the officers or men of said company ever, 
 to the knowledge of the said captain or 
 ensign, received any conipensation for 
 their services on that occasion. Of this 
 company of men only one is now living 
 (Feb. 6, i"882), that one being Philip 
 Cram, who resides in Brookfield. 
 
 ROXBURY SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF '6l . 
 
 Chauncey M. Allen, C, ist Vt. Cavalry ; 
 mustered out Nov. 18, '64. 
 
 Corp. Frank O. Allen, B, 4th ; must, out 
 Apr. 12, '65. 
 
 Franklin Anos, H, 6th ; dis. Mar 25, '65. 
 
 James Bailey, H, 6th ; died Oct. 22, '62. 
 
 Henry M. Barrington, I, gth, died Oct. 
 6, '62. 
 
 ByronA. Batchelder, K,3d; died at Wash- 
 ington, D. C, May 30, '64. 
 
 Harrison Bean, I, nth ; mustered out Juile 
 24, '65. 
 
 Allen J. Bennett, C, ist Vt. Cav. ; dis. 
 Nov. 21, 62. 
 
 John Benjamin, C, ist Vt. Cav. ; sick and 
 absent from regt. Nov. 18, '64, is last 
 report on Adjutant General's report. 
 
 Joseph Benjamin, H, 6th ; dis. June i, '63. 
 
 Beman H. Campbell, H, 6th; must, out 
 May 22, '65. 
 
 Marshall Chaffee, H, 6th; dis. May 15, '63. 
 
 Frank Clukey, K, 7th ; died July 22, '62. 
 
 Anson P. Coburn, I, iith; mustered out 
 June 24, '65 . 
 
 Patrick Clukey, G, 8th ; mustered out June 
 22, '64. 
 
 Andrew J. Cross, ist S. S., F; trans, to 
 invalid corps Sept. i, '63. 
 
 Henry A. Cross, K, 7th ; died at Carrol- 
 ton, La., Nov. 30, '62. 
 
 Martin Cross, K, 3d ; must, out July 27, '64. 
 
 Joseph Currier, G, 8th ; mustered out June 
 
 28, '65. 
 Thomas Daniels, H, 6th; killed at battle 
 
 of Lee's Mills, Apr. 16, '62. 
 Capt. David B. Davenport, H, 6th ; died 
 
 Sept. 20, '62. 
 Henry D. Davenport, H, 6th ; dis. Nov. 
 
 30, '62. 
 Peter Deott, K, 4th ; deserted Dec. 10, '62. 
 Lieut. Eri L. Ditty, H, 6th ; mustered out 
 
 June 26, '65. 
 John Q. A. Ditty, F, 2d ; trans, to invalid 
 
 corps July 30, '63. 
 Ralph Ditty, F, 2d ; must, out June 29, '64. 
 John W. Dunton, K, 7th ; dis! Feb. 25, '63. 
 David Ellis, E, 3d ; must, out July 27, '64. 
 Lorenzo Ellis, I, nth ; mustered out June 
 
 24, '65. 
 Samuel R. Ellis, H, 6th ; dis. July 7, '62. 
 John M. Ferris, B, 6th; must, out June 
 
 26, '65. 
 Lieut. Amasa W. Ferry, F, 2d ; discharged 
 
 Jan. 4, '65. 
 Gideon E. Fletcher, I, 9th ; deserted July 
 
 20, '62. 
 Royal Flint, H, 6th ; died June 15, '62. 
 Victor Goodrich, F, 2d ; killed at battle of 
 
 Bull Run, July 2 1, '61. 
 Dan. A. Grant, H, 6th ; dis. Nov. 16, '62. 
 Willis Grant, H, 6th ; transferred to invalid 
 
 corps Dec. 1, '63. 
 James Hall, K, 7th ; died July 24, '62. 
 Samuel A. Hayward, E, ist Vt. Cav. ; dis. 
 
 July 24, '62. 
 Walter R. Hayward, E, ist Vt. Cav ; must. 
 
 out Aug. 9, '65. 
 James C. Hutchinson, H, 2d; killed at 
 
 Charlotte, Va., Aug. 16, '64. 
 Corp. Stearns S. Hutchinson, Fj 2d; 
 
 must, out June 29, '64. 
 
 Stephen H. Jones, G, 8th ; mustered out 
 June 28, '65. 
 
 Leland Kimball, K, 8th ; died at New Or- 
 leans, La., Sept. 16, '62. 
 
 Mason Knapp, K, 7th ; re-enlisted, is the 
 last entry of Adjutant General's report. 
 
 Carlos Lafaty, K, 7th ; dis. Sept. 27, '64. 
 
 Joseph Lavalle, H, 6th ; mustered out June 
 26, '65. 
 
 Henry Lock, H, 6th; mustered out Aug. 
 2, '65. 
 
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 755 
 
 Alexis Martell, I, nth ; mustered out June 
 
 24, '65. 
 Frank E. Martell, H, 6th ; mustered out 
 
 July 7, '65. 
 Corp. Samuel Maxham, 2dS. S., E; killed 
 
 at battle of Wilderness, May 6, '64. 
 Henry Morfit, K, 7th ; died at New Or- 
 leans, La., Nov. 16, '62. 
 Russell Morfit, K, 7th ; died at Fort Pick- 
 ens, Fla., May 5, '63. 
 Capt. Patrick Murphy, H, 6th ; mustered 
 
 out June 26, '65. 
 Lieut. Thomas Murphy, H, 6th ; mustered 
 
 out Oct. 28, '64. 
 William Murphy, H, 6th ; died Oct. 25, '62. 
 Carlos Nedo, K, 7th ; dis. Sept. 27, '64. 
 Langdon H. Nichols, C, istVt. Cav; died 
 
 July 27, '62. 
 Abial Patch, H, 6th ; dis. Dec. 28, '63. 
 Calvin B. Phillips, E, ist Vt. Cav. ; dis- 
 charged May 22, '62. 
 Edmund Pope, Jr., E, 1st Vt. Cav. ; died 
 
 Dec. 14, '64. 
 James Putney, H, 6th ; mustered out June 
 
 26, '65. 
 William Quimby, K, 7th ; died at New 
 
 Orleans, Oct. 16, '62. 
 Felix Quinn, 1, 9th ; must, out June 13, '65. 
 Eli Rich, K, 3d ; died Nov. i, '62. 
 John E. Rich, K, 7th ; died" July 18, '62. 
 'Geo. C. Richardson, H, 6th; diedatFred- 
 
 erick City, Md., Dec. 9, '62. 
 Harrison A. E. Richardson, H, 6th ; must. 
 
 out Oct. 28, '64. 
 Lafayette Richardson, H, 6th ; discharged 
 
 Nov. 24, '62. 
 Samuel Richardson, H, 6th ; died at Rox- 
 
 bury, Jan. 15, "63. 
 Corp. Ira Royce, E, ist Vt. Cav. ; dis. 
 
 Nov. 22, '62. 
 Thomas P. Rundlett, E, ist Vt. Cav ; dis. 
 
 May 22, '62. 
 Joseph Shiney, H, 6th ; mustered out June 
 
 26, '65. 
 Joseph Simonds, H, 6th ; des. July 24, '65. 
 John Slocum, H, 6th ; mustered out June 
 
 26, '65. 
 Corp. Emery L. Smith, G, 6th ; dis. Oct. 
 
 31. '64- 
 Otis Snow, K, 3d; died Aug. 19, '62. 
 Lieut. Allen Spalding, K, 6th ; resigned 
 
 July 13, '64. 
 
 Sergeant Dennison F. Spalding, K, 6th; 
 
 must, out May 18, '65. 
 Israel Steele, K, 7th ; dis. Oct. 20, '62. 
 Stillman S. Stephens, K, 7th ; died July 
 
 17, '62. 
 Sergeant Edward F. Stevens, F, ist S. S. ; 
 
 mustered out Sept. 13, '64. 
 Benjamin F. Stone, I, 9th; discharged 
 
 June 27, '65. 
 Joseph Veo, G, 6th ; mustered out Oct. 
 
 28, '64. 
 Lucius W. Wales, H, 6th ; killed at Lee's 
 
 Mills, Apr. r6, '62. 
 Samuel Wales, Jr., K, 3d; trans, to in- 
 valid corps Sept. i, '63. 
 Ezekiel D. Waterman, K, 3d ; killed at 
 
 battle of Lee's Mills, Apr. 16, '62. 
 Henry Waterman, C, ist. Vt. Cav._; died 
 
 at Washington, D. C, Aug. 9, '65. 
 Stillman Waterman, H, 6th ; discharged 
 
 March 31, '62. 
 Stillman Waterman, I, 9th ; discharged 
 
 Jan. 15, '63. 
 Joseph White, H, 6th ; died Oct. 22, '62. 
 Loren J. Wiley, K, 7th ; must. outMay '65. 
 Wallace Wolcott, H, 6th ; dis. Mar. 25,'63. 
 Augustus Bresette, 3d Vt. Bat. ; must, out 
 
 June 13, '65. 
 
 Volunteers that re-enlisted. — Paul Burke, 
 Carlos Lafaty, Henry Locke, Frank E. 
 Martell, Carlos Nedo, Edmond Pope, Jr., 
 Dennison Spalding. 
 
 Veteran Reserve Corps. — John W. Dun- 
 ton. 
 
 Also two men were credited to Roxbury, 
 but not by name. 
 
 Furnished under draft and paid com- 
 mutation. — Edwin W. Ellis, Edwin Ferris, 
 A. H. Fisk, Lemuel A. Rood, Luther 
 Tracy, Rodney Wiley. 
 
 Procured Substitute. — Nathan W. Cady. 
 
 Entered Service. — Samuel A. Richard- 
 son, H, 6th ; dis. Aug. 2, '65. 
 
 Besides the above-named soldiers, there 
 were several other residents of Roxbury 
 who enlisted, credited to other towns, viz. : 
 George R. Waterman, F, 1st; must, out 
 Aug. 15, '65 ; Franklin Knowles, C. ijth ; 
 Charles A. Fisk, F, 17th ; Orza Boyce, B, 
 4th ; George H. Pearsons, D, 9th ; Samuel 
 Shepherd, I, 56th Mass. Vols. ; died June 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 27, '64; Francis F. Young, Mass. Vols.; 
 Sergeant Jones Wr Ferris, K, 3d ; severely 
 wounded at the battle ot Lee's Mills, Apr. 
 16, '62, and discharged Aug. 1, '62. 
 
 When the war closed, Roxbury had a 
 surplus of 23 men in excess of all calls for 
 troops that had been made, a much larger 
 number in proportion to the population 
 than any other town in the State. 
 
 ROXBURY LONGEVITY. 
 
 Persons 70 years of age and over, who hzve 
 died in Roxbury, 
 
 1855 Mary Spaulding 100 
 
 2846 Benjamin Samson 90 
 
 1819 Moses Woodward 74 
 
 1813 PavidMcClure 80 
 
 1822 Samuel Richardson 71 
 
 1868 Thompson Jenney 85 
 
 1832 Jane Hixon. 75 
 
 1872 Samuel Robertson 97 
 
 1879 Persis Robertson 76 
 
 1855 Dorcas Prescott 72 
 
 183s Darius Spaulding 74 
 
 1844 Joel Hildreth ^^ 
 
 1864 Polly Hildreth 94 
 
 1872 Arathusa Hildreth 79 
 
 1862 Samuel Edwards 84 
 
 1869 Lydia Edwards 85 
 
 1869 Benga Edwards 87 
 
 1859 Betsey Edwards 75 
 
 1850 Henry Lcck 75 
 
 1856 Obedience Lock 71 
 
 1842 Elijah Ellis 79 
 
 1852 Mary Ellis 88 
 
 1861 Gideon Ellis 89 
 
 1878 Mehitable Ellis 87 
 
 1880 Sally Allen 89 
 
 1841 Mrs. Samuel Richardson 91 
 
 1869 Silas Spalding 88 
 
 1865 John M. Spaulding 76 
 
 1850 Ruth Sargent 86 
 
 1856 Nathan Haynes 78 
 
 1857 Hannah Haynes 86 
 
 1864 Abraham J. Haynes 76 
 
 1872 Daniel Haynes '. 88 
 
 1859 PoJly Paine 72 
 
 1861 Asa S. Simonds 71 
 
 i860 Hannah Simonds 70 
 
 - 1876 Charles Samson 86 
 
 1865 Sally Samson 76 
 
 1858 Benjamin Samson n-i 
 
 1879 RoxanaA. Batty...' 77 
 
 1873 Anna Gray Stanton 80 
 
 1873 Hannah Merrill 71- 
 
 1870 Alvin L. Brigham Cj 
 
 1875 Eleanor Spaulding 84 
 
 1862 Samuel Richardson 70 
 
 1865 Lucy Richardson 76 
 
 187s Barton Tracy " 72 
 
 1880 Enos K. Young 72 
 
 861 Silas B. Spaulding 81 
 
 848 Samuel Ford 7° 
 
 866 Sarah Batchelder 86 
 
 866 Lydia Beckwith 80 
 
 866 Hannah Staples 11 
 
 82s Capt. Job Orcutt 75 
 
 825 Mary Orcutt 74 
 
 851 Samuel M. Orcutt 74 
 
 878 Mary B. Orcutt 95 
 
 84s Billa Woodward 72 
 
 Mary Woodward 69 
 
 850 Borga Wiley.' 87 
 
 879 James Wiley 83 
 
 881 Phineas Wiley 91 
 
 879 David Wiley ; 82 
 
 873 " Hannah Wiley 76 
 
 866 John Williams 72 
 
 876 Mabel Williams 75 
 
 880 Otis Batchelder 91 
 
 877 Alva Richardson 76 
 
 f868 Dennis Crimims 80 
 
 842 Chester Batchelder 69 
 
 864 Eunice Williams 72 
 
 876 Elias Rich 87 
 
 874 James Butterfield 76 
 
 865 Susannah Richardson 84 
 
 863 Sarah Batchelder 87 
 
 871 Betsey Spalding 82 
 
 865 Jemima Silver 75 
 
 852 Phineas Flint. 82 
 
 859 Seth Richardson. 70 
 
 836 Sarah Richardson , 73 
 
 873 William Knowles 94 
 
 878 Burton Skilleger 78 
 
 869 Nabby Ford 85 
 
 859 Amy Wilson 81 
 
 859 Samson Bates 70 
 
 860 Anna Hatch 8o- 
 
 861 Mary Bealey ... 76 
 
 86i Darius Hatch 81 
 
 86i Hepsobath Cady 81 
 
 862 Lurinda Flint 81 
 
 863 William Hutchinson 89 
 
 864 Aaron Webster 85 
 
 865 Abigail Cram 80 
 
 169 Francis Clukey 70 
 
 869 Jemima Webster 88 
 
 870 William B. Tyler 78 
 
 873 Fanny Jones 78 
 
 874' Phila Darling 76 
 
 874 Calvin Cady 74 
 
 87s Daniel C. Rich 71 
 
 87; Lamos McGregor 78 
 
 876 Louis Loomis 75 
 
 867 Aaron Spencer 84 
 
 861 Polly Lyndes (colored,) 81 
 
 863 Stephen Rumney 75 
 
 877 Sally Wardner 78 
 
 877 Margaret Martin 90 
 
 878 Eunice Kent 80 
 
 878 Samuel Steele 83 
 
 878 Joel Wardner 83 
 
 838 John B. Crandall 70 
 
 865 Enos Young 80 
 
ROXBURY. 
 
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 1866 Sally Steele 72 
 
 1 82 1 Elizabeth Abbott..... ']^ 
 
 i860 Lydia Cotton 71 
 
 1854 Robert Cram 78 
 
 1868 Jacob Loomis 70 
 
 1849 Mercy Ruggles 73 
 
 1B77 Azubah Hatch., 70 
 
 1876 William Ruggles 71 
 
 1879 Lewis Ghatfield .. 94 
 
 Annie Blanchard 78 
 
 1876 Lewis Cram 75 
 
 1869 Silas Braley 81, 
 
 1870 Oliver French 83 
 
 1866 Mrs. S. Braley 79 
 
 1861 Bealey H . Gibson 76 
 
 iiS42 Elijah Ellis 79 
 
 1834 Mary Ellis 88 
 
 1865 Isaiah Shaw 82 
 
 1830 Mrs. Wardner 72 
 
 1848 Betsey Boyce 74 
 
 1824 John Gibson. 76 
 
 1841 James Steele • '. 76 
 
 1847 Jedediah Smith 85 
 
 1855 Esther Smith 89 
 
 1878 AdahHackett 86 
 
 1861 Mary Bealey 76 
 
 1854 Gideon Flint 74 
 
 1862 Mrs. Gibeons 80 
 
 Mrs. Crocker. 85 
 
 Ranson Beckwith 80 
 
 Samuel Lyndes 80 
 
 1879 Lucy R. Howe 82 
 
 1879 Loyina Ferry. 79 
 
 O. W. ORCUTT. 
 
 TOWN MEETINGS. 
 
 Held at Jedediah Huntington's dwelling- 
 house in 1796, '97, '98. At Samuel Rich- 
 ardson's, 1799, 1802. At Christopher 
 Huntington's 1800, 1801. At David 
 McClure's, 1803, '5, '6. At Samuel Rob- 
 ertson's, 1804. At Leonard Smith's, 1807, 
 '8, '9, '10. At BlUa Woodward's, 1811, 
 '12, '13, '14, '15, '16. At Samuel M. Or- 
 cutt's 1817, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, 
 '25, '26, '27, '28, '26, '30, '31, '32, '^i'}), '34, 
 '3S. '36. '37.' '38. '39. '40, '41- At Luther 
 Ajijsworth's, Mar., 1842. At JohnM. Spaul- 
 ding's, Sept., '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, 
 '48, '49. At Union Meeting House, 1850, 
 ji, '52, '53, '54. Sept., 'S4, at new town 
 house, 1854 to 1881. 
 
 MODERATORS.. 
 
 Joseph Crane, 1796; Thomas Hunting- 
 ton, 1797 ; Samuel Richardson, 1798, 1801, 
 '2, '3, 'S, '7, '8, '9, '13 ; Jedediah Hunting- 
 ton, 1799; Isaac Lewis, 1800;. Darius 
 Spaulding, Job Orcutt, 1809; Zeb. Butler, 
 
 1804 ; Rodolphus Willard, 1810; Samuel 
 Robinson, 181 1, '12, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, 
 '23, 24 ; J. F. Ruggles, '18, '14, '15, '16, '22, 
 '25, '26, '28, '30; Charles Sampson, 1827 ; 
 Shubael Wales, 1829, '31, '34, '35, '36; 
 Joel Hildreth, 1832; Nathan Morse, 1833; 
 Stillman Ruggles, 1837, '38, '40; Allen 
 Spaulding, 1839, '4i, '42, 'S'> '52, 'S3. '54, 
 '57, '58 ; Henry S. Boyce, 1843, '44, '46, 
 '47, '48, '55, '56, '59, '60; O. Richardson, 
 i86i-'68; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1868; Billings 
 Spaulding, 1869; Samuel G. Stanton, 
 1870, '74, '75, ^TJ, '78 ; Oramel Richard- 
 son, 1 87 1, '72, '73, '76; Zed S. Stanton, 
 1879, '80, '81. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS, 1796-1881. 
 
 Thomas Huntington, 1796, '97, '98, '99, 
 1800, 'I. Darius Spalding, 1802, '3, '14, 
 '15. Samuel Robertson, 1804, '5, '6, '7. 
 James Bancroft, 1808, '9, '10, '11, '12. 
 Samuel M. Orcntt, 1813, '17, '18, '19, ,'20, 
 '21, '22, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, 
 '32, ' 33. '34, '35. '36, '37. '38. John F. 
 Persons, 1816. Jehial Allen, '39, '40, '41, 
 '42. AUen Spalding, 1843, '44. '45. '46, 
 '47, '48. Allen K. Jeney, 1849, 'Sf. '5'. 
 '52, 'S3. 'SS- (Jeney died in Aug., '55.) 
 A. N. Tilden, 1854. Ormal Richardson, 
 1855. A. N. Tilden, 1856 to i88i. ' 
 
 SELECTMEN. 
 
 Samuel Richardson, 1796 to 1803, '7, '8 ; 
 Isaac Lewis, 1796, 1800 ; Jedediah Hunt- 
 ington, 1796, 98, 99 ; Christopher Hunt- 
 ington, 1797 ; David Cram, 1797 ; Roswell 
 Adams, 1798, i8oo, 'i, '3, '4, '5 ; John 
 Stafford, 1799, 1806; Darius Spalding, 
 1801 [to 1806, '9, '10 ; Perez Huntington, 
 1802 ; Lemuel Smith, 1803 to '8 ; Jonathan 
 F. Ruggles, 1806, '7, '8, '19, '20, '21; 
 Samuel Richardson, 1808; Joel Hildreth, 
 1809 to '13, '14, '15, '25, '26 ; Robert Cram, 
 1809 to '13, '14, '24, '25; Samuel M. Or- 
 cutt, 181 1 to '15, '21, '22, '23, '25, '26, '27, 
 '29, '30, '33 to ■'38; Isaih Shaw, 1813', '15, 
 '18, '26, '27, '28,'36, '37, '47 ; Uriah Rich- 
 ardson, 1813; John Paine, 1815, '16, '17, 
 '22; Nathan Morse, 1816, '17, '22, '^3, '28, 
 '29, '30, '33, '34, '35 ; Charles Sanjpson, 
 1816, '17, '20, '21, '27, '28, '29, '38, '47, 
 '48; Samuel Robertson, i8i8, '19, '23; 
 Elijah Ellis, 1818, '19, '20; Billa Wood- 
 
758 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 ward, 1824; David Young, 1824, '31, '32; 
 James Burnham, 1830 ; Amos Wardner, 
 1831, '32; Daniel Loomis, 1831 ; Henry 
 Smith, 1832; Jonathan Wiley, 1833, '34; 
 'Bezaleel Spalding, 1835; Jared Hildreth, 
 1836, '37; Robert Cram, 1838, '39; John 
 Cross, 1838, '39, '40, '41 ; Darius Hatch, 
 1839; Thomas R. Shaw, 1840 to '44, '46; 
 Enos K. Young, 1840, '41, '42; Jehial 
 Allen, 1842; Wm. W. Woodward, 1843, 
 '44; Benjamin Edwards, Jr., 1843, '44, 
 '45. '56. '57. '58 : H. S. Boyce, 1844, '49, 
 '50; Wm. P. Royce, 1845, '59. '60, '64, 
 '65 ; Samuel Edwards, Jr., 1846, '50, '52, 
 '53, '61, '62; Alvin Braley, 1846, '47, '48, 
 '61 ; Stephen Pierce, 1848; Dexter Samp- 
 son, 1849, '51, '54, '61, '62, '63; Wm. B. 
 Orcutt, 1849, 'so '55; Elijah Winch, 1851, 
 '58, '60; S. M. Hildreth, 1851, '58, '63, 
 '66, '67, '71 ; Geo. M. Sampson, 1852, '53 ; 
 Edmond Pope, 1852, '53, '55, '29, '61, '62, 
 '64, '66; S. G. Stanton' 1869; C. H. Mer- 
 rill, 1854; Stillman Ruggles, 1854; Wm. 
 
 B. Orcutt, 1855; Charles B. Fiske, 1855, 
 '66, '67, '68 ; Clark Wiley, 1856, '57, '58, 
 '72, \n ; James Cram, 1856, '57 ; E.. N. 
 Spalding, i860 ; C. Richardson, 1864^ '65, 
 '68; S. P. Orcutt, 1865; Cyrus Howard. 
 1868, '69, '81 ; S. G. Stanton, 1869 to '74, 
 '78; Enos K. Yonng, 1869, '70; Isaac A. 
 Flint, 1870, '71 ; Storrs S. Clough, 1872, 
 '75 to '79 ; Geo. L. Walbridge, 1873, '74 ; 
 Charles Adams, 1873, '74! Billings Spaul- 
 ding, 1874, '81; A. J. Averill, 1875, '76; 
 D. L. Nichols, 1875 ; Charles N. Eaton, 
 1876; Gideon Edwards, 1879; D. R. 
 Stanton, 1878, '79; C. M. Adams, 1879; 
 
 C. H. Eaton, 1879: Wm. B. Orcutt, Arza 
 Boyce, L. J. Wiley, i88o; L. J. Wiley, 
 J. B. Spaulding, 1880. 
 
 TOWN TREASURERS. 
 
 David Cram, 1796; Isaac Lewis, 1797, 
 '98, '99; Thomas Huntington, 1800, '01 ; 
 Darius Spalding, 1802, '15; Samuel Rob; 
 ertson, 1803 to 1808, '28 ; James Bancroft] 
 1808 to '13; Samuel M. Orcutt, 1813, '14, 
 '17 to '28, '29; JohnT. Pearsons, i8i6; 
 Asa S. Simonds, 1830 to '61 ; Billings 
 Spanlding, 1861 to '68, '69, to '74; Wm. 
 B. Orcutt, 1868; A. N. Tilden, 1874 to 
 1881. 
 
 OVERSEERS OF POOR. 
 
 Selectmen in 1808; Jonathan F. Rug- 
 gles, Elijah Ellis, Samuel Robertson over- 
 seers, 1813; Robert Cram, Billa Wood- 
 ward, Isaiah Shaw, 1820, 37; Robert 
 Cram, 1821 ; .selectmen overseers of poor, 
 1822, 23, 24; Samuel Robertson, 1825, 
 26; Samuel M. Orcutt and Nathan Morse, 
 1827; Billa Woodward, 1830; Nathan 
 Morse, 1828, 29, 35, 36; Allen Spalding, 
 1835,41,42,44, 45, 51,58; Darius Hatch, 
 1843, 40. 46. 39. 38 ; Silas Braley, J833, 
 32, 47, 31 ; Allen Spalding, 1848, 49, 50; 
 Asaph Silsbury, 185 1 ; H. M. Nichols, 1853, 
 55, 52; Edmond Pope, 1856; Edmond 
 Lack, 1857; Benj. Edwards, Jr., 1860,54; 
 Wm. B. Roys, 1861, 62; E. P. Burnham, 
 1863, 64, 65, 66; Sylvester Ellis, 1867, 68; 
 Alphonso Ladd, 1869, 70, 71, 72; Orza 
 Boyce, 1873, 74. 75 ; C. L. Ellis, 1876, 77; 
 Charles Adams, 1878, 79, 81 ; Salmon 
 Williams, 1880. 
 
 CONSTABLES AND COLLECTORS OF TAXES. 
 
 Jeduthan Huntington, 1796; David 
 Cram, 1797, '98, 1817 to 20; Isaac Lewis, 
 1799; Perus Huntington, 1800; Benjamin 
 Huntington, 1801 ; David McClure, 1802; 
 Chester Morris, 1803 to 1808; Roswell 
 Walter, 1808; Rhodolphus Willard, 1809; 
 Darius Houghton, i8io; Ezra Child, 
 181 1 ; John B. Crandall, 1812; Charles 
 Bancroft, 1813; Joel Hildreth, 1814, '15; 
 Charles Sampson, 1816; John Paine, 
 1820; Henry Boyce, 1821 to 1830; Allen 
 Spalding, 2830, '33; Erastus Spaulding, 
 1831, '32; Amos Wardner, 1834 to 1837; 
 Henry S. Boyce, 1838 to 1841 ; Dexter 
 Sampson, I841, '42; Elijah Winch, 1843; 
 E. B. Pride, 1844, '45 ; Samuel Ruggles, 
 1846 to 1850, '55; Ebenz. Ainsworth, 
 1861 ; S. P. Orcutt, 1852, '53 '59; Daniel 
 D. Hackett, 1855 ; Orin W. Orcutt, 1856, 
 '76, '78; Benjamin Edwards, 1857, '58; 
 W.J. Simonds, i860, '62, '63; Langdon 
 R. Nichols, 1861 ; H. G. Ellis, 1864 to 
 1870; Charles Spalding, 1870, '71; Sam- 
 uel M. Hildreth, 1872; Zed. S. Stanton, 
 ^^1?,< '74. '75. 'n ; Azro J. Boyce, 1879, 
 '80, '81. 
 
 LISTERS. 
 
 David Cram, 1796, 1806; Thomas Hunt- 
 ington, 1796, '98; Jedediah Huntington, 
 
ROXBURY. 
 
 7S9 
 
 Samuel Richardson, 1797; Isaac Lewis, 
 1797, '98; John Stafford, 1798, '99, 1808; 
 Chester Batchelder, 1799: Penis Hunting- 
 ton, 1799, 1802; Uriah Richardson, 1800, 
 1807, '12. '17; Joseph Adams, Darius 
 Spaulding, 1800; David McCIure, Benja- 
 min Huntington, Daniel Freeman, 1801 ; 
 David Nutting, Joseph Converse, 1802; 
 Samuel Smith, 1803, 'S ; Clark Stone, 
 Charles Fitts, 1803 ; Joel Hildreth, 1804, 
 '5, '6; Charles Stone, 1804; Zeb. Butler, 
 1804; Jonathan F. Ruggles, 1805, '9, '10, 
 '16, '17, '22, '24, '27, '30: Samuel Robin- 
 son, 1806, '21, '22, '24, '27; Samuel M. 
 Orcutt, 1807, '12, '17, '18, '19, '34, '38; 
 Robert Cram, 1807, '8; Lorin Green, 
 1808; Charles Bancroft, 1809; Ephraim 
 Morris, 1809; Salmon Cross, 1810; James 
 Bancroft, 1810, '11, '12; Gilbert R. 
 Spaulding, 181 1, '15 ; Anson Adams, 1812; 
 Enos Youngs, Bezalel Spauldings i8i3,'i5 ; 
 Darius Hatch, 1813, '14, '15; John Paine, 
 1814, '19, '20, '26, '30; Thomas Davi.s, 
 1814; Billa Woodward, 1815, '20, '23, 
 '28; Ira Hunter, 1818; Henry Boyce, 
 1818, '23; Amos Wardner, 1819; Charles 
 Samson, 1822, '23, '30, '32, '33, '36, '37, 
 '38, '47, '48, '51 ; Nathan Morse, 1826, 
 '27, '28, '32, '36, '37, '42, '43; James 
 Burnharn, 1825, '26, '29; Elijah Ellis, 
 1827; Silas C. Briggs, 1828; Daniel Flint, 
 Shubael Wales, 1829; Erastus "Spalding, 
 Henry S. Boyce, 1831, '55, '56; Silas 
 Hall, 1830; Isaiah Shaw, 1832, '37, '42 
 '43 ; David Withington, William Ruggles, 
 1833; John Walbridge, 1834; Stillman 
 Ruggles, 1834, '36, '40, '54 ; Alvin Braley, 
 1838, '43. '44. '46, '48, '59. '61; Benj. 
 Edwards,, Jr., 1838, '49. '5°. 'S3. '54. '59! 
 Samuel M. Hildreth, 1839, '40, '41, '51, '71 ; 
 Eleazar Woodward, Consider Hyland, 
 1839; Wm. Woodward, 1840; Philip 
 Cram, 1841, '48, '49; Benoni Webster, 
 1841, '47 ; Samuel Edwards, Jr., 1841, '57, 
 '60; Allen Spaulding, 1842, '46, '47, '60; 
 Luther Ainsworth, 1844; Thomas R. Shaw, 
 1844, '45, '46, '49; Hibbard A. Perry, 
 1850; Wm. W. Woodward, 1850; Ed- 
 mond Pope, 1851, '52, '56, '65; Elijah 
 Winch, 1845, '57, '62, '63; Stephen 
 Pierce, 1845 ; Asaph Silsbury, 1851 ; Alvin 
 L. Brigham, 1852 ; Stillman Ruggles, 
 
 1853; Wilson I. Simonds, 1854, '66, '8i ; 
 Seth M. Bailey, 1855 ; E, P. Burnham, 
 1855, '56. '61, '62; Clark Wiley, 1858; R. 
 S. Glidden, Dexter Samson, 1858; Wm. 
 
 B. Orcutt, 1859, '64, '65 ; Joseph B. Ed- 
 wards, 1859; Alphonso Ladd, 1862; Phi- 
 lander Wiley, 1862, '63, '72, '73 ; Azrd 
 A. Simonds, J863 ; Buel Gold, 1865, '67, 
 '74, '75 ; A. A. Smith, 1864, '65 ; C. B. 
 Williams, Cyrus Howard, 1866 ; Samuel G. 
 Stanton, 1867 ; Jason W. Powers, 1868 ; 
 Ralph W. Rood, Aaron Webster, 1868; 
 Charles Spaulding, 1869, 70; Billings 
 Spalding, 1869; Isaac A. Flint, 1869; 
 Clark Wiley, 1870, 71 ; Storrs S. Clough, 
 1870, 71; Frank T. Snow, 1872; Arza 
 Boyce, 1872, '78, '81 ; J. E. D. Hildreth, 
 1873, '74; David B. Adams, 1873; David 
 H. Stanton, 1873, '75 ; J. P. Warner, 
 187s; Horace A Thayer, 1876; Zed. S. 
 Stanton, 1876, ''^^ ; Henry M. Spalding, 
 1876; Charles Adams, D. L. Nichols, 
 1877, '78; Clark Flint, 1879, '80, '81 ; E. 
 
 C. Bowman, J. E. D. Colby, 1879; Geo. 
 W. Williams, James Steel, 1880. 
 
 TITHINGMEN, 1805-40. 
 
 Silas Spalding, Job Orcutt,Chester Batch- 
 elder, Caleb Stowe, Waterman Spalding, 
 David G. Nutting, Enos Young. Roswell 
 Adams, Elijah Ellis, Jas. Y. Wolf, John 
 Baldwin.Wm. Gold, Jacob Wardner,Sam'l. 
 Richardson, Willard Smith, JohnM. Spal- 
 ding, Asahel Blike, Darius Houghton, Uri- 
 ah Richardson, Sam'l.Wright, Benoni Web- 
 ster, Jacob Loomis, Silas Braley, Nathan 
 Morse, Adin Smith, H. M. Nichols, Eleazer 
 Woodward, Benjamin Edwards, Stillman 
 Ruggles, Alvin L. Brigham, Daniel Flint, 
 James Pike, Samuel Ford, Alva Richard- ' 
 son, Cyrus Flint, Nathan Emerson. 
 
 TOWN AGENTS. 
 
 John B. Crandall, 1815, 1816; Henry 
 Boyce, 18 17 ; Charles Samson, 1829; Amos 
 Wardner, 1833; Nathan Morse, 1834; 
 Silas Braley, 1842, '44; Allen Spalding, 
 i84i,'47, '49,'S4, '60, '61; Alvin Braley, 
 1844, '46, '48, 'so, '51, '52, 'S3, 'SS, '56, 
 '59, '62, '63 ; Edmond Pope, 1864 i Dexter 
 Samson, 1867, '68 ; James P. Warner, 
 1872; Samuel G. Stanton, 1875; Wil- 
 liam B. Orcutt, 1869, '76; Erastus N. 
 
76o 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Spalding, '77, '71, '70, '58, '57 ; Samuel G. 
 Stanton, '78, '65 ; S. S. Clough, '79, '73, 
 74; Orrin W. Orcutt, '80, '81. 
 
 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. 
 
 Joseph Silsbury, 1851, '52, '48; Aaron 
 Webster, 'jo, '52 ; Stephen Pierce, '46, '47, 
 '49 ; Allen W. Jenny, '55 ; Hira G. Ellis, '56 ; 
 Samuel G. Stanton, '57 ; F. V. Randall, 
 '58, 'S7 ; Aaron Webster, '58 ; O. Richard- 
 son, '59; Austin A. Smith, '60, '61 ; Jas. 
 F. Button, '48; Buel Gold, '62; H. G. 
 Ellis, '63; Aldin Ladd, '64, '65; S. G. 
 Stanton, '66, '67, '70, '71, '72; Wm. L. 
 White, '68, '67; Andrew Stanton, '73: 
 D. L. Nichols, '74, '75, '76, '78; Zed S. 
 Stanton, '77, '79, '80, '81. 
 
 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 
 
 Charles Samson, 1850, '51, '52, '53, '54, 
 '38, '40, '44, '45, '47, '27, '31, '33, 49 ,4,1, 
 39, 20, 28, 25, 26, 24, 22, 23, 48, 33, 34, 
 30, 55, 46, 21 ; Byer Edwards, 1850, 51, 
 
 52, S3. S4, S8, 61, 62, 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 
 41, 46, 49, 48 ; Philip Cram, 1850, 51, 48, 
 49,46; Buel Gold, 1850, 51,64,65,66, 
 67, 68, 74,75; Elijah Winch, 1850,51, 52, 
 
 53. S7. 58. 62, 44; Stephen Pierce, 1851, 
 52.44.45. 47. 49. 48, 46; Hiram Wal- 
 bridge, 1852, 53, 54, 55, 69, 70, 74, 75 ; 
 Asaph Silsbnry, 1852, 53, 49 ; Alvin Braley, 
 '853. 54. 44. 45. 47. 49. 46; Stillman 
 Ruggles, 1854, 5S, 44. 47. 49. 48. 37. 35. 
 46 ; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1855, 56; Calvin 
 Murray, 1855, S6; E. P. Burnham, 1855, 
 56, 59, 60, 61, 63; A. B. Hutchinson, 
 1855,56; Edmond Pope, 1856, 61, 62, 
 63; Sewell Hutchinson, 1856, 57; I. M. 
 Hildreth, 1842, 43, 44, 45, 47, 57, 49, 48 ; 
 W. I. Simonds, 1857, 58; Solomon Ferry, 
 1857,58; Sylvester Moffit, 1857, 58; O. 
 W. Orcutt, 1859, 60, 61 ; Samuel P. Wales, 
 1859, 60; Austin A. Smith, 1859, 6°. 61 ; 
 Cyrus Howard, 1859, 6°. 64, 65, 66, 67, 
 68; Horace M. Nichols, 1861, 62, 63, 64 
 65, 66, 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 41, 46_ 48^ 3*^ 
 49; Clark Wiley, i860, 61 ; James Steele, 
 1862, 63, 64; Samuel G. Stanton, 1862, 
 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 ; Dexter Samson, 1862, 
 63; Jehial Allen, 1839, 4o. 41, 42; E. 
 Brackett, 1840, 41, 42; Wm. Ruggles, 
 1838, 40, 47, 39, 49, 48 ; Wm. W. Wood- 
 
 ward, 1838, 45, 47, 49. 48. 35; E. B. 
 Pride, 1840, 47 ;• Robert Cram, 1838, 43, 
 45, 47, 39, 23, 25, 24, 26, 22 ; John Cross, 
 1838, 39, 41, 35, 49; H. S. Boyce, 1838, 
 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 41, 49, 39. 46, 48; Al- 
 len Spalding, 1842, 43, 44. 45.-47. 4'. 49. 
 40, 48, 35 ; Darius Hatch, 1838, 39, 40, 
 42. 43. 44. 45. 47. 49. 4i. 48. .46; Samuel 
 M. Orcutt, 1822, 39, 38, 40. 44. 27, 28, 
 31, 33, 34, 41, 49, 32, 35, 36, 24, 26, 46, 
 20, 22, 30, 33, 34, 35, 23, 25, 26, 28, 21 ; 
 Luther Ainsworth, 1842, 43, 45, 47, 49, 
 48, 46; Samuel Ruggles, 1840, 44, 49; 
 Jared Hildreth 1838, 42; A. P. Walcott, 
 1842,43; Jared Keith, 1841, 42, 43,44; 
 Thomas R. Shaw, 1848, 42, 49; Isaiah 
 Shaw, 1834, 41, 42, 43, 20, 30, 28, 24, 25, 
 23, 22; Jonathan F. Ruggles, 1827, 31, 
 33. 34. 13. 28, 16, 20, 30, 35, 22, 23, 24, 
 25, 26, 28, 9, 10, II, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 
 19, 21; Daniel Loomis, 1849; Henry 
 Smith, 1833, 34; James Cram, 1849; 
 Amos Wardner, 1834, 35 ; Daniel Kings- 
 bury, 1827; Uriah Richardson, 1817, 20, 
 27, 26, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 18, 19, 21 ; 
 Nathan Morse, 1831, 23< 28, 30; H. G. 
 Ellis, 1863, 64; W.^S. Roys, 1863, 64; 
 Ralph W. Rood, 1866, 67, 68; Emery P. 
 Cram, 1866; Asahmel Flint, l866, 67, 68, 
 72, 73, 80, 81 ; Oramel Richardson, 1868; 
 Salmon Williams, i868, 72, 73, 78, 79, 74, 
 75 ; Erastus N. Spalding, 1870; Storrs S. 
 Clough, 1870, 74, 75 ; Charles Spalditig, 
 1870; John F. Roys, 1870; Charles I. 
 Holden, 1870; Gideon Edwards, 1870; 
 J. F. Pearsons, 1871 ; Jothan Ellis, 1876, 
 
 77, 74. 75 ; Azro A. Simonds, 1871 ; A. J. 
 Averill, 1873; Orza Boyce, 1873; C. L. 
 Ellis, 1873, 76, 77 ; James Burnham, 1831, 
 32 ; Aaron Webster, 1876, 77 ; Luther G. 
 Tracy, 1876, 77; Hira G. Ellis, 1876, 77, 
 
 78, 79; C. H. Eaton, 1878, 79; E. E. 
 Bowman, 1878, 79 ; George B. Hall, 1878, 
 
 79, 80, 81 ; Alphonso Ladd, 1880, 81 ; A. L. 
 Nichols, 1880, 81 ; L. F. Wiley, 1880, 81 ; 
 Darius Spalding, 1804, 5, 14, 15,16, 13, 9, 
 10, u, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19 ; James Pike, 1839; 
 Samuel Robertson, 1820, 9, lo, 16; Be- 
 noni Webster, 1846, '48, 49; Zeb. Butler, 
 1803, 4; Roswell Adams, 1803, 4; Rho- 
 dolphus WUlard, 1810, ii, 12, 13; John 
 Freeman, 1795. 
 
ROXBURY. 
 
 761 
 
 TOWN REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 Rhodolphus Willard, 1B09, '10, 'n, '12; 
 Darius Spalding, 1813, '15, '16; Jonathan 
 
 F, Ruggles, J817 ; Charles Samson, 1818, 
 '19, '20, '21, '24, '25, '28. '37, '38, '39, '41 ; 
 Robert Cram, 1822, '23; Isaiah Shaw, 
 1826, '27, '31, '32, '33, '40 ; Nathan Morse, 
 1829, '34, '35, '36; Allen Spalding, 1842, 
 '43. '52, 'S3; Thomas R. Shaw, 1846; 
 Benjamin Edwards, Jr., 1847; Dexter 
 Samson, 1849, '50; Henry S. Boyce, 
 185 1 ; Elijah Winch, 18J4; Alvin Braley, 
 1855, '56; Edward Pope, 1857; F. V. 
 Randall, 1858; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1859, '60; 
 SethM. Bailey, 1861 ; Chester Clark, 1862 ; 
 Seth M. Bailey, 1863; Edmond Pope, 
 1864, '65 ; Austin A. Smith, 1866; Samuel 
 
 G. Stanton, I867, '68, '69; Erastus N. 
 Spalding, 1870, '71 ; 1872, no elections; 
 Enos K. Young, 1874, '75 ; A. N. Tilden, 
 1876, 'Tj; Wm. B. Orcutt, i878-'8i. 
 
 ASSISTANT JUDGES OF. COUNTY COURT. 
 
 Charles Samson, 1842, '43; Nathan 
 Morse, Alvin Braley, 1858, '59. 
 
 Wm. B. Orcutt, 1874, '75 ; 
 
 Sheriff,— O. W. Orcutt, 1865, '66. 
 
 DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONL CONVEN- 
 TIONS. 
 
 Darius Spaulding, 1814; Jonathan P. 
 Ruggles, 1822 ; Nathan Morse, 1828, '35 ; 
 Henry S. Boyce, 1842 ; Thomas R. ShaW, 
 1849; Samuel U. Hildreth, 1870. 
 
 POSTMASTERS. 
 
 First postmaster, John M. Spaulding, 
 from 1826 to '49; Oi W. Orcutt, 1849 to 
 '53 ; Billings Spaulding and A. N. Tilden, 
 1 861 to '63; Julius Spaulding, 1865 to '66; 
 Orin W. Orcutt, 1866 to the present time. 
 
 East Roxbury.— Shubael Wales, 1830 
 to '42 ; Stillman Ruggles, 1841 to '43 ; 
 Samuel Ruggles, 1843 to '52 ; Jacob Ward- 
 ner, in 1852, and present incumbent. 
 
 Merchants : — Among others beside what 
 I have previously named, I remember 
 Woodward, Thresher, A. N. Tilden, Ed. 
 Ferris, J. Riford, Mansfield, I. Brigham, 
 E. P. Burnham, A. N. Tilden & Son, the 
 two last firms at present doing good busi- 
 ness. Asa Taylor was the first to keep 
 store in town. 
 
 E. N. Spaulding's steam-mill burned 
 down in November, since I wrote up the 
 
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 manufacturing business, and another one 
 was well under way here when I came from 
 Roxbury. Stephen Butterfield has been 
 station agent and telegraph operator nearly 
 the whole time since the railroad came to 
 Roxbury. E. N. Spalding is a promi- 
 nent business man; dealing heavily in 
 lumber. Will Spalding, his son, is now 
 " dispatcher " in an office in Boston. 
 
 Thanks are especially due O. W. Orcutt, 
 Aaron Webster and Zed Stanton, Esq. 
 I have received considerable information 
 from three grand-daughters of Samuel Rich- 
 ardson — Mrs. York, Mrs. Woodard and 
 Mrs. Youngs ; also from O. Richardson, a 
 former resident of .this town. Many have 
 no doubt felt interested who have devoted 
 no time, therefore much will be left out, 
 inevitably, which cannot fail of being a 
 source of regret to their posterity ; for, 
 however this may seem to us of to-day, to 
 whom much of this history is familiar, 
 future generations will peruse it with the 
 greatest interest, and every incident of the 
 hardships, privations and heroism of the 
 pioneers, related at many firesides by our- 
 children's children. s. b. m. 
 
 roxbury CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 The day chosen for the Celebration fell 
 on Tuesday, fair and fine as one could wish. 
 The procession of citizens and visitors 
 formed at the town-house, and led by 
 Northfield Cornet Band, drum corps, mil- 
 itia, old folks' temperance organization, 
 grange and civilians, marched to a charm- 
 ing little grove near the depot, where a 
 stand had' been erected for music and 
 speakers, tables laid for an old-fashioned 
 dinner in a little vale just below, tended 
 by young ladies, picturesque in short 
 waists, enormous pufted sleeves and narrow 
 goredskirts, guiltless of trimmings. Among 
 the visitors who were assigned seats of 
 honor upon the stand were Philip Cram, 
 the first child born in Roxbury, from 
 Brookfield ; Mrs. Orcutt, widow o^ Sam- 
 uel Orcutt, and mother of those residing 
 in Roxbury and Northfield of that name, 
 the oldest person present, being 94 years 
 of age. There- were 39 persons over 70, 
 30 of them being over 80. 
 
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 HISTORICAL ADDRESS, 
 (BY Z. o. STANTON, ESQ.) 
 
 Delivered at Roxbury, Aug. 22, 1876, 
 Maj. Allen Spaulding, president of the oc- 
 casion ; a large concourse of citizens 
 and visitors present ; from which we ex- 
 tract the portions pertaining strictly to the 
 history of the town not already covered by 
 the papers of Mrs. Mansfield, given : 
 
 " Many of the early settlers of this town- 
 ship were veterans of the Revolution. 
 Doubtless the tract of land now known as 
 the town of Roxbury was never the per- 
 manent home of the Indians. Yet it- may 
 be inferred from the geographical position 
 of this portion of our State, that the 
 Indians, in their predatory excursions 
 - against the colonial settlements of New 
 England, passed through here. The Iro- 
 quois, Cossuck and St. Francis tribes fre- 
 quented this portion of our State at various 
 times while on their hunting excursions, 
 and doubtless the smoke of their camp- 
 fires wended up from this little valley many 
 times. In the fall of 1780, the town of 
 Royalton was pillaged and burned by a 
 band of Indians from Canada, who on 
 their return passed through the west part 
 of Brookfield, and probably the east part 
 of this town. Arrow-Jieads and other relics 
 have been found here at various times, 
 which prove conclusively that the red man 
 was here at a time previous to any white 
 man's emigration to this township. Nov. 
 6, 1780, this township was granted, and it 
 was chartered by the Governor, Council 
 and General Assembly of the State, Aug. 
 5, 1 78 1, to Benjamin Emmons and 64 
 others, nearly all of whom were residents 
 of Windsor County. I thirik two of these 
 persons afterwards resided in this town. 
 Among the names of those to whom this 
 township was chartered, I find those of 
 Thomas Chittenden, Paul Spooner, and 
 others prominent in the early history of 
 Vermont. Besides the land chartered to 
 those men, there was chartered one right 
 foLthe use of a seminary or college, one 
 for the use of a county grammar school, 
 one for the purpose of the settlement of a 
 minister of the gospel, one for the support 
 of the social worship of God, and one for 
 the support of an English school or schools 
 in this town. The proprietors of this 
 township held their first meeting at the 
 house of Benjamin Burtch, an innholderin 
 Hartford, County of Windsor, Nov. 20, 
 1783 ; Hon. Paul Spooner, moderator, 
 and Briant Brown, clerk. A committee, 
 consisting of Briant Brown, Esq., Capt. 
 John Strong, Elisha Gallup, Abel Lyman 
 and Asa Taylor were chosen to examine 
 
 this township, and to lay out 100 acres to 
 each proprietor as a first division, with the 
 allowance of five per cent, for highways. 
 They were also instructed to procure a 
 surveyor, chainmen and provisions. They 
 held an adjourned meeting Dec. 25 the 
 same year, and voted to lay a tax of 10 s. 
 lawful money, on each proprietor's right or 
 share of land, for the purpose of paying 
 the expenses of surveying. This tax was 
 to be paid in money, wheat, beef or pork, 
 at cash price. They chose Capt. John 
 Strong collector, and Major Joel Mathews, 
 treasurer. They also voted a tax of 2 s. 
 lawful money, on each proprietor's right or 
 share of land in this township, for the pur- 
 pose of defraying charges that had arisen 
 in procuring the charter. It is impossible 
 to ascertain just how many meetings were 
 held by the proprietors of this township, 
 or when the survey was made. I think, 
 however, that the survey was not made at 
 this time, and possibly not until several 
 years later. There was a proprietors' 
 meeting held at the house of Asa Edgerton, 
 in Randolph, Aug. 6, 1788 ; Major Elijah 
 Paine, moderator, and Deacom David 
 Bates, clerk. A v6te similar to the one 
 taken at Hartford, with the addition of an- 
 other division, was passed. It is possible 
 that the survey of the township was made 
 previous to this time, but I have no author- 
 ity for saying so. Each proprietor had 
 one lot in each division. On the 21st day 
 of May, 1789, the first settlement was 
 made in this township. 
 
 Mr. Huntington, the first settler, was an 
 elderly man, and was accompanied by 
 several children, some of whom had ar- 
 rived at maturity at that time.. Three of 
 his sons, Jedediah, Thomas and Jonathan 
 were quite prominent in town affairs when 
 the town was organized. I am not able to 
 say who the next settlers of this township 
 were, but soon after Huntington and Rich- 
 ardson came here, Mr. Isaac Lewis settled 
 in this township, and Messrs. David, 
 Robert and Jonathan Cram located on the 
 farms now owned and occupied by Messrs. 
 Chatterton, Bowman and Clough. [See 
 previous account of.] 
 
 Jacob Wardner came to this town in 
 1801, and built a log house on the farm 
 now owned by H. A. Thayer. The next 
 year he moved his family to this place. 
 He was a German, and was born on board 
 a vessel while his parents were emigrating 
 to this country, and he used to boast that 
 he ' never was born on the face of God's 
 earth.' 
 
 Samuel Robinson and Samuel M.Orcutt 
 were at one time associated in mercantile 
 business, and occupied the room now used 
 
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 by J; F. Pearson as a harness shop. This 
 was the second store kept in town. They 
 did a good business, and to use my in- 
 formant's own words, ' There was not so 
 many Bostons then as now; then the 
 Granger did not trouble the merchant, 
 and the potato bug did not bother the 
 Granger ; then the merchants drew their 
 molasses without the help of patent gates, 
 and sold new rum without a license.' 
 
 Elijah Ellis lived where Mrs. Brackett 
 now does. He built the house at this 
 place, and it was the first house built in 
 town that was arranged for the use of 
 stoves, I am informed. He had no fire- 
 place or ' stack of chimneys,' as they were 
 called^ and people thought it a great de- 
 parture from the old ways. Ellis also built 
 the first clover-mill in town. [See Mrs. 
 Mansfield's record.] 
 
 About this time Moses Woodard lived 
 where Peter Gilbert now does, whose son 
 was the noted manufacturer of the frames 
 of saddles. There was a tavern kept here 
 for some time, and the place was known 
 as the center of the town. Below Wood- 
 ward]s, on the road leading to where the 
 village now is, lived James Bancroft, who 
 was for many years town clerk, and has 
 left upon the town records some splendid 
 specimens of penmanship, that rnight well 
 serve for copies for many at this day. 
 There were in 1810 but three houseswhere 
 the village now is — the house of Mr. Bur- 
 roughs, near where Mrs. Martell lives, and 
 two others, near where Charles Leonard 
 now resides. At this time, 1810, there 
 was a considerable portion of the town 
 settled. 
 
 After the return of our volunteers from 
 Plattsburgh, with the exception of town 
 meetings and trainings, the town was com- 
 paratively quiet. These trainings were 
 held at various places, sornetimes at Billa 
 Woodard's and Capf. Orcutt's, on the east 
 hill; and often near the tavern of John M. 
 Spaulding. Mr. Spaulding kept this tav- 
 ern, and was also proprietor of a saw-mill 
 and grist-mill at this place. Then one day 
 in each week was set apart for the grind- 
 ing of salt. Coarse salt was the only kind 
 of that commodity that could be obtained, 
 and as the thrifty housewives then, as now, 
 took great pride in making good butter, 
 they had of necessity to grind their salt at 
 the grist-mill. Mr. Spaulding built the 
 hotel in the village in 1830. He was an 
 energetic business man, and accumulated 
 a handsome property for those honest days. 
 -For many years the town meetings were 
 held at dwellings in various parts of the 
 town. I find by consulting the town rec- 
 ords that these meetings were held at the- 
 houses of the following-named gentlemen, 
 
 in the order that they occur: Jedediah 
 Huntington, Samuel Richardson, Chris- 
 topher Huntington, Lemuel Smith, Ichabod 
 Munsel, Billa Woodard, Samuel M. Orcutt 
 and Luther Ainsworth. After this they 
 were held at the village, in the meeting- 
 house and hotel hall, until the town-house 
 was built, in 18J4. 
 
 The verd antique marble was discovered 
 in Roxbury, 1833, by a gentlemen named 
 McCain. 
 
 No State in the Union has a better rec- 
 ord in connection with the war of the re- 
 bellion than Vermont — and no town in the 
 State has a better one than Roxbury. With 
 a population of 1060, Roxbury gave the 
 Union army 95 brave soldiers, 8 of whom 
 re-enlisted. Co. H, 6th Vt. Regt,, under 
 command of Capt. D. B. Davenport, was ■ 
 recruited in this town in the fall of 1861. 
 Besides this company there were residents 
 of this town in many other regiments. 
 Twenty-six of these died in the service of 
 
 their country 
 
 Besides these, there were 
 of those who enlisted from other places, 
 but who were residents of this town, two 
 that died — Homer Pearson in a rebel pris- 
 on, at Salisbury, N. C, and Samuel Shep- 
 herd, who was a member of a Massachu- 
 setts regiment, in the service. In all, 29 
 men of this town fell in the defense of hu- 
 man liberty. I wish that this town might 
 imitate the action of other towns, and 
 erect a monument to the memory of these 
 martyrs. 
 
 So far as manufacturing is cpncerned, 
 Roxbury has done but little, and doubtless 
 the wealth that is obtained here must come 
 through the hard hand of the farmer. Mr. 
 Shubal Wales, who kept tavern at East 
 Roxbury many years ago, was also propri- 
 etor of clothing works at that place, but it 
 was not a very extensive concern. 
 
 The people here have to a considerable 
 extent, been dependent upon itinerant 
 preachers. After Mr. Huntington remov- 
 ed to Canada, the settlers at East Roxbury 
 secured the services of Elder Seaver, of 
 Williamstown, and meetings were held in 
 the school house. Elder Hovey also held 
 meetings there, and soon after a Calvinist 
 Baptist church was formed. There has 
 been,"! think, a church organization there 
 ever since. Their present church, the First 
 Christian, was organized in Feb., 1863. 
 Rev. Henry Howard is now their pastor. 
 The union house of worship was built in 
 this village in 1839. Previous to this, the 
 meetings were held in school hotises, and 
 sometimes in barns. Considerable excite- 
 ment was occasioned at the time the first 
 minister in town was ordained. In those 
 days, there were many lay preachers, and 
 
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 one of these, a man named Culver, was 
 privately ordained and laid claim to this 
 lot, together with all the improvements 
 that had been made upon it. The select- 
 men of the town objected to this, but Cul- 
 ver would not yield, and then they endeav- 
 vored to have a preacher named Smith, 
 better known as "Happy John," ordained. 
 He declined, and Ophir Shipman was next 
 appealed to. He consented, and was the 
 first regularly ordained minister in Rox- 
 bury. He held the value of the land with- 
 out improvements. The result of this 
 strife was the destroying of the Baptist 
 church at this place. 
 
 My fellow townsmen, in conclusion, let 
 me say that I would that this task of 
 chronicling a history of our town might 
 have been performed by abler hands than 
 mine. With the short time alloted me I 
 could, of course, give nothing but a rough 
 sketch of those incidents brought most 
 vividly to my notice. I trust they are in 
 the main correct. My thanks are due 
 those who have^ so kindly furnished me 
 with material, and I hope the day is not 
 far distant when a fuller and more com- 
 plete history may be written. If you de- 
 rive half the pleasure in listening to this 
 that I have in learning of those pioneers in 
 our town, I shall be satisfied. I think we 
 are too apt in this fast age not to look 
 back to the lives and deeds of those 
 who have gone before. Said Edmund 
 Burke, "A people who do not look back 
 to their ancestors will not look forward to 
 their posterity," and still there are many 
 to-day if called upon to give the maiden 
 name of their grandmother would be una- 
 ble to do so. To know more of those 
 whose places we now fill, -to learn of their 
 virtues, to know wherein they erred, is our 
 right and duty. In our little mountain 
 town, away up among the Green Moun- 
 tains, we have no great history to write of, 
 no mighty deeds of valiant men to chroni- 
 cle, no biography of some brilliant person 
 who has gone from here and startled the 
 world with his genius, for no native of 
 Roxbury has been, to my knowledge, a 
 member of Congress or of the State Prison 
 either,, but simply a story of hardy men and 
 brave women seeking and making their 
 homes among these hills. There are 
 times when, perhaps, we may wish for a 
 more genial clime and a more fertile soil, 
 but none of us after living here a series of 
 years will fail to love these hills, for it is our 
 home. When we consider the changes that 
 have been wrought in our State and nation 
 during the past century, we know that our 
 little town has kept pace with the rest. 
 How different the scene of to-day and the 
 one Samuel Richardson gazed on when 
 
 first he came here . At our feet stiil murmurs 
 that little mountain stream that sparkled 
 in the autumn sunlight of 86 years ago, 
 but how changed is the rest. Then it 
 was an unbroken forest, with naught but 
 wild beasts for inmates ; now it is teeming 
 with the marks of improvement. The iron 
 horse is going at lightning speed through 
 our valley ; step to yonder telegraph ofiice 
 and in a moment's time a thought of yours 
 may be flashed to the Golden Gates of the 
 Pacific, or, sent beneath the ocean's bed, 
 may be heard on another continent ; on our 
 hillsides are evidences of great improve- 
 ments, machinery supplants labor, and the 
 products of other climes may be ours at 
 prices almost nopiinal. Forth from these 
 hillsides come a thousand sparkling streams 
 with water pure and clear as our lives 
 should be ; across these hills the strong, 
 invigorating air is ever waving, giving 
 health and happiness, and here in our 
 peaceful homes ought to be found hearts 
 grateful to the Giver of all these blessings. 
 But the tottering forms of these aged ones 
 who have assembled here to-day, tell us 
 plainly that it is but a brief happiness we 
 have to enjoy here, and that with each re- 
 turn of this golden harvest time, new 
 mounds will have been made in our valleys 
 and on our hillsides, mai-king the spot 
 where some one is resting from his labors, 
 and may God grant that when the last 
 summons shall come, and the places we 
 now occupy shall knowus no more, that 
 our lives shall have been such as to bear 
 well the scrutiny of the Great Hereafter. 
 
 A CENTURY OLD STORY. 
 
 BY MRS. SARAH BiUGIIAM MANSFIELD. 
 
 (Read at the Roxbury Centennial.) 
 Ah I what more Inspiring theme 
 For poet's pen or poet's dream 
 Than to go back an hundred years— 
 To dream of all the hopes and fears. 
 
 The heart-throbs and the pain 
 Of those who lived, and loved, and died— 
 Who felled the forests, dark and wide— 
 Who, with unswerving, constant toll, 
 Cleared these broad acres, tilled the soil, 
 
 Themselves a home to gain. 
 
 A hundred years, or less, ago' 
 Deep waters had their ebb and flow; 
 The willow bowed Its graceful head 
 Above the water-lily's bed. 
 
 Where stands this village now. 
 The bear and wolf roamed without fear, 
 With now and then a moose or deer. 
 And the primeval forests rang 
 With shrieks of panther— the birds sang 
 
 Their loftiest, sweetest strains, I trow. 
 
 The red man oft-times wandered through 
 These dim old woods; alil brave and true 
 Were they who mid tli' green hills of Vermont 
 Sought and found homes; my word upon't, 
 A nobler, truer race 
 
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 Tlian those old yeomen ne'er were seen; 
 Though brown of cheek, nor gracefiil mien 
 Had they, their record shows 
 A list of deeds that brighter glows 
 As years come on apace. 
 
 In a sweet glade, beside a wood, 
 
 A century gone, a cabin stood; 
 
 A purling brook trilled Joyously along. 
 
 And bird-notes echoed back the song. 
 
 While little children fair 
 Joined In the chorus at their play ; 
 What wonder that their hearts were gay— 
 From the drea'l war papa had come. 
 To spend his days in peace at home ; 
 
 How light seemed every care I 
 
 'Twas springtime; adder-tongues were up; 
 
 'Neath the di-y leaves the arbutus' cup; 
 
 Rude troughs still caught the flowing sweet 
 
 From the rock maple; tiny feet 
 Made fairy footprints all around. 
 
 One-little lad, with crisp brown curls. 
 
 And full white brow, fair as a girl's. 
 
 With dusk- bright eyes, brim full of glee. 
 
 Pet of that humble home was he- 
 Humble, yet with love crowned. 
 
 " O, let me mind the fire," he cried, " to day. 
 And watch the sap, to see it boll away; 
 You go to dinner, one and all — 
 Please let me stay; Pm not so very small, 
 
 Pil have you all to know; 
 I'm a big boy, 'most eight years old. 
 And not a bit afraid; now do not scold. 
 For won't I make the kettle slngl- 
 And don't forget my lunch to bring- 
 
 I'm starved almosti— now go." 
 
 And so they left him, bright-eyed Ned ; 
 " He'll keep all right, we know," they said, 
 " And feel as proud as any king— 
 The little, pompous, silly thing. 
 
 To think such work Is play." 
 And while they diued, the mother brought 
 A dainty luntfh of trout they'd caught. 
 And good sweet bread, both brown and white : 
 *■' Now haste thee, husband, from my sight, 
 
 Nor linger by the way ; 
 "My heartlsead- ohi strangely sad— 
 For fear of harm to the dear lad ; 
 I know he's brave— as brave as good — 
 But wild beasts lurk in the deep wood— 
 
 Oh I haste thee to our child." 
 "Fie! flel upon thy woman's fears; 
 The boy is safe— dry up thy tears; 
 And when he comes with me to-night, 
 Thou'lt smile upon this foolish fright— 
 
 Hd loves the deep woods wild." 
 Yet, as his hurried steps drew near, 
 Why blanched his cheek with sudden fear? 
 Ah I what was there his keen eye scanned? 
 Prints of moccasined feet on every hand. 
 
 With the bare ones of little Ned; 
 An arrow and a wooden spoon- 
 But where the boy they left at noon? 
 The frantic father called In vain; 
 Sad echo answered back the strain- 
 Forever lost 1 it said. 
 On through the forest, dark and wild. 
 The (tenzled father sought his child ; 
 Through mountain gorge, o'er hill and dale. 
 Till steps grew slow, cheeks wan and pale. 
 
 He sought, but never found. 
 
 Spring, summer, waned, and autumn came, 
 Kicli with ripe fruits and golden grain ; 
 But iVom that pleasant cabin home 
 The light and joy for aye had flown— 
 ^ No little narrow mound, 
 
 Rose-strewn, where they could go and weep, 
 And know their darling was asleep 
 Beneath the flowers ; no such relief 
 Had those poor hearts; In silent grief , 
 
 They passed each weary day. 
 White grew the mother's raven hair. 
 Deep care lines on the brow once fkir. 
 Watching and waiting all in vain ; 
 The dear one came not back again — 
 
 He was lost to them for aye. 
 The stolen child was agrand-uncle of the writer. 
 
 OUR ROXBURY VISIT. 
 
 When in print so far as with Middlesex, 
 we had no certain historian for Roxbury 
 engaged, but learning by chance corres- 
 pondence that Mrs. Sarah Brigham Mans- 
 field was residing at Roxbury, made her a 
 visit with much confidence, we had found 
 the best person in the town to write out 
 the historic record of Roxbury. Wliile 
 visiting Mrs. Mansfield, we also made a 
 little trip into the Mad River Valley, that 
 we had never dreamed of as so pretty ; 
 heard Rev. P. B. Fisk in his address at the 
 Fair at Waitsfield, and visited the birth- 
 town of the Brigham family and Mrs. 
 Laura Brigham Boyce. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Mansfield pointed out many an old site 
 named in our Fayston history, fresh from 
 the press ; now Mr. M., the old home site 
 of his father, which strangely the writer 
 had somehow overlooked. 
 
 Riley Mansfield, born in Winchen- 
 don, Mass., came from there when 19 
 years old, with an ox-team, by marked 
 trees, through the heart of the Vermont 
 wilderness, ' and located in the valley of 
 Fayston, clearing himself a farm and 
 roUing up the logs for his first log-house. 
 He lived in this town till his death, and 
 raised a large family, and was one of the 
 principal landholders of his day, as the 
 Fayston records attest. His farms and 
 mortgages on farms covered much of the 
 territory of the town ; but he Was no op- 
 pressor. A neighbor under embarrass- 
 ment came fo him one day, and said, "I 
 want you to buy that 50-acre lot of mine. 
 If I can turn it into money, I can save ray 
 farm and myself from ruin." " I will take 
 
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 it," said Mr. M., and paid him bis price for 
 - the land. The man afterwards said to 
 him, "You saved me and my family from 
 utter failure-;" A little later, hard times 
 again came, and the neighbor was again in 
 deep gloom. How he could meet his 
 taxes fie did not know. He had some 
 fine sheep, but sheep were down in the 
 market ; no one wanted to buy for half 
 their worth. The melancholy man came 
 down one afternoon to see if Mr. M. would 
 not buy his sheep. Mr. M. was absent. 
 He told his story to Mrs. M., and said he 
 knew of no one else who would give him 
 the worth of his sheep, but he thought 
 that Mr. M. might, and let him have the 
 money. Mrs. M., sorry for the man, and 
 knowing the neighborly spirit of her hus- 
 band, told him that she thought Mr. M. 
 might buy the sheep, and she would tell 
 him when he came home, and she thought 
 he would be up there that night. The 
 man left a little encouraged. Mr. M. did 
 not return till late. Mrs. M. told him, but 
 it was lo o'clock before he had his chores I 
 done, and he put off going up till the next 
 morning. He went up then, but the man 
 had hung himself in the night. His wife 
 said to Mr. M., " Had you come up last 
 night, it would have saved his life." Mr. 
 M., although no ways obligated, always 
 regretted that he had not gone up that 
 night, late as it was. 
 
 He brought apple-seeds from New Hamp- 
 shire, and planted orchards around his old 
 homestead 63 years ago ; trees yet remain 
 there that sprang from the seed he planted 
 then. Mr. M. removed from where he 
 first settled to a farm on Mill brook, where 
 . he made his home the last 25 years of his 
 life. His first home was adjoining the 
 old Mrigham farm on Fayston hill. His 
 house was within 20 rods of where George 
 Boyce now lives. He sold to Mr. Brig- 
 ham and Mr. Griggs a part of their farms 
 (old Stephen R. Griggs was the one who 
 committed suicide). 
 
 From Obituary. — "Riley Mansfield, of 
 
 Fayston, died Jan. 14, , aged nearly 
 
 77 years ; another of our oldest and most 
 respected citizens is gone, almost the last 
 of the pioneer men who came to our town 
 
 in its early settlement, or before it had be- 
 come largely settled or improved. He 
 came 56 years ago, and helped by his life- 
 long industry td make the wilderness to 
 blossom as a garden. At 23, he was con- 
 verted at a camp-meeting, and united with 
 the Methodist church, of which he was a 
 member at time of his death. In 1822 he 
 married Betsey Chase, who died Mar. 11, 
 '73. Of a large family, but one son, Martin 
 Mansfield, is now living. He was respect- 
 ed for his sterling worth ; there lives no 
 man who will say, ' Uncle Rile)',' as he 
 was called by all his neighbors, ever know- 
 ingly cheated him one cent. Of his sudden 
 death he seemed to have a premonition. 
 He began to feel unwell Wednesday after- 
 noon, and died on Friday near midnight. 
 About an hour before he died, he dressed 
 himself and laid down again on his bed, 
 apparently comfortable, and died as an in- 
 fant hushed to sleep in its mother's arms." 
 
 After his death it was found he had 
 written in his diairy the Sabbath evening 
 before, the following : 
 
 "Jan. g. Sabbath Evening. 
 Now we know not what is before us ; we 
 -frequently hear of people being found dead, 
 and as you all, my dear children, are away 
 from me, the thought came to me that I 
 might never see any of you again. Oh, 
 what a feeling came over me ! I felt that 
 I could not go to bed without writing a 
 few words of entreaty that you would not 
 let the busy scenes" and cares of this life 
 hinder you from preparing for the life to 
 come. Oh, do think of the life that never, 
 never ends! Think what folly it is to 
 make overmuch provision for the flesh only 
 to be enjoyed a few days ! It is the height 
 of folly for people to live as most do, and 
 for professors of religion to live as all the 
 world do,' laying up treasures on earth. 
 What I wrote on the other page (of this 
 diary) , was after I was ready to go to bed, 
 but after these thoughts came to me, I 
 made another fire and sat down and wrote 
 this, hoping you might find it, and hoping 
 it might have some influence on your lives. 
 It maybe your loving father's last request." 
 
 It was his last request to his children, 
 for he never beheld their faces again, his 
 death on the next Friday night being so 
 unexpected, they were not sent for until 
 all was over. 
 
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 BETSEY CHASE, 
 
 who lived on Waitsfield Mountain,' mother 
 of Mrs. Riley Mansfield, of Fayston (see 
 previous, page — ), used to tell many tales 
 of almost incredible hardships and priva- 
 tions. Her husband, Thomas Chase, 
 served, in the Revolutionary War, and she 
 cared for her little family as best she could, 
 as they were very poor, i^ the springtime 
 subsisting upon milk and leeks (wild 
 onions) , and such small game as she could 
 get, being an adept in' the use of a rifle or 
 shot-gun. At one time, when the army 
 was in desperate need of recruits, andthey 
 were pressed into the service with but very 
 little ceremony. When it was known offi- 
 cers were in town for that purpose, many 
 poor fellows, who much preferred to re- 
 main by their own firesides to enduring 
 the perils of war, would hide until the en- 
 listing officers had left town. They, learn- 
 ing this, devised a plan to catch them by 
 letting loose their cattle in the night, and 
 concealing themselves to watch for the 
 men to come out and care for them. Sev- 
 eral times one night Mrs. Chase heard the 
 tinkling of her old cow-bell in her corn- 
 field, and each time marched resolutely out 
 and drove old "Crumple" into the yard, 
 making all fast, and returned to the house, 
 to have the same repeated, until the re- 
 cruiting officer and men with him wearied 
 out (at last,) made themselves and 
 their errand known, and when told her 
 . husband -was already in the service, were 
 somewhat chop-fallen, but declared she 
 was a~ brave woman, fit to be a soldier's 
 wife. She was a strong, robust woman, 
 and never seemed to know the meaning of 
 the word fear. She often said, she would 
 as soon meet the devil in the dark as a 
 man. Whether this was a bit of sarcasm 
 on the " sterner sex" she never explained. 
 Some of he,r superstitious neighbors called 
 her a "witch," for her prophecies often 
 came true, and they feared nothing so 
 much as her displeasure, "lest some evil 
 should come upon them." This rather 
 pleased her than otherwise, as in this' way 
 she kept some disorderly neighbors very 
 submissive. She died in Waitsfield, April, 
 1852, aged over go years. 
 
 The account of Riley Mansfield and 
 Thomas and Betsey Chase belong to the 
 towns of Fayston and Waitsfield, but hav- 
 ing been overlooked at home, we include 
 them with this near neighboring town, 
 and the more easily, as Mrs. Mansfield has 
 most cordially and permanently connected 
 herself here as the historian of the town, 
 though the family have now all removed 
 from Roxbury and reside at Fairhaven. 
 
 MR. BURNHAM'S REMINISCENCES. 
 
 Deer. — Mr. E. P. Burnham, merchant 
 at the village, told us he can remember 
 some ;o years ago, when the deer used to 
 herd together in spruce thickets on these 
 mountains in the winter, and when the 
 snow melted in the March days, and froze 
 at night, making a crust, the hunters 
 would be out the next morning for the 
 deer. ,He says he has been on these 
 mountains many times when the deer were 
 so thick you could not count their tracks — 
 the tracks were like a thousand sheep in 
 the snow. The hunters frequently shot 
 and brought in several deer at a time. He 
 distinctly remembers when they brought 
 in five at one time. 
 
 . He was graphic in his remembrances of 
 Crandall, of whom Mrs. Mansfield has 
 some anecdotes on the foregoing pages. 
 
 "Some 50 years ago," says Mr. B., 
 " there lived in this town a man by the name 
 of John B. Crandall, but who was named 
 and called by all his townsmen Judge 
 Crandall, a drinking, miserable being, but- 
 a man with natural talent. He would get 
 into debt and get sued, and defend himself 
 in the courts. He managed his own case 
 and plead his own cause before the jury, 
 and usually with success. Judge, Weston 
 brought a suit for debt against him one 
 time, however, in Randolph, when Cran- 
 dall thought he would have some help,_ 
 and engaged one • of Judge Weston's stu- 
 dents to help defend him. When the 
 cause came on, the student arose to argue 
 Crandall's case, but, awed by the presence 
 of his master, began to hesitate. Crandall 
 stood it for a moment. He had an invet- 
 ,erate habit of spitting when excited. For 
 a moment he sat spitting, when, arising, 
 
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 drawing his ragged, slightly liquorfied form 
 up to its full height, he spit once, twice, 
 thrice. Said he, 'Sit down! sit down! 
 
 You are afraid of the d d cuss ; let me 
 
 try him!' He did try him, and won his 
 case out and out with the jury, to the great 
 amusement of all who heard the defense. 
 He had a family. His own boys took after 
 him in drinking, but had none of his power 
 of wit and argument. I think they were 
 more like their mother, who was a famous 
 talker, but not well balanced. Some 
 neighbors in of an evening, the old lady 
 would sit and tell over her wise things ; 
 the old man, under the influence of liquor, 
 in his chair sit and doze, and when she 
 had chatted away and told her long yarns 
 till late, arouse himself up and say, ' A 
 dumb fool always knows the most.'" 
 
 The poor old man, of marked ability, 
 but a wreck from his bad habit, died at 
 last, and his curious old wife and his un- 
 educated sons following in his steps, that 
 never were any benefit to the community ; 
 but in the third generation, under the in- 
 fluence of a better education, the ability 
 of the grandfather again cropped markedly 
 out. His grandsons have the strong nat- 
 ural ability without the dissipation of their 
 grandfather or fathers, and make fine men. 
 
 THE 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY 
 
 of Mrs. Betsey C. Spalding, of which 
 Mrs. Mansfield has briefly spoken, was, 
 indeed, a very unique and pleasant gather- 
 ing, and as the oldest birthday party ever 
 celebrated in Roxbury, should perhaps 
 have a little more notice. Her five chil- 
 dren, all living, were present : ErastusN., 
 Billings, Mrs. Brackett, Mrs. P. Wiley, 
 Mrs. A. N. Thompson, her daughter-in- 
 law and her sons-in-law, and the grand^ 
 children in part: Mrs. L. P. Thompson, 
 from Clarence, la. ; Mrs. Arthur Bradley, of 
 Maiden, Mass. ; William Wiley, of White 
 River Junction ; Charles, of St. Albans ; 
 Edwin and Delia Wiley, Clinton Brackett, 
 George Tilden, with their husbands and 
 wives and four great-grandchildren, " un- 
 cles, cousins and aunts." Over th« front 
 door was " Welcome!" in cedar; within, 
 the mammoth cake on the table, "a pyr- 
 
 amid of snowy whiteness, crowned with an 
 exquisite white rose with silver leaves,'' a 
 rose-pyramid rising beside, the gift of the 
 great-grandchildren, of ninety rosebuds, 
 rare specimens, just bursting into beauty, 
 that filled the room with their delicious 
 perfume ; over the wall above, " 1791 and 
 iSgi ;" another table — an elegant bouquet 
 of hot-house flowers from St. Albans 
 friends, a mound of asters, artistically ar- 
 ranged, very handsome, from Mrs. E. P. 
 Burnham, with letters of regret from friends 
 who could not come, on the table. The 
 photographer was there, and views taken 
 of the family gathered about the aged 
 mother in front of her house. Then there 
 was the bountiful supper in the town-hall, 
 five long tables, the central one laid with 
 the mother's old-fashioned mulberry ware 
 and silver of " ye olden" solidity and style ; 
 and after, the birthday address by Rev. ■ 
 Eli Ballou, of Bethel, who referred to Mrs. 
 Spalding's coming to Roxbury when the 
 town was but a wilderness, being one of 
 the first settlers. He spoke feelingly of 
 the kind, loving mother she had been, how 
 deserving of all their love and respect ; 
 this occasion would remain a bright .spot 
 in their memories. Mrs. S. was born in 
 Strafford, Ct., married John Spalding at 
 20, and came to Roxbury. 
 
 NORA, BLOSSOM OF THE MAY. 
 
 BY A. WEBSTEK. 
 
 Where departed kindred sleep. 
 And the living cume and weep. 
 Laid we, on a vernal day, 
 Nora, blossom of the May. 
 Seven summers' suns and flowers. 
 Seven autumns' russet bowers. 
 Eight sweet springtimes, fair and gay, 
 Saw our blossom of the May. 
 Mild was she, and sweetly fair," 
 Azure eyes and nut-brown hair; 
 Voice that rivaled warblers' lay, 
 Had our blossom of the May. 
 Earth Is sad now she Is gone. 
 Heaven another charm has won; 
 "Where to meet, we hope and pray, 
 Nora, blossom of the May. 
 Rest, sweet blossom, rest In peace. 
 Where all pains and sorrows cea^ie ; 
 In our hearts shall ne'er decay, 
 Nora, blossom of the May. 
 Nora, blossom of the May, 
 Pride of her parental spray. 
 Sweetly bloomed and passed away, 
 Nora, blossom of the May. 
 
WAITSFIELD. 
 
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 WAITSFIELD. 
 
 BY BBV. P. B. PISK. 
 
 [Note.— Tbe writer desires at tlie outset, to ao- 
 knowled^e gratefully the assistance he has received 
 from several of his fellow-townsmen, and especfally. 
 to give the credit due to the late Jennlson Jones, Esq., 
 for Ills MS., In which most of the fUcts and dates prior 
 to 1850, were faithfully recorded.] 
 
 The township owes its name to Gen. 
 Benjamin Wait — the first settler and lead- 
 ing proprietor of the town. It is situated 
 in the south-western part of Washington 
 Co., bounded. by Moretown, Northfield, 
 Warren, and Fayston. Its post-office is 
 20 miles (more or less) from the capital of 
 the State, and lies snugly embedded just 
 in the "Fork of the Y" of the Green 
 Mountain range. The valley of the Mad- 
 river, running from south-west to north- 
 east intersects it, the serpentine course ot 
 the stream both beautifying the scenery, 
 and enriching and devouring by turns the 
 meadows through which it winds its way. 
 At the bottom of the deeply cut channel 
 of the river may be seen the trunks of old 
 trees, partly washed out, projecting from 
 the banks, whiqh must have been a hiin- 
 dred years old before they were overthrown. 
 They are buried at a depth of about 10 
 feet in pebbles, gravel, and surface soil. 
 Moreover, 60 years ago there was a heavy 
 growth of timber standing on this soil. 
 Probably this original forest was over- 
 thrown by the river, and the soil after- 
 wards deposited, for the channel of the 
 stream is by no means permanent. Since 
 the remembrance of the writer it has worn 
 to the east or west as many as 15 rods. 
 The uplands are under cultivation as well 
 as the interval land, and though broken 
 are strong ; for the most part, they make 
 ample returns to the dairyman and the 
 shepherd. In spite of all these drawbacks 
 . the land is so productive that real estate 
 • brings a high price ; and it was well said 
 by Mr. Jones in his sketch, that the town- 
 ship was capable of supporting a much 
 larger population than it has ever seen. 
 No better crops are produced than by these 
 farmers of Waitifield, who take proper 
 pains with their work. The forests which 
 remain are a mixture of hard and soft 
 wood, maple and spruce predominating. 
 
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 The landscape is set off finely with a scal- 
 loped border, by the line' of green hills, 
 which completely inclose it as far as the 
 eye can see ; leaving, apparently, no outlet 
 even for the river ; and_a few points, like 
 those of "Bald" mountains and "Old 
 Scrag," on the east and south ; Lincoln, 
 with its slides, and Camel's Hump on the 
 west, and Mansfield far in the north. 
 
 On either side of this valley several fair 
 sized brooks flow, down from the hillsides, 
 turning, or capable of turning, many busy 
 wheels as they go. Of these the largest 
 are Mill and Shepard's brooks on the west, 
 and Pine brook on the east side of the 
 river. White cottages are to be seen on 
 either side the valley, and about there 
 plenty of the evidences of thrift and com- 
 fort — often of taste and refinement ; and 
 the roads at all seasons are remarkably 
 good through this whole valley.. The 
 landscape is pronounced, even by strangers, 
 to be picturesque and charming beyond 
 many others in Vermont, none of which 
 are wanting in rural attractions. 
 
 Mad river received its name doubtless 
 from the fact that — the mountain slopes '. 
 being so near and steep — ^the surplus water 
 is almost immediately thrown ofi" into the 
 brooks, and by them poured out into the 
 river, which of course rises like sudden 
 anger overflowing its banks, and devouring 
 them at will. 
 
 Waitsfield is almost precisely at the 
 geographical center of the State of Ver- 
 mont, and tradition has it that the commis- 
 sioners to locate the State Capital " stuck 
 their stake" almost precisely where the 
 village now stands. But Gen. Wait de- 
 clared " he wouldn't have his meadow cut 
 up," and so he saved the town from that 
 honor. 
 
 INCORPORATION. 
 
 The charter is dated Feb. 25, 1782, or 5 
 years after Vermont declared herself a free 
 and independent State, signed by the ven- 
 erable Thomas Chittenden, governor at 
 the time. It was then a part of Chittenden 
 County until i8ii, when embraced in the 
 new county called Jefferson, formed after- 
 wards, called Washington. The township 
 was supposed to include a tract of 23,030 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 acres. In 1788, it was found to contain 
 13,850 acres, or plus 840 acres. The de- 
 scription in the charter runs : 
 
 6 miles, 126 chains on the northerly side ; 
 5 miles, 27 chains on the easterly side ; 6 
 miles on the southerly side ; 6 miles, 67 
 chains on the westerly side. 
 
 PROPRIETORS AND THEIR DOINGS. 
 
 The grant of the township was made 
 "to Benjamin Wait, Roger Enos, and 
 their associates, to the number of seventy." 
 It was designed to have been divided into 
 75 equal shares (five of which were to be 
 set apart for public use), containing 318 
 acres each — two lots of 150 acres each in 
 the 1st division, and one lot of 18 acres in 
 the 2d division. The survey of the ist 
 division, viz. : of that part lying west of 
 the mountain, was made in 1788, and this 
 survey and plot was accepted by the pro- 
 prietors. But as the lots began to be 
 taken up and cleared, it was found the 
 survey was very inaccurate. The 2d range 
 of lots from the Moretown line are actually 
 180 rods wide ; the 5th range only about 
 120 rods wide ; the 6th range 180 rods, 
 again ; also measuring the other way, there 
 is a discrepancy, so that, for example, lot 
 No. 107, first occupied by Mr. Salma 
 Rider, contains 200 acres; lot No. 127, 
 first occupied by Mr. John Burdick, only 
 115 acres. 
 
 'This inaccuracy in the ist division made 
 trouble in the survey of the 5d division, 
 which was to consist of 70 lots, of 18 acres 
 each. This survey was made by Stephen 
 Maine in 1795, and the work— as far as he 
 was really responsible for it — was done 
 well ; but the gore proved to be about 
 twice as wide as Mr. Strong had put it 
 down. Mr. Maine relied implicitly on the 
 field-book and plot of Mr. Strong, and 
 made out his plot of the small lots before 
 he entered upon the survey, and actually 
 surveyed and marked the bounds of nearly 
 half the lots before he discovered the 
 mistake. 
 
 Gen. Wait, one of the commissioners, 
 was then consulted, and he was ordered 
 to proceed with his work as he had begun, 
 which he accordingly did, and the lots 
 contain about 36acres instead of 18. The ' 
 
 errors of Mr. Strong's survey were at the 
 time charged against his chain-men ; b"ut 
 Mr. Jonathan Marshal, late of Bethel, one 
 of the party, relates that "they kept their 
 big jug near Mad river, and carried a small 
 jug with them on their routes. In sur- 
 veying the 4th range, the small jug gave 
 out, and they, having run back 20 rods to 
 avoid an impassable ledge, forgot to make 
 allowance for it in their haste to get back 
 again." So, probably "strong water "was 
 the cause of the discrepancy. 
 
 Five shares were granted for public pur- 
 poses ; one each to the University of Ver- 
 mont, the County Grammar School, the 
 town schools, the support of preaching, 
 and the first settled minister. 
 
 Subtractions. — In 1822, "four tier of 
 lots, including the small lots of the 2d di- 
 vision, on the easterly side of the town," 
 were set off to Northfield by the Legisla- 
 ture. The tract lay on the Northfield side 
 of the mountain, and in all business mat- 
 ters, except town business, the inhabitants 
 naturally gravitated toward that village. 
 In 1846, 6 lots more, aggregating 2,400 
 acres, making in all 8,310 acres takenfrom 
 the original grant, were added to North- 
 field, leaving a trifle more than two- thirds 
 of the original 36 square miles to Waits- 
 field. The line between the two towns is 
 now placed as near the top of the mountain 
 as it could be without dividing lots; 
 
 The first proprietors' meeting was held 
 in Windsor, June 30, 1788, adjourned to 
 meet at Timothy Lull's, in Hartland, Nov. 
 4, 1788. It is probable that the adjourned 
 meeting was held, but the record does not 
 decide it so. The next date upon the 
 records is "Woodstock, June 2, 1789," 
 when a tax was voted to defray the ex- 
 penses of obtaining the charter and making 
 the survey. The names of those who 
 voted the tax are given, together with the 
 number of "rights" which each repre- 
 sented : 
 
 Zebulon Lee, 17 rights; Benjamin Wait, 
 S; Joel Matthews, 3; John Marsh, 5; 
 Ezra Jones, 3 ; Wm. Sweetzer,, 3 ; Anthony 
 Morss, I ; Reuben Skinner, 3 ; or eight 
 men representing 40 shares out of the 70. 
 The remaining 30 shares were sold Sept. 
 
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 23, 1789, for taxes, at auction, bringing 
 "£i, IDS. per lot/' The most of them 
 were bid off by Gen. Wait, who seems to 
 have become from that time the " major- 
 ity " of the proprietors. The records of 
 the proprietors are exceedingly meagre, 
 and most lilcely inaccurate, perhaps owing 
 to the custom of "adjourning 15 minutes 
 to meet at this place," just after organiza- 
 tion, the interval being long enough to 
 allow the clerk (to say nothing of the rest 
 of the assembly) , time to muddle his brains 
 with toddy. 
 
 In 1790, a petition was presented to the 
 Legislature " for a tax of 2 d. per acre," to 
 be expended in building roads, bridges 
 and mills in the town. This being grant- 
 ed, it was equally divided between the 
 mills on the one hand, and the roads and 
 bridges on the. other. In consequence, a 
 saw-mill and grist-mill were speedily put 
 in running order at the south-west corner 
 of the town, by John Heaton, known as 
 "Green's Mills," or the "Mill Village," 
 and later as " Irasville." Before this the 
 people had a large birch stump which they 
 used for a mortar to pound hominy in, 
 and were obliged to carr^ their wheat as 
 far as Hancock to reach a regular grist- 
 mill. 
 
 THE FIRST ACTUAL SETTLEMENT 
 
 was made by Gen. Wait and family, in 
 1789. His house was erected on the 
 HLeadow near the spot where his remains 
 are buried. At that time, there was no 
 other dwelling, within 10 or 13 miles in any 
 direction. Northfield already had a small 
 settlement. Roxbury was occupied the 
 same year, and Moretown the next. Fays- 
 ton was an unbroken wilderness for more 
 than 7 years after Gen. Wait came to 
 Waitsfield. The town was not formally 
 organized until 5 years afterward,, or in 
 1794. 
 
 In 179s, the first representative was 
 elected, there being then 27 legal voters in 
 town. This representative was naturally 
 
 GEN. BENJAMIN WAIT, 
 
 of whom personally a few words ought to 
 be spoken at this point. He was a native 
 of Sudbury, Mass., being born Feb. 13, 
 1736. In the language of "Thompson's 
 
 Vermont" (p. 178): "He possessed a 
 firm and vigorous, constitution, and early 
 manifested a disposition and talent for 
 military enterprise. At the age of 18, he^ 
 entered the service of his country under 
 the brave Gen. Amherst. In 1756, he was 
 taken by the French, carried to Quebec, 
 and from thence sent as a prisoner to 
 France. On the coast of France, he was 
 retaken by the British, and carried to Eng- 
 land. In the spring of 1757, he returned 
 to America, and in 1758, assisted in the 
 capture of Louisburgh. During the two 
 succeeding years, he aided in the reduction 
 of Canada. After the submission of Can- 
 ada, he was sent, by the commandant of 
 Detroit, to Illinois to bring in the French 
 garrisons included in the capitulation. He 
 performed this difficult service with singu- 
 lar perseverance and success. At 25 years 
 of age, he had been engaged in 40 battles 
 and skirmishes, and his clothes were sev- 
 eral times perforated with musket balls, 
 but he never received a wound. In 1767, 
 he removed to Windsor, in this State, and 
 constituted the third family in the town- 
 ship. He acted a decided and conspicu- 
 ous part in favor of Vermont in the contro- 
 versy with New York. In 1776, he en- 
 tered the service of the United States as 
 captain, and fought under the banners of 
 Washington till the close of the war, during 
 which time he had been raised to the rank 
 of colonel. After this he was made a 
 brigadier general of militia, and was for 7 
 years high sheriff of the county of Wind- 
 sor. 
 
 After he came to Waitsfield,. he made 
 profession of religion, and lived an exem- 
 plary life to the last. 
 
 He is said to have been of more than 
 medium height, stout, of very light com- 
 plexion, and until the day of his death, 
 singularly erect, whether sitting, standing 
 or riding. One incident will' illustrate 
 something of his usual manner. His son, 
 at that time n man of middle age, having 
 been bitten by a rabid dog, was urged in 
 vain by his friends to go at once jto a com- 
 petent physician. His delay was occa- 
 sioned by the pressure of his work, and 
 the distance which he must put between 
 
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 himself and home. At that time there 
 was no reliable physician nearer than 
 Woodstock. The father becoming very 
 anxious about his son, appeared on horse- 
 back, and with another horse saddled, at 
 his son's house, without previous notice, 
 and said, " Young man! mount this horse 
 and go to Woodstock with me ! There is 
 a man to take care of your farm," pointing 
 to a man who came with him. The son 
 obeyed without argument, and was res- 
 cued, though not without plain symptoms 
 of hydrophobia, and a tedious summer of 
 practical imprisonment, from which he 
 once broke away, but was persuaded and 
 Carried back by his resolute father, who 
 did not leave him alone much of the time. 
 
 Gen. Wait lived to the age of 86 years. 
 His death occurred suddenly and unex- 
 pectedly, at the house of a friend, June 28, 
 1822. He started out that morning, say- 
 ing that he had business to do, which 
 would take him to the Center and around 
 by the lower bridge. That after doing 
 this, he intended to call at John Burdick's, 
 and that after this journey was finished he 
 should be ready to go. Arriving at the 
 latter place, he complained of feeling un- 
 well, and expired before his family could 
 be notified. His remains were deposited 
 in the grave-yard on the meadow just back 
 of the village school-house. A marble 
 monument marks the spot, which was paid 
 for by subscription of the citizens, but 
 which never satisfied them and ought never 
 to have been accepted. Of his descend- 
 ants, only a grand-daughter, Mrs. Harriet 
 Carpenter, and some of her children and 
 grandchildren remain in town. 
 
 In 1797, the number of legal voters had 
 increased from 27 to 61. The checklist 
 of that year having been preserved, we are 
 able to state that only three of these were 
 living in 1850, while the number of inhabi- 
 tants had increased to 1048, the remainder 
 aher a large district had been set oflF to 
 Northfield. The vote for governor that 
 year amounted to 182. The'grand list was 
 $2691.68. In 1869, there were 1005 in- 
 habitants; the vote for governor was 186 • 
 tlie grand list is $3536.63 ; but the basis of 
 the grand list having been materially modi- 
 
 fied, these figures do not properly indicate 
 the growth of the town. Previous to 1842, 
 land was listed at 6 per cent. ; buildings 
 at 4 per cent., and stock at rates according 
 to age and value. Now the whole prop- 
 erty is listed at one per cent. Only to of 
 the family names mentioned in the voting 
 list of 1797 are now to be found in town ; 
 five of these in the north district. In 
 1850, there were living 21 men and several 
 women, whose ages ranged from 78 to 88 
 years. Of these only 11 family names re- 
 main. The names which for many years 
 predominated were Joslin and Jones, the 
 former from Weathersfield, the latter from 
 Claremont, N. H., with aliberal seasoning 
 also of Smiths, Stoddards and Barnards, 
 natives of Shelburne and Deerfield, Mass. 
 At the present time (1869,) the Vt. Reg- 
 ister represents Waitsfield as having i 
 attorney, 4 physicians, 2 clergymen, 8 
 merchants, i hotel-keeper, i artist, 9 man- 
 ufacturers of all crafts. 
 
 The chief business of the townspeople 
 is farming. The chief products or ex- 
 ports are butter and cheese, maple sugar, 
 (100,800 lbs. of sugar were made in 1868,) 
 wood, good horses, and cattle. There 
 are two villages in the town, one of which 
 monopolizes about all the mercantile busi- 
 ness, being so situated as to make itself 
 the natural center, not only of Waitsfield 
 but of Fayston, and to a considerable ex- 
 tent of Warren. They have a daily mail 
 from Middlesex, and several teams are 
 running continually to and from the rail- 
 road, carrying lumber and bringing mer- 
 chandise. 
 
 The Congregational church stands on 
 an eminence neither out of nor in the vil- 
 lage. The old brick church is the only 
 church edifice in the village proper. The 
 Methodist society propose to erect a new 
 church by its side in due time. 
 
 The Hon. Roderick Richardson once 
 offered the town a beautiful piece of land 
 fronting on both the principal streets, for 
 a public park and village-hall site, if they 
 would improve it suitably. . But with the 
 same foresight which characterized Gen. 
 Wait in refusing the State house when offer- 
 ed, the town let the opportunity pass, and a 
 
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 dwelling-house and garden now occupy the 
 situation. May the time come when the 
 citizens of this town shall have higher and 
 more tasteful ideas than to say, as one once 
 said to the writer, " I had rather see a hill 
 of potatoes in my front yard, any time, 
 than a bunch of flowers." 
 
 There are no men of immense fortunes 
 in town, but a number who have become 
 wealthy in the popular, Vermont sense, 
 by cultivating th^ir farms, and by4nercan- 
 tile employments. There are scarcely any 
 families who are not able to live comfor- 
 tably. 
 
 WAR RECORD. 
 
 In the " memorial record of Waitsfield," 
 prepared with great care by Rev. A. B. 
 Dascomb, thenumber of our soldiers stands 
 as follows : No. credited to the town by 
 government,-95.. No. of diiferent individ- 
 uals who served, 87. Died from sickness, 
 10. Killed in action, 8. Several died 
 after discharge from disease contracted 
 and wounds received in service. 
 
 The record of the standing of these men 
 at their discharge or death is as follows : 
 
 The list of their names in the order of 
 enlistment, with their ages and rank at 
 discharge, is as follows : 
 
 C. M. Benedict, age 20, private. 
 L. D. Savage, 23, private. 
 
 A. H. Sellock, 19, private. 
 H. P. Stoddard, 24, private. 
 H. F. Dana, 24, private. 
 
 F. T. Dana, 20, private. 
 L. Ainsworth, 30, captain. 
 M; Basconner, 27, private. 
 H. N. Bushnell, 23, captain. 
 
 B. D. Cainpbell, 18, private. 
 H. F. Dike, 18, private. 
 
 E. H. Fuller, 21, corporal. 
 Horace B. Stoddard, 19, private. 
 J. Harriman, 29, private. 
 Manly N. Hoyt, 30, private. 
 J. F. Jones, 47, private. 
 
 G. S. Kneeland, 24, corporal. 
 J. P. Newcomb, 18, private. 
 
 E. R. Richardson, 24, sergeant. 
 
 D. P. Shepherd, 27, corporal. 
 M. C. Shepherd, 18, private. 
 L. M. Spaulding, 19, privatq. 
 S. S. Spaulding, 21, corporal. 
 
 L. T. Stoddard, 18, corporal. 
 
 S. Stoddard, 22, private. 
 
 J. E. Tucker, 20, private. 
 
 L. C. Peabody, 31, captain. 
 
 Henry C. Shaw, M. D., 30, surgeon. 
 
 A. Baird, 18, private. 
 
 O. C. Campbell, 30, 2d lieutenant. 
 
 J. H. Elliot, 34, private. 
 
 H. R. French, 22, private. ' 
 
 W. H. H. Greenslit, 26, private. 
 
 G. B. Hall, 18, corporal. 
 
 P. Haffman, 23, sergeant. 
 
 J. H. Quigleiy, 28, sergeant. 
 
 T. Sanders, 29, corporal. 
 
 H. A. Luce, 23, private. 
 
 D. Foster, 21, captain. ' 
 Almon Walker, 45, private. 
 A. D. Barnard, 20, private. . 
 
 F. O.' Bushnell, 22, corporal. 
 " H. A. Dewey, 30, private. 
 
 J. Dumas, Jr., 22, private. ' 
 
 E. A. Fisk, 20, private. 
 D. Gleason, 42, private. 
 
 D. Grandy, 24, private. 
 
 E. A. Hastmgs, 23, private. 
 J. Hines, 24, private. 
 
 Z. H. McAllister, 21, private. 
 
 A. D. Page, 21, private. 
 
 E. F. Palmer, 26, 2d lieutenant. ^ 
 
 D. Parker, '21, private. 
 
 L. B. Reed, 21, private'. 
 
 Oi C. Reed, 23, private. 
 
 J. W. Richardson, 43, private. 
 
 L. Seaver, 17, private. 
 
 D. S. Stoddard, 23, corporal. 
 T. Stoddard, 18, private. 
 
 C. G. Thayer, 20, private. 
 J. M. Thayer, 21, private, 
 H. M. Wait, 22, private. 
 
 E. Whitcomb, 19, private. 
 O. C. Wilder, 34, captain. 
 L. C. Berry, 21, private. 
 
 G. M. Jones, I9, private. 
 H. Jones, 37, private. 
 
 E^ E. Joslyn, 19, corporal. 
 
 J. L. Maynard, 29, private. 
 
 T. T. Prentiss, 19, private. 
 
 J. N. Richardson, rfi,, corporal. 
 
 L. S. Richardson, 20, private. 
 
 S. L. Kneeland, 18, private. -^ 
 
 J. W. Parker, 17, private. 
 
 J. Sterling, 19, private. 
 
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 W. H. Stoddard, i8, private. 
 
 V. B. Mix, 1 8, private. 
 
 J. C. Williams, 20, private. 
 
 A. B. Durkee, 21, private. 
 
 J. P. Davis, 40, private. 
 
 W. E. Dana, 18, private. 
 
 G. P. Welch, 21, private. 
 
 T. Burke, 21, private. 
 
 J. H. Somerviile, 21, private. 
 
 E. L. Allen, 19, private. 
 
 E. McCarty, 20, private. 
 
 E. A. Burns. 18, private. 
 Captains, 4 ; 2d lieutenants, 2 ; ser- 
 geants, 3 ; corporals, 1 1 ; privates, 50 ; 
 sharp shooters, 7 ; cavalry men, 4 ; bat- 
 tery men, 2 ; Signal corps, 1 ; surgeon, 
 I ; hospital steward, i ; musicians, i ; in 
 the navy, i. 
 
 Of those who were natives of this town, 
 who went into the army from other places, 
 there are, 2 ist lieutenants, i cavalry- 
 man, and 12 privates. 
 
 Most of these belonged to the famous 
 " Vermont Brigade " of the "6th corps," 
 who have received from a grateful country 
 the honor which they thoroughly earned 
 in many a march and battle. 
 
 The amount of money expended by the 
 town in procuring men for the army ser- 
 vice : Paid for bounty to nine months' 
 men, I575 ; to i year's men, $2,700 ; to 
 3 years' men, $6,202 ; to substitutes, $700 ; 
 subsistence for volunteers, $i8.io; trans- 
 portation for same, $38.50 ; services of 
 selectmen and agents, $199.53; total, 
 
 $10,433.13. 
 
 The history of the 13th regiment (of 9 
 months' men) who did good service in 
 guarding the Occoquan during the winter 
 of '62-'63, and also at the battle of Get- 
 tysburg, where they constituted part of 
 Gen. Stannard's command, has been pleas- 
 antly told by Lieut. E. F. Palmer, in a 
 neat little work entitled, " Camp Life." 
 
 TEMPERANCE. 
 
 Though it deserves to be said that the 
 early settlers of Waitsfield were remark- 
 ably moral, and many of them pious men, 
 yet they were accustomed to partake of 
 the intopcicating cup at will, and some of 
 them a great deal too freely to be called at 
 that time temperate men, and accidents 
 
 resulting from intoxication and bfawls 
 were of altogether too frequent occurrence, 
 and those who sold grew rich, while those 
 who drank, many of them, " ran down." 
 
 In 1821, at a '"raising," one of the men, 
 Wheeler by name, became intoxicated, 
 and in wrestling, or "trying tricks," fell, 
 and was carried home insensible, and found 
 upon examination, to have expired, after 
 being laid on his bed. 
 
 This accident startled the whole com- 
 munity, and the faithful pastor improved it 
 by preaching a bold teetotal sermon at his 
 funeral, from the text, " Except ye repent, 
 ye shall all likewise perish." 
 
 Soon after, Dea. Moses Fisk sent o,ut 
 invitations to the raising of a barn, with 
 the proviso that no liquor would be fur- 
 nished. There was, of course, a large 
 gathering, with the ill-concealed design of 
 forcing the Deacon " to cave in." Matters 
 proceeded as usual in such cases, until the 
 moment for raising' the ridge-pole, or 
 * ' rum-pole," as it was called. The order 
 was given to take it up. The men bent 
 to the task, but strange to say, suddenly 
 found themselves devoid of all strength, 
 and after several trials, and much sham 
 accusation of each other for not lifting, 
 gave it up, saying they could do nothing 
 more until strengthened by liquor. It was 
 late, in the afternoon, and the master- 
 workman became so nervous that he finally 
 begged of the Deacon to allow him, at his 
 own expense, to provide a treat. This 
 was refused, and the Deacon, a man of 
 candor and decision worthy of a pioneer, 
 made a short address, thanking his neigh- 
 bors for what they had done, repeating 
 his conviction that drinking was altogether 
 a sin and an injury to the whole commun- 
 ity, referring, with emotion, to Wheeler's 
 death, and then saying, " It will be a se- 
 rious inconveniencce to me if this barn is 
 not finished. I cannot, however, do what 
 my conscience forbids me to do, and if 
 this frame cannot go up without rum, every 
 stick of the timber shall rot on the ground 
 where it lies." 
 
 After a moment's pause, some one said, 
 " The deacon is a good fellow, and lets up 
 with it," and they went ahead with such 
 
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 eagerness that in a short time ,the work 
 was done, without any accident or broil, 
 and the people went home all of them well 
 satisfied, and the most of them convinced. 
 Though it is true that afterwards several 
 " raisings " were scenes of riot and acci- 
 dent, yet many were teetotal gatherings. 
 Some who were weajcly on the right side 
 were strengthened, and those who did pro- 
 vide rum for such occasions, only aided the 
 temperance movement by fiirnishing fur- 
 ther demonstration, that the use of rum 
 was evil, and only evil. The earliest move- 
 ment looking towards organization was the 
 formation of a temperance society about 
 1828; the members of which pledged 
 themselves " to report faithfully every 
 month what kind and quantities of liquors 
 they drank, with the dates and the com- 
 pany." This became at least the occasion 
 of a reform in a few men, while others 
 even withdrew from the society, loving 
 darkness rather than light. A member of 
 that society who " never had anything to 
 report from first to last," said to the writer : 
 " Atthat time I would no more have signed 
 a teetotal pledge than I would have sold 
 myself for a slave." A teetotal pledge 
 was, however, signed by a number of the 
 people, and a society maintained for some- 
 time before the " Washingtonians " ap- 
 peared, and the people as a majority have 
 adhered to the subsequent measures of 
 reform which have been inaugurated in the 
 State, the old license and late prohibition 
 statutes. The Good Templars have dealt 
 with rumsellers with a spirit worthy of the 
 children of those who sleep in the old cem- 
 etery on the hill. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
 
 The inhabitants of Waitsfield — though 
 for the most part uncultivated men and 
 women — were by no means people of grov- 
 elling ideas. They understood the advant- 
 ages of free schools, and soon_ after the 
 organization of the town, four school dis- 
 tricts were laid out, in which (at least in a 
 few years) schools were regularly main- 
 tained. These were the North (No. i). 
 The East and Center together, the village, 
 and one mill-village district. At the pres- 
 ent time the number of districts is seven. 
 
 though they at one time numbered ten. The 
 diminution is owing mainly to the union 
 of districts, the village now sustaining a 
 graded school. The number of scholars 
 is far less now than it must have been 30 
 years ago. The early settlers and their, 
 children, too, raised up large families, and 
 were a good example of those spoken of by 
 one of the sons of Waitsfield : 
 
 •* For, in their sweet simplicity, they hold 
 A child is better than a bag of gold.'^ 
 
 At the present time there are but the few- 
 est few of large families, and these are 
 become a by-word. 
 
 Several noted men, among whom is Pres- 
 ident Kitchell of Middlebury, began their 
 public career as teachers in these district 
 schools. It has been customary also for 
 many years to secure an undergraduate of 
 some college as teacher of a " fall school " ; 
 but those who would obtain a classical 
 education are obliged to go out of town 
 for it. 
 
 In the records of the North district, 
 (No. I,) we find some curious specimens 
 of voting and recording, which serve at 
 once as exponents of the parliamentary 
 training' of the clerk — of the poverty and 
 trials of the people — and for the diversion 
 of those who have enjoyed the better ad- 
 vantages for which the untaught fathers 
 laid the foundation : 
 
 Dec. 22, 1797. Article 2d was put to 
 vote to see if the District would hire Mr. 
 S. Smith, to keep school, and engage 
 him 10 bushels of wheat, and passed in the 
 negative. 
 
 Sept. 25, 1812. Voted to have three 
 months schooling the ensuing winter, and 
 that the committee be instructed to procure 
 a teacher capable of teaching reading, 
 writing, arithmetic, grammar and geogra- 
 phy, provided such an one can be got for 
 any other pay than money. (This was 
 during the "second war," so styled.) 
 
 The school-house, where this business 
 was transacted, was built of logs, badly 
 lighted, and with a huge old 'fireplace at 
 one end, in which to consume enormous 
 quantities of green wood during the cold 
 winter days without much hope of giving 
 an even temperature to the room, dfteh 
 30 cords of wood were burned in a single 
 winter. Yet here were trained up a com- 
 
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 pany of men and women who have no- 
 bly served, their generation. They had 
 no mathematics beyond the four funda- 
 mental rules and the "rule of three," yet 
 some of them became by their own native 
 wit leaders in public business, and teach- 
 ers of considerable merit. One of them 
 pressed on until, in middle age, by the 
 light of a chip fire, he had mastered Cicero 
 and Virgil, having no Lexicon but that in 
 the old Latin Reader, and no teacher ex- 
 cept occasionally the " master " who came 
 from college to teach the winter school. 
 It should be said, however, that he had 
 text books that were half " pony" at least. 
 
 This man (Ithamar Smith, now deceased^ 
 was especially thorough in his explanations 
 to his pupils when a teacher. One of these 
 explanations was so simple and perfect, 
 that we must not pass it by. He studied 
 intensely one evening to find some actual 
 demonstration of the rule that " the area 
 of a circle is equal to that of a, parallelo- 
 gram, the length of which is equal to half 
 the circumference, and the width to half 
 the diameter of the circle." He finally hit 
 upon this. Taking a pie to school for his 
 dinner and cutting it fine, he laid the 
 pieces together "crust to point." The 
 reader will perceive that one half the crusts 
 made the length of the parallelogram, the 
 width of which was the length of a piece 
 of pie, or half the diameter of the pie. 
 No better demonstration could be made 
 than this. 
 
 Another of these almost self-taught men 
 was once assisting a company of survey- 
 ors, and when they ran oft the lots in dia- 
 mond form, " because the lay of the land 
 made it easier to do so," he declared they 
 were cheating the owner. They looked 
 down upon him from their scientific heights, 
 and haughtily demanded the proof. He 
 quietly took a straw, and bending it into a 
 square — having hold of the opposite cor- 
 ners — said "call that a square lot." Then 
 drawing out a little on the corners, which 
 he held, so as to make a diamond of it, he 
 said, "you say there is just as much land 
 there now?" They replied "of course 
 there is." Drawing it up until there 
 
 was nothing left, he asked triumphantly? 
 " now is there?" 
 
 There have been too many instances of 
 rebellion among scholars, and dismissal 
 of teachers who lacked muscle ; and in a 
 proportion with the frequency of these 
 things, a lower grade of scholarship in all 
 the schools. 
 
 INCIDENTS. 
 
 Many of the early inhabitants were cer- 
 tainly very credulous and superstitious. A 
 daughter of Mr. Samuel S. Savage, 
 "dreamed three nights in succe-ssion, that 
 there was a large pot of Captain Kidd's 
 money buried near a ledge of rocks, a few 
 rods east of the house." This occurred 
 not far from the year 1800. It never en- 
 tered the heads of any of the family, or 
 their neighbors, to ask how Capt. Kidd 
 should chance to be burying money zoo 
 miles and more inland, when only savages 
 inhabited all the wilderness ; but they 
 "had heard it said that whatever was 
 dreamed- three nights in succession always 
 came to pass," and so Mr. S. commenced 
 digging for the money. The same tradi- 
 tion enjoined — as indispensable to success 
 — that no word should be spoken during 
 the process, and that some one should .sit 
 by and read the Bible all the while. So 
 Nancy sat on the rock reading, and Sam, 
 the son, was sometimes with them. After 
 digging several' days, "in stabbing down 
 his crowbar, he hit the identical pot. He 
 distinctly heard the money chink, held his 
 bar on it that it might not escape him, and 
 beckoned to Sam to come and dig it out." 
 Unfortunately, however, he could not make 
 Sam understand, and at length Sam 
 spoke ! Instantly the pot of money moved 
 away, and he could never find it again. 
 The most ridiculous part of the matter, is 
 the fact well attested, that Mr. Savage be- 
 lieved all this, as long as he lived, and was 
 never ridiculed out of it. 
 Somewhat in the same line ^though more 
 successful) was the dream, thrice repeated 
 the same night, of a Mr. Rice (late Dea. 
 Rice of Gmnville,) then in the employ of 
 Gen. Wait, (not far from 1795,) that he 
 went to " the cove," (now part of the mill 
 pond at the village,) and saw a moose, 
 
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 which he shot and killed, and that a man 
 came along just then with a sled, and car- 
 ried the game in for him. When he arose, 
 having told this to the family, Mrs. Wait 
 took down the old " Queen's arm " and 
 handed it to him with the powder-horn and 
 bullet pouch, when he repaired to the spot, 
 saw the moose, brought hkn down with a 
 single bullet, and returned with his booty 
 on the sled of the man from Warren.'all 
 according to programme. This large story 
 is too, well attested to leave any room for 
 contradiction. 
 
 The writer has many an instance in mind 
 of the scrupulous care with which these 
 grandmothers made sure of the " signs " 
 in all i_mportant domestic matters, such as 
 picking the geese and "setting" all sorts 
 of bipeds, making soap, butchering, taking 
 a journey, commencing a piece of work, 
 and one even believed "it would spoil a 
 hasty pudding to stir it against the sun." 
 
 It seems strange that sturdy men and 
 women, who were not afraid of bears and 
 wolves, and who. could ride on horseback 
 " double," and each carry a chiFd to meet- 
 ings — who were possessed of such ster- 
 ling common sense in most matters — should 
 be so completely under the powers of such 
 petty superstitions. 
 
 ACCIDENTS. 
 
 It is sometimes remarked that "dead 
 trees fall silently and in still weather." 
 
 This was illustrated in the case of Wm . 
 Joiner in 1805. He was riding on horse- 
 back through a piece of woods near the 
 house now owned by Dea. David Phelps, 
 when the trunk of i. decayed tree fell across 
 his path in such a way as to scratch the 
 pommel of his saddle, and instantly kill 
 his horse, while he remained entirely un- 
 injured. There have been 10 cases of 
 accidental deaths since the organization of 
 the town : 
 
 In 1 8 10, Lewis Taylor, age 10, was 
 drowned in the flume of a grist-mill ; Enos 
 Wilder, age 35, killed by a tailing tree, 
 and Gilbert Wait, Jr., age 3, killed by 
 falling through an aperture in the chamber 
 floor. 
 
 In 1815, a child of Daniel Skinner was 
 smothered in bed. 
 
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 In 1820, a child of Ezra Jones fell from 
 the arms of a girl who was tossing it in 
 sport, and was killed. 
 
 In 1821, Wm. Wheeler, age 55, was 
 killed by " trying tricks" at a raising. 
 
 In 1822, Joseph L. Carpenter, age 14, 
 was killed by the falling of a tree. 
 
 In 1830, John Kimball, age 3, was 
 drowned in a channel washed out by the 
 flood, which had previously swept away 
 the dwelling ; Eliza A. Stoddard, age 6, 
 killed by the kick of a horse. 
 
 In 1833, Mrs. Simeon Pratt, age 38, 
 supposed to have died in a fit. 
 
 In 1836, Luther Fairbanks, age 30, 
 drowned while bathing. 
 
 In 1842, child of C. Joyce, smothered in 
 ihe bed. 
 
 In 1848, John O. Shaw, age 11, was 
 hung in a school-house window when trying 
 to climb in. 
 
 In 1850, James D. Bushnell, age 21, 
 drowned while bathing. 
 
 In 1865, Howard Bruce, age 4, drowned 
 in a spring. 
 
 There have also been several cases of 
 sudden deaths from- occult diseases, and 4 
 cases of suicide. 
 
 RELICS OF INDIANS. 
 
 This territory was once occupied as 
 .hunting grounds by a portion of the " St. 
 Francis " tribe of Indians, if the traditions 
 of a relic of^the tribe can be relied upon. 
 Many traces have been discovered of their 
 occupancy, which seem to show that they 
 had vacated the valley only a few years 
 before the coming of Gen. Wait. 
 
 In 1808, Samuel Barnard, while at work 
 in his sugar-place, found a two-gallon 
 brass kettle turned upside down on a rock. 
 The kettle only a few years ago was in use 
 in his family. Another was found not 
 long after on the lot lying east of Mr. 
 Barnard's, and not very far from the spot 
 where the first one was found. 
 
 In 1822, as Ebenezer Barnard (son of 
 Samuel), and Rufus Childs, were clearing 
 a part of this same sugar-place, they found 
 a gun and pistol, tomahawk, and about a 
 quart of beads, made of something resem- 
 bling brown earthen ware. The .stocks of 
 the gun and pistol were rotten, but the 
 
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 barrels, though rusty, were good, and have 
 done good service since. The gun was 
 found sticking out of the ground, and in 
 digging to see if some chief had been 
 buried there, the pistol and beads were 
 found at a depth of about 2 feet. 
 
 GAME. 
 
 For many years after the settlement of 
 the town, the deer were quite plenty in the 
 forests, as well as trout in the streams. 
 The bears and wolves proved a serious 
 annoyance to the settlers. Neither fields 
 of grain nor flocks of sheep were safe un- 
 less watched continually. But bruin soon 
 became very cautious. 
 
 In the year 1804, Dea. Moses Fisk shot 
 arid killed a large bear Sabbath night, 
 that was about to spring at one of his 
 sheep, in a pasture very near his house. 
 It was jokingly said that "the bear had 
 too much confidence in the Deacon to 
 suppose he would shoot him Sunday, and 
 so exposed himself parelessly." The 
 Deacon was an excellent shot, and it is 
 said that he brought down six bears — sev- 
 eral of them under hazardous circum- 
 stances, and that he never missed but one 
 that he fired at. He also killed many 
 deer, one of them with an axe, at a lime 
 when the snow was very deep, with a little 
 crust on the top, and the writer has the, 
 antlers upon his carving knife and fork. 
 His wife, also, shot an insatiable hawk, 
 that ' ' did not come when the Deacon was 
 at home," and it is probable that both did 
 no more than their share, but other facts 
 and names are lost. 
 
 In 1797, the wife of Dr. Pierce, living 
 nearMoretown line, saw a deer pursued by 
 the hunters approaching the house. Judg- 
 ing that he would pass through a narrow 
 gap between the fence and the house, she 
 caught up an axe and stationed herself by 
 the corner of the house, and when the deer 
 made its appearance, actually inflicted a 
 mortal wound upon him ; but as soon as 
 she had done so, became affrighted and 
 ffed to her chamber, "and almost went 
 into hysterics.'' 
 
 In the spring of 1821, a wolf was dis- 
 covered near the house of James Joslin, 
 and was turned back into a strip of woods. 
 
 where he was speedily surrounded by the 
 yeomanry, who rallied at short notice, and 
 at length shot by Dea. Moses Fisk. The 
 bounty of $20 was given to the minister. 
 Rev. A. Chandler, and with it he made 
 himself a life member of the Bible .Society. 
 In March, 1855, another wolf was sur- 
 rounded and killed in the same forest. 
 The writer was one of the boys who waded 
 through the; deep snow to assist in his 
 capture, and had the privilege of sending 
 one bullet after him, with perfect safety to 
 the wolf. He was first discovered by 
 Pardon Bushnell, Esq., making for the 
 East mountain, and first surrounded in 
 the piece of woods lying between the river 
 and the old common. It is not a little 
 remarkable that, after breaking out of this 
 ring, he should have been secured at all, 
 and that in less than four hours after; 
 weight, 87 lbs. Several marksmen lay 
 claim to the honor of bringing him down. 
 It probably belongs to Cheney Prentice, 
 Esq. It was sold for $5, and bounty, at 
 auction, and the same distributed (by vote 
 of the captors), to the poor of the town. 
 
 FIRES. 
 
 There have been 1 5 fires in town which 
 amounted to total loss of the buildings, 
 and in most cases an almost total loss of 
 contents. They may be classified' thus : 
 distilleries, 2, prior to 1818 ; stores, I ; 
 shops, 4 ; barns, 2 ; dwellings, 6. Of the 
 causes of fire, it may be said that the store 
 was set on fire late in the evening, while 
 the clerk was drawing some alcohol to 
 cook eggs with, for a few select com- 
 panions. In several cases the dwellings 
 were set on fire from ashes left in wooden 
 ve.ssels ; in others, the cause remains un- 
 known. One barn was burned by light- 
 ning. Only once (1846), have two such 
 casualties occurred the same year. 
 
 The first fire of all occurred in 1794, and 
 in the coldest of the winter. It was the 
 dwelling-house of Daniel Taylor, the 
 Elder, and was situated on the meadow 
 now owned by Comstock Prentice, Esq. 
 The story of the fire is so pleasantly told 
 in rhyme by Mr. Srairh before mentioned, 
 that we give it entire, only adding that the 
 settlers did all they could for the families. 
 
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 while one went to Shelburne, Mass., and 
 procured supplies which could not be had 
 nearer, and which were gladly given by 
 the former neighbors of the two families : 
 
 THE BURNING HOUSE. 
 
 Among the many fictions new 
 This story old is strictly true ; 
 To snatch It, fading, if I can. 
 From dark oblivion. Is my plan. 
 
 When Waltsfleld mostly was a wild. 
 As I— an aged man— a child, 
 "When woods were 'round the dwelling near, 
 And huntsmen shot the bounding deer, 
 When flowed Mad River full of trout. 
 And boys could fish a plenty out. 
 My father left a distant town 
 To settle near the river down. 
 Ko land bad he but forest wild, 
 No home to shelter wife or child : 
 My Uncle Taylor kindly shared 
 With us the house he had prepared ; 
 Two rooms, with roof of bark, it had. 
 And sheltered cousins very glad; 
 Nine little children were we all. 
 The oldest being only small. 
 Our happy quiet did not last 
 Tin the first Sabbath eve was past; 
 The men that evening were away. 
 The children mostly sleeping lay; 
 Some flax, in bundles very dry. 
 Was o'er the entry lying high ; 
 My mother near with candle came. 
 And lucklessly it caught the flame; 
 Her shriek I still remember well. 
 Such shrieks as sudden panic tell. 
 In vain she tried to stop the fire; 
 She only made It blaze.the higher. 
 The rapid flames began to pour 
 Bright blazes on the entry floor. 
 And through that fiery entry lay 
 The only cliance to flee away. 
 Just time the mothers had to throw 
 ^ Their naked children on the snow. 
 Then count them rescued o'er and o'er, 
 test there were missing one or more— 
 When did a mother ever yet, 
 In fright or haste, her child forget?— 
 Poor '* Penny " met a harder doom. 
 And puss within that burning room. 
 Without intent were blankets four 
 Snatched with the children; nothing more. 
 Tlieir garments all v/ere left to share 
 The fate of other comforts there. 
 The absent fathers saw the flame. 
 And with some neighbors, breatjiless came— 
 Too late,— they sped but to behold, 
 With Joy, the children In the cold. 
 Stay, reader! hear my story through. 
 Since all I have to tell Is true! 
 While high the flue terrlflc blazed. 
 The people o'er the river gazed,— 
 '* What could that light, portentous, mean. 
 Above the trees at distance seen ? " 
 Off sped the men the cause to see. 
 And offer aid If need. should be; 
 The women grouped and talked with fear, 
 Expecting direfVil news to hear. 
 "His children left alone," they said, 
 " Have tired the house above their head." 
 But when my sorrowing mother came. 
 
 And not a child was left In flame. 
 Although In bitternesashe cried. 
 And seemed as if she might have died. 
 They thought the trouble very small. 
 Since house was nothing— life was all! 
 Now let us make the moral out 
 (For facts their moral have, no doubt) ; 
 Think, when misfortune gives you pain, 
 It might be worse, and not complain. 
 
 FLOODS. 
 
 In July, 1830, the rivers overflowed the 
 whole valley, sweeping away every bridge 
 in town, and doing incalculable damage 
 to the crops, and not a little to the mills. 
 The grist-mill was left on an island, by 
 the gulling of the flood. The dwelling of 
 a Mr. Kimball was swept away, but the 
 family escaped. This house stood on the 
 bank. Mr. K. had lately buried his broth- 
 er, with whom he was in company. He 
 used to say, that in the night he awoke 
 and listened to the roar of the water, and 
 the thought once arose that he ought to 
 get up and see if all was safe ; but he had 
 so little apprehensio;i that he did not 
 arise. In a few moments, he saw his 
 brother standing by the side of the bed, 
 and lydding him get up and flee. He de- 
 clared he was wide awake, and saw the 
 form vanish away. He arose, and finding 
 there was danger, removed his family; 
 and as he stepped out on the door-stone, 
 last of all, the house began to settle away, 
 and in a moment or two, went over into 
 the flood. 
 
 In July, 1850, another flood swept 
 through the valley, doing not so much dam- 
 age as before, yet enough to make it re- 
 membered well. In July, 1858, there was 
 another of a singular character, as all the 
 damage was done by the brooks on the 
 west side, or by the river swollen by their 
 torrents. It would seem as if a huge cloud 
 must have emptied itself all at once upon the 
 hills of Fayston, although there were, in- 
 deed, heavy rains at the same time in the 
 east part of the town. The thunder- 
 shower (for such it was,) lasted only a few 
 hours. It was the 2ist birthday of the 
 writer, and he remembers very well how, 
 for over half an hour, a sheet of water 
 poured from the roof breaking into drops, 
 or pailfuUs, about one foot below the ends 
 of the shingles. '* Shepard'^s Brook " (the 
 
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 most northerly of the streams having its 
 rise in Fayston,) swept out for itself vari- 
 ous new passages, and, in one case, up- 
 rooted and pushed for over a mile into the 
 river and across it, upon the meadow 
 nearly half an acre of heavy timber. A 
 Mr. Learned, living near the mouth of the 
 brook was reading his paper in the even- 
 ing, when he " heard something bumping 
 against the floor," and on going to the 
 cellar found it to be his meat-barrel float- 
 ing about. The water was then running 
 across his lower doorstep, and the roaring 
 of the brook showed its furry, while exam- 
 ation proved that there was no way of 
 escape from the house. Though several 
 buildings were swept away, this house the 
 most beleagued of all, was spared. 
 
 Dea. Parker relates that at 5 o'clock 
 there was not a foot of water in the brook,' 
 and at 10 o'clock he stood and saw his 
 barn carried away by the flood. A num- 
 ber of farms suffered.severely by the wash- 
 ing away of the soil. 
 
 In October, 1869, another flood swept 
 throiigh this valley, reaching within a little 
 over a foot of the high water mark of 1830. 
 The town were obliged to raise an extra 
 tax of 60 cents on the dollar to meet 
 the damages. The crops of corn which 
 were not already housed were swept away, 
 and the breaking out of the river at the 
 west end of the dam above the grist mill 
 seriously endangered the village, and car- 
 ried away a shop belonging to J. W. Rich- 
 ardson, Esq. It will be remembered that 
 the water rose at three separate times, 
 . being highest on Monday, the 4th of Oct., 
 but nearly as high on Monday the nth, 
 and high enough to awaken much anxiety 
 on Wednesday, the 13th. Pine brook 
 made a clean sweep of her 7 bridges, and 
 many other bridges in the town followed 
 suit. This high water was predicted by 
 astronomers in the month of June, and 
 their calculations did not fail except by less 
 than 24 hours. 
 
 Also quite frequently, when the river 
 breaks up in the spring, the ice will clog 
 up, and the meadows will be flooded, wash- 
 ing away fences and sometimes the soil it- 
 self. And the poorer class of bridges, 
 
 built in an early 'day, were often carried 
 off in this way, but for many years no riv- 
 er bridge has been thus lost. Mad river 
 without this turbulence, would be like the 
 play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out. 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL. 
 
 In 1794, a town committe was appointed 
 to "lay out a meeting-house and yard." 
 The site chosen was what is still known 
 as " the common" — an elevated plain near 
 the center of the original township. It 
 consisted of about 9 acres, and the title 
 was conveyed to the town in 1796. Five 
 acres was the gift of Ezra Jones, Esq., on 
 condition that, " if the town moved the 
 centre ( ?) from that place" the title should 
 be void. As soon, therefore, as the " new 
 meeting-house" at the river village was oc- 
 cupied, and the town voted to hold town- 
 meetings at the river, the heirs took posses- 
 sion of their portion. The remaining four 
 acres, purchased for ";£l, los.," of a Mr. 
 Savage, are still common. The forest 
 which covered this lot was chopped by a 
 "Bee," in 1797, and the ground was then 
 let out in parcels to be cleared, each work- 
 man having the right to take two crops of 
 grass for his remuneration upon the lot set 
 apart as a common. The burial ground 
 was not fenced until 1809. 
 
 The first proposal as to building a house 
 of worship, was to erect one jointly with 
 the school-district on the east side of the 
 common, with the understanding that when 
 both parties were better able, the district 
 should buy out the town, and the town 
 should buildaregular church edifice. After 
 the frame was up and partly covered, the 
 district receded from the engagement ; and 
 in due time, the frame was removed to the 
 valley, where it has been used as store and 
 dwelling-house until the present time — 
 known as the " Lewis Holden" house. 
 
 This apparent drawback was after all a 
 stimulous to the religious interests of the 
 town. It hastened the erection of a suita- 
 ble meeting-house — an imposing structure 
 of the olden style, bearing date 1807, alto- 
 gether innocent of paint inside, and for 
 some years of stoves ; but extravagant in 
 the amount of 7x9 glass, which rattled away 
 at every suggestion of a breeze. It had 
 
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 the usual high pulpit, towering over the 
 "deacon's seat," — the capacious gallery, 
 and for many years the ample sabbath as- 
 sembly. On the Society's record, we read 
 among other recommendations of a com- 
 mittee, that a certain proportion of the 
 money derived from the sale of the pews 
 should be paid at the beginning, as it 
 would be needed for nails, glass, " and 
 rum for the raising." 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL . 
 
 The Congregational church, which con- 
 troled this house, was organized with 1 1 
 members in 1796. Rev. Ebenezer Kings- 
 bury, of Jericho, officiating.- Others were 
 gradually added to it, and it became strong 
 enough in 1801 to settle a pastor ; and 
 from thiat time has been the strongest re- 
 ligious body in the town. 
 
 Rev. William Saulsbury, the first pastor, 
 was a young man, well educated, and able 
 in the pulpit, but singularly wanting in 
 those qualities which secure the respect 
 and affection of the people when outside 
 the pulpit. He received the "minister's 
 lot" as a settlement portion, and $i66.-67 
 the first year, it being agreed that the 
 salary should be increased as fast as the 
 grand list on the society's roll increased, 
 until it should amount to $266.66. The 
 ordination services took place in a booth 
 built for the occasion, on the site chosen 
 for the meeting-house. Rev. Mr. Lyman, 
 of Brookfield, preaching the sermon from 
 I. Tim. 4:16. 
 
 During the 68 years since the ordina- 
 tion of Mr. Saulsbury, 19 ministers' have 
 at different times had charge of this church. 
 Of these, the longest pastorate was that of 
 Rev. Mr. Chandler, 20 years ; the next 
 longest, that of Rev. Charles Duren, 10 
 years, and next, that of Mr. Saulsbury, 9 
 years. 
 
 LIST OF MINISTERS. 
 
 Rev. William Saulsbury, i8oi-'9;Am- 
 ariah Chandler, i8lo-'30 ; Guy Sampson, 
 1831-31 ; Joseph Marsh, i832-'34; B. F. 
 Read, i83S-'3S ; S. G. Tenney, i83S-'37 ; 
 A. Flemming, 1837-38 ; Preston Taylor,', 
 i839-'42 ; Calvin Selden, 1843-4 ; James 
 Hobart, 1845-49; Charles Duren, 1849- 
 '54;L. H. Stone, 1855-56; Andrew Royce, 
 
 i8s6-'57 ; C. W. Piper, i857-'57; C. S. 
 Smith, i8s8-'58 ; Robert Stuart, 1858-59 ; 
 Mr. George Pierson, 1859-60; Rev. A. 
 B. Dascomb, i86o-'67; J. H. Babbitt, 
 1868. 
 
 Five men" have commenced their minis- 
 try with this people. None have finished 
 their mfnistry here. But the impression 
 of the character and doctrine of Mr. 
 Chandler is not yet obliterated. A fact 
 which shows how good it is for a people to 
 keep a good and faithful pastor, and that 
 the length and the success of a pastorate 
 bear some relation to each other. 
 
 THE DEACONS OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 ( 
 
 John Barnard, i796-'i3; Moses Fisk, 
 1801-47; David Phelps, i8i3-'23; Jede- 
 diah Bushnell, i825-'66; Ithamer Smith, 
 1830-48 ; Isaac Hawley, i836^'48 ; Lyman 
 Fisk, 1844— ; David M. Phelps, i866-'69 ; 
 Henry N. Bushnell, 1866 — ; Edward A. 
 Fisk, 1866—. 
 
 There have been several seasons of re- 
 vival among this people, — the most marked 
 (considering their permanent fruits,) be- 
 ing that in 1817-18, under Mr. Chandler's 
 preaching, and that in 1865-6, under Mr. 
 Dascomb's. In each case 35 members at 
 one time, — and most of them by profes- 
 sion, and others at intervals afterwards. 
 It deserves to be said that, while this 
 church may not have accomplished more 
 than the average of country churches, it 
 has done much good in training up those 
 who have labored much in other places. 
 Those who have gone out as laymen to 
 strengthen other churches would make, in 
 point of numbers, a large parish, and in 
 point of influence a strong one, while it 
 can show a longer roll of professional 
 men — nearly all ministers — than the ma- 
 jority of Congregational churches in Ver- 
 mont. Its membership from the first until 
 now amounts to 500. The Congregational 
 Society was formed under the old law. 
 All the voters in town were members of it, 
 unless they individually withdrew, by cer- 
 tifying to the town clerk " that they did 
 not agree in religious opinion with a ma- 
 jority, of the society.'' This statute was 
 repeated at Woodstock in 1807, and in 
 
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 consequence, the society dissolved and 
 formed a voluntary association, assuming 
 all the rights and immunities of the old 
 one. In 1845, * "^^ meeting-house was 
 built in the outskirts of the village, and 
 , dedicated. Rev. Mr. Gridley of Montpelier, 
 preaching the sermon from Haggai 2 : 9. 
 
 The question, whether to "repair or 
 build at the river," was one that divided 
 the feelings of the people seriously. By 
 vote of the society, it was at length sub- 
 mitted to the judgment of three men, viz : 
 John L. Buck, and two others, beside, 
 the agreement being that their decision 
 should be accepted as final. They decid- 
 ed naturally enough that the society 
 "should build at the river." The results 
 of this difficulty were that the new house 
 was located just out of the village instead 
 of in it, on elevated ground, toward the old 
 common ; so that the people who have to 
 walk to church, find it quite a task, to 
 climb up from the village, and on week 
 days, men drive by to the grist-mill and 
 the postoffice, not always getting back to 
 the meeting they should attend, or at least 
 not until late, and evening meetings must 
 go begging at private houses. 
 
 This partiality for the consecrated spot 
 also led at length to the building of a small 
 edifice out of the ruins of the old one, as a 
 sort of union house, " to be used for fu- 
 nerals, evening services, &c.'' 
 
 After the building of the new church, 
 the society became greatly reduced. For 
 various causes, one after another withdrew 
 their names from the roll ; preaching was 
 sustained by subscription only, and there 
 were only about 12 men who could be de- 
 pended upon to bring up arrears. These 
 were obliged to pay a sum equal to five 
 times all their other taxes combined, for 
 years. It is needless to say that these 
 were earnest and pious men ; and it is 
 pleasant to record the fact at length they 
 have seen better times. Much credit is 
 due to Rev. A. B. Dascomb for his patient 
 continuance with this people in times when 
 i t was exceedingly difficult to raise a salary, 
 he having come to them when they were 
 lowest, and by the blessing of God, leav- 
 
 ing them in 6 years, able and willing to 
 give a pastor a good support. 
 
 METHODIST. 
 
 The first Methodist preaching in the 
 town was probably about 1804, and doubt- 
 less a class was formed soon after. The 
 town was first embraced in the Montpelier 
 circuit, as were also the towns of Middle- 
 sex, Moretown, Warren and Fayston. 
 Their first church edifice was erected in 
 the ftiill village in 1833, was remodeled, a 
 spire added, and painted in 1852. In 
 1845, the circuit was abolished, and Waits- 
 field and Warren became a station. In 
 1868, Waitsfield became a separate charge. 
 The names of those who have been preach- 
 ers, with the dates of their pastbrate, as 
 far as they can be ascertained, are as 
 follows : 
 
 Rev. Wilder Mack, Abel Heath, John 
 Cummings, Nathan Howe ; John Nason, 
 183s ; Moses Sanderson, I. D. Rust, Cyrus 
 Liscomb, H. J . Wooley, Wm. Blake, O. M. 
 Legate, Harvey Hitchcock, H. T. Jones, 
 D.- Willis, P. N. Granger, A. J. Copeland, 
 C. W. Kellogg, W. J. Kidder, P. Merrill, 
 N. W. Scott, H. Webster, C. S. Buswell, 
 L. Hill, B. P. Spaulding; N. M. Granger, 
 i868; F. M. Miller, 1869. The present 
 number of members is 62, and probation- 
 ers 8. 
 
 A good little anecdote is told of the 
 times of Elder Mack. There was strong 
 prejudice at that time in all the land 
 against this denomination, over and above 
 the objection that it was dividing the 
 feelings and interests of the people. One 
 Sabbath, Dr. Stoddard and wife, who 
 lived at the extreme south of the valley, 
 were unable to attend meeting. The chil- 
 dren, however, went, and learning before 
 they arrived at home that Elder Mack was 
 going to preach at the school-house in 
 their neighborhood, they rouguishly re- 
 ported to their parents that " there was to 
 be a lecture at the school-liouse that even- 
 ing. " So the mother (who would not have 
 countenanced a Methodist meeting by any 
 means), went with the children to the 
 lecture. Finding it was not their own 
 minister, but supposing it was some one 
 
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 with whom he had exchanged, she became 
 intensely interested in the discourse. On 
 their return, the eldest son asked, " Moth- 
 er, what ism do you call that, Congrega- 
 tionalism or Methodism, or what?" "I 
 c^U it ' gospelism,' " was her frank reply ; 
 and'then she was informed that she had 
 listened to Elder Mack. Of course the 
 son was rebuked for concealing the fact, 
 but whether it tended to relieve her of her 
 prejudices, or not, we do not know. Her 
 husband, however, though a most exem- 
 plary and strict man, lived and died be- 
 lieving himself "a reprobate" — a belief 
 that Methodism might probably have cor- 
 rected, had it been understood. 
 
 There have been several religious awak- 
 enings in the history of this church, the 
 most marked of which was in 1835, when 
 many were numbered as believers. Of 
 this class, one has become a useful min- 
 ister of the Gospel (Alonzo Hitchcock) , 
 and several others were most exemplary 
 Christians while they lived. 
 
 UNIVERSALIST. 
 
 This society was formed Dec. 30, 1830. 
 Quite a number of the prominent men in 
 town entertained this doctrinal belief, and 
 soon after the dismis.sal of Rev. Mr. 
 Chandler from the pastorate of the Con- 
 gregational church, they organized by 
 electing Roderick Richardson, moderator; 
 Cyron Burdick, clerk ; R. Richardson, 
 Daniel Thayer and Matthias S. Jones, pru- 
 dential committee. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Fuller was their first preacher, 
 and his first services were held as early as 
 1826. They were held in school-houses, 
 barns, or wherever it seemed best or was 
 necessary to hold them. It was claimed 
 once (though some of the leading Uni- 
 versalisfs did not countenance it); that 
 they had a right to the use of the Congre- 
 gational meeting-house at least one-fourth 
 of the time. This caused considerable 
 discussion and trouble, and at length 
 brought about an arbitration, in which 
 several distinguished lawyers were em- 
 ployed and several days consumed. Their 
 decision was emphatically against the claim 
 of the Universalists, who abided by it like 
 men. Six years later, the society (in con- 
 
 nection with the Baptists), erected the 
 brick church in the village, a good sub- 
 stantial structure with about 250 sittinigs. 
 Of this the society owned nearly three- 
 fourths, but the agreement was that every 
 man who owned a pew would occupy the 
 house one Sabbath in the year for such 
 religious worship as was agreeable to him- 
 self. 
 
 The names of the different preachers 
 were as follows: Rev. John E. Pa.lmer, 
 1 826-1837, (occasionally) ; Rev. Edward 
 Brown, 1838-1840 (statedly) ; Rev. John 
 E. Palmer, 1844-1848 (pastor); Rev.T. 
 C. Eaton, Rev. G. S. Gurnsey, 1844- 
 1856 (occasionally) ; Rev. C. C. Thornton, 
 1856-1862 (pastor) ; Rev. John Gregory, 
 1862-1869 (occasionally). 
 
 During the pastorate of Mr. Thornton, 
 a Sunday school and Bible class was sus- 
 tained, and the congregation was com- 
 paratively large. 
 
 BAPTIST. 
 
 A Baptist church of 11 members was 
 organized May, 1835, R^v. John Ide, of 
 Waterbury, assisted at its formation, the 
 Methodists opening their meeting-house for 
 the services . He also preached during that 
 year one fourth of the time. Rev. Wm. 
 M. Guilford preached over half the time 
 during 1836, and after an interval, Rev. 
 Friend Blood became pastor. His term 
 commenced in 1838, or 1839, *"<1 con- 
 tinued until Rev. P. Amsden afterwards 
 preached, and the church attained consid- 
 erable strength, but declined, and was 
 practically broken up in the exciting times 
 of Millerism. 
 
 The records were unfortunately lost in 
 the burning of the house of Roswell Rich- 
 ardson, who was clerk of the church from 
 its organization to its extinction. Quite a 
 number of the members afterwards joined 
 both the Congregational and Methodist 
 churches. 
 
 It is said of Rev. Mr. Blood, that in 
 preaching, he was very dull for the first 
 two hours, but eloquent and/ powerful for 
 the third hour. 
 
 EPISCOPAL. 
 
 In 1853, while the Universalists were not 
 occupying their house of worship^ an eifort 
 
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 was made by Hon. R. Richardson, Jr., and 
 others, to establish Episcopal worship, 
 which resulted in the repair of the house, 
 the formation of a church of 52 members, 
 and the installation of Rev. John E'. 
 Johnston as pastor. These services were 
 continued until 1855, when Mr. Johnston 
 removed, and Mr. Richardson took up his 
 residence in Montpelier. 
 
 Rev. J. H. Hopkins, Jr., afterwards en- 
 deavored to look up the lost sheep, and 
 Rev. Mr. Hazzard labored earnestly with 
 them for a time ; but the society has now 
 very few members remaining, and no stated 
 services. It depends upon the Northfield 
 rector for occasional ministrations. 
 
 WESLEYAN. 
 
 In 1853, Rev. Lyman Prindle came into 
 town, and preached at the Union house, on 
 the old common. In a short time, a so- 
 ciety was formed, and he was engaged as 
 its pastor. His labors were continued 
 without interruption until i860, when he 
 was succeeded by Rev. L. C. Partridge, 
 who supplied until 1861, when he was suc- 
 ceeded by Rev. John Dolph, 1862 ; then 
 Mr. Prindle returned and preached until 
 1864. 
 
 The church at first consisted of 10 mem- 
 bers. In 1854, 16 were added. In 1855, 
 15. The whole number was 44. An in- 
 teresting Sabbath school was maintained 
 during all this time, and the average con- 
 gregation was about 100. 
 
 The organization is still maintained, 
 but no Sabbath services are held by it. 
 " The distinctive features (in the words of 
 a member) were to take higher and more 
 radical ground on the reforms of the day 
 — slavery, temperance, and secret-oath- 
 bound societies." 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES . 
 
 Benjamin Wait, 1795-1799, iSoi, 02; 
 Stephen Pierce, 1800, 11, 14; Bissel Phelps, 
 1803,07; Amasa Skinner, i8o8-io, 12, 
 13, 15; Edmund Rice, 1816; Matthias S. 
 Jones, 1817-20, 24-26 ; Ralph Turner, 
 1821,22, 23; Jennison Jones, 1827, 28; 
 Jason Carpenter, 1829, 30, 31, 34, 35, 
 36; Thomas Prentice, 1832, 33; Roderick 
 Richardson, 1837, 38, 39, 50, 51 ; Hiram 
 Jones, 1840, 41, 42; 1843, no choice, 9 
 
 ballots, '44 do, 16 ballots, 1845, do, 14 bal- 
 lots, 1849, do, 4 ballots, 1852, do 7 ballots, 
 1853, do, 3 ballots; 1861, do, 9 ballots; 
 Ithamar Smith, 1846,47; Benjamin Reed, 
 1848, 54, 55, 67,68; Ira Richardson, 1856, 
 66; Lyman Prindle, 1857, 58; Pardon 
 Bushnell, 59, 60; J. H. Hastings, 1862, 
 63 ; D. M. Phelps, 1864, 65 ; Hiram Carle- 
 ton, 1866. 
 
 PHYSICIANS 
 
 who have practiced in town (in the order 
 
 of their coming,) Stephen Pierce, died; 
 
 William Joslin, , died; Fred T. Miner, 
 
 , removed ; Orange Smith, , died; 
 
 G. N. Brigham, , removed ; E. G. Jud- 
 
 kins, , died; Geo. W. Nichols, , 
 
 removed ; E. G. Hooker, W. A. Jones, 
 J. M. VanDeusen. 
 
 CLERGYMEN 
 
 who were raised up in town . Those marked 
 with a star are now dead ; those with a 
 dagger, deposed : 
 
 Perrin B. Fisk,* Baptist, last residence 
 in Wardsboro, Vt., Joel Fisk,* Congre- 
 gational, Plainfield, Harvey Fisk,* Con- 
 gregational, New York City, brothers ; 
 Henry Jones,* Congregational ; Ezra 
 Jones, Presbyterian, New York; Matthias ' 
 Joslin,* Congregatibnal, Missionary to the 
 Indians; Chandler Wilder, Congregational, 
 Vermont; Hiram Freeman, Wisconsin; 
 Alonzo Hitchcock, Methodist, Montpelier; 
 Pliny F. Barnard, Congregational, Wil- 
 liamstown; *Ruftis Child, Congregational, 
 Berlin; Lucius Barnard,t Congregational, 
 New York; Perrin B. Fisk, 2d., Congrega- 
 tional, Peacham; Silas Jones, Methodist; 
 Harvey Bates, Unitarian, Massachusetts. 
 
 Thfe following are the names of men well 
 known in the State who were boi-n and 
 raised up in Waitsfield : Gurley Phelps, 
 M. D., Jaffrey, N. H. : Edwin Jones, M. D., 
 deceased; Henry Shaw, M. D., deceased 
 (surgeon 1863) ; Walter A. Jones, Waits- 
 field ; Ezra Bates, M. D. ; Norman Durant, 
 attorney, deceased ; Luther L. Durant, at- 
 torney, Montpelier ; Hon. Geo. N. Dale, 
 attorney, Island Pond ; Hon .Chas . H . Joyce, 
 attorney, Rutland ; Edwin F. Palmer, at- 
 torney, Waterbury ; Hon. Roderick Rich- 
 ardson, deceased ; Hon. Roderick Richard- 
 
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 son, Jr., Montpelier; Hon. Hiram Jones, 
 Waitsfield; Hon. Calvin Fullerton, Waits- 
 field; Hon. Ira Richardson, Waitsfield; 
 Hon. J. H. Hastings, Waitsfield. 
 
 The following are the names of those 
 who have practiced law in town, and have 
 had more or less influence upon its history : 
 Hon. William Pingry, Perkinsville ; Ben- 
 jamin Adams, Esq., deceased; M. H. 
 
 Sessions, Esq., Hale, Bane, A. 
 
 V. Spaulding, Esq. ; C. F. Clough, Esq., 
 Hiram Carleton, Esq. 
 
 PROMINENT MEN. 
 
 Jennison Jones, Esq., was born in 
 Claremont, N. H., Jan. i, 1777, and re- 
 moved in early life to Waitsfield, where he 
 resided until his death. He enjoyed only 
 the common school advantages of those 
 days, but was one of those "self-made 
 men" for which this country has been 
 noted. As a young man he was a very 
 successful teacher. He filled nearly every 
 town office with perfect acceptance when 
 in the prime of life, represented the town 
 in i827-'28, and was especially interested 
 in the history of the town, and accurate in 
 dates and figures. This sketch of Waits- 
 field (as will be seen from the introductory 
 note), has been prepared with ease by 
 reason of his labors and writings. He 
 married, Dec. 26, 1802, Miss Philany 
 Holmes, and reared a large family. He 
 died Dec. 22, 1852, at the age of 75. 
 
 Ithamer Smith, Esq., was born in 
 Shelburne, Mass., June 6, 1787, and came 
 with his parents to Waitsfield in 1893. Al- 
 lusion to his talents and a specimq;n of his 
 poetry appears elsewhere in these pages. 
 He was a leading anti-slavery man, and his 
 experience was that of too many who so 
 early espoused the cause of justice and hu- 
 manity. Good men did not see as he saw, 
 and were tardy to come up to his ground, 
 and designing men scorned him and his 
 cause, which made him sometimes almost 
 bitter against them all. He removed to 
 New York State in 1856, and died at the 
 residence of his daughter, in Feb. 1862. 
 
 jVmong his children (who all obtained 
 at least an average .education) , we notice 
 Chauncey, an attorney, and once partner 
 of Hon. Edward Everett, in Boston. 
 
 Luther L., a successful teacher in the 
 southern part of Massachusetts, and now 
 a resident of New York. 
 
 Frank B., a graduate of U. V. M. in the 
 class of '63, now a civil engineer in the in- 
 terior ; and Abigail H., wife of Rev. Chas. 
 Cavern, of Lake Mills, Wis. 
 
 Hon. Jason Carpenter was born Aug. , 
 ij, 1772, at Coventry, Ct. Like many of 
 his contemporaries, his school days were 
 few, but his education practical. He came 
 to Waitsfield in "1818, and was identified 
 with its business and interests for the rest 
 of his active life. ' He served as judge of 
 probate for the County 2 years, and as 
 representative from 1829 to '31, and from 
 
 '34 to '36, inclusive. He married, 
 
 18 — , Miss Betsey Ingraham, by whom he 
 had 6 children, of whom one finds mention 
 in another place, the wife of Hon. Hiram 
 Jones ; while the record of another, Charles, 
 as a most successful teacher, though cut 
 off in the midst of his usefulness ; and of 
 another, George H., as a successful busi- 
 ness man in Racine, Wis., must not be 
 passed in silence. 
 
 Matthias S. Jones, Esq., was born in 
 Claremont, N. H., Apr. 12, 1778, and re- 
 moved to Waitsfield at an early date. He 
 was one of the more prominent men of 
 the town, filling in turn the most impor- 
 tant offices in the gift of his townsmen ; 
 was justice of the peace more than 30 
 years, and town clerk for half that period, 
 and represented the town in 1825, '26, '27. 
 He was tvyice married — Aug. 28, 1807, to 
 Miss Betsey JoysUn, of Waitsfield, and May 
 26, 1836, to Miss Mary Prentice, of 
 Weathersfield. His death occurred June 
 25, 1 85 1. He reared a comparatively 
 large family — all children of the first mar- 
 riage — of whom are L. W. Jones, Esq., a 
 successfiil merchant of Waitsfield, and a 
 man of decided public spirit. 
 
 Edwin Jones, M. D., who was born 
 June 3, 1825, at Waitsfield, studied for a 
 time with Dr. D. C. Joslin, of Waitsfield, 
 and attended one course of lectures at 
 Woodstock, graduating at length at Pitts- 
 field, Mass., and practicing at Orange, Vt., 
 for three months, and at Vershire and Straf- 
 ford the remainder of his life. He mar- 
 
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 ried, Oct. i8, 1852, Miss Mary A., dau. of 
 Rev. Elisha Brown, of Montpelier, and 
 precisely 2 years later died at Strafford, ' 
 a bereavement not only to those who knew 
 him as a relative and friend, but to those 
 who had learned to know him as a beloved 
 physician. 
 
 Hon. Hiram Jones, another son, who 
 was born June 26, 1808, and whose oppor- 
 tunities for acquiring an education were 
 confined to the common schools of his 
 native town, and who made such improve- 
 ments of these scanty means, that he was 
 called into places of public trust at an 
 unusually early age. Besides almost con- 
 tinually serving as justice of the peace, 
 and frequently holding other offices of pub- 
 lic trust, he represented the town in 1840, 
 '4i-'42, and was assistant judge of the 
 county court from 1855 to 1857. (Died in 
 1872.) He married Oct. 6, 1835, Laura 
 L., daughter of Hon. Jason CarpenteV. 
 Six children were the issue of this mar- 
 riage, of whom Walter A., is a resident 
 physician of his native town, and George 
 M. lost his life in the first battle of the 
 Wilderness, — the only one in which he 
 was engaged. His enlistment was just at 
 the time Gen. Grant took command in the 
 2d Reg. U. S. S. S. 
 
 Hon. Roderick Richardson, Sr., was 
 born in Tolland, Conn., in 1779, and in 
 early life removed to Waitsfield. By trade 
 he was a saddler. He was for many years 
 postmaster of the town, and the owner of 
 the principal store ; was assistant judge of 
 Washington Co. court 2 years. The date 
 of his marriage to Miss Anna Davis we are 
 unable to ascertain. Two sons and two 
 daughters were born to him, the youngest, 
 Hon. Roderick Richardson, Jr., -who 
 as a man of enterprise and wealth was for 
 many years a leader in the business of 
 Waitsfield. He was born Aug. 7, 1807, 
 at Hartford, Conn., but obtained all his 
 schooling at the common school in Waits- 
 field; was representative in 1837-38, '39, 
 50-51, and senator from Washington 
 county 4 years; assistant judge of Wash- 
 ington county for one year ; elected by the 
 joint assembly, and declined a re-election. 
 He is an earnest Episcopalian, having 
 
 united with that church not far from 1853 ; 
 at the present time is senior warden of 
 Christ Church in Montpelier; one of the 
 standing committee of the diocese of Ver- 
 mont, and a delegate to the Triennial 
 Convention of the Episcopal church of 
 the United States at the sessions of 1862, 
 '65, '68. [See Montpelier, 546.] 
 
 Roderick Julius Richardson, son of 
 the above, was born in Waitsfield, May 
 31, 1840; graduated at Norwich Univer- 
 sity, and was made paymaster in the U. S. 
 Navy, Sept. 1861. Being ordered to the 
 " Harriet -Lane," he was captured with the 
 remainder of her crew off Galveston, Tex., 
 Jan. 10, 1863 ; was paroled that spring, and 
 participated in the capture of New Orleans, 
 the first siege of Vicksburg ; went through 
 the Mississippi River Campaign ; was in 
 the " South Atlantic Squadron" at Charles- 
 ton, S. C, and in the "North Atlantic 
 Squadron " on board the Steamer "Wa- 
 bash " before the Wilmington fight, and 
 participated in search for the " Alabama" 
 and "Florida.'' In 1865, he received his 
 discharge, and was elected cashier of the 
 First National Bank, Montpelier, and is 
 now a commission merchant in Boston. 
 He was married Jan. 5, 1865, to Miss 
 Faddie Ware, of Boston. 
 
 B. H. Adams, Esq., was born in Tun- 
 bridge, in 1810, and after receiving the 
 usual common school education, studied 
 law, and opened an office in Waitsfield,' 
 where he practiced until his death, which 
 occurred in Oct. 1849. The writer re- 
 members him as he appeared at leisure in 
 the store a year or so before his death. 
 He was a man of medium height and 
 rather robust in appearance, of light com- 
 plexion and pleasing address. It is said 
 that he never made a plea of any extended 
 length, but rarely failed to make a deep 
 impression on all those who heard him. 
 " He was a rare man," says one who was 
 conversant with him, "gifted, eloquent, 
 persuasive, powerful, genial, generous, 
 benevolent to a fault, the best advocate I 
 ever saw or heard." A full history of the 
 man would of course present other than 
 the professional side of his character, and 
 would be obliged to state what we are 
 
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 sorry to say is too common in the history 
 of talented men, that while they rule their 
 fellowmen by their great abilities, they are 
 too often the slaves of intemperance or 
 gaming. The ready wit with which he 
 sometimes secured a favorable verdict 
 when be had by far the hardest side, is 
 well remembered, and could we afford 
 space for story- telling of this kind, we 
 should provoke many a hearty laugh from 
 the reader. ' 
 
 Orange Smith, M. D., was "born Jan. 
 27, 1796, at Brookfield. He was a grad- 
 uate of Randolph Academy, and of the 
 medical department of the U. V. M. He 
 also studied medicine with Daniel Wash- 
 burn, M. D., and attended lectures for 
 some length of time at Dartmouth. He 
 commenced at Starksboro ; soon removed 
 to Williston, and after one year of practice 
 there removed to Waitsfield, and contin- 
 ued in practice there until near the time of 
 his death, in 1863. Besides being a good 
 physician, he was a very public spirited 
 man, and one whose influence, especially 
 in religious matters was not small. He 
 entered into the practice of Dr. Miner, 
 who was about to remove from town, and 
 for some time lived on the farm now owned 
 by T. G'. W. Farr, Esq., but subsequently 
 rernoved to the village. He married (Mar. 
 2, 1825,) Miss Lucy Hatch of Brookfield, 
 by whom he had three children, only one 
 of whom (Charles D. Smith, Esq.,) is 
 now living. 
 
 MEETING AT WAITSFIELD ON THE ADMIS- 
 SION OF TEXAS. 
 
 "The undersigned respectfully request 
 all the inhabitants of Waitsfield to meet 
 at the brick Meeting house on Thursday, 
 the 17th day of August inst., at three 
 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of expres- 
 sing their views in relation to the propri- 
 ety of having Texas annexed to the Uni- 
 ted States as a slave holding territory. 
 We consider this a subject of great impor- 
 tance, and earnestly invite a general atten- 
 dance. 
 
 Waitsfield, August 7th, 1837. 
 Wm. Bragg, Jonathan H. Brown, 
 
 Zana Moore, Rod'k Richardson, 
 
 Jenison Joslin, D. C. Joyslin, 
 
 Horace S. Jones, Azro D. Rice, 
 Hiram Joslin, John W. Steele, 
 
 James C. Fargo, W. M. Guilford, 
 Stephen P. Joslin, Dan. Richardson, 
 Samuel Chipman, H. Cardell, 
 Matthias-S. Jones, J. B. Bisbee, 
 Robert Leach, Roswell Morris, 
 
 S. H. Cheney, Benjamin Reed, Jr., 
 
 Orange Smith, Isaac Hawley, 
 
 L. W. Truman, Wells Hitchcock, 
 
 Wm. M. Pingry, Harry Jones, 
 R. Richardson, Jr., Charles Jones. 
 
 Resolved, That a copy of the preamble 
 and Resolutions together with the proceed- 
 ings of this meeting, signed by the chair- 
 man and Sec, be forwarded to each of 
 the pol. presses at Mont, for publication, 
 also to each of our Senators and Reps, in 
 Congress. 
 
 Whereas, it is the priviledge of the citi- 
 zens of a republican goverment to assemble 
 together for the purpose of expressing their 
 sentiments on all subjects in which they 
 are interested, and it becomes their duty 
 so to do, when questions of great moment 
 are proposed, especially when in the de- 
 cision of those questions the rights and lib- 
 erties of American citizens are involved. 
 And whereas slavery, in the language of,a 
 distinguished senator from Virginia, is a 
 "moral and political evil, an evil in the eye 
 of religion, philanthropy and reason," and 
 is opposed to both the letter and spirit of 
 the Declaration, " that all men are created 
 equal ; that they are endowed by, their 
 Creator with certain unalienable rights, 
 that among these are life, liberty, and the 
 pursuit of happiness," and is a gross viola- 
 tion of that divine law which commands 
 "whatsoever ye would that others should 
 do unto you, do ye even so to them." And 
 whereas, the annexation of Texas, to this 
 country would have a tendency to perpet- 
 uate the system of slavery, and endanger 
 the liberties of our country by subjecting 
 us to discord at home and conflict abroad : 
 
 Therefore resolved, that however much 
 we may differ with regard to the immediate - 
 abolition of slavery now existing in the 
 United States, we are of one mind on the 
 question of adding thereto by annexing 
 Texas or any other slave holding territory 
 to our Government. 
 
 Resolved, That we are opposed to the 
 annexation of Texas to the United States 
 at the present time, under any circumstan- 
 ces whatever, and that we will use our ut- 
 most exertion in a lawful and constitutional 
 manner, to prevent such a result. 
 
 Resolved, That we are in favor of equal 
 rights, and would gladly- welcome the time 
 when the enjoyment of political, civil and 
 religious liberty shall be co-extensive with 
 the vast family of man. 
 
 Resolved, That it is the duty of the 
 press to advocate and contend for the doc- 
 
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 trine of equal rights, and oppose the asso- 
 ciation with our government of any terri- 
 tory whose constitution, or constitutions, 
 are based upon any other principle. 
 
 Jiesoleed, That every consistent person 
 that is opposed to slavery in the abstract, 
 must necessarily be opposed to annexing 
 Texas to this government, and that it 
 should he the study of the American peo- 
 ple how best to rid themselves of the evil 
 unider which they are now labouring, in- 
 stead of making addition thereto. 
 
 Resolved, That our Senators and Rep- 
 resentatives in Congress be requested to 
 oppose to the utmost of their power, every 
 attempt to annex Texas to the United 
 States." 
 
 [The foregoing was contributed by Chas. 
 A. Smith, of Barre, a grandson of Orange 
 Smith, of Waitsfield. Orange Smith.draft- 
 ed the above resolutions.] 
 
 David Carlisle Joyslin, M. D., was 
 born at Springfield, Vt., May 15, 1799, 
 pursued a classical' course at Randolph 
 Grammar School ; graduated at Castleton 
 Medical College in — — ; commenced prac- 
 tice in Waitsfield in 18 — . His practice 
 has been extensive and successful, not in 
 Waitsfield only but also largely in Warren 
 and FaystOB. At present he has laid aside 
 the regular practice of his profession, and 
 is more engaged in practical farming. He 
 married Oct. 26, 1852, Miss Jane E. Car- 
 penter, a great grand-daughter of Gen. 
 Wait, by whom he has had three children, 
 of whom only one is now living. Dr. 
 Joyslin died in 1874. 
 
 Hon. Ira Richardson was born in 
 Waitsfield Oct. 6, 1816, and enjoyed the 
 usual advantages of its common schools; 
 represented the town in 1856, and again in 
 1866, and served as assistant judge of 
 Washington county in 1868-69. For 
 many years his health was exceedingly 
 poor, yet he has done a. great deal for the 
 business of the town by engaging in mer- 
 cantile and manufacturing pursuits, as well 
 as farming. He is the owner of mills that 
 turn off a large quantity of lumber, chiefly 
 clapboards, and of a tannery. He mar- 
 ried April 6, 1843, Harriet F. Chapman, 
 and has raised up a family of sons who are 
 now in active business. 
 
 Hon. Jonathan Hammond Hastings, 
 was born in Waitsfield, Feb. 12, 1824, and 
 has been a resident of the town until the 
 present time, and for many years entrustfed 
 with a portion of the town business. He 
 filled the ofiice of deputy sheriff and con- 
 stable for 10 years from 1846, to the entire 
 satisfaction of the people; in i8s6-'7 was 
 high sheriff of the county ; represented 
 the town in general assembly in i862-'63, 
 and was elected seqator in 1869. He has 
 also been- connected with the Waterbury 
 bank as director for 13 years. He married 
 Nov. I, 1848, Miss Ellen M. Merriam of 
 Johnson, by whom he has had 6 children. 
 
 EDWIN F. palmer, ESQ., 
 
 of Waterbury, was born in Waitsfield, 
 Jan. 22, 1836. In his boyhood, he exhib- 
 ited more than usual capacity as a scholar, 
 and began a course of classical study while 
 still a youth, reciting to Rev. Charles 
 Duran, pastor ot the Congregational church, 
 and afterwards pursuing his course at the 
 Northfield Institute ; and graduating with 
 honor at Dartmouth, in 1862 ; and becom- 
 ing a member of the college church during 
 his course of study. He then studied law 
 with Hon. Paul Dillingham, and has prac- 
 ticed in Waterbury since, with the excep- 
 tion of 6 months service in the custom- 
 house at Island Pond, and 9 months ser- 
 vice as 2d Lieut of Co. B, 13th Vt. ; during 
 which time he kept a diary, and on his re- 
 turn, published a neat little work entitled 
 " Camp Life," which is prized by his com- 
 rades and their friends, as an accurate and 
 pleasant history of their campaign. He 
 was married June 15, 1865, to Miss Addie 
 D. Hartshorn. 
 
 REV. AMARIAH CHANDLER, 
 
 was a native of Shelburne, Mass., a gradu- 
 ate of U. V. M., and a theological pupil of 
 Rev. Dr. Packard of Shelburne, Mass. 
 He was settled in Waitsfield in i8io, and 
 dismissed in 1830. During all this time, 
 he was a faithful pastor, a kind sympa- 
 thizing friend, and a man of courage and 
 power in every direction. Several times 
 in this sketch, we have had occasion to re- 
 fer to him, and the savor of his name is 
 still sweet in all this xegion. He was both 
 
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 eloquent and' witty, but he used the latter 
 mainly as a weapon of defense. Woe to 
 the man that attempted to oppose or en- 
 trap him in any matter, a very few meas- 
 ured words would shut His month. His 
 gentleness could not be exceeded, but he 
 had the most perfect contempt for all dis- 
 play. He was short and stout in person, 
 and in habits quite refreshingly rustic. 
 The best picture that could be made of 
 him, would be a delineation of that scene 
 at his own door, (after he had removed to 
 Greenfield, and received rather thanklessly 
 the degree of D. D.) when a dapper young 
 man approached him, as he was washing 
 his baire feet at the pump after a morning's 
 labor in his field, and inquired for " Mr. 
 Chandler.'' "I am Mr. Chandler," was 
 his quiet reply. "But I mean Rev. Mr. 
 Chandler," said the stranger. "Yes, sir, 
 thaf is my name." But still obtuse, the 
 young theologue persisted in saying, ' ' but 
 I mean Rev. Amariah Chandler, D. D." 
 " Yes, sir, they sometimes call me all that," 
 said the doctor, quietly enjoying the dis- 
 comfiture of one who mistook him for a 
 boor. 
 
 • The writer remembers of his rising to 
 preach, (when on a visit to his daughter 
 only a few years ago,) and saying meas- 
 uredly, " The sermon I am about to preach 
 will perhaps be remembered by some of 
 you who are here to-day. If you do not 
 remember it, it will make no difference to 
 you. If you do, it will make a great dif- 
 ference with me, for I shall be glad to 
 know that you remember so well." 
 
 In his later days, he preached a sermon 
 in which he acknowledged some change of 
 views on doctrinal subjects. This sermon 
 the writer has not been able to lay hold of 
 now, but from his recollections of it, 
 (having read it when a boy) he believes it 
 to have shown Mr. Chandler to be precise- 
 ly with the majority of Congregational 
 ministers at the present time ; and though 
 it created son>e discussion, and met with 
 disapproval fi-om some of his people whom 
 he had trained so well to think and judge 
 for themselves, yet we suspect it would 
 prove to be a crowning glory to him, as 
 showing that he was an inquirer after truth. 
 
 even at three-score-and-ten, and certainly 
 the humility and candor of it, in fi-ankly 
 expressing his almost lifelong mistake as 
 he then thought it, was noble. 
 
 When he reached his 70th birth-day, 
 he resigned his pastoral charge, saying to 
 his people, that he did not intend to leave 
 them, and was ready to minister to them 
 still, but he meant to put it out of his pow- 
 er to pastor them when he should become 
 childish. Thns the matter stood until his 
 death. It would probably have been hard 
 to have convinced his people that there 
 was any danger of his getting childish 
 after that. 
 
 We cannot help saying, O that he had 
 remained in Waitsfield, while he lived ! 
 The people were very loth to part with 
 him in 1830, but they did not fully realize 
 what they were losing, or they would 
 have utterly refused to let him go, and re- 
 sisted until they had compelled him to 
 remain. 
 
 Rev. Perrin B. Fisk, son of Moses, 
 was born July 6, 1792, and in youth and 
 early manhood followed the trade of a 
 saddler, residing at Montpelier, where he 
 married (May, 1815), Miss Azuba Blais- 
 dell. His talents were rather above the 
 point of mediocrity, but he had small op- 
 portunities for study. After his conversion 
 he became very anxious to do more good, 
 and in a short time was led to change his 
 views upon the subject of baptism, in 
 consequence to leave the Congregational 
 for the Baptist church, by which order he 
 was immediately licensed to preach, and 
 was at length settled in Wardsboro, as 
 pastor of the Baptist church. The late 
 Rev. P. H. White was at this time one of 
 the young men who sat under his preach- 
 ing. His remembrance of the man, as 
 given to the writer, was of a corpulent and 
 jolly man, who enjoyed to sit on the store 
 steps and smoke and tell stories, both of 
 which he could do well. As a preachef, 
 he was able to compare fairly with the av- 
 erage men of his denomination. He was 
 the father of three children, two of whom 
 were sons. Moses, the eldest, was a 
 shrewd and smart, but unprincipled young 
 man, who lived fast, and died early, leav- 
 
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 ing a young widow and babe, both of 
 whom are now dead, and Thomas was 
 sheriff in Washington Co., N. Y., from 
 the time he was 21 until he led his men 
 through the bloody campaigns of the 
 Potomac as lieutenant and captain of ar- 
 tillery. 
 
 Rev. Joel Fisk, brother of the above, 
 was born Oct. 26, 1796, and lived at 
 Waitsfield until the age of 20, when, be- 
 coming pious, he gave himself up to the 
 work of the ministry, and at length grad- 
 uated at Middlebury, in 1825; studied 
 theology with Rev. Charles Walker, of 
 Pittsford, and at the age of 30, was or- 
 dained pastor of the Congregational church 
 in Monkton. He was almost reprimanded 
 while in college for his persistence in re- 
 vival work, and this fact is a true exponent 
 of his whole professional life. He labored 
 successively and successfully in the follow- 
 ing places, viz. . New Haven, Vt., Essex, 
 N. Y., Montreal and Phillipsburgh, C. E. 
 (as it then was) , Irasburgh and Plainfield, 
 Vt., where he died Dec. 16, 1856. . He was 
 devoted to his work, searching in his 
 style, and a man of decided literary taste. 
 He married, Oct. 15, 1826, Miss Clarinda 
 Chapman, by whom he had 7 children, 
 of whom are Harvey, of the celebrated 
 firm of Fisk and Hatch, in New York City, 
 and Pliny, president of the American Pot- 
 tery Co., of Trenton, N. J. 
 
 Rev. Harvey Fisk., brother of the two 
 last noticed, was born Apr. 12, 1799, and 
 had iii early life the reputation of being a 
 smart, wild, but very truthful boy. At the 
 age of 14 he was apprenticed to the late 
 Gen. E. P. Walton, of Montpelier, to learn 
 the printer's trade. Here he made friends 
 and acquired much useful knowledge, but 
 withal, had such a vein of fun and frolic 
 and an aptness at practical joking in him, 
 that he provoked the momentary indigna- 
 tion, as well as the regard, of those who 
 knew him. Having become a Christian 
 here, he gave himself up to the work of 
 the ministry, graduating at Hamilton Col- 
 lege in the class of '26, and at Princeton 
 Theological Sem. Subsequently, during 
 his studies, he worked his way with the 
 composing stick, and was the compiler, 
 
 and for some time the publisher, of the 
 "American Sunday-School Union," and 
 the compiler and publisher of the "Union 
 Question Books" for Sunday-schools. He 
 died very suddenly at New York City, after 
 less than a year of ministerial labor. He 
 married, Feb. 17, 1829, Anna M. Plumb, 
 by whom he had one son, Harvey Jon- 
 athan, who is at present an accountant in 
 Detroit, Mich., thus maintaining his wid- 
 owed mother. 
 
 Rev. Pliny Fisk Barnard was born in 
 Waitsfield, Nov. 9, 1820 ; pursued a course 
 of classical study at Jericho and Mont- 
 pelier ; graduated at Dartmouth in 1843; 
 at Bangor Theological Seminary in 1846; 
 was settled over the Congregational church 
 in Richmond, Me., in 1847, and after a 
 pastorate of 9 years, removed to Williams- 
 town, Vt., where he continues to exercise 
 the pastoral office with much acceptance. 
 He married, Nov. 4, 1846, Julia, daughter 
 of Rev. James Hobart, of Berlin, by whom" 
 he has had 7 children. 
 
 Rev. Perrin B. Fisk, son of Deacon 
 Lyman, and grandson of Deacon Moses, 
 was born July 3, 1837 ; studied at Barre 
 Academy and at Bangor Theological Sem- 
 inary; where he graduated in 1863, and 
 was immediately settled as pastor of the 
 Congregattonal church at West Dracut, 
 Mass ; in 1865 was dismissed, and removed 
 to Rockport, where he supplied the First 
 church during the European tour of Rev. 
 W. H. Dunning, the pastor; 1866, was 
 settled as pastor of the Congregational 
 church in Peacham, Vt., where he still 
 resides ; served as chaplain of the Senate 
 of Vermont in 1869; otherwise chiefly dis- 
 tinguished as the author of this sketch of 
 Waitsfield. In 1863, he was married to 
 Miss Harriet L. Bigelow, of Waitsfield, 
 a great-great-grand-daughter of Gen. Wait. 
 
 Rev. Alonzo Hitchcock was born at 
 Waitsfield, Nov. 29, 1814; pursued his 
 studies mainly with a resident clergyman, 
 and has been stationed in the following 
 M. E. churches, yiz. : Albany, St. Johns- 
 bury, East Walden, Bethel, Gaysville, 
 Randolph, Corinth, Bradford, Proctors- 
 ville, Plainfield, Cabot, E. Burke, Middle- 
 
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 sex, and is now acting as agent of tlie 
 Methodist Conference Sem. at Montpelier. 
 IVIatthias Joslin was born in Waits- 
 field, Aug. 19, 1806, and finished his lim- 
 ited education at Royalton. In 1830, he 
 entered upon missionary work as a teacher 
 among the Choctaws. He had charge of 
 the boys' school at Mayhew until the re- 
 moval of the tribe by government to the 
 new country assigned them west of the 
 Mississippi, which took place in 1832. 
 Mr. Joslin then returned to Waitsfield, 
 and remained during the summer and fall. 
 In September he married Miss Sophia M. 
 Palmer, and with her returned to the 
 Indian country, residing at Dwight among 
 the Cherokees, and when he was about to 
 return to his contemplated field among 
 the Choctaws, was removed by death, 
 Nov. 21, 1833, after an illness of only n 
 days. He was a good man and his end 
 was peace. [Mr. Joslin's widow married 
 a Mr. Newton, and is now living at San 
 Antonio, Texas. — e. a. f.] 
 
 Ira Bushnell, son of Dea. Jedediah 
 Bushnell, was born June 11, 1826; fitted 
 for college at Johnson, and graduated in 
 . Burlington-in 1856. He was a young man 
 of deep piety, and of much promise, who 
 had consecrated himself to the work of the 
 ministry. But being not the readiest, 
 though one of the most persistent of stu- 
 dents, and a very athletic young man, who 
 had been accustomed to labor on a farm, 
 his health during his college course was 
 undermined. Soon after he graduated, he 
 was attacked with hemorrhage of the lungs, 
 and gradually wasted away until June i6, 
 1858, when he died. 
 
 GuRLEY A. Phelps, M. D., was born 
 in Waitsfield, June 30', 1822; pursued a 
 course of classical study at Montpelier and 
 of professional study at Castleton, and the 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons in 
 New York. Took up his residence in 
 JafTrey, N. H., where he has had an exten- 
 sive practice, and attained a wide reputa- 
 tion as a skillful phy.sician. He married 
 April 10, 1851, Miss Adaliza Cutter, who 
 deserves mention as a poetess of much 
 merit. Some time after her death he was 
 married again (Nov. 3, 1858,) to Miss 
 
 Nancy P. Stoughton. He united at an 
 early date with the Congregational church, 
 and the testimony of those who know him 
 best is, that he is both the Christian gen- 
 tleman and the beloved physician. 
 
 There are quite a number of other noted 
 men who were reared in this town ; edu- 
 cated in her common schools and whose 
 purposes for life were undoubtedly formed 
 for the most part while residents, a part of 
 whom entered into their business or began 
 to study their profession while here. We 
 are able in this number to mention Hon. 
 Geo. N. Dale, at present president pro. 
 tem. of the Vermont senate, and Col. C. 
 H. Joyce of Rutland, both of whom grew 
 up to manhood in Waitsfield ; Norman 
 DuRANT, Esq., whose promising-life was 
 lost in the search for gold in California in 
 1850, and Luther L. Durant, (brother 
 of the above,) at the age of 8 years be- 
 came a resident of Waitsfield, and may, 
 therefore be said to have received his early 
 education in that town. And this with an 
 occasional term at the select school com- 
 prised all his course of general study. At 
 his majority he entered the office of B.-H. 
 Adams, Esq., of Waitsfield, and com- 
 menced the study of the law, completing 
 his course with C. W. Upham of Barre. 
 He then practiced at Waitsfield from 1852 
 to October, 1855, when he was invited by 
 Hon. Paul Dillingham to enter into part- 
 nership at Waterbury for 5 years, and at 
 its close had hardly opened an office him- 
 self before the same offer was repeated and 
 accepted, which being fulfilled in Decem- 
 ber, 1866, he removed to Montpelier and 
 formed partnership with Col. F. V. Ran- 
 dall. The court docket shows that their 
 practice must now be very extensive, in- 
 deed. Reference to his initials will bear 
 out the pleasantry that he has the title as 
 well as the practice; while at Waitsfield 
 (viz., in 1853) he married Miss Julia M. 
 Tenneyof Dalton, N. H., with whom he 
 still lives, and by whom he had 2 children. 
 
 The father of these two successful men . 
 passed away in 1868 ; a much esteemed 
 citizen and devoted Christian, and a genial 
 and intelligent man. The mother still 
 resides at Waitsfield. 
 
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 We may also mention Hon. G. D. Rice, 
 of Wisconsin, and Hon. Edmund Rice, 
 both of whom were reared and had en- 
 gaged in business in Waitsfield before 
 they became pioneers in the West, and 
 whose subsequent record we have much 
 reason to be proud of, and Hon. Wm. 
 PiNGRY, who spent a number of his best 
 years in town as an attorney, and who had 
 a commanding influence in the town while 
 he remained. 
 
 We must crave the forbearance of our 
 friends in advance, on account of the al- 
 most certainty that some names which 
 ought to be noticed will be overlooked, 
 and defend ourself slightly by remarking 
 that quite a number of the circulars we 
 sent out to obtain accurate information 
 have not come back to us again. We 
 have no reason to suppose that our work 
 will amount to more than a beginning, for 
 the history of Waitsfield is making yet, 
 and in closing this sketch, which, though 
 more laborious than we anticipated, has 
 yet afforded us much pleasure, as treasuring 
 up much that ought to be saved, but that 
 would in a few years have been lost. We 
 ask our young friends especially to make 
 such use of the means of education, take 
 such a stand on all the questions of the 
 day, and ground themselves upon such 
 noble principles, that whoever takes up 
 the historic pen we are now about to lay 
 down, shall be able to say at least that 
 the old stock has not degenerated. In 
 some particulars it will be difficult indeed 
 for them to obtain a better record than 
 that. 
 
 WAITSFIELD, iSeg-iSSz". 
 
 , BY DEA. E. A. FISK. 
 
 In the preceding pages. Rev. P. B. 
 Fisk has brought the history of Waitsfield 
 down to 1869. 
 
 Since that date, events have occurred 
 which ought not to be left unrecorded.— 
 Two tasteful and commodious churches 
 have been erected in our village ; the nre- 
 fiend has broken loose and destroyed more 
 property than during all the previous his- 
 tory of the town ; a radical change has 
 been made in our common school system. 
 
 and there are many minor events which 
 should not be omitted. 
 
 ' CHURCHES. 
 
 In 1870, the Methodist church was built 
 at a cost of about JiS7Soo, On the base- 
 ment floor, is a large room for Sabbath 
 schools, lectures, &c., besides smaller 
 rooms for other purposes ; while above, is 
 the audience room, capable of seating 
 about 300 persons. It is a good church, 
 tasteful and convenient, and reflects great 
 credit upon the builders, who overcame 
 many difficulties in its erection. 
 
 It was dedicated in Feb., 1871. The 
 following is a list of the pastors of the M. 
 E. church since 1869: Rev. J. Hamilton, 
 1870-71 ; Rev. E. Folsom, 1871-74; Rev. 
 J. A. Sherburne, 1874-77; Rev. C. H. 
 Leverton, 1877-78; Rev. Geo. L. Wells, 
 1878-81 ; Rev. C. P. Taplin, 1881 to the 
 present time. 
 
 In 1874, the Congregational church, 
 which stood upon the edge of a plateau, 
 east of the village, was taken down, and a 
 new church built in the village, using the 
 materials of the old as far as practicable. 
 
 Rev. J. H. Babbitt pastor of the church, 
 was the architect, and every part of the 
 structure bears witness of the care and 
 skill with which his labors were performed. 
 Several good judges have said that there 
 are very few churches in the rural towns of 
 Vermont that will compare with it. This 
 church, likewise, has its audience room 
 above, and convenient rooms, for other 
 purposes, on the ground floor. Cost 
 about $8600, exclusive of several hundred 
 dollars in gratuitous labor. The building 
 committee were able to report every dol- 
 lar of expenses provided for soon after the 
 dedication of the church in July, 1875; 
 and what is better, the building of this 
 church was not the cause of the least divis- 
 ion or hard feeling among the members of 
 the society, as is too often the case. 
 
 Rev. J. H. Babbitt continued to be the 
 pastor of the Congregational church till 
 Dec, 1876, when, much to the regret of 
 his parishioners, he resigned, and was suc- 
 ceeded by Rev. Stephen H. Robinson, 
 who was ordained in Sept., 1877, and is 
 the pastor at the present time. 
 
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 In Sept., 1881, Pliny B. Fisk, a member 
 of this church, who graduated at U. V. 
 M., and studied at Yale Theo. Sem,, was 
 ordained here as an evangelist to labor on 
 our Western frontier. 
 
 UNIVERSALIST. 
 
 This society has had occasional preach- 
 ing since 1869, and for a year or two pre- 
 yious to 1875 they held regular services. 
 Rev. John Gregory, o'f Northfield, and 
 Rev. W. H. Walbridge, occupying the 
 pulpit on alternate Sabbaths. Some time 
 in 1874, Mr. Walbridge was ordained 
 ' here, but at the close of the year, removed 
 to Stowe. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 The legislature of 1870, passed an act 
 enabling a town to abolish its school dis- 
 tricts, and bring the schools under the di- 
 rect supervision of the town. In accord- 
 dance with this act, Waitsfield, at its 
 annual meeting in 1 871, voted to adopt 
 the town system of schools. It was a new 
 measure in this State, and was regarded 
 by many of its friends as an experiment, 
 which they undertook with many fears, 
 and in the face of a strong opposition. 
 Two years later, the town voted to contin- 
 ue it by a very small .majority ; but after 
 ten years of trial, its success was such, 
 that when the proposition was made to re- 
 turn to the district system, nearly three 
 fourths of the votes cast were against it. 
 Schools are maintained in the same places 
 as formerly, with the exception of a very 
 small one which has been dropped from 
 the list. 
 
 The school year, however, has been 
 lengthened from two terms, or 24 weeks, 
 to 3 terms, or 30 weeks in all. There has 
 also been greater permanence of teachers, 
 and the school-houses are much improved. 
 It is but just to add that the efficient su- 
 pervision of Dr. W, A. Jones, for 7 years 
 past the chairman of the board of school 
 directors, has done much toward the pros- 
 perity of our schools. 
 
 TEMPERANCE. 
 
 A Good Templars Lodge was organized 
 in 1868, and has held weekly meetings to 
 the present time. By this means, some 
 who were intemperate have reformed ; 
 
 many young* persons have become thor" 
 oughly established in temperance princi- 
 ples, and public sentiment on the subject 
 has greatly improved. 
 
 FIRES. 
 
 It is mentioned by Rev. P. B. Fisk, 
 that from the settlement of the town to the 
 time of writing his history, 15 fires had oc- 
 curred ; but from that date to the present 
 time there have been 12 fires of consider- 
 able dimensions, besides two cooper-shops 
 and several sugar-houses. In three cases 
 an entire set of farm buildings were de- 
 stroyed ; in one, a house and small barn 
 in the village ; in four or five cases houses 
 were burned, and on four occasions a 
 barn or barns were consumed, and in two 
 of these, cattle were burned. 
 
 As early as 1877, it began to be suspect- 
 ed that all these fires were not accidental. 
 In April of that year, unoccupied build- 
 ings belonging to Mr. John Towle were 
 burned, and this was followed in about a 
 month by the destruction of Geo. Folsom's 
 barns and 18 cows, and the next night 
 L. K. Hooker's house and barns were 
 burned. The latter could be accounted 
 for, but the others could not. 
 
 Next in October, 1878, Mr. T. G. W. 
 Farr's house and barns were burned under 
 circumstances that were very mysterious, 
 to say the least. There appeared to be no 
 way to account for it except as the work 
 of an incendiary, and yet it hardly seemed 
 possible that any one could be so bold as 
 to set a fire early in a moonlight evening, 
 in the position where it was first observed. 
 In October, 1879, on the exact anniver- 
 sary of the fire at Mr. Farr's, another large 
 fire occurred which was equally inexplica- 
 ble. Several barns belonging to Mr. L. 
 R. Joslyn were burned.. A pair of 4-years 
 old oxen weighing over 4,000 pounds, and 
 that had just taken the first premium at 
 the State Fair, were also destroyed. This 
 fire was the scene of desperate but success- 
 ful effort to save Mr. Joslyn's house and 
 other buildings. After exhausting the 
 supplies of water near at hand, a line of 
 men was formed reaching to the river a 
 third of a mile away, and thus buckets of 
 water came to hand so rapidly that by the 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 aid of a small force-pump atid a favorable 
 wind the fire was stayed^ About a week 
 after this Mr. R. H. Barnard's barns were 
 burned early one morning. . It then seemed 
 certain that some one living among us was 
 the author of this destruction, but the 
 evidence against any one was so meagre 
 that no arrests were made. The next 
 week, however, occurred the largest fire of 
 all, and it proved to be the final one of 
 this series. 
 
 All of Mr. E. W. Bisbee's buildings 
 (just in the edge of Moretown,) were de- 
 stroyed, and a man was seen running away 
 from the barn just before the fire broke 
 out. A court of investigation was held, 
 and the evidence pointed in a certain 
 direction so strongly that the person im- 
 plicated finally confessed to having set six 
 fires during two or three years previous., 
 We will not attempt to immortalize his name 
 by recording it here, but will simply say 
 that he is now serving out a sentence of 
 25 years at Windsor. 
 
 Since then we have had no fires of any 
 importance, but those times of excitement 
 and fear made so strong an impression 
 upon the people of Waitsfield that even at 
 the present time they can scarcely be re- 
 called without a shudder. 
 
 It is sometimes said that lightning never 
 strikes twice in the same spot, but Mr. 
 O. H. Joslin had a barn burned by light- 
 ning in 1868, and again in 1876 another 
 built upon the site of the old one was 
 burned by the same cause, and a year or 
 two after a tree very near where these 
 barns were burned was struck, and a cow 
 standing under it knocked kown ; also a 
 tree standing in Mr; Joslin's pasture has 
 been twice struck by lightning, it being 
 set on fire the last time. 
 
 There has been a very noticeable im- 
 provement in the character of farm build- 
 ings in this town during the last few years. 
 One large barn is now the order of the 
 day, instead of the cluster of small ones 
 that one used to see. This plan has been 
 followed almost without exception where 
 barns have been burned, thus giving us an 
 example of the way in which good may 
 come out of evil. And many others are 
 
 rebuilding upon the same plan, so that ac- 
 cording to present appearances it will take 
 but a few years longer to work a complete 
 revolution in the appearance of barns in 
 this town. 
 
 INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY. 
 
 The records show the death of so many 
 aged persons in town since 1867, that some 
 statement in regard to it seems to be de- 
 manded. During that period 33 persons 
 have died at an age exceeding 80 years. 
 Of this' number, 18 were more than 85, 
 and 8 more than 90 years old. The names 
 arid ages of the latter are as follows : 
 
 Henry Dewey, aged 96, died in 1875 ; 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett, 94, in 1873 ; Job 
 House, 94, 1874; Miss Charlotte Smith, 
 93, in 1882; Thomas Prentiss, 92, 1877; 
 Daniel Skinner, 91, 1877 ; Avery Sherman, 
 99, 1873 ; Michael Ryle, 90, 18801 
 
 Mr. Thomas Prentiss, whose name ap- 
 pears in this list, was a great reader, and 
 until a short time before his death there 
 were very few persons in town who kept 
 themselves better informed concerning the 
 events of the times, political and general, 
 or whose opinions in regard to the same 
 were more intelligent and discriminating. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Dr. D. C. Joslin died in 1874 ; Dr. E. 
 G. Hooker remained here till 188 1, and 
 acquired an extensive practice, but has re. 
 moved to Waterbury ; Dr. C. F. Camp 
 came here in 1881 ; Dr. J. M. VanDeusen 
 (homceopathist), is still with us. 
 
 - LAWYERS. 
 
 Hiram Carleton removed in 1876, and 
 John W. Gregory came here in 1879. 
 
 MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE. 
 
 jRepreseniaiives. —1&70, Hiram Carleton, 
 chosen by a unanimous vote of the town ; 
 1872, H. N. Bushnell ; 1874, M. E. Hadley ; 
 1876, '78, L. M. Tyler ; 1880, W. A.Jones. 
 
 Senators.—]. H. Hastings, of this town, 
 was State Senator in 1869 and 1870, and 
 Ira Richardson in 1876, the latter dying 
 during his term of office. 
 
 R. J. Gleason has been town clerk for 
 more than 25 years, and postmaster since 
 the first election of Lincoln. 
 
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 TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 Moses Heaton, from March, 1794, to 
 March, 1796; Benjamin Wait, Jr., 179610 
 1802 ; Salah Smith, 1802 to '4, 's to '7 ; 
 Ezra Jones, 1804 to '5, '7 to '10 ; Edmund 
 Rice, I8I0 to, '16, 'z6 to '27; Matthias S. 
 Jones, 1816 to '26; Jennison Jones, I827 
 to '28; Lewis Holden, I828 to '36; Wm. 
 M. Pingry, I836 to '4I ; Orange Smith, 
 I84I, '43, '45 to '46; Jonathan Morse, I843 
 to '45 ; Cyrus Joslin, I846 to '48 ; Cyrus 
 Skinner, I848 to the time of his death in 
 1855; R, J. Gleason, June 22, I855, to 
 March, I882. Mr. Gleason was appointed 
 by the selectmen to fill the vacancy oc- 
 casioned by the death of Mr. Skinner, and 
 has been elected by the town at every 
 •annual meeting since that time. 
 
 ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. 
 
 At least two have occurred since Rev. 
 Mr. risk made out his list in 1869. 
 
 Mary Ann Riley, a child of James Riley, 
 aged 4 years, was killed by a cart-body 
 falling over upon her, Sept. 16, 1876. 
 
 Seth Chase, aged 10 years, a son of 
 Timothy Chase, who was living at Thomas 
 Poland's, was drowned in Mad River while 
 bathing, June 5, i88i. 
 
 REV. PLINY FISK BARNARD. 
 
 Mr. Barnard was dismissed from the 
 church in Williamstown in 1870, and was 
 soonsettled over the Congregational church 
 in Westhampton, Mass., where he remain- 
 ed 3 years, when he was dismissed, and 
 after a few months became acting pastor of 
 the Congregational church in Westminis- 
 ter, where he remained till 1880, when he 
 removed to Ashburnham, Mass., where he 
 resides at the present time, (1882) but has 
 preached for the past year at South Royal- 
 ston, Mass. 
 
 REV. PERRIN B. FISK, 
 
 was dismissed from the Congregational 
 church in Peacham in 1870, and removed 
 to Lyndonville, where he remained until 
 Dec, 1874. During his ministry at that 
 place, a church was organized, and a house 
 of worship and a parsonage built. The 
 plans for-these buildings originated largely 
 with Mr. Fisk, and his cares were greatly 
 increased by his supervision of their 
 
 building, but when completed they were 
 very highly spoken of by the best judges. 
 After leaving Lyndonville, Mr. Fisk re- 
 moved to Springfield, this State, and re- 
 mained as pastor of the Congregational 
 church in that place 2 years, when he was 
 dismissed and accepted a call to the Con- 
 gregational church in Lake City, Minn., 
 where he now resides. 
 
 REV HENRY PARKER 
 (BY C. J. SARGENT, OF WAllBEN.) 
 
 was born in Waitsfield. His parents were 
 Stephen C. and Angeline Parker. In his 
 younger days he was" a clerk in stores at 
 Warren, Brookfield and in Minneapolis, 
 Minnesota, and from there he went to 
 MeadvlUe College, Penn., in I874, where 
 he graduated in J 877, and then weni; to 
 Quincy, Mass., and to other places preach- 
 ing on trial, and finally settled in Nashua, 
 N. H., with a large salary. He is a fine 
 speaker and a deep thinker, of the Uni-. 
 tarian theology. 
 
 Ellen H. Sampson, daughter of Rev. 
 Guy C. Sampson, was born in this town, 
 as she wrote the Compiler, from Lapeer, 
 Mich., in I858. Miss S. has been many 
 years a poetical correspondent for several 
 of the current papers and magazines. Her 
 father, a well-known anti-slavery and tem- 
 perance editor and lecturer, died in the 
 West some years since. He edited atem- 
 perance paper for some time, published at 
 Woodstock, which town will doubtless 
 have some more definite account of him 
 and his family. 
 
 From the Vermont Record. 
 
 Amariah Chandler was born in Deer- 
 field, Mass., Oct. 27, 1782, the youngest, 
 and last survivor, of 9 children of Mosps 
 and Persis (Harris) Chandler, both of 
 them natives of Lancaster, Mass. When 
 about 5 years of age he removed to Shel- 
 burne, Mas^., where he lived till manhood. 
 He fitted for college with Rev. Theophilus 
 Packard, of Shelburne, entered the junior 
 class in the University of Vermont in 1805, 
 and was graduated in 1807. At the time 
 of his death he was the oldest alumnus of 
 the University. 
 
 He read theology with Rev. Theophilus 
 Packard about a year, was licensed by the 
 North Hampshire (now Franklin) Asso- 
 ciation, Nov. 8, 1808, and was ordained 
 pastor of the Congregational church in 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Waitsfield, Vt., Feb. 7, 1810. Rev. Elijah 
 Lyman, of Brookfield, preached the ser- 
 mon, from Luke 2 : 34. He was dismissed 
 Feb. 3, 1830, and became stated supply of 
 the Second Congregational church in Hard- 
 wick, to which he preached nearly lo 
 years. During that time a revival took 
 place, and 40 were added to the church. 
 He was installed pastor of the First Con- 
 gregational church in Greenfield, Mass., 
 . Oct. 25, 1832. Rev. Bancroft Foster 
 preached the sermon. In 1846, he re- 
 ceived the degree of D. D. from the Uni- 
 versity of Vermont. In 1853, he was a 
 member of the Constitutional Convention 
 of Massachusetts. His sermon before the 
 Legislature of Vermont in 1824, was pub- 
 lished, as were also several others of his 
 occasional sermons and some miscellaneous 
 pamphlets. They are evidently the pro- 
 ductions of a mind of great native strength. 
 He died in Greenfield, Oct. 20, 1864. 
 
 He married, Oct. 2, 1808, Abigail 
 Whitney, of Shelburne, Mass., by whom 
 he had 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died 
 June 19, 1833, and he married, Nov. 17, 
 1840, Mary (Nims) Roberts, widow of 
 Horace Roberts, Esq., of Whitingham, 
 Vt. She died Mar. i, 1852, and he mar- 
 ried, Oct. 2, 1855, Mrs. Eliza (Bixby) 
 Gleason, widow of Solomon Gleason, of 
 Coleraine, Mass, , p. h. w. 
 
 Coventry, Vt., Nov. 26, 1864. 
 
 ROSWELL G. HORR, 
 
 Congressman, was born in Waitsfield, 
 but left when about 2 years old. He is 
 now serving his second term at Washing- 
 ton, as member of the House of Represen- 
 tatives from Michigan, and has the name 
 of being the "wittiest" man in Congress. 
 During the campaign of 1880, he re-visited 
 Waitsfield, and made an address at short 
 notice, which was enthusiastically received. 
 
 MILITARY, CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 778.- 
 
 The Memorial Record of Waitsfield, Vt., 
 prepared by Rev. A. B. Dascomb. Pub- 
 lished by vote of the town. Montpelier. 
 Printed at the Free7nan Steam Printing 
 Establishmettt , 1867. 
 [Extract from, of interesting facts not 
 given in Mr. Fisk's paper :] 
 
 Luther Ainsworth enlisted August 14, 
 1861, in Co. H, 6th Vt. Reg. ; mustered 
 in 2d Lt. ; promoted Feb. 18, '62, to ist 
 Lt. ; Sept. 20, '62, Capt. ; killed May 4, 
 'bZ, near Fredericksburg, Va., while lead- 
 ing his men in a charge upon the enemy. 
 
 He was shot throug the abdomen, dying a 
 few hours after he was wounded. His 
 homeless, orphaned children draw a pen- 
 sion of $20 per month. 
 
 Alberto. Barnard enlisted in Co. B, 13th 
 Reg., Aug. 25, '62; mustered in Oct. 10, 
 '62 ; discharged with his company at Brat- 
 tleboro, July 21, '63, in a state of exhaus- 
 tion; fever ^et in; died Aug. 12. '63, aged 
 21 years. 
 
 Mitchell Basconner enlisted Aug. 14, 
 '61, in Co. H,6th Reg. ; mustered Oct. 15, 
 '61 ; killed at Lee's Mills, Apr. 16, '62. 
 
 Charles M. Benedict enlisted May 7, 
 '61, in Co. F, 2d Reg. ; mustered in June 
 20, '61 ; deserted Aug. 30, '62. 
 
 Leonard C. Berry enlisted in Co. H, 2d 
 U. S. Sharpshooters, Dec. 14, '63 ; mustr 
 ered in Dec. i8, '63; was in hospital at 
 Washington 3 months with a wound ; trans- 
 ferred to Co. H, 4th Reg., Feb. 25, '65 ; 
 mustered out July 13, '65 ; wounded June 
 16, '64, in the arm. 
 
 Henry N. Bushnell enlisted Aug. 14, 
 '61, as a member of Co. H, 6th Reg.; 
 mustered in as Sergt.,Oct. 15, '61 ; receiv- 
 ed a commission as 2d Lieut., May 4, '63 ; 
 as 1st Lieut., May 15, '64; as Captain, Oct. 
 29, '64; on detached service in Division 
 Sharpshooter^ 4 months ; 5 months served 
 as 1st Lieut. Co. C, 6th Reg. With others 
 of his company from this town, he was in 
 all the battles in which the regiment was 
 engaged — about 25 engagements — cover- 
 ing 50 days' fighting ; in his 4 years' ser- 
 vice was sick less than a week, and never 
 wounded, save very slightly ; mustered out 
 June 26, '65. 
 
 Bertram D. Campbell enlisted in Co. H, 
 3d Reg. June3,'6l ; mustered out Aug., '61 ; 
 enlisted again in Co. H, 6th Reg. ; thrown 
 out by the surg. ; re-enlisted in Co. G, mu.s- 
 tered in Oct. 15, 1862. Toward the close 
 of the summer compaign, sent to hospital 
 at Philadelphia; discharged honorably 
 Oct. 22, '62, receiving a pension of $6 per 
 month. Aug. 9, '64, again enlisted for the 
 town of Barton, in Co. C, ist Vt. Cav. ; 
 mustered in Aug. 11, '64. In the battle 
 at Winchester, Sept. 19, '64, shot through 
 the abdomen and died in a few moments. 
 
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 He was buried near a white church, ij 
 mile east of Winchester. 
 
 Oliver C. Campbell, brother of Bertram 
 D.', enlisted in Co. I, gth Reg., June 9, 
 '62 ; promoted 2d Lieut. July 9, '62 ; taken 
 prisoner with his Regiment at Harper's 
 Ferry, Sept. 14, '62 ; paroled, was sent to 
 Chicago; Dec. i, resigned his commis- 
 sion ; re-enlisted July 9, '63, in the Veter- 
 an Reserve Corps ; promoted ist serg. at 
 the organization of the company, and 
 served at Rutland, Concord, N. H., Bos- 
 ton, Ms., till Nov. 15, '65, was discharged. 
 
 Wesley E. Dana enlisted in Co. F, 17th 
 Reg., Jan. 2, '64,; discharged July 17, '65 ; 
 was wounded at Spottsylvania by a ball 
 passing through the neck". 
 
 Foster S. Dana, brother of the above, 
 enlisted July 2, '61, in Co. H, 3d Reg.; 
 mustered in July 16, '61 ; mustered out 
 July 27, '64 ; Was on duty every day of his 
 3 years' service, though twice wounded, 
 once at Lee's Mills, and again at Spottsyl- 
 vania, Va. 
 
 Three other brothers of the above, C. 
 S., Edwin H., and S.J. Dana, enlisted 
 and served in the army. All six returned 
 safely, after being honorably discharged, 
 having performed 12 years of service. 
 
 Albee H. Dewey enlisted in Co. B, 13th 
 Reg., Aug. 25, '62; was mustered in as 
 Sergt., Oct. 10, '62; re-enlisted in the 
 Signal Corps, Oct. 23, '63; Jan. i, '64, 
 sent to Newbern, N. C. ; soon after placed 
 in command of a signal station at Fort 
 Gaston ; Sept. 26, attacked by yellow 
 fever ; died the 28th, aged 32 ; buried in 
 the Soldiers' Cemetery at Newbern. 
 
 Hiram F. Dike enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in 
 Co. H, 7th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; 
 promoted Corp., Mar. 12, '62; missed in 
 action at Banks' Ford, May 4, '63 ; sup- 
 posed to be dead. 
 
 Alba B. Durkee enlisted in Co. 1, 9th 
 Reg., Dec. 21, '63; mustered in Jan. 6, 
 '64; died Sept. 25, '64. 
 
 Isaac H. Elliot enlisted in Co. I, 9th 
 Reg., June 26, '62; mustered in July 9, 
 '62 ; taken prisoner at Winchester, Sept. 
 3, '62 ; held bx the enemy 20 days ; dis- 
 charged Sept. 25, '62, by reason of ill- 
 health. 
 
 Edward A. Fisk enlisted Aug. 21, '62, 
 in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 10, 
 '62 ; mustered out July 21, '63. 
 
 Heman R. French enlisted June 23, '62, 
 in Co. I, 9th Reg. ; mustered in July 9, 
 '62 ; taken prisoner with his regiment at 
 Harper's Ferry, Sept. • 14, '62 ; promoted 
 hospital steward, Feb. 4, '6j ; mustered 
 out June 13, '65, 
 
 Ephraim H. Fuller enlisted in Co. H, 
 6th Reg., Aug. 14, '61 ; mustered in Oct. 
 15, '61, as corporal; discharged Oct. 28, 
 '64; wounded at Lee's Mills, Va., Apr. 16, 
 '62, in both thighs ; draws a pension of $4 
 per month. 
 
 William H. H. Greenslit enlisted June 
 
 20, '62, in Co. I, 9th Reg. ; mustered in 
 July 9, '62; committed suicide Aug. 21, 
 '62, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Manley N. Hoyt enlisted in Co. G, 6th 
 Reg., Oct. 7, '61 ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; 
 died July 18, '62, at Philadelphia, of 
 chronic diarrhea, aged 31 years. 
 
 George M. Jones enlisted in the 2d Reg. 
 U. S. S. S., Co. H, Nov. 28, '63 ; muster- 
 ed in Dec. 18, '63; killed at the battle of 
 the Wilderness, May 6, '64, while assisting . 
 a wounded comrade from the field. He, 
 like the others from this town killed in that 
 battle, was struck in the head and killed 
 instantly. 
 
 John F. Jones enlisted Sept. 10, '61, in 
 Co. G, 6th Reg. ; mustered in as Sergt., 
 Oct. ij, '61; discharged Apr. 17, '63, on 
 account of sickness ; re-enlisted in Massar 
 chusetts ; after a few months' service, sick- 
 ened, and died Nov. 28, '64. 
 
 Eugene E. Joslin enlisted in the 2d Reg. 
 of U. S. S. S., Co. H, Nov. 28, '63 ; muster- 
 ed in Dec. iS, '63 ; promoted Corp., Nov. 
 I , '64 ; afterwards Sergt. ; transferred to 
 Co. H, 4th Reg., Feb. 25, '65 ; discharged 
 July 13, '65 ; wounded in the shoulder at 
 the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, '64. 
 
 Seymour L. Kneeland enlisted Nov. 28, 
 '63, in 1st Cav. Reg., Co. C; mustered in 
 Dec. 25, '63; transferred to Co. A, June 
 
 21, '65 ; mustered out Aug. 9, '65 ; taken 
 prisoner Dec. 19, '64, on picket duty near 
 Woodstock, Va., by scouts of the 12th Va. 
 Cav.; kept at Staunton, Va., 12 days; 
 
 taken to Richmond and confined in Libb 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Prison. His food was the usual scant al- 
 lowance of corn bread and poor bacon — 
 just enough to hold flesh and spirit to- 
 gether ; was paroled Mar. 9. '65 ; exchang- 
 ed about a month after. 
 
 James L. Maynard enlisted in Co. H, 
 2d Reg., U. S. S. S., Nov. 28, '63; mus- 
 tered in bee. 18, '63 ; killed May 6, '64, at 
 ' the battle of the Wilderness ; shot through 
 the head. Like the others from this town 
 killed in that battle, his body was not re- 
 covered. 
 
 Ziba H. McAllister enlisted Aug. 25, '62, 
 in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 10, 
 '62 ; mustered out July 21, '63 ; re-enlisted 
 in Co. C, 1st Vt. Cav., Nov. 30, '63; 
 mustered in Dec. 25, '63; mustered out 
 Aug. 9, '65, having been transferred to Co. 
 A, June 21, '65 ; wounded Oct. 7, '64, in 
 the side and back, while on duty. in the 
 Shenandoah Valley, Va. 
 
 Irenas P. Newcomb enlisted in Co. H, 
 6th Reg., Aiig. 14, '61 ; mustered in Oct. 
 15, '61 ; died at Hampton, Va., of typhoid 
 pneumonia, Apr. 9, '62, aged 18 years and 
 8 months ; buried there. 
 
 Edwin F. Palmer enlisted Aug. 25, '62, 
 in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered in as Sergt. , 
 Oct. 10, '62; promoted 2d Lieut., Nov. 4, 
 '62; mustered out July 21, '63. Lieut. 
 Palmer kept a record of his army life, and 
 has since published it in a neat book form, 
 entitled "Camp Life," containing 224 pp. 
 The book is a history of his company, in 
 which there were 23 men from this town ; 
 also of the 13th Reg. and 2d Brig. It is a 
 graphic portrayal of the discomforts, weari- 
 ness, danger, with the occasional relief of 
 comfort, rest and pleasure, incident to 
 soldiers' life. 
 
 Dexter Parker enlisted Aug. 25, '62, in 
 Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 10, 
 '62 ; in the battle of Gettysburg was se- 
 verely wounded in the hand ; mustered out 
 July 21, '63; draws a pension of I4 per 
 month. 
 
 Lorin B. Reed enlisted Aug. 25, '62 ; in 
 Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 10, 
 '62 ; musician in the brigade band ; died of 
 measles in hospital at Wolf Run Shoals, 
 May 30, '63, aged 21 years, 11 months. 
 Oscar C. Reed enlisted Aug. 25, '62, in 
 
 Co. B, 13th Reg. ; died of fever in hospital 
 near Fairfax, Va., Dec. 26, '62, aged 24. 
 His body, and that of his cousin, Lorin B. 
 Reed, were brought home for burial. 
 
 Edwin R. Richardson enlisted in Co. H, 
 6th Reg., Aug. 14, '61 ; mustered in Oct. 
 IS, '61 ; promoted Corp., Feb. 8, '62; pro- 
 moted Sergt., July lo, '63; ist Sergt., 
 June s, '64; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; killed 
 at Charlestown, Va., Aug. 21, '64; shot 
 through the head, and died immediately. 
 His body was brought home for burial. 
 
 Loren S. Richardson enlisted Nov. 28, 
 '63 ; mustered in as a recruit in Co. H, 2d 
 Reg. of U. S. S. S., Dec. 18, '63; trans- 
 ferred to Co. H, 4th Reg., Feb. 25, '65; 
 mustered out July 14, '65 ; wounded se- 
 verely in the shoulder, at Cold Harbor, 
 June 10, '64. 
 
 Lucius D. Savage enlisted in Co.. F, 2d 
 Reg., May 20, '61 ; in the battle of Savage 
 Station, June 29, '62, wounded and per- 
 manently disabled in the right knee, and 
 taken prisoner ; released July 25, '62 ; dis- 
 charged Nov. 29, '62 ; receives a half pen- 
 sion, $4 per month. 
 
 Dr. Henry C. Shaw went out from this 
 town as Assi.'itant Surgeon of the 2d N. H. 
 Reg. ; serving out his time, 3 months, re- 
 turned as Assistant Surgeon in 5th Vt. 
 Reg.'; died of fever at Alexandria, Va., 
 Sept. 7, '62, aged 30. His remains were 
 brought home for interment. 
 
 Lucius S. Shaw, Esq., brother of Dr. 
 Henry C, while practicing law in Law- 
 rence, Kansas, enlisted in the 2d Kansas 
 Reg. ; was promoted Lieut., and killed 
 Sept. 3, '61, aged 31, by an accident on 
 the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, 
 caused by the burning of a bridge. His 
 body lies beside that of his brother. 
 
 Daniel P. Shepard enlisted Aug. 14, '61, 
 in Co. H, 6th Reg. ; mustered Corp., Oct. 
 15, '61; afterwards served as teamster; 
 re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; mustered out June 
 26, '65 ; wounded in the leg at Lee's Mills, 
 Va., Apr. 16, ''62. 
 
 Mason C. Shepard, brother of Daniel 
 P., enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in Co. H, 6th 
 Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; re-enlist- 
 ed Dec. 15, '63; transferred to Co. G, 
 Jan. I, '65 ; transferred back May i8, '65 ; 
 
WAITSFIELD. 
 
 799 
 
 in hospital several months ; mustered out 
 June 26, '65 ; wounded in the breast and 
 face at Lee's Mills, April 16, '62. 
 
 Lewis M. Spaulding enlisted Aug. 14, 
 '6r, in Co. H, 6th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 
 ij, '61 ; re-enlisted Dec. ij, '63 ; killed at 
 the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, '64. 
 A ball pierced his head while charging the 
 en,emy with the Vermont troops, and he 
 died instantly. 
 
 Solon S. Spaulding, brother of Lewis 
 M., enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in Co. H, 6th 
 Reg. ; mustered in Oct. ij, '61 ; promoted 
 Corp.; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; discharged 
 Juiie 12, '6Si with health impaired by long- 
 continued sickness. 
 
 Harlan P. Stoddard enlisted in Co. E, 
 2d Reg., May i, '61; in the battle at 
 Savage Station, wounded by the passage 
 of a ball through the pelvis, and taken 
 prisoner; discharged July 30, '63. His 
 wound he will probably never recover 
 from. He receives a full pension, $15 per 
 month. Three of his brothers followed 
 him into the U. S. service. 
 
 Horace B. Stoddard enlisted in Co. F, 
 2d Reg., Sept. '61 ; a few months before 
 the expiration of his time of service, while 
 at his post in the battle of the Wilderness, 
 was struck by a ball in the head, and it is 
 supposed died instantly. His body, and 
 that of his brother, L. Thompson Stod- 
 dard, were not recovered. 
 
 L. Thompson Stoddard enlisted in Co. 
 B, 13th Reg., Aug. 25, '62 ; mustered out 
 July 21, '63; re-ei}listed in Co. C, 17th 
 Reg., Jan. S, '63 ; mustered in Corp. ; car- 
 ried the State colors till cut and torn in 
 pieces by shot and shell ; at the time of 
 the explosion of the mine at Petersburg, 
 was wounded in the shoulder while trying 
 to get back to the Union lines, and taken 
 prisoner ; spared the horrors of long con- 
 finement in Southern prisons ; died 8 days 
 after the explosion, Aug. 7, '64, while in 
 the hands of the enemy. 
 
 Lyman Stoddard enlisted Sept. 20, '61 ; 
 mustered in Oct. 15, '61, as a member. of 
 Co. G, 6th Reg. ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; 
 mustered out June 26, '65 ; two brothers 
 also served in the army for other towns, 
 Daniel and Franklin Stoddard. 
 
 Cyron G. Thayer enlisted Aug. 25, '62, 
 in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; died May 20, ',63, of 
 measles, age 21. 
 
 James M. Thayer, brother of Cyron G., 
 enlisted ; mustered into the same company 
 at the same time ; discharged for sickness 
 Jan. 22, '63; has'since died. . 
 
 Orcus C. Wilder enlisted Aug. 25, '62, 
 in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered Capt. Oct. 
 10, '62 ; mustered out July 21, '63. Capt. 
 Wilder and the 20 men or more in 
 his company from Waitsfield, were hotly 
 engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, though 
 none were killed. -This was all the fighting 
 they saw duri;ig their 9 months' service. 
 
 OUR ENLISTMENTS IN OTHER TOWNS. 
 
 Young men who grew up among us and 
 are known to all . 
 
 Matthias J. Bushnell, age 26, enlisted in 
 1st Wis. Cav., Co. B, Aug. 24, '61 ; mus- 
 tered in Corp. ; killed in a small engage- 
 ment with the rebels, near Madison,' Ark., 
 Aug. 3, '62, while guarding a wagon train. 
 All who were with him were killed or taken 
 prisoners. 
 
 Hiland G. Campbell, age 26, enlisted for 
 the town of Warren, as a recruit for the 3d 
 Vt. Battery. In Oct. kicked by a horse, 
 and injured in'the thigh ; remained in hos- 
 pital ; discharged ; receives a pension of $8 
 per month ; bounty $733.34, Government 
 and town. 
 
 Israel Childs, a former resident of the 
 town for many years, enlisted early in the 
 war, in the 30th Wis; Reg., and served 3 
 years, a part of the time in the frontier 
 service. 
 
 Chester S. Dana, age 33, enlisted for 
 Fayston ; bounty $200, from Government. 
 
 Edwin H. Dana, age 32, enlisted for 
 Waterbury ; was wounded at the battle of 
 Cold Harbor, June 3, '64 ; draws a pension 
 of $6 per month ; bounty, $300 govern- 
 ment, and $306 town. 
 
 Samuel J. Dana, age 29, brother of Edwin 
 H. and the three before named, enlisted 
 for Fayston; wounded by a shell at Get- 
 tysburg; bounty from government $25. 
 
 William W. McAllister, age 20, enlisted 
 Aug. 8, '64, in 3d Vt. Light Artill., on de- 
 
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 tached service at Rutland, Vt., and Fair- 
 haven, Ct., 6 months, the remainder of the 
 time at Petersburg, Va.i discharged June 
 15, '6;;' bounty, $500. 
 
 Harlen G. Newcomb, age 24, enlisted 
 Aug. 19, '62, in Co. K, 145th N. Y. Vols. ; 
 mustered in .on Staten Island ; fall of the 
 next year, while in hospital, detailed as 
 nurse; Mar., '64, transferred to Co. I, 
 107th N. Y. Vols. ; next month joined the 
 company at Shelbyville, Tenn., detailed at 
 Div. Head Quarters, Sept., '64, after sur- 
 render of Atlanta ; rejoined his company. 
 May 23, '65 ; discharged June 19, '65 ; 
 bounty, $175, from government, state, and 
 town. 
 
 Daniel Russ, age 29, enlisted June 23, 
 '62, in Co. I, 9th Reg. Vt. Vols. ; taken 
 prisoner and paroled at the surrender of 
 Harper's Ferry, Sept. 15, '62; detailed as 
 clerk in dispensary, April 15, '63 ; in hos- 
 pital from Sept. '63, till Jan. 12, '64, when 
 he rejoined his company ; promoted Sergt. 
 Mar. 26, '64; 1st Sergt., Mar. '65; dis- 
 charged by order of the President, June 8, 
 '65, at Manchester, Va. ; bounty, $100. 
 
 James C. Russ, brother of Daniel, en- 
 listed in Co. A, 42d Wis. Vols,; dis- 
 charged June 28, '65. 
 
 Frank E. Spaulding, aged 26, enlisted 
 in Sheldon, Sept. 61, in Co. K, 6th Reg. 
 Vt. Vols. ; discharged June 30, '62, for 
 disability. 
 
 George E. Spaulding, aged 18, brother 
 of Frank E., Solon S. and Lewis M., en- 
 listed in Co. G, loth N. Y. Vols, for 
 Albany ; served from April till Aug. '65 ; 
 bounty, $600, from town; 
 
 Charles D. Tewksbury, aged 23, enlisted 
 Sept. 17, '6i, in Co. B, 52d 111. Vols. Inf. ; 
 mustered in at Geneva, 111., Oct. 25, '61, 
 as Corp.; promoted Sergt, May 16, '62; 
 re-enlisted as veteran Dec. 25, '63 ; pro- 
 moted 1st Sergt. Apr. '64 ; mu.stered out 
 July 6, '65, at Louisville, Ky., receiving a 
 lieutenant's commission; received $502 
 bounty from government, and $1 from 
 Bureau Co., 111. ; was wounded at the bat- 
 tle of Shiloh in the head ; in hospital only 
 long enough to have his wound dressed 
 during his 4 years' service ; traveled with 
 his regiment over 6,000 miles, 1,600 of 
 
 which he marched on foot; after .that, 
 started off under Gen. Sherman, and 
 marched around to Savannah, and up to 
 Washington. 
 
 Isaac Norton Tewksbury, uncle of Chas. 
 D., native of Waitsfield, and more than 20 
 years resident, served in a Mich. Reg. ; 
 killed in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, 
 aged 52. 
 
 Other persons, natives of Waitsfield, 
 have doubtless served in the army, but the 
 compiler has failed to learn the facts in 
 regard to them. 
 
 AFTER THE CRIJCIFIXION. 
 
 BY MRS. T. E. FISHEB. 
 
 " JesuB has died upon the croBs I" 
 
 Oh how the tidings fell 
 With stunning weight on those who lOTed 
 
 Tlie " Hope of Israel!' 
 
 A few had owned Him as the Christ. 
 
 The " very Christ," and they 
 Had left their all to follow Him 
 
 Upon His blessed way. 
 
 But Oh, they had not understood 
 
 How dark that way must be. 
 They knew not that the Son of Ged 
 
 Could die upon the tree. 
 
 And when they saw Him on the cross, 
 
 Hope was not wholly gone. 
 They thought by some mysterious power 
 
 God might save His Son. 
 
 But When He bowed His godlike head 
 
 And yielded up the ghost. 
 When He had died as dies mere man, 
 
 They gave up all for lost. 
 
 Oh, who can paint the bitter grief 
 That wrung their hearts that hour. 
 
 The deep, unutterable despair 
 That crushed them with its power. 
 
 Had He deceived them ? Could it be 
 
 The Shiloh had not comef 
 Their brows were pale with grief and diead. 
 
 Their ashy lips were dumb. 
 
 Three days His body, cold aud still. 
 
 Within the grave had lain, 
 When thrilled their hearts the Joyful words, 
 
 "Jesus has risen again!" 
 
 Jesus has risen again; no more 
 
 Anguish and doubts and fears, 
 Glad Joy lights up the wondering eyes 
 
 So lately dimmed by tears. 
 
 Hels tlieLordI the mighty God I 
 
 The Jesns, the Saviour lives! 
 And O, new proof, He is tlie same, 
 
 Their unbelief forgives. 
 
 Jesns has risen from the dead! 
 
 No more we fear to die. 
 Because Thou llvest we shall live, 
 
 O, Son of God Most High. 
 
WARREN. 
 
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 WARREN. 
 
 BY CHAKLES W. HEMBNWAY, OF inDLOW. 
 
 This township lies in lat. 44°, 6' ; long. 
 40°, 11', .in the south-west of Washington 
 Co. The town formerly belonged to Ad- 
 dison Co., and was annexed to Washing- 
 ton Co. by an act of the Legislature, Oct. 
 28, I829. The charter was granted Nov. 
 9, I780, to John Throop and associates. 
 
 GRANTEES AS DRAWN WITH NO. OF LOT. 
 
 John-Marcy, Jr., lot 2I ; Oliver Barker, 
 I9 ; Stephen Marcy, I7 ; Nathaniel and 
 Elisha Frisbee, I5 ; Oliver Farnsworth, I3 ; 
 Nathan Hale, 11 ; Seth Austin, 9 ; Ruggles 
 Kent, 7 ; Joseph Marcy, 5 ; Joel Roberts, 
 3 ; Abraham Baldwin, 1 ; Loudan Gallop, 
 2 ; Hezekiah Spencer, 4 ; Jonas Fay, 6 ; 
 Jonathan Bruce, 8 ; William Gallop, lo ; 
 Elisha Hawley, I4; Benijah Child, 16; 
 Stephen Jacobs, 18 ; Timothy Andrus,20 ; 
 Miles Beach, 22 ; Jonathan Pierce, 23 ; 
 Bartholomew Durkee, 27; Wm. Strong, 
 29 ; Wm. Ripley, 3I ; First settled minis- 
 ter, I2 ; English school, 25 ; Asa Whit- 
 comb, 33 ; Uriah Tracy, 35 ; Lemuel Hop- 
 kins and Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 37; Noah 
 Hatch, 39; Moses Seymour and Alex. 
 Catline, 49 ; Thomas Chamberlin, 4I ; 
 Chauncey Smith, 44 ; Elihu Kent, 42 ; 
 John Jacob, 40 ; George Swan, 38 ; Ben- 
 jamin Kent, 36 ; Gurshon Olds, 34 ; Thad- 
 deus Leavitt, 32 ; Thaddeus King, 30 ; Wm. 
 Roberts, 28 ; William Marsley, 26; John 
 Throop, 24 ; Joseph Kimball, 45 ; John 
 Whitcorab, 47 ; Parmela Jacobs, 49 ; Chap- 
 man Whitcomb, 51 ; County Grammar 
 School, S3 ; Asahel Smith, ii ; Anthony 
 Whitcomb, 57 ; Timothy Child, 59 ; Chaun- 
 cey Goodrich, 61 ; Jedediah Strong, 62 ; 
 Daniel Adams, 63 ; David Fuller, 60 ; 
 Thomas Tolman, 58 ; support of the min- 
 istry, 56; Wm. Lyon, 54; David Wilcox, 
 52 ; John Trumbull, 50 ; Thomas Branard, 
 48 ; James Thomson, 64 ; Joel Ballou, 65 ; 
 Ebenezer Swan, 66 ; College right, 67 ; 
 George Dunkins, 68 ; Samuel Marcy, 69 ; 
 Dudley Baldwin, 70 ; seventy division lots ; 
 lotted, Nov. 4, I789. 
 
 The lots were drawn by 70 slips num- 
 bered from 1 to 70, put into a hat, with 70 
 other slips with the names of one of the 
 
 grantees, or of a public right, to be 
 drawn, on each, put into another hat, and 
 both hats shook to the satisfaction of all 
 present, when a paper was first drawn 
 from the hat with names, and then a paper 
 from the hat with the number of the lots. 
 The town is bounded N. by Waitsfield and 
 Fayston, E. by Roxbury, S. by Granville, 
 Addison Co., and W. by Lincoln, Addison 
 Co. By act of Legislature, I824, four tiers 
 of lots were set off from Lincoln to Warren. 
 There were two divisions of land in town 
 of 70 lots each. 
 
 The soil of the township is very good, 
 and the most part of it quite free from 
 stone. It is well adapted to raising corn, 
 potatoes and English grain. The face of 
 the land is rather hilly. The ledges are 
 chiefly a sort of mica slate. There is 
 some limestone, but it is not plenty. 
 There have never been but two kilns burn- 
 ed in town — those at a: somewhat remote 
 period, the ruins of which are still seen. 
 There are, also, some fine specimens of 
 crystal quartz here. 
 
 Mad river runs nearly through the centre' 
 of the town, and has several tributaries. 
 Stetson brook runs through Stetson Hol- 
 low, and empties into Mad river about 2 
 miles above Warren village. Lincoln 
 brook heads on Lincoln mountain, and 
 runs through Warren South Hollow, and 
 empties into Mad river about half a mile 
 above the village. Minor brook rises on 
 Roxbury mountain, flows westerly, and 
 empties into Mad river at the village. 
 Ford brook, from Lincoln mountain, flows 
 easterly, and empties into the river at the 
 lower end of the village. Clay brook, 
 heading on Lincoln mountain, runs east- 
 erly through Grand Hollow, and empties 
 into the river some 2 miles below the vil- 
 lage. Shepherd brook, from Roxbury 
 mountain, runs westerly, and empties into 
 the river 2 miles below the village. Thus, 
 the town is well watered, and these streams 
 abound with Jrout. There are many good 
 mill privileges also on these streams. 
 
 The town was organized Sept. 20, I798, 
 Ezra Miller, moderator; Samuel Laird, first 
 town clerk ; Ruel Sherman, Joseph Ray- 
 mond, Seth Leavett, selectmen ; Samuel 
 
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 Laird, John Sherman, Joseph Raymond, 
 listers ; Ruel Sherman, collector ; John 
 Woodard, grand juryman ; and Joseph W. 
 Eldridge was the first representative in 
 I8I0. The first physician was Dr. Fish ; 
 the first merchant, Watrous Mather ; first 
 lawyer, A. P. Huntoon ; and the first 
 tavern-keeper, Amos Rising. 
 
 It is quite impossible at the present day 
 to form a just conception of the labor and 
 hardships these earlier settlers encounter- 
 ed, leaving the comforts and conveniences 
 of older towns, and moving with their 
 families into a mountain, wilderness town, 
 and into houses that were insufficient to 
 , protect them from the winds of winter, and 
 with but scanty fare for large families ; but 
 with untiring zeal they felled the dense 
 forest trees. The grand old maples and 
 hemlocks grouned beneath the woodman's 
 axe, and they soon had sufficient land 
 cleared to raise the grain for their fami- 
 lies, and before this was done, they must 
 have made long foot-journeys, or on horse- 
 back, to distant towns for grain — to Waits- 
 field, over the Roxbury mountain to Rox- 
 bury, and thence to Randolph, some 30 
 miles distant, and even at times to Wind- 
 sor, some 65 miles distant, and that by 
 bridle-path and marked trees, fording 
 streams. 
 
 Seth Leavett chopped, cleared and cul- 
 tivated the first acre in town. The first 
 house was built on the farm now owned 
 by Judge Upham. 
 
 Cynthia, daughter of Ruel and Olive 
 Sherman, was the first child born in town, 
 Oct. I7, 1797. She married Robert Leach, 
 and was living in Randolph in I870. 
 
 Lucius Leavett was the first male child 
 born in town. Mar. 5, I798. The first 
 marriage was that of John Wilcox, of 
 Roxbury, and Abigail Steel, of Warren. 
 The first person buried in town was Chloe 
 Sherman, wife of Ruel Sherman. The 
 graveyard at the river was laid out Apr. 1, 
 I826 ; children of Oliver Porter were the 
 first buried in it. 
 
 David Ralph built the first house on the 
 river at the village, where Morris Sterling 
 now lives, and I think that a part of the 
 old house is now standing. A man by the 
 
 name of Stetson built the second house, 
 near where George Bragg now lives. Rich- 
 ard Sterling built the first tavern, Isaac 
 Ralph built the first store, and Otis Wilson 
 carried on the first tannery. The first 
 school-house was built in I805, in district 
 No. 1 , where the school-house now stands. 
 There are 9 school districts, and most of 
 the school-houses are very good. The, av- 
 erage term of school is 6 months a year. 
 At the freeman's meeting, Sept. 2, I800, 
 I2 took the freeman's oath. The first 
 vote for governor stood for Isaac Tichenor, 
 I2 votes, and for lieut. governor, Paul 
 Brigham, I3; Samuel Mattocks, treasurer ; 
 councillors: Benj. Swan, 1 vote; Stephen 
 Bradley, lo votes ; Nathaniel Niles, lo ; 
 John liurnham, lo ; Samuel Safford, lo ; 
 John Willard, lo: Jonas Galusha, lo ; 
 Stephen Paul, lo ; Peter Olcutt, lo ; John 
 White, lo; Daniel Wright, lo ; Oliver 
 Gallop, lo ; Timothy Stanley, lo. 
 
 AARON RISING GOING TO MILL. 
 
 Mr. Rising related to me that when 16 
 years old, the family having had nothing 
 to eat but pumpkin and potatoes with milk 
 for 2 weeks, they made some salts, and 
 sent him to Randolph for grain. His 
 brother gave him 25 cts. to buy his din- 
 ner. He went to Waitsfield, and crossed 
 the mountain to Roxbury. The road 
 through the woods was a bridle-path, and 
 the roots of the trees so thick the horse 
 had to step pretty long sometimes. He 
 stopped at Roxbury for dinner, but find- 
 ing they had nothing to eat but potatoes 
 and milk there, and that he would have to 
 wait for the potatoes to be cooked, he 
 pushed on to Braintree, finding nothing 
 but potatoes and milk there again, and de- 
 ferred dining until he should reach Ran- 
 dolph. Having arrived, he went straight 
 to the mill. The miller weighed his salts, 
 and let him have 3 busliels of grain, and 
 paid him the balance due in money. He 
 would not let him have more grain, saying 
 that he must divide among the people or 
 they would starve. 
 
 Our " boy sent to mill," said he turned out 
 his horse to feed while his grist was being 
 ground. They had plenty to eat there. 
 
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 but he was so bashful he did not dare to 
 ask for anything. He was very hungry, 
 but hoped when he got back to Braintree 
 he could get some potatoes and milk, at 
 least. He reached Braintree, and then 
 concluded to go on to Roxbury, as he 
 could stay there over night, and by start- 
 ing early in the morning, reach home in 
 time for the family to bake for breakfast ; 
 but when he arrived at Roxbury, the in- 
 habitants had gone to bed, and not seeing 
 any lights, it made him homesick, and he 
 concluded to go on a little farther to a Mr. 
 Sampson's, who lived up close under the 
 mountain. When he got up to Sampson's, 
 it was so dark there he could not stay 
 there possibly, and he kept on. He was 
 very tired and hungry, but he led the old 
 mare along with the 3 bushels of meal on 
 her back. When he got about half way 
 up the mountain, he heard a wolf howl 
 behind him, and pretty soon, another one 
 answer ahead of him ; soon, another one 
 in the north, then in the south. He 
 stopped to rest the old mare and himself. 
 He was so hungry and_ tired, he thought 
 that if he had got to live to be an old man, 
 and always fare as ha,rd as nOw, that he 
 did not much care if the wolves did take 
 him ; that they would tear him to pieces 
 in about two minutes, he considered, and 
 it would be over with ; but he started 
 along pretty soon. He could hear the 
 wolves in the bushes close by. They did 
 not howl now, for they could see him, and 
 were only watching when to spring upon 
 him. He scrambled up on to the old 
 mare's back. He thought that he would 
 let them take her first. It soon began to 
 grow a little light. H,e kept urging the 
 old mare along, and when he got out of 
 the woods, it was so light the wolves left 
 him. He got home about sunrise. He 
 dragged the meal into the house, and went 
 up stairs to bed, so tired and exhausted 
 that he could hardly get up there. When 
 breakfast was ready, he was called up, but 
 when they gave him a piece of bread only 
 about half as large as his hand, and a small 
 quantity of milk, he said the tears rolled 
 down his cheeks, and it was harder than 
 all he had endured ; but they told him that 
 
 it was more than the " galls " had, and 
 that they must be very saving, for they did 
 not know when. they should get any more. 
 Mr. Rising lived to become quite wealthy, 
 but was blind for the last few years of his 
 life". He narrated these facts to us in his 
 85th year. He was blind at this time, but 
 his memory was very good. 
 
 WARREN BOYS AND THE BEARS. 
 
 Some over 40 years since, Christopher 
 Moore, 17 years of age, and De Estings 
 Billings, about the same age,^set a bear- 
 trap some 3 miles from the village, on the 
 farm now owned by Milo Bucklin ; and on 
 going to the spot the next day, found a 
 two-year old bear in the trap. Thinking, 
 it would.be nice to take the bear down to, 
 the village alive, they each Cut a good 
 switch, and gave the bear, who was first 
 disposed to fight, such a thorough whip- 
 ping he curled down. They did not re- 
 lease him from the trap and so run the 
 risk of losing him, but one took up the 
 bear in his arms and the other the trap, 
 and both together they carried the bear and 
 trap about half a mile to the road, where 
 they had a cart in waiting ; but they had 
 to lay the bear down several times and re- 
 peat the whipping before they got to the 
 cart, and they got their faces and arms 
 scratched some ; but they took him to the 
 village alive. 
 
 Warren can boast of strong men. One, 
 Oliver Slack, used to gather his sap here 
 by hand with a hoop, with two five-pail 
 iron kettles, one in each hand. 
 
 REV. NATHANIEL STEARNS, 
 
 a Methodist, was the first minister settled 
 in town. Rev. Mr. Wheelock, Congrega- 
 tionalist, was expecting to be settled first, 
 but the Methodists, thinking that the privi- 
 lege equally belonged to them to settle the 
 first pastor, and thereby to obtain for their 
 minister the' right of land by charter to the 
 first clergyman settled, went in the night 
 for Elder Stearns, and installed him first. 
 He was secured a salary of $io6 a year, 
 paid in grain. 
 
 WARREN RIVER MEETING HOUSE SOCIETY, 
 
 was, organized Jan. 19, 1838, and a com- 
 mittee chosen to build the house, 40x50 
 
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 ft., of fair proportion, finished plain but 
 well ; Daniel Ralph built the house, Rev. 
 E. Scott, M. E., from Mo.ntpelier, preach- 
 ed the dedication .sermon, and the M. E. 
 Conference sent ministers here for several 
 years. The house is a union building, 
 and the different denominations have had 
 stated times to preach ; the Episcopal 
 Methodist, the ist Sabbath in every month 
 and every other 2d Sabbath ; the Univer- 
 salist the 3d Sabbath in every month ; the 
 Protestant Methodist, the 4th Sabbath in 
 the first 9 months in the year ; the other 
 denominations to occupy the remainder of 
 the time. The other denominations in 
 this vicinity are Baptist, Congregational- 
 ist, Advehtist, Seventh day Adventist, 
 and Spiritualists. Much of the time no 
 regular preaching has been sustained in 
 the union meeting house. 
 
 Rev. ]. Waldron came here in 1871, to 
 preach for a year, and staid 2 years. He 
 was from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and 
 was liked very much. Rev. Mr. Burgin, 
 the next pastor, came from Lincoln, and 
 staid 2 years. 
 
 The church at East Warren was built in 
 1834. It is also a union building, but the 
 people are mostly Methodists in that vicin- 
 ity ; and there is a M. E. Church, a branch 
 of the church at Waitsfield, here. Rev. 
 J. Boyce, from Waitsfield, preached here 
 half of the time, for there has never been 
 a settled minister there. I have tried to 
 find the church records, but cannot. 
 
 REV. JOSHUA TUCKER, 
 
 was born in Salem, Mass., June 14, 1800. 
 In 1826, he married Anna S. Cook, of 
 Chelsea, Mass. He received his theologi- 
 cal education in New Hampshire, apd 
 commenced to preach at the age of 28. 
 In 1830, he was ordained at Washington, 
 and was pastor of Washington and of Ver- 
 shire until 1833, when he removed to Chel- 
 sea, but remained pastor of Washington, 
 Vershire and Williamstown until 1839. He 
 then removed to Warren , where he preached 
 2 years. Since then he has lived at different 
 times in the towns of Lincoln, Washington , 
 Huntington, Starksboro, Middlesex, 
 Northfield and Hydepark ; from Hydepark 
 he removed for the third time to Starksboro 
 
 where he now resides. He gave up preach- 
 ing about a year ago from ill health. He 
 preached the gospel 50 years, had 11 chil- 
 dren, 7 now living ; died in Lincoln, aged 
 78. His wife is now (1881) living in 
 Starksboro. 
 
 REV. JAIRIUS EATON, 
 
 came to this town from Enosburgh, in 
 1854, and preached here ever after part of 
 the time, until his death, Dec. 25, 1861. 
 He was a Wesleylan Methodist. 
 
 JOSEPH W. ELDRIDGE, ESQ., 
 
 born in Stonington, Ct., May 17, 1777, 
 married at Brooklyn, Ct., Jan. 30, 1804, 
 to Betsy Tyler, daughter of William Tyler, 
 and grand-daughter of Gen. Putnam . Mr. 
 Eldridge moved into town early ; was town 
 clerk 14 years, and the first post master, 
 which office he held 30 years. He was the 
 first representative from this town to the 
 legislature, and married the first couple in 
 town. He came into town himself before 
 he was married, and went back to Connec- 
 ticut after his wife. Mrs. Eldridge made 
 her bridal-journey to her new home in the 
 wilderness of Warren, on horse back. 
 She was a member of the Congrega. 
 tional church, and an exemplary Christian. 
 Their door and purse were always open 
 for the benefit of the gospel. The minis- 
 ters always found a home with them. -He 
 had nearly lived man's allotted time when 
 he was suddenly called. He stepped out 
 to speak to a neighbor passing his house, 
 tripped on a small stick, fell upon his 
 hands and knees, broke a blood vessel in 
 falling, and lived only 36 hours after ; aged 
 65 years, 1842. Mr. Eldridge's first wife 
 died in 1831 ; in 1833, he married Mrs. 
 Deborah Durkee, who died in 1869. 
 
 DEACON JAMES ALLEN, 
 
 born in Walpole, N. H., May 28, I787, 
 married Achsah, daughter of David and 
 Effie Young, in I807, and moved into this 
 town, on the farm now owned by John 
 Cardell, in I810. He soon bought the farm 
 now owned by Sylvester Wheeler. It was 
 a wilderness farm then, and there was only 
 a path by marked trees by which he went 
 to his land to chop. He was a very in- 
 dustrious man, and when it was not 
 
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 weather to work out doors, he made 
 spinning-wheels for the wives and daugh- 
 ters of the settlers. Mrs. Allen had a 
 great fear of the Indians, although she had 
 never seen one. One day, when Mr. Allen 
 was out at work, near night a ragged, 
 rough-looking man came into the house, 
 set down his gun, and told her he wanted 
 some supper and to stay all night. She 
 said he could have some supper, but she 
 could not keep him over night. She says 
 she flew around pretty lively, thinking this 
 was an Indian, any way, and that her time 
 had come. Mr. Allen came in soon, and 
 told the man he would show him where to 
 go to find lodging. As they started out, 
 Mrs. Allen took Tier babe in her arms and 
 followed at a distance, fearing the sup- 
 posed Indian would kill her husband ; but 
 the man proved to be a Mr. Atwood, from 
 Hancock, who had been out hunting and 
 lost his way. 
 
 Mrs. Allen united with the Baptist 
 church when only 16, and has lived a 
 praiseworthy life. - Soon after Mr. Allen 
 came into town he was chosen deacon of 
 the Baptist church at Waitsfield, which had 
 a branch in Warren, and held the office 
 till his death in I876, aged 89. 
 
 JOSEPH A. CURTIS, 
 
 born in Hanover, N. H., Nov. 1787, was 
 married in I807 to Amelia, Bissell, and 
 moved to this town. Soon after he was 
 appointed judge in the county court, and 
 has been State senator. He was reputed 
 here a very good scholar. He died in I867. 
 
 WILLIAM CARDELL, 
 
 . born in Southwick, Mass., May 3, 1788, 
 removed to Munroe, N. Y. ; was married 
 Sept. 23, 1810, to Elizabeth, daughter of 
 John and Elizabeth Peers. He came into 
 the east part of the town and settled in 
 1817, but soon sold out his land for store 
 goods, ia which he was unfortunate, and 
 lost nearly all his property. He then 
 bought a tract of land in'^hat part of the 
 town called South Hollow, comprising sev- 
 eral farms now. He was a great worker, 
 cleared many acres of land, and made the 
 mountain road to Lincoln for 50 cts. per 
 rod. While making the road, he had a 
 
 cabin built on runners, in which to cook 
 and sleep, that he moved -along as fast as 
 the road was completed. 
 
 He also kept a tavern and toll-gate sev; 
 eral years, and was a merchant some time. 
 When he came into- town he had about 
 $1,000, but owing to his misfortune, had 
 only about $200 when he bought in South 
 Hollow, and by his unremitting toil and 
 economy, amassed a large property, and 
 was the wealthiest man in town at his 
 death. He has three sons living in town, 
 and one in Boston, Mass., all. being 
 wealthy. He sold his farm in South 
 Hollow at length, and moved into the vil- 
 lage, where he died Nov. 2, 1870, aged 82 
 years. He was many years a member of 
 the M. E. church. 
 
 COL. STEPHEN L. SARGENT, 
 
 born in Windsor, Jan. 19, 1789, came to 
 this town with his father, Moses Sargent, 
 when 13 years of age. There were only 
 12 families in town when he came. He 
 lived on the same farm that his father 
 settled on, and married Bridget Shaw, of 
 Hartland. They have 3 sons and 2 daugh- 
 ters. Col. Sargent went with some 20 
 volunteers to Plattsburgh, N. Y., but did 
 not arrive until the battle was over. In 
 1S20, he was commissioned lieut. colonel ; 
 in 1822, colonel of the 4th reg. ist brigade, 
 4th division of Vt. militia. He was a 
 prompt, faithful officer. He gave me these 
 facts when past 85 years of age, and his 
 mind at this time was remarkably clear. 
 I am indebted to him for more information 
 about the early settlers than any one else 
 in town. He was the oldest Free Mason 
 in town ; was a member over 50 years, 
 and was buried under the Masonic order. 
 
 DENSLOW UPHAM, 
 
 born in Weathersfield in 1800, moved into 
 town in 1818. He married, Aug. 1823, 
 Ada H. Richard.son, daughter of James 
 Richardson. Mr. Upham is a man of 
 good education and sound judgment. He 
 surveyed and lotted the 2d division of land 
 in town, and was appointed a judge of the 
 county court in i8S3-'54 ; elected State 
 senator in 1864-65. Mr. Upham has a 
 very pleasant family, and whoever calls 
 there is always treated very hospitably. 
 
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 RICHARD STERLING 
 
 moved from South Woodstock, Feb. 22, 
 1823. He lived on the place now owned 
 by G. W. Cardell, 14 years ; kept tavern 
 4 years of the time, then moved to Grand 
 Hollow. He was born in Lyme, Ct., Dec. 
 21, 1777. At the age of 5 years his father 
 removed to South Woodstock, Vt. When 
 Richard Sterling came to Warren, there 
 were but three houses in the village. H6 
 kept the first tavern, was never absent 
 from a town meeting, and voted for every 
 President after he was 21. He died July 
 23, 1872, aged 94 years, 7 mos. 2 days. 
 
 HIRAM BRADLEY, 
 
 came from Pomfret here in 1824. He was 
 an educated man, and a teacher in his 
 early life, but was very much broken down 
 in his old age. Mrs. Bradley, his wife, is 
 one of those old ladies, we seldom meet, 
 so pleasant and so social, with a well cul- 
 tivated mind ; though over 70 when we 
 last saw her, she conversed upon any sub- 
 ject introduced, with ease. 
 
 AMOS RISING, 
 
 born in Southwick, Massachusetts, 1769, 
 moved to Warren in I799 ; had 3 children ; 
 his oldest daughter now living in Warren, 
 aged 86 ; his son is a lawyer in the West. 
 She now lives on her father's old place, 
 where he first settled, her name is Mrs. 
 Lorenzo Nichols. He died I845, aged 65. 
 His brother, Tehan Rising, came to 
 Warren in I800. He had 6 children, only 
 one lived to grow up. Aaron Rising 
 came to Warren in I802. They were all 
 influential men, and helped build up the 
 town. 
 
 LONGEVITY OF Vl^ARREN TO JAN. 1 87 7. 
 
 Mrs. Wm. Porter, loo years, 6 months 
 and 3 days; Olive, widow of Timothy 
 Vinson, 92 years ; Eliza Parsons, 91 ; Mrs. 
 Richard Sterling, 89 ; Joseph Lovett, 87 ; 
 Capt. Timothy Dolbear, 86 ; Mrs. Gard- 
 ner Campbell, 86 ; Jonathan Grow, 86 ; 
 Jarius Eaton, 85 ; Ruel Sherman, 84 ; John 
 Cardell, 84; Mrs. Joseph Lovett, 84: 
 Moses Sargent, 83 ; Mrs. Amelia Curtis, 
 83 ; Mrs. Aaron Rising, 82 ; William 
 Cardell, 82 ; Mrs. Abigail Steven.s, 81 ; 
 Philemon Metcalf, 81 ; Mrs. Alfred Nich- 
 
 ols, 80 ; Ira Putnam, 79; Mrs. Ebenezer 
 Bennett, 79 ; Jacob Stevens, 79 ; James 
 Richardson, 79; Abraham Van Deusen, 
 78 ; Robert Kelsey, 78 ; Joseph Hewett, 
 78 ; Mrs. James Richardson, 78 ; Daniel 
 Jones, 78 ; Wm. Bragg, 77 ; Mrs. Wm. 
 Bragg, 77 ; Mrs. Edward Hall, 77 ; Wm. 
 Porter, 77 ; James Holden, 76 ; Mrs. 
 Daniel Jones, 76 ; Mrs. Daniel Brown, 75 ; 
 Mrs. Otis Bucklin, 75; Ezra Church, 75 ; 
 Samuel Bagley, 74 ; Mrs. Wm. Porter, 74 ; 
 Mrs. E. P. Landon, 73 ; Joseph A. Curtis, 
 
 73 ; Thomas Sargent, 73 ; Daniel Brown, 
 
 72 ; Moses Hall, 72; Joshua Davis, 71 ; 
 Daniel Howe, 71 ; Charlotte Buck, .70 ; 
 Harriet Dickinson, 70 ; Gardner Camp- 
 bell, 70 ; Alvin Porter, 70 ; Mrs. Hannah 
 Pike, 87 ; Col. Sargent, 87 ;, Sylvester 
 Upham, 75 ; Mrs. Phebe Upham, 70 ; 
 Mrs. Lavina Geer, 78 ; Mrs. David Ban- 
 ister, 75 ; Mrs. Henry Dana, 77 ; Mrs 
 Wm. Cardell, 84 ; Artemas Banister, 75 ; 
 Hiram Bradley, 82 ; Marcena GreensUt, 
 
 74 ; Benjamin Powers, 82 ; Amos Bagley, 
 
 76 ; Lovina Brigham, 72 ; John Patrol, 
 8i ; Dolly Dimmick, 83 ; Joseph Hewitt, 
 
 77 ; Lydia J. Hewitt, 81 ; Horace Powers, 
 84 ; Sarah Giffbrd, 85 ; Joseph Vickery, 
 80 ; James Allen, 89 ; Samuel C. Turner, 
 
 73 ; Hannah Miller, 88 ; Esther Moore, 
 80; RhodaDutton, 81 ; Simeon Pratt, 87; 
 Erastus Buck, 82 ; Rufus Thayer, 73 ; 
 Samantha Lamb, 70 ; Daniel Ralph, 71 ; 
 Betsey Ainsworth, 75 ; Samuel Crosier, 
 81; Clarisa Arnold, 72; Andrew Arnold. 72. 
 
 In Warren, Sept. I7, Mrs. Hannah 
 Billings, wife of Mr. Rufus Billings, aged 
 80 years. Mr. and Mrs. Billings lived to- 
 gether nearly 60 years, and in the com- 
 munity where she died, 38. She was the 
 mother of I4 children, I2 of whom lived 
 to have families, 9 survived her, and 7 at- 
 tended her funeral. She could number 65 
 grand-children and 2ogreat-grand-children. 
 
 MANUFACTURES. t 
 
 Warren Wooden Bowl and Chair Stock 
 Factory, situated on Mad river, at the 
 further south end of the village, was built 
 by.Carlos Sargent, in I809, who put in a 
 forge and manufactured edge tools several 
 years, and sold to Thomas Heyward, who 
 manufactured wooden bowls, fork-stails 
 
WARREN. 
 
 807 
 
 and hoe'-handles till the fall of 1868, when 
 R. N. and D. D. Hemenway, of Ludlow, 
 bought the shop, and commenced there, 
 Nov. 20, that season, the turning of wooden 
 bowls, with whom, Apr. 1, I869, C. W. 
 Hemenway, another brother, bought in an 
 equal share, and helped to manufacture 
 bowls and chair-stock until Apr. 1 , I874, 
 when he sold to R. N. and D. D., and re- 
 turned to farming in Ludlow, and the broth- 
 ers, R. N. and D. D., continued the busi- 
 ness until the fall of I878, when the shop 
 was burned, after which they sold the 
 privilege to John Bradley, who has since 
 built a shop on the old foundation. 
 
 Henry Austin manufactured clapboards 
 on Mad river, about 3 miles above the 
 village, for several years, and then sold 
 out and went West. Alex. Stetson and 
 a Mr. Hanks manufactured clothes-pins a 
 short time ; then Mr. Hanks started a shop 
 of his own, but did not run it long. Geo. 
 S. Hanks built a shop also at the north 
 end of the village, on Ford brook at the 
 falls, for the manufacture of rolling-pins, 
 clothes-pins and clapboards for a time, 
 and Walter Bagley manufactured clap- 
 boards in South Hollow several years. 
 
 Samuel Austin run a distillery many 
 years since in town. His customers would 
 carry their molasses (maple) and get their 
 rum. One day a goverment officer visited 
 him, and finding that he had no license, it 
 cost his brother, Daniel Austin, $150.00 to 
 settle. The old still in now in Christopher 
 Moore's possession. 
 
 VILLAGE. 
 
 Warren has quite a village. There are 
 some 50 dwelling-houses, 1 church, 1 
 school-house, a very good one ; 3 stores, 
 2 boot and shoe .shops, 1 tannery, 5 black- 
 smith shops, 2 clap-board mills, 2 saw- 
 mills, I grist-mill, 3 carriage shops, 1 har- 
 ness-shop, 1 tin-shop, 2 cooper-shops, 2 
 clothe_s-pins shops, 1 gunsmith, 1 millin- 
 ary shop, a tavern and post-office. 
 
 Mad River runs through the village. 
 The water-power here is very good. A 
 stage runs to Roxbury, 7 miles, the near- 
 est railroad station, and back 3 times a 
 week. [Data of I877 ; there is now, 1881, 
 
 a daily stage from Warren to Roxbury. J 
 In other parts of the town, there are 2 
 carriage-shops, 2 saw-mills, 1 clap-board 
 mill, a shingle factory, 1 black smith shop, 
 and several cooper shops. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 Samuel Laird, 1799; Thomas Jerrolds, 
 I800-6; Joseph W. Eldridge, I807-20; 
 James Richardson, I82I, 22, 24; Simeon 
 Buck, I823; Jared W. Shepherd, 1825- 
 28 ; Sylvanus Payne, I829-37 ; Franklin 
 A. Wright, I838-47; Darius S. Parker, 
 1848-54 ; D. D. Hyzer, 1855-63 ; James 
 Cardell, I864-80. 
 
 REPKESENTATIVES. 
 
 Joseph W. Eldridge, I8I0-I6 ; Amos 
 Rising, I8I6-24, 25, 26 ; Tehan Rising, 
 I8I9; James Richardson, I823 , James 
 Butterfield, I827 ; Joseph A. Hyzer, I828, 
 32 ; Moses Sargent, 1829, 30, 3I ; none 
 I833, 34, S3 ; Artemus Cushman, I835, 
 36, 42 ; William Cardell, I837, 38 ; Wil- 
 liam B. Taylor, I839"; Franklin A.Wright, 
 1840, 4I, 54, 55 ; Thomas Sargent, I843 '■, 
 Lewis Cardell, I844 ; Moses Ordway, 
 I845, 46 ; Denslow Uphafh, I847 ; Wil- 
 liam Rankin, I848, 49 ; Gideon Good- 
 ■ipeed, I850, 5I ; P. P. Raymond, I852 ; 
 Rev. Jarius Eaton, I856, 59, 60 ; Pierce 
 Spaulding, I857, 58; Daniel Ralph, 1861, 
 62 ; Rev. John Dolph, 1863, 64 ; Edwin 
 Cardell, 1865, 66 ; Otis Bucklin, I867, 68 ; 
 James Cardell, I869, 70, 7I ; G. W. Car- 
 dell, I872-75; D. D. Hemenway, I876: 
 Milo Bucklin, I877, 80, 81 ; Sylvester 
 Banister, I878, 79. 
 
 CONSTABLES. 
 
 James Richardson, I799, 1811, I2, I3 ; 
 Ellas Miller, I800, 1 ; George Lattimer, 
 I802, 3, 4 ; Calvin Gilbert, I805, 6, 7 ; 
 Amos Rising, I808, I4, Is, 16, 18, I9, 20, 
 2I, 22, 23,. 24, 25, 26, 27 ; William Kent, 
 I809, lo ; Giles Eldridge, I8I7 ; Oramel 
 Williams, I828, 29, 30; Thomas Sargent, 
 I83I, 36,^52, S3; Lewis Bagley, I832 ; P. 
 D. Bagley, I833, 34, 35 ; Gideon Good- 
 speed, I838; 39, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 
 50, si ; Pierce Spaulding, 1854, 55, 56 ; 
 Wm. H. H. Hall, 1857, 58, 59; John 
 Thayer, I860, 61 ; Edwin Cardell, I862- 
 80. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Physicians : — Dr. Fish, Asahel Kend- 
 rick, D. C. Joyslin, Dr. Peabody, N. G. 
 Brigham, J. M. Van Deusen, and E. W. 
 Slayton. 
 
 Attorneys: — A. C. Huntoon, John 
 H. Senter. 
 
 POST MASTERS. 
 
 East Warren. — Joseph W. Eldridge, 
 George Lathrop, Wm. Tillotson, Lorenzo 
 Nichols, Nahum Nichols. 
 
 At the River. — Parker Putman, D. S. 
 Parker, D. D. Hyzer, H. Fifield, J. G. 
 Sargent, G. W. Cardell, Edwin Cardell. 
 
 JUDGES OF THE COUNTY COURT. 
 
 Joseph A. Curtis, first ; F. A. Wright, 
 1850; Denslow Upham, 1852-54. 
 
 MEMBERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN- 
 TIONS. 
 
 J. W. Eldridge, 18 14 ; Amos Rising, 
 I822 ; J. A. Hyzer, I828; Artemas Cush- 
 man, I836; Gideon Goodspeed, I845 ; 
 Denslow Upham, I850. 
 
 STATE SENATORS. 
 
 Artemus Cushraan, I840 ; F. A. Wright, 
 1846, 47, 56; Jo-seph A. Curtis, Denslow 
 Upham, 1852, 64. 
 
 Census: — 1800, 58; 1810, 229; 1820, 
 320; 1830, 766; 1840, 943; 1850, 962, 
 i860, 1041 ; 1870, 1008; 1880,951. 
 
 Grand List: — 1870, 12,699.44; 1880, 
 $2,494.64. 
 
 military. 
 Revolutionary Soldiers : — Moses 
 Sargent, Richard Shaw, William Porter, 
 and John Greenslit. John Greenslit died 
 in the war. 
 
 Soldiers of 1812: — Thomas Jerrolds, 
 Jesse Stewart, Justin Jacobs, Oliver Per- 
 sons, Samuel Hard, and Gardner Camp- 
 bell were in the war of 1812. Jerrolds 
 and Stewart died in the war; George 
 Dimick was in the Mexican war. 
 
 Names. 
 Worcester, Almon C. Jr., 
 Burbank, Morgan A. 
 Ainsworth, Geo. A. 
 Cass, Elisha 
 Mills, Hiram F. 
 Worcester, Earl C. 
 Quimby, Wm. H. E. 
 Hewitt, Grin O. 
 
 Billings, Wm. W. 
 Eldridge, James E. 
 Porter, Rufus W. 
 Parker, Ransom 
 
 Frawley, James 
 Quinn, Timothy 
 
 Hall, Wm. H. H. 
 Sterling, Stephen D. 
 Kelsey, Oscar G. 
 Shepherd, Daniel P. 
 Bucklin, Merrill R. 
 Shattuck, Nathaniel 
 Parker, George 
 Banister,' Sylvester 
 Goodspeed, Elisha 
 Mathers, George 
 McAllister, John 
 Mills, Charles 
 Moore, William F. 
 Moore, Winslow S. 
 Newton, Chester F. 
 Persons, Frederick D. 
 Persons, Harrison W. 
 Porter, Seth L. 
 
 war of the rebellion. 
 
 second regiment. 
 Be^. Co. AKe. Enlisted. Remarks. 
 
 2 F 24 May' 7 61 Serg't.; promoted 2d lieut. Aug. 4, 62. 
 
 do 24 do Corporal ; discharged Dec. 22, 62. 
 
 do 19 do Trans, to invalid corps, Nov. 20, 63. 
 
 do 21 do Discharged Nov. 12, 61. 
 
 do 23 do Died June 16, 62. 
 
 do 22 do Mustered out June 29, 64. 
 
 do 22 do Transferred to invalid corps July 1,63. 
 
 2 H 24 Aug 20 61 Died Jan. 9, 62. 
 
 third regiment. 
 
 3 H 
 
 3 F 
 
 3 G 
 
 3 F 
 
 ^d? 
 
 6 G 
 6 H 
 6 G 
 6 H 
 6 G 
 
 do 
 6 H 
 6 A 
 6 G 
 6 H 
 
 do 
 6 G 
 
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 6 H 
 
 do 
 6 G 
 
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 db 
 
 21 July 9 61 Mustered <3ut July 24, 64. 
 
 19 June I 61 Pro. 2d It. Co. H, iithreg. Aug. 10,62. 
 
 23 July 12 6i Discharged Feb. 22, 63. 
 
 21 Sept 16 61 Died Mar. 7, 62. 
 
 fifth regiment. 
 
 18 Feb 28 65 Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 35 Feb 27 6s do do 
 
 SIXTH regiment. 
 
 37 
 
 Aug 14 6i 
 
 21 
 
 Sept 12 61 
 
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 Aug ic 61 
 
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 Oct 14 61 
 
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 Sept 12 61 
 
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 Sept 10 6i 
 
 Captain. 
 
 Serg't.; reduced to ranks June 2, 63. 
 Sergeant ; died June 9, 62. 
 Corporal ; reduced to teamster ; re-en. 
 do died Aug. 17, 62. 
 do died Apr. 19, 62. 
 do reduced to ranks. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 15, 63. 
 Discharged Oct. 20, 66. 
 
 do Apr. 17, 62. 
 
 do Feb. 10, 62. 
 
 do 
 
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 Pro. Corp.; fe-en. Dec. 15, 63. 
 Re-enlisted Dec 15, 63. 
 
 do Mar. 29, b\. 
 Discharged May 28, 62. 
 
 do June 19, 62. 
 
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 July 22, 62. 
 an. 8, 62. 
 . Dec. 
 
WARREN. 
 
 809 
 
 Nhiucs. 
 Rising, William H. 
 Spaulding, Charles E. 
 Sioddard, Lymaa 
 Trask, Frank A. 
 Dumas, Oliver 
 Poland, Benjamin 
 Dimick, Darwin E. 
 Pierce, George H. 
 Persons, Orson F. 
 
 Davis, Benjamin L. 
 Parmenter, Rufus A. 
 Buzzell, James M. 
 
 Leavitt, Nehemiah 
 Spear, Augustus C. 
 Bucklin, Mason C. 
 Bucklin, Milo 
 Cass, James 
 Dumas, Morris 
 Kingsbury, Ezra 
 Waldron, Don G. 
 Aldrich, Charles W. 
 
 Minor, Asahel 
 Brown, Henry 
 Lovejoy, Albert J. 
 
 Brown, George 
 Mather, James M. 
 Mathews, George 
 
 Miller, James E. 
 Eldridge, Joseph W. 
 
 Thayer, Aretus 
 Dolph, John 
 Austin, Samuel 
 Billings, Orlando 
 Bowen, John 
 Davis, Myron M. 
 Dimick, Walter C. 
 Hartwell, James K. 
 Heath, Eaton A. 
 Mix, De Estings S. 
 Smith, Thomas C. 
 Stearns, Oscar A. 
 Stevens, Almus 
 Trask, George J. 
 Trask, Horace 
 Trask, William H. 
 Wilson, James H. 
 
 •Mason, Gilman 
 
 Bowen, John 
 
 Barton, Joseph C. 
 ' Bagley, Walter A. 
 
 Dutton, Edwin P. 
 Eaton, Orville M. 
 
 102 
 
 Kog. Co Age. 
 6 H 42 
 6 G 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 , do 
 6 H 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 33 
 18 
 
 27 
 
 26 
 
 42 
 
 29 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 EiiU&ted. Bemarks. 
 
 Aug 14 61 Pro. Corp.; re-enlisted Dec. 
 
 Sept 18 61 Discharged Nov. 27, 62. 
 
 Sept 20 61 Re-enlisted Dec. 15, 63. 
 
 Sept 12 61 Promoted corporal. 
 
 do Re-enlisted Dec. 15, 63. 
 
 Sept 7 64 Mustered out June 19, 65. 
 Mar 3 65 do June 26, 65. 
 
 do do do 
 
 Feb 21 65 do do 
 
 s. 63- 
 
 SEVENTH REGIMENT. 
 
 7 K 44 Jan 13 62 Discharged Oct. 15, 62. 
 do 19 Dec 8 61 Re-en. Feb. 15, 64; died Apr. i6, 64. 
 do 19 Feb 27 65 Mustered out Aug. 4, 65. 
 
 EIGHTH REGIMENT. 
 
 8 C 
 
 8 G 
 
 8 A 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Nov 21 61 
 Dec 31 61 
 Dec II 63 
 Dec 14 63 
 Dec II 63 
 Dec 18 63 
 
 Pro. serg't.; discharged Sept. 4, 63. 
 Discharged June 6, 62. 
 
 Sick in general hospital, Aug. 31, 64. 
 
 8 
 8 
 
 8 B 19 Mar 20 65 Mustered out June 28, 65. 
 
 NINTH REGIMENT. 
 
 9 I 40 June 24 62 Serg't.; reduced to ranks Nov. 11,63. 
 9 D 22 June 5 62 Sick in general hospital, Aug. 31, 64. 
 9 I 18 June 27 62 Discharged Aug. 4, 63. 
 
 10 B 
 do 
 do 
 
 TENTH REGIMENT. 
 18 July 21 62 
 
 21 
 20 
 
 July 1862 
 do 
 
 Wd.; in general hospital Aug. 31, 64. > 
 
 ELEVENTH REGIMENT. 
 
 II L 30 June lo 63 Sergeant ; prisoner since June 23, 63. 
 .11 H "21 Aug 14 63 do pro. Corp. Jan. 21, 64 ; pro. 
 
 serg't. May 6, 64 ; died June 24, 64. 
 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR NINE MONTHS. 
 
 13 B 22 
 13 B 32 
 
 13 H 32 
 
 13 B 25 
 42 
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 Sergeant ; mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 Aug 25 62 Corporal ; do 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 Sept 8 62 do 
 
 do do 
 
 do Discharged Feb. 4, 63. 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do do 
 
 do 
 
 Dec 12 63 do 
 
 Aug 25 62 do 
 
 do do 
 
 do do 
 
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 do Discharged at Brattleboro, Jan. 31,63. 
 
 do Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 do Killed at Gettysburgh, July 3, 63. 
 
 17 
 
 SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT. 
 
 G 22 Mustered out July 14, 65. 
 
 SHARP-SHOOTERS — FIRST REGIMENT. 
 
 1 F 43 Dec 10 63 Died June 15, 64, of wounds rec'd. in 
 
 action May 12, 64. 
 
 2 H 32 Dec II 63 DiedAug. 26, 64, ofwds. rec. May3i,6i. 
 do 44 Nov 24 63 Des. June 8, 64; returned Dec. '31, 64; 
 
 tr. to Co. H, 4th Vt. vols. Feb. 25,65. 
 do 18 Dec 763 Tr. to Co. H, 4th Vt. vols. Feb. 25,65. 
 do 19 Dec II 63 do 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Petty, George A. 
 Stoddard, Franklin 
 
 Campbell, Hlland G. 
 
 SECOND VT. BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY. 
 
 i8 Aug 8 64 Mustered out July 31, 65. 
 
 18 Aug 12 64 Tr. to 1st Co. heavy artillery Mar. i, 65. 
 
 THIRD VT. BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY. 
 
 25 Sept 2 64 Mustered out June 15, 65. 
 
 Furnished Under Draft; Paid Commutation. — Francis A. Allen, Milo Bucklin, 
 Benjamin S. Edgerton, Burnham P'ord, George N. Hanks, John M. Hanks, Samuel McAllister, 
 Henry Moore, 2d, Daniel W. Nichols, Charles Porter, Hiram J. Pratt, Thomas J. Sargeant, 
 Stedman C. Tucker, Henry H. Van Deusen. 
 
 Procured Substitutes. — Charles W. Bragg, Danigl McAllister, Jr. 
 
 Soldiers of the War of the Rebellion Buried in Town. — J. W. Eldredge, Merrill 
 Bucklin, Orrin O. Hewett, James E. Miller; Earl C. Worcester, Benj. S. Edgerton, Chester 
 F. Newton, Aretus Thayer, James Wilson, Willard Thayer. 
 
 Organized Militia, 4TH Reg. 2D Brigade. — H. W. Lyford, captain ; Edwin Cardell, 
 1st lieutenant ; Orland Billfngs, 2d lieutenant. 
 
 Edward Eldridge, son of Joseph W., 
 is quite a prominent man in Warren ; is in 
 very gdod circumstances ; owns several 
 farms, and has held most of the town of- 
 fices. He had a son killed in the late war 
 by the name of Joseph Eldridge ; also a son- 
 in-law, Benjamin Edgerton. 
 
 old people 
 now living in town over 70 years of age : 
 Mrs. Ryan, who claims to be 100 ; Mrs. 
 Laurena Persons, 94 ; Achsah Allen, 93 ; 
 Mrs. Sarah Vinson, 84; Mrs. Lucretia 
 Bradley, 82 ; Araasa Pearsons, 86 ; Asahel 
 Young, 87; Mrs. A. Young, 79; Mrs. 
 Dolly Hubbell, 79 ; Alva Stetson, 71 ; Mrs. 
 Polly Austin, 75 ; Mrs. Mary Rice, 75 ; 
 Michael Ford, 82; Mrs. M. Ford, 78; 
 Edward Munn, 83 ; Roxy Munn, 76 ; Mrs. 
 Rufus Brown, 70; Wm. Page, 83; Dens- 
 low Upham, 81; Mrs. D. Upham, 79; 
 Carlos Sargent, 76; Wm. Mather, 71; 
 Mrs. Abel Martin, 73 ; Hazen Lyford, 71 ; 
 Phelps Jones, 74 ; David Hubbell, ■/■/ ; 
 Azariah Hanks, 80; Mrs. A. Hanks, 76; 
 Lewis Cardell, 78 ; Mrs. Louis Van Deusen, 
 80; Mrs. James Parker, 76; L. W. Free- 
 man, 70; Mrs. Freeman, 72 ; Hosea New- 
 comb, 76; Mrs. Laura A. Miller, 76; Mrs. 
 Susan C. Senter, 73; Sewell C. Billings, 
 76; Mrs. S. C. Billings, 76; A. Worcester, 
 75 ; Mrs. Julia Harmon, 83 ; A. H. Dutton, 
 75 ; Gideon Goodspeed, 73. 
 
 Potato Hill, as it generally stands on 
 the maps, is the high peak between Warren 
 and Lincoln, the highest point being in 
 Lincoln, but not far from the Warren line. 
 It is a little south of Lincoln mountain, at 
 about the same height from the sea level. 
 
 MX. ALGONQUIN. 
 
 BY D. C. OBEK. 
 
 Around this mountain hangs a legend, 
 
 Hangs a legend old and wild. 
 Of the bright-eyed Watometa, 
 
 An Algonquin's only child. 
 
 How an Iroquois warrior 
 Wooed and won " the dusky dove;" 
 
 How his father, the great saciiem. 
 Did not of their love approve ; 
 
 How he spurned his father's counsel. 
 
 And Increased his savage Ire- 
 Left the Iroquois' wigwam. 
 
 Sat beside Algonquin's fire; 
 
 How one day his father found him 
 Hunting on yon mountain's side, 
 
 And in wrath the chief comnoanded 
 Him to leave his gentle bride; 
 
 How the son opposed In anger; 
 
 How the father drew his knife. 
 And as speeds the feathery arrow. 
 
 Sped the young Iroquois' life. 
 
 On this mountain watched the maiden, 
 For Iier Brave, now cold and dead. 
 
 Keeping there her lonely vigil. 
 With the same rock for her bed. 
 
 Still she waited— yet he came not— 
 
 Until winter's icy hand 
 Ghflled the current of her young life, 
 
 Bore her to the hunting land. 
 
 Where they roam tlie fields Elyslan, 
 Where they climb the mountains fair, 
 
 Where they fish In shining rivers, 
 Where they hunt the elk and hare. 
 
 This Is what tradition teaches 
 
 Of this mountain, old and wild; 
 Of the bright-eyed Watometa, 
 
 An Algonquin's lovely child. 
 
 As a tribute to this maiden. 
 
 Sleeping in oblivion's night; 
 Shall we not point westward, saying. 
 
 That's Algonquin's dizzy height? 
 
 The last Bear seen in Warren was a 
 huge one, shot the past summer,— almost 
 as much a trophy, not quite, as the Bar- 
 nard catamount. 
 
WARREN. 
 
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 In Jan. 1824, Mrs. Hiram Bradley and a 
 Mrs. -Howe were coming from Pomfret, 
 where they liad been on a visit, and as 
 they came into Gnanville wood, found the 
 water had flooded the road. They drove 
 into the water and upset. Mrs. Howe 
 told Mrs. Bradley to throw her little son 
 of 2 years out, that he could swim like a 
 duck; but Mrs. B. declined, ■ and Mrs. 
 Howe went back to Mr. Rice's after help. 
 Mrs. Bradley got her horse out where it 
 could stand, and held her child in her 
 arms from 2 o'clock in the afternoon until 
 9 P. M., when a man came along with a 
 team and took her in. Her clothes were 
 frozen on her, and she came very near 
 dying from the effect. 
 
 Mrs. C. E. Greenslit tells one of her fath- 
 er's stones — written for one of her boys to 
 speak at school : 
 
 MY mother's tray. 
 BY HBB. CARBIE E. aUBENBLIT. 
 
 Long years ago, when the land was new, 
 And good things scarce and nice things few, 
 Among the treasures of that early day. 
 My mother had an old-fashioned tray. 
 Bed outside, but as clean within 
 As the heart of man when cleansed from sin. 
 
 Week by week, and day by day. 
 The children were fed ft-om that very tray ; 
 The great brown loaves were mixed in that, 
 ,And the butter received its salt and spat; 
 ' But grief will come to all some day. 
 And it came at last to my mother's tray, 
 
 *' Boys," she called, " come in here, now. 
 And take this mess to the sheep and cow." 
 'Twas steep and slippery down to the barn. 
 And I left her twisting her stocking-yarn. 
 "Now," thinks I, " I will have some-fUn, 
 For I shall ride and you shall run." 
 
 So I seated myself in the famous tray. 
 And very soon we were on our way: 
 Faster and faster the stumps went by ; 
 Steer or stop itf no, not I ; 
 ■Over the wall In my Gilpin flight— 
 And I split the tray from left to right. 
 
 Quick as a wink, I raised the tray. 
 For well I knew what my mother'd say; 
 AU out of breath, with my ride and run— 
 " Mother,Juat see what the buck has donel " 
 •' Confound that buck I " my mother said ; 
 " I wish to the land the thing was dead 1 " 
 
 Well, she never knew till I grew a man. 
 For boys can keep secret, I know they can; 
 And she missed and mourned for many a day 
 The loss and use of her cherished tray; 
 And I got me a sled to slide down hill. 
 Something that would not split and spill. 
 
 WARREN PAPERS. 
 BY C. J. SABGENT. 
 
 In the year 1800, 12 men took the free- 
 man's oath here : Simeon Wilcox, Ruel 
 Dolbear, John Sherman, Joshua Richard- 
 son, James Richardson, Amos Rising, 
 Jonathan Shattuck, Wm. Kent and Jonas 
 Rice. 
 
 FIRST SELECTMEN. 
 
 Simeon Wilcox, 1800; Paul Sherman, 
 1801, '02, '03; James Richardson, 1804, 
 '06; Timothy Dolbear, 1807, '08, '10; 
 Joseph p.aymond, 1809; Joseph Eldridge, 
 1811, '12, '13, 'i6, '17, '23, '28, '29; Amos 
 Rising, 1814, '15; Calvin Gilbert, 1818, 
 'i9;Wm. Kent, 1820; Benjamin Buck, 
 1821; Joseph Hyzer, 1822, '27; Winan 
 Gleason, 1824; Zerah Munsil, 1825, '26; 
 Joseph Curtis, 1830; Asahel Miner, 1831 ; 
 Wm. Bragg, 1832, '33; Franklin Wright, 
 1834, '35, '36; Moses Ordway, 1837; Ben- 
 jamin Souther, 1838 ; Wm. B. Tyler, 1839 ; 
 A. Cushman, 1840, 41 ; D. Upham, 1842, 
 '43; Pierce Spaulding, 1844; H. Kimball, 
 1845; Lewis Cardell, 1846; Moses Shurt- 
 liff, 1847; Azariah Hanks, 1848, '49, '57, 
 '58 ;H. Gleason, 1850, '52, '53; Daniel 
 Ralph, 1854, '55 ; Gideon Goodspeed, 
 1856; Jarius Eaton, 1857; Wm. Kelsey, 
 1859; Charles Green, i860; Charles Pike, 
 1861, '62, '66-'7o; Huzzial Gleason, 1863, 
 '64; H. W. Lyford, 1865; H. G. Van 
 Deusen, 1870 ; N. L. Dickenson, 'i 87 1-'76, 
 '78; James G. Sargent, 1876, '77 ; L. E. 
 Hanks, 1879, '80, '8i. 
 
 TOWN TREASURERS. 
 
 Thomas Jerrolds, 1800; Samuel Laird, 
 1801 ; James Richardson, 1802, '3, '4, '15, 
 '16, '17; Jonathan Shattuck, 1805-13; 
 Wm. B. Tyler, 1813, '14, '4i-'46; Joseph 
 Eldridge, 1818, '19, '35-'4o; William 
 Bragg, 1820-24; William Kent, i824-'3o; 
 Franklin Wright, i83o-'35; Ashel Kend- 
 rick, 1846; Denslow Upham, i847-'5i ; 
 Nathan Kimball,, 185 1, 'S3, '54; Lorenzo 
 Nichols, 1852; Cephas Ransom, 1855; 
 Daniel Ralph, 1856, '57, '63-'74; Sylves- 
 ter Banister, i874-'8l. 
 
 The TURNPIKE from Warren to Lincoln, 
 over Lincoln mountain, was for 10 to 15 
 years kept with toll-gates ; I2ic. for pass- 
 ing with a team, 25c. for -round trip. 
 
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 ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. 
 
 Dennison Sargent, from Woodstock, in 
 the employ of William Cardell, went into 
 the mill where employed, one morning, and 
 down below to cut the ice from the water- 
 wheel. Some one raised the gate while 
 he was there, and he was carried under 
 the wheel, down the raceway, and under 
 the ice below the mill. Mr. Cardell won- 
 dered where Sargent was during the day, 
 and some one looked below the mill, and 
 discovered the body in the ice. 
 
 Lewis Sargent, of East Warren, while 
 shingling a building in Roxbury, fell from 
 the roof to the ground, and injured his 
 spine. He lingered several months, and 
 then died. 
 
 Oliver Porter, living in the west part of 
 the town, fell from the high beams in his 
 barn on to a flax hatchel, and it injured 
 him so he died in a few days. 
 
 Ira Whitcomb, while in the employ of 
 Christopher Moore, was kicked in the 
 bowels by a colt he was leading to water, 
 and died in a few days. 
 
 Aurin Ralph, while at work on the roof 
 of his mill, in the south part of the town, 
 fell to the rocks below the mill, and was 
 instantly killed. 
 
 Dana Davis, while at work in Fayston 
 chopping in the woods, felled a tree, and 
 it lodged on another one, and while chop- 
 ping that, he was caught when it fell, and 
 one leg was smashed. Efforts were made 
 in vain to, staunch the blood, but he bled to 
 death in about 20 hours. 
 
 Horace Poland, while at work in the 
 woods, broke one leg, and was injured 
 other ways. He lived several weeks- and 
 then died. 
 
 Stephen Sterling was sawing clapboards 
 in Lincoln, and went out into the mill- 
 yard to roll down some logs ; they lodged, 
 and he went in front to start them, but be- 
 fore he could step out, was caught and 
 crushed by the logs rolling on to him. He 
 was a native of Warren, and was buried 
 here. 
 
 , Victor Mix went to Canaan to lumber, 
 and while rafting logs on the pond, slipped 
 between them and was drowned. 
 
 Mr. Pelton, living near the town line 
 between Waitsfield and Warren, felt so 
 bad when the high water cut through his 
 meadow, that he committed suicide. 
 
 Otis Bucklin died very suddenly of heart 
 disease. He ate his supper as usual, and 
 went out in the dooryard, and was giving 
 his hired man some orders about the work, 
 and dropped dead. 
 
 . The Natural Bridge of Warren is 
 a very interesting natural curiosity. It is 
 in the south part of the village;, on the 
 premises of Don C. Geer. It is a natural 
 bridge of stone, about 20 feet in height, 
 with an arch 12 feet in height, and artists 
 have taken views of it that have been sold 
 through the country. 
 
 Patents. — Don C. Geer obtained a 
 patent on a knob latch in Sept. 3, 1878. 
 It is called "Geer's Patent Reversible 
 Gravitating Knob Latch." It is a great 
 improvement on spring latches. Clark E. 
 Billings, born in Warren, is a^ natural 
 mechanic, and does various kinds of work 
 on wood and iron ; is a first-class gun- 
 smith, and has obtained patents on a num- 
 ber of carpenters' tools, and on several 
 tools combined in one ; also a patent o;i an 
 apple-quarterer, and on a "double-acting 
 knob latch. 
 
 Sons of Warren — Cyrus Royce grad- 
 uated at the Unitarian College in Mead- 
 ville, Penn., and is a Unitarian preacher 
 in Massachusetts . H artwell Davis went 
 to Minnesota, and succeeded well as a 
 railroad man and business manager, and 
 amassed quite a fortune. 
 
 John Senter is a self-made man. He 
 has obtained his education almost wholly 
 by himself; studied law and been admitted 
 to the bar, and makes a success of his 
 business. He is on the Board of Educa- 
 tion, and holds other offices. 
 
 Clarence J. Sargent, son of Jonas G. 
 Sargent, who came from Randolph to 
 Warren in 1844, is also noted as a success- 
 ful music-teacher, having given over 10,000 
 lessons on the piano, organ and in har- 
 mony during the last 8 years ; at present, 
 1882, has a class of 108 scholars, in his 
 little territory embracing several counties. 
 
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 WATERBURY. 
 
 BY REV. C. C. PARKER. 
 
 The Early History of Waterbury. A 
 Discourse delivered Feb. loth, 1867, by 
 
 ' Rev. C. C. Parker, Pastor of Congrega- 
 tional Church. Waterbury: Waterbury 
 Job Printing Establishment, 1^67. 
 
 Ps. 771h,— 5th.— Iliave considered the days of old, 
 the years of Ancient time. 
 
 There are few sentiments more universal 
 and rational, than that which manifests it- 
 self in a desire to know the past and es- 
 pecially the history of the persons and 
 places with which we are or have been in- 
 timately connected. To gratify this senti- 
 ment, your attention is asked to the follow- 
 ing Sketch qf the Early History of Water- 
 bury. 
 
 There is no evidence that the Indian 
 ever made his home within- the borders of 
 our town. The first settlers found no indica- 
 tions of clearings or dweUings, and the relics 
 of the Indians found here have been few. 
 But though the Red Man probably never 
 dwelt here, (i) our valley lay in his great 
 thoroughfare from the valley of the Cham- 
 plain to the valley of the Connecticut, and 
 indeed from the valley of the St. Lawrence 
 to the shores of the Atlantic. As power- 
 ful tribes, hostile to each other, dwelt on 
 either side, doubtless many a war party 
 went forth to fight, passing through our 
 valley, and returned, exulting with victory, 
 or sullen with defeat. Doubtless these 
 hills have echoed the warwhoop of many 
 such a party, and the song of their war- 
 dance. It is certain that the 300 French 
 and Indians under De Rouville, who de- 
 stroyed Deerfield, Mass., in March, 1704, 
 passed through this valley, both when they 
 went on their bloody errand, and when 
 they returned with their 112 captives. It 
 may add somewhat to our interest, as we 
 read the sad, thrilling story of the suffer- 
 ings and adventures of the Rev. Mr. Wil- 
 liams and his captive associates, to remem- 
 ber that they made their forlorn and 
 gloomy journey to their long captivity, 
 over the spot where we now cultivate our 
 beautiful fields and dwell in our quiet 
 
 Tlie noteb in tliis paper are marked by figures, viz.. 
 (1,) (2,) (3.) Sea. See Appendix. 
 
 homes. Through this valley also passed 
 and repassed the Indians who burnt Royal- 
 ton, and took its inhabitants captive in 
 1780. The hill in the north part of the 
 town, over which ran the old road to 
 Stowe, was originally called Indian Hill, 
 some say because the Indians who burnt 
 Royalton camped there for a short time. 
 (2) The falls in the Winooski were called 
 Indian Falls by the early settlers ; tradition 
 here, as in so many other like localities^ 
 saying that a disappointed Indian maiden, 
 in her despair, threw herself from the 
 highest point of the rocks to the chasm 
 below. Though the Indian never dwelt 
 here, the whole region unquestionably, was 
 familiar to him, not only as lying in his 
 great war-path, but as favorite ground for 
 hunting and fishing. 
 
 The town was chartered by Benning 
 Wentworth, Gov. of New Hampsh'e, June 
 7, 1763. The war between the English and 
 French was just ended, and the Canadas 
 had become a part of the British posses- 
 sions. Vermont ceased to be border-war 
 territory, and the obstacle to its settlement 
 was removed. Numerous towns in this 
 part of the State were chartered about the 
 same time with Waterbury, — Burlington, 
 Colchester, Essex, Williston, Bolton, Dux- 
 bury, Moretown and Charlotte, were char- 
 tered the same day, — Jericho, Underhill, 
 Middlesex and Berlin the day following. 
 But as nearly the whole of Vermont was 
 then an unbroken wilderness, few settle- 
 ments were made, so far north as these , 
 towns, before the Revolution. The few 
 that were made were then broken up, and 
 were not recommenced until the war closed. 
 — This accounts for the wide space between 
 the charter and first settlement of nearly 
 all the towns in this part of the State. 
 
 Waterbury was chartered to several in< 
 dividuals in Connecticut and New Jersey. 
 It quite probably took its name from Wa- 
 terbury, Conn., as many of the proprietors 
 lived in that vicinity, and as these two are 
 the only towns of that name to be found, 
 so far as I know. The first meeting of 
 the proprietors was held in New Milford, 
 Conn., in 1770 — some of the subsequent 
 meetings were held at Newark, N. J. 
 
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 After the Revolution the meetings were 
 held in Sunderland, Arlington, and Ben- 
 nington of this State. The warrant for 
 the meeting in Bennington was issued by 
 Isaac Tichenor, then justice of the peace — 
 subsequently, so long governor of the 
 State. 
 
 The town was not surveyed until about 
 1782. At that time Col. Partridge Thatch- 
 er, of New Milford, Ct., one of the pro- 
 prietors, and the moderator of their first 
 meeting, and also of the meeting in Ar- 
 lington, came on with surveyors and ran 
 out the town. They built their camp a 
 few rod.s to the rear of Messrs. Case & 
 Thomas' steam-mill, between the railroad 
 and brook. This, without doubt, was the 
 first tenement for a human being built in 
 Waterbury. From Col. Thatcher the 
 stream that enters the river near where his 
 camp stood, was called Thatcher Branch. 
 As we always desire to know the end of 
 those in any important sense identified 
 with the place where we live, I will add 
 that it is said that Col. Thatcher contract- 
 ed a disease from his exposures in the 
 forests of our town, from which he died 
 soon after returning to Connecticut. 
 
 The first settler of Waterbury was James 
 Marsh, a native of Canaan, Ct. He had 
 been a soldier in the French war. In the 
 early part of the Revolutionary war he sold 
 his place in Canaan and moved to Corn- 
 wall, Ct. Soon after this he was drafted 
 as a soldier in the Revolution. Having a 
 large family of small children, and his wife 
 being very feeble, he hired a young man 
 as a substitute, paying him $100. To pay 
 this sura, and with the hope of escaping 
 service as a minute man, to which he had 
 been enrolled, he sold his place in Corn- 
 wall and bought a right of land in Bath, 
 N. H., and one in Waterbury. The right 
 in Waterbury was purchased of a Mr. 
 Steele, of New Milford, and deeded in 
 1780. Soon after this he moved to Bath 
 and commenced a settlement, in the mean- 
 time having buried his wife and married 
 again. After living there some 2 years, 
 he found the title to his land in Bath was 
 bad, and he resolved to begin a settle- 
 ment in Waterbury, having the assurance 
 
 that several others would begin settle- 
 ments about the same time. In the spring 
 of 1783 he came on, selected his right, 
 which covered much of the site of the 
 present village (3) — cleared a small piece 
 of land between the graveyard and the 
 river, and'having planted it with corn, re- 
 turned. In the fall he came and harvested 
 his crop, putting it into a rude crib for 
 next year's use. The next spring he came 
 with his family to the old fort in Corinth, 
 where he left his wife and five of his eight 
 children, and came on to Waterbury with 
 the remaining three, viz. -. Elias, James 
 and Irene, making the journey on snow- 
 shoes, and drawing his provisions and 
 eflfects on a hand-sled. He took possession 
 of the surveyors' cabin. 
 
 To his dismay he found the corn, so 
 carefully stored the fall before, was nearly 
 all gone. Bears, Indians or travelers, had, 
 taken well nigh the whole. We can 
 hardly conceive a condition more sad and 
 dismal. Relying upon his supply of corn, 
 he had taken little provision with him, 
 and there was none in the shape of grain 
 short of a return to Corinth. Hunting 
 and fishing were his only resource. The 
 last of May, having made an additional 
 clearing, and nearly finished planting his 
 corn, he left his children and returned to 
 Corinth for the remainder of his family, 
 expecting to be absent one week, and 
 leaving provision barely for that time. 
 The children, as I have remarked, were 
 Elias, a lad of about 15 years, and who 
 subsequently owned the place where Miss 
 Electa Corse now resides, and whose re- 
 maitis lie unmarked in our graveyard; 
 Irene, a girl about 12 years old, who mar- 
 ried a Mr. Coleman, of Underbill, and who 
 died there in 1826, and James, a small 
 boy, who lived for many years in the south 
 part of Jericho, and who died there, Feb., 
 1865, nearly go years old. After their 
 father had left, the children found they 
 must put themselves on short allowance to 
 bring the week through. The week ended, 
 and so did their provisions, but the father 
 did not return. Their only reliable means 
 of subsistence then was the wild onions or 
 leeks which grew in abundance on the in- 
 
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 tervale. To relieve themselves, they re- 
 solved to go down to the Falls to catch fish, 
 having been told they were abundant 
 there. In attempting to cross Waterbury 
 river 'on a button-wood pole, the only 
 means of crossing then, the sister fell into 
 the stream, and came near being drowned. 
 After rescuing her, they returned to their 
 desolate cabin, and to the sorry food of 
 wild onions. Thus they passed another 
 week, but no father came. Thinking they 
 must certainly perish if they remained 
 longer, they left for their nearest neigh- 
 bor, Mr. Jesse McFairlane, who had set- 
 tled that spring on the Jones farm in 
 Richmond. On their way down, a huge 
 bear met them near the present residence 
 of Capt. H. Sherman, but their hunting 
 dog, which had. been left with them, soon 
 worried him up the side of the mountain, 
 and they passed on in safety to Mr. Mc- 
 Fairlane's, where they were most kindly 
 received and cared for. They were so 
 nearly starved, that it was some time be- 
 fore it was safe for them to eat a full meal. 
 After about three weeks' unavoidable 
 absence, the father, with the mother and 
 the rest of the family, returned. Driven 
 almost to desperation by his delays, and 
 filled with the deepest anxiety, he thinks 
 his worst fears are realized as he enters his 
 cabin and finds it desolate, and the cold, 
 gray ashes on the "rude hearth tell him it 
 has been desolate for several days. Surely 
 his children have perished in the woods or 
 have been devoured by the wild beasts. 
 A young man who had accompanied them 
 from Corinth was immediately sent to Mr. 
 McFairlaine's to see if the children were 
 there. They were found, and before night 
 the family were all together again. The 
 son James, who so long survived the rest 
 of the family, and from whom these par- 
 ticulars were learned, said the meeting of 
 the family was one never to be forgotten. 
 The father had been up the stream to look 
 at his traps, at the beaver-dams, of which 
 he said there were then three between the 
 river and the site of the present mills. 
 Returning, he met his son, bounding with 
 boyish glee through the woods to meet 
 him. Clasping him in his arms, with 
 
 tears streaming from his eyes, he exclaim- 
 ed, "Bless the Lord! my children are 
 alive — my children are alive !" and such 
 was his excess of joy at seeing them alive, 
 that it was many hours before he could 
 cease weeping. 
 
 During this first summer, this family 
 lived many weeks on wild onions, cooked 
 in the milk of their one cow, the father 
 often gone for many days, in the fruitless 
 endeavor to procure provision. The only 
 occasional relief they had until their corn 
 was harvested, was in the killing of a 
 moose or bear, which in summer could 
 rarely be done. That summer Mr. Marsh 
 built his log-house on his clearing, a little 
 to the west of the graveyard, hill, and 
 moved into it. His crop of corn raised 
 near the river was fine, but after he had 
 secured some 20 bushels of it, a flood came 
 and destroyed the remainder. So that for 
 nearly 2 years they lived much of the time 
 on the flesh of the moose, deer and bear. 
 Much of the little grain they had, which 
 was procured in the settlements in Rich- 
 mond, Williston and Jericho, and brought 
 home on the back, was paid for with the 
 skins of these animals and those of the 
 beaver. 
 
 In the spring of 1785, Mr. Marsh was 
 made glad by the coming of the second 
 settler, Ezra Butler. But as Mr. Butler 
 left in the fall and did not return until the 
 next spring, for nearly 2 years Mr. Marsh 
 with his family was alone in this wilder- 
 ness. After the arrival of Mr. Butler with 
 his family, a year and a half more elapsed 
 before another settler came. March 29, 
 1788, Mr. Marsh went to Richmond to 
 meet and conduct to Waterbury its third 
 settler, Caleb Munson. In the afternoon 
 he crossed the river to Mr. Brownson's, to 
 run some pewter spoons. Before he had 
 finished his work it began to be dark, and 
 as the weather was mild and the river be- 
 ginning to break up, he was urged to re- 
 main for the night. But he expressed a 
 strong desire to spend the evening with 
 the family who were to be his new neigh- 
 bors, and taking a long pole, he started to 
 return. A cry of distress was soon heard 
 at the river, but before help could arrive. 
 
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 he had disappeared under the ice. His 
 pole was lying across the hole into which 
 he had fallen, but somehow his grasp upon 
 it was lost, and the current being strong, 
 he was carried down the river, and. his 
 body was not found until several days 
 after. He was buried at Richmond — only 
 two of the family, the oldest son and 
 daughter, could attend the funeral. Their 
 neighbor, Mr. Butler, accompanied them, 
 and it is said, he and the son alternated in 
 carrying the daughter much of the way on 
 their backs, the snow being too deep for 
 her to walk. 
 
 The whole story of Mr. Marsh is a sadly 
 interesting one. On account of pecuniary 
 misfortunes elsewhere, he came into the 
 wilderness of our towti with a large fam- 
 " ily, and almost destitute of any means ot 
 support, except such as his hands could 
 supply from day to day from the forests 
 and the streams. Here they lived for two 
 years, with no family nearer than lo miles 
 down the river and about 7 miles up the 
 river (Thomas Mead's, in Middlesex.) 
 Hardly can privations and hardships sur- 
 pass what they endured, especially during 
 the dreary winters of these two years. 
 Often they were so near starving, that 
 when the children saw their father return- 
 ing from his long hunt, with a quarter ot 
 moose or deer on his shoulder, with knife 
 in hand they would rush to meet him, and 
 each slashing a slice for himself, and cast- 
 ing it on the 'coals for a moment, would 
 eat it as in the desperation of starvation. 
 He came to his mournful end just as set- 
 tlers were begirming to come into town, 
 and his own privations were giving place 
 to the comforts of home. He seems to 
 have been a hardy, resolute man. Bravely 
 bearing up against a host of difficulties, 
 and yet at times well nigh crushed beneath 
 their burden, tears often starting from his 
 eyes as he looked upon his family and 
 thought of their desperate, forlorn condi- 
 tion. Though he was removed, his family 
 was cared for, his children becoming re- 
 spectable, and some of them influential 
 members of society in this and neighbor- 
 ing towns. 
 After contemplating so long this gloomy 
 
 picture, it is pleasant to turn to a brighter 
 page. The second settler of Waterbury, 
 as has been already remarked, was 
 
 EZRA BUTLER, 
 
 afterwards so well known as a minister of 
 the Gospel, a judge on the bench, and as 
 the governor of the State. 
 
 Mr. Butler was the son of Asaph Butler, 
 and was born in Lancaster, Worcester Co. 
 Mass., Sept. 24, 1763. He was the fiftli 
 of seven children, four sons and three 
 daughters. In his 7th year, his father 
 moved to West Windsor, Vt., where his 
 mother, whose maiden name was Jane 
 McAllister, soon died, and where he spent 
 the next 7 or 8 years, mainly in the family 
 of his elder brother, Joel Butler. When 
 about 14 years of age, he went to live with 
 Dr. Stearns, of Claremont, N. H., as a 
 laborer on his farm, and with the excep- 
 tion of 6 months in his 17th year, when he 
 was a soldier in the army of the Revolu- 
 tion, he continued in the service of Dr. S., 
 having almost the entire management of 
 his farm, until he was of age. In 1785, 
 having spent a few months previous in 
 Weathersfield, he came to Waterbury in 
 company with his brother Asaph, next 
 older than himself. They came to Judge 
 Paine's, in Williamstown, with an ox- 
 team. The rest of the way they came on 
 snow-shoes, drawing their effects on a 
 hand-sled, the snow being 3 or 4 feet deep, 
 and reached' W. the 20th of March. It 
 must have been a joyful day to the Marsh 
 family when these two young men, with 
 their hand-sled, hauled up before their 
 door. Their loneliness, in part at least, 
 was ended. Mr. Butler and his brother 
 immediately made their pitch, near where 
 Mr. C. C. Corse now resides, and made a 
 small clearing, planted it to corn, and re- 
 turned to Weathersfield, where in June of 
 that year, Mr. Butler was married to Miss 
 Tryphena Diggins. He soon returned, 
 and finding the title to the land on which 
 he had pitched, bad, he selected another 
 right a little below the village, made a 
 clearing, built a log-house very near the 
 present residence of Deacon Parker, and 
 in September of 1786, moved into it with 
 
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 his wife and child, and on that place (now 
 mainly owned by the State for. the Reform 
 School), he spent the remainder of his 
 eventful life. He and his wife made their 
 journey from Weathersfield on horseback, 
 much of the way by a bridle-path, and in 
 this way brought some of .their effects 
 deemed most necessary in the matter of 
 housekeeping. The brother who first 
 came with him settled in Richmond, and 
 twenty or thirty years after moved to the 
 West. 
 
 Mr. Marsh had subsisted his family, to 
 a great extent, by hunting and fishing, and 
 into this pioneer life, Mr. Butler -was soon 
 initiated. Their meat was that of the 
 moose, the deer and the bear, and in their 
 pursuit they were often led far from home, 
 into the wilderness of neighboring towns 
 and far up the mountain sides, not unfre- 
 quently camping out, the cold winter 
 nights, to renew the chase in the morning. 
 If faint with weariness and hunger, they 
 were ready to despair, and "to return with 
 empty hands, the thought of a starving wife 
 and children put new vigor into their 
 limbs, new resolves into their hearts, and 
 nerved them with the energy of despera- 
 tion. Food they must have or perish in 
 its pursuit. It was a battle for life for 
 themselves and their families, and bravely 
 they fought it. It was a life full of thrilling 
 incidents and adventures, with which, had 
 the story of them been treasured, a vol- 
 ume might be filled. By these hardships 
 the constitution of Mr. Butler was seri- 
 ously impaired before he was 30 years old. 
 
 As Mr. Marsh was drowned before the 
 next settler arrived, Mr. Butler was prop- 
 erly regarded as the pioneer man of the 
 town. Tho.ugh a yoving man, he took a 
 prominent part in all private enterprises 
 and public movements. He built the first 
 framed house in the town — so long occu- 
 pied by his son, Russell Butler, now owned 
 by Deacon Erastus Parker. To him was 
 issued the warrant to call a meeting of the 
 freemen of Waterbury, in 1790, to organ- 
 ize the town, and at that meeting he was 
 chosen town' clerk. From this time the 
 ofllcial life of Mr. Butler was a remarkable 
 one. From this humble beginning he 
 
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 went through almost every grade to the 
 chief magistracy of the State. 
 
 From 1794 to 1805, with the exception 
 of 1798, he represented the town in the 
 General Assembly. In 1807, he was chos- 
 en both as a representative and as a mem- 
 ber of the Council; and by the record of 
 votes, seems to have acted part of the 
 time in one body and a part in the other. 
 (4) In 1808, he was again elected to the 
 Council, and with the exception of 1813 
 and 1814, when he was in Congress, he 
 was annually re-elected to this body until 
 1826. In 1803, he was elected assistant 
 judge of Chittenden County Court, Water- 
 bury at that time belonging to that county, 
 and was re-elected to that office the two 
 following years. In 1806, he was elected 
 chief judge of that court, and continued to 
 hold that office until 1811. In 1811, Jeff- 
 erson, now Washington County, was or- 
 ganized, and Judge Butler was elected " 
 chief judge of that County court and except 
 the 2 years when in Congress (1813 and 
 '14) and 1818, he held that ofiKe until 
 1825, when the judicial system of the State 
 was changed to substantially its present 
 form, when Judge Butler was chosen first 
 assistant judge of the court. 'In 1806, he 
 was chosen a member of the Council of 
 Censors, and in 1822, a member of the 
 Constitutional Convention. In 1804, and 
 again in 1820, a presidential elector. In 
 1812, he was elected a member of Con- 
 gress on the Republican general ticket 
 along with James Fisk, Wm; Strong, Wm. 
 C. Bradley, Richard Skinner and Charles 
 Rich. In 1814, the candidates of the Fed- 
 eral party were elected, entirely changing 
 the delegation of Vermont. In 1826, he 
 was elected Governor of the State, and re- 
 elected the following year, and each time 
 without an organized opposition. Imme- 
 diately after his second election, he de- 
 clined another election, and at the close of 
 that term, retired from official life, having 
 been in office without interruption, from 
 the organization of the town in 1790, often 
 holding two or more important offices at 
 the same time. 
 
 In addition to these civil and political 
 offices, he was a committee with Elijah' 
 
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 Paine and James Whitelaw, to fix the site 
 for the first State House in Montpelier, — 
 a commissioner in 1807, with Samuel 
 Shaw, John Cameron, Josiah Wright and 
 Elihu Luce to determine the place and 
 plan for the State Prison, and subsequently 
 a commissioner to locate the State Arsenal. 
 He was a trustee of the University of 
 Vermont, from 1810 to 1816. Indeed, 
 there was hardly an office of honor or trust 
 in the gift of the people or Legislature that 
 he did not fill. In this respect, the career 
 of Gov. Butler from an unlettered pioneer 
 — (his schooling was limited to 6 months 
 in his boyhood,) — from a hunter and trap- 
 per up through almost every grade of office 
 to the chief magistracy of the State, is a 
 remarkable one and has few parallels in 
 history. These honors and trusts he won 
 by his sterling sense and honesty, and by 
 
 - his great energy and strength of will. 
 Everybody felt that whatever trusts were 
 reposed in him were safe — that whatever 
 was given him to do, would be done, and 
 so they always found it. 
 
 Mr. Butler had a religious as well as pol- 
 itical history, and the former was as 
 
 - marked and positive as the latter. When he 
 came to Wdterbury, he was an irreligious 
 and profane young man, and not a little 
 disposed to quarrel with certain great doc- 
 trines ; and so he continued for some 3 or 
 4 years. The story of his conviction and 
 conversion is an exceedingly interesting 
 one. At a time of the profoundest indif- 
 ference in regard to religious things, when 
 he did not know of a religious man in 
 town, and before there had been a gospel 
 sermon preached in it, his attention was 
 called to the subject of personal religion in 
 the following singular manner. I give it 
 substantially in the words of one who re- 
 ceived it from his lips : — "Being obliged 
 to work hard during the week, and there 
 being no public worship in town which he 
 could attend, if he desired, he was in the 
 habit of spending much of the Sabbath in 
 sleep. On a certain Sabbath, awaking 
 from his sleep, he found his wife reading a 
 pamphlet, and proposed to read it aloud 
 for the benefit of both. The beginning and 
 end of the pamphlet were gone, and he 
 
 never knew whence it came, what was its 
 title, or who its author. But he -found it 
 treated of a subject which in former times 
 had given him great perplexity, viz. : — how 
 a man could be blameable for a disposition 
 which he did not create. He would admit 
 the justice of God in punishing overt acts, 
 but not wrong propensities. The author 
 he was reading made it appear that we are 
 justly condemned for wrong dispositions, 
 as well as wrong actions. After reading 
 awhile, he exclaimed to his wife, ' If this 
 is true, we are undone.' In a moment all 
 the convictions he had formerly had re- 
 turned upon him and he was cast into the 
 deepest anxiety. After days of profound- 
 est darkness and sharpest distress, border- 
 ing on despair, he was brought into the 
 clear light and liberty of the Gospel. His 
 feet having been set in the way of life, he 
 walked circumspectly in that way to the 
 end." His was the first conversion in 
 Waterbury. A few days after his conver- 
 sion. Rev. Mr. Call, a Baptist clergyman 
 from Woodstock, came along and preached 
 the first sermon preached in Waterbury. 
 About a year after this he was baptized by 
 the Rev. Mr. Call, and united with the 
 Baptist church in Bolton. At the organ- 
 ization of the Baptist church in Waterbury, 
 in 1800, or 1801, Mr. Butler was ordained 
 as its pastor, and amid the multitude of his 
 civil offices, he continued to discharge the 
 duties of this office until within a few years 
 of his death, and that without salary or 
 remuneration. In all the conflicts of party 
 politics and all the labors and perplexities 
 of official life, it is said the meekness, dig- 
 nity and propriety of the gospel ministry 
 never forsook him. He walked uprightly 
 and with a serious Christian deportment 
 amid them all. Well may his children 
 venerate his name and the community hold 
 it in lasting remembrance. 
 
 His form was slightly stooping, his com- 
 plexion dark and sallow, and his whole ap- 
 pearance quite unprepossessing; but his 
 penetrating black eye and the calm tones of 
 his voice quickly told of intellect and will 
 of no common order. He died July 12, 
 1838, in the 7Sth year of his age. 
 
 The third settler was Caleb Munson 
 
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 He moved from Torrington, Ct., in the 
 spring of 1788, and settled up the river, 
 near where Mrs. Amy Woodward resides. 
 He subsequently moved across the river. 
 About the same time Mr. Richard Holden 
 settled on the place where Dr. Fales re- 
 sides ; Amos Waters on the interval now 
 owned by Sylvester Henrj, and Reuben 
 Wells on the street near the present resi- 
 dence of Mr. Bebee. In 1788, Mr. Stiles 
 Sherman and Jonathan Wright came into 
 town. Mr. Sherman, from Hoosic, N. Y., 
 made his pitch and built a log cabin on the 
 place where^ he so long lived — the place 
 recently owned by Mr. L. Bebee, new 
 owned by Messrs. Thompson — and the 
 next year moved on with his family. In 
 1790, March 2d, Jason Cady moved into 
 town from Shelburn, Mass., and settled 
 near the arch bridge. He and Mr. Sher- 
 man soon opened their log-houses for th'e 
 entertainment of travelers (5). About this 
 time or earlier. Dr. Daniel Bliss, the first 
 physician, settled near Waterbury river 
 bridge. The same year, Jona. Wright, (6) 
 from Williamstown, Mass., built a house 
 near the residence of Albert Dillingham, 
 being the first that settled away from the 
 river, unless a Mr. Smith had settled 
 earlier on the hill near the residence of 
 Geo. Stearns. In 1791, there were 93 in- 
 habitants in town. In 1793, when Eben- 
 ezer Corse, father of E. W. Corse, moved 
 into Duxbury, there were 15 families in 
 Waterbury. In addition to those above 
 named, Mr. John Craig had settled near 
 where Mr. Remington lives — the farm 
 owned by Geo. W. Randall and occupied 
 by Wm. Humphrey. Col. Kennan, who 
 became one of the prominent men of the 
 town, had made an opening and built a 
 house where Mr. E. Moody now resides — 
 a Mr. Isaac Wilson was living near the 
 site of the Waterbury hotel. Elias Marsh 
 was married and lived, as has been re- 
 marked, near the residence of Miss E. 
 Corse. Philip Bartlett, who had married 
 the widow of Mr. Marsh, was living on 
 the Hawley place, now, October, 1867, 
 owned by Mr. H. Carter. The road, 
 which originally ran across the interval 
 near the river, had been opened sub- 
 
 stantially on the present line of Main 
 street. 
 
 Dr. Daniel Bliss, the first physician of 
 the -town, and represented as an excellent 
 man, was the first representative. 
 
 From about I793,^the town was settled 
 very rapidly, so that in 1800 it had 644 
 inhabitants, having gained 551 in the pre- 
 vious 9 years. Among those who came 
 into the town during this period, were 
 Dea. Asaph Allen and Mr. David Austin, 
 both coming in 1796. Dea. Allen was a 
 native of Bernardstown, Mass. He set- 
 tled on the stream a little east of the 
 Centre, where Mr. Demeritt now lives, 
 where he spent the remainder of his long 
 life, being one of the first to settle in that 
 part of the town. Mr. Austin came from 
 Connecticut, and settled on the place now 
 owned by Mrs. Job, Dillingham. Previous 
 to this time, though the town had been 
 settled more than 10 years, and the in- 
 habitants had now become quite numerous, 
 there had been no regular meetings on the 
 Sabbath ; indeed, no meetings at all, ex- 
 cept as a missionary or minister passing 
 through might preach an occasional ser- 
 mon. These two men, having had their 
 discipline in the straight and orderly ways 
 of Connecticut and Western Massachu- 
 setts, could not consent to live and bring 
 up their families in this semi-heathen way. 
 They immediately set themselves to work, 
 in connection with a few others . of like 
 ,mind, and soon established regular meet- 
 ings on the Sabbath, and from that time, 
 so far as I can learn, there has been no 
 interruption of public worship on the Sab- 
 bath to the present day. 
 
 In the year 1800, in connection with the 
 labors of Rev. Jedediah Bushnell, then a 
 Missionary trom Connecticut, subsequently 
 for many years pastor of the Congrega- 
 tional church in Cornwall, Vt., and of 
 others, occurred the first general revival in 
 town. As the result of this and at nearly 
 the same time, the Congregationalists, Bap- 
 tists and Methodists organized churches. 
 The Congregational church was organized 
 by Mr: Bushnell, July loth, 1801. Not 
 far from that time, probably a little earlier, 
 Gov. Butler was ordained as a gospel min- 
 
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 ister and chosen pastor of the Baptist 
 church. As the early records of that 
 church and also of the Methodist church 
 are not to be found, little can now» be 
 learned of their early history." At the 
 organization of the Congregational church, 
 the following persons constituted its mem- 
 bers : Asaph Allen, David Austin, Hugh 
 Blair, Edward !^ates, Moses Bates, David 
 Town, Amos Slate, Samuel Slate, Thomas 
 Kennan, Zebulon Allen, Mary Austin, Jane 
 Blair, Ruth Rich, Lydia Town, Esther 
 - Slate and Bathsheba Slate, — lo males and 
 6 females. Thomas Kennan and David 
 Town were received on profession and 
 were baptized. The organization was 
 completed by choosing Asaph Allan mod- 
 erator, and Thomas Kennan clerk. In 
 November following, Mr. Allen, who had 
 been a deacon in his native town, was 
 elected the first deacon of the ^church, and 
 in December David Austin was elected as 
 the second deacon. 
 
 December 22, 1802, the church voted to 
 call Rev. Jonathan Hovey to settle over 
 them in the gospel ministry. On account 
 of certain difficulties raised by the town 
 with reference to the minister's right of 
 land, Mr. Hovey was not ordained until 
 September 1 , 1803. Mr. Lyman of Brook- 
 field preached the sermon, thfe services 
 being held in a building erected for a 
 county grammar school, and which stood 
 a little back of the Congregational church. 
 Mr. Hovey labored with the church, before 
 and after his ordination, about 5 years. 
 He was dismissed for want of adequate 
 support, Dec. 31, 1807. Mr. Hovey was 
 born in Mansfield, Ct., 1756. His first 
 profession was the law, which he practiced 
 a while in his native town and then in 
 , Randolph, Vt. He was nearly 40 years 
 old when Tie entered the ministry. His 
 first settlement was at Waterbury. After 
 leaving Waterbury he was settled in Pier- 
 mont, N. H., where he remained until 
 1817; his last labors were in Wolcott, 
 N. Y., where he died in 1827, aged 71 
 years. He possessed a clear, strong mind, 
 —was more remarkable for sternness and 
 rigor, than for benignity and affability,— 
 See Ajipendix a. 
 
 had more power to convince than to win, — 
 to gain respect than affection. While 
 in Waterbury, he lived mainly in the 
 Kneeland district in the house where Mr. 
 A. Murray now resides, which house he 
 built. His meetings were alternately in 
 his own neighborhood, in barns and private 
 houses and in. the school-house at the 
 Street, or " at the River," as the village 
 was then termed. From the dismission of 
 Mr. Hovey, for the space of 18 years, the 
 Congregational church was destitute of a 
 pastor and of the stated preaching of the 
 gospel. During this time, meetings were 
 regularly held on the Sabbath, Dea. Allen 
 taking the charge and Gen. Peck, a promi- 
 nent citizen of the town, father of the late 
 Hon. L. B. Peck, ordinarily reading the 
 sermons. Thus the fire was kept alive on 
 the altar through all those long dreary 
 years, until a better day dawned. 
 
 In 1802, the first successful merchant of 
 Waterbury, Mr. Amasa Pride, established 
 himself in the place and opened a store. 
 A Mr. Farnsworth and a Mr. Yeomans, 
 the latter frnm Alstead, N. H., and who 
 died in this place in 1803 or 4, had opened 
 small stores,, but had done little business. 
 Mr. Pride was a native of Newington, Ct., 
 but was then from Brookfield, Vt. He 
 was a young man almost destitute of 
 means ; but by his good sense, energy, 
 enterprise and integrity, he became for 
 wealth, character, public spirit and influ- 
 ence, a leading man in the community. He 
 outlived for many years nearly all his asso- 
 ciates, and died' August, 1872, aged 86 
 years. In 1805, Dan Carpenter, a young 
 lawyer from Norwich, opened the first law- 
 oflSce in town. Mr. Carpenter immediately 
 became a prominent citizen in the town 
 and a leading lawyer and a prominent man 
 in all the region. He was identified with 
 the history of the village and town for 
 nearly 50 years. There was hardly an 
 honor which his fellow citizens could bestow 
 or a trust they could repose, which he did 
 not receive at their hands. For 14 or 15 
 years he represented the town in the legis- 
 lature, and for many years was a judge of 
 the County court. Judge Carpenter died 
 December, 1852, aged 77 years. 
 
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 About the same time that Judge Carpen- 
 ter came, Mr. Roswell and Mr. Cephas 
 Wells took up their residence in town, and 
 were numbered among its valuable citizens. 
 About the same time Mr. Paul Dillingham, 
 father of Gov. Dillingham, settled near the 
 Center. (8) But time would fail in men- 
 tioning' names worthy of record. At this 
 lime the town was settled, more or less, 
 through nearly its whole extent. Mr. 
 Bickford was the first settler on Indian 
 Hill, followed soon after by Mr. Isaac 
 Parker, father of Dea. E. Parker. Mr. 
 Silas Loomis was the first on Loomis Hill. 
 He commenced where his son Elam now 
 lives, in 1797, having resided in the south 
 part of the town one season previous. (9) 
 The first school house was built at a 
 very early day, and stood near where the 
 railroad crosses Stowe Street, — and in 
 this house nearly all the meetings of the 
 Village were held. — About 1801, a building 
 for a County grammar school, to which 
 allusion has been made, was put up and 
 covered, — the expense being defrayed by. 
 private subscription ; — but the town de- 
 clining to do anything, as a town, to aid in 
 its completion, the building was sold, 
 moved across the street and turned into a 
 hotel, which was subsequently burned. 
 Regarded from our present point of view, 
 the action of the town in refusing to aid 
 this enterprise, whatever may have been 
 its immediate cause, was most unfortunate. 
 The influence for good upon all the best 
 ■ interests of the town, which such a school 
 as was contemplated would have had, can 
 hardly be overestimated. From nothing 
 has the town suffered more, for the last 40 
 years, than from the want of such a school. 
 It is now its great imperative want. Sure- 
 ly, in its short sighted action, the tdwn 
 knew not what it did — what a power for 
 good it was putting from it. 
 
 The first school taught in town was a 
 private school, taught by the daughters of 
 Mr. Reuben Wells. They were very small 
 in stature, and though young ladies, were 
 sometimes mistaken, by strangers, for 
 children, of which amusing' incidents are 
 told. Their father was the first tanner in 
 town. Seth Chandler, brother-in-law of 
 
 Dr. Bliss, was the first blacksmith ; he 
 lived near the present residence of C. 
 Haskins, and was killed by the fall of a 
 tree, while clearing land near his house. 
 A Mr. Warren, grand-father of Rev. Dan- 
 iel Warren, is said to have done the first 
 carpenter work in town. A grist and saw- ■ 
 mill were put up about 1792, by Mr. John 
 Carpenter,' from New Milford, Ct.. Mr. 
 Munson, Mr. Cady, and Mr. Knapp doing 
 the work. Mr. Mason was the first miller. 
 These mills were on or very near the site of 
 the saw-mill in Mill Village. Polly B;jtler, 
 eldest daughter of Gov. Butler, born Oct. 
 23, 1788, was doubtless the first person 
 born in town. The first male child was 
 probably Tilman Wright, who died in 
 1842. The first marriage was that of Mr. 
 J'hilip Bartlett and Mrs. Marsh. Dr. Seth 
 Cole, who so long practiced in Richmond, . 
 was the second physician in town.* Rich- 
 ard Holden, Caleb Munson and E. Butler 
 were the first selectmen — Caleb Munson 
 first treasurer — EJias Marsh first constable 
 — Phineas Waters first highway surveyor' 
 and fence viewer. 
 
 It is a remarkable fact in the history of 
 the town that it had no meeting-house 
 until 1824. Considering the importance 
 and population of the town, and the fact 
 that 3 churches, with such fair promise, 
 were organized so early, probably a par- 
 allel to it cannot be found in the State. 
 Ordinarily in the history of New England 
 towns, one of the earliest facts recorded is 
 that of building a house for the worship of 
 God. The history of Waterbury in this 
 respect is peculiar. For 40 years after the 
 settlement of the town, and for 23 after 
 the organization of its 3 churches, the Ark 
 of God had no resting-place. The meet- 
 ings were held in school-houses, private 
 houses and barns. Several efforts were 
 made to build a union house,' and com- 
 mittees were appointed to locate it. Twice 
 the stake was stuck — once on the brow of 
 the hill near Lucius Marshall's ; once near 
 the east store at the Centre — but for some 
 cause, both projects fell'through. 
 
 On a certain day in the spring of 1823, 
 Judge Carpenter and Mr. Pride met, and 
 
 See Appendix 2. 
 
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 their conversation turned upon the matter 
 of a meeting-house. They had taken 
 active parts in the previous undertakings, 
 and felt that it was a great reproach to the 
 town and a sad detriment that it had no 
 place for public worship \, they resolved 
 that it should be" so no longer, though 
 neither of them, then, was a professor of 
 religion. That day they laid the matter 
 before their neighbor, Roswell Wells, and 
 found from him a hearty response, and 
 before the day closed, these three men h^d 
 combined together, and the matter of 
 building a meeting-house was settled. If 
 need be, they had resolved to do it at 
 .their own expense (lo). 
 
 The house was erected and finished in 
 1824, and was dedicated to the worship of 
 God near the close of that year, Mr. 
 Chandler, . of Waitsfield, preaching the 
 sermon. 
 
 The building of this house marks an era 
 in the history of the Congregational church 
 and of the town. All honor to the mem- 
 ory of the men who set the work forward, 
 and with resolute hearts and open hands 
 carried it to completion. 
 
 The house thus built was not long un- 
 occupied. Soon after its dedication, a 
 young man, just graduated from Bangor 
 Theological Seminary, stopped for the 
 night at the hotel, then kept by Mr. Pride. 
 Learning that Rev. Mr. Blodgett, of Jer- 
 icho, with whom he had been acquainted, 
 was to preach on the ensuing Sabbath, he 
 concluded to stop and hear him. Mr. 
 Blodgett did fiot come, and the young 
 man was asked to supply the pulpit. He 
 consented, and thus the Rev. Daniel 
 AVarren preached his first sermon, and 
 began his 13 years' work in Waterbury. 
 All were pleased. He was asked to re- 
 main, and in a few months he had a unan- 
 imous, call to settle over them, and was or- 
 dained pastor of the church Dec. 7, 1825. 
 From that period everything has worn a 
 new aspect in town. Mr. Warren was 
 dismissed June 26, 1838 (11). Therewere 
 two revivals during his ministry, extend- 
 ing through the town— one in i826-'7 ; the 
 other in i83S-'6 (12). In 1832 and 1833, 
 the Baptists and Methodists built'meeting- 
 
 houses at the Center. During this period, 
 in 1836, the Methodist church at the vil- 
 lage was organized. Their house of wor- ■ 
 ship was erected in 1841. The Free- Will 
 Baptists built their house on Waterbury 
 river 5 or 6 years later. 
 
 With the building of the houses of wor- 
 ship we cease to have to do with early set- 
 tlement and settlers of Waterbury, and the 
 work we proposed is done. I have spoken 
 of the sufferings of the first settler and his 
 family. They were peculiar, but all the 
 early settlers endured hardships difficult 
 for us to conceive. The labor of clearing 
 the forests from the hills and meadows, 
 now so smooth and easily tilled, was im- 
 mense. Their houses were rude log-cabins, 
 often with hewn plank floors and windows 
 equally primitive ; their furniture was the 
 rudest and scantiest. Their roads were 
 rough, unwrought paths, the natural ob- 
 stacles very great. They had no mills ; 
 the nearest for several years were in Jer- 
 icho, some 15 miles away, to which often 
 they carried their grists on their backs. 
 Much of the corn used was ground in what 
 were called plumping-mills, a contrivance 
 made by burning and cutting a hole into a 
 solid stump, and pounding it there with a 
 weight attached to a spring pole, arranged 
 after the fashion of a well-sweep. At the 
 close of the day, it is said, the sound of 
 these mills could often be heard through 
 the whole settlement, preparing for the 
 meals of the coming day. Their food al- 
 ways was the plainest and simplest ; often . 
 for the want of this with their large fam- 
 ilies they suffered exceedingly. 
 
 As from year to year, with glad, if not 
 thankful hearts, we come around thefestive 
 board, it may interest us and do us good 
 to know how the first Thanksgiving was 
 kept in Waterbury. On that day, 1786, 
 the year that Mr. Butler moved into town, 
 he called on Mr. Marsh, and said to him, 
 " This is Thanksgiving day ; how shall we 
 keep it?" Mr. Marsh, in his wilderness 
 life, had lost the run of such days, and 
 this was news to him. He replied that 
 his family were almost destitute of food, 
 and he was in a sad condition to keep such 
 a day. Mr. Butler proposed, that they try 
 
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 823 
 
 their fortune at moose-hunting. For such 
 an enterprise Mr. Marsh was always ready. 
 After a few hours' hunt, a moose was 
 found cropping the wild grass near Alder 
 brook, the stream that runs from the 
 Center and empties into Waterbury river. 
 He was quickly dispatched, and each with 
 a quarter on his shoulder made haste to 
 his home, and that night, with their house- 
 holds, they ate a most bounteous, joyful 
 Thanksgiving supper. With all our abun- 
 dance and variety in our pleasant, cheer- 
 ful homes, it is doubtful whether this day 
 has ever been kept, with truer joy or more 
 unfeigned thankfulness, than in these log- 
 cabins, on this moose meat, it was first 
 kept by these hardy pioneers of the wil- 
 derness. 
 
 Amid countless hardships and priva- 
 tions the first settlers laid the foundations 
 of this community. It was not all done 
 as we could have wished — not all with the 
 wisest forecast of the future. But they 
 did, nevertheless, a great and stern work ; 
 into that work we have entered. They 
 sowed, often in sadness ; we reap in joy. 
 Their work is done ; ours is yet on our 
 hands. These hills and these valleys, the 
 fertile soil of which they laid open to the 
 siln, with the river that winds among them 
 and the grand settings of the mountains, 
 were beautiful to them. They are beauti- 
 ful, exceedingly beautiful to us. Verily 
 the lines are fallen to us inpleasantplaces. 
 We have a goodly heritage. As we con- 
 sider the days of old, and talk of the years 
 of ancient times, and of what our fathers 
 did, let it be our purpose, our high re- 
 solve, by fostering every worthy interest 
 and enterprise, and by the exercise of 
 every manly and Christian virtue, to trans- 
 mit the heritage we have received, en- 
 hanced and beautified with every excel- 
 lence, to the generations to come. The 
 task God has given us will be quickly 
 done. Let us do it with fidelity, that God 
 maybe honored, the community benefited, 
 and our names held in affectionate remem- 
 brance. 
 
 [Mr. Parker's excellent little pamphlet 
 is still extant. We obtained a fresh one 
 (complimentary), from Russell Butler, 
 Esq., but this week.— ^Ed.] 
 
 MR. JANES' PAPER. 
 
 [The following suppletnentary to and 
 continuation of Mr. Parker's "Early His- 
 tory " was written principally by the late 
 Hon. H. F. Janes, by request, about the 
 year 1872, and consequently cannot apply 
 to the last decade of our town's history 
 which since the death of Mr. Janes must 
 be supplied by others. . R. Butler.] 
 
 In February, 1867, the Rev. C. C. Par- 
 ker, pastor of the Congregational church, 
 delivered an interesting discourse to his 
 society on the early history .of Waterbury, 
 in which the hardships arid the privations 
 of the pioneers, who penetrated so far into 
 the wilderness, and successfully opened a 
 way for the advance of civilization, was 
 graphically delineated. It did not, how- 
 ever, purport to be a complete history of 
 the town. It is much to be regretted that 
 he could not have completed the- work, but 
 on account of his removal from the State 
 and his duties as a minister of the gospel, 
 he could not with propriety undertake the 
 task of finishing the work so ably begun ; 
 thus leaving with others, less competent, 
 the duty of adding a few things deemed 
 necessary for a more full history of the 
 place. 
 
 The town of Waterbury is pleasantly 
 situated in the valley between the Green 
 Mountain range on the west and a spur of 
 that mountain called the Hog Backs, on 
 the east, and embraces nearly all the set- 
 tleable land between those two elevations. 
 There is not a lot of land but that is or 
 may be profitably cultivated, and the soil 
 on the upland is excellent for grazing and 
 grain. The extensive intervals on the 
 Winooski and other streams are not sur- 
 passed by any in the State. The rivers 
 and their tributaries afford privileges for 
 numerous mills and manufactories, and an 
 abundance of water for domestic "and agri-'. 
 cultural purposes. It is in lat. 44° 23' and 
 long. 4° 17', bounded N. by Stowe, E. by 
 Middlesex, S. by the Winooski River, 
 which separates it from Duxbury and part 
 of Moretown, and W. by feolton, and is 
 12 miles west from Montpelier and 24 S. E. 
 from Burlington. 
 
 The charter is dated June 7, 1763, and 
 was granted by Gov. Wentworth of New 
 
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 Hampshire, to Joseph Abbott, John Dick- 
 inson, Hezekiah Thompson, Joseph Os- 
 born, James Scudder, James Corey, Nathl. 
 Salmon, Daniel Lacey, Jonathan Stiles, 
 Patridge Thatcher, Daniel Bedford, Isaac 
 Ball, Lopher Squire, John Marsh, 3d, 
 Isaac Woodrough, Wm. Connet, Nathl. 
 Wade, James Osborn, ^ Samuel Ballard, 
 Hon. James Neven, Esq., Benj. Williams, 
 Ezekiel Worthen, Barnardus Van Neste, 
 David Meeker, Jr., Heron Ball, John 
 Boyles, John Mills, John Stiles, Esq., W. 
 Pierson, Nathl. Bond, Esq., Meseck Ware, 
 Esq., Ichabod Dean, Joseph Badgeley, 
 Joseph Neomoseck, Esq., David Ball, 
 John Page, Esq., Willard Mills, Jeremiah 
 Pangborn, David Potter, Ebner Frost, 
 Thomas Gardner, Ebenezer Price, Ken- 
 eday Vance, Charles Gillhouse, Thomas 
 Miller, Thomas Willis, Nathaniel Potter, 
 Jonathan Crane, Esq., Elias Bedford, Jesse 
 Clark, Therry Baker, Joseph Meeker, Da- 
 vid Baker, Wm. Pierson, Jr., Jesse Morse, 
 Nathl. Baker, Job Nixon, Joseph Crane, 
 William Wilcox, Jeremiah Mulford, David 
 Baker, James Puflasey, Manning Fores, 
 and Jonathan Dayton. 
 
 The charter limits were 6 miles square, 
 containing 23,040 acres, but it has since 
 been considerably enlarged by territory an- 
 nexed from Middlesex on the east and 
 Bolton on the west ; was laid out and surr 
 veyed in three divisions. The ist division 
 lots contained 100 acres, the 2d, 31, and 
 the 3d, 124; leaving undivided, 47 acres to 
 each right. The intention of the propri- 
 etors evidently was to give each share 31 
 acres of interval on the Winooski river, 
 and for that purpose commenced the sur- 
 vey of the first division, on wtiat then was 
 supposed to be the east line of Bolton, far 
 enough north to leave on the river side of 
 the base line of that division sufficient land 
 for that object. But afterwards, on run- 
 ning out the 2d division, it was found in- 
 sufficient, and the balance of the small lots 
 was laid in the central part of the town. 
 The 3d division was laid north of the ist, 
 extending nearly to Stowe line. The 
 Governor's right of 500 acres was surveyed 
 in the S.'E. corner of the town. Part of 
 the undivided was situated between the 3d 
 
 division and the south line of Stowe, and 
 the balance adjoined the Governor's right. 
 Subsequently it was ascertained that the 
 surveyor of the ist division made a mis- 
 take in his starting point, and run the width 
 of two lots in Middlesex. The error was 
 corrected, and these lots were subsequently 
 plotted on the true line of Bolton. Win- 
 ooski Falls are on this territory, but as they 
 were then supposed to be in Bolton, they 
 were called Bolton Falls, a name they still 
 retain in many historical publications, 
 though situated some distance within the 
 geographical boundaries of Waterbury. 
 
 FORMATION OF THE VALLEYS — LAND 
 SURFACE, GEOLOGY. 
 
 Judge Thompson, in his history of 
 Montpelier, with much plausibility main- 
 tains that at a time not very remote the 
 altitude of Lake Champlain was consider- 
 ably higher than at present. "That there 
 was a branch lake extending from Middle- 
 sex Narrows upwards, covering all the 
 lowlands of that and the surrounding 
 towns, and that there was an intermediate 
 lake, covering the lower grounds of Water- 
 bury, parts of those of Duxbury, Middle- 
 sex and Moretown, and settling up the 
 valley of Mad river into Waitsfield, making 
 this lake at Waterbury somewhat deeper 
 than the one above, as may, indeed, be 
 found indicated by the greater height of 
 the sand-hills east of Waterbury village.'' 
 Without entering into the speculations of 
 geologists and others on that subject, it 
 may with seeming propriety here be stated 
 some "testimony of the rocks," tending 
 strongly to establish the theory of Mr. 
 Thompson. In many places, high up on 
 ledges, are grooves or indentations, evi- 
 dently made by the action of water. They 
 all are on the western dip of the ledges, 
 are regular in cut and very smooth. But 
 a case more striking and almost irresist- 
 ible in proof is that of a pot hole in the 
 solid rock, some hundred feet above the 
 bed of the river, on the sharp ridge of a 
 high ledge, directly in the line of the farms 
 of S. Henry and H. F. Janes. This ex- 
 cavation is round and regular in shape, is 
 30 inches deep, and nearly the same in 
 diameter, and so like a cooking utensil 
 
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 that it is often called the " Indians' Pot." 
 The ledge on the western side is nearly 
 perpendicular, and at its b^se stands an 
 ash tree, 40 to 50 feet high, the top of 
 which does not reach to this excavation. 
 In ages past there must have been at this 
 place a great rush of water and splendid 
 falls. 
 
 Not many townships in Vermont are so 
 peculiar in formation as Waterbury. The 
 central part and more than half of the en- 
 tire surface is comparatively level ; a little 
 dishing, — on the east and western borders 
 rising gradually, and resembling in profile 
 an amphitheater. The farms on these 
 elevations aflford a fair view of nearly the 
 whole town, presenting a landscape beau- 
 tiful and charming, especially in early 
 summer when the fields are fresh and in 
 bloom, and in autumn when ripe and 
 " white unto the harvest." 
 
 With few exceptions, the geological for- 
 mations are not dissimilar to surrounding 
 towns. Pres. Hitchcock, State geologist, 
 in his report of October, 1859, states that 
 " there are out-crops of copper, but that 
 they have not been fully developed by 
 mining, but thinks it not improbable that 
 mines in the town may become sources of 
 wealth from the amount of copper obtained 
 therefrom." He also states that " there 
 are several small deposits of soapstone, 
 but none sufiiciently extensive to induce a 
 great investment of capital to work them." 
 In the same report interesting facts are 
 given in relation to the alluvial terraces 
 upon the Winooski and other streams. 
 When making the railroad through the 
 Hog Backs, some exceedingly handsome 
 specimens of quartz cryst&ls were found 
 imbedded in the rocks near the dividing 
 line between this and the town of Middle- 
 sex. Probably more could be obtained 
 by a small outlay in blasting the ledge. 
 
 RIVERS AND STREAMS. 
 
 Winooski River, the largest stream and 
 the southern boundary of the town, has a 
 smooth current from Middlesex narrows to 
 the falls three miles below the village. In 
 T-hompson's Gazetteer of Vermont, the 
 following description of the falls and the 
 place is given : " The stream has worn a 
 
 channel through the rocks, which in times 
 past, Imdoubtedly formed a cataract of no 
 ordinary height below, and a considerable 
 lake above. The chasm is at present 
 about 100 feet wide and nearly as deep. 
 On one side the rocks are nearly perpen- 
 dicular, some of which have fallen across 
 the bed of the stream in such a manner as 
 to form a bridge, passable, however, only 
 at low-water. On the same side the rocks 
 which appear to have been loosened and 
 moved by the water, have again rested and 
 become fixed in such a position as to form 
 several caverns or caves — some of which 
 have the appearance of rooms fitted for 
 the convenience of man. Several musket 
 balls and flints were found in the extreme 
 part of this cavern, a few years since, 
 which make it evident that it was known, 
 to the early hunters." On the upper sec- 
 tion of these falls, Benjamin Palmer, soon 
 after the commencement of settling of the 
 town, constructed a dam across the river 
 and erected a saw-mill ; but in a few years 
 they were carried away in a freshet and 
 never rebuilt. The main water power 
 has not yet been brought into use. The 
 place is much visited by admirers of grand 
 scenery. 
 
 Waterbury River, the second in mag-, 
 nitude, has its source in Morristown, and 
 takes a southerly direction through Stowe 
 and the westerly part of this town, and 
 enters the Winooski about a mile below 
 the village. On this river is much good 
 interval land, several mill privileges, and 
 a number of valuable farms. Upon the 
 borders of this stream and on the surround- 
 ing hills, lay the principal hunting ground 
 of the pioneers of the town. There they 
 shot the deer and the moose, and there 
 also they trapped the beaver. The former 
 they killed only out of necessity, their 
 flesh for food, their hides for the making 
 of moccasins and thongs to string their 
 snow shoes.- The latter were trapped for 
 their skins, — the fur of beaver, at that 
 time, constituting the only article of traffic 
 which brought its equivalent in cash. 
 They slew no innoxious animal wantonly 
 for mere sport. 
 
 The third stream in size, called Thatch- 
 
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 ERS Branch, rises in Stowe, and runs 
 through the town near its center, and falls 
 into the Winooski at the lower end of the 
 village. This stream, though not large, 
 has on it a number of falls affording good 
 mill privileges, most of which are occu- 
 pied, and a large part of the manufacturing 
 done in town by water-power is on this 
 branch. On it many of the early settlers 
 located, and all the farms by them started 
 in the wilderness are now valuable and in a 
 high state of cultivation. 
 
 Alder Brook also has its source in 
 Stowe, and runs along the center of the 
 town into the Waterbury River, near the 
 Free Will Baptist meeting-house. On it, 
 Stephen Jones, one of the early settlers, 
 built a saw-mill more than jo years ago. 
 The falls are rather picturesque. Leander 
 Hutchins formerly had a starch factory 
 here. The ownership of the saw-mill was 
 changed from time to time, but continued 
 up to the present. The road to Stowe 
 crosses the pond just above the mill. The 
 land above the falls is mostly level, good 
 and very handsome ; below more uneven, 
 but productive. On the west side of Wa- 
 terbury River are two streams, on each of 
 which are several mill privileges. Cotton 
 , Brook, the upper one, rises on the high 
 land in Bolton, and enters Waterbury 
 River near D. Conant's ; on this brook is 
 one saw-mill. The other comes from 
 Ricker mountain, and falls into the river 
 about a mile above Randall's mill ; on this 
 brook are two saw-mills. 
 
 hunters' stories. 
 Many a winter evening has been made 
 interesting to the young by the stories of 
 the old in the "winter of their years" of 
 the hunting excursions in these then " wild 
 woods," but now "teeming fields," so 
 vivid and lifelike in description, that the 
 listener could but enter into its spirit and 
 see, or seem to see, how carefully and 
 with the utmost secrecy he set his traps 
 for the beaver, even to the washing away 
 his footprints in the sand. How cautiously 
 he wended his way through the tangled 
 woods, his trusty dog close behind (the 
 hunting in those days being still, and not 
 in the noisy chase), peering in all direc- 
 
 tions for game. How when nearing the 
 more common haunts of the deer, some 
 accidental noise, perhaps, only the break- 
 ing of a dry twig, starts him from his lair, 
 but too late for escape, as his first move- 
 ment was seen by the quick eye of the 
 hunter — a sharp crack of his gun, and the 
 deer fell lifeless. 
 
 On one occasion, the hunter became so 
 excited when aiming at a moose, that the 
 report of his rifle was not heeded, and 
 he thought it had missed fire, and in his 
 vexation at the supposed result, was tempt- 
 ed to break the old thing on a tree by 
 which he stood. He was happy, how- 
 ever, on examination, to find that his gun 
 was true as ever, that it did not miss fire, 
 but had done good execution ; the moose 
 had received a mortal wound, and expired 
 after running but a few rods. 
 
 ROADS. 
 
 The town is intersected by a good many 
 roads and cross-roads requiring rather a 
 heavy tax to make and repair, and to build 
 bridges over the various streams. The 
 first road, or rather an apology for one, 
 built through the town, was on the river 
 through the Hog Backs to Middlesex. 
 This, probably, was never traveled with a 
 wheel carriage, but answered for single 
 horses or, perhaps a yoke of oxen, to drag 
 their grain to mill on their primitive drags, 
 rudely constructed out of a crooked crotched 
 tree. That part of this road or pathway 
 lying above the present village was soon 
 discontinued and the travel turned to the 
 other side of the river. As settlers in- 
 creased, and of necessity obliged to go 
 further back into the woods, paths had to 
 be cut out for their accommodation in va- 
 rious directions. Many of these paths, 
 ultimately, were recognized as highways, 
 though not the most judiciously located 
 for the public to travel. The old hill road 
 was the first made through to the northern 
 settlements, and a long time the only one 
 much traveled to Stowe and on to Lamoille 
 River. The land on this road is very 
 good, and every lot was taken up and set- 
 tled upon it at an early day. But in conse- 
 quence of a far more level one east, and 
 leading through the center village, the 
 
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 hill road now is but little traveled except 
 by those living on it. The road up Water- 
 bury River to Stowe on the path of the 
 old hunters, was made as settlers advanced 
 up the stream. The number of bridges 
 and the gullies occasioned by the strong 
 and rapid current of the river, make this 
 road rather an expensive one to keep in 
 repair. Within a few years past, travel 
 on it, both for business and pleasure, has 
 greatly increased. 
 
 HIGHWAY, PLANK ROAD AND RAILROAD. 
 
 The most important and most traveled' 
 highway through the town is the stage 
 road from the depot in the village by the 
 center to Hydepark. On this the U. S. 
 mail is transported once a day each way, 
 and the numerous excursionists to Mt. 
 Mansfield and other summer resorts, re- 
 . quiring extra stages much of the time. 
 The large amount of merchandise for the 
 towns of Lamoille Co. is mostly freighted 
 over this road. There are branch roads 
 to all parts of the town, and several out of 
 it. One in the east to Stowe, one through 
 the notch to Middlesex, and good farms on 
 each. The roads crossing the Winooski 
 on the two arch bridges, one up to More- 
 town, one down to Richmond, and one 
 south through Duxbury to Waitsfield, are 
 a good deal traveled, the latter especially, 
 and is second in travel and freight only to 
 the mail route to Hydepark — Morristown, 
 1882. A few' years since, a charter was 
 obtained for a plank-road to Stowe. The 
 stockholders made the road, and it was 
 traveled 2 or 3 years, but it proved unre- 
 munerative to the owners, and they surren- 
 dered it to the towns. The railroad enters 
 the town on the border of Middlesex, 
 passes through the village, and a mile be- 
 low, crosses on the long bridge into Dux- 
 bury. It is so located that business and 
 intercourse among neighbors is attended 
 with but little inconvenience ; the deep cut 
 at the crossing of the Stowe road is 
 bridged, but not so high as to make a hard 
 draft over it. The bridge over Thatcher's 
 branch is elevated sufficiently for an under 
 one for common use. Just below the 
 channel of the river was turned for some 
 distance, at great expense, and a half mile 
 
 down is the long bridge over which the 
 road leaves the town. The citizens of the 
 place subscribed liberally for stock, but it 
 proved almost an entire loss, except to 
 those owning real estate, which was en- 
 hanced in value by the completion of the 
 road. 
 
 TURNPIKE, AND WHAT BECAME OF IT. 
 
 In the year 1805, the Legislature granted 
 a charter for a turnpike from Montpelier to 
 Burlington. . The stock was taken and the 
 road built. It entered the town of Water- 
 bury at the upper end of the village,'and 
 thence through the town to Bolton. The 
 great freshet in the summer of 1830, swept 
 away all the bridges on the road and other- 
 wise very much damaged it ; so much so 
 that the proprietors hesitated about repair- 
 ing it, as it never paid large dividends. 
 Thomas and Hezekiah Reed, brothers, and 
 enterprising young men of Montpelier, 
 offered the nominal sum of $10 the share, 
 which cost originally $175. Their offer 
 was accepted ; they rebuilt the bridges and 
 put the road in good repair. Before the 
 canal was made, opening a water com- 
 munication by the way of the Hudson 
 river to Lake Champlain, goods from 
 Boston and other Atla-ntic towns were 
 nearly all brought to this place with ox or 
 horse-tea,ms, by way_ of Montpelier, each 
 team drawing but little over half a ton,, 
 and requiring from two to three weeks to 
 make a trip. But afterwards, at a cheaper 
 rate, freight took the water route by way 
 of Burlington, throwing a large additional 
 amount of teaming and travel on to the 
 turnpike, rendering it profitable to the' 
 Reeds. The Vermont Central Railroad, 
 by its charter, was obligated to pay the 
 owners of the turnpike for their franchise.. 
 They compromised, took the turnpike and 
 applied the tolls to its own benefit, but 
 when the cars commenced running, it was 
 abandoned to the towns. The somewhat 
 increased highway taxes of Waterbury 
 were compensated for, however, by having 
 a free road. 
 
 EARLY OCCUPIED FARMS. 
 
 Much the largest part of business done 
 in the town is farming, the land being well 
 adapted to that purpose, the meadows for 
 
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 growing corn, oats and grass, the upland 
 for wheat and grazing. Within the past 
 20 or 30 years, agriculture has greatly im- 
 proved, and many young men who started 
 poor, by industry and good management, 
 have paid for their land, and now have 
 large and valuable farms, are entirely clear 
 from debt, and possess sufficient personal 
 property to support them through life. It 
 has previously been stated that on the 
 rivers and their tributaries are many ex- 
 cellent farms, but little or nothing relating 
 to their location, their present owners, or 
 who began them. A short historical ac- 
 count of a few of the earliest started, can 
 hardly be otherwise than interesting to 
 many, especially to those of an antiquarian 
 cast of mind. On the meadow above the 
 Winooski falls, John Craig, about 1788, 
 commenced clearing, and erected a humble 
 residence. In a few years, he sold his 
 possession and moved to Ohio. It was 
 purchased with considerable surrounding 
 land, by Joseph Palmer, an energetic bus- 
 iness man, and somewhat noted in his day 
 as a skillful bridge builder. After the 
 death of Palmer, it was divided up, and 
 the three valuable farms now owned by 
 Luther Davis, Joel Remington and Geo. 
 W. Randall were made of this tract of 
 Jand. On the tract of land above Randall, 
 Stiles Sherman located on coming to town, 
 and resided the remainder of his lifetime, 
 where for many years he kept a house of 
 entertainment for travelers, where he 
 reared a large family of children, and 
 where he died at a ripe old age, much re- 
 spected. Part of the farm is now owned 
 by his son, Heman Sherman— 1870, but 
 the larger part of it by Joseph Thompson. 
 At the mouth of Waterbury river, on the 
 east side, is the place where Dr. Daniel 
 Bliss, the first physician, and the first 
 representative of the town, resided, and 
 where Seth Chandler, the first blacksmith, 
 had his shop, and where not a long time 
 after, he was killed by the fall of a tree. 
 The farm is now owned by Mr. McAllister. 
 The next east is where Amos Waters com- 
 menced as early as 1788. It soon passed 
 into the hands of Sylvester Henry, Esq., 
 deceased. Mr. Henry added considerable 
 
 land, and at his death it was a large and 
 valuable farm. By will he divided it with 
 his four sons, James M., Sylvester, Jr., 
 Samuel and Luther. Most of it at the 
 present time is owned and. occupied by 
 Sylvester. 
 
 Adjoining, and within the boundaries of 
 the village, is the old Gov. Butler place, of 
 between 200 and 300 acres, about 130 
 acres of which constitute the farm of the 
 State Reform School. Seven acres with 
 the old house, the first framed one in the 
 town, is now owned by Mr. Colby, of the 
 United States Navy. Some 4 acres at the 
 mouth of Thatcher's branch, on which 
 stood the surveyor's^ camp, built as early 
 as 1782, is owned by Russell Butler, the 
 youngest son of Gov. Butler. The bal- 
 ance, with the exception of a few acres of 
 wood land on the northern part, constitute 
 a part of the farm of H. F. Janes. 
 
 The tract of land pitched, and a short 
 time occupied by James Marsh, and on 
 which he erected his cabin, has been much 
 divided— part taken for the village cem- 
 etery and building purposes. Much so 
 with the Cephas Wells farm. The low 
 and rich meadow, in about equal parts, is 
 owned at the present time by Elisha Moody 
 and Geo. W. Randall. 
 
 But a small part of the large farm, so 
 long owned and occupied bythelateAmasa 
 Pride, is now in his family. The home- 
 stead, and 30 to 40 acres of land, are yet 
 owned by his widow, and Mr. Caldwell, 
 who married the daughter and only sur- 
 viving child of Mr. Pride. This residence 
 is pleasantly situated directly in front of 
 the depot common. 
 
 The large hotel, the railroad buildings, 
 the foundry, several stores, the stage oflSce, 
 a number of mechanic shops and dwelling- 
 houses are on a part of the original farm. 
 
 The tract of land on which Gov. Butler 
 and his brother, Asaph, first commenced 
 work in town is in the upper part of the 
 village. The Butlers, after occupying it a 
 short time, gave it up, and it was taken by 
 Richard Holden, who resided on it several 
 years. Holden sold the farm to the late 
 Judge Dan. Carpenter, and Carpenter to 
 Gen. John Peck. By additions and im- 
 
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 provernent, it was, at the death of Mr. 
 Peck, the largest and most valuable one in 
 town. The administrator of Peck sold the 
 place to D. G. Shipley, recently deceased. 
 The elegant mansion and part of the farm 
 are now owned and occupied by Dr. H. 
 Fales, who married the only daughter of 
 Mr. Shipley. The farm of C. C. Shipley 
 is part of the original. The balance, with 
 the exception of what has been taken for 
 building purposes, is a part of the farm of 
 J. Batchelder. On the large meadow above 
 the village, Caleb Munson, the third set- 
 tler, made his pitch. He was soon suc- 
 ceeded by Amasa Marshall. Since the 
 death of Mr. Marshall, it has passed through 
 several hands and been inuch split up. The 
 railroad passes through this meadow. The 
 farm on Thatcher's branch, at the present 
 time owned by Eugene Moody, was begun 
 by Oliver C. Rood. Soon after the first 
 settlement in the town, he came, young, 
 vigorous, and of great physical endurance, 
 and at the time very useful in clearing up 
 land, in building bridges, in making roads, 
 and in the performance of all kinds of 
 work requiring skill and energy, — at an 
 early day built the grist mill afterward 
 rebuilt by W. W. Wells. Rood lived on 
 the farm many years. It passed from him 
 to his son-in-law, Albro Atkins, from Atkins 
 to the late Judge E. S. Newcomb, and 
 from him to the present owner. 
 
 Jonathan Wright, in 1788, on the 
 same stream above the Rood place, built 
 his cabin and cut the first tree on the ex- 
 cellent tract of land he had selected for a 
 farm.* Here, himself and his wife resided 
 the remainder of their long lives. Their 
 son, Tilman, said to have been the first 
 male child born in town, succeeded his 
 father in the ownership and occupancy of 
 the farm during his life, and by his ad- 
 ministrator it was sold to the Hon. James 
 Green, deceased. It is yet in the family 
 of Mr. Green, and has been much im- 
 proved. Stephen Guptil's farm was owned 
 and oceupied by the late Jared George, 
 probably as far back as 1798. In the barn 
 of Mr. George religious meetings were oc- 
 casionally held during several years. The 
 good farm of Levi Graves was made up of 
 
 portions taken from others, and first com- 
 menced by the late Samuel Dutton. 
 
 It is difficult at this time to ascertain 
 with certainty who was the first beginner 
 on the farm of Harvey Eddy. It is safe to 
 say, however, that it was one of the first 
 started in that part of the town, and has 
 been owned by many different individuals ; 
 a long time by David Adams, and by Wm. 
 Eddy, who qonveyed it to his son, Harvey 
 Eddy. On it is considerable fertile mead- 
 ow, and is quite pleasant in location. Some 
 miles further up the branch is situated the 
 handsome and productive farm on which, 
 as before stated, Dea. Asaph Allen, in 
 1796, began his residence in town. It 
 passed into the hands of his son, Eliakim 
 Allen, who, after occupying several years, 
 conveyed it away, and it is now out of the 
 Allen family. 
 
 In town are many more farms nearly or 
 quite as productive as those named. Most 
 of them are on the upland, and were com- 
 menced at a later date. For the raising of 
 stock and for dairy business, they yield a 
 profit that ought to be satisfactory to the 
 owners. But few of them are nowin the 
 hands of beginners or of their descend- 
 ants. The only exception, probably, is 
 that of Silas Loomis, yet owned and occu- 
 pied by his son, Elam Loomis. The 
 Clough place, on. what is called Indian 
 Hill, and where Isaac Parker began, is 
 one of the best grazing farms in the vi- 
 cinity. The farm of Raymond Huse, on 
 Alder brook below the falls, is a valuable 
 one. As early as 1794 or '5, Joseph Fisk 
 began a clearing on the south part, and 
 his son, Benjamin, a while after on the 
 west part of it. West, and adjoining, is 
 the place where Joshua Hill, about 1791,, 
 began his farm, and on which he lived 
 many years. Hill kept tavern here some 
 years, when the principal travel north was 
 over the hill road. On this road, near the 
 south line .of' Waterbury, Colonel George 
 Kennan kept a tavern some years. The 
 buildings are gone, and there Is nothing 
 remaining to determine its precise loca- 
 tion. Nearly all the farms off from the 
 rivers have large maple orchards, from the 
 sap of which sugar and syrup are made 
 
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 sufficient for family use, and much for 
 exportation. 
 
 LAND TITLES. 
 
 But little litigation, growing out of 
 original titles, has occurred in this town. 
 It does not appear that any of the grantees 
 or their heirs settled on their lands. But 
 in most cases there is no trouble in tracing 
 titles back to the original proprietors. A 
 few may rest on vendue sales for non- 
 payment of taxes or the statute of limit- 
 ation. If sold for taxes, they were gen- 
 erally redeemed ; one event in redeeming, 
 so brave, that it will bear relating here : 
 
 Col. Sumner, of New Hampshire, owned 
 several lots of land which had been sold 
 for taxes, and the time of redemption was 
 nearly out. David H., his son, a lad then 
 about 14 years of age, was furnished with a 
 purse of hard money, put on the back of 
 his trusty old mare, and sent to redeem 
 his land. The distance was some 75 miles, 
 most of the way through woods almost 
 pathless. The boy arrived at Col. Davis', 
 in Montpelier, just as the sun was setting. 
 After baiting his horse, he remounted, and 
 proceeded down the river for Waterbury. 
 It had become dark, and the road or path- 
 way difficult to travel. At the foot of rock 
 bridge, so called (the place described by 
 Mr. Thompson in his history of Mont- 
 pelier, where Thomas Davis, a boy of 16, 
 so heroically got down the first wagon that 
 entered that town), David's horse sud- 
 denly stopped. He could not urge it 
 forward; It was very dark, but carefully 
 looking ahead, he saw a large bear stand- 
 ing erect in the middle of the path. Though 
 courageous, he was frightened. What boy 
 or man would not have been? He con- 
 sidered, however, his safety was in stick- 
 ing to the back of his trusty mare. The 
 bear, after sufficiently examining them, 
 left for the more thick woods, and his 
 mare then willingly ascended the ledge, 
 and they passed on to the fording place 
 in the river, crossed it, and arrived at Mr. 
 Holden's, the collector, near the middle of 
 the night, and just in time to redeem the 
 land. One hour more would have been 
 too late. This boy lived to a great age, 
 and, as was reasonably expected, became 
 
 an energetic business man, highly respect- 
 ed, and of much influence. 
 
 FLOODS. 
 
 There have been but few floods since 
 the settlement, raising the water much 
 above the ordinary spi-ing and fall freshets. 
 That of July, 1830, was much the largest 
 that has occurred. The rain, for nearly 
 two days preceding, fell in torrents, and 
 the adjacent highlands being mostly clear- 
 ed and turfed with grass, the water flowed 
 into the streams with but little absorption 
 in the soil. The Winooski, with additions 
 from tributaries, accumulated a volume of 
 power .sufficient to take in its course large 
 trees, logs, bridges and floating field crops, 
 so obstructing the passage through the 
 falls, causing the water to set back, and 
 forming quite a lake above, all of ten feet 
 higher than any former flood. Most of 
 the streets at this time were under water, 
 which at no other time has occurred. The 
 damage in the aggregate was considerable, 
 but not heavy individually. D. G. Shipley 
 probably suffered the most, having had, in 
 addition to his crops, a barn full of hay 
 carried away, and his meadow injured by 
 detrition of soil. Occasionally the lowest 
 terraces have been overflowed in the sum- 
 mer season by heavy rain ; but the fer- 
 tilizing deposits were equivalent to the 
 waste of the growing crops. Bridges have 
 been carried away at different times, owing 
 rather to want of thoroughness in con- 
 struction than to the floods. The villages 
 are so elevated that the highest rise of 
 water seldom reach the streets. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 The town in its corporate capacity, has 
 neyer granted any 'money for the support 
 of schools. In the second warning for 
 the annual March meeting, 1791, there ■ 
 was an article inserted, " To see if the town 
 would take any measures for the promotion 
 of schools." Committee, John Craig, Reu- 
 ben Wells and Caleb Munson, appointed 
 to divide the town into two districts, for the 
 benefit of schools. At the next .meeting 
 held in April of same year, Waterbury 
 River was made the dividing line of the 
 two districts. The only action upon that 
 article at the meeting was to divide the 
 
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 town into two school districts, leaving it 
 to them to manage the subject as they 
 should deem advisable. Subsequently, 
 from time to time, the districts have been 
 divided and sub-divided so that at the 
 present time there are 18 school-districts 
 in town, and as many school-houses. The 
 town has a small fund, or annual income 
 arising from rents on public lands, interest 
 on the U. S. surplus money,.and the State 
 school tax, total between $1000 and jSi 100, 
 which is divided to the several districts, a 
 small amount for each, and necessarily 
 requiring a heavy additional tax for the 
 building of school houses and paying 
 teachers. The district in the principal 
 village has lately established a graded 
 school, and voted a tax of 50 cents on the 
 dollar of their grand list for its support. 
 It is now in operation in a good house, 
 and under competent teachers. 
 
 VITATERBURY CENTER VILLAGE. 
 
 The Village at the Center, divided by 
 Alder brook near the middle, is pleasant 
 and beautiful in all its surroundings . On 
 the north side are several handsome dwel- 
 lings, the Methodist chapel, in the hall of 
 which town meetings are holden alternate 
 years, i store, the district school house, i 
 
 'tavern, a blacksmith shop and a few other 
 shops. The Center burying ground is on 
 
 ' this side of the stream. On the east side 
 are more private dwellings, all neat and 
 comely in appearance. Also, the Baptist 
 meeting house, of wood in good taste, i 
 store, in which the town clerk's office and 
 the Center post office are kept, and two 
 or three mechanic's establishments. 
 
 THE GREEN MOUNTAIN SEMINARY, 
 
 a Freewill Baptist institution, is located at 
 the Center village, on the east side. It 
 was chartered Oct., 1862, to D. L. Frost 
 and other 12 corporators. The trustees 
 were authorized to confer "degrees on male 
 and female pupils as are usually conferred 
 by the best Colleges, Academies and 
 Seminaries; also, on male pupils a di- 
 ploma of honor." The corporation had 
 no endowment to start upon, and were 
 under the necessity of relying entirely on 
 private subscriptions for the means to 
 
 erect their seminary building, and to pro- 
 vide a suitable apparatus. By the energy 
 and perseverance of the trustees, and the 
 liberality of the citizens of the vicinity, 
 they succeeded. It is truly said in their 
 first report that their " Seminary building 
 is one of the finest structures in the State, 
 and surrounded by natural scenery unsur- 
 passed in its magnificence and grandeur. 
 Mount Mansfield, Camel's Hump, and all 
 the spurs of the Green Mountains, from 
 Addison, through Chittenden, Washing- 
 ton and Lamoille counties, stand out in 
 bold relief in full view from" the Seminary.' 
 
 VILLAGES — BUSINESS IN R. R. VILLAGE. 
 
 In the town are two large villages and 
 three small ones. Much the largest one 
 is on the Winooski river, nearly midway 
 between Middlesex and Bolton. It is 
 more than a mile in length east and west, 
 and north on the Stowe road ; half that 
 distance in width, not including Mill vil- 
 lage. Mr. Marsh and Mr. Butler, the first 
 and second settlers, commenced here, and 
 laid the foundation of a community, which, 
 ever since, has had a steady, pros,perous 
 and healthy growth. It now (1870), has 
 a population of about 800, and 'a grand 
 list of $4,000. Has four churches, in each 
 of which are regular services . The largest 
 and first built, in 1824, is the Congrega- 
 tional; the second, of brick, is the Meth- 
 odist, built in 1841 ; the third, the Second 
 Advent chapel ; the fourth, the Roman 
 Catholic. In this village is Waterbury 
 First National Bank, two hotels, one com- 
 modious and handsome, on the site of the 
 one previously burned, owned and kept by 
 W. H. Skinner; the other, owned and oc- 
 cupied by J. Brown. There is also M. E. 
 Smilie's large brick foundry, built by D. 
 Adams on the site of his wooden one, 
 there recently burned ; Geo. C. Arms' ex- 
 tensive marble works, and three large 
 brick stores — one on the corner of Stowe 
 and Main street, built by Leander Hutch- 
 ins, now owned by his son-in-law, C. N. 
 Arms, and occupied by Wyman and Smith, 
 merchants. The other two are on the 
 opposite side of Main street— one erected 
 by Wm. Carpenter, in which two of his 
 sons are dealing in crockery. 
 
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 Business Firms. — " Ready-made cloth- 
 ing, medicines, &c.," Geo. W. Kennedy's 
 office and the village library are in this 
 store. 
 
 A three-story building, erected by the 
 late A. S. Richardson, owned by Clough 
 and Randall. In it is the law office of 
 Palmer and Clough, a tailor's and jewel- 
 er's shops ; a grocery in the basement, and 
 a family living in the upper part. 
 
 The large wooden block on the corner, 
 opposite C. N. Arms' brick store, built by 
 I. G. Stimson (the larger part), and C. 
 Graves, on the foundation of Stimson's 
 store burned a few months before. The 
 part of the block built by Stimson, owned 
 by L. H. Haines, contains the store of 
 Richardson and FuUerton, of Arms and 
 Haines, traders in flour, grain, nails, tea, 
 etc. ; the post-office, Moody's book and 
 stationary store, and the Young Men's 
 Christian Association reading-room. The 
 part built by Mr. Graves is owned by him, 
 in which he manufactures tinware, and has 
 a stove and hardware store. 
 
 On the other side of the street is the 
 cabinet-shop of George W. Atherton, the 
 fine store of M. M. Knight, rebuilt a few 
 years since by J. B. Christy on the same 
 spot where stood his former one, there 
 recently burned; the furniture shop of 
 A. A. Atherton and Son ; in the same 
 building the groceries of F. Taylor and 
 W. Ashley ; and adjoining, the apothecary 
 store of Frink and Remington. 
 
 Brown and Atkins, successors of I. C. 
 and S. Brown, wholesale and retail deal- 
 ers in grain, general groceries, etc.^ are 
 doing an extensive business near the depot 
 [Arms & Haines, successors] . 
 
 MANUFACTORIES. 
 
 The village has a supply of such me- 
 chanics as are commonly found in country 
 towns. L. Parmely, on Main Street, oppo- 
 site of the bank, for a number of years has 
 been engaged in the shoe trade ; and Geo. 
 W. Lease in harness-making. Waterbury 
 Manufacturing Co., successors of Case & 
 Thomas, is opposite of the State Reform 
 School. It was incorporated in 1869, with 
 a working capital of $30,000. The busi- 
 ness of the company is mostly making 
 
 cane-seated chaifs, doors, window-sash 
 and blinds. They also do a large amount 
 of planing, wood-turning and scroll-saw- 
 ing. They employ about 30 hands, and 
 occasionally a number of the Reform School 
 [1870] boys in addition. The Company 
 deal to some extent in pine lumber. 
 
 MILL VILLAGE 
 
 took its name from its being the location, 
 of the first grist and saw-mills built in 
 town. It is situated on the Stowe road, 
 at the lower falls on Thatcher's Branch. 
 There is here, within the distance of a 
 fourth of a mile, a succession of falls, af- 
 fording three good mill privileges, all of 
 which are occupied. At the first is the 
 large brick grist-mill, built a few years 
 since by the late Wm. W. Wells, Esq., 
 and now owned by his heirs. It stands on 
 or near the spot of the one built in 1792. 
 It has always done a large custom business. 
 A few rods up stream, A. H. Selleck & Co. 
 have a woolen factory, where they card 
 wool and manufacture to some extent. 
 They have recently put in machinery for 
 turning small boxes. At this place were 
 the first clothing works in town ; owned 
 and operated by sundry individuals and 
 companies ; at a very early day by Jotham 
 Robbins, subsequently a short time by. 
 Jared Perkins, who became a Methodist 
 preacher, a presiding elder and member of 
 Congress from New Hampshire. Since 
 Perkins, by Thomas and Thompson, by 
 Thompson, Seabury and Blanchard, and 
 others constantly until it came into the 
 hands of the Sellecks. 
 
 A short distance above the factory, is 
 the saw-mill and mechanics shop owned by 
 N. A. Rhoades. There has been at this 
 place a saw-mill ever since the first set- 
 tlement of the town. Over 40 years ago, 
 P. Brown, a tanner, built at these falls a 
 mill for grinding bark, and put in a few 
 vats for tanning, in connection with his 
 principal yard in the other village. Here, 
 too, Thomas, Thompson and Seabury for- 
 merly had a woolen factory, burned some 
 years past and never rebuilt. 
 
 At the south end of Mill Village on the 
 west side of the stream, Samuel Button 
 many years since started a tannery on a 
 
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 small scale, intended principally for his 
 own convenience in his trade as shoe- 
 maker. It passed ifrom him to his sons, 
 Thomas, David, and Harper, and from 
 them to Wm. W. Wells, who greatly en- 
 larged and improved the works ; Wells 
 sold to R. Blush, and in a/few years, while 
 owned by Blush, the works were burned. 
 The real estate and few out-buildings not 
 consumed by fire, were purchased by Syl- 
 vester Henry, who, with his son, rebuilt on 
 the old site extensive works, making it 
 one of the largest and best establishments 
 of the kind in the State. The tannery is 
 rented for a term of years by C. C. Warren, 
 who works it mostly by steam, and in the 
 amount of tanning he is exceeded by few, 
 and by none with the same number of 
 hands employed, in the State of Vermont. 
 
 CoLBYVlLLE is in the same school dis- 
 trict as Mill Village, the school-house being 
 midway between the two. This village is 
 sufficiently elevated to give a fine surround- 
 ing view, and is really a pleasant location. 
 On the lower fall, Enoch Bean, near the 
 beginning of the present century, put in 
 operation a carding-machine, and a num- 
 ber of years carded the wool for nearly all 
 the people in this and the surronnding 
 towns. About the same time, O. C. Rood 
 put up here a, potato whisky distillery, and 
 run it as long as self interest or a true 
 sense of moral propriety, in his judgment, 
 rendered it advisable. In 1855, E. P. 
 Butler and E. Parker purchased the place, 
 and on the same falls erected a factory and 
 commenced making starch from potatoes. 
 On the upper falls Mr. Butler built a saw- 
 mill, which to the present time has been 
 in operation. Grow Butler, son of the 
 owner, was drowned in the flume of the 
 mill while helping his father in making 
 some repairs, and George Rood, son of 
 O. C. Rood, was instantly killed here by a 
 log rolling on him when unloading a sled. 
 After Butler and Parker discontinued mak- 
 ing starch, the building was used by S. S. 
 Spicer as a tannery, but only for a short 
 time, as it was soon burned and tanning 
 never resumed here. The village at this 
 time has about a dozen dwelling-houses 
 
 and a few mechanics' shops. The beauti- 
 ful mansion of George J. Colby, probably 
 is the best arranged and most tasteful in 
 finish of any one, outside of Montpelier, 
 within in the county. But what gave 
 name and prominence to the village was 
 the manufacturing establishment of Colby 
 Brothers and Co. 
 
 The business of the Colby Brothers, 
 established in 1857, in its various branches 
 embracing the growing and peeling of 
 willows, apd the manufacturing them into 
 various useful wares ; the making of the 
 machines for peeling, and also clothes 
 wringers. Children's cabs, etc., in all 
 the branches of their business, was a new 
 enterprise for this part of the country, and 
 is entitled to special notice, 'for its impor- 
 tant effect on the prosperity of the place for 
 several years. But for a material financial 
 error involved in an expensive lawsuit, and 
 the unequal railroad exactions for freight, 
 this business might have continued to 
 contribute to the prosperity and welfare 
 of the town. 
 
 Colby Brothers & Co., manufacturers of 
 children's carriages, velocipedes and Colby's 
 patent wringers, afford an example of what 
 may be done by persistent effort and en- 
 terprise, with little capital or encourage- 
 ment. 
 
 In 1856, the older brothers, George J. 
 and Edwin A. Colby, came from Bolton 
 and purchased a shop and about 30 acres 
 of land, on which 2 or 3 acres of willows 
 had been planted by Dea. E. Parker, the 
 former owner. The shop was furnished 
 with machinery, and for a year or two the 
 Colbys hired this. The senior brother 
 was 23, and the other 21, and the only 
 business with which they were familiar 
 was farming. They peeled their first crop 
 of willows in 1857, and at once began mak- 
 ing custom work and machines invented by 
 George for peeling willows. Next year they 
 employed a first-class willow-worker, Mr. 
 Laudt, who is now a stockholder with 
 them, and began making willow cabs. At 
 first they bought the wheels in Massachu- 
 setts, but soon manufactured them them- 
 selves. 
 
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 In i860, through new partners, the cap- 
 tal was increased to $11,000, and the firm 
 became Howden, Colby& Co. The same 
 year they began the manufacture of clothes 
 wringers, also an invention of the senior 
 brother. These are said to be the first 
 made with frames of galvanized iron, and 
 were almost the first to find extensive sale. 
 In 1864, with additional partners, the cap- 
 ital was increased to $28,000, and the 
 name of the firm was Colby Bros. & Co. 
 1865, a joint stock company was formed, 
 and the capital increased to $75,000, The 
 firm have now (1871), a capital of $86,000, 
 with 15 buildings, extending over 40,000 
 sq. ft. Besides, the Company have pur- 
 chased and built some dozen houses for 
 dwellings. Over $50,000 of the capital is 
 employed in the cab manufacture, and 
 about $30,000 in making wringers. About 
 50 hands are required on the cabs, which 
 have a market value of nearly $100,000, 
 and vary in price from $3 to $100. They 
 go to all parts of this country and to foreign 
 lands, and are not surpassed in beauty of 
 finish and in durability. 
 
 FIRE DISTRICT. 
 
 In 1855, the selectmen, on application 
 . of the required number of freeholders, 
 laid out a fire district of a square mile, 
 comprising most of the River Village and 
 a part of Mill Village ; organized Aug. 14. 
 Before this, there had been no systematic 
 organization of a fire department in the 
 place. The citizens had voluntarily asso- 
 ciated, and by subscription purchased a 
 medium sized engine and a limited supply 
 of hose. This engine not being sufficient, 
 directly after the great fire of 1858, the 
 district voted a tax of 100 per cent, on 
 their grand list, and purchased, at the cost 
 of $1500, exclusive of hose, a second and 
 larger one. The district has 2 engines, 
 about 1000 feet of hose, and a fire compa- 
 ny of 50 men, and the old engine.house 
 being too small, was disposed of and a new 
 one built the past year, [1871] 60 by 40 
 feet, two-story, with a hall in the upper 
 story, 50 by 40 feet, for lectures, concerts 
 and purposes not inconsistant to good 
 morals. The building with the ground on 
 which it stands, cost $3600. 
 
 FIRES. 
 
 The first building burned is believed to 
 have been a tan-shop of Cephas Wells, 
 opposite Fireman's Hall. The school- 
 house in the first school district was burned 
 about 1810, and in 1816 the dwelling- 
 house of D. C. Deming. 
 
 In the Spring of 1822, the large hotel of 
 Amasa Pride, on the corner of Stowe and 
 Main Street, where Col. Geo.. Kennon, at 
 an early day, commenced keeping tavern, 
 was burned. It was a heavy loss to Mr. 
 Pride, but he immediately rebuilt. Sayles 
 Haw ley and others succeeded as proprie- 
 tors. It was kept as a public house until 
 after the building of the railroad. 
 
 The tan works of M. and J. H. Lath'rop, 
 back ot Luther Davis' house, were burned 
 in 1834, never rebuilt; also in 1838; the 
 woolen factory of Thompson and Seabury, 
 in Mill Village, not rebuilt; and none of 
 the foregoing were insured. In 1840, or 
 '41, the large store of J. B. Christy, and 
 in 1856, that of J. G. Stimson, were 
 burned, and both immediately rebuilt. 
 Their losses were partly covered by insur- 
 ance. 
 
 The largest and most destructive fire in 
 town was that of Oct., 1858, at which time 
 was burned the spacious hotel of E. and 
 W. Moody, In one wing of which was the 
 Bank of Waterbury ; the stores of Wm. 
 W.Wells, and that of D. M. Knights; 
 the large grocery establishment of I. C. 
 and S. Brown ; the stage barns and the 
 livery stables of Bruce and Ladd; and 
 some other less valuable buildings,— 
 whole amount $30,000, but partially in- 
 sured. The place has since been rebuilt, 
 enlarged and improved. 
 
 D. Adams' foundry and the Railroad de- 
 pot were burned a year or two since, and 
 have been rebuilt, enlarged and greatly 
 improved. There has also been some 
 other fires in different parts of the town of 
 a later date. T\vo or three old saw-mills, 
 a few dwelling-houses and shops have 
 been burned, but none of great value. 
 
 FATAL CASUALTIES 
 
 have been numerous. In 1788, James 
 
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 Marsh, the first settler, was drowned, as 
 see before. In 1806, Seth Chandler was 
 killed by the fall of a tree ; later a son 
 of Joel Rice by the kick of a horse ; the 
 father of Mr. Rice several years previons 
 had been killed in Claremont, N. H., un- 
 der circumstances most heartrending. He 
 went out to stir up his burning log-piles, 
 where he was clearing land, and was caught 
 between two logs that held him fast in the 
 burning heap. He succeeded in alarming 
 his wife, but she was unable to extricate 
 him, and he perished in the flames before 
 her eyes. 
 
 Lemuel Atherton was killed in moving 
 a building not far from the time of Joel 
 Rice. 
 
 In the summer of 1822 Henry Ricker, a 
 young man, was drowned while bathing in 
 the river. 
 
 In 1837, George. Rood was- killed by a 
 log rolling on him while unloading a sled 
 in the mill-yard of E. P. Butler. 
 
 Grow Butler was drowned about 1847, 
 in the flume of this mill. Joseph Otis, a 
 man over 70, was killed at Fall's hill a few 
 ■ years since by the upsetting of his wagon 
 loaded with lumber. Ira and George 
 Sherman, father and son, were both killed, 
 but at different times, by railroad trains. 
 W. S. Frink in 1865, was killed by fall of 
 a tree. 
 
 Over thirty years ago, the two only 
 children of the late Deacon U. Thomas 
 were killed, one by, the kick of a horse, 
 and the other by scalding. Three, all the 
 sons of R. Thorndike, George, the oldest, 
 in the spring of 1868, by fracture of skull 
 while coasting ; William and Henry, the 
 other two, both drowned in the spring of 
 1871, by upsetting a boat. Other acci- 
 dental deaths have occurred, mostly of 
 children, and so remote as to be indis- 
 tinctly remembered. A child of Col. H. 
 Peck drowned many years since. A little 
 boy of H. Sherman was scalded, and one 
 of A. Atkins killed by the kick of a horse. 
 Several men and boys not named, also, 
 have been killed by railroad trains, nearly 
 all the employes of the road. 
 
 FIRST APPENDIX. 
 WATERBURY, Vt., March 4, 1867. 
 Rev. C. C. Parker, Dear Sir: — We, 
 the undersigned. Citizens of Waterbury, 
 interested in preserving everything that 
 will throw light upon the early History of 
 our Forefathers — everything that will tend 
 to perpetuate the Memories of those Heroic 
 Men — having heard your very able dis- 
 course on the Early History of this Town, 
 and wishing to preserve it, for while it res- 
 cues from oblivion the works of others, at 
 the same time it shall stand a memento to 
 remind us of your own long and successful 
 labors among us, do hereby request you to 
 prepare it for pulslication. 
 H. F. Janes, M. E. Smilie, Paul Dilling- 
 ham, Erastus Parker, C. N. Arms, E. F. 
 Palmer, William Carpenter, Russell But- 
 ler, L. Hutchins, Cecil Graves, Francis 
 Graves, O. W. Drew. 
 
 Watfrbury, March 5, 1867. 
 Gentlemen : — The Discourse on the 
 Early History of Waterbury, which you 
 ask for publication, will be put at your dis- 
 posal. If it shall save from oblivion any 
 important name or event, the main purpose 
 of its preparation will' have been answered. 
 It will be an additional gratification, that 
 thus my name will be associated with yours 
 and with the place where so many of the 
 pleasan test years of my life have been spent. 
 With sincerest regards, I am 
 Most truly yours, 
 
 C. C. Parker. 
 Messrs. Janes, Hutchins, Drew, Carpen- 
 ter, Parker, Dillingham, Arms, Smilie, 
 Palmer, C. Graves, F. Graves, and R. 
 Butler. 
 
 Note. — The publication of this discourse 
 has been delayed by the author's change 
 of residence and occupation, leaving no 
 time for its revision, till recently ; and by 
 the introduction of new matter, which had 
 to be submitted to his approval by corres- 
 pondence. 
 
 (i) The once famous Capt. Joe and his 
 spouse Molly, two Indians of the Coossuck 
 tribe, and of whom Thompson, in his 
 "Civil History of Vt." gives an interesting 
 account, once made a visit or stop of some 
 weeks in this town. This was probably 
 in 1787 or 8, and the place very near where 
 T. Wade now lives. Only two, and those 
 very rude habitations of civilization, ex- 
 isted in town at that period. Joe and 
 Molly called several times, at the cabin 
 of Mr. Butler, for cooking utensils and for 
 some kinds of food, for which they ex- 
 
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 pressed their gratitude. Joe died in New- 
 bury, Vt., in 1819, after having been some 
 years a pensioner of the State. 
 
 (2) The fact of tapped maple trees, be- 
 ing found on this hill, is supposed to be 
 the only evidence of Indians having camped 
 here. The trees were not tapped at the 
 season of the year the Royalton raid oc- 
 curred, which was in October. If the trees 
 were tapped by Indians, it was doubtless 
 at some other, and probably earlier period. 
 
 (3) This statement is probably accord- 
 ing to the family tradition, but is believed 
 to be incorrect, as Mr. Marsh, a son of 
 the pioneer, some 20 years ago asserted a 
 claim to a large part of this village, found- 
 ed on this alleged right of his father. But 
 after examination of the records by the 
 lawyers, the claim was abandoned, though 
 at first it caused quite a sensation among 
 the citizens. 
 
 (4) The Councilors being elected by 
 general ticket, and the votes for Council- 
 ors being counted by committee of the 
 General Assembly, Mr. B. might have 
 acted in the Assembly till the official an- 
 nouncement of his election to the Council 
 — probably not after. 
 
 (5) Mr. Sherman was not only one of 
 the worthy pioneers, butwas esteemed one 
 of the most enterprising, public-spirited, 
 substantial citizens. Having built a suit- 
 able house, and for that time a large one, 
 he opened it as a tavern, and kept it open 
 to entertain travelers, many years. He 
 
 , died at a ripe old .age, on the same farm 
 which he took in the state of natural for- 
 est, and left in a good state of improve- 
 ment. By their kind and unwearied at- 
 tentions to the sick and the needy, Mr. 
 and Mrs. Sherman rendered inestimable 
 
 " services to their widely-dispersed neigh- 
 bors. Long may they be held in grateful 
 rernembrance. 
 
 (6) Mr. J. Wright, a brother-in-law of 
 Mr. Sherman, another of the pioneers 
 coming into Waterbury the same year, 
 was one of those sturdy, resolute men of 
 whom not a few followed in the early years 
 of our town. He also was a man of con- 
 siderable note in his time ; lived to an ad- 
 vanced age, and died where he first settled 
 some half century prior. Mr. Sherman 
 and Mr. Wright were the fourth and fifth 
 in the order of time, to seek their fortune 
 and homes for life, in this particular and 
 delightful vale of the Winooski. 
 
 (7) Gen. Peck came from Calais, after 
 a short residence there, to Waterbury, but 
 was a native of Massachusetts. His intel- 
 ligence and good common sense, and his 
 
 social, genial and dignified manner, soon 
 secured him the esteem of all, as a man 
 the people would honor. Many of the 
 offices of the town were conferred on 
 him. He was twice elected its representa- 
 tive. In 1818, he was elected chief judge 
 of the County court. He was high sheriff 
 several years. In 1818, his name was 
 placed on the general tickpt for members 
 of Congress, nominated by the legislative 
 caucus, but, through the powerful but per- 
 sonal opposition of Mr. Van Ness, , who 
 supported Ezra Meach, Gen. Peck was de- 
 feated. He held the oflSce of assessor of 
 U. S. taxes, an appointment by the U. S. 
 government.. As Brig. Gen. of Vt. Mili- 
 tia, he was with his command at the battle 
 of Plattsburgh, Sept. 11, 1814. 
 
 He was elected to the State Council in 
 1826, served through the session of that 
 year, and died December following, aged 
 55, at Burlington, Mass. Having been to 
 Boston on business, and returning home he 
 was suddenly prostrated by sickness and 
 died before any of his family could see and 
 minister to him. His funeral was at- 
 tended in Waterbury by a large concourse 
 of people, anxious to testify their respect 
 to the remains of him whom they had 
 honored while living. 
 
 (8) Dea. Paul Dillingham, a native of 
 Worcester Co., Mass., born Oct., 1759, 
 served 3J years in the war of the Revolu- 
 tion, afterwards settled and lived in Shutes- _ 
 bury, Mass., from which town he came to 
 Waterbury, arriving Mar. 5, 1805, and set- 
 tled a little north-east the Center Village. 
 He continued on the same farm to the 
 time of his death, July, 1848, at the age of 
 nearly 80 years. Dea. D. reared a large 
 family of children, of whom 8 were living 
 when he moved into W. Three sons, 
 Gov. Dillingham, (then in his 6th year,) 
 Holton and Geo. W., are now living. Job, 
 an elder brother, a highly esteemed citizen, 
 and long an exemplary member of the 
 church of which his father was a worthy 
 deacon, and of which his brother George 
 was also deacon at a later period, died 
 Nov., 1866, aged 81 years. 
 
 (9) Mr. James Bryant commenced on 
 the farm now owned by Lewis Clark, 
 north-east the Centre Chapel, in 1793 ; Ste- 
 phen Jones settling 3 or 4 years later on a 
 lot next north of his. Mr. Geo. Scagel 
 began in 1794, where Noah Robinson -re- 
 sides, and lived there to the time of his 
 death at an advanced age. Capt. Jones 
 also lived to an advanced age. Both these 
 last named were many years influential 
 members of the Methodist church and well 
 known citizens. Mr. Bryant died many 
 years previous. 
 
WATERBURY. 
 
 837 
 
 Joshua Hill, one of the first to settle in 
 town, began on that place long known by 
 his name, probably in 1791 ; lived there 
 more than 30 years, but moved to another 
 part of the town some years befdre his 
 death, at a rare old age. Mr. Basford was 
 probably the first to settle on Waterbury 
 river, in that beautiful vale above the mills. 
 He was succeeded by Mr. Calkins, the 
 father of a large family, the most of his 
 children being sons, several of whom built 
 tenements around the mills which were 
 originally built by one of them. Rev. Chas. 
 Calkins. These mills were built about 45 
 years ago, or about 30 years subsequent to 
 the first saw and grist-mill on Thatcher's 
 brook, (the name by which this stream 
 was known as early as 1795,) on which 
 Mill Village now stands. 
 
 About 1802 or 1803, Timothy Claflin, 
 from Croyden, N. H-, moved on to the 
 farm north of the Loomis farm, now owned 
 by Geo. Miles. About 1805 or 6, AbelDe- 
 Wolf, from Conway, Mass., moved onto 
 the farm now owned .by Daniel Stevens. 
 In 1807 or 8, Capt. John DeWolf moved 
 on to farm now owned by Alfred Demerit, 
 built a log-house and a very, nice framed 
 barn, which is now standing. Daniel H. 
 Nelson made a beginning on the north lot 
 in Waterbury, in 1798. Simeon Woolson 
 commenced on the farm now owned by C. 
 S. Wrisley, next south of the Loomis 
 farm, about 1798. Stanton Frink com- 
 menced on the farm where his daughter, 
 Mrs. Smith, now lives, about 1798. David 
 Atkins commenced on the farm now owned 
 inpart byWm. Kneeland, in 1.796. Israel 
 Thatcher commenced on the Godfrey 
 place, so called, about the year 1808, and 
 removed to western New York about 1812. 
 There had been a small improvement on 
 the Broderick farm previous to 1808, when 
 Robert Broderiek moved there and lived 
 there till Aug., 1866, when he died. Sol- 
 omon Newcomb moved on to the farm 
 now owned by Joseph Wheeler, Feb., 
 1809, and lived there till his death in 
 1845 ; there were no buildings of any kind 
 on the farm nor any land cleared. Otis 
 Whitney commenced on the Colby place, 
 so called, in 1807 or 8. Robert Parcher 
 commenced on the farm now owned by C. 
 C. Robinson, the first in that region. 
 
 (10) The following, mainly copied from 
 attested records, will give the reader a 
 satisfactory understanding of the public 
 proceedings leading to the building of the 
 first meeting-house in Waterbury. 
 
 A form of agreement for a building as- 
 sociation was drafted by H. F. Janes, 
 Esq., and was signed by 38 substantial 
 citizens — among them were men of various 
 creeds. As the result of this association 
 
 was important, marking an era in the 
 history of the town, a copy of this agree- 
 ment and the signatures is given as follows : 
 
 " We, the subscribers, inhabitants of 
 Waterbury and vicinity, do hereby volun- 
 tarily associate and agree to form a society 
 by the name of Waterbury Meeting House 
 Society, in Waterbury, for the purpose ot 
 building a Meeting House in said town of 
 W., according to the first section of an Act 
 entitled an Act for the support of the , 
 Gospel, passed Oct. 26, 1798. And it is 
 hereby expressly understood that no tax 
 or assessment is to be imposed on the list 
 of the polls and ratable estate of the per- 
 sons hereby associating, nor any member 
 of said Society be compelled to pay any 
 more towards the building of said Meeting 
 House than he voluntarily consents to. 
 
 In Witness whereof we have hereunto 
 severally set our names. 
 
 Dated Waterbury, this 4th day of April, 
 A. D., 1823. 
 
 Stiles Sherman, Enoch Bean, Amos 
 Deming, Roswell Wells, Heman Sherman, 
 Sylvester Henry, James Smalley, Henry 
 F. Janes, Samuel Dutton, Amasa .Pride, 
 Samuel Parcher, Horace Atkins, William 
 Eddy, Mason Carpenter, Samuel Bryant, 
 Purchis Brown, Nathan T. Barron, Le- 
 ander Hutchins, David Dutton, Ezra P. 
 Butler, Oliver Strickland, Chas. R. Cleaves, 
 George Atkins, Asa Austin, O. W. Drew, 
 Henry Atkins, Cephas Wells, Jotham 
 Robbins, Avery Sherman, Jesse Calkins, 
 JaSon Cady, Jr., Dan Carpenter, O. C. 
 Rood, Warren Murray, James Richardson, 
 Jared George, Sales Hawley, Seth Munson. 
 Waterbury, May j, 1823. 
 
 Waterbury Meeting House Society' met, 
 agreeable to previous notice, at the School 
 House in the first School District in 
 Waterbury, and proceeded to choose Dan 
 Carpenter, moderator; Henry E*. Janes, 
 clerk; and P. Dillingham, Jr., clerk pro 
 tent. 
 
 On motion, Henry F. Janes and O. W. 
 Drew were appointed a committee to re- 
 port By-Laws for the Society by the next 
 meeting of the same. 
 
 On motion. Resolved that a Committee 
 of five be appointed to examine the places 
 in contemplation for setting the Meeting 
 House, the sum for which the land can be 
 obtained, to make a plan of a house, the 
 probable expense of building the same and 
 the terms and manner of payment, and 
 make report to this Society at their next 
 meeting. 
 
 And on nomination, Amasa Pride, Syl- 
 vester Henry, Horace Atkins, Ro.swell 
 Wells and Dan Carpenter were appointed 
 a Committee for the purpose aforesaid. 
 When on motion voted that this meeting 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 stand adjourned to Thursday, the 15th 
 day of instant May, at this place on 6 
 o'clock P. M. A true record of the pro- 
 ceedings. Attest, 
 
 H. F. Janes, Clerk. 
 
 At the next meeting of the Society, the 
 Committee reported By-Laws, after des- 
 ignating the name of the Society, the Offi- 
 cers and their duties. Article 6th reads as 
 follows : 
 
 The First Congregational Society in the 
 town of Waterbury shall have the right to 
 the use and occupancy of the Meeting 
 House when built, in all cases when want- 
 ed by said Society for religious meetings. 
 But when not wanted by said Society for 
 the purpose aforesaid, any other Christian 
 Denomination shall have right to occupy 
 said house for social worship, by making 
 application to some person to be appoint- 
 ed by the Society for that purpose, in said 
 Waterbury, and when more than one de- 
 nomination shall apply for the use of said 
 house at the same time, the first applying 
 shall have the first right. 
 
 Article 7th. The Meeting House shall 
 be opened for Funerals at all times, both 
 on the Sabbath and other days, and the 
 friends of the deceased shall have liberty 
 to invite a minister of any denomination 
 to attend and preach on such funeral oc- 
 casion as they may think proper. These 
 articles were adopted. 
 
 At this meeting, held May 15, 1823, 
 the plan of the house reported ^ by the 
 Committee was adopted ; also tlie loca- 
 tion, though that was afterwards changed 
 by general consent. 
 
 The terms of payment for pews were 
 also adopted at this meeting, and a vote 
 passed to proceed immediately to the sale, 
 by biddipg for choice of pews, the appraised 
 price having been previously affixed to each 
 one on the plan. The names of purchasers 
 were then written on each as sold. At the 
 next meeting of the Society, held June 3d. 
 1823, Roswell Wells was chosen Treasurer. 
 Voted to choose a committee of three to 
 superintend the building : -Amasa Pride, 
 Roswell Wells and Dan Carpenter were 
 chosen said committee. The sale of pews 
 was then proceeded with in the same 
 manner as at the previous meeting. There 
 was another meeting for the sale of pews, 
 June 17, 1823. 
 
 After these several sales, five or six 
 pews remained unsold, the appraised value 
 of which amounted to between $280 and 
 $290. These pews the committee took at 
 their, appraisal, in addition to those they 
 had individually bought. Mr. Pride deed- 
 ed the land for site in consideration of 
 $150. He also deeded a piece of land 
 
 near to this for a mere nominal sum, to 
 enlarge the burying-ground. 
 
 After the dedication of the house, Rev. 
 Charles Calkins supplied the pulpit most 
 of the- time previous to Mr. Warren's 
 coming into town. 
 
 (11) Rev. J. F. Stone was installed Jan . 
 6, 1839; dismissed June 9, 1847. Rev. 
 A. G. Pease began to labor with the 
 church the first of Aug. 1847 ; was in- 
 stalled Sept. 5, 1849 ; dismissed Jan. 26, 
 1853. Rev. C. C. Parker began his labors 
 the first Sabbath in June, 1853; was in- 
 stalled Jan. 7, 1854; dismissed Jan. 16, 
 1867, the dismission taking eflfect after the 
 second Sabbath in March following. 
 
 (12) These were probably the most 
 general and extensive revivals', particularly 
 the last, in the history of the town, and 
 their results, both as respects the number 
 of individuals, and the marked and per- 
 manent influence upon the character of 
 the subjects, and their influence on com- 
 munity generally, are widely felt to this 
 day. Different denominations united in 
 frequent meetings in harmony and com- 
 munion of Christian fellowship, each re- 
 ceiving considerable accessions to their 
 numbers. In the last-mentioned revival 
 the village was chiefly interested, Elders 
 Pier and Foster taking a prominent part 
 in the services of the large meetings held 
 on almost every evening of the week. 
 
 SECOND APPENDIX. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES . 
 
 Daniel Bliss, 1792 ; none, 1793,1831, '35, 
 '49. 'SO- "1,^ ; Ezra Butler, i794-'98, '99- 
 i8o5,'o7 ;Geo. Kennan, 1798, i8o5-'o6,'o8, 
 '10; Asaph Allen, 1809; John Peck, 181 1, 
 '18 ; Sylvester Henry, i8i2-'i3 ; Dan Car- 
 penter, i8i4-'i8, i8i9-'27, '29; Amasa 
 Pride, i827-'28, '32 ; Charles R. Cleaves, 
 1830; Paul Dillingham, Jr., l833-'34, 'n- 
 '40 ; ThaddeusClough, 1836, '46-'47 ; Wm. 
 W. Wells, 1840, '63-'64; Eliakim Allen, 
 1841 ; Henry Douglass, l842-'43 ; William 
 Carpenter, l844-'45 ; Chas. C. Arms, 1848 ; 
 Calvin Blodgett, i8si-'52 ; O. C. Howard, 
 1853; Henry F. Janes, 1854, '61, '62; 
 James Green, 1856 ; John D. Smith, 1857- 
 '58; James M. Henry, 1859-60; William 
 Wells, i86s-'66 ; Ezra B. Fuller, i867-'69 ; 
 Frank E. Ormsby, i869-'7o-'72; George 
 W. Randall, i872-'74; John B. Parker, 
 i874-'76; Wm. P. Dillingham, i876-'78; 
 
WATERBURY. 
 
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 L. H. Haines, i878-'8o ; E. F. Pilmer, 
 i88o-'82. 
 
 OFFICES HELD BY WATERBURY CITIZENS. 
 
 Governors, Ezra Butler, 1826, '27; Paul- 
 Dillingham, 1865, '66. Lieut. Governor, 
 P. Dillingham, 1862, '63, '64. Councillors, 
 Ezra Butler, 1807, '08, '09, '10, ]n, '12,- 
 '15-25; John Peck, 1826; H. F. Janes, 
 1830, '31, '32, '33, '34. Senators, Paul 
 Dillingham, i84i,'42,'6i ;Wm. Carpenter, 
 1848, '49; James Green, 1854, '55; Wm. 
 W. Henry, 1865, '66, '67. Represent- 
 atives in Congress, Ezra Butler, 1813-15 ; 
 H. F. Janes, i834-'37 ; Paul Dillingham, 
 i843-'47; L. B. Peck, native of W., '48- 
 '52. Constitutional Convention, Richard 
 Holden, 1793; Dan. Carpenter, 1814; 
 Ezra Butler, 1^22 ; Luther Cleaves, 1828; 
 Paul Dillingham, Jr., 1836; William Car- 
 penter, 1843 j Eliakim Allen, 1850 ; Paul 
 Dillingham, 1857. Judges of County 
 Court, Ezra Butler,. 1803-25, except the 
 years 1813, '14 and '18 ; John Peck, 1818 ; 
 Dan. Carpenter, from 1827-34 ; Henry 
 Douglass, 1846, '47; E. S. Newcomb, 
 •856, '57. Council of Censors, Ezra Butler, 
 1806; H. F. Janes, 1848 ; Wm. W.Wells, 
 1855. High Sheriffs, John Peck, 1811, 
 '12, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23; L C. Brown, 
 1859, '60. State Treasurer, H. F. Janes, 
 i838-'4o. Senators, Jos. Moody, 1853 ; 
 Wm. P. Dillingham, 1880. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Daniel Bliss, Seth Cole, Calvin Deming, 
 Wm. HoUoway, Joseph Lewis, William 
 Paddock, Stephen Pierce, O. W. Drew. 
 H. H. Basford, C. C. Arms, T. B. Downer, 
 Chas. H. Cleveland, Edward MuUiken, 
 Horace Fales, J. B. Woodward, Lucius 
 Kneeland, H. Janes, E. J. Hall, W. S. 
 Vincent, J. E. Frink, L. H. Thomas, 
 homtEopatist ; B. F. Conant, eclectic; 
 Whi. L. White. 
 
 Physicians IN 1882. — H. Fales, E. G. 
 Hooker, H. Janes, M. Lamb ; eclectic, 
 G. O. Washburne; homoeopathist, A. 
 Morgan ; dentist, 1. T. Wheelock. 
 attorneys. 
 
 Dan. Carpenter, H. F. Janes, Paul Dil- 
 lingham, R. C. Smith, John Dean, Jr., 
 George Gale, Jared S. Demmon, William 
 
 Richardson, J. G. Sherburne, L. Henry, 
 L. L. Durant, Edwin Dillingham, C. F. 
 Clough, Geo. W. Kennedy, E. F. Palmer, 
 T. J. Deavitt, William P. Dillingham, 
 Melville E. Smilie, H. N. Deavitt, Geo. 
 W. Morse. 
 
 CLERGYMEN. 
 
 Advent, 1859, Daniel T. Taylor^ D. 
 Bosworth, Hector Canfield, W'. H. Swartz. 
 Baptists, i8oo, E. Butler; 1827, Samuel 
 Seabury, John Ide, Aaron Angler, Julius 
 P. Hall, S. Gustin, J. J. Crissey, S. F. 
 Brown, Payson Tyler, G.-W. Bixby, L. B. 
 Hibbard, A. N. Woodruff. Free Will 
 Baptists, Samuel Lord, Ira Gray, E. B. 
 Fuller, N. W. Bixby, T. R. Dunn, Cowell, 
 R. M. Minard. ' Universalist, i832-'34, 
 Thomas Browning. 
 
 Methodist Ministers stationed at 
 Waterbury street, from 1835-67: Rev. 
 Orris Pier, 2 years ; R. M. Little, i year; 
 B. M. Hall, 2 years; P. P. Harrower, 2 
 years; J. W. B. Wood, i year; George 
 Whitney, i year; Chas. H. Leonard, i 
 year; John D. White, 2 years; W. M. 
 Chipp, I year ; J. F. Craig, i year ; Hawley 
 Ransom, 2 years; John Kiernan, i year; 
 D. P. Hulbard, 2 years ; Albinus Johnson, 
 I year ; William A. Miller, 2 years ; Thos. 
 Dodgson, I year; J. Phillips, i year; 
 Israel Luce, 2 years ; Richard Morgan, i 
 year; B. Hawley, 2 years; D. B. Mc- 
 Kenzie, 3 years ; H. W. Worthen, 1867 ; 
 since 1867, H. W. Worthen, E. C. Bass, 
 A. B. Truax, W. Underwood, H. A. Bush- 
 nell, A. L. Cooper, Wm. I. Johnson. 
 
 Methodist Ministers stationed at 
 Waterbury Center, or who have preached 
 there during the above period : Revs. H. 
 Foster, M. Townsend, Daniel F. Page, 
 Thomas Kirby, Aaron Hall, Miles Fish, 
 Samuel Hewes, Alexander Campbell, John 
 Haslam, J. S. Mott, C. F. Ford, R. Mc- 
 Elroy, J. A. Canoll, C. C. Bedell, S. M. 
 Merrill, W. H. Tiffany, A. L. Cooper, . 
 H. N. Munger, A. Cox, Robinson, I. 
 Luce, W. R. Puffer, George Whitney, J. 
 M. Puffer. ' 
 
 Baptist Ministers, 1881, '82— Calvin- 
 ist Baptist at Centre, Geo. W. Wilkins ; 
 Free- Will Baptist, S. D.. Church; and 
 Methodist at Centre, Peter Merrill ; Coht 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 gregational, S. H. Wheeler; Roman Cath- 
 oliCj J. Galligan. 
 
 MERCHANTS AND TRADERS FROM THE 
 FIRST SETTLEMENT. 
 
 Tim. Yeomans, Farnsworth, Hartwell, 
 A. Pride, Lebbeus Sherman, Sherman & 
 Pinny, Luther Cleaves, Charles Cleaves, 
 Cleaves & E. Carpenter, D. Carpenter & 
 Cleaves, L. Hutchins & Co., Hutchins & 
 Pride, Carpenter, Cleaves & Co., A. S. 
 Richardson, Hutchins, Wells & Co., D.& 
 W. Carpenter, L. & George W. Hutchins, 
 George W. Hutchins & Co., Lyon, Arms 
 & Co., P. Lyon & Co., Farmers & Me- 
 chanics (at Centre), A. B. Prior, Goss & 
 Hutchins, J. G. Stimson, B. F. Goss, Goss 
 & Delano, S. C. Hutchins, Stimson & 
 Arms,. J. B. Cristy, James Cristy, C. 
 Graves, iron and hardware ; E. G. Scott 
 & Co., protective union store; A. B.Braley, 
 drugs and medicines ; W. H. Woodward, 
 drugs and medicines and books ; Dana & 
 Brooks, clothing; J. D. Smith (Center), 
 D. Tarbell & Co., Foster & Co., S. D. 
 Sturtevant, C. Blodgett, Chandler & Stur- 
 tevant. Chandler & Lamson, W. H. Wood- 
 ward, C. N. Arms, J. G. Stimson, C. & 
 J. S. Graves, hardware; Benjamin Barrett 
 (Center), Goss & Knight, J. F. Lamson, 
 
 D. M. Knights, J. F. Henry, drugs and 
 medicines; Barrett & Oilman (Center), 
 Wells & Arms, W. W. Wells (Center), 
 Leland & Ashley, J. M. Henry & Sons, 
 J. F. Henry&Co., W. J. Sawin, Howden, 
 Colby & Co., N. K. Brown, books; A. 
 Lyon (Centre), A. H. Wells, clothing; 
 L. H. Haines, M. M. Knight, W. H. 
 Ashley, Gros, F. C. Stone & Co., Haines 
 & Richardson, J. W. Moody, books ; .Wy- 
 man & Smith, Geo. Simpson, jeweler; 
 Henry, Johnson & Co., Henry & Co., 
 
 E. D. Scagel, drugs and medicines. 
 
 METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 This church was organized by Elder 
 Stebbins, it is said, about the year 1800, 
 consisting of the following-named indi- 
 viduals : Thomas Guptil , first class-leader, 
 and wife, John Henderson and wife, Tim- 
 othy Parcher and wife, John Jones, David 
 Straw and wife, John Hudson and wife, 
 Joseph Fiske & wife and Simeon Woolson 
 & wife. The year following, Stephen Jones 
 
 and wife, George Scagel (subsequently 
 many years classrleader) , and wife, and 
 Lemuel Lyon and wife were added to the 
 class. These last three men were long- 
 time, prominent members. At later pe- 
 riods, Moses Nelson, Nathan Nelson, 
 Samuel Bryant, Benjamin Fiske and others 
 united and became active members. This 
 church has given t« the ministry of the de- 
 nomination four of its young men, two of 
 whom, Orrin Gregg and Araunah Lyon, are 
 now in the ministry ; Chester Lyon is not 
 living. In 1836 a new church was formed 
 in the, village ; among the first and prom- 
 inent members may be named : John La- 
 throp, Paul Dillingham, C. C. Arms, Wm. 
 Carpenter, A. A. Atherton and A. S. 
 Richardson. 
 
 THE BAPTIST CHURCH, 
 
 formed in 1800, was constituted of few 
 members. The following are the names 
 of some of them : Ezra Butler and wife, 
 Mrs. Densmore, Mrs. Silas Loomis. Dea. 
 David Atkins, Edmund Town, Orrin At- 
 kins and Mercy Nelson (afterwards Mrs. 
 Green), Mrs. E. Town, Mrs. Atkins and 
 Mr. Densmore soon afterunited. Atlater 
 periods. Deacon Paul Dillingham, Deacon 
 Chester Whitney and Guild Newcomb 
 joined. But in 1819, Aug. 6, the church 
 was re-organized, or a new one formed, 
 consisting of the following-named mem- 
 bers : Ezra Butler, pastor ; "Paul Dilling- 
 ham and Chester Whitney, deacons ; Try- 
 phena Butler, Polly W. Whitney, Anna 
 Peck, Isaac Stevens, Richard Kneeland, 
 Guild Newcomb, E. Town, Robert Brod- 
 erick, John Atkins, Temperance Atkins, 
 Mercy Green, Mary Hart, Hannah Dilling- 
 ham, Sally Broderick, Betsey Parcher, 
 Silena Brown. Iii the year following, 
 1820, 22 members were added. Among 
 them the names of the- following male 
 members appear : Job Dillingham, Seth 
 Town, Isaac Marshall, Jr., Arad Worces- 
 ter, C. C. P. Crosby and William Smith. 
 The house of worship built in 1832 was 
 removed, and a new one built in 1859 or 
 i860. 
 
 THE FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH 
 
 was organized about the year 1817 or '18, 
 and included the following named, and 
 
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 perhaps other individuals : Samuel Lord, 
 Deacon Conant, S. Gaskell, Asa Town 
 and wife, Ira Town and wife, Deacon 
 Abner Fuller, John Cotton and wife, and 
 Elisha Town. Elder Bowles took part in 
 the services. Elder Lord was ordained at 
 this time, or soon after, pastor. Elder 
 Lord was born in Barnsted, N. H., 1779; 
 ■ began to preach when quite young in his 
 native town ; afterwards moved to Ver- 
 mont, living several years in Walden, and 
 from that place came to Waterbury in 
 1811, where he spent the remainder of his 
 life of 70 years. Unassuming in his de- 
 portment, he was more desirous of doing 
 good than gaining applause. 
 
 THE ADVENT CHURCH 
 
 was formed in May, 1858 ; about 40 united 
 in this organization. The services were 
 conducted by Elder Joshua V. Himes, who 
 had previously held a series of meetings, 
 continuing several weeks, in the hall of 
 the Washington House. The Advent 
 meeting-house was dedicated in the winter 
 of 1859. 
 
 MILITARY. 
 WAR OF THE REBELLION. 
 
 Eli Ashley, age 24, I 9. 
 
 Jerome Ayer^, 18, B 10, com 2d Lt, June 15, 
 
 (55; wd July i, 64, July 9, 64, Sept. 19, 64. 
 Alfred Y. Ayers, 19, D 10 ; pris June 12, 64 ; 
 
 died at Salisbury. 
 Asa C. Atherton, 24, I 13, sergt; dis Jan. 
 
 IS. 63. 
 D. A. Bickford, 18, A 8 ; died Oct. 6, 62. 
 Robert S. Bickford, 21, B 10. 
 Riley M. Bickford, 24, D 2. 
 H. R. Bickford, 40, D 10 ; died Dec. i, 64. 
 Edmond C. Bragg, 22, G 2 ; . killed at Cold 
 
 Harbor, June 3, 64. 
 James Bragg, 28, G 2 ; deserted Oct. 2, 64. 
 Alonzo Bragg, 26, B 10. 
 James Briggs, 40, B 10; dis May 15, 65. 
 W. F. Brink, 20, D 2 ; re-en Dec. 21, 63. 
 Christoplier B. Brown, 22, D 2. 
 George Brown, 28, Cav. C. 
 C. A. Brown, Cav. C ; pro sgt Nov. I, 64. 
 George Brown, 38, B 10 ; died at Ander- 
 
 sonville, Jujy 26, 64. 
 Thomas Bruitnell, 18,19; corp ; reduced. 
 
 106 
 
 Wm. Bruitnell, 19, D2; wdat Fred'ksbgh. 
 
 H. S. Burley, 39, B 10; died of wn'ds at 
 Cold Harbor, June 20, 64. 
 
 C. E. Bancroft, 32, I 13 ; com ist Lf Sept. 
 23, 62 ; resigned Jan. 8, 63. 
 
 C. W. Brink, 26, I 13; disch Jan. 31, 63. 
 
 Dennis Bissonnette, 30, K 17; wounded. 
 
 Oscar Camp, 28, G 8. 
 
 Frank Carpenter, 17, D 2. 
 
 Michael Carr, 18, Cav. C ; re-en Dec. 28, 63. 
 
 Justin Carter, 23, B 10 ; com 2d lieut. Jan. 
 63 ; resigned Feb. 4^ 64. 
 
 George Center, 24, D 2 ; corp ; wounded 
 at Fredericksburgh ; trans to inv. corps. 
 
 Chas. N. Collins, 16, D 2 ; died Dec. 17, 61. 
 
 Ezra W. Conant, 19, B 10 ; wdNov. 27, 63. 
 
 E. C. Crossett, 18, B 10; wd; dis Feb. 
 i6, 65. 
 
 W. H. Crossett, 18, B 10 ; wd ; re-en in 
 Regs. 
 
 Martin Cane, 18, B 10; died at Danville 
 Jan. 29, 65. 
 
 Patrick Carver, 20, D J. 
 
 Amos Chase, 44, C17 ; lost arm at Weldon 
 R. R., Sept. 30, 64. 
 
 George H. Colby, 19, 2, D; corp ; re-en 
 Dec. 21, 63; wn'ded; disch. Feb. 5, 65. 
 
 James B. Cave, 31, 13, E; re-en, 17, E. 
 
 Jos. B. Conaiit, 21, Cij ; died Apr. 12, 63. 
 
 James Crawford, 22, I 13. 
 
 S. E. Cree, 21, I13. 
 
 Ransom ChaflFee, 25, A 2 ; drafted. 
 
 William Clark, 24, D 2. 
 
 Albert Deline, 25, D 2. 
 
 John Deline, 25, E 7; dis Oct. 15, 62. 
 
 Charles Dillingham, 24, D 2 ; com capt. 
 May 22, 61; maj. 8th, Jan. 18, 62; Lt.- 
 col. Dec. 24, 62 ; resigned Dec. 12, 63. 
 
 Edwin Dillingham, 23, B 10 ; capt Aug. 4, 
 62 ; maj. Jan. 17, 64 ; killed at Winches- 
 ter, Sept. 19, 64. 
 
 Daniel Dalley, B 10; transferred to D. 
 
 Ed. H. Dana, 32, B 10; wd Nov. 31, 64. 
 
 Richard Dodge, 40, K 17. 
 
 Thomas F. Dwyer, 30, B 10. 
 
 Oliver W. Davis, 28, C 15. 
 
 Joseph H. Demeritt, 21, I 13. 
 
 H. A. Demmon, 42, I 13 ; trans to C Oct. 
 II, 62. 
 
 Henry Dillingham, — , E 17 ; di'd J'ly 13, 64. 
 
 G. W. Farnham, 23, D 2 ; des before leav- 
 ing State. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Patrick Flaherty, 34, D 2 ; dis Dec. 18, 62. 
 Wilber Foster, 21, D 2; dis Oct. 20, 62. 
 J. D. Freeman, 2i, B 10; wd July 9, 64. 
 Augustus Fisher, 22, I 13. 
 Daniel N. French, 28, I 13. 
 Martin E. French, — , I 13; wounded. 
 Benjamin Gonio, A 7 ; des Sept. 27, 64. 
 Isaac Godfrey, 22, B 10 ; wd at Cedar Cr'k, 
 • Oct. 19, 64. 
 
 Jacob Godfrey, 19, B 10; dis May 13, 65. 
 T. C. Godfrey, 31, D 2; dis June 2, 62. 
 
 Rein, 23, C 17. 
 
 Warren C. Oilman, 29, D 2 ; corp ; red'cd 
 
 to ranks. 
 Chas. C. Gregg, 21, D 2; com 2d lieut 
 
 May 22, 61 ; dis service July 22, 62. 
 Allen Greeley, 20, B 10; died July i, 64; 
 
 wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. 
 Quincy A. Green, — , B 10; wd at Cold 
 
 Harbor; pro sergt April ii, 65. 
 Almon D. Griffin, — , ist 8 S F music. 
 Emery Guptil, 18, D 5 ; re-enlis'd ; wn'ded. 
 Joseph Gabarie, 33, K 17. 
 Hamilton Glines, 40, B 10 ; wn'd at Cold 
 
 Harbor, Va. ; died June 18, 64. 
 Lyman Godfrey, 25, C 15 ; re-en into 17 C ; 
 
 died at Salisbury, Oct. 2, 64. 
 Nobles Godfrey, 25, C 17. 
 William Goodwin, 34, K 17. 
 Edmond Guinan, — ^ 3d_ Battery. 
 Charles C. Guptil, 21, I 13 ; re-en 3d Bat; 
 sgt ; red Sept. i, 64 ; pro corp Oct. i, 64. 
 Lorenzo B. Guptil, 22, I 13 ; re-en 17 K ; 
 
 corporal. 
 Milo K. Gray, 22, I 13. 
 H. H. Griswold, 19, I 13; corp; red'cd; 
 
 pro sergt ; re-en 17 E ; sergt. 
 Darius A. Gray, 21, E 6; drafted. 
 Ira S. Gray, 24, D 5 ; killed at Savage Sta- 
 tion, June 29, 62. 
 Horace Griffith, 18, K 17. 
 Chas. A. Hutchins, — , E 17; re-en Feb. 
 
 IS, 64. 
 William H. Hutchins, 19, K 17. 
 George Hakey, 18, K 17. 
 Fred A. Hart, 25, D 2. 
 Willis Hawley, 18, K 17; corporal. 
 George S. Henry, 19, K 17 ; corporal. 
 J. Edwin Henry, 25, K 17 ; com 2d lieut 
 Sept. 22, 64 ; kdatPetersb'gh, Apr. 2, 65. 
 Isaac Harris, Jr., 35, C 15 ; dis June 19, 63. 
 Leonard Hart, — , C 15. 
 
 Chas. O. Humphrey, 23, I 13 ; corporal. 
 
 Frank S. Henry, 20, K 17. 
 
 William Hall, 26, D 2 ; re-en Dec, 21, 63 ; 
 
 deserted Feb. 7, 64. 
 Alonzo Hart, 37, D 2 ; dis Feb. 10, 63. 
 Frank Hart, 18, D 2 ; re-en April jg, 64; 
 
 corporal. 
 Martin L. Henry, 19, Cav C ; re-enls'td 4th 
 
 Hancock Corps. 
 Wilbur E. Henry, 20, K 17 ; pro'2d lieut 
 
 July 2, 65. 
 Wm. W. Henry, 30, D 2 ; com ist lieut 
 May 22, 61 ; raaj lotb, Aug. 26, 62 ; It. 
 col Oct. 17, 62 ; col April 26, 64 ; brevet 
 brig gen March 9, 65 ; wd Cold Harbor 
 May, 64; res Dec. 17, 64. 
 Daniel J. Hill, 31, CavC; sergt; wd at 
 
 Getty sburgh ; trans to invalid corps. 
 George W. Hill, 44, G 4; dis June 3, 62. 
 Julius F. Hill, S S 2 ; trans to Inv. Corp. 
 James O. Hovey, 20, D 2 ; re-en Dec. 21 63. 
 George Hubbard, 22, D 2 ; re-en Jan i, 63 ; 
 
 killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64. 
 Robert Hunkins, 22, D 2; re-en Jan 31, 
 
 63 ; killed at Wilderness, May 5, 64. 
 Mason Humphrey, N. H. 5 ; com'; killed 
 
 at Cold Harbor, Va., June 64. 
 Frank Huntley, 18, D 2 ; corp ; deserted at 
 
 Antietam, Sept. 62. 
 Benjamin L. Hawley, 22, H 17. 
 H. D. Hutchins, D 2. 
 Henry Janes, 29, com surg 3d, June 24, 6i ; 
 surg U S V, March 26, 63 ; brev lieut 
 col U S V, March 13, 65. 
 John Jerome, 32, B 10 ; dis April 16, 63 ; 
 
 re-en K 17. 
 Allen Jewett, 18, G 4; dis March 2, 62. 
 Marcellus B. Johnson, 21, G 4; died Oct. 
 7, 62, of wd rec'd Sept. 15, 62, at South 
 Mountain. 
 John P. Jones, 18, ES; re-en Jan 5, 64; 
 
 promoted corporal July 5, '64. 
 William Jones, 25, E 8 ; missed in action 
 
 June 14, 63. 
 Daniel Jones, 29, E 1 1 ; lost arm at Win- 
 chester, Sept. 19, 64. 
 James W. Jones, 35, B 10; wdf and dis 
 
 May IS, 65. 
 Edwin Joslyn, 17, S S E 2 ; died July .11,62. 
 Edward Kirby, 22, A 7 ; must out August 
 
 30. 64. 
 Leander Kirby, 18, H 13. ' 
 
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 John D. Kellogg, I 13 ; dis Nov. 28, 62. 
 Charles B. Lee, 32, B 10 ; died in 63. 
 Sayles Locke, 28, D^2 ; died Apr. 26, 62. 
 James Linnehen, 44, D 5 ; mustered out 
 
 June 29, 65, 
 A. J. Loomis, 34, B 10. 
 Charles Lapage, K 17. 
 James Madigan, 18, I 9 ; des Jan. 19, 63. 
 ■ Henry L. Marshall, 24, B 10 ; corp ; wd at 
 
 Cold Harbor, June i, 64. 
 Ira A. Marshall, 38, D 2 ; dis July 16, 62. 
 Paul W. Mason, Jr., 18, C Cav; lost arm 
 
 at Gettysburgh. 
 Dexter Moody, 27, B 10. 
 Hartwell Moody, 31, D 2; 
 Samuel Morey, 23, D 2. 
 Michael Morrisey, 18, G 2 ; re-enlisted, in 
 
 Cowan's Battery. 
 Lucian M. Murray, 21, G 4 ; diedNov. 8, 62. 
 John Martin, 21, Bat 3. 
 Dennis Martin, 18, H 6; re-en Mar. i, 64. 
 Pliny H. Moffatt, 21, C Cav; re-en Dec. 
 
 28, 63 ; pro sergt Nov. 19, 64; pro com 
 
 sergt Jan. 21, 65 ; transferred to Co. D. 
 James W. Marshall, 35, I 13 ; corporal. 
 Thomas Morway, 29, H 13. 
 Patrick Martin, H 6. 
 Charles Moody, 21, K 17. 
 John McCafFery, A 6. 
 Walter H. Nelson, 18, B 10; wd Nov. 27, 
 
 63, June I, 64. 
 John O'Connor, 18, I 4. 
 Pat. O'Connor, 16, K 17; music. 
 Tabor H. Parcheri 24, B lo ; corp ; dis 
 
 July 6, 64. 
 Edwin Parker, 18, B 10 ; corporal. 
 Henry F. Parker, 21, D 2; dis May 29, 62. 
 Edward N. Phelps, 22, 1 9 ; corp reduced ^ 
 
 transferred to Veteran Corps. 
 Henry C. Phillips, 26, C Cav; sergt red; 
 
 promoted sergt. 
 Carlos Prescott, 23,' D. 2 ; dis July 24, 62 ; 
 
 died of disease contracted in service. 
 Leroy Prescott, 19, I 13. 
 L. L. Pollard, 25, G 3 ; drafted. 
 Homer Ruggles, 27, F i ; re-en in Cav C ; 
 
 wd ; pro corp Nov. 18, 61 ; sergt. 
 George G. Rice, 18, 10 G; died at Alex- 
 andria, before joining regt. 
 Winslow C. Rollins, 26, D 2, des from gen 
 
 hospital 1865. 
 George Ray, D 5. 
 
 Alva Rowell, 26, I 13 ; re-en ; killed at 
 Wilderness. 
 
 Curtis C. Sleeper, 19, C 2 ; discharged 
 Nov. I, 62 ; wd June 29, 62. 
 
 Timothy T. Sleeper, 32, D 2 ; corp ; dis . 
 Feb. 5, 63 ; died Oct. n, 63, of disease 
 contracted in service. » 
 
 Charles Smith, 45, B 10 ; transferred to 
 Invalid Corps, July i, 63. 
 
 Clifford Smith, 21, A 7; re-en; deserted 
 Sept. 27, 64. 
 
 Geo. E. Smith, 19, D 2 ; wd at Wilderness. 
 
 Jerry Smith, 26, A 7 ; re-en, and deserted 
 Sept. 27, 64. 
 
 William H. Stimson, 24, C3,'Jan. 29, 62 ; 
 dis Feb. 3, 63 ; wd June 29, 62. 
 
 Horatio G. Stone, 19, D 2 ; died of wds 
 received at Wilderness, May 4, 64. 
 
 John Stone, M Cav ; saddler. 
 
 Willard S. Stone,' 24, D 2 ; killed at Wil- 
 derness, May 5, 64. 
 
 John W. Sawyer, 29, B 10 ; deserted at 
 Brattleboro, May 23, 64. 
 
 Calvin E. Seaver, 27, I 13 ; wd at Gettys- 
 burgh, July 3, 63. 
 
 Ilerschall F. Smith, 26, I 13. 
 
 William C. SmitSi, 18, I 13. 
 
 William D. Smith, 22, I 13. 
 
 Orvand A. Stone, 32, I 13. 
 
 John R. Slocum, 9. 
 
 Wayland A. Strong, 22, K 17. 
 
 Frank Stearns, 18, C 17; died Jan. 6, 64, 
 of wds received in action May 12, 64. 
 
 Edward Taylor, 18, B 10. 
 
 Lucian D. Thompson, 31, B 10; com 2d 
 lieut Aug. 4, 62 ; ist lieut Co. G, Dec. 
 27, 62; capt Co. D, June 17, 64; killed 
 at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 64. 
 
 George Tatro, 28, B 10 ; died Dec. 28, 64. 
 
 Burton C. Turner, 18, D 2 ; diedNov. 5, 64. 
 
 Chauncy Turner, 20, D 2 ; drafted. 
 
 Joseph Tate, D 5. 
 
 John Toban, D 5. 
 
 Edward \^ells, 25, 5 ; band ; dis Feb. 20,62. 
 
 Edwin H. Wells, 22, K 17. 
 
 Henry Wells, 25, A 7 ; died Aug. 9, 62. 
 
 William Wells, 23, C Cav ; com ist lieut 
 Co. C, Oct. 14, 61 ; capt Nov. 18, 61 ; 
 maj Oct. 30, 62 ; col June 4, 64 ; brev" 
 brig gen Feb. 22, 65 ; brig gen May 19, 
 65 ; brev maj gen ; wd July 6, 62, Sept. 
 I3> 63. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 George I Wilson, D 2. 
 Henry M. Wood, 18, E, 8 ; died Sept. 13,63. 
 Wm. M. Wood, 19, E8 ; died July 14, 63. 
 Sidney H. Woodward, 18, B 10 ; wd at 
 
 Cold Harbor^ June i, 65 ; pro corporal 
 
 Apr. I, 64. 
 Benjamin F. Wright, 18, D 2. 
 George S. Woodward, 22^, C Cav ; killed 
 
 Apr. 3, 63. 
 Ira S. Woodward, 18, B lo ; wd at Cold 
 
 Harbor, June 3, 63. 
 Wm. Woodard, 19, B 10; wd at Cold 
 
 Harbor, June i, 64. 
 Chas. B. Wooster, 23, K 3 ; dis Oct. 30, 62. 
 Hiram P. Wright, 28, C Cav; wd himself. 
 Jacob Wrisley, 19, D 2; re-en Jan. 21, 64. 
 LibertyWhite,44, B 10; trans to In. Corps. 
 Alexander Warden, 21, D 2; discharged; 
 
 re-enlisted into sth. 
 Wm. C. Woodruft, 26, 1 13. 
 Wm. A. Wooster, 24, I 13. 
 Charles S. Wrisley, 28, C 15. 
 John W. York, 21, D 2 ; re-en color bearer 
 
 for Gen. Wright commanding 6tli corps. 
 Hiram Young, 44, Bio; committed suicide 
 
 June 26, 64. 
 Jos. E. Young, 36, B 10; wd at.Spottsyl- 
 
 vania. 
 Geo. W. York, 33, K 2 ; drafted ; died of 
 
 wds received at Wilderness, May 5, 64. 
 
 PAPEES rUKNISHBD BY BCSSELL BHTLKU, ESQ. 
 
 LEADING TOPICS FIFTY YEARS AGO. 
 
 Upon the review of the events of about 
 half a century ago, we find some remark- 
 able coincidences. Within a very few 
 years before, and subsequent, was a time 
 of extensive religious revivals in many 
 parts of our country and in this town. 
 At about the same time, temperance, anti- 
 slavery, and anti-masonry became subjects 
 of great public interest, and whether these 
 were all kindred in character with the reli- 
 gious movement or not, they alfseemed to 
 be supported on the principle of public 
 morals. Each had its period of novelty 
 and excitement, each its time of calm dis- 
 cussion, and each its decline in the public 
 interest. What is most remarkable is 
 their near contemporariness. Perhaps no 
 time in history before or since, have all 
 these subjects simultaneously so deeply 
 
 engaged the public mind, nor is it proba- 
 ble they will ever again so occupy the 
 public mind of our community, till some 
 generations have passed away and new 
 combinations of circumstances occur. The 
 public mind acting as a whole is subject to 
 the same laws as the individual mind; 
 when it has thoroughly canvassed a sub- 
 ject and formed a deliberate decision, it is, 
 disposed to- rest in that decision as entirely 
 satisfactory, if no new, valid opposite evi- 
 dence is adduced. The man who has 
 viewed the temperance or the slavery ques- 
 tion in their different aspects, and made 
 his verdict deliberately, does not care to 
 review or pass through his experiences a 
 second time. R. B. 
 
 ANTI-SLAVERY. 
 
 The New England Anti-Slavery move- 
 ment, led by William Lloyd Garrison, was 
 formally organized in Boston, Jan. 6, 1832, 
 and followed by a National Anti-Slavery 
 Society in Philadelphia, December I833. 
 Anti-slavery principles soon found friends 
 and advocates in Waterbury, and by the 
 circulation of papers and the labors of lec- 
 turers, became a strong moral force in the 
 community. The movement was opposed 
 for a time as a disturbing element in politics, 
 though not then a party organization, as 
 it became to some extent, later. As evi- 
 dence of the zeal and liberality of Water- 
 bury Abolitionists, it may be stated that 
 upon a call of the State Society for pecu- 
 niary aid, in 1839, one of the delegates 
 pledged $100 from Waterbury and Dux- 
 bury, to be raised within the year. This, 
 'was one twentieth of the amount asked 
 from the State, and was the highest sum 
 pledged' by any town. When the paper 
 was circulated in Waterbury, two individ- 
 uals subscribed $100 each, while smaller 
 contributions in both toVvns increased the 
 sum to nearly $500, more than one-fifth of 
 the entire sum called for. At that time 
 $100 contributed for the sole purpose of 
 helping to create public sentiment in behalf 
 of a philanthropic cause, was a large sum ; 
 and the citizens whose liberality deserves 
 mention in a history of these times are 
 Amasa Pride and Erastus Parker. They 
 
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 were men ever ready to help a cause that 
 they believed worthy of support. 
 All the subscriptions were paid. 
 
 ANTI-MASONRY. 
 
 After a lapse of 50 years since the origin 
 of Anti-masonry, and 40 years since its 
 disappearance in political discussions, 
 most people of the present time are little 
 acquainted with its history. With no pur- 
 pose of discussing its merits, or demerits, 
 we cannot as chroniclers of the town do 
 less than to refer to this chapter of its po- 
 litical history, no more to be suppressed or 
 omitted than any other matter equally po- 
 tent in its influence on the public mind. 
 
 Anti-masonry as a question of morals, 
 human rights, or political expediency, had 
 no little influence upon the affairs of its 
 period. So long time has passed, that the 
 reader will wish for some account of its 
 rise, growth and decadence. 
 
 Anti-masonry, as known in this century 
 and in this country, originated in Western 
 New York, in the autumn of 1826. It was 
 currently reported in the summer of that 
 year, that William Morgan of Batavia, a 
 brick-layer and stone mason, in conjunc- 
 tion with David C. Miller, a printer of the 
 same place, was about to pub}ish a book 
 disclosing the secrets of the Masonic Or- 
 der. It was well known that Morgan was 
 a Mason. These reports caused an imme- 
 diate excitement among the Masons, and 
 an effort was made to suppress the book, 
 first by an unsuccessful attempt to obtain 
 the manuscript. Following this, the print- 
 ing office took fire in a way indicating the 
 work of an incendiary. Miller was arrested 
 Sept. 12, on a warrant issued by a justice 
 in Le Roy ; and on the night of the same 
 day, after 9 o'clock, Morgan disappeared. 
 He has not been seen by family or friends 
 since. Many circumstances of his abduc- 
 tion, and the route over which he was 
 taken, have been proved in courts of jus- 
 tice, but with no positive evidence of his 
 final disposal. The general belief is that 
 no mortal man has seen him alive since the 
 night of Sept. 19, 1826. 
 
 When the fact and these circumstances of 
 his abduction became known, the excite- 
 
 ment was intense. As there had long been 
 among the uninitiated a sort of mysterious 
 awe of the Order numbering in its ranks so 
 many eminent men, these startling devel- 
 opments, following in close succession, 
 tended still further to increase the mystei'y. 
 The governor of New York, if not the offi- 
 cial head, was of high rank in the Order; 
 and as the investigation proceeded, it was 
 found that most of the important offices of 
 counties and towns were filled by masons. 
 Judges, sheriffs and justices of peace had 
 in a manner control of courts. These .dis- 
 closures intensified the excitement wherev 
 it began, and extended it far and wide in 
 other states. 
 
 The extent and power of the Anti-Ma- 
 sonic party can hardly be realized by those 
 who have not seen the public mind arous- 
 ed upon a subject affecting the vital inter- 
 ests of the people.- 
 
 We have given this summary sketch of 
 the formation of the Anti-Masonic party, 
 avoiding all particulars not essential for 
 an understanding of the public mind. 
 There were suspicions and even charges 
 that the secrets of the order interfered 
 with the purposes of justice. If this were 
 true, the remedy lay in selecting others 
 than Masons to make and administer the 
 laws. 
 
 We may presume this to be the funda- 
 mental idea of political Anti-Masonry. 
 
 If the exclusion of Masons from office 
 were necessary to secure justice in what 
 was known as the Morgan trials, it was 
 thought that similar cases might. exist out- 
 side of the "infected district" of New 
 York. This principle of excluding Ma- 
 sons from office was naturally denounced 
 as illiberal and proscriptive ; but Anti- 
 Masons met this charge with the state- 
 ment that all parties are in their nature 
 proscriptive. They became powerful in 
 many States, and in our own State and 
 town were dominant for several years. 
 The reader is referred to the history of 
 several northern States from 1828 to 1835 i 
 to legislation upon extra judicial oaths; 
 and the action of various Masonic bodies ; 
 for the action of the order in this county, 
 to the recent history of Montpelier. 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Comparing it with the present condition 
 of masonry, he will wonder at its recuper- 
 ative power, and find the event worthy his 
 study. 
 
 MILLERISM. 
 
 About 1839, William Miller, the great 
 preacher of the Second Coming of Christ, 
 delivered a course of lectures in Water- 
 bury. From diligent study of the Scrip- 
 tures, particularly of Daniel and the 
 Revelations, he became convinced that 
 Christ's second coming and the end of the 
 world would occur in 1843. 
 
 Mr. Miller appeared to be a man of ex- 
 tensive reading, at least in matters relating 
 to his subject ; and his zeal and apparent 
 candor gave weight to his arguments. The 
 subject was not a new one to careful read- 
 ers of the Bible ; but his presentation of 
 it, with a definite time for its occurrence, 
 was both new and startling. Multitudes 
 flocked to hear him. The train of his 
 reasoning was unusual, and few men were 
 prepared to meet him on ground with 
 which he was so familiar. [Ludlow his- 
 tory has an interesting paper on two of its 
 citizens who took up his challenge for pub- 
 lic discussion and met him ; see hereafter 
 in the Windsor County Vol. — Ed.] Mr. 
 Miller's hearers were numbered by thou- 
 sands, and he gained many followers. 
 Though the great event predicted so con- 
 fidently did not occur, his presentation of 
 Adventism did not pass away without influ- 
 ence upon the evangelical churches of that 
 or the present day. Many good church 
 members, shaken in their former faith and 
 disappointed in their expectations, sought 
 a substitute as best they might. Few, if 
 any, lapsed into unbelief, though without 
 doubt the religious views of many were 
 greatly modified. To us, a history of 
 Waterbury would seem incomplete without 
 recognition of the Second Advent move- 
 ment and its effect. 
 
 The preaching and publication of Mr. 
 Miller's views had been so wide-spread, 
 that large numbers of believers were look- 
 ing for the great event. In Waterbury, 
 scores watched and waited for the second 
 coming of the Lord. We are not surprised 
 at the excitement that attends the burning 
 
 of a vessel, a theatre, or a city ; yet many 
 cannot realize how large numbers of peo- 
 ple should be so intensely wrought upon 
 by the expectation of an event of whose 
 approach there were no visible signs. 
 After the lapse of forty years, when nearly 
 all of those who were so moved by Mr. 
 Miller have passed away, many may won- 
 der at the credulity of sensible and intelli- 
 gent persons who accepted his interpreta- 
 tion of prophecy. It is, however, a matter 
 of history. 
 
 LYCEUM AND LIBRARY. 
 
 The coming of the Colby family into 
 town was an acquisition to society in 
 other than business relations. The senior 
 brother immediately became interested in 
 planning a lyceum for the entertainment and 
 culture of the young. He was seconded by 
 the active labors of his mother, sister, and 
 brothers. Their efforts resulted in large 
 and enthusiastic gatherings, with many 
 participants in the exercises which were so 
 varied as to sustain a constant interest in 
 their weekly meetings. There were occa- 
 sional lectures from entertaining and com- 
 petent speakers ; carefully prepared de- 
 bates, declamations by the youngsters ; 
 and most interesting of all, the papers 
 which were supported by contributions 
 from all, and read by ladies. 
 
 The lyceum became a complete success, 
 and continued so several years. One or 
 two seasons created such s. furor scribendi, 
 and such a demand for reading, that an 
 association was formed, and a selection of 
 books made by a competent committee. 
 About 500 vols, were purchased. At the 
 end of 2 years, the lyceum celebrated its 
 success by a public entertainment and pic- 
 nic on the banks of the Winooski, march- 
 ing to the ground in a grand procession, 
 with an array of banners, bearing the 
 assumed names of the principal writers for 
 the paper. Among the exercises was the 
 reading of one of Julia Wallace Hutchins' 
 poems by Rev. C. C. Parker, of blessed 
 memory, not long since passed to his re- 
 ward of heavenly rest. 
 
 The library was increased to over 600 
 volumes, and for 10 or 12 years was highly 
 esteemed ; but after the novelty of the first 
 
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 few years had worn away, the very inex- 
 pensiveness of its advantages seemed to 
 duninish its usefulness, since some esti- 
 mate value only by cost. Yet even now 
 after 25 years, there are several hundred 
 of the books in the care of George W. 
 Kennedy as assistant librarian. This, 
 together with the Agricultural Library, 
 aided by the town or public-spirited indi- 
 viduals, might form the. basis of a new one 
 which would be of great value to the town. 
 This much for the lyceum and library 
 of a quarter of a century ago. The writer 
 feels that their influence on the intelligence 
 and culture of our people should not be 
 forgotten. 
 
 [Julia Wallace, author of * ' Earth's 
 Angels," written some'25 or 30 years since, 
 often reprinted, a favorite with the public, 
 is a native of Duxbury, which adjoins Wa- 
 terbury. The years of her childhood were 
 spent at the paternal home, on an isolated 
 mountain, afar from neighbors, very soli- 
 itary. 
 
 Bred with the elements, in her first poe- 
 try — for a Montpelier paper — she sings of 
 sunset skies, "painted and gilded," "the 
 broad arch where starry armies throng" — 
 she tells us what she " loves" — 
 
 "■ Tbt! lightning's flasli, its dazzling cliain 
 When the black thunder cloud is rent in twain ; 
 The storm's dark drapery in sombre fold 
 Glittering with sparkles of electric gold. 
 
 The vivid flash, the broad bright flash, I love 
 Showing the earth beneath, the heavens above. 
 As if the flame-winged messengers of power 
 Glance on their errands through the tempest-hour.^' 
 
 We heard her recite this old, old poem. 
 ' We heard her describe this mountain 
 home most graphically a few days since : 
 ** No Duxbury house in sight, but over the 
 river, Waterbury village beyond, that 
 looked like a Paradise ; Governor Butler's 
 house and farms ; Governor Dillingham's 
 residence ; the beautiful cemetery ; all dis- 
 tinctly seen, from our little house on the 
 Duxbury mountain. You must have my 
 ".Earth's Angels" for Duxbury^ — that be- 
 longs to Duxbury, which has her history, 
 — though no one has yet arisen to write 
 it; but there will." 
 
 By our author's rule, " Athenwood" be- 
 
 longs to Waterbury; It was written here, 
 read at that old Lyceum so pleasantly dp- 
 scribed by our venerable historian, Mr. 
 Butler, and we think we must break in on 
 his pages and lay it here at the foot of 
 the old " Lyceum and Library."] 
 
 ATHENWOOD. 
 
 A LEGEND OF ST. MINNIE. 
 
 Were you ever in Montpelier? 
 
 Not that fine old town of France, 
 But a fair Green Mountain village, 
 
 Young for legend or romance. 
 
 Brave and hardy are the people 
 Of our Northern State frontier; 
 
 So aflBi-mcd a bold invader,* 
 And the knowledge cost him dear. 
 
 Firm in Doric strength and beauty 
 
 Stands their Capitol; its dome 
 Look4ng down upon a river 
 
 Something like the stream of Rome. 
 
 Winding through the verdant valley, 
 
 Like a shaken silver chain. 
 Flows the mountain-born Winooski 
 
 To the beautiful Champlaln. 
 
 But we follow not hia current, 
 
 For the theme will bid us stay 
 *Mong the hills that nurse his torrent, 
 
 Near the Capitol, to-day. 
 
 Just across the sparkling river, 
 Where yon hill-road winds away. 
 
 Lightly lifts the graceful elm-tree 
 Many a slender, waving spray. 
 
 Where the tiny song-birds rally. 
 Chirping ttom their leafy screen. 
 
 And the mountain breezes dally, ' 
 Coming down a bright ravine. 
 
 There, above the village murmur. 
 
 And the din of mill and forge, 
 Stands an artistes quiet dwelling. 
 
 In the green and narrow gorge. 
 
 On U sultry day of summer 
 Sank beneath the wayside tree. 
 
 One who sighed, in foreign' accent, 
 "Mary Mother, pity met " 
 
 'Twas a sad and weary w>}man, 
 
 With a child- of tender years; 
 On her feet ilie soil of travel, 
 
 On her face the stain of tears. 
 
 Surely she can toil no farther 
 *Neath the bright, unpltylng sky; 
 
 But for that sweet, patient Infant, 
 It were well that she should die I 
 
 Hers had been a happy bridal 
 
 In a distant father-laud ; 
 Hers a husband, brave and noble. 
 
 Firm, yet gentle, hopefUl bland. 
 
 Tyranny proclaimed him rebel. 
 For a patriot heart had he; 
 
 They, in want, had fled from peril- 
 He was buried in the sea. 
 
 * Sir John Burgoyne. 
 
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 In her land of crOBS and convent. 
 Sweet Madonna, pale and fair,. 
 
 Shrine of saint or tomb of martyr, 
 Wins the stricken soul to prayer. 
 
 Now she scans that peaceful cottage- 
 Gray its walls and sloping eaves- 
 Lifting up Its modest gables. 
 Carved in pendant oaken leaves ; 
 
 Rustic porch, vrith open portal, 
 
 Arched windows, diamond pane- 
 Sure It bore no slight resemblance 
 To some humble rural fane. 
 
 Was It not a wayside chapel. 
 
 Built in form of holy cross? 
 Was it hermitage? or dwelling? 
 
 Long she mused, and much at loss, 
 
 / 
 Till an organ-tone came swelling 
 
 On the silent' summer air; 
 Quick she mounts the rocky terrace. 
 
 Lifts her child from stair to stair. 
 
 In the softly shaded parlor 
 
 Minnie had sat down to play 
 Hopeful hymns that cheered her husband— 
 
 These should while the hours away. 
 
 On she played and sang, unheeding 
 Her who on the threshold stood, 
 ' Dreaming of an old cathedral 
 Far beyond the ocean-flood. 
 
 Through the curtain came the sunlight 
 
 With a crimson-tinted ray; 
 So it fell, from storied window. 
 
 Where in youth she kneeled to pray. 
 
 ]>fear her stood a slender table, 
 Fair tile Parian vase upon't, 
 
 Quaintly carved from antique sculpture- 
 Was It not a marble font? 
 
 On the walls hung glowing pictures— 
 ** Autumn scenery," richly wrought. 
 
 Graceful forms and gentle features — 
 Not the haloed head she sought. 
 
 When the soaring anthem ended, 
 Timidly she moved to say, 
 "Lady, please. Is It a chapel? 
 I have need to rest and pray." 
 
 Oh, not utterly mistaken 
 Was that sln^ple, fervent heart; 
 
 Less than only Heaven's own altar 
 Is the shrine of Love and Art. 
 
 Minnie placed a conch with pillows, 
 
 Offering rest and sweet relief; 
 Spoke as woman speaks to woman 
 
 In her trial-hour of grief. 
 
 Bringing food, the cup of water, 
 Covering for the sunburned child. 
 
 Laughed the winsome little creature- 
 Sweet the wayworn pilgrim smiled. 
 
 " Sow my weary heart Is lighter; 
 Mary Mother heard my plaint— 
 If I found no priestly altar, 
 Surely I've not missed a saint." 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL LETTER FROM A. G. PEASE. 
 
 Born at Canaan, Conn., February, 18II ; 
 the family moved to Charlotte, Vt. Nov., 
 1826: My father, Salmon Pease, was born 
 at Norfolk, Conn., June 14, 1783. My 
 mother, Matilda Huntington, was born at 
 Ashford,.Conn., Dec. 30, 1780; there were 
 9 sons and one daughter, four of the sons 
 and the daughter still living. I graduated 
 at the University of Vermont in I837 ; at 
 Andover, 1841 ; ordained and settled at 
 Pittsford, June, 1842 ; married to Anne 
 Page, daughter of Dea. William Page of 
 Rutland, Oct. 18, 1842; went to Water- 
 bury, July, 1847; installed 1849; went to 
 Norwich, July, 1853; installed January, 
 1855 ; I supplied at Poultney and Royal- 
 ton, from October, 1845, when I left Pitts- 
 ford, until going to Waterbury. After 
 leaving Waterbury, I preached 3 months 
 by invitation in the iirst Congregational 
 church in Quincy, 111. 
 
 My health failed the summer of 1855, 
 and I have had no charge since. We have 
 had 5 daughters, of whom 3 are living, 
 and 3 sons, all living. 
 
 Rutland, Sept. 17, 1876. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL LETTER FROM REV. CHAS. 
 CARROLL PARKER. 
 
 Was born in Underbill, Sept. 26, 1814; 
 son of Edmond (b. in Richmond, N. H.), 
 son of Reuben, son of Benjamin, son of 
 John, son of John, son of Dea. Thomas 
 Parker, who settled in Reading, Mass., 
 about 1635, where the four preceding were 
 born ; name of mother, Hepzibah Curtis, 
 daughter of John Curtis, of Dudley, Mass. ; 
 lived with father until nearly twenty-one, , 
 working on his and neighboring farms; 
 went to school 3 months in summer from 
 five to nine, and 3 months in winter, from 
 seven to eighteen ; began to teach school 
 at nineteen, and taught the 8 following win- 
 ters ; fitted for college at Jericho Academy, 
 Bradford Academy, and under the private 
 instruction of Rev. Samuel Kingsbury, 
 then acting pastor of the Congregational 
 church in Underbill; entered college in 
 1837; graduated Aug. 4, 1841, with no 
 pecuniary help from first to last; was prin- 
 cipal of the boys' high school in Buriington 
 
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 2 years after graduating ; united with Con- 
 gregational church, Burlington, Jan. i, 
 1843; entered Union Theological Sem- 
 ■ inary, N. Y., fall of 1843, and remained 1 
 year ; was again principal of boys' high 
 school until fall of 1845 i was then agent of 
 the University in raising the $50,000 fund 
 until the spring of 1847 ; resumed study of 
 theology in Burlington, and was licensed 
 to preach the Gospel by Winooski Asso- 
 ciation at Williston, Oct. 11, 1847 ; preach- 
 ed my first sermon in native parish at 
 Underhill, first Sabbath in November fol- 
 lowing ; began to preach in Tinmouth in 
 January, 1848 ; was ordained, and in- 
 stalled pastor of that church October 4th, 
 followihg. 
 
 In the spring of 1853, I received an in- 
 vitation to preach in Waterbury ; was dis- 
 missed from the church in Tinmouth, May 
 18, i8s3 ; was installed pastor of Congre- 
 gational church in Waterbury, June 7, 
 1854. In June, 1863, I was elected Cor- 
 responding Secretary of Vermont Domestic 
 Missionary Society, but the Council de- 
 clined to advise my dismissal that I might 
 accept the office. In the fall of 1866, was 
 elected principal of the Ladies' Seminary 
 in Gorham, Me., and was dismissed by 
 Council, Jan. 16, 1867, and accepted the 
 position at Gorham. 
 
 In June, 1868, I resigned the place in 
 the seminary, and accepted a call to the 
 pastorate of a Congregational church in 
 Gorham, and was installed Aug. 19, 1868; 
 resigned the pastorate in Gorham, July, 
 1871, and was dismissed Sept. 22. In 
 Nov. 1.871, I received a call to the pastor- 
 ate of the Congregational church in Orient, 
 L. I. ; also to that of the Presbyterian 
 church in Passippamy, N. J., and accepted 
 the la,tter ; was installed by Presbytery of 
 Morris and Orange, Mar. 27, 1872, in 
 which office I still remain (1876). 
 
 Was married Nov. 28, 1844, to Eliz- 
 abeth McNiel Fleming, of Burlington, and 
 have one son and three daughters. My 
 pastoral and ministerial relations have been 
 very pleasant and so remain. I have been 
 a corporator of the University of Vermont 
 since 1862. 
 
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 REV. JONATHAN COPELAND, 
 
 was born in Smithville, Chenango Co., N. 
 Y., Feb. 20, 1816; the eldest of 9 chil- 
 dren, 4 sons and 5 daughters. His father, 
 David Copeland, was a native of Brooklyn, 
 Conn. ; his mother, Martha Shepard, of 
 Pittsfield, Mass. After their marriage, 
 they remained some time in Smithville, 
 then returned to Brooklyn, and soon after- ■" 
 wards became residents of Norwich, Conn., 
 where they lived until 1825, when they re^ 
 moved to Rochester, where they are still 
 living, at a very advanced age. The fath- 
 er, a mason by trade, his family dependent 
 upon his daily toil, was able to give his 
 children but a limited common school edu- 
 cation, and the sons were set at work with 
 their father as soon as they were able to 
 use the tools. 
 
 Jonathan was converted in his i8th year, 
 and united with the church with which his 
 parents were connected, the Presbyterian, 
 and soon after was impressed to become a 
 minister of the gospel. His father, una- 
 ble to help him to an education, did not 
 encourage it, but his past6r did, and he 
 laid down his tools to study, resuming 
 them at vacations ; and by his trade, 
 teaching school some, and by his musical 
 talent, carried himself through preparation 
 for college, (Union college,) which he en- 
 tered in 1837, and to the close of his last 
 year in the Theological Seminary, which 
 he entered 3 months before graduating at 
 college . At the end of 2 years in the 
 Seminary, he was licensed to preach by 
 the Cayuga Presbytery, and called to the 
 Presbyterian church in Holley, Orleans 
 Co., N. Y., where he preached his first 
 sermon May 14, 1843, ^i^d was installed in 
 November. , This large and flourishing 
 field he held 15J years, when against the 
 wishes of his people, he was dismissed to 
 take charge of the Presbyterian church of 
 Champlain, N. Y., where he was installed 
 Feb., 1859; dismissed Oct., 1866, re- 
 mained another year. The year previous, 
 107 new members were added to this 
 church, and this last year there were fre- 
 quent additions. 
 
 In Oct., 1867, he accepted a call from 
 the Congregational church of Waterbury, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 and soon afterwards removed here. He 
 was twice solicited to be installed pastor, 
 but declined from personal preferences. 
 Though coming from the Presbyterians, 
 among whom he was converted, educated, 
 licensed and installed, and with whom he 
 'had labored for more than 20 years, he 
 very readily conformed to Congregational 
 usages, found a pleasant home, cordial re- 
 lations with the ministers and churches, 
 and ever labored harmoniously and heart- 
 ily with them ; and had Providence so or- 
 dered, would have spent his remaining 
 days happily in that connection. While 
 in Waterbury, a parsonage was purchased 
 by the society, the house of worship twice 
 improved and beautified, and the commu- 
 nicants increased ; the number bemg larg- 
 er, notwithstanding numerous removals, 
 at the close than at the beginning of his 
 labors with the church. He at present re- 
 sides in Rochester, N. Y., and is regularly 
 employed in preaching in that vicinity. 
 
 He was married Jan. 30, 1844, to Kezia, 
 daughter of John and Kezia Clark, of Nis- 
 kayuna, Schenectady Co., N. Y. They 
 have had three sons, Clark, Edward and 
 William, all now in business, and four 
 daughters, three now living, and their 
 children are all members of the church. 
 
 CALKINS FAMILY. 
 
 John P. Calkins, of New London, Conn., 
 moved to Canaan, N. H. ; and from there 
 came to Waterbury, and settled on the 
 River about 1796. He had 8 sons. and 3 
 daughters. The facts in this notice the 
 writer has from a descendant, who with 
 nearly all of the Calkins name, went to the 
 older Western states, where several have 
 won distinction in educational, profession- 
 al, and business positions. 
 
 Sarah, eldest daughter of the family, 
 married Rev. Thomas Kennan. 
 
 Hubbard, the eldest son, died in Ohio, 
 about 40 years ago. 
 
 Harris, second son, settled in Waterbu- 
 ry, where he died, leaving two sons and a 
 daughter. The younger son. Dr. Calkins 
 of Boston, and the daughter are living. 
 
 Clarissa died in Ohio, at the age of 89. 
 
 Charles, born in New London, had 6 
 children, 5 of whom were living in 1879. 
 
 It is from the oldest son. that we have 
 the principal facts relating to the family. 
 His father was briefly noticed in Mr. Park- 
 er's Early History, as supplying the pulpit 
 of the first meeting-house in Waterbury 
 several months after its dedication, and 
 previdus to the coming of Rev. Dr. War- 
 ren. 
 
 Mr. Calkins died near Cleveland, Ohio, 
 in 1877, aged 94; Mrs. Calkins, who be- 
 longed to the New Hampshire family of 
 Gilmans, a few years before her husband, 
 at the age of 86. Charles G. Calkins, the 
 eldest son, has given many interesting 
 details of his own family and that of his 
 sister Eliza, Mrs. Winchester of Detroit, 
 who has 9 grown-up children living. Of 
 his own family, one son has served as an 
 oiBcer in U. S. Navy, another as editor of 
 a daily paper in Covington, Ky. George, 
 the son next younger than Charles , living 
 in 1879, in Elyria, Ohio, blind and deaf, 
 has a son who is a wealthy resident of 
 Cincinnati. 
 
 William was a teacher in Waterbury, 
 and we think in Burlington, aboul 25 years 
 ago. The writer remembers him well. A 
 son of his has long been a prominent citi- 
 zen of Ticonderoga, N. Y. ; another son 
 is a successful lumber merchant. 
 
 Charles Gilman Calkins, son of Rev. 
 Charles Calkins, after giving brief notices 
 of each of his father's brothers and sisters 
 (as above related) so far as known to him 
 at the time of his writing, April, 1879, 
 concludes his account, thus : " So there 
 are living, George, aged 92, Jesse 84, and 
 Jedediah 82, and his wife ; and but few 
 years ago, Clarisa died aged 89, Charles 
 94, and my mother 86. Six in all had 
 lived many more years together, or not far 
 separated than is usual in families. In- 
 deed, I have been disposed sometimes to 
 prepare a sketch styling them the Centen- 
 nial family. The descendants are nume- 
 rous and far scattered, and I know but few 
 of them recently. They are mainly out- 
 side of Congress arid of the State prison. 
 The name is becoming numerous and far 
 spread. They all so far as I can learn 
 have many of the traits of our family. Of 
 personal resemblances there have been 
 
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 several striking instances. Longevity, 
 large families, muscular vigor, while there 
 has been a large tendency to clerical and 
 professional occupations." 
 
 KENNAN FAMILY. 
 
 Among the early settlers we must not 
 omit to notice was the family of George 
 Kennan, whose name appears as one of 
 the town officers as early as 1794, when he 
 served as moderator and selectman, and 
 again in 1797 and 1804, and was justice of 
 the peace maiiy years. His son George was 
 constable in 1802; and selectman in 1809.. 
 Thomas, another son, assisted in the 
 organization of the first Congregational 
 church as clerk of the meeting ; afterwards 
 became a minister of that denomination. 
 He married Sarah, eldest daughter of John 
 P. Calkins. 
 
 Another son of this family was Jairus, 
 who fell an early victim to his love of 
 knowledge a few years after his graduation 
 in 1804, as a member of the first class of 
 the University of Vermont. At the semi- 
 centennial anniversary of the University 
 in 1854, the late Charles Adams, Esq., of 
 Burlington, paid the following tribute to 
 his memory, in response to the sentiment, 
 " The First Graduating Class of 50 years 
 ago" : " There were four of us who grad- 
 uated fifty years ago. Three are -present 
 on this occasion. The joy of our meeting 
 is chastened by the reflection that our 
 other classmate, Jairus Kennan, is no more. 
 He was feeble while in college, and having 
 long struggled with disease, has gone, as 
 we trust, to a higher and a better world. 
 Jairus Kennan was not an ordinary man. 
 He loved knowledge, and nothing could 
 repress his ardor in the pursuit. His in- 
 tellectual powers were of a high order, and 
 he cultivated them with untiring devotion. 
 He was distinguished for warmth of feel- 
 ing and kindness of manner, and had he 
 lived, would have taken high rank as a 
 philanthropist. Poor in purse and poorer 
 in health, he was above adverse circum- 
 stances, and alone and unaided pursued a 
 quiet course to the highest development of 
 mind and heart He was a bright exam- 
 ple of what energy and ambition may 
 accomplish." 
 
 JOSEPH WARREN, 
 
 editor of the Buffalo Courier, died , 18^. 
 
 in that city, of congestion of the lungs, after 
 an illness of only one day. Mr. Warren 
 was born in Waterbury, July 24, 1829, and 
 graduated at the University of Vermont, 
 in the class of 185 1. He immediately en- 
 tered the profession of journalism, as as- 
 sistant editor of the Country Gentleman, 
 at Albany, N. Y. In 1853, he became as- 
 sociate editor of the Buffalo Courier, be- 
 coming its editor-in-chief in 1858, and re- 
 taining that position until hisdeath. Since 
 the death of Dean Richmond, in 1866, Mr. 
 Warren had been the recognized leader of 
 the Democratic party in Erie county, and 
 leader and counsellor of that party in Wes- 
 tern New York and the State. Through 
 his efforts the State Asylum for the insane 
 was located at Buffalo, and he served on 
 its board of managers and as chairman of 
 the executive committee till within a month 
 of his death. He was a member of the 
 committee on location of the State Normal 
 School at Buffalo, and a member of the 
 board of trustees. He was one of the pro- 
 jectors of the Buffalo fine arts academy, 
 and was largely interested in the project of 
 the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia 
 Railroad. He was a former president of 
 the Buffalo Young Men's Association, and 
 a member of the council of the Medical de- 
 partment of the University of Buffalo for 
 the last 6 years. He was president ot the 
 New York State Associated Press at the 
 time of his death. He was -long a mem- ■ 
 ber of Ancient Land Mark Lodge of Ma- 
 sons. He leaves a wife and one son. — 
 Burlington Free Press. 
 
 DAN CARPENTER, 
 (BY HON. PAUL DILLmGHAM.) 
 
 son of Simeon Carpenter and Anna Bur- 
 ton, was born in Norwich, Vt., Nov. 21, 
 1776, where he lived, was educated, stud- 
 ied law, and was admitted to the Bar, in 
 Windsor County, in the spring of 1804. 
 During the summer of that year he came 
 into what is now Washington County, and 
 settled at Waterbury. At that time the 
 towns in Mad River valley together with. 
 Duxbury, Waterbury, Stowe and Mans- 
 field belonged to Chittenden County ; there 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 was no lawyer in either of them, and none 
 nearer than Williston. Mr. Carpenter's 
 choice was a fortunate one for him, for 
 there had been for several years a growing 
 desire that a reliable lawyer should settle 
 in that vicinity, and he opened his office 
 for business as early as Oct. i, 1804. He 
 was a sound lawyer — a man of most ex- 
 cellent practical judgment, and he proved 
 almost at once that he was a safe adviser. 
 Having fixed upon Waterbury as his future 
 home, he at once became identified with 
 all its interests, and was soon a leading 
 man in all its affairs. At Norwich, Jan. 
 27, 1805, he was married to Betsey Par- 
 tridge, daughter of Elisha Partridge and 
 Margaret Murdock, born Jan. 23, 1783. 
 They commenced 'housekeeping in the 
 spring following, in a one-storied house, 
 convenient for a small family, and in the 
 year 1815, built and finished the two-story 
 front, where his grandson, Frank Carpen- 
 ter, now lives. They had 8 children, four 
 of whom died in early infancy — and four 
 lived to be sfettled in life, one son, William, 
 born Oct. 25, 1805, and three daughters, 
 Sarah P., born May 18, 1807; Eliza, born 
 Dec. II, 1810, and Julia, born Dec. 3, 
 1812; Julia, the wife of Paul Dillingham, 
 is now the sole survivor ; they were mar- 
 ried Sept. 5, 1832. Sarah P. Carpenter 
 Dillingham, died Sept. 20, 1831. 
 
 When Mr. Carpenter began business in 
 Waterbury, justice's jurisdiction was only 
 $13 ; this threw a heavy business on to t^ie 
 County courts, and his income was large 
 for quite a number of years. He had no 
 competition till 1817, when Henry F. Janes 
 came into the town. Mr. Carpenter had 
 a fine person, nearly six feet high, slim, 
 straight as an arrow, and lithe, and grace- 
 ful in every movement ; in manner he was 
 of the old school, respectful, courteous 
 and kind to every one. He rapidly grew 
 into favor, and strong attachments grew 
 up between him and a great porportion of 
 his townsmen. He was a conscientious 
 man, very kind to the poor, and forbearing 
 to his every debtor. The estimation in 
 which he stood in town, county and state, 
 is best evidenced by the following facts : 
 In his town he was chosen town clerk in 
 
 March, 1808, and held that office by suc- 
 cessive elections, (save one year) till 1829, 
 when he declined to hold that office longer. 
 He was first selectman during most of the 
 same years. In i8i7,,he was chosen rep- 
 resentative to the General Assembly, and 
 with the exception of 1818, he represented 
 the town till 1827. In the fall of 1827, he 
 was chosen first assistant judge of Wash- 
 ington County Court, and held that office 
 by successive elections for 8 years, when 
 he declined further service. In 1824, he 
 was one of the State electors of president 
 and vice president, and by his associates 
 was deputed to carry and deliver the votes 
 of the State in the. City of Washington. 
 From April, I823, he had a junior partner 
 in his law business, Paul Dillingham, Jr. 
 The firm was Carpenter & Dillingham, 
 and continued till he became judge, when 
 the business was given to Mr. Dillingham. 
 From 1820, he had a mercantile interest 
 in Waterbury, in company with Charles R. 
 Cleaves. In February, 1824, he purchased 
 Mr. Cleaves' interest in thjs bu-siness, to- 
 gether with all his real estate, and his son 
 William Carpenter, became his partner. 
 During the summer of 1834, they erected 
 the brick store, where his grandson, W. 
 E. Carpenter, now lives and does business. 
 He retired from active business, and de- 
 voted the remainder of his life to the care 
 of the property he had accumulated. 
 
 He died Dec. 2; 1852. His memory is 
 cherished by many now living. His wife 
 survived him many years, living to the age 
 of 92. William Carpenter died March 
 17, 1881. 
 
 PAPER FROM HOIf. PAUL DILLIXGIIAM. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM WELLINGTON WELLS, 
 
 son of Roswell and Pamelia White Wells, 
 was born in Waterbury, Oct. 28, 1805, and 
 died at the same place, April 9, 1869. He 
 graduated from the University of Vermont 
 in the class of 1824, and read law in the 
 office of the late Charles Adams, Esq., in 
 Burlington. He was admitted to practice 
 at the Chittenden County Bar, but before 
 he began the practice of his professiqn 
 (for which he was thought to be particu- 
 larly well suited both by nature and educa- 
 
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 tion,) owing to the death of his father, he 
 was obliged to return to Waterbury and 
 administer the estate of the deceased. He 
 soon became so much interested in busi- 
 ness pursuits that he abandoned the idea 
 of a professional life, and identified him- 
 self with the interests of both his family 
 and his town. For several years he had a 
 large interest in a prominent dry-goods 
 house in Burlington. He was aftei-ward a 
 member of the firm of Hutchins, Wells & 
 Co., at Waterbury. At the latter place, 
 he also erected a tannery, and for many 
 years carried on an extensive business. 
 Later on, he came into the ownership of 
 the grist-mill just north of Waterbury 
 village, (and near the tannery before men- 
 tioned,) and converted it into a first-class 
 flouring mill, when for many years he carried 
 on an extensive business. He also carried 
 on a dry goods store at Waterbury Center, 
 several years. 
 
 Mr. Wells represented Waterbury in the 
 Legislature, in 1 840, '63 and '64, where he 
 took an active part in legislative matters. 
 He was a member of the Eleventh Council 
 of Censors in 1855, and town treasurer 
 and selectman several years. 
 
 He was a valuable member of the com- 
 munity in which he lived. A ripe scholar 
 himself, he was deeply interested in the 
 schools of the town, — feeling that in them 
 was to be acquired such knowledge and 
 discipline as should fit the young for intel- 
 ligent and useful lives. 
 
 He was equally interested in whatever 
 was for the general interests of the town — 
 and in furthering these he was not wont to 
 inquire what his share of the expenditure 
 should be, but rather how much was nec- 
 essary to eifect the purpose, and this much 
 he contributed most gladly. 
 
 From his youth up he was a radical tem- 
 perance man. He was Grand Scribe of 
 the Grand Division of the Sons of Tem- 
 perance in Vermont for 8 years, and also 
 Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of 
 Temperance of Vermont for some time. 
 He worked ardently to accomplish every 
 purpose he determined upon, contributing 
 liberally both of time and money to any- 
 thing of a public nature. He was no office 
 
 seeker or ofiice shunner, but was careful to 
 honor any office which he held. He was 
 deeply interested in the welfare of the 
 country, and when the late rebellion broke 
 out, and during its continuance, he gave ■ 
 himself almost entirely to the country's 
 service, with an enthusiasm and hopeful- 
 ness that was an inspiration to all around 
 him. As chairman of the board of select- 
 men during the greater part, if not all, of 
 its continuance, he was the strongest 
 among the strong. There was no call for 
 soldiers but what was filled promptly. He 
 fully believed that it was for the town's 
 best interest to " pay as it went," and was 
 such a strengthener to the weak, that 
 Waterbury was substantially free from 
 debt at the close of the war. 
 
 Mr. Wells lived in the faith that work 
 was honorable, and his whole life con- 
 formed to, his faith ; his boys, too, having 
 been reared in it, have cheerfully and faith- 
 fully followed him in his faith and practice. , 
 
 Mr. Wells was married to Miss Eliza 
 Carpenter, second daughter of Judge Dan 
 Carpenter, Jan. 13, 1831. This choice 
 of a wife was a most fortunate one for 
 him, as his subsequent life demonstrat- 
 ed. They buried two children in in- 
 fancy, but reared 7 sons and i daughter. 
 Four of the sons were engaged more or 
 less in the conflict for the Union, and 
 one of them, William, attained the rank 
 of Brevet Major General of Volunteers. 
 Roswell, the eldest, is in business at 
 Waupun, Wis. William is Collector of 
 Customs for the District of Vermont, re- 
 siding at Burlington. Curtis is Cashier of 
 the Waterbury National Bank. Edward, 
 Henry and Fred are members of the firm 
 6f Wells, Richardson & Co., of Burling- 
 ton, (wholesale dealers in drugs and medi- 
 cines) . Charles is employed in the Customs 
 Department of the Government, residing 
 at St. Albans, and Sarah C, is the wife of 
 James W. Birock of Montpelier, (1882). 
 During the war and since, these sons of 
 Mr. Wells have demonstated the great 
 truth that intelligent labor faithfully pur- 
 sued, wins. 
 
 Mr. Wells' impulses were generally 
 working good results. He was an honest 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 man in all his relations to life. Hating 
 dishonesty, despising cant and abhorring 
 hypocrisy, he passed a life which left ev- 
 idences that our little part of the world 
 was better for his having lived. He died 
 respected by all, and mourned by many. 
 
 Mrs. Wells died Aug. 5, 1873; She 
 was a member of the Congregational 
 church, Waterbury. 
 
 [We asked Gen. Wells for his war record 
 for Waterbury in our Gazetteer in 1876, 
 choosing it from his own pen. The fol- 
 lowing brief paper is his return] : 
 
 William Wells, born in Waterbury, Vt^, 
 Dec. 14, 1837, entered the service as a 
 private soldier in Co. C, ist Regiment 
 Vermont Cavalry, in 1861 ; was promoted 
 to 1st Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, 
 Brev. Brig. General, Brig. Gen. and Brev. 
 Maj. Gen. Vols. ; was mustered out of 
 service Jan. 16, 1866; represented Water- 
 bury in the Legislature 1865 and 1866 ; 
 was Adjutant and Inspector General of 
 Vermont from the ist of Oct. 1866, to 
 May I, 1872, when he was appointed Col- 
 lector of Customs for the District of Vt., 
 which position he now holds. w. w. 
 
 From the BurliDgton Free Press, 1872. 
 
 Gen. Wells, born in 1837, had been 
 engaged in business with his father, till 
 shortly before the war broke out. He 
 went into the service as ist Lieutenant of 
 Co. C, of the 1st Vermont Cavalry, was 
 promoted to be Captain before the regi- 
 ment reached the field, and was made 
 Major, Oct. 30, 1,862. He was wounded 
 in action, at Hagerstown, Md., July, 6, 
 
 1863, and Sept. 13, 1863, at Culpepper, 
 by the explosion of a shell, which also 
 wounded Gen. Custer. He was promoted 
 to the Colonelcy of the regiment, in June, 
 
 1864, commanded and fought the regiment 
 during its arduous service in the Shenan- 
 doah Valley during that summer and fall, 
 till he was placed in command of a brigade 
 of Cavali'y. February 22, 1865, he was 
 promoted Brigadier General for gallant 
 and meritorious service, and May 19, 1865, 
 was appointed Brigadier General. 
 
 He commanded a .cavalry brigade at 
 Winchester and at Cedar Creek, in which 
 battle his old regiment, the ist Vermont, 
 took 23 pieces of artillery— the heaviest 
 capture ever made by one regiment in the 
 war — and was in command under Sheridan 
 throughout the rest of the war, up to the 
 surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court 
 House. After that he was in command of 
 a division near Washington, till mustered 
 out of the service. He came home a Bre- 
 
 vet Major General of Volunteers, and with 
 as clean and honorable a record as any 
 soldier that Vermont sent to the war. 
 
 In 1866, Gen. Wells was elected Adju- 
 tant- and Inspector General of Vermont, 
 succeeding Gen. P, T. Washburn in that 
 office, which he has held up to his present 
 appointment, — [Collector of Customs for 
 the District of Vermont at Burlington.] 
 For several years past Gen. Wells has 
 been a resident of this city, Burlington, 
 and a member of the firm of Henry & Co., 
 wholesale drug merchants. His personal 
 standing is high, as a man of integrity, 
 good sense, correct habits, and unblemish- 
 ed character, and his appointment will be 
 generally accepted, throughout the State; 
 as one eminently "fit to be made." 
 
 The General holds the honor of having 
 received the greatest number of promo- 
 tions of any Vermont officer during the 
 war. He enlisted from his native town, 
 Waterbury. 
 
 LOCATION OF THE REFORM SCHOOL. 
 
 [Reasons for the location at Waterbury— from the 
 First Reform School Report.] 
 
 Omitting details and particulars, it is 
 sufficient to say that we found the condi- 
 tions we had prescribed for a location, best 
 answered at Waterbury, on the spot where 
 the institution stands. 
 
 These conditions were, first, not far from 
 1 00 acres of good land suitably divided as 
 desirable into about equal parts of tillage, 
 meadow, pasture and woodland. Next, 
 that the farm should all be in sight of the 
 house, and be taken in at a glance from 
 any point within it, a very important con- 
 dition, which is perfectly answered in the 
 spot we have chosen. The boys wherever 
 they are at work on the farm, are never out 
 of sight or hearing. As a matter of secu- 
 rity, convenience and advantage for an es- 
 tablishment like ours, the value of this fea- 
 ture can hardly be overestimated. Besides 
 the utility and practical advantage, it adds 
 very much to the beauty of the situation, 
 imparting a sense of unity and complete- 
 ness, and more of the feeling of home. 
 We did not overlook the influence of nat- 
 ural security in fixing upon the spot we 
 were to call our home. We rejected situ- 
 ations, whatevermight be their advantages 
 in other respects, that were desolate, iso- 
 
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 late, distant, cut off from human spciety 
 and neighborhood, easy access of friends 
 and visitors, and from the free, warm and 
 strong pulsations of the great social heart ; 
 we resolved if possible to place ourselves 
 in a situation where nature and man could 
 exert their best influence upon us. 
 
 Hence as a third condition, we deter- 
 mined that our location be near the rail- 
 road, and not more than one mile from a 
 depott and we concluded that a thriving 
 business village, and a liVe depot, were 
 much to be preferred to a place of little 
 business, and a depot where ready convey- 
 ance for visitors could not be found. We 
 thought it very desirable, (and hav^ found 
 it so) that ^e should be within easy .walk 
 of the station, and the churches and busi- 
 ness centre of the town. Finally, if the 
 place answering these conditions should be 
 near the centre of the State it would be so 
 much the better for that. 
 
 These conditions we found more nearly 
 fulfilled in our present site than any other 
 fhat was brought to our notice. The scen- 
 ery is beautiful, the land fertile and easy of 
 cultivation and of access in all parts. 
 There is also an abundant supply of water 
 brought from tlie hill in the rear by an 
 aqueduct to the house and barn. In these 
 respects, the site is unequaled, and its re- 
 lation to the road, the depot and the vil- 
 lage is all that could be desired. It has 
 besides, the advantage of centrality in the 
 State. 
 
 HANNAH GALE, 
 
 daughter of Peter and Hannah Gale, was 
 born in Waterbury, Dec. 28, 1824. She 
 was married to Samuel S. Luce, of Stowe, 
 in 1847. In 1857, they removed from 
 Waterbury to Galesville, Wis., where Mr. 
 Luce, carpenter and architect, superintend- 
 ed the building of the University. In 
 i860, he began to publish and ^dit The 
 Galesville Transcript. Mr. and Mrs. Luce 
 are both good writers of prose and poetry. 
 They have three children. R. butler. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Luce have published to- 
 gether a volume, small 12 mo.. 208 pp. 
 
 Poems. By S. S. & H. G. Luce. Trem- 
 pealeau : Chas. A. Leith, publisher, 1876. 
 
 OUR OWN GREEN HILLS. 
 
 BY HANNAH SALE LUCE. 
 
 The Switzer loves those Alpine peaks, 
 "Where sweep the clouds along,— 
 
 So worship we our own green hills, 
 And cherish them In song. 
 
 And were I In a foreign land, 
 
 'Mid classic halls of Rome. 
 I'd turn ^om all to fondly gaze 
 
 Upon my mountain home. 
 
 I'd see among my native hills > 
 
 The cottage 'neath the trees— 
 The tali elms waving gracefully 
 
 To music in the breeze. 
 
 Tiie bright Winooski flowing near, 
 Througlr waving meadows green — 
 
 The lilacs where the robins sing. 
 When earliest flowers are seen. 
 
 The distant church spire bathed in light, 
 
 Like shaft of burnished gold— 
 The green where roseate children play,. 
 
 As in the days of old. 
 
 Old Mansfield rears Ills rugged face, 
 
 Upturned to meet the sky ; 
 And south, the *■ Couching Lion " lifts 
 
 His beetling crags on high. 
 
 Full many an ancient legend wild 
 
 I've heard the aged tell, 
 Of precious ores in caverns hid, 
 
 And kept by mystic spell. 
 
 An Allen's dust reposes now, 
 
 Near by the quiet lake; 
 No more those brave " Green Mountain boys" 
 
 The forest echoes wake. 
 
 But treasured be, in every heart, 
 
 Tlie love it bears for them- 
 Each mountain seems their monument — 
 
 The winds, their requiem. 
 
 Yes, dear to us our mountains green— 
 
 The home of virtues rare— 
 And dear their noble-hearted sons. 
 
 And daughters good and fair. 
 
 When my f^eed spirit seeks a home 
 
 Above all earthly ills, 
 Here may my humble grave be found. 
 
 Amid our verdant hills t 
 
 THE VILLAGE DOCTOR. 
 BY SAMUEL SLAYTON LUCE. 
 
 I see him still, as erst of yore, 
 
 With furrowed cheek, and whitened brow; 
 Though he's been dead of years a score, 
 
 I see him stand before me now. 
 I seem to see his withered form 
 
 Bestride his faithflil white-faced mare. 
 With old brown saddle-bags behind. 
 
 Whose odor 'twas a grief to bear. 
 With clironic cough I hear him pass- 
 He digs his steed with vigorous heel. 
 Whose callous sides, txoxa daily thumps, < 
 
 Had long since lost the power to feel. 
 The constant grin upon his face— 
 
 His light " te hel " at human pain. 
 As oft he wrenched the offending tooth. 
 
 Our memory ever will retain. 
 
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 But deeply down within his breast. 
 
 Beneath a mail like Milan steel, 
 'Twas said by those who knew him best, 
 
 "The doctor has a heart to feel." 
 'Twas In the old Green Mountain State, 
 
 'Mid deep, dread winter's drifting anow. 
 The evening hour was waxing late, 
 
 Some forty years or more ago. 
 We sat around the ample hearth. 
 
 Where maple logs were blazing bright ; 
 Glad songs arose, and social mirth, 
 
 XTpon that dismal winter night. 
 The storm-cloud hung on Mansfield's brow — 
 
 The wind blew piercingly and chili ; 
 Fierce througli the leafless branches shrieked. 
 
 And roared along the fir-clad hill. 
 The deep'nlng snow, that all day long 
 
 Had fallen silently and fast. 
 Now densely filled the fl'osty air, 
 
 And piled in drifts before the blast. 
 And still we sat— the hours sped— 
 
 The storm Increased with fearful might;— 
 " I hope," our tender mother said, 
 
 *' N'o one's abroad this dreadful night." 
 Our mother's voice had hardly ceased. 
 
 When sudden through the opening door, 
 O'er drifts, the quaint old doctor sprung. 
 
 And forward fell upon the floor. 
 His brow was crusted o'er with ice, 
 
 And crisp and frozen was his cheek; 
 His limbs were paralyzed with cold ; 
 
 For once, the doctor could not speak. 
 With genial warmth, and tender care, 
 
 He soon revived, and said : " Gome, Bill, 
 Be kind enougli to get my n>are, — 
 
 1 must reach Martin's, on the iiiil." 
 Then on again, o'er trackless snow, 
 
 Against tlie biting winter blast. 
 Without the liope of worldly gain. 
 
 Through mountain drifts, the doctor passed. 
 Far up the winding mountain road. 
 
 Through forest dark and blinding snow. 
 He reached the desolate abode 
 
 Of sickness, poverty and woe. 
 Long years have passed; yet oft I ask. 
 
 As howls the tempest in its might. 
 While sitting by the evening fire, 
 
 "What faithful doctor rides to-night?" 
 Yes, faithful; though full well I know 
 
 The world is sparing of Its praise; 
 And these self-sacrificing men 
 
 But seldom tempt the poet's lays. 
 And yet, 1 trust, when at the last 
 
 They leave the world of human strife, 
 Like him "who loved his fellow-men," 
 
 Their names shall grace the "Book of Life." 
 Jan. 1871. 
 
 [The original of "The Village Doctor" 
 
 was Dr. T. B. Downer, who for many 
 
 years practiced in Stowe ; but in middle 
 
 life removed to Waterbury Centre, and 
 
 practiced a number of years after. He 
 
 held several town offices, and was well 
 
 known in Waterbury forty years ago. I 
 
 knew him well forty and fifty years ago. 
 
 - R. BUTLER.] 
 
 , HON. HENRY F. JANES. 
 
 BY EDWIN r. PALMER, ESQ. 
 
 Mr. Janes was born at Brimfield, Mass., 
 Oct. 18, 1792, and died at Waterbury, June 
 6, 1879. He was the third son of Solomon 
 and Beulah Fisk Janes, whose family con- 
 sisted of 4 boys and 4 girls, he surviving 
 them all, although the others lived to a 
 great age. In early childhood he moved 
 with his father^s family to Calais, this 
 State, where his boyhood was passed ; and 
 which town was represented in the Legis- 
 lature for several years by his brother, 
 Pardon. The Janeses were among the 
 pioneers of Vermont. 
 
 Jonathan Janes, an uncle of Henry F., 
 was prominent in the organization of the 
 town of Richford, March 30, 1799, and 
 elected its first representative, and three 
 times after in succession ; and was also 
 judge in Franklin County. Hon. Henry 
 F. Janes studied law at Montpelier. While 
 living there he went with the company 
 from that town to the battle of Plattsburgh. 
 He commenced the practice of his profes- 
 sion at Waterbury in 1817, where he lived 
 62 years ; without avarice acquired a com- 
 petent fortune ; and without lust for power, 
 or a resort to sinister means, but solely 
 through the solidity of his judgment and 
 the unquestioned probity of his character 
 early attained a commanding influence in 
 his town, his county and State. He was 
 married in 1826, to Miss Fanny Butler, a 
 daughter of Gov. Butler. Mrs. Janes, in 
 whom was the gentlest refinement without 
 the least affectation, or love of display, 
 inheriting the religious traits of her father, 
 was-greatly beloved and esteemed by all 
 who knew her. She was borii in the year 
 1800, and survived her husband 2 years 
 and a few months. 
 
 Soon after settling in Waterbury, Mr. 
 Janes was appointed postmaster, and con- 
 tinued to hold this position till about 1829. 
 He was one of the State councillors, 5 
 years, commencing 1830; a member- of 
 Congress, 3 years, commencing 1834; 
 State treasurer, 3 years, commencing 1838 ; 
 one of the Council of Censors in 1848 ; 
 and was elected several times to the Legis- 
 lature, his first election being in 1854. 
 
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 Mr. Janes was far removed both by na- 
 ture and the whole education of his long 
 life from those well described by the phrase, 
 " potms callidi ^uain sappientes,'''' — crafty, 
 not wise ; nor did he belong to that class 
 of public men well delineated by Burns in 
 his poem on Charles James Fox, 
 
 " How wistloiu and ftilly meet, mix, and unite: 
 
 How virtue ant] vice blend tlieir blaCK and their wlsite." 
 
 No man ever saw more clearly than he, 
 that in the very nature of God's moral 
 government nothing is, or can be even 
 expedient, that is not inti'insically just; 
 and no man ever pursued more willingly 
 or tenaciously what his conscience, illum- 
 ined by a powerful judgment, taught him 
 was just. 
 
 DR. HENRY JANES, 
 
 was born in this town Jan. 24, 1832. He 
 is the son of the late Hon. Henry F. Janes, 
 and on his mother's side, a grandson of 
 Gov. Butler. 
 
 We find the following truthful sketch of 
 Dr. Janes in the " Biographies of the 
 members of the Rocky Mountain Medical 
 Association," published at Washington, 
 D. C., 1877: — condensed. 
 
 The Doctor received his academical edu- 
 cation at Morrisville and at St. Johnsbury 
 academies, [etc]. His medical studies 
 were commenced in 1852, at Waterbury, 
 under Dr. J. B. Woodward. He attended 
 his first course of medical lectures at 
 Woodstock College, in 1852, and two 
 courses subsequently at the College of 
 Physicians and Surgeons, in New York, 
 where he graduated M. D., in 1855, and 
 was appointed assistant, and afterwards 
 house physician in Bellevue Hospital, New 
 York City. In 1856, he went into prac.tice 
 at Chelsea, Mass. ; in 1857, he returned 
 to Waterbury, where he soon acquired a 
 good" professional business; in 1 861, en- 
 tered the army, Surgeon of the 3d Vt. 
 Regt. ;, 1863, commissioned Surgeon, U. 
 S. Army; 1865, breveted Lieut. Col.-; the 
 greater part of his military service spent 
 in hospital duty ; the fall of '62, in charge of 
 a hospital at Burkettsville ; in 1863, in the 
 winter, at Frederick, Md. ; in the spring, of 
 the .hospitals of the 6th Array Corps; sum- 
 mer and fall, of the army hospitals in and 
 about Gettysburg, and the Letterman Gen- 
 eral Hospital, in which were about 2000 
 severely wounded, from the Gettysburg 
 battle-field, with a view of studying the 
 results of treatment of fracture and ampu- 
 
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 tations ; winter and spring of 1864, of 
 South Street General Hospital, Phila ; sum- 
 mer of '64, in charge of the hospital 
 .steamer, (of Maine) ; fairof'64, till the close 
 of the war, in charge of Sloan General 
 Hospital, at Montpelier ; and left the army 
 in 1866, after spending the remainder of 
 the year in New York, making a special 
 study of injuries to the bones and brain, 
 and returned, in '67, to Waterbury, where 
 he has been actively engaged in practice 
 until the present time, excepting iii '74, 
 a portion of which he was traveling in 
 Europe. His practice is large in the treat- 
 ment of nervous diseases, surgery, and con- 
 sultations with neighboring physicians. In 
 '6g and '70 he published, m the Transac- 
 tions of Vermont Medical Society, a paper 
 on the treatment of gunshot-fracture, es- ' 
 pecially of the femur. In '71, '72, '73, 
 papers on some of the incidents following 
 amputations ; in '74, amputations at the 
 knee-joint ; in '77, wrote a paper on .spinal 
 hemiplegia. He is a member of the Wash- 
 ington County Medical Society, and of the 
 American Medical Association ; of the 
 Vermont State Medical Society, of which 
 he was president in 1870, and which he 
 represented at the meetings of the Ameri- 
 can Medical Association in '60, '66, '71 ,'80 ; 
 of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and 
 an honorary member of the California State 
 Medical Society. 
 
 In 1880, when the Legislature was about 
 to elect trustees of the Univergity of 
 Vermont, the members of the medical pro- 
 fession, among them Dr. Carpenter of Bur- 
 lington, insisted they were entitled to be re- 
 presented on that board with the other pro- 
 fessions. They put forward Dr. Janes; 
 ■and he was elected unanimously to that 
 position. He is also at this time one of the 
 medical committee of the Mary Fletcher 
 Hospital, Burlington — and it is no exagge- 
 ration to say, no man in this State stands 
 higher in his profession to-day than Dr. 
 Janes. E. f. p. 
 
 DR. HORACE FALES. 
 
 Dr. Fales, iDorn in Sharon, Feb. 16, 
 1823, received his education at Kimball 
 Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. ; gradu- 
 ated at Woodstock Medical College, 1848, 
 and the same year located to practice in 
 this town. In 1851, he was married to 
 Miss Henrietta A. Sheple, -daughter of 
 David A. Sheple. During these 34 years, 
 he has^ had a large and lucrative practice, 
 
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 and is exceedingly skilful. He brings to 
 bear with rare tact the learning of the 
 books to a given case ; and few doctors 
 ever approached the sick room whose man- 
 ner and words were better adapted to in- 
 spire courage in the invalid, and to divert 
 for the time his mind from his own aches 
 and pains. In his long practice he has 
 won many warm friends here. 
 
 MR. RUSSELL BUTLER, 
 
 the youngest of Gov. Butler's family, was 
 born Feb. 17, 1807, in this town ; and has 
 resided here for the greater part of his life. 
 He was fitted for college at the academy 
 at Montpelier, and entered the University 
 of. Vermont in 1825. He was compelled 
 to quit the University after 2 years, on ac- 
 count of ill health ; but he has been a stu- 
 dent and a great lover of books from his 
 youth. Although Mr. Butler has ever 
 peremptorily refused political honor, which 
 his friends would willingly have conferred 
 on him, he has always taken a deep interest 
 in the welfare of the country and this com- 
 munity ; and his' influence has ever been 
 on the side of. the right, good government, 
 education and religion. The purity of his 
 life, his morals, or even his motives, we 
 have never heard questioned. e. f. p. 
 
 MR. BUTLER'S PAPERS— CONTINUED. 
 HENRY FAMILY. 
 
 Sylvester Henry came to. this town 
 early in the present century, and for many 
 years held a prominent position. He was 
 several years one of the board of select- 
 men, represented the town in the General 
 Assembly 2 years, and was several years 
 justice of peace. He was a man of much 
 riding for the times, and of excellent 
 judgmeht, particularly in property values. 
 At his decease, he left a large landed es- 
 tate. 
 
 Mrs. Henry's maiden name was Sybil 
 Proctor. She was a woman of usefulness ; 
 all the neighborhood, in sickness or dis- 
 tress, appreciated her skillful nursing and 
 helpful hand. 
 
 This couple, together with their 4 sons 
 and 4 daughters, made up a family in re- 
 spect to family coincidents, remarkable. 
 
 Two of the sons reared families of the same 
 number, one having the same proportion 
 of sons and daughters. 
 
 James M., the eldest son, was born in 
 Waterbury in 1809 ; attended school in his 
 native district ; but an unusually strong 
 desire for knowledge led him to read 
 much and closely observe men and things. 
 He was, eminently qualified to judge human 
 character. Such a mind, schooled in the 
 rough experiences of life, led him to ac- 
 cept men as they were, without attempting 
 the herculean task of making them what 
 they should be. To this may be attributed 
 his peculiar influence on the opinions of 
 men, especially in politics. If he entered 
 the domain of religion or morals, it was 
 the better to enforce his public policy. 
 The interests of one's country are certainly 
 higher than those of individuals, or even 
 the local affairs of a community; 
 
 He did not find the severe labors of the 
 farm sufficiently remunerative to make the 
 business attractive. He thought that it 
 was the work of the brain that achieved 
 success and fortune. After some years of 
 reverses and unsettled habits, he happily 
 fell in with the temperance reformers, and 
 brighter prospects dawned on his future. 
 At this time better influences took posses- 
 sion of his nature, gained the mastery 
 over the power of habit, and asserted the 
 power of the will. It is a critical, but a 
 grand period in life when a noble man- 
 hood triumphs once for all over a habit 
 which has long seemed an invincible foe. 
 A good degree of success attended his 
 business enterprises. He was twice elect- 
 ed to the General Assembly, and hid pre- 
 viously been justice of peace several years. 
 He died, aged about 55. 
 
 Gen. W. W. Henry, eldest son of 
 James Henry, is U. S. Marshal for the 
 District of Vt., and years ago represented, 
 first, Washington, then Chittenden Co., in 
 the Vt. Senate, and was 2 years presi- 
 dent of the board of aldermen in Burling- 
 ton. 
 
 John F. Henry, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 from a moderate beginning in VVaterbury, 
 has grown into a very extensive trade in 
 
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 drugs and medicines. He has once or 
 t^ice run for the office of mayor of the 
 city, and is said to have run above the 
 party strength. 
 
 Sylvester, 2d son of Sylvester, had 6 
 sons and 2 daughters — a family the same 
 number as his father's and brother's. He 
 accumulated a large property ; was several 
 times elected constable ; three of his sons 
 served in the army. He died in 1871, 
 aged about ;8. 
 
 Luther, ^4th son of Sylvester, was born 
 in Waterbury in 1826. At the age of 14, 
 his father died, in his will having appoint- 
 ed the selectmen as guardians of this son, 
 thus showing his confidence in their in- 
 tegrity and capability. 
 
 He completed his school life at Newbury 
 Seminary; when about 21, is said to have 
 entered into some speculations in patent 
 rights which proved very unsuccessful; 
 about this time, began the study of law 
 with Hon. Paul Dillingham ; was admitted 
 to the Washington Co. Bar in May, 1849 i 
 not discouraged by his first financial ven- 
 ture, he had learned caution and wisdom. 
 Of his professional capabilities, said L. L. 
 Durant, in an address before the Wash- 
 ington Co. Bar : 
 
 "As a lawyer, .he was never deemed 
 learned in the books ; but in a knowledge 
 of men and things, he was not to be ex- 
 celled. With keen discrimination and 
 quick discernment, he readily grasped the 
 strong points of a case, and bringing all 
 his efforts to bear upon them, could not 
 easily be led away. He was, so to speak, 
 a natural lawyer, as all who entered the 
 lists with him can testify." 
 
 Mr. Henry took an active interest in 
 building the bridge that connects Water- 
 bury and Duxbury, and in opening a new 
 street to it. He -also made strenuous 
 efforts to get the Newbury Seminary re- 
 moved to Waterbury, and made an able 
 argument in favor of the measure. 
 
 He was twice married ; the first time to 
 Flora Taplin ; the second, to Katherine E. 
 Royce. Three childiien survive him. He 
 died Jan. i, 1867, aged 40. 
 
 ^LEANDER HUTCHItJS 
 
 was born in Montpelier, June 27, 1798, 
 where he lived till 21, after which he passed 
 
 some 3 years in the Western and South- 
 ern States, engaged in trade, and in 1822, 
 came to Waterbury, and entered into part- 
 nership with Amasa Pride and Roswell 
 Wells, under the name of L. Hutchins & 
 Co. The firm began business on the cor- 
 ner now occupied by C. E. Wyman, in a 
 small wooden building, which Mr. Hutchins 
 replaced about 12 years later by the one now 
 standing. He\put up in 1826 a dwelling- 
 house adjoining Knight's Block on the 
 east. In that .year, the firm was changed 
 to Hutchins & Pride ; and later, to Hutch- 
 ins, Wells and Co. In 1835, it became 
 L. & Geo. W. Hutchins. Some 3 years 
 after the name of Geo. W. Hutchius ap- 
 pears alone. About 1845, Mr. Hutchins' 
 built and stocked a starch-factory near the 
 Centre Village ; burned, not rebuilt ; [see 
 fires.] Previous with the late Hon. H..F. 
 Janes, he bought the extensive wild lands 
 of Vermont owned by the Boardman Bros, 
 of New York, for whom he had been 
 agent ; much of this land was not disposed 
 of at the decease of the purchasers. For 
 a few years he owned and personally man- 
 aged a farm on the old hill road to Stowe, 
 a mile or two from Waterbury village. 
 
 He married Jan. 30, 1826, Martha Pride, 
 who died in December, 1834, leaving two 
 daughters, Mrs. C. W. Arms and Mrs. Dr. 
 Woodward, who survive both parents. In 
 1837, he married Martha W. Atkins, who 
 is now living 
 
 Mr. Hutchins died Feb. 17, 1879, aged 
 80 years. After a residence of nearly 60 
 years in Waterbury, actively engaged in 
 business dealings with its citizens, his rec- 
 ord is that of a prudent, reliable business 
 man, and valuable, discreet friend, con- 
 servative on all subjects of public interest, 
 whether politics, morals or religion. He 
 united with the Congregational church in 
 183s or '36, and during the later years of 
 his life was one of its principal supporters, 
 as he was one of its wealthiest members. 
 Somewhat reserved in manner, he was 
 genial with his friends, and often indulged 
 in sallies of humor. He had a great aver- 
 sion to display and ostentation, as shown 
 in his whole manner of life, and seemed 
 to have no particular taste or fancy for 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 political preferment, though far from indif- 
 ferent to the character and principles of 
 those who controlled and directed public 
 aifairs; and for some 12 years, he per- 
 formed the duties of treasurer to the town, 
 and when the bank of Waterbury was or- 
 ganized, he was chosen president, for 
 which position he was eminently qualified, 
 ,and held this office 20 years or more, 
 when he requested to be relieved from its 
 responsibility. 
 
 MOODY FAMILY. 
 From a sketch in tlie " Watchman." 
 
 Joseph Moody and his wife Avis, camie 
 to Waterbury from Vershire in 1834, with 
 
 ■ 6 sons and 3 daughters : Daniel is now 
 79 ; Nathaniel, 75 ; William, died in 
 1865, age 57; Elisha, 68; Joseph, 67; 
 George W., 59; Betsey, 71 ; Avis, died in 
 1843, at 24 ; Angelina is 54. The pres- 
 ent average height of the brothers is 6 ft. 
 1 inch, weight 225 pounds. Joseph Moody 
 Sr., weighed 308 pounds, his wife 228. 
 Joseph Moody, Jr., was State Senator in 
 1853, went West in '54; located at St. 
 Anthony, and subsequently at Sauk Rap- 
 ids, Minn., where he is a successful oper- 
 ator in real estate, and is a county justice. 
 The other brothers have remained resi- 
 dents of Waterbury. Joseph Moody, Sr., 
 and after him his sons, were well known 
 in the State as stock or cattle buyers, and 
 have been active farmers ajid operators 
 where money was to be made. Remin- 
 iscences of their trading days are a con- 
 stant source of entertainment at the vil- 
 lage rendezvous. George, by virtue of his 
 imposing corporation, is titular governor, 
 and Elisha the wag of the town. Politi- 
 cally, Nathaniel is the only republican 
 among the brothers ; the others were war 
 democrats, and now affiliate with the dem- 
 ocratic party ; but politics are not always 
 inherited, the sons of the brothers are re- 
 
 _ publicans. Justin W., a son of William, 
 has been for a long time the efficient post- 
 master, and Eugene, son of George, an 
 active worker in the party, as well as one 
 of the most thriving young farmers in the 
 town or county. 
 
 DR. OLIVER W. DREW 
 
 came to Waterbury about 1820, from 
 South Woodstock, where "his father was a 
 physician. He lived and practiced medi- 
 cine here about 55 years, after which he 
 and Mrs. Drew went to live with their only 
 daughter, who had married a clergyman 
 and lived in Acton, Mass. 
 
 As a man, a physician, a citizen, a friend, 
 and a professor of religion, .he was sensible 
 and practical, trustworthy and conscien- 
 tious in all duties. He was three times 
 married ; first to Miss Arms, by whom 
 he had two children, a daughter who died 
 young and suddenly, and Frederick, who 
 became a doctor and settled at Ft. Riley. 
 His second wife. Miss Woodward, was a 
 sister of the late Dr. Woodward of Mont- 
 pelier, formerly of Waterbury. His third 
 wife survives him. Dr. Drew died in Mas- 
 sachusetts about 1878, and his remains 
 were brought to Waterbury for burial. 
 
 RICHARD HOLDEN. 
 
 Prominent among the very early settlers 
 of the town, as early as 1788, was Richard 
 Holden. He was moderator of the meet- 
 ing when the town was orgaiiized (1790) ; 
 chosen first selectman at this meeting, as 
 he was in 1791 and several years after [see 
 list of selectmen] , and for many years held 
 the office of justice of peace; and 1793, 
 was sent to the Constitutional Convention. 
 His family occupied a respectable position 
 in the social circles of that period. The 
 sons and daughters were well educated for 
 the times, limited as were the opportuni- 
 ties of education. The oldest son, Guy 
 C, was a teacher of the district school in 
 1810, '12. The writer has seen a receipt 
 of payment as teacher, signed by him and 
 bearing the last above date. Two years 
 after, Holden, with a group of small boys, 
 was listening on the hill side to hear the 
 cannon the day before the battle of Platts- 
 burgh, but on the day of the battle, Sunday, 
 Sept. II, 1 8 14, there was no need of listen- 
 ing to hear the broadside discharges of 
 artillery in. the lake action, to which a 
 hundred of Waterbury boys were witnesses. 
 In 1794, the representative to the General 
 
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 Assembly of Vt., took with him this rather 
 singular certificate : 
 
 "Waterbury, Oct. 6, 1794. 
 This may certify that Mr. Ezra Butler, 
 who was duly elected as member to attend 
 the General Assembly for the town of 
 Waterbury for the year ensuing, has fcCr 
 about three years made a profession of 
 religion, and therefore has declined taking 
 an oath in the common form, but choses 
 whenever that he was elected into any town 
 office, to take the affirmation. 
 
 Richard Holden, 
 Justice of Peace.'''' 
 
 Some 62, possibly 64 years ago, the 
 Holden family migrated to Northern New 
 York. Giles H., the 2d son, and most of 
 the family, settled at the mouth of the 
 Genesee river, a post of entry 6 miles 
 north of Rochester, Holden being col- 
 lector and keeper of the lighthouse in 1829, 
 as he had been some years before and was 
 after that date some years. At the date 
 named they were comfortably situated, and 
 it is believed were some time after. 
 
 PAUL DILLINGHAM. 
 BY B. F. riFIELD, ESQ. 
 
 Paul Dillingham, son of Paul and Han- 
 nah (Smith) Dillingham, was born in 
 Shutesbury, Mass., Aug. 10, 1799. His 
 father served the cou^ntry in the Revolu- 
 tionary War, first in the Mass. militia 6 
 months, then in the Continental Army 3 
 years, June, 1777, to 1780, his regiment 
 being connected with that part of the army 
 which was under the more immediate com- 
 mand of Gen. Washington. His grand- 
 father, John Dillingham, served in the 
 "Old French War," and was killed in 
 September, 1759, i° t^^ battle preceding 
 the surrender of Quebec to WoHe. He 
 was thus descended from brave and patri- 
 otic ancestors, and as it will be seen, pres- 
 ently, transmitted the same noble qualities 
 to his sons. 
 
 When about 6 years old, he removed 
 with his parents to Waterbury, which has 
 ever since been hi^ home. In 1818, '19, 
 he attended the Washington County Gram- 
 mar School at Montpelier, then under the 
 tuition of Seneca White, a- recent graduate 
 of Dartmouth ; and in 1820, commenced 
 the study of law with Hon. Dan Carpenter 
 
 of Waterbury. He was admitted to the 
 Washington County Bar at the September 
 term, 1824, and from that date was in the 
 active practice of his profession until 1875. 
 As a jury lawyer, he long stood among the 
 first in Vermont. 
 
 He was town clerk of Waterbury from 
 1829 to '44; representative to the Legis- 
 lature in 1833, '34, '37, '38, '39; State's 
 attorney for Washington County in 1835, 
 '36, '37 ; a member of the Constitutional 
 Convention 1836, '57, '70; State Senator 
 of Washington County 1841, '42, '61 ; 
 and in 1843, "'^s elected member of Con- 
 gress, where he served two terms, and was 
 on the committee on the Judiciary. In 
 1862, '63, '64, he was Lieutenant Gover- 
 nor, and in 1865, '66, Governor of the 
 State. 
 
 Mr. Dillingham was a Democrat by birth 
 and education, and always acted with the 
 democratic party ; not, however, without 
 many inward and some outward protests^ 
 against its subserviency to slavery. But 
 after the attack on Fort Sumter, he knew 
 no party but the country, nor did he spare 
 any exertion in the maintenance of the 
 country's cause. During the presidential 
 campaign of 1864, 'he was a frequent 
 speaker at popular meetings, not only in 
 Vermont, but in New Hampshire and New 
 York. He gave two sons to fight, one of 
 them to die, for the country. Charles, his 
 oldest son, recruited Co. D, of the 2d 
 Regt., in May, 1861, and was in the ser- 
 vice till the winter of 1863, '64, when he' 
 was honorably discharged; being then 
 Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Regt. Ed- 
 win, his second son, [See sketch of Major 
 Edwin Dillingham in paper that follows.] 
 
 The Governor reared a family of 7 chil- 
 dren, 3 daughters and 4 sons. One of the 
 daughters, wife of J. F. Lamson, Esq., of 
 Boston, died in 1875. One remains un- 
 married, and the other was the wife of 
 Senator Carpenter of Wis. ; his son, Wm. 
 P. Dillingham, is practicing law in this 
 county, and is developing many of the 
 traits of character which haverenderedhis 
 father so distinguished. Charles resides 
 at New "Orleans, La., and Frank at Mil- 
 waukee, Wis. 
 
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 The many public positions held by Mr. 
 Dillingham, both by the choice of his 
 neighbors, as well as of the whole people 
 of the State, indicate the confidence the 
 public have had- in his integrity, as well as 
 his ability, and that it was well deserved 
 is proved by this fact alone ; for while the 
 State is sparsely populated, and the people 
 as a rule are poor, or simply independent, 
 they are intelligent, exceedingly jealous of 
 their rights and proud of their public men, 
 and thus it has seldom happened that high 
 public places have been unworthily con- 
 ferred. 
 
 But Mr. Dillingham's fame rests yet 
 more in his professional life. I first knew 
 him in 1856. He was then in the very 
 vigor of manhood and in the full tide of 
 professional success, and his reputation 
 was that of the very first jury advocate in 
 the State. 
 
 At this time, Lucius B. Peck, Timothy 
 P. Redfield and Stoddard B. Colby, to say 
 nothing of numerous other lawyers of 
 superior ability, were in full practice at 
 Washington County Bar, and it can easily 
 be seen how a natural rivalry among men 
 of so much talent, not unfrequently brought 
 out exhibitions of eloquence and intellectual 
 strength, which gave to this bar a position 
 equal, if not superior, to any other in the 
 State. 
 
 Often at this time was the court house 
 packed, and an interested and appreciative 
 audience would stay for hours to listen to 
 ■ the grapple of these men in legal debate. 
 The great reputation that Mr. Dillingham 
 then had as a jury advocate, of course 
 made himthe subject of general observa- 
 tion, and particularly was this so among 
 students and the younger members of the 
 bar ; bufit is quite difficult to present any 
 picture of him that will do him adequate 
 justice. He must have been seen and 
 heard wlien his blood was young, to be 
 appreciated, and yet they who saw and 
 heard him were often sorely puzzled to find 
 out or account for that mysterious power 
 which gave him such wonderful mastery in 
 jury advocacy, that the traditions of his 
 great efforts, evanescent as such things 
 are, will last for half a century. Among 
 
 the things which certainly contributed to 
 it, was an exceedingly fine presence. He 
 was fully 6 feet in height, and weighed 
 perhaps, somethfng over 200 pounds. 
 Physically', well rounded, though not corp- 
 ulent, his step was elastic and his bearing 
 kindly, warm-hearted, frank and manly, 
 and his intercourse with his fellow-men 
 carried with it that insinuating address 
 which invited respectful familiarity and 
 cordial friendship. There was nothing of 
 the aristocrat about him : nothing distant 
 or reserved, and yet there was a dignified 
 simplicity which always commanded re- , 
 spect. His dark hazel eyes, too, beamed 
 with sympathy and kindliness, and his 
 gestures, movements and address were 
 natural, easy and unaffected ; and above 
 all was his voice, musical and sweet as a 
 flute in its lower cadences ; but in passion 
 or excitement, rising in its notes clear and 
 ringing, it resounded like the music of the 
 bugle. 
 
 In addition to these things, he was in 
 the enjoyment of excellent health and a 
 happy, genial temperament, which made ■ 
 everything sunshine about him. All these 
 advantages were nature's gifts, and they 
 were never tampered with or impaired by 
 any vice or bad habit.. And these gifts, 
 too, are not, and cannot be acquired. He 
 who is so fortunate as to possess them, 
 must thank his Maker, not himself. With 
 these gifts he coupled an instinctive knowl- 
 edge of the human heart, acquired by long 
 experience -at the bar, and familiar inter- 
 course and sympathy with his fellow-men. 
 He never was a law student in -the highest 
 sense of the term ; never the mere book- 
 worm which David Paul Brown pronounces 
 "a mere donkey;" never dealt with the 
 sharp analysis and the keen intellectual 
 dissection of great subjects, but his mind 
 teemed with brilliant conceptions, glitter- 
 ing generalities, happy conceits, apt il- 
 lustrations and appropriate anecdotes, 
 which were interspersed so ingeniously 
 through the argument as the discussion 
 went on, that great audiences have stood 
 upon their feet by the hour to listen to the 
 magic of his eloquence. 
 
 The writer qf this sketch once heard 
 
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 him in a pauper case, where the question 
 of legal settlement turned upon the ap- 
 parently insignificant fact whether a fam- 
 ily removed in the spring or autumn of 
 i8i6 from one town to another; and one 
 witness, an old lady, remembered it was 
 in autumn, because the family went on 
 foot, the children were barefooted, the 
 ground was frozen, and their feet bled by 
 contact with the hard earth. She remem- 
 bered, too, that they cracked butternuts 
 which lay under the trees at this time of 
 the year. Seizing upon these incidents as a 
 text, his vivid imagination quickly sketched 
 a picture of the privations and suffer- 
 ing of the early pioneers in the State, so 
 full of tenderness and pathos, that when 
 he dropped back into his seat, panting 
 with emotion, there was scarcely a dry eye 
 in the jury-box, and when the jury went 
 out, it took them less than ten minutes to 
 vindicate the testimony of the old lady 
 who remembered the frozen ground and 
 the little children with their bleeding feet. 
 
 It may be thought that in this he was 
 simply acting. But it was not so. It was 
 genius, a native instinct "which directed 
 him as certainly to the incidents and char- 
 acteristics of a case which could be used 
 for effect as the magnetic needle is directed 
 toward the pole. He made his client's 
 case his own, and threw into it all the zeal 
 and earnestness of his nature. 
 
 In every controversy there is something 
 of right on each side, and to a person of 
 his natural genius and emotional nature, 
 it was not difficult to quickly convince 
 himself thqt the right always largely pre- 
 dominated on his side, so that his advocacy 
 always had the appearance of the utmost 
 sincerity, the utmost candor. Himself a 
 member of the Methodist church, and a 
 careful student of biblical history, there 
 was an undertone of moral sentiment con- 
 tinually cropping out and constantly re- 
 turning, illustrated and enforced by apt 
 quotations from the Scriptures, and this, 
 coupled with his high reputation for in- 
 tegrity, gave his utterances extraordinary 
 weight and effect. 
 
 When in his best mood, he played upon 
 the strings of men's hearts with the facility 
 
 that a skilled musician plays upon the 
 strings of a guitar, and made them respond 
 to emotions of Jaughter, anger, sympathy 
 or sorrow whenever he pleased and as best 
 suited the purposes of his case. By pure 
 animal magnetism, he subjected inferior 
 wills to the' superior strength and power of 
 his own, and having control, he moulded 
 and shaped them to his wishes with the 
 qase that the potter moulds the clay. And 
 this was just as likely to arise in a small 
 case as in a large one. It was antagonism 
 that roused him. It was when his brother 
 Colby had ridiculed his case, and con- 
 vulsed the jury with laughter by the hour, 
 that all his faculties were brought into full 
 play, and then it was an intellectual treat 
 to see him recapture the jury and win back 
 the lost cause, and revel in the victory with 
 the gaiety of a troubadour. 
 
 Mr. Dillingham never by a professional 
 act degraded his profession. He loved it, 
 and practiced it because he loved it. He 
 withdrew from practice about 1875, after a 
 period of professional labors of half a cen- 
 tury. He is now in the 83d year of his 
 age, and is exceedidgly well preserved for 
 such advanced years. An hour with him 
 now in social intercourse is a rare enjoy- 
 ment. With nothing to regret in the 
 past, and a Christian's hope of the future, 
 his present condition exhibits a restfulness 
 and placidity which fittingly crowns a life 
 of labor not spent in vain. 
 
 From Chaplain E. M. HayneS' Historj" of tlit Tenth 
 Kcguuent, (1870). 
 
 MAJOR EDWIN DILLINGHAM, 
 
 second son of Hon. Paul Dillingham and 
 Julia Carpenter, was born in Waterbury, 
 May 13, 1839. The first years of his life 
 were passed at the home of his parents, 
 amidst some of the most delightful natural 
 scenery in the State. Here the mountains 
 are ever green in their towering magnifi- 
 cence to the sky. Almost every field is 
 laced and ribboned by tireless, sparkling 
 streams ; the soil, rich and stubborn in its 
 fertility, yields its fruits only to the steady 
 persistence of a hardy race ; and here, al- 
 most in sight of the State Capitol, and 
 within the immediate circle of its legisla- 
 tive and social influences, and always 
 
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 under the more refining elements of a 
 Christian home, the years of boyhood and 
 youth were numbered. Like other boys, 
 we presume he passed them quietly, not 
 varying much from the round of sports 
 and duties of New England's revered 
 manual for the training of h^r sons, al- 
 though other homes have not been so 
 richly endowed by Christian example. His 
 opportunities for an education, we are in- 
 formed, were respectable and diligently 
 improved. Always found at his task, he 
 won the admiration of his teachers ; ever 
 kind and of a happy spirit, he was loved 
 by his fellow-students. Enjoying the" 
 highest advantages afforded by the com- 
 mon schools and academies of his native 
 State, he here received all the instruction 
 deemed absolutely essential to entering 
 successfully upon his professional studies. 
 He chose the profession of the law, and 
 commenced his preparation for the bar in 
 
 1858, in the office of his brother-in-law, 
 the Hon. Matthew H. Carpenter, now a 
 senator in Congress, in the city of Mil- 
 waukee, Wis., where, however, he re- 
 mained but a few months. Upon leaving 
 the office of Mr. Carpenter, he entered the 
 Law School at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where 
 he graduated with honor in the autumn of 
 
 1859. He finally finished his law studies, 
 preparatory, in the office of Dillingham and 
 Durant, in his native town, his father 
 being the senior member of the firm, and 
 then Lieutenant Governor, and afterwards 
 Governor of the State. In Sept. i860, he 
 was admitted to practice at the Washing- 
 ton County bar ; and it is said, "though 
 the youngest," was considered " one of its 
 most proniising members." Subsequently, 
 he became the law partner of his father, 
 and thus established in his profession, and 
 thus associated, he continued until July, 
 1862. We have often heard him speak of 
 this arrangement as one most suited to his 
 tastes, and doubt not that it was one of 
 great promise and profit. It may be that 
 he had expected to reap much from the 
 great ability, experience and wide reputa- 
 tion of his father as an advocate and states- 
 man, and so enrich his own mind for the 
 largest duties of his calling, either in its 
 
 immediate sphere, or else fit himself for 
 the demands of a wider field, and prepare 
 to win the honor to which the young am- 
 bition may justly aspire. But whatever 
 schemes of this kind he might have enter- • 
 tained, they were not destined to be re- 
 alized ; even if they did float dimly, yet 
 with golden wings, before his mind, his 
 nature was not one to remain undisturbed, 
 by the dark war-cloud that had for two 
 terrible years stretched from the Gulf to 
 the northern boundaries of his native 
 State. Its mutterings, mingling with the 
 cries of the slain of his own kinsmen and 
 companions in peace,, were notes of sum- 
 mons. Though the silver lining of other 
 dark clouds had betokened promise, this 
 had turned to blood, and he would go and 
 do battle for his country. Forgetting 
 party affinities, and severing dearer and 
 sweeter ties, he, with thousands more, 
 would make the sacrifice of his young life 
 upon the nation's altar. But to write all 
 that was noble of this officer, would be but 
 to repeat what has been in a thousand in- 
 stances already made historic, and for him, 
 we, his compatriots and subordinates in 
 rank, because he has taken a higher com- 
 mission, have but to record the epitaphs 
 of the brave! 
 
 Upon the President's call for 300,000 
 troops, issued In July, 1862, he actively 
 engaged in recruiting a company in the 
 western part of Washington County, of 
 which he was unanimously chosen captain. 
 These recruits finally became Co. B, of the 
 loth Reg. Vt. Vols., and were really the 
 first raised for that regiment ; but in con- 
 sequence of a company-organization then 
 existing, though formerly designed for the 
 gth Regiment, he was obliged to take this 
 position in the loth. Soon after the reg- 
 iment was fairly in the field, he was de- 
 tailed as Assistant Inspector General on 
 the staff of Brigadier General Morris, then 
 commanding the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 
 3d Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. 
 He acted in the capacity of aid-de-camp to 
 this officer during the battle of Locust 
 Grove, Nov. 27, 1863, and while carrying 
 an order to his own regiment, his horse 
 was shot under him and he was taken 
 
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 prisoner. Then he was marched most of 
 . the way to Richmond and incarcerated in 
 Libby prison, where he was kept for four 
 long months in durance vilest. In March 
 following, he was paroled and soon ex- 
 changed, when he immediately returned 
 to the field and to his old command. Gen. 
 Grant was at this time making his cel- 
 ebrated campaign from the Rapidan to 
 Petersburg; and consequently rendered ap- 
 proach to the immediate scene of opera- 
 tions extremely diiBcult. Still, troops of 
 every arm of the service were being hurried 
 forward, and Capt. Dillingham was put in 
 command of a battalion of exchanged pris- 
 oners and enlisted men, which he led to 
 the front, fighting some of the way. He 
 dismissed his men to their respective com- 
 mands, and reported for duty at Cold 
 Harbor, June 3, 1864. 
 
 Col. Jewett had resigned. Lieut. Col. 
 Henry and Major Chandler had been pro- 
 moted respectively to the first ranks in the 
 command. Capt. Frost, the ranking line 
 officer, was breathing his last the hour he 
 arrived; one-third of the regiment were 
 lying dead on the field and wounded in 
 the hospital, and the rest, begrimmed with 
 dirt and powder, within close range of the 
 enemy, were looking down into the Chick- 
 ahominy swamp, within steeple view of 
 Richmond. Col. Henry had been wound- 
 ed on the first instant, and Lieut. Col. 
 Chandler soon afterwards became sick, 
 and Capt. Dillingham took command of 
 the regiment, although he held it but a 
 short time, Lieut. Col. Chandler returning 
 to duty. The remaining awful days until 
 the 1 2th, was his second battle with his 
 regiment. June 17, 1864, he was com- 
 missioned Major, and went with the troops 
 to James river and Bermuda Hundreds, 
 where, with a large part of the corps, they 
 were ordered into action by Gen. Butler. 
 But Gen. Wright delayed obedience to the 
 order, and his corps was finally extricated 
 by Gen. Meade, after remaining under a 
 most distressing artillery fire from the 
 enemy's battery for several hours. From 
 this time until his death he was constantly 
 with the regiment, and some of the time 
 in command. 
 
 July 6, 1864, the 3d Division of the 6th 
 Corps was detached from the Army of the 
 Potomac, and the two remaining divisions 
 soon afterwards, and were sent into the 
 Shenandoah Valley, under Gen. Sheridan. 
 Arriving at Frederick City, Maryland, on 
 the 8th, he was second in command at the 
 battle of Monocacy, fought on the 9th, 
 Lieut. Col. Chandler being detailed to 
 command the skirmish line, and Colonel 
 Henry in command of the regiment. After 
 marching untold leagues from Frederick to 
 the Relay House, to Washington, up the 
 Potomac to Leesburg, over into the Shen- 
 andoah Valley, through Snicker's Gap, 
 where we had a skirmish with the enemy 
 over and in the river on the iBth, back to 
 Georgetown by way of Chain Bridge, again 
 up the Potomac as far as the mouth of the 
 Monacacy, thence to Frederick, Harper's 
 Ferry, Winchester and Strasburg, back to 
 Harper's Ferry, by way of Charleston — 
 over 600 miles since we had set foot in. 
 Maryland, July 21. It was now Aug. 22. 
 On the 2 1 St, the whole corps was attacked 
 vigorously by the enemy, drawing in the 
 pickets in front of the 2d Division, while 
 the troops were lying quietly in camp or 
 preparing for Sunday morning inspection. 
 Here, foV the first time, young Dillingham 
 was ordered to lead his command to battle. 
 The regiment, however, was not prom- 
 inently engaged, and he had no opportuni- 
 ,ty to distinguish himself. When asked 
 how he felt, invested with the full command 
 at such a time, he replied : " I felt as if we 
 .should make a good fight, but I rather 
 wislied that Henry had been there." From 
 this time he commanded the regiment 
 until he fell at the glorious field of Winch- 
 ester, Sept. 4, 1864. 
 
 We may not here describe that battle. 
 It was a decisive victory for our arms and . 
 the country. It was a golden victory. It 
 lifted higher the national banner than any 
 other battle of the year north of Atlanta. 
 But the eye of prescience could have dis- 
 cerned a thousand emblems of mourning 
 stretched beneath its starry folds, and seen 
 the tears of as many Northern homes falling 
 for their dead, yet re-consecrating the. 
 
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 flag! One was mourned in Waterbury! 
 Major Dillingham had fallen! 
 
 Washington County Court was in ses- 
 sion, and attorneys were contending by 
 peaceful process for the civil rights of a 
 few clients. In Virginia, its youngest and 
 most promising member, who had thrown 
 his sword into the vaster scale. of justice, 
 was contending for the civil rights of the 
 nation. Under orders to charge the ei)- 
 emy, whose front was ablaze with cannon 
 and abatised with fixed bayonets, he was 
 firmly pacing back and forth along his 
 battle line, steadying its formation and 
 awaiting the final signal to advance. Those 
 who saw him say that he heeded not the 
 the missiles of death that fell thick around 
 him and his brave men. Keenly he eyed 
 the foe — anxiously he awaited the onset. 
 To him it never came. About noon, while 
 in this position, he was struck by a solid 
 twelve-pound shot on the left thigh, and 
 borne bleeding and dying.to the rear. In 
 two hours he was no more. The regiment 
 charged and nobly avenged the death of 
 its Major, but he had gone another way. 
 Though he never recovered from the 
 nervous shock produced by this wound, 
 he did not lose consciousness until his 
 noble spirit departed. He conversed oc- 
 casionally with those around him. Among 
 his last words was the utterance: "I 
 have fallen for my country. I am not 
 afraid to die." The first were inspired by 
 patriotism, the last by Christianity ! His 
 remains were borne to Waterbury and in- 
 terred, where the spirit of honor watches 
 over the treasured dust; and when "the 
 history of Vermont's noble men is written, 
 the names of her heroes fairly recorded, 
 we shall read high upon the scroll the name 
 of Major Edwin Dillingham. e. m. h. 
 
 A member of the "Tenth," from the bat- 
 tle field writes : " While the fight was still 
 roaring up over the hill he died, and this 
 was the end of a beautiful, harmonious 
 life. Young, handsome, brilliant, brave 
 amid trials, cheerful amid discouragements 
 upright, and with that kindness of heart 
 which ever characterized the true gentle- 
 man, blended.with firmness and energy as 
 a commander, he was ever respected by 
 
 all of his command, and loved by alFof his 
 companions. 
 
 " A fairer and a lovelier gentleiiian 
 The spacious world cannot again afford." 
 
 We shall long mourn him in our camp-.'' 
 
 He fell, as a soldier should fall, 
 At the head of his own gallant band; 
 
 He died, as a soldier should die. 
 In defence of bis own native land. 
 
 He fell 'mid the battle's loud roar. 
 Where the stars and the stripes prond did fly : 
 
 His life to his country he gave— 
 " 'Tis sweet for one's country to die." 
 
 He fell in the springtime of life. 
 His country from traitors to save, 
 
 While the bugle, the drum and the fife 
 Fired the hearts of the true and the brave. 
 
 He died while the victor's sboul 
 Bang clear on the mountain air. 
 
 While the foe in disordered rout 
 Were ileeingin wildest despair. 
 
 Vermont her proud record shall make. 
 
 And add to her long roll of fame. 
 With the Aliens and Warners she'll place 
 
 Young Dillingbam's glorious name. 
 
 The closing tribute to our young hero 
 is from the pen of J. A. Wing, Esq., of 
 Montpelier. 
 
 One of the largest and most beautiful 
 monuments of the State, in which elegance 
 and simplicity combined, has been erected 
 by the Governor at the grave of his son. . 
 It is of the Sutherland Falls quarry, finest 
 Vermont marble, the cutting and erecting 
 by a townsman, Geo. C. Arms, of Water- 
 bury. 
 
 Philander A. Preston, born in Water- 
 bury, Nov. 27, 1833, enlistedin the Vt. Cav., 
 Sept. I, '61 ; with his regiment till July 6, 
 '63, when wounded and in hospital till De- 
 cember ; returned to duty ; Jan.'64,re-enlist- 
 ed ; taken prisoner June 27, at Stony Creek 
 Station, Weldon R. R. ; taken to Ander- 
 sonville, Sept. lo; removed to Charles- 
 town ; then to Florence, where he was 
 literally starved to death; died Jan. or 
 Feb. '65, aged 32 ; left a wife and one son. 
 
 The eighth annual re-union of the Tenth 
 Vermont Regimental Association was held 
 at Waterbury, Sept. 4, 1873. The asso- 
 ciation went in procession to the cemetery 
 to pay honors toMaj. Dillingham, Thomp- 
 son, and other Waterbury patriots there 
 interred. 
 
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 SOLDIERS BURIED IN TOWN. 
 
 BY HON. WM. P. DILLINQHAM. 
 
 Revolutionary Soldiers who are buried 
 in Waterbury: — Capt. Thomas Jones, 
 Aaron Wilder, Ezra Butler, Zachariah Bas- 
 sett, Moses Nelson, David Town, John 
 Hudson, D. Sloan, Benjamin Conant, Paul 
 Dillingham, Asaph Allen, Isaac Marshall, 
 Thomas Eddy, Alphas Sheldon, Joseph 
 Hubbardi Stephen Jones, Asa Poland, 
 George Kennan. 
 
 * Note. — This list is made from consulta- 
 tion with aged persons . In regard to those 
 of 1812, any list I could make would be so 
 defective as to mislead rather than be a 
 help. More than 40 men went out and 
 most of them are buried here, and yet I 
 have obtained only a dozen of the names. 
 
 Soldiers in the War of i86l who are bu- 
 ried at Waterbury : — Major Edwin Dilling- 
 ham, Capt. Lucien D. Thompson, Li.eut. 
 J. Edwin Henry, Lieut. Dow E. Stone, 
 Surgeon James B. Woodward, Alba Dut- 
 ton, C. E. L. Hills, Almon C. Thomas, 
 Tilton Sleeper, Carlos Prescott, Charles 
 Lee, Henry Lee, Joseph B. Conant, Clar- 
 ence K. Mansfield, Wm. Wallace Whitney, 
 Frank Stearns, Henry Dillingham, H. 
 R. Bickford, Tabor H. Parcher, Ira S. 
 Woodward, George S. Woodward, H. S. 
 Burleigh, Augustus Steady. 
 
 Note. — This list is not complete, but as 
 nearly 30 as time will permit us to make. 
 
 [This list was only asked from Mr. Dil- 
 lingham two days before going into print. 
 We had overlooked not having it. Ed.] 
 
 origin of the reform school. 
 
 Gov. Dillingham in his first annual mes- 
 sage to the Legislature, that of 1865, rec- 
 ommended the establishment of a State 
 Reform School. Oli this suggestion an 
 act was passed at the session of that year 
 to establish the Vermont Reform School, 
 that authorized the governor to appoint a 
 board of three commissioners to purchase 
 a farm not exceeding 200 acres of land. 
 
 The governor appointed Rev. A. G. 
 Pease, Rev. L. A. Dunn, and Charles 
 Reed, Esq., members of the Legislature 
 that year. They received their commis- 
 sions Nov. 24, and entered on the pre- 
 
 liminary duties of such a board, visiting 
 reformatories in other States to acquire 
 needful information relating to' requisi- 
 tions and management of such institutions. 
 This was also preparatory to selecting a 
 suitable location for a reform school. In 
 their report the next year to the governor, 
 they relate their proceedings and conclu- 
 sions on the subjects of their inquiries ; 
 also the requisitions in the location, and 
 the reasons which determined them in 
 favor of locating in Waterbury, which 
 have been already stated in these papers, 
 page 854. 
 
 THE BURNING OF THE REFORM SCHOOL 
 
 building Dec. 12, 1874, was a calamity to 
 many individuals, and in some respects, to 
 the public. The loss of public and private 
 property was large ; while 160 inmates es- 
 caped with little but their lives in the dead 
 of a December night, from their comfort- 
 able home to undergo months of depriva- 
 tion of their former comforts. 
 
 The loss of personal property in the 
 building was little known ; and probably 
 few ever knew the loss of the State, in 
 other ways than the cost of the building. 
 It is well known to the tax-payers of the 
 State that the fire led to the removal to 
 Vergennes. However much the citizens 
 of that ancient city may congratulate them- 
 selves upon the event, and the maneuvers 
 leading to it, few disinterested persons 
 have ever had reason to be proud of the 
 success of the means that led to its accom- 
 plishment. The carefiil examinations -of 
 reformatories in other States, and inqui- 
 ries into the necessary requisitions in 
 choosing the location of such institutions, 
 were narrated in the first annual report of 
 the trustees ; and their reasons for the 
 selection of the site of the first location of 
 the school in Waterbury, are believed to 
 have been satisfactory to the great majority 
 of the people of the State. If those rea- . 
 sons were good then, they were no less 
 forcible after the fire, but rather more so, 
 the surroundings being the same, and in 
 addition, the foundation and much available 
 material remaining which could be appro- 
 priated to the rebuilding, a foundation 
 
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 already being laid ; a large outlay for that 
 purpose would have been avoided. But 
 whatever reasons might be assigned for 
 rebuilding on the old site, the Legislature, 
 especially the lower house, seemed indis- 
 posed to regard them, while the senate by 
 a very small majority concurred in the re- 
 moval, even after the passage ,of the act 
 authorizing the governor to purchase cer- 
 tain designated real estate in Vergennes 
 for the locating the reform school, it was 
 reported he had serious doubts of the pro- 
 priety of doing what the act authorized for 
 purchase of that real estate. — R. bD'tler. 
 
 CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WATERBURY. 
 
 1876. — This mission, before it became a 
 parish with a residing pastor, was attended 
 occasionally, first by Father O'Callaghan 
 from Burlington, then successively by Rev. 
 J. Daly, Rev. Father Drolet, the Reverend 
 Oblate Fathers, from Burlington, Rev. Z. 
 Druon and Rev. Joseph Duglue, the two 
 last clergymen living then at Montpelier. 
 It was in 1857, that the old church, dedi- 
 cated to St. Vincent Ferrier, was built on 
 the hill on the east side of the railroad, at 
 a little distance from the depot. It was 
 enlarged about 10 years afterwards by 
 Father Duglue. The present pastor, the 
 Rev. John Galligan was appointed to take 
 charge of his congregation in the year 
 1869. He soon purchased a fine residence 
 in Winooski turnpike street, and this year 
 (1876,) he bought the adjoining lot where 
 stands the Adventist meeting-house, which 
 , he is now enlarging and converting into a 
 church. Rev. Z. Druon. 
 
 1882. — The Church of Waterbury was 
 dedicated to Almighty God under the voca- 
 ble of St. Andrew, the Apostle, Nov. 30, 
 1876. Waterbury is now attended regu- 
 larly on every other Sunday by Rev. J. 
 Galligan. Bishop De Goesbriand. 
 
 Patrick Bryan, the first Catholic in town, 
 a tailor, came from Burlington from 1815 
 to '20 ; settled and worked at his trade. He 
 had a large family, and brought another 
 tailor from Burlington here, Michael Con- 
 nor, a Catholic ; both spent their lives here. 
 Mr. Connor had several sons in the war. 
 R. Butler. ' 
 
 SOME DAY. 
 
 There will be a hush In a darkened room 
 "Where, heeding not the stilly gloom, 
 A pallid form will lowly lie. 
 Beneath the folds qf snowy drapery. 
 Pale hands clasped o'er a pulseless breast, 
 Cold white lips in silence pressed, 
 Eyes— that have closed in sleep for aye; 
 There will be footsteps' muffled tread. 
 And voices whisper, " she Is dead," 
 
 Some day. 
 Others tears and others woes 
 Shall not disturb my deep repose; 
 Perhaps some loving hand may press 
 My marble form in tenderness, 
 And twine the myrtle with flowers fair, 
 To deck "my rest, as I slumber there. 
 But naught to me will that pressure be, 
 Of beauty, or fragrance of rarest flowers. 
 The light or shadows of passing hours- 
 Some day. 
 1 shall not heed as they bear me on. 
 With solemn tread, to the churchyard lone; 
 Or hear the tone of the deepTtoned bell, 
 Breaking with mournful ebb and swell; 
 As they lower me down, I shall feel no fear. 
 The requiem's strains I shall not hear,— 
 Dr even the shock of the yellow clay. 
 As with hollow sound on my coffin lid. 
 It falls and covers my narrow bed. 
 
 Some day. 
 Summer and winter will come and go. 
 With their floral wreath and robes of snow. 
 And the phantom train of years go by. 
 But I shall not heed them where I lie. 
 The violet there, with its eyes of blue. 
 May weep o'er my grave its tears of dew. 
 The wild bird sing his sweetest lay. 
 Yet Ihe heart beneath lie cold and still; 
 Will not respond with its wdnted thrill. 
 
 Some day. 
 Only a lock of silken hair. 
 Little mementoes here and there, 
 Only a ceasing of care and strife, 
 Alas! alasl is it all oflife? 
 Ah, no I there is somewhere a fairer shore. 
 Where friends long parted shall meet once more, 
 A beauteous land in the far away, 
 Where light and Joy will ever remain. 
 And the soul Its long-lost treasure regain. 
 
 Some day. 
 Then why should we fear, Oh Death, thy clasp. 
 Or shrink at the touch of thy icy grasp f 
 Since thou art the angel that opens the gate 
 Of that city bright where our loved ones dwell. 
 We will place these hands, without one thrill. 
 Into thine own, so cold and chill; 
 Come lead us to that realm of day. 
 Where never a sigh is heard, or knell, 
 But where the pure and beautiful dwell 
 Forever. 
 Waterbuiy, Vt., March, 1872. m. m. n. 
 
 [A poem we clipped from the Burling- 
 ton Free Press ten years since, and re- 
 served till we might reach the history of 
 Waterbury, not anticipating any difiiculty 
 in finding the author ; but our inquiry is 
 to-day, who wrote it.? 
 
WATERBURY. 
 
 869 
 
 DR. C. C. ARMS, 
 [From the .Vermont Watchman.] 
 was a physician here 20 years. He came 
 from Stowe, where he first practiced his 
 profession a short time. He was married 
 not long before coming here, Nov. 16, 
 1833, to Lucia Mills, born in Windsor, 
 Dec. 5, 1805. They had two daughters 
 and one son, one daughter died in child- 
 hood, one in yonng womanhood. Dr. 
 Arms, Sr., died Apr. 15, 1854, age 51;' 
 Mrs. Arms Mar. 20, 1882. Mrs. Arms 
 spent the most of her days after her hus- 
 band's death in Waterbury, and left behind 
 her a life marked by a quiet but positive 
 exercise of the cardinal virtues of woman- 
 hood. Her only spn. Dr. Charles Carroll 
 Arms, encouraged by his resolute mother, 
 made his way through college, graduating 
 at Dartmouth in the class of '65, acquired 
 his profession, and now in Cleveland, Ohio, 
 sustains a good reputation as a man and a 
 physician. It was his privilege to be with 
 his mother at her death. 
 
 DR. F. P. DREW, 
 
 Only son of Dr. Oliver W. Drew — see 
 page 860 — born in Waterbury, pursued 
 classical studies in the University at Bur- 
 lington, and his professional studies in the 
 Medical College at Woodstock, and in the 
 College of Surgeons of New York, where 
 he graduated in the spring of 1857, and in 
 the summer of that year entered upon his 
 profession in Attica, Fountain Co., Ind. ; 
 in the fall of 1859 moved to Junction City, 
 Kansas, and continued the practice of his 
 profession nearly 2 years ; was appointed 
 Post Surgeoa at Fort Riley, in the dis- 
 charge of which office he continued until 
 his death from pneumonia during the war, 
 we believe, at the age of 35, leaving a. 
 young widow. He married Dec, 1861, to 
 Nelly Chaney, of Attica, Ind. The Re- 
 publican Union, Junction, Kansas, said of 
 Iiim at the time of his death : " By several 
 years of medical practice in the vicinity of 
 Junction City and Fort Riley, and as army 
 surgeon at the Fort, he had acquired a 
 high and increasing reputation. To a 
 mind well disciplined by scientific culture, 
 he added the' gentle culture and the kind 
 
 sympathy which flow from a generous 
 heart. His own ease, his health, even, were 
 of no account compared to what he es- 
 teemed the claims of duty to the sufiering." 
 His father's death did not occur till 
 some years after that of his son. The fa- 
 ther had three wives ; first, Lucretia Arms, 
 second, Margaret Woodward, third, Olivia 
 L. B. Atherton. The first was the mother 
 of his two children. The family are all ■ 
 now, but the third Mrs. Drew and daugh- 
 ter, Mrs. Wood, dead. 
 
 BCTLEB SKETCHES -CONTINUED. 
 EARLY FAMILIES. 
 
 We have briefly sketched three or four 
 early families of our town ; if space permit- 
 ted, we might notice some others, perhaps 
 as worthy of such distinction in the Gazet- 
 teer. Without attempting particulars in re- 
 gard to most of them, Stiles Sherman had a 
 family of 12 children, several of them died 
 young ; only one survives, Mrs. Bebee of 
 Burlington ; she was the youngest daugh- 
 ter. Seth Chandler Sherman was the 
 youngest son. He took the honors of the 
 graduating class of 1829, in the Vt. Uni- 
 versity. A few years after he setttled in 
 Quincy, 111., and lived there many years, 
 and was much respected. He died two or 
 three years since, and with his companion ' 
 was buried in the same grave. The oldest 
 brother, when young, settled in Central 
 New Yofk. Heman, the next older brother 
 of Chandler, died a few years since in 
 Ogdensburgh, N. Y., and was buried in" 
 this, his native town. An older sister mar- 
 ried Elam, a brother of the late Judge Dan 
 Carpenter. He^died young, and his widow 
 afterwards married Luther Cleaves^ . This 
 family consisting of a son, Sherman Car- 
 penter, and two sisters with their parents, 
 moved West many years ago, and lived in, 
 or in the vicinity of St. Louis, where Mrs. 
 Cleaves died perhaps 20 years ago, having 
 lived some years in her second widowhood . 
 Thus might other similarly interesting 
 sketches of families be made. We will 
 only give the names of many, as they oc- 
 cur in our recollection. There were Wil- 
 sons, Periys, Hills, Parchers, Guptils, 
 Atkins, several families, Cadys, Wrights, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Fisks, Hawleys, Roods, Robbins, Stevens, 
 Austins, Aliens, Scagels, Jones, Parkers, 
 Murrays, Woodward, several large families, 
 Greggs, three families, Smiths, two of 
 Pecks, John and Hiram, Henrys, several 
 Shermans, Kneeland, Palmers, Thomp- 
 sons, Richardsons, Georges, Eddys, Bry- 
 ants, Towns and Demmons, and still others 
 whose names were familiar as household 
 words 50 years ago. Of the recent names 
 of business men or others, there are, 
 omitting professionals, Seabury, Selleck, 
 Knight, Wyman," Richardson and Fuller- 
 ton, Arms, Haines, Bruce, Warren, Ran- 
 dall, Brown, Hopkins, Clark and Freeman, 
 Stockwell, Davis, Cooley, Crossetts, Rem- 
 . iligton, Cole, Atherton, Muzzey, King, 
 Morse, Picketts, Moodys, Evans, Taylors, 
 Griggs, Watts, Collins, Foster, Jackman, 
 and others. 
 
 LARGE MEN. 
 
 Some half century and more since, our 
 town could boast of numbering among its 
 inhabitants several families whose name 
 stood high in the alphabet, but who, in 
 their corporal dimensions, stood quite as 
 high, and in their circular measurements 
 quite respectable; indeed, they would 
 hardly fall short of the more recent Moody 
 families. The Atkinses were numerous 
 as well as of powerful frames, altitude 
 over 6 feet, weight over 200, and some of 
 them were ' men of wit, as most were of 
 genial humor and good mental' endow- 
 ments. Any jokes at Henry's or Albro's 
 expense were sure to be promptly paid in 
 ready coin. 
 
 Horace and Henry were carpenters and 
 joiners, and the builders of the first meet- 
 ing house in town. Capt. George, the 
 militia captain, was with his company at 
 the battle of Plattsburgh. David was one 
 of the town officers in early days, and, as 
 well, a good deacon, I doubt not, as he 
 married my father's sister, and belonged 
 to his church. John was a man of some 
 peculiarities ; it was said gathered sap with 
 one pail only, most sugar makers use two 
 if without a team. 
 
 Jerum Atkins, his son, has a biogra- 
 phy we would take pleasure in giving the 
 reader were it possible to do justice in 
 
 the brief space allotted to this closing part 
 of the history. Suffice it to say of him, 
 from mere childhood, he had a remarkable 
 inclination for mechanism, and soon after 
 developed an inventive genius of superior 
 order. He worked with Henry Carter, a 
 millwright, some years, and went West at 
 about the age of 19, where he became 
 somewhat famous as the inventor of the 
 first grain-raker attachment to McCormick's 
 celebrated reaper. This was an important 
 invention, to the great grain growing regions 
 especially, but owing to want of means, 
 and want of health, he was obliged to di- 
 vide the value of his invention with some 
 one able to manufacture and introduce the 
 raker into market. B;^ injudicious man- 
 agement, after many had been disposed of, 
 a change of manufacturer ruined the credit 
 of the article, and others took advantage 
 of this mismanagement of his manufacturer 
 and reaped the pro'fits of the invention. 
 The history of Mr. Atkins is too long for 
 these pages, and many interesting particu- 
 lars must be omitted. 
 
 GEORGE W. RANDALL, 
 
 was born in Waterbury in 1826. Few 
 men have had more varied experiences, 
 and the events of his youth, and adven- 
 tures in two trips to California have trained 
 him to self-reliance and readiness in emer- 
 gency. From poverty he has risen to 
 wealth, and conducts an extensive business 
 with little help from clerks. His farming 
 and lumbering enterprises give employment 
 to many ; and some of his feats in filling 
 orders for dimension timber upon short 
 notice, are surprising. His bills of lum- 
 ber sent to several different States, amount 
 to many thousands of dollars annually. 
 
 OUR MERCHANT FIRMS 
 
 have not very much changed in the last 10 
 years. In the ten preceding there were more 
 changes in manufacturing, business and 
 merchant firms. The Colby business, 
 somewhat divided up, a part going to Mont- 
 pelier, a part to the state of Michigan, and 
 a part remaining. Mr". B. F. Goss, who 
 had been a merchant here 20 or 30 years, 
 moved to Vergennes, Mr. J. G. Stimson, 
 who commenced trade here 'in 1844, went 
 
WATERBURY. 
 
 871 
 
 to Norwich, his native town, we think. 
 Both these men were prominent in busi- 
 ness, in politics, and in church, and will 
 long be remembered byjour older citizens. 
 Mr. Goss became very successful in his 
 new business, the manufacture of kaolin, 
 in a town adjoining Vergennes. [See 
 Montpelier,p. 471.] Of business changes 
 at the Centre, we note that of Mr. Stock- 
 well succeeding Mr. Hayes; Clark and 
 Freeman continue. William Cooley con- 
 tinues his creamery. 
 
 It would seem hardly excusable in us to 
 pass the names of Messrs. Goss and Stim- 
 Bon, after their long residence here, and 
 having such social and business relations 
 with us as they had, without somewhat 
 more notice. Both Mr. and Mrs. Goss 
 [Frank Goss, see family of Samuel Goss, 
 history of Montpelier.] were genial in 
 their manners, public spirited, sympathiz- 
 ing in all the vicissitudes of life and liberal 
 to all benevolent enterprises. 
 
 Mr. Stimson was with us a man thor- 
 oughly schooled in business ; he was in 
 early life, we think, in partnership in trade 
 with Senator Morrill. His oldest son, 
 William, served in the recent war, and has 
 since been in mercantile business in New 
 York. His second son is a doctor in Con- 
 necticut ; third, probably with his parents. 
 The youngest is a missionary in some for- 
 eign land, and is a graduate of Dartmouth ; 
 also a theological graduate. 
 
 Mr. Stimson has built two stores here, 
 and given much for benevolent objects and 
 the church of which he was a member. 
 
 THE LAST FIRE IN THIS PLACE, 
 
 of considerable account, was in the night, 
 of July 27, 1878, in a central part of the vil- 
 lage, when 4 stores, some of them, in part, 
 occupied as dwellings, were consumed. 
 The owners were M. M. Knight, J. A. 
 Burleigh, F. B. Taylor and M. O. Evans. 
 In the first was a large stock of dry goods ; 
 total losses about $25,000, insured about 
 two-thirds or three-fourths. These stores 
 in 1879 were all replaced by two brick 
 blocks, creditable to the builders and to 
 the village. 
 One of the' heaviest individual losses by 
 
 fire, that ever occurred in our town, was 
 that of Dr. Fales, May 15, 1877., The fire 
 was not discovered till several barns and 
 sheds, \yith ten or a dozen head of cattle 
 and three or four horses, were past being 
 rescued. The fire rapidly approached the 
 house, and the firemen were unable to save 
 it on account of the insufficient supply of 
 water. This house which had been, for 
 sixty years, one of the most conspicuous 
 in town, has since been replaced by a much 
 more valuable one of brick. Dr. Fales 
 was insured to considerable amount. 
 
 LONGEVITY. 
 
 The widow of Judge Carpenter died aged 
 93 ; aMrs. Woodward, about 95 ; Elizabeth 
 Corlis, 94 ; Mr. Heaton, 96 ; Daniel Stbw- 
 ell, about 92 ; John Montgomery, living, 
 85 ; Enoch CofFran, living,, 87 ; Moses 
 Nelson, living, 85 ; Nancy Frink, 86 ; Mrs. 
 Daniels, 89 or 90 ; Mr Janes died aged 874 ; 
 Mrs. Janes, 3 months of 82 years ; John 
 Seabury, 87'; L. Hutchins, about 80. 
 
 1880. — Zenas Watts, who has been en- 
 quiring after the ages of the old people in 
 town, says he has learned of 41 persons 
 whose average age fs over 83 years. Of 
 this number 5 are females over 90 years. 
 Governor Dillingham is 83 ; John Mellen, 
 86 ; Elias Parcher, 86 ; Mrs. Spelacy, 86 ; 
 Beisey Brown, 86 ; Jerry Brown, 82. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 Ezra Butler, 1790-97, 98, 99, ,1800; 
 Ebenezer Reed, 1797 ; Roswell Wells, 
 1801-6; Abel Dewolf, 1806; Dan Carpen- 
 ter, 1 807- 1 0-12-29; John Peck, 1810, 11; 
 Paul Dillingham, 1829-44; William Car- 
 penter, 1844-51 ; John D. Smith, 1851-74; 
 Frank N. Smith, 1874-82. 
 
 THE BANK OF WATERBURY. 
 
 The act of the Legislature chartering the 
 Bank of Waterbury, was approved Dec. 5, 
 1853, and the commissioners appointed 
 were : Wm. W. Wells, Paul Dillingham, 
 W. H. H. Bingham, V. W. Waterman, 
 T. P. Redfield, Rolla Gleason and Dan. 
 Richardson. The bank commenced busi- 
 ness Apr. 18, 1854, with the following di- 
 rectors : Leander Hutchins, Paul Dilling- 
 ham, Wm. W. Wells, Orrin Perkins and 
 V. W. Waterman ; Leander Hutchins, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 president, and Samuel H. Stowell, cashier ; 
 ■paid up .capital, f 80,000. At different 
 times the following persons were elected 
 directors to succeed others resigned, etc. : 
 Samuel Merriam, B. F. Goss, J. H. Has- 
 tings, A. R. Camp, H. A. Hodges, O. W. 
 Drew, C. N. Arms and Healy Cady. Benj. 
 H. Dewey succeeded S. H. Stowell as 
 cashier. Mar. 6, 1856, and served until 
 May I, 1865, when James K. Fullerton 
 was appointed. Sept. i, 1865, the bank 
 re-organized under the National Bank Act 
 as the Waterbury National Bank, with a 
 paid up capital of $100,000, divided into 
 2, 500 shares of $40 each. Officers: Leander 
 Hutchins, president ; James K. Fullerton, 
 cashier ; directors, Leander Hutchins, Paul 
 Dillingham, O. W. Drew, J. H. Hastings, 
 H. A. Hodges, C. N. Arms and Healy 
 Cady. Mr.' Hutchins served as president 
 until Jan. 13, 1874, when, declining a fur- 
 ther election, Paul Dillingham was chosen. 
 Mr. Fullerton was cashier until Apr. i, 
 1870, when Curtis Wells was appointed. 
 At different elections the following persons 
 were chosen to fill vacancies in the board 
 of directors: Nathaniel Moody, Wm. P. 
 Dillingham and W. H. H. Bingham, and 
 Jan. 9, 1877, Wm. P. Dillingham was 
 elected vice president. At the present time 
 the capital of the bank is $100,000 ; surpljis 
 fund, $30,000; number of stockholders, 
 
 138. W. p. DILLINGHAM. 
 
 ^ WATERBURY MEN ABROAD. 
 
 Waterbury has sent many of her sons. 
 Or of her former residents, to other states. 
 A few of them merit some mention. Two 
 assisted in forming the constitution of 
 Wisconsin, George Scagel and George 
 Gale, both natives of this town. Mr. Gale 
 ^ founded a village and a university, and was 
 a judge of one of the higher courts. 
 
 S. C. .Sherman was many years a prom- 
 inent citizen of Qnincy, 111. Several have 
 been among the comparatively early cit- 
 izens of Chicago, and some have long been 
 residents in Louisiana. Our boys may be 
 found in various parts of New York state 
 and in the city, in most, or all of the New 
 England states, in Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, 
 Michigan, California, and other states in 
 every direction, many of them being suc- 
 
 cessful farniers, merchants, doctors, min- 
 isters, lawyers, editors, inventors and man- 
 ufacturers, and, indeed, in most avoca- 
 tions- of life, Waterbury is represented 
 creditably abroad as well as at home. 
 
 MRS. FANNIE BUTLER JANES, 
 
 widow of the late Hon. Henry F^- Janes, 
 died in Waterbury, Nov. 5, 1881. She 
 was the daughter of Governor Ezra Butler, 
 the first permanent settler in Waterbury, 
 born Feb. i, 1800, in the house on the 
 Burlington road, now occupied by E. H. 
 Wells. There in her childhood days she 
 had given refreshment to the soldiers going 
 to the battle of Plattsburg, and her ears 
 had listened tp the cannon thunder of that 
 combat. Before her father's door Gov- 
 ernor Van Ness had halted to introduce 
 LaFayette. In 1826, she married Mr. 
 Janes. In sight of her birthplace, beneath 
 the shade of the two great elms on the 
 site of her son's new residence, their mar- 
 ried life was wholly spent. The great 
 elms were little trees then, a child could 
 clasp them. She passed her declining 
 years peacefully with her son. Dr. Henry 
 Janes, and a brother, Russell Butler, Esq., 
 survives her. In these centennial years 
 we think our nation is growing old until 
 we stand by the graves of the aged ; then 
 we are impressecl with our country's youth, 
 for how much of its history one such life 
 can span ! 
 
 THE STAR OF NATIONS, 
 
 Is the title to an unfinished religious poem 
 of length, that Mrs. Julia Wallace Hutch- 
 ins has long had under way : 
 
 O, Morning Star, in the Old World's east, 
 
 Bevoud the storm-cloud's wreath. 
 When the thunder lowers on the Hlmalay, 
 
 And the earthquake sleeps beneath, 
 How dark would be the coming hour, 
 
 Thy single ray withdrawn. 
 Till the thunder wake, till the tempest break. 
 
 In the day of Esdrselon ; 
 Till the rocks be rent, and the wrath Is spent, 
 O, Star of Hope, shine on. j. m . w. 
 
 The space is filled left for Waterbury, it 
 was thought we would only have material 
 for, when our compositors had set all the 
 copy in, and had to enter Woodbury ; but 
 we will give, in 3d appendix later, a few 
 more papers received since, than can be 
 entered here. 
 
WOODBURY. 
 
 873 
 
 WOODBURY. 
 
 EUNANDO C. PUTNAM. 
 
 The early history of Woodbury is some,- 
 what obscure from the absence of any re- 
 cord of its organization. In 1804, there 
 was a deed recorded by Wm. West, town 
 clerk„by which it may be inferred that the 
 town had been organized. 
 
 First settlement was commenced in the 
 east part of the town, and settlements were 
 continued to the east and southern parts 
 of the town several years, — or until 1809 
 or 10, when Nehemiah and Nathan Jack- 
 son, two sti-ong, athletic men, moved 
 from Randolph, and settled on the west 
 side of the mountain. The first saw-mill 
 was built in the south part of the town, 
 near the Sabin pond, on a stream running 
 from Dog pond. Soon after, there was a 
 saw and grist-mill built.half a mile south of 
 the Center, on a stream running from Long 
 pond . 
 
 Polly Sabin was the first female child 
 born in {own, Frederick Ainsworth the first 
 male child. Wm. West was doubtless the 
 first town clerk, and one of the first justices 
 of the peace ; Elisha Benjamin ~^he first 
 representative. 
 
 Comfort Wheeler, settler and Revo- 
 lutionary soldier, little is known of his 
 early life, or when he was engaged in the 
 serwce of hisxountry ; but it is told of him 
 when recruiting service was going on in 
 Massachusetts, he was considered quite too 
 small to enter the army, but securing a 
 block, he placed himself in the midst of 
 the crowd on this, and when the recruiting 
 oflScer observed him, he said of the boy, 
 if he had so much energy as that, he would 
 take him. His last years were made com- 
 fortable by a pension. 
 
 Capt. Joel Celley among the early 
 settlers, a man of energy and persevering 
 effort, did much to give character to the 
 town; was representative several years, 
 and held many town offices. He was a 
 shrewd farmer, and was reported to have 
 one of the best farms in the county. 
 
 Jabez Town came here when the town 
 was yet young, and resided for years in a 
 log-house, and maintained his family by 
 
 "hard labor ; was a shoemaker, and made 
 , boots of a superior quality, which afforded 
 him some income ; but after the invention 
 of a last-machine by his son, Abner Town, 
 yet a minor, the sales of his lasts gave him 
 a good income, which furnished him ample 
 means for the remainder of his life. 
 
 charter. 
 
 August 1 6, 1 78 1, the Legislature of Ver- 
 mont granted a charter of -the town of 
 Woodbury to William Lyman, Esq., and 
 Col. Ebenezer Wood, and their associates 
 as follows : 
 
 Joshua L. Woodbridge, Seth Murray, 
 Elihu Murray, Israel Chapin, John Stone, 
 Benjamin Sheldon, Samuel Cooke, Elisha 
 Porter, John C. Williams, Thomas Himt, 
 Nathaniel Edwards, Ezra Phillips, Nahum 
 Edgar, Asahel Poraerby, Park Woodward, 
 John Woodward, Asa Woodward, William 
 Potter, Benedict Eggleston, Thos. Wood- 
 ward, Joseph Clark, Henry Champion, Jr., 
 Epaphroditus Champion, Thomas Miller, 
 Joel Day, Anne Hathaway, William Gould, 
 Nathaniel Chipman, Stephen Pearl, Joseph 
 Jay, Thomas Tolman, Oliver Wright, 
 Daniel Wright, Samuel Clark, Stephen Jen- 
 kins, Zebina Curtiss, Abel Adams, Moses 
 Gilford, Thomas Chittenden, Timothy 
 Brownson, John Fassett, Jr. , Noble Ever- 
 ett, Jonathan Brace, Gustavus Walbridge, 
 Rodolphus Walbridge, Caleb Benjamin, 
 John Knickerbocker, Daniel Benjamin, 
 Howel Woodbridge, Samuel Bishop, Noah 
 Smith, Daniel Smith, Israel Smith, Chlpe 
 Smith, Simeon Hathaway, Shadrack Hath- 
 away, Jale Hathaway, Jonathan Burrill, 
 Enoch Woodbridge, John Burnham , Timo- 
 thy Follett, Silas Robinson. 
 
 A cbpy of the charter and original 
 grantees was obtained from the State rec- 
 ords as recorded in the first.Book of Char- 
 ters of Lands, pages 166, 169, dated at 
 Montpelier, "31st day of May, A. D. 
 1805." Signed by David Wing, Jr., Sec- 
 retary of State. 
 
 Certified as follows : 
 
 " This may certify that the above and 
 foregoing is a true Copy of the Original 
 Charter of Woodbury. 
 
 Attest, Eliph. Huntington, 
 
 Proprietors' Clerk." 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 This town was called Woodbury, for the 
 name of Col. Ebenezer Wood, one of the 
 original proprietors. 
 
 The first action of the original proprie- 
 tors was to lay out the town into three di- 
 visions, of which there is no record of the 
 time, or by whom it was done, as will 
 appear, as the notice of the first meeting 
 of the proprietors was signed by Reuben 
 Blanchard, a justice of the peace of Peach- 
 am, dated Aug. 8, 1804, to be held at the 
 dwelling-house of Daniel Smith, in Wood- 
 bury, Oct. 8th, after. At said meeting 
 Daniel Smith was chosen proprietors' clerk, 
 and it was voted to lay out the whole of 
 the undivided lands into lots of 100 acres 
 each, in the same form in which the first 
 division was laid, and John W. Chandler 
 and James Whitelaw were chosen a com- 
 mittee to make said allotment. The above 
 meeting was adjourned to Nov. 20, and 
 again adjourned to May 25, 1805, when 
 Eliphalet Huntington was chosen proprie- 
 tors' clerk; Daniel Smith having previously 
 moved out of town ; and it was voted to 
 accept the plan and field book of the west- 
 erly part of the town reported by their 
 committee, and it was voted to assess a 
 tax of $2.60 on the 2d and 3d division 
 rights, to defray the expenses of surveying 
 and lotting the 2d and 3d division of said 
 town, and other incidental expenses, and 
 Jonathan Elkins, Esq., was chosen col- 
 lector. This meeting adjourtied to June 
 4th, following. At this time the allotment 
 of the 2d and 3d division having been 
 completed, Mary Kenaston, an bdiflFerent 
 person, was chosen to draw the lots of said 
 divisions; James Whitelaw, Esq., was 
 chosen a committee to look up and procure 
 the records of the former proceedings of 
 the proprietors of Woodbury relative to 
 their former divisions. Notice of the next 
 meeting was signed by Jabez Bigelow, a 
 justice of the peace of Ryegate, dated July 
 26, 1805, to be holden on the first day of 
 October, following; at said meeting, the 
 proprietors' clerk reported that the original 
 plan and dra^t of the first division of lots 
 in the town of Woodbury cannot be found, 
 though considerable pains had been taken 
 to obtain the same, and a new one was 
 
 submitted and accepted, and it was voted 
 " that it shall hereafter ever be considered 
 the draft of the said first division as be* 
 fore stated." Jonathan Elkins, Esq., of 
 Peacham, was appointed collector to collect 
 the $2\6o on each right of the 2d and 3d 
 division, unless paid immediately to him 
 at Peacham, the same would be sold at 
 public auction for said tax and costs, which 
 sale was at the dwelling-house of Joshua 
 Kenaston's in Woodbury, on the first day 
 of October, A. D. 1805 ; attested by Jon- 
 athan Elkins, Jr.,, collector. At this sale 
 John W. Chandler of Peacham, purchased 
 about 50 lots for the sum of $3.32 per lot, 
 being the amount of the tax and costs 
 which he and his heirs have since sold 
 from $50 to $200 per lot ; the aforesaid 
 first division was surveyed by one Cham- 
 berlain into lots of 100 acres each, being 
 in all 91 lots, commencing to number at 
 the S. E. corner of the" town, counting 
 east and west, each lot being known by its 
 number and survey. The balance of said 
 town was surveyed by Nathan Janes, being 
 designated as " Janes' survey," containing 
 133 lots of 100 acres, eaqh commencing to 
 number at the S. E. corner of the 2d and 
 3d division, counting east and west, same 
 as in the first division. 
 
 The first settler in the town was Gideon 
 Sabin, who located in the east part, in the 
 year 1795, or '96, and was followed the 
 same year by Joseph Carr, and soon after 
 by William West, all locating in the east- 
 erly part of the town ; and according to 
 the best information to be obtained, the 
 next wh^o located in town was in the year 
 i8oi, when Benjamin Ainsworth and John 
 Bettis located in the south part of the 
 town. The first 12 settlers are as follows : 
 Gideon Sabin, Joseph Carr, Wm. West, 
 Benjamin Ainsworth, John Bettis, Ephraim 
 Ainsworth, Thomas Ainsworth, Ezekiel 
 Ball, Daniel Rugg, Ferdinand Perry, 
 Daniel Smith, and Samuel Mackres. 
 
 The first town meeting on record was 
 Mar. 4, 1806, when said officers were chos- 
 en: moderator, Samuel Mackres; Wm. 
 West, town clerk and treasurer; select- 
 men, Samuel Mackres, Joshua Kenaston, 
 and Smith Ainsworth ; constable, Benja- 
 
WOODBURY. 
 
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 min Ainsworth ; listers, David Rugg, Josh- 
 ua Kenastonand Smith Ainsworth ; grand- 
 juror, Joshua Kenaston. At a subsequent 
 meeting, there was a committee appointed 
 to look up the early records of the town ; 
 but their labors were'unavailing, and they 
 were discharged, The oldest deed now on 
 our records is dated Oct. lo, 1804, attested 
 by Wm. West, town clerk. 
 
 The first birth in Woodbury was Polly 
 Sabin; the second, Timothy Thomas; 
 the third, Peter Sabin. The first death, 
 that of an infant child of Gideon Sabin. 
 The first grown person dying in town was 
 the wife of Ezekiel Ball. The first mar- 
 riage was John Thomas to Ruamy Ains- 
 worth, married by Williaiji West, Esq., 
 justice of the peace. 
 
 MILLS. 
 
 The first settlements being rnade on the 
 east side of the town, adjoining Cabot, the 
 inhabitants went there to get their logs 
 sawed and grain ground, and also their 
 store goods and mail, and which has been 
 continued to the present time, it being 
 , their nearest business place ; but soon after 
 settlements were commenced in the south 
 part of the town. In 1806, Anthony Bur- 
 gess built a saw-mill on a streani which has 
 its rise, or is the outlet of Dog pond, and 
 empties into Sabin's pond, this mill being 
 near the pond. This stream is about 3 
 miles in^ length. For many years there 
 has been 4 saw-mills on it, all kept in run- 
 ning order. In 1818, Phineas K. Dow 
 built a saw and grist-mill near the center 
 of the town, on a streani which has its rise 
 in Long pond, emptying into the Sabin 
 pond, near the other, which mill under his 
 supervision did a fair business many years. 
 He also built, soon after, a saw-mill on a 
 stream running from East Long pond in- 
 to Nichols pond. Some portion of the 
 time since there has been 10 saw-mills, 
 which number is now reduced to 6, three 
 of them recently built on improved plans. 
 There is one grist-mill, which is located 
 at South Woodbury. There are in town a 
 wheelwright shop, which has an enviable 
 reputation, doing a successful business, 
 sales amounting to near jSio,ooo per an- 
 
 num ; a sash, blind and door shop, and a 
 last-factory, the latter having been estab- 
 lished nearly 50 years, is now doing a good 
 business — the best ever done, employing 
 both steam and water power. There are 
 also 3 lumber mills, which do an extensive 
 business, one at the Centre, one at South 
 Woodbury village, and one in the east part 
 of the town ; also, at So. Woodbury there 
 is a machine shop, which manufactures J. 
 W. Town's patent last-machines, also job 
 work on a small scale. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 The first school taught in the town of 
 Woodbury was by Sally White, in the 
 year 1808. 
 
 The first record we find was in 1812, 
 when three districts, which had been formed 
 out of the new territory, and were desig- 
 nated as the northwest, southeast, and 
 northeast school districts ; but there had 
 been short terms of schbol before this date 
 in all of these districts, commencing at 
 the northeast district, now No. i ; this 
 portion of the- town being first settled ; 
 next southeast. No. 2 ; northwest, No. 4. 
 There was in 1812, in district 3, 73 schol- 
 ars; in 1820, dist. 6, 176; 1830, dist. 9, 
 299; 1840, dist. 11,363; 1850, dist. I li, 
 (fractional dist.,) 350 ; i860, dist. 11, 330 ; 
 1870, dist. 10, 308. 
 
 Six of the districts have good school- 
 houses built upon improved plans ; some 
 very recently, others have have been re- 
 paired, so that they are comfortable. 
 
 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. 
 
 F. C. Putnam, Jason Hatch, A. W. Nel- 
 son, Sidney O. Wells, Hiram Wells, Albert 
 P. Town, Rufus Lawson. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES . 
 
 Elisha Benjamin, 1812; no record in 
 town or House Journal, 1813 ; John Bruce, 
 1814, 15, 16; Nathan B. Harvey, 1817; 
 Benjamin Fowler, 1818, 19, 23, ,24, 25, 27, 
 28; .Joel Celleyj^ 1820, 21, 22, 26, 29, 30; 
 Ebenezer Bruce, 1831 to 35, 38 ; Luther 
 Morse, 1835 ; Asaph Town, 1836, 37, 55 ; 
 Abner Town, 1839, 40, 45 ; Ira McLoud, 
 1841 , to 4S, 46, 52 ; Michael Jackson, 1847, 
 4S; Benjamin Wells, 1849, 50; Stephen 
 C. Burnham, 1851,53; Isaac Wells,- Jr., 
 
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 1854, 56; Hiram Putnam, 1857, 58 ; Orson 
 Putnam, 1859, 60; J. W. Town, 1861, 62; 
 Allen W. Nelson, 1863, 64; Joel C. Har- 
 vey, 1865; Roland B. Bruce, 1866; Al- 
 pheus S. Wheatley, 1867, 68; Nathaniel 
 C. McKnight, 1869, 70, 71 ; Sidney O. 
 Wells, 1872, 73. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS FROM 1806 tO 1872. 
 
 William West, 1806-10; Joshua Kenas- 
 ton, 1810, II, 13, 14; Elisha Benjamin, 
 1812, IS ; Jabez Town, 1816, 17, 18, 19- 
 23, 25-32; Nathan B. Harvey, 1818; Joel 
 Celley, 1823, 24; Asaph Town, 1832-49; 
 William McGregor, 1849-52; Allen W. 
 Nelson, 1852 to the present time, Dec, 
 1872. 
 
 First Justices of the Peace: Wil- 
 liam West, Daniel Smith, Samuel Mackers. 
 
 postmasters. 
 
 Woodbury : Daniel Poor, Elias S. Drew, 
 John B. Bliss, Asa Preston, William B. 
 McGregor, Abner Town, A. W. Nelson, 
 Ethan N. Ainsworth and Albert P. Town. 
 
 South Woodbury: Joel W. Celley and 
 Orwell D. Town. 
 
 county officers. 
 
 Ebenezer Bruce, assistant judge, W. 
 Co. Court, 1844, 45 ; Ira McLoud, high 
 sheriff, W. Co. Court, 1849, S' i Asaph 
 Town, senator, W. Co., 1851,52; Fer- 
 nando C. Putnam, assistant justice, W. 
 Co. Court, 1867, 68. 
 
 In Jan., 1876, there was formed a Con- 
 gregational church of 28 members, the 
 present membership of which is 54. It 
 seems to promise well for the future, and 
 there is a flourishing Sabbath school con- 
 nected with it. At South W oodbury there 
 has been a union church built, an elegant 
 building, but the same difficulty hangs over 
 this that has troubled the builders of other 
 churches, there remains a troublesome 
 debt on the builders. 
 
 There is no library in town, but the 
 town has paid considerable attention to 
 education. There are many good school- 
 houses, and teachers of the better class 
 are generally employed. 
 
 Three young men have graduated from 
 Burlington: Hon. Charles H. Heath, a 
 
 lawyer in IVIontpelier, and Ernest C. Ben- 
 jamin, a teacher of the high school in Bar- 
 ton. Geo. W. Kenaston, who graduated 
 at Dartmouth, is in Ohio, engaged in 
 
 teaching. 
 
 FREEWILL baptists. 
 
 It appears the first settlers were Freewill 
 Baptists, and were connected with a church 
 in Cabot until 1820, or 22, when through 
 the efforts of Elder Ziba Woodworth, of 
 Montpelier, they had a church formed in 
 town. David Herrick and wife, Elisha 
 Benjamin and wife, Mrs. Robert Bradish, 
 Gideon Burnham and wife, Thomas Ains- 
 worth and wife, John Bettis and wife, Mrs. 
 John Thomas, Nathan Jackson and wife, 
 and Nehemiah Jackson and wife were the 
 principal members, located in different 
 parts of the town. There were two dea- 
 cons, David Herrick and Nehemiah Jack- 
 son. The'church was re-organized about 
 1850; most of the old members having 
 now died or moved away. Elder Isaac 
 Swan was settled as their pastor. I will 
 mention here the names of Elder Gideon 
 Sabin and Elder Ephraim Ainsworth, who 
 are said to have been of that faith ; but 
 Elder Sabin never united with the church, 
 and Elder Ainsworth died before the church 
 was organized. Elder Sabin was the first 
 settler and first preacher. Elder Ainsworth 
 was well advanted in life when he came; 
 but both lived out their alloted time, and 
 died in the town. 
 
 METIJODISTS. 
 
 In 1816 th6re was a class formed by 
 Elder Amasa Cole ; John Goodell and wife, 
 Capt. Joel Celley and wife, Anna Goodell, 
 and Squire Jennings and wife were some 
 of the members ; but the first record proof 
 is found in 1847, when the first class num- 
 bered 26 members ; the West Woodbury 
 class, 10. John Tibbetts was leader, and 
 Asaph Town, Esq., steward, which office 
 he held until his death, in Jan. 1871. 
 
 CHRISTIAN church. 
 
 The first church of this order in these 
 parts seems to have been composed of 
 members from f6ur towns, Cabot, M^rsh- 
 field, Calais and Woodbury, and was organ- 
 
WOODBURY. 
 
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 ized about 1820, with 40 or 50 members, 
 and in a few years run up to 60 or 70. 
 Meetings were held a share of the time in 
 Woodbury, Elder John Capron, of Marsh- 
 field, J. R. Pettengill and R. Thompson 
 being the first preachers. Subsequently, 
 through the eiforts of Elder Samuel Thur- 
 . ber, a church was formed in town whose 
 members exceed that of either of the other 
 churches . The meetings of the first church 
 were held at the dwelling-hou.se of Thos. 
 Harvey, he and his wife being prominent 
 members ; afterwards, meetings were held 
 at the Harvey school-house, which is in 
 the east part of the town, and where the 
 members nearly all resided. Elder Orrin 
 Davis, of Calais, has preached a portion of 
 the time for several years since to this 
 society : also ElderjSilas Wheelock, of the 
 same town, has supplied the desk some, 
 but for the last 4 years. Elder Jerome 
 D. Bailey, resident of this town, has 
 preached at the to^yn-house and Harvey 
 school-house from one-fourth to three- 
 fourths of the time. 
 
 In 1826, the Freewill Baptists numbered 
 at least 40 members, and at the same time 
 the Methodists numbered about half the 
 above numbers. 
 
 Within the recollection of the writer, 
 there have been four distinct organizations 
 of religious societies in town, viz. : Chris- 
 tians, Freewill -Baptists, Methodists and 
 Universalists. 
 
 In 1810, there was a revival in this town, 
 but no very definite information can be 
 obtained in regard to its extent. In 1821, 
 or 1822, there was a generalrevival, prayer- 
 meetings being held in nearly every house 
 in. town. Again in 1826, of some magni- 
 tude, and in 1842 and '43, a very general 
 one spread over this town, as it did all 
 over this section of the State. The exact 
 number of converts at any of the above 
 "revivals is not known to the writer. 
 
 SABBATH-SCHOOLS. 
 
 The first was 6rganized in 1842, with a 
 library of 124 volumes, and Asaph Town 
 was the first superintendent ; Arad Jack- 
 son, John Voodry, Willard Streeter, Eliza 
 Town, Phebe Town, Betsey Herrick, 
 
 Dorcas A. Lyford, first teachers, with 36 
 scholars ; Asaph Town, chairman, David 
 Herrick, Jr., secretary, Curtis Osgood, 
 treasurer. 
 
 A Sabbath-school was organized at the 
 center of the town in 1848 ; AlbertP. Town, 
 present superintendent ; volumes in library, 
 200 ; 6 teachers and 30 scholars. 
 
 The first Sfibbath-school at East Woo'd- 
 bury was organized in 1838 ; Wm. Harvey 
 superintendent, until his death in 1843. 
 It was re-organized in' 1865; Lewis Hop- 
 kins superintendent. "The school has con- 
 tinued until the present time, -'71 1 with an 
 average of 35 to 40 scholars, the present 
 superintendent being Thomas Harvey, Jr. 
 
 But little, however, will be said of 
 churches, as I have no records to refer to, 
 and the history of church edifices in this 
 town does not embrace a very remote 
 period. From the early days, meetings 
 have been held here in school-houses, four 
 or five of which were quite commodious. 
 In the year 1840, the town |3uilt a town- 
 hall or town-house, which has been used 
 for holding meetings up to the present 
 time. In 1870, the people here thought 
 well to erect a church, and through the 
 influence of several of our best inhabi- 
 tants, a subscription paper was circulated, 
 and a Union church society formed, with 
 F. C. Putnam president, and S. O. Wells 
 secretary, and a capital stock of IS,ooo. 
 
 At the first society meeting, Henry C. 
 Wells, Ira G. Jewell and Edmund E. Ball 
 were chosen building committee, and in 
 the spring of 1871, work was commenced 
 on the church, which is now completed, at 
 a cost of $6,000. In size the church is 
 44x60, with projections in front and rear 
 for spire and pulpit, and is finished inside 
 with ash and black walnut, the J4 slips, 
 circular, radiating from the pulpit, and 
 will seat 324 persons. The spire is 120 
 feet high, surmounted by cardinal points 
 and vane. The edifice is called one of the 
 best wooden churches of its size in the 
 State. It has also a vestry, with chairs to 
 seat 3C0 persons, and seats that will swell 
 the amount to probably 500 persons. It 
 is located in the village of South Wood- 
 
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 bury, and makes a very respectable addi-' 
 tion to the appearance of this quiet village. 
 The township is diversified and some- 
 what broken. In the western part there 
 is a mountain range, Commencing in Calais, 
 extending through the town, and ending 
 near the Lamoille river in Hardwick. On 
 the western slope of this mountain there 
 are many productive farms. The soil is 
 good, and produces excellent crops of hay 
 and all the small grasses and corn in favor- 
 able seasons. 
 
 There is a beauty in this- mountain range 
 which attracts the notice of the passing 
 stranger ; some, if report be true, who have 
 traveled in Europe say there is a striking 
 resemblance to Switzerland scenery. The 
 mountain is not so high as to make it dif- 
 ficult of ascent, yet sufficiently high to 
 show what iriighty throes there must have 
 been in the bowels of the earth to cast up 
 such vast piles of massive rocks. In win- 
 ter, the evergreens standing in mantle of 
 snow, ^ive it a sombre appearance ; in 
 summer, the green verdure, stretching out 
 green branches by interlocking them, seem 
 to strive to cover up the craggy rocks ; but 
 when autumn comes, and frosts nip the 
 verdure, and the mountain's brow is re- 
 splendant in a pleasing variety of colors, 
 who has a taste for the beautiful cannot 
 fail of emotions of pleasure ; but where this 
 beauty is mirrored by a pond, sleeping in 
 quiet at its base, it is delightful, and the 
 longer any one gazes, in a clear, autumnal 
 day, the more he is enchanted ; few objects 
 in nature can surpass the beauty of this. 
 
 Two miles east of this range, there is an- 
 other mountain standing alone, called Rob- 
 inson mountain, and sometimes Foster 
 mountain , because an enterprising farmer of 
 that name felled the huge trees which cov- 
 ered it, and converted it into a luxurious 
 pasture. This mountain is rich in granite 
 and talcose slate, the granite preponder- 
 ing. For centuries has the gray old moun- 
 tain rested in quiet, but it is expected the 
 quiet will soon be disturbed by the rattle 
 of the machinery hammers of the work- 
 men, who have begun the business of re- 
 ducing some of this vast pile of rocks to 
 such forms as are required for monuments 
 
 and other purposes for which granite is 
 used. The quality of the granite has been 
 ascertained to be superior, as it is free 
 from all foreign substances which causes 
 some of the State granite to change- its 
 color when exposed to atmospheric influ- 
 ence and moisture. From the base of the 
 mountain are scattered for miles around . 
 large and small boulders with the corners 
 worn oflf, exhibiting the mighty force which 
 must have been in exercise to have tum- 
 bled them a,long, and an annoyance to the 
 ploughman ; but the land makes excellent , 
 and enduring pasturage, as well as pro- 
 ducing abundant crops of hay. In some 
 sections of the town there is good and pro- 
 ductive land, which well repays the tillers' 
 toil, and those owning these lands have 
 generally secured an ample supply of this 
 world's goods. 
 
 There are some 23 ponds, large and 
 small, in this township, most of which 
 were well supplied with trout, which were 
 the first settlers' pork barrel. And when 
 they wearied of trout, the deer and moose 
 offered an agreeable change, or an oc- 
 casional round of bear meet ; for bears, too, 
 would sometimes come forth from their re- 
 treats to feast on the yellow corn and fat 
 mutton. Bears love good mutton, but 
 frequently they paid' for the temerity by 
 stepping into a huge steel trap which was 
 sure to hold them, or coming in range of a 
 gUn so placed when they came in contact 
 with a line attached, it would explode, 
 and instead of a square meal of corn, the 
 brute, unconscious of his danger, would 
 yield his flesh and pelt to repay the debt 
 he owed for corn. And about these ponds 
 and streams there was then an abundance 
 of animals whose pelts were secured for 
 furs. Col. Jonathan'Elkins, mentioned in 
 the history of Peacham, and the famous 
 Indian Joe, spoken of in the history of 
 some of the towns, were often hunting on 
 these grounds for beaver, otter, mink, 
 muskrat, sable, and an animal called by 
 the inhabitants fisher-master, or black cat, 
 from its color. Those employed in build- 
 ing dams, might take a lesson from our 
 beaver dams, some of them still stand- 
 ing, notwithstanding the ingenious build- , 
 
WOODBURY. 
 
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 ers have long since ceased to make re- 
 pairs. 
 
 The first settlers in town were : Joseph 
 Carr and Gideon Sabin. Reports vary 
 as to this, some saying they came to- 
 gether ; others, that Joseph Carr came first, 
 felled the first trees, and was subsequently 
 joined by Gideon Sabin, who was a mighty 
 hunter, before whose - unerring aim the 
 game was quite sure to fall. His was a 
 complex character, composed of the qual- 
 ities of hunter, preacher and farmer. The 
 early Settlers have often heard his stento- 
 rian voice when he called his faithful dogs. 
 Hunting was his delight as long as he was 
 able to pursue. Reynard, deer and bear 
 have often been bagged by him. 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 
 
 There were three Revolutionary soldiers 
 who made their homes here, whose last 
 years were made comfortable' from the 
 pension bestowed on them by government, 
 which were richly deserved for the toils' 
 and sufferings of those early days, for 
 which 'they were paid in continental money 
 which became worthless. 
 
 JOSEPH BLANCHARD 
 
 was born in Concord, N. H., where his 
 ancestors resided, and where, when the 
 dark clouds of despotism were hatiging 
 like a gathering. storm over "this country, 
 the patriotism of young Blanchard com- 
 pelled him to enter the ranks of those who 
 went forth to protect their dearest rights 
 from being snatched from them. He was 
 for years in those stirring scenes which 
 called for men of true worth to fight the 
 battles of liberty, and his mind formed in 
 the positive school of the times, when a 
 tory was the object of extreme hatred, led 
 him to be most decided in his likes and 
 dislikes. He was a fast friend or a bitter 
 foe ; a man of a large heart arid a quiet 
 disposition, but when roused by opposi- 
 tion to some of his cherished vi^ws, the 
 spirit of early life developed itself strongly. 
 He left a numerous progeny, a very large 
 proportion of whom have well sustained 
 the character of their progenitors in in- 
 tegrity and uprightness. 
 
 DAVID RUGG 
 
 came into town when it was yet almost an 
 unbroken wilderness, and made a home 
 for himself and family. He also went 
 forth early at his country's call, and con- 
 tinued during the war of the Revolution. 
 He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and 
 among those behind the breastwork made 
 of rail fence and newly-mown grass. He 
 said he was near Gen. Putnam during' the 
 fight, who encouraged his men by some of 
 his off-hand speeches, and they, partalcing 
 of his spirit, fought with desperation. 
 When Washington took command of the 
 forces, he was still in the service, and 
 when Arnold was about to betfay West 
 Point, he was called with a few others to 
 skirmish with the vessel which brought 
 Andre on his mission to purchase West 
 Point of the traitor Arnold, and when th^y 
 were about to fire from the ship, he, with 
 his fellows, retreated behind a large pine 
 tree standing on the shore. On that cold, 
 stormy night, when Washington and his 
 division were enabled to cross the Dela- 
 ware and march to Trenton, Mr, Rugg 
 was among his soldiers who went forth 
 from their gloomy abodes to victory ; 
 and when the storm of war was gathering 
 about Yorktown, he was still in the army 
 of Washington, and witnessed his final 
 departure from his disbanded army, and 
 returned to Massachusetts, and gave his 
 last JS70 of the depreciated currency of the 
 time for a mug of flip. His pension came 
 just in time to save him, whose early life 
 had been devoted to the service of his 
 country, from a pauper's home, and saw 
 him standing in all the dignity of the true 
 patriot and conquerer. 
 
 LONGEVITY OF WOODBIjRY. 
 
 Persons who have died of 70 years and 
 upwards. 
 
 Gideon Sabin, age 74, Lucy Sabin 82, 
 Comfort Wheeler 91, David Chase 71, 
 Caleb Putnam 86, Susannah Putnam 94, 
 Silas Chase 70, Sarah Chase 70, Eleareda 
 Blake 76, Nancy Ainsworth 74, Jeremiah 
 Blake 93, his wife 88, Abram Hinkson 89, 
 Acsah Hinkson 8 1 , Daniel Smith 90, Nancy 
 Smith 80, Ezra Chase 79, Oliver King 78, 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 .Sarah King 80, Anna Ellis 89, Joseph 
 Blanchard T], Phebe Blanchard 72, Phebe 
 Celley 72, Elias Heath 71, Lucy Heath 71, 
 Mark Nelson 85, Sarah Nelson 81, Isaac 
 Hill 73, Katherine Hill 86, John Cristy T], 
 Lambert Sprague 83, William Celley 79, 
 Isaac Wells 74, Mariah Daniels 70, Daniel 
 Haskell 73, Daniel Lawson 84, Jabez Town 
 81, Lucy Town 78, James Nelson 76, 
 Apollos Wheeler 91, Hannab Wheeler 70, 
 Calvin Ball 70, Amos Lakeman 88, Luther 
 Ball 75, Joseph Morse 83, Kent Drown 80, 
 David Colwell 83, Elizabeth Colwell 81, 
 Lucy Buzzell 89, James Wheeler 73, Han- 
 nah WJieeler -JT, Rufus Wheeler 70, John 
 Goodell 87, Jonathan Lawson 74, wife 70, 
 Simeon Chase 93, Elias Heath 78, Simeon 
 Edson 78, Nehemiah Jackson 79, Mary 
 Jackson 82, Thomas Bradish 71, Hannah 
 Bradish 80, Robert Bradish 83, Abigail 
 Bradish 81, Martin Lawson 76, Samuel 
 Burnham 86, Mary Burnham 86, Aaron 
 
 Powers 80, John Thomas 85, Rueamy 
 Thomas 87, Ephraim Ainsworth 84, wife 
 84, John Baptist 100, Eunice Baptist 91, 
 Thomas Ainsworth 91, Hannah Ainsworth 
 81, James Alexander 90, Amy Alexander 
 70, David Rugg 100, Lucy Rugg 80, 
 Ferdinand Perry 90, Thomas Ainsworth 
 81, Caleb Noyes 75, Jacob Bedell 76, 
 Thomas Bedell 80, Benjamin Smith 80, 
 Holden Wilbur 80, Joseph Carr 80, Nancy 
 Carr 80, Samuel Mackrus 80, Hyranus 
 Farr 70, Sally Batchelder 85, John Weeks 
 87, Phebe ■ Hopkins 75, William Keniston 
 72, Thomas Harvey 86, Schuyler Wells 76, 
 Isaac Wells 92, Nathan Jackson tj, Eliza- 
 beth Jackson 86, Gideon Burnham "jt, 
 Susannah Burnham 88, Sarah Cudworth 
 70, John L. Bruce 75, Sylvester Jennings 
 84, Sally Rideout 80, Willard Rideout 85, 
 Sally Danforth 80, Eliza Danforth 84. 
 Benjamin Barrett 93, Jacob Grossman "jt, 
 Asa Phelps 80, Maria Bliss-8i. 
 
 MILITARY RECORD OF THE TOWN OF WOODBURY. 
 
 SOLDIERS OF 1861 — 65. 
 
 BY O. D. TOWN. 
 
 Names. Keg. Co. Enlisted, 
 
 Ainsworth, Albert 6 G Oct 2 61 
 
 Ainsworth, Alfred 3 Bat. Aug 22 64 
 
 Ainsworth, Henry A. 9 I June i6 62 
 
 Ainsworth, Wm. W. do Dec 18 63 
 
 Ainsworth, Llewellyn M. 11 L Dec 21 63 
 
 Ainsworth, Eugene D. n I Nov 23 63 
 
 Ainswflrth, Jefferson 8 F Mar 17 65 
 
 Ainsworth, Ira 4 E Feb i 65 
 
 Barrett, Ira 8 E Dec 7 61 
 
 Barrett, Cephus T. . 2 F May 20 6i 
 
 Barrett, George 8 E Dec 16 61 
 
 Bill, Silas 9 I July i 62 
 
 Burnham, Horace C Cav. Jan 4 64 
 
 Bigelow, George 6 H July 1 1 63 
 
 Bailey, Nathaniel 4 .H Aug 31 61 
 
 Brown, Elijah S. 2 F May 7 61 
 
 Blake, Stephen D. n I Dec 363 
 
 Burnham, Edwin " do Nov 23 63 
 
 Bliss, Warren E. 4 G Sept 4 61 
 
 Batchelder, Ira F. 1 1 I Aug 4 62 
 
 Batchelder, Alonzo J. 4 H Mar 5 62 
 
 Bruce, Horatio I. S S Sept 27 6i 
 
 Batchelder, Nathan E. 4 H Sept 7 61 
 
 Burnham, Albert do Sept 7 61 
 
 Bailey, Fdwin M. 13 H Aug 19 62 
 
 Blake, Maranda R. 2 Bat. Nov 21 61 
 
 Barrett, Benjamin J. F Cav. Dec 16 63 
 
 Bedell, John P. 5 D Aug 19 61 
 
 Benjamin, Thomas W. 11 I Dec 362 
 
 Barrett, Levi 8 E Dec 18 61 
 
 Bailey, Richard M. 9 I Dec 11 61 
 
 Barrett, Charles A. J. 8 E Dec 2 6i 
 
 Barrett, Geo. W. 11 I Aug 15 64 
 
 Hemai'ks. 
 Discharged July 25, 62. 
 Mustered out May 17, 65. 
 Corporal ; Mustered out June 13, 65. 
 Mustered out June 13, 65. 
 Corporal ; Mustered out Mar. i, 65. 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 do do 25, 65. 
 
 do July 13, 65. 
 
 Corporal ; Killed Ju'iie 14, 63. 
 Discharged Mar. 27, 62. 
 Mustered out June 28, 65. 
 Corporal ; Discharged May 15, 64. 
 
 do Mustered out Aug. 9, 65. 
 Mustered out July 15, 65. 
 Killed May 15,64'. 
 Died Feb. 3, 63. 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 Corporal ; Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 Sergeant; Mustered out July 13, 65. 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 Re-enlisted, Mustered out July 13, 65. 
 Died of wounds June 21, 64. 
 Mustered out Sept 30, 64. 
 Re-enlisted, Mustered out July 13, 65. 
 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 2d Lieut. ; hon. discharged Mar 3, 65. 
 Died Sept 13 64. 
 
 Re-enlisted, Mustered out Jan 29, 65. 
 Mustered out Jan 24, 65. 
 Died October 4, 63. 
 Mustered out May 31, 65. 
 Discharged Sept 14, 62. 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 

 
 WOODBURY. 88r 
 
 Names. 
 
 Keg. Co. 
 
 Enllstud. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Batchelder, Frank 
 
 4E 
 
 Feb I 65 
 
 Mustered out July i, 65. 
 
 Batchelder, John D. 
 
 n I 
 
 Nov 21 61 
 
 Died Feb 27, 64. 
 
 Batchelder, Charles M. 
 
 do 
 
 Dec s 63 
 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 Bigelow, Rufus 
 
 8 E 
 
 Mar 665 
 
 do do 25, 65. 
 
 Bigelow, John B. 
 
 6 H 
 
 July 25 61 
 
 do do 26, 65. 
 
 Bancroft, Chas. F. 
 
 4H 
 
 Sept 61 
 
 Corporal; Died in Hospital first winter. 
 
 Batchelder, Ziba 
 
 3H 
 
 July 3 6[ 
 
 Died Feb 13, 62. 
 
 Clapp, Oliver 
 
 II L 
 
 May 23-63 
 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 Collins, Thomas 
 
 II I 
 
 Aug 13 62 
 
 Sergt. ; Died^ Mar 30, 63. 
 
 Cudworth, Edwin 
 
 13 H 
 
 Aug 19 62 
 
 Corporal ; Mustered out Jan 21, 63. 
 
 Cudworth, Franklin 
 
 4H 
 
 Sept 4 61 
 
 Died of wounds Ma,y 1 1, 64. 
 
 Cameron, Araph P. 
 
 II A 
 
 Aug 9 62 
 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 Carr, Harlow 
 
 9l 
 
 May 30 62 
 
 Discharged April 10, 63. 
 
 Celley, Edwin H. 
 
 2 H 
 
 July 25 63 
 
 Mustered out July 15, 65. 
 
 Cole, Joseph B. 
 
 13 H 
 
 Sept 7 62 
 
 .do do 21, 63. 
 
 Carr, Chester 
 
 u I 
 
 Aug 1 1 62 
 
 Deserted Julj; 26, 64. 
 Died Sept 24, 64. 
 
 Cameron, Clerren 
 
 n H 
 
 Aug 9 62 
 
 Carr, Samuel B. 
 
 II I 
 
 Nov 30 63 
 
 Deserted Nov 2, 64. 
 
 Danforth, Francis 
 
 II I 
 
 Aug II 62 ' 
 
 Mustered out June 25, 65. 
 
 Drenon, John S. 
 
 II L 
 
 July II 62 
 
 Lieut., pris'r i vr. disch'ged May 15, 65. 
 Corporal ; Mustered out July 27, 64- 
 
 Dow, William H. 
 
 3 H 
 
 June II 61 
 
 Drenon, Frank J. 
 
 II L 
 
 May 1463 
 
 Corporal ; Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 Eastman, Horace B. 
 
 3 G 
 
 June I 61 
 
 Sergt. ; re-en.. Mustered out July 7,65. 
 
 Eastman, Gibson 
 
 II I 
 
 Aug 6 62 
 
 Died Jan 10, 63, 
 
 Eastman, Merrill Y. 
 
 3G 
 
 June II 6r 
 
 Discharged June 3, 62. 
 
 Eastman, Curtis O. 
 
 II I 
 
 Aug 862 
 
 Sergt. ; Mustered out June 29, 65. 
 
 Farnsworth, Cyrus 
 
 4 H 
 
 Dec II 63 
 
 Mustered out July 13, 65. 
 
 Farnsworth, Nathaniel L. 
 
 4H 
 
 Aug 25 61 
 
 Sergt. ; re-en., mustered out July 13, 65. 
 
 Fisk, Elisha C. 
 
 II A 
 
 Aug 7 62 
 
 Corporal ; discharged Nov 25, 63. 
 
 Farr, Benjamin A. 
 
 II E 
 
 Feb 14 65 
 
 Mustered out July 13, 6|. 
 
 Farr, Wm. Hyranus 
 
 3G 
 
 Dec 7 61 
 
 Discharged Aug 9, 65. 
 
 Graves, Hfram 
 
 2 K 
 
 Dec 14 63 
 
 do do 24, 64. 
 
 Goodell, Lewis 
 
 II I 
 
 Nov 21 63 
 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 Goodell, Henry 
 
 2 D 
 
 May 7 61 
 
 Corp.; re-en., mustered out June 19, 65. 
 
 Goodell, Lewis F. 
 
 2 C 
 
 July 25 63 
 
 Died, wounded June 6, 64. 
 
 Goodell, John A. 
 
 8 E 
 
 Feb 14 65 
 
 Mustered out May 25, 65. 
 
 Goodell, Wm. M. 
 
 II I 
 
 Dec 8 63 
 
 do June 24, 65. 
 
 Goodell, Leroy 
 
 do 
 
 Dec 5 63 
 
 Discharged first year. 
 
 Goodell, Henry M. 
 
 do 
 
 July 15 62 
 
 do Nov 19 62. 
 
 Hall, Horace 
 
 6 G 
 
 Oct 3 6i 
 
 Discharged Dec 15, 63. 
 
 Hall, Aaron P. 
 
 2 D 
 
 May 9 6i 
 
 Mustered out June 29, 64. 
 
 Hall, James K. 
 
 do 
 
 Aug 7 62 
 
 Killed in Wilderness May 5, 64. 
 
 Hall, Marvin J. 
 
 do 
 
 Aug u 62 
 
 Discharged Jan i, 63. 
 
 Holmes, Horace B. 
 
 2 H 
 
 Aug 20 5i 
 
 do Sept 12, 64. 
 
 Holmes, Almon H. 
 
 3 K 
 
 July 10 61 
 
 Deserted Jan 27, 63. 
 
 Holmes, George P. 
 
 8 E 
 
 Nov 29 61 
 
 do Mar 5, 63. ' 
 
 Holmes, Ira 
 
 do 
 
 Dec 7 61 
 
 Corp. ; Re-en. deserted June 28, 64. 
 
 Hammond, Chas. E. 
 
 ISG 
 
 Sept 7 62 
 
 2d Lieut. ; mustered out Aug 5, 63. 
 
 Haskell, Landas W. 
 
 n I 
 
 June 31 62 
 
 Sergeant ; do June 24, 65. 
 
 Hopkins, Daniel E. 
 
 2 Bat. 
 
 Dec 2 61 
 
 Sergt.; re-en, mustered out July 31, 65. 
 
 Hinkson, Ezra A. 
 
 4G 
 
 Sept 4 61 
 
 Discharged Jan 6, 62. 
 
 Holmes, Clark J. 
 
 II I 
 
 July 19 62 
 
 do June 27, 63. 
 
 Hopkins, Charles 
 
 4H 
 
 Aug 29 61 
 
 do April 3, 62., 
 
 Hopkins, Wm.J. 
 
 9I 
 
 May 29 62 
 
 do Oct 22, 62. 
 
 Holmes, Lyman B. 
 
 3K 
 
 July 10 61 
 
 Deserted Jan 27, 63. 
 
 Jackson, Marcus N. 
 
 II I 
 
 Nov 22 63 
 
 Mustered out June 24, 65. 
 
 Jackson, Orra W. 
 
 do 
 
 Dec I 63 
 
 do do do 
 
 Jackson, Samuel 
 
 do 
 
 Dec I 63 
 
 Died Aug 8 64. 
 
 'Cing, David G. 
 
 8 E 
 
 Dec 7 61 
 
 Discharged Aug 2, 63. 
 
 Labarron Frank 
 
 8 E 
 
 Apr 22 64 
 
 Mustered out June 25 65. 
 
 Laird, John ' 
 
 4H 
 
 Sept 24 6i 
 
 Discharged Jan 30, 62. 
 
 Lawson, Norman C. 
 
 2H 
 
 Aug 21 61 
 
 do April 16, 64. 
 
 Leonard, Orlando L. 
 
 4G 
 
 Aug 22 61 
 
 do Sept 19, 62. 
 
 Ladd, James 
 
 4B 
 
 Aug 22 6r 
 
 do do 19, 62. 
 
 Lyford, J. Monroe 
 
 C Cav. 
 
 Sept 12 61 
 
 Mustered out Nov 18, 64. 
 
 Laird, Lemuel 
 
 4H 
 
 Mar 62 
 
 Wounded at Freders'g and discharged. 
 
 Lyford, Aura 
 
 3K: 
 
 .uly 10 61 
 
 Discharged Dec 13, 63. 
 
 Lawson, Truman 
 
 II I 
 
 '3ec I 61 
 
 Mustered out June 24, 65.- 
 
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 Names. 
 Labarron, Robinson 
 Lilley, Patrick 
 Lyford, Henry 
 Morse, Benjamin F. 
 Morse, Joseph Jr. 
 McLoud, Brooks D. 
 McLoud, Edward T. 
 Morse, Franklin B. 
 Mack, Wm. H. H. 
 Morse, John Orlando 
 Mack, Justus W. 
 McKnight, Carroll A. 
 Mack, Orson M. 
 Nelson, Orrin 
 Nelson, Edmond H. 
 Nelson, Geo. H. 
 Nichols, Don P. 
 Pierce, Ezekiel 
 Powers, David 
 Richard, Eli 
 Richard, Henry 
 Stowe, Theodore 
 Trow, Loren D. 
 Thomas, Wm. W. 
 Tucker, Harvey D. 
 Trow, Geo. C. 
 Vaughn, Isaac C. 
 Voodry, Geo. B. 
 Voodry, Henry C. 
 Voodry, Josephus 
 Vaughn, Alvin P. 
 Wells, Irvin N. 
 Wheeler, Wm. C. 
 Witham, Thomas 
 Willey, Ransom A. 
 Wells, Wm. R. 
 White, Geo. A. 
 Weeks, Chas. E. 
 Wheeler, John Q. 
 Witham, Moses 
 Whitney, Curtis B. 
 Way, Jacob 
 Witham, Aaron 
 
 BuK. Co. 
 
 8 E 
 
 9 I 
 S G 
 
 8 E 
 
 2 H 
 
 2 H 
 
 Unas'ned 
 
 . 8 E 
 
 8 F 
 
 £1 A 
 
 8 F 
 
 4 G 
 8 E 
 
 2 D 
 
 4D 
 2 D 
 
 2 D 
 
 I3H 
 3H 
 
 II I 
 
 II A 
 
 2 H 
 
 2 Bat. 
 
 2 F 
 
 3K 
 
 9 I 
 
 U S M C 
 
 II I 
 
 2 K 
 
 II I 
 
 II I 
 
 2 H 
 
 6 H 
 
 C Cav. 
 
 II I 
 
 8 A 
 
 9I 
 
 Enlisted. Beruarks. 
 
 Dec I 61 Corp. mustered out June 14, 65. Re-en. 
 
 July I 62 Discharged April 25, 63. 
 
 Oct 15 61 Mustered out June 26, 65. Re-en. 
 
 Dec 9 61 Sergt. ; Mustered out June 22, 64. 
 
 Aug 20 61 Mustered out Sept 13, 64. 
 
 Aug 20 61 Killed in Wilderness May 5, 64. ' 
 
 Dec 3 63 Died at Brattleboro Jan 13, 64. 
 
 Dec 3 61 Mustered out June 22, 64. 
 Mar IS 65 do do 25,65." 
 
 Dec 4 63 Died Nov 27, 64. 
 June 26 62 do Oct 25, 62, 
 
 Aug 18 62 Dis'dOct 27, 64. Deserted Co H 13 reg. 
 
 Mar 1 5 64 Mustered out June 28, 65. 
 
 Feb 18 62 Died soon after exchanged. Prisoner. 
 
 Dec 7 61 Discharged Feb 20, 63. Lost Limb. 
 
 Dec 12 62 Mustered out July 15, 65. 
 
 Aug 17 61 Deserted April 19, 62. 
 
 Aug 19 62 Mustered out July 21, 63. 
 
 Dec 12 63 Mustered out May 13, 65. 
 
 July 19 62 Musician ; died Feb 26, 63. 
 
 Dec 12 63 Corp. ; mustered out July 5, 65. 
 
 Aug 1962 Sergt.; Mustered out July .21. 67. 
 
 June I 61 Mustered out at Montp'r. Inv. Corps. 
 Nov 23 63 do Dec 31, 64. 
 
 Aug 7 62 Discharged Feb 15, 64. 
 
 Sept 18 61 Mustered out Sept 10, 64. 
 
 Nov 19 61 Corp. ; discharged Oct 26, 62. 
 May 20 61 do Mustered out Jan 29, 64. 
 Feb 862 do Killed Oct 19, 64, at Cedar Creelc; 
 
 June I 61 Discharged Sept 20, 62. 
 
 June 18 62 1st Sergt., ist Lieut. ; Resig'd May 2,65 
 
 June 22 63 Discharged Sept 2, 63. 
 May 27 63 do " April 13, 64. 
 
 Dec 19 67 Prisoner and died at Florence, S. C. 
 
 July 25 62 Mustered out Jan 24, 65. 
 Aug I 62 do do do 
 
 Aug 20 61 Killed at Frederick'gh May 12, 64. 
 
 July 1163 Mustered out June 26, 65. 
 Oct 7 61 do Nov 18, 64. 
 
 June 18 62 Deserted June 1 5, 63. 
 
 Aug 30 64 Mustered out June 25, 65. 
 
 Aug 26 64 Deserted Oct 8, 64. 
 
 May 28 62 Mustered out June 13, 65. 
 
 Paid Commutation. — Geo. C. Bemis, Augustus A. Bliss, Edwin Bruce, Roland B. Bruce. 
 Alorizo A. Clark, Samuel Daniels, John A. Goodell, Ira G. Jewell, Stephen Leavitt, Martin 
 Lyford, Corliss G. Osgood, Benjamin F. Rideout, Willard Strague, True A. Town, Vergil B. 
 Webster, Sidney O. Wells, George White, Augustus O. Wilber. 
 
 This town not only furnished more men than required to fill its quota without any public 
 meetings to stimulate enlistments, and without paying any of the large bounties which most 
 of the towris in the State were compelled to, but furnished several men for Hardwick, Cabot, 
 Marshfield, Calais, East Montpelier, Elmore and a few other towns. We claim for Wood- 
 bury an excellent and honorable war record. I think it will be found that there were more 
 men went to the war from here than any town in the State with the same number of in- 
 habitants. I have not recorded any more on this list which we are not entitled to, and none 
 but what at the time of their enlistment were residents nf our town. 
 
 By the request of Hon. F. C. Putnam, I have given this list. o. D. T. 
 
 JOSHUA M. DANA, 
 
 was born Dec. 12, 1805, at West Lebanon, 
 N. H. ; he was the grandson of William 
 Dana, one of the first settlers of Lebanon, 
 and son of Wm. Dana, Jr. He lived at 
 Lebanon till he was about 12 years old ; 
 then his father moved to Montpelier, where 
 
 he lived a few years, * and after moved to 
 Calais. He spent most of the time in 
 Montpelier and Calais, for several years. 
 About 1856, he bought land in Woodbury,,, 
 and began clearing it ; built a house, barn, 
 etc. In September, 1858, he was married 
 to Miss C. C. Bennett, daughter of Mr. 
 
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 Nicholas Bennett of East Montpelier, and 
 went to Woodbury for a permanent home, 
 where he resided until his death, July 
 3, 1878. 
 
 His widow and son, Charles H. Dana, 
 are still living on the farm he cleared for 
 their home. He was an honest man, a 
 good citizen, and beloved by his friends. 
 
 His remains were interred in the " Cutler 
 burying ground," at East Montpelier. 
 
 H. M. D. 
 
 [ He was a somewhat extensive contribu- 
 tor for the Montpelier papers. In the 
 Watchman I find papers on farming, in 
 the Argus and Patriot, " Early Incidents 
 in the history of. Lebanon," (N. H.)^ 
 " An Indian Scare," etc., — so traditionally 
 good and well told, we regret the history 
 of both Calais and Woodbury had not 
 been written up while he was alive to 
 have assisted. Woodbury is 15 miles from 
 Montpelier; Mr. Dana would come out 
 a-foot to his sister's here, and return again 
 on foot to the last year of his life. On 
 one of these visits, Thaiiksgiving, 1876, 
 his sister. Miss Hannah M. Dana, who 
 lives in the first cottage under the cliff. 
 Elm Street, gave him a gold pen he was to 
 use in writing to her, and he writes : " Jan. 
 first, eighteen hundred seventy-six." We 
 glean from to keep a picture, of this old 
 and quaint Washington County writer's 
 Woodbury home, as drawn by himself.] 
 ( When he got home.) 
 
 The boy had been good 
 
 And fed all the stock. 
 Had brought In all the wood, 
 
 And wound up the clock. 
 
 Three cows that are good. 
 
 Three heifers the same- 
 Three steers to draw wood. 
 
 And four calves that are tame ; 
 
 Two sheep we can boast. 
 Two leaders, with others behind; 
 
 To bake, boil, or roast, 
 Or for wool they *r the kind. 
 
 And then Charley's hens 
 The com they devour; 
 
 Makes them look like fat Cochins- 
 Fit to eat any hour I 
 
 Threescore and ten I 
 
 Only think of my age. 
 In the tramps I have been 
 
 I shall no more engage. 
 
 'JOSHOA M. Dana. 
 
 WORCESTER. 
 
 BY CHABLES C. ABBOTT. 
 
 This town in the N. W. of Washington 
 Co.,lat. 44° 24', long. 4° 25', is bounded N. 
 and W. by Elmore and Stowe, in Lamoille 
 Co., S. by Middlesex, and E. by Calais. 
 Who were the first white men that visited 
 the town is unknown. The French and > 
 Indians passing from Canada to the older 
 settlements on the Connecticut river, are 
 said to have had their trail through this 
 town, but have left no record of their 
 names or of the place where. 
 
 The town, with its present name and 
 limits, was chartered June 8, 1763, by 
 Gov. Wentworth of N. H., to grantees: 
 Joshua Mason, Thomas Burgee, Robert 
 Burgee, John Davidson, Robert David- 
 son, Samuel Halstead, Joshua Halstead, 
 Wm. Davidson, Benjamin Betts, Samuel 
 Betts, Abraham Betts, Ichabod Betts, 
 John Betts, Grant Striker, Henry Dickin- 
 son, Anthony Baker, Joshua Hutchins, 
 Samuel Dodge, Job Bacon, Wm. Gibbons, 
 Wm. Pusey, James Gibbons, Wm. Ash- 
 bridge, David Bacon, Manning Bull, 
 Thomas Shroves, Joseph De Camp, Lam- 
 bert DeCamp, John Hand, Robert Stan- 
 bury, Joshua Underbill, Samuel DeCamp, 
 John Nefus, Josiah Stanbury, Moses Lit- 
 tle, Wm. Trundenborough, Ephraim Cut- * 
 ler, John DeCamp, Ebenezer Cutler, Jo- 
 seph Young, David Cutler, David DeCamp, 
 Daniel Marsh, Isaac Burger, Jacob Noe, 
 Isaac Noe, Jr., John Turner, George 
 Woods, John Gifford, Benjamin Ogden, 
 Crowley Barrow, Thomas Young, Wm. 
 Mitchel, Charles Wiggins, John Hofnall, 
 John Cockle, Henry Franklin, Hon. James 
 Nevin, Nathaniel Barrell, Esq., Joseph 
 Newmarsh, Esq., Col. Samuel Barr, and 
 Maj. Joseph Blanchard. The charter was 
 for 6 miles square, to be divided into 69 
 rights, or lots of 4 divisions each. The 
 1st division i acre, the 2d div. 3 acres, 
 the 3d div. 38 acres, the 4th 7 acres. The 
 I acre lots were laid, out in the center of 
 the town and are comprised in the farm 
 now owned by Wm. H. Kellogg; the 
 7 acre lots, around this one, mostly on 
 the west; the 38 acre lots on the west 
 side of the town, adjoining Stowe. The 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Governor's right in the S. W. corner, and 
 the 300 acre lots comprised the rest 
 of the town. There is now no record 
 of any meeting of the original grantees to 
 be found, nor any conveyances from them ; 
 and there was much litigation in regard to 
 land titles in the early history of the town. 
 Much of the land is now held under titles 
 from " tax collectors," having been sold 
 for taxes. 
 
 The surface of the town is very uneven, 
 and the western part is intersected by the 
 eastern range of the Green Mountains. 
 There are four principal peaks in this 
 town, from which are extensive and very 
 fine views of the surrounding country and 
 villages, esiaecially from Mount Hunger, 
 in the S. W. part of the township, the 
 summit of which is rocky and almost en- 
 tirely devoid of vegetation, and permits an 
 unobstructed prospect in all directions. 
 [For its history, see Middlesex, 229-231.] 
 
 The meadows on the North Branch, 
 and on the larger brooks, are fertile and 
 easy of cultivation. The uplands are well 
 adapted to stock raising and dairy pur- 
 poses, to which a large share of the farm- 
 ers give their attention. 
 
 The town is watered by the North 
 Branch, a mill stream from Elmore, flow-, 
 ing southerly through the length of the 
 town, emptying into the Winooski in 
 Montpelier. There are also large brooks, 
 some of which serve for mill purposes ; the 
 largest, Minister brook, was named from 
 its mouth being in the lot granted to the 
 first settled minister. But one natural 
 pond is in the town limits, Worcester pond, 
 near the eastern line and "Eagle Ledge" 
 road. It contains some 8 acres, and has 
 furnished many pickerel and trout to the 
 settlers. The streams all furnished at an 
 early day an abundance of trout, and are 
 still the yearly resort of the disciples of 
 " Izaak Walton" from neighboring towns, 
 who eagerly explore every stream where a 
 "speckled beauty" is supposed to lurk. 
 A deep pool, that is worn in the rock by 
 action of a waterfall, in a rocky ravine just 
 above the house of Thomas ^eed, has 
 long been a favorite resort for trying to 
 ensnare some of the large trout which 
 
 make the pool their home. Now and then 
 one is captured, but generally the wary 
 fish is not lured from its lurking place, and 
 the fisher, sometimes spending hours in 
 his labor, leaves the spot with his basket 
 as light as when he came ; but perhaps 
 thinking himself repaid for his visit by a ■ 
 view of the wild and beautifiil scenery of 
 the place. 
 
 Gold has been found in some localities, 
 more especially in the bed of Minister 
 brook. A few years since a stock com- 
 pany was formed under a State charter, 
 called the Minister Brook Mining Com- 
 pany, and the bed of the brook and lands 
 bordering on it were leased. Other com- 
 panies have at intervals "prospected" the 
 brook since, with just what results is not 
 generally known. 
 
 FIRST SETTLEMENTS. 
 
 The first settlers of the town were John 
 Ridlon and George Martin, who came from 
 Kennebec, Me., in 1797, and commenced 
 a settlement on- the i-acre lot, laid out in 
 the center of the town on "Hampshire 
 hill." They erected a house of split bass- 
 wood logs, and cleared some 10 or 12 
 acres. It is said they soon left, and the 
 farm where they first commenced was not 
 permanently settled until several years 
 after. They must have come back again 
 soon and settled on the Branch, where 
 L. M. Hutchinson now lives, as both tra- 
 dition and the land records indicate they 
 lived there in 1803, and made the first 
 permanent settlement there. 
 
 Ridlon was elected to the Constitutional 
 Convention in 1814, and perhaps died in 
 this town. It is not certain what became 
 of Martin. The oldest inhabitants have 
 no knowledge of him. We find in 1805, 
 John Ridlon conveyed a portion of this 
 land to Ansel Bates, by whom it was after- 
 ward conveyed to Cyrus Brigham, who 
 lived on it many years. The records show 
 Martin in connection with Ridlon, and 
 Benjamin Saunders held an interest in the 
 place, as a quit-claim deed from John Fay, 
 of Burlington, to Samuel B. Stone, who 
 lived here in 1805, dated Feb. 7, 1802, 
 specifies, "Mr. Stone is to indemnify said 
 
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 Fay against all claim which said Ridley, 
 Geg. Martin and Benjamin Saunders may- 
 have in the land by reason of a former 
 deed of the same." Ridlon's name is on 
 the record, as also Ridler and Ridley. It 
 must be that the first land records were 
 lost or burned with the town records, as 
 these deeds referred to are not found on 
 the record now in the town clerk's office. 
 There must have been several families in 
 town in 1800, as "Deming's Catalogue" 
 gives 25 inhabitants that year. 
 
 Matthias Ridlon, son of John, owned a 
 lot 'of land soon after this in the eastern 
 part of the town, where Elias _ Bascom 
 afterward settled. He probably did not 
 live on it, but with his father; in 1812, 
 they lived where Henry E. Hunt now 
 lives. Matthias enlisted in the war of 
 1812, and died at home soon after he came 
 from the army ; Guy, son of Carpus Clark, 
 also enlisted in that war and died in the 
 army. 1 
 
 The town was in 1797 an evergreen 
 forest, interspersed with hard timber on 
 the lower lands. But - openings soon ap- 
 peared, as other settlers followed close 
 after Ridlon and Martin. 
 
 The town was organized Mar. 3, 1803. 
 Duncan Young with his family, himself, 
 wife, 2 daughters, 2 sons, Daniel and John, 
 came from Calais in 1802, and settled on 
 right No. 13, vwhere S. M. Seaver now 
 lives, but stayed only two or three years, 
 and removed to Montpelier. His oldest 
 son, David, was a resident of this town in 
 after years, and was the father of J. M. 
 and P. D. Young, who yet live here, and 
 Mrs. Martin C. Brown. From 1802 to 
 '12, we find from the land records, resi- 
 dents : Henry Goodale, James Green from 
 Waterbury, Carpus Clark, Elisha B. Green, 
 (who built the first saw-mill on the present 
 site of H. T. Clark's mill,) Daniel Colby, 
 Uriah Stone, and Amasa Brown. 
 
 John Young, son of Duncan, was the 
 first town clerk ; James Green, representa- 
 tive in 1808 ; other town officers unknown, 
 as the town records before 1816 fwhen it 
 lost its organization,) were deposited for 
 safe keeping at Burlington, where they 
 were burned. The land records go.back 
 
 to 1803 ; from them and tradition we have 
 gathered this period of our history. 
 
 The first deed on record is from Joseph 
 and William Hutchins to John ShurtlefF, 
 all of Montpelier, in the County of Cale- 
 donia, June 4, 1803, claiming the right of 
 John Turner (original proprietor,) which 
 embraced the 300-acre lot No. 14, on- the 
 branch, adjoining Middlesex line. A few 
 years after the same was sold tor taxes, 
 and Cyrus Brigham bought the part where 
 L. M. Hutchinson now lives. At the date 
 of the first deed, Worcester was in Chit- 
 tenden Co. ; at the time of the tax sale in 
 Jefferson Co. ; the first deed on record to a 
 resident, is from Ebenr. Rice of Montpel- 
 ier, to John Young, July 8, 1803, convey- 
 ing a part of the land now the farm of S. . 
 M. Seaver. In 1805, a large number of 
 rights were sold for a tax by the Legislature 
 to build roads and bridges, and 25 rights 
 unredeemed, were conveyed by the collec-- 
 tor, Charles Bulkley, to the highest bidder, 
 to be sold in the same way in 1809, and 
 1812. The land records the first 10 years 
 are largely made up of these " tax sales." 
 In 1813, public notice was given of a land 
 tax by Carpus Clark, ist constable ; in 
 i8ii, his name is on the record as justice 
 of the peace, and of Carpus Clark, John 
 Ridlon and Elisha Green, as commission- 
 ers to lay out a road tax, and in 1812 
 Carpus Clark and Daniel Colby were select- 
 men, appears from record of a lease of the 
 minister land by them to Elisha B. Green 
 for $s annual rent till a minister should be 
 settled. (See lists of town officers.) These 
 with the town clerks are all the officers we 
 can trace to 1821. 
 
 Mostof the settlers, without much means, 
 who came because land was cheap, till 
 they could make a clearing and raise a 
 crop, had- to make " many a shift" for the 
 bare necessaries of life. Some left, and 
 but few came in to take their places. How- 
 ever, those who remained paved somewhat 
 the way for those who should come after, 
 arid kept up their courage with hopes of 
 better times till 1812 to 16, when they had 
 to encounter several cold summers, frosts 
 cutting off their crops and discouraging 
 the bravest hearts, till the summer of 18 16 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 came, so^ cold as some who were chil- 
 dren then, say, "as to freeze their steer's 
 horns off." There were frosts every month 
 through that summer. That season, utterly 
 discouraged, most of the inhabitants left 
 the town. No town meeting was held, and 
 Worcester lost its organization. 
 
 In 1818, there was but one family, that 
 of Amasa Brown, Esq., left in town. It 
 was a standing jest for some years, that 
 Mr. Brown threw his family on the town 
 at this time, for their support. Wild game 
 was plenty, deer abundant, bears frequent- 
 ly seen ; the latter have strayed tliis way 
 in later years ; they have been " wary 
 bears," it is not known that more than two 
 or three were ever killed here. Three 
 moose were shot here in the early days ; 
 one, where the Methodist meeting-house 
 stands, by Micah Hatch of Middlesex, 
 which was sent to Boston Museum, where 
 its skin probably remains to this day. 
 Another was killed on the old Templeton 
 farm, and one on the Thomas Reed farm. 
 
 A once large, deserted beaver settlement 
 was seen a few years ago, on the meadow 
 now covered by the mill-pond of Moses 
 P. Wheeler. 
 
 On the first road, from Middlesex Center 
 over "Hampshire Hill" to Elmore, and 
 known then as the smugglers' road, was the 
 clearing "on the one acre lots, and the first 
 basswood log-house, used by the smugglers 
 of those days as a rendezvous for their cat- 
 tle and horses. In 1812, there wis no 
 other road through the town, and but a 
 pathway had been marked and cut from 
 Montpelier, penetrating the southern part 
 of the town near the branch ; comfortable 
 roads were reserved for later times, and 
 milling done at Montpelier, or in some of 
 the older settlements south of us. The 
 town contained neither store or tavern 
 during its first organization. 
 
 Mr. Brown having, perhaps, more means 
 than his neighbors, remained in town, 
 himself and wife and 4 sons and 7 daugh- 
 ters. His sons were Milton, Amasa, Jr., 
 Cyrus and Martin Chittenden, the last re- 
 ceiving his name from having been born 
 on the same day that Martin Chittenden 
 was elected governor, Oct. 21, 1813. His 
 
 birth, also, is the first recorded in town, 
 and he is still living here. 
 
 Milton Brown was the firet constable 
 under the second organization, a justice of 
 the peace many years, town representative 
 7 years, a councillor in 1835, and superin- 
 tendent of the Vermont State Prison 4 
 years. 
 
 In 1850, he removed to Montpelier; 
 was admitted to the Washington County 
 Bar, and died July 3, 1852. Amasa, the 
 second son, studied theology at Newton, 
 Mass., Theo. Sem., and is a Baptist min- 
 ister, residing at Newton, N. H. Cyrus, 
 the other son, is a lawyer and resides in 
 this town, being the only member of the 
 bar ever residing here. 
 
 One of the daughters married Oliver 
 Watson, May 29, 18 17, the first recorded 
 marriage in town. Judge Edwin C.Watson, 
 of Hartford, and Dr. Oliver L. Watson, of 
 West Topsham, are their sons, born in 
 Worcester. Mr. Watson and wife cel- 
 ebrated their golden wedding. 
 
 Between 1818 and 1820, Wm. Arbuckle, 
 Thayer Townsend, Job Hill and Jesse 
 Flint came into the town. Mr. Arbuckle 
 lived in a small log house on Amasa 
 Brown's land. Mr. Townsend settled on 
 the hill on the "Closson" ferm, where 
 Wm. Bruce, Jr., now lives; Job Hill, on 
 the place where Leonard Hamblet lives. 
 In the fall of 1820, Allen Vail prepared a 
 place for his family ; also Thomas Reed, 
 Jr., from Londonderry. Mr. Reed moved 
 his family to Middlesex early in 1820, to 
 Mr. Benjamin Baldwin's, Mrs. Reed's 
 father, who lived near Christopher C. 
 Putnam's present residence. Mr. B. had 
 at this time built a saw-mill where Put- 
 nam's mill now is, the second in town. 
 Reckoning from the time Mr. Reed com- 
 menced work on his farm, his was the 
 third or fourth family here. 
 
 One or two others must have come the 
 same year, but I have not learned who 
 they were. Mr. Vail had 2 sons and 6 
 daughters. He settled where H. A. Han- 
 cock now lives, but soon on the next lot 
 north, and built a saw-mill where Mr. 
 Putnam's "Worcester" mil) stands. Mr. 
 Reed built on the farm on which himself 
 
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 and wife-still live, it being nearly 58 years 
 since. They must be by far the most per- 
 manent residents of the town. During 
 the next 3 years the population increased 
 quite fast, and some commenced building 
 frame-houses. The lumber for the first 
 ones was sawed at the mill of Mr. Bald- 
 win, in Middlesex, by which it seems 
 the first mill built where Clark's mill now 
 is must have fallen into disuse, but mills 
 were soon put in operation here. At the 
 close of 1 82 1, there were three frame- 
 houses — Thayer Townsend's, the first on 
 the hill near Calais line, where he first set- 
 tled. Dodge Hayward's, on the Dea. Poor 
 place, where Cyrus Brown now lives, and 
 Thomas Reed's, where he still resides. 
 
 Others who came to town from 1820 to 
 '23 or '24, were David Poor, Calpt. Artemas 
 Richardson and wife, Franklin Johnson, 
 OrameJ L. Smith, Cyrus-Crocker, J. P. B. 
 Ladd, Jonas and Nathan Abbott, Eben- 
 ezer S. Kellogg and wife, Joel H. Tem- 
 pleton and family, Eleazer Hutchinson 
 and family, from Norwich ; Dea. Matthias 
 Eolsom and wife and David Folsom and 
 Amos Rice and wife, from Dover, Vt. ; 
 Leonard Hamblet, from Dracut, Mass., 
 found mentioned in the town records, with 
 ■others whose names we have not learned. 
 All named were prominent citizens and 
 have died in town, except Jonas Abbott, 
 who is stilj living, and Mr. Kellogg, who 
 died the present year (187 1), in Hanover, 
 N. H. 
 
 We have now come to where we have 
 the town records for a guide. March 14, 
 1 82 1, a call for a' meeting of the legal 
 voters was made by Joseph Wing, justice 
 of the peace of Montpelier; held at the 
 dwfilling-house of Amasa Brown, March 
 28, 1821, Allen Vail moderator, and Amasa 
 Brown town clerk; wlio was sworn to the 
 faithful discharge of the duties of said of- 
 fice in the presence of the meeting by 
 Joseph Wing, Esq. Allen Vail, Amasa 
 Brown, Job Hill, were chosen selectmen ; 
 Allen Vail, treasurer ; Milton Brown, first 
 constable and collector of taxes ; Allen 
 Vail, Amasa Brown, Jesse Flint, listers ; 
 Job Hill, grand juror ; Jesse Flint, high- 
 way surveyor; Abraham V. Smith, Wm. 
 
 Arbuckle, Jesse Flint, fence viewers ; 
 Amasa Brown, pound keeper. 
 
 Voted, that Mr. Brown's barn be con- 
 sidered as the Pound ; made choice of Job 
 Hill, sealer of weights and measures ; 
 Hezekiah Mills, hay ward ; Oliver Watson, 
 committee to settle with the treasurer; 
 Abraham V. Smith, school trustee. 
 
 We cannot forbear pausing to wonder if 
 Mr. Watson found the duties of his officd 
 very burdensome? As there was no over- 
 seer of the poor chosen at that meeting, 
 Apr. 20, another meeting was held, at 
 which it was 
 
 Voted, to raise 8 mills on the dollar on 
 the list to defray the necessary expenses 
 of the town ; and to form the town into 
 one school district; and rai.se one cent on 
 the dollar of the list for the support of 
 schools for the year ensuing ; and to have 
 a highway tax assessed on the list, to be 
 made the year ensuing, and that 9 hours 
 be considered 4s a day's work. 
 
 Worcester was ahead of the ten-hour law. 
 
 There are those still living in town who, 
 attended the first school, in the winter of 
 1 82 1 and 22, Allen L. Vail, Cyrus and 
 Martin C. Brown, Mrs. Olive Brown 
 Johnson, and perhaps one or two others, 
 who remember that school in the old log- 
 house on the Hutchinson farm, near Mr. 
 Phineas A. Kemp's present residence. 
 Job Hill was the teacher, and the school 
 was much larger in proportion to the num- 
 ber of families than are the present schools. 
 The next school was taught by Betsey 
 Cutler, in a log dwelling-house near where 
 S. M. Seaver now lives. The first school- 
 house was built about this time, of logs, 
 near the late Samuel Andrews' house. 
 
 From 1823, the increase of population 
 was more rapid than it had been the two 
 or three years preceding. The openings 
 in-the forest became more numerous ; the 
 fields of grass, grain and potatoes more 
 widely extended ; the cattle and sheep in- 
 creased, and the first comers could begin 
 to realize some of the hopes which had sus- 
 tained them through years of privation. _ 
 
 In 1823, a road was surveyed and worked 
 up the Branch through the town, so as to 
 be passable. Its survey was by Jesse 
 Elmon and Danforth Stiles, a committee 
 authorized by the Legislature of 1822, the 
 
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 first road recorded in town. Others soon 
 begin to branch off. Up Minister brook; 
 up the brook towards Calais, on to the 
 hills .where the settlers had built their 
 dwellings, on Hampshire hill ; and new 
 dwellings were built, and from what can be 
 learned of the older citizens, it would seem 
 that the social nature of the early inhabi- 
 tants was better cultivated and developed 
 than it is at the present day. Neighborly 
 visits were prized in proportion to the dif- 
 ficulties in making them. People seemed 
 more dependent on each other for those 
 necessaries to make life pleasant. Meet- 
 ings also were better attended, and gener- 
 ally much more highly prized than now ; 
 and much of the restraints of social inter- 
 course, under which the people of this day 
 labor, was then unknown. All were poor ; 
 and all were ready and willing to help each 
 other. 
 
 From the second organization of the 
 town until 1835, town meetings were held 
 at Amasa Brown's (afterwards at Milton 
 Brown's), house, except two in 1823, which 
 were held, by vote of the town, in Mr. 
 Brown's shop. At a meeting called for 
 the purpose, held Mar. 26, 1834, it was 
 
 Voted, that town meetings in future be 
 held at the Plaistered School-house, nigh 
 Milton Brown's in said Worcester. 
 
 The next and subsequent meetings were 
 held at that place. (Dis. No. 2,) until 
 1841 ; a vote being taken in March, 1840, 
 to hold them hereafter in the school-house 
 in district No. I. That house was at the 
 "corner,'' and stood on the spot where 
 Ferris Leonard's house was lately burned. 
 The old school-house now stands nearly 
 opposite the present town clerk's office, 
 and is used for a blacksmith shop. When 
 the first meeting-house was built, a hall 
 was built in the basement, which the town 
 bought for a town hall ; and Jan. 26, 1846, 
 it was 
 
 " Voted, That town meetings hereafter, 
 shall be held at the new town house in 
 Worcester," which was built in 1845, a-id 
 since that time town meetings have been 
 held in the spacious town hall under the 
 Congregational meeting-house. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 We have no records of before the second 
 organization. After that, the people at 
 once gave the subject their earnest atten- 
 tion. It was 
 
 " Fo/«rf, in April, 1821, to have one school- 
 district"; March, 1823, to divide the town 
 into three school districts ; and March, 
 1824, a committee of three was appointed 
 to re-district the town, and the same day 
 the town was divided into four school dis- 
 tricts: 
 
 District No. i : Eleazer Hutchinson, Da- 
 vid Poor, J. P. B. Ladd, Artemas Rich- 
 ardson, • — Hammet, (probably Leon- 
 ard Hamblet) J. Hubbard, O. L. Smith, 
 Oliver Watson, Hezekiah Mills, Por- 
 ter, Wm. Arbuckle, W. Foster, J. Hill, 
 Jonas Abbott. 
 
 District No. 2: A. Rice, Amasa Brown, 
 J. Robinson, Allen Vail, Eben. S. Kel- 
 logg, Ophir Leonard, John Clark, Frank- 
 lin Johnson, Ashley Collins, A. V. Smith. 
 
 District No. 3 : Benson. A. A. 
 
 Brown, Hinkson, (probably Wm.,) 
 
 Thomas Reed, Jr., Tristram Worthen. 
 
 District No. 4. — Jesse Flint, Matthias 
 Folsom, Samuel Upham, J. Griffin, E. 
 Clough, Nathan Abbott, Wm. Bennett, 
 A. Bennett, Flint Gove, Frizzle Perrin, 
 David Folsom i The report was signed by 
 Amasa Brown for committee. 
 
 The first record of number of families 
 and scholars was made March, 1829, and 
 returned by the district clerks were : Dis- 
 trict No. I, 13 families, 33 scholars; dis- 
 trict No. 2, 9 families, 22 scholars ; dis- 
 trict 3, 6 families, 18 scholars ; district 4, 
 15 families, 41 scholars; not in limits of 
 any district, i family and 4 scholars ; total,'. 
 44 families and 118 scholars. 
 
 At the present time there are 9 districts 
 and one fractional, belonging to a Mid- 
 dlesex district. The last returns were 
 Apr. I, 1878 ; families, 191 ; scholars, 271. 
 
 There are 9 school-houses in town, in 
 which are schools from 10 to 12 weeks, 
 summer and winter. 
 
 POUNDS. 
 
 The town has owned two Pounds. The 
 first, a log one, built according to a vote of 
 the town, 1822, "That a pound be built 
 
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 by every man turning out the 15th of June 
 next." It was located on the east side of 
 the road, on the meadow south of Henry 
 E. Hunt's barn. The story is told that 
 this pound after awhile got out of repair 
 and the gate fallen down, so there was 
 free ingress and egress; and the cattle of 
 the neighborhood, taking advantage of 
 the situation, found a warm yard in which 
 they could lie. In course of time, the 
 ground within the enclosure became en- 
 riched, and Mr. C, who lived near by, 
 thinking it would bear good corn, plough- 
 ed up the enclosure, planted it and fenced 
 up the gateway. The corn grew, and 
 there was a prospect of a big yield ; but 
 his hopfs were destined to be blasted. 
 When it was just right tn roast, somebody 
 (supposed to be the "hatters") harvested 
 it in the night, leaving Mr. C. nothing for 
 his pains. 
 
 The second was built in 1836, the town 
 asppropriating $30. It was walled with 
 stone, hewed timbers on the top ; a little 
 south of the first, on the other side of the 
 road, near the "town brook." It was 
 used occasionally, as was the first, to get 
 up quarrels and lawsuits among the neigh- 
 bors until about 1850 ; the stone of which 
 it was made was used to "repair the high- 
 way. 
 
 Since that time, various barnyards have 
 been constituted pounds from year to year, 
 by vote of the town, but no case of im- 
 pounding an animal has occurred for many 
 years. 
 
 March 2, 1847 .nhe town was called on 
 to vote license or no license, and in that 
 year and three following years, the vote 
 stood: 1847, license, 55, no license, 29; 
 1848, yea, 58, nay, 40; 1849, yea, 28, nay, 
 S3; 1850, yea 51, nay, 38. 
 
 At a meeting of the selectmen of Wor- 
 cester, Mar. IS, 1851, 
 
 Voted, to license Henry B. Brown to 
 sell pure alcohol, brandy and wine, for the 
 time of one year from this date, under the 
 following restrictions, viz. : ist, the said 
 Brown shall at all times keep a just and 
 accurate account of all purchases and sales. 
 2d, to sell only as a medicine. 3d, to sell 
 none to be drank in or about the store. 
 4th, allowed to sell to none who are in the 
 
 habit of using it as a beverage, without a 
 certificate from a physician. Edwin, C. 
 Watson, Abel Whitney, Horace Carpenter, 
 selectmen. 
 
 At a meeting of the board of selectmen 
 of Worcester, Mar. 19, 1852, 
 
 Voted, to grant Cyrus Brown license to 
 keep a public inn and sell therein victuals, 
 all kinds of fruits, small beer and cider for- 
 the term of one year from this date. Frank- 
 lin Johnson, Samuel P. Alexander, Joseph 
 Ford, selectmen. 
 
 Tithingmen were occasionally chosen at 
 the early town meetings, David Poor in 
 1822, but they soon appear to have gone 
 out of fashion. 
 
 The first, or old burying-grpund was 
 across the road from the' present one. 
 There is no record of the old ground. 
 The second one was laid out under a vote 
 of the town passed in March, 183 1; i 
 acre; surveyed by Milton Brown. The 
 first bodies buried in it were those removed 
 from the old ground. 
 
 In 1873, the town purchased about 3i 
 acres of P. A. Kemp, Esq., for $300, en- 
 closing the old ground on three sides, 
 which was surveyed and laid in lots and 
 driveways by James K. Tobey, Esq., of 
 Calais. It contains in all 303 lots, and 
 the whole together makes a commodious 
 and beautiful cemetery, of which the town 
 may justly be proud._ 
 
 March, 1831, the town voted not to tax 
 Abner Dugar for the time being, he being 
 blind. 
 
 Before the farnis were cleared, lumber- 
 ing and shingle-making were much in 
 vogue, but the land, as soon as cleared 
 and planted, produced large crops of po- 
 tatoes ; so if used to be said, with the 
 Worcester people, lumber, shingles and 
 potatoes were considered as "legal ten- 
 der." Since the early saw-mills were built, 
 there have been several in operation during 
 the 'whole time. The old " up and down" 
 saws have all given place to the improved 
 "circular" mills, of which the town now 
 has five, with several others just over the 
 border. 
 
 Immense quantities of logs are cut in 
 Worcester every year, which are sawed, 
 planed and matched for market. At first 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 there was an abundance of pine trees, 
 which have disappeared, and spruce, hem- 
 lock and several kinds of hard wood now 
 furnish the material for lumber. 
 
 It is related of some of the earlier in- 
 habitants, when the town was in large part 
 owned by non-residents, they were in 
 the habit of buying of the proprietors, for 
 a trifle, the pine trees which had fallen 
 down on their lands, and getting them man- 
 ufactured into lumber, or making shingles 
 for sale. To make the business more 
 profitable, it is said that some felled such 
 fine trees as they wished to buy, and suf- 
 fering them to lie a year or two, included 
 them in the windfalls, and sometimes did 
 not even wait for the trees to grow old 
 before hauling them to mill. At one 
 period, a large portion of the lands were 
 held by A\e±. Ladd, who lived in New 
 Hampshire, and titles being uncertain, 
 othec parties sought to acquire a right in 
 the same lands by "squatting," which led 
 to much litigation in regard to the pos- 
 session. A large portion of the inhabi- 
 tants were at one time engaged for one 
 party or the other in their endeavors ■ to 
 hold the land. The controversy culminat- 
 ed in what is known as the lumber war. 
 
 As the story is told by those conversant 
 with the matter, some parties had bought 
 the pine trees on a portion of the disputed 
 territory in the north part of the town, and 
 commenced to cut and draw. The agents 
 for the other parties claiming the lands, 
 set to work to prevent this. They felled 
 trees across the roads, cut up the logs, 
 and used all means, except personal vio- 
 lence, in their power to hinder the work. 
 One man is said to have ruined a nice ax 
 in cutting out the iron pins of a sled during 
 the darkness of the night, and as the ex- 
 citement increased, the friends of either 
 party came to their assistance, until quite 
 a company was arrayed on either side. 
 They held the ground night and day for 
 several days, and there was much hard 
 words and loud talk. But during the whole 
 excitement, it is said, there was only one 
 clinch, and in that struggle, the man who 
 came uppermost in the fall was compelled 
 to call lustily to his triends to " take that 
 
 man off from him," while himself was yet 
 at the top. The first party succeeded in 
 getting out a portion of their logs, and 
 the dispute was eventually settled by the 
 courts. The lumbering job was, however, 
 done at a loss in a pecuniary view to those 
 engaged in it. 
 
 Mr. Ladd, by his agent. Judge Loomis, 
 of Montpelier, had put one Gilman Par- 
 menter on to the lot of land in the S. E. 
 corner of the town, where James M. Gould 
 now lives, to hold possession against a 
 Mr. Spear, who also claimed it. Mr. 
 Parmenter built a log shanty, and moved 
 in before he had put the roof on it. One 
 day, when Mr. Parmenter was gone from 
 home, leaving his wife to keep possession, 
 some of Mr. Spear's agents attempted to 
 get possession by climbing into the en- 
 closure, but Mrs. Parmenter, comprehend- 
 ing the responsibility resting on her, was 
 equal to the emergency. Hastily placing 
 a ladder against the wall, she seized the 
 tea-kettle, which was full of boiling water, 
 and with this weapon ascended the ladder, 
 and made such good use of it, that the 
 intruders were compelled to hastily re- 
 treat, leaving the plucky vvoman in pos- 
 session of the premises. The matter of 
 title to this, as well as the aforementioned 
 lands, was finally settled by the courts in 
 Mr. Ladd's favor. 
 
 HAT MANUFACTORY. 
 
 When the town was new and fur-bearing 
 animals plenty, a hat manufactory was 
 established, and the business of hat- 
 making carried on several years. The 
 building was on the farm now owned and 
 occupied by George D. Tewksbury. Hat- 
 making was carried on several years by 
 Edmund Blood, who came from Bolton, 
 Mass., went into the heart of the wilder- 
 ness, off from any road, put up a factory, 
 boarding-house, and other necessary build- 
 ings, gathered his help, some say from 75 
 to IDO, and went to work making hats for 
 the gentry. The road at this time was 
 over the river west from the building. 
 Judging from the stories told, we think 
 his hands employed were a great element 
 in the social part of community and in 
 town-meetings. 
 
WORCESTER. 
 
 Just what year Mr. Blood carse here, 
 we do not know, but find he purchased 
 the land in 1828. He died previous to 
 Apr. 1831, as we find by the records, and 
 the hat.business was not continued long 
 afterwards. The old hat factory was taken 
 down in 1849 '^y ^- L- Vail, and the ma- 
 terials used in the erection of a dwelling 
 house in the village. Mr. Andrew A. 
 Sweet, of Mbntpelier, could probably tell 
 the story of the hat business better than 
 any other man living. 
 
 Tanning was carried on several years. 
 In 1849, Ebenezer Frizzell came from 
 Berlin, and bought of John Clark the mill 
 and water privilege where H. T. Clark's 
 mill now stands, and built a tannery. 
 Edwin C. Watson was associated with 
 Mr. Frizzell a short time in the business, 
 which they afterward sold to Simon 
 Wheeler, of Plainfield. During quite a 
 number of years, Mr. Wheeler and Nathan 
 W. Frye, from Woburn, Mass., carried on 
 the business, employing several hands. 
 About 1861, the tannery was burned, and 
 was never rebuilt. 
 
 The knitting business was a source of 
 considerable income to many families for 
 several years. It was commenced by Mrs. 
 Artemas Richardson, and when she moved 
 away, was continued by Mrs. Frances E. 
 Celley, chiefly for the firm of H. B. Claflrn 
 & Co., of New York, and kept^many women 
 and children industrious, returning an in- 
 come of several thousands of dollars. 
 
 Exporting raspberries was for a few 
 seasons carried on quite extensively. From 
 1866 to about '74, it was an income to the 
 women and children. From 2 to 8 tons 
 per season were shipped from here to the 
 Boston market, mostly by Templeton & 
 Vail, merchants, for 4 to 6 cents per lb. 
 
 There are (1878) in town some 170 
 dwelling-houses, 2 meetingrhouses, i store, 
 I hotel, the Worcester House, J saw-mills, 
 3 blacksmith-shops, i grist-mill, g school- 
 houses, 1 post-ofl5ce, a town clerk's office 
 and town hall. There are also a " Grand 
 Army Post," a " Grange of the Patrons of 
 Husbandry," and a "Lodge of Good 
 Templars." The village has some forty 
 dwelling-houses. 
 
 POST OFFICE, 
 
 for statistics, we are indebted to Hon. 
 Charles Lyman, formerly of Montpelier, 
 and for many years chief of the dead letter 
 department of the P. O. Department, 
 Washington. An oflSce was established 
 here Jan. 5, 1828. The inhabitants had 
 before procured, what little mail matter 
 they received, at Montpelier. 
 
 Amos Rice was appointed first postmas- 
 ter, Jan. 5, 1828 ; Amos Rice, Jr., Mar. 5, 
 1828; Rufus Reed, Jr., Jan. 31, 1831 ; 
 Samuel Andrews, Nov. 2, 1832; Jonas 
 Abbott, April i, 1847; Oliver A. Stone, 
 Sept. 18, 1853 ; Thaddeus B. Ladd, Aug. 
 25,1854; Charles C. Abbott, April 13, 
 1861, who is the present incumbent — 1879. 
 
 John Rice, son of Amos Rice, was the 
 first mail carrier ; and it has been stated 
 that at the first he carried the mail in his 
 hat — now there are some 300 copies of 
 newspapers and magazines taken in town. 
 After a good road was worked through 
 the town to Elmore, the mail was carried 
 through here to the towns north ; and sub- 
 sequently the route from Montpelier and 
 the south, to St. Albans, was through this 
 town, and continued so until the Central 
 Vt. R. R. was built. We now have a daily 
 mail (Sunday excepted,) by stage from 
 Montpelier to and from Morrisville. 
 TOWN Clerks. 
 
 John Young, 1803, 4; Samuel B. Stone, 
 1805 ; Cjirpus Clark, 1806-10, also 1812 
 and part 1813 ; Cyrus Brigham, 181 1 ; part 
 1813, all 1814-15 ; none i8i6t0 2o; Amasa 
 Brown, 1821, 2d organization; Artemas 
 Richardson, 1822 ; Ebenezer S. Kellogg, 
 1823, 4, 5; Ophir Leonard, 1826, 7, 8; 
 Nathan Adams, 1829, 30; Amos Rice, 
 1831-40, 1842-46, 1 5 years ; Daniel Adams, 
 1841 ; Samuel Andrews, 1847-54 ; Thad- 
 deus B. Ladd, 1855-60 ; Job E. Macomber, 
 1861-64, part 1865; Charles C. Abbott,, 
 since Nov. 4, I865, deceased in i88i. 
 
 TOWN REPRESENTATIVES. ; 
 
 James Green, 1808 ; Carpus Clark, 1809- 
 II, 13; Elisha B. Green, 18 12; Cyrus 
 Brigham, 1814, 15; none, 1816-22 ; Allen 
 Vail, 1822,3; Amos Rice, 1824; Samuel 
 Hubbard, 1825; none, 1826; Nathan 
 Adams, 1827, 8; Milton Brown, 1829-32, 
 
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 34. 37. 5°; Daniel Adams, 1833 ;. Joel 
 Newton, 1835, 6; Jacob Cushman, 1838, 
 9 ; Farris Leonard, 1840, i ; Moses Folsom, 
 , 1842, 3 ; none, 1844, 5 ; Allen L. Vail, 
 1846, 72, 73; none, 1847; George W. 
 Leavitt, 1848 ; Nathaniel A. Kelley, 1851, 
 2 ; Phineas A. Kemp, 1853, 69-72 ; none, 
 1854; Rodney Jones, 1855; Chauncey 
 Hunt, 1856, 7; Horatio Templeton, 1858, 
 9; Thomas Hutchinson, i860, 61 ; Edwin 
 C.Watson, 1862, 3; Job E. Macomber, 
 1864, 5 ; Mark P. Ladd, 1866; Heman A. 
 Hancock, 1867, 8 ; none, 1874, s I Horace 
 P. Darling, 1876, 7; Augustus A. Bliss, 
 1878, 9. 
 
 There have been many exciting contests 
 over the election of representative ; but 
 probably only one "contested" in the 
 Legislature, which was in 1814 or 1815. 
 The story of that is thus told : Early in 
 the season a careful canvass, probably not 
 made public at the timfe, showed that there 
 were just 9 voters in town. At freeman's 
 meeting two candidates were presented, 
 Cyrus Brigham and Amasa Brown. A 
 short time previous to the first Xuesday 
 in September, however, tWo brothers 
 named Goodell had signified their inten- 
 tion of going West, and actually did leave 
 the town, as was supposed by some for 
 good. They were strong Brigham men, 
 and their absence was viewed with much 
 complacency by Mr. Brown and his friends. 
 Freeman's meeting day came, the voting 
 commenced, and the appearances were 
 that Mr. Brown would win ; until, unex- 
 pectedly to some, the Messrs. Goodell ap- 
 peared on the scene, having come from 
 Stowe, over the mountain through the 
 forest, and offered their votes. The con- 
 stable, who was a "Brown man," refused 
 to receive their votes, however, claiming 
 as they had left town they were not legal 
 voters. Mr. Brigham took their votes 
 and put them in his pocket. Counting 
 them, Mr. Brigham had 5 votes and Mr. 
 Brown 4. I,f they were rejected, Mr. 
 Brown had a majority. Both men made 
 their appearance at the Legislature when 
 it convened, and the matter was left to 
 that body for a decision. Mr. Brigham 
 held his seat. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 The first resident physician was Dr. 
 James S Skinner. Just when he came we 
 do not know ; probably about 1830. The 
 records show he bought a place therp. 
 Jan. 1833, he was married to Julia Ann, 
 daughter of Allen Vail, Esq., and soon 
 after removed to Michigan, where he still 
 resides. He was succeeded by Dr. Ira 
 R. Rood, who had lived here several years 
 before studying medicine. Dr. Rood mar- 
 ried Jane, daughter of Samuel and Jane 
 Andrews, Sept. 7, 1834. He practiced his 
 profession here until 1846, when he re- 
 moved to Wisconsin and died there. Dr. 
 Buckley O. Tyler was the next, coming 
 in 1848 or '9. During the interval be- 
 tween Dr. Rood and Dr. Tyler the people 
 were obliged to go to Montpelier for a 
 physician, as they also had been previous 
 to Dr. Skinner's coming to town. 
 
 Dr. Thaddeus B. Ladd bought out 
 Dr. Tyler in 185 1. He was born in town, 
 being a son of J. P. B. Ladd, and grad- 
 uated at Woodstock in 1,850, in the same 
 class with Dr. George Nichols, present 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Dr. Ladd was a man of excellent judg- 
 ment, and bid fair to rise to eminence in 
 his chosen profession during the few years 
 of his active labor. In 1854, a spinal dif- 
 ficulty developed itself, and for seven long 
 years he was a great sufferer from that 
 disease, which brought him to his grave. 
 He was postmaster and town clerk several 
 years; was born Aug. 9, 1826; married 
 Harriet N., daughter of Rev. Carey Rus- 
 sell, December 5, 1850, and died Decem- 
 ber 13, 1861. 
 
 Lucian Vail Abbott, son of Deacon 
 Jonas Abbott, was born May 24, 1832. At 
 19, he commenced the study of medicine 
 with Dr. Ladd, and graduated at Wood- 
 stock, June, 1854, with the highest honors 
 of his class. He did not live to practice 
 his profession, consumption claiming him 
 as a victim. He died May 26, 1855. 
 
 Dr. Job E. Macomber, a graduate of 
 Castleton, commenced here in 1856, and 
 practiced 10 years in this town. He was 
 born in East Montpelier ; married Marsell 
 L., youngest daughter of J. P. B. Ladd, 
 
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 June 12, 1858'; removed to Montpelier in 
 1866, where he still resides. 
 ' Dr. Oliver L. Watson, son of Oliver 
 Watson, born in this town May i, 1828, 
 succeeded Dr. Macomber, continuing only 
 part of a year, when he sold out to Dr. 
 Harris. Dr. Watson married Nancy L., 
 daughter of Leonard Darling, Aug. 18, 
 1852. He now resides in West Topsham. 
 Dr. N. M. Harris was a son of Daniel 
 Harris, one of the first settlers of the east 
 part of this town, and was born in Calais, 
 coming to this town with his father when 
 quite young. He married Mary E. Frink, 
 of Milford, Mass., and they are now (1879) 
 living on the same place Where his father 
 first settled in town. In 1876, he sold his 
 practice to Dr. Chauncey N. Hunt, who 
 is the now practicing physician. Dr. Hunt 
 is a son of Chauncey Hunt ; born in this 
 town Apr. 17, 1851 ; graduated at Burling- 
 ton, 1875, and was married to Jennie F., 
 daughter of A. S. Emery, Sept. 28, 1875. 
 Dr. Watson and Dr. Harris both also 
 graduated at Burlington. 
 
 NEIGHBORHOODS. 
 
 Hampshire Hill, so called, being mostly 
 settled from New Hampshire — many from 
 Acworthand Alstead. It is the geograph- 
 ical center of the town, at the foot of the 
 mountain range, and comprises school 
 district No. 8, with a few families in No. 2. 
 The first beginning was made on the south 
 ^ end by Artemas Richardson, F. Johnson 
 and E. S. Kellogg. Before 1830, the New 
 Hampshire people came, and the hill was 
 settled as far north as it ever has been. 
 Joel Newton, John Brigham, Wm. H.and 
 John H. Cooper, DanieLA. and David L. 
 Frost, Daniel Adams, Aaron Kemp; Joseph 
 Evans, Ophir Leonard, Nath'l.'S. Morley, 
 Alex. Dingwall and Horace H. Collier, 
 and perhaps others we do not remember, 
 were the first to make permanent homes 
 on the hill ; substantijll, honored citizens. 
 A few of their descendants still live on the 
 places their fathers cleared. 
 
 "Minister Brook," now school dis- 
 trict No. 4, was early settled from various 
 localities. O. L. Smith, Cyrus Crocker, 
 Jonas Abbott, Matthias Folsom, Daniel 
 and Richard Colby, Samuel Upham, Ed- 
 
 ward and John Clough, Joel H. Temple- 
 ton, Abraham, Ephraim and Jesse Abbott, 
 Luther Hunt and others were among its 
 early settlers. 
 
 West Hill, district No. 7, had David 
 Folsom, B. F. Stone, William and Samuel 
 Hall and others. The east p^rt of the 
 town from Putnam's Mills to Calais, and 
 so north, had for early settleis : Gilmore 
 Parmenter, Caleb Ormsby, Elias Bascom, 
 Asa Fisher, Gload Dugar, Thayer Towns- 
 hend, Benj. Lathrop, Daniel Harris, J. P. 
 B. Ladd, Jacob Baldwin and others. 
 
 Wm. Hinkson and Tristram Worthen, 
 with their families of 6 children each, set- 
 tled in the extreme north part of the town. 
 There were probably many among the 
 early inhabitants whose names we have 
 not learned. Those who came before 
 Amasa Brown, from 1797, and left before 
 1818 or '19, as far as we know, never re- 
 turned. Mrs. Olive Brown Johnson, a 
 daughter of Amasa Brown, who came 
 here with her father in 1812, has given 
 the writer some information in regard to 
 those who came here during the first or- 
 ganization, and where they were located 
 previous to their leaving town. Accord- 
 ing to her recollection, Cyrus Brigham 
 then lived on the Whitney farm, where 
 L. M. Hutchinson now lives, a man named 
 Farnsworth on theLeonardHamblet place,' 
 Daniel Colby where Mr. Seaver now re- 
 sides. The Dea. Poor place was then 
 called the Lyon place, but no one lived 
 there. Two families by the name of Green 
 (Elisha and James, probably) lived on the 
 place where P. A. Kemp now lives, Carpus 
 Clark on a part of the Brown farm now 
 owned by Chauncey Hunt, John Ridlon 
 where Henry E. Hunt resides, and Henry 
 Goodell on Mr. H. A. Hancock's farm, 
 and in iBlS-'ig, Mr. Brown's family had 
 no neighbors nearer than the Stiles' plafe 
 in Middlesex, where C. L. Hunt now 
 lives. 
 
 Ohio was being opened up to settlers, 
 and the good stories coming from there 
 induced those discouraged here to seek 
 that more favored ■ region. Nearly all 
 mentioned as living here at that time em- 
 igrated to Ohio. 
 
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 Mr. Brown was born in Templeton, 
 Mass., Apr. 23, 1770; about 1792, was 
 married to Sybil Stoddard, ofWinchendon, 
 Mass. ; born June 20, 1772. Feb. 1807, 
 tliey removed from Massachusetts to Mont- 
 pelier, residing there until April, 1812, 
 when they came to Worcester, and settled' 
 on the place where they continued as long 
 as they lived. When they settled, here, a 
 clearing of some 10 or 12 acres had been 
 rnade and a log-house built. The house 
 had one glass window only at this time, 
 and stood where the ell part of the present 
 house stands^ 
 
 Mr. Brown purchased his place of Elisha 
 B. Green. There were then no bridges 
 across the river between Montpelier and 
 Worcester, and as the road then went, it 
 crossed the river twice near where Leonard 
 Hamblet lives, so people had to cross on 
 the ice in winter and ford the stream in 
 the summer. Mrs. Johnson says, when 
 she was about 9 years of age, in March, 
 1815, her father went to Montpelier with 5 
 horse and sleigh, taking her with bim. 
 After transacting his business, he started 
 to return home, and it being a thawing 
 time, the river had become swollen so the 
 water ran over the ice at the crossings. 
 They made the first crossing, but when 
 they came to the second, the water was 
 running so deeply and swiftly above -the 
 ice it seemed impossible to cross. Mr. 
 Brown told his little danghter he saw no 
 way except to commend themselves to the 
 care of God and make the attempt. It was 
 just as unsafe to try to return, and telling 
 her to cling tight to the sleigh, he went up 
 the stream as far as possible and plunged 
 in. The current was so strong, the sleigh 
 was carried down below the horse, which 
 compelled him to keep his head nearly up 
 the stream, the water filling the sleigh. 
 When they reached the other shore they 
 were some rods farther down the stream 
 than where they entered it. When again 
 on firm ground, Mr. Brown stopped and 
 thanked God that they had been pre- 
 served, and then proceeded homeward. 
 
 When Mr. Brown was left by all bis 
 neighbors in full possession of the town, 
 he took advantage of the situation to im- 
 
 prove his own pecuniary interests,. He 
 had at this time a few sheep, a yoke of 
 oxen and three cows. Having the whole 
 range of the cleared land on which to keep 
 his stock, he went to Montpelier and hired 
 four or five more cows, for which he paid 
 $4 per year each beside their keeping, and 
 together with his own turned them on the 
 town. He found a ready sale for all his 
 butter among the families in Montpelier at 
 13 c. per pound ; fed the milk to his hogSi 
 raising, pork for sale, and so prospered in 
 worldly affairs, turning the misfortunes of 
 his less enduring neighbors to his own 
 benefit. In 1818 or 19, Mrs. Brown's 
 father died in ' Massachusetts, and Mr. 
 Brown was sent for to help in settling the 
 estate. He made the journey on horse- 
 back, of which he said, when traveling 
 through New Hampshire, he stopped over 
 night at a tavern where quite a company 
 was collected. During the evening as the 
 different persons were engaged in telling 
 stories-in regard to their several localities, 
 Mr. Brown sat and listened without saying 
 anything, until some one of the company 
 turned to him with the remark, that he 
 believed they had all told where they be- 
 longed but him. He replied that he lived 
 in Worcester, Vermont. Oh ! said the 
 other, I have heard of Worcester. I have 
 heard that all the inhabitants of that town 
 except a Mr. Brown left the place, and 
 that he has thrown his family on the town.' 
 The story you have heard is true, said Mr. 
 B. My name is Brown, and there is no 
 other family living in Worcester but rhy 
 own. As, Mr. Brown's place was about 
 half way from Montpelier to Elmore, he 
 had frequent applications from travellers 
 for refreshments. These applications be- 
 came so numerous, that in 1815 or 16, 
 according to the recollections of Mrs. 
 Johnson, he concluded to open a tavern, , 
 and entertain travellers. Accordingly, to 
 give notice to the public, he put up a 
 "sign," and opened the first tavern ever 
 kept in Worcester. His sign was a smooth 
 board, on which he marked in large letters 
 with red chalk, "Good Cider For Sale 
 Here," and he nailed it up in front of his 
 log house. Travellers were entertained in 
 
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 this log tavern until 1824 or 25, when he 
 built a large two-story house, the one now 
 standing, for a tavern. 
 
 In February, 1817, Benjamin Uptoji and 
 wife of Bakersfield, came to vigit Mr. 
 Brown's family, Mrs. U. being Mr. B.'s 
 sister. It was an almost unbroken forest 
 between Elmore and Worcester, the road 
 barely passable with teams ; most of the 
 travel being, on horseback. Mr. Upton 
 and wife arrived at Mr. Olmstead's in El- 
 more, near noon, where they stopped to 
 refresh themselves and horse, and inquire 
 about the road- They were told that they 
 could probably go through without trouble, 
 and started about 3 o'clock, p. M. The 
 road was quite good for a mile or two, 
 where some of the inhabitants had been 
 drawing .wood, but they soon came where 
 there was no track, and it became impos- 
 sible to proceed except by Mr. Upton's 
 treading down the snow ahead, and then 
 leading on the horse, making very slow 
 progress. As night_ approached, Mr. Up- 
 ton and his horse became weary ; the pros- 
 pect of getting through the woods that 
 night grew less and less. They thought 
 they had got about half way. Mr. Upton 
 told his wife he saw no way but to leave 
 her with the team, while he would go 
 through to Mr. Brown's for help to break 
 the road. She consented, and her hus- 
 band wrapped her up as well as he could, 
 taking off his overcoat and putting it on 
 her, and wrapping a bed-quilt they had 
 for a sleigh robe about her, he bade her 
 good night and started. He reached Mr. 
 Brown's about midnight, almost completely 
 exhausted ; aroused them, and made known 
 the situation. Mr. Brown, his two boys, 
 and Oliver Watson, who soon after mar- 
 ried Mr. Brown's daughter, started out. 
 They turned out the oxen and some young 
 cattle, put a boy on the horse, and pro- 
 ceeded to break a path, driving the oxen 
 unyoked, and the young cattle before them, 
 the boy and horse bringing up the rear. 
 About daylight, Mr. Brown, who was ahead, 
 came in sight of the horse and sleigh with 
 Mrs. Upton sitting upright as Mr. Upton 
 had left her the night before. He spoke 
 to her but received no answer ; again, no 
 
 response ; becoming alarmed, went up close 
 to the sleigh, and put his hand on her 
 shoulder, calling her by name. This 
 started her up. She was asleep ; she was 
 told help was at hand. She had slept 
 most of the night. Finding they were 
 only a little way in the woods, they took the 
 team back to Mr. 01mstead'§, so Mr. Brovra 
 and Mrs. Upton returned there, she stay- 
 ing until the next day, the interval being 
 spent by Mr. Brown's folks in breaking 
 out the road. Early next morning, Mr. 
 B. and his sister again started from Elmore, 
 and about 3 o'clock P. m., arrived at Mr. 
 Brown's house, finding Mr. UptOn recov- 
 ered from his exhaustion and glad to receive 
 his wife safe again. They doubtless re- 
 membered their visit that winter to Wor- 
 cester as long as they^lived. 
 
 Mr. Brown and wife both died compara- 
 tively young, on the same place on which 
 they first settled. She died March 6, 1 826, 
 aged J4 years, and he June 1, 1827, aged 57. 
 
 FRANKLIN JOHNSON, 
 
 born in Leominster, Mass., 1797, came 
 from there Apr., 1820, in company with 
 Capt. Artemus Richardson and Amos Mer- 
 riam ; and the three together purchased 
 the 300 acre lot, No. 31, situated on the 
 south end of Hampshire hill, and reaching 
 Minister brook. They divided the right, 
 Mr. Merriam taking the north, known 
 afterwards as -the "Adams fann," Mr. 
 Richardson the middle lot, known as the 
 Farris Leonard farm, and Mr. Johnson the 
 south lot, where he continued to reside 
 until his death. That spring, they each 
 chopped 5 acres on his lot. In June, Mr. 
 Richardson and Mr. Merriam returned to 
 Massachusetts, and left Mr. Johnson to see 
 to the land. He stayed through the sum- 
 mer, and burned the choppings on all thre.e 
 places ; then worked at clearing his own, 
 and building him a log shanty. Just be- 
 fore "Thanksgiving," he returned to Mas- 
 sachusetts and spent the winter. In April, 
 1 82 1, he cathe back to Worcester. Mr. J. 
 started Fast day, and arrived in W. Fast 
 day also, being just one week on the road. 
 When he left Leominster, the farmers were 
 plowing' and sowing their fields ; when he 
 
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 arrived in Worcester, the snow was 4 feet 
 deep. As soon as the snow was gone, he 
 commenced work on his land, and also 
 built him a larger log-house. Mr. Rich- 
 ardson came back soon after Mr. Johnson, 
 bringing his wife with him, but Mr. Mer- 
 riam did not return, having sold his land 
 to Ebenezer S. Kellogg of Brookfield. 
 Mr. Johnson said, when building his house 
 that summer, he got in a great hurry to 
 complete it, and when shingling thought 
 he would not stop for Sunday, as there 
 were no neighbors near enough to be dis- 
 turbed. In the morning, he went to work, 
 and laid 10 or 12 shingles, but said "such 
 echoes as the hammer awoke I never heard. 
 It seemed as if the sound must be heard 
 all over town; and I concluded to wait 
 until Monday before I shingled any more." 
 During this summer, Mr. Kellogg worked 
 on his land, and as his family were in 
 Brookfield, he stayed with Mr. Johnson. 
 Mr. J. was courting Pamelia Brown, and 
 would sometimes be gone evenings, leav- 
 ing Mr. K. to keep house alone, and he, 
 being naturally timid, did not like this ar- 
 rangement. One Sunday night, Mr. John- 
 son went to Mr. Brown's, leaving Mr. Kel- 
 logg alone. About 10 o'clock, Johnson 
 hearing a loud hallooing in the woods, 
 went out to see what was the matter. Mr. 
 K. soon emerged above the house, swing- 
 ing a fire brand. He had heard a bear 
 about the shanty, and was not going to 
 stay there alone. Mr. Johnson said when 
 he first came to Worcester, the trout were 
 so plenty he could catch enough in the 
 brook in ten minutes any day to make a 
 good meal. He cleared up his land, made 
 improvements in building, raised up his 
 family; and ended his days there. He 
 married" Pamelia Brown, Sept. 8, 1822, 
 who died Jan. 23, 1834; and he married 
 2d, Jail. 4, 183s, Olive Brown, a sister of 
 his first wife, who is still living on the same 
 farm. Mr. Johnson united with the Con- 
 ' gregational church in 1826. He bore his 
 share in the toils of the new settlement, 
 and in the town business ; was a good 
 neighbor and citizen, and died respected 
 by his townsmen, Dec. 8, 1868, aged 71 
 years. 
 
 ORAMEL L. SMITH, 
 
 a brother of Col. Harvey Smith of Thet- 
 ford, and uncle to Hon. O. H. Smith of 
 Montpelier, was born in 1783, where, I am 
 unable to state, but he lived in Thetford 
 while quite young, the writer's father and 
 Mr. Smith being boys together there. He 
 was married at Thetford to Polly, daughter 
 of Thaddeus Ladd, who had a large fami- 
 ly, mostly girls. 
 
 The story is told, that when some two 
 or three of Mr. Ladd's girls had been mar- 
 ried, Mrs. Smith being among the num- 
 ber, a neighbor, who was not on very ^ood 
 terms with Mr. Smith and one or two 
 other men who had married the Ladd 
 girls, made the remark that he thought the 
 devil had a grudge against Mr. Ladd and 
 was paying him in sons-in-law. Mr. Smith 
 and his wife came to Worcester in 1822 or 
 23, and commenced a settlement on the 
 Minister brook, west of the " corner," and 
 lived and died there. They had 3 girls, 
 the two oldest, Mary and Jemima, born in 
 Thetford, the youngest, Frances, in Wor- 
 cester. The eldest died unmarried, Je- 
 mima married Herman Foster, and Mr. 
 and Mrs. Smith lived with them at the 
 time of their death . The youngest was the 
 wife of Capt. Edward Hall of the 8th Vt. 
 Regt., wounded at Cedar Creek, Oct., '64, 
 who died of his wounds at Winchester a 
 few days after. The daughters are all now 
 dead. 
 
 Uncle Lyman, as Mr. Smith was famil- 
 iarly called, was an active man in his day, 
 and somewhat given to the use of intoxi- 
 cating drink ; his naturally irritable dispo- 
 sition was made more irritable, and he had 
 very much trouble with his neighbors ; for 
 a series of years was almost constantly in- 
 volved in law-suits. Probably he was 
 plaintiifor defendant in more law cases 
 than many others together in town ; and 
 almost always was on the losing side. 
 He was harassed by creditors almost con- 
 stantly. It is said he concluded after 
 awhile he could not afford to quarrel so 
 much, and was more peaceably inclined in, 
 his later years. 
 
 Mr. Hutchinson's place joined his on the 
 north, Mr. H. having another lot a mile or 
 
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 so south they were clearing, and to cross 
 Mr. Smith's farm to reach the south lot, 
 Mr. S. had a log-bridge across the brook 
 south of his house ; Mr. Hutchinson's folks 
 availed themselves of it going to and from 
 work. Uncle Lyman, not feeling friendly 
 at that time, forbade their passing over the 
 bridge. One morning old Mr. Hutchinson 
 and one of the boys started for the south 
 lot to work, intending to cross the bridge ; 
 but Mr. Smith came hurriedly out as the 
 others were crossing, and succeeded in 
 pitching the elder Mr. H. into the brook. 
 A lawsuit resulted, in which Uncle Lyman 
 was beat as usual. During his later years, 
 he gave up his business cares to his chil- 
 dren, and lived more quiet. Mrs. Smith, 
 the opposite of her husband, was a kind 
 neighbor and excellent nurse, and often 
 was called up by her neighbors in sickness ; 
 and in those years when there was no phy- 
 sician in town, she practiced midwifery, 
 and even after a regular physician had loca- 
 ted here, she was called upon for that ser- 
 vice. , Both Mr. S. and wife died at theage 
 of 71 ; he in 1854, she in 1858. 
 
 JOHN AND DODGE HAYWARD, 
 
 formerly of Thetford, commenced a settle- 
 ment on Minister brook in 1821, where 
 Joel H. Templeton afterwards lived and 
 died ; but Dodge soon after went to the 
 Dea. Poor place, and both soon left the 
 to\yn. 
 
 OLIVER WATSON, 
 
 born in 1786, came here from Montpelier ; 
 was a joiner by trade, and an extra work- 
 man, making that his life business. He 
 married Esther, oldest daughter of Amasa 
 Brown, May 29, 1817 ; this is the first re- 
 corded marriage in town. Their oldest son 
 represented the town and was assistant 
 judge of the County court 2 years. Mr. 
 W. was for many years very deaf. He 
 died in 1870, at 84 years. His widow went 
 to live with her son. Judge E. C. Watson 
 of Hartford, and died there, but was brought 
 to Worcester for burial. 
 
 JESSE FLINT, 
 
 of Montpelier, bought a lot here in 1815, 
 but I do not know that he came here to 
 live before 1820 or 21. He lived for a 
 
 short time in a log-house, or shop, which 
 had been used for a com^ shop, near S. 
 M. Seaver'S present residence, until he 
 could build a shanty on his own land. 
 His land was on the hill where F. C. Har- 
 riman now lives. Mr. Flint was prominent 
 in town matters, but probably moved away 
 about 1830, (as we find by the land records, 
 he sold his farm then) and went to Middle- 
 sex to reside. He has children now living 
 there. At the time of Mr. Flint's settle- 
 ment, he cut a road through the woods 
 frqm the Branch road, commencing near 
 whel-e William Maxham now lives, going, 
 up the hill by W. P. Gould's, and so on, 
 probably where the road now goes, to' his , 
 log-house on the hill. Mr. Jacob Baldwin, 
 who then lived with his father, Benjamin 
 Baldwin, near-" Putnam's mill" in Middle- 
 sex, and who now lives in the State of Illi- 
 nois, in a recentlettersays, "In June, 1822, 
 in company with Silas Baldwin, I went up 
 to the place where Joel Templeton died. 
 The branch road did not go where it now 
 does, but farther west, and up a very steep 
 hill, and came into the present road a lit- 
 tle north from the Maxham road. Flint 
 had begun up there, and cut a road from 
 the foot of the hill west across the flat, up 
 the hill by where J. P. B. Ladd began af- 
 terwards ; and on to his place at the end 
 of the road. He was the first, man on the 
 hill ; had his pick, and settled on the poor- 
 est farm there. From Flint's, we went 
 by marked trees to Jesse Abbott's, (where 
 Harrington now lives) and "down to the 
 brook where John and Dodge (Hayward) 
 had begtin, and Joel H. Templeton after- 
 wards lived and died. There was no road 
 in there, only one from Mr. Amasa Brown's 
 log-house, west up by where Artemas 
 Richardson had begun. Mr. Franklin 
 Johnson went up the same road to his 
 place, on which he had built a log-house." 
 Richard and Daniel Colby, Mr. B. says, 
 had come in and cut down a small piece, 
 built a small shanty, planted a few pota- 
 toes, and were lazying round, smoking 
 their pipes; had killed an owl or two. 
 They probably did not stay many years ; 
 "Ifizying round" did not procure a very 
 good living in those times. 
 
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 Samuel Upham from Brookfield, bought 
 the place wherelhe Haywards commenced, 
 and moved there in 1823. He was a black- 
 smith, built a shop on his place, and did 
 what work he could get. Some think this 
 was the first blacksmith shop in town. 
 Mr. Upham moved away in 1825, having 
 sold his place to Joel H . Templeton. Judge 
 Zenas Upham of Brookfield is a son of 
 Samuel Upham. 
 
 THE ABBOTTS. 
 
 During the early years there were on 
 Minister brook and west of it seven men 
 named Abbott. Jesse, Abraham, Ephraim, 
 Asa and Titus, five brothers ; Nathan and 
 Jonas, also brothers, and cousins of the 
 former. Jesse, Abraham and Ephraim 
 Abbott married three sisters, named Buz- 
 zell. There were nine of the Buzzell girls, 
 and beside those who married tht Abbotts, 
 two married Levi and Silas Pratt, two 
 brothers ; two, also, David and Calvin 
 Pratt, brothers, and cousins to Leivi and 
 Silas ; one married James Philbrick and 
 one Major Goodwin. 
 
 THOMAS HUTCHINSON, 
 
 with his father and brothers came from 
 Norwich, and settled near the mouth of 
 Minister brook, where he continued to re- 
 side until 1867, when he removed to the 
 place where his son, L. M. Hutchinson, now 
 lives. Mr. H. by industry and economy 
 made for himself and family a good home. 
 He was for years a member of the Congre- 
 gational church, but in some of the church's 
 action in regard to certain members — being 
 dissatisfied with the course taken, -he with- 
 drew for a time from the meetings ; for 
 this he was dropped from the church roll. 
 He afterwards came back and became an 
 active supporter himself with it again as a 
 member of the church, though never con- 
 necting. July 2, 1835, lie was united in 
 marriage to Almira Sumner, and together 
 they traveled life's pathway 41 years. Mr. 
 Hutchinson was a man of great energy and 
 perseverance in carrying out his plans, and 
 as his views of town matters did not always 
 coincide with others, there would some- 
 times come a struggle, which did not 
 always tend to promote friendly feeling. 
 
 He bore his share of public burdens, and 
 performed all his duties faithfully; was 
 representative 2 years. Mr. Hutchinson 
 died Oct. 4, 1876, age 64, and his wife 
 Sept. 30, 1877, age 60. 
 
 The northeast part of the town was set- 
 tled last. An effort was often made for a 
 road through that part of the town from 
 Moses P. Wheeler's mill, north through 
 the eastern part of Elmore to Wolcott 
 village. A petition was made for a court's 
 committee ; the result only a large bill of 
 costs for the petitioners to pay. The road 
 was opposed by the central and western 
 part of both Elmore and Worcester on 
 account of the expense, and it would divert 
 travel from the old county road. But 
 about i860 another petition to the court 
 obtained a committee to examine, the 
 premises again, and the road known as 
 the Eagle Ledge road was made, which 
 opened the way for many settlers in that 
 part of the town, and some good farms 
 have been cleared ; and a more easy access 
 to large tracts of timber lands, and a con- 
 siderable portion of the inhabitants in that 
 section depend on the lumber business for 
 their livelihood. "Wheeler's mill" in 
 Worcester, and " Slayton's," just in El- 
 more, annually cut out large quantities of 
 lumber. 
 
 A night's experience. 
 Mrs. Alma P. Howieson, wife of James 
 Howieson, who lived in this section, relates 
 to us : " In the spring of 1864, myself and 
 family came to Vermont first, where we 
 had one family of relations, a brother of 
 my husband, living in Worcester. We 
 came to this place, and purchased a piece 
 of wild land, and commenced a farm, in- 
 tending tcsettle permanently, but 2 year's 
 later my husbandjs brother, a ' ' millwright," 
 hired with a company in New York to go 
 south and build a mill in Georgia. He 
 went, and came North for more eflScient 
 laborers ; and with others took my husband 
 and three sons, leaving me to look after 
 things at home ; I had two little girls and 
 my eldest son's wife ' with two small chil- 
 dren, in my family. My men folks left the 
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 " 8-year old girl fell and broke her arm, which 
 kept me pretty closely confined some time ; 
 but I had a short web of flannel I wanted 
 to get wove, and had heard of a woman in 
 Calais, living near Mr. Snow's, who was a 
 weaver ; so thought to go over and get my 
 work done. The weather had been rough, 
 but cleared, leaving about 2 inches of snow 
 on the ground. It was the 4th of Dec. ; 
 the sun shone pleasantly for that time of 
 year. I took my youngest little girl with 
 me and started by a cut across the woods 
 into Calais, to Mr. Elias Snow's place, 
 intending to make a short visit there and 
 return in the evening by the road ; it was 
 3 miles round ; but " over the hill," only 
 Jths of a mile. Having been this way 
 several times, I had no difficulty in finding 
 my way, besides a slight path, now mostly 
 blotted out with leaves, there was a line spot- 
 ted through on the trees, any one at all vers- 
 ed in" wood craft, could follow. I left home 
 about 10 o'clock, a. m., telling my daugh- 
 ter-in-law I would be back before dark ; 
 she was timid and did not like to stay 
 alone. I had a pleasant walk through the 
 _ wobds, accompanied by my " house-dog " 
 and large black cat, which persisted in 
 following, in spite of my efforts to scold 
 him back. He followed until I came into 
 Mr. Snow's clearing, when he retreated 
 into the sugar-house at the edge of the 
 woods. I found the old people well, and 
 arranged with them to get their neighbor 
 to do my work, and after resting awhile 
 was about to return, but the old people 
 proposed I should remain until 3 o'clock, 
 when the boys would be back from their 
 work, and one of them would go and help 
 me up the hill with my little one. As the 
 hill was steep and long, I was willing to 
 accept their offer.' The kind .old lady filled 
 a three-quart pail with milk to take to the 
 little folks at home. Thinking I would 
 have time to get home after 3 o'clock, I 
 was willing to wait, but it had been thaw- 
 ing all day, and when the sky overspread 
 with clouds and a drizzling rain commenc- 
 ed, conscious it would be dark early, I 
 did notdare wait longer for the boys, and 
 taking the pail in one hand and the little 
 one in my arms, I set out for home. I had 
 
 not climbed more than half way up the 
 hill before the rain changed to sleet, and 
 the wind rising drove the storm sharply 
 into my face. Taking off my vail I tied 
 it over my little one's face, and hugging 
 her close, toiled up the steep hill in the 
 storm, which increased every moment. 
 On the summit I rested against a tree to 
 regain strength. My path was entirely 
 effaced by the thaw and storm ; but I 
 found the spotted line, and soon started as 
 the night was fast closing in. Pressing 
 forward, I thought in a few minutes to be 
 clear of the woods, but after proceeding 
 quite a distance came to a tree directly 
 across my path ; and looking about, I had 
 missed the way. I went back to where I 
 first found the line, and setting down the 
 pail of milk, which had become burden- 
 some, made another trial to follow the 
 marked trees ; it was getting too dark for 
 that, and I took as straight a course as I 
 could, hoping to come into the clearing 
 somewhere, knowing I could then find my 
 way in the darkness, even. The storm 
 now ceased suddenly as it had commenced, 
 but the wind increased to a perfect hurri- 
 cane, blowing down trees, the limbs falling 
 in showers about me in a manner I never 
 before witnessed, nor since ; and this with 
 the coming darkness increased my anxiety 
 to get clear of the woods. I urged my- 
 self on, I rushed through the underbrush, 
 over the trunks of old fallen trees, tear- 
 ing my clothes, and lacerating my hands 
 hands and face, on and on in my endeav- 
 ors to gain the clearing. From the in- 
 clemency of the weather at this season, I 
 supposed I must perish if I remained in 
 the woods such a night ; but at last I sank 
 exhausted on the trunk of a fallen tree, 
 crying aloud, lost ! lost ! without a ray of 
 hope, hearing, which ray little girl, Carrie, 
 commenced to cry to go home ; which 
 once more aroused me, I must not give up. 
 Carrie needed my care ; the little sick girl 
 at home needed me ; their father and 
 brothers 1500 miles away ; and my daugh- 
 ter-in-law who could not speak one word 
 of English, she too, depended on me. I 
 must make one more effort to preserve my 
 life, if possible. I took in the situation. 
 
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 It was a matter of endurance ; could I 
 bear up under the strain of walking all 
 night, and carrying that child in my arms 
 without getting tired out, and freezing to 
 death? I must make the trial. In the 
 dim twilight I could see a little ways around 
 me. I selected "a beat." My first care 
 was for my little one, and taking of a 
 flannel under-skirt, I wrapped it carefully 
 around her. The wind lulled and went 
 moaning away over the hills ; the rain 
 again descended in torrents. It was a 
 perfect down-pour. I was sooii drenched 
 to the skin, although I had a double woolen 
 shawl and a worsted hood on. Sometimes 
 I would sit down for a little while on a 
 moss-covered log at one end of my beat, 
 but would commence to grow chilly, which 
 warned me to be moving. Let me tell you 
 whence my strength came : I had invoked 
 the aid of my Heavenly Father to support 
 me through this trying ordeal, and quick 
 as thought the answer came, " Be not dis- 
 mayed ; Lo, I am with you alway, even 
 unto the end." Before I had been all ex- 
 citement ; not afraid of wild beasts, or 
 anything the woods contained, but of the 
 cold and fatigue the long night held in 
 store. Now. this vanished; my nerves 
 became steady ; my strength seemed re- 
 newed ; 1 walked my lonely beat with as 
 firm a tread as any sentinel could while 
 guarding his army against the foe. The 
 rain continued what seemed a very long 
 time ; though it ceased about midnight ; 
 then it grew still colder and commenced 
 snowing, and my little dog gave vent to 
 to his anger or distrust by barking vehe- 
 mently. I tried to quiet him, seating my- 
 self for a moment on my log seat, with my 
 babe on my lap, one hand hanging beside 
 me; a fuzzy head thrust up against my 
 hand frightened me. I attempted to rise, 
 but the animal pounced upon my lap press- 
 -ingitswet back .against my face. The 
 night dark as Eurebus, I could see noth- 
 ing, but immediately knew my cat, which 
 followed me. He stopped about an hour 
 longer ; then left for home. The weary 
 night came to a dose at last. I could see 
 in what direction to go, and steering 
 straight for Worcester mountains, knowing 
 
 it would bring me to some clearing where 
 I could shape my course. I had just fairly 
 come out of the woods when I was met 
 by one of my nephews, who. took the 
 little girl. I attempted to follow him to a 
 house near by ; my strength failed me and 
 I had to be supported by another person. 
 My will-power deserted me as human aid 
 came to my rescue. But about noon, I 
 was able to walk home, and soon recovered 
 from my hard night's work. My son's 
 wife finding I did not come, at 8 o'clock 
 lighted her lantern and leaving her chil- 
 dren asleep, told the sick girl she was 
 going to find mother. She went to my 
 brother's, and made them understand I 
 was in the woods. My brother was away 
 from home, but two of the boys took a 
 lantern and started for Mr. Snow's to see 
 if I had left there. But the trees falling 
 so fast and their lantern having been blown 
 out, they beat a hasty retreat, telling my 
 son's wife they would go in the morning. 
 She returned to her children, and spent the 
 night in weeping, expecting, as she often 
 tells me, I should be found dead in the 
 woods. My brother's wife sent one of her 
 boys " as soon as peep of day," to use her 
 words, to Mr. Snow's ; who, finding the pail 
 of milk, knew I must be lost, and gave the 
 alarm, and before I got clear of the woods 
 the whole neighborhood were oilt hunting 
 for me. 
 
 I was 47 years old that month,, and the 
 child I carried in my arms for over 14 
 hours, was 2i years old that day ; but that 
 child was the magnet that held me to life. 
 To this day I look back with a shudder to 
 that dismal vigil in the woods, and thank 
 my Father in Heaven, who gave me 
 strength to bear up and save my own life 
 and that of my child. 
 
 CASUALTIES. 
 
 For some of these we are indebted to a 
 " Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 
 by Sirnon C. Abbott ; " published in 1858 
 by the town. 
 
 A youth named Martin was drowned at 
 an early day, while attempting to cross the 
 river, on the farm where L. M. Hutchinson 
 now lives. He was probably a son of 
 George Martin, one of the first settlers' 
 
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 who lived there. This death is thought to 
 be the first in town. It is quite likely he 
 was buried on the high knoll west of Mr. 
 Hutchinson's house, as were some others, 
 there being some graves to be seen there, 
 when Mr. Abel Whitney lived there. 
 
 A son of S. P. Alexander, of 6 years, 
 was drowned Sept. 1849, on the farm of 
 S. M. Seaver. His father being at work 
 over the river, his boy set out to go in 
 search of him, and when missed by the 
 family, search was made, and he was 
 found in the river. 
 
 George C. Hancock, son of Crismon 
 Hancock, was drowned in the "Branch," 
 July 31, 1857, aged 14. 
 
 Charles Hall, a son of Samuel Hall, was 
 drowned in " Minister Brook," July, 186-, 
 by the washing away of'a bridge on which 
 he was standing, caused by a sudden rise 
 of the water during a thunder-storm. 
 
 Moses Rood, 3d, son of Moses Rood, 
 Jr., formerly of Barre, Jan. 27, 1829, had 
 his thigh fractured by the fall of a tree. 
 Feb. 2, mortification ensued, rendering 
 amputation necessary, under which .he- 
 died. 
 
 Asel Bradstreet, a child of 2 years of 
 J. P. B. Ladd, was scalded by the over- 
 turning of a kettle of hot water upon him, 
 and lived three weeks after the accident. 
 
 Jedediah P. B. Ladd, the father, re- 
 ceived his death-blow by falling from a 
 bridge near his residence. He was crowd- 
 ed off by an ox-team he w,as driving over 
 the bridge while repairing it, and fell 22 
 feet, striking upon a solid rock. His 
 thigh was badly fractured, and he sus- 
 tained internal injuries of so serioiis a 
 nature, though assistance was at once 
 rendered and medical aid procured, and it 
 was hoped he might recover, after linger- 
 ing in great pain until the third day, sur- 
 rounded by his weeping family, death 
 closed his mortal career. Mr. Ladd came 
 to Worcester about 1823, with Jonas Ab- 
 bott, from Thetford. He married Eliza 
 Baldwin, daughter of Benjamin Baldwin, 
 and a sister of Mrs. Thomas Reed. Mr. 
 Ladd was a brother of Mrs. O. L. Smith, 
 and first settled on the hill near Jesse 
 Flint's, and where Willis. P. Gould now 
 
 lives, making the first clearing there about 
 1825. He removed to the eastern part of 
 the town, and commenced anew again on 
 the place where Ira W. Brown now lives ; 
 from there, removed in 1833 to the place 
 first settled by Allen Vail, Esq., where he 
 resided at the time of his death. The wife 
 of the writer of this is a daughter of Mr. 
 Ladd. He died Sept. 19, 1844, at 42 
 years of age. 
 
 Sept. 19, 1833, Elisha Hutchinson, son 
 of Eleazer, a citizen of Worcester, was 
 killed in Montpelier by a stone thrown 
 from a blast on the site of the State House ; 
 age 33 years. 
 
 ■ James, son of Thomas Reed, a boy of 
 14, was killed June 30, 1844, while peel- 
 ing hemlock bark with his father and 
 brother on the form. A tree which had 
 been peeled started to slide down the hill, 
 and caught the boy between itself and an- 
 other log, crushing out his life on the spot. 
 
 Lewis Wright died Oct. 14, 1868, aged 
 63. He fell in a barn on which he was at 
 work, on the S. M. Seaver place. He was 
 an upright Christian man, much respected 
 by all whoknew him. 
 
 Joel H. Templeton was throvyn firomhis 
 wagon when near his home, and received 
 injuries from which he died in about a 
 week, Sept. 18, 1852, aged 62. He came 
 to Worcester from East Montpelier' in 
 1825, and was a prominent man in town 
 affairs for many years. He was the father 
 of Horatio Templeton, Esq., his widow, 
 Mrs. Abigail Templeton, still residing in 
 town, upwards of 80 years of age (1871). 
 
 Isaac Spofford, while wrestling, had a 
 bone fractured in his neck, which caused 
 paralysis below the point of fracture, and 
 resulted in his death. He lived- 30 days 
 after the accident, unable to move himself, 
 and died Aug. 25, 1851, aged 30 years. 
 
 Jan. 21, 1876, Joel O. Durfey, son of 
 Rev. Milo Durfey, while drawing logs and 
 rolling them on the bank of the river near 
 Edmund Utton's, was caught under a log 
 and crushed to death. 
 
 At an early day, a man and his wife 
 named Culver, traveling through the town, 
 stopped on Clapp hill to feed their horses. 
 The man went to the back side of the 
 
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 wagon for some grain, the horses becom- 
 ing frightened, ran violently down the hill, 
 and the woman was thrown out and her 
 neck broken. 
 
 Levi Worthen, son of Tristram Worthen, 
 one of the first settlers in the north part of 
 the town, went toYork State hunting deer. 
 One day he was put with a companion in 
 the forest, and in their wanderings became 
 separated. His companion saw him through 
 the bushes, and, mistaking him for adeer, 
 fired, and Mr. Worthen was killed. His 
 body was brought to Worcester for burial. 
 
 1865, a child of B. F. Johnson was 
 scalded by sitting down in a pail of hot 
 water. 
 
 Oct. 14, 1868, Lewis Wright, while at 
 work on a barn for Mr. D. H. Massey, fell 
 some 8 or 10 feet to the ground, striking 
 on his head, and causing his death in four 
 or five days, aged 63 years. 
 
 Alonzo Jones, Jr., accidentally shot 
 himself while out hunting, and died Oct. 
 25, 1854, a day or two after the accident, 
 aged 16 years. 
 
 MURDERS. 
 
 About 1862 or '63, a young married 
 woman named Loomis was murdered on the 
 Eagle Ledge road, her body being found 
 in the woods a little way from the house of 
 her husband's brother. Circumstances 
 led to the arrest of this man, Austin 
 Loomis, and also of Royal Carr, a neigh- 
 bor. After a long and tedious trial, Mr. 
 Loomis was acquitted, and Mr. Carr con- 
 victed of manslaughter, and was sentenced 
 to the state prison for 10 years.- After 
 serving about 9 years, he was released, 
 having gained one year by good conduct 
 in the prison. In December of the pres- 
 ent year (1878) Carr was again arrested 
 for the murder of a half-breed Indian, 
 Wm. W. Murcommock, in the edge of 
 Calais, with whom he was hunting, and is 
 now lodged in jail at Montpelier awaiting 
 his trial for that offence. [Since executed 
 at Windsor, Apr. 29, 188 1.] 
 
 Apr. 24, 1867, Patrick Fitzgibbons, a 
 resident of this town, was stabbed and in- 
 stantly killed in Montpelier by some un- 
 ,known person. 
 
 SUICIDES. 
 
 The following persons, citizens of this 
 town, have committed suicide by hanging : 
 Ophir Leonard, Mar. [841, aged 68 years ; 
 David Foster, Dec. 1849, aged 69; Mark 
 P. Ladd, Aug. 1867, aged jo (died in 
 Richmond) ; Russell CoUer, Dec. 1866, 
 aged 40 (in Calais) ; Samuel Kelley, Apr. 
 1871, aged ,78; M. Newell Kent, Oct. 
 1876, aged 37. 
 
 OLD PEOPLE. 
 
 Mr. Howe Wheeler and his wife Ama 
 moved into this town from Calais, and died 
 here; he, Feb. 18, 1870, aged 92 years, I 
 month, 19 days; she, Mar. 3, 1870, aged 
 91 years, 7 months, 10 days. They had 
 been married over 70 years. The oldest 
 person now living in town is Mrs. Esther 
 Hamblet, widow of Jonathan Hamblet, 
 and mother of Leonard and Edward M., 
 who now live in this town. She came 
 with her husband from Dracut, Mass., 
 about 1823, and has lived here since that 
 time. [Has since died, aged 96 years and 
 3 days.] Of those in this town 80 years of 
 age and over at the time of their death, 
 were : 
 
 Caleb Barnum, 8oyrs, died Mar. i, 1843. 
 
 Lemuel Blanchard, 92, Sept. 3, 1855. 
 
 Mehitable Spear, 83, Aug. 9, 1846. 
 
 Jonathan Hamblet, 86, March 3, 1859. 
 
 Allen Vail, 80, May 22, i860. 
 
 Peter Seaver, 81, June 23, i860. 
 
 Aaron Kemp, 80, Oct. 2, 1864. 
 
 Martha Rice, 87, Aug. 12, 1865. 
 
 Gload Dugar, 90, Oct. 16, 1865. 
 
 Norah Butler, 80, Dec. 12, 1867. 
 
 Howe Wheeler, 92, Feb. 18, 1870. 
 
 Ama Wheeler, 91, March 3, 1870. 
 
 Oliver Watson, 84, Sept. 1870. 
 
 Thomas McCurdy, 81, May 18, 1870. 
 
 Lydia Richardson, 92, June, 1871. 
 
 Daniel Abbott, 82, March 27, 1872. 
 
 Stephen Harrington, 80, Sept. 7, 1873. 
 
 Philip Hardy, 87, Jan. 30, 1874. 
 
 John Brigham, 82, June 29, 1875. 
 
 George Gould, 85, July, 1876.- 
 
 Silas Fifield, 87, Dec. 14, 1876. 
 
 Oct. 7, 1868, the wife of Martin Costello 
 gave birth to three children, two boys and 
 a girl. All lived until Apr. 18, 1869, when 
 the girl died. . 
 
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 Census. — 1800, 25 ; 1810, 41 ; 1820, 44 ; 
 1830,432; 1840, 587; 1850, 702; i860, 
 685:1870,775. 
 
 BEARS 
 
 have been seen in town even within a few 
 years, yet it is not known that more than 
 two or three were ever killed. Since the 
 writer moved here (in 1849) there have 
 been several "bear hunts," but bruin has 
 always come out ahead of the hunters. 
 Some stories of them have been handed 
 down. John M. Young, now living here, 
 a nephew of the hero of the story, relates : 
 John Young, the first town clerk, while 
 living in this town, where Mr. Seaver now 
 lives, who had a nice pig in a log-pen near 
 his house, one day, working in his clear- 
 ing near, heard an outcry from his pig- 
 pen, and hastening to see what was up, 
 found a large bear within after his porker. 
 Not choosing to lose his winter meat, he 
 charged the intruder with a heavy lever, 
 with which^he had been at work, when the 
 bear put himself on his haunches in the 
 , most approved attitude of self defence, 
 and when Mr. Young, a very muscular, 
 powerful man, delivered a blow aimed at 
 his head, by a dexterous swing of his paw, 
 caught the weapon, and hurled it some 
 distance away ; and then thinking "dis- 
 cretion is the better part of valor," beat a 
 hasty retreat to the woods, and Mr. Young 
 saved his pig. 
 
 On the present premises of Henry E. 
 Hunt, in the early day, when neighbors 
 were few and the man away from home, a 
 bear came one time to survey the place. 
 The first the family knew of his presence, 
 he placed his fore-paws on the vvindow 
 sill and thrust his nose in to see what was 
 inside. The woman and children were 
 badly frightene;d, but bruin, after leisurely 
 surveying the room, withdrew, doing no 
 other damage. 
 
 Mr. N. S.Morley, who settled on Hamp- 
 shire Hill in 1829 or 30, watched with his 
 neighbors several nights for a large bear 
 that visited his cornfield, and at last shot 
 him. 
 
 Mr. Jacob Baldwin, in the account of 
 his visit on Minister Brook in June, 1822, 
 said : ' ' The Hay wards (John and Dodge) 
 
 had begun there and chopped a piece the 
 year before and built a log shanty. When 
 they burned their chopping, they also 
 burned their house. When I was there, 
 their pork barrel and sugar barrel stood in 
 the small brook which runs by the place. 
 They had put up some posts, laid on some 
 poles and covered it with bark, and had a 
 firft against a log to cook by. They had a 
 straw bed on a bedstead, and three of us 
 slept on the bed. John slept on the soft 
 side of a spruce board on the ground be- 
 fore the fire. One night a bear came 
 along, and one of the dogs put after him ; 
 the other did not dare leave the shanty, 
 but barked so we could not sleep. The 
 old hound was out most all night after the 
 bear." 
 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 Who preached the first sermon in town 
 is not now known. Rev. James Hobart 
 and Rev. Chester Wright, of Montpelier, 
 held meetings here at an early date. Mr. 
 Hobart told the later inhabitants that he 
 preached the funeral sermon of the Martin 
 boy. who was drowned soon after the town 
 was settled. 
 
 THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 
 
 was formed in 1824. The original mem- 
 bers were : Ebenezer S. Kellogg and wife - 
 Roxana, Wm. T. Hutchinson, Mary Hutch- 
 inson, Jonas Abbott, Allen Vail, David 
 Poor and wife Abigail, Artemas Richard- 
 son and wife Eliza S., Amos Rice and wife 
 Martha. 
 
 The church was organized by Rev. Jas. 
 Hobart, and he was by a vote of the church 
 chosen moderator, holding that place for 
 several years afterwards. The first meet- 
 ing after organizing was Feb. 29, 1824, 
 when Artemas Richardson and Eliza Rich- 
 ardson were baptized by Mr. Hobart. 
 From this time Rev. Mr. Hobart, and Rev. 
 Chester Wright, of Montpelier, preached 
 for the church occasionally, as_ also did 
 Rev. Geo. Freeman, Rev. Mr. Stewart, 
 Rev. Mr. Thompson, Rev. Mr. Wh^elock, 
 whose names we find on the records to 1839, 
 and when there was no minister, some one 
 of the brothers would read a sermon. 
 
 Additions were made to the church from 
 
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 time to time, Jan. 8, 1832, 30 uniting with 
 it. The articles of faith and covenant 
 were revised "in 1831, and again in 1848. 
 Rev. John Foster was settled as first pastor 
 Nov. 13, 1839. Ordaining council, Rev. 
 A. Hazen, Berlin; Rev. P. Taylor, Waits- 
 field ; Rev. B. W. Smith, ist church, Mont- 
 pelier ; Rev. S. Kellogg, 2d church, Mont- 
 pelier ; Rev. J. F. Stone, Waterbury ; Rev. 
 S. Delano, Sec. Vt. D. M. Society; A 
 IJazen, moderator; J. F. Stone, scribe. 
 While the settlement of Mr. Foster was 
 negdtiated, the subject of temperance arose, 
 and the church came near being divided. 
 Mr. Foster refused to be settled unless the 
 church would declare in favor of temper- 
 ance, and a council was called Oct. 31, 
 1839, to organize a temperance church. 
 The council met Nov. 6, and investigating 
 the matter, gave the church some ^ood 
 advice, recommending it to declare its61f a 
 strict temperance church, and deciding the 
 petition asking to be organized again that 
 way, ought not to be granted. The church 
 adopted the recommendation, and Mr. 
 Foster was ordained. 
 
 He was required to quit-claim to the 
 town for the use of schools the lot of land 
 set to the first settled minister, which had 
 long before this been leased by the town, 
 and was improved land. ^ large minority 
 of the church, still dissatisfied in regard to 
 the temperance matter, kept agitating it, 
 and trouble ensued. Mr. Foster sent in 
 his resignation as pastor, and a council 
 met March 18, 1840, which voted, unan- 
 imously, "That unless by 9 o'clock to- 
 morrow morning a number of the church 
 sufficient to sustain the pastor shall be 
 found prepared to take such ground in re- 
 lation to those subjects upon which the 
 church is divided, as shall in the judgment 
 of the councU render it practicable for the 
 pastor to continue his labors in this place 
 with the prospect of usefulness and com- 
 fort, the following shall be the result : " 
 This was, that the pastoral relation should 
 be dissolved. The church voted to meet, 
 and did meet; next morning, 21 of the 
 male members united in an agreement " to 
 , stand by the pastor," and declared their 
 adhesion tp the principles upon the subject 
 
 of temperance expressed in the recom- 
 mendation of the council of Nov. 6, 1839, 
 two before having voted to rescind the 
 temperance resolution. Since that time 
 the church has been a temperance church. 
 Mr. Foster withdrew his resignation, aad 
 continued pastor until from ill health he 
 resigned ; dismissed by a council, July 6, 
 1841. Until 1844, the church was without 
 a regular minister, but continued to hold 
 " reading " meetings. 
 
 In 1844, Rev. Carey Russell came from 
 Hartford, and preached here, except one 
 year, until 1852, and a meeting-house was 
 built, the location of which again divided 
 the church, and a large number left its 
 communion ; were cut off, and a bitter feel- 
 ing was engendered, which did not wholly 
 subside for years. Council after council 
 was called to settle diflSculties and advise 
 on the location of the house. 
 
 The records of this period are largely 
 made up of the doings of these councils. 
 The church voted, June 28, 1844, "to 
 build a house of worship," and a( subscrip- 
 tion was started. July 6, " voted tolocSte 
 the house on the west side of the road near 
 the burying-ground." The meetings were 
 held at this time in the school-house in 
 district No. 2, just north of the present 
 Methodist meeting-house. From this time 
 there appears to have been continual strife, 
 until at length the matter was for a time 
 compromised by the Methodists, by the 
 erection of a union house at the "Corner," 
 March 25, 1846, when the church "voted 
 to hold their meetings in the meeting- 
 house so much of the time as the Congre- 
 gationalists own in said house, not to ex- 
 ceed one-half of the time." 
 
 Those members living in the northerly 
 part of the -town, however, feeling their 
 interests were not properly regarded, soon 
 asked for a council, the recommendation 
 of which was, " That the church secure a 
 house to be controlled exclusively by them- 
 selves, which led to their buying out other 
 parties in the union house. Still those in 
 the north part of the town were no better 
 off, and several withdrew from the meet- 
 ings, and united with others in forming a 
 Methodist church. Some years later, mu- 
 
WORCESTER. 
 
 90S 
 
 tual confessions were made, they were re- 
 stored to the church, and took letters to 
 the Methodist church, thus establishing ec- 
 clesiastical relations between the churches. 
 After buying the meeting-house, the 
 church and society were heavily in debt, 
 and Feb. 28, 1848, they "voted that Rev. 
 C. Russell should visit other churches and 
 solicit aid in paying for the church," which 
 he did, and procured $291.97, and the 
 house was paid for, and the cTiurch have 
 since occupied it as a place of public wor- 
 ship. 
 
 Rev. C. M. Winch commenced preach- 
 ing for the church Mar. 3, 1853, and was 
 ordained pastor June 28, and dismissed 
 Sept. 26, 1861, since which the ministers 
 have been : Rev. J. F. Stone, part of one 
 year ; Rev. David Perry, 40 years ; Rev. A. 
 F. Shattuck, i year; Rev. Mason Moore, 
 I year; Rev. Wm. Schofield, third pastor, 
 from June 1873 to May 1876; ordained 
 Feb. 24, 1874; dismissed May 2, 1876; 
 Rev. R. D. Metcalf, i4 year; and since 
 Jan. 1878, Rev. P. H. Carpenter, who 
 united by letter from the Methodist church 
 in this town. Jan. 21, 1879, a council 
 convened, and Rev. Mr. Carpenter was 
 installed pastor of the church, he being 
 the fourth pastor. Besides these stated 
 ministers, students from theological sem- 
 inaries have supplied this church under 
 the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, 
 which has always helped sustain preach- 
 ing here. The society have had two bells 
 in their meeting-house, both procured by 
 subscription. The first, through Dea. C. 
 C. Closson, cost $125 ; broken, about 1865 ; 
 the present one from the foundry of Jones & 
 Co., Troy, N. Y. ; weight, 646 lbs. ; cost, 
 JS287.O0. Hon. T. Fairbanks, of St. Johns- 
 bury, and Capt. A. Richardson's family, 
 of Brooklyn, N. Y., contributed to procure 
 with some in Montpelier. 
 
 Original members, 12 ; admitted by 
 
 profession since , 145 ; by letter, 61 ; 
 
 whole No. 218; dismissed by letter, 97; 
 died, 52 ; excommunicated, 28 ; dropped, 
 3 ; restored on confession, 12 ; present no. 
 50; non-residents, 22; Dec. 1878, resi- 
 dent members, 28. 
 
 NOTICES OF DEACONS AND ORIGINAL MEM- 
 BERS. 
 
 Deacons. — Ebenezer S. Kellogg, chosen 
 Feb. 28, 1824; Allen Vail, David Poor, 
 Mar. 9, 1826 ; David Poor, Nathan Adams, 
 Jonas Abbott, Oct. 7, 1835; Charles C. 
 Closson, July 5, 1851 ; Samuel Andrews, 
 April 23, 1871 ; Ebenezer R. Kellogg, 
 Sept. 6, 1872. 
 
 EBENEZER S. KELLOGG 
 
 came from Brookfield in the spring of j 822, 
 and bought the place of Amos Merriam, on 
 Hampshire hill, now occupied by Mr. Law- 
 rence. He sold here and bought on Min- 
 ister brook, where he cleared up a farm 
 and raised a large family of children, some 
 of which are yet living in town. 
 
 About 1859, he Sold his second farm and 
 removed to the village, and kept a hotel 
 for alwhile. He lived in Worcester until 
 1868, when he went to Hanover, N. H., 
 to live with his youngest son, Ebenezer R. 
 Kellogg, where he died in 1872. Mrs. 
 Roxana Reed Kellogg, his widow, still lives 
 there with her son. 
 
 DEA. ALLEN VAIL, 
 
 says his obituary, "died in Worcester, May 
 22, i860, aged 8l years. He was born in 
 Lynn, Conn., 1779; moved with his father 
 to Pomfret, Vt., in 1782, where he lived 
 much respected till 1821, when he came to 
 Worcester with a large family. There 
 were only five families in town when he 
 came here, and up to this time there had 
 been no religious meetings on the Sabbath 
 here, or district school. He immediately 
 conferred with some two or three others, 
 and they commenced meetings on the 
 Sabbath, in the barn of Amasa Brown, in 
 the spring of 1822, by singing, prayer, and 
 reading of sermons, and the people all 
 turned out to meetings in the winter, com- 
 ing in with their families on ox teams. In 
 early childhood, the deacon had a faithful 
 and pious mother, and in 1807, was led to 
 seek his soul's salvation. As an officer in 
 the church, he never refused to bear his 
 own burdens nor the burdens of the church. 
 No matter the weather or his business, he 
 was always ready to serve the church bus- 
 iness or devotion. He was repeatedly sent 
 by the citizens of the town, also, as their 
 
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 representative to the Legislature. He re- 
 mained a model member of this church tip 
 to May 30, 1847, when he removed his re- 
 lation to the church in Montpelier, of 
 which he was an honored member at his 
 death." 
 
 He lived in Montpelier from 1847 until 
 just previous to his death, he came baclc 
 to Worcester to the residence of his eldest 
 son, Allen, where he died. 
 
 Allen L. Vail, his eldest son, has been 
 representative of his town, also a constable 
 26 consecutive years ; and one of his 
 daughters married Dr. Skinner, the first 
 physician here, and now lives in Michigan. 
 
 DAVID POOR 
 
 a!nd his wife Abigail, came from Berlin and 
 settled in this town in 1822, iirst occupying 
 the same farm on which he lived for many 
 years afterward. His land comprised the 
 greater part of the territory on which the 
 village now stands, and which he sold in 
 small parcels as were wanted for building 
 lots. He was one of the first deacons of 
 the Congregational church, and, except a 
 few years when he returned to Berlin to 
 live, 1832 till the spring of 1835, continued 
 in the office until his death in 1863, age 
 65. Dea. Poor was a man of firm religious 
 principles, honest in his dealings with his 
 neighbors, and gave liberally of his sub- 
 stance for the support of his church and 
 charitable purposes. Dea. Poor had two 
 wives ; he married second. Miss Clara Car- 
 penter, who died in r86j. 
 
 DEA. JONAS ABBOTT, 
 
 born in Henniker, N. H., Feb. 11, 1802, 
 removed with his father to Thetford, Vt., 
 in 1803 ; lived there until of age, and be- 
 came interested in religion under the 
 preaching of Rev. Asa Burton, D. D., 
 pastor there. He came to Worcester with 
 J. P. B. Ladd early in 1823, and settled on 
 the Minister brook about one mile from 
 the '"Corner." He resided on his farm 
 until 1844, when he moved to the "Cor- 
 ner," kept a small store, and did shoe- 
 making many years. In his later years he 
 was more engaged in mercantile business, 
 in which he ' failed. Jan. 16, 1826, he 
 married Minerva -E. Vail, daughter of 
 
 Allen Vail, Esq., who is yet living. Dea. 
 Abbott died Apr. 5, 1875, aged 73. 
 
 DEA. NATHAN ADAMS 
 
 came here in 1824, from Alstead, N. H. ; 
 bought his land of E. S. Kellogg, and was 
 one of the first permanent settlers on 
 Hampshire Hill. He removed from town, . 
 near 1844, to the " West." 
 
 DEA. CHARLES C. CLOSSON, 
 
 born in Thetford, Oct. 15, 1799, when a 
 young man went to Northfield and cleared 
 a farm, and acquired a*considerable prop- 
 erty. In March, 1848, he moved here on 
 to the Closson farm, living there until 
 1867, and was one of the largest paying 
 members of the church for many years. 
 He was one of a family of 13 children, 121 
 of whom lived to have families of their 
 own, and all but one, members of Con- 
 gregational churches, that one being a 
 deacon of a Baptist church. One sister, 
 wife of Daniel Abbott, and the writer's 
 mother, lived in this town many years, 
 and died here. 
 
 Dea. Closson had three wives ; his first, 
 a Miss Davis, of Fairlee; the second, 
 Marcia Gurley, of Berlin ; the third, Mrs. 
 Harriet Dunham, of Northfield, who still 
 survives him. In 1867, he removed to a 
 place he bought of E. C. Watson, near 
 Clark's mill ; lived there some 4 years, and 
 then where S. M. Seaver now lives, where 
 he died Mar. 10, 1872, aged 72. 
 
 DEA. SAMUEL ANDREWS, 
 
 born in New Hampshire about 1797, mar- 
 ried Jane Blanchard in 1818, and resided 
 in New Boston, N. H., till he came here. 
 He first lived on the brook between A. P. 
 Slayton's mill and Wm. P. Moore's pres- 
 ent residence about 3 years, when he bought 
 Rufus Reed's place near the village, and 
 went to blacksmithing, and was many 
 years the only blacksmith in town; but for 
 the last 20 years of his life, labored when 
 able on his small farm. He was post- 
 master and town clerk several years ; also 
 a justice of the peace. Conscientious in 
 all his dealings, firm in what he believed 
 to be right, constant in all his duties both 
 to the public and to the church, of which 
 he was a member from 1832 to his death, 
 
WORCESTER; 
 
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 Oct. 8, 1878, at 81 years. He and his 
 wife lived together upwards of 60 years. 
 
 DEA. EBENEZER R. KELLOGG, 
 
 born in this town Dec. 31, 1830, son of 
 E. S. Kellogg, now resides at Hanover, 
 N. H. 
 
 WILLIAM T. HUTCHINSON 
 
 came with his father from Norwich about 
 1822 or '23, and settled on the farm where 
 Phineas A. Kemp now lives. He removed 
 to the West about 1846. Artemas Rich- 
 ardson and wife, Eliza S., came from Leo- 
 minster, Mass., and made a settlement on 
 Hampshire Hill, on the Farris Leonard 
 farm, in 1821. Mr. R. came the year be- 
 fore and located his land, and chopped, a 
 few acres, returning to Massachusetts to 
 spend the winter. ' He was born Feb. 
 1790 ; was a combmaker by trade, and 
 worked at that business many years. When 
 quite young, he was chosen captain in the 
 militia, and was ever known in this town 
 as "Captain" Richardson. He was one 
 of the first abolitionists in the community, 
 and never swerved for office ; thus was not 
 so often on the winning side in political 
 matters as some of his neighbors of the 
 dominant parties, but lived to see his 
 principles adopted by the nation. He was 
 a genial companion, and loved to tell a 
 good story, although it was not always of 
 his own triumph. Mrs. Richardson car- 
 ried on the knitting and crocheting busi- 
 ness several years, making a large amount 
 of work for the women and children in 
 this and neighboring towns. She has 
 been one of the most active and consistent 
 members of the church. She and Mrs. 
 Kellogg are the only survivors of the orig- 
 inal members. Mr. Richardson diedh^re 
 in 1865, aged 75. Mrs. R. lives with her 
 children in Brobklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Amos and Martha Rice came from Dover 
 about 1823. He purchased some land, 
 which he cleared, and by the hard labor of 
 many years, made into one of the best 
 farms' in town. He died here, and his 
 son-in-law, Crismon Hancock, resided here 
 many years. Mr. Rice was town clerk, 
 justice of the peace, the first postmaster, 
 etc. He died Oct. 20, 1854, at 75 years. 
 Mrs. Rice died Aug. 12, 1865, aged 87. 
 
 A FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH 
 
 was organized June ij, 1826, by Elders 
 Ziba Woodworth and Josiah Weatherly. 
 
 First members. — David Folsom, Mat- 
 thias Folsom, Wm. Bennett, Lydia Ben- 
 nett, Polly Smith, Jesse Abbott, Sarah 
 Abbott, Levi Pratt, Edward Clough, Jr., 
 Wm. Arbuckle, Polly Arbuckle, Abraham 
 Abbott, Abigail Abbott, Ruth Clough, 2d, 
 Abigail Bussell, Nathan Abbott, Eliza 
 Folsom, Ruth Clough, Fanny Flint, Clar- 
 issa Peck, Lucy Clough, Mehitable Folsom, 
 Barney Sanders, Betsey Sanders, Ephraim 
 Abbott, Susan Abbott, Jane Hunt, Cath- 
 arine Abbott, Rachel Pratt. Matthias 
 Flint was deacon, and Wm. Bennett 
 church clerk ; and meetings were held in 
 Jesse Flint's house and O. L. Smith's 
 house, and also in the school-house in Dis. 
 No. 4, which was then on the farm now 
 owned by Horatio Templeton. Mr. Wood- 
 worth and a Mr. Chatterton from Middle- 
 sex, preached for them some, and May, 
 29, 1840, Efder Moses Folsom became 
 their pastor, during which time grevious 
 dififerences arose ; the church preferred 
 charges against their pastor, "for consent- 
 ing to conversation upon subjects unprofi- 
 table'' before a committee from the Con- 
 gregational church. Elder Folsom was 
 dismissed June 3, 1846. After him. Rev. 
 Lucius F.Harris was pastor for 2 years, 
 or until 1848. "Sister Ruth Clough" was 
 the first person added to this church after 
 its organization, July 9. Its whole num- 
 ber of members was 93. It lost its or- 
 ganization soon after Elder Harris ended 
 his ministrations ; and but one now of its 
 members is living in town, and who has 
 not united with any other church, Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Folsom, widow of Dea. Folsom, 
 who lives with her son-in-law, Horatio 
 Templeton, and is upwards oi 80 ; and it 
 cannot be now easily known, the records 
 do not know, where the organization was. 
 According to the recollections* of some, 
 it was in the old block school-house. 
 Meetings were lield there, also at the 
 house of Oramel L. Smith, whose wife was 
 one of its first members ; also were held 
 in the Templeton school-house, and at 
 other private houses on Minister brook. 
 
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 DEA. M^THIAS FOLSOM, 
 
 born in Gilmanton, N. H., Oct. 4, 1791. 
 In 1792, I'emoved with his parents to Tun- 
 bridge, Vt., and lived there until 31 years 
 of age, when he came to Worcester, Oct., 
 1822. He was in the war of 1812-15, and 
 near its close came home to Tunbridge, 
 where he was married to Elizabeth Stevens, 
 Feb. 5, 1 81 5. He moved with his family 
 into a small shanty on the. farm of Jesse 
 Flint, till he could make a home for them, 
 where he had bought on the Minister 
 brook, where he lived till he removed to a 
 place near the. village, where he spent the 
 remainder of his days. He was a man 
 faithful in the discharge of all his religious 
 obligations. 
 
 He had a habit of using quaint, or odd 
 expressions, which were sometimes very 
 amusing to those who heard them. It is 
 said he was one Winter hired to teach school, 
 and on commencing his school, the open- 
 ing address was, " Boys and girls, I have 
 conie to keep school. Silver and gold 
 have I none, but I have an abundance of 
 learning, and such as I have give I thee," 
 and as he was in earnest, he probably suc- 
 ceeded in imparting to his pilplis of his 
 "abundance." 
 
 He was an active member of the church 
 while its meetings were sustained ;, and 
 when they were discontinued he became a 
 constant attendant of the Congregationaf 
 church, not only on the Sabbath, but at 
 the prayer-meetings also, helped by his 
 presence and prayers ; and thus continued 
 as long as his health permitted. His last 
 sickness was short, and his end peaceful. 
 ' ' Blessed are the dead who die in the 
 Lord." 
 
 A PROTESTANT METHODIST CHURCH 
 
 was organized in 1832, but soon became 
 extinct. Rev. Mark P. Ladd, for many 
 years a resident of the town, was a min- 
 ister of that denomination, and combined 
 farming and preaching in his life. 
 
 THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 
 
 in Worcester was formed from i84i-'46. 
 The names of the iirst members I have 
 not been able to ascertain. The society 
 was formed Mar. 17, 1848. The meeting 
 
 at which it was organized was held at the 
 school-house in district No. 2, and was 
 signed by A. M. Kelley, Crismon Han- 
 cock, Amos Rice, Leonard Hamblet, Daniel 
 A. Frost, John Clark, David Hancock, 
 Alex. Dingwall, 2d, John Brigham, Alex. 
 Dingwall, ist, Abel Whitney,Aaron Kemp, 
 Milton Brown, David L. Frost, William 
 H. Cooper, Farris Leonard. 
 
 At the annual meeting, Jan. 28, 1847, it 
 was "voted to instruct the committee to 
 hire preaching after the expiration of Rev. 
 Mr. Guernsey's time " (Mr. Guernsey died 
 Mar. 17, 1847), and to hold the meetings 
 at the usual place. After Mr. Guernsey's 
 death. Rev. Sumner Tarbell was hired, 
 and preached some 2 years. 
 
 Mar. 1848, a church society was formed, 
 with the powers and privilege by chap. 81, 
 of the Revised Statutes of Vermont, offi- 
 cers of which were : Milton Brown, pres- 
 ident; Wm. H. Cooper, secretary; John 
 Clark, collector; Abel Whitney, John 
 Brigham, Crismon Hancock, trustees ; 
 John Brigham, Milton Brown, Abel Whit- 
 ney, standing committee. 
 
 Several meetings were held previous to 
 March, 1850, to devise ways to finish pay- 
 ing for the meeting-house and furnishing 
 the same, which was finally accomplished. 
 The church has continued to hold its 
 meetings in this house since its comple- 
 tion. 
 
 The names of those admitted in full in 
 1848 were : Wm. H. Cooper, Abigail L. 
 Cooper, Aaron Kemp, Dolly Kemp, Betsey 
 Kemp, Elvira A. Frost, John Brigham and- 
 Eunice Brigham. There have been sev- 
 eral revivals in this church since its form- 
 ation, and many have been added to it. 
 It now has 98 members. Many have gone 
 out from this, as well as from the other 
 churches, to other places, and especially 
 to the West. Rev. Sumner Tarbell closed 
 his labors with this church in the spring 
 of 1850, and was succeeded by Rev. 
 Harvey Webster, who labored here two 
 years. Since, the ministers have been: 
 Lorenzo B. Pettengill, i year ; Daniel A. 
 Mack, I year; Aaron Ball, i year and part 
 of another ; Joseph House, 2 years and 
 part of another ; Freedom Hill, i year ; 
 
WORCESTER. 
 
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 Ira Lebarron, i year; Geo. F. Wells, I 
 year ; Reuben W. Harlow, 2 years ; C. P. 
 Taplin, 2 years; James S. Spinney, 2 
 years; A. Z. Wade, 2 years; P. H. Car- 
 penter, 3 years ; Dyer Willis, i year ; James 
 S. Spinney, second time, 2 years ; Geo. 
 L. Wells, 3 years ; J. M. Rich, present 
 pastor. 
 
 JOHN BRIGHAM 
 
 was born at Alstead, N. H., Apr. 1793, 
 and came to Worcester when a young 
 man, being one of the first permanent set- 
 tlers on Hampshire Hill. His wife was 
 Eunice (Clark) Hutchinson, to whom he 
 was married July 22, 1835, by Rev. Chester 
 Wright, of Montpelier. After their mar- 
 riage, they always resided' on the " Hill," 
 and Mr. B. cleared up a farm, bearing all 
 the toils and privations incident to new 
 settlements. They we're members of the 
 Congregatiohar church many years. With- 
 drawing from that in consequence of in- 
 ternal difficulties in it, they were among 
 the founders of the Methodist church, and 
 were of its most constant and active mem- 
 bers. Mrs. Brigham died in Worcester, 
 Mass., Mar. 13, i86o, where she had gone 
 to visit a daughter. Mr. Brigham died at 
 his home in this town, June 29, 1875, 
 coming to his grave " In a full age, like as 
 a shock of corn cometh in his season." 
 
 The Methodist society have a good 
 metal bell on their meeting-house, and 
 also own a parsonage. 
 
 SIMON C. ABBOTT, 
 
 the compiler of "A Record of the Births 
 and Deaths in Worcester," published in 
 pamphlet by the town, was born in Thet- 
 ford, May 28, 1826, and from his youth 
 evinced a fondness for study. At twenty, 
 he entered a printing-office, and was in 
 that business till compelled by sickness to 
 relinquish it. J. W. Wheelock, then of 
 the Freeman, in a notice of him after his 
 death, says : 
 
 He was by trade a printer ; served his 
 apprenticeship in the office of the old 
 Family Gazette, at Bradford ; worked at 
 several places in this State and Massachu- 
 chusetts, spending those intervals of time 
 in which feeble health unfitted him for 
 labor, at his home in Worcester. No se- 
 rious alarm was felt concerning him until 
 
 last summer (1857), when he returned from 
 Massachusetts, todieathome. The seeds 
 of disease, long since sown, had ripened 
 'into consumption. He was a young man 
 of more than ordinary intellectual attain- 
 ments, possessed of an uncommonly re- 
 tentive memory, and books and papers 
 were his constant companions. His con- 
 tributions to the press ever evinced sound 
 common sense, and a deep research into 
 the thoughts of others. His character 
 was unsullied, and so mild and urbane in 
 his disposition, it is doubted whethe,r he 
 had an enemy in the whole world. 
 
 MILITARY. 
 
 In its early militia affairs, Worcester 
 and Middlesex were eonibined, there not 
 being enough men of military age in this 
 town to form a full company. Eliab Ripley 
 and Wm. H. Cooper, of this town, and 
 Christopher C. Putnam, Esq., of Middle- 
 sex, were elected captains. The June 
 trainings were held alternately in each 
 town about 30 years ago (now over 46) . 
 Several cases of delinquencies in equip- 
 ments having been reported by the captain 
 to the judge advocate, William Upham, 
 Esq., a young lawyer then of Montpelier, 
 accompanied by Justice Ware, came to 
 Worcester to investigate the matter. The 
 delinquents were summoned to appear 
 before the justice at the inn of Milton 
 Brown, at which place the court was to be 
 held. They accordingly appeared, with 
 Homer W. Heaton, Esq., and Milton 
 Brown, Esq., as counsel, and when the 
 court was opened, a jury was asked for by 
 the defendants, and of course granted. 
 Two panels of jury were summoned, and 
 for some three days they- sat, calling one 
 case after another. When one case was 
 given to the jury, the other panel was 
 called, until all the 17 cases were disposed 
 of. Defendants and spectators seemed to 
 consider the whole matter as a source of 
 fun, and the juries did not pay very strict 
 heed to the charges of the justice, and were 
 frequently sent out to change their verdict. 
 Judge Ware was also annoyed by the 
 noise made by the spectators, many of 
 whom were boys ; and once when he called 
 to the officer to still the noise, that function- 
 ary proceeded to the open window, and 
 gravely commanded a flock of geese under- 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 neath the window to stop their noise, as 
 they were disturbing the court. The trials 
 ^ were linally ended, all the defendants ex- 
 cept one being declared innocent of the 
 charges against them. Judge Ware said 
 he was going into another town to see 
 what they would do there, but he had one 
 complinjent to leave for the people of 
 Worcester, which was, that they had man- 
 aged this thing the d d'st of anything 
 
 he ever saw. 
 
 soldiers' record. 
 This town was not settled at the time of 
 the Revolutionary War, and no soldiers 
 went from this town to the War of 1812 ; 
 but some who enlisted and served in it 
 have been for many years residents. Sam- 
 uel Andrews, now living here, served in 
 the army one year at the first of the war, 
 and again eplisted during the war. Samuel 
 Kelley, Matthias Folsom, Joel H. Tem- 
 pleton, Jasper Stoddard are such," and per- 
 haps others of whom we have not known. 
 All of thent are dead except Mr, Stoddard. 
 
 WORCESTER SOLDIERS OF l86l-'6S. 
 
 Albnzo P. Benson, ir I, sergeant; wd. at 
 
 Winchester ; discharged. 
 Charles L. Benson, 11 I ; 2d lieut. ; must. 
 
 out June, 65. 
 Jefferson T. Benson, 8 A ; trans. Vet. Res. 
 
 Corps, June. 64. 
 Lucius M. Benson, 8 A ; died in Louisiana, 
 
 July 31, 62. 
 Madison-J. Benson, 17 E. ; corp. ; sergt. ; 
 
 wounded; discharged. 
 Nelson E. Benson, 6 H ; discharged. 
 Wm. H. Burroughs, 11 1 ; died Feb. 20, 64. 
 Robert Royce, ir I, mus. out May, 65. 
 Geo. W. Brigham, 6 F, mus. out Oct., 64. 
 Silas H. Brigham, 11 I, mus. out July, 65. 
 ,JFrancis E. Buck, 6 H, disch. June, 65. 
 Albert C. Grain, ist Co. Front. Cav., 
 
 blacksmith ; mus. out June, 6;, 
 Ichabod D. Cheeney, ist Regt Cav., trans. 
 
 vet. res. corps, April, 64. 
 Isaac F. Clark, ir I, artificer. 
 Chester Carr, 11 I, deserted. 
 George B. Clogston, 6 H, disch. July, 62. 
 Henry C. Clogston, 8 E, disch. July, 62. 
 Aaron K. Cooper, 8 A, lieut. ; killed at 
 
 Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 64. 
 
 Geo. C. Corbin, 11 1, disch. Apr. 64 ; died. 
 Wm. A. Cooper, 13 C, sergt. ; lieut. ; mus. 
 
 out July, 63. 
 James S. Caswell, 13 C, mus. out July, 63. 
 Geo. W. Collier, 6 F, drafted ; mus. out 
 
 June, 6;. 
 John C. Davis, 6 H. 
 Alex. Dingwall, Jr., 13 C. 
 Orrin Daley, 6 F, drafted ; wd at Winches- 
 ter; discharged. 
 Daniel Dingwall, 3d Vt. Bat. ; must out 
 
 June, 65. 
 Edward P. Folsom, 6 H, corp. 
 Milan L. Frost, 13 C, died in Virginia, 
 
 Mar. 6, 63. 
 John George, 8 E, discharged. 
 Levi George, 8 E, do. 
 
 NathanH. Gushea, 11 1, mus. out June, 65. 
 Rufiis L. George, 2d Co. Front. Cav., dis. 
 
 June, 6j. 
 Chauncey E. Harris, 3 sergt. ; wd in hand ; 
 
 discharged, 61. 
 
 Charles Hall, 8 E. 
 
 Edward Hall, 8th regt. E, capt. ; died at 
 
 Winchenden, Va., of wds rec'd at Cedar 
 
 Creek, Oct. 28, 64. 
 Martin G. Hamblet, 3 K ; des. Jan. 27, 62. 
 Wm. B. Hancock, 6 H ; corp. ; wd at Lee's 
 
 Mills ; discharged. 
 Simeon Hatch, 6 H. ; mus. out June, 65. 
 Lucius W. Hayford, 6 H. ; trans, to Inv. 
 
 Corps ; discharged. 
 Edwai-d Hinkson, 11 I, pro. Corp.; mus. 
 
 out, 65. 
 Edwin Hinkson, 11 I, died March 28, 63. 
 WilHam Hinkson, 5 D, disch. Oct., 62. 
 Mark Hinkson, Regular Army. 
 Lyman JB. Hinkson, 13 H ; mus. out July, 63. 
 Calvin C. Hinkson, n L, S S. ; killed near 
 
 Cold Harbor, May 21, 64. 
 Clark J. Holmes, n I, deserted. 
 Roger Hovey, 8 A. ; pro. corp. ; re-en ; 
 
 wounded; mus. out 65. 
 Lemuel M. Hutchinson, 8 A. ; Capt. Co. 
 
 E, when mustered out 65. 
 Crismon Hancock, ill; mus. out July, 65. 
 Wm. H. Howieson, 11 1 ; pro. corp ; Q. M. ; 
 
 mus. out Aug., 65. 
 Seaver Howard, 17 D. 
 Nelson M. Harris, ist Front. Cav. ; must. 
 
 out June, 65. 
 Gilbert Hill, drafted ; paid commutation. 
 
WORCESTER. 
 
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 Truman P. Kellogg, 8 E ; lieut. ; died at 
 
 New Orleans. 
 Julius P. Kellogg, 8 E, disch'd June, 65. 
 Kneeland Kelton, 2 F; prisoner in Rich- 
 mond ; exch'd ; mus. out Oct. 23, 64. 
 William Kelton, 2 F ; killed at Wilderness, 
 
 May 5, 64. 
 John A. Kelton, 2 F ; discharged. 
 Melvin P. Kent, 8 A; pro. Corp. ; re-en. 
 Edward E. Miles, 3d Vt. Bat. ; mus. out 
 
 June 65. 
 Marshall B. Miles, 3 Bat. ; wagoner; mus. 
 
 out July, 64. 
 Robert Needham, 11 I, mus. out June, 65.' 
 Geo. H. Poor, 8 E ; died of wds in La., 
 
 Sept. 29, 62. 
 David B. Poor, 2d Bat. ; mus. out July 65. 
 Julius L. Poor, 8 E ; wd at Cedar Creek ; 
 
 mus. out, 65. 
 Samuel Pratt, 13 C ; mus. out July, 63. 
 Calvin W. Richardson, 13 C ; mus. out 
 
 July, 63. 
 Plummer H. Richardson, 13 C ; mus. out 
 
 July, f-i- 
 Alonzo L. Richardson, 6 E ; drafted ; wd ; 
 
 mus. out June, 6;. 
 Franklin A. Sanford, 8" E ; wd Apr. 63 ; 
 
 trans, vet. corps. 
 Andrew J. Slayton, 13 H ;' disch. 
 Thomas J. Slayton, 13 H, do. 
 Theodore Slayton, 8 E ; died in La. 
 Charles Smith, 8 E ; discharged. 
 Robinson Templeton, 11 I ; lieut. ; pro. 
 
 capt. ; then major, May 23, 65. 
 James A. Templeton, ist Cav. C; mus. 
 
 out Aug. 65. 
 John S. Templeton, 13 C ; disch. 
 Horatio M. Templeton, paid commutation. 
 Franklin J. Taylor, 13 C ; re-en. lost a leg 
 
 before Petersburg, and discharged. 
 John W. Utton, 6 H ; discharged. 
 Edmund Utton, 6 H ; wd at Lee Mills ; 
 
 discharged. 
 Sidney A. Watson, 11 I ; disch. July, 65. 
 Walter F. Waterman, 6 F ; mus. out Oct. 
 
 28, 64. 
 Charles A. Watson, 13 C; wounded. 
 Oliver Wheelock, 9 I ; mus. out June, 65. 
 Albert J. Wheelock, 6 B ; drafted ; mus. 
 
 out June, 65. 
 Bradbury W. York, ist Front. Cav.; mus. 
 
 out June, 65. 
 
 James S. Nelson, ill; mus. out June, 65. 
 John R. Wilson, n I; pro. corp., Jan. 
 
 64; lieut., Dec. 64; mus. out June, 65. 
 
 Amount of bounties paid by the town 
 to soldiers, $5,175.00 ; 13 men, $25 each ; 
 12 men, 300 each ; 2 men, $600 each. 
 
 THY WILL BE DONE. 
 BY MRS. B. D. GHAT. 
 
 [Mrs. Oray Is a daughter of the late Ebenezer S. 
 EellogK; born In this town, June 9, 1840. She has been 
 afflicted by a rheahiatlc difficulty which has made her 
 nearly helpless for some years.] 
 
 01 Thou, before whose chastening rod I bow, , 
 May 1 a humble suppliant come before thy throne. 
 
 And may these lessons, sent In pitying love. 
 Teach me to say, Thy will, not mine, be done. 
 
 The way seems dark, and rough and long. 
 And I would gladly lay this burden down ; 
 
 This weary frame would seek a refuge In the grave; 
 Help me to say. Thy will, not mine, be done. 
 
 Clouds In my path have risen one by one, 
 And like a shroud have wrapped me in their gloom ; 
 
 I've looked, aye, looked In vain, for one that's silver 
 lined— 
 Oh I can I say. Thy will, not mine, be done? 
 
 Yes, trusting, my appointed time I'll wait. 
 Patient until the summons calls me home; 
 
 Ready to do, or suffer, as Thou seest best, 
 And saying, not my will, but thine, be done. 
 
 We give the following notice of our his- 
 torian, by his pastor, somewhat condensed : 
 
 CHARLES C. ABBOTT 
 
 was born in'Thetford, July 27, 1831, and 
 died in Worcester, Feb. 18, 1881, in his 
 5pth year. He was son of Daniel and 
 Hannah (Closson) Abbott, the 5th in a 
 family of 7 chOdren, but two of whom sur- 
 vive. He came to Worcester with his 
 father's family in 1848; in 1852, married 
 Miss Marcia E. Ladd, who, with 7 chil- 
 dren, survives him. He was for 25 years 
 a great sufferer from spinal and rheumatic 
 complaint much of the time, not being able 
 to go about without the aid of a crutch 
 and cane ; but notwithstanding his bodily 
 affliction, had a clear, well-disciplined 
 mind, which fitted him for. usefulness, and 
 was noted for thorough integrity in all- 
 business affairs, and held many offices in 
 town ; was postmaster his last 20 years of 
 life, and town clerk 15 years, to the great 
 satisfaction of the people, and was a mem- 
 ber of the Congregational church 25 years, 
 in whom the Christian graces were de- 
 veloped in a marked degree. For some 
 years before his death, one could not long 
 
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 be in his presence without feeling they 
 were in the presence of a godly man, rich 
 in humility of spirit and patience in afflic- 
 tion; and in all the trials and cares to 
 which his business life exposed him, he 
 was charitable to all, and adopted a system 
 of benevolence, giving the tenth of his 
 small income for the support of the Gospel 
 and for benevolent purposes. It was his 
 theory that the Lord could make ninety 
 cents go as far as a dollar, and he rested 
 in the promises of the Gospel with great 
 peace of mind. Truly, " The memory of 
 the just is blessed." p. h. carpenter. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS iS/g-'Sl. 
 
 Clerk, Treasurer, Postmaster. — Charles 
 C. Abbott, i879-'8o; Rev. P. H. Carpen- 
 ter, town clerk, 1881 ; H. D. Vail, treas- 
 urer, and postmistress, Maria E. Abbott. 
 
 Selectmen. — 1879, J. A. Kelton, D. H. 
 Massey, Aden Miles; 1880, '81, M. M. 
 Harris, F. E. Templeton, L. M. Hutch- 
 inson. 
 
 Constable^ — A. A. Bliss, 1879; H. Tem- 
 pleton, 1880, '81. 
 
 Overseer of Poor and Town Agent. — E. 
 M. Hamblet, i879-'8i. 
 
 Superintendent of Schools. — Rev. P. H. 
 Carpenter, 1879, '80, and H. W. Collier, 
 188 1. 
 
 Merchant. — H. D. Vail. 
 
 Clergy. — Congregational, Rev. P. H. 
 Carpenter; Methodist, Rev. J. M. Rich, 
 1879, Rev. A. W. Ford, 1880, '81. 
 
 [Francis Wooster, with E. L. Hall, an 
 old California miner, commenced gold 
 mining in Worcester in 1875, on a small 
 stream called Minister Brook, and took 
 about $700 worth of gold from this mine, 
 enough to pay their expenses, besides 
 building a 1000 feet of sluice-boxes and 
 in other ways preparing for 1876. During 
 the past winter they have formed a com- 
 • pany for carrying on their work more ex- 
 tensively, and will employ a large number 
 of hands. They have leased nine farms 
 lying on the same stream, for ten years. 
 — Watchman, 1875. 
 
 We would like for our general supple- 
 ment volume a complete history of Wor- 
 cester gold mining, Winooski river pearls, 
 etc.— Ed. * 
 
 Worcester item in the papers during 
 the war : 
 
 Charles Kent has sent ten sons and sons 
 in-law into the army. One of them fell 
 bravely fighting at Petersburg, one of them 
 died in hospital, one is in Sloan hospital, 
 and the rest are now at the front. What 
 father can boast of more patriotic sons ?] 
 
 'X- 
 
 ADDITIONAL ITEM FOR WOODBURY. 
 
 Hon. F. C. Putuam furnishes the fol- 
 lowing from the town records : 
 
 Caledonia Co., ss. 
 Woodbury, Oct. Sth, 1809. 
 
 The respondent, David Carr, son of J 
 seph and Mary Carr, now in court, pleads 
 guilty to the indictment : It is,- therefore, 
 ordered and adjudged that he be taken 
 forthwith to a suitaole place, and there be 
 tied up and receive ten stripes on his 
 naked back, and pay costs of prosecution ; 
 and that he be recorded in the town re- 
 cords a thief. And it was done on the 
 same day and date above mentioned. 
 Attest, Wm. West, Town Clerk. 
 
 [Joseph Moore, died in Woodbury, July 
 10, 1877, aged 82 years. He was a soldier 
 of 1812, serving through the war, three 
 years, and was the only man in Woodbury 
 that ever drew a pension for services in 
 this war. He' married in 1815, Sally, 
 daughter of Benjamin Ainsworth. 
 
 Lambert Sprague, died in this town, 
 July 8, 1864, aged 83 years. 
 
 Thomas Bradish, Jan. 17, 1865, aged 
 
 Edwin McCloud, a recruit under the 
 last call from the town of Woodbury, died 
 in the hospital at Brattleboro Jan. 13, 1864, 
 aged 17 years. 
 
 Died at the Base Hospital, i8th army 
 Corps, Point of Rocks, Va., Nov. 27, 1865, 
 of typhoid fever, John Orlando Morse, 
 a member of Co. I, 9th Regt. Vt. Vols., 
 son of Ira and Huldah Morse of Wood- 
 bury, aged 18 years and 6 months. 
 
 Died at U. S. General Hospital, Wil- 
 mington, N. C, Orrjn Nelson, Co. G, 
 4th Vt. Reg., formerly of Woodbury, aged 
 18 years. 
 
 D. D. WiTHAM, of Woodbury, was in- 
 stantly killed by a tree he was falling, 
 Sept. 19, 1857, aged 33 ; left a wife and 
 two children.] 
 
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 Waterbury Appendix Third. 
 
 EZRA butler's ORDINATION. 
 
 At an ecclesiastical council held at Wa- 
 terbury Feb. 18, 1801, at the request of 
 the church of Bolton, Isy their letters mis- 
 sive for the purpose of counseling or assist- 
 ing them in setting apart Brother Ezra 
 Butler to the work of the ministry. 
 
 Churches present • Monkton, Elder Isaac 
 Sawyer, Ashbel Fuller, Asa Moore ; Corn- 
 wall, Elder Ephraim Sawyer ; Amos Marsh ; 
 Westford, Elder Thomas Brown, Libbeus 
 Burdick; Fairfax, Elder Joseph Call. 
 
 Opened by prayer. 
 
 1. Chose Elder E. Sawyer, Moderator. 
 
 2. Chose Elder Call, Scribe. 
 
 3. Invited and received brethren into 
 Council, viz : Samuel Webster, Reuben 
 Smith, Hubbard Burdick and John Hoyt. 
 
 4. Examined into the state of and 
 standing of the Church, together with the 
 reasons of their desiring Brother Butler to 
 be set apart ; having received satisfectory 
 answers proceeded,' 
 
 J. _To call on Brother Butler to relate 
 the reasons of his hope, second his call to 
 the ministry, thirdly his ideas of doctrine 
 and church disciphne ; after deliberate 
 cosultation, 
 
 6. Voted a good degree of satisfaction, 
 and conclude it duty to proceed to ordain ; 
 the order of the day as follows : Elder 
 Ephraim Sawyer to preach the sermon; 
 Elder Isaac Sawyer to make the ordaining 
 prayer; Elder Call to give the charge; 
 Elder Brown to give the right hand of fel- 
 lowship. 
 
 Ephraim Sawyer, Moderator, 
 Joseph Call, Clerk. 
 
 This was the first ordination of any min- 
 ister in Waterbury. He was also the first 
 convert, [see his biography previous] and 
 Elder Call preached the first sermon in 
 this town. 
 
 PECK FAMILY. 
 
 In another part of this Waterbury his- 
 tory there is honorable mention of Gen. 
 John Peck, but nothing of his family. A 
 man so prominent and popular might be 
 expected to have family relations of whom 
 the reader may be pleased to know some- 
 thing, though it be but little. Mrs. Peck, 
 whose maiden name was Anna Benedict, 
 was worthy any man's affectionate esteem, 
 and this was mutually cherished beyond a 
 -^ doubt. She was no less a remarkable 
 
 woman than he was remarkable as a man 
 and citizen. They had one daughter, who 
 died quite young. Their oldest son, Lucius 
 B., who was born in Waterbury, Nov. 17, 
 1802, was widely known in the maturity of 
 manhood throughout the State as an em- 
 inent lawyer, advocate and member of 
 Congress. He was mainly educated and 
 his character formed in this his native 
 town. He was known here as a boy, 
 sober, thoughtful as a youth, rarely en- 
 gaging in the sports and usual vivacious 
 activities of boyhood. This sedate, com- 
 posed and contemplative manner of de- 
 portment adhered to him through life. 
 There was next to nothing of playful ac- 
 tivity and wide awakefulness which char- 
 acterized his only brother, Cassius. Their 
 temperaments were widely different, as 
 their destinies in life. Their purpose and 
 pursuits different as fame and wealth. If 
 eminence at the bar was the aim of one, 
 the visions of wealth werfe that of the 
 other. Cassius was 4 years younger than 
 Lucius ; established himself in the retail 
 dry go6ds trade in the city of New York 
 about 1 83 1, and after a few years' busi- 
 ness, died. His death was sudden, and 
 what is remarkable, this was the case of 
 the deaths of all the family, none of them 
 living to old age. Mr. and Mrs. Peck 
 both died a little over 50 years, Lucius, 
 64, and Cassius, not much over 30 years. 
 
 RICHARD KNEELAND, 
 
 who was favorably known to our residents 
 in the second and third decades of the cen- 
 tury, in early life lived in Boston, where he 
 learned his trade of joiner by the long ap- 
 prenticeship then necessary to entitle to a 
 trade reputation, when a trade was some- 
 thing of a service. Mr. Kneeland reared 
 a family of some 8 or 10 children. Two of 
 the sons have represented other towns in 
 the Legislature, one, we believe, the 
 youngest, received a collegiate and medi- 
 cal education, but lived to practice, his pro- 
 fession only a few years, dying young. 
 The oldest daughter, a very estimable wo- 
 man, never married, but at least three we 
 can recollect "were well married, and two 
 are now living, also two sons. Mr. Knee- 
 
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 land lived to the age of 90, and died in this 
 town, 1867. He was always called squire, 
 was a man of extensive reading, and had a 
 peculiar cast of mind, and was peculiar in 
 his religious views. 
 
 OLIVER ROOD. 
 
 Cotemporary with Squire Kneeland was 
 Oliver Cromwell Rood, a man of remark- 
 able physical energy and executive talent 
 in matters he engaged in. He married a 
 daughter of George Kennan, elsewhere 
 mentioned in this history. Mr. Rood had 
 perhaps a half dozen children, several of 
 whom we remember as good scholars ih 
 the old schooldays of our youth. Mr. 
 Rood had a rather varied fortune in life, 
 and one habit, almost universally preva- 
 lent in his day, he lived to overcome, 
 much to the comfort of his later years. 
 His children, so far as recollected, became 
 respectable in life. One of them, George, 
 came to an untimely death, as before noted. 
 
 FROM MRS. JULIA WALLACE HUTCHINS. 
 TO A ROBIN EniLDING ON A PORTICO OF A CHAPEL. 
 
 Bird Of the air, why comest thou here 
 
 With thy wild aud timid heart, 
 Thy nest to build, and thy youug to rear, 
 
 With the sculpture-work of art? 
 
 The orchard tree is with blossoms white, 
 
 'Twere a fi'agcaut spot to rest; 
 Aud the locust leaves i^om the passers' sight 
 
 Would shelter thy radiant breast. . 
 
 The willows, bending low to screen 
 
 The flash of a thousand rills. 
 And the matted boughs of the evergreen 
 
 Are forever on our liills. 
 
 The maple leaves are broad and bright. 
 
 And they yield a grateful shade ; 
 Then why on this sunlit wall so white 
 
 Is thy love-wrought dwelling made? 
 
 I know to me it is not clear 
 
 Who shall thy instinct scan. 
 But I smile to see thou hast no fear 
 
 Of the lordly creature— man. 
 
 When the peal of the Sabbath bell 
 
 Calls human hearts to prayer, 
 Thou hoverest still o'er thy chosen cell. 
 
 Though gathering steps are there. 
 
 Bird of the spring, thou bast sought our fane, 
 , But darker wings than thine 
 Are waving where time hath left a sting 
 On altar, and tomb and shrine. 
 
 For the bittern calls f^om the stagnant marsh 
 Where once ran a sparkling flood. 
 
 And the owl and the raven, with voices harsh, 
 Where the ancient idols stood. 
 
 But ours is a brighter faith than theirs, 
 
 Who knelt at the Idol shrine; 
 And our matin hymns should swell with praise. 
 
 Bird of the air, like thine. 
 
 A blessing on these hallowed walls 
 
 Where thou hast sought to rest; 
 May peace be shed like the dew that falls 
 
 On Hermon's mountain crest. 
 
 Should worldly thought on our worship jar. 
 
 Or cares disturb our bliss; 
 Should pride arise with its blight to mar. 
 
 May we remember this — 
 
 Earth had a Heavenly Wi«nderer once. 
 
 And pensively He said. 
 The birds of the air had nests', 
 
 "But He not where to lay His head." 
 
 From the Verrnont Watchman, with items 
 from his daughter, Mrs. Henry : 
 
 Rev. Andrew Royce, was born in Mar- 
 low, N. H., June 2, 1805. At the age of 
 27, was admitted to the bar, but soon gave 
 up the practice of law, studied theology and 
 was ordained as an evangelist, Nov. 23, 
 1836. He preached first at Williamstown, 
 Vt. He was installed pastor of the Con- 
 gregational church at Barre, Feb. 22, 1841, 
 where he remained 16 years, eminently 
 successful, and receiving into the church 
 104 members by profession and 28 by let- 
 ter, and as a citizen, was identified in all 
 movements for the popular good. 
 
 Through his untiring efforts the Acad- 
 emy in Barre was erected, and the subse- 
 quent prosperity of the village is owing in 
 a great measure to the flourishing school 
 of which he may truly be called the foun- 
 der. But his arduous and unceasing labors 
 proved too heavy ; in 1858, he had a stroke 
 of paralysis, and had to suspend his labor 
 for some months ; partially recovered, he 
 commenced to labor in Shelburne and Fer- 
 risburgh for a time, and then undertook 
 the charge of the small parish at Greens- 
 boro, laboring there less than 2 years, when 
 being attacked with paralysis, he removed 
 to Waterbury and spent the last few 
 months of his life. He died in this village 
 Oct. 15, 1864, just entering upon his 60th 
 year ; when many look forward to vigorous 
 action, he has passed away. 
 
 But his life work was well done, though 
 finished at an earlier hour than those that 
 labor less heartily ; and he has left behind 
 him a good name and useful life as a last- 
 ing monument in the hearts of the many 
 
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 who knew and loved him. He left a 
 widow and 8 children; but two of the 
 daughters died the following year. 
 
 WINOOSKI RIVER FALLS IN WATERBURY. 
 
 A. description of the same ft'om The Rural Magazine 
 or Vermont Repository^ Vol. I, page 199, of Samuel 
 Williams, of Rutland, J auuary, 1795. See also des- 
 cription troxn Zadocic Thompson's Gazetteer, p. Sifi. 
 
 Observations made on the Falls of Onion 
 River, at Waterbury, commonly . called 
 Button Falls, May 12, 1793, by the Hon. 
 S.- Hitchcock and Col. Davis. 
 The river above the falls is about 15 
 rods wide, and flows along very pleasant 
 banks on both sides. On these banks are 
 large intervales. In a very short distance 
 the river contracts or narrows to about 20 
 feet. For about 6 or 7 rods the whole of 
 the water falls with great velocity along 
 the rocks, in romantic meanderings, into 
 a kind_ of basin formed by rocks on every 
 side. The falls in this distance are about 
 10 or 12 feet. From the basin the water 
 disappears, and flows under the rocks to 
 the distance of about 60 feet, and then 
 gushes out with great violence. From the 
 head of the falls to the bottom is about 16 
 rods, on each side of which the channel is 
 bounded by a solid rock, and appears to 
 have been worn out of the rock by the 
 water. This channel is from 40 to 50 feet 
 in width. The height of the bank on the 
 south side, computed from low water, is 
 about 1 50 feet ; on the north side it was 
 estimated at about 90. The falls along 
 the channel are about 25 or 30 feet. 
 
 In some part of the falls, where the 
 water in high floods has worn over the 
 rocks, are seen large basins curiously 
 formed in the solid rocks, of 10 or 12 feet 
 in depth, and of three or four feet in di- 
 ameter. The height of the waters, from 
 the appearance of the timber lodged on 
 the sides of the rocks, must formerly have 
 been 50 feet higher, than what it now is. 
 At the bottom of the falls the river imme- 
 diately widens to about 25 or 30 rods, and 
 flows gently on in a beautiful stream. 
 
 DR. CHARLES C. ARMS 
 
 was the third son of Jesse Arms, an early 
 settler of Duxbury, one of the foremost 
 men of that town, as Dea. Ira Arms, the 
 eldest son, was after him for many years. 
 
 A part of the time of his practice here he 
 was a partner with Dr. Drew, his brother- 
 in-law. He attained a high reputation as 
 a skillful surgeon. He built the house now 
 occupied by Dr. Washburne, which some 
 30 years ago or more was considered one 
 of the best in the village. [See page 869.] 
 
 Correction for page 868 : My recollection 
 of Mr. Bryan's coming into town is it was 
 between the years 1815 and 20, more defi- • 
 nitely perhaps, 1816 to i8l8. I have no 
 recollection from what town in America he 
 came to this place, but presume he had 
 been but a short time in the country when 
 he came to Waterbury. He immediately 
 opened a tailor's shop, and a Miss Scagel, 
 of a Methodist family, whom he afterwards 
 married, worked in the shop, either as ap- 
 prentice or assistant. Many years after, 
 when he had been married and settled on a 
 farm near the center of the town, and had 
 given up his trade or partially so, he intro- 
 duced Mr. O'Conner, a tailor from Burling- 
 ton, to business in this village, O'Conner 
 then being a young man. He did a good 
 business at his trade many years, and final- 
 ly died in the place. Some time not dis- 
 tant from O'Conner's coming, either before 
 or after, I have no definite dates, an Irish- 
 man and Catholic, by the name of Clarke, 
 came to town next ; these were the first 
 three Catholics of whom I have recollection 
 as residents. After these, and especially 
 after the building the railroad commenced, 
 they came in large numbers. Father 
 O'Calligan, the priest, visited these families 
 opcasionally, probably more than 40 years 
 ago. And it was said that he gave Clarke 
 a cow, or money to buy one, as he was in 
 very destitute circumstances. R. B. 
 
 [Since the foregoing was in t3^e we have 
 the following information from a son of 
 Patrick Bryan, the only representative of 
 the family living now in Waterbury : " My 
 father was born in London, and learned 
 his trade there. His parents were Irish, 
 as his name indicates. He came from 
 London to Quebec, and from there directly 
 to Waterbury about 1 8 14 or ' 1 5 . His fam- 
 ily were 6 sons and two daughters. The 
 daughters, in succession, married the same 
 
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 man, a son of one of the large Atkins fam- 
 ilies. Neither of them lived more than a 
 few years after marriage." "I did not 
 . particularly inquire after the brothers (says 
 my informant, who reports to me from the 
 son at Waterbury), but my impression is, 
 two of them went West and one to Can- 
 ada, perhaps 15 to 20 years ago, and one 
 <jf them died here a few years since. The 
 father and mother and one or two, if not 
 all of the children who have died here, 
 were buried in Burlington. Mr. Bryan 
 did not remain at the village long. He 
 soon purchased and moved to a farm near 
 the Centre. Many years ago his house 
 was a resort for Irishmen, and Catholic 
 meetings were held there ; but after the 
 coming of Mr. O'Connor to the village, 
 meetings were held at his house part of 
 the time. I think none of the O'Connor 
 boys were enlisted jn the war from this 
 town, but they very likely may have been 
 in the war, having enlisted for other towns.] 
 
 CASUALTIES CONTINUED. 
 
 Among which may be reckoned the sin- 
 gular occurrence at the liquor agency 
 several years ago. Two intoxicated men 
 demanded liquor, and threatened the agent 
 who was in feeble health. It became nec- 
 essary to call the aid of a neighbor to 
 remove the principal offender. Though 
 this was done with the least possible vio- 
 lence, the man died in a few minutes, as if 
 in a fit. Great excitement followed among 
 the man's friends ; and finally the man who 
 had the offender in hand at the time of his 
 death, demanded the disinterment of his 
 body, and that a post mortem examination 
 should be had. The result proved the 
 man free of any blame for rough handling 
 the deceased. 
 
 THE MEAKER MURDER. 
 
 About 2 years ago, Apr. 27, 1880, a 
 most cruel murder was perpetuated in Wa- 
 terbury, though none concerned in the 
 crime, nor the victim, were residents of this 
 town. It was planned in Duxbury, at the 
 home of criminals, but executed in our town. 
 In the arrangements, some originality of in- 
 vention is seen, but it involves too many 
 
 details and too much exposure to observa- 
 tion, to make it easy of concealment. 
 
 Little Alice Meaker, the victim, was, if 
 we remember aright, a half-sister of Mr. 
 Meaker, an orphan, or half orphan, and a 
 pauper in another town, the overseer of 
 which had agreed to pay a certain sum in 
 money to Meaker to take Alice to support 
 during her minority. Mrs. Meaker dis- 
 liked, or had become tired of the child, 
 and planned to get rid of her by a cruel 
 crime. She and her son got a team at Mr. 
 Bates' stable in Waterbury, and a supply 
 of poison of Mr. Carpenter, a druggist 
 here. The Meaker mother and son, and 
 Alice, left Waterbury village between 9 
 and io in the evening, to go some 5 or 6 
 miles up Waterbury River, and on their 
 way administered the poison, probably 
 finding compulsion necessary. 
 
 If particulars are here omitted, the read- 
 er may imagine how they proceeded and 
 some of the incidents of that awful ride. 
 By some means, the child came to her 
 death, was concealed in a hole in the 
 ground partly filled with water, dug proba- 
 bly by road makers, and being ready made, 
 was taken by the Meakers. The disap- 
 pearance of the child immediately raised 
 suspicion in the neighborhood ; the result 
 was Sheriff Atherton succeeded in drawing 
 out from young Meaker the fate of the 
 child, and the disclosure of the place of 
 concealment, which was verified by Ath- 
 erton and Meaker going to the place and 
 finding the body, and their taking it to 
 Meaker's house, the young man telling his 
 mother he had told the story, to the con- 
 sternation of the mother. The result is 
 they are now under sentence of death, from 
 which they can have little hope of escape. 
 
 Errata.— Fage 850, middle of 2d column, 
 25 years ago should read 1821, and same 
 paragraph, after merchant, should read 
 merchant of Chicago ; near the top same 
 column, Rev. Dr. Warren should be Rev. 
 Mr. ; and at the foot of the Moody column, 
 page 860, should have been added Calvin 
 B. Moody, youngest son of George, is a 
 graduate of MiddleBury college, and now 
 a Congregational minister. r. b. 
 
COUNTY PAPERS AND ITEMS. 
 
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 PAPER FOR MORETOWN. 
 
 PilOM OEORGU BULKLEY. 
 
 The first town meeting in Moretown was 
 held Mar. 22, 1792, and Seth Munson was 
 elected town clerk; in 1794, Joseph Hasel- 
 tine; 1796, John Burdick; 1797, Joseph 
 Haseltine: 1800, Wright Spalding; 1801, 
 Roswell Smith; 1805, Abner Child; 18 16, 
 Theophilus Bixby; 181 8, Paul Mason; 
 1822, Ebenezer Johnson; 1832, Lester 
 Kingsley; l88l', James Haylett. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 The first Freeman's meeting was Sept. 
 2, 1794, and Lester Moseley was elected 
 representative ; 179S, 8, 11, Joseph Hasel- 
 tine; 1796, 1803, Wright Spalding; 1801, 
 2, Seth Munson ; 1805, 14, 33, Cephas 
 Carpenter; 1809, Seth Munson; 1815, 16, 
 Seth Munson; 1820, Rufiis Clapp; 182 1, 
 22, Paul Mason ; 1823, 28, 29, John Fos- 
 ter; 1824,5, Barnabas Mayo ; 1826, 27, 
 David Belding ; 1830, Harvey W. Carpen- 
 ter; 1831, Stephen Pierce; 1832, 44, Cal- 
 vin Clark; 1834, 5, Wm. Harris; 1836, 7, 
 9, Ira Carpenter; 1838, Joseph Sawyer; 
 -1840,41, Lester Kingsley; 1842, 43, M. 
 B. Taplin; 1845, Daniel Harris; 1846, 
 Barnabas Mayo ; 1847, Richard H.Kim- 
 ball; 1848, D. P. Carpenter;' 1849, 50, 
 Dennis Child; 1851, 2, Uriah Howe; 
 1853, Leonard R. Foster ; 1854, Osgood 
 Evans; 1855, Jo.seph N. Savage; 1856, 
 Henry Kneeland; 1857, 8, John C. Clark; 
 1859, 60, Carter Haskins ; 1861, 70, Lo- 
 renzo D. Hills ; 1862, 3, Austin G. Pren- 
 tiss; 1864, Geo. Bulkley; 1865, 6, Hiram 
 Hathaway; 1867, 8, Freeman Parker; 
 1869, Benj. A. Holmes; 1872, James 
 Stewart ; 1874, 6, Goin B. Evans ; 1878, 
 George Howes ; *i88o, Russell Sawyer. 
 
 As far back as my memory extends, Ira 
 Carpenter was post master, then Dr. 
 Kingsley, then Nathan R. Spaulding, then 
 Geo. M. Fletcher. 
 
 Cornelia J. Child, (page 609,) was 
 the daughter of Eber Cirpenter Child, 
 who died in Moretown a few years since, 
 aged 76. Cornelia is the wife of Allen C. 
 Baker, and has 6 children. Mr. and Mrs.' 
 Baker are school teachers, and now reside 
 in Alabama. Mrs. Celia R. Baxter. 
 
 peter johonnott and family, barre. 
 
 BY E. B. GBOSBY. 
 
 Peter, Sr., born at Boston, Mass., July 
 20, 1772, died at Richmond, 111. (Solon 
 village), Aug. 29, 1865. He was a vol- 
 unteer from Barre to the Battle of Platts- 
 burgh, Sept. 1814; residence, Barre; mar- 
 ried first, at SufBeld, Oct. 20, 1796, Ruth 
 Sheldon, b. in Suffield, Conn., Dec. 31, 
 1778; died at Barre, Oct. 31, 1807; sec- 
 ond, married, 'at Barre, June 26, 1808, 
 Sarah Wheaton, b. in Leicester, Mass., 
 Apr. 27, 177s; died at Barre, Aug. 29, 
 1854; children: 
 
 Peter Johonnott, Jr. , b . at Suffield,Conn. , 
 Mar. 6, 1798, died at Montpelier, Vt., Jan. 
 29, 1967; married Mar. 13, 1825, Nancy, 
 Blanchard, b. at Barre, Feb. 23, 1802, d. 
 at Montpelier, July 4, 1872 ; children : 
 
 Albert Johonnott, b. Jan. 18, 1826; 
 residence, Montpelier; married. May 31, 
 1853, Mary J. Parker, b. in Plainfield, 
 N. H., Aug. 29, 1827 ; children : 
 
 Arthur Peter Johonnott, b. in Barre, 
 Feb. 27, 1854, married at Montpelier, 
 1879, Cora King, b. at East Montpelier ; d. 
 April 17, 1881; I child, b. April, 1881. 
 Ellen M. Johonnott, b. in Barre, Oct. 20, 
 1855 ; married, at Montpelier, George 
 Kellogg, b. in Boston, Mass.; I child, b. 
 in Montpelier. 
 
 Emily Johonnott, b. in Barre, Oct. 27, 
 1827 ; residence, Richmond, 111. Aaron 
 M. Pettengill (her husband), b. in Barre, 
 June 10, 1825 ; married at Barre, Apr. 10, 
 1850; their daughter, Ada N. Pettengill, 
 b. in Barre, May 4, 1851, married Roswell 
 H. Peck at Richmond, 111., Dec. 12, 1876; 
 residence, Montpelier ; children : Julia 
 Emily, b. May S, 1879, Wm. Martin, b. 
 Dec. 14, 1880. 
 
 Ellen M. Johonnott, b. in Barre, July 
 20, 1829, d. Apr. 20, 1830 ; Martha Jo- 
 honnott, b. in Barre, June 4, 1831, resi- 
 dence Montpelier ; Fred Johonnott, b. in 
 Barre, Jan. 15, 1835, residence Burling- 
 ton; Harriet Glover (his wife), born in 
 Boston, Mass., Sept. 20, 1842, married at 
 Barre, May 17, 1865 ; 3 children : Fred, 
 Frank, Martha. 
 
 Ruth Johonnott, b. in Suffield, Conn., 
 Jan. 27, i8or, d. at Richmond, 111., Mar. 
 
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 20, 1874; m. July 30, 1837, at Saugetuck, 
 Mich., to John C. Wooster, b. in Oxford, 
 Conn., Aug. 2, 1809; d. at Solon, III., 
 Sept. 23, 1877. 
 
 Asa Johonnott, b. in Barre, Sept. 11, 
 1802, married Harriet M. Chesley, at 
 Boston, Mass., Apr. 1836; residence, 
 Richmond, 111 ; Mary Fuller, his 2d wife, 
 widow of Loyal Wilson, b. Dec. 5, 1813, 
 in New Hampshire, married Jan. 16, 1851 ; 
 children: Rensselaer, b. in Richmond, 
 111., Dec. 5, 1851, married Clara Turner; 
 Byron, b. in Richmond. June 29, 1854, d. 
 Apr. 4, 1856; Frank, b. in Richmond, 
 July 27, 1857. 
 
 Edwin Sheldon Johonnott, b. in Barre, 
 Mar. s, 1805, d. in Richmond, 111., Aug. 
 10,1847 i married, at West Hartford, Conn., 
 Marietta Steele Crosby, b. Jan. 12, 181 1 ; 
 died at Grant, 111., Jan. 6, 1841.; married, 
 Feb. ij, 1831 ; children: Robert, b. in 
 Burlington, Nov. 2, 1833 ; residence, 
 Richmond, 111. ; wife, Frances A. Rice, b. 
 in Fall River, Mass., June 16, 1841, mar- 
 ried at Bliven's Mills, 111., Mar. 15, 1859; 
 residence, Richmond, 111. ; children: Ma- 
 rietta S., b. at Bliven's Mills, June~ 15, 
 i860; Louise R., b. May 12, 1862; Ger- 
 trude Crosby, b. Mar. 19, 1864; Henry 
 Wooster, b. Oct.' i, 1866 ; Louis Bliven, 
 b. Feb. 26, 1873 ; Frances Katharine, b. 
 Apr. I, 1875 ; Helen Josephine, b. Jan. 4, 
 1878. 
 
 Gertrude Crosby Johonnott, b. in Sauga- 
 tuck, Mich., Apr. 16, 1836, married San- 
 ford Fillmore Bennett, b. in Eden, N. Y., 
 June 21, 1836; residence at Richmond, 
 111. ; married Mar. 15, i860, at Richmond ; 
 He is a physician, the author of " Sweet 
 Bye and Bye ; " children : Edwin Richard- 
 son, b. in Elkhorn, Wis., July 30, 1861 ; 
 Robert Crosby, b. May. 21, 1866; May 
 Ruth, b. May 16, 1869. 
 
 Edwin Sheldon Johonnott, Jr , b. Dec. 
 29, 1838, at Grant, 111., married, Aug. 16, 
 1866, Laura Frances Brown, b. inLondon, 
 Eng., Mar. 2, 1847 ; residence, Richmond, 
 111. ; children : Edwin Sheldon, b. in 
 Richmond, Nov. 9, 1868; Eben Crosby, 
 b. Apr. 16, 1870; Ruth Mary, b. Apr. 16, 
 1872; Wm. Bradford, Sept. 11, 1873. 
 
 Leonard Johonnott, son of Peter, Sr., 
 b. in Barre, Aug. 5, 1809; residence, Bur- 
 lington; married at Lyndeborough, N. H., 
 Oct. 13, 1841, Harriet Felicia Page, b. in 
 Burlington, Dec. 3, 1817, dau. of Colonel 
 Lemuel and Clarissa (Whitney) Page ; 
 children all born in Burlington. 
 
 Lemuel Page Johonnott, b. Dec. 20,1842, 
 married Emma Barnes, of Burlington; 
 children, all born in Burlington : Mary 
 Harriet, b. Feb. 1868 ; Laura, b. Jan. 17, 
 1870 ; Maud Louisa, Leonard J. 
 
 Henry Whitney Johonnott, b. Aug.. 26, 
 1844, d. Feb. II, r849. 
 
 Horace Lane Johonnott, b. Nov. 26, 
 1846, married Emily Wheaton. b. in Barre, 
 June, 1876. 
 
 Sarah Johonnott, b. in Burlington, Aug, 
 20, 1848, married Fred Bowles, formerly 
 of Burlington, now of Chicago; died in 
 Chicago, 111., Mar. 29, 1876; left one dau. 
 Jennie ; and an infant child of a few weeks 
 was brought home with her in the same 
 casket ; buried at Burlington. 
 
 Henry Whitney Johonnott, b. Sept. 12, 
 1850, resides in Philadelphia. 
 
 Albert Johonnott, son of Peter, Sr., b. 
 in Barre, Mar. 24, 1812, d. May 2, 1813. 
 
 Louisa Johonnott, b. at Barre, Sept. 13, 
 1814; residence, Richmond, 111. ; married, 
 at Barre, Oct. 16, 1836, Rensselaer R. 
 Crosby, b. Jan. 8, 1809, at West Hartford, 
 Ct. ; residence, Richmond, 111. 
 
 Sarah Maria Johonnott, b. in Barre, 
 July 20, 1817, died in Burlington, Mar. 9, 
 1853; married at Barre, June 25, 1845, 
 Thomas Jeiferson Blanchard, b. Apr. 19, 
 1818, at Barre; his son, Albert, b. in 
 Burlington, May 7, 1846, d. Sept. 6, 1877, 
 in Barre. 
 
 Mary Ann Johonnott, b. in Barre, Dec. 
 14, 1820, married, Dec. 4, 1853, Andrew 
 Bourne, b. in Redfield, N. Y., Jan. 31, 
 1820; residence, Woodstock, McHenry 
 Co., 111.; children: Harry Peter, b. in 
 Richmond.IU., Jan. 8, 1856 ; Willis Reilben, 
 b. Nov. 28, 1857, d. May i, 1881, at 
 Kenosha, Wis., by accident. 
 
 Early Patents.— 7%« Mirror of the 
 Patent Office in the United States, quar- 
 terly, vol. I, No. I, that gives the patents 
 
COUNTY PAPERS AND ITEMS. 
 
 919 
 
 taken out in 1827, gives 22 states repre- 
 sented, Vermont standing the loth in the 
 largest number, viz. : 10 patents in the 
 State in 1827, and total to 1828, 18 pat- 
 ents on record in the patent office at 
 Washington, of which four were taken in 
 Addison Co., five in Windham Co., three 
 in Washington Co., two in Windsor Co., 
 etc.: "Building bridges, patent for, to 
 Napthalia Bishop, Barre, Vt., Jan. 11, 
 1819;" "Cotton, etc., machine for spin- 
 ning. G. Brewster, G. Trumbull and J. 
 Matthews, Barre, Vt., Jan. 16, 1812;'* 
 "Cheese-press, J. Bigelow, Montpelier, 
 Vt., Jan. 25, 1816." 
 
 THE WHEAT AND THE TARES. 
 
 Composed upwards of fifty years ago by 
 Rev. Wm. Farwell, of Barre, a Univer- 
 salist clergyman of some distinction at 
 that time, and who was a pupil of the pio- 
 neer of that faith, the Rev. John Murray. 
 The copy was made by a son of the writer 
 of the verses, Col. Lemuel Farwell, of 
 Barre, who died many years ago in that 
 town. They were written by him from 
 memory, and given to Edmund Doty, of 
 Montpelier, in 1821, from whose daughter 
 I received them 20 years ago. They are 
 purely of Vermont origin, originally in- 
 tended for a hymn, and though I have not 
 heard the tune for a great number of years, 
 it is as familiar to my ear as any in the 
 J'saltery. — \yermont Record of 20 years 
 since.] 
 
 Twason the green banks of EupUrales's stream 
 Jehovab, omniscient, all-wise and supreme, ' 
 
 JFlrst stationed our Father In Eden's green bower, 
 And Eve, his companion, a dellbate flower; 
 He aow'd tbelr young bosoms with seed In their youth. 
 With reason, benevolence, virtue and truth, [sown, 
 And on the same ground where the choice wheat was 
 The tare by the tongue of the serpent was thrown. 
 'Tls plain to be seen thus the heart Is the ground 
 Where truth and deception are both to be found; 
 These are the two seeds which the human heart bears. 
 And all that is meant by the Wheat and the Tares. 
 The servants of old saw not in their day, 
 Eow God his great goodness to man would convey; 
 They saw not the depth of that wonderous Plan 
 Which wisdom hath drawn for the welfare of man. 
 
 The servant saw tares with the wheat bearing fruit. 
 Said, Let us go pull up each Tare by the root;— 
 The mild voice of wisdom said, no, forbear. 
 Lest that, by so doing, the wheat you impair: 
 Let both grow together till rjpe in the field, 
 That man may partake of ttie fruits they both yield. 
 That by their ^ects he may well ascertain [pain. 
 That truth yields lilm pleasure, while falsehood yields 
 
 Man early imbibed false notions of God ; 
 Supposed him a tyrant, and vengeful his rod; v 
 The hand ol tradition, e'er since man begun 
 Hath borne the delusion from father to son ; 
 The Father of Mercy His bosom unfhrled. 
 Sent Christ to bear witness of Him to the world; 
 Invested with virtue and wisdom to prove 
 That God Is eternal, unchangeable love. 
 
 The Jews disbelieved and quickly began 
 To seek the sweet life of that innocent Man; 
 Condemned him unjustly to hang on the tree. 
 And bear the keen anguish of death's agony; 
 The earth was convulsed, her bosom distressed. 
 The Heavens in mourning appeared to be dress'd 
 The Stars and palama, and Sol's rolling flame. 
 All sank f^om beholding the death of the Lamb. 
 
 His healing the sick, his raising the dead, 
 
 His feeding the hungry with meat, drhik and bread, 
 
 His casting out devils, restoring the blind, 
 
 All prove Him who aent him a Friend to mankind. 
 
 The love that inspired him, whilst he was on Earth, 
 
 Was stronger, ten thousand times stronger than 
 
 death ; 
 Love prompted to finish the task that was given, 
 Raised from the dead to the mansions of heaven. 
 
 By this we discover that mankind shall have 
 A lasting existence beyond the cold grave; 
 Removed f^om a state of corruption like this, 
 To dwell In perfection's soft bosom of bliss,— 
 The Old Dispensation pass'd oflf and the New 
 Unveiled a scene of bright glory to view; 
 The banner, bright banner, of truth was unfurled. 
 The Ensign of Peace and good will to the World. 
 
 The harvest appeared, the fields were all white. 
 
 The reapers came forth at the first dawn of Light; 
 
 The reapers are those whom our God doth inspire. 
 
 To gather up falsehood and burn It with fire; 
 
 The Spirit of Truth is the sickle so keen. 
 
 The luminous flame is the Aire which we mean; 
 
 The temple of friendship and love is the place ' 
 
 For the mind, when refined,;of the whole human race. 
 
 [We have but a few papers more in 
 hand as yet for this town. We have re- 
 quested a full second chapter for Barre, 
 especially in regard to the early settlers, 
 and think to have it for the supplementary 
 part of our next volume \ and there will 
 also be space in the supplement for mat- 
 ters of intere'st in other towns of this 
 County, not yet included ; and every party 
 who may have such facts or papers to con- 
 tribute are invited to send them in, either 
 through their town historian, or directly to 
 the editor in the course of the next few 
 months. We have arranged our papers 
 beyond for this volume. We qan only now 
 fill a few more pages : but anon, if, as we 
 look for, we are helped to complete our 
 record for the Gazetteer, we will have the 
 history of the Barre circuit and the Meth- 
 odist church promised by Rev. J. R. Bart- 
 lett ; and papers for other towns.] 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Berlin. — A song found in the carpet- 
 bag of the late Maj. R. B. Crandall. It is 
 a piece of more than usual merit, and the 
 premonition of his own death in the last 
 verse, must be touching to all the friends 
 of this gallant and accomplished officer : 
 
 THE WHITE-CROSS BANKER. 
 BY MAJ. B. B. CKANDALL, 
 
 Huzza for the Banner that bears the White CrossI 
 Huzza for the Flag ever foremost in Bght! 
 
 On the storm-tide of battle it ever shall toss. 
 Till the foes who oppose it are scattered in flight. 
 
 The soldiers who follow the Banner of Light 
 Are true in devotion and strangers to fear; 
 
 For God and for Country, for Union and Right, 
 Tiiey will fight to the last, and then die with a cheer. 
 
 OhI many's the time in the good days of yore 
 When the Gross, all resplendent In glory, hath shone, 
 
 But never since Christ it to Calvary bore. 
 Hath it emblemed a cause more true than our own. 
 
 Young sister, art thou, O, Banner, war-horn. 
 To our country's proud ensign, the cherished star- 
 flag; 
 Our affection for botli is only less warm 
 Than the hate that we feel for the South's dastard 
 rag. 
 Brigade of Vermont, dost remember the day 
 When on Marye's stern heights, through smoke and 
 the gloom. 
 How the Cross, on its bright field of blue, flashed its 
 way— 
 Our hope amid death, but to traitors a doom. 
 
 Brave sons of New York, and yestrong men of Maine, 
 
 How many a dying eye has been turned 
 From your ranks to that flag which, through glory and 
 pain. 
 You followed, tho' lightnings of death 'round you 
 blazed. 
 
 Oh I patriot hearts, that have tlirobbed by our side. 
 As we've followed that flag on fierce fields full a 
 score I 
 
 Ohl glorious hearts, that have bled and then died, 
 Your comrades are bearing that fiag as of yore. 
 
 Oh I cause, that is worthy of lives such as these, 
 Ohl cause, that is worthy of all we can give. 
 
 We swear to uphold thee ; tho' rivers and seas' 
 Shall pour from our veins, the Republic shall live. 
 
 Then anew gird your loins, shake out to the sun 
 The bonnie blue flag, the White Cross adorning; 
 
 Sound the clarions of war, be the battle begun. 
 And tile night of our land shall be changed into 
 morning. 
 
 But, ohl if Ifall in a cause so sublime, 
 
 I shall Join the brave souls that already have bled ; 
 Tell parents and friends to let the bells chime 
 
 In slow, plaintive strains for her sons that are dead. 
 
 Brandy Station, Mar. 7, 1864. 
 
 [The bal tie-flag of the 2d division, 6th corps, the field 
 is of blue, with a white cross in the center.] - 
 
 [The Song was set to music by N. L. Phillips of 
 Barre, some 16 or 18 yrs. since. Mr. Phillips, noticed In 
 Montpeller history, page 691, is a musical composer; 
 has written several songs and ballads, no notice of 
 whom In Barre, this volume, is one of the omissions 
 there to be yet redeemed.] 
 
 Cabot.— The following legacies have 
 been left to the Congregational church in 
 this town for the support of preaching and 
 incidental expenses : i866, Nathaniel Co- 
 burn, $500 ; 1867, John R. Putnam, $100, 
 Dea. Edward G. Haines, $200, A. P. 
 Perry, $400, Ira Fisher, |6oo. 
 
 CALAIS POEMS. 
 
 INCIDENTS IN THE HISTORY OF VERMONT. 
 
 Written, and sung by J. M. Dana, a long time resi- 
 dent of this town, before the Freemen of Calais, 
 Sept. 1, I8i0. 
 
 Aik:— "We'll settle on the Banks of the Ohio." 
 
 When our f^{Jiers left their native climes and came 
 amoB^'Chese hills, 
 
 They were pleased with these green mountains with 
 the values and the rills; 
 
 They began to settle here, u hundred years ago or 
 more. 
 
 Yes, Port Dummer sure was built In seventeen hun- 
 dred and twenty four. 
 
 In seventeen hundred and twenty four. 
 Fort Dummer was the door; 
 
 Vermont was not then known in seventeen hundred 
 and twenty four. 
 
 To these hills so green and pretty. New Hampshire 
 
 laid a claim; 
 And she made large grants of laud to the settlers of 
 
 the same. 
 But New York conceiving she had the better right to 
 
 sell, 
 Began contending with New Hampshire, and the Issue 
 
 is to tell. 
 
 Yes, the story is to tell- 
 How the savages did yell— , 
 And how many lives they took where we peaceably 
 
 now dwell. 
 
 To the English crown the parties referred the case for 
 time. 
 
 Decision formed York Ea«t unto the Connecticut line 
 
 But New York was still dissatisfied and called out her 
 men— 
 
 And the future State turned out under ETHAN AL- 
 LEN then. 
 
 Under Ethan Allen then, 
 They would face the Lion's deu; 
 
 The green mountain boys were noted for their strength 
 and courage then. 
 
 I, Ethan Alien, ask of you Ticonderoga-s Fort, 
 
 ' By what authority your claim,' to him was the re- 
 tort; 
 
 'In the name of (he Great Jehovah and of Congress' I 
 am sent, ^ 
 
 We surrender then to you and our massacre prevent. 
 Yes, our massacre prevent. 
 Not because our powder 's spent. 
 
 But because of those green-mountain boys that Con- 
 gress has you sent. 
 
COUNTY PAPERS AND ITEMS. 
 
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 In seventeen hundred eighty, three hundred persons 
 
 mostly blacked 
 Commenced the work of plunder and Royalton 
 
 attacked.— 
 They killed all their cattle, with all their sheep and 
 
 hogSf 
 Burnt buildings and made captives^— Oh, what cruel, 
 
 aaucydogsl 
 
 Yes ,what cruel saucy dogs, 
 Vermoi^t has no such rogues, 
 But we met the same atPl^ttsburgh and they're all 
 
 beneath the sods. 
 
 They had no form of government among the hills of 
 yore, 
 
 But the bard fists of the y ankees which their foes could 
 never bear ; 
 
 In seventeen hundred seventy seven their first conven- 
 tion cut 
 
 An Independent government, and made their first 
 debut. 
 
 Yes, they made their first debut, 
 Called New Connecticut, 
 
 And sometimes it's called Vermont A-om the green hills 
 and the hut. 
 
 The green mountain State Vermont had four claims 
 
 upon it now, 
 Massachusetts and New Hampshire said she must unto 
 
 them bow; 
 New York also said then her claim should not abate. 
 But Vermonters said unto New York we think you'd 
 
 better wait,— 
 
 Yes, we think yon'd better wait 
 And secure a better fate. 
 Than to meet old Etban Allen here, for then 'twill be 
 
 too late. 
 
 '' He's the bravest of the brave,— he asks nothing but 
 the right. 
 
 And if refused his honest claim, he's ready then to 
 fight;' 
 
 While thus he aided govemment,green-mountain boys 
 were true. 
 
 They were fighting some at Guilford and at Benning- 
 ton for you,— 
 
 Yes, -at Bennington ftom you 
 Tbe British soldiers fiew, 
 
 Tliese green mountain boys there beat ihem, and 700 
 of them slew. 
 
 In seventeen hundred eighty, an attempt was made 
 
 to bring 
 Vermonters to the British rule and subject to the king. 
 While Allen, joined with Warner, negociated well, 
 How these heroes cheated Briton then remains as yet 
 
 to tell,— 
 
 But I'm now about to tell 
 When my Lord ComwalUs fell. 
 These hill-boys thought their home-made laws would 
 
 suit them quite as well. 
 
 Have you ever seen the man who drew his goods him- 
 self by hand. 
 Prom Montpelier into Calais and the first beginning 
 
 planned. 
 He still resides In town much respected by us all. 
 His name AbUah Wheelock the first settler we call,— 
 The first setUer we call. 
 But this is not quite all,— 
 An honest man we think he Is as any since the fall. 
 
 His wife came in on snow-shoes eleven miles or more. 
 The snow from two to three leet deep, and some say 
 even four. 
 
 With aninfant in her arms and some other luggage too, 
 A task which few young women now In town have 
 strength to do. 
 
 No, they have not strength to do 
 What their mothers did pursue 
 In the good old fashioned days of yore which time 
 takes our view. 
 
 In seventeen hundred eighty nine new Vermont agreed 
 
 to pay. 
 Thirty thousand dollars cash from New York to get 
 
 away ; 
 She became an independent State, our Union then 
 
 began. 
 She was voted such by Congress seventeen hundred 
 
 ninety one— 
 
 In seventeen hundred ninety one, 
 With Chittenden her son, 
 Vermont assumed her place in seventeen hundred 
 
 ninety one. 
 
 In seventeen hundred and ninety one the roads were 
 
 very poor. 
 Thro' the woods on foot we traveled with our marked 
 
 trees on before, 
 Batwhen wintera's snows came on, say four feet or 
 
 more it fell. 
 Such music with the deer we had as no one now can 
 
 tell,— 
 
 No there's no one now can tell. 
 How the hounds would scream and yell. 
 When they drove their game up to us and at our feet 
 
 It fell. 
 
 Vermont's first Inhabitants ahardy set of men, 
 Hewed the lofty maples down with some fighting now 
 
 and. then; 
 Their wives would use the sickle and the rake when In 
 
 the field. 
 And the husbands oftentimes to the women had to 
 
 yield,— 
 
 Yes, tbe husbands had to yield. 
 (Not for work done In the field,) 
 But the number of the skeins of yarn their wives quite 
 
 often reeled. 
 
 In the good old days of pumpkin pies and checkered 
 
 aprons too. 
 The formers wore their home-spun coats, and lln^n 
 
 ft-ocks would do. 
 The women made their cloth so stout 'twas not called 
 
 poor or thin. 
 And 'twas really entertaining, to see them card and 
 
 spin,— 
 
 Yes, to see them card and spin, 
 Mid their weaving, warping din, 
 01 tbe times gone by have charmed me, so I wish 
 
 they'd come again. 
 
 Great Britain's on our north, yet we never mean to 
 
 fear. 
 On the East a sister State known as Granite New 
 
 HampshirCf 
 On the South Is Massachusetts and New York is on the 
 
 West, 
 But ot all ihe States around her Vermont is still the 
 
 best,— 
 
 Yea, Vermont is still the best, 
 For in evergreen she's drest. 
 Like the country maid with milk, gr«en becomes us 
 
 mnch the best. 
 
 Sir Geo. Prevost at Flattsburgb, tho' in a sister state , 
 Said Vermont has sent her ^oys to fight, defeat is sure 
 our fate. 
 
 116 
 
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 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 To hiB fourteen thousand men he said we leave this 
 
 ground of Platts, 
 Don't you see them Vermont boys have come with 
 green sprigs in their hats,— 
 
 With green sprigs in their hats, 
 They 're ready for combats, 
 I liad rather flgtat the devil than these Vermont demo- 
 crats. 
 
 Goxpmodore Downie now came up for battle but in 
 
 vain, 
 McDonough whipped' him well on our little Lake 
 
 Ghamplain, 
 He made for home 'tis hoped and has not again been 
 
 seen. 
 Since the eleventh of September, eighteen hundred 
 
 and fourteen, — 
 
 In eighteen hundred and fourteen, 
 A treaty made between, 
 Stop'd our fighting on the water and our merchantmen 
 
 are seen. 
 
 The many ponds in Vermont are well stored with fish. 
 You can take the salmon trout or the pickerel If you 
 
 wish. 
 Should you prefer the scaly perch, the sucker or the 
 
 dace. 
 You can take a back-load of them out almost at any 
 
 place,— 
 
 Yes, almost at any place, 
 If you've the fishing grace 
 If not you may not have a bite 'twill alter some the 
 
 case. 
 
 Our farmers cultivate the soil not as they did of old, 
 For then they could not get such plows as in Vermont 
 
 are sold, 
 The hoe, the horse-rake, spring-steel fork, the scythe, 
 
 the snath, the ax, 
 We have, and when we use them well a good round 
 
 price we tax,— 
 
 Yes, a good round price we tax, 
 For to none we turn our backs, 
 In the chopping, mowing, pitching line, we're speaking 
 
 now offacts. 
 
 Just one word more we wish to say should you pass 
 
 thro' the State, 
 Youll find these tough Vermonters work both early, 
 
 sure and late. 
 But if one calls to see our friends from distance or near 
 
 borne. 
 The best they have enough of it— you're welcome when 
 
 you come. 
 
 Yes, you're welcome when you come, 
 We're not disposed to gum. 
 We'll take some good old cider now— my friend, won t 
 
 you have some? 
 
 The happiest people in the world on Vermont hills 
 
 are found, 
 Their charity begins at home, extends to all around, 
 [Should fortune smile or even frown or trouble ere 
 
 confront,] 
 On these green hills there is a balm you'll find it In 
 Vermont, 
 
 You'll find it In Vermont, 
 The green mountain state Vermont, 
 Spontaneously It grows among the green hills of Ver- 
 mont. 
 
 [See Woodbury, pp. 882, 883.J 
 
 MEMORIAL. 
 BY MRS. IKENE D. DWINELL. 
 
 An elegy on the death of Sergeant Wy- 
 MAN R. BuRNAP, who died of wounds re- 
 received in battle, Sept. 21, 1864. 
 
 To free our country from the tyrant's thrall, 
 We mourn to-day a patriot brave; 
 
 To lift ftom oflfher face that dark'ning pall, 
 Has made for him that soldier's grave. 
 
 Full oft that voice in " gone-by " days 
 Has thrilled the sense to concord sweet; 
 
 Those brightened hours, in after lays, 
 The soldier's tent no more may greet. 
 
 To thee, dear Lord, the costly sacrifice. 
 We yield our brother, child and friend ; 
 
 Where *' dust to dust " now sleeping lies, 
 Let holy angels guard and tend. 
 East Calais, Jan. 1, 1866. 
 
 ABIJAH WHEELOCK, 
 [BY JDLIUS 8. WHEELOCK, OF BERLIN.] 
 
 was born in Charlton, Mass., in 1764. He 
 was a son of David Wheeloclc, who was 
 one of the original proprietors of Calais. 
 He gave his son Abijah a deed of lot 
 No. I, in the second division of the town- 
 ship of Calais, dated Charlton, Mass., 
 April 17, 1788. David Wheelock was a 
 son of Benjamin, son of Benjamin, son of 
 Ralph, who was born in Wales County, 
 Salop, in 1600; was educated at Cam- 
 bridge University, where he took his de- 
 grees in 1626 and 31 ; came to this coun- 
 try in 1637; first located. at Watertown, 
 Mass., but removed in 1638 to that part of 
 Dedham which became Medfield. He 
 represented Dedham in 1639 ^^^ 4° i was 
 made clerk of the court in 1642, in place of 
 Edward Allyen, deceased; was the first 
 representative of Medfield, in 1653, 63, 4, 
 and 6 ;. was the father of Benjamin, Sam- 
 uel, Record, Experience, Gersham and' 
 Eleazer, andperhaps others. He died Jan. 
 II, 1684. 
 
 Eleazer was the father of the 2d Ralph, 
 born in 1682, who was the father of Rev. 
 Eleazar, founder and first president of 
 Dartmouth college. Ralph Wheelock was 
 the father of the race of that name in this 
 country, as there is no record of any other 
 one coming to this~ country between 1620 
 and 1693, when emigration to New Eng- 
 land stopped, when William and Mary as- 
 cended to the throne of England. 
 
COUNTY PAPERS AND ITEMS. 
 
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 MISS ELLEN O. PECK, 
 
 " daughter of the late Addison Peck.of East 
 Montpelier, has become an industrious 
 contributor to the 'Cottage Hearth,' 
 Boston, 'New England Journal of Edu- 
 cation," 'Mrs. Slade's Magazine' and 
 ' Good Times.' Among her press ar- 
 ticles may be named ' The Early Home 
 of Governor Peck,' and of her poems, her 
 poetical address read before the alumni of 
 the Vermont Methodist Seminary, 1876." 
 We hope to receive " The Early Home of 
 Gov. Peck," etc., with other papers from 
 East Montpelier, for the general supple- 
 ment. — Ed. 
 
 SEPTEMBER SUNSET. 
 
 BY MISS MARY B. DAVI8. 
 
 Lol the evening spreads lier banners 
 
 In the far and radiant west, 
 ■Where the crimson feet of sunset 
 
 Linger on the mountain's crest; 
 While the sun, that shining monarch. 
 
 Of the fast departing day. 
 Gathers up his robe of glory 
 
 While he passes thus away. 
 
 Back upon the sky of azure 
 
 Steals a bright and rosy hue, 
 I'rlnging all those clouds of purple. 
 
 Sailing through the boundless blue; 
 And far east, where blushing morning; 
 
 Breaks the silver glow of night. 
 Even there the snow-white cloudlets 
 
 Catch the melting, trembling light. 
 
 While o'er plain and wood majestic, 
 Touched with Autumn's "mellow beam," 
 
 And the hills, still bright with verdure. 
 Rising 'mid the vales serene. 
 
 As 1 watch the radiance glowing 
 All around my cherished home. 
 
 Thoughts of wonder, thoughts adoring. 
 Thrilling o'er my spirit come. 
 
 01 if earth may wear such beauty- 
 Earth so stained with crime aud sin. 
 
 What must be that glorious City, 
 Where no sin can enter in. 
 
 Miss Davis was born in Plainfield, this 
 county, but now, and has for many years 
 past resided at East Montpelier, and 
 we reserved, when we compiled the paper 
 for the Montpeliers, a notice of her and 
 her poetical volume, except the brief notice 
 in Mr. Gilman's bibliography for Mont- 
 pelier, for Plainfield, which in making up- 
 Plainfield we overlooked till too late, but 
 for a closing note. The above lines, sent 
 to us some years since by the author, 
 are all that we now have in hand of her 
 writings. — Ed. 
 
 UNDER THE APPLE BOUGHS. 
 BY £DHA M. SNOWS. 
 
 He lies 'neath the spreading apple boughs, 
 
 My little brother Jim; 
 No care from the busy world around 
 
 Casts Its shadow over him. 
 The golden sheeu of his tangled curls 
 
 'Mid the clover blossoms gleams ; 
 He Is floatiug out, on the tide of sleep. 
 
 To the happy sea of dreams. 
 
 Dreaming there, with his bare, brown feet 
 
 Kissed by the August sun; 
 I think of the brave and earnest paths 
 
 Our little boy may run — 
 Toilsome and rough to the idle throng 
 
 Who shrink from the summer's heat; 
 Of noble toll for those who tread 
 
 With true and patient feet. 
 
 I know there are snares for heedless steps 
 
 In the luring haunts of sin ; 
 There's fruit so fair to the passing gaze, 
 
 But ashes and dust within. 
 And I kiss the sleeper's trustful lips. 
 
 With a swift and silent prayer 
 That the God of his childhood's love and faith 
 
 Be his leader everywhere. 
 
 -^From " The Little Corporal." 
 
 EMERY G. JUDKINS, M. D., 
 
 [FKOM OBITDABY BY S. A. SABIN.] 
 
 Died in Waitsfield, June 29, of diphtheria, 
 after a sickness of but 5 days, aged 33. 
 He was born in Unity, N. H., received his 
 early education in this town, was appoint- 
 ed at 19 to the United States Coast Sur- 
 vey, and served one year under Capt. Cram. 
 He studied medicine with Dr. Nathaniel 
 Tolls, of this town, and graduated at 
 Dartmouth College in 1852, one of the first 
 in his class. He immediately received an 
 appointment in the Hospital at Blackwell's 
 Island, where he remained one year, when 
 he returned to this town, and entered upon 
 the practice of his profession; in 1861, 
 was appointed acting assistant surgeon in 
 the United States Navy, and served in that 
 capacity until the spring of 1862, when he 
 removed to Waitsfield, where he had. an 
 extensive practice and many friends, and 
 will be remembered by many. Having 
 known Dr. Judkins from early youth, and 
 having been for several years most inti- 
 mately connected, the writer feels by his 
 death he has lost a valuable friend, and 
 the medical profession an honorable mem- 
 ber. He leaves a young wife. 
 
924 
 
 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 MEMORIES. 
 BY MRS. LAURA BRIGHAM BOYCE. 
 
 From our historian of Fayston to her 
 sister, Mrs. Sarah Brigham Mansfield, our 
 historian of Roxbury, on the occasion of 
 her silver wedding, celebrated at Roxbury 
 a few years since. Mrs. Boyce and Mrs. 
 Mansfield being the only two sister his- 
 torians in the Gazetteer, we will thus give 
 to them the compliment of the closing 
 column in this County. 
 
 Are you thinking to-night, O sister mine. 
 
 Of the years so long ago? 
 Of the visions that danced In your merry head 
 As we lay at night In the trundle bed? 
 Of the tales we told as we sank to rest. 
 With our heads upon our pillow pressed? 
 
 In such rest as childreu know ; 
 
 Are you thinking to-night, O sister mine. 
 
 Of the old white rock on the lea? 
 Where we " kept house " in the summer days, — 
 Went " visiting " with such old, old ways, 
 One would have deemed we were grand-dames sure. 
 With faces drawn In such look demure, 
 
 While eyes danced in hidden glee. 
 
 Are you thinking to-night, O sister mipe. 
 
 Of the orchard, and its spring. 
 With its sparkling water pure and cold ? 
 The mossy green that its banks enfcild. 
 And the " spring tree " bending o*er it too. 
 As if its shadow it loved to view. 
 
 Like a vain and girlish thing. 
 
 Are you thinking to-night, O sister mine, 
 
 Ot the happy autumn days? 
 When we gathered apples in merry glee 
 From the spreading boughs of the white " ftill tree," 
 *Neath the old *' stoop-tree " that bent so low. 
 And that was Sarah's tree, you know ; 
 
 While only a little ways 
 
 Above it stood our '* Mother's tree "; 
 The white ■' full tree " is living to-day. 
 And " Mother's tree " will blossom iu May ? 
 But where are now that merry band. 
 Who gatbered fruit with dextrous hand. 
 
 And laughed in their childish glee? 
 
 Scattered and sundered far and wide I 
 Broad lakes and prairies lie between. 
 Those wanderers and the mountains green. 
 And In the churchyard 'neath the hill 
 Others are lying pale and still 
 
 In their cold graves side by side. 
 
 And now of all that merry crew 
 We three, alasl are left here alone; 
 And we so staid and sober have grown. 
 That we scarce remember the wild ways 
 We had in our childhood's olden days. 
 
 Nor half of the pranks we knew. 
 
 Ahwelll tlmefllesl proverbial of truth; 
 And twenty-flve years have borne away 
 Some flriends who loved us In youth's bright day ; 
 Summer is ne'er what the springtime seemed— 
 The hopes we cherished, the dreams we dreamed. 
 
 Are gone with our vanished youth. 
 
 We are growing old, O sister mine 1 
 There are lines of care on cheek and brow , 
 And children who call ns mother now 
 Are more like the selves we used to be 
 Twenty-flve years ago, than you or me 
 
 As we are to-day in look or sign. 
 
 How the time goes on I but yesterday 
 As It seems to me since you were w ed — 
 'TIs twenty-flve yearsi where have they fled? 
 We have hardly marked them in their flight. 
 Yet by this festive scene to-night 
 
 We know they have passed away. 
 
 And so the years must still go on. 
 And may your years that He before 
 Have joy and love and peace in store ; 
 May Heaven's rich blessings on you rest. 
 And all your coming years be blest 
 
 Till your last year is done. 
 
 REV. WILLIAM SCALES, 
 
 died in Lyndon, Jan. 24, 1864, aged 58 
 yearsj 3 months and 27 days. He was U 
 son of William and Rebecca fSmith) 
 Scales, and was born in Lebanon, N. H., 
 Sept. 28, 1805. In early life he removed 
 toCabot,and was there brought up. Hewas 
 graduated at Middlebury in 1832, and im- 
 mediately entered the Seminary at Ando- 
 ver, but in 1835, he left, on account of ill 
 health, and spent about two years princi- 
 pally in teaching; then returning to the 
 Seminary, he was graduated in 1837. 
 
 His first settlement was at Lyndon, 
 where he wns ordained pastor Dec. 27, 
 1837. Rev. Chester Wright of Hardwick, 
 preached the sermon. He was dismissed 
 June 16, 1841, and went immediately to 
 Rochester, where, after two years of ser- 
 vice as stated supply, he was installed July 
 12, 1843. Rev. James Meacham of New 
 Haven, who had been his classmate at 
 Middlebury, preached the sermon. From 
 this pastorate he was dismissed Aug. 3, 
 1847. He then became stated supply of the 
 Congregational Church in Brownington, 
 being at the same time preceptor of the 
 academy at that place. Here he remained 
 4 years. In the fall of 1851, he removed 
 to Conneaut, Ohio, and there remained, 
 sometimes teaching and sometimes preach- 
 ing, till May, 1855, when he returned to 
 Lyndon, and became stated supply. He 
 continued in that relation till his death, 
 with an interruption of 2 or 3 years by pro- 
 tracted ill health. The last sermon he de- 
 livered was from Deut. 30 : 19 ; a text which 
 his subsequent short sickness and death 
 rendered singularly appropriate, p. h. w. 
 
CONTENTS. 925 
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 Washington County Introductory Chapter.— By Dr. G. N. Brigham, i — 
 23; Randall Paper, 16-18. 
 
 BARRE. 
 
 Carpenter Papers. — Early History, 23, 24; Town Officers, Col. Benjamin 
 Walker, Maj. Nathan Harrington, Hon. James Fisk, Hon. Warren Ellis, Dea. Jonas 
 Nichols, Capt. Joseph Watson, Hon. Denison Smith, Denisoii K. Smith, 27-31. 
 
 Chas. ,A. Smith Papers, Barre Academy, The National Bank, Norman W. 
 Braley, M. D., 24, 25 ; Masonic papers, (by or from) 37, 38 ; The first Granite shop 
 in Barre, 39; Soldiers of 1861, 43-47. 
 
 Priest Paper. — Goddard Seminary, 26, 27. 
 
 Bliss Paper. — The Universalist Church, Rev. Wm. Farwell, Rev. John E. 
 Palmer, 30, 31. 
 
 Wood Papers.— ^Early business. Roads, Stage coaches and old time teams ; 
 Stock and farming, Early postmasters. First merchants. Hotels, Landlords, Promi- 
 nent men. Dr. Paddock, Dr. Van Sicklen, Dr. Burnham, Lawyers, Soil, Game, Barre 
 Village, Cernetery, Library, Newspapers, Manufacturers, Fire Company, Cornet Band, 
 Barre Boys West, Longevity, Old people,^3i-37; Pittsburgh Company, Barre Com- 
 pany Volunteers in the war of 1812, 41, 42 ; Judge Chapin Keith and Family, 47-49- 
 
 Carleton Paper, 40. 
 
 William Clark, William A. Dodge, 40. 4i- 
 
 HoLDEN Papers.— Town Officers, 38; Saffisrd & "Holden Mf'g Co., 51. 
 
 E. L. Smith Paper. — Barre Quarries, 38, 39. 
 
 Parker Paper. — Quarry and works, 39. 
 
 Claflin Paper. — War Report, 42. 
 
 D. P. Thompson Paper.— Calvin J. Keith, 47, 48. 
 
 Watchman Paper. — Joshua Twing, 48, 49. 
 
 Cogswell Paper, 49. 
 
 BartlStt Paper. — List of M. E. Preachers in Barre, 51. 
 
 Telegraph Office. — Samuel Goodell, 52. 
 
 Crosby Paper. — Johonnott Family Geneology, 917. 
 
 Palmer. — Hymn, 919. 
 
 BERLIN. 
 
 Nye Papers.— First Things, Dr. Heaton, Dr. Jacob Miller, Dr. John Winslow, 
 Dr. Orin Smith, 54; Jacob Fowler, Hezekiah Silloway, Hon. Salvin CpUins, John 
 Taplin, Capt. James Hobart, -55-57; Zachariah Perrin, Eleazer Hubbard, David, 
 Elijah and Solomon Nye, Joshua Bailey, Capt. James Sawyer, Jabez Ellis, William 
 Flagg, Jacob Black, Capt. James Sawyer, Jabez Ellis, Capt. Daniel Taylor, Capt. Jas. 
 Pearley, Stephen Pearson, Joel Warren, Abel Knapp, Major Jones, Major Benjamin, 
 Elisha Andrews, SafiFord Cummings, Col. Johnson, 57-60 ; Simeon, Wm., Israel, Henry 
 Dewey, Dea. Cummings, Russell Strong, Nathaniel and Dea. Jonathan Bosworth, Asa 
 Andrews, Joseph Arbuckle, Porter, Rev. Wm., Rev. Truman, Geo. K., Henry M., Porter 
 K. and Wm. B. Perrin, Chauncey L. Knapp, Jud^e J. C. Knapp, Chauncey Nye, Rev. 
 G. C. Moore, 60-64; Congregational Church, Rev. James Hobart, Rev. Austm Hazen, 
 64-66; Methodist Church, 67 ; Soldiers of 1812, 1861 ; Major Crandall, 68 ; Hon. D. P. 
 Thompson, 6g ; Great Wolf Hunt, 70 ; Berlin Pond, 72 ; Henry Luther Stuart, Hon. 
 Chas Bulkley, 73 ; Berlin Street, Stevens' Branch, Dog River, 74, Song, 720. 
 
 CABOT. 
 
 Fisher Papers.— Grantees, Surveys, Hazen Road, Whitcomb's Rangers, Benj. 
 and Nathaniel Webster, Lieut. Heath, Lieut. Lyford, Yellow House and Smuggliijg, 
 Doings and Votes 1788 to 1806; John W. Dana,-74-8i ; Cabot Village, The Centre, 
 East Hill Wm. Osgood, David Haines, Lower Cabot, Moses Stone, Hector McLean, 
 South Cabot, East Cabot, South-west Hill, West Hill, Petersville, Market Road, 
 
926 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Freighting, First Things, 81-87; Graveyards, Schools, Ponds, Mineral Spring, Going 
 to mill. First wagon, stove, clock, carpet, Distilleries, Post-office, Telegraph, 87-93 ; . 
 Congregationalists, Rev. Moses Ingalls, Rev. Levi H. Stone, 93-97; Baptists, 94-97; 
 Methodists, 98-161 ; The Advent Church, Physicians, Epidemics, Native Clergy, 
 Lawyers, College Graduates, Literature, Masonic, 101-103; Town Officei-s, County 
 Officers, 103-105 ; Bear Story, Temperance Societies, Good Templars, 105-109 ; Na-- 
 thaniel Webster, Lieut. Lyford, Dr. Scott, Joseph Fisher, Elihu Coburn, Col. Stone, 
 Hon. John W. Dana, Leonard Orcutt, Dea. Marsh, Dea. Fisher, Joseph Lance, John 
 Damon, Zerah Colburn, Hon. John McLean, Thomas Lyford, 109-116; Military Rec- 
 ord, Cabot Monument, Lieut. Col. Kimball, 1 16-128. 
 
 Congregational Bequests — 920. Rev. Wm. Scales, 924. 
 
 CALAIS. 
 ToBEY AND Robinson Papers. — Ponds, Mountains, Grantees, Name, Propri- 
 etors' doings. Town organized. First officers, settlers, schools and districts, roads, 
 128-137 ; Slayton, Hathaway, Palmer, Goodell Families ; Barnabas Doty, Elijah White, 
 139-143 ; First Meeting-house Society, 143, 144; Revolutionary Soldiers, of the War 
 of 1812, Pittsburgh Vols., Soldiers of i86i-'65, 147-151 ; Kent Family, 158; Thomas 
 West, Moses Stone, Samuel Twiss, Robinson Family, Zoeth Tobey, 168-170; Town 
 Officers, County Officers, Grand List Records, 172-177. 
 
 Wheelock and Davis papers. — The Christians, 144, 145. 
 
 Warren Paper. — Universalist Church, 145-147. 
 
 Oilman Papers. — Dr. John M. Oilman, Israel E. Dwinell, Rev. C. L., Goodell, 
 Col. Caleb Curtis, Dr. Chas. Clark, Face, Name of Township and Items, Oilman Fam- 
 ily, 151-157- 
 
 Eaton Paper. — Jacob and Judge Nathaniel Eaton, 160. 
 
 Dwinell Papers. — Capt. Joshua Lilley, Shubael Wheeler, Capt. Samuel Rich, 
 Israel Dwinell Family, Alden Family, Jona. Herrick, Doctors of Calais, Collegiates, 
 East Calais Fire, Remarkable Preservation, 161-165. 
 
 Tucker Paper. — Longevity, Old People Living, 165-167. 
 
 Morse Paper. — Accidental Deaths, Murders, 167; Manufactories, 170, 171; 
 Golden Weddings, 172. Ppems, Abijah Wheelock, 920, 922. 
 
 FAYSTON. 
 
 Mrs. Laura B. Boyce Papers. — Description of Early History, Boyce Family, 
 Indian Scare, Wm. Newcomb, Brigham Family, 177-183, r86 ; Jotham Carpenter, Porter 
 Family, Eli Bruce, G. N. Brigham, M. D., Silas and Benjamin Fisher, Joseph Marble, 
 Freshets, 183-187; Longevity, Town Officers, 188; Samuel Dana, 197. 
 
 ANNA Bragg Paper. — Miss Susan Griggs, 190. 
 
 Stoddard Paper.— Soldiers of Fayston, 194-197. 
 
 Poems from Mrs. Laura B. Boyce, Dr. G. N. Brigham, Mrs. Celia B. Brigham, 
 Elisha A. Brigham, U. J. Baxter, Sarah Brigham Mansfield, Ziba W. Boyce, Mrs. D. 
 T. Smith, Mrs. S. Mine'rva Boyce, Sabrina Baxter, Emogene M. Boyce and D. S. 
 Stoddard, 187, 89, 94, 96. 
 
 MARSHFIELD. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah C. Pitkin's Papers.— Stockbridge Indian grant. First settlers. Early 
 freemen. First religious meeting, 197-201 ; Schools, First things. Congregational 
 Society, Bears, Deer, Nigger Head and pond river falls. Mill-sites, Orchards, Farming, 
 Seasons, Fires, Casualties, Fine barns. Town officers. Taverns, Stores, Doctors, 
 Longevity, Mills, Library, 201-206; Methodist church, Stephen Pitkin, 209^212 ; Dea. 
 Spencer, Caleb, Joshua and Hon. Stephen Pitkin, Capt. Stephen Rich, Capt. Jonah and 
 Hon. Horace HoUister, 202, 213; Rev. Marcus M. Carleton, Soldiers of 1812, Jesse 
 Webster, 215, 216; Railroad, Poetry, 218. 
 
 Miss Bullock Paper.— Christian church, Advent and Baptist church, 207, 08. 
 
 Scott Paper. — Universalist Society, 208. 
 
 Mrs. Solomon Wells Paper.— Hon. Wm. Martin, 213. 
 
 Judge Putnam Paper.— Jacob Putnam, 214. 
 
 Mrs. H. L. Goodwin Paper.— Jonathan L. Goodwin, 215. 
 
 Gen. Pitkin Paper.— Soldiers furnished for the war of the Rebellion 217 
 
 Forbes Paper— (218.) Town history not included by Mrs. Pitkin, Lewis Barnes 
 Ira Smith, 219-222. ' 
 
 MIDDLESEX. 
 Herrick Papers.— Grantees, Thomas Mead, Town organized, Samuel Mann 
 Samuel Haskins, Lovewell Warren, Hon. Seth, Jacob and Eben'z. Putnam, William 
 
CONTENTS. 927 
 
 Holden, Jeremiah Leland, Joseph Chapin, Nathaniel Carpenter, Capt. Robert Mc- 
 Elroy, Jesse Johnson, Ephraim Willey, Rufus Chamberlain, Merchants, Churches, 
 222-26 ; Micah Hatch, Solomon Lewis, Ezra Cushman, Capt. Zerah Hills, Col. Hutch- 
 ins, 225, 226; Carrying their Visitors Home, 234; Stephen Herrick, 246; Soldiers of 
 1861-65; of 1812,247-251. 
 
 Vaughn Papers. — Early'town business, Natural curiosities, Middlesex Narrows, 
 Mills, Freshets, Animals, Mineralogy, Magnetic variation, Animals, County Member- 
 ship, Population, Grand List, Schools, Town officers. Postmasters, Doctors, Clergy, 
 Rev. Stephen Herrick, Nathan Huntley, Elder Benj. Chatterton, 226-229, 231-238; 
 Settlements in the early part of the town. Money Diggers, Coldest night. Fires, Sa,p 
 feeder, 240-243; Burying-grounds, Cemeteries, Longevity, Case of putrefaction, Sud- 
 den deaths, 243-246 ; Revolutionary pensioners, Soldiers of the war of 6i buried in 
 town, 247. 
 
 Chapin Paper. — Mountains of Middlesex, 229. 
 
 HOLDEN.^Bear Story, 239. 
 
 Poems. — Mrs. Alma R. Vaughn, 250. 
 
 Errata 246; also Mrs. Richardson's 3d not 2d marriage. 
 
 MONTPELIER. 
 
 Walton Papers. — Grants, proprietors, 251, 257 ; First settlers, 259 ; First things, 
 261 ; Vital statistics, epidemics, 263 ; Organization, 265 ; Habits of the first settlers, 
 266 1 Prices of labor, stock, exports, imports, grand list, political history, 268, 269 ; 
 Representatives, citizens who have held U. S. offices. State offices. County offices, 
 manufacturers, 272, 3, 4 ; Attorneys, physicians, merchants and traders, 277, 8 ; Banks 
 and Insurance Companies, 281, 2 ; State-houses, County buildings, hotels, 2^3 to 287 ; 
 1st and 2d Congregational church. Free Will Baptist church, Universalist, Unitarian, 
 Protestant Episcopal church. Catholic, 288, 9; Libraries and Debating Societies, 
 Washington County Grammar School, Union Graded School, Newspapers and Authors, 
 290, 1 1 Military — Minute-men, Governor's Guard, War of 1812, Larned Lamb, Sylvestar 
 Day, Gustavus Loomis, Sylvester Churchill, Capt. Cyrus Johnson, Lieutenants West, 
 Putnam, Eddy, Richardson, etc., War of the Rebellion, 295 to 299 ; Public enterprise, 
 ^yinooski Turnpike, Projected canals, 299, 300-307^ Railroad enterprises, 301 ; Wm. 
 K. Upham, Maj. Chas. C. Upham, Mrs. George Langdbn; Hon. Joseph Howes and 
 wife, 477 ; Capt. Nathan Jewett, Col. E. P. Jewettand portraits, 483, 484; Hon. John 
 Spaulding, 487 ; Maj. R. W. Hyde, 488, and portrait ; Gov. Asahel Peck, 495, and por- 
 trait ; Hon. Geo. Worthington, 498 ; Maj. A. L. Carleton and portrait, 500 ; George 
 Langdon and portrait, 603 ; George W., Charles, and J. Warren Bailey and portrait, 
 504, 505 ; Hon. R. W. Keith and portrait, 510 ; Dea. C. W. Storrs, 512, portrait, 591 ; 
 James G. French; Luther, Charles and Timothy Cross, 515, and portrait; Abraham 
 G. D. Tuthill ; Joshua Y. Vail ; Cyrus, John and Zenas Wood, and portraits, 517, 520, 
 550; James R. Langdon and portrait, 544; Hon. John A. Page and portrait, 548; 
 Hon. Nelson A. Chase, 546; Union Mutual Fire Insurance. Co., 550; Thomas W. 
 Wood, portrait promised, 552; Gen. P. P. Pitkin and portrait, 554; Hon. Joseph 
 Poland and portrait, 566; Wm. W. Cadwell, 557 ; Marcus D. Oilman, 558 ; Hon. E. 
 P. Walton, portrait, 541, 542; George C. Shepard, 567. 
 
 Oilman Papers. — Postmasters, Newspaper Record, 307 ; Bibliography, 313-324 ; 
 Hon. E. P. Walton, 538; M. D. Oilman's portrait, 558; residence, 571. 
 
 Huse Papers. — Vermont State Library, 324; Rev. F. W. Shelton, 419; Hon. C. 
 W. Willard and portrait, 492 ; Luther Newcomb, Esq., 510; Homer W. Heaton, 543. 
 
 Cutting Papers. — The State Cabinet, 326 ; Memorial Address of the Vt. Fire 
 Ins. Co. on the,death of Hon. Daniel Baldwin, 517. 
 
 Bancroft Papers. — Number of deaths in town yearly, longevity of Montpelier, 
 326, 327 ; accidents, 330 ; suicides, crimes, fires, 330-338 ; floods, 338 ; Revolutionary 
 soldiers, Mexican war. List of men furnished by the town to the last war, 341, 350; 
 St. John the Baptist Benevolent Society, 356 ; Commissioned Officers, 520 ; Military 
 ■ Necrology, 523 ; Soldiers buried in Montpelier cemeteries, 524 ; in National cemeteries. 
 Anecdotes and Incidents of Soldiers, 525 ; Notes and Necrology of citizens, 526, 530 ; 
 Fire Department, 549; Old People of 188 1, 556; Portrait of Aaron Bancroft, 475. 
 
 Atkins Papers. — The " Argus and Patriot," portrait of the Editor, 310; Christ 
 Church [Atkins and Huse] view, 410; view of Bethany Church, 387; "Argus and 
 Patriot" building, 465. 
 
 Cave Papers. — Masonic, Knights of Honor, Odd Fellows, Brooks Post, 355. 
 
 Wing Papers. — Members of Washington County Bar. 356 ; Vt. Bar Association, 
 J. A. Wing, portrait, 358 ; Burning of the State House, 338 ; Biographical sketch, 
 poems, 545 ; President Monroe's visit, selected. 
 
928 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 Dr. Putnam Papers. — Medical Men of Montpelier, 358 ; Dr. J. Y. Dewey and 
 portrait, 478; Dr. F. W. Adams, 479; Dr. C. B. Chandler, Dr. C. M. Rublee, 481 ; 
 Dr. W. H. H. Richardson, 482; Dr. N. C. King and portrait, 582; Portrait of Dr. 
 Sumner Putnam, 480. 
 
 Bridgman Papers. — Lorenzo and Peggy Dow and portraits, 363. 
 
 Bartlett Papers. — Methodism in Montpelier, view of church edifice, 374 ; " The 
 Vermont Christian Messenger," 353, 382 ; Rev. Elisha J. Scott, Rev. Alonzo Webster, 
 D. D., Rev. W. D. Malcom, 355. 
 
 Sherburne Paper. — Vermont Methodist Seminary and view, 384, 385. 
 
 Poland Papers. — " The Voice of Freedom," " The Green Mountain Freeman," 
 311; Congregational Church Papers, 387 ; Sabbath-SchOol Record, 394 ; Samuel Wells, 
 484; Portrait, 556; Interior of Bethany, 568; Residence, 569, 
 
 Wright Papers. — Rev. Chester Wright and portrait, 388 ; The Church of the 
 Messiah, 408— view, 566 ; " The Christian Repository," 409 ; Col. Levi Boutwell and 
 portrait, 494; Hon. Charles Heed and portrait, 513; Hon. Daniel Baldwin and 
 portrait, 516. 
 
 BuCKHAM Papers. — Rev. Wm. H. Lord, D. D., and portrait, 392 ; Montpelier 
 Graduates of U. V. M., 551. 
 
 Catholic Papers. — Walton's account, 289 ; Bancroft, 356; View of church. 
 Bishop's account, and of Rev. Z. Drubn, St. Augustine's, 422 ; Rev. Jeremiah O'Calli- 
 ghan, Rev. H. Drolet, Rev. Z. Druon, 422, 423 ; Rev. Joseph Duglue, 424 — portrait 
 in view ; The Interior of St. Augustine's, St. Michael's School, 424, errata for 574. 
 
 Hopkins Papers. — The Baptist church — supplemented by the pastor, 425 ; The 
 Old Village Sexton, 475; Col. Boutwell Anecdotes, 563; Geo. W. Barker, 566; Col. 
 Abel Carter, Gamaliel Washburn, 567 ; The Old Brick church, 568 ; Description of 
 Bethany church, 569; (Editor's) notice of the Colonel, 570; Early choristers, 571. 
 
 Hadley Paper. — Organists and Musicians, 428. 
 
 FiFiELD Papers. — Hon. Lucius B. Peck, 463 ; Hon. Timothy P. Redfield, 540. 
 
 Redfield Papers. — Stoddard B. Colby, 468 ; Hon. Roderick Richardson, 546. 
 
 Shepard Papers. — Capt. Lemuel Brooks, Mrs. Rhoda Brooks, Thomas Brooks^ 
 476 ; Jonathan Shepard and por-trait, 477 ; Geo. C. Shepard's residence, 477. 
 
 Howard Paper. — Rev. Elisha Brown and portrait, 498. 
 
 Clauk Paper. — Charles Clark, M. D., 511, and portrait, 278. 
 
 Merrill Papers. — Town OiiScers, i860 to 1882, 549. 
 
 Ripley Note. — Pioneer Abolitionists, 550. 
 
 The portraits donated by Jjarties named on page S91, 592. 
 
 SELECTIONS MADE FROM PARTIES WHO ARE DEAD. 
 
 D. P. Thompson's Papers. — Col. Jacob Davis, 429; Mrs. Rebecca Davis. Hon. 
 David Wing, 431 ; Elder Ziba Woodworth, 432 ; Dr. Edward Lamb, 433 ; Col. James 
 H. Langdon and wife, 434, 435^for portiraits, see frontisplates ; Hon. Jeduthan 
 Loorais, 436; Hon. Timothy Merrill, 437 ; Hon. Ferrand F. Merrill, Hon. Araunah 
 Waterman, 438 ; Hon. Cyrus Ware, 440; Capt. Timothy Hubbard, 441 ; Gen. E. P. 
 Walton, 442 — notice of Mrs. Walton and portraits added ; Dr. James Spaulding, 445 ; 
 Hon. Samuel Prentiss and portrait, 447 ; Mrs. Prentiss, '451 ; Hon. Joseph Reed, 552 ; 
 Hezekiah H. Reed, 453 ; Hon. William Upham, 454 — Mrs. Upham, re-written and 
 portraits added ; Col. Jonathan P. Miller, 457 ; Sketch of Thompson, acknowledgment 
 to Thompson, sons of Thompson, 69— previous part of vol — 462, 537 — this part. [See 
 Walton's credits, 263, 266, etc.] Accidents, fires, floods, credit, 341 ; Fire depart- 
 ment, 549; Fourth of July, 1807, 554; First Election Day in Montpelier, 555. 
 
 Fanny W. Nutt. — The Two Crowns, 380. 
 
 Rev. Elisha J. Scott's Adieu to Earth, 383. 
 
 Lord Papers. — Extracts from Fiftieth Anniversary Sermon, 390, 91 ; Bethany 
 Dedication Sermon, 396; Art and Nature — Vermont in Snmmer, 407 ; Extract from 
 funeral discourse of Mrs. James R. Langdon, 503 ; Words at Eastman's funeral, 507 ; 
 Prayer and dedication at the dedication of Green Mount Cemetery, 533, 536. ' 
 
 Shelton Papers. — Historical Sermon, and poems contributed by Mrs. Shelton, 
 412, 420, 21 ; Address at dedication of Green Mount Cemetery, 530. 
 
 Pearson Catalogue. — Marcus TuUius Cicero Wing, 432. 
 
 Goss Papers.— Ode on the death of Washington, 469 ; Fugitive's Directory, 470 ; 
 Sketch of Samuel Goss, from obituary in the Watchman, and' from family papers ; 
 Frank Goss, Mrs. Lucy A. (Goss) Cobb, O. H. Smith, from obituary papers from 
 Mrs. O. H. Smith, 470, 471. 
 
 WiLLARD Papers.— James T. Thurston, 468 ; Joseph W. Wheelock, 490. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 939 
 
 ADDITIONAL PAPERS. 
 
 Mahlon Gottrill, Jed P. C. Cottnll—lVa/aman File, 403, 404: CottrlU 
 Family, portraits, 282, 520. ^ ^ 
 
 Carlos Bancroft, Arthur D. Bancroft, 497 ; portrait of Carlos Bancroft, 280. 
 
 Capt. Isaac Ricker, 474. Watrous Family, 497, 498. 
 
 R. H. Whittier, portrait, 335 ; Watchman, 504; The Dodge Family, joi. 
 
 Charles G. Eastman and portrait, family, poems, 506-510 ; Green Mount Cem- 
 etery Hymn, 536. 
 
 Green Mount Cemetery, 532-539. Hon. Nicholas Baylies, 544. 
 , Spaulding Family.— Mrs. Spaulding, Watchman ; Charles C. Spaulding, Bur- 
 lington Free Press and Rutland Herald; James Reed Spaulding, U. V. M. obituary, 
 
 Curtis A. Coburn, Lieut. Abbott, Lieut. Stetson, 559 ; Charles W. Lyman, 
 559, Watchman file. ' , 
 
 Graduates. — Middlebury, Dartmouth, Amherst, Harvard, Yale, etc., 551, 2, 3; 
 Golden Weddings, 253; Mrs. Gov. Ransom," 557; A Soldier'' s Letter, 559. 
 
 Hobart Letter. — Central Vermont Railroad at Montpelier, and Montpelier 
 Branch, 561. 
 
 Telegraph and Express Office, 562'; Montpelier and Wells River Railroad, 563. 
 
 Street Views. — New Central Vermont Depot, 560 ; Vermont Mutual Fire Insur- 
 ance Go's Building, 561 ; Pavilion Hotel, 562 ; Watchman and journal 'Bmlding, 
 Rialto Block, 563 ; Washington County Court House, 564 ; Argus and Patriot Build- 
 ing. 565 ; Church of the Messiah, 566; Residence of Geo. C. Shepard, 567; Interior 
 of Bethany Church, 568 ; Residence of Joseph Poland, 569 ; Baptist Church, 570 ; 
 State Capitol, 73 ; First and second State House, 282. 
 
 EAST MONTPELIER. 
 
 Kelton Papers. — Organization, first town officersi first things, population, de-. 
 scription of township, industries. East Village, North Village, schools, 574 ; Libraries, 
 church edifices, religious societies. Freewill Baptists, Universalists, Methodists, 576; 
 Christians, epidemics, the early settlement, 577 ; Samuel Rich, 578 ; Benjamin I. 
 Wheeler, Jerahmel B. Wheeler, Maj. Nathaniel Davis, 579 ; Isaac Gray, Samuel 
 Templeton, 582 ; longevity list of the dead, 584. 
 
 D. P. Thompson Papers. — Gen. Parley Davis, 579 — portrait, 574; Clark Stevens 
 and portrait, 580 ; poetry of, 586. 
 
 Dr. Putnam Paper. — Dr; Nathaniel King and portrait, 582. 
 
 Bancroft Papers. — Longevity list of the living, 584; Soldiers of East Mont- 
 pelier, 587 ; Roll of Honor, 590. 
 
 Truman C. Kelton Papers. — Suicides and casualties, 584 ; Town officers, 586. 
 
 GiLMAN Paper. — Sylvanus Shepard, 586. 
 
 MORETOWN. 
 
 Currier Papers. — First History, Organization, Freshets, 593-595; Mineral 
 Springs, Business Statistics, 597; Methodist History, Catholic Church, 601, 602; 
 Prominent Sons of Citizens, 602. 
 
 D. P. Thompson Paper,— 595. 
 
 Papers from a lady in Moretown — First School-house, store, distillery, etc.. Col. 
 Ezekiel Clapp, Dr. Pierce, Dr. Kingsley, Dr. Haylett, Statistics, Congregational 
 
 Church, 597-599- „ ,. . „. ^ 
 
 C. A. Smith Paper.— Religious History, 599, 600. 
 
 Cooper Paper.— Rev. Lemuel C. Powers, 601. 
 
 Druon Paper. — Catholic Record for Moretown, 602. 
 
 Bulkley Paper.— Longevity, 602 ; Representatives, 916. 
 
 Goss Papers.— Additional Longevity, 603-; Military Record, 609. 
 
 Dillingham Paper.— Hon. Matthew Hale Carpenter, 604. 
 
 Poems from Mrs. Celia B. Brigham, Cornelius J. Child, 608, 609 ; Evans-Family, 
 603 ; Hopy Holt, 608. Representatives, etc., by George Bulkley, 917. 
 
 NORTHFIELD. 
 
 Gregory Papers.— Proprietors, First Town Meeting, Harmony in Politics, Town 
 Officers, Post-office, Carrier, Lawyers, Doctors, Record of Thompson's Gazetteer, 612. 
 617 • Ahios, Col. Ezekiel, Dr. Nathaniel and David Robinson ; Thomas, Col. Oliver, 
 Capt. Jesse and John Averill ; Elijah Smith, Sr. and Jr., Gilbert Hatch, Eleazer 
 Loomis, Aquillo Jones and Family, Abraham and Eliphus Shipman, 617-620 ; Eleazer, 
 Sr. and Jr., Ambrose, James, Wm., Joseph and Hon. George Nichols ; Jason and Rev. 
 
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930 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGA^INE. 
 
 Joel Winch ; Ariel and Jos. K. Egerton ; Wm., Tamasin and Rev- Nathan B. Ashcroft ; 
 Joel and Rev. Joab Simonds ; James and Elethen Paul ; Lebbeus Bennett, Amos Howes, 
 Annanias Tubbs, David and Richard Hedges ; THos. Slade, Pariey and Daniel Tyler | 
 David, Adolphus, Dea. Samuel and Joseph Denny ; Oliver, George K. and Martin 
 Cobleigh, Jos. Smith, Jr., Solomon Dunham, Hons. Nathan Morse, Lucius, Edson, 
 Anson and Samuel L. Adams ; John Emerson, Ethan Allen, Sherman Golds, James 
 Latham, Sr. and Jr., and Ezra; Capt. Starkweather, Dea. Reuben Smith, William, 
 Abel, Capt. Joseph and Hon. Elisha W. Keyes ; Rev. Hosea Clark, Elijah Burnham, 
 Joel and Isaac W. Brown, 620-630; Dr. Claggett, Harry Emerson, Abijence Ains- 
 worth, Stanton, John, Nathaniel, Samuel Richardson: John H. Buck, Dr. Benjamin 
 and Dr. Edwin Porter; Roswell Dewey, Dr. Jepthai White, Dr. Wm. J. Sawin, John 
 P. Davis, Rev. Samuel Whitten, David, Joshua, Josiah and Moses Lane ; Hon. Alvin 
 Braley, Benjamin, John, Nathaniel, David and George M. Fisk; Daniel Worthington, 
 Col. Joyce, Rev. John Gregory, O. D. and Chas. A. Edgerton; Halsey R. Brown, 
 Lester Martyn. Dea. Nathaniel Jones, James N. Johnson, Dr. P. D, Bradford, Hon. 
 J. H. Orcutt, Hon. Heman Carpenter, J. C. B. Thayer, R. M. Mcintosh, Roswell 
 Carpenter, Dr. M. McClearn, Simon Eggleston, Almon Wetherbee, Silas Sheldon, 
 Dea. Cady, 630-640 ;Wm. and Ithamar Allen, Abijah and Isaac B. Howe, Justus, Luther 
 S. and Rev. J. H. Burnham ; Marvin Simonds, Freedom, Edson, Wm. R. Tucker ; Jas and 
 Joseph Gould ; Walter Little, West Hill, Wm. and Stephen Cochran ; Dea. Daniel 
 Parker, Capt. Henry Knapp, Samuel U. Richmond, Dr. N. W. Gilbert, Hon. David 
 W. Hadley, Gurdon Randall, Allen Balch, Adin Smith, Wm. A. Gallup, Sewall Davis, 
 Jona. Bragg, James Steele, Warren Rice, David R. Tilden, Frank Plumley, 640-646 ; 
 Religious Societies, The "Union Meeting-House, 648; Univel-salism, 651; Freewill 
 Baptist Church, 652; The Christian Church, 654; Judge Elijah and Gov. Charles 
 Paine, 658-667; Masonic, 683 ; Dog River Valley Association, Banks, Good Templars, 
 686-691 ; The Harlow Bridge Tragedy, 705. 
 
 Carpenter Paper. — Some of the Early Anecdotes of the Town, 646 ; Nathaniel 
 Carpenter, of Middlesex, 709. 
 
 Stevens Paper.— Methodism in Northfield, 649. Kidder Paper, 651. 
 
 Henderson Paper. — Rev. Nathaniel and Mrs. King, 653. 
 
 Hazen Papers,— Congregational Church, 654. 
 
 Rev. F. W. Bartlett Paper. — The Episcopal Church, 656 ; Norwich Univer- 
 sity, 673 ; Gen. A. Jackman, 677 ; Col. Albert Stevens, 685 ; Literary Clubs, poem, 698. 
 
 Druon Paper. — Catholic Church, 658, 708. 
 
 Bradford Papers. — Elmwood, Centre, and Gouldsville Cemeteries, Longevity 
 Record, 667-673; Suicides, 682; Graduates, 697; Dr. Bradford's Cabinet [Ed.], 711. 
 
 Douglass Paper. — Rev. Edward Bourns, LL. D., 674. 
 
 Johnson PAPER.^^Northfield Graded and High School, 681. 
 
 Egerton Papers. — Banks, completed, 687 ; also previous business and statistical 
 papers; Business in Northfield, 1882, 694. 
 
 Plumley Paper. — The Lodges and Good Templars' statistics was completed 
 by, 698. Jackman Paper. — Geology, 691. 
 
 Howe Papers.— Theoda P. Howe, 697 ; Soldiers of 1861, 699. 
 
 Gilbert Papers. — 697 ; Poems, 704, 710. 
 
 Dole Paper. — Universalist Record Continued, 705. 
 
 Col. Randall Paper.— Randall Family, 706. 
 
 Rev. J. R. Bartlett Paper. — Early Methodism, 708. 
 
 Northfield News . — Maj. Charles A. Webb, 711 ; Moses Lane, 712. 
 
 Portraits and Engravings.— Yion. P. D. Bradford, M. D., 637 ; Gov. Paine, 661 ; 
 Paine Monument, 666; Elmwood Cemetery, 667; Elmwood Tomb, 669; Hon. Moses 
 Robinson, 670 ; Capt. Jesse Averijl, 671 ; Dr. Benjamin Porter, 672 ; Lewis College, 
 673 ; Graded and High School, 681 ; Rev. Joel Winch, 683 ; Rev. John Gregory, 686 : 
 Hon. Geo. Nichols, 687; Frank Plumley, 689; Gen. Alonzo Jackman, 691 ; Geo. M. 
 Fisk, Esq., 696. 
 
 PLAINFIELD. 
 
 Smith Papers.— Description of and eariy history, Gen. Davis and Ira Allen 
 controversy about rights, 713, 715 ; ist settlers on each lot, 715-725 ; Roads, Politics, 
 Doctors, Lawyers, The First church, Christian, Thp Methodist church, The Baptist 
 church. The Restorationist Society, Schools, Freshets, 725-730 ; Town, County and 
 State officers, Longevity, 730; Masonic 731 ; Soldiers of 1861-65, 733. 734- • 
 
 Rev. J. R. Bartlett Paper.— Early Methodists in Plainfield, 728. 
 
 Rev. A. D. Barber Paper.— Rev. C. E. Ferrin, 731. 
 
 Mrs. E. Yaw.— Garfield Hymn, 734. Poem, Mary E. Davis, 923. 
 
CONTENTS. 931 
 
 ROXBURY. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah B. Mansfield Papers. — Description of townsliip, First town mat- 
 ters, First settler, 735, 736; Samuel Richardson, David Cram, Benoni and Charles 
 Webster, Joel Hildreth, Wm. and Dea. Wm. Gold, John B. Crandall, Lewis Chat- 
 field, Billa Woodward, Hon. Charles Sampson, 737-741 ; Spaulding Family, 743; 
 Alvin Brigham, Eben'r. L. Waterman, Orcutt Family, 745-747; School districts. 
 Taverns, Early Merchants, Cemeteries, Epidemics, Physicians, Manufacturers, Verd 
 Antique Marble, Watch-factory, First Mail route. Our large Catamount, 737-750; 
 Rev. Ophir Shipman, Baptists, Methodists, Congregationalists, Christians, etc., 
 Golden weddings, 750-751 ; Old people, Roxbury Boys abroad, 752. 
 
 Webster Paper.' — Benoni and Charles Webster, 741, 742. 
 
 Richardson Paper. — Samuel Robertson, 744. 
 
 Stanton Papers. — Sudden deaths. Suicides, 751 ; Military, Recorcl, Plattsburgh 
 Volunteers, Soldiers of 1861, 753-756; Centennial address, 761, 762. 
 
 Orcutt Papers. — Roxbury longevity. Town meetings, Moderators, Town clerks. 
 Selectmen, Town treasurers. Listers, Overseers of poor. Constables and collectors of 
 taxes, Tithingmen, Town agents, School superintendents. Justices, Representatives, 
 ' Delegates to Constitutional Convention, Postmasters, Merchants, 756-61 . 
 
 Poems. — Mrs. Sarah B. Mansfield, 764; A. Webster, 768; Edna Snow, 
 
 Our Roxbury Visit. — Mansfield Family, Betsey Chase, Mr. Burnham's Remin- 
 iscences of John B. Crandall, The 90th Birthday party of Mrs. Betsey C. Spaulding, 
 765-769. Poem by Mrs. Boyce to Mrs. Mansfield. 
 
 WAITSFIELD. 
 
 Rev. Perrin B. Fiske Papers. — Origin -of name, Description of, Incorporation, 
 Proprietors, First settlement, Gen. Wait, Business, Meeting-houses, 769-773 ; War rec- 
 ord. Temperance, School districts, 773-76 ; Ithamer Smith, 776, 78, 85 ; Money-digging, 
 Accidents, Indian relics. Games, Fires, Floods, 776-780 ; Congregational, Methodists, 
 Universalists, Baptists, Episcopal, Clergymen, Physicians, Representatives, 380-85 ; 
 Jennison, Matthias S., Dr. Edwin, Hon. Hiram Jones, 785, 786; Hon. Jason Carpen- 
 ter, 785 ; Hon. Roderick, Sr., Jr., Roderick Julius, Hon. Ira Richardson, B. H. 
 Adams, Dr. Orange Smith, Dr. David C. Joyslin, Hon. Jona. Hammond Hastings, 
 Edwin F. Palmer, Esq., Rev. Amariah Chandler, Rev. Perrin B., Rev. Joel, Rev. 
 Harvey, Rev. P. B. Fisk, 785-90 ; Rev. P. F. Barnard, 790, 795, (by Dea. Fisk) ; 
 Rev. Alonzo Hitchcock, Ira Bushnell, Dr. G. A. Phelps, Hon. George N, Dale, Col. 
 Charles H. Joyce, Norman and Luther Durant, 785-92. 
 
 Dea. E. A. Fisk Papers. — Churches, Schools, Temperance, Fires, Lotigevity, 
 Physicians, Lawyers, Representatives, Senators, Town clerks. Accidental deaths,' Rev. 
 Perrin B. Fisk, 795 ; Rbswell G. Horr, 796. 
 
 Sargent Paper. — Rev. Henry Parker, 795. Emery Judkins, 923. 
 
 Pliny White Paper. — Rev. Aijiariah Chandler, 795, 96. 
 
 Dascomb Paper. — Military record, concluded, 796. 
 
 Poem.— Mrs. Teresa E. Fisher, 800. Ellen Sampson.— Note, 795. 
 
 WARREN. 
 
 Hemenway Paper. — Grantees, Description of township, Aaron Rising's Story, 
 Bear Story, 801-03 i Rev. Nathaniel Stearns, Mee'ting-house Society, Rev. Joshua 
 Tucker Rev. Jairus Eaton, Joseph' Eldridge, Dea. James Allen, Joseph A. Curtis, 
 William Cardell, Colonel Stephen L. Sargent, Denslow Upham, Richard Sterling, 
 Hiram Bradley, Amos Rising, Longevity, 803, 806; Manufactures, Village, Town 
 Iterks, Representatives, Constables, Postmasters, County judges, Members of Con- 
 situtional Convention, State Senators, Military, Edward Eldridge, Old People, 
 806-10. Poems : From Don C. Geer, and Mrs. E. Greenslit, 810, 811. 
 
 Sargent Papers. — First Selectmen, Town treasurer. The turnpike, Accidental 
 deaths. Natural bridge of Warren, Patents, Sons of Warren, John Senter, Clarence 
 J. Sargent, 811-13. 
 
 WATERBURY. • , 
 
 Parker Papers. — Early History of Waterbury, James Marsh, first settler, 813, 
 14; Ezra Butler, second settler, 815-18; Other first settlers, 818, 19; Religious Record, 
 Amasa Pride, merchant, Dan. Carpenter, lawyer, etc., Schools, First Things, 819-23 ; 
 Biographical Letter, 848. 
 
 Janes Papers. — Description of the Township, Grantees, Charter Limits, Geology, 
 Rivers, Hunters' Stories, Roads, Railroad, Turnpike, Early occupied farms, with past 
 and present business on, 823-28 ; Jonathan Wright, Land Titles, Floods, Schools, 
 Centre Village, Green Mountain Seminary, Villages, Business in Railroad Village, 
 Mill Village, Colby ville. Fires and Fire District, Fatal Casualites,828-35. 
 
932 VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 
 
 First Appendix, 835-38 ; Second Appendix, Representatives, Offices held by Cit- 
 izens, Physicians, Attorneys, Clergymen — Advent, Methodist, Baptists ; Merchants 
 and Traders ; Freewill Baptist and Advent Church, Soldiers of 1861, 838-841. 
 
 Butler Papers. — Leading Topics Fifty Years ago, Anti-Slavery, Anti-Masonry, 
 MiUerism, Lyceum and Library, 844-47 ; Calkins Family, Kennan Family, 850-51; 
 Location of the Reform School, Origin of and Burning of the Reform School, 854, 867 ; 
 Hannah Gale, Village Doctor, 855, 56; Henry Family, Leander Hutchins, 858-60; 
 Dr. Oliver W. Drew, 860, and Dr. F. P. Drew, 869 ; Richard Holden, 860 ; Early 
 Families, Large Men, Geo. W. Randall, Our Merchant Firms, The last fire in this 
 place. Longevity, Town Clerks, Waterbury Men Abroad; 869, 872 ; Ordination of 
 Rev. Ezra Butler, Peck family, Richard Kneeland, Oliver Rood, Rev. Andrew Royce, 
 713, 14; Dr. Arms, Patrick Bryan, Casualties continued, Meaker murder, 915, 16. 
 
 Mrs. Julia Wallace Hutchins. — Notice and poems, 847, 914^ 
 
 Pease Letter. — Biographical, 848. Copeland Letter. — Biographical, 849. 
 
 Gov. Dillingham Papers. — Dan. Carpenter, 851 ; Hon. William Wellington 
 Wells, 852. 
 
 Gen. Wells Paper, 854. 
 
 Poems from Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Luce, 855. 
 
 Palmer Papers. — Hon. Henry F. Janes, Dr. Henry Janes, Dr. Horace Fales, 
 Russell Butler, 856-58. 
 
 FiFlELD Paper. — Governor Paul Dillingham, 861. 
 
 Haynes Paper. — Major Edwin Dillipgham, 863. 
 
 Wm. p. Dillingham Papers. — Soldiers Buried in Town, 867; Bank of Water- 
 bury, 871. 
 
 " The Burlington Free Press.''"' — Joseph Warren, 851 ;, Gen. Wells, 854; " Some 
 bay," by M. M. N., 868. > 
 
 "The Vermont Watchman.'''' — Moody Family, 860; Philander A. Preston, 866; 
 Dr. C. C. Arms, 869; Mrs. Fanny Butler Janes, 872. 
 
 WOODBURY. 
 
 Putnam Papers.— First Settlement, First Birth in Town ; Comfort Wheeler, 
 Capt. Joel Cilley, Jabez Town, Charter, Grantees, Gideon Sabin, Organization, Mills, 
 Schools and Superintendents, Representatives, Town Clerks, First Justices, Post- 
 masters, County Officers, 873-76; Freewill Baptists, Methodists, Christians, Uni- 
 versalists, Sabbath-Schools, Union Society and Church, 1877 i Description of the 
 Township, Joseph Carr, Revolutionary Soldiers, Joseph Blanchard, David Rugg, 
 Longevity, 878-80. Town Paper.— Military Record, i86i-'65, 880. 
 
 Dana Paper, — Joshua M., 882. Additional Items, ()\i. ' 
 
 WORCESTER. 
 
 Abbott Papers.— Grantees, Charter limits. Lots and divisions, Surface, Soil, 
 Gold,, John Ridlon and first settlers. Organization, First town officers. Tax sales. 
 Cold season, Organization lost, 883-86 ; Milton Brown family sole inhabitants, 886, 
 93-95; Wm. Arbuckle, Thayer Townshend,^ Job Hill, Jesse Flint, and others, first 
 of second settlers ; Reorganization, and first officers of, 887 ;- 9-hour law. Schools, 
 Roads, Pounds, Liquor license, Burying-ground, Lumbering and Shingle-making^ 
 Lumber-war, Hat manufactory, Tannery, Knitting business. Exporting raspberries, 
 887-91 ; Post-office, Town clerks. Town representatives and contests for; Physicians, 
 Hampshire Hill, Minister Brook, and West Hill settlers, Franklin Johnson, Oramel 
 L. Smith, John and Dodge Hayward, Oliver Watson, Jesse Flint, The Abbotts, 
 Thomas Hutchinson, 891-98 ; A night's experience in the woods. Casualties, Murders, 
 Suicides, Old people. Census, Bears, 898-903 ; Congregational church. Rev. C. M.' 
 Winch and clergy of the Congregational church, Dea. Eben'r S. and Dea. Eben'r R 
 Kellogg, Dea. Vail, Allen L. Vail, Dea. Poor, Dea. Abbott, Dea. Adams, Dea. Clos- 
 son, Dea. Andrews, William T,' Hutchinson, 905-7 ; Freewill Baptist church. Elder 
 Moses Folsom, Elder Lucius F. Harris, Dea. Folsom, 907-08; Protestant Methodists 
 Metliodist Episcopal church, Rev. M. Guernsey, Rev. Sumner Tarbell and list of 
 Methodist clergy in Worcester, John Brigham, 908, 09 ; Simon C. Abbott, Military 
 Soldiers of 1812, Soldiers of 1861-65, 909-11- Poem from Mrs. E. D. Gray qii 
 
 Carpenter Papers.— Charles C. Abbott, Town officers, 1879-81, 911, 12. 
 
 Gold, Kent family, Soldierfs, 912. 
 
 ERRATA.-P»ge 192, verse I, line 6. slioijld read for. he could Jnst remember Aer and 7, and the 
 
 Middlesex paper, page 709, line 6, Jonas Carpenter should read. James Carpenter; page 910,-The old Fift? 
 Itnb 6 verse 1. should read. Yet losing none of their old-time skill, and verse 6. line \&: He sat In the sun 
 and piped away. Page, 734. 2d column, 7fli line from the bottom, Godwin should be Goodwin. Paee 7fia 
 col. 1, line 5: not so many Bostons should read, not so many Boston drummers. Page, 768, col. 2.1taB ii 
 McCain should be McCalue. Page 761, 769, Waltsfleld. By Bev. P. B. FlBk, should rather have been credltart 
 to Bev. Pbbkin B. Fisk, as there are two clergymen fi-om Waltsfleld by the name of Bev. P. B. Fisk