GAZETTEKR '^ -AND- Business Directory -OF- WINDHAM COUNTY, VT., Y-1 1V24.1SS4. 7 Compiled and Published by HAMILTON CHILD, ADTHOR OF WAYNE, ONTARIO, SENECA, CAYUGA, TOMPKINS, ONONDAGA, MADISON, CORTLAND, CHEMUNG, SCHUYLER, STEUBEN, ORLEANS, HERKIMER, CHENANGO, NIAGARA, ONEIDA, MONROE, GENESEE, SARATOGA, MONTGOMERY AND FULTON, ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY, RENSSELAER, WASHINGTON, WYOMING, LEWIS, COLUMBIA, SULLIVAN, SCHOHARIE, OTSEGO, ULSTER, CHAUTAUQUA, ST. LAWRENCE, BROOME AND TIOGA, CATTARAUGUS, ALLEGANY, AND OTHER COUNTY DIRECTORIES IN NEW YORK STATE, AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES, THE BRADFORD OIL DISTRICT IN PENNSYLVANIA, BENNINGTON, RUTLAND, ADDISON, CHIT- TENDEN, FRANKLIN AND GRAND ISLE, LAMOILLE ORLEANS AND WINDSOR COUNTIES IN VERMONT. PERMANENT OFFICE, SYRACUSE, N. Y. " He that bath much to do, will do something wrong, and of thau vrong must suffer the conse- quences ; and if it were possible that he should always act rightly, yet when such numbers are to judge of his conduct, the bad will censure and obstruct him by malevolence, and the good sometimes by mistake." — Samuel Johnson. SYRACUSE, N. Y.: Printed at the Journal Office, July, 1884. Almanac or Calendar for 20 Years. D C B A G F. E D C 1 B A G 1874 X875 1876 1877 1878 1879 i88o ! 1881 1882 1883 FE D C B AG F E D C B A 1884 1 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 ii 8 15 22 29 2' 9 16 23 30 Si^o 4|ii _i 6|i3 7I14 r724!3i i8!25 19 26 27 Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Frid'y. Sat. Jan. and Oct.! A May. B August. C Feb., March,! j^ Nov. June. Sept. and Dec. April and July. G Sat. Sun. Mon. Frid'y. Tues. Sat. Sun. Mon. Wed. Tues. Thurs. Wed. Frid'y. B Thurs. C Thurs. Wed. Frid'y. Thurs. Sat. Sun. Frid'y. Sat. Mon. Sun. Tues. Mon. Wed. Tues. C D D E E G A G D E A B D Tues. I Mon. Wed. Tues. Thurs. Wed. Frid'y. i Thurs. Sat. Frid'y. Sun. Mon. Sat. Sun. A B D E D E Explanation.— Find the Year and observe the Letter above it ; then look for the Month, and i n a line with it find the Letter of the Year ; above the Letter find the Day and the figures on the left, In the same lino, are the days of the same name in the month. Leap Years have two letters ; the first is used till the end of February, the second during the remainder of the year. tO^Ci i IKTRODUCTION. In presenting to the public the " Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County," we desire to return our sincere thanks to all who have kindly aided in obtaining the information it contains, and thus rendered it possible to present it in the brief space of time in which it is essential such works should be completed. Especially are our thanks due to the editors and managers of the county papers, for the uniform kindness they have evinced in calling public attention to our efforts, and for essential aid in fur- nishing material for the work. We have also found valuable aid in " Thomp- son's Vermontj" "Deming's Vermont Officer's;" Hiland Hall's "Early History of Vermont;" " Hall's Geography and History of Vermont ;" " B. H. Hall's History of Eastern Vermont ;" the " Documentary History of New York ;" Lanman's " Dictionary of Congress ;" Palmer's " History of Lake Champlain ;" " Pioneer History of the Champlain Valley ;" " History of the Town of New- fane ;" " History of Brattleboro," by Henry Burnham ; various pamphlets of centennial celebrations, etc.; in the reports of the Adjutant-General and State School Superintendent; Beers, Ellis «Sr Soule's "Atlas of Windham county;" and also the geological reports of Hitchcock and Hagar. Our thanks are also due to the clergy throughout the county, and to C. P. Stickney, of BrookHne ; Charles F. Eddy, of Bellow's Falls, (for manuscript history of Rockingham ;) Kittredge Haskins, (for history of First National Bank,) George B. Sargent, J. I. Cutting, Fred W. Childs, WiUiam S. Newton and Timothy Vinton, of Brattleboro ; Samuel H. Jones, of Needham, Mass.; Hon. James H. Phelps, of West Townshend, (for the very complete hst of county officers on pages 34 to 43 inclusive, originally compiled by him for his History of Townshend, soon to be issued;) Hon. Hoyt K. Wheeler of Jamaica, and to many others throughout the county who have rendered valuable aid. That errors have occurred in so great a number of names and statements is probable, and that names have been omitted which should have been inserted is • quite likely. We can only say that we have exercised more than ordinary dili- INTRODUCTION. gence and care in this difficult and complicated feature of book-making. Of such as feel aggrieved in consequence of errors or omissions, we beg pardon, and ask the indulgence of the reader in noting such as have been observed in the subsequent reading of the proofs, and which are found corrected in the Errata, following this Introduction. It was designed to give a brief account of all the church and other societies in the county, but owing, in some cases, to the neghgence of those who were able to give the necessary information, and in others, to the inability of any one to do so, we have been obliged to omit special notices of a few. We would suggest that our patrons observe and become familiar with the explanations at the commencement of the Directory, on page 305. The names it embraces, and the information connected therewith, were obtained by actual canvass, and are as correct and reliable as the judgment of those from whom they were solicited render it practicable. Each agent is furnished with a map of the town he is expected to canvass, and he is required to pass over every road, and to call at every dwelling and place of business in the town, in order to obtain the facts from the individuals concerned whereve possible. The margins have been left broad to enable any one to note changes op- posite the names. The Advertisers represent many of the leading firms and business men of this and other counties, and we most cheerfully commend them to the pat- ronage of those under whose observation these pages may come. We take this occasion to express the hope that the information found in this book will not prove devoid of interest and value, though we are fully conscious that the brief history of the county the scope of the work enables us to give, is by no means an exhaustive one, and can only hope that it may prove a nucleus and incentive to future historians, who will be the better able to do full justice to the subject. While thanking our patrons and friends generally for the cordiality with which our efforts have been seconded, we leave the work to secure that favor which earnest endeavor ever wins from a discriminating public, hoping they will bear in mind, should errors be noted, that " he who expects a perfect work to see, expects what ne'er was, is, nor yet shall be." HAMILTON CHILD. ERRATA. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. HISTORICAL. County Chapter. — The Rockingham Transcript, a weekly published at Bellows Falls, was established by A. VV. McDonald, editor and pro- prietor, the first number appearing Saturday, May 24, 1884. The Transcript, judging from the number now before us, is a well printed sheet, containing four large pages of eight columns each. SrattlehorO. — On page 137, in the sketch of Henry Dwight Holtou, M. D., A. M., in the second line, read seventeen years instead of "fifteen." — Dr. Holton has also been a director of the Vermont National Bank for the last six years, president of the Brattleboro Gas Light Co., chairman of the school board for several years, and chairman of the building com- mittee who have in charge the erection of the new High school building. In the sketch of Hon. Samuel Clark, on page 114, third line from the bottom, read survived, instead of survive. Samuel Cushman Clark died March 10, 1864. In the fourteenth line of the sketch of James Fisk, on page 146, read Love, instead of " Leone." In the second line of the sketch of Stephen Greenlief, on page 146, read 1768 instead of " 1868 " In the same sketch, fifth line from the bot- tom of page, read Mrs. Love Fiske, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. George W. Hooker, was the daughter of his second wife, Cynthia Snow, of Chesterfield, N. H. DIRECTORY. SellOWS Falls. — Bellows Falls Skating Rink Co., Wheeler & Murphy managers ; George B. Wheeler, Edward D. Murphy, L. P. Moody and Libby, proprietors ; Island ave. Earle Frank R., (E. & Hitchcock) bds 11 Center st.. Terrace. Earle & Hitchcock, (Frank R. Earle & Ransom C. Hitchcock) successors to A. F. Holden, dealers in boots, shoes and rubbers, 17 Union block. The Square. FALL MOUNTAIN PAPER CO., A. N. Burbank, of Boston, Mass., treas. HECKER ANTON, (Hecker & Kiniry) bds Wilson's block. The Square. HECKER & KINIRY, (Anton H. & John C. K.,) successors to A. R. Winnewisser, manufs. of cigars, and dealers in tobacco and cigars, whole- sale and retail, also pipes and smokers goods, The Square. Hitchcock Ransom C, (Earle & Hitchcock). Holden Amos F., has sold his boot and shoe business to Earle & Hitchcock, and is assisting his wife in the millinery business. KINIRY JOHN C, (Hecker & Kiniry) bds Wilson's block. The Square. LARRABEE TIMOTHY, h Canal St., moved from Halifax. *LIVERMORE BROS., job printers, The Square, have removed to Lovell's block, Rockingham st. McDonald ARTHUR W., editor and prop, of Rockitigham Trans- script^ bds 19 South. O'Brien Daniel, (O'Brien & Son,) farm 250, h in Walpole, N. H. O'Brien Daniel C, (O'Brien & Son) h in Walpole, N. H. ERRATA ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. O'Brien & Son, (Daniel and Daniel C.,) ilealers in fresh and salt meats, veg- etables, milk, etc., 9 Bridge. ROCKINGHAM TRANSCRIPT, A. W. McDonald, editor and prop. Lov- ell's block. Smith James O., on page 333, now runs a meat wagon, h Henry st. Wheeler George B., (Bellows Falls Skating Rink Co.) proprietor of Wheeler's steam laundry, and custom shirt factory, and leader of Bellows Falls band. WILCOX JAMES T., clerk for O'Brien & Son, h North Walpole, N. H. WILLIAMS JAMES H., instead of " James N. H.," as printed on page 336. WILLIAMS NATHAN G., has moved to School st. WINNEWISSER ALBERT R., has sold his business to Hecker & Kiniry, and moved to Colorado. Brattlehoro Viiia^e.— ADAMS LEROY E., is a patron of this work.. Bardwell Lucius, slater, h 93 Frost. BURCHARD KATE M., widow of Rev. Horace, h 19 Grove. Chase Henry S. Capt., h 82 Frost. Cowing Dwight, (Shaw & Cowing) bds 42 Main. CROSBY EDWARD C, is a patron of this work. *DICKINSON CHAUNCEY B., has sold his business to A. E. Thurber. EDDY C. H. & CO., are patrons of this work. FISKE LOVE C, is a patron of this work. GREGG JAMES W., is a patron of this work. HODGKINS MARTIN O., is a patron of this work. HOWE C. L. & SON, photographers, are patrons of this work. *JACOBS JAMES EUGENE has moved from Elliot st. His factory is now at West Brattleboro, and his office on Western ave. MILLER MARY, widow of George Rodney, is a patron of this work. RICHARDSON WILLIAM F., (W. F. Richardson & Co.) dealer in live stock, and farmer 535, h High. *SELLICK & DAVIS, are patrons of this work. Shaw Fred L., (Shaw & Cowing) bds 42 Main. Shaw & Cowing (Fred L. S. & and Dwight T. C.) 5 and 10 cent goods, fancy goods, and kitchen furniture, Elliot st. Simonds & Pullen, (James A. S. and Albert J. P.) successors to A. C. Daven- port, dealers in groceries and provisions. Thomas & Ward, (Mrs. O. M. Thomas and Miss A. E. Ward) millinery and fancy goods. Main st. *THURBER ALBERT E., successor to C. B. Dickinson, prop of bakery, and dealer in crackers, bread, cake, confectionery, etc., 57 Main, h 49 High. TYLER ROYALL, not " Royal," as printed on page 372. WHITNEY EDWIN D., instead of "Edward D.", as printed on page 375. WILDER JOSEPH, is a patron of this work. Brattlehoro ToWil. —HAYNES CLIFTON F„ moved to Guilford. SARGENT GEORGE B., is a patron of this work. STOCKWELL ARAD H., is a patron of this work. Stowe Alonzo T., Harriet and Lettia L., instead of "Stone," as printed on page 385. THOMAS GEORGE H., is a patron of this work. THURBER HORACE M., (West Brattleboro) r — , owns farm 45, moved from Guilford. WARE OSCAR T., instead of " Oscar F.", as printed on page 386. ERRATA ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. J>lZ222222ePSt022.— CORSER ADELBERT M. and ERASTUS T., are located on road 17, not " 14," as printed on page 398. DODGE WILLARD, is located on r 4, not " 34," as printed on page 398. DUTTON STEPHEN L.,is located on road 55, not "27/ 'as printed on page 398. JOHNSON FRANK A., is located on road 47, instead of "46", as printed on page 400. Grafton.— GOODRIDGE Samuel W., is a patron of this work. Guilford. — Bullock John L., is located on road 7, instead of "17," as printed on page 546. KING CYNTHIA A., is a patron of this work. RICHMOND HERBERT J., on page 551, is also prop, of a grist-mill. Wilder Henry N., instead of " Henry M.," as printed on page 554. Halifax.— ?>T ARK JEDEDIAH, is a patron of this work. Worden Charles, farmer, son of Isaac H. Jai22aiC3.— MAGOON EDWARD, on page 427, is also prop, of a saw- mill. RUBY GEORGE M., instead of "George W.," as printed on page 429. Marlboro. — The following named residents of Marlboro receive their mail at South Newfane, a postoffice established since our canvass, as per advice of the postmaster : Francis C. Adams, Alvin B. Bruce, Charles Bruce, Warren E. Bruce, King D. Charter, Anson H. Collins, Henry M. Collins, Gracia Goodell, Arminda Hale, Harlow E. Howe, Charles E. Ingram, Maria S. Johnson, and John O. Metcalf. CORBETT CECIL M., (West Marlboro) r 49, carpenter and joiner, owns grist-mill and saw-mill with John N., and farmer 40, instead of as printed on page 446. CORBETT JOHN N., (West Marlboro) r 49, carpenter, owns saw-mill and grist-mill with C. M., and farmer 40. instead of as printed on page 446. JVew/ane.— BENNETT EDFORD O., instead of "Elford O ," as printed on page 451. DAVIDSON MILON, not " Milan," as printed on page 453. Howard Bros., (Williamsville) card-board mill, Parker S. Simonds, general supt. Piztnej^.— CRAWFORD ELLEN, is a patron of this work. Rockingham. — ALEXANDER JOHN F., is a patron of this work. HOIT THEOPHILUS, is a patron of this work. PERRY HANNAH B., (Saxton's River) widow of George, resides with her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Alexander. SCOFIELD FRANK B., (Saxton's River) (Barry & Scofield) not "Bar- ney & Scofield," as printed on page 479, h Main. ^TowiZSTieild.— CARPENTER MARK Mrs., is a patron of this work. Colburn Hattie E., (Townshend) assistant teacher Leland and Gray Sem- inary. FLETCHER HARRIET, is a patron of this work. PHELPS JAMES H. Hon., postoffice address is West Townshend, not "Townshend," as printed on page 492. Spaulding F. B., (Townshend) principal of Leland and Gray Seminary. WILLARD WARREN H., instead of "Warner H.," as printed on page 495. Vernon, — Baker Michael, (Vernon) r 9^, farmer — acres. BROOKS NATHANIEL, is located on road 16, instead of " 10," as printed on page 496. 8 ERRATA — GENERAL CONTENTS. GOULD GILBERT F., on page 497, is located on road 18. MILLER SIDNEY S., instead of "Sidney L.," as printed on page 498. Wardsboro.— READ JUSTIN C, instead of "Justin B.," as printed on page 506. Westmins ter.—CAMFBELL CHARLES C, instead of "George C," as printed on page 509. Gage Sidney & Co., are props, of a basket factory, not " bracket factory," as printed on page 512. SNOW MORTON A., not " Martin A.," as printed on page 518. Stearns William G., not " Stears," as printed on page 518. STEVENS ALFRED, is a patron of this work, and his postoffice is West- minster West, not " Westminster," as printed on page 518. Wilmington. — Haskell Newland M., instead of "W. N.," as printed on page 537. CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Academies and Schools. Leland and Gray Seminary, F. B. Spaulding, principal ; Hattie E. Col- burn, assistant, Townshend Basket Makers. Gage Sidney & Co,, r 11, Bellows Falls, Westminster Book Binders. LADD MARSHALL C, cor Henry & Atkinson st., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Grist and Flouring: Mills. CARPENTER BROS., r 39, Guilford STATTON HERBERT A., manager, FLINT O. C, Jamaica Eddy F. W., Townshend Quarry. Lyon G. E. & Co., (granite) D. J. Bailey, foreman. West Dummerston, Dummerston GENERAL CONTENTS. Almanac or Calendar for 20 years 2 Business Directory, by towns 305 Census Table, 1 7 7 1 to 1 880 "'304 Classified Business Directory 555 County Officers 11 Courts in Windham County 12 Distance Table '"'304 Errata ... 5 Gazetteer of County 17 Gazetteer of Towns 79 Justices of the Peace 11 Mail Routes and Stage Lines 14 Map of Windam County inside of back cover Postal Rates and Regulations 12 Postoffices and Postmasters 13 Publisher's Notes 619 Societies 15 Town Clerks , 12 Town Representatives 12 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 9 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. PORTRAITS. Athens — A. A. Wyman 8i Brattleboro — Rev. Horace Burchard 125 C. L. Brown 95 Lafayette Clark (steel) 115 Samuel Clark, (biography page 114) 112 Charles Newton Davenport, (steel) (biography page 138) 152 Jacob Estey, (steel) 88 James Fisk 1 46 Francis Goodhue, (biography page 119) 128 Joseph Goodhue 120 Henry Dwight Holton 136 Daniel Kellogg, (biography page 126) 132 Anthony Van Doom, (biography page 133) i34 Dummerston — William H. Greenwood, (steel) 181 Jamaica — J. E. Butler 232 David Eddy 228 Newfane — W. H. Williams 264 Putney — David Crawford 281 Rockingham — D. Campbell, M. D., (steel) *3°4 John A. Farnsworth, (steel) (biography page '304) 296 Theophilus Hoit, (steel) 3°4 George Perry, (steel) *3°4 Benj. Scofield, (steel) '304 TowNSHEND — Rev. H. Fletcher '°3°4 A. C. Howard, (biography page "304) ^^3°4 Charles Phelps, (steel) ''304 James H. Phelps, (steel) '^304 Westminster — Homer Goodhue, (biography page "304) "3°4 Ira Goodhue, (biography page "304) *'*3°4 Rev. Alfred Stevens ^''304 Wilmington— A. B. Childs *'3°4 views. Brattleboro — Brooks House i°3 Estey Organ Works 9° Glen wood Classical Seminary 108 Hayes Homestead ^^^ Vermont Asylum for the Insane i°5 Congregational Church ' 5^ Baptist Church ^57 Unitarian Congregational Church ^54 INDEX TO BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Athens 305 Bellows Falls, Village 3^8 Brattleboro, Village 338 Brattleboro, Town outside^of fire district 377 Brookhne ". 387 Dover 39^ Dummerston 39^ Grafton 405 Guilford 545 lO INDEX TO BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND ADVERTISEMENTS. Halifax 414 Jamaica 421 Londonderry 433 Marlboro 445 Newfane 450 Putney 462 Rockingham, outside of Bellows Falls 470 Somerset 482 Stratton 483 Townshend , 486 Vernon 495 Wardsboro 501 Westminster 508- Whitingham 520 Wilmington, Village 530 Wilmington, town outside of corporation 533. Windham 541 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Adams & Haynes, water tanks, sap gatherers, etc., Wilmington,. .534 and 548 Allen C. E., florist and seedsman, Brattleboro 358 Anderson & Reed, plumbers and gas fitters, Brattleboro 374 Bellows Falls Times, printing, Bellows Falls 310 Butterfield Charles W., florist, Langshan fowls, Bellows Falls 326 Carpenter E. P. Organ Co., organs and actions, Brattleboro 374 Central Vermont R. R 578 Chamberlain B. N., hats, caps, robes, etc., Brattleboro 586 Day J. F., sash, doors, etc.. Bellows Falls 326 Drown & Bliss, boots and shoes, Brattleboro 390 Farr N. H., insurance. Bellows Falls 326 Goodell J. W. & Co., marble monuments, Burlington. . ..facing' back cover Goodridge S. W., fishing rods, Grafton 586 Halladay A. A. & L. H., Langshan fowls, Bellows Falls 326 Hayes L. S., insurance, Bellows Falls 420 Henry, Johnson & Lord, proprietary medicines, Burlington 607 Jacobs J. E., folding furniture, Brattleboro 390 Lake H. E., pianos, organs, etc., Saxton's River 484 Leonard D., printing, Brattleboro 358 Livermore Brothers, printing, Bellows Falls, 420 Lockwood & Wheeler, contractors and builders, Bellows Falls 420 Londonderry Sifter, printing. South Londonderry 516 Merriam D. S. Dr., physician, Shelburne Falls, Mass 618 Mitchell A. S., hemlock bark and lumber 484 Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain R. R., 609 Perry F. W. & Son, tanners, Jamaica 452 Post C. C, sugar makers' supplies, Burlington 596 Reformer Windham Co., printing, etc., Brattleboro 342 Robinson Amos, cancer doctor, St. Albans 564 Selleck & Davis, printers, Battleboro 586 Sherman & Jennie, insurance, real estate, etc., Brattleboro 406 Starkey & Wellman, clothing, Brattleboro 516^ Thompson C. F. & Co., hardware, groceries, etc., Brattleboro 452 Thurber A. E., baker and confectioner, Brattleboro 484 Van Doom M. T. & Son, crockery, etc., Brattleboro 452- INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS — CONGRESSMEN COUNTY OFFICERS. 1 1 Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, inside back cover Vermont Phcenix, printing, Brattleboro 436 Vermont State Normal School, Castleton '"304 Williams & Co., paper stock, Bellows Falls 420 Winnewisser A. F., furniture, crockery, etc., Bellows Falls 484 CONGRESSMEN. United States Senators. Justin F. Morrill— (1885) George P. Edmonds (1887) United States Representatives. John W. Stewart Luke D. Poland STATE JUDICIARY. Homer E. Royce, Chief Justice Supreme. Vouit St. Albans- Timothy P. Redfleld, First Assistant Justice, Montpelier Jona.th.&n'R.oss, iiecond Assistant Justice, St. Johusbury W. Henry Powers. Third Assistant Justice Morrisville Wheelock G. Veasey, Fo\irth Assistant Justice, Rutland 'S.M&BeW.H.I&tt, Fifth Assistant Justice, Burlington John T. Rowell, Sixth Assistant Justice, West Randolph Edwin F. Pttlmer, /BepoWe»^S Waterbury COUNTY OFFICERS. Assistant Judges, County Court. P. O. Address. Ranslure W. Clarke Bratileboro Andrew A.Wyman Athens Judges of Probate. Royall Tyler, District of Marlboro Brattleboro Abishai Stoddard, District of Westminster, Westminster County Clerk, Royall Tyler Brattleboro State's Attorney. A. Augustine Butterfleld Whitingham High Sheriflf. J. Washburn Melendy, Londonderry DEPUTIES SethN. Herrick / Dorr C'lougb, Putney- Nelson Winslow Townshend Oscar R. Garfield West Townshend Charles Jackson West Northfleld, Mass. Henry N. Pitts Wardsboro Henry H. Hoy t Williamsville J-H^'nry Kidder iwilmington N.M.Haskell f ^ George W. Metcalf Westminster 11. C. Millington Whitingham Alonzo Starkey ^ Brattleboro Frlnttf^ T rZl^\ ~'^' \ Bellows Falls r ranklin A. George ) Francis Phelps. . . Grafton J.Henry Richmond Guilford John Q. Shumway Jamaica William A. Brown Jacksonville Barnet S. Wait Londonderry Henry W. Bellows Marlboro High Bailifl. George E. Selleck Brattleboro State Senators. Julius J. Estey Brattleboro William B. Cutting Westminster • Justices of the Peace. Athens.— Amos T. Ball, Eugene S. Kingsley, Nial Bemis, William C. Robbins, Andrew A. Wy- man. Brattleboro.— William S. Newton, Royall Tyler. Edgar W. Stoddard, Kittredge Haskins, Rans- lure W. Clarke, James M. Tyler, Jonathan G. Eddy, T. J. B. Cudworth, Levi K. Fuller, Pres- ton P. Perry, John W. Burnap, John S. Cutting, William W. Lynde. Peleg Barrows, Oscar D. Estabrook. Brookli.ne.— Erastus Whitney, William Adams, John B. Stebbins, Everett P. Wellman, Timothy M. AUbee. Dover —George E. Rice, Anson B. Collins, Stillman H. Lazell, George B. Boyce, Gilbert W. Yeaw. Dummerston. — Jesse E. Worden, Thomas N. Reed, Oscar L. P. Bennett, George R. Bennett, Sanford W. Wilson. Grafton.— Samuel Phelps, William G. Wyman, Thomas W. Davis, Charles W. Haskell, Sidney Holmes. Guilford.— Samuel L. Hunt, William W. Barney, J. Henry Richmond, Nathan P. Chapin, Fran- cis G. Taylor, HoUis H. Burnett. Halifax —William E. French, Lemuel M. Woodard, Frank Worden, Albert M. V. Hagar, J ede- diah Stark. Jamaica.— Fred B. Pier, Prank E. Smith, John L. Knowlton, Edwin P. Russell, David Eddy, William P. Gleason. Londonderry.— William W. Pierce, Dwight Tyler, Artemas W. J. Wilkins, Henry A. Walker, Daniel D. Waite, Nelson S. Colburn, Clarence A. Peabody. 12 COUNTY OFFICERS — COURTS — RATES OF POSTAGE. Marlboro.— Albert M. Prouty, Joseph H. Hatnilton, Henry W. Bellows. Nbwfane.— Eugene P. Wheeler, Frederick O. Burditt, Dennis A. Dickinson, Albert T. Warren, Samuel P. Miller, George W. Sherwin, George W. Redfleld. Putney.— Denison Davis, Oscar B. Blodgett, John P. Clark, Sterne O. Parker, Charles W. Kim- ball, Moses C. Ingalls, William S. Aplin. Rockingham.— Ira D. Burwell, Leonard C. Hubbard, Henry C. Wiley, Maynard F. Burt, Martin R. Lawrence, Josiah B. Divoll, Marshall M. Whitney, Luther G. Howard, Charles C. Chapin Zina H. Allbee, Herbert D. Ryder. Thomas H. Hughes. Somerset.— HoUis Town, William C. Bailey, Jason W. Rice, Asa Burnap, Reuben B. Grout. Stratton.— William Shepard, Edwin L. Grout, Ebenezer Allen, Jerome B. Temple. TowNSHBND.— James H. Phelps, John S. Fullerton, Oscar R. Garfield, Ira K. Batchelder Ormando S. Howard. David Howard, John L. Nichols. Vernon.— Lorenzo Brown, Artemas H. Washburn, Thomas Goodwillie, Jason C. Allen, Marshall I. Reed. Wardsboro.— Avery J. Dexter, Dorwin A. Hammond, Norman C. Johnson, Jedediah C. Estabrook, Addison J. Martin. Westminster —Henry C. Lane, Nathaa G. Pierce. William B. Cutting, Freeman C. Gorham, Daniel C. Wright, Ebenezer Hall, Marvin W. Davis, Whitingham.— Otis B. Wheeler. A. Augustine Butterfleld, George Porter, Horace B. Ballou, Charles S. Chase, Elijah Allen, Leonard Brown. Wilmington.— Stephen T. Davenport, Oscar E. Butterfleld, Edwin Titus, Clark Chandler, Hosea Mann, Jr. Windham.— David E. Robbins, Henry M. Bemis, Adelbert J. Stearns, Asahel Upham, Henry M. Abbott. Representatives. postoffice address, Athens — Jerry M. Powers, Athens Brattleboro— George W. Hooker Brattleboro Brookline— Charles P. Stickney Brookline DovER-Elwin H. Jones East Dover Dummerston— Lewis H. Lynde Brattleboro Grafton— Sidney Holmes Grafton Guilford— Francis G. Taylor Guilford Halifax— Lemuel M. Woodard Halifax Jamaica— Daniel Sherman Jamaica Londonderry— James L Martin. South Londonderry Marlboro— Asa Winchester Marlboro Newfane— Marshall O. Howe Newfane Putney— George H. Philips. Putney Rockingham -Francis A. BoUes Bellows Palls Somerset— Ebenezer Roberts Somerset Stratton— Willard Shepard Stratton Townshend— Philip H. Rutter Townshend Vernon — Frederick W. Johnson Vernon Wardsboro— Speucer Robinson Wardsboro Westminster— George R. Harlow Westminster West Whitingham— Amelins A. Wilder Whitingham Wilmington— Clinton C. Haynes Wilmington Windham— George W. Dimmick Windham Town Clerks. Athens, Eugene S. Kingsley; Brattleboro. WiUi&m S. Newton; Brookline. William Adams; Dover, Job A. Newell; Dnmmerston, Joseph Miller; Grafton .Lew is S. Walker; Gvilford. William W. Barney; /^//i/f/ai, Millard Wick; Jamaica, Frank E. Smith; io/fcfonrferry, Dwight Tyler; Marlboro, Albert M. Prouty; Newfane. Dennis A. Dickinson; Piiiney. Alexis B. Hewitt; Rockiiiglunn. Fran- cis A. Bolles; Somerset, Hollis Town: Stratioii. Lafayette Sheldon; Town.shend. Henry Salisbury; F(»r7icwi, Addison Whithed; Wardsboro, Avery J. Dexter; M'estjninster, Henry C. Lane; Whiting- ham, Hosea B. Ballou; MHlmington, Hosea Mann, Jr ; Windham, Luther B. Chapman. COURTS IN WINDHAM COUNTY. Supreme Court. At Court-Rooms, Brattleboro. Monday following the Second Tuesday after the Fourth Tuesday in January. County Court. At Court-House, Newfane. Second Tuesday in March and September. THE RATES OF POSTAGE. Postal cards one cent each, to all parts of the United States and Canada. first-class matter— two cents per half ounce or fraction thereof. Letters and all other mailable matter of other classes subject to letter postage by reason of a violation of the postal laws, two cents per half ounce to all parts of the United States and Canada. registration, drop letters, etc. On registered domestic letters and third and fourth-class matter an additional fee of ten cents is required. . ^ , Local or " drop" letters, that is for the city or town where deposited, two cents if delivered by carriers, and one cent if there is no carrier system, per half ounce Manuscript for publication in books, (except when accompanied by proof sheets,) newspapers And magazines chargeable as letters. free. Newspapers, to each actual subscriber in the county, where published, free of charge. RATES OF POSTAGE — POSTOFFICES AND POSTMASTERS. T3 SECOND-CLASS MATTER— TWO CENTS PER POUND. Newspapers and periodicals, transient excepted, to be prepaid at the oflBce of publication at twu cents per pound, or fraction thereof. THIRD-CLASS MATTER— ONE CENT FOR TWO OUNCES. (Must not be sealed.) Mail-matter of the third-class embraces books (printed), transient newspapers and periodicals, circulars, proot-sheets and corrected proof-sheets, manuscript copy accompanying the same, and all matter of the same general character, as above enumerated, the printing upou which is designed to instruct, amuse, cultivate the mind or taste, or impart general information, and post- age shall be paid thereon at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof. FOURTH-CLASS MATTER— ONE CENT FOR EACH OUNCE. Mailable matter of the fourth-class embraces labels, patterns, photographs, playing cards, vis- iting cards, address tags, paper sacks, wrapping paper and blotting pads with or without printed addresses thereon, ornamented paper, and all other matter of the same general charac- ter, the printing upon which is not designed to instruct, amuse, cultivate the mind or taste, or impart general information. This class also includes merchandise, and samples of merchandise, models, samples of ores, metals, minerals, seeds, &c., and any other matter not included in the first, second, or third-class, and which is not in its lorm or nature liable to destroy, deface or otherwise damage the contents of the mail-bag, or harm the person of any one engaged in the postal service. Postage rate thereon, one cent for each ounce or fractional part thereof. Packages of mail-matter must not exceed four pounds each in weight, except in cases of sin- gle volumes of books. Undelivered letters and postal cards can be re-sent to a new address without additional charge. Senders may write their names on transient newspapers, books or any package in either class, preceded by the word "from." Stamps cut from th^ stamped envelopes a,re rejected by the postofBce. Stamped envelopes and wrappers, postal cards, and stamps of different denominations for sale at ihe postofBees. Stamped envelopes accidentally spoiled redeemed at any postoffice. POSTOFFICES AND POSTMASTERS. POSTOFFICE. Athens, Bartonsville, •Bellows Falls, *Brattleboro, Brookline, Camtjridgeport, Dover Dummerston, East Dover, East Jamaica, East Putney, •Grafton, Green River, Grove, Guilford, Guilford Center, Halifax, Jacksonville, Jamaica, Londonderry, Marlboro, Newfane, North Windham, Putney, Rawsonville, Rockingham, *Saxton's River, Somerset, South Halifax, *South Londonderry, South Newtane, South Wardsboro, South Windham, Stratton. Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, West Brattleboro, West Dover, West Dummerston, West Halifax, West Marlboro, Westminster, Westminster Station, Westminster West, West Townshend, West Wardsboro, Whit'ngham,- Williamsville, Wilmington, Windham, * Money order o£Sces. TOW.V. Athens, Rockingham, Ruckingham, Brattleboro, Brookline, Grafton, , Dover, Dummerston, Dover, Jamaica, Putney, Gtafton, Guilford, Halifax, Guilford, Guilford, Halifax, Whitingham, Jamaica, Londonderry, Marlboro, Newfane, Londonderry, Putney, Jamaica, Rockingham, Rockingham, Somerset, Halifax, Londonderry, Newfane, Wardsboro, Windham, Stratton, Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, Brattleboro, Dover, Dummerston, Halifax, Marlboro, Westminster, Westminster, Westminster, Townshend, Wardsboro, Whitingham, Newfane, Wilmington, Windham, POSTMASTER. Stephen C. Ranney. Harrison H. Bowker. Quartus E. Morgan. Charles H. Mansur. Virgil W Ranney. Warren G. iStevens. Emmons P. Knowlton. William O. Miller. Wells C Halladay. Aaron M. Butler. David M. Frost. Elizabeth S. Hall. Charles Clisbee. Daniel S. Worden. John A Stafford. Charlotte L. Barney. Alpheus F. Stone. Norris L. Stetson. John C. Robmson. Fred M. Leonard. Albert M. Prouty. John D. Pierce, Hezron W. Smith. Herbert E. Wheat. Fred B. Pier. Josiah B. Divoll. Elliot R. Osgood. Emma M. Town. Jedediah Stark. George) G. Smith. Mary A. Morse. George S. Johnson. Asa Smith. Lafayette Sheldon. Henry Salisbury. Addison Whithcd. Edward B. Bissell. Charles W. Eaton. Daniel A. May. William O. Miller. Lemuel B. Hall. Ira Adams. Austin Goodridge. Frank A. Spaulding. Mary F. Clark. Levi W. Page. Osmer C. Fitts. Horatio N. Hix. Charles E. Park. Orrin O. Ware. Asa Smith, 14 RATES FOR MONEY ORDERS MAIL ROUTES AND STAGE LINES. Rates of Commission Charged for Money Orders. On orders not exceeding $10.00, etght cents; over $10.00 and not exceeding $15.00, ten cents; over $15.00 and not exceeding S30.00, fifteen cents; over $30.00 and not exceeding $40.00, twenty cents; over $40.00 and not exceeding $50.00, twenty-five cents; over $50 00 and not exceeding $60.00. thirty cents; over $00.00 and not exceeding S7('. 00. thirty-five cents; over $70.00 and not exceeding $80.00, forty cents; over $80 00 and not exceeding $100 00, forty-five cents. No single order issued for a greater sum than $100.00. STAR MAIL ROUTES AND STAGE LINES. No Stages Run on Sunday. Athens to Cambridgeport, (special supply) irregular, generally every day. W. Glynn, mail car- rier; one horse conveyance; no passengers. Express via Bellows Falls to Cambridgeport; Telegraph via Cambridgeport. Bellows Palls to Alstead, N. H., and return daily. Arrive from Alstead at 13:20 p. m., and return immediately. Bellows Falls by Saxton's River,Cambridgeport and Grafton to Townshend, 21 miles and back, twice daily to Saxton's River, and once daily the residue Leave Bellows Falls via Sax- ton's' River for Townshend at 12:10 p. m., arrive at Townshend 5:15 p. si ; leave Townshend ti a. m., arrive at Bellows Falli; at 11 a.m.; leave Kellows Falls for Saxton's River at 7:20 p. m. Arrive from Saxton's River at 8:40 a.m. William P. Cassidy. mail carrier; two horse stnge: fare Bel- lows Falls To Saxton's River, 50 cents; Cambridgeport, 75 cents; Grafton, $1.00; Townshend $1.25; Express via Bellows Falls or Townshend; telegraph to any point on the route. Brattleboro bv Guilford, Guilford Center, Greun River, Grove, Halifax. Jacksonville, Whitingham, Readsboro, &c. to North Adams, Mass.. 47\ miles and back daily. Leave Brattle- boro at 1 P. m., arrive at Jacksonville by 7 p. m ; leave Jacksonville in the morning, and arrive at North Adams by noon; leave North Adams after noon, arrive at Jacksonville in the evening; leave Jacksonville in the morning, and arrive at Brattleboro by 10 a. m. H.G.Davis is mail carrier between Jacksonville and North Adams, and M. F. Perry between Brattleboro and Jack- sonville. Two horse coach. Fare from Brattlpboro to Guilford 25 cents; Guilford Center. 50 cents; Green River 75 cents; Halifax $1.01); West Halifax, $1 25: Jacksonville, $1.50; North Adams, $3.00. Express and telegrams should be sent via North Adams or Brattleboro. Brattlkboro, by West Brattleboro, Marlboro, West Marlboro, Wilmington. 20 miles, Searsburg, Bennington county, and Woodford to Bennington, 14 miles and back, daily. Arrive at Brattleboro from Wilmington at 9:30 a. m.. leave Brattleboro for Wilmington at 2 p.m.; leave Wilmington for Bennington about a m., arrive at Bennington by 11 a. m. ; leave Ben- nington about 1: 45 p. m., arrive at Wilmington about fi: 30 p. m. Charles E Snow, mail carrier from Brattleboro to Wilmington; John Rudd, from Wilmington to Bennington; two-horse stage. Fare from Brattleboro to Marlboro 75 cents ; to West Marlboro, 80 cents; to Wilmington, $1..50; to Bennington, $3.00; to North Adams, via Wilmington and Hartwellville, $3.00. Express via Brattleboro, North Adams, or Bennington. Telephone along the line. Brookline to Newfane. Mail carried every Tuesday and Friday. Our information is not perfect respecting this route. We suppose the mail leaves Brookline at 9.30 a. m.. and is re- ceived by 5.30 p. m. J. A. Shattuck is mail carrier; one-horse conveyance; sometimes carries passengers. Express and telegrams should be sent via Newfane. Chester Depot, Windsor coimty, by Chester. Simonsville, North Windham and South Lon- donderry TO Londonderry, and thence by L.^ndgrove, Peru, Winhall and Barnumville to Factory Point, Bennington county, 35 miles and back, daily to Londonderry, and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday tfie residue. Leave Londonderry at S a. m.. arrive at Chester Depot about noon; leave Chester Depot at 1: 15 p. m , arrive at Londonderry at 5 p. m.: leave Lon- donderry for Factory Point at 8 a m ; returning, arrive at Londonderry at 4 p. m. Mail car- rier to Chester Dei)ot, J. P. Tarbell; two-horse stage; fare from Londonderry, $1.00. Mail car- rier to Factory Point, Charles C. Coleman ; two-horse stage; fare from Londonderry, $1.25. Ex- press should be sent via Factory Point or Chester Depot. Dummerston to Railroad Station, 3 miles and back, daily, connecting with mail trains. East Jamaica (Wardsboro Station) BY Wardsboro and West Wardsboro to Stratton. daily to Wardsboro and West Wardsboro; every other day, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, the residue. Arrive from Stratton at 7: 45 a m. returning, leave East Jamaica at 7: 50. H. Bissell, contractor; H. Waite. sub-contractor; A. K. Smith, driver; two-horse stage. Fare to Wardsboro 30 cents; to West Wardsboro, 00 cents; from West Wardsboro to Stratton, 25 cents. One- horse stage. Express to Wardsboro Station. Telegrams should be sent to West Townshend. Jacksonville by South Halifax, Elm Grove. Mass., Coleraine, Griswoldville and Shat- tuckville to Shelburne Falls, 18 miles and back, daily. Leave Jacksonville at 0:30 a. m. ; ar rive at Shelburne Falls by 10 a. m., or in time to connect with mail train; leave Shelburne Falls at 1 p. m., arrive in Jacksonville by 5: 30 p. m. J. h. Alexander, mail carrier; two-horse stage. Fare through $1 25. Express and telegrams via Shelburne Falls Jamaica, by Rawsonvillk. Bondville to Winhall (thence to Manchester Depot, Bennington county, on the Bennington & Rutland railroad) and back three times a week. Leave Jamaica Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8: :aO a ra., and returning, arrives at Jamaica on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 p. ra. Frank Davis, mail carrier: two-horse stage. Fare from Ja- maica to Rawsonville 50 cents; to Bondville 00 cents: to Manchester, |1.40. Express from'ihe west should be shipped via. Manchester; from the east via. Jamaica. Telegrams should be sent via Jamaica or South Londonderry. North Windham by Windham to West Townshend, lOj^ miles, and back, daily. Leave Wind- ham at 4 p. m. for North Windham, and return at 5p m. Leave West Townshend at 3:40 p. m. for Windham, and returning, arrive at p m. Edwin Chase, mail carrier from West Town- shend to Windham ; Chauncey Harris from Windham to North Windham ; one-horse conveyance. Fare from Windham 25 cents each way. Express should be sent via Chester or West Townshend. Somerset to Searsburg, in Bennington county, 7 miles and back. Tuesday and Saturday. Leave Somerset at 8 a. m., arrive at Searsburg at 10 a m.; leave Searsburg at 11 a. m., ar- rive at Somerset by 1 p. m. South Wardsboro to Wardsboro, 3 miles and back, on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. Leave South Wardsboro at a. m., returning, arrive at South Wardsboro at 7 a. m. Gilman B. Brown, mail carrier; one-horse conveyance. Eare, 25 cents. Express and telegrams should ■be sent via Wardsboro Station. MAIL ROUTES AND STAGE LINES — SOCIETIES. IS Westminster West, TO Saxton's River and return, daily. Leave Westminster West about 9^ A. M., returning, arrive at 3:30 p. m., R. C Gould, mail carrier; one-horse conveyance; fare 25 cents. Express via Saxton's River. Telegraph via Bellows Falls. WiLLIAMSVILLE STATION BY WiLLIAMSVILLE, SoUTH NeWPANE, EaST DOVER. and DoVER, tO WeST Dover, 15 miles and return, daily. Arrive at Williamsville Station from West Dover by 9 a.m., leave Williamsville Station by 7 p. m A. M. Merrifleld, mail carrier ; E. K. Cooley, driver ; two- horse stage : fare from Williamsville Station to Williamsville, 25 cents; South Newfane 25 cents; East Dover,,60 cents; West Dover, $1,00. Express via Williamsville Station. Telegraph via Newtarm. Wilmington to Hartwellville, Bennington county, daily,to connect with stage from Jackson- ville, via Readsboro and Hartwellville, to North Adams, Mass. Pare $1.50 through. SOCIETIES. Masonic Fraternity. Brattlebobo. — Columbian Lodge, No. 36, F. & A. M., chartered January, 1856, meets second Tues- day of each mouth . Kitf redge Haskins, W. M., and Herbert E. Taylor, Sec'y. Brattleboro Lodge No. 103, F. & A. M., chartered June 16, 1881, meets last Monday in each month. J. Henry Pratt, W. M., and William C. Horton, Sec'v. Fort Dummer R. A. Chapter, No. 12, William H. Vinton. H. P.,'and D. A. Abbott, Sec'y. Connecticut Valley Council, No. 16, I. D. Bailey, T. I. M.; P. A. Whitney, Rec. Beauseant Commandery, No. 7. Henry W. Simonds. E. C, and D. A. Abbott, Rec. Grafton.— Keystone Lodge, No. ('5. F. & A. M., chartered June 15, 1871, regular communications first Wednesday on or before full of moon. H. A. Thompsoa, W. M., and S. Holmes, Sec'y. Jamaica.— Mt. Lebanon Lodge, No. 46, P. & A. M., chartered January 18. 1859. communications Fridays, on or before the full moon. John A. Butler. W. M., and J. Q. Shumway, Sec'y. Londonderry.— Anchor Lodge, No. 99, F, & A. M.. chartered June 13, 1872. communications Tues- days on or before the full moon, at South Londonderry. C. A. Whitman, W. M., and George G. Smith, Sec'y. West River Lodge, No 57, P. & A. M., chartered January 11, 1861, communications Wednes- days, on or before the full moon A. A. Curtis, W. M., and W. W. Wiley, Sec'y. Putney.— Golden Rule Lodge, No. 32, P. & A. M., chartered January 12, 1857, communications Wednesdays, on or before the full moon. C. W Kimball, W. M., and H. W. Gough, Sec'y. Rockingham.— King Solomon's Lodge, No. 45, P. & A. M., chartered January 13, 18.59. Communi- cations third Friday in each month, at Bellows Palls. Eugene S Leonard, W. M., and Charles S. Billings. Sec'y. Lodge of the Temple, No. 94, F. & A. M., chartered June 15. 1871, communications second Thursday of each month, at Bellows Palls J. C. Day, W M., and B. C. Buxton, Sec'y. Abenaqui Chapter, No. 19. R. A. M., chartered October 2, 1867, communications first Mon- day of each month, at Bellows Falls. O. A. Day, H. P., and Charles S. Howard, Sec'y. Bellows Falls Council, No. 19, R. & S. M., chartered June, 1878. meets first Monday of each month. H. W. Hutchins, T. I. M., and P. Adams, Rec TowNSHEND— Blazing Star Lodge, No. 23. chartered 1819and 1851, communications Thursdays, on or before full moon. E. S. Weston, W. M , and C. C Taft, Sec'y. Whitingham— Unity Lodge, No. 89. F. & A. M., chartered June 10, 1869, communications Thurs- days, on or before full moon, at Jacksonville. A. A Butterfleld, W M., and D. Byron Wheeler, Sec'y. Wilmington.— Social Lodge, No. 38, F. & A. M., chartered January 15, 1857, meets Wednesdays, on or before full moon Elmer J. Titus, W. M., and Edward Bell, Sec'y. Temperance Societies. Brattleboro,— St. Paul's Lodge. No. 75, I. O. G. T., organized in November, 1881, meets, Mon- day evenings of each week. Eugene Clark, W. C. T. Woman's Christian Temperance Union, organized in 1877, meets Wednesday afternoon of each week. Mrs. J. S Brown. Pres't, and Mrs. D. H. ToUes, Sec'y. Grafton.— Grafton Division, No. 19, S. of T., organized in 1883, meets Monday evening of each week. S. D. Conant, W. P.. and L. M. Clark, R. S. Londonderry.— Sparkling Water Division, No. 25, S. of T.. organized March 10, 1884, meets Mon- day evening of each week. Rev H. C. Leavitt, W. P., and Fred A. Pierce. Scribe. Newfane.— LaFayette Division, No. 10, S. of T., organized May 28, 1881, meets Saturday evening of each week, at Fayetteville. Band of Hope, organized in Feb., 1882, meets at Fayetteville, every Saturday afternoon. Woman's Christian Temperance Union, organized May 17, 1882, meets first Wednesday of each month. Putney.— Putnev Temperance Society, organized in 1874, meets once in two weeks, at Town Hall, Rockingham.— Bellows Falls Division. No. 9, S. of T., organized March 15, 1881, meets Monday evening of each week. J. N. Emery, W. P., and P. S. Ritter. R. S. Band of Hope, Mrs. L. B. Jackson, Sup't., meets second Sunday of each month. Royal Arcanum, organized March 1, 1884. Frank Whitman, S. G.. and J. D. Hurlburt, Sec'y. Townshend.- Townshend Division No. 18, S. of T., organized in November, 188.3. meets Thurs- day evening of each week. Andrew White, W. P.. and Mrs. C. C. Taft, R. S. Wilmington.— Waverly Lodge, No. 53, 1. O. G. T., meets Tuesday evening of each week. C. C. Clark, W. C. T., and A. H. Halladay, W. S. Patrons of Husbandry. Athens.— Golden Rule Grange, No. 160, O. R. Edwards, M.. and W. C. Robbins, Sec'y. Brattleboro.— Protective Grange, No. 22. C. W. Sargent, M., and Mrs. M.J. Sargent, Sec'y. Evening Star Grange. No. 154. G. B. Sargent. M., and F. E. Crosby, Sec'y. Grafton.— Grafton Grange, No. 117, A. J. Davis. M., and Mrs. A. J. Davis, Sec'y. Guilford.— Broad Brook Grange, No. 151, Orson Thayer, M., and J. L. Bullock, Sec'y. Halifax.— Guiding Star Grange, No. lo3, G. W. Putnam, M., and Ira Larrabee, Sec'y. Jamaica.— Sunny Side Grange, No. 147, Alvin Frost, M., and Mrs. C. W. Russell, Sec'y. LoNroNDERRY— Farmer's Grange, No. 137, L. N. Vaile, M., and S. O. Davis, Sec'y. ^ Marlboro.— Home Grange, organized January, 1883. E. P. Adams, M., and J. H. Hamilton, Sec y. Newfane.— Fayetteville Grange, No 153, S. Y. Brown, Jr., M., and Mrs. W. R. Rand, Sec'y. Townshend.— West River Grange, No. 118, G. H. Houghton, M., and Nelson Winslow, fc.ee y. 1 6 SOCIETIES. Wardsboro.— Vermont Grange, No. 139, Alden Wakefield, M., A. M. Farnum, Sec'y. Westminster — Maple Grove Grange, No. 156, J. H. Clark, M., William B. Cutting, Sec'y. Windham.— Glebe Mountain Grange, No. 125, George W. Dimick, M., Bell B. Dimick, Secy. Grand Army of the Republic. Brattleboro. — Sedgwick Pest, No. 8, H. O. Leonard, Com., meets first and third Wednesday of each month. Jamaica.— Scott Post, No. 11, Milton L. Howard, Com., meets Saturday, on or before full moon. Londonderry.— Hooker Post, No. 5, W. W. Pierce, Com., meets first Saturday of each month. Newfane.— Birchard Post, No. 65, A.B. Frauklin,Com., meets 1st and 3d Wedcesday of each month. Rockingham.— E. H. Houghton Post, No. 34, George K. Russell, Com., meets second and fourth Monday of each month. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Brattleboro.— Wantastiquet Lodge, A. I. Williams, N. G. ; A. E. Rogers, P. S. ; meets every Mon- day evening. Rebekah Lodge, Mrs. J. C. Howe, N. G.;Mrs. H. O. Leonard, P. S. ; meets second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Oasis Encampment. J. C. Timson, C. P.; D. W. Tenney, P. S. ; meets first and third Thurs- day of each month. Halifax.— James L. Ridgely Lodge, No. 15, A. C. Niles, N. G. ; George L. Clark, P. S. ; meets every Friday evening. Rockingham. — Golden Rule Encampment, No. 15, Charles H. Lockwood, C. P.; W. A. Howard, S.; meets first and third Saturdays of each month. Amity Lodge, No. 47, D. of R., Mrs. E. L. Wheeler, N. G. ; Mrs. O. E. Hal), P. S.; meets every second and fourth Friday of each month. Bellows Falls Lodge, No. 23, tdmond L. Wheeler, N. G ;] Simon D. McLeod, P. S. ; meets Wednesday evening. Knights of Honor. Braitlkboro. — Knights of Honor, H. E. Taylor, D. ; A. A. Smith, R. ; meets second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Delta Lodge, No. 445, K. L. of H., John Orton, P., A. A. White, S. Rockingham. — Mt. Kilburn Lodge, No. 827, J. O. Spring, D; F..Carruthers,R. ; meets first and third Tuesday of each month, at Bellows Falls. Vernon. — Vernon Lodge, No, 1670, Timothy Eason, D.; meets) first and third Thursday of each month, at Vernon Center. Uands and Musical Societies. Brattleboro. — First Regimental Band, twenty-two pieces, Fred Leightsinger, leader. First Regimental Band Orchestra, twelve pieces, J. B. Simonds, leader. Philharmonic Society, Col. L. K. Fuller, Pres't ; D. A, Abbott, Sec'y ; has a male quartette and orchestra of sixteen pieces. Grafton. — Grafton Cornet Baud, fifteen pieces, Albert W. Dresser, leader. Jamaica —Kingsbury's Quadrille Band, five pieces, B. A. Kingsbury, leader. PostofiSce address, Rawsonville, Vt. Londonderry.— Londonderry Cornet Band, fourteen pieces, David W. Parker, leader. Richardson & Parker's orchestra, twelve pieces. Vernon.- Brooks & Melendy's orchestra, five pieces, A. L. Brooks, leader. Wilmington. — Wilmington Cornet Band, twenty-two pieces, H. F.Barber, leader. Military Companies. Brattleboro. — Estey Guard, George H. Bond, Capt.; F. W. Childs, 1st. Lieut. Fuller Battery, N. G. Vt., L. K. Fuller, Capt.; E. H. Putnam, Adj't. Fire Companies. Brattleboro.— Western Engine No. 1, (West Brattleboro), Hervey D. Harris, foreman. Hydropath, No. 1, (steam), sixty members, W. Dorr Perry, foreman. Fountain Engine. No. 1, eighty members. John Orton, foreman. Phoenix Engine, No. 6, sixty members, Thomas Finton, foreman. Protector Hook and Ladder, Charles Conant, foreman. Londonderry.— Champion Fire Company, (South Londonderry), forty-five members. C. A. Whit- man, foreman. Rockingham.— Bridgeman Hose Co. No. 2. (Bellows Falls), M. W. Marble, foreman. Abenaqui Hnse Co. No. 1, (Bellows Falls), Arthur Coolidge, foreman. Wilmington. — Boxer Engine No. 1, twenty-nine members, George Haynes, foreman. Miscellaneous Societies. Brattleboro.— Young Men Christian Association, organized April 16, 1883, 125 members, Col. J, J. Estey, Pres't Windham County Medical Society, organized June 24, 1849, and reorganized September 1, 1880, meets four times each year ; J. Draper, Pres't, and James Corsland, Sec'y. Tyler Camp No. 2, S of V., L. D. Green, Com., was organized in May, 1883. Sedgwick Relief Corps, organized in 1883, Mrs. G. W. Hooker, Pres't ; Miss K. Leonard, Sec'y.; meets once each week at G. A. K. Hall. Grafton— Grafton Library Association, S. W. Goodridge, librarian, has 1,000 volumes. Londonderry. — Londonderry Library Association, organized in November 1882, W. L. Gibson, librarian, has 220 volumes. Rockingham.— Bellows Falls Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Rev. H. F. Austin, Pres't ; meets alternate Fridays. Bellows Falls Book Club, established in 1862, Mary C. Gale, librarian. Bellows Falls Literary Club, W. W. Slate, Pres't, was organized in 1880. Bellows Falls Ancient Order of Hibernians, Div. No. 2, Edward Barrett, Pres't., was organized January 26, 1881. Wilmington.- Wilmington Agricultural Society, M. A. Goodnow, Sec'y, was organized in 1850, and re-organized in 1883. «» Windham County, Vt. No county in Vermont, probably, excels Windham in point of scenic beauty, and none can equal it in historical interest. Nearly every mountain, river and streamlet, throughout its entire length and breadth, has clustered about its name a wealth of historical lore over which the muse of history delights to linger — traditions that have inspired the pen of the poet, novelist, and historian to works of rare grace and beauty. Wind- ham county's sons, too, from the first who broke the solitude of her forests, have held a prominent place in the ranks of patriotism, honor and letters, where her thirteen sister counties have gained no unenviable position in the history of our country. It is not our purpose in this volume, however, to attempt a full and detailed history of this beautiful territory, but rather to place on record only the principal events connected with its history, to trace in outline the lives of a few of those hardy ones who braved the vicissitudes of pioneer life that their posterity, the present and future generations, might enjoy the fruits of their toil, to trace the erection of each one of the townships therein, and to hand down to future generations the names and occupations of the present residents. To accomplish this task, however, one must neces- sarily go back to the days when the county was not, and glance at the causes which brought it into existence, just as in describing a delicate wheel or pivot in a complicated piece of mechanism, it is necessary to understand the whole of the machinery and the relation the wheel or pivot bears thereto. It is very uncertain who were the first to visit America. Various authors of note have written on the subject, but their testimony is conflicting and uncertain ; for instance, Calmet, a distinguished author, brings forward the writings of Hornius, son of Theodosius the Great, who affirms that " at or about the time of the commencement of the Christian era, voyages from Africa and Spain into the Atlantic ocean were both frequent and celebrated ;" and holds that " there is strong probability that the Romans and Carthage- 2 1 8 WINDHAM COUNTY. nians, even 300 years B. c, were well acquainted with the existence of this country," adding that there are "tokens of the presence of the Greeks, Ro- mans, Persians, and Carthagenians, in many parts of the continent." These reports, however, only resolve themselves into mere conjecture. The first authentic record we hive of voyages of discovery to America are in the Ice- landic accounts. From these we learn that in the year 1,000, a. d, Lief, son of Eric the Red, embarked from Greenland on a voyage of discovery, and explored the eastern coast of North America as far south as Narragan- sett bay, in Rhode Island. Other discoverers and navigators followed this expedition, attempts at colonization were made, and the country explored, in some localities, quite a distance back from the coast; but dissensions among the colonists and wars with the natives at length put an end to these rude attempts at civilization. Except a few vague records and a "rune stone," found here and there throughout the territory, marking a point of discovery or perhaps the grave of some unhappy Norseman, the history of these explo- rations is wrapt in oblivion. Even the colonies in Greenland, established by Eric the Red in 986, a. d , and from which the explorers came, were at length abandoned and the site upon which they flourished became, for many years, forgotten. Finally, however, the fifteenth century was ushered in, marking an era of great changes in Europe. It put an end to the darkness of the middle ages; it witnessed the revival of learning and science and the birth of many useful arts, among which not the least was printing, while the invention of the mariner's compass in the preceding century having enabled sailors to go out of sight of land with impunity, a thirst for exploring unknown seas was awakened; long voyages were undertaken and important discoveries made. It was during this age of mental activity and growing knowledge that Christopher Columbus undertook the most memorable enterprise that human genius ever planned, and which renders his name undying. On the third of August, 1492, a little before sunrise, he set sail from Spain for the discovery of the western world. A little before midnight, on the thirteenth of October, he descried a light on the Island of San Salvador. From this moment prop- erly dates the complete history of America. From this time forward its pro- gress bears date from a definite period, and is not shrouded in darkness nor the mists of tradition. Two years after the discoveries of Columbus became known in England, Henry VII. engaged John Cabot, a Venetian merchant, to sail in quest of discoveries in the West, and this navigator, in 1497, reached the coast of Labrador, which he named Pttma-Vista, thusmaking, probably, the first visit of Europeans to the coast since the days of the Norsemen. This voyage was succeeded by others under Sebastian Cabot, son of John, in 1498, and by Gas- per Cortreal, from Portugal, to whom the discovery of the St. Lawrence some authorities claim is due. This adventurer returned to Lisbon in the month of October of that year, laden with timber and slaves^ seized from among the natives of the coasts he had visited. On a second voyage he perished at sea. WINDHAM COUNTY, 19 In 1504 the French first attempted a voyage to the New World; and in that year some Basque and Breton fishermen began to ply their calling on the banks of Newfoundland and along its adjacent coasts. From these the island of Cape Breton derived its name. In 1525 Stefano Gomez sailed from Spain and is supposed to have entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and to have traded upon its shores. A Castilian tradition relates that finding neither gold nor silver upon the coasts, nor anything which conveyed to these soidid ad- venturers an idea of mines of wealth of any kind, they frequently exclaimed " aca-nada^' signifying "here is nothing," and that the natives caught up the sound, which was repeated by them when other Europeans arrived, and thus gave origin to the designation of Canada. In 1534, Francis I., king of France, listening to the urgent advice of Philip Chabot, admiral of France, who portrayed to him in glowing colors the riches and growing power of Spain, derived from her trans-Atlantic colonies, despatched Jacques Cartier, an able navigator of St. Malo, who sailed April 20, 1534, with two ships of only sixty tons each, and a hundred and twenty men, reaching Newfoundland in May. After coasting along for some time, without knowing it was an island, he at length passed the straits of Bellisle and traversed the gulf of St. Lawrence. Having spent part of the summer on these coasts, he sailed on the 25th of July, highly pleased with the hospi- table reception he had received from the natives, with whom he traded for furs and provisions. His report induced the French King to attempt a colony in the newly discovered regions; and in May, 1535, Cartier sailed with three small ships, with a numerous company of adventurers, and arrived on the coasts of Newfoundhind much scattered and weakened by a disas- trous storm of July 26th. Here they took in wood and water, and proceeded to explore the gulf, but were overtaken, August ist, by a storm which obliged them to seek a port, difficult of access, but with a safe anchorage, near the mouth of the " Great River." They left this harbor on the 7th, and on the 10th came to a "gulf filled with numerous islands." Cartier gave to this " gulf" the name of St. Lawrence, having discovered it on that Saint's festival day. Proceeding on this voyage he explored both shores of the St. Law- rence. Pleased with the friendly disposition of the natives and the comfort- able prospects of a winter's sojourn, Cartier moored his vessels where a little river flowed into a "goodly and pleasant sound," which stream he named St. Croix, near the Indian village of Stacona, the cite of the present city of Quebec. Subsequently, October 2d, he ascended the river to a populous Indian village called Hochelaga, upon the site of which the city of Montreal now stands. Here Donnacona, an Algonquin chief, conducted Cartier to ths summit of a mountain about two miles from the village, and to which he gave the name of Mount Royal, or Montreal, and showed him, " in that bright October sun," the country for many miles south and east, and told him of great rivers and inland seas, and of smaller rivers and lakes penetrating a beautiful country belonging to the warhke Iroquois. This beautiful country WINDHAM COUNTY. which the chief called Iroqnoisia, included the present State of Vermont. Thus, to Jacques Cartier, a French navigator and explorer, is due the honor of having been the first European to gaze upon the Green Mountains of Vermont. In May, Cartier returned to France, taking with him the Indian chief Donnacona, and two other prominent natives of the village, as prisoners ; and they, who had treated the Frenchmen with such uniform kindness, died in a strange land, exiles from their homes and friends. During each succeeding year for some time after, expeditions were sent out to the newly discovered river ; but misfortune attended them all, and no efficient attempt at colonizing the country was made until 1608, when De Monts, a (^alvinist, who had obtained from the king the freedom of religious faith for himself and followers in America, though under the engagement that the Catholic worship should be established among the natives, after several perilous voyages and much opposition, despatched Champlain and Pontgrave, two experienced adventurers, to establish the fur trade and begin a settle- ment. Samuel Champlain reached Quebec, where Cartier had spent the winter nearly three quarters of a century before, on the 3d of July. On the 1 8th of the following April, 1609, in company with two other Frenchmen and a number of the natives, he started up the St. Lawrence, and, after a time, " turned southward up a tributary " and soon entered upon the lake which perpetuates his name. Thus came the first European upon the territory now included within the limits of Vermont, unless, perhaps, we accept the testimony of a curious document found a few years since on the banks of the Missisquoi river, in Swanton, as follows : In December, 1853, as Messrs. Orlando Green and P. R. Ripley were engaged in excavating sand on the left bank of the Missis- quoi, near the village of Swanton, they discovered, imbedded in the earth, a lead tube about five inches long and an inch and a half in diameter. Enclosed within this tube was found an ancient manuscript, bearing the following: — "Nov. 29 A D 1564. " This is the solme day I must now die this is the 90th day since we lef the Ship all have parished and on the Banks of this River I die to farewelle may future Posteritye know our end. JOHNE GRAVE." This document bore every appearance of being genuine, and nothing has been developed since to point in an opposite direction. It certainly does not seem improbable that a party of sailors should wander away from their ship, or for some cause be left behind, and that they should then become lost and finally die in the forest; and it is also very natural that a sailor should leave some record to tell of his fate ; but be this as it may, there is, of course, no positive evidence that the manuscript is genuine. The early explorations and discoveries we have mentioned led to much litigation and controversy on the part of the several European countries under whose auspices they had been conducted. The English, on the grounds of the discoveries of the Cabots, claimed all the territory from Labrador to Florida, to which they gave the name Virginia; but their explorations were WINDHAM COUNTY. confined principally to the coast between Maine and Albermarle Sound. The French confined their explorations principally to the country bordering on the St. Lawrence and its tributaries, which they named New France, while the Dutch, by the discoveries of Henry Hudson, afterwards laid claim to the country between Cape Cod and the Delaware river, which they called New Netherlands. Attempts at colonization were made by England during the reign of Eliza- beth, but they proved abortive, and it was not until the Tudor dynasty had passed away and several years of the reign of James I., the first of the Stuarts, had elapsed, before the Anglo-Saxon gained any permanent foothold. Stimu- lated by the spirit of rivalry with France, England pushed her explorations and discoveries, while France, from her first colony on the St. Lawrence, explored the vast region from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and estab- lished among the savages missions and trading posts, spreading from Canada through the West, and finally through New York and Vermont. The rivalries and jealousies that had made France and England so long enemies in the Old World, were transplanted to the New Continent. The French made allies of the savages and waged war against the English, and years of bloodshed followed. The first of these hostilities, which are now known as the old French and Lidian wars, began with William's accession to the throne of England, in 1690, and was terminated in the peace of Ryswic, in 1697. Queen Anne's war, so called, came next, commencing in 1702 and terminating in the peace of Utrecht, in 17 13. The third controversy was declared by George H., in 1744, and continued until the preliminaries of peace were signed at Aux-la-Chapelle, in 1748. The finalgreat conflict was declared by Great Britain, in 1756, and terminated in the capture of Montreal, in September, 1760, when the whole of New France, or Canada, was sur- rendered to Great Britain. During the progress of these wars the territory of Vermont was often crossed and re-crossed by portions of both armies, and a few military settle- ments sprang up. The first of these, however, was even before the wars, in 1665, on Isle La Motte, where a fort was erected by Captain De La Motte, under command of M. De Tracy, governor of New France. In 1690, Capt. Jacobus De Narm, with a party from Albany, N. Y., established an outpost in the present town of Addison, at Chimney Point, where he erected a small stone fort. The first permanent settlement, however, and the first of any kind by Anglo-Saxons, was begun within the limits of Wmdham county, in the town of Brattleboro, in 1724, when Fort Dummer was built. For six or seven years the garrison of this fort were the only white inhabitants. In 1730 the French built a fort at Chimney Point, and a considerable popula- tion settled in the vicinity. In 1739 a few persons settled in Westminster, and about the same time a small French settlement was begun at Alburgh, on what is now called Windmill Point, but was soon abandoned. The colony at Westminster increased but slowly, and in 1754 the whole population, alarmed WINDHAM COUNTY. by the Indian attack upon Charlestown, N. H., deserted their homes. Forts were erected and small settlements were commenced in several other places, but fear of the Indians prevented any large emigration till after the last French war, when, the Province of Canada being then ceded to Great Brit- ain, the fear of hostile incursions subsided and the population rapidly in- creased. During these wars, also, grants of land lying within the present limits of the State had been made by the Dutch, at Albany, by the French, and by the colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York, and each claimed jurisdiction over them. All of these claims, except that of New York, however, were relinquished withoui much controversy, of which more will be said on another page. But at the close of hostilities the lands were sought so eagerly by adventurers, speculators and settlers, that in a single year subsequent to 1760, Gov. Wentworth, of New Hampshire, granted in the name of King George III., not less than sixty townships of six miles square, and two years later the number of such grants amounted to 138. The territory now began to belinown by the name of the New Hampshire Grants, and the number of actual settlers soon became quite large. The affairs of these settlers were managed by committees in the several towns, who met in general convention, when occasion required, to provide for their common defense and welfare. The decrees of these conventions were regarded as law, and violations of them were punished with extreme severity. While the Revolutionary war was in progress, the land title controversy was in a degree suspended ; but soon after the war broke out it became apparent that the settlers of the grants needed some better organization than was possible by means of committees and conventions. Accordingly, in 1776, a conven- tion was held at Dorset, and an address to congress prepared, declaring the unwillingness of the settlers to be regarded as subjects of New York. This was not favorably received by congress, whereupon the more resolute of the people determined to assume the powers of an independent State, "and risk the conseciuences." Another convention was held at Dorset, in June, and met again by adjournment in September, when such measures were taken that, at a convention held in Westminster, it was tlecided, on the i6th of January, 1777, that the following declaration should be adopted: — " This convention, whose members are duly chosen by the free voice of their constituents, in the several towns on the New Hampshire Grants, in public meeting assembled, in our names, and in behalf of our constituents, do hereby proclaim and publicly declare, that the district of territory compre- hending and usually known by the name and description of the New Hamp- shire Grants, of right ought to be, and is hereby declared forever hereafter to be considered as a free and independent jurisdiction or State, by the name and forever hereafter to be called, known and distinguished by the name of New Connecticut, a /ias Yermont; and that the inhabitants that at present are or may hereafter become residents, by procreation or emigration, within said territory, shall be entitled to the same privileges, immunities and enfran- chisements as are allowed; and on such condition, and in the same manner, WINDHAM COUNTY. 23 as the present inhabitants, in future, shall or may enjoy ; which are, and for- ever shall be, such privileges and immunities to the free citizens and denizens, as are, or, at any time hereafter, may be allowed, to any such inhabitants, or any of the free and independent States of America : and that such privileges and immunities shall be regulated in a bill of rights and by a form of govern- ment, to be established at the next adjourned session of this convention." On the 4th of June the committee met at Windsor, there being present sev- enty-two members, representing fifty towns. A committee was appointed to prepare a draft of a constitution for the new State, and recommended to the town to choose delegates on the 23d of June, to meet at Windsor, July 2d, to discuss and adopt said constitution. The newly elected convention met July 2d and continued in session six days. It received from the committee ap- pointed for that purpose a copy of a constitution very similar to that of Pennsylvania, which was read and discussed. Before it was wholly adonted, however, alarming news of the British army in the western part of the State was received. It was proposed at first to adjourn and leave the work in hand unfinished ; but this was providentially prevented by the sudden occur- rence of a thunder storm. Some who were, less agitated by the news from the west side of the State, suggested the great importance of finishing the work in hand. This advice was followed, the constitution adopted, an elec- tion ordered, and a Council of Safety appointed to manage the aff'airs of the State until the government should go into operation under the constitution. This independence Vermont pursued, asking no favors, enjoying no ben- efits of the Union and sharing none of its burdens, until March 4, 1791, when she was admitted as one of the Federal States, with the full rights and immunities belonging thereto. Thus Vermont exists to-day — so may she always exist. The constitution has remained without very material alterations, the chief being the substitution of a senate of thirty members, appointed to the sev- eral counties according to population, and chosen by a plurality of the free- men of the several counties, in lieu of a council of twelve members chosen by a plurality of the voters of the State at large ; and in 1870 a change from annual to biennial State elections and meetings of the legislature. The frame of governm«it now provides for, ist. The executive, the chief offi- cers of which are governor, lieutenant-governor, and treasurer, all of whom are elected biennially, by the freemen of the State. 2d. A senate of thirty members, elected as before mentioned. 3d. A house of representatives, consisting of one member from each organized town, elected by the freemen thereof. 4th. A judiciary, the officers of which are elective, the judges of the supreme court (who are also chancellors), by the senate and the house of representatives, in joint assembly; the assistant judges of county courts (a judge of the supreme court presides in each county court), judges of the probate courts, sheriffs, State's attorneys and high bailiffs, by the freemen of the respective counties; and justices of the peace by the freemen of the several towns. The State election is held in September, biennially, and 24 WINDHAM COUNTY. a majority of all the votes cast is required to elect every officer, except sena- tors and other county officers, including in the latter justices of the peace elected by the several towns ; but in March the freemen of each town meet for the transaction of public business of the town, and the election of town officers. Every term of town office is limited to one year, or until others are elected, and all town elections are therefore annual. The governor's power of appointment i& very limited, embracing, ordinarily, his secretary and military staff only; but he has power to fill any office created by law, where the appointment is not fixed by the constitution or statute, a case which has rarely occurred ; and also to fill any vacancy occurring by death or other- wise, until the office can be filled in the manner required by constitution or laws. By recent statutes, the governor may nominate, subject to approval by the senate, various offices. The heads of the various State bureaus (except treasurer) and generals of divisions and brigades are elected by the senate and house in joint assembly, — the former officers biennially and generals when vacancies occur. The general assembly meets in the even years, on the first Wednesday in October. The first officers elected, in 1778, were as fol- lows : Thomas Chittenden, governor; Joseph Marsh, lieutenant-governor; Ira Allen, treasurer ; T. Chandler, secretary of State ; Nathan Clarke, speaker ; and Benjamin Baldwin, clerk. Cumberland county was the first county established in the grants, being erected by the legislature of the Province of New York, July 3, 1766, com- prising about the district of territory now included within the limits of Wind- ham and Windsor counties, and receiving its name, probably, from Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, who, in 1746, met with distinguished success in opposing the rebels in Scotland. Its boundaries, as declared in the act of establishment, were described as follows : — " Beginning at the west bank of Connecticut river, opposite to where the division line between the Province of Massachusetts Bay comes to the afore- said river ; thence running on a direct line, about twenty-six miles, to the southeast corner of the township of Stamford; from thence on a direct line, about sixty miles, to the northeast corner of the township of Rutland ; thence north, thirty-one degrees east, eighteen miles ; thence easterly, to the north- west corner of the township of Linfield [Royalton] ; thence easterly, along the north side of the townships of Linfield, Sharon and Norwich, to Connec- ticut river aforesaid ; thence along the west bank of the said river, to the place of beginning." The King, however, on June 26, 1767, declared the act of the New York legislature, by which the county of Cumberland was established, void. But numerous applications, stating the inconveniences to which the inhabitants of the disfranchised county were subjected, were made to the Crown, praying for a new charter. In consequence of these representations, the King, on the 19th of March, 1768, re-established the county, by letters patent under the great seal of the Province of New York, within the following limits: — '• Beginning at a point on the west bank of Connecticut river opposite to where the line run for the partition line between our said province of Mass- WINDHAM COUNTY. 25 achusetts Bay and New Hampshire touches the east side of the same river, and running thence west, ten degrees north on a direct hne about twenty-six miles to the southeast corner of a tract of land called Stamford ; thence north about thirteen degrees east on a direct line fifty-six miles to the southeast corner of the township of Socialborough, in the county of Al- bany, in the south bounds of a tract of land formerly called Rutland ; thence north, about fifty-three degrees east on a line thirty miles to the southwest corner of the township of TunbridgS; thence along the south bounds thereof and of Stratford and Thetford about eighteen miles to Connecticut river aforesaid, and thence along the west banks of the same river to the place of beginning." Again, by an act passed by the New York legislature, March 24, 1772, the boundaries were changed, the limits then being constituted as follows: — "Beginning on the west bank of Connecticut river opposite the point where the partition line between the colonies of the Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire touches the east side of the river, and extending from thence north eighty degrees west until such line shall meet with and be intersected by another line proceeding on a course south ten degrees west from the north- west corner of a tract of land granted under the Great Seal of this colony, on the 4th day of September, 1770, to James Abeel and nine other persons, and extending from the said point of intersection, north ten degrees east until such line shall meet with and be intersected by another line to be drawn on a course north sixty degrees west from the southwest corner of a tract of land granted under the Great Seal of this colony, on the 13th day of Novem- ber, A. D., 1769, and erected into a township by the name of Royalton, and running from the last mentioned point of intersection south sixty degrees east to the west bank of Connecticut river, and so down along the west bank of the river, as the same river winds and turns, to the place of beginning." And finally, by an act passed April i, 1775, alterations were made so that the townships of Readsboro, and what are now Searsborough, Somerset and Stratton were added to the county. This, it must be remembered, was the old colonial Cumberland county, and not the Cumberland county as estab- lished by Vermont, which was as follows : — At the first session of the General Assembly of Vermont, in 1778, the State was, on the 17th of March, divided mto two counties, the dividing line being rather indefinitely fixed by the line of the Green Mountains; but an act of the legislature, passed February 11, 1779, definitely fixed the divis- ion line as follows : — " Commencing at a point in the south line of the Province of Quebec, fifty miles east of the center of the deepest channel of Lake Champlain, ex- tending south to the northeast corner of the town of Worcester [m Wash- ington county], and along the east lines of Worcester, Middlesex and Berlin, to the southeast corner of the latter town ; thence on a straight line to the northwest corner of Tunbridge [in Orange county], and on the west line of Tunbridge to the southwest corner of that town; thence in a straight line to the northwest corner of Barnard [in Windsor county] ; thence on the west line of Barnard and Bridgewater, and the east line of Shrewsbury [in Rutland county], to the southeast corner thereof; thence west to the north- east corner of Wallingford ; thence south on the east lines of Wallingford, Mt. Tabor, Peru, Winhall and Stratton, to the southeast corner of the latter 26 WINDHAM COUNTY, town, and west on the south line of Stratton to the northwest corner of Som- erset ; thence south on the west hne of Somerset to the southwest corner thereof; thence east to the northwest corner of Wilmington ; thenc^e south on the west line of Wilmington and Whitingham to the north line of Massa- chusetts." At the division in 1778, the territory on the west of the mountains was called Bennington county, and that on the east Unity county. The name as applied to the western portion of the territory was peculiarly appropriate, as " Bennington " had become almost a synonymous term for stolid, sturdy ad- herence to the American cause against Great Britain, and for bitter enmity against the authority of New York. But Unity proved to be a most inap- propriate title for the eastern section. Here was anything but unity, as will be shown further on, most, or at least a majority, of the people adhering to the cause of the mother country, and acknowledging the authority of New York. This inappropriate name for the infant county, however, was des- tined for a life of only four days, for on the 21st of the same month it was changed to Cumberland, the same as that of the New York county previously described. Possibly this change of name was advanced as a diplomatic measure, whereby the New York loving members of Unity county might re- tain the name that was dear to them, though called upon to acknowledge the authority of Vermont, In the laws of Vermont, passed October, 1780, the county of Cumberland, as just described, is referred to as being divided into the half-shires of Cum- berland and Gloucester, the division Hne being identical with the northern boundary of what is now Windsor county. By an act of the legislature, passed in February, 1 781, "for the division of counties within this State," the county of Cumberland, as established in 1778 and '79, was subdivided into the counties of Windham, Windsor and Orange. Windham county was de- scribed as all the land of Cumberland county lying south of a line " begin- ing at the southeast corner of Springfield, thence running westerly on the south hne of said Springfield and Chester, to the east line of Bennington county." Since the establishment of Windham county, as above noted, no important changes in its area have been made. Thus it lies to-day, in the southeastern corner of the State, between 42^ 44' and 43° 16' north latitude, and between 4° and 4" 42' east longitude, being thirty-six miles long from north to south, and twenty-eight miles in width from east to west, containing an area of about 780 square miles, or 539,200 acres, bounded north by Windsor county, east by the Connecticut river, which separates it from Cheshire and Sullivan coun- ties, N. H., south by Franklin county, Mass., and west by Bennington county. It has a population of* 26,736 souls, according to the census reports of 1880, and is divided into twenty-three towns, as follows : Athens, Brattleboro, Brook- line, Dover, Dummerston, Grafton, Guilford, Halifax, Jamaica, Londonderry, Marlboro, Newfane, Putney, Rockingham, Somerset, Stratton, Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, Westminster, Whitingham, Wilmington and Windham.. WINDHAM COUNTY. 27 The surface of the county is varied by high mountains, gentle hill slopes and picturesque valleys, the western portion extending high up upon the Green Mountains, while in the eastern part lies the smiling valley of Con- necticut river. Manufactures are carried on to a considerable extent, though agricultural pursuits form the principal occupation of the inhabitants ; still, the unsurpassed facilities for water-power and railroad transportion, renders it a desirable home for both the manufacturer and the husbandman. Nu- merous streams lend their utility and beauty to the territory, the principal of which are Connecticut, West, Williams, Saxton's and Deertield rivers. Con- necticut, the largest of these, whose early navigation facilities, etc., are men- tioned on another page, lies between Vermont and New Hampshire, belong- ing entirely to the latter State, its western bank forming, as previously mentioned, the eastern boundary of the county. Its name is derived from two Indian words, Quonnec or Unnec, signifying long, and Tucque or Tuck, signifying river. When the Indians spoke of anything happening along the stream, they used the expression Quonnec iucguok or Unnecktuckok, meaning " at the long river," and hence comes Connecticut. It originates among the mountains in the northern part of New Hampshire, and for some distance, forms the boundary between that state and Canada. After running between New Hampshire and Vermont, it passes through Massachusetts and Connecti- cut, falling into Long Island sound. The flats bordering it are in some places, low and extensive ; in others the banks are high and rocky. The in- tervales are not surpassed in fertility and beauty by any in the country, while their annual submersion by overflow has led to the river being called the "Nile of New England." West River flows a southeasterly course through the county, receiving the waters from 440 square miles of territory. Its Indian name was Watitasti- cook, written also IVan tastiq ueg a.nd Wmitastiquet. It rises in Weston, Wind- sor county, thence flows south into Londonderry, receiving near the south line of that township Winhall river, from Winhall; it then takes a south- easterly course through Jamaica, Townshend, Newfane and Dummerston, uniting with the Connecticut in the northeastern part of Brattleboro. In Ja- maica it receives from the west Bald Mountain branch, which rises in Strat- ton, and another large branch from Wardsboro, and from the east Meadow branch, which rises in Windham. In Newfane it receives South branch and Baker's brook. This river has but few good mill-privileges, though there are many found on its branches. William's river derives its name from the celebrated Rev. John Williams, who was taken by the Indians at Deerfield, Mass., in 1704, and who, at the mouth of this stream, preached a sermon to his fellow captives. It is formed in Chester, Windsor county, by the union of three considerable branches, which originate in small streams in the townships of Ludlow, Andover, Wind- ham and Grafton. These three branches unite about a mile and a half to the southeast of Chester village, and their united waters, after running fifteen 28 WINDHAM COUNTY. miles in a southeasterly direction, fall into Connecticut riv^er in Rockingham, three miles above Bellows Falls. Saxton's river receives its name from a Mr. Saxton, who, at an early date, fell into the stream while crossing it on a log for the purpose of surveying the line between Rockingham and Westminster. It is formed in' Grafton by the union of several streams from Windham, and running an easterly course about ten miles, through the southern part of Rockingham, falls into Connecticut river in the northeastern corner of Westminster, about one mile below Bel- lows Falls. Deerfield river rises in the northern part of Stratto.i and flows south through Somerset into Scarsburg, thence southeasterly into Wilmington, thence south- westerly through the corner of Whitingham, and finally leaves the State after flowing three or four miles on the line between Whitingham and Readsboro. After entering Massachusetts it takes a southeasterly course and falls into Con- necticut river, between Greenfield and Deerfield, about eighteen miles below the State line. The whole length of the stream is about fifty miles, twenty- eight of which are in Vermont, and it receives the waters from 320 square miles of territory. There are, of course, other streams of considerable im- portance in the county, though these we have mentioned form the principal water-courses. The minor streams will be described in connection with the several town sketches. GEOLOGICAL. The science of geology is ever an interesting study, and as related to this county it is exceedingly so ; for here the record of the changes, or " foot- prints, " that time has left in the succeeding ages since the earth was created, are numerous and well developed. Before mentioning the several rocks that enter into the formation of the territory, however, it may not be considered superfluous to briefly note the fundamental principles of the science. Among men of science, it has become the comnon, if not the prevailing, opinion that in the beginning all the elements with which we meet were in an ethereal or gaseous state— that they slo.vly condensed, existing for ages as a heated fluid, by degrees becoming more consistent — that thus the whole earth was once an immense ball of fiery matter — that, in the course of time, it was rendered very compact, and at last became crusted over, as the process of cooling gradually advanced, and that its interior is still in a molten condition. Thus, if the view suggested be correct, the entire planet in its earlier phases, as well as the larger part now beneath and within its solid crust, was a mass of molten fire, and is known to geologists as eletnentary or inolten. Following this came another age, in which the molten mass began to cool and a crust to form, called the igneous period. Contemporaneous with the beginning of the igneous period came another epoch. The crust thus formed would nat- urally become surrounded by an atmosphere heavily charged with minerals in a gaseous or vaporous condition. As the cooHng advanced this etherealized WINDHAM COUNTY. 29 matter would condense and seek a lower level, thus coating the earth with another rock. This is named the vaporous period. At last, however, age was ushered in, one altogether different from those that had preceded it. The moist vapor which must of necessity have pervaded the atmosphere be- gan to condense and settle, gathering into the hollows and crevices of the rocks, until nearly the whole surface of the earth was covered with water. This is called the aqueous period. As these waters began to recede and the " firmament to appear," the long winter that intervened, while the sun was obscured by the heavy clouds, would cover the earth with mighty ice floes and glaciers, forming a drift or glacial period. A great difference also exists in the consolidation and structure of the rocks thus formed. The very newest consist of unconsolidated gravel, sand and clay, forming alluvium. A little farther down we come to the tertiary strata^ where are some hardened rocks and others more or less soft. Next below the tertiary is found thick deposits, mostly consolidated, but showing a me- chanical structure along with the crystalline arrangement of the ingredients. These are called secondary and transition. Lowest of all are found rocks having a decidedly crystaline structure, looking as if the different minerals of which they are composed crowded hard upon one another. These rocks are called metaniorphic, hypozoic and azoic. A large portion of the rocks of this territory are azoic, and are known as talcose schist and calciferous mica schist, though there are several beds and veins of other formations. Talcose schist proper consists of quartz and talc, though it has associated with it, as integral parts of its formation, clay slate., gneiss, quartz, sand stones, and conglomerates, lime stones and dolomites. It underlies a considerable portion of the towns of Windham, Jamaica Tovvn- shend. Wardsboro, Newfane, Dover, Marlboro and Halifax. The calciferous mica schist rang?, which underlies a large part of the east- ern portion of the county, is supposed to have originally been a limestone formation, charged with a good deal of silex, and perhaps with sihcates and organic matters, and that in the process of metamorphism the carbonated or alkaline water with which the rock had been charged has dissolved and ab- stracted a good deal of the carbonate of lime and formed silicated minerals, such as mica and feldspar, which have more or less, and sometimes entirely, changed the rock into mica schist and gneiss. Thus will be found a large bed of gneiss rock underlying nearly the whole of the western part of the county, while another bed lies between the beds of talcose and calciferous mica schist, extending through the towns of Grafton, Athens, Townshend, Newfane and Marlboro, into Halifax. Clay slate is the predominant rock in the eastern part of the towns bor- dering on the Connecticut. Veins of hornblende schist are found in Guil- ford, Brattleboro, Halifax, Marlboro, Newfane and Wmdham. Beds of sacchar-oid azoic limestone are found in Marlboro, Wilmington, Stratton^ Townshend, Athens and Whitingham. Steatite is found in Marlboro, New- 30 WINDHAM COUNTY. fane, Townshend and Windham. Detached bowlders of ^/'(T////^ are scattered throughout the county. Iron ore has been discovered in Dummerston, Somerset, Lodonderry and other locaUties. Gold has also been discovered in Somerset and other places, though in very small quantities. Numerous evidences of the aqueous period are met with throughout the State, and evidences so conclusive that there can be no doubt that Vermont at least was once the bed of a mighty ocean. Perhaps the most positive of these are the many marine fossils that have been brought to light ; for instance) the fossil whale found in Charlotte in August, 1849, and many others that might be mentioned. In this county are found many remains of ancient sea beaches. They consist of sand and gravel, which have been acted upon, rounded and comminuted by the waves, and thrown up in the form of low ridges, with more or less appearances of stratification or lamination. The manner in which they were formed may be seen along the sea coast at any time in the course of formation, as they have the same form of modern beaches, except that they have been much mutilated by the action of water and atmospheric agencies since their deposition. Good specimens of these beaches are found in the valleys of Williams and Saxton's rivers, in Rock- ingham, and another good one in the western part of Marlboro. Very fine specimens of r/e'^T /d'-'-r(7(r^j- are also found throughout the county, especially in the valleys of Connecticut, West, Williams and Saxton's rivers. Evidences of the drift or glacial period are left here by large bowlders scat- tered over the county, by drift scratches and by moraine terraces. Drift scratches are grooves or scratches worn in the rocks by glaciers, or vast rivers of ice, which, starting from the summits of the mountains, moved slowly down the valleys as far as the heat of summer would permit. Though they rarely ever advanced more than two feet a day, their great thickness and the weight of the superincumbent snow caused them to grate and crush the rocks beneath, leaving marks that ages will not efiface. Moraine terraces diXt €[t\2L- tions of gravel and sand, with correspondent and scarcely describable forms. The theory of their formation is that icebergs became stranded at the base and on the sides of hills, and that deposits were made around and upon them, and that they would have been level-topped if the ice had remained, but in consequence of its melting the> became extremely irregular. Good speci- mens of these formations may be found in Windham, Jamaica, Londonderry and Strattoi.. For further facts relative to the geological structure of the county, we refer the reader to the sketches of the several towns. SOIL AND STAPLE PRODUCTIONS. The soil difters materially in difterent parts of the county, though in gen- eral it is inferior to none in the State. The valley of the Connecticut is pro- verbial for its fertility. In Windham county the rocks of the valleys are mostly schistose and thus disintegrate rapidly, constantly adding new richness WINDHAM COUNTY. 31 to the soil. Then, loo, the the alluvial terraces found so plentifully in the valleys of West, Saxton's and Williams rivers, afford large areas of land pos- sessing a deep, arable soil. Upon the higher lands, where the country is not too broken, large areas of grazing land are afforded. Some idea of the re- sources of the territory may be obtained from the following statistics, shown by the census report of 1880, according to which the county had 3,244 farms representing an area of 301,313 acres of improved land, valued at $7,334, - 220.00, while its total public debt, bonded and floating, is $401,233.00. These farms supported 4,890 horses, two mules, 3,066 working oxen, 10,807 milch cows, 19,831 other cattle, 33,246 sheep, and 6,069 swine. The stock products for the year were 171,383 pounds of wool, 121,438 gallons of milk, 1,190,059 pounds of butter, and 76,119 pounds of cheese. The pruducts of these farms were 11,865 bushels of barley, 9,282 bushels of buckwheat, 199,- 576 bushels of Indian corn, 149,668 bushels of oats, 4,500 bushels of rye, 3,556 bushels of wheat, 79,872 tons of hay, 2,685 pounds of hops, 271,243 bushels of potatoes, 127,219 pounds of tobacco, and orchard products to the vilue of $91, 586 00. Surely not a bad showing for a little tract of country having a population of only 26,736 souls. MANUFACTURES. Windham county is not what might be termed an extensive manufacturing district; and as tlie manufacturers are spoken of in detail in connection with the sketches of the towns wherein they are located, we will dismiss this sub- ject with the following statistics for the year 18S0: There were then 310 manufacturing establishments representing an invested capital of $2,288,135.00 giving employment to 1,539 hands, to whom was paid $603,596.00 in wages. The total value of materials used was $1,616,264.00, and the total product $3,2 19,079.00. COURTS AND COUNTY BUILDINGS. When Cumberland county was erected by New York, July 3, 1766, the in- habitants were granted all the powers and privileges enjoyed by the other counties and towns in the province, excepting only the choice of members to represent the county in the Provincial Assembly. In another portion of the act provision was made for the erection of a court-house and jail. The freeholders and inhabitants of the county were authorized to elect supervis- ors, assessors, collectors, a treasurer and other county officers. At the meet- ing next after their appointment, the supervisors were directed to levy and collect of those residing or sojourning in the county, a sum not exceeding ;;{^2oo, to be applied in constructing a court-house and jail. Chester being considered the most convenient among the townships, and nearest the cen- ter of the county, was selected as the location for these buildings, and the sheriff was ordered to compute mileage from the court-house. By another 32 WINDHAM COUNTY. act passed July 5th of the same year, the judges and justices were directed to hold yearly, in Chester, a court of common pleas, to hear, and according to the laws of New York to try and determine all suits, quarrels, controver- sies and differences which might arise. A court of general sessions of the peace was also established, and the first Tuesday in June and the first Tues- day in November in each year were selected as the days on which these judi- cators were to commence their sessions. The length of each term session was limited to four days, and the two courts were authorized to sit at the same time in order that business might be facilitated. Competent men were selected as judges and assistant justices of the court of common pleas. Justices of the peace and other county officers were appointed, and a founda- tion laid for administrating the law in accordance with the most approved methods. When in 1768, a new charter was granted to Cumberland county, pei mis- sion had been given to the inhabitants to erect at their own expense a court- house and jail. Chester was again decided upon as the location for these buildings. Although there were objections to this place as the county town, both on account of its distance from Connecticut river and its backwardness as compared with other settlements, yet these objections were for the time effectually silenced by Thomas Chandler, the first judge, by promising that he would "at his own expense build a good and sufficient court-house and jail at Chester. " How well his promise was observed will appear by the annexed extract from an old chancery document. The time to which the description applies is the latter part of the year 1770. That which "then was called a jail, " so runs the old document, "was a place made in the cor- ner of a dwelling or hut, the walls of which house were made of small hack- matac poles, locked together at the corners by cutting notches into the poles, and laying them notch into notch, so as to bring the poles as near together as conveniently might be. The cracks or vacancies between pole and pole were filled with tow, moss or clay. The chamber floor was laid with shingle boards, which were not nailed, but lay loose. Such was the house a corner of which then had the name of a jail, which jail corner may be justly de- scribed as followeth, viz. : small palisades or poles of the diameter of about six inches each were set up, one end of them on the lower floor and the other end reaching one of the joists on which rested the upper floor. These poles resting against the joists, hindered them from falling inwards to the jail part, and another pole at some inches distant was pegged up with wooden pegs, which pole was fixed about parallel with the joist, and prevented the pali- sades from falling outward from the jail apartment ; and, as many of the palisades were not fastened at the top or bottom, nor the chamber floor nailed, it was always in the power of any man who might be put into the jail apartment to push away the loose upper floor boards and move away the palisades and be at liberty." This jail stood where Coleman Saunders now resides. WINDHAM COUNTY. ^^ During that summer, however, the inhabitants commenced the erection of another jail, which was never finished, and the old jail was somewhat strengthened. In addition to this commodious jail, Chandler also built, in 1771, a courthouse, which, according to his description, was " thirty feet long, sixteen feet wide, and eleven feet posts," and was so planned as to be "convenient" when finished. It was provided with a " sufficient lobby or room fit for a jury, with a fire-place in it," and was covered with some kind of roofing. This building he leased to the county for a term of ten years, and as much longer as they might choose to use it. In it were to be held the terms of the inferior court of common pleas, and the court of general sessions, and in it was also to be transacted all the business relating to the general welfare of the county. But the people, who had been displeased with Chandler's efforts at jail building, were now doubly incensed at his failure at court-house construction. Before the commencement of this l^st failure,, they had endeavored to effect the removal of the shire town from (!^hester ;, this, after much agitation, some rioting, etc., was accomplished^ md at a meeting of the supervisors, held at Chester, May 26, 1772, Westminster was chosen as the shire town of Cumberland county. The court-house was located at the east village, upon what was afterwards known as "Court House Hill." In shape it was almost square, the sides being about forty feet in length, and was built of hewn timber, clap-boarded. The roof was gambrel, surmounted by a cupola or tower, open at the four sides. An aisle, ten or twelve feet in width, ran east and west through the middle of the lower story. A double door was placed at each end of the aisle, or, in other words, two doors opening either way from a center fastening. In accordance with the custom of the times, the building was intended to afford some of the conveniences of a tavern. In the southeastern corner was a kitchen, or cook-room, occupied by the jailer, and in the southeastern cor- ner a bar-room, in which the jailor served in the capacity of bar-tender. The chimney rose between these rooms, and opened into each in the shape of a large, old-fashioned fire-place. Another door was cut in the south side of the building, leading into an entry, on either side of which were doors to the kitchen and bar-room. In the southern part was the jail, which com- prised within its limits two prison rooms, divided the one from the other by a narrow aisle running north and south. This aisle communicated with the broad aisle by a door. Doors also opened from the prison-rooms into the narrow aisle. A flight of stairs led from the east entrance to the court-room in the second story, which did not difter materially from the court-rooms of the present day in its arrangement. Such was Windham county's first court- house. The old building, made historical as the scene of the Westminster massacre, was demolished about the year 1806. All of the courts were held here until 1781, when, on the 19th of February, the general assembly passed an act dividing Windham county into half shires, called respectively Westminster and Marlboro, and one term of court was held 3 34 WINDHAM COUNTY. alternately at each place until 1787, when the half shire towns were abolished and the county town established at Newfane. A courthouse and jail were erected upon the summit of Newfane Hill, an elevation that rises like a cone in the center of the town. Here they remained until 1825, when they were re- moved to the site they now occupy, at Fayetteville, in the eastern part of the township of Newfane. About the court buildings at Newfane Hill was clus- tered quite a thriving village, consisting at one time of several stores, two hotels, a church, academy, several mechanic shops, and about twenty dwell- ings ; but now, and even as early as i860, not a building remains to mark the pleasant site of the old shire of Windham county. A new court-house and jail were erected at Fayetteville, at a cost of $10,000.00, and, in 1853, by an act of the general assembly, commissioners were appointed who altered and improved the public buildings at a cost of $13,000.00. Here the county records, etc., are kept, though the county clerk's office is located at Brattle- boro. The supreme court, however, holds its sessions at Brattleboro, on Monday following the second Tuesday after the fourth Tuesday in January, and the county court sits at Newfane on the second Tuesdays in March and September. The following lists give the principle officers of t'^.e county from its organization to the present time, with the years in which they served and the admissions to the county bar, with the present members of the bar : — JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. The division of Cumberland county, February 16, 1781, as mentioned on page 26, closed the official term of justices of the peace for the county of Cumberland, who had been chosen and authorized by virtue of an act of the assembly passed at Bennington June 17, 1778, and the following justices of the peace became residents of Windham county, by virtue of the erection of the new county : — Jonathan Knight, Dummerston. Amos Haile, Putney. Capt. Levi Goodnough, Guilford. Joshua Webb, Rockingham. Hubbel Wells, Halifax. Joseph Tyler, Townshend. Edward Harris, Halifax. Nathaniel Robinson, Westminster. While the constitution of 1777 was in force, the official term of justices of the peace, judges of the county court, judges of probate, and sheriffs, com- menced when the appointees were sworn, and continued during good behav- ior, they being subject to removal by the general assembly, upon proof of maladministration, a:nd were re-elected by ballot in town meetings. When the constitution, adopted by order of convention, July 4, 1786, took effect, incum- bents of these offices were chosen annually, by the joint assembly, at the ses- sion which commenced on every succeeding second Tuesday of October ; but by a statute ])assed March 3, 1787, the official term was made to commence on the first day of December following the appointment, and to continue one year. During the first septenary, when justices of the peace were elected, the freemen were required to give in their /otes for two justices of the peace ''in each town wherein are one hundred taxable inhabitants; and in like WINDHAM COUNTY. 35 manner for one justice of the peace in each other town in the same county wherein are twenty taxable inhabitants." From 1781 to 1786, in which year the justices began to be elected annually, the justices of the peace w^ere as follows : — 1 781, April 17. — Commissioned, Luke Knoulton, John Bridgman, Edward Aiken, Oliver Lovell, Elias Olcott, Nathan Fisk, Nathaniel Robinson, Noah Sabin, Jr., Lucas Wilson, Josiah Fish, Seth Oak, Jonathan Knight, Alexander Kathan, Samuel Warriner, Zadock Granger, Silas Hamilton, Josiah Locke, Edward Harris, Benjamm Henry, John Shepardson, and WiUiam Bullock. 1781, Oct. 25. — Samuel Knight, appointed. 1783, May 22. — Joshua Webb and John Lovell, of Rockingham, appointed in the place of Oliver Lovell and Elias Olcott, who declined serving. 1783, May 30. — Capt. Daniel Taylor, of Newfane, appointed in the place of Luke Knoulton, who had left the State. 1783, Oct. 21. — Thomas Taggert, of Halifax, apppinted in the place of Ben- jamin Henry, resigned. 1784, Oct. 23. — John Bridgman, appointed. 1785, June 6. — Jesse Cook, of Wilmington, and Benjamin Olds, of Marlboro, appointed. 1785, June 18. — Benjamin Henry^ of Halifax, appointed. 1785, Oct. 24. — William Bigelow, of Guilford, appointed. JUDGES OF THE COUNTY COURT. 1781, April 17. — Commissioned, John Sessions, chief judge; Luke Knoul- ton, John Bridgman, Samuel Fletcher and Benjamin Burt, side judges. 1783, Feb. 21. — Stephen Row Bradley, appointed in the place of General Fletcher, who declined serving. 1783, Oct. 24. — Samuel Fletcher, appointed in the place of Judge Bridge- man, resigned. 1783, Oct. 24. — Jonathan Hunt, appointed in the place of Stephen R. Brad- ley, resigned. 1784, Oct 23. — Luke Knoulton, appointed chief judge in the place of John Sessions, resigned. 1784, Oct. 23. — John Bridgman, appointed. 1786, Hubbel Wells, appointed. 1786, Oct. 14. — Luke Knoulton, chosen one of the four side judges of the supreme court. 1787, Oct. 19. — Luke Knoulton, chosen chief judge of the county court in the place of Samuel Knight, resigned, to serve until the first of the following December. The statements in the latter paragraph are explained by the fact that, by statute passed March 3, 1787, and which took effect December ist of the same year, it was enacted that the county courts should consist of one chief judge and two side judges. Under this statute the following named persons have been elected judges, at the October session of the legislature held in the year set opposite their names : — CHIEF JUDGES. SIDE JUDGES. YEAR. Samuel Knight, John Bridgman, Samuel Fletcher, 1786 Benjamin Burt, Hubbel Wells, Luke Knoulton, John Bridgman, Benjamin Burt, 1787-1793 36 WINDHAM COUNTY. CHIEF JUDGES. SIDE JUDGES. YEAR. Samuel Knight, John Bridgman. Benjamin Burt, 1794-1795 John Bridgman, Benjamin Burt, William Bigelow, 1796-1800 Samuel Knight, Benjamin Burt, Jason Duncan, 1801 Luke Knoulton, Benjamin Burt, Jason Duncan, 1802 Samuel Porter, James Roberts, Ebenezer Allen, 1803 Samuel Porter, James Roberts, Elijah Knight, 1804-1805 James Roberts, Jason Duncan, Alexander Campbell, 1806 James Roberts, Alexander Campbell, Oliver Chapin, 1807 James Roberts, Jason Duncan, James Aiken, 1808 James Roberts, OUver Chapin, John Aiken, 1809 James Roberts, John Aiken, Jairus Hall, 18 10 James Roberts, John Aiken, Jairus Hall, 1811-1812 James Roberts, Jairus Hall, Luke Knoulton, 1813 Phineas White, Jairus Hall, Luke Knoulton, 1814 Elijah Knight, John Aiken, Luke Knoulton, 18 15 Elijah Knight, John Aiken, Luke Knoulton, 18 16 Phmeas White, Gilbert Denison, John Roberts, 1817-1818 Phineas White, John Roberts, Gilbert Denison, 1819 John Roberts, Jairus Hall, Ebenezer Huntington, 1820-1822 •John Roberts, James L. Stark, Timothy H. Whitney, 1823 John Roberts, James L.Stark, Jonathan Robinson, 1824 In November, 1824, it was enacted " That from and after the third Thurs- day of October next, each county court within this State shall consist of one chief justice, who shall be one of the justices of the Supreme court, to be designated by the justices of said supreme court annually, for each circuit * * * and two assistant justices, to be appointed as now by law required, any two of whom shall be a quorum to transact business." Under this act the following assistant justices of the county court were appointed by the Joint assembly. — ASSISTANT JUSTICES. John Roberts and James L. Stark 1825- 183 1 John Roberts and Charles Phelps 1832 Samuel Clark and Charles Phelps , 1833 Charles Phelps and James L. Stark 1 834 James L. Stark and Peter R. Taft 1835 Peter R. Taft and Henry Wheelock 1836-183 7 Henry Wheelock and William R. Shafter 1838-1841 William R. Shafter and John Smith 1842 John Smith and Emery Wheelock 1 843 Samuel Elliot and Emery Wheelock 1 844-1 845 Emery Wheelock and James H. Phelps 1846 James H. Phelps and Thomas Miller 1847 Thomas Miller and David Arnold 1848 David Arnold and Henry Clark 1849 Since 1850, the assistant justices of the court have been elected by vote of the people, as follows : — David Arnold and Henry Clark .... 1850 EUery Allbe and Horace Alvord 185 t Ellery Allbe and Horace .^Ivord 1 852 WINDHAM COUNTY. 37 William Harris and Emery Wheelock 1853-185 7 Marshall Newton and Ira Goodhue 1858-1863 Peter W. Dean and William H. Jones 1864-186 8 Ezra T. Butterfield and Ormando S. Howard 1869-1875 Ormandj S. Howard and Hosea B. Ballon 1876-187 7 Hosea B. Ballou and Andrew A. VVyman 1878-1881 Ranslure W. Clarke and Andrew A. Wyman 1882-1883 COUNTY CLERKS. Micah Townsend May 25, 1781 Calvin Knoulton June, 1791 Richard Whitney Nov., 1 794 Lemuel Whitney Nov., 1796 Edward R. Campbell, 2d, Dec, 18 16 James Elliot Dec . 1817 Marshall Miller April, r835 Royall Tyler(present clerk) April, 185 1 SHERIFFS. Elected by the People of Cumberland County. Bryant Brown Feb. 23, 1781 John Benjamin 1778 Benjamin Wait Oct. 23, 1779 Windham County. Jonathan Hunt June 15, 1781 | Elkanah Day. Oct. 16. 1782 Appointed by the Joint Assembly. Elkanah Day 1786-87 Samuel Fletcher , 17 88-1 805 Mark Richards 1806-10 Gilbert Denison 181 1-12 Jonathan Barron 1813-14 Aaron Wales 1 815-18 Theophilus Crawford 1819 Jonathan Barron 1820-21 Paul Chase 1822-29 Henry Smith 1830-35 Gates Perry, Jr 1 836-41 Russell Hyde 1 842-44 Timothy H. Hall 1845-46 Marshall Newton 1847 Timothy H. Hall 1848 Chandler Pratt 1849 Chosen by the People. Chandler Pratt 1850 Cyrus Carpenter 1851-52 John J. Crandall 1853-54 Stephen Niles 1855-56 George Slate 1857-58 Eleazer Gorham, Jr 1859-61 Alonzo Starkey 1862-64 Walter Taylor 1865-67 Seth N. Herrick 1868-69 Francis Phelps 1870-73 Stephen W. Bowker 1874-75 Wales H. Willard 1876-77 Jonathan W. Melendy 1878-83 state's attorneys. Appointed by the County Court Stephen R. Bradley. ...June 26, 1781 Samuel Knight May, 1783 Stephen R. Bradley Dec, 1783 Samuel Knight Nov., 1 788 Stephen R. Bradley Nov.. 1789 John Griffin Nov., 1791 Lot Hall .Nov., 1793 Royall Tyler Nov., 1794 38 WINDHAM COUNTY. Appointed by the Joint Assembly. Royall Tyler 1795-1800 Daniel Farrand 1801-03 William C. Bradley 1804-11 Martin Field 1812 Phineas White 1813 Samuel Elliot 1814 Martin Field 1815-21 Roswell M. Field 183 1 Alexander S. Campbell 1832 Roswell M. Field 1833-35 Alexander S. Campbell 1836 James Elliot 1837-38 Alexander S. Campbell 1839-40 Royall Tyler 1841-42 James Elliot 1822 | John Kimball 1843-45 Samuel Elliot 1823-24 Alexander S. Campbell 1825-26 Daniel Kellogg 1827 Alexander S. Campbell 1828-30 Elected by the People, and biennially after 1869 Richard W. Smith 1846 Edward Kirkland 1847-48 George B. Kellogg 1849 George B. Kellogg 1850-5 1 Ranslure W. Clarke 1852-53 John N. Baxter 1854-55 Benjamin L. Knowlton .... 1856-57 George Howe 1858-59 Jabez D. Bridgman 1860-61 Horatio N. Hix 1862-63 Charles B. Eddy 1864-65 Charles E. Arnold, 1868-69 Kittredge Haskins 1870-71 Eleazer L. Waterman 1872-73 Oscar E. Butterfield 1874-75 James L. Martin 1876-77 Edgar W. Stoddard 1878-79 Lavant M. Read 1880-81 Augustine A. Butterfield. . . . 1882-83 James M. Tyler 1866-67 JUDGES OF PROBATE-DISTRICT OF MARLBORO. Elected by the People. Micah Townsend 1781-1785 Appointed by the Joint Assembly. Samuel Elliot 1829-30 Marshall Miller 1831-32, 1840-42 John Roberts 1833 Asa Knight 1834-36 Dana Hyde 1837-38 Henry Smith 1839-43 Royall Tyler 1846-49 Micah Townsend 1786-88 John Bridgman , 1789-1802 Ebenezer Miller 1803 Samuel Porter 1804-05 Gilbert Denison ...1806-10, 1815-16 James Roberts 181 1-12 Darius Bullock 1813-14 Lemuel Whitney. . . 1817-28, 1844-45 Elected by the People. Royall Tyler, still in office i85o-i88z DISTRICT OF WESTMINSTER. Elected by the People. Noah Sabin 1781-1785 Appointed by the Joint Assembly. Noah Sabin 1786-1801 Noah Sabin. Jr., 1801-08 Elijah Knight 1809-13, 1815-18 Phmeas White 1814 Daniel Kellogg 1819-20 Charles Phelps 1821-22, 1824 Dana Miller, 1823 Horace Baxter. .. 1825-26, 1828-29 Asa Keys 1827 Peter R. Taft, 1830-33 Alexander S. Cambell, 1834-35 David L. Putnam 1836-1837 EUery AUbe 1838-46 David Chandler 1847-4S Abishai Stoddard 1849 WINDHAM COUNTY. 39 Elected by the People. x\bishai Stoddard, still in office 1 850-1 882 COUNCILORS. Benjamin Carpenter, Guilford March 12, 1778, to Oct., 1779 Samuel Fletcher. Townshend Oct., 1779, to Oct., 1789. Luke Knoulton, (resigned,) Newfane Oct., 1789, to Oct. 21, 1800 Benjamin Burt, (appointed by joint assembly) Oct. 21, 1800 Eliakim Spooner, Westminster Oct., 1801, to Oct., 1802 Samuel Shepardson, Guilford Oct., 1803, to Oct., 1807 Eliakim Spooner, Westminster . ..Oct., 1803, to Oct., 1807 Samuel Fletcher, Townshend Oct., 1808, to Oct., 1809 Gilbert Denison, Guilford Oct., 1809, to Oct., 181 1 William C. Bradley, Westminster 1812-1813 Samuel Fletcher, Townshend 1813-1814 Mark Richards, Westminster. , . . . 1813-1814 William Hall, Jr., Bellows Falls 1814-1815 Mark Richards, Westminster 1815-1816 Theophilus Crawford, Putney 1817-1819 Charles Phelps, Townshend 1820-1822 John Roberts, Whitingham 1823-1827 Samuel Clark, Brattleboro 1828-1830 John Phelps, Guilford ; 1831-1832 Austin Birchard, Newfane 1 833-1 834 David Crawford, Putney 1 835 COUNTY SENATORS. Phineas White, Waitstill R. Ranney, William Henry 1836 Phineas White, Waitstill R. Ranney, John Phelps 1837 David Chandler, Laban Jones, Waitstill R. Ranney 1838 David Chandler, Laban Jones, Calvin Townsley 1839 Calvin Townsley, David Crawford, Emery Wheelock 1840 John Barrett, David Crawford, Emery Wheelock 1841 John Barrett, Calvin Townsley, Sanford Plumb 1842 Sanford Plumb, William Harris, Samuel F. Thompson 1843 William Harris, Samuel F. Thompson, Reuben Winn 1844 John Campbell, Ebenezer Howe, jr., Reuben Winn 1845 Ebenezer Howe, Jr., John Kimball, Austin Birchard 1846 John Kimball, Peter W. Dean, Larkin G. Mead 1847 John Kimball, Peter W. Dean, Larkin G. Mead 1848 Peter W. Dean, Frederick Holbrook, John Tufts 1849 Frederick Holbrook, John Tufts, Asa Wentworth, Jr 1850 Asa Wentworth, Jr., John R. Blake, Ira Gooodhue 1851 John R. Blake, Ira Goodhue, Ashley Stone 1852 Ashley Stone, Russell Hyde, Pardon T. Kimball 1853 Russell Hyde, Pardon T. Kimball, James H. Phelps 1854 Horace Fletcher, Asa Keyes, Ebenezer Howe, Jr 1855 Asa Keyes, James H. Phelps, William H. Jones 1856 William H. Jones, George Perry 1857 John E. Butler, Ranslure W. Clarke, William Harris, Jr • 1858 John E. Butler, Ranslure W. Clarke, William Harris, Jr 1859 Ranslure W. Clarke, William Harris, Jr., Samuel L. Hunt, i860 40 WINDHAM COUNTY. John C. Richardson, Parley Starr, Broughton D. Harris iS^i John C. Richardson, Parley Starr, Broughton D. Harris 1862 Edward Kirkland, Henry E. Stoughton 1863 Edward Kirkland, Henry E. Stoughton 1864 Stephen P. Flagg, Charles Barrett 1 865-1866 Daniel Kellogg, Homer Goodhue 186 7- 1868 David Goodell, Hoyt H. Wheeler 1869 Charles B. Eddy, William W. Lynde 1 870-1871 John L. Butterfield, Jacob Estey 1 872-1873 George Howe, Andrew A. Wyman 1874-1875 Oscar E. Butterfield, Eleazer L. Waterman 1876-1877 Alvin B. Franklin, Dan. P. Webster 1878-1879 Levi K. Fuller, Jabez D. Bridgnian . . .1880-1881 Juhus J. Estey, William B. Cutting 1882- 1883 ROAD COMMISSIONERS. Appointed by the Joint Assembly. 1827. — Peter R. Taft, Henry Clark, James L. Stark, Phineas White, Benja- min Smith, Jr. 1828. — Peter R. Taft, Henry Clark, James L. Stark, Timothy H. Whitney, William R. Shafter. 1829-1830. — Aaron Barney, Manasseh Divoll, Samuel Knight, Amos Brown, Nathaniel Ward. ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR. The following named persons were commissioned by the executive of New York to " appear in all and every His Majesty's Courts of Record to be holden in and for the County of Cumberland, with.in said Province, and there to practice as an Attorney at Law " : — Micah Townsend, commissioned by Lieut-Governor CoLlen, April 26, 1770. Charles Phelps, " " Governor Tryon, July 22, 177 1. Samuel Knight, " " " " June 23, 1772. The following were admitted to the Bar by the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Cumberland : — John Groutj June, 1 772 lElijah Williams, March. 1773 Samuel Knight, )o . Simeon Olcott, Sept., 1774 Solomon Phelps, j- ^ept., 1772] The following named have been admitted to practice by the Windham county court : — Stephen R. Bradley, ] Samuel Knight, ! r ^ n F.rP .^tile. J""^ -6, 1781 Ezra Stiles, j Micah Townsend, J Lot Hall, ) ,^ - T u (^ cc - J)ec. 178^ John dnmn, j ' -^ Wm. Chace Harrington, ) ^t cr Ambrose Hull, . ["Nov., 1786 Reuben Atwater, June, 1789 John W. Blake, June, 1790 Jeremiah Mason, June, 1791 Lucius Hubbard, ) ^t Richard Whitney, ) ^°'-' ^79^ John Hunt, Nov., 1792 Samuel Porter, Nov., 1793 Royall Tyler, Nov., 1794 Asa King, ) t ^ Elijah Knight, j J""^' ^^96 Samuel P. Goodhue, Nov., 1796 Hezekiah May, June, 1797 WINDHAM COUNTY. 41 Thomas Bacon, Luke Knoulton, Jr., Uriel C. Hatch, John H. Pahner, William C. Bradley, Samuel Prentiss, Jr., Quartus Smead, Samuel Elliot, Alexander Holton, Charles Phelps, John Holton, John Phelps, Horatio Knight, John Henry, Marshall Miller, Asa Green, Levi Field, Grindal R. Ellis, George E. Wales, Isaac Fletcher, Hon. James Roberts, John Francis, Munnis Kenny, Booz M. Atherton, Daniel Kellogg, Dana Miller, Alexander S. Campbell, Jason Chamberlain, Samuel W. Porter, Horace Baxter, Cyprian Slevens, "AlaT Keyes, Joel Holton, James L. Stark, Horace Roberts, Henry Crawford, Henry Kellog,g Timothy Phelps, Stephen Tyler, Joseph H. Babbitt, Thomas G. Carey, Joel Parker, Joshua Leavitt, Horace Fletcher, Larkin G. Mead, Philip Kingsley, Pliny Kingsley, Aldis Lovell, William F. Hall, Phineas Henderson, Daniel Dwight, Turner Stephenson, Henry Closson, Dec, Dec, June, Dec, Dec, June, June, June, Dec, Dec, June, ^Dec, Dec, Wune, u une, Dec, V June, Dec, Dec, June, June, Dec, Dec, June, June, Dec, Dec, Sept., Mar., 799 80 1 802 802 803 804 807 808 808 810 810 811 812 813 8r3 814 814 816 817 818 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 Sept., Mar., 1834 1825 Sept., 1825 April, April, Sept., April, April, Sept., April, Sept , I April, Sept., I April, Sept., April, Sept., April, April, Sept., \- May, Nov., May, Nov., May, 1826 1827 1827 1828 1829 1829 1830 1832 1833 1833 1834 1834 1835 1836 ■837 Epaphroditus Ransom, ) Nathan B. Felton, f Warren Lovell, Jonathan Dorr Bradley, ) Rosvvell M. Field, I Charles K. Field, ) Henry A. Bellows, Elisha H. Allen, Cyrus Lovell, Onslow Peters, Edwin D. Elliot, Edmund Burke, John Roberts, Edson Allen, James Crawford, David L. Putnam, Marshall S. Hagar, Luther Beebe, Samuel Allen, Leverett Spring, Rufus C. Smith, Ebenezer Huntington, Jesse Howard, John E. Butler, Oscar L. Shafter, ) Nelson Robinson, Edward Kirkland, James H. Phelps, Martin Ballou, Nathaniel T. Sheafe, Royall Tyler, Sept., James McM. Shafter,. April, Lewis Smith, Sept., Frederick N. Palmer, April, Samuel H. Price, ] Allen P. Dudley, Romanzo Walker, Peter R. Taft, Nathan L. Butler, Charles I. Walker, Albert M. Alibe, William Mason, Pliny; H. White George B. Keyes, George B. Kellogg, Abishai Stoddard, William H. Follett, ] John Roberts, Jr., j John N. Baxter, Augustus A. Fleming, Albert S. Wait, | George W. Roberts, J Ranslure W. Clarke, Sept., 1846 April, 1838 i 1 I- April, 1839 I J 1839 1840 1840 1841 Sept., 1841 1842 1842 1843 1843 1844 1844 ■845 [ April, 1846 42 WINDHAM COUNTY. George Howe, Nathaniel B. Hall, WiUard Stark, Rufus D. Chase, Stephen P. Fagg, Jabez D. Bridgman Benjamin VV. Dean, Pliney F. Walker, R. Fairbrother, S. R. Hemenway, Publius D. Foster, Truman H. Streeter, Benjamin L Knowlton, Charles N. Davenport, Horatio B. Maynard, Horatio N. Hix, Albert G. Burke, Edmond M. Forbes, James W. Carpenter Mark Warren, Abiathar W. Preston, Francis M. Crosby, L. A. Grant, David Arnold, Charles B. Eddy, Kittredge Haskins, Ranney Howard, Hoyt H. Wheeler, Henry F. Severens, George L. Fletcher, James M. Tyler, Charles W. Dean, Faxon L. Brown, Jerome W. Pierce, Winslow S. Myers, Samuel L. Parsons, Gen. John W. Phelps, Charles E. Arnold, Eleazer L. Waterman Asaph P. Childs, William H. Smith, Gilbert H. Mann, April, April, 1848 Sept., Sept., I April, Sept., [ April, Sept., Sept., Sept., April, Sept., Sept., April, 1847 I 1848 1850 1851 1851 1852 1852 1853 April, 1854 Sept., 1854 April, 1855 1855 1856 1856 1857 1858 [.Sept., 1859 I J I Sept., April, I Sept., April, Uept., I April, Sept., i860 1861 1861 1862 1863 1864 1864 John H. Flagg, Edwin H. Stoughton, Charles B. Stoughton, John C. Tyler, Park W. Davis, Henry F. Dix, George W. Davenport, Nathan Hall, George Davis, John W. Croker. Oscar E. Butterfield, Abner A. Butterfield, Charles F. Boyd, Stephen T. Davenport, John W. Bennett, Nelson H. Bixby, Lewis S. Walker, Jonathan G. Eddy, Lavant M. Read, Edgar W. Stoddard, William C. Holbrook, Henry K. Field, Arthur C. Bradley, Edgar H. Davenport, C. F. Eddv, F. A. BoUes, H. W. Brigham, George A. Downs, Joseph G. Martin, Frank J. Barber, Howard F. Wolcott, Zina H. AUbe. Edward S. Miller, Laurin W. Holden, Milton A. Goodnow, Dexter L. Stone, Addison E. Cudworth Charles S. Chase, George C. Briggs, Hosea Mann, Jr., Albert J. Davenport, Qrrin H. Carpenter James S Merrill, 1 J> Sept., 1864 I J I April 1865 April, 1866 Sept., 1866 1 |. April, 1867 J j. Sept., Sept., I April, ^ Sept., Sept., April, Sept., April, April. April, Sept., Sept., Mar., Sept., Sept., Sept., Mar.. i»8o 1881 1882 I Sept., 188^ PRESENT MEMBERS OF WINDH.'VM COUNTY B.AR. James M. Tyler Brattleboro Charles F. Eddy, Bellows Falls Kittredge Haskins " ' ' -- -- ' R. W. Clarke, " James L. Martin, " Jonathan G. Eddy, " Edgar W. Stoddard, " Charles B. Eddy, Bellows Falls Jabez D. Bridgman,, George A. Weston, , Lavant M. Read, . . Francis A. Bolles, . , Zina H. Albee, .... George A. Brown,. WINDHAM COUNTY. 43 PRESENT MEMBERS OF WINDHAM COUNTY BAR — (CONTINUED.) Milon Davidson, Newfane Lewis S. Walker, Grafton Albert W. Dresser, " Eleazer L. Waterman Jamaica Addison E. Cudvvorth. S. Londonderry Abishai Stoddard Townshend James H. Phelps,... West Townshend Horatio N. Hix, Whitingham Charles S. Chase, ... " George C. Briggs, Whitingham Oscar E. Butterfield, .... Wilmington Milton A. Goodnow " Stephen T. Davenport, " Edgar H. Davenport, *' Charles F. Boyd, " Hosea Mann, Jr., " A. Augustine Butterfield, Jacksonville THE POOR. Those who from age, infirmity or otherwise, become unable to support themselves, and are so unfortunate as to be obliged to rely upon public charity for support, are cared for, in conformity with the laws of the State, by the inhabitants of the town wherein they reside. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. From time immemorial Connecticut river was a favorite pathway of Indian travel, and later was used as the great highway of the eastern part of the State by the whites. After the establishment of a trading station at Charles- town, or Number Four, N, H., in 1727, the route which the Indians usually took in going from Canada to Fort Dummer was by Lake Champlain, Otter creek and Black and Connecticut rivers. The government of Massachusetts, in order to ascertain the e.xact course of this Indian road, obtained from a certain James Cass the following diary of a journey from Fort Dummer to Lake Champlain, performed in the year 1730. From it something may be learned of the manner of traveling in the wilderness in those early times, and of the hardships pertaining thereto. Thus the journal runs : — "Monday, ye 27th April, 1730, at about twelve of ye clock we left Fort Dummer, and travailed that day three miles, and lay down that night by West River, which is three miles distant from Fort Dummer. Notabene, — I travailed with twelve Canady Mohawks that drank to great excess at ye fort and killed a Skatacook Indian in their drunken conditicn, that came to smoke with them. "Tuesday. — We travailed upon the great river [Connecticut] about ten miles. " Wednesday. — We kept ye same course upon ye great River, travailed about ten miles, and eat a drowned Buck that night. Thursday. — We travailed upon ye great River within two miles of ye Great Falls [Bellows Falls] in said River, then went upon Land to ye Black River above ye Great Falls, went up in that River and lodged about a mile and a half from the mouth of the Black River, which days' travail we judged about ten miles. " Fryday. — We cross Black River at ye Falls [Springfield village] after- wards travail through ye woods N. N. W. then cross Black River again about seventeen miles above our first crossing, afterwards travailed ye same course, and pitched our tent on ye homeward side of Black River. 44 WINDHAM COUNTY. "Saturday. — We crossed Black River, left a great mountain on ye right hand and another on ye left [in Ludlow]. Keep a N. W. course till we pitch our tent after eleven miles travail by a Brook which we called a branch of Black River. "Sabbath Day. — Soon after we began our days' work, an 61d pregnant squaw that travailed with us, stopt alone and was delivered of a child, and by Monday noon overtook us with a living child upon her back. We travail to Black River. At ye three islands, between which and a large pound we past ye River, enter a mountain [in Plymouth], that afforded us a prospect of ye place of Fort Dummer. Soon after we enter a descending country, and travail till we arrive at Arthur Creek [Otter creek] in a descending land. In this days' travail which is twenty-one miles, we came upon seven Brooks which run in a S. W. course at ye north end of said Mountain. From Black River to Arthur Creek we judge is twenty-five miles. " Monday. — Made Canoes. "Tuesday. — Hindered travaiHng by rain. " W^ednesday — We go in our Canoes upon .Arthur Creek, till we meet two great falls in said river [in Rutland]. Said River is very Black and deep and surrounded with good land to ye extremity of our prospect. This days' travail thirty-five miles. " Thursaay. — We sail forty miles in Arthur Creek. \'. e meet wiln great Falls [Middleburv falls], and a little above them we meet with two other great Falls [at Weybridge], and about ten miles below ye said Falls we meet two other pretty large Falls [at Vergennes]. We carryd our Canoes by these Falls and came to ye Lake." As the county was settled, it became apparent that some more conven- ient mode of transportation must be devised than the flat boats afforded on the Connecticut, or than was afforded by the several stage lines. Accordingly, October 29, 1829, the legislatures of Vermont and New Hampshire passed an act incorporating the Connecticut River Steamboat Company, the charter being given to "Jonathan H. Hubbard, Frederick Pettes, George D. Dutton, Isaac W. Hubbard. Edward R. Campbell, Albert G. Hatch, David H. Sum- ner, William Hall, James I. Cutler, Alexander Flemming, and their associates." This charter was altered, however, November 5, 1830, to the Connecticut River Valley Steamboat Company, allowing the corporation to "purchase, hold and convey real estate to the value of $20,000 00." Canals and locks were built where rapids or falls occurred, so that the Connecticut navigation became very convenient from Hartford, Conn., to the " Fifteen Mile" fall at Dalton. Three of these canals were located in Vermont, one at Bellows' Falls, one at Sumner's Falls, and another at Olcott's Falls. Between these falls, except between Sumner's and Olcott's were located steamers that were plied until the canal was reached, then the passengers and freight had to be transported to the steamer awaiting at the other end of the canal, though the flatboats, rafts, etc., made through trips, using the locks. One steamer, run by Capt. Nutt, of White River, was built in 1830, so as to be locked through the entire length, but it did not prove a success. The first attempt at steamboat navigation on the Connecticut was in 1827, when the " Barnet," a strong boat, seventy-five by fourteen aid one half feet, WINDHAM COUNTY. 45 was built and succeeded, with some help, in ascending the river as far as Bel- lows Falls. This was her first and last trip, however, for she was taken back to Hartford, laid up, and finally broken to pieces. In 1829 a Mr. Blanchard built a boat called the " Blanchard," of the size of the preceding, and another eighty feet long and fourteen feet wide, drawing only twelve or fifteen inches of water, called the "Vermont." The stroke of the piston was horizontal, and the engine a 120 horse-power. A few experimental trips were made between Bellows Falls and Barnet, but the obstacles were such that the undertaking was relinquished, and the method of plying boats between the locks substi- tuted instead. Bat the advent of the railroad into the county, in 1849, took, away the business of the river, and the old canals and locks have long since come to ruin. There is also a curious tradition e.xtant relative to the connection of Ver- mont and New Hampshire with the history of steam navigation. The tradi- tion is, and it is well authenticated, that about the beginning of this century there were two brothers Morey, Samuel and Ithamer, the former at Orford, N. H., and the latter at Fairlee, Vt., — Samuel with a remarkable genius for invention, and Ithamer a skillful mechanic. The universal applicability of steam had already been demonstrated, and among those who undertook its application to navigation was Samuel Morey. Under his direction Ithamer built a steamboat, which actually navigated the waters of the Connecticut, between Orford and Fairlee. Of this steamboat, which had its machinery in the bow, Samuel took the model to New York and showed it to Fulton, who was experimenting towards the same end. Fulton was pleased with the work, and suggested to Morey to change the machinery to the middle of the boat. This he returned to Fairlee to do, and this he actually did do, and then took his model again to New York, to find that Fulton had made use of his ideas and was ahead of him in getting out a patent. He returned home disap- pointed and with a sense of injury. Mr. J. H. Simonds, of Windsor, Vt., informs us that he himself has seen in Fairlee pond the remains of Morey's boat. Boston has always been the natural market for Vermont, and in the early days it could only be reached by the tedious, lumbering coach, goods being hauled by horse express. Rough and hilly were the roads, while the people of the western part of the State must climb the Green and Surrey Moun- tains and many other intervening high mountains and hills. Finally, how- ever, wh -n the railroads were building, or completed, from Boston to Concord and Fitchburg, some enterprising spirits in Vermont conceived the idea of constructing a railroad from the western part of the State to intersect with the roads that already led to the sea board at Boston, and Burlington was decided upon as the starting point. The Green Mountains had ever been a dividing line in the State, and, of course, there was much contention and strife as to whether the road should pass south from Burlington, through the valley of Otter creek, cross the mountains through Mount Holly gorge to 46 WINDHAM COUNTY. Bellows Falls, to connect with a contemplated road from Fitchburg to Bel- lows Falls, or whether it should pass from Burlington to Montpelier, cross the mountains, proceed southeast to the Connecticut, to connect with a pro- jected road from Concord, N. H. The friends of each route were sanguine that their's was the most feasible^ and as there were some active, earnest men interested on each side, the con- troversy ran quite high and charters were very liberal, the result of it all being, however, that both projected routes were utilized. The advocates of the northern route were a little ahead in the construction of their road, though the charters for both projected routes were issued on the same day. November i, 1843. The northern faction received a charter for the Vermont Central Railroad Company, which was subsequently changed to the Central Vermont Railroad Company, with the '■ right to build a railroad from some point on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, up the valley of Onion river, and extending to a point on the Connecticut river most convenient to meet a railroad either from Concord, N. H., or Fitchburg, Mass." The route decided upon was up the Connecticut from Wmdsor to the mouth of White river, thence up that stream to the source of its third branch, thence, reaching the summit in Roxbury, and passing down the valley of Dog river, entering the VVinooski valley near Montpelier, and thence, continuing in the Winooski valley, its terminus being reached at Burlington, a distance of 117 miles. Charles Paiae, of Windsor, was chosen president of the company, and ground was broken at Windsor, December 15, 1845, upon the farm formerly occupied by Judge Elijah Paine, father of Charles Paine, and where the lat- ter was born, the first ground broken for a railroad in Vermont. The road was opened through for business, June 20, 1849. Those interested in the southern route received a charter for the Cham- plain & Connecticut River Railroad Company, for the purpose of " con- structing a railroad from some point at Burlington, thence southwardly through the counties of Addison, Rutland, Windsor and Windham, to some point on the western bank of the Connecticut river." The route decided upon was from Bellows Falls to Burlington, a distance of 119^ miles, passing through portions of the valleys of Williams and Black rivers, and along Otter creek. The first meeting of the stockholders was held at Rutland, May 6, 1845, with Timothy Follett, of Burlington, chairman, and L. Brown, clerk. It was voted to open subscriptions to stock, June 10th of that year, which was accordingly done. On November 6, 1847, the legislature changed the name of the corporation to the Rutland & Burlington Railroad Company, and subsequently it was changed to the Rutland Railroad Company. It is now known as the Rutland Division of the Central Vermont Railroad, hav- ing been leased to the Vermont Central Company in January, i87i,for a period of twenty years. The first blow towards its construction was struck during the month of February, 1847, in the town of Rockiiigham, near Bel- lows Falls, and in two years and nine months it was completed, being opened through December 18, 1849. WINDHAM COUNTY. 47 The Vermont Valley railroad, extending from Brattleboro to Bellows Falls, w:-s built soon after, a project of Huj^h Henry and others, and in Feb- ruary, 1849, the Vermont & Massachusetts railroad was completed, extend- ing from Brattleboro to South Vernon, thus opening the route through from Massachusetts to Burlington, as originally intended by the projectors of the Southern Vermont route. Several charters were also issued before the Brattleboro & Whitehall Rail- road Company was organized. The legislature of 1851 granted a charter for the Wantastiquet Railroad Company, with the privilege of building a road from Brattleboro up through the West river valley to Londonderry, and thence '• through Landgrove, Peru and Mt. Tabor, to connect with the Western Vermont railroad in the towns of Danby and Wallingford, or from London- derry through Weston, to connect with the Rutland & Burlington railroad at Mt. Holly, or from Weston through Andover, to connect with said Rutland & Burlington railroad in Ludlow." The bill for this charter was drawn and introduced by the late Charles K. Field, then a member of the House from Newfane. Under this charter, however, no corporate action was taken. In 1867 the legislature granted a charter for the west River Railroad Com- pany, the bill for the charter being drawn and introduced by Hon. H. H, Wheeler, who then represented the town of Jamaica in the legislature. This charter contemplated the construction of a standard-gauge road from Brat- tleboro to Jamaica. The legislature of 1867 refused to pass an act enabling towns to bond in aid of this road; but in 1868 an enabling act was passed, and under this act the towns of Jamaica, Townshend and Newfane very soon bonded in aid of the road to the amount of eight times their respective grand lists, and a survey was made by Julius Fenn. February 5, 1870, a formal or- ganization of the West River railroad corporation was effected at Jamaica, but, owing to the estimated high cost of the road and the lack of sufficient funds, the enterprise still remained in embryo, although various attem[)ts were made to put it on its feet. In connection with one of these efforts, in 1873, Robert L. Harris made another survey of the Hne. In 1869 and again in 1873 enabling acts were passed. But in spite of the efforts here referred to to give it life, the project lay in a practically dormant condition in the years from 1870 to 1876, apparently insurmountable obstacles standing in the way because of the estimated high cost of the road. During these years, how- ever, the narrow-gauge system of railroads had begun to come into promi- nence. An amendment of the charter was secured from the legislature of 1876, changing the name of the West River Railroad Company to the Brattle- boro & Whitehall Railroad Company, extending all acts and provisions relat- ing to the company for a term of six years, and authorizing the company to ex- tend its railroad through the towns of Londonderry, Winhall, Landgrove, Peru, etc., to Whitehall, N. Y. February i, 1877, at a meeting held in Brattleboro under the auspices of the board of commissioners named in the charter of 1867, a board of directors of the Brattleboro & Whitehall Railroad Company was WINDHAM COUNTY. elected, and at a subsequent meeting, held at Fayetteville, this board organ- ized by the choice of C. F. Thompson as president, and J. A. Butler as clerk. C. F. Thompson, F. Goodhue and J. L. Martin were made an executive com- mittee, and the general management of the enterprise was vested in their hands. Whitehall capitalists professed great anxiety to have the road built, and there were abundant promises of help from Vermont towns on the other side of the mountain. East of the mountain, in the West river valley, the towns took energetically hold of the work, and by the early spring of 1877, Brattleboro and Londonderry had voted liberal aid to the enterprise, and Jamaica, Townshend and Newfane had transferred to it a generous portion of the aid originally voted to the West River railroad. Here, however, the project again came to a standstill, for none of the towns on the other side of the mountain, either in Vermont or New York, fulfilled their promises of aid, and during the summer and fall of 1877 the hopes of the friends of the en- terprise seemed as far as ever from fulfillment. In 1878, however, the matter of building a two-foot guage road to South Londonderry was brought up, and by dint of earnest work this enterpiise was started, the provision and understanding being that no vote or subscrip- tion should be binding until the sum of $200,000 of capital stock in cash subscriptions had been obtained. The town aid, as finally voted, was in the following amounts: Brattleboro, $50,000; Newfane, $25,000; Townshend, $37,000; Jamaica, $32,800; Londonderry, $23,000 — making a total of $167,800. The balance of the required sum of $200,000 was secured by private subscription, the closing subscription having been made at Town- shend in May, 1878. The survey and permanent location of the road was at once begun, and on the 26th day of October, 1878, a contract was closed with Harris Bros. & Co. for the completion and equipment of the road. It was decided to build the road on a three-foot guage instead of a two-foot. Ground for the road was formally broken «it Fayetteville on Monday, No- vember II, 1878, and on the same day, at a slightly earlier hour, ground was also broken at Jamaica. From this time on the construction work was pushed rapidly forward. Everything went well until July, 1879, when, through the failure of the firm that was to furnish the iron to live up to their contract, and other complications, another halt was made. It became evident that some new arrangement must be made for the com- pletion and operation of the road. During the winter an arrangement was made between the railroad company and Harris Bros. & Co., by which the former took the further construction and completion of the road into its own hands for the purpose of putting itself in a position to perfect an arrange- ment, the preliminaries of which had already been entered into, for a lease of the road to the New London Northern corporation. At the annual stock- holders' meeting, held in February, the officers of the road were given full authority to negotiate this lease. The New London Northern road being under lease to the Central Vermont, the management of the Brattleboro and WINDHAM COUNTY. 49 Whitehall road passed by this arrangement into the hands of that corpora- tion. As soon as the spring of 1880 opened the Central Vermont began the work of fully completing the substructure, laying ties, etc. Early in Septem- ber the iron, which had been bought in England, arrived, and the work of laying it down was rapidly pushed until its final completion. The length of the road, from Brattleboro to South Londonderry, is a fraction over 36 miles. A railroad from Hoosac Tunnel, Mass., to Readsboro, Vt., is now in pro- cess of construction, its route passing through the southwestern corner of Whitingham. NEWSPAPERS. The first printing-office in Vermont was established at Westminster, in the summer of 1778, by Judah Paddock Spooner and Timothy Green. At the session of the legislature in October following, Judah P. Spooner and Alden Spooner were appointed State printers. The laws which were passed at the two preceding sessions of the legislature had been promulgated only in man- uscript. In February, 1781, was commenced at Westminster, by J. P. Spooner and Timothy Green, the publication of the first newspaper ever printed in Vermont. It was called The Vermont Gazette or Green Mountain Post Boy, and it had for its motto the following couplet, which is truly char- acteristic of the inhabitants of the Green Mountain State : — " Pliant as reeds where streams of freedom glide, Firm as the hills to stem oppression's tide.'' This paper was issued weekly, and continued until the beginning of the year 1783. Just a few words here of the Spooners and of the Green family may be of interest. Judah Paddock Spooner and Alden Spooner were two of the nine children of Thomas Spooner and his wife Rebecca, who was the daughter of Judah Paddock. The last named Judah had for his wife Alice Alden. Five of the nine children of Thomas were sons, and all five served in the Revolu- tion. Judah Paddock Spooner was born in New London, Conn., 1747, and died at Rutland, in February, 1807. He published The Farmer's Library, at Fairhaven, Vt., from July, 1795, to its suspension, in 1798. His sons, Wy- man, who, in 1864, was lieutenant-governor of Wisconsin, and Jeduthan, were both printers; Wyman of the Vermont Journal, at Windsor, and after- wards of the Advocate, at Royalton and Chelsea, and Jeduthan of the Reper- tory, at Burlington, and at St. Albans, from 1821 to 1836. Jeduthan "went west," as did Wyman, and there became very successful. He died in 1867, and VV)man is also dead. Alden was born in New London in 1757, and both he and his older brother, Judah Paddock, "learned their trade" of Timothy Green, of New London, who married their sister Rebecca. This Timothy Green, who was that one of the proprietors for whom Greensboro, Orleans county, was named, was of the famous Green -family of printers. Stephen Daye, beginning at Cambridge in 1639, was the man who conducted the first 4 5° WINDHAM COUNTY. press in New England. Samuel. Green succeeded him and died in 1702. He had a family of nineteen children, one of whom was named Samuel, a printer, who had a son Timothy, also a printer. This Timothy, in 1709, sent on one Short to be the first printer in Connecticut, and as Short filled to meet the Connecticut requirements, in 17 14, Timothy went himself to New London- He was born in 1679 and died May 5, 1757. He had a son Samuel, a prin- ter, who had a son Timothy, being the Timothy who married Rebecca Spooner and with J. P. Spooner pubhshed The Vermont Gazette. The press on which the paper was published is now, for the most part, in the State House at Montpelier, and is thought to be the first press brought to New England. It is supposed that Rev. Jesse Glover was bringing it over from England, in 1638, when he died on the voyage, and that Stephen Daye, previously mentioned, whom Glover had engaged to come and work it, set it up, in 1639, at Cambridge. The Federal Galaxy was the next paper established in the county, by Ben- jamin Smead, of Brattleboro, January, 1797. The Galaxy was printed on a four-page sheet, measuring about seventeen by twenty- one inches, four col- umns to a page, being sold to subscribers for $1.34 per year, payable on the last day of every quarter. An idea of what was considered news in those early days may be gained from the following description of the contents of No. 71, Vol. 2 dated May 8, 1798 : The entire first and second pages, and nearly one column of the third page, are taken up with the " Instructions to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry, Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the French Republic," signed by Timothy Pick- ering, Secretary of State, and bearing date July 15, 1797 — nearly ten months previous. Following this article, under the general head of '' Domestic Events," is given about a column and a half of news from South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New York and Massachusetts. Then follows a half column of editorial matter, the leading article treating upon the then all- absorbing topic of our relations with France. Something more than a column of this page is occupied by advertisements. Two and a half columns of the fourth page are devoted to a report of the proceedings of the American Con- gress and House of Representatives, extending from Wednesday, March 28, to Tuesday, April 3d. The remainder of the page is taken up with adver- tisements, among which are three applications for divorce. There is not a local or State paragraph in the entire paper. The Galaxy was continued until 1802, when Mr. Smead removed to Dansville, N. Y. The Reporter was established at Brattleboro, in February, 1803, by Wil- liam Fessenden. Mr. Fessenden was a son of Rev. Thomas Fessenden, of Walpole, N. H., and learned his trade at that place. In 1803 Mr. Fessenden arrived in Brattleboro while on his way to New York to pro- cure employment as a journeyman printer. The fact becoming known to the landlord of the hotel where he stopped, and to Samuel Dickinson, John W. Blake, Esq., and to other leading men of the place, who greatly WINDHAM COUNTY. 51 desired a Federable newspaper to be published in Brattleboro, Mr. Fessen- den was induced by them to embark in the undertaking. He obtained a press and other necessary materials in Boston, at second hand, established the Reporter, and remained proprietor of it until his death, in 1815. Becoming largely interested in the pubUcation of books, the editorial charge of the paper, after the first few years, was largely left to other hands, being for some time in care of his brother, Thomas Green Fessenden, who was a lawyer by pro- fession, a writer of note, and who afterwards went to Boston and established the New England Fartner. The Reporter, soon after the death of Mr. Fes- senden, passed into the hands of his father-in-law, Dea. John Holbrook, who continued it until it was merged into the Messenger, about r826. The Independent Freeholder and Republican Journal was the next paper established after the Reporter. It was started at Brattleboro by a printer named Peter Houghton, in (808, he being backed by Judge Chapin, father the late Dr. Charles Chapin. The paper was continued only a short time. The Bellows Falls IntelligeJicer appears next, its first number being issued in January, 181 7. It was owned and published by Blake, Cutler &' Co., and edited by Thomas G. Fessenden. This company occupied a building upon the corner of Westminster and Mill streets, at Bellows Falls, where they car. ried on an extensive printing and publishing business. They had also a paper mill, where they manufactured writing and printing paper; also a book bindery and wholesale book store. Bill Blake was the founder of the busi- ness, and at one time the company had from thirty to forty hands in their employ. In 1822 Mr. Fessenden was succeeded by William Masters as editor, who came from Concord, N. H. The next editor was Cyrus Barton, who had studied law in the ofiice of Hon. William C. Bradley, and who after- wards became associated with Isaac Hill, as one of the editors of the Neiv Hampshire Patriot. The Intelligencer was afterwards edited by Edmund Burke, also a student from the office of Mr. Bradley. Dr. John Wells suc- ceeded Mr. Burke as editor. After Dr. Wells, Samuel Taylor purchased the paper and continued it until it fell into the hands of Benjamin B. Cook, in 1835, who changed its name to the Vermont Intelligencer. It was discon- tinued not long after. The American Yeoman was commenced at Brattleboro in 18 17. The pub- lisher, Simeon Ide, had worked as pressman on Webster's spelling book the greater .part of the year 1813, for William Fessenden. In 1816 he had printed "the first New Ipswich, N. H., edition" of the New Testament, in his father's blacksmith shop in that town ; but the work proved unremunerative, and hav- ing disposed of most of the edition to pay his debts, he found himself pos- sessed of a good Ramage press, a font or two of types, and a few other nec- essary utensils of the trade, and so resolved upon publishing a newspaper. Failing in his efforts to find necessary encouragement at Keene, N. H., Mr. Ide turned to Brattleboro, where he issued the first number of the Yeoman, February 5, 1817. Hon. John Phelps, of Guilford, Hon. James Elliot, Hon. 52 WINDHAM COUNTY- Royall Tyler, Dr. Allen, Dr." J. P. Warren, and other men of considerable note^ were occasional contributors to its columns. A circulation of 300 copies^ however, seems to have been insufficient to satisfy Mr. Ide's ambition, and at the end of one year he removed to Windsor, Vt., and united his paper with the Vei'mont Republican, in the office of which paper he had commenced his apprenticeship in the autumn of 1809. Mr. Ide is still living, at a serene old age, in Claremont, N. H. The Brattleboro Messenger, a Whig paper, was established by Alexander C. Putnam, who learned the printer's trade at Windsor, Vt., and married a. sister of the late Dea. Anson Barber, of Brattleboro. After continuing the paper about four years, Mr. Putnam, in 1826, sold out to George W. Nichols, whose first wife was a sister of the Fessenden printers, and who had for some time been employed as foreman in the Reporter press room. Mr. Nichols was born at Stowe, Vt., in 1782, and learned hi^ trade at Walpole, N. H. In politics he was a Democrat. He continued the Messenger until it was merged into the Pkcenix, in 1834. The Vermont Chronicle, was established at Bellows Falls, by Rev. E, C. Tenny, in April, 1826, The paper was only continued here about two years, however, when it was removed to Windsor, Vt., in October, 1828. The Vermont Phcenix was first published September 12, 1834, by George W. Nichols and William E. Ryther, Mr. Nichols being also publisher of the Brattleboro Messenger, and Mr. Ryther, publisher of the Independent Inquirer, a liberal paper in religious matters, owned by an association of gentlemen. It was first published for the proprietors, by Hiram Tupper. for a short time. The Inquirer having been published one year, the association sold it to E. H. Thomas. The proprietors of the two papers then agreed to let both die, and from their ashes resurrect another paper, to be called the Vermont Phcenix. The Phcenix was published by Nichols & Ryther until September 30, 1836, when they transferred their interest to G. C. Hall and J. C. Hol- brook, the poHtics of the paper not being satisfactory to some of its patrons. The paper was then put in charge of Mr. Calvin Walton, from Boston, whom the proprietors engaged for the purpose. Mr. Ryther being retained in the office, and the paper advocating the election of William Henry Harrison for President. Mr. Walton's name, however, appears in only four numbers of the paper. Five weeks afterward, Mr. Ryther, having purchased the paper of the proprietors, assumed its publication, and continued the same until July 8, 1847, when a .partnership was formed with Mr. O. H. Piatt, which lasted until April 18, 185 1, when Mr. Piatt, having purchased Mr. Ryther's interest, became sole proprietor. The Phcenix was enlarged in 1845, eleven years after its first publication. June 5, 1851, Mr. Piatt, having purchased the Bellows Falls Gazette, united the same with the Phcenix, announcing that the paper would be published simultaneously at Brattleboro, Bellows Falls and Ludlow. How long this arrangement lasted we do not know. The Phcenix was again enlarged in January, 1852. About this time the name of WINDHAM COUNTY. 53 the paper was changed to The Statesman. January i, 1855, it was merged with the Eagle, pubhshed by B. D. Harris, and the combined paper was called The Republican. George VV. Nichols, publisher of the Windham County Democrat., having given up his paper and gone West, the type and fixtures were purchased by Dr. Charles Cummings, who had had some con- nection with the Eagle, and February 3, 1855, he revived the Vermont Phcenix, with which The Republican was merged in 1857. Mr. Cummings remained editor and proprietor of the Phcenix until he went to the war, in 1862, as Lieutenant-Colonel of the i6th Regiment Vermont Vols. At this time the publishing of the paper was in charge of Charles S. Prouty, and the editorial charge was assumed by Rev. Addison Brown, formerly pastor of the Unitarian church of Brattleboro. Cummings was killed before Rich- mond, September 30, 1864, while in command of the 17th Vermont Vols., which he had recruited on the expiration of the time of the T6th Regiment, and in December, 1864, Messrs. Brown and Prouty purchased | the Phcenix of the Cummings estate. January i, 1868, Daniel B. Stedman purchased a third interest in the establishment, and the paper was enlarged. Mr. Brown died May 11, 1872, and September i, 1873, Mr. Prouty sold his interest to Olin L. French, who had formerly been editor of the Keene, N. H. Sentinel the present firm being French & Stedman. The Vermont Eree Press was established at Fayetteville^ June 7, 1834, by James A. Tenny and Z. Eastman. They sold the paper to E. C. Church, who changed the name to the Green Mountain Democrat, February 6, 1835. During the following year he again changed the name to the Mountain Dem- ocrat ; but the paper finally died, for want of support, during the autumn of 1837 or spring of 1838. The Windham Coimty Democrat was started at Brattleboro in November, 1836, by an association of Democrats. It was run about one year under the editorial management of Joseph Steen, when it was purchased by George VV. Nichols. Mr. Nichols' second wife, Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols, who was a sister of Judge Howard, of Townshend, was for some years the real and accredited editor of the paper. Under her administration \}c\q Democrat became one of the earliest champions of Woman's Rights in the country, and took a pi emi- nent position among the newspapers of the State. The paper was discon- tinued in the autumn of 1853, and in the spring of 1855 Mr. Nichols removed with his family to Kansas, where he died the same year, at the age of seventy- three years. Mrs. Nichols is now living in California. The Bellows Ealls Gazette, a Whig paper, was established by John W. Moore, in November, 1838. Mr. Moore was a practical printer, a brother of Jacob B. Moore, who was postmaster-general of California when the pos- tal service was first established there. Mr. Moore was an ardent antiquarian, especially in the line of music, and about 1840 he added to the Gazette a musical department called the "World of Music," which, in 1842, became a separate publication, and which he soon after sold to a Mr. Silsby, of Chester, 54 WINDHAM COUNTY, Vt. In June, 1S43, S. M. Blake and G. F. Bailey purchased the Gazette and continued its publication until June 5, 1844, at which time S. M. Blake became sole proprietor^ Mr. Bailey having removed to Fitchburg, Mass., where he entered upon the study of law, and was subsequently sent to con- gress from that district. Mr. Blake edited the Gazette until 1846, when he sold out to Green & Fleming, who re-purchased the concern for J. W. Moore, who in turn sold to a Mr. Colby. June 5, 185 1, the Gazette was sold to O. H. Piatt, when it was united with the Brattleboro Statesman, and published at Brattleboro, Bellows Falls and Ludlow, simultaneously. This arrangement being discontinued, Mr. Piatt started a separate paper at Bellows Falls, which, shortly after, was purchased by A. N. Swain, and is now edited by him, known as the Bellows Falls Times. The Whig, a campaign paper, was published during the campaign of 1840, at Brattleboro, by Joseph Steen. The Perfectionist was established in Putney, February 15, 1843, by J. H. Noyes and J. L. Skinner. The paper issued on this day was styled No. i. Vol. 3, an editorial explaining as follows: "We style this volume 3 because it is a continuation of the Witness, the name only being changed. However,^ if anyone chooses, he may consider it also a continuation of the original Per- fectionist, of which the first volume and part of the second were published in New Haven, Conn., in 1834 and '35." We cannot find, however, that the Witness was ever published in Putney. Noyes was a leader of the religious sect who styled themselves " Perfectionists," being identical with the present Oneida Community, at Oneida, N. Y. The paper was published on the ist, and 15th of the month, at $r.oo per year. It was temporarily discontinued at the end of the first year, but was later re-established, at Oneida, N. Y. The Water Cure Journal, a thirty-two page journal, was published several years, from about 1845, in the interest of the hydropathic institution that flourished at Brattleboro at that time. It was edited by William Wesselhoeft. The Republican Standard was commenced at Bellows Falls, after the Gazette was established, by William J. Mack ; and the Bellows Falls Argus, owned and edited by Hiram Atkins. The Argus, since changed to the Argus and Patriot, was removed to Montpelier, where it is now published. The Standard was discontinued. The Semi- Weekly Eagle was started in Brattleboro, by B. D. Harris and William B. Hale, in 1847, ^ Whig paper with strong partisan proclivities? and decidedly belligerent. The first number was issued August 10, 1847, and its publication was continued about three years before passing into other hands, the establishment being, in the spring of 185 1, sold to a party of gentle- men in the county who were interested in maintaining the paper, and its management was committed to the hands of Pliny H. White, then a young lawyer, residing at West Wardsboro, whose letters and occasional essays had already attracted attention, and who, in after years, as Rev. Pliny H. White, became well-known throughout the State. Mr. White, not finding editorial WINDHAM COUNTY. 55 pursuits, as developed in a country newspaper office, entirely congenial to his tastes or his talents, remained in charge of the Eagle only a little more than a year, when Mr. Harris having returned from Utah, whither he had been as secretary of the territory, was persuaded to resume control of it. He en- larged and changed it to a weekly sheet, and continued to conduct it until 1855, at which time, an adjustment of local political differences having taken place, the paper was united with the Vermont Statesman, conducted by O. H. Piatt. The Brattleboro Hydropathic Messenger was commenced by J. Davison, in 1858, with Dr. C. W. Grau, editor, and J. H. Capen, printer. It was a monthly journal, published in the interest of the Water Cure, and was dis- continued in i860. Capen' s Independent Advertiser, z. monthly journal edited and published by J. H. Capen, was issued during the years 1859, '60 and' 61. The Vermont Record and Farmer. — In July, 1863, Daniel L Milliken, ed- itor of the i5ri?«^/^;/ ^(?;///(sv, at Brandon, Vt., changed the name and char- acter of his paper, with the view of better adapting it to the wants of the whole State, and styled it The Vermont Record, making it a weekly and semi-weekly. January i, 1865, he removed the establishment to Brattleboro. Here he had with him for a time H. M. Burt, publisher of a paper printed on Mt. Washington, and who was also connected with the New England Home- stead, at Springfield, Mass. Soon after the removal to Brattleboro, another department was added, with a separate heading, entitled The Vermont Far- mer. In April, 1867, Mr. MilHken sold out to Ed P. Ackerman, of Newark. N. J., who conducted the paper for nearly two years. In January, 1868, the two departments were united under the title of The Vermont Record and Far- mer. In March, 1869, Mr. Ackerman sold out to F. D. Cobleigh, a Brattle- boro printer. In May, 1874, Mr. Cobleigh died, and for the following year the paper was under the editorial charge of J. M. Tyler, Esq., administrator of Mr. Cobleigh's estate. In April, 1875, Rev. A. Chandler purchased the paper of Mr. Tyler, and in January, 1879, H. L. Inman, of Ballston, N. Y., formerly one of the proprietors of the Ballston Democrat, purchased a half interest, the name of the firm being Chandler & Inman. On March 27, 1880, Mr. Chandler died, and May ist of the same year the concern was pur- chased by the propritors of the Vermont Phcenix, into which paper it was merged. The School /ourfial, a monthly publication, was also published by D. L. MiUiken during his stay in Brattleboro. The Household. — In 1866 George E. Crowell came to Brattleboro, from Hopkinton, N. H., to edit the agricultural department of The Vermont Rec- ord and Farmer, and two years later, in January, 1868, he commenced the pubUcation of The Household, with a subscription list of thirteen. This is a monthly periodical, and was a pioneer in its class, being for several years the only journal published in this country entirely devoted to domestic affairs. 56 WINDHAM COUNTY. It was founded in the belief that the literature furnished by the various " ladies' magazines, " and kindred publications, though well adapted to the needs of a large portion of its readers, was not such as to meet the require- ments of those earnest working women who constitute so large a portion of the wives and daughters of our land; and The Household, reared and schooled in hardships and privations, with no capital to sustain it, and but little experience in newspaper life to direct its course, amid doubts and fears, gaining a little firmer foothold every year, has solved the problem of success, and has to-day the largest circulation of any monthly published in New Eng- land, standing at present at 70,000. Four pages were added to its original sixteen, in the early part of 1869, the publisher having offered to make such an enlargement when the circulation of the journal should reach 12,000, and at the same time promised to make another and equal enlargement when the subscription list should number 20,000. The latter promise he was able to redeem with the commencement of the third volume, two years from the time the first number of the paper was issued; and since that time it has contained twenty-four large and well-filled pages, making it considerably the largest dollar monthly issued from an American press. The Windham County Reformer was established at Bratlleboro, in Au- gust, 1876, as a weekly, by Charles H. Davenport, its present editor and pro- prietor. In April, 1880, he added an issue under the name of the Benning- ton CouNTV^ Reformer; in August, 1883, he began to issue the Franklin County (Mass.) Reformer, and in February, 1884, he commenced to issue the Brattleboro Reformer, all of which he is now publishing, at Brattle- boro, aggregating a circulation of 10,500 weekly. Woman at Work, a literary monthly, was established by its present editor, Mrs. E. T. Housh, in the city of Louisville, Ky., in 1877. Being national in character, it was thought best to change its location to New England, and finding a welcome from the good people of Brattleboro, removed here in July, 1882, whence it has been regularly issued, reaching a wide circulation, and rapidly growing in favor wherever known. Since its removal, Frank E. Housh, son of the editor, has been its publisher. It contains thirty-two large pages, with finely engraved cover, and is filled with choice biographies, storiep, sketches, poems, etc., and special departments of '"Our Girls," "The Home" and "The World," comprising the whole range of woman's work. The Association News, a small four-page monthly, published by the Young Men's Christian Association, was established at Brattleboro in De- cember, 1883, and has been issued monthly since. The Londonderry Sifter was established at South Londonderry by George E. Shanks, in November, 1883, and has been issued each Friday since. The Sifter is an "independent Republican" paper, fearless in its tone, and its youth promises a vigorous growth. The West River Republican Spy, under the motto of " Be just and fear not," was established at Jamaica, by H. E. Mundell, in April 1884. The Spy is a monthly, sold at fifty cents per year. WINDHAM COUNTY. 57 This completes our list of the newspapers that have been published in Windham county, and, we believe, it covers them all, unless, perhaps, it be some small amateur publication or a campaign paper gotten out for partisan purposes during the heat of an approaching election. ABORIGINAL OCCUPANCY. Of the aborigmal inhabitants of that part of Vermont which borders the banks of the Connecticut, very Httle is known. The Iroquois Indians whose hunting-ground comprehended the whole of what is now the western portion of the State, seldom extended their wanderings across the mountains, and have left few vestiges of their presence, even in the places which were most frequented by them. The country in the neighborhood of Lunenburg and Newbury, and on the side of the river opposite the latter place, was called by the Indians "Coos," which word, in the Abenaqui language, is said to signify "The Pines." At these localities, and at other points on the upper Connec- ticut, there formerly resided a branch of the Abenaqui tribe of Indians. In Windham county are left picture writings by the Indians that prove that this section was at one time frequented by them, even though they may not have been permanent residents. At the foot of Bellows Falls, on the west side of the channel of the Connecticut, are situated two rocks, on which are in- scribed figures, the meaning of which it is difficult to determine. The larger rock presents a group of variously ornamented heads. The surface which these heads occupy is about six feet in height and fifteen feet in breadth. Promi- nent among the rest is a figure occupying nearly a central position in the group. ^ From its head, which is supported by a neck and shoulders, six rays or feathers extend, which may be regarded as emblems of excellence or power. Four of the other heads are adorned each with a pair of similar pro- jections. On a separate rock, situated a short distance from the main group, a single head is sculptured, which is finished with rays or feathers, and was probably intended to designate an Indian chief The length of the head, exclusive of the rays, is fouiteen inches, and its breadth across the forehead in its widest part is ten inches. These sculpturings seem to have been intended to com- memorate some event in which a chief and a number of his tribe performed some noted exploit, or met with some sad disaster. The former supposition, is, however, undoubtedly correct, as it is well known that the Indians were usually careful to conceal the traces of their misfortunes, and eager to pub- lish the evidence of their successes. On the south bank of West river, in Brattleboro, about one hundred rods west of its confluence with the Connecticut, is situated another " Indian rock." Nearly the whole surface of the rock, measuring ten feet in width and eight feet in height, is covered with hieroglyphics, representing birds, dogs, reptiles, etc. The chiseling of these sculptures is deeper and more easily traced than that of the inscriptions at Bellows Falls. There are also 58 WINDHAM COUNTY. some other sculptures in this vicinity. But no positive evidence exists that Windham county was ever the permanent home of the red men. Still, for many years the settlers here were annoyed and harrassed by Indian attacks and depredations, and not a few tragedies were enacted by the rapacious savages. The principal of these sanguinary events occurred in the towns of Brattleboro, Vernon, Jamaica, and other towns, and will be found noted in connection with the sketches of the se/eral townships, to which we refer the reader. WHEN FIRST SETTLED BY THE WHITES. Nearly sixty-three years after Samuel Champlain entered upon the blue waters of Lake Champlain, a township was granted on the banks of the Con- necticut river, in 1672, to John Pyncheon, Mr. Pearson and others, at Squakheag, afterwards Northfield, Mass., just south of ^the present limits of Windham county. The township was laid out on both sides of the river, and inclosed an area of six miles by twelve, extending several miles into the pres- ent States of Vermont and New Hampshire, and including a valuable tract of intervale land, all of which, the northern boundary of Massachusetts being undetermined at that time, was supposed to be within that province. A few months later, in 1673, a few people removed there from Northampton, Had- ley and Hatfield, and commenced the settlement of Northfield, the first settlement in the vicinity of Windham county. Previous to this settlement, and later, up to the yekr 1713, the Province of the Massachusetts Bay granted other tracts of land which were supposed to be within the provincial limits, many of which had become the centers of per- manent and flourishing settlements. But on determining the boundaries be- tween this Province and the colony of Connecticut, in 17 13, 107,793 acres of the land so granted were found to be without the true provincial limits, Massachusetts then, wishing to retain all the territory which she had hitherto supposed her own, entered into an agreement with her sister colony, in ac- cordance with which it was determined, "that the said colony of Connecticut should have 107,793 acres of land as an equivalent to the said colony for lands allowed and granted to belong to the said Province, that fall to the southward of the line lately run between the said Province and colony." Still, though the southern boundary of Massachusetts was fixed by this deter- mination, it was yet uncertain how far her territory extended north. The "equivalent lands " were located in four different places, one of the portions, containing 43,943 acres, being situated above Northfield, on the west bank of the Connecticut, within the bounds of the present towns of Putney, Dum- merston and Brattleboro, and bounded as follows : — " The northeast corner boundary is the mouth of the brook, at the north- ward end of the Great Meadow [in Putney], where said brook emptieth itself into Connecticut river at the foot of Taylor's island, from whence it bounds upon Connecticut river (as the river runs), eastwardly down the mouth of the brook that emptieth itself into Connecticut river at the lower end of the WINDHAM COUNTY. 59 Meadow, about three miles southward of the West river. And from the mouth of said brook it extends west-northwest by the needle of the surveying instrument six miles and a half, and from thence it extends nearest north and east by the needle of the surveying instrument twelve miles, which is the westerly boundary of said lands, and from thence it extends east-southeast by the needle of the surveying instrument six miles and a half to the mouth of the brook at the upper end of the Great Meadow." Within the bounds of the tract thus described was commenced the first permanent settlement in Vermont. The colony of Connecticut having received all the land to which she was entitled, caused it all to be sold in Hartford at public auction, on the 24th and 25th of April, 17 16. It was divided into sixteen shares, and was bought by gentlemen from Connecticut, Massachusetts and London, who paid for it six hundred and eighty-three pounds, New England currency, which amounted to "a httle more than a farthing per acre," the money thus obtained being apphed to the use of Yale College. The purchasers of the land, being ten- ants in common, made partition of the whole amount, and the tract above described fell to William Dummer, afterwards lieutenant-governor of Mass- achusetts, Anthony Stoddard, William Brattle and John White. Northfield and Deerfield, Mass., were still the frontiers of Massachusetts on 'the Connecticut, and these, with other exposed towns, were rendered defensible against Indian attacks ; but in order to more effectually secure the safety of the inhabitants, the General Court of the Province of the Massa- chusetts Bay voted, on the 27th of December, 1723, " that it will be of great service to all the western frontiers, both in this and the neighboring govern- ment of Connecticut, to build a block-house above Northfield, in the most convenient place on the lands called the Equivalent Lands, and to post in it forty able men, English, and Western Indians, to be employed in scouting at a good distance up Connecticut river. West river. Otter creek, and sometimes eastwardly, above Great Monadnuck, for the discovery of the enemy coming towards any of the frontier towns, and that so much of the said Equivalent Lands as shall be necessary for a block-house be taken up with the consent of the owners of the said land, together with five or six acres of their interval land, to be broken up or plowed for the present use of the Western Indians, in case any of them shall think fit to bring their families hither." To fulfill the conditions of this vote a site \^as chosen in the southeastern part of the present town of Brattleboro, just south of the village, upon what is now known as the Brooks farm. Col. John Stoddard, of Northampton, was ordered by Gov. Dummer to superintend the building of the block- house, the immediate oversight of the work being committed to Lieut. Timothy Dwight, who, with a competent force, consisting of " four carpen- ters, twelve soldiers with narrow axes, and two teams," commenced opera- tions on the 3d of February, 1724. Before summer had begun the fort was so far completed as to be habitable, and was named Fort Dummer, in honor of Sir William Dummer, then lieut. -governor of Massachusetts. This was 6o WINDHAM COUNTY. the embryo of the first permanent civilized settlement in the territory now included with the limits of Vermont. The fort was built of yellow pine timber, which grew in great abundance on the meadow lands. In form it was nearly square, the sides measuring each about i8o feet in length. It was laid up in the manner of a log-house, the timbers being locked together at the angles. The houses within were so constructed that the walls of the fort formed the back wall of each building. The roof was a single one, slanting upward to the top of the fort walls. All the houses fronted on a hollow square, and were .arranged in such a man- ner, that in case the enemy should burst the large gate which closed the entrance to the fort, and gain access to the parade, they could be instantly rendered defensible by barricading the doors and windows. Besides the small arms with which the soldiers were furnished, the garrison was also defended by four patereroes. Timothy Dwight remained in command of the fort until the close of the year 1726. From the time it was commenced until the first of June following, Captain Dwight's force numbered in all fifty-five effective men, of whom forty-three were English soldiers, and the remainder Indians. The latter belonged to the " Maquas " tribe, and were under the command of their sachems, Hendrick Maqua, of Connauchiwhory, and Umpaumet, who dwelt on the banks of Hudson river. Among the first settlers, other than the garrison, were John and Thomas Sargent, John Alexander, John Arms and Fairbank Moore and son, all with the exception of John and Thomas Sargent, who were born at Fort Dummer, being from Massachusetts. The father and brother of John Sargent, Jr., were ambushed by the Indians ; the father was killed and scalped and the brother, Daniel, carried into captivity, where he adopted the Indian habits and manners, but afterwards returned to his friends. Fairbank Moore and son were killed by Indians at the West river meadows, now the property of the Ver- mont Insane Asylum, two miles north of Fort Dummer, and the wife and daughter of the younger Moore were captured. In 1739 quite a little settlement was begun at Westminster, and other small settlements had sprung up. As these extended it became necessary for the inhabitants to increase and strengthen their defences. Accordingly, in 1840, Josiah Sartwell built a block-house in Vernon, which was called by his name, "Sartwell's Fort." It stood about one hundred rods from the Connecticut river, about four miles south of Brattleboro, upon the farm now owned by descendants of the same name. In 1838 it was taken down, after having stood ninety-eight years, and upon its site was erected the dwelling of Hon. Ebenezer Howe, Jr., a great-great-grandson of Josiah Sartwel), and a great- grandson of Caleb Howe, who was killed by the Indians. Bridgman's Fort, of similar construction, built with large square timbers laid horizontally one above the other, in the shape of an oblong or square, and locked together at the angles, the structure being roofed, and furnished with loop-holes on every side, through which to observe and attack windhaJi county. 6 1 the enemy, the upper story projecting over the lower, and underneath this projection other loop-holes cut, to enable those within to fire down on the as- sailants, in case of a close approach, was built the same year by Orlando Bridgman. It was situated half a mile south of Sartwell's, on the east side of the road, and with the exception of Fort Dummer was the only place picketed and secure in that vicinity. About the same time a settlement was made on the " Great Meadow," in what is now the town of Putney, and a garrison called Fort Hill was built in the center of the "Meadow" but by whom it was erected or occupied is not known. Notwithstanding all these preparations for defense, however, constant in- vasion precluded all possibility of any attempt at an extensive settlement, or even a moderate immigration to the new territory. And it was not until after the close of the last French war, in 1760, that immigration became rapid. Fears of hostilities having then subsided, settlers came in so rapidly that at the taking of the census of Cumberland county, in 1771, the population of what is now Windham county was as follows : Brattleboro, 403 ; Dummers- ton, i8g; Guilford, 436; Halifax, 329; Londonderry, 28; Vernon, 107; Marlboro, 50; Newfane, 52; Putney, 301; Rockingham, 225; Townshend, 136; Westminster, 478; Whitingham, 14; and Wilmington, 71; making a total population of 2,819 souls. But as the record of the date of these set- tlements and the incidents connected therewith belong to the sketches of the towns wherein they were made, we refer the reader to such sketches, further on in this volume, for detailed notices of the same. LAND TITLE CONTROVERSY. For a period of sixteen years there was a controversy between the authori- ties of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, relative to the boundary line between the Provinces, and a contest kept up in regard to the control of the territory in the vicinity of Fort Dummer and that on the opposite side of the river in Hinsdale. Finally, on the 5th of March, 1740, George II. decreed that the line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts should be surveyed in accordance with certain special instructions, and in 1741 the line was run by Richard Hazen, and found to leave Hinsdale and Fort Dum- mer to the north ; whereupon the King recommended the assembly of New Hampshire to care for and protect the settlers about Fort Dummer. From this royal recommend. Gov. Wentworth, of New Hampshire, naturally sup- posed that the King recognized the jurisdiction of New Hampshire as ex- tending to the same point west as Massachusetts ; namely, a point twenty miles east of the Hudson river; and accordingly, on the application of William Williams and sixty-one others, January 3, 1749, he chartered a township six miles square, in what he conceived to be the southwestern corner of New Hampshire. This town was named Bennington, after Gov. Benning Wentworth, the first town in Vermont to receive a royal charter. 62~ WINDHAM COUNTY. As early as 1763, Gov. Wentworth had granted, as mentioned on page 22, as many as 138 townships of six miles square, lying west of the Connecticut, and the population in the territory, which had now come to be known as the New Hampshire Grants, had become quite large. This prosperity and growing power New York could not quietly brook. So, during that year, Lieut. -Gov. Tryon, of that Province, laid claim to the territory, by virtue of a grant made by Charles II. to the Duke of York, in 1664, which included " all the land from the west side of Connecticut river to the east side of Delaware Bay." Finally, on application of the government of New York, it was decided by George III. in council of July 10, 1764, that the "western bank of the Connecticut river should thereafter be regarded as the boundary line between the Province of New York and Province of New Hampshire." The colonists were surprised and displeased at this decision, but peaceably submitted to it, supposing that it merely effected a change of the jurisdiction to which they were subject ; and the government of New Hampshire, which at first remonstrated, soon acquiesced in the decision. But on the loth of April, 1765, Gov. Colden issued a proclamation, giving a copy of the order of the king, changing the boundary of the territory, and notifying " His Maj- esty's subjects to govern themselves accordingly." He also at once pro- ceeded to grant the lands to others than the New Hampshire claimants, and when the latter applied to the New York government for a confirmation of the grants they already held, such enormous patent fees were demanded as to make it impossible for them to comply. It was well known in New York that these lands had long been granted by New Hampshire, that they were actually occupied under such grants, and that the new patents were procured in utter disregard of the rights and claims of the settlers. It was also well known by them that the king, in commissioning Benning Wentworth governor of New Hampshire, had de- scribe d his province as reaching westward " until it 7net his othe?- governments,^' thus bounding it westerly by New York; and that the eastern boundary of New York was a line twenty miles easterly from the Hudson river, extending from Lake Champlain south to the western line of Massachusetts, was proven by statements in the charter of the Duke of York, upon his accession to the throne of England, in 1685. But notwithstanding all this, New York insisted that not only was the jurisdiction changed thenceforward, but also that the grants made were vacated, and that the titles acquired under them were made void. The settlers were required to re-purchase their lands, which some of them did. though the majority of them peremptorily refused. The lands of such were granted to others, who brought actions of ejectment in the New York courts, where they invariably obtained judgments against the original proprietors. Gov. Tryon set all the machinery of law and courts to work and backed the whole by the militia of New York, to carry out his demands and make the settlers pay for their lands under his charters. Against such proceedings. WINDHAM COUNTY. 63 in most towns, they openly rebelled, and many were the scenes of personal violence, and the kidnapping and carrying to Albany jail of many a farmer there to He in durance vile a year or more, and have their property confis- cated — all for defending the farms they had bought and paid for. Such was Tryon's determination to force the settlers to acknowledge his authority and pay for their lands a second time, that the only course left for them was open defiance or base servility — and the latter was not in the blood of the Green Mountain Boys. The strife brought out peculiar talents on the part of these Nature's noblemen, bringing to the surface such champions as Ethan Allen, Seth Warner, Remember Baker and others, whose names are now as familiar as household words. Brattleboro, Guilford and Westminster were the theatres of warfare in what is now Windham county, the records of the proceedings of which will be found in connection with the sketches of these towns. For a time, however, a great many of the later settlers here sided with New York in the controversy, believing her to be in the right • such, particularly, was the case in Brattleboro and Guilford. But Ethan Allen, the man who said, "Rather than submit to the authority of Great Britain, or even the State of New York, I will retire with the Green Moun- tain Boys into the mountains and caves of the earth, and wage war with human nature at large," also said, "Unless the inhabitants of Brattleboro and Guilford peaceably submit to the authority of Vermont, their territory shall be made as desolate as Sodom and Gomorrah." This proclamation backed by the presence of Allen and his followers, cured the New York pro- clivities in Windham county. In 1769, the King prohibited the governor of New York from issuing any more grants " until His Majesty's further pleasure should be made known." Meanwhile civil disturbances and open defiance to the New York authorities continued to such an extent that, in 1774, a law was passed by that Province ordering the surrender of all oftenders, under the penalty of death. In reply^ the people of the grants returned a public letter, threatening death to any who should aid in arresting any of her citizens. About this time a plan was made for the formation of a royal province, but the Revolutionary war soon joined the two provinces in a common cause, so that their personal quarrel gradually raged less furiously. In 1789 New York acknowledged the inde- pendence of Vermont and endeavored to adjust all matters of dispute, hav- ing previously made grants- to those who had sufl^ered by adhering to her al- legiance, while Vermont, in turn, paid into the treasury of New York thirty thousand dollars. One complication arising from the land title question, which particularly affected Cumberland county, was the annexation of several New Hampshire towns to Vermont, as follows : On the 12th of March, 1778, a petition was presented to the Vermont legislature by a number of the towns in New Hampshire, praying that they might he allowed to become a part of the former State, and subject to its jurisdiction. The appHcation having been enter- 64 WINDHAM COUNTY. tained in the assembly for several day.s, was finally submitted to the people. When the discussion of the subject was renewed, on the nth of June, at the summer session of the legislature, thirty-five of the representatives, express- incr the views of the towns to which they belonged, declared in favor of the union and twelve against it. Sixteen towns were accordingly added to the territory of Vermont, viz.: Cornish, Lebanon, Dresden (a name given to the district belonging to Dartmouth College, but used only a short time), Lyme, Orford, Piermont, Haverhill, Bath, Lyman, Athrop (now divided into Little- ton and Dalton), Enfield, Canaan, Cardigan (now Orange), Landoff, Gunth- waite (now Lisbon), and Morristown (now Franconia). Although no act was passed to that effect, they were regarded as a part of Cumberland county, and were so referred to whenever it became necessary to legislate concerning them. Great dissatisfaction, however, prevailed on both sides of the Con- necticut relative to this annexation. Li vain were all the efforts of the legis- lature to restore peace. The experiment of annexation, hazardous in the beginning, soon began to assume an aspect threatening the very foundation of the new State, In this crisis, the general assembly, on the 23d of October, 1778, resolved to lay the subject before their constituents and request them to instruct their representatives how to proceed in relation to this unfortunate connection at the next session of the legislature. The impolicy, as well as the injustice "of aiding in the dismemberment of New Hampshire," was too appa'-ent to the friends and supporters of Vermont, to admit of a doubt in the course proper to be pursued. On the 12th of February, 1779, the instruc- tions of the representatives on this point were canvassed, at the winter session of the legislature, and, in conformity with these instructions, the union was declared "totally void, null and extinct." REVOLUTIONARY WAR. With Vermont the Revolutionary contest possessed a double interest, for while she lent her aid to redress national grievances, she also maintained a contest on her own account, resolving to secure her independence from New York. The part taken by the famous Green Mountain Boys is almost too well known to need special mention. Yet, while it is always conceded that they were brave and resolute, it is added that they were untrained, and sur- prise is often manifested that they showed such remarkable fighting qualities ; a little reflection, however, will show that they were not without training in arms and particularly in the art of Indian fighting. The fertility of the Ver, mont soil, of which the most extravagant stories used to be told, was first made known in the older States by the soldiers who crossed the territory in the French and Indian wars. Upjn the conquest of Canada, these men, largely young and unmarried, would naturally be the first to go to the new country, as it was called, and such in fact was the case, to a degree, so that the settlements had at the outset a considerable sprinkling of trained soldiers. WINDHAM COUNTY. 6< And further, it should be remembered that nearly all the settlers were inured to hardship and danger, and expert in woodcraft and in the use of firearms, so that a militia company, such as was formed in Cumberland and Gloucester counties in 1775, was a fighting force which could hardly be excelled for a rough country, and was even able to appear to advantage in an open field of battle. The strong current of emigration which after the conquest of Canada, in 1760, ran to the north from the oldei New England States, had at the open- ing of the Revolution effected the settlement of a great part of southern Ver- mont, progress of course being made most rapidly along the natural highways of the country, the rivers and lakes, so that in 1776 there is estimated to have been 900 men capable of bearing arms m the eastern part of the Scate. In 1775 the Green Mountain Boys captured the military posts on Lake Cham- plain, and the advance of the American army into Canada which followed, afforded a protection to Vermont settlements which many persons, particu- larly in the western part of the State, were not slow in taking advantage of; but as the emeny in turn regained possession of the lake the year following, the settlers were left entirely without protection, and in that condition mainly, they remained until the close of the war. The more exposed points in the region of the lake were abandoned in 1776, until there were very few settle- ments north of the present line of Bennington county ; but there were no demonstrations then made upon Vermont soil, and this vicinity, as did also most other parts of the State, remained undisturbed. In 1777 came the stirring and important events of the war about Bennington, but still the settlers at this distant location continued their work about their new forest homes with- out interference. In 1779 Gen. Hazen, with a part of a regiment of men. was employed in cutting a road from Peacham northerly, professedly to facilitate the moving ot an army into Canada, but really, it is supposed, as a feint to prevent the enemy from proceeding in force up Lake Champlain ; but there was no im- portant move made on either side, and the year 1780 found the little State entirely unprotected from the common enemy at the north, and engaged in a bitter contest with New York. It was during this year that occurred the memorable- raid upon and burning of Royalton, in Windsor county, and the year was full of apprehensions and alarms throughout the settlements. In October previous, the general assembly had elected a Board of War of nine persons, which, April 8, 1780, issued an order looking to the better protection of Cumberland county, wherein, it was recited that, " Whereas, the present war with Great Britain is likely to be continued, at least this campaign, and that the Continental troops will be continued to the south of this, by means which there will be no movement to divert the enemy in Canada, it there- fore becomes the indispensible duty of this State to make the best prepara- tions in their power for the defense of the frontiers." And we find the board busy throughout the year in its legitimate work, chiefly that of prepar- ing defenses along the frontier line above indicated. 66 WINDHAM COUNTY. No important events, however, transpired in Windham county from this time until the close of the war. The names of the Revolutionary soldiers, and the part each town took in the common cause, we have mentioned so far as known to us, in their respective town sketches. Suffice it to say at this point, then, that the people of the Grants entertained a feeling of deadly hatred against King George and the British parliament, rendering the Green Mountain Boys excellent foes. The surrender of CornwaUis, at Yorktown, October 17, 1781, virtually put an end to all these troubles, and the Green Mountain Boys were soon again, except for iheir family trouble with New York, enjoying the privileges of peace. WAR OF 1812. For nearly thirty years this intervale of peace was enjoyed, during which time the troubles between New York and Vermont were amicably adjusted, and one more star added to the proud flag of the Union. But still England, notwithstanding the lesson she had received and all the years that had inter, vened, seemed not to appreciate the fact that her American colony had grown to an independent nation ; and though in March, 1782, Burke and Fox had raised their voices in the British parliament and the House of Commons had formally declared that it "• would consider as public enemies all those who should advise a further prosecution of the war with America," England still persisted in acts of tyranny until they became unindurable. Accordingly on the 1 8th of June, 18 12, an act was passed in our House of Representatives by a vote of seventy-nine to forty-nine, and in the Senate by a majority of nineteen to thirteen, declaring war against Great Britain. The message of the president contained these as the principal reasons : " The impressment of American seaman by the British, the blockade of her enemies' ports, in con- sequence of which American commerce had been plundered in every sea, etc." Vermont, thinking that the difficulties of the times required its sentiments to be known among the other States, adopted the following resolutions : "We therefore pledge ourselves to each other and to our government, that with our individual exertions, our examples and influence, we will support our government and country in the present contest and rely on the Great Arbiter of events for a favorable result." This resolution Windham county sustained to the letter ; many of her old Revolutionary hero:s again went to the front in support of the common cause. The preparation for the battle of Plattsburgh, N. Y., etc., and, indeed, all the events of the war are to well known to require repeating here. The record of some of the heroes who participated in the battles will be found recorded in connection with the his- tory of the towns wherein they resided. So, suffice it to say, two years the storm raged, being quelled in 1815, when the victorious soldiers again re- turned to their quiet avocations. WINDHAM COUNtV. 67 THE WAR OF THE UNION. For nearly half a century after the war of 1812, peace brooded over the green hills and fertile valleys of Vermont. Youths had grown to manhood and old age ; the gray-haired grandsire, as he trotted the children up"on his knee, rehearsed to them the tales they loved best to hear — tales of the deeds of the brave McDonough and 'Old Ethan." Prosperity asserted itself in the hum of busy machinery, telling of the increase of manufacturing interests in the silver threads that were branching in all directions, proclaiming the route of the "iron horse" as it conveyed to prosperous marts the harvest surplus. The sun rose each morn on a prosperous, happy, contented people ; but alas ! as its rays gilded the Green Mountain summits on the morning of April 21. 1861, it awakened no answering smile in the hearts of the people. The first shot upon Sumpter had frightened away the angel Peace, and grim War asserted his rights. The hearts of the Green Mountain boys were again touched with the old fire of martial ardor ; the dreams of peace were forgotten; naught was remembered but their insulted flag — the flag purchased by the blood of their fathers — to which they owed their homes and the plenty that surrounded them. Side by side with her sister States, Vermont endured the weary marches and bore the brunt of battles, and side by side their sons sleep the long sleep — some 'neath the sun-kissed plains of the willful South, and some rocked in the bosom of the broad Atlantic, " held in the hollow of His hand." Others have been borne to rest among their kindred by sympathizing friends, who, year by year, to muffled drum-beat, wend their way to their consecrated tom.bs to deck their graves with beautifui spring flowers — a national tribute to the memory of the gallant dead, 5.128 of whom Vermont sacrificed as her share towards the preservation of the Nation's unity, freed from the curse of slavery, so long a foul blot upon her fair fame. Vermont promptly filled every quota, and every dollar needed was furnished with alacrity. Of her treasure, $9,087,352.40 was expended in furnishing the 34,238 loyal sons and representatives who went out to fight the battles of their country, 5,022 of whom were discharged from the service with shattered constitutions, or maimed in body, to renew the peaceful avocations of hfe as circumstances would permit. The following complete roster of men who went from Wind- ham county as commissioned ofiicers, and of those, who, enlisting in the ranks, were subsequently promoted to a commission, is compiled from the State Adjutant and Inspector-General's report of 1866, and from other sources. For convenience sake the names are arranged in alphabetical order, the dates referring to commissions, the date of muster being omitted : — TERMS OF ENLISTMENTS. First Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service May 2, 186 r, and mus- ;tered out August 15, 1866. 68 WINDHAM COUNTY. Second Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service June 20, 186 1. Original members, not veterans,' mustered out June 29, 1864. Recruits for one year and recruits wiiose term of service would expire previous to October i, 1865, mustered out June 19, 1865. Remaining officers and men mustered out of service July 15, 1865. Third Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service July 16, 1861. Orig- inal members, not veterans, mustered out July27, J 864. Veterans and re- cruits consolidated into six companies, July 25, 1864. Recruits for one year and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to October i, 1865, mustered out June 19, 1865. Remainder of Regiment mustered out July II, 1865. Fourth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service September 21, 1861. Original members, not veterans, mustered out September 30, 1864. First, Second and Third Companies of Sharp Shooters transferred to Fourth Regi- ment, February 25, 1865. Veterans, recruits and men transferred from Sharp Shooters, consolidated into eight companies, February 25, 1865. Recruits for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to October I, 1865, mustered out June 19, 1865. Remainder of regiment mustered out July 13, 1865. Fifth Fegiment, Infantry, mustered into service September 16, 1861. Original members, not veterans, mustered out September 15, 1864. Recruits for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to October i, 1865, mustered out June 19, 1865. Remainder of Regiment mustered out June 29, 1865. Sixth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service October 15, 186 1. Orig- inal members, not veterans, mustered out of service October 28, 1864. Vet- erans and recruits consolidated into six companies, October 16, 1864. Re- cruits for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to October i, 1865, mustered out June 19, 1865. Remainder of Regiment mustered out June 26, 1865. Seventh Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service February 12, 1862. Original members, not veterans, mustered out August 30, 1S64. Regiment mustered out March 14, 1866. Eighth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service February 18, 1862. Original members, not veterans, mustered, out June 22, 1864. Recruits for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to Octo- ber I, 1865, mustered out June 2 r, 1865. Remainder of Regiment mustered out of service June 28, 1865. Ninth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service July 9, 1862. Original members and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to October I, 1865. Remaining officers and men consolidated into battalion of four companies. Battalion mustered out December i, 1865. Tenth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service September i, 1862. Original members and recruits whose term of service woiild expire previous WINDHAM COUNTY. 69 to October i, 1865, mustered out June 22, 1865. Remainder of Regiment mustered out June 29, 1865. Eleventh Regiment, Infantry, { First Regiment Heavy Artillery, from De- cember 10, 1863,) mustered into service September i, 1862. Original mem- bers, recruits for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire previous to October i, 1865, mustered out of service June 24, 1865. Re- maining of^cers and men consolidated into battalion of four companies, June 24, 1865, Battalion mustered out August 25, 1865. Twelfth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service October 4, 1862, Mustered out July 14, 1863. Sxiteenth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service October 23, 1862. Mustered out August 10, 1863. Seventeenth Regiment, Infantry, mustered into service by companies in 1864. Mustered out July 14, 1865. First Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters, Company F, (First Vermont Com- pany,) mustered into service September 13, 1861. Original members not vet- erans, mustered out September 13, 1864. Regiment disbanded and veterans and recruits transferred to Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters December 23, 1864. Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters, Company E., (Second Vermont Company,) mustered into service November 9, 1861. Original members, not veterans, mustered out of service November 9, 1864. Regiment disbanded, and veterans and recruits transferred to Co. G, 4th Vt. Vols , February 25, 1865. Co. H, (Third Vermont Company,) mustered into service December 31, 1861. Original members, not veterans, mustered out of service Decem- ber 31, 1864. Regiment disbanded and veterans and recruits transferred to Company H, 4th Vermont Vols., February 25, 1865. First Regiment Cavalry, mustered into service November 10. r86i. Original members, not veterans, mustered out of service November 18, 1864. Recruits for one year, and recruits whose term of service would expire pre- vious to October i, 1865, mustered out June 21, 1865. Remaining officers and men consoUdated into battalion of six companies. Battalion mustered out August 9', 1865. Roster of Field, Staff and Company Officers. Allard Albert A., of Wilmington, age 32, 2d Lieut. Co. I, 4th Regt., Sept. 13, '61; resigned, Jan. 8, '62. Allbee Silas, of Londonderry, age 28, 2d Lieut. Co. G, nth Regt., Aug. 12, '62; discharged March 14, '63, for incompetency. Amidon George H., of Jamaica, age 23, private Co. I, 4th Regt., Aug. 21, '61; Corp. Sept. 21, '61; 2d Lieut. Jan, 19, '62; ist Lieut. Co. G, July 19, '62 j Capt. Co. E, Sept. 23, '62; wounded May 5, '64, and Oct. 19, '64; Brevet Major June 9, '65 ; mustered out of service July 13, '65- 70 WINDHAM COUNTY. Anson Frank, of Halifax, age 19, private Co. E, nth Regt., Jan. 5, '64;. Regt.-Com.-Sergt. Jan. 17, '64; Regt. Qr.-M.-Sergt. Sept. i, '64; 2d. Lieut. Co. A, May i;^, '65 ; transferred to Co. C ; ist Lieut. Co A, June 26, '65 ; mustered out of service Aug. 25, '65. Arms Robert B., of Brattleboro, age 38, Capt. Co. B, i6th Regt., Aug. 28, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63. Bacon Harrison K., of Dummerston, age 21, private Co. K, 9th Regt., Jan. 2, '64 ; wounded, Sept. 21, '64 ; transferred to Co. C, by reason of con- solidation of regiment, June 13, '65; Corp., June 15, '65; 2d Lieut. July 3, '65; ist Lieut. Nov. 17, '65; mustered out of service as 2d Lieut. Dec. i, '65. Ball David of Jamaica, aged 39, Capt. Co. D, i6th Regt., Aug. 29. '62;. nmstered out of service, Aug. 10, '63. Bemis William W., of Windham, age 20, private, Co. D, i6th Regt., Aug. 29, '62; ist Sergt., Oct. 23, '62; 2d Lieut, April 2, '63; mustered out of service, Aug. 10, '63. Bixby Armentus B., of Londonderry, age 28, Asst. Surgeon, 4th Regt., Oct. 6, '62 : mustered out of service Sept. 30, '64. Blake Henry S., of Rockingham, age 22, private, Co. A, 7th Regt. Jan. 14, '62; Sergt., Feb. 12, '62; re -enlisted, Feb. 16, '64; ist Sergt. July 12, '65; ist Lieut., Sept. 1, '65; mustered out of service as ist Sergt., March 14, '66. Boutin Charles W., of Windham, age — , ist Lieut. Co. K., 4th Regt, Sept. 14, '61; Capt. Co. D, Dec. 14, '62; Maj. June 4, '65; mustered out of service as Captain Co. D, July 13, '65. Bid^jman Jabez D., of Rockingham, age 34, Adjt. i6th Regt., Sept. 29, '62;. resigned Jan. 12, '63. Brooks J. Byron, of Westminster, age 22, 2d Lieut. Co. H., 4th Regt, Sept. 12, '61; ist Lieut. Co. I, Jan. 19, '62 ; Capt. Co. H, April 19, '64;. wounded May 5, '64; honorably discharged as ist Lieut., Co. L Aug. 5, '64, four wounds. Brooks Joseph C, of Westminster, age 29, ist Lieut., Co. K. 9th Regt, July 3, '62 ; Capt. Co. F, Nov. 17, '62; wounded Sept. 29. '64; Maj., March 20, '64; mustered out of service, June i^, '65. Brown Addison Jr., of Brattleboro. age 23, Capt. Co. F, 4th Regt.. Sept. 7, '61, Lieut.-Col. 5th Regt., Sept. 18, '64, honorably discharged Dec. 9, '64, for disability. Burlingame Sylvester C. of Dummerston, age 19, private Co. K, 9th Regt., May 27, '62; Sergt. July 9, '62; wounded severely, Sept. 29, '64; 2d. Lieut., Dec. 30, '64; mustered out of service June 13, '65. Burns George H., of Halifax, age 28, 2d Lieut. Co. F., i6th Regt. Sept. 3, '62; resigned, Feb. 19, '63. Burrows Hunt W.. of Vernon, age 26, Adjt. nth Regt, Aug. 22, '62; trans- ferred to Co. B, as ist Lieut., Dec. 10. '62; Capt. Co. M. Jan. 21, '64; resigned Sept. i, '64. Butterfield Frank G., of Rockingham, age 20, 2d Lieut., Co. A., 6th Regt.,. Oct. 4, '61; ist Lieut., Co. C, Aug. 21, '62; Capt. Co. L April 21^ '64; wounded Aug. 21, '64^ mustered out of service, Oct. 28, '64. Buxton Albert, of Lond(Miderry. age 25, 2d Lieut., 2d Regt., U. S. S. S.,. Dec. 24, '61 ; wounded July 3, '63 ; Capt. Co. H, Dec. i, '62 ; killed m action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, '64. WINDHAM COUNTY. 71 Buxton Charles of Rockingham, age 28, Capt. Co. G, nth Regt.. Aug. 12, '62 ; Maj. Sept. 2, '62; killed at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, '64. Campbell Henry C, of Putney, age 24, 2d Lieut., Co. C, 2d Regt., June 20, '61 ; 1st Lieut. Jan. 23, '62; resigned, Oct. 19, '62. Carter Edward W., of Brattleboro, age 21, private Co F, 4th Regt., Aug. 24, '61 ; Sergt. Sept. 21, '61 ; 2d Lieut. June 16, '62; ist Lieut. Co. K, Dec. 14, '62; wounded May 5, '64 ; Capt. Co. G, June 25, '64; resigned Sept. 13, '64. Chase Henry R., of Guilford, age 24, private Co. E, nth Regt. Aug. 14, '62; ist Sergt. Sept. i, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Sept 6, '62 ; 1st Lieut. Aug. n, '63 ; Capt. Co. M, Dec. 2, '64- transferred to Co. A, by reason of consolida- tion of Regt., June 24, '65; Maj. July 10, '65 ; mustered out of service as Capt. Co. A, Aug. 25, '65. Churchill William H., of Londonderry, age 23, private 2d Regt., U. S. S. S- Oct. !8, '61; Sergt. Dec. 31, '61 ; 1st Sergt. Dec. i, '62; re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; wounded May, '64; Capt. Co. H, Oct n, '64; killed in action Oct. 27, '64, before Petersburg, Va. Chapin Charles C, of Westminster, age 18, private Co. F, 4th Regt., Sept., 5, '61 ; Corp ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; wounded July 10, '63, and May 5, '64; Sergt. Sept. 28, '64; transferred to Co. A, by reason of con- solidation of regiment, Feb. 25, '65; Sergt. -Maj. May 12, '65; ist Lieut. Co. C, June 18, '65; mustered out of service as Sergt. -Maj. July 13, '65. Cochran Walter W., of Rockingham, aged 40, Major 3d Regt.. July 10, '61 ; resigned Aug. 10, '61. Cummings Charles, of Brattleboro, age 40, ist Lieut. Co. E., nth Regt., Aug. 14, '62 ; Lieut. -Col. i6th Regt., Sept. 29, '62 ; mustered out of ser- vice, Aug. 10, '63; re-enlisted Lieut -Col. 17th Regt., Feb. 7, '64 ; wounded. May 6, '64 ; killed in action before Petersburg, Va., Sept. 30, '64. Daggett Samuel L., of Rockingham, age 23, private Co. G., nth Regt., Aug. 9, '62; Corp., Nov. 27, '62 ; Sergt., Dec. 4, '64 ; 2d Lieut., May 13, '65; transferred to Co. D, June 24, '65 ; ist Lieut. Co. B., July 10, '65 ; mustered out of service as 2d Lieut. Co. D, Aug. 25, '65. Dale John J., of Jamaica, age 19, private Co. F, 17th Regt., Nov. 26,-'63 ; Corp., April 12, '64; wounded. May 6, '64 ; Sergt., May 13, '64 ; 2d Lieut., March ii,'65; ist Lieut., x\pril 18, '65 ; mustered out of ser- vice, July 14, '65. Danforth Alonzo H., of Rockingham, age 23, Sergt-Maj., ist Cav., Nov. 19, '61 ;■ wounded, May 2z|, 1862; 2d Lieut. Co. G., April 10, '62; resigned, Aug. 2, '62. Dickinson William O., of Vernon, age 25, private Co, E, nth Regt., Aug- 6, '62 ; Corp. Sept. i, '62 ; Sergt. Sept. 6, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Dec. 28. '63 ; 1st Lieut. Dec. '64; wounded, March 25, '65; transferred to Co. H.; mustered out of service June 24, '65. Diggins Patrick, of Rockingham, age 25, private Co. G. nth Regt. Aug. 4, '62 ; ist Sergt. Sept. i, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Nov. 2, 63 ; ist Lieut. Dec. 28, '63; Capt. May 13; '65 ; mustered out of service June 24, '65. Dix Henry F.. of Wilmington, age 25, Capt. Co. F., i6th Regt., Sept. 3, '62 ; mustered out of service, Aug. 10, '63. 72 WINDHAM COUNTY. Downs Henry W., of Newfane, age i8, private Co. I, 8th Regt.. Nov. 28, '61 ; Corp.; Sergt., Dec. 13, '63; re-enlisted, Jan. 5, 64; ist Sergt., March 21, '65 ; 2d Lieut., April 18, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65. Dunton Joseph N., of Townshend, age 23, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Nov. '61; Corp. Feb. 18, '62 ; Sergt.; ist. Sergt. Nov. 26, '63 ; re-enhsted Jan. 5, '64; 2d Lieut. Feb. 20, '64; ist Lieut. Nov. 24, '64; Capt. Co. C, March 3, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65. Eaton Watson S., of Grafton, age 26, private Co. G, i ith Regt., Aug. 9, 62 ; Sergt. Sept. t, '62; Regt. -Com. -Sergt. Nov. 11, '63; 2d Lieut. Dec. 28, '63 ; dishonorably discharged Oct. i, '64. Emerson Rufus, of Brattleboro, age 27, private Co. C, 2d Regt. Miy i, '6r ; Corp.; re enlis*^ed Dec. 2r, '63; wounded May 6, '64, and May 12, '64; Sergt. July 1, '64; .1st Sergt. Feb. 6, '65; 2d Lieut. June 7. '65; mus- tered out of service as ist Sergt. July 15, '65. Farr Dennie W., of Brattleboro, age 21, 2d Lieut. Co. F, 4th Regt., Sept. 7, '61 ; ist Lieut. Jan. 19, '62 ; Capt. Co. C, Aug. 13, '62 ; killed in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64. Faxon John, cf Rockingham, age — , Sergt. -Maj., 4th Regt., Sept. 21, '6i; 2d Lieut., Co. B, Dec. 18, '61; Adjt. Jan. 19, '62; resigned July 16, '62. Fleming Charles K., of Rockingham, age 32, ist Lieut., Co. G, nth Regt., Aug. 1 2, '62; Capt. Co. M. Oct. 8, '63; prisoner, paroled June 23, '64; Maj., Jan. 21, '64; mustered out of service May 15, '65. Franklin Alvin B., of Newfane. age 23, ist Lieut. Co. H, 8th Regt., Jan. 17, '62; wounded June 22, '62; Capt. June 12, '63; Maj. Nov. 24, '64; Lieut. -Col. March 4, '65; mustered out of service Jan, 28, '65. Franklin Henry L., of Brattleboro, age 23, private Co. C, 2d Regt., May 11, '61; Corp. June 30, '61 ; re-enlisted, Dec. 21, '63; ist Sergt. July i, '64 ; ist Lieut., Dec. 24, '64 ; cashiered and dismissed the service, for drunkenness on picket, May 18, '65, by sentence of general court martial. Gale George F., of Brattleboro, age 34, Surg. 8th Regt., Dec. 10, '6r; re- signed June 24, '62. Gale Lyman C, of Rockingham, age 25, private Co. F, 4th Regt., Aug. 20, '61 ; ist Sergt., Sept. 21, '61 ; ist. Lieut., Aug. 12, '62; honorably dis- charged July 30, '64, for disability. Gillett Henry O , of Whitingham, age 26, ist Lieut , Co. F, i6th Regt., Sept. 3, '62; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63. Glazier N. Newton, of Stratton, age 23, private Co. G, nth Regt., Aug. 11, '62 ; Corp. Nov. 23, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Co. A, Nov. 2, '63; wounded, May 18, '64; ist Lieut., Jan. 21, '64; honorably discharged Sept. 3, '64, for wounds. Gleason Francis A., of Brattleboro, age 27, private Co. C, 2d Regt. May i, '61 ; Sergt., June 20, '61 ; ist Sergt., Jan. 23, '62; 2d Lieut., Oct. 20, '62; ist Lieut., March i, '63 ; died at Washington, D. C, May 30, '63, of wounds received in action at Salem Hights, Va., May 4, '63. Goodhue Charles E., of Townshend, age 26, ist Lieut. Co. D, 16th Regt., Aug. 29, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63. Gould Charles G., of Windham, age 18, private Co. G, nth Regt, Aug. 13, '62; Corp., Dec. 27, '63; Sergt.-Maj., Feb. 12, '64; 2d Lieut., Co. E, June 30, '64; Capt. Co. H, 5th Regt., Nov. 10, '64; wounded April 2, '65 ; Brevet-Maj., April 2, '65, for gallantry in the assault on Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65; mustered out of service June 19, '65. WINDHAM COUNTY. 73 Gould George W., of Brattleboro, age i8, private Co. K, 9th Regt., June 16, '62 ; Musician, July 9, '62 ; transferred to Co. F, and promoted Sergt., June i, '64; Sergt.-Maj.. April 10, '65 ; Adjt., May 2, '65 ; mus- tered out of service, June 13, '65. Grant Lewis A., of Rockingham, age 32, Maj. 5th Regt., Aug. 15, '61; Lieut.-Col, Sept. 25, '61; Col. Sept. 16, '62; wounded Dec. 14, '62; promoted Brig. -Gen., U. S. Vols., April 27, '64. Hall Josiah, of Westminster, age 27, Capt. Co. F, ist Regt. Cav., Oct. 17, '61; Maj., Oct. 4, '62; wounded Oct. 12, '63; prisoner of war from Oct. 12, '63, to Aug. 26, '64; Lieut-Col., Nov. 19, '64; Col. May 23, '65 ; mustered out of service June 21, '65. Haskins Kittredge, of Newfane, age 26, ist Lieut., Co. I, i6th Regt., Sept. 20^ '62; resigned March 19, '63. Haywood Nathaniel E., of Brattleboro, age 29, 2d Lieut. Co. F, ist Cav., Oct. 17, '61 ; resigned July 14, '62. Hodgkins Merrill L., of Wardsboro, age 20, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Dec. 6, '61; Corp. Feb. 18, '62; re-enlisted Jan. 5, '64: Regt.-Com. -Sergt., June 9, '64; ist Lieut. Co. F, Nov. 24, '64; mustered out of service June 28, '65. Holbrook William C, of Brattleboro, age 19, ist Lieut. Co. F, 4th Regt., Sept. 7, '6t ; Maj. 7th Regt. Jan. 17, '62 ; Col. 7th Regt., Aug. 27, '62 ; resigned June 26, '65. Holland George N., of Newfane, age 27, ist Lieut. Co. I, 8th Regt., Jan. 17, '62 ; resigned Oct. 25, '62. Holton William H. H., of Jamaica, age 20, 2d Lieut. Co. H, 8th Regt., Jan. 17. '62 ; wounded June 22, '62 ; resigned Jan. 13, '6;^. Hooker George W., of Londonderry, age 23, private Co. F, 4th Regt., Sept. 6, '61 ; Serg.-Maj., Dec. 18, '61 ; 2d Lieut. Co. E, April 21, '62 ; Capt. Aug. I, '62 ; promoted Capt. and A. A. G, U. S. Vols., July 31, '64. Howard James G, of Brattleboro, age 25, private Co. A, 2d Regt., Oct. 26, '61 ; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; wounded May 5, '64; Sergt. Oct. 17, '64; ist Sergt. Nov. i, '64; ist Lieut. Dec. 24, '64; mustered out of service J"iy 15, '65- Howard Squire E., of Jamaica, age 21, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Nov. 19, '61 ; ist Sergt. Feb. 18, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Jan. 13, '6;^; ist Lieut. June 12, '63; Capt. Co. C, July 26, '64; honorable discharged Dec 9, '64, for wounds received in action at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, '64. Hunt John, of Vernon, age 32, Capt. Co. E, nth Regt., Aug. 14, '62, resigned Aug. 10, '63. Jones Samuel B., of Halifax, age 18, private Co. G, nth Regt., Feb. 26, '64 ; Regt. -Com. -Sergt., Sept. 25, '64 ; 2d Lieut. Co. D, June 26, '65 ; trans- ferred to Co. B, July, '65 ; mustered out of service, Aug. 25, '65. Kellogg George B., of Brattleboro, age 36, Lieut.-Col. ist Cav., Oct. 17, '61; dismissed the service Oct. 11, '62. Knapp Lyman E., of Stratton, age 24, Capt. Co. I, i6th Regt., Sept. 20, '62; wounded July 3, '63; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63; re- enlisted Capt. Co. F, 17th Regt., April 9, '64; wounded May 12, '64, and April 2, '65 ; Maj. Nov. i, '64; Brevet Lieut.-Col., April 2, '65, for gallantry in assault on Petersburg, April 2, '65 ; mustered out of service as Maj. July 14, '65. 74 WINDHAM COUNTY. Laughton Paschal S., of Dummerston, age 26, private Co. I, i6th Regt., Sept. 20, '62 ; ist Sergt. Oct. 23, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. B, March 17, '63; died Aug. 6. '63, at Dummerston, of fever. Lawton Cyren B., of Wilmington, age 23, private Co. F, i6th Regt., Sept. 3, '62; Sergt.-Major., Jan. 12, '63; 2d Lieut, Feb. 24, '63; died July ii, '63, of wounds received in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63. Leavenworth Abel E., of Brattleboro, aged ;^^, private Co. K, gth Regt.> May '24, '62 ; ist Sergt. July 9, '62 ^ ist Lieut., Nov. 17, '62; Capt.; Dec. I. '64; mustered out of service June 13, '65. Leonard Charles F., of Brattleboro, age 22, Adjt., 5th Regt., Oct. 20, '64;, mustered out of service June 29, '65. Lewis Davd W., of Brattleboro, age 28, Capt. Co. K, 9th Regt., July 3, '62 ;, discharged Sept. 2, '64, for disability. Lynde William W., of MarlDoro, age 34, Capt. Co. I, 8th Regt., Jan. 17, '62; resigned Oct. iS, '63. Merriman Charles D., of Brattleboro, age 28, private ist Regt., U. S. S. S., Sept. II, 61; Corp., Sept. 13, '61 ; Sergt. Dec. i, '62; 2d Lieut., Feb. 21, '63 ; ist Lieut., May 15, '63 ; Capt. Co. F, Nov. 5, '63; mustered out of service Sept. 13, '64. Morse Amherst, of Newfane, age 23, private Co. E, nth Regt., July 29, '62; Sergt. Sept. I, '62; ist Sergt. Sept. 2, '62 ; ist Lieut. Co. K, May 3, '63; prisoner of war from June 23, '64, to March 2, '65 ; honorablv discharged May 8, '65. Morse Horace F., of Wardsboro, age 34, private Co. E, 5th Regt., Aug. 20, '61 ; Corp., Sept. 16, '61; Sergt.; 1st Sergt.; 2d Lieut., Co. H., Sept. 20, '62; ist Lieut., Co. A, March i, '63; resigned July 18, '63. Morse Joshua C, of Newfane, age 30, 2d Lieut., Co. I, 8th Regt., Jan. 17, '62 ; ist Lieut., Oct. 25, '62 ; resigned July 10, '63. Norcross Charles A., of Brattleboro, age 27. 2d Lieut., Co. B, i6th Regt., Aug. 28, '62 ; ist Lieut, Co. K, March 16, '63; mustered out of ser- vice Aug. 10, '63. Osgood Charles E., of Rockingham, age 23, private Co. A., 3d Regt., June I, '61; Sergt., July 16, '61 ; ist Sergt. ; 2d Lieut., July 21, '63 ; wounded May 5, '64; mustered out of service July 27, '64. Patch Albert, of Newfane, age 19, private Co. E, nth Regt., Aug. 9, '62 ; Corp., Jan. 11, '62; Sergt. Jan. 21, '64; ist Sergt., March i,'65; 2d Lieut. June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as 1st Sergt. June 24, '65. Pettie Waitstell R., of Wardsboro, age 18, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Dec. 10, '61 ; Corp. ; reenHsted Jan, 5, '64 ; Sergt. April 12, '64 ; Regt. Qr.-M.- Sergt., July i,' 64; 2d Lieut., Nov. 24, '64; ist Lieut. March 3, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65. Phelps J. Wolcott, of Brattleboro, age — , Col. ist Regt., April 26, '61; promoted Brig.-Gen., U. S. Vols., May 27, '61. Pierce William W., of Londonderry, age 25, private Co. I, 4th Regt., Sept, 3, '61 ; Corp. Feb. 25, '62 ; Sergt., June 28, '62 ; wounded Dec. 13, '62; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; ist Lieut. Co. D, Mays, '^4'> Capt. Co. D, June 4, '65; transferred to Co. B, by reason of consoHdation of Regt., Feb. 25, '65 ; mustered out of service as ist Lieut. Co. B, July 13, '65. Post Custanus B., Jr., of Grafton, age 28, Surgeon i6th Regt., Oct. 18, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63 ; Surgeon nth Regt., Oct. 3, '63 ; mustered out of service June 24, '65. WINDHAM COUNTY. 75 Prouty Henry H., of Brattleboro, age 19, private Co. C, 2d Regt., May i, '61; Sergt. June 20, '6r ; Sergt.-Maj., April 14, '63 ; wounded May 4, '63; 2d Lieut., Co. H, Nov. 2, '63 ; ist Lieut., Co. H, April 24, '64; mustered out of service July 15, '65. Rice Henry H., of Brattleboro, age 21, 2d Lieut., Co. K, 9th Regt., July 3, '62 ; resigned June i, '63. Robbins Augustus J., of Grafton, age 21, private Co. A, 2d Regt., May 7,- '6: ; Corp., June 20, '6 [ ; Regt. Com. -Sergt., Jan. 16, '62; 2d Lieut., Dec. 20, '62 ; wounded May 12, '64; mustered out of service June 29, '64. Roundy Carlton H., of Rockingham, age 48, Capt. Co. I, 12th Regt., Sept. 26, '62 ; resigned Jan. 21, '63. Russell Albert W., of Rockingham, age 45, ist Lieut. Co. I, 12th Regt., Sept. 26, '62 ; resigned Jan. 21, '63. Russell William R., of Brattleboro, age 24, private Co. F, 4th Regt., Aug. 3?, '61; Corp. Sept. 21, '61; Sergt., Feb. 25, '62; 2d Lieut. Co. G, Feb. 25, '63 ; mustered out of service Sept. 30, '64. Sabin Albert R., of Rockingham, age 24, Capt. Co. C. 9th Regt., June 24,^ '62 ; resigned Dec. 24, '62. Sayles Jas. A., of Rockingham, age 18, private Co. E, 5th Regt., Sept. 10, '61; 2d Lieut. Co. E, July 24, '62; 1st Lieut. Co. E, Oct. 6, '62; transferred to Co. C, April I, '63 ; promoted Capt. 8th New York Cav., May r, '64. Scofield Robert, Jr., of Brattleboro, age 25, ist Lieut. Co. F, ist Cav, Oct- 17, '61 ; Capt. Oct. 4, '62 ; prisoner of war from July 12, '63, to March 5 » '65; Maj. Nov. 18, '64; mustered out of service June 21, '65. Sears John C, of Wilmington, age 31, 2d Lieut, Co. E, nth Regt., Aug. 14, '62; ist. Lieut. Sept. 2, '62 ; Capt. Aug. 11, '63; mustered out of service June 24, '65. Selleck George E., of Brattleboro, age 28, private Co. I, 8th Regt., Dec. 7,. '61 ; ist Sergt., Feb. 18, '62; 2d Lieut. Oct. 25, '62 ; ist Lieut. Nov. 7, '63 ; mustered out of service Feb. 26, '65. Sherwin Oscar W., of Grafton, age 36, 2d Lieut. Co. D, i6th Regt., Aug. 29, '62 ; resigned Dec. 26, '62. Simonds Charles F., of Brattleboro, age 26, Regt. Com. -Sergt. i6th Regt., Oct. 23, '62; 2d Lieut. Jan. 16, '63; resigned May 4, '63. Smith Walter W., of Wilmington, age 24, private Co. H, 2d U. S. S. S., Oct. 7, '61 ; Sergt. Dec. 31, '61; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; Capt. Nov. 11, '64 ; transferred to Co. H, 4th Vermont Vols., Feb. 25, '65 ; mustered out of service July 13, '65. Smith William H., of Townshend, age 26, private Co. H, 8th Regt., Nov. 19, '61; Sergt. Feb. 18, '62; ist Sergt.; ist Lieut. Co. F, Oct. i, '63; wounded June 22, '62; Capt. July 26, '64; wounded Oct. 19, '64; mustered out of service June 28, '65. Snow Alroy A., of Townshend, age 28, private Co G., nth Regt., July 30, '62; Sergt. Sept. i, '62; ist Sergt. Feb. 11, '65 ; 2d Lieut. May 25, '65; wounded April 2, '65 ; mustered out of service as ist Sergt. at Brattleboro, May 25, '65. Spafford George, of Windham, age 27, Ass't Surgeon, i6th Regt., Oct. 23,. '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63. Spaulding Frederick, of Brattleboro, age 23, ist Lieut. Co. E, 2d Regt. U. S. S. S., Oct. 7, '61 ; honorably discharged Sept. 29, '62, for disability. 76 WINDHAM COUNTY. Spohn Henry, of Brattleboro, age 30, Ass't Surg. 17th Regt., April 18, '64; resigned Nov. 2, '64. Stearns Leonard A., of Jamaica, age 25, Capt. Co. I, 4th Regt., Sept. 13, '61 ; resigned July 31, '62. Stebbins Edwin A., of Londonderry, age 25, private Co. G, nth Regt. Aug. 6, '62; Corp. Sept. i, '62; Co. Qr.-M.-Sergt. Dec. 27, '63; ist Sergt. Jan. 28, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. G, Dec. 2, '64; ist Lieut. Co. E, May 13, '65 ; transferred to Co. D, June 24, '65 ; mustered out of service Aug, 25> '65- Stebbins J. Webster, of Brookline, age 21, private Co. K, 9th Regt., May 31, '62; Corp. July 9, '62; Sergt., April i, '63; ist Sergt. Dec. 15, '64; 2d Lieut. May 2, '65; mustered out of service as ist Sergt., June 13, '65- Stone Clark P., of Brattleboro, age 34, private Co. F, ist Cav., Sept. 14, '61; 2d Lieut. July 16, '62 ; ist Lieut. Oct. 4, '62; Capt., April 14, '65 ; transferred to Co. D, June 21, '65, by reason of consolidation of regi- ment ; mustered out of service Aug. 9, '65. Stone Mason A., of Wihnington, age 25, private Co, F, ist Cav., Oct. 4, '61 ; ist Lieut. Co. M, Aug. 23. '63 ; Capt. Co. C, July 7, '64; Brevet Maj., March 13, '65; transferred to Co. A, June 21, '65, by reason of con- solidation of regiment; nmstered out of service, Aug. 9, '65. Stoughton Charles B., of Rockingham, age 19, Adjt., 4th Regt., Aug. i, '61 j Maj., Feb. 25, '62; Lieut.-Col., July 17, '62; Col, Nov. 5, '62; wounded July 10, '63 ; resigned Feb. 2, '64, by reason of wounds. Stoughton Edwin H., of Rockingham, age 23, Col. 4th Regt., Aug. 1, '61 ; promoted to Brig. -Gen., U. S. Vols., Nov. 5, '62. Streeter Henry C, of Rockingham, age 21, private Co. F, ist Cav., Oct. 2, '61 ; Corp. July i, '62; re enhsted Dec. 30, '63 ; Sergt., July i, '64; wounded Aug, 25, '64; ist Sergt, Feb. i, '65; 2d Lieut. Co. F, April 14, '65 ; ist Lieut. June 4, '65 ; not mustered as ist Lieut. ; transferred to Co. D, as 2d Lieut. June 21, '65, by reason of consolidation of regi- ment; mustered out of service Aug. 9, '65. Tarbell Erastus B., of Rockingham, age 31, 2d Lieut., Co. I, 12th Regt., Sept. 26, '62; resigned, Jan. 21, '63. Taylor Horatio F.. of Jamaica, age 22, private Co. F, 2d Regt., May 15, '61 ; Corp., Nov. i, '61 ; Sergt., Jan. 20, '63 ; ist Sergt. Feb. 26, '63 ; re-enlisted, Dec. 21, '63; ist Lieut., June 20. '64; Capt., Dec. 24, '64; mustered out of service July 15, '65. Todd Edward A., of Brattleboro, age 21, Capt. Co. C, 2d Regt., May 17, '61 ; wounded July 21, '61 ; resigned, Jan. 8, '62 ; re-enlisted 2d Lieut. Co. K, nth Regt., March 29, '63 ; ist Lieut., Dec. 28, '63 ; Capt. Co. G, Sept. 2, '64; wounded Sept. (9, '64; resigned, April iS, '65. Tubbs Roger A., of Guilford, age 33, private Co. E, i ith Regt., Aug. 8, '62 ; Corp. Sept. i, '62; Sergt, Jan. ii,'63; ist Sergt., June 8, '64 ; 2d Lieut. Dec. 2, '64; ist Lieut. Co, G, June 4, '65; mustered out of ser- vice as 2d Lieut. Co. E, June 24, '65. Tucker Levi M., of Halifax, age 24, ist Lieut. Co. I, 4th Regt. Sept. 13, '61; resigned, Jan. 8, '62. Turner Ezra A., of Rockingham, age 32, private Co. G, nth Regt , Aug. 5, '62 ; Sergt., Sept. i, '62 : ist Sergt., Nov. 27, '63 ; 2d Lieut., Dec. 28, '63; wounded, Sept. 19, '64; resigned, Nov. 18, '64. WINDHAM COUNTY. 77 Tyler John C , of Brattleboro, age 19, Major 4th Regt. Sept. 14, '61; re- signed, Jan. 27, '62. Tyler John S., of Brattleboro, age 19, ist Lieut. Co. C, 2d Regt , May i7,'6i; Capt. Jan. 23, '6? ; Major Feb. 9, '63; Lieut-Col. April 2, '64 ; Col. May 6, '64; died May 23, '64, of wounds received in action at Wilder- ness, Va., May 5, '64. VanFleet Abraham S., of Jamaica, age 23, private Co. A, ist Cav., Sept. 10, '64; Sergt. Dec. 24, '64 ; 2d Lieut. May 17, '65; transferred to Co. B, June 21, '65, by reason of consolidation of regiment; mustered out of service Aug. 9, '65. Vinton John F , of Erattleboro, age 28, 1st Lieut. Co. B, 16th Regt., Aug. 28, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63, Wakefield Harrington C.,of Rockingham, age 24, 2d Lieut. Co. I, 3d Regt., Feb. 25, '65 ; 1st Lieut, Co. C, May 10, '65. Wales Elijah, of Brattleboro, aged 32, private Co. C, 2d Regt., May i, '61 ; ist Sergt, June 20, '61 ; 2d Lieut. Jan. 23, '62; ist Lieut. Oct. 20, '62; Capt. March i, '63 ; wounded May 5, '64, and Aug. 14, '64; Brevet Maj. Aug. I, '64, for gallantry in the Wilderness, and subsequent en- gagements ; mustered out of service July 15, '65. Warner Frank R., of Newfane, age 22, private Co. I, 8th Regt., Jan. 13, '62; Corp.; Sergt.; re-enlisted Feb. iS, '64; ist Sergt.; 2d Lieut. Feb. 20,'64 ; ist Lieut. April 18, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65. Warren Francis E., of Newfane, age 23, private Co. I, 8th Regt,, Dec, 23*61; Corp. Feb. 18, '62 ; Sergt.; re-enlisted Jan. 5, '64; ist. Sergt. June 8, '64; wounded Sept. 19, '64; ist Lieut, Feb. 23, '65 ; Capt. Aoril 18, '65 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65 Weston John N., of Rockingham, age 27, private Co. G, nth Regt., July 21, '62 ; Corp. Sept. i, '62 ; Sergt. Dec. 27, '63 ; 2d Lieut. June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as Sergt. Co. G, June 24, '65. Williams Francis C, of Brattleboro, age 37, Chap. 8th Regt., Dec. 20, '61 ; mustered out of service June 22, '64. Wooster Mark H., of Brattleboro, age 40, private Co. F, ist Cav., Sept. 9, '61 ; Regimental Commissary, Oct. 30, '62; promoted Capt. and Com. of Sub. U. S. Vols., May 7, '64. Wright Ranceler, of Vernon, age 32, private Co. E, July 21, '62 ; Sergt-Maj. Sept. I, '62; 2d Lieut. Co. F, Nov. 22, '62 ; ist Lieut. Aug. ir,'63; hon- orably discharged Dec. 15, '64, for disability. Of thc^5,022 men discharged, 317 commissioned officers resigned; sixty- one commissioned officers and 3,865 enlisted men were discharged for disability ; forty-four commissioned officers and 596 enlisted men for wounds received in action ; eleven enlisted men were paroled prisoners • and twenty-eight commissioned officers and one hundred enlisted men, were dishonorably discharged. Among the whole number of troops it is to be expected that some were not true ; and the records show that 2,219 i^^n (mostly if not all of whom were substitutes) deserted. The number or engagements in which the several regiments, batteries and detached troops, officered in part by Windham county men, bore honorable part during the war, are as follows : — 78 WINDHAM COUNTY. First Regiment, Infantry i Second Regiment, Infantry 28 Third- Regiment, Infantry 28 Fourth Regiment, Infantry 26 Fifth Regiment, Infantry 25 Sixth Regiment, Infantry 25 Seventh Regiment, Infantry 5 Eighth Regiment, Infantry 7 Ninth Regiment, Infantry 4 Tenth Regiment, Infantry 13 Eleventh Regiment, (First Regiment Heavy Artillery) 12 Sixteenth Regiment, Infantry i Seventeenth Regiment, Infantry 13 Second Regiment, U. S. Sharpshooters 24 Second Battery, Light Artillery 2 First Regiment, Cavalry 73 Total 287 IN CONCLUSION. It may be well to state that the War Department accredited to ^this State 35,242 men; being otie ikons and a fid four more than are shown by the State records, and gives the State credit over the aggregate quota under all calls, of fifteen hundred and thirteen men. " This discrepancy may be, and prob- ably is to be accounted for," says Adjutant-General P. T. Washburn, " by enlistments in organizations of other States, to the credit of this State, which appear upon muster-rolls of these organizations and were not reported to the State. GAZETTEER Qf TOWNS. ATHENS is a small irregularly outlined town lying in the northeastern- central part of the county, in 43" 47' north latitude and long. 4° 25' east from Washington,* bounded north by Grafton, east by Rock- ingham and Westminster, south by Brookline and west by Townshend. It was granted by Vermont March 11, 1780, with an area of 9,328 acres, and chartered May 3, 1780, to Solomon Harvey, John Moore, Jonathan Perhani and sixty-three others. On October 27, 1794, a portion of the town was set off towards forming the town of Brookline, and October 30, 18 16, a portion was set off to Grafton, and November 2, 1846, a part of Rockingham and a part of Grafton were annexed to Athens, so that it now contains an area of about 8,336 acres. The surface of the town is uneven, though the elevations are not generally abrupt, and afford a good, well-producing soil, though much better adapted to grazing than tillage. The natural growth of timber is beech, birch, maple, ash, basswood, hemlock and spruce. The only stream of importance is Bull brook, which, with its tributaries, flows a northerly course through the eastern part of the township. One of its tributaries originates in Athens pond, a body of water about thirty acres in extent lying in the western part of the town. Lily pond is another small body of water lying in the south- western part of the town, deriving its name from the large quantities of white lilies growing in it. The principal rock entering into the geological structure of the territory is of gneiss formation, though there are small beds of steatite and azoic limestone found, and in the southwestern part consider- .able quantities of calciferous mica schist. Traces of gold have been discov- ered in the western part. In 1880 Athens had a population of 284, and in 1882 it had three school districts and three common schools, employing one male and five female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $322.80. There were sixty- five pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the 3'ear, ending October 31st, was $395.57, with Mrs. Ellen C. Davis, superintendent. * As the whole county is in north latitude, and longitude is reckoned east from Wash- ington, the words north and east will hereafter be omitted. 8o TOWN OF ATHENS. Athens (p. o. ) is a hamlet in the northeastern part of the town. The first attempt towards a settlement of the town was made in 1779, when Jonathan Perham, Seth Oakes, Joseph Rasier, James Shafter and Jonathan Foster came on, cleared a few acres of land, erected a log hut and then left the town. On the 25th of February, the following year, Jonathan Perham and Ephraim Holden, from Rindge, N. H., brought their families, took pos- session of the log house, and were soon after joined by Seth Oakes and family, from Winchendon. Thus was begun the first settlement, the settlers endur- ing extreme privations and hardships, as the snow was four feet deep, through which, for eight miles, they had to beat their path through the forest. A yoke of small oxen were the only domestic animals they brought with them. During the following May, Mrs. Oakes was delivered of a daughter, the first child born in the town. The same month Samuel Rayley, from Sterling, Mass., and Micah Reed, from Westmoreland, N. H., came into town, and during the following summer they, in company, erected a saw-mill, and the next year a grist-mill, receiving therefor 168 acres of land situated near the center of the town. The same year Simon Evans, Ezra Chaffee and Jere- miah Tinkham began improvements, and on the i8th of September of that year, Isaac, son of [onathan Perhim, died, the first death in the township. The town was organized and the first meeting held March 4, i78[, when William Beal was chosen town clerk, Calvin Oakes, constable, and Daniel Fuller, Jabez Hurd and Calvin Oakes, selectmen. Calvin Oakes was also the first justice of the peace. Abel Mattoon was the first representative, chosen in 1780. Joseph BuUin was the first settled minister of the gospel, and also the first schoolmaster, and received the right of land allowed by charter to the first settled minister. In the latter part of October, 1780, soon after the burning of Royalton by the Indians, two men at work in a remote part of the town were alarmed by the whoops and yells of Indians. They quit work and spread the alarm as fast as possible. The people, aff'righted almost out of their senses, hurried away with their women and children with all possible dispatch, expecting from each tree that they passed to be saluted by an Indian tomahawk or scalping knife. Jonathan Perham and family decamped in such haste that they left their oven heating and their oxen chained to a tree. The report was spread with the greatest rapidity through the neighboring towns, that Athens was destroyed by the Indians. The whole country round about was soon in arms to defend themselves and property from the merciless foe. Some spent the whole night in preparing their guns and ammunition, and the fear- ful apprehension of impending destruction chased sleep from every eye. Their fear, however, was soon changed to chagrin, for it was found that the hallooing of a hunter, aided by imaginations rendered susceptible by fear, amounted in the course of a few hours to the destruction of a fine settlement and the massacre of its inhabitants. The scare rapidly passed away and tranquility was restored. ^(x^ tM^i3ijilL lands ^^^vk' now owned by the Vermont Asylum for the Insane. Here were born hisg^^f-U 4/^^, thirteen children, two of whom died in infancy. His daughters were married J^^jV-eu to Samuel Gale, Ephr^im Nash,7Micah Townsendi^ Jonathan Gorton, Na-^!»<^ ^ thaniel Church and Ephraim Stimpson. Like many of the prominent men o(Q ^^* > i^^ that time, in this part of the State, Col. Wells sustained the claims of New 1 g<»«%«A» l York. Between the years 1798 and 1802, all the family of Col. Wells removed v^/w> to Canada, where each of his children received from the crown 1,200 irrr- nf^^tM i^ land as a compensation for the losses Col. Wells had suff^ered during the Revo- JL "•j^^^, lution on account of his adherence to the King. He died in this town and a 1 *J i, marble head-stone in the old burying-ground gives the following information : »*^* . In Memory of ^^f ^'^ COL. SAMUEL WELLS, OF THIS TOWN, A JUDGE OF CUMBER- LAND County Court, and a Member OF THE Assembly of the Province of New York, who departed this life Aug. 6, 1786, in his 55TH year. " His friends, the stranger and the poor have lost A kind companion and a generous host : When he fell, the Statesman fell And left the world his worth to tell." Dr. William Haydon Rockwell, was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, February 15, 1800, graduated from Yale college in 1824, and from the Yale medical school in 1831. On June 25, 1835, he married Mrs. Maria F. 9 ■% 130 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Chapin, a native of Salisbury, Connecticut, and during the following year^ June 28, 1836, was appointed superintendent of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, which position he retained until August, 1872, when he resigned in favor of his son. He died November 30, 1873. death resulting from injuries sustained by being thrown from his carriage, May 10, 1872. Dr. Henry Wells was the first town clerk of Brattleboro, elected to office in 1768. He was born in Essex county, N. J., June 14, 1742, but from 1746, for about twenty years, his home was in New York, when the popula- tion of that city was less than ten thousand. When eleven years old he began his college course at "Nassau Hall" in Princeton. Here he took his first degree at the age of fifteen. Immediately after his graduation he began the study of medicine at New Haven, with the celebrated Dr. Hull, under whose instruction he remained four years. In 1760 Yale college conferred on him the degree of A. M., and in the following year he returned to New York, where he continued his studies until 1764. He studied divinity for a short time after this and added the business of an apothecary to his early medical practice in New York. He was married in the old Dutch church on Nassau street, to Hannah Stout, May 28, 1764. They lived together within a few months of half a century. Dr. Wells was hardly more than twenty-five and his wife twenty and the mother of two young children, when they started for their new home in the wilds of what is now Vermont. The town of Brattle- boro, of which he and his wife were two of the patentees, had been partly settled from New Hampshire as early as 1752. They came by a small sloop to Hartford Ct., and from thence followed the Connecticut river to Brattle- boro. Their new home was a farm of not far from 1,000 acres, some two miles west of the present East village. Here, on the brow of a lofty hill, Dr. Wells erected a substantial frame house of considerable size, which stood almost unaltered for a century, and was finally taken down by Gilbert Smith,, in 1875. I"^ 1801 it was purchased from Micah Townsend, its second owner, by Chief Justice Tyler, who occupied it about fourteen or fifteen years. From 1768 to the time of his removal, in 1 781, he constantly held some pubhc office. His name, for the last time, appears upon the records as moderator of the meeting of March, 1781. His name is attached to two memorials to the King in behalf of the legal government, the only civil gov- ernment, in fact, under the Province of New York. Seven more children were born to Dr. Wells during his thirteen years residence in Brattleboro. In 1781 he relinquished the magnificent estate, (in acres,) which cost him so much toil and suffering, and removed to Montague, Mass. Resettled in the house which for eighty years continued to be the home of his children. In the associations of his new home and the better opportunities for the practice of his profession. Dr. Wells no doubt .found compensation for the visionary fortune, as landed proprietor, for which he and his father had left New York. He soon acquired a reputation as a physician, especially in consultations, which made long journeys from home often necessary. Such occasional calls I TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 131 for him extended from Boston to Albany, New Hampshire and Connecticut, as well as to and beyond his old home in Vermont. He died August 24, 1814, aged seventy-two years. Col. Daniel Stewart was born at Paxton, Mass., in 1756, and died at Brattleboro, in 1834. In early life he went to live in Westboro, Mass., and there learned^the tanner's trade. At twenty years of age he enlisted as a private in the American army of the Revolution and was afterwards an ofti- cer. He was in the battle of White Plains, and was with the army during the campaigns in New Jersey. When his term of enlistment had expired he re- turned to Westboro, and there worked at his trade until 1783, when he re- moved to Brattleboro and purchased a farm in the southwest part of the town on road 38. He served several years as one of the board of selectmen of the town, and held other town offices. Col. Stewart was married in 1779, to Miss Dorothy Maynard, of Westboro, Mass., by whom he had six daughters. Gen. John Stewart came to Brattleboro, from Royalton, Mass., about 1772, locating on land east of where John S. Cutting now resides, then an unbroken forest. A few years after, he removed to a farm one mile west of the West village, now known as the Gould farm, where he hved until his death, in 181 2. He married Ruth Newton, of Royalston, Mass., who survived him eight months. They had ten children, five sons and five daughters. Gen. John Stewart was a man of more than ordinary quahties — in manners, genial and courteous to all, honest and honorable in his dealings, he was strictly an honest man and a firm friend to the poor and unfortunate. Physically he was one of the grandest types of humanity, being very tall and of due proportions. That he was beloved by all was proved ^by the hundreds of friends who followed his remains, as they were borne to the tomb. Truly a good man w&s removed from their midst. John Cutting, son of Jonah Cutting, was born in Guilford, Vt., April 16, 1800, and died in Brattleboro, January 15, 1844. He received an academic education at Leicester Academy, Mass., taught school several terms, then he purchased a farm in the southwest part of Guilford, where he lived about two years, then sold this farm, and bought another in Brattleboro, of Col. Daniel Stewart, on which he settled in 1824. Mr. Cutting was twice married, first to Miss Emily Stewart, who died February 5, 1825; second to Miss Charlotte Stewart, both daughters of Col. Daniel Stewait, of Brattleboro. By these marriages he had six children, two by the first and four by the sec- ond wife, and of whom five lived to marry. John S. Cutting, son of John Cutting, was born in Guilford, Vt., September 12, 1823. He removed to Brattleboro with his parents, in 1824, and received a common school and academic education. He is now a farmer and school- teacher. He lives on the farm where his grandfather. Col. Stewart, resided a hundred years ago. He has taught school forty or more terms, twenty-five in the school district where he resides ; was superintendent of schools from 1866 to 187 1 ; was representative to the State legislature in 1874; was cen- 132 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 1 sus enumerator for 1880; has been lister nine years; was a member of the State board of equaHzation in 1882, and is a justice of the peace. He mar- ried Miss Susan S. Burnette, daughter of John Buinette,of Guilford April 29, 1849, by whom he has had two daughters, the eldest of whom, Emily S., was married to Abbott S. Edwards, of Brattleboro, and Minnie S., the youngest, was married to John L. Barney, of Brattleboro. David Bemis married Mary Dunster, a great granddaughter of Henry Dun- ster, who was the first president of Harvard college. They settled in West- minster, Mass., and reared nine children, John, Joseph, Benjamin, Elias, Ab- n"r, Levi, Asa, Samuel and Sarah. The family moved from Westminster to Brattleboro and lived on the " Bliss farm." Four of the children, John, Joseph, Abner and Elias, settled in Windham county. Abner was a Baptist min- ister and lived in Halifax where he died. Elias lived in Brattleboro, on the farm now owned and occupied by M. M. Miller. Lemuel Bemis, son of Elias, was for many years a blacksmith in Brattleboro. Willis Bemis, the present express agent at Brattleboro, is a son of Lemuel. John and Joseph, who served in the Revolution, settled in Dummerston. John married for his second wife, Jemima, daughter of Elder Daniel Whipple, who was the first Baptist minister in the State. Elder Whipple died in 1789 aged ninety-seven years. Hisgrave is in the West river cemetery, at Brattleboro. Johnhad twelve children and lived where Mr. Murphy now lives. David, son of John Bemis and Jemima Whipple, lived on the farm his father had occupied before him. His eldest son, Erastus, settled in Washington county. Pa., and became one of the leading physicians of that county. He died in 1866, leaving two sons, David H. and James N., both physicians. Another son, Samuel N., is also a physician, living in Brattleboro. The youngest son, Horace, is a lawyer of Hornellsville, N. Y, Joseph Bemis died in Dummerston, and the family went to Cattaraugus county, N. Y., where Joseph, Jr., died in January, 1884, aged 98 years. The Esterbrooks were one of Windham county's notable pioneer families, and many of its descendants are at the present time upright and substantial citizens of Brattleboro. Warren Esterbrook was one of the town's early set- tlers. Born at Warren, R. L, June 29, 1748, he came to Brattleboro in 1779, when 31 years of age, with his wife, whose maiden name was Rosannah Hale, and four-year-old son. For a short time he worked at the carpenter's trade in the then sparsely settled " East village," but soon moved to a farm in the southwest part of the town. He had a family of nine children — six boys and three girls — and followed farming until aftlicted with total bHndness, which great misfortune he patiently bore during the remaining twenty years of his life. He died June 29, 1838, aged ninety years ; his wife died April 26, 18 13, aged sixty-two years. Maj. James Esterbrook, eldest son of Warren Esterbrook, came to Brattleboro with his father and mother in 1779, at the age of four years, and lived with his parents until of age. He married Polly Stewart, daughter of Colonel Daniel Stewart, in 1799, and settled on the " Had- i .^x::^^^^^^k<^.e^^^^^^ TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 1 33 ley farm," so-called, near the family homestead. He engaged quite largely in the dairy business for a number of years and became a conspicuous and popular figure in the local militia with the rank of major. He was the father of twelve children — four sons and eight daughters, — all of whom grew to man- hood and womanhood, and four of whom, — two sons and two daughters, — still survive at advanced ages. The children of Major James and Polly Stewart Esterbrook were as follows: Maria, born Sept. 7, 1800, married Rufus Pratt, and died October 19, 1858; Charlotte, born June 13, 1802, married William Bullock, and is still living; Daniel S., born April 17, 1804, married Betsey Gladden, and died ^September 19, 1869; Dorothy, born January 27, 1806, married Salmon Fessenden, and died May 27, 1878 ; Nancy, born October 8, 1808, married Wesley Jacobs, and died April 28, 1849; Mary A., born No- vember 6, 1 8 10, married Harvey Houghton, and died March 18, 1861 ; James H., born August 10, 18 12, married Nancy A. French, and died April 9,1862; WiUiam H., born July 31, 1814, married Adaline A. Thayer, is still living, and has two children, Ada, wife of George S. Dowley, and Mary, wife of L. H. Richardson, and now resides in Brattleboro ; Emily, born Septem- ber 16, married Henry A. Gane, and is still living ; Cyrinthia I., born April 25, 1819, married Benjamin F. Tilden, and died January 10,1849; George W., born December 2, 1821, married Nancy A. Goddard, and is still living; Har- riet C., born August 16, 1824, married Albert A. Cortis, and died November 6, 1875. Anthony VanDoorn was born in Bristol. R. I., October 14, 1792, where he passed most of the early part of his Hfe. In the spring of 18 15 he re- mo /ed to West Brattleboro and established himself as a cabinet maker. No- vember 7th, of the same year, he married Betsey Hubbard, of Groton, Mass. About this time his father, Moses Van Doom, tailor by trade, who had pre- viously for a time resided in FitzwiUiam, N. H., removed to Brattleboro where he spent the remainder of his days, dying in 1825. Here Mr. Van Doom carried on successfully the cabinet business till his removal to East Brattleboro in 1829. Here with increased faciUties, together with larger experience and rising ambition that forced him to stand abreast with the growing demand of the times, he continued the manufacture of furniture and conducted the business with such extraordinary energy and thrift, that he soon ranked among the first manufacturers of the kind in the State. At difterent times he had associate partners for a brief period, viz. : William Conant one year, at another time his brother Frederick, and later his sons M. T. and C. A., who continued till the business was disposed of, in 1851. Being blessed with a strong constitution and possessing more than ordinary mental endowments, he was able, during all his business career, to contribute his share of assistance in carrying forward the enterprises of his time. His strong self-reliance and progressive spirit, with independence of action, not unfrequently created a ripple in the arena of reform ; but being actuated by genuine philanthropy and Christian principle his efforts resulted largely in the elevation of society. His religious faith was 134 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. of the Puritan type as held by the Congregational schools of the century. If he had faults^ he also had uplifting, redeeming aspirations. He cherished an unwavering trust in an overruling Providence, was not slack in his devotions, upright, generous, persistant and unflinching in resolution in all his under- takings. He was among the first to engage in Sabbath-school work in the town, in which he took a deep interest. He performed so prominent a part, with such energy and zeal, that he has been aptly styled " the father of the Sabbath-schools." He was accustomed, during his last years, to visit Sunday- schools in various places in the State, before which he spoke with consider- able acceptance. He regularly contributed substantial aid to all the various branches of missionary work ; was a firm supporter of the Colonization society, to which he was a regular contributor as long as he lived ; and at the same time, believing in the " inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; " he was true to his convictions, by practically aiding the unfor- unate "chattel" in his onward flight to the " Beulah land." He made a tour of nine months in Europe, which aff"orded him a great deal of satisfac- J tion. While on a visit to friends in Providence, R. I., he died suddenly, " August 22, 187 1. He had five children — three sons and two daughters. One died in infancy, three are living in Brattleboro, and Charles A. is living in Greenfield, Mass. Dea. John Grout was born at Westminster, Vt., August 17, 1788, went to reside in Newfane about 1810, and moved to West Brattleboro in 1836, where he died, October 16, 1851. Dea. Grout married Azubiah, daughter of Jona- than Dunklee, of Brattleboro, May 28, 181 1, and had nine children, eight of whom were sons. Mrs. Grout died at West Brattleboro, July 24, 1866, aged seventy-three years, Mr. Grout's age at the time of his death being sixty-three years. Lewis the eldest of the children, born in Newfane, January 28, 1815, attended the Brattleboro academy in 1834, '35, '36, and '37, taught a district school in Marlboro in the winter of 1835-36, in Putney 1836-37, and in East Guilford 1837-38; attended Burr Seminary in 1838, entered Yale college the same year, and graduated thence in 1842. During a portion of the latter part of his collegiate course he was engaged in teaching in a military, classical and mathematical school at West Point, N. Y., where he also taught a year after graduating. He studied theology for two [years at Yale Divinity College, 1844 and 1845, and one year at Andover Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1846. Iii 1844 he paid his way by teaching a few hours a day in Miss Comstock's Ladies' Seminary, and in 1845 by serving as chaplain in the family of Gerard Halleck, Esq., editor of the New York Journal of Com- merce. October 8, 1846, he was ordained as a missionary, and was married the same day to Miss Lydia Bates, in Springfield, Vt. He set sail from Bos- ton, October 10, for South Africa, stopped a few weeks in Cape Town, and reached Natal, Africa, February 15, 1847. Here, among the Zulus, in the Dis- trict of Natal, he labored as a missionary in the service of the American Board, for fifteen years, and at the end of that time, March 12, 1862, with impaired 'Q^ ^,PicyJ^^>m^ TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 1 35 health, he set sail for his native land, and landed in Boston on the 7th of June. His health having in a measure been restored, Mr. Grout preached a year for the Congregational church in Saxton's River, and then accepted a call to the church in Feeding Hills, Mass., where he was installed as pastor, and con- tinued to labor till the first of October, 1865. He then received an appoint- ment from the American Missionary Association as secretary and agent of that society for New Hampshire and Vermont, and in this employ has con- tinued till the present time, some nineteen years, having his home in West Brattleboro. Elisha Simonds, born at Lunenburg, Mass., July 8, 1780, died at Brattle- boro, April 6, :864, aged eighty-two years and nine months. Mr. Simonds was the father of seventeen children, the third,of whom, Penni, was born at Alstead, N. H., March 21, 1807, and removed with his father's family to Swanzey, N. H., about the year 1819, at the age of twelve years. From about the the year 1823 until 1833, he worked at shoe-making, as it was car- ried on in those early days. In the spring of 1833, he came to Brattleboro and opened a custom boot and shoe store, in what was then known as Hall's Long building, and from that date until his death occupied the same room. Henry W. Simonds commenced business in the same room, August ro, 1881, but November 16, 1883, the building was destroyed by fire, when he removed to Elliot street. Alfred Simonds was born in Alstead, N. H., m 1810, and came to Brattle- boro in 1832. He married Maria Stockwell, daughter of Arad Stockwell, and located on High street. He carried on the tanning business at Center- ville, was selectman several years, and reared a family of three children, two of whom are now living in Lexington, Ky. William Harris was one of the early settlers of Brattleboro. Just at what time he came here, however, is not known; but Capt. Banajah Dudley, resid- ing here at the age of ninety-three years, married a daughter of William's son Ezra, and says that William came here with his family of nine children, from Holden, Mass. He died August 15, 1797, aged seventy-one years. Patience Gleason, his wife, died November 21, 1808, aged seventy-six years. Their children were Valentine, William, Salthiel, Calvin, Ezra, Mrs. Howe, who was killed by hghtning in a house standing where Dr. Steadman now re- sides, in West Brattleboro, and Mrs. Chandler. WiUiam Harris, Jr., was born October 2, 1757, and died in Brattleboro March 12, 1845; Abiah Brooks, his wife, born April 16, 1765, died in Brattleboro, March 6, 1847 ; Polly, born October 5, 1784, married Dr. Samuel Bullock, of Brookline, De" cember 25, 1803, settled and died in Canada; William was born May 24, 1787; Flavia, born July 10, 1789, married Elkanah Crosby, January 10 1808, and settled and died in Catskill, N. Y. ; William, born September 8, 1791,' married Jemima Wood, December 19, 18 16, and settled and died on the home farm, dying September 25, 1849 ; Ira, born March 6, 1796, settled and married in Canada, and died in Minnesota; Roswell was born March 6, 1798. He 136 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. taught his first school in Wardsboro, in the winter of 1814-15. He fitted for college with Rev. Caleb Burge, pastor of the Congregational Society at West Brattleboro, entered Middlebury college in 1817 and graduated in 182 1. He had charge of the Brattleboro Academy two years, as principal, after which he entered Andover Theological Seminary, in 1723, and graduated in 1826. He was licensed to preach by the Wind- ham County Association of Congregational ministers, at HaUfax, June 21, 1826, and preached at Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., and Antrim, and Derring, N. H., for two years, when, on account of serious bronchial difficulty, he was obliged to relinquish active duties as a minister. He then gave himself up almost entirely to the duties of teaching, preaching occa- sionally. He took charge of the Hampton academy, Hampton, N. H., in the autumn of 1828, and remained there until the summer of 1833, when he was married to Miss Matilda Leavitt, of Hampton, on the 29th of August, coming immediately to Brattleboro, and for the second time took charge of the Brattleboro academy; but in the autumn of 1837 was forced to resign on account of ill health. In 1845 he once more resumed his labors as prin- cipal of the academy and remained in charge a little more than eight years. After a vacation of five years, he was again induced, in 1858, to take charge of the academy, but was again compelled to reHnquish it in less than a year. He was the first superintendent of schools in this town, and held the office and also that of postmaster at West Brattleboro a number of years. His last sickness was very brief, he being taken suddenly ill on Saturday, March 4, 187 1, at about 11 o'clock, p. m., and passed to his rest at i p. m., on Mon- day, March 6, 187 1, his 73d birthday. His wife died December 13, 1841. He left three sons. Rev. W. J. Harris, D. D., Roswell Harris, Jr., and Rev. Charles Clarke Harris. Broughton D. Harris, son of Wilder Harris, was born at Chesterfield, N. H., August 16, 1822, and married Sarah B. HoUister, of New York city. He was fitted for college at Chesterfield academy and at the Kimball Union academy, in Meriden, and entered Dartmouth in 1841, graduating in 1845. He studied law for a while, with Hon. Asa Keyes, of Brattleboro, then engaged in the newspaper business, being editor of the Vermont Phcenix for a while, and for several years was editor of the Semi- Weekly Eagle. In the spring of 1851, he went to Utah, as the first secretary of that Territory, Brigham Young being at that time governor of the same. He soon, how- ever, came in coUision with Brigham and his saints respecting the discharge of his official duties, the result of which being that Mr. Harris finally refused to disburse the money placed in his hands by the government for the benefit of the Territory, as he regarded the proceedings of the Mormon authorities as being contrary to the laws of the United States. He then left Utah and returned the money to the United States treasury, his action being approved by the government, and he was soon after appointed secretary and acting- governor of New Mexico, but his appointment was decUned. In 1847, '48 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. I37 and '49 he was register of probate here, and a member of the Vermont sen- ate in i860 and '6t, being also chairman of the committee on military affairs. By appointment of the governor he was a member of the Peace Congress which assembled at Washington during the memorable winter of 1860-61. For several years he has been engaged in the construction of railroads, and was mainly instrumental in pushing through the enterprise of building the Brattleboro and Whitehall railroad. He is president of the Brattleboro Sav- ings Bank, and has been one of its trustees since its organization. Nathan Birdseye Williston, son of Rev. Payson Williston, of East Hampton, Mass., was born August 11, 1797. He left his father's home at the age of twelve years, and from that time onward was dependent on his own resources. He came to Brattleboro in 1 810, as clerk in the store of Ezra Clark, a dealer in hardware and drugs. Winning the confidence of Mr. Clark, he became a partner, and ultimately succeeded to the business. Later on he took into partnership his brother-in-law, Ferdinand Tyler, and still later Mr. Charles F. Thompson. At the estabhshment of the Windham County Bank, in 1856, he became its president ; and when that institution was merged into the First National Bank, in 1864, he continued in the same relationship to that organi- zation, till his retirement in 1879. During the war he was engaged in the manufacture of carriages. Mr. Williston was twice married, to Margaret, who died comparatively young, after bearing him five children, and to Caro- line Brewster, whom he also survived. None of his children are living. Mr. Williston died December 5, 1883, aged eighty-six years. Henry Dwight Holton, M. D., A. M., a resident of Brattleboro for the past fifteen years, was born at Saxton's River, Vt., July 24, 1838, married there Ellen Jane Hoit, November 19, 1862, who was born November 28, 1839, at Saxton's River, daughter of Theophilus and Mary Damon (Chandler) Hoit. The early training of Dr. Holton was of the strictest New England kind, and much of his success in life is undoubtedly due to the principles thus early instilled into his mind by his parents. His boyhood was like that of the majority of boys brought up on a farm. The following account of his hfe is from a book entitled, " Physicians and Surgeons of America," and a sketch of him, in a work published by the Rocky Mountain Medical Asso- ciation. He was fitted for college at the Saxton's River Seminary, and studied two years with Dr. J. H. Warren, of Boston, and two years with Professors Valentine and A. B. Mott, of New York, attending lectures at the same time in the medical department of the University of New York, from which he graduated in March, i860, settling successfully in Brooklyn, N. Y., Putney, Vt., and Brattleboro, Vt., his present residence. He has traveled extensively in Europe and this country. He is a member of the Connecticut River Val- ley Medical Society, of which he was secretary from 1862 to 1867, and president in 1868 ; the Vermont Medical Society, of which he was censor for several years, and the president in 1868; the American Medical Association and the British Medical Association, a corresponding member of the Boston 138 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Gynecological Society, and member of the American Public Health Associa- tion, and a delegate to the International Medical Congress at Brussels in 1875. He is also a member of the Rocky Mountain Medical Association- The Doctor has contributed some valuable papers to medical journals and to transactions of medical societies, and reported at one time " Mott's Cliniques" for the press. An article describing his apparatus for keeping in place ster- nal dislocations of the clavical, and an article on diphtheria, are contributions which show research and ability. He was appointed by the court, in 1873, medical examiner to the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, and in the same year was elected by the legislature one of the trustees of the University of Vermont. He has been surgeon of the 12th regiment of Vermont militia. He is now professor of Materia Medica and General Pathology in the medi- cal department of the University of Vermont. The honorary degree of A. M. was conferred upon him in 1879, by the University of Vermont. In June, 1880, he was elected one of the vice-presidents of the American Medical As- sociation. The Doctor is a vigorous orator and a clear thinker, and well up in a knowledge of the most approved and latest methods of relieving human suffering. Charles Newton Davenport, the eldest son of Calvin N. and Lucy W. Davenport, was born at Leyden, Mass., Oct. 20, 1830, and died at Brattleboro. April 12, 1882. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, at the Shelburne Falls (Mass.) academy, and at the Melrose seminary, in West Brattleboro. He entered the office of the Hon. Oscar L. Shafter, of Wilmington, Vt., as a student of law, March 10, 1851, and was admitted as an attorney at the April term, 1854, of the Windham county court. Im- mediately upon his admission to the bar, he formed a co-partnership with Mr, Shafter, which continued until November 10, 1855, when it was dissolved, in consequence of the decision of Mr. Shafter to permanently remain in CaHfornia, where he had been since October, 1854, in the employment of the law firm of Halleck, Park, Peachey & Billings. Mr. Davenport remained at Wilming- ton in the active practice of his profession until his removal to Brattleboro, in March, 1868, where he resided until his death. Here he found a wider field, and more important causes were intrusted to his care, entailing upon him a correspondingly larger amount of labor. In June, 1875, desiring to be relieved of a portion of his largely increased and increasing business and responsibilities, which even then were overtasking his powers, both mental and physical, he took into partnership with him Jonathan G. Eddy, which co-partnership existed until January i, 1882 ,when he disposed of his business to James L. Martin, and with a view of regaining his health, which had become seriously impaired by his constant application and unremitting toil in the cause of his clients, he retired from the practice of the profession he loved so well. Mr. Davenport married, December. 12, 1854, Miss Louisa C. Haynes, of Lowell, Mass., who bore him six children, four of whom died young. The TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. I39 Other two, Charles H. Davenport, the editor and pubhsher of the Windham county Reformer, and Herbert J. Davenport, a graduate of Harvard law school, are living. Mrs. Davenport died September 30, 1870, and Mr. Davenport was married a second time, November 6, 1871, to Mrs. Roxana J. Dunklee, of Brattleboro. She died May 22, 1881. Paul Chase was born in Guilford, Vt., where he resided until after his mar- riage with Miss Gracie Hyde, daughter of Dr. Dana Hyde, when he came to Brattleboro. He was high sheriff of the county about twenty years, colonel of militia, proprietor of the old Brattleboro Stage House, which was located where the Brooks House now stands, for twenty years. He died in 1854, aged seventy six years. His children were Lucy, Harriet and Edwin H. The latter was born in Brattleboro in 1819, married Eveline Dickinson, by whom he had two children, and for his second wife he married Sue A. Cowan, of Kentucky. For the past twenty years he has carried on an ex- tensive distillery in Bryantsville, Ky., spending his summers in Brattleboro. Bela N. Chamberlain, son of John, was born at Newport, N. H., June 14, 1823, and in 1840 commenced to learn the hatter's trade in his native town, where he remained until 1853. In 1847 he married H.Jane Cran, the union being blessed with four children, only one of whom, Herbert B., is living. In 1854 the latter came to Brattleboro with his father, and formed a partner- ship with Henry Pond, of Keene, N. H., under the firm name of Pond & Chamberlain, dealers in hats, caps and furs. From 1862 to 1868 the firm was Chamberlain & Frank, since which time Mr. Chamberlain has carried on the business alone, being now one of the oldest business men in Brattleboro, there being but two other merchants in business who were here when he came. Timothy Vinton was born in Reading, Mass., January 5, 1803. When he was only a year old he was left fatherless, and his mother soon after removed to Leonminster, Mass., where he received a common school education. At the age of twenty-one he went to work in a paper-mill, and in 1830 com- menced business on his own account, remaining in Leonminster until 1836, During that year he went to Fitchburg, Mass., where, in company with Alvah Brooks, he was in the paper business until 1843, ^^er which, until 1847, he was engaged in the same business at Pepperell, Mass. Since 1847 he has been engaged in paper manufacture in Brattleboro. Mr. Vinton married CaroHne Woodcock, in November, 1828, who bore him five children, and died in 1878. Two of the children, John F. and WiUiam H., are hving. Dr. Dan P. Webster, born at Northfield, Vt, in 1845, graduated from the Burlington medical college in 1867, and immediately commenced practice in Putney, remaining there until 1882, when he came to Brattleboro. Dr. Webster represented Putney in the legislature from 1872 to '74, was State senator in 1878, was State railroad commissioner from 1878 to '80, and from 1874 to '76 sergeant-general of the State militia, being on the staff of Gov. Asahel Peck. 140 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Dr. David P. Dearborn came to Brattleboro immediately after the late war^ and has been in practice here since. At the age of twenty-five years he enlisted as a private in Co. F, 4th N. H. Vols., at Keene, N. H., July 3, i86r. Here he was rapidly promoted, as follows: 2d Lieut., Co. G, August 18, 1862; 2d asst. surgeon, December 16, 1862 ; ist asst. surgeon, May 2, 1864; surgeon, November 9, 1864, being mustered out of service August 33, 1865. Leavitt R. Sargent was born in Dammerston, Vt., October 7, 1822, re- ceived a common school education, and remained on the farm with his father until twenty-one years of age, when, in 1843, he commenced the manufac- ture of sleighs, remaining in that business two years, in company with Oscar Dix, a brother-in-law. In 1845 '""^ came to Brattleboro and worked at the carpenter trade two years, then formed a partnership with H. P. Green, which lasted six years, during which time he lost one of his hands in a planing machine. In 1861 he formed a partnership with Frank Harris for the man- ufacture of hand sewing machines, which business he continued six years, employing about forty men. In 1852 Mr. Sargent married Maria Lawton and has one child, Jennie, the wife of Prescott White. George Persons was born in' Jamaica, Vt., March 3, 1804, where he learned the mason's trade. He married Polly Chase, and came to Brattleboro in 1848, where he has since resided, having reared a family of one son and four daughters. He had charge of the mason work at Vermont Asylum for the Insane twenty-five years. Mr. Persons celebrated his golden wedding Octo- ber 24, 1883. Asa Putnam came to Brattleboro from Warren, Mass., about 1780, locat- ing upon the farm now owned by George Clark, where he reared a family of nine children, the last of whom, Sylvia, wife of Z. Hamilton, died October 2, 1883. Josiah, his fourth son, was born here in 1781, married Susan W., daughter of Dr. Dickerman, and died here March 24, 1864, on the old Dick- erman homestead. His children are Beda G., wife of Elisha W. Prouty ; Henry, of Watertown, N. Y. ; John L., residing in Cheshire county, N. H. ; and A. D. Putnam, who has been in the dental business here since 1846. Abel Joy, from Rehoboth, Mass., settled in Guilford with his father, David 2d, about 1760. He resided there a few years, then came to Brattleboro and built the house now owned by W. F. Richardson, just south of the East vil- lage, where he died in 1813. He married Elizabeth M. Chase, October 28, 1779, by whom he reared a family of nine children. Mrs. Joy died June 28, 1843. John M., son of Abel, still resides in Brattleboro. Thomas, son of Sylvanus Sherwin, was born in Nevvfane, subsequently set-j tied in Whitingham, built a tannery there and carried on the business several j years, and died about 1837. He married Marion Parks and reared six chil- dren, four of whom are living, as follows : Nathan, in Athens, Vt. ; Orrin, inj Plainfield, N. J. ; and Eleanor, the wife of Horace Hinkson. Asa, secondj son of Thomas, was born in Whitingham, March 7, 1820, and when thirteen TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 141 years of age came to Brattleboro, learned the pattern maker's trade and still resides here. He married Sophia E. Larabee, and for his second wife, Lemira Eddy. He has two children living. Francis A. Wells was born in Leyden, Mass., in 1829, and came to Brat- tleboro in 1857, where he still resides. Mr. Wells resided in California about five years, and on his return, in 1857, the vessel, the "Central America," was wrecked off the coast of South Carolina, and Mr. Wells, in company with two others, after iloating on the wheel-house of the wrecked vessel for sixteen hours, were picked up by a Norwegian barque. Alexander G. Allen, a native of Boston, Mass., came to Brattleboro in 1830, and carried on the cabinet making business here. In 1837 he went to Pensacola, Fla., where he died of yellow fever, in November, 1839. He mar- ried CordeUa Brooks, daughter of Samuel M. Brooks, and reared two children, Henry J. and Alexander G., both of whom reside here. Mrs. Allen died in May, 1880. Samuel M. Brooks, from West Springfield, Mass., came to Brattleboro in 1815, locating upon the Fort Dummer farm. He reared seven children and died in March, 1854, aged sixty-four years. Simon, son of Samuel M., was born on the old farm, November 22, 1815, married Mary Spring and has reared five children. William Gould was born here in 1814, learned the gas fitters and plumber's trade, and when seventeen years of age began the manufacture of copper pumps, which business he has followed since, at one time also manufacturing lead pipe. He has done the plumbing work of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane ever since that institution was established. William A. Con ant, born at Concord, Mass., in 1804, came to Brattleboro in 1829, and has resided here since, being, for the past forty years, engaged in the manufacture of violins. He married Harriet E. Salisbury and has reared eight children. Benjamin F. Bingham, who has been principal of the Brattleboro High school since 1863, was born in Cornwall, Vt., April 7, 1824. He began his career as a teacher by instructing a common school in his native town. He then taught a select school two or three years, at West Cornwall, when, having received an invitation to teach in West Rutland, he was at the head of a flourishing school there for eight years. Adolphus Stebbins, son of Levi, was born at West Brattleboro, November II, 1779. Mr. Stebbins was a wagon maker, and, it is said, made the first wagon ever built in this town. He carried on that business at West Brat- tleboro until 1832, when he came to the East village and built the shop now occupied by son, J. H. Stebbins. Hon. Parley Starr was born at Colchester, Vt, August 20, 1813, Hved sev- eral years at Milton, and finally, at the age of twenty-one years, started out into the world to make his own way. Coming to Jacksonville, in Windham county, he began work at the tanner's trade, and in the course of a few years 142 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. was at the head of a large leather manufactory. He represented the town of Whitingham in the legislature of 1852 '56 and '72, was a member of the State senate in 1859-60, was a justice of the peace eleven years, trustee of the Provident Institution for Savings five years, and a director of the Brattleboro Bank seventeen years. In 1862 he opened a recruiting office for enlisting volunteers and was appointed a State agent to look after and provide for the families of absent soldiers. In 1873 he began a permanent residence [n Brattleboro and has been president of the People's National Bank since its organization. Mr. Starr married Clarissa Blanchard, of Whitingham, and has four children living. Elihu H. Thomas was born in Worcester, Mass., October 30, 1802, and when quite young came to Brattleboro to reside with his uncle, EHhu Hotch- kiss. He married Abigail Bangs, in 1824, and reared nine children, five of whom are now living. Elihu H. Jr., in Brattleboro. Mr. Thomas was a very enterprising man. He learned paper manufacturing and at one time had a mill in Brattleboro, one at Hinsdale, N. H., and one in Ohio, where he also manufactured pins and combs, and also a fanning-mill factory in Brattleboro. At one time he had a tannery here, near the present site of the depot, and was also the first to take daguerreotypes in this locality. In 1832 he was sent to England and France, in the interest of paper manufacturers, to study their process of manufacture, where he remained two years. In 1848 he went to Boston, where he was engaged in perfecting a sewing machine. In i860 he went to CaUfornia, where he engaged in hotel keeping, the manufacture of mining machinery andin other enterprises. About 1874 he returned to Ver- mont, locating at North Bennington, where he died February 8, 1876. Mrs. Thomas died August 4, 1867, in California. Jesse Hadley was one of the early settlers of Brattleboro, locating in the* northeastern part of the town. Jesse, Jr., was born here in 1782, married Abigail Fletcher, reared a family of eight children, and died in 1840. Only one of his three surviving sons, Hannibal, is residing in Brattleboro. He was born here in 181 2, and carried on a butchering business from 1832 to 1875- Edward A. Stearns was born at Warwick, Mass., in 1806, and came to Brattleboro in 1831. In 1841 he purchased a rule factory of S. M. Clark, and was engaged in the manufacture of rules until his death, July 29, 1856. Mr. Stearns married Elizabeth C. Salisbury, in 1834, who still resides here, with her only son, Edward A., born in 1839. Jonathan Herrick was born at Beverly, Mass., September 26, 1743, came to Brattleboro among its early settlers, married Mehitable French, and reared a family of twelve children — six sons and six daughters. The sixth son, Seth, was born in Brattleboro, April 16, 1786; he married Melinda Coughlan, in 18 1 5, by whom he reared two sons and two daughters. She died in 1842, andin 1844 he married Sarah A. Potter, by whom he reared five children. Mr. Herrick died June 16, 1848. Mrs. Herrick is still Hving. Of the chil- TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 1 43 dren residing in Brattleboro are John N., a farmer, Ellen C, wife of A. W. Stowe, and Seth N. The latter was born September 20, 1819, was educated at the West Brattleboro academy, and has been engaged most of his life in mercantile pursuits, a portion of the time in New York city. He has held the office of collector of taxes from 1862 to 1875, deputy sheriff and col- lector from i86r to 1868 and from 1870 to the present time, high sheriff in 1869 and '70, selectman continuously from 1868 to the present time, and rep- resented the town in the legislature of 1866-67. George E. Crowell was born at Manchester, N. H., September 29, 1834. When two years of age his parents moved to Concord, N. H., and soon after to Hopkinton, N. H., where George received the educational advantages of only the common schools. In 1854 his father died, after which he assisted his mother in carrying on their little farm, until 1866, when he came to Brat- tleboro to edit the agricultural department of the Record atid Farmer. Two years later he established the Household Magazifie, which he has since conducted with such unusual ability and success (see page 55), and has also engaged in various manufacturing and village improvement enterprises. Remarried Miss Mary L. Spencer, daughter of Elijah Spencer, of Brattleboro, March 14, 1872, and has four children, — Christie, born January 24, 1873; Herbert S., born February 24, 1874; Esther L., born October 8, 1876; and Percy V., born January 21, 1884. Benajah Dudley, Sen., came to Brattleboro, from Killingworth, Conn., about 1787, locating upon the farm now owned by John P. Liscom, on road 42. After two or three changes of location he finally settled in West Brat- tleboro, where he remained until his death, in 1850. His wife, Elizabeth Red- field, died in 1846. Their family consisted of seven children, as follows: Linus, born in 1786; Benajah, born in 1791; Roswell, born in 1794; Elizabeth, born in 1799 ; Freedom, born in 1801 ; Thankful, born in 1805 ; and Sybil, born in 1809. The only one now living is Capt. Benajah, who received his title from being captain of a militia company. He married Patience Harris, of this town, February 10, 181 9, who bore him six children, all girls. Capt. Dudley has been quite noted as a school teacher in this part of the State, seeming to have possessed just the amount of government and executive ability for the old-time school. He is now, at the age of ninety- three years, bright in intellect and unusually robust for one of that great age. Timothy Adkins was born in Connecticut, July 5, 1793. In 1808 he came to Guilford, Vt., and learned the hatter's trade of James Fosdick, and sub- sequently carried on the business in Chester, Vt., several years. In 1818 he married Lucinda Graves, of Guilford, and located in West Brattleboro, where he carried on the hatter's trade and kept a general store for a number of years. Two of his family of four children, John F., and Diantha L. Arms, are living. John Thomas came from London, Eng., in 1792, and after a year's resi- dence in Boston, located in Brattleboro. upon the farm now owned by his 144 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. grandson, George H., on road 13. Here he carried on a brewery for a time, but died in 1805. His son George now resides on the old homestead. Another son, Joshua, resides in Ohio. Calvin Sargent, son of Thomas, was born in this town, on road 11, Nov. 9, 1763. He married Abigail Miller, of Dummerston, and settled upon the farm now owned by J. N. Balistier, on road 10, where he died in 1834. Mrs. Sarcrent died in 1849. Three of their nine children, Alfred, Olive and Electa, now reside in the town, one. Nelson, resides in Denver, Col., and one, Mrs. Fanny Miller, in Bangor, N. Y. Ransom Covey, was born at Acton, Vt., and came to Brattleboro about 18 1 9, locating upon the farm now owned by his daughter, Almira L., wife of M. R. Robbins, where he died, in 1867. Of his children now living, are Almira L., above mentioned, Edson A., and Calista L., wife of Josiah Put- nam, of Annawan, 111. Jonathan Dunklee, with two brothers, Robert and Joseph, from Brimfield, Conn, came to Brattleboro among its earliest settlers. Jonathan settled on road 4, upon the farm now owned by his great-grandson, Edward C, the old homestead never having been owned out of the family. Jonathan started for the battle of Bennington, but it was over before he got there. He married Sarah Scott, and reared ten children. At one time, it is related, Mrs. Dunk- lee while on a horse-back journey to the western part of the town, was chased by wolves, and only escaped by climbing into the branches of a trees, when the horse made his way home and the family came to her rescue. Solo- mon, son of Jonathan, was born on the old farm, in 1783. He married Anna Gould, reared four children, Clarissa, Edward C, Ruth and Martha, and died January 7, 1865. Edward L. was born January 27, 1814, married Abigail Newton, widow of Calvin Gould, and reared two children. Benjamin Chamberlain, from Winchester, Mass., made the first settlement on the farm novv owned by Charles Whitaker, on road i. He reared a family of fourteen children. His son Cyrus was born here, reared nine children and died in 1867, aged seventy-one years. Luke, another son, died here in 1883, aged ninety years. Abel Carpenter was one of the earliest settlers in the western part of the town. He came from Rhode Island in 1785 and located upon a farm on road 19. He was twice married, reared twelve children, and died August 8, 1862. His son Humphrey carried on the old farm until his death, May 17, 1883, the house now standing thereon having been built by Abel in 1800. Humphrey married Almira Joy and reared four children, two of whom, Andrew D. and Ida, are now living on the old homestead with their mother. James Carpenter, a cousin of Abel, located on foad 33 at an early date, upon the farm now owned by Clark Stark. He reared a large family of children, but the family removed to Ohio many years ago. Joseph Haywood, from Winchester, Mass., came to Brattleboro in 1793, and located on road 44, upon the farm now owned by G. W. Ward. He TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 1 45 reared eight children, and died in 1857, aged ninety years. Two of the chil- dren are living, Sally, widow of B. F. Harris, born August 15, 1792, and Nancy, wife of T. J. Holland, of Townshend. Samuel Warriner, for many years a justice of the peace here, came from Wilbraham, Mass., in 1774, and located on the old Warriner homestead, on road 46. He reared a family of ten children. Daniel, son of Samuel, born on the old homestead in 1785, married Mary Richardson, reared eight chil- dren, and died in 1866. Since the latter's death his son Henry has occupied the old farm. The house thereon was built by Samuel in 1800, it having took seventy men to raise the frame, which is all made of hard wood. Jabez Wood, from Rehoboth, Mass., came to Brattleboro in 1776, locating on road 45, though he was offered the land where the East village now is for twenty cents an acre. Only one of his ten children are hving, Israel, born August 24, 1801. He has reported the weather record for the Brattle- boro papers since 1838. Aaron, son of Jabez, was born on the old farm, now owned by his son, John S., May 18, 1791, married Relief Stoddard, and died May 22, 1875. His wife died September 24, 1851. Thomas Akley, a Revolutionary soldier, came to this town from Boston, Mass., just after the close of 'the war, and made the first settlement on the farm now owned by his grandson, Henry, on road 39, where he reared four- teen children. Almon, son of Thomas, born on the old farm in 1790, mar- ried Harriet Fessenden, for his first wife, by whom he had eight children, and for his second wife, Mrs. Florinda Church, who survives him, he having died in 1879. His son Henry, born in 1830, and who now occupies the old homestead, married Florinda E. Church and has two children, Eugene H. and Ida F. He is the present third selectman of the town. John Field, a descendant of Zachariah Field who came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1629 or '30, from England, was born in Amherst, Mass., May 18, 1740, and came to Brattleboro about 1785, locating upon the farm now owned by O. L. Miner, the house he occupied being still in existence, on road 47. He married Rachel Wells, reared six children, and died in 1819, His son David, born in 1789, was a shoemaker and settled at West Brattle- boro. He married Pattie Wood. Only one of his three children, Mary L., wife of Hannibal Hadley, of Brattleboro, is living. David died June 19, 1819. Col. George W. Hooker was born at Salem, N. Y., February 6, 1838, and when three years of age came with his widowed mother to Londonderry, Vt., where he remained until fifteen years of age, when he went to Bellows Falls and entered the employ of Mr. Flint as a traveling salesman, remaining there until the opening of the war, in 186 1. In August of that year he entered the 4th Vt. Vols, as a private, and soon after was made a sargeant-major; was 2d and ist lieutenant in 1862, and then placed by order of Gen. Franklin on the staff of Gen. Stoughton, as A. D. S. ; thence on the staff of Gen. George J. Stannard; was dangerously wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; pro- 10 146 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. raoted by order of the secretary of war for gallant conduct, to assistant adju- tant of volunteers, and was co:nmissioned captain by the president, served thence as chief of staff of Gen. Charles Devens, and was breveted major and lieutenant-colonel, for meritorious conduct in front of Richmond; and was engaged in nearly all the battles iit which the army of the Potomac took part, being mustered out of service in January, 1866. Since the war he has been actively engaged in manufacturing and banking interests at Brattleboro, and also served on the staff of Governor Proctor in 187S-80 ; was delegate at large in the Republican national convention at Chicago; member of Repub- lican national committee, also member of executive committee and assistant secretary; member of Vermont legislature. 1880-82; department commander of G. A. R., 1880-81, and of Boys in Blue, department of Vermont; and was also unanimously elected judge advocate general of tlie State, by the legis- lature in joint session. In 1883 he was elected sergeant-at-arms, of the house of representatives, at Washington, for the 47th congress. James Fisk, son of Samuel, was born at Smithfield, R. I., and when three years of age removed with his parents to Adams, Mass. Subsequently he 'was engaged in a manufac- turing business there until 1837, when he re- moved to Bennington, remained one year, then came to Brattleboro and resided here until his death, June 4, 1883. Mr. Fisk also sold goods on the road with his son James, twenty-four years, and was somewhat noted as an inventor. He built the old Revere House in 1849, opened it as a temperence hotel in 1850, but was obliged to give up the enterprise for want of patronage. He married Leone, daughter of Stephen Greenlief, of Brattleboro, their only living child being the wife of George W. Hooker. Their son James was noted as an extensive railroad and steamboat operator. Stephen Greenlief was one of the early settlers of the town, coming here from Boston, Mass., in 1868, or '69. He purchased a tract of about 800 acres of land, built a log hoyse where the American House now stands, which he used as a hotel and store, and resided here until his death, rearing a large family of children. Stephen Jr., was born in Boston, in 1758, came to Brat- tleboro with his father, and at the age of eighteen or nineteen years he enlisted in the Revolutionary army and was at the Battle of Bennington. He settled in West Brattleboro, and resided there until his death. Mrs. Love Fisk, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. George W, Hooker, was his second wife. Stephen, Jr., built the first saw and grist-mill in the place. Nathan Miller, son of William, was born in Dummerston in 1795, married Philinda Buck, and resided on the old homestead, carrying on the business of (JAMES FISK.) TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 147 farming, and harness making until 1832, when he came to Brattleboro and carried on the harness business here until his death, December 19, 1871. By his first wife he had nine children, two of whom, Nathan W. and Emma, are living, in this town. He married for his second wife Anna Works, of Put- ney, by whom he had one child, Fred W., who now carries on the harness busi- ness here. William McCune (now spelled Cune) came from Massachusetts at an early date and located near the center of the town. He raised a company and served in the Revolutionary war, and resided here until his eath, rearing a large family of children. His sons, Isaac, William and John, settled in the town. John married Sally Harris and resided on the homestead until his death. His son, William P., born July 16, 1807, married Mary Ann Goodhue and reared three children, William, Mary and Julia, none of whom are now living. He has been a merchant here about forty years, and is now president of the Vermont National Bank. William Howard Bigelow was born in Easton, Washington county, N. Y. December 21, 1829. His father was a native of Hudson, N. Y., of which town he was supervisor for many years, and was also a member of the New York Legislature. William H. remained with his father until seventeen years of age, attended school in the meantime, and graduated from Williams college, Mass., in 1852. After his graduation he taught during the fall term in the Erattleboro academy, and commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Wil- lard Arms. The following winter, 1852-53, he assisted the Rev. James Tuft'ts in Munroe academy, Mass., and after commencing the spring term was interrupted in his work by an attack of hemorrhage of the lungs. Fol- lowing the advice of his medical attendants, he abandoned all literary and professional hopes and sought an active out-door life in the West. For a time he was with a corps of engineers, but finally located in Sioux City, Iowa, where he organized the firm of Bigelow & White, commencing the real estate and banking business, in 1856. In 1864 he went to Chicago, 111., and became a member of the firm of Bigelow Bros., manufacturers and dealers in lumber. In 1874 he came to West Brattleboro and located on the Hayes place, the ancestral home of his wife, and where he died, August 12, 1882. Mr. Bigelow married Mary Ann Hayes, daughter of Dea. Russell Hayes, November 18, 1856, a fruit of the union being two sons, Russell Anson, born June 2, 1859, and WiUiam H., Jr., born July 22, 1861. Mrs. Bigelow still occupied the old homestead, a cut of which appears on page 122. Levi Goodenough came to Brattleboro from South Hadley, Mass., in 1774, and located upon the farm now owned by his grandson, a son of Dwight, on road 41. He married Margaret Frazier, reared eleven children, only one of whom, Alonzo, is living, and died in September, 1848, aged eighty-three years. Winsor Goodenough, son of Levi, born on the old homestead in Decem- ber, 1800, married Elizabeth, daughter of Orrin Pratt, and reared three sons, Dwight, J. P., and Simon. Winsor died in 1862. His widow, born De- 148 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. cember 4, 1803, resides on the old homestead. Alonzo, son of Levi, born July 31, 1808, married Relief Plummer and reared three children, all living, one, Alonzo, having manufactured brick here for many years, making the first brick used in the construction of the Vermont Insane Asylum buildings. Samuel Earl, one of the early settlers in the western part of the town, was born in Lancaster, Mass., July 30, 1765. His parents moved to Guilford, Vt., soon after, while he came to Brattleboro in 1787, and bought the farm now owned by Mellen C. Goodenough. He married Sarah Wilder, in 1789, who was born in Guilford, Vt., March 23, 1768. They lived in a log house until 1793, when he built a frame house, which is now standing, occupied by the present owner. He lived and died on the old place where he first settled, dying May 20, 1854. His wife died November 10, 1843. Of their children Rachel died in infancy ; Alpheus married and left town ; Newhall died in youth; Samuel, born April 19, 1796, remained on the home farm, was an energetic man and knew how to make a success of farming. For several years he owned the largest dairy in town. He was a man of sound judgment, and often held ofiices of public trust. He married Lydia Marsh, who was born in Plymouth, Vt., June 8, 1803, and died March 17, 187 1. Samuel died March 20, 1870. Rnfus married and left town. Sarah was born De- cember 27, 1800, and was married September 24, 1822, to Asa Marsh, who was born in Plymouth, Vt., December 27, 1798. She lived, with the excep- tion of a few years, in town, and died here. Phoebe was born December 31, 1803. married Otis Lynde, and lived and died in town. Angelina married and left town. Arad Stockwell, son of Perez, was born in Marlboro, Vt., May 18, i7"3. He married Sally Harris^ of Brattleboro, June i, 1797, and a few years after came to Brattleboro, locating upon what is now the town poor farm, re- sided there until 1836. then moved to road 32, upon the farm now owned by his daughter, Mrs. S. P. Miller, where he died, February i, 1856. His widow, or "Aunt Sally," as she was familiarly called, died September 21, 1883, aged over 104 years, retaining her mental faculties until the last. They reared seven children, five of whom are living, as follows : Maria, widow of Alfred Simonds, Cynthia A., widow of W. H. Gould, Sabrina, widow of John B. Mil- ler, and Arad H., in Brattleboro; and Calista R., wife of Lucius Fox, in Wilmington. Asaph, son of Perez Stockwell, was born in Marlboro, married Lucy Harris, a sister of Sally, and settled in the western part of this town. He reared a family of nine children, and died about thirty years ago. Royal Gladden, born in England in 1769, came to Brattleboro in 1799, and settled in the western part of the town. He married Martha Roberts (his second wife), reared seven children, and died in 1847. His wife died in 1832. Two of the children, Martha G., widow of Jacob Dunklee, Jr., and Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Esterbrook, now reside here. John, son of John Weatherhead, was born in Guilford, July 16, 1808, mar- ried Olive Rockwell, and a few years after his marriage came to Brattleboro, TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 149 where he has resided since, being an extensive dealer in Hve stock. He has two children, Luke H., and Hiram F. Asa Wheeler came to Brattleboro, from Warwick, Mass., in the spring of 1849, and the following year commenced the manufacture of edged tools, and the subsequently, in company with his son, G. B., added the manufacture of skates. In i860 his factory was carried away by a freshet, after which he commenced the manufacture of counter sinks, which continued several years. He died November 12, 1880, aged seventy-seven years. His son, G. B., is now a Baptist clergyman of East Hardwick, Vt. Ebenezer Fisher came to Brattleboro, from Massachusetts, when there were but fourteen families in the town. He first located on road 28, then removed to the farm just south of the same, the deed of which, now in the possession of his grandson, Wilder E., bears the date April 9, 1770. Upon this farm he resided until his death, in 1831, aged ninety years. He reared a family of fourteen children. Ebenezer, Jr., born here in 1777, resided ontheoldfarm and manufactured brick many years. He married Lucy Fisher and reared ten children, and died September i, 1836. Three of his children are living — Hussell F., in Chester, Vt. ; Sybil, widow of Ezra Shepard, in Jamaica; and Ehas W., residing at Centerville. He married Lectana Weatherhead, of Guilford, and reared two children, Adaline and Chester L. Willard, son of Isaiah Richardson, came here with his father, in 1797. when an infant. He subsequently settled upon the farm now owned by Joseph H. Plummer, reared five children^ and died in 1883. Leonard Bemis came to Brattleboro, from Weston, Mass., about 1825. He reared a family of five children. Joseph, his brother, came two years later and still resides here. He was born in 1803, married Debora Gleason, and has three children. Isaiah Richardson, a native of Petersham, Mass., came to this town in 1800, locating on what is now the town farm. He had a family of two sons, Isaiah and Willard, and five girls, Matilda, Margaret, Esther, Mary, and Alvira. He died March 15, 1830. Isaiah, Jr., was eight years old when he came to Brattleboro with his father, and has been a resident of the town most of the time since, though he now resides in Massachusetts. He married Betsey Stearns, of Brattleboro, and reared seven sons and three daughters. Only one of the children, William F., now resides in town. Dea. Joshua Wilder came to Brattleboro, from Westminster, at an early day, when there was but one house where the village now is. He located upon the farm now occupied by his grandchildren, George A., James R., and Marshall. He reared twelve children, and died March 21, 1828, aged ninety-four years. Solomon, son of Joshua, married Lovina Miller, of Dummerston, settled on the old farm, and reared nine children. He died March 16, 1832. Four of the children are now living, George A., Marshall and James R., on the old homestead, and Deacon Joseph in Brattleboro. Of the soldiers of 1776 who have lived in Brattleboro, were the following : — Oliver Chapin, Reuben Church, Obadiah Gill, WilUam Harris, James Den- 150 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. nis, Daniel Harris, Isaac Pratt, Oliver Jones, Ichabod King, Daniel Stearns, David Wells, Thomas Akely, Samuel Bennet, Joe] Bolster, William Butter- field, John Bemis, Jabez Clark, Benjamin Chamberlain,. Benajah Dudley, Warren Esterbrooks, Salathiel Harris, Elihue Hotchkiss, Income^! Jones, --firo=- •flaer Jenks, Joseph Joy, Elias Jones, Israel Jones, Thaddeus Miller, John Kel- sey, Hezekiah Salisbury, Levi Shumway, Sylvanus Sartwell, Reuben Stearns, Thomas Simpson, Nathaniel Sampson, Samuel Willington, Lemuel Thomp- son, William King, Cushing King, Royal Tyler, and John Alexander, During the late civil war the town furnished men as follows : Of officers, forty; of privates, second Vermont regiment, fifty-five; third, twenty ; fourth, thirtv-seven ; fifth, two ; sixth, three; seventh, three ; eighth, twenty-three; ninth, eighteen; tenth, one; eleventh, eleven; twelfth, two; sixteenth, forty- three; seventeenth, two; sharp-shooter^?, eight; first cavalry, twenty-five; U. S. Colored Vols., three ; twelfth U. S. infantry, two ; navy, ten ; other State organizations, seven ; and of substitutes, fifty-five, making a total of 370 men. CHURCHES. The First Congregational church, located at West Brattleboro. — The first religious worship ever held in the town was probably at FortDummer; where Rev. Ebenezer Hinsdale was chaplain from 1728 to 1742 ; and again in 1748, Andrew Gardner is mentioned as chaplain of a company at the same place. The first religious service ever held in the county, however, was probably the service held by Rev. John Williams, one of the Indian captives from Deerfield, at the mouth of William's river, in Rockingham, in 1704 (see page 27). In 1770, Rev. Abner Reeve, from Hadley, was appointed the first settled minister of the town, and during that year the Congregational church of West Brattleboro was organized. Mr. Reeve was of the order called the N. E. Calvinistic Congregational, a graduate of Yale college, and father of Judge Tapping Reeve, who founded the celebrated law school at Litchfield, Conn., and who was principal of that institution as late as i8r6. Mr. Reeve continued his labors with the society until 1794, and died in 1798, as the headstone at his grave, near where stood the old meeting-house in which he officiated, testifies, in the following inscription : — Rev. Abner Reeve, Died May the i6th, 1798, in the 91 year of his age. " Farewell, dear friends, We part in pain ; But hope to live And meet again." About the time Mr. Reeve was sinking under the infirmities of age, Rev» William Wells settled in town. He was a native of Biggleswade, in England, and had been for twenty-three years a dissenting minister at Brownsgrove, in Worcestershire, Eng. He was at once invited to take the spiritual charge of the church and society, and entered upon his work in March, 1794. In TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. I5I March, 1814, Mr. Wells gave up his charge, the care of the whole town being too much for his advanced years and infirm health. He was succeeded by Rev. Caleb Burge, who officiated from 1814 to 181 9. Rev. Jedediah L. Stark officiated from 1821 to 1839; Rev. Corbin Kidder from 1839 to 1845 l Rev. Joseph Chandler from 1845 to 1870, the present pastor being Rev. C. H. Merrill. Of the early church, the Rev. Lewis Grout, of West Brattleboro, in an historical discourse delivered December 31, 1876, speaks as follows: — " Among these points of interest maybe reckoned a few facts and traditions respecting the first meeting-house. The house stood about eight rods west of the old cemetery, half a mile northward of the Harris hill, three or four rods north- ward from the present Smith Miller line, or about ten rods westward from the Rev. Abner Reeve's grave. The spot is marked by a small hollow or basin, as if there were a cellar under the building; and on the westerly border of the basin is a good sized boulder, as if this stone might have been, at one time, a part of the foundation. The house was gambrel-roofed, and it is said to have been built by the town ; but as to the exact time we have no certain record. "Thompson's Gazetteer" says it was small, and built in 1772. In the historical address given by Charles K. Field, Esq., at the Brattleboro cen- tennial celebration, on the 4th of July last, the orator spoke of it as reputed to have been built of logs^ like a block-house, in 1770. In the record of the annual meeting of the town in March, 1771, it is said that John Houghton was chosen surveyor of the road from the Wind-falls to the meeting-house, which is proof that there was such a house at that time ; and the records of the town speak of a meeting of the town as held there in April, 1772. Quite likely there may have been a block-house of logs, used for a time at least, for public worship, until another, which seems to have been a regular framed house, could be built. But whether the really first place of worship, built and used in this town, was made of logs, or not, I think there can hardly be a doubt that what is generally called the first meeting-house was a framed building, and that it was erected as early as the year 1 771 or 1772. It will be remembered that when steps were taken for the building of a new house, near the site of the one we now occupy, the town authorized the selling of the old one to Mr. Israel Smith ; and some of the older inhabitants of our day tell us it was taken down and moved about a mile to the northward, to the Hapgood or Kittredge place, this side of the Dunklee homestead, there set up and occupied for some years as a dwelling house, and finally consumed by fire. It is also said that the porch of it was brought down and used for some years by Samuel EUiot, Esq., as a lawyer's office, and that this part of it is still extant in the first or ground story of the house at the east end of this village, just the other side of the covered bridge, and now owned by Mrs. Streeter." In 1785 a large, convenient church building was erected, which was de- stroyed by fire February 2, 1845. The present building was soon after com- menced. It is a wood structure, capable of seating 350 persons, and is said ' to have cost $2,750.00, though it is now valued, including grounds, at $7,- 500.00. The society now has 190 members. T/ie Center Congregational church, located on Main street, East village. — Sometime previous to the resignation of Rev. Mr. Wells, the East village had commenced a rapid, thriving growth. Mr. Wells, whose residence was near by, had been in the habit of officiating two or three times a month at the 152 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. East village, in the old school-house, then standing on the village common. The room proving too small for the meetings, however, a proposition was made that a house of worship should be erected, in which services should be held a part of the time, without dividing the parish ; but this plan did not meet with general favor in the town, so it was determined to form a new society, erect a church building, and invite Mr. Wells to be their minister. t=f i (CENTER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BRATTLEBORO, VT.) Accordingly fourteen members withdrew from the church at West Brattleboro, and July 15, 1816, the new church was organized, with Rev. William Wells as pastor, and John Holbrook as deacon. Grindall R. Ellis, Esq., deeded to the society the land now known as the village common, on condition that the new edifice be located there. The society acted in conformity with these conditions, and the new edifice was dedicated August 22, 1816. Rev. Samuel Willard, of Deerfield, offering the dedicatory prayer, and Rev. Mr. Samuel Pratt, of Westmoreland, the con- cluding prayer. In 1842, the society finding their church building very much TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 1 53 out of repair, and situated too far north for the convenience of a large por- tion of the congregation, concluded to remove it to Main street, and enlarge the building. This was accordingly done, the building being removed to the site it now occupies, upon land deeded by the heirs of Francis Gootlhue, Esq., for the purpose. By this act they forfeited the right to the lands they had previously occupied. The new building was dedicated January ii, 1843, the dedicatory sermon being preached by Rev. Z. S. Barstow, D. D., of Keene, N. H., and the dedicatory prayer offered by Rev. Amos Foster, of Putney. The building will comfortably seat 600 persons, and is valned, including grounds, at $25 000.00. During the short ministry of Mr. Wells, the society was increased by the addition ot seventy-eight members, and it now has 281 members. Mr. Wells officiated as pastor only three years, thus closing his long ministry of sixty years. He died at his home,jn December, 1827, aged eighty-three years. His successors have been Rev. Jonathan McGee, from January 13, 1819, to September 10, 1834; Rev. Charles Walker, from Jan- uary I, 1835, to February 11, 1846; Rev. A. H. Clapp, from October 14, 1846, to November 15, 1853 ; Rev. George P. Tyler, from November 16, 1853, to 1866; Kev. N. Mighill, from October, 1867, to 1875 ; Rev. George L. Walker, to January i, 1878; Rev. George E. Martin, July i, 1878; Rev. S. A. Martin, July 9, 1879, and was dismissed September 6, 1883. The pres- ent pastor is Rev. Samuel H. Lee. The Brattleboro Unitarian Cotigregationa/ Society,\oc3ttdi on Main street. — After the death of Rev. Mr. Williams, a large number of the members of the Congregational society, then under the charge of Rev. Jonathan McGee, became dissatisfied with him as their pastor on account of certain doctrines which he preached, and because he refused to exchange pulpit services with several clergymen with whom Rev. Mr. Wells had been accustomed to hold ministerial exchange. They finally withdrew from that society and formed a new society, known by the name of the " Brattleboro Unitarian Congregational Society." The organization of this society was effected in 1 83 1, and a house of worship was erected on Main street during that year and finished early the next year. It was dedicated February 22, 1832. Rev. George W. Hosmer, of Northfield, Mass., preaching the sermon. On the same day Rev. Nathaniel Thayer, D. D., of Lancaster, Mass., and other clergymen being present, the following persons, Eben Wells, Mary Wells, Samuel A. Allen, Maria Allen, Lenmel Whitney, Sophia Whitney, S. D. Chapin, Eliza Hyde, and Eunice Metcalf, united themselves into a Christian church, adopting and subscribing the same covenant which had been used under the ministry of Dr. Wells, and which .. as at that time still in use in the Congregational church, under the charge of Mr. McGee. The church was enlarged from time to time by the addition of other members. On the Sun- day succeeding the dedication of the church, Mr. Addison Brown, who had been preaching several months at Troy, N. Y., where he had organized a society, on invitation of the prudential committee of the society, commenced 154 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO- supplying the pulpit as a candidate, and after preaching about three months he received an invitation to settle as pastor of the church and accepted the same, his engagement at first being for three years. At the expiration of that time he renewed his engagement to supply the pulpit for five years, and after the expiration of that time his engagement was made annually during the remainder of his pastorate, which terminated near the close of 1845, he hav- ing preached for the society for nearly fourteen years in succession, with the (UNITARIAN CONGREGATrONAL CHURCH, BRATTLEBORO, VT.) exception of a few months' interruption on account of sickness. Since the close of his ministry to the society they have been supplied by a great num- ber and variety of preachers, some foi a brief period, others for a longer time. Those who have supplied the pulpit for the longest periods are Rev. G. G. Ingersoll, D. D., now deceased, who preached for the society at several times ; Rev. Farrington Mclntire, who was ordained as pastor of the society, April 7, 1847, and closed his ministry at the end of that year ; Rev. John L. Russell, who continued with the society several months,; Rev. Mellish I. Motte, Rev. Solon W. Bush, and Rev. Francis C. Williams, each of whose ministry was three years or more : Rev. F. Frothingham, who was the society's pastor for TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. • 1 55 over two years, and Rev. H. N. Richardson, who supplied the desk foraUttle more than half a year. The present pastor is Rev. S. M. Crothers. The stone church erected by this society in 1874-75, surpasses in durability and as a fine specimen of church architecture, anything of the kind in this place. It will comfortably seat 350 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $50,000.00, its original cost being $40,000.00. Sf. MichaeVs Episcopal church, located on Main street. — Regular Episco- pal services began to beheld in Brattleboro, at "Dickinson's Hall," in 1836, when a society was formed, under the name of St. Peter's, with some hopes of permanency. Rev. Charles Devens, a talented, promising young man acting as rector. Hon. John Phelps and family, prominent actors in commencing this enterprise, moved to Maryland soon after its organization, thus withdraw- ing an influence that the infant society could ill afford to lose. After about two years services were held only occasionally, and then usually conducted at some place hired for the purpose, by the rector, three miles distant, at East Guilford. In 1852 accessions to the population of believers in this faith began to increase. In 1853 the society was re-organized, under its present name, services being at first conducted by Rev. G. C. Eastman, in a lower room of the town hall. Rev. Mr. Eastman resigned his charge April 15, 1854. Rev. William Southgate officiated from 1857 to April, i860. Rev. A. P. Morris was invited to accept the rectorship October 10, i860. Rev. Edmund Rowland occupied the desk in the summer previous to the advent of Mr. Morris. Rev. A. P. Morris was from Hamilton, C. W., and was rec- tor of this church during most of the time of the late war of the rebeUion. October 14, 1864, Rev. G. W. Porter was invited to become rector of the parish. He accepted, and resigned after about two years' service. Rev. Francis W. Smith accepted an invitation to fill the vacancy, April 3, 1867, and resigned December 30, 1868. March 19, 1869, Rev. Mr. Harris ac- cepted an invitation of the parish to become its rector, and since November, 1874, Rev. William H. Collins has held the position. The church building, a frame and brick structure, was built in 1854, since which time, however, it has received many repairs and much improvement, so that it is now valued, including grounds, etc., at $8,000.00, and will seat 250 persons. In 1867 the society purchased a rectory, situated on Greene street, at an expense of $2,500.00. In 187 I they sold this rectory and purchased a lot on Tyler street, upon which, during the same year, a new rectory was built, costing about $6,000.00. The society now has 122 communicants. The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Brattleboro. — Regular Metho- dist services date from the advent of Cyrus Davis, who came to this village about 1833, to superintend the printing department of the publishing house of Messrs. Holbrook & Co. When we were first made aware of Methodist preaching in the East village was in 1834, and Mr. Davis, a firm advocate and class leader of the order, was quite prominent in commencing and sus- taining these services, which were first held in a small district school-house on 156 * TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Canal street. Between 1835 and '37 the society erected their first house of worship. This building was placed near the school-house they at first occu- pied on Canal street. Rev. William Brewster was the pastor of this church in 1837, and by his excellent character, eloquence and energy, considerable advance was made in building up the society. His worthy successor. Elder Harding, was also a talented and effective preacher; but the organization was not fortunate in members who were able or wiUing to clear oft" the mort- gage upon their church, and the advent of the Baptist church, born under its roof in 1840, seemed to exhaust the little vitality remaining in the society. The meeting-house passed out of their possession into the hands of " Miller- ites," so-called, in 1842. The Universalist society next obtained possession of this house and occupied it for their denominational purposes until their present house of worship was built, in 1850 and '51. The old house was then sold to Mr. W. Alexander, who made such alterations as fitted it for a private residence. The Methodist society was, for a time, a thing of the past; but within seven years after their trials with the Millerites, etc., it was made evident that some of the " old leaven, hid in three measures of meal," yet remained. The society began to improve in both numbers and interest, so that it now has 250 members, with Rev. A. B. Truax, pastor. Their neat brick church, erected in 1880, will comfortably seat 400 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $18,000.00. The First Baptist chnrc/i, \ocaXti\ on Main street. — Some of the earliest settlers were Baptists, and there was Baptist preaching in the town at a very early date. In 1770 an aged Baptist minister by the name of Whipple re- moved here from Groton, Conn., where he had been connected with the ancient Baptist church of that town, which was formed in 1705. He resided " over West river," and occasionally held meetings in his own house, though he more frequently preached in Guilford and Halifax. The meetings in his house were probably the first Baptist meetings held in town, and were among the earliest religious meetings held in this vicinity. Rev. Mr. Reeve, of the Congregational church, preached only a part of the time here, during the first three years of his ministry, alternating between Brattleboro and Guilford. So Rev. Mr. Whipple divided his ministerial labors between Brattleboro, Guilford and Halifax. It is supposed that he died here, and that his grave is in the burying-ground near the school-house, in the West river district. In April, 1772, Dea. Jonathan Pierce removed to Brattleboro from Nor- wich, Conn., he and his wife having been members of the church in connec- tion with Rev. Mr. W^hipple. His daughter, Esther, was probably the first person ever baptized in the town. The ordinance was administered by Rev. Ebenezer Bailey, of Westmoreland, N. H., who was pastor of a large and respectable Baptist church there from 1773 to 1803. This first baptism was in the Connecticut river, near the village, which then consisted of only two or three houses. Subsequently, Rev. Mr. Bailey baptized several others in the TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 157 West river neighborhood, while he and Rev. Beriah Willis, and Rev. Richard Williams, of Guilford, occasionally preached There was also Baptist preach- ing ffom time to time at the house of Dea. Pierce, a few rods south of the cemetery, where he lived and died. His grave is a httle further south, where some solitary gravestones may still be seen in the open field Some of his descendants were among the first to unite in form ing this church, holding fast to the faith of their venerable ancestor. Previous to 1833 nothing was done towards the organization of the scattered Baptists m town, a considerable number of whom re sided in this village and vicinity In that year Rev. Joseph M Graves, then agent of the Ver mont Baptist convention, spent some time in visiting them, and gathered them into a company for maintaining religious meetings Twelve persons gave their names and entered into engagements for this Durpose, and a few others were 'subsequently added to the ^"^^t baptist church, brattleboro, vt.) number thus pledged. They were supplied by Mr. Graves and neighboring ministers, who preached in the school-house on the common. In March, 1840, Rev. Emerson Andrews, an evangelist, engaged the Methodist chapel and commenced a series of meetings, which resulted, April 2, 1840, in the organization of the present church. The opening prayer was oftered by Rev. D. M. Crane, of North Springfield, the records being made by Jacob Estey, as clerk. Twenty-one names were subscribed to the agree- ment, and on the two following days, April 3d and 4th, at regular meetings, twelve persons were received for baptism, after due examination, and on the day following ten were baptized. On April 24th Rev. Joseph Freeman was chosen pastor. The first church building was erected on Elliot street, and completed in the autumn and winter of 1840-41, and was dedicated the fol- lowing spring. The present handsome brick structure, located on Main street, was built in 1867. It will seat 600 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $50,000.00. The society now has 525, members, with Rev. F. E. Tower, pastor. The First Universalist church, located on Canal street. — Universalist meetings were held in Wheeler's Hall as early as 1835, by Rev. Charles Ii;8' TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Woodhouse ; but it was not till May 24, 1843, that the present society was organized. Among the original members were Dr. Reuben Spaulding, A. J. Hines, J. H. Esterbrook, W. H. Esterbrook, Alford Sinionds, O. J. IVfartin, Orin Starkey, Luther Weld, Harvey Houghton, John B. Miller, and Sewall Morse. The first meeting house owned by the society was located on the corner of Canal and Clark streets, and was purchased by the Millerites in May, 1843. It was built and occupied for many years by the Methodists. The first settled pastor of the society was Rev. L. J. Fletcher, who began his ministry in the early part of 1844. He was succeeded in July, 1846, by Rev. John. H. Willis, who remained here only one year. Rev. C. R. Moor assumed the pastorate of the society early in 1848, and closed his connection with it in February, 1852. The present Universalist church was built during his settlement here) and will now seat 450 persons, and is valued, including grounds, etc., at $5,000.00. It was erected in 1850, and dedicated in February, 1851. Rev. H. P. Cufting was settled over the society in May, 1852, and remained one year. He was followed, June, 1853, by Rev. Geo. H. Deere, whose pastorate extended through seven years. During his ministry the church was repainted, in 1857, and through his exertions $500.00 was raised in 1858, for Tufts college. Rev. E. Smiley began his labors with the society the first of January, 1861, and closed them with the same year. He was succeeded early in 1862 by Rev. W. T. Stowe, whose pastorate extended to July, 1864. Rev, M. R. Leonard suppUed the desk through the winter of 1864-65. Rev. James Eastwood was called to the pastorate September 15, 1865, and resigned Jan. 3, 1870. Rev. M. H. Harris was settled July i, 1870. During the years of Mr. Harris's pastorate, the parish grew to be among the largest and strongest in the village, and the largest Universalist parish in the State, having at the present time 200 members. In 187 1 the church edifice was enlarged and remodeled. The society is now under the pastoral charge of Rev. Elbert W. Whitney, who was settled January i, 1880. St. Michael's Roman Catholic church, located on Walnut street. — The number of Catholic families in this town must have been about fifty when the diocese of Burlington was separated from that of Boston. Rev. Z. Druon, (now of St. Albans), in 1844, bought an old paint or carpenter shop on Elliot street, and fitted it up for a church. Rev. Charles O'Reilly was given charge of the mission in 1855, and after a few years came to live in the village. He succeeded in building the present neat and substantial church edifice of St. Michael, in 1863-64. In 1869, he was succeeded by Rev. Charles Halpin. Rev. N. St. Onge had charge of Brattleboro after Rev. Father Halpin. To Rev. Henry Lane was due the erection of a Catholic school-house, in 1874, the establishment of the house of the Sisters of St. Joseph, for teaching the children, the purchase of a parsonage, and ornamenting the church edifice. The church now has about 600 communicants, under the pastoral charge of Rev. P. Cunningham. TOWN OF BROOKLINE, 159 The West Brattleboro Baptist church was organized in 1874, as a mission of the Baptist church of Brattleboro, Rev. E. A, Voteybeing the first pastor. The old Universalist brick church, built in 1834, was purchased and repaired, which is now capable. of seating 200 persons, and is valued at $7^200.00. The society has seventy-four members, with Rev. Charles R. Powers, pastor. BROOKLINE is a small, irregularly outlined town lying in the eastern part of the county, in lat. 43" i' and long. 4" 25', bounded north by Athens, and east by Westminster and Putney, south by Dummerston, and west by Newfane and Townsend, being partly separated from New- fane by West river. Its name was derived from Grassy brook, which flows through the town in almost a straight line from north to south. The town is about eight miles in length and from one half to two and one half miles in width, and was incorporated October 30, 1794, being set off from Athens and Putney. On October 25, 1804, another part of Putney was annexed, and again, November 12, 1820, a small part of Newfane, on the easterly side of West river, was annexed, so that the town now has an area of about seventeen square miles. A deep valley runs through the whole township from north to south, at the bottom of which flows Grassy brook, so named from an open meadow near its head that the first settlers found when they came here. The stream rises in Athens and falls into West river, near the southwestern corner of this town. An extensive freshet occurred on this stream on June 20, 1821. The first indications of a storm were a small collection of black clouds directly over Lilly pond hill in Athens. These clouds gradually collected and gathered into a large dark cloud and soon the storm broke, pouring torrents of water that passed north through Athens and south through Brookline, carrying devastation before it. This is said to be the greatest freshet ever known in this vicinity. Along the whole eastern line of the town is an extensive eleva- tion, a peak east of the Baptist church rising to an altitude of i,ioo feet. The soil of the territory is generally rich and productive, though better adapted to grazing than tillage. The predominant rock entering into the geological structure of the town is calciferoiis mica schist^ though there is considerable gjieiss in the western part of the town. Upon the farm of Jacob Bush, on road 12, there are springs whose waters are largely impregnated with medicinal qualities. In 1880 Brookhne had a population of 205, and in 1882 was divided into three school districts and contained two common schools, employing two female teachers at an aggregate salary of $194.38.. There were thirty- three pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $212.18, with C. P. Stickney, superintendent. l6o TOWN OF BROOKLINE. Brookline (p. o. ) is a hamlet located in the central part of the town. L. W. Bush's saw and grist-mill, located on road 9, was built in 1869. It is opei-ated by water-power, fitted with upright and bench saws, and cuts about 75,000 feet of rough lumber per annum. The grist-mill has one run of stones for grinding meal and feed, and grinds about 2,500 bushels annually. The first settlement in Brookline was made about 1777, by Timothy Well- man, Leraach Blandin, Cyrus Whitcomb and Jonah and Samuel Moore. The first town meeting was held at the house of Ebenezer Harwood, March 17, 1795, when Peter Benson was chosen moderator and the town was organ- ized by electing John Waters, town clerk ; Peter Benson, Lemach Blandin and Jotham Stebbins, selectmen ; Abijah Moore, treasurer; Thomas Walker, constable and collector; Ebenezer Bugbee, William Hills and John Blandin, listers; Benjamin Farmer, leather sealer ; Ebenezer Wellman, grand juror; Benjamin Farmer and Ebenezer Bugbee, tythingmen ; Ebenezer Harwood, pound-keeper ; Samuel Blandm, hayward ; Jonathan Ellenwood, Benjamin Farmer, Cyrus Whitcomb and Ebenezer Bugbee, highway surveyors; Delnis Briggs, Jonathan Ellenwood and Joseph Boa), fence viewers ; and William Hills, sealer of weights and measures. The first justice of the peace was John Waters, in 1795. Benjamin Ormsbee was the first representative, in 1823. The first school was kept in the dwelling of Cyrus Whitcomb, and the town was first divided into school districts in 1796. The first grist and saw-mill was erected by Elijah Davis, and is still in ser- vice, though it was removed to the southern part of the town in 1866. Early in the history of the town there were two stores and an hotel located at the foot of Windmill hill. The stores were given up in 1823 ; but the hotel was continued until 1850. John Waters established a store at an early date, but he failed in 1813 and left the town. The first dwelling destroyed by fire was that of Elbridge Mason, in 1866. There have been only two of Brookline's citizens whom it was necessary to imprison for crime, viz : Benjamin Flint, for passing counterfeit money, and William Lee, for incendiarism. In the early history of the town, John Waters and Peter Benson were the leading citizens. They left about 1813-14. After them Dr. William Perry and Thomas Ceaver were the most prominent in public aff"airs. Timothy Wellman, one of the first settlers, came from Norton, Mass. He reared a family of thirteen children. His descendants now residing in the town are two grandsons, Levitt K. and Allen O. Wellman. Darius, brother of Timothy, came to the town about the same time. Ebenezer Harwood, from Walpole, N. H., was also an early settler. Otis his grandson, is the only one of the family now in town. He resides on the old homestead. Jotham Stebbins, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Brimfield, Mass., April 21, 1761, and came to Brookline in 1787. He married a Miss Ellen- wood, reared three children, and died at the age of eighty-nine years. His TOWN OF BROOKLINE. l6l son Samuel became a successful farmer and an influential citizen, rearing a family of five children. Christopher Osgood came to Brookline in 1793. Luther, one of his nine children, now resides in the southern part of the town. He is a prominent farmer and has held most of the town trusts. Luke B. Osgood, brother of Christopher, also located here about 1793, married Sally Thompson, and reared seven children. Thomas Riste, from Sutton, Mass., came to Brookline between 1780 and 1790, and purchased of Jonathan Boydon the most northerly farm in the town. He reared ten children. Anderson S. and William Riste now occupy the old homestead. Peter Derry was born in London, Eng., and when a young man was pressed aboard a British vessel and brought to America, where he deserted, became a settler and reared a family. Peter, Jr., w£fs born June 6, 1755, married in 1774 and settled in Brookline, reared a family of children, and died September 4, 1824, aged seventy years. Tyler Derry, his seventh child, mar- ried Betsey Daggert and reared nine children, of whom James D. the fourth, now resides in Townshend, at the age of sixty-eight years, Abner T. and Benjamin F., of Townshend, are also his sons. Betsey A. married Reuben Gale and also resides in Townshend. Mary C. married Thomas B. Gould, who died in the late war. Ormando C, the youngest son, resides in Guil- ford. B. F. and O. C. Derry both served in the late was. James D. mar- ried Sarah T. Bixby January 16, 1838, and reared two children, Sarah P. and Judson B., of whom the latter married Abbie S. Hastings, daughter of Loren M. Hastings^ and resides on the old homestead in Townshend. Parmelia S. married Rocius N. Fairbank, October 3, 187 1, and died with- out issue. Jonathan Cutler came to A.merica with his brothers, Eben and Tarrand, from England, before the Revolution, and Eben served as a soldier in that struggle. Jonathan located in Fitzwilliam, N. H., where, in 1798, Ira was born, the youngest of eight children. In the following spring, 1799, Jonathan Cutler bought and settled on the farm his grandson, C. A. Cutler, now occupies on road 7, in Brookline. At that time it was a part of the township of Newfane. Ira grew to manhood here, and, October 19^ 1823, married Eleanor Round, who bore him eleven children, of whom Lura, Mrs. Henry Kidder, of Putney, Marshall, Charles A., Henry and Frank A., are now living. Jon- athan Cutler was one of the founders and one of the first deacons of the Baptist church. Of his sons, David and Jonathan weie twins. The former became a Baptist minister and preached at Brookline, but later removed to New York. Jonathan went to Putney wbere he was a machinist, and is said to have made the first covered button machine in America. He died in Massachusetts. Isaac became a hatter and spent his life in New York. James became a physician and settled in New York. Samuel and Ira were farmers and spent their lives in BrookHne, the latter on the old homestead. 11 l62 TOWN OF DOVER. He was often chosen to do town business, trusts filled with uniform ability and fidelity. C. A. Cutler married Celia M. Walden, June 22, 1864, having pre- viously spent two years in the army, a member of Co. H, 8th Vt. Vols. He now lives on the old homestead on road 7, which has been in the family eighty- five years. Anthony Mason came to this town in 1796. The only one of his eleven children now living here is Elbridge G., aged seventy years. The Baptist church of Brooklitie, located a little south of the center of the town, was organized in 1785, Rev. Amos Beckwith being its first settled pas- tor. The present church building was erected in 1836, at a cost of $ [,700.00. It will accommodate 300 persons and is valued, including grounds, at $2,300.00. The society now has fifty-one members, with Rev. Charles Far- rar, pastor. At the raising of the church building an accident occurred, through the breaking of some oT the timbers, by which thirty men were per- cipitated to the ground. None were killed however, though fifteen were more or less injured. The Brookline branch of the Athens Methodist church, located at the corner of roads 5 and 6, was organized by its first pastor, Rev. C. W. Levings, about 1835. The church building was erected in 1838, in union with the Univer- salists, and is now valued at about $2,500.00. The Universalists, however, though owning half of the church, have never had stated preaching in town. The Methodist society has only seven members at present, and is under the charge of the Athens society. DOVER is a small town located in the western-central part of the county,, in lat. 43' 58', and long. 4° 13', bounded north by Wardsboro and a small part of Stratton, east by Newfane, south by Marlboro and Wil- mington, and west by Somerset. It was formerly a part of Wardsboro, which was granted by Vermont to William Ward, of Newfane, and sixty-two others, November 7, 1780. October 18, 1788, the town of Wardsboro was divided into two districts. North and South Wardsboro, and on October 30, 18 10, South Wardsboro was incorporated into a separate town by the name of Dover. A few years since a part of Wilmington, known as the "Leg," was added to the territory. The surface of the town is broken and uneven, the soil being better adapted to grazing than grain raising, though there are many tracts of arable, productive land. A considerable branch of Deerfield river flows through the western part of the town, having several good-sized tributaries. Rock river flows a southeasterly course through the eastern part of the town, these two streams forming the principal water-courses of the township. The geological structure of the territory is made up of rocks of gneiss and talcose schist formation, the latter underlying the eastern, and the former the western por- TOWN OF DOVER. 163 tions. An extensive bed of serpentine lies in the eastern part, and traces of gold have been discovered in the same locality. In 1880 Dover had a population of 621, and in 1882 the town was divided into nine school districts, and contained seven common schools, em- ploying four male and nine female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $778.82. There were 232 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $832.76, with E. H. Jones, superintendent Dover, a post village and once the business center of the town, now has six or eight dwelling, a store, a blacksmith shop, school-house, the town hall, and one church (Congregational). The village is located near the summit of one of the highest hills in the township, about a mile from the southern line and the same distance east from the center. West Dover, a post village, is located on the East branch of Deerfield river, within about three quarters of a mile of the southern, and about three- miles from the western boundary of the town. It has one church (Congre- gational), a school-house, a good hotel, a store, saw-mill and chair- stock fac- tory, carriage and blacksmith shop, shoe shop, etc., and about twenty-five dwellings. It is pleasantly located and has a general appearance of thrift and neatness. East Dover, a post village otherwise known as Rock River, is located on the eastern line of the town, about two miles from the southeastern corner. It has two churches (Methodist and Baptist), one store, one saw and grist-mil), and eighteen or twenty dwellings. Proiity, Broivn e?^ If ale's saw and grist-mill and chair-stock factory is located at East Dover village. It is operated by water-power, is supplied with a circular saw, board saw, band saws, cutting-off saw and plainer, and has the capacity for manufacturing 5,000 feet of lumber per day. The grist-mill is for grinding coarse grain, and does custom work. This mill occupies the site of the old Cheeney mill, erected previous to 1793. Proiity i5^ Brown's steam saw and shingle-mill and chair- stock factory, located at East Dover, was re-built in 1878, upon the site of a mill built by R. S. Staples, in 1862, which \,as destroyed by fire. It is operated by a thirty- horse-power engine, and cuts annually about 800,000 feet of lumber, about one-third of which is manufactured into chair-stock, and also cuts about 400,- 000 shingles per annum, giving employment to a force of twelve men. J. B. Davis's saiv-7nill and chair-stock factory is located at West Dover, occupying the site of the old William Gragg mill. The saw-mill cuts about 300.000 feet of lumber and 300,000 shingles annually. The chair-stock fac- tory is located on the opposite side of the stream, and works into chair-stock about 150,000 feet of lumber per year. Leonard Bros. 6^ Bogle' s cider-mill and jelly manufactory, located on roads 34 and 37, was established about 1868. The firm now manufactures about 3,500 barrels of cider into jelly each year. The Leonard Brothers were the first in this locahty to estabHsh the business of canning maple syrup. 164 TOWN OF DOVER. As the early settlement of this town dates back to when it was a part of Wardoboro, to that town we must look for the record of the proceedings of its first inhabitants. The first settlement was made by John Jones, Ithamer Allen and others, from Milford and Sturbridge, Mass., in June, 1780. They were followed soon after by others, so that in 1791 the town had 753 inhab- itants. Wardsboro was organized March 14, 1786, when Aaron Hudson was chosen town clerk, he being also the first representative, elected the next year. After the division of the town, in 1788, each district had a separate list of officers, the election returns for this district, March 10, 1789, being as follows : Capt. David Johnson, moderator and clerk ; David Johnson, Aaron Thompson, and Luther Thompson, selectmen ; Daniel Warner, treasurer; Ebenezer Sears, constable ; William Standclitf, collector ; Elijah Baldwin, Isaac Lazell, and William Haskins, Hsters ; Barnard Conven, leather sealer; Roger Burchard and William Hall, grand jurors ; Nathan Ganson, pound- keeper; Silas Wright, tythingman; Wizziel Putnam, Nathan Baxter, and Hayward Sibner, fence viewers ; and Jacob Steepler, Daniel Warner, Nathan Ganson, William Haskins, Silas Wright, WiUiam Sears, Barnard Conven, and William Hall, highway surveyors. The first saw and grist-mill in the town was built at East Dover, by Eben- ezer Cheeney, previous to 1793, in which year it was sold to Amasa Little- field. The first stoie was kept by Daniel Clark. The first masonic meeting was held in a hotel kept by Gen. Perry, where Asaph C. Adams nov/ resides. Peter Hammond, a citizen of Wardsboro, was the first candidate initiated. William Gragg, from Coleraine, Mass., built the first saw and grist-mill at West Dover, between the years 1795 and 1797. On the day the building was raised a lad living with a Mr. Slater was drowned in the mill-pond. The first church building erected was a Congregational edifice, at Dover Common. Silas Johnson kept the first hotel in the town, on a part of what is now the J. F. Parker farm. The first physician in town was a Dr. Fitch, who located south of the hotel kept by Silas Johnson, on a road which run parallel with road 42, and a short distance west of the present road leading to Marlboro. The first Baptist church was erected on land donated by Lemuel Osgood, in 181 1, the fir^t settler on the farm of the late Dea. Burt Howard. The first house in West Dover was built by Rodolphus Carleton, about 1805, Mr. Carleton being a clothier and carried on business in one end of his dwelling. It is now the residence of John B. Davis. The first store in West Dover was established by Waters Pillett, about 1827, and was soon after sold to W. H. Jones, who kept it over thirty years. Mr. Jones became one of the promi- nent men of the town and was one of the county judges. Dover was settled mainly by emigrants from Massachusetts, who moved into the " New State," as Vermont was then called. At the time of the erection of the territory into a separate town, it was a mooted question as to what name the new town should go by. Amos Hayward, tradition tells us, said, " call it after my dog, Dover." The suggestion was adopted, and Dover the town TOWN OF DOVER. 165 has since been called. Among the early settlers were the family names, Jones, Howe, Sems, Briggs, Howard, Hall, and Sherman, who arrived from 1785101795. Nathan Sherman, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier, settled in the eastern part of the town about 1792, on a tract of land which he occupied about fifty years, or until his detith, when it became the property of his son Reuben, a deaf mute, who occupied it until his death, in 1881. The widow of Nathan attained the age of ninety-seven years, and was the mother of eight children, five of whom were sons, and who settled in Dover and reared families. Joseph, the second son, followed the occupation of a cloth dresser several years, and was afterwards a farmer. His eldest son, Sidney H., born in 1828, enjoyed the educational advantages of the district school and three terms in an academy. At the age of twenty years he went to Amherst, Mass., where he was a clerk for seven years. After this he was in Williamsville, Vt., a year, and in Illinois two years, but he then returned to Dover and estab- lished a store in the eastern part of the town, and soon after was instrumental in establishing the East Dover postoftice. About this time the late civil war broke out, and as Mr. Sherman was one of the selectmen of the town, he became actively interested in filling the town's quota of soldiers, and in rais- ing the town's share of the war debt. So successful was he in this task that no debt was left on the town, which raised as high as $16,000.00 in a single year. In the spring of 1869 L. H. Gould became associated in business with Mr. Sherman. In 1869 Mr. Sherman was chosen a delegate to the con- stitutional convention, at Montpelier, which changed the legislative terms from annual to biennial. He served eight years as justice of the peace, was town clerk f :ur years, and held most of the other town offices. He was also actively interested in building up the village of East Dover, purchased the mills there, and spent several thousand dollars in repairing them, putting in the first circular board saw ever used in the town, and carried on a very suc- cessful business therein, giving employment to a large number of men. In 1875, selling out most of his real estate in East Dover, Mr. Sherman re- moved to Brattleboro, where he has since resided. He was with C. F. Thomp- son & Co. two years, then engaged in the insurance business. He has been a justice of the peace of that town two years, trying many cases, was vice- president of the Brattleboro Savings Bank two years, and is prominently identified with the social, religious and business interests of the town. Among the early settlers of the town were two Howards by the name of John, who, from peculiarities in their dispositions, were familiarly known as " Honest John" and " Jockey John." The latter lived near the corner of roads 6 and 7, and was so notorious that the name of " Jockey Hollow " was given to the neighborhood, which clings to it to this day. " Jockey John " finally removed to Canada, where he died. " Honest John " was a staunch Congregationalist, and reared a fine family of five children. He was the first settler on the farm now occupied by Harvey Copeland, on road 41. His 1 66 TOWN OF DOVER. eldest son, Burt Howard, became a deacon of the Baptist church, of which he was a life-long and influential member. He died while speaking in a prayer meeting, at the church in East Dover. Only one of his four children, Mrs. George B. Boyd, now resides in town. Daniel Rice, whose father was one of the original proprietors of Somerset, came to Dover in June, 1776, from Hardwick, Mass., and located upon the farm now owned by George E. Rice. He remained here that summer, then returned to Massachusetts for the winter, returning the following spring. Once a week he would go to Wilmington for provisions, that being the near- est point at which they could be procured. While on one of these journeys, in August, he heard that the British army was on its way to Bennington. He immediately returned home, procured his gun and ammunition, and started for Bennington on the morning of the 15th, and reached there in time to take part in the affray of the i6th, remaining with the army three months. From there he returned to Massachusetts for the winter, and the following spring his brother Simeon accompanied him to his new home. He married Sally Balls, of New Bedford, Mass., who bore him eleven children, two of whom died in infancy, the others being named as follows : Daniel, Susannah, Hazelton, David, Ephraim, Sally, Perez. Malintha and Aspher. Mr. Rice took up 600 acres of land. Daniel, Jr., married and settled in Peru. Susan- nah married Cyril Laughton and settled about a mile west of her father's place, rearing eight children. Hazelton married Rhoda Stone and settled on a farm adjoining his father's, rearing six children. David married Maria Cobb and settled on a farm east of his father's and reared four children. Ephraim married Virtue Johnson and settled on the homestead. He repre- sented the town in the legislature seventeen years, and was town clerk twenty- five years. The only one of his twelve children now living is George E., who married Eliza A. MilHs, of Montague, Mass., and resides on the old home- stead. Sally married Luther Cobb and removed to Connecticut. Perez was drowned at the age of thirty-two years. Malintha died of consumption, at the age of eighteen years. Asher also died of consumption, at the age of eighteen years. Isaac Lazelle, from Mendon, Mass., came to what is now Dover about 1785, making the first settlement on the farm now owned by Zina Goodelle, on road 11. He was a shoemaker and worked at his trade while his five sons cleared the farm. Four of the sons, Thomas, Isaac, Samuel, and John, and one of his two daughters remained in the town. Isaac, Samuel, and John were members of the Baptist church, at East Dover, Nathan, the oldest son of Thomas, born here 181 1, married Lydia C. Sherman, and has two daughters and one son, Oscar A. Isaac, Jr., was an early member of the Baptist church of East Dover, and a deacon of the same many years. He died in 1875, aged ninety-two years. His wife, Lucy Wilson, bore him six children, of whom, Isaac W., Thurber H., Harriet A. (Gould), and Abigail M. (Gould), reside in the town. TOWN OF DOVER. 167 David Ward was born in Spencer, Mass., and located in Wardsboro before he was married and when the town included what is now Dover. He mar- ried, and by his first wife had one son, Nathaniel, whose children now reside in Wardsboro, where his life was spent. .A.fter the death of his first wife David married Charity Simonds, about 1805, and hved about half a mile north of the old village of Dover. He reared, by this marriage, two daughters and three sons, the eldest son, Elliot, now residing at East Dover, aged seventy- one years. His wife was Mary Ellis, a daughter of Sylvanus Ellis, of West Dover. Louis Hall, son of William, was born July 29, 1788. His father came here, from Upton, Mass., and located on road 4. Louis married for his first wife Lucy Beals, to whom was born three sons, William J., Horace H., and Daniel J. For his second wife he married Mary Moore, who survived her marriage but a short time. He then married Mary A. Rawson, who bore him five children, — Irene L., Frances M., Sylvia A., Waity R., and Clinton L. Gershom Fames was born in Holliston, Mass., in 1768, and when a young man came to Dover, bought a piece of land, built a log house, staid two years, then returned to Massachusetts and married Ruth Twitchell, bringing her to his new home. Mr. Eames cleared a large farm, was the first blacksmith in the town, shod his own horse when he was over ninety years of age, and died in 1855, aged ninety-four years. Mrs. Eames died in 1862, aged nearly ninety-four years. They reared three children, Emily, Anna and John. Emily married Samuel Jones, and Anna never married. John was born Feb- ruary 18, 1807, married Mary A. Perry, reared four children, and now resides in Brattleboro. His wife died in 1850. Abner Perry came to what is now Dover, from Holliston, Mass., about 1790. He married Anna Phipps, who attained the age of nearly one hundred vears, and he died suddenly while attending a freeman's meeting, in 1834. He reared six children. Abner was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his son Calvin was a general in the war of 181 2. Abram Moore, from Bolton, Mass., came to this town in 1800, locating upon the farm now occupied by his son Ephraim. He married Mary Rich- ardson, who bore him nine children, Harriet, Emma, Sophronia, Charlotte, Peter, Mary, Ephraim, Louisa, and Cynthia. Consumption took off" three of them in one week. Charlotte married Joel Cutler. Mary married Louis Hail. Peter married Sophronia Haskins, settled in Wardsboro, and reared thirteen children, six of whom were burned with his dwelling. Rev. James Mann came to Dover from Dummerston, in 18 13. He mar- ried Anna Rogers, of Guilford, and reared seven children, James, Abijah, George, Betsey, Sally, Hosea and William R. James, Jr., married for his first wife. Miss Chloe Carpenter, who bore him two daughters, Olive and Chloe. For his second wife he married Lucretia Hawks, of Charlemont, Mass., who bore him six children, Betsey, Sally, Mary, Adaline, George and Gilbert. Olive married Amos Lincoln, and for her second husband, Joseph P. Long. 1 68 TOWN OF DOVER. Chloe married Edson E. Franklin, of Vernon. Betsey married Gideon K, Moss, of Somerset. Sally married Levi Bradford. Mary never married. Adaline married Augustus Knapp. Gilbert is now living in Rowe, Mass. Dea. Ebenezer Copeland came to Dover, from Vernon, in 1807, locating on a farm at first settled by a man named Slater, at the head of the present road 20, but which was then the principal county road, leading on through Somerset to Bennington. Here he resided until his death, in 1862, aged 85 years. Harvey, the eldest of his ten children, resides on road 41, aged eighty- one years. Capt. Samuel Yeaw came to Dover, from Guilford, Vt., not far from 1812, though he soon after removed to Marlboro, but came back to Dover in 1822, locating about half a mile north of where Delphia W. Yeaw now resides. He married Melinda Fisher and raised thirteen children, as follows : Serecta, Timothy, Olive, Rhoda, Melinda, Roxana, Rosina, William, Joseph C., Gil- bert W., Delphia VV., Arminda C., and Mary A. Gilbert W. married Han- nah Brown and resides on road 30 cor. 31. Delphia W. married Betsey Hanks,, who died after bearing him four children ; for his second wife he married widow Lucy Harris, and now resides on road 41 cor. 43. Members of this prominent and numerous family have held many of the town offices and taken, an active part in public affairs. John Turner, from Massachusetts, was one of the pioneer settlers in the western part of Putney. He spent his life there and reared three sons and three daughters. Henry L Turner, residing in this town on road 9, where he located in 1856, is the only one of the family now residing in the county. He was a representative to the State legislature in 1880-81. His wife, Mary J., is a daughter of Francis Merrifield, of Newfane. Dr. Daniel Leonard, son of David, settled in this town, married Sally^ daughter of Rev. James Mann, and reared eleven children, one of whom died in infancy, the others being as follows : Martin, Elvira, Clark, EUiot, Mary A., Fhilena, Fidelia, Daniel G., Chloe M., and David P. Daniel was a Free Will Baptist and preached a number of years. He was also a physician and surgeon, and owned six hundred acres of land in West Dover. He served the town as selectman several terms. William H., son of Ebenezer Jones, was born in this town. He married Diana Allis, of Wilmington, and reared six children. His son, W. Frankhn married Annette, daughter of Levi Snow, reared two children, and died December 16, 1881. Samuel Hill, from Massachusetts, was an early settler in the northern part of Marlboro. He married, first Sarah Church, by whom he had two sons, Daniel and Alvah E., and second, Belsie Blake, who bore him eight chil- dren. Alvah E. married Sarah Hall, came to Dover and located where his widow now resides, on road 36. Ozro E. and Daniel reside on road 16. James Fitch came to Dover in 1789, from Ellington, Conn., after a resi- dence of two or three years in Wilmington, and located on the place now owned by Augustus and Freeman F. Fitch. TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 1 69 Ansel B. Collins, residing on road 19, cor. 35, is a son of Joseph Collins, who was born in Castleton, Vt. His father died when Ansel was six months of age, however, and he was brought up by Luther Corse. He kept a hotel here nine years, has been deputy sheriiT and constable twenty years, collec- tor of taxes five years, and selectman and lister several terms. He is now town agent, justice of the peace, and overseer of the poor. Among those from Dover who served in the war of 1812, was Asaph Has- kins, William Lyman, Amos Gould, and Sears. In the late great conflict of the Union, Dover did her part faithfully and well. The First Church of Christ, Christian, located at Dover village, was origin- ally organized by Rev. Daniel Leonard, May 18, 1843, ^"d was re-organ- ized as a Congregational church, January 3, 1872, with eighteen members. Rev. Daniel Leonard, under whose ministrations the church was formed, was succeeded by Rev. D. H. Ranney, as pastor. The society occupies the Union church, built by the Baptists, Universalists and Methodists, in 1830. The society now has no pastor and does not hold regular services. The Congregational church of West Dover was organized by a council convened for the purpose, January 17, 1868, with nineteen members, O. S. Harris being the first pastor. The society now has thirty-nine members, with Rev. H. R. Titus, of Wilmington, pastor. Their church was built in 1857. DUMMERSTON lies in the eastern part of the county, in lat. 42° 56', and long. 4° 28', bounded north by Putney and Brookline, east by the left bank of Connecticut river, south by Brattleboro, and west by parts of Newfane and Marlboro. Dummerston was originally a part of the Equivalent Lands, described on page 58, that name being applied to the whole tract, in honor of WiUiam Dummer, one of the principal proprietors. In 1750 Joseph Blanchard, of Amherst, N. H., was sent to survey the territory. His survey having been completed, the proprietors of the Equivalent Lands petitioned the Governor of New Hampshire for a confirmatory grant of that tract and a portion of the adjacent territory. Accordingly, on the 26th of December, 1753, the "Equivalent Lands," together with a "considerable quantity of other lands, was formed into three townships, beginning at the north bounds of Hinsdale, on the west side of the river, and extending back about six miles, and so far up the river" as to enclose the required amount, and which was divided into the townships of Fulham, Putney and Brattleboro. Fulham, which in old documents is also spelled Fullham and FuUum, subsequently attained the ancient name of Dummerston, though at what time is not posi- tively known. As late as 1773, however, the territory was known by both names. The charier deed allowed an area of 19,360 acres to Fulham. On June 12, 1760, the restricted time for fulfiUing some of the conditions of the charter was extended, and was again extended July 7, 1763. 170 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. The surface of the town is, in many parts, broken and uneven, though there are large tracts of level, excellent farming land, Dummerston meadows being noted for their fertility. The principal elevations are Black mountain, of granite formation, in the central and southern part, Prospect hill in the cen- tral part, Spaulding and Leverwood hills in the northern part, and Stoddard hill in the western part. The scenery of the town is of the finest in the county, the picturesqueness of White river valley being proverbial, while many points of view are afforded that are grand in the extreme. White river, the principal stream, flows a southeasterly course through the western part of the township, having a number of small tributaries, while the eastern portion of the territory is drained by tributaries of the placid Connecticut. These sev- eral streams go far towards making up the scenic beauties of the town, and at the same time aftbrd many good mill-sites. The soil is, in most localities, arable and easily cultivated. The rocks entering into the geological structure of the territory are principally of the calciferous ?nica schist and clay-slate* formation, the former underlying the western, and later the eastern portions. The granitic formation of Black mountain has already been mentioned. It is white, flecked with black mica, and is much used for monuments, building purposes, etc. Lyon & Co. have a quarry here where they employ about forty men. Primitive lijjiestone also occurs in beds. Specimens of tremolite, limpid quartz and galetia, or the sulphuret of lead, are also found here. In 1880 Dummerston had a population of 816, and in 1882 it was divided into eleven school districts and contained ten common schools, employing four male and fifteen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,159.00. There were 176 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,345.40, with D. L. Mansfield, superintendent. Dummerston (p. o.) is a small hamlet located in the central part of the town. It consists of one church (Baptist), and about a dozen dwellings. About sixty rods to the east is located the postoffice, and one mile east is the ham- let of Slab Hollow, where are located a carriage shop, grist-mill, saw-mill, blacksmith shop, etc. Dummeiston station, on the Connecticut River R. R., is located in the southeastern part of the town. West Dummerston, a post village and station on the Brattleboro & Whitehall railroad, located in the western part of the town, has one church (Baptist), an hotel, one store, a grist and saw-mill, a blacksmith shop, the granite works of Lyon «& Co., and about twenty dwellings. John Taffs sa7e', shingle and cider-mill and jelly manu/actoty is located on Stickney brook, on road 39. George E. Lyons 6^ Co^s granite quarry, located on West river, produces a large amount of granite, which is cut and shipped ready for use in building bridges, piers, etc., giving employment to about forty hands. W. &= W. E. Combs' s grist and sa^v-mill, located at West Dummerston, is operated by water-power and is fitted with machinery for the manufacture TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 171 of board and dimension lumber, shingles, etc., and also with a mill for grind- ing meal and feed, and a machine for polishing granite. The first mill erected on this site is said to have been erected by Joseph Dunklee, about sixty years ago, and was burned about 1853. The present mill was erected by C. S. Roel, iu 1855 or '56. Charles H. Grant's stone quarry, located near West Dummerston, was pur- chased by Mr. Grant in 1882. He employs several men in quarrying and cutting granite. Frederick F. Crosby's grist and saw-mill, located on Cone brook, road 48, was built by Ebenezer Cone, and was purchased by Mr. Crosby in 1866. He grinds about 10,000 bushels of grain and cuts from 75,000 to 100,000 feet of lumber per annum. Edward F. Reed's saw-mill, located at Slab Hollow, cuts about 200,000 feet of lumber and 100,000 shingles per annum. Mr. Reed also makes about 500 barrels of cider and 50,000 oak rims for baby carriages per year. Franklin Crosbys grist-mill, operated by George N. Crosby, was built in 1857. It has one run of stones and grinds about 7,000 bushels of grain per annum. Soon after the charter of Fulham was granted, John Kathan, who had resided within the limits of the town since the year 1752, united with a num- ber of persons, purchased in conjunction with them, from the New Hamp- shire proprietors, a part of the township, and in the year 1764, according to his own account, removed there, "with his wife and seven or eight helpless children." "Possessing the qualities of industry and perseverance," says Hall in his History of Eastern J'ermont, " quaUties especially necessary to the successful management of a new settlement, he addressed himself with energy to his task, and ' did actually clear and improve above a hundred and twenty acres, and built a good dwelhng-house, barn, and all necessary offices, and also a saw-mill and potash works.' " In order to guard his improvements, he was " at a considerable expense in building a fort round his house," and was " under the disagreeable necessity of residing therein during the course of a tedious and distressing war." Misfortune rendered his toil more severe. His eldest daughter was taken prisoner by the Indians, and for two years and a half he knew nothing of her fate; but at the end of that time she returned home, Col. Peter Schuyler having "paid a ransom of four hundred livres for her redemption from captivity." In the year of 1752 a ferry was established between Westmoreland, N. H., and the proprietary of Dum- merston, and about the same period a similar method of communication was arranged between the latter place and the town of Chesterfield. The settle- ment, although much disturbed by the French and Indian war, was not allowed to die, and a few years after the restoration of order, John Kathan and his eighteen associates, with their families, were rapidly subduing the for- ests of Fulham, and accomplishing the conditions of their chaiter. I 1^2 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. In 177 1 the settlement had increased to 189 souls, the enumeration being as follows : fifty-four males under sixteen years of age ; fifty-four between the ages of sixteen and sixty ; three over sixty ; thirty-seven females under the age of sixteen ; forty above sixteen, and one colored male, forty-four of the number being heads of families. In 1791 this population had increased to 1,501, in 1800 to 1,692, and m 1810 to 1,704 souls, being the highest popu- lation the town has ever had. Since then it has gradually fallen off to the present small list of 816. The town was organized in 1771, when Enoch Cook was chosen town clerk ; Rufus Sargent, Barzilla Rice, Ebenezer Haven, and Daniel Kathan, constables ; and Ebenezer Havens, Leonard Spaulding, Thomas Holton, and Joseph Hildreth, selectmen. The first justices of the peace were A.lexander Kathan and Nathan Duncan, in 1 786. The first representative was Leonard Spaulding, in March, 1778. The first town meeting under the charter was called in writing, the document being signed by the following named individuals : Ebenezer Haven, Charles Davenport, Daniel Kathan, Enoch Cook, John Kilburn, Samuel Wiswall, Josiah Boyden, Barzilla Rice^ Rufus Sargent, Samuel Dutton, Jr., Nathaniel French, Isaac Miller, and Horace Miller. The meeting thus warned met at the house of Isaac Miller, Monday, March 9, 1771, when Alexander Kathan was chosen mod- erator, and Enoch Cook, clerk. Samuel Wiswall, Alexander Kathan, and Enoch Cook were appointed a committee to lay out roads, and Isaac Miller and Benjamin Tones to act in company with the said committee, " to view the public lots and choose the spot to set a meeting-house." Alexander Kathan was elected surveyor of highways, and it was voted that each settler work four days on highway improvements. And Charles Davenport, David Kathan, and Joseph Hildreth were appointed a committee "to look out a burying place." David Bennett was one of the early settlers of Dummerston. He was twice married, reared a family of seventeen children, and died June 9, 1848. His son, Jonas G., born July 28, 1814, married Adaline M. Miller, reared four children, Franklin E., Ellen C, and Fayette O., and now resides in Spaff"ord county, Kansas. William Kelley was one of the early settlers of Dummerston. His son Samuel, born in Dummerston in 1760, was thrice married, to Margaret Howe who bore him one child, to Rebecca Choate, who bore him three children, and to Eunice Choate, who bore him four children, viz.: Harriet, Urial, Austin and Benjamin F. He died in Wardsboro, in 1814. Benjamin F., the youngest son was born in Wardsboro, April i, 1806. He was twice married and reared ten children, three of whom are now living. He resided in Wardsboro until 1848, then in Newfane until 1866, when he removed to Brattleboro, where he now resides, on road 5, the only one of Samuel's children living. Isaac Miller was of Scotch descent. He was born in 1708, and in 1739, married Sarah Crosby, of Worcester, Mass. He had eight sons and four daughters. March 5, 1767, he located on road 34, in Dummerston. He was a civil engineer and surveyor, and in 1767 he surveyed the town into lots. TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 1 73 Jacob Laughton, from Massachusetts, was born in 1761, and came to Dumnierston with his father, Samuel, in 1769. He married and settled on road 10. The homestead farm, which has always been in the Laughton family, is now in possession of his grandson, Austin Laughton, the youngest child of Jacob Laughton, Jr., who was the youngest of eight children raised by the pioneer. John Laughton, a son of Deacon John Laughton, was born in 1770, and came to Dummerston when about two years old. He married Sally Miller, of Dummerston, by whom he had one son and two daughters. Thomas, who was born in 1796, married Rosanna Knapp, of Dummerston. The fruit of this marriage was five sons and four daughters, of whom Augustine L and Frederick H. reside in this town. The latter married Anna Littleworth and has six sons and two daughters. His daughter, Nellie M., aged thirteen years, in the summer of 1883 caught a hawk measuring thirty-four inches from tip to tip, which had entered the barn to prey upon some chickens and was about to escape through the open door. Jonas Walker, Jr., was born in Dummerston in 1781 and married Polly, daughter of Marshal Miller, by whom he had three sons and six daughters, six of whom are living. Ichabod Knapp was born in Petersham, Mass., in 1755. In 1780 he mar- ried Catherine Miller and settled in the north part of the town. After a resi- dence there of three years he bought the place of Mrs. Andrew Stevens, liv- ing one year in a log house, when, in 1783, he erected the house now occu- pied by his grandson, George S. Knapp. He raised a family of six sons and five daughters. One son, Isaac, was a physician, and died in the town in 1856. Another son, George W., born in 1796, married^ Elizabeth M. Mans- field, widow of Josiah Williams, who bore him a son and a daughter. The former, George S., born in 1858, resides on the homestead with his mother. Dr. Isaac Burnett was a son of Robert Burnett, who came to Warwick; Mass., from Scotland, about 1700. Isaac was born in 1745, married Esther Marriam, and came to Dummerston about 1781, where he commenced to practice medicine. He had a family of two sons and two daughters, Mollie, Jotham, Wilkins, and Anna. Isaac died October 18, 18 16. He was twice married. His first wife died August 7, 1799, ^"^ his second wife, Lydia Eddy, died January 3, 1847. She had one child, Mary, who married Caleb Taft. Dr. Jotham Burnett, son of Isaac, was born at Warwick, Mass., December 21, 1780, and came to Dummerston when about a year old. He studied medicine with his father and subsequently practiced here. He married Abigail Pratt and reared four sons and two daughters. Jotham died January 21, 1847. His wife died February 27, 1850. Three of his children are now Uving, Mary, widow of George R. Miller, residing at Brattleboro. Stephen P. resides on the home farm in Dummerston. Lysander resides in Boston, Mass. Isaac was also a physician, and practiced in Milford, Otsego Co., N. Y. Forest M. was a photographer and settled in Cooperstown, N. Y. 174 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. Philena P. married Daniel Taylor and settled in Boston. Lysander was born in Dummerston, March 27, 1808, married Emily French, and has five sons and two daughters. His first wife died October 13, 185T. and his second wife was Louise Taylor, who died May 19, 1881. A"*! Stephen Bennett, from Connecticut, came to Dummerston about 1873^ He married Ruth Fellows, who bore him four sons and four daughters, of whom Orrin L., who was born in the town in 1792, married Sarah Bowker, of Walpole, N, H., and had four sons and two daughters, of whom George R., who is an acting justice of the peace, married Mary E. Downes, and resides on the homestead with his father and mother, the former of whom is ninety-two years of age, and the latter eighty-three. Henry Willard, from Lancaster, Mass., came to Dummerston, where he married Sarah Wilder about 1785, or '86. His oldest son, Benjamin, was born here in 1787, and married Lydia, daughter of Samuel Bennett. He lived many years where S. H. Barrett now resides. He was one of eight children, and he himself raised a family of ten, five sons and five daughters. He was for many years a justice of t4ie peace and one of the board of the town ofiicers. His son. Nelson W., is a farmer and has always lived in Dummerston. Another son, Benjamin F., has lived in this town with the exception of twenty-five years spent in Chicopee, Mass., having resided twenty five years on his present farm. He is a stone mason and has been foreman on many large jobs in this and other States. John S. Gates, from Worcester, Mass., married Hannah Moore, of that State, and had five sons and three daughters, of whom Shepherd, who was born in Dummerston in 1780, married Polly Dutton in 1808, and had two sons, the eldest of whom, Alanson, born in 1808, married Julia A. Turner, of Putney, Vt., and lives on the Laughton farm in district No. 4. Asa Dutton came to Dummerston from Worcester, Mass., before 1790, and settled in the southeast part of the town, where he pursued the vocation of a farmer, and died in February, 1836, aged seventy-eight years. Not one of his eight children survives. Peter Stickney was born in Haivard, Mass., April 7, 1761. In April, 1778, he enlisted in the Continental army and served several years in the struggle for independence. In 1782 he married Eunice (Willard) Carleton, and about 1792 he came to Dummerston and bought and cleared the farm where S. W. Estey now lives. He was a carpenter and cooper by trade, and the father of four children. Benjamin, his only son, was born in Leominster, Mass., March 15, 1785, and succeeded to his father's estate. He married Sally, daughter of Thomas Betterley, of Newfane, October 25, 1807. They resided in Dummerston, and reared nine children. Benjamin, Jr., their oldest son, was born in Dummerston September 4, 1808. He learned the trade of a carriage maker and pursued that vocation in the same shop for fifty-five years. He has been chosen to various town offices, and for fifty-two years he has been a member of the Baptist church. He married Betsey Tenney, April 25, TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 175 183 1, and has had five children, of whom George VV., Albert W., and Ada L. (Bailey) now live in Dummerston. Peter, another son of Benjamin, Sr., was born July 21, 1820, married Abigail Wellman, and still lives in this town. Hon. Asa Knight was born in Dummerston P'ebruary 29, 1793. He died July 20, 185 1. His ancestors came from England and settled in Massachu- setts in 1620. He filled successfully for many years the various public offices of constable, collector, deputy sheriff" and representative. In 1824 he removed to Newfane Hill, the county seat, and was keeper of the county jail for two years. He returned to Dummerston in 1828 and commenced business as a merchant. He was judge of probate for this district for the three years, 1835, '36 and '37. He was eminently successful in business, and his large and varied experience, together with his extensive acquaintance with the prominent men of the county and State, made him the associate of the first in the legal fraternity. He was bold and fearless in the enunciation of his principles, and was greatly beloved for his genial, social quaHties and noble and generous nature. He gave liberally to the poor and needy, and was ever ready to lend a helping hand to the oppressed and down-trodden. He was a devoted member of the Masonic fraternity, and a strong adherent of the principles of the old Democratic party, which propensity he inherited from his ancestors. May i, 1822, he married Susan, daughter of John and Mary (Davenport) Miller, and granddaughter of Capt. Isaac Miller, the pioneer settler and surveyor of Dummerston. She was born October 22, 1896. She was strictly disciplined in her youth in industry, economy, a sacred regard for truth, and the religious faith of her Puritan ancestors, in whom these were prominent characteristics, and her life evinced their most rigid observance. She possessed a vigorous constitution and was untiring in her devotion, and faithful in the discharge of her iluties to her husband and family. She was distinguished for patience, cheerfulness and excellent judgment. She is still living, at the age of eighty-seven years. This worthy couple had eight chil- dren, three sons and five daughters. Seven of them are still living, though widely scattered over the country, only one, Mary Esther, born in Newfane July 26, 1826, and now living with her mother, residing permanently in this town or county. One son, Randolph, after an absence to the West of nearly twenty years, returned with his family about three years since. David Belknap, from Massachusetts, located on road 36, where C. G. Roel now lives, previous to the Revolution. He married Betsey Plummerand had six sons and four daughters. John, who was born in 1808, became an exten- sive railroad contractor and builder. He married Harriet P., daughter of Nathaniel French. Their son Chester P. resides on the Belknap homestead on road 20. He was born in 1838, married Julia E. Norcross, and has one son, Harry C. Alexander Kathan, one of the first settlers of the town, located on the farm now occupied by Dr. Shoals. Mrs. Adin A. Dutton and Mrs. Larken G. Cole, of this town, are great-grandchildren of his. 176 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. Dea. Dan Wilder, son of Joshua and Lois Wilder, was born in Massachu- setts in 1786, and came to Dummerston with his father in 1795. He located on road 54. He had eight sons and five daughters. Leroy Wilder, his grand- son, who was born in 1808, and married Patience Gould in 1832, lives on the homestead. He is the son of Dan Wilder, 2d, who married Joanna Bemis, of Dummerston, in 1806, and had seven sons and three daughters. Samuel Stoddard, from Chesterfield, was born in 1767, married Zeruah, daughter of Ephraim and Anna Richmond, who was born in i 770, and located on Dummerston Hill in 1767. He had three sons and three daughters, one of whom, Levi, died in 1863, aged ninety-two years. Horace R. Stoddard, son of Levi, was town representative in 1878-79. Dr. Abel Duncan was born in Petersham, Mass., in 1772. He studied medicine with Dr. Gould, of Chester, and came to Dummerston about 1798. He married Lydia Miller, of this town, by whom he had one son and two daughters. The former, Charles M., who was born in 1808, was a physician, and married Lucinda Easterbrook. Fanny M., who was born in 1810, mar- ried Joel Knight, whom she survives, and resides on the old homestead with her daughter, Mrs. E. D. Greenwood. The other daughter, Evalina, who was born in 1813, married Marshall Newton, and died in 1834. Dudley Bailey, with his family, from Westminster, Mass., after a few years' residence in Brattleboro, located, in 1798, in Dummerston, on road 39, on the farm now owned by his grandson, Silas A. Bailey. His son David, who was a native of Westminster, and one of a family of four sons and one daughter, succeeded to the ownership of the homestead. He married Lydia Allen, and spent his life on the farm, where he raised ten sons and two daughters. He died in 1867, aged eighty-six years. One of the daughters, Mrs. xA.nna Bald- win, and three of the sons, Levi, Silas A. and Abner B., still reside in Dum- merston. Chester W. resides in Brattleboro, William D. in Rhode Island, Ora in ]?"itchburg, Mass., and Ephraim D. in Canada. Silas A. Bailey was born November 9, 181 5, and married October 17, 1849, Arvilla, daughter of David Jackson, who was born in Newfane July 17, 1S31. Their only son, David J., was born in Newfane, July 26, 1850. December 24, 1872, he mar- ried Ada L., daughter of Benjamin Stickney, who was born January 11, 1851. They reside on the old homestead purchased by Dudley Bailey in 1798, and have one daughter, Grace A. Jesse Knight was an early settler in the south part of the town. He was a farmer and plow-maker. He died about 1846, aged eighty-three years. He raised ten children, six of whom are now living. Perry, who was born in 1796, has spent most of his life in Dummerston and Putney. He married EHza Fairbanks, who has borne him eleven children, five of whom are now living, James H. and Charles D., in Putney. Cromwell Burnham,who came in company with two brothers from England, settled at an early day in the central part of Dummerston, where he resided till his death. He served in the war of the Revolution. He raised ten chil- TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. 1 77 dren, who were equally divided as to sex. His son Cromwell was born in Dummerston, in 1802, and lived here until 1844, when he removed to Putney to live with his son. He died in 1867. He raised ten children, only three of whom are living, one, Henry J., in Putney. Nathaniel French was one of the early settlers in the town of Brattleboro, on the road running south of the Miller farm, and by what was known as the Peter Willard tavern. One of his eleven children, William, was killed at West- minster court-house, March 13, 1775. Another, Nathaniel, Jr., settled in Dummerston, on the farm owned by Henry H. Norcross, where he lived and died. He was born November 17. 1789, and married Sally Walker, of Dum- merston, who was born March 15, 1790. He lived on the old homestead until all of his eight children were born, after which he lived on the west side of West river. He was killed by the fall of a tree, September 8, 1 854. Three of his children survive him, Harriet, who lives where her father died, Almira, in Putney, and Chester W., who was born in Dummerston, February 12, 1819, and married Mary Foster of that town, in Vernon, to which town he removed in 1870. Samuel Morse came to Dummerston in 1801. He married Mercie Vail and located on the farm now occupied by his grandson, Francis H., son of John H. Morse, the latter of whom was born in 1814, and married EHza S. Nichols, in 1858. Francis H. served three years in the war of the rebellion, and was present at the taking of Richmond. His brother, John F., was also a soldier and died in the army in 1863. Wilson Hadley, son of Benjamin and Abigail (Spaulding) Hadley, was born in iSio, on the farm on which he now lives, on road 56, school district 2. He married Olive Bryant of Dummerston, and has three children, Clarissa, Mrs. Geo. J. Bond, of Searsburg, Vt., and George D. and Ellen L., the latter a school teacher, who are living at home. William O. Miller, son of William and Esther Miller, was born on the Miller homestead in 18 16. His mother was a daughter of Joel Knight. He has been constable and collector about forty years, and postmaster twenty-two years. He married Julia J., daughter of Ira and Jemima (Ward) Haven, and has three sons, one of whom, William D., was graduated from Williams col- lege in the class of 1882. Enos Leonard was born in Westford, Mass., April 29, 1784. He married Matilda Keep, January 7, 1817, and soon after came to Vermont. He spent about a year in Dover, when, in 1818, he bought the place, on road 38, now occupied by his grandson, W. B. Leonard, where he died in 1866, aged eighty- two years, and his widow in 1877, aged eighty-eight years. The fruit of this wedded life was five children, three of whom died in infancy. The youngest son, John Keep Leonard, spent his life upon the homestead and became a prominent and respected citizen. He was for a number of years a justice of the peace, and was chosen to represent the town in the legislature of 1867-68. He was for several years a deacon of the 12 178 TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. Baptist church, which position he held at his death, March i, 1875, at the age of forty-six years." His wife was Mary, daughter of James Miller, who bore him two sons, J. Franklin and Willie B. The former died in 1875 ; the latter occupies the paternal homestead. John Greenwood, from Millbury, Mass., went to Stratton, Vt., about 1788 or 1790. In 1822 he exchanged his farm in Stratton for one on the site of the village of West Dummerston and removed to it. He raised seven chil- dren, all of whom became members of the Baptist church. Deacon John Greenwood, of West Dummerston, one of the younger sons, is the only sur- vivor. His residence occupies a part of the farm where his father spent his later years. He was born in Stratton in 1807, and in 1830 married Betsey, daughter of David Belknap, one of Dummerston's pioneers. He has been a liberal supporter of the Baptist church, which he joined at the age of nine years, and of which he has been a deacon since 1863. Gardner S. Kathan was born in Dummerston in 1821. He married Eliza- beth Knight, who bore him a son and a daughter, and died in 1858. In 1868 he married Martha E. Lane, of Putney, who bore him a daughter in 1870. His mother, Jerusha Kathan, resides with him on road 15, school district 4. Willard Dodge was born in 18 13. At the age of fifteen he took the farm of Deacon Ira Havens to work on shares for three years. He subsequently worked the Margaret Boyden farm for ten years. He married Zilphia Temple, who has borne him four sons and four daughters, and is now^a farmer on road 4. His father, Josiah Dodge, who was born in New Hampshire, in 1778, and married Phebe Kathan, widow of W. Wilder, was a soldier in the war of 18 1 2, and was shot through the hand at the battle of Plattsburgh. He died of lock-jaw in 181 5. George Warrick was born in Shuckburgh, Warwick county, England, and married Emily E. Bloxham, of Leamington, in the same county, in 1866. He emigrated to America in i86g, and after a residence of three years in Putney, bought the farm on Mount View, in Dummerston, where he now resides. Whitney Tenney, son of Calvin and Betsey (Woodburn) Tenney, of Wind- ham, was born in 1836, and married Sarah H. Page in 1855. He lived seven years in Nashua, N. H., six in Windham, Vt., two in Lynn, Mass., and one in Chester. He came to Dummerston in 1882. Joel Knight Jr., son of Joel and Esther (Farr) Knight, was born in 1794 and died in 1874. He married Fanny M. Duncan, who bore him two sons and six daughters, among whom is Evaline D., widow of William H. Green- wood, (who was killed in Mexico in 1880,) who resides with her mother in the paternal homestead. Abram Houghton, from Bolton, Mass., was a Revolutionary soldier and was present at Braddock's defeat. He settled in Putney, and married Sarah Divall. His son Heniy married Sally Perry, of Putney, and had three sons and three daughters, of whom Don A., who married Emily R., daughter of Luther Miller, resides in Dummerston. TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. T79 Alvin Knapp was born in Dummerston in 1781 and died in 1850. He married Rinda Fuller, of Putney, in 1807, and had one son, Milton I., who was born in 1808. The latter married Sarah Wheeler, who had two sons and a daughter ; Sarah S., Mrs. R. M. Williams, of Brattleboro ; Alvin, born in 1850, a physician and dental surgeon, who graduated from the Fort Wayne college of medicine, and in denistry from Michigan university; and Wheeler W., who was born in 1852, and resides with his father in the north part of the town. Lewis Allen was born in Rehoboth, Mass., in 1766, and married Lydia Ingalls, who bore him four sons and seven daughters. His son Luther, who was born in 1792, married Mary O. Dickinson in 1816, and had four sons and two daughters. Pamelia E. married Nelson Willard, and Mary O., who was born in 1826, became the wife of John R. Pitkins. Benjamin Foster was born at Hanover, N. H., in 1803. He was gradu- ated at Amherst college and entered the ministry at Salisbury, N. H. He married Mary Johnson, widow of George Perry, of Manchester, Mass., and had one daughter, Nellie F. He took charge of Congregational church at Dummerston in 1846, and died much respected in 1867. Benjamin Buffum was born in Richmond, N. H., April 2,' 182 1, and removed to Winchester at the age of nineteen. He married Almira Cun- ningham and had three sons and two daughters, of whom Arthur M. now resides upon road 53. Thomas P. Morse, son of Ephraim M. and Polly fCook) Morse, was born in 1817, and was thrice married, first to Martha Kelsey Ingham, second to Mary Alden Adams, and third Mary Lane, daughter of George Lane, of Put- ney. He and his second wife's son, S. L. Adams, live together on road 46, and are successful farmers. Frank A. Johnson, son of Ransom and Nancy (KiUian) Johnson, enhsted in Co. A, 3d Vt. Vols, and served three years. He married Emogene E. Bemis in 1867, and now resides on road 51. Moses Roel was born in Oxford, N. H., in 1781. In 1 808 he married Oily French, of Dummerston, and located where his son, Chas. G. Roel, now lives on Dummerston Hill. He had six sons and four daughters, two of whom, Edson M. and Charles G., are now living. Charles G. was born March 4, 1822, and married Juha A. Ward, who died in 1858. He married the same year Marcia M. Wellman. He is a successful farmer and has been selectman for nine years. Densmore W. Blood, son of Peter and Irene (Fisher) Blood, was born in Putney in 1839. In 1863 he married Lorinda O. Bragg of Westminster, and in 1869 became to Dummerston, locating on the old Duncan home- stead on road 28. Lewis C. Combs, son of George W. and Abigail (Baker) Combs, was born in Winchester, N. H., in 1843. In 1862 he enlisted in^ Co. C, 14th N. H. Vols., and served three years, till the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, and many others, and l8o TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. was wounded in the second engagement. In 1870 he married Charlotte Nor- cross, and now resides on the Belknap homestead, in the northerly part of the town. Asa Button, son of Asa and Mary Day Button, of Chesterfield, N. H., was born on his grandfather's farm, in 1822. In 1861 he married Mary L., daughter of Joel Knight. His widow, and daughter Eva M., reside on the old homestead, where he died in 1878. Stephen L Button, brother of Asa Button, was born in 1827. He mar- ried Electa Sargent, of Brattleboro, who died in 1876. He is a civil engineer and surveyor, and resides on road 55, in the south part of the town. He was town auditor for eighteen years, and town representative in 1869, '70, '72 and '80. Addison B. Knapp, son of Gardner and Fanny (Taft) Knapp, was born in 1824, and in 1848 married Harriet Field. Ed. J. Knapp, a merchant in Townshend, is a son of his, and Mrs. Frank Churchill, of the same town, is a daughter. Luella F. Knapp, residing on the Foster homestead, is another daughter. James Sargent was a soldier and pensioner of the war of 18 12. He mar- ried Polly Burnham, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. His widow, who is also the widow of William Bemis, is still living at the age of eighty-three years, with her daughter Sarah, who was born in 1833, and was married first to Benjamin Ray, who died in 1856, and in 1S58, to G. W. Taylor. Anthony L. Huntley, son of Lyman and Lydia (Bennett) Huntley, of Putney, married Maria Jane, daughter of Jonas Walker, and resides on the homestead of his grandfather. Elder Jqnathan Huntley. Chauncey Jillson, son of Sylvester and Hannah (Reed) Jillson, was born in Marlboro, in 181 1, and in 1838 married Electa Horton, of Brattleboro, by whom he had four sons and one daughter. One son, John S., was a member of Co. F, ist. Vt. Cavalry, and served. during the war of the rebellion. His other surviving children are George S., Julia E., widow of Carter F. Nor- cross, now the wife of Chester Belknap, and Luther C, who married Mary L. Weld, and resides on road 6. Samuel C. Betterly, son of Chester H. and Sophia B. (Nichols) Betterly, was born in 1852, married Etta M. Jones, of Newfane, in 1874, and now resides on the Bixby farm, on roads 61, on Bummerston Hill. S. W. Estey, son of Bartlet Estey, was born in Hinsdale in 1837. He removed to Brattleboro, where he married Malonna Gray, and resided until 1861, in which year he enlisted in Co. F, 4th Vt. Vols., serving three years. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness. He is at present a pros- perous farmer and merchant, on road 60, and has been postmaster of West Bummerston for three years. Franklin Butterfield, son of Luke Butterfield, was born in 1809, and mar- ried Mary Holland, who bore him three sons and a daughter, of whom John ^^-tA^^ TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. l8l F., born in 1837, married Eliza J., daughter of J. W. Chamberlain, in 1873, and resides on road 65. John T. Cooper, son of Russell Cooper, was born in Dover in 1841, and married Lorend I., daughter of John Lazelle of that town, in 1862. He was a member of Co. F, i6th Vt. Vols., and was wounded in the hand and knee at the battle of Gettysburg. Lewis H. Lynde, son of Daniel and Tamson (McClure) Lynde, was born in 1841. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. F, 4th Vt. Vols. He was a sergeant, and served three years. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness- In 1864 he married Emma R. Gates, of Dummerston, and is now town rep- resentative. Oscar L. F. Bennett, son of Orren L., married Lydia Herrick, of Dum- merston, in 1852, and resides on road 19. He is a selectman. J. Armes Miller, son of Joseph, married Sarah M. Reed, of Wardsboro, in 1 87 1, and resides on the Reed homestead, on road 12. Erastus T. Corser, son of Josiah and Prudence (Heath) Corser, was born in i8i2, and married Harriet Bigsbee, of Springfield, and after her death, Lucy Ayer, of Rockingham. In 1868 he bought the Underwood farm. He is a breeder of fine Merino sheep, and an extensive dealer in cattle, sheep, and wool. He resides on road 17. Wm. H. Greenwood was born in Dublin, N. H,, March 27, 1832. Quite early in life he determined to be a civil engineer, and in 1850 he entered Norwich University, graduating in 1852. He was engaged in railroad engi- neering until the commencen^ent of the late war. In January, 1862, he en- listed in the 51st III. Vols, as 1st lieutenant and became captain May 9, 1863. He was selected by Gen. Rosencrans to organize a topographical engineer service, and was ordered to report to Gen. Stanley, then in command of the cavalry of the army of the Cumberland. As lieutenant-colonel and inspec- tor he continued with that command until the close of the war, and received commendatory notice from its commandant. In 1865, while still in the service of the government, he rebuilt the Gulf and San Antonio railroad. In 1867 he was appointed chief engineer of the Kansas Pacific railroad, which position he resigned in the summer of 1870. He then accepted an appointment as general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, resigning this posi- tion in 1874. After a residence of two years in Vermont (1875 and '77), and one (1876) in Philadelphia, in 1878 he took charge of the construction railroad now operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Company. In 1879 he was in charge of the construction of the Marion and McPherson railroad in Kansas, and in 1880 he took charge as chief engineer of the surveys for the Mexican National railway. In August of the latter year, while on his way to the capital to spend the Sabbath with his family, he was waylaid and mur- dered by Mexicans, whose cupidity the excellent qualities of his horse had excited, while stopping at a wayside inn for refreshments. His body was interred in the American cemetery of the Mexican capital, September i, 1880, TOWN OF DUMMERSTON. and in May, 1882, was removed to Dummerston, where a beautiful granite monument mxrks his final resting-place. May 19, 1857, Col. Green- wood married Evalina D , daughter of Joel and Fanny M. (Duncan) Knight, who requited his aftection as a husband with a wifely devotion of equal ardor. John Bradley was a poor boy and was brought up by a merchant in Wor- cester, Mass., till he was sixteen years of age, when he entered the army as a waiter. He afterwards became a soldier and served through the war for inde- pendence under Lafayette. After the close of the war he married Elizabeth Cowden, of Worcester, Mass., and moved to Newfane, where he bought and cleared wild land, making himself a home about one and one-half miles north- west of the village. There he lived and brought up eleven children. He died in Jamaica, aged about eighty-five years. Calvin K. Bradley, now living on road 12 in Dummerston, aged eighty-one years, is the youngest of seven sons and the only one living. Elizabeth Brown is the only surviving daughter. Calvin K. married Sally Temple, a granddaughter of Joseph Temple, who cleared up the farm on which they now live in Dummerston. He was a native of Worcester, Mass., and drew the land in a lottery which was insti- tuted for the purpose of raising money to build highways and a meeting-house in Dummerston. The farm is now owned by Mrs. Augusta Bennett, the daugter of Calvin K. and Sally T. Bradley. Mrs. G. C. Worden, of Dover, is the youngest of their family of ten children. Alonzo Bradley, residing on road 12, in Dummerston, is their only surviving son. Louisa S. Halliday, of Guilford, is their eldest daughter. Charles C. Howard, of Dummerston, was born in Jamaica, and the youngest of ten children of Banyard Howard, the first child born in Jamaica, who estab- lished a cloth mill near the old cemetery on West river in that town, and also owned one in the village. Charles C. was brought up in this business and that of farming. In April, 185 1, he married Mary Brown. They have two sons, Arthur C, who is superintendent of the Patterson organ factory in Bridgeport, Conn., and Herbert C, who resides with his father on road 49. Ira Orm.sbee was born in Putney, Vt., in 1810. His father, Christopher Ormsbee, died when he was but four years of age, and he was brought up by Joel Knight of Dummerston. At the age of seventeen he began to learn the blacksmith trade, and soon after completing his apprenticeship he bought a shop at Slab Hollow, and began business for himself. In 1833 he built the brick shop now owned by his son Charles, and continued the business there until his death in April, 1881. He married EHzabeth, daughter of Joseph Miller, Sen., and raised ten children, five of whom are now living, Charles and Emily, (Mrs. D. W. Gates,) in Dammerston, and Albert F., Leslie, and Julia, in Westfield, Mass. Sylvester May, the third son of Lyman May, was born in Wardsboro. At the age of four years his father died, after which he was brought up by Simeon Adams, of that town. In 1852 he married Mary Pond, of Wardsboro, result- ing in the birth of seven sons and one daughter. He died in November, TOWN OF GRAFTON. 1 83 1868, aged forty years. His widow resides in Dummerston, and Mary A., their daughter, in New Haven, Conn.; Simeon S., in Granville, Mich.; Herbert, in East Manville, Mich ; Henry F., in Edinbury, N. Y.; Charhe E. and Samael L., in Hinsdale, N. H.; Walter, in Vernon; and Willie L., in Dum- merston. The Congregational church, located in the central part of the town, was organized by its first pastor. Rev. Joseph Farrar, August i8, 1779, with the following named members: James Holland, Aaron Brooks, John French, Amos Rice, Mary French, Sarah Town, Joseph Temple, John Crawford, Joseph Temple, Jr., Joseph Hildreth, Sarah Holton, and Hannah Brooks. The first church building was commenced in 1773. The present building, a wood structure capable of seating 400 persons, and valued at $3,000.00, was built in 1842. The society now has 107 members, with Rev. Josiah Merrill, pastor. The Baptist church, located at West Dummerston, was organized by Rev, Mr. Goddard, in 1798, the first pastor being Rev. Mr. Freeman. After a few years he was succeeded by Elder Jonathan Huntley, under whose minis- tration the church was greatly prospered. In 18 16 there were ninety-six per- sons paptized through the ice. The society's meetings were held in dwellings, barns, and school-houses until 1802, when the first house of worship was built. The building erected in Guilford but not finished, was purchased by the society, taken down and re-erected in West Dummerston. The building was of white oak timber and is the same now used as a store by J. E. Townsend. Their present house of worship was built of wood in i860. It will seat 250 persons, cost about $2,000.00, its present value. They also have a parson- age worth $1,200.00. The present preaching supply is by Rev. C. R. Powers? of West Brattleboro. GRAFTON is an irregularly outUned town lying in the center of the northern tier of towns of the county, in lat. 43° 11' and long. 4° 4', bounded north by Chester, in Windsor county, east by Rockingham, south by Athens and Townshend, and west by Windham. It was originally granted by New Hampshire, April 8, 1754, to Jonathan Whitney, \yilliam Holt, Nathan Harris, Philip Goodridge and sixty-one associates, by the name of Thomlinson, being the last town chartered by New Hampshire previous to the breaking out of the French war. On July 9, 1761, the time for fulfilUng the conditions of the charter was extended ; but notwithstanding this extension of time, however, there prob- ably was a failure to comply with the conditions, for a new charter was granted, September i, 1763, to the same persons who had held the former charter. The name ThomUnson was retained until 1788, when, for some cause, the "h" was omitted, and on October 31, 1791, the name was changed to Grafton, under the following circumstances : Many of the citizens of the 184 TOWN OF GRAFTON. town were anxious to have the town named after the town from which they emigrated, and to give each an equal chance it was decided to put the name of the town up at auction ; and on the 31st day of October, 1791, it was sold, and Joseph Axtell being the highest bidder, for the sum of $5, had the pleas- ure of having the town named Grafton^ he having removed from Grafton, Mass. According to the charter the township was to be divided into sixty-four shares and to contain an area of six miles square, or 23,040 acres ; but October 30, 1816, a part of Athens and Avery's Gore was annexed to it, and November 2, 1846, a part of Grafton was set oft" to Athens. The surface of the territory is very uneven, though there is much fine, arable land in the valleys and on the hill slopes. All grades of grains and grasses are grown to advantage, though the town is much better adapted to grazing than tillage. Saxton's river forms the principal water-course, being formed here by the union of several branches and flowing a southeasterly course into Rockingham. .A. branch of Williams river flows an easterly course through the northern part of the town, nearly parallel with the north line. These streams aftbrd several very good mill-privileges. The principal rock entering into the geological structure of the territory is g/ieiss. In the south- ern part is a large bed of steatite which is quarried to a great extent. In connection with this deposit are found fine green laminated talc, chlorite, potsto7ie, and crystals of actytiolite and bitter spar. The potstone is of a greenish gray color and is less frangible than the steatite. The crystals of actynolite are large, and of a light green color. Those of bitter spar are of different sizes, presenting rhomboidal surfaces, and are embedded in the steatite. They are usually perfect, but not transparent. Their color is a light gray, and their lustre more pearly than that of calcareous spar. Their structure is distinctly laminated, and they dissolve without effervesence in diluted nitric acid. Cyanite, or sapphire, is also found. It is of a light blue color, and is in compressed hexagonal prisms in mica slate and in massi/e garnet. Garnets abound both in talcose and mica schist, and hornblende is very common. Also the sulphuret of iron in small brown cxxhts, plumose mica or mica slate, limpid quartz in transparent crystals, greasy and milky quartz, schrol and precious serpentine. The schrol is in triangular prisms, bevelled at their lateral edges, and striated longitudinally, having triedral terminations. Gold also has been discovered in small qiiantities. In 1880 Grafton had a population of 929, and in 1882 had nine school districts and contained nine common schools, employing thirteen female teachers at an aggregate salary of $849.85. There were 169 pupils attend- ing common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,092.54, with C. W. Terrill, superintendent. Grafton is a post village located at the confluence of the north and south branches of Saxton's river. It has two churches (Congregational and Bap- tist), three stores, an hotel, chair-splint factory, carriage shop, blacksmith TOWN OF GRAFTON. 1 85 shop, etc., and about eighty dweUings. The Green Mountain telegraph and Boston & Northern telephone lines each have offices here. HouGHTONViLLE is a hamlet located about two miles south of the north line of the town, and the same distance from the west line. It has a store, a blacksmith shop, and a few scattered dweUings. There formerly was a postoffice here, but it was discontinued some years since, by petition of the citizens. Cambridgeport is a post village located on the line beween Grafton and Rockingham. In this town it has a store, telegraph office, and three or four dwellings. Mechanicsvili.e is the local name given an extension of Grafton village where most of the manufacturing interests are centered. George N. French & So/i's carriage^ 7vagon and sleigh manufactory^ located at Grafton, was established in 1833, by Lyman French, who conducted it until his death, in 1852, when George N. French became proprietor of the busi- ness. In 1877 his son, George D., was made a partner. Their shop on School street, together with that of Dexter B. French, on Water street, gives employment to six men. White & IVilbiir's saia, shingle, grist and cider-mill, located at Mechan- icsville, was originally erected by William Wier, in 1824, as a cider-mill. He sold out to Abner Parker, who put in carding machinery, and who in turn sold to Burdette & Gibson. It was afterwards converted into a woolen fac- tory, by John and William Woolley, about 1830. About 1857 L. S. Walker became the owner of the property, and subsequently re-converted it into a saw-mill. In 1873 ^- S. White became interested in the business, purchased the property, and in 1881 sold a half interest to V. A. Wilbur. The firm now manufactures about 300,000 feet of lumber, 500,000 shingles, and also does a custom grinding and feed business. Butterfield 6^ Smith's soap-stone mills and quarry, at Cambridgeport, give employment to about twenty men, in the manufacture of all kinds of soap- stone goods. S. IV. Goodridge has been engaged about twelve years at Grafton m the manufacture of fine fishing rods. His goods have attained just celebrity among distinguished anglers in this and most of the other States. Marsh 6^ Leland's chair-splint factory, located at Grafton village, was established in 1882. It gives employment to ten men in the manufacture of black ash splints for the seats and backs of chairs. IV. L. Burnafs grist and sa7v-mill, located on road 28, is operated by water-power. There was no settlement of the town commenced until several years after the date of the charter. In the year 1768, a man by the name of Slack removed to town and built a log house on the farm- now owned by Seth Wright. This is said to be the first house built in town. About the same time three families named Hinkley, Hill, and Walton, removed into town and 1 86 TOWN OF GRAFTON. began a settlement on what is now and since then has been called Hinkley Brook, near the present residence of R. M. Cook. Hinkley built near the brook, Walton some rods north on higher land, now owned by Deacon Allen Fay, and Hill on land lately owned by Martin Daggett. Neither of these families remained in town but a few years, but all left, and the first permanent settlement was made about the year 1780. In the year 1779 Asa Fisher, of Hopkinton, Mass., Aaron Putnam, James Guild, WilHam Parkhurst, of Win- chendon Conn., and Thomas Kinney, of Marrowfield, Conn, purchased land In this town of Thomas and John Chandler, of Chester. Their deeds were all recorded in the town of Rockingham. The first deed recorded in the land records of Thomlinson, where either grantor or grantee were residents of the town, is a deed from Thomas Kinney, of Thomlinson, to Esek Sanders, of Ashford, Conn., dated Dec. 27, 1781, and recorded June 17, 1782, Aaron Putnam was then town clerk. The first town records commenced in 1782. Several deeds were executed and recorded at that date. The value of the ratable property in town in 1781, was 200 pounds. In 1791 the population was 561 souls. The first birth in town was a child to Mr. and Mrs. Hill, dur- ing their stay on Hinkley Brook. The first record of a death is that of Asa Fisher, Jr., son of Asaand Esther, who died June 19, 1780, in the sixteenth year of his age. His body was buried in the burying-ground at the center of the town. The first town meeting on record was held in 1783, though there is evidence that the town was organized in 1781, when Aaron Putnam was chosen town clerk ; Amos Fisher, constable ; and Miles Putnam, Samuel Spring, and Aaron Putnam, selectmen. The first justice of the peace was Charles Per- kins, in 1786. The first representative was Miles Putnam, in 1780. The first school was taught by Hester Fisher, in a log barn owned by Maj. John Dwin- nell. The first hotel and store were under the same roof, and kept by Henry Bond, located where widow Nancy Fisher's house now stands. It was a log house with one room and one bed for family and guests. The first goods placed in the store was a barrel of new rum, in 1787. This was drawn from Saxton's River, most of the distance in the river, with oxen, on a drag built for the purpose, there being no road. On the arrival of the goods the citizens flocked to the store to inspect them. They were pleased with the quality and purchased freely until quite a number had taken a larger quantity than they found themselves able to carry away. In 1788 the town voted that Samuel Spring should keep tavern on the place now owned by Capt. A. H. Burgess. David Stickney, Joab Gleason, and Ensign Jonathan Gibson, were also licensed to keep taverns. As a speciman of the business transacted at the early town meetings, we prii»t the following, the first being the meeting held in 1783 : At that meet- ing it was voted to have preaching from neighboring towns that season, and David Stickney was appointed to get preaching that season ; and it was voted that hogs should not run at large. In town meeting 1784, chose Ebenezer TOWN OF GRAFTON. 1 87 Burgess town clerk ; Ebenezer Burgess, Aaron Putnam, and Edward Putnam, selectmen ; chose Samuel Spring a committee to look out a road or part of a Toad to Rockingham ; chose Charles Perkins brander of horses. In town meeting 1785, chose Stephen Hayward, town clerk ; Charles Perkins, brander of horses. Voted that a man shall have three shillings a day for highway work, and a yoke of oxen two shillings a day ; voted that the law book should be kept at the town clerk's office ; voted that all ox sleds in town shall be four feet wide ; voted to purchase ground for a burial place, and that each man give one day's work to clear the ground. This place was located at the center of the town. Josiah Baird was one of the first settlers in town ; he settled upon the farm lately owned by S. S. Davis, known as the Sabin Cowing farm; he enhsted in the Indian war, was captured by the Indians, and remained a prisoner sev- eral years, but escaped and returned in 1788. He was father of George W. Baird, who was married in 1S20, to Mary Cutter and resided until his death, in 1856, on the farm where her father, Nathaniel Cutter, settled in 1802. Benjamin Dwinnell, father of Maj. John Dwinnell, wasalsooneof the earH- est settlers in town He settled on land near the village, and the first school was taught in his barn. Among the 117 tax payers in Grafton in 1792, may be mentioned the fol- lowing: Joseph Axtell, Alexander Axtell, Amos Dennison, Benjamin Dwin- nell, Oliver Davis, John Goodridge, Jr., Moses Goodridge, Solomon Gilson, John Kidder, Stephen Hayward, Ziba Hayward, (the family name being now spelled Howard), Robert Holmes, Mannasseh Houghton, Capt. David Pal- mer, Lieut. Thomas Palmer, Edward Putnam, Elijah Phelps, Samuel Spring, Dr. William Stickney, William Stickney, Jr., George Smith, Jr., Peter Petten- gill, Capt. Joseph Whitcomb, and Peter Whitcomb. Job Gleason built the framed house now standing on road 8, in 1787, being, probably, the first framed house erected in the town. A large stone chimney stands in the center of the house, while the hardwood floor is pinned down by wooden pegs. Benjamin Burgess located on the place in 1800. His family consisted of the following children, Lyman, Laura, Hubbard and Maria, the latter of whom now occupies the place. Thomas Davis located just east of Bear hill, in 1789, moving into along shanty that was not supplied with a door. As a substitute for the useful appendage, Mrs. Davis hung a heavy bed-quilt over the opening, thus serving as a curtain. It was in the autumn of the year, and the nuts from the beech trees in front of the cabin were dropping plentifully about the door-yard, form- ing a very tempting bait for any wandering bruin that might pass that way. Late one afternoon, as Mrs. Davis sat quietly knitting near the hanging cur- tain, thinking, perhaps, of the friends and dear ones she had left within the pale of civihzation, she was suddenly startled by having the curtain cooly raised by the black snout of a huge black bear. At sight of her, bruin gave an ominous growl; but the screech that Mrs. Davis gave completely drowned 1 88 TOWN OF GRAFTON, the growl, cut short the inquisitive beast peregrinations, and he turned tail and trotted oft" into the forest. Such were the pleasant visitors our pioneer mothers were called upon to entertain. It is needless to state, perhaps, that not many hours elapsed before Mrs. Davis had caused her husband to make a more substantial door of split logs. Oliver Davis, born in Massachusetts in 1767, married Triphena Gleason and settled near Houghtonville in 1789. His bride died, however, only thirty days after their wedding. In 1783 Mr. Davis married Hannah Baird, who bore him children as follows: Triphena, Hannah, Betsey, OUver, Jr., Alice and Benoni. the latter being twins and at whose birth Mrs. Davis died. la 1799 Mr. Davis married, for his third wife, Martha Page, who bore him children as follows : Silas, Sally, Lucinda, Benoni, Ascenath and Joel. The lat- ter married Harriet Briggs and had one son, George. Norman R. married Ellen Stiles, has one daughter, is one of the present town selectmen, and resides on the old homestead. John Smith, from Dedham, Mass., came to Grafton in 1781, and settled, with Mr. Palmer and Mr. Baker, in that district known as " Hovveville." All three families were large, and the first school taught here was made up of thirty scholars from these three families. The first school-house was built of logs, on the Slack farm. John Smith raised nine children, of ten born to him. John Smith, Jr., married Elizabeth Closson and at one time owned 500 acres of land about his birthplace. He raised three children, one of whom was a son. The two daughters are now living, Mrs. George Lawrence, of Grafton, and Mrs. Sarah Sanderson, of Townshend. Elijah Phelps came to Grafton among the earliest of its permanent settlers, making the first settlement in the northwestern section of the town, previous to 1788. During that year his son Joseph was born. He became a black- smith, married, and built a residence at Houghtonville, where he carried on business until his death. Five of his seven children are now hving, at Grafton village as follows : Samuel, Francis, Leverett, Charles and Harlan. John Goodridge came to Grafton, from Keene, N. H., in 1786, having purchased his farm in 1783. He subsequently sold the farm to his son Moses, with whom he spent the latter years of his life. Moses married Abiah Wads- worth, of Keene, N. H., December 24, 1790, and reared a family of ten children. Robert Converse, born in 1773, spent his youth at Marlboro, N. H., and at the age of twenty-one years married Edna Hale. In January of the following year, 1799, with his wife and her sister, Mercy Hale, who afterwards, became Mrs. Ebenezer Burgess, he came to Grafton and located upon the farm now owned by his son, Newton R. Converse. Newton R. married Mary Stuart, of Andover, who died January 7, 1883, and reared five sons and four daughters, of whom Nelson resides in Illinois; Edna married Rev. E. W. White, of Castile, N. Y. ; Martha became Mrs. H. T. Wright, of Massachu- setts ; Sarah V. graduated from the Boston School of Oratory ; and Clara A. graduated from Smith college, of Northampton. TOWN OF GRAFTON. Given Holmes made the first settlement on the farm now owned by D. W. Twitchell, on road 25, where he brought up a large family, from which Holmes hill derived its name. Only three of his children, Henry, Harry and Harriet, permanently located in the town. Harriet became Mrs. Harvey Stoddard. Henry was thrice married, originally carried on the blacksmith business, but subsequently was many years a merchant and nianufacturer of the town; was a member of the constitutional convention of 1870, and held many of the town trusts. He died in August, 1871, aged sixty-five years. The fam- ily is now represented here by his son Sidney, who carries on the manufac- ture of churns, a business established by his father. Thaddeus Taylor born in Massachusetts in 1768, came to Grafton in 1795, locating on Davis hill. Early in the following year he married Sally Taylor, who bore him four sons and four daughters, of whom Horace, born October 24, 1796, married Fanny Alexander, of Athens, their family being four sons and one daughter, of whom Thaddeus N. resides with his mother at the village; Charles L. was lost at the battle of the Wilderness; Harry was killed in a powder-mill in 1856; George M., of Brattleboro, is sergeant-at-arms in the House of Representatives at Washington ; and Helen S. married Edwin Hamilton, who was killed by lightnmg in Missouri, in 187 1. In 1857, the father, Horace was thrown from his wagon while on his way to church, the injuries received resulting in his death, while at the same time Mrs. Taylor had both wrists broken. James Thompson came from Derry, N. H., at an early date, locating on road 35, upon wiiat is now know a as Kidder hill. All of his seven sons spent their lives in Grafton, and in turn reared large families. John Thompson married Betsey Conant and reared six children, three of whom were sons, Stillman, Elliot, and John. The latter inherited the homestead, married Chastina Fairbank, and Charles E., their only child, now occupies the home- stead. Stillman married Martha Smith, reared three children. One of these, Henry A., resides on road 36. Herbert E. Thompson, of Cambridgeport, is a great-grandson of James. Abraham Hill, of Cambridge, Mass., was a Revolutionary soldier and was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill, where a ball from one of the enemy's rifles passed through his hat and another through his cartridge-box. He sub- sequently married Ruth Blodgett, of Lexington, Mass., and," with his wife and five daughters, came to Grafton in 1797^ locating on road 2, upon the farm now occupied by his son Thomas. He had three sons and three daughters born in Grafton, of whom Thomas married Roxanna White, of New Hamp- shire. Abraham died m 1838, aged seventy-eight years, and Mrs. Hill died in 1858, aged ninety-two years. David Stiles, a cooper by trade, came to Grafton with his family in 1798, locating in school district No. ri. His children were Anna, Lydia, David, Joseph, Ephraim, Mark, Orrin, Elkanah W., Hosea B., Harriet, PhiHnda and Miranda. His first wife died in 1832, and m 1833 he married the widow I go TOWN OF GRAFTON. Gleason. Elkanah married Mary R. Rugg, of Townshend, and had three children, Mary H., David and Harriet. David married Lucy A. Holden, of Townshend, and is now a prosperous farmer on the Stiles homestead, upon which was erected the first framed house in the western part of the town. David Gilson came to Grafton in 1801, and married Eliza McAllister. Wesley W. Gilson of this family married Myra Stearns, of Grafton, by whom he had two sons, Albert W. and Earnest D. His wife died in 1864, and he subsequently married Mary Wolf, by whom he has one daughter, Cora E. Capt. Joseph Whitcomb and his father Peter came to Grafton from Swanzey, N. H., previous to 1792. Capt. Joseph located on road 28, near the present residence of C. S. White, where he reared four children. WiUiam, the youngest son, married Annis Converse, and spent his life here as a farmer. He was a deacon of the Baptist church fifty years, held many of the various town trusts, and died in 1876, aged seventy-four years. Thiee of his four children are living, viz. . George R. Whitcomb and Mrs. Wealthy W. Conant, on road 36 in this town, and Rev. Winchester W. Whitcomb, in North Amherst, Ohio. Alexander Zuill, a merchant, came from Scotland to Boston, Mass., where he had four children born to him. His son Alexander, born at that place in 1763, married and came with his wife and three children to Giafton about 1797, where four other children were added to the family. Col. N. A. Zuill, the oldest native resident of the town, was born in 1800, on the farm now owned by Otis Ranney. Four of seven children are Hving, Nathan O., on road 12, J. T., on road 23, and two daughters, Louisa M. Park and Abigail M. Zuill. Ephraim Smith, from Worcester, Mass., located in Rockingham in 1783, at the age of fourteen years. In 1803 he came to Grafton, locating on road 36, where Stillman and H. A. Thompson now reside. He married Patty Dale about 1790, who bore him a number of children, and after her death, in 18 1 5, he married Dorcas Streeter, of Surry, N. H., who bore him three chil- dren, of whom Martha, the eldest, married Stillman Thompson and resides on the old homestead. Hannah married Almon Richmond and removed to Illinois. Ansel married Adaline Kidder and went to Duluth, Minn., where he died. William Nourse, of Framingham, Mass., married Lydia Bruce, and with his wife and three sons and five daughters located in Windham in 1807. Mr. Nourse was a Revolutionary soldier, served in the battle of Stillwater, and died in 1828. His son Joel married Mary Baxter, of Massachusetts, their family consisting of three sons and one daughter, of whom A. C. Nourse married Sarah Stiles, of Peru, and has one son and one daughter, who reside with their parents in Houghtonville. Simeon Conant came to Grafton from Lunenburg, Mass., about 1808, locating with his family just west of joad 36. Luther, his third child, spent his life in Grafton. He married Mary Hill, who bore him two children, TOWN OF GRAFTON. 191 Mary (Mrs. S. S. Bailey), and one son, Simeon D., residing on road 36. The latter represented the town in the legislatuie of 1867-68, and has held other offices. Dr. John Butterfield came to Grafton from Rockingham in 1808, succeed- ing Dr. Amos Fisher, who was probably the first resident physician in the town, and who died about 1808. Dr. Butterfield married Zilpha Pierce, of Windham, their family being Mary, born in 1815, and died in 1827; John L., born in 1820 ; and Sophia, born in 1826, now the wife of a Mr. Duncan, of Boston. John L. married Jare Smith, of Saxton's River, and with Charles Smith is successfully engaged in quarrying and manufacturing soapstone. He occupies the homestead where his father dwelt, in Grafton village. Levi Fairbanks from Massachusetts, came to Grafton with his wife and eight children, in 1810, locating where Chillson C. Fairbank now resides. Of this family Cornelius married Sarah Philbrook, and had two sons and one daugh- ter, Chillson C, Charles and Christina B. Chillson C. married Fanny L. Evans, of Grafton, and has two sons, Edwin and Everett. Luther Tenney, born at Marlboro, N. H., located in Windham about iSio. He married Fanny Fay and reared two sons and three daughters, of whom EUery C. married Fanny Stoddard and is proprietor of a shingle and planing mill and a teacher of vocal music, at Grafton village. David Blood, of Amherst, Mass., born in 1760. was a Revolutionary soldier, and was at the battle of Ticonderoga. In 1815 he settled in Grafton, mar- ried Jane Gilson, and reared three sons, of whom A. Luke married Marcia O. WooUey, and has one son, Herbert C, a member of the police force at Providence, R. I., and one daughter. Bertha M., resided with her parents at Houghtonville. Samuel W^alker, born November 11, 1791, came to Grafton in 1817, and resided here until his death, in 1864, having taken a prominent part in the public affairs of the town, holding many of the town offices. He mar- ried Mercy Smith, March 26, 1815, who died March iz[, 1837. For his second wife he married Ulepsa Briggs, sister of Gov. George P. Briggs, of Massachu- setts. By his first wife he had seven children, the eldest of whom, Romanzo, born March 8, 1816, studied law with Gen. Daniel Kellogg and practised his profession until his death, in 1850. His second son, Lewis S., born May 5 1817, is a successful lawyer in Grafton, where he has always resided. He has represented the town in the legislature and for many years held town offices. Of the remaining children, Samuel M. and Alden have resides in town from their birth, engaged in farming. Samuel Bailey, a native of New Hampshire, born in 1787, came to Rock- ingham in 181 7. He married Susannah Britton and reared four sons and six daughters, of whom Samuel S., born in 1813, married Mary Conant, rearing one son and three daughters — Ossian F., of Brattleboro ; Marcia A., (Mrs. George M. Taylor), and Rosetta F., (Mrs. Joseph C. Page). Samuel S., with Peter W. Dean and others, erected a woolen factory here in 1839, which was in successful operation until 1854. 192 TOWN OF GRAFTON. Nathan Wheeler built a grist-mill at the lower village in 1828, and also a saw-mill about the same time. They were run by William Whitcomb many years and are now owned by Wilder Burnap and run by R. W. BuUard. Willard L., son of Stephen White, married Elisabeth D. Ross, of Walpole, N. H., and located on the Erastus Burgess farm, in 1846. He had three sons and one daughter, as follows: Elbridge W., a graduate of Hamilton col- lege, now a Baptist clergyman at Castile, N. Y. ; WiUis, a merchant of Green- ville, N. Y. ; Stella, and WiUiam. Mrs. White died in 1872, and Willard sub- sequently married Josephine Parker. Stephen Sherwin was born in Amherst, N. H., October 14, 1795, married Rhoda Chapman, of Grafton, and settled in this town. His family of eight children were all born in Grafton. He was one of the leading carpenters of the town, a prominent member of the Baptist church, and also owned a grist and saw-mill, located about half a mile below Grafton village. He moved to Brattleboro in 1864, though he remained but about a year, when he returned to Grafton, and died here. His wife died in Manchester, N. H., in April, 1875. Only two of their children are Hving, Stephen P , in Brattleboro, and Rev. Alden, a Baptist clergyman, of Manchester, N. H. Amos Puffer, born at Keene, N. H., in 1757, enhsted as a Revolutionary soldier, served two years, received a pension, married in 1785, reared four sons and five daughters, and died in Chester, in 1832. Amos, Jr., married Lena Baker, located in Grafton, and now resides with his daughter, Mrs. A. P. Holden, on the old Puffer homestead, on road 37. Almon E. Wetherell was born in Massachusetts, in 1809, and when two years of age, came to Westminster with his parents. In 1833 he married Betsey N. Lee, daughter of Rev. Richard Lee, of Spiingfield, Vt., and in 1840 removed to Winhall, Vt., where he resided forty years. In iS8r he came to Grafton, and died here in 18S2. His widow, his son, S. L. Wetherell, and his daughter, Mrs. L. L. Kingsbury, resides on road 28, in this town. Ebenezer Burgess, born in 1743, married Hannah Gibbs. Of his family, Ebenezer, Jr., born in Massachusetts in 1768, married Mary Hale, of Grafton ; Ambrose, born in 1798, married Abby H. Goodridge, of Grafton, and had two sons and four daughters, Eben H., Clara G., Elizabeth S.. Johnson, Lucy A., and Ambrose H. The latter married Fanny A. Steele, of Springfield, Vt., and now resides on the old homestead. Willard Dean came to this town, from Chester, Vt., married Lydia Rice, and reared six children, one of whom, Willard A., resides on road 51, carrying on a farm with his son, Myron A. Peter W. Dean, a native of Massachusetts, born in 1797, came to Grafton, from Manchester, Vt., in 1827. He married Philinda Willey, of this town, and reared two sons and four daughters, one of whom, Lemira M., married Isaac L. Clark, who was for many years a prominent lawyer of Illinois. He was Lieut.-Col. of the 96th 111. Vols., and was killed at the battle of Chica- mouga, in 1863, at the age of thirty-nine years. His widow and one son, Elam L., a student in Dartmouth college, reside in Grafton village. TOWN OF GRAFTON. 1 93 Uziah Wyman, born in Townshend, Mass., in 1764, married Lydia Nutting, in 1787, and reared ten children, of whom Uziah, aged ninety-four years, John, aged seventy-nine years, and Rhoda, widow of Philemon Holden, now reside here. John's daughter, Martha E., married Clark L. Torrey, of Cam- bridgeport, and has four children. Thomas Davis came lo Grafton in 1789, locating on the easterly side of Bear mountain, about a mile south of Grafton village. He married Sarah Richmond, of Taunton, Mass., the union being blessed with sixteen chil- dren, of whom Thomas married Lucy WooUey, and lived and died in Graf- ton ; Micah married Abigail Woolley, and settled and died in Athens; Sally married Benjamin Farmer, and removed to the State of New York ; and Simon married Josepha Putnam, of Windham, and removed to Florence, Oneida county, N. Y., in 1820, and died there in 1853. Of his family, one son, L. S. Davis, resides in Rome, N. Y., and a daughter. Mrs. Celian M. Knox, resides at Knoxboro, Oneida county, N. Y. Anna married Eber Chaffee, and removed to the West. Amos married Eliza Chaffee and settled in Athens. Florilla married Simeon Oaks and removed to Jefferson county, N. Y. Mrs. C. W. Fairbank, a granddaughter of Thomas Davis, now occupies the old homestead, which has never been owned out of the family since first settled. The following named soldiers trom Grafton lost their lives in the late civil war : F. D. Whipple, Henry Cambridge, Solon Holmes, C. A. Sherwin, Erastus Tarbell, A. H. Rice, J. H. Ayers, R. F. J. Grout, P. A. Chapman, E. Reed, F. T. Harris, H. C. Spring, J. M. Howard, A. Park, H. Eastman, Austin Blood, and D. C. Gould, all of whom are buried in Grafton, while the burial place of the following are unknown : C. L. Ta}lor, M. C. Chapman, J. R. Bothrick, George Roundy, D. Perham, C. H. Howard, D. A. Hough- ton, William Graves, O. G. Gibson, F. Blood, B. S. Howard, and H. C. Hadlty. The First Congregational church in Thomlinson,\oc2X^A at Grafton village, was organized June 20, 1785, with seventeen members. In 1786 Mr. BuUen, also a Mr Smith preached each a short time, but the people were not agreed to hire either, and in 1787 Rev. William Hall, after preaching a few weeks on trial, accepted a call to settle as pastor of the church, upon a salary of thirty pounds for the first year, and to be increased ten pounds a year until the sum amounted to sixty pounds, to be paid in rye, at four shillings per bushel, or wheat, at five shillings per bushel. The subject of erecting a church build- ing was agitated in town meetings as early as 1786, but final action was not taken until 1792, when at a town meeting held at the house of Ensign Jonathan Gibson, it was voted. to build a meeting-house. The spot selected for the site was near, if not the same spot where the last meeting-house stood at the center of the town. It was voted to sell the pews on the ground floor to raise a fund to build with. Ensign Jonathan Gibson was allowed fifteen shillings and nine pence for flip furnished the 13th day of February, 1792, at 13 194 TOWN OF GUILFORD. the selling of the pews. This building was used until 1834, when the present brick structure was built, at a cost of $3,000.00. It will seat about 300 per- sons and is valued, including grounds, at $6,000.00. The society now has seventy-four members, with Rev. Earl J. Ward, pastor. The Grafton Baptist church, located at Grafton village, was organized in 1803, Rev. Elijah Shumway, installed February 10, 1810, being the first reg- ular pastor. The church building, which will seat about 500 persons, was built in 1814. The society now has 130 members, with no regular pastor. GUILFORD lies in the southestern part of the county, in lat. 42° 47' and long. 4"" 26', bounded north by Brattleboro, east by Vernon, south by Massachusetts, and west by Halifax. It was originally chartered by New Hampshire, April 2, 1754, to fifty-four proprietors, principally of Massachusetts, containing an area of 23,040 acres. Relative to this grant, etc., Thompson, in hi:- Gazetteer of Vermont, says: — "When granted, the town was a perfect wilderness, yet by the charter, the grantees were to hold their first meeting for the choice of officers, etc., on the first of May, 1654, and on the first Tuesday of March, ever afterwards. It seems the town was first organized by and under the very grant itself. Power was given to the grantees to transact the business of the town as a majority shall see fit, subject only to the control of the parliament of England. This little enterprising band, composed of Samuel Hunt, John Chandler, David Field, Elijah Williams, Micah Rice, Ira Carpenter and others, having little to fear from the nominal power of parliament, in the wilderness of Ver- mont, assumes the title, which was virtually created by their charter, of a lit- tle independant republic. By the records of their first meetings they ap])ear to have been governed by certain committees, chosen for the purpose of sur- veying the lands, laying roads, drawing the shares or lots, taxing the rights, etc., but their greatest object was to procure and encourage settlers. Their meetings were held at Greenfield, Northfield, Hinsdale or Brattleboro, until 1765, when their first meeting was held at Guilford. There was acondition which, if not performed, went to defeat the grant. The grantees were to set- tle, clear and cultivate, in five years, five acres for every fifty, in said town- ship. Although much time and money were spent in making roads and clear- ing lands, yet on the 20th of March, 1764, the grantees, by a special commit- tee chosen, petitioned the governor of New Hampshire for a confirmation of their grant, and an extension of the time, stating that the intervention of an Indian war had made it impracticable for them to fulfill the conditions of their charter. Their prayer was granted and the time for settling the town was extended to the ist of January, 1766. " From the time the charter was confirmed in 1764, the town began to be rapidly settled by emigrants from Massachusetts and other New England States. Through the policy of the original proprietors, the first settlers began upon lots of fifty acres, in order to fulfill the condition of the grant. So rapid was the increase of population, that the town soon became the largest in the State as to numbers. Yet there was not a single village in the township, or rather the whole township was a village — all the hills and vallies were smok- ing with huts. By the charter 350 acres were called a share, and all the TOWN OF GUILFORD. 1 95 proprietors shared alike. The reservations in the charter consisted of one whole share to the society in England for propagating the gospel in foreign parts, one to the first settled minister of the gospel, and one whole share for a glebe for the ministry of the church of England, as by law established. The governor was not unmindful of his own interests. He reserved 500 acres, to be located by itself, for his own. The town was laid out into fifty and one hundred acre lots. The public rights were fairly located, but that of the royal Governor fell upon the only mountain in town, which still bears the name of authority, ' Gov. Mountain.' Although no reservation was made in the grant for the use of schools, yet one whole share was located for that purpose. This was a just and generous act of the proprietors, but it was not the same liber- ality that governed them when they located, sold and settled one whole tier of hundred-acre lots north beyond the extent of their charter. That was the case, however, and the same is held by the town to this day. All the pine trees suitable for masting the royal navy were reserved to his Majesty. This shows the attention the English paid to the navy. One hundred miles from the ocean, where no such timber grew, was that reservation made. What has been related, with a little ' proclamation money,' was the price of the charter." In 1765, soon after the settlement of the boundary line between New Hampshire and New York, application was made to Lieutenant-Governor Golden of the latter province, for a re-grant of the township. This he prom- ised to give as soon as the petitions for lands in the new territory should come under consideration. Another petition on the same topic was presented to Gov. Moore, in the year 1766, but, like the former, was "either neglected or mislaid." A third representation, made in the year 1767, experienced a sim. ilar fate. The subject was then allowed to rest, the proprietors hoping that they should, in the end, receive their just deserts. Meantime, however, a patent comprehending 1,200 acres of the township, was issued by New York to a certain Col. Howard, and by which grant a number of the inhab- itants were deprived of all of their property. Redress was earnestly sought in a memorial to the governor of New York, dated May 11, 1772. Among the means proposed to restore confidence and create satisfaction for this mal- appropriation of that tract, was a re-charter for the land in Guilford, outside of the bounds of Howard's tract, and a grant in some other locality as a compensation for the loss occasioned. But the inhabitants were unable to obtain redress until by the war of the Revolution the possessions of loyalists became the property of the rebels. The surface of the township is hilly, but not mountainous, the only moun- tain, being " Gov. Mountain." East Mountain, so-called, extending the whole length of the town, north and south, is the largest hill. It is about one mile wide, descending gradually to the east and south. The soil is naturally rich and deep, with a sufficient mixture of earth to make it warm, and, at the same time, prevents its leaching. The lower lands and plateaus form excel- lent farms for tillage, while the hills afford fine grazing lands. The natural growth of timber is principally maple, hemlock, walnut, beach, birch, ash, basswood, butternut, and elm, while occasionally black oak, locust and syca- more are found. ig6 TOWN OF GUILFORD. Green river flows a southerly course through the western part of the ter- ritory, while broad brook, a smaller stream, flows easterly through the northern part. There are two small streams, branches of Broad brook, which rurt north, on through the center of the town, and the other at the foot of East mountain, on the west side. On both of the former are fine mill-sites. The rocks of the town are micci slate, lying in light ledges, interspersed with strata of quartz, and running from north to south. Impure garnets are plentiful in the former, and some good specimens of rock crystal are found. Quartz 2,w^ schrol, in various mixtures, are found, some having the appearance of lava. On the east side of the town is a range of argillaceous slate, which has been wrought into roofing slate. Rolled rock of granite, from huge masses to small pebbles, appear on every hand. In some localities are limestofie and' bog iron ore, but neither sufticiently pure or plentiful to warrant manufacture. gneiss and hortiblend slate, with those above mentioned, comprise the prin- cipal rocks of the town. In 1880 Guilford had a population of 1,096, and in 1882, had fourteen school districts and fourteen common school, employing ten male and eighteen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $2,223.74. There were 247 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $2,375.79, with Frank E. Ward, superintendent. Guilford, a post village located in the northeastern part of the town, con- tains two churches (Congregational and Episcopal), one hotel, a grist-mill, baby carriage manufactory, saw-mill, blacksmith shop and about twenty dwellings. Guilford Center (p. o.\ is a hamlet located near the central part of the town. It has one church (Universalist) and about fifteen dwellings. Green River is a post village located in the western part of the town on Green river. It has one church (Methodist Episcopal), one store, a saw- mill, blacksmith shop, and about twenty dweUings. Hinesburg is a hamlet located in the northwestern part of the town. It has one church (Baptist), and about six dwellings. A. S. Gallufs saw-mill, located on road 42, built in 1869, has the capacity for sawing 1,600 feet of lumber per day. The Green River grist and saw-?nill, Henry Stowe, proprietor, was built in 187 1. The mill has one run of stones, cuts 5,000 feet of lumber per day, 2,000 butter boxes per month, and also a considerable amount of chair-stock. Martin Akeley's cider mill, located on road 4, has the capacity for turning out five barrels of cider per day. The /inks grist and saw-mill, located on Green river, has one run of stones and the capacity for cutting 1,500 feet of lumber per day. F. F. Cook's saw-mill, located on road 18, has the capacity for turning out 1,500 feet of lumber per day. He has, also, at another point, a manu- factory where he turns broom and hoe handles and cuts 5,000 per day. TOWN OF GUILFORD. 197 Charles B. &=£./. Carpenter s saw-mill, located on road 39, was origin- ally built by Jedediah Ashcraft about 1800. It turns out about 12,000 feet of lumber and 15,000 shingles per day. Isaac A. Weltfs cider and shingle-mill, located on road 39, manufactures eight barrels of cider and 5,000 shingles per day. Henry N. Wilder'' s carriage mafiufactory, located on road 53, turns out about $12,000.00 worth of goods per annum, employing six hands. W. J. Wilder' s cider-mill, located on road -^^Z, has the capacity for turning out twenty barrels of cider per day. East Guilford grist-fuill, H. J. Richmond, proprietor, located at Guilford, on Broad brook, has two runs of stones. /ane E. Gale's cider-mill, located on road 15, has the capacity for manu- facturing 500 barrels of cider per annum. J. L. Bullock's cider-mill, located on road 7, has the capacity for manufac- turing ten barrels of cider per day. J. M. Houghton's brick yard and lime kiln, located on road 11, employs eight men, turning out about 300,000 brick and 1^200 barrels of lime per year. The first land cleared in the town was in 1758 by the Hon. Jonathan and Elisha Hunt. The first settlement was made by Micah Rice and family, in 1761, who was soon after followed by Jonathan Bigelow, John Barney, Daniel Lynde, William Bigelow, Ebenezer Goodenough, Paul Chase, Thomas Cutler, John §hepardson and others. They came into town by the way of Broad brook. Beginning at the mouth of that stream, on Connecticut river, in Ver- non, and passing up its banks they found their way into Guilford. That was then the only road, and even that was impassible with teams. The first settlers had either to boil or pound their corn, or go fifteen miles to mill with a grist upon their backs. The settlement increased rapidly, so that in 1771, according to the census of Cumberland county taken at that time, there were 436 souls here, the enumeration being as follows: 124 white males under sixteen years of age, ninety-two males between the ages of sixteen and sixty, five over sixty, 116 females under sixteen, ninety-four over sixteen, three black males and two black females. In 1772 there were 586 souls in the town, their names and the number in their families being as follows : — NAME. David Field, Silas Barnard, NUMBER OF CHILDREN. 9 5 NAME, Abijah Rogers. Daniel Grew, NUMBER OF CHILDREN. 3 7 Thomas Cutler, I Hezekiah Howell, 1 1 Asa Rice, 7 Shubeld Bullock, 3 Francis Rice, Peter Rice, 6 4 Joel Biglo, Michael Rice, 2 I Silas Cutler, Jotham Biglo, Alijah Rice, 9 4 Nathaniel Carpenter, Daniel Boyden, *Joel Cutler, 8 6 ■ 7 * Had no wife. 198 TOWN OF GUILFORD. NUMBER ^^^^- OF CHILDRE^f. NAME. NUMBER OF CHILDREN. Samuel Mellendy, 6 John Curtis, 6 Jedediah Woods, 9 Benjamin Curtis, 7 *Moses Bixby, 6 *George Price, James Cutler, 5 *Thomas Woolsley, Edward Bennett, 3 John Camps, 8 Gersham Rice, 7 William Larkin, 6 Enoch Stowell, 5 Joseph Jackson, 5 William Nichols, 8 * David Ayers, 9 Ebenezer Goodenough, 5 *David Ayers, Jr., David Stowell, 4 *Jonathan Penney, . . David Goodenough, I John Shepardson, It Samuel Nickols, 5 Zephaniah Shepardson, 4 Paul Chase, 2 Benjamin Carpenter, 5 William Biglo, 3 Benjamin Preston, 4 Nathaniel Smith, 5 Daniel Whitaker, 6 John Barney, Pi -l7 '^ P. 4 Caleb Cole, 3 Edward Barney, I *John Tifft, . , Levi Goodenough, 4 Daniel Lynds, 4 Ithamer Goodenough, 6 Joshua Nurs, 2 *Jonathan Hunt, William White, 5 *Seth Dwight, Zaccheus Farnsworth, 7 *Samuel Field, Giles Hubbert, 3 * William Morris, Jedediah Woods, 7 *Matthew Clesson, Barnabas Russel, 2- *Eleazer Hawker, *01iver Wilson, . . *Joseph Barnard, Bononi Smith, 7 *Obadiah Dickenson, Josiah Scott, • 2 *Samuel Barnard, Jr., Henry Hicks, I *Charles Coats, Abel Torry, 2 *James Morris, Amos Whiting, 5 *Samuel Paitridge, Ephraim Whitney, 3 *David Wells, Samuel Bennit, I *Aaron Scott, David Weeks, 3 *John Allen, Jr., Seth Whitaker, 5 ^Richard Crouch, John Gates, 3 *John Chaddick, Samuel Melody, 9 *James Boyd, William Ramsdall, 2 *Elijah Williams, WiUiam Bullock, *Ebenezer Barnard, Merodock Zelloden Smith, 9 *John Curtis, Josiah Allen, 6 *John Chaddick, Jr., James King, 5 *Nathaniel Willard, Aquelo Cluelan, 4 Benjamin Green, 5 Samuel Allen, 3 *Nathaniel Green, David Joy, Esq., 6 Timothy Paine, 2 James Dennis, 3 *Benjamin Egar, Menassa Bigsby, 2 Peter Green, 3 Jasper Partridge, I Samuel Williams, 4 • It appears, from what records can be found, that the town was wholly governed by a set of officers chos en at inually by the people, under their char- * Had no wife. TOWN OF GUILFORD. 199 ter, until the 19th of May, 1772, when the inhabitants, at -'a district meet- ing assembled," in the district of Guilford, voted, that Guilford was in the county of Cumberland and province of New York, and chose officers of the town, agreeable to the laws of that province. At that meeting a record was first made in a regular town book, which was purchased by the original pro- prietors, some years before. By that record it appears that John Shepardson was chosen " district clerk, John Barney, supervisor," etc., and the meeting £■ was then adjourned to a day after the annual meeting of the charter. Hav- ing renounced their charter, and there being no government which really exercised over them, they continued to legislate for themselves, and tradition says that good justice was done, yet one principal of the charter was still adhered to, for none but proprietors, or those who held under them, had a right to rule or vote in their meetings. Thus was this little republic regulated by a town meeting, which was adjourned from time to time, without inter- ruption from abroad, or contentions at home, until the year 1776. Then the town was beset by violent Tories and Yorkers on the one side, and brave Whigs and New-States men on the other. The Whigs, united with those opposed to the claims of the State of New York, that and the succeeding year, out-voted the Tories and the Yorkers. In 1776 the town voted to pay the expenses of Benjamin Carpenter, their delegate to the Westminster conven- tion, in 1775. They voted to raise nine soldiers for the continental army, equip them with arms and powder, give them a bounty of ^4 "boy money," by a tax upon the inhabitants of the town, which was done. They also resolved, that " no man should vote for town officers, who was not qualified according to the direction of the Continential Congress." Under that reso- lution their committee, chosen for the purpose, excluded Tories from the polls, vi et armis, and the poor, if qualified, participated in the government. The title of the town, as belonging to the State of New York, was left out of the records. To give some idea of the laws passed by the old repubhc of Guilford, we quote the following, passed the next year, 1777-: — " Voted, Not to let any person vote in this meeting but such as have forty pounds real or personal estate. ;. \''/ Z^ (^ " Foted, John Barney and Benjamin Carpenter be a committee to go to Windsor, in June next, to hear the report of the agent sent to congress, con- cerning a new State. " Voted, That any person who shall, for the future, pretend to hold lands by bush fence possession, shall be dealt with by the town as a breaker of the peace, and a riotous person, etc. Attest. Elijah Welch, Town Clerk." They further chose a committee to establish the price of labor, all kinds cf produce, goods, wares and merchandise. The report of the committee was adopted as the law of the town. All the articles mentioned were a legal-tender for debts, with a penalty of the article sold, or the value thereof, with costs. The punishment of offenders was various, such as the " beech seal," fines, TOWN OF GUILFORD. etc.; but the most disgraceful of all was to be compelled to embrace the "liberty pole" with both arms, the time being specified by the committee of inspection, or judges. In 1778 there was again an entire change of politics. It appears by the records that a warrant and notification for a town meeting was sent from the ''Council of Benninton," and a meeting was held upon the same, when it was " Voted, not to act agreeable to said warrant," and the meeting was dissolved. In 1779, after doing the customary town business, it was " Voted, Lovell Bullock, Timothy Root and Henry Sherburn a committee to defend the town against the pretended State of Vermont, and to represent the town in county committee." " Henry Sherburn, Elliot and Hezekiah Stowell," all violent Ybrkers, " were chosen to take special care of the powder and lead and other town stores," — and the meeting adjourned to the next year. In 1780 a like meeting was held. There is the following record for 178 1 : — " Then all the people met together that means to stand in opposition against the pretended State of Vermont. * * * Voted, to defend themselves against the insults of the pretended State of Vermont. * * Voted, Peter Briggs and William Bullock for a committee to send to the Charlestown convention * * * Voted, that Hezekiah Stowell keep the names of those that are against said pretended State." Also in May, 1882, was the following : — " Then the people met in general, and voted to stand against the pretended State of Vermont, until the decision of Congress be known, with lives and fortunes. * * * Voted, to receive the instructions which came from New York, etc. * * * Voted, and chose Henry Evans, Daniel Ashcroft and Nathan Fitch, to forbid the constable acting." These appear not to be regular meetings of the town, but of the Yorkers, who had gotten possession of the town books and stores by a majority of votes in 1778. They in turn excluded the other party from the polls, by force of arms. Frequently a company of armed Yorkers came from Brattleboro, to stand sentry at their meetings, when skirmishes ensued and hostile shots were exchanged. The Whigs and Vermonters also kept up their system of govern- ment by regular and stated meetings, but their records were lost. In their turn they sent hostile scouting parties to Brattleboro, to the assistance of their friends in that town. The Vermonters had a sheriff in Guilford, and their party, also, had a constable, who continued to collect taxes for the support of their cause. Those who were friendly to the new State paid without com- pulsion, while the property of the Yorkers, both real and personal, was sold at the post for taxes. For that the committee before mentioned was chosen " to forbid the constable acting," and their doings were spread upon the rec- ords of the town, by proclamation, as follows: — " To all the officers of the civil authority under the pretended State of Vermont : You are hereby forbid to proceed against any person, or persons, that owns the jurisdiction of the State of New York, according to what is recommended in a handbill, by Congress, bearing date June 2, 1780, and we hereby forbid the constable venduing those numbers hereby given him [refer- TOWN OF GUILFORD. ring to certain lots on the plan of the town], and we hereby forbid on your apparel. Henry Evans, ^ Dan Ashcroft, v Committee." Nathan Fitch, ) The Yorkers held a like meeting in 1783, April 29th, and adjourned to their annual meeting in 1784. From 1778 to 1783 the town was governed, principally, by their former laws. Both parties had their committees, and the Yorkers, although in authority, could not govern the town, yet, in connection with the Tories, prevented anything being done under the direction and government of the new State. During the years 1783 and 1784, the enmity of the parties was carried to an alarming extent. Social order was at an end ; physicians were not allowed to visit the sick without a pass from the several committees. Handbills from various quarters inflamed the minds of the people. Relatives and neighbors were arrayed against each other. The laws of Vermont were disregarded by the partisans of New York, and her executive officers were openly resisted. Not alone was this the case in Guil- ford, however, but it was general throughout tbe county. In this state of things, in the sum-ner of 1783, Gen. Ethan Allen was directed to call out the militia for inforcing; the laws of Vermont, and for suppressing insurrection and disturbances in the county of Windham. Allen proceeded from Bennington at the head of one hundred Green Mountain Boys, and on his arrival at Guilford he issued the following proclamation : — " I, Ethan Allen, declare that unless the people of Guilford peaceably sub- mit to the authority of Vermont, the town shall be made as desolate as were the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, by God ! " The Yorkers, having fired upon Allen and his men, were pursued, and all either taken prisoners or dispersed. Those taken were put under bonds for their good behavior, and were compelled to furnish supplies and quarters for the troops. Under Allen's martial law, the constable found no difficulty in the collection of taxes ; nor was he very scrupulous about the sum assessed in the tax bill. Produce, horses, cattle and sheep, and whatever else could be found belonging to the most violent Yorkers, were taken and sold for the benefit of the State. From 1784 to 1791, in which latter year the troubles were allayed by Ver- mont's becoming one of the United States, no records of the proceedings of the town are preserved. In March of the last mentioned year, also, the town was, for the first time, duly organized under the laws and constitution of Vermont. William Bigelow was chosen town clerk, who came peaceably into possession of the papers and records of the town, such as were to be found. Samuel Shepardson was chosen constable, and William Bigelow, Benjamin Buckhn and Elihu Root, selectmen. Tradition says that during the seven years in which no records were kept, both parties held public and private meetings, but that it was a perfect rule of anarchy. The Yorkers, although they had the town books, dared not record their proceedings in them, and both parties kept secret their own records. TOWN OF GUILFORD. During this confusion and jealousy one party stole the records of the other, and hid them, together with their own, and many deeds and proprietor's papers^ under the earth in the pound, in order to conceal them from the other. There they lay, through some sad misfortune, until they were totally spoiled. When discovered and dug up they could not be read. During that time the York- ers, having been so closely pursued by the military and civil authority of Ver- mont, and their property mostly confiscated, fled to the State of New York, and settled upon the grants made by that State to the New York sufferers. Almost a whole township, now called Bainbridge, located in the southern part of Chenango county, was first settled by emigrants from Guilford. This accounts for the rapid decrease in the population of the township from 1784. While the town was independent of any power superior to the "town meet- ing assemblies," refugees from the neighboring States flocked into it ; but when the law came, they fled. The violent Yorkers found but little peace under the energetic and persevering measures of the State's attorney of Windham county. To him the people of Guilford were indebted for the estab- lishment of law and order, without the effusion of blood, and the dispersion of the riotous. Migrations have not only been westward, but they have been northward and eastward. Most of the towns in the northern and mid- dle parts of the State contain descendants from the inhabitants of the old town of Guilford. Since 1791 there has been nothing remarkable in the his- tory of the town. From that time the inhabitants have supported the char- acter of free and independent farmers, very jealous of their rights, and for many years noted for their strong prepossesions in favor of the pohtical school of Jefl'erson. Hon. John Shepardson, born in 1718, was a firm patriot of the Revolution, and held the offices of judge of the supreme court and member of the coun- cil for several years. He died in 1798. Hon. Samuel Richardson, born in 1757, was a useful member of society, and had the honor of sitting as a member of the council several years. He died in 1813. Hon. William Bigelow, one of the first settlers, and always a father of the people, born in 175 1, was a judge of the county court, which office he held with honor to himself. He died in 181 4. Among the prominent early settlers of the town, after 1796, might be men- tioned the names of Hon. Royall Tyler, Hon. James Elliot, Hon. Richard Whitney, Hon. Micah Townsend, Hon. Henry Seymour, Hon. Gilbert Denison, Hon, Samuel Elliot, Hon. John Noyes, and many others. William Marsh came to Guilford about 1760, and settled the farm on road 6, now owned by A. B. Akley. He worked at his trade of shoe making and cleared up his farm. His son William, born about 1764, married for his second wife Olive Bixby, of Guilford. He hved upon the homestead farm and cared for his parents. Of his ten children only three are known to be living. Olive, his daughter, married Bernard Lynde, who died in 1S64. She now lives with her daughter, who married S. L. Sibley of this town. TOWN OF GUILFORD. 203 Manassah Bixby came from Rehobeth, Mass., about 1770 and settled upon the farm now owned by Paul Morris, on road 8. He died in the town. His son Thaddeus was born and always hved in the town. Some of the descend- ants of this family still reside here. Abel Torry came to Guilford in 1770 and settled in Weatherhead Hollow with his family of nine children. His son David was taken prisoner at the surrender of Quebec. Jonas, another son, died while on duty at Plattsburg, N. Y., in the Revolution. None of the name are left in the town, though some of the descendants still reside here. Hon. Benjamin Carpenter was a member of the first convention in Ver- mont, held at Dorset, in 1776. In those trying times with the brave sons of the Green mountains, when they had not only to oppose the powerful State of New York, the claims of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, the Tories and Yorkers at home, and the menacing threats of congress abroad, but also the power of his Majesty's legions in war, that brave patriot, with an allow- ance of three days' provisions upon his back, would cross the Green mountains on foot, by marked trees, to attend the legislature at Bennington, for the pur- pose of devising ways and means of defence against all the enemies of the State. As delegate to the assembly, as a member of the council, and as lieutenant-governor of the Vermont, he deservedly holds a conspicuous place in the history of the same. A large white marble tombstone, in the western part of the town, marks his last resting place, and upon which is engraved the following inscription : — SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE Hon. Benj. Carpenter, Esq. Born in Rehoboth, Mass., A. D. 1726, A magistrate in Rhode Island in A. D. 1764, A PUBLIC TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AN ABLE ADVOCATE TO HIS LAST FOR DEMOCRACY, AND THE Equal Rights of Man. Removed to this town, A. D. 1770, Vk^AS A field officer IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, a founder of the first constitution and government of Vermont. A councilor of censors, IN A. D. 1783, A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, AND LlEUTENANT-GoVERNOR OF THE State in A. D. 1779, A FIRM professor OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE BaPTIST CHURCH FIFTY YEARS. LeFT THIS WORLD AND 146 PERSONS OF LINEAL POSTERITY, MaRCH 29, 1 804, aged 78 years, to months and 12 days, with a strong mind and full faith of a more glorious state hereafter. Stature about six feet — weight 200. Death had no terror. In his early life he seems to have been of a roving disposition, for his ten children were born in five different towns of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 204 TOWN OF GUILFORD. and Connecticut. He removed to Guilford with John Barney and others, from Rehobeth, in 1770, six years after the town was granted to the original proprietors, where he became an ardent patriot and one of the foremost advocates of separate State sovereignty for Vermont. Aside from the offices mentioned in his epitaph, he was also one of the council of thirteen appointed to revise the State constitution, in 1785. He was descended from the patriaich, William Carpenter, who came from the South of England in the little ship Bevis in 1638, with his wife and four sons. It is interesting to observe that Richard Dummer, an ancestor, probably, of the Dummer for whom Dummerston and Fort Dummer were named, was a passenger by the same ship. Settling first in Weymouth, Mass., the Carpenter family removed to Rehoboth with the first settlers of that town, in 1643. Joseph Carpenter, one of the four sons born in England, and great- grandfather of Benjamin C, became a constituent member of the Bap- tist church in Swanzey, the oldest church of that order in Massachusetts, in 1669. The late Senator Matt Carpepter, of Wisconsin, and the late Hon. Abbott Lawrence, of Boston, were among his numerous posterity. Cyrus, the youngest of Benjamin Carpenter's ten children, was born in Killingly, Conn., in 1769, and was brought as an infant by his parents to Guilford, v/here he spent the remainder of his life. He was a hardworking farmer and a much respected member of the Baptist church. He reared thirteen children, all of ,^ whom lived to have families of their own. His first wife, Betsey Barney, was-*t the mother of four sons and six daughters, all of whom made their homes in other States. The fourth son, Mark, however, spent the later years of his life in his native county, serving the Baptist churches in Brattleboro, West Dummerston and South Windham successively, as pastor. He died at his residence in Townshend in 1882, at the age of eighty, leaving five sons scattered in various parts of the world. Cyrus's second wife, Betsey Putnam, was the mother of two sons and one daughter. The eldest of these three children, Edwin B., resided in the old homestead in Guilford for some years after his father's death. He was early engaged in the manufacture of reed organs in Brattleboro, and is still engaged in the same business in Mendota, 111., while his eldest son Edwin P., has recently established a factory of the same kind ^n Brattleboro, right under the shadow of the successful and powerful firm of Estey & Co. He will doubtless do everything that pluck, energy, and fair dealing can do to build up his native town and at the same time achieve an honorable success. Daniel Lynde, from Worcester, Mass., was among the early settlers of the town. He reared seven children, one of whom, Daniel, Jr., born in 1791, resided here until his death, at the age of seventy-one years. He was thrice married and reared fifteen children, eight of whom are living, and four in Windham county, viz. : Thomas J., in Brattleboro; Louis H., in Dummers- ton; Mrs. G. N. McClure, in Guilford. William \V., born here in 1829, has been in business in Brattleboro since 1868. He represented the town of TOWN OF GUILFORD. 205 Marlboro in the legislature thirteen sessions, was State senator in 1870-71, and was quarter-master-general of the State from 187 1 to 1875. He mar- ried Calista J. Person, daughter of Ebenezer Person, of Marlboro, September 5, 1852, and has one daughter, wife of Hugh M. Adams. Another daughter an infant, died in i860. ^ Aaron Wilder came here from Providence, R. I., about 1773, and took up a piece of land on road 38, the farm now owned by his grandson, W. J. Wilder. After a residence of three years he returned to Providence, and served about a year in the army. He then carne back to Guilford, and died here in 1844. Abigail, his wife, died in 1843. Of his two sons and six daughters, only two are living. Aaron, who was born here in 1789, is the oldest resident of the town. He lives with his son Joseph M. He married Clarissa Smith of Guilford, and had five children, two of whom are hving, Joseph M., and Emeline, who married Jonathan Aldrich. Sarah W. Bullock, a daughter of Aaron Wilder, the pioneer, was born in Guilford in 1791, and now lives in the old house built by her father about 1795. John, another son of Aaron, was born about 1796, and died here in 1864. He married Lovinia Rose, who died in 1881, aged eighty-two years. They had one son, Warren J., who still resides here. John Barney, born in Pomfret, Conn., in 1730, married Rebecca Martin, of Rehoboth, Mass., and came to Guilford in 1764, where he reared a family of twelve children. In 1773 he was chosen a supervisor of the town, and during that year his son Aaron was born. Aaron remained at home and cared for his parents in their passing old age, both of whom died in 1807. He represented the town in the legislature a number of years, was town clerk several years, and did a large amount of work as a justice of the peace, and was also a general of militia. He died at the age of sixty-two years. His youngest son, Aaron C. also held many of the town trusts, and died at the age of sixty-nine years. After his death the old homestead, which had been in the family's possession ninety-nine years, was sold to J. C. Cutting, who now occupies the same. WiUiam W,, the eldest son of Aaron C, lives about half a mile from the old homestead. He represented the town in the legislature during the years 1861, '74 and '80, and is the present town clerk. John Noyes came here from Connecticut about 1775, and settled in the south part of the town. He built a log house and cleared the land around it. The seed for the first blade of grass grown upon his farm was sown by his wife. There was then no mill nearer than Deerfield, Mass., a distance of eighteen miles. Mr. Noyes represented the town when the legislature met at Windsor, and though not a lawyer by profession, he pleaded law to some extent. He died in 1827, aged more than eighty years. He had six sons and one daughter. Two of the former, Isaac and James, settled here. The lat- ter married Mary Taylor and settled on the homestead farm on which he was born. He was a justice of the peace for many years. He died in Jun:^, 1864, aged eighty-three years and eleven months. His widow died in February, 2o6 TOWN OF GUILFORD. 1865, aged eighty-three years. His son, Jeremiah T., was born on the old farm, August 24, 1820. He married Sarah A. Dennison, who bore him one son, Charles S., who hves in Brattleboro. His second wife was Augusta Carpenter, by whom he has two children. I David Thurber came with his family»of nine children, by means of an ox team, from Richmond, N. H.. in 1776, and settled upon the farm now owned by his grandson, Edward Thurber, on road 3. He represented the town in the legislature one term. He] was a member of the Baptist church, and labored zealously to promote its interests. He died respected by the com- munity. His son Edward, who was eight years old when his father cime to Guilford, married Betsey Wells, and settled on the homestead farm. His influence as a pacificator won for him the respect and confidence of his towns- men. He had ten children, only two of whom are living. Amos, his son, now lives on road 3. Amos's first wife was Almira Worden, of Halifax ; his present one, L. L. Thurber, the widow of his brother John W. Edward Thurber, a grandson of the pioneer of the family, who succeeded his father to the homestead farm, married Aurelia M., daughter of Capt. Jesse Wilkins. He has been a member of the Baptist church for fifty-one years, and is still an active religious worker. He has been a lister and assessor for several terms. The house he now occupies was built by his father in 1799. Vine Haynes came from Groton, Conn., in 1778, and settled on the farm now owned by Russell L. Roberts, who married a granddaughter of his, on road 35. He was a carpenter and cabinet-maker, and endured many hard- ships and privations while clearing his land. He brought with him to his new home his wife, Molly Brown, and their six children. Three children were born to them after their settlement here. Am:ng these was Asa, on the homestead, on which he always lived, in 1784. He, like his father, was a carpenter, and was also a Methodist minister. He married Sally Briggs, by whom he had nine children who grew to maturity. Five are living, among them a daughter, who became the wife of Russell L. Roberts. James and Rufus Chase came from Rehoboth, Mass., during the Revo- lutionary war, and settled on the John H. Rudd farm. James afterwards removed to the west part of Duramerston, and lived to be ninety-three years of age. John King came here from Connecticut about 1783, bringing his kit of joiner's tools with him upon his back. Some years after he returned to Con- necticut and married Sarah Marvin, of Middletown, in that State. He re- turned with her to Guilford, and settled in the center of the town, removing a few years later to the farm now owned by Mrs. C. A. King, where both died at a good old age. Of their nine chiidren, all of whom reached maturity, not one is living. Their son Joseph, who was born in this town, married Katha- rine Bangs. He was a carpenter, and died m 1861, aged sixty-six. Two of his nine children are living, Frederick H., at Miller's Falls, Mass., and Frank R., now living with his mother on road 30. TOWN OF GUILFORD. 207 Calvin Weld came from Plymouth, Vt., about a hundred years ago, and settled on the farm now owned by his grandson, Isaac A. Weld, where he died. His son Isaac, who was born here in 1800, married Sally Archer aft, by whom he had four children, Isaac A., Calvin J., Louisa, and David. He was a gunsmith, and in addition to that business carried on the manufacture of ox-bows. He died February 12, 1873, and his wife June 11, 1865. The old house, built nearly a hundred years ago, is still standing and inuse. David Bixby settled in the east part of the town something more than a hun- dred years ago. He subsequently removed to the west part of the town, to the farm now owned by Lemuel Whitney, where he died. His son Stephen, who came with him to Guilford, married Desire Gore, and lived on the old homestead. His son Daniel, who was born in 1808 and has always lived in the county, married Betsey Jones, and has two children living, Melissa and Nelson H. Abijah Rogers, who was a descendant in the seventh generation of John Rogers, the English divine, who suffered martydom by burning in 1555, came to Guilford at an early day and settled in the central part of the town, on a part of the farm now owned by J. L. Bullock, on road 7, which he cleared up and on which he died. His family is said to have been the thirteenth to settle in Guilford. He had four wives and sixteen children. His daughters all married and settled in this vicinity and raised families. Jabez Franklin, son of Aaron, and a native of Rhode Island, settled in Guilford, on the farm now owned by his son Jedediah, on road 41, previous to 1794, and died there. He served in the war for independence. He was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Star, who bore him seven children, Luther, Comfort, Abigail, Anna, Jabez, Sarah and Samuel. His second wife was Sarah Darling, by whom he had two children, Jedediah and Benjamin. Jabez, the only surviving child by his first wife, was born on the homestead farm in this town in 1794, and still lives adjacent to it, on the farm on which he settled at his marriage with Sarah Fulton, of Coleraine, Mass., who died in 1872, having had two children, Hannah, who died in 1854, and J. H., who resides with his father. Both children of the elder Jabez by his second wife are living, Benjamin, in Boston, and Jedediah, on the old homestead. The latter was born in September, 1808, and married Sarah Bartlett, who bore him nine children. Philip Franklin was among the early settlers of Guilford. He located on the farm now owned by Maria, widow of Philip F. Franklin, on road 40. His son Joel married Fanny Grout, and settled upon the old homestead. The latter's son PhiUp married Louisa Sargent, and for his second wife Maria Mowry, of Leyden, Mass. He died April 19, 1881. Joseph Burrows, one of the first settlers in Guilford, located in the south- west part of the town. His son Joseph settled near him, while Hiram suc- ceeded to the homestead. All lived and died here. Allen Burrows and Esther, wife of L. S. Wrisley, both of whom reside here, belong to this family. 2o8 TOWN OF GUILFORD. Thomas Akeley settled on the farm now owned by his son Martin, on road 4, about 1800, and in 181 6, built the brick house, which is still in a good state of preservation. His father, whose name he bore, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and an early settler from Massachusetts in the town of Brattleboro. He located on the farm now owned by his grandson Henry Akeley, and Hved and died there. Thomas Akeley, Jr., died in Guilford, where six of his eight surviving children still reside, viz. : Hiram, Samuel, Elizabeth, Almira, Melissa and Martin. Peleg Richmond, from Rhode Island, came to Guilford with five children previous to 1800, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Martin. He had eleven children, four of whom reside in this town, viz. : Russel, Peleg, Martin, and Hannah R., wife of J. B. Dickinson. Solomon Chapin, son of Joel, was born in Bernardston, Mass., in 1770, and married Rebecca Porter, of Hopkinton, R. I. He came to Guilford previous to 1800 and settled in the southeast part of the town, on the farm now owned by his son Nathan P., who is the only known survivor of his twel/e children. He died in 1822, and his widow in 1854. Nathan P. Chapin wasborn Aug. 17, 1801, and married Abigail Hubbard, of Vernon, who was born in SuUi- van^ N. H., in 1803, and died in 1877. He settled and has since lived on the homestead. He has filled nearly every office in the town, which he rep- resented in 1847-48. He is selectman and lister and has been justice of the peace since 1836, having married during that time some 220 couples. He was captain of a company of light infantry in this town, and is now an active m^n for one of his age. One of his daughters, Aurelia H., is the wife of Joseph E. Jacobs of this town. Another, Sarah J., is living at home. John Burnett came from Warrick, Mass., previous to 1800, and settled upon the farm now owned by his son John, on road 8, where he carried on the business of carpentry and farming, and died about 1850. His son John, who succeeded to the homestead, married Mary Brown of this town. He has two children living, Hollis H., who resides with his father, and Susan S., who married John S. Cutting, and lives in the town of Brattleboro. Peter Baker came to Guilford about 1800, and settled on road 53. He owned a large tract of land, and had a numerous family of children, only one of whom is living in this county, Elvira, who married Henry Babcock, of Guilford. His son Lorin, who was born in Guilford, and died in J 863, mar- ried Cynthia Barrett, of New Hampshire, and settled on the farm now owned by his son D. G. Baker, on road 53. His widow and eight children survive him. David Culver was an early settler on the farm now owned by Robert Ful- ton, where he lived and died. His son Joshua settled near him. He also died in the town. Not one of the name remains. His daughter Irene mar- ried Hiram Burrows, of Guilford. Otis Aldrich was an early settler in Guilford. His son Lyman, who was born in this town, lived here most of his life and died here. His son, Silas TOWN OF GUILFORD. 209 W., married Mary L., daughter of Samuel Wilcox, of Halifax, and settled on the farm now occupied by his widow, on road 25. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a justice of the peace, and a lister. He died March 16, 1882. He had one child, Frank VV., who died March 14, 1882. Daniel, James and William Boyden, brothers, came to Guilford at an early day from Worcester,. Mass. Daniel settled on the farm now owned by Charles A. Squires, on road 16. He and his wife, the latter of whom died in 1829, both lie in the Blanchard burying-ground. Their sons were Daniel, Jr., Ebenezer and Levi. Ebenezer removed to Georgia; Daniel settled on the homestead farm and resided there until his death ; Levi located on the farm now owned by his son Levi, at Guilford village. He was born October 16, 1774, and came to Guilford at the age often years. He was a farmer, and died April 21, 1859. His first wife was Dolly Smith, of this town, who died in 1824. His second wife was Olive Cutler, who died without issue, March 20, 1857. Levi, Jr., one of the six children by his first wife, was born in Guilford, April 28, 1803, and married Lucia Richardson, of Claremont, N. H., who feore him two children, Louisa, wife of Isaac Cleveland, who lives with her father on the old homestead, and Charles, who died August 20, 1864. His wife died February 21, 1874. He is still living at the advanced age of eighty-one years, having been honored with most of the offices within the gift of his town, which he represented in i856-'57. He has been a farmer, and was for many years proprietor of a grist-mill. His son Charles married Julia Newman, of Brattleboro, and had one son, Walter L., who is teller in the bank of East Hampton, Mass. His daughter Louisa, who was born in 1832, married for her first husband Warren Howe, of Vernon. James Boyden located on the place where his grandson, Samuel B. Boyden, now lives, on road 18. He carried on the business of cloth dressing until his death, November 20, 1816. Henry A. N. Boyden^ son of James, was born March 26, 1792, and married Amanda Haley, February 5, 1829, He lived on the old homestead and carried on the same business as his father until 1852, when failing health compelled him to retire. He died June 7, 1877, and his wife in 1879. Of his five children only William B., born April 8, 1833, and Samuel B., born January 13, 1838, are now living. The former resides in San Francisco, Ca'., and is president of a mining company j the latter, who married Julina L. Worden, of Halifax, occupies the old home- stead, which is about one hundred years old. Caleb Blanchard came to Guilford in company with his brother, from Massachusetts, at an early day. He died February 14, 1844, aged sixty-six years. He had three children, Warren, Electa and Edson C. Warren mar- ried Alvine Burdick and settled in Dover, removing after a residence of three years to Guilford, and from thence in 1850 to Brattleboro, locating on the farm now owned by Col. S. B. Wells. He was a school teacher, and super- intendent of schools in Brattleboro and Guilford. He also traveled and delivered lectures on sacred history. He died June 2, 1854. His widow is 14 2IO TOWN OF GUILFORD. Still living in Brattleboro. He leaves two children, Virgil W., who is a phy- sician in New York city, and Augusta E., wife of F. A. Wells, residing in Brattleboro. Electa, daughter of Caleb Blanchard, married Lorenzo Allen, of Brattleboro, and died without issue, March 17, 1881. Edson C. married Mary A. Baker, of Brattleboro, and had one child, Minnie, who resides with her mother in Guilford. He died May 5, 1883. Lovell and William Bullock, brothers, from Rehoboth, Mass., came to Guilford at an early day and settled on road 10, on the farm now owned by O. H- Halladay, which they cleared and on which they lived together for reven years, when William married and purchased the interest of his brother, who located on the farm now owned by his grandson, J. L. Bullock, on road 7, upon which he spent the remainder of his life. He was a prominent man, a representative from his town, and was familiarly called Capt. Bullock. His son Daniel was born upon that place in 1793, and died there in 1850. He married Emily, daughter of John King, and had two children, J. L. and Eliz- abeth, the latter of whom died young. J. L. married Sarah M. King, of Hinsdale, N. H., and has two children, Samuel M. and Lyman B. He occu- pies the old homestead, which was built about a hundred years ago, and which is now in a good state of preservation. He has in his possession an old shot-gun with which, it is said, was killed the last wolf in the town. Samuel Melendy was an early settler on the farm now owned by Charles A. Squires, on road 16. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and was taken prisoner by the Tories, who took all his stock, except one calf, which one of his boys succeeded in withholding from them. He married Sarah Gale, by whom he had eleven children, all of whom grew to maturity. He died Sept. 20, 1813, aged seventy two years, and his wife, March 30, 1832, aged eighty-two. Asa, one of his sons, was born Feb. 12, 1781, and married Sally Moore, who was bom May 11, 1793. He died Nov. 29, 1866, and his wife, March 24, 1865. Three of their eight children are living, Mary W., in Guilford, Edward, in Sheboygan Falls, Wis., and A. B., in Rogersville, East Tennessee. John, son of Samuel, lived and died upon the homestead. Jon- athan also lived in the town. Joseph and David Gaines, brothers, were early settlers in Guilford. Joseph located in the southeast part of the town and died here. His son Joseph, who accompanied him here, married Tabitha Stebbins and settled on the farm now owned by his son Joel, on road 56. He was a farmer, and had ten children, eight of whom grew up. He died in 1869, and his wife in 1878. His sons Joel and Horace, who are farmers, occupy the old homestead. David Gaines Hved and died in the town. He had two sons, Samuel and David, but none of the family are living. Joseph Weatherhead, from Rhode Island, was an early settler in Guilford. He located on the farm now owned by Henry Thomas, on road 37. He died in the town. He had three boys, Joe, Jerry and John, and two girls. Jerry, who was born in Guilford, married Abigail Wilder and settled on the TOWN OF GUILFORD. farm now owned by his son Joseph L. Of his ten children, Bradle)', Joseph Lewis, Emerson, Willard and Asenath are still living. William and Simeon Edwards, from Windham, Conn., were among the early settlers of Guilford. WiUiam located and Hved and died on the farm now owned by L. D. FrankUn, on road 41, and Simeon on that owned by Jabez Frankhn, on the same road. Not one of Simeon's family is left in the town. William was a farmer and shoemaker. His son Benajah married Mary Stowell and settled on the farm now owned by his son Benajah, on road 41. He was a selectman and lister. He subsequently went to lUinois and died there in 1839 or '40. Benajah, Jr., was born in 1802 and married Asenath Richmond of Guilford. He has three children living, John R., in Montana, and J. Harvey, and Mary, who married Frank Ashcroft of Guilford. Adonijah Putnam was one of the first settlers in Guilford. He came from Sutton, Mass., and located on road 27. He died in the town. Jared, the youngest of his nine children, married Eliza Ruel. He also died in the town, leaving a son and two daughters, A. W., Nancy, and Polly. A. W. Putnam was born in Guilford in 18 13, and married Serepta Holbrook, who died in September, 1866. He subsequently married Prudence Shepardson. He has been honored with various public trusts, having been chosen select- man, lister and justice of the peace. William Yeaw came to Guilford just after the close of the Revolutionary war, in which he took part. His son Samuel was born in this town, but lived and died in Dover. Truman, another son, now lives in Guilford. Daniel Ashcraft came to Guilford with his wife and four children, from Fisher's Island, where he had been plundered of all his property by the Tories, to whom he was no friend. He located on the farm now occupied by J. C. Miner. He was- a bnck-maker and mason by trade, and carried on brick- making in connection with farming. He died on the place where he settled. His son Urial, who came with him, married Lucinda Nichols, of Guilford, and settled on the farm now owned by his son T. S., where he spent his life. He built, in 1815, the house now standing on that place. T. S. Ashcraft, the present occupant, was born in 1805, and married Flcta C. Slate. Daniel Ashcraft, son of the pioneer of that name, came with his father to Guilford, and married and Hved here some years. He afterwards removed to New York State. Jedediah, son of Daniel, married Sally Davis, of Guilford, and settled, hved, and died on the place now occupied by E. J. Carpenter, the house on which was built in 1792. He operated a saw-mill and carding- machine, and also carried on farming. He had a numerous family. His daughter Dehght married Asa Nichols, of this town, and removed to Charle- mont, N. H. His son John, who was born in Guilford, married Clarissa Stockbridge, of Hadley, Mass., and settled on his father's homestead, where he died. Lucretia, another daughter, married William Bigelow, of Guilford. Simeon, son of Jedediah, and grandson of the pioneer Daniel, succeeded his father on the homestead. Some of his descendants are still living. TOWN OF GUILFORD. Thomas Colgrove was an early settler on what was called Colgrove Hill, where he lived and died. His son Thomas was born in the town, and mar- ried Abigail Davis. He settled on the farm on which Tyler Johnson now lives, and died there. Four of his nine children are living, Lavina, who mar- ried C. S. Harris, of Vernon ; Delight, who married David Darling, and lives in Palmer, Mass.; and Willard and Charles, who reside at Hampton, 111. Capt. Jonathan Chase was born at Swanzey, R. I., in 1778. In early life he went to Pomfret, Conn., where he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1799 he removed to Guilford and worked at his trade here until he enlisted in the army during the war of 18 12. He was appointed lieutenant of a company, of cavalry, and was afterwards made captain. When his term of service expired he returned to Guilford and purchased a farm in the western part of the town, where he largely engaged in dairying. He was thrice married, first to Nancy Stewart, and second to Sophia Stewart, both daughters of Colonel Daniel Stewart, of Brattleboro. By these marriages there were seven chil- dren born. The third marriage was to Ruth Houghton, daughter of Maj. Edward Houghton. Capt. Chase died in Guilford, in 1858. Capt. Henry S. Chase, son of Jonathan Chase, was born in Brattleboro, December 12, 181 1, and removed to Guilford when quite young, where he was educated in the common schools and academies. He has followed the occupation of farmer and teacher, having taught school fifty-five terms, and has served as superintendent of schools ten years. He has been selectman of the town two years, lister or assessor fifteen years, and for several years ■was captain of the Guilford Rifle Guards. He was twice married, first to Lucy M. Weatherhead, and second to Martha P. Ward, daughter of Henry Ward. By these marriages nine children were born, three by the first, and six by the second wife. Mr. Chase removed to Brattleboro in 1883, where he now resides. Capt. Abel Weatherhead, son of Joseph, was born in Guilford, and married Ruth Davis, of this town. He settled on the farm owned by Edwin Carpen- ter, and was considered one of the best farmers in the town. He held the office of selectman for several years, and was a militia captain. He died in the town, May 6, 1865, aged seventy-eight years. He raised twelve children, six boys and six girls, six of whom are living, Aurelia, Sarah E., D. L., Adeline M., Alonzo, and Jane. All reside in this town except Jane, who married George Caldwell, and lives in California. Philip Franklin came to Guilford, with his family, from Scituate, Mass., and settled on road 40, where he died, and is buried in the Franklin cemetery. His son Philip, who came and lived with him, also died in the town, leaving six children. His son Joseph, who was born December 29, 1780, married Asenath Wilder, of Guilford, and settled first in Dover, but remained there only a few years, when he lemoved to the farm now occupied by his son J. E. and grandson W. A., on road 4, in Vernon. He was well and favorably known in the town, which he represented in the legislature. He was select- TOWN OF GUILFORD. 213 man for several years, and held other town offices. He died May 6, 1866, and his wife, November 23, 1850. He left one child, Joseph Edson, who was born April 10, 1819, married Chloe Mann, of Dover, and settled on the old homestead, in Vernon, where he still resides. He represented the town in 1847, '48, '58 and 59, was selectman for eleven or twelve years, lister, and filled other town offices. He was a justice of the peace for some thirty years, and is still very active for one of his age. He has one child, Woodburn A., who married Mary Cook, of Guilford, and lives on the same faru). Ezekiel Burdick, from Easterly, R. I., came to Guilford in 1796-97, in company with four sons. Pardon, Nathan, Henry and Robert, and several daughters. All but Pardon and his family, however, subsequently removed to the west. Pardon's wife was Mary Lewis, of Stonington, Conn., who bore him five children. Pardon, Jr., Jerred, Beriah L., Henry, and Thompson E., of whom the latter occupies the old homestead. Thompson E. married Elizabeth Noyes, rearing four sons, Henry T., Frank N., Frederick T., and Hilon A. Henry T. was an officer in the army during the late civil war, serving four years, and is now a merchant of Kansas City, Mo. Frank N. is a physician in Dakota, surgeon to the government troops, mayor of the young city of Vermillion, and a councilor in the Territorial legislature. Fred F., a farmer, resides in Guilford, on road 39^. WilHam Hines came to Guilford from Rehoboth, Mass., and settled at Hinesbuig, which derives its name from him. He was a farmer. His sons Thomas, John, and William settled and lived theie. John built a grist-mill and carding-mill which are still extant. He subsequently went West, and Thomas removed to Monroe^ Mass. William continued his residence here, and some of the descendants are still living in the county. Benjamin Fessenden came here from Halifax, his native town, to which his father, Solomon Fessenden, removed at an early day. Benjamin settled on the farm now owned by his son W. S., and died there in 1881, aged eighty- eight years. Cyrus Carpenter came to this town from Rhode Island when but seven years old and worked around among the farmers. After a few years he started a wheelwright shop at Guilford village, and carried on that business for many years. He was deputy sheriff several years and high sheriff one term ; also constable and collector for eighteen years. He married a daughter of Arte- mas Gale of this town, and had two sons and two daughters, but one of whom, Augusta, wife of J. T. Noyes, is living in the town. He died in September, 1863, aged sixty-three years. Charles B. Stevens was born in Petersham, Mass., about 17S6, and came to Guilford when twenty years of age to reside with his uncle, Simon Stevens. He married Julina Graves, who died in September 1854, surviving him about one year, he having died in October, 1853. Of their four children Solomon L. resides in Clinton, Mass., Thomas G. in Illinois, and Charles H., who has been a school teacher, merchant and manufacturer, in Brattleboro, Rosella M., the only daughter, married Nelson Frost, and died in 1848. 2 14 TOWN OF GUILFORD. Capt. Jonah Cutting, a Revolutionary soldier, came to Guilford from Leicester, Mass., about 1790. He built a paper, oil and saw-mill here, carrying on the same a number of years. He died in November, 1842. John, one of his six children, born here in 1800, married Emily Stewart for his first wife, and Charlotte Stewart for his second. He removed to Brattleboro in 1824, locating upon the farm now owned by his son, J. S., on road 38. He reared six children, and died in 1844. Four of the children are living, viz. : Joseph C, in Guilford ; Emily (Mrs. Rev. J. Eastwood), in Newport, N. H. ; and Henry M. and J. S. in Brattleboro. J. S. has taught school forty-five terms, represented the town in 1874-75, was superintendent of schools five years, lister eight years, and is now a justice of the peace. Isaac Brown was an early settler in the town of Dover, where he Hved until 1803, when he removed to Guilford, and settled in Weatherhead Hollow. After a few years' residence there he removed to the farm now owned by his grandson, Alfred S. Brown, on road 15, where he died. His son Isaac was born in Dover, March i, 1793, and married Dehnda Keep, who bore him seven children, Imla K., Hannah E., Mary M., Isaac E., Abigail A., George R. and Alfred S. He was a farmer and was widely known and respected. He was ever active in promoting the the pubHc and social interests of the community in which he lived, and in the town held various public ofiices, serving as selectman thirty successive terms. He was captain of a militia company in Guilford in 1813. He died in 1870. His wife died in 1877, aged eighty-six years. His son Alfred S. married Mary J. Arms and has one child, Mary S. Nathan Conant, son of Samuel P., born in .A.cton, Mass., Oct. 30, 1791, came to Guilford October i, 1816, settling upon the place now occupied by H. H. Ward. He was a cooper by trade and made all the barrels used in this locahty. He represented this town in 1834. He has been selectman some years and has filled other town offices. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and now draws a pension from the government. He married Susan Davis and had four children, Lucius, who died September 24, 1850; Susan, who died March 8, 1848 ; Carohne C, who lives with her father at Guilford Center; and Maria B., who died July 1 1, 1848. Caroline C, was born August 7, 1823, and December 25, 1845, married George W. Penniman, of Rock- ingham, Vt., who died May 12, 1874, aged fifty-three. Joseph and L. Nathan Jacobs came to Guilford at an early day. Joseph settled in the east part of the town and lived and died there. Nathan settled on the farm now owned by C. Squires. His sons Elias and David married two sisters named Gaines and removed to the State of New York. Joseph had three sons, Joseph who was killed in the war of 181 2, Rufus, who lived and died in the town, and Simon, who lived and died on the homestead. Joseph, son of Rufiis, was born on the farm now owned by his widow, on road 30, the old house on which was built about 1800. He was a farmer and was for some years a selectman. He married Sarah E. Weatherhead, October 17, 1830, and hid six children, three boys and three girls, three of whom are Hv- TOWN OK GUILFORD. 215 ing. He died February 20, 1875. William, son of Rufus Jacobs, was born in Guilford March 4, 181 1, and married Mary W., daughter of Asa Melendy, April 13, 1835. ^^ settled on the farm now owned by his wife, and son W. H. He was an excellent farmer. He had four children, three sons and one daughter. One son, C. H., now lives in Wanwatosa, Wis. George A. was a private in Co. B, i6th Vt. Vols, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. M. Ella married Charles Ogden and lives in South Boston, Mass. W. H., who lives on the homestead with his mother, married Cora B. Young. Samuel L. Hunt came from Worcester, Mass., in 1835, and settled at Guil- ford Center, where he carried on the business of tanning and the manu- facture of boots. He held several town ofifices. He was town clerk for twenty years, and represented the town for several terms. He married Har- riet Sibley and has three children, Samuel S. and Ellen M., wife of S. A. Smith, both Hving in Guilford, and Frank L., who lives in Philadelphia, Pa. Joel Flagg, son of Silas, was born in Heath, Mass., March 10, 1808, and married Delight Waite in 1834. He came to Guilford in 1851, and settled on the Phelps farm, where he has since resided. He has one child living, Joel, Jr., who married Lizzie A. Barber, of Vernon, and lives with his father. Horace W. Taft, son of Zadock, was born in Winchester, N. H., Feb. 27, 1827, and married Mary M. Pierce. In 1849 he removed to Brattleboro, where he worked at blacksmithing until 1859, when he removed to Guilford, where he has since carried on the same business. The house in which he hved was built about a hundred years ago and was formerly kept as a hotel. John H. Rudd was born in Westmoreland, England, in 183 1, and emi- grated to this country in 1831. In 1854 he located in Guilford, where he now resides, on road 9. He married Sarah Waterman, who died in 187 1, He has five children, all of whom live in the county. Ephraim Tyler was born in Buckland, Mass., April 19, 1 791, and moved with his father's family to Wilmington, Vt., in 1800, where he resided forty years. He married Mary Bissell and raised seven children ; was postmaster under John Quincy Adams's administration; town representative in 1828; was iden- tified with all of the town's early history and one of its largest and best farm- ers ; moved to Guilford in 1840, where he resided until his decease in August, 1878; he held the important offices in town; had great force of character and a wide knowledge of public men and affairs in which he maintained a deep interest till the close of his life. His youngest son, William H., lives in the old homestead. Another son, Hon. James M., is a prominent citizen of Brattleboro. The Congregational church, located at Guilford, was organized as early as 1778. The present building was erected in 1856, at a cost of about $1,500,00. The society has now no pastor and no regular organization. The Methodist Episcopal society holds its meetings at Gulford Center and Green River. It was organized in June, 1859, Rev. Albert L. Pratt being the first pastor. The society now has forty members, with Rev. O. K. JEdwards, pastor. 2l6 TOWN OF HALIFAX. The First Universalist Society. — This society, located at Guilford Center, was organized December 27, 1838, the constitution being signed by thirty- two of the leading men of the town. At this time Rev. Charles Hews resided in town and preached every Sabbath. Rev. William N. Barber, the next resident clergyman, was ordained here in March, 1840. After Mr. Barber left town, they had preaching by clergymen who resided out of town for sev- eral years; but about 1850 Rev. Sumner Ellis came to Guilford and preached about two years, after which there was preaching half of the time by different clergymen up to April, 1876, when Rev. M. H. Harris commenced his regular services, alternate Sundays, at half-past two p. m. From April to December he gave a series of evening week-day lectures. September 14, 1879, the church was re-organized, with twenty-four members. The present minister is Rev. E. W. Whitney, who preaches and gives a course of lectures, same as the Rev. M. H. Harris did. Mr. Whitney commenced his services with the society in May, 1880. The present number of church members is thirty- three. A Sunday-school was organized years before the church organization, which now has a library of about 175 volumes. The school is kept up through the whole ypar, the average attendance being thirty. The present superintendent is Miss Minnie Taylor. The church building was erected in 1837, and is valued, including grounds, at $3,500.00, HALIFAX lies in the southern part of the county, in lat 42° 47' and long. 4"^ 20', bounded north by Marlboro, east by Guilford, south by Coleraine, in Massachusetts, and west by Whitingham. The town- ship has an area of 23,040 acres, and was the second town in the State to receive a charter from New Hampshire, being granted May i r, 1750, to Oliver and Samuel Partridge and fifty-seven others. At the instance of Oliver Part- ridge the township was divided in sixty-four equal shares, and the lot of each owner was marked at the corners with "lasting boundaries." In the cen- ter of the town was a large space of hexagon shape taken from the surround- ing lots for public uses. The surface of the town is very rough and uneven, though there are no ele- vations of sufficient altitude to warrant their being designated as mountains. Although there is much land unfit for purposes of cultivation on ac- count of this brokenness, there are still many fine farms and a large amount of land possessing a rich, arable soil, while the soil in general is well adapted to the production of grass, making the town a fine grazing territory. The tim- ber is mostly beech, birch, maple, ash, hemlock and spruce. The principal streams are North and Green rivers. The former flows a southeasterly course through the southwestern part of the town, and the former flows an easterly course through the northern part of the township. Branch brook flows a southerly course through the center of the town, uniting with North river. These streams have several tributaries and afford a number of good mill-sites.. TOWN OF HALIFAX. 21 7 On Branch brook is a succession of cascades extending about one hundred rods along its course, each of which is from fifteen to twenty feet in height, and are overlooked by the projecting rocks on the right in ascending the stream, presenting a wild and beautiful scene. On North river is a cavern which is often visited by the curious. It is called Woodard's Cave, or Dun's Den, and is about twenty-five feet in length, five in width, and the same in height, the sides and top being formed of solid rock. The rocks entering into the geological structure of the territory are of gneiss, talcose schist, and calciferous mica j^/z/j-/ formation. The first is found in the northern part, the talcose in the western part, and mica in the eastern part. In 1880 Halifax had a population of 852, and in 1882 its thirteen school districts contained thirteen common schools, employing seven male and eighteen female teachers, at an aggregate salary of $1,494.43. There were 189 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 3 ist, was $1,780.90, with A. C. Jones, superintendent. Halifax, commonly called Halifax Center, is a post village located just south of the geographical center of the town. It has one church (Baptist), a store, and half a dozen dwellings. Like most of the older villages it is located on a hill-top. There was once a flourishing select school taught here. The telephone line from Shelburne Falls connects with the line from Brattle- boro at this village, and good stage conveniences are afforded east and west. West Halifax is a post village located on North river, about a mile and a half from the western border and four miles from the southern border of the town. It contains two churches (Universalist and Baptist), two or three stores, an extensive tannery, blacksmith shop, grist-mill, etc. The village has telephone connections with Brattleboro, Shelburne Falls, and westward by the way of Jacksonville, while daily stages connect with Brattleboro and North Adams. South Halifax (p. o.) is a hamlet located on the Massachusetts line where North river leaves the town. It is connected by daily stage with Shelburne F'alls and Jacksonville. Grove is a new postoffice lately established, located at the intersection of roads 43 and 44, in the southeastern part of the town. Daniel S. VVorden is the postmaster. Reid Hollow is a hamlet located in the northeastern part of the town, on Green river. A. J. Tucker's tannery, located at West Halifax, was established by Nathan W. Halliday, about 1836, though it has been re-built five times. The present owner came into possession of the property in i860. He employs fourteen men and tans 400 sides of leather per week, manufacturing upper leather extensively. The establishment is operated by both steam and water-power, using 500 to 600 cords of bark per annum. Elias Stone's saw-mill and chair-stock factory, located cor. roads 37 and 37^, is operated by an excellent water-privilege. The mill was formerly used as a TOWN OF HALIFAX. grist and carding-mill and cloth dressing factory, and was converted into its present use by Mr. Stone in 1845. He turns out about $6,000.00 worth of chair-stock per annum. W. A. (^ IV. DenisoTi s saw-7nill and chair-stock factory is located on road 26. It is operated by water-power, afforded by a branch of Green river. Alonzo F. and Frank B. Stone's saw and cider-mill and chair-stock factory, located on road 37, was built by William Morey. It has the capacity for manufacturing 4,000 feet of lumber per day. Lewis W. Siwiner' s saw and grist-itiill is located off road 32, in the south- western part of the town. Albert L. Thiirber' s saw-7nill and chair-stock factory is located on road 14. ' Albert M. V. Hagar' s sa^v-mill and chair-stock factory is located on road 54. Settlements were commenced in the town during the year following the issue of its charter, in 1751, but those who undertook them were not able to prosecute their plans on account of the hostility of the Indians. But after the reduction of Canada, the proprietors of more than forty lots renewed their exertions "with good proficiency," and although the town consisted almost entirely of "mountainous lands," and was then heavily "loaded with timber," yet the proprietors were sanguine that their settlement would at some future period " prove beneficial to the public." Abner Rice commenced a settle- ment in 1761, he being from Worcester county, Mass. He was joined by others from Coleraine and Pelham, Mass., in 1763, and the settlement was soon in a fairly prosperous condition, so that in 1 771 it was one of the most populous towns in the county, the census enumeration for that year being as follows : One hundred males under the age of sixteen years, eighty-three between the ages of sixteen and sixty, and four over sixty ; seventy-four females under sixteen years of age, and sixty-eight over sixteen, making a total of 329 souls. In 1791 the population had increased to 1,309 souls, or about 457 more than the town has to-day. The first town meeting recorded was held March 3, 1778, at which it was voted to "accept the constitution of the State of Vermont," and at which James Gray was chosen town clerk ; William Hill and Amos Peabody, constables ; and Hubbel Wells, William Hill, and Isaac Guilde, selectmen. The first justices were Benjamin Henry and Edward Harris, in 1786. The first representatives were Edward Harris and Hubbel Wells, chosen in 1778. The first birth was that of Sally Pratt, February 7, 1767, who died in October, 1850. Joseph Tucker was an early settler of Halifax, locating on road 29, corner 39. He married Abigail Emerson, by whom he reared five children, Abigail, James, Stephen, Calvin and Lucy. Oliver Niles came to Halifax, from Stonington, Conn., at an early date, in company with his four brothers, Samuel, Henry, Sands, and Jesse. They purchased 450 acres of land in the southwestern part of the town, on North river. In the division of the land Oliver received 150 acres, Samuel 150, Henry 100, Jesse 50. Sands sickened and died soon after their settlement. TOWN OF HALIFAX. 2I9 David, the father of the brothers, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was killed at the battle of White Plains, in 1776. Oliver married Lydia Plumb, and reared eight children, five of whom, Oliver, Jr., James, Stephen, Nathaniel, and Lydia, settled in the town. Oliver, Jr., married Mary Mc- Knight, reared six children, and died in December, 1878. Three of his children are now living, of whom James M., resides on the old homestead. Oliver P., the oldest son, born April 23, 181 5, married Louisa B. Fish, and now resides at Brattleboro. James Scott was an early settler in Halifax, locating here in the summer of 1 78 1. He brought with him his wife and five children, Clarissa, Thomas, Abel, Asahel, and Joel, there being born to hitti afrer he located here, five more, James, Henry, Sally, Ruby, aud Elijah. The family originated in England, the tradition of the emigration being as follows : A small boy in England was sent on an errand by his parents, was kidnapped, forced on board a vessel, and brought to America, where, in accordance with the prac- tice then in vogue, he was hired out, or sold, for a given time to pay for his passage. This was the progenitor of the Scott family in America. Numerous descendants are now residing in difterent parts of the county. The Harris family was also an early family in the town. Their ancestors are supposed to have been of Welch descent, sons of those who preferred freedom in the wild mountains of Wales, to Saxon oppression. The first of the family to come to America, was Mary, widow of Walter Harris, and her son Sabile, who came to New London, Conn., from Monmouthshire, Eng., in 1756. The next known ancestor was Job, who was born February 10, 1753, then Joshua, born in 1770. When sixteen years of age Joshua, in company with his brother John, left Connecticut and came to Halifax, where they commenced to clear the land which has ever since been the home farm of the Harris family in Windham county. In 1791, Joshua married Clarissa Scott, by whom he had eleven children. Joshua, Jr., was born June 16, 1801, married Nancy Miner in 1825, and settled upon the home farm, where seven children were born to him, six of whom obtained a mature age. He died in 1876, aged seventy-seven years, leaving a widow and four children, three of whom are now living. Francis Phelps served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war seven years, then came to Brattleboro, married Anna S. Pratt, settled in Marlboro, re- mained there five years, and then came to Halifax, locating where Joseph Hale and son now reside. He married, for his second wife, a Mrs. Fessen- den, and died at the age of eighty-four years. He was for many years a dea- con of the Baptist church. The Fish family, so far as can be ascertained, spra.ngfrom an ancient Saxon root, referred to in the records of the German nobility as "Fisch." At a very early date a branch of the original stock is found in England, and upon the colonization of New England three persons of that name, Nathaniel, John and Jonathan, came to this country and settled at Lynn, Mass. Little, how- TOWN OF HALIFAX. ever, is known of these brothers. John is the first known ancestor of the family, he being one of the first settlers of Groton, Conn., found there as early as 1655. The next ancestor was Samuel, born in 1656, whose name occurs in the patent of New London, in 1704, the year prior to the incorporation of Groton. He was the second townsman in Groton on its organization, and was re-elected to this position many years. In the French and Indian wars he bore a captain's commission. After Samuel came Nathan, born in 1699, then Nathan, born in 1727, and Samuel, born m 1751. In 1780 or 1781, Samuel left the town of Groton, Conn., to seek a new home in the wilds of Vermont. He and his young wife and two little children, on horseback, trav- eled through the almost trackless wilderness, and at length reached a place in Halifax, where he cleared away the trees, built a log cabin, planted a few patches of corn, potatoes, and beans, and set about the earnest work of pro- viding for himself and family. It was in this home that the third Samuel was born October 13, 1788. Assisting in carrying on the farm and the tanning business, he enjoyed the limited means of education common in those days, and was early a disciple in the school of Christ, as he professed religion in June, 1808, and joined the church in the east part of Guilford. In speaking of it he said : " I obtained a hope about the first of May, at a meeting one evening ; I was irresistibly impressed to speak, so I arose, opened my mouth, and all my fears and trouble subsided at once, and I felt at peace with God, and all the world. I have used my mouth ever since. I took a text for the first time on a Sabbath day, in the year 18 13, in a school-house on Green river m Guilford." From that time he preached, either occasionally or habitually, in Hahfax, Guilford, and Leyden, but m.ostly in Coleraine. He was first invited to preach in his native town in 1820. In June following he was engaged as stated supply for one year. On July 15, 1822, he was set apart to the ministry by solemn ordination. During the next few years one hundred and twelve members were added to his church. He continued to preach in Halifax until December 25, 1867, when he moved to Guilford, where he preached until April, i86g. He then returned to Hahfax, where he remained until he finished preaching, on the second Sunday in June, 1871. He preached ten thousand sermons, five hundred funeral sermons, baptized more than two hundred converts, and mar- ried about two hundred couples. Five of those baptized by him became min- isters, and one a missionary to Burmah. Henry C. Fish, D. D., formerly of Newark, N. J., and son of Samuel Fish, was one of the five ministers. Dur- ing his ministry he worked five and sometimes six hours of the day in the field or shop, and preached three times on the Sabbath. In regard to salary he said : "There was no stipulated salary, I was a volunteer. Pay was the last thing I thought of." He was twice married, and had fifteen children, eleven of whom lived to maturity. They were all, with one exception, baptized by their father. After the completion of his ministry he lived for a short time with his son James, in Guilford, and March i, 1872, removed to Brattleboro to live with his daughter Louisa (Mrs. O. P. Niles), where he remained until TOWN OF HALIFAX. his death, January 25, 1883, at the age of ninety-four years and three months. His funeral took place at Brattleboro, January 27th, and services were also held at Halifax the next day, in the church over which he was so long a pastor. From there his body was caried to its last resting place, in the family burial ground near his birth place. His funeral sermon, at his requst, was preached by John S. Shepherdson, of Greenfield, Mass. He had made arrangements for his funeral, and the text, "I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness," was his own selection. At the present time only three of his children are living in Ver- mont, James P. Fish, in Halifax, and Louisa (Mrs. L. E. Niles), and Sarah (Mrs. L. E. Higby), in Brattleboro. Gen. Jonathan Smith, son of Jonah Smith, was born in Halifax in 1783. He married Eucy Whitney, of Marlboro, settled there and kept a hotel for several years. This marriage resulted in the birth of five children, and by his second wife, Amanda Stone, of Windsor, Vt., who is still living at West Brattleboro, he had no issue. Mr. Smith died in June, 1851. Only two of his children are living, Benjamin F., in Chicago, and Henry F., at Brattle- boro. Sylvester Worden was one of the early settlers in Halifax. He had two sons and a brother, Ichabod, who served in the Revolutionary war. After the war they settled in Halifax. Peter, another brother, married Rachel Hale, of Bernardston, Mass., and settled and died here. Asa, James and Samuel, other brothers, also located here. Peter, Jr., married Barbara Staf- ford, and reared eleven children, eight of whom are living, as follows : Lewis A., in Guilford; Peter H., in Halifax; Mary (Mrs. D. Carpenter), in Brattle- boro; Emily A. (Mrs. D. VVeatherhead), in Brattleboro; Malinda (Mrs. W. A. Dennison), on the old homestead; Alsena (Mrs. E. Thayer), in Sherburne Falls, Mass.; Lucy R. (Mrs. S. Leonard), in Conway, Mass. ; and Marcus, in Guilford. Matthew, James and George Clark, brothers, came from Scotland at an early day, settling in Pelham and Petersham, Mass., and from there removed to Coleraine, Mass. Matthew was killed by Indians during the French and Indian war. James came to Halifax in 1777, locating upon the farm now owned by Joseph Worden. He lived the remainder of his life here, rearing seven children. John and George, two of his sons, served in the French and Indian war. George was killed at the defeat of Gen. Braddock, and John died of camp fever. James, Elisha and Asa came with their father to this town. Asa, son of James, removed to Jefferson county, N. Y., with his four sons, Archibald, Asa, Elisha and EHas. Four sons of George, ist, settled in the town. The Clark family is now widely scattered throughout the country. Dea. Israel Jones, from Connecticut, came to Halifax previous to 1788, locating in what is now known as Reid Hollow, on Green river. He died at the age of nmety-nine years. His son Daniel, born here September 30, 1788, married Caroline Graves, March 4, 18 10, and died January 13, 1857, at the house of his son Calvert. Ansel G., an older son, died unmarried. Betsey, TOWN OF JAMAICA. an older daughter, married Daniel Bixby, of Guilford. Calvert married Emily A. Farnum and had two sons born to him, Ansel C, now a resident of Wil- mington, and Cyrus M., occupying the old homestead, on road 29. George Plumb, son of James, came to Halifax, from Stonington, Conn., about 1797, and in 1798 or '99 James came on, with his third wife, Eunice Minor, by whom he had eleven sons and three daughters, having had five children by his first wife and nine by his second. Elias Stone, from Coleraine, Mass., came to Hahfax about 1800, locating on road 50, upon the place now known as the Smith farm. Benjamin Greene came to this town, from Stonington, Conn., in 1804, locating on road 44. He married Mary A. Prouty, who bore him five chil- dren, of whom Sarah, Elijah P., Amos and ElUott B., reside in the town. Jesse Wheeler, from Stonington, Conn., came to Halifax when a young man, about 1814. He served .^ short time in the war of 1812, receiving a government land warrant in acknowledgement of his services. He married Prudence Green in 181 5, and spent the remainder of his life on the farm now owned by his son William, dying in April, 1869, aged seventy-seven years. The churches of Hahfax are a Baptist church, at Halifax village, with no regular pastor ; a Baptist church at West Halifax, with Rev. Horace Fowler, pastor; and the Universalist church, at West Halifax, with no stated supply. JAMAICA lies in the northern part of the county, in lat. 43° 5' andlong. 4° 11' bounded north by Londonderry and Windham, east by Town- shend, south by Wardsboro, and west by Stratton and Winhall. It has an area of about 29,017 acres, including portions of six grants made by the Governor of New York, between March 31, 1767, and Decembers, 1772. One of these grants, named Camden, included the southwesterly corner of the present town, extending south across Wardsboro into Dover, and another included the northeasterly corner of the township and the old^town of Acton and was called Warrenton. Nothing, however, seems to have been done towards a settlement under these grants. The charter of Jamaica was given by the general assembly of Vermont, November 7, 1780, to Col. Samuel Fletcher, of Townshend, and sixty-seven associates, among whom were named several who were at that time settled in the territory, several prominent State offi- cials, and citizens of Newfane and Dummerston. The charter contained the usual restrictions and reservations of the Vermont charters, and so far as learned these conditions were fully carried out by the grantees. The surface of the town is mountainous and uneven, and the elevations rocky, though the soil is, in general, warm and productive. Some of the principal elevations are as follows; Sage hill, in the southwestern part ; South hill, in the southern part ; Shatterack mountain, in the northern part ; Bald and Atridge mountains, in the northern-central part ; and Turkey mountain in the northeastern part of the township. West river flows a southerly course TOWN OK JAMAICA. 223 through the town, and, together with its numerous tributaries, aftbrds a num- ber of excellent mill-privileges. Jamaica and Adams ponds are small sheets of water, the former lying in the northern and the latter in the northeastern part of the town. Almost every mountain, valley and stream in the town abounds in beautiful and interesting scenery, so that to speak of any partic- ular point seems almost invidious; still one spot we must mention, viz.: Hamilton Falls, in the northern part of the town, near road 8. Here Cobb brook tumbles and leaps, from the bosom of a beautiful meadow, down an almost perpendicular ledge into a narrow gorge, nearly 200 feet below Through this gorge the stream finds its way into West river. Standing upon the brink of the fall, and looking down upon the tops of the tallest trees of the valley, dim indeed must be the eye that fails to brighten at the beautiful vision spread before it. The principal rocks entering into the geological struct- ure of the territory are o( gneiss and ta/cose schist {ox\x\dL\.\on, the former under- lying the western and the latter the eastern portion. Gold ore in small quantities has been discovered in the eastern part of the town. In 1880 Jamaica had a population of 1,253, ^"^ in 1882 had ten school districts and eleven common schools, employing one male and nineteen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,189.93. There were 307 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,331.30, with O. G. Baker, superin- tendent. Jamaica is a pleasant little post village located near the central part of the town, on Bald Mountain brook. It has two churches (Congregational and Baptist), one hotel, several stores, several manufacturing estabhshments, and about 100 dwellings. The locality is exceedingly healthful as the village is located 688 feet above the sea, and 480 feet higher than Brattleboro. Among the professional men are three attorneys and two physicians, while ample facilities for financial transactions are afforded by the West River National Bank, and the Jamaica Savings Bank, both flourishing institutions. Trans- portation facilities are also good, as the Brattleboro & Whitehall railroad passes near the place. West Jamaica (p. o.) is a hamlet in the southwestern part of the town. It has two saw-mills, a hand-rake factory, and about a dozen dwellings. East Jamaica (p. o.) is a new postofffce estabUshedat Wardsboro Station, on West river, in the eastern part of the town A grocery and feed store has also lately been opened here. Rawsonville (p. o.) is a hamlet located in the northwestern part of the town, on Winhall river. It has a grocery store, grist-mill, two saw-mills, and a chair-stock factory. T/ie West River National Bank was chartered as a State institution, in 1853, the first bills being issued July 20, 1854, with James H. Phelps, presi- dent, and John E. Butler, cashier. In August, 1865, it re-organized as a National bank, with a capital of $100,000.00, though it was subsequently 2 24 TOWN OF JAMAICA. reduced to $60,000.00. The bank is located in a substantial brick build- ing at the lower end of Main street, in Jamaica village, with William Harris, of Windham, president, and John A. Butler, cashier. The Jamaica Savings Bank was chartered in 1872, and commenced busi- ness with WiUiam Harris, president ; E. L. Waterman, vice-president ; and J. C. Robinson, secretary and treasurer. The institution was originated by Rev. Charles Burnham, who was pastor of the Congregational church here several years, and who died in 1883. It was at first located in the National Bank building, but was subsequently removed to its present quarters. The officers are Hon. E. L. Waterman, president ; O. R. Garfield, vice-president ; and J. C. Robinson, secretary and treasurer. The bank now has 693 depositors, aggregating a gross deposit of $139,500.00, while the bank has a surplus of $4,500.00. C. Af. Nichols' s saw, and shingle-mill, located at the corner of roads 22 and 32, was built by a Mr. Ward about twenty-five or thirty years ago. O. A. Richmond purchased the property about 1866, and in 1883 it came into the possession of the present owner, who has replaced the old upright saw with a circular saw, and added other improved machinery, giving the mill capacity for cutting about 5.000 feet of lumber, and 6,000 shingles per day, doing both custom and merchant work. G. F. Richmond' s carriage shop, located on road 22, was established in 1883. He carries on a general manufacturing and repair business. C. A. White's butter-tub and shing/e factory, XocdXt^ on road 22, was estab- lished' by him in 1877. February 25, 1881, the buildings were destroyed by fire, the present mill being erected the same year. It is operated by both steam and water-power, giving employment to about six men, and turning out 15,000 butter tubs, and 1,000,000 shingles per annum. Mr. White also manu- factures sap buckets and does custom planing. B. B. HoughtoiH s saw and planing-tnill, located on road 3, was built about fifty years ago, and has been in the present proprietor's possession about sixteen years. The mill has the capacity for cutting about 5,000 feet of lumber per day, and is also supplied with circular, board, and chair-back saws, planer, etc., and does merchant work. A. A. Kingsburf s sa^v a?id grist-mill, located on road 3, in Rawson/ille, was built by Flint Richardson, about forty years ago, and was purchased by Mr, Kingsbury, in July, 1882. The saw-mill is supplied with upright board saws, circular bench saws, shingle machine, "band saw, and planer, and cuts annually about 100,000 shingles, also doing custom board sawing and jobbing. The grist-mill has one run of stones, and grinds about twelve tons of corn per month, besides the custom work. If. H. Feltofis saw-mill, located on road 24, was built by Mr. Felton in 1868. It is fitted with a circular board saw, is operated by water-power, and cuts about 200,000 feet of lumber per annum. Mr. Felton has also a mill on road 23, built by him in 1872, with the capacity for cutting 10,000 feet of lumber per day. TOWN OF JAMAICA. 225 IV. H. Wheeler's sa7v-mill a7id chair-stock faciory, located on road 23, was purchased by him in 1883. It is operated by both steam and water-power and is fitted with circular board- saw, chair-back saw, cutting-off saw, band-saw, planer and shingle machine, having the capacity for manufacturing 400,000 chair-backs per annum and about 10,000 shingles daily. Mr. Wheeler also cuts dimension lumber and does custom sawing. J^arr o^ RoeT s rake factor }\ located on road 34, has all the necessary turn- ing machinery for manufacturing rakes, and has also splitting saws. Alvin Frosfs tray shop, located on Mechanic street, at Jamaica village, was established by him in 1877. He manufactures about 3,000 trays per annum. Williatn F. Gleaso)i s sazv and shingle-mill and chair-stock factory, located on road 34, is furnished with a circular board-saw, cutting-off and splitting saws, band-saw, and shingle machines. He manufactures about 250,000 feet of rough lumber and 200,000 shingles per annum. F. W. Perry & Son's tannery , located in Jamaica village, turns out about $75,000,00 worth of hides per year, employing about twelve men. The leather is not finished here, but is sent to Massachusetts in the rough. W. L. Barties's carriage and blacksmith shop, located at Jamaica village, is operated by water-power and furnished with all necessary machinery for carry- ing on a manufacturing and job business. Edwiii F. Russell's chair factory, located on Factory street, at Jamaica vil- lage, has the capacity for turning out about 100 dozens of cane-seated chairs per month, but it is not operated for this purpose at present, being used as a sawing, matching and planning-mill. Wardivell &= Flint's steain saw-mill, located at the base of Bald mountain, was built in 1 88 1. It is supplied with a circular board saw, edging saws, band saw, cutting-up machinery, etc., and cuts about 1,000,000 feet of lum- ber per annum, 250,000 feet of which is converted into chair-stock. O. C. Flinfs chair-stock factory and grist-mill, located on Mechanic street, of Jamaica village, has three lathes, bench saws, etc., and a mill for grinding meal and feed. He usually employs five men in the manufacture of turned chair-stock and in doing custom grinding. Edward Afagoon' s sa7v-mill, located on road 34, cuts 200,000 feet of lum- ber per annum. The first event of historic importance occurring in Jamaica took place years before the territory was settled or had even been set apart by charter or name. It was back in the remote year of 1748, when the out-posts of white settlements in this section were at Fort Dummer, and at Charlestown, or Number Four, in New Hampshire. During this year Capt. Eleazer Melvin, of Northfield, Mass., in command of a scouting party of eighteen men, met, in the vicinity of Lake Champlain, a larger force of Indians than they could cope with, and so retreated towards Fort Dummer, along the valleys of Otter creek and West river. On the night of May 30th they camped within the present limits of Londonderry, and early on the following morning resumed 15 2 26 TOWN OF JAMAICA. their march. Being nearly out of provisions they haked in this town, a short distance above the mouth of Bald Mountain brook, to shoot salmon in the river. Here they were overtaken by the Indians, between nine and ten o'clock in the morning, they having, probably, crossed through the gap west of Bald mountain, while the scouting party had followed the river around the mountain. They fired upon the party from ambush, four men being killed, at the first volley. Though taken by surprise, the little party rallied and charged on the Indians, killing several ; but, after losing two more men, the soldiers scattered through the forest and fled, reaching Fort Dummer during that and the following day. A party was immediately sent out from the fort,, who buried the four men who were shot at the outset of the affray, on the flat south of Bald Mountain brook, about fifty roads from its mouth. Their names were John Hayward, Isaac Taylor, John Dod and Daniel Mann. The other two men, Joseph Petty and Samuel Severance, managed to get some distance from the scene of the affray before death overtook them, and their bodies were not found until some time after. Thus occurred the first deaths and burials in what is now the township of Jamaica. The first clearing made in the town was in 1775, by William Hayward (now spelled Howard), of Townshend, and his sons Caleb and Silas. They erected houses in their clearings, into which they moved in 1777, Caleb on the bank of West river, east of Wardsboro depot, and Silas on the hill to the north, supposing, however, that they were located in Townshend, and Silas was sent as the first representative in the general assembly from Townshend, in 1780. The town line being run the next year, 1781, however, proved that he was a citizen of Jamaica. In 1780 there were eleven or twelve families in the town, seven of whom were Hay wards, and in 1791 the population had increased to 263 souls. The first proprietors' meeting seems to have been the one held at Newfane, June 5, 1781, where a committee was chosen to lay out the township into lots, James Mack, of Londonderry, being appointed surveyor. The first town meeting was held September 3, 1781, at the house of William Hayward, near the present site of Wardsboro station, on road 28. William Harrison Church was chosen town clerk and representative ; Benjamin Hayward, William Hayward and William H. Church, selectmen ; Calvin Hayward, constable; Peter Hazelton (or Hazeltine), treasurer ; Paul Hayward, lister; and Caleb Hayward, surveyor of highways, though the latter office must have been a sinecure, as their were no highways opened in the town until June, 1784. The first birth was that of Banyard Hayward, son of Paul, in 1779. The first grist and saw-miU was built by Peter Hazelton, on Mill brook, or Wardsboro brook, on road 45, in 1 782-83. In 1 785 they were called ''Howe's mills," having been purchased by John Howe. The first road built through the town was laid in 1784, from the line near West Townshend to " Peaked rock," where the bridge crosses West river, about two miles below Jamaica village. In 1790 it was completed through to the Winhall Hne. The first TOWN OF JAMAICA. 227 house designated by the name of tavern was kept by John WeHman, on road 30, where was also a " training ground," a sign post, and stocks for the pun- ishment of wrong doers. It was erected in 1793. The first school was taught by Zebotes Skinner, in 1791, being held in a lo£ school-house that was sustained by voluntary contribution. Mr. Skinner became a noted school master, teaching, at ditiferent times, twenty-one schools in the town. The first resident minister was Rev. John Stoddard, who was called by vote of the Congregational church, in 1794, He was dismissed in 1799, for selling his wife, who, it appears, however, ratified the sale, for she lived with the purchaser and reared a respectable family of descendants. The first carriage (with springs) in the town was probably that of Jonas Pierce, which is men- tioned in the tax list in 1812. The first lawyer to commence practice here was Hon. John E. Butler, in 1840, who was born in the town in 1809. The first physician was Dr. Nathan Weeks, who began practice in 18 15. The heaviest freshet that ever visited the town occurred October 2, 3 and 4, 1869, It carried away bridges and washed out highways, doing damage to the amount of $15,000.00, and causing the death of William H. Carr, a promi- nent citizen of the town and at that time a deputy sheriff. The Haywards, or Howards, as the name is now spelled, were the pro- genitors of the large number of that name now residing in the town, William being the father of fourteen sons, all of whom settled in Jamaica. Of the others who settled here before the cliarter of the town was issued, were Peter Hazelton, who located on the river ; Amariah Taft, who located the first farm west of the river, on Wardsboro branch, where Peter Hazelton built the first grist and saw-mill; Paul, son of Benjamin Howard, located on the farm just west of his father's, which is now owned by Deacon Burnap; William H. Church located on the farm next west, just below the railroad cut at the West river bridge; Stephen Wilcox, sometimes called Stephen Sabin, settled on the next farm west ; and John Wright, who located on a farm farther south. Among those who came at a later date were the following : Amos Skinner, from Packersfield, now New Alstead, N. H., in 1781 ; Elisha Chase, from Petersham, Mass., in 1783; Samuel Lamb, a shoemaker, from Petersham, Mass., in 1783; John B. Hinds, a shoemaker, from Blandford, Mass., in 1784; Hezekiah Howe, from Alstead, N. H., in 1784; Jonathan Coombs, from Billingham, Mass., in 1790; Benjamin Furniss, from Greenwich, Mass., in 1798; Jonas Pierce, from Lincoln, Mass., in 1792; and Childs Wheaton, from Pomfret, Conn., in 1798. Benjamin Howard came from Mendon, Mass., when sixty-six or sixty-seven years of age, and located in Townshend. He built a log house on the hill northeast of West Townshend village, where he lived two years, then came to Jamaica, locating, with his son Calvin on the place now owned by Lestina and Sylvia Howard. He resided therein 1 781, being elected that year as one of the first selectmen of the town, and died there about 1784. He was the father of fourteen sons, nearly all of whom reared families either in this town or Townshend. 2 28 TOWN OF JAMAICA. David Eddy was born in Heath, Mass., August 3, 1801, and diedin Jamaica, December 18, i88i. He was the son of Daniel and EHzabeth (Simmons) Eddy, and a direct lineal descendant of one of the Eddy brothers who came to this country in the " Mayflower." He belonged to an excep- tionally long-lived family, his father dying at the age of seventy-seven and his mother at the age of eighty-nine years. His father moved to Jamaica in 1802 or 1803, settling on the place now owned by Charles Gleason, near Wards- boro. He hved here but a short time, however, as he was living on what is now a pasture, owned by Brainerd Brown, at the time of the "dark day" of June 16, 1806. The incidents of that day were distinctly remembered and often recounted by David, although he was less than live years old at the time. In early life David Eddy evinced a remarkable taste and aptitude for books, and readily mastered obstacles that were insurmountable to his school- mates. For some twenty years ot his early manhood he taught school a part of the time each year. He married Lucy Stockwell, April i, 1827, by whom he had four children. September 27, 1835, he married Lydia Pierce, by whom he had seven children. January 22, 1868, he married Mrs. Maria Dex- ter, of Wardsboro, who survives him. From 1837 until his death, he served the town by holding one or more of its most important offices. The duties of a constable were distasteful to him, for he said : " Many a time I've had to serve writs when I would rather have paid every cent of the debt than to do it." In 1856 he was elected representative of the town, and served in the reg- ular and special sessions. For about forty years he was justice of the peace, and probably no man in the town ever tried more cases, or settled more estates of deceased persons than he. He was held in such universal respect that the name of David Eddy appeared on the justice ticket of both political parties. He believed in letting offices seek him, instead of his seeking ofiice ; and, though repeatedly urged to allow his name to be used as a candidate for assistant judge, he as often refused. In poHtics he was a sturdy antislavery Republican from the birth of the party. He respected the man, and not the skin with which the man was covered; and many a time needy colored men have found shelter under his roof and hospitality at his table. Mr. Eddy was a farmer all his life. He lived ujjon the homestead of his father till 1863, when he removed to that of his father-in-law, to care for his wife's parents. He remained here until his marriage in 1868, when he removed to Wards- boro. Within a few months of his death he expressed a desire to return to the old homestead and die there, and the wish was granted. He was a thor- ough going temperance man, an ardent lover of the prohibitory law, and always took a determined and active part in its enforcement. He lived a consistent Christian life, and in his last moments evinced the clearest proof that his faith was unshaken and that death had no terrors for him. In early life Mr. Eddy and his young wife united with the Baptist church, in Jamaica, and both remained members until their death. Until within a few years he was a constant attendant upon church services, and very few Sabbaths passed □ AVin EDDY, TOWN OF JAMAICA. 229 in which he and his family were not in their place in the sanctuary. During the last few years of his life he was troubled with deafness, so that he could not hear the public services, and he preferred to spend the few Sabbath in the quiet of his home. The religion of the New Testament was a reality to him, and he loved to drink it in, in all its purity, simplicity and fullness. Its influence was seen and recognized in his daily intercourse with men, and it is but sim- ple truth to say that his life was a "living epistle, known and read of all men," and that he was one of the noblest works of God — an honest man. George Howard, son of Paul was the first settler on the farm now owned by Harland Howe, ofif road 8, on Turkey mountain. VVillard H., his eldest son, married Abigail Chase and bought a partially cleared place on road 8, where Elwin Clayton now resides, about 1823. He reared three sons and six daughters, all of whom were born on this farm. Of these children Alphonso P., Mason F., Marthaette (Mrs. Elwin Clayton), and Laurette (Mrs. P. Kellogg), reside in Jamaica. VVillard H. was a staunch Methodist and died at the residence of his son. Mason F., at Jamaica village. Revido Howard was born here in 1832, on the old homestead he now occupies He married Mary M. Clark, a native of Hubbardstovvn, Mass. Jered Howard was born in Mendon, Mass., in 1788. He married Try- phenia Wheeler, by whom he reared nine children, Sylvia, Isaiah, Obadiah, Lestina, Taft, Henrietta, Raney, Anson and Webster, seven of whom are hving. Sylvia, Lestina and Taft occupy the old homestead, neither of them ever having married. Milton L. Howard was born here in 1847, has been twice married, and has five children. He was a member of Co. K, 9th Vt. Vols, and was mustered out of service June 15, 1865. He is now commander of Post Scott, G. A. R., of Jamaica. Mary O. Howard, residing on road 42, married a descendant of Banyard Howard, the first white child born in the town. Levi Howard, residing on road 47, was born in New Hampshire in 1839, and came to Jamaica in 1882. John Howe, familiarly known as Miller Howe, was an early settler in the town. As early as 1785 he owned the grist-mill built by Peter Hazelton, and operated it for many years, while his sons Elijah and Joel also carried on the business a long time. John reared six sons and three daughters. Elijah married Annie Fisher, who bore him four children, two of whom, Elliot and Alfred, are living. John, Jr., Joel, Simon and Peter resided in Jamaica. Abijah, one of the younger sons of John, became a shoemaker and resided near Jamaica village, on road 24. He married Margaret, daughter of a Rev- olutionary soldier named Crapo, by whom he had nine children, only one of whom, Asa, born in 18 14, is now living in the town. Nathaniel Robbins, from Paxton, Mass., was one of the early settlers of the town, locating upon the farm now owned by Charles Robbins. He reared three sons and four daughters, of whom Loring and Cyrus succeeded to the homestead. Loring died August 28, 187 1, and was succeeded by Charles. 230 TOWN OF JAMAICA. Uea. Beriah Wheeler was an eaily settler, locating upon the farm now- owned by Warren Wheeler, on road 16. He served as a captain in the Revolutionary war, at the battle of Bennington, was a deacon of the Congre- gational church, and was a well educated man for those times, serving for sometime as town clerk. He died about 1835. His wife was Mary WiUiams, by whom he reared ten children. One, Henry, is now living in Oswego county, N. Y.; Warren, born in Connecticut, in 1784, spent his life on the old homestead ; Zachariah was born in Winhall, in 1793 ; and Merritt A., the remaining son, is doing an extensive business in Leicester, Mass. Bailey Rawson, son of WiUiam, was born in Oxford, Mass., about 1760. He married Susannah Brown, of Keene, N. H., and located near Samuel Wiswell, in Townshend, about the close of the Revolution, in which war he served as a fifer. He was a farrier, and traveled through the surrounding towns on horseback, wherever his services were required. During one of his journeys he crossed the northwestern corner of Jamaica. Being impressed that the location was favorable, he, in 1810, made the first clearing where Rawsonville now is. He built a log house on the farm now owned by R. Tompkins, and later on the farm now owned by F. B. Pier, where he built a dam on the Winhall river, and erected a saw-mill. Mr. Rawson was an ex- centric man, and many amusing anecdotes are related of him. On one occasion he gathered several bags of sorrel seed, carried them to Massachu- setts, and sold the lot for " not clover seed." Being threatened with the law by the parties who used the seed, he replied : " I sold the stuff for ' not clover seed,' and if you can prove that they are clover seed I will pay the damage." He reared a family of three sons and three daughters, and died December 18, 1848, aged eighty-eight years. Bailey, Jr., married twice, and his second wife, Asenath Gale, now resides with his son Sylvester, on road 3. She has four sons living, three residing in Jamaica, Webster L., Sylvester E., and Bradford B. Thirteen grandsons of Bailey Rawson, Sr., served in the late war, Manley S. Rawson, on road 6, is the only son of Capt. Lowell Rawson, now residing in Jamaica. James Clark came from Dummerston at an early date, locating on road 49, where Abial T. Morse now resides. One of his older sons, Osmer N., was born in 1809, married Eliza R., Mahan, of West Boylston, Mass., in August, 1829, and reared nine children. His widow now resides with their son Charles S., in Jamaica village. A daughter, Mrs. Eliza A. Higgins, resides off road 48, near the Wardsboro line. James Waterman was born in Rhode Island, and came to Jamaica at an early date. He married Nellie Howard Butler, by whom he reared four chil- dren, Mary, Chandler, EUza, and Lorenzo, all of whom, except Eliza, are living. Hon. Eleazer L., son of Chandler, married Jenny E. Bemis, of Windham, and is one of the prominent lawyers of the county. He has held various town offices, and was State's attorney in i874-'75, and senator in 1876-77. TOWN OF JAMAICA. 23 I Lewis Shumway was one of the early settlers of the town. He was mar- ried, first, to Lucy Smith, by whom he reared thirteen children, and second, to Sally Mason, of Brookline, by whom he reared two children, John Q. and Elizabeth, both of whom are living. Ephraim Higgins was born in Cape Cod and came to Jamaica at an early day, and reared six children, John, Isaac, William, Payne, Lacina and Lucy. Isaac married Almina Baldwin and reared eight children, seven of whom are living. Joseph Johnson, from Putney, was one of the earlist settlers on Winhall river, between Bondville and Rawsonville. He reared seven children, two of whom, Mrs. Una Sanders and Mrs. Lorinda Blocher, now reside in Jamaica. Marshall, his fourth child, married Melinda Johnson, reared four children, and, in 1857, removed to Winhall, where his widow and one son, Irving W., now reside. His other surviving son, William B., resides in Jamaica village. Israel Thayer came to Jamaica, from Sutton, Mass., at an early date, mak- ing the first settlement on the farm now known as the Thayer homestead. He married Molly A. Howard, by whom he reared six children. Moses, who succeeded to the homestead, married Sally Baldwin and reared nine children. Elias Wilder, from Dummerston, was one of the early settlers in West Jamaica, having located upon the farm now occupied by his grandson, George F., about 1785. Only one of his sons, Ephraift), spent his life in Jamaica. He married Lucinda Rice and resided on the old homestead, reared seven children, three of whom reside in the town, George F., Henry S., and Austin N. George F., who resides on the homestead, married Mrs. Lucy M. Hurl- burt, daughter of David Gale, and has three children. Lieut. Abijah Livermore purchased three lots of land on West Hill in 1787, and during the following year his sons Ezra and Abijah, Jr., came on and began to clear the same, and a little later Lot Livermore came on and began a settlement on another place. Ezra Livermore was a man of considerable education and an ardent Congregationalist, which facts caused him to be held in much esteem and led to his being elected to many town trusts, among which was that of town clerk, an office he held over forty years. Abiah Fuller, from Connecticut, came to Putney in 1793. with his four sons, Abiah, Jr., Abel, Joshua and Joseph, and several daughters. Abiah, Jr., subsequently married Betsey Blandin, as early as iSco, and died in Jamaica, February 15, 1859. Only one of his nine children, Abial P., is liv- ing. He resides in Jamaica, on road i, where he has cleared two farms during the past forty-nine years, and has acceptably filled many positions on the official board of the town. He married Phebe Stiles, June 13, 1843, and has three sons and two daughters. His brother, Amora E., born September 3, 18 r 2, spent most of his life in Londonderry, where he held many offices of trust, and died in March, 1872. . David Young came from Arlington, Conn., about 1796, purchased a lot of wild land on South hiH, which he cleared, and where he erected a dwelling 232 TOWN OF JAMAICA. and reared thirteen children, seven by his first wife, Polly Fitts, and six by his second wife, Elisabeth Streeter. He was one of the founders of the Bap- tist church here. Jonathan and Job, two of his elder sons, and Jerry, one of the younger children, always resided in Jamaica, where Jerry still lives, the only one of the family now left. Jerry married Candace D. Knowlton, and has had born to him three sons and two daughters. John E. Butler, a son of Aaron and Lucinda (Howard) Butler, was born at Jamaica, on December 14, 1809, and died at Beaufort, S. C, May 9. 1867. He lived with his parents upon their farm until after he was seventeen years of age, and attended such district schools as the times afforded. The spring after he was seventeen he went to Coxsackie, N. Y., and worked in a brick yard. The following autumn he returned home and attended the district school during the winter, returning the next summer to Coxsackie, where he worked in the same brick yard during the last of summer, and returned home in season to attend a select school that fall at West Townshend. The fol- lowing winter, 1828-29, he taught a district school in Londonderry, and in the summer of 1829 he worked some with his father on the farm, and also on the highways, in the fall attending the select schools again at West Towns- hend. The winter following, 1829-30, he kept school in the southwestern part of Townshend, and the next summer went to Worcester, Mass., to find employment, working on a farm a few months. In the winter of 1830-31, he taught school in Townshend, in the spring of 1831 attending the Chester- field Academy, N. H. In the winter of 1831-32, he taught school at Wind- ham, and attended the Chesterfield academy agam during the spring and fall terms of 1832, returning to Jamaica in the summer, and continued thus, part of the time attending or teaching school, and part of the time working on the farm, until 1834, when, in March, he commenced the study of law with Epaphroditus Ransom, Esq., at Townshend, continuing there until the latter removed to Michigan, after which he went into the office of the Hon. John Roberts, of Townshend, where he remained until the spring of 1836, when he went to the office of Horace Roberts, Esq., at Whitingham, where he remained until he was admitted to the bar, at the April term of the court of 1837. While studying his profession, in the winter seasons he taught district schools at Townshend and Winhall, and in the summers labored for a short season for his father on his farm, to gain means with which to pursue his studies. Immediately after he was admitted to the bar he commenced prac- tice in company with Horace Roberts, Esq., at Whitingham. October 25, 1837, he married Roccina Brooks, of Winhall. He continued his practice of law with Mr. Roberts until the latter died, early in 1838. In 1838 he was appointed postmaster at Whitingham, which office he held and continued to practice his profession there until 1843. While he resided at Whitingham, an academy was established and provided with a building and apparatus mainly through his efforts. July 2^, 1843, he removed to his native town, and com- menced the practice of the law here. He was elected representative to the JDHN E. BUTLER TOWN OF JAMAICA. 233 general assembly from Jamaica, in the years 1848, '49, '51, and 53. In 1853, mainly through his influence, the West River Bank was incorporated, and located at Jamaica. In 1854 the bank was organized and he was elected cashier, continuing to hold that office while he lived. In 1854 he formed a partnership for the practice of law with Benjamin L. Knowlton, and they continued to practice law together until Mr. Knowlton died, in 1859. In 1857 he was a member of the constitutional convention. In 1858 and 1859 he was State senator for the county of Windham. The Jamaica Leather Company was incorporated, located at Jamaica, and commenced business in 1859, largely through his influence. In December, 1859, he commenced a law partnership with H. H. Wheeler, which continued while he Hved. In 1 86 1 he had many friends in various parts of the State, who urged his name for the office of governor, and many of them attended the State convention of that year for the purpose of procuring his nomination for that office. Mr. Holbrook's claims were urged by some, however, and so strongly that Mr. Butler's name was withdrawn. He was the father of three children, of whom the youngest, George A., died at the age of eighteen, in 1864. The eldest? John A., assisted him in the care and management of the bank from about the time it was incorporated until his death^ and then took his father's place as cashier, a position he still holds. His second son, Henry A., was lying dangerously sick at Beaufort, S. C, where he had gone to visit him at the time of his death. Solomon Goodell came to this town in 1798, locating in the southern part of the town. Mr. Goodell was a benevolent man, and gave much for one of his means, to religious charities. He died in 18 15, aged seventy years. Josiah Gleason, in company with his brothers Benjamin, Jonathan and Elisha, came to Jamaica from Spencer, Mass., previous to 1800. Josiah made the first clearing on the Squire Gleason place on road 38. Squire, the youngest of five children, spent his life on the old homestead. He married Candace Howard and reared three children, Charles H., William F. and Ella. He was a liberally educated man, taught school a number of terms, was a justice of the peace many years, and was a member of the Methodist church of Wardsboro from the time of its organization until his death, which occurred in 1877, at the age of seventy years. His widow survives him, residing at Wardsboro. Jared Sage, son of Jonathan, was born at Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1780. He married Elizabeth Howard, and removed to Jamaica about 1803, locating on Turkey mountain. Later, however, he removed to the western part of the town, where many of his descendants now reside. Of his family of ten chil- dren, S. Emery, Jared and John B. reside in Jamaica, Jesse in Stratton, and Mason A. in Wardsboro. John B. and S. Emery married sisters, Nancy and Martha S. Holton. The former has reared four sons and one daughter, while the latter married for his second wife Lois Richmond, and has reared a large family. 234 TOWN OF JAMAICA. Willard Smith, eldest son of Rufus, came to Jamaica with his father, from Mendon, Mass., in 1806, locating upon the farm now occupied by Titus Howe. He now, at the age of eighty-four years, resides on road 14. He has been a member of the Baptist church here fifty years. The younger children were Ruth, Anna, .Abigail, Samuel, Sally, Nahum, Rufus and Eme- line. Willard lived with his father, in the western part of the town, until his marriage to Jerusha Howe, in 1829. Two of his seven children are living, Hezron W. and Emerson W., the former postmaster at North Windham, in Londonderry, and the latter in this town. Benjamin Felton was born in Brookfield, Mass., July 21, 1771. He learned the clothier's trade in his youth, married Nancy Ellis, in September, 1794, and resided in Massachusetts until after the birth of their four children, Eliza C, Nathan B., D wight F. and Asa E. About 1S06 he purchased the grist and saw-mill at " Wardsboro City," and brought his family to Vermont. Here he carried on business until 1828 and had four more children born to him, Lucy D., Horatio L., Henry H., and Theodocia R. In 1828, with his wife and four younger children, Mr. Felton came to Jamaica and spent the remainder of his life here, dying October 19, 1858, aged eighty-seven years. Mrs. Felton died May i, 1836. Five of their children are now living, four in Jamaica, viz. : Asa E., Horatio L., Henry H. and Theodocia R. Charles Barnes, from Leicester, Mass., came to Jamaica in 1823. He fol- lowed the blacksmith trade and died here in 1871. Eight of his nine children are still Hving, of whom William L. succeeded to the business established by his father and also owns an hotel and several dwellings. He was also a mem- ber of Co D, 1 6th Vt. Vols. Asa B. Kmgsbury, with his three brothers, Arnold B., Squire A. and Ward P., made the first settlement here in West river valley, just north of Bald mountain, about 1820. They were all born in Chesterfield, N. H., where their father, Philip A. Kingsbury, was also born, in 1780. These brothers bought land here and made clearings adjoining each other, and each reared a large family, numbering thirty-four in all. Ten of these children were in the late civil war, of whom Merritt W. and Daniel O. now reside in Jamaica, and Ezra lives in Chester. Arnold B. removed to Rawsonville in 1838, where three of his sons now reside. Ward C, Austin A. and Benjamin A. Ward P. removed to Rawsonville about 1867, locating on road 4, where his son, Merritt N., now lives, and where he died, in February, 1867, aged seventy-five years. His widow still resides on the homestead, while another son, Daniel O., resides on road 18, and two daughters, Mrs. C. H. LanJman and Mrs. Betsey M. Kingsbury, reside in Jamaica on road 7. Asa spent his life on the faim he cleared. His surviving children are Dea. Nelson Kingsbury and the widow of Rev. Ralph Lyon, in South Windham ; Mrs. Rev. Willard Bishop, of Meri- den. Conn. ; Rev. Zenas Kingsbury, of Windsor ; and Rev. Arnold Kings- bury, of Fredonia, N. Y. Squire A. Kingsbury reared five children, only one of whom, Loren Kingsbury, of Londonderry, is living. Elliot O., his third TOWN OF JAMAICA. 235 son, married Betsey M., daughter of \^%rd P. Kingsbury, and reared two sons, Charles H., residing in this town on road 7^, and Loren K., of Fort Ann, N. Y. Elliot O. served in Co. E, 5th Vt. Vols., was mustered out of service in 1865, and died three months later, of disease contracted while in the service. Dr. Joel Holton was born in Dummerston, May 14, 1803, and settled in Jatnaica in 183 1, where he has practiced as a physician and surgeon for over ■fifty years. He is a graduate from Bowdoin college, has been town clerk here many years, a justice of the peace several years, was a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1850, and has represented the town in the gen- eral assembly two terms. He married, first, Lucretia Bugbee, of Dummers- ton, who died in 1839, and second, Paulina Dalton, of Wardsboro. The latter marriage resulted in the birth of three children, Warren L., George W., and Lucretia E. (Mrs. David Eddy). Luke C. Landman originally came from Richmond, R. L, to Vermont, locating in Brattleboro, in company with his father, Levi, in 1810. Here he grew to manhood, and, October 30, 1830, married Hannah Butterfield, a daughter of Zenos Butterfield, and a granddaughter of Capt. Ezra Butter- field, who served under Gen. Stark at the battle of Bennington. In 1836 he came to Jamaica with his family, and has resided thirty-seven years on the farm he now occupies, on road 7. Ten of this aged couple's twelve children are now living, of whom John T., the eldest, resides in Londonderry, and Charles H. and Luke T. in Jamaica. Mr. and Mrs. Landman celebrated their golden wedding October 30, 1880. Wales Cheney was born in this town in 1836, and has resided here all his life. During the late war he served in Co. I, i8th Vt. Vols., and was wounded at the battle of Bull Run. Myron L. Boynton was born at West Townshend in 1838, and came to Jamaica with his father when seven years of age. During the late war he enlisted in Co. H, 8th Vt. Vols., and served three years, most of the time on detached duty. At the opening of the B. & W. R. R., he was appointed station master here, and has held the position ever since. George H. EUis was born here in 1839. He married Hattie L. Harring- ton, was a member of Co. F, ist Regt. of Sharpshooters, and has carried on the business of a carpenter and builder here thirty years. Royal E. Taft, one of the younger sons of Josiah and Olive Taft, was born in West Townshend. He married Frances H. Wood, of Randolph, and now resides on road 14. He has reared five children, Willis H., Lillie G., George F., Rosa M. and Marcia M., all of whom, except George F., reside in Jamaica. Royal E. Taft's mother is still living, aged ninety years. Isaac N. Pike, son of Capt. William Pike, was born in Somerset, married Jane H. Stiles, of Stratton, and came to Jamaica about 1846, building a saw- mill at Pike's Falls, where he carried on the lumber business about thirty years. Mr. Pike was also the agent of Massachusetts parties owning large tracts of land in this vicinity, was a practical surveyor, and in early life was 236 TOWN OF JAMAICA. a practicing physician of the Thompsonian school. Mr. Pike reared nine children, one of whom, Norman, died in Andersonville prison, during the late war. He now, with three sons and two daughters, resides in the county, at the advanced age of eighty years. Hon. Hoyt H. Wheeler, born in Chesterfield, N. H., in 1833, located in Jamaica in 1859, where he is now a distinguishe dresident. He represented the town in the legislature of 1867 ; was State senator in 1868-69 ; judge of the supreme court from 1869 to March, 1877, then was appointed United States district judge, a position he still retains. Harvey E. Spencer, son of Mark Spencer, was born in Westminster in February, 1837, where his great-grandfather, Ephraim, was one of the early settlers. Harvey E. removed from Westminster to Londonderry in 1862, and came to Jamaica in 1868. Philemon Holden, son of Phineas Holden, of Worcester county, Mass., was an early settler in Londonderry. He married Sally Faulkner, of that town, and reared five children, Charles F., Henry G., Lauren W., Sylvenus M., and Mary J. Charles F. went West about 1859, and now lives in Nebraska. Henry G. spent twelve years in the West, returned in 1869, and now resides on road 7. Lauren W. was a member of the Windham county bar, and lived in Londonderry until his death, October 10, 1882. Sylvan us M. resides in Londonderry. Mary J. died in Londonderry at the age of eighteen years. Philemon died in the spring of 1881, aged seventy-two years Seth L. Randall was born in Kingfield, Me., and located here upon the farm he now occupies, in 1869. He enlisted at East Bridgewater, Mass., in the 40th Mass. Vols., in August, 1862, and while on picket duty in Florida was taken prisoner with seven others, remaining in Andersonville prison 363 days, where his seven companions all died of exposure and starvation. George Wells, the second son of Samuel Wells, was born in Blandford, Eng., came to America in 1870, and followed shoemaking in this town ten years, when he retired. He is one of seven sons, six of whom are custom shoemakers. Jeptha Frost, one of the early settlers of Mount Holly, Vt., reared a family of seven sons and two daughters. Two of the sons, Stephen and Daniel, perished in the late war. Two, Alvin and Ransel, came to Windham county in 1877, Alvin locating in Jamaica, where he established the business of manu- facturing trays. He married Sarah A. Wilder, of Wallingford, Vt, and had five daughters. Ransel located in West Townshend, but now resides in Jamaica. Samuel Ryder, from Massachusetts, settled in Stratton about 1820. He reared nine children, and died in June, 1840. The only ones of the family now in the county are Henry R. and Fred M., of Jamaica. Fred M., from the time he was six years of age, was brought up by OUver Maynard, who made the first clearing in the district now known as Maynard Hollow, in 181 2 or '14. He now occupies a part of the original Maynard homestead farm. TOWN OF JAMAICA. 237 Alonzo P. Clough, born in Peru, N. Y., came to Jamaica with his widowed mother when he was nine years old. In 1862 he enhsted in Co. K, 9th Vt- Vols., serving three years. After the war he returned to Jamaica, married Mrs. Lydia Allison, whose husband was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, and has four sons and two daughters. He resides on road 34. Levi Baldwin, born in Dummerston, married Miss A. Fisher, ofWestBrat- tleboro, and was an early settler in Jamaica. Ebenezer F., one of eight chil- dren, born herein 1808, married Miss T. M. Ward, of Wardsboro, carried on the cabinet making business in that town thirty-six years, and now resides at West Brattleboro. ' During the war of 181 2 the quota first called from Jamaica was five men, I which was filled by the following, viz. : William Davidson, Sylvester Hiscock, Vajazatha Daniels, Abram Gage and Timothy Bolton. During the late civil war the town furnished 149 men, and paid bounties I amounting to $48,179.85. The first enlisted were Dennis Chase and Fred- erick B. Felton, May i, 186 r. T/ie First Congregational church, located at Jamaica, was organized Sep- tember 25, J 79 1, by the society's eight original members, viz.: Reuben Wellman, Aaron Whitney, John Wellman, Margaret Whitney, Mary Well- man, Mary Gage, and Lucy Blancher, and under the advice of the pastors of the churches in Dummerston and Newfane. The first pastor was Rev. John Stoddard, settled November 4, 1794. The church building, a wood struture capable of seating 200 persons, was erected in 1808. The society now has a total membership pf sixty-six persons, with Rev. O. G. Baker, pastor. The Baptist church, located on Main street, Jamaica village, was organized, probably, in 1796, though the Baptist association records say 1790. We make this assertion for the reason that one of the charter members of the Congregational church was a Baptist, and joined that society for the reason, say the records, "that there is no Baptist church in town." This was in 1791, one year after the date claimed by the association. It is barely possible that in making the record the clerk caused his figure six to resemble a cipher. The first regular pastor. Elder Simeon Coombs, was settled in 179S or '99. In 181 1 Elder Coombs deeded two acres of land to the society for a church site, under condition that a building should be erected inside of five years irom the date. In 18 16 this restricted time was extended two years, and the building was completed the following year, 181 7. It is a neat, comfortable structure, having undergone extensive alterations and repairs in 1883. Rev. E. Small is the present acting pastor of the society. The Seventh Day Advent church, located on road 21, was organized about 1858, by Elders A. C. Bourdeau and A. S. Hutchins, with nine members, the first settled pastor being Elder Nahum Orcutt. The church building, erected in 1868, will seat 200 persons and is valued at $1,000.00. The society now has about seventy members, with no regular pastor. 238 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. LONDONDERRY lies in the northwestern corner of the county, in lat. 44° 7' and long. 4° 19', bounded north by Landgrove, in Bennington county, and Weston and Andover, in Windsor county, east by Wind- ham, South by Jamaica, and west by Landgrove and Winhall, in Bennigton county. The township originally included the town of Windham, and was granted by New York to James Rogers, February 23, 1770, under the name of Kent. Rogers was a regular colonel of colony militia, under king George III. In 1778, because of his Tory principles. Col. Roger's property was confis- cated and he was obliged to fly to Canada, and on the 20th of April, 1780, the Vermont legislature chartered the confiscated land to Edward Aiken, Samuel Fletcher and Joseph Tyler, reserving five sixty-fifths thereof foi relig- ious and educational purposes, and changing the name of the territory from Kent to Londonderry. In 1792 Londonderry was divided, the eastern part becoming the town of Windham, though the boundary hne was not then established, but was supposed to be near the western base of Glebe Mountain. In 1795, through the influence of Esquire Arnold in the legislature, a por- tion of Windham was re-annexed to Londonderry and the boundary estab- lished as it now is, rangmg with the summit of the mountain. In 1795 James Rogers, Jr., petitioned the legislature to grant him one half of the confiscated lands that remained unsold, which petition was granted. In 1797 he petitioned again for the other half, alleging as a reason, that if it was right for him to have one half it was also right for him to have the whole. The legislature recognized the force of his logic and again granted his petition. Though the surface of the township is broken and uneven there yet remains a large amount of fine, arable land, with a warm, easily cultivated soil, the alluvial lands along West river being considered unusually good. This stream forms, with its tributaries, the water- course of the territory, flowing a south- erly course through the center of the town, into Jamaica. It receives Win- hall river and Utley brook from the west, and a good sized mill stream from the east. Upon the latter, in the northern part of the town, is located Lowell lake, a fine large pond, and above it a smaller body of water, called Lily pond. In i88o Londonderry had a population of 1^154, and in 1882 its thirteen school districts contained thirteen common schools, employing three male and twenty-two female teachers, at an aggregate salary of $1,194.80. There were 278 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,332.52, with W. L. Gibson, superintendent. Londonderry is a post village located in the northern part of the town. It has one church (Congregational), one hotel, machine shop, saw and grist- mill, a tin shop, two general stores, and about forty dwellings. West river, along which the village is located, affords several good mill-privileges, which are utilized by the manufactories mentioned. South Londonderry is a post village consisting of about sixty dwellings, scattered for the length of nearly a mile along the valley of West river, a little TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 239 south of the center of the town, being the western terminus of the Brattleboro & Whitehall railroad. It has one church (Baptist), a good hotel, a weekly paper. The Sifter, and various manufactories, including that of lumber, leather flour and feed, a harness shop, tin shop, livery stable, etc. LivERMOREViLLE is a hamlet located in the southwestern part of the town. The Londonderry grist-mill, located at Londonderry village, was built by A. A. Curtis, in 1880, on the site of one originally built about one hundred years ago. The mill has three runs of stones and grinds about 1,200 bushels of merchant grain and 8,000 bushels of custom grain per year. A. A. Ciirtis's saw-mill, located with and built at the same time of the above grist mill, is furnished with circular saws and the necessary machinery for manufacturing 400,000 feet of lumber per year. Francis F. Cluirchill' s saw-mill, on road 32, was placed on its present foundation about 1871 or '72, by Joseph Bailey. It was purchased by Mr. Churchill in 1884, and has the capacity for cutting 2,000 to 4,500 feet of lumber per day. Williams 6^ Hayward' s machine shop, on Main street, at Londonderry, was commenced here in January, 1884, a continuation of the business carried on at Chester, by Horace A. Hayward. The building is a three story wood structure, 36 by 50 feet, erected in 1867. In 1S83 Mr. Williams built a stone dam, one hundred feet in length, across West river, which gives a fall of seven and one-half feet. The firm has ample machinery for carrying on their busi- ness, the manufacture of iron planers, power and lever punches, drilling machin- ery, screw machines, etc. William A. Shattucli s grist-mill, at South Londonderry, has three runs of stones and does custom work. Joseph St. Onge's cari'iage maniifactory, at South Londonderry, was origin- ally built for a church building, but was converted into a factory about twenty years ago. Mr. St. Onge manufactures all kinds of wagons, sleighs and car- riages. William W. Pierce &> Co! s tub factory and job shop, at South Londonderry, was built in 1863. The company employs about five men and manufactures 5,000 tubs per annum. The South Londonderry Tafinery was erected by Ezra Davis, about fifty years ago, and has been operated by H. A. Walker since 1879, who tans 4,500 sides per year. ■5"/. Marie &= Ball's saw and shingle-mill, on road 42, cuts about 300,000 feet of lumber per year. A. F. Li'vermore s iaw-}7iill and chair-stock factory, on road 45, was built by Samuel Livermore, in 1840. Mr. Livermore manufactures about 100,000 feet of lumber and a large amount of chair stock per year. Frank M. Wood has a steam saw-mill on road 40, a mill on West river, operated by water-power, and a steam mill in Jamaica. He manufactures about 4,000,000 feet of lumber per year. 240 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. A. W.J. Wiikins 6^ Co! s marble works are located at Londonderry vil- lage. The works were started by Gibson Bros., in 1867. Londonderry received its name and early settlers through the following circumstances: About the year 1650 there was a large emigration from Argleshire, in the west of Scotland, to Londonderry, in the north of Ireland. The emigrants were warmly attached to the Presbyterian doctrine and dis- cipline, in which the church of Scotland was united. These Scottish Prot- estants of Ireland were involved in many difficulties during the reign of Charles I. and James II., until j6So^ the period known as the British revo- lution, when William and Mary ascended the throne. They were bound to assist in the support of the church of England, and many of them suffered in the seige of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1688, when James II., with a powerful force from France, beseiged the city. They held to their religious faith with a national tenacity that did not accord with the popular faith of Ireland, nor that of their English masters. Disliking the institutions of tithe and rent — being subjected to the church of England — they resolved to emigrate to America. In 1718 large numbers of these people landed on our shores, some of them near Boston, and others near Casco bay. Those who landed at Casco settled the towns of Londonderry, Windham, and Manchester, in New Hampshire, bringing with them these names from across the waters of the Atlantic, and also introduced the culture of potatoes, as well as the arf of weaving linen, in this part of the American continent. A little more than half a century later, 1769, the descendants of these people, McMurphy, Miller, the Derbys, Montgomery, and peihaps one or two more, led by Col. Rogers, from Londonderry, N. H., explored the territory of what is now Londonderry and Windham, in this county. McMurphy began his work in the wilderness, on land now owned by Washington Brooks and son, and erected there the first log cabin in the territory. Robert Mont- gomery commenced the same year on the Collins place; Miller stopped in Thompsonburg, on land now owned by Josiah Goddard, and the Derbys settled the Vaile farm, which they subsequently sold to George Hewes, in 1790. On the approach of winter they returned to their families in New Hampshire. In the spring of 1770, Rogers in the mean time having procured a charter of the territory, those who came the preceeding year returned with some of their families, but whether they remained here the following winter cannot be accurately ascertained ; but it is beUeved that no family on the mountains nor in the valleys faced the storms of winter prior to the season of 1772. In the spring of that year Dea. Edward Aiken took his hired man and walked from his home in Londonderry, N. H., to the town of Kent, a distance of one hundred miles, through small settlements and dense forests. He began to open the wilderness in the north part of the town, now the northern part of W^indham. During the summer, while far away from neighbors and friends, he became a victim of disease. His hired man reported his condi- TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 24I tion to the small settlement in Rockingham, and from there to his wife, who immediately left her home and journeyed the one hundred miles on horse- back, nursed her husband back to life, and then returned to her home as she had come. Such were the hardships endured by the early settlers of Kent. In this spring, also, all these people who had been here before returned, consisting of seven families. Col. Rogers also came again, this time for the purpose of settling the territory which he had chartered. He brought with him several hired men, among whom were William Cox, Joseph Oughterson and Daniel Cochran, who took their pay for labor in land, at two shillings per day. The land they then cleared is in the eastern part of the town, now known as the Larkin place, though they believed it was nearly in the cen- ter of the town. This party returned in November, and returned again in the spring with their families, the party being increased by James Patterson, Samuel Thompson, John Cox, and Capt. Ed. Aiken, cousin of the deacon. In 1775 the settlement was increased by Glazier, Helleck, Eddy, Allen, Mc- Cormack, Mack and others. The first town meeting for the election of officers was held in March, 1775, at the grist-mill at the mouth of Lowell lake, or Derry pond as it was for- merly called. Edward Aiken was then elected the first town clerk of the town of Kent. He was re-elected in 1778. A record of this meeting cannot be found. Another meeting was held at the same place the following May, the record of which is signed by Edward Aiken, town clerk. At the annual meeting in 1777, five men were elected as town committee, three selectmen, a constable, surveyors, collector and counter. The committee arranged the valuation of property, and, among other things, performed the duty of listers. The town of Kent elected but one representative before the name was changed. Dea. Edward Aiken was the first representative, March 3, 1778, and retained the office until 1795. In 1779 James Patterson was elected the first grand juror, Robert Anderson, brander of horses, Lieut. James Hopkins, hog con- stable, and Joseph Oughterson, tythingman. In 1780 Dea. Edward Aiken was elected the first jurtice of the peace, and Robert McCormick then suc- ceeded James Hopkins in the office of town clerk, Hopkins having been elected to the office in 1778. Education received the early attention of the settlers. Three or four fam- ilies would unite in hiring a teacher, who taught in rotation, from house to house, usually a month in each family. Dr. Lazelle taught the first school, in the houses of Daniel Cochran, Joseph Oughterson and Hugh Montgomery. Quite early, however, a district was formed and a school-house erected, in what is now the Faulkner neighborhood. This house was burned in 1814. At a still later period the town was regularly divided into school districts, which have been changing ever since, with the drift of population and the lines of highways. The nearest place for the first settlers to obtain the necessaries of life was at Charlestown, N. H., then called Number Four. These difficulties natur- 16 2 42 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. ally fostered a desire for home manufacture and home trade. Accordingly, in 1774, Capt. Edward Aiken, after clearing a little land, began work on the first grist-mill in town, located at the outlet of Lowell lake. Col. Rogers gave the land and right of flowage. Subsequently Capt. Aiken sold this mill to George Mc Murphy, who run it for several years. In 1785 Capt. Aiken built another mill on the present site of the grist-mill at the North village, which was run many years by his son Jonathan. In the same year, 1785, the first bridge was built in town, where the bridge near this mill now stands, the bottom log of the same being the foundation of the abutment that now supports the foundation of the bridge. The first store in which goods were sold stood on the height of land between the two villages, owned and kept by Page & Burchard. Soon after this store was opened, Parker, Dean &: John- son opened a store in the house lately occupied by Rodney Spaulding. The first two hotels opened to the public were kept, one by Arrington Gibson, on the Gibson place, and the other by Samuel Sherburg, whose hotel stood just back of the present hotel at the North village. The first child born is said to have been David Rogers, son of Col. Rogers, about 1775. No important events took place in the town during the Revolution, or the stirring times just before it. In a warning of a town meeting under date of April 20, 1778, when article seven was "to see what encouragement the town would make for two soldiers that are to be raised in said town for the term of eleven months." The meeting thus warned voted to pay two soldiers each thirty pounds as a bounty. It was also during this years that Col. Rogers was obliged to give up his lands and t^ee to Canada. In 1782 the town voted to raise two men for the ensuing campaign, agreeably to the resolve of the assembly. They voted to hire Jonathan Aiken and James Mack to go into service, and have each of them seven pounds and ten shillings, and to have for wages two pounds per month, which was to be paid in clearing their land for them at two pounds per acre, and which was to be ready for seed by Sep- tember I, 1782. They also excused James Ayers, John McCormack and John Mack, who were out in the three-year's service, from paying any part of the bounty which was to be raised. Quite early in the Revolution, tradition has it, a party under Capt. Cooke left Fort Dummer for the purpose of learning the condition of the settlements up the valley of West river and through to Rutland. They found no traces of hostile Indians, nor any disturbances among the settlements. Upon their return down the river, this party laid down their implements of war and began to fish for trout near the north of Flood brook — then called the West branch. While thus engaged a party of hostile Indians, who had followed their trail from the top of the mountain north, lying in ambush, fired upon them. Three of their number fell, and the rest precipitately fled. They retreated to the fort, where they were reinforced, and returning buried their dead on land lately owned by the Thompson brothers, formerly owned by Ezra Pierce. No monument to-day marks the spot where they fell or sleep. TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 243 In 1777, Gen. Stark, in marching his army from New Hampshire to Ben- nington, passed over the Huntley hill, south of the ravine, thence north of the north village, across the Utley Flats, in Landgrove, and camped near a spring on the Ira K. Batchelder farm, now owned by Mark B. Lyon, in Peru. The following day he crossed the mountain nearly a mile north of the pres- ent turnpike, and camped in Manchester. Thence he marched to Benning- ton, to take victory from the British, or leave Molly, his wife, a widow. Some of the citizens of Kent joined Stark, while they had their regular quota in the army. When the late great war came upon us Londonderry did her full share, and with her sister towns mourns her dead and glories in the victory. For further mention of the part she took, the reader is referred to the roster, 'on page 69. Daniel Babbitt, a native of England, came to America in company with two brothers. He was one of the first settlers in Londonderry, locating here when the country was new. He died here about 1804. He had a large family of children. David, one of his sons, was born in Windham, and married Polly Gates, of Ackvvorth, N. H., by whom he had eleven children, eight of whom are living. His experience vividly illustrates the hardships endured by many of the pioneer settlers of this region. While clearing his farm he went to Boston on foot twenty-two consecutive falls, making the journey of 125 miles in two and one-half days. He carried with him a cleaver weighing nineteen pounds, his busmess in Boston being the cutting of beef. George, son of David, was born in Londonderry, and married Sarah Jane French, of Jamaica. He has two children living, George H. and Fred D., the latter of whom is a prodigy, for though only sixteen years old he weighs 206 pounds. Edward Aiken, a native of Londonderry, N. H., was one of the first set- tlers in this town. He was the first town clerk and the first justice of the peace. His son Daniel was born and died in this town. John Aiken, son of the latter, was born here and lives on road 37. Samuel Thompson came from Londonderry, N. H., to Kent, about 1774, and was one of the first settlers. He located near where the school-house stands,^ on road 34, and died here at the age of about eighty-seven years. He had four sons, one of whom, David, came with his father and died here at the age of sixty-eight years. Joel, one of David's twelve children, was born in Londonderry and lives on the corner of roads 30 and 31. Barnet Wait was born in Alstead, N. H., and came to Londonderry in 1 79 1. He settled about one and one-fourth miles northeast of London- derry village. He raised a family of eleven children, four of whom are living. He died here in 1838, aged seventy-one years. His son Barnet was born in Londonderry in 1795. He has been a justice of the peace for forty-five years, overseer of the poor about fifty years,' and selectman about twenty years. His popularity is attested by the fact that though a Democrat, he has been defeated in a Republican town but three or four times m fifty years. He lives 244 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. in the north village, and owns the land where the Tory Rogers lived before he went to Canada. He had six children, four of whom are living, Mary, wife of A. M. Albee, of Springfield, Vt., Barnet S., who lives in the north village. Corydon F., a farmer in this town, and Cordelia M., wife of William F. Sutton. Abial Whitman was born in Westmoreland, N. H., and removed with his father, who was a native of Attleboro, Mass., to Windham, Vt., when but ten years old. He afterwards settled in the southwest part of Londonderry, on the farm on which he lisided till his death about eighteen years ago, at the age of seventy-nine years. He represented the town once and was a justice of the peace for many years. He had twelve children. His son Ira E. was born in Londonderry in 1836, and lived here u til July 12, 1883, when he removed to Bellows Falls. He is a carpenter and general jobber. Abial's daughter, Esther W., married Amore E. Fuller of this town, who died in March, 1872, aged sixty-eight years. He was for several years representative from this town. Jonathan Buxton, of Smithfield, R. I., came to Londonderry about 1798, and settled on the farm now owned by George W. James. Of his ten chil- dren Nathan was born in Rhode Island and came with his father to this town. He had four sons, Stephen A., Charles, Albert and Horan, and three daughters, Mary, Martha and Adaline. Stephen A. is the only living mem- ber of the family. Charles was major of .the nth Vt. regiment and was killed at the battle of Winchester, Va. Albert was captain of Berdan's sharp- shooters, and was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. Horace was a cor- poral in the i ith Vt. regiment and died of fever in Washington. Daniel, son of Jonathan, lives in this town. His children are Willard, Jason, Richard, Bradford, who also li/es in this town, Carrie and Angie. Armington Gibson, who was born in Lunenburg, Mass., came to London- derry in 1800 and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his grand- son, H. H. Collins. He died about twenty-five years ago, aged eighty-three or eighty-four years. Dr. J. B. Collins came from Marlboro, Mass., and located first where his son, H. H. Collins lives. He practiced medicine till his death. He married Sylvia, daughter of Arrington, and had four children who grew to maturity. H. H. and Emeline live in this town. Another son, J. I., is in Washington Territory. Imla Corey came to Londonderry from Groton, Mass., about 1807, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died in 1833. He had only one child, Imla, who was born in 1809, and removed in 1871 to Westminster, where he now resides with his son William W., on road 59. Another son, George M., lives on road 50, in that town. Alpheus Wright, a native of Stoddard, N. H., came to Londonderry in 1818, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Winfield S., where he died in 1847, aged fifty-two years. Winfield was born in the house in which he resi des. TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 245 Luther Stowell came from Petersham, Mass., to Windham, in the fall of 1796. April 8, 1818, he removed to Londonderry, where he died in 1857 aged eighty-four years. He had eleven children. His son Avery B., who was born in Windham, and came to Londonderry with his father, located where he now lives. Alva W. Pierce was born in Andover, Vt., and came to Londonderry in 1821. He lived with an aunt until nineteen years old, and has continued to reside here to the present time, with the exception of five years spent in the Mississippi valley. Oliver P. Newell was born in Dorset, Vt., and came with his parents to Londonderry, in 1821. In 1833 he bought the farm on which he now re- sides, and located on it in 1838. Emery Harrington was born in Orange, Mass., and came to Londonderry about 1821. He settled in the south part of the town, on West river, and died in Bennington, at the age of fifty-five years. He had six children. His son, E. Leander, was born in this town February i, 1822. At ,the age of twenty-one he went to Port Kent, N. Y., and after various removals, cover- ing nine years, he returned to Londonderry, where he still resides. Thomas S. Viall, born in Jamaica, came to Londonderry in June, 1822. He was a justice of the peace in this town for forty years. He died Novem- ber 15, 187 1, aged eighty years. His son Philetus, and daughters Dorothy Albee and Jeannette Yearly, still reside here. . Sem Pierce, it is believed, was born in Windham, as he spent his boyhood there and married Lydia Moses, of that town, September 3, 18 15. He came to Londonderry about 1824, and died here October 15, 1865, aged seventy- one years. He had a large family. His son Sem, of this town, was born in Londonderry, and married Eliza N. Howard. They had three children, Frank O., Mary O., and William H. Abial Whitman, born in Attleboro, Mass., came to Windham about 1788, and located on the land now owned by his son Asa. His son Ara, born in Windham in 1802, came to Londonderry in 1826, and now resides at Lon- donderry village. Ephraim Walker came to Windham, Vt., from Westmoreland, N. H., at an early day, and in 1838 he renioved to Londonderry, where he died in 1863. He had four sons and one daughter : Calvin B., who is a farmer in this town ; William H., who is a lawyer and a judge of probate, residing in Ludlow ; Henry A., who is a tanner; George E., who died in Ludlow ; and Lydia Jane, wife of Captain Howe, of Ludlow. James Martin was born in Landgrove, in 1813, and lived in that town until 182 1. He married Lucy Gray, of Weston, Vt., and settled in Londonderry in 1853-54. He represented the town of Landgrove two successive terms, and the county once. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1843, and is now station agent and U. S. and Canada express agent at Win- hall station, on the B. & W. R. R. He had eight sons, only three of whom 246 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. are living : John H., who is a farmer in N. H.; James L., who is a lawyer in Brattleboro, which town he has represented since 1874, and as speaker of the House since 1878 ; and Joseph G., who is a lawyer at Factory Point, Vt. Cynthia Batchelder was born in Springfield, and married Lucius Griswold, of that town, who came to Londonderry in 1859, and died in i860. She afterwards married Chandler Eddy, and now lives on her farm, on road 27. She had eight children by her first husband, two of whom, Dana and Collins R., were Union soldiers. Dana was in Florence prison, and escaped, but died soon after. CoHins R.. lives in this town. Thomas James, a native of Rome, N. Y., was a sea captain thirty-five years, and during that time owned and commanded fourteen vessels. He came to Londonderry in '1867, and died here January 4, 1882, aged seventy-six years. He was a very generous man, and though belonging to no church, contribu- ted liberally toward the support of the three churches in this town. His widow still resides with her son George W., in this town. Col. Harlan O. Peabody was born in Chester, Vt., in 1839. May 11, 1861,. at the age of twenty-two, he enlisted in Co. I, 2d Vt. regiment, and was the first man who enlisted for three years in the town of Andover. He was dis- charged from the 2d Vt., as sargeant, in May, 1862, and re-enUsted in the i6th Vt. regiment, August 29th. He was promoted 2d lieutenant of Co. C, October 23, 1862 ; ist lieutenant Co. H, December 31, 1862 ; and adjutant April I, 1863. He was discharged at the expiration of his term of service. He was elected Lieut. -Col. of the loth Vt., miUtia, January 20, 1865. For ten years after the war he lived in Ludlow, engaged in the clothing and boot and shoe business, and was an active politican. He has been engaged in the hotel business in Granville, N. Y., Rochester and Chester, Vt., and at pres- ent in Londonderry, to which town he came in 188 1. Joshua Tyler was born in Chesterfield, N. H., August 16, 1781, and mar- ried Lydia Farr, who died January 13, 1805. He married for his second wife, in 1810, Lois Bacon, of Chesterfield, and located in Dummerston, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He came to Londonderry in 1830, and died in Potter county, Penn., at the age of seventy-seven. Dwight, a son of his first wife, was born January 13, 1805, and married Mary V. Fisk, of Mont- pelier, Vt., December 28, 1832. They now reside at South Londonderry. He has been a merchant for many years ; town clerk and treasurer for thirty- seven consecutive years ; and justice of the peace for more than twenty-five years. One of their two children, Harland D., survives, and lives at South Londonderry. He married Owel R. Whitman of this town and has two chil- dren, Minnie A. and Frank H. Samuel Thompson was a native of Ireland and emigrated thence to Massa- chusetts. From there he removed to this town when there were but three or four families here, and settled where John Ramsdell now lives, and died here. His son Samuel was born in Londonderry and died here at the age of about seventy-six. Solon, son of the latter, was also born here TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 247 He died in 1880, aged seventy. Henry L. and Walter Thompson, sons of Solon, were both born in Londonderry and live on road ^;^. Samuel Livermore, son of Samuel Livermore, who was one of the first set- tlers in Jamaica, and the first of the name to settle in the county, was born in that town September 25, 1790, and at the age of nine years was bound out to John Alexander, of Winchester, N. H., with whom he remained till twenty-one years old. He married Mercy Leonard of Warwick, Mass., and settled in Windham, Vt., where he resided, with the exception of a year spent in Wmchester, until September, 1832, when he removed to the farm in Londonderry, now owned and occupied by his sons Austin E. and Samuel M. He died in 1869, aged seventy-eight years, eleven months and four days. He had six children, Jonas L., Asenath, Edward A., Austin F., Samuel M. and Hannah N., all of whom are living, except Asenath. All the sons live in Londonderry except Jonas L., who resides in Townshend. James L. Martin, member of the law firm of Martin & Eddy, of Brattle- boro, was born in Landgrove, Vt., September 13, 1846. He received an academical education, studied law at the Albany law school, graduating in 1869. He immediately commenced practice in Londonderry and has resided here since. He was State's attorney from 1874 to '76, represented the town from 1874 to '84, and was speaker of the House in 1878, '80 and '82. CHURCHES. The original church members of the town of Kent, in forms and ceremonies, were followers of John Knox, who had learned from Calvin in Geneva, the form of ecclesiastical government known as Presbyterian. The Scotch "kirk" was the true child of the reformation, being strongly opposed to the church of England, which was viewed by them as not having come out from the abomination of Babylon the Great, but only as having shaken off a few of the grosser corruptions of ancient Rome. Neither did the followers of Knox fully sympathize with the Puritans, for they (the Puritans) believed in self-govern- ment, and that each congregation should be regulated by its own laws ; hence the more modern names of Congregationalists. The Pesbyterians recognized the authority of Synods and Presbyteries, hence were more in sympathy with the doctrines of church and state being directly connected, and consequently recognized the authority of towns to govern their churches, and lay and col- lect taxes therefor. The Puritans rejected this doctrine. As the population of the town increased, those who were allied to the Presbyterian faith corres- pondingly decreased, and the Puritans increased. In 1818 they erected, by the aid of the town, the first house for public worship, in what has long been known as the middle town. The later history of the churches the citizens may all view with pride, because of their perpetual diffusion of morality and good will among men. T/ie Second Congregational church of Londonderry^ located at Londonderry village, was organized by a regular Congregational council, in 1868, having } 248 TOWN OF MARLBORO. originally eighteen members, Rev. M. A. Gates being their first pastor. Their church building was erected in 1842, by the Methodist and Universal- ist societies in union. The two societies subsequently became involved in a law-suit relative to the right of occupancy, the suit being decided in favor of the Methodist society. After this society became extinct, the present Con- gregational society purchased the property of the M. E. conference of Ver- mont, in 1869. The structure is capable of seating 300 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $2,000.00. The society now has fourteen members, with Rev. R. D. Metcalf, pastor. T/ie Baptist church, located at South Londonderry, was organized in March, 181 1, consisting of thirteen persons dismissed from the Baptist church in Peru, Vt., Rev. Gershom Lane being the first pastor. The church building, a brick structure capable of seating 300 persons, and valued, including grounds, etc., at $5,000.00, was built in 1834. Rev. H. C. Leavitt is the present pastor of the society. The Methodist Episcopal church, located at South Londonderry, has 100 members, with Rev. James E. Knapp, pastor. MARLBORO lies in the southern-central part of the county, in lat. 42° 53' and long. 4° 26', bounded north by Newfane and a small part of Dover, east by Brattleboro and a small part of Dummerston, south by Halifax, and west by Wilmington. It has an area of about 23,040 acres, be- ing the third township chartered by New Hampshire. Its original charter was given April 29, 1751, to Timothy Dwight and sixty-four others ; again, on the 2ist of September, 1761, it was chartered as New Marlboro, and again on the 17th of April, 1764. The prefix New being disliked, it was dropped by the consent of most of the inhabitants, the original name only being retained. The first two charters were granted to Timothy Dwight, of Northampton, and his associates, the third to Charles Phelps and his associates. Phelps, as the principal grantee, was directed to call town meetings in accordance with the conditions of the third charter. Under the first charter the outside Hnes of the town were run and the corners set in 1752, but owing to the French war the grantees were unable to comply with the requisitions of their charter, and for this reason it was forfeited. On the renewal of the charter means were taken to eff'ect a settlement, and in May, 1762, the town was laid out by Joseph Allen, Jr., surveyor, and Eliphaz Clapp, Oliver Brigham, Joel Strong and Timothy Parsons, chainmen. The surface of the territory is extremely uneven and mountainous, forming a beautiful landscape, but in many places interfering with the cultivation of the soil. Still, there are large areas of easily cultivated, arable land, there being some farms in Marlboro as fine as any in the county. The principal streams are Adams, Worden, Bellows and Gulf brooks, which unite in form- ing Marlboro branch, a stream that flows north into Newfane. Whetstone TOWN OF MARLBORO. 249 brook rises in this town and llows east into Brattleboro. and Green river rises in the southern part of the town, flowing south into Hahfax. Marlboro pond is a handsome httle sheet of water located in the southeastern part of the town. Reservoir pond lies in the central part, and North pond in the northeastern part. The principal rocks entering into the geological structure of the town are talcose schist, gneiss, and calciferous mica schist, being distributed in par- allel beds runing north and south, in the order as mentioned, beginning on the west. In the extreme western part of the town there is also a small vein of honibletide schist, and two other narrow veins of the same rock cutting the bed o{ gneiss in the central part of the town. A bed of steatite, or soap-stone, is found in the northwestern part, and beds of saccharoid azoic limestone in the southwestern part. The mineral that have been found in connection with these rocks are sulphur, serpentine, garnets, steatite of difterent varieties, clay, sulphuret of iron, and sulphuret of copper. There are also some springs impregnated with sulphur and iron. In 1880 Marlboro had a population of 553, and in 1882 had nine school districts and eight common schools, employing four male and fifteen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,031.16. There were 182 pupils attendmg common schools, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,181.64, with E. P. Adams, superin- tendent. Marlboro is a post village located in the southern-central part of the town. It has one church (Congregational), one hotel, a blacksmith shop, town hall, school-house, and seven dwellings. West Marlboro postoffice is located in a dwelling in the western part of the town. The first actual settler was Abel Stockwell, who, in the spring of 1763, removed with his family from West Springfield, Mass. Entering the town by the road passing through Brattleboro, he established himself in the eastern part of the town, on the farm since known as the Ames place. Mr, Stock- well opened and kept the first tavern in the town, and his grandson, Aaron, son of Abel, Jr., was the first child born here, July 9, 1768. Francis Whit- more, with his family, from Middletown, Conn., commenced the second settle- ment. He came in by the way of Coleraine and Halifax, and chose for his location the farm afterwards occupied by his grandson, Levi Barrett. Although his entrance succeeded that of Stockwell but a few weeks the two lived nearly a year within a few miles of one another without becom ng acquainted, each supposing that his own family was the only one in town. On account of their distance from other settlements, the families suffered severely from the want of the necessities and conveniences of living. Capt. Whitmore was accustomed to bring all his grain on his back through the woods, from Deer- field and Coleraine, a distance of from twenty to thirty miles. With difii- culty a cow was kept through the winter, upon browse and wild grass gathered 250 TOWN OF MARLBORO. in the preceding summer. During another winter Capt. Whitmore sup- ported his oxen with the hay which he had previously cut from a beaver meadow. To this spot he drove his oxen at the commencement of the cold weather, built for himself a camp, and there remained, performing the duties of an oxherd until the following spring. The winter of 1765 was a lonely one to Mrs. Whitmore. Her husband, pursuing his calling as a tinker, was absent in the older settlements, earning something for the support of his family. During the short unpleasant days, and the long cheerless nights of that dreary season, she saw no human being but her little daughter. Once, it is true, a party of hunters visited her dwelling in their wandering, but the shortness of their stay only added to her loneliness. In this situation she displayed that force of mind and power of contrivance which in a more public situation would have earned for her the name of a heroine. Her hands were not employed in performing simply the hghter duties of the household. In order to supply her fire with fuel she felled the trees of the forest, and on the twigs which the branches afforded she supported her little stock of cattle. She procured water for them, and for herself and daughter, by melting snow, it being easier to pursue this method than to seek for the springs through the deep snow. In this manner she spent the winter, and although her sufterings were occasionally severe, yet constant employment left her but little time for unavailing complaints. Mrs. Whitmore was exceedingly useful to the early settles, both as a nurse and midwife. She possessed an uncommonly strong constitution, and fre- quently traveled through the torest on snow-shoes, from one part of the town to another, both by day and night, to relieve the sick and afflicted. On one occasson in the night, she went on snow-shoes through the woods, keeping the path by the assistance of blazed trees, from her own house to that of Col. WiUiam Williams, situated at the mills known as the Underwood mills, a distance of not less than six miles. Capt. Whitmore died May 31, 1790, aged about seventy years. Mrs. Whitmore was afterwards married to Isaac Pitt, an early settler, from Shrewsbury, Mass. She died, after a linger- ing illness. May 24, 18 14, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Dur- ing her life she officiated as midwife at more than two thousand births, and never lost a patient. In 1764, the year following the arrival of Stockwell and Whitmore, Charles Phelps, a lawyer from Hadley, Mass., removed with his family to Marlboro. He and his sons Solomon and Timothy, though men of eccentric mental conformation, bore a prominent part in the history of the country. The fam- ily, however, were confirmed Torys. Charles, after suffering by fine, impris- onment, confiscation of property, and banishment from Vermont, on account of his devotion to New York, at length took the oath of allegiance to the for- mer State. His feeHngs, however, underwent but little change, and until the day of his death he retained the strongest antipathy against the government which had been the means of destroying his own happiness, and rendering TOWN OF MARLBORO. 25 1 his household the abode of sorrow and insanity. He died in April, 1789, aged 73 years. In 1790 Solomon, having become insane, ended his life by his own hand. When discovered he was lying in a lot, between two hemlock logs, and to all appearance had been dead some time. Timothy died here July 3, 18 1 7. In 1766 there were twenty-seven people in the town. In 1769 and '70, Col. William Williams, who distinguished himself in the Bennington battle, moved from Northboro, Mass., accompanied by Capt. Nathaniel Whit- ney and his two brothers, Samuel and Jonas, from Shrewsbury, Mass. The latter represented the town seven years in the general assembly, was thirty-two years a justice of the peace, forty-seven years a deacon of the church, and finally removed to Ohio. In 1770 the settlement was consider- ably augmented by emigrants from Massachusetts and Connecticut, and about this time meetings were established for religious worship, though they had no preaching in town for several years. In 177 1 the Rev. Abner Reeve, of Brattleboro, married the first couple, Perez Stockwell and Dinah Fay. James Ball died here in December, 1762, aged twenty-six years, the first death known to occur in the town. The same year. Col. Williams erected a Saw-mill which was the first built in the town. Rev. Abner Reeve preached the first sermon ever preached in the town, in 1774. from Mark xvi., 15. The first physician was Samuel King, who was also the first representative. The first justice was Benjamin Olds, in 1786. In 1771 the total population of the town was fifty souls, twenty-two of whom were heads of families, while in 1791 the population had increased to 629 souls, seventy-six more than it has at present. From 1781 to 1787 Marlboro was, with Westminster, a half- shire town of the county (see page ^;^). Timothy Phelps, who was born January 25, 1747, and died July 3, 181 7, settled in Marlboro in April, 1 761, with the first immigrants to this town. The stone which marks his grave in the " Phelps cemetery," on the farm of Mather Adams, bears this inscription: "This plat of ground, whose dust mingles with his, was among the first that felt his cultivating care. Nathaniel Whitney was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., in June, 1749. He married Mary Houghton of that place and moved to Marlboro in April, 1770, settling on a farm on what is known as "Lyman hill." About 1777 he removed to a farm in the east part of the town, where he resided till his death, June 6, 1829. His widow died September 22, 1844, aged ninety-three years. Nathaniel, Jr., one of his eleven children, married Sally Stewart, of Brattle- boro, and lived on the homestead in Marlboro, where he died in July, 1852, aged seventy-three years. He had seven sons and three daughters, all of whom are dead, except Harriet Maria, who lives in West Brattleboro, aged seventy years. The place, after belonging to the Whitney family for more than a century, has passed into the hands of strangers. Nathaniel Whitney, Jr., had twenty-four grandchildren, only four of whom are lesidents of Marl- 252 TOWN OF MARLBORO. boro. Among these is Brutus M. Whitney, (son of Emory, eldest son of Na- thaniel, Jr.,) who resides on road 11. After the settlement of the Whitney family in Marlboro, three of the Whitney brothers, named Jonas, Samuel and Eliphalet, followed and settled here, where some of their descendants still reside. Joseph Winchester came to Marlboro from Grafton, Mass., about 1772, He had five sons and one daughter. His son Luther, who was born in 1774, was the third child born in this town. He died in 1853. Hehad seven sons and three daughters, one of the latter of whom, Hannah, lives with the Hall brothers off road 24. Timothy Mather, who was born in 1757, came to Marlboro from Suffield, Conn., in 1773, and in 1779 married Hannah Church, who was born in 1756 and died in 1827. He died in 1818. He had six sons and four daughters, Lucy, Hannah, David, Timothy, Lois, William, Cotton, Enos, Dan, and Phila. Hannah, Lois, William, and Enos made their homes in other States. Lucy married Simeon Adams, whose father of the same name came from Suffield Conn., in 1777 and died in 1806. Simeon Jr., was born in 1770 and died in 1846. He had six sons and five daughters, three of the former and one of the latter of whom are living. His son Ira lives on road 27, and is postmaster at West Marlboro. Simeon, another son, lives on road 42 cor 45. Mather, the third, and the surviving daughter, still live on the homestead off road 12. Cotton Mather married Betsey Carpenter in 1827, and had six sons and six daughters. The only daughter left in Marlboro married Carley P. Wiiitney, and lives on road 20. George, their only son living in Marlboro, married - Lura Worden and lives on road 18. Dan Mather, who was born May 6, 1795, married Almira Miller, who was born in 1800, and had three sons and seven daughters. One son. Miller D. married Jannette Warren, and another David, Hannah x^dams. Both reside in the town. William, a third, married a Kelly and lives in Brattleboro. One daughter, Susan, married Flint Snow, and has a sonmnd daughter. Hannah, a daughter of Timothy Mather, mar- ried Ezra Ames and had a son and daughter. Phila, another daughter, mar- ried Samuel Brown and had one son and four daughters. Thomas Adams came to Marlboro from Massachusetts with his father when quite young. He died at the advanced age of ninety-nine years. He mar- ried and had four children, three sons and a daughter, Chester, Beria, David and Lorinda, the latter of whom married Isaac Worden and settled in Hali- fax. Chester married Laura Speers, by whom he had ^hree boys and two girls. He was a farmer, and died in November, 1852. The other sons mar- ried and settled in Marlboro and raised famiHes. Luther Ames came from Guilford, and was one of the earliest settlers in Marlboro. Cynthia, his wife, died in 1839, aged sixty-eight years. They had six sons and four daughters. One daughter, Almerine, died in 1875. Three of her five sons, and one of her three daughters, are living. William C, moved to Michigan, in 1873. George W. and Charles A. Ames still reside TOWN OF MARLBORO. 253 •In Marlboro, on road 51. The surviving daughter is Ellen, wife of Albert M. Prouty. Levi Howard, an old settler in Marlboro, was born June 15, 1784, and died July 18, 1862. He exhibited his philanthropy by the adoption of one son and two daughters, and by caring for several orphan children. One son, Deacon Joseph H. Hamilton, now lives ofif road 11. Daniel Halladay, from Connecticut, was an early settler in this town. He died November 22, 1842, aged eighty-eight years. He had six sons and three daughters, all of whom are dead. One son, Oliver, was born and lived on the farm on which his son Elliot now lives, on road 9. He died herein 1862, aged seventy-five years. He had five sons and five daughters, of whom Elliot is the only one living here. One daughter is in Ohio, one in Michigan, and one in Brattleboro, Vt. Jonathan Warren was an early settler from Waltham, Mass. He died at the age of eighty-three years. He had two sons and three daughters, one of whom, Jonathan, lived on road 26, where his son Clark now resides. He had four sons and three daughters, and Clark two sons and one daughter. Clark's son Henry now lives in Brattleboro. His daughter married Miller D. Mather, and lives on road 31. Lieut. Higley was one of the earliest settlers in Marlboro. His son Orange died in 1852, aged seventy-nine. He had one daughter by his first wife, and two sons and a daughter by the second. Elliot, who lives in Halifax, had five sons and four daughters. One son. Orange, lives in Marlboro, on road 11; another, Charles H., in Halifax; and a third, Levi, in Illinois. A daughter married S. L. Brayman, and lives here on road ^^. .\ daughter of Orange Higley, Sen., married Andrew N. Jenks, and Hves on road 48. Eseck Thayer was born in Rhode Island, February;, 1762, and was among the first settlers in Guilford. He married Mary Shepardson, of that town, and after a few years' residence there removed to Marlboro, setthng in the southwest part of the town, on the farm of Don Howe. He died in 1850, and his wife, who was born May 11, 1765, in 1843. They had nine children, all of whom are dead. Their son. Col. Ezra, who was born December 22, 1793, was a prominent man in the town. He held the various town offices, and was a colonel of militia. He married Thirza Sheldon, by whom he had eight children, seven of whom are living. He died February 21, 1875. His widow is still living. Only one of his children lives in Marlboro, Sylvie A., wife of B. M. Whitney. One son, Orson, is a farmer in Guilford. A daugh- ter, Mary E., wife of O. J. Hale, lives in Halifax. Another son, James H., was a lieutenant in Co. E. 12th Wisconsin Vols., and was wounded at Atlanta, Georgia, from the effects of which he died October 8, 1864. Asa Warden, who was born in 1765, came to Marlboro in 1802, and died in 1853. He had seven sons and three daughters, of whom five sons and two daughter are living. Roswel), the only one living in Marlboro, had six sons and four daughters, two of the former and all of the latter of whom are 254 TOWN OF MARLBORO, living. One son, John, who was born in 1802, and one of the daughters are living in Newfane. Another son, George C, is in Dover, and another daughter in Marlboro. Elijah Bruce, who was born in 1760, came from Newfane to Marlboro, in 1810, and died in 1832. He had nine sons and six daughters. His daughter Abigail, who married Willis Fisher, is living with her son, Joseph E., aged seventy-seven. One son. Preserved, was born in 1785, and died in 1865. He had five sons and five daughters, two of the former of whom are living in Marlboro, Joseph on road 40, and Alvin B. on road 15. Nehemiah Fisher, who was born in 1764, and died December 8, 1846, was a deacon of the Baptist church in Pondsville. He had two sons and seven daughters, all of whom are dead. His son Nehemiah W., who was born June 23, 1805, and died December 6, 1858, had five sons and four daughters, of whom Joseph E. is the only one living in this town, oft' road 16. Samuel Whitney came here from Massachusetts. He had four sons and three daughters, viz.: Moses, Guilford, Simeon, Zenas, Betsey, Phebe, and Kate, all of whom are dead. Moses lived where his son Zenas now resides, on road 2. He had nine children, only two of whom are living, Zenas, on road 2, and Brittana, who married Dr. Gillett, in Whitingham. In June, 1748, Capt. Humphrey Hobbs, with forty men, was ordered from Charlestown, N. H., (Number Four), to Fort Shirley, in Heath, one of the forts of Massachusetts cordon. Their route lay through the woods, and for two days was made without any interruptions save those occasioned by nat- ural obstructions. On Sunday, June 26th, having traveled six miles, they halted at a place about twelve miles northwest of Fort Dummer, in the pre- cincts of this town. A large body of Indians who had discovered Hobbs's trail had made a rapid march in order to cut them off". They were com- manded by a resolute chief named Sackett, said to have been a half-blood, a descendent of a captive taken at Westfield, Mass. Hobbs had carefully posted a guard on his trail, and while his men were refreshing themselves the enemy came up and drove in the guard. Hobbs then arranged his men for action, each man selecting a tree for a cover. The enemy rushed forward, and received a well-directed fire from Hobbs's men, which checked their progress. A severe conflict ensued. Sackett and Hobbs were well known to each other, and both were distinguished for their intrepidity and courage. Sackett could speak English, and frequently called on Hobbs to surrender, threatening to sacrifice his men with the tomahawk if he refused. Hobbs, in a loud voice, returned a defiant answer, and dared his enemy to put his threat into execution. The action continued about four hours, each party retaining their original position. Daring the fight the enemy would approach Hobbs's line, but were immediately driven back. Sackett, finding his men suff"ered severely, retreated, carrying off" his dead and wounded. Hobbs lost only three of his men — Ebenezer Mitchell, Eli Scott and Samuel Green ; and three were wounded. Tiie loss of the enemy was supposed to be greater. TOWN OF NEWFANE. 255 This battle occurred in the northern part of the town. Some authorities, however, say, and perhaps truthfully, it occurred just over the Hne in New- fane. It cannot be accurately decided, at this late day, to which town belongs the honor. As late as the year 1810, a large number of graves were visible on the lower portion of the Robinson flats, so-called, in Newfane, under a cluster of chestnut trees, near the South branch, below Williamsville, where the bodies of the Indians who were killed are supposed to have been buried ; at least, such was the current tradition for fifty years or more among the early settler of Newfane. And if Sackett " retreated, carrying off his dead," it looks reasonable that he retreated from the territory now included within the hmits of Marlboro. At a town meeting held here May 22, 1775, to know the minds of the people with regard to the impending war with Great Britain, the following resolutions were passed : — '■'Resolved, That we vvill, each of us, at the expense of our lives and for- tunes, to the last extremity, unite and oppose the last cruel, unjust and arbi- trary acts of the British Parliament, passed for the sole purpose of raising a revenue, etc. Also, Resolved, That we will be contented and subject to the Honorable Continental congress in all things which they shall resolve for the peace, safety and welfare of the American colonies." When the news of the battle of Lexington reached here, several young men shouldered their guns and hastened to the field of action. In 1777 Capt. Francis Whitmore was sent as a delegate to the convention at Windsor. When the late dark cloud of the Rebellion broke upon us the town again showed its patriotism and love for the Union. For notice of the officers sent out from the town at this time, and of those who, enlisting as privates, were promoted, see the roster, on page 69. The Congregational church, located at Marlboro villige, was organized by its first pastor, Rev. Gershom C. Lyman, D. D., October 20, 1776. The church building, a wood structure capable of seating 350 persons, and valued at $5,000.00, was built in 1819. The society now has fourteen members, with no regular pastor. NEWFANE, the shire town of the county, lies in the central part of the same, in lat. 42" 58' and long. 4° 12', bounded north by Townshend and a part of Brookline, east by Brookline and Dummerston, south by Marlboro and a small part of Dummerston^ and west by Dover and Wardsboro. It was originally chartered by New Hampshire, by the name of Fane, to Abner Sawyer and sixty-seven of his associates, June 19, 1753, the name of Fane, according to an old tradition, being derived from Thomas Fane, or given in his honor, he bemg one of the "men of Kent" who was engaged in an insurrectionary movement under Sir Thomas \\Vat, in 1554, during the reign of Queen Mary, for the purpose of elevating Lady Jane Grey to the throne, in consequence of the odious Spanish match which Mary Pi 256 TOWN OF NEWFANE. had formed with Philip II. Its area was, as by charter given, 23,040 acres, or a tract six miles square, bounded as follows : — "Beginning at a stake and stones five rods east ten degrees south by the needle from the northeast corner of the town of Marlboro, and from thence running six miles north twenty degrees east by the needle to a stake and stones, from thence west ten degrees north by the needle six miles to a stake and stones, from thence south twenty degrees west by the needle six miles to the north side of Marlboro aforesaid, thence by Marlboro's northeast corner, and from thence continuing that course to the stake and stones first above mentioned." In 1820, however, that part of the town lying north east of West river was annexed to Brookline, materially reducing the chartered area of the town- ship. The year following that in which the charter was issued, attempts were made by the proprietors, most of whom were inhabitants of Shrewsbury, Mass., to comply with the terms of the charter, by clearing a certain amount of land and allotting it in severalty ; but the state of the times forbade a successful prosecution of the work, and the charter was forfeited. In 1761 the charter was returned to New Hampshire, and on the 3d of November, of that year, a new one was issued to " Luke Brown and his associates," containing the same conditions embraced in the original charter deed. But on the loth of July, 1765, Ebenezer Morse, Ephraim'Doolittle and Job Gushing, a commit- tee of the proprietors, sent a memorial to Lieut-Gov. Golden, of New York, in which they referred to the second New Hampshire charter, as follows : — "Your petitioners have, agreeable to the demands of said Gharter, made all possible eftbrts in order effectually to settle said lands so granted, and have already expended Six Dollars upon Each right or share, in making Pub- lick Roads, and in other Publick Services, and cleared upon the several Lots in said Township more than fifteen hundred acres of Land (as we judge), and were vigorously prosecuting the settlement of said Township, When Your Honor Issued a Proclamation, Laying Glaim to all the Land West of Gonnecticut River (then chartered out by the Governor of New Hampshire) as belonging to the Government of New York." In addition to the above it was also stated in the memorial that the doubts which had arisen in their minds in regard to the validity of the New Hamp- shire charter, had retarded the settlement of the township. So, in order to remove all obstacles, they asked for a confirmation grant ; and, that they might not be compelled to pay more than the usual fees, they prayed that the confirmation might be made before the stamp act should become obligitory. But, for a long time, no notice appears to have been taken of this petition, and when, finally, the attention of the Governor was directed to the subject, instead of confirming the New Hampshire charter, he, on the nth of May, 1772, made a grant of the township by the name of Newfane, to " Walter Franklin and twenty other persons, principally residing in the city of New York," the charter being a literal copy of the original Wentworth deed, from New Hampshire. On the day following this transaction, Franklin and his associates conveyed their rights to Luke Knoulton and John Taylor, of TOWN OF NEWFANE. 2157 Worcester county, Mass. Thus the titles to all the lands in Newfane are in consequence derived from the New York charter. The surface of the town is broken into high hills and deep valleys, aftbrding many magnificent views and many beautiful landscape pictures, though it has no elevation deserving to be termed a mountain, and there is little or no broken or waste land that is unsuitable for purposes of cultivation. The in- tervales afford excellent tillage lands, and the uplands are inferior to none in the State for grazing purposes. The original growth of forest trees is princi- pally rock-maple, beech, birch, spruce and hemlock ; but the recent growth on the eastern and southern hillsides is oak and hickory, and in the southern part of the town, on the intervales and hillsides near VVilliamsville, the chest- nut grows abundantly, this being the only town in the county, outside of the Connecticut river valley, where trees of the latter growth are found. The principal streams are the VVantasiquet, commonly called West river, which flows a southerly course through the eastern part of the town ; the South branch, so-called, which rises in Dover, and, after receiving a number of tribu- tary streams, passes through the southerly part of the town and empties into West river near the eastern boundary of Newfane ; Baker's book, a tributary of the South branch, rises in Wardsboro, and empties into the South branch at Williamsville ; and Smith's brook, which rises in Wardsboro, and, running through the entire northerly part of the town, empties into West river, two miles below Fayetteville. These streams afford many eligible mill-sites and water privileges. The rocks entering into the geological structure of the territory are princi- pally 7nica slate and hornblende., though it'N continuous ranges can be traced with certainty. Granite is by no means an uncommon rock here, bowlders and rolled masses of it being scattered in profusion over every part of the town, sometimes being found upon the summits of the highest hills, probably the result of the drift period. These bowlders, by skillful splitting, are wrought into fence posts and building stone. Hornblende is a very common rock, forming a range that extends through the entire town. It is the variety called hornble/ide slate, and is often curiously curved and twisted, and occasionally passes into primitive greenstone and greenstone porphyry. Mica slate is the most common rock, yet no connected range can be traced. It forms the summits and frequently the sides of the hills, and in the valleys it is common • but hornblende is constantly thrusting itself from underneath the tnica slate, and interrupting the continuity of its ranges. In the north part of the town are extensive strata of mica slate, which are occasionally quarried and wrought into flagging stones. Talcose slate better deserves the name of a range than any other in the town. Serpentine, associated with it, forms a range extending four or five miles on the western border of the town, presenting perpendicular precipices, in some places forty or fifty feet in height. Chloride slate also occurs in the town, in which is embedded splendid specimens of garnet. A nugget of native gold, weighing eight and one-half ounces, was found here in 17 258 TOWN OF NEWFANE. 1827, about one hundred rods east of the village of Willianisville. It was of conical shape, and there were adhering to it a number of small crystals of quartz. It was found in alluvium consisting of thin strata of sand, clay and water-worn stones. At the time the gold was found it was supposed to have been accidently lost by a band of counterfeiters who formerly resided in the neighborhood, although their operations were confined exclusively to the manufacturing of silver coin. Gold at that time had not been discovered elsewhere in New England ; but since then its discovery at Somerset, Ply- mouth, Bridgewater, and other places in Vermont, seems to favor the theory that it existed originally in the bed of serpentine and talcose slate in the western part of the town, near the head waters of the South branch, and was swept out of place by some freshet and deposited in the alluvium some six miles below. In 1880 Newfane had a population of 1,031, and in 1882 had eleven school districts and eleven common schools, employing three male and fourteen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,103.84. There were 241 pupils attending common schools, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,359.41, with M. O. Howe, superin- tendent. Fayetteville (Newfane p. o.), the county seat, is a pleasant little post vil- lage and station on the Brattleboro & Whitehall railroad, located in the north- eastern part of the town, on Smith's brook, near its junction with West river. It has one church (Congregational), a court-house and jail, two hotels, two stores, two saw-mills, two blacksmith shops, and about fifty dwellings. In the early settlement of the town a village grew up upon the summit of a hill, which rose Hke a cone in the center of the town, and when, in 1787, New- fane was constituted the shire town of the county, the courts were removed from Westminster to this village, or Newfane Hill, as it was called. From 1790 to 1820 this village consisted of a court-house, jail, meeting house, academy, three stores, two hotels, a variety of shops, and about twenty resi- dences. But in 1825 the site of the court buildings was changed to what is now Fayetteville, or what was then known as Park's Flats, and named Fay- etteville in honor of General La Fayette, who had paid his memorable visit to Vermont the preceding year. After this removal of the public buildings from the hill to the valley below, the owners of the real estate on the hill began removing their buildings to Fayetteville and Williamsville, and as late as i860 not a building remained to mark the pleasant site of the old village of Newfane Hill. Williamsville, another pleasant little post village, is located in the south- eastern part of the town, on the South branch, near the mouth of Baker's brook. It contains two churches (Methodist and Universalist), one hotel, two stores a grist-mill, two saw-mills, one tub factory, a cardboard mill, wagon shop, blacksmith shop, cider-mill and jelly manufactory, a shoe-shop, and about thirty dwellings. The name of the village is derived from William H. TOWN OF NEWFANE. 259 Williams, in early years the owner of a large portion of its business interests, and who was an enterprising citizen of Newfane for many years. He died in 1866, at an advanced age. The village doubtless owes its origin, and, in a large degree, its subsequent growth, to the natural advantages afforded by the stream upon which it is situated. PoNDViLLE (South Newfane p. o.), a small village located about a mile west of Williamsville, has one church (Baptist), a saw and shingle-mill, card- ing mill, a cider and jelly mill, and about twenty dwellings. The village de- rived its name in honor of Caleb Pond, once a resident here, but later a wealthy merchant of Hartford, Conn. Brookside is a hamlet located in the southwestern part of the town, con- taining three saw-mills, a blacksmith shop, harness shop, and about fifteen dwellings. The Windham County Sav'uig;s Bank, located at Fayetteville, was chartered in 1853, and organized in 1854. Its officers are Samuel D. Winslow, of Townshend, president ; Oscar L. Sherman, vice-president ; Milon Davidson, treasurer ; trustees, Charles H. Eagar, Joseph J. Green, A. T. Warren, William T. Bruce, O. L. Sherman, Jonas Livermore, P. H. Butler, I. K. Batchekler, Hugh H. Holbrook, Abner B. Bailey, and John Stebbins. Alviii Gates' s grist-mill and chair shop, located at Fayetteville, was built many years ago, where Mr. Gates now carries on a good business. Ephraim C. Walker's saw-mill, located at Fayetteville, is furnished with a circular saw, and cuts about 100,000 feet of lumber per annum. Davenport 6^ Underwood' s saw-??iill and turning works, located on Smith's brook, at Fayetteville, is operated by a fifty-horse power steam engine, employs twenty men, and has a sawing capacity of 1,000,000 feet of lum- ber per annum, turning out about $3,000.00 worth of work per month. Hoyfs cider-mill and jelly ivorks are located at Williamsville. The jelly works have the capacity for turning out thirty tons of jelly per annum. Wheeler &= Morse's tub-factory, located at Williamsville, turns out about 5,000 to 7,000 butter tubs and sap buckets for annum. D. B. Lamsori s wool-carding mill, located at South Newfane, is operated by water-power and does about $400.00 worth of custom carding per annum. William A. Brooks's saw-mill, located on road 42, is fitted with board and bench saws, shingle machine, lathes, etc., cutting about 300,000 feet of lum- ber yer year. Howard Bros.' card-board mill, Packer S. Simonds, superintendent, is located at Williamsville. The first settlement of Newfane was begun by Jonathan Park, Nathaniel Stedman and Ebenezer Dyer, in 1766, as follows : In the spring of 1766, Jon- athan Park, then a young man about twenty-three years of age, and Nathaniel Stedman, aged twenty-one years, both single men, started forth from Worcester county, Mass., with axe, tinder-box and kettle, slung on their shoulders, to seek a home in the forests of the New Hampshire grants. They made their 2 6o TOWN OF NEWFANE, halt in the township of Fane, selecting their lots on or near the top of the highest hill in the center of the town. Stedman took up and cleared the farm that is to-day known as Nathan Meirifield's old farm. Park cleared what is known as old Newfane hill common. During this summer they occu- pied a cabin together on Stedman's lot. Durmg the season, Ebenezer Dyer, a lawyer from Worcester county, who was out prospecting for a home, came to their camp and enquired the route to John Hazeltine's clearing. He had settled in the vicinity of the Franklin homestead, about on the line between Townshend and Newfane, in 1764, supposing he was in Townshend, though it is said he was in reality in Newfane. Dyer, it seems, was a full-blooded rebel, or anti-king's man, and had come here as a refugee from Worcester county, where he had lain in jail seven years for refusing to pay a royal fine of nine shillings. When an opportunity offered itself the three men started out together to look for Hazeltine's cabin. They came out on the round top of the high hill just west of Fayetteville, and pointed out the course in a northeast line to the river. Stedman returned to the camp, and Park and Dyer descended into the valley and found the flats on which Fayetteville now stands. Once in the valley, surrounded by the dense forest, their only course was to make the best of their route to the river; and this they reached on what is to-day known as the Windham county fair ground farm. Dyer was so well pleased with the land that he marked the trees and selected this for his lot ; and now, being satisfied that they must be below Hazeltine's, they fol- lowed up the river and found his clearing. It seems to be evident that these three men returned to Worcester county in the autumn and there spent the winter. In the spring of 1767 Park and Stedman returned, driving with them a pair of steers and a heifer. With reference to the exact time that Dyer moved his family into town, it has only been learned that Mrs. Dyer was the first white woman that ever spent the winter in the town. The " History of Newfane," from which these facts are taken, also gives an incident illustrating the hardships these men endured. In order to win- ter their steers and heifers they went out into the northern part of the town, some five miles from their camp, to a natural meadow, now known as the Knowlton meadow, and cut and stacked swamp hay and built a shelter for their stock; and every day throughout that long, dreary winter, 1767-68, one or the other of these men plodded his way through the lone, dreary forest to feed their stock, and back to camp at night ; and during the winter Park returned to Massachusetts, leaving Stedman alone in the forest with the stock to feed, for twenty-six days. In the summer of 176S Park commenced his clearing in Fayetteville, and built the first framed house in town, covering the frame with hemlock bark. , Stedman left the hill, either then or soon after, and settled upon the farm lately occupied by his grandson, W. A. Stedman. He died October 16, 181 2, aged sixty-seven years. Park lived to the age of eighty-four years, dying July 18, 1827. The remains of both these men are buried in the village TOWN OF NEWFANE. cemetery at Fayetteville, while Mr. Dyer's dust lies sleeping on the bank just outside the southeast corner of the fair ground, with no monument to mark the spot. In 177 1, three years later, settlers had come in so rapidly that the town had eight families, making a total of fifty-two persons, fourteen of whom were adult males. In 17 91 this population had increased to 1,031. The town was surveyed in 1772, and duly organized May 17, 1774, when Ebenezer Fletcher was chosen moderator ; Luke Knoulton, town clerk ; John Wheeler and Ebenezer Fletcher, overseers of the poor; Jonathan Park, Moses Kenney, and Christopher Osgood, trustees ; Edward Smith, Christopher Osgood, and John Wheeler, commissioners ; Christopher Osgood and Luke Knoulton, assessors ; Josiah Randall, collector ; Luke Knoulton, treasurer ; Phineas Farrar, John Morse, Edward Smith, and Lemuel Stevens, consta- bles ; Josiah Randall, Ebenezer Myrick, Moses Kenne}', and Lemuel Stevens, overseers of highways ; and Jonathan Thurston, Joshua Morse, Christopher Osgood, and Nathan Pike, fence viewers. Ebenezer Myrick was the first repre- sentative in the legislature, in 1779. The first justice of the peace was William Ward, in 1786. The first child born was Lucy Park, August 15, 1769. Thomas Betterly, born in Worcester, Mass., in 175 1, came to Newfane in 1770 and located upon the farm now owned by his grandson, Chester H. One of his sons, familiarly known as Captain Betterly, and father of Chester H., was born on the old homestead in 1792, and died in the house in which he was born, in 1870. Hon. Luke Knoulton was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., November 4, 1738, and served in the old French war. He married Sarah, daughter of Ephraim Holland, of Shrewsbury, Mass., January 5, 1760, and with his family moved to Newfane in February, 1773, the fourteenth family to settle in the town. He died here December 12, 18 10, aged seventy-three years. His wife died September i, 1797. Their family consisted of seven children — three sons and four daughters. Mr. Knoulton was chosen first town clerk, and con- tinued to hold the position fourteen years. He was a representative in 1784, '85, '88, '89, '92, 1803 and '06, and a member of the old council from 1790 to 1800 ; judge of supreme court in 1786, and judge of the county court from 1787 to 1793. In the division of the $30,000.00 which New York received from Vermont, on the accession of. the latter State to the Union, he received $249.53, on account of the losses he had sustained by being obliged to give up lands which he held under a New York title. James Lamb was one of the very early settler of the town. He was born at Spencer, Mass., in 1750, married, first, Charlotte Howard ; second, Lydia (Cushing) Stearns, and died here January 11, 1836. Silas Gates was also one of the very early settlers. He cleared what is known as the Oliver Dexter farm. Died August 21, 1826. Rev. Hezekiah Taylor, first pastor of the Congregational church in New- fane, was born in Grafton, Mass., in 1748, graduated from Harvard college 262 TOWN OF NEWFANE. in 1770, and was settled as pastor of this church June 30, 1774. He died here August 23, 1874. Rev. Aaron Crosby was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., November 27, 1744, graduated from Harvard college in 1770, married Mary Taylor, sister of Rev. Hezekiah Taylor, August 22,1774^ came to Newfane the same year, and died here January 13, 1824. Dea. Moses Kenney was born in Northboro, Mass., September ir, 1747, married Azubiah Parmenter in 1770, and came to Newfane in 1774. He reared twelve children, and died June 23, 1808, aged sixty-one years. Mrs. Kenney died January 3, 1837, aged eighty-six years. Ethan Durren was born in 1747, and came to Newfane in 1774. He was married the same year to Millescent Parmenter, of Sudbury, Mass., and died July 7, 1823. Mrs. Durren died December 5, 1848, aged one hundred years. Artemas Bruce came to Newfane from Westboro, Mass., in 1774, and located upon the farm now occupied by William T. Bruce. His son Ephraim married Polly Crowl and had five sons and three daughters. Of this family, Samuel married Arathuzia Bartlett, daughter of Capt. William Bartlett, and reared one son and one daughter, Mary H. (Mrs. F. O. Burdett), of Newfane, and William F. The latter was born in 1829, married Emma V. Franklin in 1865, and has had three children. Daniel Fisher, born at Milford, Mass., in 1752, came to Newfane in 1774, and purchased about 1,000 acres of land in the eastern part of the town. He was called Corn Fisher, on account of the large quantities of Indian corn he raised on his large farm. He died in 1820, aged sixty-eight years. His son Daniel, Jr., born here in 1776, married Milliscent Durren in 1797, their children being Clark, Lydia (Mrs. Nathaniel Stimpson), Orrison, Caro- line (Mrs. Richard P. Pratt), Hannah (Mrs. Isaac Burnett), and Simon. George C. Fisher, son of Simon, born in 1800, married Lorinda Kerman, of Burlington, in 1820, and reared six sons and four daughters. Two of the daughters are now living, one of whom, Laura, is the wife of George B. John- son, and resides on a part of the old Fisher homestead. Jonathan Robinson, Jr., was born at Milford, Mass., July 12, 1754, mar- ried Sarah Taylor, sister of Rev. Hezekiah Taylor, and came to Newfane in the early part of 1775. He bought of John Wheeler, November 13, 1775, a farm in the parish, so-called, v/hich he occupied until September, 1796, when he exchanged farms with Lieut. James Lamb. The Lamb farm, which he received in exchange, embraced an extensive meadow a hundred rods or more below Williamsville, where Sackett's men, who were killed in the fight with Hobbs, June 27, 1748, were buried. In 1796, when Jonathan Robinson took possession of the farm, a large number of graves were distinctly visible near a clump of chestnut trees standing on the lower meadow, and they were said to be the graves of those who were killed in the fight with Melvin at the mouth of the South branch, formerly called the lower fork of the Wantasti- TOWN OF NEWFANE. 263 quet. Mr. Robinson had a family of ten children, and died April 14, 1819. Sarah, his wife, died March 9, 1809. Hon. Luke Knoulton, Jr., was born here March 24, 1775, was educated first at the elementary school at Westminster, then at Chesterfield academy, N. H., and finally as a private pupil and law student of his brother Calvin, a graduate of Dartmouth college, N. H., at Newfane, where he was admitted to the bar about 1796. He was a successful practitioner, although he had no special fondness for the profession, and became assistant judge of Wind- ham county, and also represented Newfane for several years in the general assembly. He removed to Canada, in 1821, where he died in 1855, aged eighty years. Dr. Nathan Stone was born at Shrewsbury, Mass., in 1761, studied medi- cine at Dr. Flint's school of medicine, was a surgeon's mate in the Revolu- tion. He came to Newfane in 1782, and was surgeon of the 14th Vt. (militia) regiment, in 1787, of the 2d regiment in 1790, and of the 3d regi- ment in 1794. He held the office of justice of the peace for many years, and was town clerk forty-two years. He married Alice, daughter of Judge Knoulton, in 1788, and reared five sons and four daughters, of whom Edson, died in New York; Joseph died at EUenburgh, N. Y.; Lucinda died in 1874; Benjamin died at the age of ten years; Alice R. died at the age of twenty- six years ; Sophia K., widow of Justus Holland, and Sarah S.. widow of James Holland, reside in Newfane. Dr. Stone died in March, 1839. Mr?. Stone died in 1865, aged ninety-six years. Aaron Merrifield came to Newfane, from Milford, Mass., about 1785, and located upon what is now known as the Mirrifield homestead. He married Betsey E. Robinson, and reared seven sons and four daughters. The seventh son, Nathaniel, born in 1789, married Sophronia Chapin, for his first wife, their daughter becoming the wife of Joseph Wilder ; for his second wife he married Abigail Cushing, in 1828, by whom he had a family as follows : Abby L., Porter W., Hollis R., born in 1833, Ormando P., and Augusta C, born in 1842. Only the latter three are living, of whom Hollis R. resides on the old Bruce place, where he located in 1846, and with him resides his sister, Augusta C. The other surviving child, Ormando P., resides in Indiana. Nahum Houghton was born in Newfane, "March 17, 1785, married first. Mary Holden, January, 1812 ; second, Lydia Stratton. He was a justice of the peace many years, and transacted a great deal of public business. He died May 12, 1854. Ebenezer Allen was born at Medway, Mass., in 1758, and came to New- fane in 1785. He represented the town in the general assembly for ten con- secutive years, from 1794 to 1804., was for a time judge of the county court, also a judge of probate for the Marlboro district, and was actively engaged in public business until his death, December 16, 1805. Ebenezer Morse, born in 1756, came to Newfane in 1788, married Henri- etta Searly, and reared two sons and eight daughters, of whom Ann D. was 264 TOWN OF NEWFANE. married to Denzil Taylor. They reared three sons and one daughter, as follows: Horace B, and George W., of Boston; Henry R., residing in Maine ; and Mrs. Harriet A. E. Jones, widow of William Jones, of this town, The latter was married in 1851, and had one son, born in 1852, died in 1873, a student in Harvard college. Capt. William Bartlett, born at Northboro, Mass., married Azubah Gleason of Westbbro, about 1790, and came immediately to Newfane. He became quite prominent in town affairs, but removed to Winchester, N. H., in 1837. Elijah Elmer was born at Hinsdale, N. H., in 1753; married first, Grace Gould, of Winchester, N. H.; second, Amy (Wood) Wheeler; came to New- fane about 1892, and died here December 28, 1833. James Holland, son of Joseph and EHzabeth (Gleason) Holland, was born in Newfane, in 1792, married Sarah Stone, daughter of Dr. N. Stone, and reared four sons and five daughters. Of the children, William H. died in 1883, aged fifty-seven years ; Alice S. died in 1856, aged twenty-six years; Mary L. died in 1867, aged thirty-six years; James M. died in 1854, aged twenty years; John N. died in 1861, aged twenty-five years; Elizabeth S. died in 1854, agedsixteen years; Sarah J. died in i86t, aged twenty-one years Harriet died in 1862, aged twenty years ; and Charles B., born in 1848, resides on the old homestead with his mother, his father having died in 1856. Justus Holland, born here in 1803, married Sophia K. Stone, daughter of Dr. Stone, in 1848. He was a harness-maker, resided on Newfane Hill, and died in 1856. His widow resides at Fayetteville, aged eighty-two years. William H. Williams, son of Larkin and Anna Williams, and grandson of Colonel Abraham Williams, was born in Chester, Mass., February 24, 1776. His father died in 1778, and soon afterwards he was bound out during his minority to a farmer residing in Paxton, Mass. He was treated with great severity by his master, who deprived him of the benefits of a common school education until he was fourteen years of age, when he returned to Chester to learn the cloth-dressing business, at that time a leading branch of industry in New England. While learning his trade he enjoyed the privilege or attend- ing school six weeks in the year, and learned what he could of reading, spell- ing and grammar, from "The Only Sure Guide," the only text book he ever possessed, and which is now in the hands of his widow. After completing his appenticeship he worked two years in Paxton, and then came to New- fane, in October, 1797, taking charge of the cloth-dressing and oil-making works of Thomas and Darius Wheeler, which he bought four years after- wards and operated until his decease. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in 1814, and continued in the same for more than forty years. During the war of 181 2 he was engaged in the manufacture of woolen cloth and potash, and at a later da e erected a large custom flouring-mill, carding-mill and saw-mill. In 1798 he commenced a diary which was continued by himself and family until his decease, a period of nearly sixty-nine years, and in which was jotted down every day's doings and every important event which occurred during that irm^^^ TOWN OF NEWFANE. 265 time. He was a resident of Newfane about seventy years, gave the name to the village where he resided and died, contributed largely toward the erection of the village church in 1834, and was a liberal supporter of the gospel. He was a member of the Methodist church, represented the town in the general assembly, and filled many municipal ofiices, faithfully discharging the duties incident to the same. He was enterprising, industrious, and practical in all his views and efforts. He married Abigail Robinson, of Newfane, October 17, 1802, who was born March 25, 1781, and died July 6, 1821. February 22, 1826, he married, for his second wife, Rosanna Miller, of Dummerston, who was born May 19, 1794. He died December 9, 1866. William H. and Abigail Williams had nine children, as follows : George, born September 14, 1803, died May 26, 1841; Anna, born January 24, 1805, died January 26, 1805; Hastings, born March 5, 1806, died December 26, 1808; Mary, born May 26, 1808, married Roswell Robertson, January 26, 183 1, and died May 27, 1834; Sarah R., born March 30, 1810, married Roswell Robertson, December 10, 1835, and died October 9, 1839; Louisa, born October 26, 1811, married John A. Merrifield, January 17, 1843; William L., born De- cember 9, 1813, died at Dubuque, Iowa, January 11, 1864; Abigail E., born March 3, 1816, married Charles Converse, of Sandusky, Ohio, September 25, 1808; and John W., b9rn January 9, i8i8, married Gertrude Brown, April 52, 1841, and died May 25, 1851. William L. Williams, the third son of William H. Williams, born Decem- ber 9, 1813, was a clerk in his father's store during his early youth, and when he attained his majority he entered into a co-partnership with his father in the- mercantile business, which he prosecuted successfully for many years. He removed to ubuque, Iowa, about t86o, and was extensively engaged in business as a produce broker at the time of his decease. He was exceed- ingly pleasing in his manners, and was highly esteemed for his intelligence and sound practical judgment. While residing in Newfane he manifested a lively interest in the growth and prosperity of the town, and was munificent in his donations in aid of the enterprises that would contribute to its progress and advancement. He gave generously to the poor, was kind to the sick and suffering, courteous and affable in his bearing, proverbially honest and upright in all his business relations, and modest in his deportment. His death, January 11, 1864, at the comparatively early age of fifty years, was a source of great regret to all his friends and associates. Dea. John Goodnow, son of Oliver and Catharine (Ball) Goodnovv, born in this town in 1787, on the place where Joseph Morse now resides, had, by his first wife, three daughters; by his second, Charlotte Gould, who died in 1852, six sons and one daughter; by his third wife, Susan Chase, he had one daughter; he then married Hannah Bruce, of Marlboro, and now resides at Williamsville, aged eighty-seven years. Gen. Martin Field, born in Leverett, Mass., February 12, 1773, graduated from Williams college in 1798, and received the honorary degree of A.M. from 266 TOWN OF NEWFANE. Dartmouth college in 1805. He studied law with his uncle, Lucius Hub- bard, of Chester, Vt., and upon the decease of Calvin Knoulton, in 1800, and at the special instance and request of Hon. Luke Knoulton, he came to Newfane in January, 1800, and entered upon the practice of law. He was for ten years State's attorney for Windham county, repeatedly represented Newtane m the general assembly and constitutional convention, and in 181 was elected major-general of the Vermont militia. He married Esther Smit Kellogg, of Amherst, Mass., February 21, 1802, an accomplished and hand- some lady, who died June 6, 1867, aged eighty-eight years. Mr. Field died October 3, 1833, aged sixty years. Daniel Stratton was born at Ipswich, N. H., March 23, 1773, married Jane Stickney, of New Ipswich, N. H., February 16, 1800, and came to Newfane the same year, residing here until his death, October 11, 1850. Warren Gushing, Jr., son of Warren and Abigail (Andrews.) Cushing, was born here December 14, 1800, married Lucy Carter in 1827, and reared two sons and one daughter — Mary A. (Mrs. Joel Page), Warren C, of Jamaica, and Baxter C, of Newfane. Mr. Cushing died on the old homestead, in 1871, and his widow now resides at Williamsville. Richard Pratt was born at Maiden, Mass., September 2, 1770, married Lydia Spears, of New Ipswich, N. H., in 1795, came to Newfane in 1802, and died here August 23, 1856. Charles Kellogg Field, oldest son of Martm Field, was born in Newfane, April 24, 1803, fitted for college at Amherst, Mass., entered Middlebury col- lege in 1818, at the age of fifteen, and graduated in 1822. After studying law three years in the office of his father, he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession at Newfane, remaining here until 1828, when he removed to Wilmington. In 1838 he returned to Newfane, and in 1 86 1 removed to Brattleboro, where he died, September t6, 1880, aged seventy-seven years. He married Julia A. Kellogg, of Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1828, who, with three children, Mrs. E. P. Jewett, Henry K., of Mont- peher, and Mrs. H. C. Willard, of Brattleboro, survived him. Mr. Field represented the town of Wilmington in the State legislature during the years 1835, '36, '37 and '38 ; was elected a delegate to the State constitutional con- vention in 1836 ; represented Newfane in the legislature during the years 1853, '54, '55 and '60, and also in the constitutional convention for 1843, '50 and '57 ; was elected a member of the council of censors in 1869, and chosen president thereof at its first session in 1869, and in 1870 was chosen a member of the constitutional convention for 1870, from Brattleboro. Hon. Marshall Newton, Jr., was born in Newfane, April i, 1805, and died here June 29, 1870, aged sixty five years. He was honored with most of the municipal offices in the gift of his townsmen. He represented the town in the legislature two years, was high sheriff of the county one year, and for six consecutive years served as assistant county judge. At the time of his decease he was county treasurer and deputy county clerk. c y .4 TOWN OF NEVVFANE. ' 267 Roswell Martin Field, son of Gen. Martin Field, was born in Newfane, February 23, 1807, and died at St. Louis, Mo., July 12, 1869, aged sixty-two years. He fitted for college with Rev. Luke Whitcomb, of Townshend, Vt., and entered Middlebury college in the autumn of 1818, at the age of eleven years. Graduating in 1822, he studied law with Hon. Daniel Kellogg, of Rockingham, Vt., and was admitted to practice in September, 1825, at eighteen years of age. He practiced law in Windham county from 1825 to 1839, when he removed to St. Louis. He represented Newfane in the legis- lature in 1835 and '36, and was State's attorney for Windham county in 1832, '33, '34 and '35. Emerson Morse, son of John Morse, was born here in 1810, married Mary Bellows, in 181 9, and reared three sons and three daughters, as follows : Olin W., Etta, Ada M., John E., Willie, and Bertie E., the tvvo latter of whom reside with their mother at Pondville. Samuel Brown was born at Buckland, Mass., July 4, 1783, married Ger- trude Glyde, of Boston, February 16, 181 2, and came to Newfane the same year. He operated a grist and saw-mill for a few years, and was afterward engaged, for a long time, in running a freight team between Williamsville and Boston. He died April 5, 1870. Ira Ingram was born in Massachusetts, December 19, 1786, married first, Sally Miller; second, Lydia Putnam, and came to Newfane from Marlboro in 1813. He was chosen a deacon of the Baptist church in 1824^ and held the office until his decease, April 5, i860. Stephen Bowker, was born October 18, 1788, married Sarah Whitney, April 7, 1814, and came to Newfane from Fitzwilliam, N. H.,soon after. He died September 22, i860. George Williams was born at Chester, Mass., March 23, 1769, married Orilla Pease, June 30, 1803, and came to Newfane in 1816. He died March 18, 1846. Benjamin E. Morse, son of Ebenezer and Sally (Goodnow) Morse, was born here in 18 16, married Mary A. Howe, of Marlboro, in 1840, and has reared four sons and four daughters, of whom two sons and two daughters are now living. Mr. Morse has been a justice of the peace a number of years, selectman seven years, and is now a practicing lawyer at Pondville. Amasa Lincoln was born at Norton, Mass., July lo^ 1787, married first, Lucy Richardson, April 14, 1814; second, Mary Hastings, January 26, 1830, and came to Newfane from Dummerston in 1817, and was engaged in the tanning business for many years. He died January 9, 1858. John Timpson was born at Brattleboro, October 4, 1794, married Julia Knapp, of Brattleboro, in 18 13, and came to Newfane in 1819. He died August 13, 1866. Samuel Morse, son of Joshua and Sally (Phillips) Morse, was born on the farm he now occupies, in 1820. He married Georgina, daughter of Deacon John Goodnow, in 1846, and has reared children as follows : Abby L., who 268 TOWN OF NEWFANE. died at the age of four years; Fanny R., who married Albert G. Kendall, now of Lincoln, Neb. ; Georgie A., of Nebraska; Maria E., wife of Arthur Merri- fiieldj and Samuel H., residing on the old homestead. Austin Birchard was born in Wilmington, Vt., December 5, 1793, and came to Newfane in 1822, where he was in trade for many years. In 1819 he married Roxana Plummer, of Brattleboro, who died in 1820. In 1824 he married Mary A. Putnam, by whom he had four children, Charles A., Mary R., Charlotte P., and Sardis. Mary R., in 1876, while on her way to visit the family of ex-president Hayes, Mr. Hayes's mother being her father's sister, was aboard the train that was wrecked in the awful Ashtabula disaster, and nothing of her remains was ever discovered. She is said to have been an unusually lovely young lady, both in character and appearance. Sardis, the youngest son, gave his life for his country during the late great war. Char- lotte P. married RoUin C. DeWitt, of Elyra, Ohio, and reared four sons, Rol- lin B., John C, Frank A., and Dewese, the latter two of whom reside in New- fane with their mother, their father having died a few years since. The widow of the late Austin Birchard also resides in Newfane. Warren R. Hildreth, son of Otis Hildreth, born in 1823, married Olive D. Wheeler, in 1845, and has reared nine children. Justena, his daughter, married Charles M. Goodenough, of Newfane, Frank W, resides in Michigan, and Wells M. resides with his father on the old Eddy homestead, on road 14. Dana D. Dickinson was born in Dummerston in 1821, and came to New- fane in 1830. He married EUza A. Goodnow, in 1849, and has two children, Charles H., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Alice (Mrs. W. H. Newton), of Walhng- ford. Mr. Dickinson was employed in the mills of W. H. Williams for a num- ber of years, and in 1850 he purchased them, operating the same as a tub factory until 1869. He now owns a saw-mill on Baker's brook, where he saws all kinds of hard wood lumber. He represented Newfane in the legis- lature in 1870 and '72. Dennis A. Dickinson was born in Dummerston in 18x9, and came to New- fane in 1830, married Mary C. Robinson in 1845, and located upon the farm formerly occupied by A. C. Robinson. He has two children, Imogene R. and Aaron C. Mr. Dickinson has been town clerk fourteen years and justice of the peace nine years. Ebenezer M. Stratton was born on the Stratton homestead in 1833, married Mary King in 1853, and has reared three sons and four daughters. Clara (Mrs. Charles E. Brown), resides in Michigan. Nellie R. and Effie M. reside in Newfane. Mr. Stratton now resides on the pld Grout homestead. Nathan B. Perry was born here in 1829, married Isabella Knight. His daughter, Willamina E., married Fred C. El ner, of Cleveland, Ohio; AdaF., married Henry O. Bowker, and resides in Rochester, N. Y.; Nellie A. and George N. reside at home. Mr. Perry occupies Elm Grove farm, formerly occupied by Dea. Carter, on road 41. TOWN OF NEWFANE. 269 John S. Stratton, born here in 1835, is a veterinary surgeon. He married Adelina M. Powers, of Marlboro, in i860, and has two sons and one daughter. Henry W. Miller was born in Dummerston, in 1835, and came to New- fane with his father when four years of age, locating upon the farm he now occupies. Mr. Miller married Ella M. Gould, in 1865, and has one son, Frederick. Clark L. Brown was born in 1838, married Mrs. John Wilson, in 1865, and reared five children. He operates the Worden mill, at Brookside, on road 37. Abbott T. Edwards, born here in 1838, married Ella Jackson, in 1868. He is actively engaged in mercantile pursuits, and resides on the Jackson homestead, on road 12. F. O. Burditt, born in Brookline, in 182 1, came to Newfane in 1838, mar- ried Harriet Kidder for his first wife^ by whom he had two sons, Frederick J. and Edwin T. For his second wife he married Mary H. Bruce, in 1852, by whom he had three sons, Samuel H., WiUiam, and Frank A. Mr. Bur- ditt held the office of justice of the peace twenty-four years, and represented the town in the legislature of 1853. Dr. Calebs. Blakeslee was born at Richmond, Mass., in. 1812, received an academic education, studied medicine, and commenced practice at|Williams- ville, in 1838, where he is still a successful physician. He married Mary B, Drew, of Dover^ who died in 1882. John H. Worden, born in 1839, married Luna C. Holden, of Newfane, in 1873, and lias three daughters. He resides on road 37, on the Stratton homestead. Fayette W. Knapp, born in 1839, married Fanny M. Lamb, in 1862, and has had born to him seven children, — Elmer W., Emma J., Ada M., William F., Mary M., Lorin H. and Martha A. He resides at Brookside. Joseph Willis, from Marlboro, Vt., located in Newfane, in 1840. He reared two sons and two daughters, of whom Daniel H., was a sharpshooter in the late war, and was killed at the battle of White Sulphur Springs. Monroe C, another son, was also killed in the army. Hannah, his daughter, married James F. Howe, and resides on the Cutting farm, off road 6. Joel Grout, son of Hudson and Silence (Babcock) Grout, born in 1842, enlisted in Co. K, 9th Vt. regiment, and was discharged for disabihty, having been wounded in the ancle at the battle of Fair Oaks, October 27, 1864. He married Martha J. Pike, of Stratton, in 1866, and has nine children, of whom Edwin J., Moses P., Leon E., and Guy E., reside-with their parents on the farm formerly occupied by Dea. Kimball. Chester E. Perry was born in Newfane in 1842, married Stella M. Morse in 1864, by whom he had one son, Frank C, when she died, in 1876. In 1877 he married Nellie E. Stedman and they have one daughter, Mabel E., born February 15, 1880. Mr. Perry now has the farm formerly owned by G. D. Stedman, at WiUiamsville. 1 270 TOWN OF NEWFANE. George B. Williams, son of John W. and Gertrude (Brown) Williams, born in 1844, married Aramantha A. Hopkins, daughter of Clark Hopkins, of Antrim, N. H., in 1869, and has two sons and one daughter, John W., Lucella L. and Hastings. Mr. Williams resides on a part of the William H. A Williams homestead, at Williamsville. « Edford O. Bennett, born in 1846, married Mary J. Howard, in 1872, resides on the Marshall H. Twitchell farm, at Fayetteville. Andrew J. Thomas, born in 1854, married Addie Barrett, by whom he had one son and one daughter, when she died in 1876. For his second wife he married Mrs. Eunice H. (Moore) Hunt, in 1869, and has one son and two daughters. Reuben M. Newton was born in Vernon, Vt., in 1828. He married Sophia Eddy, of Newfane, who died in i860. He then married Sarah Harris, of Newfane, and now resides on the old Sherman farm. He came to Newfane in 1856. Charles E. Sparks was born in Dover, Vt., in 1823, and married Irene W. Ingham^ in 1846. He has two sons, Herbert C, born in 1847, and Har- land. Henry M. Hescock was born at Dover, Vt., in 1841, married Harriet M. Whitaker, of Newfane, in 1864, and has five children. Charles E. Morse, born in 1831, married Marion E. Wetson, of Wardsboro, in i860, and has had two sons and three daughters — Etta F., Lula, Ida W., Charles W., and Albert E. Lula is dead, and the three latter reside at home, on road 4. Obed Hall, born in 182 1, at Whitingham, Vt., married Nancy E. Evans, in 1854, and has a family as follows: Henry W., Wallace A., Willie E., and George L. Wallace A. married Emma T. Call and has one daughter. He owns and occupies the Newton place, off road 5. Frank H. White, born in 1847, married Emma J. Howe, of Jamaica, and located on the Gushing farm in 1874. Charles M. Goodenough, born at Guilford, Vt., in 1845, came to Newfane, in 1865, married Gustenia E. Hildreth in 1868. In 1881 he located on the Capt. Gould farm, on road 28, he having been absent from the town from 1869 up to that time. Kendall H. Winchester, born in 185 1, married Cora A. May, in 1878, and came to Newfane in i88r, locating on Newfane Hill, upon the farm formerly known as the Boynton place. Samuel P. Miller, born at Dummerston, Vt., in 1819, married first, Mary A. Drown, of Putney, rearing two sons and three daughters ; second, Alvira M. Simonds, in 1855, by whom he has had two children. Mr. Miller has been a successful merchant, but is now retired, residing at Fayetteville. Col. Holland Plympton, born at Wardsboro in 1807, married first, Sybria Wakefield, of Wardsboro, in 1829; second, Nancy L. Bartlett, of Wards- boro, in 1850. He located on the farm formerly occupied by Dea. Gould. TOWN OF NEWFANE. 271 He represented the town in the legislature in 1876, and was a justice of the peace fourteen years. Mr. Plympton's children by his second wife were Frank B., Silas W., Addie E. (Mrs. J. W. Hosford), and Alice M. He died March 28, 1884. William R. Rand was born in Townshend, Vt., in 1839, married Lizzie H. Rutter, in i860, and located in the eastern part of the town, on the Brattle- boro & Whitehall railroad, which has a stopping place at that point known as Rand's Crossing. Richmond Dunklee was born in Marlboro, Vt., November 2, 1807, and when quite young went to Newfane. He married Caroline Fisher, daughter of Daniel Fisher, and reared four children, Dana, Harrison, Addison and Ann, only two of whom, Harrison and Addison R., are living, the former in Boston, Mass., and the latter in Brattleboro. Mr. Dunklee was a prominent man of the town. He kept a hotel at Williamsville several years^ was a selectman several years, and took an active part in town affairs. He died November 6, 1876. Addison R. was ist sergeant of Co. I, i6th Vt. Vols., during the late war. He married Sarah Allen, of Newfane. Josiah Powers was one of the early settlers of Marlboro, locating near the Newfane line, where he cleared a farm and reared seven children, viz : Emery, Henry H., Lyman, Josiah, Arad, Susan, and Sally. Lyman and Josiah became merchants of Troy, N. Y. Emery was a farmer, spent his life in Ver- mont, and two of his sons, Ellis and Hollis, are prominent hotel men of New York city. Henry H. married Selecta Fisher, in 1818, and soon after made a clearing where he now liv^s, in the southwestern corner of Newfane. Here his seven children were born, of whom Brigham and Holland are dead. Lafayette C. and his father, Williston, who served in the late war and was for a time in a rebel prison, now lives in Littleton, N. H. Lyman G. and M. V. B. reside in Marlboro. Arad H., the youngest son of Josiah, Sr., now resides near Williamsville. During the war of the Revolution, when the military stores at Bennington became in danger, and the call came for the Green Mountain Boys to rally for the rescue, Lieut. Jonathan Park and others from Newfane volunteered, and, after a two days' march, reached Bennington in time to participate in the glorious struggle of that memorable day. In returning after the battle, Park, worn by the fatigue and hardships of the campaign, sickened and was several days in reaching home. We can find no record or reliable tradition of the names or number of men who accompanied Lieut Park on this expe- dition ; but the fact that the minute-men of Fane responded to the call to arms, is vouched for by many who often heard the venerable lieutenant recount the trials of that eventful day. Those who enlisted here for the war of 181 2, were Lyman Holden, Gambel, BuUard, Nathaniel Holland, who died at Plattsburgh, October 6, 1814, and Isaac Hovey. During the late civil war, the town did her full share, and not a few of her 272 TOWN OF PUTNEY. sons were sacrificed in the great cause. For further record, see the roster, on page 69. The Fayetteville Orthodox Congregational church.— h. Congregational church was organized in 1874, when there were but fourteen families in the town. It consisted of nine members, and its first pastor. Rev. Hezekiah Taylor, was ordained and took pastoral charge on the day of its organization, June 30, 1874. The first church building was erected in 1800, on Newfane Hill, at a cost of $3,731.32. The building was used until 1825, when the court build- ings were removed to Fayetteville. The court-house at the latter place was then used, until 1832, when a union church was built. This was used until 1839, when the present building was erected, at a cost of $4,000.00, about its present value. It will seat 300 persons. The society now has seventy- one members, with Rev. George W. Lawrence, pastor. The old union church was used by the Universalists until about 1853, when they found themselves unable to sustain a pastor. From that time the house began to decay, and in 1872 it had reached that stage that it must be repaired, or sink to utter ruin. It was repaired and remodeled mto a public hall, by public subscrip- tion, and is now called Union Hall. The Universalist churcJi^ located at Williamsville, was organized by Rev. M. H. Harris, with twenty-seven members, February 17, 1878. The society now has about twenty- seven members, with no regular pastor. The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Williamsville, was organized in 1877, with sixteen members. The church building, however, was erected in 1822. It will seat 200 persons and is valued, including grounds, at $3,000.00. Rev. Goodsel Ames is the present pastor of the society. PUTNEY lies in the eastern part of the county, in lat. 42"" 59' and long. 4° 28', bounded north by Westminster, east by the Connecticut river, south by Dummerston, and west by Brookline. It was originally char- tered December 26, 1753, by New Hampshire, to Col. Josiah Willaid and others, being a partof the Equivalent Lands, and granted on the same day that Dummerston and Brattleboro received their charter, as described on pages 58 and 82. A re-grant was given by New York, however, July 30, 1 766, the charter being made out November 14, 1766, to Col. Willard and others. Under this New York grant the lands are held. They originally including anareaof 18,115 acres; but October 30, 1764, a part of the land was taken towards forming the town of Brookline, another part being annexed thereto October 25, 1804, and October 28, 1846, a part of Dummerston was annexed to Putney. The surface of Putney is pleasingly diversified by upland and meadow, while the soil is unusually arable and productive. The bottom lands along the river and Sackett's brook are rich and alluvial tracts, which amply repay the toil of the husbandman, the "great meadow" being proverbial for its TOWN OF PUTNEY. 273 fertility. The uplands have mostly a rich, strong soil, well adapted to graz- ing and the production of the hardier kinds of grain. The lowest meadowlands, when the country was new, weie covered with a tangled growth of butternut, elm, soft maple, and yellow pine, while the higher flats abounded with a white pine of majestic growth. The other forest trees are oak, maple, beech, birch, walnut, ash, etc. Sackett's brook flows a southerly course through the cen- tral part of the town, emptying into the Connecticut in the southeastern corner. There are several other streams, though they are of minor importance, being small tributaries of the Connecticut and Sackett's brook. The rock formations on the east side of Sackett's brook are mostly clay- slate, abounding with garnets and staurotide. Through the center of the town runs the extensive strata of argilite or roof slate, that extends from the Mass- achusetts Une far into Vermont. West of this range comes the mica slate again, interspersed with a hard, black limestone. In the eastern part of the town has been found a very rare mineral, known Si's, Jluate of lime ox fluorspar, of a beautiful green color, this being the only locality in the United States where the mineral of an emerald green is found. Specimens of it have been sent to the most distinguished mineralogists in this country and in Europe. Serpentine of a beautiful shade, and susceptible of a high poHsh, is also found. In 1880 Putney had a population of 1,124, and in 1882 had ten school dis- tricts and contained ten common schools, employing two male and fourteen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,464.00. There were 220 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $1,888.72, with Mark Ward, super- intendent. Putney is a pleasant post village of about 400 inhabitants, lying in the southern-central part of the town, on Sackett's brook, at a point where the descent is so sharp as to afford six or eight water privileges in a distance of eighty rods, all of which are utilized, two of them operating paper-mills. The village has three churches (Congregational, Methodist and Baptist), an hotel, two stores, a toy shop, plaining-mill, etc. The principal streets of the village. High and Main, lie respectively on the north and east slopes of a hill. Putney station, on the Vermont Valley railroad, lies about a mile south of the village. East Putney (p. o.) is a hamlet located in the eastern part of the town, about a mile from the Connecticut. It has one church, a saw and grist-mill, and half a dozen dwellings. The postoftice is located at the railroad station, which was formerly called Cornton. / W. Stoivell &^ Co.'s chair factory a/ul toy shop, at Putney, gives employ- ment to ten men, turning out about $10,000.00 worth of good per annum. The factory was built in 1840, by Isaac Grout. The Owl paper-mills, William Robertson & Son, proprietors, located at Putney village, were estabUshed by George Robertson, about 1828. The 18 274 TOWN OF PUTNEY. mills employ seventeen hands and manufacture about i,8oo pounds of manila tissue paper per day. Or tin S. T/nvings grist-mill, located at Putney village, has two runs of . stones, and grinds about 15.000 bushels of grain per annnm. I The Eagle paper-mills. Cole & Gough, proprietors, located at Putney vil- lage, employ about ten men, and turn out from 1,500 to 1,800 pounds of tissue paper per day. Amasa N. Kidder s marble 7vorks, located on road 50, were established in 1877. He manufactures about $4,000.00 worth of goods per annum. Horace Black' s slate quarries are located on road 39, where they were opened by H. L. Black, about eight years ago. John W. Walkufs saw and grist-mill, located on road 20, was built by Lyman Miller in 1873. ^'^J'- Walkup came into possession of the property in 1883, and does custom work. James H. Knighfs saw and plaining-mill, located at Putney village, cuts about 250,000 feet of lumber per year. Mr. Knight also does a general job and undertaking business. C. F. Farmwi s carriage shop, located on road 11, turns out about twenty carnages and sleighs per year. F. L. Pierce's saw-mill and box factory, located at East Putney, gives em- ployment to twenty men, manufacturing about 200,000 feet of lumber, thirty car loads of chair-stock, and $500.00 worth of boxes per year. Mr. Pierce has also a saw-mill on road 38. F. O. Pierce's cider-mill, located at East Putney, manufactures about 200 ■ barrels or cider per year. Leroy Pierce' s grist-mill, located at East Putney, has one run of stones, and does custom grinding. A settlement was begun in Putney soon after the year 1740, and a garrison called Fort Hill was built in the center of the " meadow ;" but who erected or who occupied the fort is not known. Soon after the breaking out of the Cape Breton, or first French and Indian war, in 1744. however, the fort was evacuated and the inhabitants retired to Northfield, Mass., which was the frontier post during that war. One circumstance took place, however, pre- vious to the breaking up of the fort, and which undoubtedly hastened that event, as follows. On July 5. 1745, a man by the name of William Phipps was engaged in hoeing corn near the southwestern part of the meadow, when two Indians sprang upon him and dragged him into the woods near by. Here, after a short parley, one of the Indians departed, leaving the prisoner in the care of his companion. Phipps, with the hardihood characteristic of the pioneers, watching for an opportunity, struck his keeper down with his hoe, and seizing the fallen Indian's gun, gave the othei, who was returning, a fatal wound. Thus at liberty again, he sought refuge in the fort ; but, unfortu- ' nately, before he reached it, he was attacked by three other Indians, who j butchered the brave fellow in cold blood. Shortly after, Nehemiah Howe, as \ TOWN OF PUTNEY. 275 he was cutting timber on the " meadow," was captured by Indians and carried to Canacia, where he subsequently died. Soon after the issue of the New Hampshire charter, which was in 1753, the first permanent settlement was commenced by John Perry, Philip Alexander and Michael Gilson, emigrants from Massachusetts. They located on the "great meadow," as their predecessors had done, and in 1755, in company with others lately arrived, they erected a fort in the southeastern part of the town. This fort was ablong in shape, about 120 by 80 feet, and was built of yellow pine timber, hewed six inches thick and laid up about ten feet high. Fifteen dwellings were erected within it, the wall of the fort forming the back wall of the houses. These were covered with a single roof, called a " salt- box " roof, which slanted upward to the top of the wall of the fort. In the center of the enclosure was a hollow square on which all of the houses fronted. A great gate opened on the south toward Connecticut river, and a smaller one toward the west. On the northeast and southwest corners, watch-towers were placed. In the summer season, besides its customary occupants, the fort was generally gajrisuned, until about 1760, by a force of ten or twelve men from New Hampshire. The only inhabitants on the " great meadow" at the beginning of the year 1755 were Philip Alexander, from Northfield, John Perry and John Averill, with their wives and famiHes, and Captain Michael Gilson, a bachelor, his mother and his two sisters. On the completion of the fort several of the in- habitants of Westmoreland crossed the river and joined the garrison. These were Capt. Daniel Howe, Thomas Chamberlin, Joshua Warner and son, Daniel Warner, wife and son, Harrison Wheeler, Deacon Samuel Minott, who afterwards married Captain Gilson's mother, and Mr. Aldrich and son, the latter subsequently becoming General George Aldrich, who died at Westmoreland, N. H., in 1807. At the close of the French war all who had removed from Westmoreland returned, with the exception of Deacon Minott. During the summer Dr. Lord and William Willard joined the garrison. Several children were born in the fort, but the first child born within the limits of the town is supposed to have been Aaron, son of Philip Alexander. His birth took place before the fort was built, and there is a tradition that Col. Josiah Willard, in commemoration of the event, presented to the boy a hundred acres of land, situated about half a mile east of Westmoreland bridge. The father of Capt. Daniel Howe and the father of Harrison Wheeler died in the fort. Both were buried in the graveyard in Westmoreland on the other side of the river. Religious services were for a long time observed among the occupants of the fort, and then the Rev. Andrew Gardner, who had previously been chaplain and surgeon at Fort Dummer, preached nearly three years. The "great iheadow" was at this time not more than half cleared, and its noble forests of yellow pine, with here and there a white pine or a white oak, presented an appearance which is seldom to be met with at the present period, in any part of the State. Col. 276 TOWN OF PUTNEY. Josiah Willard, who owned the meadow, gave the use of the land as a con- sideration for building the fort and defending it during the war. The land was portioned out to each family, and the inhabitants were accustomed to work on their farms in company, that they might be better prepared to assist one another in the event of a surprise by the enemy. There was no open attack upon the fort during the French war, however, although the shouts of the Indians were often heard in its vicinity in the night time. On one occasion they laid an ambush at the north end of the meadow ; but the settlers, who were at work on an adjacent island, were so fortunate as to discover the signs of their presence, and avoided them by passing down the river in a course dif- ferent from that by which they had come. Early in the autumn of 1762, Lieut. Joshua Hyde purchased atract of 2,800 acres in the eastern part of the town, and in December following removed his family and settled with them in a house situated about fifty rods south of the spot where Westmoreland bridge has since been erected. At this time, with the exception of the families on the meadow, there were only two other families in the place — those of John Perry and Philip Alexander, who resided not far from the river. There was no saw nor grist-mill in the town, and the grain for the settler's daily bread was for several years carried for grinding either to Northfield, Mass., or to Chesterfield or Westmoreland, N. H. In 1764 Joshua Parker made the first settlement on Sackett's brook, or on what has since been called Putney street. Soon after his purchase of land here he drove the first cart which had ever appeared in the town through what afterwards became Putney street, having fixed his residence at the north end of the said street. Although he removed his family from Canterbury, Conn., in October, he still located them for the winter in Westmoreland, for the conven- ience of mills, and did not permanently settle here until March, 1765. A saw-mill and grist-mill were soon after put in operation, and the settlers were thus relieved from several of their greatest embarrassments. Meantime, Henry Walton, James Cummings, and Moses Johnson had erected dwellings on the street, and Benjamin Hutchins and Samuel Skinner in the eastern part of the town. Before the middle of the year 1765 the number of families had increased to fifteen. In T768 Noah Sabin, of Rehoboth, Mass., afterwards distinguished in the annals of Cumberland county, came to Putney, building the first frame house erected in the town. In this year there were on Putney street, besides those already mentioned, the families of William Wyman, Charles Kathan, and Amos Haile. West of the street were three families, viz. : John Butler's, Michael Law's, and Dennis Locklin's. East of the mouth of Sackett's brook there were four families, viz. : Jonas Moore's Leonard Spaulding's, Fairbank Moore's, and Samuel Allen's. In an historical sermon, from which most of the above facts were obtained, which was preached at Putney, by Rev. E. D. Andrews, on Fast Day, in 1825, the following minute details relative to the early settlement of the town TOWN OF PUTNEY. 277 are given, though there have, of course, been many changes in the locaHties as therein mentioned : — " In 1768 the Hon. Noah Sabin built the first framed house, on the ground nearly opposite the Deacon Taft's; and the building is now a part of the store of Leavitt & Crawford. The same year Amos Haile built a framed house, opposite the house now occupied by the Hon. Theophilus Crawford. James Cummings built the house where Abel Haynes lives, and Charles Kathan also built on the spot where Mrs. McClellan lives, near Dr. Campbell's. Not long after, Moses Johnson built the first two-story house on the street — the house now occupied by Elijah Blake, thirty rods north of the meeting-house. The first saw-mill was built on the site of the paper-mill, in 1765 or 1766. The first grist-mill was built by Deacon Minott, where Minott's mills now stand, in 1766. The second grist-mill was built by Jonathan Houghton, about the year 1769. It was situated fifteen rods east of the paper-mill, on the site where Newell Moore's blacksmith shop now stands. The first ''cloth- ing works were built m the east part of the town, by Capt. Roswell Parker, in the year 1785. The first blacksmith who worked in town was Capt. Daniel Jewett. He commenced about the year 1773. The first store was opened about the year 1770, by Peter Wetson, a little west of the house of Hon. John Noyes, and here was the first tavern. The second store was opened by Charles Chandler, twelve rods south of the meeting-house, about the year 1783. The first meeting-house was built in 1773." According to the census of Cumberland county, taken in 1771, the town then had a population of 301 souls, the enumeration being as follows : ninety- four males under the age of sixteen years, seventy-four between the ages of sixteen and sixty, four over sixty, sixty females under sixteen, and sixty-nine females over sixteen, fifty-one of the total number being heads of famiHes. In 1 79 1 the population had increased to 1,848, or 724 souls more than it has to-day. On May 8, 1770, the town was organized and the first meeting for the election of ofiicers was held, when Noah Sabin was chosen town clerk ; Amos Haile, constable ; and Abijah Moore, Daniel Read and Amos Haile, select- men. The first justices of the peace were Noah Sabin, Jr., and Lucas Wilson, in 1786. The first representative was Abner Miles, elected in October, 1878. Josiah White came to Putney, from Lancaster, Mass., in 1760, and settled in the east part of the town, where he died in 1806, aged eighty-seven years. His son Alfred was born in this town in 1788, and spent most of his Hfe here. He died in 1874. He married Tabitha Cobb, by whom he had nine children, four of whom are living, one son, Charles H., in this town. Abijah, William, Rufus, Gideon, and Jephtha Moore, brothers, came to Putney, from Bolton, Mass., March 6, 1769, and settled in what is known as the Moore neighborhood. Abijah died about 1851; William, in 1815 ; Gideon, in 1834 or '35 ; Rufus, in 1838, and Jephtha, about 1838. Abijah and David Moore, of a former generation, were captains in the Revolution, and seven of their sons and sons-in-law were engaged in that war. A sister of the Moores married Elisha Hubbard, and removed to Rochester. Vt., where she raised a family of sixteen children, twelve of whom, as well as eighty-three grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren, survived her. It is 278 TOWN OF PUTNEY. related by their descendants that soon after the Moores came here the stocks, an ancient contrivance for the punishment of criminals, were carried off one night and concealed, but were found and brought back. They were again removed and hidden in a swamp, where many years after they were found and used for pin timber by Mr. Hubbard. Peleg Winslow was born in Putney, in 1770, and died in 1805. He was a farmer, and married Rhoda Button, of Dummerston, about 1792, settling on West Hill, near the Dummerston line, on the farm now owned by Warren Bennett. He raised five children, three sons and two daughters, viz.: Rhoda, who married Valentine Carr, of Putney; Aaron M., who married Orilla Wells, of Coleraine, Mass., and settled on the samefarm in Putney ; Rebecca F., who married Martin Gates, of Dummerston ; Peleg, who married Nancy Bowles, of Rockingham, Vt., and lived in Dummerston till 1842, but died in Townshend, in 1871 ; and Samuel D., who married Sarah W. Joy, of Putney? January 17, 1S42, and settled in Townshend, in district number two, where he spent most of his life, but now resides in Grafton. Peleg and Henry, sons of Aaron M., are extensive and well-known dealers and raisers of short-horn cattle in Kaukakee, 111. Three of Rebecca's four children, Sarah, Daniel, and Emma, are living. The fourth, Martin, died in Kansas, in 1S82. Peleg had four sons and one daughter : George, Nelson, Samuel D., Rhoda, and Lemuel J. George, Rhoda, and Lemuel J., are dead. The latter was a captain in the late war, and was afterwards a merchant in Newfane, where he died in 1882. Nelson, who is a merchant in Townshend, has held the offices of town superintendent, selectman and deputy sheriff. Samuel D., who has been a merchant for twenty-five years, is president of the Windham County Savings Bank, and has taught school in Cahfornia, where he resided four years. Zenas Black, whose father was one of the first settlers in Putney, was a native of this town, but removed about 1848 to Barnard, where he died. He was twice married and had seven children, only two of whom are living, one son, Charles, in Barnard, and another, Horace, in Putney, on road 39. Hib- bard C. Black, son of Horace, resides with his father, who has four other children. Zenas Hyde was one of the first settlers in Putney, and spent his life on the farm on which Horace L. Scott now lives. He died there in 1841, aged eighty-three years. Ebenezer Johnson, who came from Massachusetts, was among the first set- tlers in Putney. He located near the village of Putney, and engaged in agri- cultural pursuits. His son, David B., who was born in the town about 1802, spent most of his life here, and died in 1875. He took an active part in town affairs, and was honored with official trusts. Eight of his twelve chil- dren are living, two, Willard R. and Mrs. Mary Pierce, in this town, the latter of whom resides in the east part of the town. One son, A. J., of New York, is the publisher of "Johnson's Cyclopedia," and "Johnson's Analysis of the Bible." 1 TOWN OF PUTNEY. 279 Robert Blood came to Putney from Groton, Mass., about 1782, and set- tled where his grandson, Ohver Blood, now resides, the farm having since re- mained in the possession of the Blood family. He died in 1816. aged eighty- four. His son Oliver, who was twelve years old when he came here, spent his Hfe on the homestead farm, and died there in i860, in his ninety-first year. He was succeeded on the homestead by his son, the present occupant. Another son, Luke, resides on road 2. Miss Sarah Blood and Mrs. Eunice Wood, of this town, and John Blood, of Grafton, Vt., are descendants of this family. Samuel Bennett came to Putney, from Warwick, R. I., in 1780, and crossed the Connecticut river in his journey hither, on what is commonly known as the " dark day," (May 19, 1780). He served five years as a soldier in the Revolution, holding the office of drum-major. He settled in the west part of the town, and died in Brookline, in 1841, aged eighty-three. His son Samuel, was born in Putney, in- 1791, and spent most of his life here. He died in Brookline, in 1849. Six of his nine children are living. Warren is the only one who resides in Putney. Another son, Walter S., resides in Brookline. His daughter Louisa married Rev. Samuel Kingsley, who, together with his wife and three children, died within eighteen days. Deacon Abner Bacon, son of Nehemiah, born in Brooklyn, Conn., came to Putney when about twenty years old, just after the Revolution. He lived here until ninety-six years of age. He learned the tanner's trade, which he followed for ten years, when he engaged in farming. He had five sons, all of whom married and raised families, and two of whom are still living. His son William was born in Putney in 1804. When about twenty-one years of age, he left the town, but returned after the expiration of ten years. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and died in Putney in December, 1870. He married Maria M. Blaisdell, of Haverhill, Mass. His children, all of whom are living, are Jennie L., wife of Rev. John Berg, of New Haven ; Henry C. and George, both living in Bellows Falls; Ella, wife of Dr. G. E. Clark, of Lima, Ohio ; and Emma, twin sister to Ella, who resides with her mother, in Putney. Rev. Josiah Goodhue, son of Deacon Samuel Goodhue, was graduated from Cambridge college in 1755. He came to Putney from Dunstable, Mass., and was the first settled minister in the town. He was for a long time pastor of the Congregational church, and died here in 1796, aged sixty-eight. His son Josiah F. was a distinguished surgeon, and lived at Chester, Vt., and Hadley, Mass., where he died. Joseph, another son, was also a prominent physician and surgeon, and served twenty-one years in the United States army. He died at Deerfield, Mass. Ebenezer, a third son, married Lydia Ranney, of Westminster, and settled in ^lat town, where he was engaged in mercantile business, and m his latter years in farming. He was a deacon of the Congregational church for many years. His son Homer resides in Westminster. 28o • TOWN OF PUTNEY. Dr. Noah Pratt was born in Winchester, N. H., about 1784, graduated from Dartmouth college, studied medicine, and settled in Rockingham about 1830, practicing in that town until his death, October 13, 1847. , He married Sarah Brown, of Chesterfield, N. H., about 1810, who bore him seven chil- dren. The eldest, Rev. John B., is an Episcopal clergyman of Madison, Wis. Another son, Noah, resides in this town, on road 45. James Campbell, a Revolutionary soldier, was an early settler in Putney. His son Benjamin, born here July 14, 1781, married Betsey Wilson when about twenty-one years of age, and reared a family of sixteen children, four- teen of whom lived to reach maturity. Ezekiel Campbell, born March 6, 18 16, and now living in Brattleboro, is the only one of the family in that town. Ezekiel was engaged in the insurance business a number of years, and in 1874 was appointed by the State as a director of the Union Mutual Insurance Company, and when the company organized he was elected its president. Simon W. Houghton, son of Timothy and Olive (Moore) Houghton, was born at Bolton, Mass., November 12, 181 2. He married Sarah Mead, of that place, April 7, 1837, and came to Marlboro in 1838, where he engaged in the manufacture of carriages until 1849, when he came to Putney and has since resided here. He has been a justice of the peace about forty years, and was a member of the constitutional convention in 1870. All of his eight children are living. The eldest, Edward T., resides in Springfield, Mass. During the late civil war he served in the navy, and George A., the second son, served in the army. Simon W., Jr., is a physician, practicing at Somers^ Conn. Abner Bacon, one of the early settlers of Putney, married Catharine Reedj in 1793, and reared five children. Of these, Clark married Lydia Kerr, of Putney, in 1836, and removed to Dummerston in 1855. His son, Har- rison K., born in 1842, enlisted in Co. K, 9th Vt. Vols., in January, 1864, was promoted as lieutenant Co. C, and served until December, 1865, though he contracted disease from which he died, July 22, 1866. Thomas Aplin, from Providence, R. I., came to Putney in 1789, locating upon the farm now occupied by William S. Aplin. Mr. Aplin was a college graduate and a man of good business capacity. He married Mary Fuller, and had three children when he came to the town, Thomas, Jr., Rebecca, and Mary. Alexander A., born in 1790, fitted himself for teaching, but was killed at the age of twenty-five years, by a log pile rolling upon him. Thomas, Jr., married Mary Reynolds, daughter of Grendal Reynolds, and reared two sons and one daughter. WiUiam S. Aplin, the surviving son, born Septem- ber 21, 1822, married Mary Blanchard and has one son, George T., and one daughter, Nellie M. Leonard Blanchard was born in Weston, Vt., January 30, 1797, married Eleanor Spaulding, and reared two sons and four daughters. John, one of the sons, resides in Marlboro, and the other, Ira S., in this town. Two of '^^^^l^^./^i-'^'^.^'^yU^^^'^ ^< TOWN OF PUTNEY. 281 the daughters, Mrs. W. S. Aplin, of this town, and Mrs. Francis Black, of Marlboro, N. H., are living. Leonard Blanchard purchased and settled on the farm he now occupies in Putney, in March 1833. James Crawford came from Union, Conn., to Westminster about 1767, and in 1799 removed thence to Putney, locating on the[farm where his great- grandson, Henry Crawford, now lives. He served as a minute man in the Revolution. His son Thophilus, who was born in Connecticut about 1764, died in January, 1855, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He took an active interest in public affairs. He represented the town for many years, and was a senator from this county. He was a member of the Governor's Council, was high sherift" of the county, and justice of the peace. He had ten children, all of whom reared families. Mark Crawford, son of Theophi- lus, was born in Putney in 1800, on the farm on which his son Henry and daughter Eliza M. now live, and died there in 186 1. He also represented his town. Henry Crawford has in his possession a clock which belonged to his great-grandfather, James Crawford. Deacon David Crawford, sOn of Theophilus, was born in Westminister, August 6, 1789, and was ten years old when he moved with his parents to Putney, where he spent the remainder of his life. He held various commis- sions in the war of 1812, and distinguished himself in several hard-fought battles. When, at the close of the war, the army was reduced to a peace foot- ing of 10,000 men, he was retained with full rank, but ill-health compelled him to decline this complimentary distinction and resign. He represented the town of Putney in 1828, '29, '32 and '33 ; was a member of the last execu- tive council in 1835 ; a presidential elector in 1836; a senator from this county in 1840 and '41 ; a member of the convention to revise the State constitution in 1843; and a member of the council of censors in 1848. He was also a select- man for many years and a justice of the peace for a quarter of a century. He united with the Congregational church in November, 1833, and in March following was chosen deacon. He was a man of correct moral principles and strong mental powers. He was slow to form an opin'on, but when a conclu- sion was reached he exhibited great firmness and dec sion. He died March I, 187 I. He had seven children, four of whom are living, one son, James, and one daughter, Ellen, in this town. Another daugnter, Mrs. Julia Clark, lives in New York, and another son, George, in Desmoines, Iowa. His son David went to New York and was engaged in railroading. He was at one time a director of the New York Central railroad. Hon. Phineas White, son of Dea. Enoch White, was born in South Hadley, Mass., October 30, 1770. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1797, and studied law with Hon. Charles Marsh, of Woodstock, Vt., and Judge Samuel Porter, of Dummerston. In 1800 he commenced the practice of his profes- sion in Putney, where he resided through life. He was called to many posi- tions of honor and responsibility. He was postmaster at Putney from 1802 to 1809. He was for several years State's attorney for the county of Wind- 282 TOWN OF PUTNEY. ham, was judge of the probate court, and from 1818 to 1820 was chief judge of the county. In 1820 he was elected a representative in congress, and served one term. In 1836 he was a member of the covention for revising the constitution of Vermont, and from 1838 to 1840 was a State senator^ having previously served three terms as representative from the town. He belonged to the Masonic order and was grand master of the lodge of Ver- mont. After his election to congress he almost wholly abandoned his law business and engaged in farming. The colleges of the State and various benevolent institutions shared largely in his counsels and liberality. He was a trustee of Middlebury college, and was for several years president of the Vermont Bible Society, and the Vermont Colonization Society. He was also an active member of the Congregational church of Putney. He died July 6, 1846, aged seventy-six years. He married Esther Stevens, of Plainfiekl, Conn., who was born in 1777, and died in 1858, aged eighty-one. Only two of his children are living. One, the wife of John Kimball, resides on the old White homestead. Another, Mrs. Abby Williams, lives in North Carolina. WiUiam Wallace White, son of Phineas, was born in Putney in 18 16. He was a law- yer and practiced for a few years in New York and St. Louis. He was mayor of Burlington, Iowa, and president of the Desmoines County Savings Bank. He died in 1871. Dan Davis came to Putney from Connecticut among the earliest settlers and located in the west part of the town, on the farm on which Samuel Goodell now lives. He was a hatter by trade and also engaged in farming. He had four children, only two of whom Hved to maturity. His son Alanson was born in Putney in 1798. He married Experience Orvis, by whom he had three children, only two of whom are now hving, Charles D. and Deni- son, both in this town. He died in 1859, aged seventy-one years. Denison is one of the selectmen of the town. Samuel Wheat was one of three brothers who emigrated from England to Connecticut, from whence he came at an early day to Putney, and settled in the northwest part of the town, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Ann Holton. He had eight children, all of whom are dead. His son Samuel was born in Putney in 1788 and lived here until his death, in 1869. He married Rebecca Wilcox, by whom he had two children, John D. and Samuel E., both of whom reside in town. John Roberts settled at an early day on the farm on which his grandson? James C. Roberts, now lives, and died in the town of Thetford, Orange county, in 1829. His son John was born on the farm on which he settled, in 1768, and resided there until his death, in 1832. Two of the latter's sons, Charles ar.d James C, and one daughter, Mrs. Minerva Fuller, still reside in the town, Charles, on road 19, aged eighty-eight, and James C, who has car- ried on the carriage business for eighteen years, on the homestead. Caleb Harding came to this town from Connecticut at an early day and settled at East Putney, where he cleared a farm and raised a family of five chil- TOWN OF PUTNEY. 283 dren. One son, Charles, is living in Springfield, Mass. Another, John R., was born here about 1794, and lived in the town till his death in 1878. He married Lucy Bennett, and had six children, three of whom are William B., who is principal of a school in Hatfield, Mass., and Mrs. J. K. Parker and John R., who reside in Putney, the former in the east part of the town and the latter off road 32. Chapin Bolster, a native of Sullivan, N. H., came to Putney at an early day, and after living here a short time removed to Londonderry, where he died in 1865, having, however, lived some twenty years elsewhere. He was the father of twenty-one children, by three marriages. One of his sons, Joel C, hves in Putney, and two daughters in other parts of the county. Richard Cobb, from Taunton, Mass., settled at an early day in the east part of Putney and resided here till his death, about 1832. His son David, who was born in 1778, was a small boy when the family came to Putney. He died here in 1805, leaving three children, all of whom are living. Mrs. Amelia Crosby, in Waltham, Mass., Josiah, in Charlestown, N. H., and David R., in Putney. Abiah Fuller came here from Massachusetts at an early day and died here about 1836. He was a Revolutionary soldier. His son Joshua spent most of his life here,- and died here about 1855. Gracia Fuller, Hving in the east part of the town, and Proctor J. Fuller, living on road 4, are children of Joshua. Josiah Parker came to Putney from either Massachusetts or Connecticut and settled on the farm on which Denison Davis now lives. He is said to have been the first man who drove a team through Putney street. He cleared a farm and raised a family of children. His son Roswell was born on the homestead, but afterwards settled in the east part of the town. He was a clothier by trade, and had a large family. He died in 1844. Warren Parker, son of Roswell, was born in the east part of the town and spent most of his life here. He died January 14, 1882, in his ninety-first year. In his younger days he was captain of a company of horse. Three of his six children are living, Mrs. James Booth, of Springfield, Vt, Mrs. Caroline Booth, of Arlington, Iowa, and Sterne O., who resides on road 45 in Putney. Rufus Pierce came to Putney from Westmoreland, N. H., in company with his father, Ebenezer, previous to 1790, and settled at East Putney. He raised twelve children, of whom Leroy is the only one living. Ebenezer was at the battle of Bennington and was shot by a Tory at Hoosac. Ephraim and James Clay, brothers, settled at an early day at East Putney. Ephraim's son Ephraim was born in Putney and lived here till about 1838, when he removed to West Fairlee, Vt., where he died in 1845. Three of his seven children are living, one son, William B., on road 65 in Westmins- ter, another, Jabez, in California, and a daughter, Mrs. Stephen C. Ranney, in Athens. Judge Noah Sabin came to Putney from Taunton, Mass., at an early day. He was a judge under King George III. at the time of the massacre at West- 284 TOWN OF PUTNEY. minster court-house. His son Noah was born in Putney and died there. He raised a large family of children. His son Prentiss was born in Putney and spent his life here, with the exception of about eight years spent at Malone, N. Y., where he died. Three of his five children are living, two of them, George P. and Arabella, in Westminster, Vt. Lorrin D. Thwing was born in Putney about 1805 and spent most of his life here. He died about 186 1. His son Orrin S. now resides at Putney, where he operates a grist-mill. James Clark came to Putney from East Windsor, Conn., about 1808. He died in Brandon, Vt. His son Hiram was born in East Windsor, Conn., in 1799 ^"d came here with his father at the age of nine years. • He has spent most of his life in this town and now resides on road 11. Obadiah Parker was born in Putney and learned the tanner's trade in Brat- tleboro. He afterwards removed to Westminster, and subsequently to North- field, Vt., where he died. His son William was born in Brattleboro in 1803, and came to Putney at the age of seven years. He has since lived here most of the time, and now resides with his son Edgar C. on road 11. William M. Clough came to Putney from Sullivan county, N. H., about 1 8 13, and settled about a mile north of the village, where he engaged in farming. Six of his seven children are living, four of them in Putney. He died in 1869 aged eighty-one years. His son Dorr, who resides at Putney, is deputy sheriff. Tisdell Cobb came to Putney from Coventry, Vt., about 1814, and located at East Putney, on the farm on which his son Norman now lives. He was a blacksmith by trade, and lived in this town about fifty years, when he removed to Westminster, where he died about 1862. He had nine children, six of whom are living. His son Norman was seven years old when the family came to Putney, and has since been a resident of the town. For fifty years he carried on the blacksmithing business, in which he was succeeded by his son Norman. Joel Willardf.ame to Putney from Warwick, Conn., about 1820, and settled on road 19, where he pursued the vocation of blacksmithing. He had ten children, four of whom are living, three of them in Putney village, William, J. D., and Warren. J. D. served four years in the late war. Patrick C. O'Neal was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, about 1807, and came to Putney about 1817. He has since resided here. He married Mary A, Johnson and has had twelve children, ten of whom are living. John B. Pierce came to Putney from Berlin, Mass., about 1822 and located near Putney village. He was a carpenter by trade, and died in 1849. Five of his seven children are living, two of them, Mrs. A. B. Hewitt and George L. Pierce, in this town. Rev. Amos Foster was born in Salisbury, N. H., March 30, 1797. He was graduated from Dartpiouth college in 1822, and ordained as a minister at Canaan, N. H., in 1825. In 1833 he came to Putney, where he preached TOWN OF PUTNEY. 285 twenty years and eight months. After an absence of three years in Lud- low, Vt., and nine in Acworth, N. H., he returned to Putney and acted as pastor for se/en years. He married Harriet A. "White, daughter of Rev. Broughton White, a native of Westmoreland, N. H. They have had seven children, five of whom are living. One son, Broughton, died in Plymouth, N. C, in 1867 ; another, Henry D., died in Grafton in 1869. George Robertson, a native of Scotland, came to Putney about 1823, and ^n company with his brother W^illiam established a paper-mill where the mill of Cole & Gough now stands. About 1828 he established the business where his son William is now located. John Kimball was born in Haverhill, N. H., in 1796, and graduated from Dartmouth college in 1822. He studied law with Moses P. Payson, of Bath, N. H., and was admitted to the bar in January, 1828, in which year he com- menced the practice of his profession in Claremont. In January, 1829, he came to Putney, where he has since resided. He has taken an active interest in pub- lic affairs, and has been honored with various public trusts. He was State's attorney in 1836-38 ; a member of the State senate in 1846-48 ; and repre- sented the town in 1861-62. He has also been a justice of the peace. In 1834 he married Frances M. White, and has one son, Charles W., who resides with him. Reuben G. Page came to Putney from New Hampshire about 1840. He worked for many years in the woolen mill. He died on the farm on which his son Charles R. now lives, on road 31, April 26, 1882. Alexis B. Hewitt was born in Windham in 1822, and came to Putney in March, 1843. He worked for twelve years in the woolen-mill, and in 1857 purchased a store and was engaged in mercantile business till 1882. He was appointed postmaster at Putney in 1861 and held the office till 1882, when he resigned. He has been treasurer of the town since 1867, and town clerk since 186S. He married Abby F. Pierce. Their only child, Mary J., died in 1867. Marshall Pierce came to Putney from Westmoreland, N. H., about 1844, his parents having been early settlers in that town. He run a ferry across the Connecticut river for twenty years, has been railroad station agent for the last twenty-eight years, and is also engaged in farming. Josiah K. Parker came to Putney fromLandgrove, Bennington county, in 1847. He is a farmer and has lived for twenty-two years on the farm on which he now resides. He has served as justice of the peace twelve years and selectman three years. Warren Leach was born in Westmoreland in 181 2 and came to Putney in 1849, locating on the farm on which he now resides. He has been lister eight years and overseer of the poor seven years. Only one of his three chil- dren is living, George W., in Langdon, N. H. Haynes E. Baker was born in Pawlet, Vt., in October, iSro, and in 1835 removed to Newfane, where he was engaged in mercantile business for about 286 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. fifteen years. He then came to Putney and pursued the same business here till the spring of 187 1. He died in MinneapoHs, Minn., while there on a visit, in July, 1877. His first wife was Hannah Adams, by whom he had three children, all of whom are dead ; his second, Fanny A. Eager, of New- fane, by whom he had two children, both of whom are hving. Hazen Ayer was born in Newbury, N. H., in 1813, and came to Putney in 1865. He settled on West hill, and three years later removed to the farm where he now lives, on road 48. George P. Parke removed from Landgrove to Londonderry in 1864, and from thence to Putney in 1874. He settled on the farm on which he now resides. He is an auctioneer and farmer. Putney S. Hannum was born in Wiiliamstown, Mass., in 1S27, and removed with his father, Henry Hannum, to Weston, Windsor county. In 1880 he came to Putney, and is now one of the prosperous farmers of the town. Congregational church of Put?iey. — The first religious meetings in the town were held at the house of Joshua Parker, by whom they were conducted, or in the barn of James Cummings, and afterwards, when the settlers became more numerous, in more convenient places, until 1773, when achuich build- ing was erected. The society was organized October 16, 1776, with four members. Rev. Josiah Goodhue being the first settled pastor. In 1803, the old building was superseded by a new structure, which in turn gave place to the present edifice, in 1841. The present wooden structure will com- fortably seat 400 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $9,000.00. The society now has about one hundred members, with Rev. Lincoln Har- low, pastor. The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Putney village, was organized at East Putney in 1832, and removed to Putney village in 1842. At its organization the society had seventy-five members, Rev. Edward A. Rice being their first pastor. Their first house of worship was erected in 1832, and the present one in 1842, which is a brick structure capable of seating 250 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $6,000.00. The society now has seventy members, with Rev. F. H. Knight, pastor. The Universalis t church, located at Putney, was organized by Rev. j. H. Farnsvvorth, with sixty members, in March, 1881, Rev. Edward Smiley being their first pastor, who still retains the position. The society has not erected a house of worship yet, holding their meetings in the town hall. ROCKINGHAM lies in the northeastern corner of the county, in lat. 43° 11' long. 4° 32', bounded north by Springfield, in Windsor county, ea-st by the west bank of the Connecticut river, south by Westminster, and west by Grafton and a small part of Athens. This township was char- tered by Gov. Benning Wentworth, of New Hampshire, under the usual re- strictions and reservations, December 28, 1752, to Samuel Johnson and TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 287 fifty-eight associates, being bounded in the charter deed as follows, and said to contain an area of 24,955 acres :^- " Beginning at the northeast corner of Westminister, and running up by Connecticut river until it extends six miles in a straight line northerl,^, to a stake and stones upon Hickup meadow; thence running due west six miles to a stake and stones; thence running southerly six miles to the northwesterly corner of Westminster; thence running due east to the bounds first men- tioned." There are, however, accounts of the town being originally chartered by the name of Goldenstown, which name the locality bore more or less, up to 1850, though no records of such a charter are extant. There are also still more plausible accounts that the first settlements were made under a charter from the Old Bay State, and that the place was called Fa/Isfcnv/i, which was sub- sequently changed to Great Falls. Then again, too, there is a strong pre- sumption that at the time Westminster was granted, by the name of Number One, Rockingham received similar privileges from Massachusetts, under the name of Number T^vo. But be these conjectures as they may, there is little value to be attached to them, except in the way of antiquarian lore, for to the Wentworth charter of 1753, as above stated, the inhabitants look for a valid title to their lands, and in its authority is vested the strength of their deeds. Rockingham is pleasantly diversified in surface, b^ing sufficiently broken to form a beautiful landscape picture, yet not so uneven as to retard cultiva- tion of its soil, which is, in general, warm and productive. From the meadow lands of the Connecticut river valley, the territory brokenly rises towards the west, being well wooded and watered, the timber being that peculiar to the border towns of the Connecticut, the township in its early history having been noted for its fine pines. The principal tributaries of the Connecticut, each in turn having several branches of their own, are W^illiams and Saxton's rivers. The former has its source in Andover, Windsor county, and flows a southeasterly course through Rockingham, emptying into the Connecticut about three miles above Bellows Falls ; the latter rises in Grafton, takes a southeasterly course through Rockingham to the Westminster line, thence, just within the line to the Connecticut. These streams, with the Connec- ticut, afford excellent advantages for manufacture. The Connecticut is proverbial for its beauty, though here in Rockingham it throws |aside its usual aspect of calm, placid lovliness, as if to show, in Bellows falls, what it is capable of in the way of sublime and imposing scenic beauty. Above the falls, located in the southeastern part of the town, and which are reckoned among the first of the natural curiosities of Vermont, the river varies from sixteen to twenty rods in width,, and at their verge a large rock divides the stream, so that at low water the river flows only through the western channel, which is contracted to a width of sixteen feet. But at the times of high water, the appearance of the river and falls is sublime. Through its rocky bed the stream rushes with irresistable force, masses of water being broken by opposing ledges of rock and dashed many feet into the air, until TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. the whole volume is thrown to the lower level, a distance of forty-two feet, forming a scene so sublime that, in the words of the poet, it may be said of it : — " Its voice was like the thunder, and its sleep Was like a Giant's slumber, loud and deep." In the following extract from the " History of Conneciici/t, by an English- man," dated April 28, 1781, some idea may be gained of what Bellows Falls was in the eighteenth century. At this late day, however, we cannot, of course, vouch for the truthfulness of this bit of discriptive " history," but will leave the reader to draw his own conclusions : — " Two hundred miles from the Sound, says the Record, is a narrow of five yards, only, formed by two shelving mountains of solid rock ; through this chasm are compelled to pass all the waters which, in the time of the floods, bury the northern country. Here the water is consolidated, without frost, by pressure, as it swiftly passes between the pinching, sturdy rocks, to such a degree of induration that no iron bar can be forced into it; here iron, lead, and cork have the one common weight ; here, steady as time, and harder than marble, the stream passes, irresistible, if not as swiftly as lightning. The electric fire rends trees to pieces with no greater ease than does this mighty water. The passage is about 400 yards in length, of a zigzag form, with obtuse corners. At high water there are carried through this strait masts and other timber, with incredible swiftness, and sometimes with safety ; but when the water is too low, the masts, timber and trees strike on one side or the other, and are rent in one moment into shivers, and splintered like a broom, to the amazement of the spectator. No living creature was ever known to pass through this narrow, except an Indian woman, who was in a canoe, at- tempting to cross the river above it, but carelessly let herself fall within the power of the current. Perceiving her danger, she took a bottle of rum she had with her, and drank the whole of it ; then lay down in her canoe to meet her destiny. She miraculously went through safe, and was taken out of the canoe quite intoxicated. Being asked how she could be so daringly impru- dent as to drink such a quantity of rum with the prospect of instant death before her, the squaw, as well as her condition would allow her, replied : " Yes, it was too much rum to drink at once, to be sure ; but I was unwilling to lose a drop of it, so I drank it, and, you see, have saved it all." Who but an " Englishman " could have written such a truthful, thrilling, historic account ? The scenery, both above and below this point, is of more than common interest and beauty, while the views from the surrounding hills, as well as from the banks of the river, are exceedingly attractive. At the base of the falls are engraved the Indian picture writings mentioned on page 57. Capt. Kidd, the pirate, traditions tells us, ascended the Connecticut in boats laden with treasure, to this point, where, it is asserted, he buried his ill-gotten gains ; but no discoveries have been made to authenticate the legend, nor to verify the old statement, — ' ' Ever since the days of Captain Kidd, The Yankee's say there's money hid." The physical and geological structure of Rockingham opens a rare and in- teresting field of study for many of its characteristics in this respect are strongly marked. The rocks are mostly azoic, the principal veins being gneiss, calcif- TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 289 erous mica schist, clay slate and talcose schist, distributed in' parallel ranges, extending north and south, in the order as named, beginning on the west and varying in width from one to three miles. What is known as the fourth geological section of Vermont commences at Bellows Falls, and from this vicinity the following specimens have been placed in the State cabinet, at Montpelier : clay-slate, and clay-slate with garnets, hyaline quartz, argillo- mica slate, silicious limestone, mica schist \)2i?,?,\ng'\nto gneiss, red granite, horn- blendic gneiss, thick bedded gneiss, and hornblendic schist. While of minerals from Rockingham are the following : kyanite, wavellite, native alum, pittite, rubellite, staurotide, prehnite, chiastolite, adularia, black tourmaline, silver mica, indicolite, fiuor, feldspar, Jibralite, calcite, pinite, pyrope, stilbite and tre- molite. Great changes have taken place in the vicinity of Bellows Falls in past ages. The gorge at this point, which has been spoken of, lies between Kilburn, mountain, which rises precipitously from the eastern bank of the river, and land which rapidly rises on the west to the Green mountains. In examining the passage of the river, geologists have concluded that it has been worn out by the passage of the stream, and that the valley above must have formed a lake eight hundred feet in depth, its surface being seven hundred and twenty-two feet above the present level of Bellows Falls. At Saxton's river village there is found a bed of peat four feet in depth, and underlying it a bed of marl of unknown thickness proving that here once rested an immense body of water. The natural /d'/'A77, i860, a building belonging to Jabez Hill burned; a short time after this a large tenement north of Whightman'sHall was destroyed ; in the autumn of 1866, the school house burned ; in July, 1868, a large frame building owned by O. F. Wood, occupying the "burnt district" of i860, burned, and at the same time there was destroyed a building that stood south of Wood's and King's block, occupied by J. C. Goodwin, where the fire originated. The fol- lowing winter the postoffice and the boot and shoe store of Elbridge Hap- good burned; March i, 1870, a frame building owned by Jabez Hill, in the location now occupied by Bingham's block, was destroyed ; in May, 1870, the dwelling of Joshua Webb, on Atkinson street, burned. There have been, in addition, several fires among the buildings of the railroad companies, and also some others that we have not mentioned, among the more recent of which is that of the Vermont Farm Machine Co.'s buildings. WATER SUPPLY. The Bellows Falls Water Co. was chartered in 1848, and the company was soon after organized, with James H. WiUiams, Asa Wentworth, George Slate, WiUiam Conant, and John Arms, directors. Water is obtained from a 294 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. pond about a mile and a half northwest of the village, having a head of about 290 feet. The original cost of the construction of the works was estimated about $10,000.00, $5,000.00 of which was raised by stock subscriptions, and the remainder by the directors, on their own responsibility. The laying of the mains was finished in 1850, and in 1873 the works were sold to the village corporation for $22,000.00, since which time about $5,000.00 has been expended in improvements. At the organization of the company, James H. Williams was elected treasurer and Geoige Slate, superintendent, who held their respective offices until the sale of the works. Mr. Slate was also treasurer of the Connecticut River Mutual Fire Insurance Co., from 1869 till the close of its business, in 1882. Saxton's River is a pleasant little post village located on Saxton's river, about four miles west of Bellows Falls. It has two churches (Congregational and Baptist), the Vermont academy, one hotel, several stores, a woolen manufactory, tannery, carriage manufactory, two grist-mills, two saw-mills, etc., and about 700 inhabitants. On January 5, 1820, the limits of the vil- lage were defined as follows : — " Extending west, on the road leading to Grafton, as far as the division line between Ebenezer Lovell's land and Samuel Ober's land; and north, on the road leading to John Pulsifer's, as far as the division line between Ebene- zer Lovell's land and Jonathan Barrow's land ; and north, on the road lead- ing from Saxton's River village to the center village, in said Rockingham, as far as the division line between Gates Perry's land and James Willard's land, and east on the road as far as Josiah Fay's house ; and also east, on the road to Bellows Falls, as far as the bridge, near Whitcomb's mill ; and south, on the road leading from Saxton's River to Westminster (West Parish), as far as the north line of the House farm, so-called ; and east, leading up Balle's hill, so-called, fifty rods beyond Joseph Elliott's house; and west, on the road to Samuel Mott's, as far as the top of Beaver Dam hill, meaning to include all the public highways within the extreme limits above mentioned." These limits, however, were enlarged August 21, i82i,as follows: "Be- ginning near Gates Perry's farm, on the road leading from Saxton's River, by Timothy Clark's extending as far as Hezekiah Rice's farm." THE VERMONT ACADEMY. Efforts towards the establishment of this institution were instituted by prominent Baptist clergymen of Vermont, in iS6g, and the institution was in- corporated in 1872. It was proposed to attempt to raise by subscription a permanent endowment fund of $100,000.00. The project met with good encouragement from the first, as Charles L. Jones, of Cambridge, Mass., being desirous of conferring a substantial benefit upon his native village, gave to the enterprise $20,000.00, while the citizens of Saxton's River added to it $30,000.00, on condition that the academy should be erected in this vil- lage, which was accordingly done. In 1873 the whole amount was made up. Soon after, nearly $10,000.00 was raised for the purchase of land and erec- tion of buildings. The school grounds consist of a plateau of thirty-five acres. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 295 upon which are two brick buildings atid a ladies' dormatory and boarding- hall, all comfortably arranged and well adapted to the purposes for which they are intended. The present list of teachers is as follows : Horace M. VVillard A. M., principal; Mrs. Ruth B. Pulsifer, lady principal; Rev. E. J. Colcord, A. M., Major Charles H. Spooner, B. S., Miss S. Kendall, A. B., and Miss E. Bertha Whittaker, assistant teachers ; Mrs. C. H. Spooner, teacher of painting and drawing ; and Miss H. Estelle Woodruff, teacher of music. Cambridgeport, another pleasant little post village, is located about three miles west of Saxton's river, on the same stream, and lying partly in Grafton- It has one church (Union), several stores, a soapstone manufactory, etc., and about twenty dwellings. Its name is derived from J.T. Cambridge, who com- menced the clothier's business here in 1825, and so named by Esquire Weed, then of Saxton's River. The following facts relative to the early settlement of the village, were got- ten of Mr. Uzziah Wyman, when he was over eighty years of age: ''In 1792 a Mr. Adams came from the settlement at Saxton's River, making his way by marked trees, to what is now Cambridgeport, and built a hut, moving his family thereto in the same year. He remained only a short time, however, a-nd for some years no other settlement was made. In 1810 some parties by the name of Bulling purchased a tract of 1,000 acres of land in this vicinity, including the present site of the village and extending over into the town of Athens, upon which they erected mills, where the village now is. In 18x2, Nathaniel Bennett purchased the mills, erected two dwellings, and the following year the first school house was built. In 181 4 Simeon Evans built the first store and commenced trade. During this year the first road was laid through, running east of the present factory pond, and over the hills to Grafton. Mr. Evans also built the old tavern, which he occupied a few years. He died in 1 8 1 9. In 1825 Mr. Cambridge, as before mentioned, commenced the clothier's business here, and soon after the mills were destroyed by fire, together with a quantity of dressed and undressed cloth. In 1838 the Union church was built called the Cambridgeport Union House, preaching being supplied by the Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, and Universalist denominations. Dur- ing this year, also, a factory was erected by Royal Earl, John Campbell, Josiah Stoddard, and Roswell Minard, who worked it a few years, when it fell into the hands of Ithamer Balls, who sold it to George Perry, Benjamin Scofield, and others. In i860 this factory was burned, though immediately rebuilt. In 1S66 the factory was sold to the Rockingham Woolen Co., and was afterwards owned by George Wellington. A Mr. Cochran was the first blacksmith in 1819. Mr. Mitchell, a hatter, came the same year. A man by the name of Howard opened a law office here about 1840, and died soon after. Rockingham, a small post village located in the central part of the town- ship, on a branch of Williams river, has one church (Congregational), the first erected in the town, an hotel, one store, a blacksmith shop, and about a dozen dwellings. This village is principally noted as having been the location of the 296 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. town-house, and as the place where, in early times, the towns people con- vened for public worship. The old tavern here was noted for the thriving business it drove, being largely given up to the entertainment of teamsters in their journeys to and from the markets. Since the advent of the railroad, however, even though the station here is only half a mile distant, the village has declined in importance. Bartonsville is a small post village and station on the C. V. R. R., located about four miles northwest of Rockingham, on Williams river, in the north- western corner of the town. It has one general store, a blacksmith shop, cider-mill, and an old hotel (not in use), and about twenty dwellings. The village received its name from Jerry Barton, one of the first settlers in the locality. In times past it has been somewhat noted for its manufactures ; but the violent freshets it is subjected to at times, precludes much enterprise in this direction. In 1869 a freshet effected such a transformation in the locality that people are often at fault in locating old landmarks, or even in recogniz- ing the locality. The railroad depot was washed away, with many rods of track which is now laid several feet lower than its former level. Brockway's Mills, a hamlet located on Williams river, is a station on the Central Vermont railroad. It has a saw and grist-mill and tannery, and about ten dwellings. George R. FarnswortJi s grist-mill^ located at Saxton's River, was estab- lished in 1879. It has one run of stones, for grinding meal and feed. S. R. Earle's wagon shop, located at Saxton's River, was built by Elliot R. Osgood, and came into Mr. Earle's possession in 1879. Leonard C. Hubbard's grist and saw-mill, located at Saxton's River, was built in 1868. He manufactures about 150,000 feet of lumber per year, and grinds meal and feed. Mr. Hubbard was born in Walpole, N. H., and became a resident of the town in 1851. He has been a justice of the peace over twenty years, and a notary public fifteen years. Butterfield &= SmitJi s soap-stone tnannfactory, at Cambridgeport, was built about fifty years ago, and was rebuilt by the present firm about twenty-five years ago. They manufacture a large amount of goods, their quarry being located in Grafton. M. R. Lawrence s grist and saw mill and turning works, located on Wil- liams river, were originally built about one hundred years ago. He employs about fourteen hands. The grist-mill has three runs of stones. Barry &> Scofield' s 7vool-pulling and tanning establishment, located at Sax- ton's River, has been maintained by them since the autumn of 1877. The firm also deals extensively in wool, sheep pelts, hides, calf skins, etc. Farnsworth &= Co., manufacturers of fancy cassimeres, located at Saxton's River, operate 646 spindles and eight broad looms, employing about forty-five hands, and turning out 400 yards of narrow goods per day. The factory was established in 18.^7, by George Perry & Co. In 1869 the works were all washed away by high water, entailing a loss of $45,000.00. 7/^^ c. _^ 'oi ^uy/A.a-^^-ty/ TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 297 IV. E. Knight 6^ Soris carriage manufactory, located at Saxton's River, was built by Ransom Farnsworth, in 1870, and has been operated by the present firm about two years. Saxton's River Hotel, Marshall A Wilder, proprietor, was built by Jonathan Barron previous to 1820. A. K. Wilder, the present proprietor's father, run the house from 1859 until his death, June i, 1865. EARLY SETTLEMENT. The precise date of the first settlement of Rockingham is not known, though Thompson, in his Gazetteer of Vermont, says " the settlement of the township commenced in 1753, by Moses Wright, Joel Bigelow and Simon Knight, who emigrated from Massachusetts." The Indians held undisputed sway in the territory of Vermont long after powerful settlements had been made in Massachusetts; and the Great Falls, as Bellows Falls was then known, being in a direct line of the trail taken by the northern tribes in their predatory incursions into the latter State, was always one of their principal halting places. This was doubtless largely due to the large numbers of fish that gathered in the eddy below the falls. It is said that at a much later date the river was at times almost packed with shoals of shad and salmon, so great was their abundance. Shad were not tound above this point, but the salmon, incredible as it may appear, would make their way up the falls to the level above. The first record we have of a white man's visit to the township occurrred in 1704. In March of that year the celebrated attack on Greenfield, Mass., was made, by 240 Canadian Indians. On their return to Canada with 112 prisoners, the marauding party halted in Rockingham, near the mouth of Williams river, to allow their prisoners to rest. This halting place was about half a mile from the mouth of the stream, traditionally identical with the old Methodist camp-meeting ground. The day was the Sabbath, and among the unfortunate ones was the Rev. John Williams and his family, and he here preached a sermon, probably the first deUvered in the county, selecting as his text Lamentations i: 18: ''The Lord is righteous ; for I have rebelled against his commatidtnents. Hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorroiv ; my virgins and my young fnen are gone into captivity." Some of Mr. Wil- hams's descendents became eminent citizens of Vermont. According to the conditions of the charter, the first legal meeting of the proprietors was held on the last Wednesday in March, 1753, Benjamin Bel- lows presiding as moderator, when, among other things, it was voted — " To lay out to each proprietor a house-lot, and that the seventy-two house- lots be laid out in three or more several places; that all the meadow or intervale lands, lying on Connecticut and WiUiams rivers, be divided into seventy-two lots, being one for each proprietor." Andrew Gardner, Benjamin Bellows, Jonathan Bigelow, Stephen Farns- worth and Asahel Stebbins were appointed a committee to lay out lands, and 298 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. were authorized "to lay all ye meadow and intervale lands lying upon all ye small rivers into seventy-two lots, and take a plan of all ye lands in said town." And were further instructed " to couple all ye various lots into equal divisions, in all making seventy-two, so that ye drawing might be made at one time." Thus, each of the seventy-two proprietors would at once come into posses- sion of all his lands, each one receivmg a house-lot, a river lot and a lot on some small stream. The committee was also directed "to select and lay out six acres for a meeting-house place." Andrew Gardner, Salvenus Hast- ings, and John Grant were chosen assessors ; Benjamin Bellows, proprietors* clerk and collector of taxes. Gov. Benning Wentworth was interested in the settlement of Rockingham, on account of the excellent masting for ships obtained in this section, and came here personally to make examinations and to take measures " for better securing the masting trees from being cut and felled," as they had, by charter, been secured for " the masting of his majesty's navy." Through his instru- mentality the saw-mills were erected, one at the place now known as Brock- way's mills, and the other near the mouth of Saxton's river. The next meeting, called at the request of the legal inhabitants, was held at the house of Jonathan Bigelow, on Wednesday, the 29th of May, of the same year, Esquire Bellows presiding. This fact, together with his fortu- nate choice of lands, led to his becoming a man of great choice among the early settlers. The report of the committee to lay out lands was accepted, and the lands were drawn by lot, as laid out. Mr. Bellows took the lower meadow, with the lands around the same, for twenty-one house lots ; also lands on Saxton's river, in all forty-eight acres. He also had Hberty to pick five more three-acre meadow-lots, in any undivided meadow-lands, which he might choose. A part of the lower meadow is owned by his descendants to this day. But both he and John Kilburn, though owning these lands in Rockingham, resided just across the river, in Walpole, N. H. They were generous, public-spirited men, and deeply interested in the welfare of their own and adjoining settlements. When the inhabitants became alarmed in consequence of Indian depredations in the vicinity, they would at once seek the protection of these brave men. A fort, known as the " Bellows Fort," of which there yet remain indications, was erected on the summit of a hill north of the house afterwards occupied by the family, and was supplied with a heavy iron gun furnished by the royal government for the public protection, while Mr. Bellows usually had in his employ a large number of men, well-armed for defensive warfare. Mr. Kilburn's house stood further north, upon a terrace west of the Abenaqui Springs. Here occurred the " Kilburn Fight," in which 400 Indians were repulsed by four men and two women, after which the Indians returned to Canada and never again appeared in Walpole. Mr. Kil- burn died in April, 1789, aged eighty-five years, and was buried in the Wal- pole cemetery. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 299 Benjamin Bellows was proprietor's clerk until 1760, when Joshua Webb was chosen town clerk. In 1761 Moses Wright was elected to this office. About this time some anxiety was manifested in regard to the charter, doubts perhaps arising as to whether all its provisions had been compHed with ; for, at a legal meeting held July 17, 1760, it was voted "that Benjamin Bellows get ye town charter renewed or lengthened out." But nothing further relative to the subject is found in the town records. At this meeting, also, it was voted to set off ninety acres of land to Michael Lovell, as encouragement for him to build a good saw-mill and to keep it in repair for fifteen years from date. This land was so set off, where Lovell had already begun the erec- tion of a mill. It was agreed that he should saw for the proprietors of the township at one-half the mercantile rate, or at their option for one half the boards, he receiving, as further remuneration, the lot of land No. 15. This saw-mill was located on WiUiams nver, and was probably the first erected in the town. The nearest grist-mill at this time belonged to Col. Bellows, in Walpole, N. H., was located on the small stream now known as Blanchard's brook. The first census of Rockingham, of which there is any account, was taken in 1771. There were then in the township 225 souls, fifty of whom were heads of families, or married men. The enumeration was as follows : forty- eight white males under sixteen years of age ; sixty-two over sixteen ; four over sixty; fifty-two white females under sixteen ; fifty-seven over sixteen ; one colored male and one colored female, whose ages are not known. These blacks were formerly slaves in Massachusetts, and were then in the employ of Mr. Lovell. From this time forward, however, the population rapidly in- creased, so that the next census, taken in 1791, shows the number of inhabi- tants to have been 1,235. The delegates from Rockingham to the first general assembly of Vermont, held at Windsor, commencing March 12, 1778, were Joshua Webb and Dr. Reuben Bowers. Dr. Reuben Jones was one of the early settlers of Rockingham, and for a time was the only physician and surgeon in the town. The doctor was a staunch Whig and a man of patriotic temperament. He was clerk of the meeting held in Westminster, April 11, 1775, "to devise means to resist the progress of oppression." He was a delegate, with Joshua Webb, to the Dorset convention, September 25, 1776, and was for three years a representative of Rockingham in the general assembly. At the time of the court troubles in Westminster, Dr. Jones mounted his horse aid rode hatless all the way to Dummerston, calling the people " to arms." He was very generous and hospitable, but so extremely extravagant that he became deeply involved in debt, and was confined in the debtor's prison in 1785. Effecting his escape, he was re-arrested, but was finally rescued from the officers by his friends. On the arrival of Dr. Cutler in town, Dr. Jones removed to Chester, and was a representative of that town in the general assembly. 300 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Elias Olcott was born in Bolton, Conn., and came to Rockingham in 1763, at the age of nineteen years. He died October 29, 1794. He married Sibyl Button, who died August 27, 1802, aged seventy-five. His son Elias was born in Rockingham, and married Fanny Hastings, of Charlestown, N. H. He died in 1854, aged eighty-three or eighty-four. Elias Olcott, one of the latter's numerous children, was born in Rockingham, and married Charlotte Divall, of this town, who died April 7, 1858, leaving one son, Oscar D., who with his father, lives on Atkinson street, in Bellows Falls. The farm on which the elder Olcott settled has been in the Olcott family since 1763. Joshua Webb, a native of Windham, Conn., came to Westminster in 1766. In the following spring he removed to the northwest part of Rockingham, where he remained a year, when he returned to Westminster. In the spring of 1777, he again came to this town, and settled on road 30, on the farm which has since been owned by the Webb family^ six generations of which have lived upon it. He was the first representative of the town, and sus- tained that relation during fourteen or fifteen successive years. He married Hannah Abbe, of Windham, Conn., by whom he had eleven children, all of whom were born in Connecticut. He died here April 17, 1808, aged eighty- six ; and his wife, in 1815, in her ninetieth year. His son Calvin came with him to Rockingham, and settled on the farm now occupied by Joseph Carl- ton. Ethan B. Webb, son of Calvin, was born on that farm and spent his life there. He died March 15, 1872, aged eighty-eight. He married Fanny Burnham, of Chester, Vt., who died September 24, 1876, aged seventy-nine. Three of their children, Sarah, Carlton E., and Emily, live in this town. Another daughter, Fanny, lives in Walpole, N. H. Luther Webb, another son of Joshua, was three years old when his father came here. He had seven children, only two of whom art living, Joseph M. and Lucinda, both in this town, on the homestead farm, on which the former was born, September 23, 1803. Lucinda is ninety years old. Joseph M. married Elizabeth Foster, of Whitestown, N. Y., by whom he had three children, two of whom, WiUiam J., who was born August 29, 1843, and Emma E., who was born July 30, 1855, are living, both in this town, the latter with her parents. Ebenezer Allbee, a native of Massachusetts, came to Rockingham before the Revolution. His son John, who was born in this town, had twelve chil- dren. He died here at the age of fifty-eight. Samuel Allbee, son of John, was born here and lives on the farm on which his father died. He is now in his ninetieth year. Two of his sons, vSimon S. and Lewis, reside in this town, the former with his father, and the latter on road 7. Lewis married Sarah K, Thayer, granddaughter of Captain William Thayer, a native of Massachusetts, who came to Rockingham in 1789, and settled where Lewis Allbee now lives, where he died in May, 1830, in accordance with his prediction that he would die as soon as a stick on which he was whittling had been brought to a point. His son William Thayer, was born on the farm in question, in June, 1790, and died December 27, 1854. He was a captain in the State militia, and a member of the State legislature for two terms. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 30 1 Ebenezer Locke, from New Hampshire, settled in Rockingham about 1780. He married Phebe Marcy and had nine children, one of whom, Lewis, is living in Chester, and another, Henry, who lived with his son, in Westminster, and died January 6, 1884, in his eightieth year. Jonas Proctor, a native of Stoddard, N. H., came to Rockingham in 1783, at the age of three years, and died in 1858. His son Nathan, who was born here in 1809, is living on road 28. His wife was Harriet, daughter of Peter Dorand, and granddaughter of Solomon Wright, who was the first male child born in Rockingham. Jonathan Barry, who was a native of Lynn, Mass., removed thence to Rockingham, and was one of the first settlers in this town. He bought a large tract of land in the southwest corner of the town, which he divided among his sons, John, Asa, Joel, and Samuel. He and Samuel Ober were the first deacons of the old Congregational church, in the central part of the town. His son John married Thankful L. Cone, of Westminster. Joel, who was born in Rockingham, married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Ober, and had three chil- dren, all of whom are living, Kendal P. in Saxton's River, Mary A. in Marlboro, N. H., and Lucius M. in Wardsboro, Vt. Kendal P., who mar- ried Clarissa Perry, a native of Hancock, N. H., has two sons living in this town, Lucius P. and Milton P. Peter Nourse, a native of Danvens, Mass., married Lydia Low, of Ipswich, Mass., and came to Rockingham from Jaffray, N. H., in 1791. He settled in the northwest part of the town and died in 1833 or '34, aged ninety-three. He had. eight sons and three daughters. His son Daniel, who was born in Fitchburg, Mass., and came to Rockingham with his father when twelve years old, married Nancy George, of Topsham, Vt., and succeeded his father on the homestead farm. He died at Saxton's River in 1865, aged eighty-three. George R. Nourse, son of Daniel G., grandson of Daniel, and great-grandson of Peter, the pioneer settler, has resided at Bellows Falls since 1867. Deacon Albee, an early settler in Rockingham, lived on the farm now owned by Walter Wiley. His son John, who was born here, married Sophia Smith and had a numerous family. They died here. Their son John, who is also a native of this town, married Belinda Prentiss, of Westminster, Vt, by whom he had eight children, six of whom are living. One son, Charles P., married Hattie L. Griswold, of Rockingham, and is Hving in this town. Robert Wiley married Abigail Campbell, of New Boston, Mass., and removed thence to Rockingham at an early day. They located where the widow of John Moar now lives, and both died here, he, January 27, 1826, aged fifty-eight, and his wife. May 6, 1844, aged sixty-nine. She fell into the fire-place in a fit and burned to death. Four of their eight children sur- vive them. One. Ira, lives in Westminster. John W., 2d, son of Robert, who is living in Greenfield, Mass., was born in Rockingham, and married Randilla Weaver, of this town. He had nine children, four of whom are liv- ing, two in Illinois, and two, H. I. and M. W., in Rockingham. H. I. lives 302 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. on the old homestead, where all the children were born, and M. W. at Sax- ton's River, where his father died, February lo, 1866. The latter married, October 2, 1S55, Eliza M. French, of Alstead, N. H., who died August i, 1879, leaving two children, Corinne E. and Ernest. Samuel Ober, a native of Jaftray, N. H., came to Rockingham from Salem, Mass., at an early day, and crossed the Connecticut river on a raft of logs, in company with Messrs. Bellows and Lovell. He first settled at the Center, but subsequently removed to Saxton's River, where he bought 200 acres, and died at the age of eighty-eight years. He was for thirty years deacon of the first church organized in the town. His son Isaac was born in Rockingham and spent his life here, with the exception of a few years spent in Manchester, Vt., where he married Lydia Wilkins. He died here about 1859 or '60, aged sixty-seven years. Hezekiah, son of Isaac, was born in Manchester, Vt., and came to Rockingham when young. In 1839 he went to the north part of the State, to Canada, and various other places, returning in 1872 to Rock- ingham, where he now lives. He is a mason by trade. Patten B., another son of Isaac, was born here and now lives on road 51. He married Lucy A, Minard, by whom he has five children. James Walker came to Rockingham at an early day. He hewed the tim- ber for the first meeting-house built in the town. Samuel O. Adams, from Acton, Mass., removed in 1789 to Cavendish, Vt., where his eldest son, Mark W., was born. May 22, 1790. The family removed to Rockingham and settled on the meadows in the northeast part of the town, where Mark spent the remainder of his life, and died in 1835, aged seventy- eight. In 181 6 Mark married Philena AUbee, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, three of whom are living, Lucius W. and Mrs. L. A. Barry, of Rockingham, and Hiram E., of Burlington. John Davis lived and died in Rockingham. His son Eri L. was born here and lived where his son Hubbard B. now resides. He died in 1875, aged seventy-three. The old homestead has been owned by the Davis family for fifty years or more. Capt. Ebenezer Lovell, Jr., came to Rockingham from Worcester, Mass., at an early day. He was a recruiting officer in the war of 181 2, and was chosen captain of a militia company at Saxton's River when sixteen years old. He afterwards removed to Putney, where two of his sons, Henry M. and John B., now reside. He died in Walpole, N. H., in 1865. Henry Davis came to Rockingham from Groton, Mass., at an early day. He died in Grafton about 1853. His son Henry was born in Rockingham in 1784, and lived in Orange and Washington counties for a number of years, but returned to Rockingham, where he died about 1864, in his eightieth year. Levi Sabin came to Rockingham some time previous to 1800. He was a physician and a prominent man in the town. He had a large family. Dea. E. S. Sabin, of Saxton's River is one of his sons. Another son, William Cullen, was born in Rockingham, where he spent most of his life. He was for many TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 303 years a deacon of the Congregational church. He died in Westminster. He had four children, only one of whom, Henry W., is living. Another son, WiUiam J., was born in Rockingham in 1827, and lived there until 1857, when he removed to road 7 in Westminster, where he died in 1881. He married Adeline Knight and had three children, all of whom are living on the farm on which he settled in Westminster. John C. Wolf, a German and a farmer, was an early settler in Rockingham. He located about two miles from Saxton's River, and struck the first blow on the farm on which he Hved. He was twice married and had thirteen children, only one of the younger of whom, Ouida, is now living. She married George Willard, of Charleston, N. H., who died in Colorado in 1875. John D. Barry came to Rockingham from Massachusetts previous to 1800 and settled where his son William S. was born and now resides, at the end of road 4o|^. He died here at the age of fifty-six. William S. married Annie Dickinson of this town and has five children, two of whom, Walter W. and Mary A., live in Rockingham. Brigadice Brown, from Cohasset, Mass., was one of the early settlers in Springfield, Vt., to which town he came with his young wife, on horseback, in company with a party of friends, in 1792. They camped in the forest while preparing log dwellings. Abel Brown, one of his younger sons, married Pris- cilla Hodgkins, of Chester, and had ten children, only two of whom are living. Ehas, a farmer in Grafton, and Amos H., of Bellows Falls. The latter was the youngest son. Born in Springfield, he lived with his father until he became of age. He then learned the trade of a machinist and pursued that business for ten years, also conducting the woolen business at Perkinsville until 1858. From that time until 1878 he did an extensive wholesale grain business, with headquarters at Caremont, N. H., where he owned a large mill. In 1878 he purchased the stove and tin business he now conducts at Bellows Falls, and took up his residence there. John Wiley came to Rockingham from Peterboro, N. H., about 1815, where he was born May 13, 1786, and settled in the central part of the town, where he pursued the vocation of a farmer, and died in 1861, aged seventy-five years. He married Mary Perry and raised twelve children, eight of whom are living, five in Rockingham, one in Springfield, Vt., one in Fitchburg, Mass., and one, Thomas W., in Westminster, Vt. Three of the children were born in Peterboro, — Samuel, in 1810, Mary J., Oct. 8, 1812, and Rodney, in March, 1815. The nine children born here were Catherine, Thomas W., Frederick, Hamilton S., Sarah S., George, Harriet, Caroline and John. Xenophan Earle, a native of Chester, Vt., came to Rockingham about 1812 or '13. He died here February 15, 1875, aged seventy-five. His son Ira L. was born in Rockingham and married Maria A. Graves of this town. He was a locomotive engineer for thirty-four years, but discontinued that busi- ness in March, 1882, and is now an ice dealer, residing on the street which bears his name. He has two children, Mary and Edward, the latter of whom is a locomotive engineer and lives in Windsor, Vt. 304 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Samuel and Rufus Guild, twin brothers, and natives of Dedham, Mass., married sisters, Annie and Mary Hoadley, of New Hampshire, and in 1804 removed to Bellows Falls, where they engaged in the lumber business. Samuel was killed in 1824 by a log which he was rolling into the river. His son Samuel, who was born in Langdon, N. H., where his father resided for ten or twelve years before his removal here, was a paper maker, and set and operated the first paper machine used in Vermont. He was foreman of one of the mills at the Falls for years. He married Roxanna Stevens, and died here at ay advanced age. Two sons and two daughters are living. One son, WilUam lives in Brattleboro, and the other, George O., is a dry goods merchant in Bellows Falls, in which business he has been engaged since i86r. George O. was born in Claremont, N. H. Theophilus Hoit was the eldest of the two sons of Theophilusand Sabrina (Shaw) Hoit. He was born in Westmoreland, N. H., February 19, 1813, and continued to reside with his parents in that town, attending school win- ters and working on the farm summers, until the June after he was fifteen years of age, when he went to Sharon, Vt., to learn the trade of wool carding, cloth dressing, and weaving ingrain carpets. Business of this kind was thriv- ing in those days, when every family sent their wool to be carded and had their cloth spun and woven from the rolls and then dressed, especially when it was designed for their best or " Sunday clothes." While at Sharon he also learned to manufacture cassimeres. In April, 1833, he entered the employ of Faulkner & Colony, of Keene, N. H., who were at that period quite exten- sive wool carders and cloth dressers. He remained there two years, when he tried to better his fortunes, by removal, in March, 1835, to Saxton's River, where he manufactured satinets for J. F. Butler, who soon failed. The busi- ness was continued, however, by Ami Smith, who soon formed a co-partner- ship known as Smith, Wentworth & Bingham. Mr. Hoit continued in the employ of these different firms until 1836, when, taking the little treasure that by honest industry and frugality he had laid up, he started for the great West, then, as now, the el Dorado of all who were seeking to improve their financial status. For the next few months we find him exhibiting those Yankee traits of industry and perseverance which have so often led to success. He worked on the streets of the infant city of Chicago, drove a freight team, worked as a carpenter, a farmer, and as a clerk in a store in Milwaukee during the second year of its growth. We then find him running a saw-mill near the present city of Niles, Mich., and here he invested his hard earned treasure in city lots, only to see it vanish in the panic of 1837. In April, 1838, he determined to leave the illusive West, with its broad prairies and its flattering promises of easy fortunes, and return to sterile New England, which yields her fortunes only to those who woo her with constant toil and careful economy. He arrived at Saxton's River in May of that year, and again entered the service of Ami Smith in the old woolen factory, where he continued until the autumn of 1846, when he began the manufacture of ''^wwA'^^U^ cHr^^ TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 304 Stocking yarn, but sold out the business the next spring. In April, 1847, Smith's factory was burned, and the following May the water privilege and all of Smith's adjoining property was purchased by Mr. Hoit, George Perry and John A. Farnsworth. They immediately proceeded to erect the buildings at present known as the Woolen Factory and began the manufacture of black cassimeres, under the firm name of George Perry & Co. They prosecuted this business with marked success, and in February, 1857, determined to extend it by the purchase of the stone mill at Cambridgeport, fitting it up with new machinery. In pursuance of this plan they associated with them Fletcher Perry and Benjamin Schofield, and having put the mill in order, despite hard times and panics, began to manufacture the same class of goods as at the old factory. Prosperity attended this expansion, but in August, 1858, the death of George Perry caused a dissolution of the partnership, resulting in Mr. Hoit's continuing in the business at Saxton's River with Mr. Farnsworth, under the firm name of Farnsworth & Hoit. This firm success- fully continued the manufacture of the same class of goods until August, 1866, when, owing to feeble health, Mr. Hoit sold his interest to John F. Alexander. Since that time he has led a quiet life at his home in Saxton's River, where he has resided since his marriage, March 13, 1839, to Mary D. Chandler,, daughter of Abel Chandler, of Petersham, Mass. This union has resulteil in the birth of two daughters — Ellen, born November 28, 1839, who was married to Henry D Holton, M. D., November 19, 1862, and Abby, born March 14, 1845, who was married June 4, 1867, to Charles L. Hubbard, who died January 2, 1876. Mr. Hoit has been a consistent member of the Bap- tist church for thirty-two years. His marked peculiarities of character are his conscientiousness, from which has resulted the strict integrity which has marked all his business transactions, and his extreme modesty, which has caused him to decline the many public trusts he has been urged to accept. His benefactions, although numerous, have been so unostentatious that only the recipients have recognized them. He, in conjunction with other citizens, secured the location of the Vermont Academy at Saxton's River, and also contributed to its funds, at one time, five thousand dollars. David Butterfield, youngest son of William Butterfield, was born in Dun- stable, (now Nashua) N. H., and came to Rockingham in 181 5. His father, though then but seventeen years old, was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill, and his grandfather took part in the battles of Lexington and Concord. David carried on a meat market at Saxton's River for eighteen years. He married Almira W. Randall, of Springfield, Vt., who was fifteen years younger than himself, and died in 1879, aged seventy-two years. David and his four children, D. F., F. G., C. W., and Esther, survive him. Moses Ayer came to Rockingham from Millbury, N. H., about 1820 and set- tled in the northwest part of the town. He married Abigail Proctor, of Wash- ington, N. H., by whom he had thirteen children, nine of whom are living, the youngest being over fifty. He died July 19, 1868, aged seventy-eight. 19a 304 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. His widow is still living with her three sons, in her ninety- seventh year, and is the oldest person living in the town of Putney. Elisha Livermore was born in Spencer, Mass., a few days after the death of his father. When he was three years old his mother and father's brother removed to Jamaica, Vt., where he lived until October 13, 1828, when he came to Rockingham, and married Roxana Whitcomb, of Ringe, N. I}., March 2, 1829. March 4, 1829, he moved to the farm on which he now lives, on road 41, corner 35. His wife died September 19, 1883, aged eighty-eight years and eleven months, less six days. They had two children, Esther and Charles, the former of whom died August 3, 1853, aged twenty years. Charles married Etta B. Wilder, of Jamaica, and has two children, Virgil and Ella, all of whom are living on the old homestead, which has harbored three gen- erations of the Livermore family. Dr. Seth M. Blake, son of Joseph and Prudence (Shepherd) Blake, was born in Brookfield, Vt., August 21, 1817, and lived there until sixteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to William Clark, the publisher of the Fer- mont Patriot and State Gazette at Montpelier, where he learned the printer's trade. In 1839 he came to Bellows Falls and entered the office of the Bel- lows Falls Gazette^ published by J. W. Moore. This paper he purchased in connection with G. F. Bailey, in June, 1843, and published it in company one year, when he purchased Mr. Bailey's interest, and conducted it alone until 1846, when he sold it out and connected himself with his brother, A. S. Blake, of Waterbury, Conn., in the dentistry business. In 1847 he returned to Bellows Falls and established a dental office, continuing in practice about thirty years. During these years his pen was not inactive, and both as a lec- turer and a writer his influence was manifest, particularly during the civil war. He married Martha J. Glover, of Concord, N. H., August 16, 1842. They have six sons and two daughters, George S., of Windsor, Helen L. (Mrs. E. E. Dewey), Charles M., Frederick J., Walter G., John F., Henry L., and Jennie S., who reside in Bellows Falls. OtisB. Arms was born in Deerfield,Mass., in 1816, and at the age of seven- teen was apprenticed to John Poole, a blacksmith, of Walpole, N. H., with whom he served five years. He then went to New Hartford, Conn., where he resided two years, and in March, 1840, removed to Bellows Falls. The following September his brother John joined him in establishing the black- smith business on what is now known as Mill street. In 1861 he purchased a third interest in the Bellows Falls grist-mill ; and in 1869, in company with his brothers John and Aaron, he engaged in the general hardware business in the Mammoth Block, under the firm name of Arms Bros. In 1872, in com- pany with his brother Aaron and three other partners, he formed the Rock- ingham Paper Co., and built the mill now owned by George K. Russell, the fourth mill erected of those now standing. Aug. 16, 1842, he married Sarah N. Watkins of Walpole, N. H., by whom he has one son and one daughter, Edward Arms, of the firm of Moore, Arms & Thompson, and Lizzie S., Mrs. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. '304 H. F. King. He is a member of the Congregational church, and has been a liberal supporter of all the projects for the social, educational and religious improvement of the community. George Slate, son of Obed and Susan (Doolittle) Slate, was born in Hins- dale, N. H., Aug. 15, 1814. He was brought up on his father's farm, but having a taste for other business, in 1839, he became proprietor of a hotel. In October, 1841, he came to Bellows Falls and engaged in the grocery busi- ness, which he continued twelve years. He was appointed deputy sheriff in 1846, and performed the duties of that office until 1858, when he was elected sheriff of Windham county. About 1854 he became connected with the bank of Bellows Falls, as director and trustee, and with the Bellows Falls Savings Institution. His connection with one or the other of these institutions con- tinued until 1882, when he resigned, having been president of the latter in- stitution about two years. He was assistant U. S. district assessor for four years during the war and for a number of years held the office of assignee in bankruptcy. In 1S45 he married Frances A. Griswold, who died December 2, 1879, leaving one son, William W. Slate. Marshall C. Ladd was born in Pomfret, Vt., where he lived until twenty-one years of age, when he went to Massachusetts and remained about two years. In 185 1 he came to Bellows Falls and carried on the business ot carpenter and builder until 1877, when, having lost a leg, he engaged in the book-bind- ing business. John F. Sakerwas born in London. In May, 1853, he came to Bellows Falls, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he lived five years. He learned in London the tailor's trade, and has followed the business of merchant tailor for thirty years. Silas W. Stuart was born in Grafton, Vt., and came to Bellows Falls in in 1853. After about two years he went to Windham, where he lived ten or twelve years, and subsequently to Grafton, where he remained two years. In 186S he returned to Bellows Falls, where, as a carpenter and builder, he gives employment to ten or twelve men. Henry P. Wilson was born in Langdon, N. H., and married Lydia S. Mack, of Charlestown, in that State. They came to Bellows Falls about 1856. He was a carpenter and worked in the Rutland & Burlington railroad shops. He died of heart disease, July 19, 1882, at the age of sixty-six. His widow still hves in Bellows Falls. Their two children, Hattie J. (Mrs. Lucian R. Nourse), who died in Bellows Falls, October 15, 1873, aged thirty, and Harvey P., who died March 28, 1864, aged fourteen. Stratton W. Westgate was born in Cornish, N. H., and lived there till 1857, when he was twenty-three years of age. For three years thereafter he was an itinerant M. E. minister, but faiUng health compelled him to engage in other pursuits. He is now a carpenter and joiner at Saxton's River. Alfred G. Kilburn was born in iVlstead, N. H., and came to Bellows Falls to live permanently about 1858. He had worked here many years before 304* TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Kilburn mountain, which was formerly called Fall mountain, received its name from his great-grandfather. Benjamin Fifield, born in Canaan, N. H., in 1820, lived there till 1862 or '63, when he came to Bellows Falls, where he has since resided. He has worked at blacksmithing for the Central Vermont railroad for sixteen years. William MacLoud was born in Canada East (P. Q.), and Uved there till 1864, when he came to Bellows Falls. He married Anna MacDonald, of Canada East, and has three children, Hugh Murdock, Mary and Sarah, all of whom live in this town. Barney Cannon, Jr., a native of Montreal, P. Q., came to Bellows Falls in the fall of 1865. He served three years and eleven months in Co. C, 6th Vt. Regt. He has lived at intervals in Ludlow and Brattleboro since his first arrival at Bellows Falls, where he finally located, January i, 1877, when he established his present business of carriage, sign and ornamental painting on Rockingham street. Ozias M. George was born in Acworth, N. H , and came to Bellows Falls in 1865, where he has since practiced dentistry, in the Union block on the Square, since 1870. He is a member of the Vermont State Dental Society and of the Connecticut Valley Dental Society. William A. Miller was born in Chester, Vt., and lived there most of the time until 1872. May 5, 186 1, he enlisted in Co. A, 3d Vt. Regt., and served in the army three years. He was wounded and is a pensioner. He came to Bellows Falls in 1872, and in 1882 engaged in the manufacture of tin, sheet iron and copper ware. Freeland E. Proctor was born in Maine and moved with his parents when a child to Jay, in that State. From there he removed to Island Pond, Vt., where he remained about eleven years. From thence he went to Gorham, N. H., and five years later to White River Junction. In December, 1872, he located in Brattleboro, and a year later came to Bellows Falls, where he has since resided. He is foreman of the Central Vermont railroad shop there. George K. Russell was born in Cabot, Vt., and came to Bellows Falls in 1873. He is a member of the firm of Willard, Rassell & Co., papei makers. He enlisted in Exeter, N. H., in the T5th N. H. Vols., as orderly sergeant. Benjamin Scofield, son of Benjamin and Sarah Scofield, was born in the town of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, July 21, 1824. At the age of fourteen years he was apprenticed to the wool sorters trade, serving until May 22, 1845, when he came to America, arriving in New York city July 3d, after a voyage of forty-two days. He at once went to Boston, Mass., and upon his arrival there found his available assets to consist of his wardrobe and one silver dollar. From Boston he worked his way to Andover, Mass., where he made the acquaintance of one David Manox, who loaned him enough money to purchase a ticket to Vasselboro, Maine. At that place he worked at his trade three years, and from there went to Milton Mills, N. H. <^fy ^ TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. -304 After a brief stay there he came to Saxton's River, his present place of abode. Here he did the wool sorting at the woolen mill of George Perry & Co. until April, 1857. In 1851 he married Alice B. Thompson, of Grafton, a most fortunate move, for she it was who, by her strict economy and wise counsel, laid the foundation of his future prosperity. It can well be said of her that she was a true helpmeet. In 1857 Mr. Scofield first started in business for himself, purchasing an interest in the woolen mill at Cambridgport, the firm name being John A. Farnsworth & Co. This partnership lasted but one year, when it was changed to Perry & Co. June 17, i860, the mill was burned, but was immediately rebuilt, started again under the firm name of S. Perry & Co., the members of the firm being Solon Perry, Benjamin Scofield and John F. Alexander, who continued successfully in business until 1866, when the mill was sold to Boston parties. In December, 1866, Mr. Scofield went to England to visit the home of his boyhood. After a brief visit there he returned to his Vermont home. During the year 1868 he had the man- agement of a woolen-mill at Leominster, Mass., and in the meantime pur- chased an interest in the woolen-mill at Saxton's River, after which the firm was known as John A. Farnsworth & Co, In the spring of 1869 he was called upon to pass through a deep affliction in the loss of his dear compan- ion for life. Mrs. Scofield had long been an invalid, but through the sad years of her suffering was never heard to complain. During their long mar- ried life Mrs. Scofield blessed her husband by the birth of two children, Jennie and Frank B. The daughter died at the age of ten years, and the son is at present a resident of Saxton's River. This was a most unfortunate year for Mr. Scofield, for quickly following his great bereavement the severe freshet of October of that year washed away his mill, and the savings of those twenty years were wrested from him in as many minutes. Nothing daunted, however^ the firm at once rebuilt the mill and soon were doing a prosperous business again. The partnership lasted until 1875, when Mr. Scofield sold his interest in the woolen-mill. Since his retirement from manufacturing pur- suits he has been an extensive dealer in wool. His dwelling is one of the handsomest in the Httle village of Saxton's River, the house standing on the site of the old historic homestead of the late Judge Kellogg, who was well- known throughout the county and State. To his credit may it be said, no deserving, needy person ever went from Mr. Scofield's door empty handed. He prefers the quiet of his pleasant home to the noise and din of the busy world, and takes an active interest in any movement tending to promote the welfare of the people and village in which he lives. Moses Miller was born in Langdon, N. H., where he resided till twenty- eight years of age. He then went to Michigan and bought 7,000 acres in Lapeer and Martin townships. He remained there five years, when he sold his land and removed to Iowa, where be bought 160 acres and staid there three years. He again sold out and went to Minnesota, where he took up 100 acres, but remained only a year. He then went to Chicago and sold 300 304' TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. head of cattle brought'from Minnesota, From thence he proceeded to Bos- ton, Mass., and thence to Clarksville, Tenn., in the employ of the govern- ment. Six months later he returned to Boston and engaged in building. He erected four tenement houses in Waltham. In 1873 he removed to Bellows Falls, where he has since resided. Moses P. Smart, son of Joseph, was born in Springfield, Vt., and married Delia Garland, of New York. After a residence of about four years in Hartford, Conn., and twelve years at Springfield, Vt., when they removed to Bellows Falls. He died January 20, 1879, aged forty-five years. His widow resides here. O. L. Slader was born in Acworth, N. H., and resided there until thirty years of age. He then went to Rutland, Vt., and kept the depot restaurant about eleven years. From there he went to Boston, Mass., where for nearly a year he kept the Broomfield House, at 55 Broomfield street. He then engaged in the restaurant business in the New London Northern depot at Palmer, Mass., and in June. 1877, came to Bellows Falls, where he has since kept the depot restaurant and dining rooms. Miss Clara D. Porter was born in Alstead, N. H., and removed to Ac- worth, N. H., where she married George F. Reed, of that place, who died in 1875. In 1878 she came to Bellows Falls, where she is now practicing home- opathy, having graduated from the school of medicine of Boston University. Wayne T. Gibson was born in Windham, Vt., and came to Bellows Falls in 1878. He is a mason and contractor and employs ten to twelve men. Dr. Daniel Campbell, of Saxton's River, was born in Westminster, March 8, 1820. His father, Edward R. Campbell, was a farmer. His grandfather, also named Edward R., but who was familiarly known as " Dr. Ned," was a direct decendent from the house of Argyle, Scotland. He was a physician of extensive practice in Westminster and vicinity during the first half of the present century. Daniel was also a relative of the late Dr. John Campbell, of Putney, and of Dr. Alexander Campbell, of Rockingham, both of whom practiced in this vicinity many years ago. He received his education in the common schools and at the Burr and Burton academy, at Manchester, N. H. His vacations he spent in teaching and working on the farm ; but his tastes soon led him to prefer clerking in a store, at Putney. His medical education was obtained at the Vermont Medical college, at Woodstock, and at the Berk- shire Medical college, of Pittsfield, Mass., graduating from the former institu- tion in 1842, and taking a degree at the latter, the followng year. He was demonstrator of anatomy at Berkshire college for a year or more, and was associated in practice with Professor H. H. Childs, at that time lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. After leaving Pittsfield he came to Westminster where he married Julia A. Hall, daughter of Captain Edward Hall, of that town. Her many virtues have materially aided him in his forty years of pro- fessional life, while the union has been blessed with eight children, six of whom are living. He remained in practice in West Westminster about ten '^/^nX^j \ TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. ''304 years, then removed to Saxton's River, where he has since resided. Several years ago he was offered the chair of Theory and Practice in Dartmouth col- lege, but declined the offer, his tastes leading him to prefer the bedside of his patients to a professor's chair. In politics, Dr. Campbell is a liberal Demo- crat. He represented Rockingham in the legislature of 1864-65, and was the Democratic candidate for speaker. He has several times been that party's candidate for county Senator, and in 1880 was Democratic nominee for congress, being defeated by James M. Tyler, of Brattleboro. He is at pres- ent somewhat interested in Texas property, in connection with his brother Colin, but from his brief visit to that State a few years since, it seems safe to say that he is well suited with his old Vermont home. Of his children, Charles, the oldest, died in infancy; Flora E. married Henry S. Frost, and resides in Bellow Falls ; Alice died in childhood ; Edward R. resides in Bel- lows Falls, following his father's profession, having been a successful practi- tioner of medicine and surgery for nine years ; William H. resides at Saxton's River, where his health having prevented him from completing his medical studies, he is engaged in the Uvery business, and in breeding fine horses ; Har- riet J. was married to Preston H. Hadley and resides at Bellows Falls ; Clara O. was married to George R. Wales, of Bellows Falls, where they now reside ; and Mary E., the youngest daughter, resides with her parents, at Saxton's River. The four elder children were born in Westminster, the others at Saxton's River. Edward W. Bancroft is a native of Windham county, and was for many years a member of the firm of H. B. Claflin & Co., of New York city, but faihng health compelled him to retire to the country. He is deeply interested in agriculture, and is said to have the most productive farm and the finest herd of cows in New England. His farm of seventy-five acres of tillable land is known as Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, and is located on Terrace Hill, in Bellows Falls. His herd of fifty comprises Durham, Holstein, and native cows, the milk from which is sold to regular customers in the village. He keeps Membrino and Hambletonian horses, six span being employed to do the work on the farm, besides fine blooded animals for breeding pur- poses. With the exception of grain, the fodder for the stock is raised on the farm, which last year produced 12,000 baskets of corn. Ten acres are under cultivation as a market garden, and a half acre is under glass. George Perry was one of the eight children of Gates Perry, who came to Rockingham, from Antrim, N, H., in 1807, locating upon the farm now owned by Rev. A. J. Leach, on road 34. Here Gates lived the life of a New England farmer, rearing his children to tread the paths of usefulness and virtue. George's seven brothers and sisters were Mary, who became Mrs. W. C Wiley, deceased ; Gates, Jr., deceased ; Clarissa, who became Mrs. K. P. Barry, and is now a resident of the town ; Fletcher, deceased ; Persis Ann (Mrs. J. S. Steele), of Keene, N. H.; Jane (Mrs. E. R. Osgood), of this town; and Saphronia, who became Mrs. A. Stimpson, deceased. In 1850, 304 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Mr. Perry lost his esteemed consort, Mary Fletcher, and subsequently mar- ried Sally Wiley, who survived him. August 13th, 1858, he, too, passed into that " dreamless sleep, which knows no waking." George was born in Rock- ingham, on the 6th of March of the year his parents took up their residence here, 1807. His boyhood and youth were passed after the usual routine of a farmer's son, he receiving the customary amount of education, his hours of study being snatched from those of wearisome toil. At the age of twenty- one years, April 2, 1828, he married Hannah Chandler, daughter of Abel Chandler, and first began to stem alone the swift current of life, locating upon a farm on road 35. Here he remained three years, then removed to Saxton's River, and, in company with his brother Fletcher, commenced the manufac- ture of tinware, doing a large business in this line for several years. He finally sold out, however, in 1847, ^"^ ^^ company with J. A. Farnsworth and Theophilus Hoit erected the well-known woolen mill, carrying on an extensive business under the firm name of George Perry & Co. In this busi- ness he remained until his death, August 22, 1858. Mrs. Perry still survives him, residing with her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Alexander. Their union was blessed with the birth of two children, Solon, born November 12, 1829, now engaged in business at Boston, Mass., and Mary P., born September 26, 1839, the wife of J. F. Alexander, of this town. Mr. Perry was not a member of the church, but was always an active, liberal supporter of the gospel. He evinced great interest in the welfare of his townsmen, and in the prosperity of the village wherein he resided. A man who always manifested a sense of strict honor, and a love for fairness in his dealings with all, and ever prone to willingly assist the needy, he was often called by his townsmen to fill positions of honor and trust. In 1857 he was elected State senator from Windham county, and would have been returned to the office, had ill health not pro- hibited his accepting the nomination. John F. Alexander, a member of the firm of Farnsworth & Co., was born in Chesterfield, N. H., from which place his parents removed to Brattleboro in 1851. February 21, 1838, he removed to Bellows Falls, and thence in i860, to Saxton's River. Levi Sabin was a noted physician in this town, but where he came from cannot be ascertained. He settled in the central part of the town, and was a selectman for many years. He died from overwork at the age of forty-five years, leaving a family of eight children. His widow lived to the age of ninety one years, and spent her last days with her son Elisha S. The sur- viving children are Lucinda. who married William Philo, of New York, and moved to Wisconsin, where he died ; Maria, who is the wife of Gilbert Hath- away of Illinois; and Elisha S., who married Sophia W. Hall, of Newfane, Vt., and resides in Rockingham. Elisha S. was a deacon of the Congrega- tional church. He has four children living, Elisha S., Jr., a merchant in Saxton's River ; George K., a miner in Colorado; Robert H., a physician in West Troy, N. Y. ; and Albert R., who is principal of the high school in Chicago, 111., and superintendent of schools in Lake Forest Co., 111. (9~-lJ--(-^ o TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. '304 Ira D. Burwell was born in Bridport, Addison county, and removed with his parents at the age of thirteen to Crown Point, N. Y., where he resided thirteen years. After a residence of fifteen years in Norwich, N. Y., and about twelve in Hinesburg, he came to Rockingham, where he now resides on road 40. He married Sarah Ann Hickok, of Fort Edward, N. Y., and has five children, Emma G., Almira J., William C, Harriet, Rhoda, and Fred- erick B. Mr. Burwell is a Baptist minister. He has preached for thirty years, and occasionally does so yet. Dr. Frank Whitman, of Bellows Falls, was born in Boston, Mass., and is a graduate of the Berkshire Medical college. He joined the army during the late war and went out as assistant surgeon of the 58th Mass. Infantry. He was appDinted surgeon in-chief of the ist Brigade, 2d division, 9th army corps. He is now president of the U. S. board of examining surgeons for pensions. John Carmody, of Bellows Falls, was born in Ireland, and came to Boston, Mass., in 1848, at the age of thirteen years. He lived in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire till 1852, when he came to Springfield, Vt., and married Mary Cobb, of that town. May 5, 1 861, he enlisted in Co. A, 3d Vt. Regt. He was detailed as orderly for Gen. William F. Smith, and at Fortress Monroe was detailed to carry mail for the 2d division of the 6th corps. At Stone House Mountain he was detailed by general order No. 6r, to take charge of the mail of the left grand division of the Army of the Poto- mac, which position he held during the existance of the division, when he returned to the 6th corps, with which he remained until the expiration of his term of service, participating in all the battles in which the corps was engaged, as orderly for Generals Smith, Franklin, Sedgwick, and Wright. Juhus A. Morrill was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt, and is a graduate of Amherst college, class of 1866. In 1863, he enlisted in the ist Vt. Artillery and served until the close of the war. In 1865 he went to New York city and was a stock broker. He was in the custom house in that city for seven years, and since 1878 he has been engaged with Charles Scribner's Sons., He married Sarah C. Bell, daughter of D. Cyrus Bell, and a graduate of Mount Holyoke Seminary, class of 1865. They have five children. Their home is in Bellows Falls. John A. Farnsworth was born in Boston, Mass., February 26, 1815. At the age of eight years his father died, and at the age of eleven his mother allowed him to go to Claremont, N. H., as an apprentice to the business of manufacturing woolen goods. Here he was to remain until twenty-one years of age, being allowed three months of each winter for attending school. At the age of nineteen, however, the firm who carried on the factory failed, and young Farnsworlh went to Putney, Vt., to complete his term of appren- ticeship. At the age of twenty-three years he came to Saxton's River, where he was engaged as overseer in the finishing-room of the woolen factory, re- maining here until 1844. He then went to Gilderland, N. Y., to accept a 304'" TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. similar position, and was subsequently in business there, from 1845 to 1847. He then returned to Saxton's River, entering into business with George Perry and Theopilus Hoit, under the firm name of George Perry & Co. This style was retained until Mr. Perry's death, in 1858, when the firm name was changed to Farn:t/^) InoVr %^^,j^ V V . TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. "304 1777 they marched to Ticonderoga for the purpose of relieving the American army, which was then beseiged. On this expedition with thirteen volunteers, he attacked a British detachment of forty men, killed one and took seven prisoners, without sustaining any loss himself. He soon after received a major's commission, and continued in the service until after the capture of Burgoyne. After his return, he rose through different grades of office to that of major-general of militia, which office he held six years. He was several years a member of the executive council, and in 1788 was appointed high •sheriff of Windham county, which office he held eighteen consecutive years, and was also a judge of the county court three years. He died September 15, 1 8 14, aged about seventy years." The Taft family were among the early settlers of Townshend. During the winter of 1 798-99, Aaron Taft came from Uxbridge, Mass , and bought the farm where Peter Hazelton lived, on Taft hill. Jesse Murdock, son-in-law of Aaron, negotiated the purchase. On March 9, 1799, the family started from Uxbridge for their new home in Townshend. The household goods were loaded upon a sled, which was drawn to West Townshend by two yoke of oxen, and the snow here was so deep that it took nineteen yoke to move the effects from the West village to the end of the journey. At that time the snow at Uxbridge was not over three inches deep, while in the woods here it was six feet deep on a level. Peter R. Taft, then fourteen years of age, accompanied the family. He came all the way on foot, and drove the cow. In the winter, like other farmers' boys, he did chores, helped prepare wood for the fire at home, and went to the district school. During the other months he spent his time in helping his father carry on the family homestead. His education, however, was under the oversight of his father, who was a college giaduate. Fondness for mathematics resulted in his becoming a land surveyor, and receiving the appointment of county surveyor. The accuracy of his work in establish- ing disputed lines, and in making divisions of real estate, brought him into public notice and gave him much employment in every part of the county. The duties of this office often made necessary a long attendance on his part at the terms of our county court. On such occasions he was a willing as well as an attentive listener, and so gained a knowledge of many legal principles which a person of his parts would be apt to apply correctly in unfolding the twist of a complicated law-suit. From his first experience as a trial justice, the entire public had great confidence in him as a magistrate; and, in one capacity or other, he was often called upon to decide matters in dispute between litigants. While pursuing his studies, he devoted a portion of his spare moments to reading, a habit which grew with his advancing years. Later in life he was indeed a great reader. In early manhood he taught for a number of years the winter term of the common school in his district, and was employed as long as he could be hired by the district for that service. As a teacher he had an excellent reputation. No person was oftener called upon to fill 304 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. induced his father to go West with him and invest in real estate in Kalamazoo and adjoining counties, at the same time making investments from his own earnings. He was thus instrumental in adding largely to his father's estate, and at the same time laid the foundation of his own fortune, making Michigan the center of the business transactions of his life. March 9, 1841, he was married to Hannah E., daughter of Daniel and Lucy (Stevens) Cobb, of Wind- ham, and settled in Townshend village, where he resided until 1858, when he moved to Chester, Vt., remaining there ten years, or until after the death of his mother, when he purchased the homestead and returned to Townshend. The love for his native town and State overpowered the attractions of his business relations in Michigan so far as to induce him to retain his old home, to which, for many years, he made annual visits, only spending a month or two :n and about Kalamazoo. Mr. Howard's excellent judgment, together with his conservative and cautious habits, which led him to thoroughly investi- gate all matters that came under his care, rendered him a safe counselor in business affairs, whether relating to public or private interests. He was highly esteemed by his townsmen and acquaintances, not only on this account, but also for his genial and social quaUties, which were prominent traits in his character. This regard was manifested in the resolutions passed after his decease by the directors of the People's Bank, and the trustees of Leland and Grey Seminary, speaking of the high opinion in which he was held by the prominent business men who were associated with him in the manage- ment of responsible trusts. He used his wealth to secure the comforts and conveniences of life, but made no display of magnificence, never failing to cordially recognize the poor as well as the opulent in his daily intercourse, and at his death bequeathed a legacy of $10,000.00 for the benefit of the poor of his native town. He was never ambitious for public office or for pubhc favors of any kind, though he loved the esteem of his fellow men, and was entrusted by them with many weighty responsibilities in the towns where he resided. He represented Townshend in the legislature of i846-'47, and Chester in 1859-60, and was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1870. He was a man of even temper, never allowing passion to move him to indiscretion. Possessins strict integrity, honest himself in his deal- ings in small as well as large things, he required of others his just dues. He was never duped by flattery, nor moved by threats. To secure his aid in matters of public or private interest it was necessary to convince his judg- ment. Never lavish of his wealth, he nevertheless rendered substantial aid to the religious and educational institutions cherished by his parents and family, particularly during the latter years of his life. Nor were the poor and unfortunate overlooked by him. He was a believer in the Christian religion, and when in health a regular attendant upon pubHc worship. In August, 1877, he had an attack of apoplexy while at Brattleboro, after which he had several other slight attacks, from all of which he speedily recovered, but on Sat- urday, the day preceding his death, he had a more severe attack, from which TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 304 he did not rally to consciousness. His widow, two sons and one daughter survived him. /i vi^m A^I f^j^t-T-o!^-/ ' p Rev. Mark Carpenter, of the Carpenter- family mentioned on page 203, was born in Guilford, September 23, 1802, and died in Townshend, Monday, November i^, 1882, after an illness of two days. Before he became of age, Mr, Carpenter had had but three months of schooling. On attaining his majority, however, he set to work in earnest to acquire an education, and in April, 1827, united with the Baptist church, being licensed to preach soon after. He spent five terms in the academy and college at Amherst, taking his last year and graduating at Union college, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1830, and, after a three years' course at Newton Theological Institution, he settled in Milford, N. H., where he was ordained February 26, 1834. From that time until his death he was actively engaged in the gospel work, taking up his residence in Townshend in 1875. Mr, Carpenter's first wife, and the mother of his seven sons, was Catharine A. Howard, daughter of the late Chapin Howard, of Townshend. His second wife, who survives him, was Mrs. Sarah B. Jenkins, for many years a missionary connected with the Hansom Place Baptist church, in Brooklyn, N. Y. David Lindsey came to Townshend about 1775 and settled on the West river, near the center of the town. He sold his farm before peace was de- clared, and took his pay in Continental money, which was worthless before he could invest it. He left Townshend and was gone several years, when he returned to Jamaica and died there. Peter was the only one of his six chil- dren who settled in this county. He married Betsey Crow and located in the west part of the town of Jamaica and engaged in farming. In 181 1 he moved to the west part of Brattleboro and settled on road 22, where he died September 30, 1818. James, the eldest of his twelve children, was a soldier in the war of 181 2. He settled in Broome county, N. Y. Only three of the children are living, Susan, wife of I. Blood, who resides in Cavendish, Vt. ; Polly, widow of Hosea Barrett, who lives in Jackson, Penn. ; and Willard, the youngest son, who was born in Jamaica, February 12, 1808, married Mary Butler, and settled in Brookline, where he Hved until 1873, since which time he has hved in Brattleboro. But four of his eight children are now living, James Nichols settled in Athens, just north of the Townshend line, on road 9? previous to 1778, He was a miller by trade and for many years conducted the mining business at Harmonyville, in Townshend, where he died at an advanced age. He had four sons and a daughter, all of whom, except one son, reared fami- lies, butaU except Reuben and Jonathan removed from the county. Reuben, the eldest, was born in Athens, March 9, 1778. He married Sarah Holbrookand bought the homestead on road 20, in Townshend, where Hollis Nichols now lives. There he spent his life, and died at the early age of thirty-eight years. His wife survived him many years. She died October 27, 1874, at the advanced age of ninety-nine years. They had three children, all of whom are living. 304^- TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. who was born March 29, 1773, and had six children, two sons and four daugh- ters, all of whom lived to marry, except two who died in infancy. William Harris settled in Townshend at an early day. He had a saw-mill and was also engaged in farming. He raised five children, three of whom are now living. One, Jonah^ lives in Westminster ; another, Christopher, in Cayuga county, N. Y. R. A. Harris, son of Christopher, was born in Town- shend. He enlisted in Co. H, 8th Vt. Vols., January 13, 1862, and served till the close of the war. Ebenezer Taft enlisted in the Continental army at the age of seventeen, and went from Upton, Mass., his native place, to the battle of Bunker Hill. After the dose of his service he bought a farm in Chesterfield, N. H., but sold it and came to Townshend, where he worked for a Mr. Howard. He subsequently bought the farm at the coiner of roads 12 and 13. In 1780 he married Susan, widow of Dr. Timothy Tyler, who bore him two sons and two daughters, viz.: Josiah, Lewis, Polly, and Betsey. He was a member of the Congregational church at the village. He died at the age of eighty- nine years. Josiah married Olive, eldest child of Ohver Wilkinson, and raised eight children, of whom Josiah W., the eldest, lives on road 12, in Townshend ; Lucius C, in New Hampshire, and Royal E., in Jamaica. Of the daughters, Laura A. Field is a resident of Chesterfield, N. H.; Susan F., married William Wilbur, of Londonderry. Sophia O.. wife of D. H. Harris, Mary E., and Sarah J., widow of Frank Thompson, reside at West Town- shend. Jonas Warren moved from Upton, Mass., to Newfane, about 1782, and subsequently located in Townshend. He raised twelve children, of whom Hannah, the sixth, who married Riba Holland, is the only one living. She is, at the age of one hundred years, the oldest person living in Townshend. Lemuel Farwell was born in Chesterfield, N. H., in 1780, and about 1805 removed to Acton, now Townshend, where he died in 1866. He took an active part in town affairs ; was justice of the peace many years, selectman, town clerk thirty years, and represented the town in the legislature. He was also extensively engaged in farming. He had ten children, all of whom lived to maturity. One son, Jason A., resides on road 44, in Westminster. Two daughters live in Townshend. Caleb Garfield was born in Royalton, Mass., July 12, 1786, and came to Townshend in 1813. He settled on the place now^ owned by his son Oscar R. He was a hatter by trade, and worked at that business until he was sixty years of age. He died January 6, 1864. He married Pattie Robbins, of Massachusetts, and had four children, three of whom lived to maturity. Deacon Barnard Salisbury was born in Dummerston, Vt., March 30, 1786, and married Arathusa Duncan, of that town, August 3^ 1806. About 1807, they came to Townshend and located on road 39, on what is called West Hill. He cleared 130 acres. He was left an orphan at the age of three years, and was brought up by a Mr. Hadley. He received a common school TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. "304 education and fitted himself for the duties of a teacher, which he performed in several schools prior to his marriage. After his settlement in Townshend he was honored with many public trusts. He was a magistrate for about twenty-five years, and a deacon of the Congregational church for an equal period, serving on the committee to whom was entrusted the erection of the parsonage, &c. He died in 1854. He was twice married. His youngest child, Henry Salisbury, the present postmaster and clerk of Townshend, was born in this town July 6, 1829. He married Alice Harrington in 1857, and has always resided here. He has held the office of town clerk and post- master since 1869, He represented this town in 1868-69. Charles Phelps, a son of Timothy Phelps, was born in Marlboro, Vt., Sep- tember 13, 1 78 1. During his childhood and youth he was taught at home and in the common schools of the district where his father resided. In early manhood he attended the academy at Chesterfield, N. H., and at Brattleboro. At the June term of court, 1807, he was admitted to the bar of Windham county, and commenced his residence in Townshend on the 7th of the fol- lowing September. A pair of saddle-bags, with apparel therein, and the colt upon whose back he rode, constituted the sum total of his property. This horse was a docile and hardy animal, but after a few months, the business of its owner made necessary the purchase of another. His office was erected by Thomas Sumner, in 1807. By the close of 1810 he had purchased the and which became his homestead. He boarded with Lemuel Marsh until some time in 181 2, and then at Benjamin Rider's hotel for about a year. As soon as his dwelling-house was completed he went to house-keeping. Prior to his marriage, his sister Anstis had charge of his domestic aff"airs. He mar- ried the daughter of James Houghton, of Guilford, July 21, 18 14, and had six children. His wife and four children survived him. He was elected a member of the Vermont Council in 1820, '21, and '22 ; judge of probate for the district of Westminster in 1821, '22 and '24; and a judge of Windham county court in 1832, '^;^, and '34 ; holding each of the above named offices for three years. Of his discourses on public occasions, there were printed the address at Townsend, July 4, 181 1; the lecture before the Windham county Bible Society, July 4, 1826 ; the address before the Windham County Bible Society at its annual meeting in August, 1830 ; and the lecture on tem- perate drinking delivered at Wardsboro in June, 1832. To the close of Mad- ison's administration, he was a zealous and active Democrat. Many politi- cal articles which appeared in the newspapers of that day were written by him, and he often spoke in defense of the party to which he belonged. During the presidential campaign of 1824, he supported Mr. Adams, and was in ever increasing sympathy with him while he was so honorably earning his noble title of " the old man eloquent." On receiving Mr. Garrison's prospectus for pub- lishing T/ie Liberator^ he became a subscriber, commencing with No. i of Vol. I, of that paper, and renewing his subscriptions yearly so long as he Hved. For the anti-slavery cause he was an ever wilHng writer and speaker. 19c 304°^ TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. Before the darkness of slavery had passed away he was summoned from the world ; but in his last days he was confident that emancipation morning was near, and the belief gladdened his heart. In the management of town af- fairs he was often called to take part. By his official services he proved him- self sagacious, energetic, prudent, true to his trust, and at the same time just to all. Popular education always found in him a ready and earnest supporter. It was his practice to visit the public schools and speak words of advice and encouragement to those in attendance. By personal efforts, to which he contributed his full share, many subscription and select schools were kept in the school district where he resided. By the purchase of warrants issued to soldiers of the Revolution and located in Illinois, he became owner of nu- merous tracts of land in that State. . Nearly all of these lots, amounting to many thousand dollars in value, were given to Knox college a few months before his death. Down to 1830, his books and dockets contains abundant evidence to show that Jiis professional practice was large and remunerative. At that time his private affairs claimed, and thereafter occupied the greater part of his time. His religious training l^egan with the dawn of understand- ing. By the time he could read he had learned the shorter catechism, and through life could repeat the same frorn beginning to end. He was well in- structed in the essential doctrines of Christianity, and always led a moral and exemplary Ufa. In 1838 he became a member of the First Congregational church in Townshend. Then he erected the family altar, and during the rest of his life, made daily supplications to the Heavenly Father for the doing of " His will on earth as it is done in heaven," for daily bread, for forgiveness, for deliverence from temptation and evil, and for light and guidance through the wickedness and misery of this world to a future life of holiness and hap- piness. Neither bad habits nor crooked practices cast their blighting and de- pressing influence upon him. At all times he had the cheerful, open, manly countenance borne by the just and pure. The libraries, lectures, public meet- ings, and religious privileges of a superior order, which are so common in cities, were strong inducements for putting an end to a country life. The resi- dence of a daughter in Cincinnati, Ohio, decided the question. In the autumn of 1845 he removed with his family to that city, where he died on the 19th day of November, 1854. James H. Phelps, son of Charles Phelps, was born in West Townshend, September 6, 181 7, where he has always made his home. After graduation at Middlebury college, in 1835, he studied law with his father, and was ad- mitted to the bar by Windham county court in 1839. About this time his father decided to close his business in Vermont, and remove from the State. Settlement of his affairs, which consisted largely of financial transactions, were placed at first, partly, and then wholly in charge of the subject of this notice. But the matters to be handled were many, and were of such char- acter that they could not be concluded short of a term of years. A business thus prolonged, and which suited the person conducting it, could not easily I TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. **304 be abandoned, even when the cause of its beginning had ceased to exist. Hence it soon became a chief means of support, and has continued to the present day. The town offices which the people of his native town have con- ferred upon him need not be mentioned. They are many, and cover nearly the whole period since he became a voter. He was register of the probate district of Westminster, from December i, 1842, to December i, 1846; a judge of Windham county court, from December i, 1846, to December 1, 1848; he represented Townshend in the general assembly of 1848, 1849, 1867, and was a State senator in 1854 and 1856. He married Miss Sophia A. Robbins, November 7, 1844. Their children are Eliza Sophia (Mrs. Pierce), born June i, 1851, and Sarah Jane, born October 20, 1853. Archelaus Bixby was born in Thompson, Conn., December 21, 1784. Sep- tember 21, 1807, he married ParmeUa Blanding, of Brookline, Vt., to which town his father removed when he was a youth. In 1819 he removed to Townshend and bought the farm now owned by J. D. Derry, where he resided till his death in 1869. He was for many years a deacon of the Baptist church of Townshend, of which he was one of the founders, as was his daughter Sarah T., wife of James D. Derry^ who belonged to the church about fifty-four years. She died October 15, 1869, aged sixty-six. Mr. Bixby's other daugh- ter, Parmelia A., married Solomon F. Whitney, and died, leaving one daugh- ter. His only other child, a son, died in infancy. Joseph Haywood was born in Holden, Mass., and married Polly Robinson of Winchenden in that State. About 1790 he settled in Brattleboro, where he raised a family of eight children, the oldest of whom is Mrs. Sally, widow of B. F. Harris, of Brattleboro. About 1820-23, he removed his family to Townshend, where he spent the rest of his life, and died November 9, 1857, at the age of ninety years. Mrs. T. J. Holland, of Townshend, is the only other survivor of his family. Deacon Joseph Bradley Ware was born in Putney, Vt., February 2, 1809, and was the second of twelve children born to Dr. Joseph and Lucinda (Kathan) Ware. He was early compelled to shift for himself, and grew to manhood with only such scholastic advantages as were afforded by a limited attendance at the district schools. At the age of eighteen he was one of fifty boys from Windham county who went to Lowell and worked on the carpet factory then being built there. After a year spent in Lowell he went to Bos- ton, where he remained two years in a furniture store. He then came to Townshend and engaged in farming. March 13, 1839, he married Mary H., daughter of David Plummer, of Brattleboro, by whom he had four children, only one of whom, John J. H. Ware, of Townshend, is living. During the major portion of his life Mr. Ware has dealt in live stock, and in pursuit of that business has traveled over Windham county and Southern Vermont. In 1836, he became a member of the Congregational church, and in 1855 or '56 was elected a deacon therein. He represented Townshend in the legislature in 1880-81. 304 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. Rev. Horace Fletcher, A. M., D. D., son of Hon. Asaph and Sarah (Green)- Fletcher, was born in Cavendish, Vt., October 28, 1796, and fitted for col- lege under the instruction of Rev. Jonathan Going, D. D., of Vermont, and his brother, the later Hon. Richard Fletcher, of Boston, who was then prac- ticing law in Sahsbury, N. H. In 1818 he entered the Vermont University at Burling- ton, and pursued his studies there until the college building was required for the use of the arm.y. In the spring of 18 15 he entered the sophomore class of Dartmouth college, from which he was graduated with the high- est honors in 1817. He taught in the Franklin county academy at New Salem, Mass., for one or more years, and then read law with Hon. William C. Bradley, of Westminster, Vt. He commenced the prac- tice of law at Proctorsville, Vt., in 1822, (REV. HORACE FLETCHER.) but after fifteen years practice abandoned the law, and studied theology with Rev. C. W. Hodges, of Bennington, Vt. He was ordained pastor of the Baptist church in Townshend, Jan- uary 25, 1844, and sustained that relation till his death, November 27, 1 87 1. Mr. Fletcher married Harriet, daughter of Eleazer May, of West- minster, Vt., March 12, 1823, and reared a numerous and highly respected family. In September, 1855, he was elected to the legislature of Vermont. He received the degree of D. D., from Madison University, Hamilton, N^ Y., in i860. James O. FoUett came to Townshend in 1849 ^^^ settled where he now hves. He married Clara, daughter of Orison H. Kimball, of this town. His father, Samuel W. FoUett, who married Eliza, daughter of David Bemis, of Westminster, died when James was a year old. His grandfather, James Fol- lett, removed from Hubbardson, Mass., to Jamaica in 1803, and settled on what is called Turkey mountain. William FoUett, who is a lawyer in Reads- boro, Vt., is a son of his. Abishai Stoddard, judge of probate, and son of Ezra Stoddard, was ad- mitted to the bar in 1845, and in that and the two succeeding years he rep- resented the town of Grafton. In 1855 he removed to Townshend, which he represented in 1859 and '60. He was a member of the convention of 1850. He is also judge of probate, clistrict of Westminster, and resides in Westminster. Adelbert A. Mason, who was born in Newfane, April 4, 1841, is a son of Russell Mason, of Newfane, and grandson of Anthony Mason, who was an early resident of Brookline. He is one of a family of eight children, all of whom are living. He has resided in Townshend for twenty years. He married Phebe Ella Holland, and has three daughters. TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. "304 Hon. Ira K. Batchelder, son of Edmund, was born in Mt. Vernon, N. H., Dec. II, 1811, and removed to Vermont in 1819, locating in Peru, Benning- ton county, which town he represented in 1849. ^^ ^^s a State senator trom Bennington county in j850-'5i, and was elected county judge in 1864- '65. He was a very successful farmer in Peru. In 1869 he sold his farm and moved to Townshend. He married Nancy Brainard of Peru in 1840, and has three children — Julia E., who was graduated from Mt. Holyoke semi- nary, and married Rev. E. J. Ward of Grafton, Vt.; James K., who gradu- ated from Middlebury college and the Albany law school, and established himself in the practice of his profession in Arlington; and Edward B., who married Anna Sakin, and settled as a farmer on road 39 in Townshend. Emery Cathan came here from Dummerston, his native town. His father died when he was seven years of age and he went to live with an uncle in Newfane. He married Mary Hall, of this town, and settled on road 38^, where his son Lucius H. now lives. He died May 10, 1849. His widow is still living at the age of eighty-nine years. He had one other son, Theodore E., who died at the age of twenty-eight years. Joab Holland was born in 1797, and removed when young from Barre, Mass., to Brookline, where he worked for his brother Lot, on the farm now owned by Luther Osgood. There he became acquainted with Phebe, daugh- ter of Alonzo Stebbins, whom he married. He came to Townshend and bought the farm on road 36 now owned by Bela B. Brigham, where he brought up nine children, all of whom are living except Ozro, who was killed by hghtning in Minnesota, where four others now reside — Alonzo, the young- est son, who served in the civil war; Jotham, who joined the regular army and served in the war against the Sioux Indians; the eldest daughter, who married Curtis Carey; and Joab Jr. The eldest son Hves in Winchendon, Mass. The remaining three daughters are Mrs. Ella P. Mason, Mrs. Mary Evans, and Mrs. Harriet Holbrook, all living in Townshend. Joab Holland was a substantial farmer. He was a member of the Baptist church and among the foremost in promoting its interests. He was one of the com- mittee who erected the church edifice, and was connected with the establish- ment of the Leland and Gray seminary of Townshend. He died February 14, 1873, aged seventy-six. Thomas Simpson was a drummer in the Revolution and removed from Sturbridge, Mass., to Wardsboro, when a young man. He was a stone- mason and farmer. He married Susan Plympton and had ten children. He and his wife died at the advanced ages of ninety-four and ninety-seven years respectively. Their son Orrin, who married Asenath Willard, settled in Townshend, where he spent his life and brought up two sons and two daugh- ters, all of whom live in the town. He belonged to the Congregational church of Townshend for thirty-five or forty years. An Enghsh saber and a powder horn picked up by Thomas Simpson on the battle ground of Bunker Hill are still treasured heir-looms of his descendants. 304 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. Col. Jonas Twitchell was born in Winchester, N. H., March 3, 1804, and came to Townshend and learned the blacksmith trade of his uncle, Samuel Wright, who had a shop near where Carlos C. Johnson lives. He then opened a shop at West Townshend, but later returned to Winchester, where he became colonel of militia. He returned to Townshend in 1831 and set- tled where Thomas Evans now lives, where he died in 1879, aged seventy- five years. He was often called upon to settle estates ; was for many years a member of the board of town officers ; and represented the town in the legislature in 1862. He was for several years president of the Windham County Savings bank at Newfane. He married Eliza Robbins, of Jamaica, by whom he had one son and four daughters. He had also one son and two daughters by a second marriage. Lucius N. Twitchell, who resides on road 38, in Townshend, is his eldest son ; and Mrs. A. A. Townsend and Mrs. Moses Randall are his daughters. Thomas Evans was born in Manchester, Vt., but when five years of age he came with his parents to Townshend. He married Miriam Holland, Sep- tember 19, 1848. She was a milliner and he a tanner by trade. In 1855 he became landlord of the hotel built by Capt. Taggart, at Townshend, and conducted it five years, when he went to Fayetteville, where he had charge of the jail for nine years, and kept hotel during the same period. For twenty-five years he kept hotel in Windham county, but in 1881 he retired from that business and purchased the Col. Twitchell farm on road 38, in Townshend, where he now resides. John Blandin, son of John S. Blandin, was born in Brookline, Vt., in 1791. He was brought up on a farm with but limited opportunities for acquiring: an education. He was, however, a man of extensive reading, and early became^ a member of the Baptist church. He possessed great financial acumen, and was called upon to exercise it in various positions of trust in Townshend, both as a town officer and as one of the trustees of Leland and Grey Sem- inary, which he v/as largely instrumental in establishing, and in the settlement of estates. He was a justice of the peace for twenty-one years. In 1839 he erected the present residence of C. Q. Stebbens, on road 38, where he kept, hotel for twenty years. He was twice married. His first wife was Jerusha Jewett by whom he had three sons and one daughter. All the sons received a collegiate education, but died, as did the daughter, between the ages of twenty-three and twenty-seven. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Rev. Samuel Kingsbury, who was the first pastor of the First Baptist church at West Townshend. The fruit of this union, which was consummated Decem- ber 20, 1827, was five children, only two of whom are living, viz. : Martha F., wife of C. Q. Stebbins, and Mary E., wife of Rev. J. D. Colburn, both of whom reside in Townshend. John Blandin died September 3, 1865, aged seventy-four years. Philemon Holden, from Shirley, Mass., was one of the original proprietors of the old town of Acton, then called Johnson's Gore, settling in that town^ TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. ^'3° 4 about 1782. He married Huldah Davis and reared six sons and one daugh- ter. He was a member and a firm supporter of the Congregational church of Windham, and died at the age of fifty years. Dennis Holden, his son, born here in 1784, occupied the old homestead several years, then moved on to the farm now owned by R. Hewes, on road 8. Squire Holden, Dennis's brother, purchased the home farm and occupied it until his death. Dennis married Achsah Gates and reared seven children, of whom Philemon, now residing on road 19, at the age of seventy-six years, Ira Holden, of Perkins- ville, Sabra Purdy, of Manchester, Vt., and Mrs. D. Richardson, are living. Squire Holden married Lucy Chafinn and reared four sons and five daughters, of whom two sons, Zenas D. and George K., and two daughters, Mrs. David Stiles and Mrs. Elvira Harris, of Grafton, are living. Zenas D. taught school when a young man, and spent ten years in Lawrence, where he married Mrs. Mary Welch, and now resides on road 6. Hollis J., another son of Squire Holden, married Adelia Puffer, and of their children Arthur J. and Ida reside on road 37, in Grafton. Philemon, who resides here, married I^aurintha Davis, of Reading. Three of his seven children are livmg, Mrs M. A. Covey, Mrs. Alverdon O. Richardson, and Mrs. L. F, Cobb. His eldest son, Adel- bert D., was a member of Co. K, 9th Vt. Vols., and died at Fortress Mon- roe. The family of Zenas D. are Willie W., and Charles, of Elgin, 111. Asa, Eli, Elias and Ezra Holbrook, four brothers, came to Townshend from Sturbridge, Mass., previous to 1773. ^^""^ located upon the farm now occupied by J. A. Churchill, and subsequently cleared the farm now owned by J. L. Nichols, on road 20. One of his seven children married Reuben Nichols, who became the father of Hollis and J. L. Nichols, who own the homestead. Abner, the eldest son, married Sarah Lee and settled where A. B. Greenwood now resides. Four of their seven children are living, though only one, Harvey P., in Vermont. Abner Holbrook built a saw-mill on his farm, which he operated until his death, at the age of seventy-four years. Harvey P. married Orrissa Bailey, in 1836, and has one daughter, Mrs. B. B. Brigham. Hugh H. "Holbrook, now residing on road 32, is a son of Aaron and great-grandson of Ezra. He served as a non-commissioned officer in Co. D, 1 6th Vt., Vols., during the late war. In January, 1784, when the militia was called out to subdue the Yorkers, at Brattleboro. The following company went from Townshend : Josiah Fish, captam; Ezra Holbrook and Philip Rutter, lieutenants; and Thomas Barnes, Daniel Blanchard, Seth Briggs, Ebenezer Burt, Alfred Chaff"ee, Charles Chaf- fee, Israel Chapman, Henry Chase, Moses Cook, Rosebrook Crawford, Luther Doolittle, Thomas Dunton, Calvin Ewings, Asa Fay, Ephraim Fuller, James Gamble, James Gleason, James Gray, John Griffith, Isaac Hart, EH Hay- ward, Paul Hayward, Thaddeus Hazeltine, Amos Holbrook, Eli Holbrook, Timothy Holbrook, Benjamin Howe, Peter Howe, John Johnson, Abner Lee, John McMaster, John Oak, Seth Oak, Ebenezer Ober, Baily Rawson, Ste- phen Rawson, George Ray, Moses Robertson, Jeremiah Richardson, Phineas 304 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. Smith, Amariah Taft, Ebenzer Taft, Benjamin Tainter, Samuel Tainter, James Tyler, Darius Wheeler, Thomas Wheeler, Joseph Wilder, Samuel Wis- well and Timothy Wood, privates. The following summary gives the number of men and amount of funds fur- nished by the town towards the suppression of the great rebellion: — Nine-months men, - 25 One-year men, - - - 13 Three-years men, - - 59 Results of draft, - - 9 Subtitutes, - - - - 14 Bounty paid nine-months men, - - $1,875.00 Bounty paid one-year men, . - - 5,177.00 Bounty paid three-years men, - - 9,000.85 Commutations paid, 2,400.00 Paid substitutes, - 11,500.00 Paid services and expenses of agents to procure men, ------ 1,060.86 Total, - - 120 Total, ----- $31,013.71 The First Congregational church of To7vnshend, located at Townshend village, was originally organized at a very early date, probably between the years 1770 and 1777. This organization became extinct, however, and in 1792 was reorganized, with fifteen members. This second organization seems to have been given up, and in 182 1 the present church society was organ- ized. Rev. Nicholas Dudley was the first settled minister, the records say in 1777, though there are records of marriage ceremonies performed by him as early as 1770. He was born in Epping, N. H., graduated from Harvard in 1767, received the ministerial right of land here, and was pastor of the society until about 1780. The first house of worship was built about 1770, located near where Joy brook crosses road 38. When the present church building was erected we cannot state ; but it was standing, in 1803, at which time the land belonging to it was leased to the town by Ephraim Wheelock, February 28th, for a term "so long as the inhabitants shall maintain the house." It will comfortably seat about 350 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $5,000.00. The society now has seventy-five members, with Rev. H. H. Acterian acting pastor. The Second Baptist churchy located at Townshend village, was organized June 15, 1827 , with twenty-four members, the Rev. J. M. Graves being the first pastor. The church building, erected in 1838, is valued, including grounds, at $4,200.00. The society now has 206 members, with Rev. Rich- ard S. Mitchell, pastor. The Congregational church, located at West Townshend, was organized by an ecclesiastical council, in 1850, with twenty-two members. Rev. Philetus Clark being the first pastor. The church building was erected as a Union church in 18 1 7. It will seat about 300 persons, and is valued, including parsonage and grounds, at $2,900.00. The society now has about fifty-six members, with no regular pastor. TOWN OF VERNON. 3^4 VERNON is a small, irregularly outlined town, lying in the southeastern corner of the county, in lat. 42° 46 , and long. 4^ 28', bounded north by Brattleboro, northeasterly by the west bank of Connecticut river, south by Bernardston and Northfield, in Massachusetts, and west by Guilford. The township was originally a part of the old town of Hinsdale, which in- cluded lands on both sides of the Connecticut, and was granted by Massa- chusetts at a very early date, deriving its name from Rev. Ebenezer Hinsdell, or Hinsdale, who was probably one of the original proprietors. Even after the river had been declared the boundary line between the province of New Hampshire and New York, and the township had in this manner been divided, the different parts, although under distinct organizations, still retained their original name, and were thus known until the 21st of October, 1802, when the name of Hinsdale, in Vermont, was changed to that of Vernon. The date of the first grant is not accurately known. In a petition, still extant, from Samuel Hunt, by his attorney, Ohver Willard, which was presented to the provincial government of New York, on the 3d of November, 1766, it is stated that the tract of land comprised in this township, " was purchased of the native Indians, and granted by the province of the Massachusetts Bay, near one hundred years ago, and was soon afterwards cultivated and settled ; and that it was afterwards found to be in the province of New Hampshire, and was then confirmed to the proprietors by power dated the 3d of Septem- ber, 1753. The " power " referred to was the charter issued by Governor Banning Wentworth, by which the township of Hinsdale including land on both sides of the river, was regranted to Ebenezer Alexander and ninety-four others. An alteration, however, was made in this charter, or a new one was issued, September 26, 1753, by which the grant was divided into two tovvns, the west bank of the Connecticut forming the line of separation, and each town retaining the name of Hinsdale until 1802, as before mentioned. Por- tions of what is now Vernon were also chartered by New York, under the name of Hinsdale and Fall Town Gore. A large portion of the territory is mountanous, with a dry, stony, thin soil ; but in the eastern part, in the Connecticut valley, there is fine intervale land, where are located many excellent farms, with an arable, easily cultivated soil. The streams are all small, the largest being Fall river, which flows a southerly course along the western border ot the town. Lily pond, a neat little body of water covering about 100 acres of land, lies in the southern part of the township. The rocks entering into the geological structure of the territory are principally of the hornblende-schist, clay -slate, and gneiss formation, the later underlying the eastern, and the two former the western and central parts. In 1880 Vernon had a population of 652, and in 1882 had seven school districts and six common schools, employing three male and eight female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $820.25. There were 11 1 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the 304 TOWN OF VERNON. year, ending October 31st, was $1,112.57, with Thomas Goodwillie, superin- tendent. Vernon (p. o.), a hamlet located in the eastern part of the town on the New London Northern railroad, has one church (Universalist), an hotel, store^ a saw-mill, grist-mill, and about ten dweUings. South Vernon is a hamlet located in the southeastern part of the town on the Massachusetts line. It has a depot and freight-house, hotel, grist and saw-mill, and about twelve houses. A postoffice (West Northfield) and a por- tion of the village are located just over the line, in Massachusetts. The South Vernon House is a well equipped hotel, built by the Priest Bros., in 1872. It has accommodations for about forty guests, with R. F. Smith, proprietor. The Verno7i Hotel, built in 1849, is a well-equipped summer hotel, with William A. Squires, proprietor. The South Vernon grist and saw-mill, T. W. & W. D. Johnson, proprietors, has one run of stones and will cut 6,000 feet of lumber per day. W. A. Franklin's cider-mill, located on road 4, has the capacity for making ten barrels of cider per day. Tyler L. JohnsoiH s (of Guilford) saiu-mill, located in the western part of this town, manufactures 100,000 feet of lumber per annum. H. W. Fairmaii s grist-mill, located on road 9, has one run of stones and does custom work. Charles H. Newton's cider-mill, located on road 17, has the capacity for manufacturing 600 barrels of cider per annum. In a "narrative of tht controversy" between New York and New Hampshire, by Ethan Allen, reference is made to the early history of Hinsdale in these words : " This township had first been granted by the government of the Massachusetts Bay, and upon the settlement of the boundary Une between the Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, in 1739, '^^ fell within the latter, and by that government was granted and fully ratified to the inhabitants and proprietors, who. in addition to their title, had also the Indian right." The earHest inhabitants were emigrants from Northfield and Northampton, Mass. They encountered with spirit and resolution the dangers to which they were exposed from their enemies, the Indians, though of their names, etc., little is known except as given in the annexed biographical sketches. In 1771 the town had a population of 107 souls. It was early organized, but the loss of the records by fire, in 1789, precludes the possibility of obtaining accurate data. By old deeds found, and re-recorded, however, it appears that John Bridgtnan was town clerk as early as 1785, and was the first one elected, though probably some years previous to 1785. He served until 1803, the year of his death. Mr. Bridgman was also judge of the county court many years. The first representative was Arad Hunt, in 1780, who was also the first justice of the peace, in 1786. At the Cumberland county committee of safety, in its sessions held from the nth to the 21st of June, 1776, Mr. Hunt was also a delegate from Vernon, in company with John Bridgman. TOWN OF VERNON. 304 In 1740 Sartwell's and Bridgman's forts were built, the former by Josiah Sartwell, on what is now known as the Howe homestead, and the latter by Orlando Bridgman, just opposite the present Hubbard farm, both of which are spoken of on page 60. On the 24th of June, 1746, a party of twenty Indians came to Bridgman's fort, attacked a number of men who were at work in a meadow, killed William Robbins and James Parker, wounded M. Gilson and Patrick Ray, and made prisoners of Daniel Howe and John Bee- man. Howe killed one of the Indians before he was taken. In the autumn of 1747 they burned Bridgman's fort, killed several persons, and made others prisoners. The fort was soon after rebuilt, on an enlarged and more secure plan. But on the 27th of June, 1755, the most disastrous affair occurred. As Messrs. Caleb H. Howe, Hilkiah Grout and Benjamin Gaffield, who had been hoeing corn in the meadow, were returning to the fort a little before sunset, they were fired upon by twelve Indians, who had ambushed their path. Howe was on horseback, with two of his young sons behind him. A ball, which broke his thigh, brought him to the ground. His horse ran a few rods and fell, and the two boys were taken by the savages. The Indians, then, coming up to Howe, pierced his body with a spear, tore off his scalp, truck a hatchet into his head, leaving him in this terrible condition. He was found alive the morning after by a party of men from Fort Hinsdale, N. H. ; and being asked by one of the party whether he knew them or not, he answered "yes, I know you all." These were his last words, however, though he did not expire until after his friends had arrived with him at Fort Hinsdale, Grout was so fortunate as to escape unhurt; but Gaffield, in attempting to wade through the river, at a place which was indeed fordable at that time, was unforunately drowned. The families of the sufferers, who were in the fort, had heard the firing, but were ignorant of its cause. Anxiously await- ing the return of their companions, they heard, in the dusk of the evening, a rapping at the gate, and the tread of many feet without. Supposing by the signal which was given that they were to receive friends, they too hastily opened the gate, and, to their surprise and anguish, admitted enemies. The three families, consisting of Mrs. Jemima Howe and her children, Mary and Submit Phips, William, Moses, Squire and Caleb Howe, and a babe six months old ; Mrs. Submit Grout and her children, Hilkiah, Asa and Martha, and Mrs. Gafiield, with her daughter Eunice, fourteen in all, were made pris- oners. After plundering and firing the place the Indians proceeded about a mile and a half and encamped for the night in the woods, then took their course by the way of Crown Point and Lake Champlain to Canada. Mrs. Howe, after a series of adventures, was finally redeemed with three of her children, through the intervention of Col. Peter Schuyler, Major (afterwards General) Israel Putnam, and other gentlemen, who had become interested in her welfare on account of the peculiarity of her sufferings and the patience with which she had borne them. Of the children, the youngest died, another was given to Gov. de Vaudreuil, of Canada, and the two remaining ones, who 304 TOWN OF VERNON. were daughters, .vere placed in a convent in that province. One of these was afterwards carried to France, where she married a Frenchman named Cron Lewis, and the other was subsequently redeemed by Mrs. Howe, who made a journey to Canada for the express purpose of procuring her release. Mrs- Howe afterwards became the wife of Amos Tute, who was for several years one of the coroners of Cumberland county. She died March 7, 1805, aged eighty-two years. At the close of three years' captivity Mrs. Gaffield was ransomed and went to England. The fate of her daughter Eunice is uncer- tain. On the 9th of October, 1758, a petition, signed Zadok Hawks, was presented to the general court of Massachusetts, praying them to use their influence to obtain the release of Mrs. Grout, the petitioner's sister. At that time she and her daughter were residing with the French near Montreal, and her two sons were with the Indians at St. Francis. It is probable that their release was not long delayed, as one of the sons, a few years later, was a resi- dent of Cumberland county. John Fairman came to Vernon from Soniers, Conn., about 1788, and lived and died in the town. Of his family of ten chfldren Elijah is the only one living. Joab, son of John, was born in this town and married Betsey Cald- well, of Northfield, Mass. After her death he married Mary Ann Sheldon, of Bernardston, Mass. Of his family of ten children only one lives in this town, D. S., who resides on road 10. Isaac Pratt came to this town after the Revolution, in which he took an active part, and settled on the farm now owned by W. A. Franklin, on road 4. He died in Sudbury, Mass. George, his son, married Tirzah Thomas, of Hinsdale, N. H., and lived in that town for a few years. He then came to Vernon and settled on the farm now owned by Isaac Eddy, who married his daughter, Lucy S. Two of his sons, Lawren and Henry, live in Fitch- burg, Mass., and another daughter, Cordelia S., who married Gilbert D. Bug- bee, lives in Boston. Nehemiah Houghton was an early settler in Vernon. He located on the farm now owned by his grandson S. B. Houghton. His son, Major Alba Houghton, was born on the old homestead. He married Thankful Stebbins, of this town, where he spent his life. He was a major in the militia, and an upright man. He died in 1873. His wife lives in Worcester, Mass., with Iff her son, C. C. Houghton. Ebenezer Scott was the first white male child born in Bernardston, Mass. He and his mother and two brothers were carried as captives by the Indians to Quebec and sold to the French, when he was eight years old. He returned to his father's home, and subsequently served in the Revolution, for which service he drew a pension. He came to Vernon at an early day and died here at the age of eighty-three. His son Eleazer was born in this town in 1788 and married Sarah Strickland, of Gill, Mass., by whom he had six children, four of whom are living, Elvira, who married N. Greenwood, in Nashua, N. H., Alva E. and Eleazer G., the latter of whom married Sarah TOWN OF VERNON. "304 D. Noyes, of this town, in Vernon, and Lucinda, who married A. Hov^land, in Albion, N. Y. Nathaniel Brooks was an early setler in Vernon. He located on the farm now owned by his grandson, Lewis Brooks, on road lo^. He was a farmer, and died in the town. His son Nathaniel married Lizzie Robinson, of this town, and settled near him. He died here, spending his latter years where his grandson, George M. Brooks, now lives. He had three children, Polly, who married Emerson Preston, Vinal, who died young, and Nathaniel, who was born in 1805, married Harriet Lee, and settled and still lives where his son George M. Brooks now resides. Samuel, another son of the pioneer Nathaniel, settled on the farm now owned by his son Lewis, where he raised a family of eight children, of whom only one other besides Lewis is living, viz.: Sally, who married Levi Bishop, and resides in Wiscon- sin. Lewis married Mary Clark and had two sons, Addison L., who lives with his father, and Marshall C., who died in 1870. Samuel Brooks Jr., married Lucretia Puler, of this town and settled on road 10, where his son L. C. now lives, and where both he and his wife died. Three others of his seven children are Hving, — Mary Ann, who married Edward Fairman, Uriah, in this town, and Henry R,, in VVinconsin. Sylvanus Harris, from Richmond, N. H., settled at an early day near the center of the town and cleared up a farm. Not one of his children is living. His son Ziba married Polly Lee, of Vernon, and raised five children, of whom Charlotte H., widow of Samuel Clark, is the only one living. Sylvanus Har- ris, Jr., came to this town with his father when a child and lived and died here. His first wife was Rachel Puler, and his second, Nancy Johnson, of Vernon, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are living. One son, Charles S., lives on road 10. He was born in 18 13 and married Lovina Colgrove, of Guilford. He had one child, Charles S., who enlisted in Co. I, loth Regt. Mass. Vols., was taken prisoner at Fair Oaks and confined in Libby prison. He died after his release, at Newport News, Va.,of disease contracted in prison. John Lee, son of Jesse Lee, married Polly Puler and settled on the farm now owned by his son G. W. Lee, where he spent his days, dying at the good old age of ninety-six, and his wife at the age of ninety-seven. He had nine chil- dren who lived to maturity. Seven of them are still hving, three of them in this town, viz. : George W., who married Harriet Ehure for his first wife and Edith E. Root for the second one, and resides on the homestead , Rachel, who married David Streeter; and Lucy who married J. G. Weatherhead. Jonah Titus came to Vernon from Sutton, Mass., in 1812. He carried on shoemaking and was also engaged in mercantile business at the center of the town. He died here. His son Capt. Sumner Titus, was born in Sutton, Mass., in 1805, and came to Vernon with him. He, like his father, was a shoe- maker, which business he followed for some time. He was also engaged in boating on the Connecticut river between Bellows Falls and Hartford. For several years he was a captain, and for some time a pilot. He was also cap- 304*° TOWN OF VERNON. tain of a militia company, and from this connection derived his title. He was a justice of the peace for some years, and also held other town offices. He was twice married. His first wife was Marcia Lee, of this town, by whom he had seven children, six of whom are living. His second wife was Sophronia Stebbins. Sidney S. Miller, son of Ebenezer Miller, was born in Dummerston, Vt., August 9, 1808, and came to Vernon in 1820, in company with his father, who settled on the farm on which Sidney now lives. Sidney S. Miller has been selectman and lister for some time. He married Lucy Barber of North- field, Mass., by whom he had four children. His son, Marshall M., was killed by the cars at South Vernon, October 2, 1865. His daughter Augusta L. married John A. Butler, of Jamaica, and died in this town. Another son, Horatio S., lives in Fitchburgh, Mass., and a third, George B., in Springfield in that State. Ebenezer Miller, son of Marshall Miller, was born in Dummerston, Vt., and came to Vernon in 1820. He settled on road 19, on the farm now owned by his son S. S., where he was engaged in blacksmithing and farming. He died September 29, 1829. He married Anna Farr, who died February 13, 1866, having borne him eight children, of whom only one other besides the son named is living, viz.: Jerusha H., who resides with her brother. Col. Erastus Hulbard came to Vernon from Sullivan, N. H., in 1829, and settled on the Fort Bridgeman farm, where he died. He married Fanny Frost, by whom he had three children. His son, George H., was born May i, 1843, and enlisted in Co. E, nth Vt. Regt., or ist Heavy Artillery, July 21, 1862. He was promoted to ist corporal and subsequently to sergeant, in which capacity he served until the close of the war, when he returned to the farm on road 3. He has served two terms each as lister andselectman. He married Hattie, daughter of Chester W. French, and has two children, Wal- ton G., an adopted son, who came to live with them when five years old, and E. G. Lewis E. Rice was born in Guilford, and came to Vernon in 1829, when nine years of age. He married Harriet M., daughter of Noah Clark, who still lives in this town. He was drowned while fishing in the Connecti- cut river in 1851. But one child survives him, Estella J., who married D. S. Fairman, and lives in Vernon. William Heard came to Vernon from Montague, Mass., about 1830, and bought the farm on road 9, which was the place of residence of Gov. Hunt, He died in 1875. Three children survive him: Jane, who married Henry Herrick and lives in South Carolina ; Sarah A., who lives on the homestead with her brother ; E. M., who married Lilian E. Davis, daughter of Charles E. Davis, of Vernon, and has three children. Jarvis F. Burrows, son of Amos, was born in Leydon, Mass., in 181 2, and came to Vernon in 1836. He married Beulah M., daughter of Zadock Wright, and settled on the farm now owned by his wife's father. He built TOWN OF VERNON. 304 the Vernon hotel, which was known as the Burrows House. He moved into it in 1850 and kept it for twenty-five years. He represented Vernon in the legislature several terms ; he held most of the town offices, and was deputy sheriff for some years. He was widely known throughout the State. He died in 1875. His widow still lives in Vernon. Only one of his children lived to maturity, Hunt W., who married Isabella J. Warren of North Bernardston, Mass., and died in 1874, leaving two boys, J. F. and W. W. H. Lewis F. Gould was born in Bernardston, Mass., in 1813, and came to Ver- non in 1836. He married Lucy Streeter of this town and settled on the farm on which he and his son now reside, on road 18. His wife died October 8, 1879. His son Gilbert F., married Aurora B., daughter of Nelson Dunk- lee, and lives on the old homestead. He has been selectman, Hster and overseer of the poor. Charles E. Davis was born in Winhall, Vt., in 1835, and came to Vernon about 1853. He married Fanny F., daughter of L W. Johnson, Jr., and has four children, Lilian E., Ada F., Charles I., and Ahce J. Nelson Dunklee, son of Johathan, was born in Marlboro in 181 2, He married Sarah C. Doolittle, of Townshend, and settled in that town. In 1856 he came to Vernon. In that year also his wife died, having borne him three children. His second wife was Martha A. Farr, who died in 1861, and his third, OrsaUne K. Harvey, by whom he has two children, who live at home. Alonzo Newton was born in Vernon and married Lavina Frost, of this town. He settled at the center of the town and carried on the business of shoemaking. His son William A., who resides on road 18, is the only mem- ber of his family who lives in this town. He married Sarah Tyler of Vernon and had four children, three of whom are living. For his second wife he married Celina Cook of Hinsdale, N. H., all of whose four children are liv- ing at home. Isaac Eddy, who married Hannah Parker of Oxford, Mass., moved from that State to Newfane in 1803, and settled on the farm where Warren R. Hil- dreth now lives. In 1861 he removed to Vernon, where he died the follow- ing year. His wife, who bore him six children, died in 1852. His son Arte- mas lives in Guilford, and Isaac, another son, on road 2^ in Vernon, where he has resided since 1861. Wilder H. Fairman, son of Zira K. Fairman, who was born in Northfield, Mass., in 1817. He married EUzabeth, daughter of Capt. Benajah Dudley, and settled on the farm now occupied by Henry N. Brooks. After a {qw years' residence there he removed to the farm now owned by Michael Baker, on road 9^, where he died September 11, 1876. He represented the town in the legislature in 1867-68; was selectman and lister several times, and held other town offices. John Jacob Peeler came to Vernon among the early settlers. He was pressed into the English service, deserted, was retaken and whipped, and finally served the Americans in the Revolutionary war. Of his descendants in this town, Alexander resides on road 13. 304" TOWN OF WARDSBORO. James Streeter, a blacksmith, came to Vernon among the early settlers,, locating in the southern part of the town. His son Paul, born November 9, 1778, married Anna Dresser, January i, 1800, and reared twelve children, four of whom are living, Luther, in Chicopee, Mass., Noyes and Jerusha, in Vernon, and James P. in Massachusetts. Benjamin A., son of Paul, born July 14, 1810, married Mary Green and reared nine children, seven of whom are living, as follows: Mary L., B. A., Phebe A., Lovisa S., P. A., Hannah E., and U. N., only one, B. A., in this town. Stephen Johnson, from Southboro, Mass., came to this town at an early date, locating in the southwestern part, whence he subsequently removed to the central part of the town. He reared eleven children, and died in 1837. His son William married Harriet AlHs, of Deerfield, Mass., and reared eight children, five of whom are living, viz: Mrs. Lucy E. Slate, Leonora H. (Mrs. John Hunt), Mary J. (Mrs. H. H. Dickinson), Sarah M. (Mrs. S. B. Hough- ton), and F. W. The latter was born in 1834, married Thankful White, of Wardsboro, and has three children, William F., Bertha H., and Guy C. He has held most of the town offices, and was representative in 1882-83. His mother resides with him on the homestead. WiUiam represented the town in the legislature of 1854-55, and in 1868-69, ^"^^ ^^^o held most of the town trusts. He died June 15, 1870. I. W. Johnson, son of Stephen, mar- ried Fanny Elmer and settled upon the farm now owned by his son Dwight. Four of his six children are living, L W., Dwight, E. P., and Fanny (Mrs. F. Baker). He died in 1869. The Second Advent church, XoczXt^ on road 20, was organized by its first pastor. Rev. Solomon Cook, with fifteen members, in 1874. The church building, erected in i860, will seat 150 persons, and is valued at $1,600.00. The society has thirty-four members, with Rev. J. Hemenway, pastor. The Union Universalist church, located at Vernon Center, was organized by its first pastor, Rev. M. H. Harris, with twenty-nine members, July 27, 1879. The church building, a wood structure erected in 1845, '^^^ seat 300 persons and is valued at $3,000.00, The society now has thirty members, with Rev. E. W. Whitney, pastor. w 'ARDSBORO lies in the western part of the county, in lat. 42° 59', and long. 4° 11', bounded north by Jamaica, east by parts of Town- shend and Newfane, south by Dover and west by Stratton. It originally contained an area of about 23,040 acres, chartered by Vermont to William Ward, of Newfane, from whom its name was derived, November 7, 1780. On October 18, 1788, an act was passed by the legislature dividing the town into two districts, called North and South Districts, making two separate and distinct towns, and on October 30, 1810, the South District was incorporated into a new town, and named Dover. November 5, 1838, a part of Somerset TOWN OF WARDSBORO. "3"4 was annexed to the township, and November ii, 185 1, another part from the same town was added. The surface of the territory is very uneven, and in some places quite rocky, there being a high range of hills between it and Dover. The soil is better adapted to grazing than tillage, though there are some tracts of land having a very arable soil. It is watered by Whetstone brook and its tributa- ries, a large branch of White river affording some good mill-sites. The rocks entering into its geological structure are o( gneiss and fa/cose-sc/iisfjonmition, the former being found in the western and the latter in the eastern parts. Among the rare minerals found tremolite and zoisite are the most im- portant. The former is in fine crystals, sometimes six inches long, penetrat- ing quartz, while the latter is in prismatic crystals, sometimes a foot in length, and from one to two inches in width. In 1880 Wardsboro had a population of 766, and in 1882 was divided into seven school districts and had seven common schools, employing three male and eight female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $833.53. There were 188 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $930.19, with H. M. Hopkin- son, superintendent. Wardsboro is a post village, familiarly known as " Wardsboro City," located in the northern part of the town, on a branch of West river. It has two churches (Methodist and Congregational), a hotel, two general stores, a hardware store, grist-mill, saw-mill^ cabinet shop, blacksmith shop, harness shop, boot and shoe shop, etc., and about 150 inhabitants. West Wardsboro, a post village located in the western part of the town, on the same stream as the above village, has one church (Baptist), a hotel, a general store, a school-house, saw and grist-mill, two blacksmith shops, etc. South Wardsboro, a post village, lies in the southeastern part of the town, It has two churches (Congregational and Union), a saw-mill, blacksmith shop, shingle-mill, etc. Unionville is a hamlet located near the central part of the town, on the west branch of Whetstone brook. It has a grist-mill, blacksmith shop, butter-tub factory, and about a dozen dwellings. E. D. Flimptotis grist-mill, located on road 7^, was built by Waldo Con- verse, about thirty-eight years ago. He7-bert E. Kidder' s saiv-mill and chair-stock factory, located at South Wardsboro, turns out, aside from the lumber, about 200,000 shingles, and 200,000 chair posts per annum. M. V. B. Wait 6^ Son's saw-mill and chair- stock factory, located on road 40, turns out about 1,500 chair posts and 5,000 feet of lumber per day. J. C. Estahrook's tub manufactory, located at Unionville, turns out about twenty-five tubs, buckets and pails per day. Sno7v &= Stevens's grist-mill, at Unionville, grinds a hundred bushels of grain per day, 19d 304"° TOWN OF WARDSBORO. J. W. Ramsdell (5n Son's saw-f/tin, located on road 24, was built about forty-four years ago. Brow}i &= Skipman's grist and smv-mill, located at West Wardsboro, has the capacity for manufacturing 2,000 shingles, 6,000 feet of lumber, and 2,000 chair posts, and grinding 150 bushels of grain per day. Edrvard R. Hotve's saw-mill and chair-stock factory, located at Wardsboro, has the capacity for turning out 2,500 chair posts, 5,000 feet of lumber, and 20,000 shinies per day. The settlement of the town was commenced in June, 1780, by John Jones, Ithamer Allen and others, from Milford and Sturbridge, Mass., and eleven years later, according to the census of 1791, the population had increased to 753 souls, only thirteen less than it has to-day. March 14, 1786, the town duly organized, Aaron Hudson being elected town clerk, who was elected the same year to represent the town for the first time in the legislature, and who was also the first justice of the peace. This meeting was held at the house of John Jones, on road 48, the other ofificers chosen being as follows : Ithamer Allen, John Ganson, Abner Holbrook, Ebenezer Sears, and Jacob Chamberlain, selectmen ; Thomas Jewett and Abner Slade, constables ; James Wallis, Abner Perry and Roger Birchard, listers ; Samuel Davis and Edward Walker, grand jurors; Abner Allen, supervisor; Samuel Bryant, leather sealer ; Elijah Baldwin and John Jones, tythingmen ; Bezaleel Glea- son, horse brander; John Ramsdell, sealer of measures ; John Ganson, Silas Wright, Elkanah Woodcock, Thaddeus Wright, Samuel Davis, John Jones and Abner Perry, highway surveyors; Joseph Dix, Nathan Ganson, Elijah Baldwin, Edward Walker, Noah Sherman, John Jones, Abner Perry, and William Bradley, petit jurors ; and Thomas Jewett and Roger Birchard, haywards. John Ramsdell came from Warwick, Mass., in 1786, and lived with his family of eight children in a log house situated on road 18, near where Icha- bod Chase now lives. He bought a thousand acres of land about his home, on which his children spent part of their lives, but some of them subsequently removed to other localities. The children were Robert ; Farrington, who died in Washington, Vt. ; John, Jr., who died in Shoreham, Vt. ; Job, who was born in 1779, and died in 1870, and who, in May, 1803, married Abigail White of Wardsboro, who died in 1844 ; Gideon, who moved to Ohio ; Eunice, who married Ebenezer Eaton ; Sally, who married Nathaniel Fitts ; and Anna who married Peter Cleveland, and moved to Cleveland, Ohio. A daughter of John, Jr., is still living in Shoreham, Vt. Five of Job's eleven children are living, viz. : Joseph, who is seventy nine years old, on road 18; Sylvia, who married Erastus Ramsdell, in Wisconsin ; Chester, in Minnesota ; Harriet, who married for her first husband Leonard Cook, by whom she had two chil- dren, one of whom lives in Wilmington and the other in Vernon, and for her second husband Alden Wakefield, and who is now living on road 37 ; and Roena, who married David H. Eager, and lives on road 20. Laura, one of TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 304 Sally's six children, who married Willard Johnson, is living with her son-in- law, John B. Sage, Jr., on road 26. Gen. Daniel Read, who was born in 1761, married, December 6, 1782, Sarah Brigham, of VVestboro, Mass., whence he removed to Wardsboro about 1787. He was a tanner as well as farmer, and had a large tannery in the eastern part of the town. Each of his seven sons learned the tanning busi- ness. He derived his title of general from his connection with the military organizations in this vicinity, when each town had its company and Wards- boro had two. The general muster was held at Townshend, and Gen. Read was inspector for the whole regiment. He died August 31, 1845, ^.ged eighty-five. His wife died June 27, 1836, aged seventy-two. Their eight children were Joseph, who died November 3, 1849, aged 65; David, who died November 20, 1859, aged 73; Daniel, who died March 25, 1869, aged 73 ; Charles P., who died September 14, 18 14, aged 16; Edmund B., the only sur- vivor, who was born February 6, 1802, and still works his little farm on road 7^, and who has been steward and sexton of the M. E. church for fifty years ; Hamilton, who died February 5, 1872, aged 68; Elijah, who died April 4, 1864; and Sarah, who died July 8, 1851, aged 68. Davis Read married Lucinda Davis and had eight children, six of whom are living — Austin C, who was born March 30, 181 7, has had three wives, and now resides on road 7^; Eliza L., who married Judge Cook, and lives in Jamestown, N. Y. ; Addison B., who is living with his second wife in Nebraska; Albert G., who is married and lives in California; Jerome P., who was born April 23, 1833, married Gracia Bixby, and lives on road 16 ; Marietta, who is mar- ried and lives in Baltimore, Md. ; and Hamilton, who is living with his sec. ond wife. Elijah Read married a lady in Boston and lived and died in New Hampshire. Sarah married Simeon Fisher, and moved to Randolph, N. Y., ■where her husband died, when she returned to Wardsboro and died here. Nathaniel Fitts was born August 5, 1759, and died June 13, 1849. He •came to Wardsboro from Dudley, Mass., about 1790, and in 1793, married Sarah Ramsdell of Wardsboro, who died April 18, 1837. Their seven chil- dren were: Levi, who was born January 10, 1795, married Artene Clark, of Jamaica, November 19, 1822; Nathaniel B., who was born March 25, 1797, and died in June, 1808; Amasa, who was born July 23, 1800, married Ehza Ward, April 2:5, 1825, lived in South Wardsboro, and died in January, 1883; Ebenezer, who was born November, 2, 1802, married Matilda Morse of Newfane, Vt., December 6, 1827, and died July 19, 1847; Sarah, who was born February 3, 1805, married Joseph E. Knowlton, and hved in Wardsboro and Jamaica; Joanna, who was born August 28, 1808, married Abner White, May 30, 1855, and died May 15, 1864, without issue ; and Laura, who was born June 11, 181 1, married Willard Johnson, and lived in Dover and South Wardsboro. Most of them had large families. Three of Levi's five children are living in West Wardsboro, viz. : Lawretta L., who was born November 37, 1828, and married Darwin A. Hammond ; Osmer 304° TOWN OF WABDSBORO. C, who was born August 13, 1830, married Abbie M. Twitchell, June 4, 1864, and is i)ostmaster of West Wardsboro ; and Pliilura M., who was horn February 26, 1833, and married Thomas F. Johnson, May 21, 185 1. Of Amasa's nine children, Augustine M. was born January 30, 1828, and married Hiram B. Kidder, of Wardsboro; AJbert was born August 16, 1831, married CerinthaKilburn, August 21, 1864, and moved to Dummerston, Vt.; Mary was born January 26, 1835, and married Spencer Robinson September 27, 1854; and ICmily S. was born July 30, 1840, and married Charles H. Rice, Sep- tember 15, 1864. Henry N. T'itts, one of Kbenezer's seven children, was born November 24, 1828, married Jane T. Newell, May 10, 1849, and still Hves in Wardsboro. Fbenezer Wakefield came from Massachusetts in 1794 and settled on the farm where his son Alden now lives, on road 37. He had eight chil- dren by his first wife, of whom William, who resides in Kansas, is the only one living. His second wife was ICledica Plympton, by whom he had two children. One of these is Aldcn, who lives on the homestead farm. Alden married Elizabeth Knowllon, by whom ho had one child, who is now living with his father. He subsequently married Harriet A. Ramsdell, who bore him no children. Archibald Pratt, who represented one of the oldest families in Wardsboro, came from Royalton, Mass., and after a few years' residence in Stratton removed to Wanlsboro. He built a frame house on road 7.;^, which still stands, though in i)Oor condition. Three ot his eleven children still live on road 7^, viz. : Clarinda, who married George Wilder, Chandler, and Betsey, who mar- ried Richard W. Smith. A fourth, Lucretia, married and lives on road 8. A fifth, Diantha, is married and lives in Hinsdale, N. H. Several descendants of the family live in Wardsboro. Nathaniel Hammond, from Massachusetts, was one of the earliest settlers in Wardsboro. He located on the farm now owned by Martin Wait. He married Mary Rogers in Massachusetts prior to his coming here, and had five sons and two daughters, who mostly removed from the town and State. His daughter Jemima married Elijah Newell, and lived on the farm now owned by Lucius Lyman, on road 22. Of their children, Linus lives in Grafton Mass.; AUwred, in Brattleboro ; Oscar.who married Rosetta Plimpton, on road 4, in Wardsboro ; Ozro, in Brattleboro ; Fanny, who married Horace liissell, on road 17, in Wardsboro; Lucretia A., who is dcatl, but leaves one daughter, Adeline, who married Martin Plimpton, and lives on road 36; and Jane, who married Henry I'itts, and lives on road 18. The latter have a son and a daughter, the former of whom, l^lwin, is married and lives on road 17, while the latter, named Cora, resides at home. Nathaniel Kidder came with his brothers, Jedediah, Richard and Samuel, from Massachusetts about 1800, anil settled on tiie farm now owned by Myron Shine. He had thirteen children, all of whom are dead, and all of whom moved to New York State, except one, who went to Massachusetts. Three TOWN OF WARDSBORO. "304 of the sons entered the ministry, one as an Episcopalian and two as Congre- gationalists, while a fourth, also of Congregational persuasion, studied for the ministry, but died before his studies were completed. Foster Kidder, one of Jedediah's five children, all of whom are dead, lived and died in Wardsboro. Two of the others moved to New York, and two to Massachusetts. Richard had three sons and three daughters, of whom Moses, who removed to Massa- chusetts, is the only survivor. One, Asa, moved to Newfane, and Theda died unmarried in Wardsboro. Sylva and Celista married and moved to New York. Richard, Jr., married Mary Johnson andHved and died on the farm now owned by Mary's brother, Nathaniel B. Johnson. They had three sons and two daughters, four of whom survive — Henry, who married Marietta Hig- ley, of Dover, and resides on road 14; Herbert, who married Selina Ryder, and lives in South Wardsboro ; Richard, who moved to Worcester, Mass.; and Rosella, who married Henry Kenny and lives in Newfane. Samuel died after being in the town only a few years. Oliver Willard and wife came here from Dudley, Mass., about 1803. He died in 1815, aged fifty-five. He had ten children, most of whom removed to distant States. All are dead, except Ada, who married John Widwell, and removed with her husband and four children to Illinois, accomplishing the entire journey with a two-horse wagon. Eli, son of Oliver, married Lucy Frost and lived on the farm on which A. Eddy now resides, of which he was the first occupant. He had five children, but not one is here, those who are living having removed to other localities. Oliver, another son, married and lived on the homestead ; but his children have moved to other parts. Asenath» daughter of Oliver, Sen., married Orin Simpson, and her children, Willard, Louisa, Charles and Oliver, live in Townshend. All are married, except Louisa, Hosea, son of the pioneer Oliver, was born in 1795 and died in 1877. He married and had three children, viz.: Mary, who married Henry Bruce, and lives with her two children on the farm formerly occupied by her grand- father, Oliver Willard; Warren H., who married and lives in Townsliend, and has one son ; and Wales, who married Mary Dexter, has two children, and lives in Wardsboro village. One child, Silas, married and lives in Baltimore ; the other, Cora, married William Gleason, and lives in Jamaica. Walter Morse was born October 24, 1794, and) came from Woodstock, Conn., about 1825. He settled on the farm now owned by Asa Eddy on road 15. He subsequently lived in various places in the town, and for three years in Jamaica. His last place of residence was where Charles Rice now lives, on road 16. He died there in 1844. In 1827 he married Laura Taylor, of Wardsboro, who was born September 30, 1801, and died in June, 1848. Their seven children are Samuel F., who was born March 9, 1829, married Abigail Rice, of Wardsboro, lived on a farm off road 4, and died August 21, 1883, leaving a wife and two children; Abial T. , who was born May 21, 1830, married Juliette Ramsdell, of Jamaica, in which town he lives, and has eight children : Edward S., who was born February 11, 1832, married Phi- 304" • TOWN OF WARDSBORO. linda M. Haskins, of Wardsboro, and is a Methodist minister, having received his first appointment in 1858, and preached continuously in this county until 1879, when ill health compelled him to leave his pulpit; AdaHne D., who was born January 21, 1834, is a maiden lady, and lives in Jamaica; Hosea F,, who was born October 6, 1836, married Minnie Witherell, of Boston, Mass., where he died in September, 1866, and where his widow, who remarried, still lives; Sarah M. who was born in September, 1838, and married Oliver Spafiford, of West Ballston, Mass., where he still resides, and Mary A., who was born in 1 814, married Eaton Ryther, of Dover, Vt., and still lives there. Josiah Gleason, Jr., was born April 21, 1803, and came herefrom Jamaica in 1830. He settled on the farm on which his son Martin J. now lives, on road 7, and died March 7, 1873. He married Susan R. Morse, of Newfane, October 6, 1830, and had five sons and one daughter, \-iz.: Martin J., who lives on the homestead farm, where he was born October 31, 1831, and has one son named John, who resides with him ; James M., who was born Octo- ber 6, 1833, is engaged in the life insurance business, in Boston ; Edson G.. who was born June 21, 1835, and died July 20, 1854; Sarah M., who was born February 13, 1838, and died April 10, 1843; William Henry, who was born April 25, 1840, and died March 26, 1841 ; and William Henry, 2d, who- was born November 15, 1843, is married and lives in Chicago, where he has a wholesale jewelry store, and is a deputy sheriff. His (Josiah's) wife was born September 6, 1803, and died January 9, 1866. Asahel Watson was born in 18 16, and came to Wardsboro, from Jamaica, in 1840. He owned and operated for several years the saw-mill now owned by E. R. Howe. During the last twenty years of his life he owned and kept the Wardsboro House. He died in January, i88r, aged sixty-four. May 22, 1840, he married Adelphia Jackson, by whom he had eleven children, who were born between the years 1841 and i860, all of whom are living, except the youngest, who died in infancy. Marion E. is married and lives in Newfane ; Isadore A. is married and lives in Westmmster ; Victoria J. is mar- ried and lives in Barton, Vt., and like Marion and Isadore, has four children;. Charles C. is single and lives in Chicago ; Lydia J., who is also single, is a dressmaker in Wardsboro village ; John H. is married, and is practicing law in Bradford, Vt.; Royal A. is married and lives in Ripon. Wis.; Rosella J. married H. P. Higgins, and lives on road 25, in Wardsboro ; Wales J. is mar- ried and is a hotel-keeper in Charleston, S. C: Ella A. married Fred Under- wood, of Jamaica, in 1883, and with him keeps the hotel formerly owned by her father, in Wardsboro village. John D. Watson, brother of Asahel, came here from Jamaica, in 1850, and has since resided here. Dr. Franklin Martin came to Wardsboro, from Weston, Vt., in 1847, and has since practiced medicine here. He had nine children, two of whom, Emeline and Joseph, are dead. Darius is married and lives in Milwaukee, Wis.; Addison is married and is a miller, and resides on road 6, in Wards- TOWN OF WARDSBORO. ^^304 boro ; Charles lives with his father ; Maria is married and Hves in Beloit, Wis.; Betsey is married and lives in Bridgehampton, Long Island, N. Y.; Albeit and James are in Colorado. David May was born in Brookfield, Mass., and moved, when a young man, to Wilmington, where he lived and died. His son Amos married Elizabeth Estabrook, of Brattleboro, and lived on Higley Hill, in Marlboro. He died at the age of fifty-four years. Elvin, son of Amos, married Nancy Hastings, of Marlboro, and lived on the homestead farm after his father's death. He is still living with his son Erasmus, on Higley Hill, in Marlboro, and is eighty- five years old. Lyman, another of Amos's sons, married for his first wife. Miss Bellows, of Marlboro, and for his second, Pattie Jones, of the same town. Amos's daughter Rosana, married Harvey Copeland, of Dover, and died a year after her marriage. Sally, another daughter, was a maiden lady, who lived in Marlboro, and died in Springfield, Mass. Danford, another of Amos's sons, married Susan Underwood, of Wardsboro, and has since lived in this town and Jamaica. His son Madison married Lucy Ellenwood, of Hub- bardston, Mass., and had a son who is now in the mercantile business in New York city. Amos May, Jr., married Martha Underwood, of Jamaica, and now lives in Brattleboro. Silas married Mary Batcheller, of Massachusetts, who died a year after her marriage. For his second wife he married Mary His. cock, of Springfield, Mass. William married Alsina Marsh, of Brattleboro, and lives in Wardsboro. His second wife was Lucy Warren, of Brattleboro. Siby married Madison Harris, of Dover. Betsey married Harvey Copeland, of Dover. Louisa died when eighteen years old. Amos married Lucy (War- ren) May, of Brattleboro ; and Melinda, Henry Rice, of Dover. Daniel Harris, from North Worcester, Mass., came to Wardsboro about 1780. Three of his eight children are living, — Arathusia, widow of Oliver Carpenter, resides in Brattleboro, at the age of ninety-three years ; David, born in 1800, resides in Wardsboro; and Alice, widow of Henry Miller, re- sides in Richland, N, Y., aged ninety years. George Pond, from Keene, N. H., removed to Dover in 1834, and from there came to Wardsboro. In 1833 he married Lorinda Baldwin, of Dover, who bore him ten children. She now resides with her daughter, Mrs. Albert Fitts, of Dummerston, at the age of seventy-four years. George Pond died in Wardsboro, November 7, 1874. Five of the children are living, — Mrs. Albert Fitts and Mrs. Mary May, in Dummerston ; Emery, in Newfane; and George W. and Henry H., in Brattleboro. Silas Waite came to Wardsboro from HoUister, Mass., about 1780, making the first clearing upon a tract of land in the eastern part of the town, where he lived alone several years. He married Susannah Vinton, of Sturbridge, Mass., in 1785, who bore him four children, Joseph, Joshua V., Thomas F., aud Mehitabel B. Joseph was a lawyer and settled in Jamestown, N. Y. Joshua V. married Julia Ames and settled in Dover. Thomas F. married Evalina Orcutt, reared eight children and died in 1846. Mehitable never 304^" TOWN OF WARDSBORO. married, and died in 1856. Four of Thomas's children are living, Alfred, Silas M., and Lucretia E., in Brattleboro, and Henry in Cleveland, Ohio. Nathaniel Cheney came to Wardsboro from Orange, Mass., in 1803, built the first hotel here, and was a merchant until 181 2. In 18 13 he went to Jamaica, where he built the Jamaica House, which is still used as an hotel. He was twice married, to Betsey Hudson and to Hannah Reed, of Worcester, Mass., reared seven children, and died at Jamaica, October 30, 1844. His second wife died in i860. Samuel T. R., youngest son of Nathaniel, was born in Wardsboro, June 29, 1805. He married first, Mary E. Kellogg, of -Jamaica, who bore him two sons, and second, Martha A. Brown, of Jamaica, who bore him four children. He lived in Jamaica a number of years, and in i860 he removed to Brattleboro, where he has been engaged in farming and garden- ing. He represented Jamaica in the legislature five years and was town clerk twelve years. Nathaniel, Jr., was born in Orange, Mass., in 1799, and came to Marlboro with his father. He married Maria Morse, of Newfane, and reared four sons. He was a merchant here several years, then removed to Jamaica, kept a store there, was also a merchant in Townshend, and died in Brattleboro. Joseph Twitchell, son of Timothy and Sarah (Adams) Twitchell, of HoUis- ter, Mass., was one of the early settlers of the town, coming here from Barre, Mass., about 1786, settling upon the farm now owned by M. White. Between 1788 and 1790 he married Lucy Rice, who bore him eleven children, ten of whom reared families of their own. Two only are now living, Hollis, in Jamaica, aged eighty-nine years, and Jotham, in Boston. Joseph was one of the founders of the first Congregational church in Wardsboro, and his brother Timothy helped build the first house of worship. He died in 1835, S'ged seventy-two years. Hollis Twitchell married Charlotte Rugg, of Windham, March 23, 1820, and settled in Jamaica, though he subsequently, in 1836, purchased the farm now occupied by his son Adams, otif road 23 in that town. Three of eight children, Adams, Ehza and Lucy, are living. David, son of Joseph, settled in Jamaica and reared three sons and three daughters, of whom two of the sons are living. Mrs. Flora S. Rawson is one of the daughters. David died in 1881, aged seventy- three years. Appleton, another son of Joseph, spent his life in Jamaica. The Congregational church of South Wardsboro. — The first Congrega- tional church was organized May i, 1793, over which the Rev. James Tufts was ordained November 4, 1795. In 1796 they built a church building about half a mile west of West Wardsboro, at what is known as the "old common,'' a wood structure, which did good service until 1840, when it was decided to change the church site. The building was then torn down, while the society was divided, some to help build a church at South Wardsboro, and others to build a church at Wardsboro. Thus, the South Wardsboro people date the organization at the time of the original organization, while the people at Wardsboro date their church organization at the time their church building TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 3<^4 was completed, in 1842. The church at South Wardsboro has at present fifty-six members, with Rev. Nathaniel Richardson, pastor. The church building is a wood structure, valued, including grounds, at $1,500.00, and will comfortably seat 350 persons. T/ie Baptist church of West Wardsboro was organized by a council con- vened for that purpose, in 1793, Elder Stephen Choat being settled as their pastor, in 1806. Their church building, a wood structure built in 1795, will comfortably seat 225 persons and, is valued, including grounds, at $2,000.00. The society now has seventy-six members, under the charge of Rev. Henry M. Hopkinson. The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Wardsboro, was organized in 183 1, by Revs. Guy Beckley and James M. Fuller, with six members. Rev. Guy Beckley being installed as first pastor. Their church building was erected the following year, at a cost of $800.00. It will seat 350 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $2,500.00, while they have, in addition, a parsonage valued at $1,000.00. The society has at present ninety-eight members, under the pastorial charge of Rev. William A. Bryant. The Congregational church of Wardsboro, located on Main street, was organized in November, 1842, with ten members, Rev. Willard Brigham being the first pastor. Their church building was erected in 1842, at a cost of $1,300.00, and dedicated in 1843. It is a wood structure capable of seat- ing 350 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $1,500.00. The soci- ety has at present twenty members, with no regular pastor. WESTMINSTER lies in the northeastern part of the county, in lat. 43" 5' and long. 4° 32', bounded north by Rockingham, east by the west bank of Connecticut river, south by Putney, and west by Brookline and .Athens. The town was originally granted by Massachusetts, about 1735. The circumstances leading to this grant, and the history of the early settlement, are well detailed by Hall, in his History of Eastern Vermont, as follows: — " Many petitions having been presented to the general assembly of Mass- achusetts, in the year 1735, P''^y''''g foi" grants of land on the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers, that body, on the 15th of January, 1735 or '36, ordered a sur- vey of the lands between the aforesaid rivers, from the northwest corner of the town of Rumford on the latter stream to the Great Falls on the former, of twelve miles in breadth from north to south, and the same to be laid out in townships of six miles square each. They also voted to divide the lands bordering the east side of Connecticut river, south of the Great Falls, into townships of the same size; and on the west side, the territory between the Great Falls and the Equivalent Lands into two townships of the same size if the space would allow, and if not into one township. Eleven persons were appointed to conduct the survey and division. Twenty-eight townships were accordingly laid out between the Connecticut and Merri- mack rivers, and on the west bank of Connecticut river, township Number 304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. One, now Westminster, was surveyed and granted to a number of persons from Taunton, Norton, and Easton, in Massachusetts, and from Ashford and Killingly in Connecticut, who had petitioned for the same. " The terms upon which the grant of Number One and of the other town- ships, was made, were these : Each settler was required to give bonds to the amount of forty pounds as security for performing the conditions enjoined. Those who had not within the space of seven years last past received grants of land were admitted as grantees; but in case enough of this class could not be found, then those were admitted who, having received grants of land else- where within the specified time, had fulfilled the conditions upon which they had received them. The grantees were obliged to build a dwelling house eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least, on their respective house lots, and fence in and break up for ploughing, or clear and stock with EngHsh grass five acres of land, and cause their respective lots to be inhabited within three years from the date of their admittance. They were further required within the same time to build and furnish a convenient meeting-house for the public worship of God, and settle a learned orthodox minister. On fail- ing to perform these terms their rights became forfeit, and were to be again granted to such settlers as would fulfill the above conditions within one year after receiving the grant. Each township was divided into sixty-three rights — sixty for the settlers, one for the first settled minister, another for the second settled minister, and the third for a school. The land in township Number One was divided into house lots and 'intervale' lots, and one of each kind was included in the right of every grantee. As to the remainder of the un- divided land, an agreement was made that it should be shared equally and alike by the settlers when divided. " Capt. Joseph Tisdale, one of the principal grantees of Number One, hav- ing been empowered by the general assembly of Massachusetts, called a meeting of the grantees at the school-house in Taunton, on the 14th of January, 1736 or '37, A committee was then appointed to repair to the new township for the purpose of dividing the land, according to the wishes of the grantees. They were also required to select a suitable place for a meeting- house, a burying-place, a training-field, sites for a saw-mill and a grist-mill, and to lay out a convenient road. The proprietors held a number of meetings, some- times at Capt. Tisdale's, at other times in the old school-house, and not unfre- quently at the widow Ruth Tisdale's. A sufficient time having elapsed, the allot- ment of the sixty-three rights was declared on the 26th of September, 1737, and proposals were issued for erecting a saw-mill and a grist-mill at Number One, which was now familiarly called New Taunton, in remembrance of the town where the majority of the proprietors resided. At the same time, a number of the proprietors agreed to undertake the building of the mills, and by the records of a meeting held July 8, 1740, it appeared that the saw-mill had been built, and that means had been taken to lay out a road from it to the highway. Other improvements were made at this period by Richard Ellis and his son Reuben, of Easton, who, having purchased eight rights in the new township, built there a dwelling house, and cleared and cultivated several acres of land. Some of the settlers were also engaged at the same time in laying out roads and constructing fences, who, on their return to Massachusetts, received gratuities for their services from the other propri- etors. "The grantees were preparing to make other improvements, having in view particularly the construction of a road to Fort Dummer, when, on the 5th of March, 1740, the northern boundary line of Massachusetts was settled. TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. ^"304 On finding by this decision that Number One was excluded from that prov- ince, they appointed an agent on the 5th of April, 1742, to acquaint the gen- eral assembly of Massachusetts of the difficulties they had experienced, and of the money and labor they had expended in settling their grant, and to ask from that body directions by which they might firmly secure their rights, although under a different jurisdiction. The meeting at which this^appoint- ment was made, was probably the last held by the proprietaries under Mass- achusetts, and there is but little doubt that the settlement was abandoned upon the breaking out of the 'Cape Breton War,' [in 1744]. •' In the spring of the year 1751 John Averill, with his wife, and his son Asa, moved from Northfield, in Massachusetts, to Number One. At that time there were but two houses in the latter place. One of these, occupied by Mr. Averill, was situated on the top of Willard's or Clapp's hill, at the south end of Main street. The other below the hill, on the meadow, and un- occupied, was probably the house built by Mr. Ellis and his son in 1739. In the house into which Mr. Averill moved there had been Hving four men, one woman and two children. The men were WiUiam Gould and his son John, Amos Carpenter and Atherton Chaffee. Of these, Gould and Carpenter moved their families from Northfield to Number One during the summer of the same year. The first child born in Westminster was Anna Averill. Her birth took place in the autumn of 1751. " On the 9th of November, 1752, Governor Benning Wentworth, of New Hampshire, re-granted Number One, and changed its name to Westminster. The first meeting of the new grantees was held at Westminster, New Hamp- shire, in August, 1753, at the house of Major Josiah Willard, whose father^ Col. Josiah Willard, of Fort Dummer, was at the time of his death, by pur- chase from the original Massachusetts grantees, one of the principal proprie- tors of Number One. A subsequent meeting was held at Fort Dummer, in the same year, at which permission was given to those proprietors who had purchased rights under the Massachusetts title and then held them, of locating their land as at the first. Further operations were suspended by the breaking out of the French war, and the familes above enumerated were the only in- habitants of Westminster until after the close of that struggle." In 1760, for the purpose of resuscitating the settlement of the town, Col. Josiah Willard, Jr., formerly of Fort Dummer, obtained a renewal of the charter, on the nth of June, and warned a proprietor's meeting. • In accord- ance with the warning a meeting was held on the 4th of February, 1761, at the house of John Averill, in Westminster, at which Benjamin Bellows, of Walpole, N. H., presided as moderator. Means were taken to apportion the land satisfactorily, and preparations were made for permanent settlement on the broad and fertile plains, which now constitute so much of the beauty of the village. At a subsequent meeting, held May 6th, several valuable lots of land were voted to Col, Willard, in addition to those he then held, provided he should build a saw-mill and a grist-mill within the limits of the town. At the same time a tax was laid on the proprietors, in order to raise a fund from which to reward him for the various services he had rendered them. These efforts to multiply inducements to settlers from the older provinces, were not without success, and before the close of the year 1766, more than fifty families were located in Westminster. According to the census of 177 1, taken by the order of Governor Dunmore, of New York, the town was the 304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. most populous in what is now Windham county, and, indeed, in this part of the Province, the whole number of actual residents being 478. In 1791 the population had increased to 1,601 souls, or about 224 more than it has to- day. It is unknown when the town was organized. Elkanah Day was town clerk, and Medad Wright, constable, in 1777, however, and there is traditional proof that they had been such for a number of years. October ig, 1787, the town was divided into two parishes, Westminster East Parish, and Westminster West Parish, and by a stipulation it was agreed that the town clerk should be changed yearly to the other parish. The first justices of the peace appointed by the State were John Norton and Elijah Ranney, in 1786. The first representative was Nathaniel Robinson, chosen in March, 1778. The erection of Westminster into a shire town, the removal of the court-house to Newfane, etc., have all been mentioned in connection with the chapter on courts and county buildings, on page 31. The surface of the town is, in general, quite rough and mountainous, though there are large tracts of level land with an arable soil, especially in the vicinity of Westminster village. This brokenness of surface, though it in many places precludes profitable cultivation, greatly enhances the pictur- esqueness of the scenery, which is proberbial for its beauty. There are no streams of importance in the territory, though there are many brooks and minor streams, making the town a well watered district. In the western part of the town the streams flow both to the north and to the south, while those of the eastern part find their way in an easterly direction to the Con- necticut. The timber is that common to the towns throughout the county. The rocks entering into the geological structure of the town are calciferous mica schist and clay-slate, lying in two parallel ranges, the former underlying the western, and the latter the eastern portions. In 1880 Westminster had a population of 1,377, and in 1882 it had eleven"^ school districts and twelve common schools, employing two male and seven- teen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,623.80. There were 257 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $3,230.01, with John B. Morse, superintendent. Westminster, a handsome little post village located in the eastern part of the town, has one church (Congregational), three stores, a carriage shop, blacksmith shop, school- house, and about fifty dwellings. It Hes amost entirely on one broad street, though its limits occupy a plain about a mile in diameter, lying thirty or more feet above the Connecticut, one of the beauti- ful terrace formations of a former geological epoch, common along this stream. The "street" mentioned was laid out in the reign of King George II., in 1737, and was called the " King's Highway." It was originally ten rods wide, though now but six, and two miles in length, and was designed and used as a training-ground for the early military companies of this section, About this street, now so quiet and restful, are clustered some of the most rare and TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. "'304 Striking legends of Vermont's historic lore Here the first newpaper in the State was published (see page 49), and it was here that, January 16, 1777, was held the convention that declared the New Hampshire grants a " free and independent State." Here the old church still stands, built in 1770, which in its early days housed a generation of worshipers who bore a prom- inent part in the struggle of the State and Nation for independent. Near the northern end of the street lies the old burying-ground which entombs the bones of the fathers, and among them those of the young and ardent patriot, William French, to whom history accords a place as the first martyr of the Revolution. A few rods distant from the cemetery, almost at the brow of a gentle hill, is the site of the old court-house (see page 23) where French was shot, in 1775, ^^d where, two years later, the memorable convention above named was held. One prominent historic relic, the famous Tory Tavern, was demohshed a few years since, to make room for another building. This tavern was the redezvous for the Tory faction who came here to attend court, and in it was performed the ceremony which united in marriage Gen. Ethan Allen and Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Buchanan, strange to say, being the daughter- in-law of the arrant Tory, Crean Brush. A one-sided glimpse of this lady's character may be caught from her mdignant reply to a bantering query of the Tory Tavern proprietor, as to whether or not she would marry Ethan Allen, if an opportunity should arise : " What, marry the devil and become queen of Hell? No!" About a mile from the site of the Tory Tavern may still be seen, with its weather beaten sides and gambrel roof, the public house of the other faction^ the People's Tavern. The old church mentioned above is well preserved, as it has, within a few years, been entirely remodeled inside and^converted into a commodious town hall, the pulpit and a square pew and seats being removed to an upper portion of the building, where they are preserved as historic relics. The facts relative to the famous massacre of 1775, though doubtless famil- iar to all, are briefly as follows : The stated session of the Cumberland county court was to be held at Westminster, March 13, 1775. Much dissatisfaction prevailed in the county because New York had refused to adopt the resolves of the Continental congress, and exertions were made to dissuade the judges from holding the court. But, as they persisted in doing it, some of the inhab- itants of Westminster and the adjacent towns took possession of the court- house at an early hour in order to prevent the officers of the court from enter- ing. The court party soon appeared before the court-house, armed with guns, sw^ords and pistols, and commanded the people to disperse. But, as they refused to obey, some harsh language passed between them, and the court party retired t6 their quarters. The people then had an interview with Judge Chandler, who assured them that they might have quiet possession of the house till morning, when the court should come in without arms, and should hear what they had to lay before them. But, contrary to this declara- 304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. tion, about eleven o'clock at night, the sheriff, with the other officers of the court, attended by an armed force, repaired to the court-house. Being refused admittance, some of the party fired into the house and killed one man, William French, and wounded several others. The wounded men they seized and dragged to the court-house cells, with some others who did not succeed in making their escape. By means of those who escaped the news of this massacre was quickly spread, and before noon the next day a large body of armed men had collected. A jury of inquest brought in a verdict that the man was murdered by the court party. Several of the officers were made prisoners and confined them in the jail at Northampton, in Massachu- setts. But, upon the application of the chief justice of New York, they were released from prison and returned home. These proceedings aroused the spirit of opposition to New York throughout the grants on the east side of the mountains. A meeting of committees from the several townships was held at Westminster, April 11, 1775, at which a number of spirited resolutions were adopted relative to the "late unhappy transactions," Among other things it was voted, " That it is the duty of the inhabitants, as predicted on the eternal and immutable law of self preserva- tion, wholly to renounce and revisit the administration of the government of New York, until such times as the lives and property of the inhabitants may be secured by it." A committee was also appointed, of which Ethan Allen was one, to remonstrate to the court of Great Britain against that government and to petition his majesty, " to be taken out of so off"ensive a jurisdiction and to be either annexed to some other jurisdiction, or incorporated into a new one." This was the inception of the sturdy stand taken at Lexington and Bunker Hill, resulting in our glorious Union. In November, 1872, an appropriation was made by the Vermont legislature to erect a monument to the memory of William French. The monument was erected and the original slate slab that stood at the head of his grave, now occupies a niche in the interior wall of the " Old church." Upon it is traced the following in- scription : — " In memory of William French, Son to Mr. Nathaniel French, Who Was shot in Westminster, March ye 13TH 1775, BY the hands of Cruel Ministerial tools OF George ye 3D in the Corthouse at a i i o'Clock AT Night in the 220 year of his Age. " Here William French his Body lies. For Murder his Blood for ^'engance cries. King George the third his Tory crew Tha with a bawl his head Shot threw. For Liberty and his Country's Good He Lost his Life his Dearest Blood." The French family and their early settlement in Brattleboro is spoken of on page 177. In addition we would say, F. F. French, who now occupies a part of the old homestead, married Sophia S. Doohttle, of Vernon, and has three sons, Wilhs F., Percy E. and Edward F. Jesse French, brother of TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. "304 William, served in the Revolution and died of disease contracted in the ser- vice August 22, 1777. In the same cemetery where He the bones of the patriot French, also are buried the bones of Judge Thomas Chandler, whose duplicity proved a large factor in provoking the trouble. From that time forward he slowly sank into obscurity, and was finally imprisoned for debt in the old court-house cells, where he died, and where his body was left, owing to some legal technicality, until in a loathsome condition, and then thrown into a rough box, dragged to the jail wall and thrown into a hole that was dug in a slanting direction into the fcemetery. Westminster West is a post village located in the western part of the town. It has one church (Congregatioaal), a school-house, several mechanic shops, etc., and about a dozen dwellings. West-MINster Station (p. o.)is located in the eastern part of the town on the Vt. V. R. R., and has a depot, postoffice, and a few dwellings. Sidney Gage dy^ Co^s saiv-mill and basket shop, located on road ii, gives employment to about thirty hands, turning out 250,000 feet of lumber per year and fifty dozen baskets per day. The Forest Woolen Company's ;/«'//, located on road 11, employs ten hands manufacturing shoddy flock. The Fall Afountain Paper Co.'s saw-mill, on road 9, employs thirteen hands and manufactures 1,000,000 feet of lumber per annum. Ira Smith's sa7v-i?nll, on road 37, operated by Peter Mayo, cuts 30,000 feet of lumber per annum. H. G. Harloiv's sa7v-mill, on road 40, the only one in the West parish, cuts about 100.000 feet of lumber per year. Peter May d s grist mill, on road 37, has two runs of stones, and grinds about 6,000 bushels of grain per year. Joseph F. Ward's brick yard, on road 30, employs ten men and has the capacity for turning out 1,500,000 bricks per year. John McChire' s brick yard, on road 35, turns out about 300,000 bricks per annum. The Westt?ii?ister carriage factory, Byron F. Atcherson, proprietor, turns out about $4,000.00 worth of carriages and sleighs per year. Horace E. Welhnan, on road 39, manufactures about 200 sleighs per annum. Capt. Azariah Wright came to Westminster from Northfield, Mass., about 1762, and located on the place where Mr. Newcomb now lives. He was a cap- tain in the Revolutionary war, and fought bravely for the rights and privileges which his descendants now enjoy. His son Joseph came with him and Hved in the town till his death in 1805. He left four children, of whom only one, Joseph H., is now Hving. He resides on road four and is in his eighty- third year. Elihu Wright came here from Massachusetts some time between 1760 and 1770. He died in 1832, on the farm on which Joseph H. Wright now lives. 304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. Medad Wright came from Northfield, Mass., previous to 1770 and took up land where his grandson Daniel C. Wright now lives. He held a lieuten- ant's commission at the time of the massacre at the court-house. He carried on farming and shoemaking, and was obliged to carry his grain to a mill in Northfield, Mass. He died in the town. His son HoUis was born February 22, 1780, and spent his life upon the homestead, where he died at the age of eighty-three. His son Daniel C. now occupies the homestead on which he was born, and has built a fine residence on the site of the home of his ances- tors. He married Sarah Cragin, of Westminster, and has two sons and a daughter. He has been selectman and justice of the peace. John Morse came to Westminster, from Massachusetts, sometime previous to 1770, and lived at East Westminster, where the Congregational church now stands. He was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Vermont. He died herein 1843. He raised five sons, two of whom are now living, one, John R., who was born in 1813, in this town, where he has always resided. He now hves with his son, on road 23, where they own about a thousand acres of land. He had two children, only one of whom is now living. Charles Rice was one of the first settlers in Westminster. He came here with a family named Burke, at the age of three years, and died here many years ago. His son Eliakim was born in Westminster, and resided in this town and Rockingham till his death, in 1868. He had six children, only three of whom are living, all in this town, one, Luke L., on road 25 ; another, Porter, on road 44 ; and the third, Mrs. Evahne Morse, at Westminster street. James Richardson came to Westminster, from Haddam, Conn., about 1770, and settled on road 42, about two miles from the Connecticut river. He died in i8ig, aged seventy-five years. He married Molly Dodge, by whom he had nine children. His son John was born in 1770, and resided in this town till his death, in 1836. He took an active part in town affairs, and was honored with town trusts. He married Betsey Goodridge, and had four children, of whom John C, who was born in 1807, and now resides at Westminster street, is the only survi/or. Nathaniel D., another of James's sons, was born in Westminster in 1778, and died here. He married Sally Colburn, and had one child, Deiastus, who was born in 1797, and always lived in Westminster. In 182 1 he married Eleanor Lane, by whom he had eight children, four of whom are living, Lewis C. and Mrs. T. W. Wiley, in this town, and the other two, John D. and Mrs. J. S. Fish, in Charlestown, N. H. One son, Ithamar, was accidentally shot while gunning, when thirty-two years old ; and one daughter, Amarilla, died in 1861. Francis and Charles Holden, brothers, came to this town from Shirley, Mass., in 1754, and were the first settlers in the west part of the town, on the farm now owned by Jerome Holden. Francis served three years in the war for independence, and took part in the battle of Bennington. He raised a large family of children, and died in the town. His son Timothy was born TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. "304 in 1781, and resided here till his death, in 1853. He was a soldier in the war of 18 1 2. He was twice married, and had eight children, three of whom are now living. One son, Jerome, now owns the old homestead, and is engaged in breeding Merino sheep, Durham cattle, &c. Edward R. Campbell was born in Westminster, about 1765. He was a physician, and resided in this town tillWs death, in 1830. He married Anna Norton, and had seven children, two of whom are still hving. One son, Sidney, resides in Chesterfield, N. H., and a daughter, Matilda, widow of Grant W. Ranney, resides at Westminster West. His son Edward R. was born about 1790. He was a farmer, and married Clarissa Chamberlain, by whom he had seven children, who lived to maturity. He died of cholera, in Pittsburgh, Pa. His eldest son, Charles C, who was graduated from Yale college in 1838, resides at Westminster street. He has been engaged in teaching, and in mercantile business, and in farming in Mississippi. In 1871 he returned to his native town. Another son, Daniel, is a physician at Sax- ton's River, and a third, Collin, resides in Texas. His daughter Mary is the wife of Clark S. Lake, of Saxton's River. Another daughter, Sophia, is the wife of Wendell Williams, of Rochester, Vt. Another son became the Hon. George Campbell. Ichabod Ide was the first occupant of the farm on which Freeman Gor- ham now lives. He came here about 177 i. None of his descendants of thai name now reside in the town. John Goold, from Massachusetts, was one of the first settlers in West- minster. He located in the East parish, and raised a large family of children. His son Aaron was born, lived and died in the town. He had eight children, four of whom are living, two in this town, Reuben C, who resides at West- minster West, and a daughter, Mrs. Zenas Lord, who lives in the east part of the town. Ephraim Ranney came to Westminster, from Middletown, Conn., some time previous to the Revolution. He came up the Connecticut river in a log canoe, and settled near that stream in the east part of the town, in which locality he became one of the most prominent residents. When Mr. Ranney first came here there was no grist-mill nearer than Northfield, Mass., and thither he took his grain to mill in a canoe. He was one of the first deacons "of the Congregational church. He had eight or nine children, some of whom filled important niches in social, business and official circles. Two of his sons settled in the east part of the town, and two in the west part. One son, Ephraim, was a prominent man in the town, and was a justice of the peace for many years. Another son, Elijah, settled in the south part of the West parish, and was at one time the wealthiest man in that part of the town. He was a successful farmer, and a deacon of the Congregational church. Two of his sons, like their father, were men of great prominence, and were honored with important town trusts. One, Elijah, was a deacon of the church for many years; the other, Joseph, was for many years a justice of the peace. 19e 304" TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. A number of their descendants are still living in the town. A daughter of Ephraim Ranney married Deacon Ebenezer Goodhue. Three of her sons are living here. The second wife of Squire Ephraim Ranney was a very daring and athletic woman. When the first bridge was being built across the Connecticut river, she tripped across upon the stringers. It is also said that she could lift a barrel of cider by the chimes, and drink from the bung-hole. Jabez Goodell came here from Chapell, Conn., previous to the Revolution, and settled in the north part of the town, where he died in 1799. ^'^ ^^^ Asahel resided in this town during his life, and raised eleven children, three of whom are living. His son Asahel was born in Westminster, in 1799, and spent his life in this town, where he died in 1875. He had three children, all of whom are living, two, a son and daughter, E. R. and Gracie E., in this town. Silas Burk came to Westminster at an early day, previous to the Revolu- tion, it is thought. He lived on the farm now owned by Joseph Clarke, and which had been previously owned by his father, whose name could not be ascertained. He died in 1825. He had eight children, all of whom are dead. His daughter Sarah married Timothy Clarke, of Rockingham, and had ten children, three of whom are living, Joseph, who has lived on the Burke homestead for forty-four years ; Albert, who lives in Rockingham ; and Ben- jamin, in Iowa. John Grout was born in Spencer, Mass., March 14, 1765, and married Elizabeth Upham of the same place. He came to Westminster, probably before the Revolution, in which he took part, and settled in the southwest part of the town. He had thirteen children. Sylvester settled in Westmin- ster. John, who was born in Westminster in 1788, married Zuba Dunklee, of Brattleboro, and settled in Newfane. In 1847 he moved to West Brattle- boro, where he died October 16, 1851. He had eight sons and one daughter, six of the former of whom are living, — Rev. Lewis, in West Brattleboro ; Syl- vester B. and Chester B. are farmers in Kansas; Isaac, a fruit grower in California; Henry M. is a Congregational minister in Concord, Mass.; and John M. is a traveling salesman, living in Medford, Mass. Calvin Chaffee was born in Westminster, in r78o, and when thirty years old married EHzabeth Hall and went to Hartford, N. Y., where their chil- dren, Calvin C. Jane, and James C. were born. They then returned to West- minster, where Susan, Roxana, Chester and Charles were added to their household. Calvin Chaffee died in 1853. Dr. Calvin C. Chaffee is a resi- dent of Springfield, Mass., from whence he has been sent to congress three terms. Jane (Mrs. Nathan Robbins) and James C. are residents of Town- shend. The latter married Luceba Smith, of Westminster, in February, 1842, and has three sons and a daughter in the West, and a daughter in Town- shend. EUsha Hitchcock came to Westminster from Springfield, Mass., about J 776, and settled in the northwest part of the town, on the farm on which his grand- TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. "304 daughter, Ruth M. Hitchcock, now lives. He died in 1839, aged eighty-six. His son Amos was born on the farm on which he settled in 1784, and resided here till his death in 1878, with the exception of a few years spent in Westfield, Vt., about 181 1. Six of his eleven children are living, two in this town, William H., on road 17, and Ruth M., on road t8. Levi Peck was born in Wrentham, Mass., April 14, 1757, and lived thete^ till the commencement of the Revolutionary war. He served as a soldier about three years in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and came to Vermont from Providence, in the latter State, about 1780. He taught school in Brat- tleboro, Windsor and Weathersfiekl. September 27, 1785, he married Han- nah Stoddard^ of Westminster, and settled on and cleared the farm now owned and occupied by Thomas Ashwell. He died September 17, 1835. He had five children. His son Shubal was born on the farm on which he settled, in 1795, ^^""^ lived thereon till his death in 1872. He married Thirza Wheeler, by whom he had six children, five of whom are living. Three, Orestes F., Charles C. and Mrs. Thomas Ashwell, reside in Westminster; Sanford L. lives in Elkader, Iowa ; and Mrs. Lester Woodford, in Bloom- field, Conn. Seth Arnold came to Westminster from East Haddan, Conn., soon after the Revolution, in which he took part, and settled on road 30. He died in 1849, 3.t the advanced age of one hundred and one years. He had four sons and four daughters, only one of whom is living, Phebe, wife of Isaac Holton, in Illinois. Eleazer May came to Westminster in 1789 and opened the first store in the town in the front part of his dwelling. He built and occupied the brick, store now occupied by Austin Goodridge, in which he also kept a bank. He continued the mercantile business till his death, in 1845. He married Cynthia House, of Connecticut, and had ten children. His son James was born in this town in 1797, and was associated with his father in the mercantile busi- ness. He died April 13, 1877. He married EveUne Moore, of Bath, N. H., and had two children, James, who died September 13, 1863, and Belle, who resides with her mother on the old homestead. Levi Wilder came here from Massachusetts about 1790 and settled in the southwest corner of the town, on the farm now occupied by Mr. Reed. He died about 1856. He had four children, all of whom are dead. His son Hiram was born in Westminster in 1800, and li/ed in the town, many years. In 1844 he removed to Rockingham and resided there till his death, in 1882. He had five sons, all of whom are living, one, Leman A., in this town, and three in Rockingham. Joel Page was born in Westminster in 1791, and married Rebecca Clawson in 1 81 2. He had seven children, five of whom are living. Three sons, Michael G., Henry and Bradford P., reside in this town. One daughter, Mrs. Sarah Spencer, lives in Weathersfield, and another, Mrs. Harriet Hadwin, in Worcester^ Mass. 304° TOWN OF WESTMINSTER, Samuel Chiptnan came from Connecticut in 1794, and in 1797 built the house in which his daughter Sophronia now lives. He had twelve children, only two of whom are living. Charles lives in Wisconsin. Samuel Chipman died in i860, aged eighty-eight. Capt. Matthias Gorham came here from Yarmouth, Mass., in April, 1798, making the journey with three yoke of oxen in thirteen days. He crossed the Connecticut river into Putney at Robinson's ferry, and thence proceeded to Westminster, arriving on the 2d day of May. For the farm on which he set- tled he paid $4,000.00 in gold and silver. The farm has since remained in the Gorham family, and is now owned by Freeman Gorham. Capt. Gorham's son David was eleven years old when they came to Westminster. He lived on the homestead farm and died there January 25, 1882, aged ninety-five. He took an active part in town affairs and held various offices. He had eight children, three of whom are living. Two reside in this town, Freeman on the homestead, and D. C. off road 38. Freeman has been selectman and has held other town offices. D. C. is a selectman at present. Matthew Miller settled at Westminster street at an early day. He was a cabinet maker by trade, and died in Rockingham. Only one of his six chil- dren is living, viz., William, in Chester, Vt. A grandson, James M., lives on road 23 in Westminster. Capt. John Braley, who was a sea captain, came to Westminster from Rhode Island at an early day and settled in the West parish. When he came the bears were so numerous that he had to chase them away from his calf pen with a fire brand. His son John was born in Westminster in 1780, on the farm on which his father settled, and lived in the town during his life, with the exception of a few years spent in Rochester, Vt. He died in 1853. His son W^illiam was born here in 1810 and resided here till his death in 1881. Three of WiUiam's children reside in this town and one in Putney. Thomas Ranney, from Connecticut, was an early settler in the southwest part of the town. His sons Thomas and William, who came with him, and Stephen, who was born here, spent their lives in the town. The latter had eight children, five of whom are living, one, A. F., who was born in 181 7, and has spent his life in the town, off road 60. Nathaniel Robinson came to Westminster at an early day, and reared a large family here, though none of them now reside in the town. His son Titus married Susannah Gibbs and also reared a large family. He was a carpenter by trade and died at New Orleans, La., while there at work on a church building, in 1820. Only one of his family is now living, Anna, wife of Christopher Crowell, of Walpole, N. H. Capt. Levi Crowell came to Westminster about 1800, locating in the West parish, where he reared a family of seven children, and died in 1848. Three of his children are now living, Surviah, Betsey, and Christopher, the latter in Walpole, N. H. t/^^^ ^ t:^-^^^^^- V TV. TOWxV OF WESTMINSTER. ^'304 Ebenezer Goodell, from Connecticut, came to Westminster with his father some time prior to the Revolution, and settled in the northwest part of the town. His son Alvin, who was born here in 1801, and resided here till his death about 1863, took an active part in the affairs of the town, which he represented four times in the legislature. He was a constable for twenty- years and a selectman for many years. Four of his six sons are living, two in Westminster, Loren A. and Charles C. Cyrus, another of Ebenezer's sons, was born in this town and spent most of his hfe here. He died in 1856, aged fifty. Both of his children are living, one in Ohio, and the other, F. H., on road 56 in Westminster, where he is extensively engaged in farming. Zadock Hitchcock came here from Brookfield, Mass., at an early day, and located on the farm now occupied by Roswell Powers, whose wife is his daughter. David Wells, from Hatfield, Conn., was an early settler near the central part of the town. His daughter Saloma resides in Keene, N. H. His son David, who was born here in 1805, and resided here till his death in 1875, had two children, both of whom reside in this town, Henry A., on road 42 corner of road 43, and Mrs. A. S. Watkins. on road 30. Scott Clark came early from Cape Cod and settled in the central part of the town. His son Perez came with him and lived on the same place till his death about 1855. The latter's son Fessenden was born here in 1801, and resided here till his death in 1877. He had ten children, only three of whom ar ing, two in this town, and one in New Jersey. One son, J. Hunt, lives n_^. V^estminster West. Joseph Fairbrother came to Westminster at an early day and died about 1843. His son Eliakim came with him and resided here till his death, in 1 88 1. Two of the latter's sons reside in this town, George H., on road i, and. Dighton H., on road 45. Jonathan A. Phippen was an early settler on road 42, on the farm now owned by John E. Ellis. He came with an elder brother and married a daughter of Asa Averill, who was an early settler at Westminster street, and built the house now occupied by Moses Moulton. Mr. Phippen had seven children, one of whom, Samuel, now lives in Burke, Vt. Another son, David A., was born in Westminster in 1798, and resided on the farm on which his father settled, till his death in 1865. Only four of David's eight <:hildren are living. Two of them, Mrs. John L. Collins and Mrs. Sidney A. Spencer, reSide in Westminster. Nearly all of Averill's descendants are gone. Capt. Michael Gilson, who served in the Revolutionary war, came to Westminster at an early day and lived where Bradford Page now resides. He died in 1823, aged ninety-two years. None of his descendants bearing his name are left in the town. Calvin Dunham came from Mansfield, Conn., to Walpole, N. H., and from thence to Westminster previous to 1800. He spent the remainder of his life 304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. here. His son F. O. Dunham, who was born October 8, 1808, and has been engaged in carriage making, is still residing in the town. George Smith came to Westminster from Rhode Island about the beginning of the present century, and was engaged in farming in the north part of the town, where he reared a large family and died about 1843. Otis and Curtis Smith, who were born in Rhode Island, and were youths when the family came here, bought the farm near their father's, now owned by Joseph Smith. Otis is still Hving, at Saxton's River, in his eighty-fifth year. Three of his sons Joseph, Jonathan E. and Ira, live in Westminster. One, Judson C, lives in Chester, Vt. ; another. Ransom E., at Saxton's River ; while a daughter, Mrs. Lyman C. Aldrich, also lives in this town. Curtis married Lydia Wright, who bore him eight children, all uf whom are living, and six of whom have families. He died in 1S52, aged fifty-six. His widow is now the wife of Ralph Whitney, of Brookline. Of his children, Fannie (Mrs. Samuel Wood), resides in Charlestown, N. H. ; Ora F., in Rhode Island ; Luceba(Mrs. J. C_ Chaftee), in Townshend ; Clara (Mrs. F. Wiley), in Rockingham ; George, in Athens; Mary (Mrs. H. Loveing), in Marlboro, N. H. ; and Roderick R., in Westminster. Ira Goodhue, the third son of Dea. Ebenezer and Mrs. Lydia (Ranney) Goodhue, was born at Westminster, December 20, 1803. He is also a grand- son of Rev. Josiah Goodhue, the first settled minister of Putney, and a great- grandson of Dea. Ephraim Ranney, who emigrated from Middletown, Conn., at an early day, and settled in Westminster. The father of Ira Goodhue was- a farmer, settled in the West Parish of Westminster, and the subject of this sketch has always resided therein, and followed the same occupation, as his principal business. He had the privileges of the common schools in his boy- hood, and also two terms at Chester academy, Vermont. At eighteen years of age he commenced teaching school, teaching thirteen terms in all. In T832 he married Miss Almira Sawyer, of Heath, Mass. He has held nearly all the town offices, such as school superintendent, selectman, justice of the peace, etc., for many years, and has also settled quite a number of estates, being frequently chosen guardian of minor children. He has been a member of the Congregational church sixty years, senior deacon thirty-seven years, and was a member of the Congregational council at Boston in 1865. He served the town as representative in the general assembly of Vermont in 1843, '45 and '47, was a State senator in 1852 and '55, and in 1859 was elected one of the assistant judges of Windham county court, holding the ofifice five years ; was a member of the council of censors to revise the State constitution in 1861 ; was elected county committee in i860, under the prohibitory liquor law of the State, holding the oftice seven years. He is now (1884) over eighty years of age and still hale and hearty, and able to attend to his own farming business, though business for others was given up by him several years since. The children of Ira and Almira S. Goodhue, are as follows: Henry A., a graduate of Dartmouth college and Andover seminary, and pas- TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. "304 tor of the Congregational church in West Barnstable, Mass., over twenty years ; Martha E., wife of Mr. Reuben Miller, a well-to-do farmer in West- minster; Charles E., formerly a merchant of Townshend, and who was a ist lieutenant in the i6th Vt. Regt., and died in 1865, of disease contracted in the service ; Wayland P., formerly a merchant in the city of Polo, 111., now sec- retary of the Northwestern Manufacturing and Car Co., of Stillwater, Minn.; and Julia A., a graduate of Mt. Holyoke female seminary, and a teacher therein, also at Sackville, N. B., and Drew seminary, N. Y. She is now the wife of Prof. S. H. Trowbridge, of Glasgow, Mo. Homer Goodhue, son of Dea. Ebenezer Goodhue, was born at Westmin- ster, March 4, 181 1. He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty years of age, when he went to Charlestown, Mass., and was connected with the McLean asylum for the insane for twenty-one years, the most of the time as supervisor. He returned to Westminster in 1853, was married here in 1855 to Miss Delyra Tuthill, of Westminster. He was town clerk and town treasurer several years; was elected town representative in 1863 and '65 ; was elected to the State senate in 1866, and re-elected in 1867, and also held the office of county commissioner for several years; was appointed by the legis- lature as commissioner of the insane in 1866, and re-appointed in 1867. In 1882 he was chosen one of the board of supervisors of the insane, whose duty it is to visit the hospital at Brattleboro every month, which office he holds at the present time. Horace Goodhue, another of Deacon Ebenezer Goodhue's sons, was born in Westminster in 1805 and has always lived in this town. In his younger days he was a school teacher, but latterly he has been engaged in farming. He now resides on road 38. Eldad H. Harlow, whose father, Levi Harlow, was one of the early settlers of the town, was born in Westminster in 1803. He lived here during his Hfe, and died October 17, 1883. His son H. G. resides on road 40. Charles Church, who was a soldier in the Revolution and served three and a half years in the colonial army, came to Westminster from Westmoreland, N. H., in 1807, and settled on road 10. He purchased 700 acres of land, which was heavily timbered with pine, and engaged in lumbering and farming. He built three saw-mills and did an extensive business. His farm, now known as Riverdale farm, is one of the best in the town. The house now occupied by M. W. Davis was built by him. He died in 1836. He was twice married and had twenty-three children, only three of whom are living, — T. W., in Westminster, where he was born in 1808; James C, who lives in Towns- hend ; and Emma, wife of Lyman Hapgood, of Bellows Falls. His son Har- mon was born February 15, 1799, and died February 7, 1877. His widow, Betsey, daughter of John Farnsworth, Jr., was born in Coventry, Vt., in 1806^ and still resides in Westminster. Five of his eight children are living — Martha, Mary, and Rebecca, with their mother on road 10, Charles on road 13, and Frances, wife of Charles E. Watkins, in Walpole, N. H. Charles has been 304 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. engaged in breeding Merino sheep since 1869, and thoroughbred short-horn cattle since 1879. He is one of the prosperous farmers of the town. Zaccheus Cole came to this town from New Hampshire, in 1808, when seventeen years old. He married Annis, widow of Giles Marvin, and settled on the farm now owned by Benjamin F. Richmond, who married his daughter Frances. He was a silver plater by trade, and carried on that business for many years. He died October 12, 1882, aged ninety-one and one-half years, and his wife, September 3, 1877. George Campbell was born in Westminster in 1818 and always lived on the homestead now occupied by his sons, Fred G. and Charles H. He was largely engaged in sheep breeding and took the premium at the world's fair at Strasburg. He married Adeline Wilcox, of Westminster, and had four children. He died in 1882, and his wife, July i, 1883. His son Edward re- sides near Fort Edward, N. Y., and a daughter is the wife of C. Horace Hubbard, of Springfield, Vt. William Whittle was born in Claremont, N. H., where his father, Samuel Whittle, was one of the first settlers, December 24, 1783. When a young man he moved to Walpole and carried on the wheelwright business there. He was a resident of Westminster for over fifty years. He built a saw-mill and grist-mill one and one-fourth miles west of the village. He was a captain of the militia. He married Electa Rugg, of Swanzey, and had nine children, five of whom are living, — George W., Hannah E. Kimball, and Abby A,, wife of Moses S. Moulton, in Westminster; Phineas R., in Shelburne Falls, Mass., and James C, who carries on the carriage business in Keene, N. H. He died in May, 1871, and his wife, in November, 1847. John Minard, whose father, Isaac Minard, was an early settler in Rock- ingham, was born in that town in 1798. He came to Westminster some fifty years ago and settled on the farm now occupied by his son John B., who is a lister of the town. He took an active part in town affairs and held the offices of selectman and lister. He died in 1882. Five of his six children are living. Levi Kimball came to Windham from Amherst, N. H., about 1820, and to Westminster about 1835, locating on the farm now occupied by his son Harry H. He had ten children, none of whom are living. He died about 1870. John B. Keech was born in Westminster in 1840, and is now living on road 37. He enlisted in Co. F, ist Vt. Cav., and served about a year. He was disabled by paralysis, caused by a fall from his horse, which fell upon him. Rosvvell Powers was born in Athens about 1808, and came to Westminster about 1845, locating where his son Joseph M. now lives. His father, Stephen Powers, was an early settler in Athens, to which town he removed from Chesterfield, N. H., and resided there till his death, about 181 1. Peter Mayo was born in Milton, Chittenden county, in 1815, and came to Westminster in 1843. He now resides on road 37, and is engaged in milling. TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 304 Prof. LaFayette Ward was born in Wardsboroin 1824, and graduated from Dartmouth college in 1847. He taught successfully at Saxton's River, Bel- lows Falls and Westminster, and at Bernardston, Mass. He was superin- tendent of schools at Northampton, Mass. He made his home in Westmin- ster from 1853 until his death, in 1882. He represented his town in the leg- islature, and was a member of the board of education. His widow and son reside on road 34. Pliny Fisher was born in Townshend, September 10, 1803, and resided there till i860, when he came to Westminster and settled on road 31. He married Mary A. Farr, who died June 30, 1880. His three children are O. L., who resides with his father; Rollin B., who lives in Boston; and Ellen M., wife of Clark Chase, who resides at Bellows Falls. M. W. Davis, son of Micha Davis, was born in Athens, March 30, 1822, and resided there until 1862, when he settled on road 10, in Westminster, on the farm he now occupies, which is known as Riverdale farm, and is one of the finest in the town. It was first settled by the Church brothers. Mr. Davis has been a surveyor for the last forty years. He represented the town of Athens in 1856, and has been a member of the State board of agriculture for the last four years. He married Mary S. Crowell. of Westmoreland, and has three children living, Sherman M., in Kankakee, III, Seymour A., in this town, and Flora A., also in this town with her father. George W. Newcomb was born in Bernardston, Mass., February 22, 1800. January i, 1824, he married Martha Burrows, and raised a family of twelve children, nine of whom are living. He was once an extensive and prosperous farmer in this town. He died here March 27, 1884. Ephraim Spencer was born in Westminster, his father having come to this town from England some time previous to the Revolution. Ephraim lived near the Connecticut river, on the farm now occupied by Morton A. Snow, and died about 1856. He was twice married and had thirteen children. His son Mark was born in this town in 1807, and resided here till his death, about 1853. Five of his seven children are living. One son, Sidney A., resides on road 49, in Westminster. William B. Cutting was born in Guilford, November 20. 1827, and came to Westminster in 1871. He has filled different town offices, and in 1882 was elected State senator. He married Mary A. Ranney, by whom he has six children. His grandfather, Jonah Cutting, came to Guilford, from Massa- chusetts, and settled near Green river. He built an oil mill, which he operated for a time. Samuel Cutting, father of William B., was in Guilford in 1791, and carried on business at Green river, having a paper-mill, store, and farm. He died at the age of fifty-one. Henry F. Bond, who resides on road 11, caine to Westminster in 1872. He is engaged in the business of slate roofing, and also deals in furs of all kinds, giving employment to five men. George R. Harlow was born in Westminster, and went to Massachusetts in i860, returning to this town in 1867. He enlisted in Co. E, 39th Mass. 304'* TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. Vols., and served in the army two and one-half years. He was in the battle of the Wilderness, at Spottsylvania, and at Gettysburg. He represented the town of Westminster in 1882-83. Jonathan Houghton came from Bolton, Mass., and settled on the farm on which A. D. Kerr now lives. He was a farmer and a noted hewer of timber. He was a Revolutionary soldier and was wounded in the battle of Benning- ton. His son Asa spent his life on the homestead. The latter's son, F. J. Houghton, was born and still lives in the town. Nathan G. Pierce was born August 19, 1810, and has spent most of his hfe in this town. He was left an orphan at an early age, and lived with his maternal grandfather Pierce. He has been a prominent citizen and is widely known as a propagator of seed corn. Robert Miller settled in the west part of the town near where D. C. Gor- ham now lives. He was a farmer and had eleven children, only three of whom are now living, all in the West. He died in 1830, at the age of seventy-seven. Mary, his wife, lived to the age of one hundred and one years. His son John was born in Westminster in 1786, and lived in the town most of the time till his death, in 1867. Three of his seven children, a son and two daughters, are living, all in this town. Reuben, the son, resides on road 62, on what is known as Maple Wood farm. Jethro and Asa Coombs, brothers, came to Jamaica from Cape Cod. The former died in New Hampshire in 1876. His son Talman T. Coombs was born in Jamaica in 1820, and now resides on road 54, in Westminster. He served in the late war. Rev. WiUiam N. Wilbur was born in Griswold, Conn., in 1825, and was graduated from Madison University in New York in 1856^ in which year he removed to Saxton's River and engaged as a teacher in the seminary in that place. At the expiration of fifteen months he became pastor of the Baptist church, which relation he sustained for fifteen years, when he became the financial agent of the Vermont academy, a position he occupied for ten years. He has retired from public life to engage in agricultural pur- suits. He has lately removed to Newport, Vt. Rev. Timothy Field, brother to David Dudley Field, Cyrus W. Field, and Judge Stephen Field of the Supreme court, was born in Guilford, Conn. After preaching seven years at Canandaigua, N. Y., he came to Westminster West, where he served a thirty years' pastorate of the Congregational church. He died about 1843. He was twice married and had six children, five of whom are Hving. His son William now resides on road 17, in Westminster. The Cofigregatiotial church in Westminster, East Parish, was organized June II, 1767, with nine members. Rev. Jesse Goodell being the firstpastor. The first church building, erected in 1869-70, is still standing, as previously mentioned. The present structure, built in 1835, is a fine, comfortable edifice, capable of seating 300 persons. The society now has 108 members, with Rev. John L. Sewall, pastor. This was the third Congregational church organized in the State, the only older ones being those of Newbury and Ben- nington. TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. "304 The Second Congregational church of Westminster. — This church, located at Westminster West, was organized as the Second Congregational church of Westminster, October 31, 1799, by twelve members from the first church in Westminster. The first pastor was Rev. Reuben Emerson, ordained Feb- ruary 18, 1800. The second pastor, Rev. Timothy Field, was installed in 1807. The third pastor, Rev. Preston Taylor, was installed March 31, 1835, The fourth pastor, Rev. Jubilee Wellman, was installed March 6, 1838. The fifth pastor, Rev. Alfred Stevens, commenced his labors with the church April 20, 1842, and was ordained Feb- ruary 22, 1843. Rev. Amos Foster, of Boston, preached the sermon. Mr. Stevens is the pres- ent pastor. He is the son of Nehemiah and Deborah (Goodell) Stevens, born at Waterford, Vt., July 30, 1810. He worked twenty-one years with his father, on the farm, fitted for college at Kimball, Union, and Peacham aca- demies, and was graduated at Dartmouth col- lege in 1839, and at Andover Theological (rev. Alfred sievens) Seminary, 1842, receiving the honorary degree of D. D., in 1874. He is still the pastor, after forty-two years of ministeral work with the church. He has ofliciated at all the funerals in the parish in that time, with only four exceptions. So far as the ministry is concerned, he is responsible for the religious and moral character that has gone from the parish for forty-two years. He has followed to the grave more of his parishoners than there are living in the parish at the present time. He has preached the "old Calvin- istic doctrines." He has never attempted to change or improve the church as he found it in 1842. It is as good as new to-day. God has blessed the church work during all its history. A large number of professional men have left the parish in the mean time, that are well know as clergymen, law- yers, and physicians in this and foreign lands, and professors in colleges and other higher institutions of learning; and many daughters of the parish are now the virtuous women in a multitude of the homes in the land. He has never quarreled with his deacons, or with the singers. He has never asked his parish to increase his salary. He has had forty-two years of very pleas- ant history in his parish. He has reason to know that he has been appre- ciated, as a citizen. For twenty-five years he was the superintendent of the schools in town, and knew all the children in town by name, and in 1872 was, by the vote of the town, honored with a seat in the State legislature. The fortieth anniversary of his ordination was observed February 22, 1883, with thanksgiving and praise to God for his great blessings upon the pastor and people. The good times of the past were talked over, and greetings from those that have been taught from the pulpit and in the Sabbath- school, and gone out into the world, were received to cheer his old age with 304 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. the assurance that he is not forgotten. He was married first, August ri. 1844, to Eliza W. Farrar, of Troy, N. H.; second, June 23, 1846, to Mary Ann Arnold, of Westminster; third, August 25, 1858, to Harriet N. Wood, of Millbury, Mass.; fourth, May 28, 1876, to Mrs. Catharine (Miller) Slate, of Brattleboro, Vt. The first church building of this society was erected about 1775, which gave place to another in 1827, and that in turn to the present structure in 1876. It will seat about 300 persons, cost $4,300.00, and is now valued, in- cluding grounds, at $5,000.00. The society has eighty members, and is in a flourishing condition. WHITINGHAM lies in the southwestern corner of the county, in lat. 42° 47' and lone. 4^^ 9', bounded north by Wilmington, east by Hahfax, south by Rowe and Heath in Massachusetts, and west by Readsboro in Bennington county. There are four grants extant given by New York to different persons, under the name of Cumberland, one grant being dated December 3, 1766, and the others April 23, 1767. One, or all of these, probably, was for the lands now known as Whitingham ; but when Whitingham had been organized a century, no person residing in the town knew by what authority its charter was granted, and it was an open question as to whether any charter of the town existed. On the i8th of August, 1880, the charter in the possession of the town at the present time (which is a copy of the original among the land records of at Albany, N. Y.,) was presented to the town by Clark Gillson, Esq., while delivering the Centennial address in the old church on the hill near the center of the town. From it we learn that the town was chartered March i, 1770, to Nathaniel Whitingham (from whom the town received its name) and his nine associates, by King George III., in the tenth year of his reign, "By his Commissioners, Cadwallader Colden, Esq., Andrew Elliot, Esq., Alexander Colden, Esq." The surface of the territory is uneven, though there are many level tracts, the soil being generally of a good quality and quite easily cultivated. The native timber is beech, birch, ash, spruce and hemlock. Deerfield river flows through the western pait of the town, watering some excellent tracts of meadow land, while there are many other smaller streams in different parts of the town. Sadawga pond lies in the central part of the town, a handsome little sheet of water, so named in honor of an old Indian who formerly lived near it, and who is supposed to have been drowned while passing down Deer- field river. There are also three other small bodies of water lying in the northeastern part of the town, called Jacksonville, Rider and Roberts ponds. The geological structure of the town is made up almost entirely of rocks of gneiss formation, except in the eastern part, where they are of talcose-schist formation. There are, however, several beds of litnestotie which has been manufactured into lime to a considerable extent. The mineral springs known TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. "304 as Sadawga springs, located near the pond of that name, were discovered in 1822. Their waters are largely impregnated with lime, magnesia and iron, and are said to prove exceedingly efficacious in cutaneous diseases. Lead and silver ores are said to exist in the southwestern part of the town. In 1880 VVhitingham had a population of 1,240, and in 1882 had fifteen school districts and contained sixteen common schools, employing nine male and twenty female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $2,012.14 There were 352 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $2,213.20, with A. A. Butterfield, superintendent. Jacksonville is a beautiful little post village located in the eastern part of the town. It has two churches (Methodist and Universalist), an hotel, dry goods store, drug store, tannery, grist-mill, two saw-mills, two butter box manufactories, cider-mill, and about fifty dwellings. The beautiful glen in which the village is situated attracts many summer tourists and interested visitors. Sadcnvga Springs (Whitingham p. o.), is a small village located about a mile west of the center of the town, at the foot of Sadawga lake. It has two churches (Baptist and Universalist), two hotels, one store, two saw-mills, black- smith shop, wagon shop, about twenty dwellings, and the famous Sadawga springs, whence the village deri\es its name. As early as 1822 it was dis- covered that the waters of these springs possessed unusual curative qualities, especially in diseases of a cutaneous nature. This led to a scientific analysis of the water, discovering the following minerals held in solution; muriate of lime, carbonate of lime, muriate of magnesia, and carbonate and peroxide of iron. Sadmvga Springs wool-carding mill, was built by Calvin Baker in 1870, where he now carries on the business of wool carding and general jobbing. Z. Wheeler's grist-mill, located at Sadawga Springs, was built by Hough- ton Sawyer, about fifty years ago. G. L. Albee' s steam chair factory, located at Sadawga Springs, was built about twenly years ago. Mr. Albee, since that time, has manufactured about 20,000 chairs. Lincoln H. Sawyer'' s sa7v-mill, located at the foot of Sadawga lake, was built by Mr. Sawyer's father, J. W., in 1859. He now manufactures 300,000 feet of lumber per annum, though the mill has the capacity for turning out 1,000 feet per hour. George S. Goodnow is largely engaged in the manufacture of lumber in Whitingham, turning out about 4,000,000 feet per year, and giving employ- ment to about fifty hands. A. J. HulFs saiv-mill and chair-stock factory, located on road 26, was built about seventeen years ago. George Porter's saw-mill, butter-box, and chair-stock factory is located at Jacksonville, where he carries on a large business, which was established in 304" TOWN OF WHITINCHAM. 1880. Herbert G. Porter leases shop of George and makes butter boxes, and grain measures. Stetson Bros\ butter tub and chair-stock factory and cider-mill, located at Jacksonville, was established hy George Porter in 1856. They manufacture 50,000 butter boxes, 1,000 barrels of cider, and 3,000 butter tubs per annum. Edwifi E. Putnam' s bntter box manufactory^ at Jacksonville, was established by Willard Foster, in 1830. He manufactures about 100,000 butter packages per year. A railroad is being built from Hoosac Tunnel to Readsboro, passing through the southwest corner of this town, by the bank of Deerfield river. The settlement of Whitingham was commenced in 1770, by a Mr. Bratton and Silas Hamilton. Mr. Bratton's son John was the tirst child born in the town, where his father settled on road 4, where C. Wheeler now lives, and his father received a grant of land in consideration thereof. John lived and died on the old homestead. The settlement thus started, according to the census of Cumberland county, taken in 1771, increased during that year and the year 177T, to fourteen souls, three of whom were males under sixteen years of age four over sixteen, three females under sixteen, and four over sixteen, making seven males and seven females. In 1773 the settlement was increased by the arrival at Messrs. Angel, Gustin, Nelson, Lamphier and Pike, emigrants from Massachusetts and Connecticut. Mr. Pike, among the early inhabitants of the town, had a family of twenty-eight children. The town was organized March 33, 1780, Eliphalet Hyde being chosen the first town clerk. Silas Hamilton was the first justice of the peace, and also the first representative, m 1778. The house now occupied by Addison C. Tainter, on road 29, built by Eli Starkwell, was the first framed house built in the town. Benjamin Dix, aged eighty-five years, is the oldest man in the town, and Sally King, aged ninety-six years, is the oldest woman. Brigham Young, the Mormon saint, was born in Whitingham, on road 40, near the center of the town. A part of the cellar walls of the old log house mark the place of his birth. His father was a poor basket maker. Absalom Pike settled at an early day on road 41, in Whitingham, and raised twelve children, four of whom are now living, Josiah, Sylvanus, Wil- lard and Eunice. Josiah is located on a farm adjoining the homestead, and has five sons who are living in this town. Nathaniel Davis came to Bennington, Vt., from Ware, Mass., in 1762. He removed to Whitingham at the age of sixteen years and settled on road 22, where he resided till his death. He built the first log house on the farm on which he settled, and raised ten children, only one of whom is living, Mrs. Phebe Baily of Readsboro, Vt. His eldest son, Ebenezer, was born in Ware, Mass., and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He lived on the home- stead farm in Whitingham and raised seven children, two of whom are living, Freeborn G. and Hannah, the former on the homestead farm. Ebenezer Davis was a minister. He commenced preaching at the age of twenty, and TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 304 during the first twelve years of his pastorate was connected with the M. E. church. He then united with the Wesleyan Methodists and continued his ministerial labors in that denominational fold until his death, July 28, 1875. Ira Davis, now dead, was a native of Whitingham. He married Polly Perry, of Woodstock, Conn., and settled on a farm on road 23, on which he cut the first tree and built the first log house. He had six children, Arad E., Jotham B., Perry N., Hannah I., Arad A., and Agnes T., four of whom are living. Arad A., who married Rosetta P. Bishop, of Readsboro, resides on the homestead farm. Jonathan Dix was born on road 35 J, in Whitingham, in 1789. July 5, 181 2, he married Polly Reed, and resided in this town in various locations till his death in i860, except two years spent in Stamford, Vt. He had eight chil- dren, five of whom are living, Alvira, Sybil, John P., Fauna and Lestina P. One son, Freeman, lived many years on road 41. He was killed instantly beneath a load of logs. Two of his three children are living, Polly and Joseph, the latter on the homestead farm. Abraham Chase came to Whitingham, Mass., about 1798, and settled on road 35^, where he remained two years, when he removed to road 17, on which he resided till his death, at the age of eighty-two. He was a volunteer soldier in the war of 181 2 and drew a pension. He married Betsey Rich, of Massachusetts, and had five children, David, Samuel, Jacob, Ellis and Elliot. Jacob and Elliott are still living. David, the eldest son, married Irene Kings- bury of Fairfax, Vt., and has five children living, — Betsey Upton, Joseph K., CaroHne Wheeler, Adaline Hatch, and George A. Joseph married Caroline Beeman, of Fairfax, Vt., and settled on the homestead farm, where he still remains. David Chase held many offices of trust in the town. Joshua Newell came to Whitingham in 1790, and after a residence of two years on road 50, in the east part of the town, and of one year on road 41, he located on road 46, on the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson, Chester B. Newell, where he resided till his death. His children were Frank, Baxter, Samuel, Joshua, Dwight, Mary, Luna, Sarah, and Martha, of whom Samuel, Baxter, and Martha are living. Zachariah Wheeler was born at Stowe, near Boston, November 15, 1777, and came to Whitingham shortly before 1800. He located on road 22 and made the first improvements on the farm on which he settled. He married Susanna Bratton, by whom he had two children. Whitman and Susanna, both of whom are dead. Whitman married Polly Faulkner, of Whitingham and settled on road 3, on the farm now occupied by his son Cyrus W., who mar- ried Lestina L. Wheeler, December i, 185S. Four others of Whitman's eight children are living. Daniel Wheeler, a native of Massachusetts, came to Whitingham in 1800, and settled on road 25. He subsequently removed to road 42, where he resided till his death. He had ten children, five of whom are living, Char- lotte, Elizabeth, Lucy, Daniel, and Zachariah, the latter of whom owns and 3°4 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. occupies the homestead farm. Zachariah married Caroline J. Allard, of Wil- mington, in which town her father was a physician of long practice, and her grandfather a pioneer settler. Oliver Reed was a pioneer in Whitingham, and was born on raod 27^. He settled and lived for forty years on road 41. He then removed to Stam- ford, in Bennington county, where he spent the remainder of his days. Two of his eight children are living, Marcena, and Nancy Peck. His son Thomas was a lifelong resident of Whitingham. Of the latter's nine children, Henry, the eldest son, who resides on road 41, is the only one left in Whitingham. Henry married Fanny Atherton and has eight children living. Deliverance Wheeler is said to have come from England in pioneer times, with two brdthers, and first located on a farm in. the town of Stowe, near Boston, whence he removed to Whitingham and located on road 25, where he remained till his death. Not one of his nine children survives. His son John married Hannah Jewell, of Whitingham and settled on road 2, making the first clearing and building the first log-house on his farm, on which he resided till his death. He had numerous children, six of whom are hving, Ephraim, Roby F., Eli J., Harriet M., Henry F., and John. Ephraim lives on road 16 adjoining the homestead farm. Benjamin Jewell, who was a hatter by trade, was an early settler in Whit- ingham. He enlisted at the commencement of the Revolutionary war and served till its close, when he returned to Whitingham. He married Olive Lamb and settled on a farm on road 41, on which he built the first log-house in district No 9. After a few years he removed to road i, where he continued to reside till his death. He was a member of the State militia during the war of 181 2. His children were David, Jonas, Samuel, Daniel, Aaron, Sally, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Mary. Samuel, Daniel, and Aaron never married. The latter two, imbued with the martial spirit of their father, were in the Florida war, and died there. David was born November i, 1794, married Susan Faulkner, by whom he had nine children, pursued the vocation of a farmer, and died in October, 1870. His wife died in December, 1869. Jonas married Cynthia Harris, of Massachusetts, and lived in Whitingham a few years. He moved to Minnesota and died there. John Fuller came to Whitingham at an early day, from Douglass, Mass., in company with eight or nine families, most of whom settled in the north part of the town. Mr. Fuller located on road 10, and made the first improve- ments on his farm, on which he resided till his death. He raised seven chil- dren. His son John married Polly McKnight, of Douglass, Mass. Two of his seven children, Alfred and Polly, are living, the former on the homestead farm on road 8, on which he has resided from birth. He married Philinda Hatch, of Halifax. He has been a representative of the town two years. Two of his four children, Edward L. and Eliza W., are living, the former of whom, residing with his father on the homestead farm, is president of the Wilmington Savings Bank and has held many ofiices in the town of Whit- ingham. TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 304 Jacob Porter was an early settler on road 38 in Whitingham, and made the first improvements on his farm, on which he opened the first hotel in the town. His son Jacob was a resident of this town for twenty-five years. Willard Faulkner was born on road 9 in Whitingham. He married Roxana Bo)'d, of this town, and settled on a farm on road 5, on which he made all the improvements. The homestead farm is now owned and occupied by his son Willard R., who married Hattie Howard, of Wilmington. William Faulkner, several of whose descendants now live in Whitingham, came to this town from Massachusetts about the year 1800. He reared five daughters and three sons, and died at the age of sixty-five years. Shepherd D., his youngest and only surviving child, is now residing on road 34, at the age of sixty-five years. He has always resided in town, and has been chosen to various town offices. His wife was Miranda Green, daughter of Alfred Green, of Whitingham, and they have one son, WiUiam A., who is cashier of the People's National Bank of Brattleboro. Their only daughter, Emma M., married Henry H. Holbrook, and died December 16, 1882. Ansel E. Toby, now living on road 42, is a native of Whitingham, and has four children now living, Henry A., John L., Ella F., and Cassius E. Henry A. enlisted as a private in the late war, January 7, 1862, was mustered into service February 18, 1862, and discharged June 27, 1862, by reason of disease, which renders him a cripple for hfe, and for which he draws a pension. Phineas H. Sawyer came to Whitingham from Massachusetts about eighty years ago and settled on a farm on road 21. He operated for about twenty years the first saw-mill built in the town, in the vicinity of the present village of Sadawga, and at the expiration of that time was succeeded by his son Houghton, who occupied it about twenty-five years. During that time Houghton Sawyer built the grist-mill how owned and occupied by Z. Wheeler. He was a life-long resident of Sadawga village, and became a leading citizen, holding many of the town offices a great part of the time. He died in 1872, aged sixty-seven. Only three of his nine children survive him, John W., Mary J., and Mattie A., the former of whom occupies the fine homestead at the foot of Sadawga lake. Timothy Jillson was born in Guilford, Vt., and March 11, 1796, married Sylvia Ogden, of Whitingham, locating upon a farm on road 46, where they reared eight children, three of whom are living, Samuel C., David and Daniel. Five were soldiers in the late war. Joseph died in Libby prison. James resided on road 41 until his death, rearing seven children, six of whom are living, EU J., Ellen L., Uberto C, Emma S., Unray E., and Newton S. He married Lestina P. Dix, who now lives on the homestead. The Chase family in Whitmgham, and mostly throughout Windham county, are descendants of one of the oldest families of England, the records of which go back to about the year 1000, at which time they occupied what was known as the Lord Townsley estate, one of the largest in England, and held many 19f 304 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. offices of more or less importance, under the English government, among them that of sergeant -at-arms to King Henry VIII. Three sons of this family came to America in 1639. Among them was Aquila, who was born in 16 18, and first settled in Hampton, N. H., but soon moved to Newbury. David Chase, a descendant of his in the fourth genera- tion, was born April 17, 1752, and married Jemima Humes. He served in the war of the Revolution in and about Boston. In February, 1815, he, in company with his five sons, came to Whitingham from Douglass, Mass., and settled on road 35^; and by their energy, industry and untiring perseverance contributed largely to the present prosperity of the town. He died October 20, 1841. His sixth son, Benjamin, who married Mary Sprague, and came here from Douglass with his father, located on road 20, where he died April 27, 1863, leaving six children, the fourth of whom, Abraham, was born Jan- uary 5, 1820, married Catherine Reed, of Whitingham, April 23, 1844, and has resided nearly all the time on road 21. He had five children, four of whom are living, as follows : Oscar R., a farmer, on road 19 in Whitingham; Augustus L., a physician, living at present at Randolph, Mass. ; Augusta L., wife of Gilbert A. Boyd, of Wilmington, Vt. ; and Charles S., attorney at law, who married Carrie E. Brigham, of Boston, Mass., January 19, t88i, and now i-esides on road 27^ in the village of Sadawga. J. K. Stafford came to Whitingham from Coleraine, Mass., about sixty years ago, and has pursued the vocation of a farmer. Russel A. Stafford, now residing at Sadawga, is the only one of his six children living. Waters Gillett, M. D., was born in Wilmington, Vt., in December, 180 1. He removed at the age of four years to Dover, and thence at the age of four- teen to Wilmington, where he attended school. He attended medical college at Castleton, Vt., and commenced the practice of medicine in Readsboro, Vt., in 1834. In 1840 he removed thence to Whitingham, where he has since practiced his profession. His grandfather, Timothy Gillett, came to Dover in this county about 1792, and was noted for turning woodenware from knots for family use. Nathan D. Sherman, who was formerly from Massachusetts, came to Whit- ingham in 1840, and settled on the farm on which he now resides on road 61. He commenced preaching in the Universalist church in 1855, and has continued to officiate in that capacity to the present time. Parley Starr was born in Colchester, Vt., August 20, 1813, and brought up in Milton. At the age of twenty-one he left home, and by energy and perseverance has won an enviable success. He found employment at the tanning business in the village of Jacksonville, and in 1837 became propri- etor of the establishment. He continued the business till 1873, and on the in- corporation of the People's National Bank, at Brattleboro, Vt., he was elected president of that institution, which position he retains to the present time, with his home in Brattleboro. He enjoys, in a marked degree, the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, who elected him to represent the town TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. ^^304 in the Vermont legislature, in 1832, '56 and '72, and to the State senate in 1859 and '60. He was justice of Windham county eleven years, trustee of the Windham Provident Institution for Savings five years, and a director of the Brattleboro bank seventeen years. In 1862 he opened a recruiting oflice for volunteers, and was appointed State agent to look after and provide for the families of soldiers absent in the war. Edwin C. Starr is a native of Milton, and has been a tanner and merchant at Jacksonville, Vt., since i8<^o. Calvin Baker came to Sadawga in 1848, from Templeton, Mass., in which State his father, Luther Baker, was a pioneer. Jesse Hull came to Whitingham, from Boston, and settled near the center of the town, on road 38, where he resided till his death. His son William, was a hfe-long resident of Whitingham. He married Samantha Hall, October 25, r825, and raised eleven children, five of whom are living, Sanford, Martha, Azuba, Horace, and Andrew Jackson, the latter of whom resides on road 26, and is a farmer and manufacturer of chair stock. Horatio N. Hix, who resides in Whitingham, is a son of Gideon Hix, who was born in Richmond, N. H., February 9, 1793, and removed to Readsboro in 18 16, residing there till his death, in 1859. Horatio N. Hix has practiced law for twenty-nine years, and during two years of that time was State's attorney. He was a representative one term, and a justice of the^peace for thirty consecutive years. CHURCHES. The old church on the hill at Whitingham Center was cut down October 14, 1883, by some citizens residing in that vicinity. It was built by the town in 1798, but was not finished till 1806. It was a strong, thoroughly built edifice, and was occupied by different religious denominations. In 1833 a belfry was built by subscription, without regard to sect or creed, a bell was procured and hung therein, and there remained for many years. At length it was taken down rather surreptitiously, as was thought, and concealed for long time. A church was built at Sadawga by the M^ethodist, now owned by the Baptists, and by some arrangement the old bell was placed upon that church, where it has since remained. Since the business left the center of the town, the old church has been denuded of its outward and inward finish by different persons, and for some thirty years has been in a dilapidated condi- tion, though occupied much of the time for town meetings. It has withstood the violence of the tempest for well nigh a century, and stood as a monu- ment of the architectural skill and strength of former days. At the centen- nial celebration of the town, August 18, 1880, a portion of one side having been removed and extensive seating arrangements made in and about the building, the largest assembly ever convened at the old, honored edifice was gathered from this and adjacent towns and distant places, and the interesting exercises well-nigh proved obsequies over the revered relics of by-gone years ; and this old-time landmark is now among the things that were. 304" TOWN OF WILMINGTON. The Baptist churchy located at Whitingham, was organized by its first pastor. Rev. Paul Holmes, in October, 1808, with twenty-one members. Their first church building was erected in 1834, and the present house in 1850, at a cost of $1,500.00. The society has at present forty-two members, with Rev. Origin Smith, pastor. The Jacksonville Universalist churchy located at Jacksonville, was organized by twelve or more of the citizens residing in the vicinity of Jacksonville, December 31, 1849, Rev. H. F. Ballou, being the first pastor. The church building, which is a wood structure capable of seating 250 persons, was erected in 1850. at a cost of $1,200.00, and is now valued at $1,500 oo. The society has about fifty members, under the pastoral charge of Rev. Jeremiah Gifford. The First Methodist church of the Jacksonville and Sadawga charge, located at Jacksonville, was organized by its' first pastor. Rev. Moses Spencer, with fourteen members, in 1858. Their church building, a wood structure capable of seating 300 persons, was built in 1865-66, and dedicated in December, 1866. It cost $2,200.00, though it is now valued at only $1,800.00. The society has at present thirty-three members, with no regular pastor. The Universalist Society of Sadawga, located at Sadawga, was organized by its present pastor. Rev. Jeremiah Gififord, in 1862, with twenty members. The church building, however, which will accommodate 225 persons, was built in i860, and is now valued at $2,000.00. The society has at present forty members. WILMINGTON lies in the southeastern part of the county, in lat. 42° 52', and long. 4° 9', bounded north by Dover, east by Marlboro, south by Whitingham, and west by Searsburg and Readsboro, in Bennington county. This town was originally chartered by New Hampshire, April 29, 1751, to Phineas Lyman and fifty-seven others, in sixty-four shares, and containing an area of 23.040 acres. But as the conditions of the grant were not fulfilled by the grantees, the charter, by its own provisions, became void. On the 17th of June, 1763, the township received its second charter from New Hampshire, its name being changed to Draper, and its proprietors being "His Excellency Francis Barnard" and sixty-six others. The name Draper being disHked, however, it was subsequently changed to Wilmington again. A few years since the northern part of the town, known as "Wilming- ton Leg," was annexed to Dover. The surface of Wilmington is uneven and broken, though it has, especially in the valleys of the several streams, many fine tracts of level land, possessing an arable and easily cultivated soil. The east and west branches of Deer- field river, two quite prominent streams, unite in the western part of the town. There are several other good sized streams, the largest of which are Cold and Beaver brooks, the former in the northern and the latter in the southern part TOWN OF WILMINGTON. "304 of the town. Ray pond, a handsome Httle sheet of water, lies in the eastern part of the territory, while Sylvan lake and Crystal pond, two other small sheets, lie in the northwestern part. The rocks entering into the geological structure of the territory are mostly of ^/^mi- formation, >except in the extreme eastern part, where they are of the takose-schist variety. Beds of azoic lime- stone are also found in the western part. In 1880 Wilmington had a population of 1,130, and in 1882 had thirteen common schools, employing six male and twenty-one female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,565.21. There were 265 pupils attending common schools, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, $1,839.13, with E. A. Fitch, superintendent. Wilmington, a handsome post village located in the central part of the town, is the only village in the township. It was incorporated about twenty- five years ago, and now has four churches (Congregational, Methodist, Bap- tist and Universalist), one hotel, the Vermont House, P. G. Wilder, proprie- tor, three dry goods stores, a drug store, grocery store, two tin shops, two blacksmith shops, a grist-mill, saw-mill, planing-mill, about seventy-five dwell- ings and 300 inhabitants. Located in a lovely valley surrounded by verdant hills, the village is one of the most picturesquely beautiful to be found in the county. Its well-kept streets, neatly painted houses, and the general tidy appearance of the place, impresses the stranger with the idea of thrift and culture among its inhabitants. Annual fairs are held at the village which are well attended by people from this and Bennington counties. The Wilmi/igton Saz'iugs Bank was incorporated December 6, 1853, with E. L. Fuller, president \ Clark Chandler, vice-president • and Hosea Mann Jr., treasurer. Charles C. Clark's saw-mill, located on road 27, was built by F. J. Stowe, in 1848. It has the capacity for sawing 1,000 feet of lumber per day. Morris 6^ Hai-ris' s grist and saw-7nill, located at Wilmington village, was built by Richard Waste, in 1836. P. Haynes ct^ Son's sa^v-mill, located on road 31, was built by Samuel E. Haynes, in 1807. Adams &^ Haynes are manufacturers of patent Uquid holders, watering troughs, gathering tubs, sap e vapor itors, etc. The insecurity of land titles, owing to the town having two charters, (or, as Deming, in his "Vermont Officers" claims, three charters, one from New York,) greatly retarded, probably, the settlement of the town. Still, as early as the close of the year 1765, seven families had become inhabitants of the township, and others not yet residents had cleared and improved many acres of land, inceptive measures which gave great promise of future enterprise and activity. But, alas, the promise was not fulfilled, for in 177 1, the town only had a population of seventy-one souls. In 1791, twenty years later, this population had increased to 645 persons. The first town meeting on record was held January 19, 1778, when Caleb Alvord was town clerk. The first 304 TOWN OF WILMINGTON. meeting for the choice of otficers on record was held Marcii 2, 1778, when Caleb Alvord was chosen town clerk; John Pierce and Caleb Alvord, consta- bles; and John Gibbs, Phineas Smith, Samuel Murdock, Elihu Bascomb, and Eleazer Goodman, a "committee of safety." April 9, 1778^ John Gibbs, Phineas Smith, Bezaleel Waste, Josiah Locke, and Eleazer Goodman, were chosen selectmen. The first justice of the peace was Jesse Cook, in 1786. The first representative was Elijah Alvord, in March, 1778. The first birth was that of Rev. Zephaniah Swift, January 20, 177 1. It is related that one evening after Mr. Swift had retired a couple came to his door in the midst of a heavy thunder shower to be married. He called them to the window, from which he^ had thrust his head in answer to their knock, and performed the ceremony with the following brief form : — " Under this window, in stormy weather, I join a man and woman together ; Let none but Him who made the thunder. Ever put this man and wife asunder." Mr. Swift received as a birthright the two hundred acres of land set apart when the town was originally surveyed as a reserve for the first birth. Dr. Jeremiah Parmelee, a native of Killingworth, Conn., and a Revolution- ary hero, came to Wilmington in 1780, locating on road 45. on the place now occupied by T. F. Dix, where he resided till his death, August 24, 1833, aged sixty-four years. He raised a family of nine children, — seven sons and two daughters. Among his numerous descendants are a granddaughter, Lucre- tia, widow of Frederick Stanley, residing in Wilmington village, and grand- sons, Loring G. and Henry W. Parmelee, of Boston, Mrs. O. B. Lawton, of Wilmington, Mrs. H. V. Pinder, of Middleburg, N. Y., and Ashley M. Parme- lee, who now occupies his father's homestead farm on road 45 in this town, are others of his grandchildren. Abram Boyd is said to have been one of the first five who settled in Wil- mington. He located on road 56 and made the first improvements and raised six children, on the farm on which he was successively succeeded by his son Robert, James M. Boyd, and the latter's son E. M., the present occu- pant. He was a soldier of the Revolution and participated in the battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington. His son Robert made the first improvements on the farm now occupied by his son Warren, a grandson of the pioneer, on road 57. Abram Boyd, another grandson of the pioneer, settled and lived some thirty-five years on the farm now occupied by J. Graves, on road 69. He subsequently removed to road 66, to the farm now occupied by his son Gilbert A., where he died May 12, 1868. Seven of his eleven children sur- vive him. Chipman Swift was a pioneer settler of Wilmington, and is said to have been one of the first nine to locate in the town. He commenced a clear- ing on the farm where Newland M. Haskill now lives, on road 39, and there cut the first tree, and built the first log-house, which he shingled with spruce bark. He evinced the same patriotism as the other hardy pioneers of this TOWN OF WILMINGTON. *'304 region, and with many other volunteers started for the seat of war at the bat- tle of Bennington. He raised a family of eight children, all of whom are dead. Alanson Parmelee, who married his daughter Cynthia, succeeded to the homestead farm, on which he resided till his death. May 17, i860. Two of the latter's seven children survive him, Clancy, a resident of New Jersey, and Chipman S., who married Achsa O. Haskins, a resident of Wilmington from her birth, residing in this town. The Childs family is numerous throughout the town and State. Free- man, in his " History of Cape Cod," speaks of Richard Child as the son of Samuel Child, while Savage regards him as the brother of Samuel. If Richard were born in America, as the record of his birth (1624) would indicate, then we must conclude that Freeman is cor- rect, and that Samuel Child was the emigrant and the first of the name who came to the colony of Massachusetts. In that case the Samuel Child slain by the Indians March 26, (Freeman says 25th,) 1675, would probably have been a brother of Richard, as the father would then have been too aged to go into battle. Obscure as Richard ("^^aj. a. b. childs.) Child's ancestry is, it is quite probable that he was allied to the Roxbury and Watertown line of descendants. A large line of descendants are traced directly from his son, Richard, Jr., who are found in western. Massachusetts and in Vermont. As Plymouth colony was first settled, in 1620, Richard Child, if born in 1624, must have had for his father an emigrant of the Ply- mouth colony, and Freeman states him to have been Samuel Child, slain by the Indians. As no other person competes for the paternity of Richard Child, we must, therefore, accept Samuel Child as the head of this long Barns- table, Mass., line. Richard Child, the accepted son of Samuel, was born in 1624, married Mary Linnett, of Barnstable, October 15, 16149. O"^ son, Richard, Jr., was born to them. He married Elizabeth Crocker. Free- man gives Richard, Jr., a second wife, and ranks him among Barnstable's most prominent citizens. He died January 15, 17 16. Dea. Samuel Child, eldest son of Richard, Jr., and Elizabeth (Crocker) Child, was born in Barns- table, November 6, 1679, and married Hannah Barnard, July 7, 1709. She died May 16, 1727. He married again, about 1729, Experience , who died May 25. 1744. For his third wife he married, according to one record, Sarah Phihp Mattoon Field, widow of Zachariah Field, of Northfield, Mass. She died March 21, 1752, aged sixty-three years. Dea. Samuel Child died March 18, 1756, aged seventy-seven years. At an early period he removed from Barnstable to Deerfield, where he was esteemed as a man of high character and 304*^ TOWN OF WILMINGTON. influence. He was the father of eight children, all born in Deerfield. Jonathan Childs (in the Deerfield records the name is written with the terminal "s "), a twin brother of David, was born March 23, 17 18. He married Rebecca Scott, about 1739, ^"<^ removed from Deerfield to Hardwick, Worcester county, where he died March 18, 1793, aged seventy-five years. His wife Rebecca, was a woman of marvelous health and strength, and died at the advanced age of 102 years. Twelve children were born to them. Major Jonathan Childs, the fifth son, was born in Hardwick, October 24, 1756. He married Deliverance Freeman, who died December 30, 1775, aged twenty-five years. In 1786 he married Anna Thompson, who died October 3, 1838. Major Childs left Massachusetts when quite young, and settled in Wilmington, Wind- ham county. His pioneer home was the now productive 'farm upon the " lower intervale " and Deerfield's bank, two miles north of Wilmington vil- lage, since occupied by Dea. Ruel Smith, deceased, and now by his son Francis R. Smith. Major Childs planted the stately, graceful elms which render the place so attractive and restful. It was in this house that he dwelt the remainder of his long and active life, embracing the most thrilling and soul-stirring period in the history of the American Republic, when passing from colonial dependence upon Great Britain to the independent position of a separate and unique nationality. He possessed strong mental forces which made themselves felt for good. A true patriot. Major Childs took a most decided stand for the liberties of the young confederacy of American colonies. Possessed of the warm enthusiastic temperament characteristic of the name, Major Childs made his country's welfare his own, and was one of the " Green Mountain Boys" whose patriotism was a proverb. His commission as ser- geant of the 5th company of Vermont Infantry, Judah Moore, captain, and Josiah Fish, colonel, in command of the 3d regiment in the 2d brigade, is sacredly cherished by his venerating grandchildren. Major Childs had two children by his first marriage, of whom but little is learned beyond the fact that the daughter became a Mrs. Sage. There were seven children (seventh generation) by the second marriage, namely: Betsey, born May 6, 1787, married Thomas Wait, February 9, 1815 ; Jairus, born February 19, 1790, married Betsey Jones; Clarissa, born February 5, 1792, married Spencer Alvord, April 13, 1814; Jonathan, Jr., born August 4, 1794, married Cynthia Lusk, June 2, 1822; Freeman, born February 17, 1797, married Elizabeth Root, December 18, 1833; Adna B., born February 3, 1799, married Han- nah Lamb, March 9, 1826; and William, born July 8, 1802, married Marilla Lamb, May 10, 1829. The last of the above named children of Maj. Jonathan Childs, "Uncle William," as he was familiarly called, died February 26, 1882, while the many grandchildren of Maj. Jonathan Childs are following varied occupations and are respected residents of the diff'erent States. Maj. Adna B. Childs the fourth son and eighth child of Maj. Jonathan and Anna Thompson Childs, born in Wilmington February 3, 1799, mar- ried Miss Hannah Lamb, daughter of Maj. Jonathan and Hannah Ham- TOWN OF WILMINGTON. 304 ilton Lamb, March 9, 1862. So admirable a sketch was given of the man and of his position in Hfe, at the time of his decease, that we feel we can- not improve upon it, and can only say that such characters will not portray in words. The look and tone so frequent with humor and true-hearted sun- shine, must have been seen and heard to be known. We give entire, there- fore, the article referred to : — " Major A. B. Childs departed this life at his residence in Wilmington, on the 8th day of January, 1874, aged seventy-four years, eleven months and five days. The deceased was a native of VVilmington, and has been one of its most noted and influential citizens. He was the first merchant in the vil- lage, a prominent Free Mason, for fifty-three years, postmaster under every Democratic administration, beginning with President Jackson's, and holding the office twenty-four years. He was also deputy sherift" many years, and holds other places of trust, in all of which he performed his duties with great exactness and perfect fidelity. But in his social connection more especially, we feel to regret his loss. He was one of the original founders of the Uni- versalist society in Wilmington, and afterward of tlie church connected there- with. He was decided, but not bitter, in his religious and political senti- ments, and Catholic in his bearing toward all, strictly honest in his business transactions, and temperate in his personal habits. His home has been a favorite resort of bright and pleasant people, and there the penniless wanderer found abundance of cheer. His intercourse with the community was always cheerful and peculiarly genial. Mr. Childs married young, to a most estim- able lady. Miss Hannah Lamb, also a native of Wilmington, whose death preceded his in August, 1870. They were blessed with a family of twelve children, ten of whom still survive to mourn their departure. In his family none could set better examples, or manifest more devotedness to the interests, moral and pecuniary, of all its members, and these children now rise up and bless his memory. Without a murmur or complaint, in perfect resignation to the Providence of God, and full of hope and faith in the universal redemp- tion of the race, he passed away like one who folds the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams. The appreciation, in which the subject of this notice was held, was fully evinced by the multitude that gathered to pay their tribute of respect on the occasion of his obsequies. The Childs homestead in Wilmington village, where two members still reside, is still owned and cherished, for its sacred association, by the family." Medad Smith, a soldier of the Revolution, was one of the first settlers in Wilmington. He located on road 12, m the north part of the town. His son Sylvester, a retired farmer, lives on road 42. Jonas Haynes, formerly of Sudbury, Mass., came to Wilmington by marked trees soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. in which he served as captain of a company, and was pensioned. He was the first occupant of the farm now owned by H. H. Winchester, on road 12. His son Asher, who bought the homestead from his father, married Lovina Maynard of Marlboro, Mass., and raised ten children, six of whom are still living. Abraham Haynes, a hero of the Revolution, was a native of Sudbury, Mass., and married Abigail Carr of the same place. About 1790 he removed to Wilmington and cut the first tree and raised the first log-house on road 19, on the farm now occupied by the youngest of his seven children, Ophir. He 304 TOWN OF WILMINGTON. soon after installed a hog in an adjacent pen ; but, like many of the early settlers whose stock suffered from the predatory raids of the.wild beasts which infested the surrounding wilderness, his claim to this addition to his worldly goods was soon disputed by a large bear, which entered the pen and earned off its porcine occupant in the presence of Mr. Haynes's wife, who was power- less to prevent the bold theft. Henry L. Haynes, son of Abraham, married Lydia Phelps, of Sudbury, Mass., and on his removal to Wilmington, likewise settled on road 19, near the Temple homestead, making the first clearing on his farm. He had nine children, three of whom are living. Benjamin Haynes made the first improvements on road 28, on the place now owned and occupied by Lorin P. Harris, who married Mary Jane Haynes and purchased the farm of the Haynes estate. Mr. Harris's father, Samuel F. Harris, was called from church to take part in the battle of Bennington. He was elected drum-major and served till the end of the war. He soon after came to Wilmington from Rowe, Mass., and settled on a farm on road 53, on which he lived twenty-five years, when he removed to a farm on road 28, which is also owned and occupied by his son Lorin P. Harris. Here the elder Harris died. He also took part in the war of 181 2. Reuben Haynes, whose descendants are residents of Wilmington, was from Gardner, Mass., and a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. Daniel Cutting was a native of Sudburv, Mass., soon after the close of the Revolution, in which his energies were enlisted. He married Mary Willis and removed to Wilmington, locating on road 11, making the first clearing on the farm which is still in the possession of his descendants. The fruit of his marriage was eight children, none of whom survive. Amos Fox, who was a native of Connecticut, settled in Wilmington at an early day and built, on road 59, the first frame house in the town, thus marking an important era in its history, where the harsh environments of pioneer life began to give place to the more commodious projections of thrift, skill and intelligence. Of his eleven children, Moses D. married Harriet Lowden and reared eight children, one of whom, Morris K., married Joanna E. Houghton, and resides on road 38. Madison Dickinson was a pioneer in Wilmington. He settled on road 54, on the most southwesterly farm in the town, which is now occupied by his son Orlando, and there resided till his death. Levi Dickinson was a soldier in the war of 181 2, and took part in the battle of Plattsburgh. For this service he received a pension, which is now drawn by his widow, Alma D., who is ninety-three years old. Oliver Wilder was an early settler on road 71. His son William was a soldier in the Revolution, and took part in the battle of Bennington. Their descendants still reside here. James Corse, a native of Massachusetts, early settled on road 63, where his grandson, OUver P. Corse, now lives. He came in company with two brothers. He reared nine children, all of whom are dead. TOWN OF WILMINGTON. 3° 4 George Williams was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He soon after came to Wilmington and located a farm on road 69. He erected his log-house where J. Graves now lives, and in that vicinity built a saw-mill, which is said to have been the first in the town. James Smith, a native of Suffield, Conn., came to Wilmington at an early- day. He married Sally Austin of this town and settled on road 16. making the first improvements on his farm. He raised eight children and is still repre- sented here by his descendants. David May was the first occupant of the farm on road 15. He was twice married, first to Mary Stoddard, whose seven children are all dead, though some of their descendants survive. Nathaniel Adams, formerly of Connecticut, came to Wilmington at an early day. He married Abigail Miller of this town, and raised six children, only one of whom survives, John, the youngest son, who married Lorinda A. Fox, of New York State, and after various settlements in the town located on road 28, where he now resides. John's eldest son, Newell, married Victoria M. I.awton and occupies the old homestead. Thomas S. Stowe was a farmer in Wilmington. He settled on road 32, on the place now occupied by Stowe & Miller, where he built the first circular saw-mill. Jonathan Haskins was born at New Salem^ Mass., January 7, 1757, and served in the Revolutionary war. He married Keziah Bangs, by whom he had six children, and early removed to Wilmington, settung on road 35. Freeman, his youngest son, married Louisa Dickinson, of Springfield, Mass., and settled on road 29. He raised one child, Louisa, who married Jonathan H. Corbett, now located on road 21. Joel May was a native of Spencer, Mass. June 21, 1804, he married, the fruit of his marriage being eleven children, four of whom are living, — Henry, Samuel, Harriet and Hahnemann. Samuel and his son Horace E. occupy the homestead farm on road 22. Thomas Haskell came from Hardwick, Mass., at an early day, and was the first settler on the farm on road 67, where David Ballon now lives. He raised three sons, Thomas, Roger and Andrew, the latter of whom served during the Revolution under Washington. Hiram Haskell, son of Andrew, who had eleven children, was born in 1800, and now Uves on road 36, in this town. He is the oldest surviving member of the family, which has numerous de- scendants. Leonard Reed, (son of Joseph Reed, who was high sheriff of Belchertown, Mass., which office he held for thirty consectutive years in Northampton county,) married Almira Strickland, of Greenfield, Mass., and settled in Wil- mington, where he pursued the vocation of a farmer till his death, which occurred May 16, 1874. Six of his seven children are living. January i, 1863, his daughter, Emma S., married Curtis R. Bartlett, who carried on shoemaking for many years until his death. May 4, 1863, in Wilmington vil- lage, where his widow now lives. 304 TOWN OF WILMINGTON. George Robinson, a native of Massachusetts, was of Scotch descent. He was a Baptist minister at the age of twenty years, and was a soldier in the Revolution. He married Aseneth Carpenter, by whom he had three boys, William, George and Sanford, the latter of whom married Mary Stetson, of Wilmington, and settled on road 16, where H. M. Fitch now resides. He raised ten children, five of whom are living. John Adams, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Miller) Adams, of Ashburn- ham, Mass., a resident of this town, married Lorinda A. Fox, of Broadalbin, N. Y., in 1839. Their children are Newell, Nelson and Henry. Henry married Sarah J. Smith, of Wilmington, March i, 1866, and has two children living, Walter and LesHe. Newell married Victoria Lawton, of this town, and has two children living, Harry L. and Dulcena R. John Wheeler, a native of Whitingham, settled on road 2, and made the first improvements on his farm, where he resided till his death. He married Hannah Jewell and reared twelve children, six of whom are Hving, two in Whitinham and four in Wilmington. Arial Ware was a native of Wilmington. He was twice married, first to Esther Chandler, by whom he had three children, and subsequently to Lovisa Boyd, who bore him five children. He settled on road 46, where Henry Pease now lives, and made the first clearing on his farm. Three children and many descendants survive him. Among the latter are Orrin O. Ware, a dry goods merchant and the postmaster at Wilmington village. Stephen Boyd was an early settler on road 55 in this town. He married Lucy Cushman, of Wilmington, and leaves many descendants in the town. Supply Clark, of Southampton, Mass., had four children. Sylvanus, his second son, married Content Field, and reared eight children. John L., Syl- vanus's youngest son, married Eliza Phipps, of Wilmington. They have reared six children — all living — Sylvanus, Luther, Zetta, Almina, Alta and Charles C, the latter of whom married Mary Ann Buffum, of this town, and has five children, John, Frank, Willie, Jessie, and Chester. William. Stowe, a Revolutionary hero, was a native of Boston, Mass., and married Lucy Jennings, of Brattleboro, Vt., where he first settled. John Stowe, one of his two surviving children, married Rachel W. Whitney, of Massachusetts, and made the first improvements on road 32, where Thomas Miller now lives. John H., the only surviving child of John Stowe, now re- sides on road 34 in this town. He enUsted during the Rebellion, in 1861, for three years, and participated in the battles of Port Hudson, Camp Bisland, and Fort Donaldson, receiving an honorable discharge at the expiration of his term. Robert Boyd was born in the town of Wilmington. He married Susan Wheeler, of Whitingham, and settled on road 57, where E. T. Butterfield now lives, making the first improvements on that farm. He started in hfe with an ax, and, to use the expression of his descendants, "one lousy calf;." but besides raising a worthy family of seven children, by intelligent industry he TOWN OF WILMINGTON. 304 carved out a fortune, which, at his death, was worth $50,000. His grandson, Lorenzo M., son of James M., married first, Ruth Crawford, and second, Jane M. Parker, of Bennington, and resides on road 52. Chester Hubbard was a native of Amherst, Mass. He married Dorothy Kellogg, of the same place, and soon after, about 1800, removed to Wilming- ton. He settled on road 59, and here spent the rest of his life, rearing six children, three of whom, Horace M., Frederick G. and George C, are liv- ing, the latter of whom, with his sons Porter and Chester, now occupy the old homestead. William Haskell was a native of Harvard, Mass. He married Mercy Farnsworth, of Groton, in that State. He was a Revolutionary soldier, serv- ing at Bunker Hill and under Washington. In 1806 he came to Wilmington and settled on road 32, where H. and B. Howard now reside. Here he re- mained till his death, in 1828. He had one son and three daughters, the former of whom, Ephraim F., married Salina Stetson, January 9, 1823, and first settled on the homestead farm. He removed thence in 1836, and after two subsequent removals located on road 36, where he still resides. William B., one of Ephraim F. Haskell's four surviving children, is a merchant at Wilmington village. Jonathan Temple, a native of Worcester, Mass., married Sarah Haynes, of Gardner, Mass., and about 1808 removed to Wilmington. He located on road 22, removing three years later to road 19, where he remained till his death. Willis H., his youngest son, married Dolly A. Merchant, of Mon- tague, Mass., June 5, 1850, and settled on the homestead farm, where he still resides. Rev. Jeremiah Gififord, pastor of the Universalist church at Jacksonville, married Jane Stafford, of Monroe, Mass., January i, 1844. Two of their six children, Russell C. and Eva A. (Mrs. Hosea Mann, Jr.,) are living. His son Eben enhsted in the war for the Union in 1861, and re-enlisted in 1863. He was said to be the best shot in the regiment, and was the only man from his company selected at Port Hudson to serve as a sharp-shooter. He was taken prisoner at Salisbury, N. C, and in three months starved to death. Russell C. married Etta T. Avenll and resides here. Jabez Smith, of Ashford, Conn., eldest son of Barak Smith, was born at Dover, Mass., August 13, 1784, and March 5, 1807, married Chloe Richards, of Dedham, Mass., with whom, in 18 16, he removed to the town of Wilming- ton, locating the farm on road 11, where D. Spencer now lives. His children were Mary, Ruel, Francis, Lewis, Isaac, Catharine E., and Chloe L. Francis R.Smith, son of Ruel, who was born in Ashford, Conn., April 19, i8ir,and married Lucinda Adams, of Wilmington, was born January 30, 1839, married Elsie J. Powers, of Marlboro, Vt., February 12, 1862. He is a properous farmer and successful breeder of Durham cattle on the " Elm Shade Farm," on road 36, where he has lived for thirty-two years. The other children of Ruel were Mary A., WiUiam Henry, and Lewis N. Barak's father was Caleb Smith, born at Needham, Mass., in 1720. 304 TOWN OF WILMINGTON. Horace Alvord, a life-long resident of the farm he occupies on road 63, aged eighty-nine years, is the oldest male resident of the town of Wilming- ton. Miss Nancy Cook, who resides on road 55, is the oldest resident of the town. She is a native of Douglass, Mass., and was ninety-three years old October 12, 1883. John Rice, of Hard wick, Mass., married Sarah Swift, of Wilmington, July 13, 18 1 7, and reared two children, Oliver M. and John S. John S. married Sally Bruse, of this town, October 5, 1847. Mr. Rice is a prosperous farmer on road 37. For his second wife he married Fanny C. Cummings, of Col- orado. Josiah Stearns married Lucy Allen, of Princeton, Mass., in 1800, and came to Wilmington, from Hubbardston, Mass., bringmg his wife on horseback from Marlboro to their new home. His wife died about 1853. He married for his second wife, Eunice Torry, of Jamaica. He died January 16, 1867, aged ninety-four years. Three of his nine children are living, two daughters in the west, and a son, Rufus, at West Brattleboro. Rufus was born in Wilmington, September 3, 1804. He married Jane M. Ross, of Massachu- setts, and had six children, four of whom are living, three daughters in Brat- tleboro, and a son, Henry R., in Illinois. David Winslow came to Wilmington in 1789, and built on Beaver Dam Brook, about a half mile east of the village of Wilmington, the first grist-mill erected in the town. After operating it several years he sold it and built another at Wilmington village. That he also sold after conducting it several years, and built a third one at the outlet of Ray Pond, which he operated till his death. He had two sons and a daughter. His son Tisdale was born July 7, 1785, and came to Wilmington with his father. He married Philena Thrasher, and had six children, two of whom are living, George T., in Plymouth, Conn., and William, in Brattleboro. Silas Pettie came to Wilmington, from Hinsdale, N. H., about 1800. He was a miller, and built a grist-mill at the outlet of Ray Pond, in the north part of the town, about 181 2. He was also a blacksmith, and had a small shop near his grist-mill. He had four sons and four daughters. His son Silas was born in Wilmington, in 1803, and lived here until 1839, when he removed to Townshend. He died in Guilford in 1870. Another son, Anson L., was born in Wilmington, in 1808. He graduated at Middlebury college, June 10, 1835, and practiced medicine about forty years. He was an eminent physi- cian and enjoyed an extensive practice. He died in 1879. He married Clarissa Smith, by whom he had two children, A. L., who lives in Brattleboro, and H. C, who resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev. Mansfield. Bruce was born in Grafton, Mass., April 11, 1781. He united with the Congregational church, at Newton, West Parish, December 2, 1804, and in 1806, joined the Baptist church of Marlboro and Newfane, in which he served as deacon until September, 1809, when he was ordained as an evangelist. He soon after became the pastor of that church. He settled TOWN OF WILMINGTON. "304 as pastor in Wilmington, in 1819, and served a useful and successful pastorate of twenty-four years. He was an humble, devoted christian, and an able, sound, and energetic preacher. His sermons were instructive and practical. He was esteemed as a man, christian, and able minister of Christ. He married Grace Goddard, by whom he had nine children. He died of hydrocephalus, February 5, 1843. Levi Field was born at Leverett, Mass., 1780. He was graduated from Williams college in 1799, ^^^ licensed to preach May 4, 1802, but never ordained. He studied law and practiced that profession in Wilmington, where he died July 12, 1820. Rev. Origin Smith was born in Wilmington, April 9, 181 2. His father was Azor Smith, a farmer, schoolmaster, and justice of the peace, who died in Worcester, Mass. His grandfather Medad Smith, was one of the first five settlers in Wilmington, he came at the age of eighteen years, guided by marked trees, carrying a bushel of meal and a five-pail iron kettle upon his back from Coleraine, Mass., a distance of seventeen miles. His mother was Betsey, daughter of Thomas Haskell. He united with the Baptist church of Wilmington November 13, 1831, and was licensed to preach September i, 1833. May II, 1837, he married Betsey, daughter of Rev. Mansfield Bruce, who died October 4, 1882, aged seventy-three. Her mother was Grace G. Bruce, who died on her ninety-first birthday, in 1875. Mr. Smith was ordained as an evangelist. May 17, 1837, and for seven years served as mis- sionary to the Isles of Shoals under the patronage of the society for " propo- gating religious knowledge among the American Indians and others," the first missionary society formed in America. For nine years he was unable to labor in the ministry by reason of sickness. July 6, 1852, he commenced to labor in Dover, Vt., and for twenty and one-half years was pastor of the Baptist church in East Dover. He resided during this time in Wilmington, where for seventeen years he was engaged in the drug business. April i, 1873, he commenced preaching in Guilford, Vt., and was pastor of the Baptist church six years. During the succeeding four years he was pastor of the Baptist church in Whitingham, Vt. March 29, 1883, he removed to Brattleboro, Vt., where has since made it his home with his only son. Irenius O. P. Smith, at 22 Canal street. Wells H. Ford, now of this town, son of Stillman Ford, who was a native of Rowe, Mass., married Sophronia P. Pike, of Readsboro, October 24, 1857, and has five children now hving. Ambrose Pike, grandfather of Mrs. Ford, was a soldier in the war of 181 2. He was a native of Whitingham. James White, of Petersham, Mass., was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, being present at the battle of Bennington. His grandson, James L. White, now resides in this town, on road 55. Rev. Hosea F. Ballou was born at Dana, Mass., April 4, 1799, and died at Wilmington, May 20, 1881. His parents were Rev. Hosea and Ruth (Washburn) Ballou. No Wilmington citizen was ever held in more genuine 304 TOWN OF WILMINGTON. esteem than this lamented gentleman. In every home his distinguished, blameless life is enshrined in the hearts of all who love nobility of character and still hold fast to manhood's best traits. Although adhering with unswerv- ing fidelity to his chosen faith, UniversaHsm, he mingled with every sect and creed, and his bearing was notably catholic toward all. During his long ministry, of some forty-five years, he attended from twenty to seventy-two funerals a year in more than twenty towns, and in the aggregate probably as many as 1,600. He preached a sermon at fully nineteen-twentieths of that number. It is estimated that he meantime officiated at 600 weddings. His physical activity kept apace with his mental faculties, and both make a record of usefulness which his multitude of acquaintances and associates may ever refer to with pride and supreme satisfaction. His valued and exceptional life covered the occupations of farmer, trader, and clergyman, and honorable laborer in other departments of life, in all of which he displayed manhood's first qualification — industry. He was Whitingham's town clerk for seventeen years ; a justice of the peace fourteen years; a member of the legislature for two terms, and of the State constitutional convention for three septeneries. He was superintendent of schools twenty-one years, and with all his various cares and duties brought up a large family to usefulness. To the youth of the land Father Ballou's life offers an example and enforces many precepts which, if followed, would surely bring an abundant reward of usefulness. The Union Congregational church, located at Wilmington village, was or- ganized by Thomas Haskell, Edward Foster, Perry Swift, and Nathan Foster, in 1780, Rev. Winslow Packard being the first settled pastor. The first house of worship was erected that year, while the present house was built in 1883, (replacing the house burned in 1882,) at a cost of $4,500.00. It is capable of seating 225 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $5,000.00. The society now has eighty members, with Rev. H. R. Titus, pastor. The First Baptist church, located at Wilmington, was organized by its first pastor. Rev. Eli Ball, with forty members, September i, 1806. A church building was erected the same year, which gave place to the present structure, in 1833, which will seat 300 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $3,000.00. The society now has 100 members, with Rev. A. W. Goodnow, pastor. The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Wilmington, was organized about 1825. The church building was erected in 1828, in the northern part of the town, and was removed to its present site in 1835. It will seat 250 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $3,500.00. The society now has eighty members, with Rev. H. F. Forest, pastor. The Universalist church, located at Wilmington, was organized by its first pastor. Rev. H. F. Ballou, with fifty-one members, in 1835, The church building was erected the same year. It will seat 250 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $3,000.00. The society now has eighty-two members, with Rev. W. N. Barber, pastor. TOWN OF WINDHAM. "304 WINDHAM lies in the northwestern part of the county, in lat. 43° 11', and long. 4° 19', bounded north by parts of Andover and Chester, in Windsor county, east by Grafton and a small part of Townshend, «outh by portions of Townshend and Jamaica, and west by Londonderry. Windham was originally a part of Londonderry, which was chartered by New York, February 23, 1770, under the name of Kent. In 1792 Londonderry was divided, the eastern part thereof becoming the township of Windham, though the boundary line was not established at that time, but was supposed to be near the base of Glebe mountain, which is a long ridge of highland, forming a natural barrier between the towns, and which, from this fact, was largely a factor in producing the change. In 1795, however, through the influence of Esquire Arnold, in the legislature, the division line was established, ranging with the summit of Glebe mountain, and the portion to the east thereof, in connection with a small gore of land called Mack's Leg, was on October 2 2d, formally incorporated into the township of Wind- ham. Again, October 21, 1797, a part of Windham was re-annexed to Londonderry. The surface of the township is uneven. Glebe mountain extending nearly the whole length of its western border, while Turkey mountain lies in the southern portion, and high hills are found in the northern and eastern parts. Through the central part it is more level. There are, however, notwith- standing this brokenness, many tracts of level, arable land, affording some excellent farms. The territory is well watered, though the streams are_small, consisting of branches and tributaries of Williams, Saxton's and West rivers. The rocks entering into the geological structure of the town are principally of talcose-schist formation, though there are considerable beds of hornbletide- schist and gneiss in the extreme eastern parts, and also gneiss in the extreme western part. Beds of limestone, serpentine and steatite are also found throughout the town. The most important minerals found are actynolite, ciorite, garnets, serpentifie, steatite and tak. Gold is also said to exist in small quantities in the southern part of the town. In 1880 Windham had a population of 536, and in 1882 it had six school districts and six common schools, employing eleven female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $669.84. There were 165 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $722.78, with Mrs. A. M. Goodell, superin- tendent. Windham, a post village located in the central part of the town, has one church (Congregational), a postoffice, telegraph office, and a general store. South Windham, a post village, located in the southeastern part of the town, near the Jamaica line, has one church (Baptist) a store, postoffice, and shoe-shop. North Windham (p. o.), is the name given a hamlet located in the north- eastern part of Londonderry. 19g 304 TOWN OF WINDHAM. The principal manufacturing carried on in the town is at a Uttle hamlet on Mill brook, where are located a grist-mill, chair-stock factory, and a black- smith shop. Ezra Fierce' s grist-mill. — The first grist-mill erected in the town was built by a Mr. Hamilton, on road 29, upon the site now occupied by Pierce's mill. Mr. Hamilton run the mill a number of years, during which time it burned to the ground, and was rebuilt. He was finally killed by a fall from the bridge. Captain Daniel Cobb, son of Colonel Daniel Cobb, and father of Mrs. William. Harris, subsequently purchased the property, running the business about ten years, when he, too, was killed, or died of wounds received by being caught in some of the machinery. Mr. Pieice, the present proprietor, has enlarged the mill so that it now has three runs of stones, with the capacity for grind- ing 15,000 bushels of grain per annum, and has also lately put in machinery for manufacturing chair stock. Albert O. Masoiis saiu-mill, located on road 29, has the capacity for saw- ing about 50,000 bushels of grain per year. As Windham was a part of Londonderry until after 1792, the sketch of its- early history is necessarily identical with that of the early history of that town, as detailed on page 238. Among its early settlers, however, may be men- tioned John Woodburn, Deacon Edward Aiken, and James McCormack. The town was duly organized, March 14, 1796, when James Aiken was chosen town clerk ; Peter Aiken, constable ; and James Aiken, John Burnap, and Ben- jamin Pierce, selectmen. The first justice of the peace was James Aiken, in 1797, and John Aiken was the first representative, in 1805. The first set- tled minister was Rev. John Lawton, who received the ministerial grant, which includes a part of the present site of Windham village. The first house that could be called an hotel was that of John Woodburn, where L. S. White's residence now stands, for in it most of the early settlers made their home until they could erect a log habitation. Deacon John Woodburn, Jr., did not attain an advanced age, though he did much for the advancement of the town in its early days. His bones rest in the little cemetery near where the old church stood. Deacon John, Jr., settled upon the farm now owned by Samuel Mack. His wife was Mercy, daughter of Moses Davis, and reared a large family. Capt. Samuel Wood- bum was born in 1781, married Lucy Wilkins and reared eight children. He was captain of a militia company, whose traming ground was upon the Aikin farm. Samuel Clark Woodburn, residing on road 20, is the only one of his children now living, and who, in 1878-79, represented the town in the gen- eral assembly, and has also held most of the other town trusts. Deacon David Woodburn, youngest son of John, Sr., was the first postmaster in the town, and bore his share of the town trusts with credit and fidelity. Benjamin Pierce, from Westmoreland, N. H., came to Windham, about 1783, in company with Abial Whitman, and both located in the southeastern part of the town. Mr. Pierce made his pitch and erected a log-house on road TOWN OF WINDHAM. "304 37. In T789 he married Lucinda Cobb, of Westmoreland, N. H. His life was spent here where he reared a family of nine children,only twoof whom are now living — Nathan, aged eighty-three years, in West Townshend, and Benja- min M.,who owns the old homestead, on road 28, in this town, aged seventy- four. Benjamin was a justice of the peace for many years and several times represented his town in the State legislature. He was captain of the miUtia company, and a member of the Baptist church. He died at the age of eighty- six years. Jonathan Brintnall, a native of Massachusetts, born September 21, 1750, married Mary Williams, of Roxbury, Mass., July 12, 1781. They located in this town about 1785, on the place now owned by H. A. Cook, on road 9. Their union was blessed with eight children, three of whom settled in this town and Joseph on the homestead. Abial Whitman, of Westmoreland, N. H., came to this town about 1788, and located on road 37. All of his eight children attained over seventy years of age. His son Asa now occupies the old homestead farm. Archibald Mack, from Londonderry, N. H., came to this town about 1790, and settled where his grandson, Albert Mack, now resides. James Stearns married Sarah Chase, of Warwick, Mass., January 22, 1799, and brought his wife to this town durmg that winter, though he had settled here some years previous. He reared sons and daughters, of whom Sally married M. R. Farr. Another daughter, PoUis, never married, and now resides with her brother Clark. James married Achsah Burnap, for his first, and her sister for his second wife. John Gould, from Westminster, located in Windham in 1800, on the farm now occupied by Charles Wiggins. He married Nancy Graves and reared eleven children. Many of his descendants are living here and elsewhere. Abraham Adams, a native of Connecticut, married Fanny Sumner, of Spencer, Mass., and settled in Townshend, at an early day, where he made the first settlement on the William Lawrence farm. He subsequently re- moved to Jamaica, where he died, in 1S58, aged eighty-five years. He reared ten children, several of whom emigrated to Pennsylvania and New York. George, one of the sons, married Miranda Butler and spent most of his life on the old homestead, now owned by his son, Wayland G., grandson of Abraham. George now resides on road 28 in this town, aged seventy-five years. Of George's daughters, Mrs. Addie M. Goodell and Mrs. Homer Brown reside in this town, and Mrs. Dr. Spring resides in Holliston, Mass. Ephraim Lawrence, from Jaftrey, N. H., settled in Windham on road 8, about 1804. Here he reared to maturity a family of seven sons and three daughters. Three of these are now living, Eli, on the homestead farm, George in Grafton, and Henry, in Michigan. Ephraim died at the age of sixty-six years. Eli married Harriet Hastings, from Marlboro, N. H., and has reared a family of three sons and one daughter. TOWN OF WINDHAM. Jonathan Upham, Sen., from Thompson, Conn., came with his wife and five daughters to Guilford in 1796, where three sons, Gardner, Jonathan, and Asahel, were born. In 1804 the family moved into this town and took up land on the southern base of Glebe mountain. Here Ebenezer was- born. Asahel Upham, residing on road 31, is a descendant of this family. Nathan Hastings, born March i, 1776, in Warwick, Mass., married Esther Woodward, of North Orange, in that State, and settled in W^indham in 1806,. on the farm now owned by his son, Charles W. Nathan reared ten children who grew to manhood and womanhood, and three others died in infancy. Seven children now living are all farmers. Charles W., residing on the old home- stead, married a daughter of Dea. Hart B. Abbott, and has reared a family of eight children, of whom four are now living. He has been a deacon of the Congregational church since 1865. Samuel Moore, from Hardwick, Mass., settled on road 25 in this town in 1813. He married Elizabeth Leonard and reared nine children, five boys and four girls, to maturity. Sarah M. married Jonathan Upham who settled where his son Asahel now lives. Elizabeth married Hart B. Abbott, and both lived and died in this town. Samuel afterwards married Laura J.. Holman, of Springfield, Vt. Their son Charles F. made the first clearing on the farm now owned by Samuel Moore. Wilder Moore, born in Warwick, Mass., November 12, 1790, was a son of Capt. Mark and Sally Moore, whose English parents settled in Sudbury, Mass. At twenty-one years of age Wilder went to Champlain, N. Y., and during the war of 181 2-' 15, he carried the mails from Champlain to Charlotte, riding on horseback sixty miles per day. His route passed the lines of the American army, and on one occasion at night, being overcome with sleep, he nearly lost his life, awakening just in time to give the countersign as his horse passed the sentinel. He married Sally Sheparson of his native town in 1816, and in September of that year settled in Windham. They had eleven children — eight sons and three daughters. He united with the Baptist church in 1824, and for fifty-two years was sexton of the Center cemetery, having during the time dug over 300 graves, the last one when he was eighty-one years old. He died October 15, 1872. Of his children now living Louisa and Nathan are on the home farm, and Mark and Henry are also in this town. Hon. William Harris, born at Brattleboro, November 8, 1797, settled in Windham in November, 1823. He held the office of town clerk and treas- urer twenty-three years, and was justice of the peace forty years, assistant judge of the county court five years, town representative six years. Stale sen- ator two years, and was president of the West River national bank of Jamaica for several years, until his death, January 15, 1880. His son, William Harris, of this town, is now president of the same bank, and a merchant at Windham. George Person, a native of Massachusetts, came to Windham county, from Lunenburgh, Mass.^ in 1792, locating in Windham, where he married Abigail TOWN OF WINDHAM. 304 Amidon, in 1796. and soon after located upon a farm just over the line in Jamaica. He had a family of eleven children, three of whom are now living, viz. : Ebenezer, born in 1797, now residing on Western avenue, in Brattleboro ; Samuel, born in 1799, now residing in Zumbrota, Minn. ; and George resid- ing on Chase street, Brattleboro. The latter, until obliged by age to discon- tinue labor, worked at masonry from the age of sixteen. He was employed at his trade for many years at the Vermont Asylum for the Insane. Edward Banks, whose father was one of the early settlers of the town, was born here in 1810. He has three children, Warren, residing in Brattleboro, George N. and Mrs. Charles C. Peck, in Westminster. Edward now resides- in Brattleboro, at the age of 73 years. Enoch Goddard, from Orange, Mass., came to Windham about 1803, locating a Uttle south of the center of the town, where he jeared nine children, and died in 1867, aged about eighty-five years. Eight of his children are living, one, Daniel, in Westminster West. William Hewitt, born in Sutton, Mass., August i, 1778, came to Windham about 1 813. About 1836 he removed to Westminster and finally to Wil- mington, where he died, February 15, 1858. Two of his nine children now reside in the county, Mrs. Lurana Densmore, of Jamaica, and Alexis B., of Putney. The First Congregational church, located at Windham, was organized by Rev. William Hall and James Tufts, with nine members, September 9, 1805, Rev. John Lawton being the first pastor. The church building, a wood structure erected in 1802, will seat 300 persons, and is valued at $3,500.00. The society has 118 members, with Rev. Amos Holbrook, pastor. 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Where no road number is given the party is supposed to reside in the village. 4 — Business or occupation. 5 — A star (*) placed before a name indicates an advertiser in this work. 6 — Figures placed after the occupation of a farmer indicate the number of acres owned or leased. 7 — Names in CAPITALS are those who have kindly given their patronage to the work, and without whose aid its publication would have been impossible. ^^^Jt'or ndditiunal names, covrections and chnnges, see Errata . Abbreviations. — Ab., above; ave., avenue; bds., boards; bet., between ; cor., corner ; F,., east; h house; manuf, manufacturer; N., north; n., near; opp., opposite; prop., proprietor; reg. , registered as applied to live stock ; S., south ; W., west. The word siieet is implied. ATHENS. Railroad station is Bellows Falls, 9 miles northeast. Daily stage. Alexander Lyman, (Athens) r i, retired farmer, aged 84. Baisley Michael M., (Athens) r 10, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 100. Ball Amos T., (Athens) r 15, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer no. Ball Ceylon J., (Athens) r 15, workman at scythe-snath manufactory. . Ball Lucy A., (Athens) r 15, widow of Dustin C, resident. Ball Melinda C, (Athens) r 16, widow of Timothy H., sugar orchard 400 trees, fruit grower, farmer 120. Ball Willis M., (Athens) r 15, works in scythe-snath manufactory. BARNES MILLARD F., (Athens) r 17, butcher, sugar orchard 500 trees, fruit grower, wool grower 75 sheep, farmer 100. Beals George F., (Athens) r 15, farmer. Bemis Nial, (Athens) r 9, stone mason, sugar orchard 4,000 trees, fruit grower, farmer 700. Bemis Simeon N., (Athens) r 9, sugar orchard 600 trees, stone mason, farmer 100. 20 3o6 TOWN OF ATHENS. Bridges Granville F., (Athens) r 4, stone cutter, farmer 100. Bridges William W., (Athens) r 9, foreman at soap-stone quarry, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 240. Brown Jarnes, (Athens) r ri, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 155. Brown NelHe E., (Athens) r i:, teacher. Clark Mary, (Athens) widow of Herbert, teacher, demons Robert R., (Cambridgeport) r i, sugar orchard 800 trees, wool grower 25 sheep, dairy 10 cows, farmer 180. Colburn Marietta, (Athens) r 12. hand lot. Colton Albert G., (Athens) r 7, farmer, with his father Elias. Colton Charles E., (Athens) r 7, axe-helve manufacturer, farmer, with his father, Albert G. Colton EUas, (Athens) r 7, sugar orchard 500 trees, fruit grower, farmer 125. Davis Curtis W., (Athens) r 4, stone cutter, farmer 120. Davis Wayland S., (Athens) r 12, farmer, owns with his mother and sister 140. DePatron George H., (Athens) r 15, farm laborer. DEVOLL LAURA L. T-, (Athens) r 15, widow of Lovett, farmer 50. DEVOLL WILLIE S.," (Athens) r 15, son of Laura L. J. Dodge Edward A. C, (Athens) r 3, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 90. Dunham Charles H., (Athens) r 13, mechanic, farmer 40. Dunham David O., (Athens) r 12, manuf. of soap-stone goods, and mechanic. Dunham Fred P., (Athens) r 3, workman at soap-stone quarry, farmer. Dunham Josephus, (Athens) r 12, ox-bow manuf., farmer 60. Dunham William O., (Athens) r 13, workman at soap-stone quarry, me- chanic, farmer. Edwards Othniel R., (Athens) r 15, M. E. clergyman, sugar orchard 500 trees, fruit grower, wool grower 20 sheep, farmer 150. Edwards Prentiss O., (Athens) r 3, mechanic, farmer 2. Farr Carlton L., (Athens) r 6, farmer. Farr David S., (Athens) r 6, sugar orchard 350 trees, fruit grower, farmer 176. GLYNN WILLIAM T., (Athens) r i, stone mason, sugar orchard 325 trees, fruit grower, wool grower 45 sheep, farmer 190. Goodnow John M., (Athens) r 7, sugar orchard, 400 trees, farmer 200. Hazen John S., (Athens) r 2, farm laborer, owns 7 acres. Hitchcock David J., (Cambridgeport) r i. tin peddler, farm laborer, h and lot. Hitchcock Julius A., (Athens) r 3, farmer, owns h and lot. Hitchcock Loran E., (Athens) r 10, farmer. Howard George M., (Athens) r 10, farmer 150. Hudson Mary, (Athens) r 15, widow of James B., resident, owns saw-mill. Jenkins Mima. (Athens) r 20, rents house of W. W. Bridges. Keefe Cornelius, (Athens) r ii, wool grower 50 sheep, farmer 158. King Elihu F., (Athens) r 15, town lister, sugar orchard 300 trees, fruit grower, farmer 115. Kingsley Eugene S., (Athens) r 14, town clerk, painter, gardener, mechanic. KINGSLEY JEROME O., (Athens) r 14, wool grower 50 sheep, breeder of thoroughbred Cotswold sheep, farmer 200. Martin Henry E., (Athens) r 15, teamster for A. S. Powers. McGowan James, (Athens) r to, farmer 100. Oakes Franklin, (Athens) r 17, fruit grower, farmer 50. Oakes John, (Athens) r 17, fruit grower, farmer 160. TOWN OF ATHENS. ;o7 Ober Fred E., (Athens) r 20, works with his father, George N. Ober George N., (Athens) r 20, overseer of poor, wool grower 20 sheep, fruit grower, lumberman, farmer 225. OBER WILLIS G., (Athens) r 14, prop, of Morgan stallion "Ned," horse tiainer, breeder of Cotswold sheep and Poland China swine, farmer owns with his father, Geo. N., 50, and leases 24. O'Connor Michael, (Athens) r 10, farmer, leases of Nial Bemis 65. Parkhurst Alvan, (Athens) r 15, sugar orchard 500 trees, fruit grower, farmer 200. Perham Daniel S., (Athens) r 15, carpenter and joiner. Powers Alonzo S., (Athens) r 15, 2d selectman, highway surveyor, contrac- tor for wood used at Fall Mountain paper mill, at Bellows Falls, Vt., teamster, three teams, sugar orchard 600 trees, wood land and pasture 50. POWERS JERRY M., (Athens) r 15, town representative, town treasurer, and lister, scythe-snath manuf , been engaged in teaching pubhc school for 15 years, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 20 sheep, farmer no. Powers Jerry M. Mrs., (Athens) r 15, has taught school 34 terms in Wind- ham and Windsor Co.'s Powers Merrill J., (Athens) r 15, sugar orchard 400 trees, fruit grower, farmer 100. Ranney Stephen C, (Athens) r i, postmaster, wool grower 50 sheep, grower of fruit, leases on shares to W. C. Robbins 150 acres. Redfield Joel C, (Athens) r 15, teamster, farmer in Townshend, 70, and leases of J. R. Ball 30. Robbins Eugene W., (Athens) r 15, merchant, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 55. Robbins William C, (Athens) r i, job printer, farmer, leases on shares of S. C. Ranney. Sherwin Joseph H., (Athens) r 6, farmer with his father, Nathan T., 100. Sherwin Nathan T., (Athens) r 6, workman at soap-stone quarry, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer, owns with his son, Joseph H., zoo. SMITH CHARLES A., (Athens) r i, farm laborer. Smith Fred L., (Athens) r 14, mechanic, farm laborer for his father, George. Smith George, (Athens) r 14, wool grower 100 sheep, farmer 130. Smith James H., (Athens) r 19, wood chopper, farmer 40. Springs Sabin L., (Athens) r 15, sailor, butcher, farm laborer, owns 96 acres in Chester, Windsor Co. Stevens Abram, (Athens) sugar orchard 400 trees, breeder of thoroughbred Merino sheep, wool grower 100 sheep, farmer 182. Swan George A., (Athens) r 15, farm laborer. Thomas Marian V., (Athens) r 7, widow, retired milliner, owns in Winhall, Ben. Co., farm 20. Upton Eva A. Miss, (Athens) r 14, school teacher. Upton Melvina S., (Athens) r 14, widow of S. J. M., owns farm 7 carried on by her son, Melvin W. Upton Melvin W., (Athens) r 14, works in scythe-snath manufactory, farmer. WHITNEY HERBERT H., (Athens) r 14, works in scythe-snath manufac- tory, peddler, farmer 31. Whitney Irene, (Athens) r 18, teacher. Whitney Jessie, (Athens) r 18, teacher. Whitney Ralph, (Athens) r 18, carpenter and joiner, sugar orchard 250 trees, fruit grower, wool grower 60 sheep, farmer 230. Witherell Richard L., (Athens) r 7, sewing machine agent, and farmer. 3o8 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Woodard Russell H., (Cambridgeport) r i8, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer, leases on shares 250. WooUey Daniel, (Cambridgeport) off r i, laborer. WYMAN ANDREW A., (Cambridgeport) r i, assistant judge, conveyancer,. justice of peace, wool grower 300 sheep, farmer 400. BELLO^ATS FALLS. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM {For explanations, etc., see page 305.) Abbott Harry, brakeman, Cheshire R. R., h 86 Atkinson. ADAMS FRANK, (F. Adams & Co.,)h 57 Atkinson. ADAMS FRANK & CO., millers and dealers in grain, meal, feed, etc^ Mill St. Adams Horace, prop, of Bellows Falls grist-mills. Mill St., h 57 Atkinson. (Died October 18, 1883.) ADAMS JOSEPH K., flagman, Vt, Val. & Conn. R. R. R., SuUivan division, bds Fall Mountain boarding-house. Adams Lucia E., dressmaker, rooms 12 School st. Adams Norman L., milk peddler for Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, h 5, Terrace. Adams Olive, widow of Horace, resident, 57 Atkinson. Aher John, carpenter and joiner, h Mammoth Block, The Square. Albee George H., teamster, h t^t^ Rockingham. Albee James B., carpenter and joiner, h Rockingham. ALDRICH CHARLES S., (Hapgood & A.,) bds 9 School. Aldrich Martha C, (Mrs. Niles,) resident, 6 Henry. Alexander Hugh, law student, bds Terrace. Alexander Solon N., lumber dealer, h Terrace. AUbee Elmore S., alio, physician and surgeon, 13 Bridge, h do. AUbee Lewis L., highway suyveyor, h 11 Atkinson. AUbee Zina H., attorney and counsellor at law, Union Block, The Square,. bds 13 Bridge. Allen Charles T., clerk for Royce & Dewey, bds 100 Atkinson. ALLEN GEORGE W., served in Co. I, 9th N. H. Vols., h Terrace cor West. Allen Theodore, freight conductor, Cheshire R. R., h 100 Atkinson cor Williams. Allison Azro, brakeman, C. V. R. R., bds 34 Canal. AM ADON FRED L , jeweler, and dealer in watches, clocks, silverware, fancy- goods and musical instruments, 3 Times Block, The Square, h 7 School. Amadon Henry M., jeweler, and dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry, No.. 17 The S(iuare, bds Rockingham village. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 309 Amadon Sarah H., widow of Leander, resident, 7 School. Amsden Merrick H., butcher, h 72 Atkinson. Andrews George, laborer, h 7 Bridge. Angier Dana S., butcher, h School cor Westminster. Archer Lucena A. Miss, dressmaker. Centennial Block, The Square, bds 4 School. Arms Edward, (Moore, Arms & Thompson,) h 2 School. Arms Mary J., widow of Anson, resident, 2 School cor Church. ARMS OTIS B., retired merchant and paper manufacturer, h 3 Church cor School. Atwood Frank W., paper maker, bds Wilson Block. Austin Harvey F., pastor M. E. church, h 73 Atkinson. Averill Hattie E., widow of Cliarles, resident. Depot st. Babbitt Frederick H., agent for U. S. & Canada Express Co., depot, h 19 Henry. Babbitt George H., supt. of U. S. & Canada Express Co., and agent for American Express Co., depot, h Henry cor South. Babbitt George H., Jr., clerk for U. S. & Canada and American Express Cos., bds Henry cor- South. BACON BROTHERS, (H. C. & G.,) dealers in lumber and manufacturers of builders' finish and packing boxes, and lumber dressers, Mill st. BACON GEORGE, (Bacon Brothers,) h 61 Atkinson. BACON HENRY C, (Bacon Brothers,) h 12 Atkinson. BAILEY HENRY H., tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 45 Rockingham. Baird Samuel E., carpenter and joiner, h 46 Green. Baker Holden D., mason, h Atkinson cor. Wells. Baker Willard, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 33 Canal. Baldwin Alton F., clerk for H. M. Redfield, boards Henry st. Ball Franklin P., (Derby & Ball,) Vermont Snath Co., of Springfield, Vt., R. T. Johnson & Co., of Springfield, Vt., and The Dominion Snath Co.> Sherbrook, Que.) h 128 Atkinson. Ball George F., book-keeper for Derby & Ball, bds with F. P. Ball. Ball Mary A., widow of Thomas C, resident, 22 School. Ballinger Patrick, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. Ballou Warren F., merchant tailor, 6 Westminster, h 28 School. Bancroft Edward W., prop, of Terrace Hill stock and milk farm r20, Terrace Hill. Barber Calvin L., dealer in pianos, organs and music, cor. Atkinson and Henry, owns in Rockingham and Grafton 1,000 acres, h 52 Atkinson cor. Henry. Barber Fred M., manuf of picture frames and moldings, packing boxes, &c., lumber dresser and dealer in lumber. Mill, h 7 Center. Barber S. Adaline, widow of Lysander, resident, cor Atkinson and Henry. Barbour Fred W., harnessmaker for N. H Cook, bds South. Barker AHce E., widow of William G., resident, h 28 School. Barker Charles, clerk of New American Hotel, Richfield Springs, N. Y., h Pine Hill. Barker Charles W., machinist, bds 7 School. Barker Frederick L., boarding, h 48 Canal. Barker Tyler E., clerk at Blue store, bds. 48 Canal. BARNARD HENRY W., employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Henry Sabin's, near Terrace. (Moved to Springfield since our canvass.) 3IO WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. Bellows Falls Times^ \ IESTJ^BXjTSHIEID 1856, ! ^PUBLISHEU EUERY THURSDRY MDRNING^ iELLOWS<^fALLS,x» » LiEVDtEd tD the intErEsts nf WindhaiTi Cnunty and the SDuttLErn ToAA/ns nf lATlndsar Cnunty j and ta Fnlitlcs and l^nsstinns nf Public Fnlicyj Lncalj StatE and E-EUEral Neaa/s, MarkEtSy Etc, le pm5$i.co§\y^§\pinflGl\/aQ^e Tc SudscribErs in Windfiam and "lATindsar CnuntiEs, Td SinglE SubscribErs abroad, $1,75, A. N. SWAIN, Editor and Publisher, BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 311 Barney Patrick, laborer, h Buck. Barrett Edward, boss machine tender for Fall Mountain Paper Co h North Walpole, N. H. Barry Daniel K., owns farm 500, h 69 Atkinson. Barry Jeremiah, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h near Bridge. Barry Luthera A., (Mrs. D. K.,) farmer 130, h 69 Atkinson. Barry Mary A., teacher in Bellows Falls high school, bds 69 Atkinson. Bean Henry E., yardmaster C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. Beaton Alexander, piper and engineer Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds West- minster St. Beaton Angus, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Wilson Block. Beaton Daniel, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 40 Henry. Beaumont Edward, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rutland Patch. Bell Ed, employee Derby & Ball, bds with John. Bell George, 2d hand on paper machine Fall Mountain Paper Co., 'bds Lovell. Bell John, laborer, h Lovell. BELLOWS FALLS BAKERY, H. L. Canedy, prop., bread and pastry baker, 5 Canal. Bellows Falls Canal Co., Wm. A. Russell, of Lawrence, Mass., pres. ; James H. Williams, treas. BELLOWS FALLS GRIST MILLS, Frank Adams & Co., props.. Mill st. BELLOWS FALLS MARBLE WORKS, Hiram King, Jr., proprietor, rear of L. G. & C. E. Howard's hardware store. Bellows Falls Savings Institution, Henry C. Lane, president ; John A. Farns- worth, vice-president ; John H. Williams, treas. ; Centennial Block, The Square. *BELLOWS FALLS TIMES, A. N. Swain, editor and pubHsher, The Square. [Card on page 310.] Bennett Clara, employee of W. Flint & Sons, bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Bennett Levi L., mason, hi; Henry. Bennett Oliver, invalid, h Russell. Bennett Samuel L., machinist, h Fleming Place. Benoit Oliver, invalid, h 4 Whitman's Block, Canal. Berry Samuel C, foreman for C. H. Williams, h 32 Green. Bessom. James E., barber, with S. D. Harriman, champion backwards walker, bds 44 Canal. Bigelow George S., car repairer, C. V. R. R., h Atkinson. Billing Helen M., widow of John, resident, h 14 School. Billing Henry, miller, h 4 Cherry. Bishop Lucia A., widow of Alonzo, resident, 7 Terrace. Bissell Augustus H., clerk O. F. Woods, h 14 Atkinson. Bixby Frederick C, fireman, h 70 Westminster. Black Carroll W., clerk Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 79 Atkinson cor. Oak. .Blake Charles M., (Walker, Dewey & Blake) h Bridge. Blake Emma E., dressmaker, bds 9 Green. Blake Fred A., painter and glazier for J. F. Day, h Westminster. Blake Frederick J., photographer, Westminster, bds with Walter G. Blake John F., engineer at brewery, bds 75 Atkinson. Blake Seth M., dentist, bds 75 Atkinson. Blake Caroline T., widow of Edmund, h 9 Green. 312 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. BLAKE WALTER G., wholesale and retail dealer in tobacco and cigars, fish and oysters, and bottler of lager beer, restaurant, etc., 7 Bridge, h South. Blanchard Charles P., employee of Derby & Ball, h 30 Cherry. Blanchette Henry, employee, Fall Mountain Paper Co., Canal, h 6 Whit- man's Block. Blodgett Walter, carpenter, bds Westminster Court. Blondin Francis, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Williams. Blood John R., brick mason, contractor, bds Wilson Block. BLUE STORE. THE, Robinson & Gannon proprietors, dealers in cloth- ing, gents' furnishing goods etc., Union Block, The Square. Bolles Francis A., town clerk, attorney and counsellor at law. Union Block, The Square, h 56 Green. Boorn George H., machine tender for John Robertson & Son, h School. Booth R., employee W'yman Flint & Sons. Bosley Elijah, laborer, h Wells, oston & Northern Telephone Company Central Office, W. A. Ingham, Lowell, Mass., pres. ; Loren N. Downs, manager, Lowell, Mass. ; J. B. Hunt, supt., Greenfield, Mass.; G. M. Rossman local manager; Boucher Adolph, laborer, h Wells. Boucher Joseph, carpenter and joiner, h Lovell. Bowen Albert J., carpenter and joiner, emp. Vermont Farm Machine Co., Manufacturer of Green Mountain gold and silver polish, also White Mountain gold and silver polish, h Prospect, New Terrace. BOWEN CHARLES A., house painter, bds School. BOWEN C. LOUIS, house painter in all its branches, and paper hanger, h Prospect, cor. Gove. Bowers Mary L., widow of Joseph S., h 27 Henry. Bowman Oscar, tinsmith, emp. Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Bridge. Bowtell George, railroad engineer, h'43 Rockingham. BOWTELL HENRY E., freight agentfor Vermont Valley and Sullivan R.R., bds Depot. Bowtell Josiah, conductor, Rutland division C. V. R. R., h Depot. Bowtell Mary A., dressmaker, bds Depot st. Bowtell Willie E., works in scythe-snath manuf., bds 43 Rockingham. Boynton Allen M., clerk for H. H. Davis, bds School cor Atkinson. Brennan E. John, plumber for A. H. & F. H. Brown, bds at Island Hall. Brennan Michael, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 14 Oak. Brickley William, helper in C. V. R. R. rail shop, bds off" Bridge. Bridge George, employee of Fall Mountain Co., h 106 Atkinson. BRIDGMAN JABES D., (Bridgman & Weston) real estate agent, h Center. Bridgeraan & Weston, (J. D. Bridgman and George A. Weston) attorneys at law, office Mammoth Block, The Square. Brockway Jesse P., retired millwright, h Atkinson. Brockway Norman S., gunsmith, Henry st., h 42 Atkinson. Broderick John W., (McGreen& Broderick) h 13 Center. Brosnahan Daniel J., engineer for Conn. R. R. R., h 54 Westminster. Brosnahan Daniel W., dealer in groceries and provisions, crockery and glass- ware. The Square, h alley from School to Henry, Brosnahan Ellen, widow of John, h 52 Westminster. Brosnahan Mary, widow of Dennis, h Bridge. Brosnahan Thomas, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 52 Westminster. BROWN A. H. & F. H., dealers in stoves and tinware, and plumbing, 27 Union Block, The Square. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 313 BROWN AMOS H., (A. H. & F. H.) h 23 Henry. Brown Charles W., locomotive engineer, Conn. R. R. R., h 4 Rockingham. Brown Edith, teacher at St. Agnes Hall, bds do. Brown Frank H., (A. H. & F. H.) water commissioner, h 23 Henry. Brown George, laborer, h 44 Canal. Brown George A., notary public, attorney and counsellor at law, and real estate agent. Union Block, The Square, h 12 School. Brown Hattie E., teacher of instrumental music, bds 28 Canal. Brown James M., house painter, and paper hanger, h 28 Canal. Brown John E., shoddy manufacturer, h 9 Center. Brown Nellie A., bookkeeper for A. H. & F. H. Brown, teacher of instru- mental music, organist at Universalist church. Brown Nellie J. Miss, clerk for J. C. Day, bds 28 Canal. Brown Patrick, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rutland Patch, Bryan James C, laborer, h Center. Bryan John, laborer, h Center. BUCKMAN ROSWELL H., billiard hall, dealer in cigars, Westminster, bds do. Buell Frank, laborer, h Lovell. Bullock Frank E., e.xpressman, and furniture finisher, h 16 Green cor Oak. Bundy Robert W., ticket agent for C. V., Conn. River, and Cheshire R. R., bds 7 School. Bunker Jessie, widow of Paul, h Green cor Oak. Burge Frank A., hostler at C. W. Towns' livery stable, bds Towns' Hotel. Burlingame Darwin, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 7 Bridge. Burnham Fred E., carpenter and joiner, bds New Terrace. Burnham Orestes E., paper maker, h New Terrace. Burns Mary, widow of Timothy, h Westminster. Burnside George L., travelling agent for Smith, Doolittle &: Smith, of Boston, Mass., h Pine Hill. Burrows Isaac H., house painter, h Farr's block, Rockingham. Burt & Lyndon, employee of E. W. Bancroft, bds 48 Westminster. Bush John A., carpenter and joiner, h 19 South. Buss Rodney, gardener, bds Island House. Busted John, wall layer, h Green. Butler John T., carpenter and joiner, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Butler Theodore, tinsmith, employee, Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Canal. Butterfield Charles E., carpenter and joiner, h near Gove, New Terrace. *BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., florist, gardener, seedsman, prop, of Fall Mountain poultry yards, breeder of pure Langshan fowls, and ice dealer, 94 Atkinson, h School. [Card on page 326.] BUTTERFIELD DAVID, gardener and florist, h 1x3 Atkinson. Buxton Benajah C, Jr., carpenter and joiner, h North Walpole, N. H. Byrons John, clerk V. V. Sz S. R. R. freight office, bds Westminster. Caldwell Coburn, baggage master, Cheshire R. R., h 11 Green. Cameron John C, tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Campbell Edward R., alio, physician and surgeon. Centennial block, h 21 Henry. Canary Michael, laborer, h Rockingham. CANEDY HARVEY L., prop, of Bellows Falls bakery and boarding house, dealer in confectionery and cigars, 5 Canal. 314 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. CANNON BARNEY, Jr., carriage, sign and ornamental painter, served in 6th Vt. Vols, as Serg't. -Major 47 months, Rockingham, h 10 Cherry. CAPRON CHARLES E., merchant tailor and agent for the New Howe sewing machine and Fitchburg dye house, The Square, h Terrace. Cardigan John, brakeman, Cheshire R. R., h Oak. Carey Rufus J., employee of Derby & Ball, h 121 Atkinson. Carey Sumner D., employee of Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, h Terrace. CARMODY JOHN, dealer in fruit, confectionery, canned goods, tobacco and cigars, No. 2 Farr's block, Rockingham, bds Rockingham. Carroll Harvey W., employee Wyman Flint & Son, h Center. Carroll John, switchman Vt. Valley R. R., in North Walpole, N. H., h 31 Green. Carruthers Fletcher, paper finisher for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Atkinson cor. Hapgood. Casey Patrick, laborer, h Center. Cashen James A., teamster, h Fleming Place. Caskin George E., division clerk Conn. R. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. Cass Lovinia, widow of James M., 78 Atkinson. Cauger, James W., paper maker, bds Wilson's block. CHALMERS CHARLES M., mason, bds 26 Henry. Champagne Oliver, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 5 Whitman's block Canal. Chapin Charles C, ice cream, fruit, confectionery, etc., tobacco and cigars, Westminster, h 39 Henry. Chapin Herbert B., clerk for W. G. Blake, bds depot restaurant. Chapman James, laborer, h 8 Back. Chapman Lewis M., dealer in tea, coffee and spices, bds 70 Westminster. Chase Clark, dealer in furniture, carpets, crockery, glassware, Eddy's refrig- erator, also undertaker, The Square, h 22 School. Chase E. Barney, employee, h Westminster. Chipman John H., carpenter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 71 Atkinson. CHURCH HOLLAND W., foreman John Robertson & Son's paper mill, h 5 Hapgood. Church John C, paper finisher for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster Court. Church John G., freight clerk C. V. R. R., bds 6 Center. Church Lyman H,, foreman of Fall Mountain Paper Co.'s saw-mill in West- minster, bds 12 Atkinson. Church Marcia M., widow of John W., h 48 Westminster. Church William K., paper finisher, Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 12 Atkinson. Clair James, employee of C. V. R. R., bds Westminster. Clair John, freight clerk, C. V. R. R., bds Westminster. Clark Albert, carriage repairer and jobber, rear of 10 Rockingham, h 78 Atkinson. Clark Harvey S., clerk for J. F. Mitchell, bds School. Clifford Ernest P., engineer, Cheshire R. R., h 30 Green. Clough George D., h 116 Atkinson. Cobb Alfred R., general blacksmith, with Fred R., Rockingham st. Cobb Emily, widow of Samuel, resident, h Canal. Cobb Fred R., carriage ironer and general jobber, blacksmith and horse shoer, Rockingham st. Colburn Alice K., compositor in Times office, bds 35 Westminster. Colburn Howard S., teamster, h Wells. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM, 3I5 CoUey Fred, stone cutter, bds Wilson block. Collins John L., emyloyee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Canal. Conant William J., cabinet maker and upholsterer for C. Chase, h 27 South. Connor Anna, widow of Thomas, h Bridge. Conway Caroline, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 75 Green. Conway John H., clerk at Keene Cash Grocery, bds 10 West st. CONWAY WILLIAM E., manufacturer and wholesale and retail dealer in fine Havana and domestic cigars, and smokers' articles, School cor Westminster, bds 4 Cherry. COOK NORRIS H., manufacturer of harness and trunks and dealer in vehicle tops and shades, robes, blankets, whips, etc.. The Square, h South. Cool Truman, molder, h South. Coolidge Arthur, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 23 School. Coolidge Samuel, teamster, h 25 School. Coolidge Samuel J., machinist in Charlestown, N. H. Corcoran Charles, laborer, h North Walpole, N. H. Corcoran Michael, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Westminster. Corcoran Thomas, laborer, bds Westminster. Cordan Richard, railsmith helper C. V. R. R., bds Canal. Corey S. D., employee Wyman, Flint & Sons. Costello John, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Back. Costelloe John, employee of Bellows Falls Canal Co., bds Canal. Costine Patrick, paper maker, bds 12 Back. Cota Eugene C, carpenter and joiner, bds Back. Cota Ezra, employee Derby & Ball, bds 118 Atkinson. Coy Dana N., jeweler for F. L. Amadon, bds Atkinson. Coy Simon T., paper manufacturer at West Claremont, N. H., h 5 Atkinson. Cram DeWitt C, saw filer, for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 125 Atkinson. Cram Louis F., house painter, h 11 Center. Crandall Herbert F., brakeman Conn. River R. R., bds 90 Atkinson. Cray Eugene E., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Elm. Cray James, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 9 Bridge. Cray John E., paper maker, h 41 Henry. Cray John H., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Back cor School. Cray John S., laborer, h Oak cor Back. Cray Patrick E., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Back. Cray Stephen E., clerk for D. W. Brosnahan, bds 41 Henry. Crevier John, laborer, h Wells. Crevier Joseph, laborer, h Wells. Cross Albert W., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 104 Atkinson. CROSS WILLIAM CURTIS, foreman of yard for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. CROSSETT AUGUSTUS P., overseer for C. L. King, h 5 Terrace. Crowley John A., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Rockingham. Crowley William, freight conductor on Cheshire R. R., h alley from School to Henry. Cummings Jessie, employee of W. Flint & Sons, bds Fall Mountain board- ing house. Cutler Frank F., carpenter, h 10 School. Damon H. Lincoln, house, sign and carriage painter, bds Rockingham. Darby Carrie, widow of Edward A., dressmaker, bds Wood's block, The Square. Darby Edward A., clerk for C. Chase, bds 22 School. 3l6 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Darby Mabel J., dressmaker, with Carrie, bds Wood's block. Darling Addison J., employee Cheshire R. R., h 36 Green. DARLING FRANK L., fireman Conn. River R. R., bds 36 Green. Darling George, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 36 Green. Davis Bethnel, Jr., car inspector, h 30 School. Davis Charles L., clerk for M. M. Whitney, bds 13 Back. Davis Henry H., dealer in drugs, paints, medicines, stationery and fancy articles, Westminster, h 34 School cor Atkinson. Davis Hiram E., wood molder, h Terrace. Davis Solon C, tinsmith, employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 6 Center. Davis William C, employee Derby & Ball, h Atkinson cor Williams. DAVIS WILLIE O., millwright, em.ployee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 48 Canal. Dawes Hiram R., laborer, bds Center. Dawes Nelson W., machine tender Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Center. Dawes WilUam, milk dealer, h 36 Center. Day J. C. & Co., dealers in dry and fancy goods, The Square. Day James C, (J. C. & Co.) h 52 Atkinson cor Henry. *DAY JOEL F., dealer in doors, windows, blinds and glass, stairs, rails, posts, and baluster, glaziers and repairers. Canal, h 82 Atkinson. [Card on page 326.] Day Osmond A., employee of Moore, Arms & Thompson, h Rockingham. Deal Ralph, paper finisher, bds 33 Rockingham. Deal William B., paper maker, h 56 Atkinson cor Fleming place. Dean Charles, foreman for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Densmore Orvlle S., tinsmith for A. H. & F. H. Brown, 29 Henry and At- kinson. DEPOT RESTAURANT AND DINING ROOM, Orville L. Slader, prop , Depot. Derby Albert, (Derby & Ball) h 24 School. Derby & Ball, (Albert Derby, F. P. Ball) manufs. of scythe-snaths, Wells. Deslieuriers Napoleon, fireman at paper mill, h Wells. DEWEY EDSON E., (Royce & Dewey) (Walker. Dewey & Blake) manager Bellows Falls Brewing Co., in Walpole, N. H., h 25 Henry. Dewey Fred, laborer, h Canal. Dickinson Orrin A., fireman, Cheshire R. R., h Williams. Diggins James, truckman, h 14 Green. Diggins Michael, engine wiper, h Williams. Dodge Randolph, job teamster, h 6 Center. Dodge William, brakeroan on switch engine, C. V. R. R., bds Rocking- ham. Dolan Jerry, works for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. Dolan John, works for J. E. Brown, bds Westminster. Donnegan Thomas, laborer, h 34 Canal. Donnegan Thomas, laborer, bds Rockingham. Donnelly Charles, brakeman, Cheshire R. R. Donnelly William, brakeman on Cheshire R. R. Donnovan John C, machine tender Fall Mountain Paper Co., h alley from School to Henry. Doolittle Barbara, widow of Oliver C, boarding house, 7 Bridge. Dow Alfred, passenger conductor. Conn. River R. R., h 67 Atkinson cor. School. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE — TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 317 Doyle Cornelius, laborer, bds 1 1 Back. Doyle Jeremiah, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 41 Henry. Driscole Jane, widow of Cornelius, h 24 South. DriscoU Thomas, fireman. Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 11 Back. Drislan Dennis W., teamster for L. G. & C. E. Howard, lives in West- minster. Dugan Thomas A., freight clerk, Cheshire R. R., bds Westminster. Dunlap George, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Atkinson cor Wells. Earl Edward L., locomotive engineer, bds Earl. Earl Frank, salesman for A. F. Holden, bds Terrace. EARL IRA L., ice dealer and truckman, owns 4 acres, h Earle. Earle Henry C, locomotive engineer, Cheshire R. R., bds 11 Green. Eaton Edgar A., dealer in hardware, coal, paints and oils, Canal cor Rocking- ham, h 61 Atkinson. Eaton Julius A., tinsmith, h 36 Henry. Eaton Willie J., jeweler apprentice for F. L. Amadon, bds 36 Henry. Eddy C. B. & C. F,, attorneys and counsellors at law, Centennial block, The Square. Eddy Charles B. Hon., (C. B. «Sc C. F.) register of probate, chairman of board of bailiffs, h 26 Green. EDDY CHARLES F., (C. B. & C. F.) town school superintendent and district clerk, h 53 Green. Eddy Earl G., carpenter and joiner, 34 Canal. Eddy Fred. H., paper finisher for Moore, Arms & Thompson, bds Towns Hotel. Edwards Lysander, employee, Derby & Ball, h 118 Atkinson. Elliott Harry C, clerk in Conn. R. R. R. freight house, bds 31 School. Embo Cyrille, baker, Russell, h do. Emery Frank S., paper maker for John T. Moore, h 69 Atkinson. Emery J. Newton, pastor of First Universalist Parish of Bellows Falls, h 36 Henry. Eno Louis, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Elm. Evans George F., teamster, h 112 Atkinson. Fairbanks Eldorus, employee. Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Westminster. Fall Mountain boarding house, C. G. Moore, manager, Island Avenue. FALL MOUNTAIN PAPER COMPANY, WilHam A. Russell, Lawrence, Mass., president ■ A. N. Burbank, Boston, Mass. Farland Mary, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. *FARR NORMAN H., general fire insurance agent, Centennial Block, The Square, h 29 Westminster cor Henry. [Card on page 326.] Farrell Michael, laborer, bds Wells. Farrell Patrick, carpenter, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Russell. Farrell Patrick, switchman, V. V. & S. R. R., h Wells. Farrell Patrick T., laborer, bds Wells. Fassett Herbert H., carpenter and builder, h Westminster Court. FIFIELD BENJAMIN, blacksmith for C. V. R. R., h 80 Atkmson. Finlayson Alexander D., carpenter and millwright, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Westminster. Finlayson John, stationary engineer Fall Mountain Paper Co., Westminster. Finlayson Malcolm, carpenter and repairer for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 40 Henry. Finn John, employee Fall Mountam Paper Co., h Back. Fisher A. H., (Flint & Fisher) manufacturer of wood pulp at Middlebury, Vt., h Westminster cor Atkinson. 3l8 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Fitzgerald Kate T., tailoress for C. E. Capron, bds Green cor Oak. Fitzgerald William, brakeman on SuU. Co. R. R., bds 38 Canal. FITZSIMMONS EDWARD, ship carpenter, keeps boats to let, employee C. V, R. R., h Rockingham. Fitzsimmons Edward B., molder, bds Rockingham. Fitzsimmons Henry B., laborer, bds Rockingham. Flanders Cornelia A., widow Edwin B., teacher in Bellows Falls Graded School, bds 18 Henry. Flavin Dennis, teamster, h 8 Cherry. Flavin James, aged 86, res. Atkinson st. Flavin John H., barber and hair dresser, The Square, cor Rockingham, bds Atkinson. Flavin Katharine M., book-keeper for D. W. Brosnahan, bds Cherry. Flavin Mary, widow of James, h Atkinson Flavin William, laborer, h Rockingham. Fleming Edward C, cashier for Conn. River R. R. freight office, bds Pine Hill. Fleming Samuel C, manager Crawford House, White Mountains, N. H., h Pine Hill. Fletcher Charles F., employee Moore, Arms & Thompson, h 46 Atkinson. Fletcher Charles L., merchant tailor, Rockingham, h 86 Atkinson. Fhnt Francis G., (Wyman Flint & Sons) treasurer Albion Marble Co., Center Rutland, bds 3 Westminster. Flint John W., (Wyman Flint & Sons) bds 31 Westmmster. Flint Wyman, (Flint & Sons) pres. Albion Marble Co., Green Mountain Pulp Co., Middlebury, Vt.. manuf. shoe pegs at Warrensburgh, N. Y., and ArUngton, Vt., h 31 Westminster. Flint Wyman & Sons, (Francis G. and John W.) manufacturers of tissue and medium weight manila paper, off Mill. Foley Michael, laborer, bds off Bridge. Foote E. C. & F. E., barbers and hairdressers. The Square. Foote Elias C, (E. C. & F. E.) h Atkinson. Foote Frank E., (E. C. & F. E.) h Atkinson. Foster George C, drives fish and oyster wagon for W. G. Blake, h Fleming place. Foster Marcia, widow of Edward, h Atkinson. Fountain Zeb, mason, h Ledge. French Charles, teamster, h Atkinson. French Edward F., carpenter and joiner, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h The Square. French Ira A., freight division agent, bds Towns Hotel. Frost Henry S., livery, sale, exchange and boarding stable, Rockingham, h Atkinson cor Williams. Fuller William H., carpenter and joiner, h Farr's block, Rockingham. Furlong Moses, hostler at C. W. Town's livery stable, bds do. Gale Ellen R., widow of Lyman C, saleswoman for Geo. O. Guild, h Henry. Gale George F., book-keeper for Geo. O. Guild, general subscription agent for periodicals and newspapers, bds Henry. Gallagher Thomas, railsmith helper, bds North Walpole, N. H. Gallagher Thomas H., brakeman, C. V. R. R., bds 38 Canal. GARMAN FRED C, (Robinson cV' Garmon) h 23 Henry. Gates Nathan P., freight agent Cheshire R. R., h 42 Canal. Gee Abigail A., widow of Samuel O., housekeeper, 121 Atkinson. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 3I9 George Frank A., constable and tax collector, h 30 School. GEORGE OZIAS M., dentist, Union Block, The Square, h 3 Hapgood. Gerrish James N., h back of public school. Gibson Charles H., clerk for Moore, Arms & Thompson, h 17 Henry. Gibson Clarence P., employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 78 At- kinson. Gibson Clement H., carpenter and joiner, h 24 Green. GIBSON WAYNE T,, mason, contractor, stucco worker and boarding house Westminster Court. Godsoe Alfred, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds School cor West- minster. GOODNOW CHARLES F., meat market, Rockingham, h in Westminster, Goodrich Solon F., summer residence, h Westminster. Goodwin James E., supt. Sullivan Co. and Vt. Valley R. R's bds Towns Hotel. Gordon Frank, stone mason, bds 19 South. Gorey Edward, brakeman C. V. R. R., bds 34 Canal. Gorman Edmund G., laborer, bds off Bridge. Gosselin Vincent, alio, physician and surgeon. Green, h next Universalist church. GOULD EDWARD W., hackman, carries mail from depot to postoffice, h 10 Rockingham, Gould Elmer E., carpenter and joiner, h 34 Canal. Gould Elmer Ellsworth, machinist, h Fleming Place. Gould Stillman, carpenter and joiner, h Williams. Gould William, boarding house. Gove Ezra Mylie, paper maker, h Prospect cor Gove. Gowing Emma L., widow of Benjamin, bds 26 Henry. Gowing Fred H., carpenter and joiner, h 26 Henry. Graham George C, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h Wells. Graham George D., employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h Wells. Grand Army Hall, Gray's block, The Square. Grant Charles A., clerk for L. G. & C. E. Howard, bds 50 Westminster. Graves Mary Ellen Mrs., boarding house, 11 Green. Gray Herbert S., clerk for O. D., bds t6 Henry. Gray Oscar D., dealer in ready-made clothing, hats and caps, gents furnishing goods and paper hangings. The Square, h 16 Henry. Griffin Mary, widow of James, h Rutland Patch. Grignon Joseph, paper maker, h Rockingham. Griswold Bros., (W. H. & Geo. L.) dealers in groceries and provisions, stone and glassware, 8 Westminster. Griswold Fred B., clerk for O. F. Woods, bds South. Griswold Geo. L., (Griswold Bros.) h 85 Atkinson. Griswold George S., retired dancing master, owns 40 acres in Pittsfield, Vt., h 85 Atkinson. Griswold Joseph H., carpenter and builder, h 18 South. Griswold WiUis H., (Griswold Bros.) h 85 Atkinson. Grogan Michael, helper in C. V. R. R. rail shops, bds off Bridge. Grover Charles F., manager W. LT. telegraph, bds Towns Hotel. Grover Zachary T., conductor Vt. Valley &: Sullivan Co. R. R., h 125 At- kinson cor Rockingham. Guild B. R. & Sister, (Lucy) millinery and fancy goods, 20 Rockingham. Guild Betsey R., (B. R .Guild & Sister,) 20 Rockingham. 320 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE — TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. GUILD GEORGE O., dealer in dry goods, general western rail road ticket agent, agent Grand Trunk and Hoosac Tunnel lines, agent Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York, Centennial block, The Square, h West- minster Terrace. Guild Lucy, (B. R. & Sister) h 20 Rockingham. Hackett James, molder, h William. Hackett Patrick, foreman Osgood & Barker's foundry, h 80 Atkinson. Hackett Thomas, shoemaker, h near Earle. Hadley Dorance T., carpenter, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h Westminster Court. Hadley Eliza H., widow of Frank P., h 8 Henry cor South. Hadley Emilv G., clerk at telephone exchange, bds Henry. HADLEY PRESTON H., cashier of Bellows Falls National Bank, h 21 Henry. Hadley Timothy T., stone mason, h Westminster Court. Hale George W., meat deliverer for Wheeler & Moody, h 13 Williams cor Atkinson. Hall Oscar E., carpenter and joiner, h Terrace. Hall WiUiam M., laborer, h to Atkinson. *HALLADAY A. A. & L. H., (of Springfield, Vt.) breeder Langshan fowls, 20 School. [Card on page 326]. HALL AD AY ALBERT A., (A. A. & L. H.) upholsterer and furniture dealer, 20 School. Hallahan Thomas, laborer, h off Bridge. Hallahan Thomas F., bilHng clerk V. V. & S. R. R., bds Bridge. Halloran Michael, laborer, h Canal. Hapgood Alice Miss, clerk for J. C. Day & Co., bds 26 School. Hapgood Ann L. Miss, h Westminster. Hapgood Charles, resident, bds 4 School. Hapgood Elbridge, carpenter, h 26 School. Hapgood George L., baggage master C. V., Conn. River, and Cheshire R. R's, h 26 School. HAPGOOD HARRY, (H. & Aldrich) bds 86 Atkinson. Hapgood Jerusha, widow of Charles, resident, h 4 Hapgood. Hapgood Jane Miss, principal of St. Agnes Hall, School. Hapgood Oscar E., clerk Cheshire R. R., bds 86 School. HAPGOOD & ALDRICH, (Harry Hapgood and C. Sumner Aldrich) whole- sale grocers and commission merchants, 17 and 19 Rockingham and 15 Canal. Harriman John E., clerk for M. M. Whitney, bds Henry. Harriman Selah D., (Harriman & Roche) hair dresser. The Square, h Flem- ing place. Harriman & Roche, (S. D. Harriman & J. F. Roche) manufs. and dealers in custom and ready-made boots and shoes, Westminster. Harris Edward N., meat peddlar for C. F. Goodnow, h 34 Canal. Harris Jack, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds The Square. Hart Jacob, laborer, h 10 Back. HART ORRIN W., packer for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Westmin- ster Court. Hart Oscar O., wheelwright, h 7 West. Hartley Maurice, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds off Bridge. Harvey Franklin K., clerk for J. C. Day & Co., bds 18 School HARWOOD ALBERT W., employee John T. Moore, h Center. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 32 1 Hassett James, laborer, bds Fleming place. Hassett John, laborer, h Russell. Hatch Clinton C, machinist, bds 7 School. Hawley Sarah, widow of Ira, resident, 30 Canal. Hayes Joanna Miss, manuf. of all kinds of natural hair goods, Canal, h do. Hayes John, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Canal. Hayes John, works in W. Russell & Co.'s paper mill, bds 41 Henry. *HAYES LYMAN S., fire, hfe and accident insurance agent, real estate agent, general western R. R. ticket agent, agent for White Star, Allan, and State lines of ocean steamers. The Square, h 5 Green. [Card on page 420.] Hayes Mary, (Mrs. Timothy) h Russell. Hayes Thomas, laborer, bds 41 Henry. Hayes William, works in Fall Mountain paper mill, bds 41 Henry. Hayes William H., machinist C. V. R. R., bds Wilson's block, The Square. Haywood Henry S., photographer with F. J. Blake, bds School. Haywood Ida, teacher in graded school, bds 78 Atkinson. Hazeltine George, hostler for E. W. Gould, bds Rockingham. Headle Elwin R., farmer, h School, served in Co. I, 2d Vermont Vols. Heale Oliver, invalid, h 9 Bridge. Hearney James, laborer, h Green. Hearney Michael C, deliverer for Keene Cash Grocery, bds 38 Canal. Heath Erving I., packer for Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 32 Green. Hecker Anthony, cigar maker for A. R. Winnewissers, bds Wilson's block. Heffron James, employee of John Robertson & Sons, bds 50 Green. Hemphill Oscar J., clerk for W. G. Blake, bds The Square. HENDERSON JOHN, stock keeper, Terrace Hill stock farm, h 9 Center. Henry George W., tanner and farmer, h The Square. Henry Walter A., telegraph operator, bds The Square. Hermand Didas, paper maker, h 3 Russell. Hermand Jean, laborer, h Williams. Hermand Joseph, laborer, h 3 Russell. Hermand Maxime, paper maker, h Williams. Herney Michael C, delivers for Keene Cash Grocery, bds 10 West st. Hewitt Robert, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., rear Mammoth block. Higgins Daniel, resident, h 15 Back cor Oak. Higgins Daniel P., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 15 Back cor Oak. Hildreth Edward W., carpenter and joiner, h 47 Rockingham. Hildreth Fred C, freight division agent C. V. R. R., h 47 Rockingham. Hinckley William F., hostler for Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, h Terrace. Hobson Fred H., employed Fall. Mountain Paper Company, house 8 West. Hobson Will, employee of Derby & Ball, bds West. Hogan Edward, track hand on C. V. & Sullivan R. R., house alley from School to Henry. Hogan Edward, Jr., employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds alley from School to Henry. Hogan John, machine tender for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds alley from School to Henry. Hogan John, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h School. Hogan Michael C., retired paper maker, bds Green. Hogan William, paper maker, h 41 Green. Holbrook Evaline, widow of Charles E., h 16 School. 21 32^ BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Holden Amos F., dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers, The Square, h Westmin- ster Terrace. Holden Sarah, widow, h 7 Williams. Holden Sarah, (Mrs. A. F.) millinery and fancy goods, The Square, h Westmin- ster Terrace. HOLDEN WILL. A., dealer in drugs and stationery, toilet articles, &c.,The Square, h cor Atkinson and School. Holehan Thomas, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 9 Bridge. Holland George D., agent for Sprague & Hathaway, portrait artists, bds 26 Henry. Holley Albert J., book-keeper Vermont Farm Machine Co r bds 9 School. HoUoran John, molder, h off Bridge. HoUoran James E., telegraph operator, bds off Bridge. Homans Arthur L., general foreman carpenter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Atkinson cor Terrace. Hooper Ira H., blacksmith, h New Terrace. Horton Elmer E., brakesman Vt. C. R. R., boards 38 Canal. Horton Stephen D., clerk for W. G. Blake, bds The Square. Howard Charles E., (L. G. & C. E. Howard) bds 50 \V^estminster. HOWARD DANIEL D., (Howard, Goodrich & Pierce) The Square, h 5 Hapgood. Howard Edward, 2d, paper maker, h 43 Henry. Hl)ward Edward, section foremen Vt. Valley R. R., h Elm. Howard Ernest C., clerk for L. G. & C. E. Howard, bds 50 Westminster. ' Howard Frazer, car inspector for Cheshire R. R., h 117 Atkinson. Howard Henry C, car inspector, Cheshire R. R., h School cor Westminster. Howard John, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds rear Bridge. HOWARD L. G. & C. E., dealers in heavy and shelf hardware, paints, oils, coal and farming tools. Mammoth block. The Square. Howard Lewis S., mason, h Center. HOWARD LUTHER G., (L. G. & C. E. Howard) first selectman, h 50 Westminster. Howard Robert, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds near Bridge. Howard Sumner, laborer, h Center. Howard Will^ carpenter and joiner, bds School. Howard Will ard H., Jr., carpenter and joiner, h 72 Atkinson. HOWARD, GOODRICH & PIERCE, (D. D. Howard, and R. W. Good- rich, Poultney, Vt., and F. G. Pierce) dealers in ready-made clothing, gents furnishing goods, hats, caps, boots and shoes, trunks, &c.. The Square. Howe Frederick S., resident, h 46 Canal. Howes Samuel E., harness maker for N. H. Cook, h Center. Hubbard Allen, clerk, bds 13 Atkinson. Hubbard Frederick J., manager of C. W. Towns's livery, h Walpole, N. H Hubbard Patrick, laborer, h Rockingham. HUDSON SULLIVAN, carpenter and builder, h Terrace. Hudson Willie S/, clerk for C. Chase, bds Terrace. Hughes Kate, tailoress, h cor Center and 8 Fleming Place. Hughes Patrick, shipping clerk, Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Back. Hume William, laborer, h 9 Williams. Hunt Horace, fish and oyster peddler for W. A. Straight. Huntley Martha L., widow of Levi, h 30 Cherry. Huntley Wesley M., truckman and wood dealer, h 82 Atkinson. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 323 Huntoon Harley J., gunsmith, h i6 Atkinson. Hurlburt Charles O., pattern maker for Osgood & Barker, bds depot restau- rant. Hurlburt Jed \V., employee Wyman Flint & Sons, bds 12 Atkinson. Hutchins Henry W., foreman of snath shop of Derby & Ball, h 44 Green. Hyde Russell Col., retired hotel keeper, h 4 School. Ingham Herbert, laborer, bds 29 Atkinson. Irving John, laborer, bds Rockingham. ISLAND HOUSE, Charles W. Towns, proprieter, Island Avenue. Jackson Helen L. B. Mrs., resident, 6g Atkinson. Jackson Marshall D., dealer in clocks, watches, jewelry, etc., 11 Hotel block, The Sqare, h do. Jacobs Frank C. Mrs., h 43 Henry. Jeffts Fred, paper finisher, bds Towns Hotel. Jenkins George O., carpenter, h Center. Johnson Content B., widow of Stephen S., resident, h South. Johnson Henry C, freight and ticket agent C. V. R. R., h 4 Hapgood. Johnson Hugh, porter Towns Hotel, bds do. Johnson Melvin, baggage master Cheshire R. R., h 62 Atkinson. Jones Frank, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Williams. Joyce James, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds School cor Back. Judd John B., car repairer C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. Kane Patrick, laborer, bds North Walpole, N. H. Keach Charles, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Wilson's block. Keach Fred, fireman Conn. River R. R., bds Witson's block. Keefe David, railsmith helper C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. Keefe Eugene, paper maker, h alley from School to Henry. Keefe Hannah, widow, h Wells. Keefe James, employee Wyman, Flint & Sons, bds 9 Bridge. Keefe Jane, widow of Owen, h 21 South. Keefe Jeremiah, teamster, bds Wilson's block. Keefe John, car inspector Vt. V. & S. R. R., h School. Keefe John, employee Wyman blint & Sons. Keefe John T., manufacturer and dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers, 30 Blake's block. The Square, h 21 South. Keefe Patrick, employee Wyman Flint & Sons, h 14 Back. Keefe Robert, employee of Derby & Ball, h Wells. Keene Cash Grocery, T. Sullivan, prop. Wilson's block. The Square. Keith David, blacksmith helper, C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. Kelley Hanora F., widow of John, resident, aged 79, h Bridge cor Elm. Kelley John, molder, bds 38 Canal. Kelley Morris B., dealer in groceries and provisions, canned goods, crockery, etc., Westminster, h 84 do. 1. Kemp Alfred, truckman, h Cana Kemp William O., express driver U. S. and Canada express, h Canal. Kennedy Harvey, baker, h Terrace. Kennedy John, brakeman Cheshire R. R., h Bridge. Keough Michael, railsmith C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. KEYES JOHN W^, D. M. D., dentist, office Times building, The Square, bds Towns Hotel, served in Co. F, 4th Vermont Vols., and Battery M, ist Vermont Heavy Artillery. Kidder Edward P., machinist, h 24 Henry. Kidder Gertie I., compositor in Times ofiice, bds 24 Henry. 324 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. KILBURN ALFRED G., house painter, glazier, and paper hanger, h 121 Atkinson. Kimball Fred H., freight clerk C. V. R. R.. bds 113 Atkinson. KIMBALL JEWETT P., laborer, owns h and 4 acres in Springfield, Vt., bds Prospect. Kimball George W., employee Derby & Ball, h 113 Atkinson. Kimball Perley L., clerk and salesman for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds g School. King Cornelius L., Washington. D. C, summer residence Terrace Hill. King Henry F., supt. Vermont Farm Machine Co., Mill St., h 3 Church, cor School. KING HIRAM, Jr., manuf. of marble monuments, headstones, tablets and all kinds of cemetery work, and dealer in granite, rear of L. G. & E. C, Howard's hardware store, h Westminster. King John, laborer, h Wells. Kingston Edwin, laborer, h off Wells, served in Co. C, 6th Vermont Vols. Kiniry Bartholomew, clerk for D. W. Brosnahan, bds Rockingham. Kiniry John, paper maker, bds Wilson's block. Kiniry Mary, widow of Daniel, boarding house, h Rockingham. Kiniry Thomas, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Bridge st. KINSMAN GEORGE H., mason and builder, h Westminster court. Knight Eugene W., dental student with O. M. George, bds Hapgood. Labaree James, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 5 Williams. La Bounty Edward, shoemaker, h Canal. LADD MARSHALL C, music, periodicals and every description of binding neatly executed, cor Henry and Atkinson, hzg Henr)'. Lally Florence, governess, 25 Henry. Landon Frank, Jr., car repairer, C. V. R. R , h 56 Atkinson. Lane Augustine, employee of Derby & Ball, h 118 Atkinson, cor Wells. Lane Clement G., butcher, h 100 Atkinson cor Williams. Lane Eliza W., (Mrs. C. G.) clerk for Royce & Dewey, h Atkinson cor Wil- liams. Lane Enos, night watchman engine house, C. V. R. R., h No. Walpole, N. H, Lane Lucy W., widow Carley, res. Atkinson. Largess Napoleon B., hair dresser, Towns Hotel, h Bridge cor Elm. Lathrop Anna, music teacher at St. Agnes Hall, bds do. Lawton Fred S , house painter and molder, h Gove, New Terrace. Lawton George S., carpenter and joiner, h New Terrace. Leavitt Agnes, teacher of painting and French at St. Agnes Hall, bds do. LEE ALONZO N., foreman John T. Moore's paper mill, h 48 Center. Leech Jeremiah, stone mason, h 48 Green, LEECH JERRY, job printer and night watchman, h i Prospect cor Gove. Leland Harlie A., tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 45 Rockingham. Leonard Eugene S., clerk Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 14 Atkinson. Leonard Frank H., employee of Derby & Ball, bds 118 Atkinson. Leonard George L., machinist, bds 14 Atkinson. Leonard Hannah M., widow of Spencer H., h 14 Atkinson. Lewis Henry C, mason, h 7 Terrace. Lewis , brick mason, h Back. Libbey Ira, day foreman Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Wilson block. The Square. Lindsey Walter J., deliverer for O. F. Woods, bds do. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 325 Linsley Lucy A., clerk for Royce & Dewey, bds Henry. *LIVERMORE BROTHERS, (F. S. & J. L.) job printers and dealers in wrapping papers, bags &c., The Square, opp Towns's Hotel. [Card on page 420.] LIVERMORE FRANK S., (Livermore Bros.) bds 64 Atkinson. LIVERMORE JOHN L., (Livermore Bros.) bds 64 Atkinson. LOCKVVOOD CHARLES H., (Lockwood & Wheeler) h School. Lockwood Charles Henry, meat cook Towns Hotel, bds h School. Lockwood Frank C. Mrs., clerk Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Cherry. Lockwood Lorenzo D., carpenter and builder. New Terrace. *LOCKWOOD & WHEELER, (C. H. Lockwood and E. L. Wheeler) car- penters and builders, New Terrace. [Card on page 420.] Lonargan Thomas, engine wiper, C. V. R. R., h Elm. Long Garrett, laborer, bds oft" Bridge. Long Richard, laborer, bds off" Bridge. Lord Willard H., employee Willard Russell & Co., h New Terrace. Lovell Fred L., livery and dealer in carriages etc., with L. T., bds do. Lovell Leverett T. 2d, deputy sheriff", chief of police, auctioneer and dealer in real estate, proprietor of livery and sale stables, dealer in carriages and wagons, manuf. of pure cider vinegar, prop, of meat market and farmer 370. Lovett George W., tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds School. Low Roswill, carpenter and joiner, boarding house, 38 Canal. Lucia Antoine, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Wells. Lucia Edmund, employee Fall Mountain Co., h Wells. Lucia Peter, laborer, h 6 Whitman's block, Canal. Lynch John, employee, Wyman FHnt & Sons, h 10 West. Lyon Fred B., clerk for L. G. & C. E. Howard, bds 50 Westminster. Mack Albert, truckman, h Atkinson. MANDIGO HORATIO N., manager Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, h Terrace cor West. Manning WiUiam H., carpenter and joiner, bds Westminster. Mansfield James, laborer, h Williams. Marble Marcellus W., blacksmith for Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 29 South. Marcy Charles C, hostler at Fall Mountain Paper Go's stable, h Bridge. Maroney Thomas, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds off" Bridge. Marion Eugene O., molding polisher, employee Lucia & Barber, bds Cherry. Marsh Amasa A., travelling agent for the White and New Home and other sewing machines, bds Westminster. Martin Clarke, foreman of pulp mill for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h alley from School to Henry. MARTIN JAMES H., blacksmith for F. R. Cobb, bds 38 Canal. Martin Murray E., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Oak. Martin George, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Canal. Martin William, employee H. S. Frost, h South. Mason John, teamster, h The Square. McAuliff Daniel, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rutland Patch. McAuHff" John, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 43 Green. McAuliff" Maurice, resident, h Rutland Patch. McAuliff" Michael, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Rutland Patch. McAuliff" Ellen, h Rutland Patch. 326 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. AT MY GREEN HOUSE, Will be kept a constant Supply of Cut Flowers, Designs of Flowers J Such as Crosses, Wreathes, Crowns, Pyramids, Baskets, Bouquets, &c , made up at the shortest notice arranged in the best style and at very moderate rate. Designs can be packed to be shipped to a reasonable distance with perfect safety. Full Line of House and Bedding Plants cheap. Also Breeder of I*ure L At all times. Send for Circular. BELLOWS FALLS, Blinds and Glass. Glaziing aod Repairiojr Promptly Done. On hand and furnished to order at short Notice. Stair Builders' Supplies, Cabinet Making and Repairing done to order. CAXAL STREJET, ^BELLOWS FILLS. VT.h .• ,S^ General Fire Insurance Agents •^OFFICE IN CENTENNmL BLOCK,^ BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 327 McCarty James, employee Fall Mountain River Co., h North Walpole, N. H. McCarty John, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds ii Back. McCarty Patrick, fireman Moore & Arm's paper mill, bds Wilson block. McCoffrey James E., tinsmith for A, H. & F. H. Brown, bds 4 Cherry. McDonald Arthur W., printer in Times office, bds 19 South. McDonald James H., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h North Wal- pole, N. H. McDonald John, laborer, rear of Mammoth block. McDonald Kerin, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h near Earle. McDonald Roderick, stone mason, h Bridge. McElroy Hugh L., musician in Wheeler & Maynard's orchestra, bds West- minster. McGinniss Austin, laborer, bds rear Mammoth block. McGreen Joseph, (McGreen & Broderick,) h 96 Atkinson. McGreen Kate, tailoress for C. E. Capron, bds Atkinson. McGreen Thomas, resident, h Atkinson. McGreen & Broderick, (Joseph McGreen and John W. Broderick,) general blacksmithing, Rockmgham. McLeod John, night watchman for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rockingham. McLeod John B., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds School cor. West- minster. McLEOD SIMON D., foreman Fall Mountain Steam Mill, Green, h 30 do. McLeod William, laborer, bds on lane from School to Henry. McLernan John, gardner for Terrace Hill stock farm, bds Wilson block. McLOUD ALEXANDER, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., No. 2, h Carey ave. McLunen Charles F., brakeman C. V. R. R., bds 38 Canal. McNamara James, laborer, h Elm. McNamara Michael, stone mason, bds Rockingham. McQuaid A.ndrew J., employee of Derby & Ball, h 108 Atkinson. Meacham Charles F., assistant postmaster, h 64 Atkinson cor School. Meacham Elizabeth A., widow of Dr. E. H., resident, 64 Atkinson. Meacham Sarah Miss, resident, 128 Atkinson. Melburn, laborer for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 5 Canal. Mellage Armidas, paper maker, h i Russell. MeUish Sarah E., widow of George H., boardmg house. Wood block, The Square. Merriam Henry W., drug clerk for W. A. Holden, h 18 Atkinson. Merrill Robert, carpenter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Mertz William W., clerk for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 4 School. Miller Edson W., freight division agent Chesire R. R., h Rockingham. Miller James, carpenter and joiner, h Terrace cor Center. MILLER MOSES, dealer in lumber, shingles, lath, dimension timber and builders' materials in general, owns 8 tenements and 2 vacant lots, h 2 Center. Miller William, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h School cor Back. MILLER WILLIAM A., manufacturer and dealer in tin, sheet-iron and cop- per ware, stoves, plumbing and furnace work, 9 Rockingham, h do. MITCHELL BROTHERS, (Frank A. and Joseph T.,) dealers in drugs and medicines, stationery, books, periodicals and artists' materials, 15 Hotel block. The Square. MITCHELL FRANK A., (Mitchell Bros.,) bds 9 School. 328 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Mitchell Herbert W., clerk Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 4 School. MITCHELL JOSEPH T., (Mitchell Bros.,) bds 9 School. Mitchell Julia V., widow of A. C, h 9 School. Mitchell Thomas, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rockingham. Monroe Addie E., milliner for Mrs. A. F. Holden, bds Atkinson. Moody Clarence H., (Wheeler & Moody) h 15 Atkinson. Moody Lewis, paymaster Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 48 Atkinson. Moore Albert C, (Moore, Arms & Thompson) h 18 School. Moore, Arms & Thompson, (A. C. Moore, Edward Arms, H. W. Thomp- son) manufacturers of manila paper, oft' Bridge. Moore Charles, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Moore Charles G., manager Fall Mountain boarding house, owns farm 141 in Pelham, N. H., h Island Avenue. Moore Herbert VV., engineer C. V. R. R. Rutland division, bds Wilson block, The Square. Moore John W., carpenter, bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Moore John T., manufacturer of tissue manila and toilet paper, h 70 At- kinson. Moore Joseph F., printer Times office, bds 37 Westminster. Moore Warren, paper maker at Claremont, N. H., h 19 Atkinson. Morand Edward^ niglit baggage master Conn. R., V. and Cheshire R. R., h North Walpole,^^. H. Morgan James B., farmer 118, h Rockingham. Morgan James L., with James B., farmer, h Rockingham. Morgan Quartus E., postmaster, h 55 Atkinson. Morgan William, stone layer, bds off Bridge. Moriarity Frank, carpenter, h 115 Atkinson. Moriarity Joanna, widow of John H., h 115 Atkinson. Moriarity Michael, employee of John Robertson & Son, h Canal. Moriarity Weston, teamster, 115 Atkinson. Morreau Frank, employee of John Robertson & Son, h 2 Canal. MORRILL JULIUS A., agent for Charles Scribner's Sons, h in Atkinson. Morrissy John, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds off" Bridge. Morse Harriet H., widow of L. A., resident, h Westminster cor Henry. Mosely George F., express messenger from Bellows Falls to Springfield Mass., h 123 Atkinson. Moulton Ansel A., carpenter and builder, h Westminster. Moulton Edward, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Center opposite Henry. Moynihan Jerry, night watchman, C. V. R. R. engine house, h North Wal- pole, N. H. MULQUEEN THOMAS, carpenter, joiner and builder, bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Murphy Edward D., news agent, Vt. Valley R. R., h Rockingham. Murphy John, railsmith C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. Muri)hy Owen, hostler for John Robertson, h 2 1 South. Murphy Patrick, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 11 Back. Nadon Salveny, employee of Russell & Co., h Russell. NATIONAL BANK OF BELLOWS FALLS, James H. Williams, presi- dent; Preston H. Hadley, cashier; Centennial block. The Square. Newcomb Helen, widow of C E., h 81 Atkinson. Nichols Elbridge G. Jr., employee Wyman Fhnt & Sons, h 25 School cor Green. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 329 Nichols Samuel, alio, physician, h 25 South. NICHOLS T. A., carpenter and joiner, h Westminster. Nickerson Warren A., harness maker, bds South. Nolan Charles, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 1 1 Back. NOURSE GEORGE R., paper maker, h Fleming place. Nutting Mary A., widow of William, h 19 Henry. O'Brien Edward, laborer, bds off Bridge. O'Brien John C, division freight clerk Conn. River R. R., agent .'Etna Life Insurance Co., office Centennial block, bds 60 Atkinson. O'Brien Michael, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rutland Patch. O'Brien Patrick, laborer, h off Bridge. O'Brien Patrick, railsmith helper, bds North Walpole, N. H. O'Brien Richard, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co,, h The Square. O'Brien Thomas, gardener, h 60 Atkinson. O'Brien William, employee Moore, Arms & Thompson, h 1 2 Back. O'Brien William A., student, bds 60 Atkinson. O'Brien Michael, blacksmith, h Rockingham. O'Connell James, employee, Moore, Arms & Thompson, h 18 Oak, O'Connell John, painter, h 18 Oak. O'Connell Michael, employee Moore, Arms & Thompson, h Earle. O'Connell Thomas, employee Derby & Ball, h 18 Oak. O'Connell William laborer, bds Rockingham. O'Connor Thomas, marble worker, bds 8 Cherry. O'Donnell John, fireman Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 1 1 Back. O'Laughlon James, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Westminster. O'Neil John^ laborer, h Fleming place. O'Neil Michael, baggage master on Cheshire R. R,, bds Wilson block. The Square. OBER HEZEKIAH, mason, h Fleming place. Ober William, brakeman on switch engine C. V. R. R., bds 38 Canal. Odd Fellows Hall, Mammoth block, The, Square, Olcott Elias, retired farmer 300, h 126 Atkinson. Olcott Oscar D., town treasurer, h 126 Atkinson. Olden Joseph J., carpenter and joiner, h 6 West. Osborn Abram, night superintendent Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Atkinson cor Terrace. Osgood Charles, fireman on Cheshire R. R., h New Terrace. Osgood Charles W., (Osgood & Barker,) h 7 Green. Osgood Charles W., carpenter and joiner, h Fleming. Osgood Edward G., student, bds 7 Green. Osgood & Barker, (C. W. Osgood) foundry Wells St., and machine shop Mill. OSMER GEORGE R., packer for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 26 Henry. Paige George, brick mason, h 2 Whitman's block. Canal. Paradis Frank, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h WiUiams. PARKER JAMES P., D. D.S., filling and therapeutical treatment of teeth a specialty. The Square, h 20 Atkinson. Parkinson Charles H., teamster, 16 Atkinson. Parkhurst Merrill R., machinist, bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Parks Jane, widow of William, h ^^ Rockingham. Parsons John F., clerk C. V. R. R. freight office, bds depot. Parsons William E., employee of Derby & Ball, bds Atkinson cor Williams. Partridge Charles F., printer Times office, h 9 Green. ;^^0 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Partridge James A., dealer in wood, h Terrace. Patrick Samuel H., employee freight department Conn. River and Sullivan Co. R. R., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Patterson John G., paper finisher for John Robertson & Son, h Westminster court. Pelsue William, conductor C. V. R. R., bds ^S Canal. Perkins Jared D., jeweler, bds Westminster. Perry Amasa R., carpenter and joiner, h Atkinson cor Williams. Perry Fred T., engineer Vt. Valley R. R., bds 54 Westminster. Persons John C, blacksmith, rnolder, h South. Phelan Daniel, night clerk Towns Hotel. Phelps Frank B., carpenter, bds 34 Canal. Phelps Henry A., carpenter, joiner and builder, h 30 Canal. Phelps Olney W., alio, physician and surgeon, 10 School, h do. Phelps Sarah A., widow of James H., h 9 School. Pierce Albert, paper maker Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 48 Canal. Pierce Frank G., (Howard, Goodrich & Pierce) h 13 Atkinson. Pierce Fred N., deliverer for Jas. O. Smith, bds Bridge. Pierce Garrett, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 14 Oak. Pierce John J., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 14 Oak. Pierce Margaret, widow of John, resident, 14 Oak. Pike Jesse, fireman, Moore, Arms & Thompson's paper mill, bds 38 Canal. Pike Loren, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain boarding-house. PIMER THOMAS K., foreman tin and iron department Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 45 Rockingham. Piper Simeon A., carpenter and joiner, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h Westminster court. Plum George A., employee of Derby & Ball, h White's block Fleming place. POLLARD ALPHONSO P., restaurant, dealer in confectionery, tobacco and cigars and canned goods, Canal St., h do. Poor Amos, painter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain board- ing-house. Pope George E., carpenter, h Lovell. Porter Peninah, widow of Tisdale, resident, 13 Back. Pratt Augustus H., carpenter and joiner, h 19 South. Pratt Daniel R., invalid, bds 9 School. Pratt George H., stationary engineer C. V. R. R. repair shops, h School cor Westminster. PROCTOR FREELAND E., locomotive foreman C. V. R. R., h 60 Green cor Rockingham. Prout Emma, teacher at St. Agnes Hall, bds do. Prouty Charles O., employee Derby & Bali, Fleming place. Prouty Herbert H., railroad engineer, h 3 Williams. Prouty James S., head clerk Towns Hotel, bds do. Prouty Oric, carpenter and builder, h 26 Green. Provo Oliver, manuf. and dealer in harnesses, Rockingham, h 26 Henry. PROVOST GEORGE H., packer for Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 26 Henry. Provost Willie, teamster, h Rockingham. PUNT GEORGE E,, brakeman for Vermont Valley R. R., bds 48 Canal. Punt Ida, (Mrs. George E.) milliner with Mrs. A. F. Holden, bds 48 Canal. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE — TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM, 33 1 Putney Bradley A., conductor Cheshire R. R., h 18 Green cor Oak. Quelters Patrick, employee John Robertson & Sons, h 50 Green. Quimby Willis C., tinsmith for A. H. & F. H. Brown, h 60 Green. Quinn Mary, widow of Patrick, h Westminster. Ramsey Ernest E., basket maker, bds 80 Atkinson cor Oak. RAND JOSEPH F., carpenter and joiner, h 13 Back. Randall Henry L., son of Shubael H., bds 33 School. Randall Shubael H., gentleman of leisure, h 32 School. Ranvill Fred L., gate tender Tucker bridge, and boarding house keeper, h 4 School. READ LAV ANT M., attorney and counselor at law. The Square, h West- minster Terrace. Ready Bartholomew, mason, h 34 Green. REED CLARA D., homeo. physician, 9 School, h do. R.eed Rosilva A., widow of Hammond, boarding house, 13 Back. Reed Emeline P., widow of Elisha P., h Williams cor Green. Redfield Horace M., dealer in groceries and provisions, Westminster, h Rock- ingham. REYNOLDS EDWARD Rev., pastor St. Charles Roman Catholic church, h 15 Green and 31 Cherry. Rhoads Louisa, widow of Willman B., h Green. Rice Christopher E., baggage master Rut. div. C. V. R. R., h 90 Atkinson. Richardson Samuel A., carpenter and joiner, and employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds Westminster court. Richmond John C, waiter at depot restaurant, bds do. Riley Bernard J., employee of John Robertson & Sons, bds North Walpole. Riley Daniel W., machine tender for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Rock- ingham. Riley Will, clerk for W. G. Blake, bds The Square. Roach James, laborer, bds Rockingham. Roberts Albert, laborer, h Wells. Roberts Daniel, paper maker, h 12 Back. Roberts Warren H., rector of Immanuel Episcopal church, h Church. ROBERTSON CHARLES E., (John Robertson & Son) h 44 Westminster. ROBERTSON JOHN, (John Robertson & Son) h 42 Westminster cor Hapgood. ROBERTSON JOHN & SON, (C. E.) manuf. of tissue manila paper, off Bridge st. ROBINSON JACK A., (Robinson & Garmon) h 60 Green cor Rockingham. ROBINSON & GARMON, (Jack A. Robinson & Fred C. Garmon) Blue Store, dealers in clothing, hats, caps, and gents' furnishing goods, The Square. Roche John F., (Harriman & Roche) bds 4 Cherry. Rochford Patrick, laborer, h rear of Mammoth block. Rogers George M., horse shoer, and hght jobbing, rear of 10 Rockingham, resides at Alstead, N. H. Rollins Albert, laborer, h Center. Rosebush Joseph, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co. Rosebush Joseph, Jr., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co. Ross Martin A., locomotive engineer C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. Ross Morris F., locomotive engineer C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H, Rowe Henry S., resident, 18 Green. Rowell Silas J., employee Terrace Hill Stock Farm, h Center. 332 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Rowell William E., teamster, bds Canal. ROYCE CYRUS, JR-, (Royce & Dewey) h 8 Henry ROYCE LA FAYETTE, clerk for O. D. Gray, and life, fire and accident insurance agent, h 87 Atkinson. ROYCE & DEWEY, (Cyrus Royce and Edson E. Dewey,) wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of staple and fancy dry goods, 13 Hotel block, The Square. Russell Elmira, Miss, bds 9 School. RUSSELL GEORGE K., (W. R. & Co.) h 19 School. Russell Levi A., invalid, bds 9 School. RUSSELL WILLARD, (W. R. & Co.) lives in Lancaster, Mass. RUSSELL WILLARD & CO., (Willard and George K. Russell,) manufac- facturers of wood pulp and manila paper, off Mill st. Russell William, retired paper manufacturer, h Atkinson cor Henry. Russell William A., president of Cheshire R. R., and president of Fall Moun- tain Paper Co., president of Bellow's Falls Canal Co. Russell Willie T., book-keeper for Willard Russell & Co., bds 19 School. Ryder Herbert D., A. M., principal of Bellows Fall High School, attorney at law, h 128 Atkinson. SAKER JOHN F., retired merchant tailor, h ;^8 Green. Sanders Betsey, widow of Solomon, h 20 School. SANDERS WILLIE F., foreman painter for Vermont Farm Machine Co., h North Walpole, N. H. Sargent William A., employee of Derby & Ball, h 108 Atkinson. Savage David, molder, h Wells. Sawyer Albert E., employee of Derby & Ball, bds Atkinson. Sawyer Charles H., toll gatherer at Conn. River bridge, h Church. Seward Charles D., truckman, h 104 Atkinson. Shaughnessy Patrick, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., and keeps boarding house, Elm cor Br dge. Shaughnessy Thomas, laborer, h 32 Green. Shaw Benjamin L., resident, h 116 Atkinson. Shea Jeremiah, paper maker, h Green. Shelley Sewell, laborer, h White's block, Fleming place. Sheridan Martin B., butcher, h 32 Canal. Sheridan Michael F., employee of Moore, Arms & Thompson, h New Ter- race. Sherman George, carpenter Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Fall Mountain boarding house. Sherman Clarissa, widow of Amasa, h 1 1 Bridge. Shipman James, carpenter Fall Mountain Paper Co., h ^3 Atkinson. Shippy Charles W., employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h South. Shippy Henry W., laborer, bds South st. Shuttleworth John, house painter, h 30 Center. Singer Sewing Machine Co., Alexander MacKay agent, 20 Rockingham. Slader Arthur R., clerk for Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds at depot restau- rant. Slader Henry L., book-keeper National Bank of Bellows Falls. SLADER ORVILLE L., depot restaurant and dining room, Depot. Slate George, retired, owns in Rockingham and Westminster farm 300, h 78 Atkinson. SLATE WILLIAM W., clerk for L. S. Hayes, bds 78 Atkinson. Slattery James, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 41 Henry. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. ^;^^ 'Slattery John, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds 41 Henry. Slattery Patrick, engineer of Fal! Mountain Paper Co., bds 41 Henry. SMART DELIA Mrs., tailoress and fruit stand, Westminster. Smith Alfred, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Russell. Smith Arthur A., carpenter, h 9 Williams. Smith EHsha B., retired carpenter, h 30 South. Smith G. Elmer, laborer, bds on The Square. Smith George S., house painter, h The Square. Smith Harry L., paper maker, bds 48 Westminster. Smith James O., meat market, dealer in all kinds of fresh and salt meats, lard and vegetables, 9 Bridge, bds Towns Hotel. Smith John J., carpenter and joiner, h Fleming place. Snow Duran L., employee Derby & Ball, h 125 Atkinson. Spafford George, resident, 29 Henry cor Atkinson. Spaulding Charles H. L., blacksmith, h Westminster. Spaulding Charles L.. resident. Center cor West. Spaulding D. Nelson, scenic artist, fresco and portrait painter, studio Pros- pect Hill, h do. Spaulding Daniel W., employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., h West- minster. SPAULDING DEXTER M., printing pressman, bds South Henry. Spaulding Hannah, widow of Benjamin, h 30 Canal. Spaulding J. Isabel Miss, compositor in T/mes office, New Terrace. Spaulding Walter S., carpenter and builder, h Center cor West. Spencer Mary J., widow of Joshua, resident, Williams. Spitzenberger Frank, works for J. Wilson & Co., h 7 Canal. Sprague Charles, fireman, C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. Spring Adelbert G., carpenter and joiner, h 46 Green. Spring Amanda M., widow of Horace B., resident, h South. Spring Goleno D , picture frame maker, h South. Spring John O., mason and builder, bds 61 Atkinson. Spring Seymour B., employee of F. M. Barber, h South. St. Agnes' Hall, select school for young ladies. Miss Jane Hapgood, prin., 11 School, h do. Stearns Lowell H., clerk for Osgood Si Barker, bds 7 Green. Stillman Seward W., clerk for George F. Woods, bds South. Stilwell Elias H., paper finisher for Moore, Arms & Thompson, bds 13 Bridge. Stone Addie P. Miss, saleswoman for George O. Guild, bds 9 Atkinson. Stone Emma C, widow of Orlando F., resident, 9 Atkinson. Stone George H., carpenter and joiner, h Oak. Stone Henry, brakeman, bds Westminster. Straight William A., carpenter and builder, dealer in fish and oysters, Rock- ingham, h South. Streeter Eugene, employee of Wyman Flint & Sons, h Atkinson cor Wells. Streeter Frank C., employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds White's block, Fleming place. Streeter Fred H., machinist, h 70 Westminster. Streeter Frederick C, teamster for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Canal. Strong Lewis R., carpenter and joiner, h Atkinson cor Williams. Strong Lycurgus, carpenter and joiner, h 11 Back. STUART SILAS W.. contractor and builder, h 24 Henry. Sullivan Charles, clerk at Keene Cash Grocery, bds Towns Hotel. 334 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAIVL Sullivan Cornelius, fireman on C. V. R. R., bds North Walpole, N. H. Sullivan Daniel W., fireman on C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. Sullivan James, engineer in C. V. R. R. 3'ard, h North Walpole, N. H. Sullivan John, employee of Wyman Flint & Sons. Sullivan Owen, switchman for Cheshire R. R., h 117 Atkinson. Sullivan Timothy, prop, of Keene Cash Grocery, The Square, h 30 Cherry. Supple Bartholomew, laborer, h Russell. Supple William, invahd, bds Green. *SWAIN ALBERT N., editor and publisher of Bellows Falls Times, Times block. The Square, h 35 Westminster. [Card on page 310.] Swam S. W., (Mrs. A. N.,) assistant editor of Bellows Falls Times, h 35 Westminster. Taylor Elvin S., freight clerk for Conn. R. R. R., h 8 Fleming place. Taylor Laura A., book-keeper for C. F. Goodnow, bds at North Walpole, N. H. Taylor William H., carpenter and joiner, h 7 Terrace. Tehan Patrick, paper maker, h School. Tehan Thomas, shoemaker, h Oak. Terrace Hill Stock and Milk Farm, H. N. Mandigo, manager. Terrace Hill. Thacher Henry O., driver of bakery team for H. L. Canedy, bds 5 Canal. Thayer Dorr M., salesman /or Hiram King, Jr., h Westminster Terrace. Thiboda Joseph, employee of Willard Russell & Co., h 72 Atkinson. Thomas Edward J., laborer, h 13 Williams. Thompson Arthur H., molder, h New Terrace. Thompson Horace W., (Moore, Arms & Thompson,) h Westminster, in Westminster Terrace. Thurston Andrew H., bds Wilson's block. Thwing John A., machinist, h 13 Atkinson. Tierney Patrick, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Rockingham. Timothy Fred, bricklayer, h Canal. Titer Henry, employee of H. S. Frost, bds Atkinson. Titus Henry A., passenger conductor on Cheshire R. R., h 64 Atkinson cor School. Titus Sumner C, shipper for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h South, n Atkinson. TOLL CHARLES, press tender Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Atkinson. Tole Charles W., carpenter, employee of Bacon Brothers, h North Walpole, N. H. TOWNS CHARLES W., prop, of Island House and Towns Hotel. TOWNS HOTEL, Charles W. Towns, prop., The Square. Townsend James, laborer, bds Center. Tracy Patrick, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., bds Rockingham. Travis John A., house painter, h 106 Atkinson. Turner Frank E., employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co.,. bds Rocking- ham. Twist Edward, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Oak. Tyler Michael, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., h near paper-mill. UNDERHILL ALANSON S., apiarist 4 swarms, gardener, employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 84 Atkinson. Underbill Elmer M., clerk for M. B. Kilby, h 20 Atkinson. Underwood George, carpenter and joiner, h Atkinson. Upham William H., dealer in sewing machines, Westminster St., h Atkinson. Vancor Henry H., laborer, h F'leming place. Vegnault Gregory, mason, h Wells. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 335 Vegnault John, laborer, h Wells. Vegnault Peter, laborer, h Canal. Vigneaugh Min, employee of John Robertson & Son, bds Canal. *VERMONT FARM MACHINE COMPANY, manufacturers of special dairy and farm implements, Nathan G. Williams, treasurer and mana- ger, Mill. [Card inside back cover.] Vigneu Thomas, laborer, h 3 Whitman's block, Canal. Vilas Samuel S., fire insurance agent, h 25 School cor Green. Vogle Herman, machinist, bds Bridge. WAITE CHARLES H., salesman for Howard & Goodrich & Pierce bds depot restaurant. Wales George R., salesman for George O. Guild, bds 79 Atkinson cor Oak, WALES STEPHEN R., blacksmith, h 78 Atkinson cor Oak. WALKER, DEWEY & BLAKE, (Alva Walker, of Boston, Edson E. Dewey, Charles M. Blake) proprietors of Bellows Falls Brewing Co., of Walpole, N. H. Walker Emily P., widow of Warren, resident. WALKER FRED W., employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., home Graf- ton St., bds 4 Cherry. Walch Henry F., painter, employee of Vermont Farm Machine Co., bds 13 Back. Walsh John, tailor, Gray's block, h 13 Back. Walsh William, laborer. Walsh William L., paper maker, h xi Center. Wardner Marshall, painter for Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 18 Henry. Ware Henry, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Russell. WARE SYLVESTER M., chair seating and repairing and basket maker, and dealer in fruits, nuts and confectionery, Canal, h do. WATERMAN AZRO B., house painter, h The Square. WATERMAN SARAH H., (Mrs Azro B.,) tailoress, h The Square. Weatherby Benjamin, overseer in George K. Russell's paper mill, Gove st. on New Terrace. Webb Joshua, truckman and lumberman, h Atkinson cor Russell. Weed Ellen M., compositor in Times office, bds 35 Westminster. Welch Frank C, tinsmith, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 15 Center. Welch George E., carpenter and joiner, h Rockingham. Welch James M., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 13 Back. Welch John, rail smith helper C. V. R. R., bds Wells. Welch Levi, laborer, h Russell. Wells Edward, shoemaker, h Walpole, N. H., works for C. E. Holbrook. Wells Plenry, retired civil engineer, h 1 1 r Atkinson. Weston George A., (Bridgeman & Weston) h in Westminster. Wheeler Almira P., (Mrs. Frank W.,) bds Center. Wheeler Charles L., machinist for Osgood & Baker, h 87 Atkinson. Wheeler Charles P., (Wheeler & Moody) h 112 Atkinson. WHEELER EDMOND L., (Lockwood & Wheeler) h New Terrace. Wheeler George B., prop, of Wheeler's steam laundry, Rockingham, h do. WHEELER GEORGE D., hair dresser, bds 32 Green. Wheeler Henry A. Dea., store-keeper for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 11 Center. Wheeler John, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h Atkinson, Wheeler Joseph L., retired carpenter, h 87 Atkinson, 336 BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE — TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Wheeler Willis S., blacksmith, h Lovell. Wheeler & Moody, (C. P. Wheeler and C. H. Moody) meat market, all kinds of fresh and salt meats, Westminster. Wheeler's Steam Laundry, G. B. Wheeler, prop., Rockingham. Whitcomb George W., fireman C. V. R. R., h North Walpole, N. H. White Alfred W., employee of Derby & Ball, bds 118 Atkinson. White George, fireman Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. . White James, laborer, h Wells. White Luthera E. Mrs., boarding house, 70 Westminster. White Michael, laborer, h T04 Atkinson. White Wallace, draughtsman for Osgood & Barker, h alley from School to Henry. WHITE WILLIAM L., alio, physician and surgeon and owner of White's block, bds Towns Hotel. Whitman Frank, alio, physician and surgeon and prest. of U. S. board of examining surgeons for pensions, The Square, h 20 Henry. WHITMAN IRA E., carpenter and joiner and general jobber, h 10 At- kinson. Whitman Orrin H., manuf. of carriages, wagons, sleighs, and genera! repair shop, Rockingham, h Oak cor Green. Whitney C. R., blacksmith for Derby & Ball, h 108 Atkinson. Whitney George T., book-keeper for M. M., bds 62 Atkinson. Whitney Jed. D., clerk for Hapgood & Aldrich, bds Atkinson. WHITNEY MARSHALL M., dealer in flour, groceries and provisions, fruits, etc., 11, 13 and 15 Westminster, h 62 Atkinson. Whitney Milo E., paper maker for John T. Moore, h Oak. Wilder Emma A., compositor in Times office, bds 35 Westminster. Wilder John, makes concrete floors, walks and drives, and jobber in stone- work and general jobber, building mover and farmer, 130 h Atkinson. Wilder Willie, carpenter and joiner, bds Atkinson. Willard Henry, employee of Derby & Ball, bds Atkinson. WILLIAMS CHARLES H., (Williams & Co.,) h 6 Cherry. Williams Charles F., employee of Derby & Ball, bds ti8 Atkinson. Williams Francis M., widow of James H., resident, h Westminster cor Henry. WiUiams Henry C, carpenter and joiner, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co., h Gove, New Terrace. Williams Herbert A., miller, bds 61 Atkinson. WILLIAMS JAMES N. H., prest. Bellows Falls National Bank, h 5 Henry. Williams John H., treas. of Bellows Falls Savings Institution, h Westminster cor Henry. WILLIAMS NATHAN G., manager and treas. Vermont Farm Machine Co., h 77 Atkinson cor Oak. *WILLIAMS & CO., (C. H. Williams) dealer in cotton and woolen rags and all kinds of paper stock at wholesale, 15 Bridge. [Card on page 420.] Willson Ellsworth C., employee of Derby & Ball, h Wells. Willson Frederick A., clerk for J. Willson & Co., bds 13 Henry. Willson Frederick M., (J. Willson & Co.) h .-3 Henry. Willson J. & Co , (J. & F. M. Willson) wholesale and retail dealers in flour, grain, feed and lime, Depot. Willson Joseph, (J. Willson & Co.) h 31 School. Wilmarth John, teamster, h 56 Westminster. Wilmarth Mary, widow of Daniel, h 56 Westminster. Wilson Charles H., painter and paper hanger, h School cor Westminster. BELLOWS FALLS VILLAGE — TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. 337 Wilson L. Elliot, paper maker, h New Terrace. Wilson Herbert F., employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 112 Atkinson. WILSON LYDIA S., widow of Henry P., boarding house, The Square. Wilson Nelson, boarding house, h Atkinson cor. Williams. Wilson Walter P., machine tender Fall Mountain Paper Co., h 3 Prospect, New Terrace. Winchester Harry, carpenter Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Westminster. WINNEWISSER ALBERT R., manufacturer of cigars and wholesale and retail dealer in cigars, and retailer of tobacco and smokers goods. The Square, h Canal. WINNEWISSER AUGUST F., dealer in furniture, crockery, glassware, carpets and paper hanging, The Square, bds 48 Canal. Wolf Marion P., widow of H. H., h 7 West. Wolf Mary C, widow of Richard, h 14 Back. Woodbury Daniel E., employee of James O. Smith, bds Wilson's block. Woods George F., drugs, medicines, books, stationery and periodcals, West- minster, h South. Woods Orsamus F., wholesale and retail dealer in groceries and provisions, flour and kerosene oil, The Square, h 3 Henry. Wright Fred A., machinist Westminster St., house on the line between West- minster and Rockingham. Wright George A., R. R. engineer, h West cor Center. Wright George E., teamster for Bellows Falls grist-mill, bds 4 School. Wright John W., carpenter and joiner, h 18 Atkinson. Wright Joseph H., carpenter and joiner, C. V. R. R., h 96 Atkinson. Wyman Benjamin F., cabinet maker, bds North Walpole, lives in Chester, Vt. Yeager Silas P., repairer and carpenter for Fall Mountain Paper Co., h School cor Westminster. Young Alfred, laborer, h Wells. Young Edward O., freight conductor, Rutland division C. V. R. R.,h7i Atkinson. Young Frank, employee Fall Mountain Paper Co., h Williams. Young Frederick N., machinist, h 72 Atkinson. Young James W., deUverer for O. S. Woods, bds do. 22 ^^S BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. BRATTLEBORO VIL- LAGE. TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. {I^or explmiaiions^ etc., see page 305.) Abbott David A., retired, h 4 Canal. Adam Frank, laborer, bds Elliot. Adams Eugene, clerk for C. F. Thompson & Co., h Grove. Adams Frank, plumber, bds 9 Green. Adams Hugh M., clerk at W. W. Lynde's. Adams John C, clerk, bds 18 Green. Adams Leroy F., (E. Crosby & Co.) h Grove. Adams Lucius W., clerk for Crosby & Co., bds Elliot. ADAMS WINTHROP H., carpenter and joiner, h 29 Washington, cor Prospect. AHER TIMOTHY, carpenter at Vermont Asylum for Insane, h Forest. Ahem Daniel W., cigar maker, h Vernon. Ahem Joanna, widow of William, h Vernon. Ahrens William, cigar manufacturer, h 58 Elliot. Akley Clark B., laborer, h South Main. Alden Lewis P., (Alden & Frost,) residence in Centerville, outside of cor- poration. Alden & Frost, (Lewis P. Alden and Horace P. FrostJ manufacturers of cigars and dealers in tobacco. Main st. Aldrich Charles B., carriage ironer, h Clark. Alexander Henry W., music teacher, bds Canal. Alexander Willard H., retired gardener, aged 78 years, h 36 Canal cor Clark. ALLEN ALEXANDER G., gardener and farmer 8 acres, h r 51. *ALLEN CHARLES E., florist and seedsman, grower and dealer in garden, flower and vegetable seeds, roses, verbenas, geraniums, and other plants, all kinds of small fruits, Dutch bulbs and cut flowers, 64 Canal st. [Card on page 358.] Allen George, laborer, h Washington. Allen George E., employee of B. & W. R. R. Co., h Washington. Allen George G., farmer 5 acres, h 66 South Canal. Allen Henry J., peddler and farmer 9, h r 51. Allen I. K. & Co., (Isaac K. Allen and Frank H. Stickney,) dealers in lum- ber, lath and shingles, Flat st. Allen Isaac K., (I. K. Allen & Co..) h Esterbrook ave. Allen James M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Birge. Allen John H., works for J. Estey & Co., h 19 South Main. ALLS HORACE, poHceman, h 32 High. Alvord Abner O., carpenter, h Elm cor Frost. Amadon Jerome, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Birge. BRATTLEBOkO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO, 339 Amadon Julius, wheelwright, h lo Prospect. Amadou Julius M., wheelwright, h Chase. Amidon Ephraim R., carpenter, h Maple. AMERICAN HOUSE, J. H. Matthews, prop., Main st. Amsden Thomas O., invalid, h Clark. Anderson August, laborer, h 19 Washington. ANDERSON JOHN F., (Anderson & Reed,) h Elliot. *ANDERSON & REED, (John F. Anderson and Elmer R. Reed,) plumbers, steam and gas fitters, and manufacturers of steam and gas fittings, Flat St. [Card on page 374.] Apfelbaum Emil, organ shipper for J. Estey & Co., h 24 Western ave. Applin Edgar M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. Archer Samuel, Drop, boarding-house, Elliot. ASHCRAFT HARRIET, widow of Amos D., h 24 Washington. Ashton James, laborer, h Vernon. Ashton John, laborer, h Vernon. Atherton Edward H., book-keeper, bds Elliot. Atherton Hannah, widow of Humphrey, h Elliot. ATKINS HENRY C, prop, of livery and boarding stable, near Harmony block, residence Crosby block. Atwater Jason, teamster, h Vine St., Esteyville. Atwood Albyn E., printer, h 11 Western ave. Atwood Ann, widow of Edwin R., washer, h 18 Green. ATWOOD WARNER C, house painter, paper hanger, etc., rear of Town Hall, h 5 Cedar. Auburn Lewis, cigarmaker, h Grove. August Norman, tailor, h 57 Elliot. Austin Jonathan, retired farmer, aged 87. AUSTIN KATIE M., librarian of Brattleboro Free Library, bds Grove. Austin Martin, blacksmith, h Grove. Austin Mary, widow of Patrick, h Vernon. Austin Morris, laborer, h Elliot. Austin Patrick, switchman N. L. N. R. R., h Vernon. Austin Thomas, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Western ave. Austine William Col, retired army officer, boards at Brooks House. Avery Emma A., widow of Thomas, millinery and fancy goods, Bank block, Elliot cor Main, h 25 High. Ayers Freeman, laborer, h Central. Bagg Francis A., works for J. Estey & Co., h 13 Washington. Bailev C. W. & Son, (Chester W. and Isaac D.,) general blacksmiths, 65 Elhot. Bailey Chester W., (C. W. Bailey & Son,) h ElHot. Bailey Isaac D., (C. W. Bailey & Son,) h Elliot. Bailey Julia H., compositor, h Elliot. BAILEY OSSIAN F., organ tuner for J. Estey & Co., since 1865, h 56 Canal. Baker George, peddler, h Maple st., Esteyville. Baker John, laborer, h Vernon. Baker John G., laborer, bds Canal. Baker Michael, laborer, h Elliot. Baker Michael, farmer 50, h Canal. Baker Michael J., works for J. Estey & Co., h Canal. Baker Patrick, laborer, h Vernon. 34° BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Baker Patrick M., clerk at Lillis & Smith's, bds Vernon. Baker Robert H., barber and hair dresser, 39 Main, h School. Baldwin Albert, dealer in organs, h Cedar. Bangs Herbert, resident, h 38 Green. Baldwin James M., employee of Smith & Hunt, bds American House. Bardwell George C, clerk for W. Bemis, h Reed. Bardwell George C., laborer, h South Main. Bardwell James A., telegraph operator, office at depot, h Elliot. Bardwell William, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 59 Canal. Barker Augustus A., (Barker & Moody,) blacksmith, h Brattleboro House. Barker Martha, resident, h Asylum st. Barker & Moody, (Augustus A. B. and William H. M.,) boarding house, old Brattleboro House. Barnard Sarah, widow of Edward, bds Maple St., Esteyville. Barnard Thomas W., dealer in dry goods, small wares and laces, 4 Crosby block, h Main. Barnes Edward P., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 55 Elliot. Barraby Triffley, laborer, h Pine. BARRETT CHARLES E., manuf. of paper and special .machinery, and screen plates, Main st.. h 32 Canal. Barrett Emerson B., laborer, h Central cor Thomas. Barrett George A., employee of J. J. Estey, h 38 Green. Barrett Lockhart H., carpenter and joiner, h 7 Canal. BARROWS EDWARD B., dealer in coal, 3 Main, bds 8 Walnut. BARROWS FLETCHER K., dealer in fancy dry goods, and small wares 107 Main, bds High. Barrows Peleg, dealer in dry goods. Brooks block, h 8 Walnut. Bassett Frank J., harness and trunk repairer. Main, h Clark. Bates William, cigarmaker, h 40 Green. Bates William R., works for Smith & Hunt, h 20 Canal. Batchelder Sewell D., laborer, bds Canal. Bean Charles, laborer, h Washington. Behrens Henry, works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. Bement Daniel H., organ tuner, h 54 Canal. Bement Milton A., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 54 Canal. BEMIS WILLIAM L., house and sign painter, ornamental painting, grain- ing, paper hanging, frescoing, i Market block, Elliot, h 25 Green. BEMIS WILLIS, agent- U. S. & Canada and American Express Com- panies, office High st.. Brooks House block, h 3 Walnut. Benjamin Roxana F., widow of Russell, h 7 Walnut. Bennett Ascenath Miss, Main, h 35 Green. BENNETT FRANKLIN E., organ tuner, h 31 South Main. Bennett William F., painter, h Elm. BERRIE JOHN, overseer of bakery at Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds at the Asylum. Bickford Charles J., works for J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. Bigelow Addie, miUiner, h School. Bigelow Addie H. Miss, milliner for Mrs. E. A Avery, bds Elliot. Bigelow Annie Mrs., boarding house, Elliot. Bigelow Susan, employee of J. Estey & Co., h School. BINGHAM BENJAMIN F., principal of Brattleboro graded school, h 43. Green. Bingham Charles F., clerk, bds 43 Green. BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 34I Bingham Elihu H., carpenter and engineer, h 17 Washington. Bingham Marshall W., carpenter, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. Blanchard Albert, works for J. Estey & Co.. Estey st., Estewille. BLISS FRANK H., (Drown & Bliss) bds Brooks House. ' Bliss Frank M., laborer, h Brattleboro House. BLISS GEORGE A., prop, dining and oyster rooms, oysters by quart, gallon or plate, also dealer in fruits, confectionery, teas, coffees, cigars, etc., 42 Main, h 55 Main. Bliss George W., engineer, h Washington. BLISS HARRISON D., veneerer for J. Estey & Co., soldier 21st Regt. In- fantry, wounded twice, h Central. Blondin Daniel D., carriage, sign and ornamental painter, h 82 Elliot. Bly Charles H., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Elliot. Bohrman William C, (Boyce & Bohrman,) h Brook road, outside of corpo- ration. Bond George H., works for J. Estey & Co., h Thomas. BOND HENRY E., undertaker and embalmer, dealer in coffins, caskets, robes, etc., 40 Main, h 25 South Main cor Pearl. Booth x\rthur, laborer, h 84 Frost. Bowker L. Fay, employee of Estey Organ Co., bds 42 Main. Bowler James, watchman for J. Estey & Co.,h Birge. Bowler James C, organ tuner, bds Birge. Bowler Mary, type setter, bds Birge. Bowler Morris, laborer, h South Main. Bowman Francis, laborer, h Brook road. Bowman Frank, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Brook road. Bowman William, cigarmaker, bds Brook road. Boyce James, retired weaver, h Birge. Boyce James, Jr., painter, bds Birge. Boyce Joseph B., (Boyce & Bohrman,) h 48 Green. Boyce Samuel, cigarmaker, h Grove. Boyce William, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Birge. BOYCE & BOHRMAN, "(Joseph Boyce and William C. Bohrman,) cigar manufs., wholesale and retail dealers in imported and domestic cigars, pipes, tobacco and snufif, 34 Main. BOYDEN GEORGE A., 2d selectman and farmer 100, of estate of Hollis Boyden, in Guilford, h Walnut. Boyden Irene, widow of Elihu W., h 34 Canal. Boyden Sarah A. Miss, artist, crayon work, h 34 Canal. Boynton Austin F., dealer in boots and shoes, 12 Main, h Grove. Brackett Charles, machinist, bds Canal cor Clark. Brackett Charles, employee of J. Estey «S: Co., bds Vernon st. Brackett Dana F., employee of J. Estey «& Co., h 52 Canal. Brackett Edwin C, works for Smith & Hunt, h 19 South Main. Brackett Fred H., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Canal cor Clark. Brackett Sophronia, widow of Frank, h 75 Main. Brackett William H., book-keeper, bds 52 Canal. Brackett Willie, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Vernon st. Bradley M., (Mrs. Charles,) h Green. Bradley Richards, trustee Vermont Insane Asylum, breeder of grade Guernsey cattle, farmer, leases of Mrs. Bradley 1,000, h north of North St., winter residence 122 Commonwealth ave., Boston, Mass. Bradley Russell C, house painter, bds Clark. 342 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. The Leading dountPiI Weel^lij of fleW England. -"iidd^ ►— »-H »»►- oliiis (i( Id ilws Im W! THE LMGEST, CHEEPEST END BEST IN VERMONT <«« — — ►— — « >»» WINDHAM CO. REFORMER, BRATTI.EBORO, VT., Circ-u-la-tiooriL ■i,-iOO. C. H. DAVENPORT, Manager REFORMER, State Edition, BRATTLEBORO, VT., Clrc-Ln-la-tioii l,SCO. W. H. SPEAR, Manager. FRANKLIN CO. REFORMER, GREENFIELD, MASS., Circxila-tioii. 3,700. W. S. CARSON, Manager. BENNINGTON CO. REFORMER, I BENNINGTON, VT., J Circtn-la-tODri. 1,300. J. H. LIVINGSTON, Manager PrnpriEtnrs, FOUR Branches OR Editions. THEEE Distinct Printing Offices. C. H, DAVENPDRT & CD,; -^mi^ )») » Original Cartoous, both Local Hits and Political Satires, Portraits of Local and State Notabilities. Original Literarj% Scientific, Agricultural, Religious and Home Departments. Comprehensive as a General Newspaper, Progressive in Thought, Fearless in Editorial Discussions, the Original Advocate of Tax Reform in Vermont, its Success lias been Unprecedented in Country Journalism. 'Ei|er (STATE EDITION,) DEVOTED TO STATE NE%VS. The most Thorough and Carefully Edited of the State newspapers. A News Bureau in each County. Full of Original Features, Historical, Biographical and Pictorial. In all four of these 'papers, securing a circulation of 12,000, readers probably numbering more than 100,000 extending through a territory whose population is nearly 400,000, for only 16 1-2 Cents per Hue, nonparicl, (7 Avords,) One Week. 545 a " a ^ a ■> tt ' Oiie Month. Jt^^Large and Completely appointed Job Printing establishments connected with each of our offices. BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 343 Bradley Susan M., widow of J. Dorr, h North. Bradley William Czar, A. M., teacher of Greek at Brattleboro high school, h North. BRASOR EGBERT, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 80 Frost. Brasor Frank H., organ tuner for J. Estey & Co., h 17 Grove. Brasor Hattie E., music teacher, bds 80 Frost. Bratcher Joseph, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Brook road. BRATTLEBORO FREE LIBRARY, at Towu Hall, Katie M. Austin, librarian. Brattleboro Gas Light Co., H. D. Holton, pres.; O. D. Esterbrook, vice- pres.; C. F. Thompson, treas., near depot. Brattleboro Ice Co., (Eugene Frost and Enos White,) office 80 Flat. BRATTLEBORO PAPER MILL, Timothy Vinton, prop.. South Main cor. Canal. BRATTLEBORO SAVINGS BANK, B. D. Harris, pres.; O. D. Ester- brook, vice-pres.; C. W. Wyman, treas.; C. A. Harris, asst. treas., Main. BRATTLEBORO TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, (F. W. Childs, W. H. Childs and A. W. Childs,) 8 Crosby block, (2d floor.) BRATTLEBORO TOOL COMPANY,;. L. Martin, pres. ; C. F.Thomp- son, sec'y and treas. ; William Steers, supt. ; manuf. of metaUic composite bench planes, adjustable extension bits, and other tools, Frost st. Brayum B., cigarmaker, rooms Tyler block. Main. Breen John, laborer, h Vernon. Bresson Catharine, widow of Cornelius, h Grove. Briggs Charles R., organ finisher, h High. Brimhall Henrietta, (Mrs. J. L.) dressmaker, h 49 Elliot. Brimhall Jonathan L , laborer, h 49 Elliot. Brooks Edwin F., (Brooks & Taylor) supt. of Brattleboro & Whitehall R. R., station agent, freight and ticket agent, h High. Brooks Ellen M., bds at Brooks House. Brooks Francis W., vice-president of Vermont Savings Bank, and owns farm in N. H., h Park avenue. BROOKS GEORGE J., owner of Brooks House, bds do. Brooks Herbert F., commercial traveler, bds 7 Canal. BROOKS HOUSE, F. Goodhue, prop., livery connected, Main st. BROOKS MARY A., widow of John, farm 30 acres, h 18 South Main. Brooks Simon, apple grower, farmer 135, hr 51. Brooks Warren W., butcher, bds 14 Clark. Brooks Wells S., gardener, h r 51. Brooks William, h 14 Clark. BROOKS & TAYLOR, (E. F. B. and J. A. T.,) trucking office, rear Brooks House. Brosnahan Daniel, teamster, h Elliot. Brosnahan Michael, laborer, h Elliot. Brown Albert G., machinist, h Grove. Brown Ann E., widow of Rev. Addison Brown, h Grove. BROWN C. L. & SON, (Chester L. and Cyril F.,) dealers in furniture, under- takers and embalmers, also dealers in carpets, undertaking and embalm- ing a specialty, liberal inducements to parties out of town, ware rooms 2, 4 and 6 Main st. BROWN CHESTER L., (C. L. Brown & Son,) h 2, 4 and 6 Main. BROWN CYRIL F., (C. L. Brown & Son) h 2, 4 and 6 Main. Brown Edward F., teller Vermont National Bank, h Grove, 344 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Brown Emily H., dressmaker, h lo Clark. Brown George W., machinist, h Brook. Brown Henry, sawyer for J. Estey & Co.^ bds with David Ellis, Maple st. Brown = , widow, h Elliot Brown I., farmer 40, h Asylum st. BROWN JOHN S., retired, h Elliot. Brown Richard A., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 63 Frost. Brown Samuel A., general blacksmith, Asylum st., h do. Brown Samuel D., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 69 Frost. Brown Thomas, butcher, h Elliot. Brown William M., employee of J. Estey & Co.,h Canal. Browne Albert G., machinist, h 12 Grove. Brownell Alice M., clerk at O. J. Pratt's, bds Atwood lane. Brownell Mary, widow of Charles, h Atwood lane, Bruce Charles W., medical student, room 25 Elliot. Bruce Frank P. D., clerk at Allen's green house, bds Chestnut st. BRUCE MARTIN L , physician and surgeon, office and residence 25 Elliot, Bruce Thomas W., works for J. Estey & Co., h 18 Green. Bulkley William G., carpenter, h Washington. Burdett Maria, widow of Lewis M., h Clark. Bardwell Lucius, slater, h 93 Frost. Burgess Loring, traveling salesman, bds American House. Burke Howard M., proprietor livery and boarding stable, EUiot St., rear Cros- by block, bds American House. Burlingame Mary C, proprietor boarding house. South Main. Burnap John W., (Heustes & Burnap,) h i Canal. Burnett Frank L., organ tuner, bds 60 Canal. Burnett George W., dealer in organs, bds 60 Canal. BURNETT IRA F., supt of tuning dep't of J. Estey & Co.'s organworks, h 60 Canal. Burnham Burton A., retired farmer, h 22 South Main. Burnham David A., works for J. Estey & Co., h 29 South Main. Burnham Fred, baker, bds Canal. Burnham George W., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Birge. Burnham Henry, (Burnham & Willis,) h 18 Main. Burnham Mary H., teacher of instrumental music, h 18 Main. Burnham & WiUis, Henry B. and Masa W., manufacturers and dealers in pumps, brass founders, dealers in lead and iron pipe. Grove st. Burns (reorge H., h 25 Washington. Bushnell Edward, compositor, owns farm 100 acres in Guilford, h 50 Elliot. Butler Charles, laborer, h Elliot. Butler John, laborer, h South Main. Butler William, laborer, h 16 Canal. BUTTERFIELD ABNER L., reed filer, was a soldier in Co. H, U. S. sharp- shooters, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. Butterfield Ora M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Thomas. Butterfield Oscar B., (Harris & Butterfield,) h junction Main and Asylum. Cabot Norman F., treasurer Vermont Savings Bank, h 6 The Terrace. Cady Henry, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Chestnut st, Esteyville. Cain James, h Washington. Cain John, laborer, h Elliot. Cain John T., machinist, h Elliot cor Flat. Cain Thomas, house painter, 36 Main, h Birge. BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 345 Cain William, works for J. Estey & Co., h Brook road. Caldwell Franklin P., hostler, bds 21 Washington. CAMPBELL EZEKIEL B., formerly engaged in insurance business, now dealer in real estate, h School. Canfield James, laborer, h Reed. Capin Lucy A., widow of Alexander, h 14 Prospect. Carey David, helper at freight office, h Elliot. CAREY EDMUND, baggage master, agent for Inman and White Star line of steamers, sells drafts on National Banks of Ireland and England, and all their branches, h i Vernon. Carey Marvin G., carpenter, h Elliot. Carlson Rudolph, cigar maker, h 58 Elliot. Carlton Alonzo M., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 19 Canal. Carlton Andrew G., conductor, Sullivan Valley R. R., h Clark. Carney John, porter at Brooks House. Carpenter Darwin E., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Vine, Esteyville. CARPENTER EDWARD J., dealer in newspapers, periodicals, books, sta- tionery, toys, Harper's Bazaar patterns, etc., 3 Market block, Elliot st, h 19 High. CARPENTER EDWIN P., (E. P. Carpenter Organ Co.,) bds Brooks House. ^CARPENTER E. P. ORGAN CO., E. P. Carpenter, pres. ; George E. Crowell, treas. ; Charles H. Davenport, sec'y ; manufs. of organ actions and cabinet organs. Flat st. [Card on page 374.] Cathan Amandrin, carpenter, h 20 High. Cavanagh Daniel, works for J. Estey & Co., bds with John. Cavanagh John, laborer, h Brook road. Cavanagh John, Jr., machinist, bds with John. CHAMBERLAIN BELA N., dealer in hats, caps, furs, robes, trunks, gents' furnishing goods, etc., 2 Brooks block, h 41 Green. Chamberlain Edwin, laborer, bds Birge. CHAMBERLAIN HERBERT B., clerk for Bela N., bds 41 Green. Chamberlain Lucy, widow of Oliver C, bds 27 South Main. Chandler Carmine, laborer, h Spring. Chandler George H., fireman. Conn. R. R. R., h Elliot. Chandler Isaac G., retired, h High. Chandler Louise M., widow of H. N., h Green. Chapin Mary, widow of Howard O., h North Main. Chapin William O., book-keeper, bds Brooks House. Charter James, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. CHASE EDWIN H., prop, of a distillery at Bryantsville, Ky., h North Main St., winter residence Bryantsville, Ky. Chase Henry R. Major, commercial traveler, h Organ. Chase Mary, resident, h 5 Spruce. CHASE PETER S., market gardener and grower of plants and flowers, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. Cheney Albert A., (Cheney & Clapp,) h West Btattleboro. Cheney Maria M., widow of Nathaniel, h 6 Chase. CHENEY SAMUEL T. R., gardener, grower and dealer in plants and small fruits, h Western ave. CHENEY & CLAPP, (Albert A. Cheney and George H. Clapp,) wholesale and retail dealers in books, stationery, fancy goods, music and musical instruments, and manufs. of picture frames, 6 Crosby block. Childs Arthur W., (Brattleboro Telephone Exchange,) clerk for Cudworth & Childs, bds 25 Green. 346 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Childs Fred L., reed maker, h 8 Clark. CHILDS FRED W., (Cudworth & Childs,) (Brattleboro Telephone Exchange,) h 36 Green. CHILDS WALTER H., (Brattleboro Telephone Exchangs,) book-keeper for Estey Organ Co., h 25 Green. Choate George W., machinist, h 49 Green. Choate Henry G., butcher, Esterbrook ave. Choate Sarah J., widow of George W., h 49 Green. CHURCH JONATHAN A., contractor and builder, manuf. of doors, sash and bhnds, and house furnishing goods, and dealer in wood and lumber, also prop, of custom feed mill, Frost st., h 50 Green. CLAPP ARTHUR B., (Randall & Clapp,) wholesale dealer in watches and jewelry, 137 Main, h 133 do. Clancey Charles C, jig sawyer for J- Estey & Co., breeder and dealer in pure bred white Leghorn, light Bramah and black Spanish fowls, h 18 Forest. Clapp George H., (Cheney & Clapp,) h Main. Clark Alfred L., wood carver for J. Estey & Co., h 49 Green. CLARK BARNA A., dealer in hardware, mechanics' tools, cutlery, doors, sash and blinds, paints, oils, glass, farming tools, &c., 5 Crosby block, h 1 1 Walnut. CLARK CHARLES S., surgeon and mechanical dentist, Granite block, Main, residence West Brattleboro. CLARK EDWARD, wholesale and retail dealer in pianos and organs, office 4 and 5 Granite Row, Main, h 8 Oak. Clark Ellen E., widow of Marshall N., tailoress, residence Tyler block, Main. Clark Ellsworth M., printer, bds Tyler block, Main. Clark Eugene, machinist, h 93 Frost. Clark Frank, photograph printer for C. E. Howe & Son, bds Harris place. Clark Frank H., clerk for Lillis & Smith, bds American House. Clark Frank W., works for J. Estey & Co., h Central. CLARK GEORGE H., surveyor and farmer 300, h South Canal. CLARK GEORGE W., carriage and wagon manuf., Spring st., bds Ameri-. can House. CLARK HENRY G., dealer in milk, dairy 20 cows, apple orchard 250 trees, and with Geo. H., farmer 300, h South Canal st. Clark Nellie M., compositor, bds Tyler block. Main. Clark Orion, barber, h Elliot. Clark Stillman H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 87 Frost. CLARKE RANSLURE W., ist asst. judge of the county court, attorney and counselor at law, justice of the peace, master in chancery and U. S. commissioner, office Crosby block, h 36 High. Clarkson John H., coachman for Col. George W. Hooker, h Forest. Clary George L., electrician at Telephone Exchange and taxidermist, bds 30 High. Clay Benjamin M., machinist, h 10 Washington. Cleves William B., (Cleves & Ryan,) p. o. address South Orange, New Jersey. Cleves & Ryan, (W. B. Cleves and Francis G. Ryan,) agts. of Brattleboro Sewing Maching Co., and general selling agents, r 30. CLISBEE HERBERT C, agent for Lon*e Star pump, h Vernon cor Reed. Coates Ezekiel B., carpenter and joiner, h 28 Washington. Cobb Charles L., works for J. Estey & Co., h 14 Pearl cor Central. Cobb Daniel P., blacksmith, Canal, h 14 Pearl cor Central. Colburn Charles O., employee J. Estey & Co., h Organ. BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 347 Colburn Lizzie T., compositor, h 9 Cedar. Colburn Saraphina. widow of Norman M., h 9 Cedar. Cole Oscar, works for J. Estey & Co., h 15 Green. • Cole William L.,",works for J. Estey & Co., h Washington. COLLINS WILLIAM H., A. M., rector St. Michael's Episcopal church, h Tyler. Colt George M., laborer, h Elliot. Corning Martha, widow of W. F., h High. Conant Charles S., carriage trimmer, h 20 Canal. Conant Frank, laborer, bds 20 Canal. Conant William A., violin manufacturer, 20 Canal, h do. CONLAND JAMES, physician and surgeon, Crosby block, h Walnut. Connell Julia, widow of James, h r 51. Conners Frank P., employee of J. Estey & Co., h High. Conners John, brick mason, h off Cedar. Cook Albert L., gas fitter and tinsmith, h Estey St., Esteyville. Cook Cyrus H., engineer, h Flat. Cook Edwin, works for J. Estey & Co., h Canal. COOK GEORGE P., retired physician, h 5 Spruce. Cook James G., barber and hair dresser, Main St., bds Brooks House. COOK MARK H., farmer, h 37 South Main. Cook Marvin J., molder, h 49 Elliot. COOK OSCAR W., painter and paper hanger, h Clark. Cooley David, carpenter, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. Cooley Layton E., brakeman N. L. N. R. R., h r 51. Cooley Linus, farmer, leases of N. L. N. R. R. Co. 20, r 51. Cooley Nelson, works for J. Estey & Co., h Reed. Cooper Enoch L., proprietor dining rooms, dealer in fruits, ice cream, con- fectionery, cigars, &c., 65 Mam, h do. Corbett Jerome, works for J. Estey &. Son, h Central. Cornell Walter, upholsterer for G. B. Kirwan &Co., South Main. Cox Allen V., (A. V. Cox & Co.,) h 40 Main. Cox Allen V. & Co., dealers in stoves and hardware, manufacturers of tin- ware, 38 Main. Cox Harterowe, widow of Aurin, h Canal. Cressy Romanzo C, apiarist 10 swarms, h 35 High. Croft" George, works for J. Estej' & Co., h Chestnut St., Esteyville. Crosby Edward, (E. Crosby &Co.,) proprietor Crosby block, h Western ave, Crosby Edward C., (E. Crosby & Co.,) h 5 Oak. Crosby E. & Co., (Edward Crosby, Edward C. Crosby and Leroy F. Adams,) wholesale commission dealers in flour and mill feed, 9 Crosby block, Main. Crosby Nelson, farmer, 5 Chase, aged 80 years. Crothers Nancy A., widow of John M., h High. Crothers Samuel M., pastor Unitarian church, h High. CROWELL GEORGE E., (Higby Sewing Machine Co., Brattleboro Tool Co., and E. P. Carpenter Organ Co.,) editor and proprietor of T/ie Household, dealer in real estate, h 8 Spruce. Cudworth T. J. B., (Cudworth & Childs,) h 42 High. CUDWORTH & CHILDS, (T. J. B. Cudworth and Fred W. Childs,) gen- eral insurance and real estate agents, 10 Crosby block. CUMMINGS ALEXANDER, blacksmith for B. & W. R. R., h iS South Main. 348 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Cummings Josiah E., manager for the Singer Manufacturing Company for Windham county, ^^ Elliot St., h Main. Cummings Patrick, laborer, h Elliot Cune William P.. pres. Vermont National Bank, h Main. CUNNINGHAM PATRICK, pastor St. xMichael's Catholic church, h Walnut. Cunningham William A., machine tender at paper mill, h South Main. Curran WiUiam J., clerk, bds North Mam. CURRIER ABRAM J., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 71 Frost. CURRIER CHARLES E., engineer at Vermont Asylum for insane, h Asy- lum St. Currier Henry M., mail agent between Springfield, Mass., and Newport, Vt., h Crosby block. Cutler Albert E., helper in Household office, hg Maple. Cutler George, dealer in boots and shoes, 18 Main, h Oak. Cutler Harrison G., with Jonas, dealer in milk and farmer 60, h Chase cor Oak. Cutler Henry S., works for J. Estey & Co., h 27 South Main. Cutler Jonas T., farmer 60, in Vernon 73 acres, h Chase cor Oak. Cutting Charles, clerk, h 44 Elliot. Cutting Charles C, clerk at Farmers' and Mechanics' Exchange, bds Elm cor Elliot. Daley John, laborer, h South Main. Dalton Caroline M., h Asylum st. Dalton James, resident, h Spring. Darling Emma, widow, h Washington. DAVENPORT ALONZO C, dealer in groceries and provisions, 3 Crosby block, Main, h Green. DAVENPORT CHARLES H., editor and prop, of the Windham Co. Re- former, 7 Main, h prospect cor Pearl. Davis Achsah, widow of John G., aged 91 years, bds Chestnut st., Esteyville. Davis Addie F., asst. editor Vermont Reformer, bds, 43 Main. Davis Alexander H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 81 Frost. Davis Benjamin, laborer, h South Main. Davis Frank C, works for J. Estey <& Co., h Estey st., Esteyville. Davis Fred T., clerk, bds 8f Frost. Davis John, organ tuner and inspector, h School. Davis John, house painter, h Chestnut st., Esteyville. Davis Lafayette L., (Selleck & Davis,) h South Main cor Esterbrook ave. Dean Harry H., clerk, bds High cor Oak. DEARBORN DAVID P.,homeo. physician and surgeon, office and residence North Main. Dearborn Lyman H., works for J. Estey & Co., h 27 Western ave. Dearborn Peter, retired, aged 83 years, h 27 Western ave. Demers Peter, works for J. Estey & Co., h Pine. Demming Albert, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Birge. DeMouche Louis P., cigarmaker, bds Brattleboro House. Detrich Louise, widow of Lewis, h Elliot. Devens Henry, retired merchant, h i North. DeVine John, laborer, h Elliot. DeVine Thomas, road master on B. & W. R. R., h 14 Clark. De Wolf Philip, machinist, h Maple. DeWolf Reuben W., village express, h High. BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 349 Deyo Charles, laborer, li Pine. Deyo George, brakeman, N. L N. R. R., h 38 Elliot. Deyo Moses, stone mason, h South Main. Dickerman Emily, widow of John L., h 25 Elliot. *DICKINSON CHAUNCEY B., fancy and domestic baker, dealer in choice confectionery, teas, coffees, spices, &c., 57 Main, h 7 Clark. [Card on page 374-] Dickinson Emma, widow, h Tyler st. DICKINSON LUCY S., (Mrs. C. B.) dressmaker, h 7 Clark. Die Catharine, widow of John, h Elliot. Ditto William A., organ tuner, bds Main. Divoc John, employee of J. Estey & Co., Frost. Donahue Ellen, widow of Patrick, h Elliot. Donovan , cigarmaker, rooms Tyler block, Main.^ Doolin Abbey, widow of Patrick., h Elliot. DOOLITTLE ALONZO E., manuf. and dealer in wood and lumber, and farmer 200, h i Western ave. Doolittle Sophia A., dressmaker, Union block, Main. Doolittle Warren, dealer in wood and lumber, h near Reed. Dougherty James, barber, h 44 Elliot. DOWLEY GEORGE S., notary public, cashier Vermont National Bank, h Green. Dowley George W., printer, h Vine cor Pleasant. Dowley Merritt J., works for J. Estey & Co., h Pleasant St., Esteyville. DOWNER DAVID E., stone mason, h Birge cor Canal. DOYLE MICHAEL, supt. of R. Bradley's green house and grounds, h Tyler st. Doyle Morris, laborer, h Elliot. Drake Zetta, dressmaker, bds Green. DRAPER JOSEPH, M. D., supt. and physician at Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds do. DriscoU Michael, laborer, h Elliot. DROWN FRANK E., (Drown & Bliss) bds Brooks House. Drown John M., stone cutter and horse trainer, h Maple. *DROVVn & BLISS, (Frank E. D. and Frank H. B.) dealers in boots, shoes, rubbers, etc., Brooks House block. [Card on page 390.] Drury Oscar, clerk at Cooper's dining rooms, bds 65 Main. Duane Michael, laborer, h Vernon. Dugan John, works for J. Estey & Co., h Locust St., Esteyville. Duggan Dennis, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Vine st., Esteyville. Duggan Jerry, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Vine St., Esteyville. Dundin Michael, laborer, h r 51. DUNKLEE ADDISON R., (son of Richmond) foreman of finishing dep't, Estey Organ Works. Dunklee Albert E., clerk for S. Dunklee, bds Maple St., Esteyville. DUNKLEE BETSEY, widow of Jesse S., h Maple St., Esteyville. DUNKLEE SCOTT, agent for New Home sewing machines, organs and pianos, crockery and glassware. Dunlevy John, tailor for Pratt, Wright & Co., h 45 Green. Dunlevy John B., pressman for Prart, Wright & Co., h Esteyville. Dunton Jennie B., dressmaker, h Brattleboro House. Durfee Charles A., commercial traveler, h High. Dutton Daniel, marble worker, h Green cor School. 35© BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Dutton Daniel D., marble worker, h Thomas. Button Caroline, boarding-house, 3 Oak st. Dutton Electa, widow of Stephen, h 3 Oak. Dutton Emma, h 22 Green. Dutton Sylvia, widow of Samuel, h 22 Green. Dutton William A., manuf. and dealer in all kinds of marble and granite goods, monuments, headstones, mantles, bracket shelves. Depot St., h Main. Dwight Ella G., dress and cloak maker, Crosby block. Eager William P., asst. telegraph operator, bds near South Main. Eames John, retired farmer aged 76 years, bds 29 Washington cor Prospect. Eason Warren E., supt. Chestnut Hill reservoir, policeman, h Green. Eaton John H., laborer, h South Main. Eddy Amasa T., clerk at freight office, dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers, 3 Main, h 41 do. Eddy Charles H., (C. H. Eddy & Co.) h 85 Clark. Eddy C. H. & Co., (Charles H. Eddy and George A. Eels, manuf. of ginger ale and soda, birch and tonic beer. Flat. Eddy Henry A., son of C. H. Eddy, bds Clark. Eddy Jonathan G., (Martin & Eddy) h Green. Eddy Nelson L., carpenter and joiner, h 53 High. Edgarton Otis, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Canal. Edson Joseph, painter for J. Estey & Co., h 44 Elliot. Edwards Albert, clerk, bds 10 Prospect. Edwards Edward, retired carriage maker, h 12 Prospect. EDWARDS FANNIE A., widow of F. C, boarding house, Elliot. EDWARDS SIMON W., manager of Ambrose Knapp's store, h 3 Flat. Edwards Solomon H., works for Smith «S: Hunt, h 10 Prospect. Eels George A., (C. H. Eddy & Co.) h Canal. Eldridge Lavinia, dressmaker, h South Main. Ellis David, teamster, h Cedar. Ellis Frank N., engineer at paper mill, h Flat. Ellis Frankhn N., paper maker, h Flat. Ellis William T., carpenter, h 3 South Main. ELMER ESTELLA, (Mrs. J. P.) teacher of Latin, asst. teacher in High School, h 73 Frost. ELMER JAMES P., marble worker, h 73 Frost. Elmer Lucian A., butcher, h 87 Frost. Elmer Maria, widow of Reuben, h 73 Frost. Endlizh Charles G.. hostler, h 30 Prospect. Erikson Emel, works for J. Estey & Co., h Washington. Esterbrook George W., tinsmith h 4 Green. Esterbrook Oscar D., (Pratt, Wright & Co.) vice-prest. Brattleboro Savings Bank, bds VValnut. ESTERBROOK WILLIAM H., retired merchant, h 30 Western ave. Estey Isaac B., farmer 40, h Asylum. ESTEY JACOB, prest. Estey Organ Co., h 44 Canal. Estey James F., vice-prest. and supt. Valley Mill Co., h 29 Green. ESTEY JULIUS J. Col., treas. Estey Organ Co., vice-prest. People's Na- tional Bank, h School cor Elliot. ESTEY ORGAN COMPANY, Jacob Estey, prest. ; L. K. Fuller, vice- prest. ; J. J. Estey, treas. ; manuf. of cottage organs, Birge. ESTEY WALLACE A., asst. engineer at Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds do. BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 35 I Everest Jennie, nurse, h South Main. Fagnan Henry, laborer, h South Main. Fairbanks Charles, special examiner U. S. pension bureau, h Clark. FARMER'S AND MECHANICS' EXCHANGE STORE, E. W. Harlow, manager ; L. M. Howe, prest. ; groceries and provisions, Leonard block, Elliot. FARNSWORTH E. MARIA, (Mrs. R. H.) dress and cloak maker, Leon- ard block, Elliot, h Western ave. FARNSWORTH ROBURTUS H., carpenter and builder, h Western ave. Farr Emery, works for J. Estey & Co., h 25 High. Farr Sidney H., express messenger on B. & W. R. R., h Thomas. FAULKNER WILLIAM A., notary public, and cashier People's National Bank, h 37 Green. Fay Albert, laborer, h Chestnut st., Estey ville. Fay Daniel A., cabinet maker for Nash & Jacobs, h Esteyville. Fay George N., employee of J. L. Ray, h 16 Main. Fennio Joseph, laborer, h Washington. Fenton John, blacksmith, h Clark. Fenton Joseph J., clerk for Pratt, Wright & Co., bds Elliot. Fenton Patrick, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. Fenton Patrick, machinist, h Grove. Fenton Thomas, blacksmith, h Clark. Ferriter Eugene, laborer, h Spring. Ferriter James, laborer, h Vernon. Ferriter Luke, laborer, h Chase cor Forest. FIELD ASA S., supt. of action department Estey Organ Co., h Prospect cor Pearl. Field Julia, widow of Charles K., h 6 Walnut. Fenton Joseph, laborer, h EUiot. Fenton Joseph, Jr., laborer, bds Elliot. Fenton Mary, widow of John, h Vernon. First Regimental Band Orchestra, John B. Simonds director, band room Harmony block. Fisher Emery, works for J. Estey & Co., h Estey st , Esteyville. Fisher Fred, carpenter, h Cedar cor Maple. Fisher George E., mechanic, h Western ave. Fisher Lucinda E., (Mrs. Geo.) dressmaker, h Western ave. Fisk Love C, widow of James, h Main. Fitzgerald Patrick, laborer, h Vernon. Fitzgerald Timothy, laborer, h Canal. FLAGG EMERSON E., manuf. of Flagg's Japanese Pain ReUevo, and shav- ing soap, 14 Prospect. Flam John^ laborer, h Elliot. Flannigan Conrad, laborer, h Vernon. Flannigan Cornelius, steam and gas fitter, h Vernon. Fleming Catharine, widow of William, aged 75 years, h Cedar cor Maple. FLEMING PATRICK, carpenter and builder, works for B. & W. R. R. Co., h Cedar cor Maple. Fletcher Henry, prop, of saw and shingle-mill, Birge St., and in Chesterfield, N. H., owns farm of 250 acres, h 55 Canal. Fletcher Willie H., son of flenry, bds 55 Canal. Flood James, laborer, bds Green st. Flood John, railroad engineer, h near Reed. 352 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. Flood Mary, widow of John, h near Reed. Foley Bart J., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Frost. Foley Bartholomew, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds 77 Frost. Foley Hugh, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 77 Frost. Foley John J., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds 77 Frost. FOSTER EDWIN A., mechanical work at J. Estey 8^ Co.'s, h Estey cor Organ. Foster E. P., clerk for Cheney & Clapp, bds Oak. Foster Sylvester F., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. Fowler Charles, repairer of boots and shoes, and dealer in leather and find- ings, South Mam cor Canal, h 18 Washington. Fowler Myra, widow, h Esterbrook ave. Fox Edward, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Elm. Fox Frank E., house^ sign and ornamental painter, Crowell building, Elliot St., h Elm. Fox Harriet, tailoress, h 40 Green. Fox Horace, retired farmer aged 80 years, h 46 Canal. Fox Susan, tailoress, h 40 Green. FRANCIS PARKER B., owner of Lawrence & Wesselhoeft water cure build- ings, 55 Elliot. Franklin Hattie, widow of Oscar B., h Vine cor Locust. Franks Frederick H., commercial traveler, h High. Freeman Ina N. Miss, clerk, bds 51 Main. French Horace C, works for J. Estey & Co., h Reed cor Vernon. FRENCH OLIN L., (French & Stedman,) h 30 High. FRENCH & STEDMAN, (O. L. F. and D. B. S.,) publishers and proprs. of Vertnont Phoenix, Main. Frink Edward L., clerk, bds 19 High. FRINK URBAN W., dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry, silver and plated ware, &:c.. Main, h 39 Green. Frizzell Soronzo, wheelwright, h Reed. Frost Ashey, laborer, h South Main. FROST EDWARD G., sec'y and treas. Valley Mill Co., h Whipple lane. FROST EUGENE, (Brattleboro Ice Company,) dealer in German carp for stocking fish ponds, farmer 80, h Flat. Frost Horace P., (Alden & Frost.) bds Esteyville. Frost John W., president of Valley Mill Company, h 29 Green. Frost Myron A., laborer, h South Main. Frost Wells S., (Frost & Proctor,) h 26 High. Frost & Proctor, (Wells S. F. and Wm. H. P.,) wholesale and retail dealers in groceries, flour, produce and fertilizers, 8 Crosby block. Fuller Charles D., Baptist clergyman, aged 71 years, h 40 Clark. Fuller George W., engineer and general machinist and supt. of gas works for J Estey & Co., h Estey st. FULLER LEVI K. Col., (Estey Organ Co.,) pres. Brattleboro Sewing Machine Co., h Canal. Fuller Washington, wood worker, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Estey st. Gagnol Ned, laborer, h Washington. Gaheen John, laborer, h Vernon. Gale Agnes D., teacher of instrumental music, h 24 South Main. GALE GEORGE F., physician and surgeon, geiieral manager of the Higby Sewing Machine Co., office and residence 24 Green. Galvin John, tinsmith, h Cedar. BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 353 Gates Asa, switchman, h South Main. GEDDIS WILLIAM R., dealer in books, stationery, wall paper, picture frames, window shades and fancy goods, wall paper a specialty, 115 Main, h 33 Green. Geiss Thomas, organ finisher, h Brook road, Gibbs Almon B., carpenter, h Wesselhoeft place. Gibson Blanch, matron at Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds do. Gibson Emerson, blacksmith, h Elliot. Gibson Florence E., female supervisor at Vermont Asylum for Insane, bds do. Gibson Harriet, (Mrs. Emerson,) dressmaker, h Elliot. Gibson Jane M., widow of Otis, h 6 Clark. GILBERT LEWIS F., wood carver for J. Estey & Co., h 6 Pearl. Gilbert Mary E., widow, tailoress, h Elliot. Gilkey Asa, supt. of farm of Vermont Asylum for Insane, h Asylum. Gill Eugene, molder, bds Elliot. Gilson Willis D., employee of J. Estey & Co., bds 91 Frost. Gleason Austin J., retail dealer in coal, office 63 Main, h Elliot. Gleason Fred B., clerk for B. A. Clark, bds Elliot. Goddard Walter F., printer, h South Main. Goodale Arden B., laborer, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. Goodale Ceylon, laborer, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. Goodale Eliza R., widow of Jason O., h Chestnut st., Esteyville. Goodell Myron G., farmer, works at Vermont Asylum for Insane, h Asylum st. GOODHUE FRANCIS, director of Brattleboro & Whitehall R. R. and Vermont & Massachusetts R. R., and manager of Brooks House, Main st. Goodner Ivon W., stenographer for J. Estey & Co., h 15 Maple. Goodnow Edwin, employee of J. Estey & Co, h 6 Clark. GOODRICH PHINEAS, contractor and builder, h 3 Chase. Gorborino Angelo, dealer in fruits, nuts and confectionery. Main st., bds Cooper's restaurant. Gordon Emma E., assistant editor of Household Magazine, bds Main cor Terrace. Gordon Margaret, widow of James, bds High. Gordon Mary S., landscape painter, bds Main cor Terrace. Gordon Robert E., works for J. Estey & Co., h 27 South Main. Gordon Sarah M., widow of George, h Main cor Terrace. Gordon William E , clerk for W. R. Geddis, bds South Main. Gore Laura, widow of Hiram, h Grove. Gould Charles, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Brattleboro House. GOULD WILLIAM, plumber, gas and steam fitter dealer in lead, iron and brass pipe, and manuf. of- and dealer in pumps, also coppersmith, Clark, h do. Gould William B., plumber with William, h Clark. Grady James, yard master for R. R., h Elm. Grady Kate, widow of Dennis, h Vernon. Granhering Fred W., tailor, aged 72. h 54 Elliot. Graves Albert H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Chestnut cor Locust,. Esteyville. Gray Ralph R., conductor N. S. N. R. R., residence Brattleboro House. Green Everett, employee of J. Estey & Co.,h 91 Frost. GREEN FRANK W. Jr., bill poster and clerk at I. N. Thorn & Son's, bds Elliot. 23 354 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. GREEN FRANK W. Sr., laborer, h Elliot. GREENE GEORGE E., manuf. and dealer in Greene's cough remedy and sarsaparilla compound, dealer in drugs and medicines, trusses, surgical instruments, special attention given to fitting trusses, 63 Main, h 50 Canal. Greene Louis D., drug clerk, h 47 Canal. Gregg Andrew R., prop. Brattleboro iron foundry, Frost St., h 17 Green. Gregg James W., physician and surgeon, office 119 Main, h 12 North Main. Gregg Patrick, house painter, h Brook road. Griffin Mary, widow of John, h Vernon. Griffin Michael, laborer, h Vernon. Griffin Patrick, laborer, h Bridge. Griswold Sarah E., dressmaker, bds 30 Clark. Grout Marshall, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds Canal cor Clark. Guiheen Patrick, laborer, h South Main. Guild S. Fred, pressman at D. Leonard's, bds Western ave. HACKLEY HUGH H., organ case maker for J. Estey & Co., h 2 Spruce. HADLEY HANNABAL, retired, h 43 High. Hadley Warren H., laborer, h Brattleboro House. Hagen Frank, laborer, h 76 Elliot. Haigh Walter, tailor, bds 40 Clark. Hall A. B., resident, h Green. Hall Annie M. Miss, miUinery and fancy goods, 117 Main, up stairs, bds 133 Main. Hall Aurelius P., blacksmith, 2 shops. Main and Flat sts., h Elliot. Hall Catharine C, widow of John, h High. HALL J. EDWARD, book-keeper, Estey Organ Co., organist at Baptist church, h 21 Western ave. Hall Martha A., widow of James, dressmaker, h 37 Elliot. Hall Marvin, plumber, h Reed. Hall Warren, retired carpenter, bds 52 High. Halladay Henry O., works for C. H. Eddy & Co., bds Clark. Handlin Ellen, widow of Edward, h Clark. Handlin James, engine wiper, bds Clark. Hanlon James, engine wiper, bds Depot. Hannon Thomas, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 47 Canal. Hanrahan Susie, clerk, bds 3 Flat. Hapgood Marshall, laborer, h School. Hardie Robert Gordon, retired, h 53 Canal. Hardie Robert Gordon, Jr., artist, bds 53 Canal. Harding Henry H., retired, bds 58 ElHot. Harlow Edwin W., manager of Farmers' and Mechanic^' Exchange store, dealer in groceries and provisions, Leonard's block, h Elm. Harris Albert R., carpenter and joiner, h Washington, cor Central. HARRIS BRODEN D., president of Brattleboro Savings Bank, contractor of railroads and other public works, h 15 Main. Harris Charles A., asst. treasurer Brattleboro Savings Bank, bds 6 Oak. Harris Frederick H., (Harris & Butterfield,) h Oak. Harris Herbert, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 38 Green. Harris Jennie W., widow of Frank W., h cor Asylum and Main. Harris Lorenzo, employee of Smith & Hunt, h 73 Frost. Harris Marcus L., R. R. engineer, h Canal. Harris Nancy, widow of Joshua, aged 80 years, bds with A. R., Washing- ton cor Center. BRATTLEBOkO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 355 Harris Wilder, retired, aged 86 years, h 44 High. Harris & Butterfield, (Frederick H. H. and Oscar H. B., contractors and builders. 'Hart Ann E., widow of Charles, h Green. Hart Morris, employee of J Estey & Co., h 55 EUiot. Hart James, shoemaker, h Elliot. Haskell Walter, hostler bds with Dr. Webster. HASKINS HILAND, carpenter, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 85 Frost. HASKINS KITTREDGE. (Haskins & Stoddard,) U. S. att'y for District of Vermont, notary public and justice of the peace, h The Terrace. Haskins Laura J., widow of George C. h Canal cor Maple, owns 2 acres. HASKINS & STODDARD, (Kittredge H. and Edgar W. S.,) att'ys and counselors at law, masters in chancery, office Crosby block, Main. Hastings Albert B., organ tuner, bds 49 High. Hastings Bertha A., dressmaker, bds Canal. Hastings Eliza, widow of Frank, nurse, h 49 High. Hastings John L., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 55 Elliot. Hatch Damaris N., widow of Alonzo, h 10 Cedar. Hawley Newton E., dealer in dry goods, corner store Brooks House block, h North Main. Hayes John D., brakeman New London & Northern R. R., bds Depot. Hayes Kate, widow of John, h Depot. Hayes Simon F., brakeman New London and Northern R. R., bds Depot. Haywood Jerry E., carpenter and joiner, h Walnut. Haywood Walter L.. organ tuner, h Oak. Haywood William H., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 57 Elliot. Heald Willam F., spring maker at Estey's, h Chestnut St., Esteyville. Heaphy Lawrence, laborer, h Cedar. Heaphy William A., 2d, clerk at Brooks House, bds do. Heaphy Nichols, laborer. Cedar. Heath Emma F. Miss, clerk for P. Barrov/s, bds Prospect. Heath George, laborer, bds Elliot. Heath George W., works for J. Estey & Co., h 8 Prospect. Hendrix Lewis, cigarmaker, h Elliot. HENKEL CH.A.RLES, designer and wood carver for J. Estey & Co. since i860, h 75 Frost. Hennessey Michael, laborer, h Elliot. HERRICK DWIGHT L., apiarist 36 colonies, organ tuner, h 6 Wash- ington. HERRICK SETH N., deputy sheriff, ist selectman, constable, sheriff, auc- tioneer, notary public, farmer 40, office Union block. Main, h 135 Main. Hescock Rinaldo N., works for J. Estey & Co., h Estey St., Esteyville. Heustis Joseph F., (Heustis & Burnap) h Elliot. HEUSTIS & BURNAP, (Joseph F. H. and John W. B.) manufs. and deal- ers in harness, sadlery, trunks, 20 Main cor Flat. Higby George, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Brook. Higby Luther E., inventor of Higby sewing machines, supt. of Higby Sewing Machine Company, h 10 Spruce. Higby Sewing Machine Co., Parley Starr, president ; Harry R. Lawrence, sec'y ; George Dowley, treas. ; Dr. G. F. Gale, gen'l supt. ; Elliot. Higgins Charles, organ tuner, h 26 Green. Higgins Charles L.. organ tuner, h Thomas. HIGGINS IRA S., organ tuner for J. Estey & Co. since 1865, h 58 Canal. 356 BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE — TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. HIGGINS LEWIS S., prop, livery and boarding stable, i Oak, h do. Higgins Michael, engine wiper, h 76 Elliot. Higginson Anna S., resident, h Asylum. Higgison William, works for J. Estey & Co., bds Brook road. Hildreth Austin O., carriage painter, h Spring. Hildreth Edwin L., printer, bds 3 Oak. Hildreth Frank, prop, billiard rooms, Main, h High. Hildreth Joseph T., wheelwright, h 65 Frost. Hiler Edwin A., works for J. Estey & Co., h Pearl. HINES ALONZO H., carpenter and joiner, h 46 Green. Hines George A., civil engineer and surveyor, architect, also employee of J, Estey & Co., h 51 Canal. Hines Maria, widow of Arnold J., h 51 Canal. Hiscock Mary, widow of Adin, dressmaker, h 57 Elliot. Hodgkins Clarence, clerk, bds Elliot. Hodgkins Clifton, carpenter, bds Pine. Hodgkins Martin O., employee of J. Estey & Co., h 91 Frost. Holbrook Frederick Hon., trustee of Vermont Insane Asylum, president of Vermont Savings Bank, h 4 Walnut. Holden Fred H., drug clerk for G. E. Greene, bds Washington. HOLDEN JAMES H., superintendent for J. Estey & Co., organ manufs., h 15 Washington st. Holmes Eugene E., machinist, h 27 Green. Holmes Fred, machinist, bds 27 Green. Holton Eleon L., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Vine cor Locust. HOLTON HENRY D., physician and surgeon, lecturer on materia medica and general pathology at University of Vermont, chairman of school committee, office and residence Main cor Walnut. HOOKER GEORGE W. Col., town representative, sergent-at-arms in House of Representatives and manuf. of hardware, h Main. Hopkinson Albert, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Birge. Hopkinson Frederick P., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Organ. Horner George, laborer, h Tyler. Horton Andrew J., laborer, h 48 Canal. Horton Charles F., works for C. H. Eddy & Co., h High. Horton Frank T., baker, h Elliot. Horton Hiram B., retired, h 48 Canal. HORTON MARY A., widow of Henry R., h 10 Chase. Horton Minnie E., compositor. Reformer office, h 10 Chase st. HORTON WILLIAM C, book-keeper at freight office, h 81 Frost. Hough Elias W., organ tuner, h 58 Elliot.. Houghton Bertha, clerk, bds Crosby block. Houghton Ada E., compositor, Crosby block. Houghton Carrie, compositor, Refcr7}ier office, h Tyler block. Houghton Frank, clerk, h 26 South Main. Houghton Frank 11., book-keeper, h Tyler block. Houghton Fred G., machinist, h Birge. Houghton Harvey, carpenter, h 24 Canal. Houghton John P., laborer, h Vernon. Houghton Sarah, widow of Geo. H., h 26 South Main. Houghton Henry F., dealer in dry goods, carpets and feathers, Main, h 29. High. HOUSEHOLD THE, a monthly magazine, George E. Crowell, editor and prop., 13 Crosby block. BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 357 HOUSH ESTHER T., widow of S. J., editor of H^oman at Work, h Green cor High. HOUSH FRANK E, publisher of Woman at Work, h Gieen cor High. Howard James G., works for J. Estey & Co., h 13 Western ave. Howard VV., laborer, bds Elh'ot. Howe Albert N., laborer, h Maple St., Esteyville. Howe Alice, music teacher, bds Harris place. Howe C. L. & Son, (Caleb L. and John C.,) photographers. Main cor Elliot, up stairs. Howe Caleb L., (C. L. Howe & Son,) h Harris place. HOWE CHARLES H., dealer in guns, rifles, pistols, powder and shooting material, repairer of guns, locks, keys, etc., 30 Main, opposite American House, bds Cooper's restaurant Howe Ezra O., shoemaker, works for A. F. Boynton, h South Main cor Washington. Howe Fred, assistant photographer for C. L. Howe & Son, bds with John C. Howe J. A. Miss, teacher in High School, bds Harris place. Howe John C, (C. L. Howe & Son,) h Main cor Elliot, up-stairs. Howe Jonathan C, employee of J. Estey & Co., chief engineer of the fire department, h Canal. Howe Liberty, retired farmer, bds Brook st. Howe Lorie, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Estey cor Organ. Howe Luman, employee of J. Estey & Co., bds 18 Canal. Howe Moses B., billiard room, Crosby block, h High. Howe Otto R., clerk for B. A. Clark, bds Canal. Howe Wesley D., clerk, bds Main. Howland Elizabeth B., private school, h Asylum st. Hoyt Benjamin F., organ tuner for J. Estey & Co., bds with G. Bhss, Main. Hoyt Elmer E. switchman on B. & W. R. R., bds 13 Green. Hoyt Sherman T., freight transferer for B. & W. R. R., h 13 Green. Hubbard Ada G., clerk, bds 16 Canal. Hubbard John E., blacksmith for Smith & Hunt, h 16 Canal. Hudson George W., employee of J. Estey & Co., h Elliot. Hunt Arad, farmer, h r 51. Hunt John, farmer 200, h r 51. Hunt Sophia, widow of George A., h 7 Walnut. Hunter Edward, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Spring. HUNTER HARLAN P., (Hunter & O'Neil.) HUNTER & O'NEIL, (H. P. Hunter and A. G. O'Neil,) practical stair builders and manufs. of stair builders' supplies, book-cases, desks, etc., to order, Flat st. HUNTLEY LYMAN J., wood turner for J. Estey & Co., h 8 Cedar. Hurley John F., machinist, h Elliot. Hyde James H., works for J. Estey & Co , h 32 Washington. Hyde William, aged 81 years, h 36 Green. Ingham Alfred M., general secretary of Young Men's Christian Association, room 4 Crosby block. Ingram Celia E., reed filer, bds Organ. Ingram Maria, widow of D wight, h Organ. Ingram VVillard, carpenter and joiner, h Brook. Jackson Fred C, clerk at freight ofiice, h 12 Canal. *JACOBS JAMES EUGENE, manuf. of patent folding furniture for camp and household use, EUiot st., h Western ave. [Card on page 390.J 358 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. *-^^^^ Plants, Seeds and Bulbs at Wholesale and Retail.-^^^^-^-- ^iCS-iit aJicwezS) Onuiax and &nnetal ^^es'xcins on Sbott Jlotice.J^ GRDU/ER ^<^- IMPORTER DF SEEJJS ^s^ EUTCH BULBS, NG SPECIA berry Plants and 64 CANAL STEEET, LiEADIIVC SPECIALTIES. -Roses, Verbenas, Carnations, Geraniums, Flower Seeds, Vegetable Seeds, Strawberry Plants and Potatoes BMATTlEBSffl©. ITT. )team Si)oojC, ^06 anil necoj^papef Harmnny Blnckj BrattlEhara, ¥t, The Largest Establishment in the State devoted entirely to Job Printing, witli facilities found no where else in New England, outside of the larger cities, for doing LARGE SHOW # POSTER WORK, G^^HPL^IHiT loyee of J. Estey & Co., h 49 Canal. Tyler Lavina, widow of John, h 19 Grove. Tyler Royal, att'y and counselor at law, county clerk and probate judge of Marlboro district, office Crosby block, h The Terrace. Tyler Thomas P., D. D., retired Episcopal clergyman, h Tyler. Valley Mill Company, J. W. Frost, president ; J. F. Estey, vice president and supt. ; W. H. Minor, manager; E. G. Frost, sec'y and treas., grist mill near depot. Van Doom Elisabeth Miss, bds with J. S. Brown. Elliot st. Van Doom Elbridge H., (M. T. & Son,) h 17 Main. *VAN DOORN M. T. & SON, (Moses T. and Elbridge H.) jobbers and retailers of crockery, paper hangings and silverware, 7 Crosby block. [Card on page 452.] Van Doom Moses T., (M. T. & Son,) h 17 Main. VERMONT ASYLUM FOR INSANE. Joseph Draper, M. D., supt. and physician \ Shailer E. Lawton, M. D., ist asst.; Lowell F. Wentworth, M. D., 2d asst., Asylum st. BRATTLEBORO VILLAGE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO. 373 VERMONT NATIONAL BANK, William P. Cune, pres.; Geo. S. Dowley, cashier, Main cor Elliot. *VERMONT PHCENIX, French & Stedman, pubHshers and props., office Main. [Card on page 436.] VERMONT SAVINGS BANK, Frederick Holbrook, pres.; Frank W. Brooks, vice-pres.; N. F. Cabot, treas.; Malcolm Moody, asst. treas. log Main. VINTON TIMOTHY, prop, of paper mill and manuf. of paper, South Main cor Canal, bds 5 Green st. Vinton William B., employee in Vinton's paper mill, bds Green. Vinton William H.. supt. at paper-mill, h Green. Wadsworth Algernon S., machinist, bds Brattleboro House. "Wadsworth Henry A., manuf. of trusses, h 35 Oak cor High. WAITE LUCRETIA E., h North Main. Waite Silas M. Mrs., h The Terrace. Waitman Charles A., employee of J. Estey «& Co., h 43 Canal. Walcott George K., laborer, h South Main. Wales Elijah, works for J. Estey & Co., h 10 Pearl. WALES ELIJAH, Jr., breeder of Plymouth Rock and Wyandotte fowls, organ tuner and prompter of ist Regt. band, h Elliot. Wales Hattie, clerk at N. I. Hawley's. Walker Charlotte, (Mrs. J. B.,) dressmaker and general agt, for Cornwell's self-fitting charts, h 75 Main. Walker Fitch B., blacksmith and carriage ironer. Frost St., h ^6 Elliot. Walker Herbert, organ tuner for J. Estey & Co., bds Elliot. Walker Herbert A., agt. and clerk in meat market, h 56 Elliot. Walker Jane L., widow of Elijah T., millinery and fancy goods, Crosby block, h do. Walker John B., blacksmith, h 75 Main. Walker Wesley W., works for J. Estey &. Co., h 20 Spruce. Ward Cora, widow of E. M., h Elliot. Warder Mary Mrs., h Tyler. Ware Eliza F., widow of Moses, h 20 High. Ware Horatio C, clerk for Geo. E. Crowell, h 50 Green. Ware Roxalana S., widow of Coridon, h 50 Green. Warner Frank, employee of J. Estey & Co., h Spring. Warner George E., traveling salesman for E. Crosby & Co., h 42 High. Washburn John P., employee of Smith & Hunt, h 58 Elliot. Washer Solomon S., fireman for J. Estey & Co., hVine St., Esteyville. Weatherhead Emily A., widow of Drury, h Clark. Weatherhead Henry, employee of J. Estey & Co., h 34 Canal. Webb William H., printer, Reforjner ofnce, bds Canal st. Webber L. P., resident, h 55 High. WEBSTER DAN. P., physician and surgeon, office and residence 27 Elliot. WEEKS FRANK W., barber and hair dresser, 24 Main, h 9 Pearl. WELD CALVIN J., manuf. and patentee of the Weld shingle machine, and Weld self-reguiating water-wheel, also manuf. of planing machines, and band saws. Asylum St., h do. Weld David J., machinist, bds Asylum st. Welcome William H., cutter for F. A. Whitney & Co., h 4 North cor Tyler. Wellman Henry P., (Starkey & Wellman,) h Western ave. Wells Arthur, manuf. and repairer of boots and shoes. South Main cor Canal, h Esteyville. 374 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. ANDEiRSGN & REDD, <<1PLUMBERS[> Manufacturer, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in C. B. DICKINSON, olesale and Beta' Fanci) And Manufacturers of Steam and Gas Fittings. ^tseani HeatBr^g a ^pecialtsij. Growell's Building, - BRATTLEBORO, VT. J. F. Anderson. E. R. Reed. CRACKERS. Confectionery, EIc, Etc. 57 HJaiq ^t, - BiiattlBboro, Vt. IH^^AII orders promptly filled on short notice. Established 1850. E. P. CARPENTER OROAN CO., MaiiufaJi?7i— Last but not least, WE 'TRY TO PLEASE. WE KEEP IN STOCK A FULl, LINE OF ^Haiid Sewed, GoodYear Welts, DaY Sewed,^ and Machine Sewed, in Button, Balmorals and Congress. We have the Agency for Charles H. Howard's celebrated Hand Sewed Goods. Measure taken and goods made to order. Inspection of our stock is solicited. Yours to serve, IDIIOT^IT »» f RD.NCH — — « m^^ r~)EPUBLICilN in Pnliticsj it reacliES tliE leading men \g. and iamilies in an intelligEnt pnpulatinn Dver- TXT-liElmingly REputlican, -whilE its cnniplEtE and carEful PEports nf all local EVEnts maks it a favnritE vjith all classes, In circnlatinn it thnrauglily" cavers its Entire local fieldj and its clean makE-np Especially conrniends. it to advertisers, Subscription "^(rice, ^i.§0 per "ijear.. TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 437 Davis Samuel, (Londonderry) r 23, resident. Dean Caleb, (South Londonderry) r 40 cor. 41, farmer, works land on shares. Dean Fred C, (South Londonderry) r 44, carpenter and joiner. Dean Willie, (South Londonderry) r 40 cor. 41, son of Caleb. Dodge Henry P , (Londonderry) r 7, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 80. Dompier Louis, (South Londonderry) section boss B. & W. R.R., h off River. DOUGLAS BENJAMIN R, (Londondery) r 32, farmer, works for Mary E. Douglas 30. DOUGLAS MARY E., (Londonderry) r 32, (Mrs. Benjamin F.,) sugar orchard 100 trees, and farmer 30. Dow Hernan, (Londonderry) r 15, farmer 25. Dudley Homer A., (South Londonderry) off r 37, gets out scythe sticks for turning. Dutton Nancy Miss, (Londonderry) r 15. Earns Charles M., (Londonderry) agent for fruit trees, h North. Eams Elbridge, (Londonderry) farmer, h North. Eddy Chandler, (Londonderry) r 27, works for Cynthia Eddy, sugar orchard 300 trees, agent for sale of liquors, farmer 85, h West. EDDY CYNTHIA Mrs., (Londonderry) sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 385, h West. Eddy Nancy M., (Londonderry) h Main. Edwards Alonzo T., (South Londonderry) r 51, with Thomas Edwards, farmer. Edwards Thomas, (South Londonderry) r 51, aged 89, farmer 50. Emmerson Frank, (South Londonderry) r 46, with S. Houghton, farmer. Emmons Mary Miss, (Londonderry) h Main. Fansworth Mark H., (Londonderry) manuf. and dealer in tin, sheet-iron, copperware, etc., Main. Parnum Ceylon D., (South Londonderry) manuf. of lumber, and chair stock, Main, h do, and farmer, in Windham 150. Farnum Frank N., (South Londonderry) r 44, farmer, leases of Levi Dun- ham, of Factory Point, 11. FAULKNER DAVID F., (Londonderry) r 14, sugar orchard 350 trees, and farmer 350. Fish John A., (Londonderry) off r 9, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 100. Fish Joseph A., (Londonderry) off r 9, with John A., farmer. Ford Jay, (South Londonderry) r 36^, farmer 100. ERASER JAMES C, (South Londonderry) r 25, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 140. Fredericks George H., (Londonderry) laborer, h North. French Edwin R., (Londonderry) r 9, farmer 100. French Nelson W., (South Londonderry) r 28, (Johnson & French.) Fuller Esther W., (South Londonderry) widow of Amori E., h Main. FULLER FRANK P., (South Londonderry) r 48, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 100. Fuller George M., (Londonderry) r 21, laborer. Gale Abigail E., (South Londonderry) widow of Jacob, h Church st. Gale Jacob C, (South Londonderry) manuf. patent medicines, dealer in junk, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 115, h Church st. Garfield Charlotte, (Londonderry) r 15, widow of John. GARFIELD EGBERT S , (Londonderry) manuf. of plows, cultivators, and dealer in agricultural implements, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 75. Gates Warren, (South Londonderry) r 28, laborer. 438 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. Gibson Ichabod, (South Londondery) shoemaker, vSchool, h do. Gibson Isaac W., (Londonderry) resident, h Pond. Gibson Julia, (Londonderry) widow of John, bds Main. Gibson William L., (Londonderry) r 24, ist selectman, town superintendent of schools, and town agent, farmer with Avery B. Stowell. Goddard Bliss, (South Londonderry) retired farmer 10, h Main. GODDARD DAVID B., (South Londonderry) traveling salesman for pianos and organs and other musical instruments, prop, of skating rink, Mairv St., h do. Goddard Henry W., (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. . Goddard Josiah, (South Londonderry) farmer 230. h Main. Goddard Josiah A., (South Londonderry) farmer with Bliss, h Main. Greeley Cyrus, (South Londonderry) off r 37, farmer 14. Greeley John, (North Windham,) r 12, farmer 75. Green Roscoe D., (South Londonderry) r 52, farmer, leases of P. R. Holt 75, Griswold Collins R., (South Londonderry) r ;^^, sugar orchard 900 trees, and farnier 180. Griswold Herman F., (North V/indham) r 12, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 200. Hall Altheron K., (South Londonderry) r 36, with J. K. Hall farmer. Hall Asa, (South Londonderry) laborer, h off River. Hall John K., (South Londonderry) r 36, sugar orchard 600 trees, and far- mer 300. Hall Orris C, (South Londonderry) r 47, farmer 120. Hardy William H. H., (South Londonderry) r 35, farm laborer. Harrington Adams, (Londonderry) farmer 3, h West. Harris RoUin R., (North Windham) r 32 cor 14, works farm of Russel F. Fisher, of Chester, Windsor Co., 150. HARRINGTON E. LEANDER, (South Londonderry) r 47, sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 100. HART NATHANIEL E., (South Londonderry) traveling salesman, farmer 5, and in Cass Co., Iowa, 80, h Main. Hathorn James H., (Londonderry) r 24, farmer for Lydia F. Hathorn 105. Hathorn Lydia F., (Londonderry) r 24, widow of Eleazer, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 105. Hatch James N., (South Londonderry) r 49, laborer. Hayne Frank, (V»^eston, Windsor Co.) r 8, works on shares for Matthew Haynes, of Weston, 100. Hayward Albert S., (Londonderry) r 24, farmer with Fanny S. Hayward Fanny S., (Londonderry) r 24, widow of Stephen, farmer 36. Hayward Horace A., (Londonderry) (Williams & Hayward) h Main. Hayward Mary, (Londonderry) widow of Allen, h Main. Hazelton Harvey A., (Londonderry) off r 25, farmer 68. Hobart George S., (Londonderry) lister, retired farmer 150, h Main. Hobart Stephen W., (South Londonderry) off r 37, retired farmer. Holden Sylvanus M., (South Londonderry) r 28 cor 31, jeweler, cattle and real estate broker, sugar orchard r,ooo trees, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 1,000. HOLT PEYTON R., (Londonderry) notary public, prop. Londonderry Hotel, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer no, h North. Horton Richmond S., (South Londonderry) off r 36, sugar orchard 4ootreeSy and farmer 100. Hoskins Charles M., (South Londonderry) band sawyer, bds. Main. TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 439 Hoskins Martin, (South Londonderry) manuf. of toy wagon stock, h Main. Houghton Silas, (South Londonderry) r 46, sugar orchard 200 trees, and far- mer 100. Houghton Stephen, (South Londonderry) r 49, laborer and boarding house. Howard Amazia H., (North Windham) off r 12, farmer. Howard Betsey, (Londonderry) r 20, widow of Leonard, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 120. Howard Frank H., (South Londonderry) r 51 cor 44, farmer 135. Howard George A., (Londonderry) r 17, butcher and meat peddler, and far- • mer 140. Howard Margaret, (North Windham) off r 12, (Mrs. Amazia H ,) farmer 50. Howard Niles, (Londonderry) r 20, farmer for Betsey 120. Howe Asa Jr., (Londonderry) r 30, farmer, leases of Joel Thompson. Howe Herbert, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. Howe Lorenzo B., (Londonderry) r 34, farmer 20. Hoy James, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. Hunting Jonas N., (South Londonderry) teamster, and farmer 24, h River. Hunting Newell, (South Londonderry) farmer, with Jonas M., h River. Huntington George O., (South Londonderry) clerk for H. P. Chase, bds Peabody House. Huntley Chester, (North Windham) r 12, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 456. Huntley Herbert E., (North Windham) r 12, farmer, with Chester. Huntley Martin C, (North Windham) r 12, laborer. Hyde Charles B., (South Londonderry) mail messenger B. & W. R. R., bds Peabody House. JAMES GEORGE W., (Londonderry) r 32, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 12 cows, breeder of Devon cattle, and farmer 270. Johnson Edney L, (South Londonderry) employee of Martin Hoskins, h Church. JOHNSON JULIAN B., (South Londonderry) r ^3, with Noble N., far- mer 140. JOHNSON NAPOLEON B., (South Londonderry) carpenter and joiner, h Main. JOHNSON NOBLE N., (South Londonderry) r ;^;^, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 140, with Julian B. JOHNSON NORMAN, (South Londonderry) r 28, (Johnson & French,) h and I acre. Johnson Samuel, (South Londonderry) r 49, farmer 100. Johnson Sarah C, (South Londonderry) r ^;^, widow of John R. JOHNSON & FRENCH, (South Londonderry) r 28, (Norman Johnson and Nelson W. French,) sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmers 75. Jones Levi, (South Londonderry) r 44, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 160. Jaquith Theophilus F., (Londonderry) r 15, sugar orchard 150 trees, and farmer 90. Jaquith Thomas J., (Londonderry) r 28, sugar orchard 800 trees, wool grower 25 sheep, and farmer 174. Kingsbury Lorin, (South Londonderry) r 42, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 88. KINSMAN GEORGE H., (South Londonderry) mason, h Main. (Moved to Bellows Falls.) Kinsman J. Sumner, (South Londonderry) r 40, sugar orchard 800 trees, and farmer 105. 44© TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. Knapp James E., (South Londonderry) pastor M. E. church, h Church. Lampson Henry, (Londonderry) r 2, works with Israel, sugar orchard 300 trees, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 100. Lampson Israel, (Londonderry) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 100. Landman John T., (South Londonderry) r 47, farmer 35. Larabee Mary, (Londonderry) widow of Joseph, owns Londonderry Hotel building. Lawrence Horatio, (Londonderry) sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 80, h West. Lawrence Horatio Jr., (Londonderry) with Horatio Lawrence, farmer, h West. Leavitt Halsey C, (South Londonderry) pastor Baptist church, h Church. Leonard Fred M., (Londonderry) (Richardson & Leonard,) postmaster, bds School. Livermore Austin F., (South Londonderry) r 45, 2d selectman, manuf. lum- ber and chair stock, sugar orchard 550 trees, and farmer 47^. Livermore Charles E., (South Londonderry) teamster and gram thresher, h North. LIVERMORE EDWARD A., (South Londonderry) r 45, constable, sugar orchard 500 trees and farmer 75. LIVERMORE SAMUEL M., (South Londonderry) r 45, town grand juror, sugar orchard 550 trees, farmer 60. LONDONDERRY HOTEL, (Lond'onderry) P. R. Holt, prop.. Main cor North sts. *LONDONDERRY SIFTER, (South Londonderry) George E. Shanks, prop.. Main st. [Card on page 516.] Loomis Emma, (South Londonderry) widow of James, h River st. liOwell Lake House, (Londonderry) r 14^, a summer boarding house, Geo. H. Hilton, of Chester, prop. Lyon Seth S., (South Londonderry) r ;^^, sugar orchard 600 trees, and far- mer 75. Mackie Thomas, (South Londonderry) local M. E. minister, h Church st. Marden Daniel H., (South Londonderry) alio, physician and surgeon, and farmer, Main St., h do. Marden Daniel W., (South Londonderry) teacher, h Church st. MARTIN JAMES, (South Londonderry) r 42, station and U. S. and C. express agent, Winhall station, B. & W. R. R. Martin James L., (South Londonderry) (Martin & Eddy, of Brattleboro) lawyer, h Main st. Martin Joshua B., (South Londonderry) r 31, meat wagon and market and farmer 18. McAllister EDGAR S., (South Londonderry) r 31^, sugar orchard 350 trees, wool grower 40 sheep, and farmer 100, and pasture and sugar orchard 100 trees and 125. Mead , (Londonderry) widow of Andrew, h Main st. MELENDY BROS., (South Londonderry) (E. W. & J. W.) undertakers, sugar orchard 500 trees, 300 bearing apple trees, and farmers 150, h High St. MELENDY E. WEBSTER, (South Londonderry) (Melendy Bros.) station agent B. & W R. R., express agent and telegraph operator, h High st. MELENDY J. WASHBURN, (South Londonderry) (Melendy Bros.) sher- iff, h High St. TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 44! Metcalf Royal D., (Londonderry) pastor supplying Cong, church, h Union st. Moffitt Willard, (South Londonderry) ofif r 46, laborer, owns h and 3 acres. Moore Fred K., (Londonderry) laborer, h Main st Moore Henry, (North Windham) r 13, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 190. Newman Sarah A., (Londonderry) (Mrs. William) milliner. Main st. Newman William, (Londonderry) botanic physician. Main St., h do. NEWELL OLIVER P., (Londonderry) r 15, sugar orchard 250 trees, and farmer 80. Norcross Horace, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main st. Parker Anson A., (Londonderry) sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 40. Parker David W., (Londonderry) musical composer, leader of Londonderry cornet band and orchestra, and farmer 3^, h North st. Parker Fred M., (Londonderry) marble worker, bds Main st. Parker Gilbert L., (Londonderry) carpenter and joiner, h Main st. Parker Joshua D., (Londonderry) retired farmer, h Main st. Parker Mary A., (Londonderry) widow of David, resident, h North st. Patterson Hiram, (Londonderry) carpenter and shoemaker, Main st., h do. PEABODY A. L. & SON, (North Windham) r 12, (Albert L. and Clarence A.) sugar orchard 600 trees, dairy 10 cows, breeder of Durham cattle, and farmers 200. PEABODY ALBERT L, (North Windham) r 12, (A. L. & Son). PEABODY CLARENCE A., (North Windham) r 12, (A. L. & Son)justice of the peace. PEABODY HARLAND O. Col., prop, of Peabody House, Main. PEABODY HOUSE, (South Londonderry) H. O. Peabody, prop., Main. Pendleton Solon E., (South Londonderry) r 36, farmer 150. PIERCE ALVAH W., (Londonderry) r 15^-, farmer 50. Pierce Frank O., (Londonderry) r 41, farmer, leases of G. S. Hobart 150. Pierce Fred A., (South Londonderry) mechanic, bds Main. Pierce Harvey W., (South Londonderry) r 34, farmer for Ira Whitman 50. Pierce Joel T., (Londonderry) r 20, blacksmith, and farmer. PIERCE JOSI.\H, (South Londonderry) r 35, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 12 cows, breeder grade Jersey and Holstein cattle, and farmer 165. Pierce Sarah A., (South Londonderry) widow of Asa, tailoress, h Main. PIERCE SEM, (South Londonderry) r 41, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 1 1 cows, breeder of Durham cattle, wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 250. PIERCE W. W. & CO., (South Londonderry) (A. Sturgess) manufs. of butter tubs, planing, sawing, and general job shop. Main. PIERCE WILLIAM W., (South Londonderry) (W. W. Pierce & Co.) h River. Porter George H., (Londonderry) laborer, h Main. Porter Henry T., (South Londonderry) trimmer children's cabs, Buffalo, N. Y., h Main. Porter William, (Londonderry) r 15, farmer, leases of Electa Bates 125. Ramsdell John, (South Londonderry) r 34, dairy 8 cows, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 175. Reed Benjamin, (South Londonderry) r 12, retired farmer. Reynolds Levi P., (Clarksville, Bennington Co.) r 22, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 60, in Landgrove 8. Richardson George, (Londonderry) (Richardson & Leonard) bds School. Richardson Winfield Scott, (Londonderry) r 21, sugar orchard 500 trees, and fanner 77. 442 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. Richardson & Leonard, (Londonderry) (George L. Richardson, Fred M. Leonard) general merchants, Main. Rider Guilford D., (Londonderry) r 24, sugar orchard 250 trees, farmer 100. Rider Jesse, (Londonderry) r 24, resident. Robbins Edwin E., (South Londonderry) r 49, farmer 16. Robinson George C, (South Londonderry) r 34, agent Vermont Mutual, and Farmers' Mutual Insurance companies, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 175. Ross Robert E., (South Londonderry) fireman on B. & W. R. R., h River. Rugg Argalas R., (Rawsonville) r 51, farmer, leases of Sarah Barnard 4. Rugg Elijah F., (South Londonderry) off r 47, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 8 cows, wool grower 30 sheep, farmer 1S8, and in Winhall 70. Severance Mazine, (South Londonderry) conductor B. & W. R. R., h River. Sexton William H., (South Londonderry) off" r 36, sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 100, in Landgrove 60. SHANKS GEORGE T., (South Londonderry) job printer, editor and prop, of the Londonderry Sifter^ Main St., h do. Shattuck Frederick A., (South Londonderry) laborer, h River st. Shattuck George W., (Londonderry) r 15^, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 60. Shattuck William A., (South Londonderry) prop, of South Londonderry grist- mill and dealer in flour, feed, meal and grain. Main St., h do. Sheldon Lizzie E., (Londonderry) (^Mrs. Lorenzo P.,) milUnery, Main St., h do. Sheldon Lorenzo P., (Londonderry) carpenter and joiner, undertaker, pic- tures framed to order, Main st., h do. Smipson Fred, (South Londonderry) conductor on B. & W. R. R., h Main. Slate Charles D., (North Windham) r 12, sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 100. Smith Anna, (Londonderry) r 24, widow of Josiah, resident. Smith Aurelius T., (Londonderry) r 14, farmer, leases of George H. Hilton, of Chester, 100. Smith Bliss, (Londonderry) r 7, invalid. Smith Charles D., (Londonderry) r 24, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer on Josiah Smith estate 100. Smith George G., (South Londonderry) (Smith & Taylor,) postmaster and town treasurer, h Main st. Smith George L., (Londonderry) r 7, farmer 65. Smith Henry B., (South Londonderry) r 40, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, and farmer 80. SMITH HEZRON W., (North Windham) postmaster, ^ugar orchard 800 trees, breeder of Durham cattle, and farmer 151. Smith Larkin, (South Londonderry) sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 80, h Main st. Smith Marshall E., (Londonderry) farmer 12, h Pond st. Smith & Taylor, (South Londonderry) (G. G. Smith and H. S. Taylor,) gen- eral merchants and dealers in drugs. Main st. Sj)arrow Benjamin, (Londonderry) harnessmaker. Main St., h do. Spaulding Simeon D., (Londonderry) r 15 cor 8, cooper, and farmer 75. Stewart Henry J., (Rawsonville) r 50, manuf. of chair stock, sugar orchard 150 trees, and farmer 250. Stewart Hiram, (South Londonderry) r 28, farmer 60. St. Marie Louis, (South Londonderry) r 42, (St. Marie &Ball.) TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. 443 St. Marie & Ball, (South Londonderry) r 42, (Louis St. Marie and W. C. Ball,) manufs. and dealers in cloth-boards, lath, bill timber, etc. ST. ONGE JOSEPH, (South Londonderry) carriage maker, Main St., h do. Stoodley William H., (Londonderry) r 17, farmer, h Main st. STOVVELL AVERY B., (Londonderry) r 24, sugar orchard 600 trees, wool grower 30 sheep, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 300. Stowell David, (I^ondonderry) r 24, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 300. Stowell Walter D., (Londonderry) r 24, farmer, with Avery B. Strong Paschal P. E., Jr., (Londonderry) r 14, sugar orchard 160 trees, and farmer 90. STUART JOHN, (Londonderry) off r 12, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 170. Stuart Omer S.^ (South Londonderry) teamster, h off Main st. Sturgess Albert, (South Londonderry) (W. W. Pierce & Co.,) millwright, h Main. Sutton James A., (Londonderry) r 29, sugar orchard 250 trees, and farmer 88. Sutton William, (Londonderry) r 29, with William F., resident. Sutton William F., (Londonderry) r 29, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 119. TARBELL JAMES M., (Londonderry) r 3, dist. clerk, sugar orchard 250 trees, dairy 7 cows, and farmer 350. Tarbell James P., (South Londonderry) agent for oven turntables for cook stoves, h Main. Taylor Hiram S., (South Londonderry) (Smith & Taylor) bds Main. THOMPSON HENRY L., (South Londonderry) r S3- sugar orchard 800 trees, and farmer 180, (gone to West Dorset, Vt., leased farm for 5 years). Thompson Joel, (Londonderry) 131 cor. 30, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 175. Thompson John A., (Londonderry) r 21, sugar orchard 400 trees, breeder of Southdown sheep, and farmer 90. Thompson Leroy, (South Londonderry) r 25, agent for Acme harrow, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 212. Thompson Walter, (South Londonderry) r $^, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 180. Thompson William, (South Londonderry). Town William C, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. TYLER DWIGHT, (South Londonderry) town clerk, has held the office 37 years, justice of the peace, treasurer, h Church. Tyler Frank H., (South Londonderry) clerk for H. P. Chase. Tyler Harland D., (South Londonderry) house, carriage, sign, and orna- mental painter. Main, h Church. Underwood Solon C, (South Londonderry) r 42. sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 130. VAILE FRED, (South Londonderry) r 37, (L. N. & Son,) town auditor. VAILE L. N. &SON, (South Londonderry) r 37, (Lewis N. & Fred,) sugar orchard 4,000 trees, dairy 14 cows^ wool grower 200 sheep, dealers in cattle, and farmers 423. VAILE LEWIS N., (South Londonderry) 137, (L. N. & Son). VIALL PHILETUS, (South Londonderry) r 35, cider-mill, grain thresher 2 horse tread power, wood sawyer, owns Hambletonian stallion, farmer, leases of W^illiam Harris & Son, of Windham, sugar orchard 1,400 trees, and farm 212, owns on r 34 farm 5. 444 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY. Wait Barnet, (Londonderry) sugar orchard 560 trees, and farmer 155, Main cor. School, aged 88. WAIT BARNET S., (Londonderry) deputy sheriff, auctioneer, and farmer 80, h Main cor North. Wait Charles S., (Londonderry) r 7, with Daniel D., farmer. Wait Corydon F., (Londonderry) r 16, works farm of Barnet Wait, sugar orchard 560 trees^ and farmer no. WAIT DANIEL D., (Londonderry) r 7, summer boarding house and cot- tage, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 225. WALKER CALVIN B., (South Londonderry) r 51, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 10 cows, wool grower 20 sheep, and farmer 178. Walker George, (South Londonderry) shoemaker^ and farmer 210, Church, h do. Walker George H., (South Londonderry) photographer. Church, h do. WALKER HENRY A., (South Londonderry) prop, of South Londonderry tannery. Main, h do. Walker Herbert A , (South Londonderry) section hand B. & W. R. R., h Church. Walker Horace, (South Londonderry) retired brick maker, owns h and 12 acres, h Church. Westcott Carrie A. Miss, (Londonderry) teacher, bds North. Westcott Fernando N., (Londonderry) carpenter and wheelwright, h North. Wheeler Edward P., (South Londonderry) r 40,. with Lyman A., farmer. Wheeler Lyman A., (South Londonderry) r 40, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 58. White Foster, (North Windham) r 12, laborer. White Mary C, (South Londonderry) widow of Lorenzo, h Main. White Wilbur, (North Windham) r 12, laborer. WHITMAN ARA., (Londonderry) sugar orchard 80 trees, and farmer 20, h Main. Whitman Charlie A., (South Londonderry) carriage smith and manuf. of bolt clippers, and jeweler, Main, h do. Whitman Charles L., (Londonderry) laborer, bds North. Whitman Ira, (South Londonderry) r 34, sugar orchard 370 trees, farmer 50. Whitman John, (South Londonderry) carpenter and wheelwright, h River. Whitman Letty E. Miss, (Londonderry) teacher, bds Main. Whitman Noah, (Londonderry) miller, h High. Whitman Silas, (S juth Londonderry) carriage maker and repairer, Main, h do. Wilbur Bradford, (South Londonderry) r 36, farmer 50, died April r, 1884, aged 76. Wilbur Lucius O., (South Londonderry) r 46, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 65. Wilbur Ruel S., (South Londonderry) dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry, and repairer, Main, h do. Wilbur Susan, (South Londonderry) widow of William, h High cor School. Wiley John, (South Londonderry) r 40, farmer, and grain thresher. WILKINS A. W. J. & CO., (Londonderry) (Artemas W. J. and B. M. Wil- kins,) dealers in monuments, headstones, tablets and curbing in marble, and American and Scotch granite. Main st. WILKINS ARTEMAS W. J., (Londonderry) (A. W. J. Wilkins & Co.,) justice of the peace, and pension agent, h North. WILKINS BYRON M., (Londonderry) (A. W. J. Wilkins & Co.,) barber, Main, h do. r TOWN OF MARLBORO. 445 Wilkins Matthew, (Londonderry) farmer 8^, h Main, aged 8i. Williams Adril. (South Londonderry) r 51, carpenter and joiner. WILLIAMS FREEMAN W., (Londonderry) (Williams & Hayward.) Williams Lewis, (South Londonderry) r 36, farmer 36. WILLIAMS & HAYWARD, (Londonderry) (F. W. W. & H.A. H.) man- ufacturers iron planers, punches, drills, screw machines, jobbers and dealers in machinists supplies, Main st. Winchester Fred, (South Londonderry) dealer in stoves, hardware, tin, sheet- iron and copper ware, glassware and phosphates. Main st. h do. Wood Frank M., (South Londonderry) manufacturer of hard and soft lumber and chair stock, mills at Jamaica and South Londonderry, bds Pea- body House. Wood Henry, (South Londonderry) r ^^, farmer, leases of H. L. Thompson 180. WOOD NORMAN P., (South Londonderry) physician and surgeon, Main st. h do. WOODWARD WILLIAM R., (Londonderry) eclectic physician and sur- geon. North, h do. Wright Martin G., (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. WRIGHT WINFIELD S., (South Londonderry) r 52, sugar orchard r,ooo trees, and farmer 240. Wright Warren, (South Londonderry) laborer, h Main. Wyman John M., (Londonderry) r 7, farmer 85. Yearly Herbert P., (South Londonderry) r 44 cor 46, sugar orchard 300 trees, 10 cows, and farmer 135. Yearly Janett V., (South Londonderry) Mrs. William T., dressmaker, h Main. Yearly William T., (South Londonderry) farmer 115, h Main. Young Alfred, (Londonderry) r 17, carpenter and joiner, and farmer, leases of Dr. D. H. Marden 120. MARLBORO. Railroad station is Brattleboro, 10 miles east, on Vt. & Mass. R. R. Daily stage. (J^or explanations^ etc., see page 305.^ Adams Clark L., (Marlboro) r 12, sexton of cemetery, breeder of Durham cattle, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer with Edwin P. 200. ADAMS DAVID, (West Marlboro) r 41, farmer 134. ADAMS EDWIN P.. (Marlboro) r 12, superintendent and town auditor, breeder of Durham cattle, farmer, owns with C. L. 200. Adams Francis C, (Williamsville) r 7, sugar orchard 350 trees, wool grower 32 sheep, farmer 180. ADAMS HUGH M., (Marlboro) off r 12, selectman, farm laborer for his father T. M. ADAMS IRA, (West Marlboro) r 27 cor 28, postmaster, cattle dealer,. sugar orchard 800 trees, 30 sheep, and farmer 400. Adams Louisa, (Marlboro) off r 12, lives with her brother T. M. Adams Simeon, (West Marlboro) r 42 cor 45, retired farmer. Adams Simeon H., (West Marlboro) r 27 cor 28, farm laborer. 446 TOWN OF MARLBORO. Adams Timothy M., (Marlboro) off r 12, sugar orchard 600 trees, 30 sheep, farmer 600. Ames Charles A., (Marlboro) r 51, farm laborer. AMES GEORGE W., (Marlboro) r 51, sugar orchard 600 trees, 40 sheep, farmer 350. Bailey Alger, (Marlboro) r 15, farmer 160. Bailey Chloe, (Marlboro) r 37, farmer 45. Bailey William, (Marlboro) r 11, farm laborer, owns 30 acres. Bancroft Allen, (West Marlboro) r 21, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 135. Bartlett Robert R., (West Brattleboro) r 35, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, far- mer 350. Bellows Clark, (West Marlboro) r 18, farm laborer. Bellows Hamlet C, (Marlboro) r 26, cattle dealer, farmer 350. Bellows Henry W., (Marlboro) r 21, justice of the peace, constable, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 80. Bellows Holland, (West Marlboro) off r 42, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 80. Bellows Horatio J., (West Marlboro) r 24, farmer 160. Bellows Ward, (West Marlboro) r 24, retired farmer. Bellows Ward 2d, (Marlboro) r 31, farm laborer. Bellows Willard, (Marlboro) off r 42, farm laborer. Blanchard George A., (Marlboro) r 51, farmer 200. BLANCHARD JOHN, (West Brattleboro) off r 12^, farmer 130. Brayman Sidney L., (Marlboro) r ;^;^, farmer 64. Brown Addison M., (West Brattleboro) off r 9, owns farm with Albert G. Brown Albert G., (West Brattleboro) off r 9, sugar orchard 400 trees, far- mer 150. Brown Levi, (Williamsville) off r 16, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 100. Brown Mary, (West Brattleboro) off r 9, widow of Mather. BRUCE ALVIN B., (Williamsville) r 15. sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 180. Bruce Charles, (Williamsville) r 8, farmer 60. Bruce James P., (Williamsville) r 15, farm laborer. Bruce Joseph, (Marlboro) r 40, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 85. Bruce "Oratus J., (Williamsville) r 15, farm laborer. Bruce Sarah, (Williamsville) r 15. Bruce Warren E., (Williamsville) r 15, farm laborer. Butterfield Joel P., (Marlboro) r 36, farmer, leases of Albert M. Stratton, of Bernardston, Mass., 130. Carey Heanen J., (West Halifax) r 51, farmer 200. Charter Charles A., (Williamsville) r 8, farmer 40. Charter King D., (Williamsville) r 8, sugar orchard 650 trees, 50 sheep, far- mer 617. Chase Hiram, (Jacksonville) r 45, retired farmer, owns with Leroy M. 100. CHASE LEROY M., (Jacksonville) r 45, sugar orchard 650 trees, farmer 100. Collins Anson H., (Williamsville) r 15, farm laborer. Collins Henry M., (WiUiamsville) r 15, farmer 54. Copeland Orson H., (Jacksonville) r 45, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 215. Corbett Cecil M., (West Marlboro) r 49, farm laborer. Corbett John N., (West Marlboro) r 49, owns saw-mill and grist-mill, carpen- ter, and farmer 40. Dunakin Calvin J., (West Halifax) r 41, farm laborer, Dunakin Hiram, (West Halifax) r 41, farm laborer. DUNAKIN JAMES L., (West Halifax) r 41 cor 51, farmer 10. Dunklee Amanda W., (Marlboro) r 31, widow of Willard. TOWN OF MARLBORO. 447 Elmer Anna U., (Williamsville) r 8, widow of Chester. Fisher Abigail W., (Williamsville) r i6, widow of Nehemiah. Fisher Frank F., (Marlboro) r 29, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 140. FISHER JOSEPH E., (Williamsville) off r 16, farmer 50. FLETCHER PHINEAS P./(West Brattleboro) r 9, wool grower 40 sheep, and farmer 160. Geaw Abel G., (Marlboro) r ;^8, wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 240. Goodell David, (Williamsville) off r 7, farm laborer. Goodell Evmice, (Williamsville) off r 7, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 100. Goodell Gracia, (Williamsville) r 7, widow of Zina, owns farm with S. C. Goodell Lucy A., (East Dover) r 5, widow of Clark W. Goodell Marshall G., (Williamsville) r 15, farmer. Goodell Sidney C, (Williamsville) r 7, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer, owns with Gracia 130. GOODELL WESSON S., (Williamsville) r 15, sugar orchard 200 trees, wool grower 25 sheep, and farmer 200. Goodnow Warren W., (West Marlboro) r 51, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 175. Hadley Samuel, (Marlboro) r 51, farm laborer. Hale Arminda, (Williamsville) r 8, widow of Charles. Hale Locke C, (Williamsville) r 16, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 30. HALL GEORGE W., (West Marlboro) r 23, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, and farmer 240. HALL IRA I., (West Marlboro) r 23, owns farm with G. W. Hall. Halladay Charles, (Williamsville) off r 16, owns farm with Levi Brown. Halladay Clarence E., (West Brattleboro) r 9, farm laborer for his father, Elliot. HALLADAY ELLIOT, (West Brattleboro) r 9, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, wool grower 48 sheep, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 300. HAMILTON JOSEPH H. Dea., (West Brattleboro) off r 11, justice of the peace, lister, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower ^8 sheep, and farmer 300. Hamilton Joseph W., (Marlboro) r 33, farm laborer. Hastings Mahala, (Marlboro) r 39, widow of Franklin. Hastings Monroe, (Marlboro) r 39, farmer 350. Higley Dan M., (Marlboro) r 2, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer no. Higley Elliot J., (West Marlboro) r 42 cor 45, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 400. Higley George C, (Marlboro) r 51, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, and farmer 140. HIGLEY ORANGE, (Marlboro) r 11, prop, of saw-mill, and farmer 150. Higley Warren, (Dover) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 32 sheep, and farmer 287. Higley Willard L., (Marlboro) r 2, farm laborer. Houghton Bradley, (Marlboro) r 39, farmer 100. Houghton Rufus A., (West Marlboro) r 29, 3d selectman, sugar orchard 800 trees, wool grower 32 sheep, and farmer 200. Howard Byron D., (Brattleboro) r 39, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, wool grower 25 sheep, and farmer 260. Howe Daniel S., (West Marlboro) r 47, sugar orchard 150 trees, and farmer Howe Harlow E., (Williamsville) r 7, sugar orchard'300 trees, and farmer 160. I 44? TOWN OF MARLBORO. Howe John J., (West Marlboro; r 2, town auditor, sugar orchard 800 trees, owns blacksmith shop, and farmer 190. Hudson Samuel W., (Marlboro) r 40, farmer 190. Hughes John R., (West Marlboro) r 24 cor 21, sugar orchard 800 trees, far- mer 150. Ingram Betsey W., (Marlboro) r 22 cor 2, widow of Ira. Ingram Charles E., (Williamsville) r 8, farmer, leases of John A. Kelsey, of Claremont, N. H., farm 50. Ingram Charles W., (Williamsville) r 6, farm laborer. Ingram Elon G., (Williamsville) off r 7, lumberman. Ingram John H., (Williamsville) r 6, farm laborer. Jenks Andrew N.. (West Marlboro) r 48, retired farmer. Jtwett Addison, (Marlboro) r 17, owns farm with Joseph C. Jewett Darwin, (Marlboro) r 17. JEWETT JOSEPH C, (Marlboro) r 17, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 40 sheep, farmer, owns with Addison 350. Johnson Alvin, (Marlboro) r 20, 24 sheep, farmer 260. Johnson Charles, (Marlboro) r 38, retn-ed farmer. Johnson Elliott, (Marlboro) r 5^, sug;ir orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 385. Johnson Gertrude A., (East Dover) r 5, widow of Chandler, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 210. JOHNSON JOSEPH O., (Marlboro) r 38, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 200. Johnson Marcus M., (West Marlboro) r 48, owns farm with E. L. Tyler. Johnson Maria S., (Williamsville) r 16, widow of Peter, farmer 34. JOHNSON NELSON L., (East Dover) r 5I farm laborer on Rufus Lar- nard's farm. Johnson Ruth, (Williamsville) r 7, widow of Moses. Johnson Zenas, (Marlboro) 5^, farm laborer. Kelsey Levi, (Marlboro) r 20, farmer too. King Francis F., (Marlboro) r 35, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 160. KING WALTER E., (Marlboro) r 35, music teacher. Knight James O., (West Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 225. Knight John F., (West Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 70. Knight Leslie J., (West Brattleboro) r 9, farm laborer. Earned Lewis D., (East Dover) r ^^, works with Nelson L. Johnson farm of R. Larnard, of Shutesbury, Mass., sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farm 250. Luce John, (West Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 75. Luce John L., (West Brattleboro, r 9, owns with his father, John, farm 75. Marsh Willard, (East Dover) r 5, retired farmer. Mather Betsey, (Marlboro) r 18, widow of Cotton. MATHER DAVID, (Marlboro) r 29, sugar orchard 400 trees, 23 sheep, farmer 275. Mather George, (Marlboro) r 18, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 140. Mather Miller D., (Marlboro) r 31, farmer 75. Matin Edwin, (Marlboro) oft" r 11, farmer 10. May Alvin, (Dover) r 2, retired farmer. May Erasmus D., (Dover) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 22 sheep, farmer 100. Mayo Catharine G., (Williamsville) r 6, widow of Joseph R. Metcalf John O., (Williamsville) r 8, runs saw and shingle-mill, rents of Sarah R. Hill, of Salem, Mass., farm 40. MOORF^ LEVI, (Dover) r 2, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 22 sheep, farmer 62. I TOWN OF MARLBORO. 449 Ogilvie Maggie, (Marlboro) r 33, widow of Alexander. OGILVIE SEYMOUR M., (Marlboro) r ss, blacksmith. Pease Aaron, (West Marlboro) r 27, farmer 50. Plant Peter, (West Brattleboro) r 9, farmer 45 Powers Lyman G., (Marlboro) r 40, farmer 145. Powers Martin V. B., (East Dover) r 5, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 200. Pratt Sidney M., (VVilliamsville) r 16, farmer 100. Prouty Albert M., (Marlboro) r 31, postmaster, town clerk, lister, sugar orch- ard 600 trees, farmer 140. PROUTY AMOS C, (West Marlboro) r 42, sugar orchard 600 trees, 26 sheep, farmer 150. Prouty Dwight C, (East Dover) r 3, sugar orchaid 500 trees, farmer 30. Prouty Martha M., (Marlboro) r 33. Prouty Sally, (Marlboro) r 31, widow of Forsdick. Putnam Lucy, (Marlboro) r 26, widow of Ebenezer. Snow Absalom, (Marlboro) r 31, sugar orchard 600 trees, prop, of Union House, farmer 325. Snow Clement W., (Marlboro) off r 9, thresher, sugar orchard 500 trees 20 sheep, and farmer 150. Snow Everett C, (Marlboro) r 31, farm laborer. Snow Ira W , (Marlboro) r 12, farm laborer. Snow Susan, (Marlboro) r 31, widow of Flint W. Stanclift Frederick A., (Dover) r 2, sugar orchard 600 trees, 33 sheep, farmer 225. Stanclift Rufus H., (Dover) r 2, owns with F. A. Stanclift farm 225. Stanclift Sanford E., (Marlboro) off r 53, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 200. Stanclift Willard V., (Marlboro) r 54, sugar orchard 500 trees, farm 180. Staples Edson C, (Marlboro) r 40, farmer 15. Stone Rose M. Mrs., (Williamsville) r 8. Thayer Thirza, (Marlboro) r 11, widow of Ezra. Thomas Anna L., (West Brattleboro) r 58. THOMAS GEORGE M., (West Brattleboro) r 58, lister, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 155, and in Brattleboro 90. Thomas Mary M., (Williamsville) r 15, farm 30. Thomas Sarah, (West Brattleboro) r 58, widow of Henry. Tucker Mary, (Marlboro) r 31, widow of Dr. Ebenezer. Tyler Edwin L., (West Marlboro) r 48, sugar orchard 850 trees, farmer 270. Union House, (Marlboro) r3i, Absalom Snow, prop. Warren Clark, (Marlboro) r 26, sugar orchard 400 trees, sexton of cem- etery, farmer 250. Warren Dolphus P., (Jacksonville) r 46, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 180. Whitaker David M., (Marlboro) r 15, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 200. WHITAKER JULIUS L., (Marlboro) r 15, general blacksmith, also farmer . 33- . Whitney Annis, (Marlboro) r 20, widow of Stephen. WHITNEY BRUTUS M., (Marlboro) r 11, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 300. WHITNEY CARLEY P., (Marlboro) r 20, town auditor, sugar orchard 700 trees, 25 sheep, dairy 10 cows, farmer 350. Whitney Henry F., (Marlboro) r 2, 1st selectman, and farmer 10. Whitney John S., (Marlboro) r 11, farm laborer. Whitney William H., (Marlboro) r 2, farmer 10. 29 45 O TOWN OF NEWFANE. Whitney Zenas H., (Marlboro) r 2, sugar ^orchard 1,200 trees, wool grower 20 sheep ,and farmer 205. WHITTEMORE DANIEL W., (Marlboro) r 13, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 200. Williams Albert, (South Newfane) r 8, wool grower 28 sheep, and farmer with Alfred 365. Williams Alfred, (South Newfane) r 8, farmer with Albert 365. Willis Charles H., (Williamsville) r 8, mechanic. WILLIS GEORGE S., (Williamsville) r 8, farmer 85. Willis Samuel N., (South Newfane) r 8, mechanic. Winchester Asa, (Marlboro) r 18, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 195. Winchester Clark A., (West Marlboro) r 47, farmer 200. Winchester George, (Marlboro) r ;^^, 23 sheep, and farmer 140. Winchester Hannah, (West Marlboro) r 23. Winchester Lois, (Marlboro) r 22 cor 2, widow of Antipass. Winchester Williston, (Marlboro) r 22 cor 2, farmer 200. Worden Alfred C, (South Newfane) off r i6, sugir orchard 400 trees, and farmer 260. Worden Edwin C, (East Dover) r 6, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 140. Worden Horatio L., (Williamsville) off r 6, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 25 sheep, and farmer 260. Worden John J., (East Dover) r 5, sugar orchard 375 trees, and farmer 192. Worden Orlen W., (WiUiamsville) r 6, farmer 170. Worden Roswell, (South Newfant) r 8, retired farmer. Worden Sylvester, (East Dover) r 5, retired farmer. NE^ATFANE. South Newfane, a new postoffice, has been established in the town of Newfane since our canvass. The changes in postofilice address are as reported by the postmaster. (J^or exJ>/aua/ions, etc., see page 305.^ Adams Herbert M., (Williamsville) r 30, farmer with Franklin B. Morse. Adams Marcus W., (East Dover) r i^, farmer 500. Adams Sidney S., (East Dover) r 18, sugar orchard 800 trees, apple orchard 200 trees, and farmer 265. Allen Clara, (Newfane) widow of Newman, resident, aged 90, owns h and lot. Allen George T., (Williamsville) r 42, mason, and farmer 5. Allen Welcome, (Williamsville) r 30, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 200 trees, breeder and dealer in grade Alderney cattle, timberland 90, and farmer 200. Arms Goodsil F., (East Dover) r 35, pastor of M. E. churches at East Dover and Williamsville. Atridge Ozeael, (Williamsville) sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 320. Bailey Aithur S., (Williamsville) farmer with Zina G. Bailey Byron C, (Williamsville) r 2,'^, farmer, with his father, Chauncey B. TOWN OF NEWFANE. 451 BAILEY CHAUNCEY B., (South Newfane) r ^8, sugarorchard 600 trees, apple orchard 100 trees, grade Southdown sheep 75 head, farmer 220. Bailey Clarence, (Williamsville) r 35, son of Z. G. Bailey Dwight E., (WiUiamsville) r 38, farm laborer, with his father, Chaun- cey B. Bailey Eugene C, (WiUiamsville) farm laborer. Bailey Henry W., (Williamsville) r 38, son of Z. G. Bailey Martin, (Williamsville) off r 42, farmer 112. BAILEY ZINA G., (South Newfane) r 38, sugarorchard 700 trees, apple orchard 300 trees, farmer 400. Ball Horace R., (South Newfane) off r 30, carries on farm of Mrs. E. F. Bruce, of Brooklyn, L. I. Barrett Shubael. (Newfane) farmer 54. Batchelder Newton M., (Newfane) dealer in drugs, crockery and glassware, groceries, flour, feed, fertilizers and ready-made clothing. Bemis Levi C, (Newfane) r 10, farm laborer, h and lot. BENNETT ELFORD O., (Newfane) r 11, leases of M. H. Twitchell, U. S. consul, at Kingston, farm 35. Best Charles J., (Newfane) r 6, laborer. BETTERLEY CHESTER H., (Brattleboro)r 48, dairy 18 cows, sugar orch- ard 700 trees, farmer 400. Betterley George W., (WiUiamsville) r 46, peddler and farmer 8. Betterley Philander C, (Williamsville) carpenter and builder Betterley Willie S., (East Dover) r 18, farmer with S. S. Adams. BINGHAM LINUS W.. (VVilliamsviUe) employee of Willard E. Bingham Milton A., (Williamsville) laborer. Bingharn Willard E., (South Newfane) r 40, grist-mill, circular saw, shingle and planing-mill. Bishop Stephen VV., (WilUamsville) teamster. BLAKESLEE CALEB S., (Williamsville) alio, physician and surgeon, h and lot. Blanchard Charles, (Newfane) r 11, blacksmith for H. B. Wellman. Bliss Almond W., (Newfane) r 5, farmer, with Walter W. Bliss William C, (Newfane) r 5, served in Co. D, 8th Regt. Vt. Vols., farmer BLODGETT ELLIOTT W., (Newfane) off r 9, breeder and dealer in Dur- ham cattle, Southdown sheep, dealer in agricultural implements, sugar orchard 400 trees, apple orchard 150 trees, farmer 175. Bolls Emeline, (Newfane) widow of Nelson. . Bolls Mary E., (Newfane) milliner, owns farm 140. Booth Charles, (Newfane) mechanic, wood turning. Brooks Frederick R., (Williamsville) jobbing, lumbering and teamster. Brooks Henry E., (South Newfane) laborer. Brooks William, (South Newfane) r 42, laborer, h and lot. Brooks William A. Jr., (South Newfane) r 42, prop, saw and cider-mill, and jelly works. Brown Alvin, (East Dover) r 35, sugar orchard 600 trees, apple orchard 300 trees, farmer 145. BROWN CLARK L., (East Dover) r 36, carpenter and builder, prop, saw- mill, soldier Co. I, 8th Regt. Vt. Vols. Brown Samuel G., (Newfane) farmer 38. Brown Samuel G. Jr., (Newfane) farmer, with his father, Samuel G. Bruce Emery F., (East Dover) farm laborer. I 452 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. er 10, h Pleasant. Bradish Charles H., (Rockingham) oftr 15, track hand C. V. R. R. Britton Ebenezer, (Saxton's River) retired farmer, owns 4, h Westminster, Brockway Charles, (Bellows Falls) r 43, works in paper mill. Brockway Charles H., (Bellows Falls) r 45 cor 46, paper maker. Brockway Laura, (Bartonsville) r 17, widow of Carl M., farmer 47. Brown Calvin, (Rockingham) r 6, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 160. Buemond Daniel B., (Rockingham) r 13, grain thresher, and farmer, leases of Lewis Olcott. Buemond George E., (Rockingham) r 13, laborer. Bugbee Danford A., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Pleasant. Burt John A., (Rockingham) r 26, farmer 70. Burr John W., (Cambridgeport) r 40, millwright, and farmer 90. Burt Louisa, (Bartonsville) r 3^, widow of David, resident. BURT MAYNARD F., (Bartonsville) justice of the peace, sugar orchard 150 trees, wool grower 100 sheep, farmer 350. Burr Willard J., (Cambridgeport) with John W., farmer. BURWELL IRA D., (Saxton's River) r 40, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 100. Buss Cyrus, (Saxton's River) r 46, employee Vermont Farm Machine Co. Buss Luthera, (Saxton's River) widow of Albee, h Academy ave. BUTTERFIELD & SMITH, (Cambridgeport)4(John L. Butterfield, of Grafton, and Charles Smith) manufacturers and dealers in soap-stone. BUXTON JOHN L., (Saxton's River) off r 35, sugar orchard 130 trees, and farmer 79. Cain James, (Cambridgeport) boarding house, h Main. Campbell Colin, (Saxton's River) cattle ranch in Texas, summer resdence Main. CAMPBELL DANIEL, (Saxton's River) physician and surgeon. Main, h do. CAMPBELL WILLIAM H., (Saxton's River) livery, sale and boarding stables, Main, h do. Carleton Charles B., (Saxton's River) dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry and repairer. Main, h do. CASSIDY WILLIAM P., (Saxton's River) (Cassidy& V/alker.) CASSIDY & WALKER, (Saxton's River) (W. P. C. & R. C. W.) props. mail and stage line from Saxton's River to Bellows Falls, Cambridge- port, Grafton and Townshend, h Main. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 473 Chadwick Albert, (Saxton's River) r 43, wool sorter. Chapin George F., (Saxton's River) pastor Cong, church, h Westminster st. Chapin Henry B., (Cambridgeport) r 40, physician and surgeon. Childs Stephen, (Saxton's River) carriage ironer,'h Westminster st. Christy Hugh, (Rockingham) r 25 cor 24, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 125. Clark Albert, (Saxton's River) r 36, farmer 78. Clark Joseph, (Saxton's River) r 36, farmer with Albert. Clark Lewis, (Saxton's River) r 43, basket maker. Clark Mary Mrs., (Saxton's River) teacher, h Westminster st. Clayton John, (Rockingham) r 4, works in saw-mill. Cobb Ella, (Saxton's River) (Cobb Sisters) h Westminster st. Cobb Henry, (Saxton's River) r 52, dairy 10 cows, breeder of Durham and Jersey cattle, farmer 140. Cobb Laura B., (Saxton's River) (Cobb Sisters) h Westminster st. Cobb Mary J., (Saxton's River) (Cobb Sisters) h Westminster st. Cobb Sisters, (Saxton's River) (Mary J., Ella and Laura B.) farmers 18, h Westminster st. Colcord E. J. Rev., A. M., (Saxton's River) teacher of ancient languages and history, Vermont Academy, bds Farnsworth Hall. Colton Jonathan, (Cambridgeport) r 40, farmer 50. Cook Romanzo, (Bellows Falls) r 30, house painter. Corlew Henry M., (Saxton's River) harness maker, h Main st. Coughlin William, (Saxton's River) spinner, h Livery st. Cram James B., (Bartonsville) r 3, carpenter and joiner. Cram Harrison, (Bellows Falls) pent road from 30 to 31, farmer for D. K. Barry 150. Cunningham Abner, (Saxton's River) mason, house painter and paper hanger, h Main st. Cushing David F., (Cambridgeport) general merchant, farmer 65, in Grafton 10, and in Athens 65. Damon Dexter B., (Rockingham) r 10, farmer 90. Daniels Orpha A., (Saxton's River) widow of John, h Pleasant st. Davenport Elwin A., (Bartonsville) r 3, laborer. Davis George, (Rockingham) r 33, farmer 50. DAVIS HUBBARD B., (Rockingham) r 34, sugar orchard 500 trees, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep and grade Durham cattle, and farmer 180. Davis Haskell G., (Cambridgeport) r 23, wool grower 59 sheep, farmer 100. Davis Ramson, (Saxton's River) off r 40, sugar orchard 200 trees, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 200. Davis Wallace H., (Saxton's River) r 44, laborer. Day Edward F., (Bartonsville) r 3, paper maker. Day Franklin, (Bartonsville) r 3, house painter. Day William D., (Saxton's River) peddler, bds Main st. , Dimond Stephen M., (Cambridgeport) blacksmith, Main st., h r 40. DivoU J. B. & J. L., (Rockingham) r 16, breeders of Merino sheep, and farmers 300. Divoll John L., (Rockingham) r 16, (J. B. & J. L.). Divoli Josiah B., (Rockingham) r 26, (J. B. & J. L.) town auditor, postmas- ter, and dealer in dry goods, groceries, clothing, boots and shoes, hard- ware, &c. DORAND PETER, (Bartonsville) r 21, meat market. Dorand Quartos M., (Bartonsville) r 3, mason. 474 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. Dugan Archi W., (Saxton's River) house painter, h Main. Dunham Alva, (Bartonsville) r 17^, manuf. of ink, blacking, &c., owns h and 3 acres. DutcherC. H., (Rockingham) ofif r 15, track hand C. V. R. R. Dutton Dorothy, (Saxton's River) widow of Samuel C, h Livery. Dutton Horatio W., (Saxton's River) miller, h Pleasant. Dwinnell Benjamin F., (Saxton's River) employee of Farnsworth & Co., h River. Dwinnell Charles, (Cambridgeport) r 23, (Weaver & Dwinell. P^arle Orson, (Rockingham) r 24, farmer 10. Earle Sidney R., (Saxton's River) wagon maker and jobber, River St., h Livery. Eastman Lewis H., (Cambridgeport) r 40, laborer. Eddy Lewis S., (Rockingham) r 26, overseer of the poor, sexton Rocking- ham cemetery, dealer in cattle, and farmer 800. Edson Isaiah, (Rockingham) r 29, farmer 140. Edson John W., (Bartonsville) rig, stone mason. Edson Josiah E., (Bartonsville) r 3, carpenter and joiner. Ellis WiUiam, (Bellows Falls) on pent road from r 30 to 31, farmer 90. ELLIS WILLIAM H., (Rockingham) r 31, farmer 98. EUison Barney, (Bartonsville) r 3, with Delos, farmer. EUison Delos, (Bartonsville) r 3, farmer, leases of Almon Ayers, of Putney. Ellison Gifford, (Bartonsville) r 3, laborer. Emery Lucy Ann, (Bartonsville) r 3, (Mrs. O. B.,) farmer 70, and in Graf- ton 100. Emery Osman B., (Bartonsville) r 3, mason, and farmer 7. Emery Samuel H. R., (Bartonsville) r 3, stone mason. Estabrook Caroline, (Rockingham) r 16, (Mrs. Lucius H.,) owns in Grafton 30 acres. Estabrook Lucius H., (Rockingham) r 16, sugar orchard 80 trees, and far- mer 138. Evans Horace, (Saxton's River) employee of Farnsworth & Co., bds Factory. Evans Sophia, (Bellows Falls) r 30, widow of Henry. Factory Boarding House, (Saxton's River) Farnsworth & Co., props., Fac- tory St. Fairbanks David, (Charlestown, N. H.,) r 11, farmer 200, and in Langdon, N. H., pasture 90. Fairbanks George R., ^Saxton's River) r 39, (G. S. & G. R.) Fairbanks George S., (Saxton's River) r 39, (G. S. & G. R. Fairbanks George S. & George R., (Saxton's River) r 39, farmer 60. Fairbanks Keziah Miss, (Saxton's River) h Academy ave. Fairbanks Samuel A., (Rockingham) r 31, farmer 50. Fairbrother Mark M., (Saxton's River) highway surveyor and truckman, h Main. Faneuf Ferdinand, (Saxton's River) barber. Factory cor Main, h Pleasant. Farnsworth George R., (Saxton's River) manuf. of feed and meal, and dealer in flour, feed, meal and corn. Main, h do. FARNSWORTH JOHN A., (Saxton's River) (Farnsworth & Co.,), trustee and treasurer, and one of the executive committee of the Vermont Academy, vice-president of Bellows Falls Savings Institution, h Main. FARNSWORTH & CO., (Saxton's River) (John A. Farnsworth, J. F. Alex- ander, Ransom E. Smith, W. C. Mitchell,) manufs. of fancy cassimeres. Factory st. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 475 Fay Fred H., (Bellows Falls) r 28, farmer, leases of D. K. Barry 180. Fisher Jennie Miss, (Saxton's River) teacher, h Westminster. Flagg Josephine Mrs., (Bartonsville) r 3, pension agent. Foster Edith L. Miss, (Saxton's River) bds Pleasant st. Foster John H., (Saxton's River) retired farmer, aged 73, h Pleasant st. Foster Lyman D., (Bartonsville) r i, supt. of Rockingham town farm 300, and owns in Perkinsville, Windsor Co., farm 25. French Calvin W., (Bartonsville) r i, farmer 30. French Stephen T., (Bartonsville) r 17, farmer 75. Frost Charles S., (Saxton's River) manuf. and dealer in boot and shoes. Main st., h do. Fuller Frank W., (Bartonsville) r 3, musician. Fuller Frederick C, (Bartonsville) r 3, brakeman on passenger train, Ches- hire R. R. Fuller Jabez, (Saxton's River) teamster, h Main st. Gammell Frank, (Rockingham) r 14, farmer. Ganimell Fred, (^Rockingham) r 6, farmer 260. Gammell Royal, (Rockingham) r 8, farmer 15. Gates John E., (Saxton's River) r 44, farmer 70. Gay Edwin P., (Bellows Falls) r 30, (Johnson & Gay). Gilson Arabella Miss, (Bartonsville) r 19. GLAZIER EBEN L., (Saxton's River) r 44, (E. L. & E. N.) GLAZIER EDDIE N., (Saxton's River) r 44, (E. L. & E. N.) GLAZIER E. L. & E. N., (Saxton's River) r 44, (Eben L. and Eddie N.,) breeders of Spanish Merino sheep, flock 200, and farmers, lease of C. L. Barber 300, and pasture land 375. Glynn C. L. & Co., (Saxton's River) (Cyrus L. and Isaac Glynn,) general merchants, and dealers in drugs, paints and oils, hardware, etc., Main st. Glynn Cyrus L., (Saxton's River) (C. L. Glynn & Co.,) town agent, h Mainst. Glynn Isaac, (Saxton's River) (C. L. Glynn & Co.,) sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 150, h Pleasant st. Glynn Walter B., (Saxton's River) salesman for C. L. Glynn & Co., bds Pleasant st. Glynn Willie I., (Saxton's River) salesman for C. L. Glynn & Co., bds Pleas- ant St. Golden Thomas, (Rockingham) r 28, farmer 25. Goodnow Harriet, (Rockingham) r 15, widow of Leonard, farmer 90. Goodnow Hattie A. Miss, (Rockingham) r 15, with Mrs. Harriet Goodnow. GRAHAM ELLIS J., (Saxton's River) house painter, h Main st. Grant John E., (Rockingham) r 26, mail carrier. GRAVES JOHN W., (Saxton's River) manuf. and dealer in harness, car- riages, sleighs, robes, whips, etc.. Main st , h do. Green Henry B., (Saxton's River) r 50 cor 51, dairy 10 cows, and farmer, leases of Maria L. Mason estate 140. GREENWOOD HENRY, (Saxton's River) employee Farnsworth & Co., h Main. Greenwood Joseph, (Saxton's River) cloth finisher, h Main. Greer John H., (Saxton's River) r 37, breeder of Durham and Holstein cat- tle, and farmer 125. Hadwin Chester, (Rockingham) r 8, farmer 500. Hall Cynthia Miss, (Bartonsville) r 3. Hammond George P., (Saxton's River) r 36, sugar orchard 150 trees, and fanner 70. 476 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. Harty Patrick, (Saxton's River) laborer, h River. Harwood Liberty, (Cambridgeport) r 40, farmer 8, and timber land 20. Haselton Charles R., (Saxton's River) r 39, laborer. Haselton George C, (Saxton's River) r 36, farmer, works on shares for Albert G. Sterling, of Keene, N. H., 150. Hastings Zella S., (Bartonsville) r ig, widow of Horace H. Hawley E. L. Mrs., (Saxton's River) milliner and dressmakar, Main h do. Heath George M., (Saxton's River) tinsmith, h Livery. Hill James Joyce, (Saxton's River) wool sorter, h Factory. Hinckley Charles W., (Rockingham) r 29, house painter. Hinckley Samuel A., (Rockingham) r 29, house painter. Hodgkins Roswell F., (Saxton's River) carriage painter, and dealer in car- riages, horses, h River. Hoit Theophilus, (Saxton's River) retired woolen manuf., h Factory. Holden Elzina, (Saxton's River) r 43, widow of Harrison, farmer 25. Holden Merritt H., (Saxton's River) r 43, carpenter and joiner. Holmes Amos, (Saxton's River) sexton, Saxton's River cemetery, h Main. Holt George, (Saxton's River) r 44, laborer. Holton Elisha D., (Saxton's River) farmer 10, h Westminster. Hopkins Hiland H., (Bartonsville) r i, invaHd. HOUGHTON EDWIN A., (Saxton's River) engineer for Farnsworth & Co., h River. Howard Amazia, (Bartonsville) r 17, farmer 40. Howard Harriet S., (Saxton's River) r 45 cor 46, widow of Willard W., dairy 12 cows, and farmer 75. Howard Henry W., (Saxton's River) r 45 cor 46, farmer for Harriet S. 75, owns 20 acres. Howard Sidney A., (Bellows Falls) r3o, carpenter. Howard Thomas C., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Pleasant. Howe Oscar W., (Saxton's River) baggage teaming to and from Bellows Falls, h Main. Howe Wayne B., (Saxton's River) dealer in staple and fancy groceries, hard- ware, crockery, glassware, stationery, text-books, tobacco, cigars, &c., Main, h do. Hubbard Leonard C, (Saxton's River) justice of the peace and notary pub- lic, and manuf. of lumber, feed and meal, Westminster, h Main. Hughes Thomas, (Saxton's River) tinsmith, h Pleasant. Hulett Lois, (Saxton's River) widow of William W., h Pleasant. Huntington Sophia L., (Saxton's River) widow of Oliver, h Livery. Jaques Benjamin C, (Rockingham) r 6, laborer. Johnson Charles, (Bartonsville) off r 21^-, farmer, leases of L. W. Adams 170. JOHNSON GRANVILLE R., (Bartonsville) r 3. blacksmith and jeweler. Johnson John L., (Bellows Falls) r 30, (Johnson & Gay). Johnson & Gay, (Bellows Falls) r 30, (J. L. Johnson and Edwin P. Gay) dairy 9 cows, breeders of grade Durham and Ayrshire cattle. Merino and Cotswold sheep, and farmers 350. Kendall Frank, (Bartonsville) r 20, laborer. Kendall S. Miss, A. B., (Saxton's River) teacher of sciences and German, bds Jones Hall. Kinney Charles, (Bartonsville) r 3, Advent minister. Knjght Ernest L,, (Saxton's River) son of W. F. Knight Fred L., (Saxton's River) wagon-maker, bds Westminster. Knight Henry W., (Saxton's River) (W. E. & Son) bds Westminster. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 477 Knight W. E. & Son, (Saxton's River) (W. E. & H. W.)manufs. of carriages, wagons and sleighs, and general jobbers, near Main. Knight Willard E., (Saxton's River) (W. E. & Son) h Westminster. Knowlton John S., (Bellows Falls) r 46, paper maker. Lake Clark S.. (Saxton's River) manuf. of cement water pipe, and owns on road 50, farm 150, h West. Lake Edwin, (Saxton's River) r 50, farmer, leases of C. S. Lake 150. *LAKE HENRY E., (Saxton's River) music teacher and dealer in pianos and organs. Main, h do. [Card on page 484.] Lamb Alden E., (Bellows Falls) r 30, carpenter and builder. Lawrence George M., (Saxton's River) r 35, sugar orchard 175 trees, breeder of Merino sheep, and farmer 90. Lawrence Levi, (Bartonsville) off r 4, farmer 75. Lawrence Martin R., (Bartonsville) r 17^, selectman, prop, of grist-mill, saw- mill, and turning-shop, and dealer in lumber, bark, etc., and farmer 109. Lawton Lafayette F., (Bellows Falls) r 28, carpenter and farmer 12. Liddle John A., (Bartonsville) r i, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 125. LIVERMORE CHARLES, (Saxton's River) r 41 cor 35, dairy 12 cows, wool-grower 60 sheep, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 600. Livermore David B., (Saxton's River) retired merchant. Livermore Elisha, (Saxton's River) r 41 cor 35, aged 95 years. Locke AmeHa B., (Saxton's River) widow of Cyrus H., resident, h and lot. Locke F. B. &: Co., (Saxton's River) dealers in paper stock, metals and wool, stoves, tin, glass and wooden ware. Main cor Factory. Locke Foster B., (Saxton's River) F. B. & Co., h Pleasant. Lord John, (Saxton's River) r 44, farmer 196. Loveland Charles A., (Rockingham) r 26, laborer. Loveland Charles W., (Rockingham) r 26, farmer, leases of Fred H. Fay 150. Loveland Frederick M., (Rockingham) r 26, laborer. Lovell Charles M., (Bartonsville) r 3, laborer. Lovell Fred L., (Bartonsville) r 3, employee of Gage & Co. Lovell John H., (Rockingham) r 13, farmer 54. Lovell Lewis C, (Rockingham) r 26, prop, of Rockingham Hotel, and far- mer 170. Lovell Michael L., (Rockingham) r 18, farmer 120. Lovell WiUiam M., (Bartonsville) r 3, cattle broker and farrier. Lovell Winfield S., (Bartonsville) r 3, painter. Luce Foster, (Cambridgeport) laborer, h Main. Mack Michael, (Saxton's River) r 43, laborer, owns h and i acre. Mack Patrick, (Saxton's River) r 43, spinner. MacLoud Hugh M., (Bellows Falls) r 46, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co. MacLOUD WILLIAM, (Bellows Falls) r 46, employee of Fall Mountain Paper Co., owns farm 130. Maddigan Thomas, (Charlestown, N. H.,) r 11, laborer. Marcy Alfred, (Rockingham) r 29, farmer 8. Mark Hans H., (Rockingham) r 14, farmer 120. Mark James H., (Saxton's River) r 39, sugar orchard 300 trees, dairy 10 cows, and farmer for Rev. J. A. Leach, of Keene, N. H., 400. Marlborough James, (Saxton's River) harnessmaker, h Westminster. Marlborough Patrick, (Saxton's River) r 43, laborer. Marlborough Thomas, (Saxton's River) laborer, h IJvery st. " McGreen John, (Rockingham) r 26^ blacksmith. 478 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. McQuaid Lewis, (Rockingham) r 32, sugar orchard 150 trees, and farmer 150. McWade James, (Cambridgeport) r 23, farmer 3. Mehan Pattrick, (Bartonsville) r 17, farmer 8. Milliken Royal^ (Saxton's River) blacksmith, and farmer 50, h River st. Miner Kate Miss. (Saxton's River) teacher, h Westminster. Mitchell Webster C, (Saxton's River) (Farnsworth &: Co.,) h Main st. Moar Clifford N., (Saxton's River) r 39, farmer for Marinda N. Moar 75. Moar Marinda N., (Saxton's River) r 39, widow of John, farmer 75. Moore Charles A., (Rockingham) r 6^, laborer. Morgan Herbert F., (Saxton's River) butcher, h Westminster. Moriarity Emily I., (Rockingham) r 13, with Jennie B. Wiley farm 61. Morrison George W., (Bartonsville) r 17, breeder of and dealer in Durham cattle, sugar orchard t,ooo trees, and farmer 900. Morrison George W., Jr., (Saxton's River) milk dealer, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 120. Morrison Solon D., (Saxton's River) stone mason and carpenter and joiner, h Westminster. Muzzy Charles, (Bartonsville; r 3, quarryman. Newton EHzabeth W., (Saxton's River) widow of A. A., h Main st. Nichols Martin, (Saxton's River) wool cleanser, h Factory st. Nourse Homer, (Saxton's River) r 41, wool grower 57 sheep, sugar orchard 70 trees, and farmer 60. Oak George M., (Saxton's River) off r ;^;^, farmer, with Seth. Oak Seth. (Saxton's River) off r ^;^, sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 50. Ober Joel B., (Cambridgeport) r 40, farmer 50, also farm in Athens. Ober John, (Cambridgeport) r 40, farmer 140, and in Athens timber and pasture land 150. Ober Patten B., (Saxton's River) r 51, farmer 23. Ober Rodney, (Saxton's River) off r 41, farmer 90. O'Brien Patrick, (Rockingham) r 14, dairy 18 cows, and farmer 230. Olcott Lewis, (Rockingham) r 13, farmer 230. Olcott Mary L., (Rockingham) r 32 cor 16, widow of John H. Osgood Charles, (Saxton's River) laborer, h Prospect st. Osgood Eliot R., (Saxton's River) postmaster, h Main st. Osgood Holland W., (Saxton's River) r 44, farmer 119. Packard Alonzo, (Saxton's River) r 36, farms for Mary E. Packard. PACKARD MARY E., (Saxton's River) r 36, farmer, leases of E. S. Sabin. Page Frederick, (Bartonsville) r 19, superannuated Universalist minister. Parker Loring D., (Bartonsville) r 17, woodturner, and manuf. of viohns. Parker Pliny B., (Bartonsville) r 20, physician and surgeon, and farmer 90. Parmenter Jerome B., (Saxton's River) laborer, h River st. Partridge Leonard H., (Rockingham) r 1 2, farmer, leases of Horace Albee 20. Perham Catharine, (Cambridgeport) widow of Royal, h Main st. Perry Eliza Mrs., (Bartonsville) r 17^, resident. Perry Frank, (Saxton's River) laborer, h Factory st. Person Charlie O., (Rockingham) r 28, farmer with D. E. Person David E., (Rockingham) r 28, farmer, leases of Nathan Proctor 100. Pettingill Edward H., M. D., (Saxton's River) physician and surgeon. Fac- tory St., h do. PHILLIPS HORACE, (Bartonsville) r 18, farmer 10. Piper Charles, (Rockingham) r 12, laborer. Pitts Roberts, (Bartonsville) r 17, wood turner. Powers Oscar, (Rockingham) r 26, works at Rockingham House. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 479 Proctor John, (Rockingham) r i6, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, farmer 250, and with H. J. Wiley 240. Proctor Nathan, (Rockingham) r 26, farmer 250. Pulsipher Ruth B. Mrs., (Saxton's River) lady principal Vermont Academy, bds Jones Hall. Putney John H., (Saxton's River) r 41, resident. Putney Nancy, (Rockingham) r 10, widow of Benjamin F., farmer 25. Ramsey John H., (Saxton's River) carpenter and joiner, h Main st. Rand Mary, (Cambridgeport) r 23, widow of Moses G. Rand Moses G. estate, (Cambridgeport) r 23, farm 100. RANDALL WILLIAM H., (Saxton's River) pastor of Baptist church, h Pleasant st. Eice Abel, (Bartonsville) r i, laborer. Rice George A., (Bartonsville) r i, laborer. Rice Lorenzo D., (Saxton's River) resident, h Livery st. Richardson Fred, (Rockingham) r 33, laborer. RICHARDSON HENRY E., (Saxton's River) r 37, with J. H. Greer, farmer. Richardson Harvey E., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Westminster st. Richardson Marshall C, (Bartonsville) off r 17, farmer 150. RICHARDSON RICHARD, (Rockingham) r 32, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, farmer, works on shares for J. L. & J. B. Divoll 200. Riggs Albert, (Cambridgeport) r 40, pastor M. E. church in Athens. Rockingham Hotel, (Rockingham) r 26, Lewis C. Lovell, prop. Rockingham Town Farm, (Bartonsville) r i, sugar orchard 250 trees, and 300 acres. Rogers James, (Bartonsville) r 21, stock grower and farmer. ROLLINS JAMES R., (Rockingham) r 6^, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 425. Roundy Morton C, (Rockingham) r 13, cattle dealer and farmer 60, and pasture. Rumerill Luman, (Bartonsville) r 3, section hand C. V. R. R. Sabin Allen H., (Saxton's River) (E. S. & A. H.) manuf. of clothing, h Main. Sabin E. S. & A. H., (Saxton's River) general merchants. Main. Sabin Elisha S. Jr., (Saxton's River) (E. S. & A. H.) prop, of Forest Woolen Mills, h Main. Sabin Elisha S. Sen., (Saxton's River) retired farmer," h Main. Sanger Jennie L., (Saxton's River) pastry cook at Proctor Hall, bds do. Sanger Mary L., (Saxton's River) widow of George, matron in charge of Proctor Hall, Vt. Academy, bds do. SAXTON'S RIVER HOTEL, (Saxton's River) M. A. Wilder prop., Main. Scofield Benjamin, (Saxton's River) wool dealer and farmer 60, h Main. Scofield Frank, (Saxton's River) tanner, h Main. Scofield Frank B., (Saxton's River) (Barney & Scofield) h Main. Scollay Grace E. Miss, (Saxton's River) employee Farnsworth & Co., bds Main. Scollay Harriet A., (Saxton's River) widow of Amos D., h Main. Searles Adoniram J., (Saxton's River) tinsmith, h River. Severance Joseph, (Saxton's River) wheelwright and carpenter, h Main. Severance Warren, (Saxton's River) job teamster, runs threshing machine, h Main. Severance Samuel W., (Saxton's River) r 35, laborer. Severens Hattie, (Saxton's River) widow of Charles, h Academy ave. 480 TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. Severens Martin, (Saxton's River) employee Farnsworth & Co., h River. Sherman Wilbraham, (Bartonsville) r 17, laborer. Simonds Joseph V., (Saxton's River) stone mason, oft" Main. Simonds L. Willard, (Bartonsville) oft" r 17, farmer 115. Simpson Charles F., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Westminster. Smalley Charles, (Bartonsville) r 16, farmer 75. Smalley Willie G., (Bartonsville) r 17^, engineer Conn. R. R. R. Smith Arnold M., (Rockinghamj r 31, laborer for D. K. Barry on farm 135. Smith Byron M., (Rockingham) r 14, laborer. SMFFH CHARLES, (Saxton's River) (Butterfield & Smith) selectman, dairy 10 cows, milk dealer, and farmer 10, and timber 150, h Pleasant. Smith Eunice B., (Saxton's River) widow of Miles G., h Prospect. Smith James A. V., (Bellows Falls) r 30, laborer. Smith Moses E., (Rockingham) r 16, carpenter and joiner. Smith Ransom E., (Saxton's River) (Farnsworth & Co.) h Pleasant. SMITH WILLIAM M., (Saxton's River) r 37, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 10 cows, breeder of grade Jersey cattle and Merino sheep, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 250. Snow Francis, (Saxton's River) r 52, gardener i. Spaulding Alfred P., (Saxton's River) r 50, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, and farmer 200. Spaulding Charles A., (Saxton's River) r 50, with Alfred P., farmer. Spaulding Henry, (Saxton's River) r 43, farmer 42. Spaulding William A., (Saxton's River) retired miller, h Westminster. Spooner C. H. Mrs., (Saxton's River) teacher of drawing and painting at Ver- mont Academy, bds Farnsworth Hall. Spooner Charles H., Maj., B. S., (Saxton's River) teacher of military tactics and mathematics, Vermont Academy, bds Farnsworth Hall. Stevens Frank, (Saxton's River) second hand in weaving-room, h Main. Stevens Warren, (Cambridgeport) general merchant. Main, h do. Stoddard John, (Springfield) r 4, farmer 300. Stoddard Sidney, (Saxton's River) cloth-finisher for Farnsworth & Co., h Factory. Stoddard Isaiah, (Cambridgeport) r ao, farmer, 84 years old. STOWELL CHARLES G., (Rockingham) r 16, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, and farmer 200. Stowell Elva, (Saxton's River) dressmaker, West. Stowell Ida, (Saxton's River) dressmaker, West. Stowell Oscar D., (Rockingham) r 26, carpenter and joiner. STUART WALTER C, (Rockingham) r 16, farmer for J. Proctor. Studely George, (Saxton's River) on pent road off r 23, farmer, leases of Lewis Olcott 150. Swain Melvin, (Cambridgeport) teamster, h Main. Taft Preston W., (Saxton's River) photographer, Main, h do. Tarbell Martin, (Saxton's River) employee of Vt. Academy, bds do. Taylor Joseph, (Cambridgeport) dyer, h Main. Tenney Lewis, (Saxton's River) carpenter and joiner, h West. Thompson EHzabeth, (Bartonsville) r i, widow of Richard, with Laura Billings farmer 100. Thompson Herbert, (Cambridgeport) carpenter, h Main. Thompson Leonard R., (Springfield) r 7, Way & Thompson. Thrasher Bros., (Saxton's River) r 40 cor 36, (R. E. & W. A.) farmers 20. Thrasher Roswell E., (Saxton's River) r 40 cor 39, (Thrasher Bros.). TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM — OUTSIDE OF BELLOWS FALLS. 48 1 Thrasher Waldo A., (Saxton's River) r 40 cor 39, (Thrasher Bros.) Tinney Levi, (Cambridgeport) off r 40, laborer. Tinney William, (Bartonsville) r 19, laborer. TOWER GEORGE R., (Saxton's River) carpenter and mason, h Academy ave. Tower Willard, (Saxton's River) laborer, h River. VERMONT ACADEMY, (Saxton's River) Horace M. Willard, A. M., prin- cipal. Walker Romanzo C., (Saxton's River) (Cassidy & Walker) blacksmith. River, h Pleasant. Warner Israel R., (Saxton's River) (S. W. & Son) dealers in dry and fancy goods, notions, etc., h Main cor Pleasant. Warner S. W. & Son, (Saxton's River) (Israel R.) dealers in stoves, tinware, glassware, wooden ware and Yankee notions, Main. Warner Samuel W., (Saxton's River) farmer 200, h Westminster. Way Dexter R., (Springfield) r 7, (Way & Thompson.) Way & Thompson, (Springfield) r 7, (Dexter Way and Leonard R. Thomp- son,) breeders of Durham cattle, and farmers 304. Weaver Solon J., (Cambridgeport) r 23, (Weaver & Dwinell,) farmer 200. Weaver & Dwinell, (Cambridgeport) r 23, (S. J. W. and Chester D.,) dealers in wood, and farmers 200. WEBB CARLTON E., (Bellows Falls) r 30, Hster and town auditor, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 60 trees, breeder of grade Durharas, and far- mers 160. WEBB JOSEPH M., (Bellows Falls) r 30, farmer 125. Webb William J., (Bellows Falls) pent road from r 30 to 31, farmer 224, and works for Joseph M. Webb 125. WEEDEN BROS., (Rockingham) r 6, (Charles E. and Marshall F.,) wool growers, breeders of Durham and Holstein cattle, sugar orchard 125 trees, farmers 250, and pasture 50. WEEDEN CHARLES E., (Rockingham) r 16, (Weeden Bros.,) farmer 2. WEEDEN MARSHALL F., (Rockingham) r 6, (Weeden Bros.) Welch Edward, (Bartonsville) telegraph operator. Welch Patrick, (Bartonsville) track hand C. V. R. R. WESTGATE STRATTON W., (Saxton's River) carpenter and joiner, h Pleasant. Weston Ezekiel M., (Rockingham) r 11, farmer 130. Weston Henry N., (Bellows Falls) r 13, farmer, for Lucius 300. Weston J. Page, (Rockingham) r 34, sugar orchard 150 trees, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, and farmer 271. Weston John, (Bartonsville) r 3, retired merchant. Weston Lucius, (Bellows Falls) r 13, farmer 300. Weston Wallace, (Rockingham) r ^^, wool grower 135 sheep, and farmer 200. Wheelock Lucius, (Saxton's River) porter^ Saxton's River Hotel. Whipple Sidney, (Saxton's River) designer, h Livery. Whitcomb Calvin, (Saxton's River) laborer, bds Main. Whitcomb Jotham, (Saxton's River) sawing, planing, turning, and job shop, River St., h Main. Whitcomb Chauncey T,, (Saxton's River) hostler, h Main. White James, (Bartonsville) r 21, farmer, leases of James Rogers. Whiting John G., (Saxton's River) r 32, breeder of Merino sheep, and far- mer 92^. 31 482 TOWN OF SOMERSET. Whittaker E. Bertha Miss, (Saxton's River) teacher of French in Vermont Academy, bds Jones Hall. Wilder Levi W., (Saxton's River) laborer, h Main. WILDER MARSHALL A., (Saxton's River) prop, of Saxton's River Hotel, Main. Wiley Amanda E., (Saxton's River) r 35, widow of Lucius S., sugar orchard 225 trees, wool grower 80 sheep, and farmer 200. Wiley Frederick, (Saxton's River) off r 35, farmer 60. Wiley George, (Rockingham) r 13, farmer 150. Wiley Haskell L, (Rockingham) r 25, dairy 20 cows, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 536, and owns farm with John Proctor. WILEY HENRY C, (Saxton's River) lister, stock and wool dealer, and far- mer 225, h Pleasant. Wiley John A., (Saxton's River) r 46, laborer. WILEY MILTON W., (Saxton's River) farmer 250, h Main. Wiley Rodney^ (Rockingham) r 16, farmer 75. Wiley Samuel, (Saxton's River) r 46, formerly a carpenter, owns h and 4 acres. Wiley Sarah A. Mrs., (Rockingham) r 25, pastor Spiritualist church. Wiley Walter P., (Rockingham) r 13, farmer. WILLARD HORACE M., A. M., (Saxton's River) principal of Vermont Academy, vice-president of the American Institute of Instruction, h Main. Williams Albert, (Saxton's River) dealer in papers, periodicals, groceries, hardware, etc., telegraph operator, and prop, circulating library. Main, hdo. Wood George E., (Cambridgeport) r 40, hostler. Woodbury Henry L., (Bellows Falls) r 30, laborer. Woodruff H. Estelle Miss, (Saxton's River) teacher of music in Vermont Academy, bds Jones's Hall. Woods John T., (Saxton's River) blacksmith. Main, h Academy ave. Woodward Wright M., (Saxton's River) carpenter, h Westminster. Wooley Daniel, (Cambridgeport) off r from Athens, laborer. Wooley James, (Cambridgeport) r 2^, gentlemen of leisure. Worthington Albert Mrs., (Saxton's River, h Main. Wright Mary J., (BartonsviUe) r 18, widow of Dr. Henry, owns farm 10. Wright Walter, (BartonsviUe) r 17, farmer 150. WYMAN COMFORT S., (Rockingham) r 14, laborer, and works farm on shares. SOMERSET. Railroad stations are IJrattleljoro, 30 miles soutlieast, and Bennington, 20 miles soutliwest. Stage Tuesdays and Saturdays. (J^or explanations^ etc., see page 305.^ Allen Norman, (South Somerset) r 2, laborer for F. D. Chase. Bailey William C., (Somerset) r i, farmer 100. Burnaj) Asa, (Somerset) r 6, 2d selectman, farmer 273. Chase Frank D., (Somerset) r 2, prop, of saw-mill, and chair stock factory, farmer 2,000. Grout Darius A., (Somerset) r 6, sawyer. TOWN OF STRATTON. 483 GROUT REUBEN B., (Somerset) r 6, town lister, ist constable and col- lector, justice of the peace, manuf. of lumber. Harris Clark, (Somerset) r 5, manuf of lumber m Glastenbury, Bennington Co., lives in Someset. Leonard Elliott, (Somerset) r 4, town treasurer, and farmer 457. Mason Anna, (Somerset) r 5, (Mrs. Henry) farmer 71. Mason Henry, (Somerset) r 5, farmer. Pike Edward, (Somerset) laborer. Rice Jason W., (Somerset) r 4, town grand juror, town lister, supt. of schools, justice of the peace, and farmer. Roberts Ebenezer, (Somerset) r 3, 3d selectman, farmer 85. Roberts Marceona, (Somerset) town lister, laborer. Town Emma M., (Somerset) r 5, postmaster. TOWN HOLLIS, (Somerset) r 2, tow.i auditor, town clerk, ist selectman, justice of the peace^ farmer 220. Tudor John, (Somerset) r 6, with William, manuf. of lumber. Tudor Mark, (Somerset) laborer for William and John. Tudor William, (Somerset^ r 6, with John, manuf, of lumber. Wheeler James C., (Somerset) r 5, farmer 7. STRATTON. Railroad stations are Jamaica, 14 miles northeast, on B. & \V. R. R., and Arlington, Ben. Co., 16 miles west, on Ben. & Rut. R. R. (J^or explanations, etc., see page 305.^ Akley Martin E., West Wardsboro) otf r 19, farmer 100. Akley Myron J. ^ (West Wardsboro) r 19, farm labo'"er. Akley Newell, (West Wardsboro) r 19, farmer 100. Allen Arthur, (Stratton) off r 17, sugar orchard 400 trees, rents of Daniel Willis farm 185. Allen Cheselton, (Stratton) r 11, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 250. Allen Chessie J., (Stratton) r 11, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 325. Allen Dana, (Stratton) off r 4, farm laborer. Allen Ebenezer^ (Stratton) r 16, justice of the peace, lister, farmer 49, leases 160 acres of Mrs. Polly Lee, of Vernon. ALLEN LEANDER L., (Stratton) off r 4, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer 46. Allen Lucy, (Stratton) r 16 cor 17, widow of Ebenezer. Allen Miranda A., (Stratton) r 11, widow of Chester. Allen Orville E., (Stratton) r 16, (farm laborer.) Babcock Jonathan, (West Wardsboro) r 16, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 96. Baldwin Ruth, (West Jamaica) r 5, widow of John, farmer 200. Ball Edward A., (Stratton) r 10, farmer 50. Brown George, (Stratton) off r 4, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer no. Davidson Riley A., (Jamaica) off r i, farmer, rents of Newton Howard, of Jamaica, 160. Eddy Edgar J., (Stratton) r 10, farm laborer. 484 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. (Successor to C. B. Dickinson ^} Manufacturer and Wholesale and detail Dealer in ii'ealjiiiiiiiCaks, CRACKERS, CONFECTIONERY, &c. All orders promptly filled. CRACKERS A SPECIALTY. 57 MAIN STREET, B RATTLE BO RO, VT, HI. E. LJLICE, DEALER IN PIANOS AND ORGANS, Music Books, Stoo/s, Etc. I have the general agency for several first-class Pianos and Organs and arrangements by which I can furnish nearly all the best makes. The Weber, Clilclterlng-, Hardinan, Ouild and other first class and medium priced Pianos. The celebrated Mason & Hamlin Orjs^ans, which, as everyone knows, have received the highest honors at every great World's Fair for the past sixteen years The sweet toned Carpenter Organ, made by the Worce ter Organ Company. Also I can furnish other makes. I shall intend to have the agency for the best and most reliable Pianos and Organs at all times. Instruments sold for cash, or on installments, and at very low prices. I am confident that I can and will sell instruments at prices, that parties thinking of buying, will find it for their interest to order of me. Satisfaction guaranteed or no sale. Write for catalogues and prices. Also Teaclier of Vocal Music, in classes or private lessons. Special attention given to the direction of Cantatas, for which oriental costumes and books will be furnished. SAXTON'S RIVER, VT. A. F. WI,N.NEWISSER, Xiestler izi "X Crockery, Window Shades, Paper Hangings, SpNsvwvR^ Carpets, Silver P fated Ware, Pictures and Picture Frames, &c., &c., &c. GOODS SOLD FOR CASH AND AT BOTTOM PRICES. A. F. WINNEWISSEB, BELLOWS FALLS, VT. J^. S. DNs/^ITOHIELL, IDIE-^^XjEE^ IliT HEMLOCK BARK P. 0. Address, East Lexington, Mass. Box 11. Ilcilll<»ck Bark wanted in large or small lots, deliveted on cars at any railroad .slalion in the Stale. Highest cash prices paid. Satisfact(>ry measure guaranteed. Correspondence solicited. TOWN OF STRATTON. 485 Eddy Elmer A., (West Wardsboro) off r i8, farmer, rents 75 acres of A. H. Pike. Eddy Orrin, (Stratton) r 10, farmer no. Eddy Phineas O., (Stratton) r 10, farm laborer. EDDY WILLIAM H., (Stratton) r 17, town auditor, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer 260. Edwards Charles, (Stratton) r 4, farm laborer. Edwards Dolph, (Stratton) r 4, retired farmer. Edwards George, (Stratton) r 4, farmer 50. Fields George H., (Arlington, Ben. Co.) r :i, farm laborer. Forrester Douglass H., (Stratton) r 4, farm laborer. FORRESTER HENRY P., (Stratton) r 4, ist selectman, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 125. Forrester Hiland H., (Stratton) r 15, farm laborer. FORRESTER RODERICK B., (Stratton) r 15, constable, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 50 sheep, farmer 446. GOULD CARLTON O., (Jamaica) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, cattle dealer, farmer 250. Grout Edwin L., (Stratton) r 8, justice of the peace, farmer 500. Grout Irving E., (Arlington, Ben. Co.) r 11, manuf. of lumber, &c. GROUT JOEL F., (Arlington, Ben. Co.) r 11, manuf. of lumber, shingles, chair stock and plained and matched lumber, farmer 1,200. Grout Joel F. Jr., (Arlington, Ben. Co.) r 11, manuf. of lumber, &c. Hescock Charles, (Stratton) off r ic, farm laborer. Hescock Frank E., (Stratton) ofif r 10, farm laborer. HESCOCK OLIVER P., (Stratton) off no, farmer 185. Johnson EUsha, (West Wardsboro) r 16 cor 18, retired farmer. Johnson George W., (West Wardsboro) r 16 cor 18, farmer 50. Johnson Homer, (West Wardsboro) r i8. painter and farm laborer. JOHNSON ORRIN A., (West Wardsboro) ofT r 19, works Mrs. Emily Rice's farm of 258. Jones Jesse C, (Stratton) r 1 1, farmer 239. Jones Lester, (Stratton) r 4 cor 6, farmer, rents of Orrin Parsons 100 acres. Kent William P., (Stratton) off r n, farm laborer. Knight Andrew D., (West Wardsboro) r 19, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 140. LACKEY FRANK G., (Stratton) r 16 cor 15, farmer 145. Lowe Aaron, (Stratton) r 16, sugar orchard 360 trees, farmer 100. Lowe Charles, (Stratton) r 16, farmer 100. Lowe Maurice C, (Stratton) r 16, farm laborer. Lyman & Son, (West Wardsboro) off r 18, (Rufus and William R.) manufs. and dealers in lumber and eave spouts, casings and matched lumber. Lyman Rufus, (West Wardsboro) offr 18, (R. Lyman & Son) farmer 570. LYMAN WILLIAM R., (West Wardsboro) ofT r 18, (R. Lyman cV- Son) 2d selectman, farmer 100. Moran James, (Stratton) r 15, retired farmer. Parsons Alfred, (Stratton) r 16, farmer 30. Parsons Orrin, (West Jamaica) r 5 , farmer 200. Parsons Otis P., (Stratton) r 16, farm laborer. Parsons Ralph A., (Stratton) r 16, farm laborer. PIKE ABEL J., (West Wardsboro) r 18, sugar orchard 200 trees, lum- berman, and rents farm of Josiah Davison, of Wardsboro, 160. PIKE ALEXANDER H., (West Wardsboro) r 18, manuf. of lumber, &c., and farmer 700. 486 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. Pike Calvin N., (Jamaica) r i, 3d selectman, and farmer 178. Powers Joseph, (Jamaica) off r i, farm laborer. Ray Nelson, (Jamaica) r t, farmer 100. Rice Emily, (West Wardsboro) off r 19, widow of Perez, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 258. Robinson Alonzo, (Stratton) r 6 opp. 9, farm laborer. Sage Jesse, (Stratton) r 11, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 350. Sheldon Lafayette, (Stratton) r 11, postmaster, town clerk, treasurer, black- smith, and farmer 32. SHEPARD VVILLARD, (Stratton) r 11 cor 10, town representative, justice of the peace, lister, hotel keeper, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 189. Shepherdson Calvin D., (Stratton) r 8, farmer 95. Shepherdson Charles C, (Stratton) r 8, farm laborer. Smith Samuel, (Stratton) r 6, opp. 9, sugar orchard 250 trees, and farmer. Sprague Alfred I., (Stratton) r ri, farmer with Isaac, leases of Hosea Mann, of Dover, 100, and of Joseph Adams, of Fair Haven, Rut. Co., 100. Sprague Isaac, (Stratton) r 17, farmer with Alfred I., leases of Hosea Mann, of Dover, 100, and of Joseph Adams, of Fair Haven, too. Sprague James T., (Stratton) r 11, retired carpenter. Sprague Jewett, (Stratton) r 11, widow of Lyman W„ farmer 23. Styles Alvah, (Stratton) r 11 opp. r 10, farm laborer. Styles Caroline S., (West Wardsboro) r 16, widow of Harvey D., farmer 25. Styles Jeremiah D., (Stratton) r 11 opp. 10, farmer, rents of Daniel Harris, of Stratton, 100. Styles William H., (West Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 25. TEMPLE JEROME B., (Stratton) off r 16, justice of the peace, farmer 7. Torey Orin P., (Stratton) off r 11, farmer 100. Wheeler Alonzo L., (West Wardsboro) r 9, lister, sugar orchard 450 trees, farmer 160. Wilder David F., (Stratton) off r 6, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 120. Wilder Lewis J., (Stratton) r 6, farmer 122. Williams George A., (Jamaica) r 2, farmer 100. Williams Lewis, (Jamaica) r 2, retired farmer. Willis Daniel, (West Wardsboro) r 18, farmer 75. WILLIS EVANDER H., (Stratton) oft" r 16, auditor, sugar orchard 350 trees, wool grower 35 sheep, and farmer 193. WILLIS HERBERT F., (Stratton) r 11, sugar orchard 250 trees, lumber- man, and farmer 100. Willis James A., (West Jamaica) r 5, farm laborer. WILLIS JOHN, (West Jamaica) r 5, farmer 255. Woodard Rachel, (Stratton) oft' r 4, widow of Jonas. WOODCOCK JAMES W., (Stratton) r 4, farmer 54. TO^TO^NSHKND. (For explanations, etc., see page 305.J Acterian H. H., (Townshend) Congregational clergyman. Adams Jerome G., (West Townshend) general blacksmith. Adams Wright, (West Townshend) r 30, bridge builder, B & W. R. R. ALLEN FRED, (West Townshend) butcher and dealer in fat cattle. TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 487 Allen Jonas, (Townshend) r 38, photographer and jobber. Allen Seth T., (West Townshend) r 30, carpenter and joiner, h and 7 acres. Austin Albert A., (Townshend) r 24, farmer. Austin Arnold, (Townshend) r 20, aged 83. Austin Carrie E., (Townshend) widow of Elton E., milliner and dressmaker, and dealer in fancy goods. Austin Charles L., (Townshend) r 38^ laborer. Austin Henry M., (Townshend) r 20, farmer 140. Austin Mary M., (Townshend) r 23, teacher. AUSTIN RILEY H., (Townshend) r 23, apple orchard 100 trees, and farmer 67. Austin Royal M., (Townshend) r 40, disabled soldier, served in Co. I, 4th Vt. Vols. Ayer A. D., (West Townshend) eclectic physician and surgeon, and prop, of hotel. Barber Augustus A., (West Townshend) r 30, farmer 35. BARBER BROTHERS, (West Townshend) (Frank F. and Theodore P.,) dealers in dry goods, groceries, hardware, hats and caps, boots and shoes, fine teas a specialty. Main st. Barber Clarissa F., (Townshend) resident. BARBER FRANK F., (West Townshend) (Barber Brothers). Barber Junia D., (Townshend) cor r 38 and 38^, retired farmer. BARBER LOT, (Townshend) r 43. sugar orchard 80 trees, and farmer 125. BARBER THEODORE P., (West Townshend) (Barber Brothers). BARRETT CORTES P., (West Townshend) dealer in dry goods, groceries, flour and meal, boots and shoes, patent medicines, ready-made clothing, watches and jewelry, dress and fancy goods a specialty. Main st., h do. Bartlett Mary, (Townshend) r 38^, widow of Elijah, Harmonyville. Batchelder Edward B., (Townshend) r 39, Hster, sugar orchard 400 trees. farmer 96, pasture and wood lot 200. BATCHELDER IRA K. Hon., (Townshend) r 32, justice of the peace, and retired farmer. Bellamy Edward S., (Townshend) r 39, resident, aged 71. Bellows Herbert D., (Townshend) r 38, laborer, leases of Mrs. H. Howe h and lot. BEMIS DAVID L., (Townshend) r 24, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 160. Bemis James, (Townshend) r 35, farmer. Bennett Oscar F., (Townshend) r 21, sugar orchard 350 trees, and farmer 140. Benson Arza D., (Townshend) r 32, stone cutter, owns farm "j^. Benson Henry E., (Townshend) off r 44, owns with N. E. farm 155. Blood Artemas A., (South Windham) r 10, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 125. Boutwell Lyman A., (Townshend) r 19^, farmer 230. BOYDEN DEXTER E., (West Townshend) freight, express, telegraph and ticket agent of B. & W. R. R., insurance agent, and notary public ten years. Boyden Mary F., (West Townshend) teacher. Boynton Levi J., (West Townshend) r 30, farmer 65. Boynton Romanzo P., (West Townshend) r 31, owns h and lot. Bradley Calvin, (Townshend) r 46, farmer 8o- Bradley David, (West Townshend) r 31, deaf mute. BRIGHAM BELA B., (Townshend) r 46, wool grower 150 sheep, dairy 9 cows, and farmer 340. 488 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. Brigham Lyman H., (Townshend) r 36, retired farmer, aged 88. Brooks George, (Townshend) r 48^, breeder of brown Leghorn fowls, sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 120. Brown Henry L., (Townshend) r 29^, resident. BROWN JAMES F., (West Townshend) r 31, carpenter and bridge builder, owns woodland 10. Burnap Ehza M. «&: Lorilla Misses, (Townshend) r 32, farm 30. Burnap Oren E., (Townshend) off r 38^, laborer, Harmonyville. Burnham Mary N., (Townshend) r 39, widow of Rev. Charles, owns farm 28. Burroughs Benjamin B., (West Townshend) r 30, manuf. of tinware. Burroughs Chapman, (West Townshend) r 30, teamster. Burroughs David A., (West Townshend) r 30, farmer 3. Carpenter Mark Mrs., (Townshend) r 38, widow of Rev. Mark, house and garden. Carr Haskel H., (Townsliend) r 17, farmer no. and with H. J. Hastings 125. Carr Prentiss D., (Townshend) r 14, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer with J. W. Chapin 130. CATHAN LUCIUS H., Townshend) r 38^^, photographer, h and 3 acres. Cathan Mary, (Townshend) r 38^, widow of Emory, aged 89. CHAFFEE JAMES C, (Townshend) r 22, wooden ware salesman for S. Gage & Co., of Bellows Falls, breeder of Merino sheep and grade Dur- ham cattle, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 200. Chamberlin Estella, (Townshend) (Mrs. H. H.) milliner. ChamberUn Harrison H., (Townshend) prop, of saw-mill, carpenter and joiner, owns farm 15.- Chamberlin Mary, (Townshend) widow of Gilman, aged 76. Chapin John W.., (Townshend) r 14, farmer with P. D. Carr. CHASE EDWIN, (West Townshend) r 10, West Townshend and Wind- ham stage driver. Chase Irving, (West Townshend) r 10, son of Edwin. Church James C, (Townshend) r 29^, sugar orchard 250 trees, farmer 160. Churchill Frank H., (Townshend) r 39, farmer 170. Churchill J. A., (Townshend) r39, (J. A. & Son) own farm 170. Clark Frank A., (Townshend) laborer. CLARK SILAS B , (Townshend) dealer in drugs and fancy goods, owns farm 39. Colburn J. D., (Townshend) r 38, returned missionary from Burmah. Coombs Osman F., (Townshend) cor r 38 and 38^, ist constable, prop, of West River House and livery stable. Cook Allen L., (Townshend) r ^8^, farm laborer. Covey Adelbert M., (Grafton) r 7, teamster and farmer. Covey Myron A., (Grafton) r 7, prop, of saw-mill, farmer 60. Crane Thomas, (Townshend) r 47, farmer 190. Cudworth Abijah W., (Townshend) r 44^, dairy 26 cows, and farmer, leases with F. Smith, of O. S. Howard, 320. Cudworth Maria L., (Townshend) r 44^, teacher. Cushmg Alliston M., (Townshend) cor r 22 and 24, farmer, with R. G., 200. Gushing Ralph G., (Townshend) r 22, sugar orchard 500 trees, with A. M., farmer 200. Davis Grin A., (Townshend) r 34, 25 sheep, farmer 200. Dean Charles M., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer with O. F. Dean Oscar F., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer 130. Derby Salina, (Townshend) r 38, resident. TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 489 Derry Abner T., (Townshend) r 21, resident, aged 71. Derry Albert, ^Townshend) r 24, teamster. DERRY BENJAMIN F., r2i, farm laborer, served in Co. H, 8th Regt. Vt. Vols. Derry Edson W., (Townshend) owns farm 150. Derry Elvin B., (Townshend) r 21, farmer 125. Derry Fred L., (Townshend) r 21, farmer with E. B., 125. DERRY JAMES D., (Townshend) r 23, (J. D. D. & Son). DERRY JAMES D. & SON, (Townshend) r 23, (Judson B.) breeders of pure Durham cattle, fruit growers, wool growers 40 sheep, sugar orchard 800 trees, dairy 10 cows, farmers 500. DERRY JUDSON B., (Townshend) r 23, (J. D. D. & Son). DERRY SIDNEY F., (Townshend) r 22, farmer, leasts of N. Bemis. 60. Dodane John, (Townshend) r 25, laborer. Donpier John, (West Townshend) railroad laborer. Dunham George, (Townshend) r 14, farmer 120, Dutton D. William, (Townshend) oft r 24, 25 sheep, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 180. Dyer Benjamin, (Townshend) r 28, farm 10. Early William A., (Grafton) off r 7, farmer, leases of V. Wilbur. Eddy Elwin F., (Townshend) r 40, works in his father's mill. Eddy Francis W., (Townshend) r 40, prop, of chair stock factory, and farm 40. Eddy Walter A., (Townshend) r 40, son of F. W. Eddy Willard H., (Townshend) r 38^, employee of Charles H. Willard. Evans Herbert T., (Townshend) r 38, farmer with Thomas. EVANS THOMAS, (Townshend) r 38, sugar orchard 340 trees, farmer 125, Ewings Laura H., (Townshend) r 32, widow of Walter W., resident. Ewings Samuel G., (^^Townshend) r 32, farmer 49. Farr Luman, (Townshend) r 21, farmer 50. Farwell Atwell G., (West Townshend) farmer with J. S. FuUerton. Farwell Wales R., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer 75. Fessenden Alonzo D., (Townshend) r 39, farmer no. Fessenden Edwin H., (Townshend) dealer in marble and granite, farmer 75. Fisher A. J. & A. D., (South Windham) r 9, wool growers 40 sheep, and farmers 130. Fisher Alfred J., (South Windham) r 9, (A. J. & A. D. F.) Fisher AureUus D., (South Windham) r 9, (A. J. & A. D. F.) Fisher Daniel Dea., (South Windham) r 9, (D. Fisher & Son,) deacon of Baptist church about 50 years. Fisher Daniel & Son, (South Windham) r 9, (Fred D.) wool growers 40 sheep, and farmers 180. Fisher Fred D., (South Windham) r 9, (D. F. & Son.) Fisher Sophia M., (Townshend) r 32, widow of Willard R. Fisher WiUiam R., (Townshend) r 24, farmer 140. Fletcher Harriet, (Townshend) widow of Horace, h and garden. Flint Mary B., (Townshend) widow of Calvin, resident, Harroonyville. FOLLETT JAMES O., (Townshend) r 34, served in Co. D, i6th Vt. Vols., dairy 16 cows, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 400. Forbes Brigham M., (Townshend) r 38^, farm laborer. FRANKLIN HENRY F., (Townshend) r 37, sugar orchard 300 trees, far- mer 200, served in Co. D, i6th Vt. Vols. Franklin James H., (Townshend) r 27, farmer 235. 32 490 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. Frost Ransel, (West Townshend) leases of Mrs. Wilkinson, h and 2 acres, employee of Alvin. Fuller Ephraim, (Townshend) off r 18, dairy 11 cows, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 500. FULLERTON JOHN H., (West Townshend) r 30, dealer in sewing ma- chines, palm leaf and palm hats, h Main. FuUerton John S., (West Townshend) off r 31, overseer of the poor, justice of the peace, aged 79, farmer 100. Gale Horace O., (Townshend) r 47. dairy 14 cows, wool grower 54 sheep, 17 head of young stock, sugar orchard 900 trees, farmer 450. Gale Pliny, (Townshend) r 16, farmer 84. Garfield Oscar R. & Son, (West Townshend) r 30, (Sidney O.,) dealers in young stock, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmers 175. Garfield Oscar R., (West Townshend) r 30, (O. R. & Son,) town agent, dep- uty sheriff, and lister. Garfield Sindey O., (West Townshend) r 30, (O. R. & Son.) Gleason Frank E., (West Townshend) peddler. Gleason Marcia A. Mrs., (West Townshend) widow of Charles, h and lot. GOODELL A. A. & CO., (West Townshend) (A. A. Goodell, H. S. Kidder, and W. R. Livermore,) manufs. and dealers in chair stock, all kinds of lumber, own 95 acres of timber land. GOODELL A. A., (West Townshend) (A. A. Goodell & Co.,) Main st. Goodell Catherine Mrs., (Townshend) r 32, widow of Amasa, aged 91. Gould Charles C, (Townsend) r 33, farmer 60. Gould Ehzabeth, (Townshend) r 48^, resident. Gould William F., (Townshend) r 48^, farmer 40, aged 74. Gray Charles S., (Townshend) r 32, apiarist 11 swarms, farmer 100. Gray Veslerma H., (Townshend) r 35 cor 34, owns farm 150. Greenwood Asa B., (Townshend) r 28, sugar orchard 650 trees, farmer 160. Hall Charles H., (Townshend) r 14, carpenter and joiner, farmer. Hammil Peter, (W^est Townshend) r 9, farmer, leases 80. Harris Daniel, (West Townshend) r 31, mechanic and jobber, h and lot. Harris Elmer J., (West Townshend) r3i, son of Daniel. HARRIS EDWIN D., (Townshend) r 32, dealer in flour and feed, owns farm 66. Harris Lucius J., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer, son of Daniel. Harris Norman W., (Townshend) r 48, farmer, leases of C. C. Taft 45. HASTINGS EDWIN L., (Townshend) off r :i8^, depot master, wool grower TOO sheep, farmer 125. He is the first man who put in a silo in this town, 125 tons capacity. Hastings Holland J., (Townsend) r 14, farmer, owns with H. H. Carr 123. Hastings Loren W., (Townshend) r 32, prop, grist-mill. Hastings Nathan, (Townshend) r 38^, farmer 90. HAZELTON EDWARD R., (West Townshend) r 30, farmer, served five years in 2d U. S. Infantry. Hewes Orasmus H., (Grafton) r 8, farmer. Hewes Richard, (Grafton) r 8, farmer 250. Hescock Sylvester, (West Townshend) r 31, farmer 70, and in Jamaica 150. Holbrook Harriet, (Townshend) cor r 32 and 37, widow of Arba E. Holbrook Harvey P-, (Townshend) r 28, sugar orchard 100 trees, farmer 200, aged 75. HOLBROOK HUGH H., (Townshend) r 32, director of Windham Co. Savings Bank, served in Co. D, i6th Vt. Vols., sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 220. TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 49 1 I Holbrook Mary J., (Townshend) r 32, teacher. Holbrook Sybil, (Townshend) r 32, teacher. Holden Charles C, (West Townshend) r 11 cor 31, laborer. HOLDEN CHESTER O., (Wardsboro) r 42, sugar orchard, farmer 250. Holden Eddie W., (Townshend) r 29^, farmer. Holden Evie, (Wardsboro) r 43, teacher. Holden Eora M., (Wardsboro) r 42, teacher. HOLDEN PHILEMON, (Grafton) r 19, apple orchard 100 trees, farmer, 200 in Athens, and 150 in Townshend. HOLDEN ZENAS D., (Grafton) r 6, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 150. Holland Hannah, (Townshend) r 32, widow of Reba, resident, aged 100 years. Holland Henry C, (Townshend) r 46, farmer with his father, T. J., 200. Holland Phebe, (Townshend) cor r 32 and 37, widow of Joab, h and lot. Holland Thomas J., (Townshend) r 46, farmer with his son, Henry C, 200. Holland WiUiam S., (Townshend) prop, of livery stable. HOLMES EDWARD A., (West Townshend) prop, grist-mill, h and 4 acres. HOLT CYRUS P., (Townshend) off r 39, farmer 160. Houghton George H., (Townshend) r 39, rst selectman, sugar orchard 340 trees, wool grower 40 sheep, breeder of Durham cattle, farmer 275, and 143 timber land. Houghton Henry W., (Townshend) clerk for E. J. Knapp. HOWARD ANSON O., (Townshend) off r 40, farmer with Obadiah. Howard Choate O., (Townshend) farmer, son of O. S. Howard David, (Townshend) r 44^^, farmer 159, with his son W. H. M., 155. Howard Emery, (West Townshend) r 12, laborer. HOWARD HANNAH E., (Townshend) widow of AureHus C, resident. HOWARD HORACE C, (Townshend) attorney at law. Howard Minerva A., (^West Townshend) r 3, h and lot. Howard Obadiah, (Townshend) off r 40, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 107. HOWARD ORMANDO S. Hon., (Townshend) retired farmer 500, aged 68. Howard WiUiam H. M., (Townshend) r 44, farmer with his father, David, 155. Howe Abram F., (West Townshend) r 10, highway surveyor, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 300. Howe Clark, (W^est Townshend) r 10, farmer, aged S;^. Howe Otis E., (West Townshend) section hand B. & W. R. R. Howe Waitstill V., (West Townshend) cor r 12 and 13, farmer, leases Taft estate 100. Ingalls AUurus H., (West Townshend) blacksmith, employee of J. G. Adams. Ingalls William H., (Townshend) r 32, blacksmith, carriage-maker and gen- eral repairer. Jacobs John, (Townshend) r 25, farm laborer, h and 8 acres. Jenison A. Judson, (South Windham) r i, farmer 118. Jenison Dana H., (Townshend) r 27, leases of Edson Derry 150. Jenison Elliott, (Townshend) r 29^^, farmer 99. Jenison Romanzo F., r 37, prop, of bobbin mill. Jenison Sehm W., (West Townshend) r, — , h farmer 6. Jenison William O., (West Townshend) farmer 75. Jenkins John W., (Townshend) r 28, laborer. Jenkins Samuel W., (Townshend) r 28, farmer. Johnson Carlos C, (Townshend) cor r 25 and 28, dealer in sheep, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 65. JOHNSON EDWIN S., (Townshend) r 41, sugar orchard 320 trees, leases of John Underwood farm of 70. 492 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. Johnson John W., (Townshend) off r 21, wool grower 35 sheep, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 255. Jones Charles, (West Townshend) r 10, sugar orchard 160 trees, farmer 144. Jones Emery S., (Townshend) r 12, laborer. Kellogg John W., (West Townshend) clerk for C. P. Barrett. KENYON HENRY B., (Townshend) r32, alio, physician and surgeon. Kidder Herbert S., (West Townshend) (A. A. Goodell & Co.) farmer 16. Kimball Charles O., (West Townshend) r3i, teacher of penmanship, KIMBALL FRED S., (Newfane) r 49, sugar orchard 300 trees, apple orchard 100 trees, and farmer 120. Kimball John R., (West Townshend) wheelwright, and manuf. of hght and heavy wagons. KNAPP EDWARD J., (Townshend) r 32 cor 38, dry and fancy goods, groceries, crockery, glassware, and ready-made clothing. Lawrence Benjamin F., (Townshend) r 20, laborer, employee of J. L. Nichols. Lawrence Kimball D., (West Townshend) r 10, farmer 75. Lawrence William A., (West Townshend) r 10, farmer with K. D. LAWRENCE WILLlAxM B., (West Townshend) off r 10, dairy 11 cows, 25 young cattle, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 200. Leonard Joel S., (Townshend) r 31, farmer 85. Leonard William, (Townshend) r 32, farm laborer, h and lot. Livermore Frank S., (Townshend) r 48^, lives with his father, J. L. Livermore Fred F., (Townshend) off r 39, farmer 160, with A. F. Livermore, of Londonderry. Livermore Jonas L., (Townshend) r 48^, farmer 250, and on r 45, farmer 160. Livermore William R., (West Townshend) (A. A. Goodell & Co.) Lowe George J., (Townshend) r 40, owns farm 25. LOWE LESLIE D., (Townshend) r 40, fruit grower, wool grower 50 sheep, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 300. Manning William H., (Townshend) r 32 cor 37, carpenter and joiner. Marcille Moses, (Townshend) r 32, blacksmith. Martin Marshall M., (Townshend) r 38, shoemaker. MASON ADELBERT A., (Townshend) r 23, lister, dairy 12 cows, wool grower 30 sheep, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 340. MILES WILLIAM H., (Townshend) off r 20, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 215, served in Co. I, 4th Vt. Vols. Miller Seneca, (Townshend) r 29^, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 136. Mitchell Richard S., (Townshend) r 38.I, pastor of Baptist church. Morse Elliot S., (Townshend) r 48^^, farmer 230. NICHOLS HOLLIS, (Townshend) r 20, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 200, born on his present farm 1801, aged 83. Nichols John L., (Townshend) r 20, farmer 165. Ober Elbridge N., (Townshend) r 48^, teacher. Ober Kezia, (Townshend) widow of Ebenezer, resident, aged 78. J Ober Ora O.; (Townshend) off r 32, wool grower 125 sheep, farmer 275. 1 Ober Samuel, (Townshend) r 48^, farmer 80, aged 76. Page Levi W., (West Townshend) postmaster, grand juror, road surveyor, . harnessmaker, and farmer 50. Parker Addison J., (Townshend) r 38^, dentist. Perry Hernan R., (Townshend) r 24, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 106. PHELPS JAMES H. Hon., (Townshend) r 31, town treasurer, counselor at law, and farmer 15. TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. 493 Phillips Abner S., (West Townshend) resident. Phillips Everett W., (Townshend) r 38^, farmer. Phillips Reuben, Townshend) r 38^, farmer 175. Phillips Rolla D., (Townshend) laborer. Pierce Albert R., (West Townshend) resident. Pierce Franklin, (Townshend) r 46, farmer 130. Pierce George R., (West Townshend) r 10, sugar orchard 900 trees, far- mer 90. Pierce Nathan, (West Townshend) retired farmer, aged 82. Plumb Francis E., (Townshend) r 38^, carpenter and joiner, farmer 100, Harmonyville. Pomroy David A., (West Townshend) r 30, miller. Pomroy Nathaniel B., (Townshend) dealer in wool, farmer 30, h Main. Porter George Rev. Dr., (Townshend) Cong, clergyman. PRATT BRADLEY D., (Townshend) r 38! house painter, and paper- hanger, h and lot. Pratt Cynthia B., (Townshend) r ;i8^, widow of Oliver C, resident. Prouty George O., (Townshend) laborer. Rand Frank T., (Townshend) laborer. RAND FRED C, (Townshend) r t,8^, teamster, dealer in horses, h and lot. Rand Henry E., (Townshend) r 46, farmer 130. Rand Theodore C, (Townshend) r 38^, insurance agent. Randall Herbert A., (Townshend) r 48^, farmer, with Moses. Randall Moses, (Townshend) r 48^, farmer 180. Rawson C. W., (Townshend) laborer, Redfield Marshall C, (Townshend) off r 24, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 20 sheep, and farmer, leases 120. Rhoades Janson W., (Townshend) r38^, miller, employee of Nelson Winslow. Richardson Alverdon O., (West Townshend) r 9, with his father, David B., far- mer 140. Richirdson David B., (West Townshend) r 9, withhisson, Alverdon O., far- mer 140. Robbins Frank H., (Grafton) r 16, farmer, with Nathan. Robbins Nathan, (Grafton) r 16, farmer 85. Ross Susan, (Townshend) r 32, resident, owns with S. G. Ewings 49 acres. Rutter Phillip H., (Townshend) r 48^, breeder of thoroughbred, Short-horn cattle, reg., dairy 10 cows, town representative, farmer 290, in New- fane 40. Salisbury Henry, (Townshend) postmaster, town clerk, and undertaker, owns timberland 25. Sanders Hynes W., (Townshend) r 32, carriage maker and repairer, carpenter and joiner. SANDERSON I. EUGENE, (West Townshend) r 30, shoemaker and repairer. Sanderson Royal, (Townshend) r 32, farm laborer, owns h and garden. Scott Martha, (Townshend) r 38^, widow of VV^alter, tailoress. Shattuck Edmund (Townshend) r 27, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 150. SIMPSON CHARLES C, (Townshend) r 38, Townshend, Grafton, and Bellows Falls stage driver and mail carrier. SIMPSON HERBERT W.. (Townshend) son of C. C. Simpson Oliver W., (Townshend) r 28 cor 29, farmer 75. Smith Betsey, (Grafton) r 19, widow of E. D., resident, aged 74. Smith Fred, (Townshend) r 44^, leases with A. W. Cudworth, of O. S. How- ard, 320. 494 TOWN OF TOWNSHEND. Smith R. W., (West Townshend) r — , h and lot. Snow Alroy A., (Townshend) off r 43, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 140. Snow Eunice. (Townshend) r 38, widow of Ambrose, resident, aged 85. Sparks Martin A., (Townshend) laborer. Stebbins Charles Q., (Townshend) r38, dairy 10 cows, wool grower 50 sheep, sugar orchard 375 trees, secretary and treasurer of Leland & Gray Seminary, farmer 400, prop, of silo of 100 tons capacity. STODDARD ABISHAI Hon., (Townshend) r ^8, attorney, judge of pro- bate, aged 72, owns farm 30. (Moved to Westminster.) Stoddard James W., (Townshend) owns on r 41 farm 150. Stratton Charles H., (West Townshend) owns farm 229. Swan Ballou, (Townshend) r 38^, retired. Suitzer Christopher J., (West Townshend) Cong, clergyman. Taft Charles C, (Townshend) r 38^, manuf, and dealer in light and heavy harness, owns farm 45. Taft Elzina E., (Townshend) r 38, widow of Willard, h and lot. Taft George F., (West Townshend) employee of J. H. Fullerton. TAFT GEORGE W., (West Townshend) r 12, retired farmer 300. Taft Hannah P., '(Townshend) r 23, resident, aged 92 years. TAFT JOSIAH* W., (West Townshend) r 12, farmer 150. Taft OUve, (West Townsend) widow of Josiah, resident,^ aged 90, owns farm Terrell Clark M., (Townshend) r 38, alio, physician and surgeon. Thayer Jason D., (Townshend) r 33, farm 170. Thayer Lucien O., (Townshend) r 32, farmer 65. Thompson Agnes A., (South Windham) r 2, teacher. Thompson Sarah A., (South Windham) r 3 teacher, Thompson Wm. Henry, (South Windham) r 2, farmer 165, wool grower 25 sheep. Thompson Sarah J., (West Townshend) widow of Frank, resident. Townsend Antoinette, (Townshend) widow of Eugene, owns mill and 14 acres. Tuttle Otis C, (Townshend) r 35, farmer 180. Twitchell Henry M., (Townshend) 38^, farm laborer, leases h of Mrs. Powers. Twitchell Lucius N., (Townshend) r 38, farmer 200. Twitchell Nellie H., (Townshend) r 38, teacher of instrumental music. Underwood Henry, (Townshend) r ;^8, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower, breeder of grade Durham cattle, farmer 240. Wade Thomas, (Townshend) section foreman B. & W. R. R., Harmon ville. Ware John J. H., (Townshend) r 32, (J. B. W. & Son ) WARE JOSEPH B., Dea., (Townshend) r 32, (J. B. W. ^ Son.) WARE JOSEPH B. & SON, (Townhsend) r 32, (John J. H.) breeders and dealers of Jersey cattle, dealers in sheep, dairy 16 cows, and farmers 350. Watson Margaret S., (Townshend) r 28, widow of James, farmer 40. Weatherbee Elliott M., (Townshend) r 37, blacksmith, employee of W. H. Ingalls. West River House, (Townshend) cor r 38 and 38^, O. F. Coombs, prop. Wheeler Ebenezer C, (West Townshend) r 30, deacon of the Cong, church, farmer 15, Wheeler Ronell W., (West Townshend) r 9, farmer with W. T. Wheeler William T., (West Townshend) r 9, sugar orchard 300 trees, 20 head young cattle, and farmer 235. Wheelock Catherine, (Townshend) r 38^, widow of Lucius T., resident with her daughter Mrs. L. H. C^than, aged 90. TOWN OF VERNON. 495 Whitcomb John C, (Townshend) off r 32, farmer. Whitcomb Roswell, (Townshend) off r 32, farmer 130. White Andrew J., (Townshend) cor r 34, 35 and 37, farmer, leases of V. H. Gray 150. Whitney Windsor W., (Townshend) r 36, leases of R. Bemis, of Athens. Wilder Frank I., (West Townshend) r 30. dentist. Willard Charles Dea., (Townshend) r 32, farm laborer. WILLARD CHARLES H., 2nd, (Townsend) r 381, prop, of shingle-mill, saw-mdl and chair stock factory. Willard Fred H., (Townshend) r 29^, farmer 140. WILLARD WARNER H., (Townshend) r 38I lives with his son. Williams Samuel E., (West Townshend) r 30, grocer, peddler, farmer 160. Wilson Andrew J., (Townshend) manuf and dealerinall kinds of tin ware. Winslow Abba A., (Townshend) r 28, widow of George, farm 40. Wmslow George P., (Townshend) r 28, farmer with Abba A. Winslow Nancy, (Townshend) widow of Peleg, Harmonyville. WINSLOW NELSON, (Townshend) r 38! deputy sheriff, prop, of grist-mill. WINSLOW SAMUEL D. 2d, (Townshend) cor r 33 and 38, deacon of Con- gregational church, president of Windham Co. Savings Bank, general merchant, druggist and dealer m flour and feed. Wiswell Catharine, (Townshend) r 32, widow of Samuel H., h and lot. Wood David H., (West Townshend) off r 10, farmer, leases of Taft estate 100. Wood John, (Townshend) r 13, farmer 100. Wood George N., (West Townshend) r 31, farmer, with N. W. Wood Lucy B., (West Townshend) r 31, widow of Joseph, resident, aged 93. WOOD NORMAN W , (West Townshend) r 31, 2d selectman, dairy 10 cows, wool grower 50 sheep, and dealer in cattle, farmer 500. Wright Henry C, (Grafton) r 19, fruitgrower, aparist 8 swarms, farmer 160. VERNON. (For explanations, etc., see page 305.^ ALLEN JASON C. (Vernon) r 21, justice of the peace, farmer, leases of Robert Allen 100. ALLEN ROBERT, (Vernon) r 21, manuf. of Allen's cholera and dysentery syrup, peddler and agent for patent medicines and stationery, farmer 100. BAILEY LAURA E., (Vernon) r 14, (Mrs. S. W.) cloak and dressmaker. BAILEY SILAS M., (Vernon) r 14^ farmer, leases of Hiram DooHttle, h and lot. BARBER FRANKLIN, (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, tobacco grower, farmer 50, in Mass. 69. BARBER GEORGE F., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, dentist, office at Franklin Barber's. Beers J. Addison, (Vernon) r 14, tanner, and farmer. Bemis Charlie W., (Vernon) r 9, farm laborer. Bishop Willard I., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, telegraph operator, station agent Connecticut R. R. R. and New London Northern R. R. 49^ TOWN OF VERNON. Bishop Carl S., (West Northfield, Mass.,) night telegraph operator for Conn. R. R. R. Blanchard Hosea, (Vernon) r 21, farmer 48. BROOKS ADDISON L., (Vernon) r loi leader of Brooks & Mellendy's orchestra, slater, carpenter, and farmer. BROOKS CHANDLER R., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, farmer, with Nathaniel. Brooks Eugene L., (Vernon) r 10, son of L. C. Brooks George M., (Vernon) off r 20, dairy 9'cows, farmer, leases of Na- thaniel Brooks 100. Brooks Henry N., (Vernon) r 14 cor 15, tobacco grower, and farmer, leases of Nathaniel Brooks 30. Brooks Lewis, (Vernon) r 10^, farmer 68. aged 79 years. BROOKS LEWIS C, (Vernon) r 10, farmer 34. BROOKS NATHANIEL, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 10, dairy 9 cows, farmer 100. Brooks Sarah M., (Vernon) r jo^, widow of M. C. Brooks Uriel, (Vernon) r 12, carpenter and builder, farmer 30. Brosnahan Patrick, (Guilford) r 5, farmer 200. BROWN LOWELL W.,(West Northfield, Mass.,) r 16, 3d selectman, breeder of Jersey cattle, farmer 300. Brown Edwin B., (Vernon) r 10, carpenter and farmer 23. Brown Fred L., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 16, farmer 290. BROWN J. ALEXANDER, (Vernon) r 10, lister, farmer 103. BROWN LORENZO, (West Northfield, Mass.,) justice of the peace, town grand juror, agent for fertilizers, retired farmer, aged 78. Brown Martin H., (Vernon) r 23, son of W. H. Brown Oren W., (Vernon) r 10, farmer. Brown Sally, (Vernon) r 20, widow of Jeremiah, aged 85 years. Brown William H., (Vernon) r 23, farmer 127. Bryant Nahum F., (Vernon) r 14, retired lawyer, farmer r5o. Burrows Buelah M., (Vernon) r 9^, widow of J. F. Burrows Isabella J., (Vernon) r 9^, widow of H. W. Burrows Jarvis F., (Vernon) r 9^^, laborer. BURROWS WARNER W. H., (Vernon) r 9I, fireman on New London Northern R R. Butterfield George H., (Vernon) r 11, butcher and farmer. Carroll Michael, (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, laborer. Clark Charles M., (Vernon) r 10, farmer, leases of M. Lee 100. Clark Charlotte H., (Vernon) r g^, widow of Samuel. Coffee William, (Vernon) r 14, retired gardener, aged 83 years. Coller Watson, (Vernon) r 20, tin peddler. Combs Charity T., (Vernon) r 20, widow of Chauncey P., farmer 17. Cone Charles F., (Vernon) r 10 cor 20, farmer 10. Cook Calvin L., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, section hand on New Lon- don Northern R. R. Cook Salmon Rev., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 18, farmer 30. CROWELL HILAND R., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, postmaster in Mass., dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, Yankee notions, hardware, patent medicine, also flour, ^ store in town of Northfield and the other in Vernon, residence Northfield, Mass. DAVIS CHARLES E., (Vernon) r 14, carpenter, wagon repairer, farmer 25. Davis Samuel W., (Vernon) r 9, farmer. TOWN OF VERNON. 497 Doolittle Rodney D., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, car inspector for Conn R. R. R. Dunnakin Calvin J., West Northfield, Mass.) r x6, basket maker and laborer. Dunklee Adelbert A., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, school teacher. DUNKLEE NELSON, (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, farmer 102. Dunklee Wesley N., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, son of Nelson. Eames James M., (Guilford) off r 4, farmer 117. Eason Timothy W., (Vernon) r 9, (Prescott & Eason) repairer for New Lon- don R. R. EDDY LSAAC, (Brattleboro) r 2^, farmer 200. Emerson Frank H., (Brattleboro) r 2^, farmer 55. FAIRMAN DWIGHT S., (Vernon) r 10, farmer, leases of Mrs. H. N. Witt 25. Fairman Elijah, (Vernon) r 12, retired farmer, aged 76. FAIRMAN ELIZABETH, (Vernon) r 9, widow of Wilder H., farmer 66 FAIRMAN GEORGE E., (Vernon) r 9I, carpenter and farmer. FAIRMAN HENRY W., (Vernon) r 9, prop, of custom grist-mill, and far- mer with Ehsabeth. Fairman John, (Vernon) r 20, Baptist mmister, resident. Fairman Maria, (Vernon) r 22, widow of Asa, farmer 18. FAIRMAN MARY A., (Vernon) r 9^, widow of Edward J. Fairman Samuel C, (Vernon) r 22 farmer. Fairman SuUivan A., (Vernon) r 22, farmer,. FAULKNER DAVID S., (Guilford) r 4, overseer for C. N. Johnson, of Turner's Falls, Mass., farmer 300. Finn Daniel J., (West Northfield, Mass.) oil r 19, works for Conn. R. R. R. Finn John A., (West Northfield, Mass.) off r 19, brakesman on Conn R. R. R. Finn Michael J., (West Northfield, Mass.) off r 19, section boss Conn R. R. R. Finn Richard R., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, telegraph operator for Conn R. R. R. FRANKLIN JOSEPH E., (Guilford) r 4, farmer, with W. A. FRANKLIN WOODBURN A., (Guilford) r 4, proprietor of cider-mill, far- mer 170. Freeman Joel A., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 18, shoemaker, and farmer FRENCH CHESTER W., (Vernon) off r 3, farmer 60. Frost Julius O., (Vernon) r 14, traveling salesman, dealer in grain and flour in Hartford, Conn., breeder of full blood Jersey cattle, dairy 10 cows farmer 45. GOODWILLIE THOMAS, (Vernon) r 14, physician and surgeon, justice of the peace, farmer 38. GOULD GILBERT F., (West Northfield, Mass.,) 3d selectman, farmer 160 GOULD LEWIS F., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 18, retired farmer. GRANT GEORGE W., (Vernon) r 21, agent for Dr. Garland's sanitary lamp filler, family bibles, and other works. GRAVES EDWIN F., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, switchman for Conn R. R. R. Graves Julia, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, widow of Edward. Hamilton Henry L., (West Northfield, Mass.,) off r 19, engineer on Conn R. R. R. HARRIS CHARLES S., (Vernon) r 10, retired farmer 25. Harris EUza, (Vernon) r 10, widow of Austin, resident. 498 TOWN OF VERNON. HASKELL CHARLES F. B., (Vernon) r 14, civil engineer, farmer 3. HEARD EDMUND M., (Vernon) r 9, tobacco grower, farmer 133, Hickey Frank, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, farm laborer. Hill Benjamin, (Vernon) off r 9^, laborer. HOUGHTON SAMUEL B., (West Northfield Mass.,) off r 18, town audi- tor, tobacco grower, dairy 10 cows, farmer 200. Howe Fran Celia, (Vernon) r 3, widow of Arad H. Howe David, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, barber. Howe Lydia, (Vernon) r 3, widow of Ebenezer, Jr. HOWE WARREN M., (Vernon) r 3, farmer, leases of Lydia Howe 150. HUBBARD GEORGE H., (Vernon) r 3, hop and tobacco • grower, far- mer 1 16. JACKSON CHARLES, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 20, deputy sheriff, far- mer, leases of Mrs. Cora Fox, of New York City, 150. Johnson Charles S., (Vernon) r 2;^, farmer 160. JOHNSON D WIGHT, (Vernon) r 20, constable and collector, dairy 12 cows, agent for Ferguson's creamery, Elmer's double acting churn, dealer in corn, cotton seed, and oil meal, and feed, farmer 225, in Guil- ford i 12. Johnson Elias P., (Vernon) r 14, carpenter, farmer 22. JOHNSON FREDERICK W., (Vernon) r 15, town representative, town agent, farmer 77. JOHNSON HARRIET, (Vernon) r 15, widow of WiUiam. Johnson Isaiah W^., (Vernon) r 15, retired farmer 63. Johnson Israel, (Vernon) r 3o, house painter, and paper-hanger, farmer 60. Johnson Solomon B., (Guilford) off r 8, farmer 100. JOHNSON T. WEBSTER, (Vernon) r 15, 2d selectman, farmer, leases of Isaiah W. 60. Johnson T. W. & W. D., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, (Thurlow W. and Walter D.,) props, of grist and saw-mill, dealers in feed and grain, also meat market. Johnson Thurlow W., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, (T. W. & W. D.,) butcher and meat peddler. Johnson Walter D., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, (T. W. & W. D.) Kendall Dan, (Vernon) r 21, farmer 125. Kendall Fred B., (Vernon) r 21, son of Dan. LEE CHESTER, (Vernon) r 17, farmer 35. LEE GEORGE N., (Vernon) r 14 cor 13, blacksmith, grower of vegetables and plants for market, farmer 96. LEE GEORGE W., (Vernon) r 21, hop grower for 45 years, and farmer 150. LEE MARSHALL, (Vernon) r 10, farmer 150. Lillis Michael, (Guilford) off" r 5, farmer 100. Logan George W., (Vernon) r 9, farmer 5. Mack James, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 16, laborer. Mack John, (West Northfield, Mass.,) off r 17, farmer 10. Marshall Henry C, (Vernon) r 11, house painter and paper hanger. MARSHALL JAMES, (Vernon) r 11, farmer 83, McNulty Bernard, (West Northfield, Mass.,) section foreman of New London Northern R. R., Vermont and Massachusetts division. MILLER SIDNEY L., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, aged 75, farmer 167. MORGAN JAY H., (Vernon) r 13, breeder of Jamestown Poled cattle, and farmer 60. Merrill Charles, (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 16, farm laborer. TOWN OF VERNON. 499 MORRILL JOSIAH M., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19, conductor on Conn. R. R. R. NEWTON CHARLES H., (Vernon) (Tyler & Newton,) prop, of cider mill, hop grower, and farmer 140. Newton Daniel, (Vernon) off r 17, farmer 50. Newton William A., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 18, shoemaker, and farmer 27. Newton William E., (Vernon) r 20, farmer 40. Norton Charles H., (Vernon) r 9, civil engineer. NORTON RICHARD H., (Vernon) r 9 cor 9I butter maker for Mrs. R. A. Norton. NORTON ROSSILLA A., (Vernon) r 9 cor 9^, widow of E. L., dairy 43 cows, butter a specialty, and farmer 800. O'Rourke Michael, (West Northfield. Mass.,) offr 19, works for the Conn R R. R. Peeler Abigial L., (Vernon) r 9, widow of Rodolphus, farmer 5. PEELER ALLENDER, (Vernon) r 13, carpenter and builder, and farmer 39. Peeler Benjamin H., (Vernon) r 3, farm laborer. Peeler Cyrus W., (Vernon) r 9^, farm laborer. Peeler Elliot R., (Vernon) r 9, carpenter and farmer. Peeler Ethan L., (Vernon) r 9, blacksmith. Peeler Mansel H., (Vernon) r 9!^, farm laborer. Pierce Charles I., (West Northfield, Mass.,) r 19,- farmer 60. Phetteplace Ann Mara, (Vernon) r 9^, resident. Powers Martin H., (Vernon) off r 10, works oa repairs on New London Northern R. R. Prescott Daniel P., (Vernon) r 9^, (Prescott & Eason) foreman of repairs on New London Northern R. R. Prescott & Eason, (Vernon) r 14, (Daniel P. P. and Timothy W. E.) manuf. of bone meal, also manufacturers of lumber, custom feed grinding. Ramsdell Mary, (Vernon) r 15, widow of John C. Randolph Edmund, (Vernon) r 9, shoemaker. Ray Gilbert W., (Vernon) r 20, carpenter, sawyer and farmer. Ray Nancy A., (Vernon) r 20, widow of Francis S., farmer 60. Reed Emeline, (Vernon) offr 21, widow of Charles. REED MARSHALL I., (Vernon) r 9, ist selectman, justice of the peace farmer 60. Robbins Lemon, (Vernon) r 21, retired farmer. Russell Roswell W., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 16, trackman for Conn R R. R. Sawyer Brydone, (West Northfield) Mass.) r 19, job teaming. Scott Alva E., (Vernon) r 20, tobacco grower, farmer 10. SCOTT ELEAZER G., (West Northfield, Mass.) r i8, farmer 90. Scott Frank W., (Vernon) r 20, farmer, son of A. E. Scott Jane A., (Vernon) r 20, widow of O. A., farmer 76. Severance Curtis D., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 18, farmer 75.. Severance Fred C, (West Northfield, Mass.)r 18, book agent and peddler. Sheldon Russell E., (Vernon) r 10. farm laborer. Sherman Charles, ^^ Vernon) r 9, foreman for Mrs. R. A. Norton. Slate Charles, (Vernon) off" r 10, shoemaker. Smith Charles H., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, clerk for R. F. Smith. Smith Robert, (Vernon) offr 20, farmer 14. SMITH RUSSELL F., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, prop. South Vernon House, livery attached, 500 TOWN OF VERNON. SOUTH VERNON HOUSE, (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, Russell F. Smith, prop., livery in connection. SQUIERS WILLIAM A., (Vernon) r 9, prop, of the Vernon Hotel, Hvery in connection. Starkey Willie F., (Guilford) r 5, farm laborer. Stebbins Albyn A., (Vernon) r 13, farmer, son of G. P. Stebbins Alonzo, (Vernon) r 13, dairy 20 cows, stock grower, farmer 157. Stebbins Chandler H., (Vernon) off r 14, carpenter and builder. Stebbins EHjah, (Vernon) r 13, farmer 50. Stebbins George K., (Vernon) r 13, farmer, son of G. P. Stebbins George P., (Vernon) r 13. butter maker and farmer 90. STEBBINS JOSIE S., (Vernon) r 9^ widow of Seth S., station agent at Vernon for Central Vt. R. R., agent for U. S. & C. and American ex- press Co., freight agent. Stevens Fanny F. H., (.Vernon) r 3, widow of R. D., farmer 116. Stockwell Dexter, (Vernon) r 9, farm laborer. Stockwell Elijah T., (Vernon) r 14, carpenter, and builder. STODDARD FAYETTE W., (Vernon) r 21, peddler, dealer in tin, glass and wooden ware, and farmer 35. Stoddard John F., (Vernon) r 21, miller, and farmer. Stoddard Theron C, (Vernon) r 21, farmer. Stoddard Willard F., (Vernon) r 21, farm laborer. Stone Calvin J., (Vernon) r 22, farmer 15. STREETER BENJAMIN A., (Vernon) r 10, general blacksmith, breeder. of fancy poultry of all the leading varieties, game fowls a specialty, breeder of Rouen and Pecan ducks, farmer 38. STREETER NOYES, (Vernon) r 9, blacksmith, and farmer 45. Streeter Rachel, (Vernon) r 21^ widow of David. Thayer Albert I., (Vernon) r 10, farmer. Thayer Chauncey, (Vernon) r 17, architect and builder, and farmer 70. Thayer Solomon, (Vernon) r 20, broom maker, farmer 70. Thomas Sereno F., (Vernon) r 10, farmer 35. Titus Demis Miss, (Vernon) r 9, resident, h and lot. TITUS SUMNER, Capt., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19 cor 18, retired shoemaker, and farmer too. TYLER CHARLES M., (Vernon) r 17, (Tyler & Newton.) TYLER ERASTUS, (Vernon )r 18, grower of hops and tobacco, farmer 130. Tyler George E., (Vernon) r 18, town superintendent of schools. Tyler Harriet, (Vernon) r 18, widow of Erastus, aged 80. Tyler Mary, (Vernon) oft" r 21, widow of Asa, farmer 18. Tyler Olive B., ((iuilford) r 7 cor 5, farmer 195. TYLER & NEWTON, (Vernon; r 17, (Charles M. Tyler, and Charles H. Newton,) wholesale and retail dealers in fresh fish and oysters. VERNON HOTEL, (Vernon) r 29^, Wm. A. Squiers, prop. Washburn Artemas H., (Vernon) r 14, justice of the peace, pound keeper, and farmer. Weatherhed Alanson E., (Vernon) r 15, butcher and meat peddler. WEATERHED JONAS G., (Vernon) r 15, lister, breeder of thoroughbred Durham cattle, and farmer 160. Wheeler Alonzo W.; (Vernon) off r 21, farmer 17. Wheeler Charles W., (Vernon) r 23, farmer 22. WHITE BRIDGET A., (West Northfield, Mass.) off r 19, farmer 16. White Cyrus M., (Vernon) r 13, carpenter and builder, and farmer 75. TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 50I White John, (West Northfield, Mass.) off r 14, laborer. White- Michael, (West Northfield, Mass.) section man for New London Northern R. R. WHITE MICHAEL D., (West Northfield, Mass.) oft" r 19, baggage master Conn. R. R. R. Whithed Addison, (Vernon) r 14, postmaster, town clerk, town treasurer, prop, grist and saw-mill, dealer in dry goods, boots, shoes, groceries, etc. Wilder Elbert H., (West Northfield, Mass.) r 19, farm laborer. Witt Harriet M., (Vernon) r 10, widow of T. [., farmer 25. WOODARD FRANCIS H., (Vernon) r 13, farm laborer. ^ATARDSBORO. Raih-oad station is Jamaica, 4 miles north, on B. iS: W. R. R. Tri-vveekly stage. (For explanations, etc., see page 305.^ Adams Charles A., (South Wardsboro) r 47, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 170. Aldrich Russel, (South Wardsboro) r 28, town surveyor, dealer in Durham cattle, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 125, and in Newfane 75. Allen Charles A., (Wardsboro) r 16, cooper. Allen Winslow, (Wardsboro) r38, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer, leases of Nelson K.ennon, of Bennington, 150. Baldwin Riley E., (West Wardsboro) r 23, laborer. Barber Emmons D., (Wardsboro) r 7^, farmer 17. BARRETT HERBERT M., (South Wardsboro) r 36 cor 25, farm laborer. Barry Lucius M., (Wardsboro) r 6, harness maker. Bemis Charles H., (South Wardsboro) r 49, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer, leases of Henry Kidder, of Wilmington, 130. Bemis Frank W., (Wardsboro) laborer, bds at Wardsboro House. Bemis Henry C, (Wardsboro) r 15, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 100. BENSON DENNIS L., (Wardsboro) r 6, (Benson & Son.) BENSON HOLLAND C, (Wardsboro) r 6, (Benson & Son.) BENSON & SON, (Wardsboro) r 6, (Holland C. & Dennis L.) hardware and tinware, stoves, and house furnishing goods, also blacksmiths. Bills Lewis G., (West Wardsboro) r 41 cor ■t^Z, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 140. Bishop WiUiam S., (Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 11'. Bissell Edward B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, postmaster. Bissell Horace, (Wardsboro) r 18, farmer 60. Bissell Lucretia I., (Wardsboro) r 22, widow of George M. BHst Abner F., (Wardsboro) r i\, alio, physician. Blodgett Elbredge,(West Wardsboro) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 100. Blodgett , (West Wardsboro) r 2, widow of Jonas. Boynton George, (Wardsboro) off r 15, mechanic, rents h and lot of A. H. Wilber, of Leverett, Mass. Boynton Relief, (Wardsboro) r 8, widow of William. Briggs Chailes A., (Wardsboro) r 7^, general merchant, h r 8. Briggs George W., (Wardsboro) r 8, clerk for Charles A. Briggs. 502 TOWN OF WARDSBORO. Brigham Dexter E., (Wardsboro) r y^, farmer lo. Brigham Haley F., (Wardsboro) r 7^, retired blacksmith. Brown Franklin, (Wardsboro) r 26, road surveyor, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 117. Brown Frederick L., (Wardsboro) r 26, farm laborer. Brown Gillman B., (South Wardsboro) r 34, blacksmith, owns farm 9. BROWN MANLEY W., (West Wardsboro) (Brown & Shipman,) mechanic, owns 40 acres of woodland in Stratton. Brown & Shipman, (West Wardsboro) r ig, (Manley W. Brown and Ezra O. Shipman,) props, of grist-mill, and manufs. of lumber and shingles. Bruce Harvey O., (East Townshend) r 28, sugar orchard 500 trees, and far- mer 150. BRUCE Wn^LARD G., (East Townshend) r 28, farm laborer. Bryant WiUiam A., (Wardsboro) r 7^, Methodist clergyman. Butler Dianah, (Wardsboro) r "j^, housekeeper for A. C. Read. Carter Lyman, (^West Wardsboro) r 21, farm laborer. Chamberlain Moses, (South Wardsboro) r 50, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 150. Chase Daniel, (Wardsboro) r 6 opp 7^, retired farmer. Chase Elery A., (Wardsboro) r 18, farm laborer. Chase Ichabod, (Wardsboro) r 18, farmer 100. Clark William F., (Wardsboro) r 7^, painter. Cobb Hiram N., (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 8, farm laborer. Cobb Zina E., (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 8, farm laborer. CoUester Betsey H., (Wardsboro) r 7, widow of John. Collins Ezekiel B., (Wardsboro) r 15, farm laborer. Collins Lyman B., (Wardsboro) r 15, sugar orchard 650 trees, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 400. Covey Elmer E,, (South Wardsboro) r 36, farm laborer. Covey Nathan, (South Wardsboro) r 36, sugar orchard 600 trees, wool grower 40 sheep, and farmer 180. Davidson Josiah R., (West Wardsboro) r 20, farmer 60. Davidson Wallace J., (West Wardsboro) off r 20, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 180. Davis Hiram, (Wardsboro) r 10, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 65. Dexter Avery J., (Wardsboro) r 24, town clerk, ist selectman, justice of the peace, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 60. Dexter Dehvan C, (Wardsboro) r 24, farm laborer. Dexter Frederick H., (Wardsboro) r 24, farm laborer. Dexter Roxelana, (Wardsboro) r 16, widow of Daniel. DOOLITTLE ALBERT T., (South Wardsboro) oft" r 34, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 35 sheep, manuf of shingles and cider, dealer in cat- tle, and farmer 300. Doolittle Oscar B., (South Wardsboro) r 48, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 150. DURKEE ALMON F., (West Wardsboro) r 17, breeder and dealer in Jer- sey cattle, sugar orchard 500 trees, dairy 13 cnws, and farmer 145. EAGER DAVID H., (West Wardsboro) r 20, farmer 30. Eddy Alexander, (Wardsboro) r 28, farmer 52. Eddy Asa G., (Wardsboro) r 15, carpenter. Eddy Maria, (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of David. Eddy William B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, manuf. of wagon shafts, owns with Ed- ward S. Morse 30 acres. TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 503 Edwards Abbott T., (Newfane) (Edwards & Miller,) lives in Newfane. Edwards & Miller, (South Wardsboro) r 35, (A. T. Edwards and J. M. Mil- ler.) general merchants. Ellis Fay, (West Wardsboro) r 6, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 165. ESTABROOK JEDADIAH C, (Wardsboro) r 24, justice of the peace, manuf. of butter tubs, owns farm 8. Estabrook Jedadiah C, Jr., (Wardsboro) r 24, painter. ESTABROOK SAMUEL G., (Wardsboro) r 24, carpenter. FARNUM DAVID, (Wardsboro) off r 9, sugar orchard 650 trees, breeder of and dealer in cattle, farmer 175, and in Dover 313. Farnum John, (Wardsboro) r 7^, farmer 13. Fitts Elmer, (South Wardsboro) r 35, farmer 40. Fitts Elwin N., (West Wardsboro) r 17, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 20 sheep, dairy 8 cows, breeder of Jersey cattle, farmer 100. FITTS HENRY N., (West Wardsboro) r 18, constable, collector, sugar orchard 500 trees, dairy 20 cows, breeder of Jersey cattle, farmer 250, and owns 10 acres in Stratton. FITTS OSMER C, (West Wardsboro) r 20, postmaster and general mer- chant. Flagg Polly B., (West Wardsboro) r lq, widow of Lucius. Fletcher Almon D., (Wardsboro) r 6, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 200. French Horace, (Wardsboro) r 16, retired farmer. GALE CHARLES C., (Wardsboro) r 7^, general merchant. Gale Nelson B., (Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 20. Gale Wealthy, (Wardsboro) r 6, widow of Gardner. Gilfeather FeHx, (South Wardsboro) r 25, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 140. Glazier Fred F., (West Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 200. Glazier John N., (West Wardsboro) r 23, farmer 35. Gleason Candace, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, widow of Squire. Gleason Ella, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, dressmaker. Gleason John E., (Wardsboro) r 7, farm laborer. GLEASON MARTIN J., (Wardsboro) r 7, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 120. Gould Betsey, (South Wardsboro) r 31, widow of John. Gould Joseph, (South Wardsboro) r 31, sugar orchard 325 trees, farmer 130. Graves Esther C., (West Wardsboro) r 17, owns farm with A. F. Durkee. Green Mountain House, (West Wardsboro) r 20 cor 22, Henry A. Wait, proprietor. GURNNEY ANDREW J., (West Wardsboro) off r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 100. Hall Henry F., (West Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 100. Hammond Darwin A., (West Wardsboro) rig cor 2, justice of the peace, cattle dealer, and farmer 75. Harrington Harriet R., (Wardsboro) r 24, widow of Daniel G. Harris Lucina, (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of Clark. HASKINS MARSHALL S., (West Wardsboro) off r 22, 3d selectman, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 260. Hatch Charles W., (Wardsboro) r 14, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 28 sheep, and farmer 200. HATCH EDWARD R., (Wardsboro) r 14, town surveyor, and farm laborer. Higgins Caroline, (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of Josiah G. Higgins Harland P., (Wardsboro) r 25, farmer, leases of John D. Watson 60. Hodgkins George, (Wardsboro) bet r 26 and 16 opp 14, tailor. 504 TOWN OF WARDSBORO. Holden Erastus J., (West Wardsboro) r 23, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 100. Holden Lyman E., (Wardsboro) r 14, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool grower 20 sheep, and farmer 190. Holden Satira P., (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of Culwell. Hopkinson Henry M. Rev., (West Wardsboro) r 20, Baptist clergyman. Houghton H. N. & L. C, (Green River) r 24, (Horatio N. and Lawson C.) manufs. of sweet cider jelly. • Howard Abbie, (Wardsboro) r 10, widow of Frederick. HOWE EDWARD R., (Wardsboro) r 16, manuf. of lumber, shingles, and chair stock, owns 160 acres in Newfane. Howe EUiott, (West Wardsboro) r 20, farm laborer. Howe Lucretia, (Wardsboro) r 8, widow of Hiram. Hoyt William H., (South Wardsboro) r 35, farmer 70. Hubbard Charles A., (West Wardsboro) r 23, (C. A. Hubbard & Co.,) Hubbard C. A. & Co., (West Wardsboro) r 23, (Charles A. H. and Thomas F. Johnson,) manufs. of chopping and butter trays. INGALLS JAMES W., (West Wardsboro) r 19, blacksmith, and farmer 8. Johnson Edson, (Wardsboro) r 24, farmer 20. Johnson Frank, (Wardsboro) r 8, farmer 125. Johnson Fred, (South Wardsboro) r 47, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 240. Johnson George S., (South Wardsboro) r 26, postmaster, retired farmer. Johnson Laura, (South Wardsboro) r 26, widow of Willard. Johnson Lawrence A., (Wardsboro) r 10, widow of William, owns farm with Martin Johnson. JOHNSON MARTIN L., (Wardsboro) r 10, opp. 11, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 230. Johnson Nathaniel B., (South Wardsboro) r 29 cor 28, retired farmer, owns farm of 150 acres with H. E. Kidder. Johnson Norman C, (South Wardsboro) r 35 cor 26, justice of the peace, sugar orchard 375 trees, farmer 130. JOHNSON THOMAS F., (West W^ardsboro) r 23, (C. A. Hubbard & Co.,) carpenter and auctioneer, farmer 11. Jones Owen M., (South Wardsboro) r 46, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer 93. Kendall George B., (Wardsboro) r 37, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 100. Kidder Harriet, (Wardsboro) r 38, widow of Foster. KH)DER HENRY M., (Wardsboro) r 14, 2d selectman, sugar orchard 1,270 trees, farmer 385. Kidder Herbert E., (South Wardsboro) r 35, manuf. of chair stock, shingles, lumber. &c., owns farm of 150 acres with N. B. Johnson. Kilburn Dan, (Wardsboro) off r 13, farm laborer. Knights Edmund E., (Wardsboro) r 7^, laborer. Lamson Caleb B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, manuf. of chair stock, and lumber, owns 25 acres. Leonard Martin, (West Wardsboro) r ig cor 2, sugar orchard 640 trees, wool grower 26 sheep, farmer 285. Lyman Lucius, (West Wardsboro) r 21, farmer 15. Marsh Osborn, (South Wardsboro) r 34, farmer 35. MARTIN ADDISON J., (Wardsboro) r 6, wheelwright, justice of the peace, and local preacher. Martin Charles W., (Wardsboro) off r 7^, farm laborer, owns farm 150 in Mt. Holly, Rut. Co. Martin Franklin, (Wardsboro) off r 7^, botanic physician, farmer 15, and 5 acres of land in Jamaica. TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 505 May Danford, (Wardsboro) r y^, retired farmer. May Herbert A., (Wardsboro) bds with H. F. Brigham, farm laborer. May Lucy M., (Wardsboro) r 6, widow of William E. Metcalf Shubael B., (South Wardsboro) r 48, retired farmer. Miller John M., (South Wardsboro) r 35, (Edwards & Miller,) assistant post- master. MOORE ALMOND B., (South Wardsboro) r 27, farm laborer. Moore Joshua, (South Wardsboro) r 27, farmer 120. Morse Abigail A., (West Wardsboro) off r 4, widow of Finley S. Morse Edw.-rd J., (West Wardsboro) off r 4, farmer 48. MORSE EDWARD S., (Wardsboro) r y^, supernumerary minister, manuf. of wagon shafts. Moulton Ira F. (South Wardsboro) r 48, farmer 75. MuUt Frau Mrs., (South Wardsboro) r 35, not hving with her husband, owns — acres of land. Mundell James, (South Wardsboro) r 35, farm laborer. Needham WiUiam, (South Wardsboro) r 48 cor 52, farmer 140. NEEDHAM WILLIAM A., (South Wardsboro) r 48 cor 52, farm laborer. Newell Lyman M., (Wardsboro) r 24, town treasurer, town agent, farmer 12. Newell Oscar M., (West Wardsboro) r 4, farmer 190. PARSONS WILLIAM A., (West Wardsboro) r 2, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 150. PAYNE HENRY Z., (West Wardsboro) r 23, farmer 13. Peirce Emerson F., (West Wardsboro) r 23, farmer 30. Perry James A., (West Wardsboro) r 20, farm laborer. Perry James A. Mrs., (West Wardsboro) r 20, dressmaker. Perry James T., (Wardsboro) r 4, retired farmer. Perry S. Stephen, (West Wardsboro) r 19, miller, farmer 43. PhiUips Samuel S., (Wardsboro) r 6, lister, shoemaker. Pierce Curtis R., (West Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 475 trees, farmer 116. Pike Sarah E., (Wardsboro) r 16. widow of Melvin F. Plimpton Alice, (Wardsboro) r j^. Phmpton Dorr E., (Wardsboro) r y^, machinist. Plimpton Edward D., (Wardsboro) r 7^, pro^. of flour and grist-mill. Plimpton Martin, (South Wardsboro) r 35, cor 25, farmer 13. Pratt Chandler, (Wardsboro) r 7^^, retired. Putnam Erwin L., (West Wardsboro) r 40, sugar orchard i,ooo trees, farmer 160. PUTNAM LUCIUS F., (West Wardsboro) r 4, town surveyer, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 270. Putnam Phebe P., (West Wardsboro) r 3i, widow of Levi. Putnam Prentice B., (Wardsboro) r 24, retired farmer. Putnam Salina, (West Wardsboro) r i, widow of George W., sugar orchard 300 trees, farm 180. Putnam William A., (West Wardsboro) r 21, farmer 256. Ramsdell Joseph W., (Wardsboro) r 24 cor 18, (J. W. Ramsdell & Son) owns farm of 70 with W A. Ramsdell. Ramsdell J. W. & Son, (Wardsboro) r 24 (Joseph W. & W. A.) manufs. of lumber and run a cider-mill. Ramsdell Welcome A., (Wardsboro) r 24 cor 18, (J. W. Ramsdell & Son) lister, owns farm of 70 with J. W. Ramsdell. Randall Alonzo, (South Wardsboro) r 29 cor 28, retired farmer. 33 5o6 TOWN OF WARDSBORO. Randall George O., (South Wardsboro) farmer, leases of H. E. Kidder and N. B. Johnson 150. Read Austin B., (South Wardsboro) r 36 cor 35, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 200. Read Austin C, (Wardsboro) r 7^, farmer 65. READ EDMUND B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, sugar orchard 300 trees, sexton of Methodist church, farmer 12. Read Jerome P., (Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 11. READ JUSTIN B., (South Wardsboro) r 32, sugar orchard 250 trees, farmer 175. READ OTIS M., (South Wardsboro) r 31 cor 34, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 85. Rice Charles W., (Wardsboro) r 16, farmer 100. Rice Ephraim, (Wardsboro) r 7^, retired farmer 20. Rice Ezra L., (West Wardsboro) r 19, blacksmith, and farmer 60. Rice Fayette M., (South Wardsboro) r 31, sugar orchard 500 trees, and far- mer 125. Rice Seneca R., (Wardsboro) r 27, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 125. Richardson Nathaniel, (South Wardsboro) r 35, Congregational minister, bds with John M. Miller. Rigby Georgiana, (West Wardsboro) r 20, widow of Rev. George. Robinson Fred, (West Wardsboro) r i, farm laborer. Robinson Nahum H., (West Wardsboro) r i, farmer 300. Robinson Spencer, (Wardsboro) r 38, town re{>resentative, and farmer 140. RYDER CHARLES H., (West Wardsboro) r 21, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 150. SAGE JOHN B., Jr., (South Wardsboro) r 26, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 100. Sage Mason A., (West Wardsboro) r4i, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 230. Scranton John S., (South Wardsboro) r 46, farmer 96. Scranton Stephen T., (South Wardsboro) r 46, sugar orchard 350 trees, and farmer 100. Shakshober Anna M.^ (West Wardsboro) off r 23, widow of John, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 1x5. SHINE MYRON M., (West Wardsboro) off r 41, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 150. Shipman Ezra O., (West Wardsboro) r 19, (Brown & Shipman,) carpenter, owns 40 acres of woodland in Stratton with M. W. Brown. Simonds John, (South Wardsboro) r 47, retired farmer. i Simonds Lois, (South Wardsboro) r 47. j SMEAD HENRY C, (Wardsboro) r 24 cor 18, shoemaker, and farmer 30.' Smead Lucinda G., (Wardsboro) r 24 cor 18, widow of Samuel. Smith Alonzo K., (West Wardsboro) r 23, stage driver from Wardsboro Station to West Wardsboro. Smith Anna E., (West Wardsboro) r 33, widow of Jonas H. Smith Betsey B., (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of Richard W. Smith David L., (Wardsboro) r 4, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 170^ Smith Moses, (Wardsboro) r 16, farm laborer. Smith Moses A., (Wardsboro) r 15, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 13c Smith Robert H., (Wardsboro) r 7^, wheelwright and wagonmaker, paini ing, etc. Smith William, (Wardsboro) r 7^, farm laborer. TOWN OF WARDSBORO. 507 Smith William J., (West Wardsboro) r 4 cor 3, sugar orchard 500 trees, rents farm of A. M. Higgins, of Summerville, Mass. Snow Daniel, (Wardsboro) r 24, (Snow & Stevens.) Snow & Stevens, (Wardsboro) r 24, (D. Snow and L. L. Stevens,) flour and grist-mills. Sprague Francis C, (Wardsboro) r 24, sugar Orchard 300 trees, farmer 37. Stevens Jacob B., (Wardsboro) r 24, farm laborer. Stevens Lewis L., (Wardsboro) r 24, (Snow & Stevens,) lister. STOCKER DANIEL M., (South Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 600 trees, wool grower 25 sheep, and farmer 114. Streeter Daniel W., (West Wardsboro) r 39, sugar orchard 300 trees, wool- grower 29 sheep, farmer 400. Streeter John A., (West Wardsboro) r 39, farm laborer. Sumner George LL, (Wardsboro) r 24, rents house and lot of L. J. Foster, farm laborer. Taylor Calvin, (West Wardsboro) retired farmer, bds Green Mountain House. Thrasher Mary A., (Wardsboro) r 6 off 72, widow of Charles. Torry Arthur E., (Wardsboro) r 6. farmer 200. UNDERWOOD FRED, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, prop. Wardsboro House. Wait Asenith, (Wardsboro) r 5, widow of Luther, sugar orchard 300 trees, farm 100. Wait Dexter, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, retired. WAIT ETHELBERT H., (West Wardsboro) r 40, farm laborer, owns saw- mill with M. V. B. Wait Henry A., (West Wardsboro) r 20 cor 22, prop, of Green Mountain House, farmer 35. Wait Martin V. B., (West Wardsboro) r 40, owns saw-mill with E. H., sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 450. Wait Tyler, (West Wardsboro) r 20 cor 22, retired farmer. Wait William, Wardsboro) r 5, farm laborer. WAKEFIELD ALDEN, (Wardsboro) r 37, sugar orchard 1,300 trees, farmer 250. Wakefield Dorr A., (Wardsboro) r 37, farm laborer. WARDSBORO HOUSE, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7I Fred Underwood, prop. WARE JOHN A., (South Wardsboro) r 35, retired farmer, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, owns 160 acres of land on r 31. Watson Adelphia, (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, widow of Asahel, owns hotel. Watson John D., (Wardsboro) r 8, farmer 200. Watson Lydia J., (Wardsboro) r 6 cor 7^, dressmaker. Webster (ieorge B , (Wardsboro) r 13, farm laborer. Wellman Pardon, (West Wardsboro) r 19, retired farmer. Wells Dennis Rev., (Wardsboro) r 75, superannuated minister. Wells Jesse E., (Wardsboro) r 24, blacksmithing, bds at Lucretia Bissell's. Wheeler Emery, (South Wardsboro) r 26, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 162. Whitaker Asa, (South Wardsboro) bet r 35 and 43, farmer 8. WHITAKER GEORGE, (South Wardsboro) bet. r 35 and 43, farm laborer. Whitaker Lucy M., (Wardsboro) r 7^. Whitaker Walter A., (Wardsboro) r 26, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 100. Whitcomb Edgar A., (Wardsboro) r 10, farm laborer. WHITCOMB LUTHER A., (Wardsboro) r 10, town surveyor, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 170. White Alvin H., (South Wardsboro) r 44, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer, leases of Charles Nichols, of Newfane, 275. goS TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. White Bezaleel, (South Wardsboro) ofif r 26, retired farmer. WHITE EDWIN L., (West Wardsboro) r 41, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 25 sheep, farmer 306. WHITE ELIOTT R., (South Wardsboro) r 51, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, wool grower 50 sheep, dairy 9 cows, cattle dealer, farmer 1,200. White Francis A., (Wardsboro) r 4, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 260. White Gilford H., (South Wardsboro) r 28, farmer 80. White Marshall A., (Wardsboro) r 8, farmer 8. White Orwell Q., (South Wardsboro) oft^ r 26, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 126. White Sarah L., (South Wardsboro) r 51, widow of Marcus. Whitcomb Henry, (Wardsboro) r 7^^, retired farmer 13. Wilbur George H., (Wardsboro) r 6, wool grower 25 sheep, farmer 150. Wilder Clarinda, (Wardsboro) r 7^, widow of George W. Wilder Ellis, (Wardsboro) r 25, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 238. Wilder Nathaniel, (Wardsboro) r 24, farmer 100. Willard Wales H., (Wardsboro) r 16, carpenter, owns 5 acres. Woodburn Ann, (Wardsboro) r 16, widow of Charles C., owns farm of 20. Wright William G., (South Wardsboro) r 25, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 180. Wyman Harriet, (South Wardsboro) r 26, widow of Ebenezer. ^^ATKSTMINSTKR. (For explanations, etc., see page 305. J Abbott Abial, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer. Abbott Kneeland, (Westminster Station) r 30, retired mason, aged 77 years. Albee Almeda Miss, (Westminster) r 34, resident, Adams Abel, (Westminster Station) r 30, carpenter. Albee Ebenezer H., (Westminster Station) r 30, laborer, Albee George H., (VVestminster) r 31, farmer, leases of Ralph Saftbrd 25. Aldrich Lyman C., (Saxton's River) r 4, wool grower 120 sheep, farmer 220. Allen David, (Westminster) r 31, farmer. Ambeau Frank, (Bellows Falls) works in pulp mill. Arnold Ambrose, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer 250. Arnold Charles F., (Westminster Station) r 3c, farmer, leases of Fenelon 125. Arnold Fenelon, (Westminster Station) r 30, selectman, farmer 125. ASHWELL THOMAS, (Westminster) r 37, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 150. Atcherson Alexander, (Westminster,) r 34, dealer in furs of all kinds, and farmer 5. Atcherson Byron F., (Westminster) r 34, manuf. of wagons, carriages and sleighs, and general repairer. Atwood Fred H., (Westminster Station) r 30, station agent. Baker John, (Bellows Falls) r 1 1, laborer. Banks Ann C, (Westminster) r 31, widow of Edward, owns house and lot. BANKS GEORGE N., (Westminster) r 44, wool grower 125 sheep, and farmer 160. TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 509 Barnes J. J. & L. F., (Saxton's River) r 3, (Joseph J. and Lawrentius F.) wool growers 100 sheep, farmers 155, and in Athens 50. Barnes Joseph J., (Saxton's River) r 3, (J. J. & L. F.) trapper. Barnes Lawrentius F., (Saxton's River) r 3, (J. J. & L. F.) BARNES MYRON O., (Westminster' West) off r 38, dealer in cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, produce, wagons, etc., farmer, leases of D. C. Graham about 100. Bell George W., (Westminstef West) r 57, farmer, leases of A. P. Ranney about 100. Bemis Gideon, (Saxton's River) r i, sugar orchard 300 trees, stock raiser and farmer. Blood Adams A., (Putney) r 59, stock raiser, and farmer 220. BOND HENRY F., (Bellows Falls) r 11, roof slating and dealer in furs of all kinds. BRALEY MARY M., (Westminster West) r 52, farmer 172. BRALEY GORHAM C., (Westminster West) r 50, teamster and farmer, leases of Christopher Crowell, of Walpole, N. H., 100. Brigham Ebenezer, (Westminster) r 31, farmer 195 Brigham Lyman H., (Westminster) r 31, laborer. Brooks James I., (Bellows Falls) r 13, laborer. Brooks Thaddeus, (Bellows Falls) r 7 cor. 13, laborer. Brooks William H., (Bellows Falls) r 27, white washing and kalsomining. Brown Collister J., (Bellows Falls) r 8, (Mrs. Clarence W.) Burnham Henry, (Westminster Station) r 30, laborer. Burt -Horace, (Westminster Station) r 30, old resident. BUTTERFIELD ELWIN G., (Westminster West) r 39, carpenter and joiner. Buxton Franklin R., (W^estminster West) r 64, retired farmer. Buxton Otis F., (Westminster West) r 64, wool grower 40 sheep, and far- mer 75. CAMPBELL CHARLES H., (Westminster West) r 40, George Campbell's Sons. CAMPBELL FREU G., (Westminster West) r 40, (George Campbell's Sons.) CAMPBELL GEORGE C, (Westminster) r 35, cotton planter and farmer in Mississippi about 1,450. CAMPBELL'S GEORGE SONS, (Westminster West) r 40, (E.G. & C. H.) agents for St. Albans horse power and threshing machine, and Kemp manure spreaders, and breeders and dealers in Spanish Merino sheep. breeders of Durham cattle and Poland China hogs, manufs. cider and cider jelly, stock growers, and farmers 600. Carpenter Bradford W., (Saxton's River) r 2, farmer with Ira S. CARPENTER HORACE C, (Putney) r 57, dairy 21 cows, and farmer 260. Carpenter Ira S., (Saxton's River) r 2, farmer about 100. Chandler George W., (Westminster West) r 53, farmer 85. Chapin Sarah, (Westminster) r 31, widow of Jacob, owns house and i acre. Chapman Charles H., (Bellows Falls) r 11, basket maker. Chase Aaron K., (Westminster Station) r 30, retired farmer, owns h and lot. Chase George M., (Westminster) r 66 cor 44, stock grower and farmer 200. Chipman Sophronia Miss, (Westminster) r 35, resident. CHURCH BETSEY, (Bellows Falls) r 10, widow of Harmon, with Martha Mary and Rebecca^ own farm 7 acres. 510 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. CHURCH CHARLES, (Westminster Station) r 28, breeder of Atwood Merino sheep, reg., thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle, dealer in live stock, and farmer 212. Church Charles H., (Westminster Station) r 28, carpenter and farmer. Church Fortin J., (Westminster) r 26, teamster and farmer 4. Church Martha, (Bellows Falls) r 10. Church Mary, (Bellows Falls) r 10, resident. Church Rebecca, (Bellows Falls) r 10, resident. CHURCH TIMOTHY W., (Bellows Falls) r 11 cor 7, farmer 25. Clark Eugene, (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. Clark Guy, (Bellows Falls) r ti, works in basket factory. CLARK J. HUNT, (Westminster West) off r 40, sugar orchard 600 trees, breeder of grade Ayrshire cattle, stock grower, and farmer 200. Clark Mary C, (Westminster West) r 39, widow of Fessenden. Clark Mary F. Miss. (Westminster West) r 39, postmaster. Clark Orah P., (Westminster) r 26, widow of Perez. Clark Scott, (Bellows Falls) r 11, works in basket factory. Clark Wallace S., (Bellows Falls) r 11, works in basket factory. CLARKE JOSEPH, (Westminster) r 46, breeder of grade Jersey and Dur- ham cattle, and farmer 150. Clay Frank W., (East Putney) r 65, (William B. Clay & Son). Clay William B., (East Putney) r 65, (William B. Clay & Son). Clay William B. & Son, (East Putney) r 65, (W. B. C. & F. W. C.) dairy 11 cows, and farmers 100, and in Putney 26. Cobb Alfred R., (Westminster) r 35, blacksmith at Bellows Falls. Cobb Fred. R., (Westminster) r 35, blacksmith at Bellows Falls. Cobb Madison, (Westminster) r 26, blacksmith. COBB STEPHEN K., (Westminster Station) r 30, breeder of Durham cat- tle, farmer 200. Codding Alonzo W., (Westminster West) r 40 laborer. COLLINS JOHN L., (Westminster) r 34, farmer 5. Cook EUiott J., (Putney) r 61, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer, owns about 200 acres with Ivers Cook. Cook Ivers, (Putney) r 6r, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer, owns about 200 acres with Elliott J. Cook. COOMBS JOHN B. W., (Westminster West) r 54, stock raiser, farmer 25, and leases of Tolman T. 40. Coombs Tolman T., (Westminster West) r 54, farmer 40. CORY GEORGE M , (Westminster West) r 50, butcher, breeder of thor- oughbred Southdown sheep, and farmer 130. Cory Imla, (Putney) r 59, retired farmer. CORY WILLIAM W., (Putney) r 59, blacksmith, sugar orchard 600 trees, stock grower, and farmer 123. Corlew Morris, (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer 150. Crawford Lucinda, (Westminster) r 34, widow of Levi, farmer 6. Crowell Henry H., (Westminster West) off r 18, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 96. Cutler Bradford, (Westminster) r 31, shoemaker. ■ Cutler William, (Westminster) r 31, shoemaker. Cutting Franklin H., (Westminster West) student, and farmer, son of Wil- liam B. (Gone to Michigan.) CUTTING WILLIAM B., (Westminster West) r 39, member of town school board, State senator, justice of the peace, lister, and farmer 88. TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 5II Cyr Charles, (Bellows Falls) r ii, stone mason. Cyr Joseph, (Bellows Falls) r ri, laborer. DAGGETT SAMUEL, (Bellows Falls) r 8, stone mason. Dascomb Alfred B. Rev., (Westminster) r 31, Congregational minister, pastor of church in Bellows Falls. Davidson John M., (Bellows Falls) r 11, works in basket factory. Davis George C, (Westminster West) r 56, painter. Davis Henry E , (Saxton's River) r 3, farmer 134. DAVIS MARVIN W., (Bellows Falls) r 10, member of the State Board of Agriculture, surveyor, milk dealer, and proprietor River Dale Farm of 300 acres. Davis Seymour A., (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer with M. W. Day Elmer, (Westminster West) r 51, farmer. DINSMORE HARLAN P., (Westminster West) r 50 coi 53, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 150. Dinsmore Zilpha, died Nov. 22, 1883, aged 83. DriscoU Michael, (Bellows Falls) r 8, laborer. DRISLANE DENNIS D., (Bellows Falls) r 10, runs milk wagon to Bellows Falls, breeder of grade Durham cattle, and farmer 187. Drislane John, (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer, son of Dennis D. Drislane Patrick, (Westminster West) r 38, farmer about 90. Drislane Thomas J., (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer, son of Dennis D. Dugan John, (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. Dunham Addison, (Westminster) r 23 cor 38, retired farmer. Dunham EHhu, (Westminster) r 23 cor 38, sugar orchard 300 trees, and far- mer 50. Dunham Frasier O., (W^estminster West) r 39, retired carriage manuf., and farmer 50. Ellis James H., (Westminster) r 49 cor 44, farmer 150, and in Putney 80. Ellis John E., (Westminster) r 42, wool grower 180 sheep, and farmer 210. Ellis John F. G., (Westminster) r 32, farmer 2. Ellison George P., (Westminster) r 4, farmer about 29. FAIRBANKS ALMON E., (Bellows Falls) off r 7, farmer 70. Fairbrother Almira, (Westminster) r 45, widow of Eliakiin, resident, aged 74. Fairbrother Dighton H., (Westminster) r 45, farmer, leases of Oliver Martin, of Walpole, N. H., 40. FAIRBROTHER GEORGE H., (Athens) r i, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 75 sheep, farmer 140, and in Athens 150. Farnham Sarah J., (Westminster) r 34, widow of FrankUn H. Farr Austin I., (Saxton's River) r 4, farmer, lives with L. C. Aldrich. FARR IVAH N., (Westminster) r 31, retired farmer 50. Farr John V., (Westminster Station) r 30, wool grower 100 Merino sheep, farmer 73, in Walpole, N. H., 133. Farr Nancy S., (Westminster) r 31, daughter of I. N. Farr Robert D., (Westminster) r 31, farmer about 230. Farr Willis, (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. Farwell Henry J., (Westminster) r 44, farmer, son of Jason A. FARWELL JASON A., (Westminster) r 44, farmer 100. Field Timothy H., (Saxton's River) r 17, farmer, son of William. Field William, (Saxton's River) r 17, wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 150. Fish Charles H., (Bellows Falls) r 8, sawyer. Fish Harrison W., (Bellows Falls) r 11, works in basket factory. FISHER OCTAVIUS L., (Westminster) r 31, (P. & O. L. Fisher ) 512 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. FISHER PLINY, (Westminster) r 31, (P. & O. L. Fisher.) FISHER P. & O. L., (Westminster) r 31, (Pliny and Octavius L.) breeders of Jersey cattle and Merino sheep, and farmers 160. Forest Woolen Co., (Bellows Falls) r u, manufs. of shoddy flocks, dealers in rags, waste, &c. FOSTER GEORGE (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer no. Gage Ada, (Bellows Falls) r n, (Sidney Gage & Co.) Gage Sidney, (Bellows Falls) r 11, (Sidney Gage & Co.) Gage Sidney & Co., (Bellows Falls) r 11, (Sidney Gage & Ada (iage) saw, planing-mill, bracket factory and farmer 50. Gates Charles, (Westminster) r 47, farmer 5. Geer Eli, (Bellows Falls) r 16, farmer with George E., leases of John Leach. Geer George E., (Bellows Falls) r 16, farmer with Eli, leases of John Leach. Glynn Henry L., (Saxton's River) r i, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, stock grower, farmer 140, and owns 150 of pasture in Athens with William Glynn. GODDARD DANIEL, (Westminster West) r 39, farmer 90. Goodell Charles C, (Westminster West) r 56, sugar orchard 700 trees, fruit grower, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, and farmer 200. Goodell Elijah R., (Westminster) r 52, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 75 sheep, and farmer 250. GOODELL FRASIER H., (Westminster West) r 56, sugar orchard 1,300 trees, breeder of Durham cattle, stock grower, dairy 8 cows, wool grower 6q sheep, and farmer about 400. GOODELL GEORGE F., (Westminster West) r 56, farmer, son of Frasier H. Goodell Loren A., (Westminster West) r 55 cor 56, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 8 cows, farmer 67, and in Grafton 40. Goodhue Hiland, (Westminster West) r 39, traveling salesman for Lord & Stone, of Fall River, Mass. GOODHUE HOMER, (Westminster West) r 39, trustee of surplus revenue money, state supervisor of insane, and farmer 30. GOODHUE HORACE, (Westminster West) r 38, sugar orchard 360 trees, and farmer 213. GOODHUE IRA, (Westminster West) r 39, farmer 50. GOODHUE CHARLES F., (Bellows Falls) r 10, butcher and dealer in meats, runs cart to Bellows Falls. Goodridge Austin, (Westminster) r 31, postmaster, dry goods and groceries, farmer 45. GOOLD REUBEN C, (Westminster West) r 40, prop, mail route from Saxton's River to Westminster West, and farm 5, 83 years of age. GORHAM DAVID C, (Westminster West) off r 38, 2d selectman, breeder Spanish Merino sheep, and farmer 400. Gorham Edwin E., (Westminster West) off r 38, artist, portrait and land scape painter. GORHAM FREEMAN, (Westminster West) r 61, justice of the peace, wool grower 200 sheep, and farmer 500. Gorham Henry C, (Westminster West) oft r 38, farmer, son of Daniel C. GORHAM JASON, (Westminster West) r 39 cor 40, painter and paper hanger, and farmer 65. GORHAM WILLIAM A., (Westminster West) r 39 cor 40, painter and pa- per hanger. Graves Ora W., (Bellows Falls) r 13, farmer 12. Graves Orpha, (Westminster) r 46, widow of Aaron, aged 85 years. Green , (Saxton's River) off^ r 2, farmer, leases of Rev. W. N. Wilbur 250. TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 513 Grout Cassandra, (Westminster) r 34, widow of Sylvester, h and 5 acres. Hall Charles A., (Westminster West) r 38, farmer about 150. Hall Ebenezer, (Westminster West) r 39, farmer 50. Hall Edward B., (Westminster West) r 39, sugar orchard 700 trees breeder of Jersey cattle, reg., wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 400. Hall Otis H., (Westminster) r 34, resident. Harlow Almira, (Westminster West)r 40, widow of Eldad H., aged 77. Harlow Arthur L., (Westminster West) r 21, farmer, son of George C. Harlow Charles W., (Westminster West) off r 40, sugar orchard 300 trees wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 120. Harlow Eldad H., (Westminster West) r 40, retired farmer, 80'years'of age (Died Oct. 17, 1883.) • .V . fe • HARLOW GEORGE C, (Westminster West) r 21, overseer of poor, sugar orchard 800 trees, stock raiser, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 400. HARLOW GEORGE R., (Westminster West) r 39, town representative and farmer 8, and of timber 20. Harlow Henry (i., (Westminster West) r 40, prop, saw mill, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 160. Harris Jonas, (Westminster) r 34, shoemaker and farmer about 25. HARRIS ROMANZO A., (Westminster) r 14, farmer, leases of Nelson Johnson 140. Hathaway Charles, (Westminster Station) r 30, laborer. Hay ward Frederick E., (Westminster) r 31, farmer. Herbert David, (Bellows Falls,) r 9, laborer. HILLS DAVID A., (Westminster) r 35, farmer 2. HILLS EDWARD A., (Westminster) r 35, telegraph operator. Hitchcock John R., (Westminster West) r 17, farmer leases of Henry M. Carlew, of Rockingham, about 70. Hitchcock Ruth M. Miss, (Westn)inster West) r 18, sugar orchard 100 trees wool grower 100 sheep, and farmer 350. Hitchcock WiUiam H., (Westminster West) r 17, wool grower 60 sheep, and farmer 180. Hitchcock William S., (Westminster West) r 21, resident. Hogan John, (Bellows Falls,) r 8, works in basket factory. Hogan Michael, (Westminster,) r 34, section hand. Harrington Walter L., (Westminster) r 34, alio, physician and surgeon and member of town school board. Holden E. W., (Westminster West) r 52, farm laborer. HOLDEN JEROME, (Westminster West) r ;^8 cor. 40, breeder and dealer in Spanish Merino sheep, reg., SulTolk and Poland China hogs, thorough- bred Durham cattle, and farmer 575. Holton Ira B., (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer, owns house and lot. Houghton Freeman J., (Westminster West) r 39, apiarist and farmer 40. Houston Isaac, (Bellows Falls) r 8, whip salesman. Houston John, (Bellows Falls) r 8, painter, glazier, kalsominer and paper hanger. Howard William H. H., (Saxton's River) r 2, farmer. Hubbard Samuel E., (Westminster West) r 39, farmer 2. Jeffrey Edward, (Westminster) off r -, farmer, leases of Edgar Riley 6. (Moved to Grafton.) Jeffrey Lewis, (Westminster) r 35, laborer. Jennison George A., (Westminster) r 34, farmer. Jennison Mary E., (Westminster) r 34, widow of John, resident. 514 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. Jennison , (Cambridgeport) farmer leases of M. Bemis 300. Johnson Nelson, (Westminster) r 30 cor 29, farmer 300. KEACH JOHN B., (Westminster) r 37, farmer 18, was in Co. F, ist Ver- mont Cavalry. Keefe James E., (Westminster) r 31, farm laborer. Keefe Jeremiah E., (Westminster) r 23, farmer 15. Kellogg Daniel, (Westminster) r 31, farmer 20. Kellogg William M., (Westminster) r 31, son of Daniel. Kendall Albert M.. (Westminster Station) r 30, with Horace, gardener and farmer 10. Kendall Horace, (Westminster Station) r 30, with Albert M., gardner and farmer 10. Kerr Alonzo D., (Westminster West) r 60, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 200. Kimball Harry H., (Saxton's River) r 31, teacher of vocal music, breeder and dealer in Spanish Merino sheep, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 240, also farms unsettled estate of Levi Kimball, 200 acres. Kimball James F., (Saxton's River) r 3, farmer with H. H. Lake Colin C, (Saxton's River) r 2 farmer, leases of Charles Davis, of Rock- ingham, II. Lane Frederick L, ^Westminster) r 31, farmer, works farm of Henry C. 40. LANE HENRY C, (Westminster) r 31, president of Bellows Falls Savings Institution, town clerk, justice of the peace and farmer 40. Lawton Charles B.. (Bellows Falls) r 11, teamster. LEACH DAVID W., (Westminster) r 31, breeder of Jersev cattle, Hamble- tonian horses, and prop, of stock horse "Palmar," and farmer 70. Leach Herbert W., (Westminster) r 31, farmer with John S. LEACH JOHN S., (Westminster) r 31, wool grower 200 sheep, 100 head of cattle, farmer 1,200. Leach Susie L., (Westminster) r 31, school teacher. Leach Walter P., (Westminster) r 31, farmer with John S. Lewis Elwin F., (Westminster) r 26, farmer with A. S. Stevens. Little James E., (Saxton's River) r 4, farm laborer for Joseph Smith. Littlefield George A., (Westminster West) r 20, farmer. Locke Henry, (Bellows Falls) r 8, retired farmer, (Died Jan 6, 1884.) Locke Nelson W., (Bellows Falls) r 8, farmer 13. Lord George L., (Westminster) r 37, farmer, leases of Dwight Edson, of Orange, Mass., 125. Lord Joseph J., (Bellows Falls) r 7, laborer. Lord Zenas, (Westminster) r 35, farmer 4. Lovell George, (Bellows F'alls) r 8, works in paper mill. Manning Henry, (Bellows Falls) r 8, carpenter and joiner. (Moved to New Terrace, Bellows Falls.) Marcy Ernest L., (Westminster) r 35, farmer, leases of H. P. Farr, of Putney about 75. MAY EVELINE M., (Westminster) r 31, widow of James owns farm 21. M.A.YO PETER, (Westminster) r 37, prop, grist and saw-mill, and farmer 2. McClure John, (Westminster) r 35, manuf of brick, and farmer, leases of Suiter, of Boston, 20, and owns in Stoddard, N. H , 77. McNeill John, (Westminster) r 35, farmer 10. Metcalf George W., (Westminster) r 34, constable, deputy sheriff, general blacksmith, mail carier and farmer 50. MILLER JAMES M., (Westminster) off r 23, dairy 10 cows, stock raiser, breeder of Chester white hogs, and farmer 1 60. TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 515 MILLER REUBEN, (Westminster West) r 64, sugar orchard 600 trees, breeder of grade Jersey and Guernsey cattle, dairy 15 cows, and farmer 215. MINARD HENRY O., (Westminster West) r 20, farmer 240. MINARD JOHN B., (Saxton's River) r 2, lister, sugar orchard 540 trees, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 210. Miner Clement S., (Westminster) otT r 14, stock grower and farmer, leases of Albion Brigham 50, also owns in Chazy, N. Y., 70. MOORE CHARLES F., (Westminster West) r 60, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 100. Moore Edwin P., (Westminster West) r 57, farmer with Newell C. Moore John B., (Bellows Falls) r 7 carpenter and joiner, and farmer 13. Moore Newell C, (Westminster VVest) r 57, farmer 153. Morris Frank, (Westminster) r 34, laborer. Morris Sabin, (Saxton's River) r 5, wool grower 250 sheep, and farmer, leases of J. D. Bridgman 150. Morse Adeline H. Miss, (Bellows Falls) off r 16, farmer 160. Morse Eveline, (Westminster) r 31, widow of Samuel. MORSE JOHN B., (Westminster) r 23, chairman of town school board, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 700 sheep, farmer 460, and leases of John R. 440. Morse John R., (Westminster) r 23, farmer 450. Moulton Moses S., (Westminster) r 35 cor. 34, resident, house and 2 acres. Moultrop Ansel, (Saxton's River) r 3, retired farmer. •Moultrop Ansel Jr., (Saxton's River) r 3, highway surveyor and farmer 100. Moultrup Willard S., (Bellows Falls) r 6, teamster and farmer 20. NEWCOMB GEORGE W., (Westminster) r 29 cor. 31, retired farmer 16 acres, aged 84 years. (Died March 27, 1884.) Newcomb George W. Jr., (Putnev) r 65, farmer 48. NICHOLS TRUMAN A., (Bellows Falls) r 8, carpenter and joiner. Nutting Charles A., (Westminster) r 34, lister, stock grower, dealer in live stock and farmer 200. Nutting Hiram. (Westminster) r 35 cor. 34, retired farmer 86 years of ao-e (Died Feb. 2, 1884.) * ' Nutting Nathaniel, (Westminster) r34, retired farmer. Nutting Stephen M., (Westminster) r 35 cor. 34, grand juror, dealer in lum- ber, wood and timber, breeder and dealer in Southdown sheep and far- farmer 500. Ober John D., (Bellows Falls) off r 16, farms Nancy Morse estate 100 and Hiram F. Morse estate 150. O'Brien Mary, (Bellows Falls) r 8, widow of James. PAGE BRADFORD P., (Westminster) r 47, farmer 200. Page Henry C, (Westminster) r 46, farmer 40. Page Michael G., (Westminster) r 47, farmer. Parmenter Lucian N., (Saxton's River) r 3, carpenter and joiner. Partridge James A., (Bellows Falls) r 8, teamster. Peck Charles C, (Westminster) r 42, sugar orchard 250 trees, wool grower 30 sheep, and farmer 130. Peck O. Elmore, (Westminster) r 49, farmer, son of O. F. PECK ORESTES F., (Westminster) r 49, agent for Granite State mower, farmer 105. PHELPS BRIGHAM T., (Westminster Station) r 30, inventor of excelsior square system of dress cutting. 5i6 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. ^ ^ STARKEY & WEiLLMAN ^ ^ :de-^IjEiss liT ME'/^^S. YDUTH3\B0Y3' mn CHILLI REN'S : j FirjE, flJEDIU^ /IIJD LOUi PRICE L As members of the New England Combination, (comprising twenty-nine stores,) we offer special bai-gains in Clothing that no other house can show. Connected as we are to the trade, by being the largest buyers of Clothing and Trimmings in New England, we give our customers the advantage of close buying. 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TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. 517 Phelps John, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer 50. PhiUips Herbert, (Westminster West) r t8, farm laborer. Phipps Fred E., (Westminster) r 47, farmer 20. Pierce Clark, (Westminster) r 47, farmer about 120. PIERCE NATHAN G., (Westminster) r 36, justice of the peace, prop, of Pierce's improved Canada 12 rowed corn and Pierce's improved Colum- bia 8 rowed corn, breeder of Holstein cattle, and farmer 150. Potter Sarah C, (Westminster) r 31, widow of William S. Powers Charles, (Westminster West) r 55, farmer 40. POWERS JOSEPH M., (Westminster West) r 20, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, stock raiser, dairy 8 cows, and farmer 213. Powers Roswell, (Westminster West) r 20, retired farmer. Putnam Sardine B., (Bellows Falls) r 8, teamster. Quigley Richard, (Westminster) r 34, section boss C. V. R. R. Ramsey Ernest E., (Bellows Falls) r 11, basket maker. Ranney Alfred P., (Westminster West) r 39, dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, hardware, and country produce, and farmer no. Ranney Amaziah T., (Westminster West) off r 60, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 200. Ranney Arristella, (Westminster) r 31, owns house and i acre. Ranney Charles H., (Westminster West) r 62, farm laborer. RANNEY G. A. & J. P., (Westminster West) r 51, (George A. & Joseph P.) threshers and wood sawyers. RANNEY GEORGE A., (Westminster West) r 51, (G. A. & J. P.) farmer 5°- <• RANNEY HENRY P., (Westmmster West) r 62, sugar orchard 500 trees, wool grovver 100 sheep, farmer 170, also 125 acres pasture land with Rollin W. RANNEY JOSEPH P., (Westminster West) r 62, (G. A. & J. P.) farmer 100. Ranney Matilda, (Westminster West^ r 39, widow of Grant W. Ranney Oscar J., (Westminster West) off r 60, farmer, son of A. T. Ranney Rollin W. (Westminster) r 47, farmer 80. Reed Calvin H., (Putney) r 59, farmer 40. Reynolds Joseph S., (East Putney) r 65, farm laborer. Rice CharlesE., (Westminster) r 44, farmer with Porter, also leases of Austin Goodridge 25. RICE LUKE L., (Westminster) r 25, sugar orchard 800 trees, wool grower 175 sheep, and farmer 275. RICE PORTER, (Westminster) r 44, wool grower 60 sheep, and farmer 90. Richardson Edgar S., (Bellows Falls) r 8, employee of Gage & Co. RICHARDSON JOHN C, (Westminster) r 35, farmer 230. RICHARDSON LUCIUS C, (Westminster) r 35, carpenter and builder, and farmer 12. RICHMOND BENJAMIN F., (Westminster) r 31, carpenter and joiner, gardener, and farmer 2. Richmond John, (Westminster) r 31, clerk at depot restaurant Bellows Falls. Riley Edgar, (Westminster) r 42, farmer 6. Roche Thomas, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer i. Rogers George, (Saxton's River) r 17, farm laborer. Rounds Joseph H., (Saxton's River) r i, farmer with O. K. ROUNDS ORLANDO K., (Saxton's River) r 2, stock raiser and farmer, leases of H. H. Kimball 200. 5l8 TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. Sabin Adeline F., (Bellows Falls) r 7, widow of William I. SABIN GEORGE C, (Bellows Falls) r 7, teamster and farmer 100. SABIN GEORGE P., (Westminster) r 35, farmer. SABIN HENRY W., (Bellows Falls) r 9, farmer 300. Sabin Henry VV. Jr., (Bellows Falls) r 9, teamster. Safiford Ralph S., (Westminster) r 31, town treasurer, dealer in dry goods, groceries, flour, boots and shoes, &c., farmer 25. Sewell John L , (Westminster) r 35, pastor Congregational church. SHATTUCK SAMUEL A., (Westminster West) r 54, carpenter, sugar or- chard 450 trees and farmer 100. Shelly HoUis, (Bellows Falls) r 6, farmer 70. Shelley Sewell F., (Bellows Falls) r 6, resident. Shipman Albert M., (Bellows Falls) r 8, paper maker for F. M. P. Co. Sischo Samuel, (Westminster) r 31, carpenter and farmer 17. Sleeper Benjamin F., (Westmmster) off r 31, farmer 65. Smith Henry, (Westminster) r 26, laborer. SMITH IR-A, (Westminster) r 31, owns saw-mill run by Peter Mayo, stock raiser, wool grower 150 sheep, farmer 350, and in Putney 125. SMITH JONATHAN E., (Saxton's River) r 4, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 250. SMITH JOSEPH, (Saxton's River) r 3, wool grower 500 sheep, dealer in sheep and horses, and farmer 800. Smith Roderick R., (Bellows Falls) r 13. farmer 25. Snow J. Don, (Bellows Falls) r 10, farm laborer. SNOW MARTIN A., (Westminster) r 46 cor 45, wool grower 200 sheep, and farmer no. Spalding Charles H. L., (Bellows Falls) r 7 blacksmith. Spaulding Charles H., (Bellows Falls) r 11, laborer. Spaulding Edward, (Bellows Falls) r 8, teamster. Spaulding Lemuel, (Westminster Station) r 30, farmer 250. Spencer Sidney A., (Westminster) r 49, carpenter and cabinet maker and farmer 80. Stears William G., (Westminster) r 37, farmer 60. Stevens Alfred, (Westminster) r 40, Congregational minister and farmer 20. Stevens Alonzo F., (Westminster) r 26, farmer 75. STODDARD ABISHAI, (Westminster) r 31, judge of probate and attor- ney at law. Stoddard Ezra L., (Westminster) r 31, resident. Stratton Isaac, (Saxton's River) r 19, farmer 60. Sughland Albert, (Westminster) r 24, farmer. Sweeney Thomas W., (Westminster) r 31, laborer. Tarbell John S., (Saxton's River) off r 16, farmer, leases of C. W. Fairbrother, of Charlestown, N. H. Thompson Amos L., (Westminster) r 24, farmer, leases of John Leach 200. Thompson Henry W., (Westminster) r 24, farm laborer. Thompson John W., (Westminster) off r 24, farmer, leases of J. C. Rich- ardson. Tinney Charles, (Saxton's River) r 3, farm laborer. Titcomb Ruth, (Westminster) r 35, resident. Tulipa Mitchell, (Bellows Falls) r 9, fireman in paper mill. UNDERWOOD G. HERBERT, (Westminster) r 31, breeder of Jersey cattle and Merino sheep, farmer, leases of N. Fisher's estate 138. Underwood Joseph H., (Westminster) r 31, carpenter and joiner. TOWN OF WESTMINSTER. iJIQ Upham Charles H., (East Putney) r 46, farmer 35. Vassar Mitchell A., (Bellows Falls) r 11, basket maker. Walker Barton A., (Westminster West) r 39, carpenter and joiner, farmer 4. Walker Horace S , (Bellows Falls) r 8. works in paper mill for Moore, Arms & Thompson. WARD ARTHUR A., (Westminster) r 34, farmer with Emily H. 30, and in Putney 25. Ward Emily H., (Westminster) r 34, widow of Lafayette F., owns farm about 70. Ward Joseph F., (Westminster) r 34, school teacher, manuf. of brick, and with Emily H. farmer 70. WATKINS ALEXANDER S., (Westminster Station) r 30, wool grower 250 Merino sheep, 20 head of young cattle, farmer 300. Watkins Foster, (Westminster) r 44, farm laborer. Watson Erwin C., (Westminster) r 18, farm laborer. Wellman Horace E., (Westminster West) r 39, wheelwright, manufacturer of sleighs and wagons, Portland sleighs a speciality, farmer 10. WELLS HENRY A., (Westminster) r 43 cor 44, dairy 12 cows, farmer 100, and in Brookline 140. Wells Silence, (Westminster Station) r 30, widow of Allen, born May 26, 1796, resides with A. S. Watkins. Weston George A., (Bellows Falls) (Bridgeman & Weston) att'y and coun- selor at law. Weston Hinman, (Bellows Falls) r 10, farmer 150. Wetherell George, (Westminster) r 31, retired farmer, aged 81 years. WETHERELL GEORGE T., (Westminster) r 31, owner of stallion " God- frey Patchen, Jr.," and farmer 100. White Jessie M., (Westminster) r 24, carriage maker's apprentice. Whitney Clark P., (Westminster) r 35, farmer 200. Whitney Norman H., (Westminster) r 42, farmer, leases of Lemuel Spauld- ing about 150. Whitney Submit, (Westminster) r 42, widow of Roswell. farmer 20. WHITTLE GEORGE W., (Westminster) r 31 cor. 34, formerly steward of McLean Asylum, of Somerville, Mass. Wilbur Amos, (Westminster) r 44, farmer 12. Wilbur WiUiam J., (Saxton's River) off r 2, medical student, son of Wm. N. Wn.BUR WILLIAM N. Rev., (Saxton's River) off r 2, Baptist clergyman, breeder of Jersey cattle, Spanish Merino sheep and Poland China hogs, dairy 15 cows, and farmer 250. (Removed to Newport, Vt.) ' WILCOX HENRY M., (Bellows Falls) r 10, foreman for W. Flint, of Bellows Falls. Wilder Lemon A., (Westminster West) off r 50, wool grower 75 sheep, and farmer 200. Wiley Ira, (Westminster Station) r 30, retired farmer 16, aged 82. WILEY THOMAS W., (Westminster) r 34, trustee of surplus revenue fund, grand juror, town auditor and farmer 40. WILKINS JACOB, (Westminster) r 34, retired farmer, 77 years of age. Wilkins Luther A., (Westminster) off r 7, painter. Willard C. Stephen, (Westminster) oft" r 23,' farm laborer. Willard Charles D., (Westminster) r 31, farmer 25. Willard Henry A., (Westminster) r 31, carpenter and joiner. Willoughby Charles V., (Bellows Falls) r 8, molder and teamster. Winchester Benjamin F., (Westminster West) r 39, general blacksmith. 520 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. Witt Esther, (Westminster) 131, widow of Willard T. Wood Allen E., (Westminster) r 47, farmer, leases of Mrs. Cobb. Wood Charles, (Westminster) r 35, farm laborer. Wood George A., (Westminster) r 35, farmer, leases of Eliza French, 01 Lowell, Mass., 60. Wood Henry W., (Westminster Station) r 28, farmer, leases of A. S. Watkins 80 acres. WRIGHT ALVIN, (Westminster) r 4, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool growei 200 sheep, and farmer, leases of Joseph H. 400. WRIGHT DANIEL C, (Westminster) r 31, ist selectman, justice of the peace, breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 200. Wright Frederick, (Bellows Falls) r 9, works in machine shop. Wright George C, (Westminster) r 31, farmer, leases of Daniel C. 200. WRIGHT JOSEPH H., (Westminster) r 4, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool grower 200 sheep, and farmer 400. Wyman Charles R., (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. Wyman Horace F., (Westminster) r 26, farmer 25. Wyman VVinfield, (Bellows Falls) r 8, works in basket factory. V/HITINGHAM. Raihoad stations are Shelburne Falls, 18 miles southeast of Jacksonville, and North Adams, Mass., 22 miles southeast of Whitingham. Daily stage to each. (For explanations^ etc., see page 305.^ Albee Frank A., (Whitingham) r 27^, chair maker with his father, George L. ALBEE GEORGE L., (Whitingham) r 25, manuf. wood seat chairs. Aldrich James B., (Jacksonville) r 33, harness maker. Allard Charles E., (Jacksonville) r 37, farmer 150. AUard Burdette H., (Whitingham) r 42, lumberman, and farmer, leases of Sarah Allard 300. ALLARD HALL H., (Whitingham) r 25, farm laborer. Allard Samuel R., (Jacksonville) r 57, farmer, leases of Charles Waste. Allard Sarah J., (Whitingham) r 42, sugar 'orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 300, (Died Mar. 12, 1884.) ALLEN ELIJAH S., (Jacksonville) oft"r 32, clerk of Universalist society, justice of the peace, 20 sheep, farmer 129^. Allen Lois P., (Jacksonville) r 34, widow of F.. S., owns 30 acres. Atherton John, (Readsboro) off r 42, farmer 200. Atherton Eugene J., (Whitingham) oft" r 41, farmer 100. BAKER CALVIN, (Whitingham) wool carder, undertaker, millwright, h and 2 acres. BALLOU HOSEA B., (Whitingham) justice of the peace, town clerk 40 years, ex-assistant judge, carpenter and joiner, owns house and lot. Barker Charles A., (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer 125. Barker Forest C, (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer with Charles A. Barker Simeon, (Whitingham) r44, carpenter, and farmer. Barnes Albert, (Whitingham) r 60, farmer with Daniel. TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 52 1 Barnes Frank E., (Whitingham) r 2, wool grower 21 sheep, farmer 60, and in Readsboro 121. Barnes Reuben, (Whitingham) r 60, wool grower 20 sheep, farmer 109. Bell Frank P., (Jacksonville) r ;^Ti, farmer 20. Bickford Sylvester G., (Whitingham) r38 cor 37, farmer. Bishop Luna, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 43, carpenter, millwright, and machin- ist, aged 81. BISHOP MILTON B., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 43, clergyman, prop, hme kiln, silver mine, saw-mill, and cider-mill, carpenter, and millwright, farmer 170. Bishop Sullivan, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) near r 43, farmer, leases of Burdette AUard 300. Bishop William M., (Readsboro, Ben Co,) r 43, mechanic. Blanchard Henry E., (Whitingham) r 44, farmer 150. Blanchard Henry S., (Jacksonville) r ^;^, retired farmer. BLANCHARD MERRITT L., (Jacksonville) off r 35, farmer 40. Boyd Ansel M., (Whitingham) r 25, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 320. BOYD CYRUS C, (Jacksonville) r 34, farmer 150. Boyd Ransom W., (Jacksonville) r ^^, farmer 13, BRIGGS CHESTER, (Jacksonville) r 33, retired farmer, house and lot. Briggs Elmer, (Jacksonville) r 33, laborer. BRIGGS GEORGE N., (Jacksonville) r ^s, farm laborer. Briggs Jared, (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, laborer, house and lot. Brown Aldis Dea., (Whitingham) r58, farmer 280. Brown Bros., (Whitingham) (Francis L. and Frank L.) r 58, work farm 280 owned by Aldis Brown. Brown Elizabeth M., (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Rufus B., tailoress, h and lot. Brown Elliot A., (Jacksonville) r 17, foreman in Putnam's butter box manufactory, h and lot on r 17, on r 62 farm 25. Brown Hezekiah N., (Whitingham) wagon maker. Brown Irving, (Jacksonville) r 29, 14 sheep, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer. (Moved to Brattleboro.) BROWN LEONARD, (Jacksonville) r ^^, cabi^iet maker. Brown Mary A., (Jacksonville) r t,^, widow of Martin B., dressmaker, h and lot. Brown Mary T., (Jacksonville) r ^^, widow of Amos A., owns 30 acres. BROWN MERVIN M., (Jacksonville) r ^^, painter and paper hanger. Brown Russell D., (Jacksonville) r 15, wool grower 25 sheep, and farmer 120. BROWN WILLIAM A., (Jacksonville) r ^^, assessor, school teacher, deputy sheriff", and notary public, dealer in lumber, and owns 50 acres. Burrincjton Lucy, (Jacksonville) r 58, widow of James, farmer 120. BUSBY ALONZO, (Whitingham) r 38, farmer 55. Butterfield A. Augustine, (Jacksonville) r 31, lawyer, State's attorney, justice of the peace, notary public, h and 15 acres. CAIN HENRY H., (Jacksonville) r 34, mechanic, enlisted in Co. D, nth Maine Vols, honorably discharged, /armer, leases of Lois P. Allen 30. CANEDY D \NA M., (Jacksonville) r ^^, teamster from Jacksonville to Shelburne Falls, tri-weekly. CARLEY LUANA, (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Hiram W. Carley Mary B., (Jacksonsille) r ^;^, widow of Joseph, owns 22 acres. 34 52 2 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. CARPENTER WHITMAN J., (VVhitingham) r 47, 14 sheep, sugar orch- ard 400 trees, and fanner 100. CHAMBERLAIN DANA J., (Jacksonville) r ^;^, blacksmith, leases shop of Edwin Starr. Chase Abraham, (VVhitingham) 20 sheep, sugar orchard 450 trees, and farmer 280. Chase Bertie W., (Jacksonville) r 35, farmer, works for Wilbur F. CHASE CHARLES S., (Whitingham) attorney at law, stenographer official for Bennington and Rutland counties, town treasurer and justice of the peace. Chase Fred W., (Jacksonville) r 30, farmer 95. Chase George W., (Whitingham) off r 20, farm laborer. Chase Harley L., (Jacksonville) r 30, farmer. Chase Jacob C, (Jacksonville) r 33, retired farmer, owns at Sadawga farm 147. CHASE JOSEPH & WILLIS D., (Whitingham) r 21, dairy 11 cows, 5 full blood Jersey cattle, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 125, and heavy timber land 125. CHASE JOSIAH B., (Jacksonville) r 30, nurseryman, 12 sheep, sugar orch- ard 800 trees, and farmer 130. Chase Lucinda C, (Jacksonville) r ;^^, widow of Miner, farmer 40. Chase Newton C, (Whitingham) r 28, farmer and lumberman. Chase Norman A., (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, lumber dealer and farmer 70. CHASE OSCAR R., (Jacksonville) r 29, 31 sheep, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer ti6. Chase Royal, (Whitingham) oft" r 20, farmer 80. Chase Samuel B., (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer 100. Chase Wilbur F., (Jacksonville) r 35, 26 sheep, and farmer 106. CHASE WILLIS D., (Whitingham) r 21, assessor, and farmer with Joseph. Cheney Wales A., (Jacksonville) r 33, prop, saw-mill, chair stock manuf. CHILLCOTT PERRY P., (Whitingham) r 48, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 123. Coates Hezekiah C, (Whitingham) mechanic, farmer 130. Converse Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 33, town charge. Corkins Elisha J., (Jacksonville) r 33, saw-mill, manuf. of chair stock, far- mer 20. CORKINS GEORGE E., (Jacksonville) r 17I farmer 42. CORKINS HENRY, (Jacksonville) r 16, prop, saw-mill, farmer 80. Corse C. Henry, (Jacksonville) r28, farmer with Lester C. Corse Chandler W., (Jacksonville) r i'6, 20 sheep, farmer 50. Corse James O., (Jacksonville) r ^;^, carpenter and laborer in butter box fac- tory. CORSE LESTER E., (Jacksonville) r 28, 30 sheep, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 250 and 25 on 29. Crown Lucina, (Jacksonville) r 15I, widow of Foster. CROWN PARLEY F., (Jacksonville) r 15^, 37 sheep, farmer 200. Cutler Charles E., (Whitingham) r 25, house painter, ])r6p. of Sadawga Hotel. CUTLER EDWARD A., (Whitingham) r 25, prop, of Spring Hotel at Sadawga, livery, owner of mineral spring, boats on lake for guests. Cutting Asa, (Jacksonville) r 52, faftner 160. Dalrymple Dexter M., (Whitingham) r 4, farmer. Dalrymple Fletcher J., (Whitingham) r 4, farmer. Dalrymple Lyman P., (Jacksonville) r 53, 25 sheep, farmer 160. TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 523 Dalrymple M. Fillmore, (Jacksonville) r 31, farmer, and works in Stetson Bros, shop, owns 8 acres. Dalrymple Sabrina, (Whitingham) r 4, widow of James D., sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 60. Davis Arad A., (Whitingham) r 23, carriage maker, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 130. DAVIS FRANK E., (Whitingham) oft" r 23, 24 sheep, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer with Hannah 133. DAVIS FREEBORN G., (Whitingham) r 22, 30 sheep, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 150. Davis Hannah, (Whitingham) off" r 23, owns with Frank E. farm 133. Davis Richard I , (Jacksonville) r 33, butcher, laborer. Davison Daniel S., (Whitingham) r 28, farmer 106. DIX CHARLES W., (Jacksonville) r52, surveyor of highways, 13 head of cattle, farmer t8o. Dix Cranston P., (Whitingham) r 26, farmer. Dix David A., (Whitingham) r 50, farmer with Geo. H. 30. Dix Fred O., (Whitingham) r 27^, lumberman and farmer, leases of N. D. Tainter 30. Dix George E., (Whitingham) r 41, farmer 108. Dix George H., (Whitingham) r 50, farmer. Dix Henry, (Whitingham) r 38, farmer. Dix John P., (Whitingham) r 26, farmer 24. DIX JOSEPH, (Whitingham) r 45, farmer 75. Dix Wilbury, (Jacksonville) r52, retired farmer. Donahue VVilham, (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, laborer, h and lot, 12 acres, Dix Winslow J., (Whitingham) r 48, farm 150. EASTMAN HUBBARD, (Jacksonville) r 17, minister of the M. E. church in the Vt. conference, sec'y of conference 4 years, presiding elder 4 years, (now retired) correspondent for newspapers, h and lot. Easton Solomon G., (Jacksonville) r 33, carpenter and builder. Edwards Abiather P., (Whitingham) r 22, sugar orchard 500 trees, fa'^mer 93. Fairbanks Abraham, (Jacksonville) r 56, retired farmer, aged about 75. Fairbanks Francis W., (Jacksonville) r 56, farmer 50. Fairbanks Odid C, (Jacksonville) r 53, farmer 140. Farnum Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 31, farmer. Farnsworth George W., (Jacksonville) r 31, (L. R. & G. W.) Farnsworth Luther R., (Jacksonville) r 31, (L. R. & G. W.) Farnsworth Luther R. & George W., (Jacksonville) r 31, blacksmith, apple orchard 350 trees, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmers 175. FAULKNER ALBERT J.. (Jacksonville) r 34, dairy to cows, 75 sheep, far- mer 260, leases of S. D. 300. FAULKNER GEORGE R., (Jacksonville) r 9, dairy 8 cows, 15 sheep, 18 head of young stock, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 280. Faulkner Mary Ann M., (Whitingham) off 4, widow of Levi F., sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 10 cows, 30 sheep, farmer 202, and 50 on r 20. FAULKNER SHEPHERD D., (Jacksonville) r 34, sugar orchard 800 trees, wool grower 23 sheep, stock grower 20 head, farmer 300. FAULKNER WILLARD R., (Whitingham) r 5, dairy 18 cows, 23 sheep, sugar orchard 3,000 trees, farmer 400. FAULKNER WILLIE D., (Whitingham) off r 4, farmer, bds with Mary Ann. Flynn Thomas, (Whitingham) r 46, farmer, leases of J. S. N. Kentfield 125. Foster Cushman, (Jacksonville) r 17, farmer x6. 524 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. FOSTER WILLARD, (Whitingham) r 27^, wagon maker, his gra,ndfather was one of ten of the first pioneers of Whitingham. Fowler Lois, (Jacksonville) r 18, widow, of Daniel, h and lot. Fowler Thomas, (Jacksonville) r 33, farmer 104, h and lot. FOX MARTIN L., (Jacksonville) r 33, house painter, h and lot. French Franklyn J., (Jacksonville) r 17, harness maker. French Josiah, (Jacksonville) r 17, harness maker, farmer 50. FULLER ALFRED, (Jacksonville) r 8, retired farmer. Fuller Edward L., (JacksonvfUe) r 8, dairy 12 cows, 40 sheep, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, and farmer 450. Gale Fred A., (Jacksonville) r 34, farmer 150. GATES ALBERT E., (Jacksonville) r 18, farmer and peddler, h and lot on r 14^, half interest in h and lot on r 33. Gates Henrietta, (Whitingham) r 37, widow of John G., h and lot. Gates Sarah W., (Jacksonville) r 14 cor 16, widow of Ellis W., farm 63. Gillett Herbert B., (Whitingham) blacksmith and horse shoer, bds with Benja- min Reed. Gillett Sopbronia, (Whitingham) r 48 cor 39, widow of Henry. Gillet Wallace L., (Whitingham) r 48 cor 39, farmer. GILLETT WATERS, M. D., (Whitingham) 48 cor 39, physician and sur- geon, 22 head of cattle, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 260, 75 on r 51, 82 on r 47. Gleason Azro, (facksonville) r ^^, laborer at Glen House. GLEN HOUSE, (Jacksonville) R. Q. Wilcox, prop. Goodelle David, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) off r 62, farmer, leases of his son, David T., 25. GOODNOW CHARLES S., (Whitingham) r 38 cor 27^, selectman, 30 sheep, 20 head of cattle, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 263. GOODNOW GEORGE" S., (Whitingham) dealer in hard and soft lumber, prop, siw-mill, employs 50 men, timber land 160, and in Readsboro 400, bds Spring Hotel. Goodnow Henry, (Whitingham) farmer 30. Goodnow Henry S., (Whitmgham) resident. Goodnow Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 17, farmer and mechanic, h and lot. GRAVES JAMES D., (Jacksonville) r 35, farmer. Graves Joseph G., (Jacksonville) r 17, laborer. Graves Theodore, (Jacksonville) r 35, farmer 65. Greene Juliana, (Jacksonville) r 50, widow of AsaG., farmer 130. Hagar Albert M. V., (Jacksonville) r 54, prop, saw-mill and farmer 34, lives in Halifax. Hall Philander, (Jacksonville) r 17, farmer 14. HAMILTON GEORGE G.. (Jacksonville) r 32, mechanic, jeweler, farmer 118. HANCOCK WILLIAM H., (Shelburne Falls, Mass.) stage driver at Jack- sonville. Harrington Ardelia, (Whitingham) r 26, widow of Marshall, carpet-weaver, owns farm 8. HARRINGTON GEORGE, (Whitingham) r 26, 53 sheep, sugar orchard, farmer 75. Haskins James, (.Whitingham) off r 58, farmer, leases of W. R. Porter 114. HATCH lAMES W., (Jacksonville) r ^^, shoemaker and carpenter, house and tot. Hicks Ernest L., (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, clerk in store of M. W. Stickney. TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 525 Hicks Lysander, (Whitingham) r 26, sawyer tor Andrew J. Hull. HICKS WILLIAM H., (Whitingham) r 28, school teacher, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 50. HIX HORATIO N., (Whitingham) r 27! postmaster, real estate owner, farmer 78. HOLBROOK FRED E., (Jacksonville) r 33! farmer. Holbrook Henry, (Jacksonville) r ;^;^, h and 30 acres. Holbrook Peter, (Jacksonville) r 35^, farmer 250. Holbrook Selah H.^ (Jacksonville) r 31, farmer'ioo. Houghton James S., (Jacksonville) r 52, mason, sugar orchard Soo trees, and farmer 105. Howard Levi C, (Jacksonville) r 33, dealer in palm hats, dry goods, and varieties, owns farm 140 in Windsor Co. Huber Charles, (Jacksonville) r 55, farmer, leases of Aaron Nedd 52. HULL ANDREW JACKSON, (Whitingham) r 26, prop, saw-mill, chair stock factory, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 153. Hull Frank E., (Whitingham) r 26, farmer. Hull Fred W., (Whitingham) r 26, farmer and carpenter. HULL HORACE A., (Whuingham) r 21, farmer 35. Hunt Walter O., (Jacksonville) r ;^^, clerk in Athol, Mass. Ingraham Levi, (Jacksonville) r 14, farmer 15. JEPSON HERBERT C, (Jacksonville) r ^^, blacksmith and machinist, leases shop. (Moved to (juilford.) Jewell Burgess D., (Whitingham) r t, sugar orchard 300 trees, farm 75, and in Readsboro 50. Johnson Frank B., (Jacksonville) r ;^2^ physician and surgeon. JOHNSON WILLIAM E., (Readsboro) engineer in town of Marlboro, farm 35. (Gone to Brattleboro.) JONES WELLS P., (Jacksonville) r 33, retired merchant, house and lot. Jillson Arthur G., (Whitingham) r 45, farmer, leases of Sarah E. 60. Jillson Daniel, (Whitingham) r 60, farmer, leases of J. Wheeler 100. Jillson David, (Whitingham) r 46, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 100. JILLSON LESTINA P., (Whitingham) r 45, widow of James, owns farm 80. JILLSON SARAH E., (Whitingham) r 45, widow of Lewis, farmer 90. Jillson Ora M., (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Rinaldo E., milliner. Jillson Uberto C, (Whitingham) r 41, farmer, leases of Lestina P. 80. Kentfield Joshua S. N., (Whitingham) r 48, 160 sheep, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 874, in Massachusetts 175, and in Bennington Co. 460. Kingsbury Hairiet Mrs., (Jacksonville) r 17, h and lot. Kii-gsbury Lyman, (Jacksonville) r 30, farmer 60. KINGSLEY JULIA A. Mrs., (Jacksonville) r 33, millinery store, owns 2 houses and lots. Lamb Dennis W., (Whitingham) r 42, farmer, leases of the town of Whit- ingham 13. Lamphear Henry N., (Jacksonville) r 33, farmer 30. LOOMIS EUGENE W., (Jacksonville) r 58, farmer, leases of Elijah Stone 80. Loomis William, (Whitingham) r 50, farmer, leases of Harriet S. Williams 70. Lynde Horace W., (Jacksonville) r 37, retired carriage maker, farmer 85. Lynde Mowry W., (Jacksonville) r 37, farmer. Marsh Theodore C, (Whitingham) r 21, wool grower 25 sheep, farmer 80. MILLINGTON HENRY C, (Whitingham) r 27, dealer in general mer- chandise at Sadawga Springs, ist selectman, town superintendent, deputy sheriff, farmer 1^0. 526 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. Morse Elliot K., (Jacksonville) r 36, n 37, carpenter and farmer 20. Morse Frank B., (Whitingham) r 37, farmer, leases of Miss H. Shumway 55. MORSE JOSEPH W., (Jacksonville) r 35, constable and collector, farmer 96. Murdock Abba W., (Jacksonville) r 18, widow of Charles P., h and lot. Murdock Schuyler, (Jacksonville) r 19, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 150. Nedd Aaron, (Jacksonville) r 55, farmer 52, leases to Frank Huber. Nelson George H., (Jacksonville) r 15^, farmer 115. NEWELL CHESTER B., (Whitingham) r 46, 39 sheep, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 254. Newell Eh, (Whitingham) r 45, farmer 75. Newell Frederick J., (Whitingham) r 37 cor 38, farmer, h and lot. NEWELL FRED W., (Jacksonville) farmer, leases of Ruel WilHs 140. (Gone to Rowe, Mass.) Newell Sandford, (Whitingham) r 41, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 75. Newton Carrie C, (Jacksonville) r 33, nurse, h and lot. NORCROSS DAVID W., (Jacksonville) r 33, jeweler and farmer 18. OGILVIE SEYMOUR M., (Jacksonville) r 33, blacksmith, carriage ironer and horse shoer. (Moved from Marlboro.) PARKER WILLIAM H. H., (Jacksonville) r 30, farmer 150. Parsons Maturin W., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 61, has been blind 19 years. PEEBLES EMERY, (Jacksonville) r 31, carpenter and joiner, farm 20. PEEBLES JAMES M., (Jacksonville) r ^2, carpenter and joiner. Pierce Irving G., (JacksonviUe) r 31, farm laborer. Pierce Putnam H., (Jacksonville) 131, mason and farmer 30. Pike Ahas P., (Jacksonville) r 11, farmer 90. Pike Alfred, (Jacksonville) r 11, farmer 50. PIKE AMOS W., (Whitingham) r 41, farmer 60. Pike Arvine, (Jacksonville) r 34, farmer 75. Pike Chandler, (Whitingham) r 2, farmer 60. Pike Deliverance, (Jacksonville) r 11, farmer, hfe lease of 50. Pike Dehverance C, (Whitingham) r 40, farmer 75. PIKE GEORGE H., (Whitingham) r 27^, farmer 100. Pike James R., (Whitingham) r 28, farmer 50. Pike Joseph P., (Whitingham) farmer 3I. Pike Josiah, (Whitingham) r 41, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 190. Pike Otis H., (Jacksonville) r 33, carpenter and joiner, h and lot. PikeWillard, (Whitingham) r 41, prop, cider-mill and lime kiln, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 75. 'Plumb George E., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 62, farmer 66. Plumb Adin 1., (Jacksonville) r 35^, farmer with Hiram 160. Plumb Hiram, (Jacksonville) r 35^, farmer 160, with Adin I. Plumb Lucius H., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.;) r 62, saw-mill, h and 3 acres. PLUMB LUKE F., (Whitingham) r 28, sugar orchard 500 trees, and far- mer 80. Porter Eli, (Jacksonville) r 33, school teacher and miller. Porter George, (Jacksonville) r 18, justice of the peace, real estate owner, carpenter, and farmer 8, and in Wilmington 100. PORTER HERBERT G., (Jacksonville) r ^z, miller, carpenter, manuf. of butter boxes and grain measures, leases shop of George. PUTNAM EDWIN E., (Jacksonville) r 33, manuf. butter boxes and tubs, and custom sawing, owns 2 acres, hotel lot and 40 acres on r 63. PUTNAM FRANK H., (Jacksonville) r 32, farmer 160. Putnam John, (Jacksonville) r 32, farmer, life lease of 150. TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 527 Reed Benj. W., (Whilingham) r 27^, teamster, h and lot, leases of C. B. Newell. Reed Emery P., (Jacksonville) r ^;^, hardware store and tin shop. REED ELMER J., (Whitingham) carpenter, h and lot. REED HENRY S., (Whitingham) r 41, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and far- mer 1 18. Reed Elvira, (Jacksonville) r 35, widow of W. P., resident. ROBERTS ANDREW J., (Jacksonville) r 14, works for J. M. Roberts George E., (Jacksonville) r 14, farmer, works farm for J. M. Roberts Henry M., (Jacksonville) r 17, farmer 62^, and in Wilmington 185. Roberts James M., (Jacksonville) r 14, farmer 280. SADAWG.\ HOUSE, (Whitingham) Charles E. Cutler, prop. SAWYER DIODORUS, (Jacksonville) r 58, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 168. Sawyer Fred W., (Jacksonville) r 58, carpenter and farmer, with D. Sawyer George, (Jacksonville) farmer 30. Sawyer George E., (Whitingham) mechanic and farmer 40. Sawyer John W., (Whitingham) r 27^^, mechanic, and farmer 6. SAWYER LINCOLN H., (Whitingham) r 27I manuf. and dealer in hard and soft lumber, prop, of saw-mill, stock grower, and farmer 166. Shepardson Henry C, (Jacksonville) r ;^^, carriage manuf., h and lot. Sherman Allaric W., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 61, farmer. Sherman Drury A., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 61, general merchant, 2^ sheep, farmer, leases of Miranda Hines 170. SHERMAN NATHAN D., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 61, Universalist cler- gyman, and farmer 4, SHIPPEE JAMES L., (Jacksonville) r 52, 22 sheep, farmer 135. SHIPPEE JAMES L. Jr., (Jacksonville) r52, farmer. Shumway Elmer L., (Readsboro, Ben Co.) r 61, farmer 60. SIBLEY ALLEN F., (Whitingham) r 27^ hotel prop., leases of H. N. Hix. (Gone to Readsboro.) Sitterly John, (Whitingham) r 38, with Catharine farmer 12. Smead John, (Whitingham) r 38 cor 27^, farm laborer. Smith Berrilla M., (Jacksonville) r 18, widow of Hollis, milliner. Snow Ira A., (Whitingham) farmer, house and lot. Snyder Frank, (Whitingham) r 51, farmer with S. M. Snyder Silas M., (Whitingham) r 51, farmer 160. SPRAGUE JONATHAN, (Jacksonville) r 33I, farmer 100. Sprague William F., (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer 147. SPRING HOTEL, (Whitingham) E. A Cutler, prop. Stafford Frank D., (Whitingham) r 27J, physician and surgeon. STAFFORD JASON, (Whitingham) r 2, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer, leases of Benjamin Snow 157. Stafford Martin, (Jacksonville) r 33, retired farmer. (Moved to Readsboro.) STAFFORD RIJSSEL A., (Whftingham) retired farmer. Stanclift Josiah W^, (Jacksonville) r ;i2, farmer. Stanclift Renewed, (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Josiah. Stanclift Royal E., (Jacksonville) r 33, farmer, leases of Samuel Winn estate, farm 80. Stanton Charles A., (Jacksonville) r 55, farmer. Starks Francis A., (Whitingham) r 48, 15 sheep, farmer 125. STARR EDWIN C, (Jacksonville) r 33, tanner, real estate owner, retired merchant, farmer 45. STETSON ALBERT C, (Jacksonville) r :is, (Stetson Bros.) 528 TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. STETSON BROS., (Jacksonville) r 33, (A. C. & E. H.) manufs. butter boxes and tubs, cider-mill, saw-mill, shingle-mill, and chair stock factory. STETSON ELVVIN H., (Jacksonville) r 33. (Stetson Bros.) Stetson Ezra, (Jacksonville) r 33, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 22. Stetson Forest L., (Jacksonville) r 33, job printer, and clerk for N. L., owns orange grove in Florida. STETSON NORRIS L., (Jacksonville) r 33, postmaster for 35 years, gen- eral merchant, dry goods and groceries, drugs, boots and shoes, 3 houses and lots, and 28 acres. Stickney Harvey, (Jacksonville) r 33, peddler, farmer 68. STICKNEY LEWIS M., (Jacksonville) r ^^, foreman of Stetson Bros., factory. STICKNEY MELVIN W., (Jacksonville) r 33, dealer in dry goods, grocer- ies, boots and shoes, and sewing machines, h and lut. Stimpson Ernest C, (Whitingham) r 40, farmer with his father J. C. STIMPSON JOEL C., (Whitingham) r 40, music teacher, and farmer 30. Stimpson Martin D., (Jacksonville) r 51, farmer 67. Stockwell Caroline, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.) r 62, widow of Lyman S., farmer 70. Stockwell Henry, (Readsboro, Ben. Co) r 62, farmer, leases of his mother, Car- oline, 70. Stone Elijah, (Whitingham) off r 58, farmer 80. STONE FREDERICK E., (Whitingham) off r 58, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 145. Stone Harry R., (Jacksonville) r 18, assessor, teacher, and farmer 13. Streeter Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 56, farmer 100. Streeter Moses, (Whitingham) r 38, house painter, farmer 75. STREETER ROYAL C, (Whitingham) r 48, deacon in Baptist church, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 170. Tainter Addison C, (Jacksonville) r 29, sugar orchard 450 trees, farmer r8. Tainter Frank, (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer. Tainter James M., (Jacksonville) r 36, farmer 250. Tainter Norman F., (Jacksonville) r 50, farmer, leases of Juliana Greene 130. Tainter Norris D., (Whitingham; r 27^, farmer 28. Taylor Don G., (Jacksonville) r 33, manuf. of doors, sash, blinds, coffins, caskets, &c., undertakers. Taylor Robert G. (Jacksonville) off r 35, farmer, with Mrs. Abbie 75. TENNEY ERNEST L., (Jacksonville) r 33, farmer, and laborer in saw-mill. THAYER MERRITT W., (Jacksonville) r ^s, mechanic. Thomas Amelia, (Jacksonville) r ;^^, widow of Ira A., h and lot. Thomas Lucius L., (Whitingham) r i, 34 sheep, sugar orchard 800 trees, far- mer 135. Toby Ansel E., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 42, farmer 40. Toby Cassius, (Whitingham) r 42, farmer, bds with Ansel C. TOBY HENRY A., (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 42, pensioner of the war of the Rebellion. Trueworthy Freeman C, (Whitingham) laborer. Tyler George, (Readsboro, Ben. Co.,) off r 24, farmer 75. Tyler Obed, (Whitingham) r 38, peddler. Underwood Amos Mrs., (Whitingham) rear r 38. UPTON BETSEY, (Whitingham) widow of George G., owns farm 52. Upton George G., (Jacksonville) r 28, farmer 108. Upton George N., (Whitingham) r 25, (G. N. and J. H.) TOWN OF WHITINGHAM. 529 Upton George N. & James H., (Whitingham) r 25, 49 sheep, farmers 259. Upton Ithamer E.. (Jacksonville) off r 19, farmer about 100. Upton James H., (Whitingham) (G. N. & James H.,) farmer. Valentme Joseph, (Jacksonville) r 32, laborer, h and lot. Warren Linus A., (Jacksonville) r 33, deacon of Baptist church at Sadawga Springs, farmer 45. Waste Charles H.. (Jacksonville) r 57, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 345. WELLMAN S. FRED, (Whitingham) r 46, chair maker, farmer 125, leases of F. A. Starks. WHEELER CYRUS W., (Whitingham) r 3, 50 sheep, sugar orchard 2,500 trees, farmer 225. WHEELER D. BYRON, (Jacksonville) r 31, mason, and farmer, h and lot. WHEELER EPHRAIM, (Whitingham) r i, 15 sheep, 18 head of grade Durham cattle, farmer 75, and in Readsboro 180. WHEELER HALBURT A., (Whitingham) r 40, laborer in butter box factory, inspector of lumber. Wheeler Henry F., (Whitingham) r 2, 5 cows, 23 sheep, 22 head of cattle sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 300. WHEELER ICHABOD N., (Whitingham) r 4, sugar orchard 400 trees, far- mer 125. Wheeler Mary B., (Whitingham) widow of Deliverance W., h and lot. WHEELER OTIS B., (Whitingham) r — , justice of the peace, prop, of saw- mill, butter box manuf., and farmer 108. Wheeler Sophronia, (Jacksonville) r 31, widow of Samuel, farmer 40, aged 86. Wheeler Zachariah, (Whitingham) r 26, miller, and farmer 30. Wheeler Zachariah, 2d, (Reedsboro, Ben. Co.,) r 42, selectman, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 400. Whitcomb Nathaniel, (Whitingham) r 21, cooper and farmer 50. White Addison, (Jacksonville) r 58, farmer, leases of Lucy Burrington t2o. WILCOX ROYAL Q., (Jacksonville) r ^t„ prop, of Glen House, owns 4 acres on r 32, and farmer 22. Wilcox Willard, (Jacksonville) r 33, retired farmer. Wilder Amelins A., (Whitingham) r 23, sugar orchard 1,100 trees and far- mer 100. Wiley Albert W., (Jacksonville) r 29, farmer 100. ' Williams Harriet S., (Whitingham) r 50, farmer 73. Willis Ruel, (Jacksonville) r 15^, farmer 25, and in Wilmington 50. Wilson Frank, (Reads'boro, Bennington Co.) r 42, farmer, leases of Z. Whee- ler 100. Winn Diana L., (Jacksonville) r 33, widow of Samuel, resident. WINN SAMUEL, (Jacksonville) r ^^, farmer 80. (Died Feb. 14, 1884, aged 67 years.) Winn Samuel Jr., (Jacksonville) r 31, farmer 40. 530 ^ WILMINGTON VILLAGE TOWN OK WILMINGTON. YllUMlKGTOn INSIDE CORPORATION. Railroad Stations are Brattleboro, 15 miles east, on Vl. \'a]Iey K. R., and Bennington, 20 miles west, on Beii. & Rut. R. R. Daily stage to each. (J^or expla7iations^ etc., see pcige 305.^ AUis Wells P., cooper, bds Maple. Andrews Charles S., clerk for Anrews & Spencer, bds at Vermont House. Andrews Samuel H., (Andrews »Sc: Spencer,.) bds Vermont House. Andrews &: Spencer, (S. H. Andrews and C. D. Spencer,) general merchants, and dealers in paints and oils, hardware, ready-made clothing and coun- try produce, North River st. Averill Philetus, carpenter, owns 5 acres, h off South River st. Ballou Ursula, widow of Hosea, dressmaker, cor West Main and South River sts. Barber Hardy F., shoemaker, h i Pleasant st. BARBER LUTHER H., shoemaker, bds i Pleasant. Barnard Benjamin L., farmer 19, h East Main Barnard Seth B., deacon of Congregational church, and fancier 100, h East Main. BARTLETT EMMA S., widow of Curtis R., h 14 East Main. Bassett John S., harnessmaker. East Main, h 11 South River. Baty Jasper A., tinsmith, h i Maple. Bell Edward, constable and collector, and farmer 57, h 4 Maple. Bigelow Ivory, cooper, h Riverside. Bouker Jane, widow of Henry, dealer in fancy dress goods. North River st. Bouker Paulina, widow of Charles B., h West Main. -. BOYD CHARLES E., laborer, h Maple, r 51 outside. Boyd Stephen, farmer 62, h Maple. Buell Albert C, stone cutter, h South Main. Buell Daniel A., farmer 45, h West Main. BUELL JOHN R., marble manuf.. West Main, h High. Bugbee Alonzo, r 43, farmer 21. Bugbee Henry A., farmer, owns i)asture 56, h North River. BUTTEREIELD OSCAR E., att'y at law, member of fmance committee of Wilmington Savings Bank, East Main, h South River. Canedy William M., teamster, h East Main. Chambcrlin Stillman E., retired mechanic, h and i acre, 13 East Main. Cheeseman Allen P., house painter, h West Main. CHH.DS ADNA L., groceries and Yankee notions, restaurant, 4 West Main, h 2 East Main. Childs Marilla L., widow of WiUiam W., h Maple. Clark Sylvanus, farmer, h East Main. WILMINGTON VILLAGE TOWN OF WILMINGTON. 53 1 Colegrove Abigail, widow of Lemuel, h 8 West Main. Courtemanche Tunis, blacksmith, h West Main. Courtemanche Joseph, blacksmith, h West Main. Davenport Stephen T., att'y at law, 5 South River, h West Main. Davis Izadia, widow of Chester D., h West Main. Demming Theodore B., tailor, over O. O. Ware's store, h do. Dennison George E., laborer, h West Main. DIX JUSTUSH., farmer, retired, owns 170 acres, h 8 East Main. Forbes Esther S., widow of Volney E., h 8 Maple. Forrest Hanson F., pastor M. E. church, parsonage 5 East Main. Fox Herbert L., farmer. East Main. Fox Lucius, farmer, h East Main. Goodnow Augustus W., pastor of Baptist church, h Pleasant. Goodnow Milton A., lawyer, h i Riverside. Gorham Eleazer, retired merchant, bds Riverside. Gorham Orinda, widow of Oscar J., invalid, h High. Halladay Albert H., clerk of Wilmington Savings Bank, bds East Main. Hanks W. H., painter, h South Main. Harris Murray, wagon maker for O. Howe, h West Main. HARRIS OSCAR P., (Morris & Harris,) h North River st. Harris RoUin E., farmer, h High. Haskell William B., dealer in drugs, hardware, and groceries, cor North River and Main, h Beaver. Haynes Elmira, widow of Emerson H., farmer 10, h Maple. Haynes George E., carpenter and joiner, h Pleasant. Holland Calvin, resident, h East Main. Holland Ephraim, laborer, h South Main. Howe Charles L., jeweler, North Main, h South River. Howe Fred E., invalid, bds North River. Howe Oscar F.. wagon maker and blacksmith, h North River. Hubbard David G., expressman, h North River. Hubbard Horace M., shoemaker, and farmer 17, h North Main. Johnson Albert M., dentist, h West Main. JONES ANSEL C, tin shop, dealer in hardware, Riverside st., bds North River. Jones Orien H., clerk for O. O. Ware, bds South River. Kidder J. Henry, deputy sheriff, dealer in horses and cattle, owns 150 acres, and half interest in Vermont House. Kingsbury Eunice, widow of Elliot B., resident, North Main. LAMB CHARLES A., teamster to Brattleboro and North Adams, h South River. Loomis Edward L., farmer and machinist, h High. LYON JOHN F., stage driver and mailcarrier to Bennington, bds West Main, Mann Hosea, Jr., town clerk and treasurer, notary public, treasurer of Wil- mington Savings Bank, and attorney at law, h East Main. Moore Fred, laborer, h Robinson House. Morris Alvarado D., laborer, h West Main. MORRIS ANSON L., (Morris & Harris) bds North River. MORRIS & HARRIS, (Anson L. Morris and Oscar P. Harris) props, grist- mill, saw-mill, and planing-mill. North River st. Morris John, house painter, h West Main. Norton Sabrina W., widow of Luman, h West Main. Patch John, trustee and member finance committee of Wilmington Savings Bank, farmer 200, h 12 East Main, 532 WILMINGTON VILLAGE ^TOWN OF WILMINGTON. Pettee Lucy B., widow of Dr. A. L., h 12 West Main. Pike Ernest B., school teacher, bds High. Pike John L., carpenter and joiner, h High. Prouty Plummer, farmer i|^, h West Main. Rice Alger W., M. D. physician and surgeon, West Main. Rich Belinda, widow of Benjamin, h 8 West Main. ROBINSON STILLMAN, marble dealer, h West Main. Robinson — -, widow of Sherman M., resident, West Main. Rose George, undertaker, cabinet maker, and carpenter, h High. Rudd George E., teamster, bds Maple. Rudd John W., farmer, leases of Stone Bros, about 30, h Maple. Russell Chandler M., elocutionist, and farmer 9, h High. Russell , widow of Jordan H., owns farm about 70, h High. Sage Phebe, widow of John S., h North River. Sargent Estus C., notary public, bds High. Sargent Nathan \V., resident h High. Smith Chauncey, farmer, h South River. Snow Charles E., prop, of Wilmington and Brattleboro stage route, h near East Main. Snow Charles F., laborer, bds East Main. Spencer Charles D., (Andrews & Spencer) h East Main. STANLEY JOHN S., mechanic, h 14 East Main. Stanley Lucretia P., widow of F. L., h High. Stowe John, retired farmer, h Maple. Swift Amanda, widow of Jehiel, h East Main. SWIFT FANNY A., widow of Flavius J., M. D., h Pleasant. Taylor , widow of Charles, resident, Pleasant. Titus Elmer J., M. D. physician and surgeon, h i South River. TITUS HERBERT R., pastor Union Congregational church, parsonage 14 West Main. Tyler Benoni, laborer, h West Main. Vermont House, Paxton G. Wilder, prop. West Main. Walcott Alonzo, h r 43, farmer 8. Ware Orrin O., postmaster, and dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, ready-made clothing, hardware, hats and caps, cor East Main and South River, h South River. WHEELER ALBERT L., tinshop, dealer in hardware, North Eiver, h East Main. White Lestina A. Miss, millinery, North River. Wilder John, resident, owns 4 acres, h North River, Wilder Liberty, trustee and member finance committee of Wilmington Sav- ings Banlf, bds Vermont House. Wilder Pa.xton G., prop, of the Vermont House. Wilmington Savings Bank, E. L. Fuller, of Whitingharn, pres.; H. Mann, Jr., treas.; West Main. Winchester Helen C, widow of Carley, h West Main. Winchester Mary F., widow of Wilson M., h South River, owns 3 acres. Winslow Jane L., widow of Edward W., h Pleasant. Woodard Hannah J., widow, h East River. TOWN OF WILMINGTON OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 533 WlUMlKGTOn. TOWN OUTSIDE CORPORATION. Railroad stations are Brattleboro, 15 miles east, on Vt. Valley R. R., and Bennington, 20 miles west, on Ben. & Rut. R. R. Daily stage to each. ( For explanatiotis, etc., see page 305.^) ADAMS ADIN, (Wilmington) r 18, (May cSr Adams.) ADAMS HENRY, (Wilmington) r 18, (Adams & Haynes) 10 grade Dur- ham cattle, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 100, and one-half inter- est in 36 acres on road 20. Adams John, (Wilmington) r 28, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 100. ADAMS NEWELL, (Wilmington) r 29, dairy 8 cows, 20 grade Durham cat- tle, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 200. *ADAMS & HAYNES, (Wilmington) r 18 and 19, (Henry A. and CHnton C. H.) manufacturers of patent liquid holders, gathering tubs, Victor evaporators, and watering troughs. [Cards on pages 534 and 548.] Aldrich Frank H., (Wilmington) off r 38, farmer 134. Alvord Calvin T., (Wilmington) r 63, 53 sheep, 12 head of cattle, sugar or- chard 350 trees, farmer 160 Alvord Frank H., (^Wilmington) r 63, farmer with his father. Alvord Horace, (Wilmington) r 63, retired farmer, bds with Calvin T. Averill Charles, (Wilmington) r 48, farmer with Stephen. Averill Stephen, (Wilmington) r 48, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer. Ames Kendall P., (Wilniington) r 40, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, 15 grade Durham cattle, farmer for town of W^ilmington 190. Ballou David S., (Wilmington) r 63, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 60. Ballou William M., (Wilmington) r 48, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer, leases of Elial Crosby 200. Barber Henry W., (Jacksonville) r 64, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, 20 grade Durham cattle, farmer 150. Barnard Frank E., (Wilmington) r 60, prop, saw-mill, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 250. Barnard Franklin, (VV-'ilmington) r 60, retired farmer 8. BASSETT J. MANNING, (Wilmington) r 45, dairy 12 cows, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 212. Basseit William N., (Wilmington) farmer 46. Batchelder John G., (Wilmington) r 55, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer no. Bellows Albert, (Wilmington) r 27, laborer. BELLOWS JOHN, (Wilmington) r 21, farm laborer. Bellows Maria, (Wilmington) r 27, widow of William, farmer 5. BELLOWS TIMOTHY, (Wilmington) r 60, sugar orchard" 350 trees, far- mer 80. 534 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. Water Tank for Stock. (:F'.^T'E3STTEr)-) With and without Warming Apparatus. A good supply of water always at hand. They are made from the best of stock, therefore very durable and will not freeze. Improved Gathering TuL (r'.A.TE3>Ti' -^x'I'IjIex) ^^oI^.) Snow, Fine Ice, Sticks, Leaves and Dirt all taken out. They are easy to gather into; they are easy to keep clean ; they ride completely on the sled ; one-fourth of the team work saved. [See also page 548.] WII.]?IIKC«TO]V, VT. TOWN OF WILMINGTON OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 535 Bissell Charles W., (Wilmington) r 38, breeder of Durham cattle, reg., sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 210, and leases of Asel Lamb 125. Bouker Elijah, (Wilmington) r 41, (Burr & Bouker.) Boyd Arvme, (Wilmington) r 71, with Henry E. Boyd Asa S., (Wilmington) r 57, dairy g cows, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 250. BOYD EDMAN M., (Wilmington) oft" r 70, sugar orchard 800 trees, far- mer 1 80. BOYD EDWARD C, (Wilmington) r 35, dairy 8 cows, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 90. BOYD EL AM, (Wilmington) r 56, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 85. BOYD GILBERT A., (Wilmington) r 66, 26 sheep, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 228. Boyd Henry C, (Wilmington) r 51, farm laborer. Boyd Henry E. & Arvine, (Wilnnngton) r 71. dairy 11 cows, 20 sheep, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 250, and in Readsboro 150. BOYD JASPER, (Wilmington) r 55, farmer 10. BOYD JASPER E., (Wilmington) r 67, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 390. Boyd Leslie W., (Wilmington) r 70, school teacher, and farmer with W. R. BOYD LORENZO M., (Wilmington) r 52, sugar orchard 400 trees, far- mer 125. BOYD OSCAR W., (Wilmington) r 57, farmer with his father, Warren. Bnyd Phebe D., (Wilmington) oft r 70, widow of James M., bds with E. M. Boyd. Boyd Samuel H., (Wilmington r 41, mechanic. Boyd Walter E., (Wilmington) off r 70, farmer with his father, E. M. BOYD WARREN R., (Wilmington) r 70, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 174. BOYD WARREN cV- OSCAR W., (Wilmington) r 57, dairy 11 cows, 41 sheep, 25 head young cattle, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 190, 200 on r 59, 20 on r 51, 160 on r 59, and in Searsburg 500. Boyd Wmfield, (Wilmington) farmer, leases of J. B. 10. ^ Brown George W, (Wilmington) r 41, resident with Mills. Brown Mills, (Wilmington) r 41, lister, 33 sheep, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 156, and 80 on r 52. Bryant Cyrus, (Wilmington) r 71, farmer 4. Burr Manly L., (Wilmington r 41, (Burr & Bouker.) Burr & Bouker, (Wilmington) r 41, sugar orchard 100 trees, and farmers 300. Buffin Edward B., (Wilmington) r 14, supt. of schools, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer 2 1 5. Butterfieid Benjamin F., (Wilmington) r 32, resident. Canedy Edwin, (Wilmington) r 70, farm laborer. Carpenter Calvin E., (Wilmington) r 53, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 165. Carpenter Calvin & Son, (Wilmington) r 53, (Watson D.) sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer. Chandler Clark, (Wilmington) r 60, sugar orchard 900 trees, farmer 200. Chase Susan Miss, (Whitingham) r 71, dairy 9 cows, farmer 180. Church Henry, (Wilmington) r 42, h and lot and cooper shop, farmer 2. Clark Anson B., (Wilmington) r 36, farmer 11. CLARK CHARLES C, (Wilmington) r 17, prop, of saw-mill, farmer, leases of S. Clark 40, and on r 14, 100, leases of the town of Wilmington 360 acres woodland. CLARK JOHN L., (Wilmington) r 23, sugar orchard 2,400 trees, dairy 13 cows, and farmer 235. 536 TOWN OF WILMINGTON OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. Clark Luther, (Wilmington) r 28, farmer, leases of John Smith 30. Clark Luther A., (Wilmington) r 39, teamster, leases of John May. Cobb Chauncey, (Wilmington) r 27, farmer 100. Cobb Eugene R., (W^ilmington) r 27, farmer, with Chauncey. Coleman Joshua, (Wilmington) r 60, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 162. Cook Alanson, (Wilmington) r 55, fanner. Cook Elizabeth A., (Dover) r 15, widow of James R. COOK LEVERETT M., (Dover) r 15, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 108. Cook Martin B., (Wilmington) r 55, farmer 7. Corbett Eranklin J., (Wilmington) r 21, farmer, with his father, J. H. Corbett Jonathan H., (Wilmington) r 21, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 10 cows, 21 grade Durham cattle, and farmer 446. Corbett Judson F., (Wilmington) r 22, sugar orchard 2,500 trees, 18 grade Durham cattle, and farmer, leases of J. H. 200. Corse Oliver P., (Jacksonville) r 63, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, wool grower 29 sheep, dairy 10 cows, 12 grade Durham cattle, and farmer 382. Covey George W., (Wilmington) r 41, farmer 80. Crosby Elial, (Wilmington) r 48, farmer 200. Crosier Martha M., (Wilmington) r 52, widow of L. C. Crosier W. A., (Wilmington) r 52, farmer, with Martha M. Cummings John R., (Wilmington) r 56, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, wool grower 22 sheep, and farmer 50. Curtis Sumner, (Wilmington) r 13, retired farmer. CUSHMAN eIjGENE E., (Wilmington) r 55, sugar orchard 450 trees, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 150. Cushman Hiram, (Wilmington) r 51, sugar orcharrl 1,000 trees, farmer 50. CUTTING BROTHERS, (West Dover) r 11, (V. M. and R. D.,) sugar orchard 600 trees, farmers 112, 96 in Dover, a.id in Somerset 118 tim- ber land. CUTTING ROBERT D., (West Dover) r 11, (Cutting Brothers). CUTTING VARILLUS M., (West Dover) r 11, (Cutting Brothers). Davenpert Edgar H., (Wilmington) r 19, lawyer, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 8 cows, farmer 130, owns with W. W. Davenport dairy 20 cows and farm 65. Davison John, (Wilmington) r 60, farm laborer. DICKLMSON ORLANDO J., (Wilmington) r 54, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 185. DONELSON SAMUEL M., (Wilmington) r 55, farmer 88. DIX JONAS W., (Wilmington) r 59, farmer, works for Justus Dix 170. Edson Solomon, (Wilmington) r 57, bds with C. E. Snow. Elgar Charles L., (Wilmington) r 36, farm laborer. FAULKNER ROYAL H.. (Wilmington) r 67, sugar orchard 2,500 trees, wool grower 22 sheep, and farmer 200. Fitch Delphi R., (Wilmington) r 13, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 100. Fitch Erastus A., (Wilmington) r 16, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 135. Pitch Horace M., (Wilmington) r 16, surveyor of liighways, sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 200. FORD WELLS H., (Wilmington) r 63, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer, leases of J. Whitney 65. Fox Albert M., (Wilmington) r 61, farmer 160. Fox Dolly B., (Wilmington) r 38, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 100, with E. K. Fox Edw. K., (Wilmington) oft" r 38, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 100, with D. B. TOWN OF WILMINGTON OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 537 Fox Moses K., (Wilmington) r38, farmer 20. Gallop Frank J., (Jacksonville) r 63, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 150. Gates Solomon K., (Wilmington) r 33, farmer. GIFFORD JEREMIAH, (Wilmington) r 60, Universalist minister, and far- mer 65. Gifford Russell C, (Wilmington) r 61, sugar orchard 700 trees, and far- mer 158. Graves Joel, (Wilmington) r 69, sugar orchard 9,000 trees, farmer 164. Green George S., (Wilmington) r 45, gunsthith, retired, bds. with A. M. Par- melee. Green Nathan A., (Wilmington) r 51, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 30. Grover Henry, (VVilmington) r 64, farm laborer. HALL THOMAS J., (Wilmington) r 32, sugar orchard 500 trees, and faimer, leases of F. J. Miller 125. Harrington Albert A., (Wilmington) r 49, farmer 3. Harrington Luther, (Wilmington) r 70, commissioner of highways,, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 125. Harris Eugene H., (Wilmington) r 28, farmer, bds. with L. P. Harris. Harris Franklin C., (Wilmington) r 28, farmer, leases of Lorin P. Harris 75. HARRIS LORIN P., (Wilmington) r 28, 20 grade Durham cattle, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 240. HARRIS LUCIUS M., (Wilmington) r ^6, wheelwright and farmer, leases of H. Haskell 20. Haskell Ephraim, (Wilmington) r 40, carpenter, dairy 10 cows, sugar orch- ard 1,000 trees, farmer 200. and 280 on r 10. HASKELL HENRY F., (Wilmington) r 39, (Hiram & Son.) Haskell Hiram 1st, (Wilmington) r 36, farmer 20. HASKELL HIRAM 2d & SON, (Wilmington) (Henry F.) r 39, dairy 8 cows, 19 grade Durham cattle, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 165, and undivided half of 285. Haskell W. N., (Wilmington) r 39, farmer. Haskins Freeman, (Wilmington) r 22, retired farmer, aged 89. Havnes Albert L., (Wilmington) r 17, farmer 25, and on r 14 farm 100. HAYNES CLINTON C, (Wilmington) (Adams & Haynes.) selectmen, patentee cf milk coolers and sap evaporators, sugar orchard 1,300 trees, farmer, leases of Ophir 155. Haynes Elbridge M., (Wilmington) r 12, (I. & E. M.) HAYNES ESrUS W., (Wilmington) r 16, blacksmith, 30 sheep, sugar orch- ard 800 trees, farmer 130. HAYNES I. & E. M., (Wilmington) r 12, dairy 10 cows, 25 sheep, 19 grade Durham cattle, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 225, and in Dover 50. HAYNES ISRAEL, (Wilmington) r 12, (I. & E. M.) Haynes Ophir, (Wilmington) r 19, owns farm 135. HAYNES PHILETUS, (Wilmington) r 31, (P. Haynes & Sonj HAYNES P. & SON, (Wilmington) r 31, (Philetus and Wallace L.,) props, saw-mill, dairy 19 cows, 40 sheep, 51 head cattle, sugar orchard 3,600 trees, farmers 600. HAYNES WALLACE L., (Wilmington) r3i, (P. Haynes & Son.) Hescock Ambrose E., (Wilmington) r 20, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, far- mer 85. Hescock Fred, (Wilmington) r 20, farmer. HOLDEN FRANK E., (Wilmington) r 31, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 217, and in Marlboro 14. 35 538 TOWN OF WILMINGTON — OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. Howard Henry, (Wilmington) r 32, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 115, and in Marlboro 40. Howard John B., (Wilmington) r 32, carpenter, and farmer 35. HUBBARD CHESTER C, (Wilmington) r 59, (George C. & Sons.) Hubbard Fred B., (Wilmington) r 43, farmer 62. HUBBARD GEORGE C. & SONS, (Wilmington) r 59, (Porter G. and Chester C.,) dairy 18 cows, 20 head young cattle, sugar orchard 2,500 trees, farmers 300. HUBBARD PORTER G., (Wilmington) r 59, (George C, Hubbard & Sons.) Hudson Marshall, (Wilmington) farmer, leases of P. Haynes & Son 150. Johnson Frank S., (West Dover) r 15, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 160. Jordan William E., (Wilmington) r 41, bench and hand screw manuf., leases of Mrs. A. B. Medbury h and lot, mill in Searsburg. Knowlton Fred D., (Wilmington) r 36, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer, leases of Fitch Bros. 150. Lamb Asahel, (Wilmington) r 38, farmer 25, and leases to C. W. Bissell 125. Lawton Melissa F., (Wilmington) r 35, widow of Israel Lawton Osamus B., (Wilmington) r 35, ist selectman, ^^vigar orchard 700 trees, dairy 12 cows, farmer. Lyman Alvah, (Wilmington) r 45, farmer 1 1. Lyman Warren F., (Wilmington) r 9, farmer 130. Mann Nathan D., (Wilmington) r 42, farmer. Mason Deloss, (Wilmington) r 51, farmer 7. Mason Nelson J., (Wilmington; r 49, farm laborer, h and lot. MAY HENRY, '(Wilmington) r 18, (May & Adams). MAY HORACE E., (Wilmington) r 22, farmer, leases of Samuel S. sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and 65 acres, owns 114 acres timber land on r 24. MAY SAMUEL S., (Wilmington) r 22, dairy 10 cows, 30 sheep, 15 grade Durham cattle, farmer 240. MAY & ADAMS, (Wilmington) r 18, (Henry May and Adin Adams) dairy 8 cows, 17 sheep, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, and farmers 200. Medbury Daniel, (Wilmington) r 52, 16 sheep, farmer 86, and in Bennington Co. 220. MEDBURY FRANCIS E., (Wilmington) r 52. mechanic. Medbury Mary H., (Wilmington) r 52, widow of Andrew B. MILLER THOMAS J., (Wilmington) off r 32, (Stowe & Miller.) Miller William D., (Wilmington) r 40, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 165. Millington Ann E., (Wilmington) r 66, widow of Charles, bds with Her- bert L. MILLINGTON HERBERT L., (Wilmington) r 66, 34 sheep, sugar orchard 600 trees, faimer ;85. Morris Gilbert A., (Wilmington) r 26, farm laborer. MORRIS HANNAH C, (Wilmington) r 26, widow of David, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, and farmer 142. Morris Sidney O., (Wilmington) r 26, farmer with his mother, Hannah C. Newland Haskell M., (Wilmington) r 39, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer, leases of E. Haskell 340. PALMETER ALBERT, (Wilmington) r 37, farmer, leases of Daniel J. 155. P.A.LMETER Dx'VNIP^L J., (Wilmington) r 37, dairy 10 cows, 20 grade Dur- ham cattle, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 255. PARMALEE CHIPMAN S., (Wilmington) r 18, lister, mechanic, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer. TOWN OF WILMINGTON — OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. 539 Parmelee Charles H., (Wilmington) r 62, school teacher, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 160. Parmenter or Palmeter Daniel E., (Wilmington) r 13, sugar orchard 1,000 treeSj farmer, leases of Philetus Haynes & Son 130. Parmlee Mary P., (Wilmington) r 45, widow of Jeremiah P., bds with Ash- ley M. PARMLEE ASHLEY M., (Wilmington) r 45, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 200. Pease Henry ]., (Wilmington) r 46, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer, leases of Mrs. Julia Dalrymple 150. Pease Warren, (VVilmington) 60, farm laborer. PIKE SAMUEL C, (Wilmington) r 25, carpenter, 10 head of cattle, sugar orchard 3,500 trees, farmer 200. Quinn Fred ]., (Whitingham) r 45, farm laborer. Ray Frank E., (Wilmington) r ;^8, farmer 200. Ray Fidelia, (Wilmington) r ^8, widow of William, farmer no. E.eed Charles F., (Dover) r 15, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 250. RICE JOHN S., (Wilmington) r 37, lister, stock grower and dealer, mason, sugar orchard 6c . treos, and farmer 222. RICH PERLEY, (Wilmington) r 58, breeder of Hambletonian horses, sugar orchard 700 trees, -'5 head of young stock, farmer 140. Rich Sidney, (Wilmington) r 58, farmer, with Perley. Robinson Fred, (Wihaington) r 26 cor 38, laborer. RUSSELL LEANDER C, (Wilmington) r 49, mason, and farmer 6. Sage Jared, (Wilmington) r 55, laborer, owns 7 acres. SHEPHARDSON CLARK H., (Wilmington) r 57 cor 68, 20 sheep, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, and farmer, leases of P. Haynes & Son 200. Smith Bros., (Wilmington) r 35 and 11, (W. H., F. R. and L. M.,) own un- divided estate. SMITH BURTON F.,(W"ilmington) r 65, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 130. SMITH FRANCIS R., (Wilmington^ r 36, farmer, breeder of thoroughbred Durham cattle, reg., dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, far- mer 215 Smith Gains R., (Wilmington) r 65^ farmer, bds with Burton F. Smith Houghton G., (Wilmington) r 65, farmer, bds with B. F. Smith. Smith Sylvester, (Wilmington) r 43, farmer. Spencer Arthur E , (West Dover) r ri, farmer, with his father. Spencer David, (West Dover) r i r, sugar orchard 500 trees, dairy 10 cows, 29 sheep, farmer 115, loo on r 44, and 125 in Dover. Spencer Harding, (Wilmington) r 44, farmer 100. Stanclift Frank L., (Wilmington) r 45, farmer, with his father. Stanclift Rufus, (Wilmington) r 45, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 45. STOVVE JOHN H., (Wilmington) r 34, dairy 10 cows, 20 grade Durham cattle, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 200. Stowe Wilber H., (Wilmington) r 34, farmer, with his father. STOWE & MILLER, (Wilmington) r 32, (A. T. Stowe, of Brattleboro, and T. J. Miller,) dairy 8 cows, 50 sheep, and farmer 435. Streeter George H., (VVilmington) r 60 cor 62, farmer 20. TEMPLE C. W., (Wilmington) r 19, (W. H. & Sons.) TEMPLE J. W.. (Wilmington) r 19, (W. H. & Sons.) TEMPLE WILLIS H. & SONS, (Wilmington) r 19, (J. W. and C. W.,) sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmers 225. Thomas Wilton, (Wilmington) r 55, farmer 30. 540 TOWN OF WILMINGTON — OUTSIDE OF CORPORATION. Titus Alfred W., (Wilmington) r 46, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 150. Titus Alonzo, (Wilmington) r 42, farmer 5. Titus Edwin, (Wilmington) r 42, selectman, prop, of cider-mill and saw-mill, manuf of apple jelly and butter boxes, farmer 37. Titus William, (Wilming'on) r 21, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer, leases of A. Titus 100. Vose Thomas, (Wilmington) r 52, farmer go. VValcott Charles I., (Wilmington) r 35, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 148. Ward Oscar J., (Wilmington) r 57, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 173. Ware Charles B., (Wilmington) r 51, farmer 125. WARE CHARLES M., "(Wilmington) r 5 f, (Charles and Leslie A.) farmer 5 on r 56. WARE CHARLES M. & LESLIE A., (Wilmington) r 51, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmers, lease of Charles B. 125. Ware Heman B., (Wilmington) r 51, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, farmer 150. Ware Henry C, (Wilmington) r 34. dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, farmer 215. WARE LESLIE A., (Wilmingtcn) r 51, (C. M. &: L. A.) Ware Oscar C, (Wilmington) r45, sugar orchard 2co trees, farmer 85. WARE SCHUYLER, (Wilmington) r i^k^ farmer 60, and h and lot in village. Ware William G., (Wilmington) r32, farmer, leases of P. Haynes & Son. Watkins Frank A., (Wilmington) off r 40, farmer on F. S. Watkins est. 185. Watkins Lydia A., (Wilmington) off r 40, widow of Frank S., sugar orchard 1,300 trees, farmer 185. Watkins Willie S., (Wilmington) off r 40, farmer 185, on F. S. Watkins est. WELLMAN GEORGE F., (Wilmington) r 48, laborer. . Wellman Henry A., (Wilmington) r 35. farm laborer. Wheeler Adna, (Wilmington) r 24, farmer with Eli. -Wheeler Daniel, (W^ilmington) r 52, sugar orchard 6co trees, and farmer 100. Wheeler Eli, (Wilmington) r 24, farmer 100. Wheeler Elmer E., (Wilmington) r 42, butcher, sugar orchard 600 trees, far- mer 86. Wheeler John, (Wilmington) r 52, farmer. Wheeler William C, (Wilmington) r 52, farmer 100. White Francis E, (Wilmington) r 30, 22 sheep, sugar orchard 800 trees ^ farmer 150, 34 in Somerset. WHITE JAMP^S L., (Wilmington) r 55, carpenter, dairy 9 cows, sugar or- chard 3,000 trees, farmer 298. Whitney Henry, (Wilmington) r 35, farm laborer, bds at C. Walcott's. Wilder Alson L., (Wilmington) r 49, poundmaster, sugar orchard 200 trees, and farmer 65. Wilder , (Wilmington) r 53, widow of Adin S., owns farm. Wilder Oscar G., (Wilmington) r 45, wagonmaker and carpenter. Willard Edwin A., (Wilmington) r 42, farmer 3. Willard Edwin A., Jr., (Wilmington) r 42, butcher, with E. E. Wheeler. Willard Fred, (Wilmington) r 42. laborer. Winchester Carley C, (Wilmington) r 12, farmer, leases of Hart 58. WINCHESTER HART H., (Wilmington) r 12, 9 grade Durham cattle, farmer 134, and in Dover sugar orchard 700 trees and farm 135. TOWN OF WINDHAM. 541 ■WINDHAM. Railroad stationis Chester, 10 miles northeast, on Rut. Div. C. V. R. R., and West Townshend, 6 miles south on B. & W. R. R. Daily stage to Chester. (For explatiations^ etc., see page 305.) Abbott Henry M., (Windham) r 19, painter and farmer 10. ADAMS GEORGE, (South Windham) r 28, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer with A. M. Goodell 210, and 75 pasture land in Jamaica. Baker Alson J., (South Windham) r 28, wool grower 95 sheep, farmer 160. Baker Henry V., (South Windham) r 36, Baptist clergyman. Ballou Luman H., (Windham) r 29, dealer in cattle and sheep, wool grower 72 sheep, farmer 130. Bemis Henry M., (Windham) r 9, overseer of the poor, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 175. Blodgett Andrew, (Wmdham) r 24, laborer. BRINTNALL JONATHAN T., (Windham) r 11 cor 9, farmer with L. M. Lawrence 265, and 320 on r 18. Brown Homer, (South Wmdham) r 28, scythe stick manuf. BUTTERS CHARLES F., (Grafton) r 12, teamster and farmer. Butters Enoch, (Grafton) r 12, cooper and farmer 160. CHAPMAN LUTHER. B., (Windham) r 19, town clerk, postmaster, town treasurer^ h and lot. Converse Charles H., (East Jamajca) r 34, leases of N. Hastings 115. Cook Henry A., (Windham) cor r 13 and 17, farmer 50. CRONIN WILLIAM L., (Windham) r 19, telegraph operator, soldier ist Heavy Artillery, nth Reg't Vt. Volunteers, enlisted Aug, 5, 1862, dis- charged June 6, '65, farmer 34. Dady P^benezer L., (South Windham) r 26, farmer 75. Densmore Charles, (South Windham) r 26, leases of B. M. Pierce 250. Densmore John A., (South Windham) r 28, leases of D. D. Deuel. Deuel Dorastis D.. (South Windham) r 28, farmer 121. DIMICK GEORGE W., (Windham) off r 19, ist selectman, potato dealer, sugar orchard 1,700 trees, 25 head young stock, farmer 275. Donley Alexander, (Windham) r 29, general blacksmith. Dutton Augustus E., (Windham) r 2,2,, farmer 130. Dutton Stephen C, (Windham) r ^i, farmer 160, and in Jamaica pasture land 75. Edson Aaron H., (Windham) r 56, breeder of young cattle, farmer 160. Edson Leroy M., (Chester) r 7, wool grower 30 sheep, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 102. Farnsworth John, (North Windham) r 10, wcol grower 50 sheep, sugar orch- ard 300 trees, and farmer with M. A. 300. Farnsworth Marcius A., (North Windham) r 10, (John and M. A.) Farr George A., (Windham) r 28, wool grower 75 sheep, potato grower and dealer, and farmer 300. FARR WILLIAM C, (South Windham) r 36, home farm 150, in Jamaica 100. Francis Susan, (South Windham) r 25, widow of Gillman, resident. 542 TOWN OF WINDHAM. Giles Barnabas, (North Windham) r 13. farmer 217. Giles Horace E., (North Windham) r 13, farmer, leases of his father 217. GOODELL ADDIE M., (South Windham) r 28, widow of George A., resi- dent, one-third owner of farm 2 to. Gordon Edwin, (Windham) r 1 1 cor 9, farm laborer. Gould Elliot, J., (Windham) r 14, carpenter and joiner, h and lot. Gould James, (Windham) r 7, aged 79 years. GOULD JEFFERSON B., (Wmdham) r 12. Gould James W., (Windham) r 7, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 600 trees, farmer 120, in Londonderry pasture land 60. Harrington George R., (Windham) r 14, farmer 100 leased land. Harrington Randall, (Windham) r 31, farmer 100. HARRINGTON RANSLEY, (South Windham) r 36 carpenter and joiner, prop, of saw-mill in Jamaica, farm about 40. Harris Calvin H., (Windham) r 16, farmer 134. Harris Chauncey C., (Windham) r 16, North Windham and Windham stage driver, and farmer, lives with his father, C. H. Harris Frank H., (Windham) r 19 cor 15, (William Harris & Son.) HARRIS WILLIAM, (Windham) cor r 15 and 19, avilliam Harris & Son) pres. West River National Bank of Jamaica, real estate owner, 3,000 acres in Jamaica, Londonderry and Grafton. HARRIS WILLIAM & SON, (Windham) (Frank H.) general merchants. HASTINGS CHARLES W., (Wmdham) r 31, deacon Congregational church, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 900 trees, wool grower 56 sheep, farmer 280. Hastings Henry D., (Windham) r 31, with C. W. Holbrook Amos, (Windham) r 19, pastor Congregational church. Holden George K., (Windham) r 5, farmer, leases of Mrs. Emma Rhoades 160. Holden Seth A., (South Windham) r 25, farmer for Mrs. Pierce. Howard Harland P., (Windham) otf r 17, works for his mother, Sarah How- ard, farm 209. Howard Levi. (Windham) off r 7, wool grower 50 sheep, farmer 150. HOWARD LYMAN L., (North Windham) r 5, farmer, leases ot Aiken es- tate 100. Howard Sarah, (Windham) oft' r 17, widow of W'illard, 50 sheep, farm 209. Howard Sewell T., (North Windham) r 5, farmer 55. Howe John C, (South Windham) r 36, farmer 16. Howe Zeno D., (Windham) r 32, 23 sheep, sugar orchard 350 trees, farmer 160. Jenison Kirk E., (Windham) r 29 cor 23, wool grower 40 sheep, farmer 160 with L. E. Jenison Lyman E., (Windham) r 29 cor 23, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer i6d with K. E. Jenison Elias H., (South Windham) r 35, farmer 180. Jones Elvira E. H., (Windham r 19, widow of James D., aged 73. Jones Emory H., (Windham) r 19, farmer. Kendall Solon W., (Windham) r 7, wool grower 40 sheep, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 90. Kingsbury Everett, (South Windham) r 36, scythe stick maker. Kingsbury Hiland S., (South Windham) r 36, dea'er in flour, meal and feed, h and lot. • Kingsbury Nelson, (South Windham) r 36, retired farmer, deacon of Baptist church. TOWN OF WINDHAM. 543 Lawrence Angie H., (Windham) r 7, teacher. Lawrence Eli, (Windham) r 11, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer 175. Lawrence Elmer H., (Windham) r 7, 35 sheep, farmer 150. Lawrence John B., (Windham) r 11, lister, farmer with his father. LAWRENCE LESLIE M., (Windham) corr 9 and 11, wool grower 50 sheep, farmer 265, with J. T. Brintnall. Mack Albert, (Windham) r 19, farm laborer, lives with A. H. Mack. MACK ARCHIBALD H., (Windham) off r 19, wool grower 40 sheep, farmer 130. Mack Samuel, (Windham) r 8, farmer 130, aged 72. Marsh William W., (South Londonderry) r 31, sugar orchard 700 trees, leases of C. Holman, of Chester, 185. MASON ALBERT O., (Windham) r 29, prop, of saw-mill. Moore Louisa Miss, (Windham) r zt,, farmer no. Moore Samuel, (Windham) cor r 20 and 24. wool grower 58 sheep, farmer 325. Parker Andrew J., (Windham) r t^i, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 125. Penor Peter, (Windham) r 14, leases Woodward estate 360. Pierce Benjamin M., (South Windham) r 28, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 350, also 200 on r 37, 250 on r 26, and 250 off r 18. Pierce Dorcas Mrs., (South Windham) r 25, widow of Simeon, farmer 205. Pierce Ezra, (South Wmdham) r 29, prop, of grist-mill, and chair stock fac- tory, farmer 250, and in Jamaica 300. Pike Silas, (South Windham) r 28, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 37. Prentiss Asahel O., (Windham) r 22, sugar orchard 500 trees, 60 sheep, farmer too, and mountain lot 160. Prentiss Bliss, (Windham) r 31, son of H. N. Prentiss Harvey N., (Windham) r 31, farmer 146. Puffer Winslow A., (South Windham) r i2>, 35 sheep, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 150. Randall Charles H., (Windham) r 15, farmer, leases of Mark Moore 100. Rhoades Aaron A., (Windham) rig, carpenter and joiner, and farm laborer, aged 63. Rhoades Bishop H., (Windham) r 12, wool grower 40 sheep, farmer 124. Rhoades Emma, (Windham) r 2, widow of Sumner, owns farm 385. Rhoades Henry C, (Windham) r 15, farmer 208. Rhoades Hibbard A., (Windham^ off r 19, employee of William Harris, farmer 75- Rhoades Randall. (Windham) r 9. sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 175. Rhoades Warren H., (Wmdham) r 8, farmer 85. Rhoades Wellman B., (Windham) r 29, farmer 85. RICHARDSON GEORGE A,, (Windham) r 29, prop, shingle-mill, wheel- wright, farmer 10. ROBBINS DAVID E., (South Windham) r 36, justice of the peace, wool grower 100 sheep, 60 young cattle, dealer in cattle and sheep, farmer 300 in Jamaica. Rumrill Edwin J., (Windham) r 16, employee of William Harris. SALTER LYMAN Q., (Grafton or Windham) r 12, agent for Granite State mower, wood dealer, sugar orchard r,ooo trees, farmer 140, wood land 160. Simons Leonard H., (North Windham) r 10, farmer 100. Simons Lewis E., (North Windham) r 10, lives with his son L. H., aged 82. Smith Asa, (South Windham) r 36, postmaster, shoemaker, and farmer 125. 544 TOWN OF WINDHAM. SMITH FRANK O., (South Windham) r 36, lister, son of Asa. Smith Daniel, (Windham) r 17, resident, with W. J. SMITH WALDO J., (Windham) r 17, wool grower, and farmer 230. Stearns Adelbert J., (Windham) r 24, (Clark Stearns & SonJ enlisted in Co. D, i6th Regt. Vt. Vols., July, 1862. Stearns Clark, (Windham) r 24, (Clark Stearns & Son) Stearns Clark & Son, (Windham) r 24, (A. J.,) wool growers 120 sheep, and farmers 400. STEARNS HENRY A., (Windham) r 24, (James & Son). STEARNS JAMES, (Windham) r 24, (James & Son,) farmer, aged 79. Stearns Jam^s & Son, (Windham) r 24, sugar orchard 400 trees, wool growers 60 sheep, and farmers 260. STOWELL CALVIN, (Windham) r 22, sugar orchard 600 trees, and farmer 250. Stowell Ebenezer W., (Windham) r 22, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 50. Stowell Hollis G., (Windham) r 23, dairy 9 cows, farmer 200. Stowell William H., (Windham) r 23, farmer, with H. G. Tenney Calvin, (Wmdham) r 12, farmer 9. Tripp Henry, (South Windham) r 28, farmer, leases of D. D. Deuel. UPHAM ASAHEL, (Windham) r 31, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 170. Upham Gardner, (Windham) r ig, farmer, h and 4 acres, aged 85. Waite Abner H., (Chester) r 6, farmer 80, aged 65. Warner Curtis A , (Windham) r 29, employee in Ezra Pierce's chair stock and grist-mill. Warner Vilroy C, (Windham) r 29, employee in E. Pierce's mill. Wellman John, (South Windham) r 35. son of S. P. WELLMAN SILAS P., (South Windham) r 35, highway surveyor, sugar orchard 800 trees, and farmer 97. Whipple James A., (South Windham) r 18, farmer, leases of J. T. Brintnall 320. WHIPPLE JAMES E., (South Windham) r 38, general merchant, and owns farm 27, served in Co. G, 21st Regt. Mass. Vols. WHITCOMB HENRY C, (Windham) r 22, sugar orchard 1,400 trees, wool grower 60 sheep, and farmer 250. White Charles R., (South Windham) r 35, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer . '75-. White Elijah, (Windham) r 8, farmer 150, aged 82. White Foster, (North Windham) r 4, farmer. White James E., (Windham) r 8, wool grower 40 sheep, and farmer 60. White Lewis S., (Windham) r 9, sugar orchard 600 trees and farmer 160. White Wilber, (North Windham) r 4, farmer. Whitman Asa, (South Windham) r ;^8, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 175. Wiggins Charles W., (Chester) r 6, farmer 107. Woodburn Samuel C, (Windham) off r 20, lister, wool grower 50 sheep, and farmer, leases of the State 130. TOWN OF GUILFORD. 545 GUILFORD. Railroad station is Brattleboro, 3 miles northeast. Daily stage. (For explanations, etc., see page 305.^ Adams Simeon, (Guilford) r 11, farmer. AKELEY ALLARD B , (West Brattleboro) r i, farmer 160. and with R. W. 75. Akeley Hiram, (West Brattleboro) r 3, farmer. AKELEY MARTIN, (West Brattleboro) r 4, prop, of cider-mill, and farmer 190. AKELEY RANSOM W., (West Brattleboro) r 6, prop, of cider-mill, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer, leases of A. B. Akeley 160, and with A. B. owns 75. Akeley Samuel, (West Brattleboro) r 4, farm »r 39. ALDRICH MARY L., (Green River) r 25, widow of Silas W., sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 130. ALEXANDER CHARLES E , (Brattleboro) r 11, dealer in meats and pro- visions in Brattleboro, dealer in live stock, and farmer 150. Alexander Judson A., (Guilford Center) r 27, proprietor of stage route from Jacksonville to Shelburne Falls, Mass., breeder of Jersey cattle and far- mer, leases of Miss Emma Shepirdson 140. ALLEN MINER W., (Guilford) r 30, milk peddler, dairy 10 cows, farmer, leases of Sarah E. Jacobs 100. Andrews Chester H., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 56, farmer. Andrews Herbert D., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 34, farmer with Sandford. Andrews Nehemiah, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 35, farmer. Andrews Sandford, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 34, stock grower, farmer 700. ASHCRAFT THADDEUS S., (Guilford) r 39, farmer 340. BAKER DAVID G., (Guilford) r 53, farmer 100. Barber Ansel S., (Guilford) r 9, farmer 9. Barber Charles S., (Guilford) r 34, farmer 50. Barber James, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 55, farmer 70. Barber Sarah, (Guilford) r 9, widow of Ebenezer. Barney Charlotte L , (Guilford Center) r 28, postmaster, resident. Barney Elizabeth B., (Guilford Center) r 29, resident. Barney Emily A., (Guilford) r 28, resident. Barney Henry C, (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 100. BARNEY WTLLIAM W.. (Guilford Center) r 22, town clerk, town treasurer, justice of the peace, lister, farmer 180. Barry Ella A., (Green River) off r 27, resident, Barstow Gervis, (Guilford Center) r 28, carpenter and wagon maker and far- mer 16. Bartlett William, (Guilford Center) r 28, farmer. BARTON DANA S., (Guilford Center) r 41, farmer 16. Bassett Joseph, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 54, farmer 20. Bassett Joseph, (Guilford) r 12, laborer. Bassett Moses, (Guilford) r 12, laborer. Bebo Joseph, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 54, farmer 90. Bell Charles A., (Leyden, Mass.) r 41, sugar orchard, 300 trees, farmer 130. 546 TOWN OF GUILFORD. Betterley Thomas F., (West Brattleboro) r 3, farmer 50. BIXBY ALBERT H., (Guilford) r 11, teamster. BIXBY DANIEL, (Green River) off r 23, retired farmer. BIXBY SAMUEL H., (West Brattleboro) r 6, farmer 40. BLANCH ARD MARY A., (Guilford) r 17, widow of E. C., resident. Bond Charles W., (Green River) r 2, farmer 80. Bond Dexter S., (Green River) r 2, carpenter and farmer 130. Bond George N., (Guilford) r 17, farmer 165. Bond Mary E., (Guilford) r 17, widow of George W., resident. Boyden Hannah, (Guilford) r 14, widow of Horace, aged 84. Boyden Henry, (Guilford) r 18, retired shoe manufacturer, aged 81. BOYDEN LEVI, (Guilford) r 1 1, trustee of surplus fund, aged 81 years, farmer 200. Boyden Oscar, (Guilford) r 8, farm laborer. BOYDEN SAMUEL B., (Guilford) r 18, carpenter and farmer 65. Brackett Charles F., (Green River) r 27, carriage maker and carpenter. Brackett Elvira D., (Green River) r 27, widow of Timothy N., aged 71. BRACKETT FRED N., (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 100. Brackett George F., (Green River) r 27, sugar orchard 400 trees^ and far- mer 175. Brenenstuhl Benjamin, (Green River) r 27, farmer 99. Briggs Henry M., (West Brattleboro) r 5, farmer 90. Briggs Thomas, (West Brattleboro) r 5, farmer 10. Britton Charles J., (Guilford) r ^;^, manuf. of light and double harness, and farmer, h and lot. Broad Brook House, (Guilford) r ti, C. C. Miller, prop. BROWN ALFRED S., (Guilford) r 15, stock grower, and farmer 240. Bullock Hannah, (Guilford) r 29, widow of S. K., farmer 65. BULLOCK JOHN C, (Guilford Center) r 7, prop, of cider-mill, sugar orchard 250 trees, and farmer 275. Bullock John L., (Guilford) r 17, farmer 76. Bullock Sarah W., (Guilford) r 38, widow of Lovell, aged 92. BURDICK FRED T., (Guilford) r 39^, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 200. BURDICK THOMPSON E., (Guilford) r 39I retired farmer. BURNETT HOLLIS H., (Guilford) r 8, justice of the peace, lister, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 133. BURNETT JOHN, (Guilford) r 8, farmer 133. Burrows Allen, (Green River) r 24, farmer. Camp Andrew J., (Guilford Center) r 40, farmer 84. Camp Ebenezer, (Leyden, Mass.,) r 40, farmer 80. Campbell Matthew, (Guilford) r 52, carriage, sign and ornamental painter. CAMPBELL SAMUEL, (Green River) r 42, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 80. CARPENTER BROTHERS, (Guilford) r 39, (C. B. and E. J.,) props, of saw, shingle and fiouring-mill, manufs. and dealers in hard and soft wood lumber, general job shop. CARPENTER CHARLES B., (Guilford) r 39, (Carpenter Brothers,) bridge carpenter. CARPENTER EMERSON J., (Guilford) r 39, (Carpenter Brothers,) bridge carpenter. Cemeron Lewis, (Guilford) r 12, laborer. Chandler Lucy I., (Guilford Center) r 21, widow of Augustus, resident. TOWN OF GUILFORD. 547 CHAPIN NATHAN P., (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 56, justice of the peace for 47 years, farmer 140, aged 82. Chase Frank E., (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 42. Christopher Miles, (Guilford) r 31, laborer. Clark Charles C, (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 54, farm laborer. CLARK GILBERT, (Guilford Center) cor r 24 and 26, breeder of full blood Jersey and Guernsey cattle, and farmer 150. CLARK HERBERT ]., (Green River) r 24, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 200. Clark Jason, (Green River) r 24, farmer 156. CLARKE GILBERT, (Guilford Center) r 28 cor 26, stock grower, breeder of full blood Jersey and Guernsey cattle, farmer 200. Cleveland Charles R., (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 45. Cleveland Isaac F., (Guilford) carriage maker, bds Broad Brook House. CLISBEE CHARLES, (Green River) r 27, postmaster, dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, &c. Clisbee Lucv J. Miss, (Guilford) r 11, resident, with M. A. Clisbee Mary A. Miss, (Guilford) r it, resident, h and lot. CONANT NATHAN, (Guilford Center) r 28, retired cooper, aged 92 years. Cook Francis F., (Guilford) r 18, manuf. of fork, broom and hoe handles, turning of all kinds, manuf. of shingles, farmer 5. Cooledge Frank A., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. Cooledge Fred A., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. Cooledge George S., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. COOLEDGE MARIA L., (Guilford) r 39, (Mrs. R. S.,) resident. Cooledge Willie R., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. Cooledge Rufus S., (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. Crary Isaac, (Guilford) r 11, house painter. Cross Elbridge G., (Green River) r 23, farmer. Cudworth Abbie, (Green River) off r 27, farmer 50. Cudworth Emily A., (Green River) off r 27, resident. CUTTING JOSEPH C, (Guilford Centre) r 22, dairy 20 cows, farmer 175- Cutting Mary J., (Guilford Center) r 22, (Mrs. J. C.,) timber land in Wards- boro 200. CUTTING RUSSELL S., (Green River) r 27, with Samuel C, sheep grower and farmer 200. CUTTING SAMUEL C, (Green River) r 27, with R. T., farmer 200. Daniels Moses, (West Leyden, Mass.,) r 48, farmer 100. DeWolf R. Watson, (Green River) r 25, laborer. Dickinson Jonathan B., (Green River) r 25, retired farmer 4. Duggan Timothy, (Guilford) r 29, brick molder, and farmer 7. Fames Prescott S., (West Brattleboro) off r 5, 3d selectman, farmer 115. Eddy Artemas, (Guilford) r 14. farmer and mason. Eddy Erastus, (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 56, laborer. EDWARDS BENAJAH, (Guilford Center) off r 41, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 200, aged 81. EDWARDS J. HARVEY, (Guilford Center) off r 41, farmer. EUingwood Ephraim, (Bernardston, Mass.,) off r 55, farmer. ELLINGWOOD HART J.. (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 55, carpenter and builder, farmer 100. Esterbrook Charles F., (Guilford) r 14, manuf. of cider brandy. 548 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. i'Qur Liquid Holder*^^ (X=^f^TEiT'XEX) TXTL-S" s, leso.) Is particularly adapted to the storage of Maple Sap, Feeders to Portable Engines, Reciving Tanks in Cider Mills, and many other purposes. The Holders are hooped with round iron, and nuts on each end ; by giving the nuts a turn in case of shrinkage, the trouble from leakage is avoided. -^^^^ -^^^i>- VICTOR. >^ The only Evaporator that converts Maple Sap into Sugar without being taken from the fire. There is no burning. It has an Arch Door combined. Patentees a.M.5. X^a.iiij.£a,ct-va.rers, [See also page 534-] WILMIXOTOX, VT. TOWN OF GUILFOKD. 549 FESSENDEN WARREN S., (Green River) r 4, agent for Bellows Falls sugar evaporator, churns, butter workers, Gleaner horse rake, the pneumatic fruit drier, and other implements made by the Vermont Farm Machine Co.. sugar orchard 700 trees, and farmer 125. Fitzgerald Morris, (Guilford) r 11, laborer. FIFE FRANK, (Green River; off r 27, carpenter and farmer. FLAGG JOEL, Sr., (Guilford) r 11 cor i 2, breeder of grade Durham cattle, and faimer 130. FLAGG JOEL, Jr , (Guilford) r 11 cor 12. Fletcher Charles. (Green River) r 25, farmer. FRANKLIN CHARLOTTE, (Guilford Center) r 41, widow of Samuel. FRANKLIN GEORGE W., (Guilford) r 39, wheelwright, carpenter, mason, and farmer 17. Franklin Jabez, (Guilford Center) r 41, retired farmer 140, aged 89. FRANKLIN JABEZ R., (Guilford Center) r 40, farmer and teamster. Franklin James H., (Guilford Center) r 4[, farmer with Jabes. FRANKLIN JEDEDIAH, (Guilford Center) r 41, farmer 58. FRANKLIN LORENZO I)., (Guilford Center) r 41, sugar orchard 400 trees, faimer 150. Frizzell Lydia L., (West Brattleboro) r 6, widow of J. Frost Edmund, (Guilford Center) r 39, farmer 90. FULTON ROBERT, (Green River) r 48, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer . '75- Gaines Chester B., (Bernardston. Mass.) r 55, farmer 70. Gaines Evereth E., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 57, son of Joel. Gaines Horace, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 56, farmer 30. GAINES JOEL, (Barnordston, Mass.) r 56. stock grower, farmer 250. GALE JANE E., (Guilford) r 45, widow of John E., owner of cider-mill, and farmer 65. GALLUP AMOS S., (Green River) off r 43, building mover, carpenter, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 250. Goodenough Fatima S.. (Green River) r46, widow of Gaius R., resident, Goodnow Jessie, (Guilford Center) r 40, farm laborer. Gould Lucinda, (Green River) r 25, resident. Gould Lucretia, (Guilford) r 14, widow of Thomas, aged 84. GREEN RIVER HOTEL, (Green River) r 27, Park W. Shearer, prop. HALL C.\LEB H., (Guilford) r 1 r, late prop. Broad Brook House. HALLADAY HENRY O., (Brattleboro) r 10, peddler for C. H. Eddy & Co. HALL.A.DAY OBED H., (Brattleboro) r 10, carpenter and farmer 8^. Hancock Julia, (Green River) r 43, with Nelson. Hancock Nelson, (Green River) r 43, with Julia, farmer 50. Harris Mary, (Guilford) r 11, widow of Erastus, aged 82. Hasting William S., (Guilford) off r 39, carpenter, farmer. Haven Olive J., (Green River) r 2, widow of Jonas. HAYNES CLIFTON F., (Guilford) r 37, farmer, leases of J. E. Jacobs 100. Heath James S., (Guilford) off r 18, fruit orchard 300 trees, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 107. HENRY DAVID A., (Guilford Center) r 26, breeder of Plymouth Rock fowls, farmer 75. HICKS HERNANDO A., (Green River) r 27, ph) sician and surgeon. Hicks Lorenzo A., (Green River) r 25, farmer. Hillman WiUiam, (Green River) r 25, farmer 130. 55° TOWN OF GUILFORD. Holden William W., (Guilford Center) r 22, farmer 150. Holt Lovell, (Guilford) r 11, works for Smith & Hunt. HOUGHTON GEORGE E., (Guilford) r 11, brick and lime maker, and farmer. HOUGHTON JOSEPH M., (Guilford) r 11, manuf. of brick and lime, farmer 193. Houghton Lawson C, (Green River) r 25, farmer for Mary L. Aldrich. Howard Erastus C., (Green River) r 27, carpenter and farmer 73. Howard Jennie, (Guilford) r 37 cor 38^, (Mrs. George.) Hughes Robert E.. (Guilford) off r 31, roof slater and farmer 8. HUNT SAMUEL L , (Guilford Center) r 28 cor 29, farmer 50. HUNT SAMUEL S., (Guilford) r 11, (Smith & Hunt.) Ingraham Alpheus, (Guilford Center) r 26, farmer 100. Jacob Frank E., (Guilford) r 37 cor 36. farmer. JACOBS HENRY VV., (Guilford) r 30, manuf. of hand rakes, job shop, far- mer 60. Jacobs Joseph E., (Guilford) r 37 cor 36, 20 cows, farmer 375. JACOBS MARY W , (Guilford Center) r 19 cor 7, widow of William. JACOBS SARAH E., (Guilford) r 30, widow of Joseph, farmer 100. JACOBS W. HERBERT, (Gudford Center) r 19 cor 7, breeder of full blood Durham cattle and grade stock, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 150. JAQUETH LEWIS E., (Guilford Center) r 40, sugar orchard 600 trees, breeder grade Durham cattle, farmer 140. JEPSON HERBERT C, (Gmlford) blacksmith and machinist. JOHNSON TYLER L., (Vernon) r 31, manuf. of lumber, agent for the Belclier agriculture manufacturing company's implements, all kinds of farming tools, breeder of Poland China hogs, owner of stallion "Thomas Jefferson, Jr.," stock grower and breeder and dealer, farmer 1,500. Kieth Vinal, (Green River) r 2, carpenter and farmer 30. King Cynthia A., (Guilford Center) r 28, widow of Chauncey, farmer 65. KING FRANK R., (Guilford) r 30, farmer, leases of Mrs. Katherine King 90. King Katherine, (Guilford) r 30, widow of Joseph, farmer 90. King Mary M., (Guilford Center) r 7, widow of John H. Knights John, (Guilford Center) r 4, farmer 30. Lake Lyman, (Green River) r 43, farmer 80. Lake Richard A., (Green River) r 25, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 130. LAMPHEAR GEORGE E., (Elm Grove, Mass.) r 47, school teacher. LAMPHEAR JAMES F., (Elm Grove, Mass.)r 47, sugar orchard 100 trees, farmer 100. Lazelle Daniel, (Green River) r 43, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 200. Leonard Oscar, (Guilford) r 10, farmer 106. Leonard Rolin, (Guilford) r 10, farmer. Lynde Charles C, (Guilford) r n, farmer. Lynde David, (Green River) r 44, farmer 120. LYNDE GILBERT D., (Green River) r 42, carpenter, building mover and farmer 55. LYNDE HENRY E., (Green River) r 44, general blacksmith. Lynde Oliver M., (Guilford Center) r 26, widow of Barnard, aged 84 years. Lynde Sarah M., (Guilford Center) r 26, resident, traveling agent. LYNDE THOMAS N., (West Brattleboro) r 40, grower of small fruits, far- mer no. Mallory Isaiah T.,(Bernardston, Mass.) r 35, veterinary surgeon and farmer 30. TOWN OF GUILFORD. 551 Masecott Frank, (Bernardston) Mass.) ofif r 35, farmer 30. Martin Willie, (Green River) r 25, laborer. Miller Charles C., (Guilford) r 11, prop, of Broad Brook House. McClure Celia L. Miss, (Bernardston, Mass.,) olT r 35, teacher. McClure Daniel, (Bernardston, Mass.,) ofif r 35, farmer 240. McClure Gilbert N., (West Brattleboro) farmer 55. McClure Samuel, (West Brattleboro) r 4, farmer. MELLIN ARCHIBALD, (Guilford) r 12, farmer, leases of E. Bushnell, of Brattleboro, 104. Miner Jerrah C. (Guilford) off r 39, farmer 100. Miner Norman B., (Guilford) r 39, farmer 68. MONTAGUE FRANKLIN E., (Green River) r 44, watch and clock re- pairer, manuf. of the Montague pleasure swings, carpenter, wagon re- pairer, saw filing, and general repairs. Morris Paul, (Guilford) r 8, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 170. Morse John M., (West Brattleboro) r 6, sugar orchard 300 trees, and far- mer 130. Newton George, (Guilford) r 13, teamster for Smith & Hunt. Newton Horace M., (Guilford) r 15, blacksmith, and farmer 75. Noyes James M., (Guilford Center) r 40, farmer 43. NOYES JEREMIAH T., (Guilford) r 11, farmer. Noyes Oscar A., (Brattleboro) r 31, farmer, leases of H. Joy, of Brattle- boro 96. O'BRIEN JOHN, (Guilford) r 39, farm laborer. Orcutt Elisha K., (Guilford) r 15, shoemaker, and carpenter. Parker Edgar R., (Guilford) r 11, works for Smith & Hunt. Parker Flavell, (Guilford Center) r 4, farmer. Parker George W., (Guilford) r 11, employee of Smith & Hunt. Parker Willard, (Guilford) r 38, machinist and carpenter. Parmenter George W., (Guilf^ord Center) r 28, farmer. PENNIMAN CAROLINE C, (Guilford Center) r 28, widow of George W., resident. PERRY MILON F.. (Green River) r 27, prop, of stage and mail route to Brattleboro and Jacksonville, farmer, owns farm in Jamaica 50. Potter Charles P., (Guilford Center) r 22, carpenter, farmer 70. Potter Charles W., (Guilford Center) r 22, son of Charles P., farmer. Prouty George W., (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 100. PUTNAM AUGUSTUS W., (Guilford Center) r 21, shoemaker, and far- mer 5. Quinn Cornelius G., (West Brattleboro) r 6, farmer. Randall Chester, Jr., (Leyden, Mass.,) r 40 cor 44, farmer 106. Reed Edward L., (West Brattleboro) r i, farmer 130. Reed Fred, (Guilford) r it, works for Smith & Hunt, bds Broad Brook House. Richmond Frank A., (Green River) off r 23, farmer, son of Martin. RICHMOND HERBERT J., (Guilford Center) r ii, manager of Guilford Springs farm, breeder of full blood Jersey cattle, reg., Poland China and Yorkshire hogs, and Plymouth Rock fowls. RICHMOND J HENRY, (Green River) r 23, deputy sheriff and constable, justice of the peace, and lister, agent for fire, life and accident insur- ance, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 170. Richmond Martin, (Green River) ofif r 23, sugar orchard 700 trees, farmer 200. 552 TOWN OF GUILFORD. Richmond Peleg, (Green River) off r 23, retired farmer. Richmond Russell, (Green Riverj r 25, farmer. Robb Isaac, (Green River) r 23, sugar orchard 400 trees, farmer 90. Roberts Betsey, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 35, widow of Alsetus, aged 86. Roberts Russell J., (Guilford) r 14, farmer, leases of R. L. Roberts 160. Roberts Russell L., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 35, carpenter and joiner, farmer 250. RUDD JOHN H., (Guilford) off r 9, farmer 100. Rudd Richard K., (Guilford) r 52, blacksmith. Ryan Patrick, (Guilford) r 33^, farmer 140 Salisbury John L., (West Brattleboro) r 6, farmer 130. SHEARER PARK W., (Green River) r 25, proprietor Green River Hotel and farmer 6. Shepardson Charles H., (Green River) r 24, farmer 70. Shepardson Edmond B., (Guilford Center) r 27, carpenter. Shepardson Emma A. Miss, (Guilford Center) r 27, farmer 140. Shepardson Loren, (Guilford) r 34, laborer. Sherman Cyrus S. Rev., (Green River) r 2 and i, pastor of the Baptist church. SFIINE JOHN S., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 54, sugar orchard 500 trees and farmer 225. SIBLEY SAMUEL L., (Guilford Center) r 26, sheep grower and farmer 160. Simonds John B., (Guilford) r 14, retired shoemaker, aged 79. SIMONDS JOHN L., (Guilford) r 14, sec'y and treas. of Brattleboro Sewing Machine Co., farmer 80. Smith Anna L., (Guilford) r 11, widow oi Stephen, resident. Smith Charles E., (Guilford) r 16, farm laborer. Smith Henry S., (Guilford) r 11, wholesale butcher and farmer, leases of Mary E. Smith 15. Smith Hiram E., (Guilford) r 36, farmer 200. Smith Mary E. Miss, (Guilford) r 11, farmer 15. Smith Rachel, (Guilford) r 36, widow of Hiram, aged 82. SMITH SANFORD A., (Brattleboro) r 11, (Smith & Hunt, and S. A. Smith & Co. of Philadelphia, Pa.) owns farm 40. Smith & Hunt, (Brattleboro) (Sanford A. Smith and Samuel S. Hunt) manufs, of children's carriages, main shop Frost St., Brattleboro. Spears John, (Guilford) r37 cor ;^8^, farmer 100. Squiers Charles A., (Guilford) r 16, dealer in live stock, farmer 6co, Squiers Edward P., (Guilford) r 16, farmer. Squiers Jesse L., (Guilford) r 16, farmer. STAFFORD JOHN A., (Guilford) r 11, postmaster, carpenter and builder, sawyer for Smith & Hunt. Stafford Joshua C, (Bernardston, Mass.) r 34, farmer 145. Stafford Wolcott, (Green River) r 43, farmer. STATTEN HERBERT A., (Guilford) manager of Guilford grist-mill owned by C. S. Stockwell and E. G. Frost of Brattleboro, dealers in grain, fiour, feed, salt, phosphates, etc. STEBBINS JOSEPH B., (Bernardston, Mass.) r 54, lumberman, farmer 135. Stevens Edwin VV., (Guilford Center) r 27, retired school teacher and farmer ISO- Stevens Miranda Miss, (Guilford Center)r 27, daughter of Dr. B. W.Stevens. Stowe Henry, (Green River) r 44, proprietor of grist and saw-mill. Stowe Lydia L., (Bernardston, xMass.) off r 35, farmer 100. TOWN OF GUILFORD. 553 Taft Aurelia D. Miss, (Guilford Center) r 27 cor 28, schoolteacher. TAFT FRED H., (Guilford Center) r 27 cor 28, blacksmith. TAFT HORACE W., (Guilford Center) r 27 cor 28, blacksmith. TAYLOR FR.\NCIS G., (Guilford) r 30, town representative, jst select- man, overseer of the poor, justice of the peace, agent for the Vermont Mutual and New England Fire Insurance Cos., farmer 330. Thayer Frank E., (Guilford Center) r 22, breeder of Durham cattle, stock grower, farmer 246. Thayer Harvey D., (Guilford) r 3c, son of Orson. Thayer John G.. (Guilford Center) 122, farmer with F. E. Thayer Lesley O., (Guilford) r 30, son of Orson. Thayer Marshall W.. (Guilford) r 14, farmer, leases of Frank McClure, of Brattleboro, 60. Thayer Orson, (Guilford) r 30, breeder of full blood Durham cattle, rcg., and Messenger horses, farmer 245. Thayer Roland S., (Guilford Center) r 22, retired farmer 35, aged 76. THOMAS ALVAH E., (Green River) r 2, farmer 100. THOMAS CLARK V., (Green River) r 25. carpenter and builder, farmer, leases of Amos Denison, of Keene, N. H., 30. Thomas Henry, (Guilford) r 37, carpenter and builder^ farmer 79. Thomas Merton A., (Guilford) r 37, son of Henry. THOMPSON DAVID M. (Guilford) r 51, peddler of Yankee notions, and cutlery, farmer 43. THURBER AMOS, (West Brattleboro) r 3, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, farmer 2£^0. THURBER EDWARD, (West Brattleboro) r 3, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, dairy 10 cows, farmer 155. Thurber John W., (West Brattleboro) r 3, with Edward farmer. Titemore John, (Guilford) r ^^, .sawyer and farmer 50. Todd Cynthia, (Green River) r 25, widow of William G. Tubbs Philena E., (Bernardston, Mass.) oft" r 56, widow of Samuel. Tubbs Richard J., (Bernardston, Mass.) off"r 56, farmer 175. Tyler S. Maria Miss, (Guilford) r 9, resident. TYLER WILLIAM H., (Guilford) r 9, 2nd selectman, sugar orchard 300 trees, stock grower, farmer 133. Vevier John, (Guilford) r 30, farm laborer. WALLACE JOSEPH, (Green River) r 46, pensioner late civil war, 24th Reg. Mass. Infantry, farmer 90. WALLEN JOHN A., (Guilford Center) r 26, veterinary surgeon. WARD FRANK E., ((Guilford Center) r 28, town superintendent of schools, farmer 185. Ward Henry H., (Guilford) r 28, farm laborer. Ward Mary, (Guilford) r 17, widow of Samuel, aged 87. WARD SAMUEL B., (Guilford) r 30, breeder of grade Durham cattle, breeder of Morgan and Messenger horses, farmer 70. WEATHERHEAD ALONZO, (GuiKord) r 14, farmer 100. Weatherhead Alonzo J.. (Guilford) r 14, farmer 114. WEATHERHEAD ASENATH F., (Guilford Center) r 39, resident. Weatherhead Austin, (Guilford) r 53 cor 39, farmer 30. Weatherhead Charles G., (Guilford) r 52, carpenter and builder. Weatherhead Charles L., (Guilford) r 52 farmer, with Willard. Weatherhead Davis L., (Guilford) r 14, machinist. Weatherhead Edwin, (Guilford) r 17, farmer 95, and in Brattleboro 60. 36 554 TOWN OF GUILFORD. Weatherhead Eugene H., (Guilford) r 37, son of Hiram. Weatherhead Henry A., (Guilford) r 14, son of Alonzo. Weatherhead Henry J., (Guilford) r 53, farmer. Weatherhead Hiram, (^Guilford) r 37, prop, of cider-mill, manuf of ox yokes and sleds, farmer 200. Weatherhead Jesse, (Guilford) r 33, farmer 165. WEATHERHEAD JOSEPH L., (Guilford Center) r 39, farmer 190. Weatherhead Willard, (Guilford) r 52, sugar orchard 500 trees, and far- mer 150. Weeks & Potter, (of Boston, Mass.,) (Andrew J. Weeks and Warren W.Potter,) props, of Guilford Mineral Spring farm, breeders of full blood Jersey cattle, reg., and farmers 165. WELD ISAAC A, (Guilford) r 39, prop, of shingle and cider-mill, and far- mer 130. Weld Willie A., (Guilford) r 39, son of Isaac A. Wheeler Stephen, (Guilford Center) r 20 cor 29, retired farmer 10. White Walter E., (Leyden, Mass.,) r 49, engineer on Boston & Providence R. R., and farmer iSo. White Walter L., (Leyden, Mass.,) r 49, farmer, son of \V. E. WHITNEY LEMUEL P., (Green River) r 24, sugar orchard 500 trees, dairy 10 covins, farmer 255. Whitney Lucius L., (Green River) r 2, farmer 25. Whitney Milton A., (Guilford) r 11, butcher. Whitnev Wesley E., (Green River) r 2, farmer. WHITNEY WILLIS F., (Green River) r 24, farmer, with L. P. Wilcox Angeline L., (Green River) r 44, widow of Cushman. Wilcox Everett, (Green River) r 46, farmer 150. Wilder Aaron, (Guilford) r 52, retired farmer, aged 95. Wilder George A., (Guilford) r 52, farmer, with J. M. WILDER HENRY M., (Guilford) r 52, manuf. of all kinds of buggies, car- riages, wagons and sleighs, painting, repairing and horse-shoeing, dealer in live stock, and farmer 43. WILDER JOSEPH M., (Guilford) r 52, carpenter, and blacksmith, and far- mer 100. WILDER WARREN J., (Guilford) r 38, prop, of cider-mill, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 300. Wilkins Barnard C, (Green River) r 35, peddler, and farmer 40. Willey Alonzo, (Bernardston, Mass.,) r 56, laborer. Williams Lyman E., (Green River) r 46. farmer 75. Wills Willie, (Guilford) r 52, farmer. Wilson Warren, (Green River) r 25, farmer 15. Wood Charles P . (Guilford Center) r 23, farmer 160. Woodard John W., (Green River) r 42, sugar orchard 8co trees, stone mason, and farmer 100. Worden David, (Green River) r 43, farmer 4. Worden L. Allen, (Green River) r 44, carpenter and farmer 100. Worden Lucius S., (Green River) r 25, carpenter, shoemaker, repairer of wagons, and farmer, 4. WORDEN MARCUS, (Guilford) r 28, carpenter and builder, farmer 140. WORDEN WORTHY G., (Guilford Center) r 28, school teacher, son of Marcus. WRISLEY LUKE L., (Green River) r 24, mason, carpenter and farmer. Yeaw Arthur E., (Guilford) off r 37, farmer. Yeaw Truman, (Guilford) off r 37, farmer 200. CLASSIFIED BUSII^ESS DI1[ECT0[[Y OIF WINDHAM COUNTY. EXPLAIVA-TIOIV. The towns are alphabetically arranged at the end of the line, under the business classifications. The postoffice address of each individual or firm follows after the same. Where no postoffice is given after the name, it signifies that the name of the postoffice and the township is the same. In the villages the name of the street is generally given and precedes that of the postoffice. The clssification of farmers is omitted in this list, as they can readily be found in the general list, by noting the figures at the end of the line, which indicate the number of acres owned or leased by each. Road numbers signify the same as in the general list. Academies and Schools. GLENWOOD CLASSICAL SEMINARY, H. H. Shaw, A. M., prin- cipal; Miss May Richmond, Miss Ella Bennett, and Miss Maria Steadman, assistants; Prof. G. W. Bryant, teacher of music. Main St., West Brattleboro, Brattleboro Rowland Elizabeth B., (private) Asylum st., " St. Joseph School,. Amelia Anna, Sister Superior, Walnut st. " St. Agnes Hall, Miss Jane Hapgood, prin., ii School St., Bellows Falls, Rockingham VERMONT ACADEMY, Horace M. Willard, A. M., principal, Sax- ton's River. Agents Railroad. See Railroad agents. Agents Ticket. See Railroad agents. Agricultural Implements. (See also Hardware, also General Merchants.) CLARK BARNA A., 5 Crosby Block, Brattleboro Dunklee Noah W., r 31I, West Brattleboro, MINER OZIAS L., r 47, PRATT J. HENRY, Oak cor Grove, " TAFT ISAAC B., Asylum st, Wood Edward A., 53 Main, " 556 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS — AUCTIONEERS. OSGOOD LUTHER, r 8, Newfane, • Brookline Howe DeWitt C, r 24, East Dover, Dover Fessenden Warren S, r i^. Green River, Guilford JOHNSON TYLER L., r 31, Vernon, Garfield Eo:bert S , Londonderry Thompson Leroy, r 25, South Londonderry, " BLODGETT ELLIOTT VV., off r 9, Newfane Gorham John B., r 6, Putney PARKER STERNE O., (manuf. of wire tooth rakes) r 45, East Put- ney, " *VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Nathan G. WiUiams, man- ager, Bellows Falls, Rockingham CAMPBELL'S GEORGE SONS, (horse powers, threshing machines, manure spreaders, "l r 40, Westminster West, Westminster PECK ORESTES F., (mowers) r 49. SALTER LYMAN Q., r 12, Grafton or Windham, Windham Apiarists. Cresey Romanzo C, 35 High St., Brattleboro PRATT J. HENRY, Oak cor Grove. STARK JEDEDIAH, r 50. South Halifax, Halifax DAY SIMEON S., • Jamaica Gray Charles S., r 32, ' Townshend Wright Henry C, r 19, Grafton, " Houghton Freeman J.,-r 39, Westminster, West, Westminster Apothecaries. (See Drugs and Medicines.) Architects and Builders. (See also Carpenters and Builders, and Masons and Builders.) Hines George A., 51 Canal St., Brattleboro Thayer Chauncey, r 17, Vernon Artists, Portraits, Landscapes, etc. (See also Photographers.) Boyden Sarah A., (crayon) 34 Canal St., Brattleboro "Gordon Mary S., (landscape) Main cor Terrace, " Hardie Robert G., Jr., (oil and crayon) 53 Canal St., " Schuster Lizzie F., Grove St., " WY.^TT & PHILLIPS, (water colors, India ink and crayon) 61 Main St., Birrett Charles, (crayon) Grafton White Mattie S., (crayon) r 29, " Ward Myron, (portrait painter) Putney Spaulding D. Nelson, (scenic and portrait painter) Prospect Hill, Bel- lows Falls, Rockingham Gorham Edwin E., (portrait and landscape) off r ;^S, Westminster West, Westminster Artists Materials. MITCHELL BROS, 15 Hotel block, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Auctioneers. WYMAN ANDREW A., r i, Cambridgeport, Athens HERRICK SETH M., Union block, Brattleboro AUCTIONEERS BARBERS AND HAIR DRESSERS. 557 Grafton Halifax Jamaica Londonderry- Putney Rockingham Wardsboro Brattleboro Rockingham PHELPS FRANCIS, Main cor Townshend, CLARK GEORGE L., r 31, West Hahfax, SPRAGUE LEWIS N., WAIT BARNETS., PARKER GEORGE P., r 47, East Putney, Lovell Leverett T., 2d., Bellows Falls, JOHNSON THOMAS S., r 23, West Wardsboro, Bakers tind Confectioners. (See also Confectionery, Fruits, &c.) *THURBER ALBERT E., 57 Main, [Card on page 484,] BELLOWS FALLS BAKERY, 5 Canal, Bellows Falls, Bands. (In Societies, etc., see contents.) Banks. BRATTLEBORO SAVINGS BANK, B. D. Harris, pres.; C. W. Wyman, treas.; Main st., Brattleboro PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK, Parley Starr, pres.; William A. Faulkner, cashier; Main cor Elliot, " VERMONT NATIONAL BANK, William P. Cune, pres.; George S. Dowley, cashier; Main cor Elliot, " VERMONT SAVINGS BANK, Frederick Holbrook, pres.; N. F. Cabot, treas.; 109 Main, " Jamaica Savings Bank, William Harris, pres.; J. C. Robinson treas.; Main St., Jamaica West River National Bank, Main st., " WINDHAM COUNTY SAVINGS BANK, S. D. Winslow, pres.; Milon Davidson, treas.; Newfane BELLOWS FALLS SAVINGS INSTITUTION, H. C. Lane, pres.; John H. Williams, treas.; Centennial block, Bellows Falls, Rockingham NATIONAL BANK OF BELLOWS FALLS, J. H. Williams, pres.; P. H. Hadley, cashier. Centennial block, Bellows Falls, " Wilmington Savings Bank, E. L. Fuller, of Whitingham, pres.; H. Mann, Jr., treas.; West Main St., Wilmington Barbers and Hair Dressers. Baker Robert H., 39 Main St., Brattleboro Cook James G., Main st, " RATTE PRUDENT, 103 Main st, " Schneider Conrad, Bank block, Elliot St., " Spaulding George, r 31, " WEEKS FRANK W., 24 Main st, Howard John L., Jamaica Wellman Wilbur H., WILKINS BYRON M., Main st, Londonderry Downs Frank O., Main cor Circle st., Putney Embo Cyrille, Russell st.. Bellows Falls, Rockingham Faneuf Ferdinand, Factory st. cor Main. Saxton's River, "' Flavin John H., The Square cor Rockingham St., Belbws Falls, " Foote Ed. & F. E., The Square, Bellows Falls, Harriman Selah D., The Square, Bellows Falls, " Largess Napoleon B., Towns Hotel, Bellows Falls, " WHEELER GEORGE D., Bellows Falls, Howe David, r 19, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon 558 BARK DEALERS — BLACKSMITHS AND HORSESHOERS. ^MITCHELL A. S., TAFT ROYAL E., r 14, Lawrence Martin R., r 17^, Bartonsville, Basket Makers, Nash George W., r 22, West Brattleboro, Bathrick Henry E., r 27, Walkup John W., r 20, Ramsey Ernest E., Bellows Falls, WARE SYLVESTER M., Canal st., Bellows Falls, Clark Lewis, r 43, Saxton's River, Dunnakin Calvin J., r 16, West Northfield, Mass., Bee Keepers. See Apiarists. Billiards. Hildreth Frank, Main St., Howe Moses B., Crosby block, BUCKMAN ROSWELL H., Westminster st. Bark Dealers. (See also Tanners.) P. O. address Box 11, East Lexington, Mass. Jamaica Rockingham Brattleboro Grafton Putney Rockingham Vernon Brattleboro Bellows Falls, Rockingham Bill Poster. GREEN FRANK, Jr., at I. N. Thorn & Sons, Blacking Manufacturer. Dunham Alva, r 17^^, Bartonsville, Blacksmiths and Horseshoers. Bailey C. W. & Son, 65 ElHot St., Brown Samuel A., Asylum st., Cobb Daniel P., Canal st, Elliot Charles S., r 30, Elm St., Loomis Nelson W., MATTOON JOSEPH C, r 31, West Brattleboro, POND GEORGE W., r 30, Pratt Wallace D., Spring st., Sargeant Chauncey D., r 11, Walker Fitch B., Frost St., Marsh Norman C, r 3, DAVIS FRANCIS L., cor r 37 and 38, West Dover, Knight John, r 32, Ward Elliot, r 26, East Dover, Clark Myron, Davis Charles, West Dummerston, Stj^kney Benjamin, r 38, West Dummerston, Clough Worthy E., Main St., Johnson Charles A., r 13, JEPSON HERBERT C, Newton Horace M., r 15, Rudd Richark K., r 52, TAFT FRED H., r 27 cor 28, Guilford Center, TAFT HORACE, r 27 cor 28, Guilford Center, WILDER HENRY N., r 52, Brattleboro Rockingham Brattleboro Brookhne Dover Dummerston tl Grafton (( Guilford BLACKSMITHS AND HORSESHOERS. 559 MINER FRANCIS T, r 31, West Halifax, Halifax Amsden John L., off r 15, Jamaica BARNES WILLIAM L., KINGSBURY AUSTIN A., Rawsonville, Rawson Judson L., Rawsonville, • " Albee William A., South Londonderry, Londonderry Blair Frederick, Main st., " CLOUGH HARVEY R., r 30, Pierce Joel T., r 20, " Whitman Charlie A., Main st., South Londonderry, '* WHITAKER JULIUS L., r 15, Marlboro Coane Charles D., r 34, East Dover, Newfane NEWTON REUBEN M., O'LEARY ARTHUR, Williamsville, PARK ELIHU, r II, " WELLMAN HENRY B., r ii, " COBB NORMAN, Jr., r 45, East Putney, Putney Leeman Frank E., r 44 cor 47, " Willard Charles B., Factory^st., " Willard Warner, Circle St., " Benson Dexter C, r 26, Rockingham Cobb Fred R., Rockingham st.. Bellows Falls, " Diamond Stephen M., Main st.^ Cambridgeport, " Johnson Granville R., r 3, Bartonsville, " Lovell William M., (farrier) 3, Bartonsville, " McGreen & Broderick, Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " Rogers George M., rear of 10 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " Milliken Royal, Saxton's River, " Walker Romanzo C, River St., Saxton's River, " Woods John T., Main St., Saxton's River, " Sheldon Lafayette, r 11, Stratton Adams Jerome G., West Townshend, Townshend Ingalls Williams H., r 32, " Marcille Moses, r 32, " Weatherbee ElUott M., r 37, " Lee George N., r 14 cor 13, ' Vernon Peeler Ethan L., r 9, " STREETER BENJAMIN A., r 10, Streeter Noyes, r 9, BENSON & SON, r (^, Wardsboro Brown Gillman B., r 34, " INGALLS JAMES W., r ig, West Wardsboro, Rice Ezra L., r 19, Wells Jesse E., r 14, Cobb Madison, r 26, Westminster CORY WILLIAM W., r 59, Putney, ' '*' Metcalf George W., r 34, Spalding Charles H. L., r 7, Bellows Falls, " Winchester Benjamin F., r 39, Westminster West, " CHAMBERLAIN DANA J., r 33, Jacksonville, Whitingham Farnsworth Luther R. & George W., r 31, Jacksonville, " Gillett Herbert B., (horse-shoer) " JEPSON HERBERT C, r 33, Jacksonville, i:;6o BLACKSMITHS AND HORSESHOERS BOOTS AND SHOES, ETC. OGILVIE SEYMOUR M., (horse-shoer and carriage irouer) r ^;i, Jacksonville, Whitingham Courtemanche Joseph, Wilmington Courtemanche Tunis, •' HAYNES ESTUS W., r i6, Howe Oscar F., " Donley Alexander, r 29, Windham Boats to Let. Fitzsimmons Edward, Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Book Agents. MORRILL JULIUS A., (Scribners) Bellows Falls, Rockingham Severance Fred C, r 18, West Northfield, Mass, Vernon GRANT GEORGE W., r 21, Book Binders. SALISBURY GEORGE H., 41 Main st., Brattleboro Books and Stationery. CHENEY & CLAPP, 6 Crosby block, GEDDIS WILLIAM R., 115 Main St., *SELLOCK & DAVIS, (stationery) 8 Main, Davis Henry H., Westminster St., Bellows Falls. Rockingham HOLDEN WILL A., The Square, Bellows Falls, Howe Wayne B., Main st., Saxton's River, " MITCHELL BROS., 15 Hotel Block, Bellows Falls, Woods George F., Westminster st., Bellows Falls, " Boots and Shoe.s, Dealers and Shoemakers. (See also General Merchants.) Boynton Austin F., i3 Main, Brattleboro Cutler George, 18 Main, " *DROWN & BLISS, Brook's House block, Eddy Amasa T., 3 Main, " Judge Thomas, 32 Main, " SIMONDS HENRY W., Elliot st., «' Stevens Hiram F., 36 Main, " Wells Arthur, South Main cor Canal, •' Newell Job A., r 26, West Dover, Dover Abbott Peter, r 20, West Dummerston, Dummerston Everleth George, r 58, West Dummerston, " Page Joseph C, Grafton Orcutt EHsha K., r 15, Guilford PUTNAM AUGUS'lUS W., r 21, Guilford Center, Worden Lucius S., r 25, Green River. " NILES JESSE M., r 31, West Hahfax, Halifax DAY SIMEON S., Jamaica Gould Henry P., r 21, . " Wells Samuel, " Allen .A.lbert M., r 49, South Londonderry, Londonderry Walker George, Church St., South Londonderry, " Knapp Fayette W., r 34, East Dover, Newfane Mack Henry H., r 9, •* Redfield George W., Williamsville, " BOOTS AND SHOES, ETC. BUILDING MOVERS. 561 Sherwin Sylvanus, Shipman James W., Williamsville, SPARKS SYLVESTER W., r 42, Williamsville, Marcotte Antoine, r 42, Prouly Isaac R., High St., Amsden Monroe J., Main st, Saxton's River, Frost Charles S., Main st., Saxton's River, Harriman & Roche, Westminster st., Bellows Falls, Holden Amos F., The Square, Bellows Falls, Keefe John T., 30 Blake's block, Bellows Falls, Tehan Thomas, Bellows Falls, Martin Marshall M., r 38, Sanderson I. Eugene, r 30, West Townshend, Freeman Joel A., West Northfield, Mass., Newton William A., r 18, West Northfield, Mass., Randolph Edmund, r g, Slate Charles, off r 10, Phillips Samuel S., r 6, SMEAD HENRY C, r 24 cor 18, Cutler Bradford, r 31, Cutler William, r 31, Harris Jonas, r 34, HATCH JAMES W., r 33, Jacksonville, Barber Hardy F., BARBER LUTHER H., Hubbard Horace M., Smith Asa, r 36, South Windham, Bottling Works. EDDY C. H. & CO., (ginger ale, soda, etc.,) Flat st., Box Factories. PIERCE FRANKLIN L., r 45, BACON BROS., Mill st.. Bellows Falls, Brewery. WALKER, DEWEY & BLAKE, Bellows Falls, Brick Manufacturers. AKLEY HENRY, r 39, West Brattleboro, Marsh Daniel H., r 41, West Brattleboro, HOUGHTON JOSEPH M., r 11, McClure John, r 35, Ward Joseph F., r34. Bridge Builders. BROWN JAMES F., r 31, West Townshend, Broom Maker. Thayer Solomon, r 20, Building Movers. GALLUP AMOS S., off r 43, Green River, LYNDE GILBERT D., r 42, Green River, Wilder John, Bellows Falls, Newfane a Putney (( Rockingham Townshend (C Vernon (( Wardsboro Westminster Whitingham Wilmington Windham Brattleboro Putney Rockingham Walpole, N. H. Brattleboro Guilford Westminster Townshend Vernon Guilford Rockingham 562 BUTTER BOX AND TUB MANUFACTURERS — CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. Butter Box and Tub Manufacturers. (See also Coopers, also Tub Manufacturers.) White Cassius G., r 22, Jamaica PIERCE W. W. & CO., Main St., South Londonderry, Londonderry ESTABROOK JEDADL^VH C, r 24, Wardsboro Corse James O., r ;^;^, Jacksonville, Whitingham PORTER HERBERT G., r S3, Jacksonville, PUTNAM EDWIN E., r s^, Jacksonville, STETSON BROS., r ^5, Jacksonville, WHEELER OTIS B., r — , , Titus Edwin, r 42, Wilmington Cabinet Makers. (See also Furniture Manufacturers and Dealers.) WILDER ANDREW F., Tyler's block, Brattleboro Vaile Melvin, r 4, Rawsonville, Jamaica Spencer Sidney A., r 49, Westminster BROWN LEONARD, r 33, Jacksonville, Whitingham Calciminers. (See also Painters.) Willard Everett E., Brattleboro Willard Linus B., Canal st., " PRATT MELVIN R., Newfane Brooks William H., r 27, Bellows Falls, Westminster Houston John, r 8, Bellows Falls, " Cancer Doctor. *ROBINSON AMOS, St. Albans Carpenters and Builders. (See also Architects and Builders, and Masons and Builders.) Perham Daniel S., r 15, Athens Whitney Ralph, r 18, " ADAMS WINTHROP H., 29 Washington st., Brattleboro Alvord Abner O., Elm cor First, , " Amidon Ephraim, Maple St., " Barrett Alanson r 44, West Brattleboro, " Barrett Lockhart H., 7 Canal, " Bishop George I., r 31, West Brattleboro, " Bingham Marshall W., Chestnut St., " Bulkley Wilham G., Washington St., '" Carey Marvin G., Elhot St., Cathan Amandrin, 20 High St., " Clisbee H;;nry N., r 32, West Brattleboro, '* Coats Ezekiel B., 28 Washington St., " Eddy Nelson L., 53 High st., " ElHs William T., 3 South Main, FARNSWORTH ROBERTUS H., Western ave., Fisher George W., r 30, " Fisher William H., r 31, West Brattleboro, " Gibbs Almon B., Harris Albert R., " Harwood Gilbert D., r 31, West Brattleboro, " CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 563 Haywood Jerry E., Walnut St., Brattleboro Hildreth John, r 3ii-, " Hill Alexander F., " HINES ALONZO H., 46 Green St., Houghton Harvey, 24 Canal St., " Ingram Willard, Brook St., " Knight Thomas J., r 30, " Lord Lysander, Forest St., " Mack Oscar B., 31 Green. " Marsh George D., 58 Elliot, " Monroe Edmund, Chestnut St., " Mason Charles N., r 31, West Brattleboro, " NILES FAYETTE H., 23 Washington, Perham Elbridge, Vine St., " Reed Frank, h Reed Hill, RICE CHARLES N., Maple St., Root Jarvis, Atwood lane, " SARGENT GEORGE B., r 11, Sargent Nathan Wallace, r 31^, " Sawen Edgar D , Elliot st., " Smith Jonathan, Elm St., " Stearns William, Elliot St., " Stockwell George F., r 31, West Brattleboro, " Stowe A. Wells, r 31, West Brattleboro, ' " Thomas Arnold, South Main St., " Thomas Frederick R., r 13, " TUCKER JOHN M., h Chase St., Whitaker Ethan S., r 32, West Brattleboro, " White Noyes H., 30 High St., " Whitney Joseph G., r 44, West Brattleboro, '* Wilcox John C, h Brook st , , " Willard George S., Birge st., " , Willard Joel F., Birge st., Willard Oscar, Estey St., " Willcut Henry, 12 Clark St., " Williams Isaac A., 82 Frost St., " Witt Lucian A., Chestnut St., " Winchester Hiram, r 31, West Brattleboro, • " Wyatt Ammi N., Wesselhoeft Place, " BUSH E. WRIGHT, r 12, Newfane, Brookline BUSH JACOB, r 12, Newfane, Rist William, r i, Stebbins William P., r 6, Newfane, " Whitney Erastus, r 2, Bartlett James L., r 17, West Dover, Dover BOGLE MOSES J., r 37, West Dover, HALL CLINTON L., r 26, East Dover, LAZELLE OSCAR A., r 27, East Dover, " METCALF JAMES H., r 26 cor 27, West Dover, " Moore Silas H., r 37, West Dover, " Smith Alanson C., r 37, West Dover, ' *' Yeaw Frank E., cor r 41 and 43, East Dover, " Bailey Abner B., r 20, West Dummerston, Dummerston 564 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. -<1CANCERS!>- -^-^.-* »>» —IT IS DONE WITHOUT THE USE OF- RRSENIC, THE KNIFE, DR ERRUIING EL DDE, — AND IF APPLIED IN TIME IS— CERTAIN DEATH TD A EANCER. <«« >—• — < »» 1^^ Patients treated at jny residence in Swanton, or at their homes. A ddress, DR. AMOS ROBINSON, Drawer 121. ST. ALBANS, VT. CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 565 COMBS LEWIS C, r 25, West Dummerston, Dummerston Houghton John F., r 47 cor 49, Brattleboro, " Miller H. Harry, r 9, " Norcross Alonzo O., r 22 cor 23, West Dummerston, " Norcross Henry H., r 23, West Dummerston, " Randall Lewis, rio, " Reed Benjamin A., r 31, " Reed Stephen D., r 23, West Dummerston, *' SAMSON FREDERICK E., r 20, West Dummerston, Stickney Peter, r 39, West Dummerston, " Blodgett Luther, r 21. Grafton Gallup William H., r 26, " Gibson Alden B., Chester st., " Sparks John L., " StowellJ. Henry, Main St., " Stowell James H., r 10, " Thompson Herbert E,, Cambridgeport, " WRIGHT MARSHALL W., r 28, Wyman Russell H., r ^^, Cambridgeport " Barstow Gervis, Guilford Center, Guilford Bond Dexter S., r 2, Green River, " Boyden Samuel B., r 18, " Brackett Charles F., r 27, Green River. . " CARPENTER BROS., (bridge) r 39, " ELLINGWOOD HART J., Bernardston, Mass., " FRANKLIN GEORGE W., r 39, " GALLUP AMOS S., off r 43, Green River, ' " HALLADAY OBED H., r 10, Brattleboro, Howard Erastus C, r 27, Green River, '* Keith Vinal, r 2. Green River, " LYNDE GILBERT D., r 42. Green River, MONTAGUE FRANKLIN E., r 44, Green River, Orcutt Elisha K., r 15, " Parker Willard, r 38, Potter Charles P., r 22, Guilford Center, •' Koberts Russell L., r 35, Barnardston, Mass., " STAFFORD JOHN A., r II. THOMAS CALEB V., r 25, Green River, Thomas Henry, r 37, " Weatherhead Charles G., r 52, " Worden L. Allen, r 47, Green River, " Worden Lucius S., r 25, Green River, " WORDEN MARCUS, r 28, WRISLEY LUKE S., r 24, Green River, Burnett Albert, r 44, Halifax GRIFFIN HENRY W., r 30, West Halifax, Kingsley Ozias D., r ^3, West Halifax, " Wallen Harrison, r 28, " Worden Albert F., r ;i;^, West Halifax, " WORDEN FRANK, r 31, West Halifax, ALLEN MILTON E , Depot St., Jamaica, Amsden John L., off r 15, " CLARK CHARLES S., Factory st., 566 CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. ELLIS GEORGE H., r 41, . Jamaica FARR JAMES M., r 34, Howard David, r 3, Rawsonville, " Howard Eugene, r 3, Rawsonville, «' Howard Lewis, r 47, Wardsboro, " Howard Orison S., r 34, " JOHNSON WILLIAM B., LANDMAN CHARLES H., r 6 cor 3, Rawsonville, Sanders Harland W., " Sanders Harvey W., " Sanders Herbert W., " Sanders Hiland W., " Sanders Horace W., " Skinner Moses C, r 24, " White William W., r 32, Clayton Moses N., r 30, Londonderry Dean Fred C, r 44, South Londonderry, JOHNSON NAPOLEON B., South Londonderry, Parker Gilbert L., " Patterson Hiram, Main st., " Sheldon Lorenzo P , Mainst., . " Westcott Fernando N., " Whitman John, South Londonderry, " Williams Adril, r 51, South Lcndonderry, ' " Young Alfred, r 17, " CORBETT CECIL M., r 49, West Marlboro, Marlboro CORBETT JOHN N., r 49, West Marlboro, Betterley Philander C, Williamsville, Newfane BROWN CLARK L., r 36, East Dover, Eager Benjamin C, " Houghton Marshall, Williamsville, " Knapp Clark A., r 35, East Dover, " Morse Frank H., East Dover, " Morse Luke O., Williamsville, " MORSE SAMUEL, BOLSTER JOEL C, r 42, Putney Clough William, r 42, " Cobb David R., Gale Marshall H , r 45, " HALL FRANK J., rig, Ploughton Curtis E., " Houghton Ebenezer F., r 42, " Johnson George S., Factory st., " Mansfield Emery, r 19 cor 41, " O'Neal Patrick C, Factory st., " PRIEST NEWTON E., r 19, Sischo John T., r 11, Westmoreland Depot, N. H., " Aher John, Mammoth block, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Albee James B., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " Baird Samuel E., 46 Green, Bellows Falls, " Boucher Joseph, Bellows Falls, '• Burnham Fred E., Bellows Falls, " Bush John A., 19 South, Bellows Falls, " CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 567 Butterfield Charles E., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Buxton Benajah C, Jr., Bellows Falls, " Cotta Eugene C, Bellows Falls, " Cram James B., rj, Bartonsville, " Cutler Frank F., lo School St., Bellows Falls, " Fddy Earl G., 34 Canal St., Bellows Falls, " Edson Josiah E., r 3, Bartonsville, " Eassett Herbert H., Bellows Falls, " FITZSIMMONS EDWARD, (ship) Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, Fuller William H., Farr's block, Bellows Falls, - " Gibson Clement H., 24 Green St., Bellows Falls, " Gould Elmer E,, 34 Canal, Bellows Falls, " Gould Stillman, Williams St., Bellows Falls, *' Griswold Joseph, 18 South st.. Bellows Falls, " Hall Oscar, Terrace St., Bellows Falls, " Hapgood Elbridge, 26 School st.. Bellows Falls, " Hildreth Edward W., Bellows Falls, Holden Merritt H , r 43, Saxton's River, " Howard Sidney A., r 30, Bellows Falls, " Howard Will, Bellows Falls, " Howard WiUard H.. Jr., Bellows Falls, HUDSON SULLIVAN, Terrace St., Bellows Falls, Lamb Alden E., Bellows Falls, " Lawton George S., Bellows Falls, " Lockwood Lorenzo D., Bellows Falls, " *LOCKWOOD & WHEELER, New Terrace, Bellows Falls, Low Rosvvell, 38 Canal St., Bellows Falls. " Manning Henry, New Terrace, Bellows Falls, " Manning William H., Bellows Falls, " Miller James, Bellows Falls, " Moore John F., Bellows Falls, " Morrison Solon D., Saxton's River, " Moulton Ansel A., Bellows Falls, " MULQUEEN THOMAS. Bellows Falls, Nichols T. A., Bellows Falls, *• Olden Joseph J., Bellows Falls, " Osgood Charles W., Bellows Falls, " Perry Amasa R., Bellows Falls, " Phelps Frank B., Bellows Falls, Phelps Henry A., Bellows Falls, " Pope George E., Bellows Falls, " Pratt Augustus H., BelloA's Falls, " Prouty Oric, Bellows FaHs, " Ramsey John H.. Saxton's River, " Rand Joseph F., Bellows Falls, " Severance Joseph, Saxton's River, " Smith Arthur A., Bellows Falls, " Smith John J., Bellows Falls, " Smith Moses E., r 16, . '* Spaulding Walter S., Bellows Falls, " Spring Adelbert G., Bellows Falls, ; «' • Stone George H., Bellows Falls, • " Stowell Oscar D., r 26, " 568 CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. Straight William A., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Strong Lewis R., Bellows Falls, " Strong Lycurgus, Bellows Falls, " Taylor WiUiam H., Bellows Falls, Tenney Lewis, Saxton's River, " Thompson Herbert, Cambridgeport, " Underwood George, Bellows Falls, " Welch George E., Bellows Falls, " WESTGATE STRATTON W., Saxton's River, WHITMAN IRA E., Bellows Falls, Wilder Willie, Bellows Falls, Williams Henry C, Bellows Falls, " Woodward Wright M., Saxton's Fiver, " Wright John W^, Bellows Falls, Allen Seth T., r 30, West Townshend, Townshend Brown James F., r 31, West Townshend, '• Chamberlin Harrison H., » " Hall Charles H., r 14, *' Manning William H., r 32 cor 37, Plumb Francis E., r 38^, ' Sanders Hynes W., 132, '• BROOKS ADDISON L., r 10^, Vernon Brooks Uriel, r 12, " Brown Edwin B., r lo, " DAVIS CHARLES E., r 14, FAIRMAN GEORGE E., r 9I Johnson Elias P., r 14, *' Peeler AUender, '•14, " Peeler Elliot R., r 9, ■ " Rav Gilbert W., r 20, Stebbins Chandler H., off r 14, Stockwell Elijah T., r 14, " White Cyrus M., r 13, Eddv Asa G., r 15, Wardsboro ESTABROOK SAMUEL G., r 24, JOHNSON THOMAS F., r 23. West Wardsboro, Shipman Ezra O., r 19, West Wardsboro, " Willard Wales H., r 16, Adams Abel, r 30, Westminster Station, Westminster Butterfield Edwin G., r 39, Westminster West, " Church Charles H., r 28, Westminster Stition, " Moore John B., r 7, Bellows Falls, " Nichols Truman A., r 8. • " Parmenter Lucian N., r 3, Saxton's River, " RICHARDSON LUCIUS C, (builder) r 35, RICHMOND BENJAMIN F., r 31, SHATTUCK SAMUEL A., r 54,;Westminster West, Sischo Samuel, r 31, " Spencer Sidney A., r 49, " Underwood Joseph H., r3r, " Walker Barton A., r 39, West.ninster West, " Willard Henry A., r 31/ " BALLOU HOSEA B., Whitingham CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS CARRIAGES, WAGONS, SLEIGHS, ETC. 569 Barker Simon, Whitingham Bishop Luna, r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., " BISHOP MILTON B., r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., Corse James O , r 33, Jacksonville, " Easton Solomon G., r 38, Jacksonville, " HATCH JAMES W., r S3, Jacksonville, Hull Fred W., r 26, f< Morse Elliot K.,r 36 cor 37, Jacksonville, " PEEBLES EMERY, r 31, Jacksonville, PEEBLES JAMES M., r 33, Jacksonville, Pike Otis H., r ;^^, Jacksonville, " Porter George, r 8. Jacksonville, " PORTER HERBERT G., r 3^, Jacksonville, REED ELMER J., Sawyer Fred W., r 58, Jacksonville, " Stetson Ezra, r ^^, Jacksonville, " Averill Philetus, Wilmington Haskell Ephraim, r 40, " Haynes George E., << PIKE SAMUEL C, r 25, <« Pike John L., '< Rose George, • t< Wellman Chandler F., r 48, «' WHITE JAMES L., r 55, Wilder Oscar F., r 45, " Gould EUiot J., r 14, Windham HARRINGTON RANSLEY, r 36, Pike Silas, r 28, South Windham, " Rhoades Aaron A., r 19, " Carpet Dealers. BROWN C. L. & SON, 2, 4 and 6 Main st., Brattleboro Houghton Henry F., Main, " PRATT OSCAR J., 67 Main. RETTING BROS., High st.. Chase Clark, The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Winnewisser August F., The Square, Bellows Falls, " Carpet Weaver. Harrington Ardelia, r 26, Whitingham Carriage, Wagon and Sleigh 3Ianulacturers and Wheelwrights. Adkins John F., r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro AKELEY CHARLES, r 41, West Brattleboro, CLARK GEORGE W., Spring st., Herrick Herbert C, r 47, " Johnson Eugene C, r 47, " Martin John H., Flat St., " RAY JOHN L., (dealer) 22 Main st, «' ROCKWELL & SHERWIN, Elm st., SHEPARDSON ORRIN P., 26 Washington st., Smith & Hunt, (children's carriages) Frost st., " Stebbins John H., Canal cor South Main st., " Whitney Erastus, r 2, BrookHne 37 570 CARRIAGES, WAGONS, SLEIGHS AND WHEELWRIGHTS. DAVIS FRANCIS L., cor r 37 and 38, West Dover, HALL CLINTON L., r 26, East Dover, Moore Silas H., r 37, West Dover, Dutton Winslow, r 29, Stickney Benjamin, r 38, West Dummerston, Amsden Jonas H., r 28, French Dexter B., Water St., French George N. & Son, School st.. Walker Harry H., r T9, Barstow Gervis, Guilford Center, Brackett Charles F., r 27, Green River, FRANKLIN GEORGE W., r 39, MONTAGUE FRANKLIN E., r 44, Green River, Smith & Hunt, (children's carriages) Brattleboro, WILDER HENRY N., r 52, Worden Lucius S., (repairer) r 25, Green River, Kingsley Ozias D., r 33, West Halifax, Ramson Judson L., Rawsonville, RICHMOND GEORGE F., r 22, ST. ONGE JOSEPH, Main st.. South Londonderry, Westcott Fernando N., Whitman John, South Londonderry, Whitman Silas, Main st., South Londonderry, Dickinson George W., Williamsville, FISH FREDERICK A., Warren Albert T., Whitney Solomon F., Buxton Albert, r 45, East Putney, Farnum Charles F., r 11, HALL FRANK J., r 19, Clark Albert, rear 10 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, Earl Sidney R., River St., Saxton's River, GRAVES JOHN W., Main st., Saxton's River, Kmght W. E. & Son, near Main St., Saxton's River, Lovell Leverett T., 2d, Bellows Falls, Severence Joseph, Saxton's River, Whitman Orrin H., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, Ingalls William H., r 32, Kimball John R., West Townshend, Sanders Hynes W., r 32, MARTIN ADDISON J., r 6, Smith Robert H., r 7^, Atcherson Byron F., r 34, BARNES MYRON O., (dealer in wagons) off r 38, West Wellman Horace E., r 39, Westminster West, Brown Hezekiah N., Davis Arad A., r 23, FOSTER WILLARD, r 27^, Shepardson Henry C, r 33, Jacksonville, HARRIS LUCIUS, r 36, Howe Oscar F., Wilder Oscar G., r 4^, RICHARDSON GEORGE A., r 29, Dover (( (( Dummerston Grafton (( (( Guilford Halifax Jamaica Londonderry Newfane Putney Rockingham Townshend Wardsboro Westminster minster West, " Whitingham Wilmington Windham CARRIAGE AND SLEIGH STOCK — CIDER MILLS. 571 Carriage and Sleigh Stock. Eddy William B., r 7^, MORSE EDWARD S., r 7^, Cement Water Pipe. (See also Sewer Pipe.) Lake Clark S., Saxton's River, Carriage Trimmers. See Harness Makers. Chair Manufacturers. (See also Furniture Dealers.) FISHER EZRA E., r 31, West Brattleboro, ALBEE GEORGE L., r 25, HULL ANDREW JACKSON, r 26, Chair Stock Manufacturers. DAVIS JOHN B., r 19 cor 35, West Dover, PROUTY, BROWN & HALE, r 26, East Dover, Prouty & Brown, r 26, East Dover, MARSH & LELAND, (splints) Hagar Albert M. V., r 54, Jacksonville, STONE BROTHERS, r 37, West Halifax, STONE ELIAS, cor 37 and 37^ South Halifax, Thurber Albert L., r 14, West Halifax, WARREN OILMAN, r 18, West Brattleboro, Adams John Q., r 23, GLEASON WILLIAM F., r 34, Houghton Benjamm B., r 3, Rawsonville, WARDWELL & FLINT, Abbott Ora S., South Londonderry, Farnum Ceylon D., Main St., South Londonderry, Livermore Austin F., r 45, South Londonderry, Stewart Henry J., r 50, Rawsonville, Wood Frank M., South Londonderry, Cheney Jeduthan H., r 37, Williamsville, Davenport, Underwood & Co., PIERCE FRANKLIN L., r 45, Eddy Francis W., r 40, GOODELL A. A. & CO., West Townshend, WILLARD CHARLES H., 2d, r 38^, HOWE EDWARD R., r 16, Kidder Herbert E., r 35, South Wardsboro, Lamson Caleb B., r 7^, Cheney Wales A., r 33, Jacksonville, Corkins Elisha J., r ^^, Jacksonville, STETSON BROTHERS, r S3, Jacksonville, Pierce Ezra, r 29, South Windham, Cider Mills. CARPENTER OLIVER H., r 3, West Brattleboro, Chamberlain William M., r 2, West Brattleboro, Dunklee Edward C, r 4, West Brattleboro, Wardsboro Rockingham Brattleboro Whitingham Dover Grafton Halifax Jamaica Londonderry Newfane (( Putney Townshend Wardsboro Whitingham Windham Brattleboro 572 CIDER MILLS — CLAIM AGENTS. GOODENOUGH HENRY F., r 39, West Brattleboro, JOHNSON LEWIS J., r 21, West Brattleboro, Nesbit John, r 45, West Brattleboro, Thayer Lorenzo D., r 48, WOOD JOHN S., r 45, West Brattleboro, Adams Asaph C, r 6. South Wardsboro, LEONARD EROS. & BOGLE, r 34 cor 37, West Dover, Knight Riley E., r 13, Putney, Newton Julius C., r 35, Brattleboro, Reed Edward F., r 29, Stockwell Dv_^nsmore M., r 72, Williamsville, TAFT JOHN, r 39, West Durnmerston, Thomas Alonzo D., r 13, WHITE & WILBUR, r 28, AKELEY MARTIN, r 4, West Brattleboro, AKELEY RANSOM W., r 6, West Brattleboro, BULLOCK JOHN L., r 7, Guilford Center, GALE JANE E., r 14, WILDER WARREN J., r 38, Weatherhead Hiram, r 37, WELD ISAAC A., r 39, WARREN OILMAN, r 18, West Brattleboro, Ryder Fred M., r 32, VIALL PHILETUS, r 35, South Londonderry, Brooks William A., Jr., (and jelly) r 42, Williamsville, Hoyt Henry H., (and jelly) Williamsville, Radway Frank A., r 10, Pierce Frederick O., r45, East Putney, Adams Lucius W., r 3, Bartonsville, FRANKLIN WOODBURN A., r 4. Guilford, NEWTON CHARLES H., DOOLITTLE ALBERT T., oft r 34, South Wardsboro, Ramsdell J. W. & Son, r 24, HOUGHTON H. N. & L C, r 24, Green River, CAMPBELL'S GEORGE SONS, r 40, Westminster West, BISHOP MILTON B., r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., Pike Willard, r 41, STETSON BROS., r S3, Jacksonville. Titus Edwin, r 42, (and jelly,) Civil Engineers and Surveyors. Balistier Joseph N., Jr., r 10, Clark George II., South Canal st., Hines George A., 51 Canal St., Phelps Samuel, Main St., HASKELL CHARLES F. B., r 14, Norton Charles H., r 9, DAVIS MARVIN W., (surveyor) r 10, Bellows Falls, DIX CHARLES W., r 52, Jacksonville, Brattleboro u (( (( u Dover Durnmerston Grafton (I Guilford Halifax Jamaica Londonderiy Newfane Rockingham Vernon Wardsboro Westminster Whitingham Wilmington Brattleboro Grafton Vernon Westminster Whitingham Claim Agents. (See Pension and Claim Agents.) CLERGYMEN. 573 Clergymen. Edwards Othniel B., (M. E.) r 15, Athens Clayton Austin W., (M. E.) r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro COLLINS WILLIAM H., A. M., (Episcopal) h Tyler St., Crothers Samuel M., (Unitarian) High St., " Cunningham Patrick, (Catholic) h Walnut St., " GROUT LEWIS, (Cong.) r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro Lee Samuel H., (Cong,) h North Main st., " Merritt Charles H., (Cong.) r 31, West Brattleboro, " Ober Benjamin, (retired Cong.) 17 Green, " Powers Charles R., (Baptist) r 32 cor 31, West Brattleboro, " Smith Origen, (Baptist) 22 Canal St., " Tower Francis E., (Baptist) h Main st., " Truax Albert B., (M. E.) h 48 High, " TuUer Charles D., (Baptist) 40 Clark st., " Tyler Thomas, D. D., (retired Episcopal) Tyler St., " Whitney Elbert W., (Univ.) h 14 Main, Farrar Charles, (Baptist) r 7, Newfane, Brookline Kinney Luman, (Baptist) r37. East Dover, Dover Ward J. Earl, (Cong.) Grafton Sherman Cyrus S., (Baptist) cor r i and 2, Green River, Guilford Fowler Horace, (Baptist) r 37, South Hahfax, Hahfax Baker Orrin G, (Cong.) Jamaica Knapp James E., (M. E.) South Londonderry, Londonderry Leavitt Halsey C, (Baptist) South Londonderry, " Metcalf Royal D., (Cong.) " Mackie Thomas, (M. E.) South Londonderry, " Arms Goodsill F., (M. E.) East Dover, Newfane CROCKER WALLACE, r 40, (Baptist) Williamsville, '* LAWRENCE GEORGE W,, (Cong.) FOSTER AMOS, (Cong.;) r 19, Putney Harlow Lincoln, (Cong.) Knight Fred H., (M. E.) " PARSONS NAAMAN D., (Baptist) rig, Austin Harvey F., (M. E.) h 73 Atkinson, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Chapin George F., (Cong.) Saxton's River, " Emery J. Newton, (Universalis!) Bellows Falls, " Kenney Charles, (Advent) r 3, Bartonsville, " Page Frederick, (superannuated Univ.) Bartonsville, " RANDALL WILLIAM H., (Baptist) Saxton's River, " Riggs Albert, r 42, Cambridgeport, Roberts Warren H., (Episcopal) Church st.. Bellows Falls, " Wiley Sarah A. Mrs., (Spirhualist) r 25, " Acterian H. H., (Cong.) Townshend Mitchell Richard S., (Baptist) r 381, Porter George Rev. Dr., (Cong.) Suitzer Christopher J., (Cong.) West Townshend, " Fairman John. (Baptist) r 20, Vernon Bryant William A., (Methodist) r 7^ Wardsboro Hopkinson Henry M., (Baptist) r 20, West Wardsboro, Martin Addison J., (local preacher) r 6, Richardson Nathaniel, (Cong.) r 31, South Wardsboro, |^ Wells Dennis, (superannuated) r 7^, 574 CLERGYMEN COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dascomb Alfred B.. (Cong.) 131, Westminster Lewell John L., (Cong.) r 35, " STEVENS ALFRED, (Cong.) r 40, Westminster West, WILBUR WILLIAM N., (Baptist) off r 2, Saxton's River, BISHOP MILTON B., r 47, Readsboro, Ben. Co., Whitingham SHERMAN NATHAN D., (Universalist) Readsboro, Ben. Co., Forrest Hanson F., (M. E.) Wilmington GIFFORD JEREMIAH, (Universalist) r 60, Goodnow Augustus W., (Baptist) " TITUS HERBERT R., (Cong.) 14 West Main, Baker Henry V., (Baptist) South Windham, Windham Holbrook Amos, (Cong.) " Clothiers, Merchant Tailors and Tailors. (See also General Merchants.) Clark Ellen E., (tailoress) Tyler block, Main st., Brattleboro Gilbert Mary E. Mrs., (tailoress) Elliot St., " Joy Jane, (tailoress) 18 Canal St., " PRATT WRIGHT & CO., 3 Granite block. *STARKEY & WELLMAN, 3 Brooks House block, [Card on page 5 16.] » " WHITNEY F. A. & CO., 4 and 5 Granite Row, Woolley Arlette A., (tailoress,) Grafton Pierce Sarah A., (tailoress) South Londonderry, Londonderry Ballou Warren F.. (tailor) 6 Westminster, Bellows Falls, Rockingham CAPRON CHARLES E., The Square, Bellows Falls, Fletcher Charles L., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " Gray Oscar D., The Square, Bellows Falls, " HOWARD, GOODRICH & PIERCE, The Square, Bellows Falls, Hughes Kate, (tailoress) 8 Flemming Place, Bellows Falls, " ROBINSON & GARMON, (Blue Store) Union block. The Square, Bellows Falls, " Sabin Allen H., Saxton's River, " Smart Deha, (tailoress) Westminster St., Bellows Falls, " Walsh John, (tailor) Gray's block. Bellows Falls, " WATERMAN SARAH H., (tailoress) Bellows Falls, Hodgkins George, (tailor) bet r 26 and 14, Wardsboro Brown EUzabeth N., (tailoress) r ^^, Jacksonville, Whitingham Demming Theodore B., Wilmington Coal Dealers. BARROWS EDWARD B., 3 Main st., Brattleboro Gleason Austin J., 63 Main st., " MANNING TAMES D. & ELLEN, BOLSTER JOEL C, r 42, Putney HOWARD L. G. & C. E., Mammoth block. Bellows Falls, Rockingham Coffin and Casket Manufacturers. (See also Undertakers.) Taylor Don G., r 33, Jacksonville, Whitingham Commission Merchants. Crosby E. & Co., 9 Crosby block, Brattleboro HAPGOOD & ALDRICH, 17 and 19 Rockingham, and 15 Canal, Rockingham CONCRETE WALKS — CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. 575 Smith Henry F., 38 High St., Wilder John, Bellows Falls, Concrete Walks. Brattleboro Rockingham Confectioners, Fruits, Ice Cream, etc. (See also Bakers and Confectioners, also Grocers.) Cooper Enoch L., 65 Main St., Brattleboro *THURBER A. E., 57 Main St., Frost David M., r 47, East Putney, Putney CANEDY HARVEY L., 5 Canal, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Chapin Charles C. Washington St., Bellows Falls, " POLLARD ALPHNZO P., Cana' St., Bellows Falls, Contractors and Uuilders. (See also Architects and Builders, Carpenters and Builders, and Masons and Builders.) CHURCH JONATHAN A., Frost St., Brattleboro GOODRICH PHINEHAS B., Chase St., HARRIS BRODEN D., (railroad) h 15 Main st., Harris & Butterfield, " MILLER DAVID W., 19 Main St., " ORTON JOHN A., (light wood work) Harmony block, Plummer |. Dwight, 11 1 Main st., " BALLARD EDGAR A., Jamaica Bills Emery A., " HALL FRANK J., r 19, Putney GIBSON WAYNE T., Bellows Falls, Rockingham STUART SILAS W., Bellows Falls, Coopers. (See also Butter Tubs, also Wooden ware.) Holmes John W., r 11, Grafton CLOUGH ALONZO P., r 34, Jamaica Howard Mason F., " Howe Titus, r 15^, " Wilder George N., r 3^, Spaulding Simeon D., r 15, cor 8, Allen Charles A., r^ 16, Whitcomb Nathaniel, r 21, Allis Wells P., Bigelow Ivory, Wellman Chandler F., r 48, Butters Enoch, r 12, Grafton, Country Stores. (See General Merchants.) Crockery and Glassware. (See also General Merchants.) DUNKLEE SCOTT, Brattleboro *VAN DOORN M. T. & SON, 7 Crosby block. Chase Clark, The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham *WINNEWISSER AUGUST F., The Square, Bellows Falls, Londonderry Wardsboro Whitingham Wilmington Windham 576 CURRIERS — DRESSMAKERS. Curriers. (See Tanners.) Cutlery. (See also Hardware, also Jewelry, also Druggists.) Pratt E. Austin, r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro Dairy Apparatus. Holmes Sidney, (churn) Main st., Crafton FESSENDEN WARREN S., r 4, Green River, Guilford BLACK JAMES B., r 38, Putney *VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Nathan D.,Williams, mana- ger. Mill St., Bellows Falls, Rockingham JOHNSON DWIGHT, r 20, Vernon Dentists. CLARK CHARLES S., Granite block. Main St., Brattleboro PETTEE A. L & SON, 43 Main, " POST ORAMEL R., cor High and Green, " Putnam Arms D., 9 Crosby block, " WOODBURY FRED A., Elliot St., •' KNAPP ALVIN, r 2, Dummerston Loomis Phineas S., Jamaica ARNOLD LUTHER S., Main St., Londonderry GEORGE OZIAS M., Union block, Bellows Falls, Rockingham KEYES JOHN W., D. M. D., Times b'Id'g, Bellows Falls, " PARKER JAMES P., D. D. S., Bellows Falls, Parker Addison J., r 39^, Townshend Wilder Frank L, r 30, West Townshend, " BARBER GEORGE F., r 19, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon Johnson Albert M., Wilmington Drain Tile. (See Cement Pipe, also Sewer Pipe.) Dressmakers. Brimhall Henrietta, 49 Elliot St., Brattleboro Brown Emily H., 10 Clark St., " DICKINSON LUCY S. Mrs., h 7 Clark st., " Doolittle Sophie A., Union block, " Dunton Jennie B., Brattleboro House, " Dwight Ella G., Crosby block, ' " Eldredge Lavinia, South Main st., " FARNSWORTH E. MARIA, Leonard's block, Fisher Lucinda E., Western ave., " FOX AUGUSTA A., r 31, West Brattleboro, " Gibson Harriet, Elliot st., " Griswold Sarah E., 30 Clark St., . " Hall Martha A., 37 ElHot St., " Hastings Bertha A., bds Canal St., -' Hiscock Mary, 57 Elliot St., " Houghton Susie IB., r 31, West Brattleboro, " McKee Hattie, Elliot st., " PETTEE ARVILLA E., Main st., Pino Isadore F. Mrs., South Main st., " DRESSMAKERS — DRY GOODS. 577 Ramsdell Hattie, Elliot St., Brattleboro Robinson Georgia A., Green st., " Samson Mary B., i Oak st., " Sawetille Jennie Miss, bds Green st., " Sould Melissa, 69 Main st., " Spaulding Julia, Elliot St., " Walker Charlotte, 75 Main st., " Wheeler Ellen M., 55 Main St., " Wheelock Lydia S. Mrs., 125 Main St., " Knapp Rosa J., Dummerston Robbins Christopher Mrs., West Dummerston, " Clough Worthy E. Mrs., Main St., Grafton Cresser Addie W., " Woolley Arlette A., " FULLER EFFIE T., Bondville, Bennington Co., Jamaica Perry Anna C. Mrs., North st., " Yearly Janette V., South Londonderry, Londonderry Darling George L. Mrs., r 16, Newfane JONES HARRIET A E., Williarosville, Shattuck Mary E., High St., Putney Adams Lucia E., 12 School st., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Archer Lucena A., Centennial block, Bellows Falls, " Darby Carrie, Bellows Falls, " Hawley E. L. Mrs., Main st., Saxton's River, " Stowell Eva & Ida, West St., Saxton's River, " Austin Carrie E., Townshend BAILEY LAURA E., r 14, Vernon Gleason Ella, r 6 cor 7^, Wardsboro Perry James A. Mrs., r 20, West Wardsboro, " Watson Lydia J., r 6 cor j^, *' Drugs and itiedicines. (See also General Merchants, also Proprietary Medicines.) GREENE GEORGE D., 63 Main st, Brattleboro THORN I. N. & SON, 2 Crosby block. Main St., Willard Henry C, Brooks House block, '• EATON WATSON S., Main st., SMITH FRANK E., Smith & Taylor, Main St., South Londonderry, Londonderry Batchelder Newton M,, Newfane WHEAT HERBERT E., High st. cor Factory, . Putney Davis Henry H., Westminster st.. Bellows Falls, Rockingham HOLDEN WILL A., The Square, Bellows Falls, MITCHELL BROS., 15 Hotel block. Bellows Falls, Woods George F., Westminster st., Bellows Falls, " CLARK SILAS B., Townshend Winslow Samuel D. 2d, cor r 32 and 38, " Haskell William B., cor North River and Main, Wilmington Dry Goods. (See also General Merchants, also Millinery and Fancy Goods.) Barnard Thomas W., 4 Crosby block, Brattleboro BARROWS FLETCHER R., 107 Main st., Barrows Peleg, Brooks block, " 578 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. o<]th:ec> Q,ip\\i YEpopT LiflE Wagner Palace Sleeping and Drawing Room Cars between Montreal and New York. Passenger and Baggage Cars between Troy and Montreal. Pullman Sleeping Cars between Boston and Chicago. Pullman Parlor Day and Sleeping Cars^ also Passenger and Baggage Cars between Montreal, Boston and Springfield. Pullman Drawing Room Cars be- tween Saratoga and the White Mountains, and Saratoga and Boston. Theie advantai^e§, with l§teel Rails, Fast Time and Sure Connec- tions, nialie it the Unrivaled Line in ^ew England. 1^ it ^i You will Find it p? flo Equal foif ^olid (Jogfort ! 2 ED UJashingtan StrEEt, Enstan. 271 ErDadu/dijj New York, and 13E St JamEs StrEEt, MnntrEal J. \V. HOBART, Gen'l Sup't. S. W. CUMMINGS, Gen'l Passenger Agent. D. McKENSIE, Ass't Gen'l Passenger Agent. PEINCIPAL OFFICES, ST. ALBANS, VT. DRY GOODS FANCY FOWLS. 579 Havvley Newton I., Brooks House block, Brattleboro Houghton Henry F., Main St., " PRATT OSCAR J., 67 Main St., Simons Emma P., (fancy) bds Brooks House, Day J. C. & Co., The Square, Bellows Falls, GUILD GEORGE O., Centennial block. Bellows Falls, ROYCE & DEWEY, Bellows Falls, Warner Israel R., Saxton's River, Bouker Jane, (fancy dress goods) North River st.. Dye House. Perkins Charles B., South Main st.. Embroidery Teacher. Simons Emma P. Miss, bds Brooks House, Engravers. LEONARD DE WITT, Harmony block. Essences and Extracts. Bissell Manuf. Co., Main st., Saxton's River, Evaporators, (Maple Sugar.) FESSENDEN WARREN S., r li Green River, *ADAMS & HAYNES, r 18 and 19. Express Agents. BEMIS WILLIS, High st., TENNEY JAMES O., r 44, Hall Elizabeth S., Main st., Stevens Warren G., Cambridgeport. BOYNTON MYRON L., MARTIN JAMES, (U. S. & C, Winhall station) donderry, MELENDY E. WEBSTER, South Londonderry, GREEN JOSEPH J., Frost David M., r 47, East Putney, PIERCE MARSHALL, r 50, Babbitt Frederick H., (U. S. & C.,) Bellows Falls, Babbitt George H., (supt. U. S. & C, agent American) at depot, Bel- lows Falls, BOYDEN DEXTER E., West Townshend, Townshend HASTINGS EDWIN L., off r 38I STEBBINS JOSIE S. Mrs., r 9I Fancy Fowls. (See also Poultry Dealers.) BEMIS CHARLES N., (Wyandotte and Black Java) r 11, Brattleboro Loomis Nelson W., (Plymouth Rock, Buff Cochins and White Leg- horns) Reed St., Miller Fred H., (pigeons and ducks) Forest St., '•' Tasker Dennis E., (Plymouth Rock and Light Brahma) " Thomas Russell B.. (Plymouth Rock) r 31, " Waite Alfred F., (Plymouth Rock) r 31, cor 10, " WALES ELIJAH, Jr., (Plymouth Rock and Wyandotte) Elliot St., WHITNEY HIRAM M., (Plymouth Rock) r 3, HENRY DAVID A., (Plymouth Rock) r 26, Guilford Center, Rockingham Wihnington Brattleboro Brattleboro Brattleboro Rockingham Guilford Wilmington Brattleboro Dummerston Grafton Jamaica r 42, South Lon- Londonderry (( Newfane Putney Rockingham Vernon Brookline Guilford 58o FANCY FOWLS FLOUR, FEED AND CHAIN. RICHMOND HERBERT J., (Plymouth Rock) r ii, Guilford Whitaker Foster H., (Plymouth Rock and White and Brown Leg- horns) Williamsville, Newfane *BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., (Langshans) Bellows Falls, Rockingham *HALLADAY A. A. & L. H., (Langshans) 20 School St., Bellows Falls, Brooks George, (Brown Leghorn) r 48^^, Townshend STREETER BENJAMIN A., (fancy and game fowls, Rouen and Pecan ducks) r t6, Vernon Feather Renovator. SMITH OSCAR, EUiot st., Brattleboro Farm Implements. (See Agricultural Implements.) Fertilizers. Frost & Proctor, 8 Crosby block, Brattleboro MINER OZIAS L., (Pacific guano) r 47, Winchester Fred, (phosphates) Main st.. South Londonderry, Londonderry Batchelder Newton M., Newfane WHEAT HERBERT E., High st., cor Factory, Putney BROWN LORENZO, West Northfield. Mass., Vernon Prescott & Eason, (manuf. bone meal) r 14, " Fish and Oysters. (See also Restaurants, also Grocers, also Meat Markets.) Brattleboro ROGERS & STOCKWELL, 8 EUiot, Salisbury George H., 41 Main st., WOOD JOHN S., r 45, West Brattleboro, Blake Walter G., 7 Bridge, Bellows Falls, Straight William A., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, TYLER & NEWTON, (wholesale and retail) r 17, Fishing Kod Manufacturer. *GOODRIDGE SAMUEL W., [Card on page 586,] Florists and Seedsmen. (See also Seedsmen.) *ALLEN CHARLES E., 64 Canal, CHENEY SAMUEL T. R., Western ave., BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., Bellows Falls, Flour, Feed and Grain. (See also Grist and Flouring Mills, also General Merchants, also Grocers.) Rockingham Vernon Grafton Brattleboro Rockingham CROSBY E. & CO., 9 Crosby block, LYNDE WILLIAM W., Brattleboro House building, HALLADAY WELLS C, r 26 cor 27, East Dover, EATON WATSON L., Main St., CROSIER ORVAL H., r 39, Halifax Center, HOWE OSCAR, r 31 cor 30, West Hahfax, BOYNTON MYRON L., BUTLER EDGAR M., r 28, East Jamaica. ADAMS FRANK & CO., Bellows Falls, HARRIS EDWIN D., r 32, WINSLOW SAMUEL D. 2d, cor r 32 and 38, JOHNSON DWIGHT, (feed) r 20, Kingsbury Hiland S., r 36, South Windham, Brattleboro Dover Grafton Halifax u Jamaica Rockingham Townshend Vernon Windham FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY GENERAL MERCHANTS. 581 Fruits and Confectionery. • (See also Confectionery, etc.) BLISS GEORGE A,, r 42. Main st., Brattleboro Cooper Enoch L., 65 Main St., " Gorborino Angelo, Main st., " CARMODY JOHN, 2 Farr's block. Bellows Falls, Rockingham Chapin Charles C, Westminster St., Bellows Falls. " SMART DELIA, Westminster st., Bellows Falls,' WARE SYLVESTER M., Canal st. Bellows Falls, " Flouring Mills. (See Grist Mills.) Freight Agents. (See Railroad Agents.) Furniture Dealers. (See also Chair Manufacturers.) BROWN C. L. & SON, 2, 4 and 6 Main st., Brattleboro FISHER EZRA E., r 31, West Brattleboro, *JACOBS JAMES EUGENE, (camp) West Brattleboro, Kirwin Gerald B., Main St., " RETTING BROS., High st., RUSSELL EDWIN F., Jamaica BURDITT FREDERICK O., . Newfane Stowell J. W. & Co., Water st., Putney Chase Clark, The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham HALLADAY ALBERT A., 20 School st.. Bellows Falls, WARE SYLVESTER M., (repairing) Canal st., Bellows Falls, *WINNEWISSER AUGUST F., The Square, Bellows Falls. [Card on page 484.J Rose George, Wilmington Furs and Skins. (See also Clothing, etc.) SHEPARDSON ORRIN P., 26 Washington st., Brattleboro Hastings Henry E., off r 5, Newfane Atcherson Alexander, r 34, Westminster BOND HENRY F., r II, Bellows Falls, Gas. BRATTLEBORO GAS LIGHT CO., H. D. Holton, prest. ; C. F. Thompson, treas. Brattleboro MECHANIC'S GAS LIGHT CO., Jacob Estey, pres. ; J. J. Estey, treas. ; office Estey Organ Works, " General Merchants. (Who keep a general assortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, etc. See also Dry Goods, also Groceries.) Robbins Eugene W., r 15, Athens Eaton & Neweil, r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro HALLADAY WELLS C, r 26 cor 27, East Dover, Dover Knowlton Emmons P., " May Daniel N.,r 26, West Dover, " 582 GENERAL MERCHANTS — GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Townsend John E., r 20, West Duramerston, Gushing David F., Cambridgeport, EATON WATSON S., Phelps L. & C, Twitchell Daniel W., r 13, WALKER WALTER E. L., Main, CLISBEE CHARLES, r 27, Green River, GLARK GEORGE L., r 31, West Halifax, GROSIER ORVAL H., r 39, Halifax Center, HOWE OSCAR, r 31 cor 30, West Halifax, Muzzy Abijah & Son, Sherwin Daniel, SMITH FRANK E., Curtis Alonzo A., Main st., Richardson & Leonard, Main st., Smith & Taylor, Main St., South Londonderry, Batchelder Newton M.. EDWARDS & PIERCE, Park Charles E., Williamsville, Sherman Oscar L., Williamsville, Pierce George L., High St., Ward James D., r 45, East Putney, WHEAT HERBERT E., High st. cor Factory, Bowker Harrison H., r 3, Bartonsville, Gushing David T., Cambridgeport, DivoU Josiah B., r 26, Glynn C. L. & Co., Main St., Saxton's River, Sabin E. S. & A. H., Main st.. Saxton's River, Stevens Warren, Main St., Cambridgeport, BARBER BROTHERS, Main st.. West Townshend, BARRETT CORTES P., Main St., West Townshend, KNAPP EDWARD J., r 32 cor 38, WINSLOVV SAMUEL D., 2d, cor r 32 and 38, CROWELL HILAND R., r 19, West Northfield, Mass. Whithed Addison, r 14, Briggs Charles A., r j^, Edwards & Miller, r 35, South Wardsboro, FITTS OSMER C, r 20, West Wardsboro, GALE CHARLES C, r 7^, Goodridge Austin, r 31, Ranney Alfred P., r 39, Westminster West, Safford Ralph S., r 31, Howard Levi C., r 33, Jacksonville. MILLINGTON HENRY C, r 27^ Sherman Drury A., r 61, Readsboro, Ben. Co., STETSON NORRIS L., r 2^, Jacksonville, STICKNEY MELVIN W., r 33, Jacksonville, Andrews & Spencer, North River St., Ware Orrin O., cor East Main and South River sts., WHIPPLE JAMES E., r 58, South Windham, tieQts' Furnishing: Goods. (See also Clothing, also Dry Goods, also General Knapp Ambrose, Dummerston Grafton Guilford Halifax Jamaica IE (( Londonderry K (( Newfane (( Putney (( Rockingham (( a (( a Townshend .( a ii Vernon (( Wardsboro (1 Westminster (: a Whitingham Wilmington Windham Merchants.) Brattleboro gents' furnishing goods— grist and flouring mills. 583 *STARKEY & WELLMAN, 3 Brooks House block, [Card on P^g^ 516,] Brattleboro WHITNEY F. A. & CO., 4 and 5 Granite Row, Gray Oscar D., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockineham HOWARD, GOODRICH & PIERCE, The Square, Bellows Falls •' ROBINSON & GARMON, The Square, Bellows Falls, Glassware. (See Crockery and Glassware, also General Merchants.) Grain Dealers. (See also Flour, Feed and Grain, also Grist-Mills.) Frost Julius O., r 14, Vernon Granite Workers. (See Marble Workers.) Grist and Flouring Mills. (See Flour, Feed and Grain, also General Merchants.) CHURCH JONATHAN A., (feed mill) Frost St., Brattleboro GOODENOUGH JOHN P., r 52, West Brattleboro, Larkin Henry B., r 31^, " Valley Mill Co., J. W. Frost, pres't; W. H. Minor, manager, " WHITAKER FOSTER S., r 22, West Brattleboro, Bush Lorenzo W., r g, Newfane, Brookline COMBS WILLIAM & W. K, West Dummerston, Dummerston Crosbv Frederick F., r 48. Brattleboro, " PROUTY, BROWN & HALE, r 26, East Dover, Dover BULLARD RICHARD W., r 28, Grafton Thomas Alonzo D., r 13, " Stowe Henry, r 44, Green River, Guilford SUMNER LEWIS W., off r 32, West Halifax, Halifax KINGSBURY AUSTIN A., r 3, Rawsonville, Jamaica Curtis Alonzo A., Londonderry Shattuck William A., Main St., South Londonderry, " CORBETT CIRIL M. & JOHN N., West Marlboro, Marlboro Bingham Willard E., r 40, Williamsville, - Newfane Pierce James K., Williamsville, " Pierce George L.. High st., Putney THWING ORRIN S., Water st., Walkup |ohn W. , r 20, " BELLOWS FALLS GRIST-MILLS, Frank Adams & Co., props., Mill St., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Farnsworth George R., Main st., Saxton's River, ' " Hubbard Leonard C, Westminster st., Saxton's River, " Lawrence Martin R., r 17^, Bartonsville, " Hastings Loren W., r32, Townshend HOLMES EDWARD A., West Townshend, WINSLOW NELSON, r 38^, FAIRMAN HENRY W., r 9, Vernon Johnson T. W. & W. D., r 19, West Northfield, Mass., Prescott & Eason, (feed mill) r 14, "■ Whithed Addison, r 14, . " 584 GRIST AND FLOURING MILLS — HARDWARE DEALERS. Brown & Shipman, r 19, Plimpton Edward D., r 27^, Snow & Stevens, r 24, MAYO PETER, r 37, PORTER HERBERT G., r 33, Jacksonville, Wheeler Zachariah, r 26, MORRIS & HARRIS, North River st. Pierce Ezra, r 29, South Windham, Groceries and Provisions. (See also General Merchants.) DAVENPORT ALONZO C., 3 Crosby block, FARMER'S AND MECHANIC'S EXCHANGE STORE, Barlow, manager, Leonard's block. Main St., Frost & Proctor, 8 Crosby block, LILLIS & SMITH, 49 Main st., NEWTON WILLIAM S.. 14 Main St., ROGERS & STOCKWELL, 8 Elliot st., SCOTT M. & SON, 81 Main st., *THOMPSON CHARLES F. & CO., 123 Main st., DAVIS FRANCIS L., cor 37 and 38, West Dover, Miller H. Harry, r 9, Stevens Warren G., Cambridgeport, Brosnahan Daniel W., The Square, Bellows Falls, Grisvvold Bros., 8 Westminster, Bellows Falls, HAPGOOD & ALDRICH, 17 and 19 Rockingham and 15 Bellows Falls, Howe Wayne B., Main st., Saxton's River, Keene Cash Grocery, T. Sullivan, prop., Wilson block, Bellows Kelley Morris R., Westminster St., Bellows Falls, WHITNEY MARSHALL M., it, 13 and 15 Westminster st.. Falls, Woods Orsamus F., The Square, Bellows Falls, KNAPP EDWARD J., r 32 cor 38, Williams Samuel E., r 30, West Townshend, CHILDS ADNA L., 4 West Main st., Haskell William B., cor North River and Main sts.. Guns, Gun and Locksmiths, Ammuuition, etc. (See also Hardware.) HOWE CHARLES H., 30 Main St., Rawson Judson L., Rawsonville, Brockway Norman S., Henry st., Bellows Falls, Handle i^Ianufacturers. See Woodenware. Hardware Dealers. (See also General Merchants.) CLARK BARNA A., 5 Crosby block, Cox Allen V. & Co., 38 Main st, HOOKER GEORGE W., (manuf.) THOMPSON CHARLES F. & CO., 123 Main st., Wardsboro Westminster Whitingham Wilmington Windham Brattleboro E. W. Dover Dummerston Grafton Rockingham Canal, Falls, Bellows u li Townshend Wilmington Brattleboro Jamaica Rockingham Brattleboro HARDWARE DEALERS HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. 585 Winchester Fred, Main St., South Londonderry, Londonderry Glynn C. L. & Co., Main St., Saxton's River, Rockingham HOWARD L. G. & C. E., Mammoth block, Bellows Falls, BENSON & SON, r 6, Wardsboro Reed Emery P., (also tin shop) r ;^^, Jacksonville, VVhitingham Andrews & Spencer, North River st., Wilmington Haskell William B., cor North River and Main sts., '' TONES ANSEL C, Riverside si., WHEELER ALBERT L . North River st., '« Hnrness, Trunks, etc. Bassett Frank T-, Main st.. Brattleboro HEUSTIS & BURNAP, 20 Main st., Miller Fred W., 65 Elliot St., PRATT, WRIGHT & CO., (trunks) 3 Granite block, *STARKEY & WELLMAN,3 Brook House block, [Card on page 516.] " Britton Charles J., r 33, Guilford TANNER & CO., Main st., Jamaica Bryant Charles V.^ Church St., South Londonderry, Londonderry Sparrow Benjamin, Main St., " Knapp Fayette W., r 34, East Dover, Newfane Houghton William, Hi2;h st.. Putney COOK NORRIS H., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham GRAVES JOHN W., Main st., Saxton's River, HOWARD, GOODRICH & PIERCE., (trunks) The Square, Bellows Falls, " Provo Oliver, Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " Page Levi W., West Townshend, Townshend Taft Charles C, r 3SI Barry Lucius M., r 6, Wardsboro Aldrich James B., r ^^, Jacksonville, Whitingham French Franklyn J., r 17, Jacksonville, " French Josiah, r 17, Jacksonville, " Bassett John S., East Main St., Wilmington Hats, Caps and Furs. (See Clothiers, also General Merchants.) *CHAMBERLAIN BELA N., 2 Brooks block, [Card on page 586,] Brattleboro Knapp Ambrose, " Hop Growers. TYLER ERASTUS, r 8, Vernon Horse Trainers. Drown John M., Brattleboro Titus Thomas W., High St., " Hotels and Boarding Houses. AMERICAN HOUSE, J. H. Mathews, prop., Main st., Brattleboro Archer Samuel, (boarding) Elliot St., " Barker & Moody, (boarding) Brattleboro House, " Bigelow Annie Mrs., (boarding) Elliot St., " BROOKS HOUSE, F. Goodhue, prop., Main St., " CLISBEE MARY C, r 32, West Brattleboro, " Dutton Caroline, (boarding) 3 Oak St., " 38 586 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. -^1^^^^ K-— < 5*^^^ s. T^. a-oo^i^i3Da-E, —MANUFACTURER OF FINE— ^ GRAFTON, WINDHAM COUNTY, VERMONT. I use none but the best material, principally White Ash for Buts, and selected Cuba Lance Wood for all other Joints and Tips. My Rods are all made by hand entirely. Trout Fly aud Bate Rods and Black Bass Rods a Specialty ! The Henshall Bass Rod is made under instruction from Dr. Henshall. My prices are lower than any other manufacturer or dealer for the same quality of work. Extract from a letter to Dr. Rowe, editor of American Field, Chicago, published in that paper November 17th, 1883 : — " 1 took a Holabird General Rod, made by S.W Goodridge, of Grafroii, Vt.. and put on one of Coinstock's flyine Helcraniites, and had fun from itie start. The rods made by Goodridire are the very best, and for price cannot be beaten in any country. His No. 10 Biss Rod prtseuted to me by yourtielf has be in tried in many a hard tU8»le, and has" never failed in any respect. A. A. .MOSHER. Spirit Lake, IoW-\, November 5th, 1883. Ass't Fish Commissioner of Iowa." |^°° Rods can be sent by mail to any part of the United States. Send for Catalogue and Price List. S. "^AT. O-OOHDI^IIDa-E- ESTABLISHED 1854. B. N. CH DE.\LER IN :.at$ and Capo^ LADIES' FUR GOODS, DuffaloiPancy r-url\obes, Trunks, Traveling Bags, Whips, Cane?, Umbiellas, Gloves, Mittens, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Etc., No. 1 Brooks Block, BRATTi.KBORO, VT. SEliLEGK 5 DAVIS, \i f iDu :.^a^3D; 'I If, 5 All work done neatly and promptly. Telephone communication. No. 8 Main Street, BRATTLEBORO, VT. HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. egj EDWARDS FANNIE A., (boarding) Elliot St., Brattleboi^ Lamson Meda, (boarding) Birge St.. *t LISCOM JOHN P., (summer boarding) r 42, MILLER DAVID VV., 19 Main, SALISBURY GEORGE H., (European plan) 41 Main, WARE OSCAR T., (summer boarding) r25, (xRAFTON HOTEL, F. & H. Phelps, props., Grafton Broad Brook House, C. C. Miller ])rop , r i 1, Guilford GREEN RIVER HOTEL, Park W., Shearer, prop., r 27, JAMAICA HOUSE, McLean Bros., props., Main cor Mechanic, Jamaica Houghton Stephen, (boardmg) r 49. South Londonderry, Londonderry Huntley Chester, (summer boarding) r 12, North Windham, « Londonderry Hotel, Geo. O. Davis, prop.. Main st. cor North, " Lowell Lake House, r 14^, George H. Hilton, prop., " PEABODY HOUSE, Col. H. O. Peabody, proprietor, South London- derry, <( WAIT DANIEL D., (boarding) r 7, Union House, Absalom Snow, prop., r 31, Marlboro Fayetteville Hotel. Stillman Worster. prop., Newfane WILLIAMSVILLE HOTEL, Frank B. Plimpton, prop., Williamsville, " KENDRICK'S HOTEL, D. H. Kendrick, proprietor. Main cor High St., Putney LEWIS FRANKLIN M., (summer boarding) Factoryst., " Cain James, (boarding) Mam St., Cambridgeport, Rockingham CANEDY HARVEY L., (boarding) 5 Canal st., Bellows Falls, Doolittle Barbara, (boarding) 7 Bridge, Bellows Falls. " Fall Mountain Boarding House, C. G. Moore, manager, Island ave., Bellows Falls, << GIBSON WAYNE T., (boarding) Westminster Court, Bellows Falls, Gould William, (boarding) Bellows Falls, " Graves Mary E., (boarding) 1 1 Green, Bellows Falls, " ISLAND HOUSE, C. W. Towns, prop.. Island ave.. Bellows Falls, Kinney Mary, (boarding) Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " Low Roswill, (boarding) 38 Canal, Bellows Falls, " Mellish Sarah E., (boarding) Wood's block. Bellows Falls, " Ranvill Fred L., (boarding) Bellows Falls, '' SAXTON RIVER'S HOTEL, M. A. Wilder, prop., Saxton's River, TOWNS HOTEL, C. W. Towns, prop.. The Square, Bellows Falls, White Luthera E., (boarding) 70 Westminster, Bellows Falls, " WILSON LYDIA S , (boarding) The Square, Bellows Falls, Wilson Nelson, (boarding) Atkinson cor Williams, Bellows Falls, " Ayer A. D., prop. West Townshend, Townshend West River House, Osman F. Coombs prop., cor r 38 and ^8^, " SOUTH VERNON HOUSE, Russell F. Smith, prop., r ig, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon VERNON HOTEL, William A. Squires, prop., r 9, Green Mountain House, Henry A. Wait, prop., r 20 cor 22, West Wardsboro, Wardsboro WARDSBORO HOUSE, Fred Underwood, prop., r 6 cor 7I, GLEN HOUSE, R. Q. Wilcox, prop., Jacksonville, Whitingham Sadawaga House, Charles E. Cutler, prop., r 25, " SPRING HOTEL, Edward A. Cutler, prop., r 25, Vermont House, Paxton G. Wilder, prop., West Main, Wilmington 588 HUMAN HAIR GOODS JEWELRY, WATCHES, ETC. Human Hair (ioods. PHILLIPS ALICE NEWELL, Main st., opp. Brooks House, Brattleboro Stearns Hattie Y., 2 Granite block, •' Hayes Joanna Miss, Canal St., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Ice Cream. See Bakers and Confectioners. Brattleboro Rockingham Brattleboro' Brattleboro It Brookline Dummerston Grafton Guilford Jamaica Londonderry Putney Rockingham Ice Dealers. Brattleboro Ice Co., 80 Flat st., *BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., Bellows Falls, EARL IRA L., Earl st.. Bellows Falls, Ink Manufacturer. Dunham Alva, r 17^, BartonsviUe, Insane A-sylum. Vermont Asylum for Insane, Joseph Draper, M. D., supt., Insurance Agents. CUDWORTH & CHILDS, 10 Crosby block, *SHERMAN & JENNE, New Bank block, Stickney Charles P., r 6, Wilson Sanford W., (life) r 22, West Dummerston, WALKER ED. L., RICHMOND J. HENRY, r 23, Green River, Taylor Francis G., r 30, Sprague Fred L. & Co., Mechanic St., Robinson George C, r 34, South Londonderry, BOLSTER JQEL C, r 42, *FARR NORMAN H., Centennial block, Bellows Falls, GUILD GEORGE O., (life) Centennial block. Bellows Falls, *HAYES LYMAN S.', The Square, Bellows Falls, O'Brien John C, Centennial block, Bellows Falls, ROYCE LA FAYETTE, Bellows Falls, Vilas Samuel S., Bellows Falls, Rand Theodore C, r 38^, BOYDEN DEXTER E., West Townshend, Iron Founders and Machinists. (See also Machinists.) Curtis Francis, r 26, West Brattleboro, Gregg Andrew R., Frost St., Garfield Egbert S., OSGOOD & BARKER, Mill st, Bellows Falls, Jewelry, Watches, &c. CLAPP ARTHUR B., (wholesale) 127 Main st, PRINK URBANE W., Main St., Randall & Clapp, 127 Main, Ranger & Thompson, 79 Main, Tipp Charles A. & Co., Main- St.. Leonard Samuel T., Schooi st , MONTAGUE FRANKLIN E., (repairer) r 44, Green River, Guilford i Townshend Brattleboro Londonderry Rockingham Brattleboro JEWELRY, WATCHES, ETC. LAWYERS. 589 KINGSBURY DANIEL O., r 18, Jamaica Holden Sylvanus M., r 28 cor 31, South Londonderry, Londonderry Whitman Charlie A., Main St., South Londonderry, " Wilbur Ruel S., Main St., South Londonderry, " PIERCE JOHN D., xVewfane AMADON FRED L, 2 Times block, The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Amadon .Aenry M , 17 The Square, Bellows Falls, " Carlton Charles B., Main St., Saxton's River, " Jackson Marshall D., 11 Hotel block, Bellows Falls, " JOHNSON GRANVILLE R., r 3, Bartonsville, BARRETT CORTES P., Main st., West Townshend, Townshend HAMILTON GEORGE G., r 32, TacksonviUe, Whitingham NORCROSS DAVID W., r 33, Jacksonville, Junk Dealers. Gale Jacob C, South Londonderry, Londonderry Ladies' Furnishings. See Dry Goods, also General Merchants, also MiUiners. Lath .Manufacturers. (See also Saw Mills, also Lumber Manufacturers.) Allen I. K. & Co., Flat st, Brattleboro St. Marie & Ball, r 42, South Londonderry, Londonderry Laundries. Atwood Ann, 18 Green St., Brattleboro Wheeler George B., Rockingham st., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Lawyers. CLARKE RANSLURE W., Crosby block, Brattleboro HASKINS & STODDARD. Crosby block, MARTIN & EDDY, over People's National Bank, TYLER JAMES M., Williston block, Main st, TYLER ROYALL, Crosby block, Dressor Albert W., Grafton Walker Lewis L., Main St., • '' TANNER OSCAR A., Main st, Jamaica WATERMAN ELEAZER L. Hon., WHEELER HOYT H. Hon., (U. S. district judge,) Cudworth Addison E., Main st.. South Londonderry, I>ondonderry DAVIDSON MILON, Newfane MORSE BENJAMIN E., r 40, Williamsville, Newton John, Williamsville, " Ward Calvin, " HOUGHTON FREDERICK L., off r 39, Putney AUbee Zina H., Union block. Bellows Falls, Rockingham Bolles Francis A., Union block Bellows Falls, '• Bridgman & Weston, Mammoth block. Bellows Falls, " Brown George A., Union block, Bellows Falls, " EDDY C. B. & C. F., Centennial block, Bellows Falls, " READ LAVANT M., The Square, Bellows Falls, PHELPS JAMES H. Hon., West Townshend, Townshend 59° LAWYERS LIVE STOCK BREEDERS AND DEALERS. Westminster Whitingham Wilmington Brattleboro STODDARD ABISHAI, r 31, Butterfield A. Augustine, r 31, Jacksonville, CHASE CHARLES S., HIX HORATIO N., r 27I BUTTERFIELD OSCAR E., Davenport Stephen T., 5 South River, Goodnow Milton A., Mann Hosea, Jr., Leather and Findings. (See also Tanners.) Fowler Charles, South Main cor Canal, Libraries- Circulating. BRATTLEBORO FREE LIBRARY, Katie M. Austin, librarian, Town Hall, Brattleboro Agricultural Library, Dummerston Town Library, " Grafton Library, Grafton Halifax Library Association, Halifax Jamaica Library Association, Jamaica South Londonderry Library Association, South Londonderry, Londonderry Jacksonville Library, Jacksonville, Whitingham Wilmington Library Association, Wilmington Guilford Putney Whitingham Athens Lime, Cement, Plaster, «Src. HOUGHTON JAMES M., r n, WHEAT HERBERT E., High st. cor Factory, BISHOP MILTON B.. r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., Pike Willard, r 41, Live Stock Breeders and Dealers. KINGSLEY JEROME O., (Cotswold sheep) r 14, OBER WILLIS G., (Morgan horses, Cotswold sheep, and Poland China swine) r 14, Stevens Abram, (Merino sheep) FROST ROSWELL L., (grade Jersey cattle) r 18, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro Johnson Alonzo N., (Poland China hogs)-r 21, West Brattleboro, JOHNSON LEWIS J., (Guernsey cattle and Poland China hogs) r 21, West Brattleboro, Knowlton Emery, (horses) " Miller Marshall M., (stock horse) r 11, " PERRY DAVID T., (Guernsey cattle) r 13, PRATT DANIEL S., (Durham cattle and Southdown sheep) r 30, Sargent John P., (dealer) r 31, West Brattleboro, • " Waite Alfred F., (Durham cattle and Southdown sheep) r 13 cor 10, '" WARE OSCAR N., (dealer) r 25, WEATHERSHEAD John, (dealer) r 44, BEMIS JAMES B., (dealer) r 2, Townshend, Shattuck Joshua A., (Poland China and Berkshire hogs) r i, Stebbins Chalmer W., (grade Durham cattle) r 7, Newfane, HILL OZRO E., r 16, West Dover, Houghton Timothy, (dealer) r 18^, West Dover, Howe E. Hamilton, (dealer) r 17, East Dover, Brookline Dover LIVE STOCK BREEDERS AND DEALERS. 59 1 JONES LABAN, Jr., (Durham cattle) r 23, Dover LEONARD D. GREENE, (Jersey cattle) r 35, West Dover, MANN WILLIAM H., (dealer) otf r 21, West Dover, Perry Wilton H., (dealer) cor r 23 and 24, " CORSER ERASTUS T., (Merino sheep) r 14, Putney, Dummerston ESTEY SAMUEL W., (Southdown sheep) r 60, West Dummerston, " PUFFER CHANDLER E., (Alderney cattle) r t8, Putney, " Reed Carl T., (grade Durham cattle) r 5, " ROEL CHARLES G., (Southdown sheep) West Dummerston, WARWICK GEORGE, (Southdown sheep) r i, WILSON CHARLES F., (grade Ayrshire cattle and Southdown sheep) r 24. West Dummerston, " CONANT SIMEON, (Merino sheep and Durham cattle) r 36, Grafton DEAN WILLARD A., (dealer) r 11, GILSON WESLEY W., (Durham cattle and Blackhawk horses) r 15, " Hall George W., (dealer) r 2, Chester, Windsor Co., " Perham Charles J., (^Southdown sheep) Cambridgeport, " TOWNSEND WARNER G., (dealer) r 36, Wilbur David, (Merino sheep) r 36^ " ALEXANDER CHARLES E., (dealer) r 11, Brattleboro, Guilford Alexander Judson A., (Jersey cattle) r 27, Guilford Center, " CLARK GILBERT, (Jersey and Guernsey cattle) r 24 cor 26, Guil- ford Center, " FLAGG JOEL, Sr., (grade Durham cattle) r 11 cor 12, " JACOBS W. HERBERT, (Durham cattle) r 19 cor 7, Guilford Center, " JAQUITH LEWIS E., (grade Durham cattle) r 40, Guilford Center, " JOHNSON TYLER L., (stock horse, also Poland China hogs) Vernon, " RICHMOND HERBERT T , (Jersey cattle, Yorkshire and Poland China hogs) r 11, " Squiers Charles A., (dealer) r 16, " Thayer Frank E., (Durham cattle) r 22, Guilford Center, " Thayer Orson, (Durham cattle and Messenger horses) r 30, '' WARD SAMUEL B., (Durham cattle and Messenger horses) r 30, "■ Weeks & Potter, (Jersey cattle) Boston, Mass., " Powers Milton, (grade Durham and Jersey cattle) r 39 cor 29, Halifax STARK JEDEDIAH, (Southdown sheep) r 50, South Hahfax, STOWE ISRAEL, (French Merino sheep) cor r 49 and 50. South Halifax, " STOWE WARNER W., (dealer) cor r 49 and 50, South Halifax, Barnes George H., (dealer) Jamaica Clark Stillman, (dealer) r 18. " CLOUGH ALONZO P , (grade Jerseys) r 34, Coleman Allison O., (grade Durhams) r 2, Bondville, Ben. Co., " Coleman William F.. (grade Durham cattle) r 2, Bondville, Ben, Co., " Foskett Sullivan, (dealer) " FULLER A. P. & SON, (grade Durham cattle) Bondville, Ben. Co., " HOWARD ISAIAH, (Merino sheep) off r 13. East Jamaica, " Howard Revilo, (dealer) r 14, " HOWE OSMORE O., (dealer) r 13, East Jamaica, ' " Sage John, (dealer) r 33, " Carlton Elijah F., (Morgan horses) r 4. Londonderry Chase Charles W., (dealer) r 37, South Londonderry, " COLLINS HENRY H, (Durham cattle and dealer) r 28, South Lon- donderry, '• 592 LIVE STOCK BREEDERS AND DEALERS. Holden Sylvanus M , (dealer) r 28 cor 31, South Londonderrv, Londonderry JAMES GEORGE VV., (Devon cattle) r 32, Peabody A. L. & Son, (Durham cattle) r 12, North Windham, PIERCE JOSIAH, (grade Jersey and Holstein cattle) r 35, South Londonderry, " PIERCE SEM, (Durham cattle) r 41, South Londonderry, " Thompson John A., (Southdown sheep) r 21, " VAILE L. N. & SON, (dealers) r 37, South Londonderry, VIALL PHILETUS, (stock horse) r 35, South Londonderry, ADAMS EDWIN P., (Durham cattle) r 12, Marlboro ADAMS IRA, (dealer) West Marlboro, Bellows Hamlet C, (dealer) r 26, Allen Welcome, (grade Alderney cattle) r 30, Williamsville, Newfane BAILEY CHAUNCEY B., (grade Southdown sheep) r ^8. South Newfane, " BLODGETT ELLIOT W., (Durham cattle and Southdown sheep) ofif r 9, '• LAMSON CULLEN M., r 30. WiUiamsville, MERRIFIELD HOLLIS R., (Durham cattle,) Moore Franklin, (dealer,) '■ PERRY CHESTER E., (Cotswold sheep) WiUiamsville, RAND WILLIAM R., (Durham cattle,) Sparks Herbert C, (Southdown sheep) r 30, WiUiamsville. " WHITE FRANK H., (Southdown sheep) r 15, South Wardsboro, White Mason C, (Durham cattle and Southdown sheep) r ;^;^, East Dover, '' WILLIAMS GEORGE B., (grade Durham cattle) WiUiamsville, APLIN WILLIAM S., (Durham cattle) off r 14, East Putney, Putney Bailey Royal S., (Southdown sheep and Jersey cattle) r 5, " BAKER JOHN M., (Jersey cattle) r 5, BENNETT WARREN, (grade Durham cattle) r37, BLACK HIBBARD, (Durham cattle and Merino sheep) r 39, " BLACK JAMES B., (Holstein cattle, Southdown sheep, and Hamble- tonian horses) r 38, " BLANCHARD IRA S., (grade Durham cattle, r 15, East Putney, " BURNHAM HENRY J., (dealer) r 41, Crawford Henry, (Durham cattle and Merino sheep) r 20, " CRAWFORD WALTER C, (Durham cattle and Merino sheep) r 19, " DAVIS DENNISON. (dealer) r 6, ' '• HOUGHTON FREDERICK L., (Holstein cattle) off r 39, LEWIS WILLIAM E., (Palen cattle) r 31, LOVELL JOHN B., (dealer) r 37, Marrietta W. Curtis, (horse dealer,) " PAGE CHARLES R., (Durham cattle and Merino sheep) r 31, PARKER JOSIAH K., (Durham cattle) r 48, PHILLIPS GEORGE H., (Durham cattle) r 6, " PRIEST NEWTON E., (Jersey cattle) rig, WASHBURN JULIUS F.. (Jersey cattle) r 19, WHEAT JOHN D., (Southdown and Merino sheep) rig, ALBEE CHARLES P., (grade Durham cattle, Cotswold and South- down sheep) r 30, Bellows Falls, Rockingham ALBEE LEWIS, (Spanish Merino sheep) r 7, Springfield, " Bailey Emery, (Durham cattle) r 37, Saxton's River, " LIVE STOCK BREEDERS AND DEALERS. 593 BLAIR ROSWELL H., (Liolstein cattle) r 30, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Cobb Henry,(Durham and Jersey cattle) r 52, Saxton's River, " Davis Hubbard B., (Merino sheep and grade Durham cattle) r 34, " DivoU J. B. & J. L , (Merino sheep) r 16, " Eddy Lewis S., (dealer) r 26, " GLAZIER E. L. & E. N., (Merino sheep) r 44, Saxton's River, Greer John H., (Durham and Holstein cattle) r 37, Saxton's River, '' Hodgkins Roswell F., (carriage horses) Saxton's River, " Johnson & Gay, (grade Durham and Ayrshire cattle, and Merino and Cotswold sheep) r 30, Bellows Falls, " » Lawrence George M., (Merino sheep) r 35, Saxton's River, " Lovell William M., (cattle broker) r 3, Bartonsville, " Morrison George W., (Durham cattle) r 17, Bartonsville, " Proctor John, (Merino sheep) r 16, " RICHARDSON RICHARD, (Merino sheep) r 32, ROLLINS JAMES R., (Merino sheep) r 6^, Roundy Morton C, (dealer) r 13, " Smith William M., (grade Jersey cattle and Merino sheep) " Spaulding Alfred P., (Spanish Merino sheep) r 50, Saxton's River, " STOWELL CHARLES G, (Spanish Merino sheep) r 16, Way & Tliompson. (Durham cattle) Springfield, Windsor Co., " WEBB CARLTON E., (grade Durhams) r 30, Bellows Falls, WEEDEN BROS., (Durham and Holstein cattle) r 6, Weston J. Page, (Merino sheep) r ;^^. " Whiting John G, (Merino sheep) r 32, Saxton's River, " WILEY HENRY C, (dealer) Saxton's River, ALLEN FRED, (dealer fat cattle) West Townshend, Townshend CHAFFEE JAMES C, (Merino sheep, grade Durham cattle) r 22, DERRY JAMES D. & SON, (Durham cattle) r 2^, Garfield Oscar R. & Son, (dealers) r 30, West Townshend. " Houghton George H., (Durham cattle) r 39, " Johnson Carlos C, (sheep dealer) cor r 25 and 28, " RAND FRED C, (dealer) r 38I, " Rutter Phillip H., (Short-horn cattle) r 48^, ■ " Underwood Henry, (grade Durham cattle) r 38, " WARE JOSEPH B. & SON, (dealers) WOOD NORMAN W., (dealer) r 31, West Townshend, BROWN LOWELL W., (Jersey cattle) r 16, W^est Northfield, Mass., Vernon Frost Julius O., (Jersey cattle) r 14, " MORGAN JAY H., (Jamestown poled cattle) r 13, " WEATHERHED JONAS G, (Durham cattle) r 15, DOOLITTLE ALBERT T., (dealer) off r 34, South Wardsboro, Wardsboro DURKEE ALMON F., (Jersey cattle) r 17, West Wardsboro, FARNUM DAVID, (breeder and dealer) off r 9, Fitts Elwin N., (Jersey cattle) r 17, West Wardsboro, " FITTS HENRY N., (Jersey cattle) r 17, West Wardsboro, Hammond Darwin A., (dealer) rig cor 2, West Wardsboro, " WHITE ELIOTT R., (dealer) rsi. West Wardsboro, BARNES MYRON O.. (dealer) off r 38, Westminster West, Westminster CAMPBELL'S GEORGE SONS, (Spanish Merino sheep. Durham cattle and Poland China hogs) r 40. Westminster West. CHURCH CHARLES, (Atwood Mermo sheep, Shorthorn cattle) r 28, Westminster Station, 594 LIVE STOCK BREEDERS, ETC. LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES. CLARK J. HUNT, (grade Ayrshire cattle) off r 40, Westminster West. Westminster CLARKE JOSEPH, (Jersey and Durham cattle) r 46, COBB STEPHEN K., (Durham cattle) r 30, Westminster Station, " CORY GEORGE M., (Southdown sheep) r 50, Westminster West, DRISLANE DENNIS D., (grade Durham cattle) r 10, Bellows Falls, " Farr John V., (Merino sheep) r 30, Westminster Station, '' FISHER P. & O. L., (Jersey cattle. Merino sheep) r 31, Goodell Charles C, (Spanish Merino sheep) r 31, Westminster West, " GORHAM DAVID C, (Spanish Merino sheep) off r 38, Westmin- ster West, "■ Hall Edward B., (Jersey cattle) r 39, Westminister West, "■ HOLDEN JEROME. (Spanish Merino sheep, Suffolk and Poland China hogs, and Durham cattle) r 38 and 40, Westminster West, "^ Kimball Harry H., (Spanish Merino sheep) r 31, Saxton's River, "■ Leach David W., (Jersey cattle and Hambletonian horses) r 31, "■ MILLER JAMES M., (Chester white hogs) off r 23, MILLER REUBEN, (grade Jersey and Guernsey cattle,) r 64, West- minster West, " Minard John B., (Merino sheep) r 2, Westminster West, " Nutting Charles A., (dealer) r 34, Westminster, " Nutting Stephen M., (Southdown) r 35 cor 34, *' PIERCE NATHAN G., (Holstein cattle) r 3, SMITH JOSEPH, (sheep and horses) Saxton's River, UNDERWOOD G. HERBERT, (Jersey cattle and Merino sheep) WATKINS ALEXANDER S., (Merino sheep) r 30, Westminster Station, " WETHERELL GEORGE T., (staUion Godfrey Patchin, Jr.,) r 31, WILBUR WILLIAM N., Rev., (Jersey cattle, Spanish Merino sheep, Poland China hogs,) off r 2, Saxton's River, " WRIGHT DANIEL C, (Spanish Merino sheep) r 31, CHASE JOSEPH & WILLIS D., (Jersey cattle) r 21. Whitingham ADAMS HENRY, (grade Durham cattle) r 18, ' Wilmington Adams Newell, (grade Durham cattle) r 18, " Barber Henry W., (grade Durham cattle) r 64, Jacksonville, " Bissell Charles W., (Durham cattle) r 38, " HARRIS LOREN, (grade Durham cattle) r 28. HASKELL HIRAM 2d & SON, (grade Durham cattle) r 39, HAYNES I. & E. M., (grade Durham cattle) r 12, HAYNES P. & SON, (sheep and cattle) r 31, PALMETER DANIEL J., (grade Durham cattle) r 37, RICH PERLEY, (Hambletonian horses) r58, SMITH FRANCIS R., (Durham cattle) r 36, STOWE JOHN H., (grade Durham cattle) r 34, Ballon Tuman A., rag, Windham ROBBINS DAVID E., (dealer) r 36, South Windham, Livery, Sale and Boarding Stables. Atkins Henry C, rear of Harmony block, Brattleboro Burke Howard M., Elliot st., rear of Crosby block, " GOODHUE FRANCIS, Brooks House, Main St., " MORRIS SIDNEY L , r 31, West Brattleboro, " LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES — LUMBER MANUFACTURERS, ETC. 595 RAY JOHN L., 22 Main. Brattleboro SMITH J. WILDER. Main st. TAYLOR JOSEPH A., rear of Brooks House, PHELPS F. & H, Barney Ezra P., Main, Jamaica McLean Bros., cor Main and Mechanic st, " Curtis Samuel D., Main St., South Londonderry, Londonderry HIGGINS SAMUEL B., Newfane PLIMPTON FRANK B., WilHamsville Worster Stillman, " KENDALL DUDLEY H., Main st. cor High, Putney LEWIS FRANKLIN M., Factory st., CAMPBELL WILLIAM H., Saxton's River, Rockingham Frost Henry S., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " Lovell Leverett T. 2d, Bellows Falls, " TOWNS HOTEL STABLES, Coombs Osnian F., Townshend Holland William S., SMITH RUSSELL F., r 19, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon SQUIRES WILLIAM A., r 9, CUTLER EDWARD A., r 25, Whitingham Locksmilhs. See Gunsmiihs, etc. Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers. (See also Saw-mills. ^ Allen I. K., & Co., Flat st, ' Brattleboro CHURCH JONATHAN A., Frost st, DOOLITTLE ALONZO E., i Western ave., Doolittle Warren, " MILLER DAVID W., 19 Main st, JOHNSON TYLER L., r 3 1, Vernon, Guilford Bills Emery A., Jamaica GLEASON WILLIAM F., r 34, Higgins J. Wilson, r ;^;^, " Taylor Edward G., ' " Livermore Austin F., r 45, South Londonderry, Londonderry EDWARDS & PIERCE, Newfane Morse Frederick J., WilHamsville, " BOLSTER JOEL C , r 42, . Putney Alexander Solon N., Bellows Falls, Rockingham BACON BROS., Mill st., Bellows Falls, Barber Fred M., Mill St., Bellows Falls, " MILLER MOSES, Bellows Falls, GROUT JOEL F., r ti. ArHngton, Ben. Co., Stratton Lyman & Son, off r 18, West Wardsboro, " PIKE ALEXANDER H., r 18, West Wardsboro, • Prescott & Eason, r 14, Vernon Brown & Shipman, r 19. West Wardsboro. Wardsboro HOWE EDWARD R., r 16, Kidder Herbert E., r 35, South Wardsboro, " Lamson Caleb B., r 7^, Ramsdell J. W. & Son, r 24, '* 596 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. THE mimm fhieid ! POST'S Etti^eiia., THE PERFECT U iian D The maple tree looks beautiful, ('Tis useful, all admit,) How sweet the sugar or the sap That people get from it. How much of sap's lost every year, How much of time as well. — By having wretched wooden pails. As all the farmers tell- One C C. Post, of Burlington. I A Science man is he, ) Has a Sap Spout you may affix To any maple tree; It has a Bucket Hanger, too, — The two combined in one: That every farmer ought to see, And every farmer's son. This Galvanized Metallic friend ■' Eitrekii " has been styled; '■ I've found it ! " sugar makers shout. And every farmer's child. And 't is to a tree affixed With Post's Sap Bucket bright. The maker knows sap will be saved, And all things will work right. The Tin Sap Bucket, conical, Its indented side you'll see — So made that it will fit the shape Of any maple tree. And to its brim with sap 't will fill Ere any sap runs out; It should be sold to sugar makers This Bucket with the Spout. To make the thing the more complete And bring good things about, A Cover he has now affixed To Bucked and the Spout. When to the tree they are applied. All storm and dirt without. From sap so very pure you'll See The nicest sugar out. I can't describe them as they are In any verses here. But much of maple sap they'll save In each succeeding year. Go see them, and appreciate.— Their maker does not boast ; But he'll convince you very soon That he's a useful Post. Oh. Sugar Makers, save your sap, For maple sugar's high; Eureka .Spout and Hanger have. This Bucket and Cover try. These useful ihings describe them- Can suiiar makers please, [selves. Each sugar manufacturer Should have them for his trees. Over 20,000 IWaple Sugar Makers ? have discarded every other kiod and have W purchased Post's Patent Metallic Eureka Sap Spouts and Bucket Hangers. They are destined to be the universal article of the kind used for the com- ing century. Their construction is wholly Mechanical, Scientific and Practi- cal, combining Con- venience, Simplicity, Durability and Econ- omy. They are guar- anteed to work per- fectly and to give per- fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Mauj' millions have been sold and not one returned. At least one-fourth more sugar and a better quality is made yearly by their use. They will last _ , - - V T, . „ . ^ for generations, an;i Eurel'a Sap Spout with Post s Patent n ■ . -i a Indented Conical 3ap Bucket and all points considered, Cover attached. are the CHEAPEST and most PROFITABLE SAP SPOUT the Sugar Maker can use. N. B. — The public are cautioned against the ptir- chase, sale or u.se of any Sap Spout having fins or flanges and chambers between tlie same for the free flow of sap, or a bucket hanger detachable, or one permanently attached to a spout. IT^Biij ilic El REKASand you e§cape all liifriiii^eiiieiit. .Address, O. C POST, l*ateiitco, E-u.rll2ag-t03n., "Vt. Dealer in Sugar Evaporators, Arch Grates and Sugar Fixtures in General. LUMBER MANUFACTURERS, ETC. — MASONS AND BUILDERS. 597 Nutting Stephen M., r 35 cor 34, Westminster BROWN WILLIAM A., r :^s, Jacksonville, Whitingham Chase Norman A., r 33, Jacksonville, " GOODNOW GEORGES., SAWYER LINCOLN H., (hard and soft lumber) r 27I, .Machinists. (See also Iron Founders and Machinists.) BARRETT CHARLES E., (paper machinery) Main St., Brattleboro WELD CALVIN J., Asylum St., Knight Riley E., r 15, Putney, Dummerston JEPSON HERBER V C, Guilford Parker Willard, r 38, WILLIAMS & HAYWARD. Main st., Londonderry COBB NORMAN, Jr., r 45, East Putney, Putney JEPSON HERBERT C, r 5^, Jacksonville, Wliitingham Machinists' Supplies. WILLIAMS & HAYWARD, Main St., Londonderry Marble and (iianite Dealers and Workers, and Monumental Works. Dutton William A., Depot St., Brattleboro *GOODELL J. W. & CO., Burlington GRANT CHARLES H., r 20, West Dnmmerston, Dummerston SPR.AGUE LEWIS N., (bronze monuments) Jamaica WILRINS A. W. J. & CO., Main st., Londonderry Kidder Amasa N., r 50. Putney BELLOWS FALLS MARBLE WORKS, Hiram King, Jr., prop., rear of Mammoth block. Bellows Falls, Rockingham Fessenden Edwin H., Townshend BUELL JOHN R., West Main st., ' Wilmington ROBINSON STILLMAN, Masouis and Builders. (See also Architects and Builders, also Carpenters and Builders.) Bemis Nial, (stone) r 9, Athens Bemis Simeon N., (stone) r 9. " GLYNN UTLLIAM T., (stone) r i, Alexander Clark, r 43, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro Connors John, (brick) " Deyo Moses, (stone) " DOWNER DAVID E., (stone) h Birge St., McGuire Patrick, (brick) - " Morse Sprague, (brick) n r 31^, West Brattleboro, •' Newton Charles, Clark st., • " Pillett Thomas A., Sargent George B., (stone) r it, " Staples Clark M., (stone) Elliot St., " Stewart Fred T., " White Patrick, Birge St., " Yeaw J. Frederick, (stone) 57 Elliot, " Rist Andrew S., r i, ■ Brookline Boyd James J., (stone) r 30, Dummerston 5g8 MASONS AND BUILDERS MEAT MARKETS AND BUTCHERS. Ayres John, (stone) r 21, Grafton Wright Seth W., r 26, Davis Henry S., (stone) r 28, '• Eddy Artemus, r 14, Guilford FRANKLIN GEORGE W., r 39, Allen A. Franklin, (stone) Jamaica CASTLE SAMUEL B., r 16, Bondville, Ben., Co., Skinner Zelotes M., (mason and builder) " Packard James A., r 37, East Dover, Newfane PARSONS GEORGE W., Davenport Charles, Putney Lovell Henry M., r 6, " Bennett Levi L., 17 Henry st., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Blood John R., (mason and contractor) Bellows Falls, " CHALMERS CHARLES M., Bellows Falls, Cunningham Abner, Saxton's River, " Dorand Quartus M., r 3, Bartonsville, '• Edson John W., r 19, Bartonsville, " Emery Osman B., r 3, Bartonsville, " Emery Samuel H. R., r 3, Bartonsville, " Fountain Zeb., Bellows Falls, " GIBSON WAYNE T., Bellows Falls, Gordon Frank, (stone) Bellows Falls, " Hadley Timothy T., (stone) Bello.vs Falls, " KINSMAN GEORGE H., Bellows Falls, Leech Jeremiah, (stone) Bellows Falls, . " Lewis Henry B., 7 Terrace, Bellows Palls, " McNamara Michael, (stone) Bellows Falls, " Morrison Solon D., (Saxton's River) " OBER HEZEKIAH, Bellows Falls, Page George, (brick) Bellows Falls, " Simonils Joseph V., (stone) Saxton's River, " Spring John O., Bellows Falls, " Timothy Fred, (brick) Bellows Falls, " Vegnault Gregory, Bellows Falls, " Cyr Charles, (stone) r 11, Bellows Falls, Westminster Daggett Samuel, (stone) r 8, Bellows Falls, Houghton James J., r 52, Jacksonville, Whitingham Pierce Putnam H., r 31, Jacksonville, '• WHEELER D. BVRON, r 31, Jacksonville, RICK JOHN S., r 37. Wilmington RUSSELL LEANDER C, r 49, iVeat Markets and Butchers. BARNES MILLARD F., r 17, Athens Springs Sabin L., r 15, " BLODGETT ROYAL T., r 31, West Brattleboro, Brattlebcro Brown Chandler A., r 28, West Brattleboro, " REDVVAY JOSEPH D., r 6, Richardson W. F. & Co., 35 Elliot, and 37 Main, " STEARNS JOHN A., h Frost st., COLLINS ANSEL -B., r 19 cor 35, West Dover, Dover REED EDWARD D., r 31, Dummerston MEAT MARKETS AND BUTCHERS — MILLWRIGHTS. 599 TOWNSHEND CHARLES B., Main st., Grafton ALEXANDER CHARLES E., r n, Bratileboro, Guilford Smith Henry S., (wholesale) r ii, « Woodard John W., r 42, Green River, " WRISLEY LUKE S., r 24, Green River, Shaffner Henry L., Tamaica Young Fred E., Factory st., " CHASE WORTHY N., Newfane MOORE JOHN M., r 41, WilHamsville, COLLINS HENRY H., r 28, South Londonderry, Londonderry Howard George A. , r 17, u Martin Joshua B., r 31, South Londonderry, " KENDALL FRANK D., High st.. Putney DOKAND PETER, r 21, Bartonsville, Rockingham GOODNOVV CHARLES F., Bellows Falls, Lovell Leverett T., 2d, Bellows Falls, " Sheridan Martin B., Bellows Falls, " Smith James O., 9 Bridge St., Bellows Falls, " Wheeler & Moody, Westminster st., Bellows Falls, " ALLEN FRED, West Townshend, Townshend Butterfield George H., r 11, Vernon AVeatherhead Alanson E., (butcher and meat peddler) r 15, " CORY GEORGE M., r 50, Westminster West, ' Westminster GOODHUE CHARLES F., (meat peddler) r 10, Bellows Falls, Davis Richard L, r ^t,, Jacksonville, Wheeler Elmer E., r 42, Milliners, Ittilliiiery and Fancy (luods. (See also Dry Goods, also General Merchants.) Avery Emma A., Bank block, Elliot st., cor Miin, Hall Annie M. Miss, iiy Main St., up stairs, Walker Jane L., Crosby block, Perry Anna C. Mrs., North st., Newman Sarah A., Main st., Sheldon Lizzie E., Main St., Bolles Mary E., JONES HARRIET A. E, WiUiamsville, Shattuck Mary E., Hight St., Walkup Ellen, High St., Guild B. R. & Sister, 20 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, Hawley E. L. Mrs., Main st , Saxton's River, Holden Sarah, The Square, Bellows Falls, Austin Carrie E., Chamberlin Estella, Jillson Ora M., r 33, Jacksonville, KINGSLEY JULIA A. Mrs., r ^3, Jacksonville, Smith Berriila M., r 18, Jacksonville, White Lestina A., North River St., Whitingham VVilminston Brattieboro Millwrights. Miller Fred H., (paper-mill) Forest St., Moore Silas H., r 37, West Dover, Sturgess Albert, South Londonderry, Jamaica Londonderry Newfane Putney Rockingham Townshend Whitingham i. ■ a Wilmington Brattieboro Dover Londonderry 6oo MILLWRIGHTS NEEDLE MANUFACTURER. O'NEAL PATRICK C, Burr John W., r 40, Cambridgeport, BAKER CALVIN, Bishop Luna, r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., BISHOP MILTON B., r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., MoAvers and Reapers. (See Agricultural Implements.) i^Iusic and Musical Instruments. (See also Organ Manufacturers, &c.) Putney Rockingham Whitingham Brattleboro Baldwin Albert, (organs) Burnett George W., (organs) bds 60 Canal St., " *CARPENTER E. P. ORGAN CO., (organs) CHENEY & CLAPP, 6 Crosby block, CLARK EDWARD, (pianos and organs) 4 and 5 Granite block, " DUNKLEE SCOTT, ESTEY ORGAN CO.. (organs) STEWART CHARLES W., People's Bank block, Collins Charles P., r 22, West Dummerston, Duramerston WRIGHT MARSHALL W., (violin manuf.) r 28, Grafton GODDARD DAVIS B., South Londonderry, Londonderry AMADON FRED L., 2 Tunes block. The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Barber Calvin L., cor Atkinson and Henry sts., Bellows Falls, " LADD MARSHALL C, cor Henry and Atkinson sts., Bellows Falls, " *LAKE HENRY E.. Main st , Saxton's River, " Music Teachers. Barrett Calvin T., (vocal) r 3, Alexander Henry W., Canal St., Brasor Hattie E., 80 Frost st., Burnham Mary H., (instrumental) iS Main St., Gale Agnes D., (instrumental) 24 South Main, Howe Alice, Harris Place, Lightsinger Emma E. Mrs., 52 Cedar St., Mozart Belle, 3 Flat St.. Rider Julia N., (instrumental) 20 South Main, SCHUSTER CHRISTIAN F., (instrumental) North St., Stevens ColHns R., (instrumental) Crosby block, Streeter Emily E., r 31, West Brattleboro, Streeter MandaC, r 31, West Brattleboro, Miller Mary D., (instrumental) r 9, TENNEY ELLERY C, (vocal) r 28. KING WALTER E., r 35, Lang Willie L., Brown Hattie, (instrumental) 28 Canal, Bellows Falls, *L.A.KE HENRY E., Main St., Saxton's River, Twitchell Nellie H., r 38, Kimball Harry H., (vocal) r 31, Saxton's River, STIMPSON JOEL C, r 40, Needle Manufficturer. Randall James B., (knitting machine needles) Harmony block, Brookline Brattleboro Dummerston Grafton Marlboro Newfane Rockingham Townshend Westminster Whitingham Brattleboro NEWS DEALERS PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS. 6oi News Dealers. (See also Books and Stationery.) CARPENTER EDWARD J., Elliot St., LADD MARSHALL C, cor Henry and Atkinson, Bellows MITCHELL BROS., 15 Hotel block, Bellows Falls, Woods George F., Westminster st., Bellows Falls, Newspapers. See Printing Offices. Nurserymen and Dealers in Fruit Trees. (See also Florists, etc.) *ALLEN C. E., Evans Charles M., CHASE JOSIAH B., r 30, Jacksonville, Nurses. Everest Jennie, h South Main St., Hastings Eliza, 49 High St., Stearns J. Foster, h Pearl st., NEWTON CARRIE C, r 33, Jacksonville, Optician. (See also Jewelry and Watches.) Tripp Charles A. & Co., Main St., Organ Manufacturers. ♦CARPENTER E. P. ORGAN CO., Flat St., ESTEY ORGAN CO., Birge st., Organ Reeds. WHITNEY J. D. & SON, Harmony block. Overalls Manufacturer. NOYES JOSEPH C, East Jamaica, Painters and Paper Hangers. (See also Artists.) Kingsley Eugene S., r 14, AT WOOD WARREN C, rear of town Hall, BEMIS WILLIAM L., i Market block, Elliot st., Bennett William F., Elm St., Blondin Daniel D., (general) Frost St., Boyce James, Jr., Bradley Russell C, (house) Cain Thomas, (house) 35 Birge, COOK OSCAR W., Davis Fred B., r 31^, Davis John, Chestnut St., Davis Simon C, r 31^, FISHER MARSHALL E., r 30, Fox Frank E., Crowell building, Elliot St., Gregg Patrick, (house) Hildreth Austin O., (carriage) 39 Brattleboro Falls, Rockingham Brattleboro Londonderry Whitingham Brattleboro Whitingham Brattleboro Brattleboro Brattleboro Jamaica Athens Brattleboro 6o2 PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS. Kinney Lorenzo D., (house) 58 Elliot, Brattleboro Manning Michael^ Elliot, " Manning Michael W.^ 96 Elliot, " McKee Milton A., Elliot St., " McVeigh Matthew, (house) r 25, " NEW'ION JOHN G., (carriage) Canal, " Packard Samuel W., (house) 21 Washington, " Pratt Thomas, r 31^, " Pratt Thomas R., Harmony block, " Ramsdell Cyrus, Elliot St., " Reynolds Henry A., h old Brattleboro House, " Rugg Henry, (carriage) Elliot St., " Sargent Chester A., (house) Harmony block, " Smith Edward, " Smith Hazen A., r 31, West Brattleboro, " Stone Riley, r 31, " Streeter Esmond E., r 6, " TENNEY JAMES O.. r 44, Dummerston TENNEY WHITNEY r 57, West Dummerston, BAILEY SAMUEL S., Grafton Sherwin Charles C, " Weatherbee Fred H., Main St., " Campbell Matthew, r 52, Guilford Crary Isaac, (house) r 11, " CLARK CHARLES S., Factory St., Jamaica Packard James A., r 37, East Dover, Newfane PRATT MELVIN R. Warren Albert T., Bailey Albert A., (house) r 27, Londonderry BROWN FERNANDO S., South Londonderry, Tyler Harland D., Main st., South Londonderry, " Buxton Albert, r 45, East Putney, Putney COBB FRED R., Farnum Charles F., r 11, " Knight Charles D., Main St., " Wilber Chnton D., r 50, " Allbee Elijah W., (house) Saxton's River, Rockingham Bishop Charles A , Saxton's River, " BOWEN C. LOUIS, i Prospect cor Gove, Bellows Falls, " BOWEN CHARLES A., Bellows Falls, " Brown James M., 28 Canal, Bellows Falls, " Burrows Isaac H., Bellows Falls, " CANNON BARNEY, Jr., Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, " Cunningham Abner, Saxton's River, " Damon H. Lincoln. Bellows Falls, " Day Franklin, r 3, Bartonsville, " *DAY JOEL F., Canal st., Bellows Falls, " Dugan Archie W.. (house) Saxton's River, " Hinckley Charles W., r 29, " Hinckley Samuel A., r 29, " Hodgkins R(3swell F., Saxton's River, " Kilburn Alfred G., Bellows Falls, " Lawton Fred S., Bellows Falls, • " PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS — PAPER MANUFACTURERS. 603 Lovell Winfield S., r 3, Bartonsville, O'Connell John, Bellows Falls, Shuttleworth John, Bellows Falls, Smith George S., Bellows Falls, Travis John A., (house) Bellows Falls, WATERMAN AZRO B., Bellows Falls, Johnson Homer, r 18, West Wardsboro, PRATT BRADLEY D., r 38^, Johnson Israel, r 20, Marshall Henry C, r 11, Clark WiUiam F., r 7I Estabrook Jedadiah C, Jr., r 24, Smith Robert H., r 7^^, Davis George C, r 56, Westminster West, Houston John, r 8, Bellows Falls, GORHAM JASON, r 39 cor 40, Westminster West, GORHAM WILLIAM A., r 39 cor 40, Westminster West, Wilkins Luther A., off r 7, BROWN MERVIN M., Cutler Charles E., r 25, FOX MARTIN L., r 33, r ^;^, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, 38, Streeter Moses, Hanks W. H., Abbott Henry M., r 19. Rockingham Stratton Townshend Vernon Wardsboro Westminster Whitingham Wilmington Windham Painters, Portrait, &c. See Artists, Portraits, Landscape, &c. Paints, Oil and Glass. (See also Druggists, also General Merchants, also Hardware.) EATON WATSON S., Main st., Andrews & Spencer, North River st., Grafton Wilmington Palm Leaf and Palm Hats. FULLERTON JOHN H., off r 30, West Townshend, Townshend Howard Levi C, r 33, Jacksonville, Whitingham Paper Hangings, Window Shades, &c. (See also General Merchants, also Book and Stationery.) GEDDIS WILLIAM R., 115 Main st., Brattleboro *VAN DOORN M. T. & SON, 7 Crosby block, Gray Oscar D., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham *WINNEW1SSER AUGUST F., The Square, Bellows Falls, Paper iHanulacturers. VINTON T., Brattleboro Paper Mill, South Main, Brattleboro COLE & GOUGH, Circle St., Putney ROBERTSON WILLIAM & SON, Owl mills. Water st., ARMS OTIS B., Bellows Falls, Rockingham FALL MOUNTAIN PAPER CO., W. A. Russell, of Lawrence, Mass.. pres.. Bellows Falls, " FLINT WYMAN & SONS, off Mill st.. Bellows Falls, Moore, Arms & Thompson, off Bridge St., Bellows Falls, " ROBERTSON JOHN & SON, off Bridge St., Bellows Falls, " RUSSELL WILLARD & CO., off Mill St., Bellows Falls, " , 6o4 PAPER STOCK PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Rockingham Athens Brattleboro Paper Stock. Locke F. B. & Co., Main st. cor Factory, Saxton's River, *WILLIAMS & CO., 15 Bridge st. Bellows Falls, Peddlers. Hitchcock David J., (tin) r i, Cambridgeport, Allen Henry J., r 51, Baker George, Maple St., BARTLETT ADDISON W., (tin) r 31^, Hosford Ralph E.^ r 31, West Brattleboro, Knapp Leroy I., (silk goods) r 27, Noyes Charles D., 60 Canal St., Drown Charles W., West Dummerston, Reed David S., r 32, Wilson Wallace W., (sewing silk) off r 25, West Dummerston, Brown Elisha, Russell George, r 31, Cambridgeport, THOMPSON DANIEL M., (Yankee notions) r 51, Wilkins Barnard E., r 25, Geen River, Richardson Henry L., Betterly George W., r 46, Williamsville, Day William D., Saxton's River, Gleason Frank E., West Townshend, Williams Samuel E , r 30, CoUer Watson, (tin) r 20, Severence Fred C, r 18, West Northfield, Mass., STODDARD FAYETTE W., (tin, glass and woodenware) r : GATES ALBERT E., r 18, Jacksonville, Stickney Harvey, r 33, Jacksonville, Tyler Obed, r 38, Pension and Claim Agents. MARTIN & EDDY, over People's National Bank, Flagg Josephine Mrs., r 3, Bartonsville, Perlumery, etc. (See also Druggists.) Bissell Manuf. Co., Main st., Saxton's River, Photographers. HOWE C. L. & SON, Main st. cor Elliot, PROUTY JASON W., 19 Prospect St., WYATT & PHILLIPS, 61 Main st.. Walker George H., Church st.. South Londonderry, Allen Jonas, r 38, CATHAN LUCIUS H., r 38^, Blake Frederick J., Westminster St., Bellows Falls, Taft Preston W., Main st., Saxton's River, Physicians and Surgeons. 'bEMIS SAMUEL N., r 11, BRUCE MARTIN L., 25 Elliot St., CONLAND JAMES, Crosby block, DEARBORN DAVID P., (homeo.) North Nain st, DRAPER JOSEPH, M. D., supt of Vt Asylum for Insane, Dummerston u Grafton Guilford Jamaica Newfane Rockingham Townshend Vernon ^' . . " Whitingham Brattleboro Rockingham Rockingham Brattleboro Londonderry Townshend Rockingham Brattleboro PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 605 GALE GEORGE F., 24 Green st., Brattleboro GREGG JAMES W., ng Main st., Harvey George H., r 23, West Brattleboro, " Holton Henry D., Main cor Walnut St., <« LAWTON SHAILER E., M. D., Insane Asylum, " Rockwell William H., Asylum St.. " Steadman Josiah H., r 31, West Brattleboro, " Talbot George H., North Main st., " TUCKER HENRY, M. D., (homeo.) Leonard block, (up stairs) WEBSTER DAN P., 27 Elliot, Wells Lucian E., r 5. <' Wentworth Lowell F., M. D., Insane Asylum, " Weston Eugene S., 119 Main, " KNAPP ALVIN, r 2, Dummerston Bishop Isaiah M., (alio.) Grafton Foss E. Frank, (alio.) Main St., " HICKS HERNANDO A., r 27, Green River, Guilford Whitmg Walter C, (alio.) r 49 cor 38, Halifax HOLTOxNT JOEL, Main cor Factory st., Jamaica RAY CHARLES W., Main St., BLAKESLEY CALEB S., (alio.) WiUiamsville, " DeVane Joseph, (alio.) " HOWARD G. HENRY, (alio.) White P. P., (alio.) WiUiamsville, " ARNOLD LUTHER S., (eclectic) Main St., Londonderry Coleman Lizzie, (botanic) " Marden Daniel H., (alio.) South Londonderry, " Newman William, (botanic) Main St., " WOOD NORMAN P., Main St., South Londonderry, WOODWARD WILLIAM R., (eclectic) North st., FOSTER GEORGE S., (alio.) Main St., Putney Munger Edson S., (alio.) High St., " Allbee Elmore S., (alio.) 13 Bridge, Bellows Falls, Rockingham CAMPBELL DANIEL, Main st., Saxton's River, Campbell Edward R., (alio.) Centennial block. Bellows Falls, " Chapin Henry B., r 40, Cambridgeport, " Gosselin Vincent, (alio.) Green st.. Bellows Falls, " Nichols Samuel, (alio.) Bellows Falls, " Parker Plinny B., r 20, Bartonsville, " Pettingill Edward H., Factory st., Saxton's River, " Phelps Olney W., (alio.) 10 School, Bellows Falls, WHITE WILLIAM L., (alio.) Bellows Falls, Whitman Frank, (alio.) The Square, Bellows Falls, Ayer A. D., (eclectic) West Townshend, KENYON HENRY B., (alio.) r32, Terrell Clark M., (alio.) r 38, Goodwillie Thomas, r 14, Blist Abner F., (alio.) r 7I Martin Franklin, (botanic) off r 7^, Harrington Walter L., (alio.) r 34, GILLETT WATERS, M. D., r 48 cor 39, Johnson Frank B., r 33, Jacksonville, " Stafford Ftank D., r 27^, " Titus Elmer J., South River St., Wilmington Townshend Vernon Wardsboro Westminster Whitingham 6o6 PIANOS AND ORGANS — POULTRY DEALERS. Pianos and Organs. See Music and Musical Instruments, also Organ Manufacturers. Picture Frames. (See also Books and Stationery, also Furniture, also Photographers.) CHENEY & CLAPP, 6 Crosby block, Brattleboro GEDDIS WILLIAM R., 115 Main st., WILDER ANDREW F., Tyler's block, LANDMAN LUKE T., r 7, South Londonderry, LANDMAN WILLIAM H., r 6 cor 3. Rawsonville, Barber Fred M., Mill st.^ Bellows Falls, Planing Mills. (See also Saw-mills, also Sash, Doors and Blinds.) CHURCH J. A., Frost St., FISHER EZRA E., r 31, West Brattleboro, TENNEY ELLERY C. r 28, CARPENTER BROS., r 39, PIERCE W. W. & CO., Main st. South Londonderry, Bingham Willard E., r 40, Williamsville, BURDITT FREDERICK O., Wheeler & Morse, Williamsville, KNIGHT JAMES H., Circle St., BACON BROS., Mill st.. Bellows Falls, Whitcomb Jotham, River st., Saxton's River, Gage Sidney «& Co.. r 11, Bellows Falls, MORRIS & HARRIS, North River st., Plating. Spencer Newcomb H., r 20 cor 21, West Dover, Plaster. See Lime, Plaster, &:c. Plows, Harrows, &c. See Agricultural Implements. Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fitters. *ANDERSON & REED, Flat st., Burnham & Willis, Grove st., GOULD WILLIAM, Clark st., BAILEY SAMUELS., MILLER WILLIAM A., 9 Rockingham St., Bellows Falls, Portrait Painters. See Artists, Portrait, Landscape, etc. Poultry Dealers. (See also Fancy Fowls.) Shaffner Henry L., Jamaica (( Rockingham Brattleboro Grafton Guilford Londonderry Newfane Putney Rockingham (( Westminster Wilmington Dover Brattleboro Grafton Rockingham Jamaica PRINTING OFFICES — PULP WOOD DEALERS. 607 3Sr- H- IDO"^7;7-3>TS' VEOETABLE BAZSAMIC ELIXIR 11^" Is a sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Whooping- Cough, and all Lung Diseases, when taken in season. People die of consumption simply because of neg- lect, when the timely use of this remedy would have cured them at once. ■Fifty-tu-o years of constant use proves the fact that no cough remedy has stood the test like T> ore ns ' Elixir, Price 35c., 5CC. and $1.00 per bottle. ^^^For Sale Everywhere. ..^^ Dr. Baxter's Mandrake %Vill cure Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Indigestion, and all diseases arising from Biliousness. Price 25 cents per bottle. For Sale Everywhere. HENRY & JOHNSON'S ARNICA AND OIL LINIMENT, Fox* ]>Iaii and Uea,s*t, The most perfect liniment ever compounded. Price Z5c. and jcc. For Sale Everywhere. Printing Offices. Robbins William C, (job) r i, Athens HOUSEHOLD THE^ (monthly magazine) George E Crowell, prop., 13 Crosby block, Brattleboro LEONARD DEWITT, (job) Harmony block, *SELLECK & DAVIS, (job) 8 Main st., [Card on page 586] *VERMONT PHCENIX, French & Stedman, props., Main St., *WINDHAM COUNTY REFORMER, C. H. Davenport, publisher, Tyler block, " WOMAN AT WORK, (monthly magazine) Frank E. Housh, pub- lisher, Crosby block, " WEST RIVER REPUBLICAN SPY, H. E. Mundell, prop., Jamaica *LONDONDERRY SIFTER, George T. Shanks, prop., Main st.. South Londonderry, Londonderry *LIVERMORE BROS., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham *BELLOWS FALLS TIMES, A. N. Swain, prop., The Square, Bel- lows Falls, " Stetson Forest E., (job) r 2,lii Jacksonville, Whitingham Produce (Country) Dealers. (See also General Merchants, also Speculators.) MINER OZIAS L., r 47, Brattleboro TOWNSHEND WARNER G., r 36, Grafton COLLINS HENRY H., r 28, South Londonderry, Londonderry Ranney Alfred P., r 39, Westminster DIMMICK GEORGE W., (potatoes) offr 19, Windham Proprietary Medicines. (See also Drugs and Medicines, also General Merchants.) FLAGG EMERSON E., 14 Prospect st., GREENE GEORGE E., 63 Main st., THORN L N. & SON, 2 Crosby block. Main st., Willard Henry C, Brooks House block, *HENRY, JOHNSON & LORD, Gale Jacob C, South Londonderry, Bissell Manuf. Co., Main st., Saxton's River, ALLEN ROBERT, (cholera syrup, etc.,) r 21, Pulp Wood Dealers. Bacon Holden D., (poplar wood) r 19, Bartonsville, Bathrick Charles, Saxton's River, Brattleboro Burlington Londonderry Rockingham Vernon Rockingham 6o8 PUMPS RAKE FACTORIES. Pumps. (See also Hardware, also Stoves, Tin, etc.) CLISBEE HERBERT C, (agent for "Star" pump) GOULD WILLIAM, (manuf.) Clark St., Quarries. Brattleboro Dummerston Bailey Silas A., (granite) r 39, West Dummerston, GRANT CHARLES H., (granite) r 20, West Dummerston, " BUTTERFIELD & SMITH, (soap-stone) Main st., Carabridgeport, Grafton BLACK HIBBARD C, (slate) r 39, Putney BLACK HORACE, (slate) r 39, Rag Dealer. (See also Paper Stock.) Forest Woolen Co., r ir. Bellows Falls, Westminster Railroad and Ticket Agents. BROOKS EDWIN F., (station) Brattleboro CAREY EDMUND, (ocean steamers) h Vernon st, " Ashley Albert B., r 20, West Dummerston, Dummerston TENNEY JAMES O., (station) r 44, BOYNTON MYRON L., (station) Jamaica Butler Aaron M., (station) East Jamaica, " MARTIN JAMES, (Winhall station) r 42, South Londonderry, Londonderry MELENDY E. WEBSTER, (station) South Londonderry, GREEN JOSEPH J., (station) Newfane Merrifield Arthur M., (station) r 46, Williamsville, " Frost David M., (station) r 47, East Putney, Putney PIERCE MARSHALL, (ticket and freight, Vt. Val. R. R.) r 50, Adams Lucius W., (station) r 3, Bartonsville, Rockingham Bigelow Edward B., (station) " BOWTELL HENRY E., (freight agent Vt. Val. & Sull. R. R.) Bel- lows Falls, " Gates Nathan P., (freight agent Cheshire R. R.) Bellows Falls, " Goodwin James E., (supt. of Sullivan Co. & Vt. Val. R. R.) Bellows Falls, GUILD GEORGE O., (western tickets) Centennial block, Bellows Falls, *HAYES LYMAN S., (western R. R. ticket and ocean steamers) The Square, Bellows Falls, " Hildreth Fred C, (freight division agent C. V. R. R.) Bellows Falls, " Johnson Henry C, (freight and ticket, C. V. R. R. ) Bellows Falls. " BOYDEN DEXTER E., (station) West Townshend, Townshend HASTINGS EDWIN L., STEBBINS JOSIE S., (station) r gi Vernon Rake Factories. JACOBS HENRY W., (hand hay rakes) r 30, FARR & ROLL, r 34, PARKER STERNE O., (wire tooth rakes) r 45, East Putney, Guilford Jamaica Putney REAL ESTATE SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS. 609 ARE YOU GOING WEST? <«« TI^J^"^EI_, BY THE n i llLi \ MAKING CLOSE CONNECTIONS AT lonyood, ivitli Hoiiiejatftoffii k Ogdeiisliirg Ikilraai. Ogdensburg, with Grand Trunk Railroad, (By Ferry to Prescott,) For all Points in the Western States and Territories. JSf^ Special attention giYen to parties seeking homes in the West. B®" Special Rates and Accommodations given on application. /I. /I. G ADDIS, F. L. POMEROY, Gen'l Manager. tioii'l Pass. Agent. 0.G-IDEITSB"U":RC3-, ItT. -ST. Real Estate. CAMPBELL EZEKIEL B., CROWELL GEORGE E., h Spruce st, CUDWORTH & CHILDS, 10 Crosby block, MARTIN & EDDY, over People's National Bank, SHERMAN & JENNE, new Bank block. Holden Sylvanus M., r 28 cor 31. South Londonderry, BARRY LUCIUS P.. Saxton's River, BRIDGEMAN JABEZ D., Mammoth block, Bellows Falls, Lovell Leverett T., 2d, Bellows Falls, HARRIS WILLIAM, Restaurants. Brattleboro Londonderry Rockingham Windham BLISS GEORGE A., r 2, Main st, Cooper Enoch L., 65 Main st., Martin WiUiam, 6 Elliot St., ORMES CARL D. & DRAPER S., Main st., SALISBURY GEORGE H., 41 Main st.. DEPOT RESTAURANT AND DINING ROOM, O. prop., depot, Bellows Falls, POLLARD ALPHONZO P., Canal st.. Bellows Falls, CHILDS ADxNA L., 4 West Main st, Sash, Doors and lilinds. (See also Hardware.) CHURCH JONATHAN A., Frost St., CLARK BARN A A., 5 Crosby block, *DAY JOEL F., Canal St., Bellows Falls, Taylor Don G., r 33, Jacksonville, Brattleboro L. Slader, Rockingham Wilmington Brattleboro Rockingham Whitingham 6lO SAW-MILLS. Savv-iMills. (See also Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers.) Hudson Mary Mrs., r 15, Athens Fletcher Henry, Birge St., Brattleboro. GOODENOUGH JOHN C, r 32, West Brattleboro, WHITAKER FOSTER S., r 22, West Brattleboro, Bush Lorenzo W., r 9, Newfane, Brookline DAVIS JOHN B., r 19 cor 35, West Dover, Dover Hescock Horace L., r 18, West Dover, " PROUTY, BROWN & HALE, r 26, East Dover, Prouty & Brown, r 26, East Dover, " COMBS WM. & W. E., West Dumnierston, Dummerston Crosby Frederick F., r 48, Brattleboro, " Reed Edward F., r 29, " Stockwell Denslow M., r 72, Williamsville, " TAFT JOHN, r 39, West Dummerston, BULLARD RICHARD W., r 28, Grafton Haskell Alonzo & W. A., Thomas Alonzo D., r 13, " WHITE & WILBUR, r 28, CARPENTER BROTHERS, r 39, Guilford Cook Francis F,, r 18, " Stowe Henry, r 44, Green River, " Denison Willard A., r 26, Green River, Halifax GATES JESSE E., r 16, West Brattleboro, Hagar Albert M. V.. r 45, Jacksonville, " STONE BROTHERS, r 37, West Halifax, SUMNER LEWIS W., off r 32, West Hahfax, Thurber Albert L., r 14, West Halifax, " Densmore Solon J., r 45, East Jamaica, Jamaica Felton Henry H., r 35, " Houghton Benjamin B., r 3, Rawsonville, " KINGSBURY AUSTIN A., r 3, Rawsonville, NICHOLS CHARLES M., Jr., r 22, WARDWELL & FLINT, " WHEELER WILLIAM H., r 23, Curtis Alonzo A., Londonderry Farnum Ceylon D., Main st.. South Londonderry, " Wood Frank M., South Londonderry, " CORBETT CIRIL M. & JOHN N., r 49, West Marlboro, Marlboro HIGLEY ORANGE, r 11, Metcalf John O., r 8, Williamsville, Bingham Willard E., r 40, South Newfane, Newfane Brooks William A., Jr., r 42, South Newfane, " BROWN CLARK L., r 36, East Dover, Cheney Jeduthan H., r 37, South Newfane, " Davenport, Underwood & Co., " DICKINSON DANA D., Williamsville, TIMSOiV ALBERT L., Williamsville, Walker Ephraim C, " KNIGHT JAMES H., Circle st., Putney Pierce Franklin L., r 45, " Walkup John W., r 20, " SAW-MILLS — SEWING MACHINES. 6ir Hubbard Leonard C, Westminster st , Saxton's River, Rockingham Lawrence Martin R., r ij^, Bartonsville, " Whitcomb Jotham, River st., Saxton's River, ^ " Covey Myron A., r 7, Grafton, Townshend Chamberlain Harrison H., " GOODELL A. A. & CO., West Townshend, " WTLLARD CHARLES H. 2d., r 38^, Whithed Addison, r 14, Vernon WAIT ETHELBERT H., r 40, West Wardsboro, Wardsboro Wait Martin V. B., r 40, West Wardsboro, " Gage Sidney & Co., r ii, Bellows Falls, Westminster Harlow Henry G., r 40, Westminster West, " MAYO PETER, r 37, SMITH IRA, r 31, •" BISHOP MILTON B., r 43, Readsboro, Ben. Co., Whitingham Cheney Wales A., r ;^;^, Jacksonville, " Corkins Elisha J., r 33, Jacksonville, " CORKINS HENRY, r 16, Jacksonville, GOODNOW GEORGE S., Hager Albert M. V., Jacksonville, " HULL ANDREW JACKSON, r 26, Plumb Lucius H., r 62, Readsboro, Ben. Co., " PUTNAM EDWIN E., r t,^, Jacksonville, " SAWYER LINCOLN H., r 27^, STETSON BROS., r 33. Jacksonville, WHEELER OTIS B., r — , " Barnard Frank E., r 60, Wilmington CLARK CHARLES C, r 27, MORRIS & HARRIS, North River st., Titus Edwin, r 42, Harrington Ransley, South Windham, Windham MASON ALBERT O., r 29, Scroll Sawing. ORTON JOHN A., Harmony block, Brattleboro Schools. See Academies and Schools. Seedsmen. (See also General Merchants, also Hardware.) *ALLEN CHARLES E., 64, Canal, Brattleboro *BUTTERFIELD CHARLES W., Bellows Falls, Rockingham PIERCE NATHAN G., (improved corn) r 36, Westminster Sewer Pipe Dealers. (See also Cement Pipe.) Pellett John C, South Main cor Pine, Brattleboro Sewing Machines. Witherell Richard L., r 7, Athens BRATTLEBORO SEWING MACHINE CO., L. K. Fuller, pres. ; J. L. Simons, supt. and treas. ; manufs. of the Estey sewing machine, r 30, Brattleboro 6l 2 SEWING MACHINES — SHODDY FLOCKS. Cleves & Ryan, agents Brattleboro Sewing Machine Co., Brattleboro Cummings Josiah E., 33 Elliot St., " DUNKLEE SCOTT, Higby Sewing Machine Co., (manufs.) Elliot St., " Williams John H., (repairer) 2 Walnut St., " CoUins Charles P., r 22, West Uummerston, Dummerston TENNEY JAMES O., r 44, CLARK GEORGE L., r3i. West Halifax, Hahfax LANDMAN LUKE T., r 7, South Londonderry, Jamaica LANDMAN WILLIAH H., r 6 cor 3, Rawsonville, CAPRON CHARLES E., The Square, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Marsh Amasa A., Bellows Falls, '= Upham William H., Westminster St., Bellows Falls, " FU.LLERTON JOHN H., off r 30, West Townshend, Townshend STICKNEY MELVIN W., r S3< Jacksonville, Whitingham Sheep Breeders. (See Live Stock.) Shingle Mills. (See also Lumber Dealers, also Lumber Manufs., also Saw-Mills.) Allen L K. & Co., Flat st., Brattleboro Fletcher Henry, Birge St., " GOODENOUGH JOHN P., r 32, We.st Brattleboro, Hescook Horace L., r 18, West Dover, Dover Prouty & Brown, r 26, East Dover, " COMBS WM. & W. E., West Dummerston, Dummerston Knight Riley E., r 15, Putney, " Read Edward F., r 29, " TAFT JOHN, r 39, West Dummerston, TENNEY ELLERY C, r 28, Grafton WHrrE & WILBUR, r 28, CARPENTER BROS , r 39, Guilford Cook Francis F., r 18, . " Weld Isaac A., r 39, " GLEASON WILLIAM F., r 34, ' Jamaica KINGSBURY AUSTIN A., r 3, Rawsonville, NICHOLS CHARLES M., Jr., r 22, Metcalf John O., r 8, WilliamsviUe, Marlboro Bingham Willard E.. r 40. WilliamsviUe, Newfane TIMSON ALBERT L., WilliamsviUe, Walkup John W., r 20, Putney GROUT TOEL F., r n, Arlington, Ben. Co., Stratton WILLARD CHARLES H., 2d, r 38^, Townshend Brown Sz Shipman. r tq, West Wardsboro, Wardsboro DOOLITTLE ALBERT T., off r 34, South Wardsboro, HOWE EDWARD R., r 16, Kidder Herbert E., r 35, South Wardsboro, " STETSON BROS., r S3, Jacksonville, Whitingham RICHARDSON GEORGE A., r 29, Windham shoddy Flocks. F'orest Woolen Co., r 11, Bellows Falls, Westminster SILVERWARE SUGARMAKERS SUPPLIES 613 Brattleboro Brattleboro Guilford Westminster silverware. (See also Jewelry, etc.) Pratt E. Austin, r 31, West Brattleboro, *VAN DOORN M. T. & SON, 7 Crosby block, Slate Roofers and Dealers. (See also Roofers, etc.) RYAN NICHOLAS T., 5 Crosby block, Main st., WILLARD frank E., 59 Mam st., Hughes Robert E., off r 31, BOND HENRY F., r n, Bellows Falls, Soap Manufacturers. FLAGG EMERSON E., 14 Prospect, Brattleboro LISCOM JOHN P., r 42, W0RDEN'& MOORE, (soft) Brattle st., Soapstone Manufacturers. Dunham David O , (manuf.) r 12, Athens BUTTERFIELD & SMITH, (soaps-stone quarry and manuf.) Main St., Cambridgeport, Grafton Spring-bed Manufacturer. Wilson Chester, Jamaica Sporting Goods. (See Hardware, also Guns, etc.) HOWE CHARLES H., 30 Main st, Brattleboro *GOODRIDGE SAMUEL W., (fishing rods) [Card on page 586.] Grafton Stage Routes. (See Star Mail Routes and Stage Lines.) Stair Building. HUNTER & O'NEIL, Flat St., DAY JOEL F., Canal St., Bellows Falls, stenographers. CHASE CHARLES S., (court) stoves and Tinware. (See also Hardware) Wood Edward A., 53 Main, Strong Levi J., (tinware, etc.) Farnsworth Mark H., (tinware) Main St., Winchester Fred, Main St., South Londonderry, BROWN A. H. & F. H., 27 Union block, Bellows Falls, Locke F. B. & Co., Main cor Factory, Saxton's River, MILLER WILLIAM A., 9 Rockingham st.. Bellows Falls, Warner S. W. & Son, Main St., Saxton's River, Burrough Benjamin B., (tinware) r 30, West Townshend, Wilson Andrew J., (manuf) Sugarmakers' Supplies. (See also Evaporators.) *POST C. C. [Card on page 594,] *ADAMS & HAYNES, r 18 and 19, Brattleboro Rockingham Whitingham Brattleboro Jamaica Londonderry Rockingham Townshend Burlington Wilmington 6i4 SURVEYORS — THRESHERS AND WOOD SAWYERS. Surveyors. See Civil Engineers and Surveyors. Tailors . See Clothiers. Tanners. Warren Sherman H., r 31^^^, Brattleboro TUCKER ALBERT J., West Halifax, HaHfax Bogle William A., Jamaica *PERRY FRANCIS VV. & SON, WALKER HENRY A., Main st., South Londonderry Londonderry Barry & Schofield, Saxton's River, Rockingham STARR EDWIN C, r 3^, Jacksonville, Whitingham Taxidermist. Twitchell Luther H., r 31, Jamaica Telesraph Operators. Bardwell James A., Brattleboro Stevens Warren G., Cambridgeport, Grafton WALKER WALTER E. L., Main st., BOYNTON MYRON L , Jarn.aica MELENDY E. WEBSTER, South Londondeirv, Londonderry GREEN JOSEPH J., ' Newfane Frost David M., r 47, East Putney, Putney Grover Charles T., (manager W. U.) Bellows Falls, Rockingham Welch Edward, Bartonsville, " BOYDEN DEXTER E., West Townshend, Townshend Bishop Willard I., r 19, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon Fenn Richard R., r 19. West Northfield, Mass., " HILLS EDWARD A.', r 35, Westminster Telephone Companies. BRATTLEBORO TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, F. VV. Childs & Co., managers, 8 Crosby block, Brattleboro Boston & Northern Telephone Co., G. M. Rossman, local manager, Bellows Falls, Rockingham Telephone Manufacturer. NILES GEORGE H., Elliot st., Brattleboro Teas, Coffees, etc. (See also Grocers.) BLISS GEORGE A., 42 Main st., Brattleboro *THURBER E. A., 57 Main st., [Card on page 484,] Chapman Lewis M., Bellows Falls, Rockingham Threshers and Wood Sawyers. Livermore Austin F., r 45, South Londonderry, Londonderry VIALL PHILETUS, r 35, South Londonderry, Wiley John, r 40, South Londonderry, " Brainerd Harvey A., r 19, Putney Gilbert James M., r 45, East Putney, " Beumond Daniel B., r 13, Rockingham Severance Warren, Saxton's River, " RANNEY G. A. & J. P., r 51, Westminster West, Westminster TINWARE TRUSSES. 615 Tinware. See Stoves and Tinware, General Merchants, also Hardware. Tobacco and Cigars. (See also Groceries, also Drugs, also General Merchants.) Ahrens William, 58 Elliot St., Brattleboro Alden & Frost, Main St., " BLISS GEORGE A., 42 Main st., BOYCE & BOHRMAN, 34 Main St., Cooper Enoch L., 65 Main st., " Leonard & Roess, 4 Brooks block, " PRATT CHARLES H., 61 Spring, SARGENT FRANK A., r II, TENNEY JAMES O., r 44, Dummerston VVellman Wilbur H., Jamaica Frost David M., r 47, East Putney, Putney GASSETT E. O. & H. D., (leaf) rig, BLAKE WALTER G., 7 Bridge, Bellows Falls, Rockingham CANEDY HARVEY L., 5 Canal st., Bellows Falls, Chapin Charles C, Westminster st., Bellows Falls, *' CONWAY WILLL\M E., School st., cor Westminster, Bellows Falls, " POLLARD ALPHONZO P., Canal St., Bellows Falls, *WINNEWISSER ALBERT R., The Square, Bellows Falls, Tobacco Grower. Barber Franklin, r 9, West Northfield, Mass., Vernon Brooks Henry N., r 14 cor 15, " HEARD EDWARD M., r 9, " HOUGHTON SAMUEL B., off r 18, West Northfield, Mass., " HUBBARD GEORGE H., r 3, Scott Alva E., r 20. " TYLER ERASTUS, r 18, " Tool Manufacturers. BRATTLEBORO TOOL CO., J. L. Martin, prest. ; C. F. Thompson, sec'y and treas. ; Wm. Steers, supt.. Frost St., Brattleboro Toy Manufacturers. Stowell J. W. & Co., Water St., Putney Smith & Hunt, (children's carriages) . Brattleboro Trapper. Barnes Joseph J., r 23, Saxton's River, Westminster Trunks. (See Harness, Trunks, etc., also Clothiers, a'so General Merchants,) Trusses. (See also Druggists.) GREENE GEORGE D., (dealer and fitter) 63 Main st., Brattleboro Wadsworth Henry A., (manuf.) 35 Oak cor High, 6i6 TUB MANUFACTURERS WATERING TROUGHS. Tub .Mfinniaclurers. (See also Butter Tubs.) Wheeler & Morse, Williamsville, I'ndertakers. BOND HENRY E., 40 Main st, BROWN C. L. & SON, 2, 4 and 6, Main St., Holmes Sidney, Main st., Skinner Edmund C, MELENDY BROS., South Londonderry, BURDETT FREDERICK O., KNIGHT JAMES H., Circle St., Chase Clark, The Square, Bellows Falls, Salisbury Henry, BAKER CALVIN, Taylor Don G., r 33, Jacksonville, Rose George, Upholsterers. (See also Furniture Dealers.) Kerwan Gerald B., Main st., SMITH OSCAR, Elliot St., HALLADAY ALBERT A., 20 School st. Bellows Falls, Veterinary Sur$;eoiis. FISHER MARSHALL E., (vet. dentist) r 30, Trendell William, WARWICK GEORGE, r i, Mallory Isaiah T., r 35, Bernardston, Mass., Stratton John S., r 42, Williamsville, Vinegar Manufacturers. (See also Cider-Mills.) LOVELL LEVERETT T., 2d, Bellows Falls, Violin Manufacturers. Conant William A., 20 Canal St., WRIGHT MARSHALL W., r 28, Parker Loring D., r 17, Barlonsville, Wagon Makers. See Carriage Manufacturers. Wall Paper. See Paper Hangings, &C. Watches. See Jewelry, etc. Watering Troughs. *ADAMS & HAYNES, r t8 and 19, Newfane Brattleboro (( Grafton Jamaica Londonderry Newfane Putney Rockingham Townshend Whitingham Wilmington Brattleboro Rockingham Brattleboro Dummerston Guilford Newfane Rockingham Brattleboro Grafton Rockingham Wilmington WOOL DEALERS — WOOLEN MILLS. 617 Frost St., I Western ave. Wood Dealers. Powers Alonzo, Jr., r 15, CHURCH JONATHAN A., DOOLITTLE ALONZO E., Doolittle Warren, MANNING JAMES D. & ELLEN, Partridge James A., Terrace St., Bellows Falls, SALTER LYMAN Q., r 12, Grafton or Windham, Wood Pulp. FALL MOUNTAIN PAPER CO., Bellows Falls, RUSSELL WILLARD & CO., off Mill st., Bellows Falls, Wood Turning. Davenport, Underwood & Co., Gilbert James M., r 45, East Putney, Whitcomb Jotham, River st., Saxton's River, Wooden Ware Alanufacturers. Colton Charles E., (axe-helves) r 7, POWERS JERRY IVI., (scythe snaths) r 15, Cook Francis F., (fork and hoe handles) r 18, JACOBS HENRY W., (hand hay-rakes) r 30, Weatherhead Hiram, (ox-yokes) r37, Allen Jonas W., (axe-helves) r 46, FARR & ROLL, (hand-rakes) r 34, Frost Alvin, (trays) HOLTON GEORGE W., (" Little Giant " wash-tub bench) St. Marie & Ball, (cloth boards) r 42, South Londonderry, Johnson George S., (hammer handles, etc.) Johnson William, (hammer handles, etc.) High St., Derby & Ball, (scythe snaths) Wells St., Bellows Falls, Locke F. B. & Co., Main cor Factory, Saxton's River, Warner S. W. & Son, Main St., Saxton's River, Lyman & Son, (eave spouts) off r 18, West Wardsboro, Jenison Romanzo F., (bobbins) r37, Hubbard C. A. & Co., (chopping and butter trays) r 23, West boro, Jordan William E., (bench and hand screws) r 41, Brown Homer, (scythe sticks) South Windham, Kingsbury Everett N., (scythe sticks) r 36, South Windham, Wool Carders and Cloth Dressers. Lamson David B., r 42, Williamsville, BAKER CALVIN, Wool Dealers. MINER OZIAS L., r 47, Hall George W., Chester, Windsor Co., WOOLLEY HENRY, 25, Barry & Schofield, Saxton's River, Locke F. B. & Co., Main cor Factory, Saxton's River, Scofield Benjamin, Saxton's River, Weaver & Dwinell. r 23, Cambridgeport, WILEY henry' C, Saxton's River, Woolen Mills. Brown John E., (shoddy) Bellows Falls, FARNSWORTH Si CO., Factory st., Saxton's River, Sabin Elisha S., Jr., Saxton's River, 40 Athens Brattleboro Rockingham Windham Rockingham Newfane Putney Rockingham Athens (< Guilford (( a Jamaica Londonderry Putney Rockingham Stratton Townshend Wards- Wardsboro Wilmington Windham Newfane Whitingham Brattleboro Grafton Rockingham Rockingham 6i8 WINDHAM COUNTY DIRECTORY. Dr. S. B. ME'RRIAM, Indiaq pei'b Doctor' ! SHELBURNE FALLS, MASS., To whom all communications should be addressed. BliHOLD, THE \¥ONDER OF THE TTORLD ! ROOTS AlVD HERBS have sole power over disease. Vegetaule and Botanic Medicine ! Reform Practice Triumphant. DR. MEKRIAM is widely known as Coppeway, the Great Indian Medicine Man, the Chief Medicine Man of the World. EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS.— In justice to myself and for the benefit of those who may not be acquainted with the successful result of my practice, I will point out to you, when you call at my office, many remarkable cures of the first families of this vicinity, performed by me. Proofs of successful treatment are the most desirable credentials to the public that a physician can produce. The public mind being naturally better satisfied with the evidence that a physician exercises a mastery over disease, than with the most elaborate demonstrations of the scientific character of his theory. £^ff JtONIC DISEASES. — All those who are afflicted with chronic diseases should consult me by letter or in person, as I am often called away, and wish to see my patient before completing, a cure. Years of experience among the Indians of Western Canada ■and among the tribes of this country from Maine to Oregon, and a life devoted to travel study of chronic disease in every form and stage, constitute me the master of my profes- sion. I tell your disease without asking questions, putting my finger upon any ache or pain, thus pointing out the diseased organ. By this means I am enabled to prescribe suc- cessfully in all diseases. OVER 5,000 PATIEIVTS treated by me in this State during the past year, and all who followed directions CURED or benefitted. If you are sick, no matter what the disease, write to me at once and 1 will see you immediately. con^STJUiTJ^Tioisr :fi^e:e i 1^" Read this carefully and show it to a sick neighbor. A FORFEIT OF |;500 wherein I fail to reduce a large, fleshy person to any j weight desired. IJ^" Private Parlors for Ladies, and all communications strictly confidential. Yours truly, DR. S. D. MEERIAM, Shelburne Falls, Mass. Milton, Vermont, August jo, 1882. Dr. S. D. Merriam— Dear Sir: — It is a duty that I owe you, myself and also suffering humanity, that I acknowledge the geod received at your hands, after lying on my back for five years, perfectly helpless while in a lying or sitting posture, so much so as to be unable to move a muscle or even turn an eye in its socket, my flesh all gone, in short, perfectly helpless. After remaining in this situation for five years, eni]iloying seven of the best Allopathic physicians and one Clairvoyant, (to whom I give great credit,) all of whom failed in getting up any muscular ecti n or power, I, as a last resort, resolved to try something entirely new, to me at least. I now proclaim to the world that the test surprised me, as it also did the community at large It is now nearly tour- teen years since I first saw Dr. Merriam. I seem to be in the best of health and still improving. Any one wishing more minute particulars can be furnished the same by addressing, H. D. KINNEY, M. D. publisher's notes. 619 PUBLISHER'S NOTES- Adams & Haynes publish illustrated advertisements on pages 534 and 548. They manufacture at Wilmington, patent water tanks for watering stock, improved gathering tubs, patent holders and evaporting pans for the manu- facture of maple sugar. These goods are all made of the best selected material and in a thorough manner. By bringing out new improvements and thorough work they have built up a good trade. They guarantee their work to give good satisfaction. C. E. Allen, florist, seedman and small fruit grower at Brattleboro, pub- lishes an illustrated card on page 358. Mr. Allen is this year cultivating twenty acres. He grows a great variety of nursery stock, and deals exten- sively in the same. He wholesales and retails cut flowers for bridal, festival, or funeral occasions. His large business gives employment to twelve hands during the summer season, and during the strawberry season from forty to fifty are required. Among his specialties may be mentioned roses, of which he has over two hundred varieties, and verbenas, of which he has about fifty varieties. His grounds are just outside the village, on fine, level land, where the soil, a warm, sandy loam, is best adapted to the business. Anderson & Reed, plumbers, steam and gas fitters, at Brattleboro, publish a card on page 374. This firm will attend to orders in their line without "requiring their customers to mortgage the premises to pay the bill." As a matter of fact they conduct their business on an equitable basis. Bellows Falls Times. — This staunch family newspaper, with a growth of nearly thirty years, and for a longtime under the management of A. N, Swain, its present proprietor, is welcomed weekly by a large number of the Wind- ham county citizens. Not only political interests are discussed, but general and local news and the markets receive due attention. The paper is a folio of thirty-six columns, and is neatly printed. With the many friends of the Times we wish editor Swain continued success. For terms &:c., we refer the reader to the card on page 310. C. L. Brown & Son, of Brattleboro. — The fame of this firm as furniture dealers, undertakers andembalmers, is now well established. The business is so systematized, and their stock so complete, that they can fill very elaborate orders in an hour's time. Buying largely of first hands they avail themselves of all discounts, thereby enabling them to give their customers goods at the lowest margin, — an advantage the people will not be slow to perceive. In their undertaking department, more especially, Brown & Son, are constantly making use of all the improvements that are coming before the public, and giving them to their patrons without cost, such as properly laying out the dead, embalming and keeping bodies any desired time, arranging and con- ducting funerals, and doing all work connected therewith free of charge to those emyloying them. And they take especial pride in being able to show their customers as large and varied an assortment of rich and plain goods to select from as can be found in any city establishment, and at prices impossi- ble for city people to match ; because they own their building, and do their own work, and are not obHged to add a large per cent, to their prices to cover business expenses. They offer special inducments for out of town business. A history of the business may be found on pages 94-96. 620 publisher's notes. C. W. BuTTERFiELD, whosc Card appears on page 326 has been engaged as a florist and seedsman at Bellows Falls, since 1877, and his business exhib- its a constant and gratifying growth. In 1883 he began poultry breeding, and is now prepared to supply pure blooded Langhan fowls for breeding pur- poses, or eggs for hatching. Drown & Bliss, the "bonton" boot and shoe dealers of Brattleboro, are located in the Brooks House block. They keep a large and varied stock, and aim to please all their customers. By all means read their card on page 390, and then visit their store for anythmg in their line needed. E. P. Carpenter Organ Co., at Brattleboro, print an illustrated card on page 374. Mr. Carpenter's well known ability in the manufacture of organ actions and organs, in Worcester, and elsewhere, should be a guarantee of the success of the enterprise here. Central Vermont Railroad Company. — This extensive corporation, operating a majority of all the Vermont lines, offer superior accommodations to the travelHng public. With palace cars by day and sleeping cars by night, attentive officers and quick time, it is a pleasure to travel over this superb road, among the mountains, along the picturesque valleys, and anon catching glimpses of the beautiful Lake Charnplain — )«he ever varying scenery makes this a popular route for tourists. The principal offices are located at St. Albans. See card on page 578. B. N. Chamberlain, dealer in hats caps, furs, &c, advertises on page 586. Mr. Chamberlain buys close, keeps a fresh stock in great variety, and hence is able to suit any reasonable customer. Try him. J. F. Day, having purchased the stock and trade of R. H. Ramsay, of Bellows Falls, will continue the sash, door, and blind business with the addi- tion of stair building and dealing in stair builders supplies. He has the advantage of years of experience in this work, in Boston and elsewhere, and guarantees satisfaction. Card on page 326. N. H. Farr, of Bellows Falls, general fire insurance agent, represents some of the strongest companies doing business in this country, and he is prepared to give as fair rates as any. His card is on page 326. J. W. GoODELL & Co., of Burlington, advertise their extensive business as manufacturers of and dealers in marble and granite goods, on the fly leaf opposite last cover. This firm has superior facilities, employing as they do artists of skill and experience, and having abundant capital, they are ready to undertake a job of any magnitude desired, and are enabled to off"er very liberal terms. S. W. GooDRiDGE, of Grafton, is well known among the noted anglers of the country as an expert in the manufacture of fine fishing rods. He has had many years experience, uses only the best of material, and is happy in giving satisfaction to his customers. Among many references we select the following : Fred Mather, fishing editor Forest and Stream, Chicago, 111. ; W. H. Halabird, Valpariso, Ind. ; W. W. Evans, Chicago ; H. J. C. Camp- bell, and Capt. H. T. Rockwell, Boston, Mass. ; A. H. Tuttle, Rutland, Vt. ; Col. C. L. King and Charles V\^ Towns, of Bellows Falls ; Hon. Jo. D. Hatch, Mayor of Burlington, Vt. ; Dr. N. Rowe, editor American Field, Chicago; and E. 'J'. Pond, field ^dixtox Turf , Field and Farm. Many others might be given, but these are enough to establish the character of Mr. Good- ridge's goods. Read his card on page 586, and then apply to him for par- ticulars. publisher's notes. 621 A. A. & L. H. Halladay, Bellows Falls, Vt., make the breeding of Lang- shan fowls a specialty, their yards being the largest, and their stock standing among the highest in America. The Langshan fowls are the greatest layers of any breed in this country, and their fine, juicy flesh, places them in the front ranks as a table and market fowl. All who are interested in poultry should send to them for their handsomely illustrated circular. See card on page 326. J. E. Jacobs. — Messrs. Nash & Jacobs, of Brattleboro, Vermont, began manufacturing patent folding furniture for camp and household use, in June, 1882, and had steadily increased their business up to March 12, 1884, when Mr. Jacobs bought out Mr. Nash's interest in the firm, and will continue as heretofore, increasing as the demand increases. Mr. Jacobs will endeavor to sustain the high reputation the goods have already attained, and is now ready to fill all orders in his Hne. See theit advertisement on page 390. Henry Johnson & Lord, an enterprising firm of Burlington, ofter nepen- the to their suffering brethren, in the several proprietary medicines they manufacture, mentioned in their card on page 607. We would advise all afl^icted ones to heed their proclamation and receive a respite from the ills flesh is heir to. L. S. Hayes, of Bellows Falls, represents one of the strongest insurance agencies in the country. Th.e agency was established in 1858, by Johnson & Babbitt. In 1875 it was changed to Babbitt & Hayes, and later to Hayes & Holden, followed in 1882 by Mr. Hayes assuming the control. In fire life, and accident business, the companies represented by him are all among the first in the country. He also sells western tickets over all routes, and ocean steamship tickets and drafts for three first-class lines. At present he is having monthly excursions to the west at largely reduced rates, having charge of the land department of the Union Pacific Railway for Windham county. Note his advertisement on page 420. "H. E. Lake, of Saxton's River, deals in pianos, organs, music books, &c. He is agent for several celebrated makers, and is also a teacher of vocal music. See card on page 484. D. Leonard, job printer at Brattleboro, has had large experience in his business, and has now the largest job printing ofiice in Vermont. It will pay any one interested in fine, artistic work, to examine his card on page 358, and to visit his office when occasion permits. Livermore Brothers, of Bellows Falls, having purchased the job printing office lately owned by Charles F. Meacham, are now prepared to furnish all kinds of job printing. They bring to their business the skill acquired by years of practical printing, and guarantee first-class work and satisfaction to their patrons. Their card will be found on page 420. LocKwooD & Wheeler, contractors and builders, at Bellows Falls, are pre- pared to execute orders for building, especially of houses. As you would employ a skilful physician when sick, so when in need of a building employ those who, from experience and ingenuity, are best adapted for the business. See card on page 420. Dr S. D. Merriam, of Shelburne Falls, Mass., the noted Botanic physi- cian and Indian doctor, invites the attention of those afflicted with chronic diseases to his advertisement on page 618. He has many testimonials from Vermont parties who have been relieved by his treatment. 62 2 publisher's notes. A. S. Mitchell, of East Lexington, Mass., is widely known throughout Ver- mont as a buyer of hemlock bark, to be dehvered on cars at any railroad station in the State. He also deals in hard wood lumber. See his card on page 484. The Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain R. R. Co. publishes a card on page 609, stating some of the desirable points travelers will find on their road. The company has made complete arrangements for connections with other roads, and also takes great pains to accommodate their patrons and make their journeys pleasant. We commend them to the reader, and invite atten- tion to their card. F. W. Perry & Son, tanners, at Jamaica, buy hides and skins and will supply cattle hair, brown or white, washed and in bales. They will pay cash for hemlock bark, delivered as advised in their card on page 452. C. C. Post, of Burlington, is extensively engaged in the manufacture and sale of improved utensils for the gathering of sap and making of maple sugar, — that toothsome sweet in the manufacture of which Vermont excels any one of the other States of the Union. Ten million pounds of maple sugar have been made in this State in a single year. How much labor might have been saved had all the manufacturers employed Mr. Post's improved appliances, is a problem. The reader is referred to Mr. Post's illustrated page 596. Dr. Amos Robinson, of Swanton, Vt., advertises his new cancer remedy on page 564. The remedy was first applied to a cancer on his own breast, in 1878, with perfect success. Next, Mr. Joseph Eaton, of Fairfield, who had a cancer under his left ear, which had been treated a long time by a noted can- cer doctor, without success, applied the remedy, which in ten days killed and removed the cancer. The doctor refers to Mr. Eaton. Many other removals of cancers from the cheek, Hps, nose, hands, breast, abdomen, etc., it is said, have been effected completely. He has several times been called to Boston, where he has applied his new treatment to cancer in the breast, successfully removing them. The doctor has large specimens preserved, which may be seen at his office. He also removes wens, corns, moles, warts, etc. Selleck & Davis. — Steam book and job printers, at Brattleboro, are ready to cater for patronage in their line. Their facilities are good and they promise to execute work neatly and promptly. See card on page 586, and remem- ber this firm when in want of printing. Sherman & Jenne, general insurance, real estate and loan agent, s at Brat- tleboro, publish an illustrated card on page 406. The superior facilities of this firm for placing insurance, either life, fire or accident, should commend them to all seeking after such investment and protection. Citizens of the county having money to loan can undoubtedly find with them opportunities where the securities will be safe with maximum interest. Try them. Starkey & Wellman, clothing dealers, at Brattleboro, are members of the New England combination of twenty-nine stores, and hence, buying in im- mense quantities, are enabled to give customers unexcelled advantages in fine, medium or cheap goods, for men's, youths', or children's wear. The firm's card is on page 516. The Londonderry Sifter, a sprightly, independent newspaper, was started last spring, at South Londonderry, by George E. Shanks. Its early success compelled an enlargement of the sheet, and it is to be hoped the enterprise will so continue to boom that its permanence may become an established fact. Card on page 516. publisher's notes. 623 A. E. Thurber, successor to C. B. Dickinson, baker and confectioner at 57 Main street, Brattleboro, asks the attention of all readers to his illustrated card on page 484. He will furnish good goods at reasonable prices. C. F. Thompson & Co., hardware dealers and grocers, at Brattleboro, are honorable dealers, where farmers may find fertilizers, tools, etc.. builders may -find paints, oils, and supplies, and everybody good flour and groceries. They advertise on page 452. M. T. VanDoorn & Son, at Brattleboro, deal extensively in crockery, wall-papers, window shades, silver ware, lamps, &c. See their card on page 452, and then go to the Crosby block and buy of them. The Vermont Farm Machine Company, at Bellows Falls, Vt., publishes an illustrated advertisement inside the back cover. Among the chief of this company's manufactures are the justly celebrated Cooley Creamers and the Davis Swing Churn, both of which have been very successful in being awarded the highest premiums at International, State, and other exhibitions and agri- cultural fairs. Parties interested in their Hne of goods are invited to cor- respond with this firm, one of the largest in the world engaged in manufactur- ing dairy utensils. The Vermont Phcenix, the oldest paper in the county, is issued every Friday at Brattleboro, by Messrs. French and Stedman. It is a clean, tidy sheet, a folio of thirty-two large columns ; and its history may be found on page 52 and 53. The paper is well managed, its local department not being neglected while the weighty affairs of the State and Nation are fearlessly dis- cussed. During its long hfe it has been so well known throughout Windham county that recommendation from us would seem to be superfluous. The Vermont State Normal School, located at Castleton, many of whose graduates and former pupils are residents of Windham county, was first opened for the reception of pupils m 1830, by the late Solomon Foote, since which many hundreds of cultured young men and women have gone out from its halls upon a useful life. In 1867 it became a State Normal school, and in 1 88 1 it came under the charge of Capt. Abel E. Leavenworth, A. B., A. M., an educator of high standing throughout this, his native State Born in Char- lotte, Vt., he graduated from the University of Vermont. In 1855 he was principal of Hinesburg academy, and in i860 became principal and proprie- tor of the Brattleboro academy at West Brattleboro. In 1859 he was editor and proprietor of the Vermont School Journal, with which he was connected about three years, until he entered the army in 1863 as a private in Co. K, 9th Regt. Vt. Vols., giving up his school with an income of one hundred dollars per month to accept the privations and duties of active military life at thirteen dollars per month. His promotion reached a captaincy in Decem- ber 1864. He was appointed by several of the generals, inspector-general, and A. A. Adjt.-general. and April 3, 1865 he commanded the skirmish line of Vermonters, which led the advance into Richmond, and on the 5th was appointed special provost-marshal, department of Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond. After his discharge he returned home and became successively principal of Hinesburg academy; Beeman academy at New Haven, Vt.; and of the State Normal school at Randolph, Vt. While at the head of the latter school over two hundred of his graduates were commissioned to teach. His school at Castleton has accommodations for one hundred boarders and two hundred day pupils, the building and grounds being admirably adapted for their welfare and convenience. See illustrations of building on page 304'". 624 publisher's notes. The Windham County Reformer, established in 1876, by its present proprietor, Mr. Charles H. Davenport, though one of the youngest, has corae to be one of the strongest papers in the State. The motto under which the Reformer unfurls her flag is a grand one. " Let all the ends thou aimest at be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." Lived up to, only success can follow. Mr. Davenport, with the help of an able corps of editors, issues four editions, one of them being for Bennington county, another for the State at large, and one for Frankhn county, Mass. The four having a united circula- tion of about 11,000 copies weekly. The paper is weekly illustrated with political and satirical cartoons, portraits of notables, &c. Its immense size, a quarto with an extra sheet, in all seventy columns weekly, is conclusive evi- dence of its great popularity. It is a mystery how so much can be afforded for the low price of $1.50 per year. For further particulars see card on page 342. Williams & Co., dealers in paper stock, cotton and woolen rags, 15 Bridge street, Bellows Falls, continue the business established by S. T. Coy in 1875. From a comparatively small beginning the business has con- stantly extended its scope until it now embraces Vermont and much of New York and New Hampshire. The attention of local dealers and collectors of rags is invited to their card on page 420. A. F. WiNNEWisSER, dealer in furniture, crockery, paper hangings, carpets, silver and plated ware, picture frames, etc., at Bellows Falls, invites attention to his card on page 484. Mr. Winnewisser believes in the " nimble sixpence " . rather than the "slow shiUing," and hence will sell at bottom prices. Whole number of pages in this book 728. E 907 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 068 804 6 v:;.Oi! W{\m i^i^^mmmk