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In 1844 or '45 a saw-mill was erected. The first saw-mill was run by horse and ox tread power, but was turned into a steam grist- mill in 1845. The saw-mill drew but little trade to the town and proved unprofitable to its owners, and accordingly it was converted into a carding-mill. This, it appears, was not a financial success, and accordingly the machinery for a distillery soon arrived and the manufacture of the ardent began. This was perhaps a more suc- cessful bid for a little of the hard-earned money of the pioneers. The distillery was run about 4 years and was then converted into what was known as the East Grist-Mill. About this time Benj. Swartz and John Evans ran a shoe-last factory. In 1846 a general merchandise store was opened by Winans & Smith; in 1849 by Stevens, Heizer & Winans.
For a time the town grew quite rapidly and it often presented a very busy aspect. As the westward flow of emigration was great, many were attracted to this pleasantly situated town. The sur- rounding country was fertile, the land easily cultivated and yielded large quantities of wheat and other cereals; and ere many years had rolled around, all the Congress and patent land in the township was occupied. Vermont enjoyed a season of prosperity lasting for several years. Main street was often crowded with teams, some- times extending for a distance of half a mile, being a solid mass of wagons. Large quantities of pork were packed here in early day, which was hauled to landings on the river, put aboard steamboats and shipped south.
The following detailed account of the cholera of 1851 was pre- pared by Esquire H. S. Jacobs and published in the Lewistown Democrat June 5, 1879 :
THE CHOLERA OF 1851.
It will be remembered that this scourge appeared in New Orleans in the fall of 1848, and raged there during the following winter. It made its appearance in St. Louis in February, 1849. The first case was attended by Prof. Barber, of MeDowell's Medical College. The faculty laughed at him for pronouncing it cholera ; but in a few days after Dr. Barber himself died with it. The doctors then gave the alarm, and great preparations were made to stay its progress. But
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it spread rapidly, and that, together with the great fire of May 17th which swept away a great part of the city, seemed to blight the prospects of the growing city. The cholera continued there during the summers of 1850-51.
About the first of June, 1851, Esq. Jechoniah Langston went from here to St. Louis on business. Soon after his return he was taken ill. Not knowing the disease to be cholera, the people at- tended to him as was the custom. He died on the 7th of June. The remains were taken to the church of which he was a member, and a funeral preached, the coffin opened, and the body viewed by those present. The weather was very warm, with southeasterly winds and frequent rains.
John MeHenry and several of his family were taken down the day after Langston's death. There not being room in his house for all of them, he was taken to the Christian church, where he received all the care and attention that was possible; but he died shortly after. Four of his children died-Samuel on the 8th, Enos on the 10th, Thomas B. on the 12th, and Mary A. on the 17th of June. On the 12th a young man named Thomas Kent Woodward died at the American House, and on the same day another young man, a stranger, died at Nathan Searl's. On the 20th a young man by the name of Wm. Haney, employed as clerk for Dr. John Hughes, died. Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, wife of the Doctor, died on the 19th. Mrs. Mary E. Blanton, a friend of the Doctor and his family, was taken ill about this time and died on the 23d. Two colored boys also died at this house,-one on the 21st and one on the 23d. W'm. Boswell, a saddler, also died on the 21st.
Dr. Isaac B. Bacon, who had recently come to the place, and who had gained quite a reputation for his close attention to the sick, came home from the country with the disease about dark on the evening of the 27th, and died about daylight the next morning. James B. Fowler and a Mr. Frankenbury lost two children each about this time. Wm. P. and Rebecca J. Edie died on the 23d and 24th respectively. Grandfather Euclid Mercer was buried about this time. As the friends returned from his burial, the man who made his coffin (a Mr. Murphy) came for Dr. Nance to go and see his mother-in-law. The Doctor with I. B. Witchell went out there. The man met them at the door, and showed clear symptoms of cholera. They were both buried before 12 o'clock that night. John Kirkbride, a brother of David Kirkbride, died June 27th, on the farm beyond Sugar creek, in McDonough county, now owned by Robert Andrews. His brother Eliakim died in town a few days after. Mrs. Jane Andrews, mother of Robert, died at the house of Joseph Crail July 4th. Bird Anderson, brother of Mrs. Cephas Toland, was taken down about this time. He was thought to be dead, his coffin was prepared and preparations for his burial made. But he recovered and lived to serve his country faithfully in the war of 1861, removed to Kansas where he died five or six years ago. A
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young woman named Maria A. Patterson died at the Hayes House July 2d. David Merrick died on his farm just west of town July 11th. Elizabeth, wife of John A. Craig and sister to Mrs. William Alexander, died on the 24th, and her sister, Mrs. Taylor, died soon after. Oscar D., son of James A. and Elizabeth Russell, died Aug. 1st. Julia A., wife of Wm. Hayes, died July 31st. Philip Weaver died August 27th ; Elizabeth Davis August 6th, and Richard C. Johnson, brother of Mrs. T. Hamer and Mrs. J. A. Russell, on Sept. 3d. Lemuel Burson, one of those who waited on the sick during the whole time, was taken down among the last cases and went to join those he had helped to care for.
These are the names of a majority of those who died, although there were others whose names we could not get. There were also many others who recovered.
Mr. Witchell says he waited on some seventy cases. During the prevalence of this dread disease in our midst many cases of extreme sadness occurred, and some that were mirth-provoking-among the latter being a man who came to town with a lump of tar sticking under his nose. All business was suspended, except to furnish what was needed for the sick and dead. Mr. Mellor kept open the store of Stephens & Winans for that purpose.
During this trying time Mansfield Patterson kept the Hayes House, and kept his table set at all hours for those waiting upon the siek and dying.
In this, as in all cases of the prevalence of epidemic or contagious disease, a few persons took hold and in a systematic manner waited on and cared for every one of the sick during the whole time of this dreadful calamity, forgetting self and thinking only of the suffering around them. Most prominent among these were the following: Isaac B. Witchell, Cephas Toland, John Mathewson, Joseph B. Royal, H. S. Thomas, Mansfield Patterson, W'm. Mellor, C. B. Cox, Lemuel Burson and David Clark. Among the ladies who assisted in this noble work were Mrs. Elizabeth Westlake, Mrs. Martha Burr, Mrs. Sarah M. Witehell, Mrs. America Toland and Mrs. Pat- terson ; and many a poor sufferer had the benefit of their kind care and attention. But of these only Mrs. Toland and Mrs. Burr sur- vive. Mr. Clark, after the cholera ceased here, went to Bluff City where the cholera soon made its appearance. He again waited on and nursed the siek, was himself taken down and died, being the last case.
Of all these it can truly be said, they did all that men and women could do during that trying time, and during all these 28 years since, those who survive have ever been ready and willing to aid the sick and relieve the distressed wherever and whenever their services were needed, and this without ostentation or display. Such self-sacrifice will never go unrewarded.
No person is more to be remembered for what he did during those trying days than Esq. H. S. Jacobs.
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SCHOOLS.
Early in the history of the town Churches and schools were estab- lished. At first religious services were held in private houses and an old log building that remained for a number of years on what is now the Public Square ; and in this the pioneer boys and girls were instructed in the "three R's,"-" Readin', 'Ritin' and 'Rethmetic," these being the only studies then in vogue ; and yet there were grad- uated-if so it might be termed-from this humble cabin a class of men who vie with any throughout the county, of a wider field of learning, in wealth, intelligence and enterprise. Their old familiar school-teacher, Wm. MeCurdy, with his kindly ways and strict honesty, will long be remembered by many who now are prominent as farmers and business men.
At present the town of Vermont is well up with the other towns of the county in the educational advantages offered. There are two graded schools, known as the North and the South schools. Prof. Brake presides as principal of the North school. The number of scholars in attendance at this school is about 150, and the several teachers, besides the principal are Misses Askew, Searles and Miller. The school building is constructed of brick, pleasantly located and substantially built, at a cost of several thousand dollars. The graded school known as the South school contains about 130 scholars. The principal is Miss Narcissa Bates, and the other teachers are R. Sergeant and Miss Jennie Gilbert. This is a handsome two-story brick structure located in the southern part of the city. The Board of Directors for the North school is composed of Edward Hamer, Henry Daugherty and Elwood Sidwell. The Board for the South school is composed of Jesse Bogue, Aaron Bellange and Ezra Dilworth.
CHURCHES.
Methodist Church .- The early settlers assembled in the old school-house and dwellings for religious worship and to listen to the circuit preachers as they made their monthly visits. Early in the history of the town the Methodist Church was organized. A fine frame church building was erected in the northern part of the town, and is the largest church structure in the place.
The Presbyterian Church of Vermont was also organized in early day, and a house of worship erected in the southeastern part of town.
The Christian Church was organized in November, 1847. Fol- lowing are some of the original members: J. H. Hughes, J. B. Royal (since Pastor), J. G. F. Henderson, S. Frankenbury, Cephas Toland, J. Langston, W'm. Schooley, L. D. Cleringer, Robert An- drews and many others. About this time the present church struc- ture was built. It is situated on North Union street. The several pastors have been Elders J. B. Royal, J. B. Corwin, Wm. Grif-
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fin, Henry Smither, P. D. Vermillion (the present Pastor), H. T. Buff, D. K. Shields and others. At present the membership is large, numbering over 200, and among those who take a leading position in the Church we mention John A. Gilliland, Ebenezer Freeman, Wm. Worsdell, H. S. Jacobs, John A. Webster, and Cephas Toland. Among the ladies are Mrs. America Toland, Elvira Toland, Martha A. DeFraine, Elizabeth Hamer and Mrs. C. M. Parker. It is quite probable that the Vermont Church is the strongest Christian Church in the county. Elder P. D. Vermillion, the present Pastor, is a gentleman of ability and high culture, and is well qualified for the position he holds. He is a native of Ken- tucky, brought up in Sangamon county, Ill., and came to Fulton county in 1872.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Vermont Library Association was organized in 1858, with a fund created by an association of the women of the place known as the Vermont Ladies' Sewing Society, and a contribution of books by the ladies and gentlemen of the community. The institution prospered finely until the suffering condition of the sick and wound- ed soldiers in the army during the late war rallied all the interests, sympathies and exercises of the women into the sanitary work for the soldiers' relief and comfort, when it was entirely neglected until years after the war closed. The library now contains 500 volumes, and is in a prosperous condition.
Bank .- As the town grew in importance, a bank for the purpose of exchange, loans and deposits became necessary, and accordingly Joah Mershon, with his usual enterprise and having ample capital, set about the ercetion of a suitable building for this purpose. He had previously purchased a good portion of town property, and in 1868 laid the foundation for the present handsome and substantial bank building and public hall, known as Mershon's Hall. This is one of the finest briek buildings in the county.
The several Postmasters of Vermont have been Wm. MeCurdy, A. G. Frisbie, Joab Mershon, Lewis Kelly, Moses Mathewson, A. G. Herron, H. S. Thomas, Horace Johnson, H. Kirkbride, John T. Evans, John H. Hunter and H. S. Thomas, the present incum- bent, who has officiated in this capacity for a period of 16 years.
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
Adams & Sexton, wagon-makers and blacksmiths, Vermont ; have been associated in business four years; Jonas Adams was born in this county in 1849, learned his trade at Springfield, Ill., worked as journeyman in Vermont, and in 1875 entered partnership with Mr. Sexton. James Sexton, born in Madison Co., O., in 1833, emigrated with his parents in 1844 to a point about 8 miles north of Ellisville, this county ; at the age of 19 he learned carriage-
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making at Canton, and in 1865 came to Vermont and followed his trade. During the war he enlisted in Co. F, 84th Ill. Inf., and was honorably discharged in March, 1863, on account of physical debility.
Milton Amrine, merchant, of the firm of Amrine, Nelson & Co., settled in Fulton Co. in 1845. He was born in W. Va. in 1833. His father, Frederick Amrine, was a native of Pa., was shoemaker, then millwright, distiller and merchant, and accumulated property very rapidly. While in Va. he married Nancy Shepard, of Mary- land, by whom he had 7 children. From 1835 to 1850 the family resided in Illinois, mostly in Woodford Co. In 1850 Mr. Fred- erick Amrine started for California, but death overtook him at Ft. Bridger, near Salt Lake City. Milton married Roxana Litchfield, daughter of Chauncey L., and they have had 10 children, 9 of whom are living,-Mahlon, Martha N., Ansel, Clover, Lucy, Ida, May, Charley and Roscoe. In 1850 Mr. A. went to California, the following year he returned home and since then has followed farm- ing, except that for the last two years he has been in the mercantile business.
Henry Anfield, bridge-builder and miner, was born Dec. 3, 1833, in Yorkshire, Eng .; his father, Wm. Anfield, was a prominent merchant, who married Frances A. Colby, and had 11 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. Henry learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, and in his 19th year married Eliza J. Oldfield; in 1859 he came to America and followed his trade at Colchester, Ill., until he came to Fulton Co. 14 years ago ; settling at Table Grove, he fol- lowed mining, principally, until 1868, when he removed to Ver- mont. They have had 5 children : Charles (deceased), William, Isabel H., Charles E., and Emily A.
Derry & Arringdale, manufacturers and dealers in carriages, bug- gies and wagons, etc., Main st., Vermont. These gentlemen are practical workmen, and their principal work is jobbing and repair- ing. Mr. J. W. Derry is a native of this county and learned his trade with Mr. G. W. Derry in Vermont. Jacob B. Arringdale was born in Ohio, reared in Fulton Co., and learned his trade with Reuben Huff. Mr. A. is said to be one of the most skillful work- men in the State.
R. R. Atherton, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 24; P. O., Ver- mont ; was born in Harrison Co., O., in 1823; his father, Boaz A., was a native of Penn., where, in 1812, he was joined in matrimony to Miss Mary Ross; the following year he settled in Ohio; in 1852 he emigrated to Vermont tp., where he died at the age of 88 years, and his wife died soon afterward, aged 83. Mr. R. R. Atherton married Jane Hilton in Ohio, in 1848; she was a daughter of Wm. Hilton, of Ireland. In 1852 they emigrated to this tp. Children- Mary E., Wm., John, Kester, Ella, Boaz, Richard E. and Laura.
Evan Bailey, deceased, was born in Brooke county, W. Va., in 1805, son of Thomas Bailey, who was born in East Pennsylvania
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and was a farmer. Evan married Elizabeth McHenry, daughter of James McHenry, of Ireland. In 1836 they emigrated to Vermont township, settling on a piece of timbered land which he had pre- viously purchased, where he found but an acre and a half cleared, with a eabin on it. Here he worked and prospered and obtained a good reputation as a citizen. In 1868 he was elected County Treas- urer. He was killed by a runaway July 15, 1878. He left a widow, now in her 71st year, and 10 children, 4 having formerly died.
George Bateson, farmer, sec. 21 : P. O., Vermont; was born in Perry county, O., in 1843; his father, Lewis Bateson, was an Ohio farmer who married Naney Forsythe and had 12 children ; they emigrated to this tp. when George, the youngest, was about 13 years of age ; in 1862 the latter enlisted in Co. A, 28th Ill. Inf., fought at Mobile and in several other noted engagements; honorably dis- charged March 10, 1865.
Joseph Beans, farmer and brick-maker, was born in Bueks Co., Pa., in 1814. His father, Amos Beans, was also a native of Penn., married Miss R. H. Congler, by whom he had 3 children. They moved to Harrison Co., O., where Joseph grew up and learned the mason's trade ; married Abigail Rankin, daughter of John Rankin, of Pa., in 1837; in 1844 he came to Illinois, Vermont tp., and bought 60 acres of land from Morris Merrick, who had recognized Mr. B. on his arrival here by the loss of two fingers which he, Mr. M., had accidently eut off when they were boys 30 years before. In 1857 Mr. Beans built the largest brick dwelling-house in the township. He has had 5 children, 4 of whom are living : Sarah J., who married Wm. Forquer; Amos, who enlisted in Co. B, 84th Ill. Inf. ; severely wounded. John R., who was a soldier in Co. F, 65th Ill. Inf., and wounded at Marietta ; George, who died in the army while enlisted in the Union cause ; Martha, who married Jas. Forquer and resides in California ; and Joseph, who enlisted in Co. G, 50th Ill. Inf., went through Sherman's campaign, returned to Fulton county, married in 1874 Margaret Toland.
Jonathan Bogue, farmer, sec. 28; P. O., Vermont; was born in Harrison Co., O., in 1822, and about 1829 the family moved to In- diana, and the following year to Bernadotte tp., this Co .; he built the first house and plowed the first furrow on Ipava Prairie ; in 1850 he married Miss Emily, daughter of Thos. and Anna Robinson, early settlers of Vermont tp., and 4 children have been born to them, 3 of whom are living,-Job, Ruth A. and Harry.
Jesse Bogue, merchant, was the first white child born in Pleasant tp. His father, John Bogue, was born in N. C. in 1875; at the age of 16 he settled in Ohio, where he afterward married Mary Ann Easley, daughter of Daniel Easley, of Virginia, by whom he had 11 children ; 10 are living at the present time. The family arrived on Ipava Prairie in the spring of 1831 and pre-empted # sec. of land. Here he built a cabin, obtaining help from Lewistown; three years afterward he moved into Vermont tp., where he built
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the first saw-mill. He died in 1876. Mrs. B. died in 1871. Jesse, the 9th child, went to school in a log school-house on the ground which is now the Public Square in Vermont, his first teacher being Lewis Kelly. In 1855 he married Rebecca Cox, of Fulton Co .; in 1856 he built a steam saw-mill on Otter creek, in Vermont tp., where he continued until 1864, when he built a first-class grist-mill in Vermont, of which he is still proprietor. In 1876 he started a grocery on Main street, and has good success.
Robert Bogue, miller, was born in Harrison Co., O., in 1826; he was 3 years of age when his parents emigrated with him to this county. He worked in the saw-mill with his father and went to school in the winter. His teachers were James Spicer (the first in the tp.) and J. Frisbie. When of age he bought an interest in a saw-mill at Browning, which was subsequently destroyed by fire. He also assisted in the building of a grist-mill at Browning, and did a fine business from 1849 to 1868, in partnership with his cousin, John Bogue. Their flour had a great reputation, finding its way to remote parts of the Union ; but in the manufacturing of wagon material they did not do so well. In 1874 he oversaw the construe- tion of a bridge 65 feet high and 1,000 feet long over the Vermil- lion river at Danville,-one of the best bridges in the State. He then rented the grist-mill at Browning a 'year, and then returned to Vermont and took charge of the mill owned by Jesse Bogue. In 1858 he married Mary A. Marshall. Mrs. Bogue died in October, 1864; and in 1866 he married Martha JJ. Ramsay, daughter of Wm. Dunlap, and they have had two children, Sarah and Mary.
Jacob Bottenberg, retired farmer, was born May 13, 1803, in Ohio, near the Ohio river, on which water he spent much of his youth in boating. April 12, 1827, he married Elizabeth Swengen in Vir- ginia. In 1836 he and other parties built a keel-boat and sailed down the Ohio, and' Mr. B. came by way of St. Louis to Ver- mont tp. Here he commenced in a very humble way, but by in- dustry and frugality has now a good 200-acre farm. Has had 11 children : 7 survive,-Lewis, Josephus, Nancy, Martha, Epaminon- das, Levi and Wm. The latter married Florence Foster and lives on the homestead. They have 4 children,-Ora A., Cora, Jennie M. and Carl D.
Charles Brown, farmer, sec. 16, and proprietor of the Brown saw- mill, was born in Medina Co., O., in 1824. His father, Obadiah B., was born in Connecticut and reared in the Excelsior State, where he married Miss Clarissa Loomis. Of this union were born 13 children, the 9th of whom was Charles. About 1834 the family moved to Indiana, where Mrs. B. died; about 1840 they moved to Missouri, where in 1846 Charles married Miss Emeline, daughter of Wm. Bradley, of Va. ; 1855-60 they lived in Warren Co., Ill., and since then in Vermont tp.
John Bucy, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 4; P. O., Astoria; was born in Jefferson Co., O., in 1813. His father, Joshua Buey, was
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born in Maryland and moved to Ohio in' 1801, where he married Ellen Ryan. John grew to manhood in Ohio, following agricul- ture. In 1833 he married Mary Ann Fellows, daughter of Wm. Fellows, of Maryland, by whom he had 8 children, only 4 of whom are living,-Ellen, John, Wm. and Mary. Mrs. Buey died March 12, 1851 ; in 1853 Mr. B. married Mary Ann Ryan, and they have had 6 children, 4 of whom are living, - Matilda E., Sarah M., Naney C., Hezekiah and George. The family emigrated to this tp. in 1866.
Joshua Bucy, farmer, sec. 36; P. O., Astoria; born in Jefferson Co., O., in 1843; his father, John Bucy, was also born in Ohio, he moved to De Witt Co., Ill., and after remaining there one year he moved to Vermont township. Joshua passed his youth in Ohio, and was liberally educated. Aug. 15, 1867, he married Mary E. Clark, daughter of W. G. Clark. Children : John W., Minnie B., Ann E. and Henry R.
Lemuel Burson, deceased, was born in Guernsey Co., O., in 1818; married Elizabeth Otters, and had 5 children, only 2 of whom sur- vive, namely, Jesse, who is married and resides in Vermont, and Franklin, who resides on the homestead. He died in 1854, leaving a widow, who is still living. By trade he was first a plasterer, but during most of his life he was a farmer.
Isaac Cadwallader, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 14; P. O., Ver- mont ; born in Ohio, in 1806, and in 1829 emigrated to Lewistown, Fulton Co., with the family ; in 1830 moved to Vermont, where he pre-empted land in 1832. He was therefore among the very earliest pioneers in this tp. His cabin was the second or third in the tp. He still has some of the stock of bees he took from a bee-tree 40 years ago. In 1831 he was married by Esquire John Howard (the first settler here) to Miss Elizabeth Ackerson, a daughter of Garrett Ackerson, of N. J., by whom he has had 7 children, all of whom are living and in comfortable circumstances,-Thos. T .; Isaac B. resides in Nebraska; John Garrett and Anna E. live in MeDon- ough Co .; and Susan C. and Sarah E. reside in Fulton Co. Mr. C.'s father, John C., was a native of Penn., where he followed farm- ing, and where he married . Ruth Bogue and had 9 children ; in April, 1806, he emigrated to Tuscarawas Co., O., where he re- mained until 1829, when he came to this county. He died in 1866; Mrs. C. died in 1843.
Leander Cassidy, farmer and stoek-raiser, sec. 7; P. O., Ver- mont ; born in New York in 1832; reared on a farm ; liberally edu- cated ; taught school; in 1856 moved to Ohio and taught school a few months, then moved to MeDonough Co., Ill., where he taught for 8 years. In 1859 he married Louisa Cox, by whom he has 7 children ; in 1865 he moved to Fulton Co., settling in this tp.
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