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1795 .- Benjamin Barton, John Cooper, Jr., David Putnam.
1796 .- Benjamin Barton, Thomas Whipple, David Putnam.
1797 .- Samuel Powers, Simeon Partridge, Peter Stow.
1877 John Blanchard.
1878 George W. Dunbar.
1879 George W. Dunbar.
1880 George W. Dunbar.
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1798 .- Benjamin Barton, John Cooper, Jr., Thomas Whipple.
1799 .- Benjamin Barton, Samuel Powers, Simeon Partridge.
1800 .- Benjamin Barton, John Cooper, Jr., Samuel Powers.
1801 .- John Cooper, Jr., Peter Barton, John Nelson. 1802 .- Benjamin Barton, Peter Barton, John Nelson. 1803 .- Samuel Powers, Peter Stow, Peter Barton.
1804 .- Peter Stow, Peter Barton, Barnabas Cooper.
1805 .- Peter Stow, Samuel Goldthwaite, Peter Bar- ton.
1806 .- Benjamin Barton, John Nelson, Stephen East- man.
1807 .- Peter Stow, Obed Metcalf, Stephen Eastman. 1808 .- Peter Stow, John Cooper, Asaph Stow.
1809 .- John Cooper, James Breek, Asaph Stow. 1810 .- John Cooper, James Breck, Stephen Eastman. 1811 .- James Breek, Stephen Eastman, John Hum- phry.
1812 .- James Breek, Stephen Eastman, Abijah Pow- ers.
1813 .- Benjamin Barton, Stephen Eastman, Abijah Powers.
1814 .- John Humphry, Obed Metcalf, Solomon Clem- ent.
1815 .- James Breek, Benjamin Barton, Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr.
1816 .- Benjamin Barton, Obed Metcalf, Stephen East- man.
1817 .- Stephen Eastman, Abijah Powers, Ezra Gus- tin.
1818 .- John Humphry, Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., Elisha Partridge.
1819 .- Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., Edward Putnam, Zina Goldthwait.
1820 .- Stephen Eastman, Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., Henry Breck.
1821 .- Nathaniel Wheeler, John Humphry, Obed Metcalf.
1822 .- Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., John Humphry, Obed Metealf.
1823 .- Stephen Eastman, Samuel Morse, Edward Hall.
1824 .- Stephen Eastman, Abijah Powers, Edward Hall.
1825 .- Abijah Powers, Stephen Eastman, Carlton Barton.
1826 .- Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., Zina Goldthwait, David Whipple.
1827 .- Abijah Powers, Carlton Barton, Edward Hall. 1828 .- Abijah Powers, Carlton Barton, Hiram Smart. 1829 .- Carlton Barton, Benjamin Barton, John Bar- ton.
1830 .- Hiram Smart, Briant Brown, John Barton.
1831 .- Hiram Smart, Carlton Barton, Moses East- man.
1832 .- Carlton Barton, Paul Jacobs, Zina Goldthwait. 1833 .- Hiram Smart, James Hall, Jr., Lemuel P. Cooper.
1834 .- Hiram Smart, Zina Goldthwait, Moses East- man.
1835 .- Henry Breek, Zina Goldthwait, Moses East- man.
1836 .- Carlton Barton, Lemuel P. Cooper, Calvin Hall.
1837 .- Lemuel P. Cooper, Calvin Hall, John Put- nam.
1838 .- Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., John Putnam, Sher- burne B. Rowell.
1839 .- Lemuel P. Cooper, Calvin Hall, Peter Barton. 1840 .- Calvin Hall, William C. Carroll, Sherburne B. Rowell.
1841 .- Hiram Smart, Ruel Durkee, Calvin Kempton. 1842 .- William C. Carroll, Ruel Durkee, Freeman Crosby.
1843 .- Hiram Smart, Lemuel P. Cooper, John C. Loverin.
1844 .- Ruel Durkee, John C. Loverin, Timothy G. Powers.
1845 .- Ruel Durkee, Timothy G. Powers, William Darling.
1846 .- John Putnam, Josiah Ide, Moses Haven.
1847 .- Timothy G. Powers, Moses Haven, Ariel Hall. 1848 .- Lemuel P. Cooper, John Putnam, Martin A. Barton.
1849 .- Ruel Durkee, Paul J. Wheeler, Edmund Row- ell.
1850 .- Ruel Durkee, Dellavan D. Marsh, Dennison Humphrey.
1851 .- Martin A. Barton, Ruel Durkee, Paine Dur- kee
1852 .- Ruel Durkee, Dellavan D. Marsh, Hiram C. Brown.
1853 .- Ruel Durkee, Hiram C. Brown, Lemuel P. Cooper.
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1854 .- John Putnam, Dellavan D. Marsh, Caleb L. Barton.
1855 .- Daniel R. Hall, Otis Cooper, Elias Powers. 1856 .- Hiram C. Brown, Erasmus D. Comings, Mar- tin C. Bartlett.
1857 .- Ruel Durkee, Martin C. Bartlett, Welcome P. Partridge.
1858 .- Erasmus D. Comings, Dellavan D. Marsh, Albert G. Barton.
1859 .- Ruel Durkee, Nathaniel P. Stevens, Hiram P. Kempton.
1860 .- Ruel Durkee, Nathaniel P. Stevens, Hiram P. Kempton.
1861 .- Ruel Durkee, John W. Putnam, Martin C. Bartlett.
1862 .- Ruel Durkee, Nathan Hall, David E. Ryder. 1863 .- Ruel Durkee, Nathan Hall, William W. Hall. 1864 .- Ruel Durkee, William W. Hall, Daniel Ide. 1865 .- Ruel Durkee, William W. Hall, Elias Powers. 1866 .- Ruel Durkee, Elias Powers, Oliver C Fore- hand.
1867 .- Ruel Durkee, Caleb K. Loverin, Joshua A. Codman.
1868 .- Ruel Durkee, Oliver C. Forehand, John Blanchard.
1869 .- Ruel Durkee, John Blanchard, James W. Davis.
1870 .- Ruel Durkee, James W. Davis, George N. Smith.
1871 .- Ruel Durkee, William W. Ryder, Andrew J. Sawyer.
1872 .- Ruel Durkee, Dennison Humphrey, Francis Dodge.
1873 .- Ruel Durkee, Dennison Humphrey, Francis Dodge.
1874 .- Ruel Durkee, Francis Dodge, William W. Ryder.
1875 .- Ruel Durkee, William W. Ryder, Frederick Barton.
1876 .- Ruel Durkee, William W. Ryder, Frederick Barton.
1877 .- Ruel Durkee, William W. Ryder, Frederick Barton.
1878 .- Ruel Durkee, Frederick Barton, Sylvester G. Walker.
1879 .- Ruel Durkee, Sylvester G. Walker, Eugene A. Rowell.
1880 .- Ruel Durkee, Sullivan J. Brown, Harrison Stockwell.
1881 .- Ruel Durkee, Sullivan J. Brown, Harrison Stockwell.
1882 .- Ruel Durkee, Harrison Stockwell, Dana W. Barton.
1883 .- Hezekialı E. Hanson, William B. Kibby, Ruel D. Loverin.
1884 .- Hezekiah E. Hanson, William B. Kibby Prentis S. Blanchard.
1885 .- George W. Stockwell, Charles H. Forehand, John C. Loverin.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND QUORUM.
The following is a list of the justices of the peace :
Alonzo Allen. Martin A. Barton.
Benjamin Barton, Jr.
Leonard P. Cooper.
John Cooper.
James C. Grandy.
Daniel R. Hall.
Worthen Hall.
Nathan Hall.
Albina Hall.
Paul Jacobs.
Samuel Morse.
Abijah Powers.
Elias Powers.
Benjamin Barton.
Henry Hurd.
John Barton.
Dellavan D. Marsh.
Solomon Clement.
Stephen Power.
Isaac Cooper. John W. Putnam.
Otis Cooper. Sherburne B. Rowell.
William Dodge.
Benjamin Skinner.
Ruel Durkee.
Hiram Smart.
Paine Durkee. Allen Town.
Stephen Eastman. Moses Whipple.
Joseph Eastman. Nathan. Wheeler, Jr.
Charles H. Forehand.
Paul J. Wheeler.
Lyman Hall.
William M. Whipple.
INDUSTRIES.
HOTELS .- Benjamin Barton and Reuben Car- roll at Four Corners, and Nathan Hall, William Allen and David A. Sargent, at the East village, have been hotel-keepers.
STORES .- The following are among those who have been engaged in trade : William Cheney, Solomon Clement, Henry Breck, Peter Barton, Hiram Smart, at Four Corners ; Putnam & Cooper, Edward Hall, Ruel Durkee, Joel Ferry, George Dunbar and Rufus Hall, at East village, and James Breck, Simeon Edson, Stephen Eastman, Henry Hurd, James and Lyman Hall, Paul J. Wheeler, M. L. Barton, D. N. Adams, Daniel R. Hall, and Harriet Pillsbury at the Flat; Edward
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Hall, on the hill between Four Corners and East village. A store was run for awhile at the Flat by an association of individuals.
FACTORIES .- Woolen-Nathan Clark, Jr., and
Samuel Morse at East village. Knife-Joel Ferry, East village. Starch-Paul Jacobs at the Flat. Kit Factory-Moses Humphrey at Flat. Excelsior -- Pillsbury Brothers at the Flat. There was a distillery at the Flat, where eider brandy in quantities was made for a number of years by James Hall.
TANNERIES .- Rufus and Ruel Durkee at East Village, and Silas Kempton at Flat. The former was continued for many years.
BLACKSMITHS -Levi Dodge, Four Corners; Jas- per Back, John Spiller, Harry Leeds, East vil- lage ; Jacob Dwinnells, Leavit Humphrey, Obid Kempton, Gardner Woodbury, Dennison Hum- phry at the Flat; David Fletcher, in Brighton district, William G. Huntley.
SHOEMAKERS .- Perley Dodge at Four Corners ; Charles Day, David W. Frye, Mr. Piekernale, East Village; Jeremiah Kempton, Chase Noyes, Silas Kempton at the Flat.
COOPERS .- Folansbee Carroll, John P. Carroll at Four Corners.
CLOTHIERS .-- Israel Goodwin and Stephen East- man had an establishment at the Flat, and Nathan Clark one at East village.
CORDING .- James Perkins had a cording-mill at the Flat.
CARPENTERS .- Joseph Kempton, Edward Kemp- ton, Obediah Dow, Jarvis Adams, Clark Stock- well, Joseph Eastman, William Darling, Charles Partridge, Hubbard Cooper, P. G. Minor, S. O. Powers, H. J. Hurd.
MILLS .- The first mill in town was a saw-mill at East village; soon after a grist-mill at the same place, both of which have been in continuous operation ever since, owned by William Sherman, Colonel Boyce, Joel Ferrey, Dana Boston and others. In 1815 James Perkins came from Leo- minster, Mass., and built a saw-mill and grist-mill at the Flat. The former, now owned by Humphrey
& Hanson, turns out a large amount of lumber annually.
MILLINER .-- Augusta V. Hall.
TAILORS .- Elizabeth Sanger, Susan Humphrey, Hannah Harding.
Dr. D. D. Marsh had a laboratory for a num- ber of years at Four Corners.
LITERATURE .- Among those who have made contributions to literature are Samuel Read Hall, who wrote a History of Vermont in 1827, a History of the United States in 1836, and numerous other volumes of interest, relating mainly to schools and educational matters. Baron Stow, D.D., was editor of the Columbian Star at Washington, D.C, and was the author of several books and pamphlets, and wrote much for the public press. John Cooper, Esq., published an " Historical and Statistical Sketch of Croydon " in 1852. Alanson L. Cooper, whose few foot- prints left indicate that, had his life been spared, he would have been a favorite with the muses. Hon. Cyrus Barton edited, with much ability, the New Hampshire Spectator, at Newport, N. H., and the New Hampshire Patriot, State Capital Reporter and Old Guard, at Concord, N. H. Vashti Towne, a sister of John, was a vigorous writer, as her contributions to the press, while at Washing- ton, D. C., amply testify. Rev. Luther J. Fletcher wrote " Gloria Patria " and several text- books, and contributed much to the journals of his denomination. Augusta Cooper Bristol indulges her pen freely, both in prose and poetry. A volume of the latter, embracing her choicest gems, was published in 1868. Alonzo Allen wrote "Croydon's Military Record." Edmund Wheeler published the "Croydon Centennial " in 1866, and the " History of Newport " in 1879. Solomon M. Whipple, M.D., was a member of the editorial staff of the New Hampshire Patriot for several years, and his address, while president of the New Hampshire Medical Society, and other matters have been published. Hubbard A. Barton early indicated a taste for literature, and, besides his many offerings to the press, he has been, and now is one of the editors and proprietors of the Argus
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and Spectator, at Newport, N. H. Sullivan Barton, a brother, has, from boyhood. been a liberal con- tributor to the press. Elizabeth A. Harding, who wrote the " Welcome Ode " at the " Centennial," indulges her pen in prose as well as verse. Mary Cooper Gardiner's " European Tour," 1884-85, indicates a ready pen and ripe scholarship. Josiah Ide makes frequent contributions to the weekly press and also to many popular magazines of the · day. James C. Grandy is a ready writer, makes frequent contributions to the press, and is entitled to credit for valuable assistance rendered in pro- ducing this historical sketch.
LIBRARY .- The Croydon Social Library was established in 1806. It contained many standard works of great merit, and exerted a decided influence in moulding the character of the young men of the town.
EDUCATION .- Early, the wife of Moses Whipple, an intelligent lady, received the children of the first sett'ers at her house, and taught them free of charge. The first school-house, a small structure twenty feet square, was built in 1772, and eight pounds was raised for the purpose of education. The second district was formed in 1780, and one hundred and fifty dollars assessed for school pur- poses. In 1834 the town was divided into ten dis tricts for school purposes. From the beginning Croydon has paid due attention to mental culture ; has taken much interest in the schools, and, for the most part, has employed only the most compe- tent and efficient teachers and superintendents.
The following are a few of the many noted teachers the town has furnished :
Samuel Blanchard. John Wheeler.
Lemuel P. Cooper.
Horace Powers.
Moses Haven. John Towne.
Baron Stow.
Alexander Metcalf.
Abijah Powers. Levi W. Barton.
Calvin Kempton.
James Powers.
Moses Eastman.
Lyman Hall.
Samuel Powers. Alonzo Allen.
Griswold Ward.
Mrs. Moses Whipple.
Mrs. Anna W. Metcalf.'
Mrs. General Emory.
Mrs. Augusta C. Bristol.
Vashti Towne. Mrs. Harriet A. Loverin. Mrs. M Cooper Gardiner. Mrs. Nellie L. Barton. Mrs. Ellen C. Danforth.
The following have been superintendants of schools:
Jacob Haven. William Barton.
Moses Haven. Hubbard A. Barton.
Lemuel C. Cooper. Sullivan Barton.
John Cooper. Harriet A. Loverin.
Dellavan D. Marsh.
Harriet Fowler.
PHYSICIANS .- Reuben Carroll, Nathaniel Leav- itt, Dellavan D. Marsh, Ezra Gustin, Williams Barton, Sherman Cooper, Albina Hall, and Drs. Alden and Cooper, have been resident practicing physicians. F. S. Putnam, son of Stillman, after graduation at the dental college, opened an office in town. He is now at Newport, N. H.
The following is an imperfect list of native and former residents who have turned their attention to the medical profession :
William Barton, born August 6th, 1820 ; graduated at Hanover, in 1845 ; located at Croydon, N. H.
Ira W. Bragg, born July 28, 1833 ; graduated at Harvard in 1859; located at Chelsea, Mass., died Oc- tober 21, 1864.
Alanson L. Cooper, born October 16, 1804; gradu- ated at Brunswick 1827; located at Auburn, N. Y .; died in 1841.
William F. Cooper, born September 20, 1801; graduated at Brunswick; located at Kelloggsville, N. Y .; died in 1847.
Orville M. Cooper, born July 28, 1821 ; graduated at Dartmouth in 1845; located at Hollis, N. H .; died 1845.
Elijah Cooper, graduated at Dartmouth in 1845 ; located at Newark, O., 1854.
Sherman Cooper, born August 20, 1833; graduated at New York Medical College in 1856; located at Claremont, N. H.
Herman Cooper, born February 6, 1859 ; graduated
at Dartmouth; located at Meriden, N. H.
Reuben Carroll, died in 1840.
Albert Carroll, located at Boston, Mass.
Adolphus Cutting, born June 25, 1811; graduated in 1833.
John L. Cain, born September 26, 1857 ; graduated at Dartmouth in 1833; located at Grantham, N. H.
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William B. Cain, born September 26, 1859; gradu- ted at Dartmouth in 1883; located at Chesterfield, N. H.
William W. Darling, born November 20, 1834 ; grad- uated at Dartmouth in 1859; located at Newport, N. H.
Ezra Gustin, born 1788; located at Croydon, N. H .; died October 29, 1818.
Willard P. Gibson, born September 2, 1798; gradu- ated at Castleton in 1822; located at Newport, N. H .; died October 23, 1837.
Otis Gibson, born June 8, 1807; graduated at Woodstock in 1830; located at Wellsborc', Pa.
Bushrod R. Gibson, located at Pomfret, Vt.
John Hall, born October 3, 1814; graduated at Bowdoin in 1842; located at Newark, O .; died in 1852.
Silas Ifall, born December, 1792; located at Mon- rovia, N. Y.
Albina Hall, born October 16, 1800; graduated at Berkshire in 1823; located at Croydon, N. H.
Dellavan D. Marsh, born May 8, 1808; graduated at Dartmouth in 1834; located at Croydon, N. H .; died 1867.
William W. Marsh, born July 29, 1850; graduated at Harvard.
Frank D. Marsh, born October, 1852.
Marshall Perkins, born March 13, 1823; graduated at Harvard in 1850; located at Marlow, N. H.
Horace Powers, born October 28, 1807; graduated at Woodstock in 1832; located at Morristown, Vt .; died 1867.
David C. Powers, born June 30, 1822; graduated at Amherst in 1848; located at Auburn, N. Y.
Darwin A. Stewart, born April 5, 1842; graduated at New York Medical College in 1869; located at Winona, Minn.
Daniel Ward, born June 6, 1810; graduated at Castleton in 1834; located at Marsailles, Ill.
Griswold W. Wheeler, born February 22, 1808; graduated at Dartmouth in 1836; located at Perry- ville, Mo. ; died June 7, 1865.
Solomon M. Whipple, born July 28, 1820 ; gradu- ated at Woodstock in 1849; located at New London, N. H .; died 1875.
Henry W. Brown, born November 15, 1847 ; gradu- ated at Harvard in 1873; located at Newport, N. H., died 1875.
Carlos J. Adams, born September 17, 1837 ; gradu- ated at Ann Arbor in 1868; located at Chicago, Ill.
William H. Hurd, born August 29, 1829; graduated at Dartmouth in 1854; located at Carlton Place, Ont.
Willard O. Hurd, born December 7, 1838; gradu- ated at Albany Medical College in 1860; located at Grantham, N. H.
Willard C. Kempton, born October 13, 1840 ; gradu- ated at Dartmouth ; located at Grantham, N. H.
Lyman Hall, born in 1804; graduated at Dart- mouth in 1833; located at Cornish, N. H .; died in 1862.
LAWYERS .- Samuel Morse was the only prac- ticing lawyer that ever located in town. He was a native of Dublin, N. H. ; graduated at Dart- mouth in 1811; came to Croydon in 1815; was elected representative in 1834, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1850; he died Jan- uary 1, 1865, aged eighty-one years.
The following is an imperfeet list of natives and former residents who have turned their attention to the legal profession :
Levi W. Barton, born March 1, 1818; graduated at Dartmouth, New Hampshire, in 1848; located at Newport, N. H.
Jonas Cutting, born November 3, 1800 ; graduated at Dartmouth, New Hampshire, in 1823; located at Bangor, Me .; died August 26, 1876.
Gershom Powers, born June 11, 1789; not a gradu- ate; located at Auburn, N. Y .; died June 25, 1831.
Frank.in Putnam, born September 8, 1833; gradu- ted at Bowdoin, Maine, 1859; located at Kansas City, Mo. ; died November 3, 1865.
George F. Putnam, born November 6, 1841 ; gradu- ated at Norwich, Vt., in 1866 ; located at Kansas City, Mo.
Wilbur H. Powers, born January 22, 1849; gradu- ated at Dartmouth in 1875; located at Boston, Mass.
William P. Wheeler, born July 31, 1812; graduated at Harvard, Massachusetts, in 1842 ; located at Keene, N. H .; died May 10, 1876.
CLERGYMEN .- The following are among those who have given their attention to theology :
Jacob W. H. Ames, born May 7, 1838; graduated at Wesleyan in 1864; located at Chelsea, Mass .; died June 12, 1866.
Otis Dunbar, born June 11, 1812; graduated at Dartmouth; located at Holderness, N. H.
Lester H. Elliot, born August 1, 1835; graduated at Burlington in 1861; located at Winooski, Vt.
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Luther J. Fletcher, born November 25, 1818; grad- uated at Norwich in 1841; located at Bath, Me .; died January 20, 1884.
Samuel R. Hall, born October 27, 1795; graduated at Academy Bridgeton, Me .; located at Craftsbury, Vt.
Josiah W. Powers, born June 19, 1799 ; graduated at Andover in 1837 ; located at Kennebunk, Me .; died in 1839.
Dennis Powers, born May 24, 1808; graduated at Amherst in 1835; located at Abington, Mass.
Urias Powers, born May 12, 1791; graduated at Dartmouth in 1818; located at Big Lick, Va .; died in 1870.
Austin Putnam, born March 6, 1809; graduated at Dartmouth in 1827; located at Harnden, Conn.
· James W. Putnam, born December 15, 1822; grad- uated at Norwich; Danvers, Mass. ; died November 3, 1864.
Nathaniel F. Putnam, born February 2, 1839 ; grad- uated at Bowdoin in 1803; located at St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Baron Stowe, born June 16, 1801; graduated at Columbian in 1825; located at Boston, Mass .; died December 27, 1869.
BIOGRAPHY.
The following are brief sketches of a few of the prominent individuals of the town. We should have been glad to have given a much more ex- tended list and a fuller account of these. Nearly every one of the old families have sons or daugh- ters, to whose achievements they point with just pride.
HON. CYRUS BARTON was born December 25, 1795. He was able and popular as an Editor ; register of deeds for Sullivan County from 1827 to 1829 ; Presidential elector in 1832, 1836 and 1840 ; Senator in District No. 4, in 1833 and 1834 ; Coun- cilor in 1843; U. S. marshal in 1845; a member of the Constitutional Convention and president of the City Council of Concord in 1845. He died February 17, 1855, at Loudon, N. H., while making a political speech, falling into the arms of his opponent.
HON. LEVI W. BARTON, born March 1, 1818, a lawyer, graduated at Dartmouth. He was three years register of deeds, two years county solici-
tor, five years a Representative and two years in the Senate ; in 1866 on committee to audit war indebtedness of the State, one of the committee to codify the New Hampshire laws, member of the Constitutional Convention, 1876, and in 1876 one of the Presidential electors.
WILLIAMS BARTON, M.D. was born August 6, 1820. He attended Unity and Kimball Union Academies, studied medicine with Drs. Coburn, Hall and Nichols, graduated at the Medical De- partment of Dartmouth College in May, 1845, and soon after commenced practice at Croydon, where he now resides. He was three years commissioner of common schools for Sullivan County, and a teacher of elocution at the Teachers' Institute.
HON. LEMUEL P. COOPER, born July 18, 1803, is one of the most intelligent and progressive farmers in town. He has always taken a deep in- terest in the cause of religion and education, as well as politics. He was a popular teacher and superintendent, a trustee of the Industrial School of New Hampshire, twice a representative, twice in the Senate, and was at one time a candidate for Governor of the State.
HON. ORA CROSBY, son of Prince, born Novem- ber 14, 1793, settled at Hardwick, Vt. He was a representative, a justice, judge of the County Court, director of the Danville Bank and president of the National Bank of Caledonia. As a finan- cier, Judge Crosby had but few equals.
JONAS CUTTING, LL.D., born November 3, 1800, graduated at Dartmouth and located at Bangor, Me. He had intellectual faculties of a high order ; was conscientious, adroit and learned ; was popular as a lawyer, and commanded the highest respect as a judge, ranking with the fore- most among the members of the bench.
HON. RUEL DURKEE, born July 14, 1807, a farmer, was much in office at home. Shrewd, self- poised, with an instinctive knowledge of human nature, he was for nearly a whole generation one of the most conspicuous managers in the Republi- can party of the State. His presence was always required during the sittings of the Legislature and at all conventions. It has been said that in caucus
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the lightning usually struck the aspirant towards whom his magnetic finger pointed. He died in July, 1885.
TIMOTHY C. EASTMAN, EsQ., born May 30, 1821, was first a farmer at Croydon, then a milkman, with a hundred cows, at Cleveland, O., and is now the cattle-king of New York. He has a beautiful residence on Fifth Avenue, and, as a financier, he has been by far the most successful son of the town. He originated the plan of transporting beef to Europe in refrigerators, by means of which he presented the Queen with the quarter of beef as fresh as when taken from the slaughter-house at New York.
REV. LUTHER J. FLETCHER, born February 25, 1818, a Universalist clergyman, has been located at Buffalo, Lowell and New York ; is a man of rare talent, a fine writer and an eloquent talker ; was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, and once a judge.
ISRAEL GOODWIN was remarkable for his intel- lectual and social qualities. He lived at the Flat, and was a cloth dresser by trade. In 1824 he re- moved to Plainfield, Vt., where he represented that town in both branches of the Legislature. He was appointed judge, and removed to Mont- pelier, where he died.
NATIIAN HALL, son of Edward Hall, Jr., re- sides at the Flat, and is a farmer by profession. He was moderator several years, town clerk twelve years, and County Commissioner three years.
CAPTAIN WORTHEN HALL was born July 11, 1802. In 1827 he went to sca, and, being well adapted to the business, he followed that vocation for twenty-eight years. In 1855 he retired with a fortune, and settled at the Flat. In 1866-67 he was elected representative, which position he filled with credit to himself and honor to the town.
PLINY HALL, son of Martin, born September 21, 1817, was a farmer until he was twenty-one; a clerk in the store twelve years; was U. S. assistant census marshal in 1850, 1870 and 1880; repre- sentative in 1851 and 1852, and county treasurer in 1855 and 1856 ; U. S. enrolling officer in 1864,
and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1876. Died January 15, 1881.
DELLAVAN D. MARSH, M.D., was born May 8, 1818. He graduated from the Medical Depart- ment of Dartmouth College in 1834. He was in- terested in agricultural pursuits ; was treasurer of the County Agricultural Society in 1848; was often elected to town offices, and in 1839-40 was treasurer of Sullivan County. He died in 1866.
DR. HORACE POWERS, son of Urias Powers, born October 27, 1807; graduated at the Wood- stock Medical College in 1832 ; settled at Morris- town, Vt .; was high sheriff of Lamoille County in 1844 and 1845 ; represented his town in the Con- stitutional Convention in 1850 ; was a Senator in 1853 and 1854, and was director in the Lamoille County Bank.
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