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184
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
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CONVENTIONS HELD PRIOR TO ORGANIZATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
*
Held at Windsor, June 4 - 1777.
CEPHAS KENT of Dorset born 1725, died 1809.
GAIUS SMITH of Rupert
born ,
died
MOSES ROBINSON of Rupert born , died
Held at Windsor, July 2-8, and December 24 - 1777. JONAS FAY of Bennington See above.
. JOSEPH SAFFORD of Bennington born 1742, died 1807.
1 JOHN BURNAM, JR. of Bennington See above.
NATHAN CLARK of Bennington See above.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS of Pownal See above.
JEREMIAH CLARK of Shaftsbury See above.
TIMOTHY BROWNSON of Sunderland See above.
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COUNCILS OF CENSORS 1785
EBENEZER WALBRIDGE of Bennington born 1738, died 1819. LEWIS BEEBE of Arlington. born 1749, died 1816. JONATHAN BRACE of Manchester born 1754, died 1837.
1792
ELIJAH DEWEY of Bennington. born 1744, died 1818. JONAS GALUSHA of Shaftsbury born 1753, died 1834. ANTHONY HASWELL of Bennington born 1756, died 1816.
ISAAC TICHENOR of Bennington born 1754, died 1838.
185
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
*
COUNCILS OF CENSORS 1799
ELIJAH DEWEY of Bennington See above. DAVID FAY of Bennington born 1761, died 1827.
MOSES ROBINSON of Bennington born 1741, died 1813.
1806
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON of Shaftsbury born 1759, died 1823. MOSES ROBINSON of Bennington See above.
1813
ISAAC TICHENOR of Bennington
See above.
1820
JOEL PRATT of Manchester
born 1775, died 1861.
1827
LEONARD SARGEANT of Manchester born 1793, died 1880.
-
1834
STEPHEN ROBINSON of Bennington born 1781, died 1852.
1841
MARTIN C. DEMING of Arlington.
born 1789, died 1851.
1848
KEYES P. COOL of Bennington born --- , died - 1855
JOHN W. VAIL. of Bennington born 1800, died 1880.
1862
LEONARD SARGEANT of Manchester See above.
1869
J. BURTON HOLLISTER of Manchester born 1831, died 1907.
186
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS * x
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
ARLINGTON
1791 - TIMOTHY TODD born 1759, died 1807.
1793 - CONSTANT BARNEY born 1729, died 1819.
1814 - NATHAN CANFIELD born 1783, died 1820.
1822 - CYRUS CANFIELD. born 1784, died 1829.
1828 - ANSON CANFIELD. born 1786, died 1860.
1836 - SYLVESTER DEMING born 1765, died 1847.
1843 - SAMUEL BUCK. born 1786, died 1864.
1850 - MARTIN C. DEMING born 1789, died 1851.
1870 - ZADOCK H. CANFIELD born 1812, died 1896.
BENNINGTON
1786 - MOSES ROBINSON. born 1741, died 1813.
1793 - JONATHAN ROBINSON born 1755, died 1819.
1814 - SAMUEL FAY born 1772, died 1863.
1822 - ORSAMUS C. MERRILL born 1775, died 1865.
1828 - DAVID ROBINSON
born 1754, died 1843.
1836 - JOHN VANDERSPIEGEL born 1773, died 1848.
1843 - ALANSON P. LYMAN born 1806, died 1883.
1850 - THOMAS MCDANIELS born 1807, died 1887.
1857 - ALONZO HINSDILL born 1805, died 1860.
1870 - WILLIAM T. HORROBIN born 1839, died 1885.
DORSET
1791 - JOHN SHUMWAY born 1735, died 1829.
1793 - WILLIAM DUNTON born 1755, died 1840.
187
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
* *
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
DORSET
1814 - BENJAMIN DEMING born --- , died
1822 - SYLVANUS SYKES, JR born 1775, died 1840.
1828 - STEPHEN MARTINDALE born 1760, died 1845.
1836 - CYRUS ARMSTRONG born 1784, died 1872.
1843 - CHAUNCEY GREEN born 1801, died 1876.
1850 - GEORGE B. HOLLEY born 1812, died 1869.
1870 - FRANKLIN W. OLMSTED born 1810, died 1898.
GLASTENBURY
1836 - ASA G. HEWES
born , ---- , died
1843 - JOHN H. MATTISON
born 1816, died 1880.
1850 - ASA G. HEWES. See above.
LANDGROVE
1822 - DANIEL TUTHILL born 1764, died - 1828-36 - DAVID WILLEY born 1776, died 1864.
1843 -50 - JAMES MARTIN born. 1813, died 1887.
1870 - JAMES S. THOMSON born 1832, died 1905.
MANCHESTER
1786 - GIDEON ORMSBY born 1736, died 1804.
1791 - MARTIN POWELL
born , died
1793 - ISAAC SMITH born , died
1814 - ELIJAH LITTLEFIELD born 1775, died 1827.
1828 - ELIJAH COLLINS born 1783, died 1860.
1836 - LEONARD SARGEANT born 1793, died 1880.
1843 - LYMAN HARRINGTON born 1793, died 1876.
188
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
MANCHESTER
1850 - LEONARD SARGEANT See above.
1870 - LOVELAND MUNSON
born 1843, died
PERU
1814-22 - PETER DUDLEY. born 1773, died 1847.
1828 - JOSIAH BARNARD
born -, died
1836 - SAMUEL STONE born 1779, died 1845. 1843 -- MARK BATCHELDER born 1803, died 1863.
1850 - STEPHEN DUDLEY born 1805, died 1876.
1870 - ASA F. CLARK born 1811, died 1893.
POWNAL
1701-3 - THOMAS JEWETT born 1736, died 1812.
1814 - SAMUEL WRIGHT
born - , died
1822 - STODDARD MERCHANT born - , died 1828.
1828 - PERRY JEWETT born 1800, died 1851.
1836 - DAVID GARDNER born 1787, died 1867.
1843 - SYLVANUS DANFORTH born - -, died
1850 - WILLIAM R. BLANCHARD born 1802, died 1891.
1857 - ELIJAH BARBER born 1798, died 1884.
1870 - ABRAHAM G. PARKER born 1815, died 1897.
READSBORO
1793 - JOSEPH HARTWELL born , died
1814 - ELIJAH BAILEY
born
died
1822 - JOHN WALKER
born -- -- , died
1828 - HENRY HOLBROOK
born 1777, died 1862.
189
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
. * *
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
READSBORO
1836 - JACOB HICKS born 1791, died 1857. 1850 - ISAAC ESTEY born 1812, died 1882.
1870 - JAMES W. CARPENTER. born 1829, died 1880.
RUPERT
1791 - ISRAEL SMITH born 1759, died 1810.
1793 - CEPHAS SMITH born ---- , died
1814 - JOSIAH RISING born 1768, died 1833.
1822 - DAVID SHELDON born 1756, died 1832.
1828-36-43 - SETH MOORE born 1778, died 1859.
1850 - NATHAN BURTON born 1784, died 1864.
1857 - AUGUSTUS C. BEEBE born 1814, died 1890.
1870 - SETH H. RISING born 1839, died 1894.
SANDGATE
1791 - REUBEN THOMAS born
died
1793 - NATHANIEL JONES
born ---- died
1814 - JOSEPH TUTTLE
born 1775, died 1861.
1822 - JOHN H. SANDERSON
born - , died
1828 - JOSEPH TUTTLE
See above.
1836 - SAMUEL THOMAS.
born 1772, died
1843 - THEODORE SANDERSON
born
- -, died
1870 - ALPHONSO D. KENT
born - -- , died
SEARSBURG
1836 - JOHN KNAPP
born
, died
1843 - JOSEPH EAMES
born
died
1850 - JOSEPH CROSIER.
born 1809, died 1888.
1870 - ALLEN E. BRIGGS born 1836, died 1911.
SHAFTSBURY
1791-3 - GIDEON OLIN born 1743, died 1823.
1814-22 - JONAS GALUSHA born 1755, died 1834.
190
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS * * * *
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS
SHAFTSBURY
1828-36 - NATHAN H. BOTTUN. born 1793, died 1855.
1843-50 - SAMUEL AMES born 1794, died 1876.
1857 - BENJAMIN F. OLIN born 1802, died 1874.
1870 - HORACE B. BOTTUM born 1826, died 1905.
STAMFORD
1791 - ANDREW SELDEN. born 1765, died 1828.
1793 - OLIVER SMITH.
born , died
1822 - OTIS PHILLIPS born died
1836 - STEPHEN C. MILLARD born 1798, died 1878.
1843 - JENCKS PHILLIPS born - - -, died
1850 - OBED HALL born 1821, died 1898.
1870 - JONATHAN BROOKS born ---- , died --
SUNDERLAND
1791 - TIMOTHY BROWNSON born 1734, died
1793 - GILBERT BRADLEY born 1756, died 1835.
1814 - EDMUND GRAVES born 1765, died 1827.
1822 - ETHAN BRADLEY born 1776, died 1845.
1828 - WILLIAM LANDON born 1778, died 1855. 1836-43 - ETHAN BRADLEY See above.
1850 - EDMUND A. GRAVES born 1802, died 1884.
1857-70 - B. FRANKLIN MCLAUGHLIN born 1804, died 1885.
WINHALL
1814 - JOB LEONARD born 1785, died 1857. 1822-28 - REUBEN BROOKS born 1786, died 1874.
1836 - FRANCIS KIDDER, JR born 1803, died 1879. 1843 - REUBEN BROOKS See above.
1850 - BERIAH WHEELER born 1802, died 1868.
1857 - CHAUNCEY C. WHEELER born 1817, died 1880.
1870 - CEPHAS WILLIAMS born 1829, died 1912.
191
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
* ×
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
WOODFORD
1793 - CALEB NOORE.
born died
1814 - LEBBEUS BARNEY
born , died
1822-28 - JOSEPH C. HOLLISTER
born - --- , died
1836-43 - JOSEPH KNAPP
born 1782, died 1854.
1850 - ALONZO FOX born 1811, died 1883.
1870 - AMOS ALDRICH born 1829, died 1905.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Special Courts of 1778. * *
SHIRE OF BENNINGTON
JEREMIAH CLARK of Bennington. born 1733, died 1817.
SAMUEL ROBINSON of Bennington born 1738, died 1813,
MARTIN POWELL of Manchester
barn ---- , died
JOHN FASSETT, JR. of Arlington born 1743, died 1803.
THOMAS JEWETT of Bennington
born 1736, died 1812.
JOHN FASSETT of Bennington. born 1719, died 1794.
GIDEON BROWNSON of Sunderland
born 1739, died 1796.
SHIRE OF RUTLAND
JOSEPH BOWKER of Rutland. born --- , died 1784.
HEBER ALLEN of Poultney
born 1744, died 1782.
CHARLES BREWSTER of Tinmouth born 1724, died 1790.
JOHN STARK of Pawlet
born , died 1807.
JONATHAN FASSETT of Pittsford
born 1745, died 1825.
THADDEUS CURTIS of Clarendon.
born , died
THOMAS ROWLEY of Danby. born died 1803.
CLERK JOSEPH FAY of Bennington
born 1752, died 1803.
SHERIFF BENJAMIN FAY of Bennington born 1750, died 1786.
192
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
*
COUNTY OFFICERS *
Special Courts of 1778.
JUDGES OF PROBATE
DISTRICT of BENNINGTON.
JOHN FASSETT of Bennington born 1719, died 1794.
DISTRICT of MANCHESTER.
MARTIN POWELL of Manchester born - , died
DISTRICT of RUTLAND.
JOSEPH BOWKER of Rutland
born ---- , died 1784.
BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
JUDGES
1781-1807 - SAMUEL SAFFORD of bennington born 1737, died 1813. 1807-1811 - GIDEON OLIN of Shaftsbury .. born 1743, died 1823. 1811-1814 - JOSIAH WRIGHT of Pownal .... born 1752, died 1817. 1814-1815 - SOLOMON WRIGHT of Pownal ... born 1763, died 1873.
1815-1817 - JOSIAH WRIGHT of Pownal. See above.
1817-1824 - NATHAN BURTON of Rupert .... born 1784, died 1864.
1824-1825 - SYLVANUS DANFORTH of Pownal born , died ASSISTANT JUDGES
1781-1798 - GIDEON OLIN of Shaftsbury. . born 1743, died 1823. 1781-1783 - JOHN STRONG of Dorset .. .. born 1738, died 1816.
1781-1787 - ELISHA BARBER of Pownal. .. born - , died
193
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
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BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
ASSISTANT JUDGES
1781-1783 - DAVID LEE, JR. of Manchester born - , died
1783-1795 - GIDEON BROWNSON of Sunderland
born 1739, died 1796.
1783-1787 - JOHN WHITE of Arlington. .born - , died 1783 - JONATHAN BRACE of manchester
1795-1798 - JONAS GALUSHA of Shaftsbury
born 1754, died 1837.
born 1753, died 1834. 1798-1800 - SOLOMON WRIGHT of pownal .... born 1763, died 1837. 1798-1800 - CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS of Manchester born 1753, died 1832. 1800-1803 - GIDEON OLIN of Shaftsbury ... See above.
1800-1807 - JONAS GALUSHA of Shaftsbury. See above.
1803-1810 - DAVID SHELDON of Rupert ..... born 1756, died 1832. 1807-1811 - JOSIAH WRIGHT of Pownal. .born 1752, died 1817.
1810-1811 - JOSIAH RISING of Rupert. .. born 1768, died 1833.
1811-1813 - JOSIAH GRAVES of kupert. .. born 1760, died 1825.
1811-1814 - EDMUND GRAVES of Sunderland.
born 1765, died 1827.
1813-1815 - GROVE MOORE of Rupert. .born 1764, died 1835.
1814-1817 - JOSIAH GRAVES of Rupert See above. 1815-1818 - EDMUND GRAVES of Sunderland. See above.
1817-1825 - JOHN H. OLIN of Shaftsbury. . born 1772, died 1860.
1818-1821 - STEPHEN ROBINSON of Bennington 1 born 1781, died 1852.
1821-1824 - SAMUEL WRIGHT of Pownal. ... born died
1824-1827 - MYRON CLARK of Shaftsbury ... born 1790, died 1869.
1825-1828 - SYLVANUS DANFORTH of Pownal born - , died
1827-1828 - STEPHEN ROBINSON of Bennington
See above. 1828-1836 - NATHAN BURTON of Rupert ..... born 1784, died 1864.
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICER S 194
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BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
ASSISTANT JUDGES
1828-1829 - JONATHAN E. ROBINSON of Bennington
born 1777, died 1831.
1829-1831 - NATHAN H. BOTTUM of Shaftsbury
born 1793, died 1855. 1831-1832 - LUMAN NORTON of Bennington .. born 1785, died 1859. 1832-1834 - NATHAN H. BOTTUM of Shaftsbury See above.
1834-1837 - LUMAN NORTON of Bennington .. See above.
1836-1839 - DARIUS MOORE of Bennington .. born ---- , died
1838-1839 - GREEN BLACKMER of bennington born ---- , died
1839-1840 - SAMUEL WRIGHT of Pownal See above ..
1839-1840 - ALEXANDER BLISS of Dorset ... born 1805, died 1859. 1840-1841 - LUMAN NORTON of Bennington .. See above.
1840-1843 - GORDON B. SOUTHWORTH of Dorset born 1779, died 1856.
1841-1845 - BENJAMIN F. OLIN of Shaftsbury born 1802, died 1874. 1843-1845 - JOHN H. SANDERSON of Sunderland born --- - died 1846. , 1845-1849 - MAJOR HAWLEY of Manchester .. born 1792, died 1877. 1845-1849 - BENJAMIN F. MORGAN of Pownal born 1799, died 1887. 1849-1851 - PEREZ HARWOOD, JR. of Bennington born 1801, died 1874. 1849-1851 - CYRUS FARWELL of Dorset. .born 1806, died 1881.
1851-1853 - SIMEON RISING of Rupert .born 1793, died 1860.
1851-1852 - CHARLES E. HOUGHTON of Bennington born 1818, died 1890.
1852-1854 - DENNIS J. GLORGE of Shaftsbury born 1816, died 1864.
1853-1854 - JOHN S. PETTIBONE of Manchester born 1786, died 1872. 1854-1856 - SAMUEL H. BROWN of Bennington born 1804, died 1887. 1854-1856 - JOSIAH S. THOMAS of Manchester
1856-1858 - DENNIS J. GEORGE of Shaftsbury
born - -, died See above.
1856-1858 - FRANCIS KIDDER of Winhall ... born 1803, died 1879.
195
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
*
BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
ASSISTANT JUDGES
1858-1860 - STEPHEN C. MILLARD of Stamford
born 1798, died 1878. 1858-1860 - THOMAS S. BEEBE of Rupert ... born 1810, died 1889. 1860-1862 - AMORI BENSON of Landgrove ... born 1799, died 1876. 1860-1862 - MARTIN MATTISON of Shaftsbury born 1812, died 1872. 1862-1864 - BENJAMIN R. SEARS of Dennington born 1807, died 1887.
1862-1864 - RETURN M. UNDERHILL of Dorset
born 1813, died 1891.
1864-1866 - HARMON MYERS of Pownal .. .. born 1809, died 1869.
1864-1866 - IRA K. BATCHELDER of Peru ... born 1811, died 1902.
1866-1869 - EDWARD M. AYLESWORTH of Arlington born 1815, died 1870. 1866-1869 - HIRAM COLE of Shaftsbury .... born 1812, died 1892. 1869-1872 - NORMAN MILLINGTON of Shaftsbury born 1810, died 1884. 1869-1872 - CHAUNCEY GREEN of borset .... born 1801, died 1876. 1872-1876 - ISRAEL N. SYKES of Dorset ... born 1805, died 1895. 1872-1876 - MAJOR W. POTTER of Pownal ... born 1814, died 1892. 1876-1878 - AUSTIN P. GRAHAM of Winhall born 1823, died 1890.
1876-1878 - JOHN V. CARNEY of Bennington born 1835, died 1907.
1878-1880 - IRA COCHRAN of Dorset. .. born 1810, died 1883.
1878-1880 - EDWARD RICE of bennington ... born 1821, died 1901. 1880-1882 - EDWARD KINSLEY of Bennington born 1827, died 1906. 1880-1882 - WALTER B. RANDALL of Sandgate born 1833, died 1905.
1882-1884 - OBED HALL of Stamford. .born 1821, died 1898.
1882-1884 - MALCOM CANFIELD of Manchester born 1822, died 1892. 1884-1886 - SAMUEL J. GARDNER of Pownal born 1824, died 1900.
1884-1886 - WILLIS S. BENTLEY of Sandgate born 1831, died 1906.
196
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
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BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
ASSISTANT JUDGES
1886-1890 - FAXON L. BOWEN of Readsboro
born 1835, died 1908. 1886-1888 - DEXTER BATCHELDER of peru ... born 1820, died 1888.
1888-1890 - WALTER R. DEAN of Manchester
born 1825, died 1909. 1890-1892 - SHERMAN NICHOLS of Dorset ... born 1820, died -
1890-1892 - HORACE B. BOTTUM of Shaftsbury born 1826, died 1905.
1892-1894 - GEORGE J. BOND of Searsburg
born 1842, died 1892-1896 - ALBERT E. BURTON of Rupert .. born 1840, died 1894-1898 - MYRON H. WOODWARD of woodford born 1840, died
1896-1900 - HENRY S. BURT of Sunderland. born 1840, died 1912. 1898-1902 - DANIEL T. BATES of Pownal ... born 1847, died
1900-1904 - CEPHAS WILLIAMS of Winhall .. born 1829, died 1912. 1902-1906 - NORMAN L. MATTISON of Glastenbury born 1851, died 1913. 1904-1908 - WILLIAM C. PECK of Sandgate born 1859, died
1906-1908 - EVERETT E. POTTER of Pownal born 1857, died
1908-1910 - NORMAN L. MATTISON of Glastenbury See Above. 1908-1914 - CHARLES B. KENT of Dorset ... born 1840, died 1914. 1910-1917 - CROSBY A. PERRY of Readsboro born 1838, died
1914-1915 - MERRITT B. ROBERTS of Rupert born 1858, died 1915 - HERBERT N. SHAW of Manchester born 1856, died 1917 EDMOND LA FRANCHISE of bennington born 1859, died
CLERKS
1781-1782 - NOAH SMITH of Bennington. ... born 1756, died 1812. 1782-1787 - LEWIS BEEBE of Arlington. .. born 1749, died 1816.
197
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
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BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
CLERKS
1787-1803 - NATHANIEL BRUSH of bennington
born 1741, died 1803.
1803-1828 - JOEL PRATT of manchester. .. born 1775, died 1861. 1828-1829 - HILAND HALL of Bennington ... born 1795, died 1885. 1829-1840 - HENRY ROBINSON of Bennington
1840-1861 - SAMUEL H. BLACKMER of Bennington born 1778, died 1856.
born 1794, died 1861. 1861-1888 - JOHN V. HALL of Bennington .. born 1831, died 1888.
1888-1894 - EDWARD I. HALL of Bennington
born 1866, died
1894-1906 - HARRY T. CUSHMAN of Bennington born 1866, died 1907.
1906 - JACOB J. SHAKSHOBER of Bennington born 1865, died
SHERIFFS
1781-1787 - JONAS GALUSHA of Shaftsbury born 1753, died 1834. 1787-1798 - DAVID ROBINSON of Bennington born 1754, died 1843. 1798-1800 - WILLIAM COOLEY of Rupert .... born , died
1800-1811 - DAVID ROBINSON of Bennington See above.
1811-1823 - SAMUEL FAY of bennington .... born 1772, died 1863.
1823-1826 - JOSIAH BURTON of manchester
born 1777, died 1853.
1826-1836 - SAMUEL CANFIELD of Arlington born 1791, died 1840. 1836-1837 - JOHN NORTON of Bennington ... born 1787, died 1850. 1837-1839 - GURDIN H. SMITH of Manchester born 1799, died 1884.
1839-1840 - RICHMOND FISK of Bennington
1840-1842 - GURDIN H. SMITH of Manchester born 1804, died 1877. See above.
1842-1845 - JOHN V. D. S. McEOWEN of Bennington born 1805, died 1856.
1845-1849 - JASPER VIALL of Dorset. .. born 1802, died 1882.
198
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
SHERIFFS
1849-1853 - JAMES S. MERRILL of Bennington
1853-1859 - JASPER VIALL of Dorset
born 1810, died 1876. See above.
1859-1862 - ANSON BUCK of Arlington. .born 1810, died 1897.
1862-1872 - LEANDER POWERS of Pownal. .. born , died 1872-1878 - DANIEL CROFOOT of Arlington born 1822, died 1899. 1878-1882 - MYRON BARTON of Shaftsbury .. born 1821, died 1903.
1882-1884 - JOHN ROBINSON of Bennington
born 1836, died 1917. 1884-1888 - JAMES L. McCALL of Rupert ... born 1825, died 1900.
' 1888-1890 - ANDREW J. PIKE of Readsboro born 1839, died 1900. See above ..
1890-1892 - JOHN ROBINSON of Bennington
1892-1906 - HENRY S. WILLSON of Arlington
born 1850, died 1909.
1906- - FREDERICK GODFREY of Bennington born 1841, died
STATE'S ATTORNEYS
1781-1784 - NOAH SMITH of Bennington .... born 1756, died 1812. 1784-1786 - JONATHAN BRACE of Manchester
born 1754, died 1837.
1786-1789 - NOAH SMITH of Bennington. .. See above.
1789-1791 - ENOCH WOODBRIDGE of Manchester born 1750, died 1805. See above.
1791-1792 - NOAH SMITH of Dennington.
1792-1795 - JOSHUA HATHAWAY of Bennington born ---- , died -
. 1795-1798 - DAVID FAY of Bennington. ... born 1761, died 1827.
1798-1800 - TRUMAN SQUIER of Manchester born 1764, died 1845.
1800-1801 - DAVID FAY of Bennington. .. See above.
1801-1813 - RICHARD SKINNER of Manchester
born 1778, died 1833.
199
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
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BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
STATE'S ATTORNEYS
1813-1815 - ANSON J. SPERRY of Manchester born ---
, died
1815-1819 - CALVIN SHELDON of Manchester
born 1788, aied 1834.
1819-1820 - RICHARD SKINNER of Manchester
1820-1821 - CALVIN SHELDON of Manchester
See above. See above.
1821-1823 - MILO L. BENNETT of Manchester born 1789, died 1868. 1823-1825 - ORSAMUS C. MERRILL of Bennington born 1775, died 1865. 1825-1829 - PHINEAS SMITH of Arlington .. born died .
1829-1833 - HILAND HALL of Bennington ... born 1795, died 1885. 1833-1834 - MILO L. BENNETT of Manchester
See above. 1834-1837 - LEONARD SARGEANT of Manchester born 1793, died 1880. 1837-1839 - SAMUEL H. BLACKMER of Bennington born 1794, died 1861. 1839-1843 - HARMON CANFIELD of Arlington born 1810, died 1879. 1843-1845 - AHIMAN L. MINER of manchester born 1804, died 1886. 1845-1847 - ALANSON P. LYMAN of Bennington born 1806, died 1883. 1847-1849 - WILLIAM S. SOUTHWORTH of Bennington born 1807, died 1875. See above.
1849-1852 - HARMON CANFIELD of Arlington
1852-1853 - ELIAS B. BURTON of Manchester born 1816, died 1892. 1853-1854 - ALEXANDER M. HULING of Bennington born 1820, died 1886. 1854-1855 - JAMES L. STARK, JR. of Bennington born 1823, died 1873. 1855-1857 - ABRAHAM B. GARDNER of Bennington born 1819, died 1881. 1857-1858 - NATHANIEL B. HALL of Bennington born 1826, died 1892. See above.
1858-1860 - ALANSON P. LYMAN of Bennington 1860-1862 - NATHANIEL B. HALL of Bennington
1862-1863 - HENRY E. MINER of Manchester
See above.
born 1837, died 1863.
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BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
STATE'S ATTORNEYS
1863-1866 - AHIMAN L. MINER of manchester
born 1804, died 1886. 1866-1867 - HARRISON PRINDLE of Manchester
born --- -, died -- 1867-1869 - RANNEY HOWARD of Manchester
born 1835, died 1883.
1869-1876 - JAMES K. BATCHELDER of Arlington born 1842, died 1876-1878 - WILLIAM B. SHELDON of Bennington born 1842, died
1878-1880 - JAMES K. BATCHELDER of Arlington born , died-
1880-1884 - JOSEPH E. FENN, of Manchester 1884-1888 - EDWARD L. BATES of Bennington
born 1848, died
born 1859, died
1888-1890 - ORION M. BARBER of Arlington born 1857, died
1890-1892 - CHARLES H. MASON of Bennington 1892-1894 - FRANK C. ARCHIBALD of Manchester
born 1856, died
born 1857, died - . 1894-1900 - EDWARD L. BATES of Bennington See above. 1900-1904 - JACOB J. SHAKSHOBER of Arlington born 1865, died 1904-1906 - WILLIAM R. DALEY of Bennington born 1876, died
1906-1915 - WILLIAM J. MEAGHER of Bennington born 1877, died
1915 FRANK C. ARCHIBALD of Manchester
See above.
JUDGES OF PROBATE DISTRICT OF BENNINGTON.
1781-1782 - NATHANIEL BRUSH of Bennington
born 1741, died 1803. 1782-1787 - JONAS FAY of Bennington. .. born 1737, died 1818.
1787-1795 - NATHANIEL BRUSH of Bennington See above.
1795-1798 - JONATHAN ROBINSON of Bennington born 1755, died 1819.
1798-1800 - TIMOTHY FOLLETT of Bennington born -, died -- 1800-1801 - JONATHAN ROBINSON of Bennington
See above.
201
PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
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BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
JUDGES OF PROBATE DISTRICT OF BENNINGTON.
1801-1814 - JOSIAH WRIGHT of Pownal. . .born 1752, died 1817.
1814-1815 - SOLOMON WRIGHT of Pownal. .. born 1763, died 1837.
1815-1819 - JONATHAN ROBINSON of Bennington
See above. 1819-1821 - DAVID FAY of Shaftsbury ..... born 1761, died 1827.
1821-1822 - WILLIAM HENRY of Bennington born 1760, died 1845. 1822-1823 - ORSAMUS C. MERRILL of Bennington born 1775, died 1865. 1823-1824 - WILLIAM HENRY of Bennington See above.
1824-1825 - NATHAN H. BOTTUN of Shaftsbury born 1793, died 1855. 1825-1826 - JOHN H. OLIN of Shaftsbury .. born 1772, died 1860. 1826-1828 - JONATHAN DRAPER of Shaftsbury born 1780, died 1868. 1828-1834 - SYLVANUS DANFORTH of Pownal born , died 1834-1835 - JESSE BLACKMER of Shaftsbury born 1772, died 1843. 1835-1837 - AARON ROBINSON of Bennington born 1767, died 1850. 1837-1841 - ARTEMAS MATTISON of Shaftsbury born 1782, died 1850.
1841-1845 - ORSAMUS C. MERRILL of Bennington
See above.
1845-1846 - HIRAM BARTON of Shaftsbury .. born 1795, died 1880. 1846-1847 - ORSAMUS C. MERRILL of Bennington
See above.
1847-1848 - JOHN H. OLIN of Shaftsbury .. See above.
1848-1850 - BLACKMER E. BROWNELL of Pownal
born 1810, die 1904.
1850-1851 - ELIJAH BARBER of Pownal ... .. born 1798, died 1884.
1851-1852 - JOSEPH EAMES of Searsburg ... born died
1852-1854 - ELIJAH BARBER of Pownal See above.
1854-1855 - JOHN WRIGHT of Pownal. .born 1796, died 1862. 1855-1857 - CHARLES HICKS of Bennington
born 1795, died 1879.
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PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
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BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
JUDGES OF PROBATE DISTRICT OF BENNINGTON.
1857-1858 - TARRANT SIBLEY of Bennington born 1818, died 1895. 1858-1861 - SAMUEL H. BLACKMER of Bennington born 1794, died 1861.
1861-1863 - JOHN R. GATES of Bennington born 1808, died 1875. 1863-1874 - THOMAS WHITE of Bennington. . born 1816, died 1898.
1874-1876 - GEORGE H. SIMMONS of Bennington born 1834, died 1892. 1876-1878 -TARRANT SIBLEY of Bennington See above.
1878-1890 - EDWARD L. SIBLEY of Bennington born 1855, died 1916. 1890-1892 - ALFRED ROBINSON of Bennington born 1825, died 1893. 1892-1907 - JOHN V. CARNEY of Bennington born 1835, died 1907. 1907 -- - EDWARD C. BENNETT of Bennington born 1873, died
JUDGES OF PROBATE DISTRICT OF MANCHESTER.
1781-1786 - MARTIN POWELL of Manchester born died 1786-1787 - ENOCH WOODBRIDGE of Manchester born 1750, died 1805.
1787-1794 - MARTIN POWELL of Manchester See above.
1794-1795 - TIMOTHY TODD of Arlington ... born 1759, died 1807. 1795-1797 - JOHN SHUMWAY of Dorset. .born 1735, died 1829. 1797-1798 - LUTHER STONE of Arlington ... born 1753, died 1839. 1798-1800 - TRUMAN SQUIER of Manchester born 1764, died 1845. 1800-1806 - CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS of Manchester born 1753, died 1832. 1806-1813 - RICHARD SKINNER of Manchester born 1778, died 1863.
1813-1815 - GROVE MOORE of Rupert. .born 1764, died 1835.
1815-1818 - JOHN UNDERHILL of Dorset .. .. born 1772, died 1846.
1818-1824 - JOHN S. PETTIBONE of manchester born 1786, died 1872. 1824-1829 - MILO L. BENNETT of Manchester
born 1789, died 1868.
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PRINCIPAL CIVIL OFFICERS
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BENNINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 11 - 1779.
JUDGES OF PROBATE DISTRICT OF MANCHESTER.
1829-1831 - LEONARD SARGEANT of Manchester born 1793, died 1880. 1831-1835 - MYRON CLARK of Manchester ... born 1790, died 1869. 1835-1836 - JOHN S. PETTIBONE of Manchester
See above.
1836-1838 - MARTIN C. DEMING of Arlington born 1789, died 1851. 1838-1842 - LORING DEAN of Manchester ... born 1790, died 1862. 1842-1845 - LEONARD SARGEANT of Manchester
See above.
. - 1845-1846 - NATHAN BURTON of Rupert. ... born 1784, died 1864.
1846-1849 - AHIMAN L. MINER of Manchester born 1804, died 1886. 1849-1850 - ELIAS B. BURTON of Manchester born 1816, died 1892.
1850-1852 - LEONARD SARGEANT of Manchester See above.
1852-1853 - HARVEY K. FOWLER of Manchester
born 1818, died 1909. 1853-1854 - HEMAN MORSE of Dorset. .born 1802, died 1862.
1854-1855 - ALEXANDER BLISS of Dorset ... born 1805, died 1859. 1855-1857 - HEMAN MORSE of Dorset See above.
1857-1859 - ISRAEL N. SYKES of Dorset ... born 1805, died 1895.
1859-1862 - HARVEY K. FOWLER of Manchester See above. 1862-1864 - URIAL S. KENT of Dorset ..... born 1797, died 1872.
1864-1865 - JOHN W. BATCHELDER of Dorset born 1825, died -. 1865-1878 - ELIAS B. BURTON of Manchester
1878-1883 - RANNEY HOWARD of Manchester
See above.
1883-1889 - LOVELAND MUNSON of manchester
born 1835, died 1883.
1889-1892 - ELIAS B. BURTON of Manchester born 1843, died See above.
1892-1898 - HARVEY K. FOWLER of Manchester
See above.
1898-1910 - WILLIAM B. EDGERTON of Manchester born 1867, died 1910 - EDWARD GRIFFITH of Manchester born 1871, died
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SENATORS in CONGRESS
1791-1796 - MOSES ROBINSON of Bennington, born Hardwick, Mass., Mar. 26-1741-died Bennington, May 26-1813.
1796-1797 - ISAAC TICHENOR of Bennington, born Newark, N.J., Feb. 8-1754, died Bennington, Dec. 11-1838.
1807-1815 - JONATHAN ROBINSON of Bennington, born Hardwick, Mass., Aug. 11-1755-died Bennington, Nov. 3-1819.
1815-1821 - ISAAC TICHENOR of Bennington, See above.
REPRESENTATIVES in CONGRESS
1803-1807 - GIDEON OLIN of Shaftsbury, born bast Greenwich, R. I., Oct. 22-1743-died Shaftsbury, Jan. 21-1823.
1813-1815 - RICHARD SKINNER of Manchester, born Litchfield, Conn., May 30-1778, died manchester, May 23-1833.
1817-1819 - ORSAMUS C. MERRILL of Bennington, born Farmington, Conn., June 18-1775-died Bennington, April 12-1865.
1824-1825 - HENRY OLIN of Leicester, born Shaftsbury, May 7-1708-died Salisbury, Aug. 7-1831.
1833-1843 - HILAND HALL of Bennington, born Bennington, July 20-1795-died Springfield, Mass., Dec. 18-1885.
1841-1843 - AUGUSTUS YOUNG of Craftsbury, born Arlington, Mar. 20-1785-died St. Albans, June 17-1857.
1851-1853 - AHIMAN L. MINER of Manchester, born Middletown, Sept. 23-1804-died Rutland, July 19-1886.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
1796 Vote Cast for John Adams and Thomas Pinckney.
ELIJAH DEWEY of Bennington born 1744, died 1818.
1800
Vote Cast for John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney.
ELIJAH DEWEY of Bennington See above.
1804
Vote Cast for Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton.
JOSIAH WRIGHT of Pownal born 1752, died 1817.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
1808 Vote Cast for James Madison and John Langdon.
JONAS GALUSHA of Shaftsbury. born 1753, died 1834.
1812 Vote Cast for James Madison and Elbridge Gerry.
JOSIAH WRIGHT of Pownal. See above.
1816 Vote Cast for James monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins.
JONATHAN ROBINSON of Bennington born 1755, died 1819.
1820 Vote Cast for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins.
JONAS GALUSHA of Shaftsbury See above.
1824 Vote Cast for John Q. Adams and John C. Calhoun.
JONAS GALUSHA of Shaftsbury See above.
JOSEPH BURR of Manchester born 1772, died 1828.
1828 Vote Cast for John Q. Adams and Richard Rush.
JONAS GALUSHA of Shaftsbury See above.
1832 Vote Cast for William Wirt and Amos Elmaker.
JOHN S. PETTIBONE of Manchester born 1786, died 1872.
1852 Vote Cast for Winfield Scott and William A. Graham.
ALANSON P. LYMAN of Bennington. .
born 1806, died 1883.
1860 Vote Cast for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.
HENRY G. ROOT of Bennington. born 1818, died 1899.
1872 Vote Cast for Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson.
HARMON CANFIELD of Arlington born 1810, died 1879.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELLCTORS
1876 Vote Cast for Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler. CHARLES E. HOUGHTON of Bennington. born 1818, died 1890.
1880 Vote Cast for James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
JAMES K. BATCHELDER of Arlington. born 1842, died
1892 Vote Cast for Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid.
JOHN V. CARNEY of Bennington
born 1835, died 1907.
1904
Vote Cast for Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks.
WALTER H. BERRY of Bennington born 1858, died
1908 Vote Cast for William H. Taft and James S. Sherman. FRANK E. HOWE of Bennington. born 1870, died
JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
1906-1915 - JAMES L. MARTIN of Brattleboro, born Landgrove, Sept. 13-1846, died Montpelier, Jan. 14-1915.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
1801-1809 - DAVID FAY of Bennington. ... born 1761, died 1827. MARSHALS
1811-1819 - DAVID ROBINSON of Bennington born 1754, died 1843. 1885-1889 - JOHN ROBINSON of Bennington born 1838, died 1917.
1894-1898 - EMORY S. HARRIS of Bennington born 1858, died
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NOTES
NOTE NO. 1 ORSAMUS-COOK (6) MERRILL
(James (5), Timothy (4), Isaac (3), John (2) ; was born 18 June, 1775, in Farmington, Conn., and died 12 April 1865. He lived in Bennington, Vt., and was a printer, and later a lawyer. He served as a major in the War of 1812. At different times he was a county attorney, State Councillor, State Senator and Judge of Probate, and he was a member of Congress from 1817 to 1819. After his death his homestead at Bennington Center was purchased as the site for the im- posing Bennington battle monument, erected in 1887 - 1891. He married, 18 Aug. 1805, Mary Robinson, daughter of Jona- than and Mary (Fassett) Robinson of Bennington. Jonathan Robinson was United States Senator 1807 - 1815. Mary Robinson was born 8 Sept. 1781, and died 1 Feb. 1831. Children:
Mary-Fassett (7), born 2 July, 1807; Died 10 Mar. 1874, unm. (a) James-Seymour (7), born 22 Aug. 1810; Died 1876; M. Laura-H. Vanderspiegel; six children.
Alice-Robinson (7), born 26 July, 1814; Died 1878: M. John Fay of Bennington; no children.
(a) James-Seymour (7) Merrill was a merchant in Ben- nington, and sheriff of Bennington County. His son John- Vander-Spiegel (8) Merrill (born 25 Aug. 1844) is a lawyer in Bennington. John-V. - D. - S. merrill and his wife, Caroline (Robinson) Merrill, wrote "Sketches of Historic Bennington, " an entertaining little book published in 1898. They have no children.
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