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Harvey Booth, born in Westford, Vt., came to Jericho in 1811, and is still a resident. His son, Hanley, also resides here, on road Io.
Caleb Nash, with his son, Caleb, Jr., trom Weymouth, Mass., came to this town in 1800, and located upon land now owned by Lewis Wells, both remaining until their death, Caleb at the age of eighty-two, and Caleb, Jr., aged sixty-four years. Ansel and Daniel C., sons of Caleb, Jr., are still resi- dents of the town.
Holland Sinclair, born in Milton, Vt., came to Jericho at an early day, and died here April 30, 1862, aged sixty-six years. His son, Rollin C., born here, is still a resident, on road 14.
Andrew Warner started for Jericho in January, 1812, but stopping for a time in Bennington County, did not arrive here until July 4th, since which time he has been a resident. He carried on a farm of 150 acres for many years, but now has only a small place on road 39.
Josiah R. Townsend, born in Taunton, Mass., came to this town in 1819, and died here July 24, 1869. R. R., son of Josiah, born in Underhill, is still a resident.
Thomas Barney, born in Salisbury, Conn., about 1745, came to Vermont previous to the Revolution, locating at Manchester, and subsequently remor- ing to Williston, where he married Mabel, the oldest child of Gov. Thomas Chittenden, born in 1750. Later in life, in 1820, they removed to Jericho, taking up their residence with their son Truman. Dea. Barney, as he was known, served in the war of the Revolution, during which service he per- formed many heroic exploits, the accounts of which have long since settled into family traditions. He died September 13, 1835, his wife in 1838. Tru- man Barney went to Williston with his father, and finally to Underhill, where he purchased one hundred acres of land lying in the northern part of the town, which he subsequently sold, and removed to Williston again. In 1804, he purchased of Gov. Martin Chittenden, the mill and two hundred acres of land at Jericho Corners, where he died, January 6, 1857. Lucius S., son of Truman, born in Underhill, October 18, 1797, came to Jericho August 21, 1804, and still resides with his son Truman B., on road 5, corner 4. Truman B., son of Lucius S .. was born on the farm he now occupies, and upon which three generations of the family are living.
Dr. George Howe, a native of Canaan, Conn., the second permanent phy- sician in the town, came here from Burlington, Vt., where he studied medi- cine with Dr. Pomeroy, about 1815, and died here in 1857. His son, Dr.
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Edward P. Howe, graduated at the Albany Medical College, and commenced practice in this town at Underhill Flats, where he remained about ten years, then removed to Jericho village, where he has since remained. Mrs. Dr. Dennison J. Bliss (Rosamond Howe), is a daughter of Dr. George Howe.
Dr. Dennison J. Bliss was born in Calais, Vt., and graduated in his profes- sion in 1846. Soon after, he commenced practice at Jericho village, where he has since resided.
Isaac Smith, a native of Tinmouth, Rutland County, came to Jericho about sixty years ago, and is now living with his son, George N., on road I, aged eighty-two years.
Hon. Truman Galusha, son of Gov. Jonas Galusha, and grandson of Gov. Thomas Chittenden, was born at Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1786, and married Lydia Loomis, of the same place, in 1809. In 1819, he married Hannah, the only daughter of Hon. Noah Chittenden, and removed to Jericho in 1824, where, until his death, in 1859, he was one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens in the town. Russell L. Galusha, son of Truman, was born in Shafts- bury, and came to this town with his father, where he has since resided, being now a resident of the village. Truman C. Galusha, now residing on road 25, came to the town in 1830 or 1831, and located on Brown's River, at Jericho Corners.
Lyman Stimson, who carries on the carriage shop on road 25, near Lee Brook, came to this town from his native place, Essex, Vt., about fifty-six years ago, and has been in his present location a quarter of a century.
Daniel B. Bishop, with his father, located in Hinesburgh at an early day, where he remained on the farm upon which he first settled nearly seventy years, or until he removed to Jericho, where he died about ten years after, aged eighty years. Rufus, born in Hinesburgh, remained there, excepting a three years' residence in New Hampshire, until 1835, when he came to this town and resided until his death, in 1872, aged seventy-three years. His son, David B., came to Jericho with him, and now resides on road 54.
Charles Hilton, now residing on road 28, came to Jericho, from Fairfax, about 1840.
Daniel Douglass, a former resident of this town, and an early settler in Williston, now resides in the latter town, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. His son, Milo, born in Williston, now resides in this town on road 21.
Secretary Rawson a physician from Warwick, Mass., removed from there to Stowe, in 1805, when, after a few years' residence, he removed to Water- bury, and from there to Jericho, in 1820, and settled on road 6. Here he discontinued his profession, though he occasionally visited patients. Mr. Rawson died October 24, 1842, aged seventy years. His son, Homer, now resides on the old homestead, on road 6, where he was born.
Alexander Miller, a native of Scotland, emigrated to Montreal in 1840, and a few years later came to this town, where he now owns a farm on road 27.
William A. Haskins, from New Hampshire, came to Richmond in 1812.
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He served in the army, and was present at the battle of Plattsburgh. He subsequently removed to this town, and died here in 1847, aged sixty-two years. His sons, William A., Jr., Russell, and Silas J., are now residents of the town.
Michael F. Martin, a native of St. Lawrence County, N. Y., came to Jericho in 1848, where he has since been engaged in the manufacture of wagons.
William Tarbox, from Piermont, N. H., was an early settler in Richmond, and subsequently located in Jericho, where he died, May 18, 1859, aged seventy-one years. Cyrus, son of William, born in Richmond, April 15, 1826, came to Jericho in March, 1851, where he still resides. Roswell, another son, lives at Essex Junction. A daughter, Lucy C., is the wife of Jesse Gloyd, of this town.
Timothy Percival, a native of Strafford, Vt., located in Milton several years previous to the war of 1812, in which he served, and from there removed to Jericho in 1852, where he died, in 1856, aged sixty-four years. His son, Henry B., now residing on road 25, came here in 1854. Harlow N. Percival, from Milton, now in the grocery business at Jericho village, came here in 1852.
Joseph Lavigne, born in St. Hyacinth, Quebec, in 1807, removed from there to Burlington, in 1821, where he remained until 1832, then removed to Essex. After many years residence in different parts of the county he finally located in Jericho, in 1854, upon the Russell L. Galusha farm, though he re- mained here but a few years. While on his return from a visit to this town, in 1880, he died quite suddenly, in Burlington. His wife died at Groverton. N. H., July 2, 1881.
Thomas Sweeney, a native of Ireland, came to Jericho thirty-five years ago, and now resides on road 43.
Hosea S. Wright, born in Lamoille County, came to Jericho in 1857, and located on Winooski River, upon the Messenger farm, which was first settled upon by Roderick Messenger, in 1774. Mr. Wright still owns and occupies the same.
Henry Borrowdale, born in England, emigrated to Quebec in the early part of the present century, where he remained until 1829, and then came to St. Albans for the purpose of learning the cabinet-maker's trade, and finally, in 1859, located in Jericho.
Martin V. Willard, a justice of the peace in this town, was born in Wash- ington County, and came to Jericho in 1862, locating upon the premises he now occupies.
Antoine Lafleche, born in Canada, came from there to Milton, with his father, when one month old. There he remained until about twenty-eight years ago, when he removed to Jericho, locating upon the place he now oc- cupies, on road 15. Mr. Lafleche was born in 1803, and claims he can re- member quite distinctly seeing the smoke and hearing the cannonading at the battle of Plattsburgh.
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Marshall Harvey, born in Shrewsbury, Vt., came to Jericho in 1865.
Merritt Fellows, born in Maine, came to this county in 1810, and lived in different portions of it, a part of the time in Jericho, until his death, in 1874. His son, Warren, born in Bolton, now resides in this town on road 25.
Caleb Eastman, born in Hollis, N. H., removed to Westford in 1808, where he died in 1831. Amos, son of Caleb, born in Westford, came to Jericho in 1867, where he now resides at Underhill Flats.
John Jackson, a native of England, emigrated to Canada in early life, and subsequently located in Underhill, where he died, in 1849. Robert, his son, born in Underhill, is now a resident of Jericho.
Gideon Curtis, born in Woodbury, Conn., October, 14, 1769, came to Richmond in early life, remaining one year, then went to Essex and pur- chased a farm, upon which he made a small clearing and erected a log house, then returned to Connecticut the following winter and married Rebecca Hardy, with whom he soon after returned to his log house in the wilderness. She, however, died February 6, 1816, leaving him a family of ten children. For his second wife he married Hannah Stimson, August 5, 1816, by whom he had six children. She died in Essex, November 26, 1872, aged eighty-four years. Stephen, son of Gideon and Hannah Stevens, born in Essex, April 20, 1817, came to Jericho in December, 1866, locating where he now resides, on road 26. Stephen married Harriet M. Reynolds, August 28, 1839, and has two sons living, W. R., who resides with Stephen, and E. W., living in Burling- ton.
John C. White, born in New Boston, N. H., came to Vermont early in life, where he finally located, in Stowe, and married Dolly Russell. After a few years' residence there he removed to Essex, where he died in 1854, aged seventy-five years. His son, Thomas R., born in Essex, came to Jericho in 1865, and purchased the farm he now owns and occupies, on road 2. He also owns the old homestead, which is within sight of his residence.
Josiah Townsend, from Barnard, Vt., came into Jericho about 1815, and subsequently settled in Underhill, where he remained until 1836, then re- turned to Jericho, and died here in 1869. He married Miss Nancy Jones, of Bridgewater, Vt., by whom he had one son and one daughter. His son, Rol- lin R., born October 26. 1825, now resides on road six.
William Blood, from New Hampshire, settled in the town of Essex soon after the close of the Revolution, where he followed blacksmithing. His son, Luther Blood, now lives in this town, on road 5, aged eighty years. Luther's son, William F., still resides here.
David Castle, from Connecticut, settled in Essex soon after the Revolution. He had a family of six children, two of whom, Abel and Jonathan, removed to Jericho about the year 1800. Abel married and settled upon the farm now owned by J. Bass. He became a large land-owner, and died at the age of ninety-seven years, leaving a family of nine children.
Cyrus Macomber, from Chesterfield, Mass., located in Essex at an early
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date, and subsequently located in Westford, upon the farm now owned by his grandson, Rolland Berry, where he died, in 1825. Wiram R. Macomber, one of his children, now resides in the town, on road 25.
Patrick Russell removed to this town from Underhill, in 1837, and located upon the farm now owned by Walter E. Russell. He had a family of five children, two of whom are now living here.
David Ransom, from Rupert, Vt., came to Jericho about the year 1820, and located upon the farm now owned by H. Buxton. He had a family of eleven children, four of whom are now living, three, D. M., Silas, and K. S., in this town.
Nathan Hoskins, from Connecticut, came to Jericho previous to 1800, and located on road 19, upon the farm now owned by his grandson, Abel C. Hos- kins. He died in 1840, leaving a family of five children. One of them, Henry, remained upon the old homestead until his death, in 1873, and his son, the only representative of the family in this town, has occupied it since.
Daniel Hale, from New Hampshire, located in the eastern part of the town, in 1831, remained for a time, and finally returned to New Hampshire. His son, Stephen, now resides here, at the age of eighty-five years, retaining his vigor remarkably.
Peter Van Vliet, born in Fishkill, N. Y., was an early settler in the town of Charlotte, where he located in 1795 or 1796. From there he removed to Monkton, in 1851, and died there in 1856, aged seventy-eight years. He had a family of fifteen children, of whom Christian, now residing in this town, on road 6, was the youngest, and is the only one living.
Luther M. Stevens, from Massachusetts, came to Underhill in 1839, and remained twenty-three years, when, after a short residence in Burlington, he came to this town where he has since resided.
Calvin Morse, from New Hampshire, came to Underhill at an early day, where he was engaged in farming about fifty years. Seven years ago he set- tled in this town, and died here, in 1880. His widow still survives him, re- siding on Church street.
Ephraim Stiles, from Barton, Vt., located in Jericho fifty-one or fifty-two years ago, and died here in June, 1842, at an advanced age. His son, George M., still resides in this town, on road 40.
The First Congregational Church of Jericho .- The religious faith of most of the early settlers of Jericho was after the Congregational school, a fact readily to be accounted for in their having been born in the old Puritan State of Massachusetts, and nurtured, as their fathers were before them, almost within the orthodox shadow of old " Plymouth Rock." To this, their new wilder- ness home, they brought the old loved, forinal religious code ; but for many years after their arrival they were too few in number and too poor in purse to erect any suitable house of worship, or to secure a regular pastor. During three years, meetings were held in private dwellings, barns, and often in the open air, presided over by some member of the congregation, or by such
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itinerant clergyman as chance or fortune led this way, or by ministers from neighboring towns. In this way matters progressed until 1791, when the first regularly organized church was established, through the agency of Rev. Reuben Parmelee, of Hinesburgh. A small body it was though, consisting of only nine members, but earnest and determined in their purpose. The Rev. Ebenezer Kingsbury was the first regular pastor called to the charge, and to him was given the "minister's right " allowed by charter. In 1797, their first church building was erected, a large, square-roofed, wooden structure, near the center of the town and middle of the "Green," a square of four acres, donated for that purpose by Luther Chapin, and around which the present village of Jericho Center has since been built. This edifice did ser- vice until 1835, when the present brick building on the north side of the "Green " took its place. In 1878, the house was thoroughly repaired, at a cost of $4,000.00, and will now comfortably accommodate a congregation of 300 persons, and is valued at $4,500.00. The society at present has eighty members, a good Sabbath school with an average attendence of ninety, and is under the able charge of Rev. Austin Hazen.
The Calvary Episcopal Church of Underhill Flats .- Several families of the early settlers were Episcopalians, as is attested by several entries in the early town records. From them the northern part of the town where they resided was called "Church Street," and there, at an early date, a church was organ- ized and maintained for a few years, under the care of Rev. Bethuel Chitten- den, of Shelburne, Rev. Reuben Garlick, M. D., and others ; but, being few, their organization was abandoned after a few years, until it was revived under the ministration of Rev. Samuel Bostwick, in 1842, with a membership of twelve families. In 1856, they erected a house of worship, of wood, capable of seating 150 persons, and costing $2,000.00. The society now has twelve members, under the pastoral charge of Rev. Gemont Graves, of Burlington. The church building, including grounds, etc., is valued at about its original cost.
Universalist Church .- The Thompsons, the Gloyds, and the Dows, to- gether with several other of the early inhabitants of the town, were Universal- ists. They had preaching of their doctrine early, but no religious edifice until 1846, when the church at Jericho Center was erected. The society was organized by its first pastor, Rev. Thomas Browning, February 18, 1843, with- thirty-one members. Owing to removals and deaths, however, the society property has become much run down, and they hold no meetings at present.
The Methodist Church of Jericho .- This denomination owes its existence in this town, for many years, to Rev. Thomas Goodhue, of Ipswich, Mass., who removed to Underhill in 1805, and to this town in 1815, where he died in 1850, aged eighty-five years, having continued to preach occasionally until eighty years of age. In 1805, there were but three Methodists in the town- ship, Elias Hale, his wife, and Elias Nash. They invited Mr. Goodhue to preach to them, and from that date the denomination increased in numbers
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and influence to the present time. It has now 108 members, under the able charge of Rev. Joseph W. Gurnsey, with two houses of worship, one at Un- derhill Flats and one at Jericho Corners, though both are within the limits of the town. They will each comfortably accommodate 200 persons, and are unitedly valued at $6,000.00.
The First Baptist Church .- The Baptist church in this town was sepa- rated from that of Essex, in 1817, and organized on the 21st of April of that year. Rev. Mr. Andem was installed as their first pastor, and was with them a long time. They had no regular place of worship until 1825, when the academy was built at Jericho Center, the lower story of which was occupied as a place of meeting half the time. In 1826, the brick structure at Jericho village was built by the Baptists and the Second Congregational church, and occupied by them on alternate Sundays till 1858, when the Baptists built their present wood structure, costing $4,000.00, capable of seating 360 persons, and now valued at $6,000.00. The church has at present sixty-seven mem- bers, with Rev. DeForest Safford, pastor, and has also a Sabbath school with an average attendance of thirty-two scholars.
The Second Congregational Church of Jericho, located at Jericho village, was originally organized in 1826, though it was reorganized, December 19, 1874, and the building re-dedicated in 1877. Of its early organization, etc., little can be learned, owing to the loss of the early records. The building was erected by the Congregational and Baptist societies, in 1826, and used by both until 1858, when the Baptists erected a new building, and this society retained the old one, which has since been repaired, however, at a cost of $3,500.00, and is now a comfortable structure with accommodations for 180 persons, and valued at $5,000.00. The society is at present in a prosperous condition, with sixty-seven members, under the pastoral charge of Rev. J. D. Emerson. It has also a flourishing Sabbath school with 133 scholars.
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ILTON, a lake town in the northwestern corner of the county, lies in lat. 44° 38'; and long. 3º 55', bounded north by Georgia, in Franklin County, east by Westford, south by Colchester, and west by Lake Champlain. It was granted by New Hampshire, to Albert Blake and sixty- three others, the charter being signed by the governor, Benning Wentworth, June 8, 1763, granting 27,616 acres. This area remains to-day as granted at that time, no changes having been made in the boundary lines.
The surface of the township is rather uneven, not enough so to render cul- tivation of the soil impracticable, but sufficient to lend a charming diversity to the landscape ; which fact, coupled with the delightful climate, attracts num- bers of pleasure-seekers during the heated season. Many excellent camping grounds and summer resorts are sustained, of which more anon. The eastern
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portion of the territory is elevated some two or three hundred feet above the general level of the other portions, thus affording many excellent points of view over the charming lake and beautiful stretch of country that skirts it. A sand bar, leading from the southwestern part of the town to South Hero, in Grand Isle County, renders the lake fordable between the two towns dur- ing a great portion of the year. In 1849-'50, there was a toll bridge built on this bar, connecting the two towns, at a cost of $25.000.00, which renders communications between them tolerably good at all seasons of the year. The principal elevations are Cobble Hill in the southern, and Rattle Snake Hill in the northern part, having an altitude of 800 to 1,000 feet. The township is watered by the Lamoille River, which flows in a serpentine course through the town from northeast to southwest, having many tributaries, and a number of small streams whose waters are discharged into Lake Champlain, affording many mill privileges, and furnish- ing ample irrigation to the soil. Two ponds of some note are also found, one, Long Pond, situated in the northwestern portion of the town, is about a mile in length, by twenty to sixty rods in width, while the other, Round Pond, about half the size of the former, is situated a little to the east of it. Another small body of water is found in the northeastern part of the town.
The soil of the territory is excellent, varying in different localities, from the stiffest clay to fine productive alluvium, producing crops of wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, Indian corn, etc., whose percentage is excelled by perhaps no town in the State. The timber is that found in most of the lake towns of the county, pine predominating ; indeed, about half of the township was once covered with a heavy growth of this valuable timber, a great portion of which has long since found its way to the lumber market, though there is consider- able yet standing. The rocks entering into the geological structure of the town are various. Along the lake shore, extending inland from one to two miles, red sandrock predominates ; next to this, in a wedge shape, several miles in width on the north and a half mile on the south, is found a large bed of Georgia slate ; this slate-rock is in turn skirted on the east by a vein of Eolian limestone, having a mean width of perhaps two miles, while the residue of the territory is composed of talcose conglomerate. Quarries of very fair marble exist, though none have ever been worked to any extent. Iron ore prevails to some extent, of a good quality, but not in quantities sufficient to warrant remunerative working. Taken as a whole, husbandry in its various phases constitutes the principal wealth and occupation of the inhabitants. Nature has been especially kind in her gifts to the territory in this respect, giving a fine soil, even temperature, etc., to promote the husbandman's in- terests, while the products of his toil find a ready means of transportation to populous marts, in the Vermont and Canada Railroad, which passes through the eastern part of the town from north to south, with a depot near Milton Falls.
In 1880, Milton had a population of 2,006, was divided into eleven school
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districts and contained eleven common schools, employing five male and nineteen female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $1,886 .- IO. There were 436 pupils attending these schools, while their entire cost for the year, ending October 3Ist, was $2,241.04. Mr J. H. Woodward was school superintendent.
MILTON FALLS (Milton p. o.), a beautifully located post village, lies in the western part of the town, on the Lamoille River, and is also a station on the Vermont and Canada Railroad. It receives its name from the falls in the river at this point, which are not only a rare specimen of the handiwork of nature, but also constitute one of the finest mill-sites in the State. The river falls 150 feet in a distance of fifty rods, while near the center of the cataract the waters are divided by a small island, which turns them, rushing down on either side with great violence, dashing the spray high into the air, as they come in contact with some projecting rock, until it may indeed be said :-
"It seeths and it hisses, and bubbles and roars,
As when fire with water is commixed and contending."
The village itself is handsomely laid out, has a good class of buildings, and is especially noticeable for its general air of neatness and good order. That the inhabitants are both intellectually and religiously inclined, is attested by the three church spires that point towards Heaven (Meth., Cong., and Cath.), and the fine graded school, employing four competent teachers. Business en- terprise, too, is represented by ten stores, two hotels, three blacksmith shops, a grist and saw-mill, wagon shop, etc. The village contains about seven hun- dred inhabitants.
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