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Daniel Rowell immigrated to Irasburgh, from Plainfield, N. H., when twenty-three years of age, and two years later married Miss Mary Johnson, of that town. In 1820, he came to Albany and located on Chamberlin hill, where he resided until his death, aged sixty-two years. Uncle Daniel, as he was familiarly called, was noted for his excellent judgment and unquestioned integrity. He was extensively employed by the merchants of Craftsbury in buying cattle and other stock. He reared a family of eight children, five of whom are now living, Mrs. Plumley, Enoch, Mrs. Miles, and Mrs. Frazer, in this town, and Mrs. Carter, in Craftsbury.
Josiah Cooledge came to Albany, from Hillsborough, N. H., about 1820, and located at the Center, where his grandson, George T. Cooledge, now resides. He was the father of seven daughters and two sons, and died at the advanced age of seventy-four years. His son Harvey retained the home- stead until his death, in 1861, when his son, George T., came into possession.
Roger Willis, born in Lebanon, N. H., married Jerusha Cleveland, of Hanover, N. H., and came to Albany in 1821, locating on the Creek road, about three and one-half miles south of Irasburgh court-house, where he re- resided the remainder of his long life, dying at the great age of ninety-four
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years. He was the father of eleven children, three of whom are living,-the oldest, Lathrop, resides in Lowell, Samuel C. occupies the old homestead, and Rev. Dyer is pastor of the M. E. church, of Flmore.
Joshua Hyde came to Albany, from Brookfield, Vt., in 1823, and located on the River road, where Ira Pierce now resides, where he died at the age of sixty-five years. His large family all settled in the town, but later on became scattered, so that only one, Mrs. Chester Hyde, aged seventy-three years, now resides here. Four of his grandchildren are residents of the town.
Daniel Lawrence came to Albany, from Troy, N. H., in February, 1824, and located at the Center, where his son Daniel and grandson George F. now reside. He reared a family of eight children, only two of whom, Daniel and Maria (Mrs. Eli Chamberlin), now reside here. Mr. Lawrence died in 1866, aged eighty-seven years.
Rufus Billings Hovey came to Albany, from Brookfield, Vt., in 1827, and located on the River road, where his son, John B., now resides, where he died, in 1844, aged forty-nine years. He married Miss Polly Kendall, and reared a family of ten children, eight of whom are living, two, John B. and Mary A. (Mrs. Madison Cowles), in this town. He was twice chosen to re- present his townsmen in the general assembly, and held the several town offices a number of terms.
Luke Story, from Plainfield, N. H., came to Albany in 1828, locating in the southeastern part of the town, where he resided until his death at the age of sixty-eight years. Mr. Story was greatly respected by his townsmen, and filled the offices of selectman and justice of the peace for a number of years.
John Paine, born in Brookfield, Vt., June 20, 1806, came to Albany in 1828, and located upon the farm now owned by his grandsons, Samuel C. and Charles P. Kimball. He married Miss Martha D. Colt, of Hadley, Mass., and reared seven children, only two of whom, Helen E. (Mrs. Abbey), of Westfield, Mass., and J. Wesley, of Baltimore, Md., are living. Mr. Paine took an active interest in town affairs, and was entrusted by his townsmen with many of the offices in their gift. He was a decided Metho- dist and one of the pillars of the church. He died on the homestead in May, 1873, aged sixty-seven years. Mrs. Paine is still living, aged seventy- two years.
John Duckles, born in England, October 24, 1806, came to America when fifteen years of age, with his brothers, Joseph and Thomas. He resided in Massachusetts until 1831, then came to Albany and located upon the farm now owned and occupied by his adopted son, Charles Duckles. He married Miss Elizabeth Woodman, of Lowell, Mass., and died in 1881, aged seventy- five years.
John and Henry Chafey came to Albany from Brookfield, Vt., in 1831, and bought adjoining farms on road 6. John's farm is now owned and occu- pied by A. McGuire. John resided on the place until his death, in IS74, at
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the age of seventy-seven years. He married Clarissa Leslie, and reared four children. Hiram's farm, where he died in 1873, is now owned by M. P. Chafey. He married Miss Asenath Kendall, who survived his death until 1882. Of their family of eleven children, three reside in the town, M. B. Chafey, Mrs. Lucy Reynolds, and Mrs. P. C. Lamphear.
Timothy C. Miles was born in Danville, Vt., December 15, 1808, and came to Albany in 1832, locating in the eastern part of the town, where Dun- can Buchanan now resides. He remained on the farm about five years, then moved to a farm on the river road, where he remained until 1878, when he left the farm to his son, A. Rufus, and has since lived a life of retirement. Mr. Miles has held the office of high sheriff two years, deputy sheriff twenty- two years, and constable and collector thirty-nine years. He has been twice married and is the father of eight children, four of whom are living, Daniel R., in Iowa, Franklin M., A. Rufus, and Effie J., in this town.
Hiram Moore was born November 3, 1798, and came to this town, from Plainfield, N. H., in 1832, locating on the Creek road, where he died, Feb- ruary 16, 1858, aged fifty-nine years. He married Miss Sarah Rowell and had born to him one son and a daughter. The son, Byron N., is a merchant and postmaster at East Albany. The daughter died at the age of twenty-five years. Mr. Moore served his townsmen in various positions of trust, among which that of representative, and took an active interest in the cause of re- ligion and temperance, being a staunch Methodist.
John C. Dow was born at Walden, Vt., January 6, 1818. At the age of twenty-one years he began farming and stock dealing, in Craftsbury, and at the age of twenty-four years came to Albany. In 1843, he married Azuba, the eldest daughter of William Hayden, and began his usual business here and also acted as Mr. Hayden's agent in the mercantile business, continuing thus six years, when he purchased the stock of his employer and built the first store in Albany village. He continued this business only about one year, however, when he sold out and commenced farming, at which he is still engaged. Mr. Dow was the pioneer of the cattle trade in Albany, which is carried on more extensively than in any other town in Vermont, there being over twenty dealers in the town now, who handle over three thousand head annually. He is also considerable of a lawyer, having taken out a lawyer's license from the government. No lawyer resided in the town, except about ten months in 1859-'60, until within the last five years, and all cases that could not be amicably settled by the litigants themselves, have usually been adjusted by him. Mr. and Mrs. Dow are the parents of six children, all liv- ing in Albany.
Thomas Williams, a native of Scotland, came to America about 1849, and soon after located his family on a farm in Albany, where his son Archibald now resides, and leaving his wife and sons to manage the same, worked at the molder's trade, in Boston, Mass., where he commanded high wages, con- tinuing thus as long as his health permitted him to labor. He died at Al- bany, in 1876, aged sixty-four years.
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John Waters, a native of Ireland, came to America about forty years ago. In 1853, he married Miss Ellen McCarty, and in 1854, came to this town and located upon a farm upon road 33, where he still resides. Mr. Waters is an educated man, has amassed a large property, is highly respected and a hearty supporter of the Catholic Church. He has given his son and two daughters a good academic education, and is now a hale old man of seventy years.
During the War of the Union, Albany furnished 117 enlisted men, thir- teen of whom died of disease in camp and hospital, four died in rebel pris- ons, six were killed in battle, seven were incarcerated in rebel prisons, five deserted, and fifty-one received town bounties, amounting in all to $12,- 200.00. The case of Lucien L. Sanborn, who now resides in this town, shows such a remarkable instance of tenacity of life that we deem it wor- thy of mention. He enlisted in Co. D., 6th Vt. Vols., October 15, 1861, and camped during the ensuing winter at Camp Griffin, about fifteen miles from Washington. April 6, 1862, he engaged in the battle of Lee's Mills, Va., and subsequently fought in eighteen battles and skirmishes, escaping from all without a scratch. But in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, he was struck in the right side of his head with a minnie ball, the missle hitting him on a level with his eye, about half way between that organ and the ear, pass- ing out on the opposite side, below the left eye, while, almost at the sanie instant, he received another ball in the right shoulder. He remained on the field in an insensible condition about twenty-four hours, when he rallied, and was discovered by a detachment of soldiers who were engaged in carrying off their wounded. They carried him to their field hospital, dressed his wounds, and strange as it may appear, he recovered and was sent to Andersonville prison, July 27th, where he remained until about November Ist, then was sent to the hospital and was finally exchanged, about March 20, 1865, and soon after received his discharge from the service, at Montpelier. He is now totally blind in the left eye, nearly so in the right, the sense of smell being entirely destroyed, and that of taste but partially remaining. His pension of $24.00 per month we are sure no one covets.
The Congregational church, located at Albany, was organized August 16, 1818, by Rev. James Hobert, of Berlin, and Rev. James Parker, of Enos- burgh, at the dwelling of Moses Delano, and consisted of Aaron Chamberlin, Moses Chamberlin, Theodore S. Lee, and Mrs. Hannah Skinner. The first settled minister was Elias W. Kellogg, in 1826. The first house of worship was erected at the Center, in 1841, and was destroyed by fire in February, 1846. During the following April the society purchased half of the Baptist society's edifice, on the River road, retaining the same until the present house was erected, in 1868. The society has no regular pastor at present.
The Methodist church, located at Albany, was organized in 1818, and in 1833, the first church building was erected, at the Center, which was used until 1843, when the present edifice was built. The society is now in a
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flourishing condition, with Rev. H. T. Jones, pastor. The society at South Albany is under the charge of Rev. G. W. Ellis,
The Freewill Baptist church, located at East Albany, was organized by Rev. T. P. Moulton and Rev. H. W. Harris, November 14, 1842, with ten members. Rev. J. E. Flanders was the first pastor. The church building was erected in the summer of 1857, and is to be superceeded by a new structure during the present year, 1883. The society now has sixty-five re- sident, and forty non-resident members, with Rev. R. W. Collins, pastor.
St. John of the Cross Roman Catholic church, located at East Albany, was organized by Rev. Father Michael McCauley, in 1874, Rev. Father John Michaud being the first pastor. The church building, a comfortable wood structure capable of seating 180 persons, was erected during the same year, at a cost of $ 3,300, and is now valued. including grounds, at $ 3,800. The society has 225 members, with Rev. Father Norbert Proulx, of Newport, pastor.
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ARTON lies in the eastern part of the county, in lat. 44° 45', and long. +° 49', bounded northeasterly by Brownington, southeasterly by West- more and Sutton, southwesterly by Sheffield and Glover, and north- westerly by Irasburgh. The township contains an area of a little over thirty- six square miles, which was granted October 20, 1781, to William Barton and his associates, Colton Gilson, John Murray, Ira Allen, Daniel Owen, Elkanah Watson, Charles Handy, Henry Rice, Peter Phillips, William Griswold, Ben- jamin Gorton, Joseph Whitmarsh, Elisha Bartlet, Richard Steer, Enoch Sprague, John Holbrook, Benjamin Handy, John Mumford, Benjamin Bowen, Michael Holbrook, Asa Kimball, Ephraim Bowen, Jr., Joseph Gor- ton, Elijah Bean, Joshua Belven, David Barton, John Paul Jones, Elijah Gore, and John Gorton, reserving the usual five shares for public purposes. Its charter, however, was not issued until October 20, 1789.
Most of these grantees, except Ira Allen, were residents of Providence, R. I., and it is claimed that the grantees had drafted their petition for a town- ship by the name of Providence, but that Col. Barton, anxious to immortal- ize his name, carefully scratched out the word Providence and inserted his own name Barton. This version is only traditionary, however, and it is more than probable it is incorrect. William Barton was a brave officer in the Continental army, one of the principal grantees of the town, and by no means unpopular with his associates, who, in all probability, were knowing to and not opposed to the new township being named in his honor.
Though somewhat uneven, the territory has no prominent elevations except in the central and eastern parts. Barton mountain, in the central part, is quite prominent, and affords an excellent view of the surrounding beautiful scenery. Barton river forms the principal water-course It has its source in this town, one of its branches, Roaring branch, heading in the fountains of Runaway pond, in Glover, flowing northerly into Barton; the other rises in May pond, and after passing through Crystal lake unites with the stream from Glover. Their united waters then take a northerly direction, and, just before they reach the northerly line of Barton, receive Willoughby river, a considerable stream, having its source in Westmore. From Barton, Barton river continues a northerly course, passing through the northeast corner of Trasburgh, and eastern part of Coventry, into Lake Memphremagog, water- ing about 160 square miles of territory. Runaway pond, in Glover, which broke its northern bound and run entirely out June 6, 1810, passed down this river, making very destructive ravages, the traces of which are still to be
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seen. Several other minor streams are found throughout the township, which unite in enriching the soil, adding to the scenic beauty of the territory, and- furnishing motive power for mills and factories. Crystal lake, formerly called Belle Lac by the French, is a beautiful little sheet of water, about two and one-half miles in length by a half mile in width, situated in the southern part of the town. Fuller pond, in the eastern part, covers an area of about one hundred acres. May pond is a small sheet of water in the eastern part of the town, lying partly in Westmore.
The soil is very fertile and well adapted to the growth of all kinds of grain, while the pasture land upon the hill slopes is excellent. The timber is hemlock, spruce, beech, birch, maple, etc. Large quantities of sugar is . manufactured from the maple, for which the township is somewhat noted.
The principal rock is calciferous mica schist. About two miles from the Irasburgh line, and parallel with it, there extends a narrow vein of hornblende schist the whole length of the town. The whole of the extreme eastern corner, covering an area of several square miles, the rocks are a mixture of granite, syenite, and protogine. No ore discoveries of importance have been made. Iron has been found in small quantities, and some traces of gold.
The only important work of internal improvement is the C. & P. R. & M. V. R. R., which extends through the town from south to north, with stations at South Barton, Barton, and Barton Landing. This road affords a very con- venient mode of ingress and egress to to the town, and an excellent medium for the transportation of iniports and exports.
In 1880, Barton had a population of 2,366, and in 1882, was divided into ten school districts and contained fourteen common schools, employing three male and twenty female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $2,688.52. There were 482 pupils attending common school, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 31st, was $2,988.67, with A. M. Wheeler, superintendent.
BARTON, an incorporated village, is beautifully located at the outlet of Crystal Lake, a little south of the central part of the town. The village is nicely laid out, contains some fine residences, has an excellent water-power, is a station on the C. & P. R. & M. V. R. R., and altogether is a charming and very flourishing little town, one of the most important in the county. It has three churches, (Congregational, Methodist Episcopal, and Roman Catholic,) a union graded school, a weekly newspaper, four general mer- chandise stores, two clothing stores, several groceries, an extensive carriage manufactory, a chair-stock mill, sash, door and blind factory, etc., and a population of about one thousand.
BARTON LANDING, located in the northern part of the town, on Barton river, is also an incorporated village and station on the C. & P. R. & M. V. R. R. It has two churches (Methodist Episcopal and Congregational), a graded school, hotel, three dry goods stores, two clothing stores, two groceries, one hardware and two drug and two millinery stores, two blacksmith shops,
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two paint shops, two carriage shops, one shoe shop, one marble factory, two harness shops, a grist-mill, two saw and planing-mills, etc., and about ·400 inhabitants.
On the night of July 18, 1876, the village was visited by a disastrous fire, originating in the store of Flint Bros. & Co., dealers in hardware, whence it rapidly spread to Austin's building, adjoining, and thence to the dwellings of D. S. Stafford and H. D. Bigelow. All of these buildings were destroyed, entailing a loss of about $25,000.00. During that season O. H. Austin pur- chased the ground and erected a large business block on the site occupied by the burned buildings. On the 12th of February, 1878, another fire broke out, destroying this new building. Within a few weeks, however, Mr. Austin began to build the third time, and now has an excellent business block.
SOUTH BARTON, a post village and railroad station located in the south- eastern part of the town, contains one store, one blacksmith shop, two saw- mills, and about a dozen dwellings.
Barton National Bank, located at Barton village, was chartered July 30, 1875, with a capital of $150,000.00 and with the privilege of increasing the sum to $300,000.00. The officers are Hiram Mclellan, of Glover, presi- dent ; Emory Davison, of Craftsbury, vice-president ; and H. R. Dewey, cashier.
Barton Foundry and Machine Shops, located on Water street, were built by the present proprietor, John W. Murkland, in 1874, who now employs ten men in the manufacture of plows, sugar arches, stoves, all kinds of mill machinery and in general custom work.
G. A. Drew's sash, door and blind factory, located at Barton village, was established by Mr. Drew about 1875. He employs three men aud turns out about $10,000.00 worth of manufactured goods per annum.
The Walter Hawyard Chair Co's Mills, located at Barton village, were erected in 1859. Chair-stock in the rough is here manufactured and shipped to Pittsburgh, Mass., where it is finished for use. About 3,000,000 feet of hard and soft wood lumber is used annually, from which $100,000.00 worth of goods are manufactured, giving employment to one hundred persons.
Charles J. Ufford's carriage manufactory, located on Water street, at Barton village, is one of the largest in the State. Mr. Ufford has been established in the business about fifteen years, and now manufactures annu- ally about 160 wagons and carriages and thirty sleighs, representing an aggre- gate value of $20,000.00. The repository for finished work is located on Park street. The works give employment to eighteen men.
Oscar F. Rice's carriage manufactory, located at Barton Landing, was built in 1867, by John M. Hammond, and was purchased by Mr. Rice in December, 1869. He does a business of about $20,000.00 per year, em- ploying two men.
Chandler, French & Co.'s box factory and lumber dressing mill, located at Barton Landing, was established in 1874. The firm now employs twenty men and does a business of about $75,000.00 per annum.
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L. M. Chandler's saw-mill, at Barton Landing, cuts 800,000 feet of lum- ber per annum.
Johnson & Allen's marble works, located on Main street, at Barton Land- ing, were established by Curtis Johnson, in 1871, who continued the busi- ness till 1875, when his son, William C., took the business and conducted it alone till 1882, when he took in Charles K. Allen. They manufacture mon- uments and headstones from marble and granite.
The Orleans Grist and Flouring Mills, C. S. Skinner, proprietor, located at Barton Landing, were established about thirty-eight years ago. The mills are supplied with four runs of stones and do a large and successful business.
C. E. Buswell's steam saw-mill, located just over the line in Westmore, has the capacity for manufacturing 10,000 feet of lumber and 10,000 shingles per day. Mr. Buswell employs twenty-five hands and turns out 2,000,000 feet of lumber and about the same number of shingles per year.
A. O. Blake's saw and grist-mills, are located at South Barton. The saw-mills manufacture 500,000 feet of common lumber and 50,000 feet of clapboards per annum. The grist-mill has two runs of stones. Mr. Blake employs fifteen hands.
The proprietors of Barton took prompt measures toward alloting and set- tling the town. On the day following the issue of the charter, October 21, 1789, they applied to Luke Knowlton, of Westminster, a justice of the peace-who issued his warrant, warning a meeting of the proprietors at the home of Charles Evans in Brattleboro, on the 2d Tuesday of February, for choosing officers, etc. The meeting assembled in pursuance of this warn- ing, when Daniel Cahoon, of Lyndon, was chosen clerk. Colonel William Barton, William Chamberlin, and Elder Philemon Hines were chosen a committee to allot such township, and a tax of £1, 13s on each proprietor's share was voted to defray expenses of the same. General William Chamber- lin made a survey and plan of the township, which was accepted by the pro- prietors October 18, 1791. Soon after this a party of four or five Rhode Island men came to Barton on foot, from Lyndon, and among other things brought a few potatoes. They encamped on the south side of the outlet of Crystal Lake, about ten rods from the head of the falls, where they chopped down the trees and partly cleared a small parcel of land, and planted their potatoes. This was the first clearing made in the town. In 1794, Colonel Barton came on and cleared three or four acres of land on lot No. 5 in the seventh range, on a ridge of land westerly from the old road, and extending to the top of the hill easterly from the present road. He also cut the timber from ten or fifteen acres more on the side hill toward the northeasterly corn- ner of the lot. On the ridge at the easterly side of the old road he built a frail log house, without floor or chimney and containing but one room. Dur- ing the same season Asa Kimball, from Nepucket, R. I., cleared a few acres on lot No. 5 in the sixth range, and also slashed four acres on lot No. 5 in the fifth range. During the summer of 1795, Colonel Barton raised thirty
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or forty bushels of wheat on the land cleared by him the year previous, and Mr. Kimball raised about fifty bushels on his land. This was the first grain raised in the town.
Asa Kimball brought his family into the town in April, 1795, living for the first season in a cabin composed of poles and bark. During the autumn of that year Jacob Eddy and Peleg Hicks moved their families into the town, inhabiting the rude houses they had previously constructed. But when winter came on Mr. Hicks removed his family to Wheelock. Mr. Eddy remained in the town, the first family to winter here. He and his family suffered much during that season, and the following spring left the town. David Pillsbury and John Ames came in with their families during the early part of March, 1796, and James May, David Abbott, Samuel Lord, and Jonathan Robinson, brought their families to the town, and the infant settlement was fairly begun. In 1800, the town had 128 inhabitants.
The town was organized and the first town meeting held March 28, 1798, when Asa Kimball was chosen moderator ; Abner Allyn, Jr., town clerk ; Jonathan Allyn, Asa Kimball, and Jonathan Robinson, selectmen ; David Pillsbury, treasurer ; James Redmond, constable ; David Pillsbury, sealer of leather ; Asa Kimball, pound keeper ; Oliver Blodget, grand juror ; Samuel Nichols, hayward ; Oliver Blodget, tythingman ; James May and David Pills- bury, surveyors of highways and fence viewers ; Jeremiah Abbot, hog-reeve ; and Jonathan Allyn, sealer of weights and measures. The voters in the town at this time were David Abbot, Jonathan Allyn, Abner Allyn, John Beard, Jantes Beard, Oliver Blodget. John Ames, Asa Kimball, Samuel Lord, James May, Samuel Nichols, David Pillsbury, John Palmer, James Redmond, Jonathan Robinson, Peter Taylor, Solomon Wadham, and Daniel Young. The first justice of the peace was Jonathan Allyn, in 1797, who retained the position twenty-four years. He was also the first representative, in 1802. The first saw-mill was built by William Barton, in the summer of 1796, near where the railroad crosses the river at the Mansfield farm. The first grist- mill was built by Asa Kimball, in 1797, on the site now occupied by the chair-stock factory. He also built a saw-mill, in 1798, where the grist-mill now is. The first child born in the town was Amelia May, October 3, 1796, a daughter of James and Elizabeth May. The first male child was George Abbot, born June 3, 1797, and died the 20th of the following month. The first adult person to die in the town was Paul Blount, a farm hand in the service of David Pillsbury, in September, 1798. The first barn was built by Daniel Pillsbury. The raisers came from Lyndon, finished the raising in the morning and returned to Lyndon for breakfast. The first church was built by the Congregationalists in 1820, about one mile north of Barton village. Lemuel Sturtevant was the first merchant, in 1801, though he continued in business but a short time. Col. Bangs and Capt. Bigelow opened a store in 1805, Samuel Works in 1806, and Abisha Goodel in 1809. Ellis Cobb built a fulling-mill for dressing cloth in 1803. Joseph Owen established a distillery
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