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Most of the settlers paid $3.00 an acre for their land, which they purchased principally of Judge Sawyer, of Hyde Park. The nearest postoffice was Brownington, where Amherst Stewart, father of Judge Edward A. Stewart, was postmaster. There were no roads built for a long time, the several streams emptying into the lake being used as thoroughfares until the more settled regions were reached. The first road extended from Daggett's farm to North Troy, built for military purposes during the war of 1812. The first ferry was kept by Enos Bartlett, at Indian Point, and afterwards by Azarias Whipple. The first store was kept by Sanger Grow, near where the first settlement was made. The next was kept by Hiram Lane. The first law- yer was Charles Robinson, cousin of the late Lucius Robinson.
John Prouty, the first of the name who came here, was born at Spencer, Mass., in 1747, and came here in 1799. He twice married, his first wife dying before he came to the town. By this marriage he had four children, John, Phineas, Levi and Lucy. John settled in Schenectady, N. Y., Phineas in Geneva, N. Y., and Levi enlisted in the war of 1812, and was never heard of after. For his second wife Mr. Prouty married Alice, sister of Na- thaniel Daggett, by whom he had seven children, viz. : Sally, Arnold, Laura, William, Emily, Roswell and Alfred, of whom only the two latter are now living, Roswell in this town, and Alfred in the town of Waterford, near St. Johnsbury, Vt. Arnold married Sally, daughter of Dea. Martin Adams, reared eight children, William, Emily, Charles A., Rosella, John A., Lydia, Mary and Alfred, and died in January 1881, aged eighty-four years. Five of the children, William, Rosella, John A., Lydia and Alfred are living.
Nathaniel Daggett, John Prouty and John Baker came here about the same time in 1799, locating on the lake shore. Mr. Daggett, though he never was ordained, preached in the Baptist church more or less for a great many years. He reared a family of twelve children, ten of whom were sons, and all of whom attained an advanced age.
George W. Smith is the first one who located where the village now is, it being then a heavy pine forest, of which many of the magnificent pines were burned by the settlers to "get them out of the way. " He married Sally Sias, of West Derby, and had born to him eleven children, four of whom died in infancy. The others were named John, Edwin, Roxana, Lydia and Lucy, of whom John, Roxana (Mrs. Nathaniel Norris), Sophia (Mrs. George C. Merrill), and Lucy (Mrs. Wright Sherburne), are now living in the village, while Edwin lives in Burke, Lydia (Mrs. John Pearl), in Sheffield, Vt., and Sarah (Mrs. Abel Humphrey), in Barton. Mr. Smith cut the first tree and built the first house in the corporation. The house is still standing, in a fair state of preservation, the oldest house in the town.
Gardner Green was born in Shipton, P. Q., in 1802, and came to Newport at an early day, locating about two miles west of the village when it had but two houses and a hotel. He married Betsey S. Green and reared three chil- dren, Florella E., Helen F., and Heza S. Florella E. died at the age of
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seven years, and Helen died in 1871, aged twenty-one years. Heza S. married Ellen J. Weld, daughter of Thomas Weld, of Coventry, and had three children, Hamilton H., Hattie E., and Arthur E.
Seymour Lane was born at Burlington, Vt., in February, 1788, his father having settled in that city, from Connecticut, when it consisted of two plank houses and log house. January 1, 1814, he married Hettie Robinson, and after a short period spent in Coventry, came to this town, in June, 1822. There were then only twenty-five houses in the town, while the only wagon was owned by John Baker, and even that would not now be considered worth $5.00. The only school-house was a log structure, with seats and desks made of slabs with stakes for legs. Oliver Bowley was the teacher, who received the princely salary of $5.00 per month and boarded himself, taking his pay in oats. Mr. Lane kept a public house here for many years, was the first post- master, was town clerk forty years, and filled various other of the town offices, dying in 1874. His children were George R., Henry, Harriet and Cephas R. born in Burlington, and Hiram, Augustus, and Elisha in this town, on the farm now owned by George R., who, with Augustus, now resides in the town. Cephas R. located upon the farm now occupied by Augustus, and afterwards removed to Coventry, where he died Novemder 9, 1865. He had four chil- dren, Seymour, Burrill, Elizabeth and Ida. Elizabeth married George C. Gil- man, a merchant in Newport. Burrill married Lenora Brown and resides in the western part of the town. Seymour married Ellen Davis and carries on a mercantile business in Newport, residing in West Derby.
Oliver Bowley was born November 8, 1790, and came to this town, from Farlee, Vt., about 1823, locating on the lake shore. He taught the first school in the town, was married twice, reared a family of thirteen children, all by his first wife, and died April 18, 1875. His first wife, Eunice Grimes, died September 3, 1848. His second wife, Mary Wood, died January 23, 1868. Eleven of his children are now living, nine in this town. A. G. Bow- ley has been sheriff since 1877.
Nathaniel Morris was an early settler in Derby, having located on the lake shore, off road 41, in 1816. He was half owner of the ferry from Indian Point to the intersection of roads 8 and 16, in this town, for many years. Four of his sons are now living, William G., in Derby, Eliphalet S. and Na- thaniel, Jr., in Newport, and Rufus L., in Canada. Nathaniel, Jr., worked at his trade of carpenter and joiner for a number of years, then, in 1856, pur- chased and cleared a lot on road 2, where he now resides. At the age of forty- five years, during the late civil war, he enlisted and served in the 15th Vt. Vols.
Edmund Sleeper came here, from Lyttleton, N. H., in 1825, locating on the Lake road, where he resided for a time, then removed to the Coburn farm, and finally located near the Center, where he died, in 1866. He mar- ried Miss Betsey Wheelock and reared seven children, viz. : Mrs. Dorothy Baker, Mrs. Ezra Sias, Mrs. Sylvester Drown, Mrs. Fred Shaw, George L.,
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and Asa C. George L. married Eliza Blake, of Derby, and has seven chil- dren, viz. : Carlos G., Willie E., Mrs. Dr. Erwin, Mrs. Buzzell, Nye and Nettie, (twins,) and George. He was the first postmaster at the Center, having got- ten up the petition which was instrumental in establishing the office, and now nolds the position. He also built the hotel here, about eighteen years ago.
Israel Scott, born in Brighton, Mass., September 14, 1798, came to New- port in 1826, and located upon the farm now owned by James Maxfield. A small clearing had been made here, and he reclaimed the. rest of the farm, and also cleared a farm where the village now is. On this latter lot of land he raised one year twenty acres of corn. It is said he also made the first trip from this town to Boston with butter and pork. His son, W. W. Scott, now lives on road 6, a portion of his farm being the same upon which his father first located.
Shuball Stevens, the twenty-third child of Samuel Stevens, was born in Amherst, N. H,, in 1783, married Lydia C. Peck, of Grafton, N. H., in 1811, and resided in Littleton, N. H., until 1828, then came to Newport with his family of five children and located upon the farm now owned by Willie Rich- mond. Of his sixteen children, only four are now living, John P., of Santa Barbara, Cal., Cyrus E., of Jonesbury, Mo., and Mrs. Lydia Brown, and Mrs. Mary Wright, of this town.
Daniel Bean was born at Sandwich, N. H., and immigrated to Coventry in 1831. He married Anna Willey, had nine children, Silas B., Malinda, Harrison, Estine, Charles, Temperance, Alzada, Ellen, and George, and died in Coventry at the age of seventy-eight years. Silas B. has been twice married and has two children, Charles T. Bean, and George H. Newell, an adopted son. He was high sheriff of the county in 1858, deputy marshal until 1868, and has been deputy collector of customs since 1872.
Mrs. Thankful W. Stickney, who now lives in Potton, P. Q., is a daughter of Joshua Gerry, one of the pioneers of Bradford, Vt. She came to New- port in 1832, and was married by Seymour Lane, Esq., to Jonathan Stickney, a native of Lunenburgh, Vt. They built a log house just over the line in Canada, on road 4, where they remained several years, then moved away and did not come back until 1849, locating where Mrs. Stickney now resides. Her husband was a victim of the late war. Their son, J. G. Stickney, who now resides on road 3, served in Co. D, 6th Vt. Vols., and lost a leg at Charlestown, Va.
Timothy B. Pratt was born in Haverhill, N. H., July 1, 1807, and in 1833, came to Newport and located on road 6, where W. W. Scott now resides, and later removed to the place now occupied by W. Himes. He was one of the building committee to erect the first church in the town, a union struct- ure, but now rebuilt and the property of the Baptist society. It was origin- ally located on the Lake road, about a mile south of the cemetery. He was also one of the committee to build the present Congregational church, of which society he has been a deacon for many years. Mr. Pratt now resides at No. 40 Main street, aged seventy-six years.
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Rufus Whipple, from Franconia, N. H., came here in 1832. By his wife, Philinda Oaks, he reared a family of six children, Simon, James H., Lucretia, R., Philinda, Mary and Nettie J.
Benjamin Hoyt, from Danville, Vt., came to this town about 1833, and located on road 30, where his son, J. H. Hoyt, now resides. He was a cooper by trade, and in addition to clearing his land and doing his farm work, he made large numbers of sap buckets. Samuel and Reuben Niles, with their families, came here about the same time, locating in Mr. Hoyt's neighborhood. The Burlington road was put through not long after, and Mr. Hoyt was employed in its construction,
Lorenzo Cummings, a native of Lyman, N. H., was the fifth settler on road 7, having cleared the farm now owned by J. C. Hunt, where he resided from 1833 until 1880, when he sold out and purchased the farm now owned by his son, T. S. Hunt, on road 19. Of his family of seven children, six are now living.
Theophilus Grout from Charlestown N. H., settled in Kirby, Vt., at an early date, where he reared a large family of children. His son Theophilus settled on the old homestead and reared three children. Josiah, the sixth child, married Sophronia Ayer, daughter of Carlton Ayer, of St. Johnsbury, and located on the old farm after the death of his brother, in 1849, where he resided until 1856, when he sold the place to his son George. Gen. Wil- liam W., another son, now owns it. The surviving members of Josiah's family of ten children now reside as follows : Maj. Josiah and George, in Derby ; Gen. Wm. W., Mrs. Charles H. Dwinell, and Victoria, in Barton ; Mrs. Capt. Ford and James A., on the old homestead, and Theophilus in Newport village. The latter married Ellen A. Black, of Galveston, Texas, and has two children, Charles T. and Addie L. He is a prosperous lawyer.
David Rollins, Sr., from London, N. H., came here in 1842, and with his two sons, David and John B., made a clearing and erected a house on road 9, and moved his family here during the following spring. Four sons and one daughter of his family of thirteen children now reside here. The eldest of these, David, Jr., a veteran and pensioner of the late war, resides on road 9, corner of 15, where he has lived twenty-nine years. Mrs. Rollins is a daughter of Silas Whitcomb, of Alexander, N. H., a pensioner of the war of 1812.
Nathaniel Rogers came here from Moulton, N. H., in 1845, locating upon the farm now owned by his son, G. W. Rogers, on road 23. At the age of fifty-seven years he enlisted in Co. H, 15th Vt. Vols., and was taken prisoner by Mosby, at Fairfax Court House, and lodged in Libby prison. Two of his sons, D. W. and N. S., were also in the army, the former losing an arm and the latter a leg. D. W. resides at Derby Center, and N. S. on road 23, in this town.
John Buzzell came to Newport, from Berkshire, Vt., in 1851, locating on road 5, where his widow resides. His youngest son, James F., resides at the Center.
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George Robinson was born at Tolland, Conn., in January, 1794, and removed with his father to Holland, Vt., at an early date, and subsequently located in Derby. He married Harriet Stewart, daughter of Maj. Rufus Stewart, of Derby, and reared three children, Lucius, George S., and Charles. Lucius was born in Derby, April 5, 1853, was educated at the Derby Acad- emy, and spent his youth and early manhood on the home farm, teaching a few terms in the district schools during the winter months, and later specu- lating in cattle and produce. In 1858 he came to Newport, and from that time until his death was prominently connected with its farming, mercantile, hotel, banking, navigation and railroad interests. During his later years, however, his larger schemes were devoted to hotels, coach lines and railroad enterprises in other states. At the time of his death he was president of the National Bank of Newport, a director of the National Bank of Derby Line and of the Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Railroad Co., and vice- president of the South Eastern Railway Co., while from 1876 to 1879, he was proprietor of the Memphremagog House. He was also largely entrusted with the settlement of the estates of deceased persons and bankrupt estates, which with the town offices almost yearly bestowed upon him, entailed an immense amount of labor and care, and it was doubtless overwork and con- sequent inattention to health that brought on the disease that resulted in his death, June 8, 1882. Mr. Robinson was a Democrat in politics, and was sent as a delegate to the National Democratic convention held at New York in 1868, was a member of the Charleston convention in 1860, repre- sented the town during that year, and held various other offices. Mrs. Rob- inson, (Lucy Kendall,) daughter of Jerreb Kendall, of Passumpsic, Vt., is still living, making her home at the Memphremagog House. They were married November 22, 1848, and had two sons, both of whom died in 1857. George S. Robinson, the only surviving brother of Lucius, is a popular law- yer of Sycamore, Ill.
George W. Wright was born at St. Johnsbury, Vt., December 22, 1813, married Harriet Kittredge, of Danville, Vt., September 22, 1842, and came to the southern part of Newport the following day. Mrs. Wright now resides with her son, Harrison A., on the old homestead.
Josiah D. Litchfield came to Newport, from Springfield, Vt., in 1850. His family consisted of three sons, one of whom died in the late war, and one daughter. Mr. Litchfield now resides on road 13, while his son-in-law, J. G. Stickney, owns the old homestead.
Converse G. Goodrich was born at Enfield, N. H., in 1820, married Almira Howard, of Morristown, Vt., in April, 1846, and came to Newport in January, 1851, locating upon the farm now owned by Hollis Daggett. He now resides at the village.
Major William H. Morse was born in Lyme, N. H., March 11, 1802, and came to Troy when he was seventeen years of age, remaining in that town until recently, when he located in this town with his sons, J. W. and Levi P.,
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on road 2. He was one of those who aided in building the present Congre- gational church at North Troy. He has nine children now living, of whom Carlos W., of Newport Center is the oldest.
H. A. Larabee came to Newport, from Berkshire, Vt., in 1852, and located on road 10. He married a daughter of Hiram Rublee, one of the early set- tlers of Berkshire, and has a family of five sons and one daughter.
Austin Loverin came to Newport, from Berkshire, Vt., in 1860, and located upon the farm now owned by his son, L. D. Loverin.
Thomas Farrant, proprietor of Vine Haven Fruit and Flower Farm, came here from England, where he was gardener for Lady Charlotte Dennison, of Ossington Hall, in 1851. He has one of the finest green-houses in this part of Vermont.
Dr. Charles L. Erwin was born in Sheldon, Vt., and in 1859 went to Nashua, N. H., remained there two years, then came to St. Albans and enlisted in Co. I., ist Vt. Cav., serving until the close of the war. He then spent two years at the University of Vermont, graduating therefrom with the class of '67, locating in Newport where he has practiced his profession since.
Emmons Raymond who has been so prominently identified with the rail- road interest of Newport, was born in Franklin county, Mass., September 23, 1806. After a number of years' experience in mercantile pursuits in Boston, Mass., he retired, in 1858, and located in Cambridge, Mass., where his home now is. He became connected with the Passumpsic railroad from its incep- tion, in 1846, became a director in 1850, and president of the corporation in 1870, which position he still retains.
Rev. Robert V. Hall, who has taken a great interest in both the material and spiritual interests of Newport, was born at Stanstead, P. Q., in 1810, graduated from the Auburn Theological Seminary, and has been settled in this town twelve years. Mr. Hall has been twice married, to Laura A. Newton, of Brattleboro, by whom he had five children, and to Adelia L. Ellis, daughter of Col. Benjamin Ellis, the latter marriage occurring June 10, 1861.
John L. Edwards was born in Walden, Vt., in 1819, read law, was admitted to the bar in 1848, and came to Newport in 1872, where he is now at the head of the law firm of Edwards, Dickerman & Young.
Hon. Edward A. Stewart was born in Brownington, Vt., June 13, 1834, read law with John L. Edwards and was admitted to the bar in 1858, and located at the village of Newport in 1872, where he has since resided. He was assistant clerk of the legislature in 1860-'61, clerk in 1862-'63, and was elected judge of probate in 1865, holding the office eleven years. He was editor and part owner of the " Express and Standard" from 1872 to 1881, when he sold out to D. M. Camp.
Silas Angier, born in Weathersfield, N. H., was a blacksmith by trade, and located in Troy about 1822, where he took up and cleared a piece of land which he afterwards sold, and removed to Troy village, opening a shop which was for many years the only one there. He was chosen captain of a com-
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pany during the war of 1812, but it was organized too late to take part in the war. Of his family of eight children, Rawson, residing in this town on road 38, Newell, of Westfield, Asa H., of Potton, P. Q., Mrs. Calista Hodg- kins, of Westfield, and Mrs. Hodgden, of Troy, are living.
Dr. Joseph C. Rutherford was born at Schenectady, N. Y., in 1818. His parents came to Vermont in 1826, and settled at Burlington in 1830. At an early age he manifested a strong love for the fine arts, painting in partic- ular, but as his taste could not be indulged to any great extent from lack of means, he was obliged to turn his attention to the more substantial means of subsistance. In 1842, he entered the office of Dr. Newel, then of Lynden, and late of St. Johnsbury, as a student of medicine. The following year (1843) he went to Derby, where he became acquainted with Miss Hannah W. Chase, youngest daughter of Jacob Chase, Esq., and was married to her the same year. In 1844, he resumed the study of medicine in the office of Dr. M. F. Colby, of Stanstead, P. Q., and graduated at Woodstock, Vt., in 1849. In 1851, he went to Massachusetts to practice his profession, where he remained about five years, when he went to Illinois with a view of mak- ing a home ; but business of a domestic character called him back to Ver- mont, where he has resided ever since. In 1860, he located in Newport, where he now resides. In 1862 he was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 10th Vt. Vols., and followed the fortunes of that regiment to near the close of the war, when he was promoted surgeon of the 17th Vt. Vols. Soon after the close of the war he received a commission from the govern- ment as U. S. examining surgeon for pensions, which office he has held to the present time. He has discharged the duties of his office in such a man- ner as to receive the approbation and esteem of his superior officers, and there is no man who has a stronger hold on the affections of the veteran soldiers of the late war than he, as he has always been ready to lend assistance to them at any and all times. In 1880, he was chosen by the Vermont legislature supervisor of the insane, which office he held for two years. At the battle of Locust Grove, Va., November, 1863, the Doctor received a wound which crippled him for life.
Capt. George W. Fogg, who came here in 1840, and has done so much towards navigation enterprises, etc., as to be often styled the "father of Newport, " was born in 1824. Left an orphan at an early age, he resided with a Mr. Asa Lillie until he reached his majority, then engaged in staging between Skowhegan and Bangor, Me. In 1840, he commenced running a ferry between Georgeville and Knowlton Landing, continuing in this occu- pation until 1850. In 1850, he built the steamer "Mountain Maid, " the first on the lake, and in 1880, built the new " Mountain Maid. " In 1867, he formed a company and had the beautiful boat " Lady of the Lake " built in Clyde, Scotland, and has had charge of the boat since. He owns a fine place in Derby, called the Lake View farm.
The First Baptist church of Newport, located at Newport village, was
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organized by Rev. John Ide, with twelve members in 1817. Rev. Mr. Clark was the first pastor, though the society had been supplied by Rev. Messrs. Ide, Nathaniel Daggett, and others. The first house of worship was a wood structure built in union with the Congregational society, in 1846. It stood about a mile south of the cemetery, on the Lake road. The entire interest was purchased by the Baptists in 1861, who tore down the building and removed it to the village. The society now has about forty-five members, with Rev. Joseph Freeman, pastor.
The First Congregational church of Newport, located at Newport village, was organized by Rev. R. A. Watkins, with seven members, February 23, 1831, Rev. Reuben Mason being the first pastor. The Union church was used until 1861, when a new house was built on Main street, a pleasant struct- ure capable of seating 300 persons. The society is now in a flourishing con- dition, has 153 members, with Rev. E. P. Wild, pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Newport Center, was organized by its first pastor, Rev. Mr. Nason, about 1832, with fifteen members. The church building was not put up until 1861. It is a wood structure capable of seating 250 persons, cost $1,000, and is valued at $1,600.00. The society has eighty members, with Rev. Daniel Lewis, pastor.
The Freewill Baptist church of Newport Center was organized by the first pastor, Rev. Charles S. Roberts and Rev. M. A. Amsden, with sixteen mem- bers, November 7, 1855. The church building, dedicated in 1870, is a wood structure capable of accommodating 250 persons, and is valued at $2,600.00. The society numbers eighty-five members, under the pastoral charge of Rev. S. W. Cowell.
The Newport Methodist Episcopal church, located at Newport village, was organized by Rev. A. T. Bullard, with about twenty five members, in 1863, Rev. C. Liscomb being the first pastor. The building was erected in 1869, a wood structure capable of seating 400 persons. It cost $8,000.00, though it is now valued at only $5,000.00. Rev. Daniel Lewis is the present pastor, the society having about one hundred members.
The Methodist Episcopal church of Newport village was organized in 1866, with about twelve members, Rev. H. A. Spencer being the first pastor. The building, a wood structure valued at $6,000.00, was built in 1869. The so- ciety has eighty members, with Rev. Elisha Folsom, pastor.
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic church, located on Pleasant street, Newport village, was organized by its first pastor, Rev. John Michaud, in 1873. The church building was erected in 1875, a wood structure capa- ble of seating 250 persons, at a cost, including grounds, of $6, 135.37. The society has about 700 members, with Rev. Norbert Proulx, pastor.
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal church, located at Newport village, was organized by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Bissel, in 1879, the church building erected in 1882. The society numbers twenty-five members, with Rev. Benjamin . Atwell, pastor.
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ROY lies in the northwestern part of the county, in lat. 44° 55', and long. 4° 36', bounded north by the Canada line, east by Newport, south by Lowell, and west by Jay and Westfield, thus inclosing an oblong, irregu- larly outlined township eleven and one-half miles long from north to south, its north line being about five miles long and its south line only about two miles in length. The tract was chartered by Vermont in two gores, the southern gore containing 12,000 acres, to John Kelley, of New York city, October 30, 1792, and the northern, containing 11,040 acres, to Samuel Avery, October 27, 1792, making in all a territory of 23,040 acres. On Octo- ber 28, 1801, these two grants were incorporated into a township by the name of Missisquoi, which name was retained until October 26, 1803, when it was altered to Troy.
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