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Elijah Elmer was born at Hinsdale, N. H., in 1753; married first, Grace Gould, of Winchester, N. H .; second, Amy (Wood) Wheeler; came to New- fane about 1892, and died here December 28, 1833.
James Holland, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gleason) Holland, was born in Newfane, in 1792, married Sarah Stone, daugliter of Dr. N. Stone, and reared four sons and five daughters. Of the children, William H. died in 1883, aged fifty-seven years ; Alice S. died in 1856, aged twenty-six years; Mary L. died in 1867, aged thirty-six years ; James M. died in 1854, aged twenty years ; John N. died in 1861, aged twenty-five years; Elizabeth S. died in 1854, agedsixteen years ; Sarah J. died in 1861, aged twenty-one years Harriet died in 1862, aged twenty years ; and Charles B., born in 1848, resides on the old homestead with his mother, his father having died in 1856.
Justus Holland, born here in 1803, married Sophia K. Stone, daughter of Dr. Stone, in 1848. He was a harness-maker, resided on Newfane Hill, and died in 1856, His widow resides at Fayetteville, aged eighty-two years.
William H. Williams, son of Larkin and Anna Williams, and grandson of Colonel Abraham Williams, was born in Chester, Mass., February 24, 1776. His father died in 1778, and soon afterwards he was bound out during his minority to a farmer residing in Paxton, Mass. He was treated with great severity by his master, who deprived him of the benefits of a common school education until he was fourteen years of age, when he returned to Chester to learn the cloth-dressing business, at that time a leading branch of industry in New England. While learning his trade he enjoyed the privilege or attend- ing school six weeks in the year, and learned what he could of reading, spell- ing and grammar, from "The Only Sure Guide," the only text book he ever possessed, and which is now in the hands of his widow. After completing his appenticeship he worked two years in Paxton, and then came to New- fane, in October, 1797, taking charge of the cloth-dressing and oil-making works of Thomas and Darius Wheeler, which he bought four years after- wards and operated until his decease. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in 1814, and continued in the same for more than forty years. During the war of 1812 he was engaged in the manufacture of woolen cloth and potash, and at a later da e erected a large custom flouring mill, carding-mill and saw-mill In 1798 he commenced a diary which was continued by himself and family until his decease, a period of nearly sixty-nine years, and in which was jotted down every day's doings and every important event which occurred during that
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time. He was a resident of Newfane about seventy years, gave the name to the village where he resided and died, contributed largely toward the erection of the village church in 1834, and was a liberal supporter of the gospel. He was a member of the Methodist church, represented the town in the general assembly, and filled many municipal offices, faithfully discharging the duties incident to the same. He was enterprising, industrious, and practical in all his views and efforts. He married Abigail Robinson, of Newfane, October 17, 1802, who was born March 25, 1781, and died July 6, 1821. February 22, 1826, he married, for his second wife, Rosanna Miller, of Dummerston, who was born May 19, 1794. He died December 9, 1866. William H. and Abigail Williams had nine children, as follows : George, born September 14, 1803, died May 26, 1841 ; Anna, born January 24, 1805, died January 26, 1805; Hastings, born March 5, 1806, died December 26, 1808; Mary, born May 26, 1808, married Roswell Robertson, January 26, 1831, and died May 27, 1834; Sarah R., born March 30, 1810, married Roswell Robertson, December 10, 1835, and died October 9, 1839 ; Louisa, born October 26, 1811, married John A. Merrifield, January 17, 1843 ; William L., born De- cember 9, 1813, died at Dubuque, Iowa, January 11, 1864; Abigail E., born March 3, 1816, married Charles Converse, of Sandusky, Ohio, September 25, 1808; and John W., born January 9, 1818, married Gertrude Brown, April 22, 1841, and died May 25, 1851.
William L. Williams, the third son of William H. Williams, born Decem- ber 9, 1813, was a clerk in his father's store during his early youth, and when he attained his majority he entered into a co-partnership with his father in the mercantile business, which he prosecuted successfully for many years. He removed to ubuque, Iowa, about 1860, and was extensively engaged in business as a produce broker at the time of his decease. He was exceed- ingly pleasing in his manners, and was highly esteemed for his intelligence and sound practical judgment. While residing in Newfane he manifested a lively interest in the growth and prosperity of the town, and was munificent in his donations in aid of the enterprises that would contribute to its progress and advancement. He gave generously to the poor, was kind to the sick and suffering, courteous and affable in his bearing, proverbially honest and upright in all his business relations, and modest in his deportment. His death, January 11, 1864, at the comparatively early age of fifty years, was a source of great regret to all his friends and associates.
Dea. John Goodnow, son of Oliver and Catharine (Ball) Goodnow, born in this town in 1787, on the place where Joseph Morse now resides, had. by his first wife, three daughters; by his second, Charlotte Gould, who died in 1852, six sons and one daughter ; by his third wife, Susan Chase, he had one daughter ; he then married Hannah Bruce, of Marlboro, and now resides at Williamsville, aged eighty-seven years.
Gen. Martin Field, born in Leverett, Mass., February 12, 1773, graduated from Williams college in 1798, and received the honorary degree of A. M. from
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Dartmouth college in 1805. He studied law with his uncle, Lucius Hub- bard, of Chester, Vt., and upon the decease of Calvin Knoulton, in 1800, and at the special instance and request of Hon. Luke Knoulton, he came to Newfane in January, 1800, and entered upon the practice of law. He was for ten years State's attorney for Windham county, repeatedly represented Newtane in the general assembly and constitutional convention, and in 1819 was elected major-general of the Vermont militia. He married Esther Smith Kellogg, of Amherst, Mass., February 21, 1802, an accomplished and hand- some lady, who died June 6, 1867, aged eighty-eight years. Mr. Field died October 3, 1833, aged sixty years.
Daniel Stratton was born at Ipswich, N. H., March 23, 1773, married Jane Stickney, of New Ipswich, N. H., February 16, 1800, and came to Newfane the same year, residing here until his death, October 11, 1850.
Warren Cushing, Jr., son of Warren and Abigail (Andrews) Cushing, was born here December 14, 1800, married Lucy Carter in 1827, and reared two sons and one daughter-Mary A. (Mrs. Joel Page), Warren C., of Jamaica, and Baxter C., of Newfane. Mr. Cushing died on the old homestead, in 1871, and his widow now resides at Williamsville.
Richard Pratt was born at Malden, Mass., September 2, 1770, married Lydia Spears, of New Ipswich, N. H., in 1795, came to Newfane in 1802, and died here August 23, 1856.
Charles Kellogg Field, oldest son of Martin Field, was born in Newfane, April 24, 1803, fitted for college at Amherst, Mass., entered Middlebury col- lege in 1818, at the age of fifteen, and graduated in 1822. After studying law three years in the office of his father, he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession at Newfane, remaining here until 1828, when he removed to Wilmington. In 1838 he returned to Newfane, and in 1861 removed to Brattleboro, where he died, September 16, 1880, aged seventy-seven years. He married Julia A, Kellogg, of Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1828, who, with three children, Mrs. E. P. Jewett, Henry K., of Mont- pelier, and Mrs. H. C. Willard, of Brattleboro, survived him. Mr. Field represented the town of Wilmington in the State legislature during the years 1835, '36, '37 and '38 ; was elected a delegate to the State constitutional con- vention in 1836 ; represented Newfane in the legislature during the years 1853, '54, '55 and '60, and also in the constitutional convention for 1843, '50 and '57 ; was elected a member of the council of censors in 1869, and chosen president thereof at its first session in 1869, and in 1870 was chosen a member of the constitutional convention for 1870, from Brattleboro.
Hon. Marshall Newton, Jr., was born in Newfane, April 1, 1805, and died here June 29, 1870, aged sixty-five years. He was honored with most of the municipal offices in the gift of his townsmen. He represented the town in the legislalure two years, was high sheriff of the county one year, and for six consecutive years served as assistant county judge. At the time of his decease he was county treasurer and deputy county clerk.
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Roswell Martin Field, son of Gen. Martin Field, was born in Newfane, February 22, 1807, and died at St. Louis, Mo., July 12, 1869, aged sixty-two years. He fitted for college with Rev. Luke Whitcomb, of Townshend, Vt., and entered Middlebury college in the autumn of 1818, at the age of eleven years. Graduating in 1822, he studied law with Hon. Daniel Kellogg, of Rockingham, Vt., and was admitted to practice in September, 1825, at eighteen years of age. He practiced law in Windham county from 1825 to 1839, when he removed to St. Louis. He represented Newfane in the legis- lature in 1835 and '36, and was State's attorney for Windham county in 1832, '33, '34 and '35.
Emerson Morse, son of John Morse, was born here in 1810, married Mary Bellows, in 1819, and reared three sons and three daughters, as follows : Olin W., Etta, Ada M., John E., Willie, and Bertie E., the two latter of whom reside with their mother at Pondville.
Samuel Brown was born at Buckland, Mass., July 4, 1783, married Ger- trude Glyde, of Boston, February 16, 1812, and came to Newfane the same year. He operated a grist and saw-mill for a few years, and was afterward engaged, for a long time, in running a freight team between Williamsville and Boston. He died April 5, 1870.
Ira Ingram was born in Massachusetts, December 19, 1786, married first, Sally Miller ; second, Lydia Putnam, and came to Newfane from Marlboro in 1813. He was chosen a deacon of the Baptist church in 1824, and held the office until his decease, April 5, 1860.
Stephen Bowker, was born October 18, 1788, married Sarah Whitney, April 7, 1814, and came to Newfane from Fitzwilliam, N. H., soon after. He died September 22, 1860.
George Williams was born at Chester, Mass., March 23, 1769, married Orilla Pease, June 30, 1803, and came to Newfane in 1816. He died March 18, 1846.
Benjamin E. Morse, son of Ebenezer and Sally (Goodnow) Morse, was born here in 1816, married Mary A. Howe, of Marlboro, in 1840, and has reared four sons and four daughters, of whom two sons and two daughters are now living. Mr. Morse has been a justice of the peace a number of years, selectman seven years, and is now a practicing lawyer at Pondville.
Amasa Lincoln was born at Norton, Mass., July 10, 1787, married first, Lucy Richardson, April 14, 1814; second, Mary Hastings, January 26, 1830, and came to Newfane from Dummerston in 1817, and was engaged in the tanning business for many years. He died January 9, 1858.
John Timpson was born at Brattleboro, October 4, 1794, married Julia Knapp, of Brattleboro, in 1813, and came to Newfane in 1819. He died August 13, 1866.
Samuel Morse, son of Joshua and Sally (Phillips) Morse, was born on the farm he now occupies, in 1820. He married Georgina, daughter of Deacon John Goodnow, in 1846, and has reared children as follows : Abby L., who
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died at the age of four years; Fanny R., who married Albert G. Kendall, now of Lincoln, Neb. ; Georgie A., of Nebraska ; Maria E., wife of Arthur Mern- field, and Samuel H., residing on the old homestead.
Austin Birchard was born in Wilmington, Vt., December 5, 1793, and came to Newfane in 1822, where he was in trade for many years. In 1819 he married Roxana Plummer, of Brattleboro, who died in 1820. In 1824 he married Mary A. Putnam, by whom he had four children, Charles A., Mary R., Charlotte P., and Sardis. Mary R., in 1876, while on her way to visit the family of ex-president Hayes, Mr. Hayes's mother being her father's sister. was aboard the train that was wrecked in the awful Ashtabula disaster, and nothing of her remains was ever discovered. She is said to have been az unusually lovely young lady, both in character and appearance. Sardis, the youngest son, gave his life for his country during the late great war. Char- lotte P. married Rollin C. DeWitt, of Elyra, Ohio, and reared four sons. Ror lin B., John C., Frank A., and Dewese, the latter two of whom reside in New. fane with their mother, their father having died a few years since. The widow of the late Austin Birchard also resides in Newfane.
Warren R. Hildreth, son of Otis Hildreth, born in 1823, married Olive D. Wheeler, in 1845, and has reared nine children. Justena, his daughter. married Charles M. Goodenough, of Newfane, Frank W. resides in Michigan, and Wells M. resides with his father on the old Eddy homestead. on road 14.
Dana D. Dickinson was born in Dummerston in 1821, and came to New- fane in 1830. He married Eliza A. Goodnow, in 1849, and has two children. Charles H., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Alice (Mrs. W. H. Newton), of Walling- ford. Mr. Dickinson was employed in the mills of W. H. Williams for a num- ber of years, and in 1850 he purchased them, operating the same as a tub factory until 1869. He now owns a saw-mill on Baker's brook, where he saws all kinds of hard wood lumber. He represented Newfane in the legis- lature in 1870 and '72.
Dennis A. Dickinson was born in Dummerston in 1819, and came to New. fane in 1830, married Mary C. Robinson in 1845, and located upon the farm formerly occupied by A. C. Robinson. He has two children, Imogene R. and Aaron C. Mr. Dickinson has been town clerk fourteen years and justice of the peace nine years.
Ebenezer M. Stratton was born on the Stratton homestead in 1833, marrie! Mary King in 1853, and has reared three sons and four daughters. Clara (Mrs. Charles E. Brown), resides in Michigan. Nellie R. and Effie M. reside in Newfane. Mr. Stratton now resides on the old Grout homestead.
Nathan B. Perry was born here in 1829, married Isabella Knight. His daughter, Willamina E., married Fred C. El ner, of Cleveland, Ohio ; Ada F. married Henry O. Bowker, and resides in Rochester, N. Y .; Nellie A. and George N. reside at home. Mr. Perry occupies Elm Grove farm, former! occupied by Dea. Carter, on road 41.
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John S. Stratton, born here in 1835, is a veterinary surgeon. He married Adelina M. Powers, of Marlboro, in 1860, and has two sons and one daughter.
Henry W. Miller was born in Dummerston, in 1835, and came to New- fane with his father when four years of age, locating upon the farm he now occupies. Mr. Miller married Ella M. Gould, in 1865, and has one son, Frederick.
Clark L. Brown was born in 1838, married Mrs. John Wilson, in 1865, and reared five children. He operates the Worden mill, at Brookside, on road 37.
Abbott T. Edwards, born here in 1838, married Ella Jackson, in 1868. He is actively engaged in mercantile pursuits, and resides on the Jackson homestead, on road 12.
F. O. Burditt, born in Brookline, in 1821, came to Newfane in 1838, mar- ried Harriet Kidder for his first wife, by whom he had two sons, Frederick J. and Edwin T. For his second wife he married Mary H. Bruce, in 1852, by whom he had three sons, Samuel H., William, and Frank A. Mr. Bur- ditt held the office of justice of the peace twenty-four years, and represented the town in the legislature of 1852.
Dr. Caleb S. Blakeslee was born at Richmond, Mass., in 1812, received an academic education, studied medicine, and commenced practice at[Williams- ville, in 1838, where he is still a successful physician. He married Mary B. Drew, of Dover, who died in 1882.
John H. Worden, born in 1839, married Luna C. Holden, of Newfane, in 1873, and has three daughters. He resides on road 37, on the Stratton homestead.
Fayette W. Knapp, born in 1839, married Fanny M. Lamb, in 1862, and has had born to him seven children, -- Elmer W., Emma J., Ada M., William F., Mary M., Lorin H. and Martha A. He resides at Brookside.
Joseph Willis, from Marlboro, Vt., located in Newfane, in 1840. He reared two sons and two daughters, of whom Daniel H., was a sharpshooter in the late war, and was killed at the battle of White Sulphur Springs. Monroe C., another son, was also killed in the army. Hannah, his daughter, married James F. Howe, and resides on the Cutting farm, off road 6.
Joel Grout, son of Hudson and Silence (Babcock) Grout, born in 1842, enlisted in Co. K, 9th Vt. regiment, and was discharged for disability, having been woundled in the ancle at the battle of Fair Oaks, October 27, 1864. He married Martha J. Pike, of Stratton, in 1866, and has nine children, of whom Edwin J., Moses P., Leon E., and Guy E., reside with their parents on the farm formerly occupied by Dea. Kimball.
Chester E. Perry was born in Newfane in 1842, married Stella M. Morse in 1864, by whom he had one son, Frank C., when she died, in 1876. In 1877 he married Nellie E. Stedman and they have one daughter, Mabel E., born February 15, 1880. Mr. Perry now has the farm formerly owned by G. D. Stedman, at Williamsville.
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George B. Williams, son of John W. and Gertrude (Brown) Williams, born in 1844, married Aramantha A. Hopkins, daughter of Clark Hopkins, of Antrim, N. H., in 1869, and has two sons and one daughter, John W., Lucella L. and Hastings. Mr. Williams resides on a part of the William H. Williams homestead, at Williamsville.
Edford O. Bennett, born in 1846, married Mary J. Howard, in 1872, resides on the Marshall H. Twitchell farm, at Fayetteville.
Andrew J. Thomas, born in 1854, married Addie Barrett, by whom he had one son and one daughter, when she died in 1876. For his second wife he married Mrs. Eunice H. (Moore) Hunt, in 1869, and has one son and two daughters.
Reuben M. Newton was born in Vernon, Vt., in 1828. He married Sophia Eddy, of Newfane. who died in 1860. He then married Sarah Harris, of Newfane, and now resides on the old Sherman farm. He came to Newfane in 1856.
Charles E. Sparks was born in Dover, Vt., in 1823, and married Irene W. Ingham, in 1846. He has two sons, Herbert C., born in 1847, and Har- land.
Henry M. Hescock was born at Dover, Vt., in 1841, married Harriet M. Whitaker, of Newfane, in 1864, and has five children.
Charles E. Morse, born in 1831, married Marion E. Wetson, of Wardsboro, in 1860, and has had two sons and three daughters-Etta F. Lula, Ida W., Charles W., and Albert E. Lula is dead, and the three latter reside at home, on road 4.
Obed Hall, born in 1821, at Whitingham, Vt., married Nancy E. Evans, in 1854, and has a family as follows : Henry W., Wallace A., Willie E., and George L. " Wallace A. married Emma T. Call and has one daughter. He owns and occupies the Newton plate, off road 5.
Frank H. White, born in 1847, married Emma J. Howe, of Jamaica, and located on the Cushing farm in 1874.
Charles M. Goodenough, born at Guilford, Vt., in 1845, came to Newfane, in 1865, married Gustenia E. Hildreth in 1868. In 1881 he located on the Capt. Gould farm, on road 28, he having been absent from the town from 1869 up to that time.
Kendall H. Winchester, born in 1851, married Cora A. May, in 1878, and came to Newfane in 1881, locating on Newfane Hill, upon the farm formerly known as the Boynton place.
Samuel P. Miller, born at Dummerston, Vt., in 1819, married first, Mary A. Drown, of Putney, rearing two sons and three daughters; second, Alvira M. Simonds, in 1855, by whom he has had two children. Mr. Miller has been a successful merchant, but is now retired, residing at Fayetteville.
Col. Holland Plympton, born at Wardsboro in 1807, married first, Sybria Wakefield, of Wardsboro, in 1829; second, Nancy L. Bartlett, of Wards- boro, in 1850. He located on the farm formerly occupied by Dea. Gould.
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He represented the town in the legislature in 1876, and was a justice of the peace fourteen years. Mr. Plympton's children by his second wife were Frank B., Silas W., Addie E. (Mrs. J. W. Hosford), and Alice M. He died March 28, 1884.
William R. Rand was born in Townshend, Vt., in 1839, married Lizzie H. Rutter, in 1860, and located in the eastern part of the town, on the Brattle- boro & Whitehall railroad, which has a stopping place at that point known as Rand's Crossing.
Richmond Dunklee was born in Marlboro, Vt., November 2, 1807, and when quite young went to Newfane. He married Caroline Fisher, daughter of Daniel Fisher, and reared four children, Dana, Harrison, Addison and Ann, only two of whom, Harrison and Addison R., are living, the former in Boston, Mass., and the latter in Brattleboro. Mr. Dunklee was a prominent man of the town. He kept a hotel at Williamsville several years, was a selectman several years, and took an active part in town affairs. He died November 6, 1876. Addison R. was Ist sergeant of Co. I, 16th Vt. Vols., during the late war. He married Sarah Allen, of Newfane.
Josiah Powers was one of the early settlers of Marlboro, locating near the Newfane line, where he cleared a farm and reared seven children, viz : Emery, Henry H., Lyman, Josiah, Arad, Susan, and Sally. Lyman and Josiah became merchants of Troy, N. Y. Emery was a farmer, spent his life in Ver- mont, and two of his sons, Ellis and Hollis, are prominent hotel men of New York city. Henry H. married Selecta Fisher, in 1818, and soon after made a clearing where he now lives, in the southwestern corner of Newfane. Here his seven children were born, of whom Brigham and Holland are dead. Lafayette C. and his father, Williston, who served in the late war and was for a time in a rebel prison, now lives in Littleton, N. H. Lyman G. and M. V. B. reside in Marlboro. Arad H., the youngest son of Josiah, Sr., now resides near Williamsville.
During the war of the Revolution, when the military stores at Bennington became in danger, and the call came for the Green Mountain Boys to rally for the rescue, Lieut. Jonathan Park and others from Newfane volunteered, and, after a two days' march, reached Bennington in time to participate in the glorious struggle of that memorable day. In returning after the battle, Park, worn by the fatigue and hardships of the campaign, sickened and was several days in reaching home. We can find no record or reliable tradition of the names or number of men who accompanied Lieut Park on this expe- dition ; but the fact that the minute-men of Fane responded to the call to arms, is vouched for by many who often heard the venerable lieutenant recount the trials of that eventful day.
Those who enlisted here for the war of 1812, were Lyman Holden, Gambel, - - Bullard, Nathaniel Holland, who died at Plattsburgh, October 6, 1814, and Isaac Hovey.
During the late civil war, the town did her full share, and not a few of her
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sons were sacrificed in the great cause. For further record, see the roster, on page 69.
The Fayetteville Orthodox Congregational church .- A Congregational church was organized in 1874, when there were but fourteen families in the town. It consisted of nine members, and its first pastor, Rev. Hezekiah Taylor, was ordained and took pastoral charge on the day of its organization, June 30, 1874. The first church building was erected in 1800, on Newfane Hill, at a cost of $3,731.32. The building was used until 1825, when the court build- ings were removed to Fayetteville. The court-house at the latter place was then used, until 1832, when a union church was built. This was used until 1839, when the present building was erected, at a cost of $4,000.00, about its present value. It will seat 300 persons. The society now has seventy- one members, with Rev. George W. Lawrence, pastor. The old union church was used by the Universalists until about 1853, when they found themselves unable to sustain a pastor. From that time the house began to decay, and in 1872 it had reached that stage that it must be repaired, or sink to utter ruin. It was repaired and remodeled into a public hall, by public subscrip tion, and is now called Union Hall.
The Universalist church, located at Williamsville, was organized by Res. M. H. Harris, with twenty-seven members, February 17, 1878. The society now has about twenty seven members, with no regular pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Williamsville, was organized in 1877, with sixteen members. The church building, however, was erected in 1822. It will seat 200 persons and is valued, including grounds, at $3,000.00. Rev. Goodsel Ames is the present pastor of the society.
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