Gazetteer and business directory of Windham county, Vt., 1724-1884, Part 38

Author: Child, Hamilton, b. 1836
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal office
Number of Pages: 805

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stocking yarn, but sold out the business the next spring. In April, 1847, Smith's factory was burned, and the following May the water privilege and all of Smith's adjoining property was purchased by Mr. Hoit, George Perry and John A. Farnsworth. They immediately proceeded to erect the buildings at present known as the Woolen Factory and began the manufacture of black cassimeres, under the firm name of George Perry & Co. They prosecuted this business with marked success, and in February, 1857, determined to extend it by the purchase of the stone mill at Cambridgeport, fitting it up with new machinery. In pursuance of this plan they associated with them Fletcher Perry and Benjamin Schofield, and having put the mill in order, despite hard times and panics, began to manufacture the same class of goods as at the old factory. Prosperity attended this expansion, but in August, 1858, the death of George Perry caused a dissolution of the partnership, resulting in Mr. Hoit's continuing in the business at Saxton's River with Mr. Farnsworth, under the firm name of Farnsworth & Hoit. This firm success- fully continued the manufacture of the same class of goods until August, 1866, when, owing to feeble health, Mr. Hoit sold his interest to John F. Alexander. Since that time he has led a quiet life at his home in Saxton's River, where he has resided since his marriage, March 13, 1839, to Mary D. Chandler, daughter of Abel Chandler, of Petersham, Mass. This union has resulted in the birth of two daughters-Ellen, born November 28, 1839, who was married to Henry D Holton, M. D., November 19, 1862, and Abby, born March 14, 1845, who was married June 4, 1867, to Charles L. Hubbard, who died January 2, 1876. Mr. Hoit has been a consistent member of the Bap- tist church for thirty-two years. His marked peculiarities of character are his conscientiousness, from which has resulted the strict integrity which has marked all his business transactions, and his extreme modesty, which has caused him to decline the many public trusts he has been urged to accept. His benefactions, although numerous, have been so unostentatious that only the recipients have recognized them. He, in conjunction with other citizens, secured the location of the Vermont Academy at Saxton's River, and also contributed to its funds, at one time, five thousand dollars.

David Butterfield, youngest son of William Butterfield, was born in Dun- stable, (now Nashua) N. H., and came to Rockingham in 1815. His father, though then but seventeen years old, was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill, and his grandfather took part in the battles of Lexington and Concord. David carried on a meat market at Saxton's River for eighteen years. He married Almira W. Randall, of Springfield, Vt., who was fifteen years younger than himself, and died in 1879, aged seventy-two years. David and his four children, D. F., F. G., C. W., and Esther, survive him.

Moses Ayer came to Rockingham from Millbury, N. H., about 1820 and set- tled in the northwest part of the town. He married Abigail Proctor, of Wash- ington, N. H., by whom he had thirteen children, nine of whom are living, the youngest being over fifty. He died July 19, 1868, aged seventy-eight. 19a

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His widow is still living with her three sons, in her ninety-seventh year, and is the oldest person living in the town of Putney.

Elisha Livermore was born in Spencer, Mass., a few days after the death of his father. When he was three years old his mother and father's brother removed to Jamaica, Vt., where he lived until October 13, 1828, when he came to Rockingham, and married Roxana Whitcomb, of Ringe, N. H .. March 2, 1829. March 4, 1829, he moved to the farm on which he now lives, on road 41, corner 35. His wife died September 19, 1883, aged eighty-eight years and eleven months, less six days. They had two children, Esther and Charles, the former of whom died August 3, 1853, aged twenty years. Charles married Etta B. Wilder, of Jamaica, and has two children, Virgil and Ella, all of whom are living on the old homestead, which has harbored three gen- erations of the Livermore family.

Dr. Seth M. Blake, son of Joseph and Prudence (Shepherd) Blake, was born in Brookfield, Vt., August 21, 1817, and lived there until sixteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to William Clark, the publisher of the l'er- mont Patriot and State Gazette at Montpelier, where he learned the printer's trade. In 1839 he came to Bellows Falls and entered the office of the Bel- lows Falls Gazette, published by J. W. Moore. This paper he purchased in connection with G. F. Bailey, in June, 1843, and published it in company one year, when he purchased Mr. Bailey's interest, and conducted it alone until 1846, when he sold it out and connected himself with his brother, A. S. Blake, of Waterbury, Conn., in the dentistry business. In 1847 he returned to Bellows Falls and established a dental office, continuing in practice about thirty years. During these years his pen was not inactive, and both as a lec- turer and a writer his influence was manifest, particularly during the civi. war. He married Martha J. Glover, of Concord, N. H., August 16. 1842. They have six sons and two daughters, George S., of Windsor, Helen L. (Mrs. E. E. Dewey), Charles M., Frederick J., Walter G., John F., Henry L .. and Jennie S., who reside in Bellows Falls.

Otis B. Arms was born in Deerfield, Mass., in 1816, and at the age of seven- teen was apprenticed to John Poole, a blacksmith, of Walpole, N. H., with whom he served five years. He then went to New Hartford, Conn., where he resided two years, and in March, 1840, removed to Bellows Falls. The following September his brother John joined him in establishing the black- smith business on what is now known as Mill street. In 1861 he purchased a third interest in the Bellows Falls grist-mill ; and in 1869, in company with his brothers John and Aaron, he engaged in the general hardware business ir. the Mammoth Block, under the firm name of Arms Bros. In 1872, in com- pany with his brother Aaron and three other partners, he formed the Rock- ingham Paper Co., and built the mill now owned by George K. Russell, the fourth mill erected of those now standing. Aug. 16, 1842, he married Sarat N. Watkins of Walpole, N. H., by whom he has one son and one daughter. Edward Arms, of the firm of Moore, Arms & Thompson, and Lizzie S., Mrs.

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H. F. King. He is a member of the Congregational church, and has been a liberal supporter of all the projects for the social, educational and religious improvement of the community.

George Slate, son of Obed and Susan (Doolittle) Slate, was born,in Hins- dale, N. H., Aug. 15, 1814. He was brought up on his father's farm, but having a taste for other business, in 1839, he became proprietor of a hotel. In October, 1841, he came to Bellows Falls and engaged in the grocery busi- ness, which he continued twelve years. He was appointed deputy sheriff in 1846, and performed the duties of that office until 1858, when he was elected sheriff of Windham county. About 1854 he became connected with the bank of Bellows Falls, as director and trustee, and with the Bellows Falls Savings Institution. His connection with one or the other of these institutions con- tinued until 1882, when he resigned, having been president of the latter in- stitution about two years. He was assistant U. S. district assessor for four years during the war and for a number of years held the office of assignee in bankruptcy. In 1845 he married Frances A. Griswold, who died December 2, 1879, leaving one son, William W. Slate.

Marshall C. Ladd was born in Pomfret, Vt., where he lived until twenty-one years of age, when he went to Massachusetts and remained about two years. In 1851 he came to Bellows Falls and carried on the business of carpenter and builder until 1877, when, having lost a leg, he engaged in the book-bind- ing business.

John F. Saker was born in London. In May, 1853, he came to Bellows Falls, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he lived five years. He learned in London the tailor's trade, and has followed the business of merchant tailor for thirty years.

Silas W. Stuart was born in Grafton, Vt., and came to Bellows Falls in in 1853. After about two years he went to Windham, where he lived ten or twelve years, and subsequently to Grafton, where he remained two years. In 1868 he returned to Bellows Falls, where, as a carpenter and builder, he gives employment to ten or twelve men.

Henry P. Wilson was born in Langdon, N. H., and married Lydia S. Mack, of Charlestown, in that State. They came to Bellows Falls about 1856. He was a carpenter and worked in the Rutland & Burlington railroad shops. He died of heart disease, July 19, 1882, at the age of sixty-six. His widow still lives in Bellows Falls. Their two children, Hattie J. (Mrs. Lucian R. Nourse), who died in Bellows Falls, October 15, 1872, aged thirty, and Harvey P., who died March 28, 1864, aged fourteen.

Stratton W. Westgate was born in Cornish, N. H., and lived there till .1857, when he was twenty-three years of age. For three years thereafter he was an itinerant M. E. minister, but failing health compelled him to engage in .other pursuits. He is now a carpenter and joiner at Saxton's River.

Alfred G. Kilburn was born in Alstead, N. H., and came to Bellows Falls to live permanently about 1858. He had worked here many years before.

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Kilburn mountain, which was formerly called Fall mountain, received its name from his great-grandfather.

Benjamin Fifield, born in Canaan, N. H., in 1820, lived there till 1862 or '63, when he came to Bellows Falls, where he has since resided. He has worked at blacksmithing for the Central Vermont railroad for sixteen years.

William MacLoud was born in Canada East (P. Q.), and lived there till 1864. when he came to Bellows Falls. He married Anna MacDonald, of Canada East, and has three children, Hugh Murdock, Mary and Sarah, all of whom live in this town.

Barney Cannon, Jr., a native of Montreal, P. Q., came to Bellows Falls in the fall of 1865. He served three years and eleven months in Co. C, 6th Vt. Regt. He has lived at intervals in Ludlow and Brattleboro since his first arrival at Bellows Falls, where he finally located, January 1, 1877, when he established his present business of carriage, sign and ornamental painting on Rockingham street.

Ozias M. George was born in Acworth, N. H, and came to Bellows Falls in 1865, where he has since practiced dentistry, in the Union block on the Square, since 1870. He is a member of the Vermont State Dental Society and of the Connecticut Valley Dental Society.

William A. Miller was born in Chester, Vt., and lived there most of the time until 1872. May 5, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 3d Vt. Regt., and served in the army three years. He was wounded and is a pensioner. He came to Bellows Falls in 1872, and in 1882 engaged in the manufacture of tin. sheet-iron and copper ware.

Freeland E. Proctor was born in Maine and moved with his parents when a child to Jay, in that State. From there he removed to Island Pond, Vt, where he remained about eleven years. From thence he went to Gorham, N. H., and five years later to White River Junction. In December, 1872, he located in Brattleboro, and a year later came to Bellows Falls, where he has since resided. He is foreman of the Central Vermont railroad shop there.

George K. Russell was born in Cabot, Vt., and came to Bellows Falls in 1873. He is a member of the firm of Willard, Russell & Co., paper makers. He enlisted in Exeter, N. H., in the 15th N. H. Vols., as orderly sergeant.

Benjamin Scofield, son of Benjamin and Sarah Scofield, was born in the town of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, July 21, 1824. At the age of fourteen years he was apprenticed to the wool sorters trade, serving until May 22, 1845, when he came to America, arriving in New York city July 3d, after a voyage of forty-two days. He at once went to Boston, Mass., and upon his arrival there found his available assets to consist of his wardrobe and one silver dollar. From Boston he worked his way to Andover, Mass., where he made the acquaintance of one David Manox, who loaned him enough money to purchase a ticket to Vasselboro, Maine. At that place he worked at his trade three years, and from there went to Milton Mills, N. H.

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After a brief stay there he came to Saxton's River, his present place of abode. Here he did the wool sorting at the woolen mill of George Perry & Co. until April, 1857. In 1851 he married Alice B. Thompson, of Grafton, a most fortunate move, for she it was who, by her strict economy and wise counsel, laid the foundation of his future prosperity. It can well be said of her that she was a true helpmeet. In 1857 Mr. Scofield first started in business for himself, purchasing an interest in the woolen mill at Cambridgport, the firm name being John A. Farnsworth & Co. This partnership lasted but one year, when it was changed to Perry & Co. June 17, 1860, the mill was burned, but was immediately rebuilt, started again under the firm name of S. Perry & Co., the members of the firm being Solon Perry, Benjamin Scofield and John F. Alexander, who continued successfully in business until 1866, when the mill was sold to Boston parties. In December, 1866, Mr. Scofield went to England to visit the home of his boyhood. After a brief visit there he returned to his Vermont home. During the year 1868 he had the man- agement of a woolen-mill at Leominster, Mass., and in the meantime pur- chased an interest in the woolen-mill at Saxton's River, after which the firm was known as John A. Farnsworth & Co. In the spring of 1869 he was called upon to pass through a deep affliction in the loss of his dear compan- ion for life. Mrs. Scofield had long been an invalid, but through. the sad years of her suffering was never heard to complain. During their long mar- ried life Mrs. Scofield blessed her husband by the birth of two children, Jennie and Frank B. The daughter died at the age of ten years, and the son is at present a resident of Saxton's River. This was a most unfortunate year for Mr. Scofield, for quickly following his great bereavement the severe freshet of October of that year washed away his mill, and the savings of those twenty years were wrested from him in as many minutes. Nothing daunted, however, the firm at once rebuilt the mill and soon were doing a prosperous business again. The partnership lasted until 1875, when Mr. Scofield sold his interest in the woolen-mill. Since his retirement from manufacturing pur- suits he has been an extensive dealer in wool. His dwelling is one of the handsomest in the little village of Saxton's River, the house standing on the site of the old historic homestead of the late Judge Kellogg, who was well- known throughout the county and State. To his credit may it be said, no deserving, needy person ever went from Mr. Scofield's door empty handed. He prefers the quiet of his pleasant home to the noise and din of the busy world, and takes an active interest in any movement tending to promote the welfare of the people and village in which he lives.

Moses Miller was born in Langdon, N. H., where he resided till twenty- eight years of age. He then went to Michigan and bought 7,000 acres in Lapeer and Martin townships. He remained there five years, when he sold his land and removed to Iowa, where be bought 160 acres and staid there three years. He again sold out and went to Minnesota, where he took up 100 acres, but remained only a year. He then went to Chicago and sold 300

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Moses P. Smart, son of Joseph, was born in Springfield, Vt., and married Delia Garland, of New York. After a residence of about four years in Hartford, Conn., and twelve years at Springfield, Vt., when they removed to Bellows Falls. He died January 20, 1879, aged forty-five years. His widow resides here.

O. L. Slader was born in Acworth, N. H., and resided there until thirty years of age. He then went to Rutland, Vt., and kept the depot restaurant about eleven years. From there he went to Boston, Mass., where for nearly a year he kept the Broomfield House, at 55 Broomfield street. He then engaged in the restaurant business in the New London Northern depot at Palmer, Mass., and in June, 1877, came to Bellows Falls, where he has since kept the depot restaurant and dining rooms.

Miss Clara D. Porter was born in Alstead, N. H., and removed to Ac- worth, N. H., where she married George F. Reed, of that place, who died in 1875. In 1878 she came to Bellows Falls, where she is now practicing home- opathy, having graduated from the school of medicine of Boston University.

Wayne T. Gibson was born in Windham, Vt., and came to Bellows Falls in 1878. He is a mason and contractor and employs ten to twelve men.

Dr. Daniel Campbell, of Saxton's River, was born in Westminster, March 8, 1820. His father, Edward R. Campbell, was a farmer. His grandfather, also named Edward R., but who was familiarly known as "Dr. Ned," was a direct decendent from the house of Argyle, Scotland. He was a physician of extensive practice in Westminster and vicinity during the first half of the present century. Daniel was also a relative of the late Dr. John Campbell, of Putney, and of Dr. Alexander Campbell, of Rockingham, both of whom practiced in this vicinity many years ago. He received his education in the common schools and at the Burr and Burton academy, at Manchester, N. H. His vacations he spent in teaching and working on the farm; but his tastes soon led him to prefer clerking in a store, at Putney. His medical education was obtained at the Vermont Medical college, at Woodstock, and at the Berk- shire Medical college, of Pittsfield, Mass., graduating from the former institu- tion in 1842, and taking a degree at the latter, the followng year. He was demonstrator of anatomy at Berkshire college for a year or more, and was associated in practice with Professor H. H. Childs, at that time lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. After leaving Pittsfield he came to Westminster where he married Julia A. Hall, daughter of Captain Edward Hall, of that town. Her many virtues have materially aided him in his forty years of pro- fessional life, while the union has been blessed with eight children, six of whom are living. He remained in practice in West Westminster about ten

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years, then removed to Saxton's River, where he has since resided. Several years ago he was offered the chair of Theory and Practice in Dartmouth col- lege, but declined the offer, his tastes leading him to prefer the bedside of his patients to a professor's chair. In politics, Dr. Campbell is a liberal Demo- crat. He represented Rockingham in the legislature of 1864-'65, and was the Democratic candidate for speaker. He has several times been that party's candidate for county Senator, and in 1880 was Democratic nominee for congress, being defeated by James M. Tyler, of Brattleboro. He is at pres- ent somewhat interested in Texas property, in connection with his brother Colin, but from his brief visit to that State a few years since, it seems safe to say that he is well suited with his old Vermont home. Of his children, Charles, the oldest, died in infancy ; Flora E. married Henry S. Frost, and resides in Bellow Falls; Alice died in childhood ; Edward R. resides in Bel- lows Falls, following his father's profession, having been a successful practi- tioner of medicine and surgery for nine years ; William H. resides at Saxton's River, where his health having prevented him from completing his medical studies, he is engaged in the livery business, and in breeding fine horses; Har- riet J. was married to Preston H. Hadley and resides at Bellows Falls ; Clara O. was married to George R. Wales, of Bellows Falls, where they now reside ; and Mary E., the youngest daughter, resides with her parents, at Saxton's River. The four elder children were born in Westminster, the others at Saxton's River.

Edward W. Bancroft is a native of Windham county, and was for many years a member of the firm of H. B. Claflin & Co., of New York city, but failing health compelled him to retire to the country. He is deeply interested in agriculture, and is said to have the most productive farm and the finest herd of cows in New England. His farm of seventy-five acres of tillable land is known as Terrace Hill stock and milk farm, and is located on Terrace Hill, in Bellows Falls. His herd of fifty comprises Durham, Holstein, and native cows, the milk from which is sold to regular customers in the village. He keeps Meinbrino and Hambletonian horses, six span being employed to do the work on the farm, besides fine blooded animals for breeding pur- poses. With the exception of grain, the fodder for the stock is raised on the farm, which last year produced 12,000 baskets of corn. Ten acres are under cultivation as a market garden, and a half acre is under glass.

George Perry was one of the eight children of Gates Perry, who came to Rockingham, from Antrim, N. H., in 1807, locating upon the farm now owned by Rev. A. J. Leach, on road 34. Here Gates lived the life of a New England farmer, rearing his children to tread the paths of usefulness and virtue. George's seven brothers and sisters were Mary, who became Mrs. W. C. Wiley, deceased ; Gates, Jr., deceased ; Clarissa, who became Mrs. K. P. Barry, and is now a resident of the town; Fletcher, deceased; Persis Ann (Mrs. J. S. Steele), of Keene, N. H .; Jane (Mrs. E. R. Osgood), of this town ; and Saphronia, who became Mrs. A. Stimpson, deceased. In 1850,

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Gazetteer and business directory of Windham county, Vt., 1724-1884, Part 38

Author: Child, Hamilton, b. 1836 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal office Number of Pages: 805

Author: Child, Hamilton, b. 1836
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal office
Number of Pages: 805