Gazetteer and business directory of Windsor County, Vt., for 1883-84, Part 9

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- cn
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal office
Number of Pages: 704

USA > Vermont > Windsor County > Gazetteer and business directory of Windsor County, Vt., for 1883-84 > Part 9

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

Read Charles A., of Ludlow, age 28, private Co. C, 4th Regt., Aug. 19, '61 ; Sergt. Sept. 21,'61 ; Sergt .- Maj. March 1, '62 ; Ist Lieut. July 17, '62 ; resigned Jan. 2, '63.

Rew Frank E., of Hartford, age 21, private Co. F, 3d Regt., May 10, '61 ; Sergt. July 16, '61 ; Regt. Qr. M. Sergt. July 1, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. E, Nov. 10, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Jan. 15, '63 , mustered out of service, July 27,. '64

Richardson LaFayette, of Rochester, age 21, private Co. E, 4th Regt., Aug. 28, '61 ; Sergt. Sept. 21, '61 ; Ist Sergt. Feb. 9, '63 ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; 2d Lieut. Co. C, Oct. 20, '63 ; honorably discharged Sept. 6, '64, for wounds received in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64.

Rich James D., of Bethel, age 28, Capt. Co. H, 11th Regt., Aug. 13, '62 ,. resigned July 30, '63.

Riley Peter F., of Barnard, age 23, private Co. H, 7th Regt., November 26, '61; Corp. Feb. 12, '62 ; Sergt. Oct. 23,'62 ; re-enlisted Feb. 14, '64; Ist Sergt. Sept. 12, '65 ; 2d Lieut. March 1, '66 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt. March 14, '66.

Rounds William, of Chester, age 37, Maj. 16th Regt., Sept.23, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63.

Rundlett Samuel P., of Royalton, age 40, Capt. Co. E, Ist Cav., Oct. 16, '61 ; resigned March 17, '63.

Sanborn John C., of Royalton, age 22, 2d Lieut. Co. H, 16th Regt., Sept. 18, '62 ; resigned Dec. 26, '62.

Savage Charles L., of West Windsor, age 34, Capt. Co. A, 12th Regt., Dec. 1, '61 ; mustered out of service July 14, '63.

Sawyer Joseph C., of Hartford, age 24, Capt. Co. H, 16th Regt., Sept. 18,'62; resigned Dec. 26, '62.

Seaver John R., of Cavendish, age 24, private Co. F, 3d Regt., May 10, '64; Regt. Com. Sergt. July 13, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Sept. 22, '62 ; resigned Feb. 14, '63.

Seaver Thomas O., of Pomfret, age 27, Capt. Co. F, 3d Regt., May 24, '61 ;. Maj. Aug. 13,'61 ; Lieut .- Col. Sept. 27, '62 ; Col. Jan. 15, '63 ; mustered out of service July 27, '64.

Seaver Richard A., of Pomfret, age 25, private Co. E, Ist Cav., Oct. 1, '61 ; Sergt. Nov. 19, '61 ; Ist Sergt .; 2d Lieut. June 4, '64 ; mustered out of service Nov. 18, '64.

Shattuck Samuel W., of Norwich, age 22, drafted July 15,'63 ; appointed Adjt. Oct. 20, '63 ; wounded Oct. 19,'64 ; Capt. Co. H, 8th Regt., Nov. 24, '64 ;. mustered out of service June 28, '65.

WINDSOR COUNTY.

Small Herman L., of Windsor, age 23, private Co. C, 6th Regt., Oct. 9, '61 ; Corp. Nov. 20,'61 ; Sergt. ; re-enlisted Dec. 15,'63 ; Ist Sergt. Oct. 1,'64 ; 2d Lieut. April 22, '65 ; mustered out of service June 26, '65.

Snow Asa H., of Pomfret, age 39, private Co. D, 9th Regt., June 17, '62 ; Corp. July 9, '62 ; Sergt. Dec. 4, '62 ; 2d Lieut. May 25, '63 ; resigned Dec. II, '64.

Spafford Henry W., of Weathersfield, age -, Regt. Com. Sergt. 4th Regt., Oct. 25, '64 ; Qr. M. Nov. 6, '64 ; mustered out of service July 13, '65. Spafford Joseph, of Weathersfield, age 24, Ist Lieut. Co. E, 16th Regt., Sept. I, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63.

Spaulding George P., of Cavendish, age 18, private Co. C, 4th Regt., Aug. 20, '61 ; Sergt. Sept. 21, '61 ; Ist Sergt. ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; 2d Lieut. Co. K, May 5, '64 ; prisoner of war from June 23, '64, to Dec. 2, '64 ; transferred to Co. E; Ist Lieut. Co. B, June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as 2d Lieut. Co. E, July 13, '65.

Spaulding Jesse C., of Cavendish, age 45, Capt. Co. C, 6th Regt., Oct. 7,'61 ; resigned Jan. 10, '63.

Sperry William J., of Cavendish, age 20, private Co. E., 6th Regt., Sept. 26, '61 ; Sergt. Oct. 15, '61; 2d Lieut. Aug. 21, '62 ; Ist Lieut. March 3, 63 ; Capt. Co. C, Aug. 8, '64 ; Maj. Jan. 7, '65; Brevet Lieut .- Col. April 2, '65, for gallantry in the assault on Petersburgh; Lieut .- Col. June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as Maj. June 26, '65.

Stafford Charles D., of Pomfret, age 35, private Co. H., 11th Regt., Aug. 8, '62 ; Corp. June 15, '64; 2d Lieut. May 13, '65 ; Co. Qr. M. Sergt. June 24, '65.

Stiles Henry G., of Windsor, age 20, private Co. H., 10th Regt., Aug. 6, '62; Ist Sergt. Sept. 1, '62 ; Sergt .- Maj. March 24, '64; 2d Lieut Co. G, June 6, '64 ; prisoner from June 1, '64, to Nov. 19, '64; Ist Lieut. Co. E, Feb. 9, '65; Capt. May II, '65; mustered out of service June 29, '65.

Sweet William, of Woodstock, age 42, Ist Sergt. Co. B, Ist Regt., May 2, '61; 2d Lieut. June 19, '61 ; mustered out of service Aug, 15, '6 1.

Tarbell James, of Springfield, age 44, private Co. K, 16th Regt., Sept. 15 '62 ; Sergt. Jan. 16, '63 ; wounded July 3, '63 ; 2d Lieut. March 16, '63 mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63.

Terry Henry L., Rochester, age 41, Capt. Co. E, 4th Regt., Sept. 6, '61 discharged for disability Sept. 22, '62.

Thomas Philip V., of Hartford, age 33, private Co. F, 3d Regt., May 10,'61 ; Ist Sergt. July 16, '61 ; 2d Lieut. Dec. 16, 761 ; resigned Oct. 18, '62. Tilden George G., of Rochester, age 20, private Co. H, 11th Regt., Aug. 6, 62 ; Sergt. Sept. 1, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Sept. 5, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Aug. II, '63 ; Capt. Co. K, Dec. 2, '64 ; transferred to Co. H, Feb. 20, '65; Brevet Maj. April 2, '65, for gallantry in the assault on Petersburgh ; mustered out of service June 24, '65.

Tilson William F., of Bethel, age 18, private Co. E, 2d U. S. S. S. Nov. 5, '61 ; Sergt. Jan. 3, '63 ; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63 ; wounded May 6, '64 ; Ist Sergt. ; transferred to Co. G, 4th Regt., Feb: 25, '65; 2d Lieut. Nov. 12, '64 ; honorable discharged Sept. 8, '65, for wounds received in action at Petersburgh, Va., April 2, '65.

WINDSOR COUNTY.

Towle Ransom W., of Rochester, age 25, private Co. E, 4th Regt. Aug. 24, '61 ; Sergt. Sept. 21, '61 ; wounded June 29, '62 ; 2d Lieut. May 17, '64 ; died of wounds received in action at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, '64. Tracy William C., of Windsor, age 23, 2d Lieut. Co. K., 4th Regt., Sept .. 14, '61 ; Ist Lieut. Co. H, Nov. 5, '62 ; wounded May 5, '64 ; Capt. May 5, '64 ; killed in action before Petersburgh, Va., June 23, '64.

Tuttle Oscar S., of Cavendish, age 28, Capt. Co. E, Ist Regt., Dec. 8, '60 ; mustered out of service Aug. 15, '61 ; re-enlsted ; Major 6th Regt. Sept. 25, '61 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Sept. 19, '62 ; Colonel Dec. 18, '62 ;. resigned March 18, '63.

Veazey Daniel B., of Springfield, age 19, private Co. A, 3d Regt., June 20, '61 ; 2d Lieut. Nov. 1, '63 ; mustered out of service July 27, '64.

Veazey Wheelock G., of Springfield, age 26, Capt. Co. A, 3d Regt., May 21, '61 ; Major Aug. 10, '61 ; Lieut-Col., Aug. 13, '61 ; Colonel 16th Regt., Sept. 27, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63.

Wadleigh Isaac N., of Ludlow age 35, 2d Lieut. Co. I, 2d Regt. May 22,. '61 ; resigned Dec. 14, '61.

Wait Winslow W., of West Windsor, age 27, Ist Lieut. Co. A, 12th Regt., July 12, '62, mustered out of service July 14, '63.

Waldo Joseph W., of Royalton, age 24, 2d Lieut. Co. A, 16th Regt., Aug. 26, '62 ; resigned March 12, '63.

Warren Benjamin, Jr., of West Windsor, age 40, 2d Lieut. Co. A, 12th Regt., .. July 12, '62 ; honorably discharged Jan. 17, '63, for disability.

Webster Alonzo, of Windsor, age 44, Chap. 16th Regt., Oct. 16, '62 ; mus- tered out of service Aug. 10, '63; re-enlisted; Chap. 6th Regt. Oct. 3, '63, mustered out of service Oct. 28, '64.

Wheeler Artemas H., of Weathersfield, age 32, private Co. H, 10th Regt., Aug, 7, '62; Sergt. Sept. 1,'62; Ist Sergt. April 3, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. D, Dec. 19, '64 ; Ist Lieut. March 22, '65 ; mustered out of service June 29, '65.

Wheeler Daniel D., of Cavendish, age 20, 2d. Lieut. Co. C, 4th Regt., Sept. 3, '61 ; ist Lieut. Co. D, April 21,'62 ; transferred to Co. G, Jan. 18, '63 ; Ist Lieut. April 21, '62 ; promoted to Capt. and A. A. G., U. S. Vols., June 30, '64.

White Daniel S., of Cavendish, age 24, private Co. I, 2d Regt., May 7, '61 ;. Sergt. June 20, '61 ; Ist Sergt. Feb. 9, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Jan. 8, '63 ; Capt. Jan. 26, '63 ; resigned and honorably discharged Oct. 26,'64, for wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64.

Whitmore Adin H .. of Springfield, age 19, Sergt .- Maj. 16th Regt., Oct. 23, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. C, Dec. 31, '62 ; resigned March 27, '63.

Williams Warren E., of Chester, age 29, 2d Lieut. Co. E, 16th Regt., Sept. 1, '62 ; Ist Lieut. April 2, '63 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '63. Wood Willis W., of Weathersfield, age 20, private Co. A, 3d Regt., June 1, 61 ; Corp. Nov. 7, '63; re enlisted Dec. 21, '63 ; Sergt. May 14, '64 ; wounded Aug. 21, '64; Ist Sergt. May 9, '65; 2d Lieut. May 10, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt. July 11, '65.

Woodbury Crayton A., of Woodstock, age 25, private Co. B, 12th Regt., Aug. 19, '62 ; Sergt. Oct. 4, '62 ; Ist Sergt. Dec. 4, '62; 2d Lieut. Jan 24, '63 ; mustered out of service July 14, '63.

7 I

WINDSOR COUNTY.

Woodward Solomon E., of Woodstock, age 26, 2d Lieut. Co. B., Ist Regt., April 27, '61 ; Ist Lieut. June 19, '61 ; mustered out of service Aug. 15, '61.

Wright John H., of Norwich, private Co. B, 6th Regt., Sept. 7,'61; Ist Sergt. Oct. 15, '61 ; re-enlisted Jan. 5, '64 ; 2d Lieut. 3d Bat. Lt. Art. Jan 2, '64 ; Ist Lieut. July 26, '64 resigned and honorably discharged as 2d Leiut. May 29, '65.

Young Mahlon M., of Hartford, age 21, Capt. Co. H, 7th Regt., Feb. 3, '62 ; killed in action at Marianna, Fla., Sept. 27, '64.

IN CONCLUSION.

It may be well to state that the War Department accredited to this State 5,242 men ; being one thousand and four more than are shown by the State records, and gives the State credit over the aggregate quota under all calls, of fifteen hundred and thirteen men. " This discrepancy may be, and probably is, to be accounted for," says Adjutant-General P. T. Washburn, “ by enlist- ments in organizations of other States, to the credit of this State, which · appear upon muster rolls of these organizations and were not reported to the State.

GAZETTEER OF TOWNS.

A NDOVER is an irregularly outlined township of about 18,000 acres, lying in the southwestern part of the county, in north lat. 42° 17' and long. 3º 43' east from Washington,* bounded north by Ludlow, east by Chester, south by Londonderry and Windham, in Windham county, and west by Weston. The latter town was formerly included within the limits of Andover, from which it was separated by an act passed October 26, 1799. Andover owes its existence to the following circumstances :--

On the 29th of December, 1760, soon after the conquest of Canada had been completed, a number of the inhabitants of Lebanon and other towns in Connecticut decided to petition the governor of New Hampshire for a grant of land on the west bank of Connecticut river. Having assembled on the 12th of June, 1761, and obtained the names of those who wished to engage in the project, they chose a clerk, and a committee to regulate their mode of procedure. At a meeting held on the 7th of September following, they selected two men "to repair to that part of the country," in which they wished to obtain a grant of land, and instructed them, in case they should find a siutation which they deemed acceptable, to make their wishes known to Governor Wentworth. A location having been selected, a charter was issued by New Hampshire, on the 13th of October, granting the township of Andover to Nathaniel House and his associates. As most of the towns granted by New Hampshire were chartered with the same reservations and restrictions, we herewith give a form of the document, which we shall omit in subsequent towns :-

GEORGE the third.

[L. s.] By the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c.

To all persons to whom the presents shall come, Greeting :- Know ye, that We, of Our special Grace, certain knowledge, Mear Motion, for the due encouragement of setting a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the advice of our trusty and well-beloved BENNING WENTWORTH, ESQ., our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our Province of NEW HAMPSHIRE, in New England, and of our COUNCIL in the said PROVINCE, HAVE, upon the

* As the whole county is in north latitude and the longitude is reckoned from Washing- ton, the terms "north " and "east " will hereafter be omitted.

TOWN OF ANDOVER.

Conditions and Reservations, hereinafter made, given and granted, and by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant in equal shares unto our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New Hampshire and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for- ever whose names are entered on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into sixty-eight equal shares, all that tract or parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire, containing by Admeasurement, Twenty-Three Thousand Five Hundred acres, which Tract is to contain something more than Six Miles square, and no more, Out of which an allowance is to be made for highways and unimprovable Lands, by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers. One Thousand and Forty acres free, according to a plan and survey thereof, made by our said Governor's order, and returned into the Secretary's Office and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, viz :- * * *

* * And the Inhabitants that do or hereby shall Inhabit the said Township are hereby to be en- franchised with and entitled to all and every the privileges and Immunities that other towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be fifty families resident and settled thereon shall have the liberty of Holding Two Fairs, one which shall be held on the - and the other on the -- annually, which fairs are not to continue longer than the respective -- following the said - - and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of fifty families a Market may be opened and kept, one or more days in each Week, as may be thought most advantageous to the inhabitants. Also, that the first meeting for the choice of Town Officers agreeable to the laws of our said Province shall be held on the first Tuesday in January next which said Meeting shall be notified by , who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting which he is to notify and govern agreeable to the laws and Customs of our said Province and that the Annual meeting forever hereafter, for the choice of such Officers of said Town, shall be on the second Tuesday in March An- nually.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all the Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respec- tive Heirs and Assigns, forever, upon the following conditions, viz :

I. That every Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, shall plant and cultivate five acres of Land within the term of five years, for every fifty acres contained in his or their share or proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations on penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or share in said Township, and of its reverting to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us Regranted to such of our subjects as shall effectually settle and Cultivate the same.

II. That all White and other Pine Trees within the said Township fit for Masting our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled, without Our Special License for so doing, first had and obtained upon the penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the pen- alty of any act or Acts of Parliament that are now or shall be hereafter enac- ted.

III. That before any Division of the land be made to and among the Grantees, a tract of land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee, of the contents of one acre.

IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us Our Heirs and Successors for the space of ten years, to be computed from the date hereof, the rent of one Ear

TOWN OF ANDOVER.

of Indian Corn only, on the Twenty-fifth day of December annually, if Law- fully demanded, the first payment to be made on the Twenty-fifth of Decem- ber, 1761.

V. Every proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall yield and pay unto Us Our Heirs or Successors, yearly and every year forever, from and after the expira- tion of ten years from the above said Twenty-fifth of December, namely, on the Twenty-fifth day of December, which will be in the year of Our Lord 1771, One Shilling Proclamation Money, for every hundred Acres he owns, settles or possesses, and so in proportion for a greater or less Tract of said Land, which Money shall be paid by the respective persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same, and this to be in Lieu of all other Rents and services whatsoever.

In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness,

BENNING WENTWORTH, ESQ.,

Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Province, this 13th day of October in the year of our Lord CHRIST, One Thousand Seven Hun- dred Sixty-one, And in the Second Year of Our Reign.

B. Wentworth.

By his EXCELLENCY'S Command with Advice of Council.

Theodore Atkinson, Sect'y.

The charter has also this endorsement, together with a list of the grantees :--- " His Excellency, Benning Wentworth, Esq.

A Tract of Land to contain Five Hundred Acres, marked B. W. on the Plan, which is to be accounted two of the within shares.

One whole share for the incorporated Society, for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts.

One share in the Glebe for the Church of England, as by law established. One share for the first settled Minister of the Gospel, and one share for the benefit of Schools in said Town.

Province of New Hampshire, November 3d, 1761. Theodore Atkinson, Sect'y."

In accordance with the conditions of the charter, a meeting of the grantees was convened at Lebanon on the 4th of November following, and a clerk for the town and proprietors was chosen, "who was sworn to a faithful discharge of his duty." On the 10th of March, 1862, another meeting was held in the same place at the house of Joseph Clark, one of the grantees, and officers were chosen for the ensuing year. A committee was also selected to survey the town, and on the 25th of August a resolution was passed, instructing them to proceed with the business which had been assigned them. This they were able to perform only in part, "by reason of bad weather ;" but being instructed on the 18th of March, 1763, to complete the survey, they renewed their undertaking, and three hundred acres were laid out for each of the pro- prietors, "on the east side of the town, by carefully marking the trees at the corners." These lots were distributed on the 12st of November, by an indif-

cle

TOWN OF ANDOVER.

ferent person appointed by the proprietors, and an account was taken of the result. At the next regular proprietors' meeting, held on the 13th of March, 1764, officers were chosen for the year ensuing; " accounts were adjusted, and each person's demands carefully and justly allowed for services done." On the 5th of November a resolution was passed by which an offer of fifty acres of land was made to each proprietor who should settle in the town dur- ing the spring of the year 1765. Pending this offer another meeting was held on the 12th of March, 1765, and a committee was chosen to mark out and clear a road to the town. Measures were accordingly taken to carry this proposition into execution, and a party of twenty persons had already made preparations to remove into the new township, when the publication of his Majesty's order in council, on the 20th of July, 1764, declaring the western bank of Connecticut river to be the eastern boundary of New York, caused them to abandon the project.

Judging it prudent " to consider what might further be needful to be done to maintain good order and submission " in their changed circumstances, the proprietors met on the 29th of April, 1765. After some discussion they de- cided to acquaint the governor of New York with the state of their circum- stances, and ask for his "approbation and protection." In the memorial which they sent to Lieut .- Gov. Colden, dated at Lebanon, Conn., May 6, 1765, in addition to the facts which have already been detailed, they stated that they had expended in improvements more than $462.00, that they had "vendued and sold " several of the rights of negligent proprietors, and had inserted the names of new proprietors in the place of some of those whose names were to be found in the original charter from New Hampshire. " There- fore," they said, " if it be consistent with your pleasure to encourage us, his Majesty's Liege subjects, in the settlement of so wilderness a land as that is, and grant us also your Protection, as there are many more under the like cir- cumstances, it may much enlarge the Province, and his Majesty's English settlements." "And we cannot but Rejoice," they continued, "when we so fully persuade ourselves that your Excellency's highest ambition is to strengthen and enlarge all our late acquisitions by Regular and Industrious Inhabitants ; and when once you shall please to make your Pleasure known to us, we shall with all Readiness Comply therewith ; and if it be your Pleasure to ratify to us those Lands we once supposed stood fair for us to settle, we shall un- undoubtedly soon (as some other Towns have Done) Make considerable

Improvements thereon. But, notwithstanding our earnest wishes, we do Heartily and Freely submit the same to your Wisdom and Prudence." For a long time this petition remained unnoticed, and although the Council of New York, on the 15th of June, 1772, recommended the issuing of a con- firmatory grant of this and several other townships, whenever " his Majesty's Instructions " should allow of such a course, yet the patent was never con- ferred, and the lands of Andover have always been held under the New Hampshire charter.

TOWN OF ANDOVER.

The surface of the township is very uneven, while the soil and timber does not materially differ from that of the other towns lying along the eastern side of the Green Mountains. Before the division of the town there extended through its center, from north to south, a ridge of rugged highlands, formed by two mountains, Terrible and Markham. This ridge caused the division of the township into Weston and Andover, and now forms the dividing line be- tween them, causing communication between the two towns to be exceedingly difficult. The territory is abundantly watered by numerous brooks, though there are no streams of importance, the head waters of Williams river, in the southern part of the town, being the principal water course.

The rocks entering into the geological structure of the town are principally of the talcose schist and gneiss formations, the former underlying the eastern and the latter the western portion of the territory. Two small beds of saccharvid azoic limestone are found, one in the northern and one in the southern part. A bed of steatite also exists in the eastern part of the town. Traces of gold have been discovered in the eastern part of the territory, other than which no minerals are known to have been found.

In 1880, Andover had a population of 564, and in 1882 was divided into eight school districts and contained seven common schools, employing two male and eleven female teachers, to whom was paid an aggregate salary of $684.90. There were 133 pupils attending common schools, while the entire cost of the schools for the year, ending October 3Ist, was $739.76, with H. J. Parker, superintendent.

ANDOVER (p. o.), locally known as Peaseville, is a hamlet located in the eastern part of the town, on the north branch of Williams river. It contains a church (Baptist), the lumber mills of A. & W. A. Feltt, and about half a dozen dwellings.

SIMONSVILLE (p. o.) is a hamlet located in the southern part of the town, on the south branch of Williams river. It has a hotel, store, and five or six dwellings.

The first settlement of Andover was made in 1768, when Shubael Geer and Amos Babcock moved into the town with their families. They staid but a short time, bowever, after which no attempt at settlement was made until after the commencement of the Revolution. During Mr. Geer's short residence here he had a son born to him who was named William, the first birth in the town. In June, 1776, Moses Warner, John Simons, John Simons, Jr., Eli Pease, Jacob Pease, and James Keyes, from Enfield, Conn., came on and made the first permanent settlement. Immigration was not rapid, however, until after the close of the war; but in 1800 the town had 622 inhabitants, more than it has to-day.

Mr. Warner became the leading spirit in public affairs, and one of the most prominent men of the town. He was born in Hartford county, Conn., December 25, 1748 (old style), and married Abigail Markham, of Enfield, Conn., November 30, 2769, by whom he reared a family of nine children.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Gazetteer and business directory of Windsor County, Vt., for 1883-84, Part 9

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- cn Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal office Number of Pages: 704

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- cn
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal office
Number of Pages: 704