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CALEDONIA AND ESSEX COUNTIES.
Fuller Benjamin H., of Barnet, age 34, private Co. K, 3d Regt., Aug. II, '62; Corp., Feb. 28, '63 ; Sergt., Nov. 1, '63 ; Ist Lieut., Co. K, June 26, '64 ; Capt., June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Lieut., Co. K, July 11, '65.
George David B., of Hardwick, age 22, private Co. F, 2d Regt., May 7, '61 ; re-enlisted March 20,'64 ; Corp., July 1, '64; Sergt., Sept. 1, '64; Ist Sergt., Feb. 7, '65 ; wounded April 2, '65 ; 2d Lieut., June 7, '65 ; mus- tered out of service as Ist Sergt., July 15, '65.
Gerry Lucius S., of Hardwick, age 37, Ist Lieut., Co. B., 15th Regt., Sept. 8, '62 ; resigned March 30, '63.
Gray John, of Hardwick, age 21, private Co. I, 9th Regt., June 21, '62 ; Sergt., July 9, '62 ; Ist Sergt .; 2d Lieut., May 8, '64; Ist Lieut., Co. K, May 2, '65 ; transferred to Co. D, by reason of consolidation of regi- ment, June 13, '65 ; cashiered and dismissed the service Aug. 28, '65.
Gray Sanford G., of Wheelock, age 18, private Co. E, 6th Regt., Sept. 26, '61 ; Corp .; Sergt .; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; wounded June 1, '64 ; trans- ferred to Co. H, by reason of consolidation of regiment, Oct. 16, '64; Ist Lieut., Co. H, Oct. 29, '64 ; Capt., April 22, '65 ; mustered out of service June 26, '65.
Griswold Edward F., of St. Johnsbury, age 21, private Co. "A, 11th Regt., July 31, '62 ; Corp., Sept. 1, '62 ; Sergt., Sept. 2, '62; Ist Lieut., Co. L,. July 11, '63 ; Capt., May 23, '65 ; mustered out of service June 24, '65. Grout Josiah, Jr., of Kirby, age 20, 2d Lieut., Co. I, Ist Regt. Cav., Oct. 21 , '61 ; rst Lieut., April 25, '62 ; wounded April 1, '63 ; Capt., April 1, '63 ;. honorably discharged Oct. 1, '63, for disability.
Hall Austin H., of Waterford, age 21, private Co. D, 3d Regt., June 20, '61 ;; Corporal ; Sergeant ; Ist Sergt .; wounded May 3, '63, and May 12, '64 ;. Ist Lieut., June 26, '64 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt., July 27, '64; appointed Ist Lieut., Co. I, 3d Regt., July 28, '64; Adj., Oct. 18, '64 ; mustered out of service July 1I, '65.
Hall Joseph S., of Burke, age 44, Capt. Co. E, 15th Regt., Sept. 15, '62 ;: mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Hammond Charles E., of Lyndon, age 21, private Co. G., 15th Regt., Sept. 7, '62 ; Sergt., Oct. 22, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. H, June 19, '63 ; mustered. out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Harrington Ephraim W., of Kirby, age 28, private Co. G, 2d Regt., May 7, '61 ; Sergt., June 20, '61 ; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63 ; 2d Lieut. Co. B,. June 20, '64; Ist Lieut. Co. G, Aug. 8, '64 ; Capt. Co. G, Dec. 24, '64 ;. Brevet Major, April 2, '65, for gallantry in assault on Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65 ; mustered out of service July 15, '65.
Hartshorn Eldin J., of Lunenburgh, age 20, private Co. E, 15th Regt., Sept .. 15, '62 ; Ist Sergt., Oct. 22, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Jan. 15, '63 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63 ; Capt. Co. G, 17th Regt., April 12, '64 ; mustered out of service July 14, '65.
Harvey George N., of Barnet, age 32, Regt .- Com .- Sergt. Co. G, 4th Regt.,. Sept. 21, '61 ; 2d Lieut., May 30, '62 ; resigned Jan. II, '63.
Hatch Marshall T., of Hardwick, age 22, private Co. B, 3d Regt., June I, '6 1 ; Corp., July 16, '61 ; Sergt., Dec., '62 ; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63 ; Ist Sergt., Sept. 1, '64; wounded Sept. 19, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. G, Oct, 18, '64; wounded Oct. 19, '64 ; discharged as Ist Sergt., Co. B, July 25,, '65, for wounds received in action, Oct. 19, '64.
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Haviland Danford C., of St. Johnsbury, age 39, Ist Lieut., Co. C, 3d Regt., May 23, '61 ; resigned Oct. 28, '61.
Henderson William J., of Ryegate, age 32, Capt. Co. G, 9th Regt., June 26, '62 ; resigned Feb. 17, '63.
Hill George W., of Lunenburgh, age 20, private Co. K, 8th Regt., Dec. 9, '61 ; Corp., Feb. 18, '62 ; wounded Sept. 4, '62 ; re-enlisted Jan. 5, '64 ;. Sergt., Feb. It, '64; Ist Sergt., Feb. 6, '65 ; 2d Lieut., Feb. 23, '65 ; mus- tered out of service June 28, '65.
Hovey Edwin L., of Waterford, age 23, Sergt .- Maj., Co. I, 15th Regt., Oct. 22, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Co, E, Nov. 14. '62 ; transferred to Co. K, Jan. 15,. '63 ; Ist Lieut., Co. I, May 1, '63 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63 .. Howard Adoniram J., of Brighton, age 29, Ist Lieut., Co. K, 8th Regt., Jan. 22, '62 ; died Nov. 18, '62, of disease.
Hubbard William H., of Lyndon, age 27, private Co. G, 3d Regt., May 20, '61 ; Sergt., July 16, '61 ; 2d Lieut., Co. I, Jan. 15, 63 ; Ist Lieut., Co. D, Nov. 1, '63 ; Capt., Co. I, June 26, '64; wounded Oct. 19, '64 ;: Major, April 19, '65 ; Lieut .- Col., June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as Major, July 15,'65.
Hutchinson John H., of St. Johnsbury, age 23, Ist Lieut., Co. G, 3d Regt., May 27, '6 1 ; honorably discharged May 20, '63, for disability.
Ide Horace K., of Barnet, age 19, private Co. F, Ist Cav., Sept. 14, '61 ; Corp., Nov. 19. '61 ; transferred to Co. D, Dec. 1, '61 ; Sergt .; re-en- listed Jan. 21, '64 ; Ist Sergt., May 1, '64; Ist Lieut., Nov. 19, '64 ; Capt., May 9, '65 ; mustered out of service June 21, '65.
Jones Alvin, of Peacham, age 35, private Co. G, 3d Regt., June 1, '61 ; Sergt.,. July 16, '61 ; Ist Sergt .; 2d Lieut., Nov. 1, '63 ; mustered out of service July 27, '64.
Kennedy Ronald A., of Concord, age 24, private Co. I, 3d Regt., June I,. '61 ; Sergt., July 16, '61 ; Ist Sergt .; 2d Lieut., Co. D, Sept. 22, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Co. I, Oct. 13, '62 ; wounded May 4, '63 ; Capt., Co. K, Jan. 8, '64 ; Lieut .- Col., 5th Regt., Feb. 20, '65 ; Col., June 9, '65 ; mustered out of service as Lieut .- Col., June 29, '65.
Laird Robert W., of Danville, age 31, Capt., Co. H, 4th Regt., Sept. 12, '61 ; cashiered and dismissed the service April 12, '64.
Lee Edward P., of Waterford, age 23, private Co. A, 11th Regt., Aug. 8, '62 ;" Sergt., Sept. 1, '62 ; Ist Lieut , Sept. 2, '62 ; Capt., Co. B, Nov, 2, '63 ;. mustered out of service June 24, '65.
Lee Oscar R., of Waterford, age 22, private Co. M, IIth Regt., Sept. 21, '63 ; Ist Sergt., Oct. 7, '63 ; 2d Lieut., March 29, '64 ; Capt., Oct. 16, '64 ; killed at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, '64.
Lyman Moses, Jr., of Barnet, age 26, 2d Lieut., Co. F, 15th Regt., Sept. 16, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Co. H, Nov. 8, '62 ; transferred to Co. K, June 19, '63 ;. mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Mattocks Edward, of Lyndon, age 45, private Co. B, Sept. 17, '61 ; Sergt .- Maj., Jan. 4, '62 ; Adj., Sept. 22, '62 ; cashiered and dismissed the ser- vice April 12, '64.
May Dennis E., of St. Johnsbury, age 18, private Co. G, 17th Regt., Feb. 23,- '64 ; Sergt., April 12, '64 ; Com .- Sergt., Oct. 17, '64; 2d Lieut., July IO2. '65 ; mustered out of service as Com .- Sergt., July 14, '65.
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McMillan Putnam D., of Danville, age 30, Qr. M., 15th Regt., Oct. 2, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
McGaffey Stephen R., of Lyndon, age 28, Capt., Co. G, 15th Regt., Sept. 17, '62 ; resigned Jan. 3, '63.
Miller Henry C., of Ryegate, age 21, private Co. C, 3d Regt., June 1, '61 ; Corp., July 16, '61 ; Sergt .; 2d Lieut., Co. H, Sept. 22, '62; Ist Lieut., July 21, '63 ; died June 4, '64, of wounds received in action at Cold Harbor, June 3, '64.
Moore Josiah H., of Barnet, age 21, private Co. D, ist Regt. Cav., Sept. 25, '61 ; Sergt., Nov. 19, '61 ; ist Sergt., June 21, '63 ; re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63 ; 2d Lieut., June 1, '64 ; wounded June 23, '64; Ist Lieut., May 9, '65 ; mustered out of service June 21, '65.
Morrill Edwin J., of St. Johnsbury, age 27, Ist Lieut. Co. A, 11th Regt., Aug. 12, '62 ; Capt., Sept. 2, '62 ; died June 30, '64, while a prisoner of war, of wounds received in action June 24, '65.
Morrill Hollis D., of St. Johnsbury, age 19, private Co. M, 11th Regt., Aug. 28, '63 ; Sergt., Nov. 29, '63 ; Ist Sergt., Oct. 25,'64 ; 2d Lieut., May 13, '65 ; transferred to Co. A, June 24, '65 ; Ist Lieut. Co. D, June 26, '65 ; mustered out of service Aug. 25, '65.
Morrill Julius A., of St. Johnsbury, age 25, enlisted as a substitute Aug. 31, '63 . 2d Lieut., Jan. 21, '64 ; dismissed the service Feb, 2, '65.
Nason Horace E., of Brighton, age 24, private Co. E, 15th Regt., Sept. 15, '62 ; Corp., Oct. 22, '62 ; Sergt., Jan. 16, '63 ; 2d Lieut., Co. I, April I, '63 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Nelson Thomas, of Ryegate, age 44, Capt. Co. I, 3d Regt., June 11, '61 ; wounded June 29, '62 ; Major, Jan. 15, '63 ; mustered out of service July 27, '64.
Newell Henry C., of St. Johnsbury, age 27, Asst. Surg., Oct. 2, '63 ; re- signed May 20, '65.
Newell Oliver W., of Burke, age 20, private Co. E, 9th Regt., Dec. 10, '63 ; transferred to Co. B, by reason of consolidation of regiment, June 13, 65 ; Sergt., June 19, '65 ; Sergt .- Maj., July 1, '65 ; 2d Lieut., Sept. 17, '65 ; mustered out of service Dec. 1, '65.
Noyes Robert P., of Brighton, age 28, 2d Lieut. Co E, 15th Regt., Sept. 15, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Co. D, Nov. 14, '62 ; Capt. Co. I, Jan. 12, 63 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Noyes Warren, of Brighton, age 31, Capt. Co. E, 15th Regt., Sept. 15, '62 ; resigned Jan. 15, '63.
Porter Perry, Jr., of Sutton, age 19, private Co. K, 8th Regt., Jan. I, '62 ; Sergt., Feb. 18, '62; re-enlisted Jan. 5, '64; Ist Sergt., April 12, '64 ; wounded June 14, '63, and Sept. 19, '64 ; Ist Lieut., Nov. 24, '64 ; mus- tered out of service June 28, '65.
Powers Isaac L., of Waterford, age 22, private Co. A, 10th Regt., June 9, '62 ; Sergt., Sept. 1, '62 ; Ist Sergt., Jan. 19, '63 ; wounded June 3, '64 ; 2d Lieut. Co. H, June 17, 64; ist Lieut. Co. C, Feb. 9, 65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt. Co. A, June 22, '65.
Preston Addison W., of Danville, age 30, Capt. Co. D, Ist Regt. Cav., Oct. 15, '61 ; Lieut .- Col., Sept. 16, '62 ; Col., April 29, '64 ; killed in action at Salem Church, Va., June 3, '64.
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Redington Edward D., of St. Johnsbury, age 22, Sergt .- Maj. Co. I, 12th Regt., Oct. 4, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Jan. 23, '63 ; mustered out of service July 14, '63.
Ripley John A., of St. Johnsbury, age 25, private Co. C, 8th Regt., Nov. 30, '61 ; Corp., Feb. 18, '62 ; Sergt .; Ist Sergt .; 2d Lieut., Feb. 20, '64; re- enlisted Jan. 5, '64 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65.
Rogers John B., of Walden, age 23, 2d Lieut., Co. B, 15th Regt., Sept. 8, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Ross Charles, of Waterford, age 23, private Co. A, 11th Regt., Aug. 5, '62 ; Corp., Sept. 1, '62 ; Sergt., Aug. 2, '63 ; 2d Lieut., May 23, '65 ; mus- tered out of service as Sergt., June 24, '65.
Sargent Andrew J., of Barnet, age 28, private Co. K, 8th Regt., Feb. 13, '62 ; Ist Sergt., Feb. 18, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Co. E, July 24, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Dec. 12, '93 ; wounded Oct. 19, '64; mustered out of service Feb. 26, '65.
Smith James W., of Newark, age 23, private Co. K, 8th Regt., Feb. 3, '62 ; Corp .; Sergt .; Ist Sergt., Feb. 17, '64; re.enlisted Feb. 18, '64; 2d. Lieut., Co. K, Feb. 20, '64; Capt., Feb. 23, '65 ; mustered out of ser- vice June 28, '65.
Spaulding Charles F., of St. Johnsbury, age 34, Maj., 15th Regt., Sept. 26, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Stephens Xerxes C., of Barnet, age 30, Capt., Co. F, 15th Regt., Sept. 16, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Stone Silas H., of Danville, age 23, private Co. H, 4th Regt., Sept. 3, '61 ; Corp., Sept. 21, '61 ; Sergt .; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; wounded June 20,. '62, and May 5, '64 ; Ist Sergt., May 15, '64 ; Ist Lieut., May 5, '64; transferred to Co. E, as Ist Sergt., Feb. 25, '65, by reason of consolida- tion of regiment ; discharged Aug. 18, '65, as Ist Sergt., Co. E, for wounds.
Tenney Charles H., of Hardwick, age 33, Asst. Surg., 7th Regt., May 26, '63 ; resigned Jan. 20, '64.
Thompson James S., of Danville, age 32, private Co. A, roth Regt., May 30, '62 ; Ist Sergt., Sept. 1, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Jan. 19, '63 ; Ist Lieut., Co. H, Nov. 22, '64 ; Capt., March 22, '65 ; wounded April 2, '65 ; mustered out of service June 29, '65.
Thompson John R., of St. Johnsbury, age 21, 2d Lieut., Co. K, 15th Regt., Sept. 30, '62 ; Capt. Co. C, Jan. 15, '63 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Trussell Jacob, of Peacham, age 29, private Co. D, Ist Regt. Cav., Sept. 21, 61 ; Ist Sergt., Nov. 1, '61 ; 2d Lieut., Oct. 30, '62 ; Ist Lieut., June- I, '63 ; wounded June 23, '64 ; mustered out of service Nov. 18, '64.
Walbridge Dustan S., of St. Johnsbury, age 29, private Co. A, 11th Regt., Aug. 6, '62 ; Corp., Dec. 10, '62 ; Sergt .- Maj., Jan. 17, '64; 2d Lieut., Jan. 21, '64 ; died June 19, '64, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, '64.
Whitcher John, of Ryegate, age 42, private Co. C, 9th Regt., June 3, '62 ; Ist Sergt., July 19, '62 ; 2d Lieut., March 12, '63 ; resigned Jan. 29, '65. Woodbury Charles H., of Concord, age 20, private Co. I, 3d Regt., June 1, '61 ; Corp .; re-enlisted Feb. 20, '64; Sergt., Feb. 20, '64 ; wounded June 3, 64; Ist Sergt., April 1, '65 ; 3d Lieut., May 10, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt., July 11, '65.
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Woodbury Eri D., of St. Johnsbury, age 26, private Co. E, Ist Regt. Cav., Dec. 14, '63 ; Sergt., July 1, '64 ; 2d Lieut., Nov. 19, '64 ; Ist Lieut. Co. B, Feb. 9, '65 ; wounded April 8, '65 ; mustered out of service .as 2d Lieut. Co. E, June 21, '65.
Woodward George B., of St. Johnsbury, age 25, Capt. Co. K, 15th Regt., Sept. 30, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5. '63.
Of the 5,022 men discharged, 317 commissioned officers resigned ; sixty- ·one commissioned officers and 3,865 enlisted men were discharged for disa- bility ; forty-four commissioned officers and 596 enlisted men for wounds received in action ; eleven enlisted men were paroled prisoners ; and twenty- eight commissioned officers and one hundred enlisted men were dishonorably discharged. Among the whole number of troops it is to be expected that some were not true ; and the records show that 2,219 men (mostly if not all of whom were substitutes) deserted.
IN CONCLUSION.
It may be well to state that the War Department accredited to this state 35,242 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 ap- pear upon muster-rolls of these organizations and were not reported to the state."
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
B ARNET enjoys the distinction of having been the first town in the county to receive a white settler. It lies in the southeastern part of the county, upon the Connecticut river, in latitude 44º 19' and longi- tude 4° 55',* and is bounded on the northwest by Peacham and Danville, east by Waterford, southeast by the Connecticut, and south by Ryegate. These bounds embrace an area of 25,524 acres. Ryegate was the first town in the county to receive a charter, and eight days later, September 16, 1763, Barnet was chartered. The charter deed, granted by the royal Governor of New Hampshire, Hon. Benning Wentworth, does not differ materially from other charters of the time, as set forth in other chapters of this work, and in which the new township is described and bounded as follows :-
" Beginning at the northwesterly corner of Ryegate, thence south sixty-eight degrees east by Ryegate to the southeasterly corner thereof, being a tree standing on the banks of the westerly side of Connecticut river, thence up said river as that tends so far as to make six miles on a straight line, thence turning off and running north twenty-eight degrees west so far that a straight line drawn from that period to the northwesterly corner of Ryegate, the bounds begun at, shall include the contents of six miles square or 23,040 acres and no more, out of which an allowance is to be made for highways and improv- able lands by rocks, ponds, mountains and rivers, one thousand and forty acres free, according to the plan and survey thereof made by our said Gov- ernor's order and returned to the secretary's office and hereto annexed."
The other conditions of the grant are immaterial, because of no present value except as a curiosity, for the Revolution swept away all the royal restrictions, though the United States government confirmed the grant.
On the Connecticut and Passumpsic rivers are extensive intervals. The rest of the town is uneven and in some parts elevated. The town is well watered and the soil very productive. Harvey's lake in the southwestern
* As the whole county is in north latitude, and longitude is reckoned east from Washing- ton, the words north and east will be omitted.
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part of the town is nearly a mile and a half long and more than half a mile wide near the middle, and has a surface of more than three hundred acres. Ross's pond, near the center of the town, a third of a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, covers about fifty acres. Moor's pond, near the center of the town, covers about twenty acres. All the streams of the town empty into the Connecticut. A stream from Ryegate enters Harvey's lake at the south end, and Stevens river issues from the north end of the lake, flows a southeast- erly direction and empties into the Connecticut river about two and a half miles from the southeast corner of the town. About 150 rods from its mouth it falls eighty feet in twenty rods, and presents a grand view when the water is high. A stream from Peacham enters it near the lake and another consid- erable stream from the same town enters it about four miles from its mouth. A small stream issues out of Ross's pond and flows through Moor's pond and enters the Connecticut about a quarter of a mile below the Passumpsic. Joe's river issues from Joe's pond in Danville, and flows a southeasterly direction through the town, and enters the Passumpsic about a mile and a half from its. mouth. It is the largest stream in Barnet except the Passumpsic, and is also called Merritt's river, because John Merritt owned land near its mouth. Enerick brook, coming from Danville, enters the Passumpsic about a mile above the mouth of Joe's river. The Passumpsic, the longest and largest river in the county, comes from St. Johnsbury through the corner of Water- ford, enters the town in the northeastern part, and gradually turns and flows south, emptying into the Connecticut about two miles and a half from the northeastern corner of the town. Major Rogers and his rangers came down this river from Canada in his expedition to punish the St. Francis tribe of Indians in October, 1759, and being disappointed in not receiving provisions when they came to the Connecticut, a number of them died of starvation and fatigue, as related in the preceding history of the county.
In 1880 Barnet had a population of 1,907 souls. In 1886 the town had' fifteen school districts and sixteen common schools, employing one male and twenty six female teachers, to whom was paid an average weekly salary, including board, of $4.75 to the former and $6.59 to the latter. There were 441 scholars, 56 of whom were attending private schools. The entire income for school purposes was $3.307.42, while the whole expenditures were $3,406.56, with D. B. Locke, superintendent.
BARNET is a post village situated on Stevens river, ten miles from St. Johnsbury. At this point in the distance of a hundred rods the river makes a fall of over an hundred feet, affording splendid water-power, which is util- ized to a considerable extent. The village has a Presbyterian church, good schools, two hotels, the Neillson House and "Traveler's Rest," also two liv- ery stables. Its manufactures are fishing rods, children's sleds, boxes, flour and feed, harnesses and tinware. Its merchants are Henry E. Wilson, also postmaster, W. H. Burbank, T. R. Stiles, R. M. Johnson ; A. S. Laughlin, jew-
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eler, The physicians are T. R. Stiles and H. J. Hazelton. It has a station on the Passumpsic railroad.
WEST BARNET is a post village five miles west of Barnet, its railroad sta- tion. It has two general stores, a manufactory of butter boxes, camp chairs, lumber and shingles, and a grist-mill, It has two Presbyterian churches.
MCINDOE'S FALLS is handsomely located in the valley of the Connecticut river, near the south line of the town. It is the most populous and largest business village in Barnet. It is connected with the village of Monroe, N. H., by a bridge across the Connecticut river. It contains many fine resi- dences, which are mostly upon a wide and elegant street running up and down the river. It is a post village, has a railroad station on the Passumpsic railroad, one Congregational church, one hotel, one lawyer, and one physician. Its manufactures are harnesses and lumber. George Van Dyke carries on a very large lumber business, giving employment to two hundred men. His logs are brought down the river by the spring freshets. He ships annually many million feet of lumber. It has two general merchants, one grocery, and one milliner. McIndoe's Falls academy is a literary institution of merit.
PASSUMPSIC is a post village in the northern part of the town on Passump- sic river. It has a station on the Passumpsic railroad. There is a church of the Baptist denomination, a large flouring mill run by E. T. & H. K. Ide. The Passumpsic Pulp Co. have a large manufactory. There are three stores. It is a pleasantly located and thriving village.
EAST BARNET, a post village, was commenced by James McLaren, who settled here about the beginning of the century, and who, with his son, erected and operated a saw-mill on the falls of the Passumpsic. When the railroad was built a station was established here called " McLaren's " and the valu- able water-power lead to the establishment of other manufactories. Later, A. B. Norris engaged extensively in the manufacture of bobbins and other turned work, and secured the establishment of a postoffice under the name of " Nor- risville," Rev. Mr. Blanchard being the first postmaster. Norris failed in business, the mills passed into other hands, and the postoffice was called "Mc- Laren's " for a few years, but about four years since became " East Barnet," its present name. The village now contains a church (Congregational), gro- cery store, postoffice, railroad station, fifteen or twenty houses and the pulp- mill of Wilder & Co.
J. F. Mulliken's circular saw-mill, off road 27, was build by John and John F. Mulliken about 1855, and has been owned by the present proprietor ever since, with the exception of two years. He does custom work, sawing 200,000 to 600,000 feet of rough lumber and shingles per year.
Hunter & Jenkins's grist-mill, at Barnet village, was purchased by them in August, 1886, succeeding Robie & Burbank. The mill does custom and merchant work, has three runs of stones, with a capacity of grinding 500, bushels of grain per day.
George Van Dyke has at McIndoe's Falls the largest lumber manufactory
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establishment in the northern part of Vermont. He employes an average of eighty hands, turning out 15,000,000 feet of lumber annually.
Wilder & Co. carry on the manufacture of wood pulp at East Barnet. The mill was established by J. G. Moore, of Lisbon, N. H., in 1880. There are two large grinders, and three cylinders. They employ eleven men, and pro- duce 900 tons of pulp annually.
Owen Somers's saw mill and shingle-mill, on road 57, is conducted by water-power from a branch of Stevens river. It was first established about thirty years ago, by James B. Stuart and brother, and turns out 300,000 feet of lumber and 700,000 shingles annually.
John F. Hardy carries on at Barnet village the manufacture of carriages, a general blacksmithing business, and the sale of caskets and coffins. He also has bending works for manufacturing sled runners, etc., and gives em- ployment to four hands. His factory is located on Stevens river, from which he derives his power.
Howe & Bonett manufacture wood pulp at Barnet village. The business was first established in 1880, by Gould & Somers. Their factory is conducted by water-power from Stevens river, and their buildings are heated by steam. They employ five hands, producing five hundred tons of pulp yearly.
Alexander Jack's steam dye works, on road 49, on Stevens river, has a never failing water privilege. It was erected for the purpose of tanning and dying sheep skins for carriage and parlor mats, for which he has a patent pro- cess. The last few years it has been used in the manufacture of hydraulic extractors and other machine work.
E. T.& H. K. Ide, of St. Johnsbury, have a grist-mill at Passumpsic. The power is one of the best in Vermont and is received from the Passumpsic river. The first mill was established by Kendall & Potter nearly one hun- dred yearsago. Timothy Ide, grandfather to the present owners, purchased the property in 1813. He and his son Jacob run the mill until his death, about 1837, when the latter carried on the business for thirty years ; and now his sons E. T. and H. K. are proprietors. In October, 1883, the mill was destroyed by fire. A new mill has been erected on the site, with a view of putting in machinery for making flour by the roller process. They now grind large quantities of corn.
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