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The Trull saw-mill, at West Burke, was built by Joel Trull, Jr., about 1830. It is now owned by Moulton & Ruggles.
T. Pease, Sons & Co.'s steam saw-mill, at West Burke, was built by the Vermont Lumber Co., in 1879. It has the capacity for cutting and dressing 2,000,000 feet of lumber per year.
The Lyndon Mill Co.'s grist-mill, as it is known, at East Burke, is oper- ated by Humphrey & Gray.
A. F. Alderman & Co.'s saw-mill, located in the northeastern part of the town, was re-built by the present firm in 1869. It has the capacity for turn- ing out about 10,000 feet of lumber per year.
The settlement of the town was commenced in 1794, by Lemuel Walter, from Litchfield county, Conn. The year following, several families, mostly from Connecticut, settled. Owing to the inconveniences ever attendant upon a settlement of a new country, these worthy pioneers had to endure many hardships, sufferings and privations. The badness of the roads, the lack of privileges of almost every description, rendered it very dificult, many times, to obtain necessary supplies for themselves and families, St. Johnsbury then being the nearest place where they could be accommodated, a distance of sixteen or seventeen miles. Almost the whole of the first intabitants of the town followed the pursuit of agriculture, and for the period of five or six years little other business was done in the immediate vicinity. During many years the inhabitants lived in cabins built of logs, and covered with bark peeled from spruce trees, and were often doomed, especially in the winter season, to endure cold and hunger ; for being poor, they had not the requi- site means to procure comfortable clothing to screen themselves and families properly from the rigors of a northern climate. Children would frequently be seen in winter days running barefooted in the snow, and otherwise but poorly clad, sleeping on straw beds or the skins of animals at night in the upper loft of their bark covered cabins, whose roofs, by the influence of the sun's rays, would but poorly shield them from the rain and snow, or the blasts of a wintry storm. Sometimes these cabins would have no chimney save a few boards fastened together in a conical form through which to convey the smoke. The comparative growth of the town may be readily seen by refer- ence to the census table on another page.
Joseph Lord, of St. Johnsbury, a justice of the peace for the county of Orange, on application of a number of the inhabitants of Burke, set up a notification, warning the inhabitants of said town to meet at the dwelling- house of Lemuel Walter, in Burke, on the 5th day of September, 1796, for the purpose of organizing said town, and electing the officers thereof as re- quired by law. At said meeting, Lemuel Walter was elected moderator and town clerk unanimously ; Barnabas Thurber, Godfrey Jones and Lemuel Walter, selectmen; and Ira Walter, constable. On the 23d of March, fol-
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lowing, a meeting was duly warned and holden for the election of town offi- cers, and the transaction of other business appertaining to said town. Lem- uel Walter was re-elected town clerk ; Barnabas Thurber, David Colfix and Godfrey Jones, selectmen ; Ira Walter, constable ; and Barnabas Thurber, surveyor of highways.
A freemen's meeting was warned and holden on the first Tuesday of Sep- tember, 1801, for the purpose of giving their votes for state officers ; and in December, 1802, a freemen's meeting was holden for the purpose of electing a representative to Congress. At a freemen's meeting in September, 1805, Thomas Bartlett was elected the first representative to the General Assembly of Vermont, to which office he was elected the two succeeding years. In the year 1801 the first school-house was erected, near the center of the town, which answered the double purpose of a school and town-house. Thomas Bartlett taught the first school, in the winter of 1802. Schools were taught in this house for eight years, and the scholars came from nearly all parts of the town, some of them a distance of three miles. In 1803 the town was divided into seven school districts, but no schools were established or school- houses erected in any other part of the town till the year 1809 ; in that year another house was built, and schools taught therein.
Lemuel Walter, a native of Connecticut, came to Burke at the age of fifty years, and settled on the farm where L. Jenkins now lives, on road 45. He was one of the first settlers, and built the first house in town. His brother Samuel served in the war of 1812. The children of Lemuel were Samuel, Charles and Ira. The latter married Esther Burrington, and reared eight children, viz : Ira, Sally, Aretus, Henry, Roxanna, Harry, Esther M. and Lemuel. He died here in 1844, aged seventy-six years. His son Lemuel married Philena, daughter of Oren C. and Belinda (Prescott) Kibbey, has had born to him two children, Chandler C. and Philena C., and resides on road 27.
John Walter, a native of Connecticut, came to Burke some time previous to 1800, and first settled on road 21, which farm he afterwards sold to Abner Coe, after having lived there about ten years. He finally moved to East Haven, where he died at the great age of 101 years. He had several chil- dren.
Augustus Walter was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1790, came to Burke in 1808, and was the first settler on a farm on road 33, where he remained until his death, in 1864. He married Abgail Porter, and reared four children, namely, Abbie, Mary, Eliza and Porter. He served the town as selectman several years, and was superintendent of the common schools thirty terms. His son Porter, who always lived on the homestead, married Charlotte C. Blake, and reared two children, True B., who served in the late war, in Co. E, 15th Vt. Vols., and died at Fairfax Court House, Va., January 1, 1862, and Augustus P. The latter married Betsey A., daughter of Willard Brock- way, and had born to him two children, Charles T., of St. Johnsbury, editor- in-chief of the St. Johnsbury Republican, and Herbert E., who is engaged in
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the jewelry business, at Newport, Vt. Mr. Walter died on the homestead, at the age of thirty-nine years.
William Godding, from Attleborough, Mass., came to Burke when twenty- one years of age, and was the first settler on the farm where Wilber Godding now resides. He died here in 1850, aged seventy-four years. He married Martha, daughter of William and Ruth (Porter) Gridley, and his children were Carlos, Laura, Delia and William A. The last mentioned married Sarah J. Kimball, who bore him two children, Martha J. and Delia A., both deceased, and died October 8, 1870, aged thirty-four years. His daughter Delia A. married William E. Fairbanks, bore him one child, Frankie, and died May 24, 1885. Mr. Fairbanks, a native of Williston, Vt., served in the late war. Carlos Godding always lived on the homestead, where he died at the age of seventy years. He married three times, first, Sobrina Harvey, who bore him one son, Wilber B., second, Thankful Harvey, and third, Mrs. Julia Blake, who still survives her husband. Wilber B. married Addie, daughter of Samuel and Julia (Barrington) Blake, has two children, Robert and Amo- retta, and resides on the homestead.
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Benjamin Farmer came to Burke in 1800, and first located on road Io, where B. Marshall now resides. He served in the Revolutionary war, as sergeant-major, and died in 1842, aged ninety-seven years. He married Sarah Lippenwell, who died at the age of ninety-eight years. Uziah, one of his ten children, married Priscilla Briggs, and reared ten children. Bradley, son of Uziah, married Lydia Cushman, and has four children, Charles, Hiram, Wesley and Alonzo C. The last mentioned married twice, first, Martha, daughter of Rev. Lewis and Sarah (Hall) Jenkins, and second, Susan Jen- kins, sister of his first wife. He has had born to him four children by his second wife, namely, Martha A., Frank E., Fred A. and Ida A. Mr. Farmer served in the late war, was sergeant in Co. E, 15th Vt. Vols., and now resides on road 63. Hiram B. also served in Co. E, 15th Vt. Vols. Ladoit Farmer, son of Uziah, located in Brighton, and married Laura A. Cargill. Jacob S., one of his eight children, married three times, first, Ella Johnson, who bore him two children, Gertude E. and Alfred S., second, Lois West, and third, Ida A. Taft, and has had born to him one child, Carl L. He resides in Burke Hollow.
Oliver Coe, a native of Connecticut, was a soldier in the Revelutionary war, and died in the cause. His children were Job, Justice, Oliver, Mary, James and Abner. The last mentioned came to Burke in 1800, and located on the farm where his youngest son, Oliver, now resides, on road 21. He was a Revolutionary soldier, married Mary Ledyard, and his children were as follows : Wealthy, Miles, Abigail, Sheldon, Allen, Anson and Oliver Allen located on road 21, where M. D. Coe now lives, and remained there until his death, in 1840, aged forty-seven years. He married Betsy Coe, and reared seven children, viz. : Mortimer D., Malachi, Harriet R., Nancy C., Nelson, David and Harlow. The last mentioned married twice, first, Eu-
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phemia E. Walter, who bore him six children, viz .: Orlo A., Sidney W., and Betsey A., deceased, and Flora J. (Mrs. Francis Roberts), of Newark, Ardin M. and Elmer H. He married for his second wife Mrs. Mary A. Brewer, and resides on a farm on road 56. Mortimer D., son of Allen, married three times, first, Laura Pike, who bore him five children, namely, Henry, Herbert, Marion, Ida and Arthur. He married for his second wife, Emerenza Pike, a sister of his first wife, and for his third wife, Ellen J. Gilfillen, and has one daughter, Myrtie L. He resides on road 21. David, son of Allen, married Alwilda A. McNeal, and has three children, Willie W., Alice M. and Lulu M. He resides in Burke Hollow, where he has been a dry goods merchant nine- teen years, and postmaster sixteen years. Willie W. Coe and A. P. Under- wood, the latter of whom married a daughter of David Coe, live in West Burke, where they are engaged as dry goods merchants, under the firm name of Coe & Underwood. Sheldon, son of Abner, located on the farm where R. Gilfillen now lives, on road 33, where he remained many years, and finally located on road 39, where he died in 1868, aged seventy-five years. He mar- ried Abigail Eggleston, and had born to him two children, Horace B. and Ellis M. The latter married Mary L., daughter of John and Eunice Howland, and resides in Burke Hollow, on road 15. Oliver, son of Abner, married Sophia, daughter of Joshua and Sarah (White) Smith, and has had born to him two children, Junella and Dana. The latter lives on the homestead with his father, married Mary McNeal, and has two children, Katie G. and Bertha S.
Matthew Cushing, son of Noah, was a native of Putney, Vt., came to Burke about 1800, engaged in a mill at Burke Hollow, and remained in town until his death, in 1853, aged sixty-seven years. He married Resia Wood- ruff, and reared seven children, viz. : Deranzel W., Roxanna, Flavilla P., Fanny W., Rev. Charles W., Alvin M. (M. D.), Emily R. and Rev. Haynes P. The last mentioned married twice, first, Nancy M. Shaw, who bore him three children, Ellen M., Ella B. and Charles E., and second, Delia G. Hunt- ington. Mr. Cushing has preached forty-three years, taught school thirty terms, and was assistant teacher in the seminary at Newbury, Vt. He has been engaged as Methodist minister at West Burke for three years. He served in the legislature in 1863-64, and was chaplain in the House of Rep- resentatives.
Joseph Eggleston came to Burke about 1800, and reared four children, namely, Abigail, Eunice, Anson and William. The latter married twice, first, Wealthy Howland, who bore him ten children, viz .: Abner H., Artemas L., Lucretia, John M., Joseph C., Lucina, Lucinda, Almeda, Philinda and James M. He married for his second wife Sally Walters, and had born to him four children, namely, David W., Wealthy H., Eunice S. and William A. His son James M. married twice, first, Prucia S. Thurber, and second, Abbie J. Martin. He resides on road 61. John, son of William, was born June 29, 1815, married Harriet Allen, and reared six children, viz .: Olive, Cynthia, Ira, Isette, Almeda and Ezra S. John died in 1879. His son Ezra S. mar-
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ried Nettie Bates, and has four children, namely, Harriet S., John E., Shel- don M. and Corilla C. He resides on road 61.
Elam White, son of Jacob, came here about 1800, and was the first settler on the farm where Asahel Bundy now lives, on road 52. He died here at the age of seventy-three years. His brothers Thomas and Dan served in the Revolutionary war, and the latter was the first justice of the peace, and the first member of assembly in the town of Burke. Elam married twice, first, Wealthy Coe, who bore him eight children, viz .: Florilla, Ransom C., Emily, Roenza, Elam, Wealthy, Caroline and Osman. He married for his second wife Mrs. Esther Finney, and had born to him one child, Mary. Osman married Frinda, daughter of Joshua Smith, has one son, Melvin, and resides on the farm adjoining the homestead. The latter married Melissa, daughter of Samuel and Betsey Phippin, and resides on the farm with his father, on. road 36.
Roman Fyler came to Burke about 1850, and was the first settler on a. farm on road 39. He built the first saw and grist-mill in town, which was. located at Burke Hollow, and which was burned in 1885. He married Mrs. Sally Lyman, and reared six children.
Abel Bugbee, son of Ebenezer, came here from Townshend, Vt., in 1800,. and was the first settler on a farm on road 9, where he remained until his death, July 24, 1861, aged eighty-four years. He was a minister and a farmer, married Annie Farmer, and reared five children, namely, Abel, Nancy, Sally, Ebenezer and Hiram. The last mentioned married Hester Smith, and his children are Calista E. (Mrs Joseph A. Wilson) and Luette (Mrs. George P. De Wolf). Mr. Bugbee lives on the homestead. Ebenezer, son of Abel, was born in this town, and lived here until his death, March 5, 1882, aged seventy-four years. He married Lucy M. Kilby, and his children were Eme- retta A. and Sereno D. The latter married twice, first, Julia A. McCurdy, who bore him children as follows : Mary E., Elmer S., Albert A., Clarence L M. and Jennie A. He married for his second wife, Dolly A. Bailey, and has had born to him four children, namely, Freddie E., Lucy M., Julia E. and Lucy E. He resides on road 9.
Osias Humphrey, a native of Connecticut, came to Burke in 1801, and was the first permanent settler on a farm on road 59, corner 42. He reared twelve children, viz .: Mary, Abel, Triphena, Ira, Cynthia, Osias, Eliza, Lu- cinda, Clara, Ariel, Romanta and Erastus. The latter married Hannah Johnson, and had born to him five children, namely, Giles, Olivia, Emily,. Julia A. and Aldis B. The last mentioned married Elva, daughter of George and Charlotte (Morgan) Gray, has one son, Charles F., and lives on a farm on road 38.
Lemuel Jenkins, a native of Hinsdale, N. H., served in the Revolutionary war, was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and moved to St. Johnsbury about 1800, where he remained until his death, in 1843, aged eighty-five years. He- married Hannah Lewis, and reared nine children, viz .: Lemuel, Sylvanus,.
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Lewis, Obadiah, Alanson, Jonathan, Sarah, Sophia and Wesley. Jonathan moved to Kirby, where he died in 1862, aged seventy-three years. He mar- ried Lydia Rowell, and his children were as follows : Loren, Samuel, Dustin, Austin, John, David, Joel, Elizabeth, Louisa, Calista and Mary. Joel mar- ried twice, first, Jerusha Hutchins, who bore him two children, Mary and Janet, and second, Mrs. Rhoda Quint, daughter of Henry Gray. He resides on road 62.
Lewis Jenkins, son of Lemuel, came to this town, from St. Johnsbury, at an early day, located on a farm where he remained until his death at the age of seventy five years. He married twice, first, Mary Griswell, who bore him eleven children, viz. : Orian, Willis, Mary, Emily, Milo, George L., Lucinda, Martha, Narcissa, Alvila and Lewis. He married for his second wife Sarah Hall, and reared ten children, as follows ; Amelia, Jason, Elmira, Ellen V., Susan, Arthur, Benjamin, Eugene, Flora and Edna. Lewis married Lovina Frazer, and has four children, namely, Herbert A., Alida, Etta and May. He lives on road 45.
Barnabas Thurber came here at an early day, as one of the first settlers. 'His son Barnabas was born here, but moved to Ohio, where he died. Barn- abas, Jr.'s, grandson, Charles C., son of Jerod, married Arabella, daughter of Moses and Mary (Smith) Gage, and has one daughter, Lillie, who mar- ried Isaac W. Ames. Mr. Thurber lives in East Burke.
Martin Doyle, a native of Walpole, N. H., settled, in 1805, on a farm in Burke Hollow. He afterwards removed to road 25, where he located on a farm as the first settler. He died in 1847. He married Martha Thompson, and of ten children, Martin R. married Jane Powers, lived in Burke many years, and finally moved to Sutton, where he died in 1875, aged sixty-nine years. His children were Nancy C., Zenas T. and Selim N. The last mentioned married Sarah E. Ladd. His children are Herbert L, Gilbert E., Lizzie M., Estella O. and Josie A. He resides on a farm adjoining the homestead, on road 25.
Samuel Hastings, a native of Massachusetts, married a Miss Martin, and reared six children. Ambrose Hastings, son of Samuel, came to Burke in 1804, and was the first settler on a farm off road 47. He finally moved to Lyndon, where he died July 23, 1879, aged eighty-six years. He married Sabrina Stafford, and reared eight children, one of whom, Willard, married Anna E., daughter of Luther and Maria (Easterbrooks) Russell, and resides on road 47.
Ebenezer Darling, of Hopkinton, Mass., a soldier of the war of 1812, came to Burke about 1812, and was the first settler on the farm where H. Smith now lives, on road 21. He died in town in 1858, aged seventy years. He married Abigail Fisher, and reared eight children, of whom Henry G. mar- ried Mehitable, daughter of Cummings and Louisa (Quimby) Whitcomb, and his children are Elmer, Scott, Louisa and Lucius A. The latter lives with this parents, on road 45.
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Jedediah Smith, a Revolutionary soldier, lived in Hinsdale, N. H., many years, where he died at the great age of ninety-five years. Joshua, one of his seven children, came here in 1819, and was the first settler on a farm on road 53, where he died September 3, 1869, aged ninety-one years. He mar- ried Sally White, and reared five children, of whom John married Philura E. Allard, of Newark, and has had born to him five children, viz .: Viola A., Rosa M., Salinda C., Eleanor J. and Elmer W. He lives on the homestead. Charles, another son of Joshua, married twice, first, Eliza Stratton, who bore him five children, as follows: Ruby F., Lowell M., Erwin W., Lydia K. and Elsie A. The last three live at home with their father, on a farm off road 38. Mr. Smith married for his second wife Elsie Cobleigh.
Eseck Smith, of North Providence, R. I., served in the Revolutionary war. He moved to Foster, R. I., and finally located in Newark, Vt., where he died, aged eighty-two years. He married, first, a Miss Hopkins, and second, Polly Simens, who bore him seven children, of whom Olney was born in Foster, R. I., and moved to Newark, Vt., in 1812. He served there as selectman and justice of the peace. In 1871 he located at Burke Hollow, on road 28. He married twice, first, Lucy Powers, who bore him nine children. He married for his second wife Mrs. Amorilla Gaylor, daughter of Roswell and Lucretia (Bab- cock) Hurlburt. His son Horace S. married Mary J. Justin, and has had born to him five children, namely, Luella A., Celia L., Fred E., Fanny A. and Frank H. He lives on a farm on road 21.
Daniel Smith, a native of North Providence, R. I., died in that town about 1850, aged eighty years. His son Abraham married Mary Windsor and reared ten children, of whom Harris married Adaline, daughter of Benjamin and Susan (Bullock) Walker, and has had born to him five children, viz .: Oren H., of Springfield, Mass., Isaac E., a Methodist minister of. New York city, Walker B., of Worcester, Mass., Willard S., who served in the late war, in Co. E, 15th Vt. Vols., and died there in 1863, and Susan R., of Ryegate. Mr. Smith resides in East Burke, where he has lived twenty-seven years.
Cyrus Smith, son of Aaron, was born in Waterford, Vt., married Hannah Colby, and has had born to him ten children, viz. : John, Aaron, Lester, Orson, David, Quincy, Mary, Anna, Rose A. and Hibbard. He now re- sides in Stanwood, Mich. His son Hibbard married Lizzie S., daughter of Austin and Sarah (Clark) Barney, and lives in East Burke.
Samuel Smith married Phebe Rice, and reared eleven children, of whom Oglander married Mary Ann, daughter of John and Eunice (Blakely) Walter, and has had born to him seven children, as follows: Meroa J., Myron L., Ellen H., Adna W., David and Dana, twins, and Junella R. Mr. Smith served in the late war, in Co. F, 9th Vt. Vols., and now resides here on road 20. His son Dana married Katie Howland, of Newark. David married Alida A. Cole, of East Haven, and has three children, Etta E., Mattie M. and Ethel E.
Daniel Beckwith, a native of Ackworth, N. H., came to this town, in 1825,
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and was the son of Ira Beckwith, who always lived in New Hampshire. Daniel was a general merchant here for many years, served the town as selectman, overseer of the poor, justice of the peace, was judge and counselor, and was town representative three terms. He died here in 1872, aged seventy-two years. He married Lucinda Orcutt, and reared nine children, viz. : Nancy, Charles, George, Silas, Mary J., Alson, Elbridge, Adelaide and Estella. Silas is a native of Burke, married Avaline Bemis, and has been a merchant here for many years, first with his father, who was the first mer- chant in town, and then for himself. He has been postmaster twenty years.
Joel Trull, a native of Tewksbury, Mass., came to Burke, in 1814, and was one of the first merchants at Burke Hollow. He died in Lyndon, aged seventy-five years. His son David resides at St. Johnsbury. He has been high sheriff two years, deputy sheriff twenty-eight years, and justice of the peace two years. Joel, Jr., was side judge two years, justice ten years, and built the first grist and saw-mill in West Burke.
Timothy Humphrey, a native of St. Johnsbury, married Sabrina Cushing, and reared seven children, viz. : Maria, George, Marcus, Joseph, Miranda, Wesley and Charles T. A. The last mentioned married first, Flavilla P. Cushing, and had born to him four children, viz. : Philetta, Edward, Rosa and Celia. He married for his second wife Mary L. Prouty, and is now a retired merchant at East Burke. He has been director of the Merchants" National Bank, at St. Johnsbury, has lived in this town forty years, and has held many offices of trust. He has been overseer of the poor five years, jus- tice of the peace twelve years, was side judge in 1876 and 1877, and served as town representative in 1864-65.
Thomas Burpee, a native of Rowley, Mass., lived in New London, N. H., where he died at the age of sixty-five years. His son Samuel married Sally Fales, and had born to him ten children, of whom Horace came to Burke, from Manchester, N. H., in 1853, married, first, Nancy Buck, who bore him one child, Hattie J., and second, Ruby F. Smith, and has had born to him two children, Charles and Heman P. He lives in the village of East Burke.
Tillions H. Burpee was born January 23, 1791, came to Burke in his later days, and died in St. Johnsbury, about 1861. He married Marian Bartlett, and reared six children, of whom Plummer came to Burke in 1853, and located on a farm on road 24, corner 48, where he died in 1884, at the age of sixty-four years. He married Sarah Hale, of Dorchester, Mass., and had born to him three children, namely, Charles A., Alfred K., and William F. The last mentioned married Jennie B. Amadon, and resides on the home- stead with his widowed mother.
Joel Bemis, a native of Spencer, Mass., moved to Lyndon about 1800, where he remained until his death, in 1815, aged forty-seven years. He mar- ried Nancy Jenks, and reared four children, viz .: Content, John S. J., Sally and Clarissa. John S. J. married Nancy S. Smith, and has had born to him two children, Octavia D., now deceased, and Emma J. (Mrs. Walter C.
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Cheney). He represented the town in 1880, has been justice of the peace fifteen years, and lives at Burke Hollow, where he has resided fifty-four years.
Alonzo Bemis, son of Elias, married Rebecca N. Denison, and reared five children, namely, Adna D., Anna B., Laura A., Elias A. and Isaac D. The last mentioned married Kate D. Cushing and has three children, Carrie R., Fred C. and Cornelia M. He served the town of Westmore, Orleans Co., in the legislature, and is now notary public of Burke. He is engaged as a dry goods merchant at East Burke.
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