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Phineas Lee moved to Peacham, from Woodstock, Conn., in 1800, and in 1840 located in Danville, on the farm where Charles W. Badger, who married his daughter, now lives. Mr. Lee died in 1877.
Dr. Nathaniel Cook moved to Waterford, from Rhode Island, at an early day, and practiced his profession there for many years. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and died in that town in 1817. William, one of his four children, was born at Waterford, about 1809, moved to Dan- ville some time previous to 1830, where he resided until his death in 1874. He run the grist-mill at West Danville about thirty years. Of his children, H. W. and George W. reside in town, and Frank W. lives in Peacham. H. W. has been engaged in the manufacture of clothing at Danville, about thirty- two years, has been town agent, and has served as justice of the peace seven- teen years.
Col. Addison W. Preston, born in Burke, December 8, 1830, was a son of William and Mary (Hull) Preston, and when four years of age, moved with his parents to Danville. He fitted for college at Danville academy, and en- tered Brown university in 1851, but his health failing, he was obliged to leave, and by the advice of physicians sailed for Australia. He resided there for a short time, and then went to California. After four years he returned to Danville, and engaged in farming. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Ist Vt. Cav., and was made recruiting officer. He was made captain of Co. D, at the organization of that company. He became successively major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel, and was killed at the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864.
Elmore Wakefield came to St. Johnsbury, from Maine, at an early day, and ' located near where the village now is. His son Lorenzo P. was born in that town, but removed to Lyndon, about 1837, and died in West Concord, Vt., in November, 1873. He married three times, and reared a family of nineteen children, fourteen of whom are living, of whom two, Daniel K. and Mrs. Martha Stevens, live in this town, one, Horace, lives in St. Johnsbury, one resides in Barton, five in Boston, four in Concord, Vt., and one in Ogdensburg, N. Y. Daniel K., who was engaged in the bakery business in Boston for twen- ty-five years, served as selectman of Danville in 1884.
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James Crane moved to St. Johnsbury, from Bethlehem, about 1817, and located in the eastern part of the town. Three of his sons now reside in Danville, namely, James, George and Charles. The house in which George Crane now lives was built by Dr. Uri Babbett, one of the earliest physicians of the town.
Moses Wesson came to Danville, from Barnet, of which town his father was an early settler. He married Phebe Brock, and reared five children, three of whom are living, viz. : Mrs. Hannah Martin, of Peacham, and Moses and Peter, both of this town.
Dea. John Frye moved to Concord, from Royalston, Mass., about 1790, and settled near Concord Corners. He was a farmer, and was many years deacon of the Congregational church. He reared six sons, all of whom located near him, viz. : Harvey G., John, Hiram, Harry, Chauncy and Ebenezer. Harvey G. was a prominent business man, was town clerk many years, was town representative, assistant judge, etc., and died about 1866. John was a trial justice many years, and died in 1881. His only son, John L., lives in Danville, and is engaged in auctioneering and farming. Ebenezer now lives at West Concord.
David Currier moved to Peacham, from Connecticut, some time previous to 1800, and settled in the eastern part of the town, where he resided until his death. He reared four sons and four daughters, none now living. His son David resided on the homestead. Moses T., son of David, now resides in Danville.
William Carrick, a native of Scotland, settled in Barnet about 1805, near the center of the town. He reared a family of eight children, two of whom are living, namely, William, of Barnet, and Andrew, of Danville. Mr. Car- rick died about 1876, aged ninety-one years.
Nathainiel Burbank moved to Walden, from Sanbornton, N. H., about 1800, and located in the southern part of the town. Joseph was twelve years of age when he came here with his father. He cleared a farm, and reared a family of five children, three of whom are living, viz .: Nathaniel, who lives on the old farm, Mrs. Philura Hibbard, of Walden, and Harvey, of Danville.
Daniel Holt, a native of Amherst, N. H., located in Ryegate about 1795, settling in the center of the town. He was a blacksmith, and married Mar- tha, daughter of Capt. Acilles Towne, a Revolutionary soldier. He reared nine children, three of whom are living, namely: Mary D., of Beebe Plain, Vt., Sophia C., of Boston, and John, who now resides in Danville. The lat- ter, born June 19, 1811, was engaged for thirty years in running rafts down the Connecticut river, and now lives at West Danville.
Lemuel Northrop, a Revolutionary soldier, moved to Peacham from Con- necticut, soon after the Revolutionary war, and located near the Danville line. He reared three children, Jonathan, Joseph and Prudie. Jonathan came to Danville about fifty-seven years ago, and located on the place where his son James now lives, where he remained until his death. Joseph always
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lived in Peacham, and died in 1862. Two of his sons now reside in that town.
David Brown came to Danville from Hinsdale, N. H., about 1825, and settled in the southern part of the town. He was a carpenter by trade, was a farmer, and was also engaged in the manufacture of starch. He died Feb- ruary 19, 1879. Ezra H., one of his five children, enlisted in the late war served three years and nine months, and now resides on road 70.
Eleazer Pope and his two brothers, Joseph and Perley P., came to Dan- ville from Massachusetts, before 1789. Eleazer bought land of Gen. Jacob Bailey, and was the first settler on the place where B. F. Clifford now lives. He died August 28, 1845, aged eighty-eight years. His son Allen was born on the farm in 1796, and spent his life there.
Samuel Estabrooks was born in Keene, N. H., in 1777, came to Danville from Sheffield, Vt., about 1807, and settled where Daniel P. Coveney now lives, when there was but a small clearing upon the farm. He married Susan Colby, and died September 4, 1848. His children were as follows : Pamelia, born in 1808, Tryphenia, born in 1810, Lucena, born in 1812, Samuel, Jr., born in 1814, John, born in 1816, Amanda, born in 1824, Warren, born in 1827, and Susan born in 1830. Samuel, Jr., married Elvira Northrop, and reared one son and five daughters. Warren moved to St. Johnsbury, where he is engaged in the mercantile business.
John Coveny, a native of Ireland, came to America, locating in St. Johns- bury, about 1831, and moved to the northern part of Danville in 1832, where he died, aged eighty years. He was the father of eight children. His son. Bernard was born in Ireland, December, 1814, and came to America when seventeen years of age. He married Mary Welch, of Montpelier, and four sons and four daughters were born to them.
Dr. Royal M. Ayer was born in Newfield, Me., studied medicine with Dr. Towle, of Fryeburn, Me., graduated from the medical department of Bow- doin college, in 1835, and began practice in Turner, Me. He married Abi- gail O. McMillan, sister of Hon. Andrew McMillan, late of Danville, and came to this town in 1839. Dr. Ayer wrote somewhat for the medical jour- nals, was widely known, and was a member of the Congregational church. He reared two children, Dr. James M. and Emma D. He died April 14, 1878, aged sixty-six years, and his widow died June 13, 1886. His son James M. graduated from Dartmouth college in 1860, and from New York college of Physicians and Surgeons in 1855. After being engaged one year as resi- dent physician in St. Luke's hospital, he went to Buenos Ayres, South Amer- ica, where he resided, in general practice, until 1886.
Samuel Ward, of Dublin, N. H., moved to Wheelock at an early day. His three sons came with him, Thaddeus and Josiah locating in Danville, and Samuel in what is now Stannard. Thaddeus settled on the farm now occu- pied by his son Thomas J. He died in 1862. Beside Thomas J., Samuel and Thaddeus, two other sons reside in town.
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The Congregational church was organized by Rev. N. Lambert, of New- bury, Rev. E. Smith, of Haverhill, N. H., and Rev. W. Cornwall, with twenty members, August 9, 1792. Rev. John Fitch was the first pastor. The first meeting-house was built in 1790, of logs, and covered and floored with bark, and hence called the "bark meeting-house." A framed house was built in 1801, and though it was never finished was used as a place of worship for six- teen years. Then the frame-work of the present church at "The Green " was put up, in the year 1817. It was built of wood, at a cost of $3,000.00, paid in neat cattle and grain. This building was remodeled in 1851, and finished in a modern style, and has not been changed very much since. It is a very pretty country church, will comfortably seat 500 persons, and is valued at $6,500.00. The society now has 130 members, with Rev. T. W. Darling, pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal church, at Danville village, has 103 members, with Rev. Christopher P. Flanders, pastor. Their first house of worship was built in 1822, and the present structure was erected in 1884. It will comfortably accommodate 300 persons, and is valued at $6,700.00.
The First Free-will Baptist church, located at North Danville, was organ- ized by its first pastor, Rev. Thomas M. Jackson, with twelve members, April 19, 1825. The society now has fifty-six members, with Rev. Mark Atwood pastor. The church building was erected in 1868, at a cost of $3,400.00. It is a wood structure capable of seating 250 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $5,000.00.
G ROTON lies in the southwestern corner of the county, in latitude 44 14' and longitude 4° 45', bounded north by Peacham, east by Ryegate, and south and west by the county line. It was granted November 7, 1780, and chartered to Thomas Butterfield and his associates, October 20, 1789, containing 28,300 acres.
The surface of the town is beautifully diversified by mountain, stream, val- ley and lakelet, while this diversity is not sufficiently pronounced to retard cultivation of the soil. Though rather hard, the soil is well adapted to the production of grass and grain, of which a large percentage repays proper cul- tivation. In the eastern part of the territory the soil is much easier of culti- vation and much less stony than in other parts. The timber is mostly spruce and hemlock, interspersed with maple, beech and birch. Wells river flows a southeasterly direction through the town, and with its branches and tributaries forms the water course of the township, affording some good mill privileges. The principal branch flows an easterly course, joining the stream in the south- eastern part of the town. The town also has several natural ponds, the largest of which is Wells River pond, through which flows Wells river. It lies in the northern part and is about three miles long by three-quarters of a mile wide.
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Lund's pond, just southeast of the former, covers about 100 acres and also lies in the course of Wells river. Leverett H. Page has a hotel, the Lake House, at the foot of this pond, for the accommodation of fishermen and pleasure parties. Kettle pond lies in the extreme northwestern part of the town. It covers about forty acres and received its name from the fact of Mr. Hosmer, a hunter, having lost his camp kettle in its vicinity. Whitcher mountain, the highest elevation of land, lies in the southeastern part of the town, having an altitude of 1, 100 feet.
In 1880 Groton had a population of 1,014 souls. In 1886 the town had eight school districts and eight common schools, employing one male and eleven female teachers, to whom was paid an average weekly salary of $8.50 to the former and $4 25 to the latter. There were 224 scholars, nine of whom were attending the private schools. The entire income for school purposes was $1,906.47, while the total expenditures were $1,857.47, with A. M. Heath, superintendent.
GROTON is a post-village located in the southeastern part of the town, on Wells river, on the M. & W. R. R. R.
GROTON POND (p. o.) is the name given the hamlet at the outlet of Wells River pond, made up of the employees of Baldwin & Hazen's mill and their families.
Baldwin & Hazen's steam saw-mill, at the outlet of Wells River pond, was built in 1883, to take the place of that burned on May 19th of that year. The whole forest in this vicinity was on fire at that time, and the people only escaped by getting out upon the pond on rafts, logs, etc., where they were obliged to remain a day and a night. The present owners of the mill came into possession in 1886. They employ sixty hands and have facilities for turning out 50,000 feet of lumber per day.
Amazia H. Ricker's saw mill, on road 17, occupies the site of the first saw-mill erected in town, by Capt. Edmund Morse, about 1790, and since which time the old mill has twice been succeeded by a new one. The present mill was built by Walter Buchannan in 1840, and came into Mr. Ricker's pos- session in 1857, who rebuilt most of it in 1875. The mill now has the capac- ity for sawing about 1,500,000 feet of lumber per year. Mr. Ricker employs twelve men.
Isaac M. Ricker's saw-mill, in Groton village, was built in 1865. Mr. Ricker employs about fifteen men and does an extensive business.
Charles B. & Joseph T. Welch's saw-mill, on road 34, was built by Robert T. Heath in 1865. They employ eleven hands and turn out about 500,000 feet of lumber per year.
Daniel R. Darling's saw mill, on road 34, was built by John Davis, and came into Mr. Darling's possession in 1876. He employs four men and turns out 300,000 feet of lumber per year.
Thomas B. Hall's saw-mill, on road 33, was built by Daniel Coffrin and Jonathan Lund, about thirty years ago, and came into Mr. Hall's pos-
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session in 1881. The mill turns out about 1,000,000 feet of lumber per year. H. Welch & Son's saw-mill, on road 7, was built by them in 1873. They employ eight men and turn out about 400,000 feet of lumber per year.
Heman L. Gilman's grist-mill, off road 28, came into Mr. Gilman's pos- session in 1882. It does custom grinding.
Aaron Hosmer, a hunter, was the first to make a temporary sojourn in the town. He pitched his tent on the land since known as the Orson Ricker meadow, and thence made his way to the ponds, one of which, in Peacham, still bears his mame. He never made a permanent residence in town, however. The first settler in the northern part of the town was Edmund Morse. James Abbott located upon what has since been known as the Jacob Abbott farm. A Mr. James settled upon the farm next south of Mr. Abbott. Capt. Edmund Morse, the first military captain, and whose sword was a rusty scythe, settled upon the farm next south of Mr. James. Mr. Morse built the first saw and grist-mill in the town, and his daughter Sally was the first child born in the township.
Jonathan Welch came to this town, from Kennebunk, Me., at a very early day, with his wife, Annie (Emory). He reared eight children, viz .: Hosea, Medad, Betsey, Annie, Ruth, Joel, Jonathan and David. Hosea married Mary Gray and reared ten children, seven of whom are living, viz. : Ara, John, Hosea, Ira, Andrew, Eliza (Mrs. Lewis French), and Laura (Mrs. Harvey Hitchcock). Hosea, Jr., married Harriet Darling, April 10, 1850, and has had born to him seven children, viz .: Abbie J. (Mrs. David Miller), has one child, Effie M. ; Warren M. married Maggie B. Miller, September 21, 1874, has three children, Thomas L., Lizzie B. and Frank, and is located on road 7 ; William H. is a physician, and married Lizzie A. Morrison ; Loran married Etta G. Welch, who bore him one child, Fred L., and died March 23, 1886 ; Florence B. married Alexander Page, and has two children, Bertha M. and Hosea W .; Ida M. married Neil McRea, of this town ; and Effie E. lives at home. Hosea, Jr., was a member of the constitutional convention, has served as constable seven years, overseer of the poor thirteen years, and has been lister three years. Medad, son of Jonathan, married Abigail Hosmore, and reared eleven children, viz .: George, Aaron, Hosea, Medad, Martha, Clark, Darling, Benjamin F., Abigail, Merrill, and one who died in infancy. He was a member of the Baptist church, and first lived where Alexander G. Welch now resides. His son George married Charlotte Welch and reared seven children, namely : Joel F., George, who served in the late war, Charles D., Jane, who married Clinton Keith, Peter, Abigail, who married George Law- rence, and Minnie. George, Sr., died October 17, 1865. Aaron, son of Medad, married Johanna Plummer, who bore him seven children, as follows : Samuel P., Martha, who married Nathaniel Page, of Ryegate; Horace, who married Lydia Brown, has two children, Catharine J. and Sarah, and lives in Montana; Abigail, Sarah, Alexander G., who married Delia Frost, and has two children, Aaron and Isaac; Nancy, who married Frank Page, of this
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town. The mother of these children died February 12, 1855, and Mr. Welch married for his second wife Eliza Gibson, April 2, 1856, who bore him four children, only one of whom is living, Clarence E., who is cashier in a bank in Illinois. Mrs. Welch died June 17, 1865. Mr. Welch married for his third wife Charlotte Welch, in 1866, and soon after opened the hotel where he now is. Medad, Jr., went to California in 1849, where he died. Clark married Lizzie Richardson, and is now deceased. Darling married Arvilla Downing, has one child, Sarah, and lives in Minnesota. Benjamin F. lives in Fort Scott, Kan., and married Sarah Snow. Merrill lives in this town. Hosea, 2d, son of Medad, was born in 1820, carried on the grocery business for over forty years, served as town representative three terms, and has served as selectman and overseer of the poor, each six years. He married Eliza Plum- mer in 1845, and has had born to him eight children, viz. : Warren W., who mar- ried Lois Plummer, and died aged twenty-two years ; Fillmore, who married Nellie Holmes; Medad E , who married Julia E. Glover, has one child, Ralph W., and is a merchant in town; Benjamin F., Eliza A., who married Mathew Caldwell; Hosea N., Frank S. and Jennie L. Samuel P., son of Aaron and Johanna (Plummer) Welch, was born in Groton, in 1843, went to Montana at the age of twenty-three years, where he was engaged in mining, farming, stock raising and various other affairs, and remained there about seven years. He returned to this town in 1871, married Alzina E. James, and again moved west, remaining about four years. His wife died while there. His only daughter, Mary A. F., died early. He married for his second wife Mrs. Abbie A. Paul, in January, 1874, and in the same year opened a grocery store in company with A. B. Renfrew. Mr. Welch has had born to him by his second marriage three children, Hannah E., Jefferson R., both deceased, and Will- iam G. He was town representative in 1880-81, has been lister three times, and is now selectman and a merchant.
Jonathan Welch, Jr., was a member of the Baptist church, of which he was deacon fifty-three years, and reared ten children, three of whom, Hosea, John H. and Ara, now reside in town. Ara married Mary Whitehill, and reared nine children, four of whom are living, viz .: John M., Eliza J. (Mrs. Archi- bald P. Renfrew), Leonard and Meroa (Mrs. Stephen R. Renfrew). John H. married Martha J. Heath, and has two children, Mabel and Mary F.
Samuel Darling, one of eleven children, when a young boy came to this town from Plaisted, N. H., with his father, John, who was among the first settlers here. He married Catharine Welch, and reared thirteen children, viz. : Hannah, Jonathan, Elnathan, Ira, Josiah, Aaron, Nathan, Eunice, Huldah, Abner, Susan, Samuel and Stephen. The last two mentioned are the only ones now living. Samuel married three times, first, Irene Page, who died in 1852, second, Betsey Page, who bore him three children, Caira I., Eva Ann, and one who died in infancy, and third, Phebe Hosmer (Perkins Vance). Stephen married twice, first, Mary A. Philbrick, who bore him one child now residing in Kansas, and second, Sarah Welch.
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Hon. Jonathan R. Darling began business as a merchant where Hall & Cochran are now located, in which business he was engaged for ten years. He was in company with Isaac M. Ricker, in the lumber business in this vil- lage for eighteen years, but sold out in 1885. He has of late been engaged in farming, and has a steam saw-mill in Peacham, Vt.
Nathan Darling, son of Samuel and Catharine (Welch) Darling, was born in this town, was one of ten children, and married Drucilla Jenkins. He reared eight children, viz. : Alamanda, Julia, who married Silas Morrison, Rosina (Mrs. Hiram Wood), Lodeema (Mrs. Ed. Moulton), Aaron, in Utah, Marshall, in Minnesota, Robert and Isaac N. H. The last mentioned mar- ried Roxana Vance, and has had born to him nine children, four of whom are living, viz. : John H., George H., William V. and Etta G.
James Heath, son of Jesse, a Revolutionary soldier, came to this town with his father at an early day, married Nancy Taisy, and reared four children, of whom Robert T. married Lydia A. Brown, and has had born to him seven chil- dren, five of whom are living, viz. : Caroline, Frank, Hazen, Robert and Jane. Robert, Jr., married Ida M. Plummer, has two children, Lydia M. and Annie B., twins, and lives with his father.
James W. Heath came here, from Peacham, in 1850, married Christie McLaughlin, and has had born to him four children, namely, Albro, of this town, Franklin, of Bethlehem, N. H., Martha J. (Mrs. John Welch), and Mary J., who lives at home.
Timothy Morrison, son of Bradbury and Betsey (Emery) Morrison, was born in 1805, on the place now occupied by J. W. Morrison. He married first, Olive Paul, who bore him six children. She died in 1855, and for his second wife he married Sarah B. Rhodes, of this town. The children by this marriage are as follows: Jackson W., Martha J., Austin N. and Sarah B. Austin married Carrie Plummer, and has one child, George W. Sarah mar- ried Kilburn Howland, and lives in Lisbon, N. H.
Joseph Wormwood came to this town, from Kennebunk, Me., at an early day, married Sarah Page, and reared ten children, only two of who are living Melinda (Mrs. Russell Carter), of Michigan, and Daniel. The last mentioned married four times, first, Nancy Randall, second, Bethia Durant, third, Ser- vestia Orr, who bore him four children, Martha ( Mrs. William Gibson), Rosie, and two who died in infancy, and fourth, Cynthia B. Hood.
John Taisy was born in Scotland, in 1791, came here when four years of age, married Phebe Heath, and reared seventeen children, four of whom are living in this town, viz. : Thomas, Maria (Mrs. J. R. Darling), Mary J. (Mrs. I. M. Ricker) and William. The last mentioned married first, Maria Paul, in 1837, who died in 1839. He married the same year Nancy Wilson, and had born to him seven children, as follows: Mary, George W., Margaret (Mrs. Harrison Mead), Henry W., of Newton, Mass., John, Mary, who mar- ried John F. Withehill, and died, aged thirty years, and Crissa (Mrs. John F. Whitehill) George W. married Phebe Whitehill, and has had born to him
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four children, namely, Henry N., Ernest, Harvey, and George I. who is dead. George W. resides on road 25.
Jacob Hooper was born in this town in 1831, married Isabella Welch in. 1859, and had born to him four children, as follows : Stephen W., Richard S., Margaret (Mrs. Alvin Welch), and Amasa L. Mr. Hooper died Octo- ber 1, 1883.
Jacob Hatch came to this town, from Maine, and settled on road 23, mar- ried a Miss Maxwell, and reared nine children, viz. : Moses, who married Jane Gates, and remained on the homestead ; Jacob, who married Sarah Morrison ; Rev. John, who married twice, first, Mary Clark, and second, Sabra Welch ; Phebe, who married Hiram Meader ; Mehitable, who married James Whitehill ; Lucretia, who married James Dustin ; Maxwell, Susan, and Martha. Clark, son of John, married Lavina Emery, and resides on road 25. He reared nine children, seven of whom are living, of whom George B. is a physician, married Mary E. Brown in 1882, and began practice the same year in Newbury, Vt. He has one child, George W. He has a lumber-mill in the town of Peacham, near Lanesboro postoffice. Oscar C. Hatch mar- ried Hannah Welch, and has three children, Delia, Clara and Frederick. John F., son of Clark, is a farmer residing in town.
Reuben Whitcher came to this town at an early day, married Patience Gray, and had born to him thirteen children, eight of whom are living, namely, George W., of Albany, N. Y., Marvin, in Wisconsin, Nelson, of this town, and Eliza (Mrs. James Renfrew), of Ryegate, twins, Andrew, of Hardwick, Ches- ter, of Burke, Emeline (Mrs. Joseph Noyes), of St. Johnsbury, and John, of Walden. Nelson married Harriet Eastman, and has three daughters, as fol- lows : Emily (Mrs. Albert P. Whitehill), of this town, Abbie (Mrs. David Lumsden), of Newbury, Vt., and Eliza A. (Mrs. Dennison Eastman), also of Newbury. The house in which Mr. Whitcher lives is very near one hundred years old, and there has been no death in the house since it was built
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