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James Ball, a shoemaker by trade, came here with his family in September, 17*
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1797, the first settler in town. He had married Abigail Starr, of Thompson, Conn. They were both members of the Baptist church, and noted for their piety and benevolence. Mr. Ball served in the Revolutionary war seven years, and, as we have stated, represented the town in the legislature. They had a family of six sons and four daughters, all of whom have passed away except Louisa, Mrs. Benjamin Wooster, of Derby Line, Vt. Perley Ball, son of James, married Phebe Smith, of Foster, R. I. They had thirteen children, five of whom are now living, viz .: Marvin W., in this town ; Aibro, on the old home- stead ; Elbridge, in Florida ; Almedia, in California ; and Salonia, who lives- with Albro, on the old place. Perley was in the legislature, also in nearly every town office. He was a very kind-hearted man, and we are told always- took the Golden Rule for his motto. He died September 30th, 1884, aged ninety-eight years.
Lucius Ball, son of James, lived on the farm now owned by James H. Cheney, on road 13. Lucius married Harriet Humphrey, and reared seven children, five of whom are living. Lucius Ball was a very hard working farmer. He represented his town twice in the legislature, and was a man of strong temperance proclivities and of Universalist belief. James B. Ball, of this town, son of Lucius, married Sophia M. Osgood, of Newark, has one child, Corydon E., and an adopted daughter, Jessie L.
Marvin W. Ball, son of Perley, and grandson of the first settler, married Lucinda, daughter of James Small, of Boardingham, Maine. He lived in Woodstock, Conn., worked in a cotton factory about six years, and also worked at Clinton, Mass., and various other towns in that vicinity. He then lived in Burke, Vt., about three years, and moved here in 1864. They have had six children, viz .: James F., who married Electa Packer, of this town ; Harriet E., married George Gates ; Rosa, died when about three years old ; Hosea B., died in infancy; William H. H., married Nena Davis, of this town ; William died in April, 1885 ; Marvin W., Jr., lives at home with his- father.
Eleazer Packer, the second settler in the town, came to Newark in 1801, and located where H. C. Packer now lives. He married Abigail Potter, of Guilford, Mass. Of his eleven children, Osmer lives in Marshfield, John Q. A. in Marshfield, and Rebecca in Leyden, Mass. Austin married Laura Bundy, of Burke, and began housekeeping where Henry C. now lives. They had six children.
Timothy Hartwell came to Newark soon after the town was settled. We find his name among those who organized the town. He first lived where Nathaniel Bruce now resides. He married Sally, daughter of James Ball, and they had a large family of children, viz. : Alonzo, Lodoska, who married Alvin Carroll, who is still living in this town, aged seventy-six years, Harrison H., of Spring Valley, Minn., Serepta, deceased, Corderia, married Capt. : Alpheus Stoddard, Louisa, married Arunia Burke, killed in the battle of the Wilderness, Philomen G., of Lyndon, Vt., Sumner, of West Burke, Clarence
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P., of California, and Ozro, of this town. Timothy Hartwell was in the legislature several times and held about every town office.
Obed and Eben Johnson came from Sudbury, Mass., to Guildhall, Vt., in 1791. They came with their mother, she riding on a horse with Obed, who was only five years old, while Eben walked and carried the old "Queen's arm." They lived there until 1808, when the mother died. The boys bought a brickyard about that time, and were the largest brick makers in the county for about four years, and then came to Newark. They took up 100 acres of land where Russell Garfield and David Johnson now live. Eben lived on the farm Russell Garfield occupies, until his death, February 14, 1867, aged ninety years. He married Hannah Hill, of Milan, N. H. She was a strange, eccentric woman, nearly six feet in height, strong and mascu- line in appearance. Those whom she loved she used well, and those whom she disliked she disliked with an intenseness that knew no bounds. She died in Newark, in March, 1852, supposed to be about ninety years old. Obed Johnson married, for his first wife, Lovisa Thayer, October 15, 1812. Soon after, he and Eben divided the land and Obed moved on to the place where David now lives. He had seven children, four of whom died in infancy. Of those who survived, Mary married Eliphalet Cass, of Stanstead, P. Q .; Russell T. married Elizabeth Patterson, and lives in Cross Creek, Pa .; and Ransel married Sally Farmer, and is now a physician of West Concord, Vt. Mrs. Johnson died March 15, 1821, and in 1822 Obed married Polly Palmer, who died in 1828. He then married Mrs. Mary (Foster) Sheldon, who bore him seven children, viz. : David F., Lovisa J., Levi, Susan M., Eli, Ruth F. and Hattie. Obed died June 12, 1858, and his widow still survives him, a resident of Sutton, Vt. David F. Johnson, son of Obed, has always lived on the place where he was born, on road 33 ; has always always been a promi- nent man in town ; was postmaster twenty-five years, representative three times, selectman six years, lister fifteen years, and has been justice of the peace for the past eight years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and also of the Masonic fraternity.
Ephriam Fairbanks came from Bolton, Mass., to Westminster, Vt., among the first settlers, and came to Newark about seventy years ago. Ephriam, Jr., born in Westminster in 1778, came to Newark in 1825, and lived where Joseph Dolloff now lives, on road 22. He married Hannah Carpenter, of Westminster, and reared seven children, of whom Warner W. married Betsey Taft, of Sutton, in 1836, and had five children, of whom Lucy Ann married Sumner Hartwell, of West Burke; Louisa J. married Miles Cole, of Newark ; Lorilla died in October, 1880 ; S. W. married Estella McQueen, of Newark, March 26, 1878, and has one child, Leora, born March 23, 1882, and lives on the old farm with his parents, on road 31. He is now second selectman. One son, Alonzo, is a Methodist minister, and now preaches in Colorado, where he has a large farm. Horace Fairbanks, the oldest son of Ephriam, Jr., first settled where Joseph Gero now lives, on road 26. He married Mary
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Dexter, of Newark. and had eight children, three of whom are living. Diana married Daniel McFarland, of St. Johnsbury, Vt .; Mary married Russell Farns- worth, and lives in Forestburg, Dakota ; Deming D. married Mary J. Spencer, of Westmore, Vt., and they have three children, Myrtie M., Mary E, and Warren H .; Melvin died when five years old. Horace was a very earnest and active supporter of the Methodist church, also a strong temperance man.
John Sleeper came to this town in 1812, from Unity, N. H., and located with his wife and three children where his son John now lives. He and his wife were both members of the Baptist church. Of their eight children, John, Jr., is the only one living. He married Chestina Powers, of Sutton, and . they have had four children, viz .: Alison P., living in Lyndonville, married Fidelia Corlis ; Lyman O. married Mary Jane Walter, and lives near the old home, and is associated with his father in carrying on the farm; and Nettie died when three years old.
John Foster came with his wife from Greenfield, Mass., to Vermont, about 1800. He was a man universally liked and respected, and there were born to him seven children. John, Jr., was a teamster, noted from that section of the country to Boston, Mass., whither he drove a six-horse team for about twenty-five years. He married Ruth Rich, of Maidstone, and four of their children are now living, of whom Ruel S. is living in this town. Ruel S. has a son, Rufus C., who married Fidelia Walter, of East Haven. They have four children, Jesse M., Charles R., Georgie L. and Henry I. One son, Almon, died June 23, 1875.
James Corliss, born in Sandwich, N. H., married Lydia Brier, of that town, and had nine children. Hannah married Lauren Sleeper ; Dorothy married D. Cushing ; James lives in East Brookfield, Mass .; Elhanan W .; William B., in San Francisco ; Elmira married Perez Burr ; Henry lives in Kentucky ; Dennison lives in Spencer, Mass .; and Samuel B. The latter lived in Brook- field, Mass., five years, then came to Newark. He has been an extensive hop grower, and has been in office a large part of the time since coming to the town. He has been in the legislature two terms, selectman twelve years, and justice of the peace as many, an office he still holds. His children are Idella, Windsor A., Elva M. and Fred P. The latter married Alida Jenkins, of Burke, and they have one child, Robbie P. Elhanan W. Corliss married Mary Maynard, of Brookfield, Mass. They had one child, William H., who died in infancy. His wife died in 1862. He then married Mary Hunter, of Spencer, Mass., and their children are Harry M., Arthur B. and Anna M. Mr. Corliss formerly lived in Fitchburg, Mass., and in Spencer, Mass., fifteen years. He has served this town in the legislature.
Willard Kelley is the son of Nathaniel Kelley, of St. Johnsbury, who died in Derby, in 1870, aged ninety-three years. He and his wife were both members of the Congregational church, and he was a very kind and liberal man. Of their children, Daniel lives in Derby, Jedediah in Bethlehem, N. . H., Charles in California, Nathaniel in Derby, Lucy in Wisconsin, and Willard
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in this town. The latter married Octavia Harrington, and they have three children, Wesley A., who lives in Arkansas, Scotta W. and Erwin. Willard served in Co. B, 11th Vt. Vols.
Henry Dolloff came to this town in 1836. He was a son of John Dolloff, of Conway, N. H., and first settled on the place now occupied by Joseph L. Dolloff, on road 22. He was the youngest of fourteen children, all of whom are deceased. Henry married Phebe Lowd, daughter of Joseph Lowd, of Conway, N. H., and they had five children, viz .: Albert lives in this town ; Russell married Lorinda Ball, of Newark, daughter of Lucius Ball ; Amos lives in this town ; Eliza married, first, Moses W. Fuller of Charleston, Vt., who died in Texas, and second, Samnel Fassett, of Maine, and they now live in Meridian, Texas ; Joseph L. married Cynthia Joyce, of Canada, and has had five children, four of whom died in infancy, while Roy E. is living, and they have one adopted child, Fred H. Henry was justice of the peace twenty-five years or more, and was believed to be very fair and impartial in his decisions. He died January 8, 1866. His son Joseph L. has been town clerk for twenty-five years, and treasurer nearly as long.
Oscar C. Woodruff, son of Erastus, married Emma Dolloff, of this town, and they have one child, Ella. Lot P. Woodruff and Hannah Miller were married in 1800. They livedin Tinmouth, Vt., till 1803, then lived successively in Westmore, Brownington and Burke, Vt. They left Westmore on account of the Indians and the War of 1812. After moving to Burke, Lot became a noted hunter, and many stories are in existence of his bear hunting. He was one of the county committee who had charge of working out the land tax on the first county road from Burke to Brownington. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church, and they are both buried in Burke Hol- low cemetery. Erastus, son of Lot, began his married life on the Zenas Brown farm, south of West Burke. He occupied successively the A. W. Thayer place and the old homestead now occupied by Elias Gaskell. This was be- fore there was any West Burke, the Hollow being the only village in the town and the smartest village in the northern part of the county. In 1840 he moved to the Hollow and embarked in the mercantile business, which he continued a dozen years, then moved to Lyndon Center, and became the landlord of the hotel, a position he held a dozen years. He subsequently came to Newark, where he lived till his death. Mr. Woodruff reared a fam- ily of seven children, five of whom are now living, George W., of West Burke, Mary (Mrs. Simeon L. Strout), Juliet (Mrs. Dwight Lawton), Charles A. (a captain in the regular army), and Oscar C., who resides on the home farm in Newark.
Charles C. Lee is a son of Seth and Phebe (Walker) Lee, of Peacham, Vt., who had a family of ten children, of whom Marcius, Elizabeth, Maria and Charles C. are all that are living. Charles C. married Charlotte W. Foster, of Moretown, Vt., who bore him two children, Sarah, who married Charles Bean, and lives on road 14, and Leonard, who died when four years old. For
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his second wife he married Mrs. Eunice (Brickett) Woodard, who bore him nine children, viz .: Villetta, Charles F., Julia A., Emily J., Ella M., Gertie E., Leonard B., Louisa G. and Ida E. Charles went to California in 1862, and was there several years.
James McQueen, of Scottish descent, served in the British army thirty years. He was at the battle of Waterloo, and soon after came to Canada and was stationed at Quebec fifteen years, then moved to Barnet, Vt., was there ten years, lived in Ryegate eighteen years, afterwards lived in White- field, N. H., and then in Concord, Vt., where he died in 1876, aged ninety- eight years and eleven months. He was a man of remarkable memory, and could relate incidents of every battle he was in with great exactness. He had six children, five boys and a girl. Of these, three are living, John, in Jefferson, N. H. ; Alexander, in Concord, Vt. ; and James, Jr., in Newark. The latter married Almira Drown, of Sheffield, and they have six children, viz. : William J., Henry B., Estella, Ulysses G., Harley and Eva.
Eli Bruce came from Troy, N. H., in 1852, and located near where Hiram Spencer now lives. After eleven years he went to Wisconsin, in 1875, and died there in 1882. He was a noted singer. He married Sarah Pearsons, of Weston, Vt. Of his six children, Sarah S. married Russell Sleeper ; Abbie E. married Carlos Morrow ; Wallace W. married Mary Hastings, of Newark, and they have two children, Guy E. and Maud E.
Aaron Garfield and family were the seventh to settle in Glover, Vt. They were closely related to President Garfield's ancestors. They reared six chil- dren-Isaac, Ira, Stephen, John, Sally and Ralph. John married Esther Daniels, of Keene, N. H., and lived in Glover. He was a Baptist preacher in that town ten years, and then in what is now the town of Stannard ten years, and in Wheelock twenty-five years. John had eight children-Isaac, Elvira, Lovina and Russell C. lived, while four died in infancy. For his second wife he married Maria Perrin, of Stannard, who bore him two chil- dren, Alvin and Alice. Russell C. married Sarah Abbott, of Cabot, who bore him two children, Alonzo, who died when five years old, and Frank B., who lives with his father, having married Mary Lane, of Lunenburg, who died in September, 1881, and for his second wife Mary Smith, of Burke, who has borne him one child, Lulu M.
Jabez Smith was born in Ipswich, Mass., in 1766, in the sixth generation from Richard Smith, who came from Suffolk county, England, about 1635, being one of the first settlers in that town. Jabez, Jr., one of seven children of Jabez, first mentioned, married Sophronia Smith, of Burke, Vt., February 3, 1839, a daughter of Asa Smith. They lived in Newark a large portion of the time after marriage. Mr. Smith died May 1, 1885. A county paper in an obituary said : " Hon. Jabez Smith died Friday, May 1, 1885, in the seventy-third year of his age. He leaves a widow and one son and a daughter to mourn their irreparable loss, M. W. Smith, of Worcester, Mass., and Mrs. Myron W. Ham, of Newark. Judge Smith was born in Canaan, N. H.,
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October 16, 1812. He was a man of marked integrity and great moral worth. * * As a citizen, he was promoted to offices of dis- tinction and trust, all of which he filled with unwavering fidelity. He was a member of the general assembly from Newark five terms, held the office of selectman twenty years, and was assistant judge in 1882, and again in 1884. His religious preferences were with the Methodists, although he was no secta- rian. He exerted a noble, christian influence in every department of labor to secure its highest ends."
David Stoddard, who lived in Chesterfield, N. H., had a family of ten children. Luther, one of the sons, married Hannah Farr, of that town. They had seven children, three of whom are living-Elmira, wife of Jonathan Davis, of Sutton, Vt. ; Alvina M., who married Henry Packer, of this town ; and Almon, who married Rebecca R. Taylor, of Danbury, and lives in this town, on road 19. The latter has three children-Herbert W., who lives at home, Adeline, who married Frank Norris, and lives in Sutton, Vt. and Carl L., who lives at home.
Thomas Cheney, who came from England about 1735, lived in Lunenburgh, Vt., and is buried there. The Cheney family of this town are his descend- ants. There was a large family of children, among whom was Ira, who mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Daniel Chappel, a Baptist minister, of Sutton, Vt. Ira first began housekeeping where Myron Ham now lives. They had ten children, of whom Walter C., of this town, married Emma. J. Bemis, of Burke, Vt. Their only child, Will G., married Kate Gile, of Walden, Vt., and has two children, Anna L. and Clara M. Ira was a live, wide-awake, stirring man. He went into the woods in the eastern part of the town and built a camp, and lived thus one year, and then built a house and settled there. Walter C., his son, was one of the census enumerators in 1880. He has held a large portion of the town offices, and has lived on the farm he now occupies, on road 17, about twenty years. His son resides with him.
Joel Hart came to Wallingford, Vt., from Connecticut, about 1790. Of his ten children, George married Mary Hudson, of Wallingford, and had nine children. During his younger days he was a peddler in New York state. Later in life he was a large producer of charcoal in Barnstead, P. Q. Will- iam A., his son, was born in Newark, Vt., in 1844. The family moved to Canada when he was seven years old, and lived there about seven years. His father died in 1861. In 1862 William A. enlisted in Co. C, 8th Vt. Regt. At Boutee Station, La., he was taken prisoner and carried to Camp Pratt, La. There he was kept seven weeks, and was then carried to Vicksburg, and after five more weeks was paroled. He married Marietta A. Hudson, of East Haven, and they have four children, Fred D., Edgar A., Cyrus L. and Frank W.
Joseph Gero was born in Barque, P. Q., about 1815. He married Julia A. Lemoine, of Bell Isle, P. Q. They had eleven children, of whom Henry lives in Newark, married Louisa Scott, of Danville, P. Q., by whom he has two
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children living, William H. and Hattie J. She died February 6, 1877. He then married Julia Murphy, from Maple Grove, P. Q., and has three children, Edward J., Mary E. and Louis E. Henry Gero was a soldier in Co. A, Ist Vt. Artillery, was in the battles of Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, South Petersburg, Maryland Heights, Winchester, Fisher Hill, Cedar Creek, Petersburg and Appomattox Court House.
James Drown, born in 1829, is now a farmer in Melbourne, Can. There were two children born to him by his first wife, Warner and Alvin. The lat- ter married Allie B. Abbot, of Newark, and they have two children, Ella J. and Caroline W.
Isaiah Bunker lived in Gilmanton, N. H., in 1812, a prominent member of the Methodist church, and a large and successful farmer. He married Judith Smith, and they had twelve children, of whom seven are now living. His son Obadiah married Lucinda Gay, of Starksboro, Vt., and has had eight children, seven of whom are living. William, son of Obadiah, married Olive Ordway, of Randolph, N. H. They have had eight children, Nathaniel O., Milo A., Effie A., who married Henry Lachance, who died December 4, 1881, and then Lovell Hudson, and lives in Brighton, Vt .; Mary E., who married Alvin J. French and lives in Brighton ; Robert W., Albert L., Ira M. and Mattie G. William Bunker served in Co. K, 8th Vt. Vols., was taken pris- oner at Bayou Desalmonds, La., taken to Spanish Lake, and then to Vicks- burg ; was paroled there and went to New Orleans, then to Ship Island.
Russell Carroll was born in Townshend, Vt., in 1789. He married Phebe Chaffee, of Westminster, Vt., and lived to the age of seventy-seven years. There were twelve children born to him, four of whom are living, viz .: Joseph, Elmira, Charles, and Alvin who lives on road 4. Alvin has been a justice of the peace for a number of years. He married Lodoska Hartwell, of Newark, and they have had two children, Charles R., killed in the late war, and Wesley P. Alvin's wife died in August, 1859, and he married Matilda West, of New- ark, in May, 1864.
Joel Bean is a son of Loammi C. and grandson of Joel Bean, who lived in Brentwood, N. H., and died there. Loammi married Hannah Brickett, of Lowell, Mass., and there were born to him seven children, six of whom are living, viz .: Charles L., Andrew, Chester, Dora, Roxa and Joel.
Byron G. Howard was born in Maine, in 1826, and came to Newark in 1873. He married Mary Smith, of Lyman, N. H., in 1854, and they have had seven children, three of whom are living, viz .: Luella N., Mary L. and James B., the latter of whom married Mary J. Peavy, of Lyndon.
Alonzo S. Hudson, postmaster at East Newark, is the son of Silas P. and Eliza (Delancy) Hudson, of Athens, Vt. Silas P. served in Co. K, rith Vt. Vols., during the Rebellion, was taken prisoner, and after languishing in An- dersonville prison three months, died of exposure and starvation. Alonzo S. married Alice Gero, of Brighton, Vt. They have two children, Gracie E. and Gertie E.
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Isaac C. Hudson was born in East Haven, in 1849. He married Flora E. Shattuck, and they have had four children, Alonzo I., Bertie and Bertha (twins), and Eliza, deceased. When quite young Isaac manifested strong in- clinations for the chase, and became an expert in both hunting and trapping. He now often serves hunting parties as a guide.
Charles H. Hall, son of Charles and Sally (Kennerson) Hall, and nephew of the late Dudley P. Hall, married Abbie Lee, of Victory, a descendant of one of the first settlers of that town, and they have three children, Bertha A., Edna L. and Isabel.
There is no regular preaching in Newark. There is quite a good church building owned by the inhabitants of the town, which was built by subscription as a " union church." The people are somewhat divided in their religious opinions. Some are Adventists, some Methodists, and some Congrega- tionalists.
P EACHAM lies in the western part of the county, in lat. 44° 20', and long. 4° 47', and is bounded on the northeast by Danville, southeast by Barnet, southwest by Groton, and northwest by the Washington county line. It was granted by Governor Benning Wentworth, December 31, 1763, to seventy grantees, with an area of 23,040 acres. As then consti- tuted, there laid between Danville and Peacham a tract of land which was afterwards chartered as a township under the name of Deweysburg. In 1810 this township was divided, a part going to Danville and a part to Peacham, thus increasing the area of the latter township to 25,695 acres.
A high ridge of land passes through the westerly part of the town, extend- ing northeast and southwest, which divides the waters of the town running into Lake Champlain from those passing into Connecticut river. The terri- tory of the town lies chiefly on the eastern slopes of this dividing ridge, and though a varied surface has many excellent farms well adapted for all kinds of grain, grass and pasturage. From the summits of some of the high hills beautiful prospects are obtained. On one of these, called by way of legend- ary distinction " Devil Hill," looking west and north the eye gazes upon an almost unbroken wilderness, extending from the base of the hill directly be- neath one's feet for several miles, while by just turning around, without other change of position, the cultivated farms of Peacham and Barnet are spread out to the beholder's view. From Cow Hill, a still higher eminence, the vis- ion is bounded north and west by the Green mountain range, and to the east by the Franconia and White mountains of New Hampshire. Looking west, cr looking east, the whole intervening country lies spread out in all its untold variety of hill, valley, forest, pond, farm and village. Within the lim- its of the town are several ponds, or small lakes, some of which, environed with forests and fed by mountain springs, are remarkably clear and well
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stocked with the finny tribe. Onion river pond-so called as the source of one of the principal branches of Onion or Winooski river-is in the westerly part of the town, covering an area of about 300 acres. Little Osmore pond, one mile west of Onion, has on its bed a fine deposit of infusorial marl. There are several streams of water running easterly, affording numerous mill privileges.
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