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moved to West Randolph and purchased the " Evergreen Home," on Pleas- ant street, where he now resides.
Alpheus George, son of Rev. Stephen and Susanna (Peak) George, was born in Holderness, N. H., in 1822, and learned the carpenter's trade. He married Lavinia M. Smart, in 1845, who bore him two sons, Charles H. (deceased), and Frank W., of Chelsea. She died in 1855, and in 1875 he married Marinda M., daughter of John C. and Clarissa A. (Judd) Johnson. Mr. George enlisted in the Ist Regt. Vt. Cav., September 8, 1864, and par- ticipated in the battles at Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek and Newton, sustaining a fracture of the left knee near Cedar Creek. He is a carpenter and cooper, .and resides on East Center street, West Randolph.
Ezra C. Bruce, son of Warren and Elizabeth (Lamphire) Bruce, was born in Roxbury, Washington county, in 1839, and spent his youth and early man- hood upon a farm. He married Alice A., daughter of William and Eliza (Collins) McAllister, and is now employed by Salisbury Bros., at West Ran- dolph. Eliza (Collins) McAllister is a daughter of Moses and Polly (Bagley) Collins. She married William McAllister, and has one son, Charles C., and a daughter, Alice A.
John Prince, son of John and Mary (McIntosh) Prince, was born in Bethel, Windsor county, in 1825. He was engaged in the manufacture of lumber and butter tubs at Roxbury, Washington county, for many years, located in Braintree in 1868, and in 1870 built a tub factory at West Randolph, where he located in 1877. He married Amanda B., daughter of George and Bertha B. (Baxter) Clark, in 1851, who bore him three sons and four daughters, viz .: Ada H., born in 1852; George J., born in 1855 ; Fred E., of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., and Frank A. (deceased), twins, born in 1858; Loretta B., born in 1860, died in 1861 ; Mary Bertha, who resides at home, and Jessie Aurora, born in 1867. George J. Prince married Mary E., daughter of Franklin B. and Ellen F. (Flinn) Salisbury, in 1876, and they have had two daaghters --- Alice Mabel, born in 1878, died in 1880, and Fanny May, born in 1880. In 1 875 Mr. Prince took the butter tub factory built by his father, which busi- ness he still continues.
William B. Viall, son of A. Boynton and Lucy (Newell) Viall, was born in Dorset, Bennington county, in 1842, and in 1862 entered the employ of the Central Vermont railroad, with which he has continued nineteen years, now holding the position of adjuster of claims for that road. In 1868 he mar- ried Eunice L., daughter of Alden and Clarissa (Rice) Lamb, of Granville, Addison county, and they have one (laughter, Lucy Clarissa, born January 14, 1880. Mr. Viall located in West Randolph in 1878, where he is the present postmaster. He has traveled in all the states of the Union except one.
Joseph J. Butterfield, son of Truman T. and Martha (Willey) Butterfield, was born in Berlin, Washington county. He learned cigar-making and worked at his trade in Montpelier for six years. In 1875 he married Sophia Lachner, by whom he has had two sons-Elmer, born in 1876, and Edward,
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who died in infancy. Mr. Butterfield is now employed by Salisbury Bros., at West Randolph.
Dr. Simon N. Gould was born in Newfane, Windham county, in 1840, and when a young man located in Plymouth, where he married Julia Ann, daugh- ter of Luther and Saloma T. (Webster) Johnson, in r862, and by whom he has had two daughters-Lillie Julia, born in 1865, and Ethelynd H., born in 1873. Dr. Gould is proprietor of " Good Samaritan " and other proprietary medicines, and resides on Railroad street, West Randolph.
Rev. Elbridge Gerry was born in Braintree, July 5, 1837, was reared upon a farm, fitted for college at West Randolph academy, graduated from Middle- bury college in the class of 1862, and from Andover seminary in 1866. His first call was to Sterling, Mass., where he preached two years, when he removed to Oregon City, Oregon, and was pastor of the Congregational church there for four years, serving as county superintendent of schools two years of the time. He returned to Randolph in the fall of 1872, and was pastor of a church in Bethel until 1882, when he again located in Oregon, remaining there one year. In 1883 he bought a farm of Dr. A. Smith, and has since been pastor of the church at Braintree Hill. In 1873 he began the publication of the Green Mountain Herald, at West Randolph, and the same year sold it to L. P. Thayer, the present publisher, Mr. Gerry acting as assistant editor. In 1868 Mr. Gerry married Lucia, daughter of Horace and Lucinda (Child) Church, and they have one daughter, Constance May, born in Oregon, December 17, 1871.
Justin H. Moulton was born in 1830, and was educated at the Orange County Grammar school. In 1861 he married Olivia H., daughter of Phi- lander and Hannah (Edgerton) Perrin, and they have one son and two daugh- ters, viz .: Clarence E., a student at Dartmouth college ; Lucy H. and Mary A., who reside with their parents. Mr. Moulton is manager of the Green Mountain Stock Farm, and resides on School street, West Randolph.
Rev. Jonathan Baldwin was born in Westminster, Windham county, in 1797, and died in 1863. At the age of eighteen he joined the Baptist church, and a few years later entered the ministry. He married, first, Sophia Gould, who bore him seven children, and second, Annis, daughter of Henry and Dinah (Ford) Brown, of Randolphi, in 1843, by whom he had two sons and one daughter, viz .: Henry M., who was born in 1845, and died in Boston in 1882; Sophia (Mrs. Lucius Batchelder), who died in 1883; and F. Way- land. The latter, born in 1851, was educated at the State Normal school, at Randolph, taught school for a time, and at the age of eighteen was em- ployed at the depot in West Randolph, and has since been engaged in the railroad business. About 1880 he went to Mexico and was assistant superin- tendent of the Mexico National railroad for six years. He returned in Sep- tember, 1886, and is now superintendent of the Vermont division of the Portland & Ogdensburg railroad, with headquarters at Ogdensburg, where he now resides. In 1880 he married Hattie, daughter of Charles H. Williams,
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of Essex Junction, Chittenden county, and they have one son, Percy W., born August 18, 1885. Mrs. Jonathan Baldwin resides on Main street, West Randolph.
Rev. V. M. Hardy, son of Levi and Catherine (Mosier) Hardy, was born in Wilton. Me., in 1840. In 1865 he graduated from Amherst college, from Chi- cago Theological seminary in 1869, and from Bangor (Me.) Theological semi- nary in 1870. He commenced his ministerial work at Morrisville, Vt., in 1870, and remained there seven years, locating in West Randolph in 1878. The out- ward signs of success which attended his ministry in these two churches appear in the entire reconstruction of the house of worship at Morrisville and the erection of a memorial parsonage at West Randolph. The spiritual gains which have attended his labors are recorded in the fact that of the resident membership in the churches which he served, more than half were added to them during his pastorate. June 10, 1873, Mr. Hardy married Sarah A. Noyes, of Mor- risville. He is pastor of the First Congregational church at West Randolph.
James P. Cleveland, Sr., son of Stephen and Hannah (Huntington) Cleve- land, was born in Bethel, Windsor county, in 1803, and when a young man learned the clothing and cloth-dressing business. In 1827 he married Anna P., daughter of Millen and Betsey (Miller) Huntington, and they have one son and one daughter-James P., Jr., and Elizabeth A., the latter principal of Ricon Grammar school, of San Francisco, Cal., and a member of the board of education of that city. James P. Cleveland, Jr., was born in 1828. He represented the town of Braintree in 1866-67, was overseer of the poor for sixteen years, sheriff of the county two years, associate judge in 1879-80, the latter year locating in this town, where he carries on a general insurance busi- ness. He is now deputy sheriff and overseer of the poor. In 1850 he mar- ried Martha A., daughter of Elijah and Patience (Neff) Flint, and they have two sons and one daughter, viz .: Frank H., of Braintree, Jennie A, who married Rev. William J. Chalmers, a Congregational clergyman, of Long Island ; and Harry L., of St. Paul, Minn.
Albert Tatro, son of Alexander F. and Elizabeth (Du Charme) Tatro, was born in East Highgate, Franklin county, in 1859, and in 1876 located in this town, where he married, November 26, 1885, M. Harriet, daughter of Will- iam and Mary H. (Cross) Albin. He owns a farm of 175 acres on road 76.
Luther Penn Bullard, son of Luther and Nancy (Greenleaf) Bullard, was born in Bethel, Windsor county, in 1827. He married Emily R., daugliter of Moses and Ruth (Ames) Morse, in 1853, and their children are Edson P. and Alton E., of Massachusetts ; Mattie E. (Mrs. G. W. Bryant), of Virginia ; and Jessie, who lives at home with her parents. Mr. Bullard owns the cele- brated stock horse "Como," and resides near West Randolph, on road 75.
George L. Stearns, son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Shattuck) Stearns, was born in Plainfield, N. H., in 1844. He married Josephine E., daughter of Moses and Lucy (Guile) Pearley, in 1868, and they have one daughter,
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Jennie, born in 1869. Mr. Stearns located at West Randolph in 1880, where he is engaged in the manufacture of soap.
George Petrie Beard, son of Kendall and Roxcinda (Richardson) Beard, was born in Orange in 1834, and graduated from the University of Vermont with honors in 1860. In 1865 he became superintendent at Chillicothe, Mo., and in 1871 was elected president of the State Normal school at War- rensburg, Mo. In 1872 he was elected president of Cumberland Valley State Normal school in Pennsylvania, was at the Southwestern State Normal school in the same state, and in 1883 located at Lock Haven, Pa., and is now president of the school at that place. In 1862 he married Luna C., daughter of Ahira and Sarah (Millen) Griswold, and they have three daughters -Stella S., Lucy E. and Luna L. Mr. Beard owns the Griswold homestead on road I.
Samuel W. Dimick, son of Joel and Sarah (Wood) Dimick, was born in Hartford, Windsor county, in 1826. He married Mary Jane, daughter of Levi and Abiah (Hopson) Barber, in 1850, and the fruit of this marriage was a son, Charles H., and a daughter, Susan M. (Mrs. William F. Washburn). Charles H., born in 1851, married Fanny Stone, by whom he had one daugh- ter, Grace S. He died in 1874, aged twenty-three years. Mr. Dimick was a farmer with W. F. Washburn on road 47.
Seth A. Heath, son of Moses and Nancy (Norris) Heath, was born in Bristol, N. H., in 1828. In 1851 he married Abigail, daughter of John and Sarah (Parkhurst) Durkee, who bore him children as follows : Abbie (Mrs. James Buck), of Massachusetts ; Daniel W., who died in 1863, aged five years ; Joanna and Josie, who reside with their parents ; William S., born in 1864 ; and Irwin G., born in 1866.
Moses Bass was born in Braintree in 1806, and died in 1872. He married Louisa W, daughter of Francis and Louisa (Gilmore) Williams, of Taunton, Mass., in 1839, by whom he had three sons and four daughters, viz .: Delia L. (Mrs. L. Tilson) ; Ellen F., of Pittsfield, Rutland county ; Bradford G .; Clementina (Mrs. B. Pratt) ; Frank, born in 1848, died in 1877; Philura (Mrs. R. G. Page) ; Edward L. and Edmund F. Edward L., born in 1855, married Eleanor Louise, daughter of John R. and Sarah (Pitts) Williams, in 1884, and they have one son, Royce E., born in 1885. Edmund F. married, first, Fanny A. Grainger, in 1876, who died in 1880, and second, Mary E. Chamberlain, in January, 1882, who died July 2, 1882.
Heber T. Holman was born in Brookfield in 1847, spent his youth and early manhood upon a farm, and later engaged in bridge building. He mar- ried Mary L., daughter of Caleb L. and Amanda (Woodward) Thomson, of Waterbury, Washington county, in 1874, and they have one daughter and three sons, viz .: Lizzie Louise, born in 1875; Roy C., born in 1879 ; Guy T., born in 1881 ; and Heber T., born in 1884. Mr. Holman is a farmer and resides on road 69.
Samuel F. Sleeper was born in Strafford in 1839. In 1862 he enlisted
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in the Union army and served three years. He married Maria, daughter of Rev. Silas and Lydia (Manchester) Lake, in 1859, and their children were William R., of Boone, Iowa; Alice May, of Moriah, N. Y .; Fred C., of Chelsea ; Lena Adella, Calvin L., and Florence Isabel. Mr. Sleeper died August 24, 1881. His widow and family reside at West Randolph.
Joshua C. Russell, son of Harry, was born in Shelburne, Vt., in 1836, and in 1860 married Lottie L., daughter of Abel and Anna (Hickok) Leaven- worth, of Charlotte, Chittenden county. In 1864 he removed to Decker, Ill., where he worked at carpentering for five years, when he removed to Carlisle, remaining here seven years, again locating in Shelburne, where he died April 20, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Russell had born to them three sons and one daughter, viz .: Florence Louisa, born October 18, 1861; Burton L., born October 4, 1863, now a resident of Dakota; Harry M., born October 2, 1869 ; and Fred E., born May 27, 1874. Mrs. Russell came to Randolph in 1875 and purchased the place formerly owned by her brother, Abel E. Leaven- worth.
Bela Kingsbury, son of Capt. Daniel and Martha (Adams) Kingsbury, was born in Connecticut, and at the age of four years removed with his parents to Brookfield. He married Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Betsey (Cutler) Bottom, in 1810, and their children were one son and three daughters, of whom Betsey C. married Abel Bigelow; Mary upon the death of her sister also married Abel Bigelow, in 1835, and they had nine children, only one of whom is now living, (Martha K., who married Julian J. Washburn, by whom she has one son and one daughter, Edward A. and Mary V.) Mr. Bigelow died in 1860, and in 1867 Mrs. Bigelow married Isaac Nichols, who died in 1881. Mrs. Nichols resides on Main street, Randolph Center.
Charles S. Paine, son of Samuel and Pamelia (Chase) Paine, was born in 1819. His mother was a daughter of Jonathan Chase, of Cornish, N. H. In 1850 he married, first, Eliza, daughter of Rev. Sumner I. and Grace (Smith) Lincoln, by whom he had one son, William L., a physician and sur- geon of Union Village, in the town of Thetford. Upon the death of his wife, in 1854, he married Abbie B., daughter of Smith and Elizabeth (Cummings) Fulsom, in 1855, by whom he has had one son and three daughters, viz .: Eliza A. (Mrs. H. W. Fowler), of East Bethel, Windsor county ; C. Carrol, Carrie M., and Amy L. Mr. Paine is a farmer and resides on the home- stead where he was born.
Horace Wheeler, son of Dr. Samuel and Eunice (Wood) Wheeler, was born in Townshend, Windham county, in 1791. He married Nancy, daugh- ter of John and Lavina (Collins) Buswell, in 1820, by whom he had one son and five daughters, viz .: Orpha J., of Randolph ; Eliza Ann, who died young ; Ellen A., also of this town ; Emily and Horatio A., who died in infancy ; and Eliza A., born in 1835, died in 1865. January 6, 1819, Mr. Wheeler was obliged to have the thumb and fore finger of his right hand amputated on account of a diseased condition of the bone. November 3, 1831, the arm
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was amputated at the shoulder joint. September 28, 1837, the collar bone and shoulder blade were removed, and May 9, 1839, an ulcerated tumor was removed from his right side, and also one from one of his limbs. Mr. Wheeler was constable and collector fifteen years, and also held the offices of deputy sheriff and selectman. He died in 1868, and his wife in 1864. His daugh - ters Orpha J. and Ellen A. reside in East Randolph.
Charles W. Taft, son of Elijah and Orinda (Kimball) Taft, was born in Williston, Chittenden county, in 1828. In 1846 he went to Massachusetts, where he worked at farming, shoemaking, and on the railroad, later returning to Williston, remaining here until 1860. He then run a farm in Brookfield for sixteen years, again locating in Williston, and in 1881 located in Randolph, where he bought the Cleveland farm on road 20, his present home. Mr. Taft has been married three times. His first wife, Lovina A. Boutell, whom he married in 1849, died in 1851. His second wife, Eliza J. Muzzey, he married in 1853 and by her had two sons-Charles H. W., of Brookfield, and Sum- ner B., a soldier in the U. S. army, stationed in Texas. For his third wife he married Susan C., daughter of Josiah Thompson, in 1881, and they have an adopted daughter, Carrie J., born in 1883.
Larnard L. Persons, son of Dennis, was born in Barre, Washington county, in 1827, and in 1848 married Amanda E. Persons, by whom he had two sons and three daughters, viz .: Ella C. (Mrs. George Hacket) ; Abbie A. (Mrs. Foster Sprague), of Tunbridge, and Alma A. (Mrs. W. R. Holden), of Ran- dolph, (twins) ; Fred L., of Randolph, and Charles E., of Massachusetts. Mr. Persons enlisted in Co. K, 12th Vt. Vols., in 1862, and in 1863 in the ist Vt. Cav., serving until the close of the war. He located in East Randolph in 1872, where he is proprietor of a livery stable.
Charles L. Hodges, son of Jacob S. and Elizabeth D. (Day) Hodges, was born in Williston, Chittenden county. He married Lucy S., daughter of Frederick and Deborah (Foster) Washburn, in 1870, and they have one son and four daughters, viz .: Lottie E., Jennie E., Frederick C, Mary D. W., and Josephine A. Mr. Hodges occupies the Washburn homestead, on road 59, where his wife was born.
Miller Huntington was sixth in descent from Simeon and Margaret Hunt- ington, who emigrated from England in 1633, with three sons-Christopher, Samuel and Simon. James, third son of Simon, was born in 1680, and mar- ried Priscilla Miller. Their son James, born in 1706, married Elizabeth M. Darby, whose son William, born in 1736, married Anna Pride. Miller, son of William and Anna (Pride) Huntington, was born in 1770, and married Betsey Miller. Their son Alvah, born in 1802, married Ann, daughter of Oliver and Ann (Haywood) Stevens, in 1827, and they had three sons and three daughters, viz .: John C., born in 1827; William, who died in infancy ; Oliver, of Kansas ; Nancy, who died at the age of nine years ; Thirza (Mrs. N. K. Putnam), of Massachusetts ; Jennette N. (Mrs. A. J. Driver), of Illinois. John C. Huntington learned the blacksmith's trade when he was
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eighteen years of age. He married Nancy K., daughter of Lewis and Harty (King) Moulton. of this town, in 1848, and they have two daughters-Ellen Eliza (Mrs. Millard T. King), of Tunbridge, and Marion Adella. Mr. Hunt- ington occupies the Moulton farm, where his wife was born.
Samuel H. Brooks, son of O. H. and Sarah (Rice) Brooks, was born in Bethel, Windsor county, in 1828, where he learned the trade of tinsmith. He married Emma L., daughter of H. M. and Abigail (Cartry) Smith, in 1856, and they have two sons and two daughters, viz .: Minnie A., Edward E., Florence H., and Theron C. Mr. Brooks is patentee and manufacturer of Brooks's force and suction pumps, at West Randolph.
Fred Bryant, son of Thomas and Abbie (Nason) Bryant, was born in Cav- endish, Vt., in 1857. He married Cedora, daughter of George M. and Lorinda (Waterman) Erskine, in 1881, and they have one child, a daughter of Mrs. Bryant by a former marriage. Mr. Bryant is employed in the livery stable of J. L. Moses, in West Randolph.
John McBride, son of James and Mary (Hancock) McBride, was born in Kentucky in 1844, and in 1870 located in this town, and the same year mar- ried Hattie M., daughter of Benjamin B. and Elizabeth (Haraden) Allen. They have a daughter, Harriet A., born in 1873. Mr. McBride resides at West Randolph.
Ira A. Rogers, son of Hiram T., was born in the Province of Quebec in 1817, and early in life learned the blacksmith's trade. He married Mary H., daughter of Martin and Lucy (Wheeler) Rice, by whom he had three sons and three daughters, viz .: Emily A., Waldo W., Permilla E. (deceased), James A., Addis A., and Mary A. Waldo W. was born in 1850, and came to West Randolph in 1874. He married Clara Belle A., daughter of A. J. and Sophronia (Ryder) Boyce, of East Roxbury, Washington county, in 1883, and they have one son, Homer B., born in 1884. Mr. Rogers is a blacksmith on South Main street, West Randolph.
Samuel Riford, son of Samuel and Betsey (Ford) Riford, was born in Braintree in 1827, and there resided until his death in 1875. He married Betsey E., daughter of Beriah and Betsey (Hunt) Battles, in 1852, and they had two sons and four daughters, viz .: Celia Ada, Carrol S. (deceased), Nellie B. (deceased), Nina Carrie, Pearly S. (deceased), and Winnie Alice. Celia Ada Riford is the second wife of Worthen W. Jones, whose first wife, Nellie Clark, bore him two children-Lulu B. and Gladys. Mr. Jones re- sides on School street, West Randolph.
Eugene L. Williams, son of Leonard K. and Nancy (Morse) Williams, was born in Bethel, Windsor county, in 1852. He married Alice, daughter of William and Lucy (King) Lawton, of Northfield, Washington county, in 1875, and they have one son, Edgar H., born in 1876. Mr. Williams was a clerk in Canton, Mass., for two years, and located in this town in 1880. He is now a clerk for A. W. Tewksbury & Sons, at the Abbott mill, and resides on Church street, West Randolph.
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Waldo S. Curtis, son of Nelson and Caroline (Snow) Curtis, was born in Montpelier in 1853. He studied dentistry with Dr. C. R. Pell, attended "dental schools at New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, and practiced his profession at Hardwick, Caledonia county, twelve years. He married Laura A., daughter of Fred Lackner, in 1875, and they have two children- Carrie A., born in 1878, and Fred W., born in 1879. Mr. Curtis is located in West Randolph, with his office in Du Bois & Gay's block.
Frank A. Phillips, son of Calvin B. and Louisa J. ( McColom) Phillips, was born in Brandon, Rutland county, and is a house painter by trade. In 1875 he located in West Randolph, and in 1879 married Abbie R., daughter of Rufus and Mahala (York) Chadwick, and they have one son, Harry C., born August 30, 1880. Mr. Phillips is leader of the Mechanics band, and resides at West Randolph.
Michael Bryant, from Hartland, Windsor county, located in Braintree in 1840, where he resided about twenty-five years. He married Mary Miller, and their children were Harriet (Mrs. Whiting Cleverly) ; Joseph C .; Wealthy L (Mrs. William Stoughton), of South Royalton, Windsor county ; George, who died in Ohio in 1873 ; Lavina (Mrs. Parker Adams), of Lowell, Orleans county ; Hubbard, of West Brookfield ; and Saloma T., also of Lowell. Joseph C., born in 1819, married Ellen J., daughter of Rufus and Olive ( Hol- man) Flint, in 1857, and their children were two sons and two daughters, viz .: George C., who died in 1862; Ella C., who died in 1865; Jennie Mable, born June 27, 1867 ; and Will S., born in 1869. Mr. Bryant came to Randolph in 1871, and died here October 12, 1884. Mrs. Bryant resides on road 66.
Rev. W. F. Peters, the present pastor of the First Christian church of West Randolph, was born in Ripley, Brown county, Ohio, April 30, 1859; attended the High school in that place until he entered the Bee and Times office, where he remained three years. Leaving home at eighteen, he studied two years at Starkey seminary, Eddytown, N. Y., and three years at a theo- logical seminary at Stanfordville, Duchess county, N. Y. He was first called by the West Randolph church in 1882, in the year of his ordination, which occurred at Stanfordville, N. Y .. the ordaining board consisting of President J. B. Weston, Prof. A. H. Morrill, and Rev. J. A. Young. He resigned in 1883. and was again called in 1886.
Hazelton A. Spencer, son of Dr. John and Sophia (Coate) Spencer, was borh in the Province of Ontario, Canada, in 1837. He was educated at the Victoria university of Coburg, Ont., was licensed to preach in 1858, and in 1864 located in St. Johnsbury Center, and since preached in Newbury, Groton, Derby, Newport, St. Johnsbury, Montpelier and St. Albans. He was presiding elder of Springfield district from 1879 to 1881, and of Mont- pelier district from 1882 to 1885 inclusive, locating in Randolph in 1886. He married Lydia, daughter of William and Maria Hutton, in 1862, and their children were five sons and two daughters, viz .: Maria S., who resides with
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her parents ; George Hazelton, a student at Boston university, class of '90 ; J. Wesley, also a student at Boston university ; William S., a student at the Methodist Conference seminary at Montpelier ; and Frederick A. and Marion L., who reside with their parents. Mr. Spencer is trustee of the Vermont seminary, which office he has held since 1873, and since 1882 has been a member of the executive committee. He has been president of the Y. M. C. A. of Vermont for three years.
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