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Ebenezer Dodge emigrated from Denmark to America with three of his brothers, of whom no record can now be found. Ebenezer settled in Marsh- field. His wife, Rebecca (Stanley), bore him ten children. Ebenezer, Jr., born in 1769, married Fanny Park, and they had born to them five children. Alexander P., born July 13, 1817, was the youngest, and spent his whole life in Marshfield. He married Abigail Wood, who survives him. Their children were Flora P., Aurora D., Victory A., Sarah P., and Eben P., three of whom are now living.
James Hills came to Marshfield from Hancock, N. H., at an early date, and settled where Austin Spencer now lives. He cleared the farm upon which he resided until his death, June 6, 1872, aged seventy-six years. His wife was Freelove Roberts, and they had three children, only one of whom, Mrs. Austin Spencer, is now living.
Simeon Dwinell, son of Archelaus and Olive (Hall) Dwinell, came from Croydon, N. H., in February, 1803, and settled where S. D. Hollister now lives. His house was a rude bark-covered shanty. After one season he moved to the farm now owned by C. W. H. Dwinell. The nearest clearing then was the one he left three miles away. Here he cleared a farm and made his home, where he always resided until he died, November 2, 1857, aged eighty years. He married Sally, daughter of Isaiah and Sarah (Bartlett) Hayward, of Croy- don, N. H. She bore him fifteen children, twelve of whom lived to maturity, viz .: Olive, Thirza, Patty, Sally B., Orra, Danforth, Moriah, Cyrena, Amos, Chester W. H., Sarepta H., and Marvin G. Four are living. For the first few years after coming to Marshfield he, with his brother-in-law, devoted themselves to wheat raising. They cut the wheat with sickles, threshed it by hand, and delivered over 500 bushels with their teams at Plattsburgh, N. Y., for fifty cents per bushel. Hon. Chester W. H. Dwinell was born in Marsh- field, on the farm where he now lives, February 24, 1823. He began teach- ing at the age of eighteen, and taught several years. He has since been engaged in farming and stock raising. He married Orpha L., daughter of Dea. Silas and Lydia (Pike) Jacobs. They have had six children, viz .: Dean S., Elsie P., Emily H., Nena D., Simeon E., and H. Ola. Mrs. Dwinell died November 4, 1887. Mr. Dwinell has always lived in Marshfield, is public spirited and enterprising, and is one of the leading farmers and business men in town. He has never sought office, but when elected has performed his duties faithfully. He represented the town in 1863-64, and served as asso- ciate justice in 1869 and 1870. He has held all the town offices except clerk and treasurer, and has been chairman of the county board of appraisers and equalization.
Amos Dwinell, son of Archelaus and Olive (Hall) Dwinell, came from Croydon, N. H., to Marshfield, in 1825. He was a tanner by trade, but when he came to Marshfield he bought the farm where E. B. Dwinell now lives. He cleared the farm and lived on it until his death, December 19,
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1871. He married Achsah Turner, who died May 22, 1860. They had three children, Emily, James F., born July 23, 1825, and Erastus B., born June 2, 1827. James F. married Martha C. Mason, and they have had four children, two of whom are living. Erastus B. married, first, Celinda B. Smith, the mother of his son Orvis T., who is a Methodist minister in Illinois. His second wife was Jerusha W. Woods, who has borne him four children, viz .: Gilbert L., Alice A., Edna F., and one who died in infancy- Gilbert L. resides in Marshfield.
Nathaniel Lamberton came to Marshfield from Corydon, N. H., in 1805, and settled near Nob hill. His wife was Lucy Cutting, who bore him thir- teen children, ten of whom lived to maturity, viz .: Clarissa, Elijah, Samuel, Lucinda, Nathaniel, Jr., Obadiah, Alfred, Silas, Reuben, and Wellington. Clarissa married Friend N. Austin, and had seven children. Elijah married Lona Cole, and their children are Laura, Matilda, Roxana, and Simeon. Samuel married Joanna Cole, and their children are Edgar A. and Emily. Lucinda married Ira Converse, and had two children. Nathaniel, Jr., was. thrice married, and the father of three children. Obadiah married Irena Bullock, who bore him six children, viz .: George, Jane, Moses, Henry C., Irena, and Albert E. Alfred married Maria Taylor, who had five children. Silas married Cyrena Loveland, and three of their five children are living. Reuben married Amy Benjamin, who bore him two children. Wellington married Lucinda Morse, who was the mother of five children.
Abijah Bemis was born in Paxton, Mass., April 12, 1791. In his early childhood his parents moved to Corydon, N. H. In 1807, at the age of six- teen years, he came to Marshfield, where he resided until his death, February 5, 1877. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. Bemis was twice married, first to Harriet Pitkin, who bore him ten children, six of whom are living. Martin D. Bemis, of this town, is his son. His second wife was Mrs. Abbie Bemis.
Andrew Jack came from Francestown, N. H., about 1810, and located on the farm called the " Rodney Jack place," on Maple hill. He cleared up a. farm and resided on it until his death, in 1835. He married Mary Brown, who bore him three sons and six daughters, only two of whom are living,- Mrs. Norman Holt, of Marshfield, and Mrs. Hiram Jewell, of Woodbury. Mrs. D. M. Cole is his granddaughter.
Phineas, Abijah, Obadiah, and Daniel, sons of Daniel Bemis, Sr., settled in Marshfield. They came from Croydon, N. H. Phineas came in 1806 or'07, and the others later. All but Abijah settled on Nob hill, and he settled on the river. Obadiah later removed to Plainfield. Phineas located where his son Moody now lives, and died there. He married Lucy Austin. Only four of their ten children are now living, viz .: Isaac, Samuel, Moody, and Ira. All are citizens of Marshfield. Moody Bemis is a farmer, and has always resided on the homestead where his father, Phineas, first settled. He repre-
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sented his town in 1872 and '73. He married Harriet Mears, and they are parents of one child. Daniel married Mary Morse and settled on the farm adjoining that of his brother Phineas, and where he spent the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Bemis were blessed with a family of eleven children, eight of whom are now living, viz .: Daphne (Mrs. D. W. Bancroft), Lydia. (Mrs. E. S. Pitkin), A. Jackson, George, Nelson C., Elsie (Mrs. Henry C. Lamberton), Horace, and Levi.
John Pike, born in Croydon, N. H., came to Marshfield with his wife, Abulia (Bemis), and their children, in 1806. They located on a deserted pitch, where there was a small clearing and a log cabin. Their goods were few, and they traveled to their new home on snow-shoes. To provide for the family Mr. Pike and his oldest son, John, were obliged to work for others, while Bemis and Daniel, aged respectively thirteen and eleven years, bravely assailed the forest, felled three acres of timber, made leeches of hollow trees, and from the ashes of the fallen timber, which they managed to burn, they made salts, which were boiled over the kitchen fire. Their diet was potato and salt. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Pike were John, Jr., Bemis, Daniel, Lydia, Nancy, Horace, Sylvester, and Harriet. Bemis Pike, son of John, was a farmer, and resided in Marshfield from the time the family settled there in 1807 until his death in 1843. He married Sarah Taylor. Their children were Roxanna, Nancy, Harriet, John B., Sarah, and Elvira. John B. married Jennie Alkins, who was the mother of five children, only two of whom (sons) are now living.
Elias Austin and Lydia, his wife, with two sons and five daughters, from New Boston, N. H., came to Marshfield in 1808, and settled where D. M. Pike now lives. Their son Friend N., born in 1794, was a farmer, resided in Marshfield from 1808 until his death, February 13, 1888, aged ninety-four years, and had never ridden in a railroad car. In October, 1827, he married Clarissa Lamberton, who died March 9, 1887. Their children were Samuel ; Willard M., who married Lucretia J. Cole ; Mehitable, who married Jacob Wheelock (deceased), has four children, and resides in Calais; Natt, who married Florina C., daughter of William and Lucinda F. Orcutt ; Isaac, who married Mary A. Johnson ; Ruth H., who married Orson Woodcock, and resides in West Randolph, Vt .; and Hector M , who married Ora A. Bullock. The sons are all farmers, and reside in Marshfield.
Deacon Silas Jacobs came to this town from Croydon, N. H., about 1810. He moved to town with a cart and oxen, and located near where D. M. Pike now lives. His first habitation was a board shanty, covered with hemlock bark. He brought the boards to build his cabin from the river on his back. The floor was made of split logs. He cleared this farm and resided upon it until his death, in 1838, aged fifty-one years. His wife, Lydia Pike, bore him twelve children, four of whom are living, viz .: a son and daughter in the West ; Mrs. Hannah M. Smith in this town, who resides with her son Orin H .; and Mrs. Prudence Lance, of Cabot.
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Joshua Smith, from Glastonbury, Conn., came to Marshfield in 1811, set- tled where Mrs. Ormsbee now lives, and engaged in farming and kept a public house. Here he resided the remainder of his life. His son Ira, who was but eleven years old when the family set out from Connecticut, drove two yokes of oxen the entire journey. He married Hannah, daughter of Dea. Silas and Lydia (Pike) Jacobs. Ira Smith was a stone mason, farmer, and speculator in lands. About 1840 he settled on the farm now owned by his son Orin H., and here resided until his death, in 1880, aged eighty years. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had born to them eight children, three of whom are liv- ing, viz .: Lydia (Mrs. Levi Benton), Prudence J. (Mrs. C. H. Newton), of Hope, Dak., and Orin H., before mentioned, who resides on the homestead.
Asa Spencer, son of Asa, was born in Woodbury, September 14, 1811. His father removed to Marshfield in 1813. When Asa, Jr., was twenty years old he went to Malone. N. Y., where he resided the ensuing three years, and where he married Miss Jane Wright. He then returned to Marshfield, where he has since lived. Mr. Spencer has been a farmer and stock grower. In 1866 he removed to his residence in the village. He represented Marshfield in the legislature in 1850 and 1851, has held nearly all the town offices, and settled numerous estates. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer were parents of three children, of whom only one son, Eri V., is living.
Sylvester Loveland, a soldier in the War of 1812, was born in Glastonbury, Conn. He came to Marshfield in December, 1814 or 1815, locating where his son Daniel R. now lives, and where he always resided. He died March 10, 1888, aged ninety-seven years. His wife, Ruth (Riley), bore him ten children, seven of whom lived to maturity, viz .: Cyrena, who married Silas Lamberton ; Irena, who married, first, Chester Loveland, and second, Roger Albertson ; Ruth, who married Ambrose Coleman ; Mary, who married Enoch Wyman ; Francis, who married Rosalie Jack; Daniel R., who married Helen West; and Emily, who married Proctor Quimby. Daniel R. lives on the old homestead in Marshfield, and is a successful farmer. He has held numerous town offices ; has been overseer of the poor seventeen years and justice of the peace for about twenty-five years. He resides one and a half miles from the village on the river road.
Capt. Josiah Hollister came to Marshfield from East Hartford, now Man- chester, Conn. He married Phebe, daughter of Capt. Stephen Rich, and their children were Stephen R., Horace H. (deceased), Samuel D., and George H. Stephen R. married Emily Coburn, who bore him two children, Josiah (deceased) and George E., who married Mary R. Snow, and has two children, Edith S. and Carrie E., and resides with his father on the old home- stead, on road 33. Samuel D., son of Capt. Josiah Hollister, was born in Marshfield, December 2, 1817. He married Flora S. Coburn, by whom he had five children, all of whom are living, viz .: Blanche S. (Mrs. Leroy Kent) in Calais ; Henry D. in Chicago, Ill .; Alice P. (Mrs. William P. Jones). also in Chicago; Mary Lee (Mrs. Rome G. Brown) in Minneapolis; and J.
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Murray, now a student at Goddard Seminary in Barre. Mr. Hollister lives on road 33. George H., son of Capt. Josiah, married, first, Elizabeth Pette- bone, who bore him one child, Harry L. His second wife was Fannie Hooker. They have three daughters and two sons, viz .: William C., Fred- erick, Mary, Fannie, and Eva. Mr. Hollister lives in Rockton, Ill.
Hon. Horace Hollister was born in 1791, and when a young man came to Marshfield and resided one year with his brother Josiah. He then returned to Connecticut, where he married Ruth P., daughter of Capt. Stephen Rich, and moved to Colebrook, N. H., and to Marshfield in 1821. Like his brother, he was very successful, shared largely in the confidence of the peo- ple. and was very much in public business. He had opinions of his own, and the courage to express them. He was elected to most of the town offi- ces, was overseer of the poor many years, and also assistant judge two years and senator two terms. He died at the age of seventy-six years. His chil- dren are Asenath, Andrew J., Martin V. B., Josiah E., and Homer H., all of whom are living. Homer H. lives on the old homestead. He married Myra Carpenter, March 15, 1856, who died October 24, 1887. They had five children, viz .: Mattie F. (Mrs. W. J. Clapp), of Barre, born November 5, 1859 ; Emma M., born December 1, 1862 ; Susan P., born January 3, 1866 ; Dwight H., born June 6, 1870 ; and Minnie A., born June 24, 1876. Mr. Hollister lost the thumb and first two fingers on his left hand by the acci- dental discharge of a musket while he was in the army.
Jacob Putnam, a farmer, with his wife, Lucy (Barnes), and their children, came to Marshfield from Alstead, N. H., in 1820, and settled on the farm where A. E. Lamberton now lives. Mr. Putnam was an active, enterprising business man, and prominent in town affairs. He was justice of the peace twenty-five years, town clerk as many years, and administered on the settle- ment of numerous estates. He died in April, 1856, aged seventy-two years. Mrs. Putnam died October 12, 1864, aged eighty-two years. Their children were Thomas B., Enoch D., Alonzo F., Roxana, Mary, and Sarah. Alonzo Franklin was born in Alstead, N. H., in 1818. He was engaged with his father until he was twenty-five years of age. He then became proprietor of the " Half Way House," in Marshfield, which he conducted the ensuing six years, and then purchased a farm in Peacham, which he was obliged to vacate on account of a worthless title, and at the loss of all that he possessed. He then emigrated to Wisconsin, and soon after fortunately received the ap- pointment of school commissioner for that territory, and held the position until Wisconsin was admitted into the union of states. Mr. Putnam then gave his attention to farming, in Wisconsin, and after several years eventually returned to Marshfield and purchased the Putnam homestead, which he occu- pied about five years. He then engaged in mercantile business, and finally retired from active pursuits in 1883. Mr. Putnam was commissioned post- master under the administration of President Lincoln, and held the office about twenty years. He married Hannah Wright, of Malone, N. Y., who
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died April 4, 1888. Their children are Charles F., a merchant in Terre Haute, Ind .; and George A., engaged in banking in Fargo, Dak.
Alanson Colburn came to Marshfield from Lyme, N. H., when a young man. He married Monicy, daughter of Nathaniel Dodge, and settled near where Wesley P. Martin now lives. He resided there until 1869, when he went to Butler, Mich., where he now resides. His son Arthur T. married Susan, daughter of Jonathan Batchelder, and lives in Marshfield. They have three children, viz .: Myrtie M., Ida L., and Edgar G. His son Charles A. mar- ried Elmira Johnson, has two daughters, Nellie and Mabel, and lives in But- ler, Mich.
Rufus Flood came to Marshfield from Marlboro, N. H., in 1822, and set- tled at the foot of Lord's hill, where he lived twenty-four years, when he moved onto the farm now owned by C. & A. N. Flood, and resided there until his death. His wife was Laurania Corbin. Their children were Rufus, Nathaniel C., Mary, Joseph R., Loring, and Carroll. The latter is the only child now living. He married Permelia Freeman, by whom he had two chil- dren, Alvinza N. and Nellie P. (Mrs. A. Nye).
Joseph Eaton was born in Hawke, N. H., now Danville. When he was quite young his father, Joseph T., removed to Washington, Orange county. In 1825 the family came to Marshfield and settled on the farm where John H. Eaton, son of Joseph, now lives. In consequence of misfortune the head of this family was unable to liquidate the debt against the farm, in 1828, when Joseph undertook the task and succeeded in clearing it of all claims, and the farm has since been in possession of the family. Mr. Eaton mar- ried Judith Gove. Their children are John H., Emeline, Samuel M., and Nathaniel J. John H. and Nathaniel J. reside on the old homestead.
Richard Mears was born in Peacham, Vt., March 18, 1803. At the age of forty-one years he settled in Marshfield, on the farm where he now re- sides with his son Ezra N. He married Harriet Kidder, March 21, 1833, and their children are Ezra N., Harriet (Mrs. Moody Bemis), Ann M., Mark, Sophronia, William H. H., George D., Frederick K., and Albert W. Five sons and one daughter are living. The three older sons and daughter re- side in Marshfield, and the two younger sons in Boston.
Nathaniel J. Gove, son of Nathaniel and Polly (Jones) Gove, was born in Strafford, Vt., January 5, 1810. In 1791 the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Nathaniel Gove, with his wife, Elizabeth (Sanborn), and their chil- dren, emigrated from Deering, N. H., to Strafford. At that time his son Nathaniel, Jr., was eleven years old, and from that time until his death re- sided in Strafford. Nathaniel Jones, father of Polly, before mentioned, was a Revolutionary soldier seven years. He had a family of ten children. No- vember 10, 1830, Nathaniel J. Gove married Lavinia, daughter of Samuel Robie, of Strafford. November 24, 1836, they moved to Marshfield, and in 1865 settled on the farm where they now reside. Their children are Sarah, William R., Mary L., Nancy, John S., Nathaniel B., and George W.
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William R. served three years in the Ist Vt. Cav. He now resides with his father.
Abram Wood, son of Israel, was born in Barre. He came to Marshfield in 1843 and settled on the farm now owned by his son Theodore. He married Pamelia Lyman, of Norwich, Vt., and they had seven children, four of whom grew to maturity, viz .: Abigail, Harvey L., Mary A., and Theodore. Abigail (widow of A. P. Dodge) lives in Marshfield. Theodore married Sarah A. Clark, by whom he has nine children. He resides on the homestead.
George, son of Daniel and Hannah (Blaisdell) Wooster, was born in Wal- den, Vt., October 6, 1825. His parents were early settlers of Walden, and both were teachers. Mr. Wooster was town clerk of Walden thirty-eight years. George spent his minority on his father's farm. In 1848, after a few years' experience as clerk, he went to Marshfield and engaged in merchandis- ing in company with Judge E. D. Putnam. They were also manufacturers of potato starch. May 20, 1857, he formed a partnership with his brother Frank, in Walden. In May, 1858, they transferred their business to Marsh- field. In connection with mercantile business they have manufactured potato starch and shoe pegs, in which they had a large trade during the late war. They also conducted a cheese factory from 1878 to 1881. They now conduct a general store and are extensive farmers, with a stock of 100 head of cattle and horses. They have erected several buildings and greatly im- proved the place. George Wooster has served as postmaster of Marshfield since 1885, and represented his town in 1879-80. He married S. Amelia Sweet, by whom he has had five children, four of whom are living. His. former partner, Hon. E. D. Putnam, describes him as a man of strict integ+ rity, great energy, and comprehensive business ability. Frank Wooster was born in Walden, August 8, 1831, and like his brother George spent his boy- hood on the paternal farm. Since 1857 he has been one of the firm of G. & F. Wooster. He married, first, Miss Ella M. Pratt, and second, Mrs. Marion W. Gilman, both of whom are deceased.
John Bolles, son of Jonathan and Thankful Bolles, was born in Williams- town, Vt., November 10, 1812. When he was ten years old his father moved to Goshen Gore. At the age of twenty-one years he bought three lots of wild land and cleared a farm, where he continued to live until 1850, when he removed to his present residence in Marshfield. When a young man he chopped wood at twenty-five cents per cord, and could cut and pile four cords per day. He in now hale and strong for one of his years. He married Esther Pittsley, and they have had nine children, four of whom are living.
John E. Eddy was born in Charlton, Mass. At the age of nine years he went to Walden, Vt., and resided with his uncle, Edmund Eddy, until he attained his majority. He went to Boston, where he remained seven years, and then settled in Marshfield on the farm on the river where I. W. Winter now lives. In 1885 he sold and retired to his present residence, where, as
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he says, he is doing only enough for play. Mr. Eddy has married twice. His first wife was Sally, daughter of Capt. Edmund Eddy, and the mother of his children Maurice H. and Laura May. His second wife was Mary Palmer.
Harrison D. Batchelder, son of Jonathan M. and Welthea Ketchum Batch- elder, was born in Plainfield, January 27, 1830. He married Chloe B., daughter of Reuben and Melinda (Bancroft) Huntoon, who has borne him two sons, Orrin C. and Reuben J., both of whom are living. Mr. Batchelder is a descendant of one of the early settlers of Plainfield. He moved into Marshfield in 1853, with his mother, and to the farm where he now resides, on Maple hill, on road 47.
George M. Town, M. D., was born in Montpelier, May 29, 1819. He at- tended the schools in his native town and studied medicine with Drs. Clark and Rublee. He attended lectures at the Vermont Medical College at Wood- stock, Vt., and graduated from that institution in 1848, having by his own efforts secured his medical education. He practiced in Montpelier five or six years, when he removed to Marshfield, where he has since resided, and is a highly respected physician'and citizen. He married R. Louise Ormsbee, of East Montpelier. They have had two children, Ada L. (deceased) and George A., now of Whittier, Cal. Dr. Town, in connection with his practice, carries on a nice farm of thirty-seven acres.
John S. Wooster, son of Daniel and Hannah (Blaisdell) Wooster, was born in Walden, Vt., October 6, 1823. In 1851 he moved to Cabot, and in 1857 to Marshfield, where he has since resided. He married Dorcas F. Pitkin, daughter of Edwin. They have had four children, of whom Vianna, Curtis S., and Clara E. are living. Vianna married Edgar L. Smith, and lives in Sioux Falls, Dakota ; Curtis S. is in business in La Cross, Wis .; and Clara E. mar- ried Henry Joselyn, and resides in California. Mr. Wooster is a farmer and resides on road 30.
J. Q. A. Packer, M. D., was born in Newark, Vt., June 2, 1821. He was the youngest of eleven children of Eleazer and Abigail Packer, who were pioneer settlers, and the second family in Newark, where they located in 1804. Dr. Packer acquired his medical education under the tutorship of his brother, Rev. David Packer, of Peacham, Milo G. Houghton, of Boston, and a course of lectures in Boston. He commenced practice in Peacham in 1864. In 1868 he settled in Marshfield, where he now resides, and where he has en- joyed an extensive practice until he retired from its duties and labors in 1886. Heformulated a remedy for the treatment of rheumatism and catarrh, which he used with success in his own case, and in the treatment of his numerous patients. Dr. Packer has placed his remedy upon the market, and is now devoting his time to its manufacture. He married Lovinia Newton, of Leyden, Mass., June 13, 1843. They are parents of seven children, and all living.
Nathaniel Adams was born in Northbridge, Mass., May 1, 1813. He came to Cabot in 1842, and located on East hill. He lived in Cabot until 1879,
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when he came to Marshfield and made his home with his only daughter, Lucretia B. (Mrs. Albert P. Towne). His wife, Emeline Buffum, bore him. two children, Lucretia B. and Oscar W. (deceased). Mr. Adams died Octo- ber 1, 1887, and his wife February 4, 1888.
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