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The Roman Catholic church in Waterbury .- This mission, before it became a parish with a residing pastor, was attended occasionally, first by Father O'Callaghan, from Burlington, then successively by Rev. J. Daly, Rev. Father Drolet, the Reverend Oblate Fathers, from Burlington, Rev. Z. Druon, and Rev. Joseph Duglue, the last two clergymen living then at Montpelier. It was in 1857 that the old church, dedicated to St. Vincent Ferrier, was built on the hill on the east side of the railroad, at a little distance from the depot. It was enlarged about ten years afterwards by Father Duglue. Rev. John Gallagan was appointed to take charge of the congregation. He soon pur- chased a residence in Winooski, and that same year, 1869, bought the ad- joining lot where stands the Adventist meeting-house, which is now enlarged and converted into a church. In 1882 the church of Waterbury was dedi- cated to Almighty God under the vocable of St. Andrew the Apostle. Waterbury is now attended regularly on every other Sunday by Rev. Father Brelivet.
W OODBURY lies in the northeastern corner of the county, in latitude 44° 26' and longitude 4° 35', and is bounded northerly by Hardwick in Caledonia county, easterly by Cabot, southerly by Calais, and west- erly by Elmore in Lamoille county. It was chartered August 16, 1781, by the legislature of Vermont, to Col. Ebenezer Wood, William Lyman, Esq., and sixty associates. The first action of the original proprietors was to divide the township into three sections, and these sections were ultimately divided into 224 lots, each lot containing 100 acres.
As a township its territory is decidedly rough and mountainous. A mount- ain range extends entirely across the western part, and at its base on the western slope are many fertile farms, the most productive in the township. The balance of arable land is mainly in the southern half of the town, while a large portion containing the mountain region is unfit for cultivation. From the fact that the water flows towards every point of the compass, from Wood- bury, and that none flows into it, there can be no large streams in this town- ship, yet it is well watered by numerous streams and twenty-three natural ponds-the greatest number of any town in Vermont.
Woodbury, with its rough, rocky hills and mountains, commanding views of varied scenery, sparkling rills and brooks, and shimmering lakelets, offers rare inducement to the tourist and a quiet retreat to the citizen of the city during the heated season.
The rocks that form the geological structure of this town are calciferous mica schist, which occupies about two-thirds of the town in the eastern part, and next a broad belt of clay slate and talcose schist in the western part. There is a belt of excellent granite that extends through the calciferous mica schist in the southeastern part.
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In 1880 Woodbury had a population of 856. In 1888 it had ten school districts and as many common schools, attended by 195 scholars, and fifteen attended private schools. The common schools were taught by five male and fifteen female teachers, at an average weekly salary of $6.35 for the former and $4.21 for the latter. The entire income for school purposes was $1,246.11, and the amount expended for all school purposes was $1,539.43. R. F. Drenan was superintendent.
The first settlement in Woodbury was made, as near as can now be ascer- tained, in 1795 or '96, by Gideon Sabin, who located in the eastern part of the town, near where P. Lyford and Mr. Rideout now live. Mr. Sabin was followed in the same year by Joseph Carr, and soon after by William West.
Judge F. C. Putnam gives the following list of the first twelve settlers : Gideon Sabin, Joseph Carr, William West, Benjamin Ainsworth, John Bettis, Ephraim Ainsworth, Thomas Ainsworth, Ezekiel Ball, Daniel Rugg, Ferdi- nand Perry, Daniel Smith, and Samuel Mackres.
The first town meeting on record was held March 4, 1806. Samuel Mackres was the moderator ; William West, town clerk and treasurer ; Sam- uel Mackres, Joshua Kenaston, and Smith Ainsworth, selectmen ; Ben- jamin Ainsworth, constable ; David Rugg, Joshua Kenaston, and Smith Ainsworth, listers.
The first child born in town was Polly Sabin, and the first male child was Timothy Thomas. The next was Peter Sabin. The first death was an infant child of Gideon Sabin. The first adult who died in town was the wife of Ezekiel Ball. The first marriage was that of John Thomas and Ruamy Ainsworth. The ceremony was performed by William West. The first school was taught in 1808, by Sally White. Anthony Burgess built a saw-mill in 1806 on the outlet of Dog pond. In 1818 Phineas Dow built a grist-mill near the center of the town. The town was first represented in the state legislature by Elisha Benjamin, in 1812.
In accordance with a petition of the inhabitants of Woodbury the legisla- ture changed the name of Woodbury to Monroe, November 6, 1838, and again to Woodbury about four years after.
This is the manner in which the town dealt out justice to one quality of petty larceny. We copy from the town records :-
" Caledonia Co., ss. " WOODBURY, Oct. 5th, 1809. 5
" The respondent, David Carr, son of Joseph and Mary Carr, now in court, pleads guilty to the indictment: It is, therefore, ordered and adjudged that he be taken forthwith to a suitable place, and there be tied up and receive ten stripes on his naked back, and pay cost of prosecution ; and that he be recorded in the town records a thief. And it was done on the same day and date above mentioned.
" Attest, WM. WEST, Town Clerk."
Gideon Sabin, the first settler of Woodbury, is represented as a preacher, hunter, and farmer, and possessing ability in each of his callings. Hunting
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seemed his delight, and he was seldom seen off his farm without his trusty gun and faithful hounds. At the time he settled in Woodbury all about the numerous ponds and streams was an abundance of game,-deer, bears, beaver, otter, and sable. The Indian, Capt. Joe, from Newbury, was often hunting on these favorite grounds. One son and several grandchildren of this pioneer are among the inhabitants of the town. Frederick Ainsworth was one of the first settlers of Woodbury. He settled on the farm where his grandson, Allen Ainsworth, now lives, and cleared up the farm. Mr. Ains- worth had been preceded by a few other settlers.
WOODBURY (p. o.) is a hamlet situated a little south of the geographical center of the town, on Kingsbury Branch. It contains the town house, a hotel, one store, and about a dozen houses.
SOUTH WOODBURY, about two miles south of Woodbury, on Kingsbury Branch, has a postoffice, store, Congregational church, a grist-mill, saw-mill, carriage shop, blacksmith shop, and about twenty dwellings, several of which are open for summer boarders.
The production of granite, of which Woodbury has an inexhaustible quan- tity, is now in its infancy, and only awaits a railroad to become an immense industry.
The Woodbury Granite Co. was organized and commenced business in the fall of 1878. The members of the firm are L. W. Voodry and H. W. Town. This enterprise is under the supervision of Mr. Voodry. Their quarry is located about one and a half miles east of Woodbury Center, and one mile from the proposed railroad from Marshfield to Hardwick. Their purchase covers an area of twenty-five acres, and all solid granite, which is a choice quality of gray color, especially adapted for monumental work and building purposes. The granite contains no black knots or iron. The formation is peculiarly and especially favorable to moving enormous sized blocks. The largest ever known to have been quarried was taken out here, and was 275 feet long by fifteen feet square. Two hundred feet in length of this mam- moth mass was moved a distance of forty feet by a single blast, after it was split from the quarry. The company is doing a wholesale business with manufacturers, and is sending its products to parties in this and adjacent states, and largely to the far West. The quality of the granite, and the cer- tainty of obtaining any size and form required, insures this enterprise to become one of the great industries of Washington county.
The J. Ainsworth quarry, opened about 1876, is now operated by the St. Johnsbury Granite Co. The quality is good and easily worked, and takes a good polish.
Samuel Daniels's grist-mill is located in the hamlet of South Woodbury, is run by power-water, and contains four runs of stones. He does custom grinding, and grinds corn and feed for market. The mill has a capacity of 300 bushels per day.
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Ball & Daniels's saw-mill, located at South Woodbury, runs by water- power, and does custom work.
H. P. Rideout's steam saw-mills are situated in the eastern part of the town, on road 32. Mr. Rideout manufactures hard and soft wood lumber, chair stock, spruce and fir shingles, and finishes and deals in furniture.
A. A. Clark's circular board-mill is located on Dog Pond brook, road 23, where he saws lumber for customers and for the trade.
Nichols Pond saw-mill, situated in the northeastern corner of Wood- bury, on the outlet of Nichols pond, Heman H. Carr, proprietor, manufact- ures hard wood, spruce, hemlock, and dimension lumber, and also dresses lumber. It has East Long pond for a reservoir, and produces 1,000,000 feet annually.
A. H. Nichols's saw-mill, on West Long Pond brook, road 17, has a cir- cular saw and a planer. The water-power is good, with a head of twenty-one feet, and cuts out annually from 300,000 to 500,000 feet of lumber.
Elisha Benjamin was one of Woodbury's earliest pioneers. He came from Marshfield, Vt., and settled on the center lot of the town, in a log cabin, where he cleared his woodland farm of 100 acres. He was a man of influ- ence and integrity ; was the first representative of Woodbury, and held other town offices. His son Abner, born September 27, 1790, married Sally Whiten, who was born January 9, 1790, and settled on a portion of the homestead where he resided to the close of his life, May 29, 1858. Mrs. Benjamin died April 3, 1848. Their children who attained mature age were Betsey, born July 8, 1814, married Daniel Hill, and resides with her husband in Marsh- field. Samuel W., born March 7, 1816, married Maria Foster, is a farmer in Woodbury, and has held most of the offices in the gift of his townsmen. Phineas S., born July 31, 1818, married Esther Bundy, settled in Wolcott, was a thorough business man, and in the prosecution of his extensive busi- ness as merchant and dealer in country produce he was much of the time " on the road," but found time to serve his town and represented Wolcott several terms in the state legislature. He died March 29, 1881. Sally, born July 1, 1820, married Ephraim Ainsworth, and died January 8, 1877. Joseph, born January 28, 1826, married Harriet K. Foster, of Calais, and settled on the homestead, with his parents, and provided for their comfort in their declining years. He has also served his town as selectman and lister five years, auditor, grand juror, and represented Woodbury in the legislature in 1884. Cornelia M., born July 16, 1826, married Mark Bartlett, of Plain- field, and died January 25, 1860. Elsie, born September 2, 1827, married Peter Wheeler, a farmer in Marshfield. Thomas W., born August 25, 1829,- married Maria Kenaston, of Woodbury, and removed to Hardwick, where he died in November, 1884.
Ezekiel Ball, at the age of sixteen years, came to America from England with his father. He was born in 1774. They settled in Boylston, Mass., where he married and removed to Vermont. About 1800 he came to Wood-
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bury, and his was the sixth family in the town. He settled on the farm where Mark P. Goodell now resides, where he died June 12, 1836. His oldest son, Calvin Ball, born in Boylston, Mass., May 19, 1795, was five years old when the family came to Woodbury. He married Nancy Lakeman, of Peacham, and settled in the woods where his daughter Augusta and her husband, War- ren Goodell, now live. At the time he commenced clearing his farm the woods were yet infested with bears, and these beasts made sad havoc with their sheep and corn fields. At one time, when the bears were unusually de- structive, Mr. Ball loaded his gun, placed is near the path, with a string tied to the lock and stretched to the opposite side of the path and secured. When bruin came next time he ran against the string, which discharged the gun and killed the bear. Mr. Ball died on this farm October 28, 1865. Mrs. Ball died February 10, 1866. Their children are Eliza Ann (Mrs. Newell Mason) and Augusta E. (Mrs. Warren B. Goodell).
John Goodell, of English descent, was born October 1, 1777. He came to Vermont, and was married to Miss Sally Woodcock, of Marshfield, October 17, 1803, and settled first in Calais. As near as can be ascertained he set- tled on East hill, in Woodbury, in April, 1806. He moved his household goods from Marshfield on a hand sled, over the snow crust, and occupied a log cabin shingled with bark. The first night he lodged in this wilderness home the winds were high, and he was not able to sleep, fearing that the trees would fall on his cabin and crush it. His first work in the morning (Sunday) was to fell the trees in reach of the house and insure his safety. He died July 23, 1864, aged eighty-seven years. Mrs. Goodell died August 1, 1847, aged sixty-two years. They were parents of six sons and two daughters. Reuben C. Goodell, son of John, is a carpenter. He was born in Woodbury, April 22, 1811, and has been twice married. January 3, 1843, he married Louisa Bailey, the mother of all his children, who died in Lyndon, Vt., No- vember 10, 1859. December 29, 1859, he married his present wife, Miss Amanda Bowen. Charles C. Goodell, son of John, was born September II, 1820. He married Miss Cynthia Cristy, and settled on the farm where he now lives. In early life he was a millwright and carpenter. Mark P. Goodell, son of Reuben C., was born January 29, 1844, received an academic educa- tion, and is a farmer. February 25, 1868, he married Amelia Ball, and set- tled on the homestead of his wife's father, where they now reside. Mr. Goodell represented Woodbury in 1878, and is now serving as first select- man. His brother, Warren B. Goodell, born August 5, 1846, is also a farmer, and has an academic education. December 25, 1867, he united in marriage with Augusta E., daughter of Calvin Ball, and settled on the homestead of his wife's father, where they now reside. Mr. Goodell has been honored with the offices of trustee of the surplus fund, constable, collector, and selectman.
Gideon Burnham, son of Gideon and Joanna (Skinner) Burnham, married Susannah Stevens, and came to Woodbury from Dummerston, Vt., in 1809 or 1810, and with his brothers-in-law, Nehemiah and Nathan Jackson, settled
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on the farm of 450 acres where his son Gideon now resides. They were the first who settled on the west side of the mountain, whence he removed a few years later to a farm near the center of the town. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David Powers, aged seventy years. His son Gideon, be- fore mentioned, is an enterprising farmer, and is conducting a butter dairy of over forty cows, the largest in Woodbury.
James Wheeler, born in Rhode Island, November 6, 1785, married Han- nah Andrews, and came to Woodbury about 1806. He brought his wife, one child, and their household goods on one load drawn by a pair of three- year-old steers from Plainfield, N. H., and settled in a log house on East hill. He was captain of militia, and died in Woodbury, aged seventy-three years. His son Benjamin resided in Woodbury, where he was born February II, 1812, until about 1853. He now resides at Kent's Corners, in Calais, on the farm where Abijah Wheelock first settled, April 13, 1789. Benjamin Wheeler married Luthera C. Cristy, of Woodbury, December 28, 1839.
Aaron Powers married Mary Waters, came from New Hampshire to Wood- bury in 1812, and settled in the wilderness on the farm where his son David now lives. This farm also contained the farm of Henry Whiten adjoining. Here he resided the remainder of his long life, and died aged eighty-eight years. Mrs. Powers died at the age of sixty-seven years. Twelve of their fourteen children lived to adult age, and only three are now living, viz .: Jonathan, who first settled in Elmore and now resides in Sheffield ; Nancy (Mrs. Henry Udall), who resides in Elmore ; and David, before mentioned, who married Lydia Burnham, settled on the homestead where he was born, and where he now resides. In 1863 he entered the Union army and served to the close of the war. He was discharged an invalid, and has never re- gained his health.
Daniel Lawson and his wife, Ruth U. (Norcross), with their family, came into the woods of Woodbury from Barre in the spring of 1818, and settled on 300 acres of wild land which included the farm where his son Daniel and grandson, George B. Lawson, now live. This was their home to the close of their lives. Daniel, their son, born in Barre, September 16, 1816, has resided on the homestead since he came here in his childhood, in 1818, and has carried on the double occupation of farmer and blacksmith. Norman C. Lawson, son of Daniel and Ruth Lawson, was born July 5, 1839. He re- ceived a common school education, and early learned the art of stonecutting. August 2, 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, 2d Regt. Vt. Vols .; went immedi- ately to the front; was engaged in fifteen battles and skirmishes, and received a gun-shot wound in the seven days' fight under Gen. McClellan, before Rich- mond; was again shot in his left foot at the battle of Chancellorsville; was a prisoner five weeks in Libby and Belle Isle prisons ; and was eventually discharged from the First Invalid Corps, September 2, 1864, at the close of his term of enlistment. He now receives a pension.
Peter Lyford, who served in the War of 1812, was born in Sanbornton,
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N. H., December 20, 1774, and came to Cabot with his parents at a very early date. He married Lois Blanchard, of Cabot, and first settled on a farm in that town. About 1815 he removed to Woodbury and settled in the woods on the farm on Sabin pond, where Gideon Sabin now lives. He built a log house and framed barn, cleared the farm, sold it, and then bought another on East hill. He died at the home of his son Martin, December 10, 1861, aged eighty-seven years. Mrs. Lyford, born March 19, 1791, survived her husband until March 27, 1880, aged eighty-nine years. She also died at the home of her son Martin. Mrs. Lyford was large in stature and very strong, and as energetic and brave as she was physically able. She came on horseback from Concord, N. H., with her parents, at the early age of fourteen years. She was a noted spinner and weaver, and manufactured the cloth to clothe the family. Her hair was unusually luxuriant and heavy, and grew rapidly, and from its " combings " she manufactured several clothes-lines, the aggregate length of all of which was more than 1,000 feet. She offered to spin a rope of the same material with which to hang the arch traitor Jeff. Davis. Mr .. and Mrs. Lyford reared ten children to mature age, viz .: Dorcas, born April 17, 1811, married Alvah Elmer, is a widow, and resides in Cabot ; Mahet- able R., born March 23, 1813, married Kendrick Trow, is a widow, and re- sides in Marshfield ; Aura, born May 21, 1815, died February 10, 1835 ;. Sarah B., born July 26, 1820, married Daniel Lawson, and resides in Wood- bury ; Calvin, born January 4, 1823, is a farmer in Hardwick ; Peter R., born August 29, 1825, who is a farmer in Woodbury, married Lovinia Sprague, whose mother, Polly (Sabin) Sprague, was the first child born in Woodbury. Their children are Ella E. (Mrs. H. C. Eaton), who resides in West Boylston, Mass .; Alice M. (Mrs. R. H. Martin), of Manchester, N. H., who has a daughter Mabel E .; and Sherman H., who resides with his parents. George W. Lyford, born July 9, 1829, married Mary A. Sprague, sister of Mrs. Peter R. Lyford. He is a farmer and resides in Cabot. Martin, born March 27, 1832, married, first, Mary A. Voodry, and second, Mrs. Ellen (Gallup) Dan- ford, and is a farmer of Woodbury. Monroe Lyford was born February 22, 1835. He entered in the service of his country in Co. C, Ist Vt. Cavalry, served three years, was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run, Antietam, and Culpepper, where he received a severe wound in his left shoulder, September 13, 1863. He was in the hospital, off duty until the ensuing March, when he returned to his company and participated in the battle of the Wilderness. He was discharged November 19, 1864, at the ex- piration of his term of enlistment. November 18, 1865, he married Lucretia Laird, and is now a farmer in his native town, and serving as selectman ..
Capt. David Lyford was born in Cabot, January 10, 1796. About 1830 he came to Woodbury and engaged in farming. At the organization of a company of Light Infantry he was chosen captain, hence his title. His grandfather, Thomas Lyford, a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, emigrated to Cabot from Gilmanton, N. H., and was one of the first of the pioneers. He built the first grist-mill and saw-mill in Cabot.
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Capt. John Christy, of English descent, came to Woodbury about 1820. He was born in St. Stephen's, New Brunswick, whence he emigrated to New Boston, N. H., where he married Miss Lucy Colwell, about 1812. He went to Portsmouth about that time with a volunteer company, as their orderly sergeant, and served three months. After the close of that war he emigrated to Vermont and located first in Marshfield, and from there to Woodbury, and settled in a log cabin on what is now known as a part of the Elias Heath farm. He soon after built a framed house, said to be the first one erected in Woodbury. His lot contained a fine water-power, on Kingsbury Branch, in the hamlet of South Woodbury, which he gave to Capt. Joel Celley and his heirs as long as they would maintain a saw mill for the benefit of the public. He became captain of the militia, and died January 23, 1866, aged seventy- seven years.
Dr. Robert W. Lance, son of John D. Lance, late of Cabot, was born May 28, 1848. Dr. Lance received his medical education at the Homeopathic College in New York, and at Hahnemann College, Chicago, Ill., from which he graduated in 1879. In 1875 he commenced the practice of his profession in South Woodbury, where he now resides, and where he has built up an ex- tensive and lucrative practice, not only in Woodbury, but in adjacent towns. February 17, 1886, he united in marriage with Miss Myrtie M. Ball.
Luke Daniels, born in Danville, Vt., April 20, 1802, married Maria Ken- niston, of Woodbury, January 5, 1824. At the time of his marriage he was residing in Woodbury. About 1840 he settled on the farm now owned by his son Samuel. At this time there was a " chopping " on the place of twenty- seven acres, and the remainder was woodland. Mr. Daniels lived to convert it into a good farm, where he resided until his death, June 14, 1871. Mrs. Daniels survived until February 27, 1874. Mr. Daniels was an industrious, honest, and reliable citizen. His son Samuel, born November 3, 1830, at the age of twenty-one years assumed the debts against the farm, and sup- ported his parents to the close of their lives. On the anniversary of his thir- tieth birthday he united in marriage with Miss Ada A. Drew, of Barton, and remained on the homestead, which he still owns, until the fall of 1882, when he removed to South Woodbury, where he is engaged in his grist-mill, and the manufacture and sale of lumber with E. E. Ball. Mr. Daniels prefers a quiet life, and gives his attention to his varied business, although he has served his town as lister. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels are parents of eight children.
Amos Holt was born in Salem, Mass., October 31, 1783, and came to Montpelier from Croydon, N. H., in 1802. Mr. Holt was a millwright and carpenter, and did an extensive business in Montpelier and surrounding towns. January 1, 1805, he married Hopy Howland, of Calais, daughter of Abraham Howland, a pioneer. Mr. Holt died February 13, 1853, and Mrs. Holt in December, 1881. Their children were Amos, born September 4, 1806 ; Hopy, born June 23, 1808 ; Mary, born June 10, 1810 ; Triphena B., born January 10, 1814 ; Emelia E., born September 27, 1816 ; Samuel H.,
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born July 6, 1819; Nancy L., born March 9, 1822; Abraham H., born June 20, 1824 ; and David C., born February 16, 1827. Abraham Howland Holt received a common school education. He married Martha L. Townsend, of Berlin, April 19, 1847. He had been foreman of a lumber company in Northern New York and of a gentleman's farm in Massachusetts, and had other locations before 1862. He then entered the Union army from More- town, and was in the service of his country about three years. He was wounded at Cold Harbor, and again, October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, and was discharged from the hospital at Montpelier, May 13, 1865. He now receives a pension for disabilities. In 1865 he bought the homestead of Mrs. Holt's father in Berlin, where he resided until 1871, and was there honored with the offices of overseer of the poor, constable, and collector, and repre- sentative in 1770-71. In 1874 he came to Woodbury, has held the office of lister nine years, and is now serving the third year as overseer of the poor. He is proprietor of Lake View House and farm, a beautiful location in the vicinity of Sabin and Nelson ponds. His house is a celebrated summer resort.
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