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all the courts of the state, at the general term of the supreme court of Vermont in 1800. His ad- vancement in his profession has been continuons, coming to him in acknowledgment of his thor- ongh mastery of the law and his ability in hand- ling intricate litigated interests. Two years after his admission he was appointed master in chancery. He formed a partnership with his former preceptor, and they enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. Mr. Cushman was one of the counsel for the defense in the noted case of State vs. Bent and Roberts, reported in the sixty- fourth Vermont reports. He was also associate counsel for the defense in the case of the State vs. Bradley, an important criminal trial that attracted wide interest. In the preparation of his cases he is thorough and exhaustive, and when he enters the court room he is well equipped to meet any attack of the opposition. He masters his points with the skill of a military general, and while giving due prominence to each detail he never loses sight of the important point upon which the decision of every case finally turns.
Judge Cushman was married April 7, 1897, to Miss Jessie Mccullough Temple, the wedding being celebrated in Bennington. The lady is a daughter of John and Mary (Eadie) Temple. Her father was born in Scotland and came to this city as superintendent of the woollen mills. He is now living at Mankato, Minnesota, and his wife, who was also a native of the land of the heather, is still spared to him. They reared a large family, all of whom, save one who died in infancy, are yet living, namely: Thomas, who resides at Fort Plain, New York ; Jessie M .; Mary ; Mar- garet ; John, who is also a resident of Fort Plain ; and Alexander, Lillian, Victoria, William and Webster, all of Bennington.
In public affairs Judge Cushman has been very prominent, being well fitted for leadership. The Republican party finds in him a strong ad- vocate, and as a campaign speaker he did effect- ive service in the presidential campaign of 1892. He is president of the Young Men's Republican Club and does everything in his power to pro- mote the growth and insure the success of his party. Many positions of public honor and trust have been accorded him. He has been clerk of the Bennington school district and presi-
dent of the village corporation. In 1882 he was appointed assistant state librarian, and in 1891 served as one of the committee of fifty of the Ben- nington Battle Monument and state centennial celebration, acting as chairman of the committee which had in charge the entertainment of guests. His work was performed in a most satisfactory manner, to the delight of all official guests who attended the services. He was also one of the charter members and organizers of the State Firemen's Association, and was honored with an election to its presidency in 1892, and re- elected in 1893. He is also an honorary member of the Stark Hose Company. He continued in the active practice of law until January, 1894, when he was appointed clerk of the county of Bennington, in which office he is now serving. He is also judge of the municipal court, having been appointed December 28,, 1901, to succeed Judge Darling, who resigned to become assistant secretary of the navy. Socially he is connected with Mohegan Tribe No. 6, I. O. R. M. He is chief of records in the local tribe, and for many years has held that office. Viewed in a personal light, Judge Cushman is a strong man, strong in personality, in citizenship, in his honor and in name. Over his record there falls no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil, and he is held in high regard throughout the state and wherever he is known, and especially in Ben- nington, the place of his residence, he is greatly beloved by many friends.
GEORGE WASHINGTON ATKINS
George Washington Atkins, whose death oc- curred October 15, 1902, was a leading repre- sentative of the business interests of Waterbury, Vermont, where for several years he had been successfully engaged in the wholesale grocery business, having been the senior member of the firm of G. W. Atkins & Son. Of excellent busi- ness and executive ability, he won success by his well directed, energetic efforts, and the prosper- ity that came to him was certainly well deserved.
A native of Vermont, Mr. Atkins was born in Duxbury, February 19, 1830, a son of James and Lucy L. (Locke) Atkins, and grandson of Timothy and Hannah (Jones) Atkins. The grandfather, who was a farmer by occupation,
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settled on what has long been known as the At- kins homestead on Perry Hill, and there fol -. lowed his chosen vocation during the remainder of his life. In early manhood he married Han- nah Jones, a daughter of Major Jones of Revolu- tionary fame, and they became the parents of nine children, namely : Horace ; William ; Galen ; Har- ry. who also fought for American independence ; Albro; James ; George, who served with distinc- tion as a captain in the continental army ; Lucinda, who married Ware Tappan and her son, M. W. Tappan, became attorney general of the state ; and Betsey, who married John Adams of Water- bury. All of the sons were over six feet tall and weighed over two hundred pounds. Their father was a man of fine physique and unusually straight.
James Atkins, the father of George W., was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, and when young learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed in Duxbury, Vermont, for many years. In his family were seven children, as follows : Charles, Caroline, Mary and Betsey, all now de- ceased; James Willard, a resident of New Hamp- shire; Galen Henry, of Owego, New York ; and George W., of this review.
On reaching manhood George W. Atkins came to Waterbury, Vermont, in 1854, and en- tered the employ of I. C. & S. Brown, for whom he clerked twelve years, while during the follow- ing three years he was a member of the firm. At the end of that period he removed to Burlington and became associated with Van Sicklen, Sey- mour & Company, wholesale grocers, being a member of that firm for nine years. He then sold his interest in the business and returned to Waterbury, where he formed a partnership with L. H. Haines, under the firm name of Atkins & Haines. They conducted a large wholesale and retail grocery and feed store, and carried on busi- ness together until 1900, when the firm was changed to G. W. Atkins & Son. They were among the most enterprising, energetic and pro- gressive business men of the city and enjoyed an excellent trade.
In 1858 Mr. Atkins was united in marriage to Miss Amelia L. Brown, a daughter of Amos Brown, of Milton, Vermont. They had one son, Fred E., who was born in 1864, and who has succeeded his father in business. He married
Florence Eddy, by whom he has a son, Harold S., born February 14, 1888. Mr. Atkins was a prominent Mason, having been a member of the blue lodge, chapter, commandery and Mystic Shrine, while religiously he attended the Congre- gational church, and politically was identified with the Republican party. Beginning life for himself without capital, he always made the most of his opportunities, and by straightforward, hon- orable dealing secured the public confidence and the public patronage. He accumulated a nice property, and his life illustrates what can be ac- complished through industry, perseverance, good management and a determination to succeed.
HENRY GREEN ROOT.
Henry Green Root, deceased, late of Ben- nington, where he was a leading manufacturer and prominent in political affairs,, was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, September 18, 1818, son of Elisha and Betsey ( Moseley) Root. His early education was received in the public schools of his native town, and this was supplemented by a course of study in Deerfield and Fellen- burg Academies. At the age of seventeen years he entered the employ of Boynton & Whitcomb at Templeton, Massachusetts, to learn the manu- facture of tinware. Four years later he formed a partnership with Luther R. Graves, and soon after that date they established themselves in Bennington under the firm name of Graves & Root. This partnership continued in existence for more than fifty years, and for a long period they were the largest manufacturers of tinware in Vermont. They established the second national bank instituted in Vermont (now First National Bank of Bennington), with Mr. Graves as president and Mr. Root as vice president, po- sitions which they continued to occupy up to their decease.
Mr. Root took a prominent part in the Ben- nington Battle Monument Association's work and was chairman of the executive committee . having in charge the centennial celebration of the famous battle at that place. He was for . more than thirty years a director of the Vermont State Agricultural Society, and served as presi- dent of that organization three years.
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fortunes with the young Republican party, and continued a staunch supporter of that party throughout his life. He was for several years a member of the state Republican committee, of which he was chairman ; and he represented his town in the legislature in 1850 and 1857. In 1860 he was presidential elector at large from Vermont, and voted for Abraham Lincoln. In 1866 he was elected to the state senate, in which body lie served two terms. He was always active in the promotion of Vermont's varied in- terests, and was widely and favorably known in all parts of the state. From 1857 Mr. Root was a member of the Congregational church, and was a member of its board of trustees for many years, and was president of that board.
On December 23, 1846, Mr. Root was united in marriage with Catharine L., daughter of Samuel H. and Sylvia (Squires) Blackmer, of Bennington. She died in September, 1887. Two children were born of their union: Samuel H. Root, now of Dumont, New Jersey ; and Kath- erine E., now Mrs. William A. Root. On Jan- uary 23, 1889, Mr. Root married Mary G., daugh- ter of Dr. Nathan and Esther (Conkey) Gale, of Orwell, Vermont. Mr. Root died June 1, 1899, in San Diego, California, where he had a winter residence for nine years prior to his decease.
PROFESSOR HENRY A. P. TORREY.
Henry A. P. Torrey, deceased, who was a prominent and influential citizen of Beverly, Massachusetts, traced his ancestry back to Will- iam Torrey, of Combe St. Nicholas, in the county of Somerset, England, where he died in June, 1557, leaving a will in which he mentions Thomasyne, his wife, and every one of his chil- dren without naming them.
Philip Torrey (2), son of the above William and Margaret, his wife. His will is dated in 1604; he mentions his son William and daughter Dorothie, also his wife Margaret.
William Torrey (3), son of Philip and Jane, his wife. His wife died in April, 1639, at which date he was still living. The date of his death is unknown ; his son Philip had previously died.
Philip Torrey (4). son of William and Alice, his wife, died in June, 1621, leaving a will dated
April 21, 1621, in which he mentions three daughters, Anne, Mary and Sarah, and four sons, William, James Philip and Joseph. The will of the wife Alice is dated in 1634, and mentions by name the same seven children, and states that the daughter Mary was deceased. These four sons all emigrated to America in 1640, and located within a few miles of Boston, Massachu- setts, and seem to have been the ancestors of all the early families of the name in America. Will- iam and Joseph first located in Weymouth, James in Scituate, and Philip in Roxbury. Although Philip reared a family, it is not learned that he had any son to transmit his family name to later generations ; he died in Roxbury in 1686. Joseph removed to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and sub- scquently to Newport, Rhode Island, where he was prominently active in public affairs ; he died there in 1675. Nothing is learned concerning his descendants. James was accidentally killed by an explosion of powder in Scituate in July, 1664; surviving him were five sons and five daughters.
William Torrey (5), of Weymouth, Massa- chusetts, son of Philip, was usually designated as "Captain William Torrey," having first held the title of lieutenant and later that of captain. . He was born in Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset- shire, England, in 1608. The church records show that he was baptized on December 21, 1608. On March 17, 1629, he was married to Agnes Combe, of Combe St. Nicholas. She died before he left England, and he was appointed adminis- trator of her estate. In 1640 he came to America, bringing with him two sons, Samuel, born in 1632, and William, born in 1638, and settled in Weymouth, which was thereafter his home. It is believed that he brought his second wife with him from England. Six children were born to him in Weymouth, namely: Naomi, Mary, Micaiah, Josiah, Judith and Angel. He also took two small children of his brother James, after their father's death, and brought them up with his own family, namely: Jonathan and Mary, both of whom are, in some of the records of early history, erroneously referred to as his own children. William Torrey was clerk of the house of representatives, and a distinguished scholar and author. His "Discourse on Futuri- ties," written in 1687 in the seventy-ninth year
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of his age, has a preface by the Rev. T. Prince, which gives an interesting notice of Samuel Torrey. This pamphlet was published in 1757, and a copy is in the hands of Joseph A. Torrey, of Manchester, Massachusetts, also in the Boston public library. He died in Weymouth, June IO, 1690. He was the earliest ancestor who resided in America.
Samuel Torrey (6), the oldest son of Captain William Torrey, was born in 1632 in England, came to New England when but eight years old, and attended Harvard College three years, and would have taken his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1650, at the age of eighteen years, but the college term was then lengthened to four years, and therefore he and several other students left. He was an excellent scholar, and was ordained to the ministry December 14, 1664, or February 14, 1665, to, succeed the Rev. Thomas Thacher . as pastor of the Congregational church at Wey- mouth. He was a fellow of Harvard College, and was elected president in 1684, at the death of President Rogers, but declined. He married Mary Rawson May 15, 1657, at Hull. He was afterward married to Mrs. Mary Symmes, widow of Captain William Symmes, of Charlestown, July 30, 1695, at the age of sixty-three years. There is no record of any children by either mar- riage, and he probably died childless. He preached over fifty years, and died at the age of seventy-five years, on April 21, 1707. Five days before his death he preached at the public feast ; he was a freeman from the year 1669.
William Torrey (6), the second son of Cap- tain William Torrey (5), was two years old when his father came to America. He inherited his father's name and estate, and also held his father's place in the estimation of his neighbors, was elected to many town of- fices and much respected in the church. He married Deborah Green, daughter of John Green, and the following named children were born to them: William, John, Samuel, Joseph, Philip, Haviland, Josiah and Jane Torrey. His death occurred January II, 1718, and his wife died February 8, 1729. He was the father of Joseph Torrey-the first of the long series of members of the family by the name of Joseph Torrey.
Joseph Torrey (7), the fourth child of Will-
iam Torrey, was born in Weymouth in 1678. He. married, March 28, 1704-5 Elizabeth Symmes, who was a daughter of the Mrs. Mary Symmes who became the second wife of his uncle, the Rev. Samuel Torrey. His occupation given in the probate record is "Trader." His daughters were Mary, who married David Lovell, and De- borah, who married David Nash, and is said to. have "Moved down East." His sons were the Rev. Joseph and Zachariah, of the latter of whom little is known except that he was a: currier of Middletown, Connecticut, in 1738.
Rev. Joseph Torrey (8), from whom all the Torreys in Killingly are descended, was the. eldest son of Joseph Torrey, and was born in Weymouth, October 8, 1707. He studied the- ology, and was pastor of a church in South. Kingston, Rhode Island, practicing medicine at the same time. He married Elizabeth Wilson, by whom he had seven children : Joseph ; Samuel Holden; Oliver, who died young; Elizabeth, Ann, Mary and Lucy. He afterward married Elizabeth Fisk, daughter of the Rev. John Fisk, first pastor of the church in Hull, and of Abigail Hobart, who was a daughter of the Rev. Ne- hemiah Hobart, of Newton. He had eight chil- dren: John, Oliver, William, Abagail, Sarah, Elizabeth, and two who died young. He had' thus two wives by the name of Elizabeth, two daughters Elizabeth, and two sons Oliver. His- death occurred in the summer of 1789 at the age. of nearly eighty-two years.
Dr. Joseph Torrey (9), the eldest son of the Rev. Joseph Torrey, was born in Killingly, February 22, 1733. He married, in December. 1757, Hannah, daughter of the Rev. John Fisk and Abagail Hobart; she was born September- 12, 1728. Seven children were born to them : Hobart, Nehemiah, Elizabeth, Oliver, Hannah,. Joseph and Lucy Torrey. The father of these children died February 19, 1804, at the age of seventy-one years.
Dr. Joseph Torrey (10), the sixth child in order of birth born to Dr. Joseph Torrey, was born in North Killingly, March 18, 1768. He married, March 8, 1794, Mary Cutler, daughter of the Rev. Manassah Cutler, LL. D., of Hamil- ton, Massachusetts. The following named chil- dren were born to them: Sophia, born in Row- ley, February 19, 1795, died aged six months ;.
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Joseph, born in Rowley, February 2, 1797 ; Charles Cutler, born in Danvers July 9, 1798, died in 1827; George, born in Danvers, March 31, 1801, died in 1854; Augustus, born in Salem, May 12, 1805, died November 1, 1880; Manassah Cutler, born in Salem, May 7, 1807, died in l'elham, New Hampshire, in 1837; he was married to Harriet Atwood, of Pelham, New Hampshire. The father of these children resided in Rowley, South Danvers, Salem and Beverly. He was a physician of note, and his death occurred in Beverly, December 10, 1850, at the age of eigtliy- two years.
Professor Joseph Torrey (II), the second child and oldest son of Dr. Joseph Torrey, was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, February 2, 1797. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1816 and at Andover Seminary in 1819. Hc was ordained a minister of the gospel and in- stalled at Royalton, Vermont, in 1824; entered the University of Vermont as professor of Latin and belles lettres in 1827 ; was professor of intel- lecttial and moral philosophy in 1842; was acting president of the university from 1862 to 1867. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Harvard College in 1850. He married, in August, 1830, Mary Mosely Paine, who was born in 1807, daughter of John and Sally Rice (Paine) Moselv. Their children were: Mary Cutler, born May 28, 1831; Joseph, born December 25, 1832 ; Sarah Paine, born December 26, 1834; John Paine, born January 21, 1838, died July 22, 1863; and Muriel Rice, born in March, 1840, died in infancy. Professor Torrey died in Burlington, November 27, 1867, aged seventy years, and his wife died March 23, 1840.
Dr. Augustus Torrey (II), the fifth child of Dr. Joseph Torrey (10), was born in Salem, May 12, 1805. Hc married Deborah Cox, March 6, 1834. Their children were: Anna Stevens, born April 10, 1835, dicd September 28, 1890; Henry A. P., born January 8, 1837, died September 20, 1002; E. Ellingwood, born January 17, 1839 ; Jos- eph Cutler, born June 30, 1841, died February 19, 1881; Samuel W., born December 12, 1843; Hclen M. Stevens, born September 8, 1847; and Augustus, born November 21, 1850, died August 20, 1902. Dr. Torrey died November 1, 1880, and his wife passed away October 14, 1880, at the age of seventy-two years.
George Torrey ( 11), fourth son of Dr. Joseph Torrey (10), was born in South Danvers, March 31, 1801. He married Eunice Bowker, daughter of Joel Bowker, of Salem. Their children were: Charles Cutler, born January 4, 1827; George, born in 1830; Joseph Augustus, born May I, 1832; Mary Elizabeth, born in 1834, died in in- fancy ; and Mary Elizabeth, born June 2, 1836. George Torrey died in Michigan, June 30, 1854.
Joseph Torrey (12), the eldest son of Pro- fessor Joseph (11) and Mary Mosely Paine Tor- rey, was born in Burlington, Vermont, December 25, 1832. He graduated at the University of Vermont in 1852, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1858; was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in East Harwick, Ver- mont, May 30, 1860, where he remained fifteen years. He was then settled in Yarmouth, Maine, pastor of the First parish in that place. He re- mained there from February, 1875, until Febru- ary, 1885; was pastor of the Congregational church at Bar Harbor, Maine, from 1885 to October, 1890, when he removed to Lynn, Mas- sachusetts. He resided there for three years, preaching in various pulpits about half the time. In 1893 he accepted an invitation to the pastorate of the Congregational church at Shirley, Massa- chusetts. He married, August 29, 1861, Maria Thorpe Noble, who was born in Charlotte, Ver- mont, December 19, 1834, a daughter of William and Ann Noble. Their children were: Joseph, born in East Hardwick, July 15, 1862; Charles Cutler and John Paine, born December 20, 1863, the latter dying in infancy, January 7, 1864; and Elliot Bouton, born January 7, 1867.
Mary Cutler Torrey, eldest child of Professor Torrey (II), was born May 28, 1831, in Burling- ton, Vermont, and has made her home there.
John Paine Torrey, the fourth child of Pro- fessor Joseph Torrey (II), was born in Burling- ton, January 21, 1838; graduatedd from the Uni- versity of Vermont in 1858, and from the Union Theological Seminary in 1863; died in the same year at Beverly, Massachusetts.
Sarah Paine Torrey, third child of Professor Joseph Torrey (II), was born in Burlington, Vermont, December 26, 1834. She married Henry A. P. Torrey, second child of Augustus Torrey, July 13, 1865. Their children are Lucy Wheeler, born in Vergennes, Vermont, June 13,
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1866; Henry Augustus, born in Burlington, Ver- mont, August 29, 1871 ; and John Cutler, born in Burlington, Vermont, April 19, 1876.
Charles C. Torrey, first son of George Torrey (II), was born January 4, 1827; he graduated from the University of Vermont in 1849; married Adelaide L. Damon, of Reading, Massachusetts, in 1854, and their children are: Mary Cutler, born August 2, 1856, died July 17, 1871 ; Daniel Temple, born February 2, 1859; Sarah Serena, born September 12, 1860; Emily Redington, born August 10, 1863; and John Paine, born May 13, 1870.
George Torrey, second son of George Torrey, (II), married Georgiana Garland, and their chil- dren are : Henry Smith and Kate Torrey.
Joseph A. Torrey, third son of George Tor- rey (II), married, April 16, 1862, Charlotte Amable Parsons, and their child Charlotte was born February 4, 1863.
Mary Elizabeth Torrey, daughter of George Torrey (II), married Dr. and Rev. Fred O. Barstow, and their children are: Henry Edes ; Eunice Amy, born in 1851; Annie Miller, born in 1854 ; and Fannie Olney, born in 1860.
Dr. Samuel W. Torrey, fourth son of Augus- tus Torrey (II), married, May 25, 1870, Eliza- beth J .. Robinson, of Burlington, Vermont, and their children are: Mary Cutler, born December IO, 1871 Anna, born October 22, 1875; Sarah, born October 29, 1877 ; Elizabeth, born February 3, 1882; and Margaret, born October 16, 1884.
Helen M. S. Torrey, sixth child of Augustus Torrey (II), married, June 21, 1871, Alban George Andren, of Gothenburg, Sweden, and their children are: Carl Augustus, born March 7, 1874: Thekla, born March 2, 1876; and Helen Torrey, born May 13, 1877.
Augustus Torrey, seventh child of Dr. Au- gustus Torrey (II), married, June 18, 1878, Let- tie S. Durant, of Montpelier, Vermont ; their one child is Lettie, born June 6, 1879. Mrs. Torrey died June 20, 1879. Augustus Torrey then mar- ried Charlotte Foote.
Henry A. P. Torrey, second child of Dr. Au- gustus (II) and Deborah (Cox) Torrey, was born January 8, 1837. His death occurred Sep- tember 20, 1902. His father, Dr. Augustus Tor- rey, translated Neander's History of the Chris- tian Church in five large volumes, and was also
the author of "The Theory of Art,", as well as biographies of Professor James Marsh and Rev. Worthington Smith.
The death of Professor A. P. Torrey occurred September 20, 1902.
DAVID C. SMITH.
To discover that the above named has been a very busy man, it is only necessary to glance at the occupations which have taken up his time during his long and useful life. Butchering, farming, dealing in cattle and selling agricultural implements constitute his main employment at present, but further examination discloses many other things of a varied kind in the catalogue of his activities. He has served the people often both in private and public capacities, and it is nothing more than just to say that he has always performed the particular service to the best of his ability. He has held the most important of the town offices, is now prosecuting agent and justice of the peace, and has been representative in the legislature, 1880-1882. His family and himself are conspicuous figures in all the different depart- ments of church work, and altogether it may be said with truth that Mr. Smith has done his full share in making the wheels of progress go round and keeping his community well to the front with those of its class in the state. With these pre- liminary remarks an effort will be made to out- line the main events in the lives of himself and those intimately connected with him by blood or marriage.
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