Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol I, Part 48

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1032

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Henry Colton (5), born in Longmeadow, February 8, 1771, followed, without doubt, the ancestral occupation to which he was reared. He went to New York state, where he died. On October 4, 1797, he married Lydia Booth, of En- field, Connecticut, a daughter of Captain Joseph Booth, a soldier in the Revolutionary army.

David Colton (6), born at Longmeadow, Massachusetts, October 3, 1803, married, first, April 23, 1829, Azuba Chapin, daughter of Job and Abia (Gilligan) Chapin. She was born in Ludlow, Massachusetts, July 1, 1799, and died, at Enfield, Massachusetts, March 29, 1850, and was buried in Greenwich. He married, second, October 22, 1851, Mrs. Lydia A. Litch, who died October 1, 1882.

Henry Chapin Colton (7) worked at the shoe-

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maker's trade in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, until seventeen years old, then served an appren- ticeship of four years with Theodore W. Chapman at the silver-plating trade, continuing as a jour- neyman plater until 1857, when, on account of the great financial panic. he was thrown out of employment. Coming to Montpelier in the spring of 1858, he entered the employ of Fisher & Strat- ton as a journeyman, remaining in that position until 1861, when he purchased the interest of Mr. Stratton, and embarked in business on his own ac- count as junior member of the firm of Fisher & Colton. In 1885 E. P. Johnson bought out Mr. Fisher, and the business was carried on under the firm name of Johnson & Colton until the death of Mr. Johnson, in 1891. Mr. Colton purchased the interest of his late partner, but a short time after- wards sold a two-thirds interest to W. E. Adams and Frank M .. Corey, the business name being changed to the Colton Manufacturing Company. On January I, 1902, two of Mr. Colton's sons, Theron F. and Harry S., were admitted to the firm, Mr. Colton remaining as president and gen- eral manager. This firm is carrying on an exten- sive business, manufacturing hardware, harness, all kinds of nickle and silver-plated ware, employ- ing about seventy men, and shipping goods to all parts of the United States and Canada, having a branch office in Chicago, Illinois. Politically Mr. Colton is a Republican.

Mr. Colton married, in 1863, Mary Ferry, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Ferry. Of their union four sons have been born, namely : Willard Chapin, Theron F., Harry S. and Edwin Arthur. Willard Chapin Colton was born at Montpelier, Vermont, October 4, 1866. He was educated in the common schools, and removed in 1886 to Massachusetts, where he now resides. On February 5, 1901, he married Elizabeth B. Peck, daughter of George A. and Isabella (Bar- rows) Peck, of Montpelier. Theron Ferry Col- ton, born in Montpelier, January 25, 1868, is the western representative of the Colton Manufac- turing Company, having control of the branch office in Chicago, Illinois. In July, 1898, he mar- ried Eva Clark, of Brooklyn, New York, and they have one child. Richard Clark. Harry Smith Colton, born January 22, 1869, is a member of the Colton Manufacturing Company. He married, January 3, 1895, Alice Frank, of Brookfield, Ver-

mont, and they have three children, Henry Frink, born May 27, 1896; Raymond Morse, born Octo- ber 12, 1898; and Norma Wilma, born August II, 1902. Edwin Arthur Colton, born in Mont- pelier, August 15, 1876, was graduated from Am- herst College, and is now a medical student at Co- lumbia University.

HARRY MORTON CUTLER.

Harry Morton Cutler, of Montpelier, treasurer of the National Life Insurance Company, is a young man of good financial and executive abil- ity. and a fine representative of the native-born citizens of this place, the date of his birth being December 15, 1867. He is a lineal descendant in the ninth generation from John Cutler, the immi- grant ancestor, the line of descent being as fol- lows : John, Thomas, Jonathan, David. Jonathan, David, Timothy Bigelow, Marcus Morton, Harry Morton.

John Cutler (I) emigrated from Sprowston, county of Norfolk, England, to America, em- barking on the Rose of Yarmouth, April 18, 1637, and locating in Hingham. Massachusetts,with his wife Mary and seven children. On June 10, 1637, he had a lot assigned him, and resided in that town until his death, in February, 1638. Thomas Cutler (2) was born in England. be- tween 1635 and 1637, and came to America with his parents in 1637. He married Mary Giles, daughter of Edward and Bridget Giles, and lo- cated in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Jonathan Cutler (3) was born in that part of Charlestown that is now called Reading. Massachusetts. Janu- ary 14, 1677. and died in December, 1721. He was a tailor by trade. On January 10. 1716-7, he married Abigail, daughter of John and Eliza- beth Gale. David Cutler (4) was born in Fram- ingham, Massachusetts. in October, 1721. and died in April, 1783. He settled permanently in that part of Mendon, Massachusetts, that was in- corporated as Milford. He married Mehitable. daughter of Jonathan and Susanna Whitney, and they became the parents of seven children. Jon- athan Cutler (5), born in Mendon, Massachus- etts, June 23, 1747, moved to Vermont in 1781. and was one of the original petitioners for the town of Montpelier, afterwards serving as its first town treasurer. After the death of his first wife

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Mary, he married Betty Lillie, who died at Mont- pelier, Vermont, in 1800. David Cutler (6), born in Montpelier, October 4, 1783, married Abigail Carroll, a daughter of Daniel Carroll, and a niece of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Of the eleven chil- dren born of their union, Timothy was the second child. David Cutler died November 21, 1840, and his widow died Angust 17, 1877, at the advanced age of ninety years.

Timothy Bigelow Cutler (7) was born in Montpelier, Vermont, April 3, 1809, and died February 20, 1875. He was a farmer by occupa- tion. In 1833 he married Freelove Wheeler, who survived hin, and is now, April, 1902, living in Montpelier. The following children were born of their union: Mary Jane; Emeroy, who married Silas Ordway ; Henry died in 1839; Marcus Mor- ton, the next in line of descent; Lorenzo, who served in the Civil war as a member of Company C, Thirteenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, died while in the army; Albert; and Harriet, wife of Abijah W. Hall.

Marcus Morton Cutler (8) was born in Mont- pelier Vermont, December 30, 1839, and was here reared and educated. Hearing that Fort Sum- ter had been fired upon, while he was in the west, he enlisted, April 22, 1861, in Company B, Sev- enth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was made ser- geant of the company, and participated in sev- enteen hard-fought battles of the Civil war. He was several times wounded, at the battle of Ring- gold, Georgia, being so seriously injured as to in- capacitate him for further active duty. Return- ing to Montpelier at the close of the war, he was traveling salesman for C. H. Cross & Son for awhile. In 1871, in company with J. V. Bab- cock, he opened a drug store, which he conducted under the firm name of Babcock & Cutler for twenty years, when he sold out. Being then elected president of the Union Mutual Fire In- surance Company of Montpelier, he filled that po- sition until his death, August II, 1896. He was selectman of Montpelier for a number of terms, also serving as trustee of the village, and was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. He married. first, Caroline A. Gray, a daughter of Lorenzo and Fannie (Stevens) Gray. She died September 6. 1872, leaving two children, Harry Morton; and Emma, who married George R.

Elle, of Chicago, Illinois, by whom she has one child, Francis. Mr. Cutler married, second, Mary, daughter of Eben Stevens.

Harry Morton Cutler (9) completed his early education at the Montpelier Seminary. After leaving school he accepted the position of col- lector for the First National Bank of Montpelier, of which he was made teller in 1884, afterwards being promoted to assistant cashier. In 1889 he was elected assistant treasurer of the National Life Insurance Company, retaining that position until 1897, when he succeeded Mr. J. C. Hough- ton as treasurer of the company, a position that he is now filling, having, also, been a director since 1900. Politically Mr. Cutler is a Republican, and was a member of the first board of park commis- sioners. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Apollo Club, or- ganizer and first president of the Montpelier Country Club.

On May 15, 1890, Mr. Cutler married Nellie, daughter of E. D. and Jennie F. Hyde, of Mont- pelier. Three children have been born of their union, namely : Richard Hyde, born January 10, 1892; Elizabeth Haines, born July 14, 1895; and Edward DeLorme, born July 9, 1898.

LEVERETT BRUSH ENGLESBY.

During a long and active life Hon. Leverett Brush Englesby occupied a leading position at the bar of Vermont, gave his most capable effort to advancing the interests of his native city, and was known throughout the state as one of the most prominent members of the Masonic fra- ternity. He was born in Burlington, February 20. 1827, the second son of Ebenezer T. Englesby, who was for many years the president of the First Bank of Burlington, and of Adela (Brush) Englesby. He fitted for college in the academy at Burlington, entered the University of Vermont at the age of fourteen years, and graduated in the class of 1845, among his classmates being Hon. Charles Dewey, of Montpelier, the Rev. Dr. N. G. Clark, the Rev. C. E. Ferrin, the Rev. Dr. Cutler, of Worchester, Massachusetts, and others of prominence in various high walks of life. He prepared for his chosen profession in the Cambridge Law School, which he at- tended for one year, and in the office of Phelps

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& Smalley, of Burlington. He was admitted to the Chittenden county bar in 1848, where he soon took rank as a careful, trustworthy and compe- tent lawyer.

Mr. Englesby represented Chittenden county in the state senate in 1865-66, and during the lat- ter year he was president pro tempore of that body. From 1867 to 1869 he was state's at- torney for this county. He held at different times responsible positions under city government, serving as city auditor, assessor and city attorney. Mr. Englesby was elected in 1866 a trustee of the University of Vermont, and he held this office at the time of his death, having been also for ten years a member of the executive committee: He at all times gave to the institution the most sincere interest and thoughtful attention, and at his death the university lost a faithful friend and a worthy admirer.

Mr. Englesby united with Washington Lodge, F. & A. M., May 7, 1851, and was elected master in 1855 and held that office until 1859. He was elected grand master of the Grand Lodge of Vermont in 1862, holding this office with signal ability until 1868, when he declined re- election on account of ill health. He was grand high priest of the commandery for one year, and served as its prelate for one year. The faithful and successful discharge of his duties while in these offices brought to Mr. Englesby the esteem and honor of his brethren, and his re- tirement was deeply deplored. Mr. Englesby was a sincere Christian, a man of calm, deliber- ate judgment, strength and integrity of charac- ter, and was highly respected and deservedly beloved. He was actively identified with the city of Burlington during his entire life, giving thoughtful interest to its affairs, and opposing all which he considered could not promote its best interest.

Mr. Englesby was twice married, first to Miss Amelia Francis, who bore him two sons, Leverett F., now of Washington, D. C., and Ebenezer, who died. For his second wife he married, in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1869, Miss Mary R. Hudson, a daughter of William and Annie (Miller) Hudson. Of this union there was born a son, William Hudson, in 1872, who graduated from the collegiate department in 1894 and then from the medical department

of the University of Vermont in 1897. He studied in New York for two years and is now engaged in practice in Burlington, making a specialty of eye, ear, nose, and throat. He mar- ried Miss Maud French, of Malone, New York, and one son, Hudson, was born of this marriage.

Mr. Englesby died January 27, 1881. On Wednesday following a public memorial service was held by the Grand Lodge of Vermont, F. & A. M., in the city hall of Burlington, to tes- tify to the honor in which its distinguished member was held by the fraternity. The exer- cises were of the most dignified and touching character, and were attended by a large concourse of the fraternity from various portions of the state, and by the community at large.

HARVEY EDMUND COLVIN, M. D.

Dr. Harvey Edmund Colvin, an eminent homeopathic physician of Burlington, Vermont, was born March 20, 1854, in Keeseville, Essex county, New York, a descendant of an old and honored English ancestry. Daniel Colvin, father of Dr. Harvey E. Colvin, was born in Chester- field, Essex county, New York, in 1825, where he was reared and obtained an excellent education in the common schools. Subsequently he de- voted his attention to farming, at which occupa- tion he continued for the remainder of his life, and in the pursuit of which he met with a large degree of success. He was united in marriage to Miss Betsy Brown, who was born in 1828, and the following named children were born .to them, eight of whom are living at the present time (1902) : John; Harriett; Ruth A .; Amy L .; George : Charles ; Henrietta, who died September 22, 1899; Albert, mentioned below ; and Harvey Edmund Colvin. The father of these children died August 16, 1876, and his wife's death oc- curred November 26, 1890.

Dr. Albert Colvin, brother of Dr. Harvey E. Colvin, and for a number of years a prominent physician, obtained his early literary education in the common schools of Keeseville, after which he entered the Cleveland, Ohio, Homeopathic Col- lege, from which he was graduated with the de- gree of Doctor of Medicine in 1870. Subsequent- ly he commenced the practice of his profession in Burlington, Vermont, where his skill and ability

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gained him high rank among the members of the calling to which he had devoted his energies. He was one of the most successful homeopathic phys- icians in this section, and up to the time of his death, November 7, 1880, enjoyed a large and constantly increasing patronage, which his broth- er continued and increased.

The early life of Dr. H. E. Colvin was spent on his father's farm, and his educational advan- tages during that period of his life were such as the district school afforded. After taking a course of study in the high school in Keeseville, New York, he matriculated in the Chicago Homeo- pathic Medical College, from which he was grad- uated with high honors on March 30, 1880, and lie also pursued a course of medical study under the efficient preceptorship of E. H. Pratt, A. M., M. D., of Whcaton, Illinois, from 1877 to 1880, Dr. Pratt then acting in the capacity of professor of anatomy in the Chicago Homeopathic Col- lege. In 1880 Dr. Colvin established an office in Burlington, Vermont, where he soon acquired a large and select patronage among the leading families of the city, a number of whom had previ- ously been patients of his brother. He conducts a general practice of medicine and surgery, but makes a specialty of diseases of women and chil- dren, being particularly well skilled in that branch of the science. Dr. Colvin has been a close and thorough student, and his knowledge is very broad and exact, while his skill in the sick-room is most marked and commendable ; he is the oldest homeopathic physician in active practice in Chit- tenden county, Vermont. He was formerly a member of the Algonquin Club, but now holds membership in the Ethan Allen Club. For many years he has been a member of the American In- stitute of Homeopathy, the only society to which he has time to devote.

ALBERT BLANCHARD CLARK.

Albert B. Clark, general manager and treasurer of the Readsboro Chair Manufactur- ing Company at Readsboro, Vermont, is a young man of rare business and executive ability. He was born in Poultney, Rutland county, Ver- mont, September 4, 1872, a son of Albert A. Clark. His paternal grandfather, Andrew Clark, a life-long resident of the Green Mountain

state, was born and reared in Wells, but for many years has carried on a thriving business as carriage manufacturer in Poultney, where he is now living. His wife, who was a Potter, died in young womanhood. She was a mem- ber of one of the historic families of Rutland. county.

Albert A. Clark was born at Wells, Ver- miont, but when a boy removed to Poultney, where he completed his education and learned. the trade of carriage maker, which he followed until about thirty years old. Locating then at Middletown Springs, Vermont, he became con- nected with A. W. Grays, a manufacturer of

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horse-power machines, as his general agent, and has since been very successful in selling these- machines. He married Katherine Ray, who was born at Tinmouth, Rutland county, Vermont, a daughter of Eli Ray. Mr. Ray, a native of Tinmouth, was engaged in agricultural pur- suits during his active life, first in Tinmouth,.

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then in Shoreham, where he lived three years, and later in Hampton, New York, where his death occurred in 1899. His widow whose maiden name was Priscilla Waite, was born in Hartford, New York, and is now living in Poultney, Vermont. Both parents belonged to the Episcopal church, of which the mother is still a member. Four children blessed their union, of whom three are now living, as follows: Mal- den ; Katherine; and Adelaide, widow of the late Henry Hibbard, of Orwell, Vermont.

Albert B. Clark acquired his rudimentary edu- cation in the public schools of Middletown, Ver- mont, after which he further pursued his studies at the Troy Conference Academy of Poultney, then took a business course in the Albany Business College. He was subsequently in the paper business in New York until 1890, when he accepted the position of bookkeeper with the Readsboro Chair Manufacturing Company, of which he was made secretary. Proving himself a keen, wide-awake man of business in both of these positions, his worth was recognized by the company, of which he was made general manager and treasurer in 1901, and one of the board of directors. This company is one of the best known in the Union and receives orders from all parts of the country, a recent one being a two thousand dollar order for chairs from Helen M. Gould, while another is an order for chairs from the new Congregational Library in Washington, the finest public building in the United States. Among other prominent build- ings which they have assisted in furnishing may be mentioned the Concord (New Hampshire) house of representatives ; the Leland Stanford University, Californa; different Jesuit colleges ; and many of the leading theatres of the country, including the P. T. Barnum Theatre in Bridge- port, Connecticut: This firm also manufactures a patent adjustable desk for schoolrooms. Employment is given to two hundred and sixty- five men, Mr. Clark having sole management of the entire plant.

Mr. Clark married, September 4, 1895, Florence H. Alger, daughter of Rev. R. T. Alger, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Mr. Alger was formerly master of the Boston school, but after entering the ministry had charge of a church in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, then

in Becket, Massachusetts, and for five years preached in Readsboro. He is now living in re- tirement. He married Katherine Dunbar, of. Cochessett, Massachusetts. She died at the age of forty years, having borne her husband three chil- dren, of whom Mrs. Clark is the only survivor .. Mrs. Clark was educated at Mt. Holyoke Semi- nary, after which she taught school several years, first in Columbia, South Carolina, and later in Readsboro. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have had two children, namely : Roland M. and Robert Alger Clark, of whom the former is deceased. Po- litically Mr. Clark is a Republican, and fratern- ally he is a member of Unity Lodge, F. & A. M.,. Jacksonville, Vermont. He and his family are . members of the Baptist church, of which he is clerk.

ALONZO JACKSON STEVENS.

This gentleman was for many years a lead- ing citizen and prominent manufacturer of Winooski, Vermont, and a representative of a family which for over a century has been among the most respected in the state. His grandfather, Abram Stevens, was born in Kill- ingworth, Connecticut, and at the age of sixteen entered the American army under Scth Warner and was a colonel under Mont- gomery in the bloody fight at Quebec. Aft- er the winning of independence had been accom- plished, he returned to Salisbury, Connecticut, but later removed to Vermont. He lived a few years at Burlington and then came to Essex during the early settlement of that town, of which he was elected constable at the first town meeting. He became a large landowner and was favorably known throughout the county ; his death occurred in 1830.

His son Alonzo was born about 1790 at Essex, Vermont, and he was also one of the successful farmers of that locality. He married Susan, the daughter of Samuel Sinclair, an early settler of Essex from Connecticut, whose death occurred in 1835. Mrs. Stevens died in August, 1840, aged forty-nine years, but her husband survived many years and passed away in 1860.

Alonzo Jackson Stevens was the son of these latter parents and was born in Essex. Chittenden county, Vermont, April 1, 1828. He received as:

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good an education as could be obtained without attendance at institutions of higher grade than the common schools, and for several years after attaining to majority worked at the trade of joiner and carpenter. In 1855 he went to Wi- nooski to work as a millwright for the firm of Ed- wards and White. Oscar White, the junior mem- ber of the company, soon afterward died, and his .death was shortly followed by the destruction of the shops by fire. In 1858 the land on which they had stood was purchased by A. B. Edwards and Mr. Stevens, and they formed a partnership under the name of Edwards and Stevens, which remained unchanged until 1868, when Frank Ju- bell was admitted to partnership, and an exten- sive business was carried on for a number of years, by Edwards, Stevens and Company. In the manufacture of mill-gearing and shafting, iron and brass castings, and wood-working ma- chinery, the firm occupied a leading position and employed a large number of men. On January I, 1898, the main building of the plant was de- stroyed by fire, and in the spring of 1898 Mr. Jubell sold his interest to the other partners. On July 14, 1899, Mr. Edwards died, and Mr. Ste- vens conducted the business alone as surviving partner until April, 1900, when it was purchased by his son ; it is run under the name of Stevens Machine Company.

Mr. Stevens was decidedly Republican in pol- itics. He served as one of the selectman of Col- chester for several terms, and represented his town in the legislature in 1869, 1870 and again in 1894, the last two terms being of two years' dura- tion, under the system of biennial elections then introduced. He was also elected one of the sen- ators from Chittenden county in the summer of 1886, and received various other evidences of the esteem of his fellow townsmen. He was also active in local affairs, serving as village trustee and treasurer for many years, and in fact held at one time or another all the offices in the gift of his townsmen, He was a charter member and director of the Winooski Savings Bank, and was its vice president from 1892 till his death. Mr. Stevens was the pioneer in the manufacturing in- dustry in Winooski, and in company with Mr. Edwards built a large number of houses, factories and other buildings, always giving his time and

means with ustinted public spirit for the welfare of the community.

Mr. Stevens was a member of the Masonic order, and also of the Home Guards, in which he held the commission of lieutenant. Although not a member of any religions body, he was a regular attendant of the Congregational church, and took an active interest in its affairs and contributed to its support, being the treasurer for many years. In September, 1858, Mr. Stevens married Miss Mary J., daughter of Hiram and Mary Rood, of Colchester, and they had four children: Clark, who died at the age of six months; Mary Ellen, who married F. E. Thompson, of Colchester; Charles H., the present proprietor of his father's business; and Hattie M., who died May 12, 1894, at the age of twenty-one. The death of Mr. Ste- vens took place at his home in Winooski, Au- gust 17, 1900, when he was seventy-two years of age. At the time of his deccase he was the oldest business man in the town, where he is remem- bered as an uupright and fearless citizen, faith- ful in the discharge of every duty, of unques- tioned integrity both in business relations and in public life, and in social circles distinguished for his genial manners and kindness of heart.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol I, Part 48

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed Publication date: 1903 Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1032

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1032