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Joseph Auld attended the district schools of Freetown, and lived on a farm until sixteen years of age; for the next three years he was clerk in a store, and at the age of nineteen went to Boston, studying in a commercial college for two months. After this he held various positions as teaclier, bookkeeper for a wholesale firm, and later as cashier of the same concern. In 1869 he went to Rutland, Vermont, where he engaged in the pro- vision business until 1870, when he became clerk in the office of the Rutland Herald and for the next twelve years held successively the positions of bookkeeper, manager and city editor, finally assuming full charge of the paper. In 1882 he became the manager of the Burlington Free Press, retaining this position until 1892. He was very successful in the management of this paper, and was the first in the New England states in so small a city as Burlington to adopt the per- fecting press, thus largely increasing the circu- lation of the paper. In 1892 he went to New York and built up an extensive newspaper print- ing establishment, and printed papers for those who had no presses. This business proving nu- profitable, he returned to Burlington and in 1894 organized and began the publication of the Daily News. This was considered a very doubtful ex- periment at the time. It was started without capital, and many predicted a failure. The first edition was issued under extremely difficult cir- cumstances, but the paper was welcomed. It adopted an independent course and a broad and liberal treatment of all questions. This was con- sidered somewhat radical for Vermont, but the people gave it their hearty approval and it be- 'came an instant success. It increased in busi- ness and circulation, and in less than three years had the largest circulation in the state, with a
perfecting press and one of the most complete printing outfits of any paper in the state. Mr. Auld has always made his paper the medium for disseminating his own very pronounced views on moral and political subjects in which he is deeply interested. He engaged actively in Vermont's recent campaign against the law of prohibition, and he was largely instrumental in causing its repeal. In this campaign he became known as a political speaker, and his opinions have great weight among the thinking portion of the community.
Mr. Auld was married in 1881 to Annie C. Howe, of Lowell, Massachusetts. They liave three children, George Percival, who, after gradu- ating from the University of Vermont, became as- sistant paymaster in the United States Navy ; Lillian May ; and Helen Marguerite.
LUMAN AUGUSTUS DREW.
Luman Augustus Drew, for many years a prominent factor in the political and commercial interests of Burlington, Vermont, was born in that city, October 27, 1832, the son of John Y. and Almira (Atwater) Drew. Luman A. Drew acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of Burlington, and this was supplemented by a course of study at the Bakersfield Academy. When he attained his majority he became associ- ated with his father in the wholesale and retail market, which business was continued up to the year 1895, under the firm name of L. A. & A. A. Drew; at which time Mr. Drew disposed of his interest in the business, and assumed the contract in the construction of the Burlington & Lamoille Railroad.
Mr. Drew was engaged in the breeding of horses, chiefly of the Ethan Allen stock, and many well known "flyers" having a record of 2:30 class or better have been sent forth from his es- tablishment. Mr. Drew was a promoter and stockholder in the Vermont Horse Company, and later took a lively interest in the Vermont Horse Breeders' Association.
Before the city of Burlington obtained its charter, Mr. Drew, in 1862, was chosen to serve as constable, and he faithfuly performed the duties of this office for five years ; he then re- signed to accept the position of sheriff of Chit-
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tenden county, which office he retained for thir- teen years, during which period he was also chief of police of Burlington. At the time of the St. Albans raids, October 19, 1864, Mr. Drew was made the bearer of special dispatches to Colonel Conger, the purport of which was, "To pursue the raiders if necessary into the Queen's do- minions, and capture them at all hazards ;" it was signed by Governor John A. Dix.
Such broad instructions, which required him actually, in violation of national law, to invade the territory of a peaceful nation, imposed upon Mr. Drew a most onerous task, in which im- prudence might precipitate actual war ; his con- duct was so discreet, however, that his mission was accomplished without bloodshed, and the in- vasion was passed over as a mere incident. Feb- ruary 16, 1865, he was appointed by Governor Smith quartermaster in the military regiment of the state, Second Regiment.
In his early boyhood Mr. Drew was a member of the Boxer Engine Company and later became an honorary member of the Ethan Allen Com- pany, now known as the Ethan Allen Club. It was through the instrumentality of Mr. Drew (who also accompanied them as their representa- tive) that the Barnes Hose Company was sent to Chicago in 1877 to participate in the National Firemen's Tournament. They competed against forty-seven other companies in the trial, which consisted in running two hundred yards with a hose carriage, connecting with a hydrant, laying two hundred feet of hose, attaching the nozzle, and turning on the water, which feat they accom- plished in sixty-two seconds. This beat the world's record, and they received the first prize of five hundred dollars in gold, also a trophy belt, which is a massive affair of solid silver of exquisite workmanship; it weighs several pounds, and besides other artistic designs upon it, has the names of all the contestants, the re- verse side being reserved for the death of any of the members. They also received a champion hose cart which cost two hundred and fifty dol- lars. These prizes were presented to the city of Burlington, the company reserving the right to display them upon parade at any time by deposit- ing two hundred dollars with the city treasurer for their safe return. In 1887 Mr. Drew was appointed by Governor Ormsbee one of the board
of cattle commissioners, in which body he served for two years; in 1888 he became interested in the granite business in Barre, Vermont, under the name of Drew, Parkhurst & Company. in 1890 he was appointed door-keeper in the house of representatives.
In 1893 he was chosen, by the commissioners, superintendent of the Vermont state building at the World's Fair at Chicago, and performed the duties of that responsible position with much credit to himself and the general satisfaction of the whole state, as well as many Vermonters abroad, as the many newspaper notices testified.
In September, 1898, Mr. Drew received the appointment as deputy United States marshal for the district of Vermont, he was re-appointed in 1902, and in that year made an extended trip to California, having in charge twenty-three Chinese emigrants, who were taken there for deportation to their own country.
Mr. Drew was a charter member in Scottish Rite Masonry established in Vermont, has passed through all the bodies, is a Knight Templar, and also holds membership in the Burlington Repub- lican Club, and in his religious belief is an ad- herent of the doctrines of the Methodist Episco- pal church. On April 18, 1860, Mr. Drew mar- ried Miss Matilda R. Parkhurst, of Barre, Ver- mont, and to them has been born a daughter, Carrie Louise Drew.
HON. CHARLES P. SMITH.
Among the men who stand at the head of the financial institutions of the state of Vermont and in fact, the New England states, none are more favorably known than the gentleman whose name heads this sketch and who since 1890 has been president of the Burlington Savings Bank and who also represents one of the pioneer families of this article.
Caleb Beach Smith, grandfather of Charles P. Smith, came to Williston in an early day, in about the year 1800, being one of the pioneers of that section. For a number of years he was con- nected with the boating interests of Lake Cham- plain, serving as captain of one of the boats sail- ing on the lake. Afterwards he became interested in mercantile business in the town of Williston.
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He married Jemima Morton, of Williston. Mr. Smith died in Williston in 1816, his wife later, at the age of sixty-five years.
Frederick Smith, father of Charles P. Smith, was born in Williston, June 3, 1812; received an education in the common schools of that town, and at the age of fifteen years was bound out by his mother for the remainder of his minority to the Burlington Glass Company, a corporation en- gaged in the manufacture of glass in Burlington, Vermont. At the age of twenty-one years he was placed in charge of the factory, and a few years after organized a company and bought out the business which he conducted here and in Canada, building a branch factory at St. Johns, province of Quebec, which branch was given up at the time the duty was taken off from foreign glass coming into Canada, which made it impossible for them to compete with the foreign manufacture of glass. The factory at Burlington was contin- ued until about the year 1858, when glass was manufactured in Pennsylvania by the use of coal for fuel more cheaply than it could be man- ufactured here, using wood, and the business was discontinued.
Mr. Smith was always active in the early busi- ness enterprises of Burlington, having organized a company that built the first water works, which was afterwards sold to the city, also organizing the company which built the first manufacturing building here, known as the Pioneer Shops, being a building four hundred feet long and four stories high, built to encourage manufacturing in this locality, and resulted in drawing here such men as Lawrence Barnes, Kilburn and Gates, W. & D. G. Crane, and many others who have had much to do with the building up of the city.
October 31, 1836, he married Miss Mary Foote, who was born at St. Albans Bay, Vermont, January 4, 1812. Eight children were born to them, five of whom lived to years of maturity, and the three surviving members of the family are Charles P. Smith, Mrs. R. D. Haig, of Duluth, Minnesota, and Mrs. Warren G. Reynolds, of Burlington, Vermont. Mrs. Smith died at the age of seventy-two years, and Mr. Smith in his eightieth year. They were both members of the First Congregational church of Burlington, Ver- mont.
Charles P. Smith, son of Frederick and Mary Smith, was born in St. Johns, province of Quebec, March 4, 1847, and moved with his parents when a few months old to Burlington, Vermont, where he received his education in the public schools. After graduating from the high school he was employed by his father in the grain and feed business until he purchased the business in the year 1867, being then not quite twenty years old, but having had his time given him by his father so that he could conduct the business legally on his own account. By careful and pru- dent management the business gradually increas- ed and was successfully managed by Mr. Smith, who gave his personal attention to it, until about the year 1890, when he was elected president of the Burlington Savings Bank and assumed active management of the bank, having been one of its trustees since the year 1884. When Mr. Smith became president of the bank the assets were some -. thing less than two million dollars, but the bank has steadily grown until at the present time the assets are nearly nine million dollars, it being the largest savings bank in the state and one of the largest institution of its kind in New England.
Mr. Smith has always been a Republican in politics. He was elected to the legislature in 1894,. and again in 1896, serving both sessions as chairman of the committee of the ways and means and was a member of the committee on banks. In 1898 he was elected to the senate, serving as chairman of the com- mittee on finance, also on banks and on current expenses. Mr. Smith is one of the directors of the Central Vermont Railroad, director and treas- urer of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, a trustee of the Home of Aged Women and the Home for Destitute Children, and also of the Young Men's Christian Association.
June II, 1879, Mr. Smith married Miss Anna A. Pease, of Oswego, New York, daughter of Levi Pease. Six children have been born to them. three daughters and three sons; one daughter- and three sons are now living. Julia Warren Smith, Levi Pease Smith, Frederick Foote Smith, and Charles P. Smith, Jr. The family take a deep. interest in religious matters, being active members. of the First Congregational church of Burlington,. Vermont.
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GILBERT AUGUSTUS BOYD.
Gilbert Augustus Boyd, agent and superin- tendent of the National Metal Edge Box Com- pany, at Readsboro, Vermont, is an enterprising, progressive business man, well fitted for the re- sponsible position he now occupies. He was born in Wilmington, Vermont, May 17, 1846, a son of Abram Boyd, and grandson of Robert Boyd, Jr. His great-grandfather, Robert Boyd, Sr., a lin- eal descendant of Robert Boyd, the immigrant ancestor, who came from England to this coun- try in the Mayflower, was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary war, the gun that he carried while in the army being now in the possession of Gilbert A. Boyd.
Robert Boyd, Jr., was a life-long resident of Wilmington, and one of its most respected citi- zens. By his union with Miss Susanna Wheeler, seven children were born, as follows: Manning ; Abram, the next in line of descent; Warren; Stephen ; Lucinda, who became the wife of Ja- cob Chase, of Wilmington ; Lorinda, who married Luther Harrington ; and Julia Ann, who married Lewis Harrington.
Abram Boyd was born and reared in Wil- mington, Vermont, and there spent his entire life, dying May 12, 1868. He was a farmer by occu- pation, and followed that independent calling un- til his retirement from active pursuits. He was a man who was thoroughly respected for his ster- ling integrity and high sense of honor. He mar- ried Amanda Moore, who was born in Wilming- ton, Vermont, April 18, 1811, and died August 21, 1900. She was a daughter of Jonathan Moore and niece of Zephaniah Moore, the first president of Amherst College. Her father, Jonathan Moore, was for many years superintendent of a cotton mill at North Adams, Massachusetts, but was afterwards engaged in general farming in Wilmington, Vermont, where his death occurred at the advanced age of ninety-two years. In early life he married Miss Polly Packard, of Wil- mington, Vermont, and they were both life-long and devoted members of the Congregational church. Nine children were born to them, name- ly: Jonathan and Lorenzo, their only boys, who after attaining manhood removed and settled in Wisconsin, where both lived and died, each leav- ing several children ; Minerva, who married Den-
nis Cooley, of Hatfield, Massachusetts, and reared two children, Myron and Irving; Margaret, who married Luther Fisher, of Amherst, Massachu- setts, and reared three children, Homer, Calvin and George; Fanny, who married Sanford Bel- den and reared three children, Oscar, Hattie and Mary ; Betsey, who married Ira Alden, of Hoos- ick Falls, New York, and they reared two sons, Edwin and Henry, the latter being on the pres- ent editorial staff of Harper's Magazine ; Pheobe, who married Manning Boyd and had fourteen children, Ransom, Lorenzo, Warren, Ansel, Ed-
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mund. Susan, Harriet and Evelyn, the other six children dying when quite young: Polly, who married a Mr. Moore ; and Amanda, who married Abram Boyd, and they became the parents of eleven children, namely: Minerva, Julia M., Sa- mantha, Frank, Edgar, Martha, Ellen, Gilbert A., Albert, Jennie and Cyrus.
Gilbert A. Boyd received his early education in his native town, and, following in the footsteps
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of his ancestors, was there engaged in agricul- tural pursuits for a number of years, owning a well improved farm, which he managed until 1892. In 1892, however, he accepted his present position, and removed with his family to Reads- boro, operating his farm in addition to his other work until he sold it. The plant of which he has charge consists of a pulp and paper mill and box manufactory, both of which are well equipped with needed machinery, even to the printing presses for printing the names of the various large establishments that patronize the company. The logs from which the boxes are made arc brought direct from the forest to the mill, cut into convenient sizes, chemically treated, ground into pulp, and are then made into paper for the boxes, which are of two kinds, that which is folded flat for shipment, and the metal edge box, which is put together with metal corners, and which gives the company its name. Since taking charge of the factory Mr. Boyd has increased its machin- ery to almost double its original capacity, and the business has more than doubled under his management, the paper machine used here being one of the largest in the United States. He has the control of buying the stock, manufacturing the goods, etc., the general office of the company be- ing at Philadelphia.
Mr. Boyd is a Republican in politics, and has held numerous town offices, including those of selectman, district clerk, justice of the peace, and many others. He is an active member of Deer- field Valley Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 3, in which he has filled various of- fices, and served, in 1902, as noble grand ; he was an active member of Victory Grange (Wilming- ton), of which he was formerly master. He is also prominently identified with several indus- trial enterprises, being one of the organizers and directors of the Wilmington Creamery, and cor- porate director of the Wilmington Savings Bank, and one of the directors of the shoe manufactory formerly located in Whitingham, Vermont.
December 15, 1869, Mr. Boyd married Au- gusta L. Chase, who was born in Dover, Ver- mont, March 9, 1849, a daughter of Abraham and Catherine (Reed) Chase. She is of pioneer de- scent, her grandfather Benjamin Chase having been one of the earliest settlers of Whitingham, Vermont, where his son Abraham Chase, father
of Mrs. Boyd, was born and reared, and still re- sides at the advanced age of eighty-three years. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Reed, was born in Whitingham in 1820, on the farm which was the birthplace of the famous Brigham Young and where he lived until two years of age. She married Abraham Chase, Ap- ril 23, 1844, with whom she lived very happily for fifty-nine years, dying almost instantly of heart failure on the morning of June 23, 1903, at the age of eighty-three years. This union was blessed with five children, namely : Oscar R., en- gaged in the meat and grocery business at Reads- boro, Vermont; Augustus L., twin brother of Mrs. Boyd, a prominent physician of Randolph, Massachusetts; Augusta L., wife of Gilbert A. Boyd, of Readsboro, Vermont ; Charles S., a law- yer and court stenographer, of Whitingham, of whom a sketch may be found on another page of this volume; and Frank Leslie, who died at four years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have had three children; Lula A., who is bookkeeper for the National Metal Edge Box Company; Edith M., who died at Wilmington, Vermont, at the age of twelve years ; and Byron W., who is also em- ployed by the National Metal Edge Box Com- pany.
GUY NASH WILLARD.
The name of Willard has been more than a century synonymous with the building and growth of the city of Burlington, Vermont, for the reason that the stone used in the construction of almost every building in the city was taken from the famous Willard Stone Quarry. Dubartis Will- ard, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Connecticut, whence he removed to Burlington,. Vermont, almost one and a quarter centuries ago. He had previously learned the trade of a black- smith and wheelwright, and engaged in those oc- cupations for a number of years, meeting with an- excellent degree of success. He was a safe, care- ful and conservative man, and, owing to his capa- ble management, his progress was continuous, and he attained a financial independence which as- sured to himself and family all of the necessary comforts of life. Levi Willard, the father of Guy Nash Willard, was reared and educated in Bur- lington, and when a young man began his busi-
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ness career by opening a stone quarry, which later became one of the most famous in the state, and the stone quarried there has added much to the beauty of the palatial residences, business and public buildings of Burlington, while they have also shipped a large amount of this stone to other parts of the country. Mr. Willard was deeply interested in all movements intended to advance the moral, material and social welfare of the com- munity, and his firm purpose, honorable dealing and fidelity to duty were numbered among his strongest characteristics, and made him a man whom to know was to respect. He was united in marriage to Miss Samantha Nash.
Guy Nash Willard, a son of Levi and Saman- tha Willard, received a common school education, and at an early age was employed in his father's quarries. He became thoroughly familiar with all the details of the business so that after the death of his father he was fully competent to as- sume charge of the enterprise, and he began con- tracting and building on a very extensive scale. For more than sixty years Mr. Willard was a prominent figure in commercial circles, and his prosperity and material stability were measured by and were commensurate with his great energy and unflagging industry. Among the most promi- nent buildings which stand as monuments of his handiwork in Burlington, are the Cathedral, for which he furnished the stone; the court house ; Methodist church, for which he furnished the stone; Exchange building, Young Men's Chris- tian Association, Huntington block, the opera house, Howard Relief and Mary Fletcher Hos- pital, the Brunson, Dunham & Company's large mill, the St. Joseph Orphan Asylum, and the Lau- rence Barnes mill, which was later destroyed by fire. The last important work which he per- formed was the residence of Edward Wells, and all these buildings add architectural beauty to the neighborhoods in which they are located and form an attractive feature of the locality. Mr. Willard was a representative citizen of Burlington, and labored indefatigably for the promotion of its best interests.
In 1836 Mr. Willard married Miss Bulah Bishop, and three children were born to them: Eliza A., Hymon G. and Hollis B., but the last named died at the age of four years. Mrs. Will- ard passed away on the 7th of February, 1843.
Mr. Willard passed away in death March 4, 1892. His name for three decades was inseparably con- nected with the most extensive building interests in the city of Burlington, and he will be long and kindly remembered by all who knew him. He left behind him a large circle of friends, by whom, as well as his immediate family, he was greatly missed.
Hymon G. Willard, the eldest son of Guy Nash Willard, was born in Burlington, Vermont, October 4, 1839. He obtained his education in the public schools of this city, and later pursued a course of study in civil engineering. For twen- ty years he followed that vocation, being princi- pally employed on railroad surveys in all parts of the country, but just prior to the death of his father in 1892 he returned home and assumed charge. of the latter's extensive business, and still continues the work. He is a Democrat in his political affiliations, and at one time was nomi- nated for alderman, reducing the Republican ma- jority from one hundred and fifty to three votes. On the 29th of December, 1862, he was united in marriage to Miss Fannie L. Parkhurst ; her death occurred November 4, 1884.
WEBSTER N. GOVE.
Webster Noble Gove, a leading merchant and highly respected citizen of Lincoln. Vermont. is a descendant of men who have been, each in his day and generation, esteemed and useful citi- zens. Elisha Gove, his grandfather, was born August 26, 1784, probably in New Hampshire, and was one of the sturdy pioneers who prepared the way for civilization. In early life he took up a tract of land in Lincoln, Vermont, which he cleared and cultivated, making it his life-long home, where he died June 4, 1858. in his seventy- fourth year. His wife, Abigal Ring, was born August 15, 1773, and died November 14, 1844. They had two sons and a daughter.
Azarias Gove, son of Elisha Gove, was born November 27, 1808, in Lincoln. He was reared on a farm and for a time followed the occupation of a farmer, but seems to have possessed an innate inclination for the science of medicine and also for that of chemistry, both of which he studied as far as his limited opportunities permitted, ac- quiring such a degree of skill as 'enabled him
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