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 II, Part 112

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1044

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Mr. Jones married Jane Knun, who was born on the Isle of Man. Their children were: John, deceased. William, who married Kate Morris, a daughter of Charles Morris, and to them was born a daughter, Ceinwen Jones. Emily, wife of Paul Ross, who was born at Poultney, in

1869, received his education in the public schools of that city, and in the Troy Conference Acad- emy and Middlebury College, after which he pur- sued a one year course in the Rutland English Classical Institute. Mr. Ross then took up the study of law in the office of W. Rowland, at Poultney, but abandoned this project in order to accept his present position of postmaster of Poult- ney, to which he was appointed by the late Presi- dent Mckinley in 1897, and was re-appointed by President Roosevelt in 1901. He has also served as town clerk, superintendent of schools and justice of the peace. He is a prominent member of Poultney Chapter, Killington Com- mandery, and Master of Morning Star Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. The following named children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross : Raymond Jones, Emerson B., Paul M. and Lester D. Ross. Edward Jones, youngest child of Moses J. and Jane Jones, married . Maggie Morris, daughter of Charles Morris, of Poultney,' and their son, Moses Jones, became assistant post- master of Poultney, and he married Jane Hughes, daughter of Robert Hughes, of Poultney, and two children have been born to them : Moses and Jane Jones.

Moses J. Jones married for his second wife Miss Nettie L. Jones, of Raceville, New York. No children have been born of his marriage.

GEORGE L. STOW.

George L. Stow, a scholar and lawyer of fine attainments and great natural ability, who has been likened in many respects, by his colleagues, to Mr. Edward J. Phelps, a native of Vermont, a distinguished and eminent lawyer, and ex- United States minister to the court of St. James, was born October 10, 1851, at Grafton, Massa- chusetts, the son of John Adams and Margaret Sophia Stow.

John Adams Stow, father of George L. Stow, was also a native of the town of Grafton, Massa- chusetts, where he acquired a common school education. Being reared upon a farm, which had been in the family name one hundred years, and even to this day so remains, his natural in- clinations were to follow that occupation, but in addition to this industry, he was also a me- chanic, and for a number of years worked at

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the trade of shoemaker. He was interested in all movements that had for their object the im- provement and development of the community in which he resided for the greater part of his life. He was united in marriage to Margaret Sophia Fay, daughter of Antipas and Margaret (Willard) Fay. One child was born to them, George L. Stow.

George L. Stow obtained his preliminary edu- cation in the Burlington high school, and this was supplemented by a course in the University of Vermont, from which institution he was gradu- ated in 1873. He then took up the study of law in the office of Messrs. Wales & Taft, the latter named being the late chief judge of the Vermont supreme court, and later he pursued a one year course in the Harvard Law School. He was ad- mitted, in 1875, to the Chittenden county bar, and the same year located at Barre, Vermont, where he became useful and successful in his practice, winning well deserved recognition as a capable and conscientious practitioner. In 1880 Mr. Stow removed to Chelsea, Vermont, and for almost a quarter of a century has been engaged in active professional labor in that vicinity. His practice consists principally of a civil character, being almost entirely devoted to real estate transactions. In his political views Mr. Stow adheres to the principles of the Republican party, and served in the capacity of state's attorney for Orange county, Vermont, during the year 1892. He is prominently identified with the State Bar Association, and the Orange County Bar Asso- ciation.

On August 18, 1884, Mr. Stow married Mrs. Laura A. Davis, a daughter of Colonel Emery and Laura Olivia (Fairbanks) Rice, and the wid- ow of Deacon Aaron Davis.

ALMOND ELMER BURDICK, M. D.

Dr. Burdick, familiarly known as Dr. E. A. Burdick, general practitioner of Winooski, Ver- mont, is a grandson of Cornelius Van Ness Bur- dick, who was a prominent resident of Fletcher, Vermont, and for a number of years successfully followed the occupation of a stonemason ; later he removed to Westford, Vermont, where he re- sided for the remainder of his life, and acquired a comfortable competence in the pursuit of the

same line of trade. He was united in marriage to Miss White, and thirteen children were born to them, eleven of whom are living at the present time (1902). Mr. Burdick's death occurred at the age of sixty-three years.

Wellington Burdick, father of Dr. E. A. Bur- dick, was born in Fletcher, Vermont, and after acquiring a practical education in the common schools of his native town, was engaged for a number of years in agricultural pursuits ; he then removed to Canada, where he was interested in the lumber trade for a short period of time; he then returned to the state of Vermont, settled in Hyde Park, and again followed the occupation of farming. After remaining in that town for some years he took up his residence in Nashua, New Hampshire, where he still resides, and assumed the responsible position of manager of an ex- tensive feed store. Mr. Burdick married Miss Lodica Wood, who was born in Fairfax, Ver- mont ; her mother, Polly Wood, was a native of Waterville, Vermont. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Burdick, two of whom are now living: Dr. Almond E. Burdick; and Irving A. Burdick, a resident of Nashua, New Hampshire. The mother of these children died at the age of thirty-eight years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Burdick were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Dr. Almond E. Burdick was born in Cam- bridge, Vermont, October 27, 1868, and his early education was acquired in the common schools of the various cities in which his parents resided. Subsequently he settled in Winooski, Vermont, and began the study of medicine under the effi- cient preceptorship of his uncle, Dr. John L. F. Burdick, one of the eminent physicians of Wi- nooski, who was born in Ira, Rutland county, Vermont, December 16, 1824, and died Deceni- ber II, 1897. (A full sketch of his career is found elsewhere in this work.) After pursuing the regular course of preparation with his uncle, Dr. Burdick attended the lectures at the Univer- sity of Vermont and assisted his uncle with the duties of his large and lucrative practice up to the time of the decease of the latter. He then assumed charge of the practice, which extended over the area of Burlington, Winooski and the surrounding county, also acting in the capacity of health officer of the town and attending phy- sician at the Fanny Allen Hospital. In addition

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to his large practice Dr. Burdick has dealt ex- tensively in horses, being the owner of a number of blooded animals, some of which have made fine records. Dr. Burdick is a prominent mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, and has also served as venerable consul for a number of years of the Woodman of America. He is a member of the Winooski fire department, having served as chief engineer for a number of years. Dr. Burdick is one of the most affable of men, has made many friends, and is highly esteemed for his admirable characteristics, as well as for his marked ability as a physician.

HEBER A. JACKSON.

Among those citizens of Waterville, Vermont, who, during a long and unusually active career, have been important factors in the development of the political and commercial interests of the town, stands prominently Heber A. Jackson, who was born in Montgomery, Vermont, November 9, 1846.

James Jackson, grandfather of Heber A. Jackson, was born in Chesterfield, New Hamp- shire, acquired a practical education in the com- mon schools of the neighborhood, and later in life engaged in agricultural pursuits in the town of Swanton, Vermont. Here he married, and the following named children were born: Arnold; Martha, who became the wife of Calvin May- nard; and Horace Jackson.

Horace Jackson, father of Heber A. Jack- son, was born in Swanton, Vermont, in October, 1801, attended the village school, where he ob- tained his education, and, being reared upon a farm, he chose that occupation for his life work upon attaining young manhood. Subsequently he removed to Montgomery, Franklin county, Vermont, and his entire time and attention were devoted to the cultivation and improvement of his farm. He was united in marriage to Maria Barber, a daughter of Job and Sarah Royce Bar- ber, a sister of ex-Governor Stephen Royce. Her father was one of the first settlers of the town of Berkshire, Vermont, and an active participant in the war of 1812. The children of Horace and Maria (Barber) Jackson were: Sarah, Lucy, Rufus, Reuben, Edna, Edwin and Heber A. Jackson. The father of these children died at

his home in Montgomery, Vermont, March 12, 1881, aged eighty years; his widow is living at the present time (1903), having attained the ex- treme old age of ninety-four years.

Heber A. Jackson received the limited edu- cational advantages afforded by the district schools of that day, but this was supplemented by lessons in the school of experience and by wise and discriminate reading of good literature, which has kept him well informed in current events as well as the vital questions of the day. On September 10, 1863, being then seventeen years of age, he enlisted in Company A, Ninth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, which was or- ganized at Enosburg, Vermont, and commanded by Colonel Ripley. After nine months' service with this regiment he was discharged July 2, 1864, but later joined Company G, Fifth Regi- ment, Vermont Volunteers. He was assigned to the Twenty-fourth Army Corps and joined the regiment at Chapin's farm ; he participated in the battle of Sailor's Creek, the two battles in front of Petersburg and in various minor engagements,. where he displayed both courage and bravery. After the close of the war Mr. Jackson returned: to Eden, Vermont, where for two years he en- gaged in the wood business, after which he re- moved to North Hyde Park, Vermont, where he became financially embarrassed to the amount of eight hundred dollars, owing to the illness and death of his wife. The following five years he engaged in peddling during the summer months, and in the lumber business during the remainder of the year, but after the expiration of this period of time he devoted his attention to the latter in- dustry. He purchased an extensive timber tract, which he had cut up and converted into lumber, for which he found a ready sale in the nearby markets. He operated this tract extensively for many years, and ever since that period has been more or less engaged in the same line of trade. In connection with this enterprise he has dealt largely in horses and wagons, purchasing the animals in the Boston markets and disposing of them to the farmers in the state of Vermont. He resides upon a farm in the town of Waterville, which was for- merly owned by the late Judge Luke Poland, and a portion of his time is devoted to its cultivation and improvement. He has accumulated a hand- some competence from these various enterprises,

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which will enable him to spend the latter years ot lus life in case and comfort, and this result was brought about by his careful and sagacious management, his energy and executive business ability.

In his political affiliations Mr. Jackson is a Republican, and has been chosen by his fellow citizens to serve in the majority of the local offices : in 1892 he represented the town in the state legislature, serving in the capacity of chair- man of the land tax committee; he also filled a similar position in the year 1898, served as dele- gate to various county and state conventions of his party, and in 1902 was elected senator from Lamoille county, serving as chairman of the com- mittee on federal relations and a member of the committee on highways and military affairs. He is a prominent member and ex-commander of Carpenter Post No. 100, G. A. R., and a mem- ber of Warren Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons. Mr. Jackson has always taken a keen in- terest in all that pertains to the welfare and up- building of the town, and is ever ready to give of his time and money to the furtherance and sup- port of all worthy enterprises.

On January 31, 1868, Mr. Jackson married Bathsheba Stone, and three children were born to them, Elmer, Asa and Herman Jackson, all of whom are now deceased. The mother of these children died in 1874, aged thirty years. Mr. Jackson married for his second wife Electa Wheeler, and they are the parents of two chil- dren: Olga, wife of Rollo Thomas, a prosper- ous agriculturist of Johnson, Vermont ; and Cas- sie, a student in the Bakersfield Academy.

CHARLES W. HOWARD, M. D.

William Howard (I), from whom descended Dr. Charles W. Howard, was a proprietor and a grantee of land, and a deputy of the general court. He married Margery, whose family name is unknown. Jonathan (2), son of William, came to his death by accident. He married Sarah, a daughter of Richard Thayer, and they lived in Braintree, Massachusetts. Benjamin (3), eldest child of Jonathan, married Mary, daughter of Ephraim and Mary Arnold. Their son Joseph (4) married Sarah Wild, and their son Stephen (5) was born January 15, 1757.

Stephen (5) lived in Braintree, Massachu- setts. He served in the Revolution, and his name appears as a private and minute-man on the roll of Captain Joel Fletcher, April 19, 1775. He subsequently served four other enlistments, his period of service amounting to five years. He married Ruth Dinsmore. Of their children, Abi- jah (6) was a farmer and served in the militia, and died in Windham, Vermont. He married Abigail Willard, and their children were Wil- lard (7), to be further referred to hereinafter, and Levi. Levi lived in Windham, Vermont, and was a farmer ; he married Paulina Hastings, and their children were Lyman, Harriet, Luther, Em- ma, George and Nellie.

Willard Howard (7), eldest son of Abijah and Abigail (Willard) Howard, was born in Grafton, Vermont. He was a farmer in Wind- ham, where he died, and he owned an extensive farm. He was a man of high standing in the community, and was called to several local offices. He was a Whig in politics, and became a Re- publican when the latter party was organized in 1856. He married Sarah Page, who was born in Rindge, New Hampshire, and they became the parents of children named as follows : Charles

Dr. Charles W. Howard, of Shoreham, . Willard, to be written of below; Harlan Page, Vermont, represents an old New England fam- a farmer at Windham, where he died, married Sarah Smith, and their children were Eva and Maud; Henry, who became superintendent of a large cattle ranch in New Mexico, married Emma Whiteman ; Augusta, who married Lewis Richardson, a farmer, of Acton, Massachusetts, and their children were Harlan, Charles, Sarah, Alvin and George; Amelia, youngest child of Willard and Sarah (Page) Howard, became the wife of Luther Chapman. ily of distinction, and his wife is a representative of a Scotch family of great historical import- ance. The Howard family name in England ap- pears originally in the forms of Haward and Hayward. The American branch of the family, bearing the name of Howard, was planted by three brothers who came from England in 1635, and of these, William settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Thomas in Duxbury, Massa- chusetts, and John in New Jersey. Charles Willard Howard (8), eldest son of

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Willard and Sarah (Page) Howard, was born December 4, 1846, in Windham, Vermont, where he received his elementary education in the com- mon schools. He was prepared for college in Chester Academy, and in 1868 entered Middle- bury College, from which he was graduated with honors. He studied for his profession in the medical department of the University of Ver- mont, from which he received his degree in 1874. The next year he devoted to further professional studies under the preceptorship of Dr. Eddy, of Middlebury, and the year following he was en- gaged in hospital practice in Hartford, Connecti- cut. In 1876 he located in Shoreham, Vermont, and entered upon a practice in which he has been successfully engaged to the present time. His standing in his profession is attested in the fact that he is one of the medical state license censors. He was a charter member of the Addison County Medical Society, in which he still holds member- ship, and he is also a member of the State Medical Society.

Dr. Howard is a man of acknowledged stand- ing and influence in the community, and he has frequently occupied positions in which he has afforded services of signal usefulness in its ma- terial and moral concerns. The struggles of his own youth in the acquisition of an education bred in him a genuine sympathy for a younger generation, and he has ever been zealously and intelligently devoted to the advancement of edu- cational institutions. From 1883 to 1897 he was town superintendent of schools, and for three years was a member of the county board of edu- cation. Without political aspiration, he has been elected to various local offices, and served con- tinuously from 1881 to the present (1903), a period of twenty-two years, as town clerk, and as town treasurer for one year. He has ever been a staunch Republican. He is an attendant of the Congregational church. The only fraternal society with which he is connected is the Delta Upsilon college fraternity.

Dr. Howard was married. November 28, 1876, to Miss Charlotte N., a daughter of Edwin B. and Naomi (Tupper) Douglas, and of this union a daughter Florence, was born, February 15, 1879.

Mrs. Howard is a member of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, as

is also her daughter, whose eligibility is based · upon eight lines of Revolutionary ancestors. Mrs. Howard is also a member of the Colonial Dames of Vermont, and is registrar of Hands Cove Chapter, of Orwell. She came from that Douglas family which had its origin in Scotland. Sir William, of Clan Douglas, was father of Sir Archibald Douglas, who was one of the Scottish partisans of King Henry III. The American branch of the family was planted by Deacon Will- iam Douglas (1), born in Scotland in 1610, who came in 1640, and was one of the first settlers at New London, Connecticut, where he was prominent in church and town affairs. He mar- ried Ann Mattle in 1636, and came with two children, Ann and Robert, to Cape Ann, then to Boston (where his son William (3) was born), later to Ipswich, and finally to New London, con- necticut. He was a man of much importance in civil and church affairs, and received a large grant of land for special services. He was ap- pointed by the general council at Hartford as a commissary during the Indian war, and was dep- uty general of the court at Hartford. He was a deacon in the church, and he died in New Lon- don in 1685. Deacon William Douglas (3) mar- ried Abiah Hough, and their son, Deacon Will- iam (4), married Sarah Proctor, and lived at New London and Plainfield. Their son James (5), born in Plainfield in 171I, was a farmer ; he was also a teacher, and he and his wife, Rachel Marsh, opened the first school in Cornwall, Con- necticut. Their son, James Marsh (6), born in 1746, married Rhoda Burnham, a sister of Judge Burnham, of Litchfield. In 1784 James Marsh Douglas removed with his family to Cornwall, Vermont, where he was a farmer; he died in 1790, and his wife survived him until 1822. Their children were Elias, John, Benajah, Burnham and James. Benejah (7), born in 1780, was a successful farmer at Cornwall. Vermont. He was a colonel of Vermont militia, and declined a commission as general on account of deafness. He married Saloma Scott, and. second, Elizabeth Preston, born in 1787. Their son, Edwin Benejah (8), was born at Cornwall, Vermont, in 1813, and was a sucessful farmer in Shoreham, where he died, January 12, 1901. He married in 1843, Nao- mi Tupper, born in 1823, and died March 22, 1900. She was a most estimable woman, a devoted

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wie and mother, and a real home maker. Their children were: Norman Benajah, who served in the Civil war; Mary Elizabeth, who became the wife of Charles Davis Collins; Charlotte Naomi, born July 15, 1849, who became the wife of Dr. Charles Willard Howard; Francis Edwin, born in 1852 ; Marcia Ann, born in 1855; Amia Louise, born in 1858.

HENRY C. CLEVELAND.

Hon. Henry C. Cleveland, of Coventry, Or- leans county, has inherited in marked degree the fine managerial and financial capabilities of his father, Hon. Elijah Cleveland, who was one of the most enterprising men of his day. Elijah Cleveland was born in Hanover, New Hamp- shire, June 29, 1795. He came to Coventry about 1824, and was for more than a half century after- wards the most enterprising man the village con- tained. A shoemaker by trade, the year after his coming he purchased from Calvin & Daniel Har- mon a small stock of goods, and upon this small foundation he built a large mercantile business, in which he continued for many years. In 1825 he also built an ashery, and began the making of pearlish, then the most important article of manufacture in that region. In 1827 he built the first grist mill, in 1829-30 the Congregational church, and in 1837 a starch factory, which was at the time an enterprise of vast importance.

He had thus demonstrated his useful activity in the establishment of industrial concerns which were of advantage to the entire community, and these led him into the conception of larger plans, in which he became the acknowledged leader. About the time his starch factory was well in op- eration, the necessity for a road between Cov- entry and Newport became apparent, and Mr. Cleveland took the contract for its making, a distance of six miles, through an unbroken wilder- ness. It was an arduous undertaking, but the work was completed, and in excellent manner, and Coventry had taken another forward step. Mr. Cleveland was now well prepared for the most important undertaking with which he was associated, the Passumpsic railroad. When its building was first broached, he enlisted heartily in the project, and made a liberal contribution to the beginning of the work at White River

Junction. He was made one of the managers of the company, and was its secretary from 1845 until the time of his death, when, of all the orig- inal managers, only one, E. Raymond, survived him. He had lived to see the road firmly estab- lished, the country through which it ran devel- oped and enriched, and his personal fortune added to. And yet more his colleagues were free to accord to him the larger share of praise, affirm- ing that the success which attended the Passump- sic railroad was due in largest degree to his sound judgment, his financial aid in time of ex- tremity, and his constant and indefatigable ef- forts. Though interested in other enterprises, this was the special object of his attention, and he guarded and fostered it at every turn and in every extremity.

It was said of Mr. Cleveland, by those who knew him most intimately through association with him in large affairs, that he was a man of unusual excellence of judgment. He was a man of few words, but he possessed the faculty of presenting his views with clearness and concise- ness, and yet with an earnestness and persistence born of honest conviction. His opinons were formed after careful thought and as full investi- gation as possible, and his conclusions were uni- formly sound, commanding confidence and en- suring the active co-operation of those about him.

Sagacious in all business affairs, constantly moved by a lofty sense of public spirit, and the soul of integrity in all his relations with his fel- lows, Mr. Cleveland was frequently called to posi- tions of honor and trust. In 1827, for two years after his coming to Coventry, he was chosen town clerk and treasurer, and he served in that twofold capacity for seven years. He became a selectman in 1836 and served again in the same capacity in 1856. From 1834 to 1836 he was as- sistant judge of the county court. In 1839 he was elected to represent his town in the legislature, and was returned to that body for two years following and again in 1846. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1857. In 1836 he was a state senator. In all these various stations he served with great' use- fulness to his constituency, and with high credit to himself. In his later years he was some- what weakened by the infirmities of age, and his great affliction was a partial loss of sight. He

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was necessarily less active in the public gaze, but he maintained, almost until his death, an ad- visory association with the interests which had principally engaged his attention during his phe- nomenally long and active career.

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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 II, Part 112

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed Publication date: 1903 Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1044

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1044