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 20

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

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the service, with the rank of sergeant, in 1865. Returning to Searsburg, Mr. Bond embarked in business as a manufacturer of wooden ware, and as a lumber dealer, his mill being located on Dev- il's Stair Brook. His entire plant was burned in 1869, but he soon rebuilt it, and continued in business until 1896, manufacturing lumber of all kinds, but making a specialty of clothes pins and washboards. He built up an extensive and re- munerative trade, selling the products of his mill in various towns and cities of New York and New England. Since 1896 he has been largely engaged in engineering and surveying.

Judge Bond is a strong Republican in poli- tics, and for thirty-eight years has rendered ex- cellent service as town clerk. He was also justice of the peace for thirty-seven years; was chair- man of the board of selectmen a number of terms ; served as lister many years, at the present time, 1902, being chairman of the board; was judge of the Bennington county court in 1892 and 1893 ; and represented the town in the state legislature in 1898. He is an active member of Social Lodge, No. 4, F. & A. M., in which he has filled most of the chairs; and is one of the few surviving charter members of the C. B. Lawton Post, No. 44, G. A. R., in which he has held all the offices. For thirty-nine years he has been a Mason, be- ing now with one exception, the oldest in the lodge.

Judge Bond married, in 1865, Clarissa Had- ley, daughter of Wilson and Olive (Stoddard) Hadley, being one of a family of three children, of whom two are living, namely: George D. Hadley, of Dummerston, Vermont; and Ellen Hadley, of Brattleboro, Vermont. The father, who spent his entire life in Dummerston, died at the age of seventy-five years. His widow is still living, making her home in Dummerston. Mrs. Bond died at the age of sixty years, leaving three children, as follows: Jennie, wife of Will- iam Biddle, a thriving farmer of Searsburg; Ada A., living at home; and Carlos W., also living at home, has charge of the lumber business of the Deerfield Power Company. Both daughters were educated in the Searsburg common schools, and later in Iowa high schools and Castleton Normal School, Vermont, and both have taught school with eminent success. Judge Bond and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.

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WHEELER FAMILY.

CYRUS W. WHEELER, deceased, was for many years a successful and highly respected farmer of Whitingham, Vermont. He was born in this town on what is now known as the "Whitman Wheeler Farm," August 30, 1828, while his father, Whitman Wheeler, was born and reared on a farm near by, both being located on the road leading to Readsboro. He was of pioneer ancestry, his great-grandfather, Deliverance Wheeler, who was one of the earliest settlers of the town, having taken up a tract of unbroken, wild land, from which he redeemed a farm, labor- ing with the heroic courage characteristic of the men and women of those days. He married Elizabeth Whitman, by whom he had eight chil- dren, one of whom was Zachariah Wheeler, the paternal grandfather of Cyrus W.

Zachariah Wheeler was born in Bolton, Mass- achusetts, coming from there to Whitingham with his parents. Reared to agricultural pursuits, he purchased land shortly after becoming of age; and in the course of time, by persevering toil, transformed its forest-covered acres into a valua- ble estate, which became eventually a part of the "Whitman Wheeler Farm."

Whitman Wheeler spent his entire life in Whitingham. In early manhood he bought a farm lying near the ancestral homestead, and un- til his death in 1867 was successfully engaged in farming. He cleared much of the land, fur- ther improving his estate by the erection of the buildings necessary on a well kept farm, the dwelling house which he built being now owned and occupied by the widow of his son, Cyrus W. Wheeler. He devoted the later years of his life to the raising of fine Durham cattle, the fame of which is handed down to the children of the present day.

Cyrus W. Wheeler received his education in Whitingham, his facilities for acquiring knowl- edge being very meagre as compared with those of the present day. Residing on the parental farm until 1858, he assumed the entire charge of its management for several years. He then married and settled on an adjoining farm, where he remained until 1870, when he returned with his family to the old homestead, on which he carried on general farming after the most ap-

proved methods until his death, November 30, 1889. He was a Democrat in his political affilia- tions, and an attendant of the Universalist church. Mr. Wheeler married Lestina L. Wheeler, of Rowe, Massachusetts. She received excellent edu- tional advantages, attending the common schools and a day academy, after which she taught school in Whitingham, Rowe, and Wil- mington, Vermont. Since the death of her hus- band, Mrs. Wheeler has, with the assistance of her sons, carried on the home farm with signal success, devoting its two hundred acres of land to general farming.

The following is the genealogy of the Wheeler family, to Whitingham to establish the home, adn as the writer of this article has been able to trace the several families. It seems that Deliverance Wheeler (2) married and came, the first of the family, to Whittingham to establish the home, and was then joined by his parents, brothers and sis- ters, as all the others married residents of Whit- ingham.

The following are the names of the daughters, and whom they married. This may enable some one to take up the record and carry it on to future generations, if they ever care to.

Deliverance Wheeler, born December 22, 1749, married Elizabeth Whitman, of Marlboro, Massachusetts. She was born May 21, 1750. They had nine children, as follows : Polly, Betsey, Susie, Abigail; Sally, Deliverance, Zachariah, Daniel and John. Polly married Oris Pike ; Bet- sey married Luther Boyd ; Susie married Robert Boyd; Abigail married Eber Atherton; Sally married Roswell Pike : and all settled in the vicin- ity of Whitingham, Wilmington and Readsboro. Deliverance Wheeler, Jr., born in 1775, married Phebe Salter, and came to Whitingham about the year 1796 from Bolton, Massachusetts. They purchased a tract of land in the northwest part of the town, on the east bank of the Deerfield river, and built up a permanent home. After a time he built the large brick house now occupied by one of his descendants, Merton O. Wheeler. They were very industrious and frugal, and in the short period of thirty-five years they amassed a large property for those days. They attended strictly to their farming, owning at one time about forty horses and a great many cattle. They made butter and cheese and used to send their son with

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it by team to Boston to exchange it for groceries and other necesarios. They reared a family of five sons and two daughters, one daughter and one son dying in childhood. Their names were: Betsey, Samuel," Jesse, Jarius, Phoebe, Deliver- ance (3) and Zachariah.

Jesse, born February 14, 1802, married Lydia K. Upton, of Whitingham, and settled in Rowe, Massachusetts. She was born October 8, 1813, the daughter of James and Deborah Cutting Up- ton. Her grandfather Cutting was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and lost a limb in the battle of Lexington. They had a family of eight children : Lestina Lydia, born January 19, 1836; James Noyes, born December 4, 1837 ; Ellen De- borah, born April 29, 1840; Sarah Alma, born December 23, 1841; Marlin Elwin, born May 16, 1845; Edwin Theodore, born September 13, 1848; Mary Estelle, born May 14, 1851; Ella Emma, born April 8, 1855.

James Noyes married Rosa Payne, of Rowe, Massachusetts, in March, 1863. She died Aug- ust 13, 1866. He then married Mrs. Emma F. Dunn, of Rowe, August 26, 1885. They have one daughter, Rose Ella Wheeler, born January 28, 1887. Marlin E. married, in October, 1870, Loretta M. Bishop, daughter of Alonzo Bishop, of Readsboro. Their son died in infancy. James Noyes with his brother Marlin reside on the old homestead. Zachariah Wheeler, born No- vember 15, 1777, married Susannah Bratton, in 1797. She was born June 24, 1763, the daughter of Robert Bratton, the first family to settle per- manently in Whitingham, in 1771. They had three children: Whitman, born May 18, 1798; Elizabeth, born October 13, 1799, and died June 18, 1803; Susannah, born August II, 1806, never married, and died April 26, 1879. Susannah, Zachariah's wife, died February 21, 1849, aged eighty-five years. She was about eight years old when she came with her father's family to make their home in Whitingham, Vermont.

Robert Bratton and family came from Cole- raine, Massachusetts, and returned there three successive winters before making their residence continuous. Their visit was in the spring of 177I and their abode near Deerfield river. They followed up the North river, by where Jackson- ville now is, to Wilmington. Mrs. Bratton as- cended a small tree and discovered the Deerfield

valley, and their course was taken in that direc- tion. They had marked trees as they came along so that they might find their way back, for they had no chart or compass. They drove before them a cow, and carried their cooking utensils on their backs. A small iron kettle was used as a water pail, milk pail, and for cooking ; and as the population increased the milk of one cow was divided among several families. Their log house was located near the river, above where Mrs. Lestina Wheeler now resides. Its site, now covered with forest trees, and the hearth-stone, around which many merry children played, lie unnoticed under the fallen leaves. On the 19th day of May, 1780, known as the dark day, Mrs. Bratton set out an apple tree near this spot, which has since bore the name of "Grandmother Bratton's apple tree." This tree grew to great size, with large spreading branches, bore fruit each successive season, and finally succcumbed to the blasts of winter in December, 1901.

Whitman Wheeler married Polly Faulkner, daughter of William and Hannah Dalrymple Faulkner, of Whitingham. She was born Decem- ber 7, 1800. Eight children were born to them : Rosina, born May 20, 1822; Julania, born April 4, 1824; Cyrus Whitman, born August 30, 1828; Emily A., born May 27, 1831 ; Evalina C., born January 15, 1834; Thaddeus Emerson, born May I, 1836; Ichabod Norman, born February 14, 1841; Roxana S., born November 17, 1844. Ro- sina Wheeler married Elias K. Carpenter, of Readsboro, Vermont, December 7, 1843. Seven children were born to them: Olive P., Whit- man J., Zachariah E., Oscar A., Willie A., Es- tella R. and Cyrus R. Mrs. Carpenter died No- vember 18, 1899. Julania Wheeler married Asa Green, of Whitingham, April 19, 1849, and set- tled in Whitingham. Five children were born to them: Nathan A., Mary J., Alfred C., Menzo W. and Nellie C. Mrs. Green resides with her two surviving children, Nathan A. Green, of Wil- mington, Vermont, and Mrs. Mary J. Murdock, of Whitingham. Cyrus W. Wheeler married Lestina L., daughter of Jesse and Lydia Upton Wheeler, of Rowe, Massachusetts, December I, 1858. Six children were born to them: Rose Roxana, born February 24, 1861 ; Lillie Lestina, born September 7, 1863 ; Frank Cyrus, born Jan- uary 8, 1867; Whitman Jesse, born November

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13, 1870; Edwin Thaddeus, born July 25, 1873; Fred Torrence, born April 26, 1877. Lillie L., of the last named children, married Arthur Alli- son Smith, of Halifax, Vermont, November 26, 1885. They have one daughter, Pearle Chris- tine Smith, born July 10, 1888. They reside on a farm in Whitingham. Fred T. Wheeler mar- ried Ruby Zilpha, daughter of Johnson M. and Ruth Howard Matteson, of Shaftsbury, Vermont, October 23, 1901. They reside in Readsboro, Vermont. Emily A. married Sherman M. Rob- inson, of Wilmington, Vermont, November 13, 1873. She died April 28, 1891, aged fifty-nine years. Evalina C. married Roswell Hyde Stan- ley, of Searsburg, Vermont, May 14, 1865. One daughter was born to them, Eva C., who died in infancy. Evalina C. died April 3, 1883. She had a bright and happy disposition and was dearly loved by those around her. Thaddeus E. Wheeler married Irena C. Upton, of Whitingham, March 6, 1862. She died September 28, 1872, aged thirty years. Mr. Wheeler was a genial, kind- hearted man, ever ready to lend a helping hand to those in need of his assistance. He died of diphtheria, then an epidemic in Readsboro, at the age of thirty-eight years. Ichabod N. mar- ried Lucinda, daughter of John and Lydia Staf- ford Pike, September 12, 1866. They have one one, Leon Norman, born October 26, 1872.

Roxana S. died February 4, 1860, of scarlet fever, after two days' illness, at the age of fifteen years. Possessing an unusually amiable disposi- tion, and excelling in her school work, she was the cherished daughter of the household, and her early death was deeply lamented.

ROBERT CARTMELL.

Robert Cartmell, vice-president and general manager of the Green Mountain Pulp Company, was born in Lancashire, England, on the 24th of July, 1847, and is a son of Robert Cartmell, who was born near Lake Windermere, in the county of Westmoreland, England. The pa- ternal grandfather of our subject, Isaac Cart- mell, was also a native of that locality, and he was for many years a government official. He was one of the most influential men of his lo- cality and for a number of years prior to his death he lived retired. His brother served as a

general during the Indian mutiny. Isaac Cart- mell became the father of four children, but only one of the number is now living, Theophilus, who still resides on the old homestead in Westmore- land county, England.

Robert Cartmell, the father of him whose name introduces this review, was prepared for the ministry at Eaton Hall, and he subsequently re- moved to the locality where our subject was born, there continuing his residence for thirty- five years. Removing thence to Ulverstone, he resided there until his life's labors were ended in death, passing away at the age of fifty-six years. For his wife he chose Jane Clark, who was born in Ambleside, Westmoreland county, England, her father, Miles Clark, being a farmer of that town until his death. Her mother. who was in her maidenhood Sarah J. Braithwaite, was also born in Ambleside, and they had six children, two of whom still survive,-Anthony, of Ambleside, and Lindale. The mother of these children passed away in death at the good old age of ninety years. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cart- mell became the parents of five children, of whom four still survive, namely: Isaac, a resident of Sherbrooke, Canada; John, of Lancashire, Eng- land; Mary, who became the wife of Thomas Routledge, of Eaton, Canada; and Robert, the subject of this review. The mother survived until eighty-four years of age, when she joined her husband in the spirit world. The family has long been identified with the Episcopal church.

In the public schools of his native land Robert Cartmell, of this review, received his elementary education, and he was later prepared for col- lege in a higher educational institution. Bidding adieu to home and native land at the age of seventeen years, he crossed the ocean to Canada, where he remained until his twentieth year, com- ing thence to the Green Mountain state, where for the following year he was engaged in sur- veying at Saint Johnsbury. He then embarked in the pulp business in East Barnet, Vermont, being first employed in sawing lumber and later in buying and selling the timber. He subse- quently became a member of the firm of Bancroft, Cartmell & Company, pulp makers, but two years later he sold his interest therein and re- moved to Bellows Falls, where he was connected

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with the Fall Mountain Paper Company, serv ing for sixteen months as superintendent of its two mills. Mr. Cartmell then become a resident of Middlebury, where with others he formed the Green Mountain Pulp Company and purchased the water privileges on the lower falls. They manufactured their own machinery. For one year Mr. Cartmell had an interest in the Beldens Falls Pulp mills, and during that time he built the mill which he now operates, while in 1882 he erected the millls at Huntington Falls and Weybridge, both of which he has ever since con- ducted. Their output is sixty-five tons daily, and they furnish employment to seventy-five skilled operators. The company owns a large tract of land and cuts most of its own logs. In addition to his connection with this extensive concern Mr. Cartmell is also a director in the Middle- bury National Bank and a director in the Inter- national Mining Company, of Nova Scotia. He is also interested in the Addison House, which he assisted in refitting throughout, and is an ex- tensive shipper of merino sheep, cattle and mules to Africa, South America and Australia. It will thus be seen that he has reached a high position in the business world, and he is a striking ex- ample of one who has achieved success without paying the price at which it is so often bought, for his prosperity has not removed him further from his fellow men but has brought him into nearer and more intimate relations with them.

Mr. Cartmell was first married in 1870, when Jessie H. Gammell became his wife. She was born in Barnet, Vermont, and was a daugh- ter of Alexander Gammell, who for many years was a prominent school teacher, but in 1849 he joined the tide of emigration to California and later put aside the active cares of a business life and lived retired until his death. For many years he held the office of justice of the peace, and at White River Junction he assisted in the nomina- tion of Tyler for congress. His death occurred at the age of eighty-six years. He was married to Mary E. Mulligan, and they had six children, four of whom are now living, Jessie H., the youngest, becoming the wife of our subject. The mother of these children died when young. For his second wife Mr. Cartmell chose Mrs. Lucy E. Slade, a native daughter of Middlebury. He gives his political support to the Republican

party, and in 1808 and 1800 he served as repre- sentative of Middlebury in the legislature. In 1902 he was elected to represent Addison county in the state senate, and is a member of the com mittees on railroads and banks, and chairman of the committe on manufactures. He was also a member of the special committee to report an amendment giving the railroad commission power to enforce its regulations. For two terms he was chairman of the village trustees of Mid- dlebury. In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the family is connected with the Episcopal church.

HON. EDWARD TITUS.

Hon. Edward Titus, of Wilmington, Vermont, was born October 25, 1833, a son of Alonzo and Mary Titus. William Titus, grandfather of Ed- ward Titus, was born in Massachusetts. Subse- quently he removed to Wilmington, Vermont, be- ing one of the pioneers of that section of the state. He cleared a tract of land in the town of Maplehurst, where he erected a number of build- ings, and resided there for some time. Later he removed to the northern part of the town, and remained there up to the time of his death. He was one of the representative men of the town, and he was elected to fill all the local offices. He also took an active interest in, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Miss Althea Forbes, who was a native of Massachusetts. Their children were William, Arnold, Mary M., Alfred, Althea, Leander, Al- meron and Alonzo. Mrs. Titus died in 1850, aged eighty years. Alonzo Titus, father of Ed- ward Titus, was also born in Wilmington, Ver- mont, where his childhood was spent on the old homestead, known as "Maplehurst." He acquired his education in the district schools, and later assisted his father in his agricultural pursuits. He was prominently identified with the politics of the town, having served as selectman for a number of years, besides filling the other local offices. He was married to Miss Mary Miller, who was born in Wilmington, Vermont, a daugh- ter of Isaac Miller, one of the pioneers from Massachusetts, who settled in Vermont and en- gaged in farming. Mr. Miller died at the age

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of seventy-eight years, and his wife, Lucy Con- cort, born in Massachusetts, died at the age of sixty-five years. They reared a large family of children. Mr. and Mrs. Titus were the parents of six children, namely : Edward, Leander, Will- iam, Henia, Ada I. and Delancy Titus. Mrs. Titus died in 1896, aged eighty years.

Edward Titus, eldest son of Alonzo and Mary Titus, received his early education in the public schools, and this was later supplemented by a regular course of study at the Wilmington high school. After his graduation he taught school for a number of terms, meeting with a marked degree of success. Later he engaged in the manu- facture of wooden ware, and he conducted this business successfully for over twenty-five years.

Mr. Titus was elected to the office of justice of the peace in 1869, and for many years he was the principal trial justice. There were many im- portant and difficult cases brought before him, but his decisions were always fair, and in accordance with the law and the facts in the case. He was elected to serve as a delegate to the Republican convention, also to the state convention. He served in the various town offices, such as over- seer of the poor, which he held for some years, selectman, being chairman of the committee, which he served for fifteen years, and school di- rector, a position he held for a number of years. In 1802 he was elected assistant judge of the Windham county court, the duties of which he discharged with credit to himself and to his associates. He was connected with the Wilming- ton Savings Bank for many years, being vice president at the time of his death, which occurred November 18, 1902.

Mr. Titus was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Bills, born in Wilmington, Vermont, the adopted daughter of David and Harriet ( Palme- ter) Bills. They have one son, Frank Edward, born in Wilmington, Vermont, in 1864. He was educated in the common and select schools, and later attended the high school. He then entered into business in Brooklyn, New York, with an uncle, and remained there for some years. In 1894 he purchased his uncle's interest, and con- tinued to manage the business alone until 1895, when he disposed of it and returned to Wilming- ton, making his home with his father. He mar- ried Miss Dolly Warner, born in Metamora, In-

diana. and three children have been born to them : Lee Frank and Ralph Edward, who are living, the other child having died at the age of three years.

EDWIN LEVI NICHOLS.

E. L. Nichols is so closely associated with mercantile interests in Bennington that he needs no introduction to the readers of this volume. He is widely known throughout this portion of the state, and has an extensive business, which indicates that his life has been a busy and useful one, for he started out for himself without capi- tal. He was born in Pownal, Vermont, January 3, 1828. His father, Levi Nichols, was born in Connecticut and in pioneer days took up his abode in Pownal, where he followed farming until 1844, when he came to Bennington. Here he purchased a tract of land and carried on agricultural pur- suits up to the time of his death, which occurred when he was seventy-eight years of age. He married Maria Paddock, who was born in Ben- nington, and who died at the age of fifty-four years, in the faith of the Methodist church, of which she was a devoted and loyal member. In their family were five children, of whom three are still living: E. L .; Mrs. H. Hopkins Har- wood, a resident of Bennington Center ; and Miss Martha E. Nichols, who lives with her sister.

Edwin Levi Nichols spent the first sixteen years of his life in Pownal, and then came to Bennington with his parents. The common schools afforded him his educational privileges, and he remained upon the home farm with his father until twenty-two years of age, when he began working by the month, being thus employed until the time of his marriage. With the capital he had acquired through his own efforts, he estab- lished a confectionery house and restaurant as a member of the firm of Cady & Nichols. For two years he carried on that business, and then sold his interest and established a dry-goods store on a small scale. For five years he was the pro- prietor of that store, and then purchased a lot, on which he erected his present business block, a double store building, three stories in height. After ten years he rented one-half of the store, but in a few years again became the occupant of the entire building. Mr. Nichols is the third

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oflest merchant of Remington. He is ably as sisted by his wife and her sister. He carries a fine stock, and is doing an extensive business, his patronage steadily increasing.

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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 20

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