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 37

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

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February 10, 1730; Mary, born November 4, 1739; Marcy, born June 11, 1743.

Silas Hamilton (4) was born February 10, 1736, in Brookfield, Massachusetts. He was captain of militia in the French and Indian war, and participated in the attack on Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758. In 1760 he was felt-maker in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He was engaged in Shay's rebellion, was arrested, tried and con- victed of "stirring up sedition," but was pardoned by the government. About 1770 he removed to Whitingham, Vermont, where he was one of the first settlers and a large landholder. He was jus- tice of the peace, selectman, town treasurer 1774 to 1780, and the first representative in 1771-2, and again in 1778. In 1800 he removed to Guil- ford, New York, where he died, August 7, 1816. He married, in Deerfield, July 22, 1763, Hannah, daughter of David and Mercy (Sheldon) Hoyt. She was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 6, 1744, and died May 9, 1842, at Guil- ford, New York. Their children were: Nancy; Hannah, born August 18, 1765 ; John, born Aug- ust 22, 1767; Persis, born November 17, 1771; Silas, born November 4, 1776; Mercy, born De- cember 20, 1778; Mary, born January 20, 1780; Persis, born April 14, 1781 ; Hoyt, born January 12, 1783 ; Amos, born December 26, 1784.

John Hamilton (5) was born in Deerfield, August 22, 1767. He removed with his parents to Whitingham, Vermont, and about 1790 settled in Halifax, Vermont, where he died January 20, 1843. In 1791 he married Ama, daughter of William and Christian (Church) Angel. She was born in Lyme, Connecticut, November 13, 1770, and died June 14, 1860. Their children were: Martha, born October 8, 1792; Lebbeus, born August 25, 1794; Joseph Angel, born July 15, 1796; Nancy, born September II, 1798 ; John, born July 31, 1800; Terah, born December 23, 1802; Christian, born May 16, 1805; Hannah, born June 22, 1807; Amy, born September 28, 1809.

Joseph Hamilton (6) was born in Halifax, Vermont, July 15, 1796, and died in Marlboro, Vermont, November 6, 1828. He married, February 19, 1821, Anna, daughter of Ichabod and Lovisa (Adams) King. She was born in Marlboro, Vermont, February 8, 1797, and died January 31, 1847. Their children were: Joseph

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Henry, born June 19, 1824; Julia Anna, born May 21, 1826; Amy Lucinda, born August II, 1828.

Joseph Henry Hamilton (7) was born in Halifax, Vermont, June 19, 1824. While young he removed with his parents to Marlboro, Ver- mont, where he was a prominent man for many years, both in church and town affairs. He served as selectman, lister and justice of the peace, and he held other town offices. He died in West Brattleboro, Vermont, November 10, 1900. He married, first, February 28, 1852, Ab- bie, daughter of Timothy and Harriet (Wins- low) Mather. She was born June 5, 1831, and died April 5, 1859. He married, second, De- cember 31, 1861, Abby, daughter of Peter and Dorcas (Wild) Cross. She was born January 15, 1826, and died February 12, 1899. The chil- dren were : Leslie Henry, born December 6, 1852; Carlton Mather, born April 19, 1854; Edgar Emerson, born April 1, 1856, and died June 27, 1862; Joseph Wright, born September 21, 1857; Abbie Mather, born April 5, 1859, who became the wife of J. Gilbert Stafford; Edgar Angel, born October 24, 1863; Roland Peter, born July 16, 1865; Harry Kirk, born December 27, 1869.

CHARLES LEBOURVEAU STUART.

Charles Le Bourveau Stuart, formerly Charles Stuart LeBourveau, is the efficient town clerk of the town of Lyndon and a popular official and gentleman, having passed most of his adult life at the village of Lyndonville, and earned the confidence and esteem of his fellows by an up- right and industrious course. He was born April 3, 1864, at Ascot Corner, province of Quebec, Canada, and is a son of Charles S. and Lucy L. (Winslow) Le Bourveau. Charles S. Le Bour- veau is a native of Canada, where his ancestors were members of the farming community in and about Angus. The family was planted in Canada in the eighteenth century, by emigrants from France. Mr. Le Bourveau is now living at East Angus, at the age of eighty-three years. He is a millwright and machinist by occupation, and spent nearly forty years in the states of New Hamp- shire and Vermont, working along those lines. The Winslow family was among the first to set-

tle in Lyndon, and has furnished several of the leading citizens of the town.

Charles L. Stuart was reared chiefly in Ver- mont, and received most of his school training in the public schools of West Burke, Vermont. At the age of fifteen years he began the study of telegraphy at the station at West Burke, and rapidly mastered the deft art of transferring in- telligence by electricity. So prompt and assid- uous was he that he soon earned the confidence of the railroad authorities, and, when only seven- teen years old, was employed at Lyndonville as telegraph operator and, subsequently, train dis- patcher as well, and his labors continued at this station for a period of four and one-half years.

He next appeared in Michigan, in charge of construction on the Frankfort & Southeastern Railroad, where he continued two and one-half years. In 1892 Mr. Stuart returned to Lyndon- ville and embarked in business, purchasing the drug store of Randall Brothers, which he con- ducted two years, and then sold to Dwinell Broth- ers. He has dealt in a small way in real estate, and was for several years owner of a farm near Lyndonville, on which he carried on extensive operations in poultry-raising for some years after closing out his drug business. In May, 1902, he was appointed town clerk and treasurer to fill a vacancy, and has since filled that re- sponsible office, at the March meeting of 1903 being unanimously elected town clerk and treas- urer.

Finding it impossible to induce the public to either pronounce or spell his name correctly, Mr. Stuart adopted his second name as a sur- name, and has reason to be satisfied with the change. He has long been active in the social and official affairs of the community, serving two years as village water commissioner, has been seven years town auditor, and is village trustee and justice of the peace. He is a Republican in politics, and attends divine worship at the Con- gregational church. He is a member of Crescent Lodge No. 66, A. F. & A. M., of Lyndonville ; Haswell Chapter No. 11, R. A. M., of St. Johns- bury; Palestine Commandery No. 12, K. T., of the same town ; and Mt. Sinai Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Montpelier. He is also identified with the Order of the Eastern Star.

On December 18, 1885, Mr. Stuart was mar-

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Hed to Miss Hattie Wiley Thompson, a native of Londonville, and daughter of Summer S. and Hamet S. ( Wiley) Thompson. Mrs. Stuart is a member of the Woman's Club. She is the mother of two bright boys, Arthur Thompson and Summer Charles.

NATHAN ABBOTT NORTON.

Nathan Abbott Norton, attorney of Lyndon- ville, is a descendant of Ichabod Norton, one of the pioneers of Connecticut, and a prominent man in that colony. Nathan Norton was one of the first settlers of the town of Glover, Vermont, coming there from Strafford, Orange county, same state. His son, Elijah Atwood Norton, was born in Glover, where he is now a successful farmer and a leading citizen. He was for many years a traveling salesman, covering New Eng- land and some other states. He has served sev- eral years as deputy sheriff of Orleans county, and is an influential factor in the local workings of Republican politics. In religious faith he is a Universalist. His wife, Dolly (Abbott) Glover, is also a native of Glover. Their children are four in number. Jessie, the eldest, is the wife of Albert Cowan, of Laconia, New Hampshire. Nathan A. is the second. Mary, Mrs. Mark Cobb, resides in Stowe, Vermont. Belle mar- ried Hiram N. Davis, a farmer of Glover.

Nathan A. Norton was born September 21, 1865, in Glover, and received his primary educa- tion in the home schools. With an aptitude for learning, he soon decided upon a professional career, and, as preliminary to this, took the course of the Johnson Normal School, graduating in 1888. Subsequent to this he entered the office of E. A. Cook, a prominent attorney of Newport, Vermont, where he continued two years. After spending a year at the University of Michigan, he received a diploma from that institution in 1895, and was admitted to the bar of Michigan and of Vermont the same year. Beginning prac- tice in Glover, he continued there until 1900, when he removed to Lyndonville. In partnership with his former preceptor, E. A. Cook, he established an office at Lyndonville, of which he has since continued to be local manager. Making no effort at specialization, he conducts a general practice. Of genial disposition and manners, Mr. Norton

attracts and retains friends, and exercises coll. siderable influence in the community where he resides.

He is an active member of Union Lodge, No. 7, I. O. O. F., of Lyndonville, and is also identi- fied with the local encampment of the same order, beside being a member of Olympia Lodge No. 19, K. of P., of the same town. He attends the Universalist church, and is a consistent Re- publican in political principle. He has been called upon several times to fill official stations, having served three years as school director in Glover. He is a member of the Lyndonville Club, a social organization with pleasant quarters in his home town. Mr. Norton was married, January 6, 1897, to Miss Viola Robinson, who was born in Fletch- er, Vermont, a daughter of Demas and Lucy (Smith) Robinson. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Norton died in infancy.

WILLIAM H. BURBANK.

William H. Burbank, of Barnet, is a well- known merchant, the postmaster, town clerk and town treasurer. He is a native-born citizen, the date of his birth being September 17, 1846. He comes of Revolutionary stock, his grandfather, Eleazer Burbank, who was born and reared in Boscawen, New Hampshire, having served in the Continental army during the struggle of the colonists for independence, several of his brothers also taking an active part in the Revolution.

Moses Burbank, the father of William H., was born in Peacham, Vermont, and there learned the trade of a wheelwright, which he subsequent- ly followed in Barnet during the remainder of his life. He married Margaret Hyndman, a daughter of William Hyndman, who was born in Scotland, and who, accompanying his parents to America, learned to walk on shipboard during the long voyage of three months. William Hynd- ham's parents settled in Ryegate, Vermont, as pioneers, and there built the first frame dwelling house erected in the town.

William H. Burbank acquired a good common school education in the schools of Barnet, after- wards taking a full course at Eastman's Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York. On re- turning home he secured a position as clerk in a store, continuing thus employed until 1874, when

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he started in the mercantile business on his own account. He has met with signal success in his operations, being now the owner of a fine business block, in which he is carrying on an extensive and lucrative trade in general merchandise, his stock being large and varied. Since 1880 Mr. Burbank has filled the offices of town clerk and town treasurer, and for the last six years has been postmaster. Fraternally he is a member of Passumpsic Lodge, F. & A. M., and of Connecti- cut River Lodge, I. O. O. F.

On May 10, 1877, Mr. Burbank married Helen Hoyt, who was born in Waterford, Vermont, a daughter of J. Q. Hoyt, an old and esteemed resident of the town. The only child born of their union is a son, Guy H. Burbank, who was edu- cated at the Albany Business College, in Albany, New York, and is now a stenographer in New York city.

HON. JONATHAN ROBARDS DARLING.

Hon. Jonathan Robards Darling, of Groton, has long been an important factor in developing the industrial and business interests of this enter- prising town. He was born in Groton, November 16, 1823, a son of John and Jeanette (Brock) Darling, and grandson of Robards Darling, who was one of the original settlers of the town. The last named was a son of John Darling, who was probably a native of England, and came from Salisbury, Massachusetts, to Groton.

John Darling, father of Jonathan Robards Darling, grew to manhood on the old ancestral homestead, which he assisted in clearing from the wilderness, laboring with untiring energy. Not content, however, with the financial remunera- tion of this work, he added to his income by clearing land for a neighbor by contract, spend- ing the earlier part of the night in this extra, self-imposed labor. Although his educational advantages were extremely meager, he acquired a good fund of general knowledge and a thorough acquaintance with historical facts by a judicious course of reading. He was active in local affairs, serving as town clerk fifteen years, as justice of the 'peace, selectman, and during the years of 1836, 1837 and 1838 represented Groton in the state legislature.

Jonathan R. Darling received his early edu-

cation in the academies of Peacham and Danville, Vermont, and has since been engaged in agri- cultural and mercantile pursuits, from 1847 until 1857 being a member of the firm of Welch, Dar- ling & Clark. Since 1867 he has been engaged in the lumber business in company with Isaac M. Ricker. Admitting into partnership, in 1882, his sons, under the firm name of J. R. Darling & Sons, he has since been identified with the most extensive and lucrative business in this section of the county, being widely known as a lumber manufacturer and dealer, and as a general mer- chant. For a period of three years the partner- ship continued. Subsequently Mr. Darling dis- posed of a two thousand four-hundred-acre tract of timber land to S. L. Griffith, of Danby, Vermont, but still manufactures a large amount of lumber annually at his new mill on the north branch, and has a large trade in general mer- chandise at his newly remodeled store. Mr. Dar- ling has the distinciton of being the projector of the granite industry in Groton, erecting the first shed in 1896, and putting up another granite shed in 1898. Although he has outlived the al- lotted threescore and ten years of man's life, the burden of his many years sits lightly upon him, his physical health being good, while his mental faculties are scarcely impaired.

In politics Mr. Darling was formerly an old- line Whig, but has been an active member of the Republican party since its formation in 1856. He has filled the various offices within the gift of his constituents, with ability, serving as town clerk for thirty-eight years; representing Groton in the general assembly in 1857 and 1858; and the county as state senator in 1880 and 1881. From 1869 until 1872 he was assistant judge of Caledonia county.

Mr. Darling married, in 1849, Sarah M. Taisey, who was born in Groton, a daughter of John and Phebe (Heath) Taisey. Of the eight children born of their union, six survive, as fol- lows : Cyrus T., for many years business manager of the Davenport, Iowa, Democrat, but now a shoe dealer of Davenport, married Lilla Ann Dixon; Evalona, wife of Dr. S. N. Eastman, of Groton : John T., manager of the store in Groton, married Maggie R. Ricker, and resides in the beautiful house which he recently erected on Depot street ; Robards N., foreman in the lumber

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business, married Viletta Pame ; Rimer Fills- worth, having charge of the farming interests of the firm, married Minnie A. Heath ; and Walter Brock, a railroad ticket agent at Rock Island, Ilmois, married Luella Babcock.

HENRY L .. CLARK.

In the law more than in any other profession is one's career open to talent. The reason is evident; it is a profession in which eminence cannot be attained except by indomitable energy, perseverance and patience, and, though its prizes are numerous and splendid, they cannot be won except by arduous and prolonged effort. It is this that has brought success to Judge Henry J. Clark, and made him known as an able rep- resentative of the bar of Rutland county, where he is now sitting upon the bench of the probate court, having been appointed successor to Judge Bromley in 1899, elected to the office in 1900, and re-elected in 1902.

Willard Clark, grandfather of Henry L. Clark, was a resident of Shrewsbury, Vermont, having removed to that state from Massachusetts, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. His death occurred in Mt. Holly, Vermont. Among his children was Anson Clark, father of Henry L. Clark, who was born at Shrewsbury, Vermont, where he received a common school education. Subsequently he engaged in farming in his native town and also at Castleton, where he resided for many years prior to his death. He was a mem- ber of the old state militia, and in politics was a stanch adherent of the principles of the Demo- cratic party. He married Miss Abigail Kilburn, and the following named children were born to them : Henry I ..; William W., who is associated with the Keystone Car Wheel Company; Abbie ; Delia, who died in 1898, became the wife of Charles V. Slocum, president of the Keystone Car Wheel Company, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ; and Julia, wife of George B. Woodbury, of Castleton, Vermont. The father of these children died December 22, 1898, aged eighty-two years. He was survived by his widow, who is living at the present time (1903), having attained the age of seventy-six years.

Judge Henry L. Clark was born at Mt. Holly, Vermont, February 5, 1847, attended the Rut-

land high school and later the Brandon Seminary, after which he pursued a course of study in law in the office of Edgerton & Nicholson, at Kut- land, also with C. M. Willard, at Castleton, Ver- mont. He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and located at Castleton, where he has since con- tinued to practice his profession. From Novem- ber, 1870, to June, 1871, he was associated with Judge Willard in his legal practice; then he be- came a partner of Jerome B. Bromley, and this connection continued until March, 1899, when Judge Bromley died, since which, time he has practiced alone. His fitness for leadership has made him prominent in political circles, and hi- wise judgment concerning the best methods of promoting political work and action, has had a very beneficial effect on the success of the Re- publican party. He represented the town of Castleton in the legislature in 1884, was chair- man of the committee on elections and a mem- ber of the committee on claims; he represented Rutland county in the senate in 1886, and served. as chairman of the committee on claims and a member of the judiciary committee; during the years 1886 and 1888 he was a member of the board of state railroad commissioners; in 1896. he was again chosen by his fellow citizens to represent his town in the legislature, and served in the capacity of chairman of the committee on claims and a member of the judiciary committee. He acted as assistant judge for six years on the bench with Austin S. Baker and Judge Joseph E. Manley, and in 1899 was appointed to succeed Judge Bromley as judge of the probate court ; the following year he was elected to that office and re-elected in 1902. He had previously served as register of the probate court for thirty-one years, from 1868 to 1899; was probably con- nected with this office longer than any other judge in the state; for many years he has served his town in the capacity of town clerk, being at the present time (1903) the incumbent of that office. Judge Clark has been a resident trustee of the Castleton Normal School, is now a mem- ber of the board of trustees of the Rutland coun- ty grammar school, and one of the trustees of the Castleton Cemetery Association.

Judge Clark was united in marriage to Miss Lora M. Holt, a daughter of Nathan Holt, of Weston, Vermont. Their children are: Henry

Henry L. Clark

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W., acquired his education in the Castleton Nor- mal School, from which he was graduated in 1891, later was a student in the English and Classical School under the preceptorship of Prof. Perry, of Rutland, and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1897, with highest honors, in a class of between fifty and sixty pupils. He studied law in the New York Law School, graduating in 1899, was admitted to the bar in the same year, and has since practiced his profession in New York city, being as- sociated with Sullivan & Cromwell, acting in the capacity of manager of the office. Eva M. resides at home with her parents; Alleyne graduated from the Castleton Normal School, prepared for college at the Vermont Academy and is now (1903) a member of the freshman class at Brown University ; and Carroll B. Clark completes the family.

HON. THOMAS BARTLETT HALL.

Hon. Thomas Bartlett Hall, a typical repre- sentative of the native-born citzens of Groton, is actively identified with the leading mercantile and manufacturing interests of this section of Caledonia county. He was born November 29, 1834, a son of the late Hon. Isaac N. Hall, and grandson of Henry and Susan (Burnham) Hall. He is of English ancestry, and comes from a family noted for its longevity, his great-grand- father living to the age of eighty-six years, his great-great-grandfather to the age of ninety- three years, while his great-great-grandmother died at the extreme age of one hundred and four years.

Hon. Isaac N. Hall was born in Rumney, New Hampshire, in 1808. When a lad of fourteen he was apprenticed to his uncle, Moses Burnham, a noted contractor and builder of his day, re- meining in his employ for several years, in the meantime coming with him to Groton in 1824, which he made his permanent residence. After the death of his father his widowed mother came here also, and established the first Sunday-school in the place, making her home with the son. He was held in high esteem as a man and a citizen, enjoying in a marked degree the respect and confidence of the business community. After some years passed as a carpenter, he bought a

farm, and dealt in stock. He served in many responsible public capacites, including those of town clerk and justice of the peace, and during four sessions represented his town in the legis- lature. From 1842 until 1845 he was assistant judge of the Caledonia county court, and in 1848, 1860 and 1861 was state senator. In 1850 he was delegate to the constitutional convention, and one of the directorate of the state's prison in 1868 and 1869. He was one of the directors of the Newbury Bank, at Wells River, also one of the first directors of the Montpelier & Wells River Railroad, and served as its president from 1873 until 1877. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, in 1829, Eliza- beth Taisey, daughter of William and Judith (Darling) Taisey, of Groton. Of the nine chil- dren born of their union, four survive, namely : Thomas B., the subject of this sketch; Helen, wife of George H. Willard, of Waltham, Massa- chusetts ; Theresa, wife of Alexander Cochrane, of Groton; and Lydia, wife of Samuel G. Whit- ney, of San Francisco, California. After the death of his first wife, he married Mrs. Louisa Webster Hall, of Plymouth, New Hampshire.

Thomas Bartlett Hall completed his early education at the Newbury Seminary, after which he began his mercantile career as a clerk in the store of John Buchanan, at Groton, remaining with him from 1855 until 1858, receiving as re- muneration for his services eighty dollars the first year, one hundred and twenty dollars the second, and one hundred and eighty dollars the third year. Returning then to the parental home- stead near Groton village, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits in connection with which he at once began to deal in wool, in which he met with success, carrying it on several years, the latter part of the time buying on commission. He likewise dealt extensively in livestock, buy- ing jointly with Lambert Hastings and William Ricker, of Groton. From 1882 until 1885 he was in partnership with William Goodwin, as a lum- ber dealer and manufacturer, a business which he has since continued alone, handling a half- million feet or more each season. He has also other lucrative interests, owning the bobbin mill above Groton with Frank D. McCrillis, and being also proprietor of the charcoal kilns in the same locality. Since 1882 he has been head of the

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firm of Hall & Cochrane, which has built up a Jorge and profitable made in general merchandise, their stock embracing a large and varied line of goods, including fertilzers, in which they have at large trade. Mr. Hall has been actively identi hed with the Republican party during his life, and has filled many important public offices, sery- ing as lister a number of terms; as overseer of the poor six years ; and as selectman twenty years. He was elected representative to the state legis- lature in 1874 and 1886; was assistant judge of the county court from 1890 till 1894; and served as state senator in 1898. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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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 37

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