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 41

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

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tigable worker, and has cared for a large patron- age with entire fidelity.

Known for his great capability as a practi- tioner, Dr. Fox at various times has been called to responsible professional positions. He was ap- pointed by President Arthur a member of the medical board of pension examiners in Rutland at the time of its organization, and during his four years' term of service and until the incoming of the Cleveland administration he was secretary of that body. He is a consulting physician at the Rutland Hospital, a member of the Rutland County Medical and Surgical Society, of the Rut- land Medical Club, which he aided in founding, and of which he was president for two years; of the Vermont State Medical Society, and for some years of the American Medical Associa- tion ; and is a member of Centre Lodge No. 34, F. & A. M. Dr. Fox has been for many years a member of the Congregational church of the East parish of Rutland. In 1900 he was elected one of the deacons to serve for a term of six years.

Dr. Fox was married, January 12, 1859, to Miss Pamelia Harris, born July 12, 1838, a daughter of Howard Harris, Esq., of Walling- ford. The children of this marriage, all of whom except the first named were born in Rutland, were five in number : Mary E., born at Wallingford, April 8, 1860, was married November 12, 1884, to Herman W. Vaughan, who was born in Fort Ann, New York, September 17, 1857, and to them were born two children, Mattie, March 14, 1887, and Wilmah, February 3, 1889. Mr. Vaughan is the manager of the New York branch (309 Broadway) of the large paper manufacturers, Hollingsworth & Whitney, of Boston, and he and his family reside in Brooklyn. Edwin H. Fox, born May 3, 1865, was married October 15, 1895, to Miss Frances H. Mitchell, of Troy, New York, who was born July 21, 1873, and to them was born a daughter, Marion, February 25, 1898. Mr. Fox is in a wrapping paper and bag business in Stamford, Connecticut. Mattic P. Fox was born August 25. 1870. John Crary Fox, born October 10, 1875, is in business with his brother in Stamford, Connecticut. Harriett R. Fox, born August 6, 1882, resides with her parents.

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ORMAN P. RAY.

Orman P. Ray, the second son of George and Hannah (Greene) Ray, was born in Irasburg, Orleans county, Vermont, May 21, 1837. His father, George Ray, was a native of Hmesburg, Chittenden county, Vermont, son of William and Abigail ( Wyman) Ray, and was born January 8, 1805, the seventh in a family of ten children. lle spent his young days on the farm, making such proficiency in his studies that later he de- voted his energies to school teaching, following that profession with much success in Pleasant Valley, New York, and in Vermont, for ten years or more. About 1832 he returned to the Green Mountain state, where he spent some time as sales- man in a store, but later turned his attention to farming, which occupation he followed until ad- vancing years compelled him to relinquish that pursuit. In 1836 he removed with his family to Irasburg, where he lived until 1854. During the year 1855 he went to the west, residing in Wis- consin, Illinois and Nebraska for nearly a quar- ter of a century. Returning to his native state, he spent his remaining years amid the scenes of his childhood, passing away January 29, 1889, at the age of eighty-five years.

The grandfather of our subject, William Ray, was born about 1767, in Rhode Island or Con- necticut, and moved to Hinesburg before 1790, where he spent the rest of his life as a successful farmer. His ancestors are supposed to have emi- grated from England, early in the settlement of Rhode Island and Connecticut, where many of them became prominent, filling the positions of responsibility and influence in social and public life. His first wife was probably Dorcas Eddy, by whom he had Calvin, born April 20, 1791, died February 20, 1845; Philo, born May 30, 1793, died December 3, 1848; Asa, born in 1796, died April 9, 1847; John, born in 1798, died De- cember 9, 1860; Sally, born in 1801, died Septem- ber 30, 1826; Phebe married Augustus McCuen, and lived in Hinesburg ; all the other children also married. His second wife was Abigail Wyman, born about 1774, and died June 2, 1835, by whom he had George, mentioned above; Daniel, born January 24, 1808, married Orilla Round, March 5, 1829, lived in Hinesburg, and died April 19,

1875; Abigail and Williams, both of when died single.

George Ray married Hannah Greene on Octo- ber 2, 1834, and there were born to them the fol- lowing children : Ossian, born at Hinesburg, De- cember 13, 1835, lived in Lancaster, New Hamp- shire ; he married twice ; he was a leading lawyer in New Hampshire, county solicitor two terms, deputy provost marshal during the Civil war, representative two terms, United States district attorney, twice delegate to Republican national conventions, and two terms a member of Con- gress ; he died in Lancaster, New Hampshire, Jan- uary 28, 1892, leaving a widow, two sons and two daughters : Orman P. was the second in order of birth; Walter and Wallace, twins, died in in- fancy ; Lucien died at the age of three years and four months; Elizabeth Maria, who became the wife of Otis S. Bridges, now living in Los An- geles, California .; Amelia C., who married a Coates, and died in St. Louis, Missouri ; Mary Ellen married August Boeker, and died in Water- bury, Vermont, June 24, 1901, leaving a husband, one son and three daughters.

Orman P. Ray remained upon the home farm until 1854. In 1857 he became a student in the People's Academy at Morrisville, continued his studies in the Williston Academy and at the Classical Institute at Essex, Vermont. In 1859, 1860 and 1861, he taught village, graded and se- lect schools, meeting with marked success in this work. Mr. Ray entered upon the study of law in. Waterbury in 1861, and continued the same in Lancaster, New Hampshire, until August, 1862.

Responding to the country's call, August 30, 1862, he enlisted from Essex, Vermont, as a private in Company G, Second Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He assisted in making out the muster, pay and descriptive rolls of twelve hundred volunteers, went to the front and joined his regiment at Hagerstown, Maryland, in Octo- ber of the same year, and was soon detailed as clerk in the office of the assistant adjutant gen- eral, at the headquarters of the Old Vermont Bri- gade, also known as the Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Army Corps, Army of the Poto- mac, remaining until March, 1863, when he was transferred to duty in the quartermaster's de- partment, at the same headquarters.

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In July, 1864, when the Sixth Army Corps was detached from the Army of the Potomac, and ordered to Washington to repel the advance on the national capitol by General Early, Mr. Ray was left at City Point, Virginia, in charge of the transportation of the brigade, until ordered to join the command in the Shenandoah Valley, in September of the same year. After the battle of Fisher's Hill, he was again detailed to duty in the assistant adjutant general's office, and there continued until November Ist, at which time he was returned to his regiment to receive promotion to the rank of sergeant major. On December 24th he was commissioned adjutant of the regi- ment, in which rank he served until the close of the war, being mustered out at Burlington, Ver- mont, June 19, 1865.

In September of that year Mr. Ray went to Lancaster, New Hampshire, and resumed the study of law. At the November term, 1866, of the supreme judicial court in Coos county, New Hampshire, he was admitted to the bar. He prac- ticed in Lancaster for nearly a year, and then re- moved to Colebrook, New Hampshire, where he practiced until the fall of 1872. During the years 1868-69 he served as one of the insurance commissioners of New Hampshire.

In November, 1872, Mr. Ray returned to Ver- mont and in December opened an office in the village of Winooski, and there built up a success- ful practice. While there he served as clerk of the town of Colchester two years, town grand juror four years, and town law agent three years, and won for the town the first verdict in a high- way damage case awarded in twenty-five years. On August 30, 1882, he received the appoint- ment of county clerk of Chittenden county, and of the court of chancery, the county and supreme courts, in which office he has continuously served, and in the discharge of his official duties has re- ceived the highest commendation on account of his capability and faithfulness. On January 27, 1874, he was chosen a corporate member, and January 26, 1875, was elected trustee, of the Winooski Savings Bank, and has served in that capacity and as its attorney until the present time (1903).

Mr. Ray is a member of the Free Methodist church. and has been called to fill all the offices the local church could confer upon him. In 1898 he was elected delegate from the Susque-

hanna annual to the general conference held in Chicago, Illinois, and was a member of a special committee appointed to present to President Will- iam Mckinley, October 19, 1898, the address of the conference. In 1902 he was again elected delegate to the general conference, held in June, 1903, in Greenville, Illinois.

On the 24th day of March, 1862, Mr. Ray was united in marriage to Miss Mary I., daugh- ter of Hon. Lyman N. and Lorette E. (Hoyt) Williams, of Essex, Vermont. There were two sons born of this union: Lyman Williams, born November 13, 1866, in Lancaster, New Hamp- shire, who received his education in the public schools of Winooski and Burlington, and then entered the University of Vermont, but on ac- count of ill health was obliged to abandon his studies; in 1889 he went to South Dakota, and was graduated from the Dakota University at Mitchell in 1892, receiving the degree of A. B., and that of A. M. in 1895 from the same Univer- sity. He married Miss Rhoda Craven, of Bur- lington, Vermont, engaged for a time in preach- ing, and the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Howard College in 1895. He resigned his pastorate in 1898, pursued the study of medicine, was graduated from the Uni- versity Medical College of Kansas City with the degree of M. D. in 1901, and is now engaged in practice of that profession in St. Louis, Mis- souri.

Perley Orman was born December II, 1875, in Winooski, Vermont, was educated in the pub- lic schools of Burlington, and at the Troy Con- ference Academy, at Poultney, Vermont, gradu- ating from that institution in June, 1894. He entered the University of Vermont the same year, and won the entrance Greek prize of twenty- five dollars, and the first prize of the same amount in gold at the Forest Prize speaking in 1896. He was graduated from the University in 1898, stand- ing fifth in his class, receiving his degree of A. B., and was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa. Pursuing the study of law in the office of Hon. Seneca Haselton, now a judge of the supreme court of Vermont, he was admitted to the bar in 1900. His alma mater conferred upon him the degree of A. M. in 1902. In 1901 he was elected to a fellowship at Cornell University, with a five-hundred-dollar scholarship, and is

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pursuing a post-graduate course in history in that university.

Mrs. Ray was a person of superior qualities of heart and mind, possessing in a large degree those gifts and graces which endeared her to those who knew her, and won the love and esteem of the rich and poor alike. She entered into rest, February 23, 1901, deeply mourned and affec- tionately remembered by her family and a wide circle of friends.

The ancestors of the mother of the subject of this sketch, Hannah (Greene) Ray, are as fol- lows . Robert Greene, of Gettinham, England, born probably about the year 1400, was the father of Richard Greene, and grandfather of Richard, Jr., who is supposed to have lived in Dorchester, England. John Greene, the son of Richard, Jr., was the founder of the Greene family in New England ; he was born in 1597, was a surgeon, lived in Salisbury, England, and married Joan Tattersall, November 4, 1619. He sailed from Hampton, April 5, 1635, in the ship James, and landed in Boston, Massachusetts, sixty days later, or June 4, 1635. He located in Salem, removed the same year to Providence, Rhode Island, and was an original proprietor. He lived in Provi- dence until 1645, when he moved to Warwick, Rhode Island, of which he was an original pro- prietor, and died there in 1658, and with his wife, was buried at "Conemicut Farm." He had four sons and a daughter.

The third son of Dr. Greene was James, born in 1626; he married, first, Deliverance Potter, and had two sons and a daughter, and his second wife was Elizabeth Anthony, whom he married August 3, 1665, and who died April 27, 1698; and by her he had four sons and two daughters.

The first son of James Greene was James Greene, Jr., who married Mary Fones, and had seven sons and three daughters. The fourth son of James, Jr., was Elisha, the father of another James, who married for his first wife Freelove Burlingame, by whom he had five sons ; his sec- ond wife was Nancy Clark, by whom he had three daughters. The first son of the last named James was Daniel, who was probably born in Provi- dence, Rhode Island, about 1747, married Re- becca Barton, removed to Claremont, New Hamp- shire, in 1783, and had three sons and eight

daughters; he died in Claremont, November 3, 1815, in his sixty-ninth year.

The oldest son of Daniel Greene was James, born March 20, 1779, probably in Claremont, New Hampshire, who married, January 2, 1803, Mercy Nelson, who was born March 2, 1780. He removed to Worcester, Vermont, about 1808 or 1809, and from there to Waterbury, where he lived until he died. Four sons and three daughters were born to him. In command of his company, in the Twenty-fourth Regiment of United States Infantry, in the war of 1812, Cap- tain James Greene, in the battle of LaCole's or French Mills, near the Canadian frontier, was seriously wounded in the leg by a cannon ball, necessitating amputation. He was carried to Plattsburg, New York, and from there conveyed by boat to Burlington, Vermont. Learning that Captain Greene had been wounded, his wife rode horseback from Waterbury to Burlington, and took care of him until he was able to return to his home, where he passed away February 7, 1817, leaving a widow and seven children, the oldest a son of thirteen, and the youngest a daugh- ter of one year and six months. In the cemetery of his Green Mountain home a marble slab marks his grave.

His widow was a woman of great decision of character ; keeping her family together, she gave them the best education the times afforded. She lived te see them arrive at mature years, es- teemed and respected by all who knew them. Several of them became successful teachers, her daughter, Rebecca M., at one time having Ches- ter A. Arthur for a pupil, who in after years was president of the United States. She passed away at the home of her son James, October 31, 1860, at the age of eighty years.

The children of Captain James and Mercy Greene were: Epaminandos, born in Claremont, New Hampshire, May 31, 1802, died July 22, 1844; Content, born in Claremont, November 6, 1805, died August 19, 1862 ; Daniel, born in Clare- mont, October 16, 1807, died August 27, 1887, married Katherine Parker, June 8, 1832, and had three sons and two daughters; Hannah, born in Worcester, Vermont, September 1, 1809, married George Ray, October 2, 1834, lived in Irasburg, and died July 2, 1847 ; James, Jr., born in Water-

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bury in 1810, married Mehitable M. Shattuck, lived in Waterbury, and died February 12, 1866, leaving a widow and two sons and a daughter ; Albert G., born in Waterbury, November 13, 1812, married Charlotte S. Blush, April 10, 1836, and died in Topeka, Kansas, in 1874, leaving a son and two daughters; Rebecca M., born in Waterbury, August 5, 1815, married Captain Mil- ton G. Bostwick, October 13, 1836, lived in Hines .. burg, and died August 27, 1896, leaving a hus- band and four sons and two daughters.

The paternal ancestors of the wife of Orman P. Ray, Mary I. Williams, are supposed to have been among the early settlers of New England, and came from England and settled in Rhode Island, and from there came to Vermont at an early day, so far as they are accurately known they are as follows: Nathan Williams, her grandfather, was born January 14, 1778, married Lois Stearns, who was born March 14, 1779. He lived in Monkton, Vermont, and died January 31, 1842, and his widow died October 1, 1845. They had four sons and two daughters.

Harmon, born October 15, 1801, married Mary Ann Cox, and had two children, Lois and Almeran ; he died December 5, 1876, and his wife died December 9, 1875.

Milan, the second son, born November 13, 1803, lived in Monkton, and married Betsey Nim- blet, by whom he had two sons, Henry B. and Hosea N .; he died September 15, 1878, and his wife, January 22, 1873.

Althea, the elder daughter, born December 15, 1805, lived in Monkton, married Hosea Nim- blet, and had two children, Hosea and Lavonia ; he died August 8, 1875, his wife, February 26, 1888.

Warren, born March 27, 1808, married Caro- line Pennock, and had four children, Nathan, Lyman S., Lois and Carrie A .; he lived in Essex and Hardwick, and died April 12, 1885, and his wife died April 21, 1889.

Polly, the second daughter, born January 9, 18II, married John Allen Beers; they lived in Monkton, and had two sons, Harrison H. and Carter L., and a daughter, Carrie L .; he died March 24, 1890, and his wife died March 22, 1892.

Lyman N., the youngest of the sons, born June 15, 1813, married Lorette E. Hoyt, daugh-

ter of Ezra and Rhoda Hoyt, April 27, 1837 ; he had two daughters, Mary I., who became the wife of the subject of this sketch, and Martha A., who married Dr. E. Edwin Graves, and lives in Penacook, New Hampshire.

The maternal ancestors of Mary I. (Williams) Ray are as follows: Simon Hoyt landed in Sa- lem, Massachusetts, from England in 1628 or 1629. In 1629 he went to Charlestown, Massa- chusetts, as one of its first settlers. He was probably married twice; by his first wife he had Walter, Nicholas, John ; and by his second wife, Moses, Joshua, Samuel and Benjamin.

Walter Hoyt, son of Simon, was born about 1618, was the father of John, Elizabeth, Hannah and Zerubbabel.

Zerubbabel Hoyt, son of Walter Hoyt, was born about 1650-54, and lived in Norwalk, Con- necticut ; he married twice, his second wife being Mrs. Mehitable Keeler, and he had Abigail, Dan- iel, Hannah, Caleb and Rhoda.

Daniel Hoyt, son of Zerubbabel Hoyt, was born January I, 1681 ; he married twice, and his second wife was the widow Sarah Starr, of Danbury, Connecticut ; he lived in Norwalk, and died between 1756 and 1764. His children were Abel, Ezra, Abigail, Daniel, Abner, John, Nathan, Mary and Abram.

Ezra Hoyt, son of Daniel Hoyt, born April 23, 1707, married, April 4, 1731, Phebe Benedict, daughter of Deacon John Benedict; he lived in Norwalk, Connecticut, and died in April, 1790. He had children, Anna, Ezra, Thaddeus, Lydia, Matthew, Martha, Elizabeth, John, Jonathan and Phebe.

Ezra Hoyt, son of Ezra and Phebe Hoyt, born March 14, 1733, or 1734, was baptized March 23, 1735-37. He married Sarah Seymour, daugh- ter of Dr. William Seymour; he lived in Lanes- boro. Massachusetts, before the Revolution, re- moved to New Haven, Vermont, and died there. June II, 1801. He was a man of considerable wealth and prominence, a member of the com- mittee of safety, belonged to the Presbyterian church, and was a tithing man. Once he made an unsuccessful attempt to stop Ethan Allen as he was passing on the Sabbath. His widow died April 17, 1826, aged eighty-six years. His chil- dren were Seth, Uriah, Thaddeus, Ezra (Hon.), Seymour, Hannah, Patty and Phebe.

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Uriah Hoyt, son of Ezra and Sarah Hoyt, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1765; he mar- ried, first, Pamela Ruble, second, Betsey Petti- bone ; he was a farmer, lived in New Haven and Bristol, Vermont, and died September 16, 1849. Ilis first wife died in 1833. He had Ezra, Sey- mour, Abigail, Orrin, Henry, Phebe, Uriah, and Orvilla : Thomas, Milo, George S. and Sophia.

Ezra Hoyt, son of Uriah and Pamela Hoyt, was born in New Haven, Vermont, November 14, 1787, married Rhoda Hurd, March 6, 1814. His wife was born October 24, 1790, by whom he had Seraph Jennette, Lorette E., Celinda, George N., Rebecca H. and Abigail H.

Seraph Jennette Hoyt, daughter of Ezra and Rhoda Hoyt, was born April 29, 1815, married Chester Sinclair, June II, 1857, and died June 3, 1887.

Lorette E. Hoyt, daughter of Ezra and Rhoda Hoyt, was born December 25, 1816, married Hon. Lyman N. Williams, April 27, 1837, by whom she was the mother of Mary I. Williams, born April 17, 1842 : and Martha A. Williams. Hon. Lyman N. Williams, the father of Mary I. (Williams) Ray, died at Essex, July 5, 1885. "He made an enviable record both as a citizen and a Chris- tian. He held during the forty-two years of his residence in Essex nearly every office of honor and responsibility in the town, and some under governmental authority.' In the Methodist Epis- copal church he occupied with fidelity and con- stant care every position the local church could call him to." His widow lives in Burlington, in the home of her son-in-law, the subject of this sketch.

The record of the other children of Ezra and Rhoda Hoyt is as follows: Celinda Hoyt, born December 7, 1818, died April 8, 1821. George N. Hoyt, born November 30, 1820, died May 20, 1842. Rebecca H. Hoyt, born November 8, 1822, married George Gates January 30, 1844, and had three sons ; she lives in Essex. Abigail H. Hoyt, born December 3, 1824, married Alpha M. Aus- tin, February 25, 1844; Mr. Austin enlisted, July 25, 1862, in Company B, Tenth Regiment, Ver- mont Volunteers, and died of disease, August 18, 1863, leaving two sons, Frank and Nelson, and a daughter, Rhoda; Mrs. Austin died at Elston, Missouri, April 2, 1889.

HORACE C. PEASE.

The Pease family of Vermont bad for its immigrant ancestor Robert Pease, who was pre- sumably the son of Robert and Margaret Pease, of Great Beddow, Essex county, England. He sailed in April, 1634, from Ipswich, England, in the ship Francis, and landed in Boston. With him came his brother John and his eldest son Robert. He settled at Salem, Massachusetts, where he died in 1644, aged thirty-seven years.

John (2), son of Robert, was born in Eng- land in 1630, and was four years old when he came to America. He settled as a yeoman in that part of Salem called Northfields. He held various local offices and was a zealous churchman. He married Mary Goodell, and, after her death, Ann Cummings. He was the father of five children by his first, and three by his second marriage. He died in 1689, aged fifty-nine years.

Robert (3), second son of John and Mary (Goodell) Pease, was born in Salem, May 14, 1656. He removed to the Connecticut Valley in 1681, and died in 1744, aged eighty-eight years. His wife was Abigail Randall.

Samuel (4), second son of Robert and Abi- gail (Randall) Pease, was born December 30, 1686, in Enfield, Connecticut, and there died. His wife was Elizabeth Warner.

Samuel (5), eldest son of the parents last named, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1708. He married Zeniah Chapin. One of their chil- dren, Walter (6), was born in the village named, February 22, 1763, and subsequently removed to Brookfield, Vermont, where he died July 21, 1840, aged seventy-seven years. He was twice married. His first wife was Hannah Rogers, and their son

Walter (7) was born in Enfield, Connecticut, whence he removed to Woodstock, Vermont, and later to Hartford, where he owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He married Eunice Pratt, and to them were born several children: Horace, who commanded a steamer plying be- tween New Orleans and St. Louis ; Charles, who went to Kansas during the free-soil struggle prior to the Civil war, is still a resident of Law- rence, Kansas, and recently celebrated his golden wedding ; and

Horace le Pense

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Luther (8), father of the subject of this sketch, who was born in Brookfield, Vermont, November 14, 1814. He obtained an ordinary common school education, and in early life drove an eight-horse team between Hartford and Bos- ton. Years afterward he worked upon boats that ran from Hartford, Connecticut, to Hartford, Vermont. In 1849 he bought what has become famous as the "Pease Hotel," of Bani Udall, at Hartford, Vermont, which he conducted up to the time of his death, in 1876. He owned a large farm in connection with the hotel. He was presi- dent of the Ottaquechee Woolen Company, in which he was one-fifth owner. He also was one of the largest real estate owners in the town of Hartford. He was Republican in politcs, and took an active part in the same until his decease. In his own town he served as constable, deputy sheriff and justice of the peace for many years. He was a regular attendant of the Congregational 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 41

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