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 46

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

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and in having the site marked by a granite block, which is thus described by Key. Lewis Grout in his work entitled "The Olden Times of Brattle- boro :"

"This monument, the base of which con- sists of native granite, and the die of millstone granite from Connecticut, is about four foot high by two and one-half feet wide, bearing this in- scription : 'The first meeting house in Brattle- boro was built here in 1768.' On the right-hand corner, near the base, are the initials, 'E. E. F.,' which are understood to stand for Ezra E. Fish- er, to whom all are greatly indebted for this work and for other additions and important improve- ments in this now memorable and sacred ground."

On December 25, 1875, Mr. Fisher married Frances O. Stedman, daughter of the late Dr. John H. Stedman, of whom a brief sketch may be found elsewhere in this biographical work. Six children have blessed their union, namely : Florence M., Wilfred, Katherine F., Leslie J., Carroll E. and Roy E.

JOSEPH A. DE BOER.

Joseph Arend De Boer was born June 17, 1861, in the village of Warffum, Provincie Groningen, Holland. His father, Jan Arend De Boer, died when the boy was four years old. His mother, Anje Peters (Kuiper) De Boer, brought her son to America in 1868, when he was seven years old. They lived in Albany, N. Y. At about the age of nine, he began to go to school. He graduated from Grammar School No. 14 in 1876, from the Albany High School in 1880, and from Dartmouth College in 1884. His post-graduate work has been as follows: Master in the Holderness School for Boys, 1885; principal of the Montpelier public schools, 1886- 1889; actuary, National Life Insurance Com- pany, 1889-1901; secretary (idem), 1897; sec- ond vice-president (idem), 1900; vice-president (idem), 1901; president (idem) 1902. He has done some writing, mainly on subjects relating to life insurance. He was a state senator from Washington county in 1900. He was married December 22, 1885, to Miss Augusta Charles Featherly, of Albany, N. Y. Their children are Ethel Arend (1886), Minnie Arend (1888),

Bertha Arend ( 1891), Paul Kuiper ( 1897 ), and Elizabeth Arend (1902), all living on August 1, 1903.

JUDGE ERWIN AMOS HASSELTINE.

This gentleman, at present occupying the re- sponsible position of judge of the probate court for the district of New Haven, has for many years been a prominent figure in the business and social life of his community. His occupa- tions have been varied and such as to bring him in contact with many people, from which resulted not only a wide acquaintance but a familiarity with practical affairs, of value both to himself and the people. He has been especially conspicu- ous in educational matters, his efforts to advance this great cause being many and long continued, including work as a teacher and superintendent of schools and to obtain a free library for his town. As a business man his good judgment and knowledge of values have commended him as a valuable agent in untangling and settling estates, work which has been continued in an official ca- pacity since his occupancy of the probate bench. Altogether there have been few busier or more useful men in the town of Bristol and Vergennes than the urbane and efficient judicial officer whose life it is here the intention to briefly outline.

Judge Hasseltine's family may be pronounced strictly "Vermontese," as for many generations back they have been natives of the Green Moun- tain state. This includes his great-grandfather Elom, his son Levi and the latter's son, Amos Hasseltine. Levi Hasseltine was born at More- town, but was brought in childhood to Bristol, where he spent his entire life as a farmer, was for many years a deacon in the Baptist church, and died at an advanced age in the home of his- grandson. He married Rachel Eddy, by whom he had eight children, but of these the only ones- living are Mrs. Sophia Brooks, of Cincinnati; and Olive, wife of Stephen Peckham, a farmer of Bristol. Their son Amos was born in Starks- boro, but after receiving his education settled down to farming in Bristol, and passed all the years of his life in that town and in that occu- pation. He met with unusual success, and at the time of his death, which occurred August 12, 1890, in his seventy-ninth year, he owned two-

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hundred acres of land and much personal prop- erty. He was a lister and for many years chair- man of the board of selectmen. Amos Hassel- tine married Lucinda, daughter of John Brooks, whose father, Samuel Brooks, came from Con- necticut as a pioneer of Bristol. The latter mar- ried Lavina Hawkins, of Connecticut, by whom he had thirteen children, all of whom, as also the parents, have long since passed away. Amos and Lucinda (Brooks) Hasseltine had but one child, who is now the prominent citizen of Bris- tol whose career constitutes the subject matter of this biography.

Erwin A. Hasseltine, only son of his parents, was born in Bristol, Vermont, April 30, 1838, and grew to manhood on his father's farm. His education was received in the common schools, the Bristol Academy and the college at Middle- bury. After finishing his college course, in 1862, he taught school a while in New Hampshire and Vermont, but abandoned this to try his fortunes in the distant state of Kansas. Arriving at Law- rence during the somewhat turbulent times inci- dent to the Civil war, he obtained employment there as a clerk and bookkeeper, which positions afforded occupation for three years, at the end of which time he returned to his native state. This was in 1865, and the twelve subsequent years were devoted to teaching, followed by eleven years in agricultural pursuits on the old Brooks homestead. In 1888 he was elected su- pervisor of the schools of Addison county, and this responsibility kept him busy two years look- ing after the one hundred and thirty separate edu- cational establishments placed under his super- vision. After retiring from this office he re- turned to the farm and resumed operations, which continued until his election in 1900 as judge of the probate court. As he had had con- siderable previous experience in settling estates, he came to his new office with an especially val- uable equipment in the way of knowledge of the general subject and mastery of the technical de- tails inseparable from this department of the law. Since taking charge, therefore, over three years ago, Judge Hasseltine has administered his trust with a skill and efficiency that have amply con- vinced the constituency that they made no mis- take in choosing him.

In 1863, Judge Hasseltine married Helen 17 X

Partch, of Bristol, by whom he had one son, George L., now a graduate of the Boston Law School, who is occupying a desk in the office of his father. George L. Hasseltine married Louise Palmer, of Monkton, and they have a daughter named Helen. His first wife having died in 1872, at the age of thirty-three years. Judge Hassel- tine contracted a second matrimonial alliance with Miss Jennie, a daughter of Sanford B. Sharles, of Berkshire, by whom he has two sons : Howard S., a machinist; and Herman E., a stu- dent at the Baltimore Medical College. The mother died in 1889, and Judge Hasseltine took a third wife in the person of Miss Lottie Shel- don, of Bristol.

In addition to the more important places heretofore mentioned, the Judge has held vari- ous town offices such as lister, selectman and au- ditor. In 1884, while representing the town in the legislature, he performed a very valuable service to the community, along the lines of his life-long friendship for education. Being ap- pointed a member of the committee on libraries, he introduced and warmly advocated a bill for the free library at Bristol, which has since been erected and proved an honor to the town.

Notwithstanding business cares, the Judge manages to find time for the social and fraternal side of life. He is especially enthusiastic in Masonry, being past master of the blue lodge and an ex-occupant of all the chairs. He is also a member of the chapter, council and com- mandery, has reached high degrees in Odd Fel- lowship and belongs to Bristol lodge and en- campment of that order. Judge Hasseltine's religious development has not lacked for cultiva- tion during all these years, and as deacon of the Congregational church, active worker in the Sun- day-school and its superintendent for a long time, he has exercised a good influence on the moral growth of the community.

CARLTON WILLARD READ.

When a man passes away we look back over the life ended and note its usefulness-its points worthy of emulation and perpetuation. What Carlton W. Read did for his fellow men might in a manner be told in words, but his far-reach- ing influence cannot be measured. He was in

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touch with the people, and from a sincere and desp ich autores m thor welfare labored for all that would prove of public benefit until the bus and useful lite was ended.

Mr. Read was a native son of the Green Mountain state. his birth occurring in Char- lotte, on the 21st of October, 1834, and he was descended from one of the early pioneer families of that part of the state. His paternal grand- father, Michael Read, was born in 1769, and in a very early day took up his abode in Charlotte, Vermont, where he spent the remainder of his life. He became the father of seven children, one of whom, Orin Read, was the father of our sub- ject, and he, too, claimed the town of Charlotte as the place of his nativity. He became a promi- nent factor in business circles and was well known as a farmer and speculator, following those oc- cupations until his life's labors were ended in death, at the age of sixty-six years. His wife bore the maiden name of Juliana Powell, and they were the parents of three children.

Carlton W. Read was reared in the place of his nativity, there also receiving his educational train- ing. When the time came for him to inaugurate independent action, he embarked in farming and sheep-raising, continuing those occupations on the old home farm until 1857, when he came to Addison and purchased two hundred acres of the present homestead, to which he subsequently added three hundred and fifty acres, thus making his landed possessions to consist of five hundred and fifty acres. On this large domain he en- gaged in general farming on an extensive scale, and also bought and sold wool. The Read farm is one of the most desirable homesteads in this section, being adorned with a commodious and pleasant residence, which was remodeled by Mr. Read, and he also erected large barns and out- buildings, making this one of the valuable farm- ing properties of Addison county. In addition to his agricultural labors, he was also for many years interested in a cheese factory and was a director and for a time president of the Farmers Bank of Vergennes. He held a high position in business circles in the community for many years, and his activity in that direction justly entitled him to be numbered among the lead- ing citizens of Addison county, for it is those who promote commercial and industrial activity that

are the real builders of a state. The Republican party received his active support and co operation, and for twelve years he held the office of treasurer of Addison, while for one term he represented his county in the state senate.

As a companion on the journey of life Mr. Read chose Vienna Millard Clark, a native of Charlotte, Vermont. Her father, Homer Clark, claimed Massachusetts as the place of his nativ- ity, but he became an early settler of Charlotte, and in that town he was called to his final rest at the age of seventy-seven years. By his wife, who was in her maidenhood Alvira Baldwin, he became the father of thirteen children, of whom the following still survive: Caroline, widow of Edgar Powell, of Charlotte; Vienna M., pre- viously mentioned ; Hattie, wife of Frederick Ly- man, of Hinesburg, Vermont; Martha, Mrs. George A. Foote, of Charlotte, this state ; George, also a resident of that place; Jane, wife of Lewis Prindle, of Charlton, Massachusetts ; Amos Jay, also in Hinesburg : and Brayton, who resides on the old homestead in Charlotte. The mother of these children died at the age of seventy-six years. Two children blessed the union of Mr. Read and wife, but one, Edna J., is now deceased. The surviving daughter, Carlotta C., married Lee P. Tracy, a merchant of Addison, and they have one child, Carlotta May. Mr. Read was a mem- ber of the Addison County Agricultural Society, in which he took a very active interest, and his religious preference was indicated by the creed of the Baptist church, to which he was a liberal con- tributor. He passed away in death at his home in Addison, on the 14th of April, 1898, but in the hearts of his friends are enshrined many pleasant memories of him, and his influence for good remains with those who knew him.

HENRY CRAWFORD.

Henry Crawford, living in Putney on the an- cestral homestead, which has been in the Craw- ford family for more than a century, is one of the best known stockmen and horse breeders of Windham county. He was born in the house which he now occupies, January 12, 1844, a son of Mark Crawford. He comes of distinguished Scotch ancestry, the lineage of the Crawford fam- ily being traced back by George Crawford, the

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genealogist, to Reginald, the youngest son of Alan, the fourth Earl of Richmond, who was a great-grandson of Golfindus, Duke of Britany. Ardlock, or Crawfordland, in Ayrshire, Scotland, was the castellated seat of the great house of Crawford, which for centuries played a prominent part in Scottish history. The mother of Sir Will- iam Wallace was a Crawford.

The ancestors of James Crawford, the immi- grant ancestor, removed from Scotland to Castle Dawson, Londonderry, Ireland, emigrating from there to America, in 1739, being accompanied by his brother John. John Crawford brought with him his family, consisting of his wife, and a son Hugh, the latter of whom married Margaret Campbell, by whom he had four children, one of whom, John, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. James Crawford, the immigrant, settled first in Newton, Massachusetts, then removed to Union, Connecticut, where he spent his remaining years. He married Elizabeth Campbell, a Scotch lassie, who bore him seven children, as follows: Margaret; Robert, who settled in Westminster, Vermont, married Lydia Pierce, by whom he had four children, Jason, Stephen, Deborah and Hul- dah ; James, Jr., the next in line of descent ; John ; William ; Hugh ; and Jane.

James Crawford, Jr., through whom the line was continued, was born September 13, 1733, at Union, Connecticut, where he spent his earlier years. Coming to Vermont in 1769, he settled first at East Westminster, then removed to West- minster, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1799, when he disposed of his farm, and settled permanently in Putney, Vermont. He was a soldier in the Revolution, participating in the battle of Bunker Hill, and afterwards be- ing with Washington's army in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He married, September 8, 1755, Grace Carpate, daughter of Uriel Carpate, of Ashford, Connecticut, and a lineal descendant of William Carpate, who was one of the earlier settlers of New England, coming to this country in 1638. Seven children were born of their union, namely: Chester, born in 1757; Francis, born April 30, 1760; one born July 20, 1762; The- ophilus, grandfather of Henry ; Sarah, born April 2. 1768 ; Lydia ; and Elizabeth.

Theophilus Crawford, the next in line of de- scent, was born April 25, 1764, at Union, Connec-

ticut, and died on the Crawford homestead in Putney, Vermont, in 1851. Coming to Putney while in the prime of a vigorous manhood, he settled on the land now owned and occupied by his grandson Henry, having a farm of five hun- dred acres, which he operated with great success, by his industry, good management and thrift ac- cumulating a fine property, being at the time of his death one of the wealthiest men of southern Vermont. He was a man of honest integrity, upright in all of his dealings, and exerted much influence in business and political circles. He represented his town in the state legislature three years ; was a member of the executive council ; was high sheriff in 1822; and was a delegate to the constitutional convention. He also filled numerous local offices, and was captain of mili- tia. He married Annis Johnson, daughter of Isaac Johnson, who was also a Revolutionary sol- dier, and they reared ten children, as follows: David, born August 6, 1789, married Nancy Campbell, and died March 1, 1871; Sallie, born June 6, 1791, married Abel Carter, of Montpelier ; Henry, born September 22, 1793, died March 24, 1835 ; Grace, born December 9, 1795, died Octo- ber 7, 1849 : James, born March 6, 1798, died No- vember 2, 1846; Mark, the father of Henry; Fanny, born in 1803, died September 26, 1871 ; Lydia, born in 1805, died August 25, 1827 ; The- ophilus, born April 28, 1807, died December 12, 1877: and Annis, born February II, 1810, died February 17, 1888.

Mark Crawford was born on the parental homestead in Putney, October 20, 1800, and there spent his entire life, dying May 10, 1861. Con- tinuing in the occupation to which he was reared, he was successful as a tiller of the soil, and car- ried on an extensive and profitable business as a breeder of Durham cattle and Merino sheep. Ever evincing a keen interest in advancing the material prosperity of the town, he was frequently elected to offices of trust, serving as selectman, and representing Putney in the state legislature in 1851 and 1852. He was a Republican in poli- tics, and for several years was captain of a com- pany of cavalry in the militia. He and his family attended the Congregational church. Captain Crawford married Judith Hunt Mason, who was born December 30, 1807, and died August 24, 1884. Six children were born of their union, as

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follows: Henry, born December 5, 1829, died July 16, 1842; Charles, born August 21, 1832, died while a member of the sophomore class of Middlebury College, October 20, 1855; Noah Mason, born May 11, 1834, died March 16, 1835; John, born December 27, 1836; Eliza Maria, born June 9. 18.11; and Henry, the subject of this sketch. John Crawford, the fourth child, is a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen of Farmington, North Dakota. He married, first,

Mary A. Gerry, who was born in Brattleboro, Vermont; she died in 1861, leaving no children. He married, second, September 2, 1870, Louisa Gorham, sister of Louis Gorham, of Putney, and they have five children, namely : Robert D., born September 17, 1871; Walter Mason, born No- vember 29, 1874; Mark, born May I, 1877; Charles Lewis, born August 6, 1882, died August 25, 1882; and Judith Charlotte, born November I, 1883.

Henry Crawford received his academical ed- ucation in Brattleboro, Vermont, and in Monson, Massachusetts. Choosing the independent calling of a farmer as his life occupation, he remained on the ancestral homestead, which became his by purchase in 1868, and has since carried on gen- eral farming with most satisfactory financial re- sults. He has paid much attention to cattle and sheep-raising, but has taken an especial interest and pleasure in breeding and rearing horses, im- proving from year to year his own stock, and that of the town and county. He has in his stables several horses that have made fine records, in- cluding Madison Wilkes, 2:2434, a brother of Kentucky Wilkes 2:22 ; Linden, 2:15, whose dam was of the trustee stock; and Bay Aristos, who has nineteen standard crosses, tracing to Justin Morgan, Mambrino, Chief Rysdick Hambleton- ian, Thomas Jefferson, and others equally well known. Among his brood mares may be men- tioned Daisy B., 2:26; Standard, bred by Charles M. Pond, of Hartford; and Mertie B., bred also by Mr. Pond. He sells a large number of horses and colts each year, always receiving top prices for single horses or for pairs. Mr. Crawford is a Republican in politics, and has been an office- holder almost continuously the past thirty years.

Mr. Crawford married, February 14, 1872, Lydia Lowell, a sister of Judge James H. Lowell,

of Kansas, and a daughter of George Lowell, a cabinet-maker of Boston, Massachusetts, and a descendant of the same immigrant ancestor as was James Russell Lowell, the world-famed poct. Among other ancestors of prominence was Percival Lowell, in whose honor the city of Low- cll, Massachusetts, was named. The Lowell fam- ily is of English origin, tracing its ancestry di- rectly back to William the Conqueror. Jacob Lowell, the grandfather of Mrs. Crawford, was the son of Moses Lowell, both of whom were soldiers in the patriot army in the war of the Revolution, and their remains are interred in the family burying ground at Putney. George Low- ell married Lydia Grant, who belonged to the same family from which General U. S. Grant was sprung. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford have three chil- dren, namely: Hugh, born February 19, 1873, engaged in business with his father, married, in February, 1899, Eula Davenport, by whom he has two children, Beatrice, born February 15, 1900, and Waldo Lowell, born November 6, 1902; Malcomb, born June 14, 1875, is a book- keeper with the Porter Machine Works at Hat- field, Massachusetts; and Annis, a graduate of the Business College at Northampton, Massa- chusetts, married, June 4, 1902, Edgar D. San- ders, of Brattleboro.

JOSEPH HENRY LORING.

The history of the state, as well as that of a nation, is largely made up of the chronicles of the lives and deeds of those who have conferred honor and dignity upon society. The world judges the character of a community by its rep- resentative citizens, and yields its tributes of ad- miration and respect to the genius or learning or virtues of those whose works and actions con- stitute the record of a state's prosperity and pride. Joseph Henry Loring was long regarded as one of the most prominent and honored resi- dents of Bennington, not alone because of his- activity in business circles, but also on account of his sterling personal worth.

He was born in Jackson, New York, Decem- ber 9, 1820, and died in Bennington, November 3, 1898. His father, Joseph Loring, was born in Massachusetts, and was a farmer by occupation.

JOSEPH H. LORING

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He spent his early years in the old Bay state and afterward removed to Jackson, New York, where he died at the comparatively early age of thirty- six years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Orcutt, was born in Jackson and by her marriage became the mother of three chil- dren. She was a consistent Christian woman, holding membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, and her death occurred in her native town when she was fifty-six years of age.

Joseph Henry Loring was reared in Jackson and to its public school system was indebted for the educational privileges he enjoyed. In 1845, when a young man of twenty-five years, he came to Bennington. He had previously learned the trade of cabinet-making with Barton Brothers, of Jackson. After residing in Bennington for a time, he went to Hoosick Falls as a representative of the Walter A. Wood Mowing Machine Company, remaining with that house until 1857. He then returned to Bennington and conducted a teaming business, having one horse and two small wagons. He afterwards became the leading expressman of the town, doing a large transfer business and meeting with excellent success. In 1865 he was joined by his brother-in-law, Henry M. Tuttle, and they established a first-class livery stable. In 1874 they further extended the field of their operations by dealing in coal, lime, cement and wood, and the business is still carried on by Mr. Tuttle. Mr. Loring was widely known for his enterprise, his keen sagacity in business affairs and his uncompromising honesty, and these qual- ities insured him prosperity in all that he under- took. As the years passed he acquired a hand- some competence, so that he was enabled to leave his family in very comfortable circumstances. He was a man of considerable influence and was sexton of his town for a number of years.

On the 15th of February, 1849, Mr. Loring was united in marriage to Miss Theresa Tuttle, who was born in Woodford, Vermont, a daughter of Hymen Tuttle, whose birth occurred in Con- necticut. Her father was a son of David Tuttle, who was born in North Haven, Connecticut, and was a farmer by occupation. David Tuttle spent his early life in the place of his nativity and after- ward removed to Rowe, Massachusetts, but later took up his abode in Norwich, Connecticut,

where he owned and operated a large farm. At a later date, however, he came to Bennington and lived with his son Hymen, spending his last days here; he passed away at the age of seventy-two years. His wife was Sarah Bassett, who was born in Connecticut in 1768 and was married on Christmas day of 1789. They became the parents of seven children: Mentha, born August 25, 1791 ; Martin, born May 25, 1793; Hymen, born March 9, 1795; Warren, who was born on the 12th of March, 1797; Eunice, whose birth occurred August 29, 1799; Sylvia, born February 2, 1802; and Chauncey, born in May, 1806. The mother of this family passed away on the 24th of January, 1840. Both she and her husband were members of the Congregational church, and in that faith they reared their family. Hymen Tuttle, the father of Mrs. Loring, is sketched elsewhere in this work in connection with the sketch of Henry M. Tuttle. He married Dorcas Upton, who was born in Charlemont, Ver- mont, and was a daughter of a well known farmer of that locality. To Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle five children were born who lived to mature years, and three are yet living, namely: Mrs. Loring, of Bennington; Fidelia Sylvia Tuttle; and Henry M. Tuttle, a prominent business man of Bennington.

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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 46

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