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Dr. Jones was married in 1866 to Miss Frances Louise Squier, of Bath, New Hampshire, Of this union were born two children: Gertrude Frances, now the wife of Thomas Mckenzie, of Westerly, Rhode Island, and Edith Bruce Jones. The latter named graduated from the Detroit Training School of Elocution, where she won a scholarship in the Chaffee-Noble School of Ex-
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pression, London, England. Since graduating from the latter named institution she has been occupied as a public worker in her profession, and has won for herself the most glowing com- mendations. The mother of these children died in January, 1884.
In June, 1885, Dr. Jones married Miss Annie Frances Quimby, who was born in Thetford, a lady of excellent education and of great amiabil- ity of disposition. She was not only a deeply sympathetic helpmeet to her husband, and a ten- der mother to his children, but she also endeared herself to a large part of the community by her kindliness to all and her helpfulness to the poor and distressed.
While Dr. Jones passed through life secure in the regard of his fellows, he was not altogether favored by fortune. In 1883 a fire swept away all his personal effects, his piano alone excepted, and, through an unfortunate investment, his insurance money was lost to him. It was a severe. hard- ship, but with undaunted courage he set himself to the task of retrieving his losses. For several years preceding his death he suffered greatly and almost continuously from rheumatism, and he sought relief by making his winter home at Southern Pines, North Carolina, where he had many warm friends. Late in 1902 it became evi- -dent that Bright's disease had fastened upon him, and he gradually failed until death released him, March 3, 1903. On the. day and hour of the funeral all business houses in the village were closed. Services were held in the Congregational church, and were attended by representatives of the various orders in which the deceased held membership, as well as by the community at large. The floral tributes were many and of rare beauty. Besides the immediate family of the deceased, Dr. Jones leaves a brother, Dr. Daniel L. Jones, of Lancaster, New Hampshire, and a sister, Mrs. Henry Washburn, of Rochester, Ver- mont.
Dr. Jones was sincerely and deeply mourned. A man of excellent literary tastes, broad knowl- edge, progressive ideas and equable disposition, he was a quiet but potent force in the community. One of his predominant characteristics was his charity and generosity, which was only bounded by his capability. The poor and distressed ever found in him a helpful friend. His practice was
large among those who were unable to compen- sate him, and his sympathies were so tender that a large portion of his collectable fees were lost to him through his natural inability to urge pay- ment of what was due him. All in all, he was a gentleman in everything that the word implies, and he left behind the fragrant memories that attach to a sweet, useful and unselfish life.
ROBERT JACKSON KIMBALL.
Robert Jackson Kimball comes from a dis- tinguished line of ancestry which bore its full part in redeeming New England from the forest and savage, and later in throwing off the British yoke. Two brothers, Richard and Henry Kim- ball, who sailed from Ipswich, England, in 1634, were the progenitors of the New England branch. One of the descendants, Richard Kimball (7), who, with his father, Captain John Kimball (6), had taken part in the Revolutionary war, came from Connecticut with his wife, Susannah (Hol- den), in 1796 and settled in Randolph, Vermont, being one of the pioneers of this town.
One son, Hiram Kimball, was the father of Robert Jackson Kimball, his mother being Je- rusha Bradish, of Woodbury, Vermont. Robert was the second child and son, and was born on the old homestead in Randolph, Febuary 16, 1836. He was educated in the common schools and at the West Randolph Academy. College training was beyond his reach, a fact that he has ever deplored, and which has led him to es- tablish two free scholarships, one at the Uni- versity of Vermont and one at Amherst College, for worthy and needy young men. At the early age of thirteen, he was a newsboy on the then recently completed Vermont Central Railroad. Soon afterward he learned telegraph and became one of the first operators on the old Vermont & Boston Telegraph line, which was six years after the first telegraph message was sent. In . 1862 he engaged in the banking business at Toronto, Canada, and there married, in 1863, Martha L. Morse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Morse, of that city. In 1865 was established the banking house of R. J. Kimball & Company, in New York city, which has continued up to the present.
Colonel Kimball has maintained a home in Randolph ever since his father's death in 1865,
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and lus heart's interest is in his native town. In 183; he built the residence known as Montagne Place, occupying a sightly eminence at the end of Randolph avenue, a most charming country seat. Here, with members of his family, he spends all the summer months that he can snatch from his busy life, and is a frequent visitor at other seasons. He also has a home on Clin- ton avenue in Brooklyn.
Colonel Kimball was aide-de-camp on Gov- ernor Dillingham's staff in 1888-89. He repre- sented Randolph in the Vermont house of repre- sentatives in 1800-91, serving on the committee of ways and means, committee on banks and special joint committee on the World's Colum- bian Exposition. By appointment of Governor Fuller, he represented Vermont at the Bankers' Congress at Chicago in 1893.
In his New York home Colonel Kimball has not lost his identity as a Vermonter. He was instrumental in forming that flourishing society known as the Brooklyn Society of Vermonters and has been its secretary and president. He has also been president of the Vermont Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars.
Colonel Kimball is in politics a Republican, in religion a member of the Baptist denomina- tion. In Brooklyn he is trustee of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, director of the Brooklyn Art Association, trustee of the People's Trust Company, and is a member of other leading clubs and societies of Greater New York. He is also a trustee of the University of Vermont. He has been largely interested in railroad enterprises, and recently resigned the presidency of the Iowa Central.
There are two daughters, Misses Clara and Annie, and one son, William Eugene, who is as- sociated with his father in business. The latter graduated from Amherst College in 1896, and was married to Edith M. Gibb, daughter of John Gibb, Esq., of Brooklyn, in. 1901, where they now reside.
DIX J. CAMP.
The oldest inhabitant cannot remember a time when there was not a sawmill on the valley road between the villages of North and East
Randolph in Vermont. In fact, this carliest and most indispensable of pioncer manufacturing industries has been operated at that point for more than a hundred years, and during much of the larger portion of that time the mill has been in possession of the Camp family. This would indicate that the founders of the latter were among the earliest settlers, which is the fact, as Abial and Sally Camp came to Chelsea as far back as 1808, and the former rose to local prominence, holding many offices of trust in the new town. His son Eli, now a retired farmer at the age of eighty-five years, was born in Chel- sea, May 30, 1817, became a civil engineer when eighteen years old and followed that occupation many years. Later in life he owned and operated the mill above alluded to, but eventually sur- rendered possession to his son. He married Sally Dickerman, and one of the children of this union was Dix Camp, whose birth occurred in Chelsea township, Orange county, Vermont, May 22, 1857. As he grew up he became a farmer, but afterward engaged in the milling business, with which he has long been identified. At the pres- ent time he owns a grist mill at East Randolph, and also operates the fine sawmill so long in the possession of his father. In addition to this he owns over two hundred and thirty acres of land, and between his agricultural and milling inter- ests is a very busy man.
On the 24th of March, 1885, was consum- mated the nuptials of Dix J. Camp and Helen Holden, the ceremony being performed at the residence of the bride's parents in Waitsfield, Vermont. Mrs. Camp was born October 7, 1858, and is a daughter of Josiah and Lovina (Drew) Holden, esteemed residents of Washing- ton county. Her great-great-grandfather, Will- iam Holden, was a soldier in the French and Indian war during the latter part of the eight- eenth century, and, being taken prisoner by the Indians, was forced to run the gauntlet, a thrill -. ing experience which few escape to describe .. A powder horn is in the possession of a brother- of Mrs. Camp, which the said William Holden: engraved with the broken blade of a jack-knife. while he was being held prisoner. The powder horn is quite a curiosity. On one side is the head of King George, on the other a deer, be- side which a number of other engravings. The
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father of Mrs. Camp is related to the Grouts, one of the best known families in Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Camp have seven children : Elsie, born October 30, 1888; Shirley, born July 3, 1890; Holden, born April 17, 1892; Vina, born Novem- ber 6, 1894; Howard, born April 26, 1896; Floy, born August 23, 1898; and Eli, born August 24, 1901. No man stands higher in the community and none have more friends than Dix Camp, and his wife shares with him in the general esteem of the community.
HENRY WADE, M. D.
Dr. Henry Wade, a long established and highly respected physician of Starksboro, Ver- mont, belongs to a family which has been for more than a century represented in the state, and he is descended, through his mother, from an- cestors prominent in colonial and Revolution- ary annals. Peter Wade, a native of England, and a commodore of the British navy in the American Revolution, was twice married. A son of his first wife, William Wade, great-grand- father of Dr. Henry Wade, was born in 1758, in Connecticut, whence he removed to Vermont, being one of the pioneers of the town of Water- bury, in which he settled, and where he spent his life as a successful farmer.
John Wade, son of William Wade, was born August I, 1793, in Stratford, Vermont, and spent the early years of his life in Waterbury. He became the possessor of a large farm, and passed the greater part of his life in agricultural pursuits. In his later days he removed to Stowe, Vermont, where he died April 25, 1883, well advanced in his ninetieth year.
William Wade, son of John Wade, was born September 25, 1820, in Sharon, Vermont, and passed his boyhood in Waterbury and Stowe, receiving his early education in the common schools, later becoming a student at the Morris- ville Academy. At the age of twenty he began and followed, for a time, the profession of a schoolmaster, subsequently returning to Stowe, where he bought a large farm, and soon after sold and purchased one in Waterbury, and en- gaged extensively in the real estate business, during the Civil war. He always entered very actively into all town affairs, and held for many
years the office of lister in Waterbury. He mar- ried Adeline Kneeland, born September 17, 1825, in Waterbury, Vermont, daughter of Rich- ard Kneeland, who passed his life there, where he followed the occupation of a carpenter and joiner, and built for himself a desirable resi- dence, which was his home during the last years of his life. He died in 1865, at the age of ninety years. The grandfather of Richard Kneeland was born in England and emigrated to America before the middle of the eighteenth century, mak- ing his home in Boston, where he assisted in the erection of Fancuil Hall and a number of other prominent public buildings, and gave the land for Kneeland street, having considerable property in real estate. He served with distinction in the
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Revolutionary army, as did also his son, who is buried in the old Tremont street churchyard in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Wade were the parents of five sons: Frank K., now living in Minne- apolis, Minnesota : Henry, mentioned at length:
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hereinafter; William, who is now a resident of Clay Center, Kansas; Charles and George, who are residents of Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the latter years of his life Mr. Wade removed to Minneapolis, where he died April 11, 1901, and where his widow, who attends the Baptist church, now makes her home with her son George. Mr. Wade was a man of firm convic- tions, and was an outspoken Republican in pol- itics, exercising considerable influence in the party councils.
Henry Wade, son of William and Adeline (Kneeland) Wade, was born February 20, 1852, in Waterbury, Vermont, where he passed his boyhood and received his primary education in the common schools. He graduated at Barre Academy in 1875, and subsequently entered the academical department of the University of Ver- mont, where he graduated in 1879, and graduated from the medical department of the same insti- tution in the class of 1883. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession, being at the present day the longest established physician in this vicinity, with an unquestioned reputation as a skillful and progressive practitioner, always active in the benevolent work of his calling.
Dr. Wade is an active member of the Repub- lican party, and in 1902 represented the town in the state legislature. He has also, in a number ·of conventions, represented the district, and has acted as delegate to the county, congressional and state conventions. Dr. Wade is a very public- spirited citizen, and takes particular interest in the cause of education, having, during six years ·of his early life, followed the profession of teaching in Waterbury and Stowe, Vermont. In Starksboro he has served for eighteen years as superintendent of schools, and is the author of a work entitled "Education and Health." He at- tends the Baptist church.
Dr. Wade married, in 1883, Alice Norton, born January II, 1857, in Huntington, Vermont, daughter of Henry R. Norton, a farmer who lived in Huntington, passing his last fifteen years in Richmond, where he died in 1901, at the age of sixty-six. Mrs. Wade's mother, Marietta (Buttles) Norton, was born in Huntington, Ver- mont, and now resides in Richmond, Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Norton were the parents of three children, only two of whom are now living:
Mrs. Wade died March 22, 1902; the sons are Jesse, who resides in Oklahoma; and Burton, a resident of Fairhaven, Vermont. Both profes- sionally and socially Dr. Wade is a man of high standing in the community, respected for his scientific attainments and sterling traits of char- acter, and popular by reason of his genial man- ners and kindness of heart.
CLARK SIBLEY.
Clark Sibley, one of the prominent business men of East Montpelier, Vermont, can trace his ancestry back to the year 1629, when Joseph Sib- ley, a native of England, came to this country and located in Salem, Massachusetts, where he was one of the most prominent men in the com- mercial and political life of that town. He was elected to the office 'of selectman, and also served as a member of the general court which held its session at Boston, Massachusetts. The line of descent from him is as follows: He had a son, named Joseph Sibley, who had a son, John Sib- ley, born in 1711, who married Miss Hannah March; they had a son, John Sibley who was born in the town of Sutton, Massa- chusetts, in September, 1740; he served as captain of an artillery company in his native town, and his son, Andrew Sibley, was born in the town of Sutton, Massachusetts, April 7, 1781 ; he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Putnam, and they located in the portion of the town of Montpelier, Vermont, which is now known as East Montpelier, in the year 1805. The following named children were born to them: Charles, Lewis, Julia Ann, Hiram and Ira Sib- ley. Lewis Sibley, second son of Andrew and Mary Sibley, was born in the town of Sutton, Massachusetts, April 22, 1803. When quite .young he removed to East Montpelier, Vermont, with his parents, where he attended the district schools, and passed his early life assisting his father in the management of a mill; later he was engaged in the milling business for himself, which occupation he followed for many years at East Montpelier. Subsequently he purchased a small farm near the village of East Montpelier, where he engaged for the balance of his life in the production of a general line of garden prod- 11cts.
On April 2, 1848, Lewis Sibley was married
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to Mrs. Maria Hale, the widow of Moses E. Hale, and daughter of Captain Isaac Vincent. Mr. Vincent was only twelve years of age when he came to Vermont with his father, Dr. Philip Vincent, who was a resident of New Braintree, Massachusetts, and settled in East Montpelier, Vermont, in 1795. He was the first regular physician in the town, where he died in 1813. By her first husband Mrs. Sibley had two sons: Edward, who died at the age of twenty years; and Jewett, who died at the age of ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Sibley were the parents of two sons : Lewis E., born in 1849 and died in 1868; and Clark, born in East Montpelier, Vermont, June 11, 1853. The father of these children died July 1, 1874, and his wife died February 22, 1898.
Clark Sibley, second son of Lewis and Maria Sibley, was born June 11, 1853. His early edu- cation was received in the public schools of his native town, and this was later supplemented by one term at the Spaulding School and two terms at Goddard Seminary at Barre, Vermont. After leaving the latter institution he purchased a farm from Mr. Royal Wheeler at East Montpelier, where he pursued the vocation of farming up to the year 1892, when he became a member of the Eureka Granite Quarry Company of Calais, Ver- mont, and later he acted in the capacity of gen- eral manager, until he leased the quarry, which he now operates for himself.
Mr. Sibley is a Republican in his political views, and has served his town in the various offices of selectman, lister, justice of the peace, and in 1888 was elected clerk and treasurer of the town of East Montpelier, which honorable and responsible position he now occupies. He is a member of the Universalist society of East Mont- pelier, for which he acts in the capacity of trustee and clerk; he is also a member of the New Eng- land Order of Protection.
Mr. Sibley was united in marriage, November 5, 1874, to Miss Susie L. Willard, daughter of Matthew D. and Orlana (Doty) Willard, of East Montpelier. Two sons have been born to them: Lewis W., born January 2, 1877, is a graduate of Goddard Seminary, and is now a student in the art of illustrating in Chicago, Illi- nois, and Carl F., born October 2, 1883, resides with his parents.
CHARLES LEONARD HODGES.
Long known as a farmer, the above named gentleman and subject of this sketch has of late years become still better acquainted with the pub- lic as a traveling salesman, with headquarters at Randolph Center. In addition to his com- mercial work he has discharged the duties of postmaster, and by his varied lines of employ- ment is kept in close touch with a large number of patrons, whose esteem he enjoys both in a social and business way.
Charles L. Hodges was born in Williston, Vermont, May 6, 1848, his parents being Jacob S. and Elizabeth (Day) Hodges. He received an excellent education in the Williston Academy and the State Normal School at Randolph Cen- ter, after which he went west and spent one year in the employment of a real estate firm in Chicago. Not liking this business, however, he returned to Vermont and engaged in farming, in which occupation he continued until forty years old. He prospered in his ventures and became the owner of seven hundred and fifty acres of fine land at Randolph Center, where he resides in a commodious and well appointed home. For some time he owned and successfully conducted. a foundry business, but this plant he has re- cently disposed of to the Chadwick Brothers, of Randolph. For the last fifteen years Mr. Hodges has been in the employment of Lister's Agri- cultural Chemical works, and has ably repre- sented this establishment as their state agent. On the 5th of July, 1901, he received the- appointment of postmaster at Randolph Center, and since then has acceptably discharged the duties of that official position. He takes an interest in politics, and for many years has been one of the Republican leaders in his county. He has served as town grand juryman, is an influential member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and quite prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
On the 15th of March, 1870, Mr. Hodges was happily wedded to Miss Lucy S. Washburn, of his native town, with whom he has since lived on terms of the greatest cordiality and affection. She has made him the happy father of an un- usually bright family of children, whose names in the order of birth are: Charles E., Jennie:
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F., Fred W., Mary D. W., Josephine A., Charles J. and Harold E. Charlotte E., the accomplished eldest daughter, married E. A. Partridge, pro- fessor of chemistry and electricity in the Normal Training School of Philadelphia; he is a grad- nate of the Pennsylvania University, and owns a handsome summer home at Randolph Center. Fred W., the eldest son, is an employe of the Western Electric Company of New York city, and a young man of promise in his chosen call- ing. The family enjoy high standing, both at home and abroad, and Mr. Hodges is regarded as a man of influence in the political, business and social world. His contact with his fellow men in the various lines of activity that have engaged his attention has impressed all with his sincerity and integrity in public as well as in private relations.
GEORGE EDWIN HOLLISTER.
John Hollister, the American ancestor of the Hollister family, was born in England in the year 1612. He acquired his education in the common schools of his native town, and upon attaining young manhood in 1642 he emigrated to this country and settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he became one of the representative men of the town. He was united in marriage to Miss Joanna Treat.
Thomas Hollister (2), son of John and Jo- anna (Treat) Hollister, was born in Wethers- field, Connecticut, in 1649. He received the edu- cational advantages that were afforded by the district schools, and later in life was married to Miss Elizabeth ( family name unknown).
Thomas Hollister (3), son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hollister, was born in the year 1672. He attended the common schools of his native town, and upon reaching manhood was united in marriage to Miss Dorothy Hills.
Thomas Hollister (4), son of Thomas and Dorothy (Hills) Hollister, was born in Glaston- bury, Connecticut, January 13, 1707. He was educated in the district schools of that town, and subsequently married Miss Abigail Talcott. His death occurred September 17, 1784.
Josiah Hollister (5), son of Thomas and Abi- gail (Talcott) Hollister, was born in Glaston- bury, Connecticut, February 21, 1756. He at-
tended the district school of his native town, and when quite a young man participated in the Revo- lutionary war, and served under the command of General Washington. His death occurred Sep- tember 8, 1849.
Josiah Hollister (6). son of Josiah and Mary (House) Hollister, was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, August 23, 1783. He was a student in the common schools of the town, and when he reached his majority he decided to follow the oc- cupation of farming, at which he met with a marked degree of success both in Manchester, Connecticut, and Marshfield, Vermont. He took an active interest in the political affairs of the different towns in which he resided, and his in- fluence for good was wide-spread. He was united in marriage, December 1, 1809, to Miss Phoebe Rich, daughter of Captain Stephen Rich. Mr. Hollister died September 6, 1836.
Shephen Rich Hollister (7), son of Josiah and Phoebe (Rich) Hollister, was born on the old homestead in the town of Marshfield, Washing- ton county, Vermont, January 5, 1814. His boy- hood and youth were spent upon the farm and in attendance at the district school. Upon the death of his father he succeeded to the farm, and he pursued that occupation successfully for a great number of years. In politics he is a Republican, and has always taken an active interest in the success of that party, never failing to appear at the polls and cast his vote. He has been honored by his townsnien by being elected to fill the offices of selectman, a position he occupied during the war of the rebellion, when he was very active in securing soldiers for the army. For four years he served as associate judge for Washington county, and he also represented the town of Marshfield in the state legislature. On July 14, 1847, Mr. Hollister was united in marriage to Miss Emily Bacon Coburn, who was born in the town of Cabot, Vermont, December 20, 1820, a daughter of David and Phoebe Coburn. Their two children are: Josiah, born February 22, 1850, died in 1870; and George Edwin, born March 7, 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Hollister are both living at this date (1902), with their son George Edwin, on the old homestead where they have so happily passed their long wedded life.
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