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William Nash, father of Colonel David P. Nash, was from Goshen, Conn., and settled early near David P. A younger brother, named William, jr., came at the same date with his father. . William, jr., better known as General Nash, was twelve years old when his father came to the town, and became prominent in the early manufacturing operations at the Mills. General Nash represented the town in the Legislature in 1825-26, 1836 and '49; was State senator in 1846-47. He filled many places of responsibility, having been one of the first directors of the Bank of Vergennes, which position he resigned, being elected the president of the Bank of Middlebury, at its organization in 1832. This position he held for fifteen years, and was for more than twenty years a mem- ber of the corporation of Middlebury College; was delegate in 1852 to the National Whig Convention held at Baltimore. He was a member of the Bible, Home, and Foreign Missionary Societies, and contributed cheerfully and liber- ally to all the benevolent enterprises of the day. He married Miss Mary Wright January, 1817, and lived with her nearly fifty-five years, on the farm where he died in December, 1871. Mrs. Nash died in 1880. They had a family of nine sons, who all lived to manhood. Hon. William P., the eldest, married Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of Colonel David P. Nash, with whom he lived many years. His present wife is Mattie C., daughter of Solomon W. Jewett. He is a prominent business man of large property, and an extensive land owner; is a breeder of fine horses and Merino sheep; has been a director for many years of Middlebury bank ; was town representative in 1854-55, sen- ator in 1868 and '69, and has been honored with many other positions of trust. Fordyce, the second son of General Nash, was twice married. He died at the Mills about twenty-five years since, leaving a wife and three sons-Frank J., Fordyce W., and Fred. Frank J. resides with his mother near the Mills ; has a farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres, a fine dairy, and is interested in agricultural pursuits. He was town representative in 1884; is now first select- man; is a deacon of the Congregational Church. Fordyce W. lives in Bristol, where he is a popular merchant. Fred lives in the West. Charles, the third son of General Nash, married a daughter of the late Jonathan Hagar, of Mid- dlebury, who died in 1878. He is a banker of wealth and prominence in Mil- waukee, Wis., where he settled in early life and still resides with his remaining sons. Jonathan, the fourth son of General Nash, married West and lives in
Wisconsin. James, the fifth son, died while a student at Middlebury College. Joseph R., the sixth son, married Miss Selleck, of Middlebury, by whom he had one son, William J .; his last wife, Carrie E., daughter of Judge Oliver Smith, survives him. He held various positions of public trust in town faith- fully and acceptably, and in 1874 was elected a member of the Vermont House, where he was on several important committees. He died April 9, 1878. He had a charming home on the banks of the New Haven River, which is now the residence of his only son, William J., who married Carrie E., daughter of Nel-
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son W. Partch. Wallace, the seventh son, lived West, and died in 1879. Noah Preserved, the eighth son, was born at the time of the flood in 1830, and his narrow escape suggested his name, as the water stood almost to the chamber floor for many hours, where his mother and friends were. He married Ellen, oldest daughter of Judge Oliver Smith. They reside at Oak Grove, Wis. They have three sons-Edward P., Henry O., and William W. The youngest son of General William Nash, Dorastus W., lives on the farm formerly owned by Moses Wheeler (who lived there for many years, and whose family moved West). Dorastus W. married Lottie Fitch, who died June 15, 1877. His pres- ent wife was Louisa Potter, of Middlebury. He has a farm of three hundred and sixty acres; has fine stock, a dairy of thirty-five cows; makes a specialty of fast horses. He has a hospitable home; has held many offices ; was a mem- ber of the House of Representatives in 1878. The old General Nash home, now occupied by Hon. William P. Nash, stands on the bank of the river, and is one of the most romantic and lovely of the ancient homesteads of Addison county, and is now, as it has been for nearly a century, a delightful and hospit- able retreat for many friends, far and near. This farm was settled by Ariel Thompson, of Mansfield, Conn., in 1814.
Othniel Jewett was born at Fryingham, Mass., January II, 1779, where he learned the trade of wool-carding and cloth-dressing. He established himself at New Haven Mills in this business about 1800. In 1820 and 1823 he served in the Legislature, and was for twenty-eight years a justice of the peace. His first wife, Susan Nash (daughter of William Nash, sr.), was born at Goshen, Conn., February 24, 1784; married March 7, 1801. His last wife was a sister of Rev. John Todd, D. D. His children were Abigail, born December 3, 1802; Eliza, born July 26, 1805; George D., born November, 23, 1806, married Har- riet Bradley. He went to California during the gold excitement and was mur- dered there. The next son is James M., of whom no dates are found. Elam R. was born December 7, 1810. He learned the printer's art at Middlebury, where he was apprenticed for seven years to serve for his board and twenty- five dollars the first year, and an addition of five dollars each year, and to have the benefit of six months' schooling during the seven years. He graduated a first-class printer at the age of twenty. He published newspapers in Middle- bury and various other places. He at length became one of the owners of the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser; the leading paper of that city, which inaugu- rated the celebrated chromotypic style of printing, out of which has grown the beautiful colored work now seen on cards, show bills, etc. He afterward fur- nished entirely the fine line engraving for the United States Patent Reports, which were pronounced the handsomest specimens of work ever submitted for inspection by the government. He was married in 1838 to Caroline Wheeler, of New Haven, Vt., and having acquired a large fortune he retired to a beauti- ful suburban residence, where they still live in a happy old age. He visits New Haven annually.
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The New Haven Central Cheese Factory, near New Haven Station, went into operation June 27, 1869, on land given to the company by H. C. Hunt, esq. The cost of building an apparatus was about 3,000 dollars. The milk from 330 cows was used daily, and from three to four hundred pounds of cheese made daily. In 1883 L. W. Stowe and A. D. Evarts purchased the property and established a creamery, which uses the centrifugal separator. In 1885 they received 504,545 pounds of milk. Beaver Glen Cheese Factory, owned by H. P. Palmer, situated about a mile south of New Haven village, has been in suc- cessful operation since 1879. P. M. Landon has a butter factory at the Mills, which was established in 1885.
The Green Mountain Wood-pulp Company, at Belden Falls, has been in successful operation since 1881; they use the Cartmell process. There is a mill for sawing marble at these falls on Otter Creek, near the pulp-mill.
The Cutter Marble Company's quarry was first opened in 1830 by T. Phelps. In 1843 it was purchased by Isaac Gibbs. In 1868 it was purchased by Henry Cutter, of Winchester, Mass., and Franklin Snow and M. D. Brooks, of Boston. At one time it produced $40,000 worth of marble annually, but the work is now abandoned.
The Brooks Edge-tool Company, at Brooksville, has manufactured 4,000 dozen axes annually; but Mr. Brooks is about to retire from business.
That the patriotism of the people of New Haven was aroused when rebell- ion threatened to wreck the nation is evidenced by the alacrity with which she responded to the country's call for assistance. She did her whole duty in promptly furnishing her quota of soldiers. Following is the list of names of those who served in her behalf in Vermont organizations, as compiled from State documents:
Volunteers for three years credited previous to call for 300,000 volunteers of October 17, 1863:
A. S. Abbott, jr., E. Baker, A. M. Bean, J. B. Bird, G. W. Bisbee, C. Bom- bard, S. Bradford, S. R. Brown, C. Bush, H. Conell, J. W. Diago, A. H. Field, A. Gaulin, J. C. Grover, R. D. Grover, P. Halpin, G. S. Hawley, T. J. Hill, J. M. Hoyt, J. O. Hubbell, H. D. Huntington, H. Jackson, P. King, E. Kings- ley, A. Lawrence, J. Lawrence, M. M. Lockwood, A. J. Mason, H. D. May- nard, J. Messick, I. Mills, A. K. Moore, E. B. Palmer, J. Palmer, H. E. Pickett, N. E. Rider, W. H. H. Rider, C. A. Sanborn, J. H. Sanborn, J. Shadwick, H. S. Smith, R. Smith, G. W. Sneden, J. Sneden, A. L. Squier, H. Sturdevant, J. Sullivan, A. Varney, N. Varney, F. J. Ward, G. W. Ward, A. Williamson, J. Williamson, R. Williamson.
Credits under call of October 17, 1863, for 300,000 volunteers, and subse- quent calls:
Volunteers for three years .- C. Albee, N. Atwood, E. W. Bird, W. S. Brown, J. Clapper, E. Degree, E. D. Foster, F. Goodroe, F. Goodroe, jr., J.
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Goodroe, J. Hagan, W. H. Hinman, C. Meigs, E. B. Palmer, R. Porter, jr., A. G. Squires, F. Varney, G. R. Witherell.
Volunteers for one year .- M. Bowen, F. W. Duffy, J. C. Grover, J. C. Grover, jr., I. Plain, D. D. Sullivan.
Volunteers re-enlisted .- P. Boagee, J. W. Diago, J. C. Grover, G. S. Haw- ley, H. D. Huntington, G. D. Jackman, M. M. Lockwood, H. D. Maynard, I. Mills, H. Robbins, J. Sneden, N. Tart, J. Williamson, R. Williamson.
Enrolled men who furnished substitute .- S. B. M. Cowles, E. S. Dana.
Not credited by name .- Two men.
Volunteers for nine months .- W. L. Cady, O. W. Chapin, L. Dickerman, H. S. Jackman, H. P. Jennings, J. Johnroe, jr., E. Kendall, P. Laptad, C. W. Mason, E. P. Nash, H. C. Roscoe, P. D. Sturtevant, S. Whittemore, J. J. Whit- tier, A. E. Wright.
Furnished under draft .- Paid commutation, H. V. Jacobs, D. H. Squiers, D. S. Walker. Procured substitute, E. A. Doud, E. A. Langdon, C. E. Palmer, C. Peck, H. O. Smith. Entered service, G. F. Washburne.
MUNICIPAL.
New Haven is a pleasant village, situated upon high ground, with a com- manding view of the Green Mountains on the east and the Adirondacks on the west. It lies chiefly on two streets crossing each other at right angles, Lanes- boro and Depot streets, the latter leading to New Haven Station, one mile dis- tant in a westerly direction. The village contains two stores, one church, town house, one hotel, three blacksmith shops, two wheelwright shops, a district school-house, the Beeman Academy, one harness shop, one shoe shop, and over forty dwellings.
In 1855 the first steps were taken towards the establishment of an academy here by calling a meeting at the village, which was largely attended by the prominent citizens of the town, and at which the following resolution was adopted : " Resolved, That the interests of education in this community de- mand the erection of a building suitable for an academy, and therefore we will at once take the necessary steps to build one."
In a short time sufficient money was subscribed by liberal and public-spir- ited citizens to erect the building, and in November, 1855, New Haven Acad- emy was opened with Rev. Otto Hoyt as principal, a position he held for three years. From 1858 to 1868 there were several changes. Among others who served as principal during this period was George W. Squier, son of Deacon Calvin Squier. In 1865 Rev. C. B. Hulbert, afterward president of Middle- bury College, was elected president of the trustees. Through his exertions the school was reorganized, and an ample subscription was pledged for the pay- ment of current expenses, if the tuitions should prove insufficient. In 1868 Abel E. Leavenworth, now principal and proprietor of the Normal School at
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Castleton, Vt., was elected principal. During the next two years the tuitions amounted to more than sixteen hundred dollars, while the citizens showed their love for the academy and for the cause of education, which it was intended to promote, by the payment of over a thousand dollars to meet deficiencies. About this time Anson P. Beeman, a former resident of the town, but then living in Burlington, who was a member of the association which founded the academy in 1855, became interested in the effort to establish the school on a better and more permanent basis. He therefore made a will, bequeathing $6,- 000 to the academy, the annual income of which should be devoted to the sup- port of such qualified teachers as the trustees might employ. Two conditions were attached to this bequest: First, that an act of the Legislature should be procured incorporating the academy, officers, and trustees thereof under the name of Beeman Academy; and second, that the citizens of the town should raise and invest as a permanent fund, for the object named in the bequest, a sum of not less than $4,000. These conditions were met, and Beeman Acad- emy was incorporated in 1869. In 1870 the citizens subscribed over $5,000, and invested with the Beeman fund. Section six of the charter declares that the standard of examination required for graduation in the several courses shall be as follows: " For the English course it shall not be less than that now required by the State Board of Education for the highest grade of teachers' certificates. For the scientific course it shall be equal to that required for ad- mission to the agricultural and scientific departments of the best colleges in the country. For the classical course it shall be of a grade that will enable the graduate to enter upon a full course of study in the best colleges."
In the fall of 1870 Beeman Academy was opened, with Abel E. Leaven- worth as principal. He held this position until 1875, when he resigned to ac- cept the principalship of the State Normal School at Randolph. From 1875 to 1879 H. S. Perrigo, H. P. Stimson, and W. J. Fish were successively em- ployed as principals. The catalogue for 1881 gives the following board of in- struction : C. C. Gove, A. M., principal, classics and natural science ; Miss Emma F. Sharp, preceptress, French, German, and mathematics ; Professor H. M. Seely, of Middlebury College, lecturer on natural science; Miss Abby W. Kent, vocal and instrumental music ; Miss Sue Parker, painting and draw- ing; Mr. James M. Kent, penmanship.
The present principal is Herbert Hoffnagle, A. B., a graduate of the Uni- versity of Vermont, with Miss Hoffnagle as preceptress ; Miss Minnie E. Ros- coe, teacher of vocal and instrumental music, with other competent instruct- ors. During the six years' administration of Professor Gove a valuable library was established for the use of the students, and two literary societies founded -" The Brownings " and "The Irvings." The academy has graduated more than a hundred students, many of whom have pursued a collegiate course ; it has furnished many well-qualified teachers for the district schools, and has ex-
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erted upon the town a moral and educational influence, the benefit of which cannot be estimated. It was never better organized for efficient work than at present. It is justly the pride of the town, and deserves the confidence and patronage of the public. Surely its founders builded wisely and well ! Ed- ward S. Dana is president of the board of trustees ; Henry C. Roscoe, clerk, and Mills J. Landon, treasurer.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
The early religious services of this town were held, as they were in many other localities, in private dwellings, barns, and school-houses. As early as 1802-03 there appears to have been a Universalist Society in the town, but no records are now accessible. The town records show that on the 17th of June, 1800, it was voted "To choose a committee to stick a stake to set a meeting- house," and to build a meeting-house by subscription. A committee of three, consisting of Ezra Hoyt, Solomon Brown, and Captain Matthew Phelps, was appointed to make a plan of the church. At the next meeting it was voted to build a church 65 by 55 feet, "with a steeple or balcony." It was subse- quently voted that every house in New Haven should be visited, to see if the inhabitants will agree " to set a meeting-house at Lanesborough street, or Beach Hill."
The Congregational Church building at the village was erected as the result of this effort. It was handsomely repaired in 1876, and is the finest church in the county, and will seat 600 persons. A very elegant memorial window was erected in the rear of the pulpit by Mrs. Eliza Meacham and her sister, Mrs. Tolman Wheeler, of Chicago, in memory of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hoyt. Mrs. Betsey S. Bird, of Waltham, gave at this time a very elegant set of furniture for the pulpit.
A Congregational Church was organized at New Haven Mills November 15, 1797, and soon after another at New Haven village, both being united into one society September 29, 1800. The church was at that time under the charge of Rev. Nathaniel Gilbert, missionary from Massachusetts, and in 1802 Mr. Gillet, another missionary from Massachusetts, had charge. Soon after Rev. Silas L. Bingham was installed as the first pastor, and remained until 1808. Rev. Josiah Hopkins, D.D., was ordained in 1809, and continued pas- tor until 1830. Rev. Joel Fisk was installed October 20, 1830, and dismissed September 25, 1832. Rev. Enoch Mead was ordained January 8, 1833, and remained about five years. Rev. James Meacham was ordained May 30, 1838, and was dismissed September 10, 1846. Rev. Samuel Hurlbut was ordained June 1, 1847, and died December 2, 1856. Rev. Calvin B. Hulbert, D. D., was ordained October 20, 1859, and dismissed November 19, 1869. Rev. Stephen Knowlton was installed September 2, 1873, and dismissed March 15, 1881. Rev. Clarence S. Sargent was engaged as acting pastor from October 1, 1881, to January 18, 1883, when he was installed as pastor.
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The long pastorate of Dr. Hopkins is evidence of the high esteem in which he was held. He was able in his pulpit, and courteous, urbane, and pleasing in his pastoral duties among his people. He did much to mould public opin- ion and elevate and give character to the tone of public sentiment. He edu- cated several young men for the ministry during his pastorate. He was fond of his violin, and it is said could drop a "butt log" in the woods with his sharp axe quicker than any of his parishioners. He resided where H. C. Conant now lives.
James Meacham was an eloquent public speaker, and earnest and faithful in his work. He was born in Rutland August 10, 1810, and graduated at Middlebury College and at Andover ; married for his first wife Caroline, daughter of Judge Elias Bottum, and for his second wife Mary F., daughter of Deacon Ira Gifford. In 1846 he was chosen professor in Middlebury Col- lege, and in 1849 elected to Congress, where he served seven years. He died August 23, 1856, having just been re-nominated.
Rev. C. B. Hulbert, D.D., was a pastor of ability and much force of char- acter. His sermons were studious, thoughtful, and conceived in the true Christian spirit. His kind and sympathetic manner gained him the esteem of the parish, and made him especially attractive to young people. After several years' service at Newark, N. J., and at Bennington, Vt., he was chosen president of Middlebury College, and served several years.
The other pastors, so far as is known, were all men well fitted for their work.
Mr. Sargent, the present pastor, has endeared himself to the parish both by his public labor and his contact with the people. In January, 1886, a large revival took place, the result of his earnest and effective work. At the March communion forty-three united with the church-the largest number at one time since 1868. The church has now a membership of about three hun- dred, with a Sabbath-school of over one hundred. The pastor preaches at the Mills once a month. The church officers are as follows: Deacons, Julius L. Eldredge, E. A. Doud, Frank T. Nash, Hugh Potter, and Henry R. Barrows; clerk, E. A. Doud; Sunday-school superintendent, Dr. E. F. Preston.
The Baptists organized a church at an early day in the west part of the town, which flourished for some years under the ministrations of Elders Hay- ward and Hurlburt.
About the beginning of the present century it is said that Lorenzo Dow and Samuel Mitchell organized a Methodist society in the east part of the town, but it was not of long duration. A considerable portion of the inhab- itants of the western part of the town yet attend the Methodist meetings in Weybridge.
There has been for a great many years a camp-meeting held yearly (usually in August, for a week or ten days) at "Spring Grove," located two
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and one-half miles south from New Haven Depot, on the R. and B. Railroad, one-half mile west of Town Hill and one-half mile east of the turnpike. The New Haven Camp-meeting Association was incorporated by the Legislature of the State in 1868, and improvements are made yearly, as the society is financially prospering.
The denomination of Adventists built a small church at Brooksville just before the late war, but it has declined, and but few members now remain.
The Universalist Society of New Haven ordained Caleb Rich as their pas- tor January 24, 1803. The society long ago ceased to exist.
New Haven Temperance Society .- Prior to 1830 it will be observed that several distilleries for the manufacturing of spirituous liquors had been erected in town. Merchants sold liquors over their counters with the same freedom that they did other goods, in conformity with a usage which had come down to them from a former generation. In December, 1831, the temperance agi- tation had assumed such proportions that the New Haven Temperance Society was organized, containing two hundred and fifty members and including many of the leading citizens of the town. Large accessions to its ranks were after- ward secured. Hon. Elias Bottum was the first president. Meetings were held weekly in the different school-houses, alternating from one to another, when animated discussions were held relating to the temperance question. Speakers were appointed in advance who were to address these weekly meet- ings. Prominent among them are the names of Dr. E. D. Warner, Deacon Ira Gifford, Lemuel B. Eldredge, Martin Cowles, J. W. Langdon, Sylvester Doud, Calvin Squier, and Elias Bottum. In 1833 the scope of the discussions was enlarged, so as to include other topics relating to morals or literature. The society requested the merchants to abandon the traffic in ardent spirits. The meetings were kept up with great regularity for about six years, until finally they became annual, the last recorded being held in 1854, when Deacon Calvin Squier was elected president and E. S. Bottum secretary. The society was reorganized in 1858 and continued till 1862. This society exercised a large influence upon the public sentiment of the town.
Lanesboro Stock Farm .- This farm is owned by William H. Partch, who also keeps the hotel at New Haven village. Mr. Partch has made it his chief business for a number of years to breed horses of excellent blood, chiefly of the Cassius Clay stock. He is now the owner of the celebrated "Clay Jones," bred by Peter W. Jones, of Amherst, N. H., which was sired by Cassius M. Clay, and several other scarcely less prominent horses of this blood. Mr. Partch has at this writing thirteen horses on his farm, all of which are of excep- tional qualities, and enjoys the reputation of having done as much for the im provement of horses as any man in Addison county. He also has about twenty head of Jersey cattle. His farm embraces one hundred and forty-six acres.
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Mercantile Business .- On the corner now occupied by C. F. Squier as a merchant Samuel Buck was in trade, the first merchant in town, occupying what is now the rear part of the store. C. T. Bingham afterward carried on business there. The building was erected by Wait Squier for a dwelling house and store in its present condition, about 1830. Bingham was succeeded by Bates & Livermore (A. C. Bates and Ray F. Livermore) ; they were followed by E. W. Bird and D. C. Hall, as the firm of Bird & Hall. L. W. Pollard next kept the store, and was succeeded by W. M. Partch. He was followed by F. W. Nash, and he by Chapin & Squier in 1882. Chapin retired in the spring of 1885.
In early years a small store was kept between the academy and Mrs. Meach- am's residence, called the "Red store," built by E. H. Landon, and where he traded two years, and was followed by Timothy Smith, of Monkton.
Ira and Noble Stewart came to New Haven about 1810, and lived in the house built by Samuel Buck, now occupied by Dr. E. D. Hall. They built the store known as the "Roscoe store," and remained in trade about seven years, removing to Middlebury, where Ira Stewart was for a long time a leading mer- chant, and became one of the prominent citizens of the county. Horace San- ford succeeded the Stewarts and remained two years. Rodman Chapman, in 1819, was his successor and remained ten years. Mr. Chapman was a very prominent business man during this period. He dealt very extensively in cat- tle, produce, etc., for Boston and other markets. He had a distillery on the New Haven Gore, and built the large brick house in the village, now owned by G. W. Barton, at a cost of about $7,000. Chapman was succeeded by McPher- son & Fillmore, who remained about four years, and were followed by Alfred P. Roscoe and Hubbard Cook, who were partners about three years when Cook retired, and Roscoe was associated for several years with William P. Nash, the partnership terminating in 1843. Mr. Roscoe continued the business alone until 1857, when he retired, and A. M. Roscoe and Ovette Washburn were in trade together two years. Washburn then died, and A. P. Roscoe resumed business with his son under the firm name of A. P. Roscoe & Son, and contin- ued up to 1869, when he retired, and A. M. and H. C. Roscoe, as " Roscoe Brothers," continued until 1877. Nash & Leavenworth then bought the store and goods, and remained two years, when A. M. Roscoe bought out Nash and was in partnership with Leavenworth two years, when Leavenworth retired. From that time until his death, February 8, 1885, A. M. Roscoe continued the business alone. His administrator, H. C. Roscoe, managed the store for the estate, until January, 1886, when he purchased the goods in the store, and is managing it on his own behalf.
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