History of Cavendish, Vermont, Part 4

Author: Wheeler, Lois, 1927-
Publication date: 1952
Publisher: Proctorsville, Vt.
Number of Pages: 94

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Gen. Davis said he wanted to introduce a war governor, a man who worked for you early and late-Ex-Governor Hol- brook. Gov. Holbrook said that it was good to be here on this interesting occasion and to meet many old acquaintances and revive memories of the past. He said he did not come here to make any extended remarks.

Ex Governor J. B. Page was introduced as another governor who the whole State knew and honored in the time of war. Gov. Page said he was used to being drafted, but not making speeches. He said he came as a volunteer, and by coming he wished to show his appreciation and admiration of this gener- ous donation by one of their former citizens.

Ex Governor Proctor being called upon said: "Mr. Presi- dent, comrades, neighbors and friends-it seemed to mne that a few words was all I could properly say today. But we must never lose sight of the fact that this is a day sacred to great memories. I do not feel that I have violated this duty in as- sociating with it memories also sacred of home and family and friends. I was the last of my name in the old house at Proctors- ville, and this has always made me question my right to leave it. Every spot about it brings down memory of the life and work of those who were near and dear to me. I am the last of my father's family. The others have been gathered from the old home, from Rutland, from the shores of the Pacific, the waters of the Hudson, to their rest on the hillside. But the day brings pleasant memories as well as sad. It will be one hundred years next winter since my grandfather, a stout soldier and officer through the Revolution, came at its close to Proctorsville, two years before my wife's great grandfather, Salmon Dutton, came on to this village. Both found a wilderness, but thriving and pleasant villages grew up around them. They devoted themselves to subduing the wilds and to fighting each other with equal energy. The rivalry between them and their de- scendants and the two villages continued strong and earnest for seventy-five years. Each tried to surpass the other, and this, with all the evil, had some good results. It certainly kept their energies and ambition in full exercise. Twenty-five years ago this very week my wife and I stood up before the minister in the old red house on the corner-now one hundred years old- and promised to stop the quarrel, so far as we were concerned. The old grudge would crop out for awhile after that-all on the Dutton side, of course-but it is all quiet now. We named our first boy, Fletcher Dutton Proctor, and if the old names and blood had the old inclination left to stir up strife it would have created a fearful internal commotion. So you see besides

Decoration Day, this is a centennial and a silver wedding as well. Pardon this personal matter. Your presence here is my speech. If from this day you carry away a resolve that you will be true to its sacred memories hereafter, my purpose will be fully accomplished."

Hon. Geo. Nichols, in answer to the call. said that he would only take the time to say that this example and the result of these efforts of Governor Proctor to perpetuate the memory of the fallen will be highly prized and continuously remembered in the land.

There were a large number of people present, variously esti- mated at from three to five thousand. The exercises were all of high order. Hatch's Military Band gave some fine music. The Kingsley Guards made a splendid appearance, and the G.A.R. veterans and Sons of Veterans of Rutland added largely to the success of the occasion.

A little after 5 p.m. the Rutland organizations marched to Proctorsville to do honor to Ex-Governor Fletcher. Arriving at his home, the companies faced his residence and saluted him with cheers. He said he was greatly obliged to them for coming and paying this compliment to him, an old man nearly in his grave. He saw before him the hope of the country. He wished them a pleasant and safe trip home and many thanks for their kindness.

After this, the companies marched to the depot and boarded the train which had left Cavendish and stopped at Proctorsville for them.

Memorial Day, May 31, 1883

CHAPTER SEVEN

150th Anniversary Celebration 1 91 2

C AVENDISH celebrated during Old Home Week the 150th anniversary of the granting of her charter. For a day the quiet dual-community-two villages linked together by busi- ness and social interests, a good straight road and the Black River-only a good look apart-sprang from the commonplace to the rating of a hustling, bustling, effulgent center of New England.

The people of Cavendish possess, deep down in their souls, the same hearty, reverential, spontaneous regard for their beautiful valley-for Vermont-that stirred the pioneers. It can be said that in Cavendish the true old-time spirit still exists -untrammeled by commercialism. It is one of the towns where everybody knows everybody, where all can pull together. The assertiveness of the fathers is there. There is plenty of Green Mountain stock in town. The glitter of the eye. the quiet dis- cerning demeanor, rugged insistence and unity for the common good bespeak more for the light that shines from Cavendish than in some communities with which we are acquainted, which assume great things until their bluff is called. Mark well the Vermont community. Go and stay awhile-enjoy a whole- hearted celebration such as Cavendish puts on.

A night entrance into Proctorsville-which has become the principal port of entry-on one of the fast locals of the Rutland railroad, revealed a place of considerable size-long wide, heavy shaded streets-many old time houses interspersed with modern ones, level concrete walks (it is a valley town) and electric lights. Pure, leaf filtered, mountain air pervaded the streets. Guests of the morrow chatted on the porches-sociability reigned supreme.

Thursday morning came fair and sunny. There were smiles. broad ones. Blue-cloaked men with army rifles, boys in khaki, a harlequin upon a bike, soldiers of 1812, passed to and fro

CHAPTER SEVEN

150th Anniversary Celebration

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Thursday morning came fair and sunny. There were smiles, broad ones. Blue-cloaked men with army rifles, boys in khaki, a harlequin upon a bike, soldiers of 1812, passed to and fro

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with apparent fixedness of purpose; gaily decorated floats re- ceived finishing touches or rumbled to the meeting place, the Ludlow Band arrived promptly, an influx of teams, autos, and pedestrians began and by nine o'clock there was a tremendous stir. Ludlow, Plymouth, Gassets, Chester, Amsden, Felchville, Reading, Windsor, poured their deputations in to witness the parade. Cavendish hospitality was known to all.

"Are you ready? Strike up the drums. Clear away, there! Come on now-keep your distance!" Slowly the avalanche of music, color and stately show, the grotesque, the serious, the sad, depicting the customs of the pioneers, the enterprises of the past-triumphs of the present-civic and social, drew forth its glorious length. This was no common spectacle. Taste, skill and historical accuracy prevailed. "A credit to any city" was the sentiment.

THE PARADE

Mounted Marshals

John Coffeen and Family Ox Team with household effects. "Cavendish or bust." 1770.

Continental Drum Corps

Ethan Allen

Correctly equipped mounted rider followed by

Scouts and Continentals

Old Coach of State

This coach was purchased by Gen. James Wilson of Keene, N. H. about 1800 and used by him while Con- gressman (1809). Later it was sold to J. Atherton of Cavendish. In 1840 Gen. Harrison (afterwards President) rode in it at Chester, Vt.

Mounted Indians

Old Time Sugaring Camp (Float)

Thatched with green boughs. Drawn by oxen.

Cloth Manufacturing in 1825 (Float)

Hand loom, flax breaker, hand cards, flax wheel, spin- ning wheel.

Dairying in 1840 (Float)

Old Time School (Float)

Uproariously in session.

Old Household Utensils (Float)

Spinning and flax wheels, with wool in rolls ready to spin. Dash churn, flint locks, foot stove, clock reel-fanning mill in operation.

Just Married

Correct old time garb, gig and gayety.

Harlequin Clown

On Our Way to New York

The Dr. Story Chaise

Used also by his father when practicing in West Windsor -body over 150 years old.

Father Time

The Boys of '61

Grand Army Post No. 33 (Float)

Grandsons of Revolution and Red Cross Field Equip- ment.

The Ludlow Band

25 pieces. Leadership of J. W. Sault.

Cavendish D. A. R. (Float)

(Conductresses of the Celebration)

Seal of the order-a real flax wheel in operation, white with blue trimmings.

Y. P.S. C.E.

Seven young ladies. Float draped in white with red trim- ming, and drawn by four gray horses.

Sunshine Society

Group of nine young girls. Float scheme, white, yellow and green draperies.

Six Lady Riders

Myrtle Rebekah Lodge

Ladies and children in white featuring Rebekah at the well, care of widows and orphans, and banner bearers. Float white with green and red roses.

Cavendish Grange

Six young girls with basket of grain and corn. Float deco- rated in green and red.

Ice Gnomes

Ten frosty figures in white Eskimo garb.

Singer Sewing Machine Pine, evergreens and goldenrod.

Decorated Vehicle with White Pony

The Vermonter Wagon The Rising Generation

Automobile of James Gay, faced with hemlock-garlands of red roses.

Decorated Automobile

Of H. T. Murdock. Decorated with goldenrod and maple leaves.

Automobile

Of O. Blanchard. Gay with ferns and goldenrod.

Automobile

Of Allen M. Fletcher. Trimmed with cedar and sun- flowers.

Boys on Cycles

Whitmore & Clark's Minstrels

Representation of Hank White's black face aggregation which for 25 years annually emerged from the vicinity for successful tours of the United States and Canada.

Caricature

Of the Whole Damn Family, and naturally, to top off with.

Votes for Women

A lone female with a flow of apt talk. Lost a wheel in collision but kept on driving because she was "going to see this thing through."-And that was the spirit of the whole show.

A surprise awaited the parade at Cavendish. Onlookers be- fore had been as naught. Batteries of autos fronted the route, before the town hall and mill, carriages occupied every avail- able grass plot, the lawns and steps of many residences were black with people-it was, as one man said "the biggest mob I ever see in Cavendish."

Flags waved, the band played, the dust flew. Hearty ap- preciation of the triumphs of the parade was evoked all along the line. Cavendish was aglow with welcome and good-will.

With Cavendish as host, the band playing, an historical ex- hibit in the Baptist church, lunches bought or brought, and old acquaintance not forgot, the time quickly came for ex- · ercises on the common. The chairman of the day arrived ex- press from Newport, Vermont, by automobile, and had come 160 miles for the occasion, and immediately took up the gavel.

Prayer was offered by the Rev. Clarence Skinner, followed by "the only real orator Cavendish possesses"-Mr. S. E. Emery, who gave an address on John Coffeen and the early settlers, a double quartet of fine, strong voices gave a selection, received with rapt attention,-turned about, got an encore, and came back with "Mary's lamb."

Rev. A. J. Hough, Cavendish's adopted son, read a new poem in his inimitable way, based on the valiant service of the town in the civil war, which showed old friends his ability hadn't waned in the least.

Mr. Lorenzo Spaulding, a former resident, spoke at length upon the reminiscences of his boyhood, saying among other things that he assisted in setting out the great maples about the park.

At this point the winners of the prizes in the morning parade were announced. Best trimmed float, the Rebekahs; second, the Sunshine Society; third, the Christian Endeavor Society; honorable mention-the Grand Army float. Best trimmed auto, J. E. Gay; second, H. T. Murdock; third, Allen M. Fletcher. Best horribles, S. E. Emery; second, Whitmore and Clark's minstrels; third, Just Married.

Two lineal descendants of Capt. Coffeen, the first settler, were then introduced, amid much applause; Mr. A. C. Fuller of Harvard, Mass. and Mrs. Fred Field of North Springfield. Chairman Fletcher then introduced Mr. William Smith, loaned by Cavendish to Springfield in the long ago. Mr. Smith found pleasure in mingling again with the people of Cavendish. He congratulated the town on the successful celebration of an honored history and wished that it continue to stand for the best things, the lasting things, the right things.

The Historical address of Mr. Albin Burbank, who was un- able to be present was then read by Mr. Emery. Elliott G. White was next presented by the chairman as an orator Caven-

dish trained in reserve. He related incidents connected with the coming of the railroad and was an apt speaker. Mr. Allen M. Fletcher was scheduled to make the last address of the day but said as the committee had announced it was going to rain (it had sprinkled intermittently to nobody's distress) he would cut short a speech of three hours he had intended to make. This closed the events of the day except for announcement of a band concert at the same place in the evening and a perform- ance of "Red Ace Farm," a home talent play at the other vil- lage-Proctorsville.

The historical exhibit shown all day in the vestry of the Baptist church was very complete. Cavendish is a treasure housc of old time things. I doubt if a richer collection of relics in good preservation exists in the State. Sixty individuals con- tributed from one to one hundred articles each.

To sumarize this celebration (which incidently was to be held the year before but was postponed by supposed appearance of an infectious disease) it was a recognition of the faith, enter- prise, courage, hard work, thrift and good judgment of the early men and women who cleared up and established the farms and industries that today make us a safe, prosperous village. It is rich in historic association and has admirable scenery of the real Green Mountain type; an up and coming ancient town that has an unsurpassed, unconquerable, cohesive spirit.

CHAPTER EIGHT The Flood

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T HE night of November 3, 1927, will ever stand out in the lives of the citizens of Cavendish as one of horrible un- certainty combined with terrible reality for the flood water of the Black River in five hours carried away to destruction one quarter mile of lower Main street, including seven houses, ten barns, four garages, eight automobiles, ten acres of pasture and woodland, trees, street lights, building lots, and leaving an ugly, unbelievable abyss where formerly was a beautiful resi- dential section.

Seven and one-half inches of rain falling in 24 hours was the cause of the river overflowing its banks and coming down the valley with an unusual violence. Bridges were carried away, roads ruined, mills flooded and houses undermined as the waters tore their way through surrounding towns.

1927 Flood, Proctorsville, Vermont

In Proctorsville the Proctor Woolen Co. suffered the heaviest loss, the finishing-room being half full of water, several tene- ment houses being undermined and 400 tons of coal floating

away. The current of the river came over the tracks at the Rutland R. R. depot, undermining the Episcopal church and causing washouts which made travel on the state road and railroad impossible for days.

While damage amounting to thousands of dollars took place all along the course of the river, it was left for Cavendish to bear the brunt of the fury of the flood, owing to its location at the lower end of a valley which is one hundred and fifty feet higher than the Whitesville valley just beyond.

Geologists tell us that the upper Black River valley was formerly an immense pond with the northeastern hills of Cavendish acting as a great dam.

In time this body of water found its way out through the hill in what is now known as Cavendish Gorge-a cut through solid rock from twenty-five to one hundred feet deep, which has long been one of the scenic attractions of Windsor county. Some years ago a power company erected a dam fifty feet high and one hundred feet long across the upper end of this gorge, forming a good sized pond in order to utilize the power given by over one hundred feet fall of water. One-half mile from this dam on the other side of the hill is Cavendish Main street, which is part of the state road from Ludlow to Windsor and Claremont. This road passed down a moderately steep grade to Whitesville through a notch in the hills, and here occurred the great washout, one-quarter mile long, one hundred to six hundred feet wide and twenty-five to one hundred and fifty feet deep, estimated to have contained 2,000,000 tons of earth.

Water from the power company's pond used to lcak over the side into low land in the rear of the houses on the south side of lower Main street. Therefore a dike was built, and it was nec- essary to change the level of the brook causing it to run over the notch in the hills near the state road. This notch was too high for the brook so a galvanized iron sluice was built to carry it, twenty-five feet under ground through the gap.

The water of the river rose rapidly Thursday evening until there was two feet of water on lower Main street. The sluice

which was adequate for the small brook, was helpless as the flood waters poured over the dike and then over the notch between the hills. A backward erosion began as early as Thurs- day afternoon which became more and more rapid as the waters rose. The rampart of earth gave way and the waters poured with gigantic fury through the breach, ripping and tearing tons of soil from the bottom and sides and taking with it every- thing in its path. In a very short time the crevasse was many feet deep and foundations of houses were undermined so that buildings collapsed in the air as they fell to the waters far be- low. Into this roaring torrent, houses continued to fall at half- hour intervals until it appeared that half of the village was doomed. In the inky blackness and pouring rain, no one knew which house would be the next to go and the suddenness with which the buildings fell made it very dangerous to try to salvage furnishings. There were many narrow escapes, some of the people being barely 50 feet from their houses when the buildings disappeared.

The abyss continued to deepen and widen until the flood un- covered a ledge which stopped further erosion. 'This ledge saved at least ten homes, two of which, with the school house, were left located in dangerous positions on the edge of the crevasse.

All the homes destroyed were owned by typical, thrifty Ver- monters, and were attractive places-representing the savings of a lifetime.

Although the property of the woolen mill owned by Gay Bros. Co. (the chief industry of the town) was flooded with three feet of water, their loss was not great and they were able to start operations a few days after the flood.

With the splendid assistance of the surrounding towns, sev- eral thousand dollars were raised by the Cavendish citizens as a relief fund, and this was used in cooperation with the American Red Cross to build and furnish new homes for the flood victims.

Time, which mellows all things, will dim the horrors and tragedy of this terrible night, but it will never fill the abyss

which was formerly a beautiful street in the typical New Eng- land Village of Cavendish. While the community suffered a severe physical loss, it will continue to "carry on"; it found a new spirit of helpfulness, a new relationship of its citizens to one another; new groups of friends outside of town, and a new meaning of what the American Red Cross stands for in times of desperate need. Who shall say in the years to come that the spiritual gains will not offset in large measure the physical losses sustained and that Cavendish will not come forth out of the darkness of suffering into the light of a tested and tried citizenship which will go forward to better things in the future.

CHAPTER NINE John Coffeen Dedication

1936

O N August 19, 1936, a dedication of a marker erected by the Cavendish D.A.R. took place to commemorate the first settlement of the first settler in Cavendish.

Highlights from a talk given by Walton A. Green on this day will be presented so as to draw a better viewpoint of Cap- tain John Coffeen and his family; a settler's life and times.

Nothing of importance happened early in the life of John Coffeen. He married Susanna Goldsmith, in 1752 and they first settled in Middletown, Conn., where they lived about four years.

In 1768 John Coffeen took a right of land in Vermont, prob- ably from one of the proprietors, and the next winter started there. When he got to No. 4 (Charlestown, N.H.) he was unable to cross and was detained three weeks. It was the 8th day of June, 1769 when he arrived at the 10 mile encampment on the Crown Point Road in Weathersfield. Unable to proceed fur- ther with his team, he set about loading the horses with pro- visions and clothing, then with his wife and eight children pro- ceeded on foot nearly ten miles into the wilderness to the spot which was to be their home. They arrived about sunset and started a fire by the side of a log near a spring of water, and back west of this marker about 1/4 mile they passed their first night in Cavendish. The next day they succeeded in con- structing a dwelling.

At the commencement of the Revolution in 1775 there were 7 families in Cavendish, but during the first year four of them went back to more settled parts. For the want of those bred to the profession, it fell to the lot of Capt. Coffeen to serve both as physician and minister, and for a distance of thirty miles he helped the scattered settlers.

During 1777 the three families remaining in Cavendish suf- fered losses from the soldiers, but Capt. Coffeen being on the

main road of the northern army suffered more than the others. After the surrender of Crown Point and Ticonderoga the militia returned through this town. They arrived during a severe storm; the house was immediately filled to overflowing and those not accommodated built fires outside. They stripped the house and turned their horses into growing acres of grain. Captain Coffeen's hopes and prospects being blasted he sent his family off during the remainder of the summer for his farn was a common and his house a camp for the vagrant soldiery, several of whom died under its roof.

Cavindish August ye 28, 1777

This is my account for barrack Room and Damagess for the use of and Done by the party Stationed at my house in Cavin- dish by Genl. Starke under the command of Mr. Wm. Heywood Maj'r as they had the whole of my house and about three thou- sand Boardes which were all much Damaged and also other things in the whole to the value at least £ 6-10-6 Lawfull money as Good as the Money is now.

Attest. John Coffeen

State of New Hampshire, Charlestown, Septem. 28th 1779.

These cerify that a party of men Under my Command were Stationed at J. Coffeen's by Genl. Starke as above mentioned, and made use of sd, Coffeen's house also for the use of ye Soldiers about four weeks.

Attest. Wm. Haywood, Maj'r

(The spelling and Capitalization as shown above are written in the original document)

Captain Coffeen was a member of the Const. Convention at Windsor which adopted the state Constitution July 2, 1777.

He was also our first Representative to the Legislature, March 12, 1778. He was selectman of Cavendish 1782 and 1788 and held some town office nearly every year for many years.

At Town Meeting, March 13, 1788, held at Capt. Coffeen's home, he was chosen Chairman of a Committee to ascertain the boundary of Cavendish.

Susanna Coffeen was the only woman who lived in Cavendish all through the Revolution. Her courage and daring and aid given to the troops passing from the defenses at Lake Cham- plain eastward to Boston, her care of sick soldiers passing through the wilderness, some of whom died and are buried in the same cemetery where her remains now lie, have given her a place in the early history of the country.

Captain Coffeen's last years were uneventful. He was buried near his house where he died.

Erected In Memory of Capt. John Coffeen Who died Nov. 29, 1802 in the 76th year of his age He began the settlement of this town in June 1770. He lived respected and died lamented.

CHAPTER TEN

A Brief Chronology

1950

I N order to complete the history this chapter will be devoted to events from the past-to renew memories of the people- pointing toward a better future based on the toil and labor of our first settlers.

Cavendish-with its history beginning in reality many years before the date of settlement-can claim the first white child born in Windsor County and the third white woman born in Vermont, Elizabeth Captive Johnson, a portion of the Old Crown Point Road, a valued heirloom, with charter granted in 1761 and settlement in 1769, and historic monuments and dedications throughout past years.

A brief sketch of the founders of the three villages should serve as a fitting conclusion with a few facts in the present day history.

The village of Proctorsville took its name from Captain Leonard Proctor. He was Lieutenant, afterwards Captain, in the Alarm of April 19th, 1775 at Concord Bridge, and at Bunker Hill under General Washington. He was Selectman in Cavendish in 1784 and 1788, a man of great force of character and skilled in the affairs of the town.

The village of Duttonsville was named for Salmon Dutton. In 1763 he served in Captain Leonard Whitney's Company, which was enlisted for the reduction of Canada. He moved to Cavendish in 1782 and was land surveyor. He was chosen moderator of the first town meeting in Cavendish, was select- man and treasurer in 1785.

The village of Whitesville was named after Samuel White who moved to Cavendish in 1786 and was selectman. He was in the French and Indian War. Also a sergeant at Concord Bridge in 1775. His trade was that of a saddler, and he was a man of great influence.

In 1834 there were in town one meeting house, one academy, nine schoolhouses, eight saw mills, three grist mills, four full-

ing mills, three tanneries, two distilleries, two nail factories, one hat factory, one tin shop, one stove factory, three stores, two taverns. It saw the most prosperous times with diversified in- terests from 1830 to 1860.

Cavendish Town Hall and Soldier's Monument

Now the history moves more into the present day. In 1907 Proctorsville was incorporated. On Aug. 26, 1909, the Twenty- Mile Stream Dedication of a tablet marking the Twenty-Mile Encampment, gave it the prominence it deserved as historic ground. In 1912, the 150th Anniversay Celebration was held- a great day indeed for Cavendish. The American Legion Post in Proctorsville is named for the three who died during the First World War-Wallace-McNulty-Hoyle. Does November 3, 1927 bring back memories? It should for that is the date of the flood when the angry waters of Black River caused unbe-

lievable destruction. In 1938 the hurricane, and the Second World War in 1941. Cavendish landowners came into the spot- light with the dispute over timberlands, in 1950. The Salmon Dutton house was moved to Shelburne Museum near Burling- ton, Vt. Many improvements have been seen in some facilities. Both villages have electric street lights, schools and a water supply, with many scenic features of interest.

If Cavendish lives up to its past history it is bound to find a place in the future.

To Honor Those Who Served in THE WORLD WAR From THE TOWN OF CAVENDISH 1914-1918

ARMY

Pollard, Fred D., Jr.

Archacki, Frank

Pollard, Mary V.

Bailey, Clyde H.

Pollard, Rowland P.

Barber, Clifford L.

Pollard, Roy G.

Battey, Howell C.

Richardson, George B.

Booth, Frederick F.

Rollins, George O.

Booth, Raymond A.

Searles, S. Clyde

Brown, George L.

Seems, Harold F.

Cooper, Lawrence J.

Shedd, Arthur G.

Curtis, H. O., Jr.

Spaulding, James S.

Daniels, William

Spaulding, Walter H.

Dix, Morgan H.

Sperry, Fred C.

Elliott, Hugh G.

Strong, Frank A.

Gammon, Harry R.

Stocker, William H.

Green, Clifton F.

Vail, Edward

Harriman, Wilbur E.

Vail, Henry

Hart, Fenn G.

* Wallace, Frank

Hart, Jason B.

Wheeler, Merrill D.

Hutchinson, Alvin E.

Wilder, Walter R.

Hutchinson, Dallas S.

Johnson, Ernest L.

NAVY

Lawrence, William H.

Glidden, Frank R.

Manley, Alfred E.

Harriman, Byron S.

Manley, Robert M.

Harriman, Robert L.

Morse, Jay K.

*Hoyle, Winthrop P. Kelley, Edward L.

Parker, Donald G.

Parker, Richard P.

Matava, Harold C.

Pickard, Dwight A.

Pollard, Bryant F.

* McNulty, Truman H. Pickard, Harold W.

WORLD WAR II HONOR ROLL TOWN OF CAVENDISH

Ahonen, Paul, Jr.

Davis, Carroll B., Jr.

Antoniewicz, Arthur

Davis, Glenn

Austin, Walter S.

Davy, Carl

Ayers, Raymond U.

Davy, Harold

Balch, James

Densmore, Harold

Barber, Victor

DeWalt, Joseph

Bardsley, Walter

Dix, Gordon L.

Barrett, George

Doty, Raymond

Bemis, Glendon

Durand, Gordon

Bemis, Wallace H.

Eastman, Raymond

Berg, Alfred Berg, Robert

Emmons, Floyd

* Berg, Theodore

Fairbanks, Neil

Berg, Thomas

Farmer, Joseph

Berg, Wilfred Jr.

Farrar, Edwin

Bidgood, Roger

Farrar, Milton

Biggie, Bert

Farrar, Wallace

Bixby, Milton

Field, Ronald

Blanchard, Vernon

Fitzgibbons, Russell

Blumenshed, William

Flanders, Warren

Boutelle, William

Gabranski, Adam

Bradley, Alfred

Gabranski, Dominic

Briggs, Herbert

Gabranski, Frank

Briggs, Myron

Gale, Alwyn

Brown, Forrest

Gammon, Glenn

Brown, Ralph E.

Gay, Olin

Brunelle, Lancier F.

Gay, John

Brunelle, William

Gilchris, Otto R.

Bruso, Arnold

Goodrich, Donald

Butler, Edward

Goodrich, Kenneth

Buxton, George H.

Gilbert, Reynolds

Clogston, Lawrence

Goelec, Joseph

Clogston, Spencer

Green, Charles

Cook, Allen

Guica, Vincent

Emery, Maynard

Guica, Frank Guica, Carmine Harris, John Heald, Herbert ** Hodge, Duane * Hodge, Kenneth Hodge, Robert Hord, Clifford Hoxie, Norman B.

Hutchinson, Barnard Hutchinson, Raymond

Janowski, Antoni Janowski, Joseph

Prokulewicz, Chesloff

Janowski, Zizmunt

Prokulewicz, Joseph

Jolly, Everett G.

Prouty, Alfred

Richardson, Harold

Ripchick, Bronislaw

Kingsbury, Paul

Ripley, Alfred

Kusina, Michael

Robinson, Frank W.

Kusina, Stephen

Roche, James J.

Lawrence, Floyd

Rowe, Elmer

Lawrence, Leonard

Russell, Esmond H.

Lehto, Waldo

Russell, Roy C.

Russell, Theodore

Manley, Bernard

Ryan, Raymond J.

Manley, Glennard

Schlumper, William

Manley, Kenneth

Shea, Wilfred

Sheehan, Thomas

McKnight, Joseph

Morgan, Edwin

Moot, George

Morgan, George W. Parker, Carl

Parker, Charles

Parker, Donald

Parker, Gerald

Pelkey, Edward G. Pelkey, Edward P. Pelkey, James Percy, Arah Percy, Merrill N. Percy, Merrill N., Jr.

* Percy, Morris Perham, Gilbert Phillips, Raymond L. Pickard, Harold Pickett, Edward F.

Pratt, Richard

Kendall, Earl Kingsbury, James R.

Lockwood, Clay

Manners, Arne J. Mathews, Gerald

*Sherer, Edward F., Jr. Snow, Bernard Spaulding, Clifton

*Spaulding, H. Allen Spaulding, Willis Spurr, Russell Stein, Sydney

Stocker, Arthur Stocker, Cecil M.

Stocker, Clifford, Jr.

Webb, Halford

Stocker, Frank W.

Welch, Robert R.

Stocker, Richard

Wells, Lawren

Stone, Harold, Jr.

Whitcomb, Harold

Stone, Lawrence Taylor, Fernald

Wilder, Calvin

Wilder, Elwin G.

Tennyson, Chester L.

Wilder, Howard E.

Thomas, Earl

Winot, Erwin

Tiemann, Philip W.

Winot, Kenneth

Tiemann, Wyeth

Winot, Raymond

Tyrell, Donald

Woods, Raymond, Jr.

Vincent, Arnold

Wyman, George

Walasewicz, Felix

Wyman, Royal

Ward, Donald

* Killed in action

* * Killed after the War in an Airplane Crash

REFERENCES

Forward: History of Windsor County, Vt.

Chapter I

The Captivity of Mrs. Johnson

Chapter 2

The Old Crown Point Road by Mary E. Baker

The Crown Point Road by Mary Fletcher Charlton

Chapter 3

The Vermonter

Boston Medical & Surgical Journal

History of Windsor County, Vt.

Believe it or Not-Robert Ripley

Proctorsville Parish Program (article) Park H. Pollard

Neither Wealth nor Poverty by Janet Mabie

Gazetteer & Business Directory of Windsor County, Vt. The Historical Records Survey

Chapter 4

The Vermont Tribune

History of Windsor County, Vt.

Proctorsville Parish Program (article) Park H. Pollard The Historical Records Survey

The Vermonter

Family Circle* by Cornelia Otis Skinner

The Rutland Herald

Chapter 5

Vermont Quarterly (article) Merrill D. Wheeler

Chapter 6

Rutland Daily Herald & Globe

Chapter 7 The Vermonter

Chapter 8

The Vermonter (article) Leon S. Gay

Chapter 9 "Vermont Repository" (1832)

Chapter 10

The Vermont Tribune

The Historical Records Survey

Historical Paper (article) Ann S. Parker

The Vermonter The Rutland Herald * The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass.

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History of Cavendish, Vermont, Part 4

Author: Wheeler, Lois, 1927- Publication date: 1952 Publisher: Proctorsville, Vt. Number of Pages: 94

Author: Wheeler, Lois, 1927-
Publication date: 1952
Publisher: Proctorsville, Vt.
Number of Pages: 94