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BRIEF PERSONALS.
Wilkins, Frank C., Williston, is a farmer, and was born at Stowe, Vt., February 2, 1849. He was a son of Phineas P. and Lucinda M. (Chittenden) Wilkins. Phineas was an early set- tler in Williston, Vt., and was a blacksmith by trade, a trade at which he worked for twelve years in the town of Winooski, Vt. He died in Williston, Vt., November 27, 1876, aged fifty- five years. He had two children, Henry P. and Frank C. Frank C.'s maternal grandfather was Truman A. Chittenden, a son of Martin Chittenden, and a grandson of Thomas Chittenden, who- was the first governor of Vermont, and settler in Williston, Vt. Frank C. Wilkins settled in Williston, Vt., in 1874, and has resided on his present farm since 1875. He was married on October 28, 1874, to Sarah J., a daughter of Thomas and Emily (Story) Metcalf, of Williston, Vt. They have had one child born to them, Nellie L. Frank C. Wilkins owns a farm of 133} acres, also a dairy of twenty-six cows. He is also a breeder of Jersey cattle.
Wilson, Francis, Hinesburg, was born in Lancaster, Coos county, New Hampshire, in 1803. He represented his district in 1856 and 1857 in the Senate ; was also a side judge in the county, and also held other minor offices. He was an early merchant in Middlebury, Vt., and settled in Hinesburg, Vt., in 1830, where he was married in 1831 to Rachel Leavenworth, a daughter of General N. Leavenworth and Betsey (Hurlburt) Leavenworth. Betsey was born in Arlington, Vt., and General Leavenworth was born in Washington, Litchfield county, Connecticut. They were married in Burlington, Vt., in 1806, and had one child born to them, Rachel L. General Leavenworth was married twice; his first wife was Anna Buckingham, of New Milford, Conn., and by whom he had three children, Hester, Henry, and Nathan. General Nathan Leavenworth was a son of Nathan and Rachel (Castle) Leavenworth, who came from Connecticut on horse- hack, and settled in Hinesburg, Vt., in 1787. General Leavenworth was for many years a member of the Legislature, also a member of the governor's council for two terms, and held many of the offices of the town. He was also an influential man in his State. He erected the Leavenworth mansion in 1795. He was born in 1764 and died in 1849. His wife, Betsey, was- born in 1785 and died in 1873. Rachel Lucretia Leavenworth was married in 1831, and was born in Hinesburg, Vt., in 1810. They had a family of two children born to them. Lucretia L. married Rev. John B. Perry, who was born in Richmond, Berkshire county, Massachusetts. She died in 1857, leaving one son, Francis W., who now resides on the Leavenworth homestead and owns the same. His grandmother, the widow Wilson, now resides with him. Francis W. was. married in October, 1884, to Nettie Patrick, a daughter of Daniel Patrick. They have had one son born to them, Thomas Perry. Rev. John B. Perry died at Cambridge, Mass., in 1872. He was a member of the college faculty. Hon Francis Wilson died in 1864, aged sixty-one years.
Wilson, Henry M., Hinesburg, was born March 31, 1835. He has chosen a farm life in pref- erence to a political strife, and is heir to many valuable relics of early days. One was a sword which was used by a general at the battle of Bunker Hill. It has a solid silver handle and a glittering steel saber. He now owns and occupies a part of the old homestead which was pur- chased by his grandfather, General Nathan Leavenworth, in 1787. He was married in 1857 to Sarah Griggs, who was born in Corning, N. Y., and died in 1873, leaving three children, Rob- ert H., Mary L., and Sophia M. Henry M. Wilson then married his second wife, Isadore Hic- kok, of New Haven, Addison county, Vt., on January 28, 1874. He was a son of Francis and Rachel L. (Leavenworth) Wilson, Francis was born in New Hampshire in 1803, and Ra- chel L. was born in Hinesburg, Vt., in 1810. They were married in 1831, and have had two children born to them, Lucretia L. (married the Rev. John Perry; they died, leaving one son, F. W. Perry) and Henry M. Francis Wilson was chosen senator in 1856 and 1857, was side- judge of his county, and held many other offices. He died in 1864. He was an early merchant in Middlebury, Vt., and retired in 1830, and engaged in farming at Hinesburg, Vt. Rachel Lucretia (Leavenworth) Wilson was a daughter of General Nathan Leavenworth and Betsey (Hurlburt) Leavenworth. She was born in Arlington, Vt., in 1785, He was born in 1764, and died in 1849. They were married in 1806. He settled in Hinesburg, Vt., in March, 1787, com- ing here from Roxbury, Conn. They had a family of but one daughter, Rachel L. General Nathan was a son of Nathan and Rachel (Castle) Leavenworth, who settled in Hinesburg, Vt., in 1787. He purchased his farm in 1786, and erected a log house, where he died in 1802. Gen- eral Leavenworth represented his town for twenty-one years, and was an influential man in his town and county.
Woolworth, Lucius, Essex, is a farmer of Essex, Vt., and was born there December 31, 1823. He has been married twice; his first wife was Esther Curtis, of Essex, Vt., by whom he had a family of three children, Elsie, Hiram, and Eunie. His second wife was Sophia Ellis, of Fletcher, Vt. They have had two children born to them, Elsie (deceased) and Etta L. Lucius Woolworth was a son of Asaph and Harriet (Halbert) Woolworth, who were among the early settlers in Essex, Vt. They had a family of fourteen children born to them, Lysander, George, Asaph, Mosley, Eunice, Lucius, Horace, Alba, Sydney, Norman, Harriet, Sophia, Henry, and Mary. Lucius's paternal grandfather was Asaph W., who was a pioneer of Underhill, Vt.
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HISTORY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Wright, George N., Colchester, was born in Colchester, Vt., August 22, 1837. He was a son of Nelson and Mary F. (Mayo) Wright. His paternal grandfather, Inman Wright, was a native of Connecticut, and a pioneer of Essex, Vt., later of Colchester, Vt., locating on the farm which is now occupied by George N. Wright, where he kept a hotel for several years. He had a family of five children, James, Nelson, Lucy, Eliza, and Ann. His paternal grand- father was Daniel Mayo, also a pioneer of Colchester. Nelson Wright lived on the farm which is now occupied by his son, George N., for nearly sixty years. He died October 5, 1883, aged eighty-three years. His children were Marion, George N., Charles N., Marcus H., and Abbie E. George N. was married October 27, 1863, to Caroline H., a daughter of John and Harriet (Fowler) Severance, of Colchester, Vt. Their children are Luna E., Charles W., Eugene S., and Clara B. Mr. Wright was in the late War of the Rebellion, enlisting September 6, 1862, as corporal in Co. D, Thirteenth Vermont Regiment, and was at the battle of Gettysburg, served ten months, and was honorably discharged July 21, 1863.
Weed, Enoch Day Woodbridge, Hinesburg, was born in Hinesburg, Vt., August 5, 1827. He is the second son of Henry and Sarah Maria (Woodbridge) Weed. Henry was a son of John Weed and was born in Hinesburg, Vt., September 7, 1797, and died at the old homestead in "Happy Valley," on the 5th day of August, 1872. He was a justice of the peace for many years, a prosperous and successful farmer, and for a number of years was engaged in prosecut- ing the claims of Revolutionary soldiers and their widows to a pension. He was a prominent and useful man in his town and county, and was at one time the owner of the land upon which there is situated the highest mountain in the town. He named it "Mount Lincoln," in honor of the illustrious and martyred President Lincoln. Sarah Maria Woodbridge, the wife of Henry, was born in Vergennes, Vt, January 20, 1796, and died on the 10th of May, 1872. She was the daughter of Enoch Woodbridge, who was chief judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont from 1794 to 1801. They lived together for more than fifty years, and celebrated their golden wed- ding. They were members of the Congregational Church, and were highly esteemed and sin- cerely mourned by those neighbors and friends amongst whom they had spent so many years. They had a family of seven children horn to them: Charles H., Elizabeth H., Enoch D. W., Frances B. (married Francis K. Nichols, an extensive wool manufacturer at Alton, Illinois), Sarah S. (married Ira D. Fletcher, of Bridport, Vt.), John J. and Anson H., all of whom are now living. Henry was a son of John and Dolly (Phelps) Weed. John was born in Danbury, Conn., Sep- tember 30, 1762, and died in Hinesburg, Vt., on September 30, 1839. His wife, Dolly, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., in November, 1767, and died in Hinesburg, Vt., in November, 1852. They were married in 1787, and settled in Hinesburg, Vt., the same year. They had a family of eleven children born to them, only one of whom is now living, Julia, who is now a resident of Ypsi- lanti, Mich. John was noted for great physical strength, and many stories are told of his cour- age and endurance in the early days of privation. He was a prosperous and industrious farmer, and purchased his homestead, of more than 300 acres, at the time of his first settlement here. The homestead is still in the family, being owned and occupied by his grandchildren, Charles H. Weed, Enoch D. and Elizabeth H. Weed. Charles H. Weed has held the most important of the town offices. John J. is a successful lawyer at Washington, D. C. He was admitted to the bar in Quincy, Ill. He was appointed solicitor for the United States in the Court of Claims, in 1864, by President Lincoln. Anson H. served for more than two years as a first lieutenant in the Second Vermont Infantry during the late Rebellion. He was appointed postmaster at Hinesburg, Vt., in January, 1886.
INDEX.
A BERCROMBIE, General, expedition of, against the French, 87. Age of rocks, 18.
Allen, Ethan, and his men taken prisoners by General Carleton, 131.
and Ira, secret correspondence of, with the British, 118.
and Captain Delaplace, dialogue between, 128. coming of, 96.
imprisons officers acting under New York authority, 113.
inscription on monument erected in honor of, 512. returns to Vermont, 144.
resolution to defend the independence of Vermont, 117.
Allen, Ira, a leading man in the settlement of Colchester, 555. Allen, Joseph Dana, biography of, 753. American archeology, uncertain knowledge of, 45. Arnold's, Benedict, arrogance, 129. Arrow-points and knives, flint, 72. quartz, jasper, bone, etc., 77. Arrest of settlers as rioters, 97.
Artillery, first, second, and third batteries of, 380.
Attorneys, biographical sketches of : Adams, Charles, 230. Adams, John Sullivan, 237.
Allen, Heman, 232.
Bailey, Benjamin F., 232. Bennett, Milo L., 234.
Briggs, William Penn, 232.
Follett, Timothy, 231. French, Jeremiah, 238.
Griswold, William A., 230.
Hitchcock, Samuel, 228. Lawrence, Luther L., 238. Maeck, Jacob, 235. Marsh, George P., 235. Peck, Asahel, 233. Russell, Charles, 236.
Sawyer. Gamaliel B., 234. Smalley, David A., 236.
Van Ness, Peter Cornelius, 229. Whittemore, Albert G., 232.
Attorneys, list of, admitted to practice in County Court, 223. Axes and celts, development, of, and improve- ments in, 68. Axes, stone, first made, 66.
B AKER, Remember, attempted arrest ,of, 98.
Ballard, Henry, biography of, 817.
Banking in Vermont, 450.
Barnes, Lawrence, biography of, 719.
Barstow, Hon. John L., biography of, 782.
Barrett, Horace W., biography of, 820.
"Barty " Willard, as a poet, 402.
" Beech seal," administration of the, 98. Bennington, battle of, 141.
Biography of Allen, Joseph Dana, 753. Ballard, Henry, 817.
Barnes, Lawrence, 719.
Barrett, Horace W., 820.
Barstow, Hon. John L., 782.
Borrowdale, Henry, 722.
Burdick, John L. F., M.D., 791.
Burgess, Lyman, 723.
Canfield, Thomas Hawley, 726.
Cannon, Colonel Le Grand B., 724.
Carpenter, Walter, M.D., 807.
Chessmore, Alwyn Harding, M.D., 742.
Crombie, William Augustus, 795.
Dow, Isaiah, 743.
Fletcher, Mary M., 745.
Galusha, Truman, 747.
Gillett, Henry, 750.
Goodrich, Blossom, 749.
Hopkins, the Right Rev. John Henry, D.D., LL.D., 799.
Hopkins, Theodore Austin, 803.
Johnson, John, 751.
Lyman, Edward, 756.
Meech, Hon. Ezra, 756.
Morgan, Edward J., 789.
Morse, George H., 815.
Parker, Seymour Jeremiah, 757.
Peck, Cicero Goddard, 761.
Peck, Theodore Safford, 764.
Pomeroy, John N., 758. Roberts, Daniel, 767. Root, Elijah, 765.
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INDEX.
Biography of :
Smith, John, 774. Smith, John Eldredge, 773. Sparhawk, George E. E., M.D., 770. Stevens, Alonzo Jackson, 772. Stone, Alney, 775. Talcott, Lewis H., 779.
Town, Albert, 777. Wales, Judge Torrey E., 781.
Wells, William, 796.
Weston, Sidney H., 793.
Whitcomb, John, 811.
Whitcomb, Joshua, 813. Whiteomb, Lorenzo Dow, 814. Whitney, Edmund, 816. Whittemore, Albert Gallatin, 787. Woodruff, John, 789. Wright, Smith, 805.
Block-house, erection of, by Green Mountain Boys, 103.
Bolton, history of the town of, 384. boundaries of, 384. charter of, 385. early settlers in, 389.
first birth recorded in, 390.
first town meeting in, 390.
first white man in. 388. present officers of, 392. principal highways of, 385.
post-offices in, 391. names of grantees of, 388. saw and shingle-mills in, 300. streams and water courses in, 384.
Borrowdale, Henry, biography of, 722. British, capitulation of the, 144.
Burdick, John L. F .. M.D., biography of, 791.
Burgess, Lyman, Inography of, 723.
Burlington Academy, 209.
Burlington, history of the town and city of, 392.
attorneys and physicians in, in 1850, 429. bank of, 452.
commercial bank of, 454.
farmers' and mechanics' bank of, 454.
first national bank of, 453.
Howard national bank of, 455. merchants' national bank of, 455. savings bank of, 454.
United States branch bank of, 453.
biographical sketches of early residents of, 430 et seq.
business centers in the town of, 418. business interests in, 426 et seq. cemeteries in, 511. changes in between 1815 and '25. 415.
changes in, up to 1850. 425. charter of, 394.
churches in, 392. defenses in, during the War of 1812, 403. derivation of the name of, 393. early settlements in, 396. crelesiastical history of. 516. educational interests of, 513. [426
excitement in, regarding small-pox, 401, 1
Burlington :
farmers' and mechanics' savings institution and trust company of, 456. female seminary in, 212. fire department of city of, 443 et seq.
first record of marriage in, 397. first record of proprietors' meeting in, 395. first settlers in, 398 et seq. gas works of city of, 442. glass-factory in, 424. health department of city of, 256.
health officers of, 256.
high school of, 211.
highways of, 509.
hotels of, 504.
incorporation of the city of, 440. insurance in, 457 et seq. internal improvements of, 508. improvements in, between 1790 and 1800, 400. Lafayette's visit to, 417. list of officers of the city of, 530.
locations of prominent residents of, 406 et seq. maintenance of the poor of, 449.
manufactures of, 404. manufactures of, in 1811, 461. manufacturing interests in, 460 et seq.
marine hospital at, 506. medical and surgical club of, 257.
mercantile interests in, 476 et seq. miscellaneous industries in, 474 et seq.
organization of, 397. political agitation in, 426.
post-office of city of, 490. present professional men of, 493 et seq. principal buildings in, 421 et seq.
public parks of, 509 et seq. public schools in, 209.
situation of, 392. soldiers of 1812 from. 414. town officers of, 416.
water privileges of, 393. water works of city of, 441. Young Ladies' School of, 213.
C AMPAIGN OF 1776, British preparing for the, 134.
1777, first blood spilled in, by Indians, 137. Cambrian period. limestone of, 20. marble of, 21. sandrock of, 19. Cambrian rock, 19. Canfield, Thomas Hawley, biography of, 726. Cannon, Colonel Le Grand B., biography of, 724. Carpenter, Walter, M.D., biography of, 807. Cartier, Jamex 78. Cavalry, First Vermont, 381. engagements participated in by. 382.
Celts or chisels, 64. Central Vermont Railroad Company, first of- fivers of the, 191. Champlain Canal, construction of. 312.
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Champlain Canal : ferry company, incorporation of, 316. Lake, discovery of, 79. Samuel de, 78.
Transportation Company, establishment by, of a daily line through the lake, 319.
inauguration of the custom of uni- forming the officers and crews of the vessels of, 320. officers of, 322. Charlotte, history of the town of, 534. boundaries of, 534. business interests in, 548. charter of, 534. early proprietors' meetings in, 535. early settlements in, 536. ecclesiastical history of, 550.
Female Seminary in, 217. first settlers in, 536 et seq. military affairs in, 546. municipal history of, 547. organization of, 545. post-office of, 549. present officers of, 549. present professional men of, 549. principal water ways in, 535.
Chazy epoch, the, 26.
Chessmore, Alwyn Harding, M. D., biography of, 742.
Chittenden county, Boards of United States examining surgeons for pensions in, 258. census table of population of towns in, since 1790, 718.
citizens of, who were governors of Ver- mont, 148.
Commissioners and Boards of Supervisors of the Insane of, 257.
condition of, at the outbreak of the Revo- lution, 124. county buildings of, 157.
creation of Franklin county from a part of, 158. early artisans of, 181. early editors of, 284. early history of journalism in, 277. establishment of, in 1787, 148.
first census of, 239. geographical position of, 13. Institute, the, 218.
interesting peculiarities of early newspa- pers of, 277.
list of judges of, from 1787 to 1884, 149 et seq. lists of volunteers from, 330 et seq. Inmbering in, 182.
organization in, of Howard Guards, 345. organization of, into fifth Masonic district, 298.
patriotism of the citizens of towns in, 329. plank roads of, 189. politics of the early newspapers of, 285. present membership of bar of, 225. [145. previously a part of Albany county, N. Y.,
Chittenden county : quaint advertisements in the early news- papers of, 280 et seq.
railroads of, 189. record of the draft in, 344.
rich in relics, 52.
Roman Catholic churches of, 525.
sharpshooters of, 380.
smallest town in, 666.
summary of enlistments from October, 1865, 343.
tabular statement of enlistments from, 344. teachers' association of, 514.
volunteers from, in Seventh Regiment, 359. Chittenden's, Governor Martin, opposition to the war, 163.
proclamation, 163. protest of officers against, 164.
Chittenden, Hon. Thomas, sketch of, 709 et seq. Cincinnati or Hudson River period, 31. period, living forms of, 32. Colchester Academy, 217. history of the town of, 553. agricultural productions of, 553. boundaries of, 553. business interests in, 562 et seq. ecclesiastical history of, 565. fire department in, 565.
first settlers in, 556 et seq.
list of grantees of, 553. municipal history of, 560.
postmasters in, 565.
professions in, 561. settlement of, by the French, 81. Controversy between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 91.
County court, first case in the records of, 226. first recorded criminal trial in the, 226. Crombie, William Augustus, biography of, 795. Crown Point, surrender of, to Colonel Seth Warner, 129.
D ECLARATION of Independence, 107. Diet of Indian family, 69. Dikes, formation of rock, 36. Dow, Isaiah, biography of, 743.
E ARLY days, litigations in, 227. French settlements, 80. Indian tribes, 46. tribes, temporary settlements of, 49. Vermont, physicians of, 184. schools of, 183.
Vermonters, amusements of, 184. farm implements of, 180. inconvenience in travel and transpor- tation among the, 185. observance of the Sabbath by, 182.
English settlers succeeding French, 83.
Earthenware, specimens of, in Champlain val- ley, 54. Essex, history of the town of, 568.
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Essex :
charter of, 569. Classical Institute, 217. division of the town of, 572. ecclesiastical history of, 581. educational history of, 584. first settlement in, 569. geographical features of, 591. military history of, 589. organization of the town of, 570. professional history of, 587. settlements in, 573.
F LETCHER Free Library, 507. Mary M., biography of, 745.
Formation of mountains, old theory of the, 34. Fort Ticonderoga, reduction of, by General Amherst, 88. Freemasonry, general opposition to, in the years 1826-36, 293. introduction of, into Chittenden county, 287. French and English War, 84.
expedition of the, against the Mohawks in 1666, 308. seigniories, annulling of, 83. Fulton's, Robert, first steamboat on the Hud- son, 315.
G YALUSHA TRUMAN, biography of, 747. Geological development, 17. formation, 15. time, subdivisions of, 17. Gillett, Henry, biography of, 750. Goodrich, Blossom, biography of, 749.
Gouges, stone, uses of, 62. Grand Isle Steamboat Company, organization of, 323.
Grants, conditions of settlement of, 82. or seigniories, creation of, 82.
Great Britain. commercial intercourse with, interdicted by act of Congress in 1807, 160.
H ATCHETS and scrapers, flint, 73. Hinesburg Academy, 218. history of the town of, 592. condition of, in 1825, 602 et seq. early records of, 593. early settlers of, 595 et seq. ecclesiastical history of, 611. educational history of, 611. highways and roads of, 594. . manufactures of, 606 et seq. organization of the town of, 602. postmasters of, 611. present business interests in, 605. present officers of, 610. professional men in, 609. situation and boundaries of, 592. town system of schools of, 219. Home for Destitute Children, 505. Hopkins, the Right Rev. John Henry, D. D., L.L. D., biography of, 799.
Hopkins, Theodore Austin, biography of, 803. Hough, Benjamin, punishment inflicted on, 99. Hospital, the Mary Flether, 247 et seq. board of visitors of, 253. corps of instructors of training school for nurses, 255. death in, of founder, 250. endowment of a room in, by Senator Ed- munds, 250. field of benevolence occupied by, 251. founding of, 247.
location of buildings of, 248. organization of board of directors of, 247. original directors of, 252. plans of interior of buildings, 248. present medical and surgical staff, 253. training school for nurses in, 254.
Huntington, history of the town of, 613. charter of the town of, 613. educational interests of, 622. early settlements in, 615. ecclesiastical history of, 622. first industries of, 618.
hotels of, 620. mercantile interests of, 619. organization of the town of, 617. postmasters of, 621.
present manufacturing interests in, 619.
present town officers of, 621.
proprietors' records of, 614. surface of the town of, 614. the professions in, 620. town of, in War of 1812, 617.
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NDIAN amulets, shapes of, 71. Depredations on English colonies, 89. tribes, stone implements of, 47.
J AIL, the first, 158. Jars found in Chittenden county, deco- ration of, 56.
Jericho, history of the town of, 623. boundaries of, 623. early settlers of, 625 et seq. ecclesiastical history of, 632. educational history of, 633. first officers of the town of, 629. geographical surface of, 624.
growth of mechanic arts in, 630. the professions in, 634 et seq. water courses in the town of, 630. Johnson, John, biography of, 751.
L AKE Champlain, discovery of iron ore on the west side of, 312.
exorbitant charge for passage through, 318. list of vessels built upon, from 1790 to 1815, 311. naval engagement on, 135. navigation on, 309.
passage of posts on, from the British to the Americans, 127. steamers, captains who have commanded, 323.
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Lake Champlain : f- steamers, pilots of, 323. skirmishes on the borders of, 126. Lake shore, 15. Lake View Retreat, 255. Lumber trade, opening of, 325. Lyman, Edward, biography of, 756.
M cCREA, JANE, murder of, by Indians, 139.
MacDonongh's, Commodore, fleet, 166.
letter to the secretary of the navy, 162. offers battle to the British, 162. McGlassin, Captain, surprise, attack, and cap- ture by, of British troops at work on battery, 171. Masonic, Army Lodges, 298. A ... A ... S. .. Rite, 303.
Burlington Lodge F. & A. M. No. 100, 297.
Delta chapter of Rose Croix, H-R-D-M, 304.
Grand Lodge F. & A. M., Vermont, 298. list of officers of, to 1886, 291. officers of, to 1834, 288 et seq. organization of, 287. reorganization of, 291. resolutions adopted by, 299.
Haswell Lodge of perfection, 303.
Joseph W. Roby Council, princes of Je- rusalem, 304. Knights templar, 302.
McDonough Lodge, No. 56, charter of, 291. No. 56, officers of, to 1834, 291. officers of, since 1851, 293. removal of, to Jericho, in 1883, 293. reorganization of, 293. North Star Lodge, officers of, 295. Patriot Lodge, officers of, 296. Royal Arch Masons, 300. Burlington chapter of, 300.
Royal and Select Masters, 301. Seneca Lodge, officers of, 294.
Vermont Council of Deliberation, 305.
Vermont Consistory, S. . P ... R. .. S ... , 304. Washington Lodge, 287. Webster Lodge, officers of, 297.
Medical profession, biographical sketches of members of : Atwater, Dr. William, 261. Chamberlain, Dr. Thomas, 262.
Cole, Dr. Matthew, 264. Hatch, Dr. Horace, 263. Heineberg, Dr. Bernard J., 263.
Knox, Dr. J. M., 264. Langdon, Dr. H. H., 264. Lincoln, Dr. Benjamin, 262. Marsh, Dr. Joseph, 263. Marsh, Dr. Leonard, 263. Moody, Dr. Robert, 262. Pomeroy, Dr. Cassius Francis, 260. Pomeroy, Dr. John, 258. Powell, Dr. Truman, 261. Thayer, Dr. Samuel White, 264.
Meech, Hon. Ezra, biography of, 756. Merchants' Line, establishment of, in 1841, 313. Military organization of settlers, 97. Milton, history of the town of. 636. changes in, from 1825 to '30, 645. delay in the settlement of, 637. early business interests of, 646. ecclesiastical history of, 652. first settlers in, 639 et seq. geographical situation of, 636. bardships of early settlers in, 644. organization of, 643. origin of the name of, 636. post-office of, 652. present business interests in, 647 et seq. present town officers, 651. proceedings of the proprietors of, 638. schools of, 652. the professions in, 649 et seq. town house of, 647.
Montgomery, General, detaches the Indians from the British cause, 130.
death of, 132.
and Schuyler, Generals, placed by Con- gress in command of the troops in the north, 129.
Montreal placed under the command of Ar- nold, 133.
Morgan, Edward, J., biography of, 789. Morse, George H., biography of, 815. Mount Mansfield, 14.
N EW COUNTIES, organization of, 95. New York and Lake Champlain Trans- portation Company, organization of, 313.
DD FELLOWS, independent order of, 305.
Onion River, building of toll-bridge over, 188. Origin of the Whig party, 285.
P ARKER, SEYMOUR JEREMIAH, bi- ography of, 757.
Peck, Cicero Goddard, biography of, 761.
Peck, Theodore Safford, biography of, 764.
Personals, brief, 822.
Pipes, earthenware, 58.
Planing-mill, the first, 326.
Plattsburgh, battle of, 166 et seq.
Pomeroy, John N., biography of, 758.
Postmasters of the United States, salaries paid, 492. Pottery, decoration of, in prehistoric Vermont, 57. Prehistoric history of Vermont, 46. Press of Chittenden county, history of : Burlington Clipper, 275. Burlington Courier, 274. Burlington Free Press, 270.
Burlington Free Press, description in, of first appearance of the telegraph in Burlington, 271. Burlington Gazette, 270.
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Press of Chittenden county : Burlington Mercury, 268. Daily Free Press, issue of the first number of, 271. Home Hours, 274. The Burlington Independent, 275. The Burlington Review, 275. The Chittenden Reporter, 275. The Commercial Register, 274. The Independent, 274. The Repertory, 270. The Sentinel or Centinel, 268. The Vermont National, 275. Vermont Agrieulturist, 274.
Vermont Autograph and Remarker, 276. Vermont Watchinan, 274.
Provinee of Canada, surrender of, to the Brit- ish, 90.
UATERNARY AGE, first plants of, 40. periods of, 39. river channels of, 41. Quaternary period, elose of, 44. mammoth animals of, 43.
Quebec, capture of, in 1760, by General Hal- dimand, 309.
R EED'S, COLONEL, difficulties with the settlers, 102. grants, 101.
Revolution, number of inhabitants of the coun- ty after the, 159. Revolutionary War, first blood spilled in, 106. Richmond, history of the town of, 656.
boundaries of, 656.
business interests in, 661 et seq. early records of, 659.
early settlers in, 656 et seq. ecclesiastieal history of, 665. post-office of, 664. present town offieers of, 665. schools in, 665. the professions in, 664.
volunteers from, in the War of 1812, 660. River channels, terraces formed by, 42. Roads, early, 186. Roberts, Daniel, biography of, 767.
Robinson's, Colonel Beverly, letter to Ethan Allen, 117. Root, Elijah, biography of, 765.
ST. ALBANS Steamboat Company, organi- zation of, 317.
St. George, history of the town of, 666. boundaries of, 666. first birth in, 669. first school-house in, 669. first settlers in, 668. names of grantees of, 667. organization of, 669. post-office in, 669. present town officers, 669.
St. Lawrence, river and gulf of, Cartier's dis- covery of, 307.
Settlers, harmony among, destroyed by polit -. ieal dissension, 160.
under the New Hampshire grants, 93. Shelburne, history of the town of, 670.
derivation of the name of, 670. early settlements and events in, 672 et seq. ecclesiastical history of, 683. grantees of, 670. list of early settlers in, 674 et seq. organization of, and procedings in, 679. population of, in 1835, 680.
post-office of, 682.
present interests in, 681. present officers of, 682. surface of the town of, 671. town hall in, 682.
Shells, use of, by early Indian tribes, 53. Siege of Quebec, 132. Skeene, Philip, 95.
the Tory, the first judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 146.
Smuggling, 415.
South Burlington, history of the town of, 684. early settlements in, 685.
first meeting in, 684. organization of, 685. present officers of, 687.
Sparhawk, Geo. E. E., M.D., biography of, 770. Spear-points and lance-heads, 75. Smith, John, biography of, 774.
Smith, John Eldredge, biography of, 773.
State of New Hampshire, difficulty with, 110. State Senate, institution of, in 1835, 148.
Steamboat, second ever made, launched in. Vermont, 185.
Stevens, Alonzo Jackson, biography of, 772.
Stone, Alney, biography of, 775.
Stone knives, forms of, 74.
Stone tools, collections of, 59.
T ALCOTT, Lewis H., biography of, 779. Tobacco, use of, in pipes, 70.
Town, Albert, biography of, 777.
Townships, division of the county into, 125.
Treaty of Ghent, signing of, 179. Trenton period, the, 28.
Tryon's, Governor, letter to the inhabitants of the grants, 101.
negotiation with the Green Mountain boys, 100.
Turnpikes, laying out and building, 187.
U NDERHILL Academy, 219.
Underhill, history of the town of, 687. boundaries of, 687. early manufactures in, 691. ecclesiastieal history of, 693. first settlers in, 688 et seq. geographical situation of, 687. school system of, 692.
soldiers from, in the War of the Rebel- lion, 694.
University of Vermont, Angell, Prof. James B., invited to the presidency of, 202.
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University of Vermont :
appointment of instructors in, 196. Billings Library, the, of the, 208. bright and hopeful prospects of, 201. Buckham, Professor Matthew H., elected to the presidency of, 203. buildings of, 205. burning of the building of, 199. cost of college buildings of, 206.
election of Rev. James Marsh to the presi- dency of, 199. election of trustees of, 197.
Howard, John P., endowment by, of chair of natural philosophy in, 204.
Faculty of the medical college of, 244.
first meeting of the corporation of, 195.
gifts of money and land to the, 201 ..
incorporation with, of the Vermont Agri- cultural College, 202. library of, 200.
mansion of the president of, 207.
medical college of, course of instruction in, 245.
medical department of, 240.
number of students graduated from the medical college of, 244.
project of the, 194.
reorganization of, with a new faculty, 198.
Woman, entrance of the first, as student in, 203.
Utica shale, 29.
V ERMONT, admission of, to General As- senibly, 116.
Vermont Brigade, engagements participated in by the, 356. gallantry of, 350. General Sheridan's approval of, 357. history of, 349.
movements of, 351.
Portion of General Stannard's report in regard to, 375.
Vermont, brilliant record of, in the War of the Rebellion, 329.
Central Railroad Company, lease of the Vermont and Canada Road to, 191.
cold season of 1816 in, 415.
declaration of independence of, 108. denies the authority of Congress, 115. early discovery of, 80. Episcopal Church in, 216. Episcopal Institute, 214.
individuality of the people and history of, 179.
negotiation for the admission of, into the Union, 114.
noted lumber firms in, 327.
occupations and enstoms of the early set- tlers of, 180.
organization of internal government of, 108.
Vermont :
passage of the act admitting, to the Fed- eral Union, 124.
pioneers of, virtues and sterling qualities of, 186. proposals of the British to, 119. severity of the winters of, 181. stone implements, age of, 50. terms of admission of, into the Union, 120. Vermonter, humor of the, 184. Volunteers, Fifth Regiment of, 347. Fifteenth and Sixteenth Regiments of, 374.
First Regiment of, 344. Fourteenth Regiment of, 374.
Fourth Regiment of, 347.
Ninth Regiment of, 364.
Second Regiment of, 346.
Seventeenth Regiment of, 377 et seq.
. Seventh Regiment of, 359 et seq. Sixth Regiment of, 348. Tenth Regiment of, 368.
Third Regiment of, 347. Thirteenth Regiment of, 374. Twelfth Regiment of, 373.
W ALES, Judge Torrey E., biography of, 781. War of 1812, beginning of, 161. close of, 178.
Warner, Seth, assailed by Munro, 98. Wells, William, biography of, 796.
Westford, history of the town of, 695. boundaries of, 695.
churches in, 703. early settlers in, 697 et seq.
in the early wars, 700.
list of grantees of, 696.
litigation in, among the early settlers, 701.
organization of, 700.
post- office in, 703. present mercantile interests of, 702.
Weston, Sidney H., biography of, 793.
Whitcomb, John, biography of, 811.
Whitcomb. Joshua, biography of, 813.
Whitcomb, Lorenzo Dow, biography of, 814.
Whitney, Edmund, biography of, 816.
Whittemore, Albert Gallatin, biography of, 787. Williston Academy, 221.
Williston, history of the town of, 704. boundaries of, 704. present town officers of, 716. condition of, in 1825, 712 et seq.
early settlements and proceedings in, 705 et seq. ecclesiastical history of, 716.
organization of, and early proceedings in. 712. post-office in, 715. present business interests of, 714. Woodruff. John, biography of, 789. Wright, John, biography of, 805.
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