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Robinson, Stephen, came from Connecticut to Clarendon and from there to Swanton in 1800. He was born in 1760, and was among the early settlers of the town, being the first permanent settler on the farm in the northeast part of Swanton. He died February 19, 1843,aged eighty-three. He married Phebe Butler, who died in 1840, at the age of seventy- four. Helived on the farm until his death. His children were Stephen, Phebe, Eli, Dura, Isaiah, Hannah, Brown, Olive, Obed, and Warren. Brown Robinson was born in Claren- don, July 12, 1798, and married Sally, daughter of William and Martha (Keith) Orcutt, who were early settlers of the town. His children are William O., Caroline, Ambrose W., Amos, Sarah, and Horatio. The latter was born in Swanton, September 13, 1822, where he has been a life-long resident. He married, November 15, 1849, Harriet E. Keitlı, who was born in York, Livingston county, N. Y., a daughter of Edward and Chloe (Burnell) Keith, and his children are Lizzie E., Henrie H., Nettie G., and Eva M. He is now a resident farmer on the homestead farm of his grandfather, living in the
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same house built in 1807. Nettie G. married Walter F. Jennings, of Baltimore, Md., and they have one daughter, Marion F., and are now residents of Boston, Mass. Ed- ward Keith and his son, Edward, were natives of Chesterfield, Mass., and Edward, jr., settled in York, N. Y. He was born in August, 1783, and his wife was Chloe, daugh- ter of Manasseh and Jane (Orcutt) Burnell. They had nine children, who were Rox- anna, Alpheus, Edmund, Edward, Hiram B., Lewis N., Harriet E., Henry, and Mary J. William Orcutt came from Chesterfield, Mass., and was one of the early settlers of the town.
Royce, Hezekiah, born in Claremont, N. H., in 1774, came to Swanton in 1800, set- tling on Swanton Hill. He died in East Swanton in 1867, at the age of ninety-three. His wife, Polly Rhoda Royce, died March 18, 1848, aged seventy-two years. His chil- dren were Ruth, Harvey, Lyman, Jotham, Eliza, Jared C., and Harvey. The latter was born at Swanton Hill in 1803, and died at East Swanton, August 27, 1879, aged seventy- six. He married Mary A. Ives, of Salisbury, N. H., a daughter of John and Mary (Thomas) Ives, who was born December 20, 1812. Their children are Rhoda, Mary, Louise, Almira, Albert H., Martha A., Maryette, and Addie.
Royce, Jotham, was born in Claremont, N. H., and settled in Dickinson, Franklin county, N. Y., at the time of the War of 1812, where he remained until his death in 1877, at the age of ninety-three. His occupation was that of a farmer. He married Fanny Pierce, by whom he had four children : Albert, Edward, William, and Adaline. William Royce was born in Dickinson, N. Y., where he now resides, at the age of seventy years. He married Elvira Cady, of the same town, a daughter of Reuben and Eliza (Allen) Cady, and a descendant of Ethan Allen. His children were Mary E., Harriet, Angelo, Bella S., Sidney S., Rolla W., Celia, Willard R., Lillian B., and Albert P. Albert P. Royce was born in Dickinson, N. Y., November 2, 1847, and came to Swanton in 1872. He married, second, Mary Ann Chadwick, of St. Albans, Vt., daughter of Amos and Rhoda Chadwick, and had by her two children, Daisy C. and Hallie. His first wife was Addie F. Royce, of Swanton, Vt., daughter of Harvey and Mary Ann Royce. By her he had one son, Herman C., who now resides on the farm known as the Dr. Janes place. Mary Ann Royce survives her husband at the age of seventy-seven.
Sartwell, Jason, son of Jacob and Hannah, and a native of Vermont, came to Swan- ton in 1830, where he remained until his death, August 9, 1878, at the age of eighty. He was a farmer by occupation, and married Lydia Hunkins, of Fletcher, Vt., daughter of Moses and Hannah (Schedgell) Hunkins. She died August 10, 1879, aged eighty-six years. His children were Moses H., William, Leonard, Horace, Mariah L., Melvina M., and Mary E. The latter was born in Swanton, April 17, 1832, and married Thomas N. Bradley, of Williamstown, Vt., son of Eben and Mary Bradley. He died in 1875, in Williamstown, at the age of fifty-three. Their children were Addie M., Edward T., and Jesse L., the latter of whom was drowned June 15, 1883. Mrs. Sartwell married, sec- ond, William Honsinger, of Alburgh, Vt., a son of Emanuel and Mary Honsinger, who died August 10, 1883, aged seventy-seven. She survives him, and resides in Swanton, at the age of fifty-eight, with her daughter, Addie M. Bradley. Edward T. Bradley was born in Richmond, Vt., July 28, 1860, and married Abbie M. Blake, of Swanton, daugh- ter of William H. and Helen Blake. They have two children, Ina J. and Mildred V. Mr. Blake is of the firm of Blake & Bradley, at Swanton village.
Smith, John, born September 27, 1769, in Connecticut, came to Underhill, Vt., where he died June 19, 1815. He married, January 1, 1797, Mary Rogers, who was born Sep- tember 25, 1774, and died January 19, 1849. Their children were Eliza, born October 18, 1797 ; Augustus, born January 6, 1800, died January, 1835; Harry, born March 2, 1802, died June 16, 1887 ; Frederick, born June 29, 1804, died February 3, 1866; Joseph R., born June 8, 1806, died December 31, 1887; George, born January 15, 1809, died September 30, 1872 ; Charles, born August 29, 1811, died December 2, 1868 ; and Mary A., born November 2, 1814, died April 14, 1864. Harry Smith came to Highgate, Vt.,
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in May, 1842, and died in Swanton. He married Almira Naramore, November 15. 1827, daughter of Justin and Bethia (Hawley) Naramore, of Underhill, and their chil- dren were Francis B., born January 30, 1829 ; Helen, born February 2, died May 19, 1831 ; Marcia E., born October 8, 1832, died November 25, 1833; Marcia E., 2d, born July 5, 1835; Mary, born July 9, 1837, died February 2, 1861; and Harriet, born May 23, 1843, died April 23, 1851. Mrs. Almira Smith survives her husband, and resides in Swanton, at the age of eighty-four.
Smith, Lines, was born at Athol, Mass., and came to Grand Isle, Vt., but finally moved to Phillipsburg. Can., and died in Brome, Can., at the age of ninety years. His wife, Mary, died at Phillipsburg, Can., at the age of seventy-five. His children were Abner, Asa, Henry, Chauncy, Lines, Lydia, and Lucy. Chauncy Smith, born at Grand Isle, Vt., January 6, 1808, moved to Alburgh, where he died at the age of eighty-two. In 1889, September 28th, he married Mary Steward, of Canada, and his children were Henry, Mary Ann, Barbara, Edward, and Charles F. Charles F. Smith, who was born in Canada, came to Swanton in 1867, where he now resides. He married Frances E. Keyes, of Swanton, daughter of William Keyes, and their children are Mary E., Lena, and Chauncy W. He is now the proprietor of Hotel Champlain at Maquam Bay, Vt., and proprietor of a sales stable and a dealer in carriages, sleighs, robes, etc., at Swanton. His mother, Laura A. Smith, survives her husband in Swanton at the age of sixty-six years. Edwin E. Smith and wife Martha are residents of Sacramento, Cal., where they have lived for sixteen years. Barbara Smith married A. J. Belle, of Swanton, son of William H. and Eliza (Whitman) Belle, and her children are Andrew J., Willis H., Clarence E., Frederick S., Edward M., and Charles F. The Hotel Champlain was built in 1877 by A. B. Jewett and O. M. Gallup (and owned by the Maquam Land Company) at the cost of $100,000, including a farm of 750 acres of land. Edward Belle married Anna Belle Herrick, of Swanton, daughter of A. P. Herrick, April 9, 1890.
Snow, Barney, was born in Wales in 1808, and came to Boston, Mass., in 1884, where he died the same year at the age of seventy-six. He was engaged in the iron foundry business. He married Betsey Pitts, of Richmond, Vt., and his children were George, Elibu. Robert, James, Sarah, Jane, Gertrude, Emily, and Mary Ann. Elihu Snow was born in Lewis, Essex county, N. Y., October 3, 1845. He married Mary E., daughter of William H. and Mary (McChune) Hancock, May 14, 1867, and his children are George H., of the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., William H., Ernest E., Susie M., and Eunice. He was educated at the common schools in New York and took a thorough Methodist Episcopal theological course. He commenced preaching at Gaysville in 1876, and later in Stockbridge, Windsor county, Vt., where he remained three years. From there he removed to Plainfield, where he remained three years, and thence went to Ludlow, where he was located three years. He then moved to Franklin, where he preached three years, and from Franklin came to Swan- ton, where he has labored two years. He enlisted in the late war at the age of eigh- teen, in Company K, One Hundred and Eighteenth New York Volunteers, for three years, and was honorably discharged at City Point, Va., February 6, 1866, from the Ninety-sixth New York Volunteers. He held the rank of principal musician. Rev. Mr. Snow has held the office of department chaplain of the G. A. R. of Vermont, and was chaplain of the House of Representatives in 1888.
Stone, David T., was born in Guilford, Conn., October 9, 1769, and his wife, Thank- ful Smith, was a native of Massachusetts. Mr. Stone came to Jericho, Chittenden county, Vt., where he lived several years, and died in Westford, Vt., September 3, 1845, at the age of seventy-six. His wife died in Underhill in 1834. Mr. Stone was a farmer. Their children were Hervey, Hiram, and Electa. Hervey Stone was a native of Jeri- cho, and died in Swanton in 1887, at the age of eighty-seven. He married Eliza Smith, of Underhill, Chittenden county, Vt., a daughter of John and Mary (Rogers) Smith, and his children were John S., Mary E., Lucia E. (who died in New Jersey, aged fifty), Harriet M., and Henry M. The latter was born in Jericho in 1828, and in 1852 came
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to Swanton, where he now resides. He married Olive Barker Sawyer, of Rutland county, Vt., daughter of Noah W. and Olive (Barker) Sawyer, September 4, 1851. His children are Charles H., of Minneapolis, Minn .; Emily O., also of Minneapolis; George B., a clergyman, of Baltimore, Md .; Edward S., a clergyman of Enosburgh, Vt .; Walter H., deceased; Arthur W., a law student in New York city; and Florence M. Mr. Stone has been justice of the peace ten years, and held many offices of trust in the town and county of Franklin. He was associated with F. Tarble in building the water works at Swanton. He has built two stores, and is an extensive dealer in lumber. His mother, Eliza Stone, survives at the age of ninety-two, and resides at Swanton.
Suter, Samuel, was born in Ober-Entfelden county, Aaran, Switzerland, where he lived and died at the age of eighty-two. He was a weaver by trade, and was twice married, his children being Andrew, who died in Switzerland at the age of seventy- three; Jacob, who died in New York city ; and Andrew, who married Ann Kiburtz. Andrew Suter had the following children : Theopholus, Jacob, Henry, Anna, and Daniel. The latter, a native of Switzerland, was born March 16, 1837, and came to New York city in 1864. January 20, 1869, he removed to Swanton, Vt., where he now resides. He married Venera, daughter of Daniel and Elmira Walther, of Switzer- land, and his children are Emil, Daniel, Henry T., Louis W., and Charles S. Mr. Suter is now a jeweler and a farmer in Swanton, where he has lived since 1869.
Thayer, Amasa, born in Massachusetts, came to Swanton from Bennington, Vt., in 1800, where he died at the age of seventy-four years. His children were Amherst, Polly, Sumner, Wheelock, and Clarinda. His son, Amherst, a native of Bennington, came to Swanton, where he died at the age of sixty-four. He married Barbara Cheney, and his children were Millicent, Amherst C., Wheelock S., Andrew M., and Lucy P. Wheelock S. Thayer, a native of Swanton, married, first, Julia Samantha Church ; his second wife was Juliette Foster; and his third wife was Julia C. Kitts. He has one daughter, Mary A. Mr. Thayer has been a life-long resident of Swanton, and enjoys life at the age of seventy-four. He is a blacksmith and a farmer by occupation, and has heen town clerk for thirty-four years, has served as justice of the peace for several years, and has held the office of town treasurer. He is a representative citizen and an enterprising man.
Tobin, Theabold M., a native of Weybridge, Addison county, Vt., is a son of William and Mary A. (Flannigan) Tobin, and married Sarah Chase, of Fair Haven, Vt., by whom he has three children, Phillip, Mamie, and Don. March 10, 1870, he started the publi- cation of a weekly Republican sheet called the Swanton Courier, published at Swanton. This is a live paper, containing each week an interesting gist of well-edited news, a particular feature being his original caricatures and sporting notes. It has a circulation of 800 subscribers. Mr. Tobin is a successful editor, outspoken in all that tends to the development of local interests and the welfare of the community.
Warner, Isaac, son of Capt. John Warner, was born in Swanton, Vt., where he died at the age of about seventy years. He served in the War of 1812, and married Experi- ence Allen, a relative of Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. His children were John, Nelson, Hiram, Clark, Amanda, Experience, Polly, Isaac, and James A. The latter was born in Swanton, where he died at the age of sixty-eight. He was at the battle of Plattsburgh. He married Sarah Mix, of Stansted, P. Q., a daughter of Samuel and Mary Mix, and she died in 1870, aged sixty-eight. Their children were William P., Laura, Louisa, and Jerome B. Jerome B. Warner was born at Swanton, March 15, 1839, and married Louisa M. Warner, of New York state, daughter of Lyman Warner, and their children are Nettie, Allen, Edwin, and Van Buren W. The latter is a farmer and resides in Swanton on the homestead. William P. Warner was born in Swanton, June 27, 1824, and married, first, Julia, daughter of Isaac Comstock, by whom he had six children, viz .: Frank P., David, Mary A., Orlo C., Bertha F., and Lena I. His second wife was Violetta C., daughter of John B. and Jane (Donaldson) Mack, and by her he has had two children, Rolla A. and Ralph G. He is now a farmer in Swanton. ·Capt. John Warner was a physician, and served as captain in the Revolutionary war.
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Wauzer, Hill, a native of Connecticut, died in New Hampshire. His children were John, Hill, Thomas, Jerusha, and Betsey. John Wauzer, also a native of Connecticut, came to Swanton at the time of the War of 1812, in which he served under General Wool, and finally settled in Fairfax, Franklin county, Vt., where he died at the age of seventy-eight. He married Jerusha Colburn, by whom he had eight children, as follows: Willard, Jay, Helen, Daniel, Alfred, Theoda, Lina, and John. The latter, born in Berkshire, Vt., in 1826, came to Swanton in 1848 as a section foreman on the Central Vermont Railroad. He married, first, Sarah Webster, of Troy, N. Y., daughter of Thomas and Sally Webster. His second wife was Jane, daughter of David and Ja- nette Lawrence. Mr. Wauzer served in Company B, First Vermont Volunteer Cav- alry, enlisting September 16, 1861, and was honorably discharged December 31,1863, at Stephensburg, Va. He re-enlisted the same day and served until August 9, 1865, when he received his second honorable discharge, this time at Burlington, Vt. He was present at the battles of Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Cedar Creek, Winchester, and Gettysburg, and was at Richmond at the time of Lee's surrender. He now draws a pension.
Wilder, Col. Ransom E., was born in Jericho, Chittenden county, Vt., in 1805. He was colonel of a militia regiment, and was a general merchant in St. Albans Bay for a few years, but finally moved to Sheldon, Vt., where he was a farmer for many years, and where he died April 13, 1860, at the age of fifty-five years. He married Harriet Fish, March 6, 1831, a daughter of Daniel and Sybil Fish, of Sheldon, Vt., who died at the age of fifty-three. They had eight children as follows: Harriet E., James E., Ed- gar, Daniel F., Alanson D., Allen D., Ellery J., and Hoyt R. Daniel F. Wilder served in Company B, Vermont Cavalry, and was commissary-sergeant. He was taken pris- oner at Hagarstown and died at Finley Hospital, Washington. He had a hand-to-hand conflict with a Rebel officer, whom he shot to save his own life. Ellery J. Wilder served in the late war in the frontier cavalry suggested by the St. Alban's raid. Hoyt R. Wilder, son of Ransom, was born in Sheldon, Vt., October 2, 1848, was educated at Fairfax Institute, and was graduated from the University of Michigan and Detroit Medical College in 1869 and in 1870. In 1872 he came to Swanton, where he has since remained, practicing as general physician and surgeon. After his graduation he prac- ticed for two years in Fairfield, Vt. He married Venia M., daughter of Joseph and Malvinea (Mansfield) Knowles, of Cowansville, P. Q., and his children are Herbert A., Henry L., Florence E., Annie G., and Howard Edgar.
Wood, Abraham, a native of Scotland, came to Chesterfield, N. H., where he died in September, 1838, at the age of seventy-two. He married Sarah Loren, of Sudbury, Mass. He was educated at Hartford, Conn., and was a Congregational minister under King George at Chesterfield, N. H. His children were Abraham, Loren, Cornelius, Rebecca, Mary, Sarah, and Flavilla. Cornelius Wood was born in Chesterfield, N. H., and died at the age of eighty-five. He married Fanny Doolittle, of Winchester, N. H., daughter of Benjamin and Editha (Field) Doolittle, and his children were Lucy, Stearnes, N. A., Loren, Fanny E., Cornelius E., Mary A., Sarah E., Eben D., Rodney T., and Benjamin D. The latter, born in Swanton, January 11, 1824, married Sophia E. Pratt, of Swanton, daughter of Allen and Asenith (Wait) Pratt, by whom he had these children : Allen A. and Edgar C. She died in Swanton, July 26, 1886, at the age of sixty-two. Allen A. Wood married Flora Redfield, of Kansas, daughter of J. C. Red- field, and has one daughter, Carrie E. They are now residents of Wichita, Kan. Ed- gar C. Wood married, first, Belle Janes, of Swanton, daughter of William and Calista Janes, and had one son, Charles. His second wife is Dora Gaylor, of St. Armand, P. Q., daughter of Orren and Mary Gaylor, and he is now a resident farmer in Swanton with his father, who has lived on the Laselle farm for thirty-two years. Fanny C. Wood married Royal S. Cushman, of Georgia, Vt., son of Salmon and Highley Cushman, and their children are Frances A., Phila E., and Alice L. Phila E. Cushman married Henry G. Hammond, of Dunbarton, N. H., son of Thomas and Hannah Hammond, and they have two children, Alice C. and Phila M. They are now residents of Burlington, Vt.
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CHAPTER XLI.
FAMILY SKETCHES OF GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
O enumerate all of the old and prominent families in Grand Isle county would in itself make a large and pretentious volume, while it would be practically impossible to give a genealogical sketch of all. We have been compelled, owing to lack of space, to limit these sketches to only those who have felt and manifested an interest in preserving the records of their ancestors. Sketches of many of the early settlers will be found in connection with the chapters containing the history of the respective towns. In this chapter biographical notices have been col- lected and printed of those whose descendants to-day form the business and social life of the stated localities.
ALBURGH.
Bell, William, was born in Ireland and came in early life to Alburgh, Vt., among the first settlers, where he died at an advanced age. He married Elizabeth Duell, and his children were Orlando, Michael, William, Job, Elihue, Ralph, Taber S., Phoebe, Polly, Elsie, Ruby, and Jane. Orlando Bell was born in Alburgh, September 21, 1797, and died there October 27, 1882. He married Samantha Blackman, who was born Decem- ber 28, 1802, and died August 2, 1880. Their children were Flanklin B., born in Bom- bay, N. Y., Norman, Martin, Delia, Phoebe, Mary, Martha, Ada E., Helen A., and Calvin W. All but Franklin B. and Calvin W. were born in Alburgh. The latter was born in Bombay, N. Y., June 29, 1825, and came to Alburgh at the age of five years with his father, where he has remained up to the present time. He married Lydia J. Wy- man, February 8, 1822, in Milwaukee, Wis., and their children are George W., Alice S., Emma T., Edna M., and Belle. Alice S. married, in 1880, Wilson Sawyer, of Boston, Mass , and their children are Bessie and Edna. Emma T. Bell married Frank P. Pray, of Alburgh, and their children are Nellie, Mildred, and Alice, now of Woodville, N .; H.
Bremmer, George, was born on the ocean coming from Scotland to America, his pa- rents coming to Ticonderoga, N. Y., in 1770. He served in the Revolutionary war, and was taken prisoner with his family by the Indians and carried to St. Johns, Can- ada, where he died. George, jr., left St. Johns in 1787 and came to Alburgh among the early settlers, locating in the eastern part of the town, where he remained until his death, in 1844, aged seventy-seven. His son, Thomas, married Catharine Bramer in 1823, located near his father, and died in 1850. His son George married Mmerva Rey- nolds, of Isle La Motte, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Reynolds, and their children were George W., Arthur R., and Cora. He is now proprietor of the Atlantic Hotel at Alburgh, which he has kept for nine years. He has served as justice of the peace nine years, and has held other offices of trust. He is also foreman for the railroad in the construction of bridges.
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Cheeseman, William, was born in Kent, England, and came to Canada in 1837, re- moving thence to Chazy, Clinton county, N. Y., where he remained until his death in 1871, aged seventy-nine. He was a farmer by occupation, and married Ann Eddie, of Kent, England, daughter of Stephen and Maryam Eddie, and their children were Sarah, Maryam, John, George, William, Jane, Alfred, and Frederick G. The latter was born in Kent, England, July 13, 1830, and came to Canada with his father at the age of seven years, and thence to Alburgh in 1887, where he now resides. He married, in 1854, Lo- vina D. Dewey, of Sabrevois, P. Q., daughter of Silas and Mary (Miller) Dewey, and their children are Silas W., Aaron A., Wealthy P., William McG .. Frederick A., and Bertha J. Capt. Silas H. White, a native of New York, was born in 1793, at Fort Ann, Washington county, N. Y., and died at Sabrevois, P. Q., at the age of ninety- three years and eight months. His wife, a native of Ireland, died at the above place in Canada in 1857, at the age of forty-seven years.
Harrington, Hezekiah, of Connecticut, was thrice married. His first marriage was on October 1, 1793, to Prudence Kain, of Goshen, Conn .; his second was on October 18, 1807, to Sally Johnson, at Westford, Vt .; and his third was on January 6, 1824, to Rachel Owen, at Perry, Licking county, O. His children were Giles, Barney, Nelson, Sally, Harvey, Sylvester, and George. Giles was born at Barkhamstead, Conn., April 22, 1801, and died at his farm at Silver Lake, near Au Sable Forks, N. Y., November 22, 1873, aged seventy-two years and seven months. He married, December 24, 1825, Phobe M. Dixson, of South Island, Vt., daughter of Thomas and Lydia Griffith Dixson, and his children were Henry, Armon, William A., Giles, jr., Hardy W., Edward F., Lee D., and Wyman C. His widow, Phoebe M., still survives him in East Alburgh at the age of eighty-one. Giles Harrinton came to Alburgh in March, 1827, and opened a law office at Alburgh Center (then called Alburgh City), where he resided for many years. He later removed to East Alburgh, near Alburgh Springs, where he lived until his death. Mr. Harrington had been engaged in the practice of law as an attorney, princi- pally in Franklin and Grand Isle counties, for about fifty years. He had an extensive practice, and was frequently consulted in doubtful cases, his knowledge of legal matters being clear and accurate, and his opinions on legal questions were regarded as sound and worthy of great consideration and respect. He was an honorable man-always advis- ing clients to settle their differences rather than engage in litigation. He was emphati- cally a peacemaker. A writer in the Montpelier Argus thus truthfully does justice to his general character as a citizen : " To the sterling virtues and incorruptible integrity of Giles Harrington, our pen cannot do justice. He was several times elected as rep- resentative from Alburgh to the state legislature, and was also state senator and judge of probate. At different times he was candidate for lieutenant-governor, member of Congress, and also for presidential elector."
Harvey, Alanson H., was born in Swanton, Vt., November 12, 1839, and came to Alburgh while young. He married Mary M. Harris, of Stanbridge East, Province of Quebec, who was born April 17, 1837. She is a daughter of Alonzo and Phebe Harris. Mr. Harvey is now a general merchant at East Alburgh, where he has been engaged in business for twelve years. He is also serving as postmaster.
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