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resident of Marlboro in 1770. (See History of Marlboro, page 250. )
Abel Amsden. By A. H. Keyes.
Abel Amsden came from Claremont to Reading in 1787, by marked trees, there being no roads in those days. A family by the name of Fish had moved from Massachusetts to West Windsor, near the Reading line and Abel Amsden was engaged to marry one of the daughters of that family, Mary Fish, and this was the reason for his emigration from Massachusetts, to that part of the country. The Fish family built a house on the farm now owned by Walter Hook.
Abel Amsden moved to Reading and built a log house on the site of the extreme L part of Merritt Ams- den's present residence, where he lived with his first wife, Mary Fish. He started his farm with about fifty acres, and afterward increased it to four hundred acres. His father and mother came from Massachusetts when he was living in the log house, and lived with him until they died.
His first building after the erection of his log house. was a saw mill, which was located about three-quarters of a mile up Mill Brook from what is now known as the Blood place, on the farm now owned by George Morgan, and formerly owned by Alamander Wilkins. This was the first saw mill erected in Reading. The lumber from this saw mill was used to erect a white house which was built on the site of the log house before mentioned.
In this house the first Universalist sermon in Read- ing was preached by Rev. Samuel C. Loveland, and not in the brick house afterward erected by him and known now as the Blood place as stated in a former History of Reading by Mr. G. A. Davis.
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He kept a tavern in this white house for years. In 1815 he built the brick house now known as the Blood place, and kept a tavern there. In this house he built a Masonic hall and regular Masonic meetings were held there once a month for several years, at a time when Masonry was in its prime. Masons from all the surround- ing towns and from a long distance met regularly in this hall, and there was no more popular resort of Masons anywhere than Abel Amsden's hall. The square and compass, symbols of masonry, are seen to this day paint- ed on the walls of the old hall, and the old tavern sign, with the words-"A. Amsden", and the spread eagle be- neath them is carefully preserved by his descendants.
Mr. Amsden was a Mason and took a prominent part in the meetings. He was a great drover of cattle and drove large herds to Boston market every year. He also went to Boston every year in the winter time with his farm products and brought back salt and other pro- visions.
Considering that there were no railroads in those days, and that all this work had to be done with sleds, one can imagine it was no easy task to take a year's stock of farm produce from Reading to Boston and bring back provisions. In 1821 he built a flouring mill, a grist mill and carding works near the bridge, over the brook, just to the left of his brick hotel. In digging the canal to convey water to his grist mill, he met with a painful accident, knocking the skin off his shin with a shovel, which later terminated in a running sore, and for seven years until his death he was an invalid and was obliged to walk with a cane.
During this period of seven years' invalidity, he was attended by his youngest daughter, Charlotte Lu- cretia, who afterward became Mrs. Ferdinand Hawkins, and lived in Reading all her life. The mill erected in 1821 was destroyed by fire a few years later, and he af- terward rebuilt it, and put in carding machines, but did
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not reinstate the grist mill. The same machines used in his carding works are now in the old mill at Bailey's Mills.
Considering the fact that he came to Reading when it was a wilderness, and cleared two hundred acres of forests, and built the buildings above described, so that he was considered one of the wealthiest men in town in his time. it can be well said of him, that his success in life was a good example of the wonderful perseverence and industry shown in the lives of some of the early set- tlers of Reading.
Abel Amsden, father of Charlotte Lucretia (Amsden) Hawkins, was b Sept. 1, 1755, at Southboro, Mass., son of Abram and Hannah (Whitcomb) Amsden. He served four years in the Revolution, enlisting at Groton, Mass., May 20, 1775 as a private of Capt. Joseph Moore's Company, Col. Wm. Prescott's regiment, (eight months' service). He was twenty years of age when he enlisted, and served at first as a Captain's waiter. He. enlisted later in Capt. John Drury's Co., Col. Ezra Wood's Regiment, stationed at North River, N. Y. Discharged Feb. 10, 1779. During this time he was in the New York Campaign, and was engaged in some of the fiercest battles, receiving an honorable discharge.
His pay in Continental Currency was so much de- preciated that he paid $ 70. of this currency for a dinner of corn bread and milk, the landlord not considering it an equivalent for the dinner. After the war he emigrat- ed to Reading, Vt., which was then a wilderness, and cleared up a tract of land, and built a log hut about one and a half miles above what is now Felchville.
His father, Abram Amsden, came with him, and died in Reading. Abel's privations and hardships in clearing up his farm were severe, but his own iron will and hardy constitution carried him successfully through them all, and he became a large land-owner and quite wealthy for those days. His first log hut was built near
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the red part of the house now owned by Merritt Amsden, opposite the Blood house.
He built the brick tavern commonly called the Blood place, and for a long time was its popular proprietor. He was a strong Universalist, and the first sermon preached in Reading by Rev. S. C. Loveland was deliv- ered in his White Tavern, built prior to the Blood place on site of Merritt Amsden's house. He built a grist mill and carding works in 1821. These were destroyed by fire. He was a Mason, and some of the earliest meetings were held in his hall. He died July 25, 1828.
My grandmother was only 14 years old when he died, and as he was an invalid during the last years of his life, she being the youngest of the family and only child by his last wife, used to wait on him and care for him. His first pitch of land in Reading was of 50 acres, July 3rd, 1787, and on this land he passed the remain- der of his days.
He married first, Mary Fish, in 1780. who d Feb. 24, 1785 ; second wife, Sybil Hubbard, Nov. 23, 1786 ; third, Susanna Story, in May, 1813. His children were,-
First wife, Polly, b April 5, 1781, Sally, b April 19, 1783, Abel, b Feb. 21, 1785. Second wife, Eliphelet, b Jan. 13, 1787 ; Asa, b in Reading, Feb. 4, 1789 ; Betsey, b in Reading, Aug. 18, 1791 ; Clarissa, b in Reading, Dec. 12, 1794 ; America, 'b in Reading, June 22, 1797 ; Lena, b in Reading, May 28, 1801 ; Livia or Olivia, b in Reading, Jan 27, 1803 ; Napoleon, b in Reading, Jan. 24, 1806. Third wife, Charlotte Lucretia, b March 20, 1814. Charlotte Lucretia (my grandmother) m Ferdi- nand Hawkins, Jan. 1, 1834. He d December 26, 1893. She d Aug. 14, 1901.
Abel Amsden's first wife, Mary Fish, was buried in an old cemetery bordering Ed. Hammond's farm, above Bailey's Mills, and Abel Amsden's father and mother were buried there too, but no gravestones mark their graves, and now there are no gravestones in this small
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but ancient burial place, which is supposed to be the oldest cemetery. in town.
Abel Amsden's second wife, Sybil Hubbard, lies buried near the Blood place, 'about a mile and a half above Felchville. Abel Amsden gave the land for this cemetery to the town of Reading as a free burial place. Abel Amsden's third wife, Susanna Story, was buried in this same cemetery. His first wife's body was stolen from the cemetery by medical students.
Asa m Lucy Robinson Feb. 27, 1812. Asa d July 31, 1832 ; Lucy, Sept. 4, 1869, both buried in cemetery above Felchville, Vt.
Children,-L. Harrison Amsden, Alanson O., Alon- zo G., Rosalie M., Alzamon D., Orville D., R. Marcell- us, Lucy Ann, Cardell, twins, Rosella and Marcella.
Alzamon m Harriet Jane Felch Sept. 9, 1841.
Children,-La Roy D., Wm. Elmer, Emery J., Clara L., twins, Ella and Emma, Harrie A., Minnie M.
Alzamon D. Amsden d at Felchville, Vt., Jan. 7, 1865 ; Harriet J. (Felch) Amsden d at Windsor, Vt., Jan. 15, 1896.
La Roy was drowned in Ludlow (Vt.) Lake, Aug. 21, 1865 ; Wm. Elmer was wounded March 5, 1864, at "Battle of the Wilderness". Supposed to have been ta- ken prisoner and d in southern prison. Emma A. d June 6, 1866, and Emeroy J. d Aug. 19, 1876, at Felch- ville, Vt.
Emeroy J. m Christopher Twombly (English descent) Dec. 12, 1867.
Children,-Elmer James Twombly, who is unmar- ried, resides in Boston, Mass. He owns several Fruit . and Produce wholesale stores in Maine, and is an exper- ienced and shrewd buyer, attending to all that part of the business. Headquarters in Boston.
Clara L. m Henri Wilkins Jan. 1, 1873, at Felch- ville, Vt., by Wm. Felch, Esq., and now resides in Claremont, N. H.
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Children,-Dean, b Oct. 27, 1874 ; Mabel, b July 12, 1876 ; Clyde, b April 30, 1883 ; Rock, b April 13, 1885.
Ella m Marshall Worcester, Oct. 2, 1873. He d 1893.
Children,-Lena E., Charlie C., Guy A., Ula B.
Harrie m Francise Cutler, Rutland, Vt., Feb. 25, 1886 ; Minnie m Dana N. Coy. (Scotch descent) Oct. 3, 1883, in Felchville, Vt.
Children,-Lee Felch Coy, b Sept. 2, 1886 ; Hazel Anna Coy, b Nov. 18, 1893; Priscilla Harriet Coy, b June 25, 1901.
Minnie Amsden Coy, granddaughter of Wm. Felch, is a "Colonial Dame", also a "Daughter of the Revolu- tion", having at date of writing, traced out five direct lines of Revolutionary service in her ancestry.
Civil War service of Alzamon D. Amsden :-
Alzamon D. Amsden's first enlistment was under Capt. E. D. Keyes, Sept. 8, mustered Oct. 23, 1862, discharged Aug. 10, 1863, Co. H., 16th Vt. Vols. Second enlistment, Nov. 14, 1863, mustered April 17, 1864, Co. H., Regt. 17, C. W. Corey, Capt.
Lewis Hawkins. By Carlos Hawkins.
Lewis Hawkins, son of William L. Hawkins and Anna (Townsend) his wife, born in Reading, Vt., June 23, 1798. Married, Olivia Amsden, daughter of Abel Amsden, Dec. 4, 1823. Lewis Hawkins carried on the Carding Machine Works, near the Abel Amsden resi- dence, about the year 1826; and afterwards moved to Reading Centre, and kept a hotel, and also carried on the Shoe manufacturing business. From thence he moved to Hammondsville, in Reading, Vt., and bought the saw- mill of Homer Hammond, and erected a Grist Mill and Rake factory, in which he carried on the business of Milling, Rake manufacturing, and Sawing lumber for a
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number of years. From thence he moved to Sherburne, Vt., and followed farming until his death, which was April 30, 1875.
Lewis Hawkins' wife died at Reading Centre, Nov. 23, A. D. 1844, aged 41 years. Of their union in mar- riage were born three children :- William, a son, b 1824 and d in infancy ; Carlos, a son, b 1826, and now resides in Reading, at Hammondsville; Marcia Isabell, a daughter, b July 17, A. D. 1828 ; m Samuel G. Spauld- ing, who now resides in Chicago, Il1.
William Adrian Hawkins, By Arthur H. Keyes.
William Adrian Hawkins was born Jan. 18, 1742, in Bordeaux, France. His father had shipping in Dub- lin, Ireland. In 1730 the British put a proscription up- on Irish shipping, and his father lost his shipping by pi- rates, and then removed to France.
The History of Wilton, N. H. says, "William Adrian Hawkins' father was born in Dublin, Ireland, mı an English woman and emigrated to Bordeaux, where a son, William Adrian, and a daughter were born, and who were brought to this country. He was reported wealthy, but lost most of his property in the wars of that period". He is supposed by some to be of English descent, by others, of Irish descent, but probably was of Irish descent.
William Adrian Hawkins, his son, enlisted in the American Army for four years at the time of the Revolu- tion, but after serving three years in the Revolution, his family being in distressed circumstances, sickness and death having occurred, he had leave of absence to go home, and he did not have his discharge papers.
He was Ist Sergeant of Col. James Reed's regiment of N. H. troops in Capt. William Walker's Co., and was
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promoted to Ensign for conduct at the battle of Bunker Hill,
It is related of him, that in the battle of Bunker Hill he fired his gun until it became too hot to hold, then wrapped his coat around it and continued firing. Carlos Hawkins of Reading has the gun he used in the battle of Bunker Hill, also his chair and Bible.
On Jan. 1, 1776, he was made 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Continental Infantry, and on Nov. 8, 1776, was made Ist Lieutenant, 3rd N. H. Infantry, and on May 22, 1779, was commissioned Capt. of the 9th Company of the 3rd Regulars, Col. Alexander Scrammell's Regiment, and re- signed July 5, 1780.
He m Abigail Keyes in 1776. She was from a Scotch Irish family, properly Scotch, and the family resided for a time in Ireland. She was b Dec. 31, 1743, d Feb. 24, 1813. ' He was a tailor by trade, and resided in North- boro, Mass., and in Wilton, N. H., and Reading, Vt.
William A. Hawkins was a witty man, and being called upon to testify in court, the Judge asked him his nationality ; he replied, "Your Honor, I was sired in Dublin, b in France, and reared in America, and I will leave it to the Court to decide". His children were,-
I Abigail, b in Northboro, Mass., Aug. 17, 1767, m Davis, lived in Canada.
2 Patty, or Martha, b in Northboro, Mass., July 8, 1769, m Archelaus Putnam, Oct. 28, 1788, d in Glens Falls, in 1860.
Mary, b in Northboro, Mass., June 18, 1771, d 3 Jan. 8, 1852. She m William Howard Nov. 3. 1793, and lived in Temple, N. H., and Weston, Vt.
4 William Lewis, b in Northboro, Mass., June 17, 1773, d in Reading, Vt., Nov. 26, 1859; he m Anna Townsend, Jan. 11. 1797.
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Alice, b in Wilton, N. H., baptized Feb. 21,
1777, d aged 9 years.
6 George Washington, b May 31, 1781, in Wilton,
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N. H., m Hannah Mansur, d Feb. 7, 1857.
Horatio Gates, b Dec. 1, 1782, in Wilton, N. H., 7 m Polly Bates, second wife, Mrs. Louis Burgess.
8 John Sullivan, b Jan. 30, 1785, at Wilton, N. H., m Mary Morrison, d in 1870 at Macomb; I11.
William Adrian Hawkins, the father and subject of this sketch, d in Reading Dec. 16, 1817, and he and his wife are both buried in the cemetery at Bailey's Mills, in Reading, Vt.
Hawkins' Genealogy From William Adrian Hawkins Down.
William Lewis Hawkins, son of Wm. A. Hawkins and Abigail (Keyes) was born in Northboro, Mass., June 14, 1678, d Nov. 26, 1859. He m Anna Tounsend, Jan. II, 1797. She was b June 6, 1778, d Oct. 14, 1865. She was the daughter of Thomas Tounsend. Their children were :-
Lewis Hawkins, b June 23, 1798, d April 29, 1875 ; William A. Hawkins, b May 24, 1800, d July 7, '1869 ; Alfred Hawkins, b Sept. 30, 1803, d Jan. 31, 1885 Isabella Hawkins, b Feb. 23, 1806, d Sept. 14, 1825 ; Ferdinand Hawkins, b Feb. 14, 1808, d Dec. 26, 1893 : Horatio Hawkins, b March 3, 1810, d March 31, 1815 ; Josiah Q. Hawkins, b March 14, 1812, d June 18, 1882.
Lewis Hawkins, m Olivia Amsden. Dec. 4, 1824 ; she d Nov. 23, 1844.
Wm. Adrian, m Betsey Davis ; she d April 11, 187-
Josiah Q., m Susan Badlam, May 25. 1836 ; she d July 10, 1879.
Ferdinand, m Charlotte Lucretia Amsden, Jan. I, 1834 ; she d. Aug. 14, 1901.
Alfred, m.
Children of Ferdinand and Charlotte L. (Amsden) Hawkins :-
Floyd Ferdinand, b Jan. 26, 1835; Lorette Char-
FERDINAND HAWKINS.
MRS. CHARLOTTE (AMSDEN) HAWKINS
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lotte, b March II, 1838 ; George Ostinella. b May 28, 1840 ; d June 25, 1896; Horatio Gates, b March 23, 1848 ; Budd Dallas, b April 13, 1859,-all b in Reading, Vt.
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Marriages :
Floyd Ferdinand, m Laura A. Robinson, March 14, 1865; Lorette Charlotte, m Elmer Duane Keyes, Sept. 14, 1862 ; George Ostinella, m Sarah Luella Ben- jamin, Feb. 12, 1868; Horatio Gates, m Ada Jane Woodruff, March 23, 1875 ; Budd Dallas, m Hattie L. Kendall, Aug. 26, 1884.
Ferdinand Hawkins. By Arthur H. Keyes.
Ferdinand Hawkins was born in Reading, Vt., Feb. 14, 1808.
His father was William Lewis Hawkins, and his mother was Anna Townsend Hawkins. He was b in the house where his grandfather, William Adrian Haw- kins lived, in the west part of the town, and where he first settled when he came to Reading. His early edu- cation was obtained largely from his father, who was a pedagogue at that time. His early life was spent in Reading, with the exception of one year, (1832) when he traveled in Canada, selling goods in partnership with his brother Alfred.
He worked for Abel Amsden in his carding mill, and assisted his father. When he was a young man his father moved to Hammondsville, and conducted a hotel which burned in 1838, and he built the present hotel structure on its site. On Jan. 1, 1834, Ferdinand m Charlotte Lucretia Amsden, daughter of Abel Amsden
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of Reading.
They lived during the first year of their marriage, with his father in the hotel at Hammondsville, when they bought and moved on to the farm about two miles above Felchville, where they spent a long and happy life together, residing continuously on the same farm for 58 years, when Mr. Hawkins died.
On Jan. 1, 1884, they celebrated their Golden Wed- ding, when many children and grandchildren were pres- ent. He was for forty years a Deputy Sheriff and Con- stable, in his native town ; and his advanced age was the sole cause of his resigning the office, his townsmen having urged him to remain in office for several years after he had expressed his desire to be relieved of the cares of office.
He was well qualified for the office he held for so many years, being very quick to act. both in mind and body, although of slight stature. During all his term in office as sheriff he never found it necessary to carry any weapons of defense.
In politics he was a Republican. He passed his whole life (with the exception of one year in Canada) in his native town. He was an energetic and successful worker, and he received the esteem and confidence of his fellow townsmen all his life. He died Dec. 26, 1893, aged 87 years. (See page 172 of this History for the children of Ferdinand and Charlotte Hawkins).
Mrs. Charlotte Lucretia (Amsden) Hawkins. From Vermont Standard.
Mrs. Ferdinand Hawkins was born March 20, 1814, in Reading Vt. Her maiden name was Charlotte Lucretia Amsden. She was the daughter of Abel Amsden and
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Susanna (Story) Amsden. Her father was one of the pioneer settlers of Reading, having emigrated from Southboro, Mass., to Reading, when the latter town was a wilderness. She was born in one of the first houses erected in Reading on the site of the house now occupied by Merritt Amsden, and when she was two years old her father built the brick house now standing and known as the Blood place, where he kept a tavern, and in this house the first Universalist sermon in Reading was preached, and some of the earliest Masonic meetings were held here. Mrs. Hawkins attended school in Read- ing, Vt., and Canaan, N. H.
On Jan. 1, 1834, she married Ferdinand Hawkins of Reading, and they spent a long and happy life together of nearly sixty years on the farm where she died, she having lived continuously in the same house for nearly 68 years. Five children were born of this union ; four sons, Floyd F. Hawkins of Milford, N. H., George O. Hawkins, now deceased, formerly of Chicago, Ill., Horatio G. Hawkins of Springfield, Mass., Budd D. Hawkins of Reading, and one daughter, Mrs. E. D. Keyes of Rutland.
On Jan. 1, 1884, Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins celebrated their Golden Wedding. Mr. Hawkins died Dec. 26, 1893. Mrs. Hawkins was one of the few remaining 'real' daughters of the Revolution, her father having served four years in the Revolutionary Army. She was a member of 'Ann Story' Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, having headquarters at Rut- · land, and was presented with a golden spoon by the Na- tional Society of the D. A. R.
About a year ago she received and entertained at her home a delegation from the D. A. R. Chapter at Woodstock. She had a remarkably keen memory, being
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able to recall, during her last years, many of the details of events in her early life, and it was a rare pleasure to hear her tell of the old-fashioned farm life customs that were in vogue 'when she was a girl'.
She was an untiring worker and a constant reader of current events all her life. On her 86th birthday she gave a dinner party to ten of her relatives and neighbors, preparing the entire meal herself. Her kind heart and cheerful nature made her beloved by all who knew her. Her earnest desire was to have all those about her happy, and many were the happy days spent by her children and grandchildren in her home.
The rememberance of her sunny face and pleasant words will ever be a source of fond recollection to those who were associated with her.
The funeral of Mrs. Ferdinand Hawkins was held at her late home here Aug. 17th, Rev. J. B. Reardon of Ludlow, officiating. The pall-bearers were Floyd F, Hawkins, of Milford, N. H .; Budd D. Hawkins, of Reading ; Edwin E., and Arthur H. Keyes of Rutland, all sons and grandsons of the deceased.
The floral offerings were many and very beautiful. The burial was in the cemetery about a mile above Felchville, near her childhood home. The lot for this cemetery was given to the town of Reading by her father, Abel Amsden, many years ago. Besides the pall bearers above mentioned, there were present from out of town,- Mrs. E. D. Keyes, of Rutland ; Mrs. Floyd Hawkins, of Milford, N. H .; Mrs. H. G. Hawkins, of Springfield, Mass .; Dr. Darwin Story, of Proctorsville ; Mrs. Emma S. White, of Boston ; Mrs. Chas. Amsden, of Amsden ; Mr. - Savage, of Windsor and his brother and sis- ter, and several others.
JOSIAH Q. HAWKINS.
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Josiah Q. Hawkins, By a Friend.
Referring to the History of the Town of Reading, Vermont, issued in 1874, the Hon. Gilbert A. Davis gives the following in his sketch of Mr. Hawkins :-
"Josiah Quincy Hawkins was born in Reading, Vermont, March 14, 1812, and was a son .of W. L. Hawkins, He received an academical education, stud- ied law with O. Hutchinson, Esq., and L. Adams, Esq. of Chester, Vermont, and was admitted to the bar at Woodstock, Vt. He commenced practice in Felchville, Vt., in 1847, and continued there until the fall of 1860 when he removed to Brandon, Vermont."
The continuation of his life is taken up by an old friend of Mr. Hawkins', and of his two daughters Mrs. Juliet E. Dike (wife of Nathaniel Dike of Auburndale, Mass.), and Miss Mary A. Hawkins. They are the only living children of Mr. Josiah Quincy Hawkins, and his wife, Susan M., who died in Brandon, Vt., on July 16, 1879. Mr. Hawkins was admitted to the Rutland Coun- ty bar and practised at every term of court from 1860 to 1882, and while numerous public offices were offered him, he found time only for his chosen profession. Mr. Hawkins was a kind husband, an indulgent father, and a gentleman of courteous and gracious bearing, and a true and loyal son of Vermont. The writer remembers with great respect this genial man in his hospitable home. He was a man of character and is remembered by his children and friends with great love and affection. He died suddenly in Brandon, Vermont, on June 18, 1882, and was buried beside his wife in Chester, Ver- mont. He married Susan M. Badlam of Chester.
Mr. Hawkins was a Democrat in his political belief. He was one of the selectmen of Reading in 1858 and 1859, and represented the town in the Vt. Legislature at the session of 1858.
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He had a large practise as a lawyer in the prosecu- tion of claims for pensions under the laws of the United States.
Elmer Duane Keyes, By A. H. Keyes.
Elmer Duane Keyes was the son of Marvin and Lu- cinda (Fulham) Robinson.
When he was two years old his mother died, and he was adopted by Washington Keyes and his wife Eliza (Robinson) Keyes, and he assumed the name of Keyes. Washington Keyes' wife was a sister of his father.
He died at his residence on Grove street. Rutland, Vt., Dec. 4, 1893, after a brief but painful illness.
Mr. Keyes was born at South Reading, Vt., July 15, 1838. He worked on the farm where his adopted parents lived until the age of 21, teaching school during five winter seasons.
Early in the war he entered the service as a lieuten- ant in Company H of Col. Veazey's regiment, the 16th Vermont volunteers. Dec. 31, 1862, he was promoted to the captaincy of his company and occupied that position until the end of his term of enlistment. His company, with its regiment, bore a very prominent part in the battle of Gettysburg, in repulsing Pickett's charge.
After leaving the army, Mr. Keyes engaged in busi- ness in Felchville, with W. P. Chamberlain, where he remained until September, 1870, when he came to Rut- land. Oct. I, of the same year he bought the retail gro- cery business of S. F. Paige, and took into partnership, N. R. Bardy, who had been the head clerk in Mr. Paige's store. This partnership continued until June 1, 1883, when Mr. Bardy retired. The business had assumed very large proportions during these years. The whole- sale branch had been established, and the last year of
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