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He was a very smart, promising boy, easy to learn, fond of books and making the best of the opportunities afforded. He, too, attended school in the same old school house until the Buck family left the old farm and removed to Ludlow, where he had the benefit of a better school for a time, and from there went to Springfield, Vt., to live with Mr. Buck's daughter (Mrs. C. M. Keyes), and there his school days ended. Being now not quite 17 years old, his mother having found a home with a Catholic priest in Middlebury, Vt., came to Spring- field and claimed her boy, took him away from his home and those most dear to him, and at once began to have him trained for the priest-hood. To this ordeal the boy would never submit, and soon left his mother without her knowledge, and returned to his old home with the determination to stay. But much to his sorrow, and that of the family, the mother came a second time, and again he was obliged to go, and again the priest went on with the training. The boy still rebelled in his in- . most heart, and left them in the same way as before, went directly to Charlestown, Mass., and enlisted in the navy, immediately informing the family that as he could no longer be permitted to live with them, he had resolved to take himself out of his mother's reach, and was soon to go on board the United States warship, "Kearsarge."
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The following is a copy of the obituary taken from a Washington paper, giving a little account of his career from that time till his death in 1889.
"Isaac Thornton, Assistant Chief of the Assessment Division, Internal Revenue Bureau, Treasury Depart- ment, died April 6, at his home in Washington, D. C. He enlisted in the navy at the age of 17, and was Ser- geant of Marines on board the Kearsarge, when she sunk the Alabama. After leaving the service he located in Washington, and through the influence of Judge Po- land, secured a position in the United States Arsenal, which he held for about six months. Then being desir- ous of a broader field of advancement, was transferred to the Loan Division Secretary's office, Treasury Depart- ment, as Messenger ; from which he advanced upon merit, step by step, through the several grades of clerk- ship, to Assistant Chief, and finally to Chief of Division.
He was twice appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, to go to London, Eng., on the United States syndicate in charge of government bonds, and while so acting in 1876, by an act of Congress, made in a line of economy, the divisions of Loan & Currency were consol- idated into one. Upon his return, the Secretary appoint- ed him Assistant Chief of the Assessment Division, In- ternal Revenue Bureau, which he held until relieved by death. Mr. Thornton, through his kind and courte- ous manner had become a general favorite in the de- partment. He was a man of strict integrity, a true Christian, a kind father and loving husband. He left a wife and two children to mourn his loss". Although Isaac Thornton was not born in the Town of Reading. yet several years in which he was being brought up. and while his character was being formed, and his habits fixed, were spent there ; and as long as he lived he occasionally came back to visit his boyhood's home. remembering and acknowledging with gratitude how much of his success in life was due to the care, educa-
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tion, and influence of those whom he greatly loved and honored, while they in turn were happy to have had some part in sending out one who proved himself to be so worthy.
Mr. Buck after the death of his wife, which occurred in the year 1865, together with his unmarried daughter, Laura Howe, removed to Springfield, Vt., where in the family of his eldest daughter they spent the remaining years of thier lives. He died in 1879, leaving to his children and numerous friends the comforting assurance that the world had been made better by his having lived in it.
Laura Howe, died in 1902, at the age of 66, beloved for her sterling worth, and mourned by a large circle of friends.
Hon. John L. Buck.
The Hon. John L. Buck d at Lockport, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1881. He was bat Reading, Vt., Jan. 1, 1802. Re- ceiving an academic education, he studied law with the late Judge Prentiss at Montpelier, and began the prac- tice of the law in 1826, at Northfield, having the same year m Miss Mary N. Hildreth who d in 1864. He had served in the Vermont legislature, as State's Attorney, and held other positions of trust in Vermont.
In 1850 he received the honorary degree of A. M., from the University of Vermont. He went to Lockport in 1851, and has since resided there. Very soon after going to Lockport he was chosen district attorney ; and he was for a long period of years a member of the board of education, a portion of the time serving as its president, and for a period of something like twenty years held the office of United States commissioner. The Lockport Union says of Mr. Buck : He was a Christian without guile, a man who typified nature's nobility, one of the few examples, while he lived among us, of the 'old school of gentlemen,' of that grace, dignity, and honor of character, which ever command, the highest esteem.
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CHAPTER XVII.
Biographical and Family Sketches, Continued.
Nedabiah Cady and his Descendants ; Frank H. Clark ; Lorenzo G. Coolidge, and Family.
Nedabiah Cady, one of the early settlers of Reading, was b Dec. 7, 1751, in Killingly, Conn. (See Vol. I, p 57.)
Mary Buck, his wife, was b Sept. 28, 1760, d Aug. 17, 1798, m Mr. Cady May 1, 1780.
Their children were, --
Selah b Oct. 21, 1781, m Asa Morse, Dec. 4, 1799 ; Polly b Jan. 25, 1784, m David Pratt, June, 1802 ; Ned- abiah Jr., b May 19, 1786, m Lydia Hubbard, July, 1803 ; Patty b Aug. 8, 1788, d Aug. 26, 1798 ; Elizabeth b Dec. 21, 1790, m David Day ; Susannah b Oct. 8, 1793. m Benoni Vaughan. March 1816, d Oct. 13, 1884 ; Lucia b July 19, 1795, m Wm. Russell, May, 1816 ; Morris b Aug. 3, 1798 ; Sarah Washburn b Jan. 13, 1766, second wife of Nedabiah Cady, m Nov. 4, 1799. Their children were .-
Sally b July 30, 1800, m Robert Abbott May 5, 1822; Jefferson b July 10, 1802, m Fanny Bowman, Oct. 11, 1827 ; Sullivan b Sept. 5, 1805, m Sophronia Morgan. April 20, 1837 ; Grace W., b June 4, 1807, m Oliver Walker, March 2, 1837 ; Livonia b March 26. 1809. d Aug. 14, 1809.
Chas. N. Cady has in his possession a book publish- ed in Boston, N. E., 1732, by S. Kneeland & T. Green, for D. Henchman, at the corner shop, south side of the town house, and T. Hancock at the Bible & Three Crowns in Ann street, entitled,-"The Vade Mecum for America ; or, a companion to Traders & Travellers".
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containing among other things,-
I The names of the Towns and Counties in the several Provinces and Colonies of New England, New York, and the Jersies; as also, the several Counties in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia ; Together with the Time of the Setting of their Courts.
Turning to page 176 we find the following, --
II In the Province of New Hampshire, 13 towns are na med.
"N. B. This Province being small, is not divided into Counties."
Frank H. Clark.
Frank H. Clark was born in Felchville, Vt., Aug. 13, 1860, the son of George M. and Lucinda A. (Felch) Clark. Attended the village schools, Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass., and was graduated from G. M. P. Academy, South Woodstock, Vt., in the class of 1880. Studied law with Hon. Gilbert Asa Davis at Felchville; attended the Law Department of the University of Michi- gan at Ann Arbor for two years, graduating in 1884, with the degree of L.L.B. Was admitted to practice at the Windsor County Bar the same year, and was located at Felchville, for three years. In 1887, went to New England City, North Dakota, with a party of Colonists, staying there nearly three years, and holding the office of Postmaster of that place under President Cleveland for some time. He returned to Vermont iu 1890, and again took up the law.
In 1894 Mr. Clark was appointed Deputy Collector and Inspector of Customs under Collector Smalley and was assigned to duty at Newport, Vt'. He held this office four years, afterwards going into the newspaper business there, editing the Newport Independent for nearly two years. Since that time he has been in the insurance business in Holyoke, Mass., and Windsor,
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Vt. £ He is now in the law business again in Windsor, being connected with Mr. Davis' Law Office. Mr. Clark was m June 20, 1894, to Miss Rose Hickson, of Windsor. They have two little girls, Katherine b Oct. 8, 1895, at Newport, Vt., and Margaret E., b July 24, 1899, at Windsor. In politics Mr. Clark has always been a Democrat and has been honored by his party, with nominations for town and county offices.
Lorenzo G. Coolidge.
Mr. Coolidge d at Reading, Jan. 12, 1896, aged 68 years and four months. He was a native of Plymouth, b Sept., 13, 1828, and was well known throughout Wind- sor County, of which he was a life long resident.
On Sept. 17, 1848, he married Miss Nancy Crossman of Chester who survived him one year. Eight children were the result of this union, all are living, except one. They are Orrin Coolidge and Mrs. Byron Bingham of this place; Edgar Coolidge, chief of police of Gardner, Mass., H. O. Coolidge of Brattleboro, O. H. Coolidge, Miss Belle Coolidge and A. G. Coolidge, of Rutland, and Mrs. Kellinberger of California. The summer of '95 Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge had a family reunion. when all their descendants and their families, with the exception of two grandchildren and a son-in-law, were present, number- ing in all, twenty-five persons. Mr. Coolidge served in the Civil war, enlisted in the 16th Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. He had held nearly, if not quite all town offices and was deputy sheriff of Windsor County for eighteen or twenty years, being twice offered the position of high sheriff, but refused it. About 1871 he came to Felchville and drove stage from Felchville to Windsor, also purchasing the hotel. He afterwards removed to Mt. Moses and then to Plymouth. About 1886 he returned to Felchville where he has since resided. The funeral services, which were largely attended were held at the
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Universalist church, Jan. 13, Rev. Mr. Towsley of Rutland officiating. The Henry Giddings Post, G. A. R. of which he was a prominent member held a short service at the grave, the remains being borne to their last resting place by the sons. Mr. Coolidge was always greatly interested in everything pertaining to the G. A. R. and both he and Mrs. Coolidge were ever kind and generous to the sick and suffering.
Nancy L. Crossman, his wife, was bin Andover, Vt., April 3, 1826, and d in Rutland, Vt., Jan. 16,, 1897. Their children were,-Orrin Gilbert b April 17, 1850, in Plymouth, Vt. ; Edgar Lorenzo b Jan. 6, 1852, in Ply- mouth, Vt. ; Ella Maria b Feb. 10, 1854, in Chester, Vt. ; Ada Adeline b April 20, 1856, in Chester, Vt .; Ashbel Gould b April 29, 1860, in Andover, Vt. ; Isbel Eliza· b April 29, 1860, in Andover, Vt. ; Hardy Omeron b Aug. 27, 1862, in Andover, Vt. ; Harden Omira b Aug. 27, 1862, in Andover, Vt. Isbel E. d in Rutland, Vt., Jan. 24, 1898.
The Bowen Family.
The Bowen family was one of the most notable fam- ilies that ever resided in Reading.
Daniel Bowen was b in Woodstock, Conn., Oct. 21, 1750, and removed to Reading in 1785, and purchased about 300 acres in the south-east corner of the town. He enlisted April 1, 1777, in Capt. Manning's company, of the 2nd Regt., Conn. Continental line, and was dis- charged April 2, 1780. He m Mehitable Packard in Brookfield, Mass., Feb. 21, 1788, and took his bride at once to Reading, where they both died.
Their children were all b in Reading, and were as follows, -- Elisha, Dorothy, Hervey, Silas, and Susanna.
In the early part of the 19th century, there were four families of Bowens, 35 people in all, on the road from Cavendish to Hammondsville, while there was no village there.
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At the time Daniel located in Reading, the nearest family north of him, was at the 'Blood Place', and the nearest grist mill was at Gould's mills in Springfield, 14 miles south, and no established road to reach it; and tradition states that it was many years before he owned any vehicle, even an ox-cart.
Silas Bowen.
Of the children of Silas Bowen,-
Elisha was b Jan. 2, 1791, and became a physician ; Dorothy m Salmon Parker of Springfield ; Hervey d in infancy ; Silas b Nov. 8, 1797, m Rowenna Banister of W. Windsor, and d at Weathersfield, Dec. 25, 1881. They had six children, all b in Reading, -- Susan, who became a school teacher, and m Rev. Wmn. H. Bird (Presbyterian) ; Daniel b Feb. 4, 1831, who became a clergyman, and resides in Jacksonville, Fla. ; Adoniram Judson b Aug. 7, 1834, and is a fruit grower and market gardener, near Jacksonville, Fla .; James Colman b Feb. 5, 1838, and is engaged in the cold storage égg bus- iness near North Springfield, Vt. : Marcia b May 21, 1840, and resides at North Springfield, Vt. ; Emily b May 14, 1842, and d Sept. 20, 1867.
Silas Bowen resided for many years on the farm now occupied by Oscar S. Randall. He was a farmer, but was one of a half-dozen to build the woolen factory at Felchville, in 1833. That enterprise was prosperous un- til the great financial crisis of 1837. In the meantime, the village of Felchville had sprung up, the brick meet- ing house had been built near the factory, and a Baptist Church had been organized (1835) with Silas Bowen as deacon.
The factory company was a partnership, not a cor- poration. A chancery suit against a partner who re- fused to bear his share of the loss, was instituted and dragged its weary course for many years.
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Silas Bowen was a man of the utmost sincerity and very firm and conscientious in his religious beliefs. He was a firm believer in education, and was always will- ing to further his children therein to the cramping of his slender means.
Isaac Bowen
Was the son of Dea. Henry Bowen, and was b in Wood- stock, Conn., April 9. 1771. He removed to Reading about 1794. He was a hotel-keeper all his life, and was a near neighbor of his uncle Daniel. his tavern being near the north line of his uncle's farm. Isaac's children were b between 1790, and 1807. Of his children, Henry and Fordyce Foster became merchants, the former at In- dian Town, N. C., the latter at Memphis, Tenn.
Silas Bowen, M. D.,
Son of Dea. Henry Bowen and brother of Isaac, was b in W. Woodstock, Conn., Sept. 6, 1774, and d in Ne- braska City, Neb., Sept. 16, 1857. He m in Reading, Sept. 11, 1803, Polly Chandler, daughter of Jona. Chand- ler. Before his marriage Dr. Silas came to Reading in 1799, and settled near So. Reading. Here between 1805 and 1820, his eight children were born. He resided and practised his profession in Reading about 23 years, and then removed to Clarendon, Vt., in 1822; of his children, Marcellus was b March 22, 1812, and became a phys- ician and practiced at South Boston, Mass.
"The career of Dr. Marcellus was brilliant, but all "too brief. He sacrificed himself to his work, over tax- "ing his strength in an epidemic of fever in South Bos- "ton, Mass., especially among the poor, on whose peti -. "tion a street was named for him". He d May 16, 1848.
Another son of Dr. Silas Bowen, was Aurelius Bow- en, M. D. (Surgeon General of the Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution) b Jan. 30, 1817. He m in Windsor, Vt.,
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Arabella, daughter of Gen. Abner Forbes. Dr. Bowen in 1893, was still in the active practice of his profession in Nebraska City, Neb.
He graduated from the Castleton (Vt.) Medical College in 1852. In 1855, he was among the early set- tlers of Kansas. At the Big Spring's Convention Sept. 4, 1855, he was on a committee of 13, and in a minority of one, in favor of an immediate state organization.
Dr. Bowen was a Surgeon of the 2nd Neb. Cavalry in the Civil War, was at the battle of White Stone Hills in the Sioux War of 1863, under Gen. Sully and received honorable mention.
In 1873-4, he was State Senator and drew up and introduced the bill for the first Institute in Nebraska for the blind, and was director of the Deaf Mutes' Insti- · tute of Nebraska for the first seven years, and has been the Otoe County Superintendent of Schools.
Louisa Bowen, daughter of Dr. Silas Bowen, was b in Reading, April 16, 1805, m Alba Southard, M. D. A son of this union was Prof. L. A. Southard, who be- came quite a musical celebrity and writer in Boston.
Dr. Silas Bowen had also two daughters; Mary who m John Mellen Olin and Cornelia who m Erastus Vilas, of Alstead, N. H.
Elisha Bowen,
Son of Dea. Henry Bowen, was b in W. Woodstock, Conn., Feb. 20, 1779. He had seven children, all b in Reading except one, between 1807 and 1823. He sub- sequently removed to Ascutneyville, Vt., where he d.
Henry Sylvester Bowen who resided for many years at Ascutneyville, was his son.
Another son was Elisha Chandler Bowen, M. D., b April 22, 1820, and removed to Cleveland, Ohio. ,
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The Bixby Family, By Martin J. Bixby
The first Bixby, that we have any record of came from Denmark to Boxford, England, then to Ipswich, Mass., where Nathaniel Bixby was a householder in 1668, and the father of Joseph Bixby, who m in 1647, Mrs. Sarah (Wyatt) Heard. Her parents were living at the time of her m, and mention is made of land which her mother owned in Arrington, County of Suffolk, England. Joseph Bixby was one of the leading men among them. He was one of the signers of the petition for the incorporation of Boxford where he spent the reminder of his life. He d April 17, 1700. His chil- dren were Joseph, Sarah, Nathaniel, Mary, George, Jonathan, Daniel, Benjamin, and Abigail.
Benjamin Bixby, son of Joseph, m Mary -. He was b at Ipswich in 1653, and lived in Topsfield, Conn. His children were Benjamin, Joseph, Caleb, Samuel, George, Nathan, Elizabeth, Jacob, Jemima, and Rich- ard. Jacob was b April 29, 1700, and m Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Jewett, of Killingly, Conn., Feb. 4, 1731, and ten children were b to them. His wife and all his children d. After living a widower ten years he mı Jan. 2, 1758, Sarah, daughter of John and Jemima Younglove. By his second m there was b Jacob, Dan- iel, Moses, Samuel, Younglove, Jemima, and Hannah.
Younglove, son of Jacob, was b Sep. 5 1768, and m Dec. 26, 1793, Rebecca Bayden, and they removed to Reading, Vt., and settled in the west part of the town near Mount Moses where he lived, and d April 6, 1836, this wife d Feb. 2 1839. He was a Deacon of the Con- gregational Church at Reading Center, and was known for his piety. There were nine children b to this union. Daniel b Dec. 17, 1794, d in Kansas Nov. 3, 1875, leav- ing three children Adaline, Harriet, and Lorenzo, Re- becca, b Nov. 28, 1796, d Nov. 26, 1875. She m Jesse
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Briggs of Bridgewater, Vt., a soldier of the War of 1812. She had two children James Arnold, now deceased and Judson Y., of Bridgewater. Jemima. b Sep. 28, 1798. d Oct. 13, 1846. She m Deacon Pettigrew, of Plymouth, Vt. Asa b May 1, 1801, d at Rushford, N. Y., May 8, 1849. He m Miss Tolles of Weathersfield. They had three children Henry, Olive, and Ellen. They all settled in Nebraska. Lucy b Oct. 17, 1804, d Aug. 16, 1859; James b Dec. 4, 1805, d Oct. 4 1840; Polly b March 20, 1807, d. Nov. 13, 1825; Younglove, Jr, b March 12, 1812, d Aug. 6, 1877.
He m Lucinda Hatch of Weathersfield and settled in Sunderland, Mass. Two children were b to them, Albertus of that town, and Eugene, deceased. James Arnold, the only one of the family that made Reading their home, was b March 17, 1809, and remained at home during his minority, attended school at the old Brown Schoolhouse, where I have heard him say there were sixty scholars during the winter term, and among the good teachers were Judge Thos. F. Hammond of W. Windsor, and the late Chief Justice of the U. S. Su- preme Court, Salmon P. Chase.
For the next ten years he worked out on farms summers and was a boss starch maker winters, running mills in South Reading, Cavendish, Plymouth and Bar- nard. In March, 1841, he bought the Jared Bigelow farm west of South Reading where he lived an honored citizen, and died of old age June 15, 1893. He m March 1841, Betsey Martin, of Weathersfield, by whom he had one son Martin J. Bixby, now of Claremont, N. H. His wife d July 11, 1857, and on Sept. 15, 1859, he m for his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Weston) Orvis, of Ludlow, by whom he had one son, James Albert. His second wife d April 5, 1874, and on the 27, Nov. 1877, he m Mrs. Susan L. (Dodge) Kenney, of Reading, who d Aug. 30, 1888.
Martin J. Bixby, son of James A. and Betsey (Mar-
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tin) Bixby, was b in Reading, Jan. 7, 1842, and attend- ed the common school at South Reading, and a short time at Black River Academy at Ludlow, Vt. Aug. 15, 1862, he enlisted in Co. C. 4th Vt. Vols. and served therein nearly three years, and all this'time at the front with the old Vermont Brigade, except four months spent in hospitals recovering from a wound received at Charlestown, West Vir., in 1864.
He was honorably discharged as Commissary Ser- geant of his Regiment, June 19, 1865, on account of the close of the war. After taking a course at Eastman's Business college, and a short clerk-ship in a store, he started in the mercantile business in Perkinsville, Vt., in 1868, and continued in that line, and for a long time as partner of Elroy C. Robinson ; and was post-master most of the time until the spring of 1898, when he re- moved to Claremont, N. H., and engaged as a baker, and then in connection therewith as a mileage broker.
He m Frances E. Weston, of Reading, May 17, 1868. They are the parents of one daughter, Ada Frances, b Jan. 24, 1878, who was educated at the common schools in Perkinsville, and was graduated from Goddard semi- nary, Barre, Vt., in the class of 1896. She was m May 29, 1902, to D. William Egan, of Claremont, shipping clerk for the Maynard Shoe Co.
James Albert, b May, 1862, has always resided on the home farm. He has been twice married, his first wife being Mary Rand, of Reading ; his second, Jennie Hale, of Proctorsville, Vt.
Lucy A. Cooke.
This lady was b in Calais, Vt., in 1825, and d at North Cambridge, Mass., May 24, 1895. She was best known as "Sleeping Lucy", and for a long time resided in the hotel at Hammondsville, where she received the patronage of a large circle of friends who had the utmost
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confidence in her powers as a healing medium and reve- lator of mysteries through spiritual influence.
She removed to Montpelier, where she practiced her profession for over twenty years, and then removed to Boston, Mass., where she practiced twelve years., She had resided in Cambridge, Mass., for about eight years, and at the time of her death was Mrs. E. W. Radden.
Charles R. Cooke,
The husband of "Sleeping Lucy", was b in Morristown, Vt. Her maiden name was Lucy Ainsworth.
They came to reside in Reading in 1848, and re- mained here until Mr. Cooke d at the Forest House, in Hammondsville, in Aug., 1855. Their only child, Julia A., was b in Reading, July 15, 1851, and m Frank Greenbank, of Franklin Falls, N. H. Mrs. Cooke resid- ed in Reading about one year after the death of her hus- band and then removed to Montpelier, Vt.
Milo B. Cooke,
Brother of Chas. R., was b in Morristown, Vt., Dec. 12, 1825. He m Oct. 10, 1855, Jane Whitmore, (daughter of Nelson Whitmore,) who was b in Reading, May 30, 1833, and they have ever since resided on the "Nelson Whit- more" place, in Reading. Their only child, Vernon C., was bin Reading, March 23, 1862. He m Aug. 25, 1888, May Kennon, b in Boston, Mass., Jan. 24, 1864. Their children are ,-Dwight Whitmore, b Oct. 29, 1891 ; Paul Kennon, b March 29, 1894. Mr. Vernon C. Cooke's residence is at 21 Prospect St., Malden, Mass., and he is in business as a dealer in leather, in Boston, Mass.
Ashbel G. Coolidge. By the Editor.
Ashbel G. Coolidge, son of Lorenzo G., and Nancy (Crossman) Coolidge, was b in Andover, Vt.
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He came to Reading with his parents in 1871, and came under the observation and training of Mr. Gilbert A. Davis, who saw in him those sterling qualities that have resulted in making him the successful and respect- ed man that he is. For a long time, Mr. Davis gave him private instruction, and influenced him to go for- ward and procure an education.
He studied at Goddard seminary, at Barre, Vt., and studied law in Rutland. Mr. Coolidge was thrown upon his own resources to secure the funds required to pursue his studies ; and by work during vacations, by teaching public schools, and evening schools at the House of Correction, he succeeded in securing the necessary funds for pursuing his chosen line of studies, and was admit- ted to the Bar of Vermont. He located at Rutland where he has continued to reside, and has an extensive practice. He was Messenger in the Executive Depart- ment, under Gov. Ormsbee, in 1886, and Assistant Sec- retary of the Vermont Senate in 1896-'98.
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