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The "Amsden Tavern" near by on the south side of Mill Brook, has been occupied for the last few years by Budd D. Hawkins for the putting up of garden seeds. He commenced in a small way to raise and put up gar- den seeds adapted to the climate of New England, and his business has gradually increased and has been car- ed for with skill and industry until the annual output has become very large.
The business of wool carding, of blacksmithing, of a saw mill, grist and oil mill and of a retail dealer in gen- eral merchandise, which was for many years carried on at Bailey's Mills, has long since entirely disappeared and those extensive buildings have, to a large extent, fallen to decay and the once valuable water power has become useless since the dam was carried away by a flood.
The grist and saw mill and rake factory of Carlos
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Hawkins are still in profitable use a short distance west of Hammondsville.
The several mills at South Reading are abandoned. Within 40 years there have been in that village the steam circular saw mill of Wetherbee and Davis, the saw mill of Edwin W. Royce, Charles L. Louis' circular saw mill and shingle mill, propelled at one time by water and later by steam and the saw mill, grist mill and cider mill at the westerly part of the village with a long list of owners, including Alphonso Washburn and John Williams. Henry Allen, Samuel Cole and Samuel Royce have run mills also at this place.
At Felchville, for many years Myron A. Davis built up and carried on an extensive business in the manufac- ture of maple and oak chairs, obtaining a good reputa- tion, with prosperity so long as his health permitted him to give personal attention to its details. The business practically ceased at his death in 1893, and this business has not been carried on there since, any further then to finish up the odds and ends of stock left by Mr. Davis. B. M. Newton is the present owner of the property and runs in it a custom saw and shingle mill, with planers, lathes and circular saws. This water power is the best in town, but during many months cannot be depended upon to run the machinery. The complicated questions about the water rights of this property and of the mill site next below have been the subject of much heated discussion, searching of real estate records, and exami- nation of nice questions as to water rights, but happily they have all been laid aside.
The water rights on the site below the Newton mill all became merged in Hook & Burnham, in the fall of 1893, who own the property formerly owned by three different men-the grist mill, saw mill and the bedstead shop properties. Since this time Hook & Burnham have run a custom grist mill and kept for sale flour and feed under the management of Norman E. Perkins, Esq.
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The Felchville Stock Store was organized March 21, 1858 with a capital stock of $1645.00 divided into shares of $10.00 each. The shareholders were, Hiram Goddard, 5; Amasa Watkins, 3; Clark Wardner, I ; Fred Wardner, 13; Trumbull Ackley, 10; Joseph A. Davis, 20 ; Orpheus Coburn, 7 ; John Adams, 2 ; E. G. Evans, 2 1-2; Wm. Giddings, I; Benj. F. Stearns, 23 ; Hosea Benjamin, 2; Ebenezer Densmore, 5; E. W. Watkins, 25 ; Honestus Stearns, I.
This business was conducted in the brick store north of the hotel. Benj. F. Stearns was agent and Fred Wardner clerk the first year. For the second year, Fred Wardner was agent and clerk. Sometime during the sec- ond year, Geo. W. Kendall put in as much additional capital as the Company then had and Fred Wardner bought out all the other stockholders and the firm of Wardner & Kendall was formed. This co-partnership continued until 1861, when Mr. Wardner sold out to Mr. Kendall. Subsequently Mr. Kendall sold out to Wm. P. Chamberlain and Elmer D. Keyesand the well known firm of Chamberlain and Keyes was organized and trans- acted a large wholesale and retail business in the same store.
In March, 1860, when the Editor located in Felch- ville as an attorney at law, Wardner & Kendall were do- ing mercantile business in the brick store north of the hotel, Levi C. Fay in the brick store south of it and Otis Baldwin in a building then standing on the site of the store subsequently occupied by Hook and Burnham.
Paul W. Stearns then manufactured bedsteads east of the grist mill, Joseph A. Davis run the saw mill just north of it, Eliphalet S. Page kept the hotel, Perez B. Wolcott was the village blacksmith, Alonzo S. Gilbert the harness maker, Martin Curley and Roswell W. Hoadley the shoemakers, Prosper Merrill the manu- facturer of woolen goods.
Clarence N. Hook began the mercantile business at
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Felchville, June 6, 1882 in the small building thereto- fore occupied by Gates & Hewlett. Mr. Hook built the store now standing on that site in 1887, and continued in business there until Oct. 13, 1893 when the co-partner- ship of Hook & Burnham was formed, and these gentle- men continued business together until the dissolution in June 1903, and since that time George D. Burnham has carried on the mercantile business and Clarence N. Hook has taken the grist mill.
Business at South Reading.
Lewis Robinson for many years kept a retail store in the stone building opposite his house at So. Reading, and was succeeded by Wm. S. A. Morse.
Rufus Buck kept a general store in So. Reading for many years in the old red store building that has been destroyed by fire.
Rufus Buck and Daniel P. Jones entered in co-part- nership in the mercantile business at So. Reading in the 'Buck Store" in 1837.
A very careful inventory of their stock of goods, April 5, 1841, showed the amount to have been $2127.15 including a large variety of articles adapted to the wants of an agricultural community, and among their stock in trade was 27 gallons of Malaga wine, 10 gallons of port wine 25 gallons of brandy, 3 1-2 gallons cider, and 9 rum barrels.
There is also a long list of debts due to and owing by the firm, of interest as giving the names of people · who then resided in the vicinity of South Reading or came there for business.
Their ledger was neatly kept in a large round hand. As showing the extent of their patronage, I noticed that the ledger carries accounts with 361 people residing in the different parts of Reading, and in Windsor, Weath- ersfield, Cavendish, Ludlow, Plymouth, Bridgewater and Woodstock.
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The exact date of the dissolution of this firm is not known by the editor, but the entries seem to indicate that they were in business together in 1843.
The So. Reading Farmers' Store was organized April 30, 1859, with 40 members who subscribed $10.00 each.
It may be of-interest to future generations to know who these enterprising gentlemen were, and we give a list of them : Lewis Robinson, Edmond Davis, Moses Colburn, William M. Williams, Daniel P. Jones, Mar- vin Robinson, Alonzo P. Watkins, Hiram Rice, A. W. Goddard, Willard H. Dow, Silas A. Robinson, William Town, James A. Bixby, Sylvester Coburn, Washington Keyes, Parker Kinsman, Elijah M. Haskell, Stephen Dow, A. E. Morse, Justin T. Robinson, Loren Fullam, Gardner Herrick, E. D. North, Samuel Herrick, Orin Sawyer, Alfred Watkins, Alvan Wilkins, Leonard Spaulding, Justin S. Davis, Benjamin S. Barnard, Rhoda Robinson, John L. Hubbard, George Herrick, Almos A. Bixby, George W. Rich, B. F. Ordway, S. P. Bryant, James Whitten, L. Carlos Davis.
This co-partnership had a formal constitution and by-laws, and was organized by the election of Willard H. Dow, president ; Gardner Herrick, vice-president ; Wm. M. Williams, secretary and treasurer ; Moses Col- burn, Daniel P. Jones and Marvin Robinson, directors ; Lewis Robinson, collector.
The business was conducted in the stone store of Lewis Robinson,-now owned by Calvin Robinson.
Chas. M. Hoadley was the clerk in charge from May, 1859 to sometime in 1860.
The business did not prove to be profitable. There was an action of account brought and the business was finally wound up with an assessment of $8.86 on each shareholder, under date of Feb. 8, 1862.
Silas A. Robinson was for many years the only blacksmith at South Reading. His shop stood at the
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junction of the main street with the road leading south to the Washburn Keyes place, now owned by Gilbert A. Davis and occupied by Reuben Wells. Later, this busi- ness was carried on by Geo. F. Rand and Edwin W. Royce opposite the meeting house, by Robert Smith in a shop next east of Calvin Robinson's, and by Roy Mat- thews and J. C. Southerland west of the meeting house.
Since 1874, the mercantile business at South Read- ing has been conducted at different times by Calvin Rob- inson, James P. Wheeler, Robert L. Stewart and Mrs. Hattie L. Wilkins.
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CHAPTER XLII.
Felchville's Celebration. July 4, 1893 .- "Woodstock Standard."
Historical Items.
Tuesday was Felchville's great day, and was won- derfully well improved. The little village was crowded full of visitors, who found much to enjoy. The parade in the forenoon was a notable feature. The "horribles" were great in number and effect; the local hits being nu- merous and of more than ordinary merit. Dr. Morgan was out with his portable office on a two-wheeled cart, C. N. Hook was trying to swap pigs with everybody in the crowd, the Valley House coach was a great hit, the Maple Grove House coach likewise, the Windsor and Felchville stage was in the procession, as were also M. G. Amsden's meat cart, J. M. Stearns' law office, and many other local institutions. One of the wittiest turn- outs having no local significance was a burlesque on the administration-a wagon labelled "Protection on Wool ; vote for Grover Cleveland and shear the pig." Piggy was there, also the shears and the man to ma- nipulate them. There was a great cry and mighty little wool. The Grand Army Post and the forty-four young ladies in white with sashes and banners representing the States of the Union made a very pretty and impressive show, while the Tyson band rendered music suitable for the occasion. After the parade the crowd adjourned to to Dwight Hammond's pleasant grove for literary exer- cises and a basket picnic. There the following program was rendered :
Singing by Choir.
Prayer, Rev. A. Heald.
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Music, Tyson Cornet Band.
Address, Hon. Gilbert A. Davis.
Recitations, Miss Cora Mahoney, Miss Gladys Gilson,
Miss Nettie Allen, Miss Ethel Ely.
Music, Choir.
Recitations, Miss Beulah Vittum,
Miss Grace White,
Miss Nora Nichols,
Address, Rev. J. Harris.
Music, "America," by the people.
Three cheers for the day.
Hon. G. A. Davis' speech was an eloquent portrayal of the progress of the states in matters civil and political and special mention was made of the prominent place when women are coming to occupy in the walks of life. The young people's parts in the program were of a spe- cially interesting character, and well rendered. Rev. Mr. Harris entertained his listners with a few humorous stories, and closed with an eloquent peroration touching national progress and pleading for its continuance. The music was good.
The various athletics contests in the village in the afternoon excited a great deal of interest. The winners are given below in the order of merit of their performan- çes :
Sack race, Griswold, Kendall, Perkins.
Potato Race, Cole, Coolidge, Walker, Lockwood.
Three-legged race, Cole and Perkins, Cole and Gris- wold.
50-yard dash, 5 contestants, F. A. Hoyt, F. H. Cole. 100-yard dash, 6 contestants, Hart, Merrill, Round.
At the close of the athletic sports in front of the hotel, F. C. Davis, Esq., of Springfield, introduced Hon. A. F. Hubbard of Tyson, who from the upper bal- cony of the Valley House addressed the people in a
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brief, but impassioned and eloquent speech, bringing out by contrast the progress of our country and exhort- ing the young people to the honest performance of their duty at the polls and in national life.
Following this, O. S. Holden and Henry Stocker sang "Hurrah for Old New England" and "Larboard Watch" with all their old-time spirit and effect.
It is not too much to say that the celebration was a great success, exceeding in every particular the anticipa- tions of its projectors. Mine Host, Rist of the Valley House, is also to be congratulated on the excellent service rendered to the crowd of guests. Over a hundred and fifty were served dinners, and at the ball in the evening eighty-five couples participated. It was a very pleasant occasion.
During the forenoon a game of ball was played be- tween a Cavendish and a Felchville nine, in which the Felchvilles were beautifully walloped. In the afternoon another game was played between the Amsdens and Felch villes, resulting in favor of the Reading boys.
Historical Items.
A meeting of the proprietors of Reading was warned by John Weld, Justice of the Peace, to be held at the house of Caleb Jones in Reading, Sept. 3, 1783, to choose a committee to lay out the people's lands and to receive the return of a committee to look up ' the ancient records.
This was published in Vol. I, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of THE VERMONT JOURNAL AND UNIVERSAL, ADVERTISER.
This periodical which has had a continuous exist- ence until this day, was first published at Windsor on Thursday, Aug. 7, 1783, and in its first issue was also published Washington's Farewell Address.
Under this survey, range lines run north and south. lot lines run east and west. There were eleven ranges
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but the quantity in each lot was variable.
The first highway in Reading was laid out by the selectmen, commencing at Eleazer Hathorn's mill- near Bailey's Mills-via the Center village to Plymouth passing by Reading pond,
A road diverged to the north at the Dow Place, and passed over to Woodstock via Dea. Nathaniel Pratt's.
In 1818, the Vermont Journal was published by W. Spooner, and in the issue of Sept. 7, 1818 I find the fol- lowing, which, however, never went further towards the creation of a new town.
PETITION.
"The inhabitants of Plymouth, Reading, Cavendish "and Ludlow will petition the General Assembly of Ver- "mont at the next session that there may be an incopor- "ate town set off from the corners of the aforesaid "towns."
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CHAPTER XLIII.
Physicians, Natives or Residents of Reading, Vt.
Supt. of Schools Since 1870.
(References are to Vol. I, History of Reading, 1874.)
Aldrich, Levi, resided at Reading Center. (Vol. I, page 75.)
Bowen, Marcellus. (Vol. 1, page 70).
Bowen, Silas, University of Vermont, 1824. Re- ceived the honorary degree of M. D., from Middlebury college in 1829, d 1857 at Kearney, Neb. (Vol. 1, page 73).
Clark, Ripley, see sketch in Vol. 1, page 75, and in this volume.
Day, Elkannah, (first resident physician. See pages 28 and 29, Vol. I).
Emory, W. G., resided at Reading Center, (page 74, Vol. I).
Foster, L., (page 75, Vol. I).
Guild, Harvey M., resided at Felchville, 1874-'87.
Guernsey, George., (page 75, Vol. 1).
Harlow, L. D., Philadelphia.
Hammond, L. B., see sketch in this volume.
Kinson, W. R., at Felchville from 1901 to present time.
Knowles, W. L., at Felchville from 1899 to 1901.
Locke, Clarence O., at Felchville in 1873-'4.
Marcy, Woodbury, at Reading Center.
Morgan, F. C., at Felchville from 1890 to the pres- ent time.
Morgan, Samuel H.
Morgan, A. L., see sketch of Morgan family in this
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volume.
Meachem, Fred, (son of Erastus) resides in Califor- nia.
Megrath, William A., resides in Loudon, N. H.
Marshall, -, (page 75, Vol. I).
Minard, Isaac, (page 74, Vol. I).
Morse. - , (page 75, Vol. I).
Mead, -, (page 74, Vol. I).
Osborne, James P. See sketch in this volume.
Paige, Wm. L., at Reading Center.
Putnam, Levi, (Vol. 1, page 75).
Robinson, Walter S .. practiced at Felchiville from the spring of 1864 to - when he removed to Taunton Mass.
Sherwin, Orlando W., Dartmouth, 1865, resided at Hammondsville and since at Woodstock, Vt.
Sherwin, Aurelius C., U. V. M., Burlington, resi- ded in the north-west part of the town, practiced in Sharon Vt., and Tremont Temple, Boston.
Swain, Marcus, practiced at Essex, Vt. and Engle- wood, Iowa (see Vol. I, page 75).
Swain, Oliver.
Stearns, Geo. W., resided in New Bedford, Mass. See Stearn's family.
Smith, -- , resided at South Reading. (See Vol. I, page 74).
Smith, Frank A., Felchville, now resides in Lebanon N. H.
Stewart, C. L., resided at Reading Center and sub- sequently at Randolph, Vt.
Tolles, Nathaniel, resided at the Center from 1831 to 1841 and subsequently at Claremont, N. H.
Wetherbee, Wm. B., (Vol. 1, page 73).
Wardner, James, resided at So. Reading, Cavendish and Plainfield, N. H.
Willis, A. E., 1876-'7 at Felchville.
Whiting, Joseph, (Vol. I, page 74).
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Superintendent of Schools in Reading from 1870. Year when
elected.
1870 Joseph Barber.
1871 Silas W. Pike.
1872 to 1879 inclusive, Gilbert A. Davis,
1880 to 1885 inclusive, Mrs. Ella J. Holden.
1886 and 1887, Frank H. Clark.
1888 to date, Mrs. Ella J. Holden.
INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES AND EVENTS. *
* *
A
Abbott, Ebenezer and family,
182
Abbott, W. M. C.
182
Adams, Chas. C.
125
Adams, John,
365
Adams. Luther,
343
Aiken, John A.,
316
Aldrich, Levi,
373
Allen, Arthur,
326
Allen, Jonas G.,
325
Allen, Theodore J.,
334
Amsden, Abel, ancestors and descendants, 54, 57, 162, 139 164.
Amsden, Alzamon D.,
54
Amsden, Merritt G.,
Amsden, Nancy,
93, 122 93
Amsden Tavern,
103, 353, 363
Attorneys at Law,
341
B
Bailey, Charles F.,
125, 184, 343
Bailey Family and Bailey's Mills,
184, 363
Bailey, Rev. George W.
182
Bailey, Samuel,
187
Baldwin, Otis,
121, 293
Baldwin and Thornton,
294
Ballou, Rev. Eli, 117
Baptist Church, History of, 88, 101. Subscriptions for 16 Barber, Rev. Joseph, 117, 375
17
Bauknight, Rev. P. M., Address of,
69, 94, 133
Beckwith, Hira R.,
7
Bennington Battle, Ballad of,
134
Bixby, Asa, 54,57
Bixby Family,
204
Bixby, Martin J.,
51, 205
Barton, Prof. R. S., Address of,
Blue Ribbon Club,
357
Bolles Family, I57
Bowen Family, Bowen, Elisha,
200, 202
Bowen Isaac,
202
Bowen, Silas and Family,
201, 202, 373
Bowen, Silas, M. D.,
202. 354 314, 328
Brown Genealogy,
223
Bronson, Orestes A.,
II2
Brown School House District,
223.
Brown, Titus, 344
Bryant, Henry N., 122
122
Buck, Benjamin, Genealogy of,
190
Buck, Benoni,
119, 120, 192, 351
Buck, Edward R ..
47, 123, 344 113, 196, 344
Buck. John L.,
Buck, Rufus, 352, 366
Burdick, Justus,
353, 354 56,57
Burnham, David,
Burnham, David E.,
121, 122, 357
Burnham, George D., ,
30, 49, 122, 133, 138, 356
Business Enterprises, 362
C
Cady, Nedabiah and his Descendants, 197
Carleton, Levi W., 47
Carleton, Mary (Davis,) I26
Carter, Albert. J.,
339
Carter, Edmund H., 340
Carter, Rev. Ira,
49, 337, 348, 349
Carter, Minnie E.,
339
Carter, Susan E., 339
Cemeteries, 139
Chamberlain, William P.,
121, 326, 327
Chaplin, Moses, 54, 58
Chase, Aquilla,
236
203
Broadway Minstrels,
Bryant, M. L.,
Christian Repository,
109
Clark,Frank H., poem by 44, 125, 198, 319, 321, 344, 375
Clark, Isaiah R., 125, 344
Clark, George M , 53, 319, 330 226, 373
Clark, Dr. Ripley,
Clerks of Reading,
122
Cole, Bert E.,
344
Cole, Fred H.,
125
College Graduates,
125
Committees, List of
49, 138
Conant, Charles T.,
3.34
Congregational Church, IOI
Constables, 2
122
Cooke, Charles R., 207
Cooke, Lucy A., 206
Cooke, Milo B., 207
Coolidge, Ashbel G., 207, 344
Coolidge, Lorenzo G., 53, 123, 199
Coolidge, Omera H., 344
Coy, Minnie (Amsden,) 169, 232, 326
Crandall, Edwin J., 344
Crandall, Geo. C., 125
Cross, Ellis E., 357
Curley, Thomas
13, 16, 19, 48, 125, 134. 344
D
Davis, Asa,
Davis, Charles L.,
Davis, Delia I. (Bolles) 157,161
Davis, Fred C , 125,209
Davis, Gilbert A Library Building, Dedication of, 5. 13 Davis, Gilbert A., addresses of, 31, 62, 84, 127, 134, 379 Sketch of, IO
Davis, Gilbert A., Genealogy of and family record, 141,
145,327, 344
Davis, Gilbert Franklin, 23, 125
Davis, Lt. Jacob, 141, 145
Davis, John and his descendants, 209, 212
10, 141, 216 216
Davis, L. Carlos and family,
211, 215
Davis, Lysander M.,
212, 344
Davis, Mary (Carleton)
186
Davis, Myron A.,
211, 364
Davis, Rev Samuel A.,
213, 364
Davis, Stephen,
141, 148
Day, Dr. Elkannah,
126, 358, 373
Decoration Day, 1902,
6 1
Dexter, Eleazer,
123, 321, 325
Dodge, Lorenzo A., Poem by,
50, 75
Dow, William Dexter,
344
Douglass, Rev. W. E., Remarks by,
46
Driver, Miss Carrie, Address by, E
27
Eastern Star Lodge, F. & A. M.,
353
Eastman, Albert and Family, 121,228
Eastman, Annie (DeWolf) 229
Eastman, Horace A., 229
Estabrooks, Adin C., Remarks by 42, 138; sketch of 225
Estabrooks Genealogy, 224
F
Fay, Corydon M. and Family,
229
Fay, Ida M. (Cole) 230
Fay, Lillian Watkins,
126,238
Fay, Minnie C., Librarian,
8, 149, 357
Felch Family,
232
Felch, Hosea,
233
Felch, Lucinda A. (Clark)
316
Felch, Kate (White)
316, 356
Felch Marriages,
235
Felch, William,
120, 121, 233
Felchville,
235
Felchville Celebration, 1893.
369
Felchville Cemetery Association,
140
Felchville Creamery Association,
26, 362
Felchville Chair Co., 232
Felchville Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
354
Felchville Stock Store, Fletcher, Henry T., 327 361
356
French, John L., LL.D., Foley, Willie J ..
Forbush, Charles A ..
335 327
Forbush, Rufus, Sr.,
55,58
Forbush, Rufus. Jr.,
56, 119, 120 232, 237 359
Fullam, Sewall,
344
Fuller, Rev. J. K.,
29
Fuller, William Eddy,
344
Furber, Fred C.,
135
G
Gates & Hewlett, 366
Gardner, William H.,
282
Giddings, William H.,
365 365
Gilbert, George, Janitor,
49
Gilson, Abel, Jr., Selectman,
55, 119
Goddard, Merritt E., 126, 243
Goldthwaite, Rev. Elizabeth Holt, 5, address by, 25, 117
Good Templars, (I. O. G. T.) 357
Griswold, Clifford B., 126
Guild, Harvey M., M. D., 373
Guild, Frank H., 126
H
Hall, James Ashton,
126, 346
Hammond, Fred C.,
335
Hammond, Jabez D., 249
Hammond, L. B., 373
Hammond, Thomas F., 250
363
Hammondsville Cheese Factory,
247
Hapgood, Alice L.,
Hapgood Family, 247
249
Hapgood & Prentiss,
Happy Thought Rebekah Lodge,
356
Forbush, Rufus O.,
Forest House,
Gilbert, Alonzo S.
Hardy, E. Prescott. 331
Hatch, Uriel C.,
22
Hathorn, Ira B., remarks by
I33
Hathorn, Benjamin,
55,58
Hawkins' Band,
326, 353
Hawkins, Budd D.,
176, 353, 355, 356 123. 325, 364 326
Hawkins, Mrs. Charlotte Lucretia (Amsden)
I74
Hawkins, Ferdinand,
123, 173
Hawkins, Floyd Ferdinand,
I73
Hawkins, Harland, 326
Hawkins, Lewis and Family,
169
Hawkins, John S., 119, 353
Hawkins, Josiah Q.,
120 121, 177, 346
Hawkins, William A.,
54, 58, 170
Hawkins, William Lewis,
119, 172, 32I
Hawthorne Family, Hawthorne, Collins,
24I
Hawthorn, J. B.,
24I
· Heald, Rev. Albert,
92
Herrick Family,
245
Herrick, Rev. Horace,
126 244
Hewlett, Henry J.,
246, 294, 327
Historical Items, 37 I 367
Hoadley, Charles M.,
Holden, Ella J.,
356, 373
Holden, O. S.,
31, 44, 122, 123, 334, 355, 356 364, 365
Hook, Clarence N.,
123, 365
Hosmer Family Record,
142
Hufnail, Daniel M.,
I24
I
I Dream of Home, a poem, 46
Inter-State Journal, article from, 3II
I. O. O. F., Felchville Lodge, 354
J
Hook & Burnham,
239
Hawkins, Carlos,
Hawkins, Don C.,
Jenne, Henry N., Jenne, Nathaniel H. W., Johnson, Arthur T., Jonathan's Acceptance, Johnson, Rev. Robert G.
361
122, 361 126, 346
44
91
K
Kendall, Luther, 121
Keyes, Abigail,
251
Keyes, Arthur H.,
162, 164, 173, 176, 178, 257, 294 47
Keyes, Mrs. Charles M,
192
Keyes, Elmer Duane,
53, 178
Keyes, Solomon,
59, 120
Keyes, Wade, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 27, 126, 346, 352.
Keyes, William W., Town Clerk, 123, soldier, 53, repre-
sentative,, 123.
Knowles, W. L., M. D.,
Kinson, W. R., M. D.,
L
Lines in memory of the Soldiers of Reading,
72
Livermore family, 251
Locke Clarence O., M. D.,
373
Louis, Charles S.,
348, 349, 352
Loveland, Rev. Samuel C.,
98, 103, to 112, 355
Lyman, Rev. Daniel W., 93
M
Mahoney, Daniel S., 253
Maple Grove House, 369
Marks, Clarence .W.,
60
Marks, Sardine, .
55,60
Marks, Seneca,
56, 60
Masonic, Eastern Star Lodge. 353
Megrath, Wm. A., M. D.,
126, 374
Merrill, Hannah (Bolles)
256
Merrill, Prosper, 95, 121
348
Methodism in Reading,
373
373
Keyes, Charles M.,
Military Records of Revolutionary Soldiers, 57
Morgan, Dr. Austin L., 254, 373 126,346
Morgan, Ernest I.,
Morgan, the family 254
Morgan, Dr. Field C.,
14, 23, 126, 25. 255, 363, 373
Morgan, Dr. Samuel H.,
254, 373
Morse family, 359
Morse, W. S. A.,
359
N
Newton, B. M.,
12. 23, 26, 30, 122, 123, 133, 364
O
Officers and Committees, 49, 138
Officers of Reading, I22
Old Home Day, 1901, 30
Old Home Day, 1902, I25
Ordway, Rev. C. E., 18, 26
Osborne, Dr. James P., 282
Osborne, Mrs. James P.,
P 29
Parker, Rev. Geo. H., 92, 123
Parounagian, Rev. M. B., addresses of,
17. 42, 348
Payne, Frank S., 355, 356
Pember, William Munroe, 282
Perkins, Norman E. E.,
364
Perkins, Mrs. N. E. E.,
49
Pike, Silas W.,
121, 375
Plumley, Frank, address of,
I5
Pratt, Nathaniel, 59
R
Ray, Abel, 283, 349 336
Reading Dramatic Club,
Reading's Fame as a Musical and Dramatic Center, 321 Reading Library Association, 7
Reading's Loyal Sons, 75
Reading Public Library,
5
Reading Town Officers, I22
Rebekah Lodge, 356
Reifsnider, Rev. Edson, remarks by,
Representatives of Reading,
46, 117 122
Rice, Abiah, 59
Revolutionary Soldiers, list of,
54, 126
Roberts, Rev. F. H., address of,
77,348
Robinson family, genealogy of,
257
Robinson, Albert Alonzo,
276
Robinson, Mrs, Annie E.,
29
Robinson, Arthur S.,
346
Robinson, Calvin,
352, 368
Robinson, Calvin L.,
126, 346
Robinson, Ebenezer 2d,
59, 119, 264
Robinson, Elna Alphonso,
274
Robinson, Frank N.,
126, 346 126, 346
Robinson, Helen Kent,
253 59
Robinson, Jonathan,
257
Robinson, Lewis,
349, 366
Robinson, Mary R., will of,
90
Robinson, Nelson,
346
Robinson, Stillman Williams,
126, 264, 267
Robinson, Wallace F.,
7,28
Robinson, Walter S., M.D.,
374
Robinson, William,
258
Rocky Rill Lodge, I. O. C. T.,
357
Rockwood, Herbert L.,
335
Roscoe, Rev. H. Gertrude,
47, 117, 357
S
346, 353
Sawyer, John York,
Sawyer, Otis C. remarks by,
134
Sawyer, Seth,
346
Sawyer, Rev. Thomas J.,
93
Seaver family,
151,155
Secret Societies,
353
Selectmen of Reading,
19, 112, 126
Searles, Rev. Henry C.,
118
Robinson, George O.,
Robinson, James,
Shattuck, Prof. Fred W., remarks by,
126, 133
Shedd, Cordelia H., bequest of, 117,327
Shedd, George W., 327
Sherwin, Dr. Aurelius C.,
43, 374
Sherwin, Dr. Orlando W.,
43. 374
Singers of Reading,
326
Skinner, Otis,
113
Small Rev. Joseph S.,
92, 126, 282
Smith, Dr. Frank A.,
374
Soldiers' Tablets,
50, to 56
of Rebellion,
50
of Revolution, 54
of War of 1812, 55 of Spanish War, 55
South Reading,
366
South Reading, business at,
366
South Reading Meeting House Association,
349
Stearns, Benjamin F.,
288
Stearns, Frank H.,
289
Stearns, George W.,
290, 374
Stearns, John M.,
287, 346
Stearns, Oscar H.,
127, 346
Stearns, Paul and his family
286, 374
Stearns, Paul W.,
290, 365
Stearns, Louisa, Will of,
93
Stearns, Rufus,
292
Stocker, Henry W.,
321 346
Swain, Albert N.,
29, 243, 284
Swain, John F.,
350
Swain, Marcus,
374
T
Taylor, Jacob Edson, 346
Tellier, Rev. Thomas, 24, 94
Tileston Family,
149, 15I
Thomas, Baldwin & Thornton, 293
Thornton, Isaac, 195
-
Stoughton, Henry C.,
Thornton, Rev. Charles C., Thomas, Hiram F., Townsend Records, Town Clerks,
293
293
294
122, 123, 124
U
Union Dramatic Club, Universalist Church,
336
Universalist Church of Felchville,
117
Universalist Society of Felchville,
116
University and College Graduates, V
125
Valley House, 371
Vermont Journal,
371. 372 359
Vittum, William H., 356
W
Wakefield, Dr. John, 352
Wardner, Clark,
365
Wardner & Kendall.
365
Washburn Family,
360
Washburn, Darwin E.,
40, 52, 122, 335
Washburn, Philip,
360
Washburn, Israel,
347
Washburn, Rufus,
361 360
Watkins Family,
Watkins, E. B.,
355. 356
Watkins, Elisha W.,
116, 121
Watkins, Williams,
347
Wells, Rev. Charles, address by,
30. 117
Wetherbee, Dr. Isaac J.,
304
Wetherbee & Davis,
374
Wetherbee, William B.,
347
Wheeler, Smith,
307
White, Azro, (Hank)
White, Capt. Daniel S.,
White, Edwin & Son,
53, 123. 311, 317.337 50, 298 363
White Family, Genealogy of.
364
Vermont Standard, Extracts from,
White, Rev. Homer, poem by, etc., 46, 72, 131, 134, 309 White, Howard C., 316
White, Miss Ida, . 46
Whitmore, Charles S ..
121, 123, 303
Whitmore & Clark's Minstrels, 314,319, 328
Whitmore, Oliver and Family,
300
Whitmore, Osceola A., 329
Whittier, Rev. - , Evangelist, 92
Wilkins, William and Family, 300
Wilkins, W. Henri, 335
Errata and Memoranda by Editor. Errata :
Page 63, 14th Regiment should be 16th.
Page 176, Edwin E., should be Erwin E. Keyes.
This index does not contain the names of all per- sons mentioned in the book, but all names can be readily found by families and classifications.
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