History of Royalton, Vermont, with family genealogies, 1769-1911, Part 73

Author: Lovejoy, Mary Evelyn Wood, 1847-
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Burlington, Vt., Free press printing company
Number of Pages: 1280

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How well I remember the spirited discussions between my father and mother during my childhood! Perchance they disagreed upon some political or public question; perchance the subject introduced by the more scholastic members of our circle, George or Lizzie, was religious or philosophical. How my mother's black eyes would snap as she seized a chance interval during her bread kneading to dart in from her kitchen and defend her side of the argument.

Before our family circle was completed by the birth of Lucia, Foster, the eldest, had left it to marry and establish himself in Malone, N. Y., where he lived and died a highly respected citizen.

When my father became financially embarrassed and was in danger of losing his farm, it was my brother Thomas who came to the rescue, and saved the home, and looked after the little brothers and sisters.

George, ever studious and thoughtful, prepared himself by hard- ships and eager effort for a legal career. He had just been admitted to the Bar when the New England scourge, consumption, cut him off at the early age of twenty-six.

My sister, Elizabeth, was endowed with great charm of person and manner. She attended Mt. Holyoke Seminary, and was a successful teacher for many years. She was married to Zerah Stetson in 1860, and died in 1861. Every one who remembers her will recall her beau- tiful voice. No Jenny Lind or Melba ever thrilled her listeners as she,

(TUCKER) ATWOOD, 1805-187.

EBENEZER

1802-1870.

ATWOOD

MRS ELVIRA

Oliver Augustine Atwood.

Thomas Hammond Atwood. Myron Winslow Atwood. Elizabeth Penn Atwood.

Lucia Elvira Atwood.

Charles Atwood.

Nancy Ann Atwood.

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my gifted sister, thrilled us as she sang, 'Oh, How Beautiful, How Beau- tiful upon the Mountain!'

My brother Charles had a very brilliant mind. For years he was in journalistic work in Chicago. He died in Quincy, California, in 1881, leaving a wife, three sons and three daughters.

Nancy, the writer of these notes, married, Sep. 29, 1862, Albert Arnold Sprague of East Randolph, Vermont. They went directly to Chicago, which has since been their home. Mr. Sprague founded the wholesale grocery firm of Sprague, Warner & Company. They have but one living child, Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Frederic Shurtleff Coolidge.

Three of my younger brothers went to the Civil War,-two never to return. Eben was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. Irving died in a Soldiers' Hospital in New Orleans. Oliver served to the end of the war. He married Nancy Clapp of Royalton. They have no children.

Myron lived in Chicago from the age of seventeen to his death. In 1873 he married Emeline Rice Swazey, daughter of Rev. Arthur Swazey of Chicago. He was a business man, and his chief other inter- ests were his family and his church. He died in 1904, leaving a wife and two daughters.

Lucia, the youngest of the twelve children, and the only one born in Royalton, was a gifted girl. In 1871 she married Otho Sylvester Arnold Sprague, brother and business partner of Albert Arnold Sprague. They, too, made Chicago their home until 1894, when Mr. Sprague's health made it necessary for them to live in California. Lucia lived until 1901, when, after prolonged illness, she came back to Chicago, and died Sep. 25, leaving her husband, one son and three daughters.

The Atwoods will be remembered as a musical family. My father was for many years leader of the church choir in Barnard, and later in Royalton, and, I think, was a factor in elevating the standard of church music. Our home was never without music. It was our pas- time, and there never was a day without a concert. Whether quar- tettes, trios, or solos, we never lacked performers, for we all sang. Most of my brothers played stringed instruments, in a self-taught and probably faulty manner; but the spirit of music was in them all and pervaded the home. Our library consisted of singing books. No pleas- ure could be keener than ours, when, by hook or crook, we could pro- cure a new singing book, were it a collection of anthems, fugues or glees. The music of our home circle is one of my dearest memories, notable mainly in the fact that we all sang and there were many of us.

I am sure my brother Thomas will be remembered as a Singing School Teacher. Scores of men and women all through Vermont owe their musical knowledge, directly or indirectly, to his training in the country singing school. Who in Royalton did not attend that singing school? Is there left any one who remembers my father's big box sleigh, with its merry crowd, gathered between our home and the vil- lage, on its way to the class? or who recalls my brother standing be- fore that class, violin in hand, as he trained us all in the rudiments of music?

My father's family was of singular devotion to each other, and though I have now grown old, I cannot forget my happy life in that simple and unselfish circle. We had often to deny ourselves, and forego pleasures granted our companions; but we were early taught the joy of sacrifice.

As my father advanced in years, he became feeble, and to be near his son, Foster, he and my mother moved to Malone, N. Y., where they both died and are buried. The Atwood farm long since passed into

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strange hands, and not one of the once large Atwood family is left in Royalton, but I dare to hope their names are held in sweet remem- brance."

BACK FAMILY.

LYMAN BACK, b. Apr. 6, 1762; d. July 20, 1842, Roy. ; m. Mar. 2, 1785, Eunice Bennett, b. Mar. 19, 1760; d. July 23, 1843, Roy.

Lyman Back was a Revolutionary soldier. His first deed in Royalton is dated Mar, 11, 1790, when he bought forty acres of Nathaniel Morse. In 1826 he took a bond of his son Gilbert for support of himself and wife.

*i. Philena, b. Apr. 11, 1786; m. Calvin Wheeler.

ii. Charlotte, b. Sep. 11, 1789; m. Aug. 20, 1810, Zebina Jones of Bethel.

iii. Jasper, b. Jan. 12, 1791, Roy.

iv. Lyman, b. July 19, 1794, Roy .; d. Dec. 26, 1811.

v. Gilbert, b. Aug. 6, 1796, Roy .; m. Eunice Waterman; ch .: (a) Lyman; (b) Harriet E., b. 1824; d. Aug. 14, 1852; (c) Jasper, b. Jan. 21, 1828; d. Sep. 26, 1908; m. Emma L. Scates, b. July 16, 1833; d. May 23, 1899; ch .: (i) Ida Florence, d. in infancy; (ii) Charles J., b. Dec. 1, 1854; d. May 29, 1898; (iii) Frank R., b. June 11, 1857; (iv) Minnie L., b. Oct. 20, 1867; (v) Fred A., b. Sep. 29, 1869. Jasper Back was a dentist of high repute in Claremont, N. H .; (d) Fanny M., b. 1830; d. June 12, 1859; (e) Sarah, b. 1842; d. Mar. 24, 1861; (f) Eliza- beth, b. 1844; d. Sep. 3, 1858.

BACKUS FAMILY.

1. STEPHEN BACKUS was born 1759; died Aug. 31, 1845, Royalton; married Polly Shepard, born 1760; died Mar. 1.1 or 12, 1843. She was a sister of Mrs. Benjamin Parkhurst. Stephen Backus was probably a descendant of William Backus of Norwich, Conn., who was one of the early settlers of Saybrook, Conn., in 1637. William married for a second wife Widow Anne Bingham, who had a son, Thomas Bingham, with whom she lived in Norwich after the death of Mr. Backus. Ste- phen came to Royalton from Connecticut, and bought of Brad- ford Kinney on Nov. 7, 1790, one hundred acres bordering John Billings. He was a blacksmith and farmer. He was a Revolu- tionary soldier, and served in the 8th Regt., Co. 2 of Conn. Con- tinental Line. He was pensioned Sep. 25, 1833.

The order of his children's births is not known.

i. Harriet, b. 1790; d. 1845; bur. N. Roy. Cem.

ii. Erastus. Took freeman's oath, 1816.

iii. Lucy, m. June 25, 1816, Dr. Robert Paddock of Barre; b. Barnard, 1768; d. Dec. 23, 1842, Barre; she d. about 1869, Volo, Ill. Ch .: Lucy, d. Apr. 22, 1854; Ellen Jane, m. Chauncey Loomis; d. Aug. 4, 1850, aged 29; Robert, farmer in Volo, Ill.

2. iv. Andrew, b. 1798, Roy. prob.

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v. Eunice, d. May 28, 1864; bur. N. Roy. Cem.

vi. Charles, m. Mary Mansfield, and had Elizabeth, Jane, Belle,

and Mary. In S. Barre in 1828, later in Brandon. He was a physician. While in S. Barre he engaged to teach the village school one winter, where several teachers had been turned out. On reaching the school- house, and while removing his overcoat, the pupils began drumming on the desks. One of the largest boys stopped for an instant, when quick as a flash down came the ruler on his fingers. "How dare you stop, sir? The time must be occupied." For three hours the exercise was continued, and woe to the unlucky fingers which ceased drumming. At noon they were told that as drummers they were perfectly satisfactory, and in the afternoon they might apply their energies to the usual les- sons, which they did.

vii. Augustus.

2. ANDREW BACKUS, son of Stephen and Polly Shep- ard, b. 1798; d. Sep. 23, 1857; m. Dec. 1, 1825, Diana C. Foster, b. 1805; d. Mar. 31, 1840.

The Backus family were singers, and Andrew led the sing- ing in church at Royalton village many years. He was generally called "Captain," and was probably connected with the militia of the state.

i. Jane Lyman, b. Nov. 26, 1826, Roy .; d. June 19, 1833.

ii. Frances Augusta, b. Sep. 5, 1829; m. Sep. 9, 1852, William Brownson of Richmond.

*iii. Ellen Maria, b. Mar. 17, 1832; m. Alonzo Fairbanks.

iv. Charles Robert, b. Apr. 25, 1836.

v. Mary J., b. July 15, 1838; d. Aug. 29, 1838.

BACON FAMILY.

THOMAS BACON, b. June 27, 1747; m. Hepzibah , who d. June, 1807, Roy .; funeral the 29th according to Perrin record.

Thomas Bacon appears to have been the first of that name in Royalton. He was here as early as 1782. On Dec. 26th of that year he bought 201 acres of John Hibbard in 29 and 38 T. P., and sold 80 acres of it to Enoch Boutell. The next year he acted as administrator of Mr. Boutell's estate. July 23, 1807, he contracted with Jonathan Dyer for his support. He was last listed in 1805.

*i. Betsey, b. Nov. 11, 1779; m. Jonathan Dyer.

ii. Polly, b. Jan. 27, 1782.

JAREB BACON, b. Mar. 27, 1749; m. Mary

Jareb Bacon was a Revolutionary soldier, and enlisted from Brookfield, Mass., May 2, 1775, as Corporal in Capt. John Pack- ard's Co., Col. David Brewer's Regt. He appears to have been in Royalton in 1783, when he bought of John Hibbard, Jr., a part of 37 T. P. He was again in Brookfield, when he bought part of Enoch Boutell's estate of Thomas Bacon in 1786, but had re- turned to Royalton the next year. In 1810 he took a bond from his son, John, for support of himself and Mary, which contract

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was thrown up at the end of nine months, and a new one made with Joseph Bowman, which seems also to have been discarded, and the land sold outright to Mr. Bowman in 1814. This land, sixty-one acres, bordered Minot Wheeler's. He was last listed in 1813.

i. John, b. Nov. 18, 1787, Royalton.

ii. Hannah, b. May 25, 1790, Royalton; m. July 6, 1812, Silas Lillie of Bethel.

ISAIAH BACON, m. Oct. 6, 1823, Diana Kingsbury of Tun- bridge. First listed in 1820 as a soldier, and the next year had one-half a mill.

*SUKEY BACON, m. Mar. 16, 1802, Jotham Dyer.

OLIVE BACON, m. Oct. 30, 1814, John Garvin of Bethel.

BAILEY FAMILY.

1. EPHRAIM BAILEY, son of Israel and Mariam Bailey, b. Apr. 16, 1797, Craftsbury; d. Aug. 21, 1863, Roy .; m. (1) Feb. 22, 1818, Hannah, dau. Joseph and Jerusha Slack, b. 1792; d. Aug. 8, 1854; m. (2) Dec. 4, 1859, Elizabeth, dau. Jacob and Mary Folsom, b. Dec. 20, 1802, Tunbridge; d. Apr. 21, 1885.

There is on record the marriage of Ephraim Bailey and Emily A. Pierce of Hartford, Apr. 23, 1857, but it is not known that Mr. Bailey married more than twice. He owned the farm now in the possession of George Taggart, but sold it and moved to Havensville, later to S. Royalton.

*i. Mariam Maria, b. Mar. 4, 1821, Irasburg; m. Ira Russ.

ii. Adeline G., b. Jan. 7, 1823; m. Apr. 15, 1848, D. A. Whit- ney. Ch .: (a) Ellen S., b. Apr. 4, 1851; (b) Clara M., b. Feb. 26, 1856; (c) Ada H., b. Feb. 24, 1860.

iii. Ira, b. Aug. 20, 1824, Irasburg; m. 1846, Ruth C. Jordan. Ch .: (a) Charles A., b. Mar. 18, 1849; (b) George E., b. Jan. 4, 1851.

Ira lived on the Taggart place with his brother Joseph W. He sold out to his brother in 1865, and went to Lowell, Mass. His son Charles married. He and his two sons are dead.

2. iv. JOSEPH WILLARD BAILEY, b. July 19, 1828, Irasburg; d. Nov. 21, 1880, Roy .; m. Mary Maria, dau. Edwin and Susan H. (Kimball) Pierce, b. Aug. 14, 1830, Roy .; d. July 29, 1897, Hartford.

Mr. Bailey was a man of genuine worth, fully trusted by his fellow citizens. He was overseer of the poor for several years, and no one ever gave better satisfaction in that office. He was a soldier of the Civil War. He died on the Perrin-Taggart farm.

i. Lula Edith, b. May 24, 1866, Roy .; d. Mar. 19, 1908, Tewks- bury, Mass .; m. (1), 1883, Horace G., son Horace F. and Rachel (Water- man) Hunter, b. 1852, Roy .; one child, (a) Mary Lucretia, b. July 30, 1888; d. last of Sep., 1908; m. (2) Leslie Kilburn, son Danforth and Harriet A. (Parkhurst) Day. (See).

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BAKER FAMILY.

1. LOT BAKER, son of Lot and Hannah Baker, b. May 17, 1780, Ellington, Conn .; d. June 18, 1856, Roy .; m. Dec. 31, 1801, Sharon, Polly, dau. Moses and Lydia (Stevens) Shepard, b. Feb. 28, 1782; date of death not known.

A Lot Baker and wife joined the church in Royalton, July 10, 1796. They may have been the father and mother of Lot, Jr. A Lot was listed in 1796 and until 1799. The name does not appear on the list again until 1803. Polly probably died in Sharon. She was afflicted with a mental malady soon after her marriage, and was not competent to care for her children. Levi was brought up in the family of Harry Bingham.

The Bakers were of English descent, and the mother of Lot, Jr., was a descendant of the Chase family. i. Chester; had a son, (a) Henry L. Baker, b. Aug. 21, 1840, Pomfret; m. Mar. 27, 1866, Ludlow, Phebe E., dau. James and Augusta (Dimick) Pollard, b. July 31, 1846, Bridgewater; d. July 11, 1906, Bridgewater. Ch .: (i) Flora M., b. Dec. 13, 1866, Plymouth; (ii) Clar- ence E., b. Apr. 29, 1869, Bridgewater. Henry L. left Royalton in 1861, when he enlisted in the 2nd Regt., Vt. Vols.

2. ii. Levi, b. Oct. 1, 1806.

2. LEVI BAKER, b. Oct. 1, 1806; d. June 23, 1889, New- port, Ore .; m. (1) Apr. 3, 1839, Fanny Louisa, dau. Ira and Betsey (Flint) Havens, b. Feb. 15, 1812, Roy .; d. June 25, 1862, Roy .; m. (2) Dec. 11, 1864, Aroline, dau. Timothy and Betsey Hutchinson of Tunbridge, b. 1805.

i. William Henry Harrison, b. Aug. 25, 1840; d. July 15, 1842, Roy.

*ii. Sarah Jane, b. Sep. 23, 1842, Roy .; m. Benj. Root.

iii. Royal Flint, b. Nov. 7, 1844, Roy .; m. 1878, Nettie J. Gore, b. near Lebanon, Ore., dau. James and Henrietta Gore. Ch .: (a) Charles L., proprietor of hotel "Corvallis," in Corvallis, Ore .; (b) Royal Flint; (c) Henrietta Beatrice; (d) Wallace G. Royal Flint, Sen., was a soldier in the Civil War. In the battle of Gettysburg he and a companion went out in front and brought in a wounded Con- federate who could not get out of line of the bullets. He re-enlisted in the navy on board U. S. gunboat, Mahaska, in the East Gulf blockading squadron. In 1874 he went to Oregon, and engaged in the hotel and real estate business. He has been actively engaged in making known the resources of Benton and Lincoln counties, Ore., and has issued very neat and handsome prospectuses dealing with that section, and especi- ally Corvallis, the seat of the Agricultural college.

iv. George B. In S. Roy., 1895.

v. Charles H .; res. Baker Co., Ore.

vi. Ellen L., b. 1847, Roy .; m. Oct. 27, 1868, Ira P., son Alonzo R. and Harriet E. Honey, b. 1846; res. Bayard, Ia .; a son, (a) Amon Ira, b. Sep. 10, 1869.

vii. Alice Louisa, b. Nov. 16, 1851; d. Jan. 21, 1852, Roy.

viii. Horace W., b. Aug. 17, 1856; d. Sep. 11, 1872, Newport, N. H.

LEVI BAKER, son of Levi and Alepha (Lovejoy) Baker, b. Apr. 18, 1826, Orford, N. H .; d. Feb. 8, 1879; m. (1) Nov.

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19, 1863, Sharon, Mary Jane, dau. William and Jane H. Hop- kins, b. Aug., 1842, Bakersfield; d. Apr. 17, 1867; m. (2) Nancy Hackett, b. Apr. 1, 1828; d. Apr. 24, 1873; all bur. Sharon Broad Brook Cem.

HUBBARD BAKER, brother of Levi, and son of Levi and Alepha, b. Mar. 3, 1811, Lancaster, N. H .; d. Mar. 5, 1879; killed on the railroad in Royalton village. He and his brother Levi came to Royalton about 1858, and lived in town several years. Hubbard was unmarried.

BALLOU FAMILY.

JOSEPH [5] BALLOU (William [4], Maturin [3], John [2], Maturin [1]), b. Nov. 18, 1783, Lincoln, R. I .; m. Harriet, dau. William and Sophia (Hyde) Hawes, b. Dec. 13, 1806, Brook- field; d. June 10, 1876, Roy.

i. Sidney, b. Aug. 7, 1826, Chelsea; d. Mar. 2, 1862; manufac- turer of brimstone matches.

ii. Maturin, b. Sep. 15, 1828; d. 1829.

iii. Margaret, b. Aug. 7, 1829, Tunbridge; d. May 27, 1902, Roy.

iv. Nelson, b. Nov. 2, 1831; d. Apr. 4, 1851.

v. Ada, b. Sep. 18, 1833; d. Feb., 1835.

vi. Horace, b. May 15, 1835; m. 1866, Mary E. Houston, dau. Aaron and Maria (Gilison) Houston, b. 1844 in Strafford; d. July 2, 1873, Roy. Living in Roy.

vii. Edmund, b. Oct. 22, 1837, Tunbridge; d. Oct. 23, 1888, Roy. viii. Harrison, b. Apr. 28, 1840; res. Roy., unm.

ix. Church G., b. twin of Harrison; d. in the Union army, 1862. Horace and Edmund came from Randolph in 1859, and their wid- owed mother with them. They have always lived in Dist. Six.

BANISTER FAMILY.

TIMOTHY BANISTER, d. prob. 1822; will made Aug. 10, 1822, and estate in probate that year. He paid no poll tax in 1819, making him born about 1759. He m. Prudence, dau. Wil- liam Stewart. In June, 1787, he bought a farm in S. W. 29 L. A. He may have been the son of Benoni, who d. Nov. 17, 1798, aged seventy-four, with Levi and Ormenda bur. Howe Cem.

i. Lydia, b. Sep. 10, 1783; m. a Bowker.

ii. Achsah, b. Jan. 16, 1785; m. a Perkins.

iii. Elkanah Stewart, b. May 22, 1786; m. Feb. 27, 1827, Bar- nard, Patience, dau. David and Betsey (Cushing) Bowen of Royalton; removed to Potsdam, N. Y.

iv. Ruth, b. Oct. 11, 1787, Roy .; m. Feb. 5, 1809, Roswell Lil- lie of Potsdam, N. Y.

V. Abigail, b. Mar. 13, 1791, Roy .; m. Jan. 21, 1812, Daniel Lillie of Potsdam, N. Y.

vi. Levi, b. Feb. 13, 1793, Roy .; drowned Aug. 11, 1811.

vii. Annah, b. Dec. 9, 1794; m. Sep. 11, 1816, Jonathan Ban- ister; child b. Feb. 22, 1817.

viii. Alvin, b. Nov. 6, 1797, Roy .; res. Roy. until 1830. ix. Zebina, b. Jan. 13, 1799, Roy.

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x. Silas, b. Nov. 19, 1801, Roy.

xi. Fanny, b. May 10, 1803, Roy.

xii. Marietta, b. Feb. 3, 1805, Roy.

xiii. Ormenda, b. May 12, 1808, Roy .; d. Feb. 11, 1813, Roy.

ARTEMAS BANISTER, b. 1767; d. July 24, 1833; bur. Bethel; m. Rhoda -. He rem. from Bethel to Royalton in 1789, and settled on S. W. 39 L. A. He sold this in 1804, and ret. to Bethel between that date and 1806. On Nov. 18, 1830, an Artemas Banister of Randolph m. Hannah Corbin of the same town.

i. Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1789, Roy. (?)

ii. Asa, b. Jan. 14, 1791, Roy.

iii. Isaac, b. Apr. 19, 1795, Roy.

iv. James, b. June 13, 1797, Roy.

v. Chloe, b. Apr. 13, 1799, Roy.

BARNES FAMILY.

EPHRAIM BARNES, b. 1780, Westminster, Mass .; d. July 14, 1871, Randolph; m. Betsey Taylor, who d. 1865.

In October, 1803, Mr. Barnes bought one-half of W. 31 L. A. He was a very eccentric man, of whom many anecdotes are related. In his old age he went to Randolph to live with a son Edward. When asked how he liked living in Randolph, he replied, "I'd rather be hung in Royalton, than die a natural death in Randolph." The children of Ephraim were all singers. i. Lydia, b. Dec. 29, 1804, Roy .; said to have died unm., but the marriage of a Lydia, Sep. 9, 1824, to Ezekiel Bement (?) is recorded.

ii. Annis, b. June 17, 1808, Roy .; d. Apr. 27, 1844.

iii. Alonzo, b. July 16, 1811; d. 1892, bur. Woodstock; m. and had a dau. Louise E., who m. Frank E. McGorie of New York City. Alonzo went to Woodstock in 1825 to learn the tailor business, later was a shoemaker in Sharon, then returned to Woodstock, where most of his life was spent. He was called "Captain," and played the snare drum.

iv. Calista, b. Aug. 28, 1816, Roy .; m. Joel K. Clark, a pedlar, who was killed on a railroad crossing.

v. Orin, b. Nov. 7, 1818, Roy.

vi. Edward, b. Dec. 7, 1820, Roy .; m. 1845, Margiam P., dau. Joel and Susan Thayer of Braintree, b. June 20, 1821; d. Nov. 6, 1890, Braintree; he died Oct. 31, 1882, Randolph. Ch .: (a) Edward Prentiss, b. Aug. 14, 1845; d. Apr. 24, 1904, Brattleboro; m. Jan. 1, 1868, Sarah E. Sulloway of Randolph, b. May 29, 1846, Stoughton, Mass .; d. Apr. 6, 1903, Brattleboro; ch .: (i) Willis F., b. Jan. 25, 1869, Randolph; res., S. Lawrence, Mass .; (ii) Louis S., b. Jan. 19, 1876, Brattleboro; res., Claremont, N. H .; (iii) Leon E., b. Apr. 13, 1884, Brattleboro; res., Dorchester, Mass.

vii. Granville, b. Sep. 3, 1826, Roy .; d. Apr. 1, 1910, Randolph; m. (1) Nov. 27, 1849, Susan P., dau. Joel and Susan Thayer of Brain- tree, b. Jan. 18, 1828; d. Nov. 21, 1852; m. (2) Lucinda S., sister of his first wife, b. Dec. 3, 1830; d. Mar. 25, 1901. Granville was a soldier of the Civil War. After the war he worked for the C. V. R. R. as brakeman, then went to Randolph, and opened a candy and tobacco store, which he conducted until 1908. He was collector for Randolph

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for thirty-three consecutive years. He had one child, Frederick Mel- vin, b. Aug. 3, 1853. When Frederick was ten years old he was killed by jumping on to a moving freight train, Mar. 16, 1863.

ELIJAH BARNES, b. 1768-69; d. Oct. 20, 1855, Roy .; m. 1794, Olive Evans, b. Jan. 11, 1770, Sethington (Litchfield ?), Conn .; d. Jan. 19, 1872, Roy.

In 1801 Mr. Barnes, then of Harrington, Conn., bought a farm in District Sixteen, to which he afterwards added more land, and established a home, where his son George later lived, and still later, George Russ. Here they raised their ten chil- dren, of whom there is only a partial record. Mrs. Barnes sur- vived her husband sixteen years. She was cared for in her ex- treme age by her son George and daughter Hannah. Her 100th anniversary was observed Jan. 11, 1870. At that time seven of her children were living, sixteen grandchildren, and twenty-four great-grandchildren. She retained her mental and physical fac- ulties to a remarkable degree up to the time of her death, which was sudden. She joined the Methodist church in 1804. She is buried with her husband and Hannah at N. Royalton Cemetery. i. James. Enlisted in U. S. army, and was shot in the battle of Plattsburg, War of 1812.

ii. George, b. Apr. 10, 1804, Roy .; d. Oct. 23, 1876; unm.

iii. Nancy, m. Apr. 13, 1824, Joseph Johnson of Roy .; child born Jan. 22, 1825; five other children.

iv. Hannah, b. 1809, Roy .; d. Jan. 22, 1894, unm. v. Lewis. Went west and settled in Portland, Ore. Ran a packing train between Portland and San Francisco. It is supposed he was killed by Indians on one of his trips. vi. James. Took freeman's oath in 1837. Dr. Denison has a charge against Elijah at birth of child, June 10, 1816. Married and settled in Conn.

There were three other daughters; the third married Eliphalet Pierce and removed to Wis. The youngest daughter married Alphonso Dow, a blacksmith.

BARRETT FAMILY.

PARKHURST BARRETT, son of Thomas and Abigail, b. May 9, 1791, Tunbridge; d. Nov. 17, 1875; m. Betsey, dau. Solo- mon and Hannah Wheeler, b. Sep. 10, 1793, Hollis, N. H .; d. Mar. 15, 1869, Roy.

Thomas Barrett owned property in Royalton village in 1827. The next year he made an indenture with Parkhurst for support of himself and wife. Parkhurst was a cabinet maker. i. Norman, b. May 27, 1829, Roy .; d. Apr. 19, 1848; bur. N. Roy. Cem.

ii. Abigail M. P., b. June 18, 1831, Roy .; d. Nov. 8, 1854; m. June 2, 1851, Joseph Watson of Boston.

iii. Ira P., b. Jan. 9, 1833, Roy.

iv. Nancy Elizabeth, b. Dec. 11, 1834, Roy .; m. Dec. 17, 1854, George W. Foggett.

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BARTHOLEMEW FAMILY.

ELISHA [6] BARTHOLEMEW (John [5], Enos [4], John [3], William [2], William [1]), b. Oct. 17, 1772, Wood- stock, Conn .; d. 1843, Hiram, O .; m. Nov. 23, 1795, Louisa Hall. Mr. Bartholemew was first listed in 1796, and probably came here soon after marriage. He is said to have kept a hotel. He did not invest in real estate, so far as the records show. He took a prominent part in the business of the town until 1802. He removed to Barnston, Can., became a farmer and had potash works. He was crippled in middle life by a log rolling over him. He removed to Hiram, O. Lived for a time in Irasburg.

i. George, [7], b. Aug., 1796, Roy. prob .; d. Nov. 1, 1855. George became Professor in Collegiate Institute, N. Y.

ii. Betsey, [7], b. Aug. 1, 1798, Roy .; d. Feb. 2, 1866, unm.

iii. Frank, [7], b. July 13, 1800, Roy .; killed by a horse in Coventry, 1812.

iv. Chary, [7], b. June 15, 1802; d. Apr. 24, 1875; m. Feb. 7, 1830, Jacob Rowell; two ch.

v. Franklin, [7], d. an infant.

vi. John, [7], b. July 9, 1809, Barnston.

BARTLETT FAMILY.

ORISON ADELBERT BARTLETT, son of Ebenezer K. Bartlett, b. Mar. 18, 1833, Bridgewater; d. Apr. 8, 1903, Hart- ford; m. Sep. 21, 1852, Melvina Elizabeth Hudson, b. Dec. 16, 1830; d. Apr. 13, 1904. i. Lovira A., b. Aug. 5, 1855; m. C. O. Blessington; res. Que- chee.

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History of Royalton, Vermont, with family genealogies, 1769-1911, Part 73

Author: Lovejoy, Mary Evelyn Wood, 1847- Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Burlington, Vt., Free press printing company Number of Pages: 1280

Author: Lovejoy, Mary Evelyn Wood, 1847-
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Burlington, Vt., Free press printing company
Number of Pages: 1280