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Whipple, E. O., Danby, was born in Athens, Windham county, Vt., in 1820. He read medicine with Dr. Aaron Morse (botanie) in Hyde Park, Vt., for two years, and also with Dr. Jehial Smith (Thompsonian) at East Randolph, Vt., for one year. Not satisfied with the advantages of this course of study he read an ad- ditional three years with Dr. S. W. Thayer and P. D. Bradford, of West Randolph, Vt., and graduated from the Castleton Medical College in 1847, and settled in Danby, Vt., in 1848, where he now resides and has a large practice. He was married in September, 1848, to Augusta Sawyer, of West Townsend, Vt .; they had one son born to them, Frank E., born in 1857. He is a graduate of Middlebury College; he read medicine with his father and graduated from the Bellevue Medical Hospital in New York city in 1881, and settled in Danby, Vt., in the practice of his profession. His father's parents were John and Clarissa (Oaks) Whipple.
White, Henry K., Clarendon, p. o. North Clarendon, was born in Shrewsbury, Vt., on October 24, 1839, and came to Clarendon. Vt , in 1868. He is an active farmer and owns 300 acres; he has been lister of the town and seleetman for five years; his parents were Clark and Nancy (Knight) White, of Shrewsbury, Vt .; he was three times married. His first wife was Sarah L. Davis, to whom he was married on March 9, 1863; she was a daughter of Deacon and Laura (Hay ward) Davis, of Clarendon, Vt .; they had two children born to them : G. Burton and Justin C. He was married the second time on September 3, 1874, to Delia D. Ives, a daughter of Orson and Polly (Parks) Ives, of Timoouth, Vt. His third wife was Ellen Donnelly, a daugh- ter of Martin and Ellen (Burns) Donnelly, of Clarendon, Vt. Mr. Donnelly was a native of Ireland, and Mrs. Donnelly of Scotland. He was married the third time on October 1, 1878.
Wilber, Henry, Danby, was born in Wallingford, Vt., on May 3, 1813; he was married in 1831 to Cynthia White ; they have three daugliters; Louisa, now Mrs. H. P. Tabor; Cleopatra, now Mrs. J. C. Griffith ; has one son, Henry W .; Lois C., now Mrs. Daniel C. Smith ; they have three children, two sons and one dangh- ters. Mr. Wilber was lister in 1864, selectman for six years ; he is a general farmer. He is a son of Isaac and Nancy (Aldrich) Wilber ; they have three daughters and one son : Lanra, Nancy, Cleopatra and Henry. Mr. Wilber was horn in Danhy in 1728, and Mrs. Wilber was born in Richmond, N. H., in 1780, Isaac was a son of Henry and Hannah (Johnson) Wilber, who was born in Rhode Island, and settled in Danby with his father in 1766, -was the great grandfather of the present Henry.
Willard, Cyrenins M., Fairhaven, was born in Pawlet, Vt., September 13, 1820. He read law and was admitted to the bar on September 11, 1841, when he settled in Fairhaven, Vt. He was elected State senator in 1857 and 1858 ; was a judge of probate for twelve years for this district, and has also held many of the town offices. He was cashier of the Castleton Bank for twelve years, and was connected with the marble enterprise at West Rutland ; he also spent two years in his profession at Kenosha, Wis. He has invented a machine for cutting slate, marble or granite, in any form or size from a solid bed, by steam power. He is heping soon to bring it in use. He was married in 1845 to Phebe Mitchell, a daughter of Alanson Mitchell, of Pittsford, Vt .; they have three daughters: Emma A., Ella A. and Catherine. Emma A. married Charles S. Colburn; they have two daughters; Catherine married James D. Winslow ; they also have two daugh- ters. Cyrenius M. was a son of Filas and Clarissa (Baker) Willard, of Pawlet, Vt .; they had a family of fonr children, three now living : Mary E., Hon. Cyrenins and Eunice H.
Willard, Josiah P., Fairhaven, was born in Fairhaven, Vt., on December 19, 1818. He was married on July 1, 1847, to Lucy J. Spink, born in Hampton, Washington county, N. Y., on September 27, 1821 ; she died in 1874, leaving one son. Josiah P. then married his second wife, Mrs. Caroline E. Ensign, a daughter of Ashael Sioith, of Poultney, Vt .. in 1875, She had one son by her first husband -Frank E., who is now a com- mercial traveler in the West. Josiah P. was a son of Azel and Hannah (Cady) Willard, who were married on October 4, 1812 ; natives of Windsor, Vt., and catoe to Fairhaven in 1817. Azel was born in 1791. and Hannah in 1792. They had three children, of whom two are now living. Azel Willard, jr., was born in Wind- sor, Vt., on September 26, 1814; was married in 1841 to Mary Done, who died in Hartford, N. Y., in 1862, leaving one son, George W., who was born November 24, 1645, and married Grace Thompson, of Hartford, N. Y. Ile is now a merchant in Detroit. Azel then married for his second wife. in 1862, Mrs. Mellissa Morse. Joshua, born in 1718, and Hannah E., born in 1821. and died in 1839, Ira J. Willard, son of Josiah P. and Lucy J. Willard, was born on March 17, 1851 ; is now a music teacher and professor in Augusta, Geor- gia. Ile married on May 18, 1875, for his first wife Hattie Fish, born May 18, 1854, a daughter of ('. G. and M. Fish, she died in Rome, N. Y., on January 2. 1878, aged twenty-tour years. He then married his second wife, Mrs. Alice D. Stone, who was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Danforth, of Augusta, Georgia.
Williard, Levi A., Sherburne, was born in Windsor, Vt., on October 31, 1840. He is a lumber manufac- turer, and settled in Sherburne in 1860. He built his present mill in 1882, and manntaetures from one to two million feet of lumber annually. He was justice of the peace and town treasurer four years. His parents were Levi H. and Chloe (Wilson) Willard. He was married in 1864 to Emily Chase, a daughter of Bradford and Arah A. (Hutchinson) Chase, of Sherburne. They have one child, Lillian E.
Williams, Edward, Pawlet, p. o. Granville, N. Y., was born in this town in 1793, and died in 1865. His wife was Laura Thomson ; she was born in Granville, N. Y., in 1807, and was married in 1853 ; she and her nephew, Edwin R. Thomson and his wife, Lonise F., now ocenpy the old homestead, which was purchased from the government hy Nathan Williams, and has remained in the family ever since. Mr. Thomson served in the 123d New York Regiment. Co. K., Volunteer Infantry, from August 20, 1862, to the close of the war in 1865,
Williams, John Eldridge, Castleton, p. o. West ('astleton, was born in Hubbardton, Vt., on December 26, 1824. 1Ie is a carpenter and builder by trade, and a farmer, and now owns and occupies the old home- stead, purchased in 1833. He lost his right arm in the effort to save his son from some accident by machin- ery, in which accident the son also lost his right arm. The elearing in this part of West Castleton was first made by a Revolutionary soldier in 1800, Elijah Taylor ; some two or three of his buildings are now in ex- istence. John Eldridge was married in 1851 to Mary A. Collins; she died in 1>69, leaving eight children. IIe married his second wife, Aurilla Andrus, in 1870; she died in 1880, leaving five children. He then married his third wife, Mrs. Mary J. (Smith) Taylor, in 1881. She had by her first husband five children, the family now combined numbers eighteen children, eleven daughters and seven sons. John was a son of Jolin and Tabitha (Brick) Williams, he was born in Pawlet, Vt , on May 10, 1797, and she was born in Barry, Mass., on January 12, 1805. The were married in Fairhaven in 1824, and raised a family of six children, fonr sons and two daughters. He purchased his residence and farm on Lake Bomoseen in 1833, were he died. He settled in Castleton, Vt., in 1819. The grandparents, Leonard and Mary (Roach) Williams, came from Connecticut
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and settled here about 1780, They had a family of seven children. He was a Revolutionary soldier and died in 1805.
Williams, Samuel D., Fairhaven, was born in Poultney, Vt., in 1827. He commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes in Benson in 1849, and later settled at Hydeville. In 1880 he settled in Fairhaven, con- dneting the business, dealing in sale work as well as home manufacture. He was married in 1853 to Betsey Ann Goodrich. They had four children, Elbert D., Edwin J., S. Egbert, and Jennie, who died in infancy. Samuel D. was a son of Cogswell and Amanda (Welister) Williams, who were born, married and died in Poultney. They had a family of seven children, five of whom are now hving, Myron C., J. Edwin, Samnel D., Norman and Pauline. Samuel D.'s paternal grandfather was Abijah Williams, who was born in Eng- land, and settled in Vermont at an early day.
Wing, Wolcott B., Pittsford, Vt .. p. o. Chittenden, was born in the town of Mount Holly, November 14, 1834, and came to this town in February, 1845. He is proprietor of the Landon Honse, at Sonth Chittenden. His parents were Francis L. and Lafronia (Frost) Wing. Mr. Wing was born in Danby, Vt., July 20, 1805, and died February 3, 1884. Mrs. Wing was born in Mount Holly, June 25, 1809, and died April 10, 1873. He was married July 4, 1856, to Susan J. Baird, a daughter of Joel and Eliza (Pike) Baird, old residents of this town. They had two children, Lillian E., and Amos H.
Winslow. Lewis I., Chittenden, p. o. Pittsford, was born in Norwich, Vt., November 9, 1829; is a farmer and owns 225 acres. He was town representative in 1864 and 1865, town assessor for five terms, lister a number of times, justice of the peace, and selectman several years. His parents were Nathaniel and Clar- issa (Pettigrew) Winslow, of Norwich, Vt. He was married November 1, 1853, to Harriett A. Durgy, a daughter of Orrin W. and Harriett A. (Lamb) Durgy, of Pittsfield. They had four children, Sarah A., died April 18, 1873 ; Ella A., now Mrs. Royal Wetmore, of Chittenden; Emmergene A., now Mrs. Henry W. Elliott, of Chittenden, and Henry L
Wiswell, James, Castleton, p. o. Hydeville, was born in Whitehall, N. Y., on February 10, 1818. He set- tled in Castleton, Vt., in 1856, as the freight and ticket agent of the Delaware and IIndson Canal Railroad Company at Hydeville, Vt., where he still remains. He is also agent for the coal interest of that company. He embarked in the milling business in 1865, and assisted in organizing the Evergreen Slate Company in 1868, in 1873 he sold his interest in this company, giving his whole attention to the railroad business. His parents were Henry and Naomi (Sawyer) Wiswell, of Whitehall, N. Y., but formerly of Whiting, Vt. James's first wife was Catherine M. Brown, of Fort Ann, Washington county, N. Y., to whom he was married in 1839. She died on January 10, 1883, leaving four children, James H., Naomi, Lucy, and Mary C. James's second wife was Martha (Ross) Bullard, of Castleton, Vt., to whom he was married November 5, 1884. James H. enlisted in the United States army, service cavalry, in April 1861, and served three years, and was honor- ably discharged. His first wife was Lurinda Herring, she died in 1877, leaving three children. His second wife was Alice Dunning. He is now engaged in the manufacture of slate. Mary C. married James K. Hyde, he died in 1873, leaving one son, David A., who was born in 1869. Naomi married Albert T. Sinead, they had one son, Harry.
Wood, Chauncey F., Fairhaven, was born in Fairhaven, Vt., in 1820. He is a dealer and breeder of blood- en horses, the Hambletonian being his favorite. His parents were Charles and Eliza (Kidder) Wood, whe were married in 1818. Charles Wood was a carpenter and builder, and settled in Fairhaven in 1810, after which date he became a farmer. He died in Fairhaven, Rutland county, Vt., in 1832, and his wife died in 1875, They had four children, two of whom are now living, Chauncey E., and Phebe E.
Wood, I , Wells, was born in New York city in 1844. He is the proprietor of the Lake St. Catherine House, a house for the accommodation of summer hoarders, or pleasure parties. The house is reached by stage from Granville Station on the Washington branch of D. & H. Canal Company Railroad. Mr. Wood mar- ried Anna C. Berry, who was born in Hackensack, N. J., in 1847. She died in 1878, leaving one child, Florence. Mr. Wood then married Ruth Barnes, who was born in England in 1864.
Wood, Isaac A., Fairhaven, was born in Whitehall, Washington county, N Y., and settled in Fairhaven 1879. His parents were William J. and Julia A. Wood, of Whitehall, N. Y., and have a family of five chil- dren. William G. C., Emma, Isaac A., Charles P., and Kate C. Isaac A. was married in 1879, to Kate P. Kidder. The have two children, Grace E., and Alice E. Kate was a daughter of Abel Kidder and Lucy (Cntler) Kidder, who were married in 1846. Lucy was born in 1817, and Asel was born in 1813, and died in 1876. He was a member of Assembly four years, a justice of the peace, and also held most of the town of- fices. He was an active and infinential man and settled on his homestead in 1854. He had five children, Rolland M., Elizabeth, Albert A., Mary L., born July 19, 1850, died August 31, 1854, and Kate P.
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A CADEMIES, 206. Adams, A. N., historian, 226. Adams, Joseph, biography of, 868. Agriculture, 163. Agricultural society, Rutland county, 152. Allen, Alonson, biography of, 881. Allen, Ethan, 52.
Allen, Ira C., biography of, 869.
Amusements, early, 71.
Apprentices, runaway, 346. Artillery, second battery, 126.
Attorneys, Rutland county, Abbott, Chauncey, 275; Allen, Edson, 274; Barnes, Calvin, 274; Bingham, Solomon, 275; Bowen, C. E., 279; Brace, Jonathan, 281; Briggs, Ebenezer N., 277; Brown, A. L., 273; Buel, Elias, 275; Buell, A. W., 283; Buell, Wm. C., 282; Burnam, John, 280; Chip- man, Darius, 273; Chipman, Nathaniel, 264; Clark, Jonas, 280; Clark, Orson, 280; Clarke, DeWitt Clinton, 271; Cook, M. H., 279; Davenport, Barzillai, 278; Dex- ter, J. C., 279; Farnham, David L., 276; Finney, Darwin A., 283; Foot, Solomon, 268; Frisbie, Barker, 280; Fuller, J. L., 273; Gale, Geo. L., 274; Gove, Jesse, 272; Graham, John A., 266; Graham, N. B., 274; Graham, Lyman, 282; Green, Spen- cer, 279; Griswold, Julian, 283; Hamlin, Nathaniel, 275; Harman, Ira, 276; Har- mon, Nathaniel, 281; Harris, J. S., 283; Herrington, Theophilus, 266; Hodges, Silas H., 279; Hopkins, F. W., 272; Howe, Zimri, 282; Jackson, Samuel, 276; Kellogg, John, 275; Kellogg, Loyal C., 276; Kittridge, W. C., 279; Langdon, B. F., 278; Langdon, Chauncey, 278; Lath- rop, L. E., 275; Mallary, Rollin C., 282; Marsh, Rodney V., 277 : Meacham, M. R., 276; Mead, A. P., 278; Miner, A. L., 281; Newell, Gordon. 281; Newell. John G. and James R., 281; Nichols, J. T., 273; Nicholson, Anson A., 272; Noble, Oba- diah, 283; Noyes, Moses G., 282 ; Orms- bee, Edgar L., 270; Osgood. Nathan, 275; Page, William, 273; Pierpoint, John, 281; Pierpoint, Robert, 267; Powers, Horace, 954
274; Prentiss, Samuel, 274; Royce, Lewis, 275; Royce, Rodney C., 273; Saterlee, James, 282; Smith, Cephas, 274; Smith, Israel, 267 ; Smith, Milo W., 276; Smith, Phineas, 274; Smith, William Douglas, 272; Strong, Moses, 271; Towslee, H. B., 274; Walker, Samuel, 274; Waller, Royal H., 275; Ward, Elisha, 283; Warner, Al- mon, 278; Webber, Sumner A., 274; Williams, Charles Kilborn, 270; Williams, Charles Kilbourne, 269; Williams, Charles Langdon, 270; Williams, Leonard, 270; Williams, Samuel, 270; Wing, Samuel D., 277; Wright, Isaac T., 278; Wright. Simon, 274.
Attorneys, State's, 143.
B AIRD, Hiram, biography of, 872. Bar, present members of the, 283.
Bar, the county, 264. Battle of Hubbardton, 58.
Baxter, H. H., biography of, 870.
Benson, Porter, biography of, 873.
Benson, town of, 454; attorneys of, 472; Benson Landing in, 472 ; burial ground of, 467 ; churches of 467 ; examples of long- ivity in, 466; geographical and topo- graphical history of, 454 et seq .; medical profession of, 245; municipal history of, 470; organization of, 463 ; physicians of, 473 ; politics in, 465; settlement of, 455 et seq .; volunteers from, in the war of the rebellion, 464.
Biography of Joseph Adams, 868; Alonson Allen, 881; Ira C. Allen, 869; Hiram Baird, 872; H. H. Baxter, 870; Porter Benson, 873; J. P. Bowman, 875; Albert Bresee, 899; C. W. Brigham, 874; John Cain, 879; Merritt Clark, 926; Z. C. Ellis, 888; N. W. Cook, 876; J. McN. Currier, M. D., 878; Geo. W. Dikeman and wife, 885; M. M. Dikeman and wife, 885; James C. Dunn, 886; M. G. Everts, 888; M. J. Francisco, 921; Barnes Fris- bie, 889; E. P. Gilson, 890; A. W. Gray. 891; Leonidas Gray, 893 ; B. R. Greeno, 894; Ryland Hanger, 895; C. H. Sla-
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son, 910; Rufus Holt, 896: Warren Horton, 897; H. G. Hughes, 898; New- ton Kellogg, 900; Harrison Kingsley, 901; L. G. Kingsley, 925; W. C. Lan- don, 903; H. F. Lothrop, 902; Israel Munson, 904; J. B. Page, 922; John Prout, 905: Proctor Redfield, 904; L. W. Redington, 907 : George T. Roberts, 905; A. J. Rogers, 910; G. E. Royce, 908; C. S. Rumsey, 907; Charles Sheldon, 912; J. A. Sheldon, 913; W. H. Smith, 914; Geo. W. Strong, 911 ; Marshall Tarbell, 927 ; D. W. Taylor, 916; G. J. Wardwell, 916. Bird Mountain, 35.
Bowman. J. P., biography of, 875.
Brandon, town of, 473; early settlers of, 474, et seq .; Forestdale in, 514; medical pro- fession of, 245 ; municipal history of. 494, et seq .; organization of, 484; patent of, 473 ; resolutions of early town boards of, 485, et seq .; volunteers of, in the rebell- ion, 490, et. seq.
Brandon, village of. 494; attorneys of, 502; banking interests of, 500; churches of, 506: dentists of, 504; fire department of 505; hotels of, 501; mercantile interests of. 495, et. seq .; physicians of, 503 ; post- office of, 494; schools of, 512; the press of. 502 ; water works of, 504.
Bresee. Albert, biography of, 899.
Brigade, Vermont, 81.
Brigham, C. W., biography of, 874.
Building, post-office, 118.
Burgoyne, effect of approach of, 56.
C AIN, JOHN, biography of, 879. Canal, effects of opening the Champlain, 155.
Castleton Medical College, 235 et seq. Castleton, town of, 516; charter of, 516; clmrches of. 544: early merchants of, 529; early settlers of, 517 et seq .: Fort Warren in, 524; Hydeville in, 540; medi- cal profession of, 246; officers of, 544; record of, in the rebellion, 533; stage lines of, 531.
Castleton, village of, attorneys of, 539; banks of, 539; hotels of, 538; mercantile inter- ests of, 537: physicians of, 539; schools of, 535; the press of. 540.
Cattle, 167.
Cavalry, first regiment, 121 ; record of, 122 et
1 seq. Charcoal, the manufacture of in Mount Tabor, 696. Cheney, Major Gershom, diary of, 347. Chittenden, Governor, 68.
Chittenden, town of, 547: business interests of, 551; churches of, 553; early settlers of, 547 et seq .; record of, in the rebellion, 550. Chipman, Nathaniel, 65, 67, 69, 74.
Clarendon, town of, 554 ; biographical sketches of early residents of, 563: elmrehes of,
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567: early settlement of, 555; medical profession of, 247 ; military history of, 565; municipal history of, 568; politics in, 562; the New York "land-jobbers" in, 556.
Clark, Merritt, biography of, 926. Clays, 200.
Clerks of county court, 143.
Cockburn, Will, 312.
Cold summer, the, 349.
College, Castleton medical, 235 et seq.
Cook, N. W., biography of, 876.
Corn-huskings, 71.
County bar, the, 264 ; court, 257.
Courts, absence of, 255; county, 257; clerks of, 143; judges of, 142; establishment of first, 256; first, 66.
Court-house and jail, 150.
Court of chancery, 258.
Courts, probate, 259; judges of, 144; registers of, 144.
Court records, 259.
Court, supreme, judges, 140.
Cross, James, tour of, 48, 304.
Currier. J. MeN., M.D., biography of, 878.
D ANBY. town of, 575; early business in- terests of, 586; early settlers of, 576; churches of, 590; grantees of, 575; medi- cal profession of, 247 ; military record of, 585.
Diary of Major Gershom Cheney, 347.
Dikeman, Geo. W. and wife, biographies of, 885.
Dikeman, M. M. and wife, biographies of, 885. Dispensary. the Rutland, 240.
Dunn, James C., biography of, 886.
E ARLY settlers, Blanchard, Benjamin, 319; Bowker, Joseph, 316; Chipman, Nathan- iel, 318; Chatterton, Wait, 320: Clag- horn, James, 319; Johnson, John, 319; Post, Roswell and William, 320; Roots, Rev. Benajah, 320; Smith, John, 317 ; Tuttle. Nathan, 319; Walker, Ichabod, 318; Walker, Gideon, 318.
Early warrants and complaints, 261.
Effects of early schools, 204. Ellis, Z. C., biography of, 888. Everts, M. G., biography of, 888.
F AIRHAVEN, town of, 591 ; attorneys of, 614; early settlers of, 593; churehes of, 600; graded schools of, 616; hotels of, 615; medical profession of, 248; military rec- ord of, 599; municipal history of, 603; physicians of, 614; present business in- terests of, 608: the press of, 612 ;
Fire-side, the early, 70.
Forts, early, 305. Fossils, 178.
Francisco, M. J., biography of. 921.
Frisbie. IIon. Barnes, 231 ; biography of, 889.
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G Y EOLOGY of Rutland county, 171. Gilson, E. P., biography of, 890. Glacial theory, 176.
Grammar schools, 205.
Grand army of the republic, J. H. Boswith post, No. 53, 302; Joyce post, No. 49, 302; Kearney post, No. 48, 302; C. J. Ormsbee post, No. 18, 302 ; Roberts post, No. 14, 302; Sennott post, No. 12, 302. Gray, A. W., biography of. 891.
Gray, Leonidas, biography of, 893.
Greeley, Horace, 69; first newspaper contrib- utions of, 229 ; apprenticeship of, 230. Greeno, B. R., biography of, 894.
H ALL, ELIAS, statement of, concerning old military road, 49.
Hanger, Ryland, biography of, 895.
Herald of Vermont, 346.
Herrick mountain, etc., 35.
High school, 149.
Historical society, Rutland county, 151. Holt, Rufus, biography of, 896.
Horses, 168.
Horton, Warner, biography of, 897.
Hortonville, 624.
Hough, Benjamin, chastisement of, 54.
House of correction, the, 149.
Hubbardton, battle of, 58 et seq .; Allen's de- scription of, 60; condition of people just preceding tlie, 58; incidents of, 61 et seq. Hubbardton, town of, 617 ; churches of, 624; early history of, 618; geograph- ical and topographical history of, 617; medical profession of, 249; military rec- ord of, 623. Hughes, H. G., biography of, 898.
Hydeville, postmasters of, 541; slate interest in, 542.
I CE period, 176.
Industry, importance of, to society, 162. Ira, town of, 630; churches of, 633; military record of, 634; organization of, 631. Iron, 198.
J UDGES, assistant, 143; chief, 142; county court, 142; first, 256; of supreme court previous to organization of county, 258 ; of probate court, 144; of supreme court, 140.
Justices of the peace, 259.
K ELLOGG, NEWTON, biography of, 900. Kendall, Edward A., description of early court by, 262. Kingsley, Harrison, biography of, 901.
Kingsley, L. G., biography of, 925.
Knights Templar, Killington Commandery, No. 6, 293; Davenport council of, 294.
L AKE BOMBAZINE, 39; Champlain, 44 ; St. Catharine, 44. Lakes and ponds, 173 ; small, and ponds, 45.
Landon, W. C., biography of, 903.
Lifeguard of Rutland, 76; re-enlistment of 77. Lothrop, H. F., biography of, 902. Lydius, John Henry, 52.
M ALLARY, ROLLIN C., 228, 229. Manufactures, 168.
Marble companies and quarries, 180, et seq .; machinery, 190, et. seq .; quarries and mills, early, 180; quarries. chronological list of, 192.
Marbles, analyses of, 189; comparative strength of, 190.
Masonic lodges, first, 284.
Masons, early prominent, 285, et. seq .; Royal Arch, Davenport chapter, No. 17, 293; Farmers' chapter, No. 9, 293; Poultney chapter, No. 10, 293.
Masonry, Acacia lodge, No. 91, 294; Center lodge, No. 6, 290; Chipman lodge, No. 52, 297 : Eureka lodge, No. 75, 295; Far- mers' lodge, No. 30, 295; Hiram lodge, No. 101, 292 ; Hiram lodge, No. 7, 296; Lee Lodge, No. 30, 294; Marble lodge, No. 76, 295; Morning Star Lodge, No. 27, 297; Mt. Moriah lodge, No. 96, 297; officers of Grand lodge of Vermont, 288, 289; Otter Creek lodge, No. 70. 296; Rut- land lodge, No. 79, 292; Washington lodge, No. 21, 294.
Medical and surgical clinic, Castleton, 239; so- ciety, Rutland county, 239.
Medical college, Castleton, 235, et seq.
Medical profession of Benson, 245; of Bran- don, 245 ; of Castleton, 246; of Clarendon, 247; of Danby, 247 ; of Fairhaven, 248; of Middletown; 249; of Mount Holly, 250; of Pawlet, 251; of Pittsford, 252; of Poultney, 253; of Rutland, 384, et seq .; of Wallingford, 254; of Wells, 255. Medical society, Castleton, 239.
Medical societies, county, 238; first, 238. Melvin, Eleazer, expedition of, 48.
Mendon, town of, 635; churches of, 639; early business interests of, 637; early settlers of, 636; manufacturing interests of, 640; military record 639; organization of, 635. Middletown, town of, 641; churches of, 668; early organization and settlement of, 642, et seq., early settlers of, 661; in the re- bellion, 667; medical profesion of, 249, 670; springs and hotels of. 672 ; the freshet of 1811 in, 664; the " Woods scrape " in 653; municipal history of, 671.
Military road, the old, 49, 304.
Minerals, 178; economic, 179. Mineral springs, 38.
Mountains, 172, 173.
Mount Holly, town of, 673; churches of, 681 ; early settlements of, 674; manufacturing interests of, 689; medical profession of, 250; record of in the rebellion, 679; the professions in, 688; topographical and geographical details of, 673.
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Mount Tabor, town of, 692; early settlements of, 694; in the rebellion, 695; manufac- tures of, 696; organization of, 692; the charcoal business in, 696.
Munson, Israel, biography of, 904.
TESHOBE island, 42; coat of arms of, 43. New Hampshire Grants, collisions grow- ing out of, 52; controversy, origin of the, 50; overshadowed by opening of the rev- olution, 55.
Newspaper, the first, 213.
Newspapers of Brandon, 232; of Castleton, 231 ; of Fairhaven, 226; of Poultney, 228; of Rutland, 213; of Wallingford, 234. Newspapers, method of circulating, 347.
Newspapers, publishers of, Beaman, George H., 219; Bliss, Amos, 228, 230; Cain, John, 222 ; Carruthers, James, 225; Clark, Henry, 224; Clarke, Hon. DeWitt C. 233; Conant, John A., 232; Conant, Samuel M., 233 ; Conant, William C., 233; Davi- son, G. M., 218; Fay, William, 217 ; Hack- ett, D. C. 234; Haswell. Anthony, 214; Howe, Zimri, 232; Humphrey, R. J., 231; Love, Henry W., 225; Lyon, James, 226, 227; Lyon, John J., 214; Lyon, Matthew, 215, 226, 227; MacArthur, J. L., 225; McLean, James K., 222; Max- ham, E., 219; Maxham, Ephraim, 232 ; Miner, Rev. Ovid, 231; Morris, J. A., 231; Murray. Orson S., 232; Potter & Ross, 231; Purdy, E. C., 218; Redfield, F. W., 228; Redington, L. W., 225; Richardson, Geo. E., 225; Ryder, Still- man B., 234; Smith, Harvey D., 228, 229; Smith, Sanford, 228; Spooner, J. D., 226; Tuttle, George A., 220, 231; Will- iams, C. K., 224; Williams, Judge Sam- uel, 215, 217; Williams, Rev. Samuel, 215, 216.
New York and New Hampshire controversy, 311.
Normal schools, 211.
DD FELLOWS, Eureka lodge, No. 22, 301; Killington lodge, No. 29, 300; Netis lodge, No. 25, 301; Otter Creek encampment, No. 7, 300; Otter Creek lodge, No. 10, 298; Pico lodge, No. 32, 301.
Officers, roster of volunteer, 127. Otter Creek, 36 ; tributaries to, 37.
P AGE, J. B., biography of, 922.
Patents. list of, granted by New York in Vermont, 51.
Pawlet, town of, 697; attorneys of, 714; charter and settlement of, 698; churches of, 712; in the rebellion, 715; medical profession of, 251; municipal history of, 716; physicians of, 713; present town officers, 715; schools of, 712. Pawlet, West, 718.
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Peace in 1815, results of, 68. Personals, 929.
Pittsfield, town of, 719; churches of, 724; early history of, 719 et seq .; mercantile interests of, 725; present officers of, 726. Pittsford, town of, 726; attorneys of, 765; churches of, 757; early settlement of, 729; early town records of, 727; Fort Mott in, 735; later settlements of, 749; manufacturers of, 760; marble interests of, 762 ; medical profession of, 252 ; mer- cantile interests of, 759; municipal his- tory of, 759; physicians of, 764; record of, in the rebellion, 755; schools of, 763; settlements in, after the revolution, 737. Plow, wooden, 164.
Post-office building, 148; of Rutland, 361.
Poultney, town of, 760; attorneys of, 792;
churches of, 781; early settlement of, 766 et seq .; educational interests in, 784; manufacturing interests of, 790; medical profession of, 253; mercantile interests of, 789 ; military record of, 778; munici- pal history of, 788; physicians of, 793; post-office of, 794; press of, 793; slate interest in, 785.
Press, the, 213 et seq.
Primary schools, 207.
Probate courts. 259.
Proclamation of Allen, Baker and Cockran, 54. Property, increase in value of, produced by railroads, 161.
Prout, John, biography of, 905.
Puritan school law, 203.
Q UARRIES, marble, 180 et seq .; slate, 193 et seq.
R AILROAD, Bennington and Rutland, 159; Champlain and Connecticut River, 160; Rutland and Burlington, 160; Rutland and Washington, 159; Rutland and Whitehall, 160; Vermont and Canada, 158; Vermont Central, 158; Western Vermont, 159.
Railroads, 157 et seq .; changes effected by, 161. Records, court, 259.
Redfield, Proctor, biography of, 904.
Registers of probate court, 144.
Regiment, Cavalry, First, 121; Eleventh, 87, record of, 88; Fifth, 81, officers of, 82, career of, 82 et seq .; First, officers of, 76, companies G and K in, 76; Fourteenth, 123; Ninth, 111, record of, 112 et seq .; of sharpshooters, First. 115, record of, 116 et seq .; Seventh, 94, officers of, 95, career of, 96 et seq .; Tenth, 104, officers of from Rutland county, 104, history of, 105 et seq .; Twelfth, 78, career of, 79 et seq.
Religious influence, early, 73.
Restricted facilities for marketing, 156.
Revolutionary war, development of tory senti- ment in, 56; importance of Vermont
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frontier in, 55; opening of, 55; state of affairs in Vermont during later years of, 57. Ripley, Wm. Y. W., 77, 80, 116.
River, Connecticut, steamboats upon the, 156. Road, old military, 154.
Roads, early, 154 et seq .; lotteries in aid of, 155.
Roberts, Colonel George T .. 78, 80, 94, 95, 97 ; death of, 98; biography of, 905.
Rogers, A. J., biography of, 810. Royce, G. E., biography of, 908. Rumsey, C. S., biography of, 907.
Rntland county, action of people of in war of 1812, 67; boundaries and dimensions of, 65; debatable ground in early days, 48; evidences of Indian occupation of, 47; first courts in, 66; geography of, 173; geology of, 171; Indian claims to terri- tory m, 47; Indian occupation of, 46; in the war of the rebellion, 75; lakes in, 39; mineral springs in, 38; organization of, 65; rock formation of, 175; streams in, 36. Rutland dispensary, the, 240.
Rutland, town of, attorneys of the, 389 et seq .; boundaries of the, 302; Center Rutland in, 451: charters and grantees of, 303, 307 ; churches of, 363 et seq .; dental pro- fession of the, 387; early settlements of 307 ; financial crisis of 1837 in, 352 ; free- holders in 1780, list of. 339; general his- tory of, 346 et seq .; geographical position of, 303; in the rebellion, 353; marble in- terest of, 422 et seq .; medical profession of. 384 et seq .; officers of, pre-ent, 353; post-offices of, 361; records of, 337 et seq .; schools of, 378 et seq .: Sutherland Falls in, 447; town poor of the, 351; volunteers credited to, 354; West Rut- land in, 445.
Rutland, village of, architecture of, 406; banks of, 410; city charter for. 406; carly busi- ness of. 403, et seq .: financial interests of; 407; fire department of. 413 et seq .; gas-light companies of, 421; hotels of. 439 ; incorporation of. 402 : insurance bus- iness of, 412; J. A. Graham's description of, 393 ; manufacturing interests of. 432; medical profession of, 240 et seq .; mer- cantile interests of, 437 ; moderators and presidents of, 407; opera house in, 422; railroads, measures favoring, by, 401 : se- cret societies of, 443; street railway of, 422; wards of, 402; water-works of, 420; young men's christian association of, 445.
YT. CLAIR, General, 58, et seq.
S School improvements, 210; legislation, 204; early attention to, 201 ; graded, high and union, 212; of early days, 208; per- sonal experience of, 209.
Senators, state, 146. Settlement, beginning of, 164. Settlers, early, 307, et seq. Sheep husbandry, 165.
Sheldon, Charles, biography of, 912, Sheldon, J. A., biography of, 913. Sheriffs, 144.
Sherburne, town of, 795; churches of, 801; early settlement of, 796; in the rebellion, 799; manufacturing interests of, 801; mercantile interests of, 800 ; post-office of 800.
Shrewsbury, town of, 802; churches of, 808; early settlers of, 803; manufacturing in- terests of, 810; mercantile interests of, 810; municipal history of, 809 ; record of in the rebellion, 807.
Slate, 192, et seq .; analysis of, 198; quarries, 193, et seq; chronolgical list of of, 197.
Slason, C. H., biography of, 910. Smith, W. H., biography of, 914.
Socialborough, 310.
Social history, philosophy of, 69; intercourse, early, 69; prominence, men of, 74. Societies, county medical, 238.
Society, Castleton medical, 239; first medical, 238; Rutland county agricultural, 152 ; Rutland county historical, 151; Rutland county medical and surgical, 239; of alumni of Castleton medical college, the, 240.
Sparks, Jared, first newspaper contributions of, 229.
Spencer, Benjamin, trial of, 52. State senators, 146.
State's attorneys, 143. Strong, Geo. W., biography of, 911.
Sudbury, town of, 812; churches of, 819; military record in the rebellion, 818; set- tlement of, 813.
T ACONIC mountains, 34. Tarbell, Marshall, biography of, 927.
Taylor, D. W., biography of, 916.
Thanksgiving, the old-fashioned, 74.
Tinmouth, town of, 819; churches of, 828; early settlements of, 822; early records of, 820; in the rebellion, 829 ; manufactures, etc., of, 830 ; physicians and attorneys of, 828.
Town hall, 148.
TERMONT, action of people of, in war of 1812, 66 ; a military highway in early wars, 49. Village of Castleton, 535 ; of Rutland, munici- pal history of, 393 et seq.
Volunteer officers, roster of, 127.
Volunteers, nine-months, 123: record of, 124 et seq .; The Vermont, poem, 139.
W TALLINGFORD, town of, 831; attor- neys of, 843 ; churches of, 838 ; early records and settlements of, 833; mann- facturing interests of, 842; medical pro- fession of, 254; mercantile interests of, 841 ; miscellaneous business interests of, 846; municipal history of, 839; physi-
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cians of, 844; press of 843; record of, in the rebellion, 836. Wallingford, East, 845. Wallingford, South, 844. War of 1812, 66, et. seq. Wardwell, G. J., biography of, 916. Warner, Colonel Seth, 58 et seq; sketch of, 64.
Wells, town of, 848; early settlemments of, 848; medical profession of, 255; military
record of, in the rebellion, 855 ; municipal history of, 857; physicians of, 857; schools and churches of, 856.
Wentworth, Benning, 51.
Westhaven, town of, 859; business" interests of, 865 ; churches of, 867 ; organization of, 859; record of, in the rebellion, 866; settlement of, 861.
Williams, Dr. Samuel, 227. Whipping-post, the, 260.
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