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Officers for 1858-59: No. 2, J. J. R. Randall; No. 18, D. E. Grandy ; No. 19, H. G. Clark ; No. 20, J. B. Page ; Union district, William A. Burnett. J. B. Page, chairman ; James Barrett, moderator ; J. H. Bowman, clerk ; Lu- ther Daniels, treasurer.
Officers for 1859-60: No. 2. J. J. R. Randall; No. 18, D. E. Grandy ; No. 19, H. G. Clark; No. 20, J. B. Page ; Union district, William A. Burnett. J. B. Page, chairman ; James Barrett, moderator ; J. H. Bowman, clerk; Lu- ther Daniels, treasurer.
Officers for 1860-61 : No. 2, J. J. R. Randall ; No. 18, D. E. Grandy ; No. 19, H. G. Clark ; No. 20, J. B. Page; Union district, J. H. Bowman. J. B. Page, chairman ; J. J. R. Randall, moderator; J. H. Bowman, clerk ; Luther Daniels, treasurer.
Officers for 1861-62: No. 2, J. J. R. Randall; No. 18, D. E. Grandy ; No. 19, Newman Weeks; No. 20, James Ross ; Union district, J. H. Bowman. J. J. R. Randall, chairman ; James Barrett, moderator; J. J. R. Randall, clerk ; Charles B. Mann, treasurer.
Officers for 1862-63 : No. 2, J. J. R. Randall ; No. 18, J. D. Billings; No. 19, J. M. Putnam ; No. 20, James Ross ; Union district, J. H. Bowman. J. J. R. Randall, chairman; James Barrett, moderator, J. J. R. Randall, clerk ; H. G. Clark, treasurer.
Officers for 1863-64 : No. 2, J. J. R. Randall ; No. 18, D. E. Grandy ; No.
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19, Z. V. K. Willson ; No. 20, W. H. B. Owen; Union district, H. G. Clark. J. J. R. Randall, chairman ; James Barrett, moderator ; J. J. R. Randall, clerk ; H. G. Clark, treasurer.
Officers for 1864-65 : No. 2, J. J. R. Randall ; No. 18, H. B. Douglas ; No. 19, Z. V. K. Willson ; No. 20, N. S. Stearns; Union district, H. G. Clark. J. J. R. Randall, chairman ; G. P. Hannum, moderator ; J. J. R. Randall, clerk ; W. C. Landon, treasurer.
Officers for 1865-66: No. 2, J. J. R. Randall; No. 18, James O. Shea ; No. 19, H. O. Perkins; No. 20, N. S. Stearns; Union district, B. F. French. J. J. R. Randall, chairman ; William A. Burnett, moderator ; J. J. R. Randall, clerk; W. C. Landon, treasurer.
Officers for 1866-67 : No. 2, J. J. R. Randall ; No. 18, Patrick Toohey ; No. 19, H. O. Perkins ; No. 20, Isaac McDaniels ; Union district, N. S. Stearns. J. J. R. Randall, chairman ; William A. Burnett, moderator ; J. J. R. Randall, clerk ; W. C. Landon, treasurer.
Graded School. - The Union School was in successful operation during twelve years, and was superseded by the Rutland Graded School.
"At a special meeting of the legal voters of the village of Rutland, held February 20, 1867, a vote was passed whereby all the school districts in said village were consolidated into one district, to be called the Rutland Graded School, which vote was legalized by the Legislature of Vermont, March 28, 1867; and on the 9th day of April following, at an adjourned meeting of the voters of said village of Rutland, the organization of the graded school district was completed by the choice of officers of said district."
Officers of the Rutland Graded School for the year 1866-67: Rev. Silas Aiken, president and superintendent ; William A. Burnett, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : George A. Merrill, J. B. Kilburn, J. M. Haven, Rev. R. S. Howard, G. C. Ruggles, N. P. Simons, D. E. Grandy.
Officers for 1867-68 : Rev. Silas Aiken, president and superintendent ; T. C. Potter, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees: George A. Merrill, J. B. Kilburn, J. M. Haven, H. O. Perkins, G. C. Ruggles, N. P. Si- mons, D. E. Grandy.
Officers for 1868-69 : N. P. Simons, president and superintendent ; T. C. Potter, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : George A. Merrill, J. B. Kilburn, J. M. Haven, H. O. Perkins, G. C. Ruggles, J. N. Baxter, D. E. Grandy.
Officers for 1869-70: Judah Dana, president and superintendent ; A. H. Tuttle, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : George A. Merrill, J. B. Kilburn, J. M. Haven, H. O. Perkins, G. C. Ruggles, J. N. Baxter, D. E. Grandy.
Officers for 1870-71 : Judah Dana, president and superintendent ; A. H. Tuttle, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : J. M. Haven, J. B.
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Kilburn, Henry Clark, H. O. Perkins, G. C. Ruggles, J. N. Baxter, D. E. Grandy.
Officers for 1871-72: Rev. William J. Harris, president and superintend- ent ; A. H. Tuttle, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : J. M. Haven, W. C. Dunton, Henry Clark, W. Y. W. Ripley, G. C. Ruggles, J. N. Baxter, D. E. Grandy.
Officers for 1872-73 : Rev. William J. Harris, president and superintend- ent ; A. H. Tuttle, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees: J. M. Haven, W. C. Dunton, Henry Clark, W. Y. W. Ripley, G. C. Ruggles, J. N. Baxter, L. L. Whitcomb.
Officers for 1873-74: Rev. William J. Harris, president and superintend- ens ; A. H. Tuttle, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : J. M. Haven, W. C. Dunton, Henry Clark, W. Y. W. Ripley, G. C. Ruggles, J. N. Baxter, L. L. Whitcomb.
Officers for 1874-75 : Rev. William J. Harris, president and superintend- ent ; A. H. Tuttle, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : J. M. Haven, J. B. Kilburn, Henry Clark, W. Y. W. Ripley, G. C. Ruggles, A. F. Walker, L. L. Whitcomb.
Officers for 1875-76: Rev. J. W. Eaton, president and superintendent ; A. H. Tuttle, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : J. M. Haven, John B. Kilburn, Henry Clark, W. Y. W. Ripley, G. C. Ruggles, A. F. Walker, E. L. Foster.
Officers for 1876-77 : J. B. Kilburn, (acting) president and superintendent ; Henry Clark, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : E. L. Temple, J. B. Kilburn, H. W. Cheney, W. Y. W. Ripley, G. C. Ruggles, A. E. Walker, E. L. Foster.
Officers for 1877-78 : J. J. R. Randall, president and superintendent ; J. C. Barrett, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : G. C. Ruggles, E. L. Temple, H. W. Cheney, A. F. Walker, E. L. Foster, J. B. Kilburn, Orlando Wooster.
Officers for 1878-79 : J. J. R. Randall, president and superintendent ; J. C. Barrett, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : E. L. Temple, J. B. Kilburn, H. W. Cheney, Orlando Wooster, G. C. Ruggles, A. F. Walker, E. L. Foster.
Officers for 1879-80 : J. J. R. Randall, president and superintendent ; J. C. Barrett, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : J. B. Kilburn, Or- lando Wooster, G. C. Ruggles, E. L. Foster, H. W. Cheney, A. F. Walker, E. L. Temple.
Officers for 1880-81 : J. J. R. Randall, president and superintendent ; W. R. Page, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : G. C. Ruggles, E. L. Foster, H. W. Cheney, E. L. Temple, A. F. Walker, Rockwood Barrett, Or- lando Wooster.
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Officers for 1881-82 : J. J. R. Randall, president and superintendent ; W. R. Page, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : E. L. Temple, H. W. Cheney, A. F. Walker, Rockwood Barrett, Orlando Wooster, E. P. Gilson, E. L. Foster.
Officers for 1882-83 : J. J. R. Randall, president and superintendent ; P. M. Meldon, secretary ; W. C. Landon, treasurer. Trustees : Orlando Wooster, Rockwood Barrett, E. P. Gilson, E. L. Foster, A. F. Walker, C. H. Granger, E. D. Merrill.
Officers for 1883-84 : J. J. R. Randall, president and superintendent : P. M. Meldon, secretary ; H. F. Field, treasurer. Trustees : Orlando Wooster, Rock- wood Barrett, E. P. Gilson, E. L. Foster, A. F. Walker, C. H. Granger, E. D. Merrill.
Officers for 1884-85 : J. J. R. Randall, president and superintendent ; P. M. Meldon secretary ; H. F. Field, treasurer. Trustees : Orlando Wooster, Rock- wood Barrett, E. P. Gilson, E. L. Foster, A. F. Walker, C. H. Granger, E. D. Merrill.
At the opening of the Union High School in the autumn of 1855 the fol- lowing named teachers were engaged : C. E. Johnson, A. B., principal ; Miss Sarah S. Jewett, preceptress; Miss Ellen S. Howard, assistant ; Edward H. Randall, assistant principal ; Mrs. A. E. Hopkins, teacher of music.
Mr. Johnson continued as principal until the close of the spring term in 1858.
D. G. Moore, A. B., succeeded Mr. Johnson, and continued as principal until the close of the spring term in 1865. D. J. Newland, A. B., succeeded Mr. Moore, and continued as principal until the close of the fall term in 1866.
Judah Dana, A. M., succeeded Mr. Newland as principal. He commenced with the winter term of 1866-67 and continued as principal of the Union High School until the close of the spring term in 1867, when, on the organization of the Graded School, which superseded the Union School, he was made prin- cipal, and continued as such until the close of the spring term in 1878.
Oscar Atwood, A. M., succeeded Mr. Dana as principal, and is at the head of the school at the present time.
The names of the teachers at this date - fall term, 1885 - are as follows :
High School: Oscar Atwood, A. M., principal; Adah A. Walker, first assistant ; Julia A. Kelley, second assistant.
Grammar Schools : Harriet H. A. Calhoun, Emilie A. Roberts, Belle Rug- gles, Ella C. Latham, Kittie C. E. Lincoln.
Intermediate Schools: Abbie A. Adams, Georgie A. Barnard, Luna A. Whitlock, Nellie J. Meldon.
Secondary Schools : Flora J. Davis, Anna B. Lord, Emma E. Wardwell, Hattie A. Lyon, Lizzie L. Hall, C. Belle Young.
Primary Schools : Rhoda W. Southard, Lizzie H. Landon, Rosa C. Carri- gan, Sarah R. Pierce, Agnes S. Palmer. Timothy Sullivan, janitor.
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Library .- In connection with the Graded School there is a library, accessi- ble to all the pupils, containing over twelve hundred volumes of well-selected books. This library is gradually increasing in size from year to year.
Apparatus. - The school is also equipped with philosophical and mathe- matical apparatus. Also with maps, charts, etc., etc.
In addition to the public schools there are at the present time in Rutland several private and parochial schools. About one hundred and twenty pupils are in attendance at the private and four hundred and seventy-five at the par- ochial schools.
Medical Profession .- The past history of this profession has been treated in a preceding chapter, where it may be learned that many men eminent in the healing art have been. residents of this town. It remains only to give the following list of the physicians at present practicing in Rutland, with brief personal notes : -
Charles L. Allen was born in Brattleboro, Vt., June 21, 1820, and was ed- ucated at Middlebury College, from which he graduated in 1842. He pursued the study of medicine in Williamsboro, N. C., and with his father, Jonathan Allen, in Middlebury. In 1846 he graduated from the Castleton Medical Col- lege, and practiced in Middlebury, Vt., from 1846 to 1860 ; he was made pro- fessor of chemistry in the college in 1855 ; performed the duties of professor of chemistry and natural history in Middlebury College in 1856; professor of the practice of medicine in 1860; practiced in Castleton from 1860 to spring of 1862, and in 1862 gave lectures on the practice of medicine in the Univer- sity of Vermont. In the summer of that year he entered the army and was at once appointed on the board for the examination of candidates for surgeon and . assistant surgeon ; commissioned in 1862 brigade surgeon of volunteers ; he resigned in 1864 and came to Rutland in the fall. In 1865 he gave lectures in the University of Vermont on civil and military hygiene. He has since been in practice in Rutland, and is examining surgeon for pensions, and consulting physician of the Mary Fletcher Hospital at Burlington.
H. F. Crain was born in Walpole, N. H., 1810, was educated at Dartmouth Medical College, and was connected with the anatomical department from 1829 to 1832 inclusive. He practiced from that time until the fall of 1882 (fifty years) in Springfield, Vt .; from there he came to Rutland, where he has since resided.
M. R. Crain (in partnership with H. F. Crain, his father) was born in Springfield, Vt., in 1855. He was educated in medical department of the University of Vermont, graduating in 1879. He practiced in Springfield until 1882, removing from that place to Rutland. .
Dr. M. Goldsmith was born in Maryland in 1818. He was educated in South Hanover, Ind., and studied medicine first with his father, in Cincinnati, O., and in New York College of Physicians and Surgeons ; in 1839 went to
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China as surgeon of an East Indiaman, returning in 1840; graduated in 1841, was also inspector of surgery there two years. In 1845 he came to Castleton and remained ten years ; in 1844 was appointed professor of surgery at Castle- ton, then removing to Louisville, Ky. ; in 1855 was elected professor of sur- gery in the Kentucky School of Medicine and remained until about the be- ginning of the late war, when he was appointed surgeon of volunteers and served most of the time after Shiloh as medical director of the hospitals at Louisville, Ky. He has been president of the Vermont State Medical So- ciety, and the State Society of Kentucky ; is honorary member of the New York State Medical Society, and member of various other medical and scien- tific bodies. Dr. Goldsmith was the principal agent in the establishment of the Rutland Dispensary, in which some of the more complex diseases are treated gratuitously. Dr. Goldsmith holds the office of superintendent, and about five hundred cases are treated annually. It possesses a large library and all in- struments for treatment of all diseases and operations. (See Medical chapter.)
J. D. Hanrahan was born in Rathkeale, county Limerick, Ireland, in 1844. He was partly educated there, finished his studies in New York University Med- ical College, graduating in 1866. He practiced in the United States Navy up to June, 1865, and was located in New York until 1867, then coming to Rut- land. He has an office with William M. Stearns, of West Rutland.
John A. Mead was born in Fairhaven, Vt., April 20, 1841. He was edu- cated at Middlebury College and studied medicine with Prof. Joseph Perkins, in Castleton, and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city. He practiced in Kings County Hospital and Asylum four years, when he removed to Rutland. He has been treasurer of the Rutland railroad since August, 1883, also holding the same office for the Addison railroad. He is vice-president of the State Trust Company, director of Clement National Bank, member of pension examining board and physician and surgeon to House of Correction since it was built.
E. A. Pond was born in Franklin, Mass., July 6, 1828. He was educated in the Franklin Academy, Massachusetts, and by private instruction. He studied medicine with Dr. S. Atwood, of Franklin, and with Dr. Lynch in South Carolina. He also studied at Baltimore for a few years, attending lec- tures in Maryland University, Tremont Medical School, Boston, and the Med- ical Department of Harvard, receiving degree of M.D. in 1853. He soon after- ward came to Rutland where he has since resided. He was formerly a mem- ber of the American Pharmaceutical Association, and a member of the Vermont Pharmaceutical Association. In 1873 he was elected a member of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science, and was assistant surgeon to the Board of Enrollment at Rutland during the late war. He is the inventor of Pond's Sphygmograph, for measuring and tracing arterial pulsations, which is now in use throughout the world. 25
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John C. Keenan was born in North Dorset, Vt., 1837, and studied medi- cine in Hoosick Falls, attending lectures in Albany and Burlington. He was graduated from the University of Vermont in 1878. After practicing in Bur- lington two years he came to Rutland, where he still remains.
Oscar James Gilchrist was born in McIndoes Falls, Vt., August 8, 1849. He was educated at Dartmouth College and studied medicine at Dartmouth College, medical department, graduating at Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, Long Island, 1874. He practiced at McIndoes Falls until the fall 1880.
Charles S. Caverly was born in Troy, N. H., September 30, 1856. He was educated at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., leaving there in 1874; he remained at Dartmouth College until 1878, when he entered the med- ical department of the University of Vermont, in 1881. He has practiced in Rutland since graduating.
J. H. Putnam was born in East Montpelier, Washington county, Vt., in 1838, and was educated at the Morrisville Academy. He studied medicine with Dr. W. H. H. Richardson, Montpelier, attending lectures at Castleton. He was in the army five years, and after that time took a course at Bellevue Hospital, New York, and a third course at Long Island Hospital, graduating in 1867. He practiced ten years in Ludlow, coming to Rutland in 1877.
P. H. Brassard was born in Summerset, Province of Quebec, Canada, June 29, 1853. He studied medicine in the Laval University, Quebec, and was grad- uated February 8, 1878. He then practiced in St. Johnsbury, Vt., two years, and since that time has resided and practiced in Rutland.
B. H. Haynes was born in Middletown, Vt., October 12, 1813. He se- cured an academic education and studied medicine in Castleton and in Wood- stock Medical College, and was graduated from the latter in 1841. He first practiced in Wells, Vt., then Granville, coming to Rutland in 1862.
J. E. Thompson was born in Jericho, Chittenden county, Vt., November 22, 1853. He had an academic education and studied medicine in the University of New York, graduating with the class of 1878. He practiced in Cabot, Washington county, with Dr. S. L. Wiswell, three years, thence coming to Rutland, where he has since resided.
S. H. Griswold was born in Chester, Mass., September 14, 1818. He was graduated from Castleton Medical College in 1844. He first practiced medi- cine in Hoosick, N. Y., then in Clarendon Springs, Vt., five years, West Rut- land twenty-four years, coming to Rutland in 1874, where he has since resided.
Mary Vail Grinnell was born in Danby, and studied medicine in the New York Woman's Medical College and Philadelphia Woman's Medical College, and was graduated in 1883. She has practiced in Rutland since that time.
J. H. King was born in this State in 1851 and received his education in the Barre Academy and collegiate department of the University of Vermont.
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He studied his profession in the Howard Medical School, Boston, graduating in 1881. In September of that year he began practice in Rutland.
Dr. George H. Fox was born in the town of Wallingford, Vt., in 1830. He studied medicine with his father, who was one of the prominent physicians of the county for a period of nearly fifty years, and afterwards, in 1851, grad- uated from the Castleton Medical College. He practiced at Wallingford until 1864, when he came to Rutland and has been actively engaged here since that time.
Daniel Fosburgh, of West Rutland, was born in Canada in 1834. He studied his profession in Cambridge, Vt., and graduated from the medical de- partment of the University of Vermont in 1863. He began his practice in West Rutland in 1875.
Charles Woodhouse was born in Wethersfield, Conn., November 11, 1812. He studied medicine alone and took his degree from Hahnneman Medical Col- lege, of Chicago, in 1865. He was afterwards elected professor of insanity and medical jurisprudence, practicing in Illinois and in this State. He received the degree of A. M. from Lombard University, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar in Iowa in 1857, practicing for a short time. He also studied for the ministry under Rev. I. D. Williamson, D. D., of Albany. His ministry in the Universalist Church extended over a period of thirty years, principally in New England. He has lived in Rutland and practiced medicine since 1867.
G. R. Sanborn was born in Monkton, Vt., in 1827. He studied medicine in the Vermont Medical College at Woodstock, and took his degree in 1851. Practiced first in Charlotte, then in Newhaven, and came to Rutland in No- vember, 1883.
F. Hamilton was born in Hartland, Me., 1857. He was educated in Bran- don and at Middlebury College and was graduated in 1878. He also studied medicine in the University of Vermont and in the New York Homeopathic College, New York city, and was graduated from the latter institution in 1882, practicing first in Brandon for about two years, then coming to Rutland where he is at present practicing.
Charles A. Gale was born in Williamstown, Vt., August 31, 1853. He received his education at Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vt. In 1876 he attended medical lectures in Vermont University, Dartmouth Medical College and Hahn- neman College, Philadelphia, receiving his diploma from the latter in 1880. He has since practiced in Rutland.
The Dental Profession .- It is almost a certainty that the first professional dental work was done in Rutland in 1807 ; although the early regular physi- cians, of course, wrapped their instruments of torture, known as "turnkeys," in their silk pocket handkerchiefs and wrenched out the decaying teeth of their patients before that date. But in June, 1807, D. Rosetter, " surgeon dentist," to quote from his card in the Rutland Herald (from New York), pro-
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posed to continue at Gordon's Tavern until the 20th of June. "Those per- sons who have lost their front teeth may now receive his professional assist- ance for their replacement." He then adds, with the same apparent confi- dence in his statements that inspires the accomplished dentist of to-day, that " this operation is seldom attended with any pain whatever." We have no means of knowing how long this early visiting dentist continued his practice in this section ; but for many years later the inhabitants were forced to rely upon the regular physician, or dentists who made periodical visits to this place, for the extraction or repair of their teeth. In the year 1837 Dr. A. G. W. Smith was in practice in Castleton and undoubtedly did work for the people of this town. He advertised the insertion of what he termed " incorruptible teeth." A year later Dr. H. D. Meacham was practicing dentistry in Wall- ingford. He announced the insertion of "porcelain and animal teeth."
The first dentist to take up his permanent residence in Rutland and reach eminence in the profession was Dr. Eleazer Van Ness Harwood. He was born in Ticonderoga, N. Y., June 26, 1816. In the fall of 1832 he began studies in the Oneida Institute, at Whitestown, N. Y., but on account of a change in the character of the school he left at the end of six months and in the next fall entered Castleton Seminary for another equal period. In August, 1835, he entered Middlebury College, where he remained until May, 1838, when fail- ing health forced him to relinquish study. He spent a period at Cape Cod, at the end of which he entered Union College and graduated with honor in July, 1839. Three years he followed teaching in Tennessee and North Carolina. In 1842, having married the daughter of Chapman Hitchcock, of Pittsford, he joined her brother Charles in working the homestead farm. Two years later he purchased a farm which he worked for two years, when the condition of his health compelled him to seek lighter employment. He accordingly took up the study of dentistry late in the fall of 1847. He began regular practice in the office of Dr. G. B. Armington, a regular physician, and in July, 1851, came to Rutland, where he acquired a large practice. Dr. Harwood was a man of estimable character and exceptional attainments. He was for many years a prominent deacon in the Congregational Church and in many ways received evidences of the confidence and respect of his townsmen.
Following is a list of the dentists at present practicing in Rutland, with brief personal notes : -
H. Turrill was born in Shoreham, Vt., in 1831. He studied dentistry in Brandon and practiced there six years ; then in Castleton five years ; in Mid- dlebury six years, coming to Rutland in 1878.
H. A. Dalrymple was born in Heath, Mass., in 1848. He studied in Penn- sylvania Dental College, graduating from that institution in 1874. He practiced ten years before coming to Rutland in 1882, where he has since resided.
Thomas Mound was born in Leicester, Vt., January 31, 1850; studied den- tistry in Brandon, Vt., and Boston. He has practiced in Rutland since 1873.
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F. M. Schell, D. D. S. (partner of Thomas Mound), was born in Church- town, N. Y., May 6, 1864. He was graduated from the New York College of Dentistry in 1885, thence coming to Rutland.
L. T. Lawton was born in the town of Windsor, Vt., in December, 1838, and studied his profession at Brattleboro. He came to Rutland in 1861 and has been in continuous practice since. His brother was his partner for six years.
A. Kilburn was born in Whiting, Vt., in 1847, and learned his profession in Brandon and Rutland, at the latter place with Dr. E. V. N. Harwood, be- fore mentioned. Dr. Kilburn has practiced his profession in Rutland for about twenty years.
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