History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 71

Author: Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925. 1n; Rann, William S
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co.
Number of Pages: 1170

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Lewis D. Maranville, of Poultney, who subsequently married a daughter of Oliver Cleveland, bought a tract of fifty-four acres from William Buckland, in July, 1799. The lot lies just east of where Richard Beddow then resided. Here Mr. Maranville resided until the time of his death in 1849. . His son, Lewis D. Maranville, is still a resident of this town.

A prominent settler reached here in 1799 in the person of Joseph Sheldon, of Dorset, who thereafter settled a parcel of land lying on and around " Bea- ver Meadow." His son, Joseph, came here in 1798. H. R. and Leander Sheldon, are descendants from them.

Ethiel Perkins, a Revolutionary soldier who participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, left Derby, Conn., for Vermont, about 1795, and in 1799 settled on Scotch Hill. He married Esther Fox. He died in February, 1826. Laura Perkins, Maryette, who married Romeo Proctor, and Sarah D., who married Richard Lewis, and now residing in Fairhaven ; Rev. James G. Perkins, of West Rutland, and Polly Ann, who married Nathan Ager, from Keene, N. H., and now residing in Castleton, are all great-grandchildren of Ethiel Perkins.

There were many other settlers here, of more or less prominence, but the foregoing names embrace most of those who were conspicuous in the earliest settlement of the town. Situated as the town was, so near the battle-field of the Revolutionary War, the building up of the prosperity at present indicated by the increasing population, and the noisy but auspicious hum of industry, did not, in reality, begin until the later years of the preceding century. The fath- ers and grandfathers of the prominent men whose interests are identified with

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those of Fairhaven to-day, were many of them men who forsook their fields and shops and hearth-stones in the almost impervious wilderness, and engaged for years in the defense of a country which had yet to prove the splendor of her destiny. Among the Revolutionary soldiers who afterwards lived in Fair- haven were the following: Jacob Barnes, Solomon Cleveland, Isaac Cutler, Jonathan Cady, Jeremiah Durand, Alexander Donahue, Jabez Hawkins, Ben- jamin Hickok, Benjamin Haskins, Colonel Matthew Lyon, Gamaliel Leonard, Ethiel Perkins, Silas Safford, Ethan Whipple, sen., and James Witherell.

It is thus seen that in comparison with other towns Fairhaven furnished her full share of men for the wars which have interrupted at times the peaceful progress of the country. She furnished many and valiant men in the War of 1812, and in the last war sent out men as follows : -

Volunteers for three years credited previous to call for 300,000 volunteers of October 17th, 1863. - Adolphus Boonville, co. C, 7th regt .; Jeremiah Cal- lagan, co. C, 11th regt .; George A. Cantine, co. C, 7th regt .; Henry Davis, Samuel Dowling, co. H, cav .; Edward Gilbert, Moses F. Lee, co. C, 11th regt .; Eli Lefevre, co. C, 7th regt .; Joseph Lescarbeau, John H. Macomber, co. C, IIth regt .; George W. Manchester, co. F, Ist s. s; Asa F. Mather, co. C, 1 1th regt .; Emmett Mather, co. H, cav .; Henry C. Nichols, co. F, Ist s. s .; David A. Patch, co. K, 2d regt .; David Pelkey, Lewis Pelkey, co. C, I Ith regt .; Jo- seph Pelkey, co. C, 7th regt .; John Pocket, co. C, 1 1th regt .; Oscar C. Proctor, William H. Proctor, co. E, 2d s. s .; Michael Riley, Emons H. Shurtliff, co. C, 7th regt .; Josephus Sheldon, co. B, 2d regt .; Albert Smith, co. C, I Ith regt .; Griffith Williams, co. B, 2d regt .; Myron Wood, co. C, IIth regt .; Zebedee Wood, co. D, 7th regt .; Moses Young, co. C, IIth regt.

Credits under call of October 17, 1863, for 300,000 volunteers, and subse- quent calls. Volunteers for three years. - Peter Bro, co. C, 1 Ith regt .; Theo- dore Chase, co. H, cav .; Michael Dempsey, jr., co. I, 17th regt .; Joseph Dick- low, Mederick Dicklow, Paul Dicklow, co. C, IIth regt .; James Duggan, co. B, 9th regt .; Patrick Fay, George Forget, Joseph Gallipo, co. C, 1Ith regt .; Michael Hogan, co. D, cav .; Walter S. Hanks, co. I, 17th regt .; William C. Hawkins, co. C, IIth regt .; Edward T. Hooker, co. A, 8th regt .; Robert Hun- ter, IIth regt .; Eugene Kelly, co. F, Ist s. s .; Joseph H. Monroe, co. K, 11th regt .; Charles Pelkey, John Plumtree, co. I, 7th regt .; Henry Preston, co. C, I Ith regt .; Thomas Rudd, co. B, 9th regt .; Charles W. Stewart, 54th Mass .; Adrian T. Woodward, co. 1, 17th regt.

Volunteers for one year. - Robert Brown, 54th Mass .; George D. Calvert, Nathan S. Capen, co. C, 1Ith regt .; Cyrus Dolby, 54th Mass .; Nelson Gran- ger, co. C, 7th regt .; Henry Hummerston, co. C, 11th regt .; George Hunter, 54th Mass .; Burr B. Manchester, 11th regt .; James Murphy, co. B, 7th regt .; Mansel A. Ormsbee, 5th regt; Moses Parret, co. C, 7th regt .; Charles W. Sager, co. L, IIth regt.

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Volunteers re-enlisted. - Adolphus Bonville, Eli Lefevre, John Lefevre, Joseph Pelkey, Michael Riley, co. C, 7th regt.

Enrolled men who furnished substitutes. - Charles Clark, W. B. Esty, Benjamin S. Nichols.

Naval Credits. - Hiram Kilburne, Granville C. Willey.

Miscellaneous. - Not credited by name, three men.

Volunteers for nine months. - Julius H. Bosworth, James B. Crowley, Cor- nelius Crowley, Vincent C. Dewey, Patrick Fay, Michael Grady, Joel W. Ham- ilton, William H. Hamilton, Charles Harrison, John Humphrey, Patrick Hum- phrey, Benjamin E. Lee, Richard Lewis, Andrew Marnes, David McBride, English L. Maynard, Patrick O'Brien, Charles Perkins, John F. Perkins, James Rafferty, Daniel Reardon, William S. Roberts, John Rowland, Dallas M. Ware, Hiram E. Whitlock, John H. Williams, William E. Williams, Leman Wood, co. F, 14th regt.

Furnished under draft. Paid commutation, James Donnelly, John W. Eddy, Edgar S. Ellis, Robert W. Jones, Rollin M. Kidder, Wesley Lee, Oli- ver K. Ranney, John Ryan, Wesley Shurtliff, Edward J. Stannard, Abram S. Taber, John J. Williams. Entered service, Samuel Hunter, 54th Mass.

The present officers of the town of Fairhaven, elected in March, 1885, are as follows: Town clerk, E. D. Humphrey ; selectmen, O. A. Peck, P. Maley, Robert Morris; treasurer, E. H. Phelps; overseer of the poor, W. Ketchum ; constable, William A. Smith; listers, Seth Thompson, R. K. Hamilton, N. S. Wood ; auditors, A. N. Adams, I. W. Parkhurst, S. D. Williams ; trustee of public moneys, C. C. Knight ; fence viewers, John Rutledge, Rev. J. Gow, W. Bixby ; town grand jurors, N. R. Reed, A. N. Adams; inspector of leather, Thomas Hughes ; pound-keeper, W. L. Town ; inspector of wood and shing- les, S. Thompson.

The general growth of Fairhaven, with occasional declines from accidental causes, is shown by the following extract from the census table: 1791, 375 ; 1800, 411 ; 1810, 645 ; 1820, 714 ; 1830, 675 ; 1840, 633 ; 1850, 902; 1860, 1,378; 1870, 2,208 ; 1880, 2,212.

Ecclesiastical .- Public worship was held for twenty years after the organiza- tion of the town under town auspices, and without any distinct sectarian organi- zation. In the year 1791 Colonel Matthew Lyon, and Deacon Daniel Munger built the "Lord's Barn," so called, being the same building recently used by Dan Orme as barn. The first minister mentioned is Rev. Mr. Farley, a young man from Poultney, who came here about 1803. During the early part of 1805 Rev. Joseph Mills preached on alternate Sundays in Fairhaven and West- haven. On the 15th of November, 1803, the first church organization was effected, called the "Church of Chirst," in Fairhaven and Westhaven. Dur- ing the last part of 1805 and the first part of 1806, Rev. Silas Higley acted as pastor.

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The first Congregational Society was organized on the 2d day of January, 1806, with a membership of fifteen. The first meeting, held in the school- house, was presided over by Asher Huggins, of Westhaven, moderator ; Joel Hamilton was the first clerk ; Curtis Kelsey, treasurer ; Oren Kelsey, collector ; Timothy Brainard, Paul Scott and Calvin Munger, committee ; while Tilly Gilbert, Silas Safford, and Roger Perkins were chosen committee to unite with the church committee in giving a call. Rev. Silas Higley, although given a call, did not remain, and his successor, Rev. Rufus Cushman, was ordained and installed February 12, 1807. In January, 1811, Joel Hamilton began to draw stone for a new church edifice, which was raised on the tenth of May follow- ing, on the present site, and was dedicated June 18, 1812. In 1837 or '38 a new pulpit replaced the old one, and in 1840 the old spire, which had become insecure, was taken down, and the steeple furnished with turrets. In 1851 the whole building was remodeled to its present shape. Among the pastors who have served since Mr. Cushman's death in February, 1829, have been Rev. Amos Drury, 1829-1837; Rev. F. C. Woodworth, 1840-1841 ; Philo Can- field, 1842-1844; Rev. Mr. Hine; Rev. J. B. Shaw, 1846-1850; Rev. S. L. Herrick, stated supply, 1852-1855 ; Rev. Edward W. Hooker, D. D., 1856- . 1862; Rev. R. L. Herbert, of the Welsh Chapel, until 1869, and others. The first parsonage was purchased in the fall of 1838. The present parsonage was finished in October, 1880, about $2,000 having been expended upon it. The house of worship has also been extensively repaired and improved, and it is now in connection with the parsonage valued at $10,000. The present pastor, Rev. R. C. Flagg, came January Ist, 1880. The church membership now numbers about 100, while the meeting-house has a capacity of about 250 persons. S. L. Allen is the present Sabbath-school superintendent. The average attendance at the school is about eighty. The present church deacons are, Otis Eddy, E. L. Allen and Marcus Dewey.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1825 by Rev. Albert Chapin, although there had been occasional preaching by ministers of this per- suasion for more than a quarter of a century preceding. Rev. Lorenzo Dow preached at the house of Stephen Holt as early as 1796, and had among his congregation members of the Ballard and Holt families, and afterwards Beriah Rogers. In 1827 Fairhaven and Castleton formed part of the same circuit, and were visited by Revs. Mr. Hazelton, Joseph Ayers, C. R. Wilkins, and Mr. Stewart. Fairhaven was afterwards connected with East Whitehall, and was supplied about 1838 by Rev. Albert Champlain. He was followed by Rev. Joel Squires for about two years. Rev. Mr. Cooper, assisted by Rev. Jesse T. Peck, D. D., and others from the seminary at Poultney, was supplying, when the subscription, to build the first edifice, was raised in 1842. Among the pastors sent here by the Troy Conference are the foliowing reverend gentle- men : Mr. Graves, Matthias Ludlum, Godfrey Saxe, J. E. Bowen, Thomas

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Pierson, John Hasseman, David Osgood, Mr. Griffith, H. Ford, P. H. Smith, John Thompson, Hannibal H. Smith, A. Viele, R. Fox, and Delmer R. Low- ell. The present pastor, Rev. M. B. Mead, came here on the ist of May, 1885. The present church edifice was erected in 1877 (the old one having been destroyed by fire), at a cost of $15,000, and will easily seat 500 persons. The estimated value of the church property is now about $15,000. The church membership is about 160. The present officers are as follows: Stewards (and trustees), W. Ketchum, W. L. Town, E. F. Fields, R. W. Sutliff, C. Gardner, B. Lape, M. D., T. Hughes, E. R. Bristol, W. R. Esty, A. Dowd, H. Farr, R. E. Lee, R. Rowell; class leaders, I. H. Allard, Charles Cline, F. Town, J. Al- lard, D. S. Davis; local deacon, R. Hanger ; local preacher, J. Green ; ex- horter, E. C. Lee ; Sabbath-school superintendent, Frank Town. The average attendance at Sabbath-school is 125.

The Welsh Protestant Society, of Fairhaven was organized in the summer of 1851 by Rev. Evan Griffiths, of Utica, and Rev. Thomas R. Jones, of Rome, N. Y. Rev. Griffith Jones was the first pastor. The first regular meet- ings were held in the school-house. In 1857 the society erected their brick house of worship, on the east side of Main street, at an expense of about $3,500. The second pastor, Rev. R. L. Herbert, of Utica, remained here a number of years. The present pastor is Rev. John W. William.

The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Society was formed in 1859 by a portion of the last above named society, and at once erected a small edifice across the street from the house of worship used by the Welsh Protestants. Their first pastor was Rev. Daniel T. Rowland. Other pastors have been Rev. John Jones, Rev. E. W. Brown, and Rev. Robert T. Griffiths. The present pastor is Rev. J. M. Hughes. The church edifice was considerably enlarged and im- proved in 1885.

St. Mary's Church (Roman Catholic) was organized in 1856 by Rev. Zeph- urin Druon, of Rutland, who erected the first house of worship here. At the time of its organization this church had 100 members. The church was attended from Rutland by the Rev. Fathers Druon and Lynch, until Decem- ber, 1866, when Rev. J. C. O'Dwyer was settled as the first resident pastor. The present pastor, Rev. P. J. O'Carroll, came in 1872. His assistant, Rev. A. J. Glynn, came in 1880. The present church edifice was completed in 1873, at a cost of $35,000. The estimated value of the church property, in- cluding the old French Church, which was built in 1869 and afterwards trans- ferred to this church, is about $45,000. About 200 families attend here. The churches at Poultney, West Castleton, Castleton, and Middletown are at- tended from this church.

The Baptist Church was organized on the 14th of December, 1867. Most of the first members were from the church at Hydeville. The first deacons were Alonson Allen and I. N. Churchill. The first meetings were held in the

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chapel over Mr. Adams's store, and after that for some time in the Town Hall. Rev. P. F. Jones was the first pastor. The corner-stone of the first and pres- ent house of worship was laid during the pastorate of Rev. D. Spencer, June 2, 1870. The building was completed in 1873 at a total cost of about $24,- 000, and will now accommodate 475 persons. The estimated value of the church property at present is $25,000. The church membership is about 120. The average attendance at Sabbath-school is eighty-four, the pastor acting as superintendent. The pastor, until about January 1, 1885, was Rev. John R. Gow, who came in July, 1882, as successor to Rev. A. C. Ferguson. The present church officers are : Ira C. Allen, clerk ; B. F. Gilbert, jr., assistant clerk ; I. N. Churchill, J. S. Moon, Isaac Harlow, H. W. Farmer, deacons.

MUNICIPAL HISTORY.

The account of the early industries of Fairhaven has been reserved for the present caption, because the business has always centered in and about the site of the present village. Varied manufacturing industries of nearly a hundred years ago were built under the influence of the same inducements which cause the prosperity and continuance of the mills of the present day. In most town histories it is found that a saw-mill was the first evidence of man's approach- ing dominion over the undirected forces of nature, and Fairhaven furnishes no exception to this general rule. The first saw-mill in this town was erected by Colonel Matthew Lyon in 1783, on the north side of the lower falls. Between the time of its erection and 1813 it was owned and operated successively by Asa Smith and Heman Hoffman, Colonel Lyon and Dr. Simeon Smith, Col- onel Lyon and Solomon Cleveland, Colonel Lyon and Pliny Adams, Pliny Adams and Eliel Gilbert, Eliel Gilbert and Stephen Rogers, Eliel and Tilly Gilbert, Tilly Gilbert, Salmon Norton and Isaac Cutler, Tilly Gilbert, Jacob Davey. The property then passed throngh various hands, and in 1850 was deeded by H. & H. Howard to Cullen W. Hawkins, the grantors reserving water from the flume for a bark and hide-mill, and pump and rolling-mill which they erected on the north side of the adjoining grist-mill. About 1860 George O. Kilbourn built the brick building next above it for a woolen fac- tory. In 1863 it was occupied by E. S. Eells and Joseph Delahaunty, for weaving soldiers' jackets, and shortly afterwards by Edward L. Allen, for the manufacture of oil safes. It is now used as a shirt factory. (See present busi- ness interests). The second saw-mill was built by Gamaliel Leonard on the falls near the line between Vermont and New York States, in 1785. After being operated by different owners with varying degrees of success it was ac- quired in May, 1842, by David H. Bristol, who built the present wood-turning shop and dwelling-house, now owned by Edwin R. Bristol. Edwin R. Bris- tol put in the circular saw in 1878, and now carries on a very considerable business. Another early saw-mill was erected in 1797 by Stephen Holt for

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Moses Scott, of Waterford, N. Y., and James Lyon, of Fairhaven. It stood on the upper falls, above the old iron works, hereafter mentioned, and was a very large mill, calculated to do an extensive business. It was carried away by the great freshet of 1811, and was succeeded by a new one which Major Tilly Gilbert at once erected. This building was destroyed by fire in 1833, while owned and operated by Jacob Davey, and was never rebuilt. Another mill was erected in 1814 by Joseph Sheldon, near the outlet of Beaver Meadow, which did a large business for many years. Two small mills were built in 1817, one by Eliab Briggs for Olney Hawkins and Nathaniel Sanford, at the outlet of Inman Pond, which was operated until nearly the middle of the cen- tury, and the other by Benjamin, Elias and Matthew Hickock and Dr. Eben- ezer Hurd, near Little Pond; very little came of it. The first grist-mill was built by Colonel Lyon and Ager Hawley, on the south side of the river below the old paper-mill, about 1783. It was probably superseded by the grist-mill north of the saw-mill first mentioned, and which is the ancestor of the present grist-mill of the Hazard Slate Company.

The one industry, however, which for a series of years wrought the great- est benefit to the village and town of Fairhaven, was the iron manufactory of Colonel Matthew Lyon, which stood on the upper falls. Colonel Lyon built the dam to turn the water in July, 1785, and undoubtedly built the works in the same season. In October, 1785, he petitioned the State Legislature to lay a duty of two pence per pound on nails coming into the State, that he might build his works and supply the State. From the importance which this inter- est attained here the town was long afterwards known familiarly as "Lyon's Works." Lyon operated them until 1800, and then sold them to Edward Douse, of Dedham, Mass. Jacob Davey, interested in so many other affairs of manufacturing importance, owned these works from 1807 to 1843, rebuild- ing them twice, after a fire in 1813, and another in March, 1843. Alonson Allen operated them under a lease for five years preceding the last fire. They are not now in operation.

The old Fairhaven paper-mill was built by Colonel Lyon, as early as 1790, and was owned and operated by the "Colonel " and his son, James (a part of the time), until 1799, when Josiah Norton, of Castleton, purchased it, with thirty-two acres of land on both sides of the river, for $1,500. This mill was burned in March, 1806, the site sold by the owner, Alexander Donahue, to John Herring, Moses Colton and Joel Beaman, who rebuilt the mill. It was burned again on the 31st of January, 1831, having been used in addition to its former purposes, as a store and whiskey distillery, and was at once rebuilt. The business after that never amounted to much, although carried on a part of the time by men of good business qualities, and a few years ago was finally abandoned. It is now occupied by the Fairhaven Marble and Marbleizing Company as a slate- mill.

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Several tanneries were operated on the site of the present village in the period of its early growth, which undoubtedly contributed not a little to the prominence of the place in the county. The second sale of land made by Col- onel Lyon, within the present village, was to Stephen Rogers, in May, 1792, of seven acres of land on the bank of the river, west of the common. The deed contained a reservation by Lyon of the sole right to keep a tavern or house of entertainment, store, shop for the sale of merchandise or imported spirits, for fifteen years ; thus evincing a disposition to monopolize the benefits arising from these interests himself. The tannery which Stephen Rogers built stood under the hill west of his house, and was operated after 1801 by Calvin Mun- ger and others, including Harvey Church. It failed for the last time in about 1834, while operated by Isaac Patch and Theophilus T. Parmenter, of Brandon. Beriah Rogers, brother of Stephen, also ran a tannery in the place for a num- ber of years.

In 1808 John and Joshua Quinton and Thomas Christie erected a building with a trip-hammer and anvil, for the manufacture of scythes, and used at a later date in making axes and hoes, on or near the site until recently occupied by the Union Slate works, and near the old tannery of Beriah Rogers. In its earlier days considerable business was done there, but it finally fell into disuse, was afterwards, about 1839, used for a bark-mill and tannery, and by Welling- ton Ketchum was converted into the Union Slate Works.

In the same year, 1808, Jacob Davey, Seth Persons and Horatio Foster, the two latter being respectively residents of Sudbury and Hubbardton, erected a building on land north of the river and west of the iron works, in which they carried on for years the business of fulling, coloring and dressing cloth, and made considerable money at times, the price of fulling and finishing cloth it is said, being fifty cents per yard during the War of 1812.

A further industry, which occupied the attention of some of the most prom- inent men at a somewhat later period, viz., the distilling of whisky, is thus mentioned in the excellent History of Fairhaven by A. N. Adams : -

" The business of distilling spirituous liquor in the form of whisky, from rye and corn, was extensively carried on in this town in former years. The almost universal of use whisky made it an article of merchandise in great de- mand, and no store of goods was complete without it.

" The difficulty and expense of transportation so far as Troy, then the prin- cipal market for grains, rendered the grain products of the country of little worth at home, and unless there could be a market and sale for them the farmer had no means of purchasing the goods which the merchant might im- port. Accordingly distilleries or 'stills' were established and their existence was an evidence of enterprise and business in a town."

Erwin Safford, an early merchant here, erected a distillery near Church's tannery, on the side hill, in 1818, to the rear of the old parsonage, and carried

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on the business for several years. In July, 1819, he sold his store, on the east side of the common, and distillery to James T. Watson. Moses Colton and H. H. Crane owned it after February, 1821, and also one built by Mr. Crane and Elisha Parkhill in 1820, on the west street beyond the burying-ground. In February, 1823, the firm of Colton, Warren & Sproat, proprietors of the paper- mill, bought the Safford still and made whisky here in large quantities for several years. They also erected and operated, in 1825, a distillery on land lying next east and north of the Safford property. They failed in July, 1827, the Safford distillery having burned in 1824, and been rebuilt.

In addition to its prominence as a manufacturing center, early Fairhaven had also a wide reputation for its taverns and stores. Colonel Lyon's tavern, which he built on the site of the Park View House about 1785 or '86, was well known throughout this part of the State. He himself officiated as host for a number of years until he moved into his private sesidence on the site of Knight's block, and rented the tavern to Nathaniel Dickinson, who kept it until about 1798, and probably in 1799, 1801, 1802 and 1803, while John Brown kept it in 1800. It was afterwards kept by Royal Dennis, Thomas Wilmot, John Beaman, Mrs. Thomas Wilmot, Spencer Ward. In 1838 Mrs. Wilmot sold the tavern to her agent, John D. Stannard, who kept it until about 1850. Since that time it was never kept open for any great length of time. Another early tavern, known as the old Dennis tavern, was opened by Royal Dennis in 1809, and stood on the site of Mead's drug store and the Allen National Bank build- ing John Beaman, Joseph Brown, James Greenough and others kept this house at various, times. It was practically closed when Mrs. Lucy Wilmot bought it in 1829.

Prominent among the early merchants were Colonel Matthew Lyon, Will- iam Hennessy and Seth Persons. Lyon's store stood in the rear of the site of the residence (in 1870) of Thomas Hughes, and was built no later than 1791. The building was used for mercantile purposes through the first quarter of the present century.

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History of Rutland County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 71

Author: Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925. 1n; Rann, William S Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co. Number of Pages: 1170

Author: Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925. 1n; Rann, William S
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co.
Number of Pages: 1170