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With the mention of a few other settlers in this town, at little later dates, we will conclude this feature of the history. Samuel L. Valentine came in 1814 and located in the south part, on the place now owned by two of his daughters, Rebecca and Hannah Valentine. He died there in 1856.
John Woods came in from Rhode Island in 1805 and settled in the south part of the town, where his son, John C., still lives. George Capron settled in the town in 1798, near the center, and died there in 1861. He was town clerk about forty years. John Cobb came to Tinmouth in 1814 and located where Linus Valentine lives; he built that house in 1814. His son, Lyman Cobb, located on the farm where he now lives in 1835. Payne Gilbert came in from Brookfield, Mass., early in the century and lived and died in the large gam- brel-roofed building erected by Joseph Newell, about three-fourths of a mile south of where his son, Dexter Gilbert, now lives. Another son, Leonard, also spent a long life in the town. Alvin Hoadley came to the town in 1805 from New Haven, Conn., and settled at the center of the town. He was a noted blacksmith; honest and industrious, and blunt in his manner. Judge Nicholson, of Rutland, relates the following : Mr. Hoadley started, in company with Deacon Nicholson, for New Haven, on business. They stopped the first night at Pownal, which was a good day's walk. At the hotel they found, as is sometimes the case, some local bullies, who took it upon themselves to abuse
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another traveler whose appearance indicated that he was poor and unfortunate. The roughs carried on their impositions until Deacon Nicholson became indig- nant, and at first offered a gentle remonstrance against such proceedings. But Hoadley, with characteristic bluntness, exelaimed : "Boys, what in li-Il do you want with this traveler?" This was a signal for the head bully to answer, in an overbearing manner: "D-n you, are you goin' to take it up?" Quick as a flash Hoadley struck him between the eyes, and as the fellow turned a back somersault, Hoadley said : "No, but you have got to take yourself up!" It used to be said that the "word of a Hoadley was good in the dark!" Three of Alvin's sons live in the county, two in Tinmouth and one in Middletown. Jared Ives came into this town in 1789 with his father and settled where Or- son Ives now lives. Archibald Norton settled in the west part of the town about the year 1800.
The following information concerning a few of the early residents of the town was furnished us by Judge D. E. Nicholson, of Rutland ; Erastus Barker came to the town several years before the beginning of the century, and be- came wealthy and prominent. He occupied for a time the house in which Dexter Gilbert lives. Fred Barrett and Mrs. E. W. Gray, of Middletown, are his grandchildren, and there are others in the county.
Elias Salisbury lived two houses south of Mr. Barker, on the opposite side of the road ; at an earlier day he lived in the south part of the town where Ira Phillips lived and died. He was justice of the peace and represented the town. He and Mr. Barker were political rivals and although at first strong friends, allowed their feelings to prejudice them. On one occasion Salisbury's cart broke down at a critical time in his farm labor ; he went over to borrow Mr. Barker's; the latter told the messenger, " Say to 'Squire Salisbury to get his cart of his political friends." A few days later Barker's fanning-mill refused to do its duty and he was forced to ask a loan of Mr. Salisbury's. The answer sent back was, " Tell 'Squire Barker to fan up his grain in his d-d old cart!" Mr. Salisbury had a large family of sons and daughters. One of the sons, John, was major in the 10th Vermont Regiment and is now an invalid in Wash- ington, from the effects of his service in the field.
Henry Nicholson came from Lanesborough, Mass., about 1780, bringing with him his boy, Spencer Nicholson, then about three years old, father of Judge D. E. Nicholson. Spencer Nicholson became a prominent citizen, both of Tinmouth and Middletown. In Tinmouth he built the house on the east street, on what is known as the Ballard place. He later built a house on " the Hoad- ley place," on the west road. In Middletown he purchased and lived on the place now owned by James Richardson. Of his sons, Hon. D. E. Nicholson has been a prominent lawyer and is now one of the judges of the County Court. Anson A. Nicholson, his youngest son, was also an eminent attorney and a writer of some ability. (See history of the bench and bar of the county.)
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Perhaps with the names that must appear as we proceed with the history of the town, we have traced the early inhabitants, and through them their de- scendants, as far we are justified. The reader cannot but have noticed that very many men who have occupied stations of prominence in life, were brought up in Tinmouth.
Physicians .- Dr. Ebenezer Marvin was, doubtless, the first practicing phy- sician in the town ; and Dr. Hamilton was in practice here in early years, but moved away soon. Dr. Theophilus Clark was an honor to his profession in the town for many years, and lived to be more than ninety-five years of age ; he was in practice about seventy years. Other physicians who were born in Tinmouth were Dr. A. S. Clark, Dr. Ebenezer Porter, Dr. M. O. Porter and Dr. George M. Noble. There is no resident physician in the town at the pres- ent time.
Attorneys .- We have already mentioned two or three lawyers who prac- ticed in Tinmouth. Nathaniel Chipman, David E. Nicholson and his brother, Anson A., were among them. John Mattocks was one of the first lawyers born in town. Marcus P. Norton, A. B. Waldo, now of Port Henry, N. Y., H. Ballard and Alfred Ballard, and the Hon. Stephen Royce, were natives of this town. But the peaceable character of the population in this agricultural district is such that little litigation arises demanding the presence of an attorney.
Anson Nicholson practiced his profession many years in the town of Bran- don and subsequently removed to Rutland. He was a man of exceptional in- tellect, a writer of great brilliancy and a man of fine sensibilities ; but his health was never rugged and he died while still a young man.
Alfred Cowles Ballard was born in Tinmouth in 1834 and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1859; after serving honorably in the war in the 9th Vermont Regiment, he entered the Albany Law School and graduated in 1865. He died in 1874, at the age of forty years.
Henry Ballard was born in Tinmouth in 1836; graduated from the Ver- mont University in 1861 ; served one year in the 5th Vermont Volunteers and graduated from the Albany Law School in May, 1863. He was admitted to the Chittenden county bar at Burlington in September, 1864.
Ecclesiastical .- The early measures towards providing the inhabitants with religious services have been described. The St. Stephen's Church was organ- ized in this town in 1837 ; but there had been Episcopal services for many years previous. Tinmouth was the first place of residence in Vermont of Rev. Beth- uel Chittenden, and he formed the little parish some years before the beginning of the century. In 1790 the church was represented in the convention at Ar- lington by Elisha Hamilton, and in 1793 it was represented at Pawlet by Eb- enezer Marvin. In 1803 Abraham Gillett and Elisha Andrews were delegates to the annual convention. Mr. Chittenden served the parish more or less until his death in 1809. The parish had subsequent occasional services by
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various pastors from Pawlet, Wells and Poultney. Upon the reorganization in 1837 Rev. Darwin B. Mason officiated for a year, one half of the time. The number of communicants was then twelve. In 1838 he was succeeded by Rev. Luman Foote. Since that year the church has had no regular services and is now practically abandoned.
The church building has passed into control of a Methodist Episcopal so- ciety, in which Rev. Mr. Hitchcock is the pastor, being engaged on his second year. Previous to this there was occasional Congregational preaching in the church.
The peace and prosperity of the inhabitants of this town was undisturbed from the time when the echoes of the War of 1812-15 died away, until the breaking out of the great civil war. The forests were during that period cleared away, the farms brought to a high state of cultivation and all of the material interests of the people advanced ; but when the call came for volunteers this town, in common with all the others of the county, was not backward in its support of the government. The following list gives the names of the volun- teers from Tinmouth, as nearly as they are known : -
Volunteers for three years credited previous to the call for 300,000 vol- unteers of October 17, 1863 .- Alfred C. Ballard, George W. Batise, 9th regt .; Henry Ballard, co. I, 5th regt .; James Burns, co. C, Ioth regt .; Stephen L. Buxton, cav .; Elias E. Clark, co 1, 5th regt .; Job Corey, Stephen Corey, co. H, cav .; Dwight W. Eddy, Nathaniel Gillett, co. I, 5th regt .; William H. Grace, co. C, 10th regt .; Arthur W. Hathaway, co. B, 9th regt .; John G. Housey, 10th regt .; Alonzo Levins, co. H, 6th regt .; Henry Mattocks, co. F, Ist s. s .; Charles MeCarty, co. I, 7th regt .; Charles T. Minor, co. G, 5th regt .; James Minor, co. C, 10th regt .; Aden Munson, cav .; Ira A. Nicholson, Nathan B. Nicholson, co. B, 5th regt .; Rufus Nicholson, co. B, 9th regt .; Charles M. Noble, Charles Packard, co. C, roth regt .; Edwin Phillips, eo. G, 6th regt .; Ephraim Phillips, co. B, 6th regt .; George Phillips, co. 1, 7th regt .; John A. Salisbury, co, C, 10th regt .; Moses W. Shippey, co. L, 10th regt .; Nathan Spaulding, co. B, 9th regt .; Edwin A. Taylor, co. B, 2d regt.
Credits under call of October 17, 1862, for 300,000 volunteers and subse- quent calls. Volunteers for three years .- Deforest F. Doty, Medad Hubbard, co. B, 9th regt .; Stephen M. Packard, co. C, Ioth regt .; Martin V. Williams, 5th regt.
Volunteers for one year .- Edwin Dutcher, Lucius Grover, 9th regt .; George H. Hall, co. I, 2d regt .; Judah D. Hall, co. C, Ioth regt .; Julius Hart, co. C, 9th regt .; Charles L. Stimpson, cav .; Frederick B. Wilkins, co. C, 11th regt .; Hiram S. Utley, co. C, 9th regt.
Volunteers re-enlisted. - Nathaniel Gillett, Alonzo Levins.
Volunteers for nine months .- Orange M. Hart, Henry E. Huntingdon, Joel M. Rogers, John C. Thomas, co. B, 14th regt.
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Furnished under draft and paid commutation .- Rollin Cook, Edward Crosby, Lucius Grover, George A. Jackson, Cephas A. Young. Entered service, Alvin Stafford.
The following statistics show the population of Tinmouth at the different dates given, and illustrate the influence upon the community of lack of railroad communications and other promoters of growth : 1791, 935; 1800, 973; 1810, 1,001 ; 1820, 1,009; 1830, 1,049 ; 1840, 781 ; 1850, 717; 1860, 620; 1870, 589; 1880, 532.
Following are the names of the town officers in 1865 : Henry D. Noble, moderator ; Isaac D. Tubbs, town clerk; Clark Norton, Bartlett Stafford and Cyrus Cramton, selectmen ; Levi Rice, treasurer ; Isaac D. Tubbs, overseer of the poor ; Elias E. Clark, constable ; Isaac D. Tubbs, Dwight Young and Dex- ter Hathaway, listers ; John T. Ballard, Cephas Young and John Pickett, auditors ; Cyrus Cramton, trustee ; Don Stevens, William Riordan and Will- iam Pickett, fence viewers; Allen Gillcrease, Cephas Young and Henry D. No- ble, grand jurors ; Nathan Leonard, inspector of leather; A. N. Cramton, Edmond Valentine, and William Grover, pound-keepers; Levi Rice, town agent.
Municipal, Manufacturing, Etc .- Tinmouth has no village history of any especial importance. The hamlet bearing the same name as the town is sit- uated near the center, but its business interests have never been large. Fol- lowing the saw-mills of early times - those necessary establishments which enabled the settlers to build houses and barns - came a few tanneries, asher- ies and grist-mills ; but many of these have passed away. On the site of Hoadley's saw and grist-mill, Thomas Rogers had similar mills in the early part of the century. Hoadley's mills are located about a mile south of the central part of the town, and are now owned by Evander Hoadley.
A furnace and forge were built in the north part of the town previous to the year 1800, and were carried on by Major Willard and Abner Perry. Wait Rathbone operated it later and then William Bond. It was burned many years ago. Rathbone also built another forge on Tinmouth River near the center of the town and and took William Vaughan in as a partner. Under the firm name of Rathbone & Vaughan they did a large business for a number of years, in the manufacture of stoves, hollow ware, etc. These furnaces were supplied with ore from the Tinmouth bed, and considerable of the ore was sent out of town to other manufactories. Packard's saw and grist-mills are situated nearly on the site of this last named furnace, and do a line of custom work; they were formerly run by William and Alpheus Packard, and now by William Packard. J. P. Maranville had a saw-mill in the northwest part of the town, but it ceased operation a few years since. Nelson Stinehour has a saw and grist-mill near the center of the town ; the grist-mill has one run of stones and the saw-mill a capacity for cutting from 2,000 to 3,000 feet per day.
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The manufacture of cheese has assumed paramount importance in the in- dustries of this town, and a number of successful factories are and have been in operation. The Union Cheese Factory, built nearly ten years ago, is lo- cated in West Tinmouth and operated by a stock company, comprising Orson and Enoch Ives, Cephas Young, Clark Norton and others. It is now in suc- cessful operation.
The Cold Spring Cheese Factory was first built about 1867 ; was burned and rebuilt in 1873. It is located about one-half mile east of the center of the town. A stock company was organized in 1873, with a capital of $2,450. Dexter Gilbert, Levi Rice and Lyman Cobb have been most prominent in the company. This factory has been very successful and manufactures in the neighborhood of 100,000 pounds of cheese annually. The directors are Levi Rice, Bartlett Stafford and Samuel Noble.
The Eureka Cheese Factory is in the northeast part of the town and was built in 1875 by a stock company, and substantially the same company operates it now, under direction of John Ballard.
The Valentine Cheese Factory was built in 1875 by Linus E. and Edmund Valentine ; it is not now in operation. The same may be said of H. Clark's factory, which was built in 1867.
The post-office in Tinmouth was, of course, established in the very early history of the town. William Bond was one of the early postmasters, since which there have been numerous changes. Mrs. Tabitha Sawyer, widow of Noah W. Sawyer, now fills the office and has for a number of years.
Tinmouth is isolated from railroad communication with other points; its trade and manfacturing interests have suffered on this account, as well as its other material interests. This is all shown in vivid colors in the population statistics given on another page. The school in West Tinmouth, which once had an average attendance of one hundred and twenty-five scholars, has now but about an average of thirteen.
CHAPTER XLI.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WALLINGFORD.
W TALLINGFORD is situated in the southeastern part of Rutland county and bounded on the north by Clarendon and Shrewsbury ; on the east by Mount Holly ; on the south by Mount Tabor and Danby, and on the west by Tinmouth. It contains about 23,000 acres of land. The amount of land embraced in the original charter was 23,040 acres, but in 1792 3,388 were taken
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off to help form the town of Mount Holly; and in 1793, in compensation, a portion of the town of Tinmouth was annexed to Wallingford, restoring it to about the original extent.
The surface of this town presents a diversified and picturesque character ; the eastern part lies on the Green Mountains, the highest part of which is here known as "The White Rocks," which has been described in a previous chapter. Another conspicuous elevation is called " Green Hill," which covers a large area.
The principal stream is Otter Creek, which flows through the western part from south to north. Mill River crosses the northeastern corner; and Roaring Brook runs through the village, near which it empties into Otter Creek. There are three ponds in the town, the largest of which is in the southeastern part and called Hiram, or Spectacle, Pond. The others are Little Pond and Fox Pond, the latter near the village.
The soil of the lower lands, and particularly along the Otter Creek, is rich and productive and there are many valuable farms. The higher lands are not so well adapted for tillage, but afford excellent grazing.
Wallingford was chartered by New Hampshire November 27, 1761, and a subsequent charter was obtained from the New York government. The first proprietors' meeting was held at Wallingford, Conn. (from which place this town was named), September 12, 1772, with Eliakim Hall as moderator. A vote was passed at this meeting to lay out one hundred acres to each proprie- tor, and they chose Isaac Hall, 2d, to superintend, and Captain Eliakim Hall and Miles Johnson as a committee to draft the allotments.
The town was organized March 10, 1778, with the following officers : Abraham Ives, moderator; Abraham Jackson, jr., clerk; Joseph Jackson, Abraham Ives and Jonah Ives, committee.
Town Records. - The early records of the public transactions of the pio- neers, meagre though they were, always bear a deep interest. From those of Wallingford we make the following extracts : -
At a meeting in March, 1780, it was "Voted to erect a sine post and stocks." These posts (which were in reality whipping-posts) and stocks were in existence in early days in most of the towns of the county and were used as late as during the first decade of the present century.
Under date of November 14, 1782, it was "Voted, That a rate of seven pence on the list of 1782 be raised to defray town charges and to pay soldiers, said rate to be paid in grain or hard money." Nathaniel Ives was appointed the collector of this rate.
February 13, 1783. "Voted, That the men that have paid rates in other towns for the last summer campaign have their rates abated."
March 3, 1783. "Voted, That the inhabitants of this town shall not fall in Timber into Otter Creek."
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March 10, 1783. "Voted, To build a bridge across Otter Creek and ap- pointed Abraham Ives, William Crary and Eliakim Richman, committee."
One of the most amusing items it has been our fortune to discover any- where, and indicating that the inhabitants of Wallingford took very little stock in the new-fangled notion of vaccination is the following : -
October 17, 1785. "Voted, To Not have the small-pox set up By a nockelation."
At a meeting " Legally warned and held in the meeting-house in Walling- ford October 3, 1787 -
" I, Abraham Jackson, moderator.
" 2, Conversed on the matter inregard to the minister's right. Committee consisting of Abraham Jackson, Eliakim Richmond, Edward Bumpus, Na- thaniel Ives, David Sperry and Joseph Randall, reported that the right of land for the first settled minister in town be equally divided in quantity and quality between the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches." (It is believed that this is the only example of such a division in the county.)
March 4, 1788. "Voted, To make the main street through this town four rods wide."
At a meeting held April 9, 1778, the following officers were chosen : Abra- ham Jackson, moderator; Abraham Ives, Abraham Jackson and Joseph Jack- son, selectmen ; Abraham Jackson, jr., treasurer; Stephen Clark, constable ; Benjamin Bradley, Joseph Jackson, grand jurymen; Abraham Jackson, tyth- ingman; Edward Bumpus and Timothy Nichols, surveyors; Abraham Ives and Abraham Jackson, jr., listers; Abraham Jackson, jr., brander.
At another meeting held April 20, 1778, it was "Voted, To receive the inhabitants on the east side of the Connecticut River into Union with the State of Vermont a cording to their partition."
Early Settlements. - The first person to occupy land in Wallingford with the intention of taking up a residence here was George Scott, a squatter. His rude shanty stood just east of where the road now runs, nearly opposite the school-house in what has been known as the Gurley Marsh district. He was very lazy and shiftless, and his cross-eyed wife, Lois, and his daughters, Grace and Achsah, were worthy of him. He was supported by the town the last years of his life.
Another early inhabitant was Ephraim Seeley, who, before 1770, erected a log dwelling near the line of Tinmouth, supposing himself to be in that town. In 1774 he removed to Danby where he resided until the time of his death.
Abraham Jackson, from Cornwall, Ct., came here with his family in the summer of 1773. He was the first who possessed legal title to the lands he occupied. He was an estimable man, accustomed to discharge all his duties promptly and faithfully. He had eleven children. His eldest son, Abraham, was the first town clerk and the first representative, and held many other posi- 53
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tions of trust in this town. The youngest son, William, was educated in Dart- mouth College, was largely instrumental in the establishment of Middlebury College and was pastor of the Congregational Church in Dorset from 1796 until the year of his death, 1842. He was also a tavern-keeper.
John Hopkins came from Salem, N. Y., in the spring of 1770, and made the first clearing in town. He was then but eighteen years of age, and while clearing his land he had his bread baked in Danby, and kept himself supplied with meat with his rifle. In the fall he sowed his land with wheat, which, on his return from Danby (with his young wife, nee Charity Bromley), had grown so tall that he could tie the stalks together over his head. He resided on West Hill until his death at an advanced age. Many of his descendants reside there still.
Abraham Ives, from Wallingford, Ct., followed closely upon the arrival of Abraham Jackson. He was a member of the convention which met at Dorset, July 24, 1776. He was captain of militia, justice of the peace, and was the first high sheriff of Rutland county, holding the office from 1781 to 1785. He kept the first store and tavern that were opened in town, Owing, it is said, to an irregular sale of lands in Mendon, while acting in his capacity of high sheriff, he was obliged to sell his property and leave the State. His settlement was on the old Meacham place, on the west side of the street, a few rods below Mill lane.
Lent Ives in the early part of the Revolution lived in a log house on the place which the late Rebecca Hull occupied at the time of her death. Ives afterwards went into the Revolution. He at one time owned land embracing nearly all of the present village of Wallingford. Ives afterwards kept hotel in the house which Dr. John E. Hitt formerly occupied, and entertained sevcral times so distinguished a guest as Ethan Allen. He died June 30, 1838, in his eightieth year.
Daniel Bradley came here very early and settled in the north part of the town, on the farm until recently occupied by Olivia Ballou. He afterwards occupied the place about midway between the two villages, afterwards for years in the possession of Deacon Moseley Hall. Benjamin Bradley, his brother, came to Wallingford the same year. He settled on the Thomas Hulett place, more recently occupied by Hon. D. E. Nicholson and Dr. Crary.
The town was not very thickly settled so late as 1778, if the town records of December of that year may be believed. The following list of freemen res- ident in Wallingford is there given: Abraham Jackson, Ephraim Andrews (Andrus), Joseph Jackson, Timothy Nichols, Williamson Bool, Benjamin Brad- ley, Daniel Bradley, Stephen Clark, Goodyear Clark, Reuben Ives, Jonah Ives, Jotham Ives, Amos Ives, John Nichols, George Nichols, Abraham Jackson, jr.
Hon. Joseph Randall moved to Wallingford from Stonington, Ct., in 1779. He was deacon of the Baptist Church fifty-six years and for more than a third
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of that time supplied the place of pastor ; he was church clerk fifty-four years, leader of the singing thirty-six years, justice of the peace fifty years, represent- ative four years, and judge of probate four years. He was also a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1773, and an active soldier of the Revolution and of the War of 1812.
Joseph Jackson, a distant relative of Deacon Abraham Jackson, lived in very early times on the old Gurley Marsh place in the village. He erected the first grist-mill in the village on the site of the present fork factory. Abraham Jackson had previously built one in South Wallingford. The first grist-mill in town, however, was erected by Crispin Bull, who purchased the water-power from Isaac Hall. Ephraim Andrus, another early settler, was a man of consid- erable native ability, but unstable in character. He was of a poetical turn of mind, and could turn a witty verse to the discomfiture of those who dared rail at him.
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