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Joseph H. Demeritt, age twenty-one, Company I, Thir- teenth Regiment.
Harper A. Demmon, age forty-two, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment. (Transferred to C, Oct. II, '62.)
Henry B. Demmon.
Henry Dillingham, Company E, Seventeenth Regiment. (Died in service, July 13, '64.)
Richard D. Dodge, age forty, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment.
Alba D. Dutton.
Thomas F. Dwyer, age thirty, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment.
Wilber Foster, age twenty-one, Company D, Second Regi- ment. (Dis. Oct. 20, '62.)
Patrick Flaherty, age thirty-four, Company D, Second Regiment. (Dis. Dec. 18, '62.)
Joseph O. Freeman, age twenty-one, Company B, Tenth Regiment. (Wounded, July 9, '64.)
Daniel N. French, age twenty-eight, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment.
Henry E. French.
Martin E. French, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment. (Wounded.)
Joseph Gabaree, age thirty-three, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment.
George Gale.
Benjamin Gagnon.
Isaac Godfrey, age twenty-two, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment.
Jacob Godfrey, age nineteen, Company B, Tenth Regiment.
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Lyman Godfrey, age twenty-five, Company C, Fifteenth Regiment. (Reënlisted in Co. C, 17th Reg't; died in service, Salisbury, Oct. 2, '64.)
Nobles Godfrey, age twenty-five, Company C, Seventeenth Regiment.
Timothy C. Godfrey, age thirty-one, Company D, Second Regiment. (Dis. June 2, '62.)
William Goodwin, age thirty-four, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment.
Hamilton Glines, age forty, Company B, Tenth Regiment. (Wounded, Cold Harbor, Va .; died in service, June 18, '64.)
Ira S. Gray, age twenty-four, Company D, Fifth Regiment. (Killed, Savage Station, June 29, '62.)
Milo K. Gray, age twenty-two, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment.
Charles Greeley.
Almon D. Griffin, first S. S. F. Music.
Horace M. Griffith, age eighteen, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment.
Emery Guptil, age eighteen, Company D, Fifth Regiment. (Reënlisted; wounded.)
Edmund Guinan, Third Battery.
George Hakey, age eighteen, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment.
William Hall, age twenty-six, Company D, Second Regi- ment.
Isaac Harris, Jr., age thirty-five, Company C, Fifteenth Regiment. (Dis. June 19, '63.)
Leonard Hart, Company C, Fifteenth Regiment.
Alonzo Hart, age thirty-seven, Company D, Second Regi- ment.
Frederic A. Hart, age twenty-five, Company D, Second Regi- ment.
Benjamin L. Hawley, age twenty-two, Company H, Seven- teenth Regiment.
Franklin S. Henry, age twenty, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment.
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George S. Henry, age nineteen, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment.
Martin L. Henry, age nineteen, Cavalry C. (Reënlisted, 4th Hancock Corps.)
Franklin J. Hill
George W. Hill, age forty-four, Company G, Fourth Regi- ment. (Dis. June 3, '62.)
Martin Hogan.
James O. Hovey, age twenty, Company D, Second Regi- ment. (Reënlisted Dec. 21, '63.)
George Hubbard, age twenty-two, Company D, Second Regiment. (Reënlisted Jan. I, '63; killed, Spottsylvania, May 12, '64.)
Robert Hunkins, age twenty-two, Company D, Second Regiment. (Reënlisted Jan. 31, '63; killed, Wilderness, May 5, '64.)
Frank Huntley, age eighteen, Company D, Second Regi- ment.
Charles A. Hutchins, Company E, Seventeenth Regiment. (Reënlisted Feb. 15, '64.)
Henry D. Hutchins, Company D, Second Regiment.
William H. Hutchins, age nineteen, Company K, Seven- teenth Regiment.
Andrew Jackson.
John Jerome, age thirty-two, Company B, Tenth Regiment. (Dis. April 16, '63; reënlisted Co. K, 17th Reg't.)
Allen Jewitt, age eighteen, Company G, Fourth Regiment. (Dis. March 2, '62.)
Cornelius Jocko.
Marcellus B. Johnson, age twenty-one, Company G, Fourth Regiment. (Died Oct. 7, '62, of wound received Sept. 15, '62, South Mountain.)
Daniel Jones, age twenty-nine, Company E, Eleventh Regi- ment.
James W. Jones, age thirty-five, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment. (Wounded and dis. May 15, '65.)
Edwin Joslyn, age seventeen, S. S. E. 2. (Died in service, July II, '62.)
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John Kellogg, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment. (Dis. Nov. 28, '62.)
Edward Kirby, age twenty-two, Company A, Seventh Regiment. (Mustered out, Aug. 30, '64.)
Charles La Page, Company K, Seventh Regiment.
Henry Lee. (Died in service.)
James Linnehen, age forty-four, Company D, Fifth Regi- ment. (Mustered out, June 29, '65.)
Henry L. Locke.
Burton G. Locke.
Sayles H. Locke, age twenty-three, Company D, Second Regiment. (Died in service, April 26, '62.)
Austin J. Loomis, age thirty-four, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment.
Orlin W. Loomis.
James Madigan, age eighteen, Company I, Ninth Regiment.
Ira A. Marshall, age thirty-eight, Company D, Second Regi- ment. (Dis. July 16, '62.)
Dennis Martin, age eighteen, Company H, Sixth Regiment. (Reënlisted March I, '64.)
John Martin, age twenty-one, Battery 3.
Patrick Martin, Company H, Sixth Regiment.
William P. Mason, Jr.
Harrison Maynard.
John McCaffrey, Company A, Sixth Regiment.
Luther Merriam.
Charles Moody, age twenty-one, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment.
Dexter Moody, age twenty-seven, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment. .
Hartwell Moody, age thirty-one, Company D, Second Regi- ment.
Samuel Morey, age twenty-three, Company D, Second Regi- ment.
Michael Morrisey, age eighteen, Company G, Second Regi- ment. (Reënlisted in Cowans Battery.)
Joseph B. Morse.
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Thomas Morway, age twenty-nine, Company H, Thirteenth Regiment.
Lucian M. Murray, age twenty-one, Company G, Fourth Regiment. (Died in service, Nov. 8, '62.)
Walter H. Nelson, age eighteen, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment. (Wounded, Nov. 27, '63, June 1, '64.)
James Nichols. (Died in service.)
John O'Connor, age eighteen, Company I, Fourth Regiment.
Patrick O'Connor, age sixteen, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment. (Music.)
Henry F. Parker, age twenty-one, Company D, Second Regiment. (Dis. May 29, '62.)
Lucius L. Pollard, age twenty-five, Company G, Third Regiment. (Drafted.)
Philander A. Preston, age twenty-seven, C Cavalry; born in Waterbury, Nov. 27, 1833. (Enlisted Vt. Cav., Sept. I, '61 ; with Reg't till July 6, '63; wounded; in hospital till Dec .; returned to duty; reënlisted Jan. '64; taken prisoner, Stony Creek Station; thence to Andersonville and Charleston; finally to Florence where he was literally starved to death.)
Carlos Prescott, age twenty-three, Company D, Second Regiment. (Dis. July 24, '62; died of disease contracted in service.)
Leroy Prescott, age nineteen, Company I, Thirteenth Regi- ment.
George Ray, Company D, Fifth Regiment.
George C. Rice, age eighteen, Company G, Tenth Regi- ment. (Died at Alexandria, before joining regiment in field.)
Winslow C. Rollins, age twenty-six, Company D, Second Regiment.
Alva Rowell, age twenty-six, Company I, Thirteenth Regi- ment. (Reënlisted; killed at Wilderness.)
John W. Sawyer, age twenty-nine, Company B, Tenth Regiment.
Calvin E. Seaver, age twenty-seven, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment.
Henry G. Sherman.
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Curtis C. Sleeper, age nineteen, Company C, Second Regi- ment. (Dis. Nov. I, '62; wounded, June 29, '62.)
David D. Sleeper.
James W. Sleeper.
John R. Slowcum.
Clifford Smith, age twenty-one, Company A, Seventh Regi- ment.
Charles Smith, age forty-five, Company B, Tenth Regiment. (Transferred to invalid corps, July I, '63.)
Jerry Smith, age twenty-six, Company A, Seventh Regi- ment.
George E. Smith, age nineteen, Company D, Second Regi- ment.
Herschall F. Smith, age twenty-six, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment.
William C. Smith, age eighteen, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment.
William D. Smith, age twenty-two, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment.
William H. Stimson, age twenty-four, Company C, Third Regiment. (Jan. 29, '62; dis. Feb. 3, '63; wounded, June 29, '62.)
Frank Stearns, age eighteen, Company C, Seventeenth Regiment. (Died Jan. 6, '64, of wounds received in action May 12, '64.)
Benjamin F. Stone. (Died in service.)
Horatio G. Stone, age nineteen, Company D, Second Regi- ment. (Died of wounds received at Wilderness, May 4, '64.) John Stone, M Cavalry. (Saddler.)
Orvand A. Stone, age thirty-two, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment.
Willard S. Stone, age twenty-four, Company D, Second Regiment. (Killed at Wilderness, May 5, '64.)
Wayland A. Strong, age twenty-two, Company K, Seven- teenth Regiment.
Edward Taylor, age eighteen, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment.
Joseph Tate, Company D, Fifth Regiment.
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John Toban, Company D, Fifth Regiment.
George Tatro, age twenty-eight, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment. (Died Dec. 28, '64.)
Burton C. Turner, age eighteen, Company D, Second Regi- ment. (Died in service, Nov. 5, '64.)
Chauncey Turner, age twenty, Company D, Second Regi- ment. (Drafted.)
Alexander Warden.
Charles Wells.
Edward Wells, age twenty-five, Fifth Regiment. (Band; dis. Feb. 20, '62.)
Edwin H. Wells, age twenty-two, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment.
Henry Wells, age twenty-five, Company A, Seventh Regi- ment. (Died Aug. 9, '62, in service.)
Liberty White, age forty-four, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment.
George S. Whitney.
George I. Wilson, Company D, Second Regiment.
Henry M. Wood, age eighteen, Company E, Eighth Regi- ment. (Died in service, Sept. 13, '63.)
William W. Wood, age nineteen, Company E, Eighth Regi- ment. (Died in service, July 14, '63.)
Theodore Wood. (Killed in service.)
George S. Woodward, age twenty-two, C Cavalry. (Killed in service, April 3, '63.)
Ira S. Woodward, age eighteen, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment.
William Woodward, age nineteen, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment.
William Charles Woodruff, age twenty-six, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment.
Charles B. Wooster.
B. Franklin Wright, age eighteen, Company D, Second Regiment.
Hiram P. Wright, age twenty-eight, C Cavalry. (Wounded himself.)
Charles S. Wrisley, age twenty-eight, Company C, Fifteenth Regiment.
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Jacob Wrisley, age nineteen, Company D, Second Regiment. Warner W. Wrisley.
George W. York, age thirty-three, Company K, Second Regiment. (Drafted; died of wounds received at Wilderness.)
John W. York, age twenty-one, Company D, Second Regi- ment. (Reënlisted as color bearer for Gen. Wright com'd'g 6th Corps.)
Gustavus S. Young.
Hiram Young, age forty-four, Company B, Tenth Regiment. (Died in service.)
Joseph E. Young, age thirty-six, Company B, Tenth Regi- ment. (Wounded at Spottsylvania.)
Nathaniel J. Young.
At the May (6th) town meeting in 1861 it was voted: "That the selectmen are hereby authorized to draw orders on the town treasurer for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the drill now going on in Waterbury and for furnishing an out- fit and necessary clothing of such volunteers from said town as shall be mustered into the military service of the state or the United States not to exceed the sum of six hundred dollars in the whole. Said selectmen to examine and audit all accounts presented and allow such as they deem just and equitable."
At the town meeting, September, 1862, it was voted: "That the town do pay to each man who has or shall volunteer and who is accepted, mustered in and shall serve as a nine months' militia man to the number that is the town's quota under the call of the President for three hundred thousand militia to serve nine months in the present war, the sum of twenty-five dollars each bounty and seven dollars per month for such time' as they serve provided the State or General Government does not assume the payment of the same."
At a town meeting, October 27, 1862, it was voted: "To pay Isaac Harris, Jr., Oliver W. Davis, Charles S. Wrisley, Joseph Conant, Leonard Hart and Lyman Godfrey seventy- five dollars each in addition to the twenty-five dollars already voted by the town or county for enlisting into the military service of the United States from the town of Waterbury."
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At a town meeting, November 30, 1863, it was voted: "To pay each volunteer from this town a bounty of three hundred dollars when mustered into the United States service."
At a town meeting, December 14, 1863, at which W. W. Wells presided as moderator, it was voted: "That there be raised, levied, collected and paid into the town treasury on or before the Ist day of January, 1864, one hundred and fourteen cents on the dollar of the Grand List of the town for 1863 to pay the bounties to volunteers," and "Voted: That the selectmen are instructed in their discretion to borrow not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars for the purpose of paying the bounties to the volunteers."
At a town meeting, June 18, 1864, it was voted: "That the selectmen be instructed to raise men sufficient to fill the expected call at a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars each and that the selectmen raise the money to pay said sum on the credit of the town, provided said persons are accepted and mustered into the service of the United States."
At a town meeting, August 4, 1864, it was voted: "That the selectmen pay to the men enlisting and are accepted and mustered into the United States service the sum of two hun- dred dollars each in addition to the three hundred dollars heretofore voted for the same purpose and that they pledge the credit of the town in such manner as they deem best to meet said expense," also "Voted that the above sum of five hundred dollars be paid to such volunteers only as are mus- tered into the United States service for three years and all those that are mustered in for a less time are to be paid in that proportion for the time that they are mustered in for and that the selectmen borrow the money for four months at six per cent interest of individuals or the bank as in their discretion they shall deem best for the interests of the town."
At a town meeting held August 4, 1864, it was voted: "That the selectmen be and they are hereby instructed to deposit twenty seven hundred dollars in the Bank of Waterbury to the credit of the adjutant general of the state of Vermont to be paid for men enlisted by the commissioner from this state, in states in rebellion under the late act of Congress and mustered
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into the United States service and credited on the quota of this town."
At a town meeting held January 26, 1865, it was voted: "That the selectmen be and they are hereby authorized to raise the quota of the town under the call of December 19, 1864, and to pay such bounties as in their discretion they may think proper and also that the selectmen be and are hereby authorized to enlist men at any time and to pay such bounties as in their discretion they may think proper."
Between the town meeting of June 18, 1864, at which it was voted to raise men to fill the expected call at a sum not exceed- ing $300 each, and authorizing the selectmen to raise the money on the town's credit, and the meeting of August 4, 1864, when it was voted to pay $200 in addition to the $300 already voted, an indemnity agreement was circulated in Waterbury for the signatures of those willing to save harmless the selectmen, each in the sum of $200, until the next town meeting August 4, 1864. This indemnity agreement, bearing date July 22, 1864, was signed by one hundred and two substantial citizens.
At a town meeting November 25, 1865, it was voted: "To instruct the selectmen to proceed and build the bridge recom- mended by the Courts' committee and ordered by the Wash- ington County Court to be built across the Winooski River, in conjunction with the town of Duxbury, by contract or other- wise as in their judgment will be the best for the town."
What adequate eulogies can there be of the patriotic spirit which permeated large Waterbury families; of that devo- tion animating men like the Wells brothers, to lay every- thing on the altar of the Union's cause? Four sons of William W. Wells responded to the call for troops, Edward William, Curtis and Charles. The common schools of Waterbury, Barre Academy and Kimball Union Academy of Meriden, New Hampshire, afforded such educational opportunities as were available to William Wells outside of the practical training he received in making a survey of Washington County and as assistant to his father in his extensive business. At the age of twenty-three, September 9, 1861, William Wells enlisted as a private soldier and busied himself in helping to
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raise Company C, First Regiment, Vermont Cavalry. He was sworn into service October 3, 1861 ; on the 14th he received a first lieutenant's commission; on the 18th of November he attained his captaincy and the following day mustered with the Field and Staff of the First Regiment, Vermont Cavalry, to serve for three years. His commission as major came · December 30, 1862, and he was mustered the same date. A unanimous recommendation of the officers of his regiment resulted in his being commissioned colonel June 4, 1864. Then came his appointment as brevet brigadier-general of volunteers, February 22, 1865, and brevet major-general, "for gallant and meritorious service," March 13, 1865. Prob- ably the most authoritative cavalry officers in that branch of the service were Generals Sheridan and Custer. It was upon their joint recommendation that General Wells received his commission as full brigadier-general May 19, 1865, Gen- eral Sheridan characterizing him as his "ideal of a cavalry officer." In March, 1864, he was placed in command of the Seventh Michigan Cavalry, by order of General Kilpatrick, and continued in command for several weeks on Kilpatrick's Raid, near Richmond.
As major on Wilson's Raid, south of Richmond, he was in command of his regiment from date of muster as colonel until September 19, 1864, at which time he was placed in com- mand of the Second Brigade, Third Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. He was still in command of this brigade when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865, remaining so until he took over the command of the Third Cavalry Division, May 22, 1865. He had taken this same command several times between Septem- ber 19, 1864, and April 9, 1865. Trouble in Texas took both cavalry generals, Sheridan and Custer, away from Virginia; their departure left General Wells as ranking officer of the cavalry corps from June 1, 1865, to June 24, 1865. He was the last commander of Sheridan's Corps. He was in com- mand of the First Separate Brigade, Twenty-Second Army Corps, from June 24, 1865, to July 24, 1865, and was mustered out of service January 15, 1866.
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General Wells had to his credit an active and foremost participation in the following battles and skirmishes while campaigning with the First Regiment Cavalry: Middletown, Winchester, Luray Court House, Culpeper Court House, where he charged the enemy's artillery, captured a gun and was wounded for the second time by a shell, Orange Court House, where he was in the thickest of the fight, Kelly's Ford, Waterloo Bridge, Bull Run, Warrenton, Hanover, where he commanded the Second Battalion of Cavalry of the First Vermont in a repulse of J. E. B. Stuart's Cavalry, Hunters- town, Gettysburg, where July 3, 1863, he commanded the leading battalion charge on Round Top, riding by the side of General Farnsworth, the Brigade commander, who was killed. How General Wells escaped was miraculous as the charge penetrated the opposing lines for nearly three quarters of a mile. Other engagements in which General Wells took part were Monterey, Leitersville, Hagerstown, Falling Waters, Port Conway, Somerville Ford, Raccoon Ford, James City, Brandy Station, Gainesville, Bucklam Mills, Falmouth, Morton's Ford, Mechanicsville, Piping Tree, Craig's Meeting House, Spottsylvania, Yellow Tavern, Meadow Bridge, White Oak Swamp, Riddle's Shop, Ashland, Hawe's Shop, Bottom Bridge, Malvern Hill, Ream's Station, Nottoway Court House, Roanoke Station, Strong Creek, Summit Point, Charlestown, West Virginia, Kearneysville, Boonsboro, where he was wounded by a sabre cut. He was in command of a battalion of General Sheridan's Cavalry Corps at Yellow Tavern, Vir- ginia, May II, 1864, when his great cavalry opponent, General Stuart, was killed. He commanded a brigade of Custer's Division at Tom's Brook October 9, 1864.
The momentous and decisive battle of Cedar Creek, im- mortalized in the poem "Sheridan's Ride," and the war melo- drama of Bronson Howard, "The Shenandoah," was another of the great battles in which General Wells took part. In this battle, fought October 19, 1864, his brigade took a leading part in turning the rout of the Federal troops in the morning into a victory at night. Of General Early's forty- five pieces of artillery captured, the First Vermont took
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twenty-three, this being the heaviest capture attributed to a single regiment during the war. Other engagements were Middle Road, Lacey's Springs, Waynesboro, Five Forks, Scott's Corner, Namozine Creek, Winticomack, Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House. On the morning of Lee's surrender, his brigade had started on its last charge and was stopped by General Custer in person. The total number of his engagements of cavalry were seventy, in eighteen of which he led either a brigade or division. He was a prisoner of war in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, from March 17, 1863, to May 6, 1863. His biographer says of his record: "The official record speaks for itself, and General Wells's military career throughout four years and a half in the War of the Rebellion evinces the highest personal qualities of a cavalry commander, combining coolness, promptness, and daring intrepidity with most thoughtful consideration for his men."
The Vermont Legislature of 1912 appropriated $6000 to commemorate the services and perpetuate the memory of Major-General William Wells and the officers and enlisted men of the First Regiment, Vermont Cavalry, near the spot where the regiment began its desperate charge July 3, 1863, on the battlefield of Gettysburg. A heroic bronze statue of General Wells, surmounting a base of two boulders, each inset with appropriate bronze tablets, now marks the historic spot. The unveiling of the statue, July 3, 1913, was an occasion of elaborate ceremony, to which was invited a long roster of distinguished guests. Among the speakers was Senator Wil- liam P. Dillingham who tellingly pointed out that in a period of less than five years and at a time in life when young men are commonly found in colleges and universities, General Wells had passed from the rank of private to that of brigadier-general and brevet major-general of Volunteers of the United States Army; and that "at an age when most men are but entering the activities of life, he had made a record, the brilliance of which fifty years of time have failed to lessen, and which is now recognized by those not then born."
A second statue of General Wells was dedicated at Battery
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Park, Burlington, May 30, 1914. The bronze figure is a replica in bronze of the statue at Gettysburg. A replica of the cavalry charge in bas-relief was presented by Mr. Frank Richardson Wells, a son of General Wells, for placing upon the pedestal. October 5, 1910, a bronze medallion portrait of General Wells was dedicated in the State House at Mont- pelier.
General Wells was married, January 18, 1866, to Miss Arahanna Richardson, who was born July 20, 1845, in Fitch- burg, Massachusetts. Children of the marriage were Frank Richardson and Bertha Richardson. Frank Richardson Wells was born February 1, 1871, in Burlington, and was married in California November 7, 1900, to Miss Jean Mary Hush of Oakland, California. Bertha Richardson Wells was born April 23, 1873, and was married in Burlington July 6, 1899, to Doctor Horatio Nelson Jackson, of Burlington. Mrs. Wells died suddenly in Burlington, June 12, 1905.
With characteristic energy General Wells threw himself into the pursuits of peace after the Civil War. He entered a firm of wholesale druggists in Waterbury, which soon removed to Burlington in 1868. He was town representative of Water- bury in the Legislature of 1865-1866. In 1866 he was elected adjutant-general of Vermont and held the office until 1872. In 1872 he was appointed collector of customs for the District of Vermont; in the thirteen years of his incumbency he did much to increase the importance of the post and brought to his administration rare efficiency and system; at the expira- tion of thirteen years he returned to the firm of Wells, Rich- ardson & Company. He was state senator from Chittenden County in 1886, and at different times became identified or associated with such large interests as the Burlington Trust Company (president), Burlington Gas-Light Company (pres- ident), Burlington Board of Trade (president), Burlington Cold Storage Company (director), Rutland Railroad Company (director), and Champlain Transportation Company (direc- tor). He was a member and a vestryman of St. Paul's Church, a trustee of the Y. M. C. A. of Burlington, and one of its enthusiastic supporters. He died of angina pectoris
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in New York April 29, 1892, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Burlington.
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