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Perry, Lieutenant Robert, son of John and Abigail (Knowlton) Perry, born in Ash- ford, Conn., November, 1743, a veteran in the French and Revolutionary Wars, settled in the northern part of Pomfret, October 16, 1780, where he resided until his death in 1816. He marrie l Sarah Hodges in Ashford. They had ten children, viz .: Anna, Sarah, Percia, Clarissa, Elizabeth, Robert, Seth, Roxy, Mary and Freda (twins). Captain Robert Perry, of the above children, was born December 18, 1774. He married March 23, 1803, Mehitabel Morgan. He inherited the homestead and died there April 13, 1849. His wife died June 10, 1845. Their children were Eliza, Robert, Freda, Emily, Mehitabel, Chauncy and Lester. Robert was never married. He was a man of sound judgment, a practical farmer and accumulated a snug fortune. He represented the town in the Legislature and held nearly all of the town offices. He died in the house where he was born April 13, 122
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1883. Freda and Emily, maiden ladies, died at the homestead, Freda, March 4, 1889, Emily, February 22, 1889. Mehitabel married Peter W. Webster, a farmer of Newbury, Vt. They had nine children, only two of whom, viz., Persis and Ira. are living. She died at the homestead October 2, 1865. Chauncy Perry married January 21. 1845, Phebe Leonard, who was born in Sharon, July 13, 1820. He, with his maiden sisters, owned for many years the Perry homestead. He and his wife reside at the homestead. Lester Perry inherited a part of the homestead farm, living in a house opposite the old place, and died there February 15, 1859. He married January 4, 1847, Ruth C. Leonard, sister of Mrs. Chauncy Perry. She was born November 23, 1821. They had one child, Luvil- la Eliza, born October 25, 1852, who married, October 25, 1871, Francis Young Snow, who was born in Sharon, October 5, 1842. She married, second, John Allen, a farmer living in Pomfret. He enlisted as private, October 1, 1861, in Company E, Eighth Ver- mont Infantry and was discharged April 26, 1864. He had two teeth knocked out with a spent ball and received a fracture of the right fore-arm, on which account he receives a pension. He was the son of Charles B. and Maria E. (Ferguson) Snow. His father was a painter by trade. but followed farming for the most part. He died March 8, 1880. His children were William J., Rosantha M., Sylvester M., Francis Y., George P. and Floyd S. Sylvester M. and George P. were also soldiers in the War of the Rebellion. the latter dying at Baton Rouge during the war. Francis Y. owns and carries on the Perry homestead. He has two children, Luvia M., born April 7, 1875, and Lula Ruth, born October 3, 1885.
Pratt, Joseph H., was born in Northampton, Mass., February 15, 1827. His father, Francis Pratt, born in Washington, Mass., January 1, 1798, married Roxanna Strong, March, 1825, in Northampton. In 1833 he moved to Norwich, Vt., settled on a farm, and died there February 15, 1875. His wife died at Norwich, February 7, 1846. He married for his second wife, Mary B. Palmer, November 4, 1846, who died in Norwich May, 1881. Laura Elizabeth, born February 15, 1830, the only sister of Joseph H., mar- ried Caleb West of Norwich, March, 1847. They had three children, Francis, Charles Henry (deceased), and Samuel Boardman. Mr. West died April 3, 1884. Joseph H. was six years of age when his father moved from Northampton to Norwich. He re- ceived his education in the Norwich common and academy schools, and at the Meriden Academy, N. H. He commenced teaching winters when nineteen years of age, and taught three successive winters. He married, October 19, 1847, Ann D., daughter of John and Phinette (Willard) Hazen. Mrs. Pratt was born in Pomfret, October 28, 1823. She descends in the seventh generation from Edward Hazen who emigrated to America in 1649 and settled in Rowley, Mass The line is: 1st, Edward; 2d. Thomas; 3d, Thomas; 4th, Thomas; 5th, Hezekiah; 6th, John. These all had large families, Thomas 3d heading the list with sixteen children. After marriage Mr. Pratt hved three years in West Pom- fret, then moved to Norwich, Vt., where he lived until 1864, then returned to Pomfret and settled on the Hazen homestead in district No. 7, "Bunker Hill," the place of his wife's birth, and has carried on that farm ever since. He is Republican in politics, and repre- sented the town of Norwich in the Legislature in 1862; the town of Pomfret, in 1868-9. Children : John Francis, born June 18, 1848. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1871, and received an appointment in the United States Geodetic Coast Survey, and is now stationed in Washington on the Pacific Coast. William, born October 23, 1852, was graduated from Dartmouth in 1874. He is superintendent of the Mount Vernon, O., Iron Bridge Company. Arthur E., born September 27, 1854, teacher of music; edu- cated in Pomfret and in Norwich Academy. George Hazen, born March 1, 1858; edu- cated in Norwich Academy and at Meriden, N. H .; civil engineer, employed on the Seattle and Eastern Railroad in Washington. Elizabeth R., born December 15, 1862, living at home; educated at Tilden Seminary at West Lebanon, and Kimball Academy at Meriden, N. H.
Whipple, William C., was born in Pomfret, January 7, 1830, the youngest of a family of three children of Obed and Charlotte (Clement) Whipple. Obed, his father, was born
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in Charlestown, N. H., October 9, 1797, and married June 13, 1819, Charlotte, daughter of William and Anna (Nichols) Clement, born in Royalston, Mass., November 19, 1796. He came from Charlestown, April, 1819, and settled in Pomfret on the place now owned and occupied by his son, William C. He was a tanner by trade, and followed the occupation during his life. He died July 7, 1880, at the homestead. His wife died February 25, 1887. He was a deacon in the Unitarian Church. He filled a number of the town offi- ces ; was a quiet, unobtrusive man, but possessed sound judgment, and his counsels were sought. Their children were Matilda, Miller and Obed. William C. Whipple spent his minority at home, receiving his education in the schools of Pomfret. He also learned the tanner's trade of his father ; built a new tannery near the homestead, ran it a few years, then sold it to his brother Obed. This tannery was subsequently burned. From the age of sixteen to forty he taught school in Pomfret and adjoining towns, also in New Hamp- shire and Massachusetts. He was principal of the Academy at Wauconda, Lake county, Ill., for four years. He married, March 13, 1851, Harriet Maria, daughter of Mitchell and Maria (Vail) Clark, born June 22, 1832. Her father was born in Hartford, Vt., Feb- ruary 29, 1796; died August 16, 1882. Her mother, born July 21, 1803, died February 17, 1837. Her father married, second, Lavinia Kent, October 11, 1837. He had six chil- dren by the first, and three by his last wife. Mr. Whipple was in Illinois when the War of the Rebellion broke out, and leaving his school in charge of his wife, he enlisted as private in Company I, One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Illinois Infantry, Colonel Hiram F. Sickles. He was in the service one year and two months, At its close he was regi- mental quartermaster. He was on detached duty most of the time, serving as scout in Alabama and Georgia. His experience in this capacity was a varied one, and full of in- teresting and exciting incidents. Mrs. Whipple spent five months with her husband dur- ing the time of his service. He was mustered out March 29, 1866. After being mustered out, he resumed his position as principal of Wauconda Academy, where he remained one year. In 1867 he returned to Pomfret for the purpose of taking care of his parents. Upon the death of his father he came into the possession of the homestead, which he still owns and carries on. With the exception of a single animal, Mr. Whipple and his bro- ther Obed were the first to introduce the Jersey stock into Pomfret. Mr. Whipple has filled the offices of selectman, overseer of the poor, lister, auditor, superintendent of schools, justice of the peace, and representative in the State Legislature. He is a men- ber of the Blue Lodge A. F. and A. M., Woodstock, No. 31. He is commander of l'ost 82, G. A. R.
ROCHESTER.
Angell, Gideon W., was born in Stockbridge, Vt., August 4, 1831. Stickney, his grand- father, born in Rhode Island, was the first of the family who came to Vermont. He first settled in Bridgewater, and died in Rochester about 1840. His son Eber married, in Barnard, Prudy De Wolf and had eleven children as follows: Lucinda, wife of Abner B, Carr, died in Brandon; Eber, married Margaret Smith, and their children were John R., Jennie and Willie; Sarah, wife of Cephas Harding, lives in Woodstock; Olive, widow of Jesse M. Huntington, lives in Pomfret; Gideon W .; Alvin N., twice married, first, Ruth Webster, second, Amelia Webster, have one child living, Frank C., lives in Randolph; Rufus M., married, first, Harriet Ferris, second, Tamar Hutchinson, have one child, Har- riet, lives in Randolph; Eliphalet J., married Celestia Davis, one child, Arthur ; Eliza, died unmarried. Eber Angell died in Pomfret, July 1872, and Prudy, his wife, in 1840 or 41. Gideon W. married, first, March 8, 1857, Maria C., daughter of Makepeace and Eunice (Emerson) Richardson, born March 27, 1836, died April 29, 1877. They had two children, viz .: Charley M., born December 20, 1861, married, December 25, 1886, Maud Washburn. and Nina M., born July 21, 1871, lives at home. Mr. Angell married, second, April 24, 1883, Mrs. Harriet G. Towles, nee Johnson, born September 3, 1836. Mr. Angell has lived in Rochester since he was eight years of age, and since 1865 has owned and carried on the farm where he now lives, situated on the Branch, He has served as lister three terms and as selectman four terms,
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Beckwith, Oren L., was born in Reading, Vt., December 29, 1838, was a soldier in the late war in Company E, Fourth Vermont Regiment, and served three years. His fa- ther, Harris, born in Leominster, N. H., August 18, 1797, was a soldier in the War of 1812. He married Zilpha Beckwith, born January 8, 1800. Harris died in Hancock, August, 1875. His wife Zilpha died November 28, 1863. They reared a family of eleven chil- dren, as follows: Arvilla, born January 27, 1820, married, first, Levi Kidder second, Samuel Harlow, lives in Rochester; Melissa, born November 22, 1822, married first, Jo- seph Kidder, second Howard Piper, and died in Hancock, January, 1886; Justin, born September 29, 1824, married first, Mary Coleman, second Widow Bemis, and died in Rochester, September 1886; Lyman, born November 21, 1826, inarried first, Orcelia Hodgkins, second Olive Stevens, and lives in Rochester, Vt .; John, born December 17, 1828, married Catharine Philiater, and lives in Columbus, Wis .; Gerdin, born January 1, 1830, was a soldier in the Twenty first Wisconsin Regiment, and was killed in battle ; Charles, born August 23, 1832, married Julia Rumwell, was corporal in Company E, Fourth Vermont Regiment, and was killed at Warrenton, Md .; Eliza, born Angust 11, 1834, married first, Frank Hopkins, second Samuel Somerville, and lives in Duxbury, Vt .; Kneeland, born April 23, 1836, married, first, a Robins, second, -, and lives in Larned, Kan .; Oren L .; and Maryetta, born September 30, 1841, wife of Evander Whit- tier, is living in Lincoln, Vt.
Emerson, Enoch, a native of New Hampshire, came to Rochester, Vt., in early life, where he lived and died in 1835. He married Eunice Dana, by whom he had nine chil- dren, viz. : Stillman, died in Illinois; Asa, died in Rochester; Enoch, died in Rochester ; Lyman, died in Rochester ; Ezekiel, died in Rochester ; Eunice, married, first, Alanson Mosher, second, Makepeace Richardson, and died in Rochester ; Orpha, unmarried, died in Rochester; Achsah, married William Powers, and died at Silver Creek, N. Y .; a son died in infancy.
Emerson, Lyman, was born in Rochester in 1792. He married, first, Anna Warren, by whom he had three children, viz. : Lyman, Mary Ann and David. Lyman and Da- vid are living in Wisconsin. Mary Ann married Barna Cooper, and they both died in Rochester. He married, second, Olive Warren, sister of his first wife. By this union there were nine children, viz .: Louisa, widow of Eaten Martin, lives in Rochester ; Eze- kiel, lives in Rochester; Anna, married F. D. Ely, lives in Dedham, Mass .; Lucy, died young ; Enoch, lives in Rochester ; Jane O., married Horatio Morrow, and they are missionaries in British Burmah, India ; Eunice, unmarried, lives in Rochester ; Ellen, died in infancy ; Edna F., widow of William F. Chase, lives in West Newton, Mass.
Emerson, Ezekiel, was born in Rochester, Vt., September 14, 1830. Enoch, his grand- father, was a native of New Hampshire. He married Eunice Dana, and reared a fam ily of nine children, as follows: Stillman, died in the West ; Asa, died in Rochester ; Lyman, father of Ezekiel ; Ezekiel, died in Rochester; Eunice, married, first, Alanson Mosher, second, Makepeace Richardson ; Orpha, unmarried, died in Rochester; Achsah, was the wife of William Powers, and died at Silver Creek, N. Y .; Enoch, died in Roch- ester ; and an infant died not named. All, except Ezekiel and Orpha, married and raised families. Enoch died in Rochester. His widow married again and moved to Illinois, where she died. Ezekiel lived at home in Rochester until twenty-one years of age. In 1853 he went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in lumbering eight years. He enlisted a a private in Company A, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, May 10, 1861, and receive his discharge July 27, 1864. At the close of the war he returned to Rochester, where he has resided ever since. He owns the Emerson homestead farm situated on the " Branch.'" He has filled the offices of constable nine years, and selectman one year.
Hubbard .- The families of this name in Rochester are descended from three brothers who settled in Massachusetts. Elisha, a descendant of one of these brothers, was born in that town, and married in Putney, Vt., Tamar Moore. They had a family of sixteen chil- dren as follows : Abizah, Eunice, Susannah, Elisha, Tamar, Dolly, Abel, Otis, Arna, Peter, Sally, Rosalinda, Delano, Betsey, Abigail M., and George. Elisha and his wife died in
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Rochester, and of their family the first thirteen children were born in Putney, Vt., the last three in Rochester. Abel, son of Elisha, was born February 18, 1785, and married Susan Thatcher. He died February 21, 1866. He had a family of twelve children, viz .: Amanda, Joseph, Hannah M., Sally, Howard, Samuel, Benjamin, William T., Philinda, Susan, Chastina and Tamar. Abel became a resident of Rochester in 1794, and lived upon the farm now owned and occupied by his son William T. His wife was born October 18, 1788, and died April 23, 1882. William T., son of Abel, born in Rochester, December 8, 1824, married, January 6, 1853, Harriet, daughter of Thomas !B. and Harriet (Eaten) Martin, born in Rochester, January 6, 1826. They have three children, Emma V., born October 13, 1853; Ida L., born December 15, 1855; and Enola, born February 10, 1859. Peter, son of Elisha, born September 13, 1789, married, in 1820, Anna, daughter of Isaac Trask. They had nine children : Iva M .. Varsil M., Otis, Isaac T .. Harriet A., Emeline C., Peter A., Clementine, Hiram F. Peter died November 1, 1853, his wife January 1, 1864. Varsil M., son of Peter, born in Rochester, Vt., January 31, 1815, married, June 21, 1841, Susan Jane, daughter of Leonard and Mary (Steele) Taylor. Her father was born in Windsor, October 31, 1779, and died in Rochester. Her mother was born in Weathersfield, December 23, 1788. They had ten children, Mrs. Hubbard being the eighth, and was born in Rochester, December 18, 1824. They had twelve chil- dren, viz .: Charles L., born June 30, 1842, married Susanna Madigan, had four children, Florence E .. , wife of Charles Barton, Henry, Susie and Josie ; Charles L., lives in Orange, Mass .; Mary Jane; Isaac T., born February 4, 1847, married, June 11, 1872, Arabella Holton, born in Middlebury, October 15, 1841, and had two children, Harry Varsil, born September 14, 1873, and Lewis Ives, born December 20, 1885; Isaac T., owns with his father the home farm and runs it; Winfield Scott, born March 24, 1849, married Rachel Gambell, and has one child living, Winfield Scott; Harry D .; Frank L., born July 28, 1853, married Della McCullum, has four children, Rena K., Amisa T., John E. and Rich- ard S., and lives in Rochester ; Abbie E., born September 27, 1855, wife of Will Tupper of Rochester, and they have two children, Robbie W. and Helen A .; George E., born March 11, 1858. died November 2, 1859; Varsil Fred, born June 6, 1860, married Mrs. Eva Johnson, nee Bass, and has one child, Edna; Carrie E., Arthur W., and Katie T. Mr. Hubbard has resided on his present place since 1841. He has served as lister five terms, and selectman three terms.
Martin, La Roy, was born in Rochester, Vt., June 13, 1860, the youngest in a family of four children of Mervin and Harriet (Barnes) Martin. Thomas B., his grandfather, married, first, a Miss Eaton and had nine children, viz .: Mervin ; Thomas, a farmer living in Hancock, Vt .; Eaton, died in Rochester ; Oscar, a farmer living in Rochester; Harriet, wife of William F. Hubbard ; Abigail, wife of Alonzo T. Briggs; California, wife of Dr. John McDuffee; Eugene, died young; and Emroy, wife of Mr. Etz, living in Mendon. Mervin, his father, was born in Rochester, August 9, 1824, and died June 3, 1865. His wife, Harriet Barnes, was born in Rochester, June 20, 1826 Their four children were Abbie Isabel, born May 22, 1853; Clarence Eber, born September 22, 1854, a farmer living in Hancock ; Angie Adella, born August 22, 1857, wife of Allen Jones, living in Randolph, Vt .; and La Roy F. Mrs. Martin resides with her son, La Roy F. The latter married March 25, 1884, Carrie, daughter of John and Kate (McClintock) Flanders. She was born February 19, 1864. Mr. Martin has always resided in Rochester, and since 1884 on the farm which he owns and carries on.
Morse, Calvin, was born in Stockbridge, Mass., April 6, 1774, and died March 27, 1837. He married first, in September, 1798, Mary Dutton, who was born November 10, 1773. The children by this marriage were Almira, died single; Melinda (deceased), married Charles Gary ; and Calvin, died in Royalton. He married, second, January 26, 1806, Ab- igail Webber, who was born September 27, 1778. The issue of this marriage was Mary (deceased), married Lyman Messer ; Alpha; Maria (deceased), married, first, Oscar Morse, second Daniel Bugbee. Alpha, son of Calvin, was born in Rochester, April 14, 1812, and married, December 19, 1836, Matilda Washburn. She was born in Rochester, Novem-
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ber 28, 1812, and died July 20, 1864. Of her eight children, two died in infancy. The others were Francis, died at two years of age; Edward, a member of Company B, Sixth Vermont Volunteers, killed on picket duty ; Alanson, resides in Sac City, Ia .; Calvin, resides in Rochester; Abigail. died three years of age; and Francis, a resident of Iowa. Mr. Morse married, second, Mrs. Lucy I. Cheney, nee Chamberlain.
Mosher, Francis T., was born in Rochester, October 7, 1818, the eldest in a family of four children of Alanson and Eunice (Emerson) Mosher. His father died in Rochester, November 1824, aged forty-five. His mother died in Rochester October 1868. Their children were Francis T., Charles E., George C., and Harrriet. The latter two are de- ceased. Carles E. lives in Iowa.
Mosher, Francis T., married, January 12, 1841, Roxa, daughter of William and Lucy (Chandler) Baker. Mrs. Mosher was born in Rochester July 2, 1819. They have had five children, viz .: Francis J., born May 16, 1842, married, first, Kate E. Brien, second, Jennie Holbrook, and third, Eugenie Dyer, and lives in Rochester; Diana R., born De- cember 29, 1848, widow of Dr. Charles W. Chaffee, lives in Chicago, and has one child, Francis Charles ; George E., born October 22, 1849, married, December 31, 1873, Luna L., daughter of Arnold and Martha (Chaffee) Huntington, she was born in Rochester, September 27, 1854, and they have one child living, Ella F., born October 1, 1875; George E., lives with his father, and helps carry on the home farm; Lucy M., born No- vember 2, 1851, wife of Alonzo C. Harlow, photographer in Montpelier; Eunice A., born April 21, 1855, married Joseph W. Sault, and died May 31, 1883, in Rochester ; they have one child, Albert C., born October 4, 1881. Mr. Mosher was one year old when his father moved from Rochester village and settled on the farm situated on the "Branch," now owned and occupied by him. He has served the town as its selectman seven years, and overseer of the poor eleven years. In politics he is a Democrat.
Robinson, Eleazer, came from Connecticut to Bridgewater, Vt. He was a Revolution- ary soldier and married Mary Backus. Their children were Nathaniel, died in Bridge- water; Luther, died young; Horatio, died in Bridgewater ; Luther; Lucy, died single ; and Eunice (deceased), married Sylvanus Pratt. Eleazer died in November, 1821.
Robinson, Luthier, son of Eleazer, was born in Bridgewater and went to Granville to live in 1833, where he died October 17, 1882. He married Polly Moore, who was born June 30, 1792. They had four children, viz. : Luther, Mary (deceased), married Benja- min Cady ; Eliza, wife of Aaron Bagley, resides in Granville; and Lucy, wife of Oren Sabin, of Hill, N. H.
Robinson, Luther, son of Luther, was born in Parker Gore. now the town of Little Sherburne, Vt., December 2, 1817, and married September 27, 1841, Marcia Briggs, who was born in Plymouth, Vt., May 17, 1819. They had two children, Albert N., born in Granville, September 4, 1843, married Mrs. Ellen Abbott, nee Ford, and had four children, Alice, Eugene, Clinton and Sarah, and resides in Rochester; Joseph O., born in Gran- ville August 24, 1845, married, October 31, 1867, - Ford, and they have one child, Fred J., born in Rochester July 21, 1871. Mr. Robinson since 1867 has been a resident of Rochester, and in that year bought of Mr. Ralph the saw-mill situated at West Roch- ester. He employs eight hands and manufactures 700,000 of clapboards and 400,000 feet of coarse lumber.
Wyman, Elijah, a native of Connecticut, came to Weathersfield, Vt., and married Ab- igail Worcester of that town. They had seven children, viz. : David, died in West Ran- dolph ; Abigail. married a Mr. Evans, and died in Newark, N. Y .; Frank, died young ; Asa, died in Granville, Vt .; Elijah, died in Rochester, Vt .; Pliny, died at Berea, O .; and Walter, died at Rochester, Vt.
Wyman, Elijah, of above family, was born in Weathersfield, July 25, 1807, and mar- ried, November 15, 1831, Diadamia Knowlton, who was born in Weathersfield, July 26, 1809. They had a family of four children, viz .: Angeline, wife of Henry Lewis, of Springfield, Vt .; Cyrus G .; John; and Lucian M., died in Washington, D. C., in
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December, 1863, in the service of his country. Elijah became a resident of Rochester in the spring of 1832, where he died March 5, 1880.
Wyman, Cyrus C., son of Elijah, was born in Rochester, October 5, 1835, and married Ellen P., daughter of Ezra Washburn. They have five children, viz .: Addie, horn March 24, 1860, wife of Frank Fuller, of Rochester ; Fred, was born February 18, 1872; Lena, born March 2, 1874; Effie, born August 23, 1876 ; and Leon, born August 16, 1884.
Wyman, John K., son of Elijah, was born in Rochester April 1, 1838, and married, May 17, 1869, Alice Nason. They have one child, Gretta, born March 4, 1870.
ROYALTON.
Abbott, Daniel, one of the early settlers of Pomfret, married Debora De Wolf. They had a family of seven children : Scott, Austin, Lorietta, Julietta, Collamer P., Ira A., and Edna. Collamer P. was born in Pomfret, and married Ervilla Hackett. He was a member of Company C, Ninth Vermont Regiment. His brothers, Ira A. and Austin, were also in the war. He removed to Chelsea, Vt., in 1867. His children are Casper P., Wilbur A., Alice L., Irwin D., Julia E., and Arthur A.
Abbott, Casper P., born in Pomfret, February 18, 1858, resided in Chelsea till 1879. He learned the harness trade in Hartford, where he carried on the business until 1886, when he moved to South Royalton, where he carries on his trade in connection with the livery business. He married, March 6, 1883, Abbie M., daughter of Melvin and Abbie (Brockway) Hazen. They have two children, Maud Ethel and Ralph Collamer.
Allen, Horace P., born in Eastport, Me., November 27, 1821, was the only son of Ja- son and Lucy Ann (Parkhurst) Allen. His mother was a daughter of Dr. Phineas Park- hurst of Lebanon, N. H. Dr. Parkhurst, when a youth, was shot at the time of the In- dian invasion of Royalton, but afterwards studied medicine and became one of the promi- nent physicians of New Hampshire. He died at the age of eighty-eight. Jason, father of Horace P., removed from Eastport, Me., to Lebanon, N. H., where he engaged in mer- cantile business and died at Hanover, N. H. Horace P. attended the Norwich Military Academy, and in 1840 became a cadet at West Point, where he remained three years and was obliged to resign on account of ill-health. He then became a resident of Jamestown, N. Y., and removed to Royalton, Vt. He was three years cashier of the South Royalton Bank, and for ten years was wool buyer for Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston. He has been town clerk since 1874 and lister for twenty-seven successive years. He married Susan W., daughter of the late Phineas Pierce. They have one son, Parkhurst P., connected with the publishers of the Youth's Companion, Boston. Mass.
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