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Vt .; Hiland H., was a member of Company G, Sixteenth Vermont Regiment, resides in Gardiner, Mass .; and Abby, wife of Horace F. Cole, of Felchville, Vt.
Jaquith, Rollin B., was born in Mount Holly, Vt., March 19, 1844, and is the second son of Isaac and Mary (Cole) Jaquith. He attended the local schools and was for a short time a student in the Eastman Commercial College, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. His father having been a farmer, he also worked on a farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he engaged in the mill business and became a member of the firm of Foster & Jaquith, as above stated. Mr. Jaquith is also a member of the firm of Jaquith, Bryant & Co., who operate a saw-mill in Peru, Vt., where 600,000 feet of lumber are annually manufactured into plain and rounded finished chair-stock. He married Miss Susan Shedd, and they have six children, viz .: Frace, Harlan C., Maude, Burnett, Floyd, and Jumie.
Shattuck, Parker, was born at Temple, N. H., and came to Weston in 1802. He mar- ried Sarah Spafford of his native town, and they had ten children, of whom Ralph and Virtue died young. The others were : Sally, married first Orrin Peck, second Lemuel Abbott of Windham, Vt., and had seven children by first husband, viz. : Orin and Sarah J., died young ; James F., married Silva White and resides at Strafford, Vt. ; Shattuck P., was killed in the War of the Rebellion; Lucy M., married Ora E. Abbott, died March 15, 1863 ; Oren A., resides at Fair Haven, Vt .; Mary E., married K. E. Beckwith, died July 2, 1868. Parker, son of Parker, married first Nancy Jewett of Temple, N. H., second Mrs. Addeline White, and had eight children, viz. : a son died in infancy ; Nancy A. (deceased); Mary J. (deceased), married Lucins Burton (deceased) ; Fernando P., married Jane Comstock (deceased), resides at North Andover, Mass .; Rhoda (deceased) ; Elizabeth H., first married Byron S. Cobb, second Jay Wilkinson ; Sarah B. (deceased), married Elbert W. Arnold, of Londonderry, Vt .; Flora R., married E. Dana Bryant, re- sides at Gardiner, Mass. Lucy (deceased), daughter of Parker, married first James Fos- ter (deceased), second Rev. Daniel Packer of Mount Holly, Vt., had one son, Judson D. S. Packer, who married Alice Holton and resides at Mount Holly, Vt. Daniel S., son of Parker, died March 19, 1859, married Lucy Abbott, had five children, three of whom died young ; the others are Ann J., married Hans H. Mark, resides at Rockingham, Vt., and Anthony, married Clara Benson, resides at Mount Holly, Vt. Ashley, son of Parker, married Elvira Sawyer, of Mount Holly, Vt., died August 9, 1872, had five children, viz. : Lucy E., married Putney S. Hammon (died April 5. 1860); Daniel A., married Emma Coleman ; Fred A., married Jennie Hathorn of Rutland, Vt .; Abby J., married E. Freeman Eastman; Adelno P., married Augusta Millard of Danby, Vt. Clark, son Parker, married Louisa Sawyer of Mount Holly, Vt., and their children were Harrison C., married Mary J. Davis of Boston, Mass .; B. Frank, married Fannie Manning, resides at Somerville, Mass .; Francelia, married W. S. Foster ; George W., married Emma Clayton ; and Jewett W., died November 7, 1864. Andrew J., son of Parker, was born in Weston, February 2, 1817, married Betsey G. Hamilton, of Weston; of their six chil- dren, one, a daughter, died in infancy ; the others are Andrew, married Abbie M. Tay- lor, resides in California ; Parker I., married Mary C. Felton ; Ara, died April 25, 1862 ; Winfield S .; and Ella B., the wife of Elwin G. Butterfield of Westminster, Vt. Parker Shattuck died August 19, 1869; his wife died December 11, 1851.
Spanlding, Simeon, was born in Hollis, N H., February 7, 1782, and came to Weston in 1814. He died December 28, 1839. He married Hannah Dow, and had eight chil- dren, viz .: Simeon D .; Hannah C .. died single ; Lucy M., wife of James M. Taylor, of Weston ; James G .; Abigail D. (deceased), married Batchelder Parker; Lydia L. (de- ceased), married Micajah Martin ; Eliza A. and Mary A., both died single.
Spaulding, Simeon D., son of Simeon, was born in Weston, February 19, 1816, and married Dorothy Maria Lawrence, by whom he had one child, Melvin L., a resident of Potosi, Wis. His second wife was Eliza B. Work. They had two children, Mary Ann Eliza, and Harry S, who died young. His third wife is Mary Eliza Pease.
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Spaulding, James G., son of Simeon, was born in Weston, September 21, 1822, 81 married Sophia, daughter of John Hull. They have no children.
Sprague, Charles W., was born in Plymouth, Vt., March 1, 1825, and was the youngest son of Charles and Betsey (Moore) Sprague. He began work on his uncle Ephraim Moore's farm, and removed with him into the town of Weston in 1838. His education was limited to the local schools, and when twenty years old he began the mercantile busi- ness, which he has ever since followed. He is at present a member of the firm of Sprague & Richardson. He has two children, Charles B., of Weston, and Sarah, wife of T. H. Richardson, of Weston. Mr. Sprague has been a resident of the town of Weston more than half a century, and since 1857 has resided in the village. The town is indebted to him for many of its improvements, but his spirit of enterprise has not always been ap- preciated by his townsmen, and in several instances, says he, he has been unfairly treated ; as, for example, when the school district placed a high fence between his resi- dence and the school building, thus cutting off the rear entrance to his dwelling and out-houses. In another case he was bondsman for a defaulting constable who held his office illegally. In this case the town refused to compromise the case, causing Mr. Sprague a loss of over $700. At the same meeting the town was at the expense of $600 on account of the illegal action of another official.
WOODSTOCK.
Merrill, Prosper, was born in Burlington, Conn., September 25, 1812, the second son and seventh child in a family of ten children of Bissell and Polly (Johnson) Merrill. His father was a native of New Hartford, Conn., and was killed by an accident in October, 1830, at the age of thirty-four. He was the son of Enos Merrill, who was a native of New Hartford, Conn., and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The subject of this sketch received the benefit of only a district school education. At the age of thirteen he became an employee in a woolen-mill at Torrington, Conn., afterwards at Spencer and Leicester, Mass., and at the time of the panic in 1837 was superintendent of a mill at Oxford, Mass. In February of the following year he first came to Vermont and accepted the superintendency of the finishing department of the Felchville Woolen Company's Mills. Remaining with them but a short time, he was employed by Earl & Campbell to superintend their mills at Cambridgeport, Vt., and remained there till 1840. After leaving their employ, he hired and operated mills at Drewsville, Saxton's River and Springfield. Finally, in 1850, he located at Felchville, purchasing of the Felchville Woolen Company their buildings and water privileges. He continued successfully to run this mill until the spring of 1858, when it was destroyed by fire. In the fall of that year he moved to Jacksonville, Fla., where he engaged in the monumental business, but becoming dissatisfied he sold his interest and returned to Vermont. A new mill was that year built at Felchville, which he stocked and re-engaged in the manufacture of woolens. This mill was burned February, 1867, at which time Mr. Merrill retired from active business on the advice of his physician, on account of his health. While carrying on this factory his monthly pay roll averaged $2,000. Upon his retirement from active business Mr. Merrill removed to Woodstock, where he built his present house and where he has since resided. He has been identified with the Republican party since its organi- zation and has taken an active part in the political affairs of the State. He represented Reading in the Legislature, and was State Senator from Windsor county in 1861-62. Mr. Merrill is pre-eminently a self-made man; temperate in his habits, energetic and industrious, he ranks among the successful business men of the State. While at the head of the mills in Felchville the town enjoyed the greatest prosperity ever known in its history. While he is well known to be liberal to the poor, he is wholly unostenta- tious in his charities. He married, first, Almira Cummings of Milford, Conn. Of their three children, two died in infancy; Frederick B. resides in Woodstock. He married,
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second, Hannah Boles, of Rockingham, Vt. Their only child, John B., died in 1866, aged twenty-five. Frederick B., born in Wolcottville, Conn., October 29, 1831, married, first, Esther R. Dunlap, and had two children : Martha, wife of O. T. White, of East- hampton, Mass, who has three children, Merrill, Mabel and Charlotte; and Carrie L., died aged twenty-two years, nine months. He married, second, Calista White. They have four children, John P., Edwin L., May and George.
Myrick, Samuel, the son of Jonathan and Abigail (Brown) Myrick, was born in New- ton, Mass., in February, 1757. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, being only eighteen years of age, he joined the army and served his country faithfully until peace was declared. He was commissioned first lieutenant, and also was, during a part of the time, quartermaster. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne's and Cornwallis's armies. In January, 1787, he married Martha, daughter of Col. Jonathan and Frances (Buckminster) Brewer, and came to Woodstock, Vt., in 1790, settled upon the farm on which he died December 13, 1839, and which by his labor alone was cleared and be- came one of the best farms in town. His widow survived him, but died February 26, 1856, aged eighty-five years. Of their family of twelve children, only two are living, viz .: Mrs. Stephen Farnsworth, whose home is at West Lebanon, N. H., and Miss Julia D. Myrick, who resides at Springfield, is the only one of Samnel Myrick's descendants living in Windsor county who retains her surname.
INDEX.
A BBOTT, Solomon S., 785. Aldrich, Hon. Joshua Madison, 802. " American Whig, The," 217. Amsden, Charles, 709, 904. Andover, chartered, 102. Andover Town, history of, 620. village (Peaseville), 631. Baptist Church, 627. early settlers, 622. early manufactures, 632. first town meeting, 623. important events, 628. in the War of the Revolution, 629. in the War of 1812, 629. in the War of the Rebellion, 630. proprietors, the, 620. physicians of, 628. representatives from, 624. situation and boundaries, 620. old families, 633, 933. schools, 628. Simonsville, 632. town officers, 625. Universalist Church, 627. Attorneys, roll of, 189-193.
B ALDWIN, Alfred F., 906. Baltimore Town history of, 723. first town meeting, the, 723. official list, 724. old families, 725, 933. situation and boundaries, 723.
Bar Association, the, 187-189. Bar, personnel of, 192. Barnard, chartered, 102. Barnard Town, history of, 574. attack upon, 578. charter of, 576. Congregational Church, 582. early settlements, 576. first town meeting, 577. Methodist Episcopal Church, 582. natural features, 575.
Barnard Town of, in the War of the Rev- olution, 580. representatives from, 583. situation and boundaries, 574. old families, 584, 934. Universalist Society, 583. Baxter, Dr. Edward K., 853.
Bench and Bar, 177-192.
Bennington, the Battle of, 64.
Bethel, chartered, 103. "Bethel Courier," the, 224. Bethel Town, history of, 558. charter, 559. Congregational Church, 563.
early settlements, 561. East Bethel Baptist Church, 563.
first events, 561. old families, 566, 936. situation and boundaries, 558. schools, 564. village of, 565. East Bethel, 566. Universalist Church, 564.
Billings, Hon. Frederick, 876. Biographical, 785. Bisbee, Aaron, 786.
"Black River Gazette," the, 223. Bridgewater, chartered, 102. Bridgewater Town, history of, 601. Bridgewater Corners, 611. Bridgewater Mills, 611. Bridgewater, 610. Bridgewater Center, 611.
charter of, 603. first proprietors' meeting, 603. growth of population, 608. in the War of the Rebellion, 610. married settlers prior to 1800, 605. old families, 614, 943. officers of, 614. representatives from, 614. situation and natural features, 601. Brockway, John, 803.
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Bruce, Capt. H. N., 860. Burgoyne's Army, surrender of, 65. Burke, Udney, 787. Butler, Rev. F., 899.
C ALL, Joseph A., 788. Canada, negotiations with, 66. Cavendish, chartered, 102. Cavendish Town, history of, 501. early religious efforts, 507. First Universalist Society, 508.
first settlers, the, 502. first Baptist Church, 509. in the War of the Rebellion, 511.
important events, 506,
lawyers of, 512. Methodist Episcopal Church, 509. Masonic Order in, 521.
natural features, 501.
original proprietors, the, 501.
organization of, 503.
representatives, 504.
physicians of, 513. St. Mary's Church, 508.
Proctorsville, 513. Hayward, Tafft & Co., 515.
Black River Bank, 516. Proctorsville Library Association, 517. I. O. O. F., 518. village of, 518
Gay Brothers, 519. Fletcher library, 520. old families, 522, 947. schools, 511. selectmen, 504. town house, 510.
Champlain's, Samuel, explorations, 17.
Chandler, Thomas, sr., 668. Chandler, Thomas, jr., 86. Charlestown Convention, 77. Chase, Dr. R. M., 930. Chester, charter of, 102. inhabitants in 1771, 102.
Chester Town, history of, 663. Baptist Church, 675. Chester Academy, 681.
early religious efforts, 674. early grants in, 664. early settlements, 669. First Universalist parish, 678. first town meeting, 666. fire district, formation of, 682. First Congregational Church, 675. lawyers in, 687.
Chester Town of, in the War of the Rebel- lion, 684. in the Revolutionary War, 671. Methodists, the, 679. newspapers in, 682. official list, 672.
physicians in, 686.
poor farm, the, 680. proprietors' meeting, 665. situation and boundaries, 663.
secret societies in, 684.
St. Luke's Protestant Church. 679. schools in, 680.
town hall, 681.
G. A. R., 684.
I. O. O. F., 685.
Masonic Order, 686.
Sawyersville, 691.
under the New York charter, 666. villages in, 687.
North Chester, 687. the first store, 688.
present business interests, 688.
old families, 693, 950.
South Village, 689.
post-office at, 689. business interests, 690. Depot, 691. Gassett's (Spafford), 692.
" Christian Repository. The," 215.
Collamer, Judge Jacob, 854. Colonies and the Mother Country, strug- gles between, 36-45.
Cook, Selden, 805.
Coolidge, Gov. Carlos, 900.
Committee of Correspondence, the, 46.
Committee of Safety, Journal of, 53-55. Constitution, the new. 43.
Convention at Windsor, 42.
Council of Safety, the, 44.
Counties, division into, 81. County Congress, the, 51.
County Court, first term in Windsor County, 92. County Court, judges of, 92, 182-183. Court-House and jail, the first, 92-93. Court-House, the second, third, 93-94. Court, Supreme, judges of, 182. Courts, establishment of, 81-82, 179-180. Cumberland County, civil officers of,
96-97. Cumberland County Convention, proceed- ings of, 50-51.
Episcopal
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D AVIDSON, John, 807. Davis, Hon. Gilbert A., 821. Declaration of State Independence, 43. Dewey, Hon. Albert Gallatin, 806. " Domestic Medical and Dietetical Moni- tor." 216. Dillon, William, 788. Downer, Chester, 896. Dummerston Town records, extracts from, 49-50. Durkee, W. H., 930. Dutch Colony, the first, 18.
E ARLY English settlements, 29. Early fortifications in the territory of Vermont, 27-28. Eighth Regiment, history of, 124-125.
Eleventh Regiment, Artillery, history of, 126-127. Emigration westward, 109.
English enmity against the Indians, effect of, 20. English settlements in New Hampshire, 19. " Equal Rights," 217. Ethan Allen, 34, 59-60. " Evangelical Monitor, The," 215.
E AY, Maj. Levi C., 907. Field, Hon. Abner, 824.
Fifth Regiment, history of, 121.
First Vermont Cavalry, history of, 131-132.
First Vermont Regiment. 113-115.
Fletcher, Hon. Richard, 521. Fletcher, Hon. Ryland, 835 Forbush. Hon. Charles A., 789. Fourth Regiment, history of, 119-120.
" Freedom's Banner, The," 216. " Freeman's Depository," 211. French occupancy in Canada, 20. Fullam. Hon. Sewall, 864. Fullerton, F. E., 893.
G Y ENERAL ASSEMBLY, the first ses- sion of, 65. Gill Family, 883. Gill, James S., 871. Gillette, B. B , 859. Gillette, Daniel O., 834.
"Gospel Banner," 216. Grants of lands, the first, 30. Graves, Leland J., M.D., 790. Green, Dr. George B., 868. Green, Dr. Isaac, 866. " Green Mountain Palladium, The," 214. " Green Mountain Post Boy," 2'1, 213. Guernsey, Rev. G. S., 831.
H ALDIMAND Correspondence, the, 68. Hale, Frank S., 887. Hall, Alfred, 909. Harlow, Col. Hiram, 828.
Harlow, Hermon W., 808.
Harrington, Edwin, 857. Hartford, grant of, 102.
Hartford Town, history of, 332-358. charter of, 333-334. Centerville, 356. churches of, 347-351. educational institutions of, 351.
first settlers in, 336.
first officers of, 335, 337.
Hartford (White River village), 355.
industries of, 352-354.
in the controversy with New York, 341-343.
in the Revolutionary War, 344.
in the War of 1812, 346.
in the War of the Rebellion, 347. Olcott Falls, 356.
proprietors' meetings in, 335-337.
Quechee, village of. 354.
representatives from, 357-358.
West Hartford, 356. White River Junction, 352. Hartland Town, history of, 358-373 charter of, 359.
first proprietors' meeting in, 560.
first settlement in, 361-362.
first town meeting and officers, 363.
manufactures in, 372.
prominent early settlers in, 365-366.
religious societies in, 371.
representatives from, 372.
riots in, 367-369. sale of confiscated lands in, 367. villages mn, 371. in the War of 1812, 369.
Hayes, Francis B., 911.
Hazelton, Daniel W., M. D., 830.
Heald, Daniel A., 926.
" Henry Clay, The," 216, 217.
Hertford (Hartland), grant of, 102.
Hill, George S., 859.
Hudson, Hendrick, explorations of, 18.
I NDIAN Traditions, 21. Indians, tribes of, inhabiting regions of Vermont, 25-26. Iroquois Confederacy, the, 21.
JOURNAL of Temperance, The," 218. Judges, 182. Judges, Assistant, 183.
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Judges, Presiding, 183. Judicial System of Vermont, 179. Justices of the Peace, Windsor County, in 1781, 91.
K ENNEY, Asa W., 858. Kidder, Rev. Moses, 792.
L ANDMARK, The," 222. Legislature, meeting of at Wind- sor, 83. members of from Windsor County, 83.
Lemmex, W H., 862. " Liberal Extracts," 216, 217. Ludlow, chartered, 102. Ludlow Town, history of, 528. early settlement and organization, 529 first town meeting, 530.
Grahamville, village of, 538.
Graham, William, 538.
in the War of the Rebellion, 535. Ludlow House, the, 534.
officers of, 532. post-office, 538. roads and railroad, 533. representatives from, 531. situation and natural features, 528. Ludlow, village of, 539.
Baptist Church, the, 548-549.
Black River Academy, 551-552.
Masonic Orders in, 553-554.
schools of, 551. Church of the Annunciation, 550.
early manufactures, 541. early and recent merchants, 543. First Congregational Society, 546- 547. I. O. O. F., 554. G. A. R., 554.
old families, 554, 953.
First Universalist Society, 549-550.
incorporation of, 540. J. S. Gill & Co., woolen-mills, 541. lawyers of, 545. Methodist Episcopal Church, 550. newspapers of, 543-544. physicians of, 545. Toy Manufacturing Company, 542.
M ACKENZIE Family, 844. Marsh, Frederick W., 810. Marsh, Joseph, 83-84. Martin, Alonzo A., 793. Massacre at Westminster, the, 37.
McIndoe, Lyman J., 901.
Medical Profession, the, 193-207.
Medical Science, dawn of, 195. Medical Society, first in Vermont, 198. second in Vermont, 198. incorporation of, 199. members of, 199. proceedings of, 199-201.
Medicine, Clinical School of, 202-203.
Medicine, modern, 196.
Minutemen, regiments of, 52.
Morgan, Charles, 809.
Morgan, Harvey D., 794.
"Morning Ray, The," 213. Morrison, M. F., 847.
" Musical Gazette," 216.
NEW Hampshire Grants, history of the, 29-34.
Newspaper, first in Vermont, 211.
Newspaper, first in Windsor County, 211.
Newspapers (see Press of Windsor County), 207-224.
New York and New Hampshire, contest between, 30-31.
" Northern Memento, The," 213.
Norwich, grant of, 102.
Norwich Town, history of, 477.
American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy, 488.
Methodist Church, the, 487.
Baptist Church, 486.
Beaver Meadow, 493.
early church history, 484.
charter of, 478. Congregational Church, 485.
early settlers, 480.
Episcopal Society, 487. great freshet of 1869, 490.
important events, 491.
in the War of the Rebellion, 483. meeting of the Council in, 482.
newspapers, 491. Norwich Library Association, 491.
Norwich, village of, 492. Norwich University, 489.
organization of, 481.
Pompanoosuc, 493. old families, 493, 955. railroads, 491. representatives from, 484.
schools, history of, 487.
situation and natural features of, 477. Union Village, 493.
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P ARKS, Frederick, 808. Paul, Hon. Norman, 795. Payne, Elisha, first judge, 181. Pingry, Hon. W. M., 885. " Pingry Papers, The " 46. Plymouth Town, history of, 391. charter of, 392. churches in, 399. controversy with New York, 392. gold seeking in, 397. manufactures in, 399. mineral wealth, 396. natural beauty of, 394. pioneer settlements in, 395. old families, 400, 962. representatives from, 399. topography, etc., 393. Pomfret, grant of, 102. Pomfret Town, history of, 726. church societies in, 736.
first permanent settlement, the, 730.
in the War of 1812, 734.
in the Revolutionary War, 733.
in the War of the Rebellion, 735. natural features of, 727.
official list, 738.
organization of, 731. Pomfret centennial, the, 737. old families, 739, 967. proprietors' meeting, 728. schools of, 737. situation and boundaries, 726. survey and division of, 728.
Population, fluctuations of, 109. Porter, John, 911.
Potter, Sanford H., 797.
Powers, Calvin R., 853.
Powers, Dr. John D., 850.
Powers, Dr. Thomas E., 852.
Powers Family, 849.
Powers, John D., 851.
Press of Windsor County, the, 207-224. Puritan settlements, the, 19.
R AYMOND, Judge Isaiah, 798. Reading, grant of, 102. Reading Town, history of, 380. charter of, 380. Baptist Church in, 388. Methodist Society, 388. Congregational Church in, 388. first settlement in, 382. grantees under New Hampshire, 384.
Reading Town of, in the War of 1812, 386. in the War of the Rebellion, 387. in the War of the Revolution, 386. Reading centennial 389. celebration, representatives from, 390. thrilling incident in, 381. Universalist Society, 385. villages in, 390.
"Record of the Times, The," 218. " Republican Observer, The," 222. Revolutionary War, the, 61-69. Robbins, Charles, 826.
Robbins, Otis, 839. Robbins, P. H., 826.
Roberts, William G., 811.
Rochester, chartered, 103. Rochester Town, history of, 646. annexations to, 647. considerations paid for grants in, 649. charter of, 648. early settlements, 651.
early public improvements, 654.
first church society in, 655.
in the War of the Rebellion, 657.
in the War of 1812, 657.
in the War of the Revolution, 657.
Methodist Episcopal Church, 656.
Baptist Church, 656.
Congregational Church, 655.
old families, 648, 971. organization of. 653. situation and boundaries, 646. represenatives from, 658.
Roster of commissioned officers, 133-177.
Royalton, burning of, 66.
Royalton, chartered, 103. Royalton town, history of, 761. Bank of Royalton, the, 774.
burning of, 765. charter of, 764.
churches of, 773. civil list, 777.
in the New Hampshire and New York trouble, 761.
Royalton Academy, 773.
First Congregational Church, 773. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 774. old families, 778, 975. Royalton village, 773.
situation and boundaries of, 761.
South Royalton, 776. Rugg, David Fletcher, M. D., 811.
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SALTASH (now Plymouth), grant of, 102. Sanders, Coleman, 833.
"School Journal and Agriculturalist, The," 218.
Second Regiment, history of, 116-117.
Seventeenth Regiment, history of, 130-131. Seventh Regiment, history of, 122-123.
Sharon, chartered, 102.
Sharon Town, history of, 746. charter of, 747.
freemen's meeting, 752.
first settlements, the, 749. in the War of 1812, 752. organization of, 750.
official list, 754. old families, 754. proprietors' meeting, 748. schools and churches, 753. situation and boundaries, 746.
Sixteenth Regiment, history of, 128-129.
Sixth Regiment, history of, 121-122. Slack, Col. W. H. H., 865.
Slack, John A., 813. Smith, Dr. Charles C., 925.
" Spirit of the Age, The," 220. Spooner, Dr. Paul, 44-45, 365.
"Spooner's Vermont Journal," 212.
Springfield, chartered, 102,
"Springfield Reporter, The," 219.
"Springfield Telegraph, The," 219. Springfield Town, history of, 406-477. cemeteries of, 421. church history of, 431. civil list, 428. early settlements in, 408. First Church of Christ, the, 433. hotels of, 419. in the War of the Rebellion, 423.
in the War of the Revolution, 413. lawyers of, 424.
Methodist Episcopal Church, the, 434.
official list of, 428. bonded debt, 424. organization of, 410. physicians of, 425.
political history of, 426.
proprietors' meeting in, 406. railroads in, 418. reminiscences, 415. roads and bridges in, 417. schools of, 420. situation and topography of, 406.
Springfield Town of, slave trade in, 416. temperance in, 418. town poor of, 422. town hall in, 422. Springfield Agricultural Society, 422. old families, 469, 983. staging in, 417.
Christian Church, the, 440.
Free Will Baptists, 439.
North Springfield Baptist Church, 437.
Reformed Methodist Church, the, 439.
Second Advent Church, the, 440. Episcopal
St. Mark's Protestant Church, 438.
St. Patrick's Church, 440. Universalist Society of, 435.
Springfield, village of, 440. Black River Woolen-Mills, the, 460.
Cobb & Derby mill, 456.
D. M. Smith & Co., 456. freshets, 451.
early manufactures in, 454.
Exchange Bank, the, 451. fire department of, 441.
First National Bank of Springfield, 453. Gilman & Townsend, 461.
G. A. R. in, 450.
incorporation and first officers, 443.
Jones & Lamson Machine Com- pany, the, 464. John C. Holmes & Co., 457.
Masonic Order in, 448.
mercantile interests, 465.
newspapers of, 445.
Parks & Woolson Machine Com- pany, the, 459.
post-office in, 445. situation and boundaries of, 440.
Springfield Wesleyan Seminary, 446.
Springfield Town Library, 447. Springfield Marble and Granite Works, 461. Springfield Board of Trade, 451.
Springfield Savings Bank, 452.
Springfield Creamery Company, the, 465.
Toy 458.
Manufacturing Company,
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INDEX.
Springfield, Upper Dam, the, 460. Vermont Snath Company, 462. Vermont Novelty Works Company, 463. W. H. H. Slack, 464.
. North Springfield, 467. early business interests of, 467. Frank D. Martin's factory, 468. Henry Parker Company, The, 469. cheese factory, the, 469. location and boundaries, 467. post-office, 468.
Stearns, Daniel, 903. Steele, Hon. Benjamin H., 889. Steele, Dr. F. E., 838. Stockbridge, chartered, 102. Stockbridge Town, history of, 587. charter of, 589. church societies, 594. first settlements, 591. old families, 596, 987. Gaysville Manufacturing Company, organization of, 593. present industries, 594. representatives from, 595. situation and natural features, 587. town officials, 595. Stocker, Samuel Russell, 800. Story, Dr. Dyer, 891. Sumner, David H., 893.
T NAYLOR, James C., 839. Tenth Regiment, history of 125-126. Third Regiment, history of, 117-118.
Ticonderoga, evacuation of, 63.
Topography, 109-110.
Town organization, 101-103. Town meeting, request for, 46-47. proceedings of, 47. Towns chartered under New York, 105. Tracy, Hon. Andrew, 913.
Treaty between France and England, the final, 29.
Treaty of peace between France and Eng- land, 27. " Tribune, The," 223. Tuttle, Col. Oscar S., 872. Twelfth Regiment, history of, 127-128.
TTNIVERSALIST Watchman," 215.
V AIL Family, 814. Vail Homestead, the, 815. Vail, Joshua, portrait, 815.
Vermont admitted to the Union, 106. " Vermont Advocate, The." 224.
Vermont and New Hampshire, controversy between, 70-79.
Vermont and New Hampshire towns, union of, 78.
" Vermont Chronicle, The," 216.
" Vermont Courier, The," 217.
" Vermont Enquirer, The," 216.
" Vermont Gazette, The," 211. Vermont, Independent State of, 34, 80.
" Vermont Journal and Universal Adver- tiser," 211.
" Vermont Journal, The," 212.
" Vermont Luminary, The," 217. Vermont Medical College, 204-207.
" Vermont Mercury, The," 219.
" Vermont News," 224.
" Vermont Republican, The," 212, 214.
" Vermont Standard, The," 220.
" Vermont Temperance Standard, The," 220.
" Vermont Times, The," 218.
" Vermont Tribune, The," 223.
" Voice Among the Mountains, The," 223.
W TALKER, Hon. W. H .; 842. War of 1812, 106-108.
War of the Rebellion, 110-167.
War between the French and English, 26.
Wardner, Allan, 917.
Wardner, Clark, 886.
Wardner, George, 871,
Warner, Hiram L., 843.
Warren, John, 914.
Washburn, Hon. Reuben, 928.
Washburn, Hon. Peter Thatcher, 817.
" Washingtonian, The," 214.
Watson, Hon. E. C., 874.
Weathersfield, chartered, 102. Weathersfield Town history of, 697. Amsden, history of, 709. Baptist Church, the, 706. business industries of Perkinsville, 711. cemeteries, 712.
Congregational Church of Ascut- neyville, 708. Corners Church Society, the, 707. East Congregational Church, the, 705. early settlers, 702. early religious efforts, 704. early history, 697.
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HISTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY.
Weathersfield Town, first town meeting, 700. schools in, 713. hotels in, 713. old families, 717, 990. important events, 713. Methodist Episcopal Church, the, 706. official list, 714. Perkinsville, history of, 710.
post-office, stores, etc., 708.
public improvements in, 702. soapstone industry, the, 711. situation and boundaries, 697.
Weathersfield Center, history of, 712. Webber, Hon. S. A., 841. Weston, formation of, 104.
Weston, Horace, 819.
Weston Town, history of, 636.
Baptist Church, 643.
Congregational Church, 641.
Foster & Jaquith, 643.
in the War of the Rebellion, 640.
organization of, 637.
officers of, 639. Methodist Episcopal Church, 643. physicians of, 641. post-office, 640. representatives from, 638.
cemeteries in, 641. old families, 644, 993. situation and boundaries, 636. schools, 641. Universalist Church, 643.
Westminster Convention, the, 41.
West Windsor, formation of, 104. West Windsor Town, history of, 373. act authorizing the division, 376. charter of, 373. first election in, 378. manufactures of, 379. representatives from, 380. separation from Windsor, 378. Wheeler, Capt. D. D., 920.
Windsor County, civil officers of, 97-101.
Windsor County erected, 88. boundaries, 88. Windsor, grant of, 102. " Windsor Federal Gazette, The," 213. " Windsor Republican, The, " 217. " Windsor Statesman, The," 218.
" Windsor County Advertiser, The," 219.
Windsor Town, history of, 275-313. as a county seat, 295-296. Assembly meetings in, 293. change of jurisdiction in, 281-282. charter of, 277-278. division of, 300-303.
first officers of, 278. in the Revolution, 293-294.
in the War of 1812, 303. in the War of the Rebellion, 304.
old Constitution House in, 292.
old families of, 306-313. organization of, 296-298.
patentees from New York, 286.
proprietors' meetings in, 278-279, 287-288.
represented in Westminster Con- ventions 289-290.
settlements in, 280-281.
schools of, 304-306.
tax list in East Parish of, 298.
tax list in West Parish of, 299.
Windsor, village of, 313-331. act incorporating, 315. All Souls' Church, 326.
banking institutions of, 327-328.
first Baptist Church in, 323.
first Congregational Church of, 322.
library association, 320.
location and topography of, 313.
manufacturing interests in, 328-330.
Masonic Order in, 330.
Methodist Episcopal Church, 326.
organization of, 315. schools of, 316-318. State prison, the, 321.
St. Francis's Church, the, 325.
St. Paul's Church, 324.
town hall, 319. water supply, 318. Windsor National Bank, 327-328. Windsor Savings Bank, 328.
Woodstock, chartered, 102. " Woodstock Observer, The," 215.
Woodstock, the county seat, 90. " Woodstock Post, The," 219, 221. Woodstock Town, history of, 225-275.
change in character of government, 235. charters and settlements, 226-230 church society, first in, 243-244. description and boundaries, 225.
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Woodstock Town, first officers of, 230. grantees of under New York, 228. in the War of the Rebellion, 242- 243. in the War of 1812, 241-242. in Revolutionary period, 238-240. old families, 995. made the shire town, 240-241. organization of, 230.
Oliver Willard's ownership, 236. South Woodstock, village of, 245. Taftsville, village of, 245. villages in, 245. West Woodstock, 246. Woodstock, incorporated village of, 248- 275.
act incorporating, 251. banking institutions of, 264. boundaries, 249-250. Congregational Church, 257-258.
Christian Church, 260-261.
fire department, 253-254.
Woodstock, first officers of, 252. gas light company, 269. hotels of, 269-270. industries of, 267-268. Joab Hoisington, purchase of, 248. Masonic Order in, 272-273.
Methodist Episcopal Church, 261. Norman Williams Library, 256. Ottauquechee Savings Bank, 266. park and surroundings, 254-255. schools of, 263. St. James's Church, 262. town representatives, 274-275. Universalist Church, 259-260. Windsor County Agricultural So- ciety, 271. Woodstock Aqueduct Company, the 270. Woodstock Bank, 265. Woodstock National Bank, the, 266. " Workingman's Gazette, The," 216, 217.
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