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Barry, Leonidas, was born in Rockingham, Vt., December 29, 1844, and is the third child and second son in a family of five children, of Aldis and Luthera Lovell Barry. His ancestors have been residents of his native town since 1876, and Mr. Barry removed to Springfield in 1875 and purchased the old General L. R. Morris farm located on the Connecticut River, and lives in the old mansion which was erected in 1795. Mr. Barry married Jennie Britton, and has two children, viz .: Lena L. and Leon H. W.
Brown Family .- The first settler of this family in Springfield was Elisha Brown, who came from Winchendon, Worcester county, Mass., and bought land from James Bates. The deed was dated October 28, 1778. He married Merriel Bates, of Cohasset, Mass., and had a family of seven children : one died in childhood; Luke, who died in Spring- field, leaving no male issue; David; Enos; Abel, died in Springfield, has sons living in Vermont; Jonathan, died in Springfield, two daughters reside in Springfield, Vt .; Betsey, married John Thompson; Elisha, died September 10, 1827.
Brown, David, son of Elisha, born in Springfield, May 20, 1786, married Susanna Thayer, of Rockingham, Vt., and had the following children: William T., died in 1845, and left no children ; Susan L., married Frederick Barnard ; Albert; Sarah E., wife of Clark Wadner, of Reading, Vt .; David Rush, resides in Springfield; David, died April 20, 1874.
Brown, Albert, son of David, born in Springfield, February 24, 1822, married for his first wife Sarah Mansur, of Claremont, N. H., by whom he has one child, Abba Eliz- abeth, wife of John Stoddard, of Rockingham, Vt. His second wife was Sarah Floyd,
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of Lebanon, N. H .; has two children, Alice Alma, wife of Herbert Ellis, of Trenton, N. J., and Clara Bell.
Butterfield, Jonas, son of William and Esther Hale Butterfield, was born in Dunstable, (now Nashua, N. H.,) October 8, 1808, and married Maria L. Eaton. Of their five chil- dren, two died in infancy. The others are Jonathan M .; William E., resides in Charles- town, N. H .; and Ellen M. Jonas came to Rockingham, Vt., with his father in 1813, and removed to Springfield in 1855, where he died September 22, 1885. Jonathan M., son of Jonas, was born in Rockingham, Vt., July 17, 1833. He has been twice married, his last wife being Elethea D. Morse. They have one child, Estella M.
Burke, Edmund Chaplin, son of Udney, was born in Stanstead, Province of Quebec, Canada, October 5, 1833, and married for his first wife Elnora Mason. Their one child, Arthur Udney, resides at Kansas City, Mo. His second wife was Loantha, daughter of Gardiner and Lucy Herrick. Their one child is Mary Edna, wife of Charles H. Moore, of Springfield.
Closson, Hon. Henry, of Springfield, was born in Springfield, Vt., February 1, 1799, and was the youngest son in a family of nine children of Ichabod and Sally (Safford) Closson. His father died when he was nine years of age and he was placed in charge of his uncle, Noah Safford, to learn the carpenter's trade. Taking a dislike to this occu- pation, young Henry prevailed on his uncle in 1817 to give him his freedom; at this time he was in Rochester, N. Y., engaged on a contract for his uncle. The latter finally acceded to the request and gave the young man ten dollars. With this sum he started to walk to Springfield, which place he reached with his capital reduced to one dollar and a half. He then began the study of law with Isaac Holton, and passed the winter in teaching school, but in 1818 was a student in Chester Academy for three terms. The following year he studied law with Judge Asa Keyes, of Putney, Vt., and was admitted to practice at Newfane, Vt., at the March term in 1824. In the same year he began the practice of his profession at Mount Clemens, Mich., where he remained two years, removing to Lodi, N. Y., and in 1828 came to Whitingham, Vt. In 1835 he returned to his native town, where he practiced law until his death, April 24, 1880. Judge Closson held a number of public offices during his life: he was town clerk from 1836 to 1844, State's Attorney for the county in 1840-42, member of the Vermont Legislature for 1839-40, was appointed by Governor Fletcher in 1855 to fill vacancy of Probate Judge for Windsor District and afterwards elected twelve years to fill that position, was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1870. Judge Closson married on June 1, 1830, Miss Emily Whitney, of Marlboro, Vt., and had a family of five children, viz .: Henry Whitney, a graduate of West Point, at present stationed at Atlanta, Ga., as colo- nel of the Fifth U. S. Heavy Artillery ; Emily Safford, wife of Dr. A. M. Fellows, of Parsons, Kan .; Gershom Lyman, born in Springfield, April 20, 1838, married Lina W. Loveland, has two children, John Henry, a resident of Walla Walla, Wash., and Ger- shom Loveland, of Springfield. Gershom Lyman has resided the greater part of his life in Springfield, engaged in mercantile business, but at present is cashier of the First Na- tional Bank of Springfield. The other two children of Judge Closson were Sarah Jane, wife of Henry M. Arms, of Springfield, and Frank Hubbard, who died in infancy.
Colburn, Hon. Joseph W., of Springfield, was a son of Simeon and Abigail (Vose) Col- burn, and was born in Claremont, N. H., April 14, 1800. His early life was a constant struggle against adverse circumstances, and at the age of ten years he was thrown upon his own resources for a livelihood. His education was limited to what he could obtain in the district schools, availing himself of this privilege only during two or three months of early years, until he was eighteen years of age. Being strongly attracted to agricultural life, he devoted himself to farmimg and was one of the most successful in the State, and created by his own endeavor the beautiful farm " Mont Vale," which he purchased in 1840, and by constant industry and attention made attractive and product- ive. While steadily following the pursuit of a farmer, he was called to occupy honor- able positions in the town, county and State. He was State Senator for 1848-49-50;
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Assistant County Judge four years; was one of the founders and also president of the Exchange Bank from its organization until it was supplanted by the First National Bank of Springfield, and at the time of his death was president of that institution. Judge Col- burn was a well-known agricultural writer and his articles to the public journals always attracted wide attention. His articles in 1866 and 1867 upon " Protection to American Wool Growers" were very generally read and were of great influence in shaping the National legislation upon that subject. Judge Colburn died at his home in Springfield, February 17, 1871; his widow, who was Miss Emily Edgerton, of Bridgewater, Vt., sur- vives him. Their children were Emily Josephine (deceased), married Dr. R. A. Bacon ; and Robert M.
The Cook Family .- Thomas Cook came from Johnston, R. I., to Springfield, about 1795. His wife's maiden name was also Cook, but she was Mrs. Betsey Turner when he married her. They had seven children, viz .: Hopestill, died at the age of two years; Edward, removed to Canada, where he died; Oliver, died in infancy ; Oliver; Whipple, emigrated to Canada, where he died; Otis, died in Springfield ; Charlotte, died single at the age of eighty years; and Thomas, died in New York State. Another Oliver died August 20, 1863.
Cook, Oliver, son of Thomas, born in Johnston, R. I., August 29, 1781, married Polly Bruce, of Baltimore, in 1804, and had eight children, viz .: Barna A., resides in Chester ; Selden O .; Seymour A., died in Chester ; Mary Ann, died single; Franklin B., died young ; Charlotte R., widow of Rev. Isaiah Shipman, resides in Lisbon, N. H .; Lewis E., died in Springfield; Susan B., widow of Salmon Winchester, resides in Spring- field. Oliver died August 20, 1863.
Cook, Selden O., son of Oliver, born in Springfield, May 4, 1809, married Mary Batch- elder. They had seven children, four of whom died in infancy. The others are Ellen M., widow of O. S. Tuttle; George S., resides in Bellows Falls; and Everet B. Selden O. died January 16, 1882.
Cook, Everett B., son of Selden O., born in Springfield, January 30, 1852, married Jennie O. Wolfe, and has two children, Bernice M. and Bruce. He is engaged in the boot and shoe trade at Springfield village.
Cutler, Loammi, was born July 1, 1763, and came to Springfield in 1790. He was twice married, his first wife being Sally Darling, his second wife, Delight B. Damon. He died October 22, 1837, and had a large family of children, of whom George was the eldest son. He was born in Springfield in 1799, and died in 1859. He married Sophia Allbee, and had seven children, viz .: Sophia (deceased), married George Harlow ; Sarah (deceased), married Henry H. Mason; George Lewis; Olive (deceased), married Hi- ram C. Woodward; Silas A .; John D .; and Charles.
Cutler, George Lewis, son of George, was born in Springfield, October 31, 1825, and married for his first wife Harriet Adams, and their five children are: Leon A., who married Mrs. Addie J. Adams, has one son, Roland, and is a resident of Springfield ; Fred A., married Etta J. Brown, has one child, Alice, and lives in Springfield; Myron, a Universalist minister, resides at East Jaffrey, N. H .; Charles, lives in Springfield; and Wilbur, a resident of East Jaffrey, N. H. His second wife was Mattie Sherman, and the family consists of six children, viz .: Rose H., Sadie L., Belle M., Carleton, G. Clarence, and Maude E.
Cutler, Silas A., son of George, born in Springfield, August 14, 1829, married Maria Woodward, has two children, viz .: George and Olive.
Eaton, Asa, the son of Benjamin and Lydia Ireland Eaton, was born November 29, 1785, and came to Springfield from New Ipswich, N. H., in 1809. He married Debo- rah Marble, and had the following children: Ellis M .; Emily P. (deceased), marrie d Timothy Putnam; Maria, widow of Jonas Butterfield, lives in Springfield; Darius, died in Acworth, N. H .; John P .; Tila O., widow of John Tower, resides in Springfield. Asa died August 17, 1866.
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Eaton, Ellis M., son of Asa, was born in Ashburnham, Mass., March 8, 1806. He moved from Springfield to Rockingham, Vt., in 1830, and died in the town April 22, 1844. He married Betsey, daughter of Amos Parker. Their children were Calvin M .; Mary (deceased). married Samuel Stimson ; Ellis M .; Leonard P., of Woodstock, Vt .; Lewis, died at the age of ten years ; and John, died at the age of twelve years.
Eaton, Ellis M., son of Ellis M., was born in Rockingham, Vt., October 2, 1832, married Abby Brown; has one child, Everett H. He has been a resident of Springfield since 1856.
Ellis, Joseph, the son of Joshua, who was the son of Manoah, was born at Harwich, Mass., in 1737, and settled in Springfield in 1797. He married Jemima, daughter of Deacon William Eldridge, and they had five children: Isaac, died at Potsdam, N. Y .; Jacob, was a seafaring man, and the supposition is that he was lost at sea; Thankful, died at the age of eighteen years; Jeremiah; and Ziba, who resided in Springfield a short time, but died at Carlton, N. Y. Joseph died March 25, 1808.
Ellis, Jeremiah, son of Joseph, was born in Harwich, Mass., December 8, 1771. He was a seafaring man, but came to Springfield in 1802-3 to take care of his aged parents. His first wife was Bridget Smalley, by whom he had nine children, two of whom died in infancy. The others were Jacob, who died in Springfield ; Jemima, married Harvey Latham, both died in Springfield ; Isaiah, who died in Weathersfield ; Jeremiah, jr., who died in Springfield ; Leonard, who died in Marion, Ohio; Christopher, who died in Springfield Lucy, who was first married to Alden Tyrrell, second to Samuel Tyrrell, but now a widow residing in Stockton, Ill. His second wife was Mrs. Sarah Clark, whose maiden name was Ellis. Jeremiah died September 29, 1862.
Ellis, Jeremiah, jr., son of Jeremiah, born March 24, 1800, married Hannah Whitcomb, and their children were Joseph W., resides at Albany, N. Y .; Hiram; Maria R. (de- ceased). married Eri J. Spaulding; Isaac; Mary S .; and George resides at Rutland, Vt. Jeremiah, jr., died December 15, 1856.
Ellis, Hiram, son of Jeremiah, jr., born in Springfield, September 19, 1831, married Emily A. Proctor, who died January 21, 1876. There are no children.
Fairbanks, Oliver, born in Dedham, Mass., in 1752, came to Stoddard, N. H., and from there to Springfield in 1795. He died in 1839, and was married to Elizabeth Clark; they had the following family : Oliver Edward; Moses, who was one of the old tavern-keep- ers in Springfield, and died in Claremont, N. H., he had a son John, who became a prominent citizen of Detroit, Mich .; Lewis; Aaron, died in Springfield ; David, died young; Polly (deceased), married Isaac Whitney ; Sally (deceased), married Simeon Stoddard; Fanny and Betsey, both died single.
Fairbanks, Oliver, son of Oliver, was born in Dedham, Mass., in 1777, and died at Springfield in 1854. He married Polly Powers, and had eight children, viz .. Lucius, died in Charlestown, N. F .; Asahel Powers ; Cynthia (deceased), married, first, Orrin Kendall, second, Jason Kendall; George, died in Springfield; Lewis, died in Abington, Mass .; Charles, resides in Whitman, Mass .; and Emeline (deceased), married Gilman Gould.
Fairbanks, Asahel Powers, son of Oliver, was born in Springfield, Vt., September 3, 1806, and married Lucretia Whitney. Of their twelve children, six died in infancy. The others are Hiram C., who died from sickness contracted in the army, and left no male issue ; Harriet A., twice married, resides at Grafton, Vt .; Mary, wife of George G. Gregg, of Weathersfield ; Eliza, wife of William Westney, of Acworth, N. H .; Franklin, of Springfield ; and George H., of Bostonville, Vt.
Fairbank's, Edward, son of Oliver, was born in Hubbardston, Mass., June 26, 1786, and died May 7, 1878. He married for his first wife Betsey Stoddard, by whom he had two children, viz .: Eaton ; Harriet (deceased), married Daniel Bowker. His second wife was Sally Parker, and their children were Nathaniel; Lucy, died aged twenty years ; John ; Emerancy (deceased), married David Safford; Amos P., married E. Amelia White, March 26, 1867, resides in North Springfield, Vt., and has three children, John W., Mar-
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cella E. and Abbie A .; Parmela (deceased), married John Finegan; Ellen, widow of Horace Britton, resides in Springfield.
Fairbanks, Nathaniel, son of Edward, was born in Springfield, June 8, 1818, and mar- ried Sarah J. Randall. He had three children : Melvin E .; Percy W. (deceased), married A. W. Gilson, who died in California, May 31, 1886; and Lottie E., wife of Ernest Gil- son, of Springfield, Vt. Nathaniel died May 31, 1886.
Fairbanks, Melvin E., son of Nathaniel, born in Springfield, December 30, 1850, mar- ried Lestina E. Williams, of Bridgewater, Vt., and has two children, Fred M. and Mabel P.
Fairbanks, Lewis, son of Oliver, born July 29, 1791, and died October 23, 1860. He married Pamelia Parker, and their children were Edward, who died in Springfield; Frederic; Eliza (deceased), married Lincoln Field ; Jane (deceased), married James Wooley ; David; Lois, widow of Beza F. Wood, resides in Charlestown, N. H .; Maria (deceased), married Richmond Rawson; Frank, born in Springfield, July 24, 1836, mar- ried Betsey Parker, has no children; and Harriet, died young.
Field Family .- Pardon Field was an early settler of this family in Windsor county. He came to Chester about 1786. He was born at Cranston, R. I., April 13, 1761, and was a son of James, who was a son of Jeremiah. His wife was Elizabeth Williams, who was of the fifth generation from Roger Williams. They had the following children : Hannah, married John Kibling; Lydia, married Robert Field; James; Jeremiah; Ab- ner; Joseph; Sarah, married Stephen Austin; Welcome ; Pardon; and Elizabeth, who died young. Pardon died October 28, 1842.
Field, Abner, son of Pardon, was born in Chester, Vt., November 28, 1793, married Louisa Griswold, and had four children : Walbridge Abner; Cordelia Louisa, died at the age of eight years; Fred Griswold; and Isadore, wife of Durant J. Boynton, of North Springfield. Abner died December 19, 1864.
Field, Walbridge Abner, son of Abner, born in Springfield, Vt., April 26, 1833; grad- uated from Dartmouth College in 1855; ex-member of Congress, and one of the justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. He married for his first wife Ellen E. McLoon ; has two daughters, Eleanor Louisa and Elizabeth Lenthal. His second wife was Frances Farwell. He resides at Boston, Mass.
Field, Fred Griswold, son of Abner, born in Springfield, Vt., January 1, 1842, married Anna M. Tarbell, of Cavendish, Vt .; has two children, viz .: Fred Tarbell, born Decem- ber 24, 1876 ; and Bertha Isadore, engaged in the mercantile business at North Springfield.
Gilman, Farley B., was born in Unity, N. H., December 16, 1824, and is the eldest son of Jonathan and Mehitable A. (Farley) Gilman. At the age of twenty years he went to Claremont, N. H., as an apprentice at the machinist trade, and in 1847 came to Spring- field to work. He married Emily L. Royse, and has had five children : Ellen A., wife of Dr. Harry Knight, of Belleview, Fla .; Ida L., who is engaged in teaching in the Freedmen's schools of the South; Wilbur F., who died at the age of three years; Wil- bert F. and Gertrude, who at present are attending Boston University, College of Lib- eral Arts.
Griswold, Daniel .- The subject of this sketch (Squire Griswold, as he was familiarly called) was born at Meriden, Conn., December 5, 1762, and was the son of John and Mary (Ward) Griswold. At the age of sixteen he entered the army and was employed as a teamster instead of serving in the ranks. He purchased land in Springfield, Au- gust 24, 1784, and worked two seasons in improving it. In January, 1786, he married Annah Lenthal Ames, a native of Middletown, Conn. With his wife he made a per- manent settlement in Springfield in 1790, traveling the distance from Connecticut with an ox team, taking ten days for the journey. In 1793 he built a frame house now standing at North Springfield. He died August 4, 1836, and is buried in the cemetery at North Springfield. His children were Lenthal, married Amos Hulett ; Mary, married Levi Boynton; Hannal:, married Enos Brown; Joel ; Daniel, removed to Indiana; Lucy,
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married Samuel Stimson ; Martha, married Russell Lockwood; Lounda, married first Lu- cius H. Cheney, second, Sylvanus Newhall; Sarah, married Charles Sherwin ; and Louisa, married Abner Field. Daniel married for his second wife Mrs. Abigail Davis Woodbury.
Griswold, Joel, son of Daniel, was born at Springfield, Vt., April 25, 1792, and died April 22, 1871; married Mary Chase. Their children were Daniel C., engaged in the wholesale notion business in Boston, Mass .; Collins S., died at the age of four years ; Mary J., married Milton K. Paine, of Windsor, Vt.
Hadwen, Oliver R., was born in Danby, Vt., March 25, 1825, and is the youngest son and child of eleven children of Barney and Mercy Vaughn Hadwen. He was engaged in farming in his early life and removed to Poultney, Vt., where he purchased a farm and resided in that town eleven years. After living in Rutland, Vt., he removed to his native town, remaining three years, and came to Springfield in 1872. Of his father's family seven are living, the eldest being eighty-six. The three that died lived to be seventy-seven, sixty-six and eighty-eight years of age. He married Sarah Jane Baker, of Granby, N. Y., and has four children, viz .: Chester B., a resident of Rockingham, Vt .; Emma Jane, wife of George F. Tanner, of Springfield ; John E., resides in Spring- field ; and William E., in Danby, Vt.
Holmes, John, was born in Peterboro, N. H., May 8, 1802, and was the son of Na- thaniel and Catharine (Allison) Holmes. His first wife was Hepsey, daughter of John and Abigail (Demary) Cutter, whose ancestors came from England and settled at Wo- burn, Mass., as early as 1640. Their children were John C .; Emeline Duncan, died aged twenty-one years; and Abigail Demary, died at the age of eighteen years. His second wife was Emeline Woodbury, by whom he had one child, Nathaniel Cutter, born Janu- ary 26, 1857 ; he was a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar in St. Louis, Mo., practiced at Gardiner, Mass., and died at Jaffrey, N. H., June 24, 1887. His third wife was Sybil Eliza Gates, who had one child that died infancy. John died September 24, 1874.
Holmes, John C., son of John, was born at Springfield, Vt., April 2, 1827 ; married for his first wife Marcia A. Kimball; had one child, Otto Kimball, who died at the age of nine years. His second wife was Rebecca, daughter of Noah and Nancy (Tower) Safford. They had one child, Henry Bigelow, born at Washington, D. C., March 12, 1868, and is now interested in the firm of J. C. Holmes & Co. John C. was a resident of Springfield all of his life, excepting from 1859 to 1861, when he was located at White River Junction, Vt. He was second lieutenant of Company E, First Vermont Cavalry, and was from 1863 to 1874 employed in the Post-office Department at Washington, D. C. He died July 26, 1884.
Huey, James, came from Massachusetts to Springfield in 1790, and died in that town in 1833, at the age of sixty-one years. His wife was Polly Brown, and their children were Rhoda (deceased), married Joseph Perham; Jeremiah; James, died in Spring- field; Abiel, died in Pennsylvania; Philena (deceased), married Joseph House; and Nancy (deceased), married Noah Bailey.
Huey, Jeremiah, son of James, was born in Springfield, April 16, 1797, and married Susan G. Weaver. Their family are George Washington; Sarah, wife of Charles Cady, of West Windsor ; Jeremiah L .; William Eldridge, lives in California; Susan (deceased), married Barnum A. Read; James Henry, died at the age of seven years; Leonard E .; John Henry ; and Phoebe P., widow of Morris Newton, resides in Reading, Vt. Jere- miah died October 6, 1878.
Huey, Jeremiah L., son of Jeremiah, was born in Springfield, July 28, 1829, and mar- ried Sarah Weston, and has two children : Ella M. and Harold Irving. He was a resi- dent of California from 1850 to 1877.
Huey, Leonard E., son of Jeremiah, was born in Springfield, December 22, 1836, and married Frances Maria Dodge. They have five children : Inya, wife of Levi Fairbanks, of Springfield ; Inez, wife of A. J. Crockett, of Boston ; Alice E .; Wallace L .; and Guy Arthur. Some members of the family spell their name "Hewey."
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Kimball, George, a native of Temple, N. H., was born January 23, 1800, and came to Springfield in 1821. Having learned the trade of blacksmithing of John Bales, of Wil- ton, N. H., he engaged in that business and built, in 1824, the present shop now occu- pied by his son, located on the west side of Main street, just north of the covered bridge. He was at various times interested in different manufacturing interests of Springfield, and about 1840 began to manufacture horse rakes, making from one thousand to two thousand annually, and selling and shipping them all over the country, even as far as California. He continued this business till his death, which occurred November 24, 1875. Four of his brothers learned the trade of blacksmithing at his shop, and one of them, Brooks Kimball, was for a number of years associated with him as partner. Mr. Kimball was also extensively engaged in building and he erected about sixty buildings during his life within the corporation limits. He married November 18, 1823, Abigail Bisbee, and had three children : George; Marcia A. (deceased), married John C. Holmes ; Francis J., a resident of Chicago, Ill.
Kimball, George, son of George, was born in Springfield, Vt., October 3, 1824, mar- ried Rindella M. Cheney, and had three children, viz .: George Eugene, lives in Eve: ett, Mass .; Lillian Louisa, resides at Springfield ; and Alice Appleton, died at the age of three years. Mr. Kimball carries on business at his father's old stand.
Mason, Henry Hubbard, was born in Unity, N. H., January 31, 1821, and was the fourth son of Peter and Abigail (Weed) Mason. At the age of seventeen years he was apprenticed for four years to Otis Bardwell, of Walpole, N. H., to learn blacksmithing. After serving his time he followed the business one year, but was forced to relinquish it on account of injuries received. He then came to Charlestown, N. H., where his father resided, and in 1844 removed to Springfield, and began work for D. M. Smith & Co .. who were then manufacturing abdominal supporters, an invention of Dr. Eleazer Crain. He followed this business until 1864, employing at one time as many as sixty girls. During the years 1848-49 he was proprietor of the Black River Hotel. At one time he was a member of the firm of Smith, Mason & Co., formed for the purpose of manufact- uring a spring hook and eye. Mr. Mason married for his first wife Sarah, daughter of George Cutler; has one child, Sarah, wife of Prof. Benjamin, Blanpied, and resides at Albany, N. Y. His second wife was Vesta, daughter of Abel Gilson, of Proctorsville, Vt.
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