History of Windsor County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 72

Author: Aldrich, Lewis Cass. ed. cn; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Syracuse, N. Y., D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1260

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Town Treasurers since 1809 .- Thomas Prentice, 1809-19; Philemon Tolles, 1820-44 ; Benjamin Tolles, 1844-48; Menzies A. Thomson, 1849-54; Charles Barrett, 1855-56; Joshua M. Aldrich, 1857-60 ; Charles Barrett, 1861-65; Walter Newell, 1866-68 ; George Barrett, 1869-74 ; Elias W. Ellis, 1875-76; Charles Amsden, 1878 to the pres- ent time.

Representatives from Weathersfield .- Israel Burlingame, March, 1778- 80; William Upham, October, 1778-79; Waters Chilson, 1781-84 ; Elijah Robinson, 1782-83, 1787, 1792-94; Hezekiah Grout, 1785; Joseph Hubbard, 1786, 1788-89, 1790-91 ; Nathaniel Stoughton, 1795- 97, 1802-03 ; Thomas Prentiss, 1798-1801 ; Gregory Stone, 1804-07 ; Reuben Hatch, 1808; Peter Robinson, 1809-12 ; Carlos Cowles, 1813, 1818 ; Oliver Whipple, 1814-15; Lemuel Hitchcock, 1816-17; Amos Hulett, 1819-22 ; Daniel Bowen, 1823-24 ; Barnabas Deane, 1825-26, 1832, 1834-35, 1838-39; John Brown, 1827-28; Joshua Upham, 1829-30 ; Cyrus Boynton, 1831 ; Jonathan Lawrence, 1833, 1836-37 ; Stephen Prentiss, 1840-41 ; Augustus Tuttle, 1842-43 ; John Spafford, 1844-45 ; Hyren Henry, 1846-47 ; C. M. Chamberlain, 1848-49 ; John C. Haskell, 1850-51 ; James Weston, 1852-53 ; Samuel Alford, jr., 1854-55 ; Joseph M. Aldrich, 1856-57 ; William Newell, 1858-59 ; William M. Pingry, 1860-61, 1868 ; Perry Haskell, 1862-63; Hyren Henry, 1864-65 ; H. H. Spafford, 1866-67; George Barrett, 1869;

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Charles Amsden, 1870; Daniel A. Wheeler, 1872 ; Justus Dartt, 1874, 1878-80; Charles L. Stearns, 1876; E. C. Robinson, 1882-84; Edwin S. Jackman, 1886; Albert L. Marden, 1888.

Members of the Constitutional Convention .- Nathaniel Stoughton, 1793; Paul Cook, 1814; Amos Hulett, 1822 ; William Jarvis, 1828; Ebenezer Shedd, 1836; Daniel Bowen, 1843 ; William M. Pingry, 1850.

OLD FAMILIES.

It would be impossible within the compass of this work to give a genealogical sketch of each family that has been connected with the town. The remainder of this chapter is devoted to those who feel and have manifested an interest in preserving the records of their ancestors. For sketches received too late for insertion in this chapter please refer to a later chapter of this work.

Boynton, Colonel John, came from Winchendon, Mass., to Weathersfield about 1770. He was a tall, spare man, with a powerful voice, which could be heard for a distance of two miles in common conversation. He was a colonel of a regiment during the Revo- lutionary War. His children were Cyrus Jewett, who died December 4, 1843, being eighty years of age; Beman, born in 1768, died in 1849, he was a Baptist minister ; Molly, died single; David, was an elder in the Baptist Church, and died at Johnson, Vt .; and Ephraim. Cyrus (son of Colonel John) was called the captain, and built the house occupied by Luther Warren. He married Hannah Graves, and their children were Lucian, who died at Springfield, Ill .; Caroline, wife of Samuel Duncan, resides in Mitchell, Ia .; Nancy, widow of Stephen Prentiss, lives at Washington, D. C .; Fannie (dleceased), married F. D. Nichols ; Luther; Sumner, resides in Washington, D. C .; John, (lied single ; Frank, lives at Ferndale, Cal .; Rollin and David, both reside at Topeka, Kan.

Boynton, Luthier, son of Captain Cyrus, was born in Weathersfield, March 3, 1812, and married Olive Durant. They had three children, viz .: Edmund L., died at seven- teen years of age; Durant J .; and Cyrus C., a resident of Pasadena, Cal. Luther's second wife was Phebe M. Manship. He died May 5, 1889.

Boynton, Durant J., son of Luther, was born in Waitsfield, Vt., December 8, 1841, and married Isadore L. Field. They have no children. Durant J. was educated at the Springfield, Wesleyan, and Fairfield Academies; was at the University of Vermont one year, and in the Medical Department two years, and graduated from Pittsfield Medical College in 1886. He practiced his profession a brief period, but in 1870 engaged in the wood and timber business at North Springfield, where he now resides.

Chamberlain .- This family can be traced back for centuries, their names being found on the muster rolls of William the Conqueror at the "Battle of the Abbey." l'here- fore they are of Norman blood, and in "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage " appear a large number of coats of arms of the Chamberlain family. The Puritan ancestor was Richard Chamberlain, who located at Roxbury (now a part of Boston, Mass.) His son Joseph, baptized June 4, 1665, was a soldier in the Indian wars, and was at Hadley, Mass., in 1676. At the beginning of the eighteenth century he removed to Colchester, Conn., and in March, 1711, was voted by that town £1, 13s., to entertain the French ambassa-

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dor who passed through the town en route for New London, Conn. Joseph had a son Benjamin, born in 1691, who had a son Oliver, born February 9, 1737, and in 1761 mar- ried Mary Jones. This was the Weathersfield settler. He came from Windsor, Conn., to Charlestown, N. H., then a military post, and was a hatter by trade. He had a family of ten children, viz .: Wyatt, born December 26, 1763, emigrated to Ohio ; Oliver, born July 16, 1765, married Polly Stoughton; Sally, born December 19, 1766, married Samnel Cook ; Levi, died young; Alva, born February 17, 1771, married Abigail Stoughton, resided in Weathersfield ; Chauncey ; Polly, married John Boynton ; Betsey. married Joseph Joslin ; Nancy, married John Bisbee; and Amasa, emigrated to Ohio.

Chamberlain, Jotham, came from Westminster, Vt., to Weathersfield in 1802, and mar- ried Irene Briggs, and had the following family : Almira, died single; Edson, left no issue; William, left no issue; Henry, resides in West Windsor; Thomas S .; Azubah (deceased), married John Huntingdon ; Martha, married Henry Jackson ; Mary, married Henry Haskell; Minerva, widow of Ezra Perkins; the last three reside in Wisconsin ; and Clark. Jotham died in Stockbridge in 1847.

Chamberlain, Thomas, son of Jotham, was born in Weathersfield, October 11, 1815, and married Eunice Lull, and had four sons, all of whom with himself are residents of Weathersfield, viz .: Elias, Edgar T., Henry W., and Herbert A.

Chamberlain, Edgar T., son of Thomas S., born in Granville, Vt., September 10, 1845. married Sarah G. Tolles, and they have no children.

Danforth, Joseph, was born in Billerica, Mass., and came to Jaffrey, N. H., and from there to Chester, Vt., and to Weathersfield about 1790. He married Lydia Cox, and had the following family : Joseph; Thomas, who died in Boston ; Levi, died in New York State ; Clarissa (deceased), married Danford Richardson ; Ann (deceased), married John Snowden ; Betsey (deceased). married Asa Brown; Hannah, married Samuel Lloyd ; Emeline (deceased), married Rev. William Lane; Louisa, died single; John W., ched at Hartford, Conn .; William H., died in New York State.

Danforth, Joseph, son of Joseph, was born at Jaffrey, N. H., November 19, 1787, and died December 30, 1870. He married Margaret O'Brien, and their children were James and Charles, both without issue; Louisa C., resides at Weathersfield Bow ; Sarah E., wife of Joseph Richardson, of Northfield, Vt .; Franklin, William, and Margaret all died young.

Diekinson, David, a native of Westminster, Vt , first settled in Andover, Vt., and came to Ludlow, Vt., in 1814, where he died. He married Rhoda Adams, and had ten chil- dren, viz .: Rebecca (deceased), married Parker Pettigrew ; Linda (deceased), widow of Silas Warren; Hannah, died single ; Rhoda (deceased), married Ira Dickinson; So- phronia, died single; Sylvia, married Wood Barnard, living at Oberlin, O .; Laura (de- ceased), married Allen Streeter ; David, died in Weathersfield ; Hubbard B., resides in Weathersfield ; Cyrus, died young.

Dickinson, Hubbard B., son of David, was born in Andover, Vt., May 27, 1810, and married Leafy Spafford. Their children were George, a member of Company K, Six- teenth Vermont Regiment, died of sickness contracted in the army ; Orrison, resides in Weathersfield, is a bachelor ; and Isadore (deceased), married Charles Wardner. Mr. Dickinson has been a resident of Weatherstield since 1830.

Downer, Galen, son of Dr. Abraham Downer, married for his first wife a Miss Dean, and had the following children : Abel, Roswell, Samuel and Lucretia. His second wife was Miss Mary Brown.

Downer, Samuel, son of Galen, was born in Weathersfield in 1800, and died in 1838. He married Sarah Read, and they had eight children : Harriet (deceased), married John Brown; Cutler, a custom-house broker in Boston, died in that city ; Caroline (deceased), married Henry Williams; Roswell; Mary Jane and Susan, both the latter are married and live in Boston ; Dean, a resident of Marshalltown, Ia .; and Helen, who died young.

Downer, Roswell, son of Samuel, born in Weathersfield, September 9, 1821, married

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Harriet Parker, and had two children: Emily, the wife of Charles Allen, of Chester, Vt .; and Fred H., engineer on the N. Y. C. and H. R. R. R., resides at Stratsburg, N. Y .

Gowing .- The families in this town of this name are descended from Benjamin Gow- ing, who was a native of Massachusetts, and came to Chester, where he was among the early settlers. He had a large family of children, among whom were March, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Samuel, Hannah, and Lucretia, who married J. M. Aldrich.

Gowing, March, son of Benjamin, died in 1868, at the age of seventy years. He mar- ried Betsey Whiting, and they had eight children: Valentine, died in Vermont; Lu- cretia (deceased), married Jonathan Webster ; Patience (deceased), married, first. an Adams, and, second, George Garland ; Susan (deceased), married John Hale ; Elizabeth, a widow, resides in Troy, Vt., married, first. Frank Adams, and second, Mr. Norris ; Jonas, died in Chester ; Abijah B .; and Nathaniel, deceased.

Gowing, Abijah B., son of March, was born in Springfield, October 16, 1816. He married for his first wife Lenora Lockwood, by whom he had eight children, viz .: Delia, the wife of Gardner Bemis, of Charlestown, N. H .; Marcia; Amelia (deceased), married Warren Paine; Mary, the wife of Cyrus Cobb, of Springfield; Jane, the wife of George Jones; Henry, resides in Reading, Vt .; Horace, lives in Massachusetts; and Martha, died young. His second wife was Gratia Bemis, by whom he had three children, viz .: Fred, who married Ada Marston, has one child, Clarence, who resides in Weathersfield ; Frank, died young; and Almon, who married Lillia K. Thayer, has one child, Jessie. He lives in Weathersfield. Abijah B. has been a resident of Weathersfield since 1841.

Gront, Hezekiah, was one of the early settlers of Weathersfield, having come to the town from New Hampshire as early as 1772. We are unable to give the names of all of his children, but he had four sons, viz .: Philander, Oliver, Seth and Kyar ; the latter died at Mendon, Vt.

Grout, Seth, son of Hezekiah, married a Hagar, and had the following family : David, who died at Randolph, Vt .; Nelson, died in Massachusetts; Matilda (deceased), married Abel Spafford ; Seth; Nancy (deceased), married Samuel Smith; and Nellie (deceased), married Marshall Whittaker.

Grout, Seth, son of Seth, was born in Weathersfield, June 26, 1791, and died in 1831. He married Dolly Brown, and their children were Emeline (deceased), married Bradley Mitchell; Warren; and Harlan P., who resides in Weathersfield.

Grout, Warren, son of Seth, was born in Weathersfield, June 29, 1820, and married Roxy P. Halsey. Their one child, Oscar, was born in Weathersfield, and married Alice Proctor. They have three children : Lena M., Dolly and Frank W.

Grout, Oliver, son of Hezekiah, married a Morse, and of his seven children none are living. Their names were Dan, Harvey, Seer, Minerva, Electra, Adaline and Laura, the last two married.

Gront, Dan, son of Oliver, was born in Weathersfield, in 1792, and died in 1864. He married Lucy Whitney, and they had six children, viz .: Minerva, the wife of Alonzo Amsden, of Windsor; Maria (deceased), was twice married; Ann (deceased), was twice married ; Volney, William Wirt and Henry.

Grout, Volney, son of Dan, was born in Cavendish, December 7, 1828, and married Martha Ann French. Their children are Hattie, the wife of Alvin Harlow, of Ware, Mass,; and Clara M., the wife of Albert Billings, of Weathersfield. Martha, wife of Volney Gront, died April 28, 1888. He afterwards married Mrs. Isabella A. Chase, of Athol, Mass. The children of Alvin Harlow are Mabel, Ralph V. and Arthur W. The cliil- dren of Albert Billings are Helen, Sarah and Martha A. H.

Haskell. Elijah, was a resident of Norwich, Conn., and upon his death his widow and some of his children, among whom were the following sons, viz .: Gideon, Jacob, John, Roger, and Perez, came to Weathersfield and settled.

Haskell, Gideon, son of Elijah, was born in Norwich, Conn., November 10, 1766, and

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married Mehitable Barnard, and had the following children : Minerva, married Deacon Jonathan Whitcomb, of Claremont, N. H .; Fannie, married Deacon Nathaniel Warren, of Weathersfield ; Emily, married Dr. Josiah Richards, of Claremont, N. HI .; William, remained upon the homestead, called " Governor's Right," located one-half in Spring- field, the other in Weathersfield; Franklin, removed to Kansas, and was the father of Hon. Dudley C. Haskell, a member of Congress from that State, who was elected to the 45th Congress, and served continuously until his death, December 16, 1883; and Lever- ett, who died and left no issue. Gideon died February 25, 1842.

Haskell, William, son of Gideon, born in Weathersfield, Vt., January 30, 1803, mar- ried for his first wife Sarah Hall, by whom he had one child, Emily, wife of Deacon J. Warren Tolles, of Weathersfield. His second wife was Orrinda, daughter of Ebenezer Shedd. Their children were Charles H., died aged two years; William Henry ; Charles W., resides in Grafton, Vt .; Jane E., wife of C. S. Worcester, of West Wind- sor ; Abby (deceased), married Frank Dartt; Eben S., resides in Lebanon, N. H. Will- iam died April 21, 1884.

Haskell, William Henry, son of William, was born in Weathersfield, Vt., August 19, 1834, and married Cornelia A. Chase, of Springfield, Vt., and has two children, viz .: William Henry, jr., and Mary C. Mr. Haskell resides just over the line in the town of Springfield. He married second, August 20, 1890, Minnie L. Cobbe, of Woodstock, and occupies the old homestead. Mary C. married, March 18, 1890, George W. Bates, of Springfield, and lives on the Safford place near Springfield village.

Jackman, Abner, was born in Lunenburgh, Mass., September 20, 1758, and married Rebecca French, and their children were Joshua, died young; Levi, died in New York State ; Sally (deceased), married Joseph Parker; Betsey (deceased), married Obadiah Streeter; Rebecca (deceased), married Erastus Dartt; Abner, died in Illinois; Joseph, died in Lincoln, Vt .; Luther, died in Colraine, Mass .; Polly (deceased), married Charles Barrett ; and Salome, widow of Mr. Strong, resided in Berlin, Vt., and died April 25, 1890, aged eighty-two years and eleven months

McEwen, Malcolm, of Scottish descent, inoved into Weathersfield at an early day, and married Lydia Plant. They had five children, viz .: Betsey, who married Reuben Strow; James (deceased), married, but left no descendants; Archibald, became a physi- cian, and practiced a number of years in Cavendish, and left no issue; Nancy, married Isaac P. Strow ; and Francis, who died West, leaving no descendants.

Morse, Hiram S., was born in Pomfret, Vt., May 20, 1806, and was a son of Jacob and Rachel (Cheedle) Morse. He married for his first wife Isabella Murray, by whom he had six children, viz .: Lorett, wife of A. W. Leighton, of Livermore, Ia .; Mary Ann, chied at thirteen years of age; Adaline, wife of E. S Jackman, of Pomfret, Vt .; Isabel, wife of George A. Weston, of Fairibault, Minn .; Annette and Rosette (deceased), twins, the former became the wife of Rev. Eugene Daniels, a Baptist minister, the latter died at the age of six years. His second wife was Charlotte L. Fish. Their children are Susan E., wife of George G. Wilson, of Weathersfield; and Abner H. Mr. Morse be- came a resident of Weathersfield in 1854, where he died May 18, 1886.

Murray, Samuel, came from Massachusetts to West Windsor, and married Sally Ham- inond. They had four children, viz .: Charles, who died in Weathersfield ; Isabel (de- ceased), married Hiram S. Morse; Mary Ann (deceased), married James Weston; and Allen, born in Cornish, N. H., November 6, 1819, married Elvira, daughter of John Preston. They had two children, Ella (deceased), and Emma, wife of F. W. Blanchard, of Weathersfield. Mr. Murray has been a resident of Weathersfield since 1836.

Squire, John, a native of Connecticut, came from Salisbury, Vt., to Weathersfield in 1799. He married Sarah Carter, and had four children, viz .: Reuben, who died in Ver- mont ; William, died in Pennsylvania; Peter; and Polly, who married -- Brown.

Squire, Peter, son of John, was born in Salisbury, Vt., in 1789, and died in Weathers- field, June 5, 1867. He was married three times, viz .: to Esther, Betsey, and Ann, all

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daughters of William Craigue. The children by the first wife were William, who died in Wisconsin; James, died in Boston ; Betsey, widow of Hyland Lockwood, resides in North Cambridge, Mass .; Moses Parker, died in Boston; John P. and Joseph, residents of Boston; and Lydia, died at the age of twenty years. The children by the second wife are Esther A. and Ellen M., both residents of North Cambridge. There was but one child by the third marriage, viz .: Horace Rollin, born in Weathersfield, Decem- ber 13, 1839, and married Luella B. Scales ; has two children : Annie and Horace Har- rison.

Stoughton, Nathaniel, was born in East Windsor, Conn., March 28, 1746, and mar- ried for his wife Abigail Potwine, and their children were Abigail, married Albert Cham- berlain ; Nathaniel, went to Ohio; Lydia, married Philemon Tolles; Martha, married Jeduthum Cobb; Sarah, married, first, Luke Carter, and second, David Weatherbee ; John ; Thomas, went to New York State, and had a son, Edwin, who became United States minister to Russia; Richard, died at Royalton, Vt .; William, went to Illinois ; Alice, married Frederick France, and is the only one living, she resides at Decatur, Ind .; and Daniel, died at the age of eighteen years. Nathaniel died February 6, 1815.

Stoughton, John, son of Nathaniel, born in Weathersfield, December 20, 1787, mar- ried Betsey Watson. Their children were John P., and Elizabeth, who died single. John died February 5, 1874.

Stoughton, John Potwine, son of John, born December 22, 1819, married Laura Hull. Their children were Ruth, wife of John G. McKeen, of Russell, Kan .; Laura Ellen, mar- ried Leavitt Perham, of Ludlow Center, Mass .; Mary E .; Julia, wife of Lyman A. Mc- Keen, of Manhattan, Riley county, Kan .; George, a resident of Weathersfield; Olin W .. a dentist at Springfield, Vt. John P. resides on the farm settled by his grandfather in 1781.

Strow, Reuben, came from New Hampshire to Weathersfield and married Betsey Mudgett, and had the following family : John, who died in New York State; Reuben, who left no descendants; Isaac Thompson; William, died in New York State; Sarah, married Sewall Clement; Betsey, married Rockwell Dean ; Mary, married James Swift. Reuben left five children, two sons and three daughters.

Strow, Isaac Thompson, son of Reuben, died in his native town, Weathersfield, Au- gust 31, 1874, aged seventy-six years. His wife was Nancy McEwen, and they had one child, Isaac Archibald, born May 4, 1821, who married Sarah S. Hall, and died March 18, 1880, leaving no children.

Streeter, John, only son of Nathaniel, was born in Rindge, N. H., and married Eliza- beth Young. Their children were Josephus; Asenath (deceased), married Alpheus Stephens ; Calvin, died at Muncie, Ind .; Allen, died in Cavendish ; and Alfred is at present a resident of Weathersfield, Vt.

Streeter, Josephus, son of John, was born in Weathersfield, February 15, 1808, and married Sarah Barnes. They had four children, viz .: Caroline, who was twice married, first to Edward Stearns, second to Hiram Heminway ; William, resides in Michigan ; Zeda (deceased), married David Kendall ; and Betsey, wife of Jolin Murray, of Weath- ersfield. Mr. Streeter has always been a resident of his native town, excepting between 1836 and 1865, when he resided in Indiana.

Tolles, Captain Henry, a native of Connecticut, came to Weathersfield before the Rev- olutionary war. He had a family of seven children, viz .: Clark, David, Amaryllis, Henry, John, Benjamin, and Philemon. The latter two were twins. David married Elizabeth Bisbee; Amaryllis married Lieutenant Burpy Prouty ; Henry married and had a family of children ; John married Rachel Consort and had six children, David, John, Fannie, Philemon, Harry, and Nathaniel ; Philemon married Lydia Stoughton.

Tolles, Clark, son of Captain Henry, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and mar- ried Sally Proctor, and had eight children: Henry ; Sally, married Ames Nichols ;

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Clark; Levi, married Mary Mosely, and had seven children, Julia Ann, Lucian, Charles, George, Betsey, Fannie, and Henry ; Lucy, married Henry Tirrell; Betsey, married a Marshall; Hannah, married Leonard Roby ; and Gershom H., who died in the West, married Cynthia Niles, and had three children, Cyrus, Leroy, and a daughter who died young. The only one living of this family is Lucy, who resides in Nashua, N. H.

Tolles, Henry, son of Clark, better known as Henry, second, was born in Weathersfield, April 10, 1782, and married Azubie Nichols. Their children were David, died at eighteen years of age; Horace C., married Sophia Wright, had nine children, Horace, Henry, Willard, Frank James, Sarah, Hannah, Jason Xenophon, and died in Nashua, N. H .; Ira, died at the age of seven years; Henry Proctor ; Hiram H., ched at the age of twenty- four years ; Mariam P. (deceased), married Nomlas Cobb ; John Warren; and Lucy Ann, a maiden lady residing in Weathersfield. Henry, second, died November 21, 1849,

Tolles, Henry Proctor, son of Henry, second, born December 22, 1815, married for his first wife Elizabeth Clement, and had one child, Frances (deceased), married H. H. Dake. His second wife was Amelia Tolles, and they had one child, Azubie Elizabeth, the wife of William H. Stewart, chaplain of U. S. navy, lives in Swampscott, Mass., and has one son, Howard Proctor. Henry Proctor's third wife was Lucinda F. Beckley, and he married for his fourth wife Abbie Emerson.

Tolles, John Warren, son of Henry, second, married Emily S. Haskell, by whom he had two children, viz .: Sarah A., died at the age of thirty-three years, and Clifford R., born February 5, 1855, a resident of Weathersfield.

Tolles, Clark, son of Clark, was born in 1787, and died October 4, 1869. He mar- ried Nancy Cowles and had four children, viz .: Bedyann (deceased), married William Sheldon ; Franklin ; Eveline, the wife of Freeman Hatch, of Weathersfield; Damiette C., the wife of Horace W. Gill, of Monticello, Ia. Clark married for a second wife Mar- tha Dyke.

Tolles, Franklin, son of Clark, born January 19, 1818, married Martha T. Gill, and has three children : Louis C., and Celestia, wife of Henry T. Anken, are residents of Clare- mont, Neb., and Horace F., born November 28, 1852, married Mary E. Pike (deceased), and had one child, Franklin A .; he afterwards married Addie A. Gill, and resides in Weathersfield.

Tolles, Benjamin, son of Captain Henry, was born in 1778, and married Sally Bisbee, by whom he had twelve children, viz .: Elizabeth, married John Stimson ; Sally, married Eben Sawtell; Benjamin, died young; Mary, married John Finney ; Amaryllis, married Horace Lockwood, and had three children ; Hannah, married David Stimson; Benjamin Bisbee, married Mary Durry, had three children, went to Illinois; Amelia. married Henry P. Tolles; David, married Parthenia Dartt, had two children, Almon D. and Ed nah; Philemon and Isabella, died single; and Abner. Benjamin died April 13, 1854 Alinon D., son of David, married Hattie Bugbee, and has two children, Benjamin D. and Ednah P.

Tolles, Abner, son of Benjamin, was born July 30, 1823, married for his first wife Pa- melia Pulsifer, and had two children, Sarah, wife of Edgar T. Chamberlain, and Alice 1 .. , who died December 27, 1858, aged nine years. His second wife was Caroline Jones, by whom he had one daughter, Amelia C. Abner died May 27, 1880.

Wilson, George C., was born in Pomfret, Vt., February 13, 1849, and is the youngest son of Benjamin and Ancelia (Grow) Wilson. He became a resident of Weathersfield in the spring of 1870. He married Susan E. Morse and has four children, viz .: Albion B .. Eunna L., George H. and Roy E.

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CHAPTER XXXIV.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BALTIMORE.

T HE town of Baltimore was created by an act of the Vermont Legis lature, passed October 19, 1793, the territory consisting of abont 3,000 acres, and being the southeastern corner of the original grant of Cavendish. There was in 1791 a population of 275. As they were sep- arated from the other portion of Cavendish by the Hawks Mountain it was deemed necessary to form a new town for the convenience of the settlers.

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History of Windsor County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 72

Author: Aldrich, Lewis Cass. ed. cn; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1891 Publisher: Syracuse, N. Y., D. Mason & Co. Number of Pages: 1260

Author: Aldrich, Lewis Cass. ed. cn; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Syracuse, N. Y., D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1260