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office of director September 23, 1856, and Aaron N. King was appointed by the other directors to succeed him. January 13, 1857, the board was still further changed by the election of Dudley C. Denison in place of E. D. Briggs. L. L. Tilden resigned the office of cashier March 3, 1857, and William H. Baxter of Barton, Vt., was elected in his stead, but Mr. Tilden continued by request of the directors to assist in the bank till April Ist following. During the autumn of 1857 the bank suffered large losses by insolvent debtors, and the last of October it suspended the re
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demption of its circulating notes in Boston and at its counter. Janu- ary 12, 1858, Hiram Moore, Daniel L. Lyman, Ziba Sprague, Aaron N. King, Perley C. Jones, Asa W. Kenney, and William H. Baxter were elected directors, and Perley C. Jones was elected president, which office he continued to hold by re-election till January 9, 1866. The new board of directors without delay made great efforts to collect money enough on the overdue notes to the bank to enable it to resume business, which had been almost wholly suspended from November Ist. Failing to raise money in this way, they borrowed it on their private note, and the bank was thus enabled to resume business and the redemption of its circula- tion February 24, 1858. Hiram Moore, one of the directors, died May 29, 1858. January 11, 1859, the directors of the previous year were re-elected, except that Silas H. Clark succeeded William H. Bax- ter, and George W. Bradstreet took the place of Hiram Moore deceased. Mr. Clark soon after resigned. August 2, 1859, William H. Baxter re- signed the office of cashier to take effect on the 9th inst., and Asa W. Kenney was elected cashier, which office he continued to hold till " The National Bank of Royalton," which succeeded this bank, was closed in 1882. November 18, 1859, in consequence of losses sustained by the bank in 1857, its capital was reduced by an act of the Legislature to $50,000. January 10, 1860, the number of directors was reduced by a vote of the stockholders to five, and Perley C. Jones, Aaron N. King, Ziba Sprague, Asa W. Kenney and R. H. Hyde were elected, but Mr. Hyde soon resigned. January 8, 1861, the same board of directors was re-elected, except R. H. Hyde was succeeded by Chester Downer, and this board continued in office by re-election till January 9, 1866. At the last mentioned date Chester Downer, Asa W. Kenney, Dudley C. Den- ison, Crosby Miller and Phineas D. Pierce were elected directors, and continued to be re-elected directors till the close of the National Bank in 1882. Chester Downer was elected president of the bank January 30, 1866, and was continued in that office by annual re-election till Janu- ary 17, 1879, when he was succeeded by Crosby Miller, who was re- elected to said office as long as the bank continued. The Comptroller of the Currency claimed that New England had received under the United States law for establishing national banks more than her pro- portionate share of circulating notes, and would not grant leave for the
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conversion of this bank into a national bank, until the directors had ex- ecuted a paper waiving all claim on behalf of the bank for circulating notes, which they did. On the 16th day of September, 1867, the bank was converted under the laws of the United States into " The National Bank of Royalton," No. 1673, and its capital was increased March 7, 1868, $50,000, making its whole capital $100,000. After this the directors learned that by buying the notes in circulation of national banks which had failed or gone into liquidation, and surrendering them to the Comp- troller at Washington, they could obtain from him circulating notes to an equal amount for their own bank, and this they did, paying par and three or four per cent. premium for the broken bank notes until they had obtained in this way $90,000, being their full quota of circulation. On the night of April 26, 1870, the bank vault was blown open by burglars, and the walls of the banking house were badly damaged by the explosion, but they did not succeed in breaking the safe in the vault, and they car- ried off only about $5 of nickels then lying in the vault. In conse- quence of the damaged condition of the vault and building the bank was removed May 14, 1870, to South Royalton, about two miles distant. Dur- ing the summer and autumn of 1871 the vault and banking house were repaired, and the bank was moved back to its old quarters October 23, 1871. Phineas D. Pierce was elected vice-president of the bank Janu- ary 12, 1875, and was annually re-elected till the close of the bank. Ly- man A. Peck, a resident of Royalton, on the 8th day of October, 1877. broke into the banking house for the purpose of stealing money from the drawer of the counter, while the cashier was at dinner, but the money was safely locked in the vault so that he obtained none, but was tried and sentenced to the State prison for five years for his luckless ex- ploit. On the night of October 17, 1881, burglars again entered the bank and drilled through the outer brick wall of the vault to the heavy granite wall, and with powder or some other explosive, blew out a few brick and broke the windows, but obtained no money. January 10, 1882, the stockholders voted to close the bank. In less than six months thereafter all liabilities were paid, and the stock at par was paid back to the stockholders. Afterwards they were paid $21,200 on the capital of $100,000, it being twenty one and one-fifth per cent. more than par.
South Royalton, the junior of the two villages of the town, yet con-
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siderably the larger, was brought into existence by the building of the Vermont Central Railroad ; and its stores and other buildings, except dwellings, were of the character usually found in localities having a mushroom growth; that is, of frame and not substantial or enduring ; neither were they attractive, especially after exposure to the storms of a few years. But, young though the village may have been, it has had its own fire record, and the old unsightly structures "passed away." In their stead there has been built a substantial two-story brick row ; plain, yet convenient buildings, and a credit to the town. They front on the park, as also does the large and attractive hotel, the property of Charles H. Woodward; but the hotel and the stores are on opposite sides of the park, and on the other side, the park being in form a parallelogram, is the depot, and opposite to it some fine dwellings and one of the vil- lage churches.
The churches of South Royalton village are two in number, a Con- gregational and a Methodist. The Methodist Society has been in ex- istence many years in the town, although its church home at the South village is comparatively new. Formerly the society had a chapel at Royalton village. The South Royalton Congregational Church Society was formed in 1868, and an offshoot, practically, from the mother church at the other village. The church edifice on the park was built in 1868.
Town Representatives in General Assembly .- 1778, October, Joseph Parkhurst ; 1779, none; 1780, Calvin Parkhurst; 1781, Comfort Seaver ; 1782, Calvin Parkhurst; 1783, Elias Stevens; 1784, Silas Williams ; 1785, Elias Stevens ; 1786, Calvin Parkhurst; 1787, Elias Stevens ; 1788-89, Calvin Parkhurst ; 1790, Daniel Fuller ; 1791-95, Elias Stevens ; 1796, Abel Stevens; 1797, Silas Allen ; 1798, Jacob Smith ; 1799, Elias Stevens; 1800, Jacob Smith; 1801, Abel Stevens; 1802-03, Elias Stevens; 1804-05, Nathan Page; 1806, Elias Stevens ; 1807-12, Jacob Smith ; 1813-14, Rodolphus Dewey ; 1815, Daniel Rix, jr .; 1816, Elias Stevens; 1817, Daniel Rix, jr., 1818, Rodolphus Dewey ; 1819, Moses Cutter ; 1820, R. Dewey ; 1821-22, Jacob Collamer ; 1823-24, R. Dewey; 1825, Oel Billings; 1826, Nathan Kimball; 1827, Jacob Collamer ; 1828-29, Harry Bingham ; 1830, Jacob Collamer ; 1831, William Wood- worth ; 1832, Calvin Parkhurst; 1833, Nathaniel Sprague ; 1834, Samuel Selden ; 1835-37, Oramel Sawyer; 1838-39, David Wheelock; 1840-
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41, Truman H. Safford ; 1842-43, John L. Bowman ; 1844, Henry Bing- ham ; 1845, J. L. Bowman ; 1846-47, Romanzo Walker; 1848, James Davis; 1849, Daniel Woodward ; 1850-51, John Coy; 1852, Azro D. Hutchins; 1853, Rufus Kendrick; 1854-55, Daniel L. Lyman ; 1856- 57, Ebenezer Atwood; 1858-59, Minot Wheeler ; 1860-62, Dudley C. Denison ; 1863-64, John S. Marcy ; 1865-66, Martin T. Skinner ; 1867, Henry H. Denison ; 1868-69, William Goff ; 1870-71, Cyrus B. Drake ; 1872-73, Edward Foster; 1874-75, Ebenezer Winslow; 1876-77, Martin T. Skinner ; 1878-79, Martin S. Adams; 1880-81, Charles West; 1882-83, - ; 1884-85, George Ellis; 1886-87, J. F. Shep- ard; 1888-89, William Skinner.
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.
Bennett, Job, the son of Elisha and Lucretia (Hinkley) Bennett, was born in Chelsea, Vt., May 15, 1798. He became a resident of Royalton in the spring of 1830. He mar- ried Jane Greene and had seven children : Warren F., living in Springfield, Mass .; Jean- nette (deceased), married, first, Thomas R. Gibson, second, Lewis Barnes; Alma H., a resident of Royalton; Josiah G .; Helen Elizabeth, a resident of Royalton ; Charles W., lives at Palmer, Mass .; and Frances J., wife of Norman W. Sewall, of Royalton. Job died June 13, 1876. Josiah Greene, son of Job, was born in Royalton, married Elmina C. Sewall. They have one child, Carrie F., wife of Solon A. Buck, who has one child, Glenn Murray. Mr. Bennett is a farmer, and has always lived in Royalton.
Bingham. - The family of this name in Royalton are descended from Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Bingham. He was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, about 1642 and came to America and married Mary, daughter of Jonathan Rudd, December 12, 1666. He was one of the thirty-five proprietors of the town of Norwich, Conn., when it was purchased from the Mohegan Indians. He died in Windham, Conn., January 16, 1729, He had a family of eleven children. Joseph, being next to the youngest, was born in 1688 and married, first, Abigail Scott, of Hartford, Mass., in 1711, by whom he had three children. He married, second. Mrs. Rachel Huntingdon. He died at Windham, Conn., September 4, 1765. Of Joseph's three children Gideon, the eldest, married Mary, daughter of Captain Eleazer Cary. He settled in Plainfield, Conn. By his first mar- riage he had thirteen children. His wife died in 1758 and he married second, Abigail Baker, by whom he had five children. Thomas, the fifth child, was born July 14, 1742. and married in 1766 Marcia House, of Lebanon, N. H. He emigrated from Connecticut to the latter town and afterwards to Royalton. He served during the whole period of the Revolutionary war as lieutenant. He was at the battles of Brandy wine, Princeton, Monmouth, and wintered at Valley Forge in 1780. Thomas had twelve children and died at Royalton, September 23, 1823; his wife died September 10, 1812. William, the
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seventh child of the twelve children, mentioned above, was born April 18, 1779, and married, first, May 28, 1801, Olive Havens. He lived in Royalton and was a captain in the War of 1812, and was a man of energy and decision of character. He had three chil- dren by this marriage, viz .: Daniel Havens; Mary Ann, married Cail Parkhurst; Will- iam Reddington, died unmarried. His wife died August 29, 1819, and he married No- vember 20, 1820, Parmelia Amnes, by whom he had three children, viz .: Henry, died young; George; and Olive, died aged fifteen years. William died August 29, 1857. Harry, the tenth child of Thomas and Marcia (House) Bingham, was born August 6, 1786, and married January 27, 1850, Marcia Dodge. He lived in Royalton and was en- gaged in public business and was a member of the Legislature for several years. He had five children, viz .: Lucy Ann, Alma Jane, Harry A., William, and George. He (lied February 23, 1862.
Button, John A., was born in Royalton, July 28, 1844, and is the only child of Asaph and Roxanna (Wight) Button. His father was born December 2, 1810; his mother July 27, 1803. He married, first, Martha M., daughter of Landus and Wealtha (Brown) Spear. She was born November 10, 1845. Her father was born October 8, 1811 ; her motl:er October 10, 1812. They have one child, Albert, born July 16, 1871. John married, second, Alma J., daughter of Harry and Marcia (Dodge) Bingham. She was born December 15, 1852. Her father was born August 6, 1786; her mother March 26. 1824. Mr. Button, excepting two years, when he resided in Tunbridge, has always lived on the place of his birth, which he now owns and occupies.
Cleveland, Squire, was born in Canterbury, Conn., July 17, 1754, and married, No vember 16, 1788, Pamelia Green. He came to Royalton in 1788, and settled on the farm now occupied by Seth Moxley. He had nine children : Bradford, died in Royalton ; John, died at Braintree, Vt .; Anna, died single; Polly (deceased), married Samuel Bab- cock ; Olive (deceased), married Sanford Hannas; Bethalsa; Pamelia (deceased), married Lucian Lathrop; Zurviah (deceased), married Polydore Williams; and Nahum, died in Vermont. Squire Cleveland died June 14, 1834. Bethahsa, son of Squire, born in Royalton, May 31, 1799, married Philena Luce. They had twelve children : Ronaldo, died in Tunbridge ; Enoch, resides in Wolcott, Vt .; George, died in Royalton ; Brad- ford, died in Mansfield, Vt .; Anna, wife of Seth Moxley; Miranda (deceased), married Cooley Anderson ; Orlantha, wife of Marshall Cutler, of Red Wing, Minn .; Hiram, died in Royalton; Henry, died at Hyde Park, Vt .; Rosepha, wife of Sylvester Palmer, of Morristown, Vt .; Nelson, resident of Winchendon, Mass .; and Pamelia, died single Bethahsa Cleveland died June 7, 1861.
Dana, Israel Putnam, M. D., of Royalton, was born in Pomfret, February 10, 1855. His father, John Winchester Dana, was thrice married. His first wife was Jerusha Goodspeed. The following were their children : John Winchester, Isaac, Jerusha, Han- nah, and Sarah. He married, second, Eleanor Porter Lyon, by whom he had one child, Eleanor P. He married, third, Mary Emeline Wood. The children by this union were Mary Emily, Israel Putnam, Martha Jackman, and Edward Youngs. John Winchester Dana died in Pomfret, August 12, 1862. Dr. Israel P. Dana, after the common school, attended the Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, N. H., studied medicine with Dr. C. P. Frost, of Hanover, N. H., and was graduated from the Medical Department of Dartmouth College, November 12, 1883. He was employed one year in the Asylum for the Insane at Somerville, Mass. He came to South Royalton, September 20, 1884. where he has since practiced his profession. He married, November 23, 1888, Mary Alice Hillery. Helen Emeline is their only child.
Denison, Hon. Dudley C., of Royalton, the youngest son of Dr. Joseph A. Denison, was born at Royalton, September 13, 1819. After attending the district schools he be- came an attendant of the Royalton Academy. He entered the University of Vermont in 1836, and was graduated from that institution in 1840. He studied law with John S. Marcy, of Royalton, and was admitted to the Windsor County Bar, May term, 1845. He commenced, the same year, the practice of his profession in his native town, where he
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still continues. He was a member of the State Senate in 1853-54, State's Attorney ill 1858-60, member of the House of Representatives in 1861, 1862, and 1863, United States District Attorney for a number of years, member of the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses. He married Eunice Dunbar, and they have a family of five children, viz .: Joseph D., an attorney, at West Randolph, Vt .; Catharine Amanda (deceased), married Charles H. Woodward; John H., an attorney at Denver, Col .; Gertrude M .; and Lucy D.
Durkee, Seymour, was born in Brookfield, Vt., November 6, 1815, the youngest son of Vine and Sarah (Doane) Durkee. His early life was spent on his father's farm. At the age of nineteen he learned the harness trade. He moved to Royalton Center in July, 1844, and for a short time was employed in driving the stage to Montpelier. He then engaged at his trade, and removed to South Royalton, March 23, 1868, where he still continues in the business. During the war he was engaged on government work in Springfield, Mass. Mr. Durkee was never married.
Fish, Edgar J., M. D., of Royalton, was born in Washington, Vt., February 7, 1851, the only child of John P. and Ann (Dutur) Fish. After attending the local schools he attended the Chelsea Academy, and afterwards studied medicine with Dr. Story N. Goss, of Chelsea. In the fall of 1872 and winter of 1873 he took a course of lectures in the Medical Department of Dartmouth College, and was graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Vermont in 1874. He commenced the practice of his profession in Tunbridge, Vt., where he remained till May, 1887, when he removed to South Royalton. Dr. Fish is a member of the Vermont State and White River Valley Medical Societies, and was president of the latter in 1887. He married Eliza A. Lyman, of Washington, Vt., and has two children, J. Euelid and Harold.
Fowler .- The families in Royalton and Bethel bearing this name were descended from William Fowler the " Magistrate." He arrived in Boston from London, England, June 26, 1637. In company with others he sailed from Boston, March 30, 1638, for Quinnipiac, the Indian name for New Haven. In the spring of the following year he became one of the first settlers of Milford, Conn., being the first named of its trustees, and at the first meeting of the Milford Company was chosen one of the judges. He is the first mentioned in the deed of the town which was executed February 12, 1769. In the organization of the church he was elected one of the " seven pillars." He was elected magistrate and re-appointed yearly to 1654, and died in 1660. Of his family Captain William Fowler married Mary, daughter of Edward and Ann Tapp. Of his family of four children Jonathan, the youngest, was born May 20, 1696, and married Han- nah Clark, and became a resident of Coventry, Conn., in 1719, where he died. His eldest son, Rev. Joseph Fowler, born at Lebanon, Conn,, in 1722, was graduated from Yale College, and was a Congregational minister at East Haddam, Conn., for twenty- one years, where he died June 10, 1771. He married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Joseph Metcalf of Lebanon, Conn. Of their family of eight children Elisha Adams, the fifth child, was born. at East Haddam, Conn., September 29, 1755, and married June 7, 1781, Mary Burr. He removed to East Bethel, Vt., at an early day, where he died February 20, 1840. He had a family of nine children, viz .: William, died young; Mary, married John F. Pierson; Elizabeth, died at the age of twenty ; Electa, died at sixty ; Lucinda, died young ; Joseph; Elisha; Lucinda, married Lemuel Woodworth; and Sarah, died aged five. Joseph, the son of Elisha Adams Fowler, born December 27, 1793, married August 29, 1817, Cynthia Gifford. Their children were Norman, Lucinda, Alonzo, Edwin, George A., and Joseph Lewis. Joseph Fowler died August, 1849. Alonzo, the third above, was born July, 1828, in Hartford, Vt., and died in Royalton, February 17, 1877. He married Maria C. Ainsworth. Their children were Eva M., died in 1877, aged twenty-four years and seven months; William F., died in 1877, aged nineteen years and six months ; Bertie Alonzo, died in 1874, aged fourteen years and six months; and Anna M., died in 1877, aged ten years and two months.
Gage, Harry, born in Enfield, N. H., May 15, 1805, married, first, Mary Goss, by
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whom he had two children, Lucy and Mary, both of whom died young. He married, second, Susan Alden Fuller. The issue of this marriage was Henry Fuller Gage. Harry settled on the farm now occupied by his son in 1835.
Gage, Henry Fuller, was born in Royalton, June 4, 1845, and married August 20, 1867, Esther M., daughter of Nelson W. and Jane W. (Greene) Hunt. She was born in Royalton, August 15, 1848. They have five children : George Henry, born June 20, 1868; an infant died unnamed; Benjamin F., born May 2, 1871; Nelson, born Novem- ber 23, 1873, died September 16, 1877, aged four years; and Bessie M., born July 23, 1883, died June 11, 1890, aged six years.
Greene .- The Greene family of Royalton are descended from William Greene, born in Devonshire, England, October 16, 1591, settled in Charlestown, Mass., and died in Woburn, Mass., January 7, 1654. He married Hannah Carter, who was born in Devon- shire, March 20, 1596, and died in Woburn, September 20, 1657. They had a son Will- iam, born in Woburn, who married Hannah, daughter of Francis and Mary (Todd) Kendall. She was born in Woburn, January 26, 1655, and died December 20, 1719. Jacob, their son, was born in Woburn, October 14, 1691, and died in Hanover, N. H .. December 16, 1790. He married Elizabeth Crouch, who was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., October 27, 1695, and died December 24, 1755. Their son David, born in Shrewsbury, March 2, 1725, died at Stafford, Conn., about April 1, 1780. He married Ruth Rogers of Brimfield, Mass., Jannary 30, 1752. By this marriage was born Josiah, in Stafford, Conn., August 26 1763. He married September 18, 1787, his cousin Susa, daughter of Samuel and Jane (White) Greene. She was born in Stafford, February 5, 1766, and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 19, 1841. Josiah died at Auburn, N. Y., September 13, 1809. Rannay, of East Randolph. Vt., son of the above, was born in Newport, N. H., April 27, 1788, and married March 7, 1810, Pamella Kelsey, born in Tunbridge, Vt., May 6, 1789. She died at East Randolph, Vt., August 13, 1859. Ran- nay died January 15, 1873. One of the issues of this marriage was Josiah R., born in Tunbridge, December 21, 1810, and married October 31, 1843, Sarah H. Hanks. She was born September 5, 1817. They had three children, Sarah Hortensia, born January 7, 1845, resides at Royalton ; Josiah Fayette, born in Royalton, June 21, 1848, and married October 16, 1884, Ellen Idella, daughter of Oel and Sabrina (Strong) Perrin. Their child, William Lester, born July 6, 1885, died January 24, 1886. Josiah R. died September 29, 1881 ; his wife November 4, 1881. George Lee, born October 31, 1850, died October 23, 1857.
Kendall, Sumner B., eldest son of Samuel and Hannah (Harvey) Kendall, was born in Marlboro, N. H., May 20, 1815. His father moved to Canada in the spring of 1816, remaining till 1828, when he removed to Montpelier, Vt. Sumner B. continued to re- side in the latter place till 1851, when he removed to Royalton. Since 1847 he has been engaged in the railroad business, and was in the employ of the Vermont Central for thirty years. His first wife was Louisa Meade. Of their four children two are living : Annette, wife of George Quimby, lives in Iowa, and Luke, a resident of Chicago, Ill. Mr. Kendall married for his second wife Elizabeth Durkee. His third wife was Sarah Marsh.
Lovejoy, Daniel, a native of Connecticut, settled at an early day in Sharon. He married Lorenza Havens, daughter of Robert Havens, who was one of the first settlers of Sharon. Their children were: Huldah (deceased), married Jonathan Morgan ; of Middletown, Vt .; Betsey, married Jonathan Morgan; Thomas, died in Royalton ; Charlotte (deceased), married Stephen Clark, of Lawrenceville, N. Y .; Joseph, died in the State of New York; Pamelia (deceased), married Collins Leach, of Grand Rapids, Mich .; Hannah (deceased), married Ira Curtiss, of Sharon.
Lovejoy, Thomas, son of Daniel, was born in Sharon, married in 1818 Susan Spalding, and had seven children : William I., a farmer, living in Mitchell, Ia .; Jason C., fariner, resides in Michigan ; Charles D., living in Royalton ; Henry Thomas and George B., living in Mitchell county, Ia .; Eliza (deceased), married John D. Fales ; and Daniel W., a physician, died in Royalton, July 18, 1880.
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Lovejoy, Charles D., son of Thomas, was born in Sharon, December 30, 1824, and mar- ried Laura J., daughter of Jacob and Dorothy (McIntire) Wood. Mrs. Lovejoy was born in Pomfret, July 25, 1836. They have three children, Ada L., widow of John M. Miller ; Thomas E .; and Mark H. Mr. Lovejoy owns and carries on the homestead farm in Royalton, and lias filled the various town offices.
Mccullough, James, was born in Shipton, now Richmond, Province of Quebec, Can- ada, February 27, 1813. He removed to Malone, N. Y., in 1837, and became a resident of Royalton in 1850. He married Elizabeth Maria Clapp. They have four children, Frederick, a resident of Wendover, Wyoming Territory ; Samuel, resides in Royalton ; Clara, wife of Henry Cole, of Hardwick, Vt .; Caroline, wife of Fred Fay, of Everett, Mass. Samuel Clapp, grandfather of Mrs. McCullough, was born in Dorchester, Mass., and had a family of four children, viz .: Stacey, who died during the War of 1812 at Plattsburgh, N. Y .; Samuel, died in Bethel single; Thomas, died married. Thomas, son of Samuel, born in Royalton, October 10, 1785, died October 16, 1854, married Betsey Young. Their children were Abiline (deceased), married Franklin Corbin; Paulena (deceased), married Chester Griswold ; Caroline (deceased), married Thomas J. Fiske ; Carlton, resides in Barre, Vt .; Elizabeth M., wife of James McCullough; Mary, widow of Harper Johonnot, lives in Syracuse, N. Y .; Jennet (deceased), married Roswell D. Lillie; and Clarissa, resides in Royalton, with James McCullough, who lives in the same house built by Samuel Clapp, grandfather of Maria Mccullough, 102 years ago, and held in the Clapp family since built.
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