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Mary Ella Houston, second, Kate Caldwell. He is a fruit dealer in Spokane Falls, Washington. Henry Walbridge, born February 22, 1849, married, November 25, 1879, Lizzie Ann Edminster. They have two children, Henry Samuel, born September 2, 1881, and Howard Ed- minster, born May 6, 1890. Henry is a merchant in Windsor. Luther White, born October 17, 1850, married Mary Frances Jones; no chil- dren. He is engaged in the real estate business at Spokane Falls. George Kendall, born October 8, 1852, married, August 30, 1877, Clara C. Twitchell; no children. He is a partner in the firm of Tilton, Stocker, Frye & Co , at Spokane Falls, and one of the leading business men of that place. Mary Lizzie, born October 17, 1854, died May 19, 1874. Mary Hollis, born January 15, 1857, married, November 18, 1885, Nettie Church, of Farmington, Ia. Their children are Samuel Church, born August 25, 1887, and Alvin Ormond, born March, 1889. He is a druggist in Indianapolis, Ind. An infant son died in Novem- ber, 1858. Minnie Amelia, born March, 1860, lives at home. Ormond Sylvester was born July 21, 1862. He was in company with his brother, Luther W., in the mercantile business at Windsor for a number of years, but at this time (1890) they have closed out their business at Windsor, with the view of all six brothers settling at Spokane Falls in the near future. Samuel R. Stocker, though a Democrat in politics, was yet selected to fill the offices of selectman, lister, and justice of the peace. He rendered efficient service as selectman in filling the quota of the town for soldiers during the war period. He was one of the prime movers and principal owner of the stock of the Windsor Aqueduct Company. In his religious belief he was a Universalist. He was a thirty-second degree member of the Masonic fraternity ; also a member of the order I. O. O. F. Scrupulously honest in all business relations, genial and entertaining in society and in the home circle, the community felt they had indeed suffered a loss in the death of Mr. Stocker.
A LDRICH, HON JOSHUA MADISON, was born in Weathersfield, Vt., June 12, 1809, and was the son of Joshua and Lucretia (Gow- ing) Aldrich. His father emigrated from Westmoreland, N. H., to Weathersfield, and was by trade a carpenter, though he settled and car-
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ried on a part of the farm now occupied by Charles F. Aldrich. Our subject received only the benefits of a common school education. In politics, though originally a Whig, he afterwards acted with the Free Soil party, and upon the organization of the Republican party became one of its active members. He was deeply interested in freeing the slaves, and was one of the early exponents of anti-slavery principles. Mr. Aldrich was a civil magistrate for over twenty years, and besides holding the various town offices was a member of both branches of the Vermont Legislature. He became a member of the Baptist church in 1832, and was the first superintendent of the Sunday -school of the Per- kinsville Baptist church. On October 5, 1837, Mr. Aldrich married Mary Williams, daughter of Rufus and Esther (Gile) Atwood. She was born in Chester, July 19, 1815. By this union there were five children, four of whom died in infancy; the survivor, Maria L, married O. D. Crockett, but died in 1883. Mr. Aldrich died May 27, 1880; his wife February 21, 1885. Upon the old homestead now resides Charles Frank Aldrich, the adopted son of the above couple. He was born in Springfield, Vt., March 28, 1843, and married Abbie L., daughter of Rev. Alvah Spaulding, who was for many years pastor of the Congre- gational church at Cornish Center, N. H. They have seven children, viz .: Charles Spaulding, Willis Wood, Mary Fidelia, Jessie Marion, Fannie Maria, James Madison, and Augustus Wheeler.
B ROCKWAY, JOHN. Edward Brockway, grandfather of John, was born in Hartford, Conn., July 21, 1737, and married Mary Ely, May 1, 1760. Their children were Azuba, Mary, John N., Edward, jr., Clara, Bridget, and Lucinda. Edward Brockway's first wife died Feb- ruary 23, 1796. He married, second, February 23, 1800, Martha Mor- gan, who died August 27, 1824. He died October 5, 1828. John N. Brockway, their third child, and father of John, was born in Hartford, Vt., November 29, 1766, and married Hannah Simonds. Their children were William Ely, born February 16, 1791; Sally, born August 30, 1792 ; Linus, born August 1, 1794, died January 9, 1796; Linus, 2d, born May 17, 1796, died in 1799; Lyman, born December 5, 1798, died July, 1833 ; Desire, born November 18, 1801 ; Mary, born May 8, 1803 ; Simon, born February 11, 1806; and John, born April 21, 1807.
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All these children, except the eldest two, were born in Sharon, Vt., and all except Lyman raised families and settled in Windsor county, and with the exception of Simon, who died in Randolph, Orange county, died in Windsor county. John N. died in Hartford, October 28, 1842 ; his wife, Hannah, there in 1855. John Brockway was twelve years old when his father purchased of John Udall the farm in the east part of Pomfret and moved there from Sharon in 1819. The farm then con- sisted of 300 acres, but by subsequent purchase by John and his son Henry it now embraces 700 acres, a portion of which is in the town of Hartford. In 1836 John bought the farm of his father, and carried it on until his death. He married, first, January 1, 1834, Desire M. Simonds, of Bridgewater, born January 26, 1808, who died in Pomfret, September 2, 1844. He married, second, Ann H., daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Hawkes) Gile, September 17, 1847. She was born in Enfield, N. H., February 19, 1818. The children by the first marriage were William L., born October 21, 1837, married November 16, 1858, Lydia A. Williams. He lives in Lynn, Mass. Sarah A., born June 8, 1837, married November 9, 1860, Andrew Lamb. The latter died November 23, 1884. Mrs. Lamb makes her home with her brother, George C. Brockway. Julia A., born September 22, 1838, married, March 25, 1872, Carlos Hazen, and resides in Lowell, Mass. John S., born September 20, 1840, married November 16, 1869, Mary Gibson. He died December 31, 1871. Chil- dren by the second marriage were: Daniel G., born October 4, 1847, mar- ried June 15, 1874, Fanny Howe, of Manchester, N. H. Her father, Dr. L. B. Howe, is Professor of Anatomy in the Medical Department of Dartmouth College. Daniel G. was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1870 and from the Medical Department of New York University in 1873, settled in Lebanon, N. H., in 1874, and has practiced his profes- sion there since. George C., born September 1, 1849, married Novem- ber 8, 1881, Emma Stone, born August 12, 1860, in Hartford. He was educated in the Kimball Union Academy, Norwich Academy, and two years in the Scientific Department of Dartmouth. In 1890 he was elected representative from Hartford. He owns and carries on a farm in West Hartford. His children are John, born September 23, 1882 ; Anna Laura, born June 24, 1884; Jennie Hazen, born December 23, 1885. Henry, born April 23, 1852, married, October 18, 1883, Flora
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Doyle, of Royalton, born January 6, 1866. He prepared for college in Norwich and Kimball Academies, and was graduated from the Scientific Department of Dartmouth in 1874. He is the owner of and carries on the homestead farm. He is justice of the peace, town lister, and was the representative of the town in the State Legislature in 1888. His children are Daniel, born November 5, 1884; Andrew L., born Novem- ber 13, 1886; and William L., born April 22, 1888. John Brockway was one of Pomfret's most successful farmers. He was for many years selectman, town lister, and was town representative in the Legislature in 1870-71. He was often employed in settlement of estates, and enjoyed in the highest degree the confidence and esteem of his fellow townsmen. He died at his residence in Pomfret, January 8, 1887. His widow sur- vives him, and lives with her son, Henry, at the homestead.
C° OOK, SELDEN, is descended from Thomas Cook, who came from Johnston, R. I., to Springfield about 1795. He married Mrs. Betsey Turner, whose maiden name was Cook. They had a family of seven chil- dren, viz .: Hopestill died aged two years; Edward removed to Canada, where he died ; Oliver died in infancy ; Oliver ; Whipple died in Canada ; Otis died in Springfield; and Charlotte, who died single aged eighty years. Thomas, the pioneer settler in Windsor county, died in New York State. Oliver, mentioned above, who was the father of our subject, was born in Johnston, R. I., August 29, 1781, and married in 1804 Polly, daugh- ter of Joseph and Philadelphia (Wheeler) Bruce. Her parents were early settlers of Baltimore, Vt. They were Quakers and died the same day, and were buried in the same grave. Her grandfather was an aid on Gen- eral Washington's staff during the Revolution. Oliver and Polly (Bruce) Cook had eight children, viz .: Barna A. resides in Chester, Vt .; Selden ; Seymour O. died in Chester ; Mary Ann died single ; Franklin B. died young; Charlotte R., widow of Rev. Isaiah Shipman, lives at Lisbon, N. H .; Lewis E. died in North Springfield, Vt .; Susan B., widow of Solomon Winchester, resides in North Springfield. Oliver died August 20, 1863. Selden, of the above family, was born in North Springfield, May 4, 1808. He spent his early life on his father's farm, attending the district schools, and at the age of twenty-one commenced his mercantile life. He was for two years engaged in the shoe business at Proctorsville, Vt., after which he
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came to Springfield, and was until his death a merchant in that town. In politics originally a Whig, he joined the Republican party on its organiza- tion. Mr. Cook married, January 15, 1829, Mary, daughter of Edmund and Rachel (Barlett) Bachelder. She was born in Baltimore, Vt., Novem- ber 14, 1808. They were both members of the Congregational Church of Springfield for over forty years. They had a family of seven children : Mary Ellen, born in Cavendish, June 5, 1830, died August 6, 1832 ; Ro- sella, born in Springfield, November 21, 1833, died August 31, 1842 ; Şelden, jr., born in Springfield, December 25, 1834, died December 26, 1835 ; Ellen Maria, born in Springfield, February 7, 1840, widow of Col- onel O. S. Tuttle, resides in her native town ; George Selden, born in Springfield, September 27, 1841, lives at Bellows Falls, Vt .; Adams Per- kins, born in Springfield, October 2, 1844, died August 26, 1846; and Everett B., born in Springfield, January 30, 1852, married Jennie O. Wolfe. They have two children, Bernice May and Bruce. He is a boot and shoe merchant in Springfield Selden died January 16, 1882; his wife February 24, 1872.
D EWEY, HON. ALBERT GALLATIN, the oldest child of John and Mary (Wright) Dewey, was born in Hartford, Vt , December 16, 1805. He was a member of the seventh generation in lineal descent from Thomas Dewey, who emigrated to America in 1633 from Sand- wich, Kent, England, and settled in Dorchester, Mass. His father was a farmer of limited means and died November 23, 1833, leaving a wife and five children, three of whom were under eight years of age, to the care and support of Albert G., then eighteen years of age. His early education was of the most limited character, consisting of only a few terms' attendance at the district school. He served a full apprenticeship of three years to the carpenter's trade, and afterwards worked at that trade for several years. In 1831 he obtained employment in the ma- chine shop of Daniels & Co., builders of woolen machinery at Wood- stock, and was soon sent out by them to set up their machinery in dif- ferent places, which he followed until 1836, when he, in company with others, built the factory known as Dewey's Mills, near Quechee village, in Hartford, and commenced the manufacture of woolen goods, which he continued till his death. Mr. Dewey was always interested in every-
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thing promotive of the growth and prosperity of his section, and was a friend to all internal improvements. He was an active promoter and one of the original incorporators of the railroad from White River Junc- tion to Woodstock, and on the organization of the company was elected as a member of its board of directors. In February, 1870, he was chosen its president, which he retained till January 1, 1883, when he declined a re-election. In political life he acceptably filled all offices of trust committed to him. He represented the town of Hartford in the General Assembly in 1850-51, 1863-64. In 1858 he was elected one of the board of selectmen and held that office continuously until 1866. In 1869 he was elected State Senator from Windsor county, and was re- elected in 1870 for two years. He married, June 18, 1840, Emily, daughter of Hon. William Strong of Hartford. The issue of this mar- riage was three children, William S., John J., and Emma F., wife of Henry C. Denison, of New Bedford, Mass. Mrs. Dewey died April 23, 1875, and on August 26, 1876, he married Miss Eveline Trumbull of Hartford. Mr. Dewey possessed eminent business qualifications, was firm in his convictions, prompt and energetic in the performance of duty, frank, thoroughly conscientious, modest and deferential, genial and agreeable, by which qualities he gained the confidence of all with whom he had social or business relations. He died at Hartford, Au- gust 26, 1886.
D AVIDSON, JOHN, was born in Belfast, Me., September 9, 1776. and was the eldest of three sons of John and Mary (Lancaster) Da - vidson. His father was engaged in farming and during the boyhood of our subject removed to Windham, N. H. Mr. Davidson received only a common school education and previous to his coming of age worked on a farm. He then came to Acworth, N. H, and afterwards learnt the trade of cabinet-making at Charlestown, N. H. He followed the cabinet trade and carpentering for a number of years. During this time he in vented a churn, and afterwards a cloth-dressing machine. He commenced the manufacture of the latter article at Acworth, N. H., and in 1829 re- moved his works to Springfield to obtain better facilities for power. Mr. Davidson married Miss Abigail Prouty, who was born in Langdon, N. H., June 8, 1778. Of their eight children all but two died in infancy.
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The others were Elvira and Mary ; the latter married Amasa Woolson and died in Springfield. In religious belief Mr. Davidson was a Con- gregationalist, and in politics in his later day he affiliated with the Whigs. He died March 24, 1850, his wife April 17, 1859.
P ARKS, FREDERICK, was born in Charlestown, N. H., April 13, 1801, being the tenth child in a family of twelve children of Aaron and Anna (Jennison) Parks. He passed his life till he was twenty one years of age on his father's farm. His education was obtained at the district schools of his native town. In 1823 he came to Acworth, N. H., and learned the trade of machinist and after his marriage became a part- ner with his father-in-law, Mr. Davidson, and came to Springfield on the removal of the factory to that place in 1829. He was a practical machinist and up to the time of his death was connected with the works which he and his father-in law established at Springfield. Though an active worker in the Republican party Mr. Parks would not accept any public office, but was always interested in all improvements that tended to increase the prosperity of Springfield. A Congregationalist in relig- ious belief, he was always willing to help and encourage all enterprises for the religious benefit of his fellow citizens. Mr. Parks married No- vember 17, 1827, Elvira, daughter of John and Abigail (Prouty) Da- vidson. She was born in Acworth, N. H., May 6, 1808. They had five children, none of whom are living ; three died in infancy ; L. Milan, a member of Company E, First Vermont Cavalry, was killed during a reconnoitering expedition before Richmond, Va .; John Milton died at eighteen years of age Mr. Parks died September 28, 1877 ; his widow still survives him and resides in Springfield.
H ARLOW, HERMON W., was born in Charlestown, N. H., No- vember 16, 1835, and is the only son of Willard B. and Lucretia (Britton) Harlow. His father removed to Springfield in 1836, he being a native of that town. Our subject's education was attained at the pub- lic schools of Springfield and Windsor, and he was also a student at the Springfield Wesleyan Seminary He has been engaged in mercantile business in Springfield and New York city, but since 1865 has been a permanent resident of Springfield. A Republican in politics, he has
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been called upon to fill various positions. He was Representative from Springfield in the Legislature of 1890, and was chairman of the House committee on grand list. He has been many times moderator of the annual town meetings ; also has held the offices of town auditor, lister two years, member of the Windsor county board of education one year, was ten years committee of graded schools, and has held many other minor town and village offices. Mr. Harlow married, August 27, 1863, Miss Nettie L. Parks, the adopted daughter of Frederick Parks. They have two sons, viz: Frederick M. and Milan P.
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M ORGAN, CHARLES, was born in Bethel, Vt., July 30, 1818. (For genealogy of the Morgan family see article in this volume under title Harvey D. Morgan.) He married, September 3, 1851, Julana, daughter of Hiram and Lucinda (McWain) Hodgkins, born in Stockbridge, January 4, 1825. Her grandfather, Thomas, was a colonel in the Revolutionary War. He was a native of Connecticut, and moved from Hampton, in that State, and settled in Rochester at an early date. He married Tryphena Durkee, and reared a family of two sons and three daughters, all of whom are deceased. Colonel Thomas and his wife died in Rochester, and are buried there. Hiram, her father, born in Rochester, December 14, 1799, married Lucinda McWain, and had four children, viz: Julana; Diana, born December 23, 1827, died October 21, 1852; Jane, born August 10, 1829, was the wife of Phi- lander Baker, died in Rochester, August 4, 1869; Hiram, born August 17, 1831, married Frances, daughter of John Emerson, of Rochester. They have three children, viz .: Lana, Georgiana and Royal T. He lives in Ames, Ia. Ann B., born May 17, 1836, died October 12, 1840. Hiram her father, died January 30, 1881, in Rochester. His wife died in Bing- hamton, N. Y., March 1, 1883.
Charles Morgan received his education in the district schools of Bethel, and at an academy at East Randolph. He was clerk in stores at Bethel and Rochester in the early years of his life. He became a permanent resident of Rochester in 1830, where he engaged in general merchandising. He was postmaster for many years, and represented the town in the Legislature in 1877-78. He was State Inspector of
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Finance in 1875 and 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan had one child, Willis H., born December 30, 1852, died March 27, 1856. They have adopted one child, Jessie M., born October 19, 1868.
M ARSH, FREDERICK W., is descended from Rev. Elisha Marsh, a graduate of Harvard College, and who was pastor of a Congre- gational church at Westminster, Mass , from October 20, 1742, till 1757. He afterwards removed to Walpole, N H., and practiced law, and was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Cheshire county, N. H. He had a large family, and one of his sons, Benjamin by name, born June 7, 1754, settled in Chesterfield, N. H., about 1785. He married, in 1788, Mrs. Hannah Graves, who was born in November, 1757. Benja- min died April 17, 1811. His wife died April 12, 1819. They had a family of two sons and two daughters. Asa, their youngest son, and the father of our subject, was born April 22, 1791, and married, in 1821, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Hall. They had a family of six children. Frederick W., the fourth child and third son, was born at Chesterfield, January 14, 1831. After attending the district schools he became a student at Chesterfield Academy, where he remained till he was eighteen years of age. He then was employed by Zelatus Dickinson in the dry- goods trade at Brattleboro, Vt., with whom he remained a year. He afterwards was employed for a year by John Frost, who carried on the grocery business in the same town In 1852 Mr. Marsh went to Cali- fornia, but returning the fall of the same year he became a partner in the firm of J. L. Pierce & Co., at Londonderry, Vt. They carried on a general store, and the partnership continued till 1859. Mr. Marsh con- tinned to reside at Londonderry till the spring of 1864, when he came to Chester. In the fall of 1865 he formed a partnership with P. H. Rob- bins, which continued for 23 years. Mr. Marsh has been a life-long Democrat, having followed his father's footsteps. Though differing with a majority of his townsmen in politics, he has been called upon to fill various offices. He has held the positions of justice of the peace and town grand juryman for a number of years. He married, first, Miss Mary Jane Robinson, of Boston. His second wife was Miss Ellen M. Allen, of Boston. The issue of this marriage is one child, George F., born February 2, 1877.
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R OBERTS, WILLIAM G., was born in Sharon, Vt., July 28, 1835, the third child in a family of eight children, of John and Lydia (Gordon) Roberts. His parents died in Sharon, and of their family but three are living, Cyrus, section foreman on the Passumpsic division of the B. & M. Railroad ; Mrs. Charles H. Maxham, of Pomfret ; and Will- iam G. The latter, upon the death of his mother, then seventeen years of age, bought his time of his father, and worked on a farm about a year for Mr. Tilden, at Centerville, when he came to Hartford, Vt , as an en - ployee of the Vermont Central Railroad. He was soon promoted to a foremanship, which position he filled till 1871, when he was appointed roadmaster on the New London and Northern Railroad, being located at Palmer, Mass. He continued in the employ of this railroad for two years, when he received the appointment as roadmaster on the Passump- sic division of the B. & M. Railroad, in charge of the track from White River Junction to Lyndonville ; afterwards his supervision was extended to Sherbrook, P. Q. Mr. Roberts married, October 7, 1856, Mary A., , daughter of Joshua and Deborah (Neal) Huntoon She was born in Hartford, Vt., April 14, 1838. She has three brothers and one sister living, viz .: Neal, Francis and Sylvester, farmers living in Hartford, and Laura, widow of John Chandler, resides in Alstead, N. H. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts have four children : Josie M., born August 5, 1858, the wife of George D. Mowe, of Franklin Falls, N. H .; Lena M., born Jan- uary 7, 1861, the wife of William M. Kendall, jr., editor in Manchester, N. H .; Edith M., born July 8, 1864, the wife of Herbert H. Thayer, an employee of the B. & M. Railroad ; and Willie G., born March 10, 1869, married Alice M. Clough, of Lisbon, N. H., and is an employee of the B. & M. Railroad.
R UGG, DAVID FLETCHER, M. D., was born in Londonderry, Vt., December 15, 1852. His great-grandfather, Daniel, was born in Massachusetts, April 17, 1751 ; died in 1834. He married Sarah Bancroft, born June 4, 1754, died June 6, 1837. They moved to Hins- dale, N. H., about 1790, and died there. Elijah, the doctor's grand- father, was born in Framingham, Mass., May 3, 1775, and died at South Londonderry, Vt., September 2, 1848. He married, about 1796, Lu -
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cretia Farr, who was born December 22, 1776, at Chesterfield, N. H., and died at South Londonderry, May 26, 1857. About 1800 they lived in Baltimore, Windsor county. They had nine children, eight of whom lived to be upwards of fifty-two years. Their son, William W., father of the doctor, was born in Windham, Vt., November 4, 1810, and died in South Londonderry, August 2, 1863. He married, February II, 1836, at Londonderry, Rachel Dodge, who was born in Andover, Vt., November 18, 1814, and died at South Londonderry, July 29, 1871. They had five children, as follows : William Henry, born in South Lon- donderry, April 9, 1838, married Fannie M. Webster, at Wallingford, April 6, 1870. William H. is the present clerk of the town of Weath- ersfield, Vt. Elijah Francis, born in South Londonderry, February I, 1840, married Mrs. Harriet Augusta Buxton, at Bellows Falls, Vt., De - cember 31, 1868, who died at South Londonderry, November, 1889. Rachel Lucretia, born in South Londonderry, March 6, 1843, married Charles Hamilton, January, 1862. John Quincy Adams, born in South Londonderry, August 4, 1847, married Mary Louisa Kirby, at Burling- ton, Vt., October 18, 1871. Dr. David Fletcher, their youngest child, after the district school of his native place, attended the West River, Chester and Black River Academies. He began teaching when fifteen years of age, and taught the winter schools in Winhall, Shaftsbury, Lud- low and Weathersfield, from 1868-76. While engaged in teaching he also prosecuted the study of medicine. After studying with Dr. William F. Eddy, of Londonderry, he attended his first course of lect- ures at the Medical Department of Vermont University, his second course in the Medical Department of Dartmouth in the fall of 1875, and was graduated from the first named college June 27, 1876. He was valedictorian of his class, and received the faculty prize for the best thesis. In August, 1876, he commenced the practice of his profession in Hartland, where he has continued ever since. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Vermont State Medical Society, the White River Valley Medical Association and the Connecticut River Valley Medical Society. He was a member of the Ninth International Medical Congress, held at Washington, D. C., in 1887. He was vice- president of the Vermont Medical Society in 1883. He has been chair-
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