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Marcus Clifford married Lucy, daughter of Luther Nourse, October 13, 1845, and resided a short time with his father; but after changing his residence several times in this town, he removed to Sudbury where he now resides.
Marshall J. Wood purchased of Elhanan S. Winslow, one undivided half of the Kingsley place, consisting of the tannery and twenty-five acres of land. The deed bears date December 15, 1844, and is in consideration of seven hundred dollars. In this purchase was included the east house, the other having before been deeded to N. S. Warner. On the 15th of April following, he married Emeline, daughter of Samuel Warner, and located on the place above mentioned. There in company with Mr. Warner, he carried on tanning and shoemaking. On the 26th of October 1846, he sold his share of this property to his partner in business, N. S. Warner, and on the 1st of April, 1848, he purchased of John Betts a part of what was
* This was the farm first settled by David Crippen, and it was afterwards the home of his son Darius.
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SAMUEL NOURSE-J. H. PEABODY-JAMES KELLOGG.
known as the Gardner Powers farm, lying south of Simeon Gilbert's-now Abner T. Raynold's. He resided on this farm till 1855, when he purchased the south part of the Doolittle farm* on which he now resides.
Samuel S. Nourse, born Feb. 27, 1823, son of Luther, married Mary Wood, October 30, 1845, and located on the Woodruff place where he now resides. For a few years he operated the Woodruff saw-mill, but it soon went to decay. Recently, however, he has built a substantial dam and a new mill.
Joseph Holt Peabody located here in 1845. He is a son of Daniel Peabody,t who was born in Andover, Mass., and married Betsey Holt, who was born in Wilton, N. H. Their children were Isaac, Merriam, Betsey D., Abigail, Dorotha, Eliza Ann, Joseph Holt, Putnam D. and Angeline. The parents died in Andover, Vt., where the most of their wedded life was spent. Joseph Holt was born in Andover, Vt., and married, November 27, 1845, Lydia R. Woodbury, who was born in Wendell, Mass., December 11, 1817. They located on the farm now owned by Frank B. Barnes where they resided till November, 1858, when Mr. Peabody bought of William Manley the place in Hitchcockville which he now occupies. He is a merchant by occupation, and he is an industrious and enterprising citizen.
James Kellogg, born December 6, 1822, son of Samuel H., married Esther Ann, daughter of Joseph Tottingham, April 22, 1846, and located on the home farm with his parents. He died of a tumor on the brain, July 2, 1850.
Joel Nourse, son of Luther, married Lucia Bassett, August 26, 1846. After residing some time with his father, he
* Mr. Wood's farm was formerly included with the farm now owned by G. N. Eayres, and the first improvements on it were made by Joel Doolittle, who mar- ried Betsey, daughter of Isaac Buck.
t Daniel Peabody was the son of Isaac, of Salem, Mass.
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removed to Chittenden where he remained a few years, and then moved to the State of Wisconsin.
Austin Chingreau, a native of Canada, married Margaret Billings of Brandon, Nov. 29, 1846. They resided some years on a part of what was the Spencer place-the first south of the present Town Farm-but in 1865, he sold that place and removed to the west side of the Creek, where he now occupies. the Samuel Crippen farm.
Joseph Wolcott, born in Brandon, March 29, 1802, son of Oliver, married, April 4, 1846, Samantha Dimick, who was born in Pittsford, January 23, 1815. They located on the Dimick farm which Mr. Wolcott purchased of the heirs of Leonard Dimick. Mr. Wolcott has continued to occupy and improve this farm.
Edwin Lester, son of Timothy, married Martha E., daugh- ter of Samuel Mead, and located in the house which was built. for, and, for a time, occupied by Charles Kellogg. He was a. shoemaker, and for some time worked in Sturges Penfield's old store, but in 1848, he purchased the lot now owned by E. B. Watkins, and built the house and shop now on the same.
German Hendee, son of German F., was born in Pittsford, Nov. 10, 1822, married Sarah A., daughter of Samuel Smith, April 22, 1846, and resided some years on the Benjamin Stevens farm, where his father had resided some years before. In 1859, in company with his younger brother, Lafayette, he bought the Buck farm on which they now reside.
Joseph B. Tottingham, son of Joseph, was born in Pitts- ford, December, 11, 1820, married Caroline S. Hall, August 12, 1846, and located on his father's farm, where he died Nov. 21, 1853.
Jeremiah Cooley Powers located here in 1847. He was the son of Richard M. Powers, and was born December 7, 1820, and married, February 17, 1847, Jane A. Rogers, who was born in Whitefield, N. H., January 3, 1827. They resided for
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WILLIAM NICOLL-H. B. CHITTENDEN-A. N. LOVELAND.
a time on the paternal homestead, but afterwards Mr. Powers bought of his brother, Daniel, the Kendall farm on which he now resides.
William Nicoll, a cabinet maker, is the son of Alexander Nicoll, of Scotland, whose early lite was spent in the service of his country as a member of the Royal Artillery. William was born in Kinross, Scotland, July 21, 1809, came to Canada in company with his father, when only five years of age, and has remained in America since then, with the exception of one or two short visits to his native land. He came to Pittsford in 1839, married Sophronia, daughter of Luther Nourse, Septem- ber 14, 1847, and located on what was a part of the Jirah Barlow estate. The house he first occupied is now his cabinet shop, and he built his present house in 1860.
Hiram B. Chittenden of London, Mich., married Saloma Andrews, May 30, 1844, and located at the West, but returned to Pittsford, in 1847, and leased the Jeremiah Powers farm, or that part of it now owned by E. M. Bailey, for the term of five years. At the expiration of this period he bought the Drury farm on which he resided till 1868, when he sold it to the heirs of Austin Andrews, and returned to the West where he now resides.
Aaron Nelson Loveland, son of Robert, was born in Pitts- ford, October 6, 1819, and married, February 18, 1847, Harriet E. Davis, of Chester, who was born November 14, 1824. They reside on the Barnes farm,* which Mr. Loveland pur- chased of Thomas D. Hall. He has repaired the house and made many improvements on the farm.
Charles M. Winslow, son of Job, was born in Pittsford, March 1, 1823, married Nancy E. Smith, of Rutland, Jan. 5, 1848, and located on the Rice farm, now owned by Ransom Burditt. Job Winslow's mother, after the death of her husband,t married Peter Rice, who was the father of Elder
* This was first improved and occupied by John Barnes, Sen.
t The Christian name of her first husband has not been obtained.
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Anthony Rice, who, after the death of Job Winslow, adopted his son, Charles M., as his legal heir, so that after the death of Elder Rice, young Winslow inherited his farm. He occupied it till April, 1864, when he sold it to Ransom Burditt. After remaining in town another year, Mr. Winslow removed to Brockport, N. Y., where he now resides.
Charles Hitchcock, son of Chapman, was born in Pittsford in 1822, and married, in 1848, Sarah J. Merrill, who was born in West Rutland in 1823. They located on the paternal home- stead where they now reside. Mr. Hitchcock is a man of sound judgment and nice discrimination, is careful and consid- erate in all his business transactions, and exerts a strong influ- ence in the political and religious affairs of the town. Some years since he took an active part in the military organizations of the town, and held a captain's commission, the title of which he still retains.
Thomas Denny Hall, son of David, was born in Pittsford, August 2, 1823, married March 22, 1848, Susan, born July 1, 1828, daughter of Asher Burditt, and resided some months on the farm now occupied by his brother, Dan K. Hall. At this time his father resided on the John Barnes farm, west of Otter Creek; and it was arranged that Thomas D. and his younger brother, Norman Perry, should take that farm, and that their father should locate on the Fassett farm, east of the Creek. This arrangement was carried out, and afterwards the two sons divided the Barnes farm, Norman P. taking the north and Thomas D. the south part of it. The south part included the Potter place, and Thomas D. occupied the old Potter house till he built his new house in 1860.
Benjamin Franklin Winslow, son of Dr. Kenelm, was born September 19, 1810, and having a thirst for knowledge, the most of his early life was spent at school. Having obtained a good education he proceeded to the South, where he taught school several years. After returning to his native town he
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WILLIAM MITCHELL-H. F. LOTHROP.
married, July 20, 1848, Mary W. Granger, daughter of Elijah Brown, and located on the Granger farm,* where they resided till 1864, when Mr. Winslow removed to the City of Wash- ington where he had received an appointment as clerk in the War Department of the U. S. Government.
William Mitchell, son of Abiel, was born in Chittenden, January 13, 1809, married Cynthia Forgan, of Bethel, Decem- ber 4, 1828, and resided in Chittenden the most of the time till 1848, when he removed to Pittsford and located on the farm which had been, for some time, the residence of his father, who died in September of that year. Mr. Mitchell enlarged the place by additional purchases, and all the buildings on it have been constructed by him.
Members of the Lothrop family are found among the early and honored settlers of Massachusetts. Capt. Thomas Lothrop acted a conspicuous part in the Pequot war, and in the war with King Philip. He was also with Capt. Beers in his fight with the Indians, on the 26th of August, 1775, near Northfield; but at the head of about ninety men, "the flower of Essex County," he was ambushed by the Indians and slain with almost the whole of his company .; Henry F., of Pittsford, has descended from Edmund, who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., married Bettie Howard, of Easton, and located in the latter town. Their children were Edmund, Howard and Cyrus. Howard was born in December, 1776. When a young man he invested; some property in what was then known as the Keith furnace, in Pittsford, and by a combination of circum- stances, the whole of the furnace establishment eventually came into his hands. As the result of this he came here and superintended the furnace business nearly twelve years, though he never made Pittsford his home. About the year 1809, he
* This farm had been purchased by Edward Granger, Mrs. Winslow's former husband, before his death.
t Capt. Lothrop belonged in Beverly.
# The investment was first made by his father.
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transferred the furnace property to Gibbs & Co., and after- wards spent but little time in this town. He married, in 1804, Sarah Williams, who was born in Easton in 1786. They located in that town, and both died there: Mr. Lothrop, August 20, 1857; Mrs. Lothrop, in June, 1867. Their children were Edwin H., Thomas C., Sarah, Edward, George Van Ness, Henry F., Cyrus, De Witt C. and Horace A. Henry F. was born in Easton, March 1, 1820, and came to Pittsford, April 12, 1844, to take charge of some real and personal property in which his father had made considerable investment. Mr. Lothrop, Sen., at this time or soon after, owned the real estate now belonging to William B. Shaw, Levi Woolson, Luke Osgood, Henry W. Merrill and Edward Phalen, as well as the Jirah Barlow property. Henry F. built the house he now occupies in 1846, and on the 5th of October, 1848, married Eleanor B., daughter of Sturges Penfield, and located in his new house. He is a man of ability and great energy, and takes mnuch interest in the civil and political affairs of the town.
Michael Phalen was born in Urlingford, Kilkenny Co., Ireland, married Mary Forgarty, and settled in his native town where he resided till 1848, when he came to America with his family, and soon after located in Pittsford. He worked about one year in the furnace, and died March 6, 1849. His widow and two sons still reside in this town.
Paschal Whitaker located here in 1848. He is the youngest son of David Whitaker, who was born in Massachusetts, Janu- ary 26, 1767, married Anna Beach, who was born August 3, 1771. They located in West Windsor, Vt., and had the following children, viz .: David, Ira, Nancy, Marshall, John, David, 2d., George, Reuben, Chancy, Lydia, Caroline and Paschal .* The last was born March 9, 1817, married Mary
* David Whitaker, the father, died in Pittsford, Sept. 24, 1852. Anna, the mother, died in Bethel, April 21, 1867.
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AUSTIN ANDREWS-SIDNEY P. GRISWOLD.
Bidwell, of Covington, N. Y., September 6, 1842, and located .in Bethel, Vt. On the 28th of October, 1847, in company with Winslow G. Fish, Mr. Whitaker bought of Edward D. Brown the carriage shop which had been owned by Mr. Rock- wood. On the 23d of February, 1848, he bought of William F. Manley the Rockwood house and lot, and on the 10th of March following, he removed his family from Bethel to this town, and worked at carriage-making in company with Mr. Fish. In 1850, Mr. Whitaker sold a house-lot to Mr. Fish, who built the house a few rods east of the Rockwood house. In 1868, Mr. Fish sold his interest in the shop to Mr. Whitaker, and not long afterwards he sold his house to Simeon Gilbert and removed to Rutland. Mr. Whitaker now works at his trade, in a new shop which he has built a few rods north of his house.
Austin Andrews, son of Nathaniel K., was born December 8, 1827, married Lucy J. Richardson, April 4, 1849, and located on the home farm with his parents, where he resided till 1852, when he purchased, December 16th, of S. H. Kellogg and Jeffrey Barnes, the north part of the Drury farm. This part of the farm had been set off to A. J. Tiffany, who had married a daughter of Deacon Calvin Drury. Mr. Andrews resided a few years in the house that had been occupied by Mr. Tiffany-the old Drury house-which stood but a few rods north of the house recently occupied by Mr. Chittenden, but built the new house-the one now owned by Nehemiah Barnes-in 1858. He removed to Whitehall in 1866, where he died, July 2, 1868. Mrs. Andrews and children now reside on the Drury farm in this town.
Sidney P. Griswold, from Whiting, was for some time employed as elerk in the store of Addison Buck. He married Mrs. Elvira L. (Hendee) Smith, December 19, 1849, and located on the Amherst Lee farm, which had been owned by Mrs. Griswold's former husband, John W. Smith. Mr. Gris-
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wold died on that farm, February 2, 1862, aged fifty-two years. In 1866, Mrs. Griswold sold the farm to James R. Smith and removed to Brandon, where she now resides.
James Bucknam is the son of Benoni, who was born in Malden, Mass., August 24, 1767, and married, in June, 1793, Elizabeth Floyd, who was born in Boston, in June, 1 773. They located in New Ipswich, N. H., where their son James, was born, October 11, 1811. He became a tanner and currier, a trade he learned in Keene; and on the 17th of July, 1838, he married Mehitable Pratt, who was born October 10, 1810. They located in Rutland, Vt., where Mrs. Mehitable Bucknam died, July 20, 1844. Mr. Bucknam married Almira Dunklee, November 28, 1844, and in 1849, they removed to this town and resided nine years in Samuel A. Brown's house. In 1858, Mr. Bucknam bought the buildings and a part of the land then owned by Amos Crippen, and on this place he has since resided.
Franklin Burditt, son of Asher, was born August 18, 1826, and married, October 4, 1849, Susan Elmira Dike, who was born in Stockholm, N. Y., May 28, 1825. They located on the home farm-the Harris Bogue farm which had been pur- chased, and for some time occupied by Asher Burditt-and on this they still reside. Mr. Burditt is one of the most thrifty farmers in the town.
Michael O'Donnel located in this town in 1849. He is the son of Thomas O'Donnel, and was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1805. He came to America in June, 1846, and soon after- wards to Pittsford. He married, August, 1849, Mary Mehen, who was also born in Limerick. Mr. O'Donnel had no per- manent residence till September, 1860, when he bought the farm he now occupies. He has erected new buildings and greatly improved the farm.
Charles D. Brown, son of Elijah, was born March 17, 1819, married, September 26, 1849, Jane, E., daughter of Dr.
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George B. Armington, and resided a short time at Furnace Village. He had purchased of George Hodges, in 1847, an interest in the Furnace property, and for a few years he was engaged in business connected with it. Not long after his marriage, however, he removed to Providence, R. I., and thence to Augusta, Maine, and afterwards to Portland ; but he returned to Pittsford in 1863. In 1864, he was appointed- by the Rutland & Burlington Railroad Company-ticket agent at Rutland. He removed his family to that town, entered at once upon the duties of his appointment, and continued in the faithful discharge of them till he was stricken down by disease which terminated in death Nov. 29, 1869.
David Hall, the fourth son of Elias, located here in 1849. He was born in Chittenden, March 15, 1813, and April 18, 1842, he married Eliza Kimball, who was born in Pittsfield, March 11, 1816. They located in Castleton, where they resided till they removed to this town. The place they occupied here was purchased of Amos Crippen. They removed to the State of Iowa in 1871.
For some years previous to 1840, a degree of doubt had been entertained respecting the boundaries of the public lots ; the ancient marks had become obliterated, and it was feared that these lots had been encroached upon by men who owned adjoining lands. In order to remove the doubt upon this sub- ject, the Selectmen were directed, at the annual meeting in March, 1839, to "resurvey and restore the ancient lines and boundaries of these lots." At the annual meeting in March, 1840, a written report was made and accepted, which may be found upon the town records of that year, and signed by
DAVID HALL, JEFFREY BARNES, Selectmen. CALEB HENDEE, Surveyor."
The rebuilding of the Mead bridge had, in conformity to a vote of the town, been put under contract, and it was now in
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process of construction* by Abraham Owen and Nicholas and Daniel C. Powers.
At a special town meeting, July 21, 1840, " the Selectmen made the following statement and report, to wit .: That they had drawn orders, in pursuance to contract, on the Town Treasury, to the amount of three hundred and forty-one dol- lars for payment in part for the building of the Bridge near Jeffrey Barnes', and that there are no funds in the Treasury to meet the same."
" Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the some of three hundred and fifty dollars for this contingency, if the same can be loaned for an interest not exceeding 12 per cent per annum."
At an adjourned meeting, Sept. 1, 1840, " The Selectmen stated that they had not been able to obtain the money wanted by loan as they were instructed, but they could get it at the Bank for 60 days.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized and directed to make a tax on the Grand List of 1839, of 2} cents on the dollar, to be collected and paid into the treasury forthwith, to defray the expenses of the Town."
At a meeting held January 25, 1841, The town " voted the Selectmen be instructed to build the Bridge near Deming Gorham's, in the summer of 1841, and the Bridge near Judge Hammond's, in the summer of 1842.
Voted to appoint a committee of four persons to advise with the Selectmen, to advise as to the kind of Bridges best to be built.
Chose NATHAN D. CLIFFORD, DAVID RICHARDSON, The above Committee."
JOHN ROCKWOOD, ABRAHAM OWEN,
* This was the bridge now standing, and was the first lattice bridge built over the Creek.
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The subject of purchasing a town farm came up for the first time at the annual meeting in March, 1842. The record is as follows :
"Voted that the selectmen be authorized to purchase a farm upon which to support the Town poor, as in their discre- tion they think expedient, and for the interest of said Town; with authority to consult other towns on the subject, and that so much of the surplus deposit money of this town as should be needed in such purchase, shall be called in and appropriated to that object."
At the annual meeting in March, 1846, the town limited the compensation of the Selectmen and Listers as follows :
" Voted to allow the Selectmen not to exceed the sum of ten dollars each for their services.
Voted to pay the Listers not to exceed five dollars each."
In the year 1846, we find the first record of a school teach- er's license, which was made in conformity to the law at that time. The following are specimens of many found upon the records :
State of Vermont, ) PITTSFORD, April 25, 1846. Rutland County, ss. This certifies that Miss has this day been examined and is found qualified to instruct in Spelling, Reading, Writing and Geography, and satisfactory evidence being given that she sustains a good moral character, she is hereby Licensed to teach school in the Town of Pittsford for the term of one year from this date.
LEVI SMITH,
Superintendent of Com. Schools for the Town of Pittsford.
May 12, 1846. Received on Record.
Attest, S. H. KELLOGG, T. Clerk." April 20, 1846.
"State of Vermont,
Rutland County, ss. > has this day been examined and is found qualified to instruct in Spelling, Reading, Writing, Geog-
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raphy, Arithmetic, Grammar and Composition, and satisfactory evidence being given that she sustains a good moral character, she is hereby Licensed to teach school in the Town of Pitts- ford for the term of one year from this date.
THOMAS H. PALMER,
Superintendent of Com. Schools for the County of Rutland.
May 14, 1846. Received on Record.
Attest, S. H. KELLOGG, T. Clerk."
At the annual meeting in March, 1847, The following Resolution was offered and passed, viz .: "Resolved, That Jeffrey A. Randall and Henry Simonds be authorized by the Town to procure the erection of suitable fences around the burying grounds of the town at the expense of the Town, and that the said Randall and Simonds be authorized to confer with the persons having leases of the said grounds and make such arrangements with them as they deem suitable, for bring- ing the superintendance of said grounds under the care of the Town, and then they take such superintendance, and that all cattle, horses, sheep, and such animals as may trample down the graves, destroy the shrubbery planted, or injure the grave- stones, shall not be allowed to be pastured or to run at large within the enclosures of said burying grounds."
At the annual meeting in March, 1848, the town "Voted to give the Selectmen ten dollars each, and no more, for their services for the year ensuing. Chose Jeffrey Barnes First Constable and Collector of Town and School Taxes which he agreed to do for fifty dollars."
" All the inhabitants of the Town of Pittsford who are legal voters in Town or Freemen's meetings, are hereby noti- fied and warned to meet at the Town Room in said Town on Tuesday, the 6th day of March next, at one o'clock P. M., for the purpose of voting License or No License in conformity
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with an act of the Legislature of this State, passed Nov. 3, 1846.
JEFFREY BARNES, DAVID HALL, Selectmen.
ORLIN SMITH,
Pittsford, Feb. 22, 1849.
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Pittsford who are voters in Town and Freemen's meetings legally warned and holden on the first Tuesday of March, A. D., 1849, for the purpose of voting License and No License for the year ensuing, the votes being publicly sorted, counted and declared, are as follows :
The No. of votes for License are 28
The No. of votes for No License 212
A true Record,
Attest, S. H. KELLOGG, T. Clerk."
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CHAPTER XIII.
Immigrants or Settlers and their Locations continued ; Purchase of a Town Farm; First train of Cars in the Town; Controversy about the Roads to and from the Depot; Establishment of the same ; Result of the first Experiment with a Town Farm. 1850-1860.
Jonathan Tilson, son of Jonathan, located in this town in 1850. He married Adeline Jackson, Feb. 12, 1850, and soon after settled on the place where he now resides. The house he occupies was built by Otis Clapp, who resided in it a short time. It was afterwards owned by the following persons in succession, viz .: Joel Tedder, Joseph Parker, Ansel Jenkins, George W. Barnard, Carlos A. Hitchcock and Jonathan Tilson.
Eliab Randall, son of Moses, was born in Chittenden, Aug. 31, 1819, and married Rachel Amelia Trowbridge, of Stanford, N. Y., June 16, 1850. He located at Furnace Village, where he was employed by the Pittsford Iron Company. In 1865, he purchased the Armington* property, near the furnace, and occupied it. In 1867, he enlarged and repaired the house, and, as the result, he had a convenient and pleasant residence. Mr. Randall died in 1871.
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