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V. NELSON, res. Townshend, and Newfane, Vt. ; m. Emeline Putnam ; he d. Newfane.
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vi. AUGUSTA, m. Col. Samuel B. Wells of Athens, Vt. ; she d. Brattle- boro, Vt.
vii. MARY, d. young.
BOWTELL
GEORGE LOUISI (son of Josiah ), b. Charlestown, N. H., May 29, IS26; rem. early to B. F., and was a locomotive engineer between B. F. and Fitch- burg, on the Cheshire R. R., 34 yrs. ; m. Nov. 20, 1843, Mary A. Wise, b. Troy, N. H., May 21. 1827 ; he d. B. F., Aug. 17, 1899: she res. B. F.
Children :
i. MARY J.,2 b. Fitchburg, Mass., July 4, 1848; m. George B. Wheeler. ( See Wheeler.)
ii. IDA L., b. Feb. 16, 1853; d. Apr. S, 1855.
iii. GEORGE AUGUSTUS, b. Keene, N. H., Oct. 2, 1854 ; a passenger con- ductor between B. F. and Boston : m. at Rutland, Vt., July 23, IS78, Nettie L. Sanderson : res. B. F. Child: 1. Blanche Gertrude, 3 b. Nov. IS, ISSO: m. Arthur II. Fuller, druggist ; res. B. F .; no children.
iv. WILL E., b. B. F., June 26, 1864; employee of laundry ; res. B. F. ; unm.
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JOSIAHI (s. of Josiah), b. Charlestown, N. H., Mar. 17, 1816; was stage driver in early days between B. F., Charlestown and Keene : one of the first passenger conductors on the Rutland R. R., and later agent at B. F., was employed by the road over 40 years ; a warden of Immanuel chh. ; m. Apr. 30, IS39, Phoebe P. Downer, b. Newbury, Vt., d. at B. F., Nov. 5, IS92 ; he d. at B. F., May S, ISS9.
Children :
i. ALICE,2 b. July 15, 1842 : m. Sept. 26, 1872, Isaac Whitby : res. San Francisco, Cal. ; she died Dec. 28, ISS9. Children : 1. M. Alice, 3 b. Oct. 27, 1875 ; m. Sept. 27, 1896, Arthur Lewis ; res. San Fran- cisco, Cal. Child : Marjorie.4 2. Perley B., b. June 24, 1877 ; res. San Francisco ; unm. 3. Hattie E., b. July 27, 1879 ; m. May 15, 1900, Charles II. Tewksbury ; res. Utica, N. Y. Child : Eliza- beth,4 b. Apr. 19, 1902. 4. Henry J., b. July 11, ISS3 ; res. San Francisco.
ii. HENRY E., b. Jan. 10, IS45 ; railroad agent ; m. Apr. 10, 1872, Mary A. Waite ; res. B. F. : no children.
iii. HATTIE E., b. July 2, 1848; m. June 18, 1872, Charles Averill; res. Fitchburg, Mass. Child: 1. Volney G.,3 b. Jan. 20, IS73; m. Nov. 11. 1893, Elizabeth Blake; res. Fitchburg. Children : i. Henry Josiah.4 ii. James Oscar. iii. Charles Volney. iv. Fran- cis. v. Alice.
iv. WILLIE E., b. May S, 1852 : drowned in canal at B. F., Apr. 12, 1856. v. FREDDIE J., b. July 15, 1859 : d. July 10, 1863.
BRIDGMAN
JABEZ DELANO (s. of Dr. Benjamin II. Bridgman of Grafton, Vt.), b. there June 10, 182S : received academic education ; studied law in the offices of Charles I. Walker and George B. Kellogg, in S. R., and B. F. ; admitted to bar in 1851, and practised law continuously in B. F., until his death, which occurred Apr. 7, 1887. He was stricken with paralysis in his office two days before.
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He was a prominent citizen of the town, representing it in the legislature in 1857-8; a member of the Senate in ISSo-1, and served on the committee upon revision of the statutes ; a justice of the peace many years, and state's attorney of Windham county a number of terms.
He enlisted in the. 16th Vt. Regt. in '62; was appointed adjutant ; re- signed in '63, and resumed his practice here.
He m. Oct. 18, 1854, Sarah E., dau. of William Conant of B. F., b. Walpole, N. H., Oct. 19, 1828, d. Dec. 9, 1902, at B. F. ; no children.
BROWN
GEORGE A.7 (James S.,6 Capt. Thomas,5 Lieut. Bowman,4 Daniel,3 Joseph,2 John, 1 who came to Massachusetts from Scotland in 1629), b. Plymouth, Vt., Nov. 24, 1854 ; grad. Dartmouth college and Harvard Law school; prin- cipal of B. F. H. S., 1878 to ISSI ; admitted to Windham county bar in 1881 ; practised in B. F. until 1890, when he rem. to Everett, Mass. Res. there now and has law offices in that city and Boston. He transacted extensive real estate business while in B. F., and "Brown St." was named for him; was chairman of board of village bailiffs ; chairman of school board and superin- tendent of schools ; Grand Worthy Patriarch of Sons of Temperance of Ver- mont ; delegate to the National Anti-Saloon Republican Convention in Chi- cago; is an official and attorney of the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank ; m. July 18, 1877 Flora E., dau. of Edson X. Pierce of Springfield, Vt.
Children :
i. NELSON PIERCE,8 b. May 13, 1878; m. Margaret, dau. of Prest. Tuc- ker of Dartmouth, June II, 1903 ; grad. Dartmouth college and Harvard Law school; is associated with his father in the practice of law in Everett and Boston ; res. Everett, Mass. Child : 1. Char- lotte Rogers,9 b. Jan. 23, 1905.
ii. RUTH, b. Dec. 1, 1SS2 ; m. Frederick E. Godfrey, Oct. 3, 1905; res. Everett, Mass.
iii. JAMES BARRETT, b. Mar. 3, 1885 ; a student at Dartmouth college.
BROCKWAY
JONATHAN,1 b. Lyme, Conn., Feb. 25, 1766; m. Mary Proctor, of East Washington, N. H., Feb. 24, 1789; d. May, 1847. She d. at East Washing- ton, Mar. 7, 1872, ae. 101 yrs. II mo., 23 days. They had fourteen or fifteen children. Of these, four brothers and one sister came to Rockingham from East Washington, N. H.
Children :
i. JONATHAN,2 came during the '20s and settled on the farm since known as the " John Roundy place " near Lawrence Mills.
ii. ZEBAH, a few years later than Jonathan came and bought the mills previously known as " Emery's Mills " and a farm near by. He d. Sept. S, 1866; in. Priscilla Ingalls at East Washington. She d. Nov. 11, 1891, ae 71 years. They had one son ; Mason Carr,3 b. Oct. 31, 1828; a blacksmith at the mills; m. Laura E. Smith, of R., b. Nov. 4, 1844, d. June 22, ISS7. Ile d. Apr. 19, 1SS2. Chil- dren : I. Charles H.,+ b. Apr. 25, 1859; res. White Springs, N. Y. 2. Lucy J., b. Aug 13, 1861: m. Sidney Howard. 3. George F., b. Dec. 7, 1864; m. and res. Baldwinsville, Mass. 4. Sarah E., b. Nov. 10, 1866. 5. David A., b. July 16, 1869 ; m. - Pen-
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niman. 6. John M., b. Feb. 18, 1870. 7. Fred E., b. Dec. 19, 1875 : m. and res. Cornish, N. II. S. Nancy H., b. Mar. 1, 1876. 9. Norman R., b. Sept. 25, 1882 ; res. B. F.
iii. RAYMOND, came from East Washington, purchased an interest in the mills with his brother Zebah, and later purchased the entire plant which he sold to Mr. Nourse. Lived later at North Spring- field, Vt. ; d. at East Washington. He m. Hitty Ingalls. One child : d. young.
iv. JESSE P., came to B. F. in 1830, worked in Canal Co.'s saw-mill until 1850, except 1837 to 1841, when res. So. Charlestown, N. H. ; in company with Dr. Samuel Nichols in drug store until 1852 ; then worked for railroads and as a house carpenter. He was b. East Washington, N. H., May 3, 1813: m. Jan. 6, 1836, Mary Pratt, b. Reading, Vt., Feb. 22, 1811, d. Newbury, N. H., Nov. 12, 1900 ; he d. B. F., Apr. 13. 1887. Children : 1. Julia Ann,3 b. June 27, 1837 : d. Mar. 15, 1840. 2. Louisa MI., b. So. Charlestown, N. II., Dec. 20, 1838: m. David A. Jennison, Feb. 13, 1862; res. Enfield, Mass. Child : Norman E.,+ d. young. 3. Norman S., b. So. Charlestown, N. H., Mar. 13, 1841. Brought to B. F. when six months of age and has res. here since. Was house carpenter, then an armorer at Springfield, Mass. After Civil war, established a gun shop here on Atkinson street. Has been a well-known sur- veyor and has real estate investments at Lake Sunapee, N. H .; unm. 4. Alanson P., b. B. F., Oct. 15, 1846; d. Jan., 1897. 5. Carrie A., b. Mar. 21, 1852 ; m. Lester W. Porter : res. Fitchburg, Mass. Child : Mary A.,+ b. Mar. 13, 1892.
V. SUSANNA P., twin sister of Jesse P., b. May 3, 1813: m. William Durant, Apr. 7, 1845; res. Saugus, Mass. Children : 1. Ellen, 3 m -- Johnson. 2. Clark. drowned in canal about 1852, ae. 10. 3. Charles, d. Windham, Vt., about 1875, ae. about 24 yrs. ; unm. 4. Julia. m. Henry Fisher of Cambridgeport, Vt. : res. Clay Centre, Kan., and has two or three children. 5. Lucy, m. Amasa W. Lamson of Peru, Vt .; res. Saugus, Mass. Child : Minnie.+
BURT
BENJAMIN5 ( Asahel.4 Joseph,3 David,2 Henry!), b. Northfield, Mass., May 10, 1740 : came to the vicinity of B. F. about 1760 and became owner of a square mile of land, located in the southeast corner of R. and the northeast corner of Westminster. This land extended on the Connecticut river a half mile north and south of the town line between R. and Westminster, and one mile west, and is now covered by the villages of B. F. and North Westmins- ter. His home was near the mouth of Saxtons river on its northerly side. In later years he erected a large dwelling on the site of his first dwelling. The second was known in more recent years as the " Five Nations," and was burned Sept. 2, 1SS2. Near this dwelling he built the first saw and grist-mill on Saxtons river. Ile was prominent in all local affairs of the vicinity ; served in the French and Indian war as a member of the expedition to Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1759, and in the army that marched to Montreal in 1760; commissioned under King George III. of England by Gov. Tryon of N. Y. as "Capt. of a Company of Foot in the township of Westminster " in 1774, and retained his connection with the government of that province late enough to be termed a " Tory ;" was present in his official capacity at the Westminster massacre, Mar. 13, 1775, and was the next day arrested by the Liberty men and imprisoned three or four days : was treasurer of Cumberland county in 1775
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when the jail at Westminster was built ; came over to the Liberty party about 17So and afterwards took an active part with them. In 17SI a protest signed by fifty citizens of R., is recorded as presented to Gov. Chittenden and the State Council against the appointment of Benj. Burt as judge of the county, but he received the appointment and served in that capacity eighteen years. He was quartermaster of the Regt. of Vt. troops sent to Guilford to subdue the Tories in 1784, serving under Gen. Ethan Allen. His home was just over the line in Westminster and he represented that town in the legislatures of 1781-'86-'96-'97-'98 and was a member of the governor's council in 1799 and 1 Soo, taking a prominent part in all public affairs during those years. When his large dwelling, above referred to, was erected, a hall was finished in the second story in which he held justice court a number of years. In later life he came to the home of his son-in-law, Solomon Ilapgood, in B. F., located at the present corner of Westminster and Hapgood streets. Here he passed his last years and d. June 10, 1835 at the ripe age of 95 yrs.
He m. Mary, dau. of Deacon Samuel Root of Westminster, Vt., b. 1741, d. in B. F., Dec. IS, 1831.
Children :
I. i. LEONARD,6 m. Ist Sarah Fay ; m. 2d - Whitney.
ii. AZUBAII, b. 1771 ; m. Solomon Hapgood. (Sce Hapgood.)
I. LEONARD,6 was at one time raftsman on the Connecticut river, and extremely tall ; was over 90 yrs. old at death ; he m. Ist Sarah Fay, of Hard- wick, Mass .; m. 2d - Whitney.
Children by Ist wife :
i. CHARLES,7 b. in B. F., 1791 ; prominent resident of Rutland, mer- chant, postmaster, and in 1815 was one of the owners of the Rutland Herald, and of an extensive job printing office; m. in ISII, Johanna Jones, b. Weathersfield, Vt., 1790, d. 1860; he d. Rutland, 1860. Children : 1. Charles Fay,8 b. Claremont, N. H., 1812, d. Rutland, 1868. 2. Helen, b. Rutland, Dec. 4, 1815; d. Rutland, Mar. 9, 1899. 3. Henry (twin brother of Helen), d. in New Orleans, 1837. 4. Mary, b. 1817; m. Miner Hilliard, of Rutland. 5. George, b. 1819; was mayor of St. Augustine, Fla., after the Civil war; invested in lands now covered by the city of Palatka, Fla., and became wealthy. When the streets of Palatka were laid out, many were named for B. F. members of the Burt and Hapgood families ; d. 1887. 6. Jane, b. July 11, 1822 ; m. Charles C. Hapgood. ( See Hapgood.) 7. Margaret L., b. 1827 ; d. 1906. S. William, b. 1829. 9. Benjamin Hercules, b. Dec. 29, 1830; for nearly 50 yrs. a merchant of Rutland; m. Anna Maria, dau. of Charles Hapgood, of B. F., b. Charlestown, N. H., Nov. 13, 1835 ; res. Rutland. Children : 1. Mary Gray,9 b. Nov. 23, 1858: m. Oct. 23, 1884, Edmund Royce Morse, of Rutland, treasurer Vermont Marble Co. Son : George Edward. 10 ii. Louis, b. Nov. 6, 1861 ; res. Rutland ; d. Jan. 6, 1899; unm. iii. Anna Langley, b. Jan. 25, 1863, d. Jan. 12, 1866. iv. John Henry Hopkins, b. June 6, 1 868; was Southern agent for Goodyear Rubber Co. ; d. Aug. 12, 1898; unm. v. Benjamin Hapgood, b. June 27, 1875; was eight yrs. book-keeper in Merchants' National Bank, Rutland, now res. in N. Y. city, prominent in musical circles and a successful song writer.
ii. REUBEN, res. in B. F., and had a son, Linden, who still res. here.
iii. LUCINDA, m. William Stone of B. F. ( See Stonc.)
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iv. BENJAMIN,2 m. Jan. 16, 1820, Mary Wales : he d. Aug. 2, 1834. (Of their children, Benjamin Wales was the only one who had a family. ) Child : Benjamin Wales,8 b. Poultney, Vt., Jan. S, 1821: m. Jan. 2, 1844, Mary H. Green ; he d. Castleton, Vt., Mar. 10, 1886 ; of their children only two are living, both of whom served four years in the Civil war ; they are : Children : i. Dunham Green,9 m. Nov. 28, 1867, Caroline Long, of Rutland, Vt; res. in Bennington, Vt. Children : 1. Mary Carolyn, 10 b. in Rutland, Jan. 19, 1869. 2. Harry Powell, b. in Colon, U. S. C., Feb. 10, 1879; m. July 12, 1904, Grace E. Longnecker. of Phila. 3. Frederic Dunham, b. Colon, U. S. C., Dec. 7, ISSI ; in. July 22, 1905, Mary A. Starbuck, of Glens Falls, N. Y. ii. Charles Thurman, m. Oct. 29, 1884, Olivia A. Dixon, of Bennington, Vt. ; no children.
v. HORACE.
vi. HIRAM.
vii. IIARVEY.
viii. MARY ANN.
BURT
JONATHAN1 (ancestry unknown ). was an carly resident of R. ; selectman in 1776, 1780. 'S3, 'S4, '85, 'S6, '89. '90, '95; town clerk 1795 to 1812 inc. ; constable 1781 : moderator 1786; town treasurer 1798 to 1802 inc .; one of a committee of seven " to settle with Rev. Samuel Whiting " in 17S2 ; belonged to the Ist Univer. chh. of R. in 1793. His marriage is the first recorded on the town church records by the town minister, Rev. Samuel Whiting. His home was three-fourths of a mile east of R. village, and the house was located 50 rods west of the present Dexter Benson place ; the exact site is now marked by a large clump of lilac bushes. This was the location of important town offices many years.
He m. Jan. 27, 1774, Bethiah Preston of R. ; he d. in R. Sept. 15, 1821, ae. 77, and is buried in the old R. cemetery.
Children :
i. EDWARD,2 b. Feb. 6, 1778; m. Hannah Children : I. Ros- well Schuyler,3 b. May 28, 1802; d. Sept. 14, 1804. 2. Edward Lewis, b. Apr. 24, 1807 ; d. Mar. 14, 180S.
ii. ROSWELL, b. Sept. 7, 1780 ;d. Mar. 11, 1837; m. June 2, 1806, Polly Marsh of R. Child : 1. Roswell Schuyler,3 b. Oct. 1, 1806.
iii. JONATHAN, b. Oct. 15, 1785 ; d. May 12, 1843, at the home of his son George in R. ; m. May 24, 18OS, Fanny Davis of R. (probably dau. of Nathaniel Davis, b. Jan. 17, 1785): she d. at Howell, Mich. Children : 1. George Preston,3 b. Dec. 18, 1SOS; m. Ist Dec. 31, 1834, Sophia, dau. of Samuel Billings of R., b. April 7, 1816; d. Galva, Ill., Aug. 25, 1860; he d. Galva, Apr. 19, 1896; no chil- dren. 2. Cyrus Harwood, b. Oct. 31, ISIO; m. Elizabeth Fish whose father's name was later changed to Fremont; he d. at Springfield, Vt., July 26, 1873 ; buried at R. 3. Mary Frances ; m. Rial Lake of R. ( See Lake.) 4. Elijah Franklin, b. Oct. 22, 1815; d. Howell, Mich., Aug. 9, 1866.
iv. DAVID. b. Sept. 20. 1787: d. Mar. 22, 1862 ; m. Mar. 8, 1810, Mary Orr of R. Children : 1. Charles Preston,3 b. Sept. 13, 1810. 2. Edward Orr, b. Oct. 18, 1812.
BUTTERFIELD
WILLIAMI (s. of William, b. about 1695), b. Dunstable, N. H., Aug., 1757; came to Vt. about 1815, living first in Springfield, later in R., where
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he d. June 25, 1834; enlisted Dunstable, May, 1775 as private in Capt. William Walker's Company, Col. Reed's Regt. N. H. troops; was sta_ tioned at Cambridge and Winter Hill; engaged in Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, where he lost one of his little fingers. His father fought as one of the minute men at Lexington, Apr. 19, 1775, although eighty years old, and on the evening of that day gave his rifle to his son, William, saying, " the father is too old, the son must go."
The son, William ( 1757), in July, 1776, again enlisted for five months in Capt. Barnes' Company of Col. Reed's Regt., marched to Charlestown " No. 4," thence to Skeensboro and Ticonderoga. On this march he is said to have passed directly across the farm afterwards owned by his eldest son and still in the possession of the family, just above " Cheshire bridge " in Spring- field. His remains rest in the old cemetery at R.
He m. for his 3d wife Esther Ilale, and for his 4th wife, Oct. 3, 18IS, Chloe Randall.
Children by third wife :
i. JONAS,2 b. Dunstable, N. H., Oct. S, ISO8; owned and lived many years in R. on the road from B. F. to R. Center. afterwards on what is known now as the "Butterfield Place " just above Cheshire bridge in Springfield, Vt., where he d. Sept. 22, 1875 ; was Captain in State militia; m. Jan. 30, 1833, Maria Eaton of Springfield, b. Feb. 21, 1810, d. May 7, 1897. Children : 1. Jonathan,3 b. July 17, 1833: m. Mar. 22, 1864, Ella D. Morse, d. Jan. 2, 1903 ; res. with his father on Butterfield Place in Springfield, Vt., where he d. June 6, 1892. Child : Stella,4 b. Mar. 10, 18SI; m. A. W. Shepard ; res. Springfield. 2. William, b. Dec. 29, 1836; m. Jan. 17, 1860, Harriet Bond of Charlestown, N. II., b. Sept. 30, 1837, d. July, 1900; res. after marriage in Charlestown, where he now lives. Child : Ida,4 b. Apr. 19, 1869; m. J. Stretton Wal- ker; res. Charlestown. 3. Ellen, b. Oct. 2, 1843; owns and res. on the old homestead in Springfield ; unm.
ii. LEONARD, was an ensign in State militia; left no descendants who survive ; lived in Springfield.
iii. DAVID, b. Dunstable, June 28, IS11 ; was an ensign in State militia ; m. Elmira Randall of Springfield. b. Oct. 18, 1807, d. Oct. IS, 1875; conducted a meat market at S. R., eighteen years ; later res. B. F. ; he d. B. F., Feb. 28, 1890. Children : 1. Esther,3 b. Sept. 26, 1835 ; m. George W. Kimball of B. F. ( See Kimball.) 2. Fred- crick D., b. May 14, 1S38; became 2d Lieut. of Co. B., Sth Vt. Vol .. Dec. 19, 1861; Ist Lieut. of same June 15, 1863; Capt. of same Mar. 7, 1863, mustered out Aug. 6, 1864; served as Colonel and aide de camp on staff of Gov. Wm. P. Dillingham ; is a man- ufacturer ; m. Ist Ellen Morrill of Derby Line, Vt., d. July 25, 1874 ; m. 2d Ellen G. Cutter of Grafton, Vt., and B. F .; res. Derby Line. Children by Ist wife : i. Charlotte M.,4 b. Apr. 11, 1870 ; res. Derby Line ; unm. ii. Ellen M., b. Aug. 21, IS71 ; res. Derby Line: unm. 3. Franklin G., b. May 11. 1842 ; Lieut. Co. A., 6th Vt. Regt. in Civil war; promoted Capt. of Co. I, 6th Vt., and Lieut. Col. (not mustered) in '64; in IS91 awarded a Medal of Honor by Congress for conspicuous gallantry in action, receiving title of Lieut. Col. ; Judge Advocate General on staff of Gov. Red- field Proctor, ISSo; merchant of S. R .; in Gov. service at Wash- ington, D. C., ISSO to 1892 ; later manufacturer at Derby Line, Vt., where he now res. ; m. June 1, 1866, Maria S. Frost of S. R., b. Sept. 10, 1839. Children : i. Benjamin F.,4 b. Apr. 25. 1867 ; res. Derby Line ; unm. ii. Esther E., b. Aug. 4, 1871 ; res. Derby
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Line; unm. 4. Charles IV., b. Mar. 3, 1845 ; has held many town offices, selectman, etc. ; is manager of an olive packing industry ; m. Dec. 27, 1876, Helen, daughter of John Billing of B. F., b. Dec. 20, 1850; res. B. F. Children : i. Elizabeth B.,+ b. B. F., Nov. 24, 1877; res. B. F .: unm. ii. Gertrude M., b. B. F., May 10, 1SS7 ; res. B. F. : unm.
iv. ESTHER, b. June 31, 1804 ; d. B. F., March 9, 1SS5 ; unm.
BUXTON
ALBERT1 (s. of Nathan of Londonderry, Vt .. gr. s. of Jonathan of Woonsocket, R. I.), b. Londonderry, Dec. 26, 1835: m. Ang. 24, 1863, Hattie A. Rice of B. F. ; res. in B. F. when the Civil war broke out : enlisted as 2d Lieut. Co. H., 2d Regt. Sharp Shooters ; promoted Capt. Nov. 24, 1862 ; wounded by shell at the Battle of the Wilderness at 9 A. M., May 6, 1864 and died the evening of the same day. Interested in the founding of the Ist Bap- tist chh. of B. F., and an earnest Christian. It was his invariable custom in the army, before engaging in any dangerous expedition. to call his men together and offer prayer before them. To this fact is attributed in some degree the courage and heroism of this company, for which it became noted. His marriage occurred a few months previous to his death, while home on a furlough. Both he and his bride were interred in the cemetery at London- derry, Vt .; no children.
CHARLESI (s. of Nathan of Londonderry. Vt., gr. s. of Jonathan of Woonsocket, R. I.), b. Londonderry, Mar. 1, 1834 : was a saddler and harness maker at B. F., at the opening of the Civil war. At President Lincoln's call for " 300,000 more " he recruited Co. G., 11th Vt. Regt. ( Ist Vt. Heavy Artil- lery), and went to the front as its captain. At the Battle of Winchester he was instantly killed by a shot through the head, Sept. 19, 1864. He was acting major when killed, and his commission for that office was received after his death. His remains were interred with Masonic honors, in Imman- uel church yard at B. F. He m. Sophia W. Frost of B. F.
Child :
i. LIZZIE SOPHIA,2 d. Nov. 19, 1864, ae. 2 yrs. 2 mo., and was interred the same day with her father.
CAMPBELL
HON. ALEXANDER,3 M. D. ( Dr. Alexander,2 Rev. JohnI ), was one of the most conspicuous of the early residents : came to R. as early as 1786, after a brief residence in Sullivan county, N. H., bringing with him his bride, Rhoda, dau. of Oliver Corey. Esq .. and his wife, Mary King of Littleton, Mass., Grafton, Vt., and Charlestown. N. H. He settled on a farm in R., called "The Plain," about two miles northwest of the village. Here his eldest children were born. In 1804, he built the family mansion in R. vil- lage, still standing opposite the village hotel, on the corner of the road lead- ing to S. R. It is one of the finest examples of the architecture of 100 years ago, and is still well preserved. Here he spent the remainder of his life except between 1825 and 1830, when he practised his profession in Charlestown. N. H.
At his home hospitality was dispensed with lavish hand. Dr. Campbell
HON. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, M. D. 1762-1837
MRS. RHODA (COREY) CAMPBELL. 1767-1825.
RT. REV. CARLTON CHIASE. Rector Immanuel Church, IS19-1844. Bishop of New Hampshire, 1844-1870.
COL. ETHAN BRADFORD WEBB. 17S4-1872. Charter Member of the first Masonic Lodge in IS16. First Master of the revived Lodge in IS5S.
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Campbell
was an eminent physician in his day. Dr. Caverly in his " History of Med- icine and Surgery " refers to him : " the son of a distinguished physician of Massachusetts, of the same name, he enjoyed a wide reputation over the southeastern part of Vermont, was the preceptor of many future doctors, and held important offices of trust in his county." He became an extensive land owner and acquired a handsome fortune. He was chief owner of the Green Mountain Turnpike, and was associated with prominent men of the state in various successful enterprises. In 1806, he was one of the thirteen original directors and incorporators of the Vermont State Bank, chartered that year by the Vermont legislature. He was State Examiner of Banks for Vermont in 1832. Politically, Dr. Campbell and his family were Whigs, and he exerted a strong influence in the councils of his party. He represented R. in the legis- latures of 1804, 1806, 1807, 1808. He was associate judge of Windham county court in 1807 and 18og: master-in-chancery for Windham county in 1811, and surgeon of the Vermont militia in 1809.
He was intimately associated with Dr. Samuel Cutler in founding Imman- nel church ; served as vestryman and warden of the parish and was often dele- gate to the diocesan conventions. He was a brother of Dr. Edward R. Camp- bell, "Dr. Ned" of Westminster, the grandfather of the late Dr. Daniel Campbell of S. R.
His father was Dr. Alexander Campbell of Oxford, Mass., a member of the Mass. Provincial Congress in 1774, and his grandfather, Rev. John Camp- bell of Oxford, was b. in Scotland and was allied with the nobility, emigrat- ing to this country soon after 1715.
HON. ALEXANDER,3 M. D., was b. Oxford, Mass .. Dec. 20, 1762 ; d. Nov. 17, 1837 ; m. Rhoda Corey, 1786, b. Littleton, Mass., 1767. She d. June 13, 1825. Both are buried in the family lot in the cemetery at S. R.
Children :
I. i. EDWARD RAYMOND,4 b. Aug. 27, 1787 ; d. Windsor, Vt., May 4, 1857.
2. ii. ALEXANDER STEARNS, b. 1790; m. Sophie de La Tremouille.
3. iii. JOHN HUBBARD, b. 1793 ; d. Feb. 16, 1869; m. Mary McIlvane.
iv. RIIODA COREY, b. 1795; m. Dr. Jarvis Brown Chase, and was the mother of Dr. Henry Seymour Chase of St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. T. Lawrence Swift and Mrs. G. Washington Swift of Falmouth, Mass., all deceased ; of Mrs. John Perkins now living in New Bed- ford, Mass., and of the late Jarvis Alexander Chase of Putney, Vt.
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