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COL. ALEXANDER FLEMING, 1790-1867.
SAMUEL CAREY FLEMING. IS26-1897.
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vii. OBADIAH, b. June 26, 1795; m. Mary Wood ; d. Jan. 27, 1856.
viii. ELUTHERIA, b. Feb. 21, 1799: d. Apr. 5, 1819.
ix. WELLS, b. Oct. 17, 1801 ; d. Mar. 28, 1822.
FIELD
ALFRED L.1 (s.of Lorenzo, farmer at Putney, Vt .; gr. s. of Rev. Timothy, pastor at Westminster West, It., 1807-1835 ; La brother of David Dudley, Cyrus W., and Judge Stephen Field], gr. gr. s. of Capt. Timothy, an officer of the Revolution army), b. Putney, Vt., Aug. 3, 1867; hardware merchant, firm of Field & Lawrence; member of board of bailiffs of B. F .; m. Jennie M. Stanley, in Springfield, Vt., Oct. 8, 1895.
Child :
i. RICHARD DUDLEY,2 b. Sept. 15, 1900.
FINLEY
ROBERT,1 was a man of unusually large size; lived in the large house at Lawrence Mills; was a captain in the old company of R. militia; his business was carding and fulling at the mills; rem. to Acworth, N. H. and d. there; m. ist Margaret Wallace ; m. 2d Sally Remington of Bartonsville.
Children by Ist wife :
i. HANNAH,2 m. Joseph Copeland; res. and d. in Unity, N. H.
ii. NANCY JANE, b. Jan. 2, 1819; m. Lucius H. Estabrook of R. ( See Estabrook). Others d. young.
Children by 2d wife :
iii. HARRIET; m. Samuel Archer of Acworth, N. H. ; d. there ae. 26.
Child : 1. Jane Harriet,3 d. Bethel, Vt. ae. about 20; buried Chester, Vt.
iv. JOHN, res. No. Charlestown, N. H. ; unm. Others d. Young.
FLEMING
COL. ALEXANDER1 (s. of Sampson Fleming, a major in His Majesty's Service, who m. Alice Haliburton in Three Rivers, Canada), b. N. Y. city, Sept, 27, 1790; grad. Columbia college, N. Y .; served with the American army as Ist lieut. during the War of 1812; rem. to B. F., about 1817 and became connected with the Atkinson interests as agent for the B. F. Canal Co., and also with Capt. Henry F. Green was engaged in the paper-mill busi- ness until the destruction of their mill by fire in 1846. Col. Fleming con- tinued to manage the canal interests with Capt. Green until the time of his death. He was clerk of the Canal Co., 47 yrs., and prominent in business and social affairs of B. F. during all that time.
He m. May 28, 1817, Emma Seton, dau. of John Atkinson of N. Y. city and B. F., b. in N. Y., Sept. 7, 1795, d. Scarsdale, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1876; he d. in B. F., Oct. 12, 1867, and both are buried in Immanuel cemetery.
Children all b. in B. F. :
i. GEORGE ATKINSON,2 b. Sept. 21, 1819; d. B. F., Dec. 4, 1831.
ii. JOHN, b. Nov. 7, 1821 ; d. B. F., Feb. 18, 1824.
iii. AUGUSTUS ATKINSON, b. Sept. 11, 1823 ; grad. U. V. M., and Yale Law school; admitted to Windham county bar, Apr., 1846; became a civil engineer of distinction, connected with numer-
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ous western and southern railways. He m. Mrs. Alice Smith of Toledo, O., and d. at Hot Springs, Ark., Apr. 28, 1894; no children.
iv. SAMUEL CARY, b. May 9. 1826: grad. Kimball Union academy, Meriden, N. H. ; learned paper-maker's trade in the mill of Green & Fleming in B. F., and after the destruction of that mill in 1846, engaged in paper-mill business at Painesville, Mass., and later at Essex, Vt. : in 1852, became passenger conductor on the Vt. Val- ley R. R. and was continuously in service until 1869, then engaged in business in N. Y. city : in 1872, became manager of the Island
House at B. F., and continued in hotel business at various points. including the White Mountains, Florida and California, until 1896. Hle then returned to his residence at B. F .. where the fam- ily had continuously res .. and d. here July 22, 1897. He m. Jan. 1, 1850, in B. F., Helen, dau. of Henry and Chloe (Gilchrist ) Rice, b. in R., Apr. 14, 1828, d. B. F., Nov. 27. 1904. Children : 1. Henry Green," grad. Williston seminary, East Hampton, Mass., 1870: civil engineer since then, connected with the construction and management of many of the most important western railroad lines : now president of the Union Railway Co. of Memphis. Tenn. He m. at Little Rock. Ark., Dec. 6, 1886, Kate, dau, of Franklin M. and Esther (Hastings) Compton : res. Memphis. Tenn .; no ch. 2. Alice, m. Charles Barker of B. F., Oct. 25. ISSO; he d. July 2, 1889: she res. B. F. Child : Richard F .. + res. Adams, N. Y. 3. Helen Rice, m. June 24, 1879: George Leonard Burnside, a commercial traveler : res. B. F. : no ch. 4. Edward Cary, m. Virginia Lu Cash, Jan. 12, 1887: res. Spokane, Wash. Child : Helen.4
WILLIAM ATKINSON. b. Oct. 26, 1829: d. B. F., Mar. 29. 1832.
CHARLES KING, b. Oct. 5, 1831 ; rem. to N. Y. city, later to Buffalo, N. Y., engaging in mercantile business in both places. At the outbreak of the Civil war he returned to Vt., and enlisted as major of the 11th Vt .. serving until the close of the war, when he engaged in the coal business in N. Y. city: m. Apr. 4, 1865, Mary H. Carmer, b. N. Y. city, Jan. 30, 1843; res. Scarsdale, N. Y. Children : 1. Charles Carmer.3 2. Eliza Atkinson. 3. Grace Seton. 4. Mary Montgomery, m. William Walker Orr, May 29, 1901. 5. Walter Storer. They all res. Scarsdale. N. Y.
vii. ANNE JOHNSTON, b. July 18, 1833 : m. Jan. 3, 1855, Louis C. Popham. b. N. Y. city. Apr. 11, 1833, d. Scarsdale, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1899 ; she res. Scarsdale, N. Y. Children : 1. Emma Atkinson,3 b. Oct. 26, 1855 : m. Cornelius B. Fish. Mar. 19, . 1879; res. Scarsdale, N. Y. Children : i. Lewis Popham, 4 m. Mary Whitney. Chil- dren : 1. Ilenry Whitney :5 2. John Beekman. ii. Stephen Bay- ard4. iii. Henry Van Cortland. iv. Anne Fleming. v. Alice Sedgwick. vi. Rutgers. vii. Margaret Beekman. viii. Dorothy Seton. 2. Alice Haliburton, b. Aug. 14, 1861: m. John Sedg- wick, Apr. 12, ISS7: res. Buffalo, N. Y. Children :i. Kath- arine.4 ii. Mary. iii. John Popham. 3. Inne Fleming, b. Feb. 26, 1863: res. Scarsdale, N. Y .: unm. 4. Alexander Fleming, b. July 14, 1866 : m. Victoria Whitney, Apr. 19, 1892 ; res. Buffalo. N. Y. Children : i. Victoria Whitney.+ ii. Esther Livingston. iii. Lewis Charles. 5. Louise Clement, b. Mar. 4, 1875: m. Fred- erick H. Gunning, Jan. 11, 1899: res. Scarsdale. N. Y. Child : Louise Popham.+
viii EMMA ATKINSON, b. Nov. 11, 1836 : d. Scarsdale, July 9. 1905 : unm.
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COL. ALEXANDER,1 b. Lerwick, Scot .; a lieut. col. in the "Sappers & Miners Brigade of the Engineers Corps" of the English army ; sold his commission for $40,000 (according to tradition ) and lost the most of it before coming to B. F. in Sept., 1831 ; purchased the grist-mill " under the hill " and was the village miller; a small, erect, soldierly figure; always wore a unique red and black plaid coat, when dressed for social functions in which he was always prominent; lived in the S. F. Goodridge house on West- minster street ; m. 1830, Caroline Amy, b. London, Eng. Apr. 12, 1803, d. in B. F. Feb. 10, 1877 ; he d. B. F. Sept. 20, 1858; both buried in Immanuel cemetery.
Children b. in B. F. :
i. MARY,2 (infant, ) d. Aug. 5. 1834.
ii. HELEN ; m. E. G. Quincy of Boston ; she res. Scarsdale, N. Y.
iii. ALEXINE; m. John W. Blanchard, a photographer of B. F.
FROST
BENJAMIN6 ( Benjamin,5 Jesse,4 James,3 James,2 Edmund\ who emigrated from Ipswich, Eng., 1635, in the good ship " Defence"); b. Dummerston, Vt., June 18, 1804; was a successful boot and shoe manufacturer at S. R., employ- ing several journeymen ; a Jacksonian Democrat of marked personality and greatly respected ; postmaster at S. R., 1843-47 ; m. June 1, 1835, Phebe Ann, dau. of Benjamin Smith, Jr .. of R. ; she was b. Sept. 16, 1811 ; d. Sept. 2, 1875 ; he d. S. R.
Children :
i. BENJAMIN SMITH,7 b. Sept. 16, 1837 ; d. July 31, 1838.
ii. MARIA SMITH, b. Sept. 10, 1839; m. Franklin G. Butterfield. (See Butterfield.)
iii. CHARLES SMITH, b. May 20, 1844; a merchant ; m. Nov. 22, 1872; Corona W. Walker ; res S. R. Children : 1. Cordelia Walker,8 b. Nov. 15, 1873; res. N. Y. city ; unm. 2. Phebe Anna, b. June 1, 1879; res. N. Y. city : unm.
iv. HENRY SMITH, b. in S. R., Sept. 16, 1846; a liveryman ; m. June 1, 1868, Flora E., dau. of Dr. Daniel and Julia A. ( Hall) Campbell of S. R .. b. May 1. 1848; res. B. F. Children all res. B. F. : 1. Julia Ann,8 b. May 27, 1871 ; m. Jan. 7, 1892, Fred S. Cole : he d. B. F., Sept. 28, 1893. Child: Frederica Frost,9 b. Apr. IS, 1894. 2. Henry Campbell, b. Apr. 30, 1873; d. Nov. 28, 1873. 3. Alice Campbell, b. Nov. 19, 1880. 4. Daniel Benjamin, b. Oct. 23, 1882 ; d. June 17, 1883. 5. Charles Campbell, b. Mar. 1, 1885 ; merchant of B. F. 6. Flora May, b. Nov. 1, 1886. 7. Edith Maria, b. July 8, 1889.
GAGE
WILLIAM P.I (s. of Rev. Royal, an itinerant Methodist minister), b. Charleston, Vt., Apr. 20, 1817 : established, in 1842. a basket manufactory in Westminster near B. F. ; lost a limb by disease about 1858; in 1863 located his manufactory at "Gage's Mills." one mile west of B. F .; was an ardent advocate of temperance, a devoted member and liberal contributor to the Meth. chh. of B. F. ; m. Oct. 3, 1849, Laura M. Richmond, b. Grafton, Vt., Sept. 2, 1824; he d. June 9, 1880.
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Children :
i. WALTER H.,2 b. Oct. 6, 1850; m. Fannie Harris; res. Fitchburg, Mass. They had ten children of whom eight are living.
ii. JUSTIN, b. Mar. 26, 1852 : d. Dec. 10, 1874.
iii. SIDNEY, b. Nov. 25, 1853 ; continues his father's business of basket making ; m. Feb 21, 1877, Ellen L. Leonard; res. near B. F .; no children.
iv. CHARLES, b. Apr. 16, 1856; d. Feb. 2, 1873.
v. NORA. b. Jan. 25, IS58 : m. Ist, Holland W. Church ; ( See Church. ) m. 2d Rev. E. E. Marggraf; pastor Ist Univer. chh. of B. F., 1892 to ISgS; res. St. Albans, Vt. Child by 2d marriage. I. Catherine E.,3 b. Sept. 14, 1899.
vi. VICTORIA, b. Sept. 14, 1859; m. Charles H. Fish. ; d. Feb. 16, ISS6; res. near B. F. Children : 1. Laura B., 3b. Feb. 10, 1SS2 ; m. Nelson F. Burton. Child : Gladys A.,4 b. Aug. 1, 1904. 2. Charles Ern- est, b. Jan. 21, ISS4.
vii. ADA, b. Mar. 14, 1861 ; res. with her brother Sidney ; unm.
viii. ELBERT, b. Oct. 1, 1863 ; d. Aug. IS, 1864.
GEORGE
FRANKLIN AUGUSTUSI (s. of Nathan, gr. s. of Ezra), b. Acworth, N. H., Dec. 9, 1835; came to B. F., Jan. 14, 1864 : restaurant business and painter ; held various town and village offices, including selectman IS73-9: m. Oct. S, 1867, Mary E. Jennison, b. Walpole, N. H., Mar. 3, 1842 ; res. B. F. Children all b. B. F.
i. ALICE MARIA,2 b. Aug., 1871 ; d. Sept., 1872.
ii. HELEN JOSEPHINE, b. June 23, 1873: m. June 30, 1897, Percy A. Dean, merchant of B. F. : no children.
iii. CLARA LOUISE, b. Aug. 28, ISSI ; grad. B. F. H. S., 1900; res. B. F. ; unm.
GEORGE
DR. OZIAS MATHERI (s. of Nathan, gr. s. of Ezra), b. Acworth, N. H., May 19, 1841 ; came to B. F. Sept. 30, 1865 ; practised dentistry con- tinuously here since ; prominent in public affairs, selectman ISS6-7; bailiff, and other offices at various times ; representative IS98-9; justice of the peace 20 yrs ; m. Oct. 5, 1870, Jennie L. Staples of Westmoreland, N. H. ; res. B. F.
Children all b. B. F.
i. NETTIE MAY,2 b. Sept. 26, 1871 ; grad. B. F. H. S., 1890; in. June IS97, Charles H. Robb, attorney of B. F., later assistant attorney general of the U. S., and judge of Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict of Columbia : res. Washington, D. C. ; no children.
ii. FANNIE GERTRUDE, b. Aug. 17, 1872 ; d. June 30, 1873.
iii. HARRY NATHAN, b. July 5, 1879; grad. B. F. H. S., '97; res. B. F. ; unm.
GLYNN
ISAACI (s. of Thomas, gr. s. of Isaac, a soldier of the Revolution, who was in Gen. Lafayette's brigade at the battle of Yorktown), b. Chester, Vt., Aug. 26, 1823 ; farmer until 1856 ; merchant at R. village, Cambridgeport and S. R. 1856 to 1891 ; was highway surveyor, justice of the peace of Cambridge- port many years, and postmaster there 1861-3, and 1867-8; m. Sept. IS, IS45, Eliza M., dau. of Cyrus Locke, b. R. Jan. 25, 1824, d. Jan. 9, 1896; he d. S. R., May 17, 1902.
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Children :
i. CHARLES, F.,2 b. Oct. 15, 1846; P. M. of Cambridgeport, 1868-1873 ; m. Georgie Mitchel in 1866; res. Denver, Col. Children : I. Edith,3 m. Arthur Leonard. Children : Gladys+ and Madeline, res. in Denver. 2. Frank, res. Denver. 3. Fred; m .; res. Fall River, Mass.
ii. MARY E., b. July 27, 1848; m. Albert O. Wyman in 1866; res. Bos- ton, Mass. Children : 1. Helen M.,3 a teacher in Turners Falls, Mass. 2. Arthur E., automobile pattern maker ; m. Emma Baker of Turners Falls ; res. Springfield, Mass. Children : i. Gladys.4 ii. Dorris.
iii. CYRUS L., b. R., May 2, 1850; merchant in Felchville, Vt., 1870- 1874, S. R. 1874-1888; now in furniture business in Boston, Mass., m. Apr. 20, 1870, Lilla H. Davenport, b. Grafton, Vt., Jan. 20, 1850, d. Boston, Mass., May IS, 1905. Children : 1. May L.,3 b. June 29, 1871 ; m. Sept. 1891, Thomas W. Smith of Amherst, Mass. Child : Ethel May,+ b. Oct. 1893. 2. Lena S., b. Sept. 24, 1872 ; res. Boston, Mass. 3. Harry D., b. Sept. 30, 1879; m. Feb. 4, 1903, Janette Johnson ; res. Boston, Mass.
iv. LUCIUS E., b. R., Mar. 12, 1853; proprietor and operator Hotel Kindred, Valley City, N. D .; m. Ist in 1874, Carrie Smith of Cambridgeport ; in. 2d Oct. 27, 1895, Anna E. Kern, b. West- chester, Va., in 1865. Child : 1. Charles Edward,3 res. Lexing- ington, Mass.
v. LIZZIE I., b. May 5, 1856; res. Boston, Mass.
vi. WALTER B., b. Cambridgeport, Sept. 6, 1865; druggist, manufac- turer of medicinal specialties and chairman board of trustees of S. R., village; m. Oct. 17, 1887, Katherine M. Stevens, b. Athens, Vt. Nov. 7, 1866. Child : Paul W., 3 b. Jan. 21, 1891.
vii. WILLIAM I., b. Cambridgeport, Dec. 29, 1866; m. Nov. 23, 1887, Minnie B. Perham, b. Cambridgeport, Apr. 6, 1869; res. West Somerville, Mass. Children : 1. Raleigh Isaac,4 b. S. R., May 22, 1889. 2. Catherine E., b. S. R. July 28, 1891. 3. Jay Ivah, b. Proctorsville, Vt., June 20, 1895 ; d. June 29, 1895. 4. Berkeley P., b. West Somerville, May 15, 1902.
GOODRIDGE
SAMUEL WADSWORTH6 ( Moses,5 John,4 Samuel,3 Benjamin,2 Wil- liam,1 emigrated from England to Watertown, Mass., 1636), b. Grafton, Vt., Jan. 24, 1793 ; at the age of 14 became clerk for "Squire " William Hall of R., who had stores at Ludlow and S. R. also; later became Mr. Hall's part- ner, firm of Hall & Goodridge, took charge of Ludlow store; in 1819 rem. to S. R. and conducted that store several years ; in 1827 the firm built " Mam- moth Block " on the south side of the Square in B. F., concentrating their business, closing the stores at other places, eventually doing the largest mer- cantile business in Vt., east of the Green mountains ; owned flat-boats run- ning between B. F. and Hartford; previous to 1825 Mr. Goodridge opened a soap-stone quarry on the old Goodridge farm in Grafton and dealt largely in its manufactured products, shipping down the river by boat ; upon the death of Mr. Hall, in 1831, Mr. Goodridge assumed the mercantile business until 1834 when he sold out and rem. to Hartford, Conn .; engaged there in wool trade, later in East India and China trade, importing raw silk and accumulat- ing a large property ; in 1846 rem. his entire business to N. Y. city where he continued it until his death, April 10, 1868.
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He m. Feb. 19, 1819, Lydia, dau. of Rev. Peter Read of Ludlow, Vt., b. 1798; d. June 10, 1843.
Children :
i. MARTIIA, 7 b. in S. R., Apr. 13, 1820; d. Sept. 28, 1821.
ii. MARTHA SOPHIA, b. in S. R., July 1, 1822 ; now res. Paris, France ; unm.
iii. SAMUEL WADSWORTH, b. in S. R., May 14, 1824; most of life spent in the China and East-India importing trade; a few years before death he rem. to Grafton, Vt., and engaged in manufacture of fine fishing rods ; d. Grafton in 1892 ; unm.
iv. MARY ELLEN, b. in S. R., Sept. 22, 1825; d. Nov. 27, 1848.
V. SARAII, b. in S. R., Apr. 2, 1827 ; d. B. F., Oct. 10, 1832.
vi. MOSES, b. B. F., Sept. 4, 1828; d. Oct. 29, 1831.
vii. CAROLINE LYDIA, b. B. F., Oct. 16, 1830; m. Jan. 13, 1853, Frank- lin F. Randolph of N. Y. ; now res. in Paris, France ; no children.
viii. ANN, b. B. F., Apr. 22, 1832 ; d. Ilartford, Conn., in 1835/1836.
ix. EZRA READ, b. B. F., Sept. 19, 1833; m. Mary LeRoy of N. Y. city, d. Sept. 3, 1905 : he d. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1867.
x. FREDERICK. b. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 11, 1836; always res. in N. Y. city ; m. Charlotte Matilda Grosvenor of N. Y. city.
xi. REV. EDWARD, b. Hartford, Conn., Apr. 26, 1838; grad. Trinity college, '60; rector of Episcopal parishes in Glastonbury, Conn., Wiscasset, Me., Warehouse Point, Conn., and in 1883 commenced pastorate of American Episcopal church in Geneva, Switzerland, and later was a rector in Exeter, N. H. ; m. Helen Welles, a niece of Hon. Gideon Welles ; he d. Jan. 7, 1906.
xii. FRANCIS, b. Hartford, May 11, 1841 : an artist ; d. in Paris, Sept. 30, 1905.
xiii. SON, b. June 10, 1843 ; d. June 11, 1843.
GOODRIDGE
SOLON FOSTER7 (Isaiah,6 Moses,5 John,4 Samuel,8 Benjamin,2 Wil- liam1), b. Grafton, Vt., Feb. 12, 1817 ; at 14 yrs. of age entered the store of his uncle, Samuel W. Goodridge, at B. F., later a clerk in Boston ; in 1839 established a commission business in N. Y. city, and afterward engaged extensively in the East-India and China trade ; after marriage in 1841 res. in Brooklyn, N. Y .; in 1872, retired from business and spent a portion of each year at his summer residence on Westminster street in B. F., where his widow still res. : he d. B. F. July 15, 1892 ; he m. Sept. 21, 1841, Caroline Matilda, daughter of Daniel and Lucretia ( Hapgood) Tuttle, b. Montpelier, Vt., Aug. 18, 1817.
Children :
i. GEORGE SOLON,8 b. June 15, 1842 ; member of N. Y. city brokerage firms of H. B. Watson & Co., George S. Goodridge & Co., and Goodridge & Benson : d. B. F. Jan. 18, 1875: unm.
ii. MARY CAROLINE. b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1847; m. June 5, 1867, Herbert Perrin Bancroft, s. of Rev. David and Roselle (Perrin) Bancroft, b. Willington, Conn., Dec. 29, 1839; res. at B. F. Child : 1. Herbert Goodridge,9 b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1882 ; grad. University of Vt., 1905 : res. B. F.
GRANT
GEN. LEWIS ADDISON,I b. Winhall, Vt., Jan. 17, 1829. His father, James Grant, a native of Wrentham, Mass., came to Winhall as a young man
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and lived over 30 years on one farm, bringing up a large family, of whom Lewis A. was the youngest. The mother of Gen. Grant was Elizabeth Wyman of Peru, Vt., a descendant of one of the old families of Woburn, Mass.
The education of Gen. Grant was acquired at the common school ; before the open fire-place in the long winter evenings ; at Leland & Gray seminary, Townshend, Vt., and at Chester academy; taught school several years in Winhall, Londonderry, Washington, N. J., Harvard, Mass., and in Boston. While teaching he commenced the study of law and in 1852 entered the law office of Hon. H. E. Stoughton at Chester, Vt. : admitted to Windsor county bar, 1855, and to the Supreme court in 1857. During the latter year he rem. to B. F., and practised law in partnership with Mr. Stoughton, the firm of Stoughton & Grant having an extended practice.
At the outbreak of the Civil war he entered the volunteer service. His first commission, that of major of the 5th Vt. Infantry, bears date Aug. 15, 1861. He organized the regiment which was mustered into the U. S. service, Sept. 16, 1861, at St. Albans, Vt. He was rapidly promoted, his commission as lieut. col. bearing date Sept. 25, 1861 ; col. of the same regiment Sept. 16, 1862; in Feb. 1863, given command of the "Old Vt. Brigade," then consist- ing of the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th Vt. Regts. and the 26th N. J , a 9-months regt. In May, 1864, the 11th Regt. ( Ist Vt. Ileavy Artillery ) was added, and a few months before the close of the war three companies of sharp shooters and the 8th Vt., also joined the brigade. He continued in command of this brigade, and of the division to which the brigade belonged, until the end of the war. His commission as brigadier-general was dated Apr. 27, 1864, and major general by brevet from Oct. 19, 1864, the date of the battle of Cedar Creek where he commanded the division that checked and held the rebel advance and saved the day.
The records show that of the thirty battles in which the "Old Brigade" was engaged he was in them all except two; in command of his regiment in six and in command of the brigade in twenty battles ; wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, and at the battle of Petersburg, Apr. 2, 1865 ; honorably discharged Aug. 24, 1865 after 4 yrs. of brilliant and honor- able service. In July, 1866, he was appointed lieut. col. of the 36th Infantry, Reg. Army, which appointment he declined, preferring civil life.
After the close of the war he rem. to Chicago and became interested in various improvement and investment companies in the West. In 1867 he located in Des Moines, Ia., and in 1884 he rem. to Minneapolis, Minn., where he now res. During 1888 and 1889 he travelled extensively in this country and throughout the "Old World."
In Apr., 1890, he was appointed assistant secretary of war, the first occu- pant of that office after the Civil war, holding the position during President Harrison's administration and a portion of President Cleveland's second.
He m. Ist, Mar. 11, 1857, S. Augusta Hartwell of Harvard, Mass., whom the older residents of B. F., speak of as a beautiful woman, much beloved by all, she d. B. F., Jan. 27, 1859: m. 2d Sept. 9, 1863, M. Helen Pierce of Hartland, Vt.
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Children :
i. S. AUGUSTA,2 b. Jan. 27, 1859; m. George W. Stone, one of the Wells-Dickey Co. (investments in bonds and railroad stocks ) ; res. Minneapolis, Minn. Children : 1. Lilla Grant,3 b. Jan. 18, 18S2 ; res. Minneapolis, Minn. 2. George Hartwell, b. Aug. 23, 1883 ; clerk of the probate court ; res. Jamestown, N. D. 3. Lewis Addi- son, b. Oct. 26. ISSS: clerk in Elevator Co. ; res. Minneapolis. 4. Egbert Edward, b. June 22, 1899.
ii. ULYSSES SHERMAN, b. Feb. 14, 1867 : grad. University of Minnesota and of Johns Hopkins university ; now professor of geology in North Western university at Evanston, Ill. ; m. Oct. 1, 1891, Avis, dau. of Prof. N. H. Winchell, the Minnesota state geologist. Children : 1. Addison Winchell,3 b. Dec. 31, 1894. 2. Lois, b. Oct. 27, 1900. 3. Avis Harriet, b. Dec. 2, 1904.
iii. JAMES COLFAX. b. Jan. 4, 1869; grad. University of Minnesota and Columbia Law school, now a practising lawyer in Minneapolis ; served through Spanish war as Capt. of Volunteers ; unm.
GRAVES
HIRAM A.,I many years house-carpenter of B. F. ; manufactured pro- prietary medicines ; known as " Dr.," although not a graduate ; an enthusias- tic and life-long Democrat : m. at Farmington, N. II., Sept. 15, 1805, Maay P. Durgain, who d. Nov. 4, 1857 ; he d. B. F., Jan. 16, 1869.
Children :
i. FRANCES W.,2 b. B. F., Feb. 5, 1829: d B. F., June 11, IS47.
ii. ANER MARIA. b. Jan. 1, 1831 ; m. Ira L. Earle of B. F. ( See Earle.)
iii. LORETTA I., b. B. F., June 5, 1832 ; d. Walpole, N. H., Sept. 10, 1 839.
iv. MARY E., b. B. F., Jan. 23, 1834 ; m. Oct. 9, 1859, George A. Hoyt, a machinist : res. Hartford, Conn. Child : 1. Nellie P.,3 b. Aug., 1861; teacher in Brooklyn, N. Y .; unm.
v. HIRAM R., b. Mar. 24. 1835 ; d. July 27, 1851.
vi. INFANT SON. b. Walpole, N. H., Dec. 27, 1837: d. Dec. 27. 1837.
vii. HENRY HI. B., b. Walpole, N. H., Nov. 14, 1839: many years loco- motive engineer on the Cheshire R. R .; res. B. F. ; later rem. West ; m. Sept. 24, 1863, Nellie M. March. b. Alstead, N. H., May 6, 1842: she now res. B. F. Children : 1. Etta Jane,3 b. B. F., Mar. 3, 1865; m. Mar. 11, 1891, Charles H. Waite, a mer- chant of B. F .: res. B. F. Child: Gerald A.,4 b. B. F., May 20, 1892. Charles H. Waite had m. Ist Mar. 6, 1879, Ida Brown of Felchville, Vt., who d. Mar. 20, 18So. One child: Clayton Henry, b. Proctorsville, Vt., Nov. 22, 1879; a R. R. clerk ; res. B. F. 2. Bertha Maria, b. B. F., June 19, 1878; d. B. F., June 21, IS78.
viii. INFANT DAU., b. B. F., May 11, 1841 ; d. B. F., May 11, 1841. ix. GEORGE MILTON, b. B. F., Mar. 15. 1847 ; d. Aug. 16, 1847.
GRAY
OSCAR D.1 (s. of Deacon Samuel. gr. s. of Jonas of Townshend, Vt.), b. Townshend, Vt., Oct. 2, 1828: began mercantile business in B. F. in 1853 : continuously in trade here 34 years ; had partners at different times, Joseph Howard, Solon Perry, J. F. Alexander, and F. E. Swift : store build- ing located on the east side of the Square destroyed in the conflagration of 1860 and immediately rebuilt. Since Mr. Gray's death, the clothing trade has been continued by his son, Herbert S. In public matters, Mr. Gray had
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positive opinions always expressed without reserve, yet he never allowed them to interrupt his personal and social relations; one of the founders of Ist Univ. ch. of B. F .; an excellent singer and took great delight in music. He m. Jan. 20, 1863, Delia A. Cutter, b. Grafton, Vt., Mar. 26, 1839; he d. B. F., Feb. 2, 1887 ; she res. B. F.
Children all b. B. F. :
i. HERBERT S.,2 b. Jan. 11, 1864 ; clothing dealer in B. F. ; unm.
ii. HARRIET G., b. Dec. 20, 1868; m. Oct. 1, 1896, Mortimer F. Davis of the plumbing firm, Bodine & Davis, B. F. Child: 1. Morti- mer Gray,3 b. B. F., Sept. 5, 1898; d. B. F. Oct. 7, 1906.
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