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trustees of State Colony for Insane since 1901; m. Oct. 1, 1886, Margaret Emily Pagelsen, b. Grand Haven, Mich., Oct. 15, 1869; res. Boston, Mass, Children : 1. Charles Pagelsen,9 b. Tewks- bury, Mass., Dec. 26, 1887. 2. Sarah Ernestine, b. Tewksbury, April 11, 1891.
v. ERNEST CALDWELL, b. Paxton. Mass., July 7, 1860; is in hardware and coal trade in Whitman, Mass. ; m. Oct. 15, 1885, Ada Betsey Way of Alstead. N. H., b. Sept. 23, 1866. Children : 1. Luther Damon,9 b. Oct. 28, 1889. 2. Marjorie Emily, b. July 14, 1892. 3. Dorothy, b. Apr. 19, 1899; d. Jan. IS. 1904.
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LEONARD C.,1 b. Holden, Mass .. Aug., 1818; m. in 1842, Caroline Partridge Maynard, b. Holden, 1821, d. S. R. Aug. 26, 1867; he d. S. R. Sept. 26, 1890. He was a mill owner and justice of the peace at S. R. many years. Both were members of the Cong. chh. at S. R.
Children :
i. CHARLES LEONARD,2 b. Feb. 17, 1844; m. June 4, 1867, Abbie E., dau. of Theophilus Hoit, of S. R. ; he d. in S. R. Jan. 2, 1876; she res. in S. R. Child : 1. Carrie M.,3 b. Aug. 10, 1869; m. Sept. 3, 1891, Rev. Henry L. Ballou, a Congregational pastor of Chester, Vt. Children : i. Earl H.+ b. May 17, 1892. ii. Paul H., b. Aug. 7, 1897.
ii. JOHN M., b. Mar. 13, 1847; is assistant postmaster at Chicago, Ill. ; m. Helen M. Childs, Dec. 22, 1858. Children : 1. John M.,3 res. Chicago. 2. Mary Maynard.
iii. GEORGE H., b. Nov. 12, 1850; m. Ella Stillman of Kilbourn City, Wis., in 1878; he d. Aug. 1883. Child : 1. Maynard,3 b. 1881.
iv. MARY P., b. Nov., 1857; res. Chicago, Ill.
HUGHES
THOMAS H1.1 (s. of Patrick Thomas, gr. s. of Thomas), b. England, Nov. 9, 1844; m. Apr. 12. 1871, Jennie C. Osgood, b. Marlboro, Mass., Jan. 6, 1842 ; came to S. R. in 1876; merchant, plumber and tinman, a soldier of the Civil war : he res. in California ; his family res. in S. R.
Children :
i. RAY OSGOOD,2 b. Nov, 13, 1879; grad. Vt. Academy, 1896, Brown university in 1900: is professor of Latin at Keystone academy, Factoryville, Pa.
ii. CECIL KING, b. Mar. 8, 1882 ; grad. of Vt. Academy, 1900; mercan- tile clerk at S. R.
HYDE
RUSSELL1 (s. of Dr. Dana and Lucy [ Fitch ] Hlyde), b. Guilford, Vt., Feb. 16, 1798; came to B. F. from Guilford in 1834 and during the remainder of his life was prominent in its business and social life. Had been adjutant of the ist Regt. of Vermont militia in 1824, major 1825, lieut. col. 1828, chosen colonel of the same regiment in 1830, and held the position five yrs. ; constable : deputy sheriff of Windham county 3 yrs., and represented the town of Guilford in the legislatures of 1830 and 1832 ; represented R. in 1850 and 1851 ; state senator in 1853 and IS54 ; selectman and lister in R. six
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COL. RUSSELL HYDE. 1798-ISS5.
COL. N. T SHEAFE. ISI5-1893.
OSCAR D. GRAY. ISZS-ISS7.
OSCAR D. OLCOTT. IS43-1897.
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years ; vestryman of Immanuel church five yrs. ; postmaster of B. F., 1873 to 1878; justice of the peace forty years.
In 1834 he purchased of John Robertson the "Bellows Falls Stage House," a noted hostelry of that time that stood where Hotel Windham now stands ; was landlord of this many years and then engaged in mercantile pur- suits.
He m. Ist Jan. 1, 1822, Sarah Chase of Guilford, b. Sept. 29, 1799, d. Apr. 3, 1840; m. 2d Jan. 10, 1849, Mrs. Esther (Silsby ) Dougherty of town, N. H., d. Apr. 17, 1890; he d. B. F., Dec. 13, 1885.
Children :
i. LUCY GERTRUDE,2 b. Guilford, Sept. 29, 1824; m. Jan. 18, 1848, Col. Nathaniel Tracy Sheafe, s. of Jacob and Mary ( Haven) Sheafe, b. Portsmouth, N. H. in 1815, grad. Dartmouth college, 1835, taught the high school of B. F. two yrs., studied law and was admitted to Windham county bar in 1839, practised at B. F., in 1843, he formed a partnership with Hon. William C. Bradley of Westminster which continued until he rem. to Derby Line, Vt. in 1851. He served at various times as state's attorney in Orleans county, was postmaster at Derby Line, cashier of the bank and commissioner of the U. S. Circuit court. He represented West- minster in the legislature of 1850. The title of Colonel was secured by service on the staff of Gov. Williams in 1850. He d. Derby Line, Vt., Aug., 1893; Mrs. Sheafe res. Derby Line. Children : 1. Sarah Hyde,3 b. Westminster, Vt., Nov. 1, 1848; res. Derby Line : unm. 2. Margaret Haven, b. Derby Line, July 19, 1860; m. Horace Stewart Haskell of Derby Line, in 1882 ; res. Derby Line. Child : Tracy Sheafe,4 b. June 14, 1885.
ii. SARAH CHASE, b. Guilford, Aug. 25, 1827; m. Dec. 6, 1876, Joseph Willson of B. F. ; she d. B. F., Jan. 6, 1878; no children.
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RUSSELL FITCH, b. Guilford, Nov. 19, 1832; m. Nov. 10, 1859, Lucea Augustina Sheafe of Portsmouth, N. H. ; res. Jamaica Plain,
Mass. Children : 1. Russell Sheafe,3 b. Jamaica Plain, Apr. 19, 1864; m. Nov. 2, 1896, Mabel A. Beaumont ; res. Jamaica Plain. Child : Russell Beaumont,4 b. Jamaica Plain, Sept. 28, 1897. 2. Louise Augustina, b. Oct. 16, 1870; res. Jamaica Plain ; unm. 3. Gertrude Sheafe, b. July 27, 1875 ; res. Jamaica Plain ; unm.
JACKSON
SAMUEL1 came from Keene N. H., in 1823 and built a store and brick dwelling about forty rods south of the present town farm, the little hamlet soon taking the name of " La Grange." (See page 372. ) Postmaster, 1835-7, and many yrs. merchant of the village; m. Oct. 13, 1823, Laura, dau. of Elijah Lovell.
Children, (possibly more than two) :
i. SAMUEL CRAWFORD,2 b. at La Grange, Nov. 15, 1824; m. Harriet Valeria, dau. of Samuel L. Billings of R. Children : 1. Elizabeth B.,3 m. Horace Weston Thompson, a paper-mill owner of B. F., deceased ; she res. B. F. ; noch. ( See Thompson.) 2. George S .. m. Mary Jane Powers of Deadwood, S. D., where they res. ; he is engaged in mining. Child : George Lewis.4 3. Noyes L., m. Jessie May Boise ; res. Belvidere, Ill., where he is engaged in mercantile business. Child : Wilma, 4 a student at Lake Forest university. 4. Lena B., m. Henry Haven Windsor of Chicago, publisher and magazine editor ; res. Evanston, Ill. Child : Henry Haven.4
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ii. NOYES L., b. at La Grange, Nov. 15, 1827; m. Sarah Stoddard of N. Y. city. He went "round the horn" to California in '49 and remained until 1856; ret. then to Bartonsville and invested in paper-mills that were later destroyed by freshet ; res. Bartons- ville.
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WILLIAM HENRYI (3. of Dr. Stephen who came to Walpole, N. H., from Connecticut about 1790, and practised there until death, 1836), b. Walpole July 12, 1833 ; grad. N. Y. Medical college ; practised a few years ; principal B. F. H. S., 1859-61 ; sutler in army, Civil war: insurance, drug trade and chair manufacturing in B. F. until 1875, then engaged in marble business in Rutland, Vt. ; res. in Rutland and N. Y. city until death, dealing somewhat in Colorado silver mining securities ; active in Masonry and in politics ; repre- sented R. in legislature of 1866-7 ; delegate to Republican national conven- tion, 1876.
He m. ist about 1861, Sarah Gates of Walpole, d. 1872; m. 2d 1875, Sarah Jane Chatterton of Center Rutland, d. 1884; he d. Center Rutland April 28, 1904.
Children :
i. EDWARD STEPHEN,2 b, in B. F. July 20. 1865 ; employee of Ameri- can express ; m. Feb. 1, 1888, Jessie Maynard, at Fair Haven, Vt. Child : 1. Helen Maynard,3 b. Center Rutland, May 31, 1893 ; res. Center Rutland.
ii. WILLIAM GUY, b. B. F., July 1, 1867; engaged first in marble trade, now in automobile garage in N. Y. city ; m. Addie Borden of N. Y. city ; no children.
iii. GRACE ELIZA. b. B. F., Oct. 18. 1872: m. Arthur Graham ; res. N. Y. city ; no children.
iv. WAIT CHATTERTON, b. Center Rutland, Mar., 1876; is a lieut. in 26th U. S. Inf. ; m. July, 1900, at Burlington, Vt., Chastine Mary Miner. Child: 1. Charles Miner,3 b. Manila, P. I., May 23, 1902.
v. STANLEY MATTHEW, b. 1878; d. in infancy.
JONES
ELIJAH,1 in 1808 came from Providence, R. I., to Brattleboro, and the next year to S. R. ; purchased a large farm that comprised what is now the north part of the village of S. R., including Pleasant St., and Vt. Academy grounds, extending to the top of the hill near Minard's pond; selectman 1821-2 ; m. Esther M. Richardson, d. Oct. 3, 1874, ae. 86 yrs. ; he d. Feb. 18, 1852, ae. 67 yrs.
Children all b. in S. R :
i. SARAH ALMEDA,2 b. Nov. 27, 1810: m. Robert Wiley. ( See Wiley.)
ii. CHARLES LYSANDER, b. Sept. 10, 1812 ; engaged in the soap manu- facture in Boston and accumulated wealth : donated to Vt. Acad- emy $20,000, and the present building known as ' Jones Hall " was named for him ; m. Aug. 13, 1839, Ellen Hooper of Walpole, N. H. ; he d. Mar. 19, 1879; res. Cambridge, Mass. ; no children.
iii. ESTHIER MARY, b. Feb. 24, 1816: m. ist Harris Herbart; m. 2d June 8, 1871, Solon Perry of S. R. : she d. Feb. 8, 1882. ( See Perry.)
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iv. LUCIUS ALLEN, b. Aug. 18, 1818; m. Aug. 3, 1842, Frances R. Hooper of Walpole; in business with his brothers in Boston ; res. Cambridge, Mass. ; has two sons, Charles H'.,3 president of N. E. National Bank of Boston, and Francis H.
v. HARRIET ALMIRA, b. Apr. 17, 1821 ; d. Sept. 17, 1823.
vi. ELIZABETH ALMIRA, b. Sept. 4, 1823 ; m. Ist Joseph Axtell, Oct. 28, IS51; m. 2d Charles Smith, Nov. 18, 1863; she now res. in S. R .; no children.
vii. HENRY ELIJAH, b. July 14, 1826 ; a soap mfr. ; res. Cambridge, Mass.
viii. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, b. Oct. 3, 1828.
ix. MARTHA ELLEN, b. Jan. 14, 1832 : m. Solon Perry of S. R. ( See Perry.)
JONES
DR. REUBEN,1 was one of the earliest, possibly the earliest resident physician in town. Of his ancestry and early life nothing has been learned. He was in town as early as 1774, and was probably living on the farm which he at that time owned just north of the mouth of Williams river. He was then 27 yrs. old, an ardently patriotic and impulsive young man.
During the years of the Revolution and the formation of the state of Ver- mont which followed, Dr. Jones took an active and leading part. A close study of the affairs of Vt. during that era indicates that he assumed a part in those times " which tried men's souls " not exceeded in importance by more than half a dozen of the patriots, and state builders, of that period.
As early as 1774. Dr. Jones of R. and Capt. Azariah Wright of West- minster learned of oppressive measures being taken by the Tories and their courts, and counseled together to resist them. Dr. Jones and Capt. Wright were leaders in the movements which culminated the night of Mar. 13, 1775, in the Westminster massacre, in which the first blood of the Revolution was shed. They, with their followers, were to the Liberty party in Eastern Vt. what Col. Ethan Allen and his "Green Mountain Boys " were on the west side of the state. Tradition says that for some years previous, these three inen had matured plans for resisting the New York sheriffs should they come to deprive the " grantees " of their homes. Ethan Allen was a kinsman of Capt. Wright and a frequent guest at his home in Westminster, as well as in various families in R., including those of Dr. Jones and Joshua Webb.
On the day of the massacre, Dr. Jones was one of the party of sixty-five or more men who marched from R. to Westminster, and after arming them- selves with sticks of wood from Capt. Wright's wood pile, a short distance north of the old court house, resisted the entrance into that building of the officials of the Tory court. This resistance resulted in the death that night of two Liberty men and the wounding of several others.
The next day "Dr. Jones rode express and hatless to Dummerston " arousing the Liberty people, and, returning with a large force of patriotic citi- zens, they arrested and jailed the court officials, with the result that a further term of the courts under New York authority was never held in this county.
He was educated possibly more than others in this vicinity who were interested in public affairs of that day, as he alone was chosen to write for the world that historic document, "A Relation of the Proceedings of the People of the .County of Cumberland and Province of New York." This was
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the authoritative narrative of the oppression of the people of the county lead- ing to the massacre, and the circumstances and results of it from the Liberty standpoint. It was written to controvert that other statement, issued the day after the event by Judge Chandler and other court officials telling the story from their viewpoint and known to history as the " State of the Facts." The account written by Dr. Jones is a clear cut. concise and able document. prov- ing the falsity of many of the more important statements made by the judges in their " State of the Facts." His impulsive character is shown by his having, the next day, counseled the shooting of the members of the Tory court who took part in the massacre, but the wise counsel of Capt. ( later General) Benj. Bellows of Walpole prevented further shedding of blood at that time.
During all the troublous months following this first outbreak, Dr. Jones was a leading spirit in the councils and deliberations of the citizens of this commonwealth which led up to the independence of Vt. from the domi- nation of either England, New York, or New Hampshire, and the creation of the new Republic of Vt. (1777) that became (1791) the 14th of the sisterhood of states. He served as clerk of the Westminster, convention, Apr. 11, 1775, and was a member of every convention of citizens on the east side of the state, including those at which the state constitution was adopted and the name " Vermont " chosen, as well as the memorable one held at Dorset, Sept. 25, 1776. These conventions were the creative bodies of the Republic of Vt., and in each the name of " Dr. Reuben Jones of Rockingham " was prominent in debate and upon committee. Many of the important public documents of that day were drafted by him. Through him this town was more constantly and prominently represented in this creative period than any other town upon the east side of the Green mountains, thus giving to its settlers an important influence in the formation of our noble state.
The convention of January, 1777, chose Dr. Jones one of a committee to go to Washington in behalf of Vt., and present her claims to existence to Congress. Upon the report of this delegation was very largely based the subsequent action of Vt. in maintaining her independence for so many years. Samuel Williams, LL. D., who in 1794 published the first History of Vt. says, on p. 232 : "they petitioned congress that their declaration might be received, that the district therein described might be ranked among the free and independent American states ; and delegates therefrom be admitted to a seat in Congress. This declaration and petition was signed and presented to Congress in behalf of the inhabitants, by four of the most respectable members of the convention : Jonas Fay, Thomas Chittenden, Heman Allen and Reuben Jones."
Another eminent authority in history gives Dr. Jones the following tribute : " the names of Dr. Jonas Fay, Thomas Chittenden, Heman Allen and Reuben Jones, among the foremost in the great work of state building, are preserved. So too, are those of Nathaniel Chipman, statesman and jurist, and of Ira Allen, diplomat and financier. So, also, are the names of Ethan Allen and Seth Warner, sterling patriots and incomparable soldiers."
Dr. Jones was surgeon of the first military company of the town, organ- ized between 1768 and 1774, and commanded by Capt. Stephen Sargeant. In
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later years he was the surgeon of Col. Wm. Williams' regiment, and it is probable that he was surgeon for larger divisions of troops as his receipt is on file in the office of the secretary of state given to Ira Allen, state treasurer, for 1314£, 13s. "to purchase medicines for the troops in the state service."
He represented R. in the first three legislatures of Vt., those of 1778, 1779 and 1780. He then rem. to Chester, Vt., and represented that town in the legislature of 1781, and in each of these four sessions the record shows he took a leading part.
Like so many of the early settlers of Vt. he became involved in debt. The laws of that time imprisoned debtors who could not meet their obliga- tions and having been seized in New Hampshire, at the instance of an inhabitant of that state, Dr. Jones was confined in the jail of Cheshire county, then located in Charlestown, during a part of the summer of 1785. On the 16th of Aug. he effected his escape, and to evade the officers returned to Vt., where he was rearrested and taken to Chester by John Griswold of Springfield.
His genial and popular nature is shown by the fact that at this time of adversity his friends did not desert him. As Griswold was taking him away, John Caryl and Amos Fisher, citizens of Chester, made an attack upon the officer and took Dr. Jones away from him. The supreme court found an indictment against the doctor and his two friends for resisting an officer, but the records do not show that either of the three was ever brought to trial.
Dr. Jones was one of the 65 grantees of the town of Concord, Vt., by the legislature, and, Nov. 30, 1779, he received title from John Whittney 2d, of R., to a share in the previously granted islands of Lake Champlain known as the " Two Heroes."
The records of the Ist Town chh. in R. show that Dr. Jones and his wife were received as members, Feb. 13, 1780, and that three of his sons were baptized there upon various dates.
For the next 40 years little is known of this sterling patriot of early days. At some time during these years he rem. to the west side of Lake Cham- plain and evidently became reduced to straightened circumstances. The journal of the legislature for the year 1821 shows a petition received from him, and a special act was passed Nov. 8, 1821 as follows : " It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, that the treasurer of the state, be, and hereby is, directed to pay Reuben Jones of Jay in the state of New York one hundred dollars, immediately, after the passing of this act ; it being as full compensation for his services in support of the claims of the inhabitants of the New Hampshire grants, before the organization of this State," thus, although at a late day, acknowledging the important services rendered by him.
DR. REUBEN,I b. Mar. 7, 1747; m. Eunice -; d. Keeseville, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1833 and was interred there in Evergreen cemetery. The Chester, Vt., town records, Vol. A, p. 161, give the following record of their
Children :
i. ELI,2 b. Feb. 23, 1781.
ii. MOSES, b. Nov. 1, 1782.
iii. EUNIS, b. Jan. 12, 1785.
I. iv. REUBEN, b. Feb. 19, 1788.
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I. DR REUBEN2 (s. of Dr. Reuben, 1747), b. Feb. 19, 1788; studied med- icine with Dr. Goodrich of Peru, N. Y., and practised at Jay, Essex Co., N. Y .; rem. to Keeseville. N. Y., in 1822 : a surgeon of the war of 1812, in service at the Battle of Champlain ; a man of superior attainments and a fluent speaker ; was county judge a number of years ; rem. to Bath-on-the Hudson, N. Y. in 1852, and to Albany, N. Y., in 1858.
He m. Betsey Ketchum. d. Feb. 24. 1870: he d. Albany, N. Y., May 20, 1859.
Children :
i. DR. ERASMUS DARWIN.3 b. Upper Jay, N. Y., Sept. 10, ISIS; became an eminent physician and surgeon at Albany, N. Y., and promi- nent in the medical world ; one of the founders of the New York State Homeopathic Medical Society in 1850, and a senior member in 1886: he m. Sept. S. 1842, Sarah Jane Phelps of Albany ; he d. Albany. Aug. 17 1895. Children : 1. Catherine Phelps,+ b. May 22, 1843 : d. Feb. 21, 1845. 2. Dr. Charles E., b. Feb. 15, 1849 : d. Dec. 1. 1899: unm. 3. Emma Louisa, b. Nov. 12. 1851 ; m. Oct. 9, 1878. Frederick E. Wadhams, an attorney : res. Albany. Child : i. Elizabeth Jones,5 b. Sept, 16. 1879; m. Apr. 25. 1906, Garland P. Robinson, formerly of Danville, Va. ; res. Albany. 4. Mary Elizabeth. b. June 30, 1857 : d. July 23, 1883 ; unm.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH, b. 1822 : d. Dec. 9, 1855.
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HENRY CHAMBERLINI (s. of David), b. Newfane, Vt., Apr. 1, 1840 : came to S. R. about 1868: owned grocery store : was P. M. 1873-1883 : rep- resented the town in 1878.
Hle m. Martha Washington Rathwell of Washington, D. C., Oct. 30, 1866, d. Washington, Dec. 22, 1898; he d. at S. R., Dec. 25, 1882.
Children all b. in S. R. :
i. ETTA BERTHA,2 b. Aug. 20, 1868; m. Win. Miller ; res. Forest Glen, Md. : no children.
ii. HARRY CLIFTON, b. Dec. 4. 1870; is an employee of Smithsonian Institute ; res. Washington, D. C. ; unm.
KEITHI
GRINDALL,I b. near R. village, about 1796; a farmer and cattle broker for 50 yrs., dealing in live stock with the Boston markets; m. Ist Sarah Meades ; m. 2d Sarah Smith : he d. Grafton, Vt., July 27. 1873.
Child by first wife :
i. HELEN,2 now deceased.
Child by second wife :
ii. ADDIE. m. Levi W. Derby of Cambridgeport, Vt. : she d. June 31, 1873, ae. 32 yrs. ; he res. Cambridgeport. Child : 1. Fred K .,8 b. Apr. 5. 1871 ; res. Brighton, Mass. ; unm.
KELLOGG
DANIEL6 ( Daniel5 Danicl,+ Nathaniel,3 Nathaniel2 Lieut. Joseph1), b. Amherst, Mass .. Feb. 10, 1791; grad. Williams college, 1810: studied law with his brother-in-law, Gen. Martin Field; began practice of law in S. R. village. 1814: res. there until 1854: removed to Brattleboro, Vt., where
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he res. remainder of his life; was state's attorney of Windham county ; . judge of probate of Westminster district 1819-20; secretary of the Governor and Council of Vt., during terms of Gov. Van Ness, 1823-8; U. S. District attorney for Vt. 12 yrs. under Presidents Jackson and Van Buren ; Adjt. and Inspector Gen. of Vt .; represented R. in legislature 1845; Senator from Windham county 2 yrs. ; president of the State Constitutional Convention ; from 1845 to 1852 a judge of the Supreme Court of Vt. ; received deg. LL. D. from the University of Vt. in 1853; many times Democratic candidate for governor of Vt .; in 1853 candidate for U. S. senator, lacking but two votes of an election.
When Gen. Lafayette visited Vt. in 1825, Gov. Van Ness was ill and on Judge Kellogg devolved the duty of welcoming him to the state, and extend- ing its hospitality. During the 60 yrs. of his public life, he maintained a reputation for rare thoroughness, fidelity and integrity. In manners he was a gentleman of the old school, erect, dignified and urbane.
He m. Ist May 23, 1820, Jane, dau. of James McAffee of S. R., b. Oct. 2, 1793, d. S. R. Sept. 13, 1827 ; m. 2d Feb. 2, 1830, Merab Ann, dau. of Hon. Wm. C. Bradley of Westminster, b. Westminster, Feb. 4, 1806, d. S. R., Mar. 27, 1845; m. 3rd June 30, 1847, Miranda Metcalf Aldis of St. Albans, Vt., b. June 20, 1803 ; he d. Brattleboro, May 10, 1875.
Children all b. at S. R. :
i. HENRY,7 d. in infancy.
ii. HENRY, b. Aug. 23, 1823; grad. Williams college 1843; read law with Hon. Wm. C. Bradley at Westminster ; drowned while bath- ing in Connecticut river June 18, 1844 ; unm.
iii. GEORGE BRADLEY, b. Nov. 6, 1825; read law with Hon. Asa Keyes of Brattleboro; admitted to Windham Co. bar Nov., 1844, and to Supreme Court, Feb., 1847; began practice in company with his father in S. R. in 1846; rem. to Brattleboro in 1855; P. M. of Brattleboro; state's attorney three yrs. ; Adjt. and Insp. Gen. for Vt. 1854 to 1859; represented Brattleboro in legislature two yrs. ; was active in raising and enlisting Ist Vt. Cavalry of which he was lieut. col. in the Civil war ; at conclusion of the war he resumed practice of his profession in St. Louis, Mo., and d. there Nov., 1875 ; m. Mar. 15, 1847, Mary Lee, dau. of Urial Sikes of Brattleboro, b. Oct. 10, 1826. Children : 1. Jane McAffee,8 b. Sept. 23, 1849; m. in 1872, Victor W. Fisher : res. St. Louis, Mo. Children : i. Mary Lee,9 b. 1872. ii. James Edward, b. 1872, (twins). iii. Guy Kellogg, h. 1874. iv. Rose McAffee, b. 1878. 2. Sarah Bradley, b. Jan. 6, 1853 ; d. Aug. 17, 1853.
iv. SARAH BRADLEY, b. Aug. 17, 1831 ; m. Nov. 6, 1855, Henry Augus- tus Willard of " Willard's Hotel " Washington, D. C .; now res. in Washington. Child : 1. Henry Kellogg,8 b. Washington, Oct. 20, 1856; m. Nov. 6, 1901; res. Washington. Children : i. Henry Augustus,9 (2d) b. Washington, Sept. 20, 1902. ii. Wil- liam Bradley, b. Washington, Aug. 17, 1904.
V. DANIEL, b. in 1833 ; d. in 1834.
vi. DANIEL, b. Apr. 9, 1835; now res. Westminster, Vt .; has been assistant judge of Windham county court ; m. May 2, 1861, Mar- garet White May of Westminster, b. Westminster, Apr. 10, 1833, d. Westminster, Nov. 30, 1892. Children : 1. William May,8 b. July 27, 1862. 2. Merab Ann Bradley, b. Apr. 27, 1865 ; m. John Harris Williams of B. F. ( See Williams.) 3. Susan White, b. June 12, 1871; res. Westminster ; unm.
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KIDDER
EDWARD PAOLI? (John,6 Nathaniel,5 Samuel,+ Richard,3 Ephraim,2 James, I came from England to Cambridge. Mass .. before 1650), b. Wardsboro, Vt., Feb. 21, 1829: came to B. F. from Jamaica, Vt., 1854; employed as machinist in R. R. shop and later as foreman in other machine shops.
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