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3. Rachel, b. June 25, 1815; m. Simeon Herrick. (See Herrick family.)
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4. Elizabeth, b. June 27, 1819; m. Dr. Edmund Meacham (deceased).
5. Augusta, b. March 4, 1822 ; m. Edward Hall. Fonr children :
6. Almon Branch, b. March 26, 1824; well known to the people of Springfield, and possessing their confidence and esteeni. He m. March 29, 1849, Henrietta Staples of Landgrove, deceased. He m. 2d, Catharine A. Wilson, b. March 27, 1831, in Chester. He d. in 1894. Was honored and respected by his townsmen. Ch. :
(1). Abbie Jane, b. Jan. 2, 1850; m. Edwin S. Lamb.
(2). Eliza Anna, b. Nov. 22, 1851; m. May 18, 1871, Simon W. Greene; res. in Springfield. Ch. :
[1]. Bertram S., b. Oct. 10, 1874.
(3). Ira Earle, b. Sept. 11, 1856; m. Ellen Monagle; res. in Belchertown, Mass.
(4). Ethan Alward, b. Dec. 4, 1857; d. May 15, 1880.
(5). Edna Maria, b. June 8, 1859; m. Walter N. Smith. Ch. : [1]. Gertrude Edna, b. March, 1883.
[2]. Grace Elmira, b. June, 1886.
(6). Frank Elias, b. Feb. 16, 1865; m. Helen M. Aldrich. Ch. : [1]. Milton, b. January, 1892.
VIII. Simeon, b. - ; m. Esther Gould. Seven ch. :
IX. Sarah.
X. Anna.
Clarissa
XII. Rebecca.
CAPT. THOMAS DANA was born in Brighton, Mass., May 18, 1779. Richard Dana came to this country about 1640, and married Anna Bullard. Their son Daniel, born Mar. 20. 1664, married Naomi Carswell. Their son Thomas, married Mary Parker, Jan. 22, 1718. Their son Thomas, born Aug. 8, 1723, married Martha Williams, and their son Thomas married Hannah Williams, Nov. 20, 1777, and their son Thomas, the subject of this sketch, came to Springfield in 1799. Feb. 6, 1800, he married Betsey, daughter of Joshna Davis. They lived in a small house on Parker Hill, opposite the Mc- Intyre house, the present residence of Silas A. Cutler. Afterwards he bought the farm and built the house lately owned by D. C. Martin. In 1833 or 1834 he sold this place to his son William, and moved into the village, living in the Noah Safford house while he built his brick house in the village, now owned by Chester Stone, where he lived until his death.
Capt. Dana was a brickmason, and worked at that trade as builder and contractor, abont fifty years. He built nearly all the brick buildings in this section of Vermont and many in New Hampshire. He was a workman of great skill, enterprise, and energy, and a man of large intelligence and varied information, of which he loved to give others the benefit. He was one of the prime movers in establishing the town library. He held several town offices, and was an active member of the Universalist Church, and one of the first members of the Masonic lodge. He died Sept. 2, 1852, after a life of great activity and usefulness. His wife died Sept. 17, 1851.
SEG. H. WALKER & CO. LITH. BOSTON
Thomas Dama
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GRO.H. WALKER & CO .. LITH, BOSTON
B.F. Dana
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Among the writer's early experiences of village life was a raid, at the age of six years, on the pear tree of our next door neighbor, "Cappeu Dany," as we all called him, aud an errand of restitution at the behest of his faithful mother. The kind and comforting words with which Captain and Mrs. Dana soothed the remorse of that penitential visit will never be forgotten.
Capt. Thomas and Betsey Dana had six ch. :
I. Thomas, b. Feb. 20, 1801, died early.
II. John, b. Aug. 4, 1803, d. early.
III. William, b. Jan. 21, 1807. He was a brickmason and after buying his father's farm paid his attention to farming. Afterwards he sold the farm to Lewis Weston, and in 1854 removed to Windsor and bought the Robbins farm. In 1860 he removed to Charlestown, N. H., which town he represented in the Legislature in 1866, 1867 and 1868. He was selectman at various times, in cach of the three towns of his resideuce. Dec. 4, 1832, he m. Lucinda, dau. of Joseph and Lucinda (Mather) Weston, who was born Nov. 6, 1809. He died Nov. 18, 1877. Mrs. Dana died Sept. 18, 1866. William and Lucinda Dana had two ch.
1. Thomas, b. in Springfield, Dec. 8, 18:3. Located in Boston in 1849, in the wholesale grocery business, and was one of the leading and most successful merchants of the city. He m. Feb. 5, 1857, Helen Porter Williams of Perkiusville, who died Dec. 9, 1859. M. 2d, Mary Catherine Baldwin of Cambridge, Mass. They have three ch.
(1). William F. b. 1863.
(2). Helen, b. 1864.
(3). Ada, b. 1871.
2. Ellen, b. in Springfield, Oct. 13, 1839; m. July 26, 1859, Horace Ballou Wing, son of Joseph and Cassandra (Ballou) Wing, b. iu Boston May 6, 1831. Res. in Charlestown, N. H.
IV. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1811; m. in Springfield, Vt., Nov. 21, 1838, Thomas Dana, son of John, who was a very successful wholesale grocer of Boston, and d. Jan. 14, 1878. At a meeting of the Bos- ton Grocers' Associatiou at the Board of Trade rooms, Jan. 16, 1878, to take action relative to his death, resolutions were adopted giving expression to the very high esteem in which Mr. Dana was held, as a merchant of great enterprise and spotless honor, who found time amid the cares of a large business for extensive reading and cul- ture, and as a man of exemplary and unassuming Christiau life. They had one child.
1. Mary Elizabeth, b. December, 1846; m. June 1, 1876, Julian de Cordova, a merchant of Boston. Ch. :
(1). Julian Dana de Cordova, b. Dec. 25, 1877.
V. Benjamin F., b. Sept. 5, 1814. Has always resided in town. For twenty years he was a leading merchant, beginning in 1836 in com- pany with Jonathan Chase, under the firm name of Chase & Dana. At the end of three years he hired the Brooks store (on the site of Woolson's Block), of Morris & Whitmore, and went into company
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with George W. Porter. He afterwards bought out Mr. Porter and took in A. L. Thompson as a partner. After the retirement of Mr. Thompson he continued the business alone until 1855, when he sold out to Labaree & Lombard. In his mercantile life he was a wool buyer, in which business he continued until the last few years and was also interested in manufacturing with Holmes, Whitmore & Co. in Springfield and Whitmore & Dana at Brattleboro. After retiring from manufacturing he was quite a dealer in real estate, and has been for many years a director in the National Bank of Springfield. Mr. Dana retired from active business in 1875 to pass the declining years of his life in rural pursuits. The gratification of his taste for fine fruits and flowers affording enjoyment not only to Mr. and Mrs. Dana, but to their friends and all who pass their beautiful grounds. Mr. Dana married Nov. 5, 1845, Jane E., daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Parker) Willson of Vergennes, Vt., born Oct. 27, 1819. They had two ch. :
1. Ada J., b. May 15, 1847.
2. Caroline E., b. April 4, 1851; both died young.
VI. Hannah Williams, b. Nov. 20, 1817; m. Warren Brooks of East Cam- bridge, Mass. He d. April 10, 1886. They had six children, five of whom died young, and Mary E., b. Oct. 26, 1852, m. Dec. 31, 1875, Al- bion A. Perry.
FRED C. DAVIS.
EDWARD DAVIS, son of John Davis, was b. in Eng- land. He m. Martha Lewis, daughter of Benjamin and Barbara (Stimpson) Lewis. Ch. :
I. Cora A., b. Sept. 27, 1854; m. Frank Morrill.
II. John, b. Aug. 3, 1860. EGBERT C. DAVIS, son of Isaac and Louisa (Farnham) Davis, was b. at Landgrove, May 29, 1845; m. Nov. 16, 1869, Irene M. Tuttle, daugh- ter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Felton) Tuttle. Ch .:
I. Archie E., b. Feb. 14, 1875.
II. Mabel E., b. Dec. 19, 1876.
FRED CARLOS DAVIS, son of L. Carlos and Ruth
GED.H. WALKER & CO. LITH. BOSTON.
Johan Divison
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(Hapgood) Davis, was b. at So. Reading, Vt., May 29, 1862; attended the Green Mountain Perkins Academy at South Woodstock; graduated from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1884, and from the United States Training School for Astronomical and Meteorological Work, Fort Myer, Va., in 1885. He studied law with Gilbert A. Davis of Reading and A. M. Allbe of Springfield, and was admitted to the Bar of Vermont. Oct. 20, 1891 ; now in practice in Springfield. He m. Aug. 23, 1892, Nellie Mitchell, daughter of Henry E. and Julia (Adams) Mitchell of Ascutneyville, Vt., b. Aug. 1, 1869. She was educated at the High School in Cambridge, Mass., and is a teacher in the public schools in Springfield (1894).
ISAAC G. DAVIS, son of William and Phebe (Sanders) Davis, was b. in Baltimore, Vt., March 10, 1812. In company with his brother Ira was for several years engaged in the manufacture of shoe pegs in a shop that stood on the present site of Gilman & Son's machine shop. Later he engaged in farming. He was for many years one of the trustees of Springfield Savings Bank, and was trusted and respected by his townsmen. He died in Spring- field. He m. 1st, Mary A. Williams; she d. April 16, 1863. He m. 2d, Mary (Whipple) Harlow, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Kingsley) Whipple of Charlestown, N. H. Ch. by 1st marriage :
I. Henry C., b. Nov. 23, 1842; m. Emily Choate.
II. Herbert W., b. Dec. 18, 1845; member of Company D., 9th Regiment Vermont Volunteers; m. Dec. 31, 1873, Sarah K. Schureman.
III. Edward N., b. Feb. 28, 1852; m. June 16, 1873, Hattie Wetherbee. She d. Nov. 17, 1882.
IV. Ira J., b. Dec. 23, 1860; d. Dec. 16, 1862.
IRA DAVIS, son of William and Phebe (Sanders) Davis, was at one time engaged in manufacturing with his brother Isaac. He was b. in 1809 and d. Oct. 29, 1888.
JOHN DAVIDSON was born in Windham, N. H., Sept. 18, 1775. He subse- quently removed to Acworth, N. H., and married Abigail Prouty, Aug. 4, 1803. They had eight children, of whom two only lived to adult age, Elvira, the wife of Frederick Parks, and Mary L., wife of Amasa Woolson. Mr. Davidson was a man of fine personal appearance, possessing great energy and industry ; was genial, hospitable, open hearted, frank, and out-spoken, an earnest Christian, a member of the Congregational Church, and devoted to its interests. He was a Christian gentleman of the old school. He died March 24, 1850, at the age of seventy-four years. His wife survived him until April 9, 1854, aged eighty years.
JOSHUA DAVIS came from Boston to Springfield before 1800, with his wife, mother, and sister Betsey, who afterwards m. Thomas Dana (see Dana family). He built a house and tannery near Parker Hill. Later he sold to Wm. Thayer, and came to the village, and built another tannery, on the Moses F. Chase place, now owned by Charles Johnson. He died Sept. 3, 1850, aged 73 years. His wife was Mary Poole of Boston ; she d. Dec. 2, 1857, aged 77 years. Ch .:
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I. Mary, m. John Brown; both d. in Boston.
II. Jonas B., m. Caroline Bissell ; died in Keene, N. H.
III. Catharine, m. Ezekiel Whitcomb (see Whitcomb family).
IV. William, m. Maria Bissell of Hanover, N. H. ; both d. in Elkhart, Ind.
V. Harriet A., m. Luke Davis ; d. in Derby, Vt.
VI. Abigail, d. in infancy.
VII. Samuel L., m. Sarah Erskins of Claremont, N. H. ; d. in California.
VIII. Martha Jane, d. Jan. 1, 1844; aged 20 yrs.
IX. Joshua, m. Catherine - of Boston ; d. in Chelmsford, Mass.
X. Hannah, m. Caleb Whitney ; both d. in Lowell, Mass.
XI. Tural, m. Fannie Cutler of Springfield ; both d. in Chester, Vt.
XII. Betsey, m. Stephen Montague of Bellows Falls. She is still living (1894), in Chelsea, Vt., at the age of 87. She and Catherine, now living in Springfield, are the only survivors of this family of twelve (1894).
CHARLES O. DAVIS, son of Tural B. and Fanny (Cutler) Davis, was born at Chester, May 22, 1852; m. Lestina Ellison, dau. of Barney and Sarah (Noah) Ellison.
Ch. :
Fred C., b. Nov. 14, 1877
LEWIS DAVIS, son of William and Phebe (Sanders) Davis, was b. at Balti- more, Vt., June 30, 1818; m. Mary A. Bradford, daughter of Richard and Mary (Stimson) Bradford. Ch. :
I. Jessie, b. in Springfield, Jan. 16, 1859; m. Oct. 22, 1883, Charles E. Fisher ; res. at Gloucester, Mass.
PARKMAN DAVIS, son of Parkman and Sarah (Forbush) Davis, was b. at Baltimore, Vt., April 16, 1816; m. Feb. 23, 1842, Abby E. Pierce, daughter of John and Abigail (Haywood) Pierce. Ch. :
I. Arvilla M, b. Aug. 8, 1845; m. Henry Austin.
II. Harlan J., b. Feb. 8, 1848; m. Lucy H. Norton.
III. Lucy Parkman, b. March 18, 1855.
IV. Isaline L., b. June 4, 1857.
GEORGE D. DECAMP, son of Daniel and Mary (Mansfield) DeCamp, was b. Dec. 23, 1843; m. Geraldine Latham, daughter of Simeon and Zilpha (Dens- more) Latham. C'h .:
I. Gerald, b. June 4, 1866; m. Ella S. Breed.
II. Herbert L., b. April 13, 1868.
III. Nellie T., b. Jan. 3, 1871.
IV. Henry G., b. April 12, 1874.
V. Mary A., b. March 25, 1876.
VI. John R., b. July 12, 1878.
VII. Lestina H., b. July 6, 1884.
ALPHONSO DE GOOSH, son of Alexander and Priscilla (Freeman) DeGoosh, was b. Jan. 19, 1852, at Calais, Vt. ; m. Oct. 7, 1887, Hattie L. Adams, daughter of James and Harriet (Simmonds) Adams.
um Dillon
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SULLIVAN JACKSON DEMARY, son of Silas and Sally (Rand) Demary, b. in Weathersfield, Aug. 30, 1816. Moved to Springfield April, 1864, and May, 1872, moved to Charlestown, N. H., where he was selectman from 1878 to 1886, being chairman of the board the last two years, He m. April 26, 1838, Jane Howard, daughter of Abel and Priscilla (Hodgkins) Brown, b. March 6, 1820. She d. Aug. 27, 1879. He d. May 8, 1889. Ch. :
I. Charles Sullivan, b. April 5, 1839; m. Jan. 1, 1872, Ellen Douglass, b. in Uniontown, Pa., Feb. 3, 1841, who d. in West Point, Neb., April 25, 1876. Ch. :
1. Sullivan Jackson, b. Oct. 5, 1874.
II. George Jackson, b. Feb. 9, 1841; m. May 10, 1866, Emma, daughter of - and Arabel (Field) Messenger, b. August 1, 1840. He d. June 6, 1879.
III. John Nichols, b. Dec. 2, 1842; m. June 1, 1871, Abbie E. daugh- ter of Ezekiel and Catherine (Davis) Whitcomb, b. Jan. 23, 1843.
IV. Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 14, 1844; m. in Charlestown, N. H.
V. Lucia Ellen, b. April 5, 1849; m. Aug. 24. 1869, William H. son of Heman and Emily (Hibbard) Vickery, b. in Burlington, Vt., Oct. 3, 1847. Resides in New York City.
VI. Hattie Eliza, b. May 7, 1864; m. Oct. 1, 1876, E. Gilbert, son of Porter and Elizabeth (Knight) Spencer, b. Aug. 8, 1846. Resides in Charlestown, N. H. Ch .:
1. Jane Olive, b. Oct. 20, 1887.
2. Willard D., b. Jan. 9, 1892.
WILLIAM DILLON was born in County Cork, Ireland, March 5, 1834 and came to this country in December, 1847, first settling in Oxford, Mass. He came to Springfield, from Pascoag, R. I., July 18, 1871, and with W. Collins of New Hampshire, and Hamlin Whitmore, engaged in woolen manufacturing, the firm being Collins, Dillon & Co. At the end of three years Mr. Collins withdrew from the firm and the business was conducted by Whitmore & Dillon for ten years. In 1884 Mr. Whitmore retired from the business and Mr. Dillon became the sole proprietor. The business became very prosper- ous under his management, the employees were increased from between fifty and sixty to eighty or more, and the product of the mill was over twenty thousand yards per month. Mr. Dillon was m. in Worcester, Mass., Nov. 14, 1855, to Ellen Bergan of Uxbridge, Mass. Ch .:
I. Mary E., b. in Millbury, Mass., Jan. 11, 1857; m. in 1892 Thomas A. O'Callaghan.
II. K. Agnes, b. in Otter River, Mass., May 13, 1859; m. Hugh Quinn Oet. 25, 1883. Ch. :
1. Ellen Vincent, b. July 5, 1891.
III. John E., b. in Otter River, Mass., Oct. 9, 1861.
IV. Frederick W., b. in Harrisville, R. I., July 25, 1864.
V. Edward F., b. in Ballston Spa, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1867, fitted for college at Springfield high school and entered Dartmouth in 1884. Was killed in the railroad disaster at Hartford, Vt.
Mr. Dillon died April 25, 1892.
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ISAAC L. DODGE, son of Isaac and Martha (Lovell) Dodge, b. Nov. 20, 1850; engaged in livery business ; m. December 19, 1878, Abba C. Sanders, daughter of Charles and Augusta (Brown) Sanders, b. Sept. 26, 1856. Ch. :
I. Clinton W., b. Aug. 24, 1883.
NAHUM C. DODGE, son of Hosea M. and Lucy N. (Breed) Dodge, was b. in Charlestown, N. H., July 16, 1869. He came to Springfield as clerk in the drug store of Norris & Whitcomb, graduated from Springfield high school in 1887, and later was clerk for M. D. Fisher & Co. In July, 1892, in company with Edwin F. Merrill, he bought out Mr. Fisher, and they still continue the business at the old stand in the Woolson block.
WILLIAM L. DODGE, son of Isaac and Martha (Lovell) Dodge, was b. in Claremont, N. H., June 11, 1843. He enlisted in Co. D 9th Reg. of Vt. Vols., and served three years with the rank of sergeant. After the war he studied medicine and graduated in 1868 from the Medical Department of Harvard University. He began the practice of his profession in Troy, N. H., and afterward moved to Somerville, Mass. In 1870 he located in Philadelphia, Pa., where he remained ten years, and acquired a large and successful practice. In 1880, on account of failing health, he was obliged to seek a more favorable climate, and went to Los Angeles, Cal. He found no relief here and returned to Vermont, where he died Jan. 24, 1882. He m. April 13, 1870, Hattie S. Steele, daughter of Deacon Ashbel and Lucy M. (Barnard) Steele.
OTTO M. DOUBLEDAY, son of William O. and Emma (Hutchins) Doubleday, b. in Sharon, Vt., July 14, 1852, began clerking with Haywood & Cobb in Springfield ; afterward was in grocery business with A. H. Holman, the firm being Doubleday & Holman, and later was engaged in the clothing business in the Blue Store. He sold to C. H. Moore, and is now in the mercantile busi- ness in Springfield, Mass. He m. April 8, 1874, Jennie L. Newell, daughter of Wilbur F. and Fanny (Norton) Newell, of Weathersfield. Ch. :
I. Frank W., b. Jan. 2, 1876.
II. Arthur W., b. March 20, 1878.
III. Clark O., b. May 20, 1884.
HERMAN DRESSEL, son of Philip and Mary (Schuchman) Dressel, was b. in Germany, Oct, 12, 1834. He is an upholsterer by trade, and worked for many years for the firm of Ellis, Britton & Eaton, in Springfield. He served in the War of the Rebellion, in the 11th Regiment New York Volunteers. Now engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Springfield. He m. Eliza H. K. Schrader. Ch. :
I. Robert F., b. Aug. 2, 1858, m. Mary Legacy.
II. Herman, Jr .. graduated from the Norwich University at Northfield, and was valedictorian of his class. He is now principal of the North Benning- ton high school and eminently successful as a teacher.
ORANGE P. DUNN, son of Parkhurst B. and Mary (Warren) Dunn, was b. at Ludlow, Vt., Feb. 10, 1846; m. Lucy Gordon, daughter of Andrew and Marion (Hill) Gordon. Ch .:
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I. Willie G., b. Dec. 30, 1870; d. in infancy.
II. Carlos O., b. March 24, 1874.
III. Herbert D., b. April 11, 1884.
IV. Alma J., (adopted) b. Sept. 5, 1876.
JOTHAM W. DURANT, youngest son of Joshua Durant, late of Weathers- field, was born in Keene. In 1818 he moved to a farm in the southwest part of Springfield. In three or four years he moved to the village, bought the saw mill and the mill house, where he lived five years. He carried on carriage building in connection with his mill, and was interested with McCray and others in the foundry. He sold out, the mill to Leonard Ellis, the foundry to his partners, and moved to North Springfield about 1830. He was instrumental in founding the society from which grew the Universalist Church. For twelve years he was engaged in carriage and carpenter work and farming, and in 1842 moved to Ohio. He m. in 1818, Lucy H., daughter of Waters Chilson, of Weathersfield, and raised a large family. He d. March, 1870, and his wife a week later. His oldest son Edward J., will be remembered as an active mem- ber of the militia company and of the brass band. He was a year in the store of Sylvester Burke, and in 1842 taught the village school. He spent a year in Ohio and then returned and taught the school on the common. In 1844 he went to Lebanon, N. H., and after a year in trade established the foundry and machinist business which became extensive during the building of the rail- roads. In 1858 he was in the furniture and paint business, and later in insur- ance and conveyancing. He represented the town in the legislature of New Hampshire in 1876-78; was town clerk, notary public, and justice of the peace many years. Later he moved to Pasadena, Cal., where he now resides.
SAMUEL W. DURANT, son of Samuel W. and Desdemona (Field) Durant, was born in Springfield in 1827. His father died when he was young, and from the time he was ten years old he had to care for himself. He attended the district schools of various towns till eighteen years of age, and in 1845, his mother having moved to St. Charles, Ill., he entered a store in that place where he worked several years. In 1862 he enlisted in the 127th Illinois In- fantry and served three years. From 1863 to 1865 he was lieutenant and quarter-master. From 1871 to 1880 he was engaged in compiling county his- tories and atlases in various eastern, middle and western states. He was a prominent citizen of St. Charles, Ill., and the publisher of the Valley Chronicle, which he established in 1881. He married Lucy C. Motteson in 1853, and they have six children. He died in 1892.
PERRIN S. DUTTON, son of Stephen and Semira (Hodgeman) Dutton, m. Sibyl Dartt, daughter of Nathaniel N. and Ruth (Perkins) Dartt of Weathers- field. Ch .:
I. Edith S., b. May 22, 1869; m. - Morse.
II. George P., b. Oct. 6, 1870.
III. Herbert W., b. Aug. 26, 1881.
JOSEPHUS H. DUTTON. son of Stephen Dutton, was b. Dcc. 9, 1820; m. Nancy A. Hodgeman, daughter of Willard L. and Nancy (Johnson) Hodge- man.
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HERRICK H. DUTTON, son of Stephen Dutton, was b. in Rockingham, May 6, 1836 ; m. Hattie N. (Fairbanks) Barry, daughter of Ira and Hannah (McQuade) Fairbanks. Ch .:
I. Parker R., b. Dec. 24, 1871, d.
JUSTUS DARTT, son of Erastus and Rebecoa (Jackman) Dartt, was b. in Weathersfield, Feb. 17, 1836, and is a descendant of the seventh generation from Richard Dartt, who came to New London, Conn., from England before 1663; the generations being as follows : -
1. Richard.
2. Daniel.
3. Daniel.
4. Joshua.
5. Josiah.
6. Erastus.
7. Justus.
He is the youngest of a family of seven children. Only two besides himself are now living : (1895), Mrs. S. Maria Kimball, who lives in his family, and Elizabeth, wife of L. S. Rossiter of Kasson, Minn. His an- ccstors went from Con- necticut to Gilsum, N. H., were among the grantees of the charter of that town which bears date of July 3, 1763, and the names of seven were on the roll of Captain Samuel Ashley's Regiment, when it started for the re- lief of Fort Ticonderoga in July, 1777. His great uncle, Justus, was a colonel in the Revolutionary War and his JUSTUS DARTT. grandfather was also a sol- dier in the Revolution. In many ancient records the name is written Darte and Dorte. He attended the common schools and Springfield Wesleyan Seminary. When he came to Springfield in the fall of 1853, Franklin O. Blair was principal of the seminary, and, besides the school buildings, there were only six houses on Seminary Hill. He taught his first school in the winter of 1853-54 in a schoolhouse which stood at the junction of roads between the James M. Fullam farm and the Deacon Arba Holman place, now owned by U. G. Nourse, (1895) on the hill west of the village. In the winter of 1856-57 he was hired by Henry Safford to teach the school on the common in Springfield. The schoolhouse stood where the present one stands, and there were nearly
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or quite seventy pnpils of all ages in the school. Since that time he has been engaged in school work, except a few years when he tried farming and trade. In 1874 he was sent to the Legislature from Weathersfield, and also in 1878 and in 1880. In 1882 he was one of the senators from Windsor Connty, and was president pro tem. of the Senate. He was elected State Superintendent of Education for Vermont in 1880, and held the office four terms, eight years in all. He served six years as Trustee of the State Agricultural College. In 1889 and 1890 he was superintendent of schools in the Conway District in Franklin County, Mass., and the next year was superintendent of schools in Gardner, Mass. He is now (1895) superintendent in the Charlemont Dis- trict in the same State. In May, 1862, he enlisted nnder Major Charles Jarvis in Company D 9th Regiment Vermont Volunteers, and was elected Second Lientenant. Was taken prisoner while in the hospital at Winchester, Va., in September, 1862. Was afterward paroled and sent to Camp Chase at Colum- bns, Ohio. He resigned and was discharged at Chicago in November of 1862 for disability. He m. Oct. 13, 1859, Abbie Patten Knight, daughter of Aaron and Melinda (Patten) Knight of Hancock, N. H. She was b. in Limerick, Me., Ang. 2, 1840. Ch. :
I. William Henry, b. in Weathersfield, Sept. 12, 1860 ; gradnated
from Dartmonth College in the class of 1887; now en- gaged with an en- gineer corps in rail- road survey in Penn- sylvania, (1895.)
II. Frank Patten, b. in Weathersfield, Aug. 22, 1865 ; graduated from Dartmonth College in class of 1889 ; now in the law office of Judge H. P. Harriman o f Boston, (1895.)
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