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Parish, and afterward served an apprenticeship as a silversmith and watch- maker. While following this trade he conceived the idea which became one of the main purposes of his life, namely, the making of a portable. steam engine, compact and simple, and within the reach of all, and applicable to all cases where moderate power was required. Finding a man of similar taste and a practical machinist iu the person of Gilbert Bradford, then a foreman in Goulding's machine shop, they united their efforts, persevered in correcting each fault as it appeared, and in 1850 Mr. Hoard's idea became a practical working machine.
One of its first uses was in running a printing press. This attracted the attention of Horace Greeley, and in a letter in the New York Tribune he called the attention of people in all parts of the country to the new power, which was soon in general nse, aud proved a fortune to all connected with it.
After fonr years of successful business, Mr. Hoard bought out Bradford's interest for $26,000, and associated his two sons, Norwood W. and Pitt, with him in the business, which increased rapidly, and in 1858 the firm employed one hundred aud forty men.
In 1856 he was elected to Congress from the 23d district of New York, the first Republican congressman from this district, and was re-elected in 1858. In 1862 he took a coutract from the United States government to man- ufacture fifty thousand staud of arms, having previously moved his shops to Watertown.
By the time his business of manufacturing rifles was on a paying basis, the war drew to a close, aud he disposed of his business to the steam engine company, who still condnet a successful business at the old stand of Hoard & Sons, at Watertown, N. Y. In 1869 he moved to Ceredo, W. Va., where he owued a large town interest and farming lands. Here he became identified with the interests of the town, and remained till his death, Nov. 20, 1886. Ch .:
I. Norwood W., d. September, 1857.
II. Pitt.
III. Samuel Floyd, now living iu Ceredo, W. Va.
DAVID F. HOGAN, son of Michael and Bridgett (McCarthy) Hogan, was b. in Springfield. He m. July 25, 1886, Nellie Long, b. at Brattleboro, Nov. 1, 1853. Ch .:
I. Ella S., b. at Springfield, May 28, 1887.
REUBEN H. HOLBROOK, son of Aaron and Philena (Perry) Holbrook, was b. at Townshend, Vt., Jan. 7, 1840. He is a manufacturer and was a member of the Springfield Toy Mfg. Co .; he m. Oct. 28, 1863, Marion G. Frauklin, daughter of Eri and Melinda (Bnrnap) Franklin of Townshend. Ch. :
I. Clarence H., d. in infancy.
II. Clifford F., d. in infancy.
DEACON ARBA HOLMAN was b. in Royalston, Mass., July 22, 1804. He was the son of Smith and Sally Holmau, and was five years old when the family came to Springfield. He lived most of his life on the farm on the hill west
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of the village, now owned by U. G. Nourse. A man who was respected by all who knew him. He was made deacon of the Congregational church in 1832, which office he held some years. He m. Dec. 4, 1826, Hannah Clarke, daughter of Paul and Hannah Clarke of Springfield. Ch. :
I. Gratia Ann, b. June 24, 1829; m. George Jones of Weathersfield. Ch .:
1. Sylvester, now resides at Weathersfield Bow.
2. Arba H. Holman, now engaged (1894) in the grocery business in Springfield. He m. Annie Sheldon, daughter of George and Mary (Putnam) Sheldon of Weathersfield. Ch. :
(1). Roy S., b. Jan. 10, 1880. (2). Maude M., b. Dec. 13, 1886.
II. Cyrus, b. Jan. 26, 1831 ; m. Ellen Prouty of Chester.
III. Eliza, b. Feb. 24, 1833; m. Henry P. Harlow of Springfield. She d. March 16, 1889. (See Harlow family.)
IV. Laura Jane, b. Dec. 30, 1835 ; m. Oct. 3, 1864, Samuel Moore of Wind- ham, Vt.
V. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1838 ; d. -
VI. Harriet, b. June 16, 1840; m. Dec. 8, 1891, A. C. Webb of Windsor, Vt.
VII. Charles O., b. March 30, 1847.
CHARLES BUTLER HOLMES, son of Rev. Henry B. and Harriet (Butler) Holmes, was b. in Springfield, March 18, 1840, his father being at that time pastor of the Congregational church here. His mother was a daughter of Judge Butler of Stuyvesant, N. Y., and sister of Hon. Benjamin F. Butler of Albany, N. Y., who was Attorney-General of United States from 1831 to 1834, in the cabinet of President Andrew Jackson. His boyhood and school days were spent in Massachusetts. He was an excellent mathematician, having studied eight years at Andover under James S. Eaton, author of Eaton's Arithmetic. In 1856 his father became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Belvi- dere, Ill., and Charles was engaged in surveying summers, and teaching school winters. In 1857 he was with an engineer corps surveying a line of railroad through northern Michigan from Lake Superior to Wisconsin, then an unbroken forest. In 1859, attracted by the rich soil and abundant returns for the labor of the husbandman, he turned his attention to farming. In 1861 he m. Eliza J. Robinson, of Cherry Valley, Ill., and with his bride repaired to his prairie home in central Illinois, where he became a large stock grower.
He had at one time six hundred head of cattle, which he herded on the prairie. Just as a terrible storm was coming on his assistant met with an accident which laid him up, and Mr. Holmes was left alone miles away from any human habitation to care for the stock. The storm proved one of re- markable length and violence. For six days the large herd was driven wild with terror, and only prevented by the utmost exertion from stampeding and scattering in all directions. During the whole six days and nights he was constantly in the saddle, using three horses by turns and nearly killing all of them. It was a terrible task to confront one man, but Mr. Holmes was equal to the occasion, and, with the exception of an hour's sleep
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under the rain on the water-soaked prairie, accorded by the aid of a lone traveller, he held the six hundred crazed animals in check during the six days and nights.
Owing to the failure of his wife's health, he moved to Chicago in 1863, and at the age of 23 was in charge of the Union Line Transportation Co., which owned and operated three steamers and fifty canal boats engaged in supplying the government with provisions and grain during the war. In 1873 he was called to the management of the Chicago City Railway Co., and for the past seven years has been president as well as superintendent.
" Probably the most brilliant feature of his management of this great sys- tem, which he has built up to such mammoth proportions, was the construc- tion of the cable lines, at a cost of several million dollars. The confidence of the stockholders of the company could not be better evidenced than by the readiness with which they put up the millions of dollars to put in operation what was then an almost untried system.
" Mr. Holmes is to-day without question the great street railway king of America. He controls more lines of street railway than any other man in the world, and there are many who hold that he controls them better than any- body else conld or would. He is president of the Chicago Railway Company, with its 135 miles of lines, its 2,000 horses and 4,000 horse power of cables and its 1,000 cars. He is at the head of a syndicate which owns forty-two miles of street railway in St. Lonis, thirteen miles of which are cable, the whole valued at $3,500,000, at the head of another syndicate which has invested $800,000 in Los An- geles, Cal., cable lines, and is also the head man in another syndicate which owns the street car lines of Rock Island, Davenport and Moline.
"He seems to be at the root of success in his deal- ings with the public. He gives them the best service possible and at the lowest price. A ride of twelve miles can be had on his Sonth Side lines for 5 cents, which is considerably the cheapest transportation in the world.
" Some time after his settlement in Chicago Mr. Holmes's wife died after a
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long struggle with sickness which refused to yield to the skill of the ablest physicians. This was in 1880, and Mr. Holmes was left with three boys, the youngest of whom, a lad of nine years, died a year later. In 1883 Mr. Holmes was married to Miss Kate Raworth, a lady of great refinement and most esti- mable disposition. Their home, on Prairie Avenue, is the abode of love and mutual helpfulness.
" Mr. Holmes's great recreation, and it is peculiar to the man, and shows his love for as well as his ability to manage great undertakings, is the largest Sunday school in the world. This consists of 3,000 children gathered from the foreign-born population in the Northern division of the city where for the past ten years Mr. Holmes has acted as teacher to a class of 3,000 boys and girls. This Sunday school he calls his playground.
"Mr. Holmes is not yet 50 years of age and looks even younger than he is. What he may accomplish in the years that may be spared him if proportioned to what he has already done, will make him a man of national, if not world- wide reputation."
This sketch was written in 1889.
JOHN HOLMES, son of Nathaniel and Catharine (Allison) Holmes, was b. in. Peterboro, N. H., May 8, 1802. He came to Springfield in 1823, and became partner with his brothers Samuel and Enos in manufacturing. (See John C. Holmes & Co.) He m. 1st, Hepsey Cutter, daughter of John and Abigail (Demary) Cutter. Ch. I. John C.
JOHN C. HOLMES.
II. Emeline Duncan, d. at the age of 21.
III. Abigail Demary, d. at the age of 18.
He m. 2d, Emeline Wood- bury. Ch. :
IV. Nathaniel Cutter, b. Jan. 26, 1857. Studied law and was admitted to the bar in St. Louis, Mo. ; afterward prac- tised in Gardner, Mass. He d. in Jaffrey, N. H., June 24, 1887.
He m. 3d, Sybil Gates. One child, d. in infancy.
JOHN C. HOLMES, son of John and Hepsey (Cutter) Holmes, was b. at Spring- field, April 2, 1827. He en- listed in the army and served as 2d lieutenant of Co. E,
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First Vermont Cavalry. From 1863 to 1874 he was employed in the Post Office Department at Washington, D. C., and during the last years of the war rendered efficient aid and comfort to many of the Vermont soldiers in hospitals in and around Washington. He afterwards engaged in manufacturing in Spring- field (see John C. Holmes & Co.), where he d. July 26, 1884.
He m. 1st, Marcia Kimball, daughter of George and Abigail (Bisbee) Kimball. Ch. :
I. Otto Kimball, d. at the age of 9 years.
He m. 2d, Rebecca Safford, daughter of Noah and Nancy (Tower) Safford. Ch. :
II. Henry Bigelow, b. in Washington, D. C., May 12, 1868. He is secre- tary and treasurer of the John C. Holmes Manufacturing Co. and of the Springfield Electric Light Co., and president of the Springfield Village Corporation. He m. June 4, 1890, Evelyn M. Quimby, daughter of Curtis and Martha (Gallagher) 'Quimby of Lyndon, Vt.
LEROY M. HOLMES, son of Asa and Lucy (Prentiss) Holmes, was b. at Greenwich, N. Y., March 26, 1847. He is superintendent and manager of the Springfield Creamery ; m. July 19, 1870, Amelia A. Cutler, daughter of Enos B. and Adaline (Whitney) Cutler, b. at Springfield, Dec. 3, 1847.
CHARLES HOLT, son of Asa and Elisabeth (Wood- ward) Holt, and grandson of Asa and Margaret Holt, was b. in Springfield, Dec. 12, 1803, in a house long since gone, that stood on the Samuel Taylor farm, now owned by Simeon E. Latham, and spent the whole of his life of S5 years, except a few months, in this town. He d. Sept. 11, 1888. When a young man he learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at it more or less during his life. For many years he lived on Parker Hill, but in 1855 he, with others, bought the Enos Brown farm on Seminary Hill, and it was divided into building lots, Mr. Holt build- ing some twelve houses him- self, and selling the lots to others. He was a hard- working man, never known to be idle; had a remarkable
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JONAS WOODWARD. ELI HOWE.
ISAAC HOWE. DANIEL A. GILL.
CHARLES HOLT'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. CHARLES HOLT. SQUIRE GREENE.
JOHN E. JOHNSON. HERSCHEL DAVIS.
ARBA HOLMAN. GEORGE JENKINS.
PRESCOTT WHITE. SAMUEL HERRICK.
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foresight, and by diligence and economy he accumulated a handsome com- petency.
He joined the Harrison aud Morton Club of Veterans of 1840, and was an en- thusiastic worker with them in the presidential campaign of 1888.
He m. Jan. 7, 1830, Betsey Parker, daughter of Leonard and Abigail Parker, who d. Feb. 24, 1862. His second wife was Mrs. Sarah Ann Morris of Chester. She d. in 1887.
There were two children by the first marriage :
I. Ellen H., b. Oct. 30, 1831 ; m. Dec. 25, 1888, Ezekiel Weston.
II. Leonard P., b. Aug. 1, 1833 ; d. May 1, 1841. Death was caused by an accident.
Mr. Holt left many reminders of his industry and business enterprise in Springfield. In company with others, he repaired the Universalist Church. With Granville Lelaud he built, in 1857, the Town Hall, and after the flood of 1869 they built the gristmill, which was afterward burned. Besides these he also built a good number of houses in the village, and finished a number of stone houses in Chester and Cavendish.
On the 12th of December, 1883, the eightieth anniversary of his birthday, Charles Holt invited eleven of his friends, who had been intimately ac- quainted with him from his boyhood, and who had spent the greater part of their lives iu Springfield as fellow-townsmen and neighbors, to his house for a visit, and after a little time spent in pleasant reminiscences, they sat down to dinner with their host, the table being spread with a sumptuous repast. The names and ages of the guests were as follows : -
Eli Howe, age 87. John E. Johnson, age 81.
Daniel A. Gill, age 86. Isaac Howe, age 81.
Herschel Davis, age 85. Jonas Woodward, age 80.
Samuel Herrick, age 85. Arba Holmau, age 79.
George Jeukins, age 83.
Abel Prescott White, age 79.
Squire Greene, age 81.
The average of their ages nearly 83 years.
After the dinner, Mr. Holt and his guests held a reception, and cordially greeted and pleasantly entertained quite a number of the citizens of the vil- lage, after which a photograph of the party was taken.
A more pleasant meeting of old friends is not ofteu experienced.
FRYE .B. HOPKINS, son of Jotham S. and Esther (Perry) Hopkins, was b. at Springfield, April 21, 1843. Served in the Rebellion in Co. A, 3d Reg't Ver- mont Volunteers. He m. Salina A. Carsen. Ch. :
I. Ida. S.
II. John E., b. April 8, 1877.
III. Etta M., b. March 2, 1879.
GEORGE B. HOPKINS, son of Jotham S. and Esther (Perry) Hopkins, was b. July 6, 1840, at Springfield. He served in the Rebellion in Co. A, 3d Reg't Vermont Volunteers ; m. Aug. 22, 1858, Julia A. Perry, daughter of Jarvis C. and Sarah (Bigelow) Perry. Ch. :
I. Elbert C., b. Oct. 3, 1859 ; m. Dec. 29, 1880, Susan E. Stowe.
IT. George A., b. Nov. 12, 1862 ; m. May 25, 1886, Ella L. McGrath.
III. Carrie J., b. Aug. 4, 1865; m. Nov. 4, 1885, Clarence W. Gibson.
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NELSON HOPKINS, son of Jotham S. and Ruthera (Burr) Hopkins, was b. at Springfield, Oct. 21, 1829; m. Nov. 21, 1862, Althena J. Musdale, daughter of Joseph C. and Laura J. (Cone) Musdale. Ch. :
I. Embert E., b. Aug. 26, 1863.
II. Emma A., b. June 10, 1865 ; m. Ernest A. Flanders.
III. Fred A., b. Sept. 29, 1867.
IV. Edwin W., b. Feb. 7, 1873.
V. Nellie C., b. April 26, 1883.
AMASA HOUGHTON, b. Feb. 17, 1769, came to Springfield from Thompson, Conn., and first lived in a house where the Parks & Woolson Machine Com- pany's shop now stands. Afterward he moved to a house near the present site of Gilman & Townsend's machine shop and fitted up a shop in the lower part, having bought the water privilege of Isaac Fisher. Later, with Elliot Lynde, he built a machine shop where the woollen mill stands. He d. March 30, 1813. He m. Polly Haskins, who d. May 4, 1838. Ch. :
I. Polly Haskins, b. March 24, 1800; m. Oct. 15, 1820, Eli Howe. (See Howe family.)
II. Amasa Hendrick, b. Oct. 9, 1801 ; entered the Methodist ministry and was a member of the Vermont Conference. He removed to Iowa, and was chaplain of the 38th Iowa Infantry during the Rebellion. Afterwards he was called to the pastorate of the First Congrega- tional Church in Lansing, Iowa, where he labored twenty years. He d. July 25, 1884. He m. 1st, Charity Ormsby; 2d, Eunice Barrows.
III. Almira W., b. Aug. 3, 1804; m. April, 1828, Rev. Darius Barker, an Episcopal clergyman. He was rector of St. Luke's parish, Charles- town, N. H., and later of St. Paul's at Windsor, Vt .; moved to Michigan in 1837; she d. in April, 1842.
IV. Horace H., b. Oct. 26, 1806. At 18 years he was apprenticed to Rufus Colton of Woodstock to learn the printer's trade. Jn 1827 he went to New York to work for Harper & Brothers. In 1834 he was at Castleton, Vt., and published a paper there. (See Newspapers.) He went to St. Louis to work on the Missouri Republican, but, find- ing himself too sincere an opponent of slavery to remain there, he went up the river to Galena, Ill., where he soon purchased the Northwestern Gazette and published it until 1863. He was appointed U. S. Consul to Lahaina, Hawaiian Islands, by President Grant. On his return, was appointed postmaster at Galena. He d. in Galena, July, 1879.
V. Hiram Leonard, b. Aug. 12, 1808. A machinist by trade. He worked some years for Davidson & Parks, in the early years of their busi- ness, and afterward, with Smith K. Randel, engaged in the manu- facture of shoe pegs. Later he bought a farm (the Isaac Fisher farm) on the river, north of the village, which he sold to the Nov- elty Works Co., and moved to Charlestown, N. H., where he d. March 19, 1892. He m. March 14, 1836, Mary Randel, daughter of Solomon Randel of Springfield. Ch .:
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1. Lucy A., b. Aug. 27, 1839 ; d. Feb. 27, 1890.
2. Mary E., b. Oct. 5, 1843; m. May 9, 1867, Granville S. Derby. (See sketch.)
VI. Horatio W., b. Oct. 22, 1812. A Methodist minister, and member of the New England Couference from 1844 to 1857, when he was trans- ferred to the upper Iowa Conference, where he labored as pre- siding elder two terms. Now lives at Lansing, Iowa. He m. Ist, Verona Anthony (deceased) ; m. 2d, Rachel Milner.
He published, in 1834, the Record of the Times, the first newspaper in Springfield. (See Newspapers.)
HOWE FAMILY.
DANIEL HOWE was b. in Stowe, Mass., June 1, 1764, and came to Spring- field from Fitzwilliam, N. H., in the spring of 1795. He settled on the height of land in District No. 11, where he made a very productive farm. He m. March 13, 1790, Elisabeth Patch, who was b. May 3, 1770; d. May 2, 1862. Daniel Howe d. May 10, 1853. Ch. :
I. Elisabeth, b. December, 1790; m. Feb. 9, 1812, Wales Gould ; d. in 1856.
II. Eli, b. Oct. 12, 1792; d. July 12, 1793.
III. Hannah, b. Sept. 5, 1794; m. Aug. 22, 1819, Seth Wood- ward, who d. July 2,1843. She d. Dec. 29, 1881.
IV. Eli, b. Oct. 12, 1796; m. Polly Houghton. They lived in Smithfield, Me., in Shaftsbury, Vt., and later in Springfield, where he d. Feb. 3, 1887. His wife d. Nov. 14, 1872. Ch. :
5.
1. Amasa D.,": b. April 21, 1821; m. 1st, Rachel Harlow; m. 2d, Angelia Barker. They moved to Ohio.
2. Lewis E., b. Sept. 13, 1822 ; moved to Iowa ; m. Lottie (Spooner) Howe.
HORACE H. HOWE.
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3. Mary E., b. March 11, 1824; m. 1st, Peter Mattison ; m. 2d, Luther P. Warren of Weathersfield ; she d. in January, 1895. Two sons by 1st marriage.
4. Horace H., b. Feb. 9, 1826 ; m. Oct. 15, 1850, Cynthia A. Green of Shaftsbury. Heis a successful farmer and business man, promi- nent in town affairs, and holding important positions of trust. In 1876 he was a member of the Legislature ; has been for many years a trustee of Springfield Savings Bank, and is now (1895) its president. Ch. :
(1). Herbert H., b. July 3, 1853 ; m. July 20, 1881, Ella Whiting ; is a physician.
(2). Leonard H., b. July 18, 1858; m. June 6, 1883, Ada Richard- son.
(3). Fred L., b. Nov 23, 1860; m. Jan. 6, 1886, Carrie Fisher of Springfield. Ch. :
[1]. Augusta Stella, b. June 1, 1891.
5. Martha E., b. Dec. 15, 1827 ; m. Martin Stowe of Shaftsbury, Vt. ; cl. in Iowa.
6. Lucia A., b. Aug. 1, 1829; m. Russell Stone. Resides in Shafts- bury, Vt.
7. Leonard H., b. April 30, 1831; took a course of study at Spring- field Wesleyan Seminary ; a man of fine ability and great energy. Went south for his health, afterward to Iowa, where he studied law ; was admitted to the bar, and practised for some years m. ; Lottie Spooner ; he d. in Iowa. One son :
[1]. Leonard.
8. Louisa J., b. April 30, 1831 ; m. March 14, 1859, Thomas Merritt ; d. Sept. 2, 1866.
9. Emeline A., b. Dec. 30, 1834; m. Adelbert L. Allen.
10. Sarah V., b. March 16, 1837 ; m. Sept. 16, 1862, Isaac Ellis ; res. in Springfield.
V. Daniel, b. Sept. 17, 1798; m. May 29, 1823, Sarah Holman, who d. March 29, 1889. He d. March 3, 1873. Ch. :
1. Sarah, m. David Tilton.
2. William, res. in Concord, N. H.
3. Solon, m. Feb. 6, 1860, Mary Ann Ward of Springfield. Ch. : (1). Mary S., b. July 20, 1861.
(2). Emma L., b. Dec. 4, 1862; m. Nov. 16, 1880, Roger W. Hall.
4. Selina, res. in Concord, N. H.
ň. Lewis M.
VI. James, b. Aug. 29, 1800; d. Sept. 2, 1802.
VII. Isaac, b. June 21, 1802; m. Feb. 14, 1828, Eliza C. Tarbell. After his marriage he bought his father's farm on the height of land west of the village, and cared for his parents while they lived. He was a man of great industry, of sterling integrity and Christian char- acter. He early united with the Methodist church, and was a member over fifty years. In politics he was a Republican, and voted with that party from its organization. In 1861 he built a
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house on Union Street, where he resided with his daughter, and at the age of 92 years was able to care for his garden and occasion- ally walk to the village. He d. in 1895. (See Charles Holt's sketch.) Ch .:
1. Elizabeth, b, Nov. 27, 1828 ; m. Elijah Jones Herrick. (See Her- rick family.)
2. Henry S., b. Oct. 16, 1830; d. April 19, 1831.
3. Ellen A., b. March 27, 1832; unm. ; res. in Springfield.
4. Henry F., b. Oct. 17, 1835; m. Julia Whitcomb, who. d. Oct. 13 1862. Ch. :
(1). Lulu M., b. Sept. 21, 1860; m. George Trotter. Ch. : [1]. Edna M., b. Oct. 4, 1882.
[2]. Minnie B., b. Aug. 4, 1885.
(2). Luman H., b. Sept. 17, 1861; m. July 2, 1885, Jennie Wilkin- son.
Henry F. m. 2d, Oct. 4, 1864, Marcia Westgate. Ch. :
(3). Henry C., b. Aug. 21, 1865; d. Feb. 8, 1884.
(4). Julia L., b. Sept. 30, 1867.
(5). William L., b. Feb. 8, 1870; d. July 31, 1872.
(6). Willis E., b. July 27, 1872.
(7). Wallace F., b. Oct. 3, 1875.
(8). Nellie M., b. Oct. 15, 1878.
(9). Fred H., b. April 2, 1881.
(10). Gertie E., b. July 12, 1882.
(11). Lenora, b. July 5, 1884.
5. Jonathan, b. April 15, 1838; m. Aug. 21, 1865, Lenora Wright. He was a member of Co. H, 10th Reg't Vermont Volunteers; res. in Brattleboro.
6. . Julia E., b. Nov. 18, 1840; m. Feb. 12, 1865, Eri Marble.
VIII. Lewis, b. July 2, 1804; m. April 6, 1828, Laura Smith, who d. Sept. 12, 1886. He d. Nov. 5, 1880.
IX. Achsa, b. March.10, 1807 ; d. Sept. 1, 1820.
X. Huldah, b. April 11, 1812; m. January, 1835, Henry Hazen; res. in Maine.
NORMAN HOWE, son of Moses and Hannah (Moore) Howe, was b. at Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 22, 1812; m. May 31, 1840, Sarah Lyon, daughter of Daniel and Polly (Prince) Lyon. Ch .:
I. Norman W., b. Aug. 28, 1843; m. Lucy A. Hall.
II. Ellen S., b. July 23, 1846; m. Luther Randall.
III. Lyman W., b. Dec. 5, 1849; m. Jennie Higgins.
IV. Harriet M., d. in infancy.
NORMAN W. HOWE, son of Norman and Sarah (Lyon) Howe, was b. at Chester, Vt., Aug. 28, 1843; m. Jan. 1, 1870, Lucy A. Hall, daughter of Hiram and Lucy A. (Goodell) Hall, b. in Springfield, June 9, 1844. Ch. :
I. Albert N., b. March 12, 1877.
HUBBARD FAMILY.
CAPT. GEORGE HUBBARD, b. at Tolland, Conn., Nov. 30, 1739, was a de- scendaut of the fifth generation from George and Mary (Bishop) Hubbard,
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who emigrated from Wakefield, England, to Watertown, Mass., and removed to Weathersfield, Conn., in 1636, and who was deputy to the first General Assembly at Hartford in April, 1638. His lot of land, called Naubuc Farms, on the east side of the Connecticut River, now Glastonbury, is still, some por- tions of it, in the possession of his descendants, never having been trans- ferred by deed.
Capt. George enlisted in the Continental army, and was appointed ensign of Sage's company of the State Regiment, June 20, 1776, and First Lieutenant of the 2d Connecticut Regiment, Jan. 1, 1777, which office he resigned Dec. 27, 1777. In 1778 he removed to Claremont, N. H., and in 1782, or before, he came to Springfield, and settled in Eureka, on what has been known for more than a century as the Hubbard farm. He had a list of forty-one pounds in 1782.
From that time until his return to Claremont he held many offices of re- sponsibility and trust, being town representative in 1783. He was a large owner of real estate. It is not known when he returned to Claremont, but he sold the home farm of one hundred acres for five hundred pounds to his son Calvin, Feb. 2, 1791. His name is in the list of freeholders in 1794.
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