Men of Vermont : an illustrated biographical history of Vermonters and sons of Vermont, Part 104

Author: Ullery, Jacob G., comp; Davenport, Charles H; Huse, Hiram Augustus, 1843-1902; Fuller, Levi Knight, 1841-1896
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Brattleboro, Vt. : Transcript Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 842

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He has been a Republican since the for- mation of the party, and was an organizer of the Free Soil party in 1848. He is also a life member of the N. E. Society, of the Repub- lican and Grolier clubs, and the Society of Medical Jurisprudence.

CRISTY, AUSTIN PHELPS, of Worces- ter, Mass., son of John B. and Louisa L. (Cooke) Cristy, was born in Morristown, May 8, 1850.

Beginning in the district schools of his native town, his education was continued in the high school at Reading, Mass., and the academy at Monson, Mass., graduating from Dartmouth college in the class of '73.

In 1874 he was admitted to Hampden county bar, having studied law with Judge Chester I. Reed, of Boston, and with Leon- ard and Wells, of Springfield, Mass. He practiced his profession in Marblehead and Worcester, Mass.

In 1884, Mr. Cristy started the Worces- ter Sunday Telegram, and in 1886, the Wor- cester Daily Telegram. He is the editor and chief owner of both; they have a larger circulation and advertising patronage than any other newspapers in New England, outside of Boston and Providence.

In politics Mr. Cristy is a Republican.

He was married in 1876 at Ware, Mass., to Mary E., daughter of Henry and Mary Bassett. Their children are : Horace W., Austin P., Jr., Mary L., Rodger H., and Edna V.

CLARK, CHESTER WARD, of Boston, Mass., son of Amasa F. and Belinda (Ward) Clark, was born in Glover, August 9, 1851.

Educated at Orleans Liberal Institute and Phillips Exeter Academy, he began the study of law in May, 1874, with B. C. Moulton, of Boston. Admitted to the bar March 12, 1 878, he immediately began practice in Bos- ton, and has since assiduously applied him- self to his chosen profession, in that city. He has attained a great degree of success, having established a lucrative practice.

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His residence is at Wilmington Mass., where he is prominent in local affairs, having served as chairman of various organizations. He has originated and forwarded numerous public improvements. The high standard of Wilmington's public schools is greatly owing to what he has done for them.

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Mr. Clark is a member of the following organizations in Boston : The Congregational Club ; the Middlesex Club ; the Phillips Exe- ter Alumni Association and the Vermont As- sociation.

CLARK, EZRA, JR., was born in Ver- mont, and, having removed to Connecticut, was elected a representative to the Thirty- fourth Congress, and re-elected to the Thirty- fifth Congress, serving as a member of the committee on elections.

CLARK, FRANK G., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, son of Theo. F. and Mary A. (Taylor) Clark, was born in Roxbury, April 17, 1838.

Fitted for college at South Woodstock and Barre academies, he graduated at Middle- bury College, class of 1864 ; began the study of law in the office of General Hopkins, county clerk of Rutland ; completed his legal course with Washburne and Marsh of Wood- stock, where, December, 1866, he was ad- mitted to the bar.

In June, 1867, he opened a law office at Belle Plaine, Benton county, Iowa, continu- ing in practice until November, 1876, when he

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removed to Cedar Rapids, where he is now engaged in a lucrative practice.

In early life Mr. Clark taught schools in Bridgewater, Pomfret, Proctorsville, Will- iamstown, and as principal of an academy at Chester. At Belle Plaine, Iowa, he or- ganized and taught the first graded school, and was chairman of the school board for several years. He has also represented his county in the state Legislature.

Lawyer Clark has an enviable war record. He enlisted as a private August, 1862, and was elected second lieutenant Co. G, six- teenth Vermont Volunteers, W. G. Veazey, colonel. April 1, 1863, he was promoted first lieutenant Co. I. He took part in the Gettysburg campaign, and actively partici- pated in the movement that resulted in the repulse of Pickett's famous charge on the afternoon of July 3. Mustered out soon after and returned to college, graduating the following summer ; called to take charge of Chester Academy, fall of '64, he contiuned there till Jan. 4, '65, when he again enlisted, serving on the Northern frontier until the close of the war, being mustered out in June, 1865.

He was united in wedlock at Rochester, Sept. 5, 1865, to Harriet N., daughter of David and Sarah Newton, who died Sept. 28, 1892, leaving six children, one of whom, Charles Newton, had died. The living chil- dren are : Charles F., Paul N., David F., Robert L., and Maud. Previous to her marriage Harriet N. Newton was widely known as a very successful teacher, having taught in Rochester, Granville, Randolph Williamstown, Barre, Berlin, and the acade- mies at Barre and Chester.

CLARK, JEFFERSON, of New York City, son of Amasa F. and Belinda (Ward ) Clark, was born in Glover, Oct. 3, 1846.

He fitted for college at Orleans Liberal Institute, and Newbury Seminary, graduated from Amherst in 1867, took his legal course at Columbia College Law School. He was principal of high school at Needham, Mass. two years, was admitted to the bar in New York in 1872. In 1875 he formed a law partnership with Sanford H. Steele (brother of the late Judge Steele), under the firm name of Steele & Clark. In 1884 his pres- ent partnership with Edwin W. Sanborn (son of the late Professor Sanborn of Dart- mouth College) was formed under the name of Clark & Sanborn, with offices in Mutual Life building. Lawyer Clark is especially effective as an advocate before a jury, and has been engaged in many important cases, both in state and in United States courts.

Mr. Clark was a charter member of the Republican Club of New York, in which city he says "It takes a genuine Vermonter

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to be a Republican." He has never held or sought office.

He is a member of the following organiza- tions : Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York State Bar Association, New York Law Institute, University Club, Union League Club, of which he has been a member of the committee on political re- lon : American Geographical Society, life member of New England Society, Alpha Delta Phi Club, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in New York, National Sculpture Society, Mun- icipal Art Society.

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November 17, 1885, Mr. Clark married Cynthia Hawley, daughter of the late Hiram C. Bennett of New York.

CLARK, WILLIAM BULLOCK, of Balti- more, Md., was born in Brattleboro, Dec. 15, 1860. He is the son of Barna A. and Helen C. (Bullock) Clark. His paternal and ma- ternal ancestry came, the former to Plymouth, the latter to Salem, Mass., during the first decade of the colony's settlement. The rec- ords show them to have been prominent in the affairs of those towns. A few generations later his paternal ancestors were among the pioneer settlers of Westminster, his maternal, of Guilford.

He graduated from Brattleboro high school, class of 1879 ; Amherst College, class of 1884, degree of A. B. ; Royal University, Munich, Germany, in 1887, degree of Ph. D .; after- wards studied in Berlin and London, being

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absent altogether nearly four years in Eu- rope. Mr. Clark was especially fortunate in receiving instruction at Munich from the world renowned Professor von Zittel.

In 1887 hewas called to the Johns Hopkins University to organize a course of instruction in stratigraphical geology and pałacontology. He has continued a professor in that university, making Baltimore his residence, and hokling the chair of organic geology.

In 1888 he was appointed a member of the U. S. geological survey and requested to pre- pare one of a series of reports on the exist- ing knowledge of American geology. The volume was published in 1891. In 1889, under the auspices of the U. S. geological survey, he made investigations in the Caro- linas, Georgia, and the Rocky Mountains and since 1890 has conducted work for the state and national surveys, in Maryland and New Jersey, publishing a work on American fossils.

In 1891 Professor Clark became interested in establishing a state weather service for Maryland, which was formed under the aus- pices of the Johns Hopkins University, Mary- land Agricultural College, and U. S. weather bureau ; the organization was recognized by the Legislature of the state in 1892, and he was, by the Governor, appointed the di- rector.

Professor Clark was instrumental in form- ing, in 1888, the Brattleboro Society of Nat- ural History, one of the objects of which was to form a natural history museum to be placed in the Brooks Library building ; of this society he is secretary.

Professor Clark is a member of many scientific societies in this country and in Europe.

He was united in marriage at Boston, Oct. 12, 1892, to Ellen Clarke, daughter of Edward A. Strong.

CLARKE, ALBERT, of Boston, Mass., son of Jedediah and Mary (Woodbury) Clarke, was born in Granville, Oct. 13, 1840.

He received his education in the public schools of Rochester and at West Randolph and Barre academies. He studied law at Montpelier and began practice there in part- nership with Hon. W. G. Ferrin. After practicing there and in Rochester about six years (with the exception of a year in the army) he removed to St. Albans and en- gaged in editorial work upon the Daily and Weekly Messenger. He bought that paper and also the Transcript in 1870, consoli- dated them and published until 1880, when he sold out to S. B. Pettengill. After spend- ing a winter in Washington in charge of some of the congressional work of Hon. Bradley Barlow, he removed in 1881 to Bos- ton, where he engaged in journalism, attend-

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ing somewhat at the same time to railroad interests. He was president of the Vermont & Canada Railroad Co. and assisted in con- solidating it with the Central Vermont. Pre- vious to this, while at St. Albans, he con- ducted a memorable controversy on " rail- road politics."

He was on the staff of the Boston Daily Advertiser when that paper bolted Blaine's nomination in 1884, but, not bolting himself, he resigned and became assistant to the president of the B. & L. R. R., but he re- signed this position to accept a call to Rut- land as editor and manager of the Herald,

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where he remained about three years. He returned to Boston and was elected secretary and executive officer of Home Market Club and has been annually re-elected since.

In 1874 he was state senator from Frank- lin county. In 1892 was delegate from Massachusetts to Republican national con- vention in Minneapolis, and an active sup- porter of Harrison. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 13th Vt. Vols., at Montpelier, August, 1862, promoted to first sergeant of that company, and later to first lieutenant Co. G, which he commanded at the battle of Gettysburg. He was mustered out with the regiment a month later ; was colonel on the staff of Gov. Paul Dillingham. In 1887, '88 and '89 he was secretary and executive officer of the Vermont Commission to build monuments at Gettysburg.

Colonel Clarke has given the Home Market Bulletin reputation, influence and circulation

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second to no other economic journal in the world. He has delivered many public ad- dresses and spoken in campaigns in several states ; has held public discussions upon the tariff with Edward Atkinson, Josiah Quincy, W. L. Garrison and others of note, and has written upon it for leading magazines.

He was commander of Post Baldy Smith, G. A. R., at St. Albans; junior vice-com- mander, Department of Vermont; belongs to Massachusetts Commandery, Loyal Legion of U. S. In 1890 was president of Vermont Veteran Association of Boston, and has been four times elected president of the Wellesley Club.

He married, Jan. 21, 1864, Josephine, daughter of Hon. E. D. and Eliza (Hodg- kins) Briggs, of Rochester. They had three children : Albert Briggs (deceased), Josie Caroline (deceased), and Mary Elizabeth. His twin brother, Almon, was assistant sur- geon roth Vt. Vols., and surgeon ist Vt. Cavalry. He lives in Sheboygan, Wis.

CLEMENT, AUSTIN, of Chicago, Ill., son of Ebenezer and Adoline (Lamb) Cle- ment, was born at Bridgewater, Sept. 19, 1842.

He received his education in the district schools of his native town and Hydeville, with one year at Black River Academy, Lud- low. From fifteen until nineteen he was clerk in a country store at Hydeville, when, in 1861, he became clerk in a flour mill in Illinois. Through the illness of the owner the entire responsibility of the business, for several months, fell upon this boy of nine- teen and so well did he discharge the varied duties of his position (buying, manufactur- ing and selling) that he was offered a better situation by several business men. He ac- cepted a clerkship in the leading dry goods store of the town, taking "fourth place" and within a year was promoted to "first place," having the management of the business dur- ing his partner's absence ; who, upon his re- turn, made him junior partner. So well did he apply himself to business that within two years he was the sole owner. He was for a while cashier of a bank, which position he resigned to go to Chicago, where, with an elder brother and others, he founded the clothing firm of Clement, Ottman & Co., which has continued, with a change or two in name (Clement, Bane & Co. for the past fifteen years) for a quarter of a century and is today one of the leading firms in the United States. In 1885 the business was in- corporated and Mr. Clement was elected president.

In 1867 Mr. Clement married, at Adrian, Mich., Sarah Montgomery. They have two sons : Allan, and Arthur. Allan graduated at the Chicago Manual Training School,

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learning the trade of a cutter m his father's la tory, and now occupies a responsible po sition, being a diector and assistant mana- Arthur has nearly completed the

Native Sons of Vermont. When he took the. office, in 1887, the association was in a crip- pled condition and its dissolution expected, but upon his retirement it was, and still is, a most flourishing and prosperous organization.

Mr. Colton is a Mason, a member of the A. O. V. W., I. O. R. M., and A. O. F. of America.

AUSTIN CLEMENT.

chemical engineering course at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology. Father and sons are members of the Sons of Ver- mont of Chicago, and often visit the Green Mountain state to enjoy its beautiful scenery.

COLTON, ALRIC OSWY, of San Fran- cisco, Cal., son of Franklin D. and S. (Has- kins) Colton, was born at West Bolton, Jan. 23, 1852. His father, who studied law with Hon. George F. Edmunds at Burlington, was for several years a prominent lawyer of Chit- tenden county, and at one time a member of the Assembly. He went to California in 1859, and was for several years one of the most prominent attorneys of Sonoma county.

The subject of our sketch was taken to Petaluma, Cal., at the age of eleven, and there educated in the public schools and at the Baptist College of California. In 1874 he went to San Francisco, where he was ad- mitted to the bar the following year, and has since been engaged in an extensive law practice, with office in the Mills building.

In politics he has always been an ardent and active Republican. He has held sev- eral important official positions, and during 1891-'92 served as prosecuting attorney for the city and county of San Francisco.

Mr. Colton was for four consecutive years president of the Pacific Coast Association

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He was married at San Francisco, June 11, 1879, to Frances, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Henry.

CRAGIN, AARON H., was born in Weston, Feb. 3, 1821 ; adverse circum- stances prevented him from obtaining a col- legiate education ; but having studied law, came to the bar in Albany, N. Y., in 1847, and the same year removed to Lebanon, N. H. He was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature from 1852 to 1855 ; was elected a representative from that state to the Thirty-fifth Congress, and re-elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress. In 1859 he was again elected a member of the state Legislature. In 1864 he was elected a sena- tor in Congress, from New Hampshire, for the term of six years from 1865.

CROSBY, HENRY B., of Paterson, N. J., son of the late Watson Crosby of West Brat- tleboro, was born in Brattleboro, April 13, 1815. His father was from Cape Cod, moved into the country a young man, mar- ried the daughter of Deacon Joseph Bangs.

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of Hawley, Mass., and lived on so called " Tater Lane " West Brattleboro, where they raised a family of ten children of which Henry was the sixth.

He was early thrown upon his own re- sources. At the age of twelve he evinced a taste for mechanics and followed that busi- ness until he became a master of mechanics and in the year of 1837 went to Paterson and took charge of Mr. Colt's factory for the manufacture of Colt's patent firearms, and was the first to exhibit them before Con- gress. After the failure of Mr. Colt Mr. Crosby entered into the grocery business in Paterson with a small capital which proved

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to be the beginning of his success, and which was enlarged from time to time, until it became the largest wholesale and retail store in that line in the county of Passaic, and he was called the " King Grocer of New Jersey." In 1876 he took his son in busi- ness with him, and they continued together until 1886, when he retired and left the business to his son.

He was a staunch Republican and cast his first vote for William H. Harrison ; he never aspired to political promotion, and could not be called a politician.

He devoted much time and money to the growth of the city of Paterson, and he has the credit of doing most of any man by way of every improvement, giving his influence also to good government, good morals and the general welfare of the city.

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He is one of the first stockholders and directors of the First National Bank of Paterson, also is vice-president of the Savings Bank. He is the president of the Cedar Lawn Cemetery, also a member of the Paterson Board of Trade. He was the in- stigator of the public parks, and succeeded in the city purchasing two large tracts of land, each side of the city for public parks, and is now called the " Father of Parks."

His business relations with firms in New York brought him into prominence there. He is a member of the New York Produce Exchange.

Since his retirement from business he has spent much time in travels in this and for- eign countries, and has visited nearly all of the important cities of the Old World.

Mr. Crosby wa's married, Feb. 22, 1840, to Pauline S. Hathorn, by whom he had five children, of whom Josephine, Annie and John Henry are still living. Mrs. Crosby died in July, 1872. He married a second time, in December, 1875, Harriet Rogers of Stockbridge, Mass., and by her had two children : Henry Barry, and Florence.

He now enjoys the pleasure of talking over the past with some choice friends, and is proud to say that he has been in business over forty years and never had a note pro- tested or dishonored, and never paid less than one hundred cents on a dollar.

He lives in one of the finest establish- ments in the city and gives himself to the enjoyment of all he can find in life, spend- ing his winters in the South.

CULVER, MARSHALL LYMAN, of San Francisco, Cal., son of Isaac H. and Mary E. (Hatch) Culver, was born in Montpelier, Dec. 4, 1844.

He was educated in the public schools of Lake Village, N. H., where his parents moved when he was a mere lad. He worked, at intervals, in the daguerreotype business until he was eighteen years of age, when he enlisted in the army. After his discharge he engaged in manufacturing hosiery until 1868, when he moved to Oregon, and under the auspices of Governor (afterwards U. S. Sen- ator) Grover built a hosiery mill, which he superintended for the next five years. In 1868 he moved to San Francisco and con- nected himself with the Mission Woolen Mills as manager of the hosiery department, remaining there until 1882, when he accepted a position in the San Francisco postoffice, where he remained about two years. When Postoffice Station D (which is the most im- portant station in the city) was built Mr. Culver, on account of efficient service, was appointed assistant superintendent of that station, which position he now holds. In

1880 the Inter Nos Building and Loan Asso ciation was incorporated with Mr. Culver as its secretary. Much of the success it has acquired is due to his management.

Hle enlisted in the 8th N. H. Vols. in 1862, and was wounded in the battle of Georgia's Landing, La. A portion of the time he was under the command of Gen. B. F. Butler. He is a 3ed degree Mason, and a member of the G. A. K.

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May 10, 1865, he was united in wedlock to Henrietta C. Jackins, of Gardiner, Me. Of this union are: Charles Marshall, and Nancy Bell, both of whom live in Alameda, Cal.

CURTIS, EDWARD, was born in Ver- mont, graduated at Union College, New York, and practiced law in New York City. He took a prominent part in the councils of that city, and was a representative in Con- gress, from New York, from 1837 to 1841. He was appointed Collector of New York by President Harrison and removed by President Polk.

CUSHMAN, SYLVESTER, of New York City, was born in Wilmington, April 14, 1824, the son of Levi and Polly Cushman. He was educated in the public schools of Wilming- ton.

He began business in his native town as a tanner. In January, 1866, he removed to Genesee, Ill., where he engaged in farming and stock raising. In February, 1887, he moved to New York City and engaged in

the baking business with his two sons, Wil- bur E. and John E., at 817 Sixth avenue and 806 Third avenue; two years after, two other sons, Arthur and Nathan, were taken into the firm which then had two more stores, one at Fifty- eighth street and Ninth avenue, the other at Eightieth street and Amsterdam avenue. In 1893 another establishment was added at 903 Eighth avenue, where Mr. Cushman now resides. They are doing a prosperous business.

He was married to Emily Scott at Wil- mington, and by her had three children, one of whom, Wells S., is living. His second wife was Clarina A., daughter of Lewis and

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Sally (Sage) Bills. Of this union there were eleven children, ten of whom are now living. They are : Wilbur E., Katie A., C. Idell, John E., L. Arthur, Nathan A., Cilista, Larimer A., and the twins, Merton L. and Millie L.

CUTTS, MARSENA E., of Oskaloosa, Ia., was born at Orwell, May 22, 1833 ; received an academic education ; removed to Iowa in June, 1855, and has since resided there. Was prosecuting attorney of Poweshick county ; was a member of the state House of Representatives at the extra session in May, 1861 ; was a state senator from Janu- ary, 1864, until he resigned in August, 1866 ; was a member of the state House of Repre- sentatives 1870-'71 ; was attorney-general of the state of Iowa from February, 1872, until January, 1877, and was elected to the Forty- seventh Congress as a Republican.

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DAVIS, GEORGE WARDEN, of Kansas City, Mo., son of S. J. and Rosanna (Bray- ton) Davis, was born in Alburgh, Dec. 7, 1851.

After attending the public schools of his native town, and schools in other parts of the state, his education was completed at the Fort Edward (N. Y.) Classical Institute.

Commencing the study of medicine in 1873 with Dr. M. J. Hyde of Isle La Mott, the next year he entered the medical depart- ment of the University of Vermont, attend- ing a two-years' course of lectures, besides private lectures and dissections given by various members of the college faculty. The fall of 1875 found him a matriculant at the University Medical College, New York City, graduating in 1876. The didactic work of college instruction was immediately supple- mented by clinical experience in the out- door poor department of Bellevue Hospital, and in the New York Dispensary. Nearly a year was then passed in preparing for a competitive examination for a position on the house staff of the New York Hospital, and on the first day of April, 1878, being successful, a year and a half was passed in that institution. Thus was passed nearly six years in actual medical experience and study. Immediately on leaving the hospital, the position of assistant to the chair of clinical surgery at the University Medical College, New York City, was tendered him by Dr. James L., Little, then professor of clinical surgery in that college. Flattering offers were also made to take charge of St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City, and of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vt. But tiring of the big city, and having no further desire for hospital life, none of these positions were accepted, and never having seen the great West, his footsteps were turned in that direction.

After a winter of pleasure travel, and be- coming impressed with the unlimited possi- bility of that section of country, he concluded to locate in Kansas City, Mo., which he did in the spring of 1880. Being interested in medical education, soon he associated him- self with others in organizing the medical department, University of Kansas City, Mo., now the University Medical College, and was also one of the founders of All Saints Hospi- tal. His connection with these institutions has continued ever since and he is now pro- fessor genito-urinary, venereal and skin dis- eases in the college and treasurer for the board of trustees.

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Men of Vermont : an illustrated biographical history of Vermonters and sons of Vermont, Part 104

Author: Ullery, Jacob G., comp; Davenport, Charles H; Huse, Hiram Augustus, 1843-1902; Fuller, Levi Knight, 1841-1896 Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Brattleboro, Vt. : Transcript Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 842

Author: Ullery, Jacob G., comp; Davenport, Charles H; Huse, Hiram Augustus, 1843-1902; Fuller, Levi Knight, 1841-1896
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Brattleboro, Vt. : Transcript Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 842