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M. W. CANNON.
In social life, he is affable and agreeable, is unmarried, and in religious belief is a Roman Catholic.
CARPENTER, AMOS BUGBEE, of Waterford, son of Isaiah and Caroline (Bugbee) Carpenter, was born in Waterford, May 25, 1818.
The first of the family who emigrated to America was William Carpenter, who came from Wherwell, England, in 1638, and was one of the earliest settlers of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass. Jonah Carpenter, the grandfather of Amos B. Carpenter, was a minute man during the Revolutionary war, and Isaiah, his son, came to Waterford in 1808, where he cleared a farm, which has since been the family home.
Mr. Amos B. Carpenter attended the common schools of Waterford, and after- wards pursued short courses of study at the Lyndon Academy and Peacham grammar school. When eighteen years of age, and each season after that time until married, he taught school during the winter and attended to his farm duties during the summer ; but though his educational opportunities were limited, he has supplemented them by a
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lifelong habit of reading, and a large expe- rience of men and affairs. He has made general farming the vocation of his life, paying considerable attention to the pro- ducts of the dairy.
He was united in marriage, June 24, 1847, to Cosbi B., daughter of Ezra and Hannah (Burleigh) Parker, of Littleton, N. H. They have had eight children, six of whom still live : Martha W. (Mrs. Stillman F. Cut- ting of Concord), Althea C. (Mrs. Stephen J. Hastings of Waterford), Philander Isaiah (died in infancy), Caroline Bugbee (Mrs. L. J. Cummings, deceased), Amos Herbert, Cosbi May (Mrs. L. J. Cummings of Clinton, Iowa), Ezra Parker, and Miner Bugbee.
Mr. Carpenter is a consistent Republican, and for thirty-eight years has discharged the duties of postmaster at West Waterford. He was a member of the state Legislature from Waterford in 1888. Nearly half a cen- tury ago he was elected a corresponding member of the Historical and Genealogical Society at Boston, and is about to publish a
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record of the Carpenter family, on which he has persistently labored for many years. He has received the three degrees of Blue Lodge Masonry, and is a member of Moose River Lodge of West Concord. He was one of the charter members of the Green Mountain Grange, P. of H., which was the first subordinate body formed in New Eng- land, and later was selected to fulfil the duties of Master of Waterford Grange.
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CASSIE, GEORGE, of Barre, son of James and Margaret ( Ronald) Cassie, was boru in Auchmaliddie, Aberdeenshire, Scot- land, May 29, 1857.
His education was limited to the public schools in his native town, and he served his apprenticeship at the trade of a stone entter. When the regular term of five years had ex- pired, he served as journeyman two years, and in 1880 emigrated to the United States, settling in Barre in 1882. Commencing with a small capital, he has gradually in- creased his business, until it has proved most lucrative and successful. Two years ago Mr. Cassie conceived the idea of import- ing pure-bred Shetland ponies for breeding purposes. This venture has also proved successful.
Mr. Cassie is a Democrat, and is an ex- cellent representative of the Scotch-Ameri- can, combining American enterprise with the native thrift and shrewdness of the Scotch.
He married, May 16, 1889, Laura E., daughter of Charles L. and Celinda (Dickey) Currier of Barre. Their first child, Jessie, died in infancy ; their second, Raymond J., was born in October, 1891.
CAVERLY, CHARLES SOLOMON, of Rutland, son of Dr. Abiel Moore and Sarah L. (Goddard) Caverly, was born in Troy, N. H., Sept. 30, 1856.
He received the usual education in the public schools of Pittsford, to which town his father removed in 1862, and he also attended those of Brandon. In the summer of 1873 he entered Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. H., graduating there in 1874, and then entered the classical department of Dartmouth College, from which he grad- uated in 1878. He was valedictorian of his class, and received two prizes at his grad- uation. He received his degree of M. D. from the medical department of the U. V. M. in 1881. During the time of his educa- tional career he employed himself in teach- ing at West Haven, Proctor and Pittsford. After his graduation he visited New York City, where he spent nearly two years of study in hospitals, and also availed himself of the advantages of private instruction. In 1883, Dr. Caverly returned to Rutland and began to practice his profession, at first in connection with Dr. Middleton Goldsmith, but after a year he opened an office inde- pendent of him, and since then he has been alone. He makes a specialty of the diseases of the nose, throat and chest, often visiting New York for a few weeks for the purpose of more particular study and research. He is a member of the State Medical Society, and has held most of the offices in this society, being president in 1891-'92. He
has belonged to the American Medical Asso- ciation. He is a member of the Rutland Medical Club, and in 1891 '92 was president of the Rutland County Medical Society. Dr. C'averly is a member of the Rutland Repub- lican Club, of the Rutland Board of Trade, and one of the directors of the Rutland Hospital Association.
Hle married, Nov. 5, 1885, Mabel A., daughter of Harley C. and Mary ( Root) Tuttle of Rutland, by whom he has one son : Harley Tuttle.
From 1887 to 1889, Dr. Caverly dis- charged the functions of health officer of Rutland, and was appointed a member of the State Board of Health in 1890 by Gov- ernor Dillingham to fill an nnexpired term, being reappointed by Governor Page for a term of six years. He has been president of that body since 1891.
Dr. Caverly has entered the Masonic fra- ternity, affiliating with Rutland Lodge, No. 79, Davenport Chapter, No. 17, and Killing- ton Commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar. Hle is a member of the Congregational church, and interested in the Y. M. C. A. of Rutland.
CELLEY, WILLIAM E. S., of Bradford, was born in Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 7, 1838. His father's name was Benjamin, and his mother's Jane M. Sawyer.
When he was three years of age his father's family removed to Bradford, and the following year to the town of Fairlee, where he now resides. He was educated at the public schools and at Bradford Academy. William was brought up on the farm of his father, a highly respected citizen, who twice represented the town in the state Legisla- ture, and died at the advanced age of nine- ty-three. He has always resided on this and on the adjoining estate, and has devoted his attention to general farming, though at present is especially engaged in the produc- tions of the dairy.
Mr. Celley is a man of independent con- victions, an earnest supporter of temper- ance principles, and an ardent advocate of the law of prohibition. He was district clerk thirty-four consecutive years, is a member of the board of school directors, and one of the trustees of Bradford Acad- emy. He has held various offices in the town, and in 1876 was elected to the state Legislature by the votes of the Republican party.
He is a member of the M. E. Church of Bradford, and has lately presented a fine bell to the Union Church of Fairlee as a memorial token in honor of his father. He has for many years been a steward in the church to which he belongs, and has been in various ways connected with other organi-
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zations of a religious and reformatory char- acter.
He was united in marriage June 13, 1865, at Bradford, to Jane C., daughter of Jasper and Celinda (Heath) Moore of West Fair-
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lee. Two children have been born to them : Emma J. (deceased), and George E., who resides with his parents. They have also an adopted child, H. Evelyn.
CHAFEY, MARTIN BEARD, of Albany, son of Hiram and Asenath (Kendall) Chafey, was born in Albany, May 11, 1842.
He was educated at the public schools of Albany, where he also became a pupil of the academy, and afterwards attended the Peo- ple's Academy at Morrisville.
He commenced his business career with a clerkship at Derby Line, and then enlarged his experience by serving for one year in a wholesale store in Boston. In 1866 he entered into partnership with his brother, Hiram W., but since 1882 he has continued the business by himself, carrying a large stock of general merchandise. Since 1879 he has been agent for the collection of rents for Middlebury College. Was postmaster at Albany from 1866 to 1886.
Mr. Caffey was married to Jennie Wilson, daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Cal- derwood) Mitchell of Craftsbury. Their children are : Don M. (died in childhood), Agnes O., Roland E., and Maggie E.
A life-long Republican, Mr. Chafey has been town clerk since 1876, and in 1893 was
appointed deputy collector of internal rev- enue for Albany and vicinity. He enlisted in the army, but being a minor his parents refused their consent. Before the age of twenty-one he had enlisted once and was drafted twice.
He was elected to the General Assembly of 1890. Attending the session of that year, also the extra session of 1891. His son Roland, accompanying him as page in the House in 1890 and in 1891, was ap- pointed assistant secretary of the House at the age of fourteen years, he being the youngest person ever appointed to that posi- tion in the state, and now at the age of seventeen years is assistant cashier in the First National Bank, Ithica, Mich.
In religious preference a Baptist, he nev- ertheless attends and supports the Metho- dist Episcopal church. He has been a inember of Central Lodge F. & A. M. of Irasburg.
CHAMBERLIN, PRESTON S., of Brad- ford, son of Abner and Mary (Haseltine) Chamberlin, was born in Newbury, Nov. 28, 1832.
Educated in the common schools and at Newbury Seminary, he remained on his father's farm until the age of twenty-one, when he removed to the town of Bradford, where he has since resided.
He is a Republican and has been elected to fill several town offices and in 1890 rep- resented his town in the Legislature. A trustee of Bradford Academy for fifteen years, he is strongly interested in the cause of education.
Mr. Chamberlin enlisted in the United States service in May, 1861, under the first call of President Lincoln, being a member of the Bradford Guards. For the first two months of the war he served as sergeant in Co. D, Ist Vt. Vols. Upon the call for nine months' men in 1862, he enlisted in the 12th Regt. and went out as captain of Co. H, (Bradford Guards) and was mustered out with the regiment. Captain Chamberlin was a charter member of Washburn Post, G. A. R, No. 17, and for several years its Commander.
He married Hannah S., daughter of George W. and Rebecca (Mussey) Corliss of Bradford, Jan. 17, 1856. They have three daughters: Annie (wife of C. E. Spalding), Mary H. (wife of George R. Grant), and Edith Julia.
CHANDLER, FRANK, of Brandon, son of Rufus and Mary (King) Chandler, was born in Coleraine, Mass., June 13, 1838.
His education was chiefly obtained at the West Brattleboro high school, and he com- menced a mercantile career in his early
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boyhood. For some twelve years he was employed as a clerk in different situations, the last six being in a wholesale clothing store in Montreal. Since that time he has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits, and in connection with these has conducted a summer resort at Silver Lake, Leicester, where for the past fourteen years he has held semi-annual camp meetings, to which socie- ties of every denomination have been hear- tily welcomed.
Mr. Chandler was wedded in Leicester in 1864 to Ellen M., daughter of Stephen and Sarah Aklen. To them eight children have been born : Sarah Ella (deceased ), John B.,
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Frank E., Mary A., Rufus A. (deceased), Grace A., Gertrude L., and Ernest D. (de- ceased). He has held many responsible offices in the town of Leicester, which he represented in Montpelier in 1878. He has been prominent in the organizations of the Good Templars and Patrons of Husbandry, and for more than thirty years has been an active member of St. Paul's Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 25, of Brandon.
CHAPIN, WILLIAM, of Middlesex, son of Joseph and Catherine (Holden) Chapin, was born Dec. 7, 1831.
Mr. Chapin comes from a line rich in his- toric associations. On his mother's side he is fourth in descent from William Holden, who was with the Colonial troops at the capture of Louisburg in 1745, and served
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under the immortal Wolfe upon the heights of Abraham in 1759. A soldier of the patriot army of the Revolution, he was pres- ent at Stillwater and Saratoga and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne. The paternal grandfather of the subject of the present sketch came to Middlesex as one of its car- liest settlers shortly after the Revolutionary war, in which he had fought under Washing- ton. Together with his oldest son, Joseph, he marched to Plattsburg and again enconn- tered the dangers of the battlefield in behalf of his native land.
Receiving only the instruction of the common schools of his native town, the early training of Mr. William Chapin was eminently practical. After an early experi- ence in district school teaching during the winter at Middlesex and Waterbury, he was employed as a clerk in a store at Swamp- scott, Mass., and later in 1858-'59 in the Union store at Montpelier. With these ex- ceptions, he has always lived upon the farm where he was born.
He is a very successful operator in real estate, besides being a large holder of the same. He is an enthusiastic breeder of Jersey cattle and Shropshire sheep, owning one of the best flocks in the county.
After holding many town offices, he was sent to the Legislature in 1880 and was a member of the State Equalizing Board in 1882. In 1884 he was honored by an elec- tion to the Senate and re-elected in 1888. He has also been a member of the Board of Agriculture from 1887 to 1892.
Hon. William Chapin is a unique and original character, possessing a fund of quaint and genial humor with an inimitable gift of drollery in story telling. When he is convinced of the righteousness of his cause "he knowing, dares maintain," and in brief is an excellent specimen of a good old- fashioned Green Mountain farmer.
He was married at Worcester, May 15, 1860, to Catherine. daughter of Deacon Jonas and Minerva E. (Vail) Abbott. Of this union there were five children : Harry Lee, Joseph Abbott, William Allen, Hinck- ley B., and Edgar L. (deceased).
CHASE, CHARLES SUMNER, of Whit- ingham, son of Abraham and Catherine (Read) Chase, was born in the town of Whitingham, May 13, 1855.
After having attended the common schools of the town he studied law and stenography, and was admitted to the Windham county bar in September, 1880, and has since prac- ticed law at Whitingham. He has served as the official stenographer of the Bennington, Rutland and Windham county courts for the past seventeen years. He took a prominent part in the organization of the Moses New-
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ton Shoe Co., of which he has had the man- agement, and was also connected with the construction of the Deerfield Valley R. R., and the Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Rail- road Co., and is a director of and attorney for the same.
He is a Republican, and has been town treasurer, justice of the peace and held some minor offices. Mr. Chase is a mem- ber of Unity Lodge, F. & A. M., of Jack- sonville.
He married, Jan. 19, 1881, Carrie Emily, daughter of John Addison and Emily C. Brigham of Boston, Mass. Two children have been born to them: Robert Martin, born Feb. 22, 1883, and Harry Brigham, born Aug. 9, 1889.
CHASE, CHARLES M., son of Epaphras Bull and Louisa ( Baldwin) Chase, was born in Lyndon, Nov. 6, 1829.
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He received his preparatory education in the academies of Lyndon, St. Johnsbury, and Meriden, N. H., and was afterwards graduated from Dartmouth College in the class of 1853. He then pursued his profes- sional studies with President Allen of Farm- er's College, Cincinnati, and in 1857 was admitted to the bar in Sycamore, Ill., where he commenced the practice of his profes- sion, at the same time editing the DeKalb County Sentinel and teaching music, thus continuing until the breaking out of the civil war. In 1863-'64 he was in Kansas, a portion of the time employed as city editor of the Leavenworth Daily Times, and having
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charge of the musical association of that city. For some time he traveled in the state as correspondent of the Sycamore Re- publican, describing the bloody struggles that took place during the episodes of 1856. In 1865 he commenced the publication of the Vermont Union at Lyndon, which he still continues. In connection with this enterprise he has made numerous trips in Florida, California, the western and the southern states as correspondent of his own paper, one of these trips being published in book form under the title of "Editor's Run in New Mexico and Colorado." The book received numerous compliments from the press and had quite an extensive sale.
During the first years after leaving col- lege, Mr. Chase divided his time between studying law and teaching in Cincinnati, O., having charge for three years of the vocal music department in Ohio Female College and Farmer's College, conducting conven- tions, giving concerts, etc. During this period he composed different church tunes, which were published in the books of that date and later.
Mr. Chase enlisted in 1861, and had charge of the brigade band of the 13th Ill. Vols. till their discharge at the end of three months service in Southwestern Missouri.
He was married June 15, 1865, at Syca- more, Ill., to Mary E., daughter of Timothy and Mary (Waterman) Wells. Their five children are : Everett B., John B., George A., Jennie H., and Nellie L.
Mr. Chase is Democratic in his political adherence, and for several years held the office of police magistrate in Sycamore. For twenty years he has been justice of the peace in Lyndon. He was the prime mover in securing the charter for the Lyndon Academy and Graded School, being for a long time president of the board of direc- tors. In 1866-'68 he was the Democratic candidate for Congress in the First Vermont District, and was appointed delegate to the national convention of that party in St. Louis in 1876. His ability as a financier has called him to the duties of director in the Lyndon National Bank and the Savings Bank & Trust Co. of St. Johnsbury, of which he has been president since 1891.
He has taken the vows of Free Masonry, and is actively connected with the lodge at Lyndon and Haswell Chapter in St. Johns- bury.
CHASE, EDGAR MERRITT, of Jay, son of Merrill and Electa (Stickney) Chase, was born in Jay, April 18, 1857. Having re- ceived his education at the public schools of Jay, he now owns and occupies a small farm at the village and for several years has been foreman in B. F. Paine's lumber mill.
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Ile has held many town offees and was elected to the Legislature in 1842, where he served on general and several special com mittees. He has always been a strong Republican in his political faith, and is a member of Masonic Union Lodge, No. 16, of Troy. In religious belief he is Methodist Episcopal.
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August 17, 1881, Mr. Chase married Myra Bartlett. who died Nov. 17, 1891, leaving two children : Charles Bartlett, and Maud Electa.
CHASE, WILLARD, of West Concord, son of George and Eunice (Abbott) Chase, was born in Landgrove, March 10, 1840. Coming to Concord with his parents two years later, he was brought up on the same farm where he has since resided. His father was a frugal, industrious farmer, skilled also in many handicrafts, and the subject of this sketch naturally received much training in these directions.
Being an ambitious, self-reliant boy, he acquired a thorough common school educa- tion. As a farmer, he evinces the same energy and thoroughness, making specialties of creamery butter and maple sugar. In 1890 he made 10,100 pounds of sugar.
Mr. Chase is an earnest Republican. He was school district clerk and treasurer for twenty-one years. Called to the position of selectman at the age of twenty-six, he has
hat position ten terms ; he was five
years overseer of the poor, and also served in most of the other town offices, and was representative in the Legislature of 1878. ;
He is a public-spirited man of strong convictions and benevolent impulses. Has always been a temperance man in principle and practice, and a prominent member of the 1. O. G. T. In the long and eventful existence of the West Concord Universalist Church, a period of more than half a cen- tury, Mr. Chase has been a constant atten- dant and active worker ; about thirty years superintendent of the Sunday school, and many years chairman of the parish com- mittee. He is also president of the Northern Association and treasurer of Universalist Convention of Vermont and Province of Quebec, which office he has held the past fourteen years.
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January 1, 1868, he married Ann Maria W., daughter of the late David W. and Sally (Stiles) Lee of St. Johnsbury.
CHASE, ZINA GOLDTHWAIT, late of Cambridge, son of Alden and Abigail (Chase) Chase, was born in Cambridge, August 9, 1830.
His educational advantages were derived from the common schools and he steadily followed farming as an occupation, at the same time dealing largely in cattle. Mr. Chase twice enlisted in the ranks of his country's defenders and in his first attempt was advanced to the grade of orderly ser-
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geant of Co. H, 2d Regt. Vt. Vols., but unfortunately he was mustered out for disa- bility.
After holding many minor positions of trust in the town, he was elected by a strong Republican majority to the state Legisla- ture in the fall of 1886, which position he
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filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He was a member of the Masonic order, and was united in marriage, August 2, 1856, to Jane H., daughter of Samuel and Hannah Montague. One child, Hollis M. Chase, has blessed their union.
CHILD, GEORGE EDWARD, of Wey- bridge, was born Feb. 22, 1851, and is the son of John and Mahala (Briggs) Child.
Receiving his early education in the schools of Weybridge, he continued to pur- sue his studies at the Stanstead (P. Q.) Academy and Fort Edward Collegiate Insti- tute. At first intending to enter a profes- sional life, he concluded that farming and speculation were his true vocations. Mr. Child has given a large share of his atten- tion to the breeding of Merino sheep and of late years his specialty has been the rais- ing of cattle and beeves. His farm, on which Gov. Silas Wright was born, is histor- ically interesting.
In political creed a Republican, after having held many town offices he was sent to the Legislature in 1884, being the youngest member ever sent from Weybridge,
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and in 1890 was elected senator of Addison county, also the youngest man ever sent from the county in that capacity. In both of the legislative bodies he served on im- portant committees and being well versed in parliamentary law, he was often called upon to preside.
Mr. Child belongs to many political and agricultural societies and, though not a member, is a liberal supporter of the Christian church.
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He was married in Weybridge on Jan. 25, 1877, to Susan, daughter of Edwin and Sarah Wright. This union has been blessed with two daughters: Cecile Maude, and Verna Wright.
CLARK, EZRA WARREN, of Derby, son of Alvah Warren and Mary C. (King) Clark, was born at Glover, Oct. 12, 1842. His father, Alvah, was one of twelve chil- dren, eleven of whom lived to maturity.
Mr. Clark's educational training was acquired in the public schools of Glover, the Orleans Liberal Institute, and the Metho- dist Episcopal Seminary of Newbury. For several terms he taught in the public schools, and was principal of the Orleans Liberal Institute. In the spring of 1867 he began the study of medicine with Dr. R. B. Skinner of Barton, and soon after entered the medi- cal department at Dartmouth College, and in 1869 pursued a course of study at the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1870.
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Dr. Clark commenced to practice his pro- fession in Charleston, but in 1873 removed to Derby, where by patient industry, assidu- ity, and his liberal methods he built up a large and valuable business. At the same time he has given some attention to practical farming.
He has been health officer for several years, and has been town superintendent of schools in Charleston, Glover and Derby, and selectman from 1889 to 1893.
Always deeply interested in the cause of temperance and education, Dr. Clark has been an active worker in their behalf. He has been for a long time chairman of the executive committee of Derby Academy, to the endowment fund of which he has been a liberal contributor.
He is a member and officer of several medical societies. He is Republican in his political creed, and in his religious prefer- ences Methodist Episcopal. He has always been energetic in church matters, and for fifteen years superintendent of the Sunday school.
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