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Dr. Clark was united in marriage April 30, 1871, to Isadore M., daughter of Noble and Emily E. (Rice) Aldrich of Glover. Their union has been blessed with six chil- dren : Albert W., Marion E., Helen M., Royce W., Genevieve M., and Dora Mae.
CLARK, JOHN CALVIN, of St. Johns- bury, son of John S. and Ann E. (Robinson) Clark, was born in Lunenburg, June 3, 1852.
His educational advantages were received in the public and private schools of Detroit, Mich., and he commenced his business career at the age of eighteen, when he was employed as a clerk in the First National Bank at St. Johnsbury. In 1873 he accepted the position of cashier in the First National Bank of Chelsea; but after ten years returned to St. Johnsbury as assistant cashier in the institution in which he was first em- ployed. In 1886 he was promoted to the post of cashier, which he retained until 1893, when he resigned to become the treasurer of the E. & T. Fairbanks Co. Mr. Clark is also treasurer of the St. Johnsbury Electric Light Co., The Mystic Club, and Home for Aged Women, and is a director of the First National Bank.
He is a staunch and straightforward Re- publican but has never held any political office excepting that of clerk of the village corporation. He is a member of the Sons of Veterans, and of Passumpsic Lodge, No. 27, of St. Johnsbury.
He was united in marriage April 14, 1881, to Lida E., daughter of Rev. John M. and Anna Haselton Puffer. Three children are the issue of the marriage : Robert P., Mar- geret R., and Arthur Dana.
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CLARK, RIPLEY, of Windsor, son of Eli and Sarah ( Warner) Clark, was born in Strafford, July 23, 1817. His father, Eli, was from Boscawen, N. H., and a soklier in the war of 1812.
Mr. Clark received his elementary educa- tion in the district schools of Stratford, at Thetford Academy, and the New England Seminary at Windsor. He studied medi- cine with Dr. Phelps of Windsor, and gradu- ated from the medical school of Dartmouth College in 1846. Commencing in Reading, Dr. Clark subsequently practiced his profes- sion in Illinois, and later at White River Junction. In 1861 he settled at Windsor, where he built up a large practice. Develop- ing bronchial troubles from the severity of our winters, he was obliged to seek a change of climate, and for the last dozen years has resided in Florida during the winter.
He is a Republican and cast his first presi- dential vote for William H., and his last for Benjamin Harrison. Averse to public office, he has confined himself to the duties of his profession, but in 1880 was elected to the Legislature from Windsor. For twenty years he was the medical director of the state's prison.
He married, August 9, 1848, Mary Ann, daughter of Isaiah and Abigal (Topliff) Ray- mond of Bridgewater. Of this marriage is one son : Isaiah Raymond.
CLEMENT, PERCIVAL W., of Rut- land, belongs to a family which has long been prominent in Rutland county, and his work has from the first been in the larger business interests of the section. His be- ginning was in the marble business, in con- nection with the quarrying and manufactur- ing enterprise established by his father, and in later years he has been prominent in railroad and other affairs.
Mr. Clement is the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Wood) Clement. He was born in Rutland, July 7, 1846, and his home has always been in that town.
He was educated at the Rutland high school, St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Trinity College, Hartford. He began business life as a clerk in the Rutland office of the marble firm above referred to, Cle- ment & Sons, in the same year and became a partner in 1871. This firm sold out to the Rutland Marble Co. in 1876 for a price which made the transaction the largest then known in the marble business of this coun- try. The members of the firm then organ- ized the State Trust Co., and afterwards the Clement National Bank, both in Rutland, and both corporations have since remained under their control.
Mr. Clement was engaged in the banking business until 1882, when he began buying
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largely of the stocks of the Rutland Railroad ('o. He became the active manager of the affairs of this corporation in 1883. The finances of the company were demoralized and its securities greatly depressed, and for four years Mr. Clement gave his attention to the property, finally acquiring absolute con- trol of it. The stock and bonds of the cor- poration advanced in price enormously and its credit was restored, and in 1887 Mr. Clement sold out to the Delaware & Hud- son Canal Co. He remained with the rail- road company, however, as its president and in 1891 negotiated a lease of the property to the Central Vermont R. R. Besides his connection with the Rutland banks named, Mr. Clement is a director in the Howe Scale Works and the chief owner of the Rutland Herald, and concerned in many other local enterprises.
Mr. Clement has been little before the public except as a business man. He has always been a Republican, but has never sought political office and has held none except that of Rutland town representative, to which he was elected in 1892. His special work in this position was in getting the Rutland city charter. He was the active spirit in organizing the Rutland Board of Trade in 1889 and its president three years. He has been led by his affairs to spend con- siderable time in the cities and is a member of the Union League Club of New York, the Algonquin Club of Boston, and of some other similar organizations.
Mr. Clement married Maria H., daughter of Henry W. and Caroline ( Hinman) Good- win of Hartford, Conn., in 1868, and has had ten children, of whom six are living : Elizabeth Wood, Caroline Hinman, Ethel Scovil, Margaret Goodwin, Anna Elizabeth, and Robert.
CLARKE, RANSLURE WELD, of Brattle- boro, son of Elam and Cynthia ( Lewis) Clarke, was born in Williamstown, Jan. 27, 1816.
His studies, besides those in the schools of his native town, were pursued at Black River Academy, Ludlow, and at the Orange county grammar school at Randolph Cen- tre. He entered Dartmouth College in 1838, and graduated in 1842. Immediately upon his graduation, he became principal of Black River Academy which position he filled for three years, devoting his spare time to the study of law in the office of Gov. P. T. Washburn. On his resignation from the principalship, he lent his entire energy to his professional studies in the office of the late Hon. J. Dorr Bradley, and was admitted to the bar of Windham county at the Sep- tember term of court in 1846.
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On his admission to the bar he at once began the practice of law in Brattleboro. In 1851 he received recognition from the Republican party, and was elected state's attorney for Windham county, and re-elected for the years of 1853-'54. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1857, and one of the presidential electors in 1868. In the campaign of 1858 he was elected state senator from Windham county, and re- elected in 1859. Mr. Clarke was register of probate for the district of Marlboro in 1861- '62, when he resigned to accept the position of assistant quartermaster of United States Volunteers.
Judge ( larke was married in May, 1849, to Lucy C., daughter of the late Judge John and Polly ( Wilson) Wilder. She died in 1864, and in 1868 he married Susan (). Wilder, a sister of his first wife. Of the first union there was one daughter, Mary W., now the wife of Hon. Milo M. Acker of Hornellsville, N. Y., and of the latter union one son, Francis E.
Captain Clarke received the appointment of postmaster of Brattleboro in 1871, and at the expiration of his four years' term was reappointed, and served until Jan. 1, 1879.
In local affairs, Judge Clarke has taken a prominent part, and among other positions of trust which he has held, is that of presi- dent of the Brattleboro Savings Bank. For more than thirty years he has been United States commissioner and master in chan- cery, and in 1882 he was elected assistant judge of the Windham county court, which position he held until December, 1892.
CLEVELAND, JAMES P., JR., son of James P. and Anna P. ( Huntington) Cleve- land, was born in Bethel, Sept. 21, 1828.
His father, James P. Cleveland, Sr., is still living, at the age of ninety. Very many years ago he joined the Masonic fraternity, of which he is believed to be the oldest liv- ing representative in the state of Vermont. James P., Jr., removed to Braintree in 1845, and until 1880 followed farming. At that time he removed to West Randolph and has devoted himself to life, fire and accident in- surance. He has also engaged in settling several estates, and frequently acted as guar- dian.
A member of the Republican party, he has been appointed both deputy and sheriff of his county. He was enrolling officer in 1863, and assistant judge in 1878-'79, and was elected a member of the Legislature in 1876-'77. Enlisting as a private in Co. F, 12th Regt. Vt. Vols., he was elected Ist lieu- tenant, and served nine months for the regi- ment. He was a charter member of U. S. Grant Post, No. 96, of West Randolph, and has belonged to the Masonic order more
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than thirty years, and held the position of Worshipful Master four years, and treasurer twenty-five years. He is also a charter member of Randolph Lodge, No. 48, I. O. O. F.
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Mr. Cleveland married, August 3, 1850, Martha, daughter of Elijah and Patience (Neff) Flint, who died Jan. 4, 1893. They have had three children : Frank H., Jennie A., and Harry L.
CLIFFORD, NEWELL E., of Shel- burne, son of George B. and Sarah (Rem- ington) Clifford, was born in Starksboro, May 21, 1850.
Availing himself of the usual educational facilities of his native town, upon reaching the age to choose an occupation he adopted that of his father, that of a carpenter and builder.
In 1880 he moved to Shelburne, where in 1887 he engaged with Dr. W. Seward Webb of New York City, owner of Shelburne Farms, and has since been at the head and superintended the erection of the beautiful buildings on that magnificent estate.
Since his majority, Mr. Clifford has taken much interest in public matters, especially in the schools of his town, and he has been entrusted by his townsmen with many responsible positions, being at present se- lectman, school director, and a member of the state Legislature. In this last posi- tion he served most creditably as chair-
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man of the committee on public buildings, and was an efficient member of that on highways, bridges, and ferries. He was largely influential in procuring the enact- ment of the new highway law, which has given such general satisfaction to the state and met such hearty approval in other states.
Mr. Clifford was united in marriage, Dec. 31, 1871, to Mary J., daughter of Amos C.
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and Lucy A. Cole, of Starksboro. As the result of this union, there are three children : Maud E. (deceased), Edith F., and Cicero G.
COBB, NATHAN BRYANT, of Strafford, son of Daniel and Marinda (Bryant) Cobb, was born at Strafford, Oct. 14, 1827, and is descended from old Puritan stock.
His maternal great-grandfather and grand- father were among the minute men who fired on the green at Lexington, opposing the forces of British tyranny, and his paternal grandfather, Nathan Cobb, was also a sol- dier of the Revolution. Daniel Cobb, his father, struggling under adverse circum- stances, acquired a good education and be- came a successful lawyer at Strafford. Sena- tor J S. Morrill says concerning him, "Judge Cobb for nearly half a century was the chief legal counsel in town, an earnest advo- cate and safe adviser." Though a cripple he saw service at the battle of Plattsburg.
Mr. Nathan B. Cobb, though an invalid much of his life, has done good service in many of the town offices, has been an ex-
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tensive reader, and is considered an expe. rienced, trustworthy and well-informed man. He was educated in the common schools of Strafford, and entered Norwich University, but an illness which proved nearly fatal pre- vented the completion of his collegiate carcer.
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A Republican in his political faith, he was elected town clerk in March, 1863, and has filled that office ever since. He has been justice of the peace twenty-seven years, and for nine years superintendent of schools. He was elected town representative in 1870 and 1880, and assistant judge of Orange county court in 1874.
Norwich University conferred the degree of A. M. upon Judge Cobb in 1874. He is a deacon of the Congregational church, and for many years was prominently connected with the Harris Library as its librarian.
He married, Nov. 1, 1861, Emily C., daughter of Hyde and Mary (Wiggin) Cabot of Chelsea, who died April 14, 1872. Decem- ber 19, 1873, he was united to Mary Jennie, daughter of Eleazer and Mary (Cabot) Gardner of Thetford, by whom he had one' child : Gardner N. His second wife died March 17, 1879.
COBURN, JAMES ALLEN, of East Montpelier, son of Larned and Lovisia (Allen) Coburn, was born in Montpelier, April 6, 1828.
Educated at the district school, he re- mained with his father, who was a lifelong
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resident and prominent citizen of the town of Montpelier, several years after attaining his majority and assisted him in the manage- ment of his farm and mills. Gifted with a strong talent for mathematics, he taught school successfully for six winters. In 1850 he married and moved to the farm of his father-in-law, which he has since purchased, and here he has always remained.
Judge Coburn has always been active and prominent in the councils of the Republican party in his section. A representative in the Legislature in 1869-'70, he was elected assistant judge in 1878 and 1880. During the war he was an active member of the Union League of East Montpelier.
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He married, Dec. 4, 1850, Abbie Daggett of East Montpelier, daughter of Arthur, Jr., and Nancy ( Farwell) Daggett. From their union have sprung five children : Larned, Arthur D., Flora H. (Mrs. Henry Kelton), James Lee, and Dwight H. (died in infancy).
COFFEY, ROBERT JOHN, of Benning- ton, was born in the city of St. Johns, N. B., Dec. 15, 1842.
In 1853 he moved to Montpelier and re- ceived his education in the common schools of Montpelier and Morristown, living in that town from 1855 to 1859. In the spring of 1860 he attended the academy at Hyde Park one term.
At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he was living in Montpelier and was one of. the first volunteers from that
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town. He first enlisted in Co. F, 2d Vt. Regt., but receiving a chance to enlist in Co. F, New England Guards of Northfield he enlisted May 3, 1861, for three months and participated in the first important battle of the war at Big Bethel, June 10, 1861. In a few days after his return from the three months' service on Sept. 10 he enlisted for
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three years in Co. K, 4th Regt., and at the organization of the company he was made 3d sergeant and was always on duty until disabled by a wound Oct. 16, 1863, during which time he was engaged in the battles of Lee's Mills, several day battles in front of Richmond under General McClellan, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Banks Ford, Gettysburg, Funkstown and many skirmishes. At Banks Ford, he captured during the battle two confederate officers and five soldiers for which gallant exploit he has been awarded a medal of honor by Con- gress. While on picket duty near Center- ville, he was badly wounded and disabled for further service and was mustered out at Brattleboro in 1864 with the remnant of the men that left the town three years be- fore over one thousand strong.
In 1867 he was married to Demis Hattie Burnham ; by this union they have had one child.
Soon after the war he became engaged in the hotel business ; first at Waitsfield, Vt., and then for several years in Montpelier, Richmond and Windsor.
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He is a staunch Republican in politics. When the Vermont Soldiers' Home was established in Bennington in 1887 he was the unanimous choice of the trustees for superintendent which position he has filled with satisfaction and credit. In 1873 he joined the G. A. R. and has been an active and prominent member of the order since, holding many offices in post and depart- ment. He is at present major and brigade provost marshal on the staff of Gen. Julius J. Estey and has seen nearly fifteen years service in the National Guard of Vermont.
He is a member of Aurora Lodge, No. 22, F. & A. M. of Montpelier and also a mem- ber of Mohegan Tribe, No. 6, of Bennington.
COLBURN, ROBERT M., of Springfield, son of Joseph W. and Emily (Edgerton) Colburn, was born in Springfield, Dec. 6, 1844. His grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution, and fought at Bunker Hill and
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Long Island. His father was a wealthy and prominent resident of Springfield, was sena- tor from Windsor county, and served four years as assistant judge.
The subject of the present sketch was educated at the public schools of Spring- field and the academies of Meriden, N. H., Manchester, and Andover, Mass. Reared upon his father's farm, and accustomed to act as his father's foreman and assistant in business, Mr. Colburn is still largely inter- ested in agricultural pursuits, but is also a
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good financial and business man, and there- fore has been called upon to fill several in- portant positions and among these are dis- triet and town offices.
Belonging to the Republican party, he was elected to represent the town in 1880. Mr. Colburn is a member of the Vermont Historical Society, and also of the Sons of the American Revolution.
He married, Dec. 23, 18844, Sarah E., daughter of Luther and Eunice ( Preston ) Wheatley of Brookfield. They have two children : Frank W., and Alice Ada.
COLTON, EBEN POMEROY, of Iras- burgh, son of John and Phobe ( Morey) Colton, was born in West Fairlee, Feb. 11, 1828.
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He came to Irasburgh March, 1841, with his father's family, and has resided in that town almost continually since. He has been a builder, manufacturer of lumber and a farmer.
He was a whig prior to the formation of the Republican party, and since 1854 has been a Republican. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Irasburgh in 1859, 1860 and 1876. In 1870 and 1872 he was elected a state senator from Orleans county. In 1878 he was elected Lieutenant- Governor.
Governor Colton was for some years mas- ter of the State Grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry, and is a member of the Vermont Society of the Sons of the American Revo-
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lution, of the Free Masons, and of other societies.
He married at Barton, Vt., March 2, 1854, Almira A., daughter of Levi and Achsah (Ainsworth) Bailey. From this union there were born four children : Mary J., born July 4, 1859 ; Jennie G., born April 10, 1862 ; Jessie O., born July 14, 1867, and Eben P., born July 7, 1875.
Governor Colton's legislative career was one honorable to himself, his town and his county, and received merited recognition in his election to the lieutenant-governorship. He never made politics a business, and is one of the men who always has enough to do, other than office-holding. He has taste for books and historical matters to fill any leisure that he ever gets.
CONANT, EDWARD, of West Ran- dolph, son of Seth and Melvina ( Perkins) Conant, was born May 10, 1829, in Pomfret.
Leaving home at the age of fifteen, he worked as a machinist in East Bridgewater, Mass., till he was twenty-one. After two years of preparatory study at Thetford
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Academy, he entered Dartmouth College in 1852, and left at the close of the fall term of 1854. In November of that year he be- came principal of Woodstock (Conn.) Acad- emy, and afterwards was principal at the Royalton Academy and Burlington high school. In February, 1861, he became prin- cipal of the Orange county grammar school at Randolph where he remained fourteen
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years. During his administration this insti- tution became a State Normal School. He was principal of the State Normal School at Johnson for three years ( 1881 to 1884) when he returned to the State Normal School at Randolph, of which institution he is still the principal.
Mr. Conant was a member of the National Council of the Congregational Churches, which met in Boston, 1865, and in New Haven, Conn., in 1874 and in Minneapolis, Minn., in 1892. He has occupied the posi- tions of president of the Vermont Teachers' Association, member of the Board of Edu- cation and of the Vermont Constitutional Convention in 1870. He was State Super- intendent of Education from 1874 to 1880.
He married, May 10, 1858, Cynthia H., daughter of John and Betsey (Avery) Tag- gart of Stockbridge, by whom he has four children living : Frank Herbert, Seth Ed- ward, Nell Florence, and Grace Lucia.
Mr. Conant's interest in his profession has resulted in the authorship of several educational works, among which may be mentioned : " A Few Roots of English Words " and " A Drill Book in the Elements of the English Language " and "Conant's Vermont."
In 1866 he received the honorary degree of M. A. from Middlebury College and from the University of Vermont in 1867.
The respect and love his pupils give him from the first-and their gratitude to this wise man-grow as the years roll by.
CONWAY, JOHN, of Norton Mills, son of John and Catharine (Sullivan) Conway, was born at St. Catharine, P. Q., Nov. 29, 1841, and was educated in the common schools of that place. John Conway, Sr., was a farmer and teacher, and John re- mained with him until he was twenty-three years old, when he married and moved to Quebec. In 1871 he took up his abode at Norton Mills, then a little hamlet on the line of the G. T. R. R., and was employed by the Norton Mills Co. in the lumber business.
Soon his faithfulness and efficiency secured him the position of foreman, both in the mill and in the woods. In 1878 he became the general foreman for A. M. Stetson and for twelve years served him in this very responsible position. About eight million feet of lumber per year were handled, and as Mr. Stetson was absent much of the time Mr. Conway had the entire charge and super- vision of this large business, which employed in the winter one hundred and fifty hands.
Mr. Conway is an independent Democrat and as such was elected to the Legislature in 1888-'90-'92. He received the appointment of customs officer in 1892. He also served on the county board of education in 1889
and has been for several years a member and chairman of the board of school directors, a striking proof that he has won the confi- dence and respect of the community.
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He was married, July 25, 1865, at St. Catharine, to Judith, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lannin) Griffin of that place. Their union has been blessed with eight children : Katharine E. (wife of Dr. Elie of Island Pond), John F., Elizabeth G., Mary Ann, Nellie, Henry J., and Alice (the two latter deceased), and Rose Lottie.
COOK, JOHN BRAY, of Greensboro, son of Charles, Jr., and Caroline ( Hunting- ton) Cook, was born at Greensboro, July 3, 1836.
Mr. Cook's grandfather removed to Greensboro in 1801, settling on the farm on which he now resides. His educational training was received at the Greensboro public schools and in two terms each at the academies of St. Johnsbury and Barre. Till the age of twenty-two he remained and labored upon the farm, and removed to Iowa in the spring of 186 1.
In October of that year, he enlisted for three years in Company A., 14th Ia. Infan- try, and expected to be sent immediately to the front, but the trouble with the Sioux In- dians occurring at this time, the regiment was ordered to Fort Randall in South Dakota. Here Mr. Cook remained for two years, sharing in many of the exciting events
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He has been elected to several town offices, and appointed justice of the peace. In his political faith he is a Republican.
Mr. Cook is affiliated with Caledonia Grange, No. 9, of Hardwick, is a member of the Congregational church, and a teacher in the Sabbath school.
Mr. Cook married, Nov. 14, 1865, Katha- rine, daughter of Capt. Charles and Han- nah ( Lewis) Kallamyer. Captain Kallamyer left the service of the German Emperor for political reasons, and afterwards entered the regular army of the United States.
COOLIDGE, JOHN C., of Plymouth, son of Calvin G. and Sarah A. (Brewer) Coolidge, was born in Plymouth, March 31, 1845.
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His great-grandfather, Capt. John Cool- idge, a Revolutionary soldier, came from Lancaster, Mass., and settled in Plymouth in
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of the campaign under General Sully. After\ 1781. His father was a prominent farmer the Minnesota massacre, he was detailed of that place. with a party of twenty five to pursue the John C. Coolidge was educated at the common schools and at Black River Acad- emy. Although a farmer, he is well known as a merchant and business man, having been engaged successfully in trade from the age of twenty-three. Sioux Indians, and after a successful skir mish captured six, who were carried to the fort, but who subsequently escaped. By the command of General Sully, Mr. Cook was assigned to the quartermaster's department, in which he remained until the expiration of He was captain of Co. K, roth Regt. Vt. State Militia, and has held the usual town offices ; has been deputy sheriff and consta- ble almost continually for more than twenty years, and is a director of the Endlow Sav- ings Bank & Trust Co. his term of service. His company built the first building at Fort Sully. And as wagon master, under a strong Indian guard, he drew the logs for the first warehouse erected at Fort Rice.
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