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DOTY, GEORGE W., of Morrisville, was born in Montpelier, Feb. 16, 1838. At the age of two years he was adopted by O. L. Metcalf, a farmer of Morristown.
Mr. Doty received his education in the common schools and the People's Academy, paying his expenses by his labor and the care of the building. At the age of nine- teen, under the auspices of the Emigrant Aid Society, he went to the then Territory of Kansas, where he joined a party of forty young men from Vermont, who, under the leadership of William B. Hutchinson, estab- lished themselves at a point on the Osage river, about fifteen miles from the Missouri line. This settlement they named Mapleton.
During the next three years and a half, young Doty was both a witness of and an actor in the most exciting scenes of that remarkable period. As soon as the town- ship of Mapleton was organized, he was elected first constable, and joined the Free Soil forces of Captain Bain and Colonel Montgomery. He was also a member of the force under Col. Jim Lane that dispossessed
the bogus Lecompton Legislature. Later, as a Free State man, he was driven out of Column- bus, Mo., at midnight, barely escaping with his life.
In the late fall of 1860 Mr. Doty returned to his native state, and was the first man in Lamoille county to enlist at the outbreak of the civil war. In conjunction with U. A. Woodbury he recruited sixty men, who after- ward became members of Co. E, 3d Vi. Vols. He himself was mistered into the United States service as a private in Co. F, 2d Vi. Vols., and followed the fortunes of that com- mand throughout most of the bloody battle- fields. He was present at the first struggle at Bull Run, and was with the command during the seven days' fight on the peninsula,
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2d Bull Run, and in the Maryland cam- paign, 1862. A member of the 2d Vt. Color Guard, he was not absent from duty a single day till he was wounded at Fredericksburgh by a minie ball, which he carries in his right knee. Being thus disabled, he was transferred to the Veteran Corps, and served until the close of the war. He was several times promoted, being a sergeant when wounded, and would have been commis- sioned in a short time.
Mr. Doty is a staunch Republican, and soon after his return from the army, was appointed deputy sheriff, and later was elected sheriff, holding this position three years. For fourteen years he has been a member of the prudential committee of the
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People's Academy and Morrisville graded school.
For thirty years he has been a Free Mason, a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge, and has held every position in that body, as well as in the chapter. A charter member of J. M. Warner Post, G. A. R., he served as its commander for eight consecutive years. Mr. Doty also acted as the aid of Com- manders-in-Chief Earnshaw and Alger, G. A. R., and in I891 was unanimously elected Senior Vice-Commander, Dept. Vt., and in 1893 received a like compliment when pro- moted to be Commander of the department.
He married, April 30, 1863, at Brattle- boro, Flora A., daughter of Loren and Fedelia (l'aine) Bundy. Of their children one son died in infancy, and two daughters survive : Anna G. (Mrs. L. M. Jones, of Johnson, Vt.), and Alice C.
For twelve years Mr. Doty was station and express agent and telegraph operator on St. J. & L. C. R. R., at Morrisville. For the last ten years Mr. Doty has been successfully engaged in Morrisville as a furniture dealer and undertaker.
Mr. Doty requited the kindness of his fos- ter parents by providing them a home in their old age.
DOWLEY, GEORGE S., son of Darius L. and Austis (Baldwin) Dowley, was born in Wardsboro, August 16, 1843.
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His parents removed to Brattleboro when he was of early age, and he received his
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education in the public schools there, grad- uating from the high school, after which he studied for two years under a former princi- pal of the West Brattleboro Academy.
Upon the close of his studies he entered the local office of the Vermont & Massachu- setts Railroad Co., where he remained for several months, when the position of teller in the old Bank of Brattleboro-now the Vermont National Bank-was offered him, which he accepted. Four years afterwards he became cashier, and continued as such until his election in 1889 as president. In addition to his official duties in the Vermont National Bank, he has enjoyed many posi- tions of trust in his town and county, the duties of which he has always met with characteristic ability and sterling honesty.
Mr. Dowley has served many years as treasurer of his town and the village school district and is also county treasurer as well as a director in the Vermont Valley Railroad Co., and various other organizations, and has several times been prominently mentioned as the Republican candidate for State Treas- urer of Vermont.
He married, May 17, 1870, Miss Ada E., daughter of William H. and Adeline S. (Thayer) Estabrook, of Brattleboro.
DRAPER, JOSEPH, late of Brattleboro, was born in Warwick, Mass., Feb. 16, 1834. He was of New England ancestry, both father and mother being natives of Massa- chusetts.
His early education was obtained in the common schools and in the academies at Brattleboro, and Deerfield, Mass. After he entered upon the study of medicine, he at- tended lectures at one of the medical schools in New York and also at the Jeffer- son Medical College, Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1858. After a considerable period in general practice he became an assistant of Dr. Rockwell in the Vermont Asylum for the Insane at Brattleboro, where he remained until January, 1865. He left this position for that of an assistant surgeon in the United States General Hospital at Brattleboro, in which he remained a few months, and in May, 1865, became an assistant in the state asylum at Worcester, Mass. He was also acting superintendent of that institution for one year. In 1870 he became an assistant to Dr. Buttolph in the state asylum at Trenton, N. J., where he remained until February, 1873, when he was appointed superintendent of the Ver- mont Asylum, where he remained until his death.
Dr. Draper was in closest touch and sym- pathy with everything that concerned psy- chiatry and psychology, and was very jealous of the reputation of our hospitals
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and asylums. His sympathies were quick and large and went out to all who came in his way needing them, so that during his long residence in Vermont his name became a household word and familiar to a large portion of people, by whom he was held in the highest esteem.
He was united in marriage to Mary J. Putnam, who survives him.
Dr. Draper was a diligent student and yearly prepared papers which he read before medical societies. He is also the author of a history of the Vermont Asylum, covering its first fifty years. At the time of his death he was president of the New England P'sy- chological Society. He had been president of the Vermont Medical Society.
DREW, LUMAN AUGUSTUS, of Burling- ton, son of John Y. and Almira (Atwater) Drew, was born in Burlington, Oct. 27, 1832.
He was educated in the public schools of Burlington and for a year pursued his studies at Bakersfield Academy
When he became of age he was associated with his father in a wholesale and retail market in the town, which business is still continued under the firm name of L. A. & A. A. Drew. He then took a contract in the construction of the Burlington & La- moille R. R. In connection with his brother he is much engaged in breeding horses, chiefly of the Ethan Allen stock, having sent forth many "flyers" from their establish- ment, who have made a record in the 2:30 class. Mr. Drew was a promoter of and a large stockholder in the Vermont Horse Co. and later took a lively interest in the Vermont Horse Breeders Association and was chief marshal at the first meeting of the latter body. He was appointed by the commissioners superintendent of the Ver- mont state building at the World's Fair at Chicago, 1893, and performed the duties of that responsible position with much credit to himself and to the general satisfaction of the whole state, as the many handsome newspaper notices testify.
Before the city of Burlington was chartered he was chosen constable; was elected to the position of chief of police ; then sheriff of Chittenden county, which he held thir- teen years, when he resigned both offices. In 1887, he was appointed by Governor Ormsbee one of the board of cattle com- missioners and three years after acted as doorkeeper in the House of Representatives.
In 1890 he became associated with H. N. Parkhurst of Barre in the granite busi- ness under the firm name of Drew, Park- hurst & Co.
Mr. Drew has always taken a lively in- terest in fireman's organizations, and in early boyhood was an active member of the
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Boxer Engine Co., of Burlington. Now honorary member of the Ethan Allen Co. He was largely instrumental in sending and going with the Barnes Hose Co. to Chicago in 1877 to participate in the national fire- man's tournament in which they won the first prize of $500 in gold, and also brought back a silver trophy belt which was pre- sented to the city of Burlington, the com- pany reserving the right to display it at any time upon parade by depositing $200 with the city treasurer for its safe return.
Mr. Drew esponsed, April 18, 1860, Matilda R., daughter of Phineas and P'ersis ( Nichols) Parkhurst of Barre, by whom he has issne one daughter : Carrie L.
He has held many official positions in the Green Mountain Lodge, I. O. O. F., is a Mason of the 32d degree and Knight Templar. He was a charter member of the first council A. A. S. R. established in Ver- mont. He belongs to the Burlington Re- publican Club and in his religions belief is a Methodist.
At the time of the St. Albans raid he was quartermaster in the military regiment of the state and took an active part in the pur- suit of the raiders.
DUBOIS, WILLIAM HENRY, of West Randolph, son of Earl C. and Anna ( Lam-
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son) DuBois, was born in Randolph, March 24, 1835.
He received an academic education in his.
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native town, and while engaged in his studies at the West Randolph Academy, worked more or less in his brother's store in the village, and there acquired a taste for mercantile life.
Being ambitious for a broader field of labor, he procured a situation at Randolph, Mass., and from there, when but eighteen years of age, he went to Boston and entered the wholesale boot and shoe store of his uncle, Wales Tucker, taking the position of bookkeeper. In 1856 he was admitted as a partner in the firm of James Tucker & Co., wholesale dealers in boots and shoes in Bos- ton, where he continued until 1864, with successful results, but with impaired health.
During the next two years Mr. DuBois sought rest and strength in the healthful climate of his native state, and finding his health restored, he went to New York in December, 1867, and became a partner in the wholesale boot and shoe jobbing house of DuBois, Magovern & Co. In the autumn of 1872, he retired permanently from active mercantile life, and occupied himself the next two years in building a home in his na- tive village. There he has ever since resided, and actively interested himself in local im- provements and educational matters. He was largely instrumental in establishing there the West Randolph graded school, which is at this time one of the best schools in the state. He has also been treasurer of the village of West Randolph since it was incor- porated in 1876. Up to that time the town of Randolph had never had any organized banking institution, and seeing the great need of banking facilities, Mr. DuBois pro- cured a charter and organized the Randolph National Bank of West Randolph. Mr. Du- Bois was chosen president at its commence- ment, and still retains the position. He is chairman of the board of water commis- sioners of the village of West Randolph, and of the board of auditors of the town of Randolph.
In politics Mr. DuBois has always been a firm Republican. In 1876 he was elected a member of the General Assembly from Ran- dolph, by the largest majority ever given a rep- resentative in that town. In that Legislature he served on the committee on banks and education. The same year he was appointed inspector of finance by Gov. Horace Fair- banks, and reappointed by Governor Proctor in 1878, and again by Governor Farnham in 1880, holding the office for six years, when he was elected State Treasurer in 1882, which office he held for eight years.
Mr. DuBois was the first state officer to re- commend to the Legislature a direct tax upon corporations in Vermont. Governor Proc- tor in his message to the same Legislature commended the suggestion of the inspector on this subject, and such a law was passed.
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In 1892 Mr. DuBois was elected senator from Orange county, serving with ability as chairman of the committee on finance and on the joint standing committee on state and court expenses, and a member of the railroad committee, and of several special committees.
Recognizing Mr. DuBois' familiarity with the finances and financial affairs of the state, Governor Fuller appointed him inspector of finance in December, 1892, which position he now holds.
Mr. DuBois was married Jan. 1, 1862, to Anne Eliza, daughter of Myron J. Gilbert of Brandon. She died May 31, 1887 ; they had nine children, four of whom died in in- fancy, and five are now living : Mary Susan, Charles Gilbert, Clara Adelaide, Anne Lam- son, and John Henry. Mr. DuBois was again married June 5, 1888, to Miss Ada- line L., daughter of Horace and Lucy Smith Moulton of West Randolph.
DUNLAP, THOMAS HIRAM, of South Shaftsbury, son of Marshall and Thalia (Mattison) Dunlap, was born in Arlington, August 13, 1853.
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Commencing with the public schools of Arlington and Shaftsbury, he concluded his educational career at Burr and Burton Sem- inary, and Bryant & Stratton's Business Col- lege at Manchester, N. H. After a brief experience as teacher and farmer, he ob- tained a position as clerk in White Creek,
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N. Y., remaming until the spring of 1878, when he returned to Shaftsbury and again engaged in agricultural pursuits. In the fall of 1882 he entered the employ of W. P. Mattison & Co. as clerk, remaining there to the present time.
Mr. Dunlap was census enumerator in 1890 and two years after represented Shafts- bury in the Legislature, in which he was assigned to the committee of highways, bridges and ferries.
In sectarian views he is a Baptist, and has taken the obligations of Free Masonry, being actively connected with Tucker Lodge, No. 48, of North Bennington.
Mr. Dunlap married, June 10, 1891, Addie, daughter of William B. and Harriet (Cole) Mattison of South Shaftsbury.
DUNNETT, ALEXANDER, of St. Johns- bury, son of Andrew and Christiana (Gal- braith ) Dunnett, was born in Peacham, Nov. 29, 1852.
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Having received a preparatory education in the public schools of Peacham, Newbury and Ryegate, he was graduated from the Randolph Normal School in the class of 1874. Resolving to study law, he entered the office of Nelson L. Boyden of Randolph, and in the spring of 1875 he pursued his professional studies at Boston University, until he was admitted to practice at the bar of Orange county at the June term, 1877. While at school he employed the winters in
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teaching at Munroe, N. H., Topsham, Ran- dolph and Rochester. He commenced the practice of his profession at South Ryegate and two years later was appointed master in chancery in Caledonia county. In 1883 he removed to St. Johnsbury where he entered into partnership with A. F. Nichols, Esq., which connection continued three years. Since that time he has been alone. In 1866 he was elected state's attorney for Cale- donia county and held that office for four years.
Mr. Dunnett is one of four partners who are the proprietors of the Ryegate Granite Co., which is the largest granite mannfactory in Caledonia county.
He belongs to the Republican party. He was appointed town superintendent of schools in Ryegate and for several years dis- charged the duties of moderator in that town and since in St. Johnsbury.
He was united in marriage April 2, 1879, to Ella J., daughter of James and Anne C. White, who died March 23, 1881. Decem- bers 23, 1884, he married Sarah M., daugh- ter of Silas M. and Harriett Towne of Barre, who passed away August 8, 1888. He con- tracted a third alliance with Mrs. Ella Chalmers, widow of Rev. John R. Chalmers of St. Johnsbury, April 29, 1890.
In his religious belief Mr. Dunnett leans toward the Unitarian church. He has been an active and influential Free Mason, having served as Master of the Blue Lodge and High Priest of the St. Johnsbury Royal Arch Chapter ; he is also a member of the order of Knights Templar.
DUNTON, CHARLES H., of Poultney, son of Elijah and Mary Ann ( French) Dun- ton, was born in Underhill, Jan. 24, 1844.
He received his preparatory education at the New Hampton Institute, at Fairfax, and was graduated from the University of Ver- mont in the class of 1870. He then for a year supplied the Methodist church at John- son, and in 1871-'72 took a post-graduate course at the Boston University. Having been admitted to the Troy conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, for two years he discharged the duties of pastor at Man- chester and East Dorset. In 1874 he was elected a teacher of natural science in the Troy Conference Academy, at Poultney, an institution which, after some years of sus- pension, was at that time reopened. After serving three years in this subordinate capacity, he was elected principal of the institution in 1877. This position he has occupied ever since, spending most of his summer vacations in travelling abroad, and among the states.
As a social leader and popular educator, Dr. Dunton is too well known for comment.
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He has placed the Troy Conference Acad- emy in the first ranks of the schools of the state.
In his political views he is Republican, but his lifework and energies have been more especially devoted to his professional duties. In 1883 he was one of the state
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representatives to the interstate convention held at Louisville, Ky., which originated the Blair bill. Three years after this time he received the degree of D. D. from Syracuse University, and for a long period has, by successive appointments, been state exam- iner of normal schools.
Dr. Dunton was married at Johnson, June 26, 1872, to Nettie W., the accomplished daughter of Judge Samuel and Flavilla (Wat- erman) Belding.
In his denomination, Dr. Dunton is with- out question the foremost man in the state, and his own reputation and that of his school are of such a character that words of commendation are superfluous. His untir- ing energy and great educational ability have met with well-merited success in the chosen walk of life to which he has devoted so much intelligent and industrious effort.
In 1892 he was a member of the General Conference of the M. E. Church.
In the civil war he proved his patriotism by enlisting in Co. F, 13th Vt. Regt., and after six months of creditable service, was honorably discharged on account of physical disability.
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DWINELL, FRANK A., of Montpelier, son of Albert and Irene D. (Rich) Dwinell, was born at East Calais, May 23, 1848.
He received his education from the com- mon schools of his native place and gradu- ated from Barre Academy in the class of 1868 ; began business in active life in his father's store at East Calais, remaining until 1874, when he removed to Plainfield and engaged in the mercantile business, which he successfully carried on for a number of years.
In 1885 the Farmers' Trust Co. was or- ganized. Mr. Dwinell was elected presi- dent, at once taking an active interest in the management, which position he has retained up to this time. Under the conservative policy and prudent management inaugur- ated, and which has always been maintained, a strong financial corporation has been built up. In consequence of his connection with this company, he moved to Montpelier in the spring of 1890.
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Mr. Dwinell has identified himself with several local institutions, being a director of the Wetmore & Morse Granite Co., a direc- tor and vice president of the Montpelier Building & Construction Co., also a direc- tor in the First National Bank.
In politics Mr. Dwinell is a Republican, takes an active interest in political affairs and has held various public offices ; was for a number of years town clerk and treasurer of Plainfield. He was elected to the Gen-
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eral Assembly of 1878, and in 1890 was elected senator from Washington county and was elected president pro tempore of the Senate, also served on several important committees.
Hle was amited in marriage at East Mont- pelier, Dec. 15, 1870, to Hattie A., daughter of Lawson and Asenath ( Clark ) Hammett. 'Two children are the issue of this mar- riage : Elbert Hammett, and Melvin Ray- mond.
DWINELL, JOSEPH ELMER, of Glover, son of Joseph Hammond and Almira ( Hol- brook) Dwinell, was born in Keene, N. II., April 30, 1830. His ancestry, of French
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origin upon the father's side, can be traced back to an early date in the settlement of the New World. His grandfather of six generations back settled in Topsfield, Mass., in 1672, where he became the possessor of an extensive property, owning all the land from Middleton to Wenham. His mother's ancestor, Thomas Holbrook, was English and came from the mother county in 1624, becoming one of the original settlers of Wey- mouth, Mass., where he died at an advanced age, a prominent and wealthy man.
The subject of the present sketch pos- sesses in a marked degree the suavity and ideality of a Frenchman, combined with the
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pride and energy of an Englishman. When he was about two years of age, his father moved to Glover, which has since been his home, except for a short time, when he was at St. Johnsbury, White River Junction, and Island Pond. He received his education in the common and high schools of the town, bis school days coming before the founding of the Orleans Liberal Institute, of which institution he has long been a trustee, treas- urer, and much of the time chairman of the executive committee.
In 1853 he bought a half interest in his father's business of furniture dealer, manu- facturer, and undertaker. His brother Charles soon assumed his father's place in the firm, and under the name of J. E. & C. H. Dwinell, they carried on the largest and most flourishing furniture trade at that time in Orleans county, keeping warerooms at Bar- ton, Barton Landing, and Greensboro. He still has an interest in the business, though not as actively engaged in it as formerly.
He has filled many offices of trust in town and county with ability, acting for several years as constable, collector and deputy sheriff. He has employed much of his time in the settlement of estates, for which work he seems eminently adapted. He has been for the last ten years, one of the directors of the Barton National Bank. During the years 1873-'74 he was a partner with his brother, the late I). Lyman Dwinell, as a dry goods merchant in Glover. He has at times been quite extensively engaged in the lum- ber trade.
He is at present chairman of the town school board, ever working for the best in- terests of education in his beloved state. Mr. Dwinell is passionately fond of music, and was one of the original founders of the Orleans Musical Association. He has had great influence in bringing that organization to its present enviable position, having served as one of its officers from the lowest to the highest grade. He has been a mem- ber of the choir in Glover for fifty-three years, and chorister of the Congregational church for twenty years.
He is a staunch Democrat in politics, and a firm Universalist in religious preference, though he ever advocates that a spirit of brotherly love should unite all sects. He was for many years superintendent of the Universalist Sunday school.
He married, Oct. 9, 1856, Eliza M., daugh- ter of the late Amos Phelps and Phila (Sart- well) Bean, of Glover. Eight children have been born to them, four of whom lived to maturity : Fred Elmer, Harley Joseph, Alice Eliza (Mrs. Henry Ralph Cutler), and Edith May (Mrs. Arthur Charles McDowell).
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EATON, FRED LAURINE, of Montpelier, son of Arthur G. and Ellen M. (Chase) Eaton, was born in Calais, July 10, 1859.
At an early age he removed with his mother to Montpelier and obtained his edu- cation at the Union and Washington county grammar school. After this he was for a few
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years employed as a clerk, and was made, in 1877, teller in the First National Bank, where he remained till 1881, when he was engaged as the cashier of the National Bank of Barre. After four years of this employment he ex- changed to the First National Bank of Mont- pelier, which he has served as cashier to the present time. He has been for years both town and village treasurer, and has acted as the treasurer of the Wetmore & Morse Granite Co., of the R. C. Bowers Granite Co., and of the Vermont Quarry Co. Of the last two corporations he is also a director.
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