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the roof of Mr. Burnham, he received such education as the common schools conk afford.
In 1858, he came to Endlow, a poor boy without influence but with a firm resolve to push his way and win a support by his own unaided effort and after twelve years spent in the subordinate position of a clerk he formed a partnership with Charles Raymond to deal in clothing, boots and shoes. In 1876, he moved to the West but the experience of one season expedited his return and he made his residence in Ludlow, where he was for five years associated in business with Edward E. Parker, but is engaged at present by himself as a dealer in boots and shoes in that town.
He married, June 10, 1863, Mary A., dangh- ter of Albert and Dolly Adams, of Evansville, Wis. They have two children : Alice M., and Edward A.
For eighteen years Mr. Lockwood has been an active member of the Congregational church and a liberal contributor to the same. He has also chosen to ally himself to the charitable organization of Freemasonry, re- ceiving the first three degrees in Lafayette Lodge No. 53 and afterwards passing through the higher grades of Royal Arch Masonry and Knight Templar. He is treasurer of his chapter and is a Sir Knight of Killington Commandery No. 6, of Rutland.
As a Republican, he received the appoint- ment of postmaster in 1884 and continued in office four years. He is now, and has been for ten years, treasurer of both town and cor- poration. In 1888 he represented his town in the Legislature and served on the com- mittee on claims. Notwithstanding the early disadvantages against which he was obliged to struggle, Mr. Lockwood, by his own un- aided and persistent effort has amassed a handsome competency.
LYFORD, HORACE W., of Warren, son of Hazen and Electa (White) Lyford, was born in that part of the old town of Mont- pelier which is now East Montpelier, Feb. 16, 1835.
After he had passed through the usual educational course at the schools of East Montpelier and also in Montpelier village, he learned the sash and blind trade from his uncle, and while thus occupied manifested a natural aptitude for mechanical pursuits. At the age of nineteen he formed a partnership with his father, under the title of Hazen Lyford & Son, to manufacture sash and blinds. Horace was from the first the busi- ness manager, and soon became sole proprie- tor of the concern. In 1861 he exchanged this property for a hotel in Warren, which he has since conducted in a manner satis- factory to the public. In 1865 he engaged in the tin and hardware trade, and followed
this by the manufacture of pail-bail handles and clothes-pins. During the last ten years he has devoted his attention to the manu- facture of butter-tubs, and has invented sev- eral appliances that not only turn out a superior article, but result in an immense saving of labor.
Mr. Lyford is an earnest Republican and has held many public positions of trust and influence. He was first selectman in Warren in the years of the war, and was many years deputy sheriff. He was from 1872 to 1876 sheriff of Washington county. He has been justice of the peace continuously for twenty- nine years. In 1888 he was elected assistant judge of Washington county court, and was re-elected in 1890.
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Judge Lyford was united in marriage, Sept. 9, 1858, to Sarah R., daughter of John and Sarah (Chamberlain) Vincent, of East Montpelier.
He has been long and prominently identi- fied with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Aurora Lodge, No. 22, of Mont- pelier, King Solomon Chapter, No. 7, of the same place, Montpelier Council, No. 14, a Knight Templar of Mt. Zion Commandery, No. 9, of the Washburn Lodge of Perfection, No. 14, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine.
LYMAN, CHARLES A., of Royalton, son of Jabez and Abigail (Woodbury) Lyman,
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was born in Royalton, Oct. 21, 1831, and has always been a resident of that town.
He received the customary common school education in Royalton. He has chiefly followed the vocation of a farmer but has also practiced the trade of a carpenter and given much attention to the manufact- ure of lumber. He has been entrusted with many responsible positions, among which may be mentioned those of selectman, over- seer, lister, auditor, and trustee of the sur- plus revenue fund. He has always dis- charged these duties with honor to himself and profit to his fellow-citizens. In 1892 he was elected by a strong Republican majority to represent the town of Royalton in
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the General Assembly, where his energetic action in behalf of his constitutents merited the approbation of those who had entrusted him with that position.
Mr. Lyman was united in wedlock, March 8, 1854, to Hannah W., daughter of Horatio and Sarah (Walcott) Freeman. Four chil- dren were born to them, of whom only one (Mrs. Nellie M. Doyle), is now surviving. He contracted a second alliance, July 5, 1866, with Laura J., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Walcott) Fay. Four children were issue of this second marriage, three of whom are now living : Albert F., Ida C., and Elizabeth W.
LYNDE, GEORGE W., of Williamstown, son of John and Dolly (Smith) Lynde, was born in Williamstown Feb. 3, 1849.
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He was educated at the common schools and at Randolph and Barre academies. When twenty years of age he commenced extensive operations in the lumber business in Groton and these he carried on in part- nership with his father-in-law for fifteen years. He then removed his plant to Mill Village and has since employed it in running the grist and saw mill, and polishing works.
Mr. Lynde was united in marriage, March 16, 1871, to Frances, daughter of Richard L. and Phebe (Moore) Martin, by whom he has had two children : Fred G. (deceased), and John Richard.
In 1886 he removed to the farm formerly belonging to his father-in-law and has con- tinued there the latter portion of his life. He may be styled the typical Vermont farmer, so large is the scale on which he conducts his operations and so great the success he meets with in all his enterprises. He is also the possessor of a fine maple grove and one of the four owners of the Williamstown gran- ite quarry.
Mr. Lynde is a Republican in his political sympathies ; and in religious belief a Univer- salist. After having filled the usual town offices he was sent to the Legislature in 1888, where he served on the general committee. He is active, public-spirited, and influential in every social and business enterprise, and a highly esteemed member of the commun- ity in which he resides.
LYNDE, JOHN, of Williamstown, son of Cornelius and Rebecca (Davis) Lynde, was born in Williamstown, August 6, 1810. Cor- nelius Lynde left Harvard College at his country's call, enlisted in the Continental army and served through the Revolutionary war, attaining the rank of major. In 1786 he moved from Williamstown, Mass., to the town of the same name in Vermont, and was one of the original proprietors. He laid out and allotted the land to his associates, was justice of the peace and first town clerk. He constructed the first saw mill in the town, was representative from 1791 to 1795, member of the state council, first postmas- ter, and associate judge for two years. In the first year of the century at a meeting in his house, a Universalist society was organ- ized, believed to be the earliest in the state. The mother of John Lynde was the oldest daughter of Col. Jacob Davis, the pioneer of Montpelier.
The subject of the present sketch was educated at the common schools of Will- iamstown, and at the early age of sixteen began to teach, working in the summer on his father's farm.
He married at the age of twenty-two, uniting himself in the bond of wedlock to Dolly Smith. She bore him twelve children,
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nine of whom still survive : Ellen ( Mrs. W. B. Bass), John, Martha ( Mrs. Jerry Kenis- ton), Rebekah ( Mrs. Nat Simons), George W., James K., Laura (Mrs. Harvey ) .. Cheney ), and Emma ( Mrs. Dr. William B. Mayo of Northfield, Vi.), and Dr. Cornelius V. Two of his sons, John and Charles (the latter deceased ), served in the civil war. llis first wife died in July, 1881, and he was again married in 1882 to Laura E., daughter of Norman Davis.
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Mr. Lynde was a farmer till 1865, and after that was engaged in trade until 1887, when he sold out his interest to his son, James K., and again returned to farming. He has been very prominent in all social and public affairs, has settled many estates, and was a general counsellor in business and legal matters. For more than ten years he was one of the directors of the Northfield, and later of the Barre bank.
Formerly a whig, but now a Republican, he has been for forty-four consecutive years justice of the peace, has held every town office, and was twice town representative before the war and three times afterwards, and was chosen senator in 1876. He was assistant judge of Orange county court for two terms.
Judge Lynde has ever been a liberal donor to all benevolent and religious enterprises, a public-spirited citizen, and has given to all his children every educational advantage that was in his power to bestow.
LYON, JOHN STANLEY, of Fair Haven, son of Seth S. and Jane ( Barnard ) Lyon, was born in Winball, Jan. 28, 1861.
lle received his early education at Black River Academy, Colgate University, Hamil- ton, N. Y., and the University of the City of New York. In college he developed marked taste in the fields of mental philosophy, polit- ical science, literature and oratory, and was especially interested in Greek and Latin literature. He was class poet in both acad- emy and college, and also editor of the college magazine. In his carly youth he taught the district school. In 1885 he was called to the position of instructor in Greek and Latin in Friends' Seminary, Stuyvesant Square, New York City, which position he held for five years; and, though not a Quaker, was appointed vice-principal of the institution at the end of the third year. While thus employed he was actively engaged in church work, and feeling called to the
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gospel ministry, he resigned the chair of classics, and was ordained in the Fair Haven Baptist Church, Feb. 26, 1891.
Mr. Lyon married Ella G., daughter of John E. and Almina White, of Mount Holly, Dec. 29, 1886. He has two children : Clif- ford S., and Raymond F.
Of rare natural ability and attainments, and withal an earnest and impressive speaker, Rev. Mr. Lyon has placed the church at Fair Haven among the leading Baptist congrega- tions of the state. Enthusiastic in his work
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and watchful for opportunities to advance the interests of his people, he has won many friends in his chosen field of labor, a fact which fully attests his Christian, manly char- acter. He is deeply and actively interested in all public matters but especially in those that advance the welfare of his beloved Green Mountain state.
LUND, HENRY W., of Canaan, son of Hezekiah and Mary (Shores) Lund, was born in Granby, Oct. 11, 1854.
He commenced his education at district school No. 2, of Granby, from which more teachers and professional men have come, than any other district of its size in that section of the state. He continued his studies at St. Johnsbury Academy and then commenced reading law with Hon. H. C. Bates of St. Johnsbury, completing his pro- fessional training with George W. Harts- horn, Esq., at Canaan. He was admitted to the bar of Essex county at the March term of 1884, and immediately opened an office in Canaan in which locality he has remained and by assiduity and energy has secured a large connection and profitable practice.
Mr. Lund is a self-made man and by teaching paid all the necessary expense in- curred in obtaining his education and while pursuing his legal studies. When only twenty-one he was elected superintendent of schools in Granby and he has held a similar appointment in the town of Canaan. In 1892 he was made state's attorney and still
fills that office. He is a young man of keen observation, ready wit and resolute will, and
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will undoubtedly, if he so elects, become prominent in town and county affairs.
He was married in 1881 to Carrie V., daughter of Sylvester P. and Carrie (Col- burn) Jones of Canaan and formerly of Farmington, Me.
MCFARLAND, HENRY MOSES, of Hyde Park, son of Moses and Livonia (Leach) McFarland, was born in Waterville, August 5, 1852.
Mr. McFarland's great-grandfather served in the war of the Revolution, coming out of the service with the rank of major. His father also served his country in the civil war as captain of Co. A, 8th Regt. Vt. Vols., and was a brave and resolute officer, having at various times received honorable mention for meritorious conduct on the field of battle.
He received his preliminary educational training in the schools of Waterville and the People's Academy, working his way through the University of Vermont, where he grad- uated as valedictorian in the class of 1878.
After his collegiate course he came to Hyde Park, for three years teaching in the academy, and at the same time reading law with Messrs. Brigham & Waterman. In 1881 he was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice, being elected three years after- ward state's attorney for Lamoille county.
In connection with his law practice, he has built up an extensive insurance business, his agency being by far the largest in this sec- tion of the state. Mr. McFarland served his town for several years as superintendent of public schools. He was secretary of civil and military affairs under Governor Page in 1890. He was the first vice president of the Lamoille County Savings Bank and Trust Co., and in 1892 was elected to a similar position in the Lamoille County National Bank of Hyde Park.
He has joined both the orders of Free Masons and Odd Fellows; was a charter member and the first N. G. of the local or- ganization of the latter institution in Hyde Park, and has received not only the degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry, but those con- ferred by Tucker Chapter, as well as being a Knight Templar of Burlington Commandery.
Mr. McFarland was united, Dec. 22, 1881, to Julia, daughter of Hon. Waldo and Ellen (Noyes) Brigham of Hyde Park. Three children are the issue of their marriage.
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MACKIE:, GEORGE CARDNO, of Barre, son of John and Ann (Clark) Mackie, was born in Fraserburg, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, May 1, 1849.
Hle received his education by attending the public schools of his native land, and when seventeen years of age was appren- ticed to the trade of a granite stone cutter. He emigrated to America in 1871 and worked at his trade in many states of the Union. At this time the art of cutting and polishing granite was in its infancy and mostly all of the finished work of this description was im- ported from abroad. Mr. Mackie came to Barre in 1880, accompanied by his half- brother, James C. Simpson, and entered the employment of Wetmore & Morse. They were the first Scotchmen to ply their trade in that community, though at present there are probably a thousand of their countrymen engaged in similar pursuits in and around
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the neighborhood. In 1884 he commenced business in partnership with his brother. They met with great success and at the end of three years found themselves the owners of a valuable property and employing sixty men. At this time they made an advan- tageous sale of their business to Jones Bros. of Boston and for five years Mr. Mackie con- tinued to act as their superintendent, during which time the firm has been very prosper- ous, owing not a little of their success to the industry and executive ability of their mana- ger. Since parting with his interest in the
quarry, Mr. Mackie has invested largely in real estate and to the care and improvement of this he has devoted much of his time and energy. In 1893 he bought out the firm of Sortwell & Morse and now owns one of the best manufacturing plants in Barre, consist- ing of about six acres of land, a fine water power, with some very valuable granite cut- ting machines. His sons, James and Will- iam, are now his business partners.
He was married in 1869 to Mary, daughter of William and Jane (Scott) Cameron, of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and they have four sons living : James, William, John, and Robert.
Mr. Mackie belongs to the brotherhood of the "square and compasses" and is treasurer of Granite Chapter, R. A. M., of Barre, and is also trustee of the Burns Club of that place. He is an adherent of the Republican party, and has held the office of village bailiff. He has had to make his own way in life, and affords a notable example of what can be accomplished by energy, intelligence and public spirit.
MACOY, BYRON GRAFTON, of Cam- bridge, son of Daniel and Laura (Downer) Macoy, was born in Cambridge, Jan. 8, 1844. Daniel Macoy was a long-time resi- dent of the town, and when a boy of twelve years paddled the Vermont Volunteers bound for the seat of war at Plattsburg, across the river at Jeffersonville in a log canoe.
Byron was one of a family of seven chil- dren, and was educated in the public and private schools of Cambridge. In 1858 he went to live with his brother, H. N. Macoy, who was a lumber merchant in Cambridge and built the first steam and circular saw- mill in Lamoille county. During the six years that he remained with his brother, he turned his natural mechanical dexterity to good account, doing all kinds of work that required this species of skill. He then rented the mill for a year of his brother, who meantime had gone to Ottumwa, Ia. Byron soon joined him there, but a year's experi- ence removed all desire to remain in the West, and he returned to Cambridge in 1866. He, with his brother, W. D. Macoy, and two others, built the large steam saw- mill now established there. Ill-health soon compelled him to relinquish the business, and during the last twenty years he has been en- gaged in the occupation of a furniture dealer and undertaker.
He married, May 16, 1871, Emma, daugh- ter of Joseph Riley.
Mr. Macoy is a Republican and was elected to the Legislature in 1890; served on the committee on manufactures. As one of the committee for the construction of the Con- gregational church he was largely instru-
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mental in securing the services as architect of his brother, H. N. Macoy.
Mr. Macoy, by his integrity of purpose and interest in the general welfare, enjoys in a large measure the esteem and confidence of his townsmen.
BYRON GRAFTON MACOY
His devotion to the principles of the Masonic order has given him all the honors his local lodge could confer upon him. He is a member of Warner Lodge, No. 50, F. & A. M., of Cambridge, and has filled all the chairs of that organization.
MANCHESTER, HIRAM LEVI, of Pawlet, son of Levi W. and Eveline (Shaw) Manches- ter, was born in Hampton, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1855.
He attended the common schools till the age of seventeen and for a year pursued his studies at Castleton Seminary. He com- menced his medical education in Burlington and received his diploma from the University of the City of New York, from which institu- tion he graduated on the 18th of February, 1879.
Dr. Manchester began the pursuit of his profession in Fair Haven with Dr. T. E. Wakefield but after three months opened an office in Pawlet, in June, 1879, where he has since remained and built up a large practice.
He married, July 8, 1879, in Whitehall, N. Y., Flora A., daughter of Harry and Annis (Benjamin) Bartholomew. Two children have blessed their union : Paul R., and Hazel A.
MANLEY.
Dr. Manchester has always belonged to the Republican party, but his professional duties have not allowed him to mingle much with political affairs. He is a member of the Republican county committee and chair- man of the Republican town committee in Pawlet.
He is secretary of Morning Flower Lodge, F. & A. M., and has also regularly passed the chair in the same body, and is a member of the chapter R. A. M., and of the council R. & S. M. at Poultney, as well as a Sir Knight of Killington Commandery K. T. of Rutland. A Congregationalist in his creed, he is both clerk and treasurer of the church of that denomination in his place of residence.
MANLEY, JOSEPH E., of West Rutland, son of Fobes and Wealthy (Hill) Manley, was born at Sutherland Falls, then a portion of the town of Rutland, Feb. 15, 1831.
The subject of this sketch was of English and Scotch descent, and one of twelve chil- dren of a typical New England family. His father was stern in discipline and of sterling religious character, leaving the impress of
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his teachings upon the minds of his children. Mr. Manley early in life was educated in the common schools, but after attaining his ma- jority, being desirous of higher educational advantages, he entered Castleton Seminary, a then leading institution under the charge of Rev. E. J. Hallock, graduating therefrom
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in 1854. During this time he provided for his support by teaching school in the winter and employing his vacations in agricultural labor.
Hle was wedded August 19, 1857, to Electa A., daughter of Ebenezer Porter of Orwell. Two children were born to them : Wilbur P., and Lillian E.
After he left the seminary he engaged in the marble business, and is considered as an expert in all matters relating to the deposits of this stone, and has published an article on the "Marbles of Rutland County," which can be found in the first report of Professor Collier of the Vermont Board of Agriculture.
He is a staunch Republican and believes in Democracy from a Republican stand- point. At the age of twenty-eight he was chosen justice of the peace for Rutland county, receiving the compliment of thirteen consecutive elections, during which time he has tried many hundred cases, both civil and criminal, and his decisions have been characterized by such justice and impar- tiality, that jury trials were resorted to in only two instances, and one appeal only from his decision was reversed in the county court. During his term of service he secured a small but well selected library, and occu- pied his leisure hours with the study of the law. He entered the office of Hon. C. H. Joyce of Rutland in 1874, and at the March term of the following year was admitted to the Rutland county bar, since which time he has been in successful practice. His ser- vices have been especially sought in the set- tlement of estates as administrator and com- missioner. Mr. Manley is philanthropic in spirit, and has done much in the aid of the church and the cause of temperance ; held the office of special prosecutor for six years prior to 1892 ; was secretary of the Rutland County Temperance Society for ten years, and for a considerable period dischared the du- ties of president. He was elected a resident member of the Webster Historical Society of Boston in 1884, and evincing an early taste for literary metaphysical study he has written and published many articles on standard and popular subjects.
In his religious belief he is a Congrega- tionalist, and united with the First Church at West Rutland, July 4, 1860. During a resi- dence of over thirty years at West Rutland, he has taken a lively interest in promoting the welfare and prosperity of the village, having invested to a large extent in real estate. He has erected many structures, both dwelling houses and for business pur- poses, and ever manifests a strong desire to promote the progress of the town and state.
MANN, CHARLES DAVID, of Ira, son of Benjamin S. and Harriet (Thornton) Mann,
was born in Middletown Springs, Dec. 21, 1860. Hle is of mixed English and Scotch descent and his paternal grandfather took part in the campaigns of 1812. His parents moved from Middletown Springs to Ira in 1861, from which place his father enlisted in Co. B, gth Regt. Vt. Vols. Benjamin was taken a prisoner at Harper's Ferry and was sent to Chicago on parole where he died of fever.
Charles D. Manu received the usual edu- cational advantages of the public schools and was afterwards a pupil in the Vermont Acad emy at Saxton's River. His father's death left his mother and one brother to face the
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struggle of life alone. Since Mr. Mann reached his majority he has always devoted himself to some extent to public affairs. He commenced his public career by an appoint- ment as constable and collector of his native town which latter office he has held until the present time. He has also been made school superintendent and was the choice of the county convention in 1892 to discharge the duties of commissioner. In 1893 Gover- nor Fuller conferred upon him the honor of a commission as justice of the peace. He has been actively connected with the work of the Baptist church since the age of six- teen and even while at the academy he was largely interested in the V. M. C. A. He was one of the charter members of Camp John A. Sheldon S. of V., and for a time acted as their quartermaster. He follows
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