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The Men of the Century.
Men prominent in the town affairs, and all long time families, will be sketched, so far as space and knowledge of them permits.
BAILEY, W.M. ; his first wife, Abigail -- , died in 1785; his second, Mary Gookins, in 1834. Children : Richard, Hiram, Thomas; Hannah, married A. H. Denio ; Laura, married Arch Robinson; a daughter married a Newton, and one a Boyd. Mr. Bailey died in 1848, aged S6.
BAILEY, RICHARD; first wife Polly Curtis. Children : William, John, Betsey, married Philo Harvey; Ann. Died in 1851.
BAILEY, HIRAM ; married Hannah Negus. Children : Jane, Mary : Caroline, married Chauncey Dewey; Eliza, Duane; Lophelia, married (Dr.) Waite, of Pittsfield, Mass. Mr. Bailey died 1842.
BAILEY, W.M. C .; married Mrs. Mary Harvey Shel- don. Children : Sheldon, married Mary Bailey; Marcus and Martha; second wife, Martha, sister of Leroy Hay ; died in Michigan.
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BAILEY, JOHN W .; married Harriet, daughter of Samuel Farrar. Children : Cornelia, married Joseph M. Harwood; Wayne; died in 1878.
BALDRIGE, JAMES; family of; settled in Rupert in 1863. Mr. B., a nephew of Capt. Hugh McCall, died in 1862. Mrs. B. was Fanny Bourn of Pawlet. Children : Mary, married D. R. Smith; Edward, James, Marshall, a commission merchant, Boston; Henry, R. R. conductor, Willow Springs, Mo .; Fanny, married A. S. Gould, and Misses Lottie and Sara Baldrige, residents. Mrs. Baldrige died 1892.
BARDEN, SHUBAL; married Lydia Pearce. Children : Juliana, married E. S. Soullard; Abigail, married Calvin Farrar; Betsey, married John Farrar; Caroline, married Nelson Lewis; Horace, Henry and Shubal. He died 1858; wife, 1864.
BARDEN, HORACE, married Alma Bartlett. Children : Mary, John, Merritt, Harvey, Eugene, Henry B., Mary and Eugene, died in childhood; John at 26. Mr. Barden died in 1897.
BEATTIE, SAMUEL, married Hannah, daughter of Judge Rising. Children : Mary, Ebenezer, who married Margaret Murray; second wife, Lemira Harwood, a daughter, Lemira; third wife, Fannie Harwood. Chil- dren : Abbie, married William J. Fitch; Henry, married Fanny Wilson; Jennie, married Augustus J. Loos. Mr. Beattie died in 1880.
BEEBE, THOMAS K., married Ruth, daughter of James Y. Nelson. Children : T. S., A. C., George, Juliet, mar- ried Fayette Wilson ; Emeline, married Eli Wilson; Char- lotte, married De Witt Sheldon, died 1860: Mrs. B., 1880. Children of Eli and Emeline (Beebe) Wilson, Ella, Julia.
BEEBE, THOMAS S., son of T. K., married Maria, daughter of Dr. Tucker. Children: Julia, DeWitt C .; Eliza married Fred Matthes; Mary, married C. H. Nelson ; John W., married Maria Moore; Town Representative,
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1850-51; County Judge; Town Clerk; died 1889; Mrs. Beebe, 1883.
BEEBE, AUGUSTUS C., son of T. K., married Lucretia, daughter of Rufus Harmon. Children: O. J., Alfred, E. H., Fred; Mary, married Spencer Hopkins; held town offices; died 1890; Mrs. B., 1895. Alfred Beebe married Martha Hurd. Children : Clarence, Fanny, Julia, Addie.
BIBENS, LUCIEN A., married Eliza, daughter of Hugh McCall. Children, Marietta, Mary, B. H .; Della, married Smith Hilliard; George, A. M .; Cordie, married Alfonso Hilliard; Nellie, married Sherman Swank; Mr. Bibens died IS93.
BREWSTER, ORSON, married Ann Underhill. Chil- dren : Fay, married Carrie Johnson, Frank. Carpenter and builder ; removed to Manchester; deceased.
BURTON, NATHAN, from Manchester, a lawyer and long prominent in town. His office will be remembered by some, just below his residence ; gave up practice about 1850; Town Representative, 1818-19 ; Judge of the County Court; married Charlotte, daughter of Dr. Josiah Graves. Children : J. G., Elijah, E. B., Edward; Laura, married C. A. Sherman; Mary, married Silas Moore; Fanny, mar- ried John Phelps; Jane, married J. H. Guild; died 1864; Mrs. Burton in 1874.
BURTON, JOSIAH G., son of Nathan, married Ruth, daughter of Deacon Titus Sheldon. Children: Charlotte, married Albert Sherman; Sheldon, Sarah (died in 1878) ; A. E., Mary, H. G. ; Town Representative, 1857-58; State Senator, 1861; Grand Master, Grand Lodge, I. O. of O. F. of Vermont; died in 1882. Mrs. Burton in 1895.
BURTON, ELIJAH, married Janette, daughter of Rob- ert Wilson ; was a successful farmer; died in 1878.
BURTON, EDWARD, died in 1878.
CLARK, OZIAS, from Pawlet, married Polly Gookins. 'Children : Fitch, Cyrus, John, Aaron T., Joseph O .; died in 1876; Mrs. Clark in 1862.
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DANFORTH, RICHMOND, was soldier in the war of 1812; married Children: A. J. R., Elkanah, Pliny, Leonard.
DANFORTH, A. J. R., married Abigail, daughter of :
Joseph Harwood. Children: Charles, Oliver, Byron, Harriet, married Newton Crossman; Abigail; Mary, mar- ried Dr. John Hitt; Ann, married Dr. Clemons ; Jennie, married Charles Williams.
DANFORTH, ELKANAH, married Ellen Leach. Chil- dren : John Earl; second wife, also a Miss Leach. Chil- dren : May, married Clark Harwood, M. J .; Flora, mar- ried Horace Edie.
DANFORTH, CHARLES, married Emily Cushman. Chil- dren : Helena, Morton C., Harry.
DENIO, ARIEL, married Lavina Harwood. Children : Abel H., Zachariah, married Lucretia Nelson; Arilla, married Hiram Harwood; Mylon; Aurelia, married An- drew Beattie; Janette, married John Engrem; Aaron, married Eunice Stratton; Hiram, married Martha Strat- ton ; Vesta, married Hubbard; Deborah.
DENIO, MYLON, married Jane, sister of Tisdel Bar- den. Children; Marcellus, Amelia; Town Representa- tive, 1855-56; died in 1857.
DENIO, ABEL H., married Hannah Bailey. Children : Mary, married Rollin Wickham, William B., Fayette : resides in Rutland.
DENIO, WILLIAM B., married Charlotte, daughter of Dorson Eastman. Children: Carrie, married James Leach; Mary, married Caspar Leach, Carl, Ralph; held various town offices; resides in Pawlet.
DERBY, ABNER, married Anne Curtis. Children : George, Josiah, Ira, Maurice; Sally, married Stephen Fuller ; died in 1867, aged 91.
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DERBY, GEORGE, married Clarissa Shurtleff. Chil- dren : Ann, married George Robinson; Mariatta, married A. K. Kinne, Orrin, Otis (died in Ohio), George.
DERBY, JOSIAHI, married Lydia Shurtleff. Children : Julia, married William Burrows; Lucy, married E. H. Beebe; Jennie, married Charles Boynton; Sheldon, mar- ried Eliza Fitch.
FISHER, JAMES, known as Deacon Fisher. Had a son Samuel, by his first wife. By his second wife, a son, Pres- ton; died in 1840, aged 89.
FISHER, SAMUEL, married Hannah Hutchins. Chil- dren : Samuel C .; Margaret, married Isaac Wakeley, James W., Ogden P .; Maria, married Hiram S. Hibbard ; died 1851.
FISHER, JAMES W., married Sarah, daughter of Royal Watrous. Children : Florence, married Isaac Wright; May, married Terry Patrick; James A., George; died in 1896.
FISHER, OGDEN, P., married Adeline Moncrief. Chil- dren: Carrie, married Lewis Bogle; Arthur, Charles, Milton, Addie.
FONDA, STEPHEN; married Julia, daughter of Oliver Harwood. Children, Laura, Elon C., Edmund S., Libbie, Sarah; Laura, died 1845, aged 12; Libbie, 1862, aged 17; Mr. Fonda, 1863; wife, 186S.
FLOWER, ROSWELL, Sr., from Massachusetts; mar- ried Huldah Austin. Children: Joseph, Roswell, Jr .; Betsey, married, James Weed; Abigail, married James Sheldon; Emily, married Grandison Sherman ; Julia, mar- ried Morehouse Sherman, Huldah; Ann, married Fred Braymer; died in 1838.
FLOWER, JOSEPH, married Maria Leonard. Children : Martha, married J. J. Jenkins; Huldah, married W. B. Maynard; Mary, married William Stearns; Julia, married H. H. Smith; Byron. Mr. Flower was a soldier in the war of 1812; died in 1847; Mrs. Flower in 1874.
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FLOWER, ROSWELL, JR., married Phebe Peck. Children: Dwight, George, Esther, Ellen. Mr. Flower resided in Iowa from 1856 to his. death in 1898.
FLOWER, TIMOTHY, brother of Roswell, Sr., married Clarissa Phillips. Children: Elizabeth, married War- ner Hopkins; Bernice, married Austin Comstock; Clar- issa, married Guy Wyman; Thankful, married Silas Sherman; Timothy, Elihu, Horace, Legrand; Maria, married St. John Sanborn; Lydia, married Solomon Moore; Lucinda, married W. L. Kinne: died, 1861; wife, 1863.
FLOWER, TIMOTHY, JR .; died unmarried in 1894, aged 82.
FLOWER, ELIHU, married Theodosia Hastings. Children : Julia, married C. M. Sheldon; Moses D., Warren S., Mahala (died 1863), Joseph (died 1864); Shel- don J., Elihu P., Horace D .; Edd S., Sibyl, married Osro L. Smith; Albert H. Mr. Flower died 1897.
FLOWER, LE GRAND, married Anice Hurd. Chil- dren: Esther, married Elisha Hoyt; Bernice, married J. E. Hadaway; Melissa (died about 1869); Emma, mar- ried Chas. Beattie : Jennie (died about 1884); Carrie, married John Madison; Ida, married Noel Bentley; died 1870; Mrs. Flower 1891.
FLOWER, MOSES D., married Thankful Hadaway. Children : May, married Will Peck; Julia; Lizzie, mar- ried Leroy Parish; Duane.
FLOWER, WARREN S., married Hattie Farnham.
FARRAR, SAMUEL, son of Jonathan, married Rhoda Cut King. Children: John, Almaria (died at 31); Eunice, married Joseph B. Harwood; Rhoda, married Alex. Atcherson ; Marcia, married Joel Sheldon; Harriet, mar- ried John Bailey; Jackson, Ruhama, married Oliver Harwood; David, Lyman. Mr. Farrar was a soldier in the war of 1812; died 1856; Mrs. Farrar in 1846. 1844 thar, 31- Oct. 18. Se Kin, Ben ! . H. King
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FARRAR, JONATHAN, brother of Sam., married Abi- gail Andrus. Children: Lucy, married Harvey Lincoln ; Homer (1800-81); Polly, married Humphrey Hurd; Phi- letus; Hannah, married Allen Roberts; Calvin, Charles; Laura, married Charles Hurd, Franklin; Juliet, married Jas. L. McCall. Jonathan Farrar died 1858.
FARRAR, ABEL; brother of Sam., who was a school- master many years. His home was the place now owned and occupied by John B. Farrar.
FARRAR, JOHN, son of Sam., married Betsey, daugh- ter of Shubal Barden. Children : Martin ; Mary, married ..... Sheldon Bailey; Merritt, Sam., Caroline, married John G. Housey; John B .; Town Representative in 1869; died in 1873; Mrs. Farrar in 1SSS.
FARRAR, JACKSON, brother of John, married Harriet, daughter of Austin Johnson.
FARRAR, CHARLES, son of Jonathan, married Loraine Gardiner; died in 1878; Mrs. Farrar in 1867. An adopted son, Henry C.
FARRAR, FRANKLIN O., brother of Charles, married Mary Ann Hawley. Children : Alonzo H., a lawyer of Kinderhook, N. Y., and Elbert O .; also a lawyer of Buffalo. Both have been members of the New York Legislature. Mr. Farrar now resides with his son at Kinderhook, where Mrs. Farrar died in 1898.
GOOKINS, SAM., son of Sam., married Mary Andrews, and settled in Switzerland Co., Ind. Children: Naomi, Lydia, Anna, Asa, Sam., Mary, Olive. A Revolutionary . soldier; died in 1842.
GOOKINS, WM., brother of the above, married Rhoda Munger. Children: Nancy, Charlotte, Olive, William, Elisha F., Seymour, Milo, Rhoda, Dan. W., Sam B. Some of this family located at Center Rutland, which was long known as Gookin's Falls. Was a Revolutionary soldier.
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GOOKINS, JOHN M., brother of the above, married Weltha Andrews. Children : John, Polly, Calvin, Lucy, Weltha. John died unmarried, in 1849. Polly married Ozias Clark; Lucy married Aaron Towsley; Weltha died in 1881. Mr. Gookins died in 1848.
GOOKINS, CALVIN, married Delight Clark. Children : Delight, married first, Leroy G. Hay, and after his death, Rev. J. B. Clark; Eliza, married Albert Hopkins; John M. was a member of the Vt. Cav., died in Virginia in 1864. Mr. Gookins died in 1871; wife, 1896.
GRAVES, CYRUS, from Massachusetts, 1790, married Roxana Rose of Rhode Island. Children : Nathan, Allen, Orpha, Eli, Ruth, Joel, Abram. To Fairhaven, 1825; died 1844.
GRAVES, NATHAN, married Polly Kinne, daughter of Asa; a son, Francis. Second wife, Salome Stoddard. Children: Mary, married John M. Whedon, and after his death, T. D. Smith; Fayette. Mr. Graves died 1876.
GRAVES, FRANCIS, married Esther Bowe. Children : Emma, married Francis Morley; Allen L .; Libbie, mar- ried Duane Bailey. Second wife, Lydia Pearse. Removed to Warsaw, N. Y., in 1867, where he died.
GRAVES, AMos, brother of Cyrus; to Pawlet in 1815. He raised a numerous family, some of whom were edu- cated at college. He removed from Pawlet to Northum- berland, N. Y., in 1842, where he died soon after.
HADAWAY, BENJAMIN, from Wells, married Hannah Amidon. Children: Frank, George, James E., H. H., Charles; Helen, married Stephen Chellis; Thankful, married M. D. Flower; Mary, married G. P. Wood. Mr. H. died 1882. Frank Hadaway married Samantha Thompson ; George Hadaway married Thankful Howe. Ch., Dell, married Jerry Howe, ason, Rutherford ; Edna, married Ferbert Shaw; Elinor married George McMillan ; David, Fred (died in 1898).
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HARMON, SETH, JR., married Hannah Dewey. Children : Josiah; Alta, married Sam. Whedon; Electa, married Wm. Towsley; Elizabeth, married T. J. Pres- cott; Lucy, married Almon Nelson; Laura, married Chester Wood. Mr. Harmon was born in Rupert, and died in 1854, aged 77; killed on the R. R. track. Mrs. Harmon died in 1858.
HARMON, RUFUS, brother of Seth, Jr., married Olive Spencer. Children: Rosina, married Ira F. Sheldon ; Lucretia, married A. C. Beebe: Betsey, married Wilson Spencer; George S. ; was a deacon of the Congregational Church; died in 1871; Mrs. Harmon, 1865.
HARMON, GEORGE S., married Addie Seeley; a daughter, Mary. Mr. Harmon died in 1878. Since about 1883, Mrs. and Miss Harmon have resided at Walton, N. Y.
HARWOOD. These children of Zachariah Harwood of Bennington, lived in Rupert: Abel, Oliver, Silas, Joseph, Hiram, Heman, Perez, Lavina, Permela.
HARWOOD, ABEL, married Elizabeth Bigelow; died 1831.
HARWOOD, OLIVER, married Ruby Blackmer. Chil- dren: Laura, married Henry Clark (children, Delia, Minerva, Oliver, Elon, Reuben, Lemira, Newton), Vesta, married Elon Clark (children, Myron, Henry, Amelia, Ellen, Sophia, Amanda), Ruby, married Calvin Moore, Sarah, married Bradley Moore, Lavina, married Zenas Hill (children, Edwin, Robert, Sally, Henry, Harvey, Alexius, Marcy, Cyrus, Cordelia, Sophia, Adell), Julia, married Stephen Fonda; Betsey, married William Mason ; Mr. Harwood died 1818; wife in 1860.
HARWOOD, SILAS, born in Bennington about 1770. To Rupert in early manhood. Married Betsey Logan; set- tled on Rupert mountain; removed to the Logan farm (now Denio), thence to what is now occupied by Orrin Derby ; represented Rupert in the Legislature of 1831-2-3;
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died 1850. Children: John, Philo; Aurilla, married John Moore, Elizabeth.
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HARWOOD, JOSEPH, married Vesta Blackmer. Chil- dren : Harriet, Abigail, Joseph B .. Zachariah, Ruby, Frank, Oliver, Seymour. Harriet, died in 1895, aged 91. Abigail, married A. J. R. Danforth; Ruby, married Seth Moore; died 1843,; Mrs. Harwood, 1865. d. Fel- 20 .- L. Sept. 22-1. Cinq. 14.
HARWOOD, HIRAM, married Sylvia Reed. His son, Silas, married Nancy Denio.
HARWOOD, HEMAN, twice married; wives, unknown. Children : Heman, Hiram and a daughter.
HARWOOD, PEREZ, was clerk of District No. 11, in 1803.
HARWOOD, PERMELA, married Ephraim Harvey.
HARWOOD, LAVINA, married Ariel Denio.
HARWOOD, JOHN, son of Silas, 1793, married Maria, daughter of Judge Grove Moore. Children: Grove M., Rollin J., and Mary (married Hewett Blakely). . Mr. Har- wood represented Rupert in the Legislatures of 1843-44. After death of first wife, married Sophia, widow of Ezra Reed; removed to Pawlet village, where he died in 1868.
HARWOOD, PHILO, son of Silas, married Eunice, sister of Milton Sykes. Children: Henry, Orson; Lois, married G. C. Leach; Melissa, married Jos. Peck, Eliza- beth, Julia. Mr. Harwood died in 1859.
HARWOOD, HENRY, married Olive Bigelow; removed to Chester about 1868, where he died soon after.
HARWOOD, JOSEPH B., son of Joseph, married Eunice, daughter of Samuel Farrar. Children: Charles F .. Joseph M., Heman; Delia, married E. C. Fonda, John, Lois (died in 1893), Julia (died in 1874), Seymour (died in 1876). Joseph B. Harwood was Town Representative, 1847-48.
HARWOOD, ZACHARIAH, son of Joseph, married Har- riet Smith. Children : Emily, Maria, Wallace, Green B.
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HARWOOD, SEYMOUR, son of Joseph B., married Mary, daughter of Lyman Kinne. Children: Lyman (died at 16), Silas J., Ida (died at 31), Hattie. Mr. Harwood represented Rupert in the Legislatures of 1861-62, and was prominent in town affairs generally, especially during the Civil War; died in 1893, aged 71.
HAY, ISRAEL, a Revolutionary soldier. From Con- necticut about 1789; married Elizabeth Warner. Chil- dren : Israel, Shubel, William, Daniel, Roswell, Isaac. Elizabeth married - Whitman ; Sally, married Doud. Mr. Hay died 1841, aged S9. Mrs. Hay in 1842, aged SS.
HAY, ISAAC, married Clarissa Whitney. Children : Whitney; Maria, married William Lincoln; Betsey, mar- ried John B. Perkins; died 1873, aged 89.
HAY, WHITNEY, thrice married. Children : Elizabeth, married Charles West; Mary, married Augustus Harmon ; Hannah, Clark. Mr. Hay died at Richland, N. Y.
HAY, HERSCHEL, married Sibyl Hastings. Children : Clarissa, married Matthew Morey, Joseph, George, Chauncey ; Sarah, married A. T. Hurd; Martha, married J. M. Moore; Mary, married James Fraser, Fayette, Grant (died in 1868). Mr. Hay died 1856.
HAY, GEORGE, married Evelyn Sprague ; died in 185S.
HAY, LEROY G., married Delight, daughter of Calvin Gookins. Children: Edward F., Marcus L., Carrie; died in 1865. 1
HIBBARD, JONATHAN, from Pawlet, 1837; married Sally Hulett. Children: Elijah, Sarah, second wife of Seth Moore (died in 1898); David, married Julia Card, Hiram, Joseph; Lysander, married Delia Knapp. Mr, Hibbard died at Glens Falls in 1877, aged 94. Mrs. Hib- bard at Rupert, 1867.
HIBBARD, HIRAM, married Maria Fisher. Children : Carlton, Bertrand, Wallace, Clifford; resides at Glens Falls.
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HIBBARD, JOSPEH, married Phebe Gates. Children : Sumner; Minnie, married Frank Kirkham, Warren, Or- vil; second wife, Emma Batchelder. Children: Charles, Mary, Herbert. To Fort Edward in 1869; died in 1880.
HURD, HUMPHREY, married Esther Seeley. Children : Anice, married Le Grand Flower, Dennis; second wife, Polly, daughter of Jonathan Farrar. Children: Addison T., Elisha, Charles; died in 1883.
HURD, CHARLES, brother of Humphrey, married Laura, daughter of Jonathan Farrar; died 1845.
HARMON, JULIUS, son of Benjamin, married Betsey, daughter of David Nelson. Children: Augustus, Julia ; Cornelia, married Henry Pollard; Clara, married Thomas Tellier. Mr. Harmon died in 1845; Mrs. Harmon in 1868. Benjamin Harmon died 1838, aged 71.
HASTINGS, JONATHAN, from Suffield, Conn., married Ann Noble. Sons: Joseph, Jonathan, Vail.
HASTINGS, JOSEPH, married Mittie, daughter of John Sheldon. Children: Ann, married Henry Noble; Sybil, married Herschel Hay; Theodosia, married Elihu Flower ; Jonathan, married Maria Stitt; Sarah, married Erastus Gear; Dianthe, married Harmon Botsford; William, married Louisa Tripp; Albert, married Laura Nelson. Mr. Hastings was Town Representative in 1839-40. Died at Dekalb, N. Y., about 1870, aged 78.
HASTINGS, JONATHAN, married Betsey McCallop. Chil- dren : Corneilus, Louisa.
HASTINGS, VAIL, married Mary Taylor. Children : Heman, Edwin, Ann, Ellen, Cornelia.
HARVEY, EPHRIAM, married Permela Harwood. Children : Norman, Heman, Lyman, Philo, Mary, Per- mela; Mary, married William, son of Capt. Thomas Sheldon, and after his death William Bailey. Permela died unmarried. Three of the sons died at Constantine, Mich. ; Mrs. Harvey also. Mr. Harvey in Rupert, 1838.
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HAY, JOSEPH G., married first, a sister of Ephraim Perrin. Children: Herschel, Jonathan, Almon, Warren, Horace, Theodosia, Clarissa; second wife, Melita Day. Children : Leroy, Martha. Walter Hay lived on the Weed place, now Mason; Warren on the McCall place ; Noble, on the M. E. Church site. Sally married William Howlett; Anna married Zadock Norton.
HOPKINS, ELISHA, son of William, married Sarah, daughter of Judge David Sheldon. Children : Mary, William, Jane. He was a Major General of militia. Town Representative, 1824. Died 1825; aged 46.
HOPKINS, RUFUS, brother of Elisha, married Nancy, daughter of Judge Sheldon. Resided in Wisconsin.
HOPKINS, WILLIAM, brother of Elisha, m. Hubbard. A blacksmith and worked in the shop that stood between M. F. Roberts and A. E. Burton's. Lived in Peru and later in Dorset, where he died. Children : Harrison, George, Seymour, Laura.
HOPKINS, AMOS, brother of Elisha, married Clar- issa, daughter of Isaac Clapp. Children : Levi D., George. Died about 1855.
HOPKINS, L. D., known as Dwelly, married Mary Cleveland; a son, Fayette W .; second wife, Ann Stearns. Children : Mary, Martha. Martha died in childhood. Mary married W. C. Harrington, and died in 1881, leav- ing two daughters, Ardell, Stella. Mr. Hopkins died in 1882.
HOPKINS, GEORGE, married Annette Cleveland; a son, Spencer. He was much in public positions, being a deputy U. S. marshal, during the Civil War; Town Rep- resentative, 1865-6, and again in 1870. Died 1878.
HOWLETT, WILLIAM, married Sally Hay. Children : Horace, Francis, William, Mary, Sarah, Delia; Alice, married Ebenezer Haven. Died in 1860.
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HOWLETT, FRANCIS, married Patience Cleveland. Died in 1883.
JOHNSON, LEVI, was an early settler. His son, Aus- tin, married Polly, daughter of Joel Taylor. Children : Homer; Hannah, married Sherman Trumbull; Betsey, Mary; Ruth, married Holden Nelson; Harriet, married Jackson Farrar. Died in 1872.
JOHNSON, HOMER, married Delight, daughter of Thaddeus Smith ; a son, Milton, died in 1865. Mrs. John- son died about 1860; second wife, Hannah Jones. His adopted daughter, Carrie, married Fay Brewster. Mr. Johnson died in Dorset, in 1889. A man of most exem- plary life.
JONES, EPHRAIM, married Sophia Page. Children : Marcellus, Frank P., Nelson; Henrietta, married Bertley Jenks; Libbie; Anice, married Philetus Farrar ; Lola, married Quincy Pratt. Killed by 'a falling barn in the tornado of June, 1855.
JENKS, GEORGE, married Phebe Haskins. Children : Bertley ; Sarah, married Hart Aldrich ; Georgie, married Wallace Towsley. For thirty or more years he kept a public house at East Rupert, being the last of the old time tavern keepers. Died in 1873; Mrs. Jenks in 1891.
JENKS, HIRAM, brother of George, married Sophia Wood. Children : George, Martin (deceased), John, Norman, Rachel, married Clinton Meacham ; Ann, married Richard Stone ; Mary.
JENKINS, SIMEON, married Children : Simeon, George, Samuel; second wife, Mrs. Hannah Wood Parker. Children: John J., Joseph P., Charles.
JENKINS, JOSEPH P., married Minerva Harris ; a son, Chauncey ; second wife, Delia Geer. Children: Rollin E., Frank, Charles.
JENKS, BERTLEY, married first, Henrietta Jones : sec- ond wife, Annette Harrington. Children : Albert, Frank, Le Grand.
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KINNE, ASA; was a soldier of the Revolution. His son, Lyman, married Elizabeth Randlett. Children: W. L., John, A. K .; Elizabeth, married Chester Wilson; Mary, married Seymour Harwood; Minerva, married C. S. Bard- ' well; Judith, Janet. Lyman Kinne died in 1878.
KINNE, KENAZ, son of Asa, married Olive Fuller; a daughter, Olive; second wife, Martha Fuller. Children : Albert, Minor, William; Charlotte, married George Crandall; Helen, married Thomas Gregg; Jane, Mary. Mr. Kinne died in 1856; Mrs. Kinne in 1881.
LEACH, G. C., son of James and Olive (Carver) Leach, married Lois, daughter of Philo Harwood. Children: J. E., C. B. ; died in 1876, aged 54.
LEWIS, AMOS, married first a Cleveland. Children : Job, Benjamin, James; Hannah, married William Sher- man; second wife a Wooster; died about 1860.
LEWIS, BENJAMIN, married Eliza Wooster. Children : Marie, married Smith Sheldon; Hettie (died in 1878, aged 25). Mr. Lewis died in Poultney in 1867. Mrs. Lewis in Rupert, 188 -.
LINCOLN, WILLIAM, son of Harvey and Lucy (Farrar) Lincoln, married Maria, daughter of Isaac Hay. Chil- dren : Helen, married Charles Hudson; David, married Fanny Burke, and resides in Salem; Ann, married Aaron Loveland; Mary, married John Moore; Clara, married Will Munson. To Hebron in 1862; died 1885.
LINCOLN, HOMER, brother of William, married Sarah Gardiner. Children: Marvin, George, Will, Gamaliel; Stella, married Edwin Bentley; Jennie, married Harmon Tucker (deceased); Marvin, married Grace Ross and re- sides in Shushan.
MOORE, GROVE, son of James, born in Connecticut in 1761, and came to Rupert, with his father's family ; married Mary, daughter of William Buel. Children : Henry, Darius, John, Grove, Asa, Abel, Albert; Maria, married
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John Harwood, and three daughters, names unknown. He was an able man, prominent in affairs of town and county. A Justice 40 years; twice represented Rupert in the Legislature, and Judge of Probate; died about 1835.
MOORE, SETH, brother of Grove, 1778, married Rhoda Spear. Children : Merritt, Calvin; Salome, mar- ried - Cooper; Bradley; Rhoda, married Norman Harvey; Seth; Town Representative in 1828, and dele- gate to the Constitutional conventions of Vermont in 1836 and '43; died in 1859.
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