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USA > Vermont > Essex County > Successful Vermonters; a modern gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans counties, containing an historical review of the several towns and a series of biographical sketches > Part 53
USA > Vermont > Orleans County > Successful Vermonters; a modern gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans counties, containing an historical review of the several towns and a series of biographical sketches > Part 53
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He was elected state's attorney of Orleans county in September, 1902. after a spirited canvass.
On the reorganization of Com- pany L, after the return from the South, he was elected first lieuten- ant and soon afterwards captain of the company. Captain Farman is a young man of genial manners and good ability. He is a member of Memphremagog lodge. F. & A. M .; Cleveland chapter, R. A. M .: and Malta commandery, K. T., at New- port.
KIPP, WILLIAM E., merchant tailor, Newport, Vermont, was born at Burlington, Vermont, January 14. 1857. His education was gained in the public schools of that city. He remained at Burlington most of the time until he was about eighteen years of age, at which time he went to Newark, New Jersey, where he completed his apprenticeship, begun
with Turk Brothers at Burlington. After a thorough training in his chosen profession at Newark he came directly to Newport, where he has been engaged in constant busi- ness since. Mr. Kipp carries a large and well-selected stock of foreign and domestic woolens, and caters to the leading trade in his line. An idea of the volume of business done by Mr. Kipp may be had from the fact that he employs continuously six hands and has a constantly in- creasing business.
January 19, 1882, Mr. Kipp mar- ried Miss Grace Leach of North Troy, and there has been born unto them four children: John P., born December 7, 1882; Vera L., born February 20, 1886; Walter D., born May 12, 1894; and Ruth M., born February 22, 1896.
Mr. Kipp is a member of the Cleveland chapter, No. 20, Mem- phremagog lodge, No. 65, and Malta commandery. No. 10. He and liis family attend the Congregational church.
HAMILTON, DR. HARRY FULL- ER, was born in Newport, Ver- mont, September 23, 18:4, where he has always resided, excepting dur- ing his school days, passed at Ver- mont academy, Saxton's River. where he graduated in the class of '94. His study in dentistry began at an early date with his father, Dr. M. T. Hamilton of Newport. with whom he continued until 1898. In that year he qualified for, and suc- cessfully passed, the examination prescribed by the state dental exam- ining board, since which time he has been in practice for himself. Dr. Hamilton enjoys the confidence of a gradually increasing clientele among the best people of the com-
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munity. At the last meeting of the State Dental society Dr. Hamilton was honored by election to the ex- ecutive board of that society.
Dr. Hamilton spares no expense in his effort to keep abreast of the rapid advancements in his profes- sion. His mechanical outfit is con- ceded to be second to none in the state.
On September 15, 1897, Dr. Ham- ilton married Miss Lillian C. Gil-
have given and are giving material prosperity to the county are the fruit of his labor and the product of his genius and foresight.
His interests were largely diver- sified: combining mercantile, man- ufacturing, and financial undertak- ings with the duties of a federal of- ficer.
He was born in Holland, June 11. 1832, of parents whose fathers were the pioneers of that town.
RESIDENCE OF DR. HARRY F. HAMILTON.
man, only daughter of George C. and Lizzie M. (Lane) Gilman, and there have been born unto them: George William, January 13, 1901; Reginald Gilman, March 16, 1904.
Dr. Hamilton is senior deacon of F. & A. M., Memphremagog lodge, No. 65.
ROBINSON, EBER C. No sum- mary of the business and industrial history of Essex county would be in the least complete without the mention of the late Eber C. Rob- inson.
Many of the enterprises which
He came to Island Pond in 1866; and from that time until the day of his death was a leader in the work and support of the Methodist church, and foremost in all that made toward the upbuilding and industrial advancement of the town and county. Nor did these limits confine his varied pursuits. lle had large business interests in the West and was active in the di- rection of one of the largest lumber concerns in the state of Maine.
lle was married April 4, 1855. to Eliza Bartlett, who bore him three
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daughters: Lilla, the late Mrs. Bos- worth; Mamie, who died in infancy, and Mrs. Alice G. Story, of Brook- lyn, New York. His wife died Angust 15, 1815.
He was married September 5, 1827. to Clara MI. Stewart, daugh- ter of the Hon. Emera Stewart of
inson was president of the Island Pond National bank, which office he had held since its organization, and was serving his second term as deputy collector of customs in charge of the port of Island Pond. MORIN, EDMOND, proprietor Pleasant Valley Milk Farm. This
EBER C. ROBINSON.
Derby, and to them was born, May 2, 1882, Claribel Stewart Robinson. Mrs. Robinson, his widow, now re- sides at Newport, where, on Octo- ber 1, 1902, their daughter Claribel died.
At the time of his death, which occurred June 26, 1894, Mr. Rob-
pleasant and fertile farm is situated on the Coventry road, within the in- corporated limits of Newport vil- lage. The farm consists of about one hundred and eighty-five acres, seventy-five acres being in tillage. and it pastures about twenty-five head of cattle. Some thirteen years
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sinee Mr. Morin engaged in the milk business, and now supplies about one hundred and fifty quarts of milk per day, the milk all being produced on his own farm. He also, soon after the time of beginning his milk business, opened a meat mar- ket which has, under his personal
Mr. Morin has built over the entire buildings, and added several now ones, including a barn 50x80, which has a driveway thirty feet long. This barn has all the modern ap- pointments, including cement floors. This barn was completed in 1899, and could not be replaced to-day for
EDMOND MORIN.
direction, grown to be an important branch of his varied enterprises. and is constantly increasing in vol- ume. Mr. Morin also conducts a wood vard, supplying about five hundred cords of wood per year, the most of which comes from his own farm. Since buying the farm,
less than $3,000. He has also built a meat market, slaughter house, and blacksmith shop, and does his own blacksmithing. He has en- tirely remodeled and refitted his house, and has all the modern con- veniences, including bathroom, fur- nace, and the village water system,
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insuring the best of fire protection.
Mr. Morin was born in Derby on October 18, 1866, the youngest
father was a Canadian farmer who early migrated to Vermont. Mr. Edmund Morin, the subject
RESIDENCE OF EDMOND MORIN.
BARN OF EDMOND MORIN.
of twelve children, ten of whom are of this sketch, married on Septem- now living in this community. His ber 28, 1890, Miss Mary Le Bell of
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St. Philippe, Province of Quebec. They have two adopted children: Florence, thirteen years, and Ches- ter, ten years of age. They mourn the loss of an only child, bearing his father's name, who died at the age of four and one half years. Mr. Morin and family are communicants of the St. Mary's Catholic church, and contribute liberally towards its support.
AUBIN, LOUIS PHILIPPE, pro- prietor of the Orleans Bobbin com- pany, Newport, Vermont, estab- lished 1897, manufacturer of all kinds of spinning bobbins.
Mr. Aubin was born in St. Valen- tine, Province of Quebec, January 12, 1859. His father, Leon Aubin, was born in St. Therese, Province of Quebec, and lived to be nearly eighty-one years of age. He was an eminent teacher, having taught at different places in the high schools for forty-five years. The mother of Philippe was Miss Linia Corbiere, who died when he was eleven years of age. There were sixteen children born of the mar- riage, five boys and eleven girls, Philippe, the subject of this sketch, being the only one prominent in business at the present time.
The education of Philippe was received in the common and high schools of his native town, and un- der his father's tuition. At the age of eighteen he "struck out" for himself, going to Lowell, Massachu- setts, where he learned the machin- ist's trade, serving fifteen years at the business, and it is to this early training in mechanics to which is due in no small degree his success in the bobbin business. He then, after finishing his long apprentice- ship, returned to Vermont and
went to work for the Black Falls Spool and Bobbin factory at Mont- gomery, where he remained, in charge of the tool department, for three years. He then engaged with the Union Bobbin works for one year at Barton Landing, which com- pany then removed to Newport, and in the year 1897, Mr. Aubin having gained a large and valuable experi- ence in the bobbin and spool busi- ness, and by dint of economy and industry laid by a little property, engaged in the business for himself. It is but just to record the fact that few men have the moral courage to go through the financial struggles which Mr. Aubin has sustained, and from which he has emerged with credit and honor to himself. He is now the chief owner of one of the best bobbin plants in the state, and has the reputation of pro- ducing as fine work as any concern doing business in his line. He em- ploys, when running on full time, thirty-six men. and finds a ready market for all the goods he can pro- duce.
In the year 1883 Mr. Aubin mar- ried Miss Rosina Le Ber of Laprai- rie, Province of Quebec. Her father was of a prominent French family. There have been born of this union: Jean Adeodat, May 6, 1884; M. E. Beatrice, deceased, July 10, 1885; M. A. Bertha, August 18, 1886: Maria E., born December 1, 1887; J. A. Roumald, born June 13, 1889; MI. A. Beatrice, born Feb- ruary 6, 1891; M. L. Rosina, born April 5, 1894, now deceased; M. E. Alice, born February 20, 1897; M. Elizabeth, born March 3, 1899; Jo- seph Louis Philippe, born May 14, 1901; M. R. Blanche, born April ?. 1903. Adéodat graduated from the Seminaire Saint Charles Borromée,
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Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec, in the business course, June 19, 1903, after having attended the Newport high school for two years. He is
musical tastes, and is a promising young man.
Mr. Aubin is a prominent mem- ber of the Catholic church, and con-
LOUIS PHILIPPE AUBIN.
now working for his father taking the charge of the bookkeeping and shipping department. He spends some time in the cultivation of his
tributes liberally towards its sup- port. He is also an active member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, having been treasurer of the order
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for one year. He has been greatly interested also in the L'Union St. Jean Baptiste d'Amerique.
SISCO, DAVID W. & Co., are the successful proprietors of the Ray- mond, Newport's new hotel.
In early life, Mr. Sisco was a farmer and stock dealer until inea- pacitated for labor by a stroke of paralysis, and later engaged in the drug business at Troy. He came to Newport in 1891, bought the Lake House, a small hotel near the depot, and during the summer of 1903 built the Raymond on the same site. This handsome modern hotel contains thirty-three guest rooms, is provided throughout with steam heat, electric lights, and mar- ble lavatories. Mr. Ralph Siseo is associated with his father in the care of the hotel and livery. The guest will find at the Raymond light, well-furnished rooms, an ex- cellent, varied, and abundant table and obliging service, in all features a first-class hotel.
Mr. Sisco is a genial and ex- perienced landlord, the clerk, Royal M. Howe, is popular with the tray- eling public, and the Raymond de- servedly secures a liberal and in- creasing patronage.
GAINES, DR. J. IL., son of John and Fidelia (Dingman) Gaines, was born in Berkshire in 1856. Brought up on a farm, and early in life compelled to rely on his own re- sources, he found teaching district and village schools an expedient method of providing for his educa- tional expenses. He successfully taught about twenty terms of school in northern Vermont. He thus worked his way through St. Johnsbury academy, and read medi- cine with Dr. Moore and Dr. Irwin.
Ile married Abbie E. Hodgdon, his assistant teacher at North Troy, in 1879, and she has since been both assistant and teacher.
He graduated from the medical department of University of Ver- mont in 1884, and came directly to Newport, where he soon secured a good practice. He owns several blocks and residences in the village. and has abundant confidence in its future growth and prosperity. Dr.
J. H. GAINES, M. D.
Gaines is also interested as a half owner with I. O. Blake of New York city in one of the best-equipped stock farms in New England. He is a lover and skilful connoisseur of good horses, and has done much to improve the stock in this vicinity. His professional standing is such that his range of practice is exten- sive. He was for several years su- perintendent of schools, was state inspector in the quarantine depart-
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ment, and local health officer, and is recognized as one of the most en- terprising and publie-spirited citi- zens.
JOHN R. FARRANT.
FARRANT, JOHN R., florist, Newport. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." He who cultivate; the publie taste for the beautiful in nature or art, and supplies the means of its gratification, is a pub- lie benefactor. The well-eondueted greenhouses of John R. Farrant are a source of pleasure and a eonve- nience to the people of northern Vermont and a part of Canada. That it is appreciated is proved by the steady increase of his business. Thomas Farrant, his father, and the founder of the business, was a thorough gardener and florist by profession. He came to Newport in 1868 and after two years in the employ of Buck & Pender, as gar- dener, he purchased the Farrant
homestead of fifty acres. The rais- ing of vegetables was at first the leading feature, but he soon began the culture of flowers and as the publie taste was educated and the demand inereased, new greenhouses were added. Mr. Farrant died in 1884.
J. R. Farrant was born in 1863, we were about to say, in a green- house with a flower in his hand. He entered the employ of Emmons Raymond when he was seventeen years old as foreman of his grounds, including the greenhouse and reser- voir. Soon after his father's death he returned to the homestead and has since conducted the business with the aid of his mother and sis- ter. During the winter season his orders are for bouquets and cut
THOMAS FARRANT.
flowers, for which lilies, roses, car- nations, and violets are the leading varieties. For vard and lawn use geraniums, begonias, alternatheras,
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echeveria, fuchias, and colors are in greatest demand. The pot plants are too numerous to mention but very desirable to have.
Mr. Farrant has now five green- houses, two 16x35, two 20x40 each, one 20x60, and contemplates build- ing another in the near future. He decorates for parties, weddings, and dances, and is prepared to furnish,
ty-one years of age, he went to work for the Boston & Maine railroad, serving the company fifteen years, eight years as baggage-master and brakeman, and the last seven years as passenger conductor, where he became a popular and efficient man, never having a mishap or a wreck during this long service. After re- tiring from the railroad service he
GREENHOUSE OF JOHN R. FARRANT.
on short notice, all kinds of floral designs at reasonable prices.
FRENCH, ELBERT ELSWORTHI, son of Asa B. French and Minerva (Hudson) French, daughter of Dea- con David H. Hudson of East lla- ven, was born in that town in 1867, where he resided until he was eleven years old, at which time his mother died and he left home, going to work for himself. In 1888, at twen-
bought out and thoroughly refitted the "Quick Lunch" room in New- port, in company with Napoleon Mayhew, where he remained nine months, then selling out and buy- ing the Star Restaurant and Lunch rooms, which he has thoroughly re- fitted and enlarged to the num- ber of twelve rooms. Under Mr. French's management this restau- rant is becoming one of the most
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popular in Newport, particularly with railroad men.
On January 7, 1890, Mr. French married Miss Alice Lindley, daugh-
ELBERT E. FRENCH.
ter of Robert Henry and Alice (Gal- lighan) Lindley. There have been born to them: Lottie Minervia. July 4, 1892: Pearl Lydia, February 10, 1891; Elbert Elsworth, Jr., November 29. 1898; Robert Henry, June 1, 1903.
Mr. French is a member of I. O. O. F., Union lodge, No. 4, and Or- der of Railroad Conductors.
SAWYER, MRS. ROSA, proprie- tress of the Home Bakery, Newport, Vermont. This bakery is centrally located and is rapidly gaining a well deserved patronage from a class of people who are able to appreciate the difference between strictly do- mestic and ordinary commercial baking. Mrs. Sawyer makes a spe-
cialty of bread, pies, doughnuts, etc., using the best of products ob- tainable. In connection with the bakery she serves light lunches. Mrs. Sawyer is assisted in the con- duct of the business by her only son, Harley H., a promising young man of seventeen years, who gives such attention to the business as he can spare from his school hours.
Mrs. Sawyer was born in Lowell, Vermont, where her education was obtained up to fourteen years of age. At that time she, for two years, made her home with her sis- ter at Groveland. Massachusetts, where she had the advantages of the high school. She then returned to her native town and on January
MRS. ROSA SAWYER.
1. 1884, married; soon after the Cottage Hotel was built, and run for twelve years. The large expe- rience and well-merited reputation
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which this hostelry gained while Mrs. Sawyer presided over its culi- nary department has helped her in the establishment of her present popular business. After the sale of the Lowell business, Mrs. Sawyer came to Newport and established a café, which she conducted for four years previous to her present enter- prise.
BLAIR AND DE LARM VENEER COMPANY. This company was
a year later incorporated under the style of The Blair & DeLarm Ve- neer company, with an authorized capital of $200,000. In 1903 two other plants were added. At West Charleston a vencer and bobbin fac- tory, with water power from the Clyde river, also steam power and an electric light plant, was erected, which employs twenty-five hands. At South Troy the company remod- eled a plant at an expense of nearly
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BLAIR & DELARM VENEER CO., FACTORY NO. 1, NEWPORT, VERMONT.
started on a small scale as a part- nership, employing three men in house finish work, in July, 1899. Later they engaged in making ve- neers, using electric motor power, and were located near the passen- ger depot. Two years later they were employing twenty-five hands, when the works were destroyed by fire, with heavy loss. The follow- ing September they leased the Un- ion Bobbin works, then vacant, and
$12,000, adapting it for the manu- facture of bobbins and wire end butter dishes. This is rapidly be- coming a very important industry. The dishes are of half pound, pound, two pound, three and five pound sizes. The six automatie machines have a daily capacity of nearly 400,000 dishes, which are packed in crates and shipped in car-load lots. ine company employs ninety men at Newport and fifty at South Troy,
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and in five years their force has in- creased from three men to one hun- dred and fifty. They have pur- chased the International mill and contemplate installing new ma- chinery adapted to their specialties and still further increasing their ontput. At present they use from two to two and one half million feet of hardwood timber annually
end butter dishes and the largest output of veneer chair seats of any company in the world. Their New York office is 253 Broadway, oppo- site the new post-office building. The growth of this business is mar- velous and speaks volumes for the ability and good judgment of the management. The junior partner and active manager of this exten-
BLAIR & DELARM VENEER CO., FACTORY NO. 3, TROY, VERMONT.
and it takes a million surface feet of soft wood to box their goods at the South Troy plant. Their sales increase in a geometrical ratio, last year's sales being double those of the year before and this year's sales double those of last. Their goods go to almost every civilized country in the world, and they have a repre- sentative at London, on the conti- nent, and at Australia. They have the best equipped factory of wire
sive business, Wardner E. DeLarm. was born in Hague, Warren county. New York, July, 1815. His father. Rev. Richard DeLarm, was a Meth- odist minister, and his early educa- tion was obtained in the graded schools of Ogdensburg and Platts- burg. His father died when he was eleven years old and his mother when he was thirteen, and after that time he made his own way in the world, completing his education by
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night schools, correspondence schools and home study. At the age of seventeen he held the posi- tion of bookkeeper with the Ameri- can Graphite company of New York city. Two years later he en- gaged with the Frost Veneer Seat- ing company of Newport as book- keeper and shipping clerk, was with
some new federal building just completed at Newport. It is an imposing structure of brick and marble and commands an excellent view of Lake Memphremagog and the surrounding country.
The building cost $125,000 and was provided for by three appro- priations. The lot cost $15,000.
NEW FEDERAL BUILDING, NEWPORT, VERMONT.
them five years and then went into business for himself.
He married in 1900 Sadie Nve of West Charleston, Vermont. He is a Knight Templar of Malta com- mandery and in the largest and best sense a self-made man.
The accompanying illustration gives a very good idea of the hand-
The first real move toward ereet- ing a government building in that town took place in 1899. Dividing the customs district, making this a port of entry instead of a sub-port, and known as the Memphremagog district, made it essential that the much-needed building should be erected as soon as possible. Much credit for the wisdom of this move
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is due to the careful administration of the present collector, Colonel Z. M. Mansur. The national govern- ment has no more careful official.
The business of the first year proved the district to be an impor- tant one, the total duties assessed amounting to $5,969,054.72. The total value of merchandise entered
The roster of the customs de- partment contains the names of these officers: Colonel Z. M. Man- sur, collector; Charles Bancroft, special collector; Helen E. Clark, stenographer; D. M. Camp, deputy collector, acting cashier; Carl R. Storrs, auditor: J. T. Howell, bond clerk; W. C. Lindsay. deputy col-
AMONG THE ISLANDS, LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG, NEWPORT, VERMONT.
was $10,949,747, and the total num- ber of cars examined during the vear was 126,811. The volume of business has been increasing until the present year for the month of April alone the total number of entries was 2,353, while $26,928.41 represented the money collected for duties.
lector; C. M. Bailey, deputy col- lector in charge of local office: P. A. Robbins, G. M. Dearborn, C. A. Davis, T. C. Gale. S. F. Davis, K. Richmond. George D. Walworth, L. B. Wellman, A. Clark; J. Me- Diarmid, immigrant inspector: Dr. G. W. Ward, veterinary: S. E. Ilitchcock, blank and file clerk.
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BARTON.
Population, Census of 1900, 2,790.
The town was granted October 20, 1:81, to Colonel William Barton, Ira Allen and their associates. Most of the grantees lived at Providence, Rhode Island. Colonel Barton was an officer in the Continental army, and was a man of great bravery. The charter was not granted until eight years later, 1289. October 21. 1789, the proprietors applied to Luke Knowlton, a justice of the peace at Westminster, who issued a warrant for a meeting of the pro- prietors at Brattleboro on the sec- ond Tuesday of February, 1790. The meeting assembled and Daniel Cahoon. of Lyndon, was chosen clerk. General William Chamber- lain was instructed to survey the town, which he did, October 18. 1:91. His survey and plan of the town were accepted. In 1794 Colo- nel Barton came and cleared land and built a log house. Asa Kim- ball eame that same season from Rhode Island, and cleared a few acres.
During the summer of 1:95 Colo- nel Barton raised about forty bush- els of wheat, and Mr. Kimball about fifty bushels. During that fall Ja- cob Eddy came with his family and his was the first to winter in the town.
The town of Barton was organ- ized March 28. 1:98: Abner Allyn was chosen elerk. The first repre- sontative, Jonathan AAllyn, was elected in 1802.
During the summer of 1:96 Colonel Barton built the first saw- mill, and the following year AAsa Kimball erected the first grist-mill.
In 1820 the Congregational so- ciety built the first church in town.
In 1801 Lemuel Sturtevant opened the first general store, and was fol- lowed, in 1805, by Colonel Bangs and Captain Biglow, in 1806 by Samuel Works, and in 1809 by Abi- sha Goodel. Elias Cobb built a fulling mill for dressing eloth in 1803, and the following year Jo- seph Owen established a whiskey distillery.
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