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Hemenway's "Gazetteer," Vol. II, page 374, says: "The only ad- vance made upon Sheldon during the Rebellion was November 19, 1864 (the Saint Alban's Raid, so called). On that day about a score of 'Rebel Raiders,' or 'rob- bers,' led by Captain Young, ren- dezvoused at Saint Albans, having their 'base' in Canada, but no very distinct lines of 'retreat.' After robbing the banks and shooting
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some of the unarmed inhabitants, they passed through Sheldon on their return to Canada. Being closely pursued by Captain Con- ger's party, they set fire to the bridge that spans Black Creek at Sheldon, but the inhabitants extin- guished the fire before it had done
of Enosburg. Here they crossed the river to Enosburg Falls and rode rapidly towards Canada."
BROWN, DOCTOR EDWIN MER- RIMAN, was born in Sheldon, De- cember 5, 1855, a son of Doctor Amasa M. and Abby (Keith) Brown. He received his early ed-
EDWIN M. BROWN, M. D.
any damage. The raiders at- tempted to enter the Missisquoi
Bank, but fortunately it was closed. Having appropriated to themselves horses and whatever they could find that they wished, they hurried on, passing along the road on the south side of the Mis- sisquoi until they entered the town
ucation in the public schools of his native town, graduated from the Burr and Burton Seminary of Manchester in 1875, and from the medical department of the Uni- versity of Vermont in the class of 1879. He located at East Berk- shire and remained until 1881, when he removed to Sheldon, where
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he has continued to the present time, enjoying an unusual and marked degree of success.
October 6, 1881, Doctor Brown married Fannie L. Comings of East Berkshire. Four children have been born to them: Fred C., born May 9, 1884; Abby Mary, born November 7, 1886; Elizabeth, born June 29, 1889, and Ruth H., born April 19, 1901.
In 1885 Doctor Brown succeeded his father as town clerk of Shel- don, the father having held the of- fice for more than forty years ; thus this most important town office has been held by father and son con- tinuously for more than sixty- three years. Doctor Brown has also served as superintendent of schools, library trustee, health offi- cer and in 1890 represented Shel- don in the General Assembly, serv- ing on the committees on education and insane; and in 1894 he was chosen as a senator from Franklin County, served as chairman of the Senate committee on claims, and was a member of the committee on state's prison and the joint com- mittee on public health; was also a delegate to the national Repub- lican convention in 1900.
Doctor Brown is a member of the county, state and national medi- cal associations, a member of the United States pension examiners' board for Franklin County, a di- rector of the St. Albans hospital and a member of the consulting staff. He is also a director of the Enosburg Savings Bank and Trust Company.
Doctor Amasa M. Brown, father of the subject of this sketch, was one of the most successful men of his day ; born in Essex in 1812, edu- cated in the log schoolhouse of that day, graduated from Dartmouth in
1839; located at Sheldon the fol- lowing year, and for 45 years was a most successful physician and a highly esteemed citizen, whose life, character and work have left a deep impress on the community which he served so long and well. He married Abby Keith of Shel- don, a descendant of the old Keith family, who were among the first settlers of Sheldon.
Dr. Amasa M. Brown was elected town clerk in 1843, represented Sheldon in the General Assembly in 1854 and again in 1855, and at various times served as selectman and lister, and was one of the strong men of his day in Franklin County. He died June 5, 1885.
NORTHROP, U. BRIGHAM. Few names in Franklin County are more familiar or stand for more in the lines of progress, education and good citizenship than the family names of Brigham and Northrop. In the case of the subject of this sketch these two very substantial names are united.
U. Brigham Northrop was born in Fairfield, August 1, 1865, a son of Jonathan and Deborah F. (Mitchell) Northrop. He was ed- ucated in the district schools of Sheldon and at Goddard Seminary at Barre. In 1890 he bought his present gristmill at Sheldon. The first five years it was conducted un- der a partnership, but since 1895 Mr. Northrop has been sole propri- etor.
U. Brigham Northrop is a man of unusual taste and intelligence, with a broad, tolerant, liberal and investigative mind, which accords to all the greatest freedom of thought and belief, ever ready to doff his hat in the presence of a ver- ified fact. He possesses one of the finest private libraries in Franklin
Copyright, 1892, by U. Brigham Northrop.
THE ELEVATION. LOVE OF NATURE AND THE SUPERIOR RULINGS: Those circumstances around me over which existing laws of religion or laws of men exercise no influence or control.
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County, containing hundreds of rare and almost priceless volumes, gathered from nearly every coun- try on earth. A deep and careful student of historical and current events, and possessed of a sound and logical mind, gives to Mr. Northrop a rare and delightful so- cial side. He is a deep lover of
communing with nature, the true god of the universe.
STEBBINS, GEORGE E., a son of Ralph S. and Lucy (Chamber- lain) Stebbins, was born in Can- ada, July 23, 1848. When an in- fant of six months he came to Enosburg to live, and in 1852, on the death of his mother, he went to
GEORGE E. STEBBINS.
nature and true art, and to his taste and refinement along these lines, is due the production of some of the most charming scenes along the famed Missisquoi Valley, two of which are reproduced herewith. He has never sought or accepted public office, preferring rather the company of good books and the
live with Oscar Fish. He received his education in the district schools of Franklin and at the Franklin Academy. In December, 1866, he left school and located in the east part of the town of Sheldon and has always followed farming until 1900, when he rented his farm and moved to Sheldon village, where
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he engaged in selling farm machin- ery, and entered the fire insurance business as agent for the Vermont Mutual. Since Mr. Stebbins took hold of the business of the Mutual he has increased their collections from $900 to $1,500 per year.
September 6, 1871, Mr. Stebbins married Charlotte Hurlburt of
Enosburg and to them was born one son, Carroll S. Homer H. died in July, 1902.
Mr. Stebbins has been frequently called to publie place by his towns- men ; he served six years as lister ; selectman, nine years, seven of which as the first; many years as a justice of the peace and five years
ROBERT MCLEOD.
Sheldon. Five children have come to bless their union: Oscar F. born October 21, 1872; Homer H., born June 6, 1875; Edith M., born August 24, 1878; George O., born November 27, 1880; Erwin W., born February 15, 1886. Oscar F. died when two years of age; Ho- mer H. married Maud Martin of
as trial justice. In 1888 he repre- sented Sheldon in the General As- sembly of Vermont, serving on the committee on highways, bridges and ferries. In 1892 he was se- lected as assistant doorkeeper of the House of Representatives and in 1894 as doorkeeper.
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McLEOD, ROBERT. Among the many strong men of Franklin County, who by pluck, energy and their own effort, have carved suc- cess out of our hills, is Robert Mc- Leod of Sheldon, born in Ireland, April 20, 1840, receiving his early education in the First National School, Limavady, Ireland, and coming to America in 1857 to seek a field of endeavor in our great country of opportunity. He lo- cated in Sheldon and remained for three years, when he decided to re- turn to his old home across the wa- ter. For seven years he stayed in the land of his nativity, when a restless desire possessed him to again journey to the green hills of Vermont. Coming direct to Shel- don, he farmed for the summer, but in the fall he located in St. Albans and followed painting for a year, and then re-located at Sheldon and did job painting, having a good contract with the Central Vermont Railroad. He resided several years in Franklin, and while a res- ident of that town, served as school director and road commissioner.
September 8, 1869, Mr. McLeod was united in marriage to Maggie A. Ferguson, a lady of rare worth, and to them were born two chil- dren : William Proctor and Marga- ret F. Mrs. McLeod died Decem- ber 23, 1877. January 1, 1881, Mr. McLeod married for his second wife, Mary H. Prouty. To this union four children were born : James R., George E., Minnie H. and Norman H. Mrs. McLeod died November 27, 1890, and May 22, 1892, Mr. McLeod took for his third wife, Georgie E. Thompson, and to this happy union one child has been born: Clarence T., born August 19, 1895.
In 1900 Mr. McLeod was chosen
to represent Sheldon in the Gen- eral Assembly of Vermont. He has served his town as selectman, auditor, justice, moderator and lister. In June, 1906, he was nominated by acclamation in Franklin County Republican con- vention for second assistant county judge and was elected at the Free- men's meeting, September 4.
In many ways Mr. McLeod has been a man of unusual success.
WESTON C. MARSH.
Possessed of a sound body and clear head, he has by economy and strict attention to his own affairs, coupled with an unquestioned in- tegrity, won a high place in the es- teem of his fellow-townsmen and a considerable property.
MARSH, WESTON C., a leading merchant of Sheldon, was born in Sheldon April 19, 1866. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of his native town, was a school director from 1898 to 1901. In 1902 he represented Sheldon in the General Assembly of Vermont.
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SHEPLEY, JOSEPH T., a lead- ing manufacturer of Franklin County, was born in Groton, Mas- sachusetts, March 29, 1846. He erected a pulp mill at Sheldon
JOSEPH T. SHEPLEY.
Springs and developed 3,500 horse power on the Missisquoi River. In 1904 he was elected to represent Sheldon in the General Assembly.
FAIRFIELD.
Population, Census of 1900, 1,830.
Governor Benning Wentworth granted the three towns, Fairfield, Smithfield and Hungerford, Au- gust 18, 1763, to Samuel Hunger- ford of New Fairfield, Connecticut, and his associates. The first meet- ing of the grantees was held at the house of Gershom Bradley, Fair- field, Connecticut, February 16, 1774. At a meeting held the fol- lowing day, it was "Voted, to pro- ceed to survey and lay out the township."
The first meeting of the propri- etors, held in Vermont, was at Pawlet, in September, 1783, when
it was voted to lay out one divi- sion of land containing 160 acres, and a second division of 100 acres, to each proprietor. In April, 1789, the proprietors, then meet- ing in Fairfield, made arrange- ments for laying out roads. In September of the same year there was a third division of 50 acres, a fourth division of 140 acres and a fifth division of four-acre lots in the cedar swamp, made to each proprietor. The small swamp lots were valuable for the cedar for fencing purposes.
The first permanent settler was Joseph Wheeler, who came to Fair- field in March, 1787. Soon after- wards John Sunderland, John Mitchell, James Hawley, William Beaden and Gabriel Sherwood, came in from Huntington, Con- necticut; Nathan and David Hoit and Ebenezer Lobdell came from Bridgefield, John Leach and Sam- uel Roberts, from New Fairfield, Connecticut; Edmund Town and Joel Barber from Simsbury, Levi Wakeman from Norwalk and Lu- cius Hull from New Milford. In 1789, Hubbard Barlow, Andrew Bradley and Clark Burlingame came from New Fairfield, Con- necticut, and Jabez Burr came from Reading, Connecticut. In 1790 Dimon Barlow, Samuel Gilbert, Samuel Hollister and Jehiel Smith, located here.
Joseph Soule, the progenitor of a numerous family, came from Do- ver, New York, in 1791. His sons were Timothy, Isaac N., Salmon, Joseph, Hiram and Harry.
March 13, 1791, Hubbard Bar- low, justice of the peace, issued a notice for a town meeting, which was held March 30, 1791, and town officers were elected, as follows: Joseph Wheeler, moderator; Ed-
DREAM LAKE, FAIRFIELD. Each hour brings its joy on the open waters or in the pathless woods.
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mund Town, town clerk; Edmund Town, Thomas Northrop and Ralph Gregory, selectmen; Levi Wakeman, first constable; Joseph Wheeler, town treasurer; Salmon Wheeler, Abraham Northrop and David Hoit, listers; Nathan Lob- dell, collector; Joseph Soule, leather sealer; Nathaniel Beards- ley, grand juror; Philo Gregory, tithesman.
The following weighty measure was enacted: "Voted, that swine, being properly yoked and ringed, may run at large."
Fairfield, as originally char- tered, contained 23,040 acres, but in 1792 the greater part of Smith- field was annexed by act of the Legislature.
The first child born in Fairfield was Polly Hoit, born July 14, 1788, daughter of David Hoit. Smithfield Beaden, born August 1, 1789, in the then town of Smith- field, was the first male child, and received a land grant of 100 acres.
The following is a suggestive in- cident of the times: Jabez Burr came to Fairfield, bringing his family, to the house of Mr. Hoit. The next morning the men started to locate Burr's lot, some three or four miles from Hoit's cabin. The lot was found, and the pio- neers proceeded to erect a cabin 12 feet square, built of split bass- wood logs, notched at the ends, and about seven feet high to the roof, which was constructed by using poles covered with thin strips of basswood bark, stripped from the logs. The door was closed by hang- ing up a blanket and the windows were small holes later to be covered with greased paper. The house was completed that day, and the next day the Burr family moved in.
Many and severe were the pri- vations and hardships cheerfully endured by the early pioneers of Fairfield. Their corn was pounded in a wooden mortar roughly fash- ioned from a log. Later it was carried on horseback to the lake, boated across to Plattsburg, there ground and brought back, a trip of several days. The erection of a gristmill at Fairfax was a great convenience to the settlers.
Gradually the forests melted away before the woodman's axe, and gave place to cultivated fields ; sawmills were erected along the streams, frame houses took the place of the log cabins, and the manufacture of potash, sugar, starch and leather, employed labor and furnished cash to pay for the frugal wants of the settlers. New roads, in addition to those already laid out by the proprietors, re- ceived the attention of the citi- zens, and the division of the town into school districts in 1795, pre- pared the way for the establish- ment of schools. Farming was the principal industry, but small local manufactures were soon
estab- lished. Salmon Soule was an ex -. pert blacksmith, Joseph Soule was a carpenter, a manufacturer of starch and potash, and a distiller of liquor. Nathan Gilbert built a gristmill on Fairfield River in 1798. Rensselaer Read built the first tannery in town about 1810, and conducted it many years. About 1818 Jesse Bush engaged in cloth dressing and in the manufac- ture of lumber.
In 1795 the town was divided into 10 school districts by a com- mittee, and a trustee appointed for each district. The first district school taught in town was by Joshua Miller, in 1797.
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The Congregational Church of Fairfield Center was organized September 22, 1800, by Reverend Nathaniel Turner, a missionary from Massachusetts. Reverend Benjamin Wooster was installed pastor in 1805, and faithfully la- bored until his death in 1840, and during that time 125 members were added to the church. The society had no meeting house until 1840,
until the present. The parish con- tains nearly one thousand people.
The new church was built in 1872 by Reverend M. McAuley, at a cost of about $25,000. This fine building and the parsonage were burned in 1905.
Trinity Episcopal Church was organized by Reverend Russell Catlin, in 1803. Barzillai Buckley was the first rector of the parish,
COTTAGE WHERE HAS BORN
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
PRES. ARTHUR'S BIRTHPLACE. HON. ROBT. T. LINCOLN. HON. W. E. CHANDLER. ARTHUR MARKER, FAIRFIELD. ARTHUR'S TOMB, ALBANY, N. Y. GOVERNOR MCCOLLOUGH. GOVERNOR STICKNEY.
when a neat brick building was erected. The first Sabbath school was organized in 1818. There has been preaching occasionally during the past few years, but the society has been greatly weakened by deaths and removals.
St. Patrick's Catholic first church edifice was built in 1847, under the direction of Reverend G. A. Ham- ilton. A resident priest has offi- ciated most of the time since then A-17
closing his labors in 1803. The present Episcopal Church was erected in 1864.
There was also a Baptist Church at North Fairfield, where for a few years subsequent to 1829, Rev- erend William Arthur preached, and during his pastorate his son. President Chester A. Arthur, was born, and was named for Chester Abel, then a prominent physician of Fairfield.
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During the War of 1812, Cap- tain Wooster, the fighting parson, led a company of men to Platts- burg, September 11, 1814. Gov- ernor Tompkins of New York pre- sented Captain Wooster with an elegant Bible as a token of appre- ciation of his gallant services.
Fairfield has long been known as the nursery of athletes, and has raised several noted wrestlers.
Fairfield Center is very pleas- antly located near the center of the town, on the Fairfield River. Here are located the churches, Congregational and Episcopal, a
CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR, Twenty-first President of the United States.
Captain George Kimball com- manded a guard of 55 volunteers, who were stationed at Swanton in 1813, for the protection of the frontier. During the Civil War the town furnished four commis- sioned officers and 193 enlisted men for the Union cause.
town house, school building, two stores, post office, saw and grist- mill and several fine residences.
ARTHUR, HON. CHESTER ALAN, a son of Reverend William and Malvina (Stone) Arthur, was born in Fairfield, October 5, 1830. His father, a Baptist minister, was
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born in Ireland. He graduated from Union College at the age of 18, and went to Lansingburg, New York, where his father was lo- cated. In 1851 he was principal of an academy at North Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont. He was admitted to the bar in 1853.
He married, October 29, 1859, Ellen Lewis Herndon of Freder- icksburg, Virginia.
January 1, 1861, he was ap- pointed on Governor Edwin D. Morgan's staff as engineer-in- chief, with the rank of brigadier- general. When the Civil War be- gan, in April, 1861, he became act- ing quartermaster-general, and as such began in New York City the work of preparing and forwarding the state's quota of troops. He was appointed inspector-general, Feb- ruary 10, 1862, with the rank of brigadier-general, and in May in- spected the New York troops at Fredericksburg and the Chicka- hominy. He retired from mili- tary service, December 31, 1862, and for the next 10 years was act- ively engaged in the practice of the law. November 20, 1871, Presi- dent Grant appointed him col- lector of customs of the port of New York, and re-appointed him to the same office December 17, 1875. July 11, 1878, he was sus- pended from office by President Hayes. June 2, 1880, he was nom- inated for vice-president on the ticket with General Garfield. No- vember 2, 1880, he was elected, and March 4, 1881, took the oath of office. Upon the death of Pres- ident Garfield, September 20, 1881, three years and two months after his suspension from the collector- ship of the port of New York, he took the oath of office as president
of the United States. Thus the strange workings of fate, the petty jealousies and prejudices of a pres- ident, whose own title to office is one of the deep shadows in the po- litical history of our country, made the victim his almost immedi- ate successor to the most exalted political station on earth.
President Arthur died at his residence in New York City, No- vember 18, 1886, and was buried in Rural Cemetery at Albany.
Upon the site where stood the humble parsonage of Preacher Ar- thur and the birthplace of Presi- dent Arthur, the State of Ver- mont has erected a suitable memo- rial tablet. The die and base weigh 20 tons. The monument is 6 x 5 x 4 feet, and bears the follow- ing inscription :
ON THIS SPOT STOOD THE
COTTAGE WHERE WAS BORN CHESTER A. ARTHUR, THE TWENTY-FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF VERMONT.
At the dedication, August 20, 1903, Hon. William E. Chandler, who was secretary of the navy, and Hon. Robert T. Lincoln-son of President Lincoln-who was sec- retary of war in President Ar- thur's cabinet, were, with former Governor William W. Stickney and. Governor John G. McCul- lough, the orators of that occasion.
FAIRCHILD, HON. WILLIAM H., son of Eli and Grace (Stur- gis) Fairchild, was born in Fair- field, January 31, 1853. Eli Fair- child came to Fairfield from Red- ding, Connecticut, in 1842, was
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many years a substantial farmer, and is still living at the advanced age of 85.
William H. Fairchild graduated at Montpelier Seminary in 1873, and attended the Wesleyan Uni- versity of Middletown, Connecti- cut. His tastes naturally led him
He married, June 15, 1882, Ar- mida, daughter of Joseph A. and Sarah (Sherman) Soule of Fair- field. They have two sons: Har- old Francis, a junior at U. V. M., and Daniel Soule, a student at Montpelier Seminary.
Mr. Fairchild is recognized as
WILLIAM H. FAIRCHILD.
to choose the legal profession and he took a course at the Law School of Michigan University, from which he graduated in 1877. Meanwhile, during the intervals of the terms, he had read law in the office of Hon. C. P. Hogan of St. Albans. In 1878 he settled in practice in his native town of Fairfield, where he has since remained.
excellent legal counsel, but his tal- ents are employed to settle rather than to promote litigation.
He has for many years exerted a quiet, but potent and beneficent influence in town affairs. In ear- lier life he was identified with edu- cation as superintendent and mem- ber of school board, and his inter- est in this cause continues. He is
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the efficient agent of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He has largely assisted in the set- tlement of estates. His counsel and advice have been highly ap- preciated in the business affairs of the citizens. He has been town clerk since 1883, and town treas- urer since 1884.
exemplary character in every re- lation of life.
THE CHASE FAMILY. Among the first settlers of Hampton, New Hampshire, we find Aquilla Chase, who came from Cornwall, Eng- land and settled in Hampton in 1639. He was born in 1618, and in 1645 removed to Newbury, New
ISAAC N. CHASE.
He is Episcopalian in religious preference, a stanch Republican in political opinion and action; he represented Fairfield in the Legis- lature in 1888 and in 1890 was a senator from Franklin County.
A gentleman of quiet, scholarly tastes, and of absolute sincerity and integrity, Mr. Fairchild is an
Hampshire, where he remained un- til his death, which occurred De- cember 27, 1670. He married Ann, a daughter of John Wheeler, who came from Salisbury, Eng- land, and had 11 children, among whom was Daniel, born December 9, 1661; he married Martha Kim- ball, May 25, 1683, and to them
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were born 10 children, the fourth child being Isaac, who married Hannah Berry of Upton, and to them were born nine children, the eldest being Ambrose, who married Thankful Robbins; to this union seven children came; Abel, their sixth child, married Elizabeth El- liott, November 28, 1768, and to
latter married, February 2, 1829, Fidelia V. Weatherbee, and had nine children; the eldest Thaddeus P., married Nancy K. Brown, and had three children : Willis P., Isaac N. and Edward B.
Isaac N. Chase was born in Bris- tol, Minnesota, May 2, 1861; re- ceived his education in the common
PERRY CHASE.
their union were born 13 children, their eldest being Abel, the grand- father of Perry Chase, now resid- ing in Fairfield.
Ambrose Chase, third child of Abel and Elizabeth (Elliott) Chase, married Sarah Sherman, and to them were born three children : Charlotte, Ambrose and Isaac; the
schools of his town and at Brigham Academy ; he taught school in Fair- field, Fletcher and Fairfax, read law with Captain George W. Burle- son, and was admitted to the prac- tice of the law in 1886, and has been admitted to practice in the United States District and Supreme courts. He was elected state's
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attorney for Franklin County in 1894-'96. While reading law with Captain Burleson in St. Albans, Mr. Chase served as deputy county clerk, register of probate, justice of the peace and deputy sheriff. He was deputy collector and inspector, United States customs at Newport, 1889-'91. He has served Fairfield as superintendent of schools, eight years as school director. Novem- ber 29, 1899, he was appointed post- master of East Fairfield, which po- sition he still fills. Since his ap- pointment he has secured three ru- ral routes and in many ways has improved the service of his office. Seven years ago Mr. Chase erected his present office building and has the distinction of being one of the three attorneys in Franklin County to own their own office building.
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