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USA > Vermont > Grand Isle County > Successful Vermonters; a modern gazetteer of Lamoille, Franklin and Grand Isle counties, containing an historical review of the several towns and a series of biographical sketches > Part 36
USA > Vermont > Lamoille County > Successful Vermonters; a modern gazetteer of Lamoille, Franklin and Grand Isle counties, containing an historical review of the several towns and a series of biographical sketches > Part 36
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In 1868 he married (second) Martha Minckler of Grand Isle, and five children were the fruit of this union : Arthur C., a lawyer of Bangor, Maine, Charles Herman of Barre, Nina E., Charles B. of South Burlington, Raymond and Harry Royce Allen.
Mr. Allen has followed the lines of general farming, his main re- sources being the dairy, sheep and an excellent orchard of standard apples. For many years he was engaged in buying stock on the two islands, where he is widely ac- quainted and well known as an active, kind-hearted and jovial citi- zen, a connecting link of old times with the present. Mr. Allen is an interested member of Grand Isle Grange, P. of H.
MARTELE, FRED A. The sub- ject of this sketch is best known to the general public as the popular proprietor of the Belmont House at Grand Isle station. He was the son of William and Celia (Parott) Martele, and was born in South
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Hero, May 22, 1870. Leaving home at 13 years of age, he made his own way in life. He engaged with Solon S. Griswold, one of the most respected and substantial farmers of Grand Isle, and made his home there until his marriage. He received a fair, common school education, an excellent training in farm economy and management and learned the blacksmith trade.
In 1898 he married Bessie, the daughter of Herbert Vaughn of Chazy, New York, and for two years or more conducted a black-
tel he conducts a good livery of five horses. A practical blacksmith, with considerable experience in fit- ting and training colts and speed horses, he conducts the livery with pleasure and profit and deals in carriage horses. Mr. Martele runs a daily stage line to Plattsburg, New York, during the winter, and for 10 years has been mail carrier on Route No. 1, R. F. D., one of the first routes established. He rents a small farm which furnishes the hay and grain for his livery and the vegetables and fruit for his ex-
BELMONT HOTEL, GRAND ISLE, FRED A. MARTELE, PROPRIETOR.
smith shop at Grand Isle Corners. When the Rutland Railroad began building their depot at Grand Isle, Mr. Martele saw his opportunity. He sold his house at Grand Isle Corners at a handsome advance and bought an acre of land near the station on which he erected a barn and the front portion of his pres- ent hotel. As this is the only com- mercial hotel in town, he soon re- ceived a substantial patronage. In 1905, as business increased, he built an extension and the hotel has now eight well-furnished guest rooms. In connection with the ho-
cellent table. The culinary depart- ment is well conducted by Mrs. Martele and guests are entertained in a most satisfactory manner. For several years Mr. Martele has been engaged in buying stock for F. W. Lewis of Champlain, New York, and during the past four years has bought apples for Charles Webber of New York City. He also buys wool. He has recently established coal yards near the depot-a great convenience to the public.
Commencing with very little capital, but with plenty of push and perseverance, Mr. Martele is
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today one of the most useful and enterprising citizens of Grand Isle, and is doing his full share to up- build the town. He is a member of Isle of Patmos Lodge, F. & A. M. Fred A., and Bessie Martele have two sons, Donald and How- ard.
HARRINGTON, GILES, son of Judson and Lydia Ann (William- son) Harrington, was born in Jef-
GILES HARRINGTON.
ferson County, New York, April 18, 1862. His great-grandfather, Caleb Harrington, was an early pioneer of North Hero and there reared a large family, of whom Caleb was the only son. Judson, his son, was many years a respected farmer and citizen of that town. Five sons were born to Judson and Lydia Harrington : George R., Giles, Roscoe J., Arthur W. and Homer, who died in infancy. All of the Harrington brothers fol- lowed the famous advice of Horace
Greeley : "Go West, young man," and three of them are now located at Jamestown, North Dakota.
Giles had the wholesome training of the farm and the district school at North Hero. In 1881, in his 19th year, he went to Jamestown, North Dakota, and was there ac- tively and variously engaged for two years as a dealer in wood and coal.
He married, in 1887, Minnie L., daughter of John Dodds, a sub- stantial farmer of Scotch descent, at North Hero. Two years later Mr. Harrington returned to his na- tive town and engaged in farming on the paternal farm of his wife, and continued until 1895, when he removed with his family to Grand Isle Corners and engaged in gen- eral merchandise.
This village, country merchant is an all-round man, meeting and dealing with all classes of his com- munity and attending closely and successfully to his business. Mr. Harrington keeps everything ex- pected at the general country store, the staples being dry goods, gro- ceries, boots and shoes, and carries on a lively and increasing business.
A Democrat in politics, he has never sought or accepted public office.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrington have an interesting family of four chil- dren : Hulda, Effie, Maurice and Lenna, all pupils at school.
PARKER, EDWARD J., son of Reverend Ammi and Eveline (Squire) Parker, was born at Dan- ville, Quebec, January 3, 1842. He comes of stanch American stock. His grandfather, Reverend James Parker, married Mary Peck of Woodbridge, Connecticut, and settled in Cornwall in 1789. Rev- erend Ammi Parker, also a Congre-
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gationalist clergyman, one of a family of seven children, settled in Danville, Quebec, where he preached for nearly half a century. Edward J. was also one of a fam- ily of seven children, the only one now living in Vermont. The mem- bers of the family are widely sep- arated; a brother, Joseph Homer,
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RESIDENCE OF EDWARD J. PARKER.
resides in Oklahoma, a sister in the City of Mexico, one in Montreal, another in Edmonton, Northwest Canada.
Edward J. Parker was educated in the schools and academy of Dan- ville, Quebec. At 21 years of age he entered the employment of the Central Vermont Railroad and for eight years was located at Windsor, Alburg and Georgia. For two years he traveled in Iowa and Vermontas a butter buyer, the representative of a Boston house. There the cream- eries were just beginning to ope- rate in the West. In 1873 he re- turned to East Georgia and there installed the first creamery located in the state of Vermont and suc- cessfully conducted it for 15 years, a valuable object lesson, resulting in a dairy revolution. He then sold the creamery to the Franklin County Creamery Association, of
which he was a promotor and be- came a stockholder, and was for one year superintendent. Later he sold out his interest and bought, in 1892, his present fine farm of 130 acres on the east shore and soon after erected his fine farm build- ings thereon. Meanwhile, a new career opened for him as the trav- eling agent of the De Laval Sepa- rator Company and for seven years he traveled through the east- ern and central states, appointing local agents,-a most interesting experience. During the past six years his attention has been de- voted to his farming, and the super- intendence of the adjoining "Fay- wood Farms" of 600 acres, the property of Major Alexander Da- vis, a retired veteran of the Civil War, formerly of Syracuse, New York, now of London, England.
CIRCULAR BARN, FAYWOOD FARMS, EDWARD J. PARKER.
This is the largest farm estate in Grand Isle County. Some sixty acres of corn is raised for fodder and husking. The husking ma- chine, run by a 10-horse power gas- oline engine, husks 40 bushels per hour. In 1902, Mr. Parker had erected the great circular barn at Faywood, 861/2 feet in diameter
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89 feet in height, and in the center a circular silo 20 feet in diameter and 85 feet in height, with a capac- ity of 650 tons.
Edward J. Parker married, in 1867, Julia, daughter of Nathan Adams, a soldier of the War of 1812, who was a son of Joseph Ad- ams, a Revolutionary soldier. The children are: Caroline E. (Mrs. Frank Bullis), Mary L. (Mrs. Clin- ton Tobias), Henry Adams Parker and Bessie E. Parker.
Edward J. Parker is a Republi- can in politics.
NORTH HERO.
Population, Census of 1900, 712.
This island town, a narrow strip of rich farming land, nearly fifteen miles in length, contains an area of 6,272 acres. It is the shire town of Grand Isle County. Originally called by the French Isle Longue, it was granted by the governor of Canada in 1737 to M. Contrecour, a captain of infantry, and was for a long time a subject of dispute between the French and English. October 27, 1779, the two islands were chartered to General Ethan Allen and Colonel Ira Allen and 363 associates, and in their honor named the Two Heros. Near the center of the island a bay on the western shore nearly cuts the town in half.
During the continuance of the Embargo Act of 1807 smuggling became quite prevalent and smug- glers, when hard pressed by the government officials, often carried their boats and cargoes across this bar, only a few rods in width, while the larger government craft were compelled to sail around the island in order to continue the pursuit.
Hence it was called the "Carrying Place."
On the 27th of March, 1792, at a town meeting, John Martin, Ben- jamin Butler and John Hutchins, Jr., were appointed a committee to raise a subscription for building a canal across this "carrying place," but they were unsuccessful and the scheme was abandoned. There was originally a dense growth of hard- wood, spruce, hemlock and cedar on the island, but nearly all of this was cut off many years since.
The soil is a rich, alluvial deposit from the waters of the lake, which once submerged the island, resting on a clay subsoil, and is well adapted to hay and grain and all farm crops. Orcharding is not pursued as extensively as at South Hero.
The settlement of the town was commenced in 1783, when Enos Wood, Ebenezer Allen and Alex- ander Gordon came to the two He- ros, traveling across the lake on snowshoes, and drew cuts for their choice in locating their claims. The third choice fell to Wood, who lo- cated on the south end of North Hero. Later, the same year, they brought their families and settled on the land. Mr. Wood and his cousin, Solomon Wood, with their families, were the only residents until they were joined by others the following spring. The English also had a blockhouse erected here at a place called "Dutchman's Point," which was garrisoned, and not given up until 1796. The first census of the town, taken in 1791, shows it to have had a population of only 125.
The town was organized March 17, 1789, the meeting being held at the residence of Benjamin Butler. Nathan Hazen was chosen modera-
THE BIRCHES, WEST SHORE, NORTH HERO.
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tor; Nathan Hutchins, Jr., town clerk; Nathan Hazen, John Knight and John Bronson, selectmen; Sol- omon Wood, Benjamin Butler and Asahel Trumbull, listers; Enos Wood, constable; John Martin, col- lector; Nathan Hutchins, Jacob Ball and Jabez Bronson, highway surveyors. The first justice of the peace was Nathan Hutchins, Jr., who was also first representative in 1791.
hotel, which was built in 1803, the building being used for judicial purposes until the court house was built in 1825.
At the time of the battle of Plattsburg, September 11, 1814, a volunteer company was organized here under Joseph Hazen. When the British fleet passed up the lake the inhabitants who were left in the town, mostly women and chil- dren, flocked to the western shore
NEAR NORTH HERO.
The first birth was that of Adin, son of Enos Wood, November 4, 1785. The first school was taught by Lois Hazen in a barn owned by John Knight. The first framed schoolhouse was built in 1803. The first division of the town into school districts was made in 1793.
Jed P. Ladd established the first store in 1809 and was postmaster of the first mail route, laid out four years later. He also kept the first
of the southern end of the island to watch its progress and attack, with breathless suspense and ex- citement.
The present population of the town is not far from seven hun- dred. Farming in its various lines is the prevailing industry. Since the establishment of the Coopera- tive Creamery in the southern part of the island the dairy interest has largely increased in that part of
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the town, while in the northern part general farming obtains.
Elisha Hibbard, born in 1813, the oldest man in town and a grandson of Elisha Hibbard, a Revolutionary soldier, still retains a clear recollec- tion of earlier events in town. He was by occupation a teacher and surveyor. In his opinion the gen-
handsome stone structure with modern appointments.
The highways in this town and in all of the island towns are ex- cellent and permanent roads. The connection of the several towns with each other by bridges and the construction of the extension of the Rutland Railroad from Alburgh
WILLIAM HAYNES.
eral average of comfort and well- being is higher in town than ever before.
and Burlington, with a station for each town, was an immense acquisi- tion and places the "Island coun- ty" in close touch with the great commercial centers.
The village of North Hero is very pleasantly located on the east shore on City Bay. It contains the court HAYNES, HON. WILLIAM, son of Doctor Elijah and Polly A. (Dar- row) Haynes, was born at North house, two stores, a hotel, the Meth- odist Church and ten or a dozen dwellings. The court house is a Hero, January 22, 1850. His ances-
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try was of the sturdy New Eng- land stock. Moses Haynes, his grandfather, came here from Con- necticut, one of the early settlers, and located on the farm near where Judge William Haynes now re- sides. He married Clara Kinsley, a scion of a somewhat famous fam- ily. Daniel Kinsley, the father of Clara, served in the Continental army three years. Moses and Clara Kinsley Haynes reared a large family, of whom none are now living except Lerah, who is ninety years of age.
Doctor Elijah Haynes was a man of unusual ability. He was four- teen years of age when his father died, and was the oldest of the children. His mother died two years later. He cultivated the farm, and with the help of his old- est sister kept the family together. He devoted every spare moment to reading and study. As soon as he could leave the farm to the care of younger brothers, he devoted his time to study and completed the four-year classical course at U. V. M. in three years and then com- pleted his medical studies and graduated from the medical de- partment of the U. V. M. After graduating, he located on the pa- ternal farm and for many years was a leading physician on the islands. He never refused to an- swer a call from rich or poor alike, and died a martyr to his profes- sional duties at the age of sixty. He was judge of probate for the District of Grand Isle for eight years, December 1, 1852, to Decem- ber 1, 1860. He was a life-long student and could speak several languages. Four sons of Doctor Haynes are living, Doctor Benton Haynes of Grand Isle, Moses of
Rideau, Ontario, William and Lu- man E.
William Haynes was educated at the public schools of his native town and at a select school at Bed- ford, Province of Quebec.
With the assistance of his mother and a younger brother, he man- aged the paternal farm for several years, finally becoming sole owner by buying his brother's, Luman E., interest, who is now located on a farm near Burlington.
The farm contains about one hundred acres, located a half mile from the Grand Isle bridge, on the shores of Lake Champlain, and in recent years has been conducted on dairy lines, with a productive or- chard. In 1882, Mr. Haynes went to North Dakota, then a frontier, and took up a preemption claim of 160 acres, government land, and remained there two years, enjoying some novel experiences. In 1886 he returned and disposed of his land at good advantage.
William Haynes married Miss Josie Miner in 1875. They have seven children : Grace, wife of Al- bert A. Hazen, who carries on the home farm; Jay F., butter maker at Underhill; Chauncey W., an electrical engineer at Schenectady, New York; Fanny, residing at home; Guy K., telegraph operator at Vergennes ; Harry W. and Effie, who reside at home. Mr. Haynes served as clerk of the school board for ten years and has held several other town offices. He was a mem- ber of the General Assembly in 1902. Since 1890 he has been judge of probate, unanimously re- elected as the candidate of both parties. He is a member of Isle of Patmos Lodge, F. and A. M., and of Hill Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Alburgh.
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HAZEN, URIAH H., son of Uriah and Mary S. (Honsinger) Hazen, was born on the ancestral home- stead at North Hero, September 21, 1845. Here four generations of the family, during a period of more than a century, have lived and loved and toiled. It is a produc- tive homestead of 118 acres, on the
when his father came here, and al- ways lived upon the farm until his death in 1869, at 83 years of age. His widow died in 1883 at the age of 73.
U. H. Hazen was his youngest son and after completing a good, practical education in the common and select schools, remained on the
URIAH H. HAZEN.
west shore, two miles south of North Hero station. Joseph Ha- zen came to this farm from Con- necticut in March, 1790, with a family of eight children. Six of his children located in the town, while the others removed to Ohio.
Uriah, the youngest son of Jo- seph, was only four years of age
paternal homestead and solaced the declining years of his aged parents.
Mr. Hazen's is a strong person- ality, possessing a splendid phy- sique and of such imposing stature, fine presence and genial address as to attract attention in any assem- blage.
It has been his lot to serve his
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town, as he was elected upon the board of selectmen at the first March meeting after attaining his majority, serving many times since on the board, sometimes as first selectman. He has held the office of health officer ever since the statute was enacted creating that office, and also holds the office of town grand juror, justice of the peace, notary public and town agent, all of which, except the last, he has held many terms.
He is an independent Republi-
CHARLES H. TUDHOPE.
can in political opinion and action. Reading and travel have added breadth and culture to a naturally strong mind.
Mr. Hazen married, in 1866, Mary J., daughter of Christopher and Abigail Pillow. There are six living children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom are married except the youngest daughter. Mrs. Hazen died in
1902. Mr. Hazen married as his second wife Miss Annie M. Gate- house of Montreal, in 1904.
Mr. Hazen is deeply interested in educational and religious move- ments; has served several years as town superintendent of schools and superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school; also holds a local preacher's license in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He is at present making a spec- ialty of dairying and is managing director of the North Hero Co- operative Creamery Company.
TUDHOPE FAMILY. In 1864 James Tudhope, a sturdy citizen of Paisley, Scotland, came to North Hero and two years later he was joined by his wife, Mary, and their two children. He was by trade a blacksmith and started his shop with a scanty outfit, but the busi- ness was reinforced by a liberal stock of Scotch industry, shrewd- ness and perseverance. He pros- pered slowly but surely, reared a large family, all of whom are well settled in life, and after 30 years' good service at the forge retired with a modest competence. He and his good wife are both living, blithe and hearty, at the age of 72.
John Tudhope was the oldest son and assisted his father in the shop. Later he clerked for several years and obtained the means to take a commercial course at Eastman's Business College, and in 1882 en- gaged in trade at North Hero with a small stock of general merchan- dise. His enterprise was success- ful and in 1900 he built the present store, 26 by 65 feet, two stories.
In 1903 his youngest brother, Charles H. Tudhope, became a partner in the business, which is now the leading mercantile house in town. The firm carries nearly
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everything usually found in the country store, from a box of tooth- picks to a carload of flour and deals in farm produce of all kinds.
John Tudhope was town repre- sentative in 1890, and is the post- master at North Hero. Charles H. Tudhope was educated at the Swanton High School. In 1904 he represented North Hero in the Gen- eral Assembly at the age of 28, one of the youngest members. James Tudhope, Jr., is engaged in the clothing trade in Minneapolis. Da- vid conducts the paternal black- smith shop. George is senior mem- ber of the produce commission firm of Tudhope & Borst of Boston. Anna is the wife of John Harrican, state's attorney of Grand Isle County. Martha Tudhope married C. W. D. Prouty, a merchant of Swanton. John, George and Charles H. Tudhope are esteemed members of the Masonic fraternity. In po- litical opinion and action they are Republicans.
FEFEE, HOLLAND J., son of Judson and Mary Ann (Tatro) Fefee, was born in North Hero, No- vember 14, 1853. He was brought up on a farm and has followed that honorable occupation successfully all his life. He was a member of a family of eight children, of whom six are now living. His parents were poor and Holland left home at 14 years of age to make his own way in the world, and worked out with farmers in his native town.
In 1879, he married Alice E., daughter of Amasa Hazen of North Hero. He then went on to the Ha- zen farm and has remained there until the present time. The farm contains 96 acres, suitably divided into tillage, pasture and woodland. There is an orchard of three acres, mainly of standard winter apples.
For many years a specialty of Mr. Fefee's farming has been the rais- ing of improved yellow-eyed beans, the seed being selected with great care, and his yield and quality is second to none. He raises from one hundred to two hundred and fifty bushels annually. He usually conducts a dairy of from six to ten cows. A special feature in recent years has been the breeding, rear- ing and training of colts of the
HOLLAND J. FEFEE.
best standard trotting lines, such as the Wilkes Almonts and Clay Al- monts. He reared and sold Sadie M., 2.243/4, to Oscar Merrill. He usually keeps several fine brood mares and is making a success of horse breeding.
He represented North Hero in the Legislature in 1880 and again in 1890. He was constable four years and for six years in succes-
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sion chairman of the board of se- lectmen.
His standing as a citizen and business man is sufficiently attested by the above facts.
The farm is pleasantly located one mile north of the "Carrying Place." Holland and Alice Hazen
his father, after an ocean voyage of 14 weeks. Ilis entire schooling consisted of two winter terms, but being a man of strong will and ex- cellent natural ability, and a great reader, he became well informed on many subjects. With proverbial Scotch thrift and energy, he ac-
WARD B. DODDS.
Fefee have an only child, Allie Bell, who resides with her parents.
DODDS, WARD BEECHER, son of John and Hulda (Hazen) Dodds, was born at North Hero, on the pa- ternal farm, March 12, 1867. John Dodds was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1818, and came to this country at the age of 14 with
quired a large and productive farm. He reared a family of nine children : Addison, Minnie (Mrs. Giles Harrington of Grand Isle), and W. Beecher being the only sur- viving members.
He died in 1892, at the age of 75.
W. Beecher Dodds completed his
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education at Spaulding Academy and graduated from the Burling- ton High School in 1885. He re- turned and assisted his father in the care of the splendid farm of 260 acres. A judicious rotation on the lines of corn, grain and clover, has constantly increased the fertility of the farm. He conducts a dairy of from twenty-five to forty cows and is breeding along the most famous and productive Holstein lines, such as De Kol, 2d, Pauline Paul, Princess of Wayne, Cornuco- pia and Shadelands, and the off- spring of his herd has a ready and remunerative sale. Mr. Dodds is the type of the intelligent, pro- gressive and successful farmer. He is the representative of North Hero in the Legislature. Ward B. and Mary (Allen) Dodds have an in- teresting family of five children : John Allen, Ira Heman, Beulah, Irene and Elsie.
In 1888, he married Mary, daughter of Heman Allen of North Hero, a descendant of an early and prominent family.
After his father's death, Ward B. Dodds bought the shares of the other heirs and has since conducted a system of intensive and extensive farming. He has built, or re- built the fine farm buildings, laid long distances of drain tile, set out more than eight hundred apple trees of the best winter varieties, that are in splendid condition, with 600 already in bearing. Believing that "it is only the best that pays," his motto is Excelsior.
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