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building, but when completed they were very highly spoken of by the best judges.
After leaving Lyndonville, Mr. Fisk re- moved to Springfield, this State, and re- mained as pastor of the Congregational church in that place 2 years, when he was dismissed and accepted a call to the Con- gregational church in Lake City, Minn., where he now resides.
REV HENRY PARKER (BY C. J. SARGENT, OF WARREN.)
was born in Waitsfield. His parents were Stephen C. and Angeline Parker. In his younger days he was a clerk in stores at Warren, Brookfield and in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and from there he went to Meadville College, Penn., in 1874, where he graduated in 1877, and then went to Quincy, Mass., and to other places preach- ing on trial, and finally settled in Nashua, N. H., with a large salary. He is a fine speaker and a deep thinker, of the Uni- tarian theology.
ELLEN H. SAMPSON, daughter of Rev. Guy C. Sampson, was born in this town, as she wrote the Compiler, from Lapeer, Mich., in 1858. Miss S. has been many years a poetical correspondent for several of the current papers and magazines. Her father, a well-known anti-slavery and tem- perance editor and lecturer, died in the West some years since. He edited a tem- perance paper for some time, published at Woodstock, which town will doubtless have some more definite account of him and his family.
From the Vermont Record.
AMARIAH CHANDLER was born in Deer- field, Mass., Oct. 27, 1782, the youngest, and last survivor, of 9 children of Moses and Persis (Harris) Chandler, both of them natives of Lancaster, Mass. When about 5 years of age he removed to Shel- burne, Mass., where he lived till manhood. He fitted for college with Rev. Theophilus Packard, of Shelburne, entered the junior class in the University of Vermont in 1805, and was graduated in 1807. At the time of his death he was the oldest alumnus of the University.
He read theology with Rev. Theophilus Packard about a year, was licensed by the North Hampshire (now Franklin) Asso- ciation, Nov. 8, 1808, and was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in
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Waitsfield, Vt., Feb. 7, 1810. Rev. Elijah | He was shot throug the abdomen, dying a Lyman, of Brookfield, preached the ser- few hours after he was wounded. His homeless, orphaned children draw a pen- sion of $20 per month. mon, from Luke 2 : 34. He was dismissed Feb. 3, 1830, and became stated supply of the Second Congregational church in Hard- wick, to which he preached nearly 10 Albert D. Barnard enlisted in Co. B, 13th Reg., Aug. 25, '62 ; mustered in Oct. 10, '62 ; discharged with his company at Brat- tleboro, July 21, '63, in a state of exhaus- tion ; fever set in ; died Aug. 12. '63, aged 21 years. years. During that time a revival took place, and 40 were added to the church. He was installed pastor of the First Con- gregational church in Greenfield, Mass., Oct. 25, 1832. Rev. Bancroft Foster preached the sermon. In 1846, he re- ceived the degree of D. D. from the Uni- versity of Vermont. In 1853, he was a Mitchell Basconner enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in Co. H, 6th Reg. ; mustered Oct. 15, '61 ; killed at Lee's Mills, Apr. 16, '62. member of the Constitutional Convention of Massachusetts. His sermon before the Legislature of Vermont in 1824, was pub- lished, as were also several others of his Charles M. Benedict enlisted May 7, '61, in Co. F, 2d Reg. ; mustered in June 20, '61 ; deserted Aug. 30, '62. occasional sermons and some miscellaneous pamphlets. They are evidently the pro- ductions of a mind of great native strength. He died in Greenfield, Oct. 20, 1864.
He married, Oct. 2, 1808, Abigail Whitney, of Shelburne, Mass., by whom he had 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died June 19, 1833, and he married, Nov. 17, 1840, Mary (Nims) Roberts, widow of Horace Roberts, Esq., of Whitingham, Vt. She died Mar. 1, 1852, and he mar- ried, Oct. 2, 1855, Mrs. Eliza (Bixby) Gleason, widow of Solomon Gleason, of Coleraine, Mass, P. H. W.
Coventry, Vt., Nov. 26, 1864.
ROSWELL G. HORR,
Congressman, was born in Waitsfield, but left when about 2 years old. He is now serving his second term at Washing- ton, as member of the House of Represen- tatives from Michigan, and has the name of being the "wittiest" man in Congress. During the campaign of 1880, he re-visited Waitsfield, and made an address at short notice, which was enthusiastically received.
MILITARY, CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 778.
The Memorial Record of Waitsfield, Vt., prepared by Rev. A. B. Dascomb. Pub- lished by vote of the town. Montpelier : Printed at the Freeman Steam Printing Establishment, 1867.
[Extract from, of interesting facts not given in Mr. Fisk's paper :]
Luther Ainsworth enlisted August 14, 1861, in Co. H, 6th Vt. Reg. ; mustered in 2d Lt .; promoted Feb. 18, '62, to Ist Lt .; Sept. 20, '62, Capt. ; killed May 4, '63, near Fredericksburg, Va., while lead- ing his men in a charge upon the enemy.
Leonard C. Berry enlisted in Co. H, 2d U. S. Sharpshooters, Dec. 14, '63 ; must- ered in Dec. 18, '63; was in hospital at Washington 3 months with a wound ; trans- ferred to Co. H, 4th Reg., Feb. 25, '65 ; mustered out July 13, '65 ; wounded June 16, '64, in the arm.
Henry N. Bushnell enlisted Aug. 14, '61, as a member of Co. H, 6th Reg .; mustered in as Sergt., Oct. 15, '61 ; receiv- ed a commission as 2d Lieut., May 4, '63 ; as Ist Lieut., May 15, '64 ; as Captain, Oct. 29, '64 ; on detached service in Division Sharpshooters 4 months ; 5 months served as Ist Lieut. Co. C, 6th Reg. With others of his company from this town, he was in all the battles in which the regiment was engaged-about 25 engagements-cover- ing 50 days' fighting ; in his 4 years' ser- vice was sick less than a week, and never wounded, save very slightly ; mustered out June 26, '65.
Bertram D. Campbell enlisted in Co. H. 3d Reg. June 3,'61 ; mustered out Aug.,'61 enlisted again in Co. H, 6th Reg. ; throwi out by the surg. ; re-enlisted in Co. G, mus tered in Oct. 15, 1862. Toward the clos of the summer compaign, sent to hospita at Philadelphia ; discharged honorabl Oct. 22, '62, receiving a pension of $6 pe month. Aug. 9, '64, again enlisted for th town of Barton, in Co. C, Ist Vt. Cav. mustered in Aug. 11, '64. In the battl at Winchester, Sept. 19, '64, shot throug the abdomen and died in a few moment
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He was buried near a white church, 1} mile east of Winchester.
Oliver C. Campbell, brother of Bertram D., enlisted in Co. I, 9th Reg., June 9, '62 ; promoted 2d Lieut. July 9, '62 ; taken prisoner with his Regiment at Harper's Ferry, Sept. 14, '62 ; paroled, was sent to Chicago; Dec. I, resigned his commis- sion ; re-enlisted July 9, '63, in the Veter- an Reserve Corps ; promoted Ist serg. at the organization of the company, and served at Rutland, Concord, N. H., Bos- ton, Ms., till Nov. 15, '65, was discharged.
Wesley E. Dana enlisted in Co. F, 17th Reg., Jan. 2, '64 ; discharged July 17, '65 ; was wounded at Spottsylvania by a ball passing through the neck.
Foster S. Dana, brother of the above, enlisted July 2, '61, in Co. H, 3d Reg. ; mustered in July 16, '61 ; mustered out July 27, '64 ; was on duty every day of his 3 years' service, though twice wounded, once at Lee's Mills, and again at Spottsyl- vania, Va.
Three other brothers of the above, C. S., Edwin H., and S. J. Dana, enlisted and served in the army. All six returned safely, after being honorably discharged, having performed 12 years of service.
Albee H. Dewey enlisted in Co. B, 13th Reg., Aug. 25, '62; was mustered in as Sergt., Oct. 10, '62; re-enlisted in the Signal Corps, Oct. 23, '63; Jan. 1, '64, sent to Newbern, N. C. ; soon after placed in command of a signal station at Fort Gaston ; Sept. 26, attacked by yellow fever ; died the 28th, aged 32; buried in the Soldiers' Cemetery at Newbern.
Hiram F. Dike enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in Co. H, 7th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; promoted Corp., Mar. 12, '62 ; missed in action at Banks' Ford, May 4, '63 ; sup- posed to be dead.
Alba B. Durkee enlisted in Co. 1, 9th Reg., Dec. 21, '63; mustered in Jan. 6, '64 ; died Sept. 25, '64.
Isaac H. Elliot enlisted in Co. I, 9th Reg., June 26, '62 ; mustered in July 9, '62; taken prisoner at Winchester, Sept. 3, '62 ; held by the enemy 20 days ; dis- charged Sept. 25, '62, by reason of ill- health.
Edward A. Fisk enlisted Aug. 21, '62, in Co. B. 13th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 10, '62 ; mustered out July 21, '63.
Heman R. French enlisted June 23, '62, in Co. I, 9th Reg. ; mustered in July 9, '62 ; taken prisoner with his regiment at Harper's Ferry, Sept. 14, '62; promoted hospital steward, Feb. 4, '65; mustered out June 13, '65.
Ephraim H. Fuller enlisted in Co. H, 6th Reg., Aug. 14, '61 ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61, as corporal ; discharged Oct. 28, '64 ; wounded at Lee's Mills, Va., Apr. 16, '62, in both thighs ; draws a pension of $4 per month.
William H. H. Greenslit enlisted June 20, '62, in Co. 1, 9th Reg. ; mustered in July 9, '62 ; committed suicide Aug. 21, '62, at Winchester, Va.
Manley N. Hoyt enlisted in Co. G, 6th Reg., Oct. 7, '61 ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; died July 18, '62, at Philadelphia, of chronic diarrhea, aged 31 years.
George M. Jones enlisted in the 2d Reg. U. S. S. S., Co. H, Nov. 28, '63 ; muster- ed in Dec. 18, '63 ; killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, '64, while assisting a wounded comrade from the field. He, like the others from this town killed in that battle, was struck in the head and killed instantly.
John F. Jones enlisted Sept. 10, '61, in Co. G, 6th Reg. ; mustered in as Sergt., Oct. 15, '61 ; discharged Apr. 17, '63, on account of sickness ; re-enlisted in Massa- chusetts ; after a few months' service, sick- ened, and died Nov. 28, '64.
Eugene E. Joslin enlisted in the 2d Reg. of U. S. S. S., Co. H, Nov. 28, '63 ; muster- ed in Dec. 18, '63 ; promoted Corp., Nov. I, '64 ; afterwards Sergt .; transferred to Co. H, 4th Reg., Feb. 25, '65 ; discharged July 13, '65 ; wounded in the shoulder at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, '64.
Seymour L. Kneeland enlisted Nov. 28, '63, in Ist Cav. Reg., Co. C ; mustered in Dec. 25, '63 ; transferred to Co. A, June 21, '65 ; mustered out Aug. 9, '65 ; taken prisoner Dec. 19, '64, on picket duty near Woodstock, Va., by scouts of the 12th Va. Cav. ; kept at Staunton, Va., 12 days ; taken to Richmond and confined in Libb
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Prison .. His food was the usual scant al- lowance of corn bread and poor bacon- just enough to hold flesh and spirit to- gether ; was paroled Mar. 9. '65 ; exchang- ed about a month after.
James L. Maynard enlisted in Co. H, 2d Reg., U. S. S. S., Nov. 28, '63 ; mus- tered in Dec. 18, '63 ; killed May 6, '64, at the battle of the Wilderness ; shot through the head. Like the others from this town killed in that battle, his body was not re- covered.
Ziba H. McAllister enlisted Aug. 25, '62, in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 10, '62 ; mustered out July 21, '63 ; re-enlisted in Co. C, Ist Vt. Cav., Nov. 30, '63 ; mustered in Dec. 25, '63; mustered out Aug. 9, '65, having been transferred to Co. A, June 21, '65 ; wounded Oct. 7, '64, in the side and back, while on duty in the Shenandoah Valley, Va.
Irenas P. Newcomb enlisted in Co. H, 6th Reg., Aug. 14, '61 ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; died at Hampton, Va., of typhoid pneumonia, Apr. 9, '62, aged 18 years and 8 months ; buried there.
Edwin F. Palmer enlisted Aug. 25, '62, in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered in as Sergt., Oct. 10, '62; promoted 2d Lieut., Nov. 4, '62; mustered out July 21, '63. Lieut. Palmer kept a record of his army life, and has since published it in a neat book form, entitled "Camp Life," containing 224 pp. The book is a history of his company, in which there were 23 men from this town ; also of the 13th Reg. and 2d Brig. It is a graphic portrayal of the discomforts, weari- ness, danger, with the occasional relief of comfort, rest and pleasure, incident to soldiers' life.
Dexter Parker enlisted Aug. 25, '62, in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 10, '62 ; in the battle of Gettysburg was se- verely wounded in the hand ; mustered out July 21, '63; draws a pension of $4 per month.
Lorin B. Reed enlisted Aug. 25, '62 ; in Co. B, 13th Reg .; mustered in Oct. 10, '62 ; musician in the brigade band ; died of measles in hospital at Wolf Run Shoals, May 30, '63, aged 21 years, II months ..
Co. B, 13th Reg. ; died of fever in hospital near Fairfax, Va., Dec. 26, '62, aged 24. His body, and that of his cousin, Lorin B. Reed, were brought home for burial.
Edwin R. Richardson enlisted in Co. H, 6th Reg., Aug. 14, '61 ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; promoted Corp., Feb. 8, '62 ; pro- moted Sergt., July 10, '63; Ist Sergt., June 5, '64 ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; killed at Charlestown, Va., Aug. 21, '64; shot through the head, and died immediately. His body was brought home for burial.
Loren S. Richardson enlisted Nov. 28, '63 ; mustered in as a recruit in Co. H, 2d Reg. of U. S. S. S., Dec. 18, '63 ; trans- ferred to Co. H, 4th Reg., Feb. 25, '65 ; mustered out July 14, '65 ; wounded se- verely in the shoulder, at Cold Harbor, June 10, '64.
Lucius D. Savage enlisted in Co. F, 2d Reg., May 20, '61 ; in the battle of Savage Station, June 29, '62, wounded and per- manently disabled in the right knee, and taken prisoner ; released July 25, '62 ; dis- charged Nov. 29, '62 ; receives a half pen- sion, $4 per month.
Dr. Henry C. Shaw went out from this town as Assistant Surgeon of the 2d N. H. Reg. ; serving out his time, 3 months, re- turned as Assistant Surgeon in 5th Vt. Reg .; died of fever at Alexandria, Va., Sept. 7, '62, aged 30. His remains were brought home for interment.
Lucius S. Shaw, Esq., brother of Dr. Henry C., while practicing law in Law- rence, Kansas, enlisted in the 2d Kansas Reg .; was promoted Lieut., and killed Sept. 3, '61, aged 31, by an accident on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, caused by the burning of a bridge. His body lies beside that of his brother.
Daniel P. Shepard enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in Co. H, 6th Reg. ; mustered Corp., Oct. 15, '61 ; afterwards served as teamster ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; mustered out June 26, '65 ; wounded in the leg at Lee's Mills, Va., Apr. 16, '62.
Mason C. Shepard, brother of Daniel P., enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in Co. H, 6th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; re-enlist- ed Dec. 15, '63; transferred to Co. G,
Oscar C. Reed enlisted Aug. 25, '62, in Jan. I, '65 ; transferred back May 18, '65 ;
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in hospital several months ; mustered out June 26, '65 ; wounded in the breast and face at Lee's Mills, April 16, '62.
Lewis M. Spaulding enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in Co. H, 6th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, '64. A ball pierced his head while charging the enemy with the Vermont troops, and he died instantly.
Solon S. Spaulding, brother of Lewis M., enlisted Aug. 14, '61, in Co. H, 6th Reg. ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61 ; promoted Corp. ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; discharged June 12, '65, with health impaired by long- continued sickness.
Harlan P. Stoddard enlisted in Co. E, 2d Reg., May 1, '61; in the battle at Savage Station, wounded by the passage of a ball through the pelvis, and taken prisoner ; discharged July 30, '63. His wound he will probably never recover from. He receives a full pension, $15 per month. Three of his brothers followed him into the U. S. service.
Horace B. Stoddard enlisted in Co. F, 2d Reg .. Sept. '61 ; a few months before the expiration of his time of service, while at his post in the battle of the Wilderness, was struck by a ball in the head, and it is supposed died instantly. His body, and that of his brother, L. Thompson Stod- dard, were not recovered.
L. Thompson Stoddard enlisted in Co. B, 13th Reg., Aug. 25, '62 ; mustered out July 21, '63; re-enlisted in Co. C, 17th Reg., Jan. 5, '63 ; mustered in Corp. ; car- ried the State colors till cut and torn in pieces by shot and shell; at the time of the explosion of the mine at Petersburg, was wounded in the shoulder while trying to get back to the Union lines, and taken prisoner ; spared the horrors of long con- finement in Southern prisons ; died 8 days after the explosion, Aug. 7, '64, while in the hands of the enemy.
Lyman Stoddard enlisted Sept. 20, '61 ; mustered in Oct. 15, '61, as a member of Co. G, 6th Reg. ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; mustered out June 26, '65 ; two brothers also served in the army for other towns, Daniel and Franklin Stoddard.
Cyron G. Thayer enlisted Aug. 25, '62, in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; died May 20, '63, of measles, age 21.
James M. Thayer, brother of Cyron G., enlisted ; mustered into the same company at the same time ; discharged for sickness Jan. 22, '63 ; has since died.
Orcus C. Wilder enlisted Aug. 25, '62, in Co. B, 13th Reg. ; mustered Capt. Oct. 10, '62 ; mustered out July 21, '63. Capt. Wilder and the 20 men or more in his company from Waitsfield, were hotly engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, though none were killed. This was all the fighting they saw during their 9 months' service.
OUR ENLISTMENTS IN OTHER TOWNS.
Young men who grew up among us and are known to all.
Matthias J. Bushnell, age 26, enlisted in Ist Wis. Cav., Co. B, Aug. 24, '61 ; mus- tered in Corp. ; killed in a small engage- ment with the rebels, near Madison, Ark., Aug. 3, '62, while guarding a wagon train. All who were with him were killed or taken prisoners.
Hiland G. Campbell, age 26, enlisted for the town of Warren, as a recruit for the 3d Vt. Battery. In Oct. kicked by a horse, and injured in the thigh ; remained in hos- pital ; discharged ; receives a pension of $8 per month ; bounty $733-34, Government and town.
Israel Childs, a former resident of the town for many years, enlisted early in the war, in the 30th Wis. Reg., and served 3 years, a part of the time in the frontier service.
Chester S. Dana, age 33, enlisted for Fayston ; bounty $200, from Government.
Edwin H. Dana, age 32, enlisted for Waterbury ; was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, '64 ; draws a pension of $6 per month ; bounty, $300 govern- ment, and $300 town.
Samuel J. Dana, age 29, brother of Edwin H. and the three before named, enlisted for Fayston ; wounded by a shell at Get- tysburg ; bounty from government $25.
William W. McAllister, age 20, enlisted Aug. 8, '64, in 3d Vt. Light Artill., on de-
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tached service at Rutland, Vt., and Fair- which he marched on foot; after that, haven, Ct., 6 months, the remainder of the started off under Gen. Sherman, and time at Petersburg, Va .: discharged June marched around to Savannah, and up to 15, '65 ; bounty, $500. Washington.
Harlen G. Newcomb, age 24, enlisted : Aug. 19, '62, in Co. K, 145th N. Y. Vols. ; mustered in on Staten Island ; fall of the next year, while in hospital, detailed as nurse ; Mar., '64, transferred to Co. I, 107th N. Y. Vols. ; next month joined the company at Shelbyville, Tenn., detailed at Div. Head Quarters, Sept., '64, after sur- render of Atlanta ; rejoined his company, May 23, '65; discharged June 19, '65; bounty, $175, from government, state, and town.
Daniel Russ, age 29, enlisted June 23, '62, in Co. I, 9th Reg. Vt. Vols. ; taken prisoner and paroled at the surrender of Harper's Ferry, Sept. 15, '62 ; detailed as clerk in dispensary, April 15, '63 ; in hos- pital from Sept. '63, till Jan. 12, '64, when he rejoined his company ; promoted Sergt. Mar. 26, '64; Ist Sergt., Mar. '65 ; dis- charged by order of the President, June 8, '65, at Manchester, Va. ; bounty, $100.
James C. Russ, brother of Daniel, en- listed in Co. A, 42d Wis. Vols, ; dis- charged June 28, '65.
Frank E. Spaulding, aged 26, enlisted in Sheldon, Sept. 61, in Co. K, 6th Reg. Vt. Vols .; discharged June 30, '62, for disability.
George E. Spaulding, aged 18, brother of Frank E., Solon S. and Lewis M., en- listed in Co. G, Ioth N. Y. Vols. for Albany ; served from April till Aug. '65; bounty, $600, from town.
Charles D. Tewksbury, aged 23, enlisted Sept. 17, '61, in Co. B, 52d Ill. Vols. Inf. ; mustered in at Geneva, Ill., Oct. 25, '61, as Corp. ; promoted Sergt., May 16, '62 ; re-enlisted as veteran Dec. 25, '63 ; pro- moted Ist Sergt. Apr. '64; mustered out July 6, '65, at Louisville, Ky., receiving a lieutenant's commission ; received $502 bounty from government, and $1 from Bureau Co., Ill. ; was wounded at the bat- tle of Shiloh in the head ; in hospital only long enough to have his wound dressed during his 4 years' service ; traveled . with his regiment over 6,000 miles, 1,600 of
Isaac Norton Tewksbury, uncle of Chas. D., native of Waitsfield, and more than 20 years resident, served in a Mich. Reg. ; killed in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, aged 52.
Other persons, natives of Waitsfield, have doubtless served in the army, but the compiler has failed to learn the facts in regard to them.
AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION.
BY MRS. T. E. FISHER.
" Jesus has died upon the cross !" Oh how the tidings fell With stunning weiglit on those who loved The " Hope of Israel!"
A few had owned Him as the Christ. The " very Christ," and they Had left their all to follow Him Upon His blessed way.
But Oh, they had not understood How dark that way must be, They knew not that the Son of God Could die upon the tree.
And when they saw Him on the cross, Hope was not wholly gone, They thoughit by some mysterious power God might save His Son.
But when He bowed His godiike head And yielded up the ghost, When He had died as dies mere man, They gave up all for lost.
Oh, who can paint the bitter grlef That wrung their hearts that hour, The deep, unutterable despair That crushed them with its power.
Had He decelved them ? Could it be The Shiloh had not come ? Their brows were pale with grief and dread, Their ashy lips were dumb.
Three days His body, cold and still, Within the grave had lain, When thrilled their hearts the joyful words, "Jesus has risen again!"
Jesus has risen agaln; no more Angulslı and doubts and fears, Glad joy lights up the wondering eyes So lately dimmed by tears.
He Is the Lord! the mighty God! The Jesus, the Saviour lives! And O, new proof, He is the same, Their unbelief forgives.
Jesns has risen from the dead! No more we fear to die, Because Thou Ilvest we shall live, O, Son of God Most High.
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WARREN.
BY CHARLES W. HEMENWAY, OF LUDLOW.
This township lies in lat. 44°, 6'; long. 40°, 11', in the south-west of Washington Co. The town formerly belonged to Ad- dison Co., and was annexed to Washing- ton Co. by an act of the Legislature, Oct. 28, 1829. The charter was granted Nov. 9, 1780, to John Throop and associates.
GRANTEES AS DRAWN WITH NO. OF LOT.
John Marcy, Jr., lot 21 ; Oliver Barker, 19; Stephen Marcy, 17; Nathaniel and Elisha Frisbee, 15 ; Oliver Farnsworth, 13 ; Nathan Hale, 11; Seth Austin, 9 ; Ruggles Kent, 7; Joseph Marcy, 5 ; Joel Roberts, 3 ; Abraham Baldwin, 1; Loudan Gallop, 2; Hezekiah Spencer, 4; Jonas Fay, 6; Jonathan Bruce, 8; William Gallop, 10; Elisha Hawley, 14; Benijah Child, 16; Stephen Jacobs, 18; Timothy Andrus, 20 ; Miles Beach, 22; Jonathan Pierce, 23; Bartholomew Durkee, 27; Wm. Strong, 29; Wm. Ripley, 31 ; First settled minis- ter, 12; English school, 25; Asa Whit- comb, 33 ; Uriah Tracy, 35 ; Lemuel Hop- kins and Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 37; Noah Hatch, 39; Moses Seymour and Alex. Catline, 49; Thomas Chamberlin, 41; Chauncey Smith, 44; Elihu Kent, 42 ; John Jacob, 40; George Swan, 38; Ben- jamin Kent, 36; Gurshon Olds, 34 ; Thad- deus Leavitt, 32 ; Thaddeus King, 30 ; Wm. Roberts, 28; William Marsley, 26; John Throop, 24; Joseph Kimball, 45; John Whitcomb, 47 ; Parmela Jacobs, 49 ; Chap- man Whitcomb, 51; County Grammar School, 53; Asahel Smith, 55; Anthony Whitcomb, 57 ; Timothy Child, 59 ; Chaun- cey Goodrich, 61; Jedediah Strong, 62 ; Daniel Adams, 63; David Fuller, 60; Thomas Tolman, 58; support of the min- istry, 56; Wm. Lyon, 54; David Wilcox, 52 ; John Trumbull, 50 ; Thomas Branard, 48 ; James Thomson, 64 ; Joel Ballou, 65 ; Ebenezer Swan, 66; College right, 67 ; George Dunkins, 68 ; Samuel Marcy, 69 ; Dudley Baldwin, 70 ; seventy division lots ; lotted, Nov. 4, 1789.
The lots were drawn by 70 slips num- bered from 1 to 70, put into a hat, with 70 other slips with the names of one of the
grantees, or of a public right, to be drawn, on each, put into another hat, and both hats shook to the satisfaction of all present, when a paper was first drawn from the hat with names, and then a paper from the hat with the number of the lots. The town is bounded N. by Waitsfield and Fayston, E. by Roxbury, S. by Granville, Addison Co., and W. by Lincoln, Addison Co. By act of Legislature, 1824, four tiers of lots were set off from Lincoln to Warren. There were two divisions of land in town of 70 lots each.
The soil of the township is very good, and the most part of it quite free from stone. It is well adapted to raising corn, potatoes and English grain. The face of the land is rather hilly. The ledges are chiefly a sort of mica slate. There is some limestone, but it is not plenty. There have never been but two kilns burn- ed in town-those at a somewhat remote period, the ruins of which are still seen. There are, also, some fine specimens of crystal quartz here.
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