The History of Washington County in the Vermont historical gazetteer : including a county chapter and the local histories of the towns of Montpelier., Part 26

Author: Hemenway, Abby Maria, 1828-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Montpelier, Vt. : Vermont Watchman and State Journal Press
Number of Pages: 1064

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CHARLES CLARK, M. D.,

was born in Montpelier, Jan. 31, 1800 ; son of Nathaniel and Lucy Perry Clark ; his father, Nathaniel Clark, died in 1810. When Charles was 7 years old, his left leg was amputated by Dr. Nathan Smith, of Hanover, N. H. When 21 years of age, he commenced the practice of medicine with Dr. N. C. King, in North Mont- pelier. In 1823, he moved to Calais, and was the same year married to Clarissa Boyden, daughter of Darius Boyden, of Montpelier. He remained in Calais 14 years, and four of his children were born here. In 1837, he removed to Montpelier, purchasing the Boyden homestead of his wife's father, where he remained 12 years, and in 1849, removed to Montpelier vil- lage, for the better education of his chil-

dren, 6 in all ; 2 born in Montpelier. He died June 21, 1874, aged 74 years.

FACE OF TOWNSHIP; NAME.

This town is peculiarly situated in some respects, it being naturally divided by two valleys, with high hills at their sides, ex- tending northerly and southerly; in these valleys are the two principal streams of the town, and they join in the south-easterly part of the same, forming a principal branch of Winooski river. The east and west parts of the town are thus isolated and independent in a measure of each other. Notwithstanding the hilly and uneven char- acter of the town, there is less of what is denominated waste land, than in any town- ship within our knowledge.

WHENCE THE NAME.

Col. Jacob Davis, a proprietor in the grants of Montpelier and Calais, selected the name of Montpelier for that township, as uncommon and not likely to be dupli- cated ; and what more probable than, hav- ing selected a name from the south of France for the more southerly township in which he was interested, than that he should have selected a name from the north of France, Calais, for the northerly township. This we think is a solution o the question, how did Calais get its name [See remarks of Mr. Tobey to same effect -Ed.]

The early settlers of Calais, as well as ( Vermont generally, had in view amon other objects a more perfect liberty, free dom and independence, and to escape from the injustice of a taxation for the suppo of religions in which they did not believe and other Puritan oppressions that pr vailed in Massachusetts and Connecticu from whence Vermont was mainly settled

CALAIS ITEMS.

We find the following in the Freemen Press, the first democratic newspaper € tablished in Montpelier :

NOTICE Is hereby given that a petiti will be preferred to the next legislature Vermont at their next session in Mol pelier, for a grant for a turnpike from t river LaMoile, in Hardwick, to Montpel Village, through Woodbury, Calais a Montpelier. CALEB CURTIS.

Calais, Aug. 15, 1810.

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A singular explosion occurred in the northerly part of Calais in the spring of 1826; near the base of a side hill, a large quantity of earth and rock was thrown out, leaving a cavity 12 feet in depth, 6 rods in length and 40 feet wide. Large trees were growing on the spot, which were removed with such force as to cause them to fall with their tops up the hill, although while standing, they leaned down the hill nearly 30 degrees from a perpendicular.

The ground was frozen to the depth of nearly 2 feet ; large stones, weighing from 300 to 400 pounds, were thrown 30 rods, and one, weighing nearly half a ton, as judged, was thrown 8 rods; the noise of the explosion was heard at a considerable distance. No cause was ever assigned, except that of the accumulation of water in the fissures of the rocks under the frozen surface ; but this seems hardly probable.

THE GILMAN FAMILY OF CALAIS.

FROM THE MEMORANDUM OF MARCUS D. GILMAN. OF MONTPELIER.

JONATHAN GILMAN was born at Gilman- ton, May 31, 1763 ; lived at Gilmanton, N. H., until about 1794-5 ; in 1796, lived at Vershire, Vt., where he continued until about 1817, when he went to live with his son, John, at East Calais, which was his home until his death, which occurred at Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 5, 1824, while he was on a visit to his sons, Daniel and Jonathan, at that place, and he was buried there. He married Susannah Dudley, (probably at Gilmanton) Nov. 9, 1783. en She was born at Exeter, N. H., 1762, and lied at East Calais, Dec. 20, 1817; and vas buried on the East Hill in Calais, near he Aaron Lilley place.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF JONATHAN ILMAN :- Phineas lived in N. H. ; Zeb- 'on in Chelsea, Vt .; Joseph lived and ed in Calais-his son, Lewis, settled in ardwick; Edward, John and Nicholas ed in Strafford ; Levi and Abigail, sister, ed in N. H.

The father of the above is said to have pt tavern a long while in Gilmanton. Children of Jonathan Gilman and wife, sanna Dudley: Jacob, b. Feb. 24,

1785, and had children, 9 girls, 2 boys, settled in Rochester, N. Y.

Thomas, b. Aug. 19, 1786, m. and had 3 daughters and one son, Leonard, a den- tist at St. Albans ; one dau. md. and died in Underhill.

Daniel, b. Oct. 13, 1787, d. in Ohio ; had sons and daughters.

John Taylor, father of Marcus D., b. at Gilmanton, N. H., July 24, 1791.

Susan, b. June 25, 1792, m. Dr. Spear, of Vershire ; both died there ; had one dau., also deceased.

Betsy, b. Mar. 6, 1794, m. Shadrach Weymouth, of Vershire, and died there before 1820; left one dau. and one son ; the dau. Roxy Ann, m. Lyman Cole, an artist, and settled in Newburyport, Mass. The son, Warren, became a Methodist minister, and settled at West Amesbury, Mass.

Sarah, b. at Vershire, Jan. 1776, m. Jedediah Hyde in 1812, and settled on Grand Isle ; had 7 sons and 4 daughters, who mostly settled on Grand Isle and Isle La Motte. She died at G. I., Feb. 4, 1863.

Roxy Ann, b. at Vershire, Oct. 16, 1798, m. Nathan Bicknell, Oct. 1825, and re- sides at Underhill, Vt .; had children : Anne Eliza, m. to Lucius Mead, lives in Essex, Vt .; Edna and Sidney, twins ; Edna not m .; Sidney, m., clerk in a clothing store at Chicago; Roxy Anne died at Burlington, Aug. 29, 1877, at the residence of her dau. A. E. Mead.

Abigail, b. at Vershire, Nov. 22, 1800, m. Ist, Sewell Spaulding, and settled in Jericho ; 2d, M. Woodworth, and is still living in Underhill ; no children.

Dudley, b. at Vershire, 1802, went to sea ; died early in Cuba, W. I .; not mar- ried.

Jonathan, b. at Vershire, 1806; learned the printer's trade at Montpelier ; m. and settled in Lowell, Mass., and died there or at Newburyport ; 3 children.

JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN,

born at Gilmanton, N. H., July 24, 1791, studied medicine at Dartmouth Medical . College in 1814, and commenced practice in 1815 at East Calais. He married Ruth,

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daughter of Col. Caleb Curtis, May, 1819; children : Marcus Davis, John Melvin, [See Col. Curtis' paper, by Mr. Gilman, before these papers.] Dr. Gilman died at East Calais, Feb. 10, 1825. His widow married Nath. Eaton, and died at Middle- sex, 1865, and was buried in Montpelier cemetery. Dr. John Gilman was the pi- oneer physician of East Calais, and had a large field of practice quite to himself until Dr. Chas. Clark, father to the ex-Prof. N. G. Clark, of the Vermont University, moved into town, who, in order to secure his share of practice, "reduced fare," or put down the price for his professional calls to 25 cents a visit. Dr. G., the estab- lished physician, growled a little, but not the man to be beaten in that way, down went his charges to 25 cents a visit. Many are the charges we find on his old book, all at 25 cents a visit ; occasionally made up to 35 cents for a little medicine sold at the time. He maintained his ground-succeeded-at his death left a handsome property for the day. He died of what was then called lung fever ; at the present day, pneumonia. He had an at- tack, had but partially recovered, could not be deterred from visiting patients call- ing for him, brought on a relapse, and died in a few days after. He was simply a martyr to his profession ; age, 34 years.

In looking over a package of old family letters, journals, etc., we find Jonathan Gilman was found dead in his bed; died suddenly of apoplexy. He was father of Dr. John, and grandfather to Marcus D., our historical librarian. Dr. John Gilman- as he wrote his name, dropping the T .- kept a note-book while at Dartmouth Med- ical College, in which is given the synopsis of every lecture he heard and the name of the professor who delivered it. From a sheet catalogue of the Medical College for 1814, we give for benefit of our towns who may not have in their papers the record of all their early physicians, the Vermont names therein :

Barret, Thomas T., Springfield, Vt .; Bates, Roswell, Randolph; Brown, Leon- ard, Peacham ; Campbell, John, Putney ; *Chamberlin, Mellen, Peacham ; Elkins,

Ephraim, Peacham ; * Finny, Alfrid, Lud- low; Fletcher, John, Williamstown ; Gil- let. Bezaleel. Hartford ; Goodwin, Jacob, Bradford ; Hatch, Horace, Norwich ; Haz- eltine, Laban, Wardsborough ; Jennison, Charles, Hartland ; * Leavett, Harvey, Hartford ; Martin, Lyman, Peacham ; * New- ton, Enos W., Hartford ; Paddock, Wil- liam, Barre ; Paddock, Wm. S., Pomfret ; Page, Alfrid, Barnard ; * Richardson, John P., Woodstock ; Rogers, Asher A., Thet- ford; Stevens, John, Newbury ; Tewks- bury, Hartland ; Tracey, James 2d, Hart- ford ; Wait, James, Brandon ; Washburn, Hercules, Randolph ; Wheeler, John, West Fairlee.

Whole number of students, 105; Ver- mont representation in Dartmouth Medical College, 1814, as above, 27.

MARCUS DAVIS GILMAN

was born at Calais, Jan. 28, 1820. He had the misfortune to lose his father-Dr. John Gilman-at 5 years of age. He lived with his mother and step-father, Mr. Eaton, on a farm in Calais until 15 years of age, when he went into Baldwin & Scott's store at Montpelier, as clerk, until 21 years of age ; then was in business as merchant at Northfield, as White, Gilman & Co., 2 years ; then in same business at Montpel- ier 2 years, as Ellis, Wilder & Co.

Mr. Gilman married Maria Mallevill daughter of Hon. Daniel Baldwin, 0 Montpelier, May 10, 1843, and in 1845 moved to Chicago, Ill., where he resides for 23 years, or until 1868 as a merchant children : John Baldwin, born at Chicago July 5, 1847, deceased ; Emily Eliza, bor at Chicago, June 10, 1849, married.

Sarah Alice, born at Chicago, March 21 1851, died at Chicago, March 19, 1853 Marcus Edward, born at Chicago, June 26 1853, died at Chicago, Nov. 9, 1863.

The next data in given memorandum "At this time, March, 1870, we are r siding (temporarily it may be) at Rive side, Auburndale, Mass. Removed Montpelier, Oct. 1871." He now resid at Montpelier, where he has been libraria of the State Historical Society since 187

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and is corresponding member of six or seven State Historical Societies, &c. Mr. Gilman has said to us that he graduated at the Washington County Grammar School at the age of 15 years, and went out into the world for himself. In business he ap- pears to have been remarkably successful, and to have sensibly retired, that he may devote himself to his historical tastes. He has a very large correspondence ; his his- torical offices are a laborious business ; no nominal appointments, only, mere compli- ments, in his hands, as we may judge from the weekly file of letters and communica- tions on his table. He is just the one man in the.State best situated to make a biblio- theca for Vermont, and he is doing it, several chapters of which have been al- ready published, though by no means the most or the best part of it, as we are very well prepared to say, having carefully looked through the MSS. so far as finished up, and the vast amount of material to be worked up, and we shall with much interest await the appearance of the work when it may be published.

JOHN BALDWIN GILMAN, M. D.,

son of Marcus D., died at his father's, in Montpelier, May 18, 1873, in his 26th year. Naturally cheerful, born to a home affluent with pleasant things, fond of books in his early years, his childhood was a happy one. At 12, he was entered the Rev. Mr. Fay's excellent school for boys, at St. Albans, and fitted for college ; was next at Lombard University, Ill., 3 years ; at 17 years, entered Harvard for a full course ; graduated in 1868 ; studied med- icine, the German, French and Italian lan- guages in Germany 2 years ; Feb. 1870, returned to Boston, and continued his studies at the Boston Medical College. The summer following, the Franco-Prus- sian war breaking out, the opportunity for surgical experience in the military hospi- tals was irresistible, and he hastened to recross the ocean. On arriving, he was appointed by the German authorities to the post of assistant surgeon in the Prus- ian service, which position he held to the end of the war, when, retiring from the

service, he was complimented by the Em- peror William with the Decoration of the Iron Cross, the first instance, so far as known, that an American surgeon has re- ceived the honor. Returning to Boston, he completed his studies there, and in the fall of 1871, commenced the practice of his profession in Topeka, Kansas, where he rapidly acquired an extensive practice. Late in the fall of 1872, small pox ap- peared in Topeka. From his experience in the military hospitals of Prussia, he felt himself especially fitted to deal with it, and entered upon the work with great in- terest. His treatment was the German mode, and attended with remarkable suc- cess, and his services were in almost con- stant requisition. He acted not only as physician, but ministered extensively as nurse, and in not a few cases as sexton. In this last office-burying the dead at midnight-he severely suffered. After the epidemic had subsided, he was stricken down with varioloid, and pneumonia, be- fore he was recovered, set in. He re- turned to his father's, in Montpelier, the last part of April, a quick consumption indelibly fixed upon him, which made rapid progress till in the midst of the beautiful month of May, in the quiet of the village Sabbath, his young, busy, earth-life went out. Says his friend, in the Boston Globe of May 20th : "Dr. Gilman was greatly beloved by his associates for his genial and unselfish disposition, as well as ad- mired for his brilliant qualities of mind, and his numerous friends will condole with his family upon a loss they feel personal to them as to his own kindred."

EMILY E., the only surviving child of Marcus D. Gilman, m. Apr. 13, 1868, Rev. Henry I. Cushman, born in Orford, N. H., graduated at Dartmouth College, read the- ology, and is now pastor of the first Uni- versalist church in Providence, R. I. Children, Mary Alice, born, Boston, Apr. 27, 1869 ; died, Providence, R. I., June 18, 1877; Ruth, born, Newton, Mass., May 29, 1870 ; Robert, born, Boston, Sept. 18, 1872 ; Marcus Gilman, born, Montpel- ier, July 25, 1875 ; died in Providence, R. I., July 18, 1877 ; Earl Baldwin, born,

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Providence, R. I., May 5, 1878; died there, May 25, 1878 .- ED.

KENT FAMILY.

EZEKIEL, Ist, b. June, 1744, m. Ruth Garey, b. Oct., 1748, lived and died in Rehoboth, Mass .; d. in May 1842, wife in Dec. 1818; II children, two of whom, Remember and Ezekiel, settled in Calais.

REMEMBER, Ist, son of Ezekiel Ist, b. June II, 1775 in Rehoboth, came to Calais in 1798; m. Rachel dau. of Capt. Abdiel Bliss 1799 ; settled at what has since been known as Kent's Corner, where he cleared a large farm and spent the rest of his days. He filled various town offices ; was suc- cessively ensign, lieutenant and captain in the militia, his first commission bearing date 1805. He died May 13, 1855, his wife Nov. 2, 1843.

Their children all born in Calais, were Remember 2d, b. June, 1799; Rachel Bliss, b. Sept. 1800, m. Aaron Tucker. Ira, b. April, 1803; Abdiel, b. Nov. 1805 ; Georgie, b. Sept. 1808; Ezekiel 2d, b. May, 1811 ; John V. R., b. Nov, 21, 1813 ; Samuel N., b. Nov. 1817; d. June 1835.

REMEMBER 2d, m. Jan. 1824, Delia dau. of Edward Tucker ; made the first clearing on the farm where W. G. Kent now lives ; has resided most of his days in Calais, working some portion of the time at his trade as a mill-wright. His wife died April, 1860, and he m. Lucy (White) wiclow of John Goodell. He died in Calais Feb. 19, 1881. His children, all born in Calais, were : Azro, b. May, 1825: Diana, b. March, 1830, m. 1854, Enoch H. Vin- cent, b. 1820 in Middlesex, farmer ; resides in East Montpelier ; children Jane K., m. William J. Somerville, Fayston, farmer ; Ella D ; Prentiss J ; Jane, deceased at 18.

IRA, m. Polly, dau. of Col. Caleb Curtis. (See Curtis family). He has always re- sided on his father's old farm ; was consta- ble in 1838, post-master some 16 years ; and from 1837 to '66, he and his brother Abdiel were in partnership under the firm name of I. & A. Kent, and transacted a considerable mercantile and manufacturing business. His children all born in Calais : Ira Richardson, b. Sept. 3, 1833 ; Amanda

C., b. Jan. 2, 1838, d. Feb. 18, 1842; Rachel Ann, b. April 26, 1839, d. May 28, 1855; Flora Emogene, b. April 17, 1841, d. Sept. 6, 1851 ; LeRoy Abdiel, b. Aug. 25, 1843.

ABDIEL, when 21 years of age went to Nashua, N. H., and worked on the foun- dation of the first cotton factory built there; thence to Mass. and learned the mason's trade, working at his trade sum- mers and teaching school winters, until about 1830, he bought in Calais where he now lives, and began manufacturing boots in a small building where the store now stands. This business was continued some 40 years, at times employing a dozen or more men, and for some 20 years harness- making was connected with it. In 1832, he enlarged his shop, and put in a small stock of staple dry goods and groceries. In 1854, the present shoe-shop and store were built, and the latter stocked with a general assortment of goods, and this business was continued by him and the firm of I. & A. Kent some 30 years.

In 1837, he built the brick house where he now lives, and kept a hotel there until 1847. In 1844, in company with others, he built the starch-factory near the centre of the town, and run it until about 1858. In 1847, put iron working machinery in the red shop at Maple Corner, where it was run by N. W. Bancroft some 4 years. He has been a large owner of real estate in this and other towns, a woolen-factory, mills and hotel at Craftsbury ; built and stocked the store in Woodbury, now owned by A. W. Nelson, owned for some years the Norcross mill in Woodbury, the Ira Brown saw-mill in the north-west part of Calais, and the old saw-mill at Maple Cor- ner. His brother, Ira, was a partner in all the above business from 1837 to '66. Beside being one of its most active busi- ness men, he has held nearly all the offices in the gift of the town, and that he has served acceptably is shown by his contin- ued re-elections, (see lists of town officers.) He m. Ist June 7, 1845, Fanny H., dau. of Col. Caleb Curtis, who d. Dec. 24, 1854, 2d, Lucy A., dau. of Vial A. Bliss ; chil- dren born in Calais : Murray Abdiel ; Ella

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Fanny, m. Arthur B. Bacon, resides in Spencer, Mass., merchant ; children : Fred K., Fannie L.

GEORGE, son of Remember, m. April 24, 1835, Mehitable Hill b. Dec. 2, 1807, in Cabot ; resides in Calais, a successful far- mer ; children : Marcus Newell, b. June, 1837, George Wallace, April, 1845. M. Newell m. May 4, 1862, Hester A. dau. of Vial A. Bliss. For several years he re- mained upon the farm with his father, afterwards engaged in the mercantile pur- suit at Worcester Corner, where he died Oct. 20, 1876 ; children, Dora B., Frances. G. Wallace, m. May, 1868, Justina A. dau. of Kneeland and Caroline Kelton, b. in East Montpelier, Sept. 1849, resides upon the homestead : children, Alice Glee, George, Katie M., Jessie J.

Murray, son of Abdiel, m. 1870, Ruth E., dau of P. S. Bennett, resides in Cal- ais ; son Dorman B. E .; Van R., son of Abdiel, m. 1874, Lelia S., dau. of S. H. Foster of Calais; is associated with J. E. Bacon of Spencer, Mass., in the manufac- ture of boots ; child, Marion.

IRA RICHARDSON, son of Ira ; m. 1855, Anna E., b. June, 1834, in New York city, died Aug. 3, 1856 ; dau. of William H. and Harriet A. Simpson ; child, Nora Anna, b. July 28, 1856, d. Oct. 19, 1861. He m. Feb. 1870, Inez R., (dau. of Hon. D. W. Aiken of Hardwick,) who died June 8, '74.

" Rich. Kent " as he was familiarly known, was a person whom, never pos- sessing robust health, was enabled by his indomitable will, perseverance, and quick perceptive faculties, to accomplish while in his younger years an amount of business which might only have been expected from one of much stronger physique, and ma- turer years, and when 20 years of age assumed the entire management of the nercantile business of I. & A. Kent, which le continued for about 6 years, when he ngaged in buying cattle and horses and elling in the Mass. market until 1865; uring which time he filled various town ffices with acceptance. Dec. 1865, he en- red into a partnership with J. E. Bacon f Spencer, Mass., in the manufacturing ¿ boots of which they did an extensive in Smithfield, R. I., Dec. 1873.

and successful business to the time of his death, which occurred in Calais, October 9, 1875.

LEROY A. KENT, son of Ira, m. Feb. 22, 1875, Blanche S., dau. of S. D. Hol- lister of Marshfield, b. May II, 1852 : son I. Rich. b. Oct. 28, 1876, engaged in mer- cantile pursuit at Craftsbury, 1868 to '70 ; 1873 succeeded B. P. White in the same business at Kent's Corner, where he still remains ; received appointment of post- master in 1873, present incumbent.

AZRO, son of Remember 2d, m. Nov. 1849, Hannah S., dau. of Edward and Susan Eastman b. in Salisbury, N. H., May, 1832. Learned the machinist trade at Northfield, and has been employed in the Central Vt. R. R. Co. shops since 1849; since 1863, has been master me- chanic and general foreman in their shop at St. Albans : children : Edward T., b. July 20, 1853, d. May 30, 1859; Ele Mar- tha, b. July 20, 1859, d. Aug. 31, 1859; EdwardB., b. July, '66, now in Universty at Burlington. Azro Ceil, Aug. 1869.

PRENTISS J., son of Remember 2d, m. Sept. 1864, Elizabeth M., dau. of Am- brose and Sally Atwater of Burlington ; worked at the trade of machinist and teaching school till 1857 ; graduated from the medical Dept. U. V. M., 1860; went to Michigan and engaged in drug business in connection with the practice of medi- cine. In 1862, was appointed assistant surgeon in the 174th Regt. N. Y. Vols. ; was in active service till spring of 1864, when by reason of the consolidation of 174th and 162d regiments he was honora- bly discharged ; after which he resumed the practice of medicine at Winooski Falls. In 1869, health failing, he went to Wor- cester, Mass., and invented the " Kent & Bancroft self-operating spinning-mule," and was engaged for a time in its manu- facture and sale ; but returned to Burling- ton in 1874, and resumed his profession, where he now resides ; children : Osborn Atwater, b. in Winooski Falls, Oct. 24, 1868, d. July 15, 1869 ; William Henry, b. in Woonsocket, R. I., July 2, 1871, d. in Burlington July, 1872 ; Arthur Atwater, b.

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J. V. R. KENT, son of Remember Ist, b. Nov. 1844, m. Laura A., dau. of Col. Caleb Curtis, who died Aug. 31, 1851; Dec. 26, 1856, m. Mrs. Catherine A. Morse, dau. of Alpheus J. Bliss ; child, Charles V., b. Dec. 1857. Mr. Kent re- mained on the old homestead to the age of 20 years, when he learned the boot and shoe trade with his brothers, I. & A. Kent, where he worked about 15 years. For the last 12 years he has resided at Maple Cor- ner on the farm purchased of Alonzo Tay- lor of New York; has filled nearly every office in the gift of the town, many of which he held continuously for many years.

EZEKIEL, 3d, m. Nov. 13, 1836, Minerva Anna, dau. of Col. Caleb Curtis ; a suc- cessful farmer; resided in Calais until 1872, when he moved to Montpelier, where he now resides ; has held town offices be- fore and since his removal ; daughter, Alice May, b. Mar. 1, 1841, m. Nov. 1866, Capt. J. O. Livingston ; enlisted May, 1862, and mustered out July, 1865 as Capt. of Co. G. 9th Regt. Vt. Vols. ; was admitted to the Lamoille County Bar, May term 1862, and now practicing his profession in Montpelier.

EATON FAMILY IN CALAIS.

BY CALEB C. EATON.

Jacob Eaton, Sr., settled in the South- east part of Calais, on Kingsbury's branch, in 1816, with a family of 4 children, Isaac, (who 2 years after was killed by the kick of a horse), Jacob, Mary Ann and Syl- vester C., of whom 2 survive, Jacob and Sylvester, the former living on the old homestead farm. In 1827, Nathaniel, an older son, and Jacob, Jr., bought the farm of their father, and they lived together until the death of the latter, Feb. 1843, aged 77 years. Nathaniel moved to Mid- dlesex, Vt., in March, 1864, where he died Feb. 6, 1878, aged 87 years; 37 years of his life having been spent in the town of Calais, whither he moved from Hardwick at the age of 37 years. While living in Calais he was elected State Senator in 1840 and '41 ; Assistant Judge of County Court, 1857, '58 ; justice of the peace con- tinuously for 24 years, and was often called upon to settle estates ; also, as com-

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The History of Washington County in the Vermont historical gazetteer : including a county chapter and the local histories of the towns of Montpelier., Part 26

Author: Hemenway, Abby Maria, 1828-1890 Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Montpelier, Vt. : Vermont Watchman and State Journal Press Number of Pages: 1064

Author: Hemenway, Abby Maria, 1828-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Montpelier, Vt. : Vermont Watchman and State Journal Press
Number of Pages: 1064