The History of Washington County in the Vermont historical gazetteer : including a county chapter and the local histories of the towns of Montpelier., Part 28

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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Sixteen persons have committed suicide in town, and 6 persons out of the town who formerly lived here.

There have been 14 saw-mills in town,

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8 grist-mills, 2 potasheries, 7 distilleries and 10 cider-mills.

[The town of Calais and State of Ver- mont are indebted to our aged contributor, Mr. Tucker, for the longest longevity list, both of the dead and living, received from any town yet in the State .- Ed.]

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS, ETC.

CONTRIBUTED BY ALLEN MORSE.

Joel Marsh was drowned in 1856, at the time he was helping to roll a lot of logs into Wheelock pond, getting entangled in them. 1839, Nathaniel Bancroft was drowned at Montpelier, during the great freshet of that year. S. Gaius Ainsworth was killed by a colt he was breaking ; the animal reared, and falling on him, so in- jured him that he died, 1858 or '9 ; Nelson Mower was killed about 1855, while draw- ing rails on a lumber wagon, one of them slipping from the axles, striking one end into the ground, and cast back so as to fall upon his head, with fatal results.

June 15, 1873, Lafayette Teachout and wife and their little daughter, Dell, about 6 years old, Mrs. Amasa MacKnight and Miss Anna Tobey were drowned in Whee- lock pond. They, in company with 18 others, were out for a boat-ride, when the boat sprung a sudden leak, and filled and sank. By the exertions of a few persons who witnessed the terrible accident, 18 out of the 23 were rescued from what seemed certain death for all.

1879, a son of Otis Gray was killed by the caving in of a sand-bank, under which he was playing with some schoolmates. He was about 8 years old. James Jen- nings was frozen to death in 1794, [See record by Mr. Tobey] and 9 have died in town by suicide.

MURDERS .- Rial Martin, a half-foolish, half-crazy person, shot and killed Jenner- son Wheelock and Lucius Ainsworth, July :6, 1858, for which crime he was tried the following year, and sentenced to be hung ; ut on account of his mental conditions, is sentence was changed to imprisonment t hard labor for life. He died at Wind- or about 2 years after his sentence. Royal . Carr, murdered a half-breed Indian,

William Murcommock, Dec. 11, 1878, for which he was tried, found guilty, and sen- tenced to be hung the last Friday in April, 1881, and suffered in accordance with his sentence. These, it is believed are all the violent deaths that have occurred in Calais.

DIPHTHERIA IN TEN DAYS.

In one family, died, Aug. 26, Truman Doty, aged 17 years, 10 months and 17 days. Aug. 31, Mortimer D. Doty, aged 12 years, 8 months and 13 days. Aug. 31, Rinaldo C. Doty, aged 47 years and 5 days. Sept. 4th, Millard F. Doty, aged 9 years, I month and 10 days ; four members of one family in ten days, a father and three sons carried to the grave almost in one week ;- and the mother sick at the time of their death. Other instances very sad might be given, but this will suffice to mark, we have felt this scourge, in com- mon with so many towns in the State, dur- ing the last 20 years.

KILLED IN BATTLE

May 5th, 1864, William H. Stowe, of Calais, aged 25 years. This young man was the first in town to respond to his country's call for three years' men, and en- listed into the Second Vermont Regiment, of which he continued a brave and hon- ored member, beloved and respected by all his comrades. His term of service having nearly expired, he was fondly an- ticipating a speedy return home. But instead of his welcome presence, came the sad intelligence he was shot in battle in the afternoon of the first day's terrible fighting in the Wilderness. His funeral was attended in Calais, on Sunday, June 5th. A large congregation assembled to testify their respect to his memory.

FRANCIS WEST AND DESCENDANTS.

In Jan. 1787, Francis West, of Roch- ester, Mass., bought the entire right of Ebenezer Allen, one of the proprietors of Calais, and the next March began clearing his 2d div. lot, now owned by Aro P. Slay- ton. In the summer of 1788, he built upon it, and March, 1789, moved there, and made it his home while he remained in town. A deed, dated Sept. 1796, gives his residence as Montpelier, and in July,

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1797, he disposed of the last of his land in Calais.

His children born in Calais were : Free- man, b. Oct. 1789, the first child born in town, died young, and was buried in the burying-ground east of Caleb Bliss'; Sarah, b. 1791, married Smith Bennett, who worked at tanning in Calais from 1830 until his death, in 1859. His wife died in 1842, and he afterward married Maria, daughter of Alexander and Polly (Tobey) White ; his children : Catherine Bennett, b. 1818, m. Forbes Jones, resided in Calais ; Philip Sidney Bennett, b. 1820, m. Ist, Ruth, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth Eaton, and 2d, Sarah A Cochran ; resides in Calais, a successful farmer. His daugh- ter Ruth m. Murray A. Kent.

Mary W. Bennett, b. 1828; L. Austin Bennett, b. 1833, enlisted July 21, 1862 ; died Feb. 19, 1863.

MOSES STONE.

In 1788, Nehemiah Stone, of Charlton, Mass., one of the proprietors of Calais, deeded his 2d div. lot (No. 28) to his son, Moses Stone. The next spring Moses came to Calais with Abijah and Peter Wheelock, and built upon his lot, now the J. W. E. Bliss farm. He returned to Charlton in the fall, and the next spring, 1789, came back with Abijah Wheelock, Samuel Twiss, and families. In Jan. 1794, lot No. 28 was deeded to Jonas Comings, and soon after Stone left town.

SAMUEL TWISS.

Samuel Twiss and wife came to Calais in the spring of 1789, and probably occu- pied the house built by Moses Stone the previous year. In company with Col. Davis, he built the mills near the center of the town in 1793, and became quite a land- holder in town, but in 1794 or '5 removed to Coit's Gore, now Waterville, Vt.

ROBINSON.

Capt. Samuel, son of Josiah and Anna (Barton), b. July 24, 1742, in Spencer, Mass., m. Molly Hammond, and settled in Charlton, Mass. ; was one of the propri- etors of the town of Calais, and a member of the committee that surveyed the town in 1783 and '6, but did not reside here until

1808, when he built the house where Capt. A. J. Mower now lives, and resided there until his death, Oct. 29, 1827 ; children : Joel, b. 1772; Anna, b. 1776, m. Col. Caleb Curtis ; Samuel, b. 1779, died un- married ; Lydia, b. 1783, taught school the summer of 1801, in Remember Kent's barn, m. Jacob Wilson, and settled in Spencer, Mass., where they reared a large family. Their son Hazary P. resided some 20 years in Calais; William, b. 1785; Polly, b. 1787, m. Nathaniel Bancroft ; James, b. 1790, d. 1814 ; Cynthia and Sally, b. 1793; Cynthia d. 1814, and was the first person buried in the Robinson burying- ground ; Sally m. Sherman Gilman.

Joel, son of Capt. Samuel, m. Rachel Stevens. He came to Calais in 1795, and the next year bought the 160-acre lot N. of Kent's Corner, at tax sale for 15 s., made it his home and died there, 1832. His wife died, 1854; children : Lydia, b. 1797, m. Dwight Marsh; Eri, b. 1799, died 1803; John, b. 1801 ; Levi, b. 1803 ; Elon, b. 1809; Hiram, b. 1812.

Isaac, son of Capt. Samuel, m. Julia Harwood, in 1808, and soon after settled on the lot north of his brother Joel's, where he died July, 1826; children : Julia M., b. 1809, m. Luke Stratton; Harriet H., b. 1811, m. Oliver Mower ; Emeline, b. 1815, died young ; Samuel O., b. 1816, m. Harriet (Arnold) Simpson. He learned harness-making, worked in Montpelier, Albany and Troy, N. Y., and in Boston ; in 1872, bought the mills near the center of Calais, and has been town clerk and treasurer since 1876.

D. Azro A. Buck, b. 1823, m. Josephine Burnett ; settled in Columbus, O., engaged in mercantile pursuits. His son, Edward Lyon, b. 1857, is a gradeate of New Haven. Conn. Law School.

William, son of Capt. Samuel, m. Eunice Blashfield, came to Calais 1808, begai on Maple Corner lot, and afterward liver with his father. His wife died 1836 and about 1840 he removed to Charlton, Mass Children : Adeline A., b. 1818, m. a Mr White of Charlton Mass. ; Chester B., b 1825, d. 1839; William H., b. 1827, die young.

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John, son of Joel, m. 1828, Hannah Taylor, and bought soon after the farm where W. G. Kent now lives. In 1848, exchanged for a farm at Maple Corner, and the same year built the " Red Shop " which he and his sons owned until 1876. His wife died 1851, and he m. Mrs. Lucy (Hodgkins) Crosier. His children : Emily E., b. 1829, m. William H. Safford ; they taught school some years in Calais, Mont- pelier and Strafford; in 1854 and 5, he published the "Star of Vermont" at Northfield; was in the printing house of Houghton & Co. at Cambridge, Mass., some six years, and since 1866 has been connected with the publishing house, now Houghton & Mifflin, Boston. Their chil- dren are : Mary Alida, b. 1848, m. Dr. W. J. Clark of Milford, Mass. Agnes E., b. 1852, m. Charles E. White of Adams Ex- press Co. Boston. William Leslie, b. 1854, d. 1866. Lillian M., b. 1871.

Edwin E., b. 1835, served 3 years in Ist Reg't. Vt. Sharp-shooters ; was quarter- master sergeant of the reg't. ; since 1864 has engaged in mechanical and mercantile pursuits in Worcester, Mass., Lapeer, Mich., and since 1877, in Calais ; William C., b. 1838, m. Coralinn E. Bliss ; resided n Calais ; died, 1875 ; daughter, Ina Lucy, 1. 1868.

Levi, son of Joel, m. 1832, Catherine Daggett. . He bought, 1830, the farm now wned by his son, Julius S., where he re- ded until his death, Sept. 1863; his idow d. May, 1881 ; children : Joel E., 1834; served in the 13th Reg't. Vt. ols., mustered out July 21, 1863, died ly 28, 1863, of disease contracted in the rvice ; Julius S., b. 1836, m. Mary A. erce, who died 1872, and he m. Harriet (Norris) Persons ; resides on his fath- s old farm ; children : Irvin G., b. 1864; a G., b. 1865 ; Inda M., b. 1867 ; Lucy b. 1878; Otis V., b. 1838, d. 1863; ry C., b. 1845, m. James K. Tobey.

Clon, son of Joel, m. 1833, Patience iva zlor, who died 1853, and he m. Rachel B. F Bliss. He lived upon his father's old jhnestead until his death, in 1863; chil- d 1: Lenora G., b. 1835, m. Martin

Goodnough; Algernon E., b. 1843, d. 1863 ; three other children died young.

Hiram, son of Joel, m. Julia Ainsworth, who died 1860, and he m. Mrs. Lovisa Hodgden; resided in Calais, in Read- ing, Vt., and the last few years of his life in Northern Vt. and Canada; d. 1876. His daughter, Minerva J., b. 1837, m. Sol- omon K. Hapgood, and resides in Read- ing.

ZOETH TOBEY,

b. Sept. 15, 1764, m. Sarah West, b. July 7, 1770, and settled first in New Bedford, Mass. ; removed to Wardsboro, Vt., about 1792. In 1799, he bought the farm in Calais now (1881) owned by C. O. Adams, built upon it, and in 1805, sold it, and removed to Eastern New York. In 1810, he re- turned, and began clearing what is now known as the Dr. George farm, where he died Mar. 16, 1812. The farm remained in the hands of his heirs until 1818, when it was sold to Dr. John Gilman. His widow m. Ist, Peter Wheelock, and 2d, John Gray, both of Calais. His children were :

Elizabeth, b. 1791, m. 1814, David Dag- gett, b. 1778, in Charlton, Mass., lived in Calais and Montpelier. He d. 1861 ; she in 1862 ; children : Eli, b. 1815, died young ; Polly W., b. 1818, m. Isaac Chap- man ; Maria K., b. 1820, m. Thomas B. Muldoon ; Lyman, b. 1822, m. Mary E. Belding ; Avery T., b. 1824, m. Mary J. Corwin ; David J., b. 1827,m. Kate Roddy ; Delia F., b. 1831, m. John R. Cooley ; Lizzie, b. 1833, m. John M. Gunnison.

Mary and Keziah b. 1793; Mary died young ; Keziah m. Isaac Raise, resided in Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y .; in 1865, removed to Delaware, where she died.

Avery, b. 1796, m. Sally Norton, and settled at Russellville, Crawford Co., Ill., had seven children, of whom only one, Sewell, the youngest, is living.

Polly, b. 1798, m. 1820, Alexander White, by whom she had two daughters, Sarah Maria, b. 1822, Amanda R., b. 1827, d. 1866. Mr. White d. 1828, and his widow m. Jeremiah Comins, b. 1787, in Charlton, Mass. She d. 1855, and he in 1863.

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Richard West, b. 1800, m. 1822, Lydia, dau. of Edward Tucker, b. 1803. She d. 1844, and he m. Hannah C. (Dodge) Kelton. His children were: Delia Irena, b. 1823, m. Thomas Bell, reside at Hills Grove, R. I .; children : Abbie W., b. 1856, and Arthur T., b. 1864; William El- liott, b. 1825, m, 1853, Martha F. Martin ; she d. 1878; he now resides in Calais ; children : Anna C., b. 1856, was drowned in Wheelock pond, June, 1873 ; Lydia M., b. 1859; Phebe Roxana, b. 1828, m. 1854, Amos W. Eddy, of Walden, Vt., where they have since resided ; children : Emma L., b. 1855, d. 1875 ; Marcia M., b. 1857 ; Nellie M., b. 1862 ; Edmund W., b. 1870; Orvis S., b. 1832, m. 1859, Nancy M. Hargin, resides in Hammond, St. Croix · Co., Wis .; children : Jennie B., b. 1863 ; Alpa A., b. 1866; Lena J., b. 1867; James K., b. 1845, m. 1870, Mary C. Rob- inson, lives in Calais ; children : Lelia M., b. 1873; Laura C., b. 1875 ; Clara Leone, b. 1879. Richard W. was a farmer, hotel- keeper, and mill-owner in Calais, East Montpelier, and Walden, Vt., Royalton, N. Y., and Absecon, N. J. He died in Calais, May, 1874. Zoeth 2d, b. 1803, died young ; Allen, b. 1805, m. Elvira Ellis. He was a successful farmer, and resided in Calais, d. 1875; children : El- bridge A., b. 1847; Martin D., b. 1853; Elbridge A. m. Kate Doty, by whom he had a son, Allen. His wife died 1879, and he is now practicing medicine in Warren, N. H. Martin E. owns the old homestead.

MANUFACTORIES IN CALAIS.

BY ALLEN MORSE.

The proprietors of Calais, June, 1792, to. " encourage the building of a corn-mill and saw-mill " offered 200 acres of land to any person who would build the same within a specified time, and in "Octo- ber, 1793, met and accepted " both mills which had been been built by Col. Jacob Davis, and Samuel Twiss, near the center of the town, the saw-mill on the same spot where the one owned by S. O. Robinson now stands, and the grist-mill just 'below it. These first mills in town, were bought

about 1800, by Jason Marsh, and run by him, and his son, Jason, more than 68 years. They passed into the hands of William White, who owned them a brief time; sold to E. N. Morse, who sold to S. O. Robinson, in 1872, present owner. The situation of these mills is good, and had the water-power been as good, no mills in town would have done as much busi- ness ; but in dry times they are without sufficient water, still they have always done a remunerative business, and are in repair.

The demand for lumber, soon caused other saw-mills to be built; one about 1800, by Col. Jacob Davis at the outlet of what is now known as the Wheelock pond, where an excellent water-power was easily obtained. Jason Marsh, who seem- ed to have a penchant for mill-property, which he transmitted to his descend- ants, bought this mill about 1820, and put a run of stone in a part of the saw-mill ; running it a few years, he sold to Gideon Wheelock, who owned it some years, since which it has passed through several hands : owned since 1874, by H. O. Marsh, who has added a shop for the manufacture o coffins and caskets, in which he does a small business. The saw-mill is one o the best in town. Soon after the 2d mil the 3d, by Peter Wheelock, on the presen C. Bliss farm, poor water-power, soo abandoned. 1803, Joel Robinson built saw-mill at Kent's Corner, which did fa business for a time ; now in good repair does a small business. 18II, Josep Brown built® a saw-mill in the Brown di trict ; owned and run by the Browns abo 30 years ; abandoned. 1828, Isaac Dav built the saw-mill, Pekin; run about : years ; 1834, Charles Slayton built on not a success. 1824, Dea. Joshua Bli built the one, Jesse White rebuilt, abc 1840 at the outlet of Martin pond, no owned by William Dailey. 1856, Jo Robinson built one at Maple Corner. tapered to nothing in about 15 years.

GRIST MILLS : About 1820, Jason Ma built one at No. 10, that he run seve years ; sold to Gideon Wheelock, who 11 it 10 or 12 years and sold to John Ri, who run it about as long, when it chan,

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owners often till 1874, when E. D. Has- kell bought, enlarged, and added machinery for manufacturing woolen goods, and card- ing wool ; employed about 6 hands ; run about 3 years ; failed; since it has done but little. 1817, Col. Curtis built a small grist-mill on Curtis Pond ; abandoned as a mill in about 10 years. 1847, John Rob- inson built the red shop, machine shop, etc., grist-mill; the grist-mill part was of small account ; the machine-shop part was run by Nathan Bancroft until 1852; since used as a general repair shop, etc., for the manufacture of horse-rakes, etc., owned by L. A. Kent.

WOOL-CARDING : Holbrook & Waters began here first on A. Haskell's present farm, about 1802 or '3 ; and continued the business for a few years. 1820, Jason Marsh put a carding-machine into his grist- mill that was in operation 8 or I0 years. IS27, E. C. and Ira McLoud commenced here and carried on cloth-dressing at No. Io till 1844. They charged from $1,000 to $1100 a year; that shows the looms of our mothers were not idle; they sold to G. J. Slayton and Joseph Andrews, who continued the business some 10 or 12 years, adding in time the carding of wool ; the building has since been used for making and repairing carriages; is now occupied by Peter St. Rock. Holbrook & Waters also manufactured wooden clocks, nd cast bells up to 200 pound's weight ; t the same time they carded wool, but heir business was small.

DISTILLERIES appeared in 1812, and in short time increased to seven, and did an ctive business for several years, but as le temperance element developed they "adually went out of existence, and for e last half century there has not been ty liquor distilled in town, and there is obably less liquor drank in this town at esent, than in any other town in the unty.

Lemuel Perry manufactured potash, op- site the Christian church, as early it is lieved as 1800, for some 10 years, and :n moved just below the Marsh mills, ere he continued the business about years.

Jonas Hall made axes and scythes in a small way for a number of years, and built a two-story brick house for which he made the brick; the house is well preserved ; owned now by J. P. Laird. Mr. Hall owned and improved the saw-mill near his place ; his manufactures commenced about 1812.

BOOT AND SHOE BUSINESS, 1829, I. & A. Kent commenced this manufacture here, which continues to the present (1881-See Kent record.) In the early years of this business they employed a dozen workmen, and run a two-horse team from here to Canada disposing of their goods. Of late years the business has declined, probably owing very much to the pressure of other business, but it has been of material ben- efit to this town, especially in its earlier days.

STARCH-MAKING, 1844 .- The Kent firm above, in Company with L. Bancroft, built a starch factory, which they run till 1860, making some years 80 tons. Soon after Moses Sheldon began to make starch about 2 miles below the first company, but soon gave up the business.

CARRIAGE-MAKING was begun here in 1840, at No. 10, by Rial Ainsworth, who made carriages of 40 different kinds in a year. His business is much smaller now.

SILK CULTURE excited some attention here, and several parties about 1830, en- gaged in it. It soon died out. This vi- cinity, or those engaged in the business, were not adapted to that industry; but some silk cloth has been manufactured in Calais, handkerchiefs, etc.

There is one literary society in the town, called the Calais Circulating Library, formed in 1832, with 33 members ; additions have been made nearly every year ; the library numbers now nearly 800 vols. There was also another library, started at East Calais, 10 or 15 years ago. It is much smaller, but the books are excellent.

POST-OFFICE. BY L. A. KENT, P. M.

The first post-office was established in town about 1828, Gideon Wheelock first postmaster, living at the Center, where H. Bancroft now lives ; Jonas Hall was the

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next P. M. ; the office was kept at the brick house where James Laird now lives, from 1830 to '49, when Ira Kent was made P. M., and the office moved to Kent's Corners, where it has since remained, except from '65 to '68, A. Goodnough held the office at his house, where B. Wheeler now lives. B. P. White was postmaster from '68 to '73, when L. A. Kent succeeded him, and still holds the appointment. An office was created at East Calais about 1830, Asa Alden postmaster till '57; then Z. G. Pierce about 3 years, J. H. Cole 3 years, A. D. Pearce 8 years, F. A. Dwinell 4 years, to 1874, since which time C. R. Dwinell has held the office. In 1880, another office was established at North Calais, with S. B. Fair postmaster. Of the publications received at the Calais of- fice there are 65 weeklies, 21 monthlies, I daily, 2 semi-weeklies.

LETTER OF STILLMAN CHURCHILL, sent to me 23 years ago, inclosing a po- etical contribution from his wife-Ed. : ]

Mrs. Churchill was born in Calais, Nov. 29, 1818; her maiden name was Marsh. She was married to Stillman Churchill, Esq., in 1841. She is musical as well as poetical ; her father (Perry Marsh), was at one time a manufacturer of the piano (in Calais.) She is a lover of music and a skillful practitioner. Mr C. removed to Stowe, his native town, in 1845, and went to farming, she having the care of a large dairy, and making butter and cheese with her own hands. Her husband in 1850 and '51, built the Mansfield House and fur- nished it at an expense of $10,000, and cut a road to the top of Mansfield. Mrs. C. was the first lady who ever rode on to the summit of the same, when she wrote the lines headed, Mansfield Mountain. She now resides again in Montpelier. A short sketch, which you may alter as you please.

STILLMAN CHURCHILL. Montpelier, June 21, 1858.

MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN.

A song for the mountains, the storm-brewing monn- talns,

Ascending the heavens, the vaulted expanse ; Their notches and gorges the anthem prolong,

'Their valleys and woodlands enhance.

Then join the high chorns, O, man! 'tls for thee That up from wild nature such porans arise;

Drink deep of Its spirlt, pure, fearless and frec, And let thy glad numbers ascend to the skies.

With thought and with purpose as firm, bold, and strong As rocks plled to mountains, send upward thy song.

PERSONS WHO HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN WEDDINGS.

Mr. and Mrs. Howe Wheeler, 72 years ; Mr. and Mrs. Salem Goodenough,62 years ; Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Tucker, 60 years ; Mr. and Mrs. Luther Morse. 59 years ; Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Wheeler, 59 years ; Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Cox, 57 years ; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brown, 55 years; Mr. and Mrs. David Fair, 56 years ; T. J. Porter, 51 ; Mr. and Mrs. Asahel Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. Israel Dwinell, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Alden, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Asa George, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Gray.

TOWN OFFICERS.

TREASURERS .- Samuel Fay 95, Peter Wheelock 96 to 98, Abdiel Bliss 99 to 1801, Oliver Palmer 1802 to 3, Joshua Bliss, 2d, 1804 to 6, 19 to 21, Jedediah Fay 1807 to 9, Samuel Danforth 10, 11, Lemuel Perry 12, 13, 15, 18, Levi Wright 14, Preserved Wright 16, 17, Caleb Curtis 22 to 25, Gid- eon Hicks 26 to 47, Nelson A. Chase 48 to 64, Alonzo D. Pearce 65, William White, 66 to 69, Marcus Ide 70 to 75, Jonas G. Ormsbee, June 1875 to Mar. 76, Samuel O. Robinson 76 to 81.

MODERATORS .- Joshua Bliss 95, 9, 1800, 2, 3, 4, 12, Jonas Comins 96, 7, Jonathan Eddy 98, Gershom Palmer 1801, 7, 8, 9. 10, 11, Caleb Curtis 5, 6, 13, 15 to 24. Abijah Wheelock 14, Caleb Putnam 25, 6. Shubael Wheeler 27, Lovel Kelton 28 Pliny Curtis 29, 30, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 40 to 46 Nathaniel Eaton 32, 5, 56, Asa George 36 9, 47, 55, 8 to 64, 6, 7, J. Harvey Cole 42 to 52, Abdiel Kent 53, 4, Rufus P. Mose 57, Albert Dwinell 65, 9, 70, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 8,80, 81, Benjamin P. White 68, James K Tobey 73, 5, 9.

CONSTABLES .- Jonas Comins 95 to 97 Caleb Curtis 98, Aaron Bliss 99, Samu Fay 1800, Jason Marsh 1801 ; Joshua Blis: 2d, 1802, Shubael Shortt 1803, Abija Wheelock 4 to 6, Gideon Wheelock 7, ? Medad Wright 9, J. R. Densmore 10, I Ona Kelton 12, 13, Remember Kent I Jedediah Fay 15 to 17, Nathan Kelton 18 22, James Morse 23, 25 to 28, Shuba

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Wheeler 24, Perry Marsh 29, 30, Alonzo Pearce 31 to 33, Ira McLoud 34 to 37, Ira Kent 38, Chas. B. Marsh 39 to 41, Enoch C. McLoud 42 to 46, David B. Fay 47 to 50, Luther Morse 51 to 53, J. V. R. Kent 54, 55, 65, 66, Alonzo D. Pearce 56, 57, 67 to 69, Walter P. Slayton 58 to 63, 70 to 74, Lee H. Bliss 64, Benjamin P. White, 75 to 81.

COLLECTORS .- Alonzo C. Slayton 68, Smilie Bancroft 71.

59, 60, 61, 66, 68, 69, Charles B. Marsh 58, Sidney H. Foster 58, 59, 60, Zephaniah G. Pierce 60, 61, 62, 77, 78, 9, Alonzo M. Foster 62, 63, Ezekiel Kent 63, 64, Ira S. Dwinell 63, William White 64, 68, 69, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, Albert Dwinell 65, Benja- min P. White 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, Walter P. Slayton 70 to 74, 77, 80, J. Warren Leonard 73, 75, 76, 80, 81, Andrew Has- kell, 74, Samuel O. Robinson 75, James K. Tobey 76, 81, Lemuel M. Cate 76, 81, Orson Putnam 77, 78, 9.

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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 28

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