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Charles Brown, m. and lived and d. in Jericho. The name of his wife was Clara Lockwood. He had four sons and five daus. Johnson, Luther, Zina, and Josiah ; Rachel, Hannah, Electa, Lucretia, and Lucinda.
Johnson, m. Miss Trall, to whom were b. Elaphus, Clara, Oliver, and George. Elaphus went west where he lived and d. Clara went west and m. a Mr. Nichols. They had one dau. who m. Benjamin Copen. Oliver started west and was murdered supposedly for his money. George H., m. Jane M. Church, dau. of Ezra Church of Jericho, to whom were b. (I) Clara, who m. James A. Bixby. She d. in Sept. 1875-no children. (II) Ezra, who m. Dora Choate d. 1903. Their children were: (1) Has- well; (2) Zeph, killed in Boston; (3) Ray, who m. Ora Wilder and they have two children, Malcolm and Marguerite; (4) Fay, deceased; (5) Willis, m. Anna Schillhammer to whom were b. two daus .; (6) Homer; (7) Doris, m. Warner Nichols ; and (8) Burton; (III) Oliver, m. Ella M. Williams, to whom were b. five children : Lynn, teacher in Meriden, Conn .; Park H., m. May
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Montague, member of the firm of Brown & Nay; Rolla M., Bailey, and Phyllis, a student of elocution in Boston. Oliver, m. a second time, Mrs. Sadie Ransom Packard. (IV) Burke G., m. Elizabeth Flowers. of Jericho, Mar. 7, 1880, just one hundred years after Joseph and Hannah were captured by the Indians. To them were b. four children : (1) Clara A., who m. Carlton E. Nay of the firm of Brown & Nay, to whom were b. two children, Russell and Lucile; (2) Arthur, who m. Eva Lowrey, to whom were b. three children, Robert, Harry, and Jane; (3) Sybil M., m. E. Wright Fay of Jericho-two children, Herbert and Eliza- beth; (4) Frank B., m. Hazel Hoskins.
Luther, second son of Charles, m. Patty Martin, to whom were b. three children, Adelia, m. Parker Carlton-to whom were b. two children, Lewis and Edwin; Samuel, m. Miss Carlton -one son Ernest, Lucinda d. unm. Luther, m. a second time, Olive Stowe and they had one dau., Olive, who m. Arthur Castle, to whom were b. twins, Frank and Nellie. Frank, m. Clara E. Willard to whom were b. two sons, Willard and Robert. Nellie L., m. Dr. G. Willis Bass, and they have one son, Frank, and live in Minneapolis, Minn.
Zina, third son of Charles, Methodist minister at Williston at one time, m. Abigail Bourn. There were four children, Charles, John, Lyman K. and Oliver. Charles, m. Betsey Terrill, to whom were b. two children, Nellie and Frank, all deceased. John, the second son of Zina, m. Harriet Wires to whom were b. three sons, Fred, and Willis of Boston, and Walter S. of Underhill. Lyman K. and Oliver went West, of whom little is known.
Josiah, fourth son of Charles, m. Mary Chase of Underhill, to whom were b. four children, twins-Mary and Martha, Luther and Sarah, all dead.
Of the five daus. of Charles, the eldest, Rachel, m. Edward Day-no children. Hannah m. John Ripley, to whom were b. five children, Charles, Julia who m. late in life, three children- Mary, Lucretia, and William. Electa dau. of Charles, m. Mr. Hayward; 2nd, m. Mr. Bowman-two daus. Lucretia, dau. of Charles, m. Jonathan Lee, five children (see Lee genealogy). Lucinda, youngest. dau. of Charles, m. Reuben Lee, who had four
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children : Sanford, Clara, Lucinda, and Henry. (See Lee gene- alogy).
Joseph Brown, b. Nov. 10, 1763 at Watertown, Conn., d. May 30, 1837 ; m. Elizabeth Dailey, b. Jan. 30, 1773 at Fletcher, Mar. 18, 1788. To them were b .: (1) David, b. May 4, 1792, an artist, living in New York City who m. Caroline D. Wells in St. Paul's church at Troy, Dec. 24, 1823 ; (2) Truman, b. Oct. 11, 1795, d. at Wilmington Square, Canada West, Apr. 10, 1854, m. Maria Hutchinson at Jericho, Apr., 1819; (3) Joseph, b. Oct. 9, 1797, m. Lucy Martin at Underhill, Dec. 1, 1825, to whom was b. Henry who owns and lives on the same farm in Jericho oc- cupied by his parents. Henry M. Brown was b. in Jericho, Vt., Sept. 10, 1841, is the only child and has lived in Jericho all his life. He m. Emma E. Hicks at Underhill, Vt., Aug. 1. 1883. She d. Apr. 9, 1892. Two children were b. to them, Ella Medora, b. July 10, 1885, m. Oscar H. Haylette, Sept. 6, 1911 and they have one child James Douglass, b. Sept. 24, 1912; Emma May was b. Mar. 29, 1892, m. Howard M. Haylette, Nov. 29, 1911- one child, Herbert Alton.
(Editor's Note) Mr. Henry M. Brown's mother was a granddaughter of Mr. Olds, the tailor, who escaped capture when the Browns were taken by Indians.
Mr. Olds because of his short stature was never accepted as a soldier in the army, but he had brothers who were commissioned officers and members at one time of Geo. Washington's staff.
Mr. Olds was buried at North Underhill, Vt.
(4) Triphena, b. Apr. 15, 1799, m. Lucius Barney, Sept. 21, 1819, at Jericho (see Barney Family).
(5) Bela, b. Nov. 16, 1801, d. Sept. 27, 1850, m. Harriet Maynard at Underhill, June 4, 1823, who d. at Pittston, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1872, m. (2) Sarah L. Bicknell at Morehouseville, Hamil- ton Co., N. Y., Jan. 3, 1834, and Rufus -, b. Dec. 27, 1805, d. June 9, 1807.
Joseph m. (2) Polly Cady at Jericho, July 10, 1808. Their children were: (1) Elizabeth, b. Feb. 10, 1809, d. Mar. 29, 1856, m. Hiram B. Day at Jericho, Sept. 18, 1834 (see Day Family) ; (2) Lovisa, b. Aug. 14, 1811, d. Oct. 19, 1882; (3) Rufus, b. Nov. 2, 1814, d. Apr. 3, 1892, m. Sally C. Bostwick (see Bostwick Family) ; (4) Polly, b. Oct. 11, 1818, d. June 6, 1880, m. Hiram
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B. Day at Jericho, June 11, 1857 (see Day Family) ; (5) and Lucius, b. Oct. 13, 1824, m. Rosamond C. Carlton at Cambridge, June 11, 1846, who d. at Jericho, Mar. 24, 1847, was lost at Niagara Falls, July 21, 1854. . Lucius was on his way home from Cincinnati and registered at a hotel at the Falls. Nothing further was ever known of his movements and it is supposed that he was murdered for valuables then in his possession.
Polly Cady, the second wife of Joseph, was b. at Bennington, Aug. 27, 1784 and d. Oct. 5, 1861.
The first Joseph Brown had other children besides Charles and Joseph, Jr., whose families we have traced as best we could- Nathaniel, Mrs. Colerain, and Timothy. Little is known of Nathaniel and Mrs. Colerain who lived in Connecticut. Timothy and his family, however, lived in Jericho a short time on the first rise of ground from E. G. Irish's going towards E. D. Herrick's. He was a shoemaker, and not liking farming he soon sold out and moved away, possibly to Maine or New Brunswick.
The editors would add the following inscriptions from tomb- stones, which may aid the reader in determining dates, etc .: Joseph Brown, Sr., d. Dec. 1, 1801, age 85 years ; Hannah Brown, d. Jan. 1, 1806, age 78 years; Charles Brown, d. Mar. 26, 1826, age 65 years ; Clara Brown, d. Apr. 22, 1833, age 60 years ; Joseph Brown, Jr., d. May 30, 1837, age 73 years.
THE RUFUS BROWN FAMILY.
By Lucia S. Hadley.
Rufus Brown, son of Joseph Brown, one of the family taken captive by the Indians in one of the first raids into Northern Vermont, was b. in Jericho, Nov. 2, 1814, and d. April 3, 1892. He m. Sally Clark Bostwick, Feb. 2, 1843.
Their children were, viz .: (1) Lucia Sarah, b .- , m. Frederick Hadley, Sept. 4, 1877. Their children were: Sarah Cornelia, who d. in 1879 ; Frederick Brown, who is a professor in the University of Wisconsin ; Lucia Helen, who m. John S. Bone, of Boltonville, Vt .; Susan Bostwick, who m. Charles H. Wheeler, M. D., of Haydenville, Mass .; Arthur Clinton, d., and Mary Edith, who m. Julian S. Jacobs, of Springfield, Vt.
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(2) Clinton Rufus, b. -, who m. Lilla Scott, of Cam- bridge, Vt. They have one son, Clark Scott.
Rufus Brown and Sally Clark Bostwick were m. in the Bostwick House, the home of the original Bostwick family that settled in Jericho in the early days of its history. This house was the Tavern, as it was called, in the old fashioned phraseology of the times. It was occupied and kept for many years by Arthur Bostwick. He was a man of affairs conduct- ing many kinds of business and a genial landlord, ably assisted by his cultivated and dignified wife. This tavern was on the direct route from Canada to Burlington and Lake Champlain, and south to Troy, N. Y., and points beyond, and was much frequented by teamsters. They travelled up and down with their big covered wagons drawn by four, six or more horses, coming in at dark, and out again as early as three or four o'clock in the morning. They loaded both ways, for there was scarcely any money used in business-all trade being conducted by barter con- sisting of grain, pork, lumber, furs, dry goods, etc. Later the hotel became the property of Rufus Brown, who kept it for sev- eral years, repairing it and enlarging it from time to time. His sign was "The Bostwick House, Rufus Brown," and it was known to a younger generation as "Dixon's". In those days the travel to Mansfield Mountain began, and it was a great resort for city boarders. The Hotel was burned to the ground about 1892.
BRUCE FAMILY. By C. H. Hayden.
Thomas Henry Bruce, son of Henry and Martha Mathews Bruce, was b. Apr. 3, 1867. He m. Carrie Amanda Miles, dau. of William and Jane Miles at Williston, Vt., Oct. 9, 1884. Two children have been b. to them:
(1) Irene Amanda, b. April 2, 1895.
(2) Seth Thomas, b. Dec. 9, 1897.
Mr. Bruce moved to Jericho in 1905. At present Mr. and Mrs. Bruce are managers of the Riverside Inn, Mr. Bruce having an auto livery in connection. Both are deservedly popular with the traveling public.
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THE BULLOCK FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
Prentiss L. Bullock was b. in Clarenceville, Canada, in 1835 and m. Catherine Kelley in 1855. They had 5 children who came to adult age.
1. Sophia, b. in Canada in 1858. She m. Wilson Curtis. (See Curtis Family).
2. Louise, b. in Canada in 1860; m. Byron Phelps. She d. 1904.
3. Edith, b. in Williston in 1866; m. Will Buxton of Jericho. Four children : Leon, Ruth, Elby and Vernon. Leon m. Lucy Cayo. They live in Burlington and have two children.
4. Martha A., b. in Canada in 1869. She m. William Mc- Kannon of Burlington ; to them were b. three children.
5. Marlin A., b. in Canada in 1869. He m. Cora Buxton in 1893 (see Buxton Family), and they have six children : Earl, b. in Burlington in 1894; Bernice, b. 1897; Doris, b. 1901; Inez, b. 1907 ; Ethel, b. 1909; Pearl, b. 1913.
Marlin resides on the farm recently purchased from Seth M. Packard.
Prentiss was a Union soldier in the war of 1861. He en- listed at Williston, Dec. 17, 1863, in Co. D, 8th Vt. Vols., and served till discharged, July 5, 1865. He has since lived in Jericho. His wife d. in 1910.
THE DR. A. F. BURDICK FAMILY.
By A. F. Burdick.
The subject of this sketch, who has passed the greater part of his life in Jericho, was b. in Underhill, Oct. 26, 1828. Timothy Burdick, his father, was b. in Rhode Island and, when a child, his family came to Vermont and settled in the town of Westford. Although quite young for military service, he enlisted in 1812 and served throughout the war of that period with Eng- land, and continued in the service until sometime after peace was declared in 1814. He was in five severe battles including those of Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie. After his discharge from the army, he settled in Underhill and m. Sylvia Lewis, the oldest
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daughter of David Lewis. David Lewis with a family of six children came from Grafton, N. Y., and settled in Underhill, in the locality known as Pleasant Valley near the Cambridge line. Sylvia, the wife of Timothy Burdick and the mother of Arthur F. Burdick, was b. in Grafton, N. Y., in 1802. She was named after her grandmother, Sylvia Allen, a sister of Ethan Allen of historic fame. Four children were b. to Timothy Burdick and wife, two of whom died in infancy. The older child, Louisa C. Burdick, m. Almon Chadwick who d. in 1896. After his decease Mrs. Chadwick lived a greater part of the time with her brother until her death which occurred in 1906. Dr. Burdick's mother d. in the town of Westford when he was six years of age.
Timothy Burdick, after a few years m. Polly Packard, of Underhill, to whom were b. three children, two daughters liv- ing to adult life, one child having d. when an infant. Hester, the eldest daughter by this marriage, m. Thomas Richardson and Vestura, the younger, m. Stillman A. Davison. All of these passed away several years ago, Arthur being now the only surviv- ing member of the family.
Arthur lived at home on the farm until sixteen years of age. He then became an apprentice to one Luther Macomber, a carpen- ter in Jericho, who lived in a house now standing at the lower end of the village of Underhill Flatts now known as Riverside. After serving three years with Mr. Macomber he then became his part- ner during the year 1849, and continued that relationship during the spring and summer.
Gold having been discovered in California in 1848, there was much excitement attending it while many rushed by sea and land to the newly found fields. Arthur Burdick had a severe attack of "gold fever" then epidemically raging and would not be dispossessed of the idea that he, too, ought to seek his for- tune there. We append the story of his experiences in his own words :-
"One Saturday night in September, 1849, after finishing work I picked up my tools and told my partner, Mr. Macomber, that our co-partnership was ended. He expressed some surprise when I told him I had decided to go to California. We were then building a house for Eliflet Balch in Jericho. Mr. Balch paid
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me for my share of the job and I gathered what money I had saved during the spring and summer. The sum was not large, not much over one hundred dollars. I asked my father to sign a note with me to Deacon Truman Galusha, of Jericho, for two hundred dollars. I knew Galusha would let me have the money, for I had gotten into his good graces while building a house for him and his son, Rollin Galusha, the previous summer. Father said, 'Yes, I will do it, for it is probably the last thing I can ever do for you.' We obtained the money. I packed my grip, and with the old white mare, which had been so associated with my farm life, father drove me to Burlington where I bade him good bye.
"The Rutland railroad had just been completed into Burling- ton, at which place I took the train. The depot at Burlington was a rough board shanty and the one at Rutland was its counter- part. We arrived in Rutland about noon and had dinner at a large old fashioned tavern. Rutland was then a very small place, there being only ten or a dozen houses in sight. The railroad was not completed over Mt. Holly, so we were transported in two horse wagons to Ludlow, where we again took a train for Bos- ton. We landed there in the night. In Boston I fell in with a company of men from Burlington, among whom were Sullivan Adams, Lewis Follett, Julius Bliss and several others whose names I do not now remember. I was a little acquainted with Sullivan, having heard him lecture on temperance and school matters. These men had engaged passage to San Francisco on the new clipper ship Reindeer, owned by Sampson and Tappan and commanded by a Captain Lord, a sea faring man, who had doubled Cape Horn fourteen times. Of course I wanted to go with them, but having bought a few carpenter tools I hadn't money enough to pay my passage. Mr. Adams offered to see what he could do for me, but being somewhat independent I pur- posed to look out for myself. I went to Sampson and Tappan's office and stated my case. They asked me where I was from and where I proposed to go. I told them from Vermont and was going to California. 'Are you sure?' they asked, to which I re- plied in the affirmative, for if they would not take me I knew another ship that would. They were quite social and one of them asked me how much money I had. I told them. They
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had a conference together and then informed me I could go on their ship, but as I would need a little money they would not take all I had. I thanked them and went back to my hotel feeling that this world was not so bad as some would have us believe.
"After waiting about ten days for the ship to be put in readiness for sea, one pleasant afternoon two hundred and twelve of us, including the crew, went on board and our long journey began. We were all having a jolly time, but when the sails were spread and the wind increased a change came over that happy party. We had eaten a little supper, but it would not stay down, as full one half of the men were awfully sick. I was so sick I retained but little food for three weeks, but after that time was well the remainder of the voyage. We had a rather monotonous time. Our recreation was wrestling, boxing, fencing and playing games, though varied somewhat with quarrels over our board. The ship owners did not furnish the food agreed upon, which fact caused discord and furnished subject matter for discussion during the one hundred and twenty-nine days we were at sea. Nothing of importance occurred while we were in the Atlantic. We expected to find it summer weather off Cape Horn, as we were expecting to double the Cape during the southern summer, but when we arrived there it was decidedly wintry with all its dis- agreeable features. After getting fairly into the Pacific we had fine weather during the remainder of the voyage up the coast. There was only one incident which caused much excitement when we were about half way up from the Cape. Early one morning we had a terrific thunder storm. Lightning struck the mainmast and ran down the main chains into the ship's hold, injuring the vessel considerably. As soon as the accident occurred the first mate ordered the pumps manned and in a few minutes several large streams of water were pouring over the ship's sides. Capt. Lord came on deck half clad and learning of the amount of water in the ship's hold caused us to be frightened by his manner and expression of countenance. I was near him, but on learning from the mate that he had omitted to pump the ship the previous day he could easily account for the unusual amount of water. The pumps soon cleared the ship, after which we enjoyed our breakfast.
We put into port at Valparaiso, Chile, in the month of Janu- ary and stayed five or six days. We took on fresh water and
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provisions among which were plenty of melons and other fruits. It seemed to be their harvest time.
I shall never forget passing through the Golden Gate. The tide was running in at the time and we floated with it as though borne on by a mighty river. We anchored quite a little distance off shore in front of San Francisco, which was then a small vil- lage with few buildings, but several tents. The number of sea fowl surprised us. The flocks were so large that they darkened the air as clouds when they flew about. We were taken ashore in small boats, there being no wharves then of any size. I landed in San Francisco without a dollar and staid there two or three weeks. I soon obtained some money. While there about two- thirds of the city was destroyed by fire. The buildings being of cheap frame work, covered by canvas, were of such an inflamma- ble character that they were soon destroyed. I found the place a disagreeable one to work in. The strong trade winds which freshened every afternoon filled the air with ashes and dirt much to our discomfort.
After leaving San Francisco I went to Jamestown, where I staid a short time with a friend, and from there to Sonora, a place about eighty miles from Stockton, where I remained until I came home. Sonora was one of the richest gold mining points in the state, and to this day, while little placer mining is done, gold is being obtained from the underlying quartz. Mexicans from the state of Sonora in Mexico were the first to dig gold there, but the Americans soon found it. When I reached the place there were no wooden buildings, only tents and brush shanties, some being covered with raw hides. I was the boss carpenter of the place and built the first wooden building erected there. My business was general carpenter work, building houses, gold wash- ers, long toms, sluices and pumps for the miners, also tables and benches for hotels and restaurants. I also built the first steam mill that was erected in that part of the state.
My old friend and former partner, Luther Macomber of Jericho, came on later and we became business associates again and continued together about fourteen months. We saved some money. I think I saved more while he was with me than before.
I was in California during the exciting times of the "Vigil- ance Committee." If I should write of all the thrilling and ex- 28
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citing scenes through which I passed and which I witnessed dur- ing my three years' sojourn there, it would fill a large volume.
I returned to Vermont in the spring of 1852. I brought home money enough to pay the expenses of my education and had some to loan to the farmers of Underhill and Jericho. I at- tended school at Green Mountain Academy, Underhill Center, which was then taught by Prof. J. S. Cilley, one of the most successful teachers of Vermont. I was a student there for three years, following which I began the study of medicine with Prof. Samuel W. Thayer of Burlington. For three more years I studied with him and attended three public courses of medical lectures, graduating from the medical department of the Univer- sity of Vermont in June, 1858. I immediately began the practice of medicine in Underhill, but the following October desiring to avail myself of better medical facilities and thereby better my own proficiency, I went to New York and attended a full course of lectures in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which I received a diploma in March, 1859. I also received an honorary diploma from Bellevue at the same time. I resumed my practice in Underhill Flatts the following July where I purchased a place. I afterwards bought the home where I have resided for nearly fifty years. I practiced my profession in Underhill, Jericho and surrounding towns until failing health compelled me to relin- quish active work, and for nearly twenty years I have done little except office work. I enlisted in the U. S. service during the War of the Rebellion as a surgeon in the 5th Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and was one of the operating surgeons at the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. I resigned my commission and came home a short time before the battle of Gettysburg on account of the failing health of my wife who d. in October, 1863."
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Dr. Burdick was twice m., his first wife being Miss Mary Woodworth, daughter of Rev. Rapha Woodworth of Underhill Center, to whom he was united in May, 1855. One child was b. to them who is now Mrs. Medora B. Schweig. In 1867 the doc- tor m. Mary C. Church, daughter of Deacon Ziba W. Church of Underhill, with whom he lived for forty-two years. She d. in October, 1909. Mrs. Schweig and daughter, Madeline B. Schweig, are the only surviving members of his immediate family, both of whom reside with him.
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The doctor's devotion to his profession gave him very little time for other matters, he having given his whole attention to study and practice. He has taken little interest in politics, although kept well informed and conversant with timely local, state and national affairs. He early became a Mason, having joined Mc- Donough Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M. in 1858, and is now the oldest living member of that lodge. He has also been a member of L. H. Bostwick Post, No. 69 since its organization in 1883. The old doctor takes this opportunity to thank the people of Jericho, Underhill and vicinity for their kindness and patronage, which with his close attention to business and economic' habits have enabled him to spend his declining days in comfort and content- ment.
It has been the privilege of the writer to be intimately asso- ciated with Dr. Burdick for more than forty years. His modesty and reserve in the recital of the various incidents of his career forbade mention of essential facts which should find place in one's life history.
Favorable conditions and circumstances have placed the doc- tor in a position which has enabled him to assist those who needed financial aid and who have found in him a willing helpmeet. While his business sagacity taught him to be careful and conserva- tive in all his transactions, yet no worthy person whose needs were evident went out from his presence without encouragement and few without substantial assistance. Those who have known him best have knowledge of that sympathetic element in his char- acter which has been evidenced in his professional life. I have silent knowledge of his magnanimity and charity. His quiet, unostentatious contributions to worthy people and worthy objects have been from choice and have sought no recompense, but have met that experience which proves the truth of the adage that "it is more blessed to give than to receive."
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