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(2) Harriet L., m. Silas Newton and they had no children.
(3) Rollin H., m. Matilda Lee. They had one son, Fred R., who is now living in Burlington, Vt.
(4) Philemon B., m. Cassie Benson, and they had two daus. : Lucia and Laura. He m. 2 Jennie Stroud. They had one son, William P., living in Underhill, Vt., with Philemon B., who is the only one of Isaac Smith's children that is living at this time.
II Ruama, m. Elmore Hapgood, and they had eight chil- dren : Martin, Chloe, Adeline, John S., Emily, Frank, Edgar and Edwin.
(a) Martin, b. in 1816, m. Mary Hanniford, and resided in Underhill, Vt., at the time of his death.
(b) Chloe, b. in 1818, m. Hoyt Cooper. They soon removed to Ohio.
(c) Adeline, b. in 1820, m. Clark I. Ford and they had two sons : Charles A. and George.
(d) John S., b. in 1822, m. Deborah Blair. They had three children : George, Melissa and John. Melissa is the only one of this family living, she being the wife of E. C. Fay of Essex Junction, Vt. Hannah, b. in 1826, m. Edwin Pratt.
(e) Emily, b. in 1824, m. Chelice Welman.
(f) Frank, b. in 1830.
(g) Edwin and Edgar, b. in 1832.
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III Emily Smith, b. 1799, d. 1841, m. Nathan Colgrove, and had two sons and one dau. born to them. The dau. d. at the age of 11 years. The two sons were : Nathan, Jr., and Frank.
VI. John Smith was b. in 1797, and d. in 1885. He repre- sented the town in the legislature of 1853 and 1854. He m. Philena Knowles, who was b. in 1802 and d. in 1871. They had two children : Cornelius, b. Aug. 30, 1824, who d. March 23, 1848 (unm.) and Gordon, b. Sept. 25, 1828, who m. Lydia E. Lee. They had three children : Emma E., b. in 1852, John A., b. in 1854, and Ernest H., b. in 1871, who is now living on the farm where William Smith first came in 1785.
Emma E. is unm.
John A., m. Elizabeth Armour in 1881. She d. in 1883. They had one son, Lester, b. July 14, 1883, who d. November, 1883.
Ernest H., m. Cora Chapin in 1893 and they have one child, Pauline, b. 1894.
John Smith, his sons and grandsons have always been in the class of thrifty farmers and are regarded as men of integrity, having the confidence of the people of the town. Gordon Smith has held many of the important town offices and was the representative of the town to the General Assembly in the years of 1874 and 1875. John A., represented the town in the legisla- ture of Vermont in the years 1902 and 1903, and was a member of the Vermont senate for the years 1910 and 1911.
THE SPAULDING FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
Hosea Spaulding, son of Capt. Jonathan Spaulding was b. Dec. 27, 1794, at Lempster, Mass. and d. Oct. 12, 1874. He m. Jan. 20, 1820, Lucy Kidder. There were b. to them three chil- dren : William Duscomb, b. in 1821; Albert Clark, b. 1823; and Cyrus Miller, b. Mar. 28, 1827, and mentioned below. He was engaged in business at Jericho and also held various offices in the town and county.
Cyrus Miller Spaulding was educated in the public schools of Jericho and started in business there as a dealer in produce associated with Mr. W. P. Clark of Lawrence, Mass. In 1859
HOSEA SPAULDING.
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HON. CYRUS M. SPAULDING.
ALBERT CLARK SPAULDING.
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he began his career as a banker at Burlington to which city he removed some years later. He was one of the organizers and a director of the First National Bank of Burlington, afterwards he organized the Howard National Bank, of which he became a director and vice-president. He secured the charter for the Burlington Trust Company of which he became the first presi- dent. He was a director of the Baldwin Refrigerator Company and also treasurer and director of the Champlain Transportation Co. and the Lake George Steamboat Co.
In politics he was a republican and in 1876 he represented the County in the State Senate. He m. Abbie Gould Sept. 24, 1849; she was b. in 1830 and d. in 1907.
The following children were b. to them : Albert Clark (men- tioned below) b. 1850 and d. 1903, Frederick Kidder b. 1853 and d. 1856, Helen Maria, b. Feb. 14, 1859 (and m. to Harmon E. Percival and living at Burlington. They have two sons, Harry S. and Raymond F.), and Ernest James, b. 1868, unm. and living at Burlington.
Albert Clark Spaulding received his education in the public schools of his native town and afterwards became associated in business with his father. In 1886 he moved to Burlington and in partnership with John Van Sicklen he bought the business of Van Sicklen, Seymour & Co., afterwards reorganizing under the name of Spaulding, Kimball & Company. He was a director of the Howard National Bank, the Baldwin Refrigerator Company, and the Rutland Railroad Company, also treasurer of the Champlain Transportation Co. and the Lake George Steamboat Company.
In politics he was a republican, he was a member of the Ethan Allen and the Algonquin Clubs, of MacDonough Lodge Free Masons of Jericho and the Knights of Pythias of Burling- ton.
He m. Feb. 17, 1874, Emma Janet Douglas, daughter of Milo Douglas of Jericho, afterwards of Essex Junction, and Sarah (Hutchinson) Douglas. They had three children of whom Frank Douglas (mentioned below) is living.
Frank Douglas Spaulding was b. at Jericho, 1881, and re- ceived his education in the public schools of Jericho and Bur- lington, afterwards attending Princeton University. He is a
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member of the firm of Spaulding & Kimball Co., Wholesale Grocers of Burlington.
He m. June 1, 1910, Mary Louise Dunn, daughter of Wilmer H. and Lola Frances Dunn of Champlain, N. Y. They have two daus., Janet, b. 1911 and Loraine, b. in 1913.
THE STEVENS FAMILY.
By Mrs. E. W. Oakes.
Luther Mills Stevens was b. in Wellesley, Mass., April 28, 1812. He moved from Burlington, Vt., to Jericho April 1, 1867, having bought the Luther Prouty place, which was at that time used as a hotel. Mr. Stevens formerly lived in Stevens- ville (a small village in the town of Underhill) where all of his six children were b. While here he was engaged in the lum- ber and milling business in which he always showed an interest. June 28, 1843, Mr. Stevens, m. Mary A. Catlin, of South Burling- ton, Vt., who was b. June 9, 1810. Their children were:
(1) Luther C., b. Jan. 24, 1845. A resident of Jericho, he has always been a devoted worker in the interests of the schools of the town.
(2) Mary H., b. Dec. 22, 1846, d. Aug. 15, 1874.
(3) Horace E., b. Dec. 14, 1848, m. Dec. 12, 1893, to Maud M. Armstrong, d. Feb. 29, 1912. He lives in St. Paul, Minn. (4) Lucia A., b. May 5, 1851, m. April 24, 1872, to Edwin W. Oakes, b. Dec. 2, 1848, lives in Woodstock, Vt. They have two children : Julia A., b. Feb. 21, 1873, in Jericho, m. Dr. H. Burbridge, and lives in Woodstock, Vt .; and Luther S., b. April 15, 1877, in Jericho, now of Minneapolis, Minn.
(5) Hattie M., b. May 29, 1853, m. April 12, 1876, to Dr. Harmon G. Howe, b. Sept. 3, 1850, and lives in Hartford, Conn., where their three children were b .: Fannie B., b. Jan. 4, 1877, d. June 11, 1912, m. to A. W. Mucklow March 5, 1902, lived in Hartford, Conn .; Horace S., b. Sept. 19, 1878, m. Rena Borron, June 1, 1905, and lives in Hartford, Conn .; and Lucia L., b. June 9, 1883, d. Jan. 7, 1884.
(6) Charles T., b. Jan. 26, 1855, spent the greater part of his life in Macleod, Alberta, Canada. His death occurred May 3, 1911, with burial in the cemetery at Jericho Corners.
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Mr. and Mrs. Stevens identified themselves with all that was good and took a great interest in the welfare and uplift of the community, but especially so in the reorganizing of the Second Congregational Church. On March 26, 1874, a few people met at the home of Mr. Stevens, and a paper was drawn up and signed as follows: "We the undersigned agree to form ourselves into a Congregational Church at Jericho Corners, and hereby express our desire that L. M. Stevens and W. I. Byington call a meeting for that purpose. On July 10, 1874, the organiza- tion of the church was perfected. L. M. Stevens and W. I. By- ington were chosen deacons, C. Van Vliet, treasurer, and L. F. Wilbur, clerk. This was treated as a reorganization of the old Congregational Church. In 1876-7 the old brick church was re- paired. Henry M. Fields, L. F. Wilbur, L. M. Stevens and Charles H. Lyman were appointed the committee for such re- pairs. Mr. Stevens continued deacon of the church till his death, and when at his funeral, held in the church, the hymn was sung, "I Love Thy Kingdom Lord, the House of Thine Abode," nothing could have been more emblematic of his life work. He passed away Aug. 29, 1889, and Mrs. Stevens, June 3, 1893.
THE STILES FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
Ephraim Stiles, who was b. in 1795, came to Jericho in 1830 from Boston, Mass., m. Jerusha French in 1828, and lived where Edson Nealy now resides. He d. in 1842. She d. in 1880 at the age of 78 years. They had four sons: George, b. in 1830, d. in 1907; Adin, b. in 1832, d. in 1910; Adoniram, b. in 1836, d. in 1879, and Osman, who was b. in 1839 and d. in 1853.
George, m. Olive Field about 1852. She was b. in 1833 and d. in 1868. They had three children:
(1) Frank, b. in 1854, m. Addie Whitney in 1880. She . was b. in 1860.
(2) Genevieve, b. in 1856, m. Norris Ransom in 1880.
(3) Henry, b. in 1863, m. Mary Hopping in 1892.
Frank and Addie Stiles have four children :
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(1) Winfield, b. in 1883, m. Evelyn Kidney in 1909. One dau., Dorothy Bradford, b. 1916.
(2) Max Judson, b. in 1897.
(3) Barbara, b. in 1898.
(4) Evelyn, b. in 1906.
Norris and Genevieve Ransom have two children : Harold, b. in 1882, who m. Ella Winter ; Jessie, b. in 1894.
Henry and Mary Stiles have two children : George H., b. in 1898 and Edwin, b. in 1903.
Adin, m. Arretta Lyon and they live in Florida. No children.
George, the son of Ephraim Stiles, m. 2 Myra Terrill in 1869 and lived in Morristown. She was b. in 1845, and they had two children : Judson, b. in 1879, d. in 1897 ; John, b. in 1882, m. Caroline Brackett in 1910 and they have two boys, Rollaston, b. in 1913 and Raeburn, b. in 1915.
This line of Stiles that we have been tracing have been re- garded as estimable people.
THE STONE FAMILY.
By Anna E. Stone.
The Stone family of Guilford, Conn., came from England in 1639. David Tolman Stone, b. in Guilford in 1769, was a descendant. He m. in 1792 Thankful Smith, who d. in 1834. Three children were b., surviving their parents: Hiram, b. 1794; Electa, b. 1796; and Harvey, b. 1800. The father, David, cleared a large farm on Lee River, living there till his second marriage, when he moved to North Underhill, afterward to Westford, where he d. The sons, Hiram and Harvey, settled on the divided farm, where they lived for many years. At length Harvey moved with his large family to Swanton, Hiram remaining on or near his early home till 1874, when he d. Hiram's wife was Clarissa Church and they were parents of seven children : Newell Dwight, Emeline, Ambrose Clark, Judson Warren, Isaac Chaun- cey, Willard Humphrey and Vivian. The three oldest d. be- fore the age of 25, and only Isaac C. remained in his native town. He lived on Lee River and later upon a farm on what has been known as Stone Hill near Jericho Center. He was for twenty- seven years a deacon in the First Congregational Church and a
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staunch supporter. Three years before his death, which oc- curred in 1906, he went to Burlington to reside with his only son. He m. Anna E. Bingham and their four children were Lillian Lucy, Jennie Bingham, who d. in infancy; Susie Agnes and Bingham Hiram.
Lillian Lucy, m. G. E. Humphrey. She d. leaving one son, Lucius, whose home is in Denver, Col. Susie Agnes, m. Watson C. Lea and their home is in Drain, Oregon. They have two chil- dren. Bingham H., physician, instructor in U. V. M. Medical School and State Bacteriologist, lives in Burlington. (See Physicians).
Of Hiram Stone's other children, Judson W. moved to Iowa, where he d. leaving a wife, Matilda (Terrill) Stone, and five children, two sons, Edward and Terrill, and daughters. The son, Terrill, has d. leaving in Iowa a large family, one of whom bears the family name, Terrill Stone.
STURGES FAMILY. By C. H. Hayden.
Rev. A. H. Sturges, son of Noah D. and Louisa Gilbert Sturges, was b. in Fairfield, April 7, 1864, is one of a family of seven children, two brothers and one sister still living.
His early life was spent in Fairfield, where he attended the public schools of his town. He finished his academic work at Brigham Academy, Bakersfield. Oct. 30, 1884, he m. Miss Alma F. McGowan, who had been teaching in town. To them has been b. one son, Wesley A., Nov. 3, 1893. Wesley is a graduate from the University of Vermont, in the class of 1915, and is now studying law in New York City. While Mr. A. H. Sturges was preparing for the ministry, he conducted evangelistic services with manifest results. He was licensed to preach in 1899 and assigned to his first charge at Binghamville, Vt., where he continued to preach for seven years. His second charge was Underhill and Jericho and he is now nearing the end of his 8th year, very much beloved by his people.
IN ONE FAMILY 126 YEARS.
In the north part of Fairfield is a farm that has been oc- cupied by the members of one family for 126 years. The Stur-
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ges family in three generations has lived there. In 1790 Ezra Sturges of Southport, Conn., located on a large tract of land ly- ing on either side of the Black Creek in the north section of the town. A large part of this farm is owned by the family yet. Gilbert Sturges, son of Ezra, had a large farm from a part of the original lands. Later Gilbert Sturges's son, Noah, owned the farm, and now the grandson, the Rev. A. H. Sturges, owns and looks after the property. Another part of the original farm has always been in the family of Ezra Sturges's daughter, Mrs. Grace (Sturges) Fairchild. The Rev. Mr. Sturges is a Metho- dist Episcopal clergyman, located at Underhill. In looking up the ancestors of the Sturges family recently, it was traced back to 1100, the original name being De Turges. William De Turges, a Norman Crusader, was granted a coat of arms about that time, and a draft of the coat of arms was sent to the granddaughter of Ezra Sturges when she was looking up the family ancestry.
THE SWEENEY FAMILY.
By S. H. Barnum.
Thomas Sweeney, b. in Limerick, Ireland, in 1831, came to Jericho in 1849 and for several years worked for Andrew Warner. Soon he sent to the old country for his mother, brother John, and sister Mary. Mary d. after a few years.
In 1853 Thomas and John bought of Dr. Jamin Hamilton 30 acres, the nucleus of the present farm of 210 acres which has been made up by successive purchases. In 1856 Thomas m. Ann Tobin, who was b. in County Clare, Ireland, in 1830 and came to Richmond in 1850. (See Tobin Family). The children of Thomas and Ann Sweeney were all b. in Jericho and were as follows :
(1) Nora, b. 1858, m. 1882 George Hart. They live in Waterbury and have three children :
(2) Edward C., b. 1861. Farmer in Jericho.
(3) Mary, b. 1863, d. 1883.
(4) Kate, b. 1864, d. 1895.
(5) Michael J., b. 1867, m. 1909 Helen Cavanaugh, dau. of Arthur and Ann (McElroy) Cavanaugh of Underhill. Two children :
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(a) Helen A., b. 1911.
(b) Walter E. T., b. 1912.
John, an older brother of Thomas, who came over a little later and bought the first farm with him, sold out to him in 1857, bought the farm where Justin Brunell now lives, and later sold it and bought where Edward Flood now resides. John m. and had four children : Ellen, James, Kate and Maggie. All m. James lived most of his life on the farm of his father bought, m. a Rusford, had children and d. in 1914. Kate m. Jule Lyon and lives in Bur- lington. Maggie lives in Morrisville.
THE TARBOX FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
William Tarbox, the grandfather of Cyrus and Sylvester Tarbox, lived in Lynn, Mass. He m. Erwin. They had eight children, one of whom was William Tarbox, Jr., b. Feb. 25, 1789, at Piermont, N. H., where his father then lived. He m. Ruth Hunt Sept. 20, 1815, at Richmond, Vt., where he then lived. She was b. in 1788. They had eight children : Roswell, b. in 1816; Rodney, b. in 1818; Alice, b. May 8, 1820; Sylvester, b. July 31, 1822; William, b. in 1824; Cyrus, b. April 15, 1826; Mary, b. in 1828; and Lucy, b. May 25, 1831. All of them have lived in Jericho except William and Roswell.
Rodney, m. Harriet Caswell of Huntington, and they had two children, David and Sarah. He d. in Hinesburgh, Vt.
Alice, d, at the home of Cyrus and Sylvester Tarbox on the old Tarbox farm in Jericho.
Sylvester, d. on said farm in 1879.
Cyrus, m. Alma Davis, July 3, 1880, at Jericho. No chil- dren. * Cyrus lived on said farm in Jericho fifty years. He came to Jericho with his father and brother, Sylvester, and pur- chased the farm in the south part of the town in 1851 of Cora Thompson. After disposing of this farm, he lived at North Williston a few years, and then returned to Jericho. He died in 1914 at Jericho village. In religious belief he was a Universalist, and was known to be an industrious and an honest man.
Lucy, m. Jesse Gloyd, Apr. 15, 1855. They lived and owned what is known as the Jesse Gloyd farm located in the south part
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of the town on the road to Richmond. Mr. Gloyd was a manly man of good abilities and held many of the town offices, repre- senting the town in the legislature of 1878 and 1879.
THE TERRILL FAMILY.
(See Bicknell Family).
THE THOMSON FAMILY.
By P. S. Thomson.
John Thomson was b. in Massachusetts in 1744. He came from Alstead, N. H., to Jericho with five children in 1790, and settled on what is now known as the Tarbox farm in the south- west part of the town. His wife, who was Hannah Cobb, d. in the spring of that year, and consequently never came to Jericho.
He built a log house just below the present site of buildings, but in a short time built the house which is still standing. It is said that one moonlight night he went to the spot where he had decided to build his house, and set some stakes in line with the north star, so as to have his house stand squarely with the points of the compass.
He built several sawmills in town and sawed out large quantities of lumber. He also set out two large orchards of apple trees, one of which contained 999 trees.
Having a dau. living in Ohio, he settled up his affairs in Jericho and started alone for that state in August, 1817, driving an ox team and leading a cow, and, having made up a quantity of rusk, lived mostly on rusk and milk during the trip. His son, Jesse, accompanied him a few days to help him get well started on the way. On parting company with him, he told his son where he would find some papers laid up in the brace of a barn which deeded the home farm to him.
John Thomson, d. in Boston, Ohio, in 1819. Of his five children only two settled in Jericho. His son, John, m. Nancy Ware, and they lived on a small farm in the south district. The old house, which stood under the hill near the bridge on Mill Brook, was burned a few years ago. They had one dau. who m. Orange Remington, and they lived on the home place until about 1858, when they moved to Morristown.
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Jesse Thomson, son of John, Sr., m. Nancy Humphrey in 1801, and they lived thereafter on the old farm. Following are the names of their children and dates of birth: Rural, 1802; Amy, 1804; Orley, 1805; Rodney, 1807; Hosea, 1809; Watrous, 1811; Relief, 1813; Betsey, 1815; Corey, 1817; Jesse, 1819; William Smiley, 1821; Nancy, 1823. Of these twelve children, Amy, Hosea and Nancy d. young. Another child by his second wife, Samantha, was b. in 1842.
(1) Rural, m. Betsey Jackson of Richmond. Their chil- dren were: Jackson, Maria, Cynthia, Sidney, Jesse, Mary and Wallace. They lived in several places in town, but for a good many years lived on a small farm in the west part of the town, now occupied by Spencer Patrick.
(3) Orley, m. Eliza Messenger, dau. of William Messenger, and granddaughter of Roderick Messenger, one of the first settlers in town. They had one dau., Nancy. They lived in several places in town, and he built and occupied the house situated just north of the old Universalist Church at the Center. After their daughter's marriage to Hosea Wright, they bought the farm in the west part of the town occupied by Mr. Wright until his death in 1911 ; and now owned by C. B. Tyler, who m. Carrie, a dau. of Mr. Wright, and she, and their dau., Bernice, are the only residents in town who are descendants of John Thom- son, the original settler.
In October, 1862, Orley Thomson started for the west to visit two brothers, Smiley in Indiana, and Rodney in Illinois ; he stopped at Oswego, N. Y., to visit relatives by the name of Crawford, who ran a line of propellers on Lake Ontario running west from that port. Although not intending, when he left home, to go any part of the way by water, he took passage on the steamer Bay State, Nov. 3, and, during a severe storm that night, the boat was wrecked and all on board were lost.
(4) Rodney Thomson, m. Effigene Jackson, the sister of Rural's wife, and he settled with his brother, Watrous, on the old Messenger farm in the west part of the town in 1838. They had three children: Riel, Byron and Ellen. In 1853 he moved to Illinois, having sold out his interest in the farm to his brother. He d. in Oakland, Cal., 1893.
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(6) Watrous, m. Betsey Ware and settled with Rodney on the old Messenger farm, and seven children were b. to them: Amy, Perry, Henry, Charles, Frederick, Lucy and Jennie. In 1870 he moved to Williston and d. there in 1871.
(7) Relief, m. Hathaway Sherman, and they moved to New York State where Mr. Sherman d., and she then came back to Jericho and lived some years, and d. in Richmond in 1885. Their children were: Nancy, George and Anna. George D. Sherman is the noted band leader and composer of music in Burlington, Vt.
Anna Sherman, m. Freeman Wood, and they lived some years in the southerly part of the town where Mr. Wood, with his brother, manufactured hand rakes.
(8) Betsey Thomson never m .- she lived all her life in Jericho and d. in 1900, aged 85 years.
(9) Corey, m. Roxana Fay of Williston, and they lived on the old farm until 1851, when he sold out to the Tarbox brothers and moved to Williston, where he bought a small place near. the railroad station. He was there only a short time when he bought and moved on to a large farm near Fay's Corners in Richmond. In 1886 they moved to California where he d. in 1908 in his 91st year. His wife outlived him three years and d. in 1911 in her 96th year. Their children were: Frederick, Herbert, Eve- lyn, John and William.
(10) Jesse, m. Betsey Maria Bartlett in 1844. She was the dau. of Elias Bartlett of Jericho. They had one dau., Anna Eliza. Mrs. Thomson d. in 1847 nd he then m. Mary Wheelock .of Calais. They had two children : Jesse Eugene and Hattie. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Thomson studied medicine and practiced some years in town. About 1857 he bought a farm in Morristown and moved there. His wife d. in 1891, and he has since lived with his son, a physician of Rutland, Vt., and is now 94 years of age. He was the leader of the first band of music ever organized in Jericho, and was one of five brothers who were members of the band.
(11) William Smiley Thomson, m. Mary May-she was a granddaughter of Dr. Samuel Thomson, oldest son of John Thom- son ; she lived only a short time. He was in the old Union Store at Jericho Center for a time and also practiced dentistry with
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Dr. Edward H. Carter at the Corners. He went to Indiana where he m. again and d. there in 1907.
On the old farm they made large quantities of cider, and at times had more than 200 barrels stored in the cellar. They had a cooper shop and made their own barrels; they also had a cider brandy distillery on the farm.
Jesse Thomson, Sr., made a sale of a lot of standing pine timber on his farm for $8,000 to Bradley and Follett who operated a sawmill on Onion River, a little above Essex Junc- tion, which was considered a big deal in those days.
The Thomsons were all much interested in the cause of Universalism, and took a prominent part in the building of the Universalist Church in 1846 that was situated at the Center. The building has not been used for church purposes for many years.
The following reminiscence is taken from the columns of a local paper, viz. :
INTERESTING OLD RECORD.
Incident of William Henry Harrison campaign in which a local man figured.
A portion of a record of an old band meeting, made in 1840, recently found at Jericho, is of considerable interest both be- cause of its connection with early Vermont politics and because the name of a Rutland man, Dr. Jesse Thomson, father of Dr. Jesse E. Thomson, of Wales St., is included in it.
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