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(1) Robert, d. in 1837, at the age of 24 years enlisted in the War of the Rebellion Sept. 6, 1861, in Co. I, Fifth Regiment of Vt. Vols., and re-enlisted Dec. 15, 1863, being mustered out June 29, 1865. While in the service in 1864 he came home on a fur- lough and m. Martha Davis. She was b. in Jericho in 1838. He was a farmer. They had five children among whom were Jed; and Effie, who m. Orin Tillison and had one child, Mildred, and m. a second time and had several children.
(2) James, b. 1841, enlisted at the age of 21 years as a member of Co. A, Seventh Regt. Vt. Vols., Dec. 12, 1861, and d. in service in Louisiana, Sept. 15, 1862.
(3) Mary Jane, b. 1843, d. 1890. She m. Henry Vancor in 1871.
(4) Isabella, b. in 1844, m. Joseph Ellis and d. in 1911.
(5) Marguerite R., b. in 1847, d. in 1870, unm.
(6) Erwin N., b. in 1853, was a painter and unm.
(7) Thomas Henry, b. in Jericho, in 1857; m. Effie A., daughter of Geo. W. Smith of Jericho. She was b. in 1857 and d. in 1900 at Jericho on the farm where she was brought up. He is a farmer and still resides on said farm. They had 5 chil-
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dren : (a) Nina, b. in 1881 who m. H. B. Howard in 1905, a lumberman at the village of Underhill Flats in Jericho :
(b) Leora, b. 1886;
(c) Chester, b. 1891;
(d) Nellie, b. 1894;
(e) Geo. Robert, b. 1896.
THE GEORGE H. WHITE FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
John C. White was b. in Essex, Vt., in 1781 and d. in 1855. He m. Dolly Russell in 1806. She was b. in 1786 and d. in 1856. They settled on a farm in the northeast part of Essex near the Jericho town line, where they lived till they d. and where their children were all b. They had five children, viz .:
(1) Esty R., b. in 1809, d. in 1864, who m. Anna C. Mol- lineaux in 1838.
(2) Olin D., b. 1814, m. in 1845 Electa A. Abbott, who was b. in 1820, and had 2 children : Therissa and Byron.
(3) Parnell, b. in 1818, d. in 1853.
(4) Thomas Russell, b. in 1821, d. in 1890. He m. Sophia C. Lane, b. in 1823, d. in 1912 at Jericho. Thomas R. White was a thrifty farmer. He purchased and lived on his father's farm in Essex, until he purchased and moved to the large farm in Jericho, now owned by James McLaughlin. He built the large two-story farm house that stands thereon in the place of the . old house of an early day that stood there. They had four chil- dren :
(1) Hoyt D., b. in 1849, d. in 1902 in Jericho, who m. Florence L. Ward in 1870 and who had five children: Lula F., Buel Hoyt, Myrtie S., Guy C., and Rena A., all b. in Iowa.
(2) Buel D., b. in 1851, d. in 1875.
(3) George H., b. 1853, who m. Elizabeth A. Fitzsimmons in 1884. She was b. in 1866. They had 9 children: Burt R. White, b. Mar. 1, 1886, d. in Sept., 1886; May E., b. in 1888, who m. Roy C. Hathorn in 1914; Raymond G., b. in 1890; Ivan J., b. in 1892; Gertrude R., b. in 1894; Edith A., b. in 1896; Helena A., b. in 1898, d. in 1899; Bernard J., b. in 1900; and Helen D., b. in 1904. Edith d. Dec. 3, 1914.
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(4) Burt E. White, the son of Thomas Russell White, above mentioned, was b. in 1855, and d. in Minnesota about July, 1902.
The above named Olin White, the son of John C. White, lived a few years in Jericho on the farm now owned by Warren Brigham.
THE WHITMARSH FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
Oliver Whitmarsh, Senior, who was b. in 1763, and d. in 1837, came to Jericho, Vt., from New York state and m. Jerusha Joy, who d. in 1841, aged 74 years. They had one daughter, Electra. Oliver, m. 2 Olive Wood and they had four children, two daughters and two sons : Minerva, Olive, Oliver and Nahum.
Nahum m. Salome Day, who d. in 1860 at the age of 59. They had five children.
Minerva m. Eliphalet Beam and they had two daughters b. to them.
Oliver b. 1803, d. 1855, m. Lois Stimson, who d. in 1873 at the age of 68. They had no children.
Olive m. Lyman Stimson. They had no children.
Nahum Whitmarsh had five children: Jane, Helen, Wilson, Elizabeth and Gertrude.
Jane m. Miner Thompson and they had three children. One was a girl and d., Eugene, and Elwin who m. Ada, dau. of Cyrus Prior. Jane m. 2. Dane who d. They had one son, Homer, who lives in Northfield with his mother.
Helen m. John P. Whitten of Jericho in May, 1854. They had no children. She d. in 1855 at the age of 19.
Wilson m. 1 Sarah Northrup ; m. 2 Alma L (Bentley) Ran- som. They have no children. He d. 1908.
Nahum Whitmarsh lived for many years with his brother- in-law, Lyman Stimson, on the place where Wm. L. Roberts now lives at the cross road just above Albert Byington's. He and Lyman Stimson built a saw mill at the Little Falls on Lee River between Jericho village and the Center village, and they, in com- pany with George D. Wright and Orley Thomson, carried on a cabinet and wheelwright business at that place.
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Lyman Stimson d. in Wisconsin, but was buried at the Jericho Center cemetery.
THE WHITNEY FAMILY.
By S. H. Barnum.
Edward Whitney was b. in Canada in 1817. He m. 1 Elvira T. Yaw in 1839 and moved to Franklin, Vt. He was a shoemaker and cooper and handy at various trades. Four chil- dren were b. to them : Marcella J., Cordelia C., Hannibal H., and Edward Charles. Elvira d. 1854.
He m. 2 Eunice Brewster and moved to Underhill Flats in Jericho. He came to Jericho Center in 1865. Their children were :
(1) John E., b. 1855, who m. Julia Bostwick of Jericho. They lived in Bristol. No children. He d. in 1906.
(2) Addie O., b. 1860, who m. Frank A. Stiles in 1880. (See Stiles Family).
(3) Mortimer C., b. 1864. Lives at Jericho Center.
(4) Omri, b. and d. in 1868.
Edward m. 3 Martha M. York in 1877. Edward enlisted Oct. 30, 1861 in 2nd Co. Sharpshooters, and was discharged Oct. 15, 1862 for disability. He afterward reentered the service and remained till the war closed. He d. in 1894. His son, Hannibal, also served as a soldier.
THE WHITTON FAMILY.
By Mrs. Lena Whitton Rice and L. F. Wilbur.
The father of Abijah Whitton m. and had five children, viz. : Eli, Luther, Abijah, Lucretia and Peggy. There were other children of the family but we cannot give any definite informa- tion of them.
Abijah Whitton was b. in 1795 and d. in 1873 in Jericho. He m. Lovina, the dau. of Polli Carpus Packard. She was b. in Jericho in 1828 and d. in 1892. They had four children that came to adult age, viz. : Philena, Malvina, Martha and John P.
(1) Philena, m. Buel Atchinson, had one child, Mary, and moved to Wisconsin.
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(2) Malvina, b. in 1831, d. in 1881. She m. Herbert S. Chapin, who was b. in 1830 and d. in 1877. They had one child, Lucian H., b. in 1857, who d. in 1906. He m. Cora M. Willey, a school teacher. She was b. in 1867. They had three children, viz. : Helen M., Mildred M., and Kendal L.
(3) Martha, b. in 1824, d. in 1894, m. Rollin R. Townsend. They had no children.
(4) John P., b. in 1832, d. in 1908. He m. Helen Whit- marsh in 1855. She was b. 1836 and d. in 1855 soon after her marriage. He m. 2 Eveline A., dau. of Simeon Pease, in 1857. She was b. in 1837. They had two children : Lena Anna, b. in 1874, who m. Leighton C. Rice of Fletcher in 1898 and re- sides in Jericho on the old Whitton farm; and Mabel Ella, b. in 1880, who m. Dr. S. W. Paige of St. Albans in 1901. They had two children: Susan and Roland.
Luther, the brother of Abijah Whitton, m. Beulah -. She was b. in 1785 and d. in 1842. They had one child.
THE WILBUR FAMILIES.
By L. F. Wilbur.
The surname in the line of the ancestors of this family for four centuries has met with many mutations, especially in the spelling. The original name in England and even after they emigrated to America was Wildbore. It has since been spelled Wilbour, Wilboure, Wilbor, Wilbar, Wilber and Wilbur. The last way mentioned has been recognized as correct for many generations. The coat of arms of this family is a "sable on a fisse between two boars' heads, passant, a javelin head of the field with a brest : A boar's head erased, pierced by a spear argent." The generations of Wilburs have filled an important and prom- inent place in the early history of New England. Samuel Wilbur (Wildbore) was a merchant of Boston, Mass., in 1633, and was one of the incorporators of Providence, R. I. He m. 1 Ann Brad- ford in England, the daughter of Thomas Bradford of Doncas- ter in Yorkshire, England, and she was the mother of his chil- dren. The said Samuel and Ann were admitted to the First Church of Boston, Dec. 1, 1633, and he was admitted as freeman of Boston, March 4, 1634, and was a man of considerable prop-
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erty. In November, 1637, he was one of a party that was banished from the colony on account of religious views which they held at variance with those of the ruling majority of the colony. This party on the advice of Roger Williams fled to Providence, where they purchased the island and lands then known as Aquednek (now Rhode Island) from the Narragansett Indians. Samuel Wilbur moved his family to that location as early as 1638. On March 7, 1638, this party of 18 persons founded at that place by solemn compact a new colony. In 1645 Samuel Wilbur returned to Boston and later built an iron furnace at Taunton and held several of the town offices. He d. in 1656. He had several sons by his wife, Ann, one of whom was Shadrach and he was b. in 1637, and m. 1, Mary Dean and she d. in 1691, and he d. in 1697. They settled at or near Taunton. They had ten children and their seventh child was Shadrach, b. in 1672 and m. Joanna Neal in 1700. She was b. 1680. He d. 1749. They had eight children, one of whom was Philip, and he m. Mary Leonard in 1737 and they had four children, one of whom was David, b. in 1743 and m. Tabitha Britton. He d. Aug. 2, 1819. She was b. in 1748 and d. in 1840 at the house of her grandson, William Wilbur in Waterville, Vt. The writer of this sketch, the son of said William Wilbur, well remembers her death.
David and Tabitha Wilbur had eight children. The eldest was William, b. Aug. 13, 1772, and d. April 19, 1835, at Water- ville, Vt., and he m. Asenath Wilbur, Oct. 7, 1795, and they had ten children and their fourth child was William, b. March 8, 1801, at Westmoreland, N. H., and d. March 7, 1882 at Water -. ville, Vt. He m. Betsey Fuller, Feb. 21, 1826, the daughter of Joshua Fuller and Mercy (Felt) Fuller of Westmoreland, N. H. This William Wilbur immigrated to Coits Gore (now called Wa- terville, Vt.) with his father, William Wilbur, about 1803. They had twelve children, viz .: Almina Jane, Seymour S., Clarissa Maria, Sylvia Ann F., Emily Ware, LaFayette, Elizabeth Stock- er, Gratia Bragg, David, Elbridge B., Ruth Ann, and Meribah Esther Hyde. There are but four of these children that ever re- sided in Jericho, viz .: Almina Jane, Clarissa Maria, LaFayette and Elbridge B. Almina Jane m. Nelson Fassette, March 5, 1844, and their children were, viz .: (1) Edwin H., who m. Susie Keefe and had one son, Ned; (2) Annis R., m. Cornelius S. Palmer in
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1870 and they had two children, Chloe and Lou; (3) Mary A., m. John G. Oakes and they had two children, Willie and Ray- mond; (4) Martha Jane, m. William Johnson and they had two children, Frank and Ned; (5) Frank Nelson and (6) Fred A., were m. but had no children.
(2) Clarissa Maria, daughter of William Wilbur, was b. May 19, 1830 and m. William Harrison Dean of Bakersfield, Oct. 2, 1855. They moved to Hammonton, N. J., where he d. Sept. 6, 1878, and she then removed to Jericho, Vt., and m. 2, Charles H. Lyman, Dec. 25, 1879. He was b. May 8, 1820, and d. Sept. 4, 1889, at Jericho. She d. Jan. 11, 1912 and was buried in the cemetery at Jericho Corners. She was a member of the Second Congregational Church of Jericho and a firm supporter of its doc- trines, and she left by her will a legacy for the support of the church of which she was a member.
(3) LaFayette, b. May 15, 1834, at Waterville, Vt., and was educated in the common schools and at the academies at Bakersfield while O. L. Stevens was its principal, and at Under- hill Center under Professor Joseph H. Cilley and at the People's Academy at Morrisville while Charles H. Heath was its principal. At the age of sixty-six he wrote and published a four volume history of Vermont. He studied law in the office of Thomas Gleed in Morrisville, Vt., and entered upon the practice of his profession in Jericho in 1857, where he remained in active prac- tice ever since that time, excepting 12 years that he resided in Burlington. He m. Mercy Jane Morse, the daughter of Cal- vin and Mercy M. Morse, at her father's residence in Underhill in the presence of a large gathering of friends, Jan. 9, 1861, Rev. Simeon Parmelee performing the ceremony. The said LaFayette Wilbur in belief is a Unitarian and is a member of the church of that denomination in Burlington, Vt. Betsey (Fuller), the wife of William Wilbur and the mother of LaFayette, was connected with, and in a line of noble ancestors. History tells us that Samuel Fuller and Edward Fuller and his wife came to this country in the "Mayflower" in the year of 1620 and tradition has it that said Edward is the ancestor of the Fuller race that I am tracing. The first Fuller, the ancestor of said Betsey, of which I have any definite information, was Robert Fuller who d. in 1706. His son was Jonathan Fuller, b. in 1640, d. in 1709,
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who m. Elizabeth Wilmarth, and their son was Robert Fuller, b. in 1673, d. 1710 at Attleboro, Mass., who m. Mary Titus in 1703, and their son was Josiah Fuller, b. in 1704, d. in 1753. He m. Mehitable Ormsbee in 1728, and their son was Noah Fuller, b. 1738, d. in 1809. He m. Esther Ware in 1763 who d. in 1809. Their son was Joshua Fuller, b. 1774, who d. in 1848 at Water- ville, Vt. He m. Mercy Felt of Keene, N. H., June 22, 1801. She was b. in 1776 and d. Dec. 17, 1862 at Waterville, Vt.
Joshua Felt, the father of Mercy Felt, the wife of Joshua Fuller, was b. at Lynn, Mass., June 21, 1751, and d. about 1822 at Westmoreland, N. H. He served in the Revolutionary war in the first company marching from Lynn to Lexington, April 19, 1775, and was wounded at Concord, Mass. He was the great- grandfather of LaFayette Wilbur on his mother's side.
The children of Joshua and Mercy (Felt) Fuller were: Betsey, Whitcomb, Emily, Clarissa, Sarah Jane and Warren.
Betsey, the wife of William Wilbur and the mother of said twelve children was a very bright, capable and skillful woman. She not only did the work incident to the management of house- hold affairs on a large farm and the care of a large family, but with her own hands spun a large amount of wool and flax and wove the same into cloth for the family wear and to supply the house with necessary linen each year, and also wove similar articles for neighbors, and wove a large amount of carpeting for her house and for neighbors for many miles around, and sewed as a tailoress for the family. She in the summer season braided hats and bonnets from straw and palmleaf for the family and to supply the trade at the stores in town. She taught her girls that came to adult age. to do the same kinds of work. She impressed upon them that work was honorable and necessary.
Elbridge B., was b. in Waterville, July 30, 1839, and m. Viola Bundy, Feb. 15, 1868. They had one child, Gratia, who m. a Mr. Quiggle, and lives in Wisconsin. Said Elbridge B., m. 2, Ida M. Tillison, b. May 10, 1856. They had one child, Waldron, who d. young and was buried at Jericho. They live in Jericho on the road between Jericho Corners and Underhill on the premises known as the "Rollin Townsend Place." He enlisted in the War of the Rebellion of 1861 and served three years in Co. E of the 3rd Regiment of Vermont Volunteers. He was discharged at the
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expiration of his term of enlistment somewhat broken down in health and was granted a pension by the government.
LaFayette and Mercy Jane Wilbur above referred to have had three children, viz. :
(1) Gratia, b. May 20, 1864 and d. June 4, 1864.
(2) Earl Morse, b. April 26, 1866. He fitted for college at the Essex Classical Institute under Professor Deering and at Jericho under Prof. Joseph H. Cilley and entered the Vermont University at the age of 16 years, and graduated in the class of 1886. He taught the languages, English, Latin, Greek and Ger- man at Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., one year, and then entered the Theological Department of Harvard College at Cambridge, Mass., where he graduated in 1890. He immediately received a call to preach as a Unitarian minister at Portland, Oregon, in the church of that denomination. He was there ordained and served as the pastor of that church for eight years. He then re- signed. He m. Dorothea Dix Elliott, the daughter of Thomas Lamb Elliott, D. D., at Portland, Oregon, June 30, 1898. He and his wife spent a year in Europe, where he took the theological lectures at Berlin, Germany, and at Oxford, England. When they returned in 1899, he was called to the pastorate of the Uni- tarian Church at the City of Meadville, Pa., where he re- mained five years. He was then elected by the National Com- mittee of the Unitarian Denomination of America to go to Cali- fornia and establish a "Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry." He established said school at Berkeley, Cal., and has been made president thereof, and the school is in successful operation. He and his wife, Dorothea Dix have two children, viz .: Elizabeth Fuller and Thomas Elliot.
(3) Ralph William, b. at Jericho, Vt., March 30, 1869. He was educated in the common schools, at Jericho Graded High School, under Professor J. S. Cilley, and at the High School in Burlington, and at the Vermont University. He also graduated at the Business College at Burlington, Vt., and then studied law in the office of his father, and finished his legal education at the Boston University School of Law, where he graduated in 1892. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profes- sion at Portland, Oregon, where he ever since has been in suc-
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cessful practice. He m. Alice Heustis of Boston, Mass., June 26, 1894.
William Wilbur, the father of L. F. Wilbur, was one of the early residents of Waterville and really lived a pioneer life. He cleared up and paid for a large farm by perseverance and industry. He enjoyed the confidence of the people in town and held the office of postmaster continuously for over twenty years, represented the town in the Legislature of Vermont in 1843 and 1844, and was Deacon of the Congregational Church for over forty years, and till his death. Rev. Edwin Wheelock, who preached his funeral sermon, said of him on that occasion, that "his life has been useful because it has had sincere motive, and few men can show a purer record of uniform goodness in all relations of society, church and home than has been seen in his calm and fixed principles of action. The obligations of the many places of trust that he held were always met and dis- charged with unpretentious fidelity." Quincy says, "Of all the affections of man, those which connect him with ancestry are among the most natural and generous. They enlarge the sphere of his interests, multiply his motives to virtue and give inten- sity to his sense of duty to generations to come, by the perception of obligation to those which are past."
George Washington Wilbur, the grandson of David Wilbur and brother of William Wilbur, was b. 1805, and m. Betsey E. McFarland, both of Waterville, Vt. They had nine children, viz .: Henry, Clark, Prescott, Frederick, Mary Ann, Moses, George, James B., and Adeline D., and all of them have de- ceased. There were only two of said children that ever re- sided in Jericho, viz .: Clark and James B.
(1) Clark was b. 1831, and m. Mary Jane Cheney in 1854. She d. in 1889. He was a miller and had charge of the grist mill of George B. and Wm. E. Oakes at Jericho village for sev- eral years, and he and Hira A. Percival owned and ran the Chittenden County Grist mill, now owned by Charles F. Reavy, for several years. He removed to Minneapolis, Minn., and was an employee in the Washburn grist mills at that city, and was killed when those mills were destroyed by an explosion May 2, 1878. They had four children, viz .: Ann, Mary, George and Hattie. The last two d. young. Ann m. James V. Stevens.
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He d. in 1913, and Mary m. Henry Wetherby. She d. 1887 at Bur- lington, Vt.
(2) James B., b. 1846 at Waterville, Vt., and m. Paulina Wells in 1870. They removed to Jericho and resided at the village called "The Flats," where they resided for many years and till he d. in 1907. He was a genial man and a good sales- man. They had six children :
(1) George Prescott, b. 1871 and d. 1875.
(2) Abbie S., b. 1873 and she m. George Ira Lincoln in 1893. They owned and kept the "Custer House" at the village of Underhill. He is an agreeable and successful landlord and she a cheerful and competent landlady. They have two children, viz. : Harold W., b. 1894, and Helen G., b. in 1897.
(3) Adeline P., b. 1875, and m. Frank S. Rand in 1908, and they have two children, viz .: Mary A., b. 1909, and James W., b. in 1912.
(4) Carrie M., b. 1877 and m. Dayton W. Clark, 1898. She d. 1909. They had one child, Mona, b. 1899.
THE WILDER FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
Harry Wilder of Jericho, m. Ora Bentley. He d. about 1859 and is buried in Jericho Center cemetery, while she d. about 1857. They had four children, viz. : Charlotte, George H., Harriet and Harrison C.
Charlotte m. Miles Ransom and they had three chil- 1 dren : Edgar, Edna and Esther. Edgar d. when about 16 years of age, and Edna m. Thomas Haskins and had no children; Edna d. 1868. Esther d. in infancy.
2 George H. m. Emily Davis about 1851. He enlisted in Co. G., 2d Regiment Vt. Vols. in 1862, was in several battles and d. from wounds received in the Battle of the Wilderness, May 10, 1864. They had five children, viz. :
(1) Ora, who m. Hiram Towle.
(2) Hiram H., b. in 1850, who m. Lucy Bradish in 1881 and has five children, viz .:
(a) Ora, b. in 1883, who m. Ray M. Brown in 1893 and has two children : Malcolm and Marguerite. .
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(b) Maud, b. 1885, who m. James Pollard in 1908.
(c) Ellery, b. 1887, d. at the age of 14 years.
(d) Blanche, b. in 1890, m. Elmer R. Street in 1915.
(e) Homer, b. 1892, m. Mildred Story in 1914. Lives in Essex.
(3) George F., b. in 1856, m. a Miss Bassett and lives in N. Y.
(4) Ransom O. was b. in 1858 and m. Bertha Puffer in 1887. They have four children, viz .:
(a) Clyde, b. in 1887, who m. Maud Cunningham and has two children. (See Cunningham family).
(b) Nellie, b. 1889, who m. Byron Heywood and has one child, Oliver.
(c) Clifton, b. 1897.
(d) Lena, b. 1904.
(5) Lena, the sister of Hiram H., was b. in 1860, and m. a Mr. Haskell.
3 Harriet E. m. Silas Ransom in 1850 and they had five children, viz .: Norris S., Mabel, Frank, Sarah and Hattie.
(1) Norris S., b. 1852, m. Jennie F. Stiles in 1879 and had two children : Harold and Jessie. (See Ransom family).
(2) Mabel, b. in 1855, m. Fred W. Hall in 1874 and they have two children : Harmon and Clifford.
(3) Frank S., b. in 1857, m. Ida Doty in 1880 who d. in 1884, and he m. 2 Mary L. Church in 1886 and they have two children : Loraine and Carleton.
(4) Sarah C., b. in 1859, m. Harrison W. Packard in 1879 and he d. in 1906; she m. 2 Oliver H. Brown in 1908.
4 Harrison C. Wilder, above mentioned, m. Julia Haskins and lived in. Underhill.
The men of the families of Wilder above mentioned were all farmers.
THE WILLARD FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
Levi Willard was b. in Hartland, Vt. in 1795, and m. Sally Gregory of Fairfield, Vt. about the year 1826, after which they removed to Waterbury, Vt., where they resided about two years,
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and removed to Bolton. He lived there until he removed to Jericho in 1862, where he remained until his death in 1880. Before he left Hartland he enlisted for the term of five years in the War of 1812, and was stationed at Detroit, Mich., and served out his time in the army. He was granted a pension during the latter part of his life of twelve dollars per month on account of this service. The children of Levi and Sally Willard were, viz .: Titus, b. in 1828; Samuel G., b. in 1830, d. in 1911; Almira, b. in 1831, m., and d. in 1913; Martin V., b. 1833; Harlow Hubbell, b. 1836; Emily, b. 1838; Clarissa, b. 1840; and Justin B., b. in 1842. None of the children resided in Jericho except Martin V.
Martin V. Willard, m. Ellen I., the dau. of Cyrus and Melissa L. Packard of Jericho, in 1861. She d. in 1910. Mar- tin V. Willard came to reside in Jericho in 1862 and purchased a farm on Lee River, on which he and his wife lived till 1873, when he purchased the large farm called the Lane farm adjoin- ing where he and his son, George M., now reside. He has been all his life a thrifty farmer and a man in whom the people of the town have had confidence and respect. He held for many years the important offices that lay in the gift of the people of the town, and always discharged the duties appertaining to them well and to the satisfaction of the town. He held the office of County Highway Commissioner for the term of three years and represented the town in the Legislature for the years of 1882 and 1883. The children of Martin and Ellen were George M. and Clara E.
George M., b. in 1865, m. Fanny I. Morse in 1895, who d. in 1913. She was a very capable woman and took a leading position in society and was esteemed and beloved by all who knew her. Their children were: Urania Morse, b. 1896; Maxwell V., b. in 1899; and Armour N., b. in 1904.
George M. Willard is a farmer owning a large acreage on Lee River. He represented the town of Jericho in the Legis- lature during the years of 1904 and 1905.
Clara E., b. in 1869, m. Frank A. Castle and has two chil- dren : Willard and Robert.
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THE WILLIAMS FAMILY.
By Mrs. Jennie Williams.
Enos B. Williams was b. in Underhill, Vt., Jan. 28th, 1825. He was m. to Sarah Ann Richardson, Dec. 19th, 1847. They made their home in Jericho until his death, Feb. 3rd, 1863, leav- ing five small children under thirteen years of age. They were the children of stern necessity, a condition which often brings out sterling qualities.
Their oldest son, Enos Bailey, with the exception of ten years in Massachusetts, has been one of the town's business men, the courteous and obliging servant of the public. He purchased the drug store owned by John A. Percival in 1882, adding a gen- eral merchandise business in 1890 in the old so-called Oakes store. In 1910 he built a mill for dressing lumber on the upper falls of Browns River, which this year of 1914 has an output of 750,000 feet of rough and dressed lumber. He has served as moderator of town meetings and treasurer of the town twenty- two consecutive years, and, during the thirty-two years of busi- ness life, has conducted the post-office, save three years and eight months during Cleveland's first administration. Their second son, John B., m. Miss Jennie Rockwood of this town in Sept., 1878 and removed to Holyoke, Mass., and is one of the leading real estate operators of that city. Albert C., the third son, has resided for thirty years in St. Albans, having been in the mail service the most of that time.
Mrs. Williams in 1868, m. Wm. Jackson of Underhill, whose first wife was Laura Williams, a sister of Enos B. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson during the Civil War experienced the sorrow which that conflict brought to many. Four young brothers went from her home to the front. One, Charles Richardson, was killed in the Battle of the Wilderness, and Mr. Jackson saw five sons depart, three of them giving up their lives. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, by their last marriage.
Children of Enos B. and Sarah A. Williams were Isabel (see Prouty family) b. April 21, 1850, d. Feb. 7, 1912; Ellen M. (see Brown family) b. Sept. 8, 1852, d. Oct. 4, 1904; E. Bailey (see Rawson family) b. Dec. 21, 1854; John B., b. July 14, 1856; Albert C., b. April 4, 1860.
ENOS BAILEY WILLIAMS. Town Treasurer since 1893.
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Children of Wm. and Sarah Williams Jackson: Charles A., b. Aug. 3, 1869; William C., b. Oct. 9, 1871.
Children of John B. and Jennie Rockwood Williams : George A., b. June 13, 1879, d. Aug. 3, 1881 ; Raymond B., b. Nov. 6, 1883; Grace E., b. Dec. 27, 1886, d. June 17, 1893 ; Florence M., b. April 26, 1891.
Albert C. Williams m. 1, Kate Stockwell, Jan. 12, 1887. Her death occurred in October, and Feb. 18, 1889, he m. 2 Nettie Stockwell. They had one child: Albert K., b. Oct. 13, 1887.
Chas. A. Jackson m. Cynthia Pierce, a member of an old family of Jericho, Aug. 28, 1893. After twelve years of mer- cantile life in Jericho, he entered the railway mail service and lives in Burlington. They have one child: Marian, b. Nov. 18, 1894.
William C. Jackson m. Minnie McGibbon, April 3, 1901. He has spent twenty-nine years continuously as clerk in the post- office and drug store in Jericho.
ENOS B. WILLIAMS.
Enos Bailey Williams was b. in Jericho on December 21, 1854, the eldest son of Enos B. and Sarah Richardson Williams. When he was eight years old, his father died, leaving a widow with five small children to support.
His early education was obtained in the schools of Jericho. In 1872 he went to Holyoke, Massachusetts, where he resided for ten years. He graduated from the Eastman Business Col- lege in 1876. In 1882 he returned to Jericho, purchased the drug store of John A. Percival, and went into the retail drug business. He was made postmaster in 1882, continuing in of- fice-except during the two terms of President Cleveland-until 1915.
In 1890 Mr. Williams established the firm of E. B. Wil- liams & Co., dealers in general merchandise. In 1893 he was elected Town Treasurer, and has held that office continuously up to the present writing. He has also served continuously as Moderator of the town meeting since 1893.
In 1910 Mr. Williams built, equipped, and began the opera- tion of a saw mill on the old Whitcomb and Day water right on Brown's River.
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The various business enterprises of Mr. Williams make him the town's largest employer of labor.
THE WOOD FAMILY. By L. F. Wilbur.
William Wood was b. in France and d. at Jericho, Vt., in 1860, eighty years of age. He first came to Montreal, P. Q., and was engaged in ship building. He m. Rachel Porter, who was b. in Swanton, Vt., and d. in Jericho in 1879 at the age of 79 years. They came to Jericho soon after their marriage, and both d. and were buried here. They had six children, viz .: Maria, Matilda, Nelson M., Augustus S., Fanny, and Freeman D.
(1) Maria, d. in 1871 at the age of 48 years. She m. My- ron Barber. They had one child, George, who d. at the age of 16 years.
(2) Matilda, m. James McPherson and lives in Wisconsin.
(3) Nelson M., d. in 1879 at the age of 49 years. He. m. Elizabeth Peppin and they had five children, viz .: Willard, Fanny, Charles, Fred and another that d. in infancy.
(4) Augustus S., b. in 1833, d. in 1905 at Jericho village. He m. Jennette Lee and had three children, viz .: Eddy, who d. at the age of ten years; Harriet, who m. Warren E. Buxton in 1892 and has one child, Florence, b. 1895; and Burt, who d. at the age of one year.
(5) Fanny, m. Chesman Johnson, in 1857, and they had. five children (see the Johnson family).
(6) Freeman D., b. 1843, m. Anna Sherman in Richmond. They live in Burlington and have two children, viz .: Matilda and Addie.
Augustus S. Wood was an active man and for several years carried on the business of manufacturing hand rakes, mop handles, clothes bars, etc., on Mill Brook in the south part of the town, and afterwards purchased the mills at Jericho Corners now owned by Warren E. Buxton, where he manufactured a variety of small wood articles, carrying on the business until he d.
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THE WRIGHT FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
Hosea Wright was b. at Plymouth, N. H., and removed to Lamoille county, Vt. and resided in Waterville and Cambridge in that county till his death about 1862. He m. Marian Flem- mings. She d. in 1872. They had three children :
(1) Hosea S., who m. about 1861 Nancy Thomson of Jericho, who d. in 1883. He d. in 1911. They had two children : Clarence T., b. 1871, who m. Hattie Tate of Boston and had one boy, Ralph, b. in 1906; this family live in Worcester, Mass.
(2) Carrie, b. in 1864, m. Cornelius B. Tyler in 1884. He was b. in 1863. They live on the old Thomson homestead at the corners where the road from Jericho village meets the Onion river road. They have two children: Ethel, b. in 1886; and Bernice, b. in 1902. Said Hosea S. lived after his marriage with Nancy Thomson on the old Orley Thomson farm about ten years and then moved on to the said homestead. The said Orley Thomson, the father of Nancy Thomson, m. Eliza Messenger, the dau. of William Messenger and granddaughter of Roderick Messenger, one of the three first pioneers of Jericho. Orley Thomson was drowned in Lake Ontario in October, 1862 (see Thomson family).
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