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just composed herself to sleep in the wagon and in the open air, while the way towards their future home might be prepared, when Esq. Parker came with his horse. This she mounted and at length came to Mr. Park er's house where every needed attention was paid to her. Another difficulty which was in- creased by the want or bad condition of roads, was the distance many had to go for provis- ions for their families-some having to go to neighboring towns, and to bring the grain or meal upon their backs.
The wild animals that infested the country doubtless occasioned much fear in the families of the early settlers. It was not an uncom- mon occurrence for a bear to be seen near their houses, and in several instances a steer or cow was taken from their herds by this un- gainly visitor. Many times the men have formed circles and enclosed the animal, to his great discomfiture. Four of these are remem- bered in particular, one was taken in the north part of Glover, which was of the larg- est size. Wolves were not very common near the dwellings of men ; but frequented the re- gion south of what is now called Stone's pond. Foxes were as mischievous as they now are, and only a little more common. It was on account of their vicinity to bears and wolves, that mothers used to gaze long after their children when they sent them to do an errand at a neighbor's, or to attend school, and breathed more freely when they saw them return in safety ; and misses who made excursions on horse-back, used to hasten to return by daylight.
; These fathers and mothers have now almost all passed away, and in some instances the houses they occupied are removed and no sign of them left. It is a touching instance of the change wrought by time, that although the sons of Ralph Parker, Esq., during a re- cent visit to Glover could find the spring of water, at which they used to drink when they were boys, yet they could find no trace of their father's house, and left for their distant homes, without seeing (to their knowledge) the plat at their father's door where they used to play in childhood. Thus it is that the impressions we make on material objects are soon effaced, but those which we make on mind are lasting. How desirable that we in- fluence all, as we may be able, to choose the true, the pure, and what will refine and may broaden their views of a manly life.
MR. SAMUEL BEAN AND MR. JONAS PHILLIPS both were among the earliest settlers of Glover, and cleared land in this town before the year 1800. Respected by their descend- ants, they should have honorable mention in these sketches.
Mr. Phillips was from Athol, Mass., and his wife (Mrs. Dorothy) with her brother Mr. Samuel Bean was from Sutton, N. H. Being without families for a time, these men had to go to Barton, a distance of 6 miles to have their provisions prepared for them, and a part of the time they found a home in the family of Mr. James Vance. Mrs. Phillips is now living at the advanced age of 87 years-a mature christian, beloved by all who know her, and an ornament to the Methodist church of which she is a member. As early as 1815, religious meetings were held at her house, and afterwards in the barn as affording more room. This used to be filled with earnest listeners, when such men as Rev. Messrs. Kil- burn and Hoyt preached, the service of song being led by Mr. Phillips. In 1849, July 12th, Mr. Phillips was called to his rest above, leaving 7 sons and 5 daughters, all of whom lived to man or womanhood.
DEACONS, STEPHEN AND ZIBA BLISS.
Mr. Ziba Bliss removed to Glover from Lebanon, N. H. in 1804, and in 1807, was fol- lowed by his father, Mr. Stephen Bliss. Both these men were of sterling worth and were very influential in the religious affairs of the town, pillars in the Congregational church and society.
Dea. Stephen Bliss resided in the west part of the town, where he held prayer-meetings, visited the families, conversed with old and young on the subject of religion, and really served as their minister in the gospel. He offered. the prayer at the first funeral in Glover. He attained the age of 78 years, and to the close of life enjoyed the respect of all his fellow-citizens. The same may be said of Dea. Ziba Bliss, who held the office of Deacon 29 years, and who died at his residence near Glover village, aged 79 years.
MR. CHARLES HARDY
was born in Deering, N. H., Aug. 8, 1782. He was a son of Paul Hardy, a native of Massachusetts, who served in the war of the American Revolution, was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was wounded slightly. The father removed from Deering to Weathersfield, Vt., in December, 1789, and
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settled in the wilderness; in June, 1794, he died ; his son Charles at that time was nearly 12 years of age and continued to reside in Weathersfield until he was 17 years old, when he came to Windsor, Vt. In 1806, he came to Glover and bought a piece of land; in 1807, he commenced clearing off the trees, and worked on the land part of the time until Feb. 14, 1810, at which time he removed his family to Glover, and had to share with others the inconveniences of settling a new country, far away from market, and of which we at this time know but little. When he was a youth the opportunity for acquiring an education was meager, and he had the privilege of attending a district school but a few terms in the town of Weathersfield ; yet he improved his time faithfully and was thus prepared for much usefulness in after life. In 1816, he was elected to the office of town clerk for the town of Glover, and for 20 years served in that capacity. As a justice of the peace he united in marriage about 50 couples. Esq. Hardy, now a venerable man aged 86 years, now resides with Charles C. Hardy, Esq.,-his son-in Glover.
ESQ. JOHN CRANE,
Born in Tolland, Ct., in 1766; came to Glover in 1809, and commenced to clear a piece of land. He built a log-house on the farm now owned by Charles C. Hardy, Esq. The next year he removed his family. He was at the letting out of the Runaway pond, but was opposed to the proceedings, fearing it might result in evil, and forbade a young man who was bound to him till he was of age, to assist in the work. Mr. Crane was a man of kind and benevolent feelings, and could not see another in trouble, without trying to help him, which he often did to his own disad- vantage. He was a man of small means but punctual to fulfill all his engagements, there- fore he had the confidence of his townsmen that he would ever do as he agreed.
" He was one of the first advocates of Uni- versalism in this section of the country, and with Esq. Hardy did more to build up that society in town than any others, and it be- came the most numerous society in Glover and so continued until diversities of views as to Spiritualism divided it."
When temperance began to attract the attention of the people, he was one of the first to enlist in the great reform and ever after a firm advocate of total abstinence from
all alcoholic drinks and of temperance in all things. He held many offices in town in his day and was for many years justice of the peace. Esq. Crane died in 1843, aged 77 years. His wife survived him and died Sept. 2, 1862, aged 87 years.
MR. SAMUEL COOK, JR.,
whom it is appropriate next to refer to, came to Glover in 1800, when he was only 7 years of age. Few have known so much of the changes in this town as he, for he witnessed them almost all. Mr. Cook became interest- ed in religion early, and with Dea. Stephen Bliss and Dea. Loring Frost, (now of Coven- try), was active in establishing the Congrega- tional church in Glover, of which he was always a liberal supporter.
For his integrity, his purity and his punc- tuality to attend all the meetings for the wel- fare of religion and morals, for his uniformly consistent life for more than half a century, and for his many good deeds, he deserves a remembrance in the history of his town. His death (which was lamented by all), occurred at Greensboro, (where he was passing a day), very suddenly, Dec. 16, 1867. His age was 74 years. His wife (Mrs. Lydia), died May 5 1864, aged 66 years.
Among those who did much towards build- ing up Glover Village, should be mentioned MR. AND MRS. DAN GRAY,
who came to this town in 1817. Mr. Gray, for several years kept the hotel and served the town as first constable, and in other offices. Mrs. Gray's maiden name was Mary Fisk. Both are living at an advanced age.
In the west part of Glover we hear of John Boardman, Esq. and his wife, Timothy Lyman, Sen. and wife, Nathan Cutler and wife, Elihu Wright and wife as exerting an influence for good in the section which they settled and where they spent many years.
In the south-west part of the town have settled several families from Scotland, as the Andersons and Pattersons, many of whom have been good and useful citizens.
Of those whose homesteads still remain in the possession of the early settlers or their descendants, may be mentioned Ebenezer Frost, Samuel Bean, Silas French, Timothy Lyman, Nathan Cutler, Noah Leonard and James Vance.
We add only a brief sketch of the Clarks, whose descendants constitute quite a portion of the inhabitants of Glover :
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SILAS CLARK
moved to this town about the year 1805, and settled on the hill which is in an easterly direction from Glover village. He came from Keene, N. H., and as several other families from that town soon took farms near his own, the section was called Keene Corner. Mr. Clark was one of the party who was at the letting off of Runaway pond. He died in 1836, leaving 3 sons and 2 daughters.
CEPHAS CLARK
moved to Glover from Keene, N. H., in March, 1817, the snow at that time being from 4 to 5 feet deep. Previously he had served in the war of 1812, and had been an inhabitant of Rutland. At the latter place he suffered much as to his pecuniary affairs from a freshet which flooded the valley in which his land was situated, and which des- troyed all his crops (it being just before hay- ing). The water rose so high that he was compelled to leave his house, while those of some of his neighbors were actually swept away. The attendant loss of property was great. Mr. Cephas Clark died in 1858, aged 74 years, leaving 7 sons and 4 daughters who had lived to man and womanhood.
Mr. Samuel Clark moved to Glover about the year 1818, and settled in the west part of the town. He attained well nigh the age of 80 years, and died in 1859. His second wife ( Betsey Fisk), died in Glover in 1862, aged 75 years. His family numbered 10 children, 9 of whom lived to mature age.
THE TOWN OFFICERS OF GLOVER.
We give a list of those who have served as town clerks-have represented town or coun- ty in the State Legislature, of the first board of selectmen, and of those who held that office during the late Rebellion, at that time a peculiarly responsible office, and in some respects an arduous one.
TOWN CLERKS.
Andrew Moor, 1799 to 1802. John Conant,1802 to 1805. Ralph Parker, 1805 to 1812.
Charles Hardy, 1812. Ralph Parker, 1813. John Conant, 1814 to 1816. Charles Hardy, 1816 to 1840.
James Simonds, 1840 to 1841. Joseph H. Dwinell, 1841 to 1855. James Simonds, 1855. Joseph H. Dwinell, 1856.
James Simonds, 1856 to 1869.
SENATOR.
Enoch B. Simonds, 1845 and 1846.
TOWN REPRESENTATIVES.
Ralph Barker, 1802 to 1814.
John Boardman, 1814 to 1815. Charles Hardy, 1815 to 1822. John Boardman, 1822. Charles Hardy, 1822 to 1826. John Boardman, 1826 to 1828. Charles Hardy, 1828 to 1833.
John Crane, 1833. Charles Hardy, 1833 to 1836. Joseph H. Dwinell, 1836. Charles Hardy, 1837. Willard Leonard, 1838. Joseph H. Dwinell, 1839.
Willard Leonard, 1840.
William H. Martin, 1841.
James Simonds, 1842. Amos P. Bean, 1843.
Isaac B. Smith, 1844.
No choice, 1845 to 1847.
Lindoll French, 1847 to 1849.
No choice, 1849. Willard Leonard, 1850.
Joseph H. Dwinell, 1850 to 1854.
Charles C. Hardy, 1854 to 1856.
No choice, 1856 to 1858.
Amos P. Bean, 1858 to 1860. James Simonds, 1860 to 1862. Emery Cook, 1862 to 1864.
Duron Whittlesey, 1864 to 1866.
Frederick P. Cheney, 1866 to 1868. George Severance, 1868.
FIRST BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
1805, Samuel Cook, Samuel Bean, John Conant.
SELECTMEN DURING THE WAR.
1861, Solomon Dwinell, Hiram Phillips, Elias O. Randall.
1862, Solomon Dwinell, Elias O. Randall, Nathan A. Blanchard.
1863, Charles C. Hardy, Hiram Mclellan, Royal Page.
1864, Charles C Hardy, Hiram Mclellan, John Clark.
1865, Hiram Mclellan, Elias O. Randall, Handel S. Chaplin.
1866, Hiram Mclellan, Elias O. Randall, Nathan A. Blanchard.
GLOVER, AS TO ITS EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
The settlers of this town were not slow in appreciating the value of a good education, and they have demonstrated their regard for it in what they have done in its behalf. Long ago the log school-house-which their circumstances compelled them to erect at first,-gave place to the decent, if not com- modious school-houses, in various parts of the town, and the cause of education .has from year to year made good progress, till to-day the general standard of scholarship is considerable higher than it is in some older towns in the south part of the State, whence some of the forefathers came. If for nothing
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else, Glover has had occasion to congratulate itself on account of its schools.
Among the first teachers in this town.
MISS HARRIET ELLSWORTH
is remembered with special interest, and for her excellent example and Christian charac- ter is revered as another Harriet Newell. Mrs. Laura S. Bean was also one of the first and most successful teachers in our public schools. Others have been Mrs. Sally Crane, Mrs. Loring Frost, Anna Bliss, Sophia Cutler, Silence and Judith Woods, Charlotte Bean and Mrs. Mary H. Strong who taught 8 terms. Still later has been Mrs. Abbie R. Hinkley who taught 27 terms. Of the masters are remembered Rev. N. W. Scott and his broth- er Eliezer Scott, Cromwell P. Bean, Elihu Wright, jr., &c.
Teachers of select schools have been Mr. L. O. Stevens, Luther L. Greenleaf, I. N. Cushman, Esq., Rev. E. Harvey Blanchard, A. B., Mr. C. A. J. Marsh and Prof. John Graham.
The good general condition of the schools in Glover may be attributed, first, to there having been elected (in the main), to the office of town superintendent, men who had had practical experience as teachers,-who were interested in the welfare of the schools- and who, although the pecuniary remunera- tion was small, felt compensated in helping to advance the education of the young- second, to special effort put forth in the years 1860 and 1861, by George W. Todd, Esq., Rev. Geo. Severance, Rev. S. K. B. Perkins and others, to awaken a deeper interest in the cause of education. For this purpose lectures were delivered during two winters, in every school district in which a school was taught, and appropriate questions were dis cussed after each lecture,-third, to the select schools sustained by the liberality of the cit- izens, in which teachers have been trained up, and to the academy of which we now add a history, This is called according to its cor- porate name, the
"ORLEANS LIBERAL INSTITUTE."
Messrs. Rev. T. J. Tenney, H. S. Bickford, H. McLellan, C. Bemis, J. Crane, C. C. Hardy, J. M. Smith and L. Dennison, together with their associates and successors, were declared a body corporate Nov. 5, 1852, under the aforementioned name.
The first principal was Perkins Bass, who rem ined one year; the second, Isaac A. Par-
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ker, who remained 6 years. During this time the school was well supplied with charts, maps, globes, specimens and philosophical and astronomical apparatus. In 1857-'58 (Mr. Parker's last year ), the aggregate of attendance, the 3 terms, was 193.
The Institute was next under the charge of Geo. W. Todd, Esq. By this time acade- mies had increased from 3 when this school was founded to 9 in Orleans County, besides several high schools ; yet in 1865, the num- ber of pupils was but slightly diminished.
The fourth principal was Mr. A. C. Bur- bank, afterwards a teacher of the freedmen in Virginia.
The present principal (1867) is Mr. E. W. Clark, who has secured the esteem and pat- ronage of the public to a good degree.
The academy building, which belongs to the Institute and to district No. 3, unitedly, has recently been put in thorough repair.
The officers of the Institute are of the de- nomination of Universalists. but have ever welcomed to the school those of any religious faith, and given to them the fullest scope of religious belief, without question, persecution or hindrance.
The Academy has existed long enough to send forth men and women, both honorable as citizens and as teachers, and who are highly esteemed wherever they have found a home. We mention a few of them: Gen. Wm. W. Grout, Major Josiah Grout, Major Riley E. Wright, Lewis H. Bisbee, Esq., the minister from the U. S. to Bremen, Gen, G. S. Dodge, Dr. N. Cheney, A. Martin Crane, Major George B. Hibbard, E. W. Clark. N. B. Davis, who has taught for the past 9 years in Glover, &c., Miss Lorane M. Smith, Miss Celestia Cheney, Miss Phebe B. French, Mrs. Dana Bickford, Miss Adelaide Dwinell, &c.
There have been 2 lyceums or debating clubs, maintained during the past 20 years, one at Glover village and the other in the west part of the town.
A library of general reading was establish- ed in 1855, and is now in good condition ; N. A. Blanchard, president of the Library Association ; Rev. S. K. B. Perkins, secretary ; Lyman Dwinell, librarian.
THE WAR OF 1812.
Not long after this war with Great Britain was declared, Congress authorized the Presi- dent to enlist 25,000 regulars and 50,000 volunteers. For this purpose the Governors
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of the States were called upon through proper officers to see that the men were supplied, and hence it came to pass that the willing- ness of the early settlers of Glover to serve their country was put to the test. In this town the number of volunteers was readily made up, and the men went to the several places to which they were assigned.
Most of the soldiers from Glover were employed in the execution of the law in respect to trade and intercourse with Canada. The whole number known to have volun- teered was 16. Of these Barzilla French, Richard Goodwin, Silas Wheeler, Silas French, Zillia Joy, Loring Frost and Elihu Wright were stationed at Derby. Silas French, being renowned as a teacher in public schools, his services were sought for that purpose, and Josiah French took his place at Derby. However, his patriotism would not allow him to engage in this quiet pursuit for any length of time, and we soon hear of him as a soldier at Plattsburgh.
The Derby company passed through scenes exciting enough to break up the tedious monotony sometimes endured by soldiers, had excellent fare, the best of beef &c., and succeeded in taking a lot of goods and not a few cattle. Mr. Wheeler used to speak of this as a very pleasant portion of his life. The most of these men served from Septem- ber, 1812 to March, 1813.
Capt. Daniel Frost and Bial Crane were stationed at Troy. Spencer Chamberlin was engaged as a soldier in the battle of Platts- burgh, and a father and four sons by the name of Call were also engaged in the same battle, who, after they had served their time, settled on land at the West, received as a bounty.
There are residing in Glover at the pres- ent time, two men who enlisted during the war of 1812, from other towns. Mr. Samuel Hoyt (very aged) and Mr. Noah Spaulding, both of whom received honorable discharges. Mr. Spaulding is well known as a teacher in Orleans County, having taught school in Craftsbury 13 Winters, in Barton 1, in Wol- cott 1, in Greensboro 6, in all, what would be equal to 7 whole years ; he has also held the office of justice of the peace for 15 years in succession.
Besides N. Spaulding and Sam'l Hoyt, there are now living among us of the soldiers of this period, Barzilla French and Elihu Wright.
GLOVER DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
We do not claim that the people of Glover were more patriotic than those of neighbor- ing towns, or than the people of Vermont generally, during the recent Rebellion, but we think it evident that they performed the part required of them honorably and cheer- fully. As soon as there was open opposition to our government on the part of the South, public meetings were held and the grounds of complaint were fully discussed by the clergymen of Glover, and addresses patriotic and stirring were made by other men inter- ested in the general welfare, such as Geo. W. Todd, Esq., Emery Cook, Esq., &c.
When there was a call for soldiers the young men of Glover nobly responded, nor did they do this without encouragement from parents and friends.
Among the first to be credited to this town, we find the names of Almon J. Colburn, Henry H. Colburn, Ireneus P. Gage and Loren J. Flood. All these were young men of about 20 years of age, and they enlisted together on June 1, 1861, in company B, of the Third Regiment. Only two survived to see the noble cause they espoused triumphant, viz., Henry H. Colburn who was severely wounded, and Ireneus P. Gage. Of the oth- ers, Almon J. Colburn died in hospital in Vermont, Feb. 18, 1864, and Loren J. Flood was killed in connection with the battles of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
The next company from Glover was mus- tered in Oct. 15, 1861, and consisted of the following men,-most of them young men : Alexander W. Davis, Isaac Drew, Carlos W. Dwinell, Orville T. Fisk, Samuel D. Gray, John E. Holloway, Fred M. Kimball, Dan Mason, John R. Moodie, Elbert H. Nye, Charles Paine, George M. Partridge, Stephen Shaw, Charles J. Ufford, Edward Ufford, Orange S. Williams.
Afterwards the following joined them as recruits at various times : Stephen W. Baxter, William Brunning, Dana Cook, Carlos L. Drew, Rufus L. Drew, Carlos B. Gilman, Edwin S. Gray, Ira Gray, Thomas B. King, Elijah Stone, Benj. E. Squires and George D. Telfor. All these were in Company D, Sixth Regiment, one that distinguished itself in many a hard-fought battle.
There joined other regiments, cavalry or infantry, the following: James N. Abbott, Martin Abbott, Luther J.Adams, John Arthur,
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Freeman F. Bean, Stephen Berry,; Charles W. Bickford, George D. Bickford, Henry Bickford, Henry H. Bickford, Chas. A. Bod- well, Edwin B. Bodwell, Chester Bogue, Oscar Bogue, William Burroughs, William B. Carr, Frederick P. Cheney, Joel Christie, Ezra L. Clark, Frederick H. Clark, Portus B. Clark, Calvin E. Cook, Charles W. Cook, Dennison Cook, Elias S. Coomer, A. Martin Crane, Geo. W. Day, Martin Day, Stephen E. Drown, Caleb Flanders, Wm. P. Flood, Sam'l French, Zenas H. French, Geo. H. Gilman, Sylvester D. Graves, Quartus Graves, Sherlock V. Gray, Calvin Hood, Benj. H. Hubbard, Horace Hubbard, Richard W. Hubbard, Reu- ben Jones, Willard E. Lemard, Simeon Met- calf, John Mitchell, Wm. Mitchell, J. D. S. Olmstead, Chas. W. Paige, Henry H. Paine, Spencer C. Phillips, John Preston, Fernando Randall, Geo. H. Randall, Jos. N. Randall, Frank A. Robinson, Eliphalet Rollins, Eras- tus F. Slack, John Tate, John S. Thompson, Jas. W. Walker, Robert B. Walker, Freeman White, W. Wood. Of these, in addition to the 2 already spoken of-Almon J. Colburn and Loren J. Flood-17 lost their lives, either by wounds or by sickness contracted in the camp, or in rebel prisons. The record is as follows :
Luther J. Adams, lost ;
Chas. A. Bodwell, died of sickness, March 6, '63, at Fort Stevens near Washington, D. C.
Chester and Oscar Bogue died at the South, -one of them on his way home, they having gone there as members of the Seventh Regi- ment ;
Dennison Cook, lost ;
Carlos L. Drew, died in hospital in Vir- ginia, of sickness, Nov. 24, '63.
Carlos W. Dwinell, died of wounds received in battle near Charlestown, Va. Aug. 24, '64.
Caleb Flanders, died Aug. 2, '62, at the South ;
Edwin S. Gray, died of wounds received in battle near Winchester, Va., Sept. 20, '64, (he was wounded Sept. 13, '64 ) ;
Horace Hubbard, died Nov. 23, '62 ;
Willard E. Leonard died in Rebel prison at Andersonville ;
Dan Mason died of sickness near Browns- ville, Texas, Nov. 20, '65;
Simeon Metcalf died in field hospital, near fort Scott, of sickness, Dec. 23, '62;
Charles W. Paige, died at the South, Oct. 13, '62;
George M. Partridge, killed in battle in Maryland, July 10, '63.
Spencer C. Phillips, died of sickness in hospital at Alexandria, Va., April 25, '63 ;
Orange S. Williams died of sickness in hos- pital in Newark, N. J., Aug. 30, '62.
All these we honor as having sacrificed their lives in a most noble cause.
The following, received promotion, for bravery and military skill, from their supe- riors in rank,-
Capt. A. Martin Crane-from private, (at first ), Co. I, First Cavalry Regiment.
Capt. Alexander W. Davis-from corporal, Co. D, Sixth Regiment.
Major Carlos Dwinell, from 2d Lieut., Co. D, 6th Regiment.
Capt. Fred. M. Kimball, from sergeant Co. D, 6th Regiment.
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