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" At a legal Town meeting of the inhab- itants of Sudbury in January 15th 1789, First chose John Hall Moderator. 21 Voted to Raise a loine of three pounds Lawful money for the purpose of buying a law book and book for records.
that lives at Francis Butts and put it to some convenient place for Soport.'
The next is a record of a town meeting in February, 1790. And reads
"First Voted John Rickey Moderator.
2d Voted the second article in the warn- ing which was to see if they would choes a collector to collect the State tax.
3d Voted that Squire Hull give up the obligation that William Buck gave him to satisfy him for killing dear to said Buck."
I find on a loose leaf, much torn, some scraps of records of town officers, namely :
" Shaler Towner John Gage Zebina Sand- ers Fence Viewers, John Ricke William Buck Jeremiah Stone Joseph Warner Wil- liam Palmer Timothy Miller, Surveyors of hiways, John Hale Esqr. Sealer of weights & measures."
I also find the following names deposited in the box as " Petty Jury, Timothy Miller Abel Wood John Ricke Asahel Sanders Da- vid Kingsley. In 1793 I find the following record ;
" At a legal town meeting of the inhabit- ants of Sudbury May 2d 1793 Voted Capt Blanchard Moderator to govern said meeting. Voted to adjourn this meeting to Ensign Ab- ner Halls barn 3d Voted to hire preaching 4th Voted to raise 15 pounds for the support of the gospel for the season to be paid in wheat at four shillings per bushel, to be paid by the first of Jan'y next, to be paid out at the direction of
Benoni Farrand Committee to hire
Timothy Miller Joseph Warner preaching.
Voted to desolve this Meeting
Benoni Farrand town Clerk."
In 1792, " At a legal town meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Sudbury on Oct. 12th 1792 Voted Peter Renols Moderator to lead said meeting 2d voted to have doctor Stephen, Long set up a pest house for the purpose of Enoculating for the small pox.
3d Voted Mary L Balding Pound Keeper"
This town has for many years been some- what noted for having one of the most cele- brated hotels in the State. Since the rail- roads have taken the traveling custom, has become the favorite resort of city boarders, during the warm season, and in winter for large pleasure parties. Dancing parties of a hundred couples were frequent. In the midst of one of these brilliant gatherings, at the dead hour of midnight, the cry of fire, was. heard through the spacious halls, and the . guests had barely time to escape.
There has been a new hotel, since, built on
3d Voted that the Selet men take the child the site of the former, which is used mostly;
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for pleasure parties and city boarders. It is, | tablishments turn out from 200 to 800 lbs. of at this writing, full to overflowing. They have public worship at the hotel every Sab- bath. cheese per day. The creameries combine the conveniences for making both butter and cheese, and are becoming quite popular with The old proprietor, JAMES K. HYDE for many years one of the most popular hotel keepers in the State, died in Sept., 1870 .* The house is now kept by his son. many of the farmers. Still, I should judge that a large proportion of the farmers prefer- red the good old way of manufacturing their butter and cheese at their own houses, and using their butter-milk and whey for feeding calves and swine at their pleasure. Butter is selling here for about 25 cents per pound, and cheese for 12} and 13 cents, which is con- sidered very fair and remunerative. The an- nual income to the farmer is from $60 to $ 75 per cow, which, with what can be obtained from young stock and sheep, makes farming reasonably profitable in this vicinity. The profits, though comparatively small are sure.
The only religious denomination in town at present is Congregational, the Church and Society of which was organized not far from 1800. They have a large meeting house, erected in 1805. Of late years, it has proved quite too large for the congregation, and the upper part or gallery has been fitted for wor- ship, and the lower floor for a town hall.
The Rev. Henry Bustet has been employ- ed by the Congregationalists for the last 17 years. He and his wife and six children, came to this place direct from England, in the fall of 1857, and have proved a worthy and highly respected family. The present number of church members, I believe, is about thirty.
The number of soldiers furnished for the army, from this town, was 69. 22 of the first had no bounty ; the next 12 had $ 100.00 each, the next had $ 500.00 each.
Sudbury has a cheese factory in successful operation.' This is the third year since it was built. It has thus far proved satisfactory
A correspondent of Mr. Mott's paper [ Bran- don] writes:
Hyde Hotel, Sudbury, Vt., Ang. 10, "75.
The valley in front of our hotel, forming the boundary between Rutland and Addison counties, and the towns of Sudbury and Or- well, 'extends westerly in the direction of Lake Champlain, and is truly a paradise for farmers. Though yielding good crops of corn, oats and barley, yet it is more valuable for grass and grazing. Hence the farmers here, to make the most of their opportunity, have turned their attention more particular- ly to making butter and cheese and to the raising of sheep, while furnishing to other Rections of the country every description of etock.
Cheese factories in this neighborhood, or within a few miles, are numerous. These es-
* "Hon. James K. Hyde. Judge of the County Court (Rutland Co.) died at his residence, of typhoid pneumo- nia, Sept. 21, 1870, aged 6 years Mr. Hyde was a member of the last Constitutional Convention, 1870." The father of Ion. James K. Hyde lived to the age of 90 years and 10 months.
The farms and farm buildings in this vi- cinity all bear evidence of prosperity. Gen- erally they are neat in their appearance. The cattle are well housed, the public high- ways are in good condition, and to a consid- erable extent are ornamented with shade trees.
But there is room even here for improve- ment. The great valleys in this section of the State contain scarcely an acre of land but what is capable of raising from one to three tons of hay, and yet the average is probably less than one. These lime-rock hills afford most excellent pasturage for cat- tle and sheep. They may be grazed upon year after year, and their fertility maintain- ed, but the meadows below, all along the valleys, need to be overspread occasionally with some fertilizing material, to keep them up and to improve them. In all the States through which we have traveled, from Maine to Kansas, we have seen no better lands for grass. Generally they are free from stones, easily worked, and there is nothing wanting but sufficient fertilizers to make them the most profitable, for grass, of any in the country.
From Thompson's Gazetteer, 1842.
SUDBURY, bounded N. by Whiting, E. by Brandon, S. by Hubbardton, W. by Orwell and Benson; acros, 13,426; chartered Aug. 6, 1761 ; early settlers generally from Con- necticut. Otter Creek touches upon the east- ern border, the other streams small. Hub- bardton pond extends into the south part, and there are several smaller ponds in town; Hinkum is the most considerable, which falls
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into Otter Creek. Surface of township un even ; a high ridge extends through the cen- ter, north and south : a small village in the westerly part, containing a meetinghouse, store, tavern and several dwelling houses ; churches, Congregational and Methodist ; Congregational Pastor, Rev. Silas Parsons, 1806 to 1815; Rev. Moses Knapen, 1819 to 1830; Rev. John Thompson, * 1833 to 1838 ; meeting house erected about 1805, member ship in 1842 about 45. Methodist society, no particulars. Seven school districts and school houses ; statistics of 1840; 2 saw mills, 2 stores, 2 taverns, 2 tanneries ; population 796; horses, 174; cattle, 951; sheep, 11,653; wheat, bush. 1,438; oats, 2,662; rye, 2,156; buck- wheat, 204; corn, 3,890; sugar, lbs 550."
1876. Pop. 601, N. W. from Rutland, 25 miles, R. R. S., Addison R. R., Whiting, 5 miles ; daily stage from Leicester to Sudbury. Town clerk and treasurer, W. P. J. Hyde ; selectmen, D. C. and O. H P. Ketcham ; post- master, R. W. Pitts ; justices, W. P. J. Hyde, D. C. Ketcham, Andrew Webster, Lyman Hawkins, W. J. Sawyer. Churches, Cong. H. F. Bustet, pastor ; Meth. -; Uni. K. Haven. Hotels-Hyde's, A. H. Hyde ; Roy- al House, R. W. Pitts, R. W. Pitts & Son. Physician, Geo. W. Campbell.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS IN SUDBURY, JUNE 1, 1840.
Adam Stevens, age 89; Abner Hull, age 79; Azel Williams, " 80'; Peter Reynolds," 79 ; Noah Merritt, " 85; Stephen Murray," 82;
Peter Reynolds resided with John Hull, all the others were the heads of their own house and family.
" Brown's Camp," in Sudbury, "was near Miller's bridge, on a high rock, nearly per- pendicular, from the base of which, on the east side, issues a spring.'
THE KETCHAM FAMILY.
Thomas Ketcham was one of the first set- tlers in the town of Sudbury. He had 5 sons and 5 daughters, who lived to mature years, settled in Sudbury and became useful mem-
* Born in Kingsboro' N. C. 1793 ; fitted with Rev. Dr Yale; graduated at Middlebury, 1826 : studied at Princeton Theo. Sem. 1826-'29, Dec. 1828, Bent by A. B. C. F. M. Missionary to the Cherokees, in Georgia. Twice arreste I by the State for non-acquiescence in ex- pulsion of the Indians ; continued his work till break- ing up of the Mission, 1832; Home Missionary in Ohio. 1832-'34; Pastor in Sudbury '34 to '37 ; of a Presbyter- ian Church. Granville, N. Y., 1837-'40 ; In Winchester, N. H., from 1840 till his death, Ap. 3, 1846 .- Pearson.
bers of society. October 17th about fifty of his descendants, residing in Sudbury, Brandon, Pittsford, Hubbardton, Benson, Or- well, Whiting, and Malone, N, Y., met at the residence of Allen Ketcham, Esq .. (grandson of Thomas) for a family visit.
Mr. Ketcham is an extensive and model farmer-has a place for every thing and eve- ry thing in its place-a characteristic of the family. His elegant and richly furnished residence, the arrangement of his out-build- ings, his extensive and highly cultivated fields, waving with a rich harvest, the vast expanse of alluvial meadows on the banks of Otter Creek, and his fine stock of cattle, horses and sheep, all bespeak the taste and judgment of the proprietor ; and yet he is ex- celled by some of his guests.
Perhaps one of the number is the most ex- tensive fruit grower and horticulturist in western Vermont. He has 30 acres of or- charding, all in a flourishing condition, bend- ing under its burden of delicious fruit, to say nothing of his extensive nurseries of fruit trees and ornamental shrubberies, or of his garden of luxuries blooming with the beau- ties of nature. He appears to possess by na- ture a peculiar gift in neutralizing the rigor of our climate, to such a degree that even the various kinds of tropical fruit, unaware but what they are in the sunny South, flourish under his fostering care. Several of the brotherhood may with propriety be called business farmers. I recently met one of them in the street on his way to market with 640 head of cattle.
The presence of two aged matrons at the family gathering added much interest to the occasion. The widow Patty Knowlton, has seen more than four-score years, and is the only surviving member of the original Ketch- am family. She came to 'Sndbury when it was nearly an unbroken wilderness-here and there an opening just sufficient to let daylight shine down into the dark forbid- ding and almost impenetrable forest-when naught was to be heard but the howling of the wolves, the sullen growls of the bears and the sharp screams of the panthers, which frightened the deer that roamed at large ou Sudbury hills, and upon the banks of Otter Creek.
She has followed her five brothers and four sisters to the quiet church-yard, and those monuments whose white heads point heaven-
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ward, mark the last resting place of those whose memories and whose virtues are em- balmed in the hearts of their numerous de- scendants. She has led a life and set an ex- ample worthy of imitation.
The widow of the late Major Barnard Ketcham, of Sudbury, was present. She was , one of the first settlers, and underwent hard- ships and privations incident to the pioneers of the town, of which.the present generation are ignorant. She is a remarkable woman- has lived to see the dense forests disappear and give place to one of the richest farming districts in the valley of Otter Creek. She is a connecting link between two centuries, hav- ing seen nearly four-score-and-ten years, and notwithstanding her advanced age, her men- tal faculties appear with all the strength and vigor of youth. Industry and frugality, up- rightness and integrity, energy and decision of character, have been her prominent traits during her long and useful life. Her social qualities render her the life and animation of the circle of acquaintance in which she moves. She will long be remembered for her amiable qualities.
It was truly a social gathering as they re- newed former acquaintance, they lived their lives over again.
The men, all substantial farmers-culti- vate the soil and their intellects at the same time-the great book of nature being con- stantly spread out before them ; hence there was a degree of intelligence manifest, not common in a family circle. Several of their number have held seats in the Legislature ; they have also filled various other important stations. The social intercourse and friendly greetings, the beautiful scenery and admira- ble music combined to render it an occasion long to be remembered .- From the Middle- bury Register.
HON. JOSEPH WARNER.
Judge Warner, born in Sudbury. Dec. 4, 1803 ; first engaged in mercantile business in this town, kept store on Sudbury Hill with John Jackson in 1814. Afterward removed to Middlebury and became a favorite citizen of that town ; cashier of the Bank of Mid- dlebury from 1832 to the time of his death, Dec. 31, 1865, of heart disease. He fell within the gate between his house and the bank, and was taken up lifeless. Successful in business, frequently holding public othces,
Judge Warner was honorably known and cordially esteemed in his county and State. He married for his first wife Jane, daughter of Hon. Ezra Meech, of Shelburne, who died in 1842, leaving three children, Gen. James Warner, of Albany, and in the late war, also a very successful business man ; Ezra, who resides in Chicago, Ill., and Mary, who mar- ried a Mr. Bott and resides in Albany.
He married, second, Maria Bates, daughter of President Joshua Bates of Middlebury College, Sept. 19, 1860.
JOHN JACKSON, SEN , .
Was born in Newton, Mass., Nov. 14, 1776. Settled in Sudbury in a log house half a mile south of the Barnard Ketcham Farm, about 1809 : engaged in mercantile pursuits with Judge Warner on Sudbury Hill, 1810; re- moved on to the Peters farm in Orwell in 1819; started his younger brother Edward in business in Brandon in 1822, and himself removed to Brandon in 1835 and died in 1837, aged nearly 61 years. He married first before coming to Vermont, and had two or more children by this marriage ; second, in 1814, the Widow Holton, who survived him 27 years. For sketch of his second family, see Shrewsbury page.
Mr. Jackson resided in Albany about 15 years; removed to Brandon in 1851. Mar- ried Georgia Alden of that place in 1852; children, two boys and two girls. Both boys died soon after the father ; girls, Mary and Fanny : Mary married Dr. Peck of Brandon.
HON. JOHN JACKSON.
John Jackson, Jr., was born in Sudbury, Dec. 8, 1815. He spent his earliest years in that town and Orwell, and later removed with his father's family to Brandon. Soon after his majority he spent two years in New York and some ten years in Albany, where he earned the reputation of an energetic, prudent, honorable and successful man in his business .- About 1847, he returned to Bran- don, where he resided till his death. He fol- lowed successfully various branches of busi- ness and especially farming. That he culti- vated his land and raised his stock with a watchful care and scientific experiment, his broad and fertile acres and goodly flocks and herds, did fully attest. He gave much atten- tion to the general interests of agriculture, in
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both the county and State; was ever its un- tiring promoter, as a private member of a local society, or as a director of the State Agricultural Soctety, which position he had held, at the time of his decease, for several years ; and he was often chosen to fill offices of trust in Brandon.
His first prominent appearance in public life was as a delegate to the Baltimore Con- vention of 1860, representing the State and town of the birth of the late Stephen A. Douglass. He was a warm supporter, an ar- dent admirer-and a faithful friend, of that statesman : he stood firmly by him until his nomination was made-which was a great gratification to him, not only for the triumph of the principles involved, but as a matter of State pride and personal friendship.
In politics, he was of the Democratic school and acted with that party until the surrender of Fort Sumter, when he immediately took ground in favor of sustaining the govern- ment in a vigorous prosecution of the war, to put down the rebellion. He saw the men in the South with whom he acted in good faith, throw off their masks of pretended loy- alty and rally, almost as one man, to the standard of those who were seeking our na- tional overthrow. Having thus identified himself as one of the friends of the govern- ment, he was nominated as a candidate for one of the State Senators, to which position he was elected by a large majority.
During the session of 1861 and '62, until about four weeks before its close, he faithful- ly served his constituents. While he did not take much part in public debates, he render- ed efficient service on the Bank Committee ; being well prepared to discharge the duties assigned that committee, having been long & director in the Brandon Bank. He was also a member of the Committee on the Library, and of that on Military Affairs.
He was deprived of rendering much ser- vice at the last session, not resuming his seat after his first attack of disease, although he made great efforts to do so, and it was believ- ed these efforts gave a fatal termination to his disease.
He died Dec. 8, 1862, aged 47, leaving a widow and four children.
He married Georgiana Alden, of Brandon, and in his domestic relations was no less happy than in his public life and career. A man of warm and noble impulses of heart,
and large generosity, he was in turn deeply beloved by his many friends, both in private and public life.
Robinson* rests on the quiet hillside beside his honored ancestors; Eastman, the quiet companion and poet, sleeps in the cemetery consecrated by his own music; Jackson, the friend and companion of both, in the shady dell, in the beautiful cemetery near his home, in a grave of his own selection.
SUDBURY GRADUATES AT MIDDLEBURY, 1814- 1836.
Class of 1814. RICHARD PEASE: Rev. Dr. E. W. Hooker, Rev. Reuben Post, D. D., Prof. Ruel Keith and Fisk and Parsons, mis- sionaries, were among his classmates. He was a teacher and a merchant in Woodville, Miss. and a merchant at Matamoras, Mexico, and resided at Avransas Bay, Texas, from 1839 till his death. " He left home Jan. 24, 1842, to return the same day. Not returning, search was made and he was found shot through the loins and stripped of his clothes. Nothing is known of his murderers or their motives."
Class of 1836. MERRITT MATTISON became a Methodist clergyman and was at one time principal of an academy in New York .- Pearson.
SARAH ABBOTT, Sudbury, contributed one of the poems to " Poets and Poetry of Ver- mont; 1848-page 175.
TINMOUTH.
BY HON. O. NOBLE.
Tinmouth was chartered 6 miles square. A part was taken off in forming Middletown, and a part set to Wallingford, leaving but about two-thirds of the original town. A number of families came simultaneously into the town, the most of them from Salisbury, Ct. Among them were Charles Brewster, Solomon Bingham, John Spafford, John Mc- Neal, John Trim, Samuel Chipman, James Adams and Benjamin Chandler. The town was not organized until Mar. 8, 1774. Be- fore that time there were quite a large num- ber of inhabitants scattered over the town in log cabins. Among them were Cephas Smith, Bethuel Chittenden, Neri Cramton, and Stephen Rice. At the first town meet-
* Robinson and Eastman, also members of the Balti- more Convention.
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ing, John Mc beal was moderator; Charles Brewster was elected clerk, and these two with James Adams were chosen selectmen. It does not appear that any other town offi- cers were appointed. About this time Eben- ezer Allen and Stephen Royce came into town. These two last named were appointed delegates from Tinmouth to the first conven- tion that was assembled to declare the New- Hampshire Grants an independent State. They met at Cephas Kent's, in Dorset, July, 1774. The gentleman above named is in the Vermont State Papers called Major Thomas Rice. It should have been Major Stephen Royce.
Ebenezer Allen and Charles Brewster were delegates to the Convention that assembled at Windsor, July, 1777, and adopted the Constitution of Vermont. Before this time, or within a year or two after, Elihu Clark, Jonathan Bell, Thomas Porter, Obadiah No- ble, Samuel Mattocks and Ebenezer Marvin moved into town.
CHARLES BREWSTER
was the first representative to the Legisla- ture. He was also appointed a Judge of the Special Court which was created for the Rut- land Shire of Bennington County, before Rut- land County was organized.
SOLOMON BINGHAM
was a blacksmith, but he never worked much at his trade in Tinmouth. He was an indus- trious, persevering man, with a large family. His oldest son, Solomon, was educated at Dartmouth College, became a lawyer, and practiced several years in Tinmouth. He afterward removed to Franklin County where he lived and died. Three of the gentleman's children are still living. One, a daughter, born in 1773, is the much respected wife of Dr. Willoughby, of East Berkshire. Mr. Bingham was the second representative from Tinmouth to the Legislature.
COL. JOHN SPOFFORD
was one of the first men who came into Tin- mouth. He was a strong man in body and mind, and was prosperous in business. He early represented the town in the Legisla- ture, and was a member of the Convention that adopted the Constitution of the United States, preparatory to the admission of Ver. mont into the Union. He had a large fam - ily of children, several of which are still living. His oldest son, Heman, born inl He finally sold all his real estate to his
1773, is now living in Clarendon, and his oldest daughter, widow Royce, now lives in Richford. (1854).
JOHN MCNEAL
was one of the most active and energetic men in town as long as he remained there, and was the first who, in the language of the day, was an inn-keeper; but, on the com- mencement of the Revolutionary war, he un- fortunately placed himself on the wrong side, and his property was confiscated. The sale of his farm put more money into the treasury than any other confiscated farm in Vermont. There were others which sold for a larger sum, but Mc Neal was entirely free from debt, which was not the case with the most of those whose farms were disposed of as was his.
JOHN TRAIN
came into the town with his son, Orange, among the earliest settlers. The old gentle- man died in 1777. Orange was the first constable in Tinmouth, and represented the town in the Legislature 9 years. One of his daughters, Mrs Gilbert, is still living in Tinmouth.
BENJAMIN CHANDLER
had a numerous family. He was killed at the battle of Bennington, and was the only man from Tinmouth killed there. His son, Benjamin, was a doctor, and lived and died at St. Albans.
SAMUEL CHIPMAN
was a blacksmith. He had 6 sons, Nathan- iel, Lemuel, Darius, Cyrus, Samuel, and Daniel. NATHANIEL was educated at New Haven, and Daniel at Dartmouth. The others had no more than a common school education. Lemuel and Cyrus were doctors ; the others were lawyers. NATHANIEL was admitted to the bar in Connecticut, March, 1779, and it appears from the record of the Superior Court, holden at Rutland, in the county of Bennington, on the second Tuesday of June, 1779, that Nathaniel, Esq., was appointed attorney at law, was sworn and licensed to plead at the bar within this State. He was married, March, 1781, and went im- mediately into possession of his father's farm in Tinmouth, where he built a forge for the manufacture of bar iron. Ile attended to his profession, his farm, and his forge several years ; but did not succeed to his satisfaction.
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brother Darius, and removed to Rutland. | Royce, built the first saw-mill that was He lived in Rutland until 1803, when he re- erected in town. He removed to Chittenden County in 1790. bought the Tinmouth farm. Here he re- mained until his death. He represented the NERI CRAMTON town of Tinmouth in the Legislature 2 years was a bold and fearless soldier, and was one of Ethan Allen's men at Ticonderoga. When Burgoyne had penetrated as far south as Skeenesborough, Cramton, with a scouting party, was taken prisoner. He had no way of release but to take protection under Bur- goyne. He returned home, and the day be- fore the battle of Bennington, had proceeded with his family as far as Arlington, on their way to Litchfield. Finding there would be a battle, he left his family there, and went to Bennington, to engage in the affray. He was told that he was running a great risk ; for, if again taken prisoner, he would im- inediately be hanged. He said he should never again be taken alive. He went into the battle and fought bravely. One son and one daughter, Mrs. Capron, the only sur- vivers of the family, are still living in Tin- mouth. before he moved to Rutland, and 6 years after his return. He was 2 years Judge of the District Court, 6 years Judge of the Su- preme Court of this State, and 6 years a Senator in Congress. Judge Chipman, as a jurist, was not surpassed by any of his co- temporaries. He lived to the age of 90 years, his mind strong and vigorous to the last, al- though his eye was dim and his natural force somewhat abated. Lemuel studied his pro- fession with Dr. Marvin, in Tinmouth, and commenced practice in Pawlet. He repre. Sented that town in the Legislature several years, and was 6 years a Judge of the Rut- land County Court. He and his brother Cyrus, who was also a physician, moved to the western part of New York. Lemuel there became a distinguished politician, and was several years a member of the Council of appointment, under their old constituition. STEPHEN RICE Darius was a very industrious, persevering was one of the earliest and most successful of the Tinmouth farmers. He was consid- erably advanced in life when he came to Tinmouth. None of his children are now living. One of his grandsons, Levi Rice, and a granddaughter, Mrs. Valentine, are yet living in Tinmouth. business man. He moved upon the Tin- mouth farm when he bought it of Nathaniel. He lived there a number of years, and when he had arranged every thing to his satisfac- tion, returned to Rutland. He was 14 years State's Attorney in this county. The three youngest sons of Mr. Chipman left Tinmouth when they were licensed to practice their ELISHA CLARK profession, and never held any office in Tin- mouth nor in Rutland County.
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