The history of Washington county, in the Vermont historical gazetteer:, Part 121

Author: Hemenway, Abby Maria, 1828-1890, [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Montpelier, Vt., Vermont watchman and state journal press
Number of Pages: 1066


USA > Vermont > Washington County > The history of Washington county, in the Vermont historical gazetteer: > Part 121


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149


Victor Goodrich, F, 2d ; killed at battle of Bull Run, July 21, '61.


Dan. A. Grant, H, 6th ; dis. Nov. 16, '62. Willis Grant, H, 6th ; transferred to invalid corps Dec. 1, '63.


James Hall, K, 7th ; died July 24, '62.


Samuel A. Hayward, E, Ist Vt. Cav. ; dis. July 24, '62.


Walter R. Hayward, E, Ist Vt. Cav ; must. out Aug. 9, '65.


James C. Hutchinson, H, 2d; killed at Charlotte, Va., Aug. 16, '64.


Corp. Stearns S. Hutchinson, F, 2d; must. out June 29, '64.


Stephen H. Jones, G, 8th ; mustered out June 28, '65.


Leland Kimball, K, 8th ; died at New Or- leans, La., Sept. 16, '62.


Mason Knapp, K, 7th ; re-enlisted, is the last entry of Adjutant General's report. Carlos Lafaty, K, 7th ; dis. Sept. 27, '64. Joseph Lavalle, H, 6th ; mustered out June 26, '65.


Henry Lock, H, 6th ; mustered out Aug. 2, '65.


-


755


ROXBURY.


Alexis Martell, I, 11th ; mustered out June 24, '65.


Frank E. Martell, H, 6th ; mustered out July 7, '65.


Corp. Samuel Maxham, 2d S. S., E ; killed at battle of Wilderness, May 6, '64.


Henry Morfit, K, 7th; died at New Or- leans, La., Nov. 16, '62.


Russell Morfit, K, 7th ; died at Fort Pick- ens, Fla., May 5, '63.


Capt. Patrick Murphy, H, 6th ; mustered out June 26, '65.


Lieut. Thomas Murphy, H, 6th ; mustered out Oct. 28, '64.


William Murphy, H, 6th ; died Oct. 25, '62. Carlos Nedo, K, 7th ; dis. Sept. 27, '64.


Langdon H. Nichols, C, Ist Vt. Cav ; died July 27, '62.


Abial Patch, H, 6th ; dis. Dec. 28, '63.


Calvin B. Phillips, E, Ist Vt. Cav. ; dis- charged May 22, '62.


Edmund Pope, Jr., E, Ist Vt. Cav. ; died Dec. 14, '64.


James Putney, H, 6th ; mustered out June 26, '65.


William Quimby, K, 7th ; died at New Orleans, Oct. 16, '62.


Felix Quinn, 1, 9th ; must. out June 13, '65. Eli Rich, K, 3d ; died Nov. 1, '62.


John E. Rich, K, 7th ; died July 18, '62. Geo. C. Richardson, H, 6th ; died at Fred- erick City, Md., Dec. 9, '62.


Harrison A. E. Richardson, H, 6th ; must. out Oct. 28, '64.


Lafayette Richardson, H, 6th ; discharged Nov. 24, '62.


Samuel Richardson, H, 6th ; died at Rox- bury, Jan. 15, '63.


Corp. Ira Royce, E, Ist Vt. Cav. ; dis. Nov. 22, '62.


Thomas P. Rundlett, E, Ist Vt. Cav ; dis. May 22, '62.


Joseph Shiney, H, 6th ; mustered out June 26, '65.


Joseph Simonds, H, 6th ; des. July 24, '65. John Slocum, H, 6th ; mustered out June 26, '65.


Corp. Emery L. Smith, G, 6th ; dis. Oct. 31, '64.


Otis Snow, K, 3d ; died Aug. 19, '62.


Lieut. Allen Spalding, K, 6th : resigned July 13, '64.


Sergeant Dennison F. Spalding, K, 6th ; must. out May 18, '65.


Israel Steele, K, 7th : dis. Oct. 20, '62.


Stillman S. Stephens, K, 7th ; died July 17, '62.


Sergeant Edward F. Stevens, F, Ist S. S. ; mustered out Sept. 13, '64.


Benjamin F. Stone, I, 9th ; discharged June 27, '65.


Joseph Veo, G, 6th ; mustered out Oct. 28, '64.


Lucius W. Wales, H, 6th ; killed at Lee's Mills, Apr. 16, '62.


Samuel Wales, Jr., K, 3d; trans. to in- valid corps Sept. 1, '63.


Ezekiel D. Waterman, K, 3d; killed at battle of Lee's Mills, Apr. 16, '62.


Henry Waterman, C, Ist. Vt. Cav. ; died at Washington, D. C., Aug. 9, '65.


Stillman Waterman, H, 6th ; discharged March 31, '62.


Stillman Waterman, I, 9th ; discharged Jan. 15, '63.


Joseph White, H, 6th ; died Oct. 22, '62. Loren J. Wiley, K, 7th ; must. out May '65. Wallace Wolcott, H, 6th ; dis. Mar. 25,'63. Augustus Bresette, 3d Vt. Bat. ; must. out June 13, '65.


Volunteers that re-enlisted .- Paul Burke, Carlos Lafaty, Henry Locke, Frank E. Martell, Carlos Nedo, Edmond Pope, Jr., Dennison Spalding.


Veteran Reserve Corps .- John W. Dun- ton.


· Also two men were credited to Roxbury, but not by name.


Furnished under draft and paid com- mutation .- Edwin W. Ellis, Edwin Ferris, A. H. Fisk, Lemuel A. Rood, Luther Tracy, Rodney Wiley.


Procured Substitute .- Nathan W. Cady.


Entered Service .- Samuel A. Richard- son, H, 6th ; dis. Aug. 2, '65.


Besides the above-named soldiers, there were several other residents of Roxbury who enlisted, credited to other towns, viz. : George R. Waterman, F, Ist; must. out Aug. 15, '65 ; Franklin Knowles, C. 15th ; Charles A. Fisk, F, 17th ; Orza Boyce, B, 4th : George H. Pearsons, D, 9th ; Samuel Shepherd, I, 56th Mass. Vols. ; died June


756


VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE.


27, '64; Francis F. Young, Mass. Vols. ; Sergeant Jones W. Ferris, K, 3d ; severely wounded at the battle of Lee's Mills, Apr. 16, '62, and discharged Aug. 1, '62.


When the war closed, Roxbury had a surplus of 23 men in excess of all calls for · troops that had been made, a much larger number in proportion to the population than any other town in the State.


1861


Silas B. Spaulding . 8 1


1848


Samuel Ford.


76


1866


Sarah Batchelder 86


1866 Lydia Beckwith 86


1866


Hannah Staples


77


1825


Capt. Job Orcutt. 75


74


1851


Samuel M. Orcutt.


74


1845


Billa Woodward. 72


Mary Woodward. 69


1850


Borga Wiley.


87


1879


James Wiley. 83


1881


Phineas Wiley


91


1879


David Wiley. 8:2


1873


Hannah Wiley 76


1866


John Williams 72


2846 Benjamin Samson 90


1880


Otis Batchelder. .


91


1813 David McClure.


80


1877 Alva Richardson 76


1822 Samuel Richardson 71


1868 Thompson Jenney.


85


1832 Jane Hixon.


75


1872


Samuel Robertson 97


1874


James Butterfield. 76


1879


Persis Robertson. 76


1865


Susannah Richardson. 84


1835


Darius Spaulding


74


1871


Betsey Spalding. 82


1844


Joel Hildreth.


77


Jemima Silver. 75


1872


Arathusa Hildreth


79


1862


Samuel Edwards.


84


1869


Lydia Edwards.


85


1873


William Knowles 94


1859 Betsey Edwards


75


1869


Nabby Ford . 85


1850 Henry Lcck.


75


1859


Arny Wilson.


8 I


1842


Elijah Ellis. 79


88


1861


Mary Bealey.


76


1861


Gideon Ellis.


89


1861


Darius Hatch.


81


1878 Mehitable Ellis


87


1861


Hepsobath Cady.


81


1841 Mrs. Samuel Richardson


91


1863


William Hutchinson


89


1865


John M. Spaulding.


76 86


1865


Abigail Cram. So


1856


Nathan Haynes.


78


1169


Francis Clukey


70


1857


Hannah Haynes.


86


1869


Jemima Webster.


88


1864


Abraham J. Haynes


76


1872


Daniel Haynes.


88


1873


Fanny Jones.


78


1859


Polly Paine .. 72


71


1875


Daniel C. Rich.


71


1876


Charles Samson


86


1875


Lamos McGregor


78


1865


Sally Samson. 76


1867


Aaron Spencer 84


1858


Benjamin Samson


77


1861


Polly Lyndes (colored,)


75


1873


Hannah Merrill. 75


1877


Sally Wardner.


78


1870


Alvin L. Brigham 71


1877


Margaret Martin.


90


1875


Eleanor Spaulding 84


1878


Eunice Kent. 80


1862 Samuel Richardson


1878


Samuel Steele. 83


1865 Lucy Richardson.


76


1878


Joel Wardner . . 83


1875 Barton Tracy.


72


1838


John B. Crandall. 70


1880


Enos K. Young


72


1865


Enos Young


80


1864


Polly Hildreth.


94


1852


Phineas Flint. 82


Seth Richardson .. 70


1836


Sarah Richardson 73


1869 Benga Edwards


87


1878


Burton Skilleger 78


1856 Obedience Lock.


71


1859


Samson Bates 70


Anna Hatch 80


1880 Sally Allen .. 89


1862


Lurinda Flint. . 81


186 Silas Spalding


88


1864


Aaron Webster


85


1850


Ruth Sargent.


1870


William B. Tyler 78


Phila Darling.


76


1861


Asa S. Simonds


1874


Calvin Cady


74


1860


Hannah Simonds


70


1876


Louis Loomis. 75


1879


Roxana A. Batty. 77


1873 Anna Gray Stanton 80


1863


Stephen Rumney.


87


1855


Dorcas Prescott . 72


1868


Dennis Crimims. 80


1842


Chester Batchelder. 69


1864


Eunice Williams 72


1876


Elias Rich


Mabel Williams 75


1819 Moses Woodward. 74


1878 Mary B. Orcutt. 95


ROXBURY LONGEVITY.


Persons 70 years of age and over, who have died in Roxbury,


1855 Mary Spaulding . 100


1876


1863


Sarah Batchelder. 87


1865


1859


1852


Mary Ellis


1860


1874


79


1825 Mary Orcutt ..


757


ROXBURY.


1866 Sally Steele. . 72


1821 Elizabeth Abbott. 77


1860


Lydia Cotton 71


1854 Robert Cram 78


1868


Jacob Loomis. 70


1849


Mercy Ruggles. 73


1877


Azubah Hatch.


70


1876


William Ruggles


71


1879


Lewis Chatfield .


94


Annie Blanchard .


78


1876


Lewis Cram


75


1869


Sila's Braley


81


1870


Oliver French. 83


1866


Mrs. S. Braley .


79


1861


Bealey H. Gibson


76


1842


Elijah Ellis.


79


1834


Mary Ellis


88 82


1830


Mrs. Wardner.


72


1848


Betsey Boyce.


74 76


1841 1847


James Steele. ..


Jedediah Smith


1855


Esther Smith


1878


Adah Hackett.


1861


Mary Bealey


1854


Gideon Flint.


1862


Mrs. Gibeons.


Mrs. Crocker. 85


Ranson Beckwith


Samuel Lyndes 80


1879


Lucy R. Howe. 82


1879


Lovina Ferry. 79


O. W. ORCUTT.


TOWN MEETINGS.


Held at Jedediah Huntington's dwelling- house in 1796, '97, '98. At Samuel Rich- ardson's, 1799, 1802. At Christopher Huntington's 1800, 1801. At David McClure's, 1803, '5, '6. At Samuel Rob- ertson's, 1804. At Leonard Smith's, 1807, '8, '9, '10. At Bllla Woodward's, ISII, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16. At Samuel M. Or- cutt's 1817, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '26, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41. At Luther Ainsworth's, Mar., 1842. At John M. Spaul- ding's, Sept., '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49. At Union Meeting House, 1850, 51, '52, '53, '54. Sept., '54, at new town house, 1854 to 1881.


MODERATORS.


1804; Rodolphus Willard, 1810; Samuel Robinson, 1811, '12, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '23, 24 ; J. F. Ruggles, '18, '14, '15, '16, '22, '25, '26, '28, '30 ; Charles Sampson, 1827 ; Shubael Wales, 1829, '31, '34, '35, '36; Joel Hildreth, 1832 ; Nathan Morse, 1833; Stillman Ruggles, 1837, '38, '40; Allen Spaulding, 1839, '41, '42, '51, '52, '53, '54, '57, '58 ; Henry S. Boyce, 1843, '44, '46, '47, '48, '55, '56, '59, '60 ; O. Richardson, 1861-'68; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1868; Billings Spaulding, 1869; Samuel G. Stanton, 1870, '74, '75, '77, 178; Oramel Richard- son, 1871, '72, '73. '76; Zed S. Stanton, 1879, '80, '81.


TOWN CLERKS, 1796-1881.


Thomas Huntington, 1796, '97, '98, '99, 1800, 'I. Darius Spalding, 1802, '3, '14, '15. Samuel Robertson, 1804, '5, '6, '7. James Bancroft, 1808, '9, '10, 'II, '12. Samuel M. Orcntt, 1813, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32,'33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38. John F. Persons, 1816. Jehial Allen, '39, '40, '41, '42. Allen Spalding, 1843, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48. Allen K. Jeney, 1849, '50, '51, '52, '53, '55. (Jeney died in Aug., '55.) A. N. Tilden, 1854. Ormal Richardson, 1855. A. N. Tilden, 1856 to ISSI.


SELECTMEN.


Samuel Richardson, 1796 to 1803, '7, '8 ; Isaac Lewis, 1796, 1800 ; Jedediah Hunt- ington, 1796, 98, 99; Christopher Hunt- ington, 1797; David Cram, 1797 ; Roswell Adams, 1798, 1800, '1, '3, '4, '5 ; John Stafford, 1799, 1806; Darius Spalding, 1801 'to 1806, '9, '10; Perez Huntington, 1802; Lemuel Smith, 1803 to '8 ; Jonathan F. Ruggles, 1806, '7, '8, '19, '20, '21 ; Samuel Richardson, 1808; Joel Hildreth, 1809 to '13, '14, '15, '25, '26; Robert Cram, 1809 to '13, '14, '24, '25; Samuel M. Or- cutt, 1811 to '15, '21, '22, '23, '25, '26, '27, '29, '30, '33 to '38 ; Isaih Shaw, 1813, '15, '18, '26, '27, '28,'36, '37, '47 ; Uriah Rich- ardson, 1813; John Paine, 1815, '16, '17, '22 ; Nathan Morse, 1816, '17, '22, '23, '28, '29, '30, '33, '34, '35 ; Charles Sampson, 1816, '17, '20, '21, '27, '28, '29, '38, '47, '48; Samuel Robertson, 1818, '19, '23;


Joseph Crane, 1796; Thomas Hunting- ton, 1797 ; Samuel Richardson, 1798, 1801, '2, '3, '5, 77, '8, '9, '13 ; Jedediah Hunting- ton, 1799; Isaac Lewis, 1800; Darius Spaulding, Job Orcutt, 1809 ; Zeb. Butler, | Elijah Ellis, 1818, '19, '20; Billa Wood-


1865


Isaiah Shaw.


1824


John Gibson.


76 85 89


86 76 74 80


758


VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE.


ward, 1824; David Young, 1824, '31, '32 ; James Burnham, 1830; Amos Wardner, 1831, '32; Daniel Loomis, 1831 ; Henry Smith, 1832; Jonathan Wiley, 1833, '34 ; Bezaleel Spalding, 1835 ; Jared Hildreth, 1836, '37: Robert Cram, 1838, '39; John Cross, 1838, '39, '40, '41 ; Darius Hatch, 1839; Thomas R. Shaw, 1840 to '44, '46; Enos K. Young, 1840, '41, '42 ; Jehial Allen, 1842; Wm. W. Woodward, 1843, '44; Benjamin Edwards, Jr., 1843, '44, 45, '56, '57, '58 : H. S. Boyce, 1844, '49, '50; Wm. P. Royce, 1845, '59, '60, '64, '65 ; Samuel Edwards, Jr., 1846, '50, '52, '53, '61, '62 ; Alvin Braley, 1846, '47, '48, '61 ; Stephen Pierce, 1848; Dexter Samp- son, 1849, '51, '54, '61, '62, '63; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1849, '50 '55; Elijah Winch, 1851, '58, '60 ; S. M. Hildreth, 1851, '58, '63, '66, '67, '71 ; Geo. M. Sampson, 1852, '53; Edmond Pope, 1852, '53, '55, '29, '61, '62, '64, '66; S. G. Stanton' 1869; C. H. Mer- rill, 1854; Stillman Ruggles, 1854; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1855 ; Charles B. Fiske, 1855, '66, '67, '68 ; Clark Wiley, 1856, '57, '58, 172, !77 ; James Cram, 1856, '57; E. N. Spalding, 1860 ; C. Richardson, 1864, '65, '68; S. P. Orcutt, 1865; Cyrus Howard. 1868, '69, '81 ; S. G. Stanton, 1869 to '74, '78; Enos K. Yonng, 1869, '70 ; Isaac A. Flint, 1870, '71 ; Storrs S. Clough, 1872, 175 to '79; Geo. L. Walbridge, 1873, '74 ; Charles Adams, 1873, '74 ; Billings Spaul- ding, 1874, '81 ; A. J. Averill, 1875, '76; D. L. Nichols, 1875; Charles N. Eaton, 1876; Gideon Edwards, 1879; D. R. Stanton, 1878, '79; C. M. Adams, 1879 ; C. H. Eaton, 1879; Wm. B. Orcutt, Arza Boyce, L. J. Wiley, 1880; L. J. Wiley, J. B. Spaulding, 1880.


TOWN TREASURERS.


David Cram, 1796; Isaac Lewis, 1797, '98, '99; Thomas Huntington, 1800, '01 ; Darius Spalding, 1802, '15 ; Samuel Rob- ertson, 1803 to 1808, '28 ; James Bancroft, 1808 to '13 ; Samuel M. Orcutt, 1813, '14, '17 to '28, '29; John T. Pearsons, 1816; Asa S. Simonds, 1830 to '61 ; Billings Spanlding, 1861 to '68, '69, to '74; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1868; A. N. Tilden, 1874 to 1881.


OVERSEERS OF POOR.


Selectmen in 1808; Jonathan F. Rug- gles, Elijah Ellis, Samuel Robertson over- seers, 1813; Robert Cram, Billa Wood- ward, Isaiah Shaw, 1820, 37; Robert Cram, 1821 ; selectmen overseers of poor, 1822, 23, 24; Samuel Robertson, 1825, 26 ; Samuel M. Orcutt and Nathan Morse, 1827; Billa Woodward, 1830; Nathan Morse, 1828, 29, 35, 36; Allen Spalding, 1835, 41, 42, 44, 45, 51, 58 ; Darius Hatch, 1843, 40, 46, 39, 38; Silas Braley, 1833, 32, 47, 31 ; Allen Spalding, 1848, 49, 50 ; Asaph Silsbury, 1851 ; H. M. Nichols, 1853, 55, 52; Edmond Pope, 1856; Edmond Lack, 1857; Benj. Edwards, Jr., 1860, 54 ; Wm. B. Roys, 1861, 62 ; E. P. Burnham, 1863, 64, 65, 66; Sylvester Ellis, 1867, 68; Alphonso Ladd, 1869, 70, 71, 72 ; Orza Boyce, 1873, 74, 75 ; C. L. Ellis, 1876, 77 ; Charles Adams, 1878, 79, 81 ; Salmon Williams, 1880.


CONSTABLES AND COLLECTORS OF TAXES.


Jeduthan Huntington, 1796; David Cram, 1797, '98, 1817 to 20; Isaac Lewis, 1799; Perus Huntington, 1800; Benjamin Huntington, 1801 ; David McClure, 1802 ; Chester Morris, 1803 to 1808; Roswell Walter, 1808; Rhodolphus Willard, 1809; Darius Houghton, 1810; Ezra Child, 18II ; John B. Crandall, 1812; Charles Bancroft, 1813; Joel Hildreth, 1814, '15 ; Charles Sampson, 1816; John Paine, 1820; Henry Boyce, 1821 to 1830; Allen Spalding, 2830, '33; Erastus Spaulding, 1831, '32 ; Amos Wardner, 1834 to 1837 ; Henry S. Boyce, 1838 to 1841 ; Dexter Sampson, 1841, '42 ; Elijah Winch, 1843; E. B. Pride, 1844, '45 ; Samuel Ruggles, 1846 to 1850, '55; Ebenz. Ainsworth, 1861 ; S. P. Orcutt, 1852, '53 '59; Daniel D. Hackett, 1855; Orin W. Orcutt, 1856, '76, 178; Benjamin Edwards, 1857, '58; W. J. Simonds, 1860, '62, '63; Langdon R. Nichols, 1861; H. G. Ellis, 1864 to 1870 ; Charles Spalding, 1870, '71 ; Sam- uel M. Hildreth, 1872 ; Zed. S. Stanton, 1873, '74, '75, '77; Azro J. Boyce, 1879, '80, 'SI.


LISTERS.


David Cram, 1796, 1806; Thomas Hunt- ington, 1796, '98 ; Jedediah Huntington,


759


ROXBURY.


Samuel Richardson, 1797; Isaac Lewis, 1797, '98 ; John Stafford, 1798, '99, 1808; Chester Batchelder, 1799 ; Perus Hunting- ton, 1799, 1802 ; Uriah Richardson, 1800, 1807, '12. '17; Joseph Adams, Darius Spaulding, 1800; David McClure, Benja- min Huntington, Daniel Freeman, 1801 ; David Nutting, Joseph Converse, 1802 ; Samuel Smith, 1803, '5; Clark Stone, Charles Fitts, 1803; Joel Hildreth, 1804, '5, '6; Charles Stone, 1804 ; Zeb. Butler, 1804 ; Jonathan F. Ruggles, 1805, '9, '10, '16, '17, '22, '24, '27, '30; Samuel Robin- son, 1806, '21, '22, '24, '27; Samuel M. Orcutt, 1807, '12, '17, '18, '19, '34, '38; Robert Cram, 1807, '8; Lorin Green, 1808; Charles Bancroft, 1809; Ephraim Morris, 1809: Salmon Cross, 1810 ; James Bancroft, 1810, 'II, '12; Gilbert R. Spaulding, 1811, '15 ; Anson Adams, 1812 ; Enos Youngs, Bezalel Spaulding, 1813, '15; Darius Hatch, 1813, '14, '15 ; John Paine, 1814, '19, '20, '26, '30; Thomas Davis, 1814; Billa Woodward, 1815, '20, '23, '28; Ira Hunter, 1818; Henry Boyce, 1818, '23 ; Amos Wardner, 1819; Charles Samson, 1822, '23, '30, '32, '33, '36, '37, '38, '47, '48, '51; Nathan Morse, 1826, '27, '28, '32, '36, '37, '42, '43; James Burnham, 1825, '26, '29; Elijah Ellis, 1827 ; Silas C. Briggs, 1828 ; Daniel Flint, Shubael Wales, 1829; Erastus Spalding, Henry S. Boyce, 1831, '55, '56; Silas Hall, 1830; Isaiah Shaw, 1832, '37, '42 '43; David Withington, William Ruggles, 1833; John Walbridge, 1834; Stillman Ruggles, 1834, '36, '40, '54 ; Alvin Braley, 1838, '43, '44, '46, '48, '59, '61 ; Benj. Edwards, Jr., 1838, '49, '50, '53, '54, '59; Samuel M. Hildreth, 1839, '40, '41, '51, '71 ; Eleazar Woodward, Consider Hyland, 1839; Wm. Woodward, 1840; Philip Cram, 1841, '48, '49; Benoni Webster, 1841, '47 ; Samuel Edwards, Jr., 1841, '57, '60 ; Allen Spaulding, 1842, '46, '47, '60 ; Luther Ainsworth, 1844 ; Thomas R. Shaw, 1844, '45, '46, '49; Hibbard A. Perry, 1850; Wm. W. Woodward, 1850; Ed- mond Pope, 1851, '52, '56, '65 ; Elijah Winch, 1845, '57, '62, '63; Stephen Pierce, 1845 ; Asaph Silsbury, 1851 ; Alvin L. Brigham, 1852; Stillman Ruggles,


1853; Wilson I. Simonds, 1854, '66, '81 ; Seth M. Bailey, 1855; E, P. Burnham, 1855, '56. '61, '62; Clark Wiley, 1858; R. S. Glidden, Dexter Samson, 1858; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1859, '64, '65; Joseph B. Ed- wards, 1859; Alphonso Ladd, 1862 ; Phi- lander Wiley, 1862, '63, '72, '73; Azro A. Simonds, J863; Buel Gold, 1865, '67, '74, '75 ; A. A. Smith, 1864, '65; C. B. Williams, Cyrus Howard, 1866; Samuel G. Stanton, 1867; Jason W. Powers, 1868; Ralph W. Rood, Aaron Webster, 1868; Charles Spaulding, 1869, 70; Billings Spalding, 1869; Isaac A. Flint, 1869; Clark Wiley, 1870, 71 ; Storrs S. Clough, 1870, 71; Frank T. Snow, 1872; Arza Boyce, 1872, '78, '81 ; J. E. D. Hildreth, 1873, '74 ; David B. Adams, 1873 ; David H. Stanton, 1873, '75; J. P. Warner, 1875; Horace A Thayer, 1876; Zed. S. Stanton, 1876, '77; Henry M. Spalding, 1876; Charles Adams, D. L. Nichols, 1877, '78 ; Clark Flint, 1879, '80, 'S1 ; E. C. Bowman, J. E. D). Colby, 1879; Geo. W. Williams, James Steel, 1880.


TITHINGMEN, 1805-'40.


Silas Spalding, Job Orcutt, Chester Batch- elder, Caleb Stowe, Waterman Spalding, David G. Nutting, Enos Young, Roswell Adams, Elijah Ellis, Jas. Y. Wolf, John Baldwin, Wm. Gold, Jacob Wardner, Sam'l. Richardson, Willard Smith, John M. Spal- ding, Asahel Blake, Darius Houghton, Uri- ah Richardson, Sam'l. Wright, Benoni Web- ster, Jacob Loomis, Silas Braley, Nathan Morse, Adin Smith, H. M. Nichols, Eleazer Woodward, Benjamin Edwards, Stillman Ruggles, Alvin L. Brigham, Daniel Flint, James Pike, Samuel Ford, Alva Richard- son, Cyrus Flint, Nathan Emerson.


TOWN AGENTS.


John B. Crandall, 1815, 1816; Henry Boyce, 1817 ; Charles Samson, 1829 ; Amos Wardner, 1833; Nathan Morse, 1834 ; Silas Braley, 1842, '44 ; Allen Spalding, 1841, '47, '49, '54, '60, '61 ; Alvin Braley, 1844, '46, '48, '50, '51, '52, '53, '55, '56, '59, '62, '63 ; Edmond Pope, 1864; Dexter Samson, 1867, '68; James P. Warner, 1872; Samuel G. Stanton, 1875; Wil- liam B. Orcutt, 1869, 76; Erastus N.


760


VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE.


Spalding, '77, '71, '70, '58, '57 ; Samuel G. Stanton, '78, '65 ; S. S. Clough, '79, '73, 74 ; Orrin W. Orcutt, '80, '81.


SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.


Joseph Silsbury, 1851, '52, '48; Aaron Webster, '50, '52 ; Stephen Pierce, '46, '47, 49 ; Allen W. Jenny, '55 ; Hira G. Ellis, '56 ; Samuel G. Stanton, '57; F. V. Randall, '58, '57 ; Aaron Webster, '58 ; O. Richard- son, '59; Austin A. Smith, '60, '61 ; Jas. F. Button, '48; Buel Gold, '62; H. G. Ellis, '63; Aldin Ladd, '64, '65; S. G. Stanton, '66, '67, '70, '71, '72; Wm. L. White, '68, '67; Andrew Stanton, '73 : D. L. Nichols, '74, '75, '76, '78; Zed S. Stanton, '77, '79, '80, '81.


JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.


Charles Samson, 1850, '51, '52, '53, '54, '38, '40, '44, '45, '47, '27, '31, '33, 49 ,4, 1, 39, 20, 28, 25, 26, 24, 22. 23, 48, 33, 34, 30, 55, 46, 21 ; Byer Edwards, 1850, 51, 52, 53, 54, 58, 61, 62, 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 41, 46, 49, 48 ; Philip Cram, 1850, 51, 48, 49, 46; Buel Gold, 1850, 51, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 74, 75 ; Elijah Winch, 1850, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 62, 44 ; Stephen Pierce, 1851, 52, 44, 45, 47, 49, 48, 46; Hiram Wal- bridge, 1852, 53, 54, 55, 69, 70, 74, 75 ; Asaph Silsbnry, 1852, 53, 49 ; Alvin Braley, 1853, 54, 44, 45, 47, 49, 46; Stillman Ruggles, 1854, 55, 44, 47, 49, 48, 37, 35, 46 ; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1855, 56; Calvin Murray, 1855, 56; E. P. Burnham, 1855, 56, 59, 60, 61, 63; A. B. Hutchinson, 1855, 56; Edmond Pope, 1856, 61, 62, 63; Sewell Hutchinson, 1856, 57; I. M. Hildreth, 1842, 43, 44, 45, 47, 57, 49, 48 ; W. I. Simonds, 1857, 58 ; Solomon Ferry, 1857, 58; Sylvester Moffit, 1857, 58; O. W. Orcutt, 1859, 60, 61 ; Samuel P. Wales, 1859, 60 ; Austin A. Smith, 1859, 60, 61 ; Cyrus Howard, 1859, 60, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68; Horace M. Nichols, 1861, 62, 63, 64 65, 66, 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 41, 46, 48, 39, 49; Clark Wiley, 1860, 61 ; James Steele, 1862, 63, 64; Samuel G. Stanton, 1862, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 ; Dexter Samson, 1862, 63; Jehial Allen, 1839, 40, 41, 42; E. Brackett, 1840, 41, 42; Wm. Ruggles, 1838, 40, 47, 39, 49, 48 ; Wm. W. Wood-


ward, 1838, 45, 47, 49, 48, 35; E. B. Pride, 1840, 47 ; Robert Cram, 1838, 43, 45, 47, 39, 23, 25, 24, 26, 22 ; John Cross, 1838, 39, 41, 35, 49; H. S. Boyce, 1838, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 41, 49, 39, 46, 48 ; Al- len Spalding, 1842, 43, 44, 45, 47, 41, 49, 40, 48, 35 ; Darius Hatch, 1838, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 41, 48, 46; Samuel M. Orcutt, 1822, 39, 38, 40, 44, 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 41, 49, 32, 35, 36, 24, 26, 46, 20, 22, 30, 33, 34, 35, 23, 25, 26, 28, 21 ; Luther Ainsworth, 1842, 43, 45, 47, 49, 48, 46; Samuel Ruggles, 1840, 44, 49 ; Jared Hildreth 1838, 42 ; A. P. Walcott, 1842, 43; Jared Keith, 1341, 42, 43, 44; Thomas R. Shaw, 1848, 42, 49; Isaiah Shaw, 1834, 41, 42, 43, 20, 30, 28, 24, 25, 23, 22; Jonathan F. Ruggles, 1827, 31, 33, 34, 13, 28, 16, 20, 30, 35, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21; Daniel Loomis, 1849; Henry Smith, 1833, 34; James Cram, 1849; Amos Wardner, 1834, 35 ; Daniel Kings- bury, 1827; Uriah Richardson, 1817, 20, 27, 26, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 18, 19, 21; Nathan Morse, 1831, 33, 28, 30; H. G. Ellis, 1863, 64; W. S. Roys, 1863, 64 ; Ralph W. Rood, 1866, 67, 68; Emery P. Cram, 1866; Asahmel Flint, 1866, 67, 68, 72, 73, 80, 81 ; Oramel Richardson, 1868 ; Salmon Williams, 1868, 72, 73, 78, 79, 74, 75; Erastus N. Spalding, 1870 ; Storrs S. Clough, 1870, 74; 75 ; Charles Spalding, 1870; John F. Roys, 1870; Charles I. Holden, 1870; Gideon Edwards, 1870; J. F. Pearsons, 1871 ; Jothan Ellis, 1876, 77, 74, 75 ; Azro A. Simonds, 1871 ; A. J. Averill, 1873; Orza Boyce, 1873; C. L. Ellis, 1873, 76, 77 ; James Burnham, 1831, 32 ; Aaron Webster, 1876, 77; Luther G. Tracy, 1876, 77 ; Hira G. Ellis, 1876, 77, 78, 79; C. H. Eaton, 1878, 79; E. E. Bowman, 1878, 79 ; George B. Hall, 1878, 79, 80, 81 ; Alphonso Ladd, 1880, 81 ; A. L. Nichols, 1880, 81 ; L. F. Wiley, 1880, 81 ; Darius Spalding, 1804, 5, 14, 15,16, 13, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19 ; James Pike, 1839 ; Samuel Robertson, 1820, 9, 10, 16; Be- noni Webster, 1846, 48, 49; Zeb. Butler, 1803, 4; Roswell Adams, 1803, 4; Rho- dolphus Willard, 1810, 11, 12, 13 ; John Freeman, 1795.


761


ROXBURY.


TOWN REPRESENTATIVES.


Rhodolphus Willard, 1809, '10, '11, '12; Darius Spalding, 1813, '15, '16; Jonathan F, Ruggles, 1817 ; Charles Samson, 1818, '19, '20, '21, '24, '25, '28. '37, '38, '39, '41 ; Robert Cram, 1822, '23; Isaiah Shaw, 1826, '27, '31, '32, '33, '40 ; Nathan Morse, 1829, '34, '35, '36; Allen Spalding, 1842, '43, '52, '53; Thomas R. Shaw, 1846; Benjamin Edwards, Jr., 1847; Dexter Samson, 1849, '50; Henry S. Boyce, 1851 ; Elijah Winch, 1854; Alvin Braley, 1855, '56; Edward Pope, 1857; F. V. Randall, 1858; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1859, '60 ; Seth M. Bailey, 1861 ; Chester Clark, 1862 ; Seth M. Bailey, 1863; Edmond Pope, 1864, '65 ; Austin A. Smith, 1866; Samuel G. Stanton, 1867, '68, '69; Erastus N. Spalding, 1870, 171 ; 1872, no elections ; Enos K. Young, 1874, '75 ; A. N. Tilden, 1876, '77; Wm. B. Orcutt, 1878-'81.


ASSISTANT JUDGES OF COUNTY COURT.


Charles Samson, 1842, '43; Nathan Morse, Alvin Braley, 1858, '59. Wm. B. Orcutt, 1874, '75;


Sheriff,-O. W. Orcutt, 1865, '66.


DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONL CONVEN- TIONS.


Darius Spaulding, 1814; Jonathan P. Ruggles, 1822; Nathan Morse, 1828, '35 ; Henry S. Boyce, 1842 ; Thomas R. Shaw, 1849; Samuel U. Hildreth, 1870.


POSTMASTERS.


First postmaster, John M. Spaulding, from 1826 to '49; O. W. Orcutt, 1849 to '53 ; Billings Spaulding and A. N. Tilden, 1861 to '63 ; Julius Spaulding, 1865 to '66; Orin W. Orcutt, 1866 to the present time.


EAST ROXBURY .- Shubael Wales, 1830 to '42 ; Stillman Ruggles, 1841 to '43; Samuel Ruggles, 1843 to '52 ; Jacob Ward- ner, in 1852, and present incumbent.


Merchants :- Among others beside what I have previously named, I remember Woodward, Thresher, A. N. Tilden, Ed. Ferris, J. Riford, Mansfield, I. Brigham, E. P. Burnham, A. N. Tilden & Son, the two last firms at present doing good busi- ness. Asa Taylor was the first to keep store in town.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.