The history of Washington county, in the Vermont historical gazetteer:, Part 93

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

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Their learned Proctor, plous Dean, And holy Palmer in the lurch, Have left their floeks, and left them, too, Without a Temple, Bell or Church.

And those who loved the mazy dance, Enjoy no more the liveiy Ball ;

They've lost, alas! their pleasure House, And miss their richly-furnished Hall.

STATE CAPITOL.

They once could boast a pleasant Hill. Delightful Rhodes, a charming Lane, A Warren, Bridge, and Shedd and Barnes, That they may never see again.

Their Forrest and their Woods are felled. The Major who their forces led, Has broken up his glittering Camp, And friendly Scott and French are fled.

All's lost! the men have lost their Crafts, They've lost their Ambler and their Wheeler, Have lost their Steele, their Peck, their Rice; And, oh! their women have lost thelr Keeter.

Yes, all is lost, and those who've gone, Have long ere now, perchance, forgot 'em ; They lost their Solace, lost their Child, And lost their Pride, and Hyde, and Bottum.

Amos W. Barnum, Vergennes. Benjamin F. Bailey, Burlington. His Excellency Ezra Butler, Waterbury. Samuel S. Baker, Arlington. Samuel Clark, Brattleboro : Jonas Clark, Middletown. Benjamin Swift, St. Albans.

David Barber, Hubbardton. Abel W. Potter, Pownal.

Leonard Walker, Springfield ; James O. Walker, Whiting. Leonard Mason, Ira.

Ira Smith, Orwell ; Asahel Smith, Ludlow ; Israel H. Smith, Thetford ; Joab Smith, Fairfield.

Luther Carpenter, Orange ; Dan Carpen- ter, Waterbury.

Alexander Miller, Wallingford.

Nathan Fisher, Parkerstown, now Mendon. Robert B. Bates, Middlebury, Speaker.

Spear-no such name in list of the Legis- lature in Walton's Register, for 1826. Johnson Finny, Monkton.

Ezra Pike, Jr., Vineyard, now Isle La Motte. Benj. Swan, Woodstock, State Treasurer. D. Azro A .. Buck, Chelsea. Shubael Lamb, Wells.

William Noble, Charlotte.

Nathan Young, Strafford.

Moody Rich, Maidstone.

Dwight Gay, Stockbridge.

Thomas Best, Highgate.

William Spencer, Corinth.

Jabez Proctor, Councillor.

Barnabas Dean, Weathersfield.

William A. Palmer, Danville. Robert Temple, Rutland. James Bell, Walden. Charles Church, Hancock.

Abraham Ball, Athens.

Alvin House, Montgomery.

William Hall, Rockingham.

Jarius Hall, Wilmington, Burgess Hall, Shelburne. Samuel Hill, Greensboro.

William Rhodes, Richmond. Josiah Lane. Wheelock. George Warren, Fairhaven.

John Bridge, Pomfret. Jonah Shedd, Peacham.

Melvin Barnes, Jr., Grand Isle.

Wells De Forrest, Lemington. Nathan Wood, Vernon; Jonah Wood, Sherburne ; Ziba Woods, Westford.

Major Hawley, Manchester.

David M. Camp, Derby. Richard Scott, Stratton.

Thomas G. French, Brunswick; John French, Minehead, now Bloomfield.

Samuel C. Crafts, Orleans Co. Councillor. James Ambler, Jr., Huntington. Nathan Wheeler, Grafton.

William Steele, Sharon.

John Peck, Washington Co. Councillor.

Ephraim Rice, Somerset. Wolcott H. Keeler, Chittenden. Calvin Solace, Bridport. Thomas Child, Bakersfield.

Darius Pride, Williamstown. Dana Hyde, Jr., Guilford. Nathan Bottum, Shaftsbury.

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PATENTS, we have not had any paper prepared for: Dennis Lane took out a patent for improvement in head blocks for saw-mills, Sept. 6, 1864 ; Ashbel Stim- son, in 1876, for spring-hinges for doors.

At THE CENTENNIAL, Montpelier Man- ufacturing Company took the award for children's carriages, and F. C. Gilman for sulky and buggy.

SONS AND CITIZENS OF MONTPELIER ABROAD.

We have not yet obtained a satisfactory list. We will mention here briefly the few not already included in a family no- tice in these pages, that have been fur- nished to us chiefly by Chas. De F. Ban- croft and Mr. Walton, and will be pleased if a more extensive list may be given for the County volume .- ED.

L. L. WALBRIDGE, a native of Mont- pelier, has been reporter for the Boston Journal, and city editor of the St. Louis Democrat ; is one of the best short-hand writers in the country ; was one of the wit- nesses on the impeachment trial of Presi- dent Johnson.

WM. PITT KELLOGG, present U. S. Sen- ator from Louisiana, the son of Rev. Sher- man Kellogg, we counted once as a " Mont- pelier boy ; " also, HENRY C. NUTT, son of Henry Nutt, of this town, now President of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad ; JOEL MEAD, a wealthy lumber merchant in She- boygan, Wis. ; JAMES MEAD, his brother, a leading banker in Oshkosh, Wis. Their aged mother still resides with us ; WM. P. STRONG, son of the old hotel-keeper here. President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, a brother of his in Faribault, Minn., and another, a prominent business man in Beloit, Wis. ; EDWIN S. MERRILL, son ot the late Timothy Merrill, - in Winchendon, Mass. ; GEORGE SILVER, son of Isaiah Silver, in Tivola, N. Y .; JAMES DAVIS, son of Anson Davis, and great-grandson of Col. Jacob Davis, Pro- fessor in an Institution in New York City ; DODGE W. KEITH, son of Hon. R. W. Keith, who gives his father's portrait to the work, a successful merchant in Chicago ; HAROLD SPRAGUE, a merchant in Chicago; R. J. RICHARDSON, of Des Moines, lowa,

a grain merchant; JAMES and FRANK MULDOON were born poor boys, now successful traders in Wisconsin ; HENRY L. LAMB, in Troy, inspector of banks, has been editor on the Troy Times ; Col. E. M. BROWN, editor of the New Orleans Delta during Butler's administration ; AZEL SPALDING, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1861 ; Hon. A. W. SPALDING, son of Azel, Senator of Jeffer- son County, Kansas, in 1862; FRED. T. BICKFORD, who has been Superintendent of the U. S. Telegraph Co. at Pittsburg, Pa., and Superintendent of the Russian Extension Telegraph Co's. line in Siberia, now at Washington, D. C., we think ; and many others whom the old friends at home would be pleased to see enrolled on their list of sons and citizens abroad.

OMISSION in Mr. Gilman's list of Mr. Walton's printed papers-an address on the death of Stephen A. Douglass in 1863, printed by order of Congress. E. P. W.

Page 365 should read, " we do not give sermons when the statements seem suffi- cient ; " we sometimes give sermons-his- torical ones.

Page 539, " where the sun touches first the grove," not "where the sun touches first the grave." Same paper, page 537, iron-framed ; not corn-framed.

Page 478 should read, an obituary by Dr. Sumner Putnam.

Page 424, The interior of St. Augustine's, for there are two side aisles, but no centre aisle, should read, there are two side aisles and a centre aisle, and " Between the win- dows, in simple black wood frames, the stations," should read instead, in gilt frames. In this last mistake we wholly exonerate our compositors-it was our own mistake, in the press of our cares but too carelessly made ; and it should have been added, the church has very handsome vest- ments and altar adornments, a lovely statue of the Blessed Virgin, and upon a Christ- mas night or Easter morning appears very fresh and beautiful .- ED.

Page 530, John W. Culver in 1833, not'35. Montpelier's Lament, page 572, from old scrap-book of Dr. Bradford, of Northfield.

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EAST MONTPELIER.

BY HON. S. S. KELTON.

The town of East Montpelier was organ- ized Jan. 1, 1849, having been set off from Montpelier by the General Assembly at their session in 1848, on the petition of citizens of Montpelier village. The meet- ing for organization was called by Addison Peck, a justice of the peace, on the peti- tion of 6 freeholders to him directed for that purpose.

The officers elected at this first meeting were : Mod. Addison Peck; town clerk, Royal Wheeler; selectmen, Stephen F. Stevens, Isaac Cate, J. C. Nichols ; treas., A. Peck ; overseer of poor, A. Peck; con- stable, J. P. W. Vincent.

The first child born in town, after organ- ization, was Clara Davis, daughter of Pear- ley and Cynthia Davis, Jan. 19, 1849. The first marriage was Rodney G. Bassett and L. Amelia Willard, Jan. 21, 1849, by Charles Sibley, justice of peace.

The town is bounded northerly by Cal- ais, easterly by Plainfield and a small part of Marshfield, southerly by Berlin, from which it is separated by the Winooski riv- er and a part of Barre, and westerly by Montpelier and Middlesex, and contains 18,670 acres; population in 1880, 972 ; grand list in 1881, $9,251.

The township is watered by the Winooski river, which runs through the southerly corner, and along the southerly boundary, by Kingsbury Branch, which, after drain- ing the numerous ponds in Woodbury and Calais, crosses the northeasterly corner of the town, and enters the Winooski ; (its name was derived from that of an early settler living near the stream,) and by numerous small streams, affording many excellent mill-sites. The surface of the town is uneven, but the soil is good and productive, and there is scarcely any waste land in town. The prevailing char- acter of the rocks is slate and lime, with granite boulders scattered in the easterly part. Of timber, the sugar maple, beech, spruce and hemlock largely predominate, with a great variety in less quantity.

bers 2,750 trees, all supplied with tin tubs, the sugar-house and fixtures being fully equal to the requirements of so large a number of trees. In a good season they make 10,000 lbs. of sugar, for which there is a ready sale, rendering it one of the best industries of a large farm.

The industries of East Montpelier are chiefly, almost exclusively, agricultural ; the farms are of medium size, generally containing from 75 to 150 acres, some of 200 to 300, and a few as large as 400 acres, devoted to a mixed husbandry, the dairy decidedly taking the lead ; some attention is given to the rearing of blood stock,-of horses, cattle, sheep and swine.

There are two small villages in town, EAST VILLAGE,

situated on the Winooski, containing a meeting-house, school-house, store, tav- ern, post-office, established about 1825, a grist-mill, saw-mill with planer, two car- penters and joiners and blacksmith shop.

This village has suffered great loss by fires ; 1817, or thereabouts, a hulling mill was burned; 1825, or '26, a blacksmith shop; 1847, the tavern-house, store, two barns and all the out buildings,-property of John Mellen; 1852, the Union store and goods ; 1859, the blacksmith shop of G. W. Lewis; 1868, the store and goods of C. H. Stevens, together with the barn of C. C. Willard ; 1869, the store of J. C. Nichols, with the goods, the property of Col. Randall ; also in the immediate neigh- borhood, 1857, the house of Norman French ; 1866, the house of George Dag- gett, one of the best houses ever built in town-struck by lightning ; 1871, the barns of C. A. Tabor, together with all the farm produce, tools, and four horses.

[Store and tavern since burned .- ED.]

NORTH MONTPELIER,

situated on Kingsbury branch, contains a post-office, store, grist-mill, saw-mill, woolen-factory, boot and shoe-shop, black- smith shop, and the manufacture of musi- cal instruments by E. D. & G. G. Nye. The water power in this place is very ex- cellent.

There are some very fine sugar orchards There are ten school districts in town, in this town; that of Cyrus Morse num- each supplied with a good, well-finished

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school-house, where a school is kept from 6 to 9 months each year, besides four frac- tional districts, where the scholars attend school in adjacent towns.

LIBRARIES.

In 1794, a circulating library was estab- lished at the center of the town, in the house of Pearley Davis,-he being librari- an,-containing 200 volumes, made up of history, travels, biography; and works of scientific, philosophic or moral character. These books were freely circulated through the town for a long period of years. The ladies' circulating library was established in East village in 1859, containing 223 vols. A Sunday school library of 290 vols. in 1850 : one at North Montpelier of 160 vols. in 1867. In 1861, an agricultural library was organized at East village of 116 vols .. which was burned in C. H. Stevens' store, in 1868.

CHURCH EDIFICES.

There are four meeting-houses in town ; that belonging to the Society of Friends was first used as such, in 1802, having previously been used as the store of Col. Robbins. The Union Meeting-house at the center of the town was built in 1823, and is also used as a town-house.

At east village is a Universalist house, built in 1833, the Rev. John E. Palmer, of Barre, preaching the dedication sermon, Jan. 8, 1834.

At North Montpelier a Universalist house was built in 1867. This is much the best house, in the belfry of which is one of the best bells in the vicinity.

RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.

In 1793, there was a religious society of Friends organized in the east part of the town, who for many years assembled them- selves together regularly twice a week, a meek and contrite people, under the preach- ing of Clark Stevens. It was their custom to hold silent meetings, when the spirit of the Lord did not move them to speak.

FREEWILL BAPTISTS.

There was a Freewill Baptist church organized in the east part of the town at an early day, and a great awakening in the religious cause, under the efficient labors

of Elder Benjamin Page. They held their meetings in barns, dwelling-houses, or anywhere where the way was open for them. Subsequently there was a church organized by the same denomination in the north part of the town, under the preaching of Elder Paul Holbrook.

UNIVERSALISTS OF EAST MONTPELIER.

Two of the most active pioneers of this so- ciety were the late Gen. Parley Davis of Montpelier Center, and Arthur Daggett, who lived and died near the East village. These first settlers in town had preaching of the faith they cherished, at an early day. Rev. William Farwell, Hosea Ballou, Paul Dean and John E. Palmer were the first ministers. Their society here was organ- ized Feb. 8, 1834. The cause prospered until there was more of this faith in town than any other. The resident pastors of " The Universalist Society" were Rev. Tracy R. Spencer, R. M. Byram, Simeon Goodenough and Lester Warren. Rev. Mr. Warren, now living in town, says he was employed for this society by Parley Davis, Arthur Daggett and others, in May, 1838. He preached once or twice a month, in the Center and at the East village, for 9 years. And now he has "vesper service" in the new church at the North village, once in two weeks. The meetings are well attended, as are also a " course of lectures" arranged by "The Prudential committee" of "The Lyceum." Rev. E. Ballou also preached alternately with Mr. W. for several years, until the settlement of the late Rev. T. R. Spencer.

EPISCOPAL METHODISTS.

Rev. Jesse Lee, who was the pioneer of Methodism in New England, first preached in this town in 1795, and formed the first society. He was succeeded by Rev. Ralph Williston, Nicholas Sneathen, Gideon Draper, and others.

Alexander Parker, his wife and two or three of their daughters, Enoch Cate and wife, Sylvanus Morse and wife, David Per- sons and wife, John Stevens and wife, Joseph and James Gould and their wives, were among the early Methodists of the town.

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Since the organization of the society they have, like most institutions, experi- enced at intervals seasons of prosperity and decline.

THE CHRISTIANS.

There was a society of Christians organ- ized in this town a few years since, who supported preaching a portion of the time.

EPIDEMICS.

Of epidemics, only 4 deserving the name have occurred from the first settlement of the town to the present day. The first of these was the dysentery, which fatally pre -. vailed in the summer and fall of 1802. The second was the typhus fever, which prevailed to considerable extent in the summer of 1806. The third, that fearful disease known by the name of spotted fever, which suddenly made its appearance in the winter of 1811. In the fall and winter of 1813, the typhus fever again very fatally prevailed. The number of deaths from this disease in the whole (old) town, was 78 : much the larger number of which were outside the present limits of East Montpelier.

The town is believed to be one of the healthiest in the State ; the average num- ber of deaths for the last 20 years has been 17 ; the largest number in 1862, being 29; the smallest number in 1867, only 7.

The oldest person living in town is Anna Gould, born at Sutton, Mass., Aug. 12, 1787; came to this town in 1803; is the widow of Simeon Gould, who died in 1879, aged 98 years, by whom she had 9 chil- dren, of whom 7 are now living at this writing, (Sept. 1881). Mr. and Mrs. Gould's marriage life was 70 years.

The oldest person who was born in town is Mrs. Paulina Davis, widow of the late Timothy Davis, and daughter of Clark Stevens, born Sept. 15, 1795. (Oct. I, 'SI.)

Mrs. Harriet Goodwin, widow of Hon. Israel Goodwin, and daughter of Capt. Isaac Putnam, born July 29, 1796.

The oldest inhabitant of the town is Mrs. Sally Vincent, widow of Capt. Isaac Vin- cent, and daughter of Darius Boyden, Esq., born at Worcester, Mass., July 4, 1793; came to East Montpelier early in 1794,

and has lived in town continuously since, 87 years, 7 months.

The oldest person who ever lived in town was Mrs. Molly Gould, who died in 1851, aged 102 years, I month. Mrs. Gould was born at Sutton, Mass., in 1749 ; married John Gould of the same town in 1768 ; raising a large family of children ; came to this town in 1811.

THE EARLY SETTLEMENT.

It is by no means certain, who cut the first tree, or built the first house. Gen. Pearley Davis undoubtedly made the first pitch, being two lots of the first division, at the center of the town, of which he re- ceived a deed from Jacob Davis, May 28, 1788, the consideration being "eighty pounds, lawful money." He made a be- ginning soon after, putting up a log-house and barn that season, but returned to Massachusetts to teach school the following winter. He cut and stacked the hay on a beaver meadow in the north part of the town, (now owned by E. H. Vincent) that season, which was mostly drawn to Col. Jacob Davis' the following winter, he fall- ing short of fodder for his teams, and those of new settlers who would stop for a time with him on their arrival.

In June, 1788, John Templeton and Solomon Dodge came to East Montpe- lier, from Peterboro, N. H., and com- menced felling the forest on their respect- ive lots, (being adjacent) preparatory to establishing their new homes, returning to New Hampshire to do their haying, after which, they worked the remainder of the season, clearing their land, and building each a log-house. The following spring, 1789, in March, they returned with their families for a permanent settlement, ac- companied by their father-in-law, James Taggart. After stopping about three weeks with Col. Jacob Davis, they proceeded to their new homes, 5 miles distant, the snow at this time being 2 feet deep. On arriving at Mr. Templeton's house, the roof having been covered with bark, a part of which had blown off, they found the snow nearly as deep inside the house as out. This had a decided cool look, but there was no backing down, the snow was

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shoveled out, a fire built, and they spent the remainder of their days on that farm, which is still owned and occupied by their grandson, Austin Templeton.

Mr. Dodge and wife lived and died on their adjacent farm, where their youngest daughter still resides, the wife of J. R. Young. These were the first families that moved into the town of East Montpelier.

During the first season all their grain had to be brought from Brookfield, (getting it ground at Williamstown) a distance of 20 miles,-on a man's back.

In the fall of this year, (1789) as their first crops were harvested, Col. Davis' mill on North Branch was ready to do the grind- ing, and save the Brookfield tramp.

Mrs. Templeton was accustomed to say in her later years, that she did not see a woman, except her two sisters, (Jenna Taggart who lived with her and Mrs. Dodge,) for a year, lacking one day, and that no family (except as above) lived nearer than Col. Jacob Davis', being 5 miles. Mr. Templeton died May 18, 1813, aged 48 years.

The third family that moved into town, was Jonathan Snow and wife, in March, 1790,-Mr. Snow having been here and made a small beginning the summer be- fore, in the east part of the town. They stopped several days with Mr. Templeton on their way. After living on their land two or three years, Mr. Snow sold out to his father-in-law, Barnabas Hammett, and lived a year or two below Montpelier vil- lage, returning to an adjacent lot of his first beginning, now owned and occupied by his youngest son, Alonzo Snow, where he continued to reside. Mr. Snow was born at Rochester, Mass , July 12, 1768, mar- ried Lydia Hammett Feb. 11, 1790, and came to this town by the then express train, an ox team ; after rearing a large family, died Mar. 31, 1846.

During 1790, quite a large addition was made to the population, for we find that March 29, 1791, at the organization of the old town, of the 27 voters present, 24 were residents of East Montpelier, viz : Benja- min I. Wheeler, David Parsons, Pearley Davis, Ebenezer Dodge, Solomon Dodge, |

Nathaniel Peck, David Wing, Lemuel Brooks, Clark Stevens, Jonathan Snow, Hiram Peck, James Taggart, John Tem- pleton, Elisha Cummins, Jonathan Cutler, Charles McCloud, Isaac Putnam, Nathan- iel Davis, Jerahmel Wheeler, Smith Ste- vens, Charles Stevens, Edmund Doty, Duncan Young. The last survivor of this pioneer band, was Elisha Cummins, who died Nov. 21, 1860, aged 93 years.

The first child born in town was James Dodge, son of Solomon Dodge, Apr. 5, 1790 ; the first female child born was Mary Templeton, daughter of John Templeton, May 3, 1791. The first death was that of Betsey Cate, a child of Enoch Cate, 8 months old. The first resident of East Montpelier who was married was Clark Stevens, with Huldah Foster of Rochester, Mass., Dec. 30, 1792. The first meeting- house was a log-house, built by Clark Ste- vens and Caleb Bennett, (Friends), on the highway near the line of their farms, in 1793, and used as such till 1802. This is believed to be the first meeting-house ever built in Washington County.

Dr. Philip Vincent was the first physi- cian who came into town; he came from New Braintree, Mass., in February, 1795, and settled where his grandson, Horace M. Vincent, now resides ; died in 1813, aged 54 years. The first merchant was Col. David Robbins, who built and began trade in what is now the Quaker meeting- house, in 1796. The first tavern kept in town was by Freeman Snow, opened in 1798 or '99, near where George Davis now lives. The first saw-mill was built by Pearley Davis, on the brook at the N. W. corner of lot no. 45, Ist div., in 1792, he having bought 2 acres of land for that purpose, of Caleb Bennett, for which he paid " three pounds, lawful money."

The first grist-mill was built by Samuel Rich, in 1795, on Kingsbury Branch, where the mill of M. V. B. Hollister now stands.

SAMUEL RICH

was born at Sutton, Mass., Feb. 24, 1769. He came to this town in 1792; was mar- ried to Margaret McCloud Dec. 1, 1796. Besides doing an extensive farming busi-

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ness, (owning 700 acres of land) he built and run a grist-mill, a saw-mill, a carding- machine, a fulling-mill, a brick-yard and distillery ; he also kept a tavern for a num- ber of years subsequently to 1805.

In 1805, he built a very nice, large dwelling-house, said to have been the best house in the County at that time. The place was known for a long term of years, as Rich's Hollow, so largely did his busi- ness predominate over that of all others. He was a carpenter by trade, and built the large barn (80x32 feet) for Nathaniel Da- vis, in 1793, being the first barn of any magnitude ever built in this town. He died in 1827, leaving 10 sons and daugh- ters, one of whom, Jacob Rich Esq., resided at the old homestead at the time of his death, in 1878.

BENJAMIN 1. WHEELER.

Born at Rehoboth, Mass., Sept. 19, 1766; settled at an early date in Montpe- lier, now East Montpelier, on the farm where he lived until his death. In the spring of 1793,he married Huldah French, of Attleboro, Mass. At the organization of the town of Montpelier, in 1791, he was elected one of the listers and one of the highway surveyors, and the same year town grand juror. In 1792, he was elect- ed selectman, and held that office 16 years previous to 1818. He died March 7, 1845.

JERAHMEL B. WHEELER.

Born at Rehoboth, Mass .; settled in Montpelier, now East Montpelier, at an early date, on the farm where he lived till his death. He married Sybil French, of Attleboro, Mass. In 1792, he was elected first constable, and that year warned the first freemen's meeting ever held in that town. Afterwards, between 1806 and 1813, he held the office of selectman 5 years, and was justice of the peace several years. He died in the spring of 1835.

MAJ. NATHANIEL DAVIS.

ing at once, there being but two families in what is now East Montpelier at that time. In 1792, having married Miss Dolly Davis of his native town, he commenced house- keeping, and doing business on a large scale. The following year, he built a saw- mill on his farm, having turned a brook a mile above him to obtain sufficient water to run the mill. In addition to clearing up his farm very rapidly, in 1793, or '94, he built a barn 80x32 feet ; in '95, he built a two-story house 42x32 feet, --- the same being occupied by his son Col. Nathaniel Davis, at the time of his death, in 1879; this is the oldest house in town at this writing, 1881. Before the year 1800, he built a potash and store, and did an ex- tensive and successful mercantile business for about 25 years.

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The history of Washington county, in the Vermont historical gazetteer:, Part 93

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

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