ARMSTRONG, Theodore H. was born in Berkshire, March 28, 1849, the son of William and Mary Jane (Booth) Armstrong and the oldest of their six children. He was reared on the farm on which he was engaged until his removal to Enosburgh Falls in 1880, when he turned his attention to manufacture. At that time he bought the box factory on the river, together with the water privilege and about one and one-half acres of land. At the mill and factory are made boxes for use by the numerous medicine firms of the Falls and other places in the county. He also does planing, matching, and all kinds of job work in woodworking. Mr. Armstrong has a large business and is meeting with good success. He married, October 4, 1870, Ellen Leach, of Berkshire, by whom he has one son.
BAKER, Niles E., born at Dunham P. Q., February 9, 1830, has been known to the business community of Enosburgh Falls and vicinity since 1858. At the age of sixteen he left Dunham and went to Worcester, Mass., as clerk in a grocery store. Later he manufactured "treeing" machines for boot manufacturers, but the latter enterprise proved unsuccessful, and he left the locality and came to Enosburgh Falls in 1858, where he went into trade, having the only general merchandise store at the Falls at that time. In 1860 he built a store, and in 1875 built two others. He was in the flour, feed, and grain trade for several years, selling out and retiring in December, 1887. In 1858, on February 3, Mr. Baker married Emily O., daughter of Rev. Merrill Ladd, of Enosburgh. Of this union two children were born. Mr. Baker has no political ambition. He was formerly a Republican, but afterwards became a Prohibitionist, and as such he was delegate to the Butler Convention.
BILLADO, William Henry, was born at Broome, Canada, October 16, 1848, and was the third of eleven children born to Stephen and Jane (Loucks) Billado. The father was a carpenter, and at this trade William worked, both in Canada and in various towns in Vermont, until 1876, when, being at Enosburgh Falls, he determined to become a merchant. With his small accumulations he started a grocery store, and from that nucleus has grown the extensive business he now conducts in the most complete brick block in the village. Mr. Billado takes but little part in public affairs, finding his time fully employed in the management of his business. By religious preference he is a Methodist. In 1872, January 1, he married Jennie Willard, of Berkshire, of which marriage one child has been born. They have also one adopted son.
BREWER, Caleb Royce, was born in Berkshire, May 12, 1813. He was a son of David and Esther (Sykes) Brewer, and the fifth of their nine children. He was reared on his father's farm, but at the age of twenty-one started out to work by the month, and so continued until he married, in March, 1839, Saphronia P. Ovitt, of Enosburgh, by whom he had three children and who died December 5, 1849. After his marriage Mr. Brewer rented a farm in St. Albans, on which he lived for five years, and previous to which he lived in St. Albans for a like time. In April, 1844, he came to Enosburgh and purchased his wife's father's farm of nearly 250 acres, and on this he has lived to the present day. Judge Brewer, as he is commonly called, is one of the most prominent farmers in the county. On February 14, 1850, he married again, his second wife being Mary P., daughter of Nathan Perley. He is not entirely unknown to the politics of the town or of the county. Three times he was elected representative from Enosburgh, on one occasion receiving every vote but one. He has held town offices, being frequently elected selectman, and for two years was associate judge of the Franklin County Courts. In politics he is a staunch Republican. He became a communicant of the Episcopal church before he was of age, and from that until the present time has been prominently associated with the affairs of that denomination. Since 1844 he has been warden of Christ church at Enosburgh Center. Mr. Brewer's children are all deceased but one, a son, who resides with his wife and three children on a fine farm in Fremont county, la., which was presented to him by his father. He is a prominent and prosperous farmer and citizen.
CRAMTON, Henry A., the oldest of the six children of Chester A. and Samantha (Miller) Cramton, was born in Berkshire, August 30, 1836. In 1849 the family moved to Enosburgh, and afterwards occupied the farm now owned by Henry A., which came to him by inheritance from his father and grandfather Miller's estates. He is interested in the affairs of the town and county, and his name has occasionally appeared on the Democratic ticket for political offices. Mr. Cramton married, December 26,1876, Alice Rawson, of Montgomery, by whom he has had three children. The family is connected with Christ church of Enosburgh Center.
CROFT, Albert B., son of Joseph B., was born in Fairfield, Vt, January 18,1849. His grandfather, Joseph, came from England and settled in Fairfield, where Joseph B. was born in September, 1825. The latter married Pamelia A., daughter of Philemon Buck, September 14, 1844, and of their eight children Albert B., the second, married, December 5, 1871, Ellen Smith. Their four children are as follows: Homer S., born in 1874, died December 24, 1876 ; Vera M., born in 1882; Blaine A., born in May, 1884; and Merle D., born in January, 1887. Albert B. Croft moved to Berkshire in 1872. and settled on a farm he had recently bought. Besides conducting his large farm and dairy business he is senior member of the firm of Croft & Towle, who carry on an extensive creamery. They dispose of the milk from about 600 cows, and for the season of 1889 their average was 2,000 pounds of butter per week. Mr. Croft is a Republican, and has been selectman for two years, lister four years, and auditor for 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Croft are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Enosburgh Falls.
DOW, Samuel H., native of New Hampshire, was born at Hampton, December 7, 1821. His parents were Samuel and Louisa (Smith) Dow, and of their six children he was the fourth. In 1832 the family moved to Enosburgh and settled where Samuel H. now lives, the farm having descended to him on his paying the claims of the other heirs. In 1846 Samuel H. Dow married Joanna, daughter of Deacon Ephraim Adams, of Enosburgh. Of this marriage there have been no children, but they have a son and a daughter by adoption, both married and started in life for themselves. About 1858 Mr. Dow united with the Congregational church at the Center, and during nearly all the years since he has been one of the deacons of the society. He has been somewhat prominent in the political affairs of the town, having held all the town offices except constable and clerk. He represented the town in 1888, and was the leading actor in the effort that resulted in obtaining a post office at East Enosburgh.
DRAPER, Wilson, the third in a family of four children of Alanson and Phebe (Fish) Draper, was born in Sheldon, August 25, 1834. He lived in his native town on a farm until 1867, when he moved to Enosburgh Falls, but soon returned to Sheldon and remained there until 1887, when he located permanently at the Falls. He has always been a farmer, but in connection with that calling he has dealt extensively in butter in large quantities for the past fourteen years. Mr. Draper married, in 1857, Martha, daughter of Rev. F. C. Kimball, of Enosburgh Falls. In 1886 he represented Sheldon in the General Assembly; in 1859, '60, '86 he served as selectman; in 1878, '79, '80 he was deputy sheriff; he was road commissioner in 1886; and has been trustee of the village of Enosburgh Falls, in which capacity he has been instrumental in bringing about many improvements to the locality. In 1888-90 Mr. Draper was door keeper in the state Senate.
FASSETT, Gardner Smith, is a son of Alvin and Annie (Butler) Fassett. Alvin Fassett was for many years a merchant in Sheldon, but the last twenty years of his life were passed on a farm. To the latter occupation the subject of this sketch was brought up, and his education was acquired in the common and academic schools, a part of the time in attendance at the Oberlin Preparatory School. At twenty-one years of age Mr. Fassett worked at the carpenter's trade, but abandoned it for the farm. His father's family settled in Enosburgh in 1836, and from that time Gardner lived in this town in various places until he became the owner of his present property, which together with its Jersey stock is second to none in the town. It comprises 128 acres, and is devoted to general agriculture, dairying, and the staple product of maple sugar. December 4, 1856, Gardner S. Fassett married Julia, daughter of Hon. George Adams, of Enosburgh, and they have had five children, three of whom are living. Mr. Fassett represented his town in 1872, was a member of the State Board of Agriculture three terms from 1874 to 1879, and has held various town offices. In 1886 he became allied with the Prohibition party, and was then its nominee for the office of senator. In 1883 on the same ticket he was the candidate for judge of probate, and in 1890 the State Prohibition Convention honored him with the nomination for the lieutenant-governorship. In 1890 he was by the state legislature chosen one of the trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College.
GILBERT, Nathan A., born in Fairfax, February 4, 1847, is the youngest of five children born to Nathan and Cynthia Gilbert. Nathan was brought up to mill work, and became actively interested in that business in his native town, being half owner with his father of a mill. In 1877 he came to Enosburgh, and with D. B. Stetson built the large flouring-mill at the Falls, but later he sold out to his partner. He then went into the drug business with H. D. Kendall, and some two years afterwards became its sole proprietor. Still later J. W. Beatty became his partner, and in 1886 the business changed to that of manufacturing proprietary medicines, notably the famous Scotch oil. Connected with the business is the preparation of other remedies, such as lung balsam and sarsaparilla bitters, in the sale of which the firm is extensively engaged in New York and the New England states.
HAMILTON, Edgar H., was born in Berkshire, June 5, 1852, the seventh of the eight children of Hannibal and Julia E. Hamilton. At the age of eighteen he left the farm and went to Richford, where he learned the trade of a printer, with which occupation he has been directly or indirectly connected ever since, but whatever attention he now devotes to that trade is mainly in connection with the advertising department of the extensive proprietary medicine business in which he is interested. In 1880, after some years spent as journeyman printer and a short time in the livery business at Richford, Mr. Hamilton came to Enosburgh Falls and became foreman in the packing department of the famous Dr. Kendall, but after a time went on the road selling the doctor's medicines. In 1886 he became interested in the manufacture of proprietary remedies as one of the firm of Hamilton, Best & Kimball, which was changed in 1888 to Hamilton, Kimball & Co. In 1873 Mr. Hamilton married Addie L., daughter of Hon. H. D. Farrar, of Richford, by whom he has had three children.
HARVEY, Daniel A., son of Luther and Eliza (Bowers) Harvey, was born in Dunham, P. Q., December 5, 1852. Daniel lived at home until he was fourteen years of age, when he went to St. Albans and entered the employ of L. L. Dutcher, the well known druggist of that place. After five years young Harvey went to work for the Central Vermont Railroad Company, and about four years later came to Enosburgh Falls, where he went into the general merchandise business with A. H. Rublee, two years later becoming sole proprietor. In 1881 he went to Dakota, but returned the next year and began the manufacture of proprietary medicines with H. D. Kendall. Eventually Mr. Harvey became sole owner of the business, and has succeeded in building up a profitable trade in his special lines, among which is "Superior Healing Oil," "Kendall's Kidney and Liver Cure," " Sarsaparilla and Iron," " Elixir," " Cordial," " Pain Cure Pills," soothing syrup, and condition powders. In 1871 Mr. Harvey married Louisa Rublee, of which marriage one child has been born. In 1872 he was appointed postmaster at the Falls, an office he afterwards held for eight years.
HENDRICKS, James Parker, was born in Enosburgh, July 15, 1819, the youngest of twelve children of Talma and Lydia (Thomas) Hendricks. Talma was born in Pownal, Vt., and came to Enosburgh in 1803, bringing his wife and four children. The other eight were born in Enosburgh, but James P. is the only one now living in that town. At the age of twenty years James started out for himself. He married, March 23, 1841, Polly Sails, who bore him five children. His wife died August 15. 1848, and October 13, 1885, Mr. Hendricks married, second, Eliza A., daughter of Stephen Brown, of Montgomery, and widow of Silvan Gates. Mr. Hendricks is one of the largest farmers of Enosburgh, his lands embracing some 440 acres, devoted to general agriculture and stock raising. He commenced life in a small way, gradually increasing his possessions until they have reached their present fine proportions. He has been a Republican since that party's organization, but has never sought office.
HUBBELL, Timothy, who died in Enosburgh in 1880, was well and favorably known to the residents of the town. He was born in Fairfield in 1833, the son of Nathan Hubbell, and was a carpenter before his marriage, but after that event he gave his attention to farm work. In 1861 he married Eliza K., daughter of Ellison Maynard, and had two children, Chauncey and Marshall L. Mr. Hubbell died in 1880, and his farm passed to his widow and sons, being now conducted by the former and Marshall L. Hubbell. It comprises 153 acres, and sustains a dairy of upwards of thirty-five cows. Mr. Hubbell during his life was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of West Enosburgh, and was one of its stewards. He was a Republican and quite prominent in town affairs.
HUTCHINSON, William R., was born in Grand Isle, December 16, 1824, the eldest of seven children born to John and Eliza Hutchinson. The youthful life of William was passed on his father's farm and as a clerk in the store at Monkton, Vt. At the age of eighteen he commenced the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Stone, of Monkton, and after three years took two courses at the Castleton Medical College, graduating in 1848. Dr. Hutchinson commenced practice at Vergennes, but in 1849 came to Enosburgh, locating at the Center, and practicing there until 1875, when he took up his residence at the Falls, giving to his son his practice at the Center. Dr. Hutchinson has two sons in practice in this town-Dr. -William Watson Hutchinson and Frederick Smith Hutchinson. The former is a graduate of the Medical Department of the University of Vermont, and also attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city, commencing practice at the Center in 1874. The last named son graduated from the Burlington institution in 1882, and has since practiced in the town of Enosburgh. Dr. Hutchinson, sr., while his life has been given to professional work, is not wholly unknown to the politics of his county. In, 1864 he represented Enosburgh in the legislature, and in 1868-69 he was in the Senate. In 1862 he was appointed county medical examiner. He married, in 1849, Celinda C, daughter of Burrill Smith, of Monkton, by whom he has had two sons (above referred to). Dr. Hutchinson was town clerk of Enosburgh for nineteen years, and while living at the Center he held the position of postmaster.
INGALLS, Horace Read, or, as he is more popularly known in the north part of the county. Read Ingalls, was born in Bakersfield, June 27, 1835, the son of Reuben and Sophronia (Hare) Ingalls, who had a family of seven children. The father was a mechanic, but Horace worked out and was inclined to speculate in whatever promised the best returns. In 1868 he bought a 200-acre farm in Enosburgh, and there he moved and still resides, carrying on business as a farmer and buyer. Mr. Ingalls's wife was Philenda Stephens, by whom he has had four children : Cortez L., Mary, Carl I., and Dora. The daughter Mary is the wife of Joel Pond, of Eden.
KENDALL, Lucius C, born in Enosburgh, July 22, 1840, was the son of Seth and Polly Kendall, and the fourth of their eight children. Seth was a farmer and carriage maker, and to that employment Lucius was brought up. He started in business for himself about 1868 in manufacturing buggies and lumber wagons, and has continued in it to the present time, except in 1888, when the buggy department was dropped, although in his stock is now kept an extensive assortment of single and double carriages. November 1, 1863, Mr. Kendall married Jane A., daughter of Harlow Woodworth, of Berkshire. Mrs. Kendall died during the summer of 1890, leaving no children.
LADD, Hiram, a native of Enosburgh, born July 29, 1822, was the son of Asa and Lovica (Hopkins) Ladd, and the fifth of their thirteen children. Hiram lived at home on the farm until he was twenty-four years of age, and attended the district schools and the Franklin Academy. He taught school at Enosburgh, Berkshire, and one winter at St. Albans. At the age of twenty-four he went to Springfield and engaged in mill work, Thence he went to Lawrence, Mass., engaging in the same employment. After a few years he returned home and went into trade with his brother, but soon sold out and engaged in farming. He retired from active business about the time of the war. On March 2, 1854, he married Lovina A., daughter of Caleb Libby, but no children have been born to them. Mr. Ladd, while no politician, has been honored with several town offices, among them those of lister, justice of the peace, and town treasurer, holding the latter office at the present time. In church affairs he is interested in the Freewill Baptist Society.
LEACH, Alpheus P., generally known as one of the most extensive farmers of Franklin county, was a native of Enosburgh, and was born December 1, 1838. He was a son of F. P. and Anna C. (Ladd) Leach, and is their only surviving child. The father was a native of Fairfield and came to this town about 1834. He was one of the most successful farmers of the town and acquired a handsome property, which descended to Alpheus P. Mr. Leach's possessions comprise about 700 acres of land in three good farms. He was selectman two years, but had no inclination for politics.
MANLEY, Allen H., born in Franklin, Vt., September 30, 1845, is the son of James H. and Harriet Manley. His father was a mechanic and later a farmer, and Allen was reared on the farm until he was twenty years old, when he learned the carpenter's trade. After working in various places, mainly in Sheldon, he came in 1870 to Enosburgh and from there to the Falls, where he now resides. He is engaged in carpentering and contracting, and is proprietor of a planing-mill and sash, door, and blind factory. In 1872 he bought the mill plant and built a considerable addition to it. He has contributed much towards building up the Falls. Among other large buildings recently erected is the Burt block. In 1888 Mr. Manley was chosen selectman, a position he still holds. In 1876 he married Lucy Nichols, who died in 1886. In February, 1888, he married Sarah B. Northrup, of Sheldon. Two children were born of the first marriage.
MAYNARD, Ellison S., whose farm lies just south of the Center, is a native of Enosburgh, and was born on the 24th of November, 1844. He was the oldest of the four children of Charles and Cynthia (Adams) Maynard. Like his father he has always lived on a farm. The homestead came to him on his father's death in 1865, but it was required to satisfy the other interests. In 1874 Ellison S. Maynard married Helen R., daughter of Levi Nichols, of Enosburgh, of which marriage three children have been born, only one of whom is now living. In politics Mr. Maynard is a Republican, but takes no active part in political matters. He attends the meetings of the Congregational Society.
McALLISTER Charles Stevens, was born in Enosburgh, Vt., July 22, 1821, the youngest of fourteen children of William and Margaret McAllister. The father and mother were natives of New Hampshire and came to Berlin, Vt, in 1798, and to West Enosburgh in 1810. He was not a public man, but was an industrious farmer, and died in 1825, when the subject of this sketch was about three years old. Like his father Charles S. McAllister has always been a farmer, his estate comprising 500 acres of rich farm land. Mr. McAllister lives on the farm, but the management of the land devolves upon Richard Smith, who married an adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McAllister. September 6, 1843, Charles S. McAllister married Abbie, daughter of Jonas Boutelle, one of the prominent men of Enosburgh. No children were born to them. Mr. McAllister is not wholly unknown in the political history of this town. He has held several offices of trust and responsibility, being overseer of the poor and poor-house director for fifteen years. In 1870 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of the state. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for fifty-six years and one of its officers during the last forty years. A Republican in politics he has voted that ticket since the organization of the party.
OVITT, Charles Le Roy, was born in Moriah, N. Y., May 2, 1855, but was descended from the Ovitt family of Enosburgh, who were pioneers in the town, and some of the later generations were among its most prominent business men. Charles was the son of Charles Fox and Matilda E. (Foster) Ovitt, and the eldest of their three children. Charles F., the father, was a native of Fairfield. For twenty-eight years prior to his death he was a merchant, fourteen years being passed in Bakersfield and fourteen in West Enosburgh or Jacksonville. Charles L. from youth was a clerk in his father's store, and also worked in the mill, which, too, was his father's. In 1875 he took an interest in the business, and when the father died, in 1888, Charles L. took the store and his brother the mill property, of each of which they are now the respective owners and managers. May 3, 1881, Charles L. Ovitt married Mattie L. Keeler, of Essex, Vt., by whom he has one son. October 26, 1889, Mr. Ovitt was appointed postmaster at West Enosburgh. He is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is one of the stewards.
PERKINS, Francis Romeo, born in Bakersfield, October 6, 1834, was descended from the prominent Perkins-Brigham family so well known in that town. About 1836 Mr. Perkins became a resident of Enosburgh, and in 1859 he purchased the large farm property on which he now lives, and which contains some 400 acres and supports from 75 to 100 cows. In connection with it he has a private creamery, and this with his regular farm work engages his entire attention, though he is interested in town affairs and; has occasionally held town offices. In 1855 Mr. Perkins married Elvira R., daughter of Stephen T. Anderson, by whom he has had four children, two of whom are living. Stephen Anderson, father of Mrs. Perkins, was born in Royalton in 1804. and was the son of William and Freelove Anderson, who settled in Enosburgh in 1818.
PERLEY, David Munson, born in Enosburgh, April 30, 1817, is descended from pioneer stock in the town. He was the only son of the six children of David and Lucina (Ovitt) Perley. His father died when he was but six years old, and at sixteen David M. started out to make his own way in life. He worked out for a time, saved his earnings, and went to Massachusetts to work on a farm and drive a team on the road. He learned chair making and worked at it for about three years, when he returned to Enosburgh and made chairs at the Center for Henry Walbridge. He worked also at Missisquoi Bay and St. Albans, at the latter place becoming for a time the partner of Azel Church. Later he returned to Enosburgh and managed the farm for about twelve years, which by subsequent purchases he has enlarged to nearly 400 acres. For about eight years Mr. Perley was employed by the Fairbanks Company in selling their scales throughout the country. After a busy life he settled at North Enosburgh, where he now resides. In August, 1843, Mr. Perley married Laura Ann, daughter of Rev. Moses Parmelee, by whom he has had four children: Moses P., Martha Ann, Candace, and Walter E. In politics Mr. Perley is a Republican. He has held several town offices.
PERLEY, Moses Parmelee, born in Enosburgh. June 25, 1844, is the oldest of four children born to David M. and Laura Ann (Parmelee) Perley. Until twenty-two years old Moses lived on his father's farm. He then became a clerk in the store of D. D. Wead, of Sheldon, and two years later became a partner with Mr. Wead in the drug and grocery business. After three years Mr. Perley sold out and went to Boston, becoming traveling salesman for a grocery house. During the nine years following he was thus engaged, but at the end of that time he returned to Enosburgh Falls and became interested in the manufacture of Dr. Kendall's spavin cure, taking a fourth interest in the business, which since has become a third interest. Mr. Perley is secretary of the present company. Besides the spavin cure interest he owns a large store at Enosburgh Falls, doing business under the firm name of M. P. Perley & Co., it being one of the largest stores doing a general merchandise business in Northern Vermont On the 11th of October, 1875, Mr. Perley married Ella M. Stone, of East Berkshire, of which marriage three children have been born.
POTTER John Adams, was born in Sheldon, April 7, 1829, the son of Isaac J. and Emmie (Dyer) Potter He lived upon a farm until December, 1889, when he removed to Enosburgh Falls and engaged in mercantile pursuits, becoming one of the firm of W. E. Burt & Co. This was a successful concern and dealt largely in agricultural implements, tin, stoves, lumber, etc. In 1878, while a resident of Sheldon, Mr. Potter represented that town in the legislature. He was its selectman eight years, during seven of which he was first selectman, and has also held other offices. March 26, 1851, he married Mary M. Robinson, of Swanton, who bore him three children. In 1885 his wife died, and in 1887 he married, second, Florence E. Thatcher, of South Burlington, Vt.
STETSON, Daniel B., born in Newport, Orleans county, Vt., the son of Thomas G. and Hannah (Adams) Stetson, lived at home until he was twenty years old, when he went to Boston, where he worked three seasons on forts in that locality and also peddled ice. In 1840 he came to Enosburgh and bought a farm, which he soon sold and moved to Canada on a farm. He peddled in upper Canada about six years. In 1859 he settled permanently in Enosburgh Falls, engaging in mercantile pursuits. In 1877, with N. A. Gilbert, he built the Missisquoi flouring-mills, but afterwards succeeded to the entire business. In 1887 General Marsh became a partner under the firm name of Stetson & Marsh, the business of which concern is among the largest of its kind in the county. Daniel B. Stetson in 1849 married Sarah Pixley, daughter of Dr. Albert Pixley, of Fairlee, Vt., of which union five children have been born, of whom two only are living: Daniel F. Stetson, of Rockton, N.Y., and Charles H. Stetson, of Enosburgh Falls. The latter is associated in business with his father. Daniel B. Stetson has held all the principal offices in his town and village, and represented the town in the state legislature in 1870.
STEVENS, Edwin Prentiss, was born in Enosburgh, Vt., April 10, 1842, and was one of eight children of Samuel and Elizabeth Stevens, a well known and highly respected family of the town. Edwin was reared on the farm, but at the age of twenty-one started out to work by the month. He lost the first $2,000 he ever earned, but this did not discourage him. In December, 1865, he married Adelaide Anderson, by whom he had two children, Charles and Ella. November 19, 1882, Mrs. Stevens died. Mr. Stevens bought the Stephen Anderson farm of 225 acres, and here he lives the life of a farmer and cattle buyer. The pioneer of the family was Samuel Stevens, who came to Enosburgh from Hartland about 1800. He was the grandfather of Edwin P. Stevens, and was a very prominent man in the town.
WHITCOMB, John M., is the representative of a numerous family of Whitcombs, the greater number of whom reside in the southeastern part of the town of Enosburgh. The pioneer of the family was John Whitcomb, who settled about 1800 on the same farm where John M. Whitcomb now lives. Hiram M. and Sophia Whitcomb were the parents of John, the latter being the only one of their five children now living in the town. The father being a farmer John M. was brought up to that employment, but he has added to his agricultural labors those of the management of a steam saw, planing, and shingle-mill. Mr. Whitcomb, during the period of agitation about the time of the St. Albans raid, when military companies were organizing throughout the country, was the victim of an accident. He joined the militia and drilled at the Center, but when returning home on one occasion was thrown from his horse and received injuries from which he has never recovered. On March 13, 1867, Mr. Whitcomb married Samantha C. Ladd, by whom he has had two children.
WOODWARD, Daniel, whose home stands in a prominent locality in North Enosburgh, is a native of Bradford, this state, and was born in 1804. He came to Enosburgh in 1821 with his parents, but afterwards lived in St Albans and in Highgate. At the former place he married Ruth Hendricks, by whom he had thirteen children, as follows: Horatio, Norman, Orrin, Olive, Arkless, James, Betsey, Alse, Guy, Theresa, Byron, Edna, and Josephine. Of these six are still living. In 1834 Mr. Woodward came permanently to Enosburgh and purchased the Martha McAllister farm. In 1865 he bought the Charles Stevens farm, where the old hotel was built, and still lives in the locality. By trade he is a cooper, but has given much attention to farming. In politics he is a firm Democrat, and in religion inclines to Universalism. He was justice for twenty years and postmaster at North Enosburgh for eighteen years.
WOODWARD, Norman, the second son of Daniel and Ruth Woodward, was born in Highgate, Vt., January 1, 1830. At the age of four years he moved with his parents to Enosburgh, where he now lives. He worked on his father's farm most of the time, till he was twenty-three years old, when he started out for himself with the determination to make his own wav in life, and worked for H. N. Barber nearly four years. November 27, 1856, Mr. Woodward married Lucy, daughter of Jonas and Maria Temple, of Bakersfield. He conducted the Barber farm for two years on shares and then bought the Robert Barber farm for $5,000, for which he ran in debt, and by the help of his faithful wife he succeeded in paying for it He then bought seventy-five acres more adjoining for $4,600. In 1889 he purchased the Chester Waller farm of his father, Daniel Woodward, for $5,000. This is nearly paid for. He now has 400 acres of land in his possession. In 1890 he bought a store at the Center of H. C. Parker, but formerly owned by Thomas Fuller. Mr. and Mrs. Woodward have had born to them a family of nine children, viz.: Nelson E., of Northfield, Minn.; Ellen M., who died in 1861 at the age of two years; Albert J., who resides on the Waller farm ; and Maurice S., Mary C, Lee D., Bernice B., Byron N., and Warren S.
WOODWORTH, Arthur Wellington, was born in Berkshire, Vt, May 7,1833. He was the son of William S. and Patience (Stearns) Woodworth, who had fourteen children, and was brought up to carpenter work, but from maturity until he was twenty-seven years of age he worked on a farm. In 1850 Mr. Woodworth married, and to himself and his wife, Adaline, one child was born, Linnie R. Phelps, now of Boston. Upon his marriage Mr. Woodworth bought a farm in Enosburgh, to which he moved and on which he lived until 1853, when he moved to the Falls. In 1887 he purchased the mill in Sampsonville, in addition to which business he has speculated largely. He owns some 900 acres of land in different localities. In local political affairs he has been somewhat prominent, having been selectman, lister, constable, and in 1859-60 represented the town in the lower house and in 1880 was member of the state Senate.
