CLAPP, George L., a native of Montgomery, was born October 8, 1832. His grand-father, Joshua, sr., a twin brother of Caleb, was born in Hardwick, Mass., February 9, 1752. He married Nabby Barnard, and in 1792 came to Montgomery, being the first settler in the town. They had six children, of whom Joshua, jr., was born February 15, 1805. and married Fanny, daughter of Richard Smith, of Montgomery, September 3. 1827. by whom he had nine children. George L., the fourth child, married Harriet M., daughter of Dr. B. W. Fuller, of Montgomery, December 16, 1855. They had two children, William J., born November 28, 1857, who married S. Alice Stevens, of Crafts-bury, August 10, 1882, and Charlotte A., born April 3, 1866. George L. Clapp secured his education in the common and select schools of Montgomery. In 1856 he went to Wakefield, Mass., where he engaged as clerk in a hardware store. After two years he returned to Montgomery and bought a small farm adjoining the Clapp homestead. In the fall of 1874 he went to New York city, where he held a position of trust in the Wilson Packing Company for three years, having charge of all of the concern's finances. He was a republican in politics, and served as selectman several terms, and was elected county commissioner in 1890. He died August 8, 1891. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. His son William J. studied law, and in 1882 went to Dakota and was admitted to the bar the following year. In 1889 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of North Dakota and in 1890 was appointed state superintendent of public instruction. The daughter, Charlotte A., has given the greater portion of her time to the study of music. She attended the high school at St. Albans, Spent two years as a teacher, was for a time cleric in a law office in Dakota, and is now a teacher of music at home.
DAVIS, Bateman W., M.D., a native of Montgomery, Vt., was born July 26, 1844. His father, Joseph, was born in Enosburgh, December 8,1818, and in 1842 married Melvina, daughter of John McAllister, of that town by whom he had two children: Bateman W. and Frank E. The latter was born July 21, 1846, and is now living at Rockville, Conn. Mrs. Melvina Davis died in 1867, and Joseph W. married, second, Betsey McAllister, by whom he had three children; Mary M., born in 1858, died in 1881; Hattie, born in 1861; and Edwin T., born in 1863, now a practicing physician in Ellington, Conn. Bateman W. Davis married Frances H., daughter of George W. Campbell, of Montgomery, in 1867, and they have two children: Elma A., born November 6, 1868, and Boy F., born May 6, 1880. In 1872 Mr. Davis commenced to study medicine with Dr. S.S. Wilbur, of Montgomery, and in July, 1875, graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Vermont and located at Burlington. In the fall of 1880 he attended the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, and in 1875 he commenced the practice of medicine in Montgomery, where he has since remained. He has been superintendent of schools several years, and is a member of the Vermont State Medical Society and of the Franklin County Medical Society. In 1888 he was vice-president of the latter, and the following year was made president.
FULLER, George H., a native of Montgomery, was born March 31, 1835. His father, Bethial W., was born September 4, 1800. In 1831 he married Abigail, daughter of Isaac Head, of Montgomery, where Dr. Fuller was a practicing physician for many years. They had three children : William W., George H., and Harriet. The latter married, in 1857, George Clapp. George H. Fuller married Jane, daughter of William Y. Wightman, of Richford, March 20, 1867, and they have three children, viz.: William W., born in August, 1868; Henry B., born October 30, 1878; and George B., born in May, 1880. George H. Fuller was a carpenter by trade. In July, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company G, Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Infantry, and afterwards was detailed as sergeant of a scouting party of that brigade. While serving in this capacity he was captured by a squad of Moseby's men and taken towards Richmond, but after two weeks escaped and returned to his regiment. He was at the battle of Gettysburg, and in July, 1863, he received an honorable discharge. He returned to Montgomery and entered the employ of L. W. Martin as clerk. About 1869 he moved on a farm and speculated in buying and selling stock. He was selectman from 1883 to 1886 and lister for a number of years. In 1887 he moved to Montgomery Center. He has also been past commander of Charles Hale Post, No. 95, G. A. R.
MANSFIELD, Walter G., was born in Montgomery, July 8, 1857. His father, William R., born May 31, 1807, married, first, Sylva, daughter of Jonathan Dexter, of Lanesboro, Vt., February 5, 1836, and they had three children, as follows: Julina, born July 31. 1837, died in April, 1843; Linas, born July 10, 1840, died January 30, 3872; and Davis, born June 1, 1844. He married, second, Martha P., daughter of Charles Campbell, of Montgomery, September 12, 1847. They also had three children: William T., born October 7, 1848, died August 22, 1850; Walter G.; and Willie H., born July 9, 1856. Walter G. Mansfield married Abby I., daughter of A. J. Richardson, of Montgomery, December 2, 1875, by whom he had two children. The first, Sylva, born December 10, 1880, lived but six months; Max C. was born January 14, 1884. Walter G. was reared on a farm and started in life with the help of a common school education. In 1872 he bought the farm known as the Mansfield homestead, which he carried on until the fall of 1889, when he became a member of the firm of Curry, Lombray & Mansfield, owners of a steam saw-mill with a capacity of 10,000 feet of lumber per day. Mr. Mansfield is a Republican in politics, and has held the offices of selectman and lister, the latter in the years 1888-89.
MARTIN, Henry M., was born in Montgomery June 29, 1842. His grandfather, Robert, was born October 1, 1760. and married Mercy Pierce. He moved from Putney, Vt., about 1817, bringing with him his wife and a family of eleven children, and settled in Montgomery Center. He died at this place October 29, 1840, and his wife January 23, 1850. Of their children Jefferson was born in Putney, Vt., May 1, 1804, and mar-ried Lydia, daughter of Luther Poland, of Waterville, Vt., February 9, 1836, by whom he had four children, of whom Henry M. was the third. He married, March 3, 1863, Angie S. Moore, of Brandon, N. Y., by whom he has four children: Frances D., born December 16, 1863, married C. W. Goff, of Richford, April 1, 1884; one who died in infancy; Josephine M., born February 16, 1873; and Luke P., born September 9, 1876. Jefferson Martin was a farmer, and Henry M. was reared on a farm. He attended the common schools of his town, and has been the choice of the Republican party for select-man eight years. He has also served as grand juror, and in 1890 became deputy sheriff. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
PARKER, Charles S., was born in Elmore, Vt, April 18, 1850. His father, Charles S., a native of Barre, Vt, was born in 1820. He married Eliza, daughter of Seth Tanner, of Barre, and they had a family of five children, of whom Charles S. was the third. Charles S. was a successful farmer, and his sons were brought up to do farm work. He was educated in the common schools and in the Morrisville and Montpelier Academies. In 1870 he came to Montgomery and engaged in teaching school. In 1872 he engaged as a clerk for L. W. Martin, and after being with him one year lie started a general store in the village of Montgomery, where he has since conducted a fine trade. He is a Republican in politics, and has been postmaster of Montgomery village since 1882. He married Eliza, daughter of Samuel Head, of Montgomery Center, and they have had three children: Caley, born in 1875, died October 20, 1889; Howard, born in June, 1879; and Mabel, born in September, 1886.
ROBB, John M., was born in Durham, P. Q. April 3, 1856. Andrew, his father, was a native of Montreal, Canada, and was born in 1825. He married Anna Brickly, of Durham, about 1850, and they had five children, of whom John M. was the second. John M. Robb came to Franklin county, Vt., in August, 1870. He worked on a farm and taught school in the town of Berkshire for six terms. In 1871 he came to Montgomery and was employed as clerk for Stiles & Dix at Montgomery Center. In 1883 he became a partner of this company under the firm name of William H. Stiles & Co , and in 1884 he opened a general store in Montgomery village, where he has since conducted a thriving business. He is what may be called a self-made man, having but a common school education and no capital to begin with. He is a Republican in politics and a member of: Richford Lodge, No. 18,1. O. O. F. In November, 1878, he married Mary A., only daughter of B. F. Stiles, of Berkshire.
SMITH, Horace, H., was born in Berkshire, Vt, September 13, 1850. His father, Isaac H., moved with his family from Canada to Sampsonville, Vt., about 1850. In 1860 he moved to Montgomery Center and engaged in the manufacture of butter tubs, conducting a flourishing business until his death in 1870. Horace H. went to Canada about 1868 and engaged in mercantile business at Brome, P. Q. He married Cyntha. daughter of Thomas Chapman, of that place, in 1882, and they have had four children; Lena, Minnie, Horace, and Frederick. In 1888 Mr. Smith came to Montgomery and engaged in business with his brother, James E. They rebuilt the latter's mill, and commenced the manufacture of bobbins for cotton-mills. The firm is known as J. E. Smith & Co., and is composed of the following gentlemen: James E. Smith, Horace H. Smith, Rev. George A. Smith, and J. T. Hughes. Mr. Hughes is an expert bobbin finisher, and joined the firm April 1, 1890. The capital stock is $100,000, and the firm owns 2,500 acres of heavy birch and maple timber. The lumber and clapboard-mill in connection with the bobbin factory is the best in Montgomery. Their mills are located at Black Falls, and they give employment to 125 hands. Rev. G. A. Smith, pastor of the Roger Williams Baptist church of Providence, R. I., is a silent partner in the firm of J. E. Smith & Co. Edward H. Smith, the eldest brother, was a pipe organ builder here, and while assisting at the erection of a smoke stack in Montgomery he was killed. Four sisters. are living: Jennie, wife of Col. 0. P. Patten, interested in the Fairbanks scales in Montreal, P. Q.; Adelia, wife of Augustus Rosa, an architect and builder, of Chicago, ILL., and Beatrice City, Neb.; Amelia, wife of Ira A. Smith, an architect and builder, of East Berkshire, Vt.; and Lilia, wife of W. O. Parker, formerly of Montgomery, but now a resident of Billings, Montana. Sarah Clark, wife of the late Isaac H. Smith and mother of all these children, is still alive at the age of eighty-two. She resides with her son James.
STILES, William H., a native of Enosburgh, was born June 21, 1823. His father, Samuel S., born in Chester, Vt., about 1795, married Hannah, daughter of Talma and Lydia Hendrick, of Enosburgh. William H., the first of ten children, was educated in the common and high schools of Enosburgh and earned his own living from an early age. In 1847 he came to Montgomery and started in a small way in the manufacture of butter tubs. September 25, 1849, he married Betsey, daughter of William and Mary Miller, of Enosburgh. Mr. Stiles was a member of the old Whig party in politics, and later of the Republican party. In 1858-59 he was sent to the state legislature, and in 1872-74 was senator from his district. He was elected assistant judge of the County Court in 1888,and from 1875 to 1888 was postmaster at Montgomery Center. For many years he has been actively engaged in the general mercantile trade at that place. His business career has been highly successful. Mr. and Mrs. Stiles had two children. The first, Annette, was born in Montgomery, October 28, 1850, and married S. N. Dix, of the same place, October 28, 1875. Mr. Dix is a general merchant. The second child, William M., also born in Montgomery, October 26, 1859, married May I. Ranney, of Pittsfield, Vt., June 30, 1885. He is a chemist in the employ of William Johnson & Co., of Montreal, P. Q.
