ATWOOD, Jonathan, was born in Middleboro, Mass., and served in the War of 1812. He died in that place in 1832, aged eighty-four years. By his wife, Mary Reed Atwood, he had four children, Rhoda, Mary, John, and Daniel L. The latter was born in Plymouth, Mass., in 1814, and died in Middleboro, Mass., at the age of eighty-four. He married Mary Whitmarsh, of Middleboro, daughter of William and Mary (Standish) Whitmarsh, and his children were William, Daniel W., Mary L., and George F. The latter, born in Middleboro, July 7, 1840, came to Swanton, July 10, 1881. He built the Barnes block, Beeman Brothers' building, and the Atwood Manufacturing Company's building, of which latter company he is president. Mr. Atwood served in Company B, Eighteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, during the war, was promoted to first sergeant August 23, 1861, and honorably discharged in February, 1862, for disability. His father, Daniel L. Atwood. was colonel of the Third Regiment of Massachusetts militia. George F. Atwood married Juliette McCoy, of Gilson, N. H., daughter of Osman and Miranda (Mansfield) McCoy, and they have four children, Mary M. (deceased), Eva M. (deceased), Hattie B., and Georgia P. He was commandant of the G. A. R and is now surgeon of the post. He is a very active and enterprising man in town affairs, and takes a prominent part in all matters conducive to the welfare of the community.
AYERS, E. A., son of Albert and Sarah Ayers, was born in Bakersfield, Vt, and graduated at Brigham Academy in Bakersfield in May, 1882. He commenced the practice of law in Swanton, Vt., January 1, 1887, where he is now living, and enjoys a lucrative and constantly increasing clientage.
BABBETT, Jacob, was born in 1791, served in the Revolutionary war, and died in Alabama, Genesee county, N. Y., October 1, 1830. His son, Joshua C. Babbett, was born in Craftsbury, Vt., June 24, 1818, and before his marriage came to St. Albans Bay, where he engaged in the dry goods business for several years. He afterwards became captain of the steamer N. States on Lake Champlain, and after that he was captain of the Minnehaha on Lake George. He was ticket agent at Montreal, Canada, for the Vermont Central Railroad, and thence moved to Alburgh Springs, Vt, where he lived nine years, and finally removed to Swanton, where he died in November, 1887, at the age of sixty-eight He married Cordelia, daughter of Eleazer and Olive (Weed) Brooks, of St. Albans, Vt, and their children were Sarah B., Frank M., Fred W., Thomas S., Sarah R., and Hattie W. Thomas S. Babbett was born at St. Albans Bay, October 5, 1845, and came to Swanton in 1879, where he now resides. He married Florence M.. daughter of Anson A. and Minerva A. (Sheltus) Spear, of Highgate, Vt., and their children are Bessie C, Marion S., Cutler A., and Inos S. Mr. Babbett has now retired from business. He served in the late war in Company F, Thirteenth Vermont Volunteers. Sarah R. Babbett, born April 24, 1848, married Gehial B. Brooks, of St. Albans, Vt, son of Levi Brooks. Hattie W. Babbett, born May 20, 1859, married Wilder P. Huntington, October 9,1884, and now resides in Montpelier, Vt They have two children, Fred B. and Helen E.
BARNEY, Elisha, son of Elisha, was one of the early settlers of Swanton village. He was born in Taunton, Mass., July 17, 1776, and married Mehetable, daughter of Rufus Leonard, of that place, May 15, 1795. They had seven children, of whom three died in childhood, viz.: Eveline, Seth Wand, and James Alonzo. The remaining daughter married Robert Foster, July 22, 1818, and her death occurred January 19, 1835. Elisha Barney died November 1, 1837. His wife, Mehetable Barney, survived him for more than thirty years, dying June 5, 1871, aged ninety-five. Horatio W.. one of the three sons who survived their father, died July 19, 1872. Rufus L., the eldest, died February 26, 1874. George, the youngest of the family, was born in Sutton, P. Q" September 16, 1811, and in 1812 he came to Swanton with his father, where he died October 27, 1883. He commenced manufacturing marble, in which he was engaged for many years, being the leader in the business. He built the main part of the building now occupied in the sawing, and was a general merchant several years. He married Eunice D. Goodrich, of Swanton, Vt, daughter of E. 0. and Lucy (Cook) Goodrich, October 23, 1831, and his children are Elisha L., Valentine G., Lucy A., Ellen M., Emma E., Hannah L., George F., and R. Lester. The latter was born in Swanton, February 10, 1846, and married Lucy Pratt, of Swanton, daughter of Hiram R. and Charlotte (Bryiant) Pratt. They have three children: Marbelle E., Roy L., and Carroll D. He is now a resident of Swanton. Mr. Barney served in the frontier cavalry in the late war at the age of seventeen years. He has been connected with the marble business all his life. His father, George Barney, was the editor and publisher of the town history of Swanton, published in 1882. R. Lester Barney is now engaged in the iron bridge construction business, and is a traveling agent and salesman for the Vermont Bridge Construction Company, of St Albans.
BARNEY, Lemuel, a native of Bennington, Vt, married Ann Hinnan and soon after came to Swanton, where he died. His children were Rufus, Lemuel, John, Ann, Jane, Sarah, and Jack. John Barney was born in Bennington, and came to Swanton with his
father, where he died in 1890. at the age of eighty-six. He held many offices of trust in the town. He married Esther Hathaway, of Swanton, May 10, 1826, a daughter of Tryphosa (Jewett) Hathaway, and his children were Helen, Amanda L., John, and Byron. His widow still survives him, residing in Swanton. Byron Barney was born July 25, 1828. He enlisted in the late war as sergeant in Company F, Seventh Vermont Volunteers, November 30, 1861, and was discharged August 3,1864. His brother John has been town collector and constable of Swanton for seven years.
BEEMAN, Jedediah, son of Joseph who was the son of Joseph, was born in Warren, Conn., and moved to Fairfax, Vt., where he died at the age of eighty-eight. He participated at Pittsburgh in the War of 1812. He married Polly Osgood, who died at Fairfax, Vt., at the age of ninety-five. They had six children: Lucy, Polly, Nancy, Clara, Munroe, and Hubbard. The latter was born in North Fairfax, Vt., June 11,1807, and died at the age of seventy-five. He was by occupation a farmer, and was captain of two companies to defend the lines between the United States and Canada. He married Rhoda Stratton, of Fairfax, Vt, daughter of Sheldon and Hannah Stratton, of Cambridge, Vt. She died in Swanton in December, 1889, at the age of seventy-six. Their children were: Phebe, who married Rev. W. T. Stearns, a preacher for many years; they have one son, Clinton B. Sheldon, a resident of St. Albans, who has been foreman in the railroad car shops twenty-five years. Rev. Jedediah Durkee Beeman, born November 26, 1835, is a native of Fairfax, Vt., and graduated from the Wesleyan University of Middletown, Conn., in 1864. He has preached several years, served as presiding elder, and is now president of the Vermont Methodist Seminary at Montpelier, Vt. Orris P. Beeman, born in Fairfax, Vt, December 8, 1840, served in the late war in Company B, First Vermont Cavalry, under Capt William Beeman, and was killed July 3, 1863, on Little Round Top Mountain at the battle of Gettysburg. He was commissary-sergeant at the time of his death. Leonard L. Beeman, born in Fairfax, Vt, March 12, 1849, is now a Methodist minister at Brookfield, Mass. He graduated from the Methodist Seminary at Montpelier, Vt, and from the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn. He went from there to the Methodist Episcopal Theological School at Boston, and in 1876 commenced preaching, which he has continued up to the present time. Wilber H. Beeman, born January 25, 1853, died at the age of nineteen. George W. Beeman was born in Fairfax, Vt, December 19, 1845, came to Swanton, Vt, in October, 1887, and married Debbie J., daughter of Lorenzo and Paulina (Carroll) Marvin, of Fairfield, Vt His children are Roscoe H., Mina R. and Ethel P. Mr. Beeman is now superintendent and manager of the Beeman Brothers Manufacturing Company at Swanton, Vt, his son Roscoe H. being book-keeper for the same concern.
BLAKE, Silas, was born in Boston, Mass. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and was one of the party that threw the tea overboard in Boston harbor. He afterwards moved to Northampton, Mass., where he married and had four children: Eleazer, Silas, Caroline, and Ruth. He moved to Ashfield, Mass., where he died soon after 1800, at about the age of seventy-five. His son Eleazer, a native of Northampton, Mass., came to St. Albans, Vt., in 1800, where he died. He was a farmer and merchant, and was appointed deputy collector of customs, a position which he held until the close of the War of 1812. He was wounded in a night attack of smugglers, and died from the effects of a bullet wound in 1816, aged about thirty-six. He married Lydia Beals, of Ashford, Mass., and their children were Endotia S., Joseph, Harriet, and William H. The latter was born December 19, 1812, at St. Albans, Vt, and in 1820 came to Swanton, where he now resides. He married Eliza Clark, of Swanton, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Mauzer) Clark, and they have two children, Mary E. and Clark H. Mr. Blake has served as county judge two years, two terms as state senator, two terms as county com-missioner, ten years as deputy collector of customs, ten years as town treasurer, ten years as selectman, and ten years as assessor. Mary E. Blake married, November 7, 1863, Charles H. Rawson, and they have four children, now residents of Dee Moines, Ia. C. H. Blake married Caroline Belle, of St. Albans, in 1875, and they have two children now of Swanton, Vt.
BRADBURY, John, was born in York, Me., where he lived and died, aged about ninety years. He was a deacon in the Congregational church, and followed the occupation of farmer, He married Elizabeth Ingram, of the same town, daughter of Josiah Ingram, and his children were John, Dorcas, Mary, Samuel, and David Bradbury. The latter was born in York, Me., and lived for many years in Hopkinton, Mass., where he died in 1852, at the age of forty-three. He was a carpenter by trade, and married Sophia Chase, of York, Me., daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Grow) Chase. His children were William B., Elizabeth, Cotton C, Edward, and Jotham C. Cotton C. Bradbury, born in York, Me., November 3, 1814, came to St. Albans in 1840 as a blacksmith. In 1844 he came to Swanton and settled on a farm where he now resides. He married, first, Harriet Bowers of Swanton, daughter of Benjamin Bowers. His second marriage was with Lydia Hongsinger. They have one adopted daughter, Hattie. who married E Fred Corliss, son of Daniel Corliss. They have three children, Frederick, Fletcher B., and Irene M.
BROOKS, Adonijah, was born in Massachusetts, and came to St. Albans in 1788 among the early settlers, being one of the first men who paid a tax in the town and the first settler on a farm. He died October 3, 1809, aged seventy-one. He married Olive Harrington, of Massachusetts, who died March 20, 1828, aged eighty-eight. His children were Hannaniah, Azariah, Eleazer, Adonijah, Dolly, and Asahel. The latter was born in Granville. N. Y., and came to St. Albans, where he died December 23, 1836, aged fifty-five years, six months, and ten days. He married Polly Todd, of New Hampshire, and his children were Levi H., Lucy N., Alonzo W., Julius H., Anatetia F., Mary L , Elihu J., Melancton B., and Asahel A. The latter, born August 11, 1822, at St. Albans, Vt., has been a merchant in Swanton, Vt., for twenty-five years, and is also a farmer. He has held many offices of trust in the town, and is now overseer of the poor. He also served three terms in the legislature. He married Matilda, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Parsons) Sanborn, of Swanton, and their children are Cassius L.. born August 24, 1844; Merton H., born February 14,1850; Willie H , born June 30, 1856 ; Lucia A., born May 21, 1858; George A., born October 29, 1860; and Asahel A., born September 13, 1860. Mr. Brooks married, second, Caroline C. Crampton, of Swanton, daughter of David and Lovina (Abel) Crampton. He is now a resident of Swanton. His children by his second marriage are Albert C, born June 11. 1872, and Ada E., born December 17, 1874. Hannaniah Brooks served in the war of the Revolution under Greene and Washington, and was at Valley Forge and saw Andre hanged. He died aged ninety-nine. Azariah and Eleazer Brooks were also Revolutionary pensioners. Elihu J. and Melancton served in the war of the Rebellion. Samuel Todd served in the Revolution, and was present at the battle of Bunker Hill. He died May 29, 1840, at the age of ninety-eight.
BROWN, William, son of William, was born in Massachusetts, and came to Highgate, Vt., in 1819. In 1832 he came to Swanton, Vt, where he lived many years, and finally removed to Illinois, where he died at the age of about seventy-rive. He married Annie Dodge, of Wenham, Mass., and his children were John, Benjamin, Mehitable, Mary, Laura, Josiah, William, Annie, Eliza, Alonzo, and Samuel G. Samuel G. Brown was born in New Hampshire, and came to Swanton with his father. June 28, 1837, he married Annie M., daughter of Simon and Rebecca (Otis) Crawford, of Swanton. His children are Stephen F., Samuel G., and Ann E. He served as first lieutenant of Company A, Seventeenth Vermont Volunteers, and died from wounds at Washington in the fall of 1864. Stephen F. served as captain in Company A, Seventeenth Vermont Volunteers, and lost his arm at the battle of the Wilderness. Samuel G. Brown enlisted at the first call in Company A, First Vermont Volunteers, for three months, and was honorably discharged. He was a farmer on the homestead of the Crawfords, at Swanton, and died there on the 2d of May, 1891. Concerning his death the Vermont Argus and Patriot said: "An honest man is the noblest work of God, and he was one of them. His life was guided by a moral sense that was controlling." John Otis, grandfather of Mrs. Annie M. Brown, served in the war of the Revolution seven years and drew a pension. He died in Harrietstown, N. Y.. at the age of ninety.
BULLARD, Samuel, came to Swanton before 1800, and died here aged about forty-seven. He built the two boats that navigated the Champlain Canal, and was at one time a captain. He also built the half-way house between Swanton and St Albans, in 1814, known as Bullard s Hotel. His wife was Abbie Scott, of Cambridge, Vt, and their children were Charles, Nelson, and Marry. Nelson Bullard was a native of Swanton, where he died in 1883 at the age of seventy. He was a hotel proprietor for twenty-eight years and followed farming for some time. He married Fanny Lasell, of Swanton, by whom he had the following children : Merton H., Abbie C , Maryette D., Gardner, Charles, Julia F., and Edgar N. The latter was born at Swanton. March 8, 1837. He married Jane E. Ladd, of Connecticut, and is now collector of customs in Swanton, which position he has held four and one-half years. He served in the First and Seventh Vermont Regiments in the war of the Rebellion, and was promoted from corporal to lieutenant-colonel and was honorably discharged. He was town representative in the Vermont legislature in 1878-79.
BUTTERFIELD, Thomas, of English descent, was born in New Hampshire, and came to Swanton soon after his marriage. He was the third man who settled in Swanton village, where he lived, and died at the age of sixty. His wife, Esther, died at the age of forty-six years. His son, Clark Butterfield, was born in Highgate, Vt., and died in Swanton at the age of fifty-six. His wife, Louisa (Hathaway) Butterfield, bore him seven children : Alonzo, Clark, Texena, Charlotte, Angelia, Mindus. and J. Geiles. Alonzo Butterfield was born in Highgate, Vt., and died in Swanton in April, 1860, aged sixty-nine years. He was a farmer. He married Eunice Wright, of Swanton, daughter of Augustus and Electa Wright, and his children are Giles Clark, Alonzo, George, Esther, Eliza, Elizabeth, and Samuel. Samuel Butterfield, who was born in Highgate, Vt., June 30, 1850, is now a resident of Swanton. He married Josephine, daughter of Freeborn and Sarah (Purmoit) Belle, and his children are Sarah, Hattie, Estelle, and Lizzie (deceased). He is now secretary and treasurer of the Butterfield Spring Bed Company, which was organized March 23, 1886, at Swanton, Vt., and he is the inventor and patentee of all the bed springs and machinery belonging to the company. Chamberlain, Ephraim, son of Ephraim, was born in Littleton, Mass., and moved from Albany, Me., and thence to Sweden, Me., where he died in 1846, aged fifty-six years. He was a farmer by occupation, and married Abigail, daughter of Abner Holt, of Albany, Me., and his children are Elizabeth, Abner, Ephraim, Abigail, and Newton. The latter was born May 14, 1837, in Waterford, Me., and came to Swanton, Vt, in 1869, where he now resides. He married, March 24, 1859, Italia, daughter of Augustus and Eunice (Fordia) Hoyle, of Lawrence, Mass., and his children are Maude E. and Katie M.
CLARK, Thomas, was born in Stephentown, N. Y., and married Betsey-, by whom he had eight children, viz.: Slocum, Betsey, Carey, Polly, Sanford, Thomas, George, and Hannah. Thomas Clark, jr., was also born in Stephentown, N. Y., and died in Ellenburgh, N. Y., in 1858, at the age of seventy-five. He married Mary Manzer, and his children were Lawrence D., Alanson M., Ann E., and Lester M. His son, Lawrence D. Clark, was born in Whitehall, N. Y., in 1812, and has been a resident of Swanton and Highgate for many years. He is now a resident of Swanton. Mr. Clark married Esther S. Barney, of Swanton, daughter of Rufus and Hannah Barney, and his children were Arthur 0., Ida M., Lillie E., Nettie G., and Bertha, all of whom are deceased. Lillie E. Clark married Charles A. Neff, of Newport, R. I., and at her death left three children, Charles C, Lillie, and Rhoda M. Mrs. Clark died July 29, 1888, aged twenty-six. Lawrence D. Clark served in the late war, in Company A, First Regiment Vermont Volunteers, as captain. He re-enlisted in the Thirteenth Regiment as major and served six months. He organized Companies A and K as volunteers of Franklin county, Vt. Martin L. Clark, adopted by Lawrence H. Clark, died in Andersonville prison at the age of sixteen. L. D. Clark owns a considerable tract of land in Swanton.
CORLISS, Joseph, was born in Windham, Rockingham county, N. H., where he lived and died at an advanced age. He married Marriam Emerson, and his children were Solomon, Ephraim, Joseph, Benjamin, Peter, John, Sarah, Mary, and Marriam. He married, second, Betsey Utinox, and his children by this union were Betsey, Cyrus, Lydia, Elijah, and Abigail. John Corliss was born in Windham, N. H., and came to St. Albans, Vt, in 1816, at the age of thirty. He died in Bakersfield, Vt., October 19, 1837. He was a farmer by occupation, and married, January 9, 1821, Jane, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Martin) Todd, of St. Albany Vt. Mr. Todd was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Mr. Corliss's children are Martin J., Ozro J., John R., Levi 0., and Daniel T. The latter was born in St Albans, Vt. December 17, 1825, and came to Swanton in 1853, where he married, first, Matilda S., daughter of John and Siba (Potter) Belle, and his children by her are Jane, Frederick D., Julius 0., Leonora B., Sarah E., and Martin J. He married, second, Mrs. Samantha R Marvin, daughter of Benjamin and Zelinda (Jackson) Meggs, and is now a retired farmer residing in Swanton, where he has lived for thirty-five years. He was selectman in 1855-56, and has been lister eight years and justice of the peace two years. His son, Julius 0. Corliss, was born in Swanton, May 3, 1853, and married, March 30, 1882, Hattie F., daughter of Theodore B. and Samantha R. (Meggs) Marvin. Their children are Gaylord M., Lunetta B., and Sulfa F. Mr. Corliss is a farmer on the homestead in Swanton.
CURRIE, Robert, who was born in Canada, came to Alburgh, Vt., where he died at the age of forty-four. After moving to Alburgh he married Lucy Niles, of that place, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth Niles. She died in Alburgh in 1856, at the age of sixty-six. His children were Frances, Janette, Elizabeth, Catherine, Paulina, John, George, Eunice, David, Mary Ann, Clark, and Nathan. Nathan Currie was born in Alburgh, July 25, 1824, and in 1863 came to Swanton, where he now resides. He married Elizabeth Huxley, of Alburgh, daughter of Harvey M. and Alma (Wing) Huxley. She died at Swanton in 1887, November 23d, at the age of fifty-eight. They had one daughter, Alma G., born February 28, 1854, who married Henry Bliss, of Swanton, son of Milton H. Bliss. They also have one daughter, Alma G., born in Swanton, September 1, 1873.
DWYER, Martin, was born in Ireland and came to Highgate, Vt., where he lived several years, and finally moved to Albany, Vt., where he died in 1873 at the age of fifty. He was a farmer by occupation, and served in the late war in Company II of a Vermont volunteer regiment from Highgate, and after three years' service was discharged. He married Mary, daughter of George Gilbert, of Highgate, and their children are Ella A., Margaret, and George W. The latter was born in Highgate, December 8, 1862, and came to Swanton in November, 1889. He married Etta May, daughter of Henry and Mary (Campbell) Martin, of Bedford, P. Q., and their children are Glena May, born July 24, 1887; Hazzel Gladys, born August 19, 1889; and Lillian Martin Abbie, born June 8, 1891. Mr. Dwyer is the popular proprietor of a livery and sales stable.
