Old Families of Barnard
History of Windsor County Vermont
Lewis Cass Aldrich published in 1891
Atwood. Harrison C. F., was born in Bridgewater, Vt., April 16, 1828. Caleb Atwood, his grandfather, came from Carver, Mass., with his family, and settled in Bridgewater, Vt. He married Sarah Shurtliff, and reared a family of ten children, of whom Francis S., father of Harrison C. F., was the youngest child. Caleb and his wife died in Bridgewater, and are buried in the Center burial-ground of that town. Francis S. was born in Carver, Mass., December, 1798, and married Mrs. Susan B. White, nee Babcock. Of their six children, the eldest died in infancy. Those who reached adult age were Harrison C. F., Edwin H., Emily Jane, Gilbert W., Alvin 0., and Francis S., who died March 11, 1855, in Bridgewater ; his wife May 2, 1885, in Grafton. Harrison C. F. married, first, January 1, 1851, Sarah J., daughter of Lyman Cobb, of Woodstock, born in Bridgewater, January 14, 1832, died in Barnard, March 26, 1873. By this union there were five children, as follows: Abbie Jane, born October 31, 1852. married Herbert A. Shurtliff; a farmer living in Bridgewater; Lyman C, born March 5, 1856, farmer living in South Dakota; Charles Francis, born August 5, 1857, living at home ; Herman G., living at Tacoma, Wash.; Mary R., born June 17, 1865, wife of R. D. Ransom, farmer of Pomfret. Mr. Atwood married, second. April 19, 1875, Mrs. Sarah E. Brooks, nee Gambell. She was born in Barnard, August 31, 1833 She was the daughter of Willard and Susan (Chamberlain) Gambell. She had two children by her former marriage, Willard J. and Charles H. Brooks; the former lives in Bethel, the latter in Wichita, Kan. Her maternal grandfather, William Chamberlain, was a Revolutionary soldier; was with Arnold in the expedition to Canada, taken a prisoner and carried to England, and her paternal grandfather, John Gambell. was also a Revolutionary soldier, serving under General Washington. When twenty-five years of age Mr. Atwood moved from Bridgewater to Barnard, and settled on a farm in the southwest part of the town, where he has since resided. He has served as selectman of Barnard for four years, and is the present (1890) chairman of the board. He represented the town in the Legislature for 1888-89 and has been lister six years.
Cobb, John S., was born in Woodstock, Vt., September 13, 1828. Binney, his grandfather, born January 10, 1769, in Carver, Mass., married Azuba Atwood. born August 12 1766. They reared a family of eleven children, of whom Lyman, father of John S. was the seventh, born October 14, 1801. Binney died August 9, 1839, his wife April 10, 1829. Lyman married Joanna Strong, born June 19, 1800. They had nine children, as follows: John Strong, Lyman, jr., Sarah Jones, Charles, Mary Emily, Lucia, George Washington. Joseph Albert, Mary Joanna. Lyman died June 14, 1872, his wife June 6, 1853. John S. married September 8, 1852, Harriet Newell, daughter of Alvin and Lucy (Hubbard) Parker. Mrs. Cobb was born in Windsor, Vt., September 6, 1830. They have seven children, as follows: Joanna Alice, born August 18, 1853 ; John Henry, born November 15, 1854; Frances R., born March 10, 1856; Lucy P., born June 23, 1857 Franklin B., born August 18, 1858; Harriet Angeline, born March 21, 1868; and Emily Mabel, born December 6, 1871. Mr. Cobb resided in Bridgewater until 1867, when he removed to Barnard, where he has since lived. He has served the town as selectman three years, justice of the peace twelve years, and town agent twelve years.
Davis, Joseph Ellis, was born in East Barnard, Vt., November 29, 1805, the eldest of a family of fourteen children of Ichabod and Susannah (Ellis) Davis. Joseph Ellis was married June 3, 1838. to Amanda Lavina, daughter of Luther and Fanny (Fox) Bartholomew, born January 23, 1819. Their children were. Ursula Susan, born April 28, 1839, died June 3, 1860 ; Edward Joseph, born February 20, 1841, died September 4,1868, shot by the Indians in Spring Valley, Colorado ; Charles Henry, born March 5, 1843, is manager of the home farm; Francis P., born November 14, 1846, married Libbie Dunlevy ; Harriet Clark, born :November 16, 1849, married May 10, 1871, John E. Howland; Elmer Hewett, born March 7, 1853, married Flora Boyd, of Royalton; and Fannie Bartholomew, born September 29, 1857, died April 15,1858. Joseph Ellis has been justice of the peace in Barnard twelve years. In 1861 he received a severe injury to the spine from the falling of a tree, and for nearly two years was confined to his bed and his life almost despaired of. He recovered so as to be able to move about, but was made a cripple for life. He has been a total abstainer from the use of tobacco or intoxicating liquors. He is now one of the oldest men in the town of Barnard, and enjoys in the largest measure the respect and esteem of all who know him.
Ellis, Joel, was born in Barnard, June 1, 1816. Moses, his grandfather, born in Walpole, Mass., 1766, married Catherine Boyden, also a native of Walpole, and had five children, viz.: Clark, father of Joel; Lucy, Catherine, Enoch, and Joel. Clark, his father, born in Barnard, November 16, 1795, married Anna Campbell, born January 20, 1792. He was born on the place in Barnard where his father first settled, and which is now owned and occupied by his son, Joel. He followed farming all his life. He died February 11, 1862, his wife February 11, 1875. Joel, the eldest of his two children, married Elmina E., daughter of Isaac and Prudence Graves, who was born in Barnard, July 18, 1819. They have had three children, viz.: Ozro C., born February 28, 1847, married Louisa, daughter of Amos and Susanna (Davis) Leavitt. They have two children, Addie L. and Inez E. He carries on the homestead farm and served as selectman of the town three years. Edna, born August 19, 1849, was the wife of Austin V. Adams, and died January 20, 1887. She had two children, Blanche E. and Guy Austin. Harlan J., born July 16, 1857, married Dollie Ashley, and has two children, Ashley J. and Bertrand H. He is a farmer, living in Eden, 111. Joel Ellis is the owner of the homestead farm upon which he has always lived. He has served as justice of the peace fourteen years, selectman one term, town treasurer one year, lister three years, town grand juror six years, and county commissioner two years. He has been a member of the Order of Good Templars twenty-three years, and for thirty years of the East Barnard Universalist Church. He is a Republican in politics.
Jewett, Amory, M. D., was born in Boston, Mass., January 17, 1833, the eldest in a family of two children of Amory and Lucy E. (Dieuaide) Jewett. Nathaniel, his grandfather, was a native of Dracut, Mass. He built the Bunker Hill Monument and the old Slate's Prison at Charlestown, Mass., also the Woodstock, Vt.. jail. Nathaniel, his only brother, is a physician and surgeon in Ashburnham, Mass. The doctor received his education in the public schools at Boston. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Harlow in 1849, then studied with Dr. Lindsley, of Boston Highlands, and Dr. C. E. Miles, of the same place. He received his medical diploma from the Eclectic College of Cincinnati in 1866, and commenced the practice of his profession in Boston, where he continued it until 1868, and the next four years was in Ashburnham, Mass. He was afterwards two years in Portsmouth, then in Boston and vicinity up to June, 1889, when he came to Barnard, and is the only resident physician of that town. He has filled the various offices in the Eclectic State Society of Massachusetts, and was its president at one time. He married Madaline M., daughter of John and Marinda Porter, of Hardwick, Vt.; she died August 8, 1887. The doctor has three children: William A. a dentist in Gardiner, Mass.; John P., also a dentist; and Ida D., living at home.
Leavitt, Levi Dudley, was born in Royalton, Vt., November 29, 1838. Amos, his grandfather, a native of New Hampshire, married Hannah Sleeper and had six children, viz.: Enos, Amos, Oramel, Moses, Hannah, and Merrill, Amos married Susan, daughter of Ichabod and Susan (Walden) Davis. She was born in Barnard, and died there in 1877. Levi Dudley, the third in their family of six children, married. May 7, 1865, Abbie, daughter of Calvin and Chloe (Boyden) Moore. Mrs. Leavitt was born in Barnard, February 28, 1839. They had four children: Cora E., born April 20, 1866; Newman M., born July 3, 1868 ; Kate A., born October 11, 1876; and Luna M., born November 19, 1879. Mr. Leavitt enlisted in Co. G, Sixteenth Regiment Vermont Infantry, August 23, 1862, and received his discharge August 10, 1863. He was in the battle of Gettysburg. He settled on the farm in East Barnard where he now lives in 1868. He has been justice of the peace eighteen years, and has also filled the offices of constable, notary public and lister. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of the G. A. R. Orville Bixby Post, South Royalton, and is its present commander.
Newton, Solon D., was born in Barnard, April 8, 1832. His grandfather, Timothy, was born in Hardwick, Mass., and married there Abigail Earl, and had seven children. One son, Timothy, moved from Massachusetts and was the first settler on Locust Creek. He was captured by the Indians and taken to Montreal; he escaped from his captivity and returned to his home. They took from his wife at the time of his capture a string of gold beads. He died on the farm in Barnard now owned and occupied by his grandson. Solon D. His wife died in Barnard in 1855. Earl Newton, born in Barnard, March 1, 1787, married Myra M. Dean, February 27, 1813. They had nine children, viz.: Jusiah C. Diantha, Earl, James M., William H., Myra M., Robert D., Joseph B. and Solon D. Earl died in Barnard. October 19, 1805, and his wife January 30, 1861. Solon D. married Mary E., daughter of Oramel and Emeline (Paige) Davis. She was born in Barnard, October 7, 1832. They have four children, viz.: Lydia, born May 25, 1858, died July 14, 1863; Will M., born July 30, 1864. a member of the senior class in the Methodist Seminary at Montpelier. Vt; Ada, born August 8, 1868, a teacher in Montpelier; and Jennie G., born July 5, 1871, living at home. Solon D. owns and occupies the old Newton homestead on Locust Creek in Barnard.
Paige, Willis R., was born in Barnard, April 4, 1853, the only child of Deacon Cyrus and Eliza (Rix) Paige. His grandfather, Asa, born January 25, 1756, in Hardwick, Mass., was one of the first settlers of Barnard. He married Lydia Stanard, February 19, 1789, who was born October 18, 1767. Their children were Rosilla, Martin, Anna, Asa, Lydia, Cyrus, Leonard, Louisa, Hiram, and Luthera. Deacon Cyrus Paige, born January 19, 1799, married first, February 19, 1826. Laura Burke, born October 13, 1803, and had six children, viz.: One died in infancy, Sarah, Laura, Amanda, Asa H, and Harlan P. Mrs. Paige died November 19, 1850. Deacon Cyrus married second, February 14, 1851, Eliza R., daughter of Gavner and Betsey (Lyman) Rix, born May 18, 1815. Their only child was Willis R., subject of this sketch. Cyrus was deacon of the Congregational churches of Barnard and Bethel, and died in Barnard, November 28, 1874. His widow resides with her son. Willis R. The latter married Marian, daughter of Hiram J. and Amelia C. (Wheelock) Luce, born in Barnard, July 14, 1859. Their children are Laura B., born May 17, 1880; Louisa C, born November 16, 1881 ; and Blanche M., born April 16, 1887, all living at home. He owns and carries on the home farm in Barnard. he has served as lister and constable of the town.
Rand, Reuben B.. was born in Bridgewater, May 5, 1813. Benjamin, his father, born January 16, 1775, in Westminster, Vt., married, first, Cynthia Robinson, July 15, 1802, and had two children, viz.: Sylvester and Philander. Benjamin married, second, Sarah Robinson, cousin of his first wife; she was born September 3, 1780. They had nine children, viz.: Eli B., Bradford L., Reuben B., Reuben B., second, Cynthia A., Stillman H., Caroline J., Alvinza B., and a daughter born November 17, 1822, died an infant. Reuben B. married February 11, 1838, Harriet R,, daughter of Alfred and Bersha (Stevens) Amidon. Mrs. Rand was born in Randolph, Vt., November 22, 1815. They had nine children, viz.: Preston A., born December 20, 1838, overseer in a cotton-mill at Oakdale, Mass., married Roberta Sawyer, and they have one child ; Rosina A., born November 20, 1840, wife of A. 0. Spaulding, a farmer living in Barnard, and they have one child; Benjamin A., born February 14, 1843, volunteered as private August 20, 1861, in Company E. Fourth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, discharged September 8, 1862, was subsequently drafted and a private in Company H, Sixth Regiment Vermont Infantry, received his discharge August 2, 1865, and died from a disease contracted in the army, June 1, 1867; Alfred E., born December 3, 1844, married Emma Whipple, has seven children, and is a farmer living in Royalton ; Winfield Scott, born August 14, 1846, married Rachel Burnham, has one son, and is a farmer; Dora H., wife of Silas Howard, a farmer of Royalton, and they have seven children; Alonzo A., born June 3, 1852, married Alice Prouty, has two children, and is overseer for a lumber dealer; Frank, born December 1, 1854, married Amelia L. Adams, lives with the father at the homestead farm, which he carries on with his father; Andrew B.. born May 25, 1858, married Ellen Davis, died February 14, 1890, and left one son, Guy. Benjamin Rand died in Morristown, April 26, 1843, and his widow, Sarah, died there September 8, 1875, aged ninety-live years. After his marriage Reuben B. lived in Morristown till 1840, then moved to Barnard, and has owned and occupied the place where he now lives since 1857.
Stiles, Frank H, was born in Waterford, Caledonia county, Vt., January 8, 1811, the seventh in a family of eight children of Mark and Lancy (Powers) Stiles. Of the. eight children, two died in infancy. The others were Augusta, Fanny, Almeda, Phila, Frank H., and Hattie M. Lancy Powers Stiles died in Waterford, Vt., in 1845. Mark married, second, Mrs. Betsey Sias, nee Nichols. and by this union there were five children, viz : Waldo, Marcus, Curtis, Eveline, and Edwin C. Mark Stiles died in Barlet in November, 1872. Frank H. enlisted as private in Company D, Fourth Vermont Infantry, September 2, 1861, and was mustered out July 28, 1865. He was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville, on which account he receives a pension. He married, September 27, 1866, Mary E., daughter of John W. and Diantha (Newell) Harding, who was born May 1, 1841. They have six children, as follows: Mabel M., wife of William Perkins, a farmer living in Royalton; Winnie A.; Grace E.; Myrtie M., wife of Clarence White, living in Barnard, they have one child, Albert; Hattie V., living at home; and Mark W., also living at home. Mr. Stiles has lived in Royalton from 1866 to 1887, when he moved to the Harding place in Barnard owned by his wife's parents.
Thayer, Salmon C, was born in West Randolph, July 26, 1816, the youngest of nine children of Isaac and Abigail (Lampson) Thayer. His father was born in Braintree, Mass.. October 26, 1763. At the age of seventeen he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served three years. Soon after the close of the Revolution he moved from Massachusetts and settled in West Randolph, Vt. He was a blacksmith by trade, but followed farming chiefly. He died in West Randolph, September 5, 1850 ; his wife died there July 17, 1842. Their children were Ehphalet S., Joel B., Zeba G., Civilla L., Elvira E., Isaac, jr., Isaac C, William H. H., and Salmon C. The latter married Julia A., daughter of David and Sarah (Page) Lewis; she was born October 18, 1810. in Barnard. Their three children are Adelbert F., born January 10, 1848, living at home; a twin sister of Adelbert F., who died in infancy; and Etta E., born August 11, 1851, wife of Albert N. Culver, living in West Randolph, Vt. Mr. Thayer settled in Barnard village March 1, 1845, and lived there till 1806. In 1807 he purchased of his brother, William H. H., the old David Lewis farm in Barnard, and has lived there since. Mr. Thayer has served as town clerk of Barnard fifteen years, and represented the town in the Legislature in 1870 and 1871.
Webb, William W., was born in Bridgewater, Vt., September 2, 1841. His father. Wells Webb, son of Jehiel and Sybil Webb, was born in Rockingham, Windham county, Vt, June 1817. He married Lucena Dailey, born in Bridgewater, Vt., December 2, 1822. Their children were, Jehiel, farmer, living in Sherburne, Vt.; William W.; and Otis L., farmer, living in Sherburne. William W. was eighteen months old when his father moved from Bridgewater to Sherburne, where he lived till he was of age. He married November 24, 1864, Anna L., daughter of Chester S. and Emily M. Hubbard. Elmer L., who died in infancy, was their only child. He married second Sarah Jane, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Stearns) Lamb, born in Bridgewater, April 26, 1845. Their children are Myrtle lone, born January 16, 1873; Lucena Eloise, born November 11, 1879, died September 30, 1884. Mr. Webb moved from Bridgewater and settled in East Barnard on the farm where he now resides in 1871. He has been selectman three years and lister for the same period. In politics he is a Democrat.
